Fall 2016 Magazine by Indian Springs School

INDIAN SPRINGS A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL

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OUT OF THE SHALLOWS SPRINGS EXPLORES FOUNDING D I R E C T O R D O C A R M ST R O N G’ S T E AC H I N G S O N ‘ L I V I N G AND LEARNING IN THE DEPTHS’ PAG E 1 8

ROADS TO INDIAN SPRINGS page 4

MEET OUR NEW FAC U LT Y page 6

ANNUAL REP ORT page 30

INDIAN SPRINGS HEAD OF SCHOOL

MISSION STATEMENT Indian Springs School seeks to develop in students a love

DR. SHARON HOWELL

of learning, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship. Inspired by the motto Learning through Living, the school is a community of talented boarding and day students and dedicated faculty committed to the belief that in learning to balance individual achievement with the values and principles of democracy, the student can develop to his or her full stature.

ASSOCIATE HEAD AND DEAN OF ACADEMICS

David Noone DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Beth Mulvey DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION

EDITOR

Claire Cassady

Mindy Keyes Black

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Mindy Keyes Black

Ellen S. Padgett

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

CONTRIBUTORS

Tanya Yeager

Sunny Dong ’17

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING

Mark Romero ’18

Amelia Johnson

Charles Robinson ’59

DEAN OF STUDENT LIFE

AP Language & Composition students

Jan Fortson DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING AND RESIDENTIAL LIFE

Brian Rodgers ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Greg Van Horn DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Chuck Williams

Graham Yelton Lauren Cole Cal Woodruff Caroline Rogers Michael Sheehan Beth Mulvey Claire Cassady Kathryn D’Arcy

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2016-17

Jessica Smith

Libby Pantazis P ’03, ’06, ’09, Chair, John Abbot ’80, Robert Aland ’80, Janet Perry Book P ’04, ’09, Myla Calhoun P ’11, ’13, Larry DeLucas P ’99, ’05, Alan Engel ’73, P ’03, ’12, Joe Farley ’81, P ’14, ’16, Clara Chung Fleisig P ’13, 16, Mike Goodrich Jr. ’90, P ’20, Rob Henrikson ’65, Ben Hunt ’82, Leo Kayser III ’62, Ellen McElroy ’78, Catherine McLean P ’03, ’06, ’11, Eli Phillips, Scott Pulliam ’85, P ’16, ’17, Rusty Rushton ’74, P ’09, ’11, John Simmons ’65, P ’96, Hanson Slaughter ’90, P ’20, Fergus Tuohy ’96, D.G. Pantazis ’03, Ex Officio, Alumni Council, Ginger Rueve ’86, P ’17, ’21, Ex Officio, Parents Association

Gary Clark

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FALL 2016, VOLUME FIFTEEN, ISSUE ONE

F E AT U R E D

Roads to Indian Springs As new Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell travels the region to get to know alumni and their native towns and cities around the South, meet a new student whose road to Indian Springs was paved by the encouragement of a 1973 alum.

COVER STORY

Out of the Shallows, Into the Depths Springs’ founding director, Louis E. “Doc” Armstrong, urged students to live, learn, and think deeply. Reflecting on the value of Doc’s teachings, students, alumni, and faculty share how they are moving “Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths” in their work and lives. (Photos by Graham Yelton)

Meet Our New Faculty Springs’ AP Language & Composition students accepted the challenge of introducing you to each of our 10 talented new faculty members in 100 words or less.

Making Computer Science Education Transformational Springs’ new state-of-the-art classrooms are providing the infrastructure for a robust computer science curriculum that will offer students opportunities to learn programming, coding, web design, database creation, networking, and more.

2015-16 Annual Report Thank you for helping us realize goals that are vital to Indian Springs’ mission and for seeing, as Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell puts it, the value in challenging students “to engage genuinely with bodies of knowledge, with nature, with ideas, and with each other.” I N E V E RY I S S U E

WELCOME LETTERS

Passionate about the importance of crawfish to our environment and economy, freshman Alek Ledvina ’20 says Indian Springs’ Bishop Creek is home to several species that are unique to this valley because of the limestone terrain.

HIGH MARKS

CAMPUS NEWS

LASTING TIES

WELCOME

F R O M B OA R D C H A I R L I B BY PA N TA Z I S

LIBBY PANTAZIS

Fall 2016

Chair, Indian Springs School Board of Governors

N EARLY OCTOBER, my son D.G. ’03 invited me to join him for a lecture by distinguished public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson at Samford University’s Wright Center. Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Stevenson captivated an audience of 2,000 as he shared real-life stories that illustrate the need for prison and sentencing reform. Policymakers often fail to solve problems because they are removed from the communities they serve, he said. If you want to make change, “you’ve got to get proximate.” Sitting just a few rows ahead of us was new Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell, who brought a group of boarding students and faculty emeritus Mac Fleming—one of Springs’ founding faculty members—to the event. As we talked at the close of Stevenson’s powerful remarks, we agreed that a key takeaway was this: To make an impact in any arena, we have to do so much more than scratch the surface. Not long after, Sharon and I attended the 2016 Leadership Through Partnership workshop in Atlanta. Hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) for heads of schools and their board chairs, the three-day event is a fantastic opportunity to look together at practices of good governance, trends in independent school education, and leadership philosophy. One day each pair was asked to find a quiet spot, choose a topic, and discuss how to approach that topic as a team. Sharon and I were so into our one-on-one discussion—elbows on the table, leaning in—that the moderator had to come and get us. We laughed and apologized, but for us it was such a rewarding exercise. We both harked back to Bryan Stevenson’s words: “You’ve got to get proximate.” You’ve got to get close to a subject. You’ve got to ask, “Is this something we could improve?” and then if the answer is yes, “How do we shape the narrative?” The approach echoes Springs’ school-wide theme for the year, the importance of moving, as Founding Director Doc Armstrong put it, “Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths.” At the Board level, this mantra is a constant refrain as we work to build long-term sustainability by addressing big-picture items, from succession planning for Board members, to the financial health of the school. Armstrong’s saying resonated immediately with Sharon, and I believe that it is her ability to think deeply and get proximate that makes her the ideal head of school for this time in the school’s life. She defines generative leadership—the capacity to look ahead, collaborate, and harness creativity to support innovation. I am as excited about her today as the day I met her. As she embraces Indian Springs—elbows on the table, leaning in—I look forward to the questions she asks and her thoughtful contribution to Springs’ distinctive narrative.

FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL DR . SHARON HOWELL

WELCOME

SYCHOLOGIST!” SHOUTED ONE YOUNG WOMAN; “Neurosurgeon!” chimed in another. One young man called out “Writer!” When Development Day opening speaker Yolanda Sullivan, the charismatic, exuberant, and impressive CEO of YWCA Central Alabama, asked Springs students last week to share their possible future professions, they responded with characteristic brio. And when she asked for two volunteers to join her on stage to talk about what they were doing for the Springs day of service, she was met by no fewer than eight eager students bustling up to stand around her. They were going to the Humane Society, to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, to Special Equestrians, and to creek cleanup on campus. And the young woman who wanted to be a psychologist was headed to Birmingham AIDS Outreach: “because sometimes we fear what we don’t understand,” she said. She was hoping to get to the end of the day with less fear and more compassion. I’m getting used to being impressed by Indian Springs students, and it was energizing to hear so many of their voices from the stage that day. Our Fall Mayor, Adam Aldaher ’16, has begun to invite students to offer reflections at our weekly town meetings. So far we’ve heard about the virtue of optimism from Ada Cohen ’18, the costs of regret from Bennett Atkins ’18, and most recently the value of doing what you’re afraid to do, from Jacqueline Ferrari ’20. So often we fear what we don’t understand. To my mind, the more often we can hear from our students, and they can hear from one another, the better. We talk a lot about “inclusion” in education, but it is one thing to gather diverse students from around the country and world—and quite another to activate and make genuine our experiences of one another in our communities. If we can do the latter—if we can make sure students and faculty truly know one another in all their difference and depth—it will mean the difference between graduating people who have simply mastered living in their own spheres, and people who will be ready for the actual world, where knowing how to include diverse voices and find common ground will increasingly determine the success or failure of any venture. We can get close, here, and that makes us so lucky. That closeness, that proximity, is at the root of all teaching, all mentorship, all common endeavor, and I would argue, all real joy. But it is also, as the amazing Bryan Stevenson told some of our students earlier this fall, the root of all justice. So if we’re providing the best environment for students to learn how to get close to what they don’t understand, then we are nurturing the roots of justice in the world. I believe we are doing this and much more at Springs. In this magazine you’ll read about our students and alumni doing amazing things individually, going from the shallows to the depths in their own pursuits, and building our collective understanding and capacity. Enjoy their stories. I hope when you’ve read them you’ll share my excitement and optimism for the contribution our school makes to the world, and want to join me in imagining our best years yet ahead.

DR. SHARON HOWELL

Head of School, Indian Springs School

Indian Springs

Yours Gratefully,

CAMPUS LIFE

ROA D S TO I N D I A N S P R I N GS

Same Starting Point, Similar Paths By Mindy Keyes Black

HIS TIME LAST fall, Keith Gilmore ’20 often felt he was teaching himself. An eager student, the Springville, Ala., native felt that no matter how much eﬀort he put into assignments for several of the teachers at his hometown high school, he couldn’t please them. “My grades were actually not doing that great either even though the classes were easy,” he says. “No matter how hard you tried, you really just couldn’t succeed. I wasn’t learning enough, and what I was learning wasn’t always correct.” Enter Springs alumnus Lew Windham ’73, a fellow Springville native and friend

Recalling His Own Experience, Alum Lew Windham ’73 Encouraged Fellow Springville Native Keith Gilmore ’20 To Consider Springs

of Keith’s family, who asked him, “Have you looked at Indian Springs? “One day I was walking with his mother around our park in Springville. It just dawned on me to plant that seed,” says Windham. “I’ve known him since he was born. He is an overachiever. He’s always been top of his class. He seems to enjoy education, and I think that really is what Indian Springs looks for—students who appreciate the Learning through Living experience.” Within a week, Gilmore was applying to board at Springs as a member of the Class of 2020. When he received his acceptance, Gilmore jumped at the opportunity. “I decided it was getting close enough

to college time—I really needed to be somewhere I could do better. “Everything’s diﬀerent,” he says. “I don’t have a single class I don’t like. The schedule changing every day is really good for me. It keeps things fresh and interesting. As far as classes go, there are a lot more opportunities, like the robotics class I’m in this year. I’m really enjoying that. The chemistry class—the Science Department— is much better than what I’m accustomed to, and that’s one of my favorite subjects. I might want to work at the CDC, or maybe the World Health Organization.” Gilmore worried that 9th grade English, taught by D’Anthony Allen, would be

Photos by Graham Yelton and Claire Cassady

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“I really enjoy learning and being around other people who are dedicated to succeeding,” says Keith Gilmore ’20.

FROM LEFT: Lew

Windham ’73, John Bradley ’73 (seated), Alan Engel ’73, Johnny Scruggs ’73

I don’t have a single class I don’t like. The schedule changing every day is really good for me. It keeps things fresh and interesting. —KEITH GILMORE ’20

Alumnus Bruce Fort ’81 (left), Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell, and alumna Ashley Graham ’13 (right) on Oct. 6 at the Roads to Indian Springs Atlanta gathering in Buckhead.

MEET NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL DR. SHARON HOWELL AS SHE EXPLORES SOME OF THE ROADS TO INDIAN SPRINGS A NEW ENGLAND native, new Head of School Dr.

Sharon Howell is getting to know the region and Springs community by traveling to meet alumni and parents in their native towns and cities across the Deep South. Howell began exploring the Roads to Indian Springs by visiting with alumni, parents, and friends in Atlanta (Oct. 6) and New Orleans (Nov. 2). During the school year, Springs will also host Roads to Indian Springs meet-andgreets in Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Florence, Jasper, Springville, Gadsden, Mobile, Montgomery, Meridian, and Tuskegee. To learn more about dates and locations, contact Director of Development Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@indiansprings.org or 205.332.0591.

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significantly harder. “But what I found is I’m learning more, and I’m doing much better with it, because Mr. Allen is upbeat—he’s happy. It seems as if he loves what he’s doing. It makes you really want to get on board with his program and enjoy it as much as he does. For teachers here, teaching is not a hassle—it’s a pleasure.” Outside of class, he frequently fishes at the lake after school, and signs up for almost all boarding activities. “I really enjoy being with boarders from different places and getting to hear things from them that are different from my perspective.” In many ways, Gilmore’s path to Springs mirrors Windham’s own in the late 1960s. “My mother and father were friends of Richard and Petey Scruggs in Birmingham, and their son, Johnny, was going to go there,” Windham recalls. “My parents asked me if I would be interested. I was just as excited as Keith to have a chance at a better education and to do more than Springville was offering me. Johnny and I got in and roomed together and thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the freedom of it. There was pressure, but it was more of a freedom. People were encouraged to learn. If you didn’t have a good grasp of the subject, all you had to do was tell the teacher, and he’d help you right then or make time for you. That was always very helpful. They would help you understand what you were missing.” Equally important, says Windham, were the lifelong friends that he made at Springs. “Johnny and I are still best friends. We even went to college together—five of us went on to Washington & Lee. That’s something, as well as the academic aspect, that I thought Keith would very much enjoy.” Gilmore wakes up every day grateful to have found his way here. “I like getting up in the morning and knowing I’m going to be learning a whole lot more than I had the opportunity to learn, and I’m going to be getting a whole lot more out of the four years of school I have here. I really enjoy learning and being around other people who are dedicated to succeeding. I feel I’m in the right environment to succeed.”

CAMPUS LIFE

N E W FA C U LT Y

Meet Our New Faculty! Springs’ AP Language & Composition students accepted the challenge of helping you get to know each of our 10 talented new faculty members in 100 words or less.

Dr. Jonathan Gray

Dr. Jonathan Gray holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. With 13 years of teaching experience, most recently at John Carroll Catholic High School, he ignites in his students a marvelous passion for the study of numbers. In addition to his accomplishments in academia, Dr. Gray is an avid runner, enjoys playing mandolin and guitar, eating Ethiopian cuisine, as well as spending time with his wife, son, and fox terrier, Lucy.

Carol Hogan ’11

– Lily Zhang ’18, Alice Zhang ’18

Carol Hogan ‘11 returns to Springs this year as full-time athletic trainer, overseeing injury management and injury prevention for all sports teams. She received her B.A. in athletic training from Tusculum College. Ms. Hogan obtained clinical observation hours at West Greene High School and Laughlin Memorial Hospital. In addition, Ms. Hogan is teaching Intro to Athletic Training, where students earn CPR certification, learn wellness and anatomy as they relate to athletics, and also have the opportunity to shadow sports health professionals. – Danielle Wu ’18

William Blackerby ’05

William Blackerby ’05 studied classical languages at the University of the South (Sewanee), graduating cum laude in 2009. After serving as a community organizer at Greater Birmingham Ministries and as the youth minister at Church of the Nativity in Huntsville, Mr. Blackerby has returned to where he first encountered his love of classical languages and now serves as Indian Springs’ Latin teacher for all levels. It is clear that his goal is to sow the same seeds of love for language as his mentors did him as a budding scholar at Indian Springs. – Ada Cohen ’18, Joshua Ragsdale ’18

Michael Mulligan

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Eighth Grade Science and AP Environmental Science teacher Michael Mulligan earned a B.F.A. in art history from Virginia Commonwealth and a M.S. from Montana State in science education. While teaching in Virginia, Mr. Mulligan accepted a science position at Graded School in São Paulo, Brazil. After nine years at Graded he chose to pursue a smaller school in a very different part of Latin American. The American International school of Guatemala provided an opportunity to teach and learn in rich natural and historical landscape. He loves to engage his students in outdoor activities so they can experience the science they are studying in the classroom. Mr. Mulligan strives to establish connections between science and art to foster interdisciplinary learning.

– Hal Rogers ’18, Bennett Atkins ’18, Kate Bryant ’18

Amelia Johnson

With 13 years of experience, most recently as the associate director of college counseling at Baylor School, Ms. Amelia Johnson comes to Indian Springs as the new Director of College Advising. She holds a B.A. from Kenyon College as well as an Ed.M. from Harvard University. Through her personable approach to college advising, she is making the college application process simpler and less stressful. Being flexible in and out of the classroom, she further contributes to the Springs community by providing yoga classes as a certified yoga instructor. – Liz Jones ’18, Chloe Miller ’18, Rachael Murdock ’18

Cal Woodruff

Cal Woodruff is an exciting new addition to the English faculty with 10 years of experience teaching in Alabama, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. He joins the Springs community with two M.A.s (in English and English education) from Georgetown University and UAB, and a B.A. in English and French from BirminghamSouthern College. Mr. Woodruff directs his classes with sharp social and literary insight and verve. His AP Language & Composition curriculum covers a wide range of literary genres and social commentary brought together by a focus on rhetoric and writing skills. – Mohammad Hamo ’18, Sam St. John ’18, Sarah Toms ’18

Dane Peterson

Introducing Mr. Dane Peterson, the new director of the theatre program. This mild-mannered yet witty director and his sidekick, his dog Woodrow, are doing an excellent job in running the post effectively and enjoyably. His previous credits include positions as the director of production and education for the Birmingham Children’s Theatre, artistic director of the DANE Theatre Company since 1999, and theatre director at John Carroll Catholic High School. We are grateful for the new creativity and personality that Mr. Peterson brings to the Springs theatre program and its students. – Eliza Black ’18, Noah Walton ’18

Lauren Cole

A Mobile native, Mrs. Lauren Cole, Indian Springs’ new Eighth Grade English and Critical Reading/ Analytical Writing teacher, has received her B.A. (English), M.A. (Secondary Education), and Certification in Gifted Education from BSC, UAB, and USA, respectively. With prior teaching experience at McAdory Middle, Oak Mountain Middle, and Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, Mrs. Cole helps students to think independently, to find their own voices; students appreciate the clarity of her lessons. She and her husband, Justin, have a 4-year-old son, Elijah. – Galen Fleet ’18, Christina Lu ’18, Evan Dascher ’18

Wendy Gray

-- Cecilia Reisner ’18, Madeleine Davis ’18

– Delaney Porter ’18, Vincent Feng ’18

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Andrew Dibble

Andrew Dibble comes to Indian Springs from Baltimore. He holds a B.A. in music performance and an M.M. in choral conducting from Houghton College. With four years of experience as a choral director and founder of Maryland Chamber Artists, Mr. Dibble is continuing Dr. Tim Thomas’ legacy as director of music. He and his wife, Amy, live on campus, where they already feel at home. He is doing a fantastic job of continuing our amazing choir here at Indian Springs while adding his own new and exciting ideas.

While coaching Indian Springs soccer in the early 2000s, Wendy Gray made the life-changing decision to become a teacher. She went back to UAB to pursue her M.A. in education in 2004, adding to her B.A. in mechanical engineering that she received in 1998. After teaching math at Mountain Brook High School for 12 years, Mrs. Gray officially became part of the Springs faculty as the advanced precalculus and calculus teacher. She has run more than 10,000 miles on the Springs campus and brings the same passion to the classroom, always going “the extra mile” for her students.

CAMPUS LIFE

HIGH MARKS

Springs Named One of 15 ‘Most Beautiful Schools’ in the World INDIAN SPRINGS HAS been named by Business Insider as one of the “15 most beautiful schools around the world.” In the company of schools in St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Copenhagen, and other cities worldwide, Springs is honored to be the only U.S. school selected for the list, which was released on Oct. 3.

INDIAN SPRINGS’ NEW classroom and administrative buildings are one of 12 projects to receive a 2016 Education Facility Design Award from the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education. Recognizing new and recently renovated schools across North America, the awards honor educational facilities that the Design Award Jury believes should serve as examples of superb places to learn by furthering each school’s mission, goals, and educational program while demonstrating excellence in architectural design. Other 2016 Education Facility Design Award honorees include Tata Hall at Harvard Business School. The jury applauded Springs’ recent construction, which received an Award of Merit, as “a diﬀerent type of campus planning, where the buildings and landscape define each other.” “It is a beautifully sited, culturally and architecturally sensitive addition to the campus,” the jury noted. “These buildings are pure buildings that provide rich, warm exteriors and interiors. The approach to daylighting within the building is well-handled and provides for more diﬀuse light from above. The building connects to its place and makes the exteriors an extension of the interior experience.” “What an extraordinary honor to be chosen for this prestigious award,” says Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell. “I believe it is a tribute to the vision of our exceptional architects, Lake|Flato and ArchitectureWorks, as well as to their collaborative approach, which incorporated important feedback from our school community. By honoring the original architecture and connection to the outdoors while allowing for new technologies and teaching methodologies, our new buildings are, as the American Institute of Architects notes, ‘Springsian in every way.’”

NEW VIDEO! CLOSE ON THE heels of this exciting AIA design award,

Lake|Flato has released a thoughtful video about Springs and the creation of our beautiful new classrooms. Find it on Facebook @ExperienceSprings!

Photo 1 by Casey Dunn, photo 2 by Graham Yelton

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Springs’ New Buildings Win AIA Design Award

“HIDE AND SEEK” by sophomore Emery Walton ’19 will hang in the U.S. Capitol through June 2017 after being chosen as the grand prize winner in the Alabama 6th District - 2016 Congressional Art Competition. “Every year this competition displays a great deal of talent, something our district and indeed the state can be proud of,” said Congressman Gary Palmer, who presented Walton with her award in May. “I want especially to congratulate Emery Walton for being selected as our overall winner of the art competition.” Walton’s photograph and artworks by other congressional district winners from across the country were unveiled at an awards ceremony in June in Washington, D.C. “It is certainly rewarding to see someone as humble about her talents as Emery get the recognition she deserves,” says Springs photography teacher Michael Sheehan. “This is quite an honor and I really look forward to what she produces in the advanced program.” Congratulations, Emery!

“Hide and Seek” by sophomore Emery Walton ’19 will hang in the U.S. Capitol through June 2017.

Selected as the grand prize winner of the Alabama 6th District – 2016 Congressional Art Competition, Emery Walton ’19 was recognized during Awards Day 2016 by special guest Margaret Kloess representing Congressman Gary Palmer, Alabama District 6.

Students raised $1,500 for YWCA Central Alabama on Sept. 16 through event booths, ticket and T-shirt sales, and donations to Springs on a Mission.

3 SPRINGS ON A MISSION SPRINGS STUDENTS CELEBRATED the close of a fun Scav Hunt 2016 by gathering after school on Sept. 16 for “Springs on a Mission” to benefit YWCA Central Alabama. Organized by Commissioners of Citizenship Taylor Hinch ’17 and Joey Cleverdon ’18, the event raised $1,500 for the area nonprofit through tickets, T-shirt sales, event booths, and donations. Said Hinch, “We are so excited to be able to support such an amazing cause.”

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Photo 4 by Michael Sheehan, photo 5 by Sunny Dong ’17

Sophomore’s Photo on Display at U.S. Capitol

HIGH MARKS

CAMPUS LIFE

Third in the Nation Once More!

OMPETING AGAINST 21 other teams from across the country, Davis Tyler-Dudley ’17, Liz Jones ’18, Max Klapow ’17, Taylor Hinch ’17, Chandler Pulliam ’17, and Matthew Lash ‘17 shone as they argued in two plaintiﬀ and two defense trials. In addition to placing third in the nation as a team, individually TylerDudley was one of three students named Outstanding Attorney, Klapow received an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Attorney, and Jones was one of two competitors honored as Outstanding Witness. “These students worked incredibly hard in the weeks and days leading up to the competition, and every night during the

A team of Springs students placed third in the nation for the second year in a row at the 2016 YMCA National Judicial Competition held Aug. 2-5 in Chicago.

competition,” says volunteer mock trial coach Carole Mazer. “They constantly pushed themselves to reach the next level. I am so proud of these amazing students and the dedication, integrity, and professionalism they bring to the competition.” The team advanced to the YMCA NJC after being named the No. 1 defense team and best overall team in the state at the 2015 Alabama YMCA Youth Judicial Program. Three other mock trial teams from Springs also placed in the top 20 at the statewide conference. “I believe that the key to this team’s success is their ability to think on their feet, to be innovative in their approach, and to see and make use of multiple angles and approaches

during a trial,” says faculty adviser D’Anthony Allen. “They also listen extremely well to the other team’s answers and responses.” The team trains several hours each week after school as part of Springs’ student-run, extra-curricular Mock Trial Club. They compete regularly against students who prepare daily through their schools’ mock trial classes and curricula. “We are incredibly excited to perform this well, especially as a relatively young team and the only team in Springs history to do this two years in a row at a national competition,” says Klapow, who serves as team captain. “We care so much about what we’re doing and what it means to be a legal advocate, witness, and attorney. I attribute our success to our dedication and preparation both individually and together as a team.” “The competition was actually harder this year because the skill of the teams we were competing against was higher,” says TylerDudley. “One of our team members, Marc Straus ’16, was also not able to come; Matthew Lash ’17 filled in for him, putting in all this work and preparation, and he did a fantastic job.” “There is so much value in a program like mock trial that helps students improvise intelligently, listen carefully to others, and work together as a team,” says Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell. “It’s wonderful to see our team doing all of these things at such a high level.”

Matthew Lash ’17, Taylor Hinch ’17, Liz Jones ’18, Max Klapow ’17, volunteer coach Carole Mazer, faculty adviser D’Anthony Allen, Davis Tyler-Dudley ’17, and Chandler Pulliam ’17

I believe that the key to this team’s success is their ability to think on their feet, to be innovative in their approach, and to see and make use of multiple angles and approaches during a trial. —D’ANTHONY ALLEN, FACULTY ADVISER

Photo by Gary Clark

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ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT:

LEFT TO RIGHT:

Davis Tyler-Dudley ’17, Nikki Bogan ’17, Isaac Griffin-Layne ’17, and Carol Zhou ’17 have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

OUR INDIAN SPRINGS seniors have been named

semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Nikki Bogan ’17, Isaac GriffinLayne ’17, Davis Tyler-Dudley ’17, and Carol Zhou ’17 were selected based on their achievements on the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The nationwide pool of about 16,000 semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. These students have a chance to compete for about 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million to be oﬀered next spring. About 90 percent of semifinalists are expected to advance to the finalist level in February, and about half of finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the title of Merit Scholar, on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Congratulations to all four semifinalists!

PERFECT SCORE CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVIS TYLERDUDLEY ’17, who

achieved a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam in April, his first time taking the test! The odds of achieving a 36 are extremely low. Among the 1.92 million students who took the exam as members of the graduating class of 2015, only 1,598—or .08 percent—earned a composite score of 36, according to data provided by ACT.

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Top photo by Graham Yelton, bottom photo by Sunny Dong ’17

Four Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

HIGH MARKS

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CHESS TEAM SHINES AT NATIONAL, STATE TOURNAMENTS

SPRINGS CHESS TEAM member Matyas Jakubu ’17 became a national chess champion after placing first in the unrated section of the 2016 National High School Chess Championship in Atlanta. More than 1,400 players competed in the tournament, one of the largest in history. Jakubu, a Czech Republic native who attended Springs for the 2015-16 school year through the school’s partnership with ASSIST (American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers), finished first in a field of 119 players, “stunning the Unrated section and placing Alabama and Indian Springs School on the national chess map,” says Chess Team Coach Charles A. Smith. In other exceptional showings for Springs, freshman Logan Mercer ’19 tied for third in a field of 298 and finished fourth overall (in tie breaks) in K-12 Under 1600. Mercer, whose playing was “outstanding,” says Smith, competed for the national championship, losing only to the national champion for that section in the second-to-final round of competition. (Mercer then rebounded to win the final round in the seventh and last round of play.) Jack McGuire ’16 tied for twelfth place in a field of 357 and finished eighteenth overall in K-12 Under 1200. Springs’ team of Jakubu, Maddie Smith ’17 and Ashlynn Berry ’16 placed sixth in a field of 28 teams from all over the country, “also making a name for Springs,” says Coach Smith. Prior to the national championship, teammates Ken Jiao ’18, Logan Mercer ’19, and Ulysses KeevanLynch ’17 claimed first place at the 2016 state championships. “I’d like to congratulate all our Chess Team members for their excellent playing,” says Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell. “I also want to thank Coach Smith for his dedicated coaching and alumnus Frank Samford ’62 for his longstanding support of chess at Indian Springs. To be successful in a national competition run by the highly regarded U.S. Chess Federation puts us in great company, among some of the best private and public schools in the country.”

Springs’ Chess Team put the school on the national chess map at the 2016 National High School Chess Championship in Atlanta. Top individual awards went to Matyas Jakubu ’17 (third from left), who placed first in the unrated section, and Logan Mercer ’19 (far right), who tied for third place in a field of 298 and finished fourth overall (in tie breaks) in K-12 under 1600.

Indian Springs’ Golf Team—Rob Pulliam ’16, Chandler Pulliam ’17, Hal Rogers ’18, Varun Yerramsetti ’17, and Pete Schilli ’18—claimed second place at the 2016 state tournament.

Starter Sean Park ’18 controls the ball against an Altamont defender during Alumni Weekend.

Midfielder Josy Gray ‘17 was selected to participate in the 2016 North-South All-Star games as part of the AHSAA summer conference.

Springs’ Varsity Softball Team won runner-up in the 2016 Class 3A, Area 8 Championship.

Springs’ area champion Volleyball Team closed out a great 2016 season, defeating Houston Academy in the first round of the AHSAA Super Regionals.

Photo 2 by Graham Yelton, photo 3 by Gary Clark, photo 4 by Sunny Dong ’17

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GO SPRINGS! GOLF STATE RUNNER-UP! AFTER WINNING THE ACA Masters and

sub-state title, Springs’ Golf Team finished its spring 2016 season as state runner-up!

SOCCER AREA CHAMPS! SPRINGS’ GIRLS AND BOYS Soccer Teams

both won the first round of the state playoffs in May after claiming their area championships!

Graduation Remarks Reveal What Our Newest Alumni/ae Value Most about Springs Sixty-seven seniors became alumni/ae at the school’s 62nd Graduation Exercises held on the Town Hall lawn. Addressing classmates and more than 750 family members, faculty, and friends, four members of the graduating class spoke from the heart about their time at Springs.

SOFTBALL AREA RUNNER-UP! SPRINGS’ SOFTBALL TEAM was named

runner-up in the finals of the Class 3A, Area 8 Championship!

UNDEFEATED DURING THE regular

season against area teams, Springs’ Varsity Volleyball Team won the Class 3A, Area 7 championship in October!

exceptional cast of talented teachers and adults who taught us not only academic lessons, but also valuable life lessons,” said Julia Fleisig ’16. “These teachers have supported us through the best of times and worst of times and I can wholeheartedly say that all they want is to see us succeed in life. … At what other place are we lucky enough to have teachers, friends, and opportunities that are as special, if not more, than the characters and places most people only get to dream about in books and movies?” “Springs has developed me into a Renaissance Man of sorts,” said fall 2015 Mayor John Touloupis ’16. “I can sing Bach, draw and paint, integrate definite integrals, lead the basketball team in free-throw percentage, start soccer games at center back, establish and run a [Student Government] Instagram, plan recreation events, analyze stock market beta, create new dances, plan formal, write poetry, make $2,000 selling Pop-Tarts and Gatorade, … help raise 10 grand for cancer research, discuss the Napoleonic Wars, and most importantly ... “Well the thing is, I don’t know most importantly,” he said. “Because I haven’t gotten there yet. But what I do know is by just living and enjoying life, Springs has aﬀorded so many chances to get involved and grow as a person.” Springs teaches students to think as “confident, opinionated, inclusive, respectful individuals,” said spring 2016 Mayor Mira Walker ’16: “Becoming a well-rounded person doesn’t just mean doing sports and theater and student government, though Springs certainly has allowed us all to become well-rounded in this sense,” she said. “To me it means having academic intelligence and book smarts as well as those vital, character-building life experiences that can only happen outside of a classroom. We score well on APs and ACTs and SATs and all the other tests out there, but all of that takes a backseat to our real-life education through all of the other unique life experiences we are able to have. Here, we have had experiences, made connections, and formed relationships that took our high school education to a completely diﬀerent level.” By fostering tolerance and open-mindedness, Springs makes learning personal, said Cheska Romero ’16: “In many cases, the students or teachers will try to point out how the material pertains to us as people, how literature relates to our favorite contemporary movies, how anatomy classes can help us take care of ourselves,” she said. “In the end, we end up learning about each other as well as ourselves. …” Springs’ emphasis on respect for others means that student friendships defy boundaries of gender, race, sexuality, religion, and grade level, said Romero. “I found that standing beside genius, bright students never made me dumber or dimmer. It made me brighter, especially because a lot of these amazing students became close friends who I’d spend hours and hours with outside the classroom. A lot of my accomplishments I owe to my peers because they inspired me, encouraged me, and gave me confidence.” CHESKA ROMERO ’16 Congratulations, Graduates!

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“IF OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WERE A MOVIE, OUR FILM WOULD HAVE AN

VOLLEYBALL AREA CHAMPS!

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IN THE CLASSROOM

Making Computer Science Education Transformational

Springs’ new state-of-the-art classrooms are providing the infrastructure for a robust computer science curriculum that will offer students opportunities to learn programming, coding, web design, database creation, networking, and more.

By Mindy Keyes Black

VEN BEFORE HE toured the campus as a prospective 11th grader, Carter Gache ’18 was emailing with computer science teacher William Belser ’80 to ask about Springs’ robotics program. “I saw the program on the list of courses available,” says Gache. “He and [Admission Director] Ms. Cassady allowed me to sit in on computer programming classes and the robotics team. I was impressed at how well Mr. Belser connected abstract concepts to form a coherent purpose for learning computer science.” To Gache, who came from a private high school where no computer science oﬀerings

were available and his eﬀorts to revive the school’s robotics team didn’t catch on, robotics teaches students how to work well with others, select goals, and “then figure out how to get there.” Says Gache, “It is a breath of fresh air for a school to understand the value of technology in our world.” At its core, computer science teaches students to organize thoughts, present ideas, avoid ambiguity, and understand and shape the world during the age of the Internet. In the modern work force, these skills are prized in a host of fields, and employment and output in the computer systems design (and related services) industry are predicted

to continue to grow rapidly as firms and consumers use more and more services such as cloud computing, cyber security, health care IT, data management, and mobile networking. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer and information technology jobs are projected to grow faster than the average for all jobs at a rate of 12 percent through 2024. While Springs has oﬀered robotics since 2013-14, the school’s new state-of-the-art classrooms have provided the infrastructure for a robust computer science curriculum that will oﬀer students opportunities to learn programming, coding, web design, database

Photos by Graham Yelton

More and more students are showing interest in Springs’ new offerings in computer science. Enrollment in computer classes has doubled since William Belser ’80 joined the faculty last year.

and pottery/sculpture classes, such as working together on the design of a robot. Senior Connie Yang ’17, who took a Computer-Aided Design course last summer to get a taste of the ways computer science and art can connect, believes that interdisciplinary projects will oﬀer “precious

my Dr. LaCasse homework done.” For senior Yifan Wang ’17, his foray into computer science at Springs has had the opposite eﬀect. Prior to taking Belser’s introductory class as a junior, Wang found programming “tedious and boring because the code seemed meaningless.”

Learning computer science totally changed my way of thinking when faced with a problem in mathematics or physics. —YIFAN WANG ’17 opportunities” to high school students interested in more than one field. “It will be a significant experience for students to determine whether their passion really lies in this field of great potential, as well as a useful introduction if they decide to pursue it in the future,” she says. “Even for purely interest-driven students, it can give them practical skills that will be heavily needed in this digital age.” Belser was an upperclassman when Springs purchased its first computer, a TRS-80 made by Tandy Corp. and sold through Radio Shack. “It was awful,” laughs Belser. “It made me say, ‘I never want to play with computers.’ This thing had a cassette tape you put your program on. It took you what felt like 10 minutes to add two numbers. I said, ‘I’m never going to get

BOB POLLARD

“Mr. Belser’s way of teaching is super helpful for starters,” he says. “He would break a complicated problem into several small sections, and draw pictures on the board for better understanding of the logic and math behind a question. We learned not only about the skills and basic syntax of computer science, but also how to apply such skills into projects, such as tiny games.” Wang signed up to take robotics and AP Computer Science this year and has decided to study computer engineering in college. “Learning computer science totally changed my way of thinking when faced with a problem in mathematics or physics,” he says. “I started to like programming again, not because of the curriculum, but because of the applications it may have in the future.”

RETURN OF A FAVORITE CLASS: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT By Mark Romero ’18

A SPRINGS FAVORITE, Mr. Pollard’s sustainable development class, has returned. The course educates students about sustainability by examining modern agriculture, energy, and architecture. Whether students are constructing solar-charging units for golf carts or observing behavioral patterns of bees, they learn how everyday actions can impact the earth. Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell commented, “This course is one way to get students thinking about sustainability in a more global way, and to help them understand there are concrete things they can do to change the future of our planet.”

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creation, networking, and more, says Associate Director and Dean of Academics David Noone. “What we wanted was for students to engage in computer science not just through one or two courses, but through many course offerings during their years at Springs,” says Noone. “We want to show students that there are real-life, real-world applications of these skills by giving them the chance to work on interdisciplinary projects with other classes such as Entrepreneurship and AP Art. The purpose is to give them the tools to formulate their own path based on where they want to go.” To develop the program, Springs turned to Belser, who had served as an alumnus on the Technology Subcommittee of the Board of Governors during planning for the new classrooms. He was newly retired from UAB after a 27-year tenure that featured building systems and databases, creating platforms for multitiered studies, and managing teams of programmers, help desks, and a data center supporting national and international research, and he leapt at the chance. “I realized that most of my successes could be attributed to the love of learning that started at Indian Springs,” he says. “I hope to take what I have learned in the field of technology and provide the same starting point for new students who are just starting out on a life of learning.” Since joining the faculty in fall 2015, Belser has added a semester-long Intro to Computer Programming class and put together a three-year rotation that will soon feature six additional classes, including web design, which he’ll offer in spring 2017. Part programming, part art, part collaboration, the class will culminate in the creation of a website to sell a product developed by Noone’s Advanced Entrepreneurship class. More and more students are showing interest in the new computer offerings. In fall 2015, 15 students signed up for his introductory course; this fall, the number doubled. Belser plans to add a networking class to teach students how to construct a private or virtual network. He also hopes to introduce students to the Linux open-source operating system (used by many selective colleges), Microsoft’s Visual Studio (used to develop business applications), and Apple app development. He, Noone, and Arts Department Chair Clay Colvin ’95 also see interdisciplinary opportunities for robotics

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CAMPUS NEWS

RECORD ADMISSIONS YEAR: 99% RETENTION By Claire Cassady, Director of Admissions

AS WE ENTER the second year in our

NEW STUDENTS WE ARE THRILLED to welcome 85 new students and their families into the Springs community. From eight different states and countries and over 42 different schools, our new students are a diverse, dynamic “bunch” and we can’t wait to see what they do!

Jan 15/Feb 15

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DON’T DELAY! Admission deadlines for day students (Jan. 15) and boarding students (Feb. 15) will be here before you know it! Schedule a campus tour today: admission@indiansprings.org

Springs Completes SAIS Reaccreditation THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT

Schools has renewed Indian Springs’ accreditation for a fiveyear term following a two-year self-study and an on-site visit by a group of peer professionals from across the Southeast to review the school’s latest strategic plan, compliance with quality standards, and adherence to its mission. In its final report recommending reaccreditation by unanimous vote, the visiting team wrote, “The team has the highest regard for the unique and historical culture of the Indian Springs community, one that is anchored in shared beliefs around freedom balanced by responsibility, trust rooted in high expectations, and an unwavering commitment to providing students with extraordinary opportunities to chart their own learning journey as valued members of a healthy and vibrant community.” The team went on to applaud the progress Springs has made with its current strategic plan, “especially the move toward supporting individual learning for students through the concept of ‘varsity academics’ and the manner in which the community is making use of new learning spaces consistent with the longstanding culture of the school.” “It’s very exciting for me to be joining the school at a moment when we are celebrating so many successes, and when those successes have just been recognized formally through this rigorous process,” says Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell. “There is so much value in hearing constructive criticism and appraisal from peers in independent schools who bring their unique perspectives to bear on what we do here.” The visiting team commended Springs for its faculty members’ constant availability to students and passion for the school community; for its culture grounded in respect for individuals and students’ opportunity to become joyful, participatory citizens; for its administrators’ commitment to financial sustainability and the school’s distinctive mission; and for the functional quality and aesthetic beauty of the new buildings—“an architectural representation of the school’s historical commitment to openness and individual inquiry.” The team also saluted the Board of Governors for its execution of the Campaign for Springs Eternal, which reached the $20 million mark in April 2016. “Among the recommendations of the visiting committee were advancing the good work already happening in educational innovation and advanced study; a renewed focus on advising and intentional residential programming; and continued commitment to completing our inspiring facilities master plan,” says Howell.

Photos by Graham Yelton and Michael Sheehan

fabulous new classroom buildings, we celebrate a record-breaking 99% retention of students for the 201617 academic year. Not only does Indian Springs continue to attract some of the best and brightest students, but they are overwhelmingly “happy with their choice”! While peer schools report an average of 95% retention, Springs is delighted to report that nearly 100%, when given the choice, choose Springs year after year.

SPRINGS INSTALLS NEW HEAD DR. SHARON HOWELL SPRINGS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND BOARD MEMBERS—as well as alumni and parents viewing

via live stream from across the country—honored new Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell at a special installation ceremony on Sept. 30 following the close of the fall Board meeting. Howell thanked Board Chair Libby Pantazis and the Board of Governors “for bringing me here where there is so much beauty and promise and for trusting me with the future of this place you love.” Mayor Adam Aldaher ’17 presented Howell with a calligraphy print recognizing the school theme for the year, “Out of the Shallows, Into the Depths,” from the writings of Springs’ founding director, Doc Armstrong. The print salutes Howell: “Thank you for encouraging us to reflect on our words and actions and engage deeply with the world around us.”

NEW IN 2017!

SUMMER@SPRINGS ANNOUNCES MUSICAL THEATRE RESIDENCY PROGRAM JUNE 25 – JULY 16, 2017

SUMMER@SPRINGS IS PLEASED to announce “Stages at Springs,” a

*pending rights

HEAR SPRINGS’ CONCERT CHOIR PERFORM IN CHICAGO DURING CHOIR TOUR 2017! FEB. 17 – NOON

Noonday Concert Series Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago 126 E. Chestnut St. (at North Michigan Avenue) FEB. 18 – 8 P.M.

Concert Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston

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three-week musical theatre residency program for rising high school sophomores, juniors, seniors, and college freshmen! “Stages at Springs” is unlike any other training program for high school theatre artists in the Southeast, says Director of Theatre Arts Dane Peterson, who launched the new program. Participants will spend days and evenings immersed in musical theatre as they rehearse and perform a fully staged production of the Tony Awardwinning Spring Awakening* while developing acting, movement, voice, and technical theatre skills during daily master classes. Participants will live in residential halls on Springs’ beautiful campus as they devote three weeks to developing their craft and making lifelong friends. Estimated tuition will be $3,000 (includes room and board). Springs will begin accepting applications in January 2017 at SummeratSprings.org. Mark your calendar! The future of American theatre starts here!

ALUMNI & FRIENDS

LASTING TIES

Alumni Weekend 2016

More than 375 Indian Springs School alumni and their family members made their way back to campus to reminisce about their days at Springs, meet new Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell, and catch up with faculty and friends at the 2016 Directors’ Dinner, a special Town Meeting celebrating Springs Eternal and honoring 2016 Outstanding Alum Dr. Tim Thomas ’67, Alumni Weekend Team Trivia Tournament, AlumniFaculty Reception, choir performance of the Brahms Requiem, tailgating, soccer games, and reunion class parties. For Directors’ Dinner photos, see page 34.To see all photos from the weekend and look ahead to Alumni Weekend 2017, visit www.indiansprings.org/ alumniweekend2017!

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Photos by Gary Clark and Karen J. Downs

ALUMNI WEEKEND: 1. Class of ’96 reunion at the home of Fergus Tuohy ‘96 2. Chris Francis ‘06 and Carter McLean ‘06 at the Young Alum tailgating tent 3. Alumni, faculty, and students joined forces to compete in Springs’ 2016 Alumni Weekend Trivia Tournament. Moderated by Associate Head David Noone, the event drew five enthusiastic teams ready to tackle questions on history, pop culture, science, and more. A team led by members of the Class of ‘96 team won the tournament, followed closely by a team led by alumni from the Class of ‘66. 4. Newly appointed Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell joined alumni and friends for Alumni Weekend events. “This is an extraordinary gem of a school,” Howell told guests at the Directors’ Dinner. “I am especially excited to be meeting this group of people, for so many of whom Indian Springs School has been transformative and powerful.” 5. Greg Hodges ’66, David Faber ’66, Mike Seltzer ’66, George LeMaistre ’66, Robert Levin ’66 6. Class of ’71 reunion at the home of Ben ’71 and Jessica Johnson 7. Class of ’01 reunion at Gallery Bar 8. Class of ’66 reunion at the home of Steve ’66 and Barbie Arnold 9. Faculty Jan Fortson, Greg Van Horn, Mike Lantrip, and Chris Tetzlaff arriving at the Alumni-Faculty Reception 10. Class of ’91 reunion at Jackson’s Bistro and Bar 11. Virginia Bledsoe Mattox ‘86, Stacy Donohue Perrone ‘86, and Laura Payne Martinez ’86 at the Alumni-Faculty Reception 12. Head Coach Rik Tozzi leads the Boys Soccer Team to the field to take on archrival Altamont. 13. Kayser Strauss ’96, Anita Jayagopal Gouri ’96, Ruth Fitts ’96 at the Alumni-Faculty Reception

Alek Ledvina ’20 first became interested in crawfish on childhood fishing trips. By age 10, he began to research species online. “What’s really got me drawn to the subject is the huge diversity in the way species have evolved.”

Photo by Graham Yelton

Out of the Shallows,

Living and learning in the shallows is easy, and because this is true, many people live and learn in the shallows. It comes natural, so to speak. Living and learning in the depths, on the other hand, require self-discipline, reflective thought, and genuine effort. It does not come naturally, at least not at first. —Louis E. “Doc” Armstrong, Founding Director, Indian Springs School

Into the Depths

FOUNDING DIRECTOR DOC

Armstrong returned to the theme again and again in his teaching and writings. “To live in the depths is to recognize that the going is the goal, and the going is invariably accompanied by both successes and failures,” he wrote. “What matters is the continuing development of your capacity to learn from experience.” With a pipe in his mouth and his dog, Pal, by his side, Armstrong challenged Springs students to think deeply for themselves. “To see contrasts … is not enough. You must work to bridge the gap between what is and what might be in the way you think and act before you can be absolutely certain that you are in fact moving your life

away from the shallows and toward the depths.” Written decades ago, his ideas continue to resonate. “I was really delighted when I arrived to find a character such as Doc, whose thinking on many subjects resonates with my own,” says Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell. “In some ways the theme refers to a move of obvious importance: We must go beyond superficial acquaintance to engage genuinely with bodies of knowledge, with nature, with ideas, and with each other. But like many obvious things, that move into deep learning often goes unexamined.” On opening day of classes, Howell encouraged students and faculty to think about Armstrong’s “teacherly refrain” in the context of

their lives. “Doc’s writings are full of wisdom and wit, and far ahead of their time,” Howell said in her opening remarks. “I hope we can collaborate on connecting these ideas—which urge us to think and live more deeply—with the work you’re doing across your classes. I hope you will come to the end of this year, 2016-2017, with your own definition of depth—your own insight into how your mind works and how you can cultivate depth of experience.” As part of the yearlong discussion, Indian Springs magazine talked with a handful of alumni, students, and faculty about the importance of Armstrong’s saying and the ways they are moving “Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths.” ]

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Springs Explores Founding Director Doc Armstrong’s Teachings on Thinking Deeply B y M I N D Y K E Y E S B L A C K

DIGGING DEEP:

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EACH TIME HIS FAMILY TRAVELS, ALEK LEDVINA ’20 begins looking for creek beds

along the route where he can search for crawfish. He targets areas with a high probability of having species he hopes to find. For Ledvina, the goal of these “collecting trips” is to discover how crawfish species differ from place to place. “Sometimes I find a species that has differences from other members of its species. What’s really got me drawn to the subject is the huge diversity in the way species have evolved. There’s one area in the Tennessee River Drainage Basin where there is a species that has several different forms. Upon examining these differences, scientists found that each of these was a new species. This was just last year. They were each in their very own, specific areas of the creek. It’s just shocking diversity. The amazing thing is that new discoveries such as this one are constantly being made.” Crawfish (also called crayfish) are incredibly important in the environment and in the economy, he says. “They break down organic matter in the bed of the creek. They eat dying organisms. They keep disease rates low. They clean water by decomposing stuff. They eat dead animals. They’re keystone species, so even an invasive species of crawfish can have a positive impact on an ecosystem where the native species of crawfish is absent. They also provide a huge amount of economic revenue in Southern states, especially Louisiana. Crawfish are our culture.” Ledvina first became interested in crawfish on childhood fishing trips, when he’d flip over a rock and find one underneath. By age 10, he began to research species online. “That’s when I started to go deeper,” he says, “not just trying to discover what type it was specifically, but also making connections and understanding concepts and formulating ideas for myself.” He began corresponding by email with crawfish experts and discovered that relatively few (about 20) exist worldwide. “It’s such an under-studied subject,” he says. “You have the option of studying, say, trees: There are way more arborists. You’re getting into the

deep—the unknown—when you’re looking at crawfish.” While Ledvina has discovered creeks where crawfish have been destroyed by human activities, he has found others where human activity has made a positive impact. “I found in the Smoky Mountains in a certain valley, the gravel of the road was washing out into the creek and actually creating a bank for burrowing crawfish, which are extremely rare in that part of the country and pretty much everywhere else. The gravel was creating a habitat for them.” Indian Springs has a couple of species of crawfish that are unique to this valley because of the limestone terrain, he says. “It’s a micro-habitat,” he explains. “There are species that evolve here that are nowhere else in Alabama. They may be found in Georgia, 200 miles to the northeast, but they’re only in this limestone band in Alabama. That’s something we’re discovering and learning about more: cryptic evolution, cryptic diversity.” Nelson Brooke of Black Warrior Riverkeeper says, “Alek’s interest in and passion for crayfish gives me hope for Alabama. As Riverkeeper going on 13 years now, I realize how important it is for Alabama natives to embrace their natural heritage and commit to becoming knowledgeable about it, so that it can be better understood and protected. There is still much to be learned and discovered out there, so there are ample opportunities for our youth to find their niche and make a profession of preserving Alabama’s treasures for future generations.” Still not sure if he wants to be a biologist, professor, or doctor, Ledvina keeps careful notes on his collecting trips so he can one day write a book. To him, studying crawfish is a perfect illustration of moving “Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths.” “I always find out more; I want to know more. It’s about reaching out to the right people and formulating your own ideas.” He pauses. “And then there’s the fact that they’re not accessible. Whatsoever. You have to be actually in the creek.” –Mindy Keyes Black ]

Cambarus striatus, the most widespread species of crawfish in Alabama, is abundant in Bishop Creek. Four years ago, there were 84 known types of crawfish in Alabama, says Alek Ledvina. Since then, 4-5 other species have been found.

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ALEK LEDVINA ’20

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—Alek Ledvina ’20

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I always find out more; I want to know more. It’s about reaching out to the right people and formulating your own ideas.

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I love statistics, and I love analyzing. You find something behind a pattern or a group of numbers.

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SENIOR ALLEN XU ’17 AND MATH TEACHER PAUL MCGEE

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NE AFTER ANOTHER DURING AN AWAY GAME last spring, Allen

Xu’s teammates on the Springs Tennis Team were falling to a strong opposing team. The last team member to finish, Xu ended his match feeling alone and frustrated. Passionate about statistics, he asked Coach Boo Mason if, rather than playing on the team as a senior, he could instead serve as Assistant Coach and collect data to help other Springs players improve their game. Xu approached his AP Statistics teacher, Paul McGee, and together the two devised an independent study into the applied mathematics of winning at tennis. At after-school practices this fall, Xu is collecting data by recording the shots of individual Springs players. Over the winter, he and McGee will use statistical software to analyze the data and identify players’ strengths and weaknesses. Due to the speed of the game and the time it takes to record each shot, the biggest question so far has been how best to collect the data. “Should I record where the ball hits the ground, or where the player hit the ball?” says Xu. “What kind of situation should I include and exclude?

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CHANGING THE GAME PLAN:

—Allen Xu ’17

Should I just record the position and ignore the speed of the ball? Should I take each volley individually, or should I record data in sets?” After a few initial trials, Xu and McGee—who meet twice a week to work on the project—decided to “analyze everything.” “The first data I got was really terrible,” says Xu. “It showed only the position, and some of what I was recording didn’t show whether the shot was forehand or backhand, so it didn’t fit our requirements. The next step was to make a table to put all the data we need on it quickly.” Because they need to record “thousands and thousands” of shots to make statistically significant conclusions, McGee describes collecting data as a “painstaking” process. But the independent study is allowing both teacher and student to move “out of the shallows” with a topic that they addressed only in theory in AP Statistics. “We talked about data collection last year,” says McGee. “We talked about statistical analysis. But we don’t have the scope in the AP class to do anything with any depth. We say this is how you should collect

it, but the examples are very basic, whereas now we are really getting into it. The AP course is ‘the shallows.’ It’s a great introduction, but now instead of an overview course, we’re going into much more depth.” To Xu, the independent study is allowing him to do exactly what Doc Armstrong had in mind: “focusing on a single point and going deeper and deeper into it with a certain passion.” Xu and McGee are excited to see if the results of their data correspond with Coach Mason’s analysis of his players’ games. They also look forward to comparing their research with mathematical studies of the games of tennis greats. “It’s been a long time since I’ve done something like this, so I’m looking forward to challenging myself, getting statistical software and coding the data. If you challenge your students, you challenge yourself,” says McGee. “I love statistics, and I love analyzing,” says Xu. “You find something behind a pattern or a group of numbers. In the end I believe our data will show the same trends as with tennis giants.” –Mindy Keyes Black ]

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At tennis practices this fall, Allen Xu ’17 is recording the shots of individual Springs players. Over the winter, he and AP Statistics teacher Paul McGee will use statistical software to analyze the data and identify players’ strengths and weaknesses.

MAKING CONNECTIONS:

MIHO KUBAGAWA ’03

“LOOKING BACK, WE HAD THE RIGHT

and alumni J.W. Carpenter ’97 and Stephen Cockrell ’02, helped propel the process forward. “We were able to secure the support of Birmingham City Schools early on. This was a critical partnership and an early victory for us to ensure Breakthrough Birmingham would launch by the summer of 2013.” Today, Breakthrough Birmingham serves more than 100 students from across the city of Birmingham and trains more than 25 college students as teaching fellows. “Our hope is that Breakthrough Birmingham’s impact can continue to grow—by serving more middle schoolers, by recruiting more exceptional college students to teach, and by solidifying opportunities post-Breakthrough for our middle schoolers and college students to thrive in our hometown.” Kubagawa believes the program is having a deep impact on the Birmingham community. “For the students WILLIAM MARSHALL ’21 and families of Birmingham City AND TYLER MCCALL ’21 Schools, Breakthrough is not just any summer program. Our middle schoolers commit to three consecutive summers starting in 7th grade to increase their high school and college readiness, so they are better prepared for more rigorous coursework in high schools across Birmingham, including Indian Springs.”

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Our hope is that Breakthrough Birmingham’s impact can continue to grow—by serving more middle schoolers, by recruiting more exceptional college students to teach, and by solidifying opportunities post-Breakthrough for our middle schoolers and college students to thrive in our hometown. —Miho Kubagawa ’03

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This year, two of these middle schoolers, cousins Tyler McCall ’21 and William Marshall ’21, joined Springs’ 8th grade class after attending the program while at Phillips Academy. The experience, says Marshall, was a “humbling reminder that everyone has something to learn or teach to others.” He feels that the program helped future instructors “perfect the craft of teaching” and current students “form friendships with fellow students who want to learn more about

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balance of naive idealism and sheer drive,” Miho Kubagawa recalls. Four years ago, she and fellow Birmingham native Jared Weinstein (brother of Marla Weinstein Ostroﬀ ’99) joined forces from New York and Boston, respectively, to bring an initiative called Breakthrough Birmingham to life. Part of a larger group called Breakthrough Collaborative, the program has a twofold mission, explains Kubagawa: “to provide an outstanding, rigorous summer program to middle schoolers of Birmingham City Schools and to inspire college students to pursue a path in education by giving them an intensive summer experience in teaching.” As co-founder and adviser, Kubagawa helped raise initial funding in 2013, allowing Breakthrough Birmingham to reach 30 students in its first year. However, the process of bringing the program to fruition was not easy. While working for KIPP NYC, a nonprofit organization of public charter schools, Kubagawa made time for a “whirlwind tour” to pitch Breakthrough Birmingham to community stakeholders. She worked tirelessly, clearing the hurdles of securing funding, gaining community support, and meeting each logistical challenge and deadline as they approached. Connections through Indian Springs, including then-Director Gareth Vaughan

AIMING HIGH:

COMMANDER ELAINE LURIA ’93

OMMANDER ELAINE LURIA’S LIFE AND WORK HAVE taken her around the world, and she has learned something new every step of the way. “I have done everything from navigating a destroyer in the Western Pacific and managing the Tomahawk Land Attack missile systems to operating eight nuclear reactors on the USS Enterprise—the first nuclear aircraft carrier—in the Arabian Gulf, to commanding a unit of 24 amphibious landing craft, capable of offloading a Marine Expeditionary Unit at sea.” This year Luria’s varied naval experiences have taken a new form. In March, she assumed leadership of Assault Craft Unit Two, a naval unit in which she oversees more than 300 officers and sailors. Her journey into service and, ultimately, leadership within the Navy began while she was a student at Indian Springs. Luria attended a Summer Science and Engineering Seminar at the U.S. Naval Academy during the summer prior to her junior year, and it had a major impact on the traFor U.S. Navy jectory of her life. She remembers, “I was immediately attracted to the Commander Naval Academy and the sense of purpose and focus that I saw in the Elaine Luria ’93, Midshipmen. … [A] few short weeks after ISS graduation, I was sworn in “digging into the as a Fourth Class Midshipman, or ‘plebe.’” depths” has given Her work has required service, commitment, and an instinct for inquiry her a meaningful that emerged during her days at Springs. As she has faced broader perspective on and more far-reaching responsibilities in her career, she has sought to what it is to be overcome challenges by digging deep. “It is only through intimately a leader and knowing how the pieces fit together—and digging into the depths to lifelong learner. determine the root causes—that one can react to mitigate impacts, learn best practices, and provide feedback to improve the processes by which we operate.” She has built upon what she has learned in each new position, always simultaneously reaching backward for experience and forward for knowledge in order to create solutions and deploy them successfully. Luria recounts hearing a speech that echoed the theme of moving out of the shallows: “I attended a ceremony recently where junior enlisted Petty Officers were promoted to Navy Chiefs. The speaker, a retired Master Chief of 35 years, told a sea story. He hailed from Kansas and the first time he was underway on a ship, he went topside and looked out at the open ocean. It was the first time he had seen the sea with no land in sight. A Chief came up behind him and said, ‘What do you think, son?’ He replied, ‘That’s a lot of water, Chief.’ To which the Chief responded, ‘Yes, son, but that’s only the surface.’” Luria’s experiences in the depths have given her a meaningful perspective on what it is to be a leader and a lifelong learner, qualities that she believes go hand in hand and that have helped her meet the goals she set in high school. “When I applied to the Naval Academy, I remember writing in my essay that I wanted to ‘someday command a ship at sea.’ When I enrolled, I did not fully understand that women could not command combatant warships. That changed before my graduation, and the naval nuclear propulsion program also opened to women.” Next year, she plans to transition from the Navy in pursuit of another goal. Three years ago, she started a business producing and selling statues of the iconic symbol of her hometown, the Norfolk Mermaid (mermaidfactory.com). “Faced with the problem of not being able to find a product, my husband, Robert, and I set about to manufacture it and quickly went from a block of clay at our kitchen table to a retail location and studio.” Her instinct for finding solutions will translate well into the new role; as a business owner, she looks forward to contributing in new ways to her community, by continuing to rise to meet the challenges before her, to search to see what is below the surface, and to lead others to do the same. – Caroline Rogers

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the people and world around them.” The process of conceptualizing the program, raising funds, and bringing it to life required Kubagawa to find creative solutions to challenges that arose along the way. But for her, it was a journey into and through the depths in the hope of giving back to the community that nurtured her. “In many ways, when I think about Doc Armstrong’s catchphrase, ‘Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths,’ I think about our school motto: discere vivendo (Learning through Living). I know my education at Indian Springs is a privilege to have, and with that privilege, I have a commitment to make a diﬀerence and contribute something of value to this world. This really did not hit me until I was a college student, and I, like many of our Breakthrough college students, found myself deeply impacted by—of all people—a group of kids.” The journey has been meaningful for Kubagawa and for the students who have benefited from her endeavors. “I have spent a decade working in the education sector as a teacher, as a recruiter of teachers and as the founder of a teacher residency program, and I anticipate this is only the beginning of my lifelong commitment to the field of education.” Now in her second year of the multidisciplinary Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at Harvard University, Kubagawa has her sights set on continuing to create change and cultivate educational impact in her hometown and across the country. “My commitment to breaking barriers stems from the inspiration of those whose shoulders I stand on, including my great-grandmother, who broke barriers as the first female teacher in Okinawa, Japan.” With a continued focus on shattering boundaries through connection, access, and community support, Kubagawa believes that the sky is truly the limit: “To me, the experience of launching Breakthrough epitomizes what happens when the right people collectively work together to prove what is possible.”–Caroline Rogers

TURNING THE PAGE:

LIBRARIAN JESSICA SMITH

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Smith has ambitious goals for the Kayser Academic Center, one of which is to provide students with the resources to conduct college- and graduate-level research, “which some of them are already doing,” she adds. Another goal is to feature materials that are “small press,” such as “zines’— self-published materials with small circulation that often focus on ideas that are outside of mainstream press and publication. Zines show the students that “they can produce intellectual material that is relevant to others. Sometimes small ideas, precise ideas by outliers are what you need.” Smith continues, “seeing that those things can also be published, and be interesting, I feel can be empowering for the kids because it means that their ideas, even if those ideas are not mainstream, might be good.” Finally, Smith wants students to view and utilize the Kayser Academic Center as “a dynamic space” where they can collaborate. “For so long, education has been about one person at one desk having to study a precise array of things. But the world right now is a more collaborative, creative, fluctuating space, so [I want] the library to be a place where kids can exchange ideas and learn how to function in that fluctuating and dynamic space.” –Lauren Cole

What I put in the library for kids to find and research and read changes the way they get educated. —Jessica Smith LIBRARIAN JESSICA SM IT

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WHEN LIBRARIAN JESSICA SMITH ARRIVED

at Indian Springs in 2011, the average age of library materials was 1977, which meant the majority of books contained outdated information. “Since I’ve been here, between deaccessing old books and purchasing newer materials, the average age is about 1993,” Smith says. Such a rapid updating process is unheard of within the library community and is just one of the ways Smith is working to revolutionize how the Springs community views and utilizes the Kayser Academic Center, a process that she feels moves the library out of the shallows of preconceived notions, and into the depths of what could be. To accomplish her goal for the collection, Smith involved students in the weeding process through Development Day activities. “That way we could update the library by 1-2 entire years in a single day just by withdrawing aged, water-damaged, and moldy materials,” she says. She also credits Board support of the library for the advances she has made. “Not many schools are lucky enough to have a Board that values the library. By infusing the library with money to update the collection, we were able to buy newer, more relevant materials.” Smith recognizes that many people hold the traditional view of the library as “this place where books are stored, and they are guarded by a librarian, and when you are in the library, you need to be quiet. It’s a very passive, static space. The books are static, they’re on the shelves and when you are in the library, you also have to adhere to the static nature of the library.” However, Smith sees the library diﬀerently, as a “living force that, like a garden, has to be constantly tended.” She adds that “what I put in the library for kids to find and research and read changes the way they get educated.” If students are conducting research only to find books and materials that contain outdated information or socially outdated ideas, then “the education they get is similarly outdated.” To that end, Smith focuses on finding new books and keeping up with research across disciplines so that the school stays on the cutting edge.

A published poet, Smith believes that one of her biggest accomplishments has been the establishment and continuation of the Indian Springs School Visiting Writers series. Smith and former faculty member Douglas Ray began the series in 2012, and it is currently in its fifth year. “Initially, we didn’t have a budget for it, and we just invited our friends into the classroom to read after school. After the success of the Art Fuels series in 2014, which was held in the period after morning break during long block, we decided it would be better to have the readings during the day,” making them accessible to more students and faculty. “The series was modeled to be curricularly relevant to classes across disciplines,” Smith says. To complement the art history course that many students take during the first semester, the fall 2016 lineup has focused on the intersections of poetry and art, featuring presentations by alumna Erin Sullivan ’15, letterpress artist Christopher Fritton, and writers and poets Kwoya Fagin Maples, Ginger Ko, and Julie Ezelle Patton, and a Student Open Mic Night poetry reading. (For spring offerings, which will highlight wilderness, ecopoetry, and sustainability, visit http://isswriters. tumblr.com/.)

MEMORIES OF DOC: A RETROSPECTIVE

Charles Robinson '59 (second from right) and classmates (from left) Steve Coleman '59, Jerry Lanning '59, and Arthur Freeman '59 continue to explore books, ideas, and even former Springs assignments as members of the Wine and Swine book club.

Y INITIAL ENCOUNTER with Doc Armstrong occurred dur-

ing the summer of 1955 at Springs. Dr. Crosby, very nattily dressed and looking very Ivy League, administered my entrance exam and then took me to the Director’s office. I was greeted by Doc, a man-mountain and truly imposing figure. Doc immediately surprised me by playfully swinging his huge hand across the top of my crew-cut head, which I took to be a gesture of friendship. Then Doc sat down and in his distinct Oklahoman drawl announced: “We’ve got a place for you.” Doc engaged me in a short conversation, then he paused to light his pipe, and asked: “Son, what is the difference between a man and a monkey?” I gave some woefully shallow answer to the effect that a man doesn’t have a tail. Doc would have much preferred some reference to language and learning in my answer, and I was soon dismissed and left to contemplate Doc’s question on my own. Doc cared deeply about his students. We were a diverse group. I recall that we had two Springs students who constantly wore slide-rule holsters on their belts, which would have branded them as nerds in most secondary schools. At Springs, these students excelled in math and physics and were renowned for their best attainable scores on the math portion of the SAT. Their holsters actually became badges of honor at Springs. The teachers at Springs were always trying to stretch your intellectual boundaries. My basic studies teacher, Mr. William Leverette, made two assignments to me: a Faulkner novel, The Sound and the Fury, and Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time. Unfortunately, I remained in the shallows on both assignments, and Mr. Leverette finally decided that I would benefit from a “new direction,” but I never forgot the assignments. Fast forward to my retirement date at age 60 in the year 2000. I had practiced law for 37 years, and suffice it to say that the law was indeed a jealous mistress. Little time or energy remained after a day in court or at the law office. I looked forward to retirement as a period of “splendid indolence.” After retiring, my first pursuit was to take Dr. Bill Carter’s course on Proust at UAB. Dr. Carter is a renowned authority on Proust. He befriended me and helped plan my trip to the “Grand Hotel” in Deauville, Normandy, where Proust had

vacationed and which he described in In Search of Lost Time. I completed my 1956 Proust assignment from Mr. Leverette 50 years later. Next I joined the “Wine and Swine” book club (derived from the verse “casting pearls before swine”) taught by Dr. Alan Perlis, former chair of the English Department at UAB. Dr. Perlis would later teach a course on Faulkner’s novels, and I felt very fortunate to complete my other longstanding assignment from Mr. Leverette. The Wine and Swine book club has several Springs connections. Among the book club members are three other classmates of my Springs Class of 1959. All four of us are about 75 years old now. Our friendships have been enduring and rewarding after graduating from Amherst, Duke, Emory, and Harvard, then graduate schools in law, English, and medicine. Steve Coleman ’59 has been a commander in the U.S. Navy, small business owner, teacher, and real estate broker. His retirement activities include sailing, writing, painting, and vacationing in Northern Ireland, which provided the background for his second novel, The Navigator II: Irish Revenge. Steve won the 2014 Hackney Library Reward for his short story “The Meanest Man in Pickens County.” Arthur Freeman ’59 practices psychiatry. He travels extensively and spent the last seven summers studying early and medieval theology at Oxford University. Arthur began his studies in theology while at Springs. Jerry Lanning ’59 has been a real estate lawyer for over 50 years, but about 15 years ago he shifted to pro bono representation of the Freshwater Land Trust, which has acquired over 5,000 acres of watershed buffers, the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve, Red Mountain Park, and other conservation projects, which prohibit ridge-top housing development on a two-mile stretch of Double Oak Mountain. Lanning’s commitment to conservation spring from swimming, fishing, and cross country while at Springs. Throughout his life, Lanning has regarded his experience and education at Springs as a central springboard, and his “friendships there have grown and strengthened with time. This is a special place.” Doc and Harvey Woodward lit the flame, but the torch has passed to the alumni and our promising new Head of School. We believe Springs is entering a Renaissance era. We’ll try not to forget what you taught us and where we came from. g —Charles Robinson ’59

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For Charles Robinson ’59, Springs’ first alum to serve as Board Chair and the first to receive the Outstanding Alum Award, moving “Out of the Shallows and Into the Depths” has been a long-term process.

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A N N UA L R E P O R T 2015-16 In 1960, eight years after Springs opened its doors, Founding Director Doc Armstrong penned a treatise he called “The Indian Springs Dream.” “We exist to make a dream come true,” he wrote, “to become a tiny star of destiny, to put reality into a vision of greatness.” He felt that it was too early to

tell whether Indian Springs would live up to its vision or become “just another good private school,” but a few signs from the school’s first decade, such as the number of educators interested in Springs’ program and the already “widespread” acclaim of the Glee Club, led him to believe that Indian Springs would “grow

in brightness and give others a glimpse of a brave new world in the education of youth.” “The outcome,” Armstrong continued, “will be determined by our intelligence, devotion, creativeness, vigor, faith, and, most important of all, by the presence or absence of deepdown convictions. … All that

“We like to think of Indian Springs as a star of destiny, a tiny star to be sure but one that nevertheless challenges and beckons.”

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– Louis E. “Doc” Armstrong

that promotes deep thinking, creativity, and conviction and that values the importance of Learning through Living. As we explore and celebrate Armstrong’s wisdom this school year, we thank you for helping us realize goals that are vital to the school’s mission and to our ceaseless efforts to define a brave new world in the education of youth. —Mindy Keyes Black

Celebrating Springs Eternal 2014 – 2016

By Beth Mulvey, Director of Development

The first phase of Indian Springs School’s 2012 Campus Master Plan has been realized thanks to the incredible generosity of hundreds of alumni, parents, faculty, and friends through the Campaign for Springs Eternal. Of the more than $20 million contributed, $3.9 million was added to the school endowment. Donors detailed here in the Annual Report have reestablished the heart of the campus with technologically advanced new classroom buildings, unique and personal outdoor spaces, and an administrative building that well represents the strength of our program and community to prospective families. We all who care for and believe in the school are thrilled to be at home in these new spaces. Providing for the first phase of the Campus Plan, contributions were also used to renovate the gym and Kayser Academic Center and complete major infrastructure improvements to sewer, water, technology, and security. Bricks and pavers will be added to the new Samford Way prior to the End-of-Year Party, to be held on campus on Dec. 26 from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Kayser Academic Center. Additional pledges to the Campaign, and the opportunity for bricks and pavers to be added to the walkway, will be accepted until Jan. 1.

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WE DID IT—and you can still join us!

Photo by Sunny Dong ’17

remains is to bring these into sharp focus and at the same time try to suggest something of the shape of wonder as we see it.” Springs’ brightness continues to grow thanks to the ongoing support of a dedicated community of alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, and friends who, like Armstrong, believe in the importance of creating an educational environment

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Springs Eternal Celebrated These spaces and funds were created to support the future of the school. Thank you for making Springs Eternal!

KAYSER ACADEMIC CENTER ARMSTRONG ADMINISTRATION Join us at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21, during Alumni Weekend 2017, to celebrate the presentation of the Outstanding Alum Award and the dedication of the Kayser Academic Center, Armstrong Administration building, and Samford Way.

ENGEL TERRACE MCLEAN LAWN SAMFORD WAY HESS FAMILY CIRCLE ROGERS PLAZA

HESS FAMILY CIRCLE

OTHER: BELSER’S OFFICE LEWIS INFRASTRUCTURE

ROGERS PLAZA

CLASSROOMS: FABER ’66 SLAUGHTER FAMILY CANTEY PANTAZIS WILBANKS ’17 SIMMONS ’65 CLASS OF 1964 GAMBLE FAMILY RUSHTON ’74 STEGNER ALEXANDER ’91 DAMSKY ’68

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BENCHES: MARTIN ’92 ALAND ’75 ADAMS ’63 MATTHEWS ’75 PIZITZ FAMILY BODNAR FAMILY REGIONS ROUTMAN ’75 & ’02 CORENBLUM ’75 FAMILY ABROMS ’72

ENDOWMENTS THE BILLIE GRACE GOODRICH ENDOWMENT Benefiting a female boarding student from the rural South

THE RAY HARTWELL ’65 MOCK TRIAL TEAM ENDOWMENT Supporting Springs’ Mock Trial Team Springs’ Mock Trial Team won 3rd place for the second year in a row at the YMCA National Judicial Competition in Chicago. (See story, page 10.)

Kayser ’62 and his family— alumnus parent Deborah Kayser Strauss of Birmingham and alumnus Kayser Strauss ’96—gave $2 million to the Campaign for Springs Eternal in memory of Kayser’s father, Leo Kayser, Jr. Additional leadership gifts of $250,000 were recognized through the naming of significant new outdoor spaces on campus. Please visit!

THE HELEN B. PAYNE HUMAN RIGHTS ENDOWMENT Supporting human rights initiatives

THE STEVEN LANDRY SCHOLARSHIP Supporting a returning student interested in the arts

THE ALAN MATTHEWS ’68 SCHOLARSHIP Supporting a returning student well regarded by the community

THE CLASS OF ’66 SCHOLARSHIP THE WILLIAM S. VIAR SCIENCE PROGRAM ENDOWMENT Supporting the science program For an AP Chemistry lab on glass bending, Grace O’Malley ’18 (center) heats glass to an appropriate softness to make a right-angle bend, and Sophie Zhao ’18 (right) fire-polishes the end of a bend.

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ABOVE: Board member Leo

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DIRECTORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DINNER

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11 DIRECTORS’ DINNER: 1. Arthur Freeman ’59, Charles Robinson ‘59 2. Mike Goodrich ’63, Charles Plosser ’66 3. Tom ’66 and Sandra Lewis, Jerry ’66 and Maura Kennedy 4. Danielle Dunbar, Peter Young and Ivey Lewis Young ’85, Rob Dunbar 5. Frank Samford ’62 and Alan Engel ‘73 6. Debbie Strauss 7. Joe and Susie Fawal, Julie Bryant

8. Bob and Lisa Schilli, Hina Patel, Kay and Jing Li 9 Jimmy ’75 and Malinda Lewis, Rusty Rushton ’74 10. Laura Schiele ’86 and Steven Robinson, Valerie Morrison ’87 and Clark Thompson 11. Director Gareth Vaughan 12. Anne and Rick Finch ’60, Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60

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BUILDING LONG-TERM F I N A N C I A L S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y A N N U A L F U N D , E N D O W M E N T, P L A N N E D G I V I N G FOR THE FIRST TIME in Indian Springs’ history, we expect to

run the school in the black for the 2016-17 school year.

As Indian Springs puts plans in place to care for its facilities—new buildings as well as deferred maintenance

In previous years, the school’s operating deficit required

on older buildings and faculty homes—the school’s Annual

the school to draw from both the core endowment and

Fund will play an increasingly important role not only in

the restricted endowment to meet its budgetary needs.

meeting costs but also in protecting the endowment and

“We’ve made great progress,” says Finance Director

enabling it to grow.

Tanya Yeager. “This will allow our core endowment to

The outpouring of support for the Campaign for

grow and help ensure the financial stability of the school

Springs Eternal—which made possible Springs’ $16.75

for years to come.”

million project that included new classrooms and a

“That’s huge!” says Ben Hunt ’82, Chair of the

new administration building, important infrastructure

Investment Subcommittee of Springs’ Board of Governors.

updates, and significant additions to the endowment—has

“We don’t expect to draw funds from our core endowment,

put Indian Springs in a position to pay down the school’s

which means that we can invest those funds for a longer-

$6.55 million construction bond to $3.55 million.

term horizon and make sure that Indian Springs School is well supported for decades to come.”

“At this important juncture in the school’s history, Indian Springs is very well positioned to continue to

The generosity of alumni, parents, faculty, and friends

carry out its mission and provide that unique Springs

to Springs Eternal and the Annual Fund and the sound

experience and extraordinary education to young

investment of Springs’ endowment funds by the Board of

people well into the future,” says John Abbot ’80, Chair of

Governors have put the school on solid financial footing as

the Finance Committee. “The spectacular new facilities

Indian Springs continues to balance the school’s budgetary

are evident, but less obvious is the school’s strong

needs while keeping tuition lower than actual cost.

financial position today, which is a result of many years of exceptional fiscal leadership and management by

ISABELLA YAGHMAI ’21

the school administration and the significantly broader base of financial support from our alumni, parents, faculty, and friends. I have enjoyed my association with the school as a Board member these past 14 years and

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couldn’t be more excited about its future.”

F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016

SOURCES OF O P E R AT I N G F U N D S

FUNDRAISING SPRINGS ETERNAL

Building

$16.5 million

Endowment Total Committed to Springs Eternal

3.9 million $20.4 million

A N N UAL FUN D & A N N UAL FUN D RESTR I CTE D 2 0 15 - 16

Annual Fund – Unrestricted Annual Fund – Restricted Total

$552,224 48,670

RE STRICTE D & OT HE R G I F TS 2 0 15 - 16

Total

Total Income Endowment Draw

Annual Fund & Other Gifts

Endowment Draw

USES OF O P E R AT I N G F U N D S

INCOME

Annual Fund & Other Gifts (adjusted for multiyear pledges)

Tuition & Fees

$92,650

O P E R AT I N G S TAT E M E N T

Tuition and Fees

$ 600,894

$8,464,491 577,923 $9,042,414 $595,000

EXPENSES

$4,357,492

Financial Aid

1,655,915

Instructional and Student Activities

484,280

Dining, Transportation and Other Services

950,303

Operations and Maintenance General and Administrative Total Expenses

1,205,989 944,239 $9,598,218

Salaries & Benefits

Financial Aid

Instructional & Student Activities Dining, Transportation & Other Services

Operations & Maintenance

General & Administrative

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Salaries and Benefits

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C A M PA I G N FOR SPRINGS E T E R NA L DARING

$2 MILLION + Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Kayser Family Leo Kayser ’62 Debbie Kayser Strauss Keiko and Kayser Strauss ’96 Cecilia and Alan Matthews ’68

INNOVATION $1 MILLION+

Judy and Hal Abroms Mary and Rob Henrikson ’65

CREATIVITY $500,000+

Lisa and Alan Engel ’73

COLLABORATION

$250,000+

Fran and Bill Goodrich ’66 Goodrich Foundation Sydney and Michael Green Catherine and Emmett McLean Patti and Ed Rogers Sharon and Frank Samford ’62

WISDOM $100,000+

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Susan and John Abbot ’80 Margaret and Bruce Alexander Kay Armstrong and Frank Carter ’62 Allan Cruse ’59 Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68 Bill Engel ’75 David Faber ’66 Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Gail and Chip Gamble ’58

HENRY GIATTINA ’17, MAX SIMON ’19, GRAHAM ALEXANDER ’18

Diane and Tom Gamble ’60 Lee Quin and Travis Gamble ’63 William Gamble ’03 Bruce Gamble Sarah Urist ’98 and John Green ’95 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 The Landry Family Emily Hess ’01 and Bob Levine Malinda and Jimmy Lewis ’75 C. Caldwell Marks and Family Libby and Dennis Pantazis Nancy and John Poynor ’58 Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Lavona and William Rushton Rene and John Simmons ’65 The Slaughter Family Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73 Gareth Vaughan and Dorrie Fuchs George Wilbanks

PASSION $50,000+

The Bodnar Family Julie and Scott Bryant ’82 Caryn and Steven Corenblum ’75 Elizabeth and Mike Goodrich ’90 Mary and Braxton Goodrich ’93 BL Harbert International Joan and Preston Haskell ’56 Susan and Wyatt Haskell ’57 Jennifer and Ben Hunt ’82 Michael Levine ’74 Charlotte and Roy Martin Ellen McElroy ’78 Mary Ann Gadziala and David Mullins ’64 The Pizitz Family Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85 Kimberly and Michael Steiner ’95 and Alison Steiner ’97 Merrill H. Stewart, Jr. Barbara and Bill Viar ’62

“I am truly happy we moved to Birmingham—because of Indian Springs. It is a magical oasis, an educational dream, and a life-changer for each student fortunate enough to be exposed to its strong, classical education that is yet thoroughly relevant, modern, and meaningful.” —SHIRA GOLDBERG P ’20

VISION $25,000+

Louise and Jim Abroms ’72 Cathy and Tom Adams ’63 Barbara and Jack Aland ’75 Melody and Johnny Banks Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74 Dr. Elquis Castillo Connie and Doug Clark Nancy and Tommy Healey ’62 Jannike and Brian Jackson ’92 Pamela and Prescott Kelly ’61 Sandy and Wayne Killion ’68 Sheri and James Krell Leslie and David Matthews ’75 Lee and Mac Moncus ’60 Ann and Richard Monk ’57 Molly Myers ’92 and Rick Hatfield Susanna Myers ’90 and Gerry Pampaloni Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55 and Mary Katherine Myatt ’86 Christy and David Nelson ’93 Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95 Hina and Rakesh Patel

Jessica Uhl and Michael Payne ’84 Janet and Charles Plosser ’66 Regions Financial Corporation Cindi and Michael Routman ’72 Beth and James Scott ’75 Anne and Richard Theibert Aye Unnoppet ’88 and Maria Byars Marjorie and Jim White ’60 Amy McDaniel ’80 and Steve Williams

COMMUNITY $10,000+

Joanna and Al Adams ’62 Kelly and Robert Aland ’80 American Endowment Foundation ArchitectureWorks, LLP Barbara and Spencer Atkins Elizabeth and Bob Athey ’59 Mindy and Dylan Black Elizabeth and John Breyer ’71 Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60 Lynn and Ed Cassady ’76 Christine Clark Blanche and Luther Coggin George Dellinger ’80 and Trevor King Drennen Jones Scholarship Trust Jan and Chip Feazel ’63 Lori and Richard Feist Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59 Elise May '88 and Hank Frohsin Libby and Mark Gitenstein ’64 Kim and Scott Grumley Melanie and Patton Hahn ’90 Mary and Victor Hanson ’74 Marianne Geeker Hartwell Nura Karassayeva and Damir Karassayev Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82 Lake/Flato Architects Michele Landry and Bradley Vollmer

Joyce and Jerry Lanning ’59 Sandra and Tom Lewis ’66 Hilton Locke ’98 and Christian Anthony Buffie and Randy Marks ’65 Eileen and Danny Markstein ’92 Kristine Billmyer and Russell Maulitz ’62 Judy and Gerson May June and Joe Mays ’63 Carole and Michael Mazer Ruth Ann and Jack McSpadden ’64 Cheryl and Burk McWilliams ’65 Joe Nonidez ’62 Martin Payne Tonya and Bartley Pickron ’91 Carrie and Richard Pizitz ’75 Margery and Jeff Pizitz ’75 Paget Pizitz ’97 Diana and Gray Plosser ’63 Margaret and Kip Porter ’60 Carol and Wilmer Poynor ’56 Ginger Grainger ’86 and Steve Rueve ‘84 Kate and Charles Simpson Patricia and Rick Sprague ’66 Linda and Leo Sullivan-Bashinsky ’64 Alex and Jeff Thompson Susan and Carlisle Towery ’55 Fergus Tuohy ’96 Mickey and Mike Turner Connie and Marshall Urist Ellen and Jim Walker ’80 Meng Xu and Jianping Wang Margaret and John WhiteSpunner ’74 and White-Spunner Construction Deborah and Brian Wiatrak Debi and Frank Wingate ’66

CHAR ACTER $5,000+

Sharon and Jim Bailey ’79

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HONOR $2,500+

Gail Andrews and Richard Marchase Dorothy and Michael David Armstrong Nancy and David Bachelder ’64 Karen and Bill Boyle ’62

Myla Calhoun Rebecca and Jeff Cohn ’64 Kathy and Larry DeLucas Anna Margaret and Tommy Donald ’58 Elizabeth and Robert Eckert ’64 Clara Chung Fleisig and Glenn Fleisig Jan Fortson Mary Ann and John Furniss ’60 Sylvia Goldberg Carla and Larry Hawley ’68 Hunton & Williams Benjamin Johnson ’64 Alison Goldstein ’88 and Alan Lebovitz Thomé Matisz ’80 Devra and Robert Maulitz ’64 Cynthia and Ben McDaniel ’84 Sandy Petrey ’59 Kathy and Eli Phillips Ida Pulliam Katrina Armstrong ’82 and Tom Randall Jamie and Justin Routman ’02 Janet and Joe Simonetti ’75 Cynthia and Raymond Tobias Cathy and Rune Toms Beba and Tasos Touloupis Lesli and Kneeland Wright

LOYALTY $1,000+

Priscilla Goodwyn ’80 and Robert Anderson Bonny Forrest and Stephen Armstrong Barbie and Steve Arnold ’66 Freddi Aronov Priscilla and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Anne Knox Morton ’04 and Austin Averitt Krissie Ames ’92 and Neal Axon Jennifer Bain ’84 Diane and Todd Baker Lisa and Rob Balazs Roger Baldwin ’87 Tory Cohen ’89 and Matt Baldwin Clay Bargeron Kitty and Ronnie Barrow W. C. Bass ’97 Willis Bass ’64 BBGS Engineering Consultants Betsy and William Belser ’80 Ann Benton April and Blake Berry Wendi and Richard Boyen, Jr. Kathryn and Mark Brandon Theresa and James Bruno Sarah Hampton Portera ’04 and Brice Cambas Denise and Greg Canfield Becky and J. W. Carpenter ’97

PLEASE JOIN US FOR

Indian Springs’ 2016 End-of-Year Party For Alumni & Their Parents • 3:00 - 5:30 P.M. • DECEMBER 26, 2016 • • KAYSER ACADEMIC CENTER • Myung Ju Kim and Chang Cho Teri and Emmett Cloud ’95 Cason Benton and Stuart Cohen Linda and Glen Connor Alexee Deep ’96 and Matthew Conroy Deane and Phil Cook ’62 June Yang and Mike Costanza ’78 Will Crain ’14 Carolyn and Richard Crocker ’65 Annie Damsky ’98 and Mark Brink Mary Lee and David Darby ’61 Lisa Singer and Tim Davis Missy and Chip Dawson Rima and Larry Deep Rebecca Garity DePalma ’80 Katie and Michael DeSocio Amy and Clint Dillard ’84 Emma Dinsmore ’05 Karen Gerstner-Dobbs and Tim Dobbs ’64 Lori and Stephen Dorsky ’71 Mary Dott ’88 and Scott Deplonty Danielle and Rob Dunbar William Edwards ’97 Jane and Charles Ellis Trudy Broadwell Evans Sharonda Childs ’03 and Eric Fancher, Jr. Susie and Joe Fawal Peggy and Scott Fechnay, Sr. Jerolyn and Kevin Ferrari

Anne and Rick Finch ’60 Lynn and Ken Fisher Theresa and Eric Fox Patricia and Danner Frazer ’62 Howard Furnas Dana and Jeff Gale ’92 Paola and Fernando Garza Louise Metz and Anil Gehi ’91 Ingrid Straeter and Christopher Giattina Marnie and Jamie Gray Wendy and Hunter Gray Deanna Calvert and Kyle Grimes Andrea Engel ’03 and Kent Haines ’03 Beth and Kirk Hawley ’66 Sally and Greg Hawley ’75 Heidi Hess ’89 and James Rucker Cynthia and David Hobdy Mary and Jay Holekamp ’63 Ann and David Hunt ’84 Allen Hunter ’06 Debora and Tom Igou Betty and Cory Jackson ’56 Susie and Peter Jander Knox Gil Jennings ’56 Qin Wang and Kai Jiao Garrett Jordan ’14 Terry Jordan ’13 Linda and Terry Jordan Jessica Spira ’82 and Robert Kahn Jill and Rick Karle

Anya and Andrew Keller ’92 Maura and Jerry Kennedy ’66 Melanie and Jay Kieve Katy and David Killion ’00 Josephine Kim ’88 Lauren Kirkland ’01 Julie McDonald and Joshua Klapow Kelly and Townsend Kyser ’95 Renarda and Darryl Lane Whitney Lash Hoa Nguyen and Anh Le Evelyn Lewis ’11 Jenny and James Lewis Mary and Robert Lewis Deirdre Lewis ’92 and Creighton Mason Kay and Jing Li Anne and Paul Liles ’67 Jon Loflin ’94 Neely Harris ’96 and Lars Lohmann Cynthia Frownfelter-Lohrke and Franz Lohrke Terri and Charles Lorant ’75 Lelie and David MacLeod Melodie and Greer Mallette ’89 Karen and Harry Maring ’72 Beverly and Daniel Marson Judith and Bob McGahey ’64 Liz and Brendan McGuire Louise and Frank McPhillips

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The Boll Family ’92, ’94, ’97 Janet Perry and Jeff Book Anne and Don Brunson ’64 Cathy and John Collins ’64 Susan and Mitchell Dascher Anne and John Durward ’90 Carol Dewar and Larry Futrell ’64 Rachel and Edward Goldstein ’67 Eugenia and Larry Greer ’63 Jennifer Merritt ’93 and Robby Griffin ’93 Melinda and Joe Guillaume Craig and Griff Harsh Liz and Greg Hodges ’66 Carol Hogan ’11 Martha Diefendorf and Robert Hogan ’68 Lauren and Glen Howard ’67 Muff and Gilbert Johnston ’63 Deborah and Peter Keefe Susan and Billy Lapidus Faye and Robert Levin ’66 Margery and Robert Loeb ’68 Priscilla and Tony Marzoni ’64 Sara and Tommy Moody ’64 Sam Moorer ’59 Heather and Dan Mosley ’74 Betty and Charles Northen ’55 Sean and Janis O’Malley Betty and Joe Pigford ’58 Merritt Pizitz Elizabeth and Wilmer Poynor ’80 Laura and Erskine Ramsay ’64 Michele and Rod Reisner ’84 Charles Robinson ’59 Gail and Deak Rushton ’78 Tullia Rushton ’09 William Rushton ’11 Betsy and Daniel Russakoff ’92 John Samford ’68 Kiki and Pierre Scalise Elizabeth Rappaport and Jack Shannon ’71 Judy and John Shenefield Margaret Shepherd Virginia and David Smith Whitney Sprague ’01 Dorothy McWhirter and Rick Starnes ’64 Sarah and Jim Tanner ’64 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Heidi Molbak and Rob Verchick Kate and Howard Walthall ’90 Andrea and Goodloe White ’90

ANNUAL REP ORT

2015-16

to Indian Springs School in 2015-2016.

Helen Zhou and Mike Mu Beth Mulvey Marcia and Mike Nichols ’70 Gail and Tom Nolen ’66 David Noone Daniel Odrezin ’05 Bryn and David Oh ’87 Melissa and John Oliver ’60 Anna and Gunnar Olson Sarah and D. G. Pantazis ’03 Susan Dillard ’80 and David Phillips John Pittman ’85 Susan Pizitz ’80 Martha and Mike Pratt ’67 Deborah and Larry Quan ’68 Douglas Ray Debra Riffe Patty and Robin Roberts ’65 The Roberts Family Charles Rossmann Ramsey Rossmann ’15 Becki and Joshua Rutsky ’89 Anne Ryan ’79 and Robert Goldman Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel ’84 Allison and Scott Salter ’85 Jay Saxon ’01 Lisa and Bob Schilli Lisa and Erik Schwiebert Richard Scruggs ’66 Kathy and Mike Seltzer ’66 Joyce and Maury Shevin ’70

Angela and Scott Shirey Mona Singh ’85 and Trevor Jim Hatton Smith Suzanne and Gene Smitherman ’66 Sue and Allan Solomon ’68 Janet and David Standaert Lee and Sam Stayer Stephanie and Steve Steinmetz ’75 Jennifer and Mark Styslinger Mrs. Mary Lee W. Sullivan Ameer Tavakoli ’91 Chris Terrell Ann and David Tharpe Callen Bair ’01 and Will Thistle Carol and Tim Thomas ’67 Valerie Morrison ’87 and Clark Thompson Carolyn and Sam Titone The Tobias Brothers Connie Hill and Doug Turner Missy and Stewart Waddell Lauren Wainwright ’88 Jenny and Billy Walker Stephanie Meyerson ’88 and Eric Warshall Catherine Webb Rebecca Rutsky ’91 and Hal White Chris Whitley ’99 Amanda and Ed Wilson Mike Witten ’75 Mary and Terry Woodrow ’63

Xiaoqing Zhang and Hong Yang Jyothi and Babu Yarlagadda Tanya and Scott Yeager Ivey Lewis ’85 and Peter Young Timi and Carlton Young Yuya Zhuo and Ruoying Zhang Cecilia Fan and Xiaocheng Zhou

A N N UA L FUND In all independent schools, tuition, income from the endowment, and profits from summer programs and facilities rentals make up the annual operating revenue streams. Your gifts each year to the Annual Fund are vital to maintaining Springs’ exceptional programs and to attracting and retaining excellent faculty. Thank you for your gifts this year!

IN MEMORY OF Gifts to Indian Springs School were given in memory of the following people in 2015-2016. Iain MacPherson Alexander ’91 Marvin Balch Chris Bodnar ’90 Wendell Cauley Jr. ’68

Ted Cobun Selma and Leonard Damsky Martha Dillard Robert Drennen ’80 Walter B. Evans ’57 Dorrie Fuchs Billie Grace Goodrich Thomas Halcomb Ray Hartwell ’65 Brooks Hines ’65 Jonathan Hoefker ’93 Nick Igou ’11 Nicholas Jamroz ’09 Dr. Donald R. Kahn Steve Landry Mike Lee Mac Markert Brandy L. Martin ’92 Alan Matthews ’68 Susie Meyer-Smith Walter Moeck Michael T. Owens ’81 Helen Payne Rebeccah Price ’96 Winyss Acton Shepard Robert J. Stegner Karen Lynn Tetzlaff-Shaffer Blake Van Horn ’02 Ray Woodard

IN HONOR OF Gifts in honor of the following people and actions were made

DONORS Springs’ fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. The following list recognizes Annual Fund donors for their generosity in the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Listings by constituency and by class can be found at www.indiansprings.org/ annualreport2016.

Photos by Graham Yelton and Gary Clark

Fall 2016

FROM LEFT: HAEUN HONNEY KIM ’19, JOON SOO SEA ’17, GRACE JI ’17, CHER HU ’18

Sebastian ’15 and Eliza ’18 Black Trey Boyen ’19 Clyde Buzzard Ed Cassady ’76 Robert Cooper Gisele Crowe Will Davis ’19 Jack ’12, Liz ’15 and Sam ’19 Dillard Charles Ellis Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Joseph, Susie, Christopher ’02 and Marc ’04 Fawal Frances Feazel Mac Fleming Dr. Sharon Howell The Karle Family Prescott V. Kelly ’61 Dr. Kerry Kirkland ’69 Mac LaC asse Mike Lantrip Benjamin Lasseter ’16 Chee Lee ’10 Ashley Songhyun Lee ’15 James H. Lewis ’75 John Lusco Gabi Oser ’16 Douglas Ray Benjamin Sokol Dayton Louis Spector Diane Stewart Luke '03 and Keehn ’08 Strange Students of Indian Springs Dr. Tim Thomas ’67 Sean Titone ’95 Elma Tuohy Emma Turner ’17 Cindy and Greg Van Horn Gareth Vaughan Mira Walker ’16 Peter Wang ’19 Lee Watkins Emily ’82, Cameron ’12 and Amanda ’16 Westbrook Alexa Whitehead ’01 Ziyue (Allen) Xu ’17 Lucy Zheng ’19

($20,000 OR MORE) Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Mary and Rob Henrikson ’65 Sharon and Frank Samford ’62 Julia Strain Strain Foundation

ARMSTRONG SOCIETY

Cecilia Matthews Kimberly and Macke Mauldin ’78 Ellen McElroy ’78 Ann and Richard Monk ’57 Sam Moorer ’59 Molly Myers ’92 and Rick Hatfield Susanna Myers ’90 and Gerry Pampaloni Susan and Carlisle Towery ’55 Youhong Wang and Yang Xu Xiaoqing Zhang and Hong Yang

($10,000 OR MORE) Acworth Foundation Lisa and Alan Engel ’73 Kyung Han ’85 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Leo Kayser ’62 Catherine and Emmett McLean Heather and Dan Mosley ’74 Pinkerton Foundation Rene and John Simmons ’65 Eleanor and Herbert Sklenar

FOUNDER’S LEVEL

($5,000 OF MORE) Susan and John Abbot ’80 Elizabeth and Bob Athey ’59 Julia and John Badham ’57 Elquis Castillo Dorothy Pihakis Charitable Fund Elizabeth and Mike Goodrich ’90 Mary and Braxton Goodrich ’93 Suzanne Tishler ’78 and Nick Pihakis Margaret and Kip Porter ’60 Stacy and Scott Pulliam ’85 Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation Gail and Deak Rushton ’78 Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Deborah Kayser Strauss The John & Julia Badham Family Trust Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73 Gareth Vaughan

GOVERNOR S’ CIRCLE ($2,500 OR MORE)

Margaret and Bruce Alexander American Endowment Foundation Brenda and Doral Atkins Susan and Mitchell Dascher Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Terry and Paul Goldfarb ’69 Jimmie and Emil Hess Judy and Jerry Hogan Michael Levine ’74 Buffie and Randy Marks ’65

TOWN MEETING LEVEL ($1,000 OR MORE)

Judy and Hal Abroms Adobe Systems Incorporated Bonny Forrest and Stephen Armstrong Cary and Ritter Arnold ’73 Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63 Roger Baldwin ’87 Melody and Johnny Banks Kelly Bodnar ’85 and Brett Battles Shay and John Michael Bodnar ’88 Janet Perry and Jeff Book Christine Booz Kathryn and Mark Brandon Elizabeth and John Breyer ’71 Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74 Myla Calhoun Patricia and Ehney Camp ’60 Caroline Clark ’82 and Brad Goodman Connie and Doug Clark The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc. Allan Cruse ’59 Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68 E. T. Brown Family Fund Elizabeth and Drew Edge ’84 Lori and Richard Feist Linda and Arthur Freeman ’59 Elise May '88 and Hank Frohsin Carol Dewar and Larry Futrell ’64 Alice and Paul Goepfert Sydney and Michael Green Judy and Fred Habeeb ’71 Andrea Engel ’03 and Kent Haines ’03 Keecha Harris Nancy and Tommy Healey ’62 Heidi Hess ’89 and James Rucker Martha Diefendorf and Robert Hogan ’68 Kayo and Steven Howard ’83 Sharon and Tom Howell Xianyu Hu David Huggin ’59 Jennifer and Ben Hunt ’82 Linnea and Bill Israel ’73 Jannike and Brian Jackson ’92

Pamela and Prescott Kelly ’61 Kepos Capital, LP Korean ISS Parents’ Association Sheri and James Krell Heidi and Kevin LaCasse ’88 Ben Lee ’78 Emily Hess ’01 and Bob Levine Malinda and Jimmy Lewis ’75 Janet and Adam Lichtenstein ’91 Hilton Locke ’98 and Christian Anthony Cathy and Caldwell Marks ’93 Scotty and Sam McAliley ’70 Dawn and Joe McCarty Yvonne Jiang Miao and Dickens Miao Microsoft Jacquelyn and Gary Morrow ’74 Helen Zhou and Mike Mu Beth Mulvey Christy and David Nelson ’93 Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95 Julie and Mark Nelson ’88 Network for Good Martha and Bill Nickell ’56 Frances Ross ’77 and Bill Nolan David Noone Libby and Dennis Pantazis Kathy and Eli Phillips Betty and Joe Pigford ’58 Janet and Charles Plosser ’66 Jane and McGehee Porter ’57 Regions Financial Corporation Laura Schiele '86 and Steven Robinson Mary and Burns Roensch Patti and Ed Rogers Mary Rose Santiago and Cesar Romero Charlotte and Bill Rose ’63 Mary Helmer and Mark Sabel ’84 Margaret Shepherd Perry Shuttlesworth Melissa and Hanson Slaughter ’90 Blakeley and Bill Smith Merrill H. Stewart, Jr. Keiko and Kayser Strauss ’96 Lei Lin and Jian Tang Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Ann and David Tharpe The J. Michael Bodnar Foundation The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Rik Tozzi Fergus Tuohy ’96 Aye Unnoppet ’88 and Maria Byars Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Jinghua Wang Bucky Weaver ’68 Ryan Webb ’02

Come Home to Springs! JOIN US FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND: APRIL 20-23, 2017 Reconnect with friends and family, discover what's new on campus, and meet the next generation of Springs students! Highlights of the weekend will include the 2017 Directors' Dinner (for those who give $1,000 or more to the 2016-17 Annual Fund), tours of the new classrooms, a performance by the Concert Choir, class reunion parties for class years ending in "7" and "2," the presentation of the Outstanding Alum Award, and the dedication of the Kayser Academic Center, Armstrong Administration, and Samford Way. MARK YOUR CALENDAR TODAY!

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LEAD ER SHIP LEVEL

ANNUAL REP ORT

2015-16

Jane Wenzel Marjorie and Jim White ’60 Tom Whitehurst ’68 Sally and Richard Whitley Amy McDaniel ’80 and Steve Williams Rowan and Russ Williams ’73 Ping He and Patrick Xu Lu Shen and Wei Zhang Jian Guo and Quan Zhou Ling Song and Tong Zhou Song Yin and Wen Zhou

MAYOR’S LEVEL ($500 OR MORE)

Louise and Jim Abroms ’72 Kelly and Robert Aland ’80 Ameriprise Financial Gift Matching Program Priscilla and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Jennifer Bain ’84 Renee Peacock and Steve Bair Kathryn and Thomas Barr Ann Benton Birmingham Jewish Foundation Mindy and Dylan Black Cathryn and Mark Boardman Tom Byers ’67 Carol and Harry Caldwell Jill and Restituto Caranto Cardiac Evaluations, Inc. Lynn and Ed Cassady ’76 Clara Chung Fleisig and Glenn Fleisig Cason Benton and Stuart Cohen Andrew Cohn ’99 The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama Jesanna Cooper ’94 and Michael Morris Sheri and John Corey ’75

Anna and Chandler Cox Pilar Kohl Childs ’92 and Jared Dostal Bill Engel ’75 Jan and Chip Feazel ’63 Jerolyn and Kevin Ferrari Jan Fortson Robert Friedel ’67 Arthur Gaines ’73 Dana and Jeff Gale ’92 Ingrid Straeter and Christopher Giattina Libby and Mark Gitenstein ’64 Janet and Morton Goldfarb Sarah Urist ’98 and John Green ’95 Kim and Scott Grumley Wendy Mills and Mark Habeeb ’74 Sally and Greg Hawley ’75 Ryan Henderson ’07 Pat and Billy Hiden ’71 Mary and Jay Holekamp ’63 Lauren and Glen Howard ’67 Mitch Ives ’70 Shoshana and Bruce Jaffe ’73 Lida and Bill Jones ’63 Sara Kim ’89 Dolly and William King Cathey and Kerry Kirkland ’69 Caroline and Roy Knight ’59 Hoa Nguyen and Anh Le Alison Goldstein ’88 and Alan Lebovitz Erin and John Lockett ’95 Mrs. John A. Lockett, Jr. Terri and Charles Lorant ’75 Qianying Wang and Jianbing Luo Tommy Maddox ’69 June and Joe Mays ’63 Merck Partnership For Giving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Susan Brand and Harry Mueller ’62

Maizie and Tom Nelson Deborah Cramer and Pat Odum ’72 Qun Zhu and Quanhong Pan Jeff Pettus ’73 Alison Pool-Crane ’79 Nancy and John Poynor ’58 Dale Prosch Publix Super Markets Katrina Armstrong ’82 and Tom Randall Michele and Rod Reisner ’84 Jennifer and Matthew Riha Lynn and Alan Ritchie Julia and Nick Roth Ginger Grainger ’86 and Steve Rueve ’84 Elizabeth and David Samuelson ’90 Jerry Shadix ’68 Diane Sheppard and Stan Fuller Cathy and Sam Simon Royal Simpkins ’83 Tom Smith ’72 Sara and Jamie Spector ’94 Patricia and Rick Sprague ’66 Janet and David Standaert Cathy and Rune Toms Judy and Arthur Toole ’58 Beba and Tasos Touloupis Ellen and Jim Walker ’80 Emily Sims ’82 and Wes Westbrook Kathryn and David Wiencek Elizabeth and Fred Wooten ’61 Yuya Zhuo and Ruoying Zhang Han Gong and Long Zheng

COMMI SSI ONER’ S LEVEL ($250 OR MORE)

David Abroms ’01 Joanna and Al Adams ’62

Amelia Altz-Stamm ’01 Anna Altz-Stamm ’99 Anonymous Freddi Aronov Sharon and Jim Bailey ’79 Peggy and Michael Balliet Medha and Amol Bapat ’88 Mary Fasnacht and Curt Barney Kitty and Ronnie Barrow Jane and Steve Bartek Karen and Curt Bassett ’57 Marie and Bill Baxley John Beckman ’90 Carol and Bill Bell ’73 Wendi and Richard Boyen, Jr. Casey and Garrett Bradford ’96 Vikki and Charles Brentnall ’56 Jeanette and John Brockington Suzanne and Lewis Brodnax ’63 Anne and Don Brunson ’64 Denise and David Bryant Kay Armstrong and Frank Carter ’62 Jane and David Chaplin Hua Tao and Jiong Chen Teri and Emmett Cloud ’95 Community Foundation of Greater Memphis June Conerly ConocoPhillips Petroleum Foundation Christine and Darryl Copeland Caryn and Steven Corenblum ’75 Travis Cox Hanelle Culpepper ’88 and Jeff Meier Lisa Singer and Tim Davis Radhika Patil ’96 and Matt DeLaire Kathy and Larry DeLucas Jennifer and Walter Dickson Amy and Clint Dillard ’84 Chip Dillard ’81

Marty and Vernon Drake Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Ilana Engel ’12 Nedra and Joey Fetterman ’74 Anne and Rick Finch ’60 Lynn and Ken Fisher Mac Fleming Diane Clark and David Freedman Gail and Chip Gamble ’58 Chris Genry ’78 Nancy and Sidney Grady Caroline and Chip Hall ’78 Beth and Kirk Hawley ’66 Carla and Larry Hawley ’68 Leslie and Dabney Hofammann ’72 Kristin Harper and Reggie Holder Ann and David Hunt ’84 Laura Kalba and Fran Hutchins ’95 Robin and Hollis Jackson Yu Jeong Kim and Hyunjoon Jin Bailey Jones ’79 Katy and David Killion ’00 Alexa and Eddy Kim ’81 Kha Youn Kim Seung Jae Lee and Young Duk Kim Myrick and David King ’62 Beth Folmar Krueger ’91 and Bill Krueger Lorraine and Bill Lewis Sharon Kean and Bob Lipson ’68 Neely Harris ’96 and Lars Lohmann Alice Hawley ’03 and Henry Long ’01 Gina and Hank Long ’70 Michelle Luo ’10 Karen and Harry Maring ’72 Priscilla and Tony Marzoni ’64 Liz and Brendan McGuire Edith and Henry McHenry ’68

Send Us Your News For Our Spring 2017 Issue!

Fall 2016

SPRINGS' NOTEWORTHY AND IN MEMORIAM COLUMNS WILL BE SHARED IN THE SPRING ISSUE OF INDIAN SPRINGS MAGAZINE

Let fellow alumni know what you've been doing. Email class notes about life events, achievements, career moves, volunteer efforts, deaths, and other alumni news to classnotes@indiansprings.org by Jan. 31, 2017.

D-DAY LEVEL ($100 OR MORE)

Cathy and Tom Adams ’63

Barbara and Jack Aland ’75 Judith Lee Aland Patricia Alarcon ’86 and Pat Joseph Allstate - The Giving Campaign Anonymous Sara and Pete Arner Anne Knox Morton ’04 and Austin Averitt Sis and Milton Bagby ’65 Peter Bain ’81 Sanjiv Bajaj ’98 Tory Cohen ’89 and Matt Baldwin Karen and Michael Balliet Sara and Harold Barr Jen Spears ’96 and David Bashford W. C. Bass ’97 Steve Batson ’60 Monica Shovlin and Chris Baxley ’79 Anne and James Bell ’92 Betsy and William Belser ’80 Ilene and Dan Berman ’82 Josephine and Bill Blackwell ’66 Andrea and Jim Bledsoe ’85 Lynn Bledsoe and Bill Ryan Joseph Bradley ’02 Chris Breyer ’75 Adrienne and Julian Brook Holly Brown ’96 Pam and Alan Buchalter ’83 Denise and Greg Canfield Claire Chen ’16 Sienna Chen ’14 Caroline Choy ’11 Michael Choy Dru Clark ’06 Linda and Ben Cohen ’68 Sumter and Steve Coleman ’59 Lisa Dean ’81 and Frank Columbia Caroline Wingo ’95 and Clayton Colvin '95 Pam and Bob Cooper Elliot Corenblum ’03 Albutt Gardner and Robby Cox ’72 Christianna and Tom Crittenden ’72 Trae Crocker ’11 Gisele and Steve Crowe Howard Cruse ’62 and Edward Sedarbaum Tarek Dahdah ’80 Susan Swider and Colin Davis Bill Dawson William Dickerson ’02 Flora and Sanders Dix David Doggett ’68 Tim Donaldson April Preston and Kyran Dowling ’72 Lora Driggers ’12 Eva and Jiri Dubovsky

LATIN TEACHER WILLIAM BLACKERBY ’05 TALKS WITH EMMA STORM ’19

Elizabeth and Robert Eckert ’64 Claire Maples ’89 and Heath Edwards Meagan and Jim Ellington Jane and Charles Ellis ERC Capital Inc. Amy Finkelstein ’95 and Myles Steiner Deborah and Marzette Fisher Joseph Fisher ’11 Anne and Alston Fitts Ruth Fitts ’96 Barbara and Jim Flowers Nelson Forbes ’56 Foundation for Art and Cultural Connections Patricia and Danner Frazer ’62 Constance Frey Lindsay Frost ’97 and Sam Bhasin Allison and Jeff Fuller Diane and Tom Gamble ’60 Sarah and Reese Ganster ’63 Irene M. Garcia Reena Glazer ’87 Julie Dyas ’90 and Brian Goldberg ’87 Marie and Preston Goldfarb Ann and Richard Goldstein ’69 Betty and Bob Gonko

Anita Jayagopal ’96 and Brian Gouri Kathleen and Jesse Graham ’56 Jamil Hamdallah ’80 Mary and Victor Hanson ’74 Barbara and Mike Harper Jan and Bob Henger Howard Holley ’72 Laura Moon Hopson ’90 Frannie and Randolph Horn ’83 Jonathan Horn ’75 Mary and Mark Howard ’70 Brett Janich ’06 Qin Wang and Kai Jiao Dr. Robert W. Johns, Ph.D. Jessica and Ben Johnson ’71 Muff and Gilbert Johnston ’63 George Jones ’98 Laurie and Frank Jones ’58 Hye-Sook Jung and Jinchul Kim Jessica Spira ’82 and Robert Kahn Sumi and Masaki Kakitani Maria and Lawrence Katz ’82 Anya and Andrew Keller ’92 Amanda Key ’95 Betty Key Cathy Bekooy and Sanjay Khare ’85

Hong-Young Kim ’04 Sara Kim '03 Rebecca and Brandon Kirby ’92 Kimberly Kirklin ’94 Stefanie Rammes and Christopher Kolorz Kim and Barry Komisar Kate Konecny ’02 Michelle Kuba ’94 Sarah Abroms ’04 and Abraham Kunin Alisa Boll ’94 and Jon Kurian Mac LaCasse Tommy Lane ’58 Mike Lantrip Susan and Billy Lapidus Whitney Lash Elizabeth and Alan Lasseter Hui Li Jun Tsao and Ming Luo Erica Ma ’15 Melodie and Greer Mallette ’89 Laili and Jim Markert Herb Martin ’62 Nancy and Michael Matte ’74 Virginia Bledsoe ’86 and Phillip Mattox Judy and Gerson May

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Photo by Graham Yelton

Cheryl and Burk McWilliams ’65 Mukul Mehra ’91 Dena and Robert Moye Lindsey Moye ’06 Kathy and Mark Myatt ’55 Naomi Nelson ’93 and Louis Doench Lou Anne and Clay Newsome ’65 Susan Hazlett and Ed Norman ’79 Betty and Charles Northen ’55 Sean and Janis O'Malley Vicki and Keith Owens Jinsook Won and Rae Kil Park George Ann and Alton Parker Stacy Donohue ’86 and Chris Perrone Arrtie Pisaturo ’00 Aileen and Randy Redmon ’84 Brian Reilly ’95 Nancy and Jim Richardson ’71 Charles Rossmann Nirmal Roy ’02 SoHee Kim and JunWook Ryu Allison and Scott Salter ’85 Kiki and Pierre Scalise Lisa and Bob Schilli Lisa and Erik Schwiebert Young Ju Sung and Jung Ho Sea Barbara and Waid Shelton Christina and Keck Shepard ’78 Linda and Robert Sherman ’58 Susanne and Jim Shine ’77 Kate and Charles Simpson Kimberly and Michael Steiner ’95 Linda and Ed Stephenson ’65 Melissa and Luther Strange The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Irene and Dorion Thomas ’90 Valerie Morrison ’87 and Clark Thompson Martin Tobias ’95 Andre Toffel ’72 Heidi Molbak and Rob Verchick Vulcan Materials Company Mary and Andrew Waldo ’71 Alison and Rhett Walker ’83 Jenny and Billy Walker Robin Greene ’03 and Michael Wall Jill and Thomas Walton Peter Wang ’19 Andrea and Goodloe White ’90 Andrea and Larry Whitehead Julie and Scott Wilson Mike Witten ’75 Mary and Terry Woodrow ’63 Ham Inn and Shih Bin Wu Yabing Chen and Hui Wu

ANNUAL REP ORT

2015-16

Paul McGee Cheryl Killingsworth and James McMinn Alex McPhillips ’03 Ruth Ann and Jack McSpadden ’64 Rebecca and Thomas McWilliams ’97 Allen Meighen ’78 Brenda and Wayne Meshejian ’63 Rachael Mills ’01 and Jim Yarbrough ’01 Carol and B. G. Minisman ’63 Laina and Egon Molbak Sara and Tommy Moody ’64 Jenny Morgan ’96 Mr. L. Daniel Morris, Jr. Christie and Richard Neely Gail and Tom Nolen ’66 Northrop Grumman Foundation Matching Gifts Lea Novakova and Jan Novak Marketa Novakova ’08

Victoria West and Richard Nunan ’70 Dragana and Mak Obradovic Jamie and Greg Odrezin Anna and Gunnar Olson Leslie and Peter O'Neil Rachel Oser Anne and David Ovson ’69 Libba and John Owen ’70 Norton Owen ’72 Jocelyn Bradley ’77 and Jim Palmer Sarah and D. G. Pantazis ’03 Martin Payne Marc Perlman Sandy Petrey ’59 Susan Dillard ’80 and David Phillips Kathy and Bill Pittman ’70 Carrie and Richard Pizitz ’75 Paula Purse Pointer Sam Pointer ’81 Jeannette Prayer

Deborah and Larry Quan ’68 Laura and Erskine Ramsay ’64 Douglas Ray Tammy Kahn ’84 and John Rice Sherrie and Bruce Richards ’73 Jan and Dick Richardson ’70 Debra Riffe David Rinald ’59 Charles Robinson ’59 Holly and Brian Rodgers Allison Roensch ’99 Alfred Rose ’61 Kathleen Rossmann Cindi and Michael Routman ’72 Jamie and Justin Routman ’02 Neil Roy ’96 Ginger Grainger ’86 and Steve Rueve ’84 Betsy and Daniel Russakoff ’92 Charlotte and Robert Russell ’76 Judy and Ed Rutsky Betsy and John Saxon

Lane and John Schmitt Bentley Turner ’04 and Brian Schoening Jane and Ronald Schwebke Alan Seigel ’77 Karen Shepard ’81 and Keith Thomson Mona Singh ’85 and Trevor Jim Ed Smith ’63 Judy and M. D. Smith ’59 Rita and Carl Smith Ruth and Jim Smith ’56 Sundra and Marcellus Smith Sue and Allan Solomon ’68 Cindy and Jay St. Clair Roberta and Gilbert Stamp ’66 Lee and Sam Stayer Paul Steiner ’79 Janet and Walter Stephens ’67 Kim and Doug Story Cindy and Andy Strickland ’57 John Tanquary ’74

Ameer Tavakoli ’91 Christina Tetzlaff Cindy and James Thigpen Cameron Wells Thoma ’95 Adam Thomas ’91 Carol and Tim Thomas ’67 Laura Thomas ’92 and Andy Dosmann Barry Tobias ’98 Cynthia and Raymond Tobias Cathy and Scott Turner Madi Turner ’10 Riley Turner ’12 Cindy and Greg Van Horn Bonnie and Ken Vines ’56 Missy and Stewart Waddell Lauren Wainwright ’88 Angela and Sam Waldo ’69 Mark Waldo ’75 Carol Cowley and Susan Walker Kira Druyan and Joel Walker ’87 Meng Xu and Jianping Wang

Photo by Gary Clark

Fall 2016

FROM LEFT: CLASSMATES BECKY THOMAS, BILL COPLIN, SAM POINTER, PETER BAIN, ELAINE STONE YOUNGBLOOD, LISA DEAN COLUMBIA, RICHARD SIMONTON, JANE JACKSON CURTIS, TOMMY BOSHELL, SCOTT HOWARD, TYLER GOODWYN, AND CHIP DILLARD OF THE CLASS OF ’81 ATTENDED THE 35TH REUNION PARTY AT THE HUT IN APRIL.

A N N UA L FUND RESTRICTED GIFTS While most gifts to the Annual Fund are unrestricted, some Annual Fund donors helped make possible specific initiatives planned by the school for the 2015-2016 school year. Acworth Scholarship Chess Program Choir Iain Alexander Scholarship Scholarships Science Soccer Alumni Event in New York City

MATCHING GIF TS The following employers matched their employees’ gifts to Indian Springs in 2015-2016.

Top photo by Casey Dunn

Conoco Phillips Petroleum Foundation Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Kepos Capital, LP Regions Financial Corporation The Prudential Foundation Vulcan Materials Company

RESTRICTED GIF TS Restricted gifts of $5,000 and more create special-purpose funds that are not bound by the fiscal year. In 2015-2016,

restricted gifts were made for the following purposes. Basketball Susan and Mitchell Dascher Endowment The Estate of William S. Schuler ’66 Lara Hoggard Music Scholarship Dottie and Jeffrey Smith ’61 In Memory of Blake Van Horn ’02 Victoria and Chris Allen Hunt Austill ’11 Janice and W. C. Bass Birmingham Basketball Officials Association Mindy and Dylan Black Caroline and E. T. Brown ’74 Niamh Tuohy Clarke ’89 June Conerly Pam and Bob Cooper Starr Turner ’02 and David Drum Duskin Point Marina, Inc. Jane and Charles Ellis Patti and Nathaniel Ellis Mac Fleming Melissa Fortson ’97 and Brad Green Jan Fortson Megan Fortson ’00 and Cayce Fry ’00 Dana and Jeff Gale ’92 Elizabeth and Mike Goodrich ’90 Jimmy Grotting ’01 Catherine Gue Andrea Engel ’03 and Kent Haines ’03 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Kristin Harper and Reggie Holder Sharon and Tom Howell Sue and Butch Hutchison Janie and Robert Hyatt Amelia Johnson Dolly and William King Felix Kishinevsky ’05 Mike Lantrip Emily Hess ’01 and Bob Levine Carole and Michael Mazer Edith and Henry McHenry ’68 Catherine and Emmett McLean Alli Mitchell ’01 Susan Mitchell ’98 Susanna Myers ’90 and Gerry Pampaloni Christy and David Nelson ’93 Hilary and Stuart Nelson ’95 Daniel Odrezin ’05 Leslie and Peter O'Neil Jerrie and Norm Paschal Chris Pow Thornton Prayer ’82 Patti and Ed Rogers

YOUR SUPPORT EACH YEAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY. THE INDIAN SPRINGS ANNUAL FUND:

BENEFITS THE SCHOOL as a key element of our annual

operating budget BENEFITS STUDENTS by helping fill the 19% gap between

tuition and the actual cost of educating each student BENEFITS FACULTY by enabling us to attract and retain

highly qualified, passionate educators and to preserve and broaden the variety of learning opportunities available at Springs ANNUAL FUND GOALS FOR 2016-17:

• 100% Faculty Participation 3 • 100% Board Participation 3 • 100% Parent Participation by Dec. 31 • 1,000+ Total Donors in 2016-17 • $625,000 by June 30, 2017 CLICK ON THE IMPACT TAB AT SPRINGSTODAY.ORG:

NEW VIDEO! Head of School Dr. Sharon Howell reflects on

the Power of Community at Springs.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO INDIAN SPRINGS.

All gifts to the 2016-17 Annual Fund will be recognized on the Progress page of www.SpringsToday.org and in the school’s next Annual Report.

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Lucy and Elias Watson ’58 Leanna Webb Pamela and Bill Weeks ’69 Holly Ellis ’84 and Prince Whatley Heather White ’92 and Mukesh Patel Marjorie Lee White ’88 Rebecca Rutsky ’91 and Hal White Barbara and Sam Wiesel ’63 Hope Williams Michelle Williams Darci and Brian Willis ’96 Karima Wilson ’99 Leigh Wilson and Alex Khamis Cathie and David Wlaschin WMS Trumpet Corp Rachael Mills ’01 and Jim Yarbrough ’01 Tanya and Scott Yeager Dawn and Jobey York Alton Young

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Give the Ultimate Gift. The Legacy Society LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY by including Indian Springs in your planned giving. Springs’ Legacy Society honors alumni, parents, and friends who remember the school in their estates or who give assets now with deferred benefits to Indian Springs School. PLANNED GIVING TOOLS range from bequests, life insurance policies, and retirement plans to remainder interests and charitable remainder trusts. Many types of planned gifts provide tax benefits for you and your loved ones. Contact Director of Development Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@indiansprings.org or 205.332.0591 to learn more. YOUR GIFT WILL PROVIDE important support for dedicated faculty and a bright future for Springs’ exceptional students.

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A CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST established by the parents of William Schuler ’66, benefited several funds at Indian Springs School this year. Portions of the $136,000 gift were attributed to the Annual Fund, Class of ’66 Scholarship, and general endowment. The Trust benefited Schuler during his lifetime, and at his death, the balance of the Trust was divided among Indian Springs, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Yale University. After attending Indian Springs, Schuler graduated summa cum laude from Yale and The University of California, Berkeley. His many interests included photography, football, swimming, music, reading, and movies.

Neil Roy ’96 Nirmal Roy ’02 Prakash Roy Jennifer and Philip Rucker Lia and Rusty Rushton ’74 Rene and John Simmons ’65 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Laura Thomas ’92 and Andy Dosmann Anne and Ward Tishler Elma and Jim Tuohy Fergus Tuohy ’96 Gareth Vaughan Holly Ellis ’84 and Prince Whatley Sarah and Penny Whiteside Chuck Williams Boo and Bud Woodall ’76 Mary Woodard Roxanne and Andrew Yon ’82

GIF TS-IN-KIND Gifts of tangible property and services are also a significant help to Indian Springs through the year. Gifts-in-kind from the following people were contributed in 2014-2015. Lisa and Thomas Bennett Eugene "Mike" Holder Ron Jones Anna and Gunnar Olson

LEGACY SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors individuals who share a commitment to the future of Indian Springs School by including Springs in their estate plans. These individuals have included the school in their wills, established a charitable trust while maintaining a life income, or named the school as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement plan. If you have taken similar steps to benefit Springs, please let the Development Office know your plans. More information about Planned Giving to Springs can be found at www.indiansprings. org/plannedgiving. Judy and Hal Abroms Priscilla and Eddie Ashworth ’67 Julia and John Badham ’57 Candi and C.P. Bagby ’63 Lois Blackwell Karen and Bill Boyle ’62 Kay Armstrong and Frank Carter ’62 Pinkie and Bryan Chace ’74

Hanelle Culpepper ’88 and Jeff Meier Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68 Cathy and Mell Duggan ’76 Coo Hirschowitz Engel ’79 David Faber ’66 Ginny and Joe Farley ’81 Robert Friedel ’67 Howard Furnas Gertrude Gildea Sylvia Goldberg Rachel and Edward Goldstein ’67 Gillian and Mike Goodrich ’63 Eugenia and Larry Greer ’63 Joan and Preston Haskell ’56 Ronne and Donald Hess ’66 Dr. Robert W. Johns, Ph.D. George Johnston ’65 Muff and Gilbert Johnston ’63 Judy and Philippe Lathrop ’73 Kristine Billmyer and Russell Maulitz ’62 Judy and Joe Mays ’63 Susan and Tennant McWilliams ’61 Margaret R. Monaghan Bob Montgomery ’74 Frances Ross ’77 and Bill Nolan Joe Nonidez ’62 Jocelyn Bradley ’77 and Jim Palmer Margaret and Kip Porter ’60 Carol and Wilmer Poynor ’56 Nancy and John Poynor ’58 Cindi and Michael Routman ’72 Sharon and Frank Samford ’62 Cooper Schley ’64 Jane and Kevin Tavakoli ’98 Ann and David Tharpe Jill and Chip Thuss ’74 Fergus Tuohy ’96 Nancy and Jim Tyrone ’73 Marjorie and Jim White ’60 Allison and J.P. Williams ’77

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1. Stacy Pulliam, Chandler Pulliam ’17, Rob Pulliam ’16, Scott Pulliam ’85 2. Valerie Morrison Thompson ’87, Clark Thompson ’16, Donald Hess ’66 3. Joe Farley ’81, Virginia Farley ’16, Mac Farley ’14 4. Richard Monk ’57 and Caroline Borden ’16 5. Nolen and Suzanne Graves, Sadie Graves ’16, Lila Graves ’85, Scott and Robin Hinkle 6. Kevin Cassady, Masako Shimamura, Finn Cassady, Maya Cassady ’19, Cole Cassady ’16, with Claire, Lynn, and Ed Cassady ’76

7. Jim Burke ’69, Nicholas Bryant ’18, Parker Bryant ’16, Julie and Scott Bryant ’82 8. Stewart Hall ’84, Jamie Brabston, Sarah Brabston ’16, Campbell Brabston, Lisa Hall 9. Beth, Clara ’16, Lizzie ’14, and James ’75 Scott

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THE SUPPORT OF Indian Springs School families is vital to the opportunities that we are able to offer to our students. We salute Class of 2016 families with multiple generations of Springs alumni—and all Springs families whose ongoing commitment helps set us apart.

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“One evening as I was sitting in my dorm room, I looked outside to see colorful clouds, so I ran out to the lake and started shooting. The geese were initially scattered around, but they started walking away when I got closer. I took a bunch of shots and later picked out this one that had them perfectly positioned. This whole process was over very quickly, as beautiful sunsets always are. I only caught the tail end of a sunset that was at its best when I was running over, but I was honestly very happy that I didn’t miss this scene.”—Sunny Dong ’17

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