Stanwich Firsts Sample

Stanwich Firsts

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OUR school song

Stanwich School, we sing your praises, Young and bright, a dream come true!

Onward the Triskelion leads us: Mind and body, spirit, too!

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Alleluia Ecole Stanwich,

Chantons tous vos grands louanges!

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C’est le Triskelion qui nous guide, Esprit corps, esprit des anges!

We the students of today,

Learning, playing, everyday:

Golden Rule and Ten Commandments, For our future pave the way.

Stanwich School, we sing your praises, Young and bright, a dream come true!

Onward the Triskelion leads us: Mind and body, spirit, too!

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Year one: 1998–1999 Kindergarten to Grade 2: the charter year 72 students, 11 faculty

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Year One: 1998–1999 The Firsts

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• Greeting students •

• Opening Day Ceremony and flag raising •

• Daily assemblies, beginning in silence, ending in prayer • • School song •

• Library, with first collection donated by Greenwich Academy as a farewell gift to Pat •

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• Yellow school bus •

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Year one: 1998–1999 7

• Grandparents Day •

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• Grade-level drama productions • • Closing Ceremonies • • Yearbook and video •

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Parent Association

• Wendy Aronsson, first President of new Parent Association •

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• Benefit: “April in Paris” •

board of trustees

• Dan Reid, Founding Chairman •

• Board meetings open with prayer •

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Year one: 1998–1999 9

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Year five: 2002–2003 Kindergarten to grade 6

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Year five: 2002–2003 The Firsts

• Harry Potter party •

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• Special day to dress as favorite book character •

• “Arts and Activities” article about Stanwich art program •

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• Music Breakout •

• IH Musical: The Music Man • • “Chantez! Stanwich” CD •

• IH Chorus and Band launch •

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Year five: 2002–2003 13

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Year five: 2002–2003

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• Grade 4 Trip to Philadelphia • • Grade 5 Trip to Frost Valley • • Grade 6 Trip to Lake Placid •

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• “Projects” •

• Stanwich mini buses, funded by Annual Benefit Giving Tree gifts •

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Parent Association • Jessie Drennen, President •

• Benefit: “Mad Hatter Tea Party” •

board of trustees • Bill Mango, Chairman •

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Year five: 2002–2003 15

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Year sixteen: 2013–2014 The Firsts

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• Stanwich graduates first class of 16 seniors •

• Minds in Motion event in partnership with Connecticut Association for the Gifted • • First interscholastic competition hosted in gymnasium •

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• First alumnus to join school as faculty member - Will Colombo •

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• MarineLab trip to Key Largo •

Parent Association • Ingrid Winn, President •

• Benefit: “A Sweet Celebration” •

board of trustees • Daniel Klebes, Chairman •

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Year sixteen: 2013–2014 17

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Year twenty: 2017–2018 Pre-K to grade 12

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Year twenty: 2017–2018 The Firsts

• Homecoming celebration •

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• Parent/faculty chili cook-off • • IBDP authorization •

• Students inducted into National Honor Society •

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• Sophomore Dylan McCormick performs at Lincoln Theater in the National Shakespeare Competition •

Parent Association • Jennifer Servedio, President •

• Benefit: “20th Anniversary Annual Benefit Gala” •

board of trustees

• Naomi Azrak, Andrew Richard, Co-Chairs; First half of year •

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• Vernon Schwartz, Chairman; Second half of year •

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the stanwich mosaic

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“I hope you remember this: the world needs more Stanwich students.

To all of you, just remember, none of us really leave Stanwich, rather, we take it with us, wherever we go.”

— James Grasso, Former Student, Speaking to the student body on Charter Day 2014

e f l p o o m r a p s “Stanwich Firsts”—Originally Presented to Pat Young June 7, 2012 Updated and Expanded Spring of 2019

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are most grateful to Sarah Dupuis, Designer, and Gabrielle Hoffman, Creative Director, of Good Design, who gave, without hesitation, their talent, expertise and positive spirit to this project.

Design Good Design, LLC Sarah Dupuis Gabrielle Hoffman Editors Laura Dianis Jane Ghazarossian Liz Oestreich

Photography Credits Wendy Aronsson Rene Chronert Gabrielle Amadeus Cooney Nick D’Agostino Laura Dianis Wendy Enelow Mary Alice Fisher Eileen Grasso

Lori Konolige Libby Moffitt Kit Noble Kathleen O’Rourke Chip Riegel Emily Sullivan Laura Wilcock Sheila Moeller Wilson

Contributors Jessie Drennen Patty Foster Heather Freeman Melissa Hoglund Elizabeth D. McIntyre Sally Mackenzie Liz Oestreich Barrie Richmond