Organic Roots WINTER 2015-2016
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F N O R T H C O U N T R Y S C H O O L & C A M P T R E E T O P S
Round Lake
COTTAGE
A February Epic on MacNaughton Mt. 2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT
ORGANIC ROOTS WINTER 2015-2016 Editor Emilie Allen Layout & Design Aaron Hobson Contributors Dennis Aftergut, Emilie Allen, John Culpepper, Karen Culpepper, Katie Culpepper, Kelly Davis, Emily Eisman, David Hochschartner, Hope Knight, Susie Localio, Lisa Rowley, Fritz Sabbow, Matt Salinger, Chuck Schwerin, Barkley Stuart, Kurt Terrell, Katie Weaver Photography Emilie Allen, Nancie Battaglia, Lisa Beck, Mark Boyce, Tom Clark, Mitch Craib, Garth Cilley, John Eldridge, Aaron Hobson, Becca Miller, Larry Robjent Editing Lisa Rowley Printing Print Management Pittsburgh, PA
CORRECTION The name of the author Michael Pollan was misspelled in “A Farmer’s Wisdom” in our 2015 Summer issue. We regret the error.
ORGANIC ROOTS WINTER 2015-2016 CONTENTS
3-6
Editorials
7-8
New Staff & Trustee Transition
9-14
Round Lake Cottage Eileen Rockefeller Growald CTT 63, NCS 66, CTT parent 9799, trustee 76-84 and 92-98 Challenge and Interview
15-18
Friends’ Weekend 2015 Memories of Camp By Susie Localio CTT 55-56, 58-59, staff 65-80, 89-94
19-20
Greening & Renewal: Farm House and Woods House Renovations
21-22
NCS Thanksgiving
23-24
From the Archive
25-28
A February Epic on MacNaughton Mountain By Chuck Schwerin CTT 61-64, staff 74-77, parent 89-03, NCS staff 73-76, NCS parent 99-00
29-30
Alumnae/Faculty Profile: Katie Eldridge Weaver NCS 78, TTW 78, NCS staff 83, 15-present, CTT staff 84-87, 2002-present, parent 03-08 Noni Eldridge NCS 78, staff 91-92, 99-present, parent 99-09, CTT parent 03
31-32
Farm & Garden: 2015 Garden Map & Harvest Totals
35-39
In Memoriam / News & Notes
40
2014-2015 Annual Report
MADE, NOT BORN By David Hochschartner, Head of School and Camp
With the holidays upon us, I am reminded of an oped by New York Times columnist David Brooks called “The Moral Bucket List.” Adapted from his most recent book, The Road to Character, and first published last spring, it inspired a workshop that I led with Treetops counselors in June. And during this season of giving and putting others first, revisiting Brooks’ main points seems especially apt. We all know “deeply good” individuals, Brooks writes, whose “generosity of spirit” and “depth of character” “radiate an inner light.” They make others feel valued, look outward rather than inward, and act in a “manner infused with gratitude.” In his quest to emulate such persons, Brooks identifies two sets of virtues. The first are relevant
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to the resume, those skills necessary for success in the marketplace. But it is the second set, “the eulogy virtues,” that ultimately determines one’s lasting contribution to this world. For a school or camp or others working with children, the “resume virtues” are unquestionably important. But at Camp Treetops and North Country School, it’s our focus on developing the “eulogy virtues” that distinguishes the experience of our campers and students. Cultivating resilience, rolling up one’s sleeves to help others, respecting diversity, learning humility—these qualities are built into our daily activities. Whether comforting a homesick friend, working at the barn, or completing a difficult paddle on a windy lake, these are the pursuits that nurture in children the values that stick.
Indeed, over the last two decades, I’ve heard again and again that Treetops and NCS fostered in our alums the virtues that have proved transformational to their lives today. Whether they first arrived five, 10, even 40 years ago, alumni continue to reach out with personal stories of gratitude and empowerment—and to choose our small spot in the Adirondack wilderness as the venue for marking life’s most meaningful moments. And so in recent times, community members have celebrated an 80th birthday here with children and grandchildren, offered a marriage proposal at the top of Balanced Rocks, scattered the ashes of a beloved family member in the sugar bush, and traveled hundreds of miles to Friends’ Weekend with newborn baby in tow. Such loyalty speaks volumes about the enduring impact of our teachers’ and counselors’ everyday efforts with their young charges. I hope this holiday season is full of joy for you and your family, and that your memories of Camp and School are fond ones. And know that we have much to celebrate. The purchase of the Round Lake Cottage in August marks a high point for our institution.
[See page 9 to learn more.] As you will read in the Annual Report, the generous support of our donors over this last fiscal year has equaled previous record highs. And receiving affirmation from beyond our own community is always welcome. At the conclusion of North Country School’s 10-year accreditation in 2015, the NYSAIS committee wrote:
Driving onto the campus is like taking a long, deep breath of fresh air. Surrounded by the majestic Adirondack Mountains and many happy faces and warm smiles, NCS is grounded in the core values of essential work and place-based education that foster confidence, personal development, and a healthy respect for the environment, all of which are reflected in the every day life of the community. These words are just as true of Treetops. For nearly a century, this has been a place where children have learned the importance of personal virtue. Brooks concludes “The Moral Bucket List” by observing: “Wonderful people are made, not born.” How lucky we are to share in that process.
From the Editor This issue’s cover photo comes from our archive. The names of the man and child have been lost, but the story feels familiar. A boy gazes outward through the eye of the telescope, discovering a radically different way of seeing the world—and his relationship to it. Originally black-andwhite, the photograph has been recolored slightly, suggesting the idea of bringing the past into the present and beyond. Indeed, the word “telescope,” from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, is defined as a far-seeing instrument. Securing the future of Camp Treetops and North Country School requires a
commitment to our roots, as well as to the progressive possibilities of what comes next. The institution’s recent purchase of the Round Lake Cottage property aligns with such a vision. Organic Roots celebrates this seminal moment, and we also give thanks to our community in the Annual Report for making it possible. Because giving a child a telescope on a mountaintop can change the world. Happy New Year.
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CREATIVE SPARK
By Karen Culpepper, Camp Treetops Director
The world slows down at Treetops. With no watches or clocks, time is measured in other ways—turning cartwheels across the Lake Hill or weaving an intricate design on a loom. Fostering creativity is at the heart of what we do at Camp, and while childhood may be fleeting, given time we can preserve its magic. With ample inspiration from nature, children at Treetops inspire each other, allowing ideas to come to life, transforming materials all around them into works of art.
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Imaginative play is contagious in the right setting. A wonderful example of this process took place in Junior Camp this summer. What started as an idea to build cardboard pirate ships evolved into several weeks of meticulous construction of first one, then a second, elaborately detailed castles. Each featured finely wrought intricacies of castle stone, fireplaces, towers, moats, even miniature thrones and serving ware for the royal tables.
With crafts counselor Ramael Slater teaching specific skills needed for construction and craft shop director Alison Riley-Clark encouraging the storyline that accompanied the building, campers added new details each time they visited the craft shop, working together or on their own. “[A child’s] active imagination only needs a little channeling,” writes longtime Treetops director Helen Haskell in Summer’s Children, a photographic homage to Treetops published in 1951. From the beginning, Helen intended that campers be encouraged to explore and manifest their own unique ideas. Igniting the spark of children’s creativity, she knew, helps them learn to experiment, take risks, and ultimately, trust themselves. At the same time, she also heralded the development of hands-on skills. And so for decades, our core craft areas of wood, clay, and weaving have helped children develop hand-eye coordination, understand patterns, and acquire the persistence to plan and see a process through completion. There are no pre-formed kits; our farm, fields and forest provide a bounty of natural materials. Pressed flowers, balsam
In today’s wired world, the benefits of cultivating creativity over consumption and handwork over screen time are more vital than ever.
needles, pinecones, and more often find their way into campers’ projects. Last summer, Ruth Harzula, craft shop director, led many senior campers as they honed their observation skills by sketching and painting special places around Camp in their journals. Views from the Lake Hill or details of flowers in the Children’s Garden or animals in Dexter Pasture will be kept as future memories. Just as individual creations are celebrated, community projects too are encouraged. Often more functional and complex, they require the participation and creativity of many. For instance, under the guidance of woodshop counselors Jeff Sutton and Mitch Craib, campers and counselors built a huge Adirondack chair for the Children’s Garden. Now the chair hosts campers imagining themselves as tiny gnomes, as they climb, read, or eat a picnic lunch in the home of a friendly giant. At a time when machines and computers do so much for us, having real mastery of your hands is empowering. Unplugged, campers discover not only the simple joys of imagination, but the resourcefulness and self-reliance too often hampered by the digital world. In Helen Haskell’s time, mechanical devices were slowly but surely replacing hand methods. In today’s wired world, the benefits of cultivating creativity over consumption and handwork over screen time are more vital than ever. Treetops remains a refuge for such values, a well-spring of possibility and play.
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NEW STAFF + TRUSTEE TRANSITION
Chelsea Gibson
Amanda Eaton
Cade Halkyard
Kitchen Staff Mark is a native of Sidney, NY, who has long shared a strong bond with the outdoors. Climbing trees as a child led to climbing mountains as an adult. Mark relocated to Saranac Lake in 2014 to pursue becoming a 46er, a feat he achieved in six months. The desire to give something back to the Adirondack Park led him to NCS and Treetops, where he takes great pride in being part of the team that provides healthy, nutritious meals for the staff and students. In his spare time, Mark enjoys kayaking and socializing with friends.
Maintenance Intern Amanda earned her BA in anthropology from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, in 2001. She proceeded to join the Marin Conservation Corps, where she served on an environmental education crew. She has an extensive background in childcare, including working as a Treetops counselor (from 2000-2004) and as an instructor at an after-school program. For the past nine years, Amanda has worked as a massage therapist, having completed training from Sonoma College in San Francisco, the Helma Institute of Massage Therapy in New Jersey, and a level 5 star spa training in Napa. She loves animals, live music, and the outdoors.
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Cade Halkyard
Chelsea Gibson
Amanda Eaton
Mark Boyce
Mark Boyce
Alumni and Events Manager Chelsea is from Weedsport, NY, a small town in the Finger Lakes. She graduated from Le Moyne College with a BS and earned her master’s at American University in public policy. Chelsea spent three winters in Utah, where she enjoyed skiing and exploring the west. Her work experience includes hospitality, public policy, and social work. Chelsea moved to the Adirondacks with her boyfriend, Tony, and their rescue dog, Addie. She currently resides in Lake Placid. She enjoys running, skiing, and spending time with her family and Addie. Farm Intern Cade grew up in the woods in Montague, MA. He attended Hartsbrook, a Waldorf school, and Northfield Mount Hermon. Cade graduated from Syracuse University, focusing in photography, music, and outdoor education. Most recently, he was a gallery manager in Martha’s Vineyard. There he provided educational tours, guiding visitors through an exhibit featuring 150 artists from 22 countries. Cade’s interests include hiking, playing live music, and sports.
Level II English/Social Studies Support Houseparent, Balcony House Caroline graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a BA in western theology, art history, and Medieval and Renaissance studies and is currently finishing thesis research for her MAT in middle level education through the University of Vermont. She has worked in schools in New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont teaching literacy, cultural studies, and arts to students in preschool through 8th grade. She grew up on the campus of Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and has lived in Lake Placid seasonally since she was born. Caroline loves spending time on the lake with family and friends and enjoys reading, skiing, traveling, and live music.
Jake Perrin
Katie Weaver
Jake Perrin
Caroline Hlavacek
Caroline Hlavacek
Farm Intern Jake grew up in Waterville, NY, a small dairy farming community in the central part of the state. He completed his degree in nutrition and dietetics from Syracuse University last spring
and attended the Edible Schoolyard Academy in Berkeley, CA, last June. After his internship here, Jake plans to continue his education to become a registered dietitian and work in the field of edible education. His interests include permaculture and winemaking.
Katie Weaver
Art Teacher Katie joins us this year after teaching high school art at Northwood School in Lake Placid for 25 years. The twin sister of art teacher Noni Eldridge, Katie is a 1978 alumna of NCS, the daughter of former co-directors Harry and Betty Eldridge, and granddaughter of School founders Walter and Leo Clark. Katie also has a long association with Camp Treetops as a counselor and cook. She is a 1982 graduate of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School and 1984 graduate of National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). She earned her BS from Potsdam State University in 1988 with a major in studio art and minor in biology. Katie enjoys horseback riding, winter sports, and weaving creativity into all aspects of her life.
TRUSTEE TRANSITION The School and Camp community thanks departing board member Bethany Dickerson Wynder for her years of service. Bethany was introduced to Camp Treetops and North Country School by her mentor, the late Reginald “Reg” Gilliam (CTT 55-58, counselor 62-67, trustee 71-77). We will miss Bethany’s commitment to diversity and her talent at connecting us with other institutions. We wish Bethany and her family all the best. camptreetops.org | northcountryschool.org page 8
ROUND LAKE
COTTAGE By Emilie Allen
For generations, the white cottage across the lake has been a familiar sight. Visible even in the earliest photographs of Treetops (circa 1921, above), the iconic cottage appears again and again in archival images, the backdrop to decades of sunsets and swimming lessons.
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ROUND LAKE COTTAGE
Mountain.
In late August 2015, Hock shook hands with Sam Cushman, formally and ceremoniously securing Camp and School’s $1.55 million acquisition of the 20-acre property.
From the Lake Hill, the Cottage looks almost exactly as
Rockefeller’s Challenge, see page 11 or view online at
The Round Lake Cottage and property have been part of the Cushman family for more than 90 years. Their long ownership reflects the same strong sense of place that is also a hallmark of Camp and School. Indeed, both the institution and Cushman family have worked for nearly a century to preserve and protect the land we share below Balanced Rocks and Cascade
it did in decades past. But the surrounding landscape is different. Pastures are no longer. The forest beyond Dexter field is now dense and wild along the lake, where a trail weaves through the woods from our property to the shores of Round Lake Cottage. Unused by Camp or School, the path has been nearly forgotten. Soon, however, this will change. In late August 2015, Hock shook hands with Sam Cushman, formally and ceremoniously securing Camp and School’s $1.55 million acquisition of the 20-acre property. It includes 1,000-plus feet of waterfront on the lake, a second smaller structure, called Weecote Cottage, and a barn. This momentous event expresses an institutional commitment to preserve—now and for generations to come—the character, history, and traditions of Round Lake. Soon after, Eileen Rockefeller Growald (CTT 63, NCS 66, CTT parent 97-99, trustee 76-84 and 9298) stepped forward to raise funds to fully acquire and endow the Round Lake Cottage and property. With a $500,000 challenge pledge, Eileen is seeking community support to grow the Annual Fund, build scholarship endowment, and preserve Round Lake. Once $3 million is raised, Eileen will release her $500,000 gift. (For additional details about Eileen
www.northcountryschool.org/eileenschallenge and www.camptreetops.org/eileenschallenge. “I know these goals seem ambitious for such a small community,” Eileen writes. “But I also know the power of that community to come together in support of a place they care about so deeply.” Hock agrees, and notes how fortunate we are to have Eileen among our supporters. “Eileen’s generosity is both important and far-sighted,” he says. “Her challenge will help us secure the foundations—our programs, the place, our diversity—at the heart of who we are as an institution.” The preservation of Round Lake remains one of our highest institutional priorities. The board, leadership team, and staff are now engaged in a strategic planning process to explore programming options for the property. Until then, the Hochschartner family will live in Round Lake Cottage, while Farm Manager Katie Culpepper resides in the Weecote Cottage. What is certain is that now and for perpetuity, the view from the Lake Hill of the small white cottage across the water will remain unspoiled and unchanged.
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Eil e en’s
CHALLENGE “With the support of friends of both School and Camp, we have an unprecedented opportunity to ensure that children from all over the world will still have a place to run barefoot on the grass, milk cows, collect eggs, feed horses… and climb to the top of granite-faced mountains year round. These kinds of experiences help children learn their inner strength and ground them for the challenges that lie ahead in an ever fast-paced world.”
Eileen Rockefeller Growald is challenging our community to raise $3 million to: Grow the Annual Fund $100,000 for the next two years ($200,000 goal) Build scholarship endowment by establishing the Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Scholarship Fund ($1 million goal) Preserve Round Lake by completing the acquisition and endowment of the cottage and 20-acre property ($1.8 million goal).
– Eileen Rockefeller Growald Once we have gifts or pledges totaling $3 million, Eileen will release her $500,000 pledge for the Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Fund and Round Lake Cottage and property. Please consider doubling or tripling your current gift to help us achieve these goals. We can’t do it without you. Give online at www.northcountryschool.org/giving or www.camptreetops.org/giving. Or contact Kurt Terrell, Director of Advancement, kterrell@ncstreetops.org or 518-837-5446. Thank you. Thank you!
EILEEN’S CHALLENGE
Interview with Eileen Rockefeller Growald CTT 63, NCS 66, CTT parent 97-99, trustee 76-84 and 92-98
Author, speaker, and venture philanthropist, Eileen Rockefeller Growald is the great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller and the youngest child of David and Peggy Rockefeller. One of the first Rockefeller women to write a personal family memoir, Being A Rockefeller, Becoming Myself, her intimate stories affirm how self-understanding helps make us whole, whatever the circumstances of our birth. As a teenager, Eileen attended North Country School, sowing the seeds of her continuing passion for nature, health, and environmental sustainability. As a young woman, an extraordinary meeting with Georgia O’Keeffe helped give her the courage to pursue her own path. Inspired by her mentor, Norman Cousins (pioneering author on the healing powers of
laughter), Eileen played a pivotal role in legitimizing the field of mind/body connections in health and disease. She later introduced Daniel Goleman to the subject of his bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence. Together with several others, they founded the movement to teach social and emotional learning in schools. Eileen has served as co-chair of her family’s generational association, founding chair of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Health, and cofounder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Eileen received her BA in geography from Middlebury College in 1974 and her MA from Lesley College in 1976. Today, together with her husband and their
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RICHARD ROCKEFELLER FRESH START FUND The late Dr. Richard Rockefeller (1949 - 2014) was a loyal alumnus of Camp Treetops and North Country School, a former trustee, and generous benefactor. A physician, humanitarian, philanthropist, and scholar, Richard lived every day the values he learned at Camp and School and held dear throughout his life. Eileen’s decision to establish a scholarship fund in his name pays fitting tribute to his memory and to the importance he attached to progressive education, to diversity, and to wilderness preservation.
“To my way of thinking there is no better investment in the future than in supporting the lives and talents of young children. It is in these formative years that our future leaders and solid citizens are made.”
two grown sons, Eileen manages a philanthropic fund dedicated to stemming climate change by shifting the energy sector away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy. Eileen frequently speaks on topics relating to legacy, family, philanthropy, and social and emotional learning. She and her husband live on an organic farm in Vermont. By creating the Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Fund, you pay a wonderful tribute to your brother. How does increasing the school’s ability to enroll students of all backgrounds reflect his spirit and beliefs about education? Richard loved diversity. He was interested in diverse minds as well as diverse cultures, and he cultivated a
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practice of presence, regardless of who he was with. I hope that these scholarships will be given to children of similar promise who simply need the opportunity. To my way of thinking there is no better investment in the future than in supporting the lives and talents of young children. It is in these formative years that our future leaders and solid citizens are made. I can think of no better place to invest one’s time, energy, and resources. You have also generously pledged to support the purchase of the Round Lake property. From your perspective, what makes the acquisition so vital to School and Camp?
EILEEN’S CHALLENGE
For years I stood on the Camp side of the lake wondering what the view was like from the other side. The fact that we couldn’t cross the halfway line added intrigue to my young and curious mind. When I first had the opportunity to visit the Cushman property last summer, I stood at the edge of the lake looking back to campus. My eye fell immediately upon the notch between the mountains, and someone told me the path to Cliffords [the former home of Walter and Leo Clark] ran through there. Until that moment I had never fully understood the geography of the School and its surroundings. My hope is that by expanding the footprint of campus, we can help campers and students remember to pause and reflect on the broader picture. Also, the addition of the Round Lake property provides a buffer to both School and Camp that would not otherwise be assured. My family has always sought to establish protection for special places. In an interview in The New York Times, you said that your mother wanted you and your siblings to know a “handmade life,” one that combines imagination with nature. In what ways do you feel North Country School and Camp Treetops share this vision for raising children? I think that the vision is very deeply held by NCS and Treetops. I remember being so excited that I could milk a cow during the cold of winter and spray some of the milk directly in my mouth. The philosophy of both School and Camp allows children to engage with the messiness of life and get their hands dirty. This accomplishes two things: it gives you a good excuse to wash your hands, and it gives you practice in weeding out the parts of yourself that don’t enhance your potential. Central to our mission is the notion of preserving childhood. Do you feel this is any more or less relevant now than when you attended School and Camp?
In this age of technology, it is easy for children to lose themselves in video games, texts, and constant imagery. While there are very strong advantages to our digital tools, they provide little room for using one›s imagination. I believe that children will always need both time and space to cultivate imagination, which is the seed of creativity. The fact that NCS insists upon an hour and a half of out-time every day is a strong testament to its commitment to help children cultivate their imagination and initiative.
My family has always sought to establish protection for special places. What are some of your recollections that might stir the memories of others? I vividly remember the night that half of the student body snuck down the fire escapes in their nightgowns and pajamas to venture across campus to the barn. We were so emboldened by seemingly getting away with it that we began to sing songs. Eventually we returned to our various houses only to discover that the windows and doors had all been locked. We had been caught in the act! I was in Walter’s house and will never forget his quivering moustache and twinkling eyes as I slinked past his best attempt at a disapproving look. I was in 7th grade, but only the the seniors were made to clear tables for the remaining weeks of school. My guilt for not being punished, despite my role as instigator of this escapade, left a lasting impression. I found myself grateful to have had such understanding adults, who saw in me the need to test boundaries in order to know myself. Other memories include piano lessons with Don Rand and being given the role of Captain Hook in the annual school play. continued on page 34 camptreetops.org | northcountryschool.org page 14
What did you like about Friends’ Weekend? More than 270 people attended Friends’ Weekend this year—a tremendous turnout. On campus, friends enjoyed the usual mix of swimming, boating, crafting, gardening, and cooking. Trips included hikes to Algonquin, Wright, and Hurricane Mountains, paddling at Bear Pond, and swimming at Shoebox Falls. Attendees also worked hard unloading hay at the barn, trimming garlic for storage, building a new tent platform, and putting sod on the new garden shed roof constructed at Friends’ Weekend last year.
“Seeing friends for the first time in three decades.”
On Saturday, we celebrated the lives of Gail Schumacher and Jeff Jonathan in separate memorials. Adirondack pack baskets overflowing with flowers from the gardens and fields created a colorful backdrop for the memories shared by family and friends of these two remarkable community members.
“The place, the people, the mood, the weather, the activities. How to choose the best of what was all so wonderful?” Photos, clockwise from top left: Bob Schumacher (center) and family; Treetops alumni and future campers; Jim Hayes, Jenny Mullins, Hannah Edwards, Soren Meischeid, Moira Horowitz, Catherine Crowley-Delman, and Hilary Platt taking a break in the big chair; three generations of the Condliffe family; John Allen (l) and Roger Loud (r) holding a picture of John at Camp in 1950s; NCS class of 1975
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Friends’ Weekend
“Being able to have free time with my kids, to allow them freedom and to always have things to do— or to do nothing.”
members (left to right) Phil Kneisl, Julia Bramwell Frick-Humes and Wing Biddle; Mike Trostle, Kimberly Corwin Gray and Josh Rowan: NCS class of 1995 members; next generation of students and campers holding song sheets.
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Friends’ Weekend
Treetops Memories By Susie Localio, CTT 55-56, 58-59, staff 65-80, 89-94
“Give me a memory of Camp as a child,” I asked. With no plan, no list, I didn’t seek anyone out. I just collected as I wandered. The memories began to feel like pebbles in a basket. I’ll use childhood names. Sarah Adams was first. “I went on a Live-off-the-Land trip with Millie [Brooks] and caught a fish as big as my thumb. Millie served it as part of the Wild Foods Banquet for 100 people.” Another fish memory: as a child Dale Console was terrified of the fish in Round Lake and therefore reluctant to swim. She spent most of that first summer with her friend Danny Thorn on a rope swing in Raspberry Knoll. She also recalled a battle of wills with her counselor John Buttrick, who insisted she eat her broccoli. Dale won. Brian Eng recalled that as a Super, one of his bunkmates threw a burnt pizza on the roof of their lean-to. Returning later they found a black bear atop the lean-to, happily eating. Colin Tait, their counselor, raised his hands high, yelled, and scared the bear away, never losing his cool. Brian thought to himself, “There’s a guy who knows how to deal with a bear on top of a lean-to.” Jean Hoins came to Camp from Africa as a skinny eight year old with a British accent. Bonnie Morgan made her get back on Cherie right away after being thrown. “A life lesson,” Jean remarked.
Molly Malmfelt-Frank remembers having her future told by Millie at the Carnival. “Mildred was turbaned and robed and seemed totally mystical,” Molly said. “She gave us all Indian names during the course of the summer, but I can’t remember mine.” Kristen Adomeit reminisced about the glass milk bottles that came with cream on the top. Counselors would either pour off the cream for their coffee or shake the bottle to mix the cream into the milk. She thought the suspended cream blobs disgusting and thus would refuse to drink shaken milk, but the discs that were part of the milk bottle tops became highly prized, a kind of currency in Junior Camp. When Cathy Fetz came to Camp she ate exactly five things. Her first meal at Treetops was baked eggs, salad, and bread. When Cathy balked at the food, table counselor Lanie Lacey patiently explained, “At Treetops, we eat a little bit of everything.” After four years Cathy ate everything but liver and beets. Pier Fetz learned always to leave a place better than she found it and to like everyone no matter the color of his or her skin. Benjie Smith remembers his synchronized swim class, all boys except for Kate Bernstein. “We got to choose the sound track, which was a big thing for me.” He recalled the satisfaction of being part of a group working hard on a performance. One summer Tessa Huxley insisted on bringing her pet, Gargantuan Guinea Pig the Great, to Camp because Susannah Meade was allowed to bring hers. “We built a shelter for them and brought them in each night.” Supers were allowed to adopt and raise a duckling. Tessa’s best friend, Dookie Addison, was so horrified at the thought of her duckling becoming part of Christmas dinner that at the end of the summer she took it home to Elizabethtown, where the duckling was promptly devoured by a fox. “A lesson there,” Tessa added. continued on page 34
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Friends’ Weekend
Photos, clockwise from top left: Pier Fetz-Scimeca, Jean Hoins, Susie Localio, Cathy Fetz-High; Sarah Adams Steinberg with her son; Zina Huxley-Reicher, Zach Siegel, Molly and Edrian Colina; riding on the Lake Hill; Karen Culpepper with Jessie Taylor.
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Greening and Renewal
By John Culpepper, Director of Facilities and Sustainability Farm House and Woods House are among the institution’s most iconic buildings. Once home to Treetops stalwarts Helen and Doug Haskell, Farm House has for decades symbolized the gateway to Camp and School, while Woods House served as the first freestanding student residence outside of the Main Building. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, crucial renovations to these structures recently came to completion. As always, when dealing with buildings of historic value and to which people have strong emotional ties, the renewal process is both an art and a science.
Dating back approximately to the mid-1800s, Farm House is believed to be the oldest building on campus, perhaps the oldest in the area. In fact, once we delved deeper into the structural issues, we learned that the original portion of this building rested on wooden piers, with a rubble foundation laid sometime later. Prior to its renovation, Farm House was the most drafty and least efficient of our year-round buildings, by every measure. The extensive renovation included foundation repair, building envelope replacement, updated wiring, and installation of a new heating system and new waterline to the barn area. The siding has been replaced but remains the same familiar shade of red, though the accompanying archival photo shows that Farm House had once been painted white. The addition of a covered entrance makes life easier for all its residents, currently school faculty. Overall, the renovation is an important step in the continued greening of our campus and provides added flexibility for future uses of the building.
Woods House
Over the years, Woods House (originally named “Little House”) has been home to generations of children and staff. It is also one of the oldest structures on campus and has long been in need of upgrades to its physical plant. The renovation included the replacement of windows, doors, and exterior siding, plus, a small new addition to more comfortably accommodate students and staff. We also completed updates to the chimney, and built a new walkway from the parking lot to the front door. At the time of Roots’ printing, the siding was nearing completion. Photos of the finished product will be available online in the coming weeks. For now, please enjoy the archival photos, which highlight the warm and cozy nature of the original house. We are pleased that Woods House will once again stand proudly as a welcoming place for both children and adults. page 19 Organic Roots Winter 2015-2016
Photos (top to bottom): Farm House, date unknown: Farm House, hand-hammered nail and original birch bark insulation, early to mid-1800s; Woods House (Little House) back exterior and living room, 1930s
Farm House
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By Lisa Rowley
THANKSGIVING 2015 Outside the Main Building, brightly colored flags, representing the home countries of the NCS student body,flapped in an unseasonably warm breeze. Inside, 229 North Country School students, staff, family members, and other guests gathered in the dining room for our 78th Thanksgiving Day feast. The kitchen staff—Paulette Peduzzi, Jill Magurk, Richard Langlois, Jacy Rinne, and Mark Boyce—worked for weeks to prepare the traditional homegrown meal. Turkey, potatoes, squash, carrots, green beans, onions, and more all were grown and harvested on our own farm, cared for and cultivated with help from children. According to custom, the longest tenured NCS students, seniors Day, Kevin, and Owen, delivered the ceremonial turkey to the head table. page 21 Organic Roots Winter 2015-2016
The feast is the highlight of a two-day celebration that combines end-of-term academic showcases and musical and theatrical performances. Displays of students’ paintings, weavings, ceramics, wood crafts, metal sculptures, and photography brighten walls and hallways. Tours of the barnyard and its animals—and of course the Main Building’s slides—are especially popular with students’ younger siblings. Our families and staff make real sacrifices to celebrate Thanksgiving together on campus; yet these two days are an important time in our development as a community. The joy of families reuniting and the pride students take in showing all they have accomplished offer a true thanksgiving—an understanding of how fortunate we are to live, learn, work, and play in this unique and beautiful place.
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A FEBRUARY EPIC
ON MacNAUGHTON
MOUNTAIN By Chuck Schwerin, 46er #942, CTT 61-64, staff 74-77, parent 89-03, NCS staff 73-76, NCS parent 99-00
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A version of the following first appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Adirondack PEEKS Magazine, the publication of the Adirondack 46ers. It was early fall, 1973, my first year teaching at North Country School. Fresh off a summer hiking from Yosemite to Sequoia on the John Muir Trail in California, I was in the best shape of my life and eager to finish off my 46 Adirondack High Peaks before school began. (I’d begun climbing as a Treetops camper in the 1960s.) In a whirlwind couple of days, a few knucklehead friends and family joined me to accomplish the task. We knocked off the Dixes one day, the Santanonis the next, and the Great Range on the third, adding the odd Allen, Cliff, Redfield,
Skylight, or Grey as needed by one or more of us. It was just the preparation I needed to begin my stint as a teacher at NCS. I had not yet received my 46er number from the club when, towards the end of October, my first edition of PEEKS arrived in my NCS mailbox. One story hit me between the eyes: “Thirteen Years of Climbing MacNaugton” (sic), by J.C. Parsell, 46er #863, charting the number of groups that had signed the summit register since 1961. In all those years, not a single name had ever been
historic moment for the School: the first February ascent of the mountain on record. I gave a bit of history, touting James MacNaughton as the last private owner of Mt. Marcy. A wee stretch perhaps—as president of the Adirondack Club, MacNaughton had leased the tract from the heirs to the McIntyre Iron Works in Tahawus, which owned most of the highest peaks. It was in MacNaughton’s cottage that Teddy Roosevelt was vacationing on the day William McKinley was assassinated and TR became our 26th president. My pitch garnered four intrepid volunteers: Chris Nicholson (NCS 74), Yolande Piston (NCS 76), Mitch Craib (NCS 75), and Jimmy Lindquist (NCS 74). I had my group. I had hoped to get into the woods on Friday, February 1st, to reduce the risk that someone else had read PEEKS and cooked up the same idea. But I taught in the afternoon, which meant we would not reach our planned campsite at Scott Clearing before dark. Thus, we had to settle for a Saturday departure and hope we would still have no competition. NCS Director Harry Eldridge granted us dispensation to return on Monday, even though it meant some classes would be missed. recorded in the months of months of December, January, or February on this peak that, although technically 4,000 feet, had originally been mismeasured and left off the official list of mountains above that magical height. There it was: the hook I needed to attract students for a challenging winter trip. As a newcomer to the school, I felt the need to establish my reputation as an experienced trip leader, someone kids would
gravitate to for a memorable expedition. And NCS was blessed with a number of students who were strong winter hikers. I contacted friend and fellow Treetops counselor Bill Localio (46er #316, CTT 55-59, staff 64-15, parent 94-98, trustee 85-91) and asked if he was up for climbing MacNaughton on the first weekend of February. Bill jumped at the chance, so I announced the trip at dinner one evening, hyping it as a
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His assistant, Roger Loud, (46er #125, CTT 42-48, CTT staff 54-92, NCS staff 70-92, NCS parent 70-96, CTT parent 71-95, trustee 94-present) dropped us at the Adirondak Loj mid-day Saturday with encouraging words for our success. Bill and I privately shared a healthy skepticism as we watched our eager bunch shoulder packs that nearly outweighed them. They were naïve enough not to appreciate how formidable our goal was—a no-herd path bushwhack
no one had ever done, to our knowledge, at that time of year. With a “Good luck, see you Monday,” Roger drove away and left us to the task.
Though chances were slim someone had beaten us to the punch, I feared meeting other hikers all the way in to Scott Clearing, a 4.1-mile, mostly flat walk on a beaten, snowy path. But we saw no one. At the Clearing, while the kids got to work making our campsite comfortable, I pulled Bill aside and pointed to the faint set of tracks that led away from Scott Clearing towards Wallface Pond. The unknown: how old were the tracks? If the owner of those tracks had scaled MacNaughton a couple of days before, our February target would still be good. There had been no new snow in the past few days, so there was a chance they were not recent. But we wouldn’t know for sure until we successfully reached the top and could review the log book in one of the metal canisters that used to grace the summits of all the trailless Adirondack peaks. To minimize weight we had taken one of Harry’s pyramid tents that he used on his Peru mountaineering expeditions, as I recall, and could
accommodate all of us. The kids lined a fire ring with large stones they uncovered beneath the snow and soon we had a roaring blaze. We produced a large one-pot stew, mostly gelatinous noodles and chicken soup, over a sturdy Phoebus stove, a larger version of the ubiquitous Svea stoves that were common at the time, and kept warm by a fire that slowly melted deeper into the snowpack. Just at dusk, two men emerged from the woods. My heart sank, as there was only one place they could have been. We exchanged greetings and hesitantly asked how they’d spent the day. “Headed up MacNaughton,” one said, and I could see the faces of our kids fall. “Took us forever to get to Wallface Pond,” said the other. “We got about a third of the way up the mountain and ran out of time. It was brutal.” He looked at the fresh, young faces of the kids and brusquely added, “You’re not thinking of going up there with this group, are you?” “We’ll give it a shot,” I said. “At least we tracked it out for you,” the first said with a shrug, and they left us. We were still in the hunt! I would describe our conversation the rest of the evening as guardedly optimistic. If these guys, who looked experienced and very fit, had such trouble, what chance did we have? The kids were elated that these two had failed, but I noticed our one Level II (6th grade) girl was very quiet. Tall for her age, Yolande had not been much of a hiker in the fall, but she was extremely athletic, a great soccer player, and I admired her pluckiness for signing up for the trip.
Sunday dawned clear and frigid. We stored our extra gear in the tent, cooked up some oatmeal and cocoa, strapped on the funky plastic snowshoes and headed out toward Wallface Pond. Without a doubt, the tracks from the previous day helped our progress, but they ended abruptly just above the Pond; the two men had significantly exaggerated their end point. It’s about a mile bushwhack from Wallface Pond to the top of MacNaughton, but the terrain included some of the densest woods and blowdown I had ever experienced. Three hours of non-stop work through the unconsolidated snow rewarded us with the welcome sight of the canister, nailed high on a gnarled pine. In blazing sunshine we passed the book around and rejoiced. The last entry was the tandem of Wally Herrod and Stewart Herman, who had summited back on October 5th. One surprise—only one page of the log had been filled. Where was the old book and why had it been removed? We knew from the story in PEEKS that only 75 groups, representing 266 people, had visited in the last 13 years, an average of fewer than six per year. Clearly, the previous book could not have been even half full. While it was a disappointment not to read back through history, it did not diminish our satisfaction. The kids were pumped up and the dash back through the snow-caked blowdown to Wallface Pond took us only 45 minutes. continued on page 33
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ALUMNAE/FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Katie Eldridge Weaver
NCS 78, TTW 78, NCS staff 83, 15-present, CTT staff 84-87, 2002-present, parent 03-08 By Emilie Allen
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Twin sisters, Katie and Noni were raised at School and Camp from a tender age. Their dearest memories tell of time passing in seasons. As children, they meandered along the acreage on foot or horseback over mud and snow, field flowers and clover. Both recall a sense of awe at the vast landscape, even a little fear, when they trudged home alone in the dark between the Main Building and South Meadow, a dorm house across the road where their family lived. Once, Noni recalls the mist rising like a flock of luminous seagulls, otherworldly and strange, over the pasture. Growing up amid such wild, fantastic surroundings cultivated in both Noni and Katie a deep sense of creativity. Today, they are artists and educators. Noni works
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Noni Eldridge
NCS 78, staff 91-92, 99-present, parent 99-09, CTT parent 03
primarily in crafts traditional to School and Camp, such as weaving and pottery. Katie prefers painting and other two-dimensional forms. In recent years, she has illustrated numerous buildings and special locations across campus. (See her illustration of Round Lake Cottage on contents pages and of the barns on pages 31-32.) In September 2015, after teaching art for 25 years at Northwood School in Lake Placid, Katie joined Noni in the North Country School art department. Together they are the third generation of Clarks to teach at NCS, following in the footsteps of their grandparents, founders Walter and Leo Clark, and parents, NCS codirectors Harry and Betty Eldridge. Harry’s and Betty’s childhoods were also deeply rooted here. Treetops was, in many ways, the defining experience of their youth. In 1951, Harry appeared in
FARM HARVEST 2015
A FEBRUARY EPIC continued from page 28 Loj. The warm glow beckoned across frozen Heart Lake. Without hesitation, we abandoned the trail and made a beeline for the Loj. I can’t recall if there was a moon that night, but the view from the middle of Heart Lake to the MacIntyres and Mt. Jo was memorable, even in the dim light of a star-swept sky.
Potatoes 4,817 lbs Carrots 1,733 lbs Cucumbers 671 lbs Sweet peppers 113 lbs Hot peppers 101 lbs Tomatoes Roma 617 lbs Cherry 144 lbs Slicer 372 lbs Garlic 352 lbs Zucchini 336 lbs Yellow squash 300 lbs Onions Red and yellow 3,575 lbs Pork 18 pigs for a total of 3,057 pounds of meat
the first ripe cherry tomato, or the sheer number of summer squash we collect each morning. And so in the midst of the hustle, we pause. We observe, we taste, and we marvel.
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The fold-out, created by farm intern Kelly Davis, is a reminder to take time to pause in the beauty of the farm. The recipes included are part of a growing collection used in our Camper Kitchen, our Edible Schoolyard classes, and in both School’s and Camp’s main kitchens. Each recipe, like the map, identifies and celebrates the beauty and bounty of this land.
LOOK INSIDE
Lamb 30 sheep for a total of 1,500 pounds of meat Wool 122 lbs of wool for use in our fiber arts programs Hens Our laying hens are averaging about 100 eggs per day.
I was picking up the rear as we tumbled down the mountain, sliding on those infernal snowshoes that gripped nothing. At one point I realized one woolen mitten was gone. I hadn’t felt it leave, as I had on gloves beneath. My hands were warm and there was no way I was climbing back to find it. When we reached our campsite at Scott Clearing, dark was settling. Once we stopped and the sweat chilled, our enthusiasm waned for preparing another dinner and spending another frozen night in the woods. The kids were game, but with the objective won, all thoughts
were on getting back home. Bill and I gauged whether there remained sufficient energy in the group to leave immediately and decided that there was. We agreed I would head out with our youngest, Yolande, and let Bill and the boys break camp and follow us. Headlamps weren’t widely available in 1974, so Yolande and I set out for the Loj with flashlight in hand. Freed of snowshoes, I set a brisk pace on the hard-packed Indian Pass Trail, hoping she had the strength to stay with me. I chuckled at the thought that the kids would not have to miss any Monday classes after all. With Yolande matching me step for step, I picked up speed, and she stuck right behind me. I was beyond impressed by this quiet twelve year old with little hiking experience, especially in the dead of winter. She had kept up with the best hikers at School, the grizzled veterans (if one can be grizzled at fourteen). We stopped for a moment at the spot on the Indian Pass Trail where you can first see the Adirondak
There was surprise on the other end of the phone as I called School to get a ride. Few had expected we would succeed, let alone return a day early. Shortly after Bill and the boys pulled into the Loj, the van from NCS did the same, and scarcely 15 minutes later we were ushered into the empty dining room for a celebratory dinner of Bea Johnson’s leftovers. A few months later I found myself once again hiking in to Scott Clearing, this time with a group of Treetops campers. My companion leader was my cousin, Peter Gilbert (46er #996, CTT 58-60, staff 74), with whom I’d hiked the John Muir Trail the previous summer. We had finished the 46 together on Allen, but he still “wanted” MacNaughton, so here we were. With no semblance of herd path, Peter led up from Wallface Pond, avoiding the thickest stands where he could. I picked up the rear and marveled at how different the terrain looked and felt from my last visit five months earlier. Peter made good time, considering the conditions, claiming he could see evidence of broken twigs that might have signified previous travelers. We were, perhaps, halfway up when his voice called out to me from the front, “Hey, Chuck, what color was that mitten?”
Summer’s Children rappelling off Garden Rock. He discovered a lasting love for mountaineering at Camp; meeting Betty only deepened his passion for the Adirondacks. As young counselors, the couple fell in love and later married, celebrating with a reception in the Main Building Quonset. Once Harry had graduated college (starting at Harvard and finishing at Marlborough College), they returned to teach at NCS under Walter and Leo. Four children later, the couple would devote the rest of their lives to the institution. No one benefited more from the NCS experience than Noni and Katie. As children, they struggled to read and write. Both were diagnosed with dyslexia, a difficulty they shared with their mother. But at School, Walter’s daughter and granddaughters learned to thrive. Here they discovered their potential as artists and creative thinkers. “It was the most ideal education and upbringing,” Katie explains. “We learned to value our own unique strengths, to pour our imaginations into everything we did.”
from Potsdam State University in 1987. Katie attended Emma Willard, followed by the Colorado Rocky Mountain School and National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). She also earned her BA from Potsdam State University, with a major in studio art and minor in biology. As adults, it seemed only natural that the sisters return to Lake Placid to raise their children and continue the family legacy. Katie began her career at Northwood, returning to Treetops occasionally as a counselor and cook. Noni’s long tenure as NCS art teacher allowed her son and daughter, Justin (NCS 03) and Sarah (NCS 09), to also attend School. While each has followed her own path professionally, for both, teaching has been a lifelong joy and creative outlet. Katie reflects, “I love helping children express themselves artistically. For me, teaching art is a way to give back.” Noni agrees, adding, “I’m most effective as a teacher when I’m learning with my students. Exploring the process with kids is what excites me most about teaching.”
Both sisters took an extra year to finish at NCS, but this time proved invaluable. Their struggles fostered in them a sense of accomplishment and resilience. Katie and Noni eventually gained the tools to overcome their reading and writing deficiencies, particularly under the guidance of NCS teacher Jean Marchildon. Just as vital to this process were activities outside the classroom. Noni, the tomboy of the pair, relished Nordic and Alpine skiing, while Katie preferred dancing and figure skating. Both adored horses and riding. They also inherited a love of mountaineering from their father. And they shared a certain spirit. When they fought, they really fought. “We would pull each other’s hair out sometimes,” Noni confesses. But through it all, they remained best friends. When it was time to leave NCS, the sisters parted for the first time since birth. The separation was traumatic initially, not unlike the earlier devastation of losing the Eldridge family home to a fire when they were eight. But with grit and determination, both found a degree of academic success. Noni went on to graduate from Gould Academy, later earning a BA in environmental planning
Farm & Garden 2015 By Katie Culpepper, Farm Manager
Katie’s return to NCS has been a cathartic experience. Upon joining her sister in the art room this year, she reflects: “Since childhood, I’ve felt a little like a round peg in a square hole. Returning to NCS feels like coming full circle and is a true fit. Who better to share that with than my twin sister and our students?”
I’m a new farmer. There are mornings I wake up and feel like this is just something I’m playing at. Like at any moment, the real farmer is going to step in, gently pat my shoulder, and maybe give me a wink like we were in on something mischievous together. That farmer hasn’t shown up yet, so in the meantime, I continue on. I have one growing season behind me. I’ve found that it’s easy to get bogged down in the constant urgency
Photos: NCS Harvest Fest 2015; dressed as Siamese twins at NCS Halloween in 1975,
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of the daily tasks of the farm in summer. There’s never a shortage of work, and it never quite feels like you are staying ahead of the weeds or the potato beetles. But I also have found the importance of pausing just a second longer at any given spot on the farm to marvel at the beauty of it. It never ceases to amaze me how cucumber tendrils curl so perfectly. Or the size of the first eggs laid by our newest laying hens and the expression on the face of the junior camper who found them. The color of the beets, the sweetness of
Treetops Memories continued from page 17
Kimberly Corwin remembers flying on her own from Florida to Albany and being picked up by Kristen Adomeit, then a counselor. On the last day of Camp, Kimberly was awakened in the early morning darkness by Gerry Cotter, the Camp nurse, to be driven back to the Albany airport. But Kimberly had been sick in the middle of the night and vomited out the back of the tent. Gerry patiently cleaned her up and helped her get dressed. Besides Gerry’s kindness, she also remembers my Bongo stories.
Brian Bronfman remembers meeting Brian Hubbard at the ping pong table. Later they found a mouse, named it Fuzzy, and with Mildred’s help kept it as a pet. At the end of the summer they let it go. My memory is of a morning council on a fine summer day. Vida Hoffman stood up and said, “Now children, I want you all to take off your shirts and enjoy this sunny day.” And we all did. I was nine.
These are the pebbles in my basket. They tell of friendships and lessons learned, of counselors as mentors and teachers and nurturers. Some of the memories go back 60 years. I do not know what today’s campers will remember in 2075. But I do know it is important we keep this stream flowing, so that for a very long time to come we have pebbles of memories to share.
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Do you have memories of the impact that North Country School founder Walter Clark made on your life? The one mentioned above left an indelible mark, because I always felt that he was on my side. One other image remains, of him kneeling in the kohlrabi patch. As I walked by he cut one with his black mumblety-peg knife and pared a piece to offer me. He cut one for himself, too, and together we munched on the sweet fruit of life. I had never tasted kohlrabi before, and I was surprised that such a hard-shelled vegetable could be so sweet. It
made me wonder if the same was true with people. To Walter, every experience was a teaching moment. If you had to choose just one spot on the property that makes you feel like you are back at School and Camp, what place is that? The boulder at the top of the Lake Hill featured in the Barbara Morgan photograph of Walter and Leo’s daughter, Kay. I love that it requires some effort to climb on top, and I love even more the view across the water, to what will now forever more be a part of campus.
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IN MEMORIAM Lara Adamsons (CTT 81-83), 45, passed away peacefully
August 21, 2015 at her Brookline, MA, home after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by loving family and friends. Born in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Lara spent her childhood years in Staten Island (NY), Barrington (RI), and San Juan (PR). After graduating from Brandeis University (1990) and Yale Law School (1995), she joined the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, then worked in the office of the appellate defender in New York. In 2000, she married her long-time friend and love of her life, Eric Graber-Lopez. The couple moved to the Boston area, settling in Brookline, where their son Sebastián was born. For the last several years, Lara was a researcher at Harvard Business School and also taught at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Lara is remembered for her deep devotion and commitment to family, her loyalty to friends, her amazing intellect and beauty, a strong sense of justice, and her love of life. Her strength and resolve inspired hope and admiration in all her loved ones to the last moment. She is survived by her husband Eric and son Sebastián, mother Anna Bodo and stepmother Annabel Longo, her siblings, and loving extended family and friends worldwide.
NCS ALUMNI/AE 1947
Piri Halasz
NEWS & NOTES cover story on “Swinging London” that she wrote for Time magazine in 1966 and its changing evaluations over the past 49 years. Although both cover and its subject were popular favorites when the issue appeared, they were condemned by leading members of the U.S. and U.K. media. This negative attitude persisted throughout the remainder of the century in British history books, but in the 21st century, both story and its subject are now seen in a more positive light – a phenomenon Halasz has observed from being approached via email by authors preparing newer books on “Swinging London” and by Googling her name and “Swinging London” on the Internet. [Picture shows Piri with friend and fellow Mensa member Jermain Williams.] 1958
Susan Masters
“Still living on a farm in Oklahoma with my husband of 30 years, Dr. David Kyger. We are elated that our youngest daughter Laura and her husband have bought the place next to us and we get to see our youngest grandson everyday—and the one to come in December 2015.” 1969
Jon Bell
“I’m enjoying forestry work in my retirement.” 1970
J. Mei-Mei Ma
(also NCS parent 2013-present) “Continuing to enjoy being a current NCS parent. Jamie graduates from Level V in May 2016. If you are a skier come to Alta Friends!” 1970
Susan Read
(also CTT parent 04-05, Balanced Rocks Circle) “Life’s quirky turns took me to a place where I apply all my teacher training to an art and leisure guide: letstalkTorrington.com.” Piri delivered a paper in June at a conference in New Haven of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars titled Transition from Mystery to History: How the Internet Revived My Faith in “Swinging London.” It dealt with the
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NEWS & NOTES 1971
Tania Taubes
“NCS shaped my values almost as much as my family. It taught me to put the needs of others before or on par with my own, to create a better world by knowing what to do and doing it. As I’ve said to my son, now 17, for years (echoing NCS), ‘If not you, who?!’” 1995
Kimberly Corwin Gray
(also CTT 89-98, CTT parent 07, NCS parent 08-14, staff 04-15) Kimberly is the new director of development at The Grammar School in Putney, VT, where former farm manager Mike Tholen now teaches 5th grade. 2005
Hannah Doan
In fall 2015, Hannah began teaching Spanish and coaching skiing at Northwood School in Lake Placid.
NCS STAFF Teresa Carey’s film One Simple Question was screened as the feature documentary at the 2015 Made-In-Michigan Film Festival. Her latest crowdsourcing venture, “Hello Ocean,” focuses on ocean science, conservation, and outreach in collaboration with a team of scientists and engineers. “Hello Ocean” is an Indiegogo campaign and was recently awarded the Patagonia Grassroots Environmental Action Grant. Liz Jordan and Nick Perry welcomed son Malcolm
Bodhi Elliott on September 21, 2015.
Lauren McGovern, our current NCS counselor,
attended a six-day Summer Institute for Educators at UC Berkeley this past summer. She reflects: “Mindfulness. Compassion. Gratitude. These ‘new’ buzz words are making significant waves in the education community and were the framework for the Summer Institute. The whole thing was an amazing opportunity to gather with other school professionals from around the country and around the world. The Institute is designed by The Greater Good Science Center, a research arm of the University to study the practices that lead to a meaningful (read: happy) life. The Institute ended with a special bonus – participants had a private screening of the film Inside Out at Pixar’s campus because a psychology professor and founder of The Greater Good helped the movie’s creators learn about how the brain and emotions work.”
Current NCS librarian Mark Richards and math teacher Matthew Beckwith-Laube presented at the New York Librarians Association Annual Conference this past October. Their professional development session focused on collaboration and was entitled: Creating Active Library Partnerships.
Carlyn Trout married Karl Miller in Lake Placid in
early June 2015. Several NCS faculty and staff attended the event. Carlyn and Karl have relocated to Virginia, where Carlyn is pursuing her PhD in agricultural education at Virginia Tech.
CTT FRIENDS C. Peter Crowe
CTT staff 45-46 “Began my first year as a horse counselor 70 years ago this June 25th. Any other staff of that year still on the green side of the grass?”
Terrance Roche
CTT 49-51 “Climbed Cascade last summer to see if I could do it again after 63 years. Found out that I could—barely.”
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NEWS & NOTES Anne Benham
CTT 59-60 “I am still practicing as a young child psychiatrist and work as a clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. All of the principles I learned at Treetops about empowering children are central to my care of children and teaching.”
Sarah Barnett
CTT 50-53, parent 81-86, NCS parent 82-88, trustee 96-99, CTT grandparent 14-15 “So happy that for the past two years my granddaughter, Olivia Horowitz (CTT 14-15), is the third generation to attend Treetops!”
Chuck Schwerin
CTT 61-64, staff 74-77, parent 89-03, NCS staff 73-76, NCS parent 99-00 Chuck lives in Binghamton, NY, with former Treetops parent, Laura Bronstein. He co-founded two biotech start-ups that spun out of Binghamton University and is the new editor of Adirondack PEEKS magazine. Chuck spent a couple of weeks at NCS after Thanksgiving 2014, introducing orienteering as an out-time activity and guest lecturing in Level II science. His story, A February Epic on MacNaughton Mountain, can be found in this issue of Roots on page 25.
Lynn McKinley-Grant
CTT 56-57, trustee 95-06, parent 96-98 “Our daughter Davyln Grant (CTT 96-98) was married to Kyle Mosely on a farm, Agricultural Hall, on Martha’s Vineyard on May 30, 2015. Several Camp alum attended, including Melanie Younger (CTT 97-98), Ahrielle Cook (CTT 92-98, NCS 99), and Andrew Greene (CTT 95-98).” page 37 Organic Roots Winter 2015-2016
Dudley Cunningham
CTT 63-66, staff 73-81, 89-95, Balanced Rocks Circle
NEWS & NOTES “Having established my real estate business, I am returning to occasional work in schools. Recently saw former camper Kai Xing (CTT 93-96) and his son, future camper Konrad Xing, age 18 months.” [Dudley pictured with his partner, Margo Tarasov, and stepson, Zach Cartun]
Resort in Colorado but now spend my summers in midcoast Maine. I have found a fellow Treetops person here, Erica Bernheim (CTT 79-82) [pictured driving her team in Union, ME.] This summer, I am working on her farm, helping with the draft horses, pigs, chickens, and garden.”
Ann Van Aller
Alberta Hemsley
CTT parent 65, 70-73 “My daughter Katrina Van Aller (CTT 70-73) now has her dream job as a Northern California regional sales manager at Silver Oak Gourmet Wine Company in Oakville, CA.”
Deborah Model
CTT 75-77, staff 13-present, parent 13-present “I am so grateful for the Treetops experience I had as a child and for the opportunity Lily (CTT 13-present), Caitlin (CTT 13-present), and I have to be here now.”
Kate Chasson
CTT 83-87 “I still spend my winters teaching skiing at Winter Park
CTT parent 84-90, staff 86-90 “I continue to be happily retired, spending time with my daughter, Jenny Winkler (CTT 84-87), and her two little boys in Tucson, and with my son, David Winkler (CTT 8590), in Seattle.”
Matthew Boykin
CTT 91-92 Matt is a CPA and regulatory accounting manager at NextEra Energy Resources (formerly FPL Group) in Juno Beach, FL, where he has been working since 2008. Matt graduated from Miami of Ohio with his BS in finance and from Florida Atlantic University with his master’s in accounting. At NextEra he handles the accounting for new nuclear plants to be built in Miami. If you are sunning yourself on the beach, you can wave to Matt as he commutes regularly on the company helicopter from NextEra’s headquarters in Juno Beach down to Miami. Matt also is in his second four-year term as one of the publicly elected supervisors of the Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District. He and his wife Kristy live in their new home in Jupiter, FL, with their twoyear-old son Bennett. Kristy, Matt’s college sweetheart at Miami of Ohio, holds her pharmacy doctorate and works at the Cleveland Clinic in West Palm Beach. Pictured is Matt with his son Bennett getting his first haircut. continued on next page camptreetops.org | northcountryschool.org page 38
NEWS & NOTES Laura Diamond Dixit
CTT 92-96 “I am continuing to work on a PhD in architectural history and theory at Columbia University, where I am researching Nepali migration across the Indian Ocean region. I have also co-founded the research-driven art and architecture collaborative Kamara Projects, which is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, and New York, New York. Any fellow Treetops friends who would like to be involved in various reconstruction efforts in the coming years, please be in contact!”
Jenny Mullins
CTT 92-99, staff 02-04 Jenny married Jimmy Hayes (CTT staff 01-06, NCS staff 07-10) in the Hudson Valley, NY, in September. Many Camp alum were in attendance. Stanley Isaacs (CTT 8998) officiated at the wedding and Katie Culpepper (CTT 92-99, staff 02-09, 11-present, NCS staff 08-10, 11-present) led a tree planting ceremony. The base soil for the tree was from Treetops, symbolizing their foundation literally and figuratively.
Brigette Gordon
CTT 92-97 “Living in Garrison, just completed my doctorate in nursing, and working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner in Middletown, NY.”
Laura Nicholson
CTT 01-02, staff 04, 10-11 Laura graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a master’s in environmental science and management and is now living in Portland, OR, working to deliver renewable energy STEM training and science kits to teachers across the nation. page 39 Organic Roots Winter 2015-2016
Pippi Seider
CTT 11-15 Pippi celebrated her bat mitzvah in June with her family. From left to right: Will Seider (CTT 03-08, staff 14-15), Charlie Seider (CTT 05-10, staff 14-15), John Seider (CTT 08-14), Lisa Beck (CTT 70-73, parent 03-15, trustee 08-present) and Mitch Seider (CTT parent 03-15). In lieu of gifts, Pippi asked for guests to make donations to Treetops scholarships and riding funds. A list of contributors can be found in the Annual Report (page XVIII.)
Summer’s Children, Barbara Morgan’s photographic homage to Treetops first published in 1951, is a well-loved volume prized by generations of Camp families. In 2015, Binghamton University presented an exhibition of Morgan’s dance photos at the Binghamton University Art Museum.
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Greetings from Lake Placid Dear Friends, What a year it has been for Camp Treetops and North Country School! Here is our Annual Report for the fiscal year that ended August 31. Thanks to your unwavering support, Camp and School are thriving. And you don’t have to take our word for it. After Treetops passed the American Camp Association accreditation with flying colors in the summer of 2014, it was North Country School’s turn. In April 2015, the New York State Association of Independent Schools visited for four days. Their report’s conclusion, which might as easily have been written about Camp, stated: “This is a unique and amazing [place]. Its mission… to teach ‘life,’ is evident throughout all aspects of the program… Adults refer to their time [here] as a ‘life-changing experience.’ Because of this prevailing feeling, [alumni and parents] are very supportive… As our visit drew to an end, our Committee shared an exclamation of “Wow” as we reflected on what we had just seen and experienced.” This was also a strong financial year. We balanced our budget for the 13th consecutive year. Amazingly, this year’s Annual Fund met last year’s total of $1.2 million (from 1,090 donors), an increase of 20 percent from the record of $1 million set in 2012-13. The Strong Roots, High Peaks Campaign ended the year at $19.7 million from nearly 2,900 donors, ahead of pace towards our $25 million goal. On August 28th, we seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by purchasing Round Lake Cottage. (See page 9-10 of Organic Roots.) We look forward to sharing more about plans for the property in the coming months. Our unique programs, balanced budget, and acquisition and preservation of lakefront property would not be possible without you. We are humbled by your generosity. Thank you.
Dennis Aftergut David Hochschartner Board Chair Head of School and Camp
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Dear Friends, The reports are true! With your support, we completed one of the most exciting years ever for NCS and Treetops. The Strong Roots, High Peaks Campaign ended the 2014-15 fiscal year ahead of our projected goals. As of August 31, 2015, the Campaign had received commitments totaling $19.73 million from 2,874 donors toward our goal of $25 million by 2017. This impressive level of giving supports the Campaign’s three essential areas: the Annual Fund, which covers everything from need-based financial aid and scholarship (now over $1 million for one-third of our campers and students) to programming needs; the Capital Fund, which improves facilities and infrastructure (listed at right); and the Endowment Fund, which strengthens our financial position for the future. This past year, Campaign funds enabled us to renovate and improve the sustainability of Farm House and Main Building, retain top faculty and staff, as well as grow our endowment to nearly $10.9 million. Most importantly, our robust Annual Fund and strong endowment qualified us for financing to purchase the Round Lake Cottage and property in late August while we raise the funds to make it a permanent part of the NCS/ CTT campus. Funds from the Campaign are already at work in the new fiscal year as we renovate our oldest freestanding residence, Woods House. This project will upgrade the 1940s structure to be more environmentally green and efficient, while also adding space and improving aesthetics. This Campaign is essential for the future of Camp and School. Thank you for continuing to support these critical efforts. We simply could not do it without you. Sincerely,
Barkley Stuart Campaign Chair
Strong Roots, High Peaks Campaign Accomplishments New Construction • Clark House • Flushing Meadows plant • Barnyard improvements • Timber frame garden shed • Three living roof structures • Doug Haskell’s Hanging House reproduction • Parking lot behind campus for more green space Renovation • Treetops Main House • Farm House • Main Building dining room, ramp, circle locker room, library, media center, and Quonset • Solar panels on Treetops shower house Infrastructure Improvements • Removal of utility poles and overhead power lines • Seven biomass heating units • Three solar energy arrays • Roads, bridges, paths, steps, and drainage • Trail system • Chimneys, foundations, and walkways • Electric and water systems • Technology upgrades • Sprinklers, fire alarms, and campus security systems
Giving Opportunities Matt Salinger Development Chair
D. Kurt Terrell Director of Advancement
New construction and projects • Round Lake Cottage and property acquisition • Teaching and Learning Kitchen • Treetops Hike House and staff housing Renovation • Woods House (underway) • Hill Houses, Main Building, Farm House, and Road House renovations Endowment • Named funds for scholarships, faculty and staff, land acquisition, and program support
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Annual Financial Summary Dear Friends, Thanks to your generous support, we are pleased to announce a very successful financial year for North Country School and Camp Treetops. We exceeded expectations in the three key areas that support this institution: student enrollment, annual fund giving and admissions to Camp. Frankly, ambitious goals challenged us financially, but thanks to the hard work of program, admissions, development, and communications staff, we succeeded in making a compelling case that told of our needs and ended in a strong financial showing. As always, one of our goals is to provide transformational financial assistance to students and campers. We met this objective by providing more than $1,087,000 in aid to those who otherwise wouldn’t have had the opportunity to attend Camp or School. We could not continue to raise the bar on financial assistance without your participation—and doing so is critical to our ability to engage future alumni in the priorities and mission of this institution. An especially exciting event took place at the end of the fiscal year. Through the efforts of many trustees, administrative staff, and our financial partners, we closed on the purchase of the Round Lake Cottage property in late August. We look forward to your continued support as we work to complete the financing of the property, so this important acquisition will advance our mission and allow for new and exciting opportunities for years to come. Though our future is bright, we also face ongoing financial challenges. With your sustained involvement and encouragement, we are poised to meet these challenges and make our institution as successful and transformative to young hearts and minds as it has always been.
Sincerely,
Fritz Sabbow Business Manager and CFO
Hope Knight Board Treasurer
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Year Ending August 31, 2015 Expenditures Program Services $2,516,290 Physical Plant 1,603,164 Fundraising 541,508 Debt Service 158,046 General Administrative & Other 1,699,569 Subtotal $6,518,577 Financial Aid 1,087,088 Total Expenditures $7,605,665 Revenues Tuition and Fees Distribution from Endowment Annual Fund Gifts (includes designated)
$5,957,035 340,000 1,207,508
Other Revenues Total Revenues & Gifts
101,122 $7,605,665
Summary of Gifts received Annual Fund Gifts
$1,207,508
Endowment Gifts Restricted Gifts Total Gifts Received
495,049 1,647,775 $3,350,332
(includes designated)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dennis Aftergut, Chair Barkley Stuart, Vice-Chair Hope Knight, Treasurer Sandy Gray Nowicki, Secretary Jenny Ewing Allen Karla Ayala Lisa Beck Barry Breeman Peter R. Brest J. Matthew Davidson Guillaume de Ramel Brian Eng Laura Thrower Harris Nick Hewitt Caroline Kenney Roger S. Loud Jennifer Maslow Bob Parker Marty Rosenberg Pamela Rosenthal Matt Salinger Hume Steyer Manny Weintraub Bethany Dickerson Wynder Jun Zhang
HONORARY TRUSTEES Joan K. Davidson Colin C. Tait Richard E. Wilde TRUSTEES EMERITI David T. Kenney Rose Kean Lansbury Sumner Parker ADMINISTRATION David Hochschartner Head of School and Camp Karen Culpepper Camp Treetops Director John Culpepper Director of Facilities and Sustainability David Damico Director of Admissions John Nicholson Director of Communications Nick Perry Assistant Head Fritz Sabbow Business Manager & CFO D. Kurt Terrell Director of Advancement
North Country School and Camp Treetops is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization and is listed as a charitable and educational organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service Code. Our federal tax ID number is 14-1430542.
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High Peaks Giving Levels Thank you to our community of alumni, families, employees past and present, trustees, and friends for your generosity. Your ongoing loyalty makes a tremendous difference to our campers and students.
MARCY (5,344 FT) $50,000 and up
Anonymous Dennis Aftergut American Endowment Foundation Lisa Beck and Mitch Seider H Mr. and Mrs. Barry Breeman Elizabeth Prince de Ramel ‘60 u Guillaume ‘89 and Molly de Ramel H The de Ramel Foundation EJMP Fund for Philanthropy Fullwood Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David T. Kenney u Mr. Andrew Lerner and Ms. Maryam Banikarim Jennifer H. Maslow u Chip Kern The Maslow Family Foundation l Sandy Gray Nowicki ‘57 u Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41 u Shames/Argo Families Shames Family Foundation H David and Linda Stein H Barkley Stuart and Ann Glazer u Tracey Westbrook Dr. Jun Zhang and Ms. Bei Zhu
ALGONQUIN (5,114 FT) $25,000-$49,999
Anonymous Keith and Peggy Anderson Peter Brest u Matthew and Amy Davidson u Althea L. Duersten Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Gruben Charitable Foundation The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. u Keith and Peggy Anderson Family Foundation Rose K. Lansbury u Stefan Nowicki Diana Oehrli John and William Whitney
HAYSTACK (4,960 FT) $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (2) Jenny Ewing Allen H John Allen H Isabel Huffman Belden H Feather Foundation, Inc. Edie and Jim Garrett u Paul and Eileen Growald ‘66 u Growald Family Fund Laura and David T. Harris u Nick and Ruth Hewitt u
Eric and Elizabeth Jacobsen The Eric T. and Elizabeth C. Jacobsen Foundation Caroline Kenney Philip Kneisl ‘75 H Lake Placid Education Foundation u Jane Lang u Anna Levine and Andrew Rosenblum Michael E. and Carol S. Levine Foundation u Sara Levine Roger and Pat Loud u William and Allison Mankivsky Catherine Oppenheimer H Brian Orter and Michael DiMartino Robbins Nest Advised Fund Pamela Rosenthal and Samuel Wertheimer Matt Salinger u Steven Saslow James Seymour u David A. Stein Charitable Trust Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
SKYLIGHT (4,926 FT) $5,000-$9,999
Anonymous (2) Martha Brooks H Robert Davila and Carmen Nigaglioni Ian Desai Rohit and Katharine Desai u
To celebrate those who have given for the first time, in 10 separate fiscal years, and 20 separate fiscal years, we have marked your loyalty as follows:
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Bill and Pat Barton H David Carter Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin u Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) u Sarah H. Lambert Dolan ‘86 H David Hochschartner and Selden West u The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc. Hope Knight and Steven Umlauf Eric and Simone Lang H Meimei Ma ‘70 u Peter Martin, in memory of Kathy Martin Cathy McDermott Bonnie and John Morgan u Michael and Cannella Mullins H O’Donnell Iselin Foundation Victoria Read u Phyllis W. Reicher u Rusty Schick Rolland u Christine Semenenko ‘62 u Serge Semenenko Family Foundation H Daniel and Katia Szor H
WRIGHT (4,580 FT) $1,000-$2,499
Anonymous (9) Adirondack Foundation – Brooks Family Fund H Adirondack Foundation – Meredith M. Prime Fund Paul Adomeit John and Kathy Allen l Henry and Nancy Armstrong u AXA Foundation Daniel and Young Bae l
Mrs. Meryl Baker and Dr. Erin Baker The Baldwin Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation H Ridgely and Ed Biddle H Wing Biddle ‘75 u Tish and Bob Biesemeyer Wolcott R. Blair H Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Bolton u Matt Brest Paul and Iris Brest H Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brooks H Alice Brown H Luis Browne H Albert and Judith Buckbee and Family l Burnham Financial Services, LLC Mary O. Carr Charles Catlin ‘54 H Community Foundation of Sarasota County l Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Ann Cooper u Karen and John Culpepper H Sue H. Culpepper l Sally Powell Culverwell u David and Melanie Damico Jacqueline Davies Jenifer Hale Deming u Kevin Dennis and Rebecca Kellogg u Dennis and Joelle DePaola David and Melanie Dumont u Susan Elman and Joe Ronson Deirdre Farley u Ronald and Jane Fondiller ‘65 Peter M. Gilbert H
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Rohit and Katharine Desai Family Foundation Vanessa Desai Joe Edmonds ‘84 Eng Family Charitable Trust Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois Elizabeth Eng and Benjamin Botts H Kenneth and June Eng H Mr. Ke Feng and Ms. Lu Wang Gannett Foundation Arleen Gilliam u Josh Harlan Tessa Huxley and Andy Reicher u Karen and Peter Jakes u Jewish Communal Fund Marjorie Lang Monika and Steven Lang ‘53 u Lucretius Foundation, Inc. Mimi Muray Levitt ‘57 u The New York Community Trust u Ken Okin H Kent and Robin Palmer Bob and Margaret Parker u Francie Parker ‘82 u Bill Savage u Schwab Charitable Fund Hume R. Steyer H The Stuart Four-Square Fund Manny Weintraub H Timothy Wennrich and Jessica Griffiths H Hui Zhao and Haixia Chi l
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High Peaks Giving Levels Goldman Sachs Gives Eric and Keiko Greenberg l Teri and Jeff Greene Bob Heays H Molly Hunt Heizer u Donald and Diane Hewat u Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hilles Oliver and Robin Hoig Hyde Fuel Company H Ms. Janet Spiegelberg Hyman ‘49 u IBM International Foundation Mr. Judson H. Irish Jr. u Susie Jakes and Jeff Prescott Thomas and Lucille Joergens l Peter Kleinhans l Hung Kong and Ah Mui Sarah Lambert and John Dolan The Longview Foundation Mr. Thomas H. Land Jr. Randi Land H Lolya Lipchitz and Harold Kasimow u Mark and Rachel Lipschutz and Family l Susan Localio u
Brigit Loud H The Louisa Kreisberg Family Foundation Macalester Cross Country Track & Field Team l Jean and Jerry Marchildon u Stanley Martin l Dwight and Sue Mason u Microsoft Matching Gifts Program H Toshiaki and Junko Morishima Brooke and Bernhardt Nadell Helen M Neilson Frederick S. Nicholas Jr. H Laura Nicholson Laura Okin Robert B. Opatrny and Susan J. Sutherland u Park Avenue Charitable Fund Cola Parker u Penguin Random House H Judy and Robert Perl Catherine Pettersen l Pew Charitable Trusts Ms. Victoria L. Pillard H Felicity M. Pool ‘63 u Joan and Jan Popkin
Henry Posner III and Anne M. Molloy H Meredith M. Prime u Redstone Strategy Group l Regeneron Matching Gift Program l Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Marty Rosenberg Marjorie P. Rosenthal Stewart Rubenstein and Christina Parker Julian and Augusto Ramírez Ruiseco Saxton Family David Schorr and Judith Krones The Shelby Family Melissa Brown and David Siegel Silicon Valley Community Foundation Alan and Beth Singer Nicole Been Siskind H Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas N. Solley Sr. Sarah Stahl and Harry Foster Philip and Marcia Steckler Helen Stein u Andrea Stern Dean Swick The Szor Family Foundation
DONOR PROFILE: DAVID STEIN, NCS 52 David Stein (NCS 52) is a businessman and philanthropist from Jacksonville, Florida. His late daughter Allison also attended NCS and graduated in 1974. Recently, David, established the David A. Stein NCS 52 and Allison Stein Robbins NCS 74 Endowment Fund. The fund will help support scholarships, the riding program as well as the farm—all things that Allison loved.
me ahead of the public school system. I went back to boarding school for 11th and 12th grade—to the Woodstock Country School in Woodstock, VT.
How has NCS impacted you and your family? What difference has NCS made in your life compared to other institutions you have been a part of?
Where does the very personal nature of philanthropy fit in your life?
Very positively, it was a great experience for a 10 year old. I learned to ski, and we got to go up the Olympic ski jump. We also learned about growing food, how to ride horses, so many things. All in all it was a great four years of my life. After NCS, I came back to Jacksonville and went to public high school. I must have been ahead of the other students academically because I didn’t have to work very hard. I would say that NCS got
Why have you and your family have generously made a gift to establish the David A. Stein NCS 52 and Allison Stein Robbins NCS 74 Endowment Fund. Both Allison and I had great memories of learning to ride and spending time on the farm. I want to be sure that other kids can have that same experience—it’s important that these programs exist.
Philanthropy is very important to me. I support a lot of organizations in Jacksonville because it’s my hometown. My definition of success is that the check to the undertaker bounces (laughs). I’ve been successful enough where giving back is fun and not work—it’s my pleasure to be able to do it. NCS was a place that I personally experienced and had an effect on me at age 10, that’s why I choose to give back.
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SADDLEBACK (4,515 FT) $500-$999
Anonymous (4) Adirondack Foundation – Sweeney Family Fund H Peter Adomeit and Marilyn Sanders u Cyrille and Rica Buxbaum Allannic H
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American Recycling Technologies Inc. Karla Ayala Jon Bell u Bell Hoving Family Foundation N. Tyras Bookman H Marie Bourget l Richard and Paula Brewer Brian Bronfman H Meg Bluhm Carey H Michael Case and Lisa Speer l Alexandra and Marcelo Castro H Isabel, Ines and Pablo Castro l Chun Chieh and Yating Chang l Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman u Evelyn and Dion Cook Michael and Sybil Corrigan Jim and Sharon Cushman H Sophie DeLaCour H DeLaCour Family Foundation Robert Eakin and Marilyn DeRight u Pasuntra Dhebpunya l Joan Dinowitz and Scott Tashman Claire Douglas H Robert Eakin and Mary Lynne H Essex County Adirondack Garden Club Exxon Mobile l Justin Facey Lee and Ann Farnham H Delio and Belkis Fernandez H Katharine Knight Flebotte u Tania Gee u Dominic Giarratani l John R. Goodman
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Eugene and Jolinda Grace Patrick and Eileen Grasso l Yong and Lei Han Noah and Micol Harlan Eliza Hewat ‘65 u Tracy Marchildon Himes * Trev Huxley H Frank Jordan Elise E. Keely u Edward Kenney Franklin Kenney ‘84 William Kenney Kent-Lucas Foundation, Inc Liza Ketchum u Margaret Kinosian Bill Kinzer H Sam and Cathy Kirschner l Dr. Ernest Knight and Marion L. Knight Beth and Peter S. Kolevzon u Arthur, Valerie, Sarah, and Henry Korzec l Sally and Wynn Kramarsky u Tom Krouwer u Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lambert III u Helen and Andrew Laskow l Colin Leventhal and Trea Hoving Harold Levy l Mr. Kai Li and Ms. Yadi Zhang l Lorna Livingston ‘50 u Mary and Stuart Lollis u The Losam Fund Nicholas and Cassandra Ludington Bob Lum Jason Manketo l u 20+ years giving
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Colin and Debby Tait u D. Kurt and Eden Terrell Edith G. Thayer ‘50 u Kyra Tirana Barry H Paul and Sarah Titterton Mr. A.C. Toland Edward Tuck Michael and Carole Tylman l Michael Urfirer u Lucia Vail H Frank Wallace H Mara F. Wallace Ms. Louise D. Walsh and Mr. Charles L. Rupp u Ben Watson and Ruth Izraeli H Betsy Shaw Weiner H Sam Weinig Christopher Werler H Bee Lacey Whittaker u Dick and Sara Wilde u Kevin Williams H Susan Welch Williams ‘54 u Marjorie Wright H Peter Yamin Mr. Jun Yang and Ms. Min Zhou H
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High Peaks Giving Levels Roger Martindell ‘63 u Marcia Mason McClellan u Happy McInnes Drs. Lynn McKinley-Grant and David GrantH Debra M. McPhee Abigail Mellen u Don Mesec and Becky Rice u Alan and Alice Model u Deborah Model and Joe Falkowski H Leo Mondale and Sarah Patton Jonathan and Kristin Adomeit Moore u Katherine Cromwell Moore u Paulette W. Muir H Claudia Murphy N & S Business Interiors, LLC l Brian and Amy Naftal and family The Naftal Family H The Namm Foundation, Inc. (Andrew Namm ‘42) u John Nicholson and Casey Cooper Tracey and Thomas Parker Frank and Mary Pellegrini Jeremy and Eva Radtke Susan Read u Jane Crowell Rieffel u Gillian and Peter Rittmaster Lisa and Peter Rowley Judith and James A. Saks Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Scott and Amy Sanderson Santa Barbara Foundation Julia M. Schily and Andreas Mobius l Caroline Selden ‘69 Ben Simons l Peter and Elisa Skinner H
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Dorian Stedman and Heidi Pelkey l Sarah Adams Steinberg and Peter Steinberg, in memory of Lara Adamsons Jonathan and Helena Stuart u John Sweeney and Lauren McGovern H Charles and Simonee Tierney l Cornelia and Joseph Tierney u Helen Stuart Twiss u John and Alida Vessey Mr. and Mrs. William H. Waddington H Jennie Weiner Wells Fargo Foundation Matching Gifts Program H Bethany Dickerson Wynder and Chuck Wynder Jr.
ROCKY PEAK (4,420 FT) $250-$499
Anonymous (6) The Allen Family Orman Anderson Allegra Harris Azulay H Andrew and Carrie Bank l The Bank of America Matching Gifts Lionel and Deborah Barthold H Sam Becker H Anne Leland Benham H David and Samantha Bernstein The Blatt Family l Elisabeth Bouché H Donna Bregenzer Phillip Brest Fraser Brooks H Suzanne and Geoffrey Brown u William & Katherine Brown H
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Margy and Elliot Brownstein u The Steve Bunker Family l Lewis C. Canfield J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation u Clean Solar, Inc l David and Jane Condliffe Kalle Condliffe Jeff Cooper Ann Lynch Cornell Tony and Nancy Corwin u Samantha Glantz Cranko H Katie Culpepper H Jim Darby u Charles Darwall and Victoria Stoneman l David deCourcy and Jo Ann Price u Ellen Mayer Diamond u Cassie Levitt Dippo u Dr. and Mrs. Allan E. Dumont u Mark Dumont and Lynn Mehlman u Carolyn Feinstein Edwards Rollie Eubanks Expedia Matching Gifts David Feldbaum Lanie Lacey Fleischer Mio Fredland M.D. H Jessica Freireich David and Daniella Friedman Robert Frost Susan Gardner and Martha Cassidy Micah and Marla Goodman H Nina E. Goodman H Richard Hahn u Thomas and Deirdre Hamling l Lisa and Sang Han Joseph E. and Rosemarie P. Harris H
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We are very grateful to the 44 community members (as of August 31, 2015) who have included North Country School and Camp Treetops in their estate plans, thereby becoming members of our Balanced Rocks Circle. If NCS and Treetops are included in your estate plans and your name is not listed here, or if you would like more information about the Balanced Rocks Circle, please contact Kurt Terrell at 518-837-5446 or kterrell@ncstreetops.org.
Roger and Rebecca Perry H Doralynn and Jeffrey Pines H Mina Edmonston Placek Arthur Platt and Janet Fink H Adam Poll l James R. Pugh u Campbell and Nancy Rea u Aimée Reveno u J. Michael and Sally Ritchie Sarah Rivkin and Mark Brennan Jim and Cathy Robjent H The Rockefeller Foundation Matching Gift Program l Victor Rostow H Nat Rubin Robert and Martha Rubin Naemi and Nat Rudykoff H Fritz Sabbow and Rob Hastings l Susan Slesinger Thomas P. Scully ‘70 Ordway Clifford Sherman H Keith and Ami Simon l Ruth and David Skovron u Dan Slutsky u Shari and Jim Smart H Yasuhiko Sotohama and Setsuko Egashira The Stanley-Hunt Family Staritch Foundation, Inc. Jim and Liz Steyer u Tango under the Tent l Chad MacArthur and Lisa Tapert H Marilyn Taylor Stuart and Susan Topper u Lisa and Bob Tostevin u Jessica Tuck u Constance Kane Tucker u Ms. Quincy Ryland Umphlette u Theodore and Eleanor Waddell
Anonymous (4) Dennis Aftergut Jenny Ewing Allen Peter Brest Alice Gresham Bullock Sally Powell Culverwell, NCS 51 Dudley H. Cunningham Amy and Matthew Davidson Claire Douglas Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois Suzanne Glickman Reggie Govan Elizabeth Harlan Laura Thrower Harris Bob Heays David Hochschartner and Selden West John and Amy Isaacs Elsbeth S. Johnson Jan Johnson Robin and Peter Ketchum Philip Kneisl, NCS 75
Eric G. Wagner u David Wells Janet Dunn Wentworth u David Sloan Wilson ‘63 u James and Holly Wilson l Amy Weisser and Adam Yarinsky Beth Zadek and Joph Steckel
BIG SLIDE (4,240 FT) $100-$249
Anonymous (18) Robert Abramowitz and Susan Stewart u Amgen Foundation Steve and Carol Andersen and Family l David Anderson l Applewood Orchards, LLC l Kate Tuttle Asselin Todd and Pam August Todd Aydelotte and Tess Ghilaga Katie Bacon H D.J. and Ken Baker u J Balcerzak Baltimore Community Foundation Judy Bardacke H Tina and Peter Barnet H John Henry Barnett Ronald and Carol Bayer l Jennifer Cahill Bean and Chris Bean H Clare Bell and Eric Rosof l Drs. Laurie and Herbert Bergamini H Lynda Bernays u The Boeing Company Randi Bollenbach Catherine Bookey l Robert Brady l Christian Brammer and Jane Haugh Ellen Thorndike Brawley ‘52 u Eric Brest Monika and Steven Lang, NCS 53 Rose K. Lansbury Bill and Jan Localio Susan Localio Roger and Pat Loud Dwight N. Mason Sandy Gray Nowicki, NCS 57 Brian Orter Meredith M. Prime Mrs. James C. Rea Jr. Susan Read, NCS 70, CTT parent 04-05 Jane Crowell Rieffel Maggie Rosenbloom Matt Salinger Jessica Tuck Matthew and Courtney Tuck Frank Wallace Jill Werfel Francis and Patricia Whitcomb Edward B. Whitney and Martha C. Howell
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Christina Honde u Ellen Hornstein and Denis Cioffi u Ian Hughes u Jan Hummel Ralph Jones u C. Ryan Joyce Sophie Kasimow Ar Kee l Chris and Rebecca Kelly H Mariah Kelly Jonathan Kerlin u Bradley Kerr Jessica Koster John and Meg Kotler H Eli Z. Kramer H Mr. and Mrs. James Lansbury Christine LeFevre u Jeffrey Litchtenberg l Laurel Mackay-Lee l Dudley and Jane Mairs H Richard Maslow u Joseph Mayer u Michael B. McCrary H Irene McKeown l Elizabeth McLean l Howard and Claudia Mintz l David and Leni Moore Jr. H David and Leni Moore Family Foundation Richard and Barbara Moore u Alice Morey and Harvey Weinig H Nils and Kara Morgan Evelyn Morris John and Ann Murphy l Adam Neaman and Bianca Santomasso John Oakes and Carin Kuoni Clary Olmstead and Kathleen Heenan u Orange County Land Trust, Inc. l Dixianne McCall Penney u
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Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties, Inc. l Dr. Jane Benjamin Gatta Ehud and Laura Gelblum Calvin Gilkey Michael and Rosalind Gillis Sanford and Jane Glazman l Robert and Judith Gleason l Adam Goldberg l Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Goldmark Brigitte Gordon and Dino Nappi l Reggie Govan H Davlyn Grant Danielle Ramati Hamlin David and Caroline Hamling l David and Dara Hammerman l Meredith Hanson Leonard and Fleur Harlan u Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Harnden Jr. H Ruth Hart Thomas Hartshorne Ruth Harzula and Samuel Daunt Kitty Hay ‘63 u Jim Hayes Heidecorn Family Foundation, Inc. Louis and Catharine Heimbach l Sandra Hurd Hennemeyer H Jeffrey “Nubba” Herrmann H Adam and Carol Hewitt Kent Hewitt u Catherine Fetz High H Jody Hochschartner-Boyd, in memory of Joan and Norbert Hochschartner Sarah Hoffman H u 20+ years giving
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High Peaks Giving Levels Anna Kramarsky and Jeanne Bergman Mark and Sandra Kurtz l Gerald LaGrange Debora LaMent l John and Kathy Lanza Karen J. Lawrence and Lier Lawrence l The Honorable Pierre N. Leval H Daniel Levin and Leonila Paunil Daniel Levy and Adrienne Ward Dan Levy & Chingchai Wanidworanun John Benet Lewis Mary Lewis l John and Michele Lindsay l Nan and Ted Lindsay H Chet and Miriam Lipton l David Loud u Julia Lowd l Rachel Lowenthal Mr. Weidong Lu and Ms. Yan Zhou Tim Mabee H Margaret T MacCary Peter and Susan Macheska l Bruno and Liliana Machiavelo l Brenda D. Frank and Albert D. Malmfelt H The Honorable Ellen H. Maloney u Sarah Manheim Scott l Diana Marin Ms. Jane B. Mason and Mr. Brian Vaughan Susan Masters Kyger Marsh McCall u Jill McCullough H Aidan McGrinder Dr. Michael and Shana McKeown l Clare Tweedy McMorris H Aaron and Cheryl Megliore Edward and Libby Faron Mell H
Hilary and Harold Meltzer Roger and Susan Metzger l Ted Metzger and Robin Fleischner H Carlton and Elma Metzloff u Lisa (Ernest) Mierop H David and Lauri Miller l Danianne Mizzy and Maurice Dana Dr. Charles E. Moisan Barbara Mulvey Susan D. Najork l Andrew Needham and Rebecca Rendleman Network for Good Isabelle N. Nicks Jose and Veronica Nolla l Mr. Paul F. Obrecht III Richard Ochs and Susan Arnold H Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oppenheimer l Whitney Oppersdorff l Dee Osborne Bonni M. Oswald l Geoff Parker H Rob Parker Thomas and Victoria Patterson Sherman Peale H Jenny and John Pearlman Thomas Penchoen H Roswell B. Perkins u William and Carrie Perley Dominic Perry and Elizabeth Jordan David Pettengill Kenneth Spencer and Elizabeth Pillard H Nina Pillard and David Cole u Giulia Pines Kersthold l Roger Platt H Nathaniel Polish and Ellen Schorr l Lauren Olitski Poster ‘71 H
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Ken Hornstein H Mr. Richard Hornstein H Dorsey Horowitz Moira Horowitz Patty and Mike Horridge Logan Hovie Hunt Howell ‘58 u Christopher Hughes H Tom Hughes ‘83 Carla von Trapp Hunter Fran Huntoon Anne Hurd David Husing Ian Huxley l Amy and Tad Irish l Karl and Ingrid Jacob l Jane and Leonard Jacobson l Evan A. Jenkins Berkeley D. Johnson Jr. H Mary and Francis Johnson Sarah Jonathan Lennoth Joseph H Allan S. Katz Denise Katz Jonathan Katz and Amy Davidsen Andrea Kavanaugh and Djavad Salehi l Thomas P. Kenefick H Robin McAllister Ketchum George and Farley Kilby l Ted Killiam Andrew and Yuko Kirk Gil Kirkpatrick and Lisa Mathis Elizabeth and Adrian Kitzinger Laura F. Knipe Andrew B. Knox H Meredith Kovach and Sam Eaton
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High Peaks Giving Levels Kate Kubert Puls u Jane Purden Lindsay Putnam H Jennifer Rabinowitz l Maya Radiconcini H Betsy Randolph Bradley and Mary-Alice Raymond H David and Jeannette Redden l Nancy Reder and Peter Pocock H George and Joanne Reed u Wynde Kate and Matthew Reese l Alice Reich James and Shirley Reynolds l Katherine and Coulter Richardson Philip Rickey H Edward I. Riegelhaupt and Patricia G. Morrill H Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ritchie Jr. u Ella and Peter Robjent H Dana Rogers John B. Rosenmiller u Norman and Jean Rukert u Avery Salinger Gannon Salinger Peter and Emily Samton Karen Sanford Stanton and Kathleen Scherer l Caitlin Scholl Schulman Family Foundation Jean L. Schwartz u Chuck Schwerin and Laura Bronstein u Rachel Schwerin Jay Scott u Shelah K. Scott u
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Mr. and Mrs. Norman Seider Lauren Shaw Jill and Jim Sheffield u Kate Shepherd H Cynthia Sher l Daniel Sherman Zachary Siegel David A. Silva and Eileen McHugh l Arietta Slade & Sam Felder l Douglas Sloane Margaret Sloane H Drs. Phillip R. Smith and Marjorie Schulman H Robert and Sharon Smith Ted Sonneborn Karen and Frederick Spaulding Dave Steckler Elsie Stoutland l Bradley Streeter and Elizabeth Hlavacek Barry and Laura Strongin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Sutton H Sonja G. Sweek Bob Tam u Tanaquil “Tania” Taubes u Mrs. Elizabeth Taussig Bradley and Frances Taylor H Rhonda Taylor Amina Tirana H Charles and Jeanne Townsend l Egg Foo Townsend Marty and Gus Trowbridge H J. T. “Skip” Tubbs Jr. ‘70 H David and Kristen Baumgart Turner Miles Turner H
First time donors
H 10-19 years giving
Tuxedo Park School l Tracy and Bill Ullman Willa Vail The Van Der Lee family l William and Lynn Vogt l William and Nancy Walp l Sid Jr. and Jan Ward Rebecca Warner u Tim and Katie Eldridge Weaver ‘78 H Ed and Lisa Weibrecht / Mirror Lake Inn u Anne Crowley Weight l Maureen Weiner Addie Porrino West u Maggie Westergaard u Malcolm Willison David and Nell Wing H Charlie and Nancy Wise Edith Wislocki and Alfred Darby u Hans and Helen Witsenhausen H Carol S. Wolfe Ray Wolfson and Irene Sherman H John Wood ‘73 H Nathan Woodford l Mary Woolsey u Kai Xing Lorraine and Eli Yamin Joseph and Ann Zahm Stanley Zippin l
CASCADE (4,098 FT) Gifts up to $99 and gifts in-kind Anonymous (45) Doris K. Adams l u 20+ years giving
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High Peaks Giving Levels Zac Bookman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Borden, Jr. Sarah Botsai l Boy Scout Troop 610 l Ann Boyden l Elizabeth Bradley Brian and Alicia Brandes The Breakfast Club l Anna Brewer Hannah Brigham Thomas Broderick Bridget (Kadzius) Brown David Brown Elizabeth Buchanan Harriet S. Buchholz l Stephen and Kara Burry I. Maria Calderon l Mary Cameron l Ann Campbell H Meg Cancila Harrison and Judy Caner u Paul and Martha Capra Joey Carey H Rachel Carter Prof. and Mrs. Stanley Cavell l Mary Ann Champagne H Jai Chandrasekhar Ms. Linda Chappell Andy Chase u Isabel Chiquoine u Eva-Marie Chopra l Garth Cilley Eli Clare Ms. Cora K Clark l Stephanie Copelin H Anabell Corwin
Christie and Rob Cox l Leslie and Elaine Cox Mitchell Craib and Mary Johnson H L. David Craine l Gino Crocetti Peter Crowe William Curtis Jessica Damiano l Ms. Leslie Daniels Joan Raysor Darlington H Addie Davis l Jerry de Rham H Sara and Patrick Devlin Anne Dickerson ‘70 Penny Dieffenbach John and Libby Doan H Carly Dominick-Sobol Barbara Donohue Whitney and Thomasine Dow Todd Dowling Dylan Drake Rachel Drake l Nolan Dumont Lisa S. Dvorkin Elena Eder Chip (‘62) and Lyn Edmonston H Hannah Edwards Stephen Eige, Nancy Brown and Rebecca Eige Alan Eldridge H John N. Eldridge u Linda Ellsworth Cynthia Emerson Emma’s Creamery l Mark and Debby Epstein H Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ernest l Gretchen Espe H
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Lynda Lees Adams H ADK Café l Aetna Foundation, Inc. Judith Aftergut l Dr. Charles Allen and Caryn Allen l Emilie Allen Leland Alper Jason and Arlana Anderson Edward and Pamela Arace l Richard Arms Lurline Aslanian Daniel August Mr. Michael Bacon Lauren Baker Laura Ballard George and Phebe Banta l Bridget Baran ‘88 Matthew Baran Joanie Barbier Sarah Blunt Barnett u Dr. Claire Basescu u John and Tina Beattie l Jessica Becker H Matthew Beckwith-Laube Arthur Beecher Colin and Jenny Bell u The Benner Family u Erica and Herb Bergamini u Dr. James T. Berrier H Michael Bertolini l Edwin and Fern Beschler u Abigail Biddle l Philippa Biddle Suzanne R. Bliss l Sherrill Blodget Charles A. Bookman u
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High Peaks Giving Levels John H. Farrar Edward P. Fava and Family l Claire Fellman Anthony Fernandez Pier Fetz Mark Filetti Mary Lou Finley Teresa Fiorica Elsa First Peter and Diane Fish l Wayne and Kathryn Fisher Daniel and Deborah Fitts Anne Fleming Dorothea Flink Will Forbes H Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Forman Edward W. Fox Jr. ‘57 H Loulie Fair Fox u Adaline Friedlander l Alex Friedman Susan Friedman l Ms. Lucinda D Full and Mr. Alain Baudeneau l Sarah Fuller Mimi Geier H Neil Gerstenmaier l Julie Getzels H Tanya Giarratani Sprinkel Michael and Jane Gieryic l Jackson Gilkey Stephen and Ruth Gluck l Goldberg & Cohen LLP l The Good Bite l Deborah (Churchill) Goodell u
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Lola Gonzalez l Lily Gordon Shirley Gordon l Bob, Pip and Ben Grawi l Kimberly (Corwin) ‘95 and Mike Gray H Theodosia Grayson H Green Goddess Foods, LLC l Richard and Katherine Barrett Greene Sierra Grennan Doris Wexler Haas l Siegfried and Clair Haenisch u Patrick and Ann Hainault Piri Halasz u Steve and Sunita Halasz H Mairead Haley Erika Hall l Katrina Hall H Patrick and Albina Hannigan l Mickey Hardt Davina Harris Swann l Trish Harris Virginia W. Hart u Ellen Hartman l Nancy and Charles Hatfield u Susan H. Hawvermale l Peter Helmetag u Alberta Hemsley u Hayden Herrera Larry and Ellen Hickey H High Peaks Cyclery Frederick W. Hilles Jr. u Hindu Charters l Aaron and Brandy Hobson
First time donors
H 10-19 years giving
Ms. Lucy Hochschartner l Hollywood Theatre l Mr. and Mrs. John J. Homburger Stephen and Kelley Hooker l Mary Hordubay-McKenzie u The Hordubays u Kristin Hovie l Luke and Andrea Hudak Richard and Jo Hull l Mr. & Mrs. William O. Humes u Derek and Deborah Hunt, in memory of former counselor Mr. Ned Heize H Jeremy Hutchins Zina Huxley-Reicher Alex Hyde ‘88 Mauricio Maille Iturbe and Flavia Gonzalez Rossetti l Devon and Meredith Jacobs Lawrence Jay Elsbeth S. Johnson u Lucy and Tracy Johnson u Rebecca Johnson Drucilla Jones Peter Judd l Seth and Lyn Kaller l John and Cynthia Kantor l Nicole Karaman Karla Kavanaugh Seckin Kaygisiz Lauren Kelly Michele Kelly Larkin Kenney Dorothy A. Kenny u u 20+ years giving
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High Peaks Giving Levels Catherine McGee Mr. and Mrs. Theos D. McKinney III Robert McKinstry Ewen McManus Donata C. Mechem H Sheila Melville l Johanna Messer Kyle and Elizabeth Metzloff Lisa Miller-Samber l Ellen (Craib) Mitchell u Matthew Mitchell Paul Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Mobolaji l Maya Morduch-Toubman l Daniel (Pinball) Morel Jhimy Moreno Ordenez l Willard Morgan and Jennifer Barton H Simon Mould Susan Moyer Jenny Mui Matthew Muller Evelyn A. Mumm l Lisa Muñoz Kim Narol Robert and Sharon Ney Lisa D. Nicholson u Sarah Nicholson ‘72 u Carrie Niebanck Jeffrey and Jill Nilles l Lynne Nilsestuen l Dylan and Kathy Norton, Javier, Galen and Serena l Oz and Kris Osborn u Joan Pachner H Palace Theatre
Anita Payne Paulette Peduzzi and Family H Brian and Catherine Pelkey l Jacob Perrin Hilary Platt David and Barbara Plimpton Joshua Popkin The Portal Family l Gordon W. Pratt Agency l Dr. Peter W. Pratt ‘47 Angela Price and Matt Donahue W. Lael Prock, in memory of Joyce Pearson Prock H Elie Rabinowitz and Becca Miller l Martha Lott Raby ‘51 Erika Radin on behalf of Annie Lourdes Ramirez-Crusellas l Janine Alpert Randol H Fred and Roz Rea u Jane Regan Daisy Emma Rhoads H John Rhodes l Ms. Adrienne G. Rhone l Mark Richards Wende (Liz) Richter H Rev. Linda H. Ricketts Jacy Lynn Rinne Terence Roche Rebecca Rohrer Vincent and Judith Romanczyk l James Romm and Tanya Romm Marcuse Peter Ronson Mrs. Oren Root Nino and Eleni Roselli l Vernon and Eleanor Ross l
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Edwin and Virginia King l Diane Kletz Eric and Mary Knieriemen l Florian Koralambe l Mr. Samuel A. Korn l John and Julie Kornfeld l Nicholas Kramer l Samuel and Linda Kramer H James Kramon Alyssa Dee Krauss l Lisa Krug Gioia Kuss ‘74 H Nick Lacy l Jennifer Ladd u Richard Langlois Woody and Barbara Laporte H Kat and Bill Larzelere Greg and Bunny LeClair Hope Leichter l Dana Lindsay Frances Littell Bill and Jan Localio u David and Hallie Localio Jennifer Love on behalf of Jordana l Guerin Catholic High School l Martha Mabee ‘57 u Avril Mablin Hugh C. MacDougall Elizabeth R. Macken u Mad River Pizza l Susan Mahaffy u Barry Mallis, NCS Faculty 1968-72 Dave and Denise Martin Lauren McCarty Sarah McCoy and Jim Buchanan
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High Peaks Giving Levels Carolyn Roumeguere l Joyce Roy H Ben and Susie Runyon H Meg Runyon Sean and Lisa Ryan l Matthew Saehrig Leonard and Ann Sand Emily Sanders l Lisa Sands and Joan Balash Mark Sands Waldo I. Scott l Charles Seider l Mr. William B. Seider Matthew and Julie Sheppe l Dan Silin John and Susan Skovron u Jack Smart Mr. Jay Smart Sierra Smart l Betsy and Favor Smith H Mike Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Smith Timothy and Janet Smith H Jenny Smith-Yuen ‘84 H Smoke Signals l Elliott and Paula Solomon l Jocelyn Sontag l Martha and John Spear Douglas and Christine Stage l Claire and George Stahler Frances Starn Kathleen L. Steed H Mr. Robert M. Stein Jr. H
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David Stonebraker, in memory of Charlotte Rea H Chris Stoneman H George and Kathleen Stradar Jr. l Luther and Emily Strayer l Jack Sturgis H Charles and Eve Sutton u Tys Sweeney Philene Taormina l Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thacher l Mike Tholen Loran Thompson l Sheldon Toubman and Claire Morduch Jessica Townsend Sharon Anglin Treat Mr. and Mrs. Kip Trienens Carlyn and Karl Miller Howard and Laura Trumbull Micah Turner Ms. Nai’a Turner Anne Van Aller Marcy and Marcus Veno Roberta W. Waddell u Carolyn Walker Jeremy and Judith Walsh H Sarah Seabury Ward Caitlin Wargo Raey Webster and Candace Ahrenholz l Andrew and Debra Weiner Marty Weiss Bonnie Welch Mr. and Mrs. William M. West l Susan K. West H
l
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H 10-19 years giving
Alexander Whitaker Corbett Wicks l Herb Wilkinson u Lynne Williams l Patricia Winter Liz Wise Seth Wolfson Chris Wood John and Roberta Wright l Scott Wright l Virginia Wright Dianne Wulsin Stephanie Yarbrough Please note: This report includes gifts, pledges, and pledge payments made from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015. Gifts received after August 31, 2015 will be listed in next fiscal year’s Annual Report. Despite our best efforts to avoid errors and omissions, they do occasionally occur. If you contributed and your name was omitted, misspelled or listed in the wrong place, please accept our sincere apology—and do, let us know. Please call the Advancement Office at 518-523-9329, x5450.
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Tributes and Memorials
Dennis Aftergut in memory of Walter P. Breeman David Bronfman in memory of Beverly Bronfman Ann Campbell in memory of Tsu Hansen Monie Chase and Stuart Chase in memory of Geoff Chase Clean Solar, Inc. in honor of Iris and Paul Brest Leslie Daniels in memory of Valery Daniels Claire Douglas in honor of Matt Salinger Lois Elting in memory of Eve Elting Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois in memory of Lara Adamsons David Feldbaum in memory of Eve Elting Brenda D. Frank and Albert D. Malmfelt in memory of Kate Green Richard Hahn in memory of Bob Bliss Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Harnden Jr. in honor of Susan Localio and Camp Treetops Ruth Hart in memory of George Hart, MD Ellen Hartman in memory of Valery Daniels Knox Jody Hochschartner-Boyd in memory of Joan and Norbert Hochschartner Harvey and Claudia Horowitz in honor of Rebekah and Moira Horowitz C. Ryan Joyce in honor of Larry Robjent Lisa Krug in honor of Shantal Rossett Colin Leventhal and Trea Hoving in honor of the Leventhal girls Peter Martin in memory of Kathy Martin Evelyn A. Mumm in memory of Mary-Lola Ardrey Secary Whitney Oppersdorff in memory of Richard Rockefeller Oz and Kris Osborn in memory of Harry Knapp Eldridge Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41 in memory of Marion King Schlefer Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41 in memory of Mark Peduzzi Dixianne McCall Penney in memory of Helen Haskell Michael and Cannella Mullins in honor of the wedding of Jenny Mullins and Jim Hayes on behalf of their friends and family Gordon W. Pratt Agency in memory of Gordon W. Pratt Janine Alpert Randol in memory of Harry Eldridge Edward I. Riegelhaupt and Patricia G. Morrill in
honor of Stacey Riegelhaupt Bloomfield Christine Semenenko ‘62 and Serge Semenenko Family Foundation in memory of Dylan Semenko Clark & Anthony Eastburn Clark Sarah Adams Steinberg and Peter Steinberg in memory of Lara Adamsons David Stonebraker in memory of Charlotte Rea Davina Harris Swann in memory of Nuri Richards Dick and Sara Wilde in memory of Richard Rockefeller Gifts in memory of Jeff Jonathan Bunnie Allare, Lee Pittman, Tanya Holland and Diane Estes John and Tina Beattie Boy Scout Troop 610 The Steve Bunker Family Bill and Carol Collins Mr. James Earley Stephen Eige, Nancy Brown and Rebecca Eige Stephen Frauenthal in memory of Jeff and Julia Jonathan Guerin Catholic High School Stephen and Kelley Hooker Margaret Kinosian in memory of Jeff and Julia Jonathan Susie Jakes and Jeff Prescott Karen J. Lawrence and Lier Lawrence Macalester Cross Country Track & Field Team in memory of Jeff and Julia Jonathan Maya Morduch-Toubman in memory of Jeff and Julia Jonathan Meredith Prime Sheldon Toubman and Claire Morduch
Ed and Ridgely Biddle Sean and Shelley Cohen John and Karen Culpepper Andrea Dabbar Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois Kim and Steven Erle Ehud and Laura Gelblum Adam Goldberg David and Dara Hammerman Lisa and Sang Han Heidecorn Family Foundation, inc. Seth and Lyn Kaller John and Cynthia Kantor John and Julie Kornfeld Anna Kramarsky and Jeanne Bergman Alyssa Dee Krauss Dan Levy and Chingchai Wanidworanun Harold Levy Jennifer Love on behalf of Jordana Bob Lum Jason Manketo Judy and Robert Perl Erika Radin on behalf of Annie Gillian and Peter Rittmaster Mr. and Mrs. Norman Seider Matthew and Julie Sheppe Keith and Ami Simon Arietta Slade and Sam Felder Shari and Jim Smart Sierra Smart Elliott and Paula Solomon Jocelyn Sontag Dean Swick Tracy and Bill Ullman Beth Zadek and Joph Steckel
Gifts in memory of Gail Schumacher Sarah Botsai L. David Craine Nancy Fox Michael and Jane Gieryic Liza Ketchum Edwin and Virginia King Carlton Metzloff Family Jeffrey and Jill Nilles Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41 James and Shirley Reynolds Vernon and Eleanor Ross Waldo I. Scott Charles and Jeanne Townsend William and Nancy Walp Dick and Sara Wilde Gifts in honor of Pippi Seider’s Bat Mitzvah Anonymous (8) Andrew and Carrie Bank Clare Bell and Eric Rosof
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We are grateful to those donors who choose to honor or remember a loved one or important event by making a contribution to North Country School and Camp Treetops. Listed below are gifts received from September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015.
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Endowments We are grateful to the individuals and families who have made the extraordinary commitment of establishing named endowments. Thank you as well to those who have made contributions to those endowments. These funds honor a friend or family member’s legacy in a meaningful fashion while benefiting North Country School and Camp Treetops in perpetuity. In the 2014-15 fiscal year, we were honored to add two named funds to our endowment. The Walter P. Breeman Fund for Theater Production at NCS was established by Barry and Pam Breeman in memory of their son, an NCS alumnus with a passion for theater arts. The David A. Stein NCS 52 and Allison Stein Robbins NCS 74 Fund honors NCS alum David Stein and his late daughter Allison and her love for horseback riding, our farm program and her desire to make the NCS experience available to more children. If you have questions about a current fund or would like to discuss establishing a new fund, please contact Kurt Terrell,
Director of Advancement at 518-8375446 or kterrell@ncstreetops.org. General Endowment Fund Bob and Margaret Parker The Shelby Family
Milton and Liesa Allen Fund For Faculty Salaries David and Peggy Bailey Fund In honor of the founders of Woodstock Country School Beck Seider Family Fund For CTT Scholarships Lisa Beck and Mitch Seider
Beyond the Mountains Fund For Faculty Development Bob Bliss Fund For Waterfront Improvements
Kay (Faron) and Denny Ciganovic
Bramwell Family Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
Walter P. Breeman Fund For Theater Production at NCS
Anonymous (3) Doris K. Adams Steve and Carol Andersen and family Applewood Orchards, LLC Edward and Pamela Arace George and Phebe Banta Ronald and Carol Bayer Lisa Beck and Mitch Seider Michael Bertolini The Blatt Family Suzanne R. Bliss Catherine Bookey Marie Bourget Robert Brady Albert and Judith Buckbee Family Priscilla Caskey Joseph Chin and Steven Fabrizio Susan and Henry Christensen Jr. Eli Clare F.H. Corwin Florist & Greenhouses, Inc. Judith R. Davis Jane and David Diermeier Martin and Linda Dlugatz Edward P. Fava and Family Susan Friedman Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties Sanford and Jane Glazman Robert and Judith Gleason Stephen and Ruth Gluck Goldberg & Cohen LLP
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Endowments N & S Business Interiors, LLC Susan D. Najork Lynne Nilsestuen Jose and Veronica Nolla Orange County Land Trust, Inc. Bonni M. Oswald Catherine Pettersen Adam Poll David and Jeannette Redden Jim and Cathy Robjent Vincent and Judith Romanczyk Nino and Eleni Roselli Lisa and Peter Rowley Sean and Lisa Ryan Matt Salinger Stanton and Kathleen Scherer David A. Silva and Eileen McHugh Douglas and Christine Stage Hume R. Steyer Elsie Stoutland George and Kathleen Stradar, Jr. Barkley Stuart and Ann Glazer Tango under the Tent Charles and Simonee Tierney Tuxedo Park School The van der Lee family Raey Webster and Candace Ahrenholz Anne Crowley Weight Manny Weintraub John and Roberta Wright Stanley Zippin
Mildred Brooks Nature Program Fund For CTT Salaries Leo and Walter Clark Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment Brion Crowell Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment Kitty and Carl (C.D.) Dennett Scholarship Fund For NCS Scholarships Dumont Scholarship Fund For CTT Scholarships
Dr. and Mrs. Allan E. Dumont David and Melanie Dumont Mark Dumont and Lynn Mehlman Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Harry K. Eldridge Scholarship Fund For NCS Scholarships James R. Pugh
Feather Foundation Fund For Gardens and Greenhouse Eric Feldsberg Memorial Scholarship Fund For CTT Scholarships
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Shirley Gordon Patrick and Eileen Grasso Bob, Pip and Ben Grawi Doris Wexler Haas David and Caroline Hamling Thomas and Deirdre Hamling Patrick and Albina Hannigan Laura and David T. Harris Susan H. Hawvermale Louis and Catharine Heimbach David Hochschartner and Selden West Richard and Jo Hull Karl and Ingrid Jacob Sam and Cathy Kirschner Eric and Mary Knieriemen Arthur, Valerie, Sarah and Henry Korzec Mark and Sandra Kurtz Helen and Andrew Laskow Mary Lewis John and Michele Lindsay Mark and Rachel Lipschutz and family Chet and Miriam Lipton Jeffrey Litchtenberg Peter and Susan Macheska Laurel Mackay-Lee Dr. Michael and Shana McKeown Irene McKeown Elizabeth McLean Sheila Melville Roger and Susan Metzger David and Lauri Miller Howard and Claudia Mintz
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Endowments Garden Fund For Program Enhancement Reginald Gilliam Mountaineering Leadership and Scholarship Fund For Mountaineering Program Support and CTT Scholarships
Harlan Family Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment Elizabeth Harlan Noah and Micol Harlan
Doug Haskell Fund For CTT Scholarships
Anonymous Arleen Gilliam Drs. David Grant and Lynn McKinley-Grant Liza Ketchum James R. Pugh Dick and Sara Wilde Bethany Dickerson Wynder and Chuck Wynder Jr.
Anonymous
Govan Family Fund For CTT Scholarships
Lindsay Johnson Fund For NCS Scholarships
Tsu Hansen Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
Adlin and Sherman Loud Scholarship Fund For NCS Scholarships
Nancy Reder and Peter Pocock
Ann Campbell Ann Lynch Cornell Philip Kneisl ‘75 Chad MacArthur and Lisa Tapert Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41
Helen Haskell Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment Dick and Sara Wilde
Kaye Clark Hoins Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
Edward and Libby Faron Mell
Anne Martindell Gardening Fund Restricted Endowment
The Master Teacher Fund For Faculty Salaries Peter W. Merle-Smith Fund For CTT Scholarships Kate C. Moore Fund For CTT Scholarships
Cornelia and Joseph Tierney
Christopher Nicholson Memorial Fund For NCS Scholarships
Diana E. Oehrli Fund For CTT Scholarships
The Gruben Charitable Foundation Diana Oehrli
Okin Fund For Maintenance on Capital Improvements
Ken Okin Laura Okin Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41
Olmstead Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
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Fullwood Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41
David A. Stein NCS 52 and Allison Stein Robbins NCS 74 Fund For Riding Program, Farm, and NCS Scholarships
Susan Powell Fund For NCS Scholarships
David A. Stein Charitable Trust David and Linda Stein Tracey Westbrook
Prince de Ramel Charitable Trusts Fund For Faculty Salaries
Elizabeth Claire Stein Scholarship Fund For CTT Scholarships
Sally Powell Culverwell
Joyce Pearson Prock Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
Helen Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41
Strong Roots, High Peaks Faculty Support Fund
Smith Family Foundation Fund For NCS Scholarships
Strong Roots, High Peaks Greening and Renewal Fund
Sylvia Pool Sperling Fund For Visiting Artists Restricted Endowment
Strong Roots, High Peaks Scholarship Fund For NCS & CTT Scholarships
Spiegelberg Fund For Scholarships
Ms. Janet Spiegelberg Hyman ‘49
Frank H. Wallace Fund For Faculty Enrichment
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41
Jerome P. Webster III Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment Herbert and Maria West Fund For NCS Intern Salaries
David Hochschartner and Selden West Mr. and Mrs. William M. West
Winter’s Children Fund For NCS Scholarships John O. Zimmerman Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
Margaret and Randolph Thrower Fund For Greening and Renewal Laura and David T. Harris Margaret T MacCary
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Arthur W. Parker Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment
COMING EVENTS
Please join alumni, family, and friends of Camp and School at our coming Friends’ Weekends at Alta Lodge and Lake Placid. Friends’ Weekend at Alta Lodge April 6 – 10, 2016 Friends’ Weekend in Lake Placid August 17 – 21, 2016
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Stay tuned for more information on our new Friends’ Travel program. Our pilot trip will be to Machu Picchu and Cusco from June 9 - 18, 2017.
Please contact Chelsea Gibson at 518-837-5407 or cgibson@ncstreetops.org for information on registration and pricing.