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alumni award winners Celebrating the Alumni Associations’ 2021 Honorees | PAGE 21
discovering the silver lining Alumni Share the Unexpected Gifts of the Pandemic | PAGE 28
breaking through Alumnae Reflect on Their Achievements and Firsts | PAGE 34
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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL In my last SCHool message I chronicled the many ways in which SCH prepared for and successfully navigated the 2020-2021 pandemic school year, thanks to the commitment of our faculty, staff, trustees, and parents, and the resilience of our students. In this message, which might be themed “mission forward,” I want to acknowledge the significant efforts of our entire community in continuing to innovate and sustain a growth mindset, even as we managed the challenges of an anomalous school year. The fruits of this community effort can be seen in the dramatic expansion of two of our existing programs and the launch of two exciting new initiatives. Steve Druggan Head of School
Our Early Childhood Center (ECC) opened its doors in the fall of 2020 with 47 toddlers aged 18 months to 4 years. This fall it opened at full capacity with 80 young pre-schoolers. Such impressive growth is a tribute to the leadership of ECC’s director and caring faculty, but also a testament to the perceived value of ECC’s Reggio Emilia program, which is closely aligned with our own school values and mission. Clearly ECC parents see the connection as well because many of them chose to continue their child’s education at SCH. Nearly 90% of ECC’s first graduates are now enrolled in our Pre-K classes. Our Summerside Camps has also experienced impressive growth, with enrollment this past summer reaching 1,389 campers—a 45% increase over 2019 pre-pandemic levels. Summerside leadership and staff have brought enormous creativity and energy to growing and branding the program, and to keeping it going last summer during the pandemic, a fact much appreciated by COVID-beleaguered parents and children. In the past two years it has been recognized by a local family-resource organization as “Best Camp” and “Family Favorite Day Camp,” signaling its growing reputation as a quality summer destination for families. In July, we launched an exciting new initiative on campus—Horizons at SCH. Horizons is a national program offering a tuition-free, six-week summer educational and enrichment experience to under-resourced children. Students begin their Horizons journey in the summer before 1st grade and return each year through 8th grade, building the life skills that are so important for success. This summer, Horizons staff (some of them SCH faculty) welcomed 14 students from local public and charter schools, as well as homeschools. Each successive summer we will be hosting a new class of rising 1st graders in addition to the returning cohorts. We are very pleased to be one of the hosts of this successful program and to be able to build partnerships with other schools in our community.
COVER PHOTO In an effort to document our school community during the “Year of COVID,” we asked SCH parent and professional photographer Julia LehmanMcTigue P’22, P’26 to visit the school over two days to capture the daily experience of our faculty and students as they lived and worked through the pandemic. This beautiful photo of a student studying in the Henry Library conveys the peaceful solitude that was an unexpected benefit of the requirements of social distancing.
This fall we introduced another new program to campus—Independent School Teaching Fellows (ISTF). ISTF links aspiring early-career educators with independent schools where they have the opportunity to acquire hands-on classroom experience as they pursue further training and education. This fall two fellows joined our Lower School community and will be partnering with SCH faculty over the next two years to build the skills and gain the experience that will make them confident educators. I am excited by the opportunities presented by these four very different programs, enabling our school to broaden its educational offerings, keep our campus busy year-round, and expand our network of partnerships. While the pandemic may have temporarily halted or altered some of our activities, it clearly did not put a damper on what I like to think of as the hallmarks of our school— innovation, nimbleness, and resilience. We know how to carry on. With warm regards,
Stephen L. Druggan Head of School
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the magazine of springside chestnut hill academy
Stephen L. Druggan, Ed.D. Head of School
Communications Office Karen Tracy HA, P’10, P’14, P’23 Director of Marketing and Communications Deidra Lyngard H’18, P’89, P’97, GP’21 Director of Publications and Video Editor, SCHool Magazine Julia MacMullan P’35 Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
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2 campus news
12 end-of-year celebrations Graduation and End-of-Year Awards
Jenny James McHugh ’84, P’15, P’19 Director of Development Melissa Blue Brown ‘87, P’16, P’20, P’21 Director of Alumni Relations Katy Friedland P’25, P’29, P’32, P’32 Associate Director of Admissions and Community Relations Paul Hines H’03, P’06 Special Projects Brooke Mattingly P’36 Director of the SCH Fund Kristin Norton P’20, P’22 Associate Director of Development James Talbot II H’81, P’86, P’90, GP’26, GP’28, GP’30 Senior Gift Officer Susan C. Toomey H’15, P’99, P’02 Administrative Assistant
P=Parent GP=Grandparent HA, H=Honorary Alumna, Alumnus
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21 alumni awards
Recognizing This Year's Alumni Honorees
22 alumni weekend
Office of Advancement
Highlights of Recent School Events
Photos of the Weekend Events
24 celebrating the ties between
Class of 2021 Graduates and the Legacy Members of Their Family
28 discovering the silver lining
family and school
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Alumni Share the Unexpected Gifts of the Pandemic
34 breaking through
Alumnae Reflect on Their Achievements and Firsts
42 class notes
46 mystery photos
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SCH Spirit Caught on Camera
Time to Hit the Links! Take Advantage of Our Online Version of SCHool Magazine In an effort to reach the broadest cross section of our SCH community and provide a fuller, more multifaceted reader experience, we publish an online version of SCHool magazine that enables readers to enjoy links to photos, videos, and other relevant information. Hyperlinks are indicated in the printed version in dark blue italicized text. We invite you to continue your enjoyment of the fall 2021 issue of SCHool in our interactive space at https://issuu.com/home/published.
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CAMPUSNEWS sch announces new head of school effective july 2022 Dr. Dinkins currently serves as assistant head at The Pingry School in New Jersey where he has had responsibility for overseeing implementation of the school’s strategic plan, supervising key academic and administrative functions, and designing and implementing a new flexible learning model with its attendant faculty professional development plan. He is a teacher of English and stays closely tied to his students as a grade advisor and mentor.
Dr. Delvin Dinkins
During the challenges of the pandemic, Dr. Dinkins was instrumental in effecting Pingry’s swift transition to remote learning and implementing a community well-being program to support students and faculty. Following the revelations of the school’s Black alumni last summer, Dr. Dinkins played a central role in leading the school community and its alumni through a healing and reconnection process. Before Pingry, Dr. Dinkins served as head of upper school at Episcopal Academy (EA) where he had responsibility, among other things, for modernizing and implementing a new master schedule. Before EA, Dr. Dinkins spent 18 years in the Tredyffrin/Eastown School District serving in various capacities, from teacher to elementary school principal and curriculum supervisor for the district.
The Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Delvin M. Dinkins to succeed Dr. Stephen L. Druggan as the next head of school, effective July 2022. Dr. Dinkins brings an impressive portfolio of skills and knowledge to this position, as well as an educational philosophy that closely parallels the values and mission of SCH. He embodies the strengths and character we were seeking in our next head, as well as the leadership experience to take SCH forward.
Dr. Dinkins’ thoughtful style of leadership is characterized by a collaborative and inclusive approach. He has described himself as a “bridge builder, bringing people together and cultivating wellbeing.” At his core, he believes in the “potential of people to do great things and the promise of school to change lives.”
The Head of School Search Committee was tasked with identifying an accomplished and aspirational leader, a strategic thinker, collaborative team-builder, and skillful communicator and manager who will take an active role in advancing the school’s organizational and operational goals. In Dr. Dinkins, SCH has found an inspiring and thoughtful leader. He possesses a strong theoretical as well as practical academic knowledge, supported by multiple degrees, including an Ed.D. in educational and organizational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in educational studies from the University of Michigan. His career spans both public and private elementary and secondary school arenas, and his responsibilities have encompassed academic, supervisory, and administrative functions.
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“What drew me to SCH is what likely has drawn others as well— its story of tradition and innovation, its temperament of resolve and purpose, and the opportunity to join a considerate community where lives are changed for a better world.” ~ Dr. Dinkins
The SCH community’s enthusiastic response to Dr. Dinkins during his visit, coupled with the full support of the Head of School Search Commitee, has led to his unanimous endorsement by the board as our school’s next head of school. We look forward to welcoming Dr. Dinkins, his wife, Davi rah, and their two children, Bria (21) and Delvin (25), to the SCH community in July 2022. Over this coming school year, there will be opportunities for the SCH community to meet them and get to know our new head of school.
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sch juniors earn congressional app challenge award Schapiro adds, “Another challenge was creating a model that automatically updated each candidate’s fantasy points because we needed the app to pull data from a conglomerate of websites and iterate through every candidate on Fantasy Politics.” The team plans to expand the app’s utility by allowing users to add gubernatorial and mayoral candidates to their team as well as congressional and presidential candidates. By adding lower levels of government to the app, Fantasy Politics will engage users with local politics in addition to national politics.
SCH entrepreneurs Ellie Shoup ’22 and Zach Schapiro ’22, creators of the free mobile app called Fantasy Politics, have received the Congressional App Challenge Award. The award contest is hosted annually by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and was designed to inspire, include, and innovate efforts around STEM, coding, and computer science education. The SCH team’s app was nominated for the contest by 3rd district Congressman Dwight Evans.
“I believe this could be a game changer in terms of getting young people interested and engaged in politics.” ~ Ed Glassman
“Ellie and Zach have devoted countless hours to the development and launch of this unique app,” says Ed Glassman ’03, P’35, executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in whose program the students developed the app. “Now that it is available on the App Store, we are very excited to get feedback from the public. I believe this could be a game changer in terms of getting young people interested and engaged in politics.”
Shoup describes their product, designed for young people ages 15–23, as “the only mobile app that combines the riveting entertainment of fantasy sports with the politics of our nation.” The goal of the app is to create a team of politicians spanning the presidential, senatorial, and congressional levels. In order to be a successful participant of Fantasy Politics, a player must follow election cycles, track politicians' time in office, and gauge the American political climate. “Through providing young people with a fun and competitive way to participate in politics," says Shoup, "Fantasy Politics will ultimately strengthen our democracy through educating our youngest generation of leaders, voters, and citizens.” The team hopes to take it to market and envisions creating a world where kids know every senator as well as they know every quarterback!
CEL 2020-2021 Highlights 8 Awards Earned! | Collectively, 2020-2021 CEL students earned $10,000 in scholarships and grants. 70+ Ventures Launched | Each semester, sophomores design, showcase, and launch a project/business/product as an individual or member of a team. $40k Social Impact Initiatives | From Upper School to Middle and Lower School, SCH is teaching our youngest the importance of philanthropy and giving back.
“In order to form the politicians’ profiles that included politicians’ age, party, and stances on key issues, we had to create a database that efficiently stored data for over 60 senatorial candidates and over 700 congressional candidates. The stored data also had to be quickly accessible so that users wouldn’t be waiting minutes for a politician’s profile to pop up."
CEL Media Coverage | The Philadelphia Inquirer, Glenside Local, Citizen, Chestnut Hill Local, and NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox News all showcased SCH student entrepreneurs.
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CAMPUSNEWS summerside camps and after care director creates resource for teachers to help manage sensitive conversations with students diversity, equity, and inclusion, when situations arise that require discussion and understanding. Over 30 original lessons have been created and organized by topic with a stated goal, lesson plan, recommended books, movies, and materials. A handy BREATHE cart is loaded with supplies and instantly available for teachers to grab and use any time. "Developing this has been a true labor of love,” says Cortes. “In my work with students, it became clear that they could benefit from those teachable, breathable moments we experience in schools." In one BREATHE lesson, students constructed self-portraits after reading Hair Love by Matthew Cherry. This activity is designed to create a safe environment to talk about the differences in skin and hair type within the 2nd grade classroom. After the lesson, the students had an open dialogue about Disney princesses and their “classic” portrayal versus the more recent Disney movies, pointing out features that they used in their own portraits and what beauty feels like to them.
Laura Cortes ’06 with the BREATHE cart of resources for teachers.
We all need a reminder to take a deep breath, especially in today’s world. Taking a moment to reflect is the driving impetus behind BREATHE, a new program in SCH’s Lower School. BREATHE (Be Ready to Embrace All Through Hope and Equality), was developed by Laura Cortes, Springside alumna (2006), parent (P’34, P’35), auxiliary programs coordinator, and Summerside Camps director.
“Learning, not only how to communicate, but how to listen is an important part of being a thoughtful member of our community and helping build a world of love, not hate,” states Cortes.
The goal of the program is to assist faculty in guiding challenging conversations with their students around
sch students place strong in area science competitions Each year, 900 to 1,000 students in grades 6th through 12th from Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware participate in the Delaware Valley Science Fairs (DVSF). Two SCH students received prizes at this year's virtual fair.
In February, the Delaware Valley Science Council (DVSC) announced the students recognized in 2020 for outstanding achievement in STEM fields. Seniors Ainsley Rexford '21 and Edward (Yuze) Gu '21 were among the 26 finalists in the penultimate phase of the competition, having submitted exceptional applications for judging earlier this year and sitting for interviews with area scientists last fall.
Alisa Jia ’22 received a first place medal and a scholarship award from the University of the Sciences for her research on "Information Exchanges of Group Plants through Root Exudates and Acidified Soil Effect." Her scholarship is valued at $9,250 per academic year. Haotian Yang ’22 received an honorable mention from Drexel University's Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science for his research on the "Uptake of Microplastics Derived from Daily-Used Plastic Cutting Boards."
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Photo l to r: Alisa Jia ’22, Haotian Yang ’22, Ainsley Rexford ’21, and Yuze Gu ’21.
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CAMPUSNEWS student venture now providing valuable income for women artisans in cambodia In the fall of 2019, two students launched an idealistic venture as their Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Venture Accelerator project, which has since evolved into a successful international business enterprise and earned them considerable media attention. Established by SCH students Mia Costonis ’21 and SCH alumna Alysa Akins ’20, now a freshman at Muhlenberg College, Sonas To America is a non-profit company that sells handmade goods produced by women in the Sonas Weaving Village of Cambodia. A 2019 school-sponsored trip to Cambodia inspired Akins to try to help the Sonas village women she met by bringing their beautiful organic cotton scarves to America. She enlisted her friend, Mia Costonis, as her partner in the venture. "We receive their handmade goods, sell them through our retail partners, and donate the money back to Sonas," explains Costonis. The money returned to the village has helped to grow the women's enterprise and also funds a village scholarship program, enabling the artisans’ children to attend college, which is a rarity in this part of Cambodia. The Sonas entrepreneurs have woven together an impressive distribution network for their company's product line. During the pandemic, the girls made a quick pivot to online sales and asked the village to produce facemasks and soap, which brought in much-needed income to the village during a time when funding from tourism had all but dried up. "They really showed hustle and heart “You have been able in an incredible way," says Ed Glassman ’03, CEL's executive to touch people's director.
Top: Modeling examples of Sonas's product line, l to r: Delaney Brody '22, Mia Costonis '21, and Meena Padhye '22. Bottom: Two of the women from Sonas Weaving Village with scarves they made.
Paul Gill, Sonas Village's founder, wrote to the girls about the impact of their work: "Your hard work, passion, and innovative business model have inspired so many people (most importantly, the Sonas team on the ground), and it is starting to pull more like-minded people into our family of change-makers. You have been able to touch people's hearts in empowering and uplifting ways. You have become the role models of 'Be the Change.'”
hearts in empowering and uplifting ways. You have become the role models of 'Be the Change.'” ~ Paul Gill
Through social media and the website, as well as through products placed in local stores, they have raised more than $15,000, all of which has gone to the villagers after business costs were covered; the girls take no compensation. Thanks to this nonprofit business, the women artisans now earn $150 a month instead of approximately $1 a day.
With Akins and Costonis now graduated from SCH, Sonas operations have been taken over by senior Meena Padhye ’22. The hope of Padhye and the two founding entrepreneurs is that Sonas will live on, continuing to provide valuable income for the women artisans in Cambodia, and valuable business experience for future generations of SCH social entrepreneurs. To view the Sonas Weaving Village products, visit the online store at shopsonas.org.
Over the past two years, the Sonas product line has grown from the original scarves to include pandemic masks, beach wraps and towels, table runners, and organic soaps and teas.
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CAMPUSNEWS sch community celebrates black history month with a virtual visit with new jersey senator cory booker A white lawyer viewing that march and the beatings on TV was moved to take action against racial injustice, and it was this lawyer, explained Booker, who helped his own family secure a home in what was then a segregated neighborhood in New Jersey when they moved from the south. “I am a United States senator because in 1965, years before I was born, on a bridge in Alabama, people stood up for their country and were beaten down for its ideals. And even though they didn’t succeed that day, just by their act of heroism, that spirit literally leapt a 1,000 miles away and changed the heart of just one man on a couch in New Jersey who decided to do something for the cause of the country, and he would go on to change the destiny of my family and set me on a pathway to where I am today.” Deftly bridging the virtual distance to engage his audience, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker kept the 250+ members of the SCH community spellbound as he spoke passionately over Zoom about the importance of celebrating diverse voices and opinions in our community and society overall during Black History Month and throughout the year.
Booker’s talk was impassioned but also sprinkled with humor. In the Q & A, when one of the students asked what advice he’d give his younger self, the senator quipped, “Enjoy your afro while you have it.” He then followed with a more serious exhortation, recalling his own initial fear of public speaking: ”The things you’re afraid of, you shouldn’t avoid; you should lean into your fear because that’s where you’ll find your greatest fortune. Your fears are road maps of where you should go.”
Booker was a guest speaker as part of SCHConnex, a series of Zoom events organized by the SCH Parents Association, Alumni Associations, and The SCH Fund to keep the school community connected during COVID. [See box below].
Booker, a vegan, ended his talk with a discussion of his work on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. His goal is to fix the country’s “broken food policies” that contribute to our nation’s rampant heart disease, diabetes, and other health crises. “Nobody realizes that every day with our forks we are participating in a system of profound injustice,” says Booker. Describing his role as the “skunk at the party,” he said he intends to attack a lot of sacred cows and expects a backlash but that he has come to understand that “the call of history is to make waves and bend the arc of history more toward justice.”
Leaning closely into his computer screen as if to speak intimately with each viewer, Booker explained how his parents encouraged him to study Black history as part of American history in order to “activate me into being committed to this country and to the call and the cause of this country.” Booker expressed hope that, during Black History Month, as we look back at history, we will be inspired in the “You should lean into present to take action in realizing your fear because that’s our country’s ideals.
where you’ll find your greatest fortune. Your fears are road maps of where you should go.” ~ Senator Booker
Recalling the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words that we are all caught in an “inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny,” Booker explained that he came to understand that his own personal story is directly linked to that history, specifically the 1965 voting rights march through Selma, Alabama, led by activist and recently deceased Congressman John Lewis, in which marchers were viciously beaten by state troopers as they tried to cross a bridge on the way from Selma to Montgomery.
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Over the past pandemic year, the school hosted a series of 10 Zoom events for SCH parents and alumni on a range of topics. From a cooking class with master chef David Jansen to a conversation about anxiety in children and a discussion with Senator Cory Booker about our connections to each other and the importance of honoring our diversity, the SCHConnex series attracted over 1,000 viewers. To view the videos of these recorded events, visit the school's YouTube page (youtube.com/user/schacademy) and click on the SCHConnex playlist.
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2010 challenge course soars to new heights with the training of more facilitators and a course upgrade Not many independent schools offer both high-ropes and low-ropes courses for student team building and personal development. SCH has both on its 62-acre campus. The school plans to make them available this coming year to students in all three divisions, as well as to Summerside campers in the summer. This past June, four SCH faculty members and a rising junior spent three days suspended 25-50 feet off the ground as they participated in a high-ropes training course offered by Adventure Network, where they learned about course equipment and safety measures. These new faciliators will join other previously trained faculty and staff to help make SCH's high- and low-ropes Class of 2010 Challenge Course available to more students.
SCH trainees—Adam Sherland, dean of Lower School, and Mason Mower ’23 simulate the rescue of a climber (Daria Maidenbaum, Art and New Media) off an element. Not pictured: teachers Ryan Curry, Middle School math, and Mary Ann Domanska, 2nd grade girls.
Training began with with basic “how to’s” relating to the support of climbers—how to wear a harness properly, how to tie a secure figure-eight knot, and how to attach a carabiner to the climbing rope. All of these skills ensure that when a student is climbing, the “belayer” on the ground can halt a fall if there's a misstep.
have the opportunity to practice leading, following, and encouraging each other while also developing awareness of self and their essential role as part of a team. The ropes courses will be yet another distinctive part of the SCH experience that inspires resilience and personal growth.
With a core group of confident and competent ropes facilitators guiding them, students of all ages will soon
sch documents its covid experience with an outdoor gallery Like so many institutions during this past year, SCH was motivated to document its community's experience during the pandemic. To accomplish this, SCH partnered with professional photographer and SCH parent Julia LehmanMcTigue P’22, P’26. The result? Hundreds of stunning photos from all four divisions and all corners of campus capturing the “resilience” of our students as they continued to learn, play, and adapt in the face of the restrictions that COVID placed on us all.
expressed in one of the exhibition’s signs: “We are inspired by the resilience of our students, faculty, staff, and administrators, by their refusal to be discouraged, and by their determination to find joy, curiosity, and the silver lining in whatever each day brings. Because of them, our SCH community remains vibrant and strong.” To view the drive-by gallery online, or to see more of the images captured, please visit: www.sch.org/driveby-gallery.
Following in the footsteps of other public events that resorted to a drive-by solution during COVID, SCH installed an open-air exhibition, timed to coincide with the reopening of school after spring break when all divisions would be back on campus, It also coincided with the one-year anniversary of the school's closing due to COVID. The photos selected for the gallery were paired with a word that evokes emotion, learning, and personal connection, and were hung on the fence along Willow Grove Avenue. With this open-air gallery, we wanted to salute the extraordinary can-do spirit of the SCH community, as
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CAMPUSNEWS new book on the wissahickon inn written by paul hines h’03 is a treasure chest of stories and memories Recently Springside Chestnut Hill Academy published a 120-page history of the school’s iconic building, the Wissahickon Inn. Written E THE LURE OF TH INN by former history teacher WISSAHICKON Paul Hines H’03 and current cross-country and track coach Paul Hines H’03, HA, The Lure of the Wissahickon Inn details the inn’s transformation from popular 19th century summer resort for urban-weary Philadelphians to its current role as the home of SCH Academy’s Upper School.
it has served as the heart of the area’s second largest educational enterprise, after Chestnut Hill College. An engaging mix of historical fact and personal stories, the history was assembled from writings and interviews with multiple generations of students, alumni, faculty, and administrators, as well as from school yearbooks, newsletters, and other history publications. In the 1980s, Hines undertook an extensive oral interview with CHA alumnus Charles Landreth ’29, which yielded a rich trove of stories as well as the suggestion that Hines reach out to any still-living alumni who were once boarders at the school. From this outreach, he collected some of the book’s more interesting and amusing anecdotes that provide a wonderful glimpse into teen hijinks of the period.
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The Inn has played an important role in the history of Chestnut Hill, and Hines's book makes a significant contribution to our appreciation of this local architectural gem. The inn was the first building Henry H. Houston built and the centerpiece of his vision for his planned community. The inn attracted hundreds of families to the area, both as guests and support staff, many of whose descendants continue to live in the community today. And since 1898,
If the inn plays an important role in your own memories of the school, then this is a publication you will want to read and savor. Copies of The Lure of the Wissahickon Inn, whose cover features a painting by Judith McCabe Jarvis ’77, can be purchased at sch-alumni-store.myshopify.com.
sch hosts national academic and enrichment program for area students This summer, SCH was pleased to become the fourth site in Greater Philadelphia for the national education and enrichment program, Horizons. Serving children from underresourced communities, Horizons provides high-quality academic and enrichment support to help close the gap between education and opportunity. Students begin Horizons the summer after Kindergarten and return each summer through 8th grade. This summer, 14 students spent six weeks in July and August on the SCH campus where they participated in a variety of math, language arts, and enrichment activities. Led by veteran SCH 2nd grade teacher, Gerri Allen, and Horizons staff, the students worked on strengthening their fundamental skills, while also having fun. The Horizons at SCH program will continue each summer, welcoming back returning classes along with a new group of rising 1st graders.
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Philadelphia Outward Bound Partners with SCH to Create Senior Leadership Program Summer Training Prepares Rising Seniors to Mentor 9th Graders in Signature Experience
paying it forward: a group of senior students helps lead incoming class of 9th graders on their outward bound experience The second training session in late July involved a five-day expedition in which the students learned more about their personal leadership strengths and practiced the things they would be expected to do on the 9th grade trip, such as lead “icebreaker” games and daily evening reflections, prepare meals, and supervise clean-up. And, of course, they learned to be prepared for rain, mud, and whatever Mother Nature might have in store for them!
After several years of successfully launching SCH 9th graders into high school through a memorable shared outdoor experience, Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) and SCH administrators had a novel idea: why not have interested seniors return to the trail to help lead the 9th graders through their experience? Not only would the seniors be able to coach and offer support to their younger schoolmates but they would have an opportunity to develop important leadership and mentoring skills.
One of the students recalled her 9th grade experience and how it inspired her to become a senior leader. “Our trip was so much fun, in spite of the rain and mud, and I found myself really enjoying the role of encouraging my classmates who were not as enthusiastic. It became a personal challenge to help people enjoy the experience.”
The Outward Bound Leadership Program, launched last summer, requires the rising seniors to attend two summer training sessions prior to the week-long expedition in the fall. “The hope is to provide our seniors with authentic leadership experiences and our 9th graders with the support and guidance they need to start their Upper School experience on the right track,” explains Head of Upper School Matt Norcini.
“Preparing mentally and having an open mindset about the trip is the most important thing," said another senior. "Even people who don’t view themselves as athletic come to realize they can do more than they thought they could.”
In June, this year's cohort of seniors spent a day at the POBS campus doing team-building exercises and playing games that challenged them to work and solve problems together. The day culminated with a "challenge climb" to the top of a telephone pole where each student declared a personal goal for the expedition, then leapt into the air, safely guided to the ground by ropes held by their classmates and POBS guides.
The SCH Philadelphia Outward Bound adventure for 9th graders is all about connection, trust building, and surviving outside the comfort zone, both literally and figuratively. The senior leaders serve as important resources to the younger students, providing authentic and trusted guidance based on their own trail experiences and the reassurance that the bonds the 9th graders develop during the trip will long outlast the memories of blisters, heavy packs, and damp sleeping bags.
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SCH rowers pulled out big wins this past crew season. At the 2021 Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships, the boys' varsity lightweight quad (Above l to r: Sammy Meyer ‘22, Luca Belmonte ‘22, Eli Eckert ‘23, and Charlie Miles ‘22) earned gold, and the girls’ varsity lightweight quad (Above l to r: Liz Castellanos ‘21, Kiley McTamney ‘21, , Ellie McLelland ‘21, and Ella Webb ‘21) brought home a bronze. SCH rowers placed strong in other area competitions as well. At the Philadelphia City Championships, the girls’ JV quad (Kaia McTigue, Ashley Keough, Sam Simon, Gaby Leon-Palfrey) and the boys’ JV quad (Sam Halfpenny, Jude Halfpenny, AJ Topping, Jack Stephenson) both won golds while the boys' varsity lightweight quad won silver. The girls JV quad also brought home a bronze at the Stotesbury Regatta and won all three Manny Flicks events.
jojo mcshane ’21 chosen for national soccer all-star game JoJo McShane ’21 (University of Richmond/soccer) was named to the 2020 East All-American Soccer team, one of 45 players to compete in the High School All-American game, which took place on May 29, 2021, in St. Louis, MO. McShane was named the Offensive MVP at SCH in 2019 and 2020, awarded SCH's Blue and Gold athletic award, selected as First Team All-Inter-Ac MVP, made All-State, and was named to the All-American Watch list for her senior season. She helped the SCH team go 12-0 in the Inter-Ac League, coming in 1st for the first time in school history.
inter-ac athletic directors' award recipients Esther Lamb ’21 (Rhodes College/soccer) and Bobby Markey ’21 (Dickinson College/football) were designated as SCH Academy's 2021 Inter-Ac Athletic Directors' Award recipients. "These athletes live the multisport philosophy of the league," said this year's Inter-Ac president, Michael Murphy, athletic director at the Haverford School. "They have shown dedication to their team, and exemplify leadership and sportsmanship."
young sch runner outpaces the competition Freshman Ella Woehlcke ‘24 showed her running potential this year with a 1st at the Cross Country Coaches’ National Youth Championships. She also broke course records at Episcopal and SCH (1600m).
sch celebrates three all-americans Ava Roberts ’21: Indoor track and field (shot put). Henry Brandstadter ’22: Indoor track and field (high jump). Lucy Pearson '22: USL All-American and USL AllAcademic (lacrosse).
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marathon: now that’s something to run on about!
Paul Hines (in the turquoise baseball cap) is swarmed by an entourage of friends and students, past and present, during the final stage of the Paul Hines Outpace Parkinsons 3-in-1 Marathon. Many ran alongside the former SCH history teacher and current cross-country and track coach for a segment of the three-leg marathon and then welcomed the long-distance hero back to the track that bears his name at Maguire Stadium.
2017 he was inducted into the City All-Star Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame; SCH Academy named its track in his honor in 2019; and most recently the CHA Alumni Association named him CHA Alumnus of the Year.
“Hill work is speed work in disguise,” said Paul Hines on Sunday, May 30, as he and a small entourage of runners slogged through the rain up Valley Green Road toward Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. This was one of the many pieces of running wisdom that Hines dispensed over the course of the 26.2 miles he ran in the Wissahickon Valley Park that weekend.
Since his diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease four years ago, Hines has needed to draw on his incredible inner strength to fight the disease tooth and nail. He has continued to run and train, and he’s added boxing and strength training to his routine, doing everything in his power to outpace Parkinson’s. A natural storyteller, Hines has also maintained his excellent sense of humor, which he uses to entertain and motivate his colleagues, students, and runners.
Hines, who has taught history and coached running at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy for 40 years, was quipping about hill work at the end of the nine-mile leg of the “Paul Hines Outpace Parkinson’s 3-in-1 Marathon,” a three-day running event organized to raise money for the Davis Phinney Foundation as well as to give Hines the opportunity to run his 51st marathon. Hines had completed 50 marathons, including 21 Boston Marathons, prior to the weekend, but he’d always known that he wanted to finish at least one more. His rationale: “Fifty is a boring number; 51 marathons, on the other hand; now that’s something to talk about.”
When the SCH Academy community learned about Hines’s quest to complete his 51st marathon, there was an outpouring of love and support. The community raised nearly $6,000 for the Davis Phinney Foundation, and approximately 80 teachers, students, and alumni participated in pieces of the three-day marathon, which took place over the Memorial Day weekend. On Memorial Day, Hines ran up the long hill from Valley Green Inn to SCH to complete the final marathon mile and be welcomed by a cheering throng that couldn't wait to high-five and hug him. As was tradition afterward, he sat down to drink a Coke while doling out little-known facts about the history of the track and talking over the race as he sipped his soda with friends.
As you might expect of an elite long-distance runner, Hines possesses superior mental strength and stamina. He has, of course, deployed these superpowers as an educator, and he has been honored many times by SCH Academy, as well as by the larger Philadelphia athletic community for his accomplishments. He is an honorary alumnus of the Chestnut Hill Academy Class of 2003; in
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Congratulations, Grads!
THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2021 ARE ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: American University (2) Arizona State University (2) Auburn University Ave Maria University Berklee College of Music Boston College (2) Boston University Brown University Bucknell University (2) Catholic University of America Clemson University (2) College of Charleston Colorado College Cornell University Dartmouth College Dickinson College (3) Drexel University (3) Elon University (3) Fordham University (3) George Washington University Gettysburg College (2) Hamilton College Hampden-Sydney College
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High Point University (2) Hobart William Smith Colleges (2) Howard University (3) Indiana University Ithaca College (2) Johns Hopkins University (2) King's College Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Lafayette College Lehigh University (3) Lewis & Clark College Miami University-Oxford Millersville University of Pennsylvania Monmouth University Moravian College (2) Morgan State University (2) Mount Holyoke College New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University (2) Oberlin College (2)
Pennsylvania State University (9) Princeton University Proctor Academy (PG Year) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Seton Hall University (2) Smith College Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University The New School The University of Tampa The University of Tennessee Trinity College (CT) Trinity College Dublin Tufts University Tulane University University of California-Davis University of California Santa Barbara (2) University of Chicago (2)
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University of Colorado Boulder (2) University of Maryland (2) University of Miami (3) University of Michigan University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania (3) University of Pittsburgh (2) University of Richmond University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of Vermont University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Washington College Washington University in St Louis Widener University Williams College Woodbury University
end-of-year awards FACULTY AWARDS edward c. rorer ’61 faculty of promise award Given in honor of Ted Rorer ’61, teacher, coach, trustee, and friend, this prize recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies energy, passion, love of learning, care for students, and a commitment to the school. • Christine Saraco • Tommy Richards elliston perot walker teaching excellence award Established in honor of CHA faculty member E. Perot Walker and his wife, Susie, for years of dedicated service, excellent teaching, and commitment to the students. • Mary McKenna • Marisol Booth d. stanley parker ’68 award Established by CHA alumni to honor the career of teacher and coach Stanley Parker ’68, this award recognizes excellence in teaching, mentoring, and/or coaching. • Julian McFadden
landreth award Given in memory of Charles Landreth ’29 to a staff member who, for at least 10 years, has served the school with outstanding devotion. • Carol Allison • Karen Scullion
of SCH athletics and athletes during the school year. • Sarah Fuld
STUDENT AWARDS DEPARTMENTAL DISTINCTIONS
SERVICE AWARDS
arts 9th: Matthew Rizzo 10th: Ryanne Leslie Jasmine Matthews Franchesca DiMichele 11th: Wesley Jordan 12th: Lia Jones Neleh Stensrud Alivia Angelos Erin Jolly Elizabeth Castellanos Anne Harrower Daniel Zahal
corning pearson ’30 service award Given in recognition of extraordinary service to the school, long-standing commitment to the school's educational experience, dedication and loyalty to its values and mission, and passion for its traditions as personified by Corning Pearson ’30, student, athlete, educator, administrator, benefactor. • Tim Levin • Nadine Badger Stevenson ’90
english 9th: Kamaha'o Bode Cecelia Stevenson Sophie Piatkowski 10th: Samantha Simon Eleanor Forrest Jack Gaghan 11th: Grayson Wade Madeline Mahoney Elizabeth Shoup 12th: Lia Jones Juniper Moscow Gabrielle Woolley
meredith s. and langdon w. harris iii award Given by the Harris family in memory of Langdon Harris and in honor of Meredith to the parent or parents who have been most supportive
history 9th: Devin Gibson Ameara Smith Alexandra Stoddard 10th: Sofia Murray Winslow Tracy Natalie Taylor 11th: Chloe Brundin Cameron Golden Stephanie Scheuermann 12th: Harry Kelly Ella Webb Katya Huzau foreign language 10th: Ryanne Leslie Sarah Shoff Jack Gaghan 11th: Chuck Norton Eliza Russell Elizabeth Shoup Whitney Taylor Luca Belmonte 12th: Sadie Duncan Esther Lamb Peter Humphreys Jacob Rosenbloom engineering and robotics 9th: Devin Gibson 10th: Daniel O'Connor 11th: Carson Kaucher 12th: Ainsley Rexford cel 11th: Nia Hodges Meena Padhye Alexa Rhodes 12th: Mia Costonis Keith MacMahon Finn Seifert science 9th: Shaun Gupte Alexandra Stoddard Yi Li 10th: Elias Eckert Shangchen Cai Winslow Tracy 11th: Amanda Cooney Samuel Halfpenny Lucy Pearson 12th: Claire Moustafellos Ainsley Rexford Roger Wang
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mathematics 9th: Ha'oa Bode Shaun Gupte Veronica Gula 10th: Ryanne Leslie Jacob Becker Grace Hannigan 11th: Kayla Runkel Alisa Jia Stephanie Scheuermann 12th: Tobi Farbstein Charlotte Stahlecker Andrew Lauerman College Book Awards brown university book award Recognizes a junior who combines a high degree of ability in English expression, both written and spoken, with those outstanding personal qualities which, in the words of the Brown Charter of 1764, give promise that the student will become one of the “succession of men and women duly qualified for discharging the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.” • Amanda Cooney ’22 harvard university book award Awarded to an outstanding junior who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields. • Gabriela Leon-Palfrey ’22 bowdoin book award This award is presented to a junior for extraordinary service to the common good and unusual passion for inquiry, discovery and innovative thinking. •.. Alexa Rhodes ’22 university of pennsylvania book award Presented to a junior who exemplifies the qualities and characteristics of Benjamin
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Franklin, the founder of the University of Pennsylvania—a scholar, innovator, and one who served the community. •.. Chandler Fattah ’22 university of virginia book award Presented to an outstanding junior based on academic and extracurricular activities in acknowledgment of that student’s commitment to academics, leadership, and community involvement, which Thomas Jefferson held in high regard. • Samuel Halfpenny ’22 yale university book award Presented to a member of the junior class who has shown intellectual promise, significant involvement in extracurricular activities, and service to the community. • Nia Hodges ’22 smith college book award Presented to a member of the junior class who exemplifies the academic achievement and leadership qualities that characterize the thousands of women who have graduated from Smith College. • Tana Liu ’22 Deeded Awards ARTS players on-stage and off-stage awards Given by the director of Players for a significant contribution, loyalty, and commitment to Players—on stage and off. On Stage • Yofi Guy ’21 Off Stage • Tobi Farbstein ’21 suzanne turner rebmann award Given in memory of Suzanne Turner Rebmann for excellence in one of the
performing arts. • Gabriela Leon-Palfrey ’22 alumnae association art award Given to a member of the senior class who has demonstrated extraordinary interest, ability, and accomplishment in the visual arts. • Juniper Moscow ’21
ATHLETICS lawrence r. mallery ’05 award
Named for Lawrence Mallery from the Class of 1905. He admired scholar-athletes, and his family established this award to honor the male scholar-athlete of the senior class. • Luke Neverosky ’21 j. l. patterson cup Named for Dr. James Patterson, headmaster from 1897 to 1923, this cup is awarded to the best allaround male athlete in the senior class. • Tyler Guzik ’21 junior vare award in memory of johanna sigmund ’94 Named for the former head of the Physical Education Department and given in memory of Johanna Sigmund ’94, this award is given to a junior girl who exhibits talent and a keen interest in athletics, demonstrates sportsmanship, and maintains consistent academic achievement. • Lucy Pearson ’22 phyllis m. vare sportsmanship award Given in honor of Miss Vare, former head of the Physical Education Department, to a senior girl who, through leadership and example, has shown to others the highest
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standards of sportsmanship and play. • Brooke Prochniak ’21 blue / gold award Presented to a female athlete in the senior class who best exemplified excellence in athletics and sportsmanship this year and is voted on by the Athletic Department. • Helena McShane ’21 edward morris mcilvaine ’95 memorial scholarship Provides an outstanding summer opportunity for an Upper School boy who exhibits leadership potential and seeks a special growth experience. Established in 2005, this scholarship is awarded in memory of Ed McIlvaine ’95 whose Outward Bound experience left a lasting impression on his life. • Jack Gaghan ’23 ACADEMICS - SCIENCES society of women in engineering award Recognizes and honors girls who achieved excellence in the study of mathematics and science for at least three years and have demonstrated an aptitude and interest in engineering. • Hannah Lexer ’22 rensselaer polytechnic institute award for excellence Awarded to a member of the junior class for outstanding academic achievement in the study of mathematics and science. • Alisa Jia ’22
m.i.t. promise of the future award Given to the student who, through personal initiative, has done the most to promote the awareness of science and technology. • Isaac Schapiro ’22 ACADEMICS - GENERAL class of 1959 award Awarded to the student or students who show the greatest intellectual curiosity during each of the high school years. • 9th: Shaun Gupte • 10th: Hans Bode, Tatyana Hall • 11th: Madeline Mahoney • 12th: Tobi Farbstein christopher fraser carpenter ’60 memorial award In memory of Chris Carpenter ’60, this award is granted to that member of the junior class who has shown the greatest improvement during the year. • Luke Sonnet ’22 daniel webster charles memorial scholarship Given to the member of the junior class who has demonstrated excellence in historical research and creativity in writing. • Chandler Fattah ’22 rebmann summer study award Summer study scholarship awarded in memory of Bill and Susie Rebmann to supplement and extend the normal scope of school experiences. • Hannah Lexer ’22 • Jikai Yang ’23
franklin & margaret steele award for entrepreneurship A scholarship given to a student who wishes to pursue his or her entrepreneurial passion through an internship in a certain industry or business. • Elizabeth Shoup ’22
CHARACTER AWARDS franklin d. sauveur memorial award Honors an alumnus from the Class of 1911 and is given to a member of the 9th grade for character and scholarship. • Arjun Goswami ’24 garrett d. pagon award Given to a member of the 10th grade for moral courage and integrity. • Jack Gaghan ’23 • Winslow Tracy ’23 community service award Recognizes seniors for extraordinary commitment to their community and meaningful service connections throughout their school career. • Finn Seifert ’21 • Mikayla Brown ’21 robert a. kingsley scholarship Given to that student in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade who has shown the highest degree of academic promise and scholarship, along with the most responsible type of leadership. • Aden Goldberg ’22
kevin kirk ’15 memorial award Given to a student or students, new to Upper School, who have made the most positive impact on the community. • Carson Kaucher ’22 jane bell memorial award Established to keep alive the memory of the founder of Springside School, a woman of noble personality, full of enthusiasm and courage, and to remind students that in this ever-changing world, there will always remain a need for these virtues. • Sally Thistle ’22 martin henry dawson ’90 memorial award
Presented in memory of Tinry Dawson ’90 to that senior who has, by vote of the members of the senior class, provided the most positive support and friendship to his or her classmates during their years together in the Upper School. • Luke Neverosky ’21 • Benjamin Hayes ’21 sara wetherell blake ’70 award Given in memory of Sara Wetherell Blake ’70, by vote of the senior class for service, simplicity, and sincerity. • Anne Harrower ’21 alice morice ’24 memorial award Given in memory of Alice Morice ’24 by vote of the faculty to that senior who has shown loyalty and devotion to the school in all aspects of school life. • Lia Jones ’21
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edward savage memorial award Named for Edward Savage, who worked at CHA from 1915 through the ’30s, taking care of athletic equipment as well as maintaining the athletic fields, this award is presented by the alumni and awarded for loyalty and service to the school. • Roger Wang ’21 • Liz Castellanos ’21 caroline susan jones junior and senior awards Given in honor of Springside’s headmistress from 1900 to 1921 by vote of the faculty to a junior girl and a senior girl for courage, cheerfulness, fair-mindedness, good sportsmanship, influence widely felt, and the courage of their own convictions. • 11th: Lucy Pearson ’22 • 12th: Hannah Knox ’21 alumni gold and silver awards Presented to a junior boy and a senior boy who, in the judgment of the Alumni Association and after consultation with the faculty and students, best exemplify those characteristics of leadership, academic standing, character, and service to Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. • Silver: Isaac Schapiro ’22 • Gold: Finn Seifert ’21 shield award In honor of the service of Richard A. Hayne, this award recognizes his commitment to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought while maintaining a courageous and resilient spirit with thoughtfulness and integrity. • Ella Webb ’21
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MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS GIRLS advisors awards • 5th: Grace Guambana • 6th: Quinn Clotman • 7th: Isabella Goldsmith • 8th: Hope Kelly 8th grade
departmental distinctions • Chinese: Tiara Williams- Mears • Spanish: Veronica Goettner • French: Marin Stensrud • Latin: Jolie Kaoma • Math: Noa Leifer • History: Nadia Stockman • Science: Zarin DeVeaux • English: Gracyn Lee- Torchiana • Visual Art: Gretel Hoffman • Instrumental: Samantha Ross • Vocal: Farah Horgan margaret castle award Recognizes a 5th grade student who exemplifies the qualities valued by the Middle School. • Devon Donato ’28 alumnae association award Recognizes a 6th grade student for friendliness, cooperation, scholastic ability, and school spirit. • Maeve Carr-Lemke ’27
lucia polk chapman award Given in memory of Head of School Lucia Polk Chapman for scholastic ability and achievement. • Leah Laudenbach ’25 laura maxwell jones award Given to an 8th grade student who has displayed courage, cheerfulness, fair-mindedness, and good sportsmanship, whose influence is widely felt, who has the courage of her own convictions, and who is respected by all. • Ava Detweiler ’25 laurel award Given to an 8th grade student for overall growth in all areas of school life and for consistent commitment and hard work over time. • Taylor Foley ’25 richardson dilworth lees scholarship Awarded to the rising 9th grader who has demonstrated excellent academic performance, leadership qualities, and the potential to make a significant contribution to the life of the school. • Caitlin Keough ’25
BOYS 5th grade
distinctions Finn Chandler Corin Cooper Joseph Ferguson Holden Freeman Henry Hayne Adam Lane Ethan Monberg Mathew Talbot
6th grade
distinctions Anav Edwards Brady Grieve Teddy Giannone Matthew Lee Benjamin Moskovitz Ryan Piatkowski Weber Salmanson
7th grade
distinctions Jahi Al'Uqdah Finn Cooper Stewart Greenleaf Alec Gupte Aaron Jia Connor Lemole Joseph Markey Roman McNichols Joseph Pieczynski
natalie kristin calhoun award Recognizes a 7th grade student who has managed both academic and social issues with independence, fair-mindedness, and a sense of humor. • Jillian Major ’26
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distinctions • Joshua Miller • Brendan Russell • Sean Brett • Connor Lauerman • Dylan Kaplan • Trey Angell • Patrick Gaghan pearson award Given to a Middle School student in recognition of outstanding achievement and general excellence. • Trey Angell ’25 richardson dilworth lees scholarship Awarded to the rising 9th grader who has demonstrated excellent academic performance, leadership qualities, and the potential to make a significant contribution to the life of the school. • Patrick Gaghan ’25
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ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD
CHA YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD
THE FRANCIS P. STEEL JR. ’77 AWARD
ROLL OF FAME AWARD
Paul Hines H’03
Stephen Skeel ’13
Peter G. Randall ’69
Jackson Bowers Beecham ’60
The Alumnus of the Year Award recognizes an alumnus for outstanding service to the Alumni Association or to Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.
The Young Alumnus Award recognizes the achievements of an alumnus who has graduated within the past 20 years. It honors his excellence in his career or in service to the school.
The Steel Award, named for former head of school Frank Steel, recognizes an alumnus.who, over the course of many years, has made unique contributions and shown an outstanding and extraordinary devotion to the school.
The Roll of Fame recognizes an alumnus who has made significant contributions to society and who is widely respected by peers in his field.
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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD
OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD
Kara Daddario Bown ’04
Victoria Mason-Ailey ’75 Given to an alumna who has made a significant contribution in her field of interest and whose accomplishments have had an effect on the larger community.
Recognizes the achievements of alumnae who have graduated within the past 20 years and reflects a demonstrated excellence in a career or service to the community.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:
SCH Academy’s Medical Staff
Recognizes an individual who, through her or his unselfish devotion to SCH Academy, has made an outstanding contribution to the school community.
Eileen Baughan, BSN, RN
Aimee Keough H ‘20, MSED, L-ATC
Heather Lubell, MD, SCH Medical Director
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Anne Stout HA, BSN, RN
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Celebrating the 0 and 5 and 1 and 6 reunion classes.
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ALUMNI WEEKEND 2021
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legacy families celebrating the ties between family and school Class of 2021 Graduates with Their Legacy Family Members
Jan ’17 and Iris ’21 Alex
Karrah ’14, Julia ’21, and Kenneth ’19 Barrist
Morgan ’20, Mikayla ’21, Melissa Blue ’87, and Maia ’16 Brown
Anabella ’24, Elizabeth ’21, and Juan ’19 Castellanos
Jean-Paul ’19 and Giselle ’21 Dencker
Sue Krecker ’51, Eliza ’21, and Davis ’75 Dure
Sadie ’21 and Abigail ’19 Duncan
Jack ’18, Matthew ’21, and Pat ’19 Elliott
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Joseph ’21 and Aidan ’23 Falcone
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Riley ’20 and Tobi ’21 Farbstein
Jocelyn ’21 and Anna ’13 Freed
Matthew ’15, Nicole ’21, and Brian ’14 Giegerich
Giuliana Simone ’26, Yofi Guy ’21, and Liberty Grace Gibb ’97
Pam von Seldeneck ’81, Storie ’21, Maddie ’17, and William ’16 Harris
Brendan ’90 and Conor ’21 Kilfeather
Grant ’23 and Tyler ’21 Guzik
LaJewell Gordon ’96 and Asiyah ’21 Peter ’21 and Mara Ueland ’81 Harrison Humphreys
Andrew ’99, Kyle ’25, Hannah ’21, Ella ’23, and Rick ’92 Knox
Connor ’25, Andrew ’21, and Evelyn ’23 Lauerman
Rex ’20 and Jack ’21 Leininger
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Julia ’21 and Jordan ’23 Lieberman
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Weber Salmanson ’27. Lennie Lorenz ’21, and David H’16 Salmanson
CJ ’20, Ashley ’21, and Charles ’87 Lynch
Christian ’20, Anna ’23, Celia ’21, and James ’19 Mazzarelli
Alyson ’12, Bobby ’21, and Tommy ’24 Markey
George McDowell ’76, Louis Kyle ’75, Philip ’21 and Bill McDowell III ’75
Gabrielle ’24, Alexandra ’17, Olivia ’21, and Patrick ’19 McHugh
Mac ’18 and Fitz ’21 McLaughlin
Brian ’82, Ellie ’21, Sandra ’88, Ian ’20, and John McLelland ’91
Kayla ’18 and Kiley ’21 McTamney
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Mikayla Merin ’21 and Joffie Pittman ’87
Macy ’25, Miles ’31, and Justin ’21 Moderski
Madeleine ’19 and Claire ’21 Moustafellos
Samantha ’26, Brianna ’21, and Elizabeth ’20 Moore
Craig, Cortney ’24, Luke ’21, Will ’20, and Kristin Neverosky
Alexandra Pagon French ’77, Sam ’21, and Mark ’74 Pagon
Lexi ’16, Brooke ’21, Laura von Seldeneck ’84, and Jack ’15 Prochniak
Pepper Johnson ’92, Ainsley ’21, and Hunter ’23 Rexford
Anya ’24 and Jacob ’21 Rosenbloom
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Madeleine ’17 and Charlotte ’21 Stahlecker
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For many of us, this past pandemic year presented unprecedented challenges but also unexpected gifts— the opportunity to turn a long-deferred dream into reality or to spend more time doing what we enjoy. in this article, we feature 12 alumni who responded to our question: "What Silver Lining Did you Discover
during covid?"
Debbie Gress Jansen '87, H'16
Silver Lining: Opening a Bookstore
It may sound peculiar, but I am grateful for the quiet time I had during COVID. Please don't misunderstand; it was a very lonely and sad time, but, the "silver lining" was that it afforded me the ability to contemplate my life quietly—to really lean in and acknowledge that, while I have joyously spent the majority of my adulthood just exactly where I wanted to be, doing exactly what I wanted to do, I knew there was another chapter itching to be written. My love for literature has always been my mainstay, and the happy, romantic dream of one day running my own bookshop
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was always just that. It was the stuff of giddy "what if" conversations that always seemed to conclude with a giggle and a smile. However, with COVID and the plight of the world, my quiet contemplation allowed me to recognize that "what if" or "if not now, when" could no longer be my mantras; instead, I would say, in the words of William Wordsworth, "To begin, begin." And so, my dream bookshop, which is called “booked,” will come to fruition this summer with a complete overhaul of a fabulous mainstay Chestnut Hill building at 8511 Germantown Avenue, previous home of The Bootery and more recently Busy Bee Toys. It will be a smashing spot for folks to pop in and browse through bookshelves or sit with a cuppa something extraordinary and chat about their latest literary discovery. There will be a special cozy corner
called Stewart MacGregor Grove (named in honor of my two children), which will garner the latest and greatest in children’s literature. I also plan on having a unique culinary collection aptly named, My Chef’s Corner. It will be replete with cookbooks and all types of books about food, lovingly curated by my husband, Chef David Jansen. Suffice it to say, it will be a shop with a little bit of something for everyone. My projected grand opening is Sunday, September 12.
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Edward Sargent '60 Silver Lining: leading a weekly seminar on Nietzsche
I would never have thought that days away from turning 80, I would be convening a virtual bilingual international seminar on the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche on Sunday afternoons. The Nietzsche Seminar—I do not know what else to call it—was not my idea. I was asked to undertake it and said yes because I hadn't the sense to say no. It has been more work than I expected. Other than me, none of us has any connection with the school except for geography—all but two of us live in the 19118 ZIP code. One member has joined us since we started about a year ago, all the way from Ecuador. The underlying question guiding our discussions has been a straightforward one—why was it that Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra made such a deep impression on the generation leading to World War I and what, if anything, does it say to us now? Two or three paragraphs can involve us in an hour's discussion on a Sunday afternoon, and have prompted side trips with Goethe, Stefan George, Richard Dehmel, George Lichtenberg, Rudolf Steiner, and Lou-Andreas Salomé.
Allie Colina '10
Silver Lining: starting a business
In 2018, I completed my master's in counseling from DePaul University in Chicago and became a licensed professional counselor. I am passionate about helping others find their purpose and transition into fulfilling careers. During the pandemic so many people found
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themselves suddenly out of work and anxious about uncertain careers. Others were reevaluating their jobs after being required to work and live at home. Wanting to put my passion and skills to work, I and a close friend from graduate school launched Next Move Consulting, LLC in April 2020 and our website in August. Next Move provides virtual support to clients of all ages, genders, and time zones in the U.S. We have offered our services through The Mom Project, which supports women returning to the workforce after a career pause to focus on family. We also partner with high schools, colleges, nonprofits, and internship programs to support 20 somethings and recent graduates. I’ve counseled 60 clients, completed 110 resumé reviews, and led several virtual workshops on career development best practices since opening. I specialize in career transitions at every stage of life and feel humbled to be a part of the journey. It's my mission to empower others to become the best version of themselves and crush their goals!
Maya Elan Holt-Brockenbrough '00 Silver Lining: Pursuing a new athletic challenge
During the pandemic, I had the opportunity to focus on my fitness goals and ended up preparing for and competing in my first bodybuilding competitions in March and April of this year in the bikini division, and qualified for nationals. Working out has always been something I've enjoyed. I had been interested in bodybuilding for a while but never really knew anybody in the sport. In 2019 I started working with a personal trainer who was prepping for her first bodybuilding competition. She introduced me to her coach that fall, and I started training in earnest. Prepping for the shows came with a lot of challenges, chief among them COVID! With gyms shut down for a period, it pushed back my planned show dates, but I carried on doing what I could do at home until the gym reopened.
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My first show was in March where I placed 4th in true novice (first show ever in that federation), 2nd in novice, and 2nd in my open height class. In April, I did a show in a different federation, placing 3rd in true novice, 5th in novice, 5th in 35+, 5th in my open height class, and I qualified for nationals.
Andrew Christy '80 Silver Lining: Becoming a local favorite
Though I did qualify this year, my coach and I have decided not to pursue the national stage just yet. Qualifying for and being ready to do well at the national level are two different things. I’ll be using the next several months to improve and grow in areas the judges gave feedback on, and to tackle 2022 with the hopes of winning my pro card. I am truly loving this sport and want to have longevity in it.
Scott Edward Reid '9 1 Silver Lining: Family and Fitness
After launching American brands into China and Asia, as well as traveling worldwide as regional director of marketing services for Asia Pacific with Leo Burnett, I bought a bagel shop in McKinney, Texas. Toward the end of my career with Burnett, I was traveling internationally over 250 days a year and only seeing my family for a weekend every two to three months. In 2007, I decided to make a paradigm shift and return to my family versus continuing to climb the corporate ladder.
Scott with newborn son, Morgan; wife, Ava; and daughter, Alice, on a summer trip to Cape Hatteras.
During the pandemic, I bought a new home, got married, and had a baby. I also rediscovered personal fitness and healthy living. (Thanks to Bill Freeman '91 for recommending the Peloton bike.) My wife, Ava Marie Reid, and I welcomed Morgan James Reid on May 20, 2021. We live in Baltimore, MD. The Peloton has been my primary form of exercise along with other HIIT (high-intensity interval training) movement (kettle bell swings/burpees) and planks for core strength. I also walk our dog, Tucker, for two miles every morning. Knowing that by the time Morgan starts school, I'll be in my 50s, and starts driving, in my 60s (you get the point), fitness and health have never been a higher priority.
We discovered Benny’s Bagels, which was failing, and purchased it in 2008. Benny’s Bagels was a chain of bagel shops in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The parent company went bankrupt before we bought our shop, so the six shops that are left are all independently owned. Since buying our business, we have increased sales steadily by supporting the local community, marketing, and charity sponsorships. Although 2020 was a difficult year, we managed to stay afloat and continued to support the local community. We donated food and gift certificates to schools and local events and provided free breakfasts to first responders and medical professionals. We also run an annual Angel Tree program with the McKinney school district that provides gifts for underprivileged children. In addition, we founded a charity supported by local businesses that helps local families in need. During Covid-19, we added delivery services via Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber. As a result of these efforts, which built community awareness and respect, our business is booming. Also, lots of people from California and New York have moved into our area, and they are bagel enthusiasts! We are now a local icon in McKinney. Therefore, the real silver lining to COVID is that we have become a local favorite.
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Judy McCabe Jarvis '77 Silver Lining: More Time for Painting
graduate (Liz Pilling Lewis ’43) was an avid quilter. I never intended to be a quilter. Most of my adult life, I was an avid knitter, but had to stop due to severe pain in my neck, shoulder, and arm. So in 2019, I started hand sewing pillow covers using pre-cut squares. After doing a bunch of those, I decided to sew squares together into a “sheet” ... then, after consulting with some friends who are great quilters, I decided to make it into a quilt. I never thought I’d make another quilt until COVID hit. My first ones were designs of lines, boxes, circles, hearts, etc., all in very bright rainbow colors. But as I progressed, my quilts became more adventurous and theme related. The quilt I made for my one son has birding-related designs and another for a stepson is beach themed. Without the quarantine, I would not have taken the time to design and sew that many quilts. I can't think of a better way to celebrate my big birthday than to share my pandemic silver lining with my family!
Judy painting "en plein air" on a trail in Ashbridge Preserve in Goshen Township, Chester County.
Robin Kronick '75 Silver Lining: Creating Art Again
The pandemic has been a gift for creative people and introverts. Although, I hate to think of the families who have suffered unbearable loss, I was able to spend time in my studio painting over 114 paintings and custom making paintings for people all over the US and Europe. I spent a large part of the year working on commissions from all over, including places such as Germany, Texas, and California. I was one of the artists juried into Landarts (farm to table), which is a group of landscape painters who paint at various preserves in Chester County. We spent the winter, spring, summer, and fall painting outdoors. I painted house portraits, pet portraits, people portraits, and even the Wissahickon Inn. All in all, a very focused and productive year. I painted, took up golf and paddle tennis, and logged miles on the Green Ribbon Trail. [Editor's Note: Judy's portrait of the Inn graces the cover of The Lure of the Wissahickon Inn, a history of the inn written by former Middle School history teacher Paul Hines.]
Beth Lewis Thorp '74
Silver Lining: QuiltMaking
During the pandemic, I had the time to hand sew and hand quilt five lap-sized quilts. I'm giving one to my son and one to each of my three stepsons on my 65th birthday (in June). I'm keeping the 5th one! My mother, also a Springside
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I started creating art again, something that I haven't done since my late 20s. I have been creating abstract paintings and collages and have found it to be very fulfilling. I studied painting off and on in my life. My first painting class was when I was seven; I continued to study oil and acrylic painting in my teens and 20s. During the pandemic, I felt drawn to create again and discovered the medium of collage. I just fell in love with the entire process of it.
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Anthony Marrone '18
could play outside without masks. We were clearing courts after heavy snows just to get our daily "fix" in.
Silver Lining: More Time with Family
For those who have not heard of Padel, or seen it, you should Google it. It combines aspects of tennis, platform tennis, and squash, like no other racquet sport I've seen. I know for a fact that it got me and many of my racquet-wielding friends through the last year without going nuts. I recommend that if you have the opportunity to try this sport, you give it a shot. It is fun at whatever level you achieve. And it is also a great workout.
Anthony, far right, with his family.
I am currently a senior at East Stroudsburg University where I play football. Every year, we report to football camp in early August, and our season ends around late November. It’s hard every August to have my summer cut short with my family because we all like being around each other. In the spring, the NCAA allowed us to have 15 spring ball practices, which is like a shortened training camp. Once that hits, we don’t have time for much more than school and football. This past April the whole team missed Easter with our families because we could not risk going home. But during lockdown, we were all forced to stay home, which allowed us to spend time together that we would not have had. When I look back at the lockdown and the pandemic, my silver lining was that my house was filled with laughs and game nights, just like it was when I was growing up.
Bibby Detweiler Loring '84 Silver Lining: Opening a Studio & Art Gallery
Richard Sheppard '77
Bibby, left, and Christy, installing a painting in the window of their studio.
Silver Lining: Discovering Padel
Christy Morse Kelly ‘87 and I opened The Line Gallery and
I definitely discovered a silver lining during this last year. I started playing a new (to me and many in the U.S.) racquet sport called Padel (Editor's Note: Pronounced Pa-DEL). It started in Mexico in 1969 and is starting to become VERY popular in the Philly area, as well as in some other states. Two courts were built about two years ago on Venice Island in Rich, right, with Padel partner Ryan Manayunk. It started out Duffy ’09. as just a spring, summer, and fall sport. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, it evolved into a winter sport as well. For the people who play a lot of squash, and were told the courts were closed, this game became a great option since we
Studio in Chestnut Hill at 105 Bethlehem Pike (across from the Chestnut Hill East train station). The pandemic brought neighbors who might otherwise have been stuck in their offices out, about, and looking for a positive distraction from life during the height of COVID. We were both fine arts majors in college and had recently left our respective real estate jobs to pursue our art full time. However, painting in our kitchens was proving to be messier than we (and our families) had bargained for, so we decided to share a studio. We opened our Line Gallery in December 2020, during the heart of the pandemic, and have been happily painting and showing our work there ever since. The east side of Chestnut Hill hasn’t had an art gallery in years. The pandemic seems to have made people notice and appreciate the positive so much that they actually stop to cheer us on—a true silver lining! Visit us at TheLineGalleryStudio.com or on Instagram at @bibby_loring_art or @theLineGalleryStudio.
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Tess Gallagher ’18
In the summer of 2019, my mother and I went on a paleontological dig with Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute in Montana. There we discovered a rare skin fossil from the long-neck dinosaur, Diplodocus, which showed that these animals had much more diversity in their scales than previously thought. For the next two years, I researched this fossil as an independent research project at Union College and presented at two meetings (Union College Steinmetz Day and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting). My research was published (with me as first author) in my junior year of undergrad in 2021 in the online journal Peerj.
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Conquering Obstacles and Pursuing Passions To honor National Women's History month in March, which commemorates the vital role of women in American history, we sent out a call to alumnae asking them to share stories of "breaking through"— how they have overcome obstacles to achieve something they're proud of. Of the nine women who responded to our request for stories, several can boast of breaking a glass ceiling—being the "first," or one of the first few, to do what they do—but all of them, in their own inspiring ways, have helped to shape, smooth, and broaden the path for those who follow. Left: Tess Gallagher ’18 lies next to a fully articulated, long-neck dinosaur's tail. The fossil in the picture is from the late Jurassic period and dates back roughly 150 million years.
I'm probably not the first woman to publish in her undergrad years in paleontology, but I'm probably the first one to discover rare dinosaur skin and be able to first-author a research article on said skin as an undergrad. I would like to acknowledge Union College for its financial and academic support, as well as Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute for giving me this amazing experience. You can find my journal article here: www.peerj. com/articles/11202.
Marnie Hogeland Isaacs ’67
During my 40-year career in Alaska, I’ve been privileged to work with leaders in the state’s oil and gas companies, principally in cross-cultural communication and conflict resolution. Days before my retirement, I was contacted by one of the North Slope Inupiat communities I had worked with, asking that I join them to continue the collaboration we had achieved, both within the community and with Alaska’s oil industry. It was an opportunity heavily based on trust, respect for missteps, and one I wasn’t confident could be sustained over time. However, for me, it became a nontraditional glass ceiling broken and most importantly, one that opened new paths benefiting many. The task was to create a community foundation to support activities that strengthened traditional Inupiat values while incorporating western technology, engineering, and principles of governance. After we formed the foundation and I was appointed executive director, we identified two capital projects in addition to social and educational programs. The first project was to construct a modern/traditional community ice cellar for the whaling captains to store their harvest. The second project was to create a community museum and cultural center.
Marnie discusses with a community leader her concern about a young polar bear seen near the cellar construction site.
The cellar—hand excavated following traditional design— was dug 20 feet into the permafrost, then surrounded by industrial-grade thermosyphons to help maintain the frozen soils and monitored by temperature sensors relayed by
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satellite to Anchorage. A custom-designed housing was placed over the cellar to prevent polar bear intrusions and ensure safety over the 20-foot shaft. The entire effort became a model for other North Slope Inupiat communities: first, in terms of the foundation’s organization, which brought disparate and often-conflicting community organizations together on the board, and second, in terms of the cellar, which addressed the melting effects of climate change on the destruction of traditional cellars.
Out and I oversee programming for our diversity, equity, and inclusion offerings and consulting. We are primarily training focused, although we do some consulting as well. We also support a global community of tech and "tech-adjacent" women and their allies. The mission of She+ Geeks Out is to abolish inequity in the workplace. We aim to achieve this by providing tech and tech-adjacent women and other marginalized genders and their allies an opportunity to network and connect with each other, as well as with companies who wish to hire them. At the same time, we support companies in their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and tools to create an inclusive environment in a safe and welcoming space. I am based in the greater Boston, MA, area. (My team is located across the U.S.) I think the fact that I'm a co-CEO is pretty unique; that's a relatively unusual business model but it's been a hallmark of my business. The motivation to start the business was the fact that, at the time, there were no spaces for women in tech to gather together that were not explicitly focused on either college graduates or senior-level women (in the Boston area). The company grew from there.
And the glass ceiling? I believe this project is a hands-on example of what true collaboration can accomplish with regard to overcoming cultural and governance impediments, and that age, gender, and culture can be an asset to any young woman with passion and compassion. I credit my Springside education with many of the communication and reasoning skills I have to this day, and they have certainly been a contribution to my long career in Alaska. I was so fortunate to have had those years at Springside in my education.
You can learn more about the company, and hear more of its origin story at www.shegeeksout.com/about/
Devon Winter ’09 As the president of F.W. Winter Inc & Co, a metal powder manufacturer and metal commodities trading company located in Camden, NJ, I am one of a handful of women in the executive/CEO level in the ferroalloys and metal industry—a predominantly male industry.
Felicia Jadczak ’00
Felicia, right, with her business partner, Rachel Murray.
F.W. Winter Inc & Co is a family-owned business founded by my father, Friedrich Winter, in 1982. Our products are used in a diverse number of industries, such as welding, automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, as well as some very niche medical devices. For example, the COVID-19 test kits use our metal products.
I founded and am the co-CEO of a small business that just celebrated its 6th birthday. The business is called She+ Geeks
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I have worked in the industry for the last seven years, and I am dedicated to manufacturing, as well as to helping women in STEM and manufacturing through Women In Manufacturing (WiM). We have 7,500 members and represent over 1,500 companies, including Amazon, Space X, John Deere, Panasonic, KIA, etc. I was recently selected to serve as a member of the WiM Board of Directors. As for how I ended up in the industry, I graduated from the University of Vermont in 2013 with a B.S. in communications and entrepreneurship. I moved to New York City post-grad briefly but then decided to pursue a degree in television management at Drexel University. I took night classes while working in the logistics and administrative office at F.W. Winter during the day. I saw that there could be some improvements in the way we did business, and I decided to continue with a dual program at Drexel to receive an MBA. I led the way for F.W. Winter to become ISO certified, an international manufacturing certification for quality control, as well as implementing Lean Manufacturing at our Camden facility. I've been fortunate to travel all over the world doing business in China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe, and Europe. The situation this past year has shed light on how essential manufacturing is in the U.S., as well as the importance of understanding the supply chain. I really hope to inspire more women to look at manufacturing as a career path because it has presented so many unique opportunities for me. I also think my education at Springside really helped me to succeed in a male dominated field.
Susan randall MacBride ’59
In 1966, my husband, Jim, and I moved to Portland, Maine, for one year for his rotating internship at Maine Medical Center. Knowing I would be there just a year, I did not want to teach, which is what I had been doing for three years prior to that while he was in medical school. So I scoured the newspaper want ads and found an opening for a computer programmer at a bank in downtown Portland. The person who answered the phone told me that the department was “only for men.” I asked her what the qualifications were, and she said I had better speak to her boss. The "boss" said, "the receptionist should have said it is now an all-male department. To qualify you need to take a test here at the bank, which you are welcome to do.” I immediately went down and took the test. My teaching job, which I had just left, involved teaching all subjects to 4th graders. The test was a logic and math test just like those achievement tests 4th graders take. Needless to say, I aced the test, was hired, and started the next week. The men in my department had most recently been in the service and all had high school diplomas, but not more. They had, however, experience through the military with working on large-frame computers. They were not sure what to do with me, so I hung out with the support staff for coffee break and lunch for about four or five months until they finally invited me to come along with them. I became pregnant during the year. Had I been a teller, or on the front line in any way, I would have had to leave my job when the pregnancy started “showing.” Since I was behind the scenes, I worked until two weeks before delivery and was the recipient of a lovely surprise baby shower by my male cohorts and the support staff. I learned a lot about computers, using flowcharts, logical linear thinking, machine language, and group dynamics. All important life lessons. In 1974 my son Jonathan was about to start playing Little League baseball as a seven year old. All the parents had to go to a meeting ahead of the season for orientation and to volunteer to help in some capacity. My husband, Jim, went to the meeting, while I stayed home with my two-year-old son, Sam. I told Jim I will do anything but work in the snack bar because I want to watch the games. When he returned, he said, "I signed you up for umpire. Here is the rule book." So that began my umpiring career.
Susan wearing her official umpire hat from her Little League days.
In 1966-1967, I was the first woman to be hired as a computer programmer for Canal National Bank in Portland, Maine. And in 1974, I was the first woman baseball umpire in the Scotsdale, Arizona, Little League. Both seem trivial at this point, but at the time I was told, "only men do that!"
I had no idea that no other mothers had signed up, so I just did my homework and showed up for my first assignment. I was given my official little black hat (which I still have) and, with a little padding, stood behind the plate and began my new volunteer career. Being an umpire challenged me to be very focused and very decisive, not necessarily two of my most developed skills at that point. However, as I was the only one, my voice ruled, whether it was balls and strikes, or safe and out at the bases,
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or any number of infractions that happen, particularly with young players. It was hard work! (My son, meanwhile, was playing catcher, so I was standing right behind him when his team was in the field. At the time he found it comforting!) The only struggles I had were with a few abusive father coaches who vociferously objected to my calls, one suggesting I “go back to wearing an apron!” I like to remember that I tossed him from the game. I suspect I did not, but I did shut him down! Forevermore I have been sympathetic to umpires at baseball games. It is a very hard job. For the final playoffs that year, the head of umpires asked me to be on the team to umpire. At the beginning of the game, they introduced us all and announced that I was the firstever woman to umpire in Arizona. I was floored as I had not realized that until then.
Sue Ellery Chapelle ’60 While I cannot claim any "firsts," my career path does illustrate how difficult things were for young women decades ago. During my senior year in college, I was deciding what to do next. I had two ideas; one was the Foreign Service. I passed all the written and security tests and then was called in for an interview. The two men who interviewed me told me on the spot that they would love me to marry their sons, but they thought I wasn't tough enough for the Foreign Service. Three days later, I got a phone call in my dorm from one of the men saying that I had had the best interview of the group, and they wanted to change their minds and offer me a place.
an assistant professor in American studies at the brand new Federal City College (later renamed the University of the District of Columbia). This was to be the land-grant college for Washington, D.C. Senior faculty included men who had actually left Harvard and Wisconsin to be part of this experiment. At Federal City, the head of my division appeared at my apartment one night and told me that if I wouldn't go to bed with him that I clearly wasn't suited for my job there. I refused and was not offered a contract for the following year. The college president interceded, and I was, in fact, offered a second year's contract, but instead I chose to leave. I moved back to Baltimore where I took a job as an assistant professor of history at what is now Towson University. There, my department chair was a woman. She discriminated against the young women in the department, giving us the lowest salaries and the worst hours. After two years, I looked for a different job. In 1971, I took a job in the History Department at Morgan State University, an HBCU in Baltimore. I chose to apply there in part because I had become very active in the Civil Rights movement while I was at Hopkins and felt that I had a real contribution to make by teaching at this historically African American university. I stayed there for 34 years, until I retired. Women there were treated better than they were at Towson. I experienced no sexual harrassment. When I had a baby, the male department chair went out of his way to give me a good teaching schedule for several years. The salaries weren't always equal to those of men, but there were a lot of women faculty members, and they were generally respected and treated as professionals, and well paid. Throughout this time, I wrote—as we were all supposed to do! My books include several history textbooks, for everyone from college level to elementary school level, and three adult books: Maryland: A History (Johns Hopkins University Press), Baltimore: An Illustrated History (American Historical Press), and African American Leaders of Maryland (Maryland Historical Society Press).
The other idea was to continue my education by pursuing a Ph.D. I interviewed for the Ph.D. program in history at Johns Hopkins. There, the nice department chairman who interviewed my asked me if I had plans to get married and have a family. He said he just wanted to make sure that their fellowship money wasn't going to be wasted on someone who would never make use of the Hopkins education! I told him that there was no reason I couldn't do both, and I was admitted. While I was not the only woman in the program, there were not very many in 1964. After four years in graduate school at Johns Hopkins, and while I was still working on my dissertation, I began teaching full time. My first year, I chose to apply for, and was hired as,
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Meg Rhoda Rohtla ’80
I am the first female director of Bryn Athyn Cathedral, the seat of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, a Christian faith. It is also one of the buildings in the Bryn Athyn National Landmark District. In addition to the cathedral, the historic district includes three family residences—father John Pitcairn’s Beaux Arts mansion, Cairnwood, and sons Harold and Raymond’s residences, Cairncrest and Glencairn, respectively. All were constructed between 1892 and 1938. The Bryn Athyn Historic District was designated as a National Historic Landmark on October 6, 2008. My route to becoming director of the cathedral is circuitous. While a college student at Drexel, I worked in the CIGNA (called INA when I started) Tax Department for three years. I was hired full time to work in the Corporate Finance Department doing budgets and planning and held that job for three years. I met my husband at CIGNA. We were married in his church—the Bryn Athyn Cathedral.
A few years after we were married, I stopped working fulltime to start a family and worked part-time for my motherin-law in her travel agency. Fast forward about 20 years to 2010. Since my children were older and I had more time, I began gardening part-time at the cathedral in addition to working as a travel agent. In 2015, the assistant to the director (a friend of mine) came outside to tell us all she was moving. I thought about it for 15 minutes then went upstairs to the director and asked to be considered for her position. I was hired. I began taking on more duties and was promoted to assistant director. When the director announced his retirement in 2018, again I asked to be considered for this position. After the job was posted and other candidates were considered, I was offered what was by then a full-time position. My basic duties and responsibilities as cathedral director involve taking care of the building and overseeing what goes on inside. I manage two full-time employees including one stone mason and over 40 part-time employees, as well as volunteers and various outside contractors. My job duties are incredibly varied. My main responsibilities are managing the budget and building projects, general maintenance, the grounds, requesting grants, paying bills, hiring and training staff, payroll, recruiting volunteers, overseeing church services and church events, and visitor services. I sit on various boards and councils within the church and historic district. Drew Nehlig, now retired, was the historic district building manager for many years. He is the son of Mrs. Nehlig, my Latin teacher at Springside! I've learned so many new things about stained glass, stone carving, organs, monel metal, carillons, bell foundry.... the list goes on and on. I've met fascinating people, such as a stained-glass restorer from Chartres Cathedral in France who helped take out windows from Notre Dame after the fire and hopes to work on the restoration. I meet people who come to tour the beautiful grounds and building, as well as those who come in because they are drawn to the peaceful, spiritual atmosphere of the cathedral. Encounters with those visitors often bring tears to my eyes.
Meg Rohtla reaches new heights in fulfilling her responsibilities as Bryn Athyn Cathedral's director as she inspects the building's stone work and roof repair.
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Virginia Riddle Pearson ’64
Elephants have always been part of my life. I have loved them since I was a child. (My birth announcement card was even a little pink elephant!) Through some twists and turns, I have been able to turn this passion into a profession. I am a researcher in elephant viruses. Currently, I'm a volunteer visiting scientist in the Rall Laboratory at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute in Philadelphia, where I work closely with the Molecular Virology Group headed by Dr. Gary Hayward at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. I have also been a guest researcher in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. My path to elephant research is an unusual route. I always loved elephants but pursued a financial analyst career. I earned a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, then worked in financial research after
college. I joined the docent program at the San Francisco Zoo in the year we lived there … and it is there that I discovered what I wanted to do with my life. When we moved back to Philadelphia, I volunteered at the Philadelphia Zoo where I founded the Philadelphia Zoo Docent Council and started a behavioral research program for volunteers. My research interests were of course elephants. I also forged a relationship with the Penrose Research Laboratory, the oldest continuous comparative pathology lab in the country. Through my research, I was able to create a molecular tool that not only helps elephants fight a devastating disease (the elephant herpesviruses) but may also be very useful in human cancer research due to the fact that elephants, despite their enormous size, have a surprising little incidence of cancer compared to humans. The molecular tool I created can transform elephant cells to become immortal and therefore greatly more useful research platforms because experiments can be carried out long-term without having to constantly begin research anew with primary cells that live through only a finite number of cell divisions before they die. A few years into my work at the zoo, I was offered a Ph.D. opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, but I declined as we had begun having our children. Not surprisingly, I now wish I had pursued a Ph.D. when I was younger. I explored that path 40 years later while I was at Princeton; however, my colleagues advised me that elephants would be better served if I concentrated just on the elephant research without the distraction of academic responsibilities. My current research focuses on the critical question of why the elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) are frequently lethal in both captive and wild Asian elephants while less often lethal in African elephants. While pursuing a Ph.D. path in the sciences is usually the best way to go, it is not impossible to get things done without following this path, and at a late stage in life, as my career demonstrates.
THANK YOU! Thanks to our alumni who responded to our newsletter queries for our feature articles and our alumni survey. Your input provides valuable information for our Alumni Office programming and helps keep us connected. Best regards, Melissa Brown
Virginia taking a saliva sample from an elephant at Six Flags Safari Park.
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Ernesta Ballard ’63
ancient history, it was not until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974 that married women could get credit cards separate from their husbands, even if they had their own income and possessed credit cards before they married. Sound Savings & Loan was a women-founded bank and a women-led bank. We did not try to be majority owned by women, nor did we lend exclusively to women. Our goal, and our success, was to demonstrate financial acumen and leadership. There was a tense moment during our organization which I remember well. The accounting rules were that our preopening expenses could all be capitalized, but only if we completed our stock sale within one year. The year end approached and we were several hundred thousand dollars short. If we missed the deadline we would have to charge the expenses against our first-year operations—a bleak prospect. I made an appointment with the CEO of Seattle First National Bank. We had not previously met. I asked him to approve an unsecured loan to our board members so we could buy the stock ourselves. We were not wealthy women, but we were compelled by our mission and apparently believable.
I did not accomplish this alone, and we were not the first, but we definitely broke the ceiling in Washington State in 1972 when seven women founded a guaranty stock savings bank, Sound Savings & Loan. I was one of its founders. We did it all ourselves. We wrote up the necessary state applications, developed a capital plan, and sold $1 million in stock. We divided up the work. I had just received an MBA from Harvard in 1970 and took on the business plan and charter application. We found a suitable office location in town, and opened for business.
He loaned, we bought, we opened, sold the stock within a few months, paid back the loans, and breathed a collective sigh of relief. This transaction gave me confidence and credentials. It opened doors for me in Seattle. Sound Savings & Loan merged into Washington Mutual in 1990. Our shareholders did well.
What motivated us? Who knows? The challenge? Frustration with women’s situation? At Harvard, I was one of 25 women in a class of 750. Many of the large companies that came to campus to recruit held their interviews in a location that was closed to women. In Seattle, women were not allowed to use the front door of the Rainier Club in which important business events occurred. My sister, Sophie, was in medical school and told me about how she would pick up groceries on the way home, still in her white coat, and shoppers would ask her where to find cabbage or peanut butter.
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My mother was on the founding board of the National Organization for Women. Why not start a bank managed by women? This undertaking may not seem monumental today. At the time we were still emerging from the financial damage of the Married Women’s Property Acts passed in various states from 1839–1995 under which married women lost all control of their property to their husbands. Lest you think that is
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C L A S S NOTE S NEWS FROM OUR ALUMNI NEAR AND FAR
Class Notes Through July 1, 2021
1940s 1949 Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, reflecting on the silver lining in her pandemic experience, says, " When my children were young, it was very hard to get time to do research. (I am a food historian.) I've been enjoying a yearlong quarantine in my apartment at a great continuing-care community. I have frequent Zoom conversations with those same children, and they very kindly do errands for me. I can work all day every day. Bliss!"
1950s 1956 The CHA and Springside classes hosted their 65th reunion with dinner and a movie at the home of Ralph Hirshorn. [See Reunion photos on page 22.]
1957 Class Agent Sally Ellis Quale shared some news about the Class of ’57 Zoom call which took place on March 18. Twelve of her 23 classmates joined the call: Natalie Otter Barnes, Terry Bisbee, Constance Hanson Cullen, Christine Naumann Gandel, Ann Merritt Hunter, Frances Foley Jueds, Nancy Barhite Mason, Janice Lloyd, Barbara Baldwin Miller, Judith McGill O’Rourke,
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and Luciana Wagner Schonenberg. Sherley Young and Barbara Peake Frazier had also signed up to attend but did not due to last-minute complications. It was cheerful, meaningful, and lasted almost two hours. Successful in all ways! There was general interest in repeating the event in the not-too-distant future. [The Development Office extends a big thank you to Sally’s techy son, Andrew, who set up the call.].
1960s 1966 Chas Landreth reports what he was doing during the pandemic: "Like most folks I have not been traveling, but if one starts the virus period in February, then I was in New Zealand and Australia from February 5 - 23. Yes, drinking some great white wines, enjoying friendly people and friends, taking in nature’s bountiful beauty, and enjoying the accoutrements of what was once called an ocean liner, cruising around and between these two special islands. Then there was the 88 days this summer that we spent living at our lake house in New Hampshire where, as the mother of a great friend used to say, we participated in 'rides, slides,
and games,' which means fishing, boating, playing golf, walking, and entertaining local friends and members of our families. There has been plenty of Zoom time for board and committee meetings, best of all many Zoom cocktail parties (liquor in NH is cheap). We are elated with the news about the Covid-19 vaccine. My wife, Cindy, should be on the early receiving list as she has miraculously fought off pancreatic cancer for almost three and a half years. My son and daughter have learned what working at home full-time means, and our granddaughter, Hartley Landreth, has started a new stream of Landreth tuition flow to CHA /SS/ SCH. She is two-and-a-half years old and loves the SCH Early Childhood Center. Best of all, with lots of together time, my wife and I still love being together.
[Editor’s note: On January 31, 2021, after Chas's submission above, Cindy died after a three-anda-half-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Chas shared that Cindy died peacefully, comfortably, and without pain.] "I have received an outpouring of love and admiration for Cindy. Thank you. She was a generous, smart, kind, loving,
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supportive wife, lover, and partner in my life. I will miss her greatly, but I will remember all that we did together these past 36 years and the wonderful life that she had and we had as a team. God Bless, Charlie”
1968 Reflecting on the silver lining in her pandemic experience, Ellen Simons shared, "It made me appreciate my husband much more, finding him the perfect companion for a year of quarantine."
1969 Stephen Pearson continues with his voiceover and on-camera acting. "The voiceover work has been more plentiful of late. But, it’s still a very competitive landscape out there, and it’s hard to book gigs when you’re up against lots of high-quality talent. Also, I contracted multiple myeloma summer of last year and underwent a procedure in January of this year. As a result, my hair fell out and has grown back much more curly. As a result, I don’t resemble my headshot and find it that much harder to book oncamera jobs. Such is life!"
1970s 1970 Bob Eisenstaedt, reflecting on his pandemic silver lining,
shares that he read Atlas Shrugged and started an online travel business.
1971 The CHA class celebrated its 50th reunion with a class dinner during alumni weekend. They even Zoomed with classmates Soichi Tamaru (living in Japan), Dave Sims, who was broadcasting a game for the Seatle Mariners, and David Weinreich in Colorado.
1973 Caleb Wistar has been assisting classmate Dave Cantor at Responsible Policies for Animals (RPA) in urging major institutions and spokespersons to inform the public about the links between animal abuse and the COVID pandemic. He also assisted his wife, Linda, and her organization, the Mooncatcher Project, with distributing facemasks and materials for facemasks to various parties, such as sewing helpers (who receive the materials), hospices, adoption agencies, nursing homes, and others. At the time of his writing, they had completed and distributed over 3,000 masks.
1975 Congratulations to Ellin Dixon Miller who became a grandparent, and a big welcome to her grandson, Milo Fox Spandorfer!
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Joe Castle III, installed a five-piece bronze sculpture exhibit in Santa Ynez Valley, CA. Inspired by a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Joe wanted to honor the courage and perseverance of our veterns. The exhibit ran through Labor Day weekend.
Flo McCall Phillips, reflecting on the silver lining in her pandemic experience, said she was able "to spend quality time with my kids. Simple but true."
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1987 Christy Morse Kelly and Bibby Detweiler Loring ’84, co-founded The Line, Gallery + Studio in Chestnut Hill. The space functions as both a working studio and a gallery. [Editor's Note: Read more about Christy and the gallery on p. 33.] Christy and Bibby look forward to seeing you in their new space!
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Liz Moy Fetter, her husband, Charlie, and Greg and Sarita Hanley met up in Atlanta, GA, for dinner.
1982 Josh Pearson was the principal editor for the Summer of Soul film that features six concerts from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival celebrating African American music and culture. Footage of the festival had been locked in a basement for 50 years but is now brought to life in movie theatres and available for streaming on Hulu.
Alexander Bartlett, reflecting on the silver lining in his pandemic experience, wrote, "As a result of working from home, I saved almost two hours of commuting each day. I therefore "found" two hours each day to get long-avoided projects done around the house, and to explore areas near where I live. Definitely a silver lining."
Scott Reid and his wife, Ava, celebrated the birth of their son, Morgan James Reid, on May 2021, in Baltimore.
1995 Steve Lamberton has joined Athletic Brewing Co. as CFO. Athletic Brewing produces non-alcoholic craft beer.
2000s 2001 Will Clattenburg published his first book, The Art of Fugue, and dedicated it to former teacher Tim Delehaunty.
1991 Thank you to Liz Brode Harris for hosting an afternoon of vinyasa yoga followed by intention-setting journaling and guided, mantra-based meditation as part of SCHConnex, a Zoom-based series of events sponsored by SCH to keep parents and alumni connected during COVID.
Jennifer Parker Stutzman and her husband, Matthew, welcomed a baby boy, Tucker Ryan, on June 30,
in memoriam (as of july 15, 2021) ALUMNI 1944 Dorothy Weeder Simpson 1947 Newbold Strong 1948 George W. Gowen
1957 John C. Bennett Jr. (also former trustee) 1959 Anne Whitney Clements Jesse Dickson Charles F. Gummey Jr.
1949 Henrietta Healy Martindale
1960 W. Peter Cross Christina Jacobsen Pohe
1952 Charles S. Cheston
1961 Helena Kollock Babcock
1980 Sheila Davis 1970 Gwen Griffiths Biswas William V. Mittnacht FORMER FACULTY 1971 Carolyn Hoppe HA Edward B. Putnam (Former Trustee) Sarah Heckscher HA 1973 John E. McArdle (Former Faculty/Staff)
FORMER TRUSTEE
1975 Delcitia Johnson-Gore
Thomas M. Hyndman George L. Popky
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2021. He joins his big sister, Emma Lynn, who can’t stop loving on him!
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Philadelphia's darkened skyline, recorded by CNN.com, in April 2021.
Ali Pearson Webster and her husband, Whit, welcomed a baby girl, Virginia Grace Webster, on November 1, 2020.
Alumnus's Effort To Protect Migrating Birds Takes Flight "My introduction to birds came from Perot Walker in 6th grade," recalls Robert M. Peck ’70, a senior fellow at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. "Now, some 55 years later, I am helping to pass on his legacy by saving many of the species he introduced me to." Peck is referring to an influential op-ed piece he wrote last fall that was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The piece advocated for city buildings to dim their lights during peak bird migration periods to avoid bird collisions with city skyscapers. Last fall, the city's streets were littered with hundreds of dead and disoriented birds that had mistakenly flown into buildings. "A combination of rain, fog, low clouds, and exceptionally bright lights caused them to strike the windows of office and apartment buildings," Peck explained in the op-ed. According to Peck, "scientists estimate that up to one billion birds collide with buildings in the U.S. every year. Sadly, most of these birds die from their injuries." New York, Toronto, Atlanta, and Chicago have already instituted lights-out initiatives to darken their skylines during peak migration periods. This past spring, buildings in Philadelphia, which is on a major flyway, also turned down the watts.
Ed Glassman and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed a second son, Harrison (Harry) Bancroft Glassman, on March 4, 2021.
"After a lot of hard work," says Peck, "we now have Comcast and most of the other major buildings on board." In March, Philadelphia City Council voted to approve a resolution supporting the Peck-initiated effort. "In this very partisan political climate, it is almost impossible to get everyone to agree on anything,' muses Peck, "but in this rare case, the vote was unanimous!"
2004 Alexandra “Zan” Morley married John Gerard in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on February 18, 2021. Jackson Hole holds a special place since that is where the couple met. Family and friends attended the intimate gathering. (See photo on page 45.)
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Morgan Berman and her husband, Edward, welcomed a baby girl, Fayla Lior Drakhlis, on September 5, 2020.
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Adrienne Simpson Gittens was promoted to deputy general counsel at Comcast. She previously served as the assistant deputy general counsel.
CHA and Springside Class of 2006 celebrated their 15th reunion with a joint dinner at Jennings House. (See reunion photos on page 23.)
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2007 Sarah Boothby has been promoted to senior national account director at Atrium.
2008 Robert Robertson was promoted to the chief revenue officer at the Dakota Fund Group.
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at IBM, and Sam Grasso, a business development representative at eFinancial in Chicago.
2016
Congratulations to Eugene “Gilly” Rall III and Chloe Ingber ’12 who got engaged! Sarah MacEachern married Andrew Thom on March 27, 2021. (See photo on page 45.)
2010s 2010 In March, Kate DeGennaro launched her very own athome exercise method at bandtogetherbykate.com. Kate reports, "Bandtogether combines a multitude of fitness methodologies into one experience. She has hundreds of members from Philadelphia to London— many of whom are SCH alumni. In February, she hosted a class for young alumni and had over 20 participants! Matt Schreffler is thrilled to announce that he started the next chapter of his career and joined AlphaSense as an account executive on their ccorporate mid-market sales team!!
Tayor Ellis-Watson and her husband Wesley Washington welcomed a baby boy, Tauren Marshall Washington, on February 26, 2021.
2012 Sydni Epps married Martel Francois on October 11, 2020, on the Upper Westside, New York, NY. (See photo on page 45.) Terence Jones is the Black Law Student Association president at Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law. Emma Miller will be starting graduate school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts getting her MFA in production and project management In August, Mozelle R. Shamash Rosenthal enlisted in the Air Force. [Editor's Note: Thank you for your service!] Victoria Walls has started her own healthy skin care line during the pandemic. Check out her website. www/ theskinyoureinvw.com
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Wedding bells? New baby? Career change?
Congratulations to Andrew Marcantonio-Fields for starting a new position as senior sales consultant at Vanguard.
Share your news at alumni@sch.org
2015 Job updates for the class include: Desmond Johnson, a consulting analyst at Accenture; Elyas Tecle, a cloud platform sales leader
Anab Aidid is a 2020 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing a career in film production. Anab studied cinema at the College of Arts and Sciences and communications at the Annenberg School for Communications. She began her career at Mandalay Sports Media as a production assistant on an MSM documentary shooting in Philadelphia, and quickly came to her current role supporting CEO Mike Tollin as his executive assistant. In addition to assisting Tollin, Anab manages the office and runs the MSM internship program. She's currently living in Los Angeles, attempting to soak up all the knowledge she can about the film industry! Remi Filippini graduated from Colgate University in 2020 and is now in graduate school at the University of Edinburgh School of Business in Scotland. She will finish her thesis and graduate in September 2021 with a master's in management. Betsy Sheppard graduated from George Washington University in 2020 and is heading to law school at the University of Michigan in the fall. Betsy writes, “I am cementing my tradition of attending schools with variants of gold & blue as their official colors!”
2017 Hannah Clarke graduated in May with a BA in French literature and culture and also is a master's of public health candidate, as well as being part of the PreProfessional Scholars Program in Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. In the spring she shared with Upper School French II
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Top: Morley ’04 wedding. Middle: Epps ’12 wedding. Bottom: MacEachern ’09 wedding. students how she is applying her love of French to her public health studies and talked about her academic journey, as well as her successful creation of a nonprofit, Periods for Peace, as part of her master's thesis. Sydney Crawford, a senior at Hampton University, is helping to make a difference. She is working with the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium (BDCC) to help collect data at their vaccination clinics in Philadelphia.
former faculty news: David Cantor’ 73 shared that his mother Betty Sherman, Springside art teacher, became a greatgrandparent.
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BE THE FIRST TO SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER AND WIN AN ALUMNA/ALUMNUS GIFT! Here’s what we need to know: Who’s in it? What are they doing? When did it happen? Send your responses to Deidra Lyngard, SCHool editor, at dlyngard@sch.org or call 215-754-1616 and we’ll publish your reminiscences in our next issue. We had many responses to the photos in our last two issues (see next page). Below are the new mystery photos, one of which is really not a mystery as the writing on the back identifies the students, but the photo is so charming we couldn't resist including!
Class of 1949 in 4th grade, waiting for the rain to stop (l to r): Daniel Hunter, Quartie H. Clothier IV, David Arndt, Dwight Lawton, Billy Page, Chas Wood, Hank Crouter, and Harry Baird.
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Several people, including Bill Corson '78, former CHA headmaster Richard Parker (1990-2002), Rick Hodsdon ’66, and Ed McGehee ’68 correctly identified legendary art teacher, Barbara Crawford in this photo; however no one could identify the student with certainty. McGehee thought it might be another legendary teacher, Stan Parker ’68, but when the family was shown the picture, they responded, "The timeframe would make sense for my dad and there is a resemblance. But all three of our guts just say it isn’t him. The mystery continues...". Another alumnus believed it might be him: "Rick Hodsdon, ‘66 (I left CHA in 1964, so I did not graduate with my class) although there is some dispute about that. My classmate, Halsey North, reports that he spent a lot of time in art, and we were both about the same height. So let’s say this is an either/or identification and leave it at that.
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Rick went on to recollect: "It has been over 60 years since I first had Mrs. Crawford as my teacher, but I still recall some of her comments. She was always, ALWAYS, very supportive in her comments, even when delivering a critique that was less than wholeheartedly enthusiastic. Her comment about one of my rather splodgy abstractions garnered praise for my use of color: 'How I wish I had your sense of color,' she said, or words to that effect. This was a talent of which I was totally unaware. "In Lower School what we heard most frequently from her, when examining one of our 'works of art,' was, 'Where are you taking me?' This question was a stumper to my younger self because art—to my way of thinking—wasn’t supposed to be 'taking' anyone anywhere. After a while I got the idea that art could in fact 'transport' us places: if not to a different physical location, to a different place in our imagination. "I was fortunate in learning more about Barbara Crawford, the artist, because I attended several of her gatherings (they might have been termed 'salons')—sometimes play-readings—in her home in an old, converted mews not far from Rittenhouse Square. The lower level that had once housed horses and carriages, or horseless-carriages, had very high ceilings, and along one wall she had racks of very large, framed canvasses —a gallery of her own art as well as a workspace. She was very kind to her students, and her encouragement for exploring art and music and drama must, I am sure, have made a lifelong impression on others besides me. Thank you for publishing the photo, which has given me pleasure in recalling some of the happier moments of my life in Philadelphia." Richard Parker wrote in: "I am not sure who Barbara Crawford is speaking to in the photo, but that is the legendary CHA art teacher! We did the renovation of the Crawford Art Wing while I was headmaster. She was no longer teaching when I arrived in 1990, but I did have the pleasure of meeting with her several times. We were all so thrilled to move the CHA Art Department from a sub-standard space into this lovely new wing and to name it for Barbara, who taught with great skill at CHA for decades." Edward McGehee ‘68 believes this photo "dates to 1966 when she moved into her new art room in the basement."
Ruth McIlhenny ‘89, Jennifer Pilling (Ian ’91), Christina Smith Paul ’91, Becky Swain Sanderson ’91, Patsy Swain, and Peter Bartle ’91 all identified this photo as members of the Class of 1991, however there were differences of opinion about the identify of one student. Top row, l to r-Sabrina Conyan, Lecia Stanley, and possibly Anne Green or Megan Cullen; 3rd row-Lissa Hunsicker, Tina Smith, Curtis Hannum, Kim Klenk, Hadley Longstreth; 2nd row-Lelei Jennings, Laura Quinn; peeking from bottom of photo-Liz Brode and Heather Elliott.
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Hunter Bennett ’88 posited that this group is his class while Ted Ruegg ’84 wrote, "This is the Class of 1984 in 2nd grade, taken at the top of the hill in 1974. This photo appears in the 1974 yearbook."
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An ECC pre-schooler and Upper School student share the excitement of Blue and Gold Day.
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SCH LEADERSHIP board of trustees 2021–2022 Dr. M. Brian Blake Rashad I. Campbell ’08 John S. Detweiler ’91 Brooke DiMarco William M. Doran Dr. Stephen L. Druggan, Head of School William F. Dunbar William H. Freeman ’91 Alex Goldsmith Thomas Shaw Greenwood III ’01 David Hayne Maria Sordoni Hudacek ’02 Thomas G. Kessler ‘88 Dr. Youngmoo Kim
Timothy W. Levin Patrick S. G. Lindsay, Chair Peter S. Longstreth ’62, Honorary Deborah E. Maine H’16 Ludlow Miller, Honorary Janie B. Parker, Honorary Edward C. Rorer ’61, Honorary Elizabeth M. Salata ’02 Marjorie Kershbaum Shiekman ’67 Nadine Badger Stevenson ’90 Andrew C. Topping Mark Van Der Helm Camilla (Kim) Whetzel H’17 Mims Maynard Zabriskie
representatives to the board of trustees Frank V. Aloise Jr., Chief Financial Officer Stewart J. Greenleaf Jr. ‘96, President, CHA Alumni Association Thomas Watkins ‘78, Vice-President, CHA Alumni Association Katie Warwick Schreiner ‘95, President, Springside Alumnae Association Rebecca Morley ‘00, Vice-President, Springside Alumnae Association Fay Dunbar, President, Parents Association Rachel Silva, Vice President, Parents Association Jennifer James McHugh ’84, Director of Development David Rauch, Director, Admissions and Enrollment Management Maria McNichols, Board Liaison
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