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Lincoln’s New Middle School Robotics Team Class Notes/ Report of Giving Fall 2015

EXPLORE LIKE A GIRL

PLAY LIKE A GIRL

FOCUS LIKE A GIRL CODE LIKE A GIRL

ROCK LIKE A GIRL

BUILD LIKE A GIRL

The Mission of Lincoln School Lincoln School is an independent college preparatory school for girls where high academic and ethical standards challenge students from nursery through grade 12 to nurture their special talents and interests. Drawing on its Quaker heritage, Lincoln School focuses on character and values, as well as knowledge, simplicity, cooperation, mutual respect, and non-violent resolution of conflict.The aims of a Lincoln education are confidence, achievement, a commitment to service, and a life-long love of learning.

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Board of Trustees, 2007 Lincoln School does not discriminate in admission or access to, or participation in its programs and activities on the basis of disability, race, color, religion creed, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, or national or ethnic origin. Nor does Lincoln School discriminate in employment on the basis of any of these categories. Any questions in this regard should be directed to the Head of School.

Photos and artwork by: Amy Barrett ’88 Betsy Hunt Glenn Osmundson

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Middle School Robotics is a competitive team for the first trimester, competing in the First Lego League. The 11 students meet 3 times a week during their enrichment periods and their clubs period. When the competition is over, the girls focus on intramural robotics within the class and build and code their own Lego NXT robot.

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Suzanne Fogarty, Head of School Lincoln Expands Its Campus Summer and Sisterhood at Twitter

by Jasmine Hyppolite ’17 A Road Less Traveled

by Aislinn Mumford ’16 Faculty Highlights The Island School This I Believe Visting Speaker Series: Documentary: Most Likely to Succeed Festa Toscana: Lincoln’s Spring Benefit Campus News Commencement 2015 Alumnae Connect at MoMA Alumnae Weekend 2015 Class Notes Report of Giving Letter from Martha Boss Bennett ’85 Bio Lab Renovations

SUZANNE FOgARTY HEAD OF SCHOOL

Friends,

In this edition of the Lincoln Magazine, we reflect on the 2015 school year, which has been filled with exciting new programs, community achievements and renovations to the campus. All of these accomplishments would not have been possible without the important and generous support of the Lincoln community.

And some of these Lincoln achievements are making the news!

Lincoln student Aislinn Mumford ’16, faculty member John Minahan and alumna Jane Kramer ’55 were all highlighted in the Providence Journal over the short span of the past four months.

On page 3 of the Lincoln Magazine, Aislinn Mumford ’16 writes, “My life-changing experience in India also instilled in me a newfound love of travel, which drove me to apply for a scholarship to study Inuit culture in the Arctic with Students on Ice.”

On page 4, you will read about John Minahan’s many publishing accomplishments, including winning second prize for his short story, “The Shunned Forecast” in the Providence Journal's H.P. Lovecraft Contest.

And on page 39, you can read about alumna Jane Kramer ’55 who received one of two Distinguished Service Awards at the 2015 Reunion.

Jane was interviewed by the Providence Journal about her long and rich tenure at The New Yorker as well as her love for Lincoln School.

These public acknowledgements are well-deserved, but it is really what the students, faculty, alumnae and parents do on a day-to-day basis that makes us proud of Lincoln.

ON SUZANNE’S BOOKSHELF:

Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

by Frank Bruni Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

by Robert D. Putnam

How Google Works

by Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products, Jonathan Rosenberg How to Raise an Adult

by Julie Lythcott-Haims

In the following pages, you will see the vibrant faces of our community —in the classroom, on the stage and the playing field, over Reunion Weekend — celebrating Lincoln School’s past and present. And you will read about the people and programs that are ensuring its exciting future. Lincoln School, a school where tradition meets innovation, thanks everyone who contributed to its success in the 2015 school year and looks forward with excitement and anticipation to the 2016 year ahead. Here we come!

Many thanks,

Suzanne Fogarty Head of School

COmiNg SOON: LiNCOLN SCHOOL PRESENTS AT THE gLOBAL FORUm ON giRLS’ EDUCATiON iN NYC

Suzanne Fogarty, Head of School, Ruth marris macaulay, History Department Chair, iris Bahar, Brown School of Engineering and Laura Briggs, Chair of the Architecture Department at RiSD will present “Expanding the School Campus: Lincoln

School’s Partnerships with Rhode island School of Design and Brown University” at the 2016 global Forum on girls’

Education, on February 7-9, 2016 in NYC.

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1. PROVIDENCE – Lincoln is located on the edge of the East Side of the Creative Capital, within walking distance of Providence’s Wayland and College Hill neighborhoods, and a short drive from Downtown, the immediate area within which students have access to the city’s rich social, cultural, and historical resources.

6. NARRAGANSETT BOAT CLUB, SEEKONK RIVER – Lincoln was the first RI secondary school to offer interscholastic rowing for girls, so it’s not uncommon to see our students carrying shells overhead down to the Narragansett Boat Club for practice or zipping across the Seekonk River during a regatta on the water.

2. GIRLS WHO CODE – Lincoln was the first school in RI to offer Middle and Upper School Girls Who Code Clubs to inspire, educate, and equip our students with the skills necessary to pursue opportunities in computer science and the tech industries.

7. INDIA – Faculty and students travel across 11 time zones to India each spring, where they are working to grow and sustain relationships with communities in Mumbai and the village of Chinchoti as part of Lincoln’s emphasis on global education.

3. BROWN UNIVERSITY – Don’t be surprised to find Lincoln girls taking over Brown’s Design Workshop to design, engineer, and understand bridges and the complex concepts that underlie so much of the built environment around us.

4. SAVE THE BAY – Lincoln’s Lower Schoolers are working together with Save the Bay to help protect RI’s Narragansett Bay through authentic, hands-on learning experiences bridging the class and the community, the city and the sea.

5. MURRAY FAMILY ATHLETIC COMPLEX AT FAXON FARM – Lincoln’s 33-acre athletic complex located 15 minutes from campus in Rehoboth, MA features the only synthetic turf field lined for girls sports in southeast New England, so you’ll find many of our students practicing and competing there after a day of academic challenges.

8. UNITED NATIONS – It’s not unusual to catch some 25-odd 8th graders navigating New York City by train, subway, and on foot during their Program to the United Nations which serves as a capstone to their Middle School Human Rights Curriculum.

9. STEEL YARD – Lincoln girls can be spotted at the Steel Yard on the West Side welding large-scale sculptures and learning refined metalworking techniques to design their own jewelry collections.

10. RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN – Students can be found in RISD’s School of Architecture learning the tools and methods of the trade in order to brainstorm, sketch, and build mock-ups of their own designs to solve real-world problems.

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Summer and Sisterhood at Twitter

by Jasmine Hyppolite ’17

The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program is a 7-week program that takes place at various technology companies and universities around the country where groups of around 15 girls learn about coding, computer science, engineering, and different types of occupations in the technology industry. In my case the program took place at the Twitter offices in Cambridge, MA. Being in the workplace with the employees was a pleasure as we learned about their jobs and journeys, made connections, and took their advice often. More importantly, I found a sisterhood. We faced some difficulties, like being stumped, misunderstanding or not understanding at all, or being completely confused, but we consistently worked together as a team, constructively criticized each other’s work, improved our own, and together proved to have amazing work ethic and collaboration skills that led to a successful summer.

Girls Who Code sharpened my vision for my aspirations and goals, but also the challenges girls and women are facing everyday to learn about and be a part of advancing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Architecture, and Mathematics) initiatives. As someone interested in pursuing computer science further, this Summer Immersion Program was

an opportunity I needed to take advantage of; I was surrounded by girls with diverse views and goals for themselves, many goals having nothing to do with computer science. Throughout the seven weeks, the importance of computer science and the crucial role women in particular play in computer science was instilled in our minds.

Coding is useful in its own right, but paired with anything and everything, it is the basic building block upon which so many technological innovations rest, from a simple website or image to an algorithm. It should be emphasized that learning to code or taking advantage of an immersion program like this one does not require one to be devoted to pursuing or even be interested in computer science; the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program was an opportunity that changed and broadened my perspective and finetuned my personal ambitions, and is something I recommend to every girl, no matter how unrelated their passions or interests seem to be.

A Road Less Traveled

by Aislinn Mumford ’16

One open door can often lead to another, as I discovered when my trip to India set me on a path that ultimately led me to India’s meteorological opposite. I had never expected to visit India or the Arctic, but by seizing opportunities that presented themselves and having an open mind, I’ve traveled to unexpected destinations and grown in ways I could never have imagined.

I was stunned to learn that I’d been selected to travel to India last March. My high school had just partnered with World Leadership School for a pilot program that would take thirteen students, including me, to Mumbai and the rural village of Chinchoti. I had never even been to a sleepaway camp before when I found myself in India, and by plunging into a culture very different from my own, I was pushed outside my comfort zone in ways I had not expected.

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Over the course of the program, my world view broadened and I was touched by the kindness of the people I was privileged to meet. My life-changing experience in India also instilled in me a newfound love of travel, which drove me to apply for a scholarship to study Inuit culture in the Arctic with Students on Ice. A classmate, who had traveled to Antarctica the year before, emailed Lincoln students about the program and, after the experience I had in India, I just had to apply.

Traveling to India with Lincoln helped to prepare me for the Arctic. After seeing one part of the world with my classmates, I felt more comfortable being away from home, and confident enough to go it alone. I knew no one before leaving for the Arctic trip, but afterwards I realized that I had made lifelong friendships with people from all over the world.

Lincoln’s partnership with the World Leadership School to create the India Program gifted me with a passion for travel and led me to visit places I could previously only imagine. I know that I will always be grateful for my experiences in India and the Arctic.

I am forever thankful for my new, wider perspective on our complex and vibrant world.

Island School Adventure

by Jenn Bowdoin, Upper School Science

I have been an educator for the past ten years of my life, and during that time, I have tried my hardest to be the best teacher I can be. From re-learning many of the concepts I had learned years before in high school and college, to figuring out the best way to deliver information to a wide-ranging group of students, to determining how to make a fair and challenging test, I constantly try to hone my craft. So when Lincoln School offered me an extraordinary professional development opportunity this past summer to continue to better myself in the classroom, I jumped at the chance. On August 2, 2015, I boarded a plane to Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas, to begin a week-long immersive program with 20 like-minded educators at The Island School. The program was designed to bring together educators from all over the world, to experience pieces of the semester program offered to high school students, and to come to understand their unique educational philosophy. The focus of the week was on experiential, project-based learning. Essentially, the Island School’s goal is to create a dynamic learning classroom

approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges, and acquire a deeper knowledge of the subject matter. The focus of this type of educational philosophy is to allow the students to have a truly handson approach to their learning. From exploring the ocean depths and collecting coral reef data, to creating biodiesel on site, to spending days taking part in local communities, these students come away from this experience with a toolkit full of practical life lessons and ways to approach life's challenges. Throughout the week, I was able to take part in a sampling of what the students who attend The Island School accomplish over the course of a semester. While I cannot list all of the amazing projects and discussions I took part in over the course of the week, some highlights include: learning to SCUBA, learning about sustainable energy use, exploring the beautiful landscape, spending time with the local community, learning about hydroponics, and contributing to insightful, fruitful, and animated discussions with my fellow educators. To say that I came away from my trip with a new way of looking at education, specifically how I teach, is an understatement. So while I continue to work hard to become a better teacher, I am doing so now with new goals in mind. How can I apply what I learned from the wonderful people at The Island School, and the enthusiastic group of educators with whom I experienced this program? Is it even possible? I think it is, and I’m excited to see what we can do together here at Lincoln School!

Spotlight: Faculty Professional Development John Minahan

John Minahan has been busy writing. During the past few months, his article on “Using Apollo 13 To Teach Problem Solving” was published in Psychology Teacher Network; an essay about the teaching and practice of non-violence called “Saving Isaac: Religion, War, and the Lives of Our Children,” appeared in the Quaker magazine Friends Journal; and a "This I Believe" essay about looking for signs in both real and spiritual wildernesses was broadcast on NPR. His short story “The Shunned Forecast” won second prize out of a field of over two hundred entries in the Providence Journal's H.P. Lovecraft Contest. Currently he's at work on a novel, and his children's book Abigail's Drum has just marked its 20th year as a required text in the California public school system.

John has also been busy developing Lincoln's new psychology program. In addition to teaching the popular Introduction to Psychology course, he recently attended a weeklong “Learning and the Brain” conference in Boston, and will be attending another soon. He is now working on plans for a conference here at Lincoln next April which will be devoted to helping teachers use the new findings of positive psychology to promote student wellness and

achievement. John was recently honored with a “This Is How I Teach” profile by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and in October he presented a paper on “Using Short Stories as Exam Preparation” at the New England Conference of Teachers of Psychology. (He was the only high school teacher among the conference's roster of college professors.)

John continues to enjoy hiking the forests of New England with his wife, visiting with his two grown children, and playing guitar with friends and family. He joined Lincoln's rock band on stage at last spring's senior dinner to perform Bob Seeger's “Old Time Rock and Roll,” whose lyrics he had rewritten so that the band could sing, “We love our old time Lincoln School.” He feels the same.

marion Athearn, upper school math department, will present “Fostering a climate of innovation, persistence, and risk-taking through a non-traditional advanced geometry course” at the 2016 global Forum on girls’ Education, on February 7-9, 2016 in NYC.

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Panelists from left to right: Dr. Pradeep Sharma, Provost at the Rhode Island School of Design; Toby Shepherd, Grant Programs Officer at the Rhode Island Foundation; Stephanie Chamberlin ’88, Director of Human Resources at Ximedica; Dr. Thomas Neenan, entrepreneur in biotechnology and neuroscience and Minsoo Thigpen; a third-year student in Mechanical Engineering and Painting in RISD/Brown’s Dual Degree Program.

Most Likely to Succeed

Izzy Ackerman ’16 (pictured above) along with Head of School Suzanne Fogarty moderated the event.

Rethinking Schools in 21st Century

As part of our 2015-16 Visiting Speaker Series, Lincoln screened the documentary film Most Likely to Succeed (MLTS) followed by a panel discussion in an event free and open to the public on Wednesday, October 14, 2015.

Most Likely to Succeed examines the history of education in today’s rapidly changing world. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Greg Whiteley, MLTS is an official selection of many of the nation’s top film festivals, including the prestigious 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Newport Film Festival.

Approximately 300 public, private, and charter school educators along with parents and industry leaders were in the Music Center on Wednesday night. After the screening the panelists were asked three provocative questions: 1. What did you value in your education?

2. Would you favor a job applicant with excellent grades and an average portfolio or one with average grades and an excellent portfolio 3. What is the job of the future?

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authentic versions of their educational experience and ascents into their careers. Discussion centered around the jobs of the future being project-based. A major thread of the evening was the importance of failure and the need for parents, teachers and students to embrace it as part of the learning process.

The panel for this event incorporated individuals working in various fields and settings related to the themes in the film. A multifaceted conversation with Lincoln School, and the greater Rhode Island community was generated about the history, and more importantly the future, of education in the United States. Panelists included Stephanie Chamberlin ’88, Director of Human Resources at Ximedica; Dr. Thomas Neenan, entrepreneur in biotechnology and neuroscience; Dr. Pradeep Sharma, Provost at the Rhode Island School of Design; Toby Shepherd, Grant Programs Officer at the Rhode Island Foundation; and Minsoo Thigpen, a third-year student in Mechanical Engineering and Painting in Brown University’s and the Rhode Island School of Design’s Dual Degree Program.

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WHAT’S YOUR GAME FACE? In the second year of Lincoln’s #LikeAGirl campaign, we’ve called the Lincoln community – students, faculty, staff, families, and alumnae – to put their game faces on.

In the same way our girls have shown us the many ways they do things #LikeAGirl – run, jump, play, debate, think, explore, build, act, code, engineer, and more – now we’ve asked them to show us how they, in the words of our Head of School Suzanne Fogarty, “narrow [their] focus, quiet [their] minds, tune out the world, and know they are unstoppable through the losses, the disappointments, the frustrations, and the unpredictable.”

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demonstrating all their best game faces, ranging from serious, strong, fierce, and outright scary, to silly, playful, and fun. On the first day of school, Ms. Fogarty shared a video compilation of many of these photos called “What’s your game face?” where students had the opportunity to see the many faces of confidence, leadership, and resilience reflected in the faces of their peers staring back at them.

Every new school year brings its challenges and rewards, which require resilience, some celebration, and then it’s back to the drawing board to tackle the next challenge. How do we foster this kind of flexible confidence in the girls and young women at Lincoln? It happens every day: in the classrooms, on the playing fields, across the stage, and everywhere they go. So show us: What’s your game face?

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Emma Stenberg Upper School English

Tracy Brown Director of Individual Giving I have an identical twin sister and also answer to the name "Laura."

My ideal dinner party would involve Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Kristen Wiig, among others.

Ann Lovely Upper School Chemistry

Jamal Shipman Associate Director of Admission

I kicked a full leg cast (it went from my foot to my hip) off my leg when I was six months old.

And I still have the cast!

I am multi-cultural!

My mother is Puerto Rican and my father is Black American.

I am an avid swing dancer.

Beth Ellis Director of College Counseling

Rhett Cooper Middle and Upper School History

I wanted to be a lighthouse keeper when I was a young girl, and would still love to live in a lighthouse one day.

I lived in a bus on a cliff in Portugal working at a German-speaking surf camp for a summer.

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Nancy Burlingame Grade 4

Molly Garrison Director of Development

Technology Innovator

I have ridden an elephant through the jungle in Thailand!

I grew up on a 100-acre farm without electricity or indoor plumbing.

Isa Restrepo Upper School Physics

I’ve been playing squash for 13 years.

I was part of the Colombian National Team from 1999-2007.

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At least once a month, I listen to country music.

Jessica LaMontagne College Counseling I'm getting married in July!

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FACULTY & STAFF

Robert Perreault Maintenance

Briney Dillon ESL Teacher

I like to mix red paint and blue.

I grew up in Manila and Tokyo.

Marci Fuller-Isom Little School

I love to travel and I'm looking forward to traveling to Italy this spring.

Heather Ryan Little School

I love roller coasters!

Beatriz Aguilar Early Childhood Spanish

I have a chihuahua named London who comes with me everywhere! I hide her in a tote bag and carry in her in my purse.

GRANDPARENTS & SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY

APRIL 24, 2015

Over 150 grandparents and special friends visited Lincoln’s campus on April 24, 2015.

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CAMPUS RENOVATIONS

SEMESTER AWAY

Campus renovations included: Little School Playground

Upper School Bio Labs (see page 49) Lower School Community Space

Dorothy Haworth Chatterton ’24 Alumnae Living Room

Belle Buroker ’17 (pictured above 2nd from right) is spending this fall at The island School in Eleuthera while Roxane Robin ’17 (pictured right in a polaroid sent to her parents) is at The mountain School in Vershire, Vermont.

LEE MCENANY CARAHER ’82

Lee McEnany Caraher ’82 visited her alma mater on November 4th to reconnect and share her life experience with students. Not only was she greeted by an eager student body, but seven of her Lincoln classmates came to Providence to hear her speak.

Lee is a CEO and acclaimed communication strategist known for her practical solutions to big problems. She started Double Forte in 2002 as a new kind of communications firm designed to work with great people, doing good work for good companies that make a positive difference in the world.

While Lee shared details of her career and the theme of her new book “Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide To Making It Work At Work,” she primarily talked with students about the many questions and decisions that are around the corner for them. Lee encouraged the students to make their own choices and to experience a wider world than New England. Lee shared the ups and downs of her life and connected with the girls as equals.

Lee McEnany Caraher ’82 with Head of School Suzanne Fogarty

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Dozens of campers joined us each week for Lincoln summer camps. Camps included Little Lynx, Robotics and Drama. Athletic camps including Tennis, Field Hockey and Squash were a great success in their inaugural summer.

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Class of 2019 Class of 2022

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Nancy Ji, Samantha Chu and Catie March

Ali Gaissl, Nicole White, Yuran Tian and Rhianon Eleoff-Edwards

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Congratulations Class of 2015!

Katherine Aschman - Ringling College of Art and Design • melissa Bershad - Susquehanna University • Emma Burchfield - American University isabella Carter - University of New Hampshire • Christina Chu - Wheaton College • Samantha Chu - Haverford College Ani Comella - Boston University • Quinn Crum - Columbia University • Adelae Durand - Bates College • Angela Duval - Salve Regina University Rhianon Eleoff-Edwards - The New School • Rebecca Ford - Rhode Island School of Design • Hallie Friedfeld - Santa Clara University Alexandra gaissl - College of Charleston • giorgina giampaolo - Brown University • Jarynette gonzalez - University of Massachusetts, Lowell Nora grimes - College of the Holy Cross • miriam Heath - Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Emily Hesse - Connecticut College Xinyue Ji - The George Washington University • Sarah Lane - Smith College • mary Larcom - Northeastern University Brooke Lundgren - Northeastern University • Shiyue ma - Boston University • Serena mainiero - College of the Holy Cross Caitlin march - Kenyon College • Amelia mcConnell - College of Charleston • macy mello - Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Abigail myers - Bates College Jamie Pine - Colby College • isabella Pitts - Babson College • Chalita Promrat - Swarthmore College • Danielle Schadone - Stonehill College Jenn Schwechheimer - Roanoke College • Aisha Shahzad - Clark University • Olivia Small - University of Rhode Island • Jacqueline Soscia - Boston University Sachie Springwater - Johnson & Wales University • Anna Sroczynski - Smith College • Sydney Stein - Syracuse University Julia Stern - University of Vermont • Rachel Tesler - Roger Williams University • Yuran Tian - Saint Michael’s College • Nina Weiss - Georgetown University Nicole White - Saint Michael’s College • Tiffany Zeng - University of Rhode Island School of Pharmacy • Xuelizi Zhang - Brandeis University

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Nellie Gorbea

Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea P ’21 ’24 ’28 was Lincoln’s Commencement Speaker on a summery afternoon on Thursday, June 11, 2015, during which 47 members of the Class of 2015 walked across the stage and became our youngest alumnae.

When asked about how and why her class selected Nellie Nellie Gorbea, Gorbea as their Commence2015 Commencement Speaker, Rhode Island Secretary of State ment Speaker, student body president Jamie Pine ’15 said, “my classmates are some of the most driven and determined people I’ve ever met…and Nellie Gorbea possesses that same drive and motivation: to succeed, to break stereotypes, and to inspire others. I’m excited to have Nellie Gorbea speak at our Commencement.”

Senior class president Adelae Durand ’15 commented that, “When we began the search for a Commencement Speaker we knew we wanted someone local and accessible to our class and community so we could form a bond with him or her prior to graduation... I am excited to have Ms. Gorbea deliver our graduation speech because she is a figure I see often in our community and I have great respect for her.

She holds a very important role and still makes time for events at Lincoln.” Adelae noted that both she and Jamie had the opportunity to be present at Ms. Gorbea’s induction as Rhode Island’s Secretary of State earlier this year and how impressed they were to learn that she was the first Hispanic to hold statewide office in all of New England. “Since we've embraced the #LikeAGirl theme as a school,” Adelae continued, “we thought Ms. Gorbea would be the ideal person to see us off, as she herself has pioneered so many efforts in a male-dominated political world.”

Gorbea worked as Rhode Island’s Deputy Secretary of State from 2002 through 2006. She worked for Fleet Securities, was the program officer for economic and community development for the Rhode

Island Foundation, and founded the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund.

Gorbea worked for HousingWorks Rhode Island as their executive director for over five years. Gorbea resigned from HousingWorks in July 2013 to run in the election to succeed former Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. She ran her campaign on a platform of making elections fair, fast, and accurate, ensuring that Rhode Island businesses can easily start and thrive, bringing transparency to government and increasing civic engagement. Upon being sworn in, Gorbea became the first Hispanic to hold statewide office in New England.

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Gorbea has deep roots in Rhode Island. Her commitment to serving the RI community can be seen in the wide number of organizations she has helped to lead including: United Way of Rhode Island, the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Providence Chamber of Commerce – Innovation Providence Committee, RI Free Clinic, Gateway Healthcare, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee.

She is the Founding President of the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund.

Gorbea’s leadership has been recognized by many, including the Providence Business News which named her a 2009 Woman to Watch in Government. In 2013 she received the César Estrada Chávez Award as well as the Latino Public Radio Community Excellence Award.

Gorbea is a native of Puerto Rico. She received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and her master’s degree in public administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

She moved to Rhode Island in the mid-1990s and lives in North Kingstown with her husband, Steve D’Hondt, and their three daughters, all of whom attend Lincoln.

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Congratulations Award Recipients!

Faculty Award Hannah Fitts ’16

Louise E. mcmillen music Award Jessica March ’17

The Theatre Award Jane Addington May ’16

The Senior Theatre Award Nora Grimes ’15

Fiona Carey received the Spirit and Light Award

T. James Hallan music Award Jarynette Gonzalez ’15

Undergraduate music Award Helena Strickler Poe Art Award Katrina Claflin ’16

Edna m. martin Art Award Rebecca Ford ’15 Brooke Lundgren ’15

The Undergraduate Photography Award Sophia Theriault ’16

The Senior Photography Award Rhianon Eleoff-Edwards ’15

American mathematical Society Award Samantha Chu ’15

Eileen P. mcgrath Science Award Nora Grimes ’15 Karla Monge ’16

Ani Comella received the Miriam Sewall Converse Award isador S. and Cecile Low Community Service Award Gabriela Baron ’16

Rensselaer math and Science medal Emily Elder ’16

Spirit and Light Award Fiona Carey ’16

Bridge Building Award Rose Lang Maso ’16

Academic Commitment Karla Monge ’16 Creativity Award Clarie Sullivan ’16

Renaissance Woman Award Maria Ianotti ’16

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Naomi Brodsky Essay Award Maria Iannotti ’16 Rose Maso ’16

Constance Witherby Senior Poetry Award Caitie March ’15 Sachie Springwater ’15 Elizabeth Olney mcLoughlin ’44 Award Ani Comella ’15

The Frances L. Chisholm Athletic Award Jamie Pine ’15

The Alexis Allen Boss ’89 Athletic Award Jenn Schwechheimer ’15

Julie greene ’54 Award Nicole White ’15

The Providence Journal Honor Roll Adelae Durand ’15 The Lynx Award Jackie Soscia ’15 Serena Mainiero ’15

Secretary of State Nellie m. gorbea 2015 Leadership Award Adelae Durand ’15

Lieutenant governor Daniel J. mcKee 2015 Leadership Award Mary Larcom ’15

Samuel Priest and Hazel Priest Korper Science Award Adelae Durand ’15 Nicole White ’15

The Dorothy W. gifford Physical Sciences Award Lily Martin ’18 Elizabeth H. giangreco Awards Lily Martin ’18 Jessica March ’17 Jasmine Gabor ’17

Claiborne Pell United States History medal Rose Maso ’16

Frances Lucas Henderson Award Ani Comella ’15 Nora Grimes ’15

marion Shirley Cole Scholar Award Gabriela Baron ’16

The Eleanor Hayden Kittredge Senior English Award Rachel Tesler ’15

Commencement Awards Thursday, June 11, 2015

David N. Cicilline Congressional Leadership Award Jamie Pine ’15 miriam Sewall Converse Award Ani Comella ’15 Sara greene Beckwith Award Rebecca Ford ’15 mary Louise Schaffner Award Samantha Chu ’15 Jane Woodruff greenough Scholarship Nora Grimes ’15

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Allison Gelfuso Butler ’96 Alumnae Association President

Allison G. Butler is an Associate Professor of Applied Psychology at Bryant University where her research and teaching focuses on educational policy, child development, and learning in K-12 populations, educational psychology, and higher education pedagogy.

At Bryant, Allison has also been at the forefront of developing a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program in secondary education. She received a Faculty Innovation Grant in 2014 and the Distinguished New Faculty Award sponsored by the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in 2011. She was inducted in the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honors Society in 2014.

Allison graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.S. in psychology and teaching licensure in elementary education. She received a M.Ed. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia and a PhD in applied developmental & educational psychology from Boston College.

Earlier in her career, she was a fifth grade teacher at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School in Alexandria, VA.

Allison was Lincoln’s 2013 Young Alumna Award Recipient and joined the Lincoln School Alumnae Board in 2012-2013. She has served as its vice president (2014-2015) and as Programming Chair (2013-2015). Recently, she served as a judge for Lincoln’s annual Shakespeare Competition. She also presented to the Middle School on gender stereotypes in the toy industry and to the Upper School on motivation and emotion. Allison lives in North Attleboro with her husband, Jon, and their two children, Dylan and Hadley.

Cindy Elder, P’16

Cindy Elder is executive director of Coggeshall Farm Museum, a living history museum in Bristol, RI, depicting the lives of Rhode Island farmers in the 18th century.

She holds a master’s degree in public affairs from Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Roger Williams University.

Her 30-year career has focused on strengthening non-profit institutions through marketing, communications, fundraising and relationship building.

She served previously as director of communications for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and for hospice organizations in Massachusetts and Florida.

Cindy served on the Board of Trustees of the Gordon School and also as co-president of the Gordon Community Association. She has volunteered at all of her daughters’ schools in various capacities. Cindy lives in Barrington, RI, with her husband, Bob, and their two children, Emily (Lincoln ’16) and Elizabeth, a sophomore at Moses Brown.

Jane Meissner Sharfstein ’73, P’01

Jane is a registered representative at New York Life Insurance Company and NYLIFE Securities in Providence. She helps individuals and families with many aspects of financial planning. Previously, she held national leadership roles in corporate underwriting and brokering in the ocean marine insurance field.

Jane is proud to be a “lifer” at Lincoln, having started at the Little School at the age of four. She graduated from Brown University in 1977 with a degree in classics. She has served on the Alumnae Board since 2011 and was President of the Lincoln School Alumnae Board from 2013-2015.

Jane lives in Providence with a yellow lab, and she has two grown daughters, Sarah ’01 and Libby.

Josh Eisen, P’17 LSPA President

Josh is President of Mountaincow LLC, an invitation software and stationery company he co-founded in Providence in 2002 with his wife Megan. As a longterm software developer and entrepreneur, Josh has developed dozens of software applications and other products. Their company recently launched its latest invention, Tablet Couture, decorative picture frames for the iPad and other electronic tablets.

Josh received a BA in Psychology from Stanford University in 1991 and spent the next four years developing educational software applications such as Math Connections, Number Connections and Muppet Math published by Sunburst Communications. After developing one of the first handheld computers as a senior software engineer at Philips Electronics, Josh received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1999 and went on to hold positions as VP of strategic planning at kozmo.com and director of technology licensing at Pixo.

Josh volunteers as president of the College Hill Neighborhood Association and has served on the Thayer Street Planning Study Stakeholder Committee and the 257 Thayer Street Steering Committee. Josh recently accepted the position of president of the Lincoln School Parents Association after serving as parent rep for two years and vice president for one year and creating the Parent Rep. Training Program and the Athletics Team Parent Rep. Program.

Josh lives with his wife Megan and their two children, Sabrina (Lincoln, ’17) and Jackson (Wheeler, ’20). Sabrina recently completed her 13th year at Lincoln School, and recently stood at the reception honoring her Oak Room teacher Christine Boulay. Jackson also attended the Oak and Gingko Rooms at Lincoln School.

Natalie Landau ’17 Student Representative

Natalie is currently in her Junior year at Lincoln, and enjoys playing soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. She also participates in the International Women's Day Club, Model United Nations, Ambassadors Club, International Affairs Club and serves as vice president of the student council. Natalie came to Lincoln as a freshman and has thoroughly enjoyed her experience so far. She is excited to work closely with the board of trustees to help improve the Lincoln community and voice the Student opinion on the issues at hand. Natalie also has a younger sister, Sasha ’20, who is a member of the eighth grade class.

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Lincoln Alumnae, spanning six decades 1962-2015, gathered at the The modern at the museum of modern Art overlooking momA's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture garden this October.

And it was fun!

Alumnae reconnected with one another and with Lincoln today.

The class of 1971 and 2005 broke the class records for attendance.

Those gathered, networked, exchanged contact information with alumnae they had never before met and made plans to keep in touch.

Margaret Perry Clossey ’64 and Gail Auslander Ginnetty ’64

Amy Wilkening Fogelman ’90 and Dyanne Kaufman ’86

Rhianon Eleoff-Edwards ’15 and Quinn Crum ’15

Allison Chernow ’76 and Head of School Suzanne Fogarty

The Lincoln Alumnae community is an impressive and powerful network of support and opportunity for all alumnae.

Are you looking to network in a particular field? Considering a move to a new place and want to meet residents?

Call the Advancement Office for resources in the Lincoln alumnae community. molly garrison, Director of Advancement 401-331-9696

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Lincoln Magazine/Report of Giving

ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2015 more than 200 Lincoln alumnae, students, parents, and friends returned to Lincoln and Providence to celebrate their class reunions, meet Lincoln students and see Lincoln today. The 2015 Reunion Committee did an outstanding job connecting with their classes and organizing special dinner and lunches for all classes celebrating reunions in 2015.

1. Arlene Tate Schuler ’72 presented the Alumnae Citation to Jane Meissner Sharfstein ’73 2. Carol Johanson Lundin ’55 presented the Distinguished Service Award to Jane Kramer ’55

3. Dr. Eve Roberts ’65 received the Distinguished Service Award

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4. Giovanna (Gigi) DeBarros ’10 received the Young Alumna Award

5. Erika Sogge Schneider ’04 was the recipient of the Young Alumna Award. Allison Gelfuso Butler ’96 presented the award and Erika’s grandmother Katherine Harrington Pillsbury ’46 accepted it on Erika’s behalf

6. Members of the Class of 1955 Dorothy Bird Price, Marilyn Broden Kenyan, Brenda Sherman Merchant, Carol Johanson Lundin, Jane Kramer, Jana Bowerman Sample, Paula Young Andrew

7. Terza Lima-Neves ’95 and Samrana Malik ’95

8. Members of the Class of 2010 Gigi DeBarro and Amanda Frias

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1. Members of the Class of 1975 Patti Samors Benton, Judi Brier Donnelly, Mary Carney Dillon, Cyndie Jameson Seely and Janet Kinnane 2. Members of the Class of 1970 Lynne Rothman Rozsa, Mary Counihan Livingston and Linda Blazer

3. Members of the Class of 1965 back row: Betsey Potter, Carol Sapinsley Rubenstein, Lorin Hart, Cynthia Comery Ferguson, Judi McCready Karr, Susan Eldredge Mead, Cynthia Savage Muir; front row: Addie Manera Hale, Marie-Claude Roland Rossi, Joan Raphael, and Eve Roberts

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2. Nina Dimeo Winoker ’85, Samantha Martin VanderMeulen ’85, and Martha Boss Bennett ’85

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3. Members of the Class of 2005 Back row: Ali Haseotes, Sara Alders, Ashley Blais, Kate DelGiudice, Meagan Lannigan, Hannah Hines, Avery Dandreta, Bari Krauss and Abby Berren Front row: Christina Moreno, Jennifer Gilmour, Ruthie Furman, Maris Perlman Castro, Christine Long, and Sarah MacDonald

4. Lisa Mackey ’85 and Nina Pisaturo Papadakis ’85

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5. Members of the Class of 2000 Rachel Bell, Sarah Conde, Bronwyn Roberts Preston, Emily Vander Does, and Megan Hallan

6. Callie Knowles ’85 and Jennifer Lisle ’85

7. Miriam Tinberg ’10, Marie Sullivan ’10, Amy Esposito ’10, and Melia Lamb ’10 8. Joan Mathieu-Tate ’77, Mary Carney Dillon ’75, and Diana Carney Caty ’77

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