ENDLESS DISCOVERY ENDLESS DISCOVERY FIFTY YEARS OF SUMMER DISCOVERY THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FALL SPARK 2022 REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2021-22
s I began my interim responsibilities at Collegiate this summer, I knew I was coming to a school whose faculty and staff commit every day and in powerful and profound ways to their students, to their profession and to their school. That belief has been confirmed time and time again in my first months here — especially as I have spoken to students. In many of these conversations, I typically ask: “What has been most important — most positive — in your experiences at Collegiate?” Almost all of the students with whom I have spoken respond by saying that it is the passion, expertise and care of our faculty and staff that have meant the most to them. The admiration, affection and appreciation our students have for my colleagues is real, deep and palpable.
As I have gotten to know more and more of my new colleagues, I can readily see why our students feel the way they do about their teachers, coaches, advisors and mentors. These true professionals are steadfastly devoted to the young people in their charge and are determinedly and constantly committed to helping their students learn, grow and become their best selves. Our faculty and staff are striving always to strengthen their own skills and to help Collegiate live ever more fully into our noble mission of nurturing ever curious, ever seeking minds and ever serving, ever caring hearts.
Essential to the sustained strength of our educational programs and sense of community is continuing to have an outstanding and dedicated faculty and staff whom our students will be privileged to learn from every day. As we build out, act on and fund our Strategic Plan, we must resolutely be a school that continues to encourage, celebrate and honor the truly transforming work our faculty do in service to our mission and in support of our students.
In so many ways, this issue of Spark concerns those special moments of passion and affection from these same faculty, staff and students that happen every day at Collegiate. In this issue, we celebrate the moments of joy and growth shared between our Seniors and their Kindergarten buddies; we highlight the dedication and grace our students exude in athletics and the arts; we recognize the longevity of our terrific Summer Quest program; and, in the Report on Philanthropy, we celebrate the myriad ways the Collegiate community supports our School.
It has been my distinct pleasure to join your Collegiate community. As the year progresses, I look forward to continuing that Cougar spirit I’ve come to know so well.
Sincerely,
Billy Peebles Interim Head of School
LETTER FROM THE INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dear Collegiate School,
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COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
William S. Peebles IV, Interim Head of School
Courtney Martin, Associate Head of School
Sarah Abubaker, Director of Strategic Communications
Sara Boisvert, Director of Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship
Mike Boyd, Director of the Arts
Erica Coffey, Director of Inclusion and Global Engagement
Louis Fierro II, Director of Information Technology
Patrick E. Loach, Head of Upper School
Deborah I. Miller, Head of Lower School
Phyllis Palmiero, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer
Scott Smith, Director of Admission and Enrollment Management
Andrew Stanley, Athletic Director
Tung Trinh, Head of Middle School
Kristen O. Williams, Chief Development Officer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2022-23
Carter M. Reid P ’16 ’18, Chair of the Board
W. Hildebrandt Surgner Jr. P ’11 ’14 ’17 ’19, Vice Chair of the Board
John W. Martin ’78 P ’10 ’11, Immediate Past Chair of the Board
William S. Peebles IV, Interim Head of School
Neelan A. Markel ’96 P ’27 ’30, Secretary
Karen Berson P ’23 ’25 ’29**
Ellen T. Bonbright ’86 P ’24 ’26
Callie Lacy Brackett ’95 P ’22 ’24
Mason T. Chapman ’84 P ’22
Mayme Donohue ’03
Eucharia N. Jackson P ’17 ’19
Peter E. Mahoney Sr. P ’15 ’19 ’26 ’26
Malcolm S. McDonald P ’87 ’88
Morenike K. Miles P ’24 ’25
Meera Pahuja ’97 P ’30 ’32 ’34
* Trustee Emeriti
** Parents’ Association President
*** Alumni Association President
J. Cheairs Porter Jr. P ’27 ’29 ’32
John H. Rivers Jr. P ’25 ’28
Kenneth P. Ruscio P ’08
Danielle D. Scott P ’25 ’25
Julious P. Smith III ’86 P ’20 ’22 ’25
L. Mark Stepanian ’89 P ’16 ’18 ’21 ’23
Wallace Stettinius P ’77 ’79 ’84*
Jasmine Turner ’11***
R. Gregory Williams ’69 P ’01 ’04*
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD 2022-23
Jasmine Turner Perry ’11, President
Peyton Jenkins ’00, VP/President Elect
Sarah Paxton ’84 P ’19, Past President
Ginny Hofheimer ’96 P ’27 ’29, Recording Secretary
Beth Watlington Marchant ’72 P ’98 ’03 GP ’35, Corresponding Secretary
Stuart Farrell ’03 and Elizabeth Wright ’01, Annual Fund Co-Chairs
Patricia Hobson Hunter ’80 P ’10 ’15 and Sagle Jones Purcell ’94 P ’26 ’28 ’30, Stewardship Chair
Graham Mandl ’08, Amrik Sahni ’06 and Lauren Siff ’02 P ’32 ’34, Events Committee Chairs
Lauren Cricchi ’06 and Luke Walker ’12, Alumni/Student Connection Committee
First Term
Muffy Greenbaum ’04 P ’30 ’32
Devon Kelley ’05
Toby Long ’98 P ’33 ’35
Lee Moreau ’95
Rishi Pahuja ’04
Chris Pearson ’02
Tyler Negus Snidow ’80
Chas Thalhimer ’97
Bo Vaughan ’97 P ’31 ’32
Second Term
Ben Adamson ’98 P ’33 ’35
Brink Brinkley ’76 P ’11 ’13 ’17
Wortie Farrell ’88 P ’24 ’27 ’31
Dominique Meeks Gombe ’09
Virginia Harris ’16
Helen Roddey ’16
Elisabeth Arnold Weiss ’86
Harry Wilson ’01
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ON CAMPUS
Highlights of Fall 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Faculty Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Arts at Collegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Athletics Round Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FEATURE
Fifty Years of Summer Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
For the past 50 years, Collegiate School’s Summer Quest has offered cherished summer experiences for the entire Richmond community.
ALUMNI NEWS
Letter from Alumni Board President . .
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Meaningful Partnerships
During the Cochrane Summer Economic Institute, rising Seniors in the Richmond area come to Collegiate to grow as inquisitive thinkers and future business professionals.
Mia Jackson ’17 is speaking over Zoom from her apartment in London to a group of rising Seniors gathered in Collegiate School’s Sharp Academic Commons. They’re talking about geographical data and urban studies, and how ArcGIS, a data visualization program, can be used to tell the intricate story of a community. The students — 17 in all, from seven area high schools — are engaged, asking Jackson questions with an enthusiasm that rises only from the energy of making discoveries.
Their collaboration is part of the Cochrane Summer Economic Institute (CSEI), a monthlong program for rising high school Seniors in the Richmond area that elevates students’ understanding of economics by enabling them to collaborate directly
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This is, at its core, the foundational goal of CSEI: to nurture students’ passions with the guidance of experienced professionals.
Beginning in early July, the participating students came to Collegiate to take part in the program, which is administered by the School’s Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Enthusiasm abounds as students begin making connections between what they have learned in the classroom to the larger professional world. “We’re making discoveries that go beyond what we sometimes get from classroom lectures,” says Miranda Lutchman, who attends The Center for Leadership, Government and Global Economics at Douglas S. Freeman High School. “Everything we’re learning here is preparing us for the future.”
At the start of the program, students are grouped in teams and assigned a company partner. The CSEI 2022 partners — Henrico County Entertainment & Sports Authority, Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU — mentor the students, giving teams a unique look into the professional world. “Collegiate’s CSEI program challenges students to ask and answer real-world questions,” says David Lanning P ’24 ’26, co-surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and a partner for this year’s program. “I was impressed with the students’ effort, energy and creativity in their work towards finding solutions to these problems. It was a very rewarding experience for the students as well as the partnering organizational leaders that participated.”
The students’ challenge: after learning the intricacies of their selected company, discover new ways their partner companies can contribute to a thriving city while delivering on the partner’s mission, vision and values.
“I’m really appreciative of the resources that Collegiate has provided, particularly with regard to the company partners we got to work with,” says Carson Wang, a student at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School whose group worked with the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. “Having Collegiate give us all these professional connections has been really helpful. Because we got to work downtown where the Children’s Hospital is, and because of our research — whether that was online research or interviews with employees — we developed a deeper understanding of how a hospital operates. CSEI has changed my way of thinking.”
Through research that involves community interviews and workplace observation, students propose ideas that could contribute to alleviating
challenges faced by their company partners. For example, the group that collaborated with the Richmond Flying Squirrels conducted interviews with Richmond residents to learn about what they felt were the priorities the Flying Squirrels should pursue. “My favorite part of the program has been walking around the city and interviewing more than 60 people about the Richmond experience and the Flying Squirrels,” says Graham Bor ’23, a Collegiate student.
“It was a really good experience to hear firsthand from people about what they valued in our partner company. I think it definitely put us back in touch with the community.”
The work the students complete during the CSEI program often has a direct effect on the community. Students working with the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU identified that, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals that have incorporated telemedicine into their practice have had more success providing care and support to their patients. Following this discovery, the students created an ArcGIS StoryMap that helped visualize where CHoR telemedicine services, based on access to public school services and broadband access, could have potential immediate and high positive impact. The students’ StoryMap helped inform a due diligence process and the ultimate adoption of CHoR telehealth services by the Parent Child Development Corporation (PCDC), which provides a variety of educational and family support services to children and families in rural counties around Richmond.
During the course of the program, students work with a mentor from their partner company, a connection that gives them the chance to establish themselves in a business setting. Students also collaborate with and learn from guest speakers such as Jackson — all of whom add unique perspectives to the possibilities of the professional world. “Listening to the guest speakers has really taught me a lot,” says Collegiate student Anne Pearson Gremer ’23. “They have really helped me strengthen important skills like public speaking and ArcGIS use.”
CSEI also gives students the opportunity to meet peers from different communities, allowing them to foster valuable connections. Aaleya Fowler ’23, a Collegiate student, says that working with peers who bring such passion to group projects encouraged her to discover new methods of collaboration. “Working with everyone here has definitely taught me different ways of how to be a leader,” Aaleya explains. “This group work has been invaluable, and working with them has given me the chance to meet more people in the community.”
At the conclusion of this year’s program, the three groups presented their research to a large audience of family, friends and the community partners, with each presentation illustrating their findings with the help of ArcGIS technology. The culminating presentations demonstrated the advancements the young professionals made over the summer. They expanded their passions and broadened their future possibilities. “I’ve really enjoyed my experience here,” says Zamiyah Burton, a student from Steward School. “It has been great working with a diverse group of people from different schools and different backgrounds and then all coming together to achieve a common goal. CSEI has definitely improved my way of thinking, and I’m really excited for what the future holds.”
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COLLEGIATE FACULTY PURSUE SUMMER GROWTH
At the conclusion of the 2021-22 school year, a number of faculty members embarked on projects that focused on enhancing Collegiate’s educational experience. These professional development opportunities are made possible by philanthropic support.
Wendi Moss and Kate Cunningham participated in the Civil Rights Bus Tour.
ALUMNI GRANT FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE
Allie Albright worked on the introduction to algebra curriculum.
Karen Albright and Beth Savarese coordinated curriculum and assessments for the AP AB calculus course.
Frank Becker, Laura Domalik, Kate Featherston, Heather Bruneau, Susie Leahy, Marcie Moyer and Kim Smythe worked on developing Lower School Resource Integration.
Beth Ann Bell and Amy Merchant worked on developing videos and curriculum to support them.
Rhiannon Boyd and Wendi Moss worked on the Envision Richmond curriculum.
Shannon Castello, Wesley Hedgepeth and Courtney Schweickart worked to realign the 9th Grade curriculum: (1) to meet the needs of a diverse study body; (2) to fully realize the capabilities of our new textbook; and (3) to provide better avenues for deep inquiry.
Kristine Chiodo, Catherine Clements, Sarah Dunn, Patty Sinkler, Melanie Gregory, Ben Lamb and Rachael Rachau worked on developing a comprehensive Digital Citizenship plan for students and teachers JK-12.
Jeff Dunnington, Rives Fleming, Carolyn LaMontagne, Monica Melton, Asher Rolfe, Christine Waldron, Rachael Rachau, Nick Sberna, Christine Waldron and Ruth Webb worked on student agency in the Middle School.
Meg Evans, Liz Haske, Wendi Moss, Nick Sberna and Christine Waldron worked on the 5-8th Grade writing curriculum.
Kelsey Felton and Anne Hogge worked on RULER, a social and emotional learning approach developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Christy Foster, Elizabeth Hatfield and Pam Privasky worked on writing/ creating the 7th PBA textbook used in the 7th Grade advanced algebra class. The time spent this summer was used to review, write and add problems to the existing curriculum. After identifying and ordering the problems so that a comprehensive algebra course is constructed, they then created a textbook printed by the Cougar Shop.
David Headly worked on developing a Collegiate student solar project to incorporate several solar projects across both the Mooreland Road and Robins campuses.
Jan Rodgers attended the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs, where she met educators across the country to learn about teaching leadership to students.1
ARTHUR BRINKLEY GRANT FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE
Emily Bryant and Savannah Reeves worked on the 3rd Grade economics curriculum to help students learn about economic systems.
Catherine Clements worked on building a Wiki for the Makerspace as part of the Reed-Gumenick Library website. The Wiki is intended to include an inventory of tools and materials available in the makerspace, along with documentation, instructions and tutorials for using said tools and materials. It will act as a repository of institutional knowledge for the makerspace. Additionally, the Wiki will feature suggested projects (with documentation, instructions and samples) and student project galleries.
Jack Hale consolidated, organized and digitized the 5th Grade reading curriculum into a comprehensive schoology course that more fully utilizes the scope of Collegiate’s educational technology platforms and better aligns with our institutional goals.
Greg Sesny worked on using the authoring tool Articulate 360 to storyboard, create and refine a full course to be run asynchronously.
CLASS OF 1974 ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Tamara Ingram, Laurel Maughan and Monica Melton visited France to research new partnerships with schools.2 2 1
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NEW FACULTY AND STAFF
BEGINNING THE YEAR TOGETHER
For both students and parents, the beginning of a new school year marks a time of growth and new beginnings. That’s why, to kick off the 2022-23 academic year, Collegiate School welcomed parents to campus for a special evening of connection. After hearing from Interim Head of School Billy Peebles, parents got a chance to catch up with one another at social gatherings for each division.
WELCOME
Stacey Davis
Lyanna DiNardo Sarah Abubaker Angie Muzzy Savannah Clarke Christina Vitek Derek Podolny Shauna Maines Natalie Price
Melissa Mingus Dwayne Jackson Bill Ruhl Elaine Gines
Joshua Christian Billy Peebles Tyler Stevens Miranda Saunders Craig Simmons Bart Farinholt Mike Mailey Adam Ortiz Jason Messick
Mike Leber Alex Washko Bethany Pittasi Laura Philips
Sue Crews
Tara Burgess Heidi Benson Rachael Barker Jen Hoggan Caroline Riina Nancy Faulkner Paige Daniels Margaret Ann Hazelton
Amanda Ijames Tricia Mottley Ellie Wilder Hannah Foster Emily Fano Dave Taibl Maggie Varland Morgan Norge
Not pictured: Gerard Bullock, Mary Manning, Kaitlyn Miller, Alex Neilson, Brian Nicholas, Barb Peco, Sheryl Pedigo and Emily Roig.
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RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
COLLEGIATE FACULTY
At the All School meeting for faculty and staff held in August, just before the 2022-23 school year commenced, 10 exceptional faculty and staff members were celebrated for their tremendous talents and contributions to the School. Division heads shared remarks highlighting each of the employees while Interim Head of School Billy Peebles helped present the awards.
ANNIE RICHARDS
2022 Ann Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching
EMMA HARRISON
2022 Lower School Craigie Endowment for Teaching Excellence Award
ASHER ROLFE
2022 Andrew Jackson Brent Award
KAREN CRIBBS 2022 Middle School Craigie Endowment for Teaching Excellence Award
PAIGE TINNEY-REED 2022 Clarence B. Williams Award
BLAKE GOLDSMITH
2022 Middle School Hamill Family Endowment Award
LIZZY MARCHANT 2022 Martha Elizabeth Schwarz Award
SARAH DUNN
2022 Lower School Hamill Family Endowment Award
MATT TOGNA
2022 Upper School Hamill Family Endowment Award
CLARA PETTUS
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2022 Class of ’77 Anne Jones Staff Award
LEADING WITH PURPOSE
Funded by endowment support, Stan Craig ’23 attended a research internship that helps students with speech therapy.
There are, for each of us, challenging mountains we need to climb. True leaders, ascending the mountains set before them, will help guide others facing similar obstacles. With sustained devotion to serving others, Stan Craig ’23 is one of those benevolent leaders.
As a 6th Grader, Stan, grappling with a speech impediment, attended an intense two-week speech therapy program at the Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI). Deconstructing the practice of speaking syllable by syllable and breath by breath, the program at HCRI gave Stan the lessons and the confidence he needed to help transform him into the strong speaker he is today.
As Stan grew up, he continued to succeed at Collegiate School as he progressed through each division. He is a student that pursues excellence with enthusiasm and conviction, and he maintained the speech practices he learned during his time at HCRI. But he understood that there were other people that could benefit from those same practices. Like all great trailblazers, Stan began thinking about how he could help others facing challenges similar to his own.
In the spring of 2021, Stan began a GoFundMe campaign that raised $10,000 for the HCRI, which helped award scholarships to attendees at HCRI’s stuttering treatment center. “I wanted to do anything that would help other people at the program,” Stan says. “Giving other people who really need it those same opportunities — and making the program itself more accessible to others — was really important to me.”
Then, as Stan embarked on his final summer before his Senior year at Collegiate, the School granted him a portion of the William “Bill” Reeves Renaissance Student Award, which he used to attend a research internship at HCRI. The endowment grant gave Stan the opportunity to continue his work with HCRI, where he connected with participants at the speech therapy center and explored in detail the methods of — and science behind — client therapy speech training.
“What I did over the summer was work with the speech technicians to help quantitatively categorize a participant’s speech with certain therapy programs,” Stan explains, “which means we would take samples of a participant’s speech and then discuss what therapy methods would be most effective. It was impactful in a new way for me because I learned more about the quantitative measures of speech and voice onsets.”
Each summer, as part of Collegiate’s commitment to promoting a challenging and supportive educational experience, the School awards grants to Upper School students who complete a rigorous application process. The endowments allow students to explore meaningful areas of study in their chosen subjects of interest. This past summer, 14 Upper School students pursued enrichment experiences, ranging from programs such as Stan’s to intensive college preparatory courses, funded by endowment support. “I’m so grateful for the grant I received from the School’s endowment,” Stan says. “That Collegiate has opportunities like this is really great, because they allow people to explore things they’re passionate about that they might not be able to do without it.”
Stan’s support of others, as always, endures. After his research internship over the summer, Stan began working with a student who recently attended HCRI’s speech therapy program. Each week, Stan takes what he learned through the support of the Reeves Renaissance Student Award endowment and works with a Richmond-area student on speaking skills. They practice breath control and syllabic progressions, and Stan helps the student with his confidence.
“With these new speech strategies, I’ve been working with this student to help him with his speech and just generally help him with school,” Stan says. “Having a stutter has nothing to do with intelligence or personality, and having conversations with students like him helps pave a path forward for people. To be there for someone, to help them become more comfortable with who they are — I’m really grateful I’ve been given the opportunity to do that.”
Endowments play a vital role in allowing students to explore their passions and interests, which better prepares them for future success. The following are the students who participated in this summer’s engaging endowment programs.
WILLIAM “BILL” REEVES RENAISSANCE STUDENT AWARD
• Ashwin Aggarwal ’24, Collegiate Through the Years/StoryCenter
• Stan Craig ’23, Research Internship: Hollins Communications Research Institute Stuttering Treatment Center
• Michael West ’23, Harvard University: Summer STEM Program
MARY PARKER MONCURE VADEN ENDOWMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP AND THE ARTS
• Taylor Aaronson ’23, Move Mountains Medical Mission
• Abby Bauhan ’23, Wind Walkers: An Exploration of Learning Differences and Horses
• Mallory Brabrand ’23, France: French Language and Culture
• Kyla Coffey ’24, Drexel University: Two Weeks of Interior Design
• Maria Haddad ’23, William & Mary: Discovering Virginia
• Molly Hutchison ’23, Brown University: Summer Medical Program
THE JESSICA JOSEPH ENDOWMENT
• Treasure Brown ’24, Brown University’s Leadership Institute
SAMUEL D. JESSEE ENDOWMENT FOR LEADERSHIP
• Ellie DeWitt ’23, Northwestern University: Leadership in Medicine
• Charlie Loach ’23, Georgetown Economics Policy Academy
• Carter Williams ’24, Georgetown University One-Week Medical Academy
THE ROGER “DOC” HAILES STUDENT ATHLETE AWARD
• Luke Bowling ’24, FOCUS Rocky Mountain Trip
JOHN R. LOWER MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT
• Luke Bowling ’24, FOCUS Rocky Mountain Trip”
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In the morning sun, Collegiate’s North Mooreland Road campus resplendent with a late-August glow, students stepped towards the new school year with broad smiles. Each academic year begins with this jubilant freshness. It is a day of new beginnings, a chance to begin paving the way for more educational experiences, discoveries and connections.
Near the Lower School, varsity football players donned their jerseys and greeted their younger peers as the latter arrived on campus. The students gathering outside of Luck Hall, some beginning their Senior year and others beginning Kindergarten, shared a moment of camaraderie and excitement as the football players guided the students into the Lower School. “It’s really meaningful when a younger student looks up to you,” one student-athlete remarked. “And to begin the year with that small connection is special.”
Head of Middle School Tung Trinh waved to families as they pulled through the carpool arrival by Jacobs Gym. Behind Mr. Trinh, some students cruised down the sidewalk on bikes while others ran to embrace friends they hadn’t seen since the gradebooks closed at the conclusion of the 2021-22 school year. Still other students, eager to begin the year, only remembered to wave goodbye to their parents after racing towards Flippen Hall.
I love the first day of school at Collegiate,” one parent said as their student made their way to the first class of the year. “You really feel the energy and support that goes into the school year.”
Towards Seal Academic Commons, Upper Schoolers provided a special welcome to their fellow Cougars: students cheered and tossed green-and-gold necklaces as their peers arrived on campus. Music blared, cheers filled the campus and glee was abundant.
Then serenity descended, and everyone diligently settled into their classrooms for their first day. These are the joys that we begin the year with, and these enthusiasms, which are experienced in some form by our entire Collegiate community, persist throughout the year.
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LIFELONG BUDDIES
Continuing one of Collegiate School’s sweetest traditions, Seniors of the Class of 2023 connected with their Kindergarten buddies for the first time in September, beginning an enduring relationship.
The two classes will spend time together throughout the year playing games, swapping stories and learning from each other. The connection between Seniors and their Kindergarten buddies is formative; the Seniors are given a mentorship role and the Kindergarteners engage with students that they can look up to as role models.
COLLEGIATE HOLDS HALLOWEEN PARADE
In an annual tradition, Collegiate JK1st Grade students showed off their best costumes the morning of Halloween as they paraded around campus. Some of our Cougars dressed funny, some dressed spooky, but all costumes were downright adorable.
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A TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE
By: Weldon Bradshaw
What can you learn in just a week?
Plenty, as Collegiate Senior Marshall Ryan discovered this past July when he accompanied a team from Extra Mile Pediatrics to Guatemala to provide medical care to children and support for their families in the towns of El Paredon, El Naranjo and Sipacate.
The lessons he gleaned from his intense, on-the-job training were powerful, meaningful and inspiring, so much so that his experience ministering to an underserved population only solidified his longtime plan to pursue a career in nursing.
Dr. Jeff Mapp, Collegiate Class of 1997, and his wife Kimball, a pediatric nurse, founded Extra Mile Pediatrics in 2018. In addition to their work in Guatemala, volunteers serve five communities in El Salvador and travel to each country twice annually. Their model focuses on returning to the same locales treating the same patients and monitoring their growth and development, all the while earning their trust and that of their families.
Mapp has been Marshall’s pediatrician his entire life and knew of his calling.
In Marshall, Mapp saw himself at about the same age, when as an aspiring physician he accompanied Dr. John Ward, a neurosurgeon at the VCU Medical Center, on a mission trip to Guatemala.
“You take someone like Marshall who theoretically feels like, this is where I’m heading, then you introduce him to this type of medicine,” Mapp says. “My first experience in medicine was in that world as well, so I know how impactful that can be.”
Marshall spent his time performing very much the same duties that Mapp performed on his first mission trip in 1999: taking vitals, shadowing medical personnel, comforting anxious patients and their families, and assisting wherever needed.
“These children are going to the doctor for the first time,” Marshall says. “They don’t know what’s going on. My job was to be there for them and explain what was happening. Every single time I had to get a vital, I had to explain to the child what I was doing.
“Like taking blood pressure. They all got spooked because it’s a monitor squeezing their arm. I had to explain at a level they could understand.”
connection between two Collegiate Cougars — one alumni and one current student — enlightens a career path.
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Since the explanations were delivered through translators, Marshall’s naturally gentle, reassuring demeanor and tone created a positive experience for young, often wary and frightened patients.
“With the language barrier, it’s hard to convey your sympathy,” he says. “They hear it, but they don’t always understand. You feel sympathy for a child who’s crying the entire time. Sometimes, words would get mixed up between the translator and the parents. It was a little tough, but we got the hang of it.”
Perhaps his most memorable experience occurred in a village near Sipacate, a town known for salt mining, when a girl about his age entered the medical compound.
“She was wearing torn clothes and obviously didn’t have many resources,” Marshall says. “She informed us that she had mild asthma and needed inhalers because she’d left her inhalers at her old house that she’d moved from.
“She works in the salt mines every day. She doesn’t go to school. She takes care of her two younger brothers. She explained her battle with mental health.
“Hearing her life story about how she was in a coma and hospitalized and seeing it with my own eyes was really tough
because I wanted to help and be there and give her something she could take with her and use. So we gave her food for at least five days. We gave her electrolytes and two inhalers, and we sent her off.”
Then, he took a walk to process what had just occurred. One of the nurses, noting his concern, walked with him.
I wanted to give her more, Marshall told the nurse.
You already gave her enough, his friend replied. You gave her your attention. You truly gave her an experience she can remember, like the doctor isn’t scary, and I can come back.
“I was emotional afterwards,” Marshall says, “because of how close we were in age and how much we had in common and seeing the other side of it. I told her, ‘You’ve got this. Keep your head in the game.’ I don’t know how I did it, but I did.”
Marshall grew from the experience, one he feels grateful for Mapp having encouraged.
“I want to go into nursing because I’ve always wanted to help other people,” Marshall says. “I’ve always wanted to be there and comfort friends when they’re going through tough times. So I want to be there for patients when they’re going through rough times and need help…that’s the short answer, but it’s the truth.”
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CONVOCATION 2022
CONNECTS COLLEGIATE’S COMMUNITY
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Spirit — passionate, loud, speckled with green-and-gold zeal — rose from the Collegiate body gathered on Grover Jones Field for Convocation, the School’s annual celebration to kick off the year. The event began with the entire student body — including Kindergartners perched on top of the Senior buddies’ shoulders, wearing the smile someone wears when they have just made a new lifelong friend — processing class by class onto the football field, with parents, Trustees and faculty and
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Dancing with a Community
Collegiate’s dance program has provided dancers with a supportive, enthusiastic community for more than 20 years.
Collegiate School’s dance program, now in its 21st year, began with the goal of providing a creative outlet for students. The program, Stacy Dudley (formerly Stacy Pfeifer) envisioned, would establish a space where dancers could take the whirlwind of life and transform it into balance, symmetry, motion, shape — in a word: art.
In the winter of 2001, when Mrs. Dudley graduated from James Madison University, she began writing to former Head of School Keith Evans, outlining the particular benefits students would receive if the School began a dance program. She knew that Collegiate had a beautiful dance studio but lacked a program that would put it to good use. She wanted to change that. “My pitch was that dance is a great outlet for students creatively,” explains Mrs. Dudley, Collegiate’s Dance Coordinator. “Secondly, I said that dance helps students perform better in their academics. And finally, I mentioned that dance, because it improves agility and flexibility, strengthens students athletically.”
She began teaching at Collegiate that spring, giving instructional dance lessons to students looking to fulfill a fitness credit in the Middle School. Now, more than two decades later, Collegiate’s dance program has grown to accommodate students in all three divisions. “Coming to Collegiate, I knew that there were dancers here that were looking for a place to pursue their passion,” Mrs. Dudley says. “I wanted to make sure there was a space for those students. It has always been my goal for students to come to Collegiate’s dance studio and to be surrounded by other dancers that are supportive, enthusiastic and willing to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. That has always been my vision since this program began, back in 2001, and to see that vision come to life is so terrific for the students.”
The Middle School dance studio, located on the second floor of the Seal Athletic Center, is flush with sunlight, which splashes through long horizontal windows and sweeps across
the hardwood dance floor. The 8th Grade dance company is moving through choreography to Stephen Sanchez’s “Until I Found You.” The movements are diligent, athletic, strong, and Mrs. Dudley counts out each step gingerly. When one dancer falters or misses a movement, another dancer encourages them to try again, their voice warm with support and kindness.
“If one of us makes a mistake, you’ll never hear anyone laugh or make fun of you,” says Addison Young ’27, a dancer in the 8th Grade company. “Instead, everyone is supportive. We’re all here for the same reason. We’re all helping one another, and we are all there for each other. We are one big community here. In this space, in this dance studio, I’ve found a place where I can just get away. I can be creative and productive at the same time, and I can just let my head relax and really be myself.”
In the dance studio, students are able to explore avenues of creativity. Each dance is an opportunity for expression. “In dance, there’s no right answer for how to perform a movement,” Mary Ellen Chapman ’27 says. “You can always make a dance movement your own, which challenges you to articulate your emotions and think in unique ways. Dance is my outlet, creatively, but it has also helped shape me as an athlete and as a student.”
Before each dance concert, the students in the Middle and Upper School dance companies will perform short previews of their pieces in assemblies. In Oates Theater, where the assemblies are held, the students’ hard work is on full display. For the dance students, who are received with fervent applause from their peers, it’s a validating experience. The culminating performance, perfected in the studio among a cohort of supportive peers, is a demonstration of creativity, emotion and skill. “Those performances give the students a place where they can shine,” Mrs. Dudley says. “It is an opportunity for a dancer to say, ‘This is what I’ve put my heart into, this is a part of who I am.’ It’s an empowering experience for a student to have.”
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THE SENSATION OF SONG
A musical offers a captivating exercise of the eye, ear, mind and soul. Delivering spectacular sound and story, the Upper School theater program presented Little Shop of Horrors, one of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows, this fall. A charming comedy, Collegiate’s presentation of Little Shop of Horrors was the School’s first musical production in three years, satisfying the community’s need for songs of musical hilarity.
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Emerging as Artists
The act of creation takes time, diligence and space. And for young artists, as they begin to understand the virtues of their talents, having room to explore is essential.
For three Collegiate School Seniors, who were selected to receive funding from the Oates Emerging Artist grant to attend a summer art-intensive course of their choice, finding that creative space proved to be beneficial to their development as both artists and students. Their talents as artists progressed at Collegiate but, when their summer courses began, Cate Riley ’23, Jacob Hunt ’23 and Eva Lareau ’23 began creating in earnest.
Cate elected to travel to New York to study film at the School of Creative and Performing Arts (SOCAPA), one of the premier visual and performing arts summer camps for young artists. For three weeks, the students in attendance are given the rigorous assignment of creating one film a week. “The camp was challenging,” she says, “but having an itinerary and having a schedule that encourages you to make films helped broaden my horizons and my skill set.”
In the first two movies she made, creative restrictions were imposed, pushing her to find new modes of storytelling. “Our first film was based on the Lumière brothers, and it could only be one minute long using
one continuous shot,” she explains. “And our second film, The Porter, implemented cuts but had to tell a simple story. Only in our third film were we able to combine everything we knew about filmmaking.”
Jacob, who used the grant to enroll in a five-day program at the New York Film Academy, began making movies of his own when he found his mom’s old camcorder tucked away in storage during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I had always loved movies, but when I started making my own I realized my interest went deeper than just watching them,” he says. “I became interested in the production of movies and how a story is told.”
When he learned about the Oates Emerging Artist grant, he jumped at the opportunity to continue pursuing his interest. During his time at the New York Film Academy, his passion for filmmaking, once a nebulous hobby, materialized into a tangible career aspiration. “I’ve really started to believe that I can be in this industry in the future,” he says. “My summer program definitely solidified my career in filmmaking.”
Both Jacob and Cate, in their respective programs, learned the ins and outs of the movie-production process. Working on small production teams, they were given equipment such as boom mics and lens filters
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Collegiate School’s Oates Emerging Artist grant gives students the opportunity to explore their artistic talents.
previously not at their disposal. An understanding of the intricacies of movies blossomed. “The experience of having different roles on a set — like operating the microphones and working as the director — were really valuable to me,” Cate recalls. “Learning about cuts, how you compose your shot and just how important those decisions are in your film helped improve my storytelling.”
When Eva enrolled in VCU’s 2-D Portfolio Development camp this summer, she found a cohort of young artists with passions similar to hers. “The camp I pursued was really fantastic for connections,” she says. “I was able to talk to other artists about their art and their experiences in the arts. It’s really inspiring just to be surrounded by a community of artists.”
Eva’s camp, which focused on the fundamental principles and concepts of drawing and painting through studio instruction and lectures, helped her both refine and expand her techniques as a painter. She was challenged to paint a new piece every day, and in the process those skills made her a better student. “In all the art classes I’ve taken at Collegiate, I’ve known that art makes me a better thinker, mainly because it encourages you to create things and look at things from different angles,” Eva says. “The camp I took at VCU confirmed that for me.”
Artistic skill is a key that gives the artist a unique way of seeing the world, and Collegiate’s Oates Emerging Artist grant is intended to encourage that way of seeing, better preparing them for the future. “Art has made me a more dedicated student, because what it has taught me is that the only way to do well at something is to be passionate about it and really care,” Eva says. “Whether I pursue art or use my skills as an artist in another field, I know that I’ll be prepared.”
Art has made me a more dedicated student, because what it has taught me is that the only way to do well at something is to be passionate about it and really care.”
JACOB HUNT
CATE RILEY
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ATHLETICS UPDATE
Over the course of a long season, Collegiate’s student-athletes maintain within themselves a concentrated poignance and a set of refined skills. This sustained commitment to excellence is not unique to the habits they execute within their arena of play. Their talents on the field, rather, are indicative of excellence in all its forms — excellence of character, excellence of personal accountability and excellence of citizenship. Over the summer, the Richmond Times-Dispatch announced the remaining 2021-22 All-Metro student-athlete recipients, which celebrates this level of character. We would like to congratulate the following Collegiate student-athletes for receiving this distinction.
BOYS BASKETBALL
ALL-METRO Luke Smith ’23 (Honorable Mention)
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
ALL-METRO Stan Craig ’23 (Second Team)
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
ALL-METRO MK Myers ’23 (First Team)
BOYS TENNIS
ALL-METRO Ty Colina ’22 (Second Team); Graham Bor ’23 (Honorable Mention); Reid Coleman ’22 (Honorable Mention)
GIRLS TENNIS
ALL-METRO Elizabeth Mendoza ’24 (First Team)
BOYS SOCCER
ALL-METRO Matthew Jenkins ’23 (First Team); Colin Ryan ’22 (First Team); Robert Westermann ’22 (Second Team)
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Luke Smith ’23
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
ALL-METRO 4x400 (Ned Bradshaw ’24, Xay Davis ’25, Krystian Williams ’23) (First Team) 4x800 (Bradshaw ’24, Davis ’25, Williams ’23) (First Team)
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
ALL-METRO
Gabi Deglau ’23 (First Team); MK Myers ’23 (First Team); Lauren Lucy ’22 (First Team); Eliza Stone ’22 (First Team)
BOYS INDOOR TRACK
ALL-METRO
Lamar Booker Jr. ’23 (First Team); Jones Brackett ’22 (First Team); Ned Bradshaw ’24 (First Team); Will Neuner ’22 (First Team); Krystian Williams ’23 (First Team)
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK
ALL-METRO
BASEBALL
ALL-METRO
Gabi Deglau ’23 (First Team); Lauren Lucy ’22 (First Team); Carrington Miller ’23 (First Team)
Donovan Williams ’22 (Second Team); Pearse Riendeau ’22 (Honorable Mention)
FIELD HOCKEY
ALL-METRO
Madelyn Curtis ’22 (First Team); Izzy Lee ’23 (First Team); Callie Rogers ’24 (First Team)
Donovan Williams ’22
Callie Rogers ’24
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Eliza Stone ’22
BOYS LACROSSE GIRLS
LACROSSE
ALL-METRO James Beeghly ’22 (First Team); Bobby Marlatt ’22 (First Team); Eli Petty ’23 (First Team); Warner Lewis ’24 (Second Team); Jay Seevers ’22 (Second Team); Randolph Campbell ’24 (Honorable Mention)
ALL-METRO Reynolds Hester ’22 (First Team); Amani Kimball-McKavish ’22 (First Team); Kendall Boggs ’22 (Second Team); Barrett Rowe ’22 (Second Team); Ellie Smith ’22 (Honorable Mention)
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING
ALL-METRO Dalton Jobe ’22 (First Team); Aaron Moore ’22 (Second Team)
ALL-METRO
Elle Scott ’25 (First Team)
James Beeghly ’22
Amani Kimball-McKavish ’22
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Editor’s note: The Richmond-Times Dispatch announces All-Metro recipients throughout the year. The student-athletes included in this list have not been highlighted in previous issues of the Spark
COACHING HEALTHY STUDENTS
By: Weldon Bradshaw
he road to excellence can be demanding, invigorating and rewarding beyond belief.
It can also come at a price. How does one deal with heightened expectations, either internal or external or both? How does one deal with life’s constantly changing landscape? How does one manage and mitigate stress?
This year, with funding from the Edward E. Ford Foundation Endowment for Coaching Excellence, Collegiate is teaming with the Peavey Project, an organization whose mission is “teaching mindfulness as a tool to enhance personal health, performance and the communities we serve.” On Aug. 18, Anna O’Connor, a mental health coach based in Severna Park, Md., began the initiative with two presentations, one for coaches and another for JV and varsity athletes and their parents.
“We’ve made a commitment as a program and school to really focus on mental health: the support and well-being of our athletes,” says Andrew Stanley, Collegiate’s Athletic Director. “We have infrastructure in place through the Peavey Project to get that work done. Anna’s presence kicks the year off with someone from the outside getting us on the same page and encouraging us that we’re on the right track.”
A graduate of University of North Carolina with a B.A. in education with a specialty in health and physical education, O’Connor taught and coached before taking time away from the classroom to raise her three daughters. During her journey, she developed a keen interest in helping others manage life’s challenges and attain peak performance, earned professional certification and developed a practice that serves athletes from the high school to college to professional level.
“I’ve created my own way of coaching,” she says. “It’s a framework based on neuroscience. When I went through training, it’s very complex, and I wanted something simple enough for a teenager to do quickly when they needed it and engaging enough for an adult. I use tools that people take with them wherever they go. I always say, ‘I coach you to coach yourself.’ The bottom line is to be able to handle whatever comes your way in the best way possible so you can move forward in a better way.”
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Collegiate’s approach to athletics supports the health and well-being of its student-athletes.
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For the past 50 years, Collegiate School’s Summer Quest has offered cherished summer experiences for the entire Richmond community.
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n afternoon in mid-July, and students are waiting for the game to resume. They are in the long shadow stretching from the Estes Wing in the Lower School, and the sunlit field before them is a lush summer green, marked with cones and, on either end of the field, a small soccer net. In the brief repose of their soccer game, the students laugh together as camp leader and Kindergarten Teacher Robby Turner gives some helpful tips on the game. Then they take the field again, playing with ease, their cheers casting off into the warm air. Listening closely, you can hear those cheers rise and mix with the other expressions of joy bursting all across Collegiate School’s campus. It’s a day of Summer Quest at Collegiate, a summer day like any other — a day filled with limitless adventure.
At Collegiate, the summer months offer Richmond-area students of all ages a chance to grow and thrive outside traditional classrooms. There are the games played with friends on the playground, the miles traveled on bikes, the fishing excursions, the countless pages of books read, the pruned fingers from spending a day at the pool. For the past 50 years, Collegiate’s Summer Quest has offered these endless summer days for the entire Richmond community, giving students the space to explore and grow.
“For 50 years, Collegiate’s Summer Quest has picked up where the school year ends by providing children of all ages the opportunity to develop through a variety of camps,” says Neil Etheridge, Collegiate’s Director of Quest Programs. “When students attend Summer Quest, they are interacting with teachers and counselors who have a passion for learning. Summer Quest is fun, challenges minds and creates memories that will last a lifetime.”
The repertoire of offerings has grown significantly since Summer Quest began. But the mission — keeping students engaged over the summer — has persisted. What started as the Collegiate Summer School, back in 1972, with camps covering language arts, mathematics and college counseling, has grown to a comprehensive program of more than 175 camps offered each summer. And the programs attract more than just Collegiate students to campus. During Summer Quest 2022, 1,672 students from the Richmond metro region enrolled in at least one summer camp. More than 300 employees worked the camps themselves, a number that includes faculty, staff, college and high school students, coaches and vendors. (For perspective, Collegiate employs 362 full-time staff members during the school year.)
Summer Quest gives students that are not enrolled at Collegiate a chance to experience Collegiate’s approach to education, often compelling them and their families to join the Cougar community year-round.
Tate Price’s first time on North Mooreland Road was in the summer of 2021, when he attended one of Summer Quest’s Junior All-Sports camps. He was struck, first, by the fun of it all — the time spent with other students playing together under the summer sun. Then, as the
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week went on, he began to recognize the School’s commitment to providing an engaging learning environment. In the spring of 2022, Tate enrolled at Collegiate, and he began the 2022-23 school year as a new 4th Grader.
“Tate really enjoyed being a part of the Summer Quest programs,” says Tate’s father Andrew Price. “He especially liked all the different experiences the program offered. Having camps that teach financial literacy to young students is something we hadn’t been exposed to before and, as a parent, that’s really exciting to have your kid be a part of something like that. So to find a place like Collegiate where you can have all these different experiences — a school that offers both serious academic camps as well as camps where you can just play — was really appealing to us.”
When Jennifer Syer and her husband Chris were searching for summer camps for their son Ethan to attend, they were struck by that same scope of comprehensive programs. There was an abundance of opportunity in Summer Quest — opportunity for Ethan to grow as a student and opportunity for him to play with friends during the summer, which, in essence, is what summer is all about. “We were drawn to Collegiate for their reputation of providing a wide variety of well-managed, safe, educational and fun experiences,” Jennifer says. “From the first drop-off to the final pickup at Summer Quest, Collegiate’s staff was always welcoming and available.”
Then, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Syers began searching for schools Ethan might like to attend. Because of the positive experiences Ethan had already enjoyed at Collegiate over the summer, becoming a Cougar was appealing. “We immediately gravitated to Collegiate,” Jennifer explains. “Having enjoyed Summer Quest, Ethan was already warm to the idea, and, as parents, we knew the quality of education and opportunity would be second to none.”
In the spring of 2022, when Ethan’s acceptance letter arrived, the entire Syer family was elated. Ethan is now enrolled at the School as a 5th Grader. The moments of happiness and personal growth that Ethan had during his time in Summer Quest camps have been amplified as a fulltime Collegiate student. “To say we’ve been pleased with our Collegiate experience would be an understatement,” Jennifer says. “The faculty members are engaged, students are nurtured and the facilities are great. As parents, we can see that Ethan is a sponge, excitedly telling us on the drive home or at the dinner table about what he’s learned. And we know the best is yet to come.”
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When students attend Summer Quest, they are interacting with teachers and counselors who have a passion for learning. Summer Quest is fun, challenges minds and creates memories that will last a lifetime.”
Both meticulously organized and playfully loose, the structure of Summer Quest camps allows room for exploration. When students arrive at Mr. Turner’s All-Sports camps, the options for what to play are infinite. “I think our camps are about giving kids the chance to create and play on their own, giving them the chance to make up their own games with their own rules,” says Mr. Turner, who also directs the Discover Richmond camps. “I’ve found that campers like the fun and the flexibility to just play sports of all kinds. There’s no league, there aren’t any standings. We’re just playing and having fun.”
Lower School Math Specialist Laura Domalik, who led a camp called Get Your Math On!, has discovered that structured play engages and excites students. Through a variety of games and other math-related activities involving numbers, students learn how to apply math in places other than multiplication tables. Math becomes digestible, less rote. By approaching math in this way, Mrs. Domalik is teaching students to persevere and problem solve. “So one day in camp, for example, we made friendship bracelets, which involve a mathematical pattern. On another day, we spent time making chocolate desserts, and that got students thinking about fractions in a different way,” Mrs. Domalik explains. “Young kids learn through play. This is another way to learn and develop that encourages students to think through problems and possibilities and really understand the logic involved in math.”
Guided by faculty and student counselors, Summer Quest gives camp leaders and those assisting them a space to develop as educators and mentors. As Grayson Hepp, a Senior at Collegiate and a camp counselor for Robyn Hartley’s camp on gardening, teaches a young student how to hold a fledgling chicken, gratification rushes over him. He’s watching children make discoveries in real time, and he is playing a key role in that discovery. “Assisting with camps is great because I get to connect with younger students,” Grayson says. “As they are learning new things over the summer, I sometimes feel that I’m learning right alongside them. And being put in a leadership role like this is something I really value.”
In the Lower School garden tucked below Reynolds Hall there is a perennial profusion of vegetation. Grayson and Mrs. Hartley, Collegiate’s groundskeeper, take a group campers through the garden. Within the bushel of budding marigolds, Mrs. Hartley finds a leopard frog. Delicately, one student grabs the frog, cradles it in her cupped hands.
“What did we learn about frogs yesterday?” Mrs. Hartley asks the group. “They can’t breathe underwater all the time like a fish,” one student responds. The campers then go find a small fish tank to fill with water and place the frog in, and then, hoping to feed the frog, a few students go off in search of crickets. Other campers follow Mrs. Hartley to check on the vegetable garden, looking for their next adventure, their next discovery.
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Our camps are about giving kids the chance to create and play on their own.”
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Report on Philanthropy
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Chief Development Officer
Dear Collegiate Community,
At a faculty meeting this summer, a colleague stated that she could never do what I do: fundraise on behalf of the School.
This sentiment always surprises me. This colleague is a fabulous student connector, believes passionately in the mission of Collegiate and has countless stories to share of community, student successes and ways that professional development has enriched her teaching.
When asked why I am in this profession, I share that all great organizations need philanthropic support to evolve and thrive. After spending the majority of my career in higher education fundraising, it has been so rewarding for me to be part of the Collegiate community, where I get to witness the more direct and powerful impact that philanthropic gifts have on all our students, teachers and programs. Personally, as an employee and a Collegiate parent to two Cougars, I see firsthand all the ways students and teachers benefit from your generous support each and every day.
To my colleague who says they could never fundraise: We can only do our work because of the amazing connections you and our other incredible teachers have with our students.
Please accept my heartfelt thanks to all in our Collegiate community who have invested in Collegiate and our students this past year. Gifts to the Annual Fund supported all aspects of a Collegiate education — from academics, athletics, performing arts, financial assistance, faculty professional development, experiential learning opportunities, outdoor learning spaces and so much more.
The success of Collegiate involves the support of everyone at the School. I hope you will enjoy reading what motivates and inspires the Development Team, who each work diligently to help our Cougars thrive. In this Report on Philanthropy, you’ll read stories about why those in our community support Collegiate and learn about the impact of their giving. The people at Collegiate uplift us all, and no matter how you choose to support the School, your gift is felt in profound ways by every Cougar on North Mooreland Road.
On behalf of everyone at Collegiate, thank you for investing in the School and our students.
Gratefully,
Kristen Williams P ’24 ’24 Chief Development Officer
To view a donor list by gift club and affiliation, please scan here:
Elly Bacigalupo
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ANNUAL FUND
“Having grown up attending an independent school in Florida, I’m new to the Richmond community. I am grateful every day to have joined a wonderful and thoughtful community of alumni, parents, students and friends.”
Dave Taibl
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
“Having joined the Development Team from an association that serves more than a thousand independent schools, I truly know how remarkable Collegiate is. I’m grateful for the opportunity to support this incredible learning environment filled with innovative education taking place here every day!”
LETTER FROM THE
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Meet the Development Team
Paige Fox ’86
P ’16 ’19
SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER
“As a parent volunteer I helped organize VGF and loved raising money for the School while bringing our community together. It is a privilege as the Special Events Manager to continue facilitating gatherings across the Collegiate community.”
Samantha Huber ’03
P ’33 ’35
GIFT OFFICER
“Being part of the Collegiate community is so important to me. Having recently transitioned from the classroom to the Development Office, I feel very lucky that my new role allows me to continue to strengthen our community while also facilitating giving back to the School we all love.”
Jill Mountcastle
P ’14 ’17 ’21
DIRECTOR OF PARENT/ FAMILY RELATIONS
“We know Cougars are better together. In my role, I enjoy encouraging parents to build community with intention. Collegiate is a central place for all of us. Strengthening our community requires effort and support from everyone.”
Alex Nielson ’14
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
“As a Collegiate alum, it has been surreal to be back on campus. After the first day on the job, I realized that I made the best decision both professionally and personally. I cannot wait to see how we can grow Collegiate to be greater than it already is.”
Anne Gray Siebert ’97
P ’27 ’29 ’31 ’34
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT
“Working at Collegiate is not a job; it is a gift and a privilege. I am grateful to come to a community each day where I get to share the stories and all the magic that is happening on our campus with alumni, friends and family.”
Maria Cobb
P ’28 ’31
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
“Building relationships in the Collegiate community for over 18 years continues to inspire my work in the Development Office. Connecting people’s passions and interests to the needs of the School is where the magic lies in development.”
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The #6 Fund
Mr. Jacob C. Aaron, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. Aaronson III
Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Abbe IV 1980, 1984
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. Aboud
Ms. Karen Cogar Abramson 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Adams 1966
Mr. Keith D. Adams, Jr. 1994
Dr. Scott McDowell Adams 1997
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin K. Adamson 1998
Miss Caroline McCaskey Adamson 2029
Mr. Ellison Books Adamson 2033
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Adamson 1996
Miss Katherine Perrow Adamson 2023
Miss Sarah Shepard Adamson 2025
Mr. Stephen P. Adamson II 2035
Mr. and Mrs. V. Cassel Adamson, Jr.
Mrs. Frances Shetter Adamson Reed 1963
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Addison
Dr. Raj Agarwal and Dr. Indrani Agarwal
Dr. Rakesh Agarwal and Dr. Gauri Gulati
Mr. Rohan Agarwal 2023
Mr. Shaan Agarwal 2025
Mr. Shiv Agarwal 2028
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Agee III
Mr. Marshall B. Agee 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Agee 2009
Charlie and Sue Agee Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Ager
Dr. Atul Aggarwal and Dr. Arpita Aggarwal
Ms. Anne Bruce Ahearn 1987
Peter Aiken
Mr. Brahmaji Alaparthi and Mrs. Swapna Yerra
Mr. and Mrs. Farhad R. Alavi 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Albrecht
Mrs. Allison J. Albright 2009
Ms. Karen Albright
Mr. Timothy A. Albright 2011
Miss Catherine Vaden Alexander 2018
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell S. Alexander 1985
Dr. and Mrs. Tahir Allauddin
Mrs. Anne Cary Allen 1974
Anne Cary Allen Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Allen 1980
Mr. and Mrs. R. Clayton Allen 1975
Taylor Allen 1979
Mrs. Wilbur C. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Allen 2003, 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Allende 1986
Ally Financial Inc.
Mrs. Mary Altizer and Mr. Jim Tyler
Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds Altman 2001
Altria Group, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew K. Aman
Mrs. Sarah Aman
Dr. Mitesh Amin and Dr. Neema Amin
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Anderson III 2000, 1995
Mrs. Jeanne E. Anderson
Ms. Lisa Anderson
Mr. M. Garland Anderson II 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Andrews Dr. Leah E. Angell
Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Angus 1993
Anonymous
Mr. Jonathan M. Ansell and Mrs. Pamela Farnham
Mr. Richard Henrik Antell 1966
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Apelt
Ms. Bethany Jacobs Appel 1998
ARMA BT Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Armstrong
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Armstrong, Jr. 1981
Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany Bohm Armstrong 1986
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Arnesen
Mr. James W. Arnold and Ms. Sally S. Digges Mary W. Arzt
Dr. Clavio M. Ascari and Dr. Jill C. Ascari
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Asch 1972, 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Ascoli
Mr. and Mrs. James Ashby IV 2000
Association for Corporate Growth, Richmond Chapter
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wesley Atiyeh 1984
Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Atkins IV
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atwood 1983 Camp 1999 and Tappen August
Ms. Jessamy Austin
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter F. Avery 1991
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Aveson, Jr. Mr. Robert A. Axelrod and Ms. Christy N. Wise Mr. Abrar Azamuddin and Dr. Sherin Moideen
Miss Caroline August Baber 2018
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baber IV Mrs. Elly Bacigalupo
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley T. Backus 2001 Mr. Alan H. Bacon
Miss Caroline Lee Bacon 2012 Mrs. Austin Scott Bader 2001 Dr. Mary Ann Q. Bagby Mrs. Sally Ann Twedell Bagley
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Bain Mrs. Nancy Archbell Bain
Dr. and Mrs. Todd B. Baird 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Baish Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker Dr. and Mrs. Bikram Bal
Ms. Hallie Balcomb
Mrs. Sarah Brucker Northen Baldock 2002
Mr. and Mrs. W. Preston Baldwin III 1980 Baldwin Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ball
Mrs. Kimberly S. Ball and Mr. Michael Adamik
Mr. and Mrs. A. Gregory Ballowe 1990
Dr. Juan Diego D. Baltodano and Mrs. Raquel Montoya-Baltodano Bank of America
Mrs. Lisa Herron Bankoff 1969
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Bannard Bannard Family Fund
Ms. Rives Barksdale
Dr. and Mrs. C. Ryan Barnes
Miss Elizabeth Mercer Barnes 1995
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Barnes III Miss Laurie Beth Barnes 2001
Mrs. Christi White Barranger 1969
Mr. Daniel G. Bartels and Mrs. Mary Kathryn Noon
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bartholomew
Mrs. Morgan Massey Bartolini 1984
Dr. Margaret Stewart Barton 2009 Mrs. Lisa Pennington Bass
Mrs. Graham Basto
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. Bates 1967 Ms. Page W. Bauder 1976 Mr. Hobart P. Bauhan 1984
Mr. Dayal C. Baxani and Ms. Thao T. Tran Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baxter II 1988
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Bayston 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Beane, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt S. Beazley III 1958
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Beck 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Beck
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Beckler
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Beckstoffer 1999 Mr. Henry August Beckstoffer 2030 Ms. Isabel T. Beckstoffer 2034
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Beeghly Mr. and Mrs. Adam M. Beeh 1998
Mr. and Mrs. W. Chason Beggerow Mrs. Brenda Chandler Bell 1976 Mr. Daniel Bell
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bell
Mr. Robert Lionel Bell, Jr. 1987 Mr. John Vincent Bellotti III
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Benjamin
Mr. and Mrs. Corey A. Benjamin
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Benka Dr. Lillie R. Bennett
Mr. Robert M. Bennett, Jr. 1988
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Benson III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Berents Ms. Lynne M. Berkness 1978 and Mr. Peter Tlusty
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Ms. Margaret Karen Berkness 1976
Mrs. Mary Ottley Berndt 2017
Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Jory A. Berson
Ms. Judith Berson
Dr. Kathryn W. Best and Ms. Amy L. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Betts, Jr. Dr. Sanjay Bhagchandani and Dr. Trisha A. Krause
Mr. John S. Billingsley 1976 and Dr. Cheryl B. Billingsley
Mrs. Jennie Taylor Bishof 1980
Mrs. Leslye Marshall Black 1990
Dr. and Mrs. Dana R. Blackmer
Miss Jane Elizabeth Blackmer 2014
Mr. William Temple Blackwood 1982
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Blain
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Blair, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kemper Blair 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Blair 2010, 2011
Mr. Daniel Blevins
Ms. Mary Blissert
Mr. Bennett Donald Bloodgood 2030
Mr. Ford William Bloodgood 2032
Mr. George P. Bloodgood 2034
Mr. Thomas W. Blue
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Z. Blumberg
Barbara and Michael Blumberg Donor Advised Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald E. Boak 1989
Bocock/Hitz Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Boehm
Mrs. Regina E. Boehm
Mrs. Shirley F. Bogaev
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan R. Bogese
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Boggs
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lewis Boggs
Mrs. Jane Finegan Boinest 1950*
Ms. Sara Boisvert
Ms. Pamela Bolling
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Bonbright III 1986
Mr. Frank D. Bond 1974
Miss Maria Isabella Bonwell 2022
Dr. Patricia B. Bonwell and Mr. William S. Bonwell
Mrs. Kimberley N. Booth
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bor
Dr. Shawn M. Borich
Mr. James Alexander Boschen 1998
Mr. T. Andrew Boswell 1994
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Boswell
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bottger 1963
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bourner
Mrs. Ann Roper Bowen 2001
Byers and Ann Bowen Charitable Fund
Mr. Adam Clinton Bowes 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowling
Mr. and Mrs. Eric N. Bowling 1989
Mr. and Mrs. M. Carlisle Bowling III
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bowman
Mrs. Erwin P. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs.* John P. McGuire Boyd
Rhiannon and Michael Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Boyer
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn C. Boyer
Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Boyle 1997
Mr. and Mrs. James Bozarth
Mrs. Caroline O’Donnell Bracken 2010
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Brackett 1995
Mr. Alexander Jones Brackett, Jr. 2022
Mr. Benjamin Leon Brackett 2024
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Dr. Courtney H. Bradenham 2002 and Dr. Ben P. Bradenham, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill C. Bradley
Miss Parker Shey Bradley 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan B. Bradley 1992
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Bradley, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bradshaw, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bradshaw III 1992
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon A. Bradshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander V. Brand
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brand
Mrs. Christine M. Branin
Mr. Wade H. Branner 1979
Mrs. Anne Brasfield 1965
Ms. Elizabeth A. Breen 1993 and Mr. Grant S. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Breen, Jr.
Ms. Erin M. Breese
Ms. Carter B. Brenaman 1954
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Brennan 1984
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. A. Mason Brent, Jr. 1997, 1999
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Brinkley III 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Brizzolara
Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Broadbent, Jr. 1966
Mr. Matthew Alan Brock 1998
Mrs. Peggy Talman Brockenbrough and Mr. Austin Brockenbrough III
Mr. Scott Carrington Brooks 1986
Mr. and Mrs. David Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Brooks Gail and Gray Broughton Mr. Gray Bolling Broughton 1994
Mr. and Mrs. Turner A. Broughton
Mrs. Grace Wallace Brown 1948
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Brown Mrs. Judy S. Brown
Mrs. Lloyd Hall Brown 1964
Miss Mary Mason Brown 2013
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Orran L. Brown, Jr.
Miss Alexandra Rae Brownstein 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Brownstein 1985
Mrs. Amis Bruch 2003
Mrs. Nancy Kennon Bruchbacher 1975
Nancy Bruchbacher Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Bruni 2010, 2009
Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Bruni 1970
Mr. T.W. and Mrs. Jamie Bruno
Ms. Blanche Bruns
Ms. Emily Bryant
Mrs. Jean W. Brydon Ms. Margaret S. Bryson 1962
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Buckingham IV 1970
Cynthia Buckler
Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Bugg III 1982 Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Buhrman 1972 Ms. Katherine M. Bulifant
Mr. Thomas B. Bulifant 2032
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bullard III 1977 Mr. and Mrs. I. Gerald Bullock 1988 Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Bullock, Jr. Mrs. John B. Bullock Mrs. Tauchanna Bullock Miss Alexandra Clark Burfeind 2009 Miss Madison Leigh Burfeind 2013 Mr. and Mrs. D. Reid Burford 1988 Ms. Sara Anne Burford 1972
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance G. Burke 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stone Burke Mr. Trip Burnett and Mrs. Erin Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Burr, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Margraf Bussard 1963 Mrs. Elsie Bustamante Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Butcher Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Butler Mrs. Lisa Hampson Butler 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Butler Mrs. Julie Unger Byerly 1981 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Byford Mr. Charles William Byrd III 2002 Dr. Peter Byron and Dr. Siân Byron Eda H. Cabaniss Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss III 1988 Mr. Charles L. Cabell 1970 Ms. Stephanie Foard Caceres Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Call II 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Call Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Callaghan Mr. Carroll Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Campbell 2000 Ms. Margaret H. Campbell 1974 Camp-Younts Foundation
Mr. Brian M. Cann Ms. Courtenay Cann Miss Sydney Macmillan Cardozo 2014 Mrs. Sandra Moore Carli 1979
Carmax Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Carr
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Carr Miss Dianne Marie Carter 2004 Mrs. Farrow Adamson Carter 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Carter 1977
Mr. James M. Carter and Mrs. Domica W. Winstead Carter Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carter 1964 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall Carter, Jr. 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cary 1956 Ms. Shannon Castelo Dr. and Mrs. Michael Catoggio Mr. and Mrs. John D. Catterton 1976 Miss Alexa Elizabeth Cochran Cecil 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. C. Cecil 1983, 1981 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ceperich Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Chambers Mrs. Anne Ratcliffe Chamblee 1980 Dr. and Mrs. Nevan N. Chang Mrs. Jill Harthun Chao 1985 Mr. and Mrs.* Douglas G. Chapman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Mason T. Chapman 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Page Chapman IV Mr. William H. Chapman, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Ann Rodriguez-Chapman Mr. William Bates Chappell, Jr. 1990 Mrs. Sharon L. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Tyler L. Charles 1996 Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarke Chase Miss Sarah Massie Chase 2006 Wayne and Nancy Chasen Family Fund Mrs. Mary R. Chavent Mr. and Mrs. M. Deane Cheatham III 1984, 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Cheek Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Cheely Drs. Stephen and Victoria Chen Mr. and Mrs. J. Cabell Chenault IV 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Yuriy Cherepnya 2008 Miss Bailey Anne Cherkis 2023 Mrs. Elizabeth Everett Cherkis 1986 Cherry Grove Foundation Chick-fil-A #02554 Mrs. Molly Lawson Childress 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Jordan T. Childs 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chilmaid Ms. Kristine Chiodo Mr. and Mrs. Young K. Choe Mrs. Elizabeth Rosebro Chriss 2009 Jamie and Jenny Christensen Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Christian 1977 Mr. Mark Andrew Christian, Jr. 2008 Dr. and Mrs. James T. Christmas Mrs. Betty Pitt Cimmino 1971 Citizens Charitable Foundation Ms. Deborah A. Clabo Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Miles H. Clarkson Mr. David T. Clary 1984 and Mrs. Michaela J. Clary Mrs. Lindsey Reames Claud 1987 Ms. Julie Clay
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They were giants, not in physical stature but in presence and bearing.
They spoke loudly, not in words but through meaningful and understated actions.
Dick and Jean Wiltshire left a glowing legacy of excellence and humility, not just for the three generations of their family that followed them but for the Collegiate family which, from the beginning of their long association, was a vital and beloved part of their lives.
“Honestly, the greatest thing about the Wiltshire legacy is that it’s a quiet legacy,” says Gracie McGurn Mason ’05, their granddaughter. “That is so impactful on Collegiate.
“A lot of the things they did, especially my grandad, were so under the radar. We live in a world now where everybody knows everything about everybody and you can find out about people in an instant. It’s so special to me that my grandparents did wonderful things for people but didn’t want to be recognized.”
Dick Wiltshire, a stellar multi-sport athlete at Woodberry Forest and the University of Virginia, earned universal respect for his integrity, humility and business acumen as president of Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co.
He joined Collegiate’s Board of Trustees in 1955 and served as vice-president from 1961-1963, president from 1963-1965, and Life Trustee from 1988 until his passing May 29, 2012.
Truly a servant leader, he was a pillar of strength and wisdom, especially during challenging times in the institution’s history.
He and Jean Betts, a 1938 Collegiate alumna, married during his Christmas vacation from UVA in 1942. Their four children, Gray Wiltshire Massie ’61, Rick Wiltshire ’64, Buck Wiltshire ’67 and Boodie Wiltshire McGurn ’71 are graduates, as is Buck’s wife Weezie Vincent Wiltshire ’67.
Twelve grandchildren, all of whom call them “Parp” and “Ging,” are also alumni. Eight great-grandchildren are currently enrolled at the School.
“Our lives always revolved around Collegiate,” says Mary Wiltshire Beckstoffer ’99. “It was the people and the culture. The people are real. The connections you make at Collegiate last a lifetime. To me, Collegiate is clearly about the relationships. There was never a question of where we’d go or where I’d send my kids.”
Dick and Jean, who passed away Nov. 22, 2012, were inveterate advocates for Collegiate’s athletic teams, especially those on which their children and grandchildren competed. In fact, you could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of events they missed during their decades-long association with the School.
What they modeled — and there was definitely a trickle-down effect to the next generation — was loyalty, sportsmanship, competitive spirit, a commitment to fair play and unconditional support.
Gracie Mason, a talented track and cross country athlete, recalled a conversation she had with her grandmother following a 3,200-meter race on the track.
“They loved coming out no matter what,” Gracie says. “One day, Ging said to me, ‘Gracie, I don’t see why you picked a sport where you run around in circles all the time. Everybody else scores goals and things like that.’”
She laughed at the memory, then added, “But they were always there, always cheering me on. It didn’t matter what anybody did. If you were all in, they were all in.”
The legacy endures.
“I really want my kids to know that it’s not about who knows you or sees your name or hears your name,” Gracie says. “It’s about what you did for other people and how that made them feel. It’s about being a good, hard worker and a good person. At the end of the day, it’s about knowing you gave your all to everybody and everything in your life.”
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Mr. and Mrs. David J. Clemans
Miss Evelyn Hathaway Clemans 2024
Mr. Walker Hudson Clemans 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Clements III
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Clevenger
Ms. Ellen Clore 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Cobb
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Cobb
The Coca-Cola Company
Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocke 1957
Ms. Elizabeth H. Cockriel 1971
Erica and Kevin Coffey
Ms. Katherine Meyers Cohen 1969
Mrs. Louise Galleher Coldwell Huber 1982
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Cole III
Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Clay M. Coleman 1989, 1992
Mrs. Kathleen Bisceglia Coleman 2002
Mr. Reid McNeill Coleman 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Ron O. Coleman
Mr. Sheamus Coleman
Brian Colgin
Collegiate School Parents’ Association
Mr. H. Guy Collier 1968
Mrs. Jean Nickel Collins 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Max William Comess 2003
Mrs. Patricia S. Comess
Mrs. A. Christian Compton*
Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitefield Congdon, Jr. 2002, 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Ian R. Conner
Ms. Mary Maxwell Conner 1972 Ms. Tara E. Connor
Dr. and Mrs. W. Scott Conrad 1993, 1993
Ms. Jo Ellen Constine 1987 and Mr. Robert M. King Ms. Susan C. Coogan
Shayna and Brad Cooke G. Dallas & Betty C. Coons Trust Ms. Sarah Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Todd C. Cornell Mr. William B. Correll, Jr. 1970
Mr. Christopher Will Cosby 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Cosby 1976, 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Dana T. Costin
Mrs. Anne Walker Cotton 1958
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington W. Cottrell IV 2003
Cougar Savings Club
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Coulbourn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Coulbourn, Jr. Ms. Christy Counts
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Counts
Estate of Carol Tanner Cover 1939 Mrs. Margaret Marchant Covington 1998 Mr. F. Neil Cowan, Jr. 1981
Ms. Laura H. Cowperthwait Mr. and Mrs. Peyton F. Cox 2000 Mr. Joseph W. Coxe IV 1969 Mrs. Kerry O’Hanlon Coyne 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Crabill Ms. Keller Craig Mrs. Lisa Craig Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Craig Mrs. Beese D. Craigie Craigie Family Fund Mrs. Teresa Yancey Crane 1975 Ms. Bonnie L. Crater 1980 Mrs. Gretchen Loree Crawford 1987 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Cribbs, Jr. Miss Lauren Elizabeth Cricchi 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cricchi Mrs. Hillary Robertson Crittendon 2002 Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradley Crosby 1978, 1978 Mrs. Elizabeth Carlton Crosby 1985 Mr.* and Mrs. R. Robinson Crosby III 1983 Mr. Lars Crowder
Dr. Adam C. Crowl and Dr. Aalya H. Crowl Mrs. Mary Stuart Brenaman Cruickshank 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Beverly L. Crump Mr. Ernest H. Crump Mr. and Mrs. Jordan T. Cryer
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DONORS
Mrs. Annie F. Cullen
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Cullen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cullen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cullen 2003
Ms. Susan Cullen
Cullen Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Cullum
Mrs. Julie Heiner Culp 2001
Ms. Kathryn E. Cunningham and Mr. Stephen J. Billings
Mr. William Rives Curdts 1966
Ms. Hannah M. Curley
Ms. Elizabeth B. Curry 1984
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Curry 1982, 1991
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua S. Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Dabney
Mr. W. Taylor Dabney IV and Ms. Julia E. Pfaff
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. D’Agostino
Mr. Enguang Dai and Mrs. Zanyang Yu
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Daly 1979
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D’Ambrosia
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D’Ambrosia
Mr. and Mrs. Tayloe M. Dameron
Mr. Tayloe Murphy Braxton Dameron 2012
Mr. and Mrs. N. Douglas Damon
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dandridge, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Daniel III 1970
Mr. Joshua Philip Daniels 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Darling
Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Darling 1984
Mrs. Berkeley Pollard Darr 1992
Dr. Tejwant S. Datta and Dr. Inderpreet K. Datta
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Daub III
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Daughtrey III 2000 Mrs. Ann Strickland Davenport 1962
Mrs. William M. Davenport, Sr. 1944 Mrs. J. Sidney Davenport IV
Mrs. Anne Coleman Davidson 1962
Dr. Mark Davis and Mrs. Jennifer Bauer
Mr. Richard M. Davis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt F. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Day 1976, 1978
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. de Witt 1991, 1993
Miss Claire McKenzie Deal 2019
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. deButts III 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. DeCamps 1968
Mrs. William D. Deep
Mr. and Mrs. J. John DeGuenther
Mrs. Paula Brown Demosthenes 1965
Marie G. Dennett Foundation, Inc. Mr. Brian C. Dent
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Derian
Mr. Ernest Albert Dettbarn III 1994
Mr. and Mrs. James A. DeVoe 1956
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. DeVries, Jr.
Dr. Philip M. DeWitt and Mrs. Kimberlee DeWitt
Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Di Gregorio
Mrs. Courtney Carrell Diamond 2001 Mrs. Kathryn Holland Diamond 1984
Mr. and Ms. Edward Lee Dickinson 2000 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dickinson Dr. Denise Dietz
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dietz Mrs. Elaine McCandlish Dinos 1999
Mr. and Mrs. Valery Dji Mr. Darrell Dobie and Ms. Nejla Cohen Ms. Christina Dobson
Mr. Frank Heindl Doherty 1981
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dolan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Domalik
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Domson Mr. and Mrs. David Donofrio, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Donoghue 1996 Mr. Brendan C. Donohoe and Dr. Krista L. Donohoe Ms. Mayme Donohue 2003 Miss Jillian Nicole Donze 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Dooley
Mrs. Laura Austin Dormuth 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffress S. Dortch III 1964, 1963 Mrs. Ellen Fleming Dougherty 1984
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Douglas 2001 Mr. Michael James Dowd 2007
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Downey II 1973 Ms. Anne Downing Mrs. Elizabeth Temple Downs 1954 Mrs. Leslie Lawrence Downs 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Doxey Mrs. Ashley Massie Doyle 1988 Mrs. Cary T. Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Dregier, Jr. Mrs. Lee Williams Drummond 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. DuBose, Jr. 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Mr. Andrew Richard Duggan 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Dull 1970 Dr. Arielle Nicole Duncan 2001 Mrs. Suzanne Jones Duncan 1965 Ms. Suzanne P. Duncan 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Will N. Dunlap Mr. and Mrs. James G. Dunn 1979 Ms. Sarah Anne Dunn 2009 Ms. Tammy L. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Dunnington 2001 Ms. Susan W. Durham 1955
Durham Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn T. Duty, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer G. Earle
Miss Ashley Nicole Eastep 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eastep Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard J. Eberl
Rev. Gail Merrick Ebersole 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Eck III Mr. Edgar Cole Eck 2017 Mr. Hugh G. Edmunds III 1989
Mrs. Nancy Page Hall Edmunds 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Edmunds II Mrs. Virginia Edmunds
Mr. W. Holt Edmunds IV
The Edmunds Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Edmundson
Miss Avery Elise Edwards 2030
Mr. and Mrs. C. Byron Edwards
Mr. Domenick Davis Edwards 2032
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 2004 Miss Julia Grace Edwards 2020
Mr. William Wright Edwards 2022
Mrs. Rhea Bumgardner Egbert 1988
Mrs. Gisele Friedrichs Egge 1988
Mr. and Mrs. Marx Eisenman, Jr. 1967
Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Eldridge Mr. Robert Gareth Ellis 1996 Mr. Craig T. Ely
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Emerson Mr. Jack M. Enoch, Jr. 1966
Mr. Brian Enroughty and Mrs. Michelle Williams Ms. Andrea G. Erard
Erda-Mahler Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Craig C. Erdmann
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erwin Estes Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Etheridge
Mr. and Mrs. Sandford G. Etherington III Etsy
Mr. Henry Allen Evans 2012
Mr. and Mrs.* John D. Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Evans Mrs. Margaret Evans Mrs. Virginia Brent Evans 1961 Mrs. Sarah B. Everett
Ms. June Friend Evins 2023
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Evins V Mr. Samuel Nesbitt Evins VI 2022
Miss Virginia W. Ewing 1960
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ms. Romina Faccennini
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan T. Fagan
Mrs. Jean Blankinship Faglie 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Failon Mr. Grabille S. Fain 2007
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fain 2004, 2004
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain 1974
Fain Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Fairlamb III 1973, 1982
Mr. Chris Fallen
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Fallon 1985 Mrs. Tabb Thornton Farinholt 1955
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Ms. Ellen Faris
Ms. Caroline Harrison Farley 2032
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Farmer 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. Farmer 1974, 1976
Mr. William Page Farmer 2005
Farrell Family Charitable Trust
Mrs. Anne Garland Farrell
Mrs. Joseph C. Farrell
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Farrell 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart T. Farrell 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Farren IV
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Featherston III 1987
Mrs. Amanda Lannon Featherstone 1996
Dr. and Mrs. Ofer Feder
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Rachel and Jarrod Feinstein
Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh M. Felton IV
Mr. Braden Kemper Felts 2024
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Felts
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fergusson
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Fergusson
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman James L. and Cecelia D. Ferman, Jr. Fund
Dr. Vanessa C. Tang Fernandez and Dr. Leopoldo J. Fernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Leavenworth M. Ferrell II 1988
Ms. Susan Farley Ferrell 1964
Mrs. Joan McCormack Ferrill 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry, Jr. 1996
Mr. George B. Field III 1971
Mr. John Fields
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fierro II Mrs. Marie Achtemeier Finch 1977 Ms. Elizabeth Finegold Mrs. Frances Mullen Fink 1970
Fink Family Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation Mr. Michael Fink
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Finnegan
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Finney III 1978 Ms. Parke Finold 1964
Mr. Stephen Patrick Fishel 2001
Ms. Elisabeth Anne Fisher 1969 Ms. Jane T. Fisher 1989
Mrs. Frances Craigie Fitzgerald 1981
Miss Anne Garland Fitz-Hugh 2010
Mr. and Mrs. G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh III 1982, 1984
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Rives Fleming III 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Fleming 1987 Mrs. Elizabeth Conner Flippen 1967 Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Follansbee
Mr. and Mrs. George Foote
Mr. and Ms. Joseph A. Forchione
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.C. Ford 1988, 1991
Laura and Patrick Ford Fund
Mr. Stuart C. Ford 1972
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Forstner Mr. Aiden Kyi Foster 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Darian K. Foster Dr. Kerwin Crayton Foster and Mrs. Faithea Flowers Foster Mr. Maddox Kohl Foster 2025
Ms. Pauline Foster
Mr. Philip R. Foster and Ms. La Marr R. Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Fowler
Mrs. John J. Fox, Jr.
Miss Anne Pearson Fox 2016
Mr. Edward Jordan Fox III 1980
Miss Elizabeth Mildred Fox 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. P. Fox 1986, 1986
Mr. and Mrs. R. Leigh Frackelton, Jr. 1973 Mr. Robert Leigh Frackelton III 2004
Ms. Harriet A. Franklin 1961 Mrs. Winifred Fratkin
Mr. Chapin Americus Frazee 1988
Mr. and Mrs. John William Frazier Ms. Vivian Lee Frederick 2033
Mr. and Mrs. Zachery R. Frederick Mrs. Elizabeth Levey Freeman 1975
Laura and Todd ’87 Baird P ’29 ’33 Courtney and Chris Baker P ’31 ’32 Annie and Corey Benjamin P ’26 ’30 Rachael and Michael Brown P ’25 ’27 Teresa Chiocca and Dave Thomas P ’31 Amanda and Jeff ’97 Galanti P ’28 ’29 ’33 Rosemary and Chris ’84 Kulp P ’17 ’22 Megan and Joey Lombard P ’29 Lane and Billy Mosby P ’26 ’29 Nikki and Brandon Powell P ’31 ’33 Marshall ’93 and Matt Rigby P ’23 ’25 Alexandra ’03 and Brock ’02 Saunders P ’35 Janelle and Aaron Sullivan P ’24 ’26 Thao Tran and Dayal Baxani P ’32 ’35 Farrar and Charles Wentworth P ’27 ’34 Michelle Williams and Brian Enroughty P ’29 Stephanie and Doug Yablonski P ’27 DONORS 2022 Host Committee 44 SPARK | Report on Philanthropy 2021-22
GIVING AN Experience
Shane and Gibbs Lott P ’28 ’32 brought their two children to Collegiate for the educational experience.
“We recognized that Collegiate has really strong academics, and we saw that the School offers lots of opportunities for our children’s growth,” Shane explains. “Whether it was athletics, the arts or robotics, it felt like there was a path available for our two boys to pursue what they were passionate about.”
Since coming to Collegiate, in 2020, the Lotts’ initial impression has held firm. And as they began participating in some of the School’s many activities, feeling the warmth of spirit and camaraderie that emanates from events such as the Village Green Fair and the Spring Party & Auction, they saw Collegiate as more than just a rigorous academic institution. “When we attended the at-home auction in 2021, even though it was remote, we had so much fun,” Shane says. “Events like the Spring Party and all the volunteer opportunities there are with the Parents’ Association really make Collegiate feel like a community.”
As the date for the 2022 Spring Party approached, Shane and Gibbs knew they wanted to contribute in any way they could. “We’re experience-oriented people,” Gibbs explains, “and we wanted to put something up for auction that was more than just a material item.” With Gibbs’s passion for and knowledge of bourbon, the Lotts decided to donate a selection of whiskey as well as offered the auction item winner a chance to visit their stunning whiskey bar for a tasting.
“You know, it’s ultimately just a matter of how you show up,” Gibbs says. “Whether that is participating, volunteering or putting something up for auction at the Spring Party, what matters really is supporting Collegiate and making sure all the students have the most opportunities possible. Our children spend their formative years here, and we want to contribute to their education in any way we can. I think that’s an important part about being in a community.”
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Mrs. Margaret Freeman
Mrs. Courtney Tysinger Freet 2000
Mrs. Pearson Moore French 2005
Mrs. Mitra Palmer Friant 1984
Mrs. Anne Day Friddell 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm P. Friddell, Jr. 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frink
Alice Fruth 1997 and Alex Fruth
Fruth Family Donor Advised Fund
Mrs. Karen B. Frye
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller
Ms. Ling A. Fung-Wu
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Funkhouser
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gaffney
Mrs. Cheryl H. Gahagan
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Galanti 1997
Dr. Kimberly M. Galgano 1986 and Dr. Robert C. Galgano
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Gallahan
Miss Caroline D. Gallalee 2011
Mr. Hunter Drewry Gallalee 2008
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Drewry Gallalee 1973
Dr. and Mrs. Lee G. Gammon
Mrs. Caroline Stutts Gardiner 2005
Ms. Patricia A. Garland
Anna and Fleetwood Garner Family Foundation
Mr. Thomas F. Garner, Jr. 1965
Mr. William Vaughan Garner 1967
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Garnett
Mr. Griffin T. Garnett III
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Garnett 1991
Mrs. Cornelia Whittet Garrett 1961
Mr. W. Clay Garrett and Ms. Charlotte P. McAfee
Garrett Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Garson
Ms. Clara Gaul
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gayle, Jr. 1967
Mr. Mont D. Gaylord 1973
Dr. Leo M. Gazoni and Dr. Farnaz M. Gazoni
Mr. Berkeley Martin Geho 2017
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Geho 1983, 1982
Mr. Harrison Moncure Geho, Jr. 2014
Genentech, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens N. Gentil 1970, 1970
Ms. Sarah Pilcher Gentry 1989
Mr. and Mrs. Rory Geyer
Mr. Constantine J. Giavos and Mrs. Rachel H. Lamel
Mr. and Mrs. T. Randolph Gibbs
Ms. Vonita Giddings
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gift
Mr. and Mrs. James Christopher Gilman 1982
Mrs. Teresa Alvis Given 1982
Marshall Rigby ’93 P ’23 ’25 and Janelle Sullivan P ’24 ’26
The Collegiate community has laid such a strong foundation for both our families. We value what the School has given us, and volunteering with the Spring Party & Auction is a small measure of thanks for the tremendous Cougar experience we enjoy daily.”
Mr. and Ms. Ryan A. Glasgow
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Glass IV
Dr. and Mrs. Daran G. Glenn
Mr. Cannon Hobson Goddin, Jr. 1971
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Goff II
Ms. Blake Goldsmith
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Goldstone 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Golliday
Mr. Miller Wayne Golliday 2012
Ms. Dominique Lourine Gombe 2009
Ms. Dee L. Goodbody
Ms. Laurie E. Goode
Dr. Kelly Goode and Mr. William B. Goode IV 1983
Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Goodpasture 1978
Paige and Philip Goodpasture Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Goodwin 2003
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel J. Goodwyn
Ms. Nancy Gordon
Miss Melanie Karen Gorsline 1974
Ms. Martha Clark Goss 1967
Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Gottwald 1999
Ms. Margaret Addison Gottwald 2010
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Gottwald 2002
Mr. and Mrs. MacGregor T. Gould
Dr. Rachel W. Gow and Mr. Stephen D. Gow Mrs. Susan Tolleson Gowen 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Graeber 1979
Ms. Heather Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Grammer
Mr. Benjamin G. Gray 1986
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gray III 1997 Gray Holdings, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Green 1989
Mr. and Mrs. John V. Green
Ms. Zoe Anne Green 1971
Mr. Benjamin L. Greenbaum 1965 Mr. Erik S. Greenbaum 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Noah C. P. Greenbaum 2003, 2004
Greenbaum Family Charitable Fund
Mrs. Carter Judkins Greendyke 2001
Ms. Kathy Gregg
Ms. Catherine Gregory
Miss Emilie Alden Gregory 2012 Mrs. Melanie M. Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gregory III
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Gremer
Mrs. Sara Samford Griebel 2004
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Grinnan 1986
Mr. Bradford M. Groome and Ms. Brandi C. Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Gross
Dr. and Mrs. Eric Grossman Ms. Martha Estes Grover 1979
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Grymes III Mr. F. Barton Gummere Mrs. Amelia Gur
Mr. and Mrs. Mordehai Gur
Dr. Marci Guthrie and Mr. Michael Guthrie
Mr. and Mrs. John Owen Gwathmey 1980
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Taurik S. Haddad
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Hagan 1984
Dr. Morgan Swanstrom Hagen and Mr. Benjamin Hagen Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Hager
Dr. and Mrs. Chiwon Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hahn Mrs. Deborah E. Hailes
Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Hairfield 1999 Mr. John P. Hale
Mr. and Mrs. A. Coke Hall 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hall III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hall III Dr. Mark Andrew Hall and Dr. Elizabeth Berglund Hall 1991
Mr. and Mrs. R. Garnett Hall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Hall IV Ms. Sarah E. Hall 1967
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. W. Hall Dr. Wanda L. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hall, Jr. 1986
Mr. and Mrs. D. Lee Hallberg 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Marc D. Hallberg 1973 Mrs. Patsy B. Hallett
Miss Alice Christian Hallock 2022 Ms. Sarah J. Hallock 1985
Mr. and Mrs.* Brenton S. Halsey, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Halter
Hamilton Beach Brands
Ms. Stephanie L. Hamlett
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hamner III 1970, 1972 Mr. Michael A. Hamway
Mrs. Austin Cary Hancock 1981
Mr. and Mrs. R. Shawn Handley
Mr. Brendan C. Hanley 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. George Hann
Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Harbour
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DONORS
Molly Hardie 1988 and Robert Hardie
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Harman
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott M. Harrigan 1977
Mr. and Mrs. John Harrington
Andrew Christopher Harris, Esq. 1997
Dr. and Mrs. Barton Harris
Ms. Elizabeth R. Harris 1975
Mrs. Martha B. Harris
Miss Virginia Lee Harris 2016
Harris Williams
Mrs. Anne Gordon Dickerson Harrison 1961
Mr. Arthur W. Harrison III 1986
Mrs. Emma Hines Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Harrison II
Ms. Sarah Maxwell Harrison 2005
Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Harrison 1978, 1978
Mrs. Constance Kennon Harriss 1959
Mr. Philip Edward Hart 2009
Mrs. Philip R. Hart*
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hart 1978
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Hartley
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Haske
Mr. and Mrs. E. Livingston B. Haskell
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hatfield
Mrs. Kathryn Schilling Havermann 2003
Miss Claiborne Alston Haw 2012
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Haw III
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheppard Haw III 1975
Mr. Michael J. Hawkinson and Mrs. Esperanza Soria-Nieto
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Vernon Hawthorne 1978
Mrs. Anne F. Hayes 1988
Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Hazelton
Mrs. Ruth E. Hazelton
Dr. David Headly
Ms. Joan Hedgecock 1967
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Hedgepeth
Mr. Wesley E. Hedgepeth
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Hedges
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Heidt 1993, 1994
Mr. Charles L. Heiner 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B. Heiner 1966
Ms. Gwen Ellen Morgal Henrich
Mrs. Alexis Beck Henry 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Henry 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Henry 1984
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hepper
The Herndon Foundation
Ms. Carol W. Herod 1972
Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. Herring
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Herring
Mr. and Mrs. F. Robertson Hershey 1966
Ms. Kathleen T. Hershey 1995
Mrs. Frances Friddell Hewitt 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. Heyward, Jr. 1998
Mr. Miles Duncan Heyward 2034
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Hickman
Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Hicks
Emiko Higashi
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lee Hilbert
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hill
Miss Catherine Bailey Hill 2020
Mr. and Mrs. Corey W. Hill 1985
Mr. Daniel Jackson Hill 2022
Mrs. Ann Keller Hillsman 1977
Ms. Kimberly Hines
Mrs. Mary Buford Bocock Hitz 1959
HJC Family Foundation
The Hoak Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hoffer
Mrs. Christine D. Hoffman
Mrs. Blair Phillips Hoffmann 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Hofheimer 1995, 1996
Mr. and Mrs. W. Barry Hofheimer
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hogan
Ms. Anne Hogge
Mrs. Lucy Moore Hogsed 2001
Gina and Tom Holden 1963
Holden Family Fund of The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg
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Mr. Cameron James Holdych 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Holdych
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Holland
Mrs. Jennifer Holloway
Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Holmes
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Holzbach
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hoofnagle III
Mr. Scott C. Hook and Ms. Margaret M. Fogarty
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Hopkins, Jr.
Mrs. Kathleen L. Hoppe
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hopper
Horizon Therapeutics
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hornbeck
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Horner
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bryan Horner IV 1998
Mrs. Dora Williams Hoskins 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Ross A. Hotchkiss, Jr.
Mrs. Rebecca Masters Hottman
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Hough
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Hourigan
Mr. Keith F. Howe and Ms. Helen Coulson Mrs. Dan Hu
Mr. Mitchell Young Huang 1997
Mr. and Mrs. Justin T. Hubbard 2001
Mrs. Samantha Price Huber 2003
Ms. Susan Frazer Hudgins
Mrs. Martha Jane Daniel Hudnall 1962
Ms. Josephine F. Hughes 1981
Ms. Christienne Ruddy Hulcher 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hundley
Mrs. Elizabeth Milton Hunnewell 1955
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hunt
Miss Anne Morgan Hunter 2015
Miss Carter Christian Hunter 2010
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter, Jr. 1980, 1980
Dr. James Warren Hunter 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hunter, Jr. Mr. Timothy and Dr. Jill Hunter
The Huntly Foundation
Mrs. Paige Crosby Hurlbut 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Hutcheson
Mrs. Elizabeth Flippo Hutchins 1988 and Mr. William M. Hutchins
Ms. Brittany N. Hutchinson 2001
Mrs. Jane Baird Hyde
Miss Anne Forrest Hyslop 2003
Mr. Blake Stewart Ingold 2025
Mr. and Mrs. James V. Ingold Miss Mary Mason Ingold 2025
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ingold
Ms. Tamara Ingram Mrs. Alice Derry Innes 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Innes 2005 Allan D. Ivie IV and Page Boinest Melton Ivie 1979, 1979 Davin Jackson
Mr. Nathaniel I. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Jacobs Mrs. Tina Jadhav-Parikh 2003
Mrs. Robin Ruth Jager 1988 Mrs. Elizabeth Cross Jakesch 2000 Mrs. Susan Macon Jamieson 1983
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Jamison II 1989 Mr. David Janosik and Mrs. Laurel B. Maughan Mr. Rees Glen Jarema 2026 Mr. and Ms. J. Michael Jarvis, Jr. 2006 Mrs. Kathryn Conner Jarvis 1968 Mr. Andrew Jordan Jaspen 1995 Ms. Devangela N. Jasper Miss Mary Garland Jefferson 1961 Mr. and Mrs. C. Peyton Jenkins, Sr. 2000 Mr. Christopher P. Jenkins, Jr. 2031 Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Jenkins 1994 Mr. John A. C. Jenkins 2034 Anne Gail and Gary Jennings 1988 Mrs. Whitney Melton Jerdal 1996 Mrs. Janice K. Jesse Dr. and Mrs. E. Forrest Jessee, Jr. 1967 Dr. Arun Benjamin Jesudian 1997 Mr. Bryce D. Jewett, Jr. 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Jewett III 1993, 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley W. Jiulianti Dr. Christopher P. Johnson 1996 and Dr. Lynn H. Johnson Miss Gabrielle Elizabeth Johnson 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie W. Johnson, Jr. 1972 Mrs. Molly Prince Johnson 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. P. Johnson III Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. Johnsrud 1983 Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds Johnston 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. Jones, Sr. Miss Anna Leary Jones 2012 Mrs. Anne McCormack Jones 1979 Ms. Cynthia Jones Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones Mr. J. Ernest Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jones Ms. Melissa Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas Jones Mr. and Mrs. Noah W. Jones Mr. Timothy H. Jones 2000 Ms. Virginia Ann Jones 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brady Jones, Jr. 2003 Mrs. Elizabeth Burn Joosten 1971 Mr. Daniel P. Jordan Dr. Jay H. Joseph
Mr. Jonathan M. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Chad Joyce Miss Meredith Lee Judkins 2005 Mr. William B. Judkins Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jung, Jr. Jung Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Justice 1985 Dr. Barbara Kahn and Mr. Peter J. Stutts 2002, 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Kantner 1995 Mr. Sahab Kasiri and Dr. Anisa Kasiri Mr. Andrew Evens Kastenbaum 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Kastenbaum 2006, 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kastenbaum 1974 Mrs. Jane Dykers Kauder 1981 Dr. Claire C. Kaugars Mr. John Franklin Kay III 1978 Ms. Sarah Doddridge Kay 1975 Mrs. Elizabeth Baird Kazazian 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Keeney Mr. Carter Taliaferro Keeney 2004 Mrs. Norma A. Keeping Mr. and Mrs. David F. Kehlenbeck 2003 Mr. Kirk David Keil 1988 Mrs. Retta Leigh Perel Keil 1963 Miss Haley Anne Kellam 2018 Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Kell 1987 Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher and Mrs. Lori Mitchell-Kelleher Dr. Nicole M. Kelleher 1993 and Dr. Richard A. Linkonis Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Kelly III Mrs. Page Robinson Kemp 1963 Mr. Adam Kerr and Mrs. Sarah Maxwell Kerr 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Kerr Mr. Steven Vaughan Key 1987 Dr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Key, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Duncan Kilpatrick 1981, 1981 Mr. Austin Christopher King 2020 Dr. and Mrs. E. Davey King 1966 Mrs. Julia Scott Wall King 1959 Mrs. Lauren E. King Miss Talley Thomas King 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Waverly G. King III 1968 Ms. Coretta Kingston and Mr. Gerard Williams Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Kirchmier 1983, 1984 Mr. George Clifford Kirkmyer III 1969 Mr. Albert B. Kirtland 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Kissam Mr. James Whitlock Klaus 1982 Mr. Philip W. Klaus, Jr. Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Lead Unitrust Mrs. Cary Chambers Knight 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Knisely Ms. Carole Kohn Mrs. Beth A. Kondorossy Mrs. Elizabeth Garson Koteles 2005 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Krause Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Krutz Dr. Wendy Frances Kuhn 1976
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SUPPORTING Connections
Every Saturday, Upper School Spanish Teacher Esperanza Soria-Nieto P ’15 ’21 and a group of Collegiate Upper School students take a trip to Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School, located in the southside of Richmond. “We’ll sit and read with the students, and we’ll play together, but really we just share community with each other and we learn from each other,” Mrs. Soria-Nieto explains. It’s a relationship that she and her students have continued for more than a decade. Why? Because of the time-honored commitment to community and citizenship that Collegiate students and teachers uphold. And, as Mrs. Soria-Nieto says, “It’s important to give back to the community when you yourself have been given so much.”
The experience is mutually beneficial, and the Upper Schoolers get back as much as they give. For a number of them, the time spent at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School has inspired them to become teachers themselves. “One of the great things about our
students is that they always want to give back,” Mrs. Soria-Nieto says. “Before we started going to Oak Grove-Bellemeade, students would come to me and say, ‘Let’s do community service in Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala,’ and I would remind them that our support can be felt just as much locally, too.” The relationships Collegiate students build with the elementary-aged students at Oak GroveBellemeade involve commitment, dedication, community awareness and a selfless desire to improve the lives of others.
“When we go to Oak Grove-Bellemeade, you see a lot of very, very smart kids who don’t have the same opportunities that Collegiate students have because they don’t have the money, and I think that quality of education is something they deserve,” Mrs. Soria-Nieto says.
“I believe every student should have the right to a quality education, and with whatever impact I have I want to give students that opportunity.”
A perennial supporter of the School, Mrs. Soria-Nieto has seen her two children, Ivan Soria-Hawkinson ’21 and Adriana Soria-Hawkinson ’15, mature and grow at Collegiate. She also recognizes the warmth and inclusivity of the Collegiate community. Her hope, she says, is to continue extending that community to other students. “The money that I give and the money other people give helps broaden our community,” she explains. “It helps provide a good education to students, and I think that’s very special.”
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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Kulp 1984
Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Kulp 1988
Dr. Shilpa Johri and Dr. Pankaj Kumar
Mrs. Susan Kemp Kump 1967
Mrs. Virginia Friddell Kurtz 2004
Mr. Rayford P. Kytle III 1964
Mrs. Benjamin R. Lacy IV
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. LaFerriere
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lagos
Mr. Benjamin R. Lamb
Mrs. Mary Frances Lambert
Carolyn LaMontagne and Daniel Hefko
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lancaster
Mrs. Sarah Beth Snead Lankford 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Lanneau, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Lanning
Capt. Brian C. Lansing and Ms. Maura L. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Lansing
Miss Katherine Anne Lansing 2020
Mrs. Kristine M. Lansing
Mr. Michael James Lansing 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Lansing II 1998
Lansing Building Products
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Lareau
Ms. Marla D. Bell and Mr. David Lassiter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle A. Laux
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. B. Lawson 2004 Joseph F. B. Lawson Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. T. Gaylon Layfield III 1969
Mr. Benjamin Leach and Ms. Lauren Loyd
Dr. Susan B. Leahy
Mr. David W. Leary 1962
Mr. and Mrs. James E. C. Leavitt III
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Lecky 1968, 1968
Mr. Mason Lecky 1994
Mr. Robert Parke Lecky, Jr. 1967
Mr. and Mrs. H. Pettus LeCompte 1971
Mr. David R. Lee 1971
Dr. Jason P. Lee and Dr. Elizabeth J. Crognale
Mr. Paul Everett Lee 2001
Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan Leggett
Mr. Jordan Becker Leibowitz 2019
Miss Taly Anne Leibowitz 2021
Mr. Brian E. Leipheimer and Dr. Vienne K. Murray
Mrs. Mary Lou Leipheimer
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffraix A. Lelong, Jr. 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Lemire, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Leonard III
Mrs. Sarah Hyslop Leonardelli 2001
Mr. Richard K. LeRoy
Mr. David D. Leshner 1990
Ms. Ashley Lewis
Ms. Carol L. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis 1984
Dr. Leigh Lewis and Mr. Burke Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd F. Lewis, Jr. 1996
Suzanne and Bolling Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. William Benton Lewis, Jr. Ms. Rita H. Liles
Wen and Yaling Lin
Ms. Jennifer Lindner and Ms. Annie Richards
Mr. Robert Tyler Lindner 2032
Mrs. C. Louise Kimbrell Lindsay 1995
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Lingerfelt
Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart 1965
The Linhart Foundation
Mr. Maarten W. Lippmann and Dr. Quinn K. Lippmann
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lisk 2007
Mrs. Anne Patteson Litt 1984
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson Litterini 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Juan N. Little, Sr.
Mr. Lewis R. Little, Sr. 1973
Mr. Lewis Randolph Little, Jr. 2000
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd T. Little 1976
Astrid Liverman, Ph.D. 1994
Mr. and Mrs. T. Preston Lloyd, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Loach
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Logan 1998
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lombard III
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Long 1962
Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Long III 1998
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Lott
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lovelace
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lowe 1953
Lower School Sunshine Fund
Lublin-Hurowitz Charitable Trust
The Luck Companies Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. David W. Luckey 1970
Mrs. Vernon D. Lucy III
Mr. and Mrs. James Lukefahr
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Lyons
Mr. George Sykes Mabry 2009
Mr. Philip Simpson Mabry 2007
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Macdonald
Mr. Joseph James Denison Macdonald 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mackell 1963
Mr. and Mrs. David Mahler
Peter and Mimi Mahoney
Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Mallonee, Jr. 1967
Mr. Graham Keane Mandl 2008
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Mann
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Manson 2005, 2005
Mr. and Mrs. J. Reilly Marchant 2003, 2004
The Honorable and Mrs. W. Reilly Marchant 1971, 1972 Ms. Yvonne Marcus
Ms. Neelan A. Markel 1996
Stanley and Kim Markel Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Markel 1966 Markel Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Jon W. Markiewicz Mr. John Copeland Markowitz 2001 Mrs. Victoria Christmas Marks 2005 Marks-Hofheimer Foundation Sandra and Bruce Marr Marsh & McLennan Companies Mrs. Betty Ratcliffe Marshall 1938 Miss Augusta C. Marsteller 2011 Ms. Courtney Martin
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Martin 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Lane P. Martin 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Martin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Martin III 1994 Mrs. Clara M. Martin-Pettus and Mr. Randall Pettus Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Maser Mrs. Gray McGurn Mason 2005 Mrs. Tracy Sinnott Mason 1981 Ms. Anne B. Massey 1974 Mr. C. Taylor Massey 1982 Mr. Ivor Massey, Jr. 1966 Ms. Karen A. Massey 1970 Massey Foundation Massie Scott Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mastroianni Miss Kaitlin Brooke Mastropieri 2010 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Mathews 1972 Mr. David H. Mathews, Jr. 2002 Miss Kendall Britten Mathews 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Matson Mrs. Melissa Falls Mauck 1984 Ms. Bernadette May
Dr. James May and Dr. Misti H. Wilson 1997 Mrs. Sarah Alston Mayfield 1992 Mr. Penn Caplin Mayhew 2016 Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Mayr Mrs. Margaret Ann McLean Mazzenga 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Pat McAleer
Mrs. Virginia Layfield McAndrew 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron McClung Mr. and Mrs. Collin C. McConaghy Ms. Anne L. McCorey Ms. Katie McCormack
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCormick
Mr. and Mrs. David L. McDaniel 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. McDaniel 2000 Mrs. Mary Kennon McDaniel 1961 Mrs. Rennie Goodykoontz McDaniel 1989 Mrs. Elizabeth LaGow McDermid 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. McDermott
Mr. and Mrs. John E. McDonald III 2007, 2008
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. McDonough Mr. Kevin T. McFadden, Jr. 2005
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THE Collegiate Spirit
There are certain moments Alice Hallock ’22 shared with her classmates during her Senior year that she returns to often. The green-and-gold student section glistening with beads and foam fingers and large cutouts of student-athletes as Collegiate took the field against St. Christopher’s during the 2021 Homecoming game. The countless hours she spent in Oates Theater preparing for the play Our Town. The general atmosphere of collegiality and friendship she felt walking to her classes each day in Pitt Hall. All of these memories bring her closer to Collegiate.
These warm reflections are also why, upon graduating, Hallock felt compelled to support Collegiate and the experiences that made her Senior year special. She wanted to ensure that the rising Seniors had the support they needed to create their own fond memories.
“The Collegiate community takes a little bit of everything to thrive,” Hallock explains. “It takes time and energy and talent and support. And now that I’ll be physically away from Collegiate while in college and won’t be able to spend as much time on campus, I wanted to give something else that still has an impact.”
Hallock, who attended Collegiate since Kindergarten, feels that the School and all the educational opportunities she received helped guide her towards a brighter future. She says that giving back is her way of demonstrating gratitude.
“The School has given so much to me,” she says. “I feel like giving back is the best way to continue supporting the people who are here. I’ve realized that all the ways people give make the School run and creates the magic I know I felt during my 13 years at Collegiate.”
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DONORS Lee Moreau ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McFall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. McFarland 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Mike McGann
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. McGee 1980 Mrs. Brenda B. McGehee
Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. McGehee 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. McGeorge 2001, 2006 Mr. and Mrs. James L. McGeorge, Jr. 1991 Mr. Kevin William McGeorge 2003 Margaret B. McGeorge Karen McGill
Dr. and Mrs. David J. McGroarty McGuire’s School Foundation
Ms. Boodie Wiltshire McGurn 1971 Mr. Frank A. McKenney 1968 Miss Molly Foster McKeon 2008
Mr. and Mrs. Brian B. McKercher McKesson Foundation, Inc.
Miss Blair Murfee McLarin 2015 Mr. and Mrs. John H. McLarin 1979 Mr. and Mrs. D. Christopher McLellan 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. McLoughlin, Jr. 1993 Mr. James Moore McMahon 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. McManus Mr. and Mrs. Grayson C. McNeely 1990 Mrs. Melanie Erin Mecke 2010 Medtronic
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Meli 2005 Mrs. Monica J. Melton
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Melvin, Sr. 1988
Matthew Samuel Mendez, M.D. 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Mendoza
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Merchant Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Mertens 1974 Mrs. Elizabeth Cutchins Messick 2001
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Meyers
The Micawber Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Michelow, Jr.
Mr. Aarik Mickens-Dessaso and Mrs. Chiquita Whitaker Microsoft
Mr. Samuel Booth Middleton 2007
Mrs. Margaret Ownby Milby 1974
Brandon and Morenike Miles Benita 1976 and Michael Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Brent I. Miller 1998
Mr. J. Clifford Miller III and Ms. Lucile Miller
Cliff Miller Family Endowment
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Miller, Jr. Ms. Kara Miller
Mrs. Kathryn Dunnington Miller 1995 Mr. Kenneth C. Miller III
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller, Jr. Ms. Laura W. Mills 2002
Ms. Christine Mingus Dr. Pamela Herbert Minkler 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Mintz
Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Mitchell Miss Carolyn Rivers Mitchell 2012 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mitchell Mrs. Mollie Hines Mitchell 1992
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Modisett 1978 Mrs. Constance Booker Moe 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Moncol Mr. John Moncure, Jr. 1974 Mr. and Mrs. David L. Monday 1973 Mr. Amasa E. Monroe
Mr. and Mrs. D. Reilly Monroe 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Monroe III 1977 Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Thayer Montague Mr. David B. Moody and Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Moody Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Mooney
Mrs. Beverly Britten Moore 1971 Dr. Blake W. Moore and Dr. Jaime E. Moore Miss Emily Rives Moore 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Moore IV 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Jon D. Moore Mr. and Mrs. T. Justin Moore III 1975 Mr. William F. Moore, Jr. 1984 Mr. Todd Morchower 1989 Mrs. Anne Nelson Morck Mr. and Mrs. John N. Moreau Ms. Lee Levering Moreau 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Scott N. Moreau 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Joel W. Morgan Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Account Mr. and Mrs. James Morris Mr. Marshall Morton Miss Cheney Gray Mosby 2029 Miss Taylor Jane Mosby 2026 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mosby Mrs. Marilyn Linhart Moses 1969 Mrs. Marissa Knisely Moses 2001
The Moses Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jon H. Moss 1964 Ms. Wendi A. Moss
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Mostrom 2005, 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle III 1983 Mr. Frank Fisher Mountcastle 2017
Miss Grace Maulden Mountcastle 2014 Mr. Henry Thomas Mountcastle 2021 Mrs. Melissa Reese Moye 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Moyer, Jr. 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo D. Muddiman III 1985 Dr. and Mrs. Colin A. Mudrick Ms. Whitfield E. Mudrick 2034
Collegiate is at the foundation of who I have grown up to be. At 50 years strong and growing, these relationships have endured the test of time. Collegiate is a very special and unique experience that doesn’t exist anywhere in the ‘grown up world,’ so to be able to bring back the knowledge of life experiences to the students and faculty is a humbling privilege.”
Dr. Avik Mukherjee and Dr. Akta Mukherjee Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Mullen 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Derek Murray 2005 Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia Dr. Jennifer Myer 1989 Mrs. Anne Hunter Smith Myers 1997 Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Myers Mrs. Eliza Coleman Nader 2001 Mrs. Emily Scott Naftzger 1983 Mr. Mark C. Nanavati Mrs. Joyce Flippen Nash 1960 Mr. Thomas B. Naughton and Mrs. Jordan B. Chouteau Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Neale 1965 Mrs. Lucy Boswell Negus 1955 David Neiswander
The Garnett Nelson Family Dr. and Mrs. James F. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Shane M. Nelson 2009 Mr. and Mrs. John Neuner IV Mr. and Mrs. John Neurohr Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason New New York Life Foundation Dr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Newbill Mr. Caleb Wayne Newcomb 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Ripley C. Newcomb Mrs. Rebecca Major Newman 1971 NewMarket Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John F. Newsom III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Nichols 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Nichols 1989 Mr. David L. Nickel 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Nickel Mr. Richard L. Nigro 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. H. Nixon 2002, 2002 Mr. Ross R. Noe and Ms. Nancy C. Porter Noland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. M. Paul Nolde 1998 Mr. and Mrs. William T. Nolley Ms. Mil Norman-Risch Novartis
Dr.* and Mrs. Joseph C. Nuara Mr. and Mrs. Joel W. Nuckols III
Nunnally Charitable Lead Trust
Mr. James Christopher Oates 1972 Mrs. Helen Obenshain Mr. Mark Dudley Obenshain 1980
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GOING ABOVE and BEYOND
David Bannard was a young teacher just five years into his tenure at Groton School in Connecticut when a letter arrived in the mail one summer day.
Curious as always, he opened it to find that he was the recipient of the Woodward Award, which honors (with a stipend) teachers who perform meritorious service beyond the expectations outlined in their job description — not for acclaim or remuneration but simply because pitching in is the right thing to do.
Mr. Bannard had never thought about his career in any other manner. His willingness to work whether anyone noticed or not was part of his makeup. The validation of his spirit of teamwork, though, was moving and much appreciated.
“This was a time long before people started getting paid for all the extras they did,” says Bannard, who retired in June after 53 years in education, the first three at Vincent Smith School on Long Island, then 17 at Groton and the remaining 33 at Collegiate.
“I was coaching three sports, running a dorm, teaching five sections of math (with five separate preps, no less) and sitting on about four committees. That’s just what you did. It [the Woodward Award] meant a huge amount to me, not so much the financial part but because somebody noticed what I was doing.”
Throughout his distinguished career as a teacher of mathematics and life, Mr. Bannard’s dedication and passion never waned.
He was a lifelong learner who was fascinated by the possibilities that rapidly evolving technology presented. Never one to rest on laurels or rely on old lesson plans, he was adept at creating new, cutting-edge courses such as math modeling and fractal geometry, the geometry of nature.
“To me, it’s been important to find an interest that goes beyond what you taught last year,” he says. “Change a couple of percent each year.”
Mr. Bannard’s classes at Collegiate were well-subscribed, not because they were easy but because they were demanding and stimulating. He challenged his students to think deeply, work collaboratively, use their creativity and find something deep within themselves that even they might not have recognized.
In 2006, he was honored with the Joanne Pratt Award for Teaching Excellence and in 2018 with the Ann Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In the spirit of giving back, Mr. Bannard, in 2015, established the David N. Bannard Upper School Award for Teaching Excellence.
The recipient will be “a full-time Upper School faculty member who is an outstanding teacher and contributes to the life of the School in ways above and beyond. This may include involvement in student clubs, athletics, performing arts, special committees and other leadership opportunities.”
To Mr. Bannard, it’s a matter of honoring humble service, just as he was honored. “We all know many people who go above and beyond their job description,” he says. “That’s the nature of teaching. Teachers are always taking on that extra duty or responsibility that nobody quite anticipated, be it an extra class or a sports team that needs coverage. There’s such a myriad of things that need to get done that aren’t part of the job description. It’s important to recognize those teachers, in particular the ones who step up to the plate over and over again.
“I’ve spent a long time at Collegiate and feel very close to it. Collegiate has been very important to me. I feel very strongly that it’s important to pay it forward. I hope in a small way that this [the Bannard Award] will make a difference for teachers who work very hard.”
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Mr. and Mrs. Evan B. Ocheltree 2005, 2008
Mrs. Bette O’Dea
Mr. Steven Oden
Miss Holly Kane O’Donnell 2007
Mr. and Mrs. R. Timothy O’Donnell
Miss Shannon Margaret O’Donnell 2009
Mr. and Mrs. William J. O’Flaherty 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Vinny and Laura Oliveira
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Oliver
Mrs. Lucy Oliver 1963
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Olsen
Ms. Katherine Oliver Olson 1996
Mrs. Kathryn Redford O’Mara 1974
Mr. and Mrs. John D. O’Neill, Jr.
William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. M. Todd Oney 1989
Ms. Pia Orbezo
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Orski
Mrs. Elizabeth Neal Osborne 1956
Mr. James Lee Edward Osborne 1972
Oscar F. Smith/Marjorie Smith Charles/Angie Newman Johnson Fund
Mr. J. Riley O’Shea 2011
Kim 1977 and Tim O’Shea
Dr. Anthony O’Sullivan and Dr. Heather O’Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Julian T. Ottley 1987
Mr.* and Mrs. June D. Ottley
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Overton
Dr.* and Mrs.* Duncan S. Owen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Owen III 1986
Mr. Duncan Shaw Owen IV 2018
Mr. Robert Burwell Owen 1990
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Pace 1981
Mr. and Mrs. W. Benjamin Pace 1990
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Pahren
Miss Martha Elizabeth Pahren 2017
Dr. Meera Pahuja 1997 and Dr. Kedar S. Mate
Mr. Rishi Chandra Pahuja 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Painter
Ms. Phyllis Palmiero and Mr. Thomas A. Gelozin
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D.R. Palmore
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Palmore 1993
Mr. Mark J. Palyo
Dr. Paras Pandya and Dr. Sonia Shah-Pandya
Mr. and Mrs. Angelo E. Parker, Jr.
Mr. Kendall P. Parker
Mrs. Sharon Welton Parker 1962
Mrs. Virginia Reynolds Parker 1976
Mr. John T. Parrish 2003
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stylian P. Parthemos 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Partlow
Mr. and Mrs. Sandler D. Passman
Mr. and Mrs. Alpesh B. Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Vimal Patel
Mrs. Caroline Garrett Patrick 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Patterson Ms. Tamatha Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Patton V
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Patton
Ms. Sarah T. Paxton 1984 and Mr. A. Andrew Thornton Ms. Susanna Payne
Mr. Christopher G. Pearson 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Pearson Dr. Austin E. Peat and Dr. Ashley W. Peat Dr. Suzanne K. Peck 1996 and Mr. Joshua S. Peck Ms. Barbara Peco Ms. Sheryl Pedigo
Mrs. Sarah Tashjian Peebles 2006
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Peebles IV Pelican Fund
Mrs. Abbey Reynolds Pemberton 2000
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Perel 1967 Mr. Stephen M. Perigard Mr. Russel Grant Perkins 1993
Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Perkins, Sr. 1975, 1976 Mrs. Chris Perry
Ms. Donna L. Perry 1981 and Dr. Louis Schwartz Mrs. Jasmine Turner Perry 2011
Mr. Ronald Oswin Pessner, Jr. 1988 Mr. and Mrs. D. Kevin Peterman 1989 Mr. Michael Peters Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pettit, Jr. Mrs. Hunter R. Pettus, Jr. Randall Pettus
Pfizer, Inc.
Miss Anne Collier Phillips 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Baxter F. Phillips III 1993 Mr. Baxter Francis Phillips IV 2026
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Phillips, Jr. Mrs. Lisette Christ Piccillo 1976 Mrs. Anne Newsom Pinion 1988 Mrs. Catherine R. Plageman 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Plamp Ms. Christine K. Plant
Christine Kane Plant Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Plucinski 1999 Ms. Anne Pollard 1988
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Pollard IV Mrs. Suzanne Pollard
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr. Miss Leilani Ann Porter 2016
Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Porter Mr. and Mrs. William S. Porter 1965 Liz and Bill Poston Mr. William G. Poston, Jr. 1983 Miss Addison Grace Powell 2027
Mrs. Anne Riker Purcell Powell 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon E. Powell
Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryson Powell 1969, 1969 Mr. Earl Bryson Powell, Jr. 1998 Mr. Hunter S. Powell 2001
Dr. Priscilla W. Powell 2001 and Mr. James T. Alexander IV Powell Fund of the Community Foundation Mrs. Sarah Holt Power 2000
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Preston, Jr. 1966, 1969 Ms. Anne Price
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Price 2001 Ms. Lee Marshall Price 1966 Mr. Thomas Winston Price 1995 Ms. Kara Priddy Miss Carol Gertrude Prince 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Prince
Principal Financial
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Privasky Mr. Robert J. Proutt
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Proutt, Jr. 1998 Proutt Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Pruitt 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pruitt 2002 Mr. and Mrs. C. Tupper Purcell 1994 Ms. Patricia Brent Pusey 1981 Estate of Anne Pyle 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Quinby Miss Anne-Claire Quindoza 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Gerry C. Quindoza Mr. Ian Timothy Quindoza 2022 Mr. Miles Cannon Quindoza 2029 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zafar Qureshi 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Rader Mr. and Mrs. Duane H. Ragsdale Mr. and Mrs. Joshua H. Rahman Ms. C. Ann Ramage 1992 Mr. Samuel Cowan Ramage 1998 Mr.* and Mrs. Harvey Ramos Mr. Stephen Garrett Ramsey 2003 Mr. Matteo Randazzo 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Paolo A. Randazzo Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Randolph, Jr. Ms. Monica Anke Ranniger 1981 Dr. William M.S. Rasmussen 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Ratchford Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ratcliffe III Mrs. Ashley Reynolds Ray 1991 Mrs. Julia Shannon Raynor 1972 Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian Reames 1983 Dr. John Reavey-Cantwell and Dr. Jordana Kron Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Redmond, Sr. Ms. Sarah Redmond Mrs. Christie Dunnavant Reed 1989 Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Reed, Jr. 1992 Mr. and Mrs. John M. R. Reed 1985 Mr. Laird Scott Townsend Reed 1988
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ENDURING Growth
Throughout the 2022 Senior Transition Program, students from the Class of 2022 spent time connecting with Collegiate School alumni. As Seniors were preparing to take the next steps in their lives, the passionate support system of alumni gathered to offer their encouragement and wisdom, shining a beacon of shimmering light on the students’ futures.
Watching the events of the program unfold, Elizabeth Dolan Wright ’01 P ’33 ’35 felt a deep connection with each of the students. She recognized their commitment to shared values, saw in them her same creative spirit, understood their love of learning, and, most importantly, knew that the Collegiate education each student received gave them the necessary tools to make a positive impact on the world. It was the same education she benefited from during her time at Collegiate, and she takes pride in being able to support that same education for future generations.
“So much of who I am today is due in large part to the wonderful experiences I had at Collegiate,” Wright says. “And giving back in any way I can helps ensure that students at Collegiate now have those same experiences.”
Wright relishes her time as a thespian at Collegiate, and she credits her involvement in the SCA with developing her skills as a leader. For her, a Collegiate education allows students to explore the possibilities of what their futures might look like. “I found Collegiate to be such a wonderful, safe and challenging place to explore the fundamentals of what I wanted to do with my life,” she explains. “Giving those same opportunities to students today is so important to me.”
Both as an alumna and as a parent of two young Collegiate Cougars, Wright understands the unique atmosphere of Collegiate and the magic that happens daily around campus. “What is so special about Collegiate is that it gives each student such a specialized experience,” she says. “I felt that when I was a student, sure, but I see it even more today with so many more opportunities to try things in different arenas. We have worldclass programs like STEAM and robotics, and, with our outdoor learning spaces and our state-of-the-art classrooms, Collegiate offers students the space for exciting exploration.”
Collegiate remains strong because of the connections we share with each other, particularly the connections between current students and alumni. It’s one of the many ways the School’s flame endures. “Being there for students in any way I can is something I feel strongly about,” Wright says. “I feel that the way we’ve progressed and evolved as an institution is so exciting, because there’s a place for everyone. I am happy to support that development.”
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Ms. Paige A. Tinney-Reed and Mr. Shawn F. Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter Thomson Reed
Ms. Savannah Reeves
Mrs. Tayloe Moore Reeves 1998
Ms. Elizabeth G. Regan 1980
Mr. Andrew E. Reich
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Reid III
Ms. Karen I-Nubia Reid
Miss Katherine Carter Reid 2016
Mr. and Mrs. J. Aaron Revere 1994
Mr. and Mrs. R. Austin Reynolds 1994
Mr. Jeffrey Ribeiro
D. Brian Richardson, Esq. 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Crit T. Richardson 1975, 1976
Mr. George T. Richardson 1970
Dr. Kirk Richardson and Dr. Linda Rouse
Mr. Leonard Richardson, Jr.
Mr. Robert Turner Richardson 2010
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn R. Richardson
Mr. Edward Whitcomb Rider 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Rigby 1993
Ms. Anna Piper Rigsby 2032
Ms. Christine E. Rigsby
Ms. Christiane Rimbault
Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Riopelle 1980 Mrs. Edith J. Rison
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr. 1964
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ritter 2000, 2000
Maj. and Mrs. Brian V. Riva
Mr. and Mrs. John Rivers, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Rives
Ms. Elizabeth Mason Roach 1990
Mrs. L. Gerald Roach
Mr. Lee Harris Roberts 2000
Mr. and Mrs. Matson L. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Roberts III
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Robertson
Greg and Libby Robertson Family Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Robertson 1965, 1969
Mrs. Martha L. Robertson
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Robertson
Miss Charlotte McGlasson Robins 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Robins 1983
Mr. and Mrs. Hubel Robins III 1977
Mr. Justin Hubel Robins 2008
Rich Robins 1986
Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Robins 1964
Robins Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Grover C. Robinson IV 1993
Mrs. Maura McGroarty Robinson 2005
Mr. Harrison Nathaniel Roday 2009
Miss Helen Christian Roddey 2016
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Roddey 1982
Ms. Jan D. Rodgers
Ms. Cameron Rogers
Mr. Charles L. Rogers 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Rogers
Dr. Sameer Rohatgi and Dr. Anjali Varandani
Mr. and Mrs. Eric G. Rohr 1993
Mr. and Mrs. Asher B. Rolfe
Ms. Catherine S. Rolfe
Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Romanosky
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Romer
Miss Sarah Michelle Romer 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Domenick J. Ronga
Mr. Hartwell Heath Roper, Jr. 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rose
Miss Sarah H. Rose 2011
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rosebro 1978
Mrs. Barbara Rosenkranz
Mr. Robert Rosenkranz
Mr. and Mrs. James Rosenstock III
Mr. and Mrs. Zach Roski
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Rudegeair
Michael and Margaret Ruehling Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ruehling
Mr. Michael Wickliffe Ruehling 1999
Mr. Colin J. Ruh and Mrs. Joann Adrales Ruh
Mrs. Reaves Wimbish Rupple 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Rusbuldt 1985
Mr. Christopher Wayne Rusbuldt, Jr. 2012
Mr. John Barber Rusbuldt 2016
Dr. Kenneth P. Ruscio and Ms. Kimberley A. Ruscio
Kenneth P. and Kimberley A. Ruscio Family Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Russell
Dr. Kathryn B. Russell 1988 and Mr. Wesley G. Russell, Jr.
Miss Anne Mason Montague Ruth 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ruth
Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Ruth 1991, 1990 Miss Anna Kaylee Ryan 2018
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Ryan Sean Ryan
Ms. Angela Ryckman
S & P Global Foundation
Penelope de Bordenave Saffer
Mr. Amrik Singh Sahni 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Saks
Mr. Vincent Tuller Saladino 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Naji W. Salhab
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Salhab
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jerrold Samford 1972
Ms. Michelle Samms
Mr. Charles R. Samuels 1994 and Ms. Krista M. Samuels Mr. Henry Charles Samuels 2029
Ms. Susan Trigg Sanders 1972
Mr. Arthur N. Sanderson 1969
Ken Ruscio P ’08
Collegiate is a strong community of strong individuals. It’s one of those rare places that can celebrate the differences among us while also bringing us together in common purpose. We learn together what we cannot learn alone. It’s a privilege to be a part of it.”
Dr. Kulbir Sandhu and Mr. Parmeet Soin
Ms. Carole Sandy
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon M. Santos
Mrs. Mary Seaman Sarkes 1980 Ms. Heather Sauls
Mr. and Mrs. J. Brock Saunders 2002, 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Saunders
Mr. Paul H. Saunders, Jr. 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Saunders
Ms. Elizabeth Savarese
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kent Savedge
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Sberna
Mr. and Mrs. F. Behle Schaaf 1972
Dr. Harriet Schanzer and Mr. David L. Raine, Jr. Amy 1983 and Ed Scher
Mr. Ryan Ferguson Schilling 2002
Mr. and Mr. Zachary R. Schmitt Mrs. Barbara A. Schneider
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Schnell
Mrs. Brooke Vaughan Schroeder 1992 Mr. Zack Schroeder
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Schultz
The Schultz Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schutt Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Schutt 1998
Kathryn and W. Harry Schwarzschild Fund
Mr. William H. Schwarzschild III 1966 Mrs. Courtney Schweickart
Mrs. Ann A. Scott
Ms. Judith B. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter C. Scott 1999 Mr. Khary A. Scott and Dr. Danielle D. Scott Mr. Larry Scott
Mr. and Mrs. R. Strother Scott
Mrs. Rwaida Scott Mrs. Susan Scott
Susan Bailey and Sidney Buford Scott Endowment Trust Scott & Stringfellow Educational Foundation
Mrs. Catherine Kennon Seay 1977
Mr. and Mrs. William H.S. Seegar
Dr. Alix Eden Seif 1989
Mrs. Barbara Briesmaster Sensabaugh 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Sesny
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Seward IV
Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Sexton
Dr. and Mrs. Anish Shah
Mr. Harry Shaia, Jr.
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DONORS
SOWING SEEDS For Future Students
During Collegiate School’s 2022 Giving Day, Coretta Kingston was enthusiastic. “For me, the atmosphere of Giving Day, the excitement at the possibility of supporting our kids and our students, made me really want to give,” she says. Kingston, who has a 2nd Grader and a 6th Grader at Collegiate, recalls participating in one particular grade-level challenge in the Lower School, and as she eagerly watched the results of that challenge come in throughout the day, one word continued to resonate with her: community.
“On Giving Day, you really feel the collective contribution of the community,” Kingston says. “When I give to the School, I see that the seeds are planted, those seeds resulting in the support my children and other children receive. In our giving, we plant that seed for generations to come.”
No matter the size, gifts such as Kingston’s support all aspects of a Collegiate education — from books and subscriptions in each of our three libraries to athletic equipment and petri dishes in the science labs — and those gifts benefit students for generations. Simply put: Gifts to the Annual Fund help Collegiate’s students grow.
“I know that educating children takes a village,” Kingston says. “I see that vast network of support throughout Collegiate — in the teachers, in the faculty, in the parents — and watching my children benefit from that is really special. Giving back to the School and then being able to physically see my gift come to fruition in what I know my kids receive — well, it’s all worth it.”
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Dr. Yogesh Sharma and Mrs. Rakhvinder K. Bian
The Sharp Family Foundation
Mrs. Richard L. Sharp
Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Sheehan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Shelly, Jr. 1981, 1983
Mr. David M. Sherman
Ms. Zhangyi Shi
Dr. and Mrs. Christian E. Shield
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Shield II 1991
Mr. Brock C. Shiflett
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Short
Mrs. Julie Elizabeth Shudtz
Ms. Alice Ambler Shuford 2002
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Shuford 1971
Ms. Diana Shuler
Mr. Nicolai Shuman and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Whiteside
Dr. Christopher Thomas Sica 1997
Miss Anna Lang Siebert 2029
Miss Elizabeth Archer Siebert 2031
Mr. and Mrs. Erik S. Siebert 1997
Miss Florence Ella Siebert 2027
Mr. Francis Kilian Siebert 2034
Dr. Lauren N. Siff 2002 and Mr. Christopher Anderson Robert Siff Family Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Silverstein
Dr. and Mrs. Evan Silverstein 2002
Evan and Christie Thalhimer Silverstein Charitable Fund Mrs. and Mrs. Todd Simkin
Mrs. Elizabeth Yager Simpson 1973 Mr. Samuel E. Simpson
Mr. Ravinder Harkirat Singh 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sinkler
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Sinnott III 1986
Mrs. Ellen Taylor Sisson 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Slater 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Slater, Jr. 1969 Mr. and Mrs. George A. Smigelski III Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith 1965
Mrs. Archer Lee Hannah Smith 1959
Mrs. Barbara Amole Smith 1949
Miss Caroline Perry Smith 2025 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith IV
Miss Charlotte Brooke Smith 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Smith
Mr. David Smith and Mrs. Beth Vetrovec Smith 1990
Mrs. Eleanor Thomson Smith
Miss Elizabeth Houston Smith 2022
Miss Emily Massie Smith 2019
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Smith III 1971 Dr. Julia Perkins Smith 1996 Dr. and Mrs. Julious P. Smith III 1986 Miss LucyGordon Smith 2012 Miss Madeline Pennington Smith 2018
Mrs. Martha Noel Smith 1970 Mrs. Maxine Matthews Smith 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith Mrs. Sarah Thalhimer Smith 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Smith Mr. Stephen Hayes Smith 1989 Ms. Kelsey Smither Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Smutz Ms. Kimberly T. Smythe Mrs. Susanne Williams Snead 1960 Mrs. Tyler Negus Snidow 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Chris H. Snow Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snow Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson M. Sommers 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Yoon S. Song Mr. Alexander H. Sooy 2003 Mr. Paul M. Soroka and Dr. Kathryn M. Gallanosa Mr. and Mrs. James C. Southworth Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Spain Mr. Henry C. Spalding, Jr. Mrs. Betsy Jo Viener Spence 1960
The Hon. James R. Spencer and The Hon. Margaret Spencer Ms. Jane Connell Spilman 1972 Mrs. Louise Coukos Spotswood 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spradlin Mr. Tredway S. Spratley and Ms. Janine Collins Mr. and Ms. Eric A. Sprehe Miss Elizabeth Lowrance Stagg 1988 Mrs. William L. Stagg III
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Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Standing III
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. J. Snowden Stanley
Dr. Jessica Stanwix and Dr. Matthew Stanwix
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Staples
Mrs. Mironda B. Starke
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Starr, Jr. Mrs. Karen Paul Stauffer 2001
Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Steadman 1971
Mrs. Lucy Fitzgerald Steele 1962
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Stefanovich
Mr. and Mrs. John Steitz
Mr. and Mrs. L. Mark Stepanian 1989 Mark and Maureen Stepanian Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Stephens 1980
Mrs. Kathryn Robertson Stephenson 2005
Mr. Sidney L. Stern II 1969
The Stern Foundation
Miss Ann Wingate Stettinius 2012
Mr. Gordon T. Stettinius 1984 and Dr. Carrie Stettinius
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gray Stettinius 1979, 1979
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stettinius
Mr. William Stanwood Stettinius 2007
Ms. Riyan Lorraine Celeste Stevens 2027
Mr. Sean Robert - Lewis Stevens 2030
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Stinson 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Brude D. Stoever
Ms. Antenette Stokes
Mrs. Susan C. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Storey 1992, 1992
Mr. Michael J. Stott and Dr. Crystal Polatty
Mrs. Suzanne Smith Stovall 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Straske II
Straske Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Stratford III 1985
Mrs. Ann Robins Strickler 1976
Mrs. Roberta Fishburne Strickler 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Stringer
Ms. Martha Wynne Stuart 1972
Ms. Liza B. Stutts 1999
Ms. Jelena Subotic
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron P. Sullivan
Ms. Eleanor Marie Sullivan 2013
Ms. Anne Walker Surgner 2011
Ms. Kathryn Nicholas Surgner 2017
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. 1983
Mr. William H. Surgner
Mr. William Reeves Hildebrandt Surgner 2014
Mr. and Ms. R. Craig Suro 1992
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Sutherland
Mrs. Pamela Anderson Sutherland
Dr. Tamara Sutherland and Mr. David A. Sutherland
Mrs. Barrie Miller Sutton 1970
Mrs. Alena Svab
Mr. Vlastimil Svab and Dr. Suzzette Chopin
Mr. Bryce Alexander Sweeney 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle J. Swenson
COLLEGIATE’S 2021-22
Parents’ Association Executive Committee
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR PA VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE SCHOOL.
Katherine Adamson, President
Karen Berson, Vice President
Vaughan Aaronson, US Coordinator
Ashley Hepp, US Coordinator
Nicole Holland, MS Coordinator
Bryn Smutz, MS Coordinator
Elizabeth Accashian, LS Coordinator
Lia Mooney, LS Coordinator
Patty Chang, Treasurer
Blair Burford, Corresponding Secretary
Kimara Parker, Recording Secretary
Christy Counts, Campus Support
Jenny Christensen, Communications
Sarah Martin, Communications
Lauren Ford, Fine Arts
Denise Leonard, Special Events
Raine Salhab, Special Events
Happy Anderson, Village Green Fair
Lauren Hepper, Village Green Fair
If you would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities at Collegiate, please contact the Parents’ Association at tcs.papresident@gmail.com
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Mr. Owen Jeffrey Swenson 2031
Mrs. Hunter McKinley Sydnor 1980
Ms. Virginia Szigeti
Mrs. Martha Frechette Tack 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Taliaferro 2000
Mr. and Mrs. Spottswood Taliaferro, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jayant P. Talreja
Mr. Yang Tang and Mrs. Xinli Du Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tanner
Estate of Helen Minor Tanner 1949
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Tashjian 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Taylor
Ms. Brooke P. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Taylor
Dr. Nancy E. Taylor and Mr. Brandon C. Taylor
Mr. Samuel C. Taylor, Jr. and Mrs. Tina Assy
Lt. Col. Timothy Scott Taylor 1984
Mr. C. Walker Terry 2005
Dr. and Mrs. Charles V. Terry Mrs. Linda Terry
Mr. Michael D. Tershak and Mrs. Joanne Katsantonis
Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer 1997
Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer Charitable Fund
Mr. Andrew Meyer Thalhimer 2005
The Carol M. & Charles G. Thalhimer, Jr. Foundation Mrs. Carol Thalhimer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Thalhimer III 1997
Charles G. Thalhimer and Family Foundation
Charles G. Thalhimer Charitable Trust
Marcia and Harry Thalhimer 1971
Ms. Margaret Ruth Thalhimer 1999 Mr. Michael H. Thalhimer 2001
Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer, Jr. Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer III 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thalhimer 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Thalhimer 1970
William B. Thalhimer, Jr. Fund
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer III 1964
Mrs. J. Clifford Tharp, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Derek A. Thomas 1996
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas
Mrs. Kathleen Coleman Thomas 1981
Miss Kathron Taylor Thomas 2010
Miss Martha Howry Thomas 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Addison B. Thompson 1966
Mr. Daniel W. Thompson 2002
Ms. Leigh E. Thompson
Mr. Paul Michael Thompson, Jr. 1983 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson III Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, Inc.
Ms. Michelle Thomson
Mrs. Kaye Thornton
Miss Lucy Olivia Thornton 2019 Dr. and Mrs. Z. Bart Thornton Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Tidey Mrs. Amber Jesse Tillman 2004 Ms. Sandra Y. Ting Mr. and Mrs. Jason Tinsley 2008 Mrs. Suzanne L. Tiplitz 1985 Mr. and Mrs. T. Case Tischer, Jr. 1998 Mr. Matthew Togna Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tolliver Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Toms Ton of Coins Scholarship Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Toohers 2012 Ms. Terry Starke Tosh 1971 Mr. Fitz R. Totten Anita Grymes Towell TowneBank
Mrs. Susan Bruch Trenkle Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trible Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Trible 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Tung Trinh 1999 Truist Bank
Mr. Richard Truscott Mr. Haywood J. Tucker and Ms. Katina S. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Tyler T. Tuite Ms. Kristin Tujuba Mr. John Tull and Ms. Miranda Groomes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr. Tullidge Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Turbeville, Jr. Ms. Susan Gray Turbeville 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Birck Turnbull Mrs. Ashley Klaus Turner 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Turner III 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David J. Tuttle Mrs. Ashley Tyler
Mr. and Mrs. Webb L. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Tyner, Jr. 1991 Ms. Sheryl S. Tyner Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ukrop Rob Ukrop 1988 and Shannon Ukrop Mr. and Mrs. Brian Unroe Upper School Faculty and Staff Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Valentine III Mr. and Mrs. Warren Van der Waag Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Van Deusen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Vance Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Varland Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Vaughan 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vaughan, Jr. 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Vaughan 1976, 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Vaughan 1966
Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown Vaughan, Jr. 1997 Ms. Melissa P. Vaughan 1983 Ms. Amy Verdi Ms. Joanne Verdi George and Mary E. Vetrovec Mr. George Edward Stafford Via 1996 Stafford Via Family Giving Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Via Dr. Thomas Victors and Mrs. Fiona Clancy-Victors Mrs. Mary Andrews Vidra 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Fernando B. Viego 1991 Dr. and Mrs. Juan F. Villalona Mr. and Mrs. Gil John Villanueva
Virginia Credit Union
Virginia I-Spine Physicians
Mr. Sanjeev K. Vohra and Dr. Harjit Bhogal Dr. Kelley A. von Elten and Mr. Alexander S. von Elten Dr. and Mrs. Steven von Elten Mr. Karl von Klein Mr. Brian R. Voss and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Mountjoy Ms. Monique Voss Mr. and Ms. Alex W. Waddell Dr. Robert O. Waldbauer, Jr. 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Waldron Mr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Waldrup, Sr. 1998 Mrs. Bernice Spathey Walker 1955 Mrs. Jessica Chasen Walker 2003 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Walker 2004, 2004 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Walker III Mr. John Luther Walker IV 2012 Mr. Lee Stribling Walker 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Walker, Jr. 1986 Walker & Dunlop LLC Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Wallace 1993 Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor Waller, Jr. 1971, 1972 Mrs. Christin Lipscomb Walsh 2004 Mr.* and Mrs. Martin D. Walsh Mr. Xijun E. Wang and Mrs. Yuyan D. Ding Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Ward Dr. Gloria E. Ward and Mr. James H. Ward Mrs. Wendy Walton Ward 1974 Mr. Richard L. Ware 1977
Richard L. Ware Gifting Fund
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Warman 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Warren, Jr. Mr. William Trapnell Warthen 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wash Mr. and Mrs. David Washo 2001 Dr. and Mrs. James Wassum Mrs. Marshall Waterman and Mr. Robert C. Waterman 1965 Mr. Franklin P. Watkins, Jr. 1977 Mrs. Elizabeth Bland Watson 1995 Mr. and Mrs. John Watson Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Watson Dr. A. Craig Watt and Dr. A. Christine Watt Mr. and Mrs. Ian A. Watt
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“I volunteer at Collegiate for my kids. It gives me a chance to see a glimpse into their school life and possibly make a positive difference in their Collegiate journey. Whether it’s volunteering for a shift at VGF, spending your morning helping at the Cougar Shop or chairing a committee, there is something available for everyone who wants to get involved.”
“Volunteering at Collegiate has allowed me to meet teachers as well as many families. I always receive self-fulfillment when performing even small tasks for the Cougar community, because the teachers and staff appreciate the parents just as much as we appreciate them. I encourage parents to invest any amount of their time to help build a better environment for all.”
“I enjoy volunteering at Collegiate because it is a way for me to contribute to the sense of community that makes Collegiate so special. I truly get as much or more than I put into it. Volunteering at Collegiate also gives me a stronger connection to the School that has become such a pivotal part of my family’s life.”
“We both enjoy volunteering our time and skills because we think it is a meaningful way to give back to the School and because we believe it is important for our children to see us fully engaged within our Collegiate community. We also volunteer because it is a fun way to get to know the families, faculty and staff within our community. It is gratifying to know that your hard work is benefiting an organization that gives so much to our children and our families.”
PATTY CHANG P ’26 ’29
P ’29 ’31 ’32 & LAUREN HEPPER P
’30 ’30
NIKKI POWELL P ’31 ’33 MARK APELT P ’27 HAPPY ANDERSON ’95
’27
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Volunteers
Estate of Mary Morris Watt 1933
Mr. and Mrs. Mark O. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Will B. Webb
Mrs. Mary Lou Webber
Mr. Robert M. Wedge
Ms. Gwendolen B. Weeks
Dr. Paul B. Wehman and Dr. Rebecca Turner-Wehman
Mr. James Howard Weirich 1994
Mrs. Elisabeth Arnold Weiss 1986
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell M. Wells
Mrs. Jeanette M. Welsh
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Wentworth III
Rev. and Mrs. Nathaniel D. West
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Westermann 1988
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemper Wharton
Mrs. Adair Dages Wheat 1978
Mr. Matthew B. Whitaker
Miss Anna Lassiter White 2012
Mr. C. Dyson White 2011
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. White 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. White
Mr. and Mrs. George R. White
Mr. J. Porter White 1988
Mr. Joseph Voss White 2018
Mrs. Mary F. White
Mr. Stephen K. White 1966
Mr. William Wallace White 2016
Dr. and Mrs. David Whitehead
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
Ms. Kathleen B. Whiteside
Richard and Kathleen Whiteside Charitable Fund
Mr. Alexander Amr Whitfield 2009
Dr. and Mrs. N. Bryan Whitfield
The Whitfield Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Whitlock 1997
Mrs. Anne Whittemore
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Whittemore 1996
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrison Whitten 2002, 2002
Mrs. Sigrid Lynn Whittle 1958
Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III USN 1985
Dr. and Mrs. James Wickham
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Wiley 1977
Dr. E. James Wiley III 1982
Dr. Edward J. Wiley, Jr.
Mr. William Nash Wiley 2015
Mr. and Mrs.* Edsel Wilkinson 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor E. Will
Mr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Williams IV 1963
Mr. and Mrs. C. Preston Williams 1988
Mr. Carter Brien Williams 2024
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton T. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Williams 1974
Miss Eleanor Lyons Williams 2024
Mr. and Mrs. Ennion S. Williams, Jr. 1960
Mr. Fielding L. Williams, Jr.
Mr. Francis D. Williams III 1969*
Mr. and Mrs. Jere H. Williams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonnie R. Williams, Jr. 1995
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Williams
Ms. Nazarell Williams
Ms. Pamela Marie Williams 1969
Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregory Williams 1969
Greg Williams Family Donor Advised Fund of Richmond Jewish Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Terrell Williams 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Williams
Ms. Susan Lynne Williams 1971
Mr. and Mrs. T. Evan Williams, Jr. 1975 Ms. Veronica Williams
Mr. Alan Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Williamson 2004 Miss Sara Douglas Williamson 2017 Mr. Stewart A. Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. D. Wilson, Sr. Mr. Harrison Benjamin Wilson IV 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Wilton 1973 Mr. Somers Marcus Wilton 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Wiltshire 1999
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Wiltshire 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Wiltshire, Jr. 1964 Mrs. Suzanne P. Wiltshire
Weezie and Buck Wiltshire 1967, 1967 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Wiltshire, Jr. 1992 Mrs. Julia M. Wimbish
Colonel (Retired) William Lee Wimbish, Jr. 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Wind
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Winheim Ms. Carolyn Levey Winks 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Winston
Ms. Shannon L. Winston and Ms. Monica L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. John F. Winter II Mr. Weldon John Wirick IV 1991 Mr. Ethan William Wirt 2001
Mrs. Leigh Enoch Wit 2002
The Wise-Axelrod Charitable Fund
Mrs. Charles P. Witmer
Mrs. Beth Witt
Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Witt III
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DONORS
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wittkamp
Clarence Wolf, Jr. and Alma B. Wolf Foundation
Mrs. Ann Gray Turner Wood 1964
Dr. Barbara Wood and Dr. James Wood
Dwr. John Charles Wood 1970
Mrs. Melissa Seymour Wood 1996
Mr. Michael B. Woodard
Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin and Mr. John H. Woodfin 1987
Woodfin Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods, Jr.
Mr. John William Woods III 2017
Miss Margaret Ewing Woods 2022
Mr. John W. Woodward 1984
Mr. William W. Woolford IV 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Madison P. Wootton 1989
Miss Lacey Elliott Word 2022
Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Word III 1979
Mr. Coleman Wortham 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wortham III 1969
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wrenn, Jr. 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Wright 2001
Elizabeth Dolan Wright and J.D. Wright 2001
Mrs. Ellen Beane Wright 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wright IV
Mr. Gang Wu and Mrs. Chunhua Yin
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wyatt 1988
Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Wyatt 1980
Mrs. Yu Xiao and Mr. Bin Hu
Dr. Thomas Yackel and Dr. Nicole Deiorio
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Yarney
Mr. Gabe Yelanjian
Mr. and Mrs. Smedes York
Mrs. Ashley Davis Young 2005
Mr. Kenneth H. Young 1982
Mrs. Patricia Chewning Young 1959
Honorable and Mrs. Roderick C. Young
Ms. Emily deLaittre Younts 2011
Mr. Binhu Yu and Ms. Yinan Ding
Ms. Dongmei Yuan
Ms. Mary Frances Zachary
Mr. Ostap Zagorodnyy and Mrs. Ausrine Kuktelionyte
Mrs. Marietta Edmunds Zakas 1977
Dr. and Mrs. Alvaro R. Zeballos
Ms. Ann S. Zelenak
Dr. J. Kenneth Zelenak 1993 and Dr. Ashley T. Zelenak
Mr. John Yue Zhuo 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Zizzo 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Zwerdling
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Zyglocke
*Deceased
Gifts Made in Memory of the Following:
Mr. Nicholas Robert Adams 2004
Mrs. Miriam Scott Apter 1937
Ms. Dorothy Barnett
Mr. John S. Billingsley, Jr.
Mrs. Jane Finegan Boinest 1950
Mr. John Russell Britten
Mrs. Elizabeth Shinnick Caldwell 1963
Ms. Donelia Campbell
Ms. Stuart Cahill Cawthorn 1995
Mr. Wallace L. Chandler
Mrs. Annette Chapman
Ms. Manon Lucy Christ
Mr. John P. Coates
Mr. Augustus L. Collier 1970
Mrs. Lee Schmidt Collier 1969
Mrs. A. Christian Compton
Mr. Ralph Robinson Crosby III 1983
Mrs. Laura Deck
Mr. Maxwell Chisolm Dwyer 2002
Mrs. Jane Durham Evans 1956
Mrs. Bruce Evans
Mrs. Sarah Raybin Portlock Fellman 2003
Mr. Carl B. Frye, Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey Lehner Galston 1973
Mrs. Mary Ryan Bottger George 1992
Mr. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.
Dr. Roger P. Hailes
Mrs. Jean P. Hart
Mrs. Champ Roberts Johnson 1956
Arthur and Dot Kannard
Mr. Benjamin R. Lacy IV
Mr. Jeffrey K. MacNelly, Jr. 1990
Mr. Brian McGill
Ms. Nancy Pace Newton
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Grayson and Jeannette Nickel
Mrs. Irene Owen
Mrs. Barbara O. Pettit
Mrs. Peggy Regan
Mr. Michael Bruce Rhyne, Jr. 2001
Mr. James Catlin Robertson 2004
Mr. Jeffrey Scott Robertson 2001
Ms. A. Katherine Schmidt 1974
Mr. Geoffey Richard Shudtz 2001
Mrs. Kaye Brinkley Spalding 1958
Mrs. Burrell W. Stultz
Mrs. Nancy P. Thalhimer
Gifts Made in Honor of the Following:
Miss Caroline McCaskey Adamson 2029
Miss Katherine Perrow Adamson 2023
Miss Sarah Shepard Adamson 2025
Ms. Allison Janet Albright 2009
Mrs. Nancy Archbell Bain
Mr. David N. Bannard
Mrs. M.H. Bartzen
Dr. Kathryn Whitaker Best Mrs. Amy J. Blackmer
Mr. Charles L. Blair, Jr. Mr. Michael Hille Blair 2010
Mr. Weldon A. Bradshaw
Mrs. Lauren Brown
Mrs. Elizabeth Jessee Bruni 2009
Mrs. Julia Butcher
Mrs. Jamie Chambers
Mr. Page Chapman IV
Mr. Andrew Higgins Clarke 2030
Class of 1976
Class of 1990
Ms. Sarah Copeland
Mr. Ernest H. Crump
Mr. W. Taylor Dabney IV
Mrs. Karen Doxey
Mrs. Penny B. Evins
Mr. Sam Evins
Mrs. Elizabeth Fagan
Mr. Christopher George Thompson
Mr. G. McNeir Tilman
Mr. Richard L. Towell
Ms. Elizabeth Austin Tucker 1964
Mr. William Caleb Wharton 2012
Mrs. Bunny Gentry Williams 1972
Mr. Charles F. Wiltshire
Mrs. Dudley Brett Wiltshire
Mr. Charles Witmer
Mrs. Paige W. Woolwine 1984
Mr. Malcolm Pitt Friddell, Jr. 2002
Palmer Peebles Garson
Mr. Charles Linwood Gill 2025
Miss Lindley Susannah Gill 2028 Mrs. Teresa Alvis Given 1982 Ms. Catherine Gregory
Mr. Timothy MacFarlane Haskell 2026
Ms. Carol Warinner Herod 1972
Miss Carter Somers Hofheimer 2029
Miss Anne Morgan Hunter 2015
Miss Carter Christian Hunter 2010 Mrs. Sarah Gray Tullidge Innes 2005 Mrs. Anne Baldwin Jamerson 1978
Coach Larry Jarman
Miss Mary Adelaide Johnson 2015 Mr. Thomas Hart Johnson 2015 Ms. Deborah Lewis
Mr. Shepherd Fitz-Hugh Lewis, Jr. 1996 Mr. Patrick E. Loach Mrs. Pamela W. Lowe Ms. Neelan A. Markel 1996 Mr. Steven A. Markel 1966 Ms. Courtney Martin Mrs. Debra McKercher
Mrs. Amy Merchant Mrs. Debbie Miller
Mr. Derek Murray
Mr. Carl L. Napier, Jr. Mr. Steven Oden
Miss Katherine Olivia O’Toole 2025
Ms. Phyllis Palmiero
Mr. Angelo Eugene Parker III 2022 Mrs. Kate Parthemos 1971
Coach Don Pate Ms. Susanna Payne
Mr. John Cheairs Porter, Jr. Dr. William F. Reames Mrs. Carter C. Reid Dr. Kenneth P. Ruscio Will and Miranda Saunders Bill and Wendy Schultz Mrs. Faulkner Bagley Sgro 1988 Ms. Zhangyi Shi
Mrs. Anne Gray Siebert 1997 Mrs. Samantha Slater
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith 1965
Mr. Charles Whitley Spain 2033 Mr. William Walker Spain 2030 Mr. Andrew Stanley Miss Drew Michelle Stanley 2023 Mr. John Fitzgerald Stanley 2024 Mr. Tyler Joseph Stanley 2028 Miss Caroline Tanner 2030 Mr. Luke Hause Tanner 2029 Ms. Tara Tate Mr. Joeffrey Trimmingham Miss Cathryn Elizabeth Tullidge 2007 Mr. William Brant Tullidge Mrs. Connie Tuttle
Upper School Faculty Mrs. Carolyn N. Villanueva
Ms. Chelsea Rose Waldrup 2032 Miss Emily Sophia Waldrup 2029 Mr. George Benjamin Waldrup, Jr. 2029
Miss Virginia Elizabeth Waldrup 2027 Mrs. Sally Williams
Miss Mary Estella Williams 2024
Mrs. Anne Tunstall Bagley Willis 2000 Mr. Richard W. Wiltshire ’64 Dr. James Kenneth Zelenak 1993
MADE
GIFTS
IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
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The Formative Years
During recess at Fort Cougar, the Lower School playground, noises of jubilance are amplified. Sunlight filters through an overcast mid-September day and splashes with warmth on students as they climb on monkey bars, coast down slides and soar on swings, their feet reaching towards the sky. Beth ’72 and Ry Marchant ’71, taking in the effortless joy common in Lower Schoolers, spot their granddaughter Liza ’35 running towards them, her arms stretched wide and ready for a hug.
Beth and Ry radiate with admiration as they watch the scene. In so many ways, it is the same atmosphere they experienced as Collegiate students themselves. “Collegiate was a formative time for me,” Ry says. “I think back to all my growth during my time here, and I think back to all the teachers and coaches who had such a strong influence on me. So it really is special to see children today still benefiting from that same Collegiate education.”
Knowing firsthand the diligence with which the School approaches academics, Ry and Beth sent their two children, Meg and Reilly, to Collegiate. Meg graduated in 1998 and Reilly, who met his wife Lizzy, a Class of 2004 alumna and now a 2nd Grade Teacher, during his time on North Mooreland Road, graduated in 2003.
“Seeing Collegiate through our children’s eyes — and now watching our granddaughter Liza attend the School — you realize once again how valuable those experiences are,” Ry says. “When you graduate from Collegiate, there is this big wide world waiting for you, and, from personal experience, I know that this School does a great job of preparing students for that world.”
But Ry and Beth Marchant are not just great benefactors of Collegiate; they are also great and indelible supporters of everything the School offers. “Collegiate was like family to me,” Beth says. “The teachers, my friends, the athletics and the traditions we experienced together — all of this gave me a foundation that carried me throughout my life. I’m proud to be a Collegiate alumna, and I want the School to succeed. Giving back to something that has given me so much is an obvious thing to do. It gives me joy to be a supporter.”
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Letter from JASMINE TURNER
When I think about Collegiate School, the words community and connection come to mind. As a 9th Grader, back in 2007, I honestly couldn’t have imagined stepping into the role of Alumni Board President 15 years in the future. I am grateful for the faculty, staff and friends who helped make Collegiate an impactful experience. Saying yes to serving in this capacity is meaningful for many reasons, including the opportunity to give back to the place that has given so much to me. I care about our Collegiate community, and I want to see it thrive, grow and evolve.
As we start a new school year, our Alumni Board wants to focus on connecting with students and families. We want all students, especially those preparing for life after Upper School, to know they are supported. There is a network of people waiting to guide and assist them in whatever way they need. Our intention is to foster connection — connections between alumni, students and the Collegiate community. One of the ways we intend to bring people together is through our alumni student connection committee, which is new this year. The goal of the committee is to offer and highlight networking opportunities and programming. Please contact me or Anne Gray Siebert ’97, our Director of Alumni Engagement, to learn more about the many ways alumni can get involved in the activities happening on Collegiate’s campus.
The 2022-23 Alumni Board is composed of people who care deeply about this School and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to each of their roles. I am so excited to be working with our tremendous community of alumni, and I can’t wait for all the connections we are sure to have this year. We look forward to a year of community and connection!
With warmest regards,
Jasmine Turner ’11 Alumni Association President
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38TH ANNUAL ALUMNI OYSTER ROAST
HOMECOMING
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Cougars brought the green-and-gold spirit for Homecoming weekend. From the pep rally to reunion celebrations, the weekend offered a time to celebrate the Collegiate community.
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REUNITING WITH THEIR ROOTS
The first group of students to have classes in Luck Hall, the Class of 1987 returned to their Kindergarten classrooms to celebrate their 35th reunion on Homecoming weekend.
Gretchen Loree Crawford ’87 remembers the short walk, taken one morning in the winter of 1974, from her previous Kindergarten classroom to Luck Hall, a brief stroll with her classmates that marked the beginning of the rest of her time in the Lower School. She remembers the connections with classmates and the countless bits of wisdom passed down from teachers — all of those crucial early stages of development contained in her Kindergarten classroom. The first group of students to have classes in Luck Hall, the Class of 1987 returned to their classrooms of origin for their 35th reunion on Homecoming weekend, and the memories made there came rushing back to the Collegiate alumni.
Coming back to Collegiate, the alumni explored the classrooms of their childhoods, still as spacious and fruitful for discovery as the 1987 graduates remember it back in the 70s. “I think we just had such a nice sense of values at Collegiate, a sense of honor, a sense of loyalty and a lot of lessons that helped build character in every student,” Crawford reflects. “It was a gift to go to Collegiate, and it makes me so happy to see other students still receiving those same experiences.”
During the construction of Luck Hall, the Class of 1987 took their classes in the church across from what is now the Lower School parking lot. The space was initially designed to house four classrooms, each one containing access to an outdoor area, the intention being to encourage individual student growth and exploration. Now, after nearly 50 years, Luck Hall continues to offer a space for students to thrive in every aspect of life, providing a unique education for each unique student.
“Reading time was the best in Luck Hall,” recalls Glen Pusey Meck ’87, another graduate of the Class of 1987. “My enduring love for books began there and then fully flourished under the instruction of Dr. Hailes.”
The space holds significance for each member of the class, but the people, those who created the warm energy within the space, are what made the alumni’s time at Collegiate special. The Class of 1987 revisited the pivotal years of their lives with the classmates that made their education at Collegiate impactful.
“The fabric of my childhood is still important to me, and I’m always happy to see anybody I spent my childhood with and catch up with people who were there to help me grow,” Crawford says. “Collegiate was such a big part of my life growing up, and reunions give me the opportunity to reconnect with my classmates to find out all the interesting things they’ve done and seen since graduating. That’s why I come back for Homecoming: to revisit the place and the people who have meant so much to me throughout my life.”
CLASS OF 1987
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CLASS OF 1972 CLASS OF 1977 CLASS OF 1982 CLASS OF 1992 CLASS OF 2002 CLASS OF 2007 CLASS OF 2017 CLASS OF 2012 CLASS OF 1997 Editor’s note: The classes of 1962 and 1967 had a great time gathering during Homecoming weekend. To view photographs of their reunions, please see page 76. FALL 2022 73
A gentle breeze wafted through Collegiate’s North Mooreland Road campus, and wisps of clouds drifted across the cerulean sky on this picture-perfect Homecoming afternoon.
As the Cougars and Norfolk Academy matched strength and skill on the Grover Jones Field before an enthusiastic sea of onlookers and youngsters frolicked on the playground nearby and the open field behind the bleachers, sounds of joy filled the air.
Amidst the celebration, VADM Frank W. “Trey” Whitworth III ’85 sat quietly and inconspicuously on a bench in the gazebo overlooking the festivities and spoke softly, almost reverently, of the lessons he’d learned during his eight years at Collegiate that have served him well throughout his 34-year career in the United States Navy.
“Even though the physical plant may have changed since I was a student here, the sense of family, community and values is as strong as ever,” he said in measured tones. “That’s the staying power of Collegiate.”
Earlier in the day, Collegiate’s Alumni Association honored Whitworth with its Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes excellence in the recipient’s field of endeavor.
“This was a very special day,” he said, then deflected the credit as is his wont. “A lot of people have helped me beginning with the faculty, administrators and my fellow students at Collegiate. Obviously, my family. My wife Amy. The sailors and officers who have worked with me. There are many people I could share this award with.”
During his illustrious career, Whitworth has earned numerous citations for meritorious service and leadership as well as the abiding respect of those with whom he has shared the journey.
Among his many assignments, he has served as Commander of the Joint Intelligence Center Central, Director of Intelligence for the U.S. Africa Command, Director of Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and, since June 2022, Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
The underpinnings of his career go back, he says, to the time-honored lessons of integrity, character, leadership and humility that he learned at home (from his parents Dixon and Kay) and church and in the classrooms and on the playing fields of Collegiate and has done all within his power to pay forward.
“I have vivid memories,” he said, referencing his formative years. “Tradition is everything. Shared experiences: stickball, Yule Log, chapel services, an intense, competitive academic environment yet good-natured competition. We were happy for each other when someone did well. Small class sizes. You knew the people in your class, their parents, and their histories.
“Other than my family and the church, I don’t think I’ve had a more important academic, social and moral foundation in an institution than at Collegiate. I really mean that.”
Though intelligence is his professional specialty, Whitworth dreamed of being a pilot when he received his ROTC commission upon graduation from Duke University in 1989.
“That was not part of the plan,” he said of his career direction. “If a faithful person looked at it, they might say that was part of a plan. I was on my way to Pensacola, Fla., to join the aviation community. My left eye would not correct to 20/20. I tried as hard as I could, they tried as hard as they could, and it just couldn’t correct at that critical time so I had to find an alternative immediately.
“I actually picked intelligence against the odds. It was unlikely that I’d be accepted given that I came from ROTC. I was fortunate. The rest is history, I guess.”
He never looked back.
“I’ve really enjoyed the people I’ve worked with and learned with,” he said. “I related to them, and we became good friends. And as long as they kept giving interesting jobs and the work seemed impactful, I never thought about an alternative. I joke that I think we’re going to make it a career now.”
Whitworth was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate for his current post heading the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
“This is a very fulfilling opportunity,” he said. “NGA is in charge of the intelligence we derive from imagery and observations from all sorts of different sensors. We’re also in charge of the safety of navigation inherent to our cartographic missions and the certification of some of our data for charts.
“One of the hardest things we do, and maybe the hardest things to do in the military, is deconflicting combatant from non-combatant. This is one of the core missions of NGA, so I’m honored to be in charge of this agency.”
The three stars on Whitworth’s shoulder identify him as one of the highest-ranking officers in the United States military, but Whitworth, ever humble and a servant leader, sees himself as just another Collegiate alumnus enjoying the ambiance of Homecoming.
“Faith reminds us that we’re all together and that we’re relatively small in comparison to the rest of the world,” he said. “Faith reminds us to remember that people have feelings, so what we say or do and how we conduct ourselves around others can have a lasting effect.
“No matter your rank or stature, those are people you’re talking to. We’re all just people. On this particular day, we’re all Cougars.”
One of the highest-ranking officers in the United States military, Trey Whitworth, ever humble and a servant leader, was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award during Homecoming.
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By: Weldon Bradshaw
NEW ALUMNI Board Members
Muffy Greenbaum ’04
P ’30 ’32
Education: BA, University of Virginia Community Affiliations: Richmond Ballet
“My belief in this School stems from the foundational sense of community beyond the classroom that is reinforced by our strong alumni. Collegiate’s success comes from the collaborative efforts of our family of students, teachers, administrators, parents and alumni. As an alum and parent, I look forward to bringing both perspectives to our board.”
Devon Kelley ’05
Professional: Senior Vice President & Head of Merchant Bank, Park Lane IBS
Education: BA, Yale University; MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management Community Affiliations: Sloane Fellow, Jewish Graduate Student Initiative; Athletes for Care
“I have always felt a drive to give back to the education that gave me so much. My hope is that my 11 years in New York City working in several industries will enable me to impart some differentiated perspective towards the improvement of my beloved Collegiate.”
Toby Long ’98 P ’33 ’35
Professional: Attorney, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Education: BA, University of Virginia; JD, University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
“Collegiate has given me far more as a student and now a parent than I could ever give back. I am honored to serve on the Alumni Board and to have a vehicle to try to give back and support our special School.”
Lee Moreau ’85
Professional: Virginia Dept. of Health, Program Manager
Education: BS, The College of New Jersey
“Whether it’s in the form of suggestions or advice, or in the context of looking at challenges and solutions through the lens of life beyond Collegiate, I think the ideas that the Alumni Board can bring to the table having had Collegiate as our foundation will be invaluable in keeping Collegiate moving forward.”
Rishi Pahuja ’04 P ’35
Professional: Strategy at Higharc Education: BS, University of Virginia Community Affiliations: StartupVA Mentor
“I had an amazing experience at Collegiate and continue many relationships from my time there. As alumni, we provide unique perspectives on how to improve the experience for all students — both current and future. I hope to make Collegiate an incredible place for finding one’s passion on top of building an academic foundation.”
Chris Pearson ’02
Professional: SVP - Portfolio Manager, Davenport & Company LLC, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Education: BS, University of Richmond Community Affiliations: Youth Life Foundation - RVA
“I am honored to have the opportunity to serve an institution that served me so well. As alumni, we have a responsibility to support and nurture this community. I look forward to listening, learning and employing my perspective and experience in whatever way best serves the Collegiate community.”
Tyler Negus Snidow ’80
Professional: Owner, NIMBL Marketing Education: BS, Virginia Commonwealth University
“A second-generation alumni who grew up hearing my mother’s stories from Collegiate Country Day School (ask me about a few!), I hope to lend a perspective that pays tribute to our heritage and looks to the future with the kind of ideas and practices that make Collegiate a model independent school for shaping curious, open, seeking minds.”
Chas Thalhimer ’97
Professional: Sr. Manager, Retail Ecommerce Operations, McKesson Medical Surgical Education: BS, Virginia Commonwealth University
“I wanted to join the Alumni Board to give back to the institution that prepared me so well for the next stage of life.”
Bo Vaughan ’97 P ’31 ’32
Professional: Medical Director for Clinical Research Partners, LLC and Infusion Solutions, LLC
Education: BS, Washington and Lee University ’01; MD, Medical College of Virginia/VCU School of Medicine ’07; MSHA VCU College of Health Professionals ’21
Community Affiliations: M4K Richmond; ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation
“My hope as a member of the Alumni Board is to first serve the School as the dust settles after this pandemic, but also to serve Collegiate’s alumni as a liaison for the School. With strong and committed alumni, our School can be sure to send out their graduates well-prepared for triumphs and headwinds to come.”
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1950
Jane Finnegan Boinest, mother of Pem Boinest Hall ’75 and Page Boinest Melton Ivie ’79, grandmother of Kate Hall Booker ’04, Janie Hall ’11, Hopie Melton and Nell Melton, died May 25, 2022.
1960
Kathleen Beattie Watkins, mother of Kendall McGlynn ’87 and Stewart Allen ’89, died July 23, 2022.
1962
Members of the Class of 1962 came together to celebrate Homecoming weekend.
1966
After years of research, Melissa Lehigh was finally able to register her daughters and herself in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She says, “It was worth all the effort to join such a wonderful group of women who do so much to preserve our country’s heritage.”
1967
The Class of 1967 had a blast participating in the Homecoming weekend festivities.
1969
Francis “Frank” Williams died June 7, 2022.
1970
Elizabeth “Dale” Pruitt Wilkinson, former faculty member and sister of Julie Pruitt Bryan ’74 and Carrie Pruitt Emery ’79 as well as mother of Jennifer Swink Bower ’98 and stepmother of Heath Wilkinson ’93, died July 9, 2022.
In mid-July a group of six Collegiate alums — Terrell Williams, John Hamner, Steve
Gentil, Greg Williams ’69, Cliff Kirkmyer ’69 and Chris Wiltshire ’72 — and two nonCougars (Cliff Culley and David Westerlund) went on a golf trip to Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Class of 1970 had held its 50th reunion celebration (delayed due to COVID-19) in November 2021. One popular member of the class, Susan Lecky Williams, was unable to attend the reunion due to the distance from her home in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
When the golf group received its itinerary and realized they would be playing golf courses in Northern Ireland, they set out to see if they could connect with Susan. After many texts and emails it was agreed that after playing Royal Portrush they would meet Susan at the Galgorm Manor Inn in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. It was great of her to make the hourplus drive (each way) from Bangor to see them.
It was a fabulous reunion and they had a great time catching up. Lots of smiles and laughs. It was fascinating to hear of her life and family in Northern Ireland. It is safe to say she is thriving and loving life. She sends her kind regards to all of her classmates and fellow Cougars.
1971
S. Lawrence Dumville died May 16, 2022.
1973
Some members of the Class of 1973 and 1972 — Beth Clough ’72, Buzzy Northen, Dave Clough and Dan Savage — had a good time gathering together at Figure 8 Island.
1976
Ann Robins Strickler welcomed her second grandson, Oliver Scott Gabler, in September.
1980
David Murphy, brother of Tim Murphy ’83, died July 7, 2022.
1982
Jay DeVoe, winner of the Alex Smith ’65 Service Award, son of Mary Bruce DeVoe ’56, brother of Mary Garner DeVoe ’78 and Libby DeVoe Lewis ’84, and father of Mary Weston DeVoe ’14 and Catherine DeVoe ’16, died Sept. 22, 2022.
Brandon Fox and her husband, Chris Arias, sailed to Manhattan from Deltaville and back in their 1985 Bristol 411. The trip took three weeks, and although they weathered a bad storm, it was a great time. “I’m glad I have the winter to recover, though, before I contemplate any more boating,” she says.
1984
Sarah Paxton has had a busy year. She and husband Andy Thornton sold the building that housed LaDiff for 24 years, bought new property in Manchester and then spent the next seven months in “moving sale” mode. “Imagine moving your 3,000 square-foothouse 25 times!” she says. Andy is now retired — although he keeps an office and a wood shop on site and is very involved in developing the rest of the property — and Sarah is running the next iteration of LaDiff solo. She says she’d love to show it off to any Cougars who want to visit. You’ll find the new store located at 1011 Commerce Road.
John Woodward was appointed honorary consul of the Slovak Republic in Atlanta, with jurisdiction covering Georgia and South Carolina. He is also vice president, Global Commerce, at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, leading the foreign trade and investment group, and he serves on the boards of Georgia Foreign Trade Zone, Center for Advancement and Study of International Education, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and several binational chambers of commerce.
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1. Members of the Class of 1962 came together to celebrate Homecoming weekend.
2. The Class of 1967 had a blast participating in the Homecoming weekend festivities.
3. In mid-July a group of six Collegiate alums — Terrell Williams ’70, John Hamner ’70, Steve Gentil ’70, Greg Williams ’69, Cliff Kirkmyer ’69 and Chris Wiltshire ’72 — went on a golf trip to Scotland and Northern Ireland and met up with fellow Collegiate graduate Susan Lecky Williams ’70.
5. Sarah Paxton ’84 and husband Andy Thornton sold the building that housed LaDiff for 24 years, bought new property in Manchester and then spent the next seven months in “moving sale” mode.
6. John Woodward ’84 was appointed honorary consul of the Slovak Republic in Atlanta, with jurisdiction covering Georgia and South Carolina.
7. Michelle Hudgins ’88 joined the executive team at the Pew Research Center as vice president of communications. 1
4. Some members of the Class of 1973 and 1972 — Beth Clough ’72, Buzzy Northen ’73, Dave Clough ’73 and Dan Savage ’73 — had a good time gathering together at Figure 8 Island.
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William Joynt, brother of Tori Joynt Bosse ’83, died Aug. 27, 2022.
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Michelle Hudgins joined the executive team at the Pew Research Center as vice president of communications.
On July 1, 2022, Joy Sisisky was appointed chief executive officer of the Bay Area Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. The organization is the second largest Jewish community foundation in North America with more than $2.3 billion in assets, and the nonprofit grants nearly $200 million a year to thousands of Jewish and secular causes in the U.S., Israel and around the world. Joy has been living in San Francisco for six years with her husband, Jonathan Salky, and their two daughters, Alexandra (12) and Emmy (9). After living in New York for 16 years, they’re enjoying life on the West Coast — especially the weather and outdoor lifestyle. Early in the pandemic the family hit the road and drove back and forth cross country to visit their Richmond family for six weeks. “It was probably the longest stretch I’ve been home since graduating high school and was really quite special,” she says.
2001
Lizzie Litterini and husband Pete welcomed their second son, Charlie, on July 26, 2022. “Big brother Henry,” she says, “is taking his job very seriously!”
2002
Leigh Enoch Wit and husband Art welcomed Cooper Grayson Wit on May 23, 2022. Cooper joins big sisters Reese (5) and Sloane (2).
Michael Gottwald was married in New Orleans in March 2022. “It was a re-do of our wedding,” he says, “this time with actual people there, since the first go-round scheduled for 2020 got minimized to a backyard and eight people.” Collegiate friends Jonathan Marks and Vishesh Pathak were there. “The latter two gave toasts for the ages,” says Michael. “Vishesh concentrated on my illustrious career as an athlete at Collegiate; Yogi’s was kind of a beat poetry piece. Jay Nelson also flew in, but unfortunately had to leave immediately because his child was bitten by a raccoon at his parents’ home (next door to my parents’ home) in Virginia. TBD which side of the property line the raccoon called home and thereby whether Dr. Bill Gottwald is actually to blame. Classmates who know Jay, Yogi and myself might think I’m kidding; rest assured I am not. Fortunately we relied on the vast knowledge we had gained from our 9th Grade health class group project on rabies — and the first film I ever made — to determine that Jay’s offspring was not rabid. Other than that unfortunate incident, it was a lovely weekend.”
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2003
Michael Rand moved to Brattleboro, Vt.
Fellowship of Christians in Universities & Schools (FOCUS) volunteer Kevin McGeorge along with Collegiate parents Jon-Marc, director of FOCUS, and Meg Haden, led a group of high school students from around the country on a 12-day Rocky Mountain adventure through Colorado. Several of the students in attendance were Collegiate graduates of the Class of 2022: Kate Riopelle ’22, Reid Coleman ’22, Phillip Clarke ’22 and Scottie Ruth ’22. The crew had an incredible trip filled with activities such as fly fishing on the Arkansas river, rock climbing and repelling, white water rafting and summiting Mt. Harvard at 14,424 feet. FOCUS meets throughout the school year with Collegiate Middle and Upper School students. For more information on FOCUS, please feel free to reach out to Jon-Marc at jhaden@infocus.org.
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Joy Sisisky ’94 was appointed chief executive officer of the Bay Area Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.
Lizzie Litterini ’01 and husband Pete welcomed their second son, Charlie, on July 26, 2022.
Leigh Enoch Wit ’02 and husband Art welcomed Cooper Grayson Wit on May
Kevin McGeorge ’03 helped lead a group of high school students from around the country on a 12-day Rocky Mountain adventure through Colorado.
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2004
Blair Northern Williamson will debut her children’s picture book, Island Girls, in late 2022. Island Girls is an informational fiction story written to spread awareness about plastics in the ocean and was inspired by her own experiences as a scuba-diving instructor. The story is beautifully illustrated by Ukrainian artist Svitlana Holovchenko, who also shares Blair’s passion for cleaning up our oceans. Blair will be a featured author at the Palmetto State Literary Association Conference in 2023, and she is sponsored by Plastic Ocean Project. You can read more about her environmental efforts or any other book news on her website, theislandwriter.com.
2005
Lizzy Kitces welcomed a daughter, Marley Emma, in February 2022.
Sarah Gray Tullidge Innes and husband Philip welcomed their third child, Martha Gray Innes, on July 19, 2022. Thomas and Louise are proud to have stepped into the role of being her big brother and sister.
2008
Brooke Scott welcomed Harper Lee Scott, who came into this world at eight pounds, 15 ounces and 23 inches long, at 4:52 p.m. on May 4, 2022.
1. Blair Northern Williamson ’04 will debut her children’s picture book, Island Girls, in late 2022.
2. Lizzy Kitces ’05 welcomed her daughter in February 2022.
3. Sarah Gray Tullidge Innes ’05 and husband Philip welcomed their third child, Martha Gray Innes, on July 19, 2022.
4. Brooke Scott ’08 welcomed Harper Lee Scott on May 4, 2022.
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2009
Grace Williams married Jeremy Dunn on Sept. 4, 2022, in the Enchanted Garden at the Poe Museum in downtown Richmond. Following the ceremony, a lovely reception was held at the Jefferson Hotel.
Liz Jessee Bruni and Ben Bruni ’10 welcomed daughter Nell on April 15, 2022.
2011
Peyton Spivey completed her active duty tour at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska this past spring and transitioned to the Air Force Reserve as a flight nurse with the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Tampa Bay, Fla. “I’m happy to be out of the cold,” she says, “and back on the East Coast!”
2012
Lucy Gordon Smith married Bryan Thomas Carter on July 9, 2022, at Mount Ida Farm in Scottsville. Their chihuahua, Bruiser, was part of the ceremony. The couple met while at the University of Virginia. The couple honeymooned in Napa, Calif. after the wedding and now live in Charlottesville, where Lucy works for PowerSchool as an account manager for inside sales, and Bryan works as an analyst for the U.S. Army.
2013
Natalie Ferguson writes, “My husband Peter Ferguson and I have been together since our time at Collegiate and got married May 28, 2022! My siblings Nicolette Lerch ’11 and Jack Lerch ’19 were included in the wedding as well!”
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1. Grace Williams ’09 married Jeremy Dunn on Sept. 4, 2022.
Liz Jessee Bruni ’09 and Ben Bruni ’10 welcomed daughter Nell on April 15, 2022.
3. Peyton Spivey ’11 completed her active duty tour at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska this past spring and transitioned to the Air Force Reserve as a flight nurse with the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Tampa Bay, Fla.
4. Lucy Gordon Smith ’12 married Bryan Thomas Carter on July 9, 2022.
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5. Natalie Ferguson ’13 and Peter Ferguson ’13, who have been together since their days at Collegiate, got married May 28, 2022.
IN MEMORIAM
Our condolences are offered to these members of the Collegiate family.
Edith Zfass, mother of Sharon MendezPicon ’80 and grandmother of Teo Mendez ’01, Alexandra Mendez-Zfass ’04 and Zach Mendez ’06, died Feb. 20, 2022.
Alex Mandl, father of Melanie Mandl ’87, died March 25, 2022.
Howard Hanchey, husband of Anne Summers Hanchey ’59, died May 17, 2022.
Donelia Campbell, former Cougar Care staff member, died May 21, 2022.
Sarah Sommers, mother-in-law of Sara Maynard Sommers ’80 and grandmother of
Sally Sommers ’12, Sam Sommers ’15 and Polly Sommers ’18, died May 27, 2022.
David Quigley, grandfather of Mason Quigley ’24, Carter Quigley ’26 and Knox Quigley ’29, died May 28, 2022.
Elizabeth Harris, former Trustee and mother of Mary Harris ’75 and Elizabeth Harris ’75, died June 4, 2022.
Bernard Lublin, husband of former Lower School faculty member Bobbie Lublin, and father of Suzie Lublin Tiplitz ’85, Keith Lublin ’86 and Kathi Lublin ’88, died June 5, 2022.
Martin Walsh, grandfather of Clare Aman ’26 and Julia Aman ’30, died June 6, 2022.
David Cone, brother of Berkley Cone ’68, died June 10, 2022.
Jean Hart, former Middle School faculty member and mother of Philip Hart ’74 and Stephen Hart ’78, and grandmother of Anne Larimer Hart ’06, Phil Hart ’09, Will Hart ’06 and Sam Hart ’20, died June 10, 2022.
Leo Cantor, grandfather of Suzanne Peck ’96, Matt Kitces ’02, Lizzy Kitces Rosenberg ’05, Joe Cantor ’09, Jackson
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Cantor ’12 and John Cantor ’16 as well as great-grandfather of Rachel Peck ’25 and Sophia Peck ’28, died June 16, 2022.
Sara “Sasa” Noftsinger, former Lower School cafeteria staff member, and daughter of Margaret Noftsinger ’46, and aunt of Elizabeth Wiertel ’96, David Noftsinger ’11 and Ben Noftsinger ’13, died July 7, 2022.
Marjorie Perrin, mother of Anita Grymes Towell, Middle School faculty member, died July 7, 2022.
Joseph Nuara, father of Becky Nuara Helms ’99, Weezie Nuara ’02 and Jeanne Nuara ’02, and grandfather of Eddie Helms ’31 and Lucy Helms ’33, died July 8, 2022.
Nancie Parr, who died July 13, 2022, and Herbert Parr, who died July 21, were the parents of Lower School 2nd Grade Assistant Debra McKercher, and grandparents of Patrick McKercher ’11.
Duncan Owen Jr., father of Duncan Owen III ’86, Robert Owen ’90, Frances Owen Coleman ’92, father-in-law of Clay Coleman ’89, as well as grandfather of Duncan Owen ’18, Carter Owen ’20, Catherine Owen ’24, Clay Coleman ’19 and Reid Coleman ’22, Ben Owen, Cooper Owen and Campbell Owen, died July 19, 2022.
Harvey Ramos, grandfather of Katherine O’Toole ’25, died July 20, 2022.
John “Terry” Parsley, father of Jimmy Parsley ’86 and Mary Scott Parsley Gunter ’88, died July 22, 2022.
Robert Goodman, father of Melissa Goodman Eckman ’03, died July 27, 2022.
Adam Roush, husband of Margeaux Feore Roush ’96, died July 28, 2022.
David Riddick, father of Rebekah McCormick ’96, died August 2022.
Floyd Adams, grandfather of Ashton Pollard ’14, Caroline Pollard ’15, John Pollard ’20, Teddy Pollard ’22 and Stephen Pollard ’26, died Aug. 2, 2022.
Shirley Noffsinger, grandmother of Mary Cameron Crowgey ’13, died Aug. 2, 2022.
John Wake, father of Robert Wake ’81, and grandfather of Caroline Wake ’14 and Daniel Wake ’15, died Aug. 3, 2022.
William Etherington, grandfather of Grace Etherington ’25 and James Etherington ’26, died Aug. 5, 2022.
Patteson “Pat” Branch, husband of Tricia Bullock Branch ’74, and stepfather of Reed Barton ’08 and Margaret Barton ’09, died Aug. 7, 2022.
Gray Glass, father of Graham Glass ’09, died Aug. 7, 2022.
Susan Evins, mother of Sam Evins V and mother-in-law of Penny Evins, former Head of School, and grandmother of Sam Evins VI ’22 and June Evins ’23, died Aug. 15, 2022.
William “Bates” Chappell, father of Mary Margaret Chappell ’86 and Bill Chappell ’90, died Aug. 17, 2022.
George Whitlow, father of Gareth Whitlow ’00 and Tristan Whitlow ’04, died Aug. 17, 2022.
Grace Lindner, former Middle School teacher, died Aug. 20, 2022.
Elizabeth Britton, former faculty member and mother of Elizabeth Lindsey Britton ’66, died Aug. 30, 2022 at age 103.
PLEASE NOTE
These notices were received as of Sept. 22, 2022. This In Memoriam section is taken from printed obituaries, which may be edited for space. Please contact our office if the information is incomplete. The information included is compiled from our database, which is continually updated. To submit a condolence, email spark@collegiate-va.org.
John “Jack” Miller, father of John “Steve” Miller Jr. ’81, father-in-law of Carter Gibbs Miller ’90, grandfather of Jack Miller ’17 and Carrington Miller ’23, died Sept. 1, 2022.
Robert Misage, grandfather of Sadie Webb ’25, died Sept. 12, 2022.
Anne Cockrell, grandmother of Abby Cole ’18, died Sept. 19, 2022.
Hylah Boyd, mother of Hylah Boyd Ballowe ’90, and grandmother of John Ballowe ’21 and Virginia Ballowe ’23, died Sept. 20, 2022.
Charlotte Ivey, mother of Kelly Ivey King ’82, died Sept. 21, 2022.
ALUMNI
Jane Finnegan Boinest ’50
Kathleen Beattie Watkins ’60
Francis “Frank” Williams ’69
Elizabeth “Dale” Pruitt Wilkinson ’70
S. Lawrence Dumville ’71
David Murphy ’80
Jay DeVoe ’82
William Joynt ’86
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A TEACHER’S TAKE
SPARK TALKS WITH COLLEGIATE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
Kimberly Workman
A Kindergarten classroom contains an abundance of possibilities. For a Kindergartner, each day holds opportunities for growth, kindness and friendship. Brilliantly orchestrating those possibilities is Kimberly Workman, who has taught Kindergarten at Collegiate for five years. A year of Kindergarten is the first step, for many students, into the future of learning, and Mrs. Workman wants to make sure that the future is bright for her students. She talks with Spark about the joys of teaching at Collegiate, her teaching style and the perks of being in Kindergarten.
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WHAT MAKES TEACHING AT COLLEGIATE SO SPECIAL?
Our School’s focus on creating responsible citizens through service learning is what makes teaching at Collegiate so special. Not every school has the time or resources to allow their students to identify needs in their community — classroom, school and global — and find ways to help solve those problems.
WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH TO TEACHING?
Teaching Kindergarten is a unique experience. No matter what a child’s preschool or Junior Kindergarten experience was, many view Kindergarten as the first step into “big kid school.”
During this important educational transition, there is a special opportunity to instill a love of learning in each student. Because of this, I try to approach teaching in a student-centered way. I try to make lessons as engaging as possible by incorporating student interests. You always want your kids to want to come to school each day and be excited about what they are going to accomplish.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR STUDENTS TAKE WITH THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE YOUR CLASSROOM?
I hope my students leave Kindergarten wanting to be lifelong learners. My hope for the end of Kindergarten is that they have had a great year and are sad to leave our little community but feel prepared and ready for 1st Grade. I hope they are good people — not just to others in the Collegiate community, but to those outside of this safe space.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT COLLEGIATE?
I love the tradition of the Kindergarten-Senior buddy pairings. It’s nice to see how the relationships evolve over the course of the year. The Kindergarteners start the year off not remembering their Senior’s name or having much to talk about with them. And then, at the end of the year, they are sharing with their classmates where their Senior is going to college and wanting to write them stories and make them gifts for their last visit together.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ASPECT OF TEACHING KINDERGARTNERS?
Being a Kindergartener has its perks! Kindergarteners make so much visible growth and are so excited about the little things during the year. They are learning how to make new friends, learning the routine and traditions of a new school, learning how to speak up for themselves and becoming readers of a variety of books. This is all occurring while they are losing their teeth, sharing what they are grateful for in a classmate when they have a birthday, having a “p-jam and stuffy day” to celebrate the last school day of winter, and having the chance to play on Fort Cougar.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?
I am proud that the Kindergarteners I’ve had over the last several years are turning into good people. It’s also always nice to hear that a project you did with your class or an experience you shared together is something that they remember.
The special Collegiate bond: Kimberly Workman’s former Kindergarten students attended her wedding held last summer.
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Collegiate School’s annual operating budget 15% of the budget comes from philanthropy and other sources $53.4M collegiate-va.org/giving • 804.741.9706 5 $4.6M 16% 1965 100% OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND RENOVATIONS ON CAMPUS ARE FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPY, NOT TUITION DOLLARS of Collegiate students receive some level of financial assistance (269 students) financial aid budget for 2022-2023 academic year $16,140 average financial assistance grant (range of grant is $1,000 to $29,630) 361 number of faculty and staff the Annual Fund supports (through faculty and staff professional development and programmatic support) 100% number of students the Annual Fund supports (financial assistance, academic programs, athletics, fine arts, global education and technology and innovation) $2.2 1,684 The School relies on nearly $2.2 Million each year in Philanthropy dollars OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPPORT THE ANNUAL FUND the year Collegiate received its first endowment gift, in support of financial aid $91.6M size of Collegiate’s Endowment, as of June 30, 2022 28% of the Endowment supports financial assistance (approximately $620,000) 13% of the Endowment draw is unrestricted $50,000 168 THE NUMBER OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS AT COLLEGIATE 4% Collegiate’s Board-approved annual spending rate for true endowments NUMBER OF ACRES ORIGINALLY GIFTED TO COLLEGIATE FROM THE REYNOLDS FAMILY TO CREATE THE MOORELAND ROAD CAMPUS BUDGET ANNUAL FUND CAPITAL/ENDOWMENT 85% of the budget comes from tuition dollars $1 can contribute to any existing endowment at Collegiate the minimum amount to establish a named endowment at Collegiate 88
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WHEN DOES THE ANNUAL FUND BEGIN AND END?
Collegiate’s Annual Fund (our fiscal year) begins July 1 each year and ends June 30.
WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE ANNUAL FUND?
The entire Collegiate community — parents, alumni, current and former faculty and staff, grandparents, parents of alumni and other friends.
WHAT DOES THE ANNUAL FUND SUPPORT?
All aspects of School life. From books and subscriptions in each of our three libraries to petri dishes in the science lab, your investment allows Collegiate to prepare our students to become responsible citizens, inquisitive thinkers and compassionate leaders.
HOW CAN I MAKE A GIFT TO THE ANNUAL FUND?
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