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A P U B L I C AT I O N F O R PA R E N T S , A L U M N I , A N D F R I E N D S O F H O LY I N N O C E N T S ’ E P I S C O PA L S C H O O L

THINKING AHEAD The One School Campaign Takes Aim At The Future Of Education.

In this issue:

An Interview with

Mark Crosswell Chair of the Head of School Search Committee

An Insider’s View of the Volleyball State Champs!

Dept. Chair Speaker Series WINTER 2014 VOLUME X ISSUE 1

Enduring Spirit South Campus Mural A Sight at the End of the Tunnel

HALLOWEEN PARADE Oct. 31 saw very little trickery but plenty of treats, as seniors escorted their Primary School counterparts in one of our school’s favorite traditions.

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CURTAINS

The musical comedy “whodunit” included lively dancing, superb singing, and some remarkable performances by a very talented cast of Middle and Upper Schoolers.

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SECTION HEAD

PORTER DANCE HALL Sixth-graders discover the joys of etiquette and ballroom dancing at Cotillion class.

OTRA HISTORIA As part of their assignment to write a children’s book, AP Spanish students visited Lower Schoolers to find out what types of stories they most enjoy.

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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School offers an educational program encompassing academics, arts, athletics and spiritual formation. Through opportunities to grow intellectually, spiritually, physically and emotionally, students develop their individual worth and dignity. The challenging academic program prepares students for higher education and emphasizes learning as a pathway toward ethical leadership and a

commitment to the common good.

The school provides a welcoming and supportive environment, embraces the differences inherent in a diverse community, and embodies the inclusive Episcopal tradition of respect for the beliefs of others. Holy Innocents’ is an active community of faith engaged in local, national and international service to others.

From the Editor

Freshman Reed Stewart accepts the awards for most money raised by a school team at this year’s JDRF Fall Walk (which the HIES Walk Team won for the sixth consecutive year!), as well as for best t-shirt design. This year’s HIES team raised over $48,000 to help fund type 1 diabetes research!

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Nick Roberts CONTRIBUTING EDITORS June Arnold Michele Duncan Julie Fennell Dunn Neugebauer Peggy J. Shaw Tamika Weaver-Hightower Mary Chris Williams GRAPHIC DESIGN Irby Heaton

Probably the most intriguing part of the 2000 film Pay It Forward was its title. The movie, itself, was rather forgettable and its cast, including Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment, have all starred in much more celebrated films.

The meaning of that title, though, struck a chord with Americans and it’s still ringing true 14 years later. Paying it forward suggests a simple change in attitude – where instead of paying back a favor done on our behalf, we extend that favor by doing other good deeds wherever we find a need, thereby making our entire community a little bit better each day.

It may have seemed like a novel idea in 2000, but the concept has actually served HIES well since our school’s founding. If it hadn’t, we’d still serve 65 or 70 primary schoolers cramped inside Parish Hall.

Instead, our community has paid it forward for more than 50 years, generously funding capital campaigns to purchase land and build facilities for those students and teachers who will follow (land and facilities which benefit every single one of us now at HIES).

It’s important to remember, as One School Campaign Chair Dave Stockert points out, “None of these facilities was paid for out of tuition.” The big, strategic projects on campus, like the Upper School’s planned STEM building, only become possible when our community goes above and beyond to make them happen.

The One School Campaign is our latest chance to pay it forward, to give of ourselves – as so many people at Holy Innocents’ have done for 54 years – so that those who follow will enjoy even greater opportunities.

I hope you’ll support the campaign generously – and help give our school’s idea of “paying it forward” the Hollywood ending it deserves.

PHOTOGRAPHY Nick Roberts CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Baker James Barker Scott Coggins Gemshots Photographic Debbie Reams Leanne Weaver HIES Yearbook Staff

Nick Roberts

Letters to the Editor Please send to the attention of Nick Roberts, at nick.roberts@hies.org, or mail to: Nick Roberts Director of Communications Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School 805 Mt. Vernon Highway, NW Atlanta, GA 30327 TorchBearer is published by the Offices of Admissions, Communications, and Development of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. Special appreciation goes to the parents, faculty, and staff whose contributions make this publication possible. Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy within this magazine. Please notify the editor of any errors or omissions and accept our sincere apologies.

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School Philosophy

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School develops in students a love of learning, respect for self and others, faith in God, and a sense of service to the world community.

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TorchBearer Interview: Mark Crosswell, Chair of the Head of School Search Committee Insider’s View of the 2013 Volleyball State Championship

The Greatest 96 Hours in the History of HIES Athletics

COVER STORY Thinking Ahead The One School Campaign Takes Aim At The Future Of Education.

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South Campus Tunnel Mural Dept. Chair Speaker Series From the Headmaster Principal’s Corner State Dept. Exchange Trip to China Greenbaum Grant Recipients

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Feisty Student Meets Re-Laxing Summer Wimpy Author

It’s not every day that an avid reader gets to meet his favorite author – especially if that author is internationally famous for writing one of the most wildly popular series ever. But on Oct. 3, Blake Ainsworth met Jeff Kinney, author of the best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.

Blake presented Kinney with 2013’s Milner Award, which is given annually to a favorite, living author selected by elementary school children in the City of Atlanta and Fulton County.

For years, the HIES seventh-grader has admired Milner, who’s become a rock star with his hangman-style drawings, grossout humor, and stories about a middle school weakling suffering the indignities of middle school life. “He’s really talented – he’s a cartoonist, writer and video game inventor,” Blake said admiringly. “He wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist but he was rejected, so he started to draw from a kid’s perspective. He learned it’s important to keep trying, keep doing the things you enjoy.”

Blake got to joke around with Kinney before the ceremony and came away from the experience with not only Kinney’s autograph, but also one great memory.

For more information on the Milner Award, visit www.themilneraward.org.

Girl Talking About Amber Abernathy Senior Amber Abernathy had no idea when she joined Girl Talk as a shy sixth-grader that one day she would be a featured speaker at the 10th anniversary of the founding of the nonprofit— an international, peerto-peer program that pairs middle school girls with high school mentors.

“Girl Talk’s 10th year anniversary at the Buckhead Theatre was incredible,” Amber recalled. “It was amazing to see how this organization has really expanded and impacted

the lives of so many girls, including myself, in just ten years.”

Founder Haley Kilpatrick said she chose Amber for the testimonial Nov. 14 because she represents Girl Talk’s ideals so well.

“Once she was in high school, Amber became a Girl Talk leader, and then she went on to join our National Teen Advisory Board,” Kilpatrick said. “Her experience in Girl Talk helped transform her from being a shy middle-schooler into a confident, authentic young woman and leader—and we are so proud of her.”

Amber was also recently named one of “Atlanta INtown” magazine’s Top 20 Under 20 students for 2013.

She will attend Brandeis University on a Posse Foundation Scholarship, and plans to remain active in Girl Talk.

For the second year in a row, Annie Bennett was selected to the National Tournament Lacrosse team. The senior star spent a week last summer in Philadelphia playing for Team Georgia against some of the best lax players in the nation.

“It was exciting because I got to meet some of the best players in America,” Annie said. “And I’ll get to see a lot of the girls from Team Georgia during our season. A lot of them already are, or will be, competing at the Division I level.”

Annie was selected by a committee made up of coaches, officials, and independent lacrosse enthusiasts. She tried out toward the end of last spring’s lacrosse season.

In 2012, Annie made the squad along with classmate Mary Catherine Thomson, traveling to Stony Brook, NY, for the annual tournament.

Also a member of our state champion volleyball team, Annie was a co-leader in scoring for Bears lacrosse last year, along with Claire Kelsey. She is a mainstay on the Golden Bears team that is expected to make another postseason run this spring.

“Annie’s effervescent joy permeates our team,” Golden Bear coach Julie LaFramboise said. “She literally runs down the field, falls down, and gets up with a smile on her face the whole time. She plays for the love of the game, as it should be played.”

Looking ahead, Annie intends to play club lacrosse in college. “I don’t want to dedicate my life to it, I just want to keep playing as long as it’s fun.”

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Film Student Wins Sports Competition “Why is safety as important to your team as winning?”

HIES senior Brendan Rosenberg answered that question last spring and ended up winning $5,000 for Holy Innocents’ Athletics.

Brendan and his friend, Jacob Schlanger from North Springs High School, took top honors in the Brock International Safety MVP national video contest, a competition designed to showcase the reasons why safety is as important as winning in sports. (Brock manufactures a “synthetic turf safety and drainage layer” engineered for young athletes.)

Rosenberg and Schlanger took a competition’s grand prize: $5,000 worth of humorous Sports Center approach to the sports equipment, which has been used for a challenge, producing a video that featured new scoreboard on the south campus. football player Ben Asbury ’14 and coach View the video at: www.tinyurl.com/laodug2.

Ryan Livzey.

“Our coaches start every season talking about safety and making it a priority,” Rosenberg said. “The school’s philosophy is not ‘to win at all costs’ because each coach wants his or her players to be healthy, safe, and have longevity so they can continue to build a Athletic Director Ruth Donohoo and Brock spokesperson Shira Miller present the award to winning team season Brendan Rosenberg and Jacob Schlanger. after season.”

HIES received the

Campus Shop Curler Most people in the calling the shots, anyone and everyone can South spend very play.” little time sliding large While curling hasn’t yet gained the granite stones across southern popularity of another ancient sheets of ice. Go Scottish game (played over long stretches figure. of unfrozen fairways and sand traps), Hogan HIES Campus hopes it’s just a matter of time. “There aren’t Shop associate Cathy many sports where you can play on a team Hogan, however, with both college students and retirees,” she loves the pastime – says. “It’s also been a great way to meet new an ancient Scottish people and it’s fun to share with others.” game called curling that captivated millions of For more information on curling in Metro Americans during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Atlanta, visit www.atlcurling.org.

“We watched the Olympic curling events and thought it looked like a lot of fun,” remembers Hogan. “Last winter, Caitlin googled ‘curling in Atlanta’ and discovered the Atlanta Curling Club. We attended one of their ‘Learn to Curl events’ where members and coaches of both the USA and Canadian Olympic teams provided hands-on training – and we were hooked.”

For the past year, Cathy, her husband Bob, and their daughters Caitlin (HIES ’08) and Erin (HIES ’10) have played in weekly leagues at the Marietta Ice Center in East Cobb. “There is a lot of strategy in the game; it’s constantly evolving.

And it’s interesting to see how both sweeping and the curl of the stone affect the final outcome of the Cathy (left) and Caitlin Hogan ‘08 sweep the ice shot,” says Hogan. “Whether you’re during one of their league matches. throwing the rock, sweeping, or

Our Royal Couple

On the evening of October 4th, after a full day of pep rallies and special events throughout campus, Homecoming festivities came to a head at the football game vs. Mount Vernon Presbyterian School. During halftime, and before an adoring crowd of HIES students, parents, faculty, staff, and alumni, the day became even more special for two regal seniors, as Bailey Lyles and Jamey O’Shaughnessey were crowned Homecoming Queen and King.

The Golden Bears then went on to complete their domination of Mount Vernon, 55-0.

So congratulations, Bailey and Jamey.

And way to go Bears!

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School Of Rock Chandler Martin (right) and fellow senior Warner Ray perform the National Anthem (ala Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock) at this year’s Homecoming pep rally.

Haitian boys show off their school uniforms.

Uniforms On A Mission

When donated shirts, pants, or any HIES clothing items don’t make it onto the Bear WearHouse shelves, that doesn’t mean their days in education are over.

Instead, they just transfer to other schools – like the ones in Haiti.

Three years ago, Atlanta realtor Beth Shinn Kempe began collecting pre-owned school uniforms and sending them to the island nation for orphanages and schools that require uniforms.

At Holy Innocents’, Kempe works with BWH volunteers to get used clothing that is a bit more difficult to sell—pants with worn-out knees that can be turned into shorts, for example, or shirts with small tears to be mended.

“Holy Innocents’ contributes quite a bit,” says Kempe. “It’s among the top three contributors in Atlanta.”

Kempe cleans, mends, and organizes the uniforms into groupings by color. Then church and mission groups deliver them.

“If a place needs navy shirts and khaki pants, the clothes may be from different schools but they’re all navy,” Kempe explained. “And all these kids are so thrilled just to have new clothes.”

Kempe also collects gym shorts and shirts so the children will have play clothes. And, recently, she’s been outfitting children’s soccer teams in Haiti (soccer clothes and cleats are particularly needed).

To contribute to her uniform project, contact Kempe at: beth.kempe@comcast.net.

A volunteer poses with the happy owner of a new HIES sweatshirt.

Even if you’ve never heard of Boston’s Berklee College of Music, you love to listen to at least a few of its graduates. Berklee alumni have given us Steely Dan, Aerosmith, They Might Be Giants, Dixie Chicks, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and include artists like Quincy Jones, John Mayer, Branford Marsalis, Melissa Etheridge, Bruce Hornsby, Joe Walsh, and hundreds of others responsible for society’s soundtrack.

In a few years, we might add Chandler Martin’s name to that list.

The HIES senior was chosen for last summer’s Rock Workshop at Berklee, a five-week program of intense musical study (and more than a little musical play).

The Rock Workshop is a specialized program focused on musical performance.

Chandler recorded a series of YouTube videos as his application. “They were just me playing guitar and the director of the

Rock Workshop liked them. So he picked me as one of the guitarists and I got a full scholarship to the camp – along with another guitarist, a bassist, a drummer, three singers and a keyboardist.”

Besides playing in a rockin’ new band, Chandler also learned an enormous amount about music.

“I took classes in rock style guitar, music theory, ensemble – I was in class like 35 hours a week,” he says.

He performed so well, in class and on stage, that the college offered him a scholarship for next year – which was exactly what Chandler was hoping for. “I’ve always wanted to go to Berklee, ever since I started playing guitar in sixth grade,” he says.

To see the type of talent Berklee will enjoy on campus next year, search youtube.com for “John Chandler Martin” (his full name), and then click his username “John Martin” for a full list of videos.

Miss October

The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and XL212 sports management and marketing agency named HIES senior and volleyball captain Mary Hollis Schmidt as Female Student Athlete of the Month for October. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments of deserving student-athletes

“I taught 102 senior nursing students in the baccalaureate degree-nursing program about the role of the school nurse,” Green explained. “I had worked many years in cardiac ICU and recovery to finally discover that school nursing was an undiscovered passion.”

Green—who has been an officer in the National Association of School Nurses for several years, including chairman of the executive board from 2008-2011— was scheduled to march in commencement in December. She will teach again at KSU during the summer of 2014.

a leader. “She will be irreplaceable in this program,” says Noland.

The award is presented to Mary Hollis Schmidt and her coach, Taylor Noland (with sign). Photo courtesy of Clark Savage of Clayton CameraCraft, AtlantaPhotographer.com.

Underground Art

From Clinic to Classroom

Lower and Middle School students are used to visiting nurse Tammy Green for scrapes, upset stomachs, and sprained ankles. But Green has been going into the classroom herself this past year—not at Holy Innocents’ but at Kennesaw State University (KSU).

Green, who came to HIES in August 1999, recently completed her master’s degree at Jacksonville University in Nursing Education, with a specialization as a Clinical Nurse Educator.

And last summer, she was hired by KSU as a part-time Faculty Clinical Instructor.

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Mary Hollis played a key role in the team’s run to a state championship (see page 30), primarily at the libero position. She was named to the All Area 5A Team and All State this year, as well as serving as varsity team captain the last three years. In addition to four seasons of varsity volleyball, she has played three seasons of basketball and two seasons of lacrosse.

Mary Hollis also sports a 3.8 GPA and is part of the Program for Global Citizenship. Her teacher, Quinton Walker, describes her as “a deep thinker who understands both perspective and empathy, a truly gifted student.”

Volleyball coach Taylor Noland described Schmidt as hard working, determined, and

Gene Bratek, Emma Rolader, Karen Rolader, and Doug Foltz at the dedication ceremony.

For students walking beneath Mount Vernon Highway from the South Campus fields, there’s not just a light at the end of the tunnel – there’s a masterpiece!

Funded by the Parents’ Association, a new mural was created over the summer on the wall of the stairwell leading down to the tunnel. The remarkable work of art was executed by Atlanta fine artist Doug Foltz, HIES parent Karen Rolader, a renowned artist, herself, and her daughter, Emma (10th grade).

The tromp l’oeil work, according to Rolader (the momma bear), “was inspired by ideas from the AP art program – the four bears representing the four divisions, and then there were symbolic elements for each of the four tenets of Holy Innocents’ – religion, education, fine arts, and athletics. But it’s really Doug’s final design.”

A number of factors made this project

both unique and challenging. For one thing, it was a hot and unusually rainy summer, so just finding time to work became difficult. But the chemical nature of concrete posed the biggest issue. “It was different for us working on that scale and working with the material,” says Rolader. “Concrete is very difficult to work with because it dries instantly. Once you put it on there, it’s there; it actually cures and binds with the concrete. So the technical aspect was a challenge.”

Rolader also appreciated Foltz’s creativity and attention to detail. “He wouldn’t put anything on there that didn’t have some meaning,” she says. “We added the altar cloth across the top because we wanted a lead in from the parking lot, something to maybe work its way around the wall. And he wanted to know the symbolism of everything, its importance to the school. No brushstroke is

random.”

One final challenge, says Rolader, was convincing Foltz that after three months and 300 hours of work, the job was complete.

“Doug really didn’t want to wrap it up,” she says. “He kept adding stuff and I was like, ‘Doug, we’re done!’”

Rolader gives her daughter special credit for making the work progress smoothly.

“Emma worked all summer long, too. She was the go-to girl – we’d be looking at something and she’d know exactly the right color and the right kind of brush to give us while we were on the scaffolding.”

Funding for the mural was collected from individual class art projects at the 2013 Gala.

The Parents’ Association held a special dedication ceremony earlier in the fall to show their appreciation for such a wonderful, new addition to our campus!

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FROM THE HEADMASTER

DEPT. CHAIR SPEAKER SERIES On Oct. 2, six diverse speakers shared their ideas for experiencing released one album and has been filming a documentary called “The a richer life at Enduring Spirit, the fall HIES Department Chair Speaker Thousand Mile Tour,� showcasing a musician’s struggle for success.

Series event at the High Museum of Art’s Walter C. Hill Auditorium.

Coley, who calls himself “a crazy, high-spirited man of God, musician, Enduring Spirit tied individual stories into an evening focused on how teacher, and worship leader,â€? had a vision at 15 in which “God showed people persevere in the face of closed doors, disability, pain, and war. me little clips of myself.â€? That vision taught the young musician that that – Author, speaker, and librarian Josh Hanagarne has written there was a higher purpose in life beyond his passion for music. a memoir called The World’s Strongest Librarian, which relays his “It’s to do a greater good,â€? he told his audience emphatically. “I don’t experiences growing up with Tourette Syndrome. Hanagarne has coped know what’s going to come of my life – I don’t know if I’ll make it. But all with what he calls “Miss Tâ€? – with its involuntary movements and I want to do now is live day to day with the things I love: music, friends vocalizations – since he was 6. Most treatments involve pills, but his and family‌ and God.â€? own extreme case is resistant, and particularly difficult to control. – Holy Innocents’ seniors Sam Fallon and Owen Penn, who brought Hanagarne has tried dealing with Tourette’s in numerous ways, the Wheelchair Lacrosse Exhibition and Clinic to Atlanta in July, 2012, including strength training, which helped him control the condition for lent some inspiration of their own. Fallon was visiting the Shepherd about a year. But it came raging back, challenging his spirit, and his Center two years ago and noticed that a sport he particularly loved body, even more. was not available to wheelchair-bound “Today, at 36, I’m in the worst shape I’ve athletes. So when the Golden Bear lacrosse ever been in, but mentally I’m better than player began looking for a worthy project to I’ve ever been,â€? he said, adding that facing complete his Eagle Scout badge, he decided the problem was, for him, one way of coping to bring lacrosse to a whole new group of successfully. “If you think, ‘I can’t believe people in Georgia. this is happening,’ it’s probably too late,â€?

It came together two summers ago at Hanagarne explained. “It’s better to think, The Cooler in Alpharetta when some 30 ‘This is happening.’ The sooner you can say disabled athletes took part in a two-day, that, the sooner you can do what’s next.� free lacrosse clinic. Fallon coached the clinic Hanagarne also advised trying to live along with Penn, Wheelchair Lacrosse USA a normal life, focusing on kindness and founders Ryan Baker and Bill Lundstrom, and compassion, loving yourself and others, and volunteers from around the state. Participants keeping a sense of wonder about life – “a were schooled in the arts of throwing, Josh Hanagarne sense of wonder we can give to each other.� catching, picking up ground balls and other – Kim Phuc Phan Thi, subject of a elementary lacrosse skills before breaking up Pulitzer-Prize winning Vietnam War photointo teams for games. graph from 1972, also mentioned love and The two friends did not know what compassion when she talked about the nato expect at the clinic but it became an palm bombing attack that burned 65 percent experience they said they would never forget. of her body when she was only 9 years old. “We realized that every person had had his Kim survived her physical injuries but had to own struggles in life and that they wanted deal with psychological and spiritual wounds to be viewed for who they are,� said Fallon. for many years. How did she not only endure, “Seeing them makes you feel fortunate but also flourish? She offered this advice: for everything you have, and it also makes r -PPL GPS PUIFST XIP XJMM IFMQ ZPV TVDI you think if they can overcome this, I can as the photographer who carried Kim to a overcome anything else.� hospital, and her mother who encouraged “We’ll never forget that you just have to her to carry the pain. persevere,� added Penn. We taught them r %PO U BTL i8IZ IBT UIJT IBQQFOFE UP one thing and they taught us many.� me?� Instead, count your blessings and – Middle School science teacher Craig look for purpose in your new life. Kim, for McGowan showed a different kind of instance, became a UNESCO Ambassador enduring spirit with images of him leading and speaks to groups all over the world. teens up Washington’s 12,281-foot, Mount r "DDFQU UIF SFNJOEFST PG XIBU IBT Adams last summer. McGowan relayed some happened. Kim even accepts the scars that practical information about how it’s easier Kim Phuc Phan Thi cover her body. “They make me be thankful to trek on ice rather than snow, and faster to and to remember.�

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16-year-old rise to the challenge after being r 'PSHJWF i)PX DPVME * GPSHJWF *U JT OPU told: “You can do this!� Or seeing young easy to do that, but I prayed over and over. climbers face, resolutely, a phenomenon on One day, the hatred was gone. I still have Mount Adams called the false summit – a pain but my heart is healed.� peak that hides the actual summit from view r 'PDVT PO UIF GVUVSF i* TUJMM DBSSZ NZ QBTU until tired climbers are about a mile from the I won’t forget it,� she said. “But the war could top and realize how far they still have to go. not kill my life, my hope, and my future.� “These are life-changing experiences, – Clay Coley, a singer-songwriter and really empowering,� McGowan said. “And the native of Douglasville, GA, made it to the Holfalse summit is an idea of what the enduring lywood round on American Idol in 2012. He’s spirit is all about.�

A Spirited Night at the High

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Craig McGowan

Leadership Transition

by Gene Bratek Headmaster Whenever any organization has a change in leadership, there is always a certain amount of anxiety as everyone in the community wonders about impending changes. This is the situation whether the organization is a large multi-national corporation or a small non-profit group. It is particularly stressful when people are satisfied with the way things are going and fear that there may be changes on the way that will cause them to be less happy. On the other hand, a well-planned and effective change in leadership usually causes people to feel hopeful and to look forward to outcomes that will improve the organization’s position.

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School is in the process of going through a leadership transition that will effectively begin on July 1, 2014. The school’s new leader will be Paul Barton, who is currently serving as Head of School at Avery Coonley School near Chicago.

Paul is a bright young man with an engaging and inspirational personality. He has had experience in several schools and is familiar with programs in grades Pre-K through 12.

These experiences have prepared him well to lead our HIES community to its next level of accomplishments. Selected from a pool of nearly 200 candidates, Paul demonstrated to the Search Committee and to the teachers, administrators, and parents who met with him, that his philosophy of education is well aligned with the mission and strategic plan of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. In my meetings with him I was impressed with his quick grasp of the school’s culture and with his understanding that our school is on a path of development that has generated increasing respect and confidence from families in the Atlanta metro area. I am personally very pleased and excited that HIES has been able to attract someone with Paul’s credentials, accomplishments, and insight to be its next leader.

Paul’s partner in leadership next year will be Board Chair Bruce Ford. I have had the great

pleasure of working with Bruce through the challenges and opportunities of the last few years and can say without qualification that our school is very fortunate to have someone with his experience, skills, and wisdom to guide the Board of Trustees of HIES. Bruce previously served as Senior Warden of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church before joining the Board of Trustees and was asked to serve as chair of our board three years ago. That experience has been invaluable as we have been working to create a new shared facilities policy that will benefit both the school and the church. He is committed to continue the work of improving the school on many levels, from operations to governance. In recent years he has led the board through key revisions in the by-laws, the creation of a new strategic plan, the recruitment of talented new trustees, and into the One School Campaign. Paul Barton will be making his entry to the school with an experienced and thoughtful board chair by his side.

The finances of the school are also in particularly good shape. We have a conservative Finance Committee that has presided over an operating budget that continues to perform in the black every year.

Our endowment has risen consistently in recent years to our current level of $18 million.

An important factor in our sound financial position has been the support our parents, grandparents, parents of alumni, and alumni have given through voluntary contributions to our various fundraising activities. Annual giving consistently reports parent participation in the 88-92% range, with the annual totals in

excess of $1 million. The Parents’ Association, the Fine Arts Alliance, and the Holy Innocents’ Athletic Association all have been outstanding in their volunteer efforts to support the school’s programs and students. They have contributed countless hours to events and activities to make student experiences at the school above and beyond the norm.

To me, most of this can be summed up as a culture that generates success. Our academic program offers 26 Advanced Placement courses, more than any other school in Atlanta.

Clearly, the academic expectations are very rigorous. Our students operate under an Integrity Code that expects them not to lie, cheat, or steal. This standard is enforced by an Integrity Council, most of whose members are students elected by their peers. We have a fine arts program that is the envy of other schools. Chorus, band, orchestra, drama, photography, and visual arts students have consistently entertained and amazed us with their talent. In addition, our athletic teams have continued to have success. All of our fall teams, for example, had winning seasons and were state playoff eligible, with our volleyball team winning a state championship.

I think it is fair to say that the mission of our school is well understood and well supported; the culture of our school is well established; and our strategic plan for the future is in place. There is every reason for members of this community, past and present, to be proud of what has been accomplished and to be confident of success as we go into the future. I believe that HIES will continue to make progress in the direction that has already been well established. As we welcome new leadership to the school, let us do so with comfort in the knowledge that we have a road map to the future and that our new head of school has the knowledge, skills, and persistence to take us there. We are on the right road, headed in the right direction, with the right leadership coming to HIES in July.

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TERRI POTTER SECTION HEAD

CHRIS DURST SECTION HEADUPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL …From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”— Luke 12:48 During the Living Our Mission campaign that produced the Rowan Family Middle School, I was reminded often about stewardship and the importance of carrying on and preserving the legacy of those who had served in the Middle School prior to the building’s construction. Now that we are in the midst of our One School campaign, I return to the verse in Luke about stewardship and the enormous responsibilities that are associated with these school projects. And it’s so much more than just dollars and cents.

In the old days (I can’t believe those words now have real meaning for me!) while I was Middle School principal, the Middle School lived in the 100 hallway of the Riley building. Think about it: 300 students living and working every day in what we now

call the Math Wing. It’s still amazing to me that we were able to fill the school during those cramped days. It’s a testament to the school’s faculty that, regardless of the environment and difficult circumstances, those teachers committed themselves to their students and the magic that happens when great teachers meet with eager and hungry children.

The school was hungry for change and renewal, and during the Living Our Mission campaign, former Head of School Kirk Duncan charged me with providing the potential donors some insight into the facility planning process. During my presentation, I began speaking about the faculty’s investment in the campaign.

I reminded everyone of the many years that they had been waiting for a building that better revealed their worth and dignity as educators. They had been ever hopeful for the opportunity to better serve students and to prepare them for an ever-changing and pluralistic world.

Fighting through an emotional moment, I told everyone how honored I was to have the enormous responsibility for the hopes of such wonderfully selfless teachers and eager, deserving children. I barely made it

Part of our mission here at The Greatest Middle School in the Universe is to promote a lifelong love of learning in our students. One of the ways we do that here is through our special Think Tank sessions, held on select Saturdays in the fall and spring. Students come on a Saturday morning and spend the day working together to create and present their ideas to the larger group. Students must be collaborative but also confident in their ideas, willing to try something new and different, and able to think their way out of a problem.

Each Think Tank has a special theme, such as space travel, product design,

and marketing, or recently, Homes for the Future. In that session students learned about the basics of residential design, water reclamation, energy conservation, and worked with volunteer architects from Cooper Carry & Associates to design a house.

I reported this experience in a parent newsletter, and one of our moms was very intrigued and asked for a meeting. She and some of her team members from Southern Company had a lunch meeting with our 8th-grade participants. Over pizza and cookies they talked about smart technology in homes, about thermostats and batteries, about solar panels and wind turbines and their relative merits: it was an interesting experience. I was not sure what exactly the team sought to learn, especially since the conversation was so wide-ranging – they went all over the map, talking about

LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL through the moment because I finally, fully appreciated how much these teachers loved their school. The impact on one of the teachers following the opening of Rowan was telling: I can’t begin to tell you how much I love this building. My room is a sanctuary for me and the kids, and its warmth has affected my mien, my teaching, my students in a great way. The smartboard was a terrific cinema this AM, and the rain and trees are simply lovely outside my wall of windows.

The Been Media Center looks like it will be an endless resource and ideal workspace for the students. Thank you for helping make this happen.

Even though the focus of the One School campaign is the Upper School, I can’t help but think how the residual impact of such a majestic facility will lift the spirits of everyone on campus. Teachers across divisions will teach better, students will have a bit more excitement and enthusiasm about “doing school”, and parents will know that the time, effort, and treasure they have devoted to our school and our mission has not been taken for granted.

In my last Principal’s Corner, I wrote of the importance of our Lower School students participating in Writer’s Workshop. With that in mind, the theme of this article is reading and writing. Reading and writing are both very important subjects that we teach and you can’t have one without the other. The relationship between reading and writing is a bit like that of the chicken and egg. Which came first is not as important as the fact that without one the other cannot exist. A child’s literacy development is dependent on the interconnection between reading and writing.

Reading affects writing and writing affects reading. Reading instruction is most effective when combined with writing instruction. Research has found that when children are successful readers they become good writers. Children who read different genres have the ability to learn text structures and vocabulary that they transfer to their own writing. Also, reading provides prior knowledge for writers that can be used in their own writings. One

main reason we read is to learn. What we learn is transmitted to what we share as writers.

Books can be used to help children learn and strengthen specific writing skills.

Reading literature to our children exposes them to writing traits. For example, by using various pieces of children’s literature a student can be taught word choice, voice, and sentence fluency. The children then have the opportunity to emulate the authors’ techniques.

We all learn best when we are motivated. Children should be given the opportunity to select their own books to read during independent reading time and the opportunity to pick their own writing topics. The chance to read and write what is interesting and important to the individual student will encourage ownership over their reading and writing.

Our Author-In-Residence, Carmen Deedy, works with our fifth graders to author their own children’s books. She instructs them on the many points of being a children’s author. Discussing the

writing process and the traits of good writing are incorporated into her lessons.

The end result is a beautiful children’s book written by each fifth grader. Ms. Deedy emphasizes the importance of reading and how it transforms your writing.

She writes, “Deep learning requires silent places and undisturbed stretches of time.

To plumb a book in this fashion is to vanish into another world and return with a broader sense of being.” Travel into that world by quieting your mind and reading with your children.

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electric vehicles and all kinds of things.

At the end of the lunch, as the students were leaving to return to class, I asked the mom if she had gained anything useful from the experience. She said that they had definitely learned a great deal. “These are our future customers. It’s important to know how they think.”

I was impressed that they had made this investment and were thinking so far ahead.

The hour they spent with these 14-yearolds could pay off in future benefits they could see, and some that they could not. It was an interesting act of faith, I thought.

The construction of our new building is somewhat along the same lines. We can easily see some of the immediate benefits, but there will be other things that new building will bring us that we don’t yet know about, but can only imagine.

Investing in that, too, will be an act of faith.

It was snack time in the prekindergarten and I was visiting one of the classrooms as the children prepared to eat. They all sat down in their little chairs around their little tables, where a snack of baked potato chips was waiting for them.

The cacophony of noise that had been present in the classroom as the children played on the floor suddenly grew quiet.

In its place was the simultaneous rustling of 15 pairs of little hands opening 15 bags of chips. And then, almost as if they were intentionally synchronizing their efforts, the rustling stopped and the crunching began. The room was quiet except for the CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH as the kids munched away at their snack. Slowly, of course, they started to talk with each other again as they continued to eat, but for almost a full minute before that, it was just the sound of the bags and the chips.

The phrase “a symphony of snacking” came to my mind, and I couldn’t help but laugh aloud. That is what it really sounded like – an orchestra of pre-K snackers, working together to create a joyous noise.

I don’t know if Beethoven or Brahms ever composed using snack foods, but if they had, this is what the end result probably would have been.

It occurs to me that each day here in the Primary School, and throughout Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, is like the composition of a new symphony. We take an entire “orchestra” full of students, some little and some not so little anymore, and each with their own individual sound and tenor. We add the rhythm of the daily activities, like the laughter at Lower School recess, or the chatter of Upper Schoolers as they change classes; the Middle School students dodging balls in

PE, and perhaps even our own version of the “Halleluiah Chorus,” in the singing that drifts from our Primary School music classroom throughout the day. We take all of the many facets of our one school and we combine them into a beautiful harmony.

To untrained ears, perhaps it just sounds like noise. To me, it is a masterpiece, and each day we write a new song.

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GREG KAISER

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TORCHBEARER INTERVIEW

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Mark Crosswell

An HIES parent and member of the Board of Trustees, Mark Crosswell was selected to chair the committee that would perform the search for the 10th Head of Holy Innocents’. He took time to sit with us and discuss both the process and the factors that led to naming Paul Barton as our Head of School, effective July 1, 2014.

TB: How does a head of school search get under way? Where do you begin?

MC: Well fortunately, we had plenty of notice with Gene’s pending retirement, which was announced about 18 months before we would install a new head – more than adequate time to put together a game plan. And at that point, the Board appointed a search committee – an all-star group including a number of folks who had served on the prior search, faculty members, which was a critical component, and one prior Board member who’d been on the search committee 10 years before.

We then began the consultant interviews in order to get the search under way. But I think the key was knowing well ahead of time – the situation with Gene’s retirement – and having the opportunity to prepare for the transition.

TB: What thought went into choosing members of the committee, and did you think you found the right mix?

MC: Absolutely, the right mix. Our members included Board and non-Board

members, parents – I think nearly every grade was represented, church and non-church members, just about every possible constituency. And the group was exceptionally dedicated and collaborative.

It seemed that each member added something special, and all of us worked really hard, especially Peggy Farnham who basically became the co-chair. I can’t say enough – I just hope everyone knows and appreciates how much each of these folks gave to the process.

But I’d say that having faculty as part of the search committee, which we had not had in the past, was really important to our success. Their input was so insightful, because they could tell us exactly why this seemed to fit or this didn’t, what aspect of the criteria made a difference and why.

Just having that sounding board from within helped all the search members. Because many of us – we drop our kids off and go to football games – but we don’t have a chance to really interact day-to-day with the folks who make this place run like they do.

Of all the things a Board does, probably the most important responsibility is hiring a head and providing a charge to that

head. So in terms of things I could do on our Board, it was pretty exciting to be involved in that duty, because I can’t think of anything that would have a more positive impact on the school.

TB: What were the most important factors in choosing Wickenden Associates as the search consultant? And how much of a role does the consultant play in terms of process vs. decision?

MC: We had an opportunity to look at the nation’s best firms, which are pretty well known. Wickenden just seemed to fit. They were very knowledgeable on the Episcopal mission because they’ve handled the search for a number of Episcopal institutions. They quickly understood the sensitivities of our search and what we wanted to accomplish, and they were very professional. The most important influence, I think, is their proven methodology – they have a system in place that works and they have a track record to back that up. Once they give us the model for the process, they more or less take a moderator’s role, then the search committee takes over the

decision-making. Their job is just to tee up as many qualified candidates as possible; so their involvement, as you might think, would be very heavy in the beginning and then gradually move more toward a consulting or advisory stance to let us take over the process.

TB: What do you mean by, “the sensitivities of our search”? Is there something unique to Holy Innocents’ that wouldn’t be relevant to another school’s search?

MC: We felt like it was critical that we properly represent what the constituents of the school want. We wanted to make sure we had the person who would be our Head of School for a very long time. So we had our criteria and we had the candidates.

But what often goes unwritten is the “fit”.

How, really, does this or that candidate fit the Holy Innocents’ side of each of these criteria? And I think you saw that in some of the candidates – there were fabulous candidates that we interviewed, not all of whom made it to the final round. And they would make great heads at some schools.

But the fit just wasn’t quite there, at least in terms of energy, personality, and the like.

TB: How does a search for a head of school differ from an executive search in the corporate world?

MC: Most corporate searches are cloaked in secrecy and are only handled by a select few – and the Board, much like our Board, will make the final decision, but generally by the recommendation of perhaps one or two other individuals. The only constituents that a corporate Board has are the shareholders, and often they’re one and the same. Here, the shareholders are kids and their families, and since we, as the Board, have the fiduciary responsibility to those constituents, our decision needed to properly represent their input and interests.

That can only be done through involving the community in the process. So it’s much more public than a corporate search.

That might change over time, in terms of how open the process is. And it’s beginning to change now, largely because the most qualified people out there don’t want to go through a public showing, which means letting their communities know and having their families go through it all. And it’s very competitive out there, so things are changing rapidly. Fortunately, our search process was open and went according to plan, and it was easy for us to attract great candidates, but it may not be that easy next time.

TB: What did you anticipate would be the biggest selling points about the position at Holy Innocents’? And were your expectations accurate, or did anything surprise you?

MC: Well, this kind of bounces off what we just talked about, because the school is in such good shape right now – it’s never been better in terms of how the school is doing financially, our place in the Atlanta market, our reputation… so it was not hard to sell. And Wickenden, I think, saw that, as well. So as candidates looked at us, they saw all those positive points. I think they got very excited about a lot of things, especially the One School Campaign and the fact that we were already well on the way with that, as well as the other parts of the strategic plan. So just because we were in active search mode, it wasn’t holding us back in any respect. And if you look at all the different aspects of the school, we’re really clicking on all cylinders.

And the church, having just gone through their successful campaign and building project, they are just as healthy and getting stronger. It’s just all very positive.

TB: What was it about Paul Barton that elevated him above the other candidates?

MC: This is a pretty easy question. He just connected so well. In any setting in the community that he found himself, there was just an automatic connection.

There was an understanding on his part of different issues and his experience shined forth in all kinds of areas. But really, when it came down to it, it was just his energetic and engaging personality and his ability to get out and be with people. His leadership ability is just what we were looking for.

HIES Head of School Search Committee Mr. Mark Crosswell Chair Trustee/Parent/Alumnus Mrs. LeDonna Bowling Trustee/Current & Alumni Parent Mrs. Peggy Farnham Trustee/Parent

TB: What aspects of a candidate’s profile were considered most important by the search committee?

Mr. Bruce Ford Chair, Board of Trustees Current & Alumni Parent

MC: The input from the community was incredibly helpful, because it was very consistent and very telling about what was expected: a head who would display visible and energetic leadership and who would be engaged in each area of the community, both internal and external; someone who understood the Episcopal mission and had all the necessary academic and managerial requirements that the job would demand; and finally, someone who just exhibited the history of making strong decisions of integrity and morality. All those themes came out pretty consistently from the community. To me, it came down to that fit we spoke about earlier – which candidates seem to embody all of those aspects, but do it within the perspective of Holy Innocents’? And that was really critical, because we had some candidates who pretty much checked the boxes all across, but when we brought them into our community, would that fit be strong? We needed all the analytics to back up what we were thinking, but when it came down to it, the gut had to be correct – we weren’t going to let the head overrule the heart in that decision. And Paul was the clear leader in that respect.

Mrs. Margaret Frederick Faculty Faculty & Alumni Parent Mr. James Hannan Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Parent Mrs. Anne Jackson Faculty/Administration Faculty & Alumni Parent Mrs. Laura Miles Trustee/Parent Mr. Bart Miller Former Trustee/Alumni Parent Mr. Hugh Mooney Trustee The Rev. Michael Sullivan Trustee/Parent Rector of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright Trustee/Parent Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Thinking Ahead

your socks. This is because in the 1960s and ‘70s, Fulton County had added a couple of extensions to their facility as the population of Sandy Springs grew, and the points at which these joined the original building allowed water to seep inside. In other words, rainy days begat wet hallways.

Yet through it all – the cramped labs and flooded floors – a remarkable group of dedicated teachers made it work. From day one, our Upper Schoolers received top-flight educations, gaining admittance to the finest colleges in America.

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The One School Campaign Takes Aim At The Future Of Education.

In 1988, Fulton County sold its vacant James L. Riley Elementary School facility to Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, instantly doubling the size of our campus and finally making possible a long-desired Upper School.

To be sure, the Riley building was a godsend – especially since Fulton County had already refused numerous

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inquiries from our Board of Trustees about purchasing it. For years, HIES had been bursting at its seams with a Pre-K through 8th-grade curriculum and, with no other viable, adjacent properties into

which the school might expand, the HIES community had come to accept that our students would need to spend their high school years elsewhere.

Of course, that all changed with one remarkably fortuitous real estate transaction. And in the fall of 1991, the HIES Upper School officially opened in the old Riley building – emphasis on “old.”

Building Our Dream Home Alice Malcolm and Edward England remove the sign from Fulton County’s Riley Elementary School

Split-Level Ranch Education

The case for modern Upper School facilities is an easy one to make. Everyone agrees that a school with the caliber of

Riley was an archetype – a carbon copy of thousands of other public schools built in the baby-booming 1950s: single story, red brick, flat-roofed, squared-off, utilitarian eyesores. Riley, in so many words, was an architectural crew cut.

But it was our architectural crew cut. faculty and students that HIES enjoys The fact that it was built for students two should have facilities to match. feet shorter than the ones HIES would The danger in prolonging a less-thanteach there didn’t matter in the least; Holy ideal situation is self-evident, perhaps best Innocents’ had an Upper School building. summed up by Upper School principal Over the years, the HIES Board of Chris Durst. “Good teachers will teach Trustees undertook numerous remodeling anywhere. They’ll teach in a barn,” he projects to turn the antiquated elementary says. “But not for long.” school into a facility that could support Hopefully, our community won’t have a modern high school curriculum: desks long to wait. The $22.5 million One and countertops were raised to adult School Campaign, which kicked off last height; chemistry, biology, and physics September, will result in a 59,000 squarelabs squeezed into old classrooms down foot, state-of-the-art Math, Science, one hallway; computer labs and broadcast and Technology facility (or “STEM”, journalism facilities found the educational which stands for Science, Technology, equivalent of starter Ian Frame’s math class in the 100 hallway homes in another.

And then there was the weather. If you’ve ever walked through the Riley building during a typical Atlanta downpour, you’ve probably soaked

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Serving as Chair of the One School Campaign is the latest in a long line of roles Mr. Dave Stockert has played at HIES. He and his wife, Cammie Ives, are long-time members of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church and parents of three HIES Alpha-Omegas. Stockert also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees and his family has provided immeasurable support to the school for many years. During a recent interview, Stockert was asked the question: “What does the name of the campaign – “One School” – mean to you?”

I think it means a lot of things, and it obviously means different things to different people. But to me, “One School” speaks to the sense of community that I feel, and my family feels, and the people who are members of this community feel, that extends through the different divisions – the fact that kids know each other across the divisions and throughout their academic careers.

To me, it also picks up on the continuity of Holy Innocents’ over more than 50 years, the fact that so many different people have come through here and helped it become what it is today. None of what we have today, or could do tomorrow, would be possible were it not for all the contributions of the people who’ve come before. So there’s this long history and continuity of spirit that runs through Holy Innocents’. That, to me, is the bigger meaning of “One School.”

Although this campaign is for an Upper School building, the benefit will extend through the entire place. If you’ve got kids in the primary grades or in the Middle School, you can see how this campaign will be directly impactful, and more indirectly impactful down the road. Every kid who’s here today has benefitted from 50 years of sacrifice and contributions that got us to where we are. None of these facilities was paid for out of tuition. They were paid for by groups of people who got us to where we are.

It’s supposed to get better. And in two years, in 10 years, in 20 years, it will be better, because it’s One School – one great school, filled with great students, teachers, and families.

To learn what “One School” means to some other members of the HIES community, please watch the campaign video, online at www.hies.org/oneschool.

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Engineering, and Math). The building, which is scheduled to open for the 201516 school year, will also include student common areas, a large dining hall able to seat 500 people, a modern journalism, broadcast, and film studio, a robotics lab, and administrative offices.

This is the first stage of the broader Master Plan, approved by the Sandy Springs Planning Commission and City Council in 2009, to construct three new buildings (the new STEM facility, plus an equivalent humanities building and a modern performing arts center) on the existing footprint of Riley and stretching eastward toward the Lower School.

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Greatest Common Denominator

The main focus of the campaign is to provide expanded, modern facilities for the educational programs most critical to the future success of our students. And STEM addresses the main drivers of today’s and tomorrow’s global economy, which is becoming increasingly dependent

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engaged,” she says. “The new classrooms will not only allow us to do these safely, but open up many more activities that are simply not feasible now.”

HIES Meets R2D2

Biology teacher William Lambert assists in a crowded dissection lab

on computer technology, robotics, and scientific research and development.

“The new building will help us generate enthusiasm, excitement, and excellence around science and math – all the STEM stuff,” says Durst. “And I think the glaring issue with the Riley building has been the elementary school classrooms renovated into science labs. That we’ve been able to make that work for over 20 years speaks

volumes about the teachers, the students, and their resiliency.”

“First and foremost,” says science department chair Allyson Marbut, “we’ll have a safer environment for our students.

In anatomy, for instance, when we do dissections and 18 kids are walking around with scalpels and dealing with toxic chemicals, all scrunched together, it’s not a very safe environment.

Capital Campaigns: The Building Blocks of Education Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School’s campus has come a long way since 1959. After opening with just a few small classrooms, HIES now includes 49 acres of fantastic fields and facilities.

So how did this campus take such a progressive journey?

Two words: capital campaigns. Without them, there would be no Fred Rowan Family Middle School, Groesbeck Hall, or Alan A. Lewis Primary School, to name just a few buildings.

Capital campaigns are important, says former Director of Development Mary Alice Isele, because they raise funds for muchneeded projects. The Continuation of Excellence Campaign, for example, financed the Riley Building renovation, paving the way to add the Upper School. Not only did the campaign, which launched in 1990, make possible the Main Gym and Baker Field, but it also established the school colors, mascot, and trademarks. “The campaign completely changed the personality of the school,” Ms. Isele says. “I was very fortunate to have had a hand in what it is today.”

The evolution of campus continued with the Vision 2000 Campaign, which resulted in the Alan A. Lewis Primary School, Groesbeck Hall, and Lower School renovations. Vision 2000 influenced the school’s overall well-being and20growth, says Assistant Headmaster for | TORCHBEARER WINTER 2014

Enrollment and Planning, and former Director of Development, Chris Pomar. “It was the result of a tremendous effort on behalf of a lot of volunteers,” he says. “It was an exciting time for the school, and it was a campaign that benefited everyone because those buildings freed up space in other parts of campus.”

The next major fundraising effort, the 2003-2007 Living Our Mission Campaign, allowed for the construction of the South Campus Fields, the tunnel under Mt. Vernon Highway,

the Kirk Duncan Gymnasium, and the Fred Rowan Family Middle School. Such campaigns are the only way a school can improve its facilities and grow its endowment, says Assistant Headmaster for Institutional Advancement Michele Duncan.

“I think the Living Our Mission Campaign had a huge impact,” she says. “As soon as that Middle School went up, our applications went up significantly. It also impacted the Upper School students. They suddenly had

an additional 15,000 square feet of space because, before we had a new Middle School, both Middle and Upper School students were located in the Riley Building.”

Typically, a campaign lasts three to five years. “It’s hard to sustain a campaign for a longer period because it’s an effort that requires momentum and enthusiasm. If you drag out the campaign for a long time and you don’t have things to show off, you start to lose enthusiasm,” Mr. Pomar says.

Depending on needs, a different financial goal is set for each campaign. Due to generous donations over the years, HIES has a history of exceeding its goals. The Continuation of Excellence Campaign set a goal of $5.3 million and raised about $5.6 million. Vision 2000 beat its $7 million target with $7.4 million, and the Living Our Mission Campaign surpassed its anticipated amount of $17 million with $17.6 million.

What made such gifts and pledges possible throughout the years were the countless volunteers working together to ultimately affect students’ lives. Ms. Isele remembers more than 300 volunteers helping during the Continuation of Excellence Campaign. “We couldn’t have done it without volunteer work,” she says. “I think we’re very blessed that this community has a spirit of philanthropy, because it makes a tremendous difference.”

Amanda Love’s chemistry classroom

Chemistry teacher Stephanie Garner echoes Marbut’s concerns with safety.

“We’ve got chemicals and open bunson burners. Working so closely, kids knock things over, or walk past open flames,” she says. But Garner is most excited about introducing lab work that she can’t offer currently – not only for lack of space, but also because teachers from other disciplines need the rooms.

“We’ve got to clean everything up each day,” says Garner. “We can’t leave things out because students are coming in for some other class. So being able to do longterm experiments is going to be great; we can have a section set up for week-long or semester-long experiments, because we’ll have places to put them. Now, there’s no way to do a long-term anything.”

When asked for an example, Garner offers a petroleum study. “It’s an AP lab that takes multiple days, where you break down petroleum into all of its composite parts. But you have to leave stuff set up exactly the way it is for the reactions to take place over time. You can’t do it in 50 minutes or an hour, which means our AP students just can’t do that lab now.”

Fellow chemistry teacher Amanda Love loves the thinking that has gone into the design of the new space. “We’ll have a section of the room for the lecture portion and then a section for the lab – dedicated lab space,” says Love. “And for student learning, that’s important. There’s a change of mindset when they go from the lecture area to the lab space.”

Another example of advanced design that both Love and Garner appreciate is an elevated track for utilities. “The utility setup will be really nice because it runs along a track up on the ceiling,” Love explains. “So let’s say you want a gas valve or an electrical outlet; it can track to exactly where you need it at that moment. This is really advanced design, stuff you’d find at modern research universities.”

The Expanding Universe

Riley’s retrofitted elementary school classrooms constrain more than eligible experiments. They also constrain the entire science curriculum, negating the possibility of expanding the department into related fields of study.

“We’d like to introduce microbiology, for instance, but we don’t have a room conducive to teaching that,” says Marbut.

“Microbiology involves growing a lot of microorganisms, where you can be under a fume hood, where you won’t have any contamination, and where you can keep your materials in that environment for a long period of time. We can’t do that now because I need to get these microscopes out of here for the next class to come in!”

Marbut explains that the One School Campaign will finally allow the HIES science teachers to give students the full benefit of their expertise. “We try to do as many hands-on and critical thinking activities as we can, where kids are

Two years ago, the Upper School math and science programs launched a new robotics team, joining the program FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit program based in Manchester, NH, that holds competitions around the country.

“I think we had four students – we ran one team and our best finish was ninth out of 16,” remembers faculty advisor Cameron Lane. “We didn’t score many points; it was really more of a defensive game – just trying to figure out the lay of the land.”

It appears they’ve figured it out. At this year’s first team meeting, Lane and coadvisor Ian Frame found over 30 students, from all four Upper School grades plus a handful from Middle School. “It’s a pure science and technology program, and it’s touching the entire school,” says Lane.

Able to field two teams this year, Lane smiles as he recounts the program’s progress. “We competed in one competition this fall and right out of the chute, both of our teams placed in the top half of our qualifier. So we qualified for the elimination rounds, which we had never done before,” he says. “We were able to

The HIES Robotics team competes at this fall’s first competition

really be valuable members of our alliances during the competition, so that was exciting.”

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It takes a bird’s eye view to appreciate the true impact of the HIES Capital Campaigns over the years.

We look forward to updating this series of images in the fall of 2015!

Middle School students take part in the robotics program.

lays a solid foundation for any number of careers in science and technology.

“We use hobbyist robots, not something you’re going to find in a factory. But the principles and skills the kids are learning will be applicable to all sorts of industry or scientific research, or anything they’re going to do down the road,” he explains.

“Like in the 60 Minutes piece on the Amazon.com drones, some of the concepts they’re using – like getting the sensory information from the environment and making a machine make decisions based on that sensory information – that’s the same thing that our robots do.”

Now, it seems, the only thing holding back the HIES robotics team is the space constraints of the Riley building. “We’ve got parts in here,” says Lane, looking around his small office. “We’ve got parts in Ian’s room, in (US math teacher) John Taylor’s room. We do most of our work in there, but that room’s not big enough to hold a full, constructed arena, plus all the kids that we have.”

Designs for the new STEM building include a large, dedicated robotics lab on the east side of the third floor. “It’s going to allow us a lot of space to spread out and build the full-sized arenas and the full-sized robots that we need to practice in order to be successful at these competitions,” 22 | TORCHBEARER WINTER 2014

says Frame. “It’s also going to give us an opportunity to have multiple teams working in parallel, or even to host competitions.”

Adds Lane, “It’s really going to give us a chance to put our robotics program out in front, not only in the school community, but also in the community at large.”

As a point of reference for the potential of the associated industries, Lane points out, “Google just announced that they’ve bought seven robotics companies – they’re going all-in, too. So it’s going to be a bigger and bigger part of our economy. The students that we’re preparing for college

now are going to be the ones who build and maintain those systems, so I think the earlier we get the technology and start working on these skills and helping them to see the world in that way, the better.”

Early 1960’s Site Plan

Tonight’s Top Story

Seven years ago, a new program called Digital Lifestyles entered the HIES curriculum as a fine arts alternative for students more interested in film, TV, and digital production than music, theater, or the

1970’s

1980’s The WHIS news team prepares for its weekly broadcast, as Film and Broadcast teacher James Jackson readies the camera

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C&G staff work with faculty advisor Danielle Elms in Malcolm Library

visual arts. As a home for the new program, a classroom next to the Campus Shop was refitted with a rudimentary news desk, green screen, and post-producation suites (or closets, more accurately). On the bright side, the editing software and video cameras were state-of-the-art.

From these modest beginnings, the Media Literacy program has flourished, now producing two regular journalism broadcasts (weekly WHIS newscasts and the monthly news magazine, GBTV), two print journalism vehicles (the Crimson and Gold online newspaper, www.crimsonandgold. com, and the C&G quarterly news magazine), a perennially award-winning yearbook, and a burgeoning film department frequented by a slew of young Spielbergs and Coppolas.

Like the previously mentioned programs in the Riley building, however, the space for film, broadcast, and journalism proved sub-par, a make-do space for a can-do group of teachers and students.

The One School Campaign addresses the issue with a suite of modern broadcast studios, editing bays, and production equipment. “The dedicated studio space – not only around journalism but around film – is a tremendous upgrade,” says Durst.

“It’s a signature space.”

Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup

There will be many signature spaces in the new building. Besides the ones mentioned above, there will also be student

work rooms and new administrative offices.

But the space that will make a difference in everyone’s day is the new dining hall – a modern facility with seating for 500 people (as opposed to the 230 in Riley’s cramped Porter Dining Hall), and a large, modern kitchen able to serve every member of our community.

“The serendipity of the campaign,” says Durst, “is that we combine that sense of academic rigor with what our families feel is really important –that sense of community, that bonding, that togetherness that comes with breaking bread. So to be able to mesh the academic and the emotional sides of Holy Innocents’ – and around a common place where we share a meal together – I think that speaks to the essence of our school. We’re not sacrificing one to get the other.”

Breaking bread, of course, is a foundation not just of Christianity, but of all the world’s religions. In the Episcopal tradition, it is a sacred act which fosters the inclusion and appreciation of all people, from all walks of life, philosophies, and fields of expertise.

In school, a dining hall is where life outside of academics happens – fellowship, community-building, and the development of social skills, maturity and friendship. “It’s an expression of what we value,” explains Durst. “It’s just like anything else in the community – it’s based upon our mission.”

This spring, Bratek will retire after a long career at some of the finest independent schools in America. He understands the importance of facilities to the life of a school. “The best teachers want to work in a place where they have great students and great facilities, because they know they can stretch themselves and test themselves

come to believe that’s not correct,” he adds.

“It does matter. If you have great facilities, you can really get a lot more from what Our Episcopal mission is the underlying happens in that classroom and those labs.” principle on which Holy Innocents’ Finally, Bratek points out that perception has thrived for 54 years. More than the and reality are forever intertwined. And the buildings, and even more than the people perception of HIES that the One School who have worked in those buildings – from Campaign creates throughout Atlanta will Lillabel West to Alice be significant. “It’s going Malcolm to Dorothy to be terrific. Right now, Sullivan, Janella Brand, when people drive down Chris Swann, Niki Mount Vernon Highway, Simpson, Janet Silvera, the buildings don’t say Susie Ross, and the list anything spectacular goes on for as long as about the school. Our you’d like to write it – our best buildings are hidden school’s Episcopal mission inside campus – the of inclusion, acceptance, Middle School especially and respect for each other – and there are a number has fostered a culture to of driveways they might which every school in choose to enter. With America aspires. the new building, there Yet a school’s culture won’t be any question can’t exist without The 4th Grade teachers show some One School spirit at the Halloween Parade where the front door of comparable facilities. our school is, and it’s And while the new STEM going to be spectacular. building will, indeed, be “an expression of in their professional skills” he says. “I And as you know, what people see affects what we value,” as Durst said, it will also can swear I’ve seen people walk taller, what they think and believe.” improve the education our students receive. with more confidence and poise, when a Perception is, indeed, reality. And when “Mostly what we’re getting out of new, spectacular facility goes up. They the One School Campaign is realized, the this new building is increased quality of think, ‘Wow, I’m part of this. I’m part of perception of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal instruction,” says Headmaster Gene Bratek, something that’s really terrific.’

School will have caught up to the dreams of “because of the increased size of the labs and “Years ago, I used to think that it really those people who, in 1988 with the stroke the ability to better equip them than we can didn’t matter – great teachers and great of a few pens in a real estate lawyer’s now, because we just don’t have the room to students can work in a cave. But I have office, changed our campus forever. put in the equipment that we’d like to have.”

Mission: Possible

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The Planning Stage:

Where Dreams Meet Reality And Reality Meets Innovation

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A few years ago, with no such thing as fiscal reality to curb their dreams, the Capital Campaign Committee met with their designers and architects, ultimately submitting plans for a 79,000 square-foot STEM building, replete with a three-story administrative wing. The price tag of roughly $30 million was then submitted for a feasibility study.

“You design this big building,” says HIES business manager Jim Griffin, “and the consultants kind of help to confirm what your common sense tells you – that, ‘our eyes are bigger than our stomach,’ which is common.”

The next step is the difficult one: choosing what comes off the plate. “Basically, we need to come up with a package that meets the Porter Dining Hall

program needs,” says Griffin, “but that we can produce with the amount of money that we’re capable of raising.”

That amount was pegged at between $22 and $23 million – enough for everything the Upper School faculty and administration wanted in the labs and classrooms, but…

“We cut the administration wing,” says Assistant Headmaster for Institutional Advancement Michele Duncan. “It was going to be a two-to-three story wing with nice, big conference rooms and work rooms, but something had to go. And by cutting down on administrative space, we didn’t have to change those areas that affect students and faculty day-to-day.”

One area that affects students day-to-day,

and that posed another potential problem, is the dining hall. If Porter were demolished during construction, what would the school do for an entire year of lunch periods?

“We’re very fortunate,” says Griffin. “We were going to tear down Porter Dining Hall, but our contractor, Hodges and Hicks, came up with a great plan where next summer, they’re going to put some columns up through Porter Dining Hall’s roof. Our plan was to keep the kitchen through spring and have kids tote food back and forth to Malcolm Library as a temporary dining area.

But now, we’re still going to have Porter and serve lunch there through the next summer, when they’ll tear it all down and finish the ground floor.”

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SECTION HEAD One School Campaign Donors The following is the list of donors to the One School Campaign as of December 20, 2013.

Matching gifts are not normally counted in the total until they are applied for by the donor.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. Please let us know of any errors or omissions by contacting Michele Duncan, Assistant Headmaster for Institutional Advancement at michele. duncan@hies.org. Please accept our sincere apologies for anything that is not as it should be. Thank you for your help.

Benefactors - ($500,000 - $1,000,000) Anonymous Dr. Paula Nelson-Adesokan and Mr. Yinka Adesokan Thalia N. Carlos and Chris M. Carlos Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hannan HIES Parents’ Association Patrons - ($250,000 - $499,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Correll / The Correll Family Foundation, Inc. Ms. Bonnie Terwilliger Leadbetter The Gary W. Rollins Foundation The Stephens Family Ms. Cameron Ives and Mr. David Stockert Patricia Bowman Terwilliger Family Foundation Associates - ($100,000 - $249,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David S. Aldridge Mr. and Mrs. David H. Asbury Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Bell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Birdwell Mr. and Mrs. Alston D. Correll III Mr. and Mrs. William S. Creekmuir Mr. and Mrs. Darren W. DeVore Go Big Red Family Foundation HIES Fine Arts Alliance Holy Innocents’ Athletic Association Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin F. Landis III Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Long Mr. Phillip S. McCrorie Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Miles Mr. and Mrs. John S. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Louie A. Pittman Jr. Drs. Melisa Rathburn-Stewart and Michael Stewart Mr. and Mrs. George O. Sertl Mr. and Mrs. James B. Voyles Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waken III Mr. and Mrs. R. Kelly Williams Jr. Developers - ($50,000 - $99,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David P. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Randy S. Brehm Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Broms Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cahillane Dr. and Mrs. David A. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Deguire Mr. and Mrs. David L. Fentress Mr. Bruce G. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Hayes III Mr. and Mrs. William Matthew Hereford Mr. and Mrs. James Mark Herrington Mr. and Mrs. Dean S. Mathison Ms. Madelaine Outland McCrorie Mr. and Mrs. J. Bart Miller The Nease Family Ms. Ashleigh Graham and David Panton WINTER 2014 26 |Dr. TORCHBEARER

Mr. and Mrs. L. Arnold Pittman III Mr. and Mrs. Neil L. Pruitt Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shaheen Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. C. Austin Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Wells III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Wood Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright II Builders - ($25,000 - $49,999) Mr. and Mrs. James G. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bell Mr. Brian Michael Blackshaw Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bost Mr. and Mrs. Chris H. Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Eric K. Busko Ms. Jennifer Pittman Cantrell Mr. and Mrs. David L. Corts Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Donahue Mr. and Mrs. William W. Espy Mr. and Mrs. Brent L. Farnham Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis Glenn Mr. and Mrs. David F. Haddow Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hollett Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hamilton James Jr. LeoDelle Lassiter Jolley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kampfe Ms. Shellie Davis and Mr. Raymond Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. R. Clay Millings II Mr. and Mrs. John J. Notermann Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Olim Mr. and Mrs. R. David Patton Dr. Catherine and Dr. Craig Peters The Pruitt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Rohleder Mr. and Mrs. B. Clayton Rolader Mr. and Mrs. Chad T. Shirley Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Taft Mr. and Mrs. Knox R. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jackson L. Wilson III Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wray III Facilitators - ($15,000 - $24,999) Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Scott W. Ainsworth Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Ausband Mr. and Mrs. Erik L. Belenky Mr. and Mrs. Stefan R. Brecher Mr. and Mrs. B. Sandford Birdsey III Mr. and Mrs. Stefan R. Brecher Mr. and Mrs. David M. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Mark Crosswell Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Devine Mr. and Mrs. David A. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Epperson Mr. and Mrs. John B. Foster IV Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hackett Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hale III Mr. and Mrs. William Parker Hix Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hudgins Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hunter Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Kaufmann Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Keever Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Klopfenstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Langford Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Mangum Mr. and Mrs. David Y. Millican IV Mr. and Mrs. John R. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Niepoky Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks O’Kelley Mr. and Mrs. William R. Olsen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Ortman Mrs. Nancy W. Pruitt The Quigley Family – Christina, Alan and Mary Camille

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Rice Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William H. Rousseau Mr. and Mrs. Frederick N. Sager Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Skid Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Theos Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Weiss Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Friends - ($14,999 and under) Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adams Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Ahler Ms. Gwendolyn W. Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. James A. Alexander Mr. Patrick Allegra Mr. and Mrs. John H. Almeter Mr. and Mrs. Pelham Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Anderson Ms. Authurine Johnson and Mr. Elliott Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Armata Mr. and Mrs. Brent D. Armstrong Ms. Debbie Arnold Ms. June Borg Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Blake Asbury Ms. Randi Aton Mr. and Mrs. John B. Austin Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bahin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bailey Mr. John J. Barich Mr. and Mrs. Leary Barnes Ms. Karen M. Barney Ms. Maria Barros Mr. and Mrs. James E. Barton Mrs. Linda C. Basham Dr. and Mrs. Asad Bashey Mr. and Mrs. James Bealle Mrs. Mary Evelyn Beeland Miss Catherine Weston Bennett Mr. and Mrs. David N. Bennett Ms. Lesley Roberts Bennett Mrs. Barbara Parrott Berryman Ms. Madison Best Mr. and Mrs. Steve Best Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Betts Mr. Eric Bielenberg Miss Arden E. Birdwell Mrs. Ellen Garrard Blake Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Blasingame, Jr. Mr. Mikhail Boguslavskiy Dr. Sherri Bohler and Mr. Randy Bohler Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Boor Mr. and Mrs. Jon K. Bornholm Ms. Susan Arnold Borrelli Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. Keith L. Boyer Mr. and Mrs. Russ Bozeman Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Bradshaw Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Brady Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Bratek Mr. and Mrs. David D. Brensinger Mr. and Mrs. Darren W. Bridges Ms. Denise Brignet Ms. Kelsey Broe

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Broos Mr. and Mrs. Brad S. Brown Mr. and Mrs. David C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whitney Brown Miss Stephanie Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wesley E. Brown Ms. Ann Kieffer and Mr. Bill Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jason Browning Dr. Barbara Bruner Mr. Phillip Matthew Brunson Mr. W. Michael Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Lauren O. Buckland Mr. and Mrs. James Burke Mr. and Ms. James F. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Burris Mr. Andrew R. Burriss Mrs. Julie Smart Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Craig L. Cannon Ms. Melody Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cantrell Mr. William T. Cantrell Dr. and Mrs. James L. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. James R. Carter Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Carter Mrs. Caroline A. Catts-Xie and Mr. Guofeng Xie Mr. Bill Cefaratti Mr. Worku Chekol Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B. Cochran Mr. and Mrs. James S. Coe Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Will Dane Coil Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Colton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conway Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Cook Dr. Teresa Capone Cook Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Cooper Dr. Debra and Mr. Brian Core Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Tony Cox Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crandall Mr. and Mrs. Rick Cravey Mrs. Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland Craw Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Crewdson Mrs. Gera-Lu Crumpler Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Cullens Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry William Cummings Mr. and Mrs. William C. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. John A. Curtiss Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Danzig Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Davenport Ms. Mary Ann Davis Mr. and Mrs. Stacey L. Davis Sr. Ms. Zebib M. Debas Mr. and Mrs. James D. Decker Mr. and Mrs. M. Travis DeHaven Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. DeSantis Mrs. Brooke Sibley Dewey Dr. Paula and Mr. Stephen Dickson Mr. and Mrs. Andy Dimenstien Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Diversi Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dobson III Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dobson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dolan Mr. and Mrs. David D. Doll Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Joseph Domescik Mr. and Mrs. James W. Donahoo Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Jed Dorsey Ms. Terri Lynn Dramis Mr. and Mrs. James Russell Duncan III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Durst Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Dye Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Earle Mr. and Mrs. William S. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. C. Samuel Ehlers Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Elms

Ms. Jeanine Burns Englert Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ernst Mr. and Mrs. Corey N. Etheridge Ms. Maurine Eustis Mrs. Linda D. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ewing Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fanning III Mr. and Mrs. W. Daniel Faulk Jr. Mrs. Robert C. Fay Mr. and Mrs. James B. Felton Ms. Julie Fennell Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Finlay Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fishman Mr. Thomas Ryan FitzStephens Mr. and Mrs. David Bruce Floyd Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Forrestal Mr. Daniel Charles Forrester Mr. and Mrs. David Fowler Mr. Ian Frame Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Joseph Franke Mr. and Mrs. Kerry A. Frederick Ms. Sandra Goodman Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Gafford Mr. David H. Gale Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Galla Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Galvani Ms. Pamela N. Game Ms. Stephanie Garner Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Garvin Jr. Ms. Lisa Anne Gaston Mr. and Mrs. Greg B. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Gatoux Mrs. Aniek Elizabeth Genovese Mr. Christopher Joseph Genovese Dr. Kelly Gfroerer Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gibson Ms. Jacqueline Gil Mr. and Mrs. Aaron A. Gilcreast Mrs. Katherine Gillett Dr. Bryce Ronald Gilmer Mr. and Mrs. Mike Glaze Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton Glover Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Goldsberry IV Dr. Maria E. Goncalves and Mr. Luis Goncalves Mr. and Mrs. Luis Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gorin Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Gorski Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Gottlieb Mr. Harley Gould Ms. Kristin M. Green Major and Mrs. Wesley L. Green Sr. Mrs. Mary Brooke Grier Dr. Letha and Mr. James Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hewlett Grigsby Mrs. Ginger Guice and Mr. Christopher Railey Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hackett Sr. Ms. Heather R. Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Halliwell Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Jerald R. Hanks Mrs. Cynthia C. Harder Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Hardin Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Huntington Harper Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Harper Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Harps Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Harley Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Harman Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel P. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Harris Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harrison Mr. Daniel Patrick Healy Ms. Cris Visperas and Mr. Kevin Hickey Ms. Eleanor F. Hickok Mrs. Judy O. Higgins

HIES - Class of 2009 HIES - Class of 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Hingson Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hogan Ms. Sara Claire Hollett Ms. Jennifer Hollifield Ms. Greer Homer Ms. Frances R. Huber Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Hudson Ms. Katie Huffner Ms. Meridy L. Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. G. Hutchings Ms. Karen L. Hutto Ms. Isabelle Isakson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Jabaley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Jacobs Ms. Elisha Jackson Mr. James A. Jackson Mr. James H. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jackson, Jr. Mrs. Judie E. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Jacobs Mr. Stephen G. Jayaraj Ms. Korlis Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Jensen Ms. Theresa L. Jespersen Mrs. Kathy K. Jockisch Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Joe Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Johns Mr. and Mrs. Bobby D. Johnson Ms. Catherine Newton Jones Mrs. Dallis J. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Jones Ms. Laura Ellen Stevenson and Mr. Lee Clarkson Jones Mr. and Ms. Neel D. Jones Shah Mrs. Elizabeth O. Jordet Ms. Toya M. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Kaiser Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kardian Ms. Maria Karres-Williams and Mr. John Williams Mrs. Julie Kattmann Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Keeler Mrs. Joyce A. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Terrance D. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Clay B. Kelsh Mr. and Mrs. G. Mark Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Graham C. Kennedy Ms. Shana Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. William Lee Kesterton Mr. and Mrs. Dara T. Khani Dr. and Mrs. Zach Kilpatrick Ms. Eddie Mae Kimble Mr. and Mrs. Woodward T. King Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Kirouac Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kissack Dr. and Mrs. Barry L. Klein Mrs. Cindy Batten and Mr. Gary Klingman Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Koehler Mr. and Mrs. Jared Kohl Ms. Laurel Koontz Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Kreinheder Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Kuniansky Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kunberger Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Kushel Mr. and Ms. Timothy Lee LaFramboise Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Travis D. Lackey Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marcus Lamback Ms. Kat Boswell and Dr. David Lambert Mrs. Janet L. Landis Mr. and Mrs. Cameron R. Lane Ms. Tisha Lanier Ms. Susan C. LaRue Mr. and Mrs. W. Scurry Laws Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lawson Ms. Joan Marie Lee Mrs. Julia Leech

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Ms. Tania Lehman Dr. Maria Arias and Dr. Jerrold Levy Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lewis Dr. Laura and Mr. Edward Little Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashford Little II Mr. Matthew C. Little Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Livezey Ms. Amanda Love Mrs. Beth Studley Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Lukens Ms. Alexis Lundy Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregg Magruder Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maitski Mr. A. Spears Mallis Ms. Meredith Many and Mr. John Eatman Ms. Allyson Marbut Ms. Amy Marler Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McClain Dr. and Mrs. W. Cody McClatchey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross McClellan Ms. Sonya L. McCullough Mr. and Mrs. Dion A. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Sean C. McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Mr. and Mrs. Bill McGinnis Mr. Craig McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. McGraw III Mr. and Mrs. Torin J. McKellar Mr. Thomas McKenzie Ms. Lauren McKinley Ms. Erin McNicholas Mr. and Mrs. John G. McNicholas Ms. Jane McRae Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kent McReynolds Mr. and Mrs. Conrad C. Meertins Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mees Dr. and Mrs. John B. Meisinger Mr. Kacey J. Michelsen Mr. and Mrs. Kurt M. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Mitchell Jr. Ms. Carrie Mocyk Mr. and Mrs. G. Clarke Monroe IV Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Mooney III Dr. Jean Sonnenfield and Mr. Gareth E. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Andy Morrison Ms. Amie Muir Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mullen The Rev. and Mrs. Edward B. Mulligan IV Mrs. Deborah McCarty and Mr. John Myer Mr. Dunn Neugebauer Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Newstead Ms. Taylor Noland Mr. and Mrs. Grant C. Norwood Ms. Mary Alysia Oakley Ms. Lauren O’Brien Ms. Kristen E. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Marc R. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. O’Shaughnessey Mr. Louis W. Otterbourg Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pagano Drs. Melody and Marvin Palmore Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Parker Ms. Mekisha R. Parks Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Drew Peckham Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Penman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perkins Mr. and Mrs. William B. Phillips Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Phippen Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Michael Plant Mrs. Holly Pollock Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pollock

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Pomar The Rev. Wendy Porter Cade and Mr. Shaun Cade Mr. Geoffrey O. Porter Ms. Terri Potter Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Powell Mr. Taylor Price Mr. and Mrs. C. Blair Pritchett III Mr. and Mrs. John B. Puett Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Quinn Dr. Kelly Carson and Mr. Richard Raeside Mrs. Ashton Thurmond Ragone Ms. Holly Raiford Mr. and Mrs. William G. Railey Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Rapoport Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rawson III Dr. and Mrs. Ashok S. Reddy Mrs. Mary Reeve Ms. Prather Rehm Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Wes Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Marion P. Rivers III Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Hansell W. Roddenbery Ms. Jenna Ross Mr. and Mrs. Stan Ross Mrs. Cara Puckett Roxland Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Russell Mr. William Jason Rutledge Ms. Jessica Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sandler Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sansaverino Mr. William Tyler Sant Ms. Amanda Leah Sautter Dr. Sharon Schattgen and Mr. Robert K. Schattgen Ms. Catherine Harrison Schenck Mr. and Mrs. Rob Schochet Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Scothorn Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Scott Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Scroggins The Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Rabbi and Mrs. Ronald M. Segal Ms. Darnicea N. Shabazz Ms. Margaret J. Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sheats Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Sherk Ms. Rachel Shunnarah Mr. and Mrs. David S. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell S. Silvera Mr. and Mrs. David M. Simpson Ms. Julie A. Skaggs Mr. and Mrs. Austin C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith Mr. and Mrs. Nealon D. Smith Ms. Suzanne G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. Clayton Snellings Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Snyder Mr. Timothy Sommer Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Spingler Mrs. Christine E. Stafford Ms. Claire Staples Mr. and Mrs. John T. Stembridge Mr. Andrew J. Stephens Ms. Amy Stewart Mrs. Turea Stewart Miss Emily Stockert Miss Olivia Stockert Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Strassner Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Strehlow Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Stroman Ms. Lynn Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Stuart Mr. Kristian L. Studley Dr. and Mrs. Ramon A. Suarez

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Douglas Suarez The Rev. and Mrs. Michael R. Sullivan Dr. Kathy Ferrell-Swann and Dr. Chris Swann Mr. and Mrs. Brad Swanson Mr. and Mrs. William B. Tabler III Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tabler Mr. John Harris Taylor Mr. J. Aaron Thacker Ms. Janice D. Thacker Ms. Jean A. Theros and Mr. Peter Hedin Mr. and Mrs. Dana A. Thomas Ms. Laura O. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randal R. Thompson Mr. Mike Thornton Dr. Anisa and Mr. Robert Threlkeld Ms. Laura Thurber Mrs. David Thurmond Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Tippett Mrs. Charlene Lane and Mr. Gary Toman Mr. Peter F. Tongren Mr. and Mrs. Giuliano G. Tornusciolo Ms. Sarah Connell Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hearne Tucker Mr. and Mrs. David G. Turner Ms. Marguerite E. Tyrrell Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Valentino Mr. and Mrs. Dirk J. Vande Beek Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Vettese Dr. O. Goga Vukotic Ms. Kate Walker Mr. Quinton P. Walker Mr. Etsubdink Walle Mr. and Mrs. David M. Wallis Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ward Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Warley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Warrick Mr. and Mrs. J. Anthony Watkins Jr. Mr. Charles Edmund Watson Ms. Dorinda Kay Watson Mr. and Mrs. James Todd Watson Sr. Ms. Carol H. Watts Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wearing Mr. and Mrs. George M. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Weber Ms. Tamika M. Weaver Hightower Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Webb Ms. Katherine S. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Joshua S. Wells Mr. and Mrs. David B. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. White Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wiggs Mrs. Kathleen Marie Wiley Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Williams Jr. Ms. Sarah Neale Williams Mrs. Deborah Jamison Wood Mrs. Laura Wood Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Woodring Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Woods Mr. and Mrs. Brent W. Wouters Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wright Dr. Beth-Sarah Wright and The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright Dr. and Mrs. Randy J. Yanda Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Yarsawich Mr. and Mrs. John F. Yeager III Ms. Alyce Yorde Ms. Kathleen Yukishige Mr. David Michael Zagoria Ms. Katharine L. Zambetti Mr. and Mrs. James R. Zeeb

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Voyage To China My Grand Occasion

U.S. State Department Exchange Program To China: June 28 to August 10, 2013

by Peter Myer, HIES Senior

China was stupendous! I was fortunate enough to be awarded a fully-funded, merit-based scholarship sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs to study Mandarin for six weeks in China. I studied through a program known as National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) partnered with ACES (American Cultural Exchange Service). The application is due every November and applicants are notified in April. My selection took me by surprise and I had to cancel everything else I had planned for the summer, pack up, and just go.

I went to Jiaxing, China, a coastal city, with 17 other American students from all over the United States. I was nonstop busy for six weeks. I spent five days a week at XZXD Modern Experimental School with three Chinese roommates, one of whom was my host brother (his English name is Jim). Next door was an American student with three more Chinese roommates. We would spend four hours a day studying Mandarin, followed by an afternoon activity (sports, calligraphy, paper cutting, etc.) and then we would have dinner, immerse ourselves in the town, and return to our respective dorms. On the weekends, I would go back to my host brother’s home for family activities.

I came to know my host family so well. The hospitality that they showed me was incredible and they taught me more Mandarin than anyone ever could in a classroom.

It was interesting to see all of the cultural differences. I had to get used to the squat toilets and it was perplexing to find that women wanted to be as pale as possible, which seems completely opposite of Americans.

Before I left, I decided that I would try to do everything, because that is how one really makes a trip exciting. The food was amazing.

I got used to eating rice with every meal, I became quite skillful with chopsticks, and I tried everything – from goose lung to chicken feet.

Some were better than others.

One of the requirements of the program is to conduct a final project on a topic of your choice, for which each student interviews native Chinese and gives a presentation toward the end. I decided to focus on Chinese traditional medicine. I want to pursue a medical career, so I thought it would be a perfect fit. I visited the Jiaxing Traditional Hospital and learned of acupuncture, glass suction cups, herbs, pulse diagnostics, and more. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore a different perspective on a subject that really interests me. In that way, it really didn’t feel like work – it was fun.

While in China, I visited so many different places: open markets, Shanghai, an orphanage, an older persons’ home, a tea house, a rice museum, a silk museum, public art parks, restaurants, Wuzhen, West Lake, Hangzhou (capital of Province – Zhejiang). It was a full immersion experience. I was able to see so many different places and experience a lifestyle that would not be possible at home.

I even saw a cricket market! People traditionally either buy singing crickets or fighting crickets. Any person could be walking down the street with a little chirp coming from their shirt pocket while others bet on fighting crickets on the other side of the street.

My favorite part of the trip was being able to utilize the language I was learning with native speakers. Being thrown into a new place, culture, and world gave me the opportunity to explore life in a completely different way. I went in not knowing anyone or anything about Mandarin or China, but I came out with not only the knowledge of six weeks total immersion in Mandarin language, but also the friendships of a diverse group of American kids and Chinese peers and teachers that I will never forget. It widened my perspective on life more than anything I have ever experienced.

I would encourage anyone to apply. Who knows, maybe you’ll be on your way to Turkey, Morocco, or even China.

Our group on the first day. I am sixth on the middle row from the left

From left to right, my host mother, my host grandmother, me, Jim, and my host father

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FALL ATHLETICS

An Insider’s View To Winning A State Championship

by Julie Fennell MS Assistant Volleyball Assistant Coach

At last year’s volleyball post-season banquet, I spoke about the abrupt ending of athletic seasons, especially when you’d expected to play for a state title but come up short. I used the analogy of a roller coaster to make my point: When you get to the front of the line, you step in and sit down. The bar comes down and locks you in tight. Now the ride moves slowly and you hold on with white knuckles.

If you have never been on this roller coaster, you are not quite certain of what lies ahead.

But there is no way off. The gears carry you slowly up the track until you reach the first peak. Then it hits you, the free-fall. With acceleration, excitement, and fear you hold on and try to enjoy the ride. But you are seconds away from being turned upside down and you know it because you see the loop in front of you. Once you catch your breath, you see that there is yet another climb to an even taller peak and you are not quite sure you can handle the intensity of this… the climb again is almost painful because you know you are about to be thrust into another whirlwind. But no more thinking about it – you have reached the top and here you go.

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brave enough to raise your hands in the air; you learn how to deal with all the emotions, excitement and fear. Then it happens. The roller coaster slows and stops without warning, jerking you back. The bar is lifted, and you step out. It is over.

I just described our 2012 Volleyball season.

That season ended in late November, and as soon as our final match was over, head coach Taylor Noland, Athletic Director, Ruth Donahoo and I stood in the corner of the gym replaying the last few points.

A final-six team, the HI Bears lost to Savannah Christian in the fifth set by two points – details that matter to players and coaches, but honestly don’t really matter. In tears, the girls retired to the locker room while their parents stood quietly in the bleachers, a mix of disbelief and pride on their faces.

To a coach, every end of every season is hard. Just when you reach full momentum, it’s over. The ride of your life stops and all you can think about is that elusive championship.

The 2012 season, however, set the stage

for our 2013 team. From the final whistle in Savannah, these girls knew they never wanted “that” feeling again. Falling short was unacceptable. And for rising seniors, Annie Bennett, Navie Birdwell, Mary Hollis Schmidt, and Julia Wright, a state championship was the only option for 2013.

“Saying you want a state championship and actually winning a state championship are two very different things,” Taylor said at least a dozen times this year. So we set out to put things in place to make that a reality.

Pre-season planning began and in late July, the team traveled to Camp Greyfield in Champaign, Illinois, a learning and training center owned by HIES grandparent John Wright, Sr. Ten returning varsity players, Taylor, and I met at the Atlanta airport to board a plane for this team-bonding trip, courtesy of the Wright Family.

Taylor and I knew three things: 1) this year’s team was special and had more talent than any other HI volleyball team in the past; 2) we were quite capable of winning it all; and 3) we had to figure out a way to put the girls in the best position to win.

Oh – and 4) we knew it wouldn’t be easy.

What we did not know was that our trip to Camp Greyfield would be key to our success this season.

For some girls, the 40-foot telephone pole they had to climb and jump from (held only by Mr. Wright

and their teammates) was the scariest part of camp. For others, it was shooting a rifle and learning to keep their eye on the target – while remembering, “I think, therefore I miss, Cogito Ergo Non Ferio!”

For me the scariest part was seeing Taylor with a gun less than five feet away!

The girls loved playing in the cornfield at night, driving the mules around the property, and the traditional “pickle ball” tournament.

Taylor loved the horses and the 15 dogs that had their own house in a special barn. At one point, I thought she might just sleep out in the barn with all the animals. My favorite part was seeing the girls sit through hours of tough, meaningful, introspective sessions, looking inside themselves through mental exercises and classes with Mr. Wright.

Camp Greyfield is a story in itself and, if you were to ask any of the 12 individuals who experienced it, we would all say it was lifechanging. We walked away with notebooks full of ideas and quotes that would undoubtedly resurface at the most opportune time.

But we now know Camp Greyfield was an unmistakable part of our story… the story of winning a state championship.

I remember our first parent meeting. Coach Quinton Walker had just rejoined the staff and we were all ready to field questions.

A parent asked Taylor, “How legit is this team? I mean, can we really win it all?”

Taylor responded, “It is not going to be an easy road, our season is going to be tough. We will play some big 4A and 5A schools. But, if we put the work in and believe we can do it, we can win it all.”

Quinton talked about the demands of academics with athletics. Our team mom, Melinda Joe, explained how the demands would be great during this season but it is an honor to be a parent of a varsity volleyball player. I can honestly say that our HI parents went above and beyond what was expected to support this team.

Having this type of community at HIES truly makes our job as coaches a lot easier.

This season also resembled that roller coaster. As a team, we had ups and downs.

Mixing 13 girls and three coaches was an adventure. There were days when Taylor pushed this team further than I have ever seen a coach push. Don’t get me wrong, the girls know she is tough, but they also know she cares. The teammates bought into our plan, showed up, and performed well under pressure.

Almost every day, Taylor would say to this team, “You are a state championship team.

Play like it. Believe it. Act like it. Remember Camp Greyfield and F.O.M.O!” At Greyfield, F.O.M.O stood for, “the fear of

missing out,” – you can’t be distracted by the fear of missing something that, in ten years, won’t matter to anyone. It might seem super important at the time, but going to a party or staying up late is not important. You cannot be afraid of “the fear of missing out,” because what you are trying to accomplish is far greater than the present “cool” thing to do.

Once we got to Area-level play, some of our hardest matches of the season were already over, and the aches and pains were getting ironed out. We were in first place in our area heading into the state tournament.

Now, as a coach, you are either superstitious or you aren’t. And Taylor is.

From the clipboard I hold to Quinton’s facial hair, nothing could be altered, especially after we’d gone deep into the tournament. Poor Quinton, he was very scruffy, but took one for the team; from his coaching Sarah Porter’s sets to Julia Wright’s jump serve to Mary Hollis Schmidt’s deep serve, Quinton gave these girls love and great coaching from start to finish.

After two matches, the final six teams in the state bracket were set. We were the number one seed going in, meaning we got a bye right into the final four.

We hosted at home and won convincingly.

Now it’s down to the State Championship game – Holy Innocents’ vs. Hebron Christian on a neutral court. From the time the girls stepped off the bus and through the spirit line, all the way to the last girl pulling up her kneepads before warm-up, Taylor knew they were ready. She kept telling me and Quinton, “They are ready, this is their day.”

As I watched Mary Hollis Schmidt serve what could become the last point of the match, I saw hundreds of HI students cheering emphatically. Some were crying, some were holding tight to a friend, and some had their arms in the air, silent.

They were taking it all in. We won that point and instantly our fans raised their arms as one, our players jumped for joy falling into and onto each other. “We did it. We did it.” The girls repeated in a large embrace. I paused and took it in myself, then turned to Taylor.

She was standing with her hands over her eyes. Quinton was all smiles. And the three of us hugged with both joy and relief.

Later, Athletic Director Ruth Donahoo defined the magnitude of this accomplishment, “Historically, we have had a strong volleyball program but this year’s team was exceptionally talented, hardworking, and willing to go the extra step to achieve their goal. We are so proud of each player and glad that they will have this memory of a lifetime.”

The bar lifted, and we stepped out.

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96 Hours In The History Of HIES Athletics

by Dunn Neugebauer, HIES Sports Information Director What follows is a true account of four days in the life at HIES that put exclamation points on the best fall athletic season in school history. It began on a Wednesday and didn’t end until Saturday – when the days were done, Golden Bear coaches, players, parents and student body almost literally didn’t have any more yelling or cheering left in them. “It was brutal but it was fun,” a student would later say. Enjoy…

Oct. 30th, 2013 – Final Four volleyball vs.

Eagles Landing Christian Academy Coach Taylor Noland has no problem recalling the day that led up to her team’s semifinal matchup at home against ELCA –

The final set was like a tennis match – with both teams holding serve and the lead shifting back and forth. With both failing to deliver on match point, the Bears finally pushed through when senior Julia Wright hit a finesse shot over the ELCA block to give the Bears an 18-16 fifth-set win.

“That’s by far the loudest I’ve ever heard this gym and probably the best volleyball game, if not the best, I’ve ever seen,” a parent said.

Oct. 31st, 2013 – 5A region cross country meet at OLM As head boys’ cross country coach, I had a similar ordeal, as did Noland the day before. Also one of the school’s public

no problem at all. As Air Traffic Controller of all the substitute teachers, her day started as it usually did - unlocking doors, passing out class rolls and sending subs to various places. If that wasn’t enough, she had already volunteered to drive a bus off campus on a school field trip.

“It was awful,” she said. “One of our buses hit a car. I didn’t think I’d ever get back to school.”

When she did get back, she had a hurdle ahead – a hurdle that had never been vaulted in HIES volleyball history. Though many teams had advanced to the Final Four before, never had a Golden Bear team made it into the finals.

“We used to always get to the semifinals and then lose to Lovett,” former volleyball coach and now Athletic Director Ruth Donahoo remembered.

At long last, Noland’s tough school day did end, the HI gym was packed and the two teams did battle. And what a battle!

The two teams split the first four sets – HI won the first 25-17; ELCA answered with a 25-17 win of its own; the Bears regained momentum with a 27-25 squeaker that saw them down 23-20 before the visitors fought back for a 25-18 victory.

relations people, I spent the morning taking pictures at the annual Halloween Parade.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a parade, it’s just that – with postseason that afternoon – everything leading up to the races was a distraction. Even eating lunch was! I wanted to step into a ‘fast forward’ machine and arrive at 4 and 4:40 p.m. that afternoon.

Fellow coach Stephen Jayaraj also felt the pains. On the bus heading to Fairburn for the event that afternoon, he became more than on edge when the driver made what he thought was a wrong turn. “That’s one thing that would’ve stopped us right there – not getting to the starting line on time!” Jayaraj would later say.

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ing the traffic-infested trip due to it being Halloween. With signs of relief, the coaches put everything behind them in successfully

getting their teams to the starting line – and with time to spare.

Despite racing in arguably the toughest competition in the state, the Bear runners didn’t disappoint. No less than five runners – three boys and two girls - earned All-Region honors with top-10 individual finishes and both squads captured third, enabling them to advance to state.

If that wasn’t enough, the boys’ finish turned out to be by far the best boys’ finish in HI history as the average finish among the top five was a full minute faster than any boys’ team before!

Best volleyball game ever followed by best cross country meet ever – not bad. But stay tuned!

Nov. 1, Friday – Regular Season Football At Home Vs. Landmark Christian Get the picture: The Golden Bear football team faced LCA at home on this night. A win would catapult the Bears into the playoffs for the seventh straight season. A loss, however, would end the season. Very simple but there it was.

Down 17-7 at half, 20-7 in the third period and 28-21 with 5: 21 left in the game, it appeared that head coach Ryan Livezey and his staff could begin making banquet plans as

the bigger LCA team was marching through the tiring HI defense.

This team, however, did not quit. Down seven and at their own 20, the Bears began a drive, led mainly by the running of backs Clay Pfohl and Owen Penn and quarterback Luke Wright.

A 4th-and-10, however, dimmed the home team’s hopes, but Wright scrambled all over the field before gaining 12 yards, moving the chains and keeping the Bears alive.

Three plays later it was 4th-and-4 – another huge play. This time Wright found Walker Thomas all alone for a gain down to the five.

If that wasn’t enough, Thomas barely caught

the pass – the junior juggled it before literally catching the ball between his legs.

“Thing was, we didn’t even call that play,” Coach Livezey remembered. “We were going to run a sweep right, but nobody lined up with Walker.”

Two plays later, Pfohl ran it in to put the Bears down by a mere point.

At this point, Livezey made a decision.

Instead of kicking the extra point and opting for overtime, he had his team go for two.

“I felt our best chance of winning was by doing that,” he later said. “We were having trouble stopping them and I just felt that was the thing to do.”

He was right. Wright found Jackson Miller in the front of the end zone and the Bears led

29-28. But… there was still 47 seconds to play; the suspense wasn’t over.

Landmark flew down the field, advancing to the Bears’ 23. After a penalty set the visitors back, LCA attempted a 52-yard field goal as time expired. The field goal was perfectly straight and the crowd grew quiet as both

Haley Collins – later to be named Player of the Year – dominating early, HI won the first two sets 25-18 and 25-19. Later up 24-22 in the third, it appeared it was going to be an HI sweep, but Hebron valiantly battled back for a 26-24 victory.

Could the Bears re-elevate after being that close?

“T-Nol (Coach Noland) told us after that set that this was our gym, this was our day, and to just get out there and get it done,” Julia Wright later said.

And they did. Never trailing in the fourth and final set, senior Mary Hollis Schmidt delivered HI volleyball’s most golden moment with an ace that gave the Bears the fourth set at 25-20 and the state title.

Noland and her team converged onto center court, most in tears as they embraced while the student body came out and engulfed them.

They had delivered. The exclamation point was in place in the HI volleyball archives.

referees under the goal posts stared at each other… and signaled no good. The ball fell just short.

“Best game I’ve ever seen as a spectator and a coach,” Livezey said after the game.

But the momentum wasn’t over…

Nov. 2 – Volleyball State Finals Vs. Hebron Christian The gym at Marietta High School was packed and it was noisy. After a teacher/ student/fan tailgate, it was game time and Coach Noland & Company, perhaps still recovering from their excitement three days before, was hoping for one more solid finish.

And the Bears got off to a great start! With

Donahoo would later look back on those four days and summarize it quite nicely.

“It’s one thing for lightning to strike, but for it to strike four straight days! What are the chances of that?”

For the record, the football team went on to win a round of postseason before bowing in the Elite 8 – tying its farthest advancement ever. The boys’ cross country team earned fourth in state a week later, outrunning its previous best finish of ninth, while the girls captured sixth.

As for softball, their season had already finished, but not before turning things around for a school record 17-win season that saw them advance to the Sweet 16.

All in all, when every ball was punted, spiked, kicked or hit and every finish line crossed, the fall marked the first time ever that every team advanced to postseason.

“That says a lot, but that’s not to take away from our winter and spring sport programs,” Donahoo said with a smile. “We’ve got a bright outlook ahead.”

Congrats to all the Golden Bears coaches, players, and parents involved in the best fall finish ever! Go Bears!

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GREENBAUM GRANTS An ancient monastic retreat in the Wicklow countryside. The stark bleakness of a Dublin prison yard. Glendalough and Kilmainham Gaol. The two sites present a perfect vision of historical Ireland, its beauty and violence, its tragic past always informing its more hopeful future.

The Irish are among the most welcoming people I have ever met. As I have heard it, the Irish know no strangers, only friends they have not yet met. And yet their nation, like ours, is steeped in revolution and bitter civil war, religion and bloodshed. How is it that this most hospitable of places, arguably the preserver of Christianity during the Dark Ages, has seen more than its share of the dark side of human nature?

This past July, thanks to the generosity of the Greenbaum family, my wife Kathy and I were able to attend a six-day guided tour of Dublin and the surrounding environs sponsored by W&L Traveller, Washington and Lee University’s educational travel program.

Led by our knowledgeable guide Marc Conner, professor of English and Irish literature at W&L, Kathy and I were excited to return to Ireland. Kathy has family roots in Ireland, and I have taught Joyce and Yeats in my English classes. My doctoral dissertation was a novel set partly in Ireland and drawing upon Irish history, the idealism of the Republican cause and the violence that ensued. For a few years that novel has been sitting under the bed, waiting for me to tackle it again, and this trip seemed like the perfect catalyst.

Dublin is a small modern city built upon a sprawling medieval town, and therefore history is, quite literally, everywhere. The Custom House Quay by the River Liffey is the location of Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre, yet right in front of the glass-and-steel skyscrapers are skeletal bronze sculptures commemorating the 19th century Irish Famine.

Our group stayed at the Gresham, a four-star hotel that is a setting in James Joyce’s “The Dead” and once hosted Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Even the restored beauty of this Dublin landmark, with its Waterford crystal chandeliers, lies in the shadow of Ireland’s history: just down the street sits the General Post Office, site of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. Bullet holes still pock the columns of the GPO. The Long Room in the library of Trinity College is a vast barrel-vaulted chamber with tall galleries of books rising three stories into the air. One floor below lies the Book of Kells, a ninth-century illuminated manuscript of the Gospels. It is an exquisite work, not only in its script but also in its illuminations, with 34 | TORCHBEARER WINTER 2014

GREENBAUM GRANTS

The Light and the Dark – A Journey to Dublin

by Dr. Chris Swann Christian iconography and Celtic knots intermingling in bold colors. Monks brought the manuscript from Scotland to preserve it from Viking raids. There again is that twinning in Ireland’s history, the light and the dark.

But nowhere was this twinning more apparent than in our visits to Glendalough and Kilmainham Gaol.

Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded

by St. Kevin in the sixth century A.D., is situated just below two lakes and surrounded by wooded hills. The scenery is spectacular, the timeworn stone buildings and green hills under the blue sky. No wonder St. Kevin wanted to live in this corner of Ireland and call the faithful to him. Although Glendalough’s tall round tower is its most famous building, my favorite was a small stone church called Saint Kevin’s Church or “Kitchen.” Against the soaring grandeur of medieval cathedrals, like St. Patrick’s in Dublin, this tiny church has its own rude majesty.

The next day, we visited Kilmainham Gaol, just west of Dublin. The largest unoccupied prison in Ireland, Kilmainham appears in many films, including In the Name of the Father (1993) and Michael Collins (1996). Virtually every Irish nationalist leader from 1796 until 1924 was imprisoned here at some point. Most notoriously, the leaders of the 1916 Easter

Dr. Swann meets Mr. Joyce.

Rising were incarcerated in Kilmainham, and all but Éamon de Valera—who was spared at least partly due to his American birth—were executed by firing squad. Our group walked solemnly through the prison and exited into a courtyard, where a bare metal cross marks the spot where the fifteen rebels were shot. The yard is a gray, barren place, ugly and reminiscent of ash. It is a far cry from the otherworldly illuminations of the Book of Kells, or the sanctuary and beauty of Glendalough.

It’s easy to turn away from the uglier truths of history, to focus only on the joyful, the light-hearted, the beautiful. But we are who we are because of both sides of ourselves.

We are both: beautiful and ugly, the agents of violence and the makers of peace. Why in English classes do we often teach stories that are dark and tragic? Because that is part of our character, and if we want what Lincoln calls the “better angels” of our nature to prevail, we must understand that aspect of ourselves that struggles to keep our better angels at bay.

If anything, examining the darker impulses of humanity robs them of some of their base appeal and throws our better angels into brighter relief, like placing a dark background behind a light. And on a more selfish note, such subject matter makes for compelling stories, or at least I hope so as I return to my first novel with a lot of notes and background material.

On one of our final evenings in Dublin we went on a musical pub crawl. The musicians engaged the audience with stories, humor, and “trad” music, along with a fair amount of Guinness. We raised our glasses and sang “Johnny Be Fine” and “The Night Visit” loudly and with great gusto, if not much skill. But as one musician told us, participation is the key thing in Irish trad—everyone has something to share, and talent is optional. “That explains the success of singers like Bono,” he said with a grin, to much laughter. This is the final image I take from my trip to Ireland—good stout and good music enjoyed by a crowded room of friends who hadn’t yet met, singing joyfully as night fell over the Dublin streets.

Omega Institute is located in Rhinebeck, 90 miles north of NYC on the Hudson River.

The train ride takes you along the river with stunning views of historic homes, West Point Academy, and Hyde Park on the Hudson.

Besides being a preeminent home for Lyme ticks, it has been a mecca for artists and writers.

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training, based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD, is demanding. You come to the main hall in silence at 6 a.m. then you meditate and work with meal breaks. People flew in from Denmark, Istanbul, France, Ireland, and the Philippines.

It was immediate immersion and a challenge for the majority of us.

We sat on wooden floors in a large hall and were led in silent breathing meditations at the start of every session – no mantras, chanting, or thoughts, just breaths and body scans to stay in the visceral present.

Three bell chimes signaled the end after 30 minutes. We had the option of remaining seated or doing a silent walking meditation. This time we were limited to indoor walking in very slow movements. With 150 people it was a miracle we all found room; it was an odd mellow zombie like experience. The bell chimed and we were back to sitting meditation – eek!

After lunch I had to walk as I was stir crazy from meditating. The afternoon repeated the morning, and by dinnertime I think most of us were shellshocked – what had we done? Why had we signed up for this? We weren’t cut out for this.

The next day was 6 a.m. sitting meditation, followed by walking meditation, which was allowed outdoors. I walked in a small labyrinth outside the cabins. It was pleasant yet strange seeing classmates taking tiny steps in the fields and on paths. Finally lecture time came.

We clutched our notebooks and drank up instruction after all the quiet. “Why are you here?” the instructors inquired. “Why are you here?” they asked twice more, pausing after each. Repetition forced introspection. Maya Angelou said there are three ways to learn about people: how they deal with Christmas lights, rainy days, and lost luggage. I figured 1.5 of them had potential for throwing me off center. The key is to check in with yourself, your thoughts, sensations, and emotions as you experience the ups and downs of life. This was my aspiration.

The foundation of Mindfulness is taking care of yourself first then leaning into life with awareness, vulnerability, and compassion for yourself and others. It is learning to be nonjudgmental, pausing, and realizing that we are all challenged by life, feel like we are missing something, often feel alone and

Mindfulness at Omega

by Katharine Zambetti

misunderstood and perceive threats and magnify them in our fear, anger, sadness, and agitation.

The goal is to be fully present in the moment and to appraise the stressor, not dwelling on past or future concerns. The instructors led us in stretches, more meditation, and told us that tomorrow we were to be in complete silence from waking till dinnertime. We were not allowed to read, write, wear watches, look at clocks, or make eye contact. We would wear “In Silence” badges all day. We grumbled but agreed.

It was rough; I had no idea that being shut down in all communication would flatten me, but I felt squashed by the end of the day.

We started with inspirational quotes. We had sitting, walking, then sitting meditations till silent breakfast. Snores broke out – it is hard to be mindful with snoring! More meditation then we were released to silent lunch. I was feeling claustrophobic and surreptitiously trying to read watches from afar. I could never be a monk unless in a monastery where we made fudge, jam, or bread to sell. Silence is a gift but feels like a prison when you can’t laugh, share, and interact. In the afternoon there was more meditation – yikes – six hours worth. I couldn’t wait to exercise and move. I missed the warmth of connection, but realized later that it forced us to be with just ourselves. Many had never really spent quiet time alone. That evening we shared our experiences. For me it’s that life is empty without empathetic laughter and communication, and frankly, some silliness (thank goodness for Middle School!).

By day 4 we could “drop” into meditation like trained dogs. We were told how we get stuck in old patterns and views of ourselves.

We shared some of our ingrained patterns and self images. The instructor said, “If you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” A chronic pain sufferer countered, “If you’re a nail, everything looks like a hammer.” What came across is that we are all looking for more balance, to love and be loved, and to be heard and seen. Being in a space with all these people who want better lives and help is a power in itself. You feel the common humanity.

Total self immersion days mixed with time to chatter, vent, cry, give and get feedback, and ask questions. We had to meditate to rewire ourselves. Medical studies show that meditation for at least 15-20 minutes a day can significantly alter brain scans causing the amygdala, the area of anxiety and fight and flight, to become smaller, and the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, the areas of logic, rationalization, and empathy, to enlarge. This neural plasticity in the brain allows you to literally change your way of thinking and behaving (changes were observed in as short a time as eight weeks of daily meditation).

Mindfulness and meditation can bolster your immune system and lower volatile responses to stress.

Awareness is letting the mud settle, the clouds clear, and detaching. Fears, old emotional stories, and self-recrimination tend to play in our heads. Think “STOP”: S=stop – easy enough. T= take a breath. O= observe and be open (what is really happening here?)

P= pause, presence, patience, and possibilities.

Lack of awareness leads to disorder physically, mentally, and emotionally. Choosing to attend and see patterns and options gives you the sense of not “I’m scared!”, but “fear is here.” It is a healthy detachment that enables you to be in the crisis without being consumed by it.

We closed with how to take this practice into our lives. Make time to sit, meditate, S.T.O.P., and repeat. This sense that we are all fighting the good fight is one I carried out of Rhinebeck. I am immensely grateful for this Greenbaum Grant opportunity to learn, grow, and take this training into the classroom and life.

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ALUMNI AFFAIRS

FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

From left: Athletic Director Ruth Donahoo, Jack Templeton, Haley Kolff, Ben Cornwell, Travis Canby, US Principal Chris Durst, and Headmaster Gene Bratek.

Wall of Fame Inductions Four of Holy Innocents’ all-time best athletes were inducted into the Wall of Fame on Oct. 18, during halftime of the HIES-Strong Rock Christian football game. The Wall of Fame was established in 2008 to recognize and honor outstanding varsity athletes, coaches, and/ or contributors who have demonstrated excellence in their athletic pursuits.

Our four newest members are Travis Canby (2000), Ben Cornwell (2007), Haley Kolff (2007) and Jack Templeton (2007).

At the ceremony, each received a commemorative plaque - a replica of the one displayed on the Wall of Fame in the Main Gym, as well as a “free ticket for life” to any HIES sporting event.

Below is a brief bio of each athlete: Travis Canby was inducted for his basketball excellence – he had a three-year varsity career at HIES before playing for four years at Kansas State. Travis guided the Bears to two Final Four finishes as a center for Rick Torbett’s squads. He led the team in rebounding and blocked shots and was second in scoring and steals during his tenure. As a senior, he was Honorable Mention All-Fulton County and North Fulton Second Team.

Ben Cornwell led the 2007 Bears to a state baseball championship, where he was the ace pitcher for Dylan Deal’s squad. He went

Nicole Shealy ’10 What do you do when you love sports and shoes? If you are Nicole Shealy ’10, you create a blog called Stilettos and Sports www.stilettosnsports.tumblr.com.

Nicole has been passionate about sports and shoes for as long as she can remember.

Her parents grew up in Texas, where her mother attended the University of Texas at Austin and her dad went to Southern Methodist University. After graduating from Holy Innocents’ in 2010, Nicole decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and attend SMU. Texas is clearly in Nicole’s blood. She credits her love of sports to her grandmother, whose biggest pet peeve was a girl who couldn’t understand football. Both her mom and grandmother would quiz her about the game – “What’s a first down?” “So it’s second and twelve, what does that mean?”

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on to star at Virginia Tech and Georgia before enjoying a stint in the Seattle Mariner’s organization. He holds the HIES records in innings pitched (226), strikeouts (302) and strikeouts per game (9.35). He threw a perfect game in the Final Four game of 2007 and ended his career with a 26-10 record.

Haley Kolff earned individual state titles in cross country and track and also guided the 2006 Lady Bears’ soccer team to a state championship. She amassed nine state titles, the most in school history.

In 2003-2004, she was the state cross country champ and also the 1,600 and 3,200 titlist in track. She repeated in track in both events in 2005 and garnered state crowns in the 800 and 1,600 in 2006 and 2007. She went on to run at Vanderbilt.

Jack Templeton became the first state champ in HIES wrestling history at the 130-lb. weight class in 2007. A four-year varsity letter winner, he qualified for state all four years and was a three-time area champ. He ended his high school career with a mark of 159-22, with 14 of those losses as a freshman. He was 54-1 as a senior and was also an Academic All-American as a junior, the 2006 Academic Wrestler of the Year, and the 2007 AJC North Fulton Wrestler of the Year.

After HIES, he attended Davidson College.

does play-by-play for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, as well as the city’s MLS team, DC United. The internship gave Nicole some great experience, like interviewing tennis great Andy Roddick and a number of Washington Nationals baseball players.

Johnson was one of the people who encouraged her to move forward with her idea for a blog. She wanted to create one that was geared towards women who would like to learn more about both sports and fashion – which is where shoes come in (since Nicole has the same love of shoes as she does for football).

Nicole is a senior at SMU, majoring in journalism with a Sport Management minor. She plans to pursue a career in sports journalism after graduating in May 2014.

Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship Program Kicks off early for 2014 Funding for scholarships through the Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship program kicked off with an “Apply Early” program in October. Before the official kickoff of the 2014 funding, Holy Innocents’ was able to secure applications totaling over $250,000.

The 2014 funding is expected to be gone during the first quarter of the year, so those who wish to participate must do so early.

Financial Aid for Holy Innocents’ has continued to increase thanks to everyone who participated in the Georgia Tax Credit program. This program, run by Apogee Student School Choice Scholarship Fund, allows us to offer scholarships to new students entering from Georgia public schools who meet our admissions requirements and are in need of financial assistance.

Holy Innocents’ began participating in this program in 2010 when 114 families contributed $249,000. The following years saw an increase in contributions as the state funding ran out earlier in the year. We received $436,300 in Tax Credit scholarship funds in 2013

Named Gifts To The One School Campaign Terwilliger Family Foundation Names the Atrium in the Math and Science Building The Patricia Bowman Terwilliger Family Foundation has made a very generous donation to support Pat Terwilliger and the One School Campaign. Bonnie Bonnie Leadbetter Leadbetter and Pat Terwilliger have decided to name the Atrium in the new Math and Science Building. Pat is an HIES grandparent and former member of the Board of Trustees.

Bonnie Terwilliger Leadbetter has one child at HIES, Ava in 4th grade, and has been instrumental in Ava Leadbetter helping with the campaign.

The Thalia N. Carlos and the Chris M. Carlos Foundation Names the Math Wing Chris Carlos and his family have decided to name the Math Wing in the new building. The Carlos Family has been extremely generous The Carlos family to HIES over the years and we appreciate their support of this important new facility.

Chris has two children at HIES, Christina in 5th grade and Catherine in 7th grade, and both children will get to enjoy the new space throughout their time at HIES. The Stephens Family Names the Courtyard Outside the New Building The Stephens family has a long history with HIES. Pick Stephens is a former Board member and Sandy taught at HIES for thirty-five years. Their sons, Austin and Scott, attended Holy Innocents’. Austin attended through 8th grade (before there was a high school) and Scott was in one of the first graduating classes, graduating in 1997. The Courtyard will be a gathering place for the students and will have some outside seating for dining. It will be a special place on campus and we think a fitting tribute to the Stephens Family.

even as funding ended in May. This year we were able to offer financial support to 43 students who receive Tax Credit financial aid. These students must meet all of HIES’s requirements before being admitted and before being offered Tax Credit financial aid. The maximum aid allowed by law is $9,046 so participating families must be able to fund some of their tuition themselves.

LLCs, partnerships, and S-Corps are now able to redirect up to $10,000 as pass through income this year just as C-Corps and taxable trusts could in past years.

Once again Neal Smith is our Parent Volunteer Chair.

It is not too late to help support the school by redirecting your 2014 taxes to HIES financial aid. The sign up is simple – go to www.hies.org and look across the top menu for the drop down Support HIES, Tax Credit Scholarship Program. You will be on your way to guiding the state on how YOU want your tax money to be spent.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING I am being asked to give to both the Annual Fund and the One School Campaign. What is the difference between the two?

The Annual Fund is a fundraising initiative that occurs every year. Funds are composed of money raised through voluntary giving during the fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) and proceeds are spent in the same fiscal year. Annual Fund proceeds augment the general operating budget, laying a foundation for our students and faculty. As such, the Fund is critical to the daily operation of the school.

At Holy Innocents’, the Annual Fund allows for the many extras that make the HIES experience special. Funds keep our faculty salaries competitive, provide resources for professional development, help maintain the depth and breadth of athletic and fine arts offerings, and support the quality of academic departments. One of the most appealing aspects of the Annual Fund is that it allows our teachers the flexibility to take advantage of exciting opportunities that arise for students throughout the year.

Capital Campaigns, such as the One School Campaign, support capital expenditures, such as the purchase of property and the building of new facilities. (They can also support a long-term financial objective such as an endowment.) The purpose of the One School Campaign is to build a new Upper School and Commons building. While early payments are beneficial to the school, payments may be spread over a period of three years.

During their stay here, our students benefit from the generosity of families who preceded them. Now it is time to build a new building that will enrich the education of HIES students for years to come.

My circumstances are modest. Why should I give to the Annual Fund or the One School Campaign when my gift would have to be small?

Participation at any level is extremely important for three reasons. First, we are a community based on mutual support of one another. Ensuring that the Annual Fund meets its goal is a shared responsibility of all members of our community – parents, grandparents, alumni, and parents of alumni.

Second, participation rates are important indicators of the confidence our constituents have in the school and its mission. They demonstrate to grantmaking foundations that our community responds when called upon to help, and that there is broad support for our mission goals. Foundations receive far more requests for help than they can satisfy. They look favorably on those institutions whose own constituents are willing to contribute.

Finally, even seemingly small gifts combine to make a significant impact on our total dollars raised for the Annual Fund and the One School Campaign. For all these reasons, every gift is important.

CLASS NOTES ALUMNI HAPPENINGS Informal/Impromptu Reunion - 40 years of friendships! (Class of 1977-1979) It’s hard to imagine nearly 40 years has passed since we were all classmates at Holy Innocents’. Thankfully, the technology age and social media have reconnected so many of us - and yet it feels as though no time has elapsed! (Well, almost). HI created an environment for friendships that withstand the test of time. Thanks for a great time!

L to R back row: Rod Vanderslice, Jenny Macon Vanderslice, Melinda Dolive Quigley, Jan Macon Wolbrecht, Beth Ann Botnick Rosenburg, Thalley Motz Linderman, Elizabeth Pearson, Elizabeth Malone, Harris Botnick Front row: Niki Simpson, David Simpson, Coach David Ward

Alumni Reunion Weekend

CLASS NOTES The class of 2008 also had their reunion at FADO Irish Pub with 30 people. Please thank Caitlin Hogan and Carlee Terrell for encouraging their classmates to attend this event.

3rd Annual Alumni and Faculty Pumpkin Bash The Annual Pumpkin Bash continues to be a fun way for alumni, faculty, and their families to celebrate Fall and Halloween.

There were more than 100 alumni, faculty/ staff, and children present for this wellattended event that included a bounce house, arts/crafts, games, pumpkin decorating, and comfort food on a cold morning. Special thanks to the HIES cheerleaders, Amanda Peckham, and Carmen Kissack for helping children in the bounce house and keeping kids busy with the crafts and games.

The class of 1998 celebrated their 15 Year Reunion at FADO Irish Pub in Buckhead on Saturday, October 4. There were 25-30 people in attendance. Thanks to Aida Mahumutovic Mayhew for chairing the reunion.

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The class of 2003 reminisced and laughed at their 10 Year Reunion at The Ivy on Saturday August 24 with 30-40 alumni attending. Many thanks to James H. Jackson for pulling everyone together.

People travelled from as far as New York and Florida to attend this special reception.

Join the Holy Innocents’ Alumni Association on Facebook and LinkedIn. This will keep you connected to the school with news and events.

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES If you would like to submit class notes for the Spring issue of the Torchbearer, please contact Tamika Weaver-Hightower at tamika@hies.org or 404.303.2150 ext 181.

If you are interested in serving as a class representative, please contact Heather Hahn ’91 at heather.hahn@hies.org.

CLASS OF 1995

CLASS OF 1997

Class Representatives:

Class Representatives:

Stephanie Little: sll1176@yahoo.com

Ashton Thurmond Ragone: ashtonragone@gmail.com

Jill Herndon Littlefield:

Kristin Wolford Tiliakos: kristinjwolford@aol.com

jilllittlefield@hotmail.com

Audra Mullen Thompson: audra.thompson@hies.org

Hunter Spence is the General Manager of Longleaf Plantation, a private quail-hunting property outside Albany.

He is also General Manager of Keel Creek, a private trophy deer and turkey hunting property. He is completing his Chairmanship of the Georgia Prescribed Fire Council this year.

Above is a picture of Hunter’s three sons (l-r) - Hunter (5), Beau (2) and Wyatt Spence (4), on vacation at Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina.

CLASS OF 1996 Class Representatives: Emily Brown Latone: emilylatone@gmail.com Gralyn Crumpler Daily: gralyn.crumpler@gmail.com Raine Crumpler Hyde: raine.hyde@gmail.com

Shannon Friedrichs Higdon and her husband, Larry, welcomed their first child on July 1, 2013. Nora Croft Higdon weighed 7 lbs 12 oz and was 20 inches long. The family currently lives in Manhattan where Shannon is the VP of Content and Brand Management for Nickelodeon’s international channels.

Raine Crumpler Hyde’s older daughter, Evelyn Grace, started Pre-K in early August. Her little sister, Tillan, is trying to keep up with her.

Farrell Bowdoin Collins married David Collins, Jr., on June 15, 2013 in Athens. HIES alumni in attendance from the class of 1997 were Jennifer Tompkins Leech, Sarah White Balfour and Sarah Moore Stanley (pictured above). David is a Captain with DeKalb County Fire & Rescue and also works as a Paramedic on-call for a radiology clinic in Lawrenceville. Farrell recently accepted a new job with Team Pest USA in Loganville working as the Builder Representative in the Admin Department. Farrell and David live in Monroe. Farrell is actively involved with the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure and is registered to participate in the Atlanta 3-Day Walk in October 2014 (to support her walk, visit www.the3day.org and search “Farrell Collins”) Sarah Churchman was elected president of AAF (American Advertising Federation) Montgomery for the 2013-2014 year after spending the two previous terms as communications chair and program coordinator. She recently represented the club at the AAF District 7 Leadership Conference in Memphis. Additionally, after winning two ribbons at the 2012 Alabama National Fair (yes, apparently Alabama is a nation now), Sarah started a small side project called Perry Street Canning. An avid proponent of sustainable and locally sourced food, she prides herself in only using fruits, veggies and herbs from her own gardens or from around the Alabama River Region.

Rick Squires resigned from Emory Healthcare after 12 years of working with Healthcare IT to pursue a new opportunity with Dell Services. He is the Center of Excellence (COE) Leader for all healthcare and life sciences. Rick and his wife, Sallie, live in Decatur, GA with their 5 year old daughter, Adalyn, and one year old son, Lucas.

CLASS OF 1999 Class Representatives: Jennifer Cavanaugh Brown: jcb924@gmail.com Samia Hanafi: samhanafi@gmail.com Drew McDonald: tam1980@gmail.com

Rich Braund and his wife, Crystal, welcomed Welden Keats Braund on April 9, 2013.

CLASS OF 1998 Class Representatives: Katie McGoogan Weeks: katie.weeks@hies.org

Elizabeth Andersen Fleury and her husband, Jason, welcomed their first daughter, Olivia Emery, on October 3, 2013. She weighed 7 lb 13 oz and was 20 inches long.

Alexandra Henderson graduated from Emory University’s continuing education program with a paralegal certificate in December, 2012. She is currently working at U.S. Security Associates in Roswell, GA in the legal department as a Business License Administrator.

Neal S. Meyer and his wife, Carol, have been living in New Orleans for 10 years.

He is a partner at a commercial real estate appraisal firm and his wife is an orthopedic hand surgeon. They have two girls, Sadie (4) and Hadley (2) and are expecting a son in early 2014.

Jennifer Cavanaugh Brown founded her company, Every Advantage Tutoring and Test Prep this past May. Her company specializes in differentiated learning for students 3rd-9th grades as well as SSAT and SAT preparation. On January 6, 2014, she will start back at HIES as a Learning Specialist for grades 3rd-5th. HIES has been a part of her life since the late 80s, so it’s only fitting that she be back on faculty here.

Lindsey Mayo Downs and Brandon Downs welcomed their second child, a daughter named Avery May Downs, born on July 31, 2013.

CLASS OF 2000 Class Representatives: Stephanie Brown: sbrown@georgiaaquarium.org Shelarese Ruffin: ssruffin@gmail.com

Matt Little, his wife, Anna Cate, and their daughter, Caroline (4), welcomed George Conley Little to the world on October 14, 2013.

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CLASS NOTES CLASS OF 2001 Class Representatives: Cara Puckett Roxland: cara.roxland17@gmail.com Allender Laflamme Durden: allenderl@gmail.com

Margaux Espy married Michael Pollock on August 17, 2013 in Highlands, NC. The following HI alums were bridesmaids: Brittany Espy ‘98, Allender Laflamme Durden ‘01, Sonya Hanafi ‘01, Laurie Preston ‘01, Elizabeth Amoni ‘01, and Cassandra Bucalo ‘01. Also in attendance from the class of 2001 were Noah Hyte, Tommy Hovis, Martin Hochberg, Austin Chandler, and David Nelkin.

Jeff Sweetwood married Heather Tison on April 27, 2013 at the Primrose Cottage in Roswell, Georgia. The Rev. Scott Tucker ‘00 officiated.

Catie Sweetwood Procuniar ‘03 was a bridesmaid. Other 2001 HIES classmates attending were: Lauren Fryer Tucker, Anne Haddow Freeman, Matt Freeman, Cara Puckett Roxland, Marisa Puckett and Patrick Ray. The bride is employed by Vascular Surgical Associates of Marietta, Georgia as a Physician Assistant. The groom is employed by ControlScan of Alpharetta as a Security Engineer. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, they returned home to their residence in Woodstock, Georgia.

Ellen Williams and John Webster ’00 were engaged on August 24, 2013 in Disney World and will wed on June 14, 2014 in Atlanta. Ellen is a Kindergarten teacher at St. Benedict’s School and John works in accounting at Coyote Logistics.

CLASS NOTES Matt Wozniak recently accepted a position with Integrated Construction, LLC and is relocating his family, Holly and Cooper (3), back to Jacksonville, FL. He will be Integrated’s newest Project Manager working on multiple senior living and hospitality commercial construction projects along the East coast.

CLASS OF 2002 Class Representatives: Katie Kirtland: katie.kirtland@gmail.com Alley Pickren: alleypic@gmail.com

Arlynn Ilgenfritz was part of the cast on the new show, Capture, on the CW Network that premiered July 30. In the intense wilderness competition, 12 teams of two entered a fenced-in enclosure in the middle of the wild, where they lived for one month and competed against each other for scarce resources. With $250,000 on the line, it’s a winner-take-all battle in which the teams must hunt each other down to survive.

Ashley Armstrong Thompson and her husband, Josh, welcomed their daughter, Mia Lane, (5 lbs 3 oz 19 1/2 inches long) on March 9, 2013. The family continues to reside in Marietta. Ashley works as a financial advisor for Benedict Financial Advisors, Inc., and Josh works as a district manager for ADP.

CLASS OF 2003 Class Representative: Emily Weprich: emily.weprich@yahoo.com

Catie Sweetwood Procuniar and her husband, Jim, purchased a home in Naperville, IL. She has moved her teaching career from the city to the suburbs, teaching Kindergarten in Hinsdale. She says she couldn’t be happier!

CLASS OF 2004 Class Representatives: Amy Fore Kane: kaneamyf@gmail.com Collins Marshall: collins.marshall@ml.com Gordon Silvera: gordon.silvera@gmail.com

Halle Hagenau is an architect with Kahn Design Associates in Berkeley, California and is LEED certified. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and from the University of Colorado with a Masters in Architecture.

Taylor Reeves married Andrea Gnisci in Asheville, NC on October 19, 2013. John Reeves ‘07 was best man. Other Holy Innocents’ alumni in the wedding were Jaiah Scott ‘04 and Patrick Parsons ‘04. The wedding was officiated by former Upper School Chaplain, The Reverend Tryggvi Arnason.

Taylor and Andrea reside in Arlington, VA where Taylor works as a contract specialist for the Navy Sea Command and Andrea teaches second grade.

Kate Stice Stewart is currently splitting her time between Atlanta and the Republic of Panama. She runs Kalu Yala Independent Study Abroad and Entrepreneurial Internships, an 11-week program for college students.

They have programs in Business, Education, Health and Wellness, Biology, Agriculture and Outdoor Recreation. Since Summer 2010, students have come from 43 states, 13 countries and 122 universities.

CLASS OF 2005

CLASS OF 2006

Class Representatives:

Class Representatives:

Tyler Rathburn: tprathburn@gmail.com

Kaitlin Duffy: duffykc@auburn.edu

Rachel Shunnarah: rshunnarah@gmail.com

Miller Edwards: edwardm@auburn.edu

Kate Sternstein: kasternstein@gmail.com

Anna Pickren:

Allyson Young: allysonyoung87@gmail.com

Amy Schwartz:

Tessa Morris married Dennis McClelland on May 11, 2013 at the Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, South Carolina. Holy Innocents’ alumni in the wedding party included Julia Ott ’05, Sara Crow ’05, and Owen Caldwell ‘02. Tessa is the Territory Manager for EndoChoice, a medical device and supply company. Dennis is a Vice President at Regions Insurance, Inc. The couple bought a home in the Underwood Hills neighborhood of Atlanta.

Justin Bower has been stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, where he pilots KC-135s for the United States Air Force since early 2013.

He is currently deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and expects to return to Okinawa sometime after Christmas. He may not be back in the US until 2015 or after. He sends his best wishes to the entire HIES family, and wishes the wrestling team good luck at having another record-setting season this year.

Allyson Young married Gardner Barganier of Montgomery, Alabama on June 22, 2013. The ceremony took place at the Wesley United Methodist Church on St. Simons Island. A reception with family and friends followed at the Frederica Township Boathouse.

Allyson’s sister, Elizabeth Young ’03, was the maid of honor and Hailey Appling ’05 was a bridesmaid. Allyson works in Human Resources at Carter’s OshKosh B’gosh and Gardner is a Credit Underwriter at Regions. The couple lives in Atlanta.

We are sad to note the passing of Bryan Bunch on December 18, 2013.

Amir Kabiri has worked at CBS for two years, and is now working on the Arsenio Hall Show that started airing September 9.

Amir resides in Los Angeles, California.

CLASS OF 2007 Class Representatives: Charlotte Bissell: charlottebissell@gmail.com Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland: sarahelizabeth.kirtland@gmail.com Taylor Pack: pack_t@bellsouth.net Emily Phillips: emily.phillips88@yahoo.com

Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland married Josh Craw on June 8, 2013 in Charleston, SC. The couple met while attending Clemson University. They reside in Charleston, SC where Sarah-Elizabeth is a Kindergarten teacher at Second Presbyterian Church School.

Hunter McKay started working in the athletics department as the Athletics Communications Assistant at Kennesaw State University in July. Hunter serves a variety of roles for the department, including website management, research, and feature writing while assisting with each of the department’s 18 athletic teams. He is a recent graduate of Samford University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in journalism.

During his time at Samford, McKay served as a student assistant in the sports information office where he performed a variety of roles. McKay also has experience assisting in the Georgia Tech communications department and working as a summer intern with the Atlanta Falcons public relations department.

CLASS OF 2008 Class Representatives: Rachel Sullivan: res6w@virginia.edu Kerry Martin: kerrym46@gmail.com Trevor Gillum: Kate Decker: kated7523@gmail.com

Courtney Armstrong graduated with highest honors from Georgia Tech in December 2012, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and was a member of Omega Phi Alpha Service Sorority. She is now working as a Workday Principle Consultant for Aon Hewitt in Atlanta.

Courtney is engaged to John Boren, a 2010 graduate from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Management. John is a Project Manager at RaceTrac Petroleum in Atlanta. Courtney and John will be married May 31, 2014 at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, and the reception will follow at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.

Elizabeth Young is engaged to Steve Hayes, a native of London, England. The couple met in New York City and are planning a wedding in London in 2014.

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CLASS NOTES Haley Pope moved to Stellenbosch, South Africa in February 2013 to begin studying at Stellenbosch University for her Master of Science degree in Zoology with a concentration in marine ecology. Her research focuses on an invasive barnacle that has spread along the coast and has had an impact on the native communities.

She is aiming to understand the impacts that climate change may have on this invasive species’ spread and its interactions with the native communities in South Africa.

The two pictures are of Haley doing field work along the South African coast and the invasive barnacle she is working with, Balanus glandula.

CLASS OF 2009

SECTION HEAD Neil Kimball graduated in May from University of Southern California. He stayed in Los Angeles after graduation and is currently doing freelance work in sound production/editing. Neil returned recently from Guatemala, where he worked with a crew filming a documentary on Los Angeles doctors performing free surgeries in that country.

CLASS OF 2010 Class Representatives:

CLASS OF 2011 Class Representatives:

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We are missing contact information for the alumni listed below. If you are in contact with any of these HIES graduates, please encourage them to get in touch with the HIES alumni office. You can also log on to the website at www.hies.org. Click on alumni. If you have never logged onto the site before: Your username is firstnamelastnamegraduationyear (i.e.

TamikaHightower97)

Megan Ernst: megernst11@gmail.com Delaney McMullen: delaneymcm@gmail.com Andrew Parrish: m.andrewparrish@gmail.com

CLASS OF 2012 Class Representatives: Katie Keith: katiekeith12@gmail.com Brittany Ketchup: brittanyketchup@yahoo.com Greg Sullivan: gregsullivan12@gmail.com

Your password is your date of birth (i.e.MM/DD/YYYY) including the slashes.

Name

Maiden Name

Katherine L. Schultz

CLASS OF 2013 Former Alumni News Austin Stephens graduated from Middle School at HIES in 1989. He and his wife Stephanie welcomed their second child, a son named Thomas Austin Stephens, born on September 3, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. He weighed 7lbs 9oz and measured 19 inches.

Thomas and Stephanie are doing great.

Katherine met her little brother the day after he was born. Pictured above are Austin and his brother, Scott ‘97, left.

Class 1996

William P. Thomas Kimberly A. Campuzano

Class Representatives:

Jennifer Hardin joined O’Neill and Associates as executive assistant to Chief Executive Officer Thomas P. O’Neill, III. She provides client and administrative support, plans meetings, facilitates political fundraiser activities and coordinates philanthropic giving for the company. Jennifer served as a government relations and public relations intern for O’Neill and Associates, where she executed competitor analyses, drafted media advisories and press releases and organized advocacy events. She graduated from the honors program at Boston College, where she majored in Hispanic studies and international studies with a concentration in political science. At BC, she was active on campus as co-chair of 4Boston, Boston College’s largest volunteer organization, through which she also coordinated and taught English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes at Jackson-Mann Adult Education in Allston. Jennifer resides in Brookline, Massachusetts.

LOST ALUMNI

1996 Perisino

1997

Christopher B. Chappell

1997

Kathryn N. Wegman

1997

Keith A. Cooper

1998

Mary M. Kyle

1998

George M. McCord

1998

Laura H. Bond

1999

Lauren D. Friedrichs

1999

John P. Gallagher

1999

R. S. McDougal

1999

Holly M. O’Keefe

1999

Robert A. Schiess

1999

Katharine M. Duke Jasmine Nadja M. Grape

2000 Smiri

2000

Michael S. McGinn

2001

Noah K. Hauber

2002

Stephen A. Satterfield

2002

Rachel M. Small

2003

Robert W. Caperton

2004

Mary V. Coleman

2004

Shaquita N. McWilliams

2004

Elizabeth A. Walters

2006

Thomas C. Dickinson

2007

Andrew C. McMullen

2007

Haley R. Pope

2008

DeMarcus C. Acree

2009

Spencer R. Allen

2009

Peter T. Allen

2010

William O. Allen

2010

Incoming Head of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (effective July 1, 2014), Mr. Paul Barton addresses the crowd at the One School Campaign Kickoff Celebration, held Sept. 24 at the Atlanta History Center.

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