Summer 2007 | Volume V | Issue 2

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

A publication for parents, alumni and friends of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

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In This Issue

The Class of 2007 Science Olympiad Honors and Awards Colleges of Matriculation Alumni News

Freedom Wright and Kate Lowe

Setting Records Is Something Personal

Middle School PR Day began as “Olympic Day”, at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in 1990.

Academic and PE disciplines joined forces to deliver an experience to Middle School children, which taught teamwork and dedication to goals amidst a multicultural appreciation of the human endeavor.

Today, it is perhaps the highlight of the spring semester for Middle School students.

“HIES wanted to teach competition and goal setting in all challenges beginning with the heart of the individual,” Cindy Harder, one of the event’s coordinators, said. “Hence, ‘Personal Record’ day was coined. It reminded students that challenges, begin with your heart, follow with a positive spirit, and exert self-discipline to carry the day.”

Middle School students are formed into six age-level teams. While working on goals in track and field events, students contribute the points they earn towards their team’s total. The positive sprit, enthusiasm and sportsmanship generated by the teachers are the examples for their teams. The students respond with the dedication of efforts, and an appreciation of their unique talents.

Congratulations to this year's winners:

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6th grade representative - Gales “Gators” 7th grade representative – Rogers' “Rock Hard Abs” 8th grade representative – Thornton/Jackson’s “Pink Floyds”

TORCHBEARER The School Philosophy

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School is a church-sponsored institution with an educational program shaped by a dedication to revealing and developing the worth and dignity of the individual student.

While the school’s religious program provides a knowledge of the teachings of Christianity, it also attempts to foster a respect for and understanding of the beliefs of others by providing freedom to learn about other religious heritages.

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Honoring Our Grads

Members of the Class of 2007 have made historic achievements in almost very facet of the educational experience. We honor their accomplishments.

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Charity Carnival

Middle School students saw a need within their community and took it upon themselves to do what they could to help ... while having some fun along the way.

The school strives to accommodate students with varied abilities and needs in an atmosphere of warmth and acceptance. It is a supportive community that encourages the individual’s awareness of self and others, emphasizing learning as a lifelong process. The climate for learning encourages the intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development with an understanding of democratic ideas.

National Honor Society

Holy Innocents’ provides an atmosphere in which each person is encouraged to reach his or her potential, and thus take his or her place as an involved and responsible citizen.

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Using a variety of approaches, the teachers strive to develop each student’s ability to make decisions and assume responsibility for those decisions. Consideration of uniqueness of the individual is a basic factor of the overall learning program.

On the Cover

Golden Bears state title winners Ben Cornwell, Bert Olsen and Andrew McGonnigle hoist the Class AA state championship trophy after the varsity baseball team defeated Calhoun High School in a best-of-three series in early June.

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An outstanding group of HIES students was inducted to one of the premier leadership organizations in the nation.

Summertime in France Upper School students leapt the pond this summer for an amazing trip to France. View some photos of their educational journey.

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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL 5 SPRING FLING 2007 8 FAREWELL FROM DOROTHY SULLIVAN 9 HATS OFF TO CLASS OF 2007 10 COLLEGES OF MATRICULATION 14 MS. MANY CHOSEN AS TASSEL TURNER 16 UPPER SCHOOL HONORS AND AWARDS 18 SCIENCE OLYMPIAD SUCCESS 20 MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS AND AWARDS 22 BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONS 24 GOLDEN BEARS ATHLETICS 26 SPRING SPORTS AWARDS 29 WINTER SPORTS AWARDS 31 PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION GALA 2007 32 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHARITY CARNIVAL 34 FROM THE HEAD CHAPLAIN 35 SPRING AT HIES 36 ALAN A. LEWIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 37 FINE ARTS BLOOM THIS SPRING 38 HI LIGHTS FROM FINE ARTS 40 FINE ARTS IN PICTURES 42 NEW, YET FAMILIAR, FACES LEAD HIES 44 EVERGREEN PROGRAM GROWS STRONG 46 NHS CLASS OF 2007 50 JUNIOR/SENIOR PROM 52 NEWS FROM THE PRE-SCHOOL 52 UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PARIS 53 THE LEADERSHIP OF RAY INGLETT 54 THANKS TO ’06-’07 PARENT VOLUNTEERS 56 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 57 MOORE FAMILY’S SPECIAL TRIBUTE 58 MILLER FAMILY HONORS ATHLETICS 58 GREENBAUM FAMILY GRANT IN ACTION 58 BOBBY FAY SURPRISED BY STUDENTS 59 WELCOMING NEW FAMILIES 60 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: CHRIS FESTA 61 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 62 ALPHA OMEGA, ALUMNI EXTRAS 70 STUDENTS’ SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFTS 72 LOWER SCHOOL’S READING INCENTIVE 73 A THOUSAND WORDS 74 HIES LEADERSHIP, BOARD, DEPARTMENTS 78 SECOND GRADE MOTHER’S DAY TEA 79

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Lower School Writers Get Published-- This spring, HIES fourth graders got the opportunity to showcase their creative writing talents with celebrated local children’s book author and storyteller, Carmen Deedy. Ms. Deedy worked with each fourth-grade student to develop a storybook-- from generating an idea to finishing a publication. This project culminated in May with each class having a party in the Curtis Library with Ms. Deedy to share their storybooks. Pictured above is young author Graham Thomas as he delivers a descriptive summary of his newly penned work of literary art.

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Andrew Payne

MANAGING EDITOR/STAFF WRITER Sam Hyde

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Jennifer Brown Michele Duncan Sam Hyde Allison Payne Chris Pomar Banks Scothorn Tamika Weaver-Hightower Mary Chris Williams

GRAPHIC DESIGN Andrew Payne Sam Hyde

PHOTOGRAPHY Sam Hyde Andrew Payne

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Bonnie Taylor Wendy Jackson Jim Matthews Kirk Duncan Alice Thompson

Torchbearer is published by the Office of Admissions and Communications of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. Special appreciation goes to the parents, faculty and staff whose contributions make this publication possible. Every attempt was made to ensure accuracy within this newsletter. Please notify the editor of errors or omissions and accept our most sincere apologies. Contact Andrew Payne, Director of Communications, at andrew.payne@hies.org.

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HIES International Outreach Programs FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

By Kirk Duncan

The international outreach program is part of our extensive service program. Throughout the past four years we have, through our Global Citizenship strategic plan initiative, created and organized literally hundreds of service opportunities for our students to help organizations on campus, in Sandy Springs and Atlanta, in the state of Georgia and throughout the United States, including our four school trips to the post-Katrina Gulf Coast.

In a world that is becoming increasingly connected through technology and travel, it is with purpose that we prepare our students for the challenges of service and leadership in the international community. Our goal is to offer an array of choices for students to visit world communities in which accommodations are safe and adequate and where there is need for connection. Part of our mission as a Christian school and as a community of faith is to utilize our creativity, resources and love for all God’s children to make a difference in the world.

Our community is making a difference. Last June we took a group of students and faculty to Leogane, Haiti where we have maintained a four-year relationship with several church-schools. We have already helped fund the building of two schools in Haiti and recently raised $31,000 through the Fun Run, a gift from the Class of 2007, and the Starfish program. The funds will be used by the Haitians to build a school for about 200 students in the small mountaintop village of St. Marguerite. Our efforts have already affected the lives of thousands of Haitians.

Africa as an International Outreach Option As part of our effort to expand the international outreach program, Head Chaplain Jeff Reichmann and I traveled with Bishop Neil Alexander and a contingent from the Diocese of Atlanta to Tanzania, Africa in June. Last December, Bishop Alexander and the Bishop of Tanzania, Mdimi Mhogolo, came to HIES to meet with Father Reichmann and me. Bishop Mhogolo explained that his diocese, centered in Dodoma, has several church-schools that need our help.

He explained that the church-schools yearn for connection with students and teachers in our community. He explained that there is a need to help children who have lost both parents to AIDS. Then in February, Father Reichmann and I received invitations from Bishop Mhogolo through Bishop Alexander to visit Tanzania this summer. Jeff and I accepted the Bishop’s offer.

Kirk Duncan, Head of School, is pictured above delivering school supplies to students in Tanzania, Africa. Mr. Duncan and The Rev. Jeff Reichmann, Head Chaplain, accompanied a contingent from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to Africa this summer where they evaluated the possibilities for HIES to include Tanzania in the schoolʼs international outreach efforts.

The purpose of our trip was to experience Tanzania through the eyes of our students. For the past twenty years, Tanzania has been relatively free from the political strife, tribal conflicts and general unrest that plague much of the continent. Father Reichmann and I took two nine-hour flights before landing in the coastal Tanzanian city, Dar Es Salaam. Bishop Mhogolo met us at the airport and we were taken by car about 250 miles inland to the nation’s capital of Dodoma. We spent the next several days visiting schools sponsored by the Anglican Church.

At each school we were met by beautiful, welcoming African students. They were grateful and excited to have visitors from America. We spent time with the faculty at several schools. They are dedicated and hard-working.

Resources and classroom space is limited as they try to accommodate students who are hungry to learn, but suffer from the results of poverty. There are endless needs at each of the six schools we visited, including a school for blind children.

There were many highlights. We were told before we left to bring soccer balls to hand out at the villages. Father Reichmann and I were instant celebrities as we handed out the balls wherever we visited. There is such a love for soccer and a shortage of balls that the students were ecstatic when we handed them the balls. It was a huge hit and wonderful to see the enthusiasm when they started to play with the balls we just gave them.

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Part of our mission as a Christian school and as a community of faith is to utilize our creativity, resources and love for all God’s children to make a difference in the world.

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We attended a church service in a remote village that was held in a building made of mud clay with an aluminum roof. The entire village greeted us with joyful singing as we approached the village by car. It was an amazing sight. We then attended a service where 40 children orphaned by AIDS were presented with school supplies and uniforms.

For $50 per student they would now be able to attend school. It was heartwarming to see the support each orphan received from a village that had fully embraced them as their own.

Many of our students will be drawn to help with philanthropic causes in Africa sometime during their lifetime. The needs there are immeasurable. Just as in Haiti, we can make a difference through our international outreach program. In the next few weeks, Father Reichmann and I will work with other HI community members to devise an action plan for our outreach efforts in Africa.

Whatever we do in Africa will not diminish any commitments we have already made, particularly to our church-schools in Haiti. Our goal is to provide an array of international service opportunities for interested students in order for us to serve our school’s mission of service and outreach. We are excited about the possibilities for our students to learn, serve and grow through a connection with Tanzania students.

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Parents’ Association

Spring Fling 2007

Hundreds of members of the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School community took part in the 26th annual Spring Fling. Thousands of dollars were raised in the Fun Run and priceless memories were made at the Spring Picnic and Carnival.

The Parents' Association decided to dedicate this year’s Fun Run proceeds to St. Marguerite, our sister school in Haiti. The current classroom in Haiti is in a dirtfloor church. The roughly $30,000 raised by our students will allow for a new school to be built behind St. Marguerite’s church on a mountaintop. This gift will affect hundreds of Haitian children for years to come.

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Pictured at left are the 2007 Spring Fling chairs Anna Gillon (left), Melinda Nussey and Tracy Surdykowski.

Turnout for the events was outstanding as students and parents participated in the fund-raising efforts of the Fun Run and then took part in the Spring Picnic and Carnival, where everyone enjoyed Chick-Fil-A lunches, music, clowns, a moonwalk, a tour of a Sandy Springs fire truck and much more! A big thanks goes out to all our participants, sponsors and volunteers.

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Farewell and Thank You Pictured with our beloved Dorothy Sullivan are HIES rising seniors Sean Aiken (left), Mary Glenn Galloway, Katherine Quirk, Alan Quigley and Davis Lukens.

After 30 years of service and dedication to the students, faculty, staff and parents of Holy Innocentsʼ Episcopal School, Dorothy Sullivan decided to travel over the HIES rainbow and follow a new yellow-brick road. Ms. Sullivan embodied the HIES mission and philosophy as much as anyone ever has. We will miss her greatly and wish her the best. This is her message to the school community ...

I have been thinking for hours about what I would like to say to all of you who have meant so much to me during my tenure at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. I have scrapped many a maudlin draft, realizing I simply cannot sum up the incredible experience I have lived. The challenge exists not just because my time here spans 30 years. It is difficult to describe my feelings because I have become so close to so many remarkable people. I cannot lump a few sentences together and adequately speak to everything and to everyone I would like. Therefore, I will say goodbye with my most common thread of philosophy throughout the years, and that is to celebrate the particular hour and day we are living. Why try to impress upon that pre-schooler the wonders of their world for the sole purpose of making them brighter or better readers for later years? Why struggle with our children through the difficulties of lower and middle school, thinking that we will endure them for a better time in the days, months or years ahead? Why spend the upper school years preparing solely for college when our society constantly refers to those high school years as the time to which adults want to return? Every age has its delights. I recommend we enjoy the children for themselves and the precious moments in time for what they are. And with that final thought, I leave you all with the Hawaiian word that I love so much, because it means both goodbye and hello -------- Aloha.

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Hats Off to the Class of Ęť07 The Class of 2007 has achieved academically, both on campus and statewide. A glance at the matriculation list clearly spells out how the academic future of these scholars will be just as rich, meaningful and diverse as the students themselves.

Class of 2007 members claimed both region and state titles in team and individual sports. This group of students has traveled the globe on educational and spiritual journeys, including destinations

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Steven Yelich, Valedictorian

Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland

such as Spain, France, Mexico, Japan and Haiti.

They have created some of the most breathtaking works of art in school history and have taken command of the stage like seasoned performers. But perhaps the mark of this class is how they respected, loved and supported one another the whole way through. Congratulations to the Class of 2007!

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Soon-to-be-graduating seniors Anna Bryan, Sean Butkus and Kaitlyn Hogeman posed one of the boldest and most inspirational questions in life to their classmates and friends at the final Chapel service of the academic year, which for the seniors, also happened to be the final HIES Chapel service of their lives.

“To quote none other than the legendary Ferris Bueller,” Mr. Butkus said. “‘The question isn’t, ‘what are we going to do?’.

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The question is, ‘what aren’t we going to do?’.”

Knowing the Class of 2007, witnessing their amazing talents, watching as they reached such wonderful heights in the classrooms as well as in the studios, on the fields and on the stage, the three seniors selected a most appropriate quote from the classic 80’s film. While the final answer to where the members of this class will find themselves and what they will accomplish along the way is yet to be determined, it is the safest of wagers to bet they will certainly be establishing the trends, blazing new trails and setting the pace for others to follow in all their endeavors.

“The class of 2007 was a terrific class of leaders,” Tony Jordan, Upper School Principal, said. “They superseded cliques and groups, instead, they were very inclusive. It was a pleasure to have this as my final class at Holy Innocents’, as I leave for a new position in Florida. They have, indeed, left footprints in the sand for other classes to follow.”

In late August, this fine group of HIES students, now members of the growing alumni, will represent their alma mater at colleges and universities from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains and everywhere in-between and around.

All their hard work-- the hours of study, the moments of prayer, the countless repetitions at practices and rehearsals-everything was done for this moment in their lives. No one knows for sure which paths they will follow, but we are certain they will make us proud.

“The class of 2007 is unique in its variety,” Dorothy Sullivan, Associate Head of School, said. “These students have such a diverse array of talent - outstanding talent. Academic, artistic, athletic, dramatic, musical - you name it, someone has it.

Believe me, we will be hearing from these amazing young people.”

For more than a decade, these HIES students were challenged to reach their full potential every day of their school lives, whether it was learning the intricate dialogue and melodies of a major musical such as “The Sound of Music”; asking their

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Pictured in the group picture above are Kevin Anderson, Robyn Baitcher and Katherine Armstrong. Pictured above is Kaitlin Hogeman congratulating a fellow graduate in the England Plaza after Commencement.

Middle School softball coach to stay after practice and hit a few more grounders; discussing the importance of love and understanding with their Lower School Chaplain; or reading their very first book as a proud Pre-School teacher applauded.

HIES wishes the best for all of its graduates and hopes each of them knows no matter where the roads they travel lead them, they will always have a home at 805 Mount Vernon Highway.

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Pictured above is David Fortuna playing an original bass solo during the Commencement Ceremony. The song and performance were dedicated to his older brother, Rob Fortuna, ʼ00, who passed away in the summer of 2005.

At left is Class of 2007 member Bert Olsen as he races up the stairs to be one of the first to ring the old Georgia Railroad Bell, signifying the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.

I fell in love with the class of 2007. Over time, we developed a relationship of trust, respect and above all, friendship. Thank you so much for all you have done for this school, for one another and for me. We all will miss you greatly, and we will never forget just how much you have meant to Holy Innocents’.

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Upper School History and Religion Teacher Cross Country and Track Coach

A Historic Sidenote: The Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the Class of 2007 were not only at the top of their class, they also made history. For the first time, both the Valedictorian and Salutatorian are children of current HIES teachers. At the Upper School Honors Chapel, Steven Yelich, son of fourth grade teacher Diane Yelich, was named Valedictorian, and Carrie Bornholm, daughter of Lower School P.E. coach, Lucie Bornholm, was named Salutatorian. Congratulations to both students and their mothers, families and teachers!

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Katherine Wells (front left), Caroline Thomas, Hank Wells (back left) and Jack Templeton

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COLLEGES OF MATRICULATION

Christopher Almond Kevin Anderson Katherine Armstrong Robyn Baitcher Hunter Baldwin Rebecca Barrow Jennifer Bartlett Cammie Bearden Charlotte Bissell Carrie Bornholm Ryan Bowser Evan Britton Anna Bryan Samantha Bubes Kaleigh Burgner Sean Butkus Craig Caldwell Emily Carter Santiago Castaneda Alexandra Cohen Carena Constantaras Benjamin Cornwell Alexandra Couvaras Kimberly Craig Blake Cummings Ellen Curnin Coston Dickinson William Dramis Thomas Evans Pari Fakhrzadeh Scott Fendler William Fochtmann David Fortuna Peter Grimm Nancy Gwaltney Stuart Haddow Matthew Hamm Colin Hanks Patrick Harps Lori Heintzelman Kate Henderson Patti Hensley Grace Hiles Michael Hill Clark Hilton Devin Hinson Kaitlin Hogeman

University of Colorado Hampton University University of Kansas New York University The University of Montana University of Georgia Miami University Eckerd College Furman University University of Georgia Purdue University Oglethorpe University Auburn University University of Michigan School of the Art Institute of Chicago Auburn University University of Mississippi Auburn University St. Bonaventure University The University of Alabama Kennesaw State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Oxford College of Emory University Auburn University The University of Alabama University of Georgia Georgia College and State University University of Georgia The University of Alabama University of South Carolina Auburn University Clemson University University of Georgia Wake Forest University The University of Alabama Auburn University Emory University The University of Alabama University of Virginia Bentley College Southern Methodist University Western Carolina University University of Georgia College of Charleston St. John's University College of Charleston The University of Alabama

Andrew Isakson Michael Jansky Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland Haley Kolff Dean Konenkamp Jen Kushner Lucy-Gray Lansing Major Martin Stephanie Martin Mallory McCoy Madison McDearis Rachel McDermott Hunter McKay Andrew McMullen Farris Nolen Bert Olsen Taylor Pack Nick Papadopoulos Bissell Pendergrast Emily Phillips Trey Prescott Katie Quilling Katie Ravener Alexandra Reeder John Reeves Paris Robinson Matthew Robinson Alexandra Sabates William Shuman Caroline Simpson Grant Small Chae Sprague Clover Street IV Maryanne Stumb Brian Sundstrom Jack Templeton Caroline Thomas Andrew Vantine Hank Wells Katharine Wells Charlotte Wheat Trevor Wolford Charles Wood Ryan Woolfolk Kendall Wuthrich Steven Yelich Ashley Zeigler

University of Southern Maine Seminole Community College Clemson University Vanderbilt University Southern Methodist University The University of Alabama New York University University of Mississippi The University of Alabama The University of Alabama University of Georgia Oxford College of Emory University Samford University Gettysburg College College of Charleston Columbus State University College of Charleston The University of Alabama University of Georgia The University of Alabama University of Mississippi University of Georgia Colorado State University University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Alabama Georgia Institute of Technology The University of Alabama Auburn University University of Tennessee University of Georgia Gainesville State College Auburn University Unity College Auburn University Gainesville State College Davidson College Georgia College and State University Wake Forest University University of Georgia The George Washington University Appalachian State University Brevard College University of Georgia College of William and Mary Marymount Manhattan College University of South Carolina Kennesaw State University TORCHBEARER SUMMER 2007

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‘MANY’ GOOD DEEDS ADD UP Through the years that the Class of 2007 spent in the Upper School, Meredith Many taught her students more than how to solve for “x” and “y”. She showed them what it means to be a leader, a member of a team and a warm and kind person. She has cheered them on during their performances on the field, the stage and in the hallways, and this spring, the seniors showed Ms. Many how much they appreciated all she has done.

Meredith Many was scheduled to attend a conference for math teachers the morning of March 22. She cancelled at the last minute because she thought a close friend of hers was going to be honored at that day’s Tassel Turner chapel. Little did she know, that the teacher whom the seniors spoke so fondly of and alluded to with admiration throughout the entire chapel service was her.

“This year’s Tassel Turner showed us love since our freshman year, and she continues to do so every day,” Carrie Bornholm, Class of 2007 Salutatorian, said during the Tassel Turner presentation.

“This person is our biggest fan.”

Ms. Many was clearly surprised and overcome with emotion when her name was announced. She said she did not think she had done anything remarkable to influence this class. She did not believe

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the seemingly simple acts of respect and love she showed these students could make such an impact on their lives.

“I first met this class when they were freshman, and I yelled at them to tuck in their shirts,” Ms. Many laughed. “They are such a friendly class! I got to know them outside of the classroom setting very well.”

Ms. Many attended any and every event in which these students participated. From sports to musicals to concerts, she could always be found in the audience. Her dedication and constant love for these students over the years are what made her the clear choice as their Tassel Turner.

At the Senior Dinner, a few nights before graduation, she got the opportunity to impart wisdom to her students one last time before they moved on to the next phase of their lives. Ms. Many wanted to

give the perfect speech to this special group; but after much deliberation, she realized she did not have to be perfect, and that is exactly what this class has taught her.

Instead of feeding them all of the typical clichés, Ms. Many, instead, said that she wants them to learn how to make mistakes, deal with them and be able to move on with their lives. She wants this class to not worry about themselves, but figure out how they can help other people.

She left them with a final quote from a favorite song by the one and only Diana Ross. These simple words are ones that the Class of 2007 has embraced in their time at HIES, and they will surely continue to carry them along their way as they move on in the world: “Reach out and touch somebody's hand. Make this world a better place if you can.”

William Fochtmann and Meredith Many

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Pictured above are University of Georgia Certificate of Merit award winners Daniel Blaustein (left), Norma Nyhoff, Rachel Sullivan, Chris Thomas and Kit York.

Pictured above are winners of the 12th Grade General Excellence Award, John Reeves and Kimberly Craig, along with Dr. Chris Swann, Upper School 12th Grade Dean.

Pictured above with Alice Malcolm, former Headmaster, and Kirk Duncan, Head of School, is Arsalan Derakhshan, winner of the Alice L. Malcolm Headmaster’s Award.

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Pictured with Theresa Jespersen, former Upper School teacher and current Middle School Principal, are Sarah Hamill and Erin Hogan, winners of the Ninth Grade General Excellence Award.

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Pictured above are Carrie Bornholm, Salutatorian, and Kirk Duncan, Head of School.

UPPER SCHOOL HONORS AND AWARDS

World History- Lauren Seiple World History Honors- William Ward American History- Sam Gonzales American History Honors- Ali McWhirter AP American History- Norma Nyhoff Modern US History- Andrew McMullen European History- Sean Butkus AP European History- Alexandra Reeder Government/Economics- Sarah Margeson AP Government- Patrick Harps World Geography- Garrett Easom Biology- Greer Gafford Biology Honors- Hunter Gray AP Biology- Phillip Georgakakos Chemistry- Caroline Lee Chemistry Honors- Alex Herzog AP Chemistry- Rachel Sullivan Physics- Kimberly Craig Physics Honors- Jack Templeton AP Physics- Steven Yelich Environmental Science- Kendall Wuthrich AP Environmental Science- Charlotte Bissell Algebra I-B- Emily Larsen Geometry- Wills Aitkens Geometry Honors- Corrine Bicknese Algebra II- Chandler Wood Algebra II Honors- Jennie Hardin Algebra III- Michael Bird Pre Calculus- Justin DeNicola Pre Calculus Honors- Jack Austin Discrete Math- Samantha Bubes AP Statistics- Rob Aitkens AP Calculus AB- David Fortuna AP Calculus BC- Chris Thomas Bible- Amelia Foster Ethics- Meagan Miller New Testament- Shona Hurt Comparative Religions- Steven Yelich Mythology- Dean Konenkamp Spirituality- Carrie Bornholm Journalism- Courtney Kissack Speech- Kyle Strait Composition 9- Lauren Klopfenstein English 9- My Bui English 9 Honors- Rachel Bottoms English 10- Mackenzie Sawicki English 10 Honors- Courtney Kissack English 11- Megan Wilkins English 11 Honors- Daniel Blaustein AP English Language- Katherine Quirk English 12- Carrie Bornholm English 12 Honors- Jack Templeton AP English Literature- Robyn Baitcher Spanish I- Ben Cornwell Spanish II- Erin Hogan Spanish II Honors- Natalie Decker Spanish III- John Mitchell Spanish III Honors- Melissa Reeder Spanish IV- Caitlin Corsetti Spanish IV Honors- Kit York Spanish V- Katharine Wells AP Spanish- Alexandra Reeder

French I- Chelsea Brogdon French II- Morgan Sawicki French II Honors- Katelyn Dramis French III- Kelly Reagan French III Honors- Lara Sullivan French IV- Lucy-Gray Lansing French IV Honors- Arsalan Derakhshan Latin I- Casey Farrell Latin II- Rachel Bottoms Latin III- Emily Richter AP Latin- Rebecca Barrow Yearbook- Caroline Thomas Art I- Olivia Stockert Art II- Taylor Pack AP Art Drawing- Rachel Sullivan AP Art 2D- Rachel McDermott AP Art 3D- Thomas Evans Chorus- Alex Watkins Drama- Sophia Sapronov Handbells- Sarah Hamill Band- Blair Barrows Orchestra- Alexandra Reeder Photography- Kate Newman Informational Technologies- Clover Street Life Wellness- Jackson Davis Physical Education- Mandy Webster Phi Beta Kappa Award- Rachel Sullivan Scholar Athlete Award- Peter Grimm, Haley Kolff Quill and Scroll- Courtney Kissack, Danielle Ouellette and Melissa Reeder Student Council Scholarship- Carole Malcolm, Kyle Strait University of Georgia Cert. of Merit- Daniel Blaustein, Norma Nyhoff, Rachel Sullivan, Chris Thomas and Kit York S.T.A.R. Student and Faculty AwardMatthew Hamm - Meredith Many Frank L. Butler/Marilyn Butler Blane Memorial Scholarship- Hunter Gray National Honor Society Scholarship- Rachel Bottoms Citizenship Award- Maryanne Stumb Atlanta Journal Cup- Charlotte Bissell Excellence in Moral Courage Award- David Fortuna Ninth Grade General Excellence Award- Sarah Hamill and Erin Hogan Tenth Grade General Excellence AwardEryn DeLaney and Chandler Wood Eleventh Grade General Excellence AwardTrevor Gillum and Alan Quigley Twelfth Grade General Excellence AwardKimberly Craig and John Reeves Faculty Award- Steven Yelich The Principal’s Award- Robyn Baitcher Alice L. Malcolm Headmaster’s AwardArsalan Derakhshan Salutatorian- Carrie Bornholm Valedictorian- Steven Yelich Awards from Baccalaureate The Bishop’s Award- Hank Wells The Rector’s Award- John Reeves The Chaplain’s Award- Sean Butkus The Headmaster’s Award- Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland

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DISCOVERING FORMULA FOR SUCCESS M I D D L E S C H O O L S C I E N C E O LY M P I A D

Our Middle School Science Olympiad students continue to excel. This spring at the State Olympiad Competition, the HIES team brought home the third place trophy, besting almost 30 other middle school teams from all over the state of Georgia.

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An amazing group of bright and dedicated Middle Schoolers placed third at the state Science Olympiad competition held this spring. It was the highest level of success ever reached at state for any Science Olympiad team in Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School history!

After placing first at Regionals, our students went on to Augusta to win the thirdplace trophy in a field of the top 29 schools in Georgia. The team missed a place at the National competition by a narrow margin of only eight points.

The students organized their gear to head to Augusta State University in late March.

The projects included the “rubber band powered car”, the “trebuchet”, and the 18.6 g balsa wood tower, which could bear a weight of 35 pounds without breaking.

They also packed up their goggles, lab aprons and calculators, the equipment needed to build a model aquifer and a 2.2 g glider airplane made of balsa and mylar to be launched from a helium balloon, which lifted the handmade wooden aircraft to the ceiling of the gym.

The students competed in 23 events including astronomy, meteorology, anatomy, oceanography, entomology, epidemiology, food science, heredity, reading topographical maps, metric mastery, rocks and minerals, forensics, simple machines and aquifers.

“A wide array of HIES students excelled in the competition,” Kirk Duncan, Head of School, said. “Thank you to Middle School science teachers Janet Silvera and James Jackson, who, along with a special and dedicated group of faculty members, worked tirelessly after school and on weekends to prepare our students for the rigors of the Science Olympiad.”

Science Olympiad is a hands-on, team-oriented science program that increases the interest in math and science of K-12 students. The Georgia Science Olympiad is part of a national academic competition. Teams of up to 15 students compete at regional tournaments at nearby college or university campuses, where the top teams progress to the state and national tournaments.

Science Olympiad covers all fields of science as well as some engineering and technical communications skills. All events involve two students working as a team. Most events are “hands-on” and some require building devices prior to the tournament.

Science Olympiad State Team Members Kaki Bennett Ian Gresov Parker Bomar Hunter Gray Kate Borden Tyler Hayes K.C. Crewdson Kathryn Maloy Jake Decker Sarah Palmore Christine Georgakakos Andrew Parrish

Callan Phillips Jack Thomson O'Neal Wanliss Jaya McFarland John Galloway Adam Wypyski

Regional team members are listed below. At the Regional tournament our Team 1 came in first. Our Team 2 came in fifth and actually qualified to go to the State tournament. However only one team per school is allowed.

Region Team One Kaki Bennett Parker Bomar Kate Borden K.C. Crewdson Jake Decker Christine Georgakakos

Region Team Two Payton Anderson Clint Dolan Pete Eigel John Galloway Grant Gosden Douglas Kruse

Ian Gresov Howard Joe Tyler Hayes Kathryn Maloy Sarah Palmore Andrew Parrish

Jaya McFarland Sarah Minnnear Robert Moore Brian Parrish William Rasmussen Tay Rivers

Callan Phillips O'Neal Wanliss Kathryn Weitzner Hunter Grey Julia Boyd Laura Sullivan Derby Sutter Jack Thomson Jack Watts

Many thanks to the following people for their help in preparing students for the events: Renee Gracon, Max Silvera, Michael Poley, Pam Weitzner, Ena Wanliss, John Sullivan, Bobby Fay and Ashleigh White. Thanks also to all the parents for their help and support, especially the Bomar, Crewdson, Georgakakos and Bennett families.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS AND AWARDS

Duke TIP: Christian Cudahy, Clint Dolan, Thomas Menk, Christopher Warley

Grand Concours State Winners: Maria Papadopoulos, Alex Bolton, Madison Inglett, Alex MacLellan, Carolina Saca, Amelie Wendling Certificat d’honneur: Maria Papadopoulos, Christie Huff, Jordan Peery

Certificat de reussite: Payton Adams, Will Aiken, John Bridges, Avery Calhoun, Kendall Martin, Tiffany Tang, Kelsy Wright, Alex Bolton, Madison Inglett, Alex MacLellan, Erin Mitchell, Carolina Saca, Amelie Wendling Science Olympiad—Regional First Place: Kaki Bennett, Ian Gresov, Christine Georgakakos, Sarah Palmore, Callan Phillips, Kate Borden, Kathryn Maloy, Jake Decker, Tay Rivers, Jaya McFarland American Mathematics Competition: Chris Bissell, Ian Gresov Student Council Executive Board: President - Andrew Parrish Vice President - Kelli Scott Secretary - Maria Biasucci Treasurer – K.C. Crewdson

Sixth Grade: Art – Andrew Ballantine Band – Woodwinds – Christin Grulke Band – Brass /Percussion – Creighton Aldridge Chorus – Kinley Craig Computer - William Mavity Drama –Michael Money English – Devon Asbury French – Lindsey Klopfenstein Handbells – Wright Griffith Health – Payton Anderson History – Hays Meyer Math – Creighton Aldridge Orchestra – Wick Simmons Beginning Orchestra – Anna Baldwin Physical Education – Lindsey Miller Science – William Rasmussen Spanish – Marguerite Bernard Strategies – Jennifer Tregellas Study Skills – Catherine Bernard

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Seventh Grade: Art – Katie Keith Band – Brass/Percussion – Jake Decker Band – Woodwinds – Alec Bicknese Bible – Katie Keith Chorus – Rachel Walker Drama – Emily Stockert English – Emma Borne French – Bailey Wilkie Advanced Handbells I – Allison Quirk Advanced Handbells II – Megan Westmoreland Health – Jack Thomson History – Clint Dolan Honors Math – Hannah Kissack Math – Sophie Goldwasser Orchestra – Michelle Nelson Physical Education – Anne Yanda Science – Allison Rogg Spanish – Jaya McFarland Strategies – Porter Hailey Eighth Grade: Honors Algebra –Avery Calhoun Algebra – Frank Fallon Pre-Algebra – Carson Cash Art – Maria Biasucci Band – Wind Ensemble – K.C. Crewdson Chorus – Mackenzie Brehm Girls Choir – LeAnna Wade Concert Band – Bailey McDearis Advanced Mixed Choir – Megan Ernst Drama – Kate Borden English – Kaki Bennett Ethics – Thomas Fochtmann French – Kaki Bennett Handbells – Lauren Glazer Health – Sara Palmore History – Christine Georgakakos Latin – Mackenzie Brehm HI Chamber Orchestra- Tiffany Tang MS String Orchestra – Andrew Parrish Physical Education – Will Aiken Honors Science – Kaki Bennett Science – Lauren Glazer Spanish – Anna Marie Sokolowski Strategies – Hannah Gilman Writer’s Workshop – Peyton Warley

Special Awards: Athlete of the Year – Frank Fallon & Bailey McDearis Chaplain’s Award – Julia Boyd Dean’s Award for Citizenship: Sixth— Robert Moore, Lindsey Klopfenstein Seventh— Vaughn Moore, Sophie Goldwasser Eighth— Michael Almeter, K.C. Crewdson MS Faculty— Peyton Warley, Kaki Bennett

Pictured above are Science Olympiad Region winners Kathryn Maloy, Jake Decker, Kaki Bennett, Ian Gresov, Callan Phillips, Christine Georgakakos, Kate Borden and Sarah Palmore. Tay Rivers and Jaya McFarland not pictured.

Pictured at left are rising eighth grader Katie Keith receiving the Seventh Grade Bible Award from The Rev. Patty Roberts. Pictured above is Alex MacLellan with his Certificate de Reussite for outstanding work in foreign language.

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HIES ATHLETICS

We’re Number One! “They bought into the concept that their group as a whole was far greater than the sum of its parts. The guys took it upon themselves to pick each other up. And from that point on, we played with tremendous enthusiasm, pride and determination.”

-Dylan Deal,ʼ97, Head Baseball Coach

The Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School baseball team has given this community a memory we will cherish for years.

The Golden Bears delivered a state championship in one of the most competitive high school team sports in Georgia. They did so by defeating the nationally ranked Calhoun High School Yellow Jackets (a team with players selected in the recent MLB draft), dominating the talented squad in a best-of-three series. For the hundreds of full-throated, crimson-clad supporters, and for the misty-eyed players and coaches, it was a moment they will not soon forget.

“There was a point in the season, after an early tough loss, that our players decided to pull together and become a real team,” Dylan Deal, ’97, head coach and member of the Golden Bears’ first varsity baseball squad, said. “They bought into the concept that their group as a whole was far greater than the sum of its parts. The guys took it upon themselves to pick each other up. And from that point on, we played with tremendous enthusiasm, pride and determination.”

After a hard-fought loss to a local rival in the first week of April, HIES went on to win 10 of its last 11 games and swept every team it faced in the state playoffs leading up to the final round.

The title is the school’s first baseball state championship, and it serves as the perfect way to end the 2006-2007 academic year on the highest of notes. The entire HIES community is grateful to these young men and their coaches for providing us with such a special opportunity to come together and rally around a tremendous group of student-athletes, coaches and faculty who represent the heart and soul of the Holy Innocents’ educational experience. The manner in which the players worked together to achieve a common goal, the way they stood strong after an early disappointment and how they conducted themselves with class and dignity, even in

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Kirk Duncan, Head of School, said that the championship players personify the mission of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, as all students, athletes, artists, performers and those involved in outreach activities seek to obtain the highest level possible within themselves.

“Congratulations to the team and to Dylan Deal, Head Coach, and assistants D.C. Aiken, Jay Hood, Marshall Gaines, Mike Daly and Peter Tongren, HIES strength and conditioning coordinator,” Mr. Duncan said. “The entire HIES community is grateful to these young men and their coaches for providing us with such a special opportunity to come together and rally around a tremendous group of student-athletes, coaches and faculty who represent the heart and soul of the Holy Innocents’ educational experience.”

In Other Spring Sports News ...

Track and Field Haley Kolff became an 11-time State Champion winning the 1600m and 800m races. Haley has won the 1600m State Championship all four years. Greer Gafford finished 3rd place in the 3200m race as a freshmen. The Girls Varsity track team finished 7th in the State. The top 5 out of 8 teams were from our Region.

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the heat of competition, are an example to us all.

“From the bottom of our hearts, we thank the entire Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School community,” Coach Deal said. “The support we have received from every end of campus has been unbelievable. I would personally like to thank the Athletic Department, the school’s administration and the parents for their tremendous efforts in helping to make this season the joy it has been … and especially our fans.

They have been terrific all season long, and their encouragement in the stands had an immeasurable impact on our team. Thank you all so much.”

“From the bottom of our hearts, we thank the entire Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School community. The support we have received from every end of campus has been unbelievable.

Thanks to the parents for their tremendous efforts in helping to make this season the joy it has been … and especially our fans.”

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-Dylan Deal Head Coach

Boys Tennis The Varsity Boys Tennis team lost in the Elite 8. They lose one Senior and will be looking to compete for the State Championship in 2008. >>>

Dylan Deal, ‘97, poses with his first HIES baseball coach, Bobby Fay.

Boys Golf The Varsity Boys Golf team finished 2nd in the Region tournament (only two teams go to State) and finished 10th at the State Championships.

Ryan Bowser

Girls Soccer The Varsity Girls Soccer team lost to Providence Christian 3-2 in the Sweet 16 round of the State Tournament

Boys Lacrosse The Varsity Boys Lacrosse team came in 2nd in the area and lost in the first round of the State Tournament to Lassiter. The following received honors: Davis Lukens became the first boys lacrosse player to be named All-American at HIES. He also was selected to the 1st team All-State Team. Philip Georgakakos was named to the 2nd team All-State Team. Darius Bowling was selected 3rd team All-State. Stuart Haddow was named Honorable Mention AllState. Kit York was selected to the All-League team.

Girls Tennis The Girls Tennis team lost in the first round of the Region 6AA tournament.

Girls Lacrosse The Varsity Girls Lacrosse team had a much improved year with a lot of enthusiasm. They look to build upon this as they move forward to raising the bar in the program.

Girls Golf The Girls Golf team finished 5th in the Region 6AA Tournament.

Haley Kolff

Busy Signing Day at HIES

Five student-athletes in the Class of 2007 will continue to pursue their sport at the next level. HIES congratulates those members of the Class of 2007 who signed letters of intent to participate in collegiate athletics: Santiago Castenada Swimming St. Bonaventure University Haley Kolff Cross Country Vanderbilt University

Ryan Woolfolk Football College of William and Mary Caroline Simpson Soccer University of Georgia

Peter Grimm Football Wake Forest University

Go Bears!! (and Bonnies, Commodores, Tribe, Dawgs and Demon Deacons!)

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Spring Sports Golden Bears

Pictured above is Holly Spalding, varsity golfer.

The girls golf team finished fifth in the Region 5AA tournament.

Pictured Below is Kevin Anderson in the long jump competition.

Pictured top-center is the varsity boys tennis team, which reached the Elite Eight in the Class AA state playoffs; and pictured in the center are members of the varsity girls soccer team, which reached the Sweet 16 in the Class AA state playoffs.

Pictured at top right is varsity lacrosse player Phillip Georgakakos. Below Phillip are varsity girls lacrosse players Ali Garcia and Carter Barrows. Pictured above are members of the varsity girls tennis team. Pictured below are members of the boys varsity soccer team.

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-SPRING SPORTS AWARDS-

MS Girls Soccer A

MVP- Molly Suttles MIP- Kendall Martin Coach's Award- Gretchen Glaze

MS Girls Soccer B

MVP- Allison Rhea MIP- Katie Keith Coach's Award- Beatrisa Latifi and Alexis Stewart

V Girls Soccer

Offensive MVP- Caroline Simpson Defensive MVP- Virginia West Most Improved- Madison McBride Coach's Award- Ashleigh Hutchings Unsung Hero- Anastasia Couvaras

JV Girls Soccer

Offensive MVP- Kelsey Christenson Defensive MVP- Claire Edwards Coach's Award- Christine Georgakakos

V Boys Soccer

Most Valuable Player- Michael Bird Most Valuable Attacking Player- Matthew Webb Most Valuable Defensive Player- Collin Rhea Coaches Award- Zane Trott

JV Boys Soccer

Most Valuable Player- Thomas Savage Most Valuable Attacking Player- Matthew Ballantine Most Valuable Defensive Player- Rawson Allen Coaches Award- Alexander Maloy

Overall Soccer Program Award 2007 Golden Bear Award- Evan Britton

MS Boys Soccer

MVP- John Galloway Coaches Award- Peyton Warley Golden Bear- Cody Allen

MS Baseball

8th Grade: MVP - Taylor Callaway Coach's Award - John McKay Coach's Award - Zach Scott Most Improved - John Allen

JV Baseball

Rookie of the Year- Joe Austin Gold Glove Outfielder- Kevin Kyle Cy Young Award- Whit Woodring Silver Slugger Award- Charles Henley Ricky Henderson/Lead Off- Jackson Davis

V Baseball

Cy Young Award- Whit Woodring Gold Glove Award- Kevin Kyle Lead Off Man Award- Jackson Davis Silver Slugger Award- Charles Henley Rookie of the Year- Joe Austin Most Improved Player- Fletcher Hawkins Coach's Award- Craig Caldwell Nails Award- Bobby Aitkens Most Outstanding Pitcher- Ben Cornwell Most Outstanding Offensive Player- Bentley Heyman Most Outstanding Player- Mark Grimm Matt Molen Award- Bert Olsen

JV Girls Tennis

Madison Dailey- Most Improved Dylan Miree- Most Valuable Player Aubrey Sutter- Most Improved

JV Boys Tennis

Recognition awards to all players: John Bridges. Joe Busch, Ian Gresov, Logan Spence

V Girls Tennis

V Girls Golf

Christine Dial- Coach's Award Lauren Seiple- Most Valuable Player Ginger Baldwin- Most Improved Alex Cohen- $100,0000 Teammate Award Alexandra Sabates- Varsity Captain 2007 Leadership Award

V Boys Golf

All receive MVP and Coach's Award: Tyler Mills, Keaton Anderson, Owen Brock, Zach Reece, David Fortuna, Tim Kovacs, Alex Herzog, Neil Kimball, Reid Hailey, Michael Vaughan, Michael Bowles

Holly Spalding- Coach's Award Casey Farrell- Outstanding Achievement Award Caitlin Hogan- Most Improved Award Captain's Award- Blake Cummings Outstanding Golfer- Blake Cummings, Ryan Cox, Andy Vantine, John McGoogan

MS Track & Field

Most Outstanding Sprinter- Ashley Tucker, O'Neal Wanliss Most Outstanding Distance- Ally Yankauskas, Kyle Donahue Most Outstanding Field Events- Cynthia Sullivan, Michael Bryant Coaches' Award- Kelli Scott, Adam Wypyski

Varsity Girls and Boys Track & Field

Captains- Lori Heintzelman, Kevin Anderson, Will Shuman Most Outstanding Girls Distance- Greer Gafford Most Outstanding Boys Distance- Will Shuman Most Outstanding Girls Sprinter- Corinne Bicknese Most Outstanding Boys Sprinter- Ryan Woolfolk Most Outstanding Girls Field Events- Elizabeth Link Most Outstanding Boys Field Events- Trevor Gillum Coaches Award- Girls- Katelyn Dramis Coaches Award- Boys- Alex Fujimoto Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete of the Year- Haley Kolff School Records: 800, 1600, 3200, 4 x 400, 4 x 1600 Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete of the Year- Kevin Anderson School Records: Triple Jump. Long Jump, 4 x 400

MS Baseball

7th Grade: MIP- Scott Carpenter Coach's- Alec Bicknese and Charlie Robertson MVP- Garrett Sizemore

V Boys Tennis

V Boys Lacrosse

Most Valuable Player- Stuart Haddow Most Improved Player- John Mitchell Captain's Award- William Fochtmann Defensive Award- Phillip Georgakakos Top Gun- Davis Lukens Coaches Award- Sean Butkus

JV Boys Lacrosse

Most Valuable Player- Robert Margeson Most Improved Player- Eric Wypyski Defensive Award- Jordan Miller Coaches Award- Price Barnett

V Girls Lacrosse

Coaches- Caroline Lee, Kate Newman Leadership- Kate Henderson Defense- Emily Carter Midfield- Katherine Quirk Attack- Grace Hiles Dedication- Carter Barrows

JV Girls Lacrosse

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Winter Sports Golden Bears

Pictured above is varsity girls basketball player Eryn Delaney, junior.

Pictured at topcenter is varsity swimmer Rebecca Barrows. Pictured at right is varsity basketball player Davis Lukens.

Pictured below is Golden Bears wrestler Clover Street. At top-right is Matt Webb, centerright is Arsalan Derakhshan.

Pictured above is varsity girls basketball player Madison McBride. Pictured below, with the Little Bears Cheerleaders, is Amelia Foster. And pictured on the adjacent page are members of the varsity and JV basketball cheerleading squads.

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-WINTER SPORTS AWARDS-

Varsity Boys Basketball MVP- Daniel Blaustein MVP- Erik Larsen Most Improved- Andy Vantine Coach’s- Scott Fendler

Junior Varsity Boys Basketball MVP- Demarcus Acree MVP- Jack Carpenter Most Improved- Rawson Allen Coach’s- Jackson Davis

9th Grade Boys Basketball MVP- Hamilton Bailey Most Improved- Darius Bowling Coach’s- Kramer Deans

8th Grade Boys Basketball MVP- John Allen Most Improved- Kyle Donahue Coach’s- Grant Cummings

7th Grade Boys Basketball MVP- Howard Joe Most Improved- Ryan Brenninkmeijer Coach’s- Harrison Andros

Varsity Swimming

Varsity Wrestling

Outstanding Wrestler- Jack Templeton Golden Bear or most improved- Chris Mann Bower Award (formally the coaches award )- Clover Street

Middle School Wrestling MVP- Evan Thomas Golden Bear Award- Wes Fanning Coaches’ Award- Porter Hailey

Varsity Cheerleading

Most Spirited- Alexandra Sabates Best Attitude- Samantha Bubes Best All Around- Carrie Bornholm Coach's Award- Maryanne Stumb

JV Cheerleading

Most Spirited- Annie Hollett Best Attitude- Natalie Snodgrass Best All Around- Kelly May Coach's Award- Mackenzie Sawicki

7th Grade Girls Basketball Most Improved- Alex Champion Coach’s Award- Alexis Stewart MVP- McKenzie Bolden

8th Grade Girls Basketball

MVP- Santiago Castaneda, Jennifer McMinn MIP- Chris Taylor, Shona Hurt Coach’s Award- Harry MacIntyre, Rebecca Hamm

“Defensive Enforcer” Award- Katherine Conway “Put Me In Coach” Award- Kathryn Robinson “Cool as a Cucumber” Award- Bailey McDearis

Most Improved- Kevin Bell, Erin Mitchell Coaches’ Award- Sarah Venable, Alek Matthiessen Most Valuable Player- Michael Bryant, Sarah Merkel

Most Improved- Mackenzie Suttles Coach’s Award- Anastasia Couvaras Golden Bear Award (MVP)- Stephanie Martin

Middle School Swimming

Varsity Girls Basketball

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The Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Parents' Association held its annual Spring Gala on Saturday, March 31, at Mason Murer Fine Art gallery. More than 650 guests were on hand to sample the delicious food, gaze at the wonderful works of art and bid on silent and live auction items. The gala was a huge success, raising funds for HIES's programs and mission. Perhaps of most importance, the evening gave many in the HIES community an opportunity to gather and take part in a celebration of all the many great moments that take place in the life of our school. It was certainly a Red Hot Night to Remember!

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The Parents’ Association Spring Gala has become the most anticipated annual event of the school year and a time when Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School parents, from the Pre-School to Upper School, can get together to have a great time for the benefit of the school’s mission and programs.

HIES was fortunate again this year to have fantastic co-chairs for the Gala. Misty Smith and Torey Dobson (pictured at right) did an unbelievable job in putting the evening together.

They assembled an exceptional group of volunteers whose hard work made this evening a great success.

A great thanks goes out to all of the Sponsors and the many Patrons.

Because of their support, 100 percent of the Gala’s proceeds went directly to enhance HIES students’ education.

“Thank you to all HIES parents and friends who helped us make this a ‘Red Hot Night to Remember’ at the 2007 Spring Gala. It has been a remarkable year in the school’s history as we continue our efforts to build and grow,” Ms. Dobson said.

This year’s Gala was held at the fabulous Mason Murer Art Gallery and was appropriately themed “Red Hot Night to Remember”, with hundreds of guest sporting fiery fashions as they embraced the evening’s theme.

The Gala benefits HIES students in every division directly, and enhances the scholarships, athletics, technology and fine arts.

Each year, our school community looks forward to this magnificent evening.

This year’s Gala was full of wonderful auction items, fabulous food and drink, and dancing to the sounds of

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Gala Chairs Torey Dobson and Misty Smith

live entertainment by “The Uncle Mike Band”.

Due to the generous support of the sponsors, all patrons were able to enjoy an unforgettable evening of socializing, all while raising money to support the educational resources of our school.

HIES Parents Mark and Tara Widener take home the night’s most adorable auction item.

Gala 2007 Committee Chairs

Chairs: Misty Smith and Torey Dobson Silent Auction: Claire Bernot Silent Auction Catalog: Lois Craig and Michelle Nelson Silent Auction Set Up: Stephanie Ungashick Live Auction: Tara Widener Decorations: Stephanie Ungashick Class Baskets: Towns Paolucci Class Art Projects: Margaret Taylor TeacherĘźs Treasures: Misty Smith Corporate Sponsor: Charles Schoen and Patrick Ungashick Beverage and Catering: Christy Hooper Raffle: Laurie Ford Check In/Out: Dana Ponder Program/Invitations: Anne King Signage: Suzy Callaway Merchandising: Shelia Elliott

MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTREACH WITHIN COMMUNITY

CELEBRATING CHARITY Pictured are Golden Bears football coach Ryan Livezey and his youngest daughter at the Middle School Charity Carnival. Coach Livezey’s daughter, Amelia (not pictured), inspired a group of caring Middle Schoolers to act.

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The Middle School's inaugural Charity Carnival held this spring on the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School campus was a huge success. The students were able to sell enough tickets, food and prizes to raise more than $4,000 to donate to CURE Childhood Cancer in honor of Amelia Livezey, the daughter of Golden Bears varsity football coach Ryan Livezey.

The HIES community showed that a little rain and cool temperatures could not keep them away from supporting a good cause. There was a tremendous number of student volunteers who were on hand from 7:30 a.m. until late in the day, helping with set up, all the way to cleaning up the last of the whipped cream pie at the end.

The charity carnival was a day filled with fun activities, all supporting CURE. Some of the many highlights included the pie-throwing contest, HI Idol, a student art show, moon jump and slides, and the competition to win a Dance Dance Revolution. The family-friendly event was open to all HIES families and friends and was extremely well-attended by all.

Thanks to the hard work of teacher Gary Klingman and the Middle School Student Council representatives, this carnival came to life after a year and a half of planning.

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enormous hearts of these young adults and their willingness to pull together to support others in a time of need. The HIES Middle School students are to be commended for their maturity and dedication.”

The Middle School students originally brought up the idea to hold a charity carnival because the Student Council wanted to bring a big service project to the Middle School that would really make a difference.

The students chose CURE Childhood Cancer mainly because of a very special young lady, Amelia Livezey. Amelia is the daughter of HIES Middle School teacher and head varsity football coach, Ryan Livezey, and is battling childhood cancer. Mr. Livezey's students and players have rallied around Amelia in a very meaningful and heartfelt way.

“More and more of us in the Middle School know people in our lives affected by cancer,” Julia Boyd, Student Council representative, said.

“It made us want to do something to help her as well as other children fighting the disease.”

CURE Childhood Cancer is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through research, education and support of patients and their families. For more information about CURE, please visit their website at www.curechildhoodcancer.org.

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From the Head Chaplain

Including Africa in Global Outreach

BY The Rev. Jeff Reichmann

Earlier this summer, Mr. Duncan and I returned from a 12-day pilgrimage to Tanzania, Africa. We were invited by Bishop Neil Alexander, Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta, in conjunction with Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo, Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika (DCT).

The purpose of the trip was to investigate how a possible relationship between HIES and DCT might enhance our strategic educational goals, foster international community service opportunities and further address our awareness of the importance of global issues in the nurturing and preparing of our students for life in the new millennium.

In October 2001 while on retreat, our Board of Trustees adopted “Strategic Goals.” In part, they addressed the importance of global awareness as we seek to educate and prepare young people for a future world, which will be linked in unprecedented ways by technology. It is believed this will have economic implications that the world has never previously experienced.

These strategic goals spoke in part to the recognition that our school programs needed to move beyond our school community, city, state and nation to consider educational and community service opportunities from around the world. In conjunction with our mission to be inclusive and “strive for justice and peace among all people, respecting the dignity of every human being” (Episcopal Prayer Book p.

305), over the last couple of years our administrators and chaplains have been considering how to enhance our programs of awareness locally, domestically and internationally.

With this charge, Mr. Duncan and I took advantage of the existing companion relationship that has already been established between the Diocese of Atlanta and DCT. Our trip took us to Amsterdam, then on to Dar es Salaam, on the coast of the Indian Ocean in east Tanzania. Our trip then continued with a six-hour drive to the capital city of Dodoma, which is also the center

of the DCT. Our first day of touring took us to four church sponsored schools all unique in their own mission.

The first was a Primary School serving younger students equivalent to our preschool and elementary age children. The remaining schools served a broader range of students. Some schools served boarding students, blind students, families from Europe, Australia, New Zealand as well as of course many Tanzanians. What we saw on our first day was that in many respects, no matter where students are, they have very similar needs and experiences.

All the schools we visited were looking to improve their computer and internet capabilities. Math, science, and English were taught starting with the youngest children. These students played soccer during recess, enjoyed (and performed for us) native music and dance, and generally were in many respects not much different from our own students.

Subsequent days were spent visiting a 280 bed hospital, more schools, a confirmation service for 135 children and adults, a graduation service for religious catechist, and a most impressive service of what I am describing as a form of matriculation of AIDS orphans into a church sponsored program which will help feed, clothe and educate children who have lost their parents to the AIDS epidemic. In typical native form, each one of these “services” lasted at least two and a half

hours, filled with prayers and speeches in their native Swahili, traditional songs, chants and dance to drums and whistles.

On one occasion, we were surprised to see electric guitars and simple amplifiers used to accompany the songs and dances performed during the service. (In many respects the world is much smaller than we probably imagine!)

When we weren’t touring, we met with the staff of the diocese, learned of their respective ministries, and occupations they perform to both minister to the city of Dodoma in addition to helping to fund their missionary efforts. Near the end of our trip we visited a national game reserve where we were hosted to our own minisafari seeing elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, hippopotamus, monkeys, water buffalo, native birds and an environment that is simply spectacular!

It will take some time to properly digest all that we saw and learned while in Africa. In addition, it will take some time to consider how such an experience blends in with our curriculum, sensitivity to global awareness and our stewardship of personal resources of time, talents and treasure. We are blessed and have been blessed in the past with members of our Board of Trustees who appreciate innovative education and administrators who have the vision to embrace new teaching opportunities. It is just one part of what makes Holy Innocents’ special.

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SPRING Pictures

Students, Programs in Full Bloom

Pictured above is Pre-Schooler Conner Hatfield during the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Pictured at right are Michael, Sean,ʼ07, Patrick,ʼ04, and Mike Butkus at the dedication of the HIES Spirit Bear located on the South Campus Athletic Fields. The Bear was given by the Booster Club in honor of the tremendous efforts Mike and Barbara Butkus have put into growing lacrosse both at HIES and across the city and state.

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Middle School students map out the streets of Paris, France.

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Pictured below are members of the inaugural HIES Equestrian Club. On March 17, the team won the 2006-2007 Regional Championship. This club was formed last year and has achieved notoriety almost immediately. They went on to compete very well in the National Championships at Lake Erie College in Ohio later this spring. Congratulations on a terrific year.

Pictured above are Gordon Silvera, ’04, Janet Silvera and Max Silvera during a special Chapel service this spring where Ms. Silvera, a long-time Middle School science teacher, was made aware that the 20062007 HIES yearbook was dedicated to her.

Alex Wallace, HIES rising junior, recently received two awards for his exemplary contributions to the community. The City of Smyrna awarded him the Mayor’s Education Award in the Volunteer category for his translating efforts at Argyle Elementary School. He regularly volunteers at Argyle as a translator between English-speaking teachers and Spanish-speaking parents. Alex also received the Good Citizenship Award for his philanthropic efforts from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Pictured below are Alex and Smyrna Mayor Max A. Bacon.

Alan A. Lewis Memorial Scholarship Pictured above are Jeanine Lewis (left), Edward Vear, Alan A. Lewis Memorial Scholarship winner, and his parents Alexis and Kevin Vear.

Rising Middle School Student, Edward Vear, Awarded the

During the Lower School Awards Ceremony this spring, an entire sanctuary of students, faculty members and parents rose to their feet and applauded while fifth grader Edward Vear walked to the front and center of the room and graciously accepted the Alan A. Lewis Memorial Scholarship.

The award is the most prestigious honor bestowed upon a student in the Lower School and was the only individual award given that day.

The award is given annually to a rising sixth grader who best embodies the spirit of the scholarship’s namesake. The student must exemplify high standards of academic achievement, citizenship and leadership.

“Alan was the kind of student a teacher truly remembers,” one of his former teachers said. “He had a great sense of humor and he loved to learn. He was a poetic soul, competitive and possessed a great mind. Edward is a wonderful representative of what this award stands for.”

Edward was active in almost every possible aspect of Lower School life. He always held a cheerful disposition and would do anything for his classmates.

The rising sixth grader earned the respect and admiration of many students, faculty and administrators in the Lower School.

He will no doubt continue to be an asset to HIES as a Middle School student this fall.

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HIES Upper School students pose for a few pics “backstage” at the annual Recycled Fashion Show, a featured part of the AP Art Show.

Fine Arts Spring

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Art students at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School showcased their thrifty creativity at the Annual Recycled Fashion Show in May as part of the school’s AP Art Show. With help from environmental science students, the art classes created more than 15 different fashions made completely of recycled goods- from Post-it’s to newspapers and garbage bags to cereal boxes.

The AP Art Show celebrates the creative portfolios HIES students put together each year reflecting some component of their environment. Four years ago, two of the AP students prepared a body of work on fashion design and with help from Ms. Judie Jacobs, HIES Upper School art teacher, and the Recycled Fashion Show hit the runway for the first time.

“We hope many of these students will continue to pursue their interests in art as they enter college and beyond,” Ms. Jacobs said.

The students who created the Fashion Show, Jessie Pickren, ’04, and Kelsey Randall, ’04, now study fashion design at their respective colleges, UGA and New York’s Parsons School of Design.

The AP Art show was a wonderful way to wrap up a successful year that began with a production of “Sound of Music”, an event that showcased the talents of Holy Innocents' finest Middle School and Upper School performers. Later in the school year, the Celebration of the Arts was magnificent-hosted at the High Museum, it highlighted the brilliant work being created all over campus in each discipline.

Throughout the school year, several other stellar productions and concerts, culminating this spring with the annual AP art show, brought focus to the outstanding success of the entire program.

“I believe that our growth this year has not been limited only to our ‘products,’” Joshua McClymont, Director of Fine Arts, said. “We have also made significant strides within our daily school programs. Due to the tireless energy, cooperation and commitment of our visual arts instructors, we were able to completely revolutionize our visual arts program.”

Mr. McClymont added that in this academic year and beyond, HIES students will not be limited to a restricted and narrow format but instead will experience a more “university” style program, whereby they can create their own direction and vision for themselves as artists.

HIES Fine Arts Continues to Grow “Our goal in this is two-fold: to put HIES on the map as a Fine Arts destination school, and to better equip those students wishing to pursue fine arts after high school.”

-Joshua McClymont, Director of Fine Arts

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HI Lights from the Fine Arts Department

HIES Handbell Program Receives Ringing Endorsement This Spring, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School was the recipient of the National Exemplary Award for Handbells in Music Education. The award was given to HIES by the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR). Carolyn Alexander has been the director of the HIES handbell program for 14 years. This extensive program includes six handbell choirs from beginners to advanced and grades 4-12. The beginning program for the Lower School rehearses after school where they learn music reading, handbell care and technique. The HIES handbell choir has a maximum of 16 ringers from fourth and fifth grades. They perform at school concerts, chapel services and have provided accompaniment for instrumental solos and the chorus at the Lower School Festival of Lessons and Carols. The Middle School and Upper School handbell choirs are part of the daily school curriculum, rehearsing up to four times per week. The handbell choir course includes playing skills, music theory and reading skills, and ensemble skills. Students perform at school concerts, open house, chapel and Lessons and Carols.

Middle School’s Performances of ‘Anne Frank and Me’ The Middle School did a fantastic job with their performances of “Anne Frank and Me”, the poignant story of one teenaged girl’s awakening from the modern world of hip-hop and MTV to the harsh realities of history. When the girl is knocked unconscious in an accident, she is transported back in time to German-occupied Paris during World War II. Her doubts about the Holocaust are erased as she lives as a Jewish girl and ultimately meets Anne Frank on the train to Auschwitz. Our young actors were able to fully capture their character’s persona and tell a story that was moving and unforgettable. Congratulations on an outstanding job!

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Chamber Orchestra Scores 'Superior' The HIES Upper School Chamber Orchestra recently received “Superior” from all four judges at a Georgia Music Educators Association competition. “Superior” is the highest possible rating. This was right on the heels of the 4th/5th Orchestra (Mike Bryant, director), 6th Grade Orchestra, and 7th/8th Grade Orchestra's “Superior” ratings earlier this spring. Thanks to Elizabeth Lamback for her inspiring leadership of the program.

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Lauren Glazer, Delaney McMullen, Taylor Courson and Logan Spence

Carolyn Alexander

Ms. Swanson’s Monster Journals Published

Pictured above is Mathew Brown.

Congratulations to Ms. Diane Swanson, HIES Lower School drama teacher, for having her terrific play, “Monster Journals”, published in PLAYS, The Drama Magazine for Young People. Ms. Swanson wrote the short play for her third and fourth grade classes to perform throughout the school year.

“I'm excited about other kids and drama teachers having a chance to do something that is so finely tailored to the classroom,” Ms. Swanson said. “I hope to lend my writing skills and practical experience in the classroom to making some other drama teacher's life easier this year!”

In “Monster Journals”, the monster teacher gives her monster students assignments for them to write about in their journals. This time the assignment is to write what they want to be when they grow up. Panic sets in as they only have 24 hours to decide what they are going to be for the rest of their lives. All of the students have decided by the end of the school day except one boy, Jonathan Livingston Toilet Monster. The next morning, he is the first one the teacher calls upon to read his journal and, well, ... we can't give away the end, but it's very poignant.

Pictured above are Phyllis Gray (left), Caroline Barry, Carmen Kissack, Malenka Warner, Joshua McClymont, Dorthoy Sullivan, Susan Sapranov, Wendy Cook and Nora Borne at the dedication of the new Fine Arts Lobby earlier this academic year. The Lobby was a gift from the 2005-06 FAA. Pictured at right is Patrick Shelton in Jo Thacker’s class with his newly fired dessert sculpture. Pictured below are Matt Sprinkle (left), Sophia Sapranov and Greer Gafford receiving special recognition for their achievements in orchestra. Pictured at bottom left is Chandler Wood sketching at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Pictured at left are Blaine Costello and Alan Quigley in the Upper School’s sold-out performance of “McBeth Did It”.

T H E F I N E A RT S Middle School Orchestra

Fine Arts Awards Winners, see page 19

Budding Artists in the Garden

Sophia Sapranov and Trevor Gillum

Pictured at right is Anastasia Couvaras in the Atlanta Botanical Garden. As preparation for a botanical project, Ms. Wendy Jackson's Upper School Art II class headed down to the Atlanta Botanical Garden to view the exhibit "Orchid Daze with Frabel: Glass Impressions".

Tucked in with beautiful orchids were glass orchids created by local artist Hans Godo Frabel.

Fifteen sophomores and juniors sketched the incredible orchids for ideas for their projects. The students then created their own "rare" orchid sculpture out of plastic and gave them an inventive botanical name.

Middle School Handbell Choir

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NEW YET FAMILIAR FACES TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES THIS YEAR

Chris Durst, Upper School Principal, (left); Terri Potter, Lower School Principal; Janella Brand, Pre-School Principal; and Theresa Jespersen, Middle School Principal

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BY Rick Betts, Associate Head of School

HEY say, “You are judged by the company you keep”. If “they” are right, I feel very good about how I will be judged this coming year for I am surrounded by four incredibly talented, dedicated Principals. All four divisions of Holy Innocents’ find very capable hands at the helm. >>>

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PRINCIPALS I have enjoyed working with Janella Brand for nine years

now. Janella is the epitome of what a Holy Innocents’ early childhood educator should be. She maintains a consistently calm and stable persona while being filled with passion for the educational experience of young children.

She is very well versed in the development stages of the

pre-school age child, experienced in administration of both

Pre- and Lower schools and is the standard barrier of the Holy Innocents’ philosophy. She has been referred to as Glenda the Good Witch, by our Head of School, and as the “Princess of the Pre-school” by a pre-K student, and many a pre-school

parent has been comforted and nurtured by her during those most apprehensive and anxious of times called Parenting.

It is with mixed emotions that I transition out of the Lower

School, but greatly helping me with my emotional transition

is knowing that the Lower School will be guided by the leadership of Terri Potter.

Terri came to Holy Innocents’ five years ago and brought

with her an extensive background in Elementary education.

She has brought new ideas and solid educational philosophy to our Lower School.

Terri believes that every child can learn and understands

that teaching is about differentiated instruction in which the teacher realizes that in a classroom of 20 students, there are 20 different learning styles that must be addressed and

engaged. Terri’s infectious laugh, her Southern grace and

style, as well as her commitment to students and their devel-

opment, learning, and growth portray an immediate trust that our Lower School students are in good hands.

Speaking of infectious laughter, one finds oneself overcome

with laughter and humor in the presence of Theresa Jespersen.

Another friend and colleague for the 9 years I have been at

Holy Innocents’ is Theresa. At Holy Innocents’ since 1995,

Theresa has proven herself as a talented teacher and educator/administrator. Theresa has held multiple very important

and key roles. She has been an incredible History teacher who most graduates name among their favorites. She has also

served as Ninth-grade Dean, History Department Chair, NHS Advisor, among others. She is also our perennial MC for the Faculty Talent Show, putting Ellen, Jerry and Whoopie to

shame. When asked about what she feels is the most impor-

tant aspect of a Principal’s job, Theresa responds with a oneword answer: Advocate: An advocate for the students, the division, and the school community.

To quote Theresa, “The Principal must be a constant in a

fast-changing environment. She must uphold standards of professionalism and accountability, while supporting the faculty and students in their efforts.

“The Principal must establish an environment where stu-

dents feel cared for and safe, and where faculty feel chal-

lenged, supported, encouraged, and respected, they should

also have a healthy dose of Fun!” The Middle School is in the hands of a master!

Finally, there is Mr. Durst. I have already spoken of pas-

sion, dedication, commitment, experience, and talented educa-

tors…Chris Durst is all of those and more! I have also worked closely with Chris since he came here as the Assistant

Principal of the Upper School. I have witnessed his creative

problem-solving, efficient decision-making processes, and his willingness to make difficult decisions.

At the forefront of his thinking is always what is in the best

interest of the students. Chris moved into the Principalship of

the Middle School and within days had changed the course of the future of that program. Under his leadership deans were established and scheduling was improved. Through it all,

Chris remains calm, cool, and collected. The Upper School is battening down the hatches as we speak, because, well, there is a new Sheriff in town!

Each division is under the leadership of Master Educators

with the school’s mission, the best interests of our kids, and

the Episcopal traditions at the center of all decision-making.

Hang on, it is going to be a great year at Holy Innocents’!

Quick! Judge me now, while I find the company I keep so enviable.

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EverGreen’s Continued

Growth At HIES

In our fifth year of participating in the EverGreen School program, we have expanded our goals and successfully accomplished our mission - to increase environmental awareness and stewardship.

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AN EVERGREEN END-OF-YEAR REVIEW

BY Renee Gracon

Kendall Wuthrich and Jasmine Garrett

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to each of the three divisions: 19 Lower School students were lead by Carolyn Dwyer: 9 Middle School students were lead

by Gary Klingman; and over 38 Upper School students were lead by Renee Gracon.

We continued our mixed office paper recycling, increasing our collection to over 16,300 pounds. Our newspaper collections increased to over 2500 pounds. Ms. Jan Stewart from the Parents' Association weekly transported the recycled goods to the Keep Sandy Springs North Fulton Recycle Center (KSSNFB).

In addition, thanks to the outstanding efforts of Haley Kolff and Fr. Jeff Reichmann, we increased our magazine recycling from 236 pounds to over 4,000 pounds this spring by sponsoring an Earth Day collection. Ms. Beth Lynch continued to coordinate the program for 5th graders to the Fulton County Recycling Center on Morgan Falls Road.

We collected 200 pounds of glass, 200 pounds of aluminum and more than 375 pounds of plastic bottles (almost three times the amount collected last year). New bottle and can recycle bins were purchased by the Eco Club and placed in strategic locations in all divisions.

These bins, and 80 new classroom recycle containers, were purchased from funds accrued by the Eco Club through the Weyerhauser grant (2006) and the Cash For Trash program.

In addition, new 6 steel bins were purchased by HIES funds to enhance the collection program in the new Rowan Middle School.

The Eco Club sponsored a new venture to recycle computers. Led by Kirishma Habbu and Alex Wallace, the Upper School students collected used electronic donations from HIES family and friends. These computers were refurbished with Microsoft Office and coupled with printers, monitors and keyboards. The units were then donated through Sheltering Arms (part of the Georgia Headstart Program) to underprivileged families in the Atlanta area. More than 30 units were contributed through their efforts. These students were recognized by The Georgia Conservancy for their unique efforts. Additional electronic equipment that we did not have time to refurbish, or that was beyond our ability to repair, was donated through KSSNFB to another program for disadvantages families in the metro-Atlanta area. To this initiative we donated 14 laptops, 25 CPUs, 29 monitors and 15 keyboards.

We collected more than 125 ink and toner cartridges in an effort lead by Alex Erdemir and Catherine Reece. These goods were recycled through Cartridge World, and the proceeds helped to defray the cost of replacement cartridges for the Upper School Science Department and Earth Day pencils for several groups on campus. We also donated 30 pairs of eye glasses to the Lens Crafters Lions Club recycling program. More than 40 HIES students volunteered in many local environmental community service activities, including (but not limited to): The Chattahoochee Nature Center Halloween Hikes, The River's Alive Clean-up of the Chattahoochee River, Long Island Creek Cleanup,

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enhancement of trails at Big Trees Forest Preserve, and The Dunwoody Nature Center and various activities at The Sandy Springs Festival. They planted trees for Arbor Day and ground discarded Christmas trees at Fulton county's "One for the Chipper".

Thirty students became Biological and Chemical monitors for the Adopt-A-Stream program and continued the previously initiated program to monitor Long Island Creek at Allen Park. These students received recognition from The Georgia Conservancy for their efforts to restore the Long Island Creek Watershed. Working with Earthforce, General Motors, Adopt-A-Stream, The Dunwoody Nature Center, the Long Island Creek Watershed Association, and the City of Sandy Springs (particularly Councilwoman Karen McEnerny, and councilmen John McDonough and Rusty Paul) these students helped to bring public awareness to the degradation of the park and its natural resources. Through their efforts new silt fences have been erected, the riparian zone has been reinforced, stream blockage has been alleviated and the level of coliform bacteria has decreased. >>> Ali Eustis

Pictured above with Rusty Paul, City Councilman (Dist. 3), are Ali Eustis, Garrett Easom and Hunter McKay.

Thirty students entered the National River of Words Contest.

Bissell Pederast won at the State Level for her poem on water, and Ali Eustis (pictured at left) won on the National Level for her artwork depicting a sunset over the water. There were more than 20,000 submissions nationally.

Environmental Science students participated in many of the programs offered through The Tuesday Evening Lecture Series at The Dunwoody Nature Center to increase their awareness of environmental issues.

Ms. Renee Gracon and her husband, Brian, were guest speakers on the docket in April. They discussed their Earthwatch research on Koala Ecology and behavior. This spring, Sarah Steinmann completed an Earthwatch research grant in New Zealand, studying Dusky Dolphins. She shared her research with Charles Latimer's biology classes.

The Science Department sponsored guest lecturers from The Dunwoody Nature Center (Lauren Greene spoke on Endangered Red Wolves), Georgia's Adopt-A-Stream program (Sharon Smith taught chemical and biological monitoring skills), The Clean Air Campaign (Jennifer Owens spoke on Urban air quality issues), Orkin (Dr. Ron Harrison discussed pest control), and Brian Gracon presented a lecture on Polymer Chemistry and Plastics Recycling.

The 4th Annual AP Art and Recycle Fashion Show, sponsored by the Art Department, and under the direction of Judie Jacobs and Wendy Jackson, included 16 models strolling through the audience in garments fashioned from recycled glass, paper and plastics. It was a night to remember.

We want to thank all of the various sponsors, mentors and guests who joined us throughout the year. We would also like to thank all of the faculty and staff from HIES who encouraged our students to participate in these activities.

The combined efforts of students, teachers and staff to help keep our school “green” has helped to build leadership skills in our students and to make a significant contribution to our campus and the Sandy Springs community.

“More than 40 HIES students volunteered in many local environmental community service activities, including The Chattahoochee Nature Center Halloween Hikes, The River's Alive Clean-up of the Chattahoochee River, Long Island Creek Cleanup, enhancement of trails at Big Trees Forest Preserve, The Dunwoody Nature Center and various activities.”

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NHS CLASS OF 2007 An outstanding group of HIES students was inducted to one of the premier leadership organizations in the nation.

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This spring, the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 25 new members.

The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921.

Paul Horton, former Upper School History Department Chairperson, served as the NHS chapter advisor for HIES and said NHS is an integral part of our students’ lives.

“Each of our new members has a GPA of at least 90.0 and has a strong record in service, leadership and character,” Mr. Horton said. “Four main purposes in the NHS Constitution have guided chapters of NHS from the beginning: ‘To create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership and to develop character in the students of secondary schools.’ These purposes also translate into the criteria used for membership selection in our local chapter.”

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Julia Grimm and Wendy Jackson

Claire Staples, Madison McDearis and Erin Ainor

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Four main purposes in the NHS Constitution have guided chapters of NHS from the beginning: ‘To create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership and to develop character in the students of secondary schools.’ These purposes also translate into the criteria used for membership selection in our local chapter.

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Kirk Duncan, Head of School, accurately summed up the achievement when he said that a student does not find himself or herself in the NHS by accident.

“This distinction is the result of outstanding work done in a variety of areas, work that makes Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School the special place that it is today,” Mr. Duncan said.

Part of what makes the NHS induction so meaningful to the students and teachers is the tradition of “tapping.”

The junior and senior students sitting in the sanctuary have no idea who will be inducted. It is the job of a member of the Upper School faculty to find his or her student and “tap” him or her on the shoulder. This act not only signifies the first stage of induction, but it represents a significant bond between the student and teacher.

Three seniors and 32 juniors make up the NHS Class of 2007 at HIES. They each have different interests, different passions and different talents, but they all share the common drive for personal growth and excellence.

The NHS and dozens of other clubs and organizations find homes at HIES. The faculty’s and students’ participation in such endeavors adds to the abundance of opportunities for the school community.

NHS CLASS OF 2007

Taylor Adams Sarah Allen Sean Aiken Robert Aitkens Jack Austin Sarah Bissell Daniel Blaustein Meredith Broudy Anastasia Couvaras Kate Decker Glenn DeMarcus Justin DeNicola Arsalan Derakhshan Annie Galloway Mary Glen Galloway Trevor Gillum Julia Grimm Lori Heintzelman Caitlin Hogan Drew Hovancik Kerry Martin Madison McDearis Ali McWhirter Norma Nyhoff Haley Pope Katherine Quirk Emily Richter Kyle Straight Rachel Sullivan Carlee Terrell Chris Thomas Andy Vantine Michael Vaughan Megan Wilkins Kit York

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HOLY INNOCENTS’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL SPRING NEWS Pre-Schoolers Honor Jerry Lewis

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JUNIOR/SENIOR PROM 2007

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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School juniors and seniors gathered at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center for this year’s prom.

The prom was a huge hit. Katie Ravener and William Fochtmann (pictured above) were crowned Prom Queen and King.

Everyone had a great time, and this was surely a night the students will always remember.

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Every year Pre-School students plant a special garden outside of the Alan A. Lewis Pre-School in loving memory of Alan’s father, Jerry Lewis.

Thanks to the help of Chatham Landscaping, Ms. Meg Frederick’s Pre-K class had the honor of planting this year’s garden. It is always a great experience for the children and adults involved to get in the springtime spirit and to pay tribute to a great HIES family.

Pre-K Doughnuts with Dad Pictured above at the annual Pre-K Doughnuts with Dad morning are Dr. Ashok Reddy and Nick Reddy.

Pre-K classes spent one Friday morning this spring with very special guests, their dads. The students painted paper ties for their fathers to don for the morning. After sharing doughnuts with their fathers, the Pre-Schoolers concluded the morning’s festivities by singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” a favorite tune for children and fathers alike.

Extraordinaire!

Upper School Students’ Summer in France

Claire Logsdon

Gerard Gatoux and Claire Logsdon led a group of 10 Upper School students to Nice, France for two weeks this summer. The students lived with host families in Nice, eating breakfast and dinner at home with their families. The families were very welcoming and the food was delicious, but most families spoke very little English, so the students got a lot of practice in real world conversations in French. In the mornings the students attended EF, a French language school, to improve their French skills, and in the afternoons the group went on field trips in Nice and surrounding towns. In Nice the students tried new foods (including a favorite childhood drink of Mr. Gatoux called diabolo grenadine that everyone loved, and snails, which only the brave tried ... and liked!), went to the beach, and went to several museums, including the Chagall Museum and the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Nice.

Kelly Garrison and Gerard Gatoux The group also traveled to Monaco (where they saw the royal palace), Antibes, Eze (where they walked around a medieval city and visited a modern perfumerie), and Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. Over the weekend, the group flew to the island of Corsica, also a part of France, where they visited Napoleon’s birthplace, went to an outdoor food market, and took a boat to another part of the island to go to the beach. One student noted that on this trip the group traveled by plane, car, taxi, train, bus, and boat, in addition to spending a lot of time walking on their own two feet! Mr. Gatoux and Ms. Logsdon are already planning next year’s trip to Nice, so be on the lookout for more information this fall.

Raquel Scharyj, Claire Logsdon, Kate Decker and Emily Hovis

Madison McBride (front left), Sara Hollett, Annie Galloway, Jennie Hardin, Kate Newman, Lara Sullivan, Kelly Garrison (back left), Kate Decker, Emily Hovis, Raquel Scharyj and Gerard Gatoux

Madison McBride and Kate Newman

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LEGACY OF DECADES OF LEADERSHIP

LOVE & DEVOTION RAY INGLETT HAS PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN

NURTURING HOLY INNOCENTS’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL’S

GROWTH DURING THE 40 YEARS THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BOTH THE PARISH AND THE

SCHOOL. TODAY, HE IS HELPING TO LEAD A NEW CHARGE TO HELP ENSURE HIES’S CONTINUED SUCCESS.

If historians were to chronicle the growth and development of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, from the time it served Pre-School to fifth grade until the moment the first Upper School seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas, those scholars would be hard-pressed to avoid introducing Mr. Ray Inglett, over and over again, throughout the text of their report.

To put it plainly, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School simply would not be the thriving example of what an outstanding private school campus and independent school education should be if it were not for the work, generosity and dedication of Mr. Inglett.

A native Atlantan, Mr. Inglett was born in 1928 and lived in Peachtree Heights, where he attended E. Rivers School and North Fulton High School. In his spare time, he worked at Jacobs Drugstore and Filling Station in Buckhead to earn his spending money. Mr. Inglett went on to Georgia Tech, where he said that his tuition at the time was $75 per quarter.

Inspired by the electric trains he spent endless hours tinkering with as a boy, Mr. Inglett decided to become an engineer. He founded his own firm in 1953 on Lucky Street. An ambitious businessman with a hard-working philosophy, Mr. Inglett built his company to become the largest electrical contractor in the South, supporting construction of Samford Stadium, Turner Field, Southern Bell headquarters and AT&T-BellSouth.

In 1959, Mr. Inglett married the love of his life, Carol. And in time, they enrolled their three children in HIES. Mr. Inglett said Lillabel West’s Pre-School curriculum was very appealing to him and his wife and they agreed it would be a good fit. And so a life-long relationship with Holy Innocents’ began.

During a pivotal era of early growth for both the Holy Innocents’ parish and school, Mr. Inglett was the Junior Warden on the church’s vestry and served two four-year terms as a member of the HIES Board of Trustees. He was also a Scholarship Foundation Board member.

During his tenure, the parish acquired the Riley property. Mr. Inglett still recalls the evening that he and parish member Martha Gray celebrated the expansion of the HIES campus with a champagne toast after a Board meeting. As a symbolic gesture of their accomplishments, he said they buried the bottle and glasses under what is now our Malcolm Library.

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“Holy Innocents’ is a close-knit community between students and faculty. Students want to go to school and that’s tremendous. If it educates a few good leaders, it’s worthwhile. You can enjoy giving to something as successful as Holy Innocents’.”

-Mr. Ray Inglett

Pictured are Inglett family members Brian Parrish (bottom left), Ray Inglett, Susan Inglett, Steve Inglett, Andrew Parrish (back left), Natalie Inglett, Laura Parrish, Madison Inglett, Kate Platzker and David Platzker.

Spring Update Corrections

Annual Fund 2006-2007

Ursidae Society- $1,000 - $1,958 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thomson, Jr.

Anniversary Club - $470 - $999 Mr. Richard Braund ʻ99 Miss Kelly Harrison ʼ96 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Plumly ʻ84

Crimson and Gold Circle – ($250-$469) Mrs. Jean Barry Underwood ʻ82

Development Thanks Our Parent Leaders Pictured above are Cathy Galloway, Parents’ Association President 2006-2007, and Carrey Burgner while at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner sponsored by the HIES Development Office.

A special thanks to Parents' Association President Cathy Galloway for her leadership this year. Cathy not only kept us posted about events and fundraisers, she also presented great ideas that we were able to use to improve the school. She has been a delight to work with. Thanks also to the Booster Club Presidents Twyla and Jeff Fendler for helping the school raise funds for the athletic program and Carmen Kissack, who led the Fine Arts Alliance as they attracted donations for the arts program. This year’s parent officers will be Sana Thomas for Parents' Association, Butch Woodyard for Booster Club and Susan Sapranov for Fine Arts Alliance. Thanks to these good people for helping to keep the momentum alive for the upcoming academic year.

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Mr. Inglett funded the architectural fees for the addition of the first building on the Riley property and was involved with and managed construction projects for the school and church from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. He helped oversee the Riley Building, Alan A. Lewis Pre-School, Lower School, and the Main Gymnasium building developments.

Mr. Inglett has also established a bequest for the school and church in his will. His love and dedication to HIES is nothing short of amazing.

“Being a part of Holy Innocents’ has been exciting for me and my family,” Mr. Inglett said. “Holy Innocents’ is a closeknit community between students and faculty. Students want to go to school and that’s tremendous. If it educates a few good leaders, it’s worthwhile. You can enjoy giving to something as successful as Holy Innocents’.”

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-The Caritas Society-

In 2002, Holy Innocents’ launched the Caritas Planned Giving Society to recognize and honor members of the community who have made planned gifts to the school. The Caritas Society, derived from the Latin expression for love and charity, is currently seeking new members.

The principle purpose of the Society is to recognize anyone who advises the school that she/he has included the School as beneficiary of a planned gift including bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of life insurance, residual interest or other select deferred gift instruments.

To learn more about the Caritas Society, please contact Michele Duncan, Director of Development, at (404) 303-2150 ext. 193.

Caritas Founding Members Dr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldwasser Mr. Ray Inglett Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Moreland Mr. and Mrs. Louie Pittman Drs. Melisa Rathburn-Stewart and Michael Stewart

The Torchbearer Club – (up to $249) Mrs. Sarah White Balfour ʻ97 Miss Susan Bean ʻ02 Mrs. Jennifer Graham Beeson ʻ96 Miss Hillery Brown ʻ06 Mrs. Raine Hyde ʻ96 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Denson, Esq. ʻ89 Mr. and Mrs. Eric Joseph Domescik ʻ87 Miss Alex Fiman ʻ02 Mrs. Kathryn W. Haile ʻ91 Miss Courtney Kowalewski ʻ03 Mr. Hunter Kowalewski ʻ00 Ms. Allender Laflamme ʻ01 Mr. and Mrs. Jake J. Lowery ʻ02 Ms. Aida Mahmutovic ʻ98 Mr. Geoffrey T. Malcolm, Jr. ʻ06 Mr. Drew McDonald ʻ99 Mrs. Allison Hallman Sapp ʻ97 Mr. Leonard Seawell ʻ87 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Douglas Suarez ʼ97 Mrs. Audra Mullen Thompson ʻ95 Miss Lara Wooten ʻ05

HIES Capital Campaign

$25,000 - $99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Crosswell ʻ82 Mr. and Mrs. L. Arnie Pittman III ʻ85 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Woodyard ʻ74

$10,000-$24,999 Mr. and Mrs. David Barry ʻ84 Mrs. Jennifer P. Cantrell ʻ86 Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Forrestal ʻ83 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Alan Quigley, Jr. ʻ81 Mr. and Mrs. J. Clayton Snellings ʻ82 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Aiken ʻ80 Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey T. Malcolm ʻ75 Up to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Barnes ʻ94 Ms. Maria-Louise Evans ʻ94 Ms. Heather Hahn ʻ91 Miss Bettina Hall ʼ01 Ms. Karen Hutto ʼ80 Ms. Jane McRae Mr. and Mrs. Scott Suarez ʻ97 Mrs. Audra Mullen Thompson ʻ95 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh P. Whitehead III ʻ83

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I hope you and your family are having an enjoyable summer. It is a busy and exciting time for us in the Development Office as we prepare for the new school year.

For those of you who do not know me, I have been at HIES for three years as the Associate Director of Development and have now assumed the Director of Development position.

I am looking forward to the year ahead and working with each of you.

Many of you have been so supportive of HIES over the past year, and on behalf of the HIES administration, I would like to thank you for helping make HIES such a wonderful place for our children.

I would like to welcome June Arnold, the new Associate Director of Development. June is a native Atlantan who attended the Lovett School. She has two sons who also attended independent schools in Atlanta. June comes to us from Families First, where she was the Annual Fund Manager.

Prior to working at Families First, she was with Chris Kids as the Director of Corporate and Foundation relations. She will be a great addition to our team.

I am pleased to announce that the 2006-07 Annual Fund has surpassed the $1 million goal and the capital campaign is within reach. To date, HIES parents, trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, grandparents and friends have contributed more than $1,090,000 to the Annual Fund.

The Living Our Mission Capital Campaign is closing in on the $17 million goal, with $445,000 left to raise,

D E V E L O P M E N T U P D AT E

The HIES community has rallied to set records in fund-raising, as Development welcomes a new Director.

BY MICHELE DUNCAN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Collin and Allison Rhea

Michele Duncan, Director of Development

and we hope to announce completion very soon. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to be involved in the Living Our Mission campaign.

One of my goals this year is to grow our planned giving society and we will be sending you more information on how you can be involved. It is because of the support of people who have come

before us that HIES is where it is today.

With your involvement, you can help make the future for HIES students even brighter.

We look forward to seeing you back on campus at the end of August. Please put Wednesday, August 29, at 6:00 p.m. on your calendar for our family Backto-School Cookout and Lower School Dedication.

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Moore Family Pays Tribute to Juliet Stukenbroeker

Carol and J. Bart Miller Support Living Our Mission Campaign

Elaine and Bill Moore have been involved at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School for more than 10 years. They are parents of Vaughn, ’12, and Olivia, ’15, pictured at left.

The Moore Family wanted to do something special to honor Bill’s mother, Juliet Moore Stukenbroeker, who passed away in 2001.

As part of the Living Our Mission Capital Campaign, the Moores have dedicated a classroom in The Rowan Family Middle School to honor her heartfelt commitment and devotion to education as a long-time English teacher. Bill is currently on the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Finance Committee.

In December 2006, the Athletic Office Suite of the new Auxiliary Gymnasium was named for Carol and J. Bart Miller in recognition of their generous support of the Living Our Mission Campaign.

Carol and Bart Miller (shown at right with Rob Weltz, AD) have been involved at HIES for 18 years. They began their history with HIES as parents of alumnus Bartley Miller. They are now involved in the school as grandparents of Price, ’22, and Will, ’17, whose father is another of their sons, John Miller.

Bart is a former HIES board member and was very instrumental in bringing football to HIES. In addition to their involvement in the School, they are members of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church. HIES is fortunate to have involved and dedicated families like the Millers.

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Having received outstanding applications, The Greenbaum Family Grant Review Committee selected Allison Fishman, Lower School Spanish, David Gale, Middle School English and Technology, Mekisha Parks, ’98, Middle School Mathematics and Computers and Joanne Thomas, Middle School French, as this year’s Greenbaum recipients.

Ms. Fishman visited the American School of Madrid and Colegio Logos school in Madrid, Spain for an immersion experience that will help her create a cultural exchange program with Holy Innocents’ Lower School students.

In addition to her studies on these two schools’ educational programs, Ms. Fishman plans to bring Spanish and Spanish culture to her students through the use of technology and a pen pal exchange.

Mr. Gale explored “Fiction Writing in Florence” through a 9day writing program in Florence, Italy. He noted that this program was a “journey as a writer and educator … an opportunity

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to gain world experience to keep and learn from forever.”

Ms. Thomas had the opportunity to go to France. Her project was to write a 6th grade French textbook, as well as a teacher’s guide with lesson plans and staple activities.

Ms. Parks was scheduled to take part in a conference entitled, “Turn Beauty Inside Out” in New York City focusing on issues of popular media influence on healthy body images, self-esteem and media literacy. Unfortunately, the conference was postponed.

The Greenbaum Family Grant is an endowed program of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School made possible by a generous gift from Carol and Tom Greenbaum.

Now in its seventh year, the grant program is designed to promote teaching excellence by providing teachers with resources to undertake special enrichment activities. Faculty members are encouraged to use the grant to pursue academic experiences or fieldwork, develop a specific classroom project, or do independent research.

SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION

Bobby Fay is the Lower School’s resident Mr. Wizard. His science labs are the weekly highlights for many budding student scientists. To show Mr. Fay how much they loved him and his labs throughout their Lower School days, a group of fifth graders decided to concoct a special surprise this summer.

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Pictured above are a group of fifth grade students who collected money for a special gift for Bobby Fay.

special group of fifth graders gave Mr. Bobby Fay a unique gift at the end of this school year. This group was the first Pre-First grade class Mr. Fay taught when he returned to HIES. These students admired Mr. Fay and enjoyed his class so much, that they gave him new underwater backgrounds for his two enormous aquariums in his classrooms. They had

a small celebration on the last day of school with Mr. Fay and shared some of their favorite “Mr. Fay moments,” including his magic shows, making ice cream, happy ball/sad ball and the hula-hoop bubble. As new Lower School Principal, Terri Potter, put it as she watched the children reminisce with one of their favorite teachers, “This is what Holy Innocents’ is all about.”

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ADMISSIONS

WELCOMES NEW FAMILIES 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

S T U D E N T S , T E A C H E R S A N D A D M I N I S T R ATO R S L O O K F O RWA R D TO S H A R I N G I N M A N Y N E W B E G I N N I N G S

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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School administrators and current families welcomed 150 new students and their families at the annual New Family BBQ in late May. More than 500 attendees feasted on delicious BBQ and enjoyed the opportunity to meet other families.

Student Guides from the Upper School painted faces, Middle School buddies were on-hand to “hang out” with their new student buddy and the Parents’ Association provided many friendly faces to help greet the new families. You could feel the excitement in the air!

As one new third grader proclaimed, “I’m having so much fun ... I never want to leave!”

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spring, HIES enjoyed its most successful admissions season yet, in regards to total applications received.

This year about 700 applications were submitted to HIES, which was about

twice as many than in 2003-2004.

We are on target to open the 20072008 academic year with the largest enrollment in the school’s history.

The administration has been working this summer to assure that we maintain the effective teacher-student ratios to which we have all become accustomed.

The admissions staff works diligently to attract families to our school, but the HIES students and faculty are our most impressive features when prospective families visit campus. And the best marketing our school can receive are the word-of-mouth experiences our families share with their colleagues, neighbors and friends. So, thank you all for being such terrific ambassadors of the HIES mission and philosophy.

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Fast-Driving Alumnus ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

slows down to visit the course where he learned to dream.

In late April, Chris Festa, ’04, donated one of his racing helmets that he used in his senior year at Holy Innocents’ to be displayed in the gym.

While driving for Rahal Letterman Racing (Bobby Rahal and David Letterman), the helmet was worn at several major international events such as the Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Monterrey Grand Prix of Mexico. It is also the helmet he wore when carrying the tribute to Christine Stafford on his car.

At the presentation to Dorothy Sullivan and Holy Innocents’, Chris said, “ ... the helmet is in gratitude for the help, support and belief shown by Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School and my teachers in allowing me to pursue my dream and continue in school at the same time. Without the commitment of the school, the principals and teachers, I could not have reached my dream, graduated and attended college. The placard that accompanies the helmet says it all, ‘Without HIES, Dreams Would Remain Just Dreams’. I am so privileged to have this opportunity thanks to the mission of Holy Innocents’ to nurture the ‘entire’ student.”

Karen Greer (left), Chris Festa, Christine Stafford and Anne Jackson

After the presentation, Chris was mobbed by his hundreds of young fans for autographs on racing posters. It was a special

“Without HIES, dreams would remain just dreams.”

moment to watch Chris reminisce with his former teachers while signing his racing posters for them.

Chris Festa and Dorothy Sullivan

FESTA RACING UPDATE: From his eighth place starting position, Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Indy Pro Series driver Chris Festa posted a second place finish with the No.9 CareCentric Target car in Carb Day’s Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this spring.

The race ended under caution due to moisture in Turn 2 and without the restart that could have given Festa a final run at the checkered flag against eventual race winner Alex Lloyd.

Festa’s podium matches the career best second place finish he had in the 2007 season opener at Homestead Miami Speedway, where his efforts to challenge Lloyd for the win were also cut short when the race was red-flagged due to an accident.

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CLASS NOTES

Class of 1995

Class representative: Nicole (Thomas) Thibo: nicthm@yahoo.com

Chris Wall, ’95, president of Atlanta Investing Inc., was named the finalist for the Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Award. Atlanta Investing is a residential Atlanta real estate investment company specializing in foreclosures.

Class of 1996

Class representative: Jenny (Graham) Beeson: jagraham1978@yahoo.com

Jimmy Conyers, ’96, lives with his wife Ashley and their seventeen month old daughter Anna Bowler in Orange Beach, AL. where Jimmy works as a commercial lender for Heritage First Bank.

Sara Hall, ‘96, married Patrick McNeal on July 14, 2007 in Dallas, Texas.

Alumni Jennifer Graham Beeson, ’96, and Adriana Evans Morehead, ’96, attended the wedding. Brian Hall, '99, was the videographer for the wedding.

Sara and Patrick (pictured below) both teach elementary school in Frisco, Texas.

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Class of 1997

Class representative: Emilie (Collins) Murphy: Emilie_Murphy@kiawahisland.com

Allison Hallman Sapp, ’97, and her husband, Jeff moved to Michigan last April.

Allison is working for the Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, MI as the Assistant Director for Development.

Taylor Winn, ’97, resides in Atlanta where he has been working with Morgan Stanley for the past five years.

Class of 1998

Effie Swartwood Thompson, ’98, lives in Fairhope, AL with her husband Ty and is an assistant buyer for Uptown, Inc.

Christian Zweifel, ’98, is living in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved back after graduating college. He is pictured below with his goddaughter, Mayte.

Class of 1998

Class representatives: John Morgan: Jfmua2@aol.com Effie (Swartwood) Thompson: effies21@hotmail.com

Lauren Brown, ’98, went to Madrid & Barcelona (AGAIN!) last September to visit a friend from her study abroad program in Chile. This summer, she will be traveling to Alaska (Glacier Bay area) for two weeks. She also bought a house in Cabbagetown near downtown Atlanta earlier this year.

Lauren Rhoads, ‘98, married Jeremy Thompson of Fort Mill, SC on April 7, 2007 at Chateau Élan in Braselton, GA. Ms. Thompson attended Auburn University and Mr. Thompson attended Clemson University. They met while both working for Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, general contractors, in Atlanta. The couple (pictured below) now resides in Atlanta.

Class of 1999

Class representative: Jennifer (Cavanaugh) Brown: Jennifer.Cavanaugh@hies.org Samia Hanafi: shanafi@charlestonlaw.org Drew McDonald: drew.mcdonald@pfsfhq.com

Jennifer (Cavanaugh) Brown,’99, is in the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program through Brenau University. Her focus is Early Childhood Education and she will be a full-time teaching assistant in 1st grade at HIES in the fall. Jennifer will continue to be the JV/V Girl’s Cross Country Coach.

Cadie Comeaux, '99, is currently working towards a master's degree in psychology in conjunction with an EDS (Education Specialist) Degree in School Psychology at The Citadel. Cadie currently resides in Charleston, SC and should be finished with her studies in May of 2008.

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Class of 1999

Jennifer Saffold Collins, ’99, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in May of 2006.

During law school, she served on the Georgia Law Review and was awarded the West Publishing Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. In August of 2006, Jennifer married Jeffrey Collins at the Whitlock Inn in Marietta, Georgia.

Jennifer’s sister Stephanie Saffold, ’01, was in attendance. After spending the summer preparing for the July bar exam, Jennifer was sworn into the Georgia courts in November 2006. She is now enjoying her work in the business litigation practice at Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Atlanta where she assists with complex litigation, business disputes, and employment matters.

Jeffrey is an architect with Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects in Atlanta and is currently working on the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. The couple (pictured below) lives in Atlanta with their beagle, Salli.

Class of 1999

Samia Hanafi, ’99, recently graduated from law school (Charleston School of Law), and will be working for a state judge in Charleston, SC after the bar exam late in the summer.

Morgan Petek, ’99, has been living in Nashville, TN for the past two and a half years where she works for CMT in the Talent Relations Department (and rubs elbows with all of the country music stars). She was named Miss Country Music City last year and went on to compete in the Miss Tennessee Pageant winning the title of Runner-Up (pictured below). Morgan is planning to begin her MBA next fall.

Class of 1999

R. Taylor Speer, ’99, graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law in May. He is currently studying for the Florida bar exam and has accepted an associate position at Ludwig & Associates, P.A., a Jacksonville, Florida firm, practicing in Aviation Law, Immigration, and Business Litigation.

Class of 2000

Class Representatives: James Capo: jhcapo@gmail.com Nitara Carswell: nitaracarswell@hotmail.com Sarah Oddsen: sarahodd@hotmail.com

Caroline Boedy, ’00, was engaged on June 11, 2007 to Robert Russo. The wedding is planned for early spring of 2008 at Peachtree Presbyterian in Atlanta.

Page Rast, ’00, just finished her Master's degree in Media Arts from Emerson last month. Page has since moved back to Atlanta (as the nine month Boston winters did not agree with her) and she is still trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. When Page isn’t at work, she spends time doing some writing - she just started another screenplay and is always tinkering with another "finished" one - or traveling, which is a favorite past time, but sadly happens infrequently these days.

Lindsay Kittrell, ’00, is graduating in August from UGA with a Master's degree in special education. She is engaged to Brian Morton (St. Pius X graduate 2001), and they are to be married in June 2008 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Several HIES alumni will be in the wedding: Joe Popkowski, ’00, was a groomsman, and Lauren Fryer Tucker, ‘01, and Page Rast, ’00, will be two of her bridesmaids.

Lindsay and Brian met at UGA where she graduated in 2004 and Brian in 2005.

Brian is a software developer at howstuffworks.com, and she is a special education teacher in Alpharetta.

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Class of 2000

Joe Popkowski, ’00, finished the program AIG selected him to participate in last July. It was a year long professional training program where he traveled monthly to train at AIG's New York City office right on Wall Street.

In December of 2006, he became engaged to Rachel Livingston, a 2005 Mathematics graduate of Furman University from Columbia, South Carolina. Rachel works at The Hartford as a Business Travel Accident underwriter. When Rachel and Joe are not working they love to run, spend time with friends and family, and, whenever possible, be on a beach somewhere! Rachel and Joe (pictured below) will marry in Columbia, South Carolina in the church she grew up in on October 11, 2008!

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Class of 2001

Class Representatives: Matt Freeman: msfreeman@gmail.com Ellen Williams: ellenwilliams@mindspring.com

Courtney Festa, ’01, was completely focused on working with animals and won several state/national equestrian championships (two state championships, the Ashville Series Championship, several trips to the national finals and 3rd in the 12 week national championship in West Palm Beach).

In December 2006, Courtney (pictured at right) graduated from a special program in the University of Florida system called the Teaching Zoo, with a degree in Zoology and Exotic Animal Technology.

This is the only program accredited by several world Zoological Associations, including the U.S. Zoological Association.

Students operate a fully functioning Zoo, open to the public with 90 species, about 200 individual animals from rattle snakes to primates, spiders to big cats, alligators to eagles.

Upon graduation, Courtney landed a coveted position working at the Disney Animal Kingdom in Orlando as an Animal Behaviorist/Trainer. At the Animal Kingdom, Courtney will care for, train, engage in conservation programs and show exotic birds from around the world in the Flights of Wonder Show (pictured at top right). Her group breeds, raises, trains and shows dozens of species of eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures, parrots, cockatoos, etc.

The program is world renowned and travels to over 30 zoos worldwide in addition to the Disney program and is dedicated to conservation, education and showing exotic birds in natural “free flight” behaviors. This is a wonderful opportunity for Courtney to work at the highest levels of animal care, training, conservation, education and entertainment in the world.

Class of 2001

Courtney Festa, ʻ01

Trudy Flores, ‘01, married Frank Humphries on January 27, 2007. It was a beautiful weekend shared with friends and family. Trudy works as a designer at an architecture firm in Augusta while her husband attends medical school. The couple is pictured below.

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Class of 2001

Ashley Crowley Jones, ’01, announced the birth of her son Joshua Holton Jones (pictured below) He was born on October 9, 2006. He was 8 lbs. 8 oz. and 22 inches long. He is 8 months old now.

Nicole Silva, ’01, is engaged to Christopher Yarsawich of Stratford, CT. She earned her BA in English from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. After the August 18 wedding, the couple plan to join the Peace Corps.

Nicole Willis, ’01 is engaged to Wizipan Garriott of Rosebug, South Dakota and will be married on August 9, 2008.

Nicole is interning this summer in Chicago and will return to New York City in August to complete her last year of law school at Columbia. She plans to practice law in Washington, DC.

Class of 2002

Class Representatives: Katie Kirtland: kirtlkr@bellsouth.net Alley Pickren: Alleypic@uga.edu

Ashley Armstrong, ’02, graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University in May 2006, with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. She was a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the FMA Honors Society.

After graduation, she began working as a Financial Planner for Benedict Financial Advisors in Sandy Springs. Ashley became engaged to Joshua Thompson (pictured below), a 2006 graduate of Auburn University with a master’s degree in landscape architecture. He was a member of the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society and is employed by Site Solutions in Atlanta. Ashley and Josh were married April 21, 2007 at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta.

Class of 2002

Zach Blend, ’02, is currently the Director of Development at Goshen Valley Boys Ranch. This is a home for abused and neglected young men who have found themselves in the custody of the state of Georgia.

Rachel Knox, ’02, graduated with a 3.50 GPA from California State University, Chico with a B.S. in business with a concentration in management and an emphasis in entrepreneurship. She hopes to open her own green business within the next couple of years.

After a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate, she will be staying in Chico, CA to begin working full-time as a Marketing Assistant for greenfeet.com and Production Assistant for More Hip Than Hippie.

Greenfeet.com is an Internet retail store that specializes in eco-friendly products.

More Hip Than Hippie is a weekly podcast with a worldwide audience that is cohosted by the owner of Greenfeet and focuses on living a hip, eco-friendly lifestyle. Occasionally, she gets to stop by the studio and be on the show, which is always a lot of fun!

She started at Greenfeet and More Hip Than Hippie in the summer of 2006, hired as part-time last August, and begins her full-time position in June. She really enjoys living in California, but misses Atlanta and the whole HIES crowd!

Keeley Marie Stitt, ’02, has just completed her first year of teaching. She taught Art Education at an inner city school called Copernicus Elementary in Chicago.

Keeley taught 400+ students, grades Kindergarten through 8th. She is relieved to be done with a very challenging school year and is currently searching for a new position in Chicago for the next school year.

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Class of 2002

Keeley Marie Stitt, ’02, continued ...

The photo below is of Keeley with her 3rd grade student Sandra Fowlkes.

Meghan Wilson, '02, graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL on June 15 with a Bachelor of Science in Communication (Theatre and Art History). She has accepted a role with the Emerald City Theatre Company.

Meeghan (pictured below) just recently filmed a commercial for McDonald's. She will continue to live in Chicago for now.

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Class of 2003

Class Representatives: James Jackson: JJDAWG84@UGA.EDU Emily Weprich: wepriep@auburn.edu Caroline Wimberly: caroline.wimberly@duke.edu

Hesley Harps, ’03, graduated summa cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South with a BA in Theatre Arts (Honors) and Environmental Studies: Ecology and Biodiversity. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in March with a GPA of 3.90.

At Commencement Ceremonies, she was awarded the Chip Gilliam Award for outstanding performance in theatre. This year, she was selected to perform in the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts as Willie in This Property is Condemned. In May, she debuted her first original work, a onewoman show entitled I Don't Want Realism, I Want Magic! to a full house at Sewanee. She received Honors in Theatre Arts for this performance. She also made her musical theatre debut as Princess Winnifred in Theatre Sewanee's production of Once Upon a Mattress. She continued her acting career as an Acting Intern with the Busfield Brothers' B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California from August 2007-June 2008.

Her favorite part of her senior year was her road trip across the United States to Zion, Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks in Utah, where she backpacked in the wilderness for 10 days with 10 friends from Sewanee for spring break. She is also thrilled to be serving as her best friend's maid of honor in an August 5th wedding.

Class of 2003

Bryan Jones, ’03, a senior at Georgia Southern University was the runner up at the Florida Gator Invitational after contributing to Georgia Southern’s fifth-place team finish, on the par-70, 6,701-yard University Golf Course.

Rachel Marie Small, ‘03, graduated from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Wildlife Management. Rachel will pursue a masters degree in the fall and has received an assistantship grant for graduate school at the University of Georgia in Natural Resources focusing on ethnobotanical plant education for human and wildlife uses.

Catie Sweetwood, ’03, graduated from Indiana University in June with a B.S. in sport communication and is moving to Chicago. She will be living in Chicago (Lincoln Park) and working for the Chicago Bears.

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Class of 2003

Tony Tarantino, ’03, was elected president of his fraternity, Delta Chi, at Georgia Southern. He has made the president’s list the past two semesters, and will be graduating in December with a degree in Pre-Engineering and Technology Education. Right now, he is enrolled through senior privileges and is taking graduate classes. After graduation, Tony plans to start graduate school and pursue a Masters degree in Technology Education.

Class of 2004

Class Representatives: Amy Fore: amyfore@uga.edu Collins Marshall: HCM04@fsu.edu Gordon Silvera: Gordon.M.Silvera@dartmouth.edu Kathryn Stafford: staffk@uga.edu

Jennifer Bickley, ’04, was offered a marketing and sales internship with AnheuserBusch in the spring and moved up to Boston in June to begin interning. She absolutely loves Boston and is so grateful to have this opportunity. Right now, she is living with eight girls in Brighton, MA close to Boston College and commutes to work every day. Jennifer is approaching her final year at the University of Georgia. She is also considering a double major in Spanish as well as marketing and may choose to do a semester abroad in Argentina.

Nicole Honeycutt, ’04, started her second internship with UBS Financial Services this summer. This time, she will be working in the Macon office, instead of the Atlanta office.

Class of 2004

Louiza Vick, ’04, has just returned from studying film at the University of Otago in New Zealand.

During her study abroad she did much traveling around New Zealand and Australia, documenting her experience in 35mm prints that she will be showing at her art show in Los Angeles, later this fall. Upon her return to Los Angeles, Louiza (pictured below) has been continuing pursuing her film career by working as a freelance consultant to Vice-President of Russian programming at Sony Television International and interning at Laura Ziskin's production company, which has produced all of the Spiderman movies.

Also, Louiza is currently in post-production on her own independent high definition short film that is going to enter the festivals this fall. Besides her film work, Louiza is continuing to pursue her job at the USC Volunteer Center as an alternative break coordinator.

Having co-coordinated and led a twoweek volunteer program in Thailand this past December, that focused on posttsunami relief work, Louiza is now cocoordinating another international volunteer trip to Isla Mujeres to do environmental conservation and cultural immersion during the next spring break.

Class of 2005

Class Representatives: Tyler Rathburn: tratt@comcast.net Rachel Shunnarah: rach521@uga.edu Kate Sternstein: kurlyq6290@bellsouth.net Allyson Young: youngan@auburn.edu

Katie Downs, ’05, has just been given “All Academic Recognition” by the University Athletic Association – she plays collegiate volleyball for Emory University – the team ended the 2006 season ranked #10 in the country. She is a sophomore at EU. Also, Katie Downs, Kelsey Martin, Isabelle Isakson, Jennifer Hart and Amanda Hanafi, all of ’05, made their debut this past year as Phoenix Society debutantes. As part of their season, they spent time volunteering at Shepherd Spinal Center and also at the High Museum. The season ended with the debs being presented at the Phoenix Ball in December.

Ryan Gottlieb, ’05, is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina and President of his fraternity, Sigma Chi.

Nick Juliano, ’05, transferred to Emory and is studying History and Arabic. He traveled through Europe in May and will be spending time in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Austria. He also has a slot at the U.S. Army Airborne School from July 11 until August 3 where he will be jumping from planes and, hopefully, will earn his wings as an Army Paratrooper.

Liz Knapp, ’05, is still studying abroad in Italy, but will be traveling to Gothanburg, Cologne and maybe Croatia or Greece during the summer.

Kelsey Randall, ’05, is currently finishing her second year at Parsons The New School for Design. She has been selected as an intern for the Bill Blass design group for this summer and fall.

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Class of 2005

Andy Rast, '05, and Amy White, former HIES student, were married June 10, 2007 in a small ceremony at Andy's house.

Andy is stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC with the Marine Corps. The happy couple (pictured below) will be living there for the remainder of Andy's enlistment.

Tyler Rathburn, ’05, is Vice President of Sigma Nu Beta Chapter at UVA and a member of NSCS, the Phi Eta Sigma first year honor fraternity.

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Kate Sternstein, ’05, is currently studying abroad in Freiberg, Germany for seven weeks studying the politics of the EU, Turkey and the Balkans. Her program also includes a 12-day trip around Turkey. She will be spending the fall semester in Shanghai, China.

Davis Stitt, ’05, is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX where he pledged Phi Gamma Delta.

His fraternity won the fall inter-fraternity soccer championship. Davis is also an assistant coach for the varsity boys soccer team with Craig Savage (former HIES dean and boys and girls soccer coach) at Mr. Savage’s school – Parish Episcopal High School.

Rachel Shunnarah,’05, was recently named to the University of Georgia Honors Internship Program. Rachel was selected as the sole recipient of a summer internship in the United States Attorney’s Office in Savannah. Her internship will include working with federal judicial cases and special programs.

Rachel is currently finishing her second year in UGA’s Honors Program, where she is in the Terry College of Business majoring in Risk Management and Insurance.

In September, she was inducted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars and she is a member of Gamma Iota Sigma, the Risk Management Honorary Society.

Rachel also served as the alumni guest speaker at the HIES Class of 2007 Senior Alumni Picnic in May.

Class of 2006

Class Representatives: Kaitlin Duffy: duffykc@auburn.edu Miller Edwards: edwardm@auburn.edu Anna Pickren: annapic@uga.edu Amy Schwartz: amy8700@hotmail.com

Lamir Brook, ’06, is excited to be transferring to the University of Southern California this fall.

John Robert Chapman, ’06, pledged the Texas Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Southern Methodist University and was initiated March 8, 2007 at Dallas, Texas.

Tessa Cierny, ’06, pledged Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Georgia.

Arden Crumpler, ’06, pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at Auburn University

Katie Hammond, '06, pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the University of Virginia.

Carter Woodring, ’06, pledged Alpha Omega Pi at Samford University.

Class of 2007

Class Representatives: Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland: kkirtla@clemson.edu Emily Phillips: goldengirl188@aol.com Charlotte Bissell: cmb123@comcast.net Taylor Pack: pack_t@bellsouth.net

Steven Yelich, ’07, recently attended a dinner hosted by Georgia governor Sonny Perdue and his wife, Mary, at the Govenor’s Mansion. The event was held to honor all the 2007 valedictorians in the state of Georgia.

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.

Former Students

Rebecca Jacobs, ’90, is currently teaching history in a middle school in Denver.

She is one of 12 teachers chosen from around the country to participate in a cultural/economics exchange program. She is currently visiting Romania and shares the following passage from a recent letter to her family:

“We are doing so much on this tour!

Our days are filled to the brim on a daily basis...but I guess that is the life when you are a traveler! We went to the US Embassy yesterday and that was actually harder to enter than the country! It was very interesting to speak with diplomats and dignitaries, though. A very challenging job indeed! We've been to 3 schools now and each time I am amazed at the level of English spoken. Today the students were telling us how much they appreciate their teachers and that they realize what a difficult job they have. We have driven by the palace of the Parliament which is the world's second largest building (second only to the Pentagon.) It is absolutely massive and ironically, President Chauchescu never was able to rule from it.”

Lost Alumni

We are missing contact information for the alumni listed below. If you are in contact with any of the below HIES graduates, please encourage them to get in touch with the HIES alumni office.

Carter L. Hatcher 1995 Holly P. Bond 1996 Jordan Q. Brown 1996 Christopher L. Lardner 1996 Katherine L. Schultz 1996 Stephanie M. Spottswood Scurlock 1996 Benjamin J. Gaudreault 1997 Peter M. Nagle 1997 Kimberly A. Perisino 1997 Kelly L. Albritton 1998 Keith A. Cooper 1998 Katie D. Harkins McKoy 1998 Christian Zweifel 1998 Laura H. Bond 1999 Elizabeth M. Fowler 1999 Lauren D. Friedrichs 1999 John P. Gallagher 1999 Kyoko F. Sadoshima 1999 Robert A. Schiess 1999 Emily F. Tonge 1999 Alexandra J. Allen 2000 William F. Voyles 2000 Andrea S. Laucella 2001 Andrew J. Maxfield 2001 Meaghan T. McCord 2001 Patrick M. Anderson 2002 Ashley D. Chandler 2004 Shaquita N. McWilliams 2004

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Alpha Omega 2007

New York Alumni Gathering

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School alumni members Matt Little, Chad Carlson, Susan Humphlett, and Leslie Horne, all of the Class of 1997, gathered in New York to celebrate the Christmas season and ring in the New Year.

Pictured above gazing at their old yearbook pictures are HIES Alpha Omega members Emily Phillips, Robyn Baitcher and Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland.

Celebrating Our Alpha Omega Class Members

Thursday, April 26, was Alpha Omega Day at Holy Innocentsʼ sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations and Development. The 17 Alpha Omegas (listed below) were first celebrated with their faculty members at the Ice Cream Social in Porter Dining Hall. The students were welcomed to the event with name tags featuring their first grade pictures.

The next event was a reception at the Head of Schoolʼs home with parents, faculty, staff and friends. The Director of Alumni Relations, Tamika Weaver-Hightower, presented each student with an Alpha Omega T-shirt and a lapel pin to be worn on their graduation gowns.

The greatest treat of the evening was a story about each student that was presented by Dorothy Sullivan, Associate Head of School.

HIES Alpha Omega Class of 2007

Chris Almond Robyn Baitcher Charlotte Bissell Scott Fendler Stuart Haddow Patrick Harps Kate Henderson Patti Hensley Michael Hill

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Sarah-Elizabeth Kirtland Emily Phillips Alexandra Sabates Grant Small Katharine Wells Charlie Wood Steven Yelich Ashley Zeigler

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Welcoming New HIES Alumni

Friday, May 18, after the last graduation practice, the Alumni Relations and Development Office welcomed 95 seniors to the Alumni Association with a taco party and survival tips from Rachel Shunnarah, ’05.

The taco party was catered by Rio Grande, a family-owned business of the Papadopoulos family (Nick ’07 and Menandros ’99).

Thank you to all who made this a record year for the Annul Fund!

2006-2007 Annual Fund Campaign Volunteers Preschool/Lower School Chairs Kathy & Charles Schoen MaryBeth & Mac Gibson- Elect Middle/Upper School Chairs Tara & Mark Widener Lori & Clay Snellings- Elect

Grade Level Chairs

Janet & Joe King (3 YR) Gwen & Scott Leonard (3YR) Kitty & Alston Correll (PK) Bonnie & Grant Leadbetter (PK) Julie & Greg Levy (K) Lynn & Shea Sullivan (K) Leslie & Kevin Reece (P1) Angie & David Barry (1) Stephanie & Patrick Ungashick (1) Lori & David Sours (2) Jennifer & John Friend (2) Janine & John McKenney (3) Alexis & Kevin Vear (3) Linda & Mark Basham (4) Missy & Hunter Keith (4) Lorin & Matthew Middelthon (5) Stephanie & Charlie Worthen (5) Maria Arias & Jerrold Levy (6) Marcia & Jim Decker (7) Susan & Charles Link (7) Caroline Barry (8) Cathy Tucker (8) Julie & Randy Brehm (8) Leslie & Greg Gates (9) Pam & Jack Walz (9) Dana & David Aldridge (10) Diane & John Rhea (10) Cathy & Bubba Bennett (11) Karen & Tim McClain (11) Terri Dramis (12) Janine & John McKenney (New Parents)

New Parent Tailgate Please Save the Date!

Friday, September 7, 2007 6:30 PM St. Pius X Football Stadium Invitation to Follow

Save the Date!

“Many of you have been so supportive of HIES over

the past year, and on behalf of the HIES administration I would like to thank you for helping make HIES such a wonderful place for our children.”

-Michele Duncan, Director of Development

Back to School Family Cookout and Lower School Dedication Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Details to follow

If you have any questions about the Annual Fund or Capital Campaign, please call the Development Office at (404) 303-2150 ext. 193.

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YOUNGSTERS LEADING THE WAY LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS INSPIRE WITH ACTS OF SELFLESSNESS

Three Lower School students set a powerful example for others to follow with their birthday gifts to Haiti.

After a heavy storm, thousands of starfish were thrown upon the beach and left to perish. A young boy was seen to be placing the bereft starfish in to the sea, one by one. A bystander told the boy he could not make a difference.

The loss was too great. But the boy persisted and challenged all of us, as he placed one starfish into the sea at the time. “I made a difference to that one.”

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In an age where gift giving among preteens can get a little out of hand, three fifth-grade girls decided to go a much different route than asking for the normal party presents.

After discussing all sorts of different charitable ideas for their collective birthday party with Beth Lynch, Lower School Chaplain, Liz Aitkens, Elizabeth Callaway and Henley Worthen decided that they’d ask their friends to make a donation towards Project Starfish rather than give a gift.

“We are really lucky to have food, nice houses and a good school,” Elizabeth said. “We thought it would be nice to be able to give that to someone else.”

The girls raised more than $800 from their birthday party. Every cent of their earnings was donated to Project Starfish and will contribute to the efforts at St. Mathieu’s and St. Jean Batiste in Leogane, Haiti.

The idea of Project Starfish started at Church of the Nativity in Burke,

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Elizabeth Callaway (left), Henley Worthen and Liz Aitken donated their birthday money to the Starfish Project.

Virginia some years ago. A “what-if” thought led to the larger plan of “what if each family would forego an order of French fries, or an extra topping on a pizza.” How much money could be raised to help the less fortunate?

The parishioners eagerly embraced the challenge and since then, Project Starfish has expanded through parishes across the country to help those in need.

In 2002, the Rev. John Porter brought the idea of the Lenten Starfish Project to Holy Innocents’ parish and school as a way to lend support to the outreach

program of Food For The Poor in Haiti.

The entire community rallied around this project and has since raised $40,000 - $70,000 each year.

This year’s offerings from the Lenten Starfish Project, along with generous contribution from Holy Innocents’ Parents Council and Holy Innocents’ Fun Run, has allowed us to begin helping the partnership to begin the third project to build a new school building for the outreach mission at Saint Marguerite church and school.

LOWER SCHOOL READERS

Rick Betts and Blake Barber

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YOUNG READERS SHOW US ‘WHO’S THE BOSS’ fter reading more than 8,000 books for this year’s Reading Incentive, Lower School students took over the Dorothy Sullivan Lower School for one day in April as teachers, administrators, coaches, nurses and even security. For his last

Reading Incentive as Lower School Principal, Mr. Betts drew students’ names at random for everyone to get a chance to take the place of a faculty or staff member for one day.

The swap day was one filled with enthusiasm and excitement. Teachers got to kick up their heels and watch as their students took on the challenge of controlling and teaching a class.

Those students who were in the lead-

ership positions welcomed the responsibility, and the students in their classes embraced the change with open arms and minds.

Fifth grader, Alex Nussey put it best when he described the day to a group of teachers.

“This is a really great reading incentive this year because so many people can win, and even those who don’t still have so much fun!”

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A THOUSAND WORDS

Evan Britton, Samantha Bubes, Sean Butkus and Anna Bryan gather for one last picture just before their Commencement Ceremony. This fall Evan will be attending Oglethorpe University. Samantha will be a freshman at the University of Michigan.

Sean and Anna are heading south to Auburn University. Good luck to all the members of the Class of 2007 in their freshman year!

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A THOUSAND WORDS

Top left: Upper School students Patrick Harps (left), Trevor Wolford and Caroline Simpson hang out in the courtyard and enjoy a

beautiful spring day while playing a little music. Top right: Kirk Duncan embraces Dorothy Sullivan during an emotional celebration at

Brookhaven's Capital City Club honoring Dorothy's hard work and dedication in her 30 years at HIES. Family, friends, faculty, students and alumni gathered together to send Dorothy off with a beautifully bittersweet evening filled with many laughs and tears as the com-

munity said farewell to one its most influential members. Bottom: Luke Wooddall, Pre-School student, eagerly seeks out the next egg for his basket during the Pre-School’s annual Easter Egg Hunt.

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Caroline Barber jumps with all her might in the Potato Sack Race at the annual Lower School Field Day this spring. Coach A described the day as "a time for everyone to come together and have a great time doing activities that get everybody moving. Having fun through exercise is THE NAME OF THE GAME!"

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HOLY INNOCENTS’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Mr. Kirk R. Duncan, Head of School Mr. Fredrick B. Betts, Associate Head of School The Rev. Jeffrey H. Reichmann, Head Chaplain Ms. Janella S. Brand, Pre-School Principal Ms. Terri Potter, Lower School Principal Ms. Theresa Jespersen, Middle School Principal Mr. Christopher W. Durst, Upper School Principal Mr. Chris Pomar, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Ms. Michele Duncan, Director of Development Mr. James E. Griffin, Business Manager

HOLY INNOCENTSʼ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2007-2008

Mr. David Stockert, Acting Chairman Mr. Thomas D. Bell, Treasurer Ms. Janet H. Quirk, Secretary Mr. Bruce Ford, Vestry Representative Mr. David Aldridge Dr. Maria Arias Mrs. LeDonna Bowling The Rev. Richard C. Britton, Jr. Mr. James D. Decker Dr. Madeline E. Hamill Rabbi Philip Kranz (Emeritus) Mr. Howard Lukens Mr. Jack McMillan Mr. William E. Moore Dr. Melody Palmore Mrs. Robin Phillips Mr. Louie A. Pittman, Jr. Dr. Melisa Rathburn-Stewart Ms. Julie Skaggs Mr. Lever F. Stewart Mr. Van Westmoreland

Mr. Paul Quiros, Chancellor, Ex-Officio The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, Ex-Officio ADMISSIONS

Mr. Chris Pomar, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Ms. Banks Scothorn, Associate Director of Admissions Ms. Katherine McGoogan,ʼ98, Assistant Director of Admissions Mr. Keith White, Director of Community Outreach and Associate Director of Admissions Ms. Kay Wright, Admissions Office Manager COMMUNICATIONS

Mr. Andrew Payne, Director of Communications Ms. Sam Hyde, Associate Director of Communications and Media Relations DEVELOPMENT

Ms. Michele Duncan, Director of Development Ms. Tamika Weaver-Hightower, Director of Alumni Relations Ms. Maria Reed, Development Assistant Ms. Mary Chris Williams, Director of Gifts and Records VISIT US AT

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Avery Rodts and his mother Cathy Rodts are all smiles at the Second Grade Mother’s Day Tea.

Second Grade Motherʼs Day Tea

The annual Second Grade Mother’s Day Tea left each teary-eyed mother proud of her little Golden Bear’s hard work. After a few musical performances, the children recited Mother’s Day poems they created in their homerooms. The presentation concluded with a video the second graders produced, showing their mothers all of the activities in which they participate at HIES. It was done in the form of an entertaining news broadcast. The mothers gathered with their children in the FAB lobby for a lovely reception following the performance. The experience turned out to be a perfect Mother’s Day gift from the second graders to their moms.

Pictured are Class of 2007 members Maria Simas, Will Shuman, Matthew Robinson and Alexandra Sabates.

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