Fall 2021 | The Lamplighter School
Fall 2021 | The Lamplighter School
Our Mission
Dedicated to igniting the potential of each child, Lamplighter engages children in the joy of learning through intellectual discovery in a creative, inclusive, and collaborative environment.
ART | DESIGN Ana Bohanan, Creative Director EDITOR Landy Fox, Director of Marketing & Communications CONTRIBUTOR Cindy Connolly, Interim Chief Advancement Officer FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER Larry Sengbush Photography Contact Us Send story ideas to Landy Fox lfox@thelamplighterschool.org Deadline for articles, photographs, and news for the Spring 2022 issue is February 1, 2022.
FALL 2021
COVER STORY
ALUMNI NOW
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STATEMENT OF INCLUSION A community of varied voices will strengthen the education of Lamplighter students and enrich the lives of all of its members. Lamplighter will, therefore, strive for the lamps that we light to reflect the ever-changing community in which we reside. We value individuality and encourage all children to reach their potential, while respecting their similarities and differences. We are united in purpose and committed to working together to accomplish the mission of The Lamplighter School.
Head Lines
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On Board
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Partner Profile
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Barnyard Buzz
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Cover Story
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Faculty & Staff Stories
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Alumni Now
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Impact Report
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IMPACT REPORT
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NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT The Lamplighter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid program, athletic and other schooladministered programs, or the employment of staff.
HEADLINES Dear Lamplighter Community, New School Year. . .New Opportunities. . .New Visions. Lamplighter is central in the lives of students and their families. This fall we have returned to the traditions that make Lamplighter special, and undoubtedly new ones will be added. From Hootenannies to Carnival and the Halloween Parade, it has been wonderful to gather in person this fall season. Throughout this year we will spend time reconnecting and getting to know those families who are new to Lamplighter. Over the past two years, opportunities to meet and to celebrate together have been woefully absent as a result of the global pandemic. It is so exciting to read the news reports and to hear from specialists declaring that at long last, we’ve moved past the “red zone.” Vaccinations are on the uptick and COVID-19 transmission rates are markedly reduced.
The traditions that are part of The Lamplighter School culture help tether us to the place that gives our youngest learners a sense of security and continuity.
This fall, first and second grade students and their parents lead the return of Hootnannies. The Klyde Warren Auditorium was filled with joy as Music Teacher Mrs. Natalie Bittner marshalled students, parents, and teachers in singing favorite songs. You could feel joy as students sang “Each of Us is a Flower” and “Listen to the Water” and “Lamplighter Spirit.” Returning to inperson Hootenannies was the first sign of a gradual return to normal. The traditions that are part of The Lamplighter School culture help tether us to the place that gives our youngest learners a sense of security and continuity. Lamplighter is unique in many ways. Faculty and staff are able to honor the rich traditions while staying on top of all that is current in the field of education for the youngest learners. The roots of innovative programming in technology, science, math, and the arts for which the school is well known remain central. The Lamplighter experience is timeless and is always relevant. The focus on engaging the youngest children in hands-on learning through play is as meaningful today as it was when the School was founded in 1953. School traditions are a critical piece of school culture. Traditions help the community to celebrate what really matters and create the sense of belonging that is so necessary for a healthy environment. The Halloween Parade is another beloved tradition that returned this fall. Everyone in attendance cheered the children as they walked along the Murray Swain Ring Road dressed in all manner of costume. It was such fun to watch their creativity on full display as they headed toward the playground for the special Hootenanny. As songs were introduced, everyone sang along. This year has been truly special as we celebrated the ground-breaking construction for new buildings marking the completion of the Master Plan that was initiated in 2011. The project includes renovated classrooms, a Theater Arts Exploration Lab, a new playground, and more. Following the songs, words of encouragement, and the confetti launch, the faculty and staff watched as parents and their children shared a picnic lunch. It was truly a day to remember. Over the course of this year, we will continue to celebrate our students at events and in special classroom gatherings. Day by day, we are regaining our confidence that the pandemic is indeed contained as we move forward. The resilience and confidence in all that lies ahead by members of the community is evident in everything that we do. Wishing each member of the Lamplighter community a wonderful holiday season. Sincerely,
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ONBOARD THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT Dear Lamplighter Community, One of the hallmarks of special places is that they continually get better over time. While the reasons can vary and the people responsible are always many, special places inspire stakeholders to leave them better than they found them. The slow and steady march of an institution’s continued progress and improvement is evidence that something is working. It is with this in mind that I am excited to announce the Bright Future Campaign, but first a little context is important to appreciate how far our school has come. Lamplighter’s history is a story of progress. Founded in 1953 by Natalie Murray and Sandy Swain, Lamplighter began as an idea — a new kind of school taught in a farmhouse focused exclusively on teaching the youngest learners. Slowly but surely, inch by inch, through the efforts of so many who came before us, our school and our community have grown. We grew physically, moving to our current campus in 1969, and steadily, with the additions of the Fine Arts Wing, Erik Jonsson Media Center, and Cook Gym during the 1980s and 1990s. Perhaps our most important moment came when we purchased the land under our campus in 2010, which forever guaranteed our place on Inwood Road. We have many to thank for these accomplishments and for what they have given our children. At the same time, Lamplighter’s expertise as educators of the youngest learners has grown and continues to grow stronger. The passion Ms. Murray and Ms. Swain felt for early childhood education inspired our community of educators to be the best in the world at teaching Pre-K to fourth grade. It’s all they do, it’s all Lamplighter has ever done, and they seek to get better every day. Our school is itself a lifelong learner, a state of mind that our students absorb and embrace. This is my tenth and final year as a Lamplighter parent, and I am so grateful to the many people who came before my family to help build the School that has given us so much. This continued progress set the stage for the transformation that has taken place on our campus over the last ten years with the addition of the Eastin Family Innovation Lab, the reconstructed LPA Barn, and new Murray Swain Ring Road to maximize our campus greenspace. The Bright Future Campaign is a continuation of these efforts to complete our campus Master Plan with a classroom for every class, a state-of-the-art theater, a new early childhood library, updated interior spaces, and a new playground and outdoor learning environment. When we are done, we will leave the School better than we found it, and I am so excited to see all our plans come to fruition for future Lamplighter families and students. I know that Lamplighter will continue to inspire the next generation of students and families, and I cannot wait to see where their efforts take us in the years ahead. May our progress never end. In Lamplighter Spirit,
Doug MacMahon Board Chair
2021-2022 BOARD OF TRUSTEES & LIFE TRUSTEES OFFICERS Doug MacMahon, Chair Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90, Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89, Secretary Bobby Sussman, Treasurer TRUSTEES John Ansbach Kelvin Baggett, M.D. David Beran Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 Allison Bovard Steven Clark, M.D. ’88 Grace Cook ’98 Mandy Dake Mark Giambrone Jenney Gillikin John Grimes Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich ’90 Jennifer Karol Morgan Kennedy Bob Krakow Jonathan L. Lamensdorf Hamilton Lee Eric V. Lombardi ’73 Thomas Morton Bill Payne Gowri Sharma Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 Pamela Wills-Ward LIFE TRUSTEES Stuart Bumpas Mary McDermott Cook David Corrigan ’68 Mike Dodge Neil Foote Judy Gass Charles Ginsburg, M.D. Rolf R. Haberecht Marietta Johnson Jack Klein Carol Levy David Miller Jennifer Mosle Barbara Nichols Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 Catherine M. Rose Barney Young
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NEW TRUSTEES ON BOARD
Grace Cook ’98
Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich ’90
Jennifer Karol
Grace Cook ’98 grew up in Dallas and graduated from Lamplighter in 1998. Grace has served on the boards of many Dallas institutions, including the AT&T Performing Arts Center, McDermott Foundation, Dallas Symphony, Southwestern Foundation Public Affairs Committee, Audubon Dallas, Mayor’s Star Council, Cary Council, and Toqueville Society of the United Way. Grace has been a longtime supporter of Lamplighter and is now in her fourth year of serving on the Lamplighter Alumni Council. She is also active as a Class Agent for the Class of 1998. Before beginning her board service, Grace also served on the Advancement Committee during the 2020-2021 school year.
Elizabeth “Liz” Cullum Helfrich ’90 grew up in Dallas and graduated from Lamplighter in 1990. She then attended The Hockaday School and Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with an AB in history in 2002. After college, Liz worked as a costume designer for numerous theater companies across the country and managed the costume shops for Opera Colorado and the Central City Opera. Liz has served in numerous volunteer roles across Dallas, including positions with the boards of The Hockaday School and the Dallas Historical Society as well as the Junior League of Dallas, Parkland Hospital, the Harvard Club of Dallas, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, and the Women of Saint Michaels. Before being elected to the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, Liz served on the Community Engagement and Advancement Committees and in various roles with the Lamplighter Parents’ Association, including Carnival, Community Outreach, and annual LPA Auction committees. Her sister Margaret Cullum ’93 and daughters Anne Marie Helfrich ’18 and Katie Helfrich ’21 also attended Lamplighter.
Jennifer Karol has been a part of the Lamplighter community for more than 20 years as a parent, alumni parent, and trustee. As Chair of the Igniting Young Minds Campaign, Jennifer helped raise more than $16 million to build the new LPA Barn and Eastin Family Innovation Lab. She joined the Lamplighter Board of Trustees in 2010 and served for seven years, including leadership roles as Igniting Young Minds Campaign Chair from 2015-2017 and Board Secretary from 20142016, as well as service on the Campaign for the Future Steering Committee, Advancement Committee, and Head Support and Evaluation Committee. Apart from Lamplighter, Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. She is the Past President of the board for Deeds Not Words, a nonprofit organization that strives to galvanize the power of young women to disrupt the status quo through organizing, policy-making, art, and voting. Jennifer has been an advocate for the homeless and also served on the board of The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, a multiservice campus which offers basic needs services, healthcare, income alternatives, and long-term housing for the homeless. Jennifer is the parent of Lamplighter alumni Katie Payne ’06 and Whit Payne ’09. Lamplighter is delighted to welcome her back to the Board as a returning Trustee.
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ONBOARD LAMPLIGHTER LEADERSHIP Matt Miller ’88
2021-2022 Alumni Association President
Matt Miller ’88 at the 2021 Spirit Award Luncheon.
Thomas Morton Thomas Morton is a lifelong Texan who has lived in Dallas and worked in financial services for more than 20 years. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and was a portfolio manager with HBK Capital Management and a partner with CPMG, Inc / Cardinal Investment Company. Currently, Thomas is the Managing Partner of Aplomado Advisors, a private investment firm. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, Thomas served for five years on the School’s Board Investment Sub-Committee and one year on the Finance Committee. Thomas and his wife, Lucy, have three daughters: recent Lamplighter alumna Eloise Morton ’21 and current Lamplighter students, Senior Rose Morton ’22 and first grader Cecile Morton ’25.
L-R: Matt Miller ’88, Joe Eastin, Joan Buchanan Hill, Shonn Brown, and Sarah Weinberg
Matt Miller ’88 is now serving in his second year as President of the Lamplighter Alumni Association. He has served on the Lamplighter Alumni Council since 2016. After graduating from Lamplighter, Matt attended Greenhill School and then Cornell University. In 2004 he graduated from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and pursued an internship, residency, and Master’s degree at Colorado State University, and became board certified in small animal internal medicine. After a fellowship at CSU, he moved back to Dallas to start a family with his wife, Amy, and joined the Animal Diagnostic Clinic where he is a small animal internal medicine specialist. Matt has also recently served on the Greenhill School Alumni Board. Matt and Amy have two children, Lamplighter alumnus Hayden Miller ’20 and current Lamplighter Senior Evelyn Miller ’22.
Meredith Wrighton
2021-2022 LPA President
Meredith Wrighton has been a central and enthusiastic figure in the Lamplighter community as a teacher and parent. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in history, as well as a K-8 Teacher’s Certification from Southern Methodist University. Meredith began her long association with Lamplighter in 1998 when she began substituting in classrooms. In 1999 she began teaching Pre-K full time, and taught in the same classroom for eight years while also serving on the Diversity Committee and as the Faculty/Staff Annual Fund Chair. In 2006, Meredith left the classroom to work upstairs as the Academic Coordinator, working closely with teachers and the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA), as well as joining an Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) School Evaluation Team. She retired from Lamplighter in 2010 but just four years later returned as a parent. She has served the LPA with various projects, from assisting with Carnival and Auction class projects to her current role as LPA President. Meredith and her husband, Rand, are the parents of Lamplighter alumna Hollis Wrighton ’21 and current Lamplighter student Syms Wrighton ’24. LAMPPOST
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RETIRING TRUSTEES Lamplighter is deeply grateful to all our Trustees who give their time and talents to serve our School. The following Trustees concluded their Board service on May 31, 2021, after years of dedicated service to Lamplighter. The School is honored by their contributions and commitment.
Joe Eastin
Joe Eastin has been a part of the Lamplighter community since 2009 as a parent, alumni parent, trustee, and philanthropist. He is also a recent recipient of the 2021 Lamplighter Spirit Award for his dedication to and support of the mission of Lamplighter and lasting impact on generations of Lamplighter students.
Meg Graves
Meg Graves has been active in the Lamplighter community since 2006 as a parent, alumni parent, trustee, and volunteer. She has served on board committees for ten years in addition to serving as a member of the work groups to develop the past two strategic plans:
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His service to the Board of Trustees began as a member of the Pre-Campaign Task Force in 2012, followed by the Campaign Steering Committee in 2013, and the Construction Committee in 2014 for the Igniting Young Minds Campaign. Joe and his family’s generous support of this campaign resulted in the naming of the Eastin Family Innovation Lab. “While working with Joe, I discovered early on that he is a visionary who comes from the pay-it-forward mindset,” said Lamplighter Trustee and alumni parent Jennifer Karol. “He is always looking for new opportunities to help improve and build on his many philanthropic interests, especially in the education discipline.”
“While working with Joe, I discovered early on that he is a visionary who comes from the pay-it-forward mindset.”
2012-2017 Strategic Plan: Lighting Our Path and the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Meg became a Lamplighter Trustee in 2015, and throughout her tenure on the board, she served on the Advancement, Governance, Finance, Strategic Initiatives, and Strategic Planning Committees.
also held several leadership roles within the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) Board including VP of Communication, Secretary, New Family Coordinator, and Auction Social Chair. Meg and her husband, Dave, are the parents of three Lamplighter alumni: Everett Graves ’13, Quinn Graves ’16, and Trey Graves ’18. “Meg and her husband, Dave, have been wonderful partners to The Lamplighter School throughout the many years that I was their division leader,” said Vicki Raney, former Lamplighter Assistant Head for Academics. “What I love most about Meg is her support of community service. The Graves boys were
“What I love most about Meg is her support of community service.” — Vicki Raney
In addition to her board service, Meg led PALS tours for prospective families throughout her ten years as a parent at the School. She
— Jennifer Karol
Joe became a Lamplighter Trustee in 2015 and served on the Advancement Committee for several years, eventually serving as Chair from 2016-2018. Throughout his tenure as a Trustee, Joe also served on the Executive, Finance, Audit & Risk, and Buildings & Grounds Committees. He also served as a member of the Strategic Planning Work Group for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the
Lamplighter Experience. Presently, Joe and his wife, Monica, are the honorary chairs of the current Bright Future Campaign. They have four children, including Lamplighter alumni Kate Eastin ’16, Alex Eastin ’18, and Nick Eastin ’21. Karol also noted, “Joe leaves an even bigger mark as a leader at Lamplighter. His philosophy and generous spirit have altered the Lamplighter experience for many years to come.”
instilled with the importance of taking care of those less fortunate in their community through Lamplighter service initiatives, and especially with the Jingle Bell Mistletoe project.” Meg’s son Quinn is a co-founder of the Jingle Bell Mistletoe initiative, an effort that raises funds for the North Texas Food Bank by selling mistletoe each year during the holidays. The Jingle Bell Mistletoe project is currently led by Quinn and three of his Lamplighter classmates: Isabella Dickason ’16, Trevor Godkin ’16, and Stella Wrubel ’16.
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Linda Hodgson
Linda Hodgson has served the Lamplighter community for more than 15 years as a parent, alumni parent, and trustee. Throughout her eight-year tenure as a Trustee, Linda served on all board committees and held many leadership roles including Audit Committee Chair from 2013-2015,
Andy Yung
Andy Yung has been a longtime supporter of The Lamplighter School as a parent, alumni parent, and trustee. His service to the Board began in 2013 as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. He
Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair from 2015-2017, Board Vice Chair from 2017-2018, and Board Chair from 2018-2020. She also served on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience as well as the Campaign Steering Committee for the Igniting Young Minds Campaign. Linda currently supports the School as Immediate Past Board Chair for the Bright Future Campaign. Lamplighter Life Trustee, former Board Chair, alumna, and alumni parent Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 praised Linda’s leadership style, noting, “Do not be fooled
by Linda’s quiet presence in the room. She observes everything going on around her while allowing others to share their thoughts and ideas without interruption. She assumed the leadership of the Board and took it to new levels through her ability to build relationships with her team and with school leadership.” Pollock further went on to share that Linda “excels in so many areas — audit, finance, strategic planning, and the cultivation of new board members. Her passion for Lamplighter shines through in her ongoing commitment. Asking Linda to join the Lamplighter Board might have been one of our best decisions yet.”
became a Lamplighter Trustee in 2015 and served for six years, supporting a variety of committees including Buildings & Grounds, Finance, Audit, and Strategic Planning. Andy was also a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. “Andy represented the best virtues of Lamplighter during his service on the Board of Trustees,” said Alex Sharma, former Lamplighter Board Chair and alumni parent.
Sharma further noted, “Andy was deeply committed, always curious, and ever eager to learn more. During his Board tenure, Andy served with distinction on the Audit and Strategic Planning Committees.”
“Linda assumed the leadership of the Board and took it to new levels through her ability to build relationships with her team and with school leadership.” — Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76
Linda and her husband, Phil, are the parents of Lamplighter alumna Sarah Hodgson ’10. As a Lamplighter parent, Linda also held leadership positions within the School including Treasurer of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA), Annual Fund Chair, and Parent Chair.
parents of two Lamplighter alumni: Sophia Yung ’14 and Andie Yung ’19. Andy and Carmen were generous supporters of the Lamplighter Land Campaign, which allowed Lamplighter to purchase its land, and the Igniting Young Minds campaign, which “Andy represented the resulted in the building of the best virtues of Lamplighter Eastin Family Innovation Lab during his service on the and LPA Barn.
Board of Trustees.”
— Alex Sharma
Andy and his wife Carmen, who served as the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) President during the 20142015 school year, are the
As a Lamplighter parent, Andy was also active in the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA), serving as the Dads’ Liaison as well as an Annual Fund volunteer.
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PARTNERPROFILE
SMU PARTNERSHIP | SPATIAL REASONING STUDY “ LAMPLIGHTER HAS A LONG-STANDING
COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING A SOLID FOUNDATION IN MATH AND SCIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. BEING PART OF THE SMU MATH STUDY WILL GIVE US MORE WAYS TO MEET THAT GOAL.”
— Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School
The Lamplighter School is proud to continue its ongoing partnership with Southern Methodist University (SMU) by participating in a study to measure early mathematical reasoning skills. The study is being conducted by Researchers in Mathematics Education (RME) at SMU’s Simmons School of Education and Human Development over a five-year period and is centered on finding the best ways to support students across STEM. The study concentrates on spatial reasoning and numerical skills of Kindergarten through second grade students. The ultimate goal of the study is to help teachers identify students who are at risk for difficulty in these constructs so they can provide early intervention and prevent later difficulties. According to the Institute of Educational Sciences, evidence indicates that early intervention in the early elementary grades can significantly improve mathematics achievement in the long run. Catherine M. Rose Head of School Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill shares, “Through the SMU study we will learn new ways to teach spatial awareness beginning as early as Kindergarten.” The Lamplighter community first engaged in this multiphased research study during December 2020 by participating in an online survey. The survey was developed in conjunction with RME and funded by the National Science Foundation. Parents of Lamplighter students in Kindergarten through second grade 8 LAMPPOST
completed the online survey which focused on how often students engage in activities (outside of school) that promote spatial awareness. SMU researchers are now in the final year of the study and asked Lamplighter to continue its involvement through a series of individual student sessions. Throughout the fall, 12 Lamplighter students in grades K-2 participated in several “think aloud” sessions with SMU researchers to support the next phase of the study. RME Project Manager Cassandra Hatfield notes that “with think-aloud sessions you can have a very small sample size and learn so much.” Hatfield went on to note that “a lot of people see spatial reasoning as just shapes, but we’re looking at perspective. With these individual sessions, students are telling us how they are thinking, describing their thought processes so we can understand their reasoning.” The final phase of the math study will take place in the spring and will involve hundreds of students across several schools. Hatfield noted that “the students at Lamplighter are helping us get to the final phase of the research project.” Hatfield’s colleague Jennifer McMurrer, a qualitative researcher with RME agreed, noting, “the ways the kids talk about the scenes in our study has been illuminating to us.” Ultimately, the goal of the research study is to provide teachers and school systems with easy-to-administer screening tools that are reliable and provide valid interpretations about students’ spatial reasoning. Lamplighter is honored to serve as a partner in this important math research through the School’s partnership with SMU. Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, further emphasized that “Lamplighter has a long-standing commitment to developing a solid foundation in math and science for all students. Being part of the SMU math study will give us more ways to meet that goal.”
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AN EVENING WITH DR. DEBORAH L. BIRX WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD’S INTEREST IN STEM The Lamplighter School had the unique honor of welcoming Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M.D., to campus in early November as this year’s Dolores Evans Speaker Series guest. Birx, a scientist, medical doctor, and world-renowned expert on infectious diseases, presented on the topic of “Ways to Support Your Child’s Interest in STEM.” Through humor, personal anecdotes, and expert advice, Birx provided a thought-provoking presentation and dialogue for members of the Lamplighter and greater Dallas communities. “The bottom line to STEM is experiential learning,” said Birx. She emphasized that experiential learning with STEM needs to happen not only in schools but also at home, where parents must provide opportunities for continual learning. Birx noted that as parents, “We are so intentional about exposing our children to different sports, but we’re not as intentional about exposing them to science.” She highlighted that STEM is present everywhere in our day-to-day lives, and it’s up to parents to find ways to integrate daily lessons about STEM with their children, just as much as parents integrate and prioritize regular participation in sports. For example, exposing children to science can be as simple as tracking leaves falling, counting how long they take to fall, and talking about gravity. If parents put the same amount of energy into practicing science, technology, and math with their children as they do with practicing sports, they may be able to ignite an interest in STEM and see if their children choose to pursue that pathway into adulthood.
conversation. Through this part of the program, Birx explored a variety of themes with the audience including how to balance technology and too much screen time; the immense learning opportunities provided in letting kids fail; and the power of free time for sparking creativity. She also underscored the importance of keeping children in school and applauded Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Lamplighter’s Catherine M. Rose Head of School, for keeping school open throughout the pandemic. Birx emphasized, “You are lucky that you have a leader like Dr. Hill who believed that children needed to be in school.” Birx went on to commend colleges and universities that made the decision to keep school open during the pandemic in order to provide the best possible learning environment. Birx’s career has focused on clinical and basic immunology, infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, vaccine research, and global health. She has had a distinguished medical and military career, reaching the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and serving in leadership positions at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and at the National Institutes of Health. Birx has also worked globally in the fight against AIDS as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. She recently served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. Now in its 20th year, the Dolores Evans Speaker Series (DESS) brings thought leaders to Lamplighter for the benefit of area parents and educators. This year’s DESS event was limited to 100 guests to offer an in-person program for a smaller group while maintaining health and safety protocols. The School was able to connect with Dr. Birx for this year’s event thanks to Lamplighter parent Joe Urso. Dr. Birx now serves as the Chief Medical and Science Advisor for ActivePure, a global leader in active, continuous surface and air disinfection systems, where Urso is Chairman and CEO. Lamplighter extends deep gratitude to Joe Urso for connecting our community with Dr. Deborah L. Birx for this year’s Dolores Evans Speaker Series event.
Birx’s philosophy and approach is rooted in her own experiences growing up in the 1960s and recalling President John F. Kennedy’s declaration that the U.S. would put astronauts on the Moon. At the time, Birx and her peers were using simple STEM tools such as a slide rule, she joked, so a voyage to the Moon seemed unfathomable! Yet, these big dreams were inspirational to Birx. She reflected, “That’s what science, technology, and math mean to me. Every day we are changing what many think is impossible into the possible.” Following her remarks about inspiring and supporting children’s interest in STEM, Birx opened the floor for Q&A and
Dolores Evans and Joe Urso
Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, with Dr. Deborah L. Birx and Joe Urso
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Honoring the
CLASS OF 2022 LAMPLIGHTER CELEBRATES SENIORS WITH LUNCHEON, JACKET & PIN CEREMONY The Senior Luncheon, Jacket and Pin Ceremony was held on September 24, 2021. The Class of 2022 received their iconic
Senior Jackets and Pins in a special ceremony under the tent
on the Owen Family Soccer Field. This annual tradition offers
a celebratory time for Lamplighter Seniors and their parents. Featured alumni speakers at this year’s event included Jack Moses ’15, a junior at Greenhill School, and
Samantha Ward ’15, a junior at Parish Episcopal School.
Lamplighter gave me confidence in myself and my own interests. The wonderful teachers at Lamplighter never made me feel out of place or uncomfortable in class, and this really set the foundation for my learning career. — Jack Moses ’15
L-R: Samantha Ward ’15, Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, and Jack Moses ’15
Your Senior jacket comes with a large responsibility. Whenever you wear your red jacket, make sure you act as a leader. Not only are you representing Lamplighter as a whole, you are carrying around the knowledge of what you have learned throughout your Lamplighter years. — Samantha Ward ’15
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OF LAMPLIGHTER | OCTOBER 1
25 coolers LOANED
120 FAMILIES DONATED TO THE
55 FRESH LEMONADES 123 FUNNEL CAKES
241 CLASSIC CORN DOGS | 10 VEGGIE DOGS
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L-R: 2021 Carnival Co-Chairs Bronwyn Levitan & Staci Cohen
LAMPLIGHTER GIVES BACK
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE LAMPLIGHTER GREEN TEAM has partnered with the Community Outreach Committee of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) to support community service initiatives at the School. This ongoing partnership connects Lamplighter families and the work of the LPA with the mission of the Lamplighter Green Team, which is “to raise awareness of our present consumption; educate our community about the growing environmental challenges facing our Earth; and inspire all members to take action to help preserve our environment, our planet, and our future.” During the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year, the LPA and Green Team partnership supported two community service projects: a shoe drive benefitting Soles4Souls and a Halloween costume drive benefitting Family Gateway. Both efforts connected to the mission of the Green Team by sourcing gently used shoes and costumes from our community and repurposing them for those in need. Lamplighter extends appreciation to all members of the Green Team as well as this year’s LPA Community Outreach Co-Chairs: Cheryl Adams, Catherine Lee, Lucy Morton, and Janelle Pinnell.
SHOE DRIVE SUPPORTING SOLES4SOULS The first community service effort this year was the reintroduction of the Soles4Souls shoe drive, an initiative that Lamplighter first began supporting in 2012. This annual shoe drive ran for six years at the School and yielded thousands of donations from 2012 – 2017. The program paused temporarily to focus on other community outreach efforts, but was reintroduced to the Lamplighter community this fall. Students learned about the Soles4Souls organization through a virtual assembly which kicked off the shoe drive. The mission of the Soles4Souls organization is to turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunities by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use. Throughout a two-week period in late September and early October, families donated all types of shoes — sandals, boots, sneakers, dress shoes, and more — to support Soles4Souls. At the conclusion of the shoe drive, our community had collected 1,241 pairs of shoes. This year’s donations, combined with donations in previous years, brought Lamplighter’s grand total of shoes collected for Soles4Souls to 20,729! 14
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BARNYARDBUZZ HALLOWEEN COSTUME DRIVE SUPPORTING FAMILY GATEWAY The second community service initiative supported by the Community Outreach Committee of the LPA and the Lamplighter Green Team this fall was a Halloween costume drive benefitting families served Family Gateway. The mission of Family Gateway is to provide stability and life-changing supportive services to children and families affected by homelessness. The organization also provides programming and events for these families, including special celebrations such as Halloween. The costume drive was organized so that the children at Family Gateway would receive the costumes in time for a Halloween party and trick-or-treating. Through this effort, the Lamplighter community collected 180 costumes, and our Seniors helped sort and organize the donations for delivery. Kendall Brown, Director of Marketing & Youth Engagement at Family Gateway shared, “Thank you to Lamplighter for partnering with us to collect costumes for our kids. It was such a special event for our families, and the kids had a blast!”
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS Lamplighter is committed to fostering a community that is inclusive, nurturing, and diverse as we prepare our young learners for a world that is representative of each of us. Part of this commitment involves honoring and celebrating many cultures through classroom lessons, holiday celebrations, and a partnership with the Cultural Awareness Committee of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA).
During the fall of the 2021-2022 school year, Lamplighter commemorated National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Native American History Month, Dia de los Muertos, and Diwali. Because children’s books play an important role in educating students about cultural celebrations and provide a basis for lessons and conversations, these celebrations were supported through the work of Jody Stout and Jordan Palefsky in the Erik Jonsson Media Center. Cultural celebrations were also supported by unique lessons and activities provided by the LPA. Lamplighter extends a heartfelt thank you to this year’s Cultural Awareness Co-Chairs — Raj Bhanot, Saurabh Tandon, and Allison Williams — for supplementing Lamplighter’s classroom lessons with student-centric materials that celebrate a variety of cultures. LAMPPOST
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for Campus, BRIGHT FUTURE Campaign Curriculum, and Community On Friday, October 29, Lamplighter parents, students, faculty, and staff gathered on campus for a beloved annual school tradition: the Halloween Parade & Picnic. This year’s festivities not only brought parents back to campus to celebrate Halloween with our students after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also featured a mini outdoor Hootenanny and special announcement. Lamplighter ceremoniously broke ground to officially mark the kick off for the School’s Bright Future: A Campaign for Campus, Curriculum, and Community.
“Through the dedication and generosity of the Lamplighter Board of Trustees and community, we will reach our goal, with an eye focused on stewardship for many generations to come.” — Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School
As parents and students assembled around the Eastin Family Innovation Lab for the Halloween Hootenanny and program, Board Chair Doug MacMahon shared, “Today we mark the beginning of the Bright Future campaign which will allow us to fully realize the visions of our founders for our school and this campus.” Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, further emphasized that “this occasion represented the coming together of 16 LAMPPOST
past, present, and future.” MacMahon highlighted some of the tangible benefits that the School will achieve through the campaign, noting, “Following this campaign, our campus will be complete with a classroom for every class, a state-of-the art theater, a new early childhood library, and the coolest playground of any school in the world!” With this declaration, students erupted with cheers of delight and enthusiasm! Dr. Hill also shared that “the work accomplished through the Bright Future campaign will mark the completion of the campus Master Plan that was completed more than a decade ago.” The exciting plans for Lamplighter’s Bright Future are also rooted in the goals outlined in the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Using this plan as a guidepost, the Board of Trustees identified the students’ needs now and into the future. Students are the centerpiece of all plans and provide the inspiration and motivation to move forward with this campaign. Additions to and investments in the campus are necessary to enhance learning through innovative and integrated curriculum and programs. “The Bright Future campaign will elevate Lamplighter’s buildings and facilities to meet what’s going on inside the classrooms,” said Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90, Lamplighter Board Chair-Elect and Chair of the Bright Future campaign. Moreover, this fundraising campaign will not only
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improve the curriculum. Additional improvements include enhanced opportunities for community building among alumni, parents, and grandparents; a school spirit store; historical archives; and an elevator, ramps, and ADAcompliant facilities. Lamplighter extends deep appreciation to individuals and families who have already supported the Bright Future campaign with generous donations. These gifts and early support demonstrate the deep connections to and ongoing support of our beloved school. Dr. Hill expressed her confidence in the success of this campaign and the future of Lamplighter, noting, “Through the dedication and generosity of the Lamplighter Board of Trustees and community, we will reach our goal, with an eye focused on stewardship for many generations to come.”
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At the ground-breaking celebration, each student was gifted a custom Lamplighter View-Master, complete with a unique reel displaying the new campus imagery. This vintage childhood toy helped our students have a glimpse into Lamplighter’s Bright Future.
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MEET THE ARCHITECTS THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL IS THRILLED TO PARTNER WITH TWO AWARD-WINNING, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARCHITECTS FOR CAMPUS ADDITIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE BRIGHT FUTURE CAMPAIGN. MEET MARLON BLACKWELL AND MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH.
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MARLON BLACKWELL Marlon Blackwell Architects of Fayetteville, Ark., continues its partnership with Lamplighter to support several aspects of the School’s new additions and campus enhancements associated with the Bright Future campaign. These elements include the additions of the Alumni & Student Services Center and the Theater Arts Exploration Lab, as well as interior renovations to the North and South wings. These renovations include additional classroom spaces for third and fourth grades, a World Languages classroom, and an Early Childhood Library. Marlon Blackwell Architects also designed the Eastin Family Innovation Lab and LPA Barn.
MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH The architect for the new Lamplighter playground and outdoor learning spaces is Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (MVVA) of Brooklyn, N.Y. MVVA’s projects have received many of the highest professional honors for design excellence and for innovation. The firm’s landscape projects throughout the world include urban parks, plazas and streetscapes, gardens, and cultural landscapes.
MARLON BLACKWELL PRINCIPAL, MARLON BLACKWELL ARCHITECTS
Photo by Mark Jackson/CHROMA
How did you first become connected with The Lamplighter School? I got introduced to [Lamplighter Life Trustee] Catherine Rose through the architectural search process for Greenhill School’s performing arts center. Even though we did not receive that commission, I think we made a really good connection and impression with some of Catherine’s colleagues who were also connected with Lamplighter. So, when the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Lamplighter project went out, we were invited. We had a familiarity and a connection. We were excited about the Lamplighter project, the historic campus with buildings designed by O’Neil Ford and Frank Welch, and a great legacy relative to the curriculum. A project-based curriculum is something that we’re familiar with. I’m an educator as well, and that’s the way we teach the architectural curriculum: develop a culture of making, putting knowing into action. It was a really great alignment both personally and professionally between our firm and the Lamplighter commission.
Why did you choose to partner with Lamplighter to design the Eastin Family Innovation Lab and LPA Barn? It was just a great opportunity. We’ve wanted to start getting involved in projects that are often these building typologies. Building types are often somewhat impoverished in the way the response is; they are not particularly creative or humanizing. Schools sometimes can be more banal and there isn’t a particular alignment with the curriculum. We want to provide some alternative models, so this seemed like a great opportunity to do that. Working in northwest Arkansas, it was also an opportunity to do a project that we thought would have a national profile and an impact well beyond its own place. Similarly, why did you choose to continue working with Lamplighter for the School’s newest campus additions and renovations? I think we had a great outcome with the Eastin Family Innovation Lab and the LPA Barn. Through these projects, we established a mutual respect and admiration for what we had been able to accomplish together. We survived the process and came out with enhanced relationships. I think that set us up for how we would move forward into this next phase. Through the Lamplighter partnership, we found a way to develop teamwork, a collaborative spirit, and a really great working relationship that is based on mutual respect and a common sense of purpose relative to the project.
Have you worked on other projects in the Dallas area? We’ve worked on a project for the Dallas Arboretum. We’re also doing a project in Ft. Worth on 6th Avenue & Magnolia Avenue called the PS1200, a mixed-used development, studio apartments, offices, restaurants, gallery, and public plaza. It’s all made out of metal Quonset huts. It’s under construction right now. Have you worked with other independent schools or educational institutions? Yes. We worked on a Montessori school in Fayetteville, designing both their primary and elementary buildings, which were also award-winning buildings. We’ve also been working for the last four years with the Thaden School, a 6-12th grade independent school in Bentonville, Ark. We were able to leverage our experience with Lamplighter to make our firm a very attractive candidate for the Thaden School projects. That is an award-winning project, too. In addition, we just finished a project at a school in Detroit called the Marygrove Early Education Center, a prenatal – Kindergarten school, which just opened in September. It is located on the campus of the former Marygrove College, an African-American liberal arts college that closed due to financial issues and low enrollment. The overall facility has been repurposed to a prenatal to 20-year old, “Cradle-to-Career” facility. It’s a fantastic project, and we’re proud to be a
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part of it. We also designed a Montessori school in Jacksonville, Fla. It hasn’t been built yet, but we’ve been leveraging our experience with Lamplighter because we learned quite a bit in terms of programming and the architecture of the school itself. There’s been a lot that we have learned through Lamplighter that is informing our later projects. The Eastin Family Innovation Lab and LPA Barn opened in 2017. What have you been working on since our School last partnered with your firm? It’s really been amazing how things have taken off in the last five years. We’ve done four buildings at the Thaden School, including a performance center, a robotics lab, an arts & humanities center, an administration building, and a bike barn. Now we’re working on a Whole Health Institute at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a wellness retreat in the Shenandoah Valley with Olson Kundig architects of Seattle, Wash. Wellness and the spirit, mind, and body is something that we’re getting into. We’re also working on a new sports orthopedic treatment center at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences School. We’re also doing the Brickline, which is an eightmile greenway in St. Louis which connects the Gateway Arch to Forest Park. We’re working in Herman Park in Houston doing a variety of structures in the park. And, we’re working on a new embassy in Africa, working the U.S. State Department.
How did your work on the Eastin Family Innovation Lab and LPA Barn influence your firm’s work in recent years? It influenced our work formally and spatially. We worked on the pitching and rolling of the roof as a way to scale spaces specifically to the programs, and to create beautiful spaces that are varied and dissimilar but all under one roof. We took that concept forward to the Thaden School, and then to the Marygrove Early Education Center, exploring these ideas of section, spatial variation, and daylighting. It’s an evolution of ideas and a lot of that was tested at the Eastin Family Innovation Lab. It is important that we don’t see projects we do as one-offs; we learn by doing things again and again and creating new permutations of form and space, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. And that’s also how innovation can happen, through the iterative process, not through doing something once, putting it down, and then doing something completely different. The way in which we approached Lamplighter has informed how we do that. How do the Alumni & Student Services Center and Theater Arts Exploration Lab complement the existing buildings at Lamplighter? I think they will in multiple ways. The exteriors will use the same material palette, both the copper and the cypress, and we’ve learned more about how to refine the palette and the details.
The new buildings won’t look exactly like the Eastin Family Innovation Lab, but they will share a material palette, both inside and outside. There will be a common thread. On the new interiors and the refurbishing of the existing spaces, we want to enhance what’s given, edit what is less essential, and develop cohesion. We can bring some level of cohesion and unity to the interior spaces. Ati, my wife and business partner, is leading the charge on this part of the project and doing a fantastic job. Not overdoing it, and not underdoing it. She is creating something that is economically viable for the School, but will have a real sense of revitalization to the space. It’s really going to feel new. Have you worked with Michael van Valkenburgh before the Lamplighter project? Our firm worked with Michael van Valkenburgh on Herman Park in Houston. We were so impressed that he agreed to do the Lamplighter playground renovation, given that it is a relatively small project. The Lamplighter project offered another chance to work together and another chance to be in proximity to each other’s work. I think Lamplighter is amazing! The School’s ability to leverage what you have and also leverage your mission to bring other high design firms into your world. That’s a compliment to you and the leadership of the School.
MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH FOUNDER AND PARTNER, MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES, INC.
Who or what inspired you to become a landscape architect? My earliest childhood memories feature powerful imagery of landscapes. I grew up on a small family dairy farm in upstate New York– a landscape of open fields, planted hedgerows, and orchards chiseled into the forested Catskill Mountains. And so, landscapes made by human hands and by the indomitable power of nature have lived side-by-side in my imagination. Most of the work I do today is far from mountains or forests, but I’m still beguiled when nature intersects with landscapes made by people. On the question of who inspired me, my decision to become a landscape architect followed reading Ian McHarg’s Design with Nature. In retrospect, I didn’t necessarily sympathize with McHarg’s vision of the discipline, but I loved learning what landscape architects do. In the summer of 1972, between my junior and senior years as an undergraduate at
Cornell University studying landscape architecture, I had the life-changing experience of working in the London office of Dame Sylvia Crowe. The scale of her practice ranged from relatively small gardens to an electric power line study for all of Wales. Her love of the profession was thrilling to experience firsthand, and the passion that she brought to every assignment showed me just how much originality and hard work landscape-making demands. Who are your mentors? And whose landscapes do you admire the most? My mentors were a handful of extraordinary teachers at Cornell University and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I attended graduate school. Historically, I’d have to start with the 17th century French landscape architect André Le Nôtre and the 19th century park-maker Frederick Law Olmsted. His Central Park in New York City is an obvious influence, but equally powerful to me is Lincoln Park, in Chicago. It is one of the earliest “modern” landscapes, joining an ecological vision for the marshy site with a grand, deliberately composed public park. In the 20th century, I’d say the Seattle landscape architect Richard Haag left an indelible impression, for his gardens at the Bloedel Reserve and his Gas Works
Park, the latter being one of the most important post-industrial landscapes of our time. As for the 21st century, it would be the remediation work of Julie Bargmann. Her gardens and plazas transform postindustrial sites into spaces of sublime beauty. Can you share some insights about your design process? The artist Ann Hamilton uses the term “felt experience” as the basis for her work, and my creative process is similarly driven by trying to anticipate how a new landscape will feel. Throughout the design process, I travel to the site to stand in the yetto-be landscape, trying to imagine how it will appeal to the senses of those who spend time in that space. I can’t remember a landscape I’ve made that wasn’t influenced by something that already existed on or nearby the site. My creative process is informed by something learned from years of starting new projects: Many of us have a lot of bad ideas before we have a good one, and the trick is to be able to step back and distinguish between the two. Have you worked with other independent schools or educational institutions? Lamplighter is the first elementary school that my firm has worked with, but we’ve made many play environments in the public realm for similar age groups, and about a third of our projects are for schools, colleges, and universities.
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Could you describe any projects that you’ve worked on in the Dallas area? I’ve designed two residential gardens in Dallas, but our largest constructed project in the Dallas area is at the George W. Bush Presidential Library on the edge of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) campus. Early in the process, First Lady Laura Bush suggested that the grounds of the library should be a public park that embraces the landscape of northeastern Texas, including inspiration from the Blackland Prairie. Mrs. Bush also partnered us with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, which became an extraordinary contributor to the project. The perspective we gathered there on native planting and regional ecologies has also informed our design for Harold Simmons Park and the Dallas Trinity River Corridor.
Can you tell us a little bit about Monstrum and your firm’s partnership with this company? Monstrum is a play environment designer and fabricator from Denmark founded by Ole Barslund Nielsen, a former set designer who takes a theatrical and joyful approach to play design. We’re particularly drawn to Monstrum’s work because it encourages kids to build their own stories and let their imaginations run wild. We started collaborating on projects with Monstrum nearly a decade ago, and we’ve made play environments together in New York, Tulsa, and Detroit.
How will you ensure that the new playground design will feel “Lamplighter”? That’s easy. The Lamplighter administrators and design committee have organized a robust dialogue that allows us to share our ideas and incorporate the School’s reactions, values, and aspirations. It has been a refreshingly genuine, ongoing back-and-forth affirming the idea that we’re all designing this project together. We’re grateful to be planning such an enriching and lively space for children that works for Lamplighter.
What attracted you to the project at Lamplighter? The Lamplighter project was immediately appealing for the considerable value the School places on play as a means of children’s education and development; for the on-site presence of Marlon Blackwell’s beautiful work; and the fact that the School was already talking with Monstrum.
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NEW FACULTY + STAFF The Lamplighter School welcomed eleven new faculty and staff members to our team of dedicated professionals. Learn more about our new faces on campus.
TATE ALVAREZ
Third Grade Literacy Teacher Tate joined Lamplighter from SummersKnoll School in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she taught first and second grade. Previously, she taught third through fifth grade in Washington, D.C., for four years. Tate brings experience in both public and independent schools and has a wealth of experience with project-based learning and teaching themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion through the Anti-Bias Teaching Framework. She earned a B.S. in Sociology from Texas A&M University and an M.A.T. in Elementary Education and Teaching from American University. When she’s not teaching, Tate enjoys being outdoors hiking, swimming, running, and reading.
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Kindergarten Teaching Assistant Kate graduated from The Hockaday School and earned a B.A. in Political Science and Mandarin Chinese from the University of Notre Dame. Last year, Kate earned a Fulbright Scholarship, teaching English to first through sixth grade students in Taiwan’s Houli District at Neipu Elementary School through the Institute of International Education. Kate has a passion for working with homeless children and volunteers to help break the cycle of homelessness. In her spare time, Kate is a published children’s book illustrator, avid runner, and oil painter. She is curious about the role images play in language development and hopes to write her own bilingual children’s book in the future. 20
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LATASHA GRAY-GRANT
Assistant to the Head of School LaTasha joined The Lamplighter School in January as the Advancement Coordinator. Recently, she transitioned to the Head of School Office, serving as the Assistant to the Catherine M. Rose Head of School and Board Liaison. Prior to Lamplighter, her career was focused in post-secondary education, including roles at Dallas College, LSU Foundation, Southern University, and Northwestern State. In her previous roles, LaTasha served as a University Admissions Recruiter, Annual Fund Director, Adjunct Instructor, and Prospect Researcher. Currently, she serves on the alumni board of supervisors for her alma mater, Northwestern State University in her hometown of Natchitoches, Louisiana. LaTasha earned a B.S. in Family & Consumer Science from Northwestern State and a M.A. in Public Relations from Southern University A&M College. During her leisure time, she enjoys crafting, reading, shopping, and spending time with family. Her son Blaise is a current Lamplighter Pre-K student.
ROBBI HOLMAN
Data Entry Specialist Robbi was born and raised in Dallas and is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and the U.S. Army. Prior to Lamplighter, she spent 16 years at Greenhill School as their Senior Audio/ Visual and Help Desk Coordinator. Prior to Greenhill, she also worked at Parish Episcopal School. Outside of school, Robbi is a sound designer for local theatres and also performs stand-up
at local comedy clubs. She earned a B.A. in History from the University of North Texas and an A.A. in Information Technology from Dallas College. Robbi has served on the Board of Directors for Rover Dramawerks, the Competitive Swim Committee for the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, and as the Diversity Advocate for Autism for Stomping Ground Comedy Theatre and Training Center. She is also an avid runner and reader.
SARAH NORWOOD
Third Grade Literacy Teacher Sarah brings experience teaching elementary school in both public and independent schools. Most recently, she was based in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., as an @HOME teacher for Avenues: The World School, and directly before that, she was a Class 5 Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at St. John’s School in Houston, Texas. Sarah is well versed in the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Columbia University, which forms an important foundation for Lamplighter’s literacy curriculum. Sarah earned a B.A. in Studio Arts and an M.A.T. in Elementary Education and Teaching from the University of St. Thomas. In her free time, she can either be found in a cozy chair with her nose in a book, playing with her wild dog Sybil, or spending time with her family and friends.
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LAURA O’DONNELL
NATASHA PEDRO
AMY WELLING
LAUREN ORNELAS
CASSIE SMITH
KEANNE WILLIAMS
Lower School Alternate Teacher Laura joined Lamplighter from Northborough, Mass., where she worked as a math tutor across multiple school districts. She previously taught at the Fay School in Southborough, Mass., and at Westside Neighborhood School and Brentwood School in Los Angeles, Calif. Laura brings a wealth of experience in Everyday Math, OrtonGillingham, Fountas and Pinnell, and Responsive Classroom. She earned a B.A. in Elementary Education and Teaching from University of Arizona and an M.A. in Elementary Education and Teaching from Pepperdine University. Laura relocated to Dallas this summer with her husband, 2-year-old son, and dog, Rudy. She loves to explore the outdoors, take road trips, travel, and experience new adventures as often as she can.
Kindergarten Teacher Lauren was born and raised in North Dallas and is a graduate of The Hockaday School. She is happy to be back after spending many years living in the New York City area where she worked as a teacher, instructional coach, and curriculum coordinator. Prior to Lamplighter, she served as the Curriculum Coordinator at the Global Community Charter School and IB World School and as an instructional coach and Kindergarten teacher at Boys Prep Bronx Elementary School. Previously, she also taught internationally in Seoul, South Korea for two years and in Kyushu, Japan for one year after teaching English with Teach for America. She earned a B.A. in Individualized Studies from New York University and an M.A. in Secondary English Education from Loyola Marymount University. Lauren lives in Plano with her husband and daughters Emmie and Olivia. Emmie is a current Pre-K student at Lamplighter. In her free time, Lauren loves to cook and travel.
Kindergarten Teaching Assistant Natasha attended Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas and earned a B.S. in Applied Learning and Development from The University of Texas at Austin where she was an Honors College Scholar. After graduation, she taught Kindergarten for two years in Austin, Texas, before moving to Dallas. She is certified in Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC-12, Core Subjects, EC-6, and ESL. Natasha also attended Rice University’s ELLA program on Early Literacy and the Gifted and Talented Foundations Institute. In her free time, she loves to explore new recipes, spend time with her family, and go on walks with her dog, Asher.
Staff Accountant Cassie joined Lamplighter in May, supporting the Business Office as a Staff Accountant. Prior to Lamplighter, Cassie was a proofreader/copy editor for many years, and a couple of years ago began her second career in accounting. She worked at Grant Thornton as an audit intern and was an accounts payable manager at Mobile Production Services, Inc. Cassie earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is currently pursuing a second Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at Western Governors University (online). Outside of work, she loves to read, spend time with family and friends, and hang out with her dogs, Garth Brooks and Ella. Cassie recently got engaged and is also busy wedding planning.
First Grade Teacher Amy is now in her 26th year of teaching, the last 17 of which were spent teaching second grade at Garrison Forest School, an all-girls school in Owings Mills, Md. She is well versed in Responsive Classroom, Investigations Math, Readers and Writers Workshop, and the Orton-Gillingham approach. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College and a M.Ed. in Elementary Education and Teaching from Millersville University. Amy and her husband made the big move to Texas this past summer. She has two children, Robbie and Tommy, who are both in college in the Carolinas.
Alternate Teacher KeAnne joins Lamplighter from Johnson Elementary School in Jackson, Miss. She is also a veteran of the Teach for America program and previously founded an after-school mentoring program called “Tiaras to Crowns.” KeAnne was born and raised in Chicago, Ill., and earned a B.S. in Childcare and Family Education from Jackson State University. She is currently working on her Master of Science in Education at Johns Hopkins University. KeAnne is dedicated to education and children and loves serving the community in many different ways. She has a 1-yearold French bulldog/pug and is also in the process of becoming a foster parent.
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S PA C E S Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Academic Technology Coordinator
I feel as though two things instinctually happen when we lose someone we love — we reminisce about all of the beautiful memories that were made together and, whether we want to or not, we dwell on the things we wish we would have done. Terminal cancer took two very important members of my family in 2019. Those losses profoundly changed my life in so many ways. One of those ways was coming to the realization that we will always find a million reasons not to do something, whether it be timing or responsibilities or fear. I realized that if I let those excuses drive me, I would be looking at a lifetime full of regret. Instead, it was time to look at all of the reasons to take the leap and jump out of my comfort zone. It has been a dream of mine to travel the United States and see all the amazing sights our country has to offer, but I had always been paralyzed by all the reasons I couldn’t make that dream a reality. However, after 2019, I realized there was nothing more important than making memories with those I love, so I took the leap and applied for the Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education. The result was a trip that changed my life. We hitched up our trailer three days after the 2020-2021 school year ended and took off on a six-week long epic adventure of a lifetime! In all, we traveled 6,500 miles, visited 11 states, and eight national parks. There is nowhere better to rethink life’s priorities than standing on the dunes in White Sands National Park, staring out at the vast expanse of the Grand Canyon, or gazing up at the pure majesty of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. If you were to ask my daughter, Gigi, it would take her a split second to answer that Disneyland was her favorite part of the trip. My answer to that question isn’t quite as simple. My favorite part was uninterrupted quality time with those I love the most. My favorite part was the quiet mornings watching the sun rise over the mountains as I reflected on all of the good in my life. My favorite part was listening to the giggles as we talked and laughed around the campfire. My 22
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favorite part was seeing national landmarks I’d always wanted to see like the great redwoods, Old Faithful, Carlsbad Caverns, and Mount Rushmore with my daughter by my side. My favorite part was reconnecting with my family and, most importantly, with myself. Something positive can come from great loss. As the saying goes, “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” I will be eternally grateful to The Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education for helping me adjust my sails and make my dreams a reality.
The Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education was established in 2000 in honor of former Head of School Pat Mattingly, an advocate for lifelong learning. The annual award assists members of the faculty and staff to grow personally and professionally, enabling them to enhance the contributions they make to Lamplighter.
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After a year and a half of endless Zoom meetings, a handful of quarantines, and too much time stuck inside, I was ready to travel and explore. As I was researching places to go, I somehow stumbled upon Iceland, a country where sheep outnumber people and where you could see both an active volcano and hike a glacier. To be completely honest, my first morning in Iceland felt intimidating. After spending so much time in Dallas, I felt like I had traveled to another planet. In fact, the terrain is so unusual. NASA sent astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, to Iceland as preparation for their lunar landing! But after a week of exploring and stepping outside my comfort zone, I left feeling grateful and with a renewed excitement to travel and explore other countries. As the Early Childhood Science Teacher, I have the privilege of teaching our youngest learners about the wonders of the world around us. It was truly incredible to see so many of the things I teach about in real life. I hiked up Geldingadalir volcano and was able to watch the cooling lava become igneous rock. I also hiked on Falljokull glacier with my ice pick in hand and crampons on my feet. One of my favorite experiences was visiting the Fridheimer hydroponic greenhouse where all the tomato-based menu items come from the densely packed vines growing next to you. When I wasn’t hiking, I spent the rest of my trip in Reykjavik exploring the city and trying new foods. It was such a great experience and I am incredibly grateful to Pat Mattingly for the opportunity to do something I never thought I would do. Although I cannot pronounce or spell the majority of the places I visited in Iceland, I already want to go back!
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Young Alumni Car Wash Co-Chairs Dulany Bloom ’13 and Evan Brown ’13
The 11th Annual Young Alumni Car Wash returned to campus on May 1, 2021. More than 100 Lamplighter alumni gathered for this fun-filled tradition in which young alumni come together to support the School. This year’s event was co-chaired by three Lamplighter alumni from the Class of 2013: Dulany Bloom ’13, Evan Brown ’13, and Inez Johnson ’13. Proceeds from the event benefit the Lamplighter Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund.
Save the Date for the 2022 Young Alumni Car Wash!
Saturday, April 30 All Lamplighter young alumni, currently in grades 5 — 12, are encouraged to participate.
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Young Alumni Car Wash Co-Chairs Dulany Bloom ’13 and Inez Johnson ’13.
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Alyson Aguilar ’13 Avery Antes ’13 Javy Bautista ’13 Dulany Bloom ’13 Evan Brown ’13 James Carr ’13 Josh Chabria ’13 StacyBeth Cohen ’13 Jake Darlak ’13 Danny Enrico ’13 Jack Genender ’13 Spence Gilker ’13 Grant Gilker ’13 Audrey Goff ’13 Everett Graves ’13 Emma Grimes ’13 Victoria Harper ’13 Hunter Holmes ’13 Inez Johnson ’13 Carolyna Joseph ’13 Henry Kaiser ’13 Grace Knudson ’13 Olivia Lancashire ’13 William Leake ’13 Emma Light ’13 Sara Mangelsdorf ’13 Jillian Martin ’13 Ben Meyer ’13 Jenny Mitchell ’13 Avery Mitts ’13 Lindsey Nikolai ’13 Dwyer O’Brien ’13 Parker Owen ’13 Andrew Pfaff ’13 Zoë Purdy ’13 Aaryan Puri ’13 Quel Renzulli ’13 Jack Rose ’13 Avery Savage ’13 Christian Shadle ’13 Kavita Sharma ’13 Jared Shaw ’13 Evan Sussman ’13 Jordan Tribuna ’13 M.J. Ward ’13 Klyde Warren ’13 Joshua Weisoly ’13 Nathan Weisoly ’13 Lydia Williams ’13 Jack Yarbrough ’13
Texas Christian University University of Chicago Middlebury College Hamilton College High Point University University of Alabama Temple University New York University University of Miami Duke University The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin Miami University (Miami of Ohio) New York University Unknown Texas A&M University Bates College Texas Woman’s University Clemson University Boston College Elon College Texas Christian University George Washington University Wesleyan University Washington University University of California, Irvine University of Miami Fordham University Chapman University The University of Texas at Austin Colorado State University Arizona State University Spelman College Southern Methodist University Unknown University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Boston College Texas Christian University Northeastern University Unviersity of Arizona Univeristy of Oklahoma University of Wyoming University of Arizona Texas Christian University Wheaton College Dickinson College Fordham University Loyola Marymount
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HIGH SCHOOLS Julian Balestri ’17 Xander Bromberg ’17 Griffin Buss ’17 Will Clifford ’17 Caroline Cohen ’17 Sophia Cohen ’17 Jack Cronin ’17 Nicholas Dickason ’17 Brooke Ebner ’17 Aubrey Fomin ’17 Cub Gerber ’17 Laure Ghorayeb ’17 Alexander Gillikin ’17 Lauren Harrington ’17 Fina Heeringa ’17 Ashton Hillman ’17 Sigil Holzsweig ’17 Maxwell Johnson ’17 Asher Levy ’17 Jacob Lobdell ’17 Wyatt Loehr ’17 Holden Lyons ’17 Brody Morrison ’17 Adair Moses ’17 Marlo Moskovic ’17 Ethan Pham ’17 Naviya Reddy ’17 Caroline Reid ’17 Vikram Singh ’17 Jacob Staveteig ’17 Luke Steinhart ’17 Noah Stern ’17 Aydin Sumer ’17 Campbell Trubey ’17 Luke Vennerberg ’17 Preston Ward ’17 John Weinberg ’17
Greenhill School Episcopal School of Dallas Parish Episcopal School St. Mark’s School of Texas The Hockaday School The Hockaday School Episcopal School of Dallas St. Mark’s School of Texas Episcopal School of Dallas Episcopal School of Dallas Cistercian Preparatory School The Hockaday School St. Mark’s School of Texas Greenhill School Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Parish Episcopal School Fusion Acadamy Greenhill School Episcopal School of Dallas St. Mark’s School of Texas St. Mark’s School of Texas St. Mark’s School of Texas The Winston School Greenhill School The Hockaday School Episcopal School of Dallas The Hockaday School Highland Park High School St. Mark’s School of Texas Parish Episcopal School Parish Episcopal School Parish Episcopal School St. Mark’s School of Texas The Hockaday School St. Mark’s School of Texas Parish Episcopal School Cistercian Preparatory School
Reunion may 1, 2021
Reunion August 22, 2021
CLASS OF Due to the pandemic, the Class of 2016 was not able to gather for a traditional reunion at the beginning of their high school experience. Instead, the School hosted a belated reunion for this class in May as these young alumni were finishing up their freshman year of high school. Thank you to the Class of 2016 alumni and alumni parents for joining us on campus for this cherished tradition!
Graduates on the go 1973
Los Angeles for Publicis Sapient as a Web Experience Designer. Their second child, Madeline, 21, attends Auburn University, and their youngest child, Parker, 17, is a senior in high school.
Eric Lombardi ’73 is in his seventh year as Head of School at Fort Worth Country Day School, a K-12 independent school. He is also a member of the Lamplighter Board of Trustees. Eric attended his first Board meeting last year and immediately drove to his parents’ home to thank them for having sent him to Lamplighter. His years at the School created the most amazing expectations for how wonderful a child’s experiences at school should be. He is forever grateful to Ms. Swain and Ms. Murray.
1979
Cherie Cook Cunningham ’79 and Toby Cunningham ’79 live in Nashville, Tenn., where Cherie is a realtor for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. This summer she attended the Summit Conference, an event celebrating the top 1% of producers. Toby is the Chief Product Officer for Wheels Up, a private aviation company in Nashville. Their oldest daughter, Bailey, 22, recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology and is working in 28
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Katya Jestin ’79 wrote to tell us how much she loved Lamplighter and has incredibly fond memories from Kindergarten, the only year she attended Lamplighter. She lives in New York City with her husband, Kit Roane, and their three teenage children. Kit makes documentaries and Katya is an attorney at Jenner & Block.
1980
1991
Allison Slomowitz ’91 is a photojournalist whose work has been featured in international publications via the Associated Press. Her photographs can often be seen in The Dallas Morning News. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Photocommunications from St. Edward’s University and recently received a Master’s degree in Photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Joe Zopolsky ’84 is an attorney practicing law at Glast, Phillips & Murray in Dallas where he represents clients in a full spectrum of legal matters in Texas and around the country. Recently, he was named one of Texas’ Top Attorneys by Texas Lawyer magazine. Joe and his wife, Erin, have two children: Jay (11) attends St. Mark’s School of Texas, and Harriet (8) attends The Hockaday School. They also have a Goldendoodle named Arnold, and two cats named Barbara and Lulu. They all wish everyone in the Lamplighter community the very best!
Marc Link ’98 recently received the Professional Scrum Master certification, which is one of the most well-known Agile implementation certifications. He is currently a management consulting manager in the Risk and Compliance Practice at Accenture. Mark lives in the Trinity Groves neighborhood of Dallas.
1993
Lauren Hudspeth ’80 and her husband moved from Seattle, Wash., to Santa Barbara, Calif., during the pandemic. She is loving the sunshine and community in her new home.
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1998
Ben Hustis ’93 lives in Canada on a small organic farm with his wife, Katrina, and children, Stella, 19 months, and Imogen, 2 ½ months. He works as a paramedic at a gold mine in Nunavut but has been on leave since Imogen was born in July.
Ned Price ’93 is the Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State and has recently been speaking about the bombing and loss of U.S. military soldiers at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. Ned was sworn in as the Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State on January 20, 2021.
Katherine Rochelle Wyker ’98 and her husband, Austin, welcomed their first child, Jackson Peak Wyker, on September 14, 2021.
2000
Steven Mickey ’00 and his wife, Allison, welcomed their first child, Josephine Elaine Mickey (Josie), in December 2020. The family lives in Dallas where Steven is the CoFounder and Vice President of Business Development at AVAD Energy Partners II, LLC.
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2009
2013
L-R: Jon Mosle, Jen Mosle, Kate Mosle Bender ’04 and Keith Bender
Peyton Elise Bell Hunter ’09 graduated from Howard University with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Legal Management Communications, with a concentration in Public Relations and Marketing, and a minor in Public Health. She is currently working for an international public relations and marketing firm.
Ben Meyer ’13 graduated from Highland Park High School in May and is a freshman at the University of California, Irvine. He is focusing his studies on mathematics — thank you Mrs. Beddow!
Kate Mosle Bender ’04 married Keith Bender on August 28, 2021 in Dallas. Kate is in her second year of business school at Stanford University.
2005
L-R David Kerrigan ’08, Mike Kerrigan, Katie Kerrigan Bell ’05, Sam Bell, Kirsten Kerrigan, Patrick Kerrigan ’11
Katie Kerrigan Bell ’05 married Sam Bell on May 21, 2021. Katie and Sam met during their sophomore year at Wake Forest University. Katie works for Essence Global of New York City as a Media Activation Supervisor. The couple lives in Austin, Texas.
2007
Harry Herz ’07 is in his final year of law school at The University of Tulsa College of Law. He plans to move back to Dallas next summer for the bar exam and begin his legal career.
Charlotte Lutz ’09 recently began a new job as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group in Dallas. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a major in Business Administration and concentrations in consulting and operations. Charlotte has worked as a marketing intern for Hopdoddy Burger Bar corporate headquarters, and as an assistant to the general manager of the Houston Astros. She studied abroad in London and Oxford and also worked for a Shakespeare program. Whit Payne ’09 graduated from Vanderbilt University in May and is now working with Teach for America. He is teaching math to seventh and eighth graders at Hampton Uplift School in Dallas. Sydney Palis ’09 is the Client Account Manager with tfleads, a lead generation company in the digital marketing field. She recently attended the Traffic & Conversion Summit in San Diego. t L: Sydney Palis ’09
L-R: Nathan Weisoly ’13 and Joshua Weisoly ’13
Joshua Weisoly ’13 and Nathan Weisoly ’13 graduated from The John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Texas, in May. Joshua is a freshman at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., and is studying psychology. Nathan is a freshman at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., where he is on the baseball team and studying pre-med.
Avery Savage ’13 graduated from The Hockaday School in May and is a freshman at Boston College. She was recently selected for The Dance Organization, an auditionbased, student-run dance group at Boston College.
Kavita Sharma ’13 graduated from Parish Episcopal School in May and is now a freshman at Northeastern University in Boston. For her first semester, she is studying in London as part of Northeastern’s N.U.in Program. Kavita is taking classes at the New College of the Humanities located in the St. Katharine’s Dock area of London. Her classes include the culture of London and university core classes.
Lydia Williams ’13 graduated from Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, in May and is now a freshman at Fordham University in New York. She is one of only two freshman to be selected to participate in the Fordham University-Lincoln Center Mock Trial Team. She is also serving as the First Year Senator to the United Student Government, Lincoln Center. LAMPPOST
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2013
Peydinn (Pippy) Stockham ’13 is a senior at Lake Highlands High School. She is a singer/ songwriter, has done some touring and recording and has three songs on Spotify. On Nov. 8, Pippy performed at the One Time Only Lake Highlands Music Showcase at the Granada Theater in Dallas.
2014
Margot Meyer ’14 is a senior at The Hockaday School and was recently honored at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’ 2021 Young Women of Distinction event. Margot received the Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouts. Her three-part Girl Scout Gold Award project at Dallas ISD’s David G. Burnet Elementary School focused on health. She painted murals, organized and provided new furniture for the school clinic, promoted on-campus telemedicine to students, and provided a database of physicians to serve as resources to clinic staff. She also received the U.S. Presidential Service Award for her work on this project. At Hockaday, Margot founded the Hockadocs Medical Club to inspire young women to pursue medical careers. She has also participated in Hockaday’s varsity swimming and softball teams since her freshman year, and has earned multiple National French Contest Awards.
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2016
Photo by Sara Ellis, Digital Content Specialist, Greenhill School
L-R: Steve Wrubel, Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78, Stella Wrubel ’16, Trevor Godkin ’16, Laura Christensen Godkin ’86, and Brad Godkin at Swiss Semester Parents’ Weekend
Tim Nadolsky ’14 is a senior at Greenhill School and recently earned a chair in the 2021 National Association for Music Education All-National Concert Band. Tim plays bass clarinet and will participate in a virtual performance with an ensemble of student musicians from across the country. The concert will premiere online in March. Tim also received the Rensselaer Medal, given by Rensselaer Polytechnic University, which is a scholarship opportunity worth up to $120,000 for outstanding math and science students.
2015
Trevor Godkin ’16, a sophomore at Parish Episcopal School, and Stella Wrubel ’16, a sophomore at The Hockaday School, were among 50 independent high school sophomores from across the country chosen to participate in Swiss Semester. Swiss Semester is a program of academic, personal, and physical challenge which takes place on their campus in Zermatt, Switzerland. In addition to studying the math curriculum from their home schools, the students study a foreign language, English, art history, geology, and current affairs. Students build confidence and self-reliance through rigorous outdoor activities. Some of these activities include hiking, mountain climbing, canyoning, ice climbing, skiing, biking, gorging, and helicopterassisted ascents.
2018 Liam Pham ’15 is a junior at the Episcopal School of Dallas and recently starred as Javert in the musical Les Misérables at the Artisan Center Theater in Hurst, Texas. This year he is playing Creon in Antigone at ESD. Zettie Niven ’18, Alexis Pabst ’18, Alora Rao ’18, and Sahara Tran ’18 attended the Young Alumni Car Wash and then had an impromptu sleepover. Zettie, Alora, and Sahara are all eighth-grade students at Parish Episcopal School; Alexis is an eighth-grade student at Alcuin School.
2018
Ella Stewart ’18 is a member of the Lamplighter Girl Scout Alumni Troop #6475. She recently earned her Girl Scout Silver Award by completing a project at Bonton Farms, an urban farm in South Dallas focused on community-building efforts. Ella shared her personal story with LampPost about her Girl Scout project: Bonton Farms is a farm in a neighborhood that is cut off from the city on all sides by highways, a railroad, and the Trinity River. The location means that the neighborhood is cut off from grocery stores and restaurants with fresh foods. Sadly, the residents in the neighborhood have a 45% higher rate of diabetes, a 58% higher rate of cancer, and 54% higher rate of cardiovascular disease than their neighbors in the city of Dallas. Bonton Farms is working to create a healthier environment for the residents of Bonton. I visited the farm several times and discovered that volunteers and visitors to Bonton had lots of questions about the chickens at Bonton. Turns out I knew lots of the answers! The staff is busy managing the day-to-day tasks at the farm and have limited time to answer questions. I graduated from The Lamplighter School, and I am still raising my Lamplighter Chicken “Drumstick Jr.” at home, so I knew I could help. I thought a sign located in the chicken coop/run area could be helpful. I volunteered at the farm and got to know some of the farmers at Bonton, and they thought the idea of a sign with a QR code with facts about the chickens would be very helpful. u
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2017 | Elevating Lamplighter Students John Weinberg ’17 Supports Lamplighter Students Through Eagle Scout Project
2021
L-R: Mona Vineyard, Victoria Vineyard ’23, and William Vineyard ’19 with William Shatner
The Doctor Who club, along with a lot of Lamplighter club alumni, paid a visit to Fan Expo Dallas. In addition to taking in all the sights, shopping, and demonstrations, the Whovians got to meet actor Christopher Eccleston (the ninth Doctor) and one group did a side trip to meet William Shatner (Captain Kirk from Star Trek). Lamplighter students and alumni who attended the event include: Ariel Adashek ’21 Benjamin Adashek ’21 Matthew Fay ’21 Sigil Holzweig ’17 Sara Mamtani ’21 Lauren Nix ’22 Madeleine Nix ’19 Victoria Vineyard ’23 William Vineyard ’19
The Lamplighter School congratulates and extends deep gratitude to John Weinberg ’17 for the completion of his Eagle Scout project. Not only did John successfully complete a project toward his Eagle Scout designation, but he also supported Lamplighter in the process by creating 18 custom planter benches for the School’s on-campus gardens.
The beautiful custom benches were completed and delivered to Lamplighter in mid-August, just in time for the opening of the 2021-2022 school year. “The benches have been great for the Pre-K students,” said Lamplighter Early Science Teacher Eva McKee. “They are now able to reach farther into the garden beds and be much more independent with planting and harvesting.”
When John first began planning his Eagle Scout project, he contemplated how he might give back to The Lamplighter School, his first alma mater. With this in mind, John reached out to Lamplighter’s Chief Operations Officer Marynell Murphy to help him identify a project that would directly benefit Lamplighter students. Through Murphy’s knowledge of the Lamplighter facilities, and in consultation with academic leaders at the School, it was noted that Lamplighter’s youngest learners were not able to fully immerse themselves in gardening activities due to the height of the raised garden beds. With Murphy’s suggestion, John chose to support Lamplighter’s environmental science program by building custom benches to surround the campus gardens so that the School’s youngest students would have easier access to hands-on gardening.
Lamplighter Environmental Science Teacher Katherine Roberts concurred, enthusiastically saying “The students love the benches!” Roberts went on to share that “Not only are the benches helpful for height in the younger grades, but we have even used them with our older students as seats in the gardens!” This fall, third-grade students made scientific drawings with labels of the School’s flower and herb gardens. Second-grade students used the gardens for “Nature Detectives,” in which they collect notes and measurements of the habitats in the gardens. Roberts shared, “The benches are the perfect height to sit on while working in our Environmental Science journals!”
Specifically, John’s project involved creating 18 eight-foot-long and ten-inch-tall benches out of pressure-treated pine. Throughout the summer of 2021, John created and implemented the project plan and sourced help from other Boy Scouts, youth, and adults. In all, the project involved 182.5 work hours and 19 volunteers.
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. Lamplighter is proud of John and his thoughtful contribution to the School. His gift will have a positive impact on Lamplighter students for many years to come. Thank you, John!
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IN MEMORIAM LAMPLIGHTER 2021–2022 ALUMNI COUNCIL
Jan M. Bridges Father of Lamplighter parent Jenna Haverhals; Grandfather of Taylor Haverhals ’26 and Beckett Haverhals ’28 January 29, 2021
Matt Miller ’88, President Joe Unis ’96, Vice President Kathryn Nelson ’93, Secretary Stuart Blaylock ’98 Elizabeth Brown ’83 Grace Cook ’98 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 Joe Firth ’03 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Liz Lintel ’97 Steven Mickey ’00 Chris Nettune ’93 Travis Phelan ’91 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Stephen Samei ’03 Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 Chandler Tucker ’05 Jennifer Wallace ’94 Braden Wayne ’95
Clarence Brown III Husband of former Trustee and alumni parent Shonn Brown; father of Evan Brown ’13, Ryan Brown ’16, and Lily Brown ’18 September 3, 2021 Louise Eiseman Grandmother of Reed Eiseman ’04 and Richard Eiseman ’06 August 9, 2021 Robert “Bob” Olson Former Lamplighter Drama Teacher September 4, 2021 Daniel C. Trochu Father of former Trustee and alumni parent Jean-Louis Trochu; grandfather of Claire Trochu ’12 and Jack Trochu ’14 August 18, 2021
LAMPLIGHTER 2021–2022 CLASS AGENTS Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Max Swango ’76 Elizabeth Brown ’83 Ashley Geller Greene ’84 Jeffrey Kitner ’86 Sarah Stockton ’87 Matt Miller ’88 Courtney Jones Johnson ’89 Shannon Schaul ’89 Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Lilly Albritton ’91 Travis Phelan ’91 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Ashley Carter ’93 Kathryn Nelson ’93 Chris Nettune ’93 Craig Smith ’93 Alexandra Krippner ’94 Jennifer Wallace ’94 Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Braden Wayne ’95 Emily Hess Brown ’96 Joe Unis ’96 Liz Lintel ’97 Grace Cook ’98 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 32
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Lindsay Dolan ’00 Steven Mickey ’00 Laura Frazee ’02 Margaret Rote ’03 Emily Wisner ’04 Chandler Tucker ’05 Chandler Crates ’09
Class Agents Needed The Office of Alumni Relations is in need of Class Agents for each of the classes listed below. If you are interested in volunteering as a Class Agent, please contact Cindy Connolly, Interim Chief Advancement Officer, at 214-369-9201, x318, or cconnolly@thelamplighterschool.org.
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2020-2021 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Doug MacMahon, Chair Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90, Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89, Secretary Bobby Sussman, Treasurer
Dear Lamplighter Community Members, Lamplighter students are shining Brighter Than Ever this year, thanks to the generosity of the Lamplighter community. The support from our parents, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents, and many others enabled our students to thrive this year after the global pandemic. Our students are thrilled to be back in the classroom and are flourishing. Thank you to our many supporters who believe in the Lamplighter mission and the difference it makes in students’ lives. This year, we have many things to be thankful for — the kickoff of Lamplighter’s Bright Future: Campaign for Campus, Curriculum and Community; the beginnings of a return to normalcy; the opportunity to see our parents, grandparents, and other community members in person; and most of all, the ability to see our students happy, healthy, and engaged in learning and hands-on experiences. Throughout my eight years at Lamplighter, I’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and the strong belief people have in the mission of our School. Recently one of our alumni from the 1970s shared with us that of all the schools he had attended, Lamplighter has made the biggest difference in his life. Our alumni still feel an intense connection with Lamplighter, even 10, 20, 30, and 40 years after attending the School. They hold the belief that Lamplighter impacted their lives for the better and they want to help current students experience the same magic. Because of our generous donors, today’s Lamplighter students are able to live their lives Brighter Than Ever. As always, thank you for your support! In Lamplighter Spirit,
Cindy Connolly Interim Chief Advancement Officer
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Trustees John Ansbach Kelvin Baggett, M.D. Dave Beran Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 Allison Bovard Steven Clark, M.D. ’88 Mandy Dake Joe Eastin Jenney Gillikin Meg Graves John Grimes, Jr. Linda Hodgson Morgan Kennedy Bob Krakow Jonathan Lamensdorf Ham Lee Eric Lombardi ’73 Bill Payne Gowri Sharma Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 Pam Wills-Ward Andy Yung
2020-2021 LIFE TRUSTEES
Stuart Bumpas Mary McDermott Cook David Corrigan ’68 Mike Dodge Neil Foote Judy Gass Chuck Ginsburg, M.D. Rolf R. Haberecht Marietta Scurry Johnson Jack Klein Carol Levy David Miller Jennifer Mosle Barbara Nichols Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 Margaret Jonsson Rogers~ Catherine M. Rose Barney Young
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Denotes Deceased
VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE Allison Bovard, Chair Grace Cook ’98 Meg Graves David Guedry Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 Liza Lee Traci Lee Eric Lombardi ’73 Matt Miller ’88 Caroline Wagner Pam Wills-Ward
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Matt Miller ’88, President Elizabeth Brown ’83 Jacqueline Giroir Christman ’99 Grace Cook ’98 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 Liz Lintel ’97 Kathryn Nelson ’93 Chris Nettune ’93 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Shannon Schaul ’89 Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 Travis Phelan ’91 Chandler Tucker ’05 Joe Unis ’96 Braden Wayne ’95
LAMPLIGHTER FUND COMMITTEE
Traci & Ham Lee, Co-Chairs Katie & David Aisner Stacy & Tucker Anderson Lindsey & Dave Beran Kristy & Taylor Bowen Shonn & Clarence~ Brown III Courtney & Dan Case Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow Sue Chu Ashley & John Coker Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Elayna & Casey Erick Ashley Geller Greene ’84 and David Greene Treasure & Andy Hickman Angela & Hesam Hosseini Katie & Jed Johnson Ann Frances and Cliff Jury Elisabeth Karpidas Erica & Trey Kuppin III Karen & Randall McCleskey Amy & Brian Mitts Lucy & Thomas Morton Kelley & Scott Parel Elizabeth & Brad Parsons Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Janelle & Alden Pinnell Kristin & Ricky Rees Ali & Ben Robins Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Nina & Decker Sachse Cinco & Chris Sorrow Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Angelique & Ray Waddell Jorie & Brian Wages Jaime & Steve Walkowiak Pam Wills-Ward and Mitchell Ward Sarah & Russell Weinberg Carmen & Andy Yung
LAMPLIGHTER PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION BOARD David Guedry, President Lilly Albritton ’91 Caroline Belanger Lori Bennett Bincy Bizzell Brock Bizzell Lauryn Bloom Christy Brown Courtney Case Christina Casey Danielle Cate Sue Chu Staci Cohen Megahn Collins Devon Conrad Kate Dicker Stephanie Fine Leslie Gunawan Katrina Harper Treasure Hickman Brooke Hopkins Melanie Jabbour Carolyn Johnson Natalie Johnson Barrell Jones Scott Kennedy Billie Jean Langham Catherine Lee Bronwyn Levitan Margaret Morse Lucy Morton Katie Oudt Elizabeth Parsons Janel Perez Katie Reese Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Ali Robins Ashley Ruggeri Dana Rumbauskas Nina Sachse Sujit Sahadevan Elisha Scott Naisha Covarrubias Shewmake Cat Socha Stacie Spears Linda Tarlecki Mary Catherine Unis Joe Urso Angelique Waddell Caroline Wagner Amy Weselka Allison Williams Meredith Wrighton
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GIFT SUMMARY ANNUAL FUND GIFTS BY SOURCE FOR 2020–2021
$166,320 $14,280 $480,712 $69,720 $27,720 $42,840 $5,480 $4,368 $28,560 $840,000
Trustees, Life Trustees, and Former Trustees Faculty/Staff Current Parents Grandparents Alumni Alumni Parents Alumni Grandparents Friends and Former Faculty/Staff Foundations and Corporations Total Annual Fund Giving * Based on constituency hierarchy
ALL GIFTS BY DESIGNATION FOR 2020–2021 $840,000 Lamplighter Fund Gifts $1,831 Designated Operating Capital Gifts $6,505,501 Endowment Gifts $248,351 Total Gifts to Lamplighter 2020-2021 $7,595,683
2020–2021 OPERATING REVENUE & EXPENSES REVENUE
EXPENSES
Lamplighter Fund Other including Endowment Draws
Facilities Financial Aid
Academic
Administrative
3% 6%
36
10%
Fundraising
6% 10% 1% 2%
REVENUE
EXPENSES
91%
71%
Tuition
Salaries & Benefits
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CUMULATIVE GIVING
The following is a comprehensive list reflecting cumulative giving receipts from donors for the period of June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 and includes all gifts and pledges to annual, restricted, and endowment funds.
$100,000 and above Allison & Chris Bovard Monica & Joe Eastin
The ISN Charitable Giving Fund
Gina & Bob Gendron Jenney & David Gillikin Catherine & Doug MacMahon The Enrico Family Foundation Vaughn Vennerberg II
$50,000 – $99,999 Mary McDermott Cook
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Bender Family Giving Fund
Lori & Bob Bennett Lindsey & Dave Beran Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot PepsiCo Foundation
Lindsay & George Billingsley Jordan & Marty Brainerd Byrne Family Foundation Trust
Eugene McDermott Foundation
Barby & Mason Brown
The Andrew and Carmen Yung Family Fund
Christy & Trey Brown III Katherine & Joe Brucchieri Sue Chu Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Kathy & Jeromy Fielder Sarah & Desmond Henry III Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Linda & Phil Hodgson Casey Haws & Clayton Hollingsworth Melanie & Eugene Jabbour Morgan & Scott Kennedy
Carmen & Andy Yung
$25,000 – $49,999 Cindy & John Ansbach Julie & Claude Connelly
Tolleson Wealth Management Donor Advised Fund
Claire & Mark Haidar Jennifer & Tom Karol Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Bobby Sussman Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Whitney & Ryan Turner
$10,000 – $24,999 Julie & Sulman Ahmed Katie & David Aisner
The Marion W. Minton & Walter J. Minton Foundation Inc.
Kate Thomas & Roy Aneed Anonymous Alice & Michael Brown M & A Brown Family Foundation
Sarah & Matao Cao Ashley & Robert Cathey Itzel & Nathan Crow Don Glendenning
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc.
Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Joan & Zachary Hill Gail Macalik & James Martin
Gurley Family Fund Donor Advised Fund
Barbara & Bud Nichols, Jr. Clay Nichols ’77 Courtney Nichols Gould ’80 Gowri & Alex Sharma Shanna & Marc Steen
Don-Trudy Steen Charitable Foundation
Jeanine Van Wagenen Amy & Kelcy Warren
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Mason Brown Family Foundation, Inc.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Billie Jean & Jay Langham Sheryl & Eric Maas Wendy & Bill Payne Janelle & Alden Pinnell The Pinnell Foundation
Ikram & Monty Shalabi Cynthia Trochu
Texas Instruments Foundation
Jean-Louis Trochu
Texas Instruments Foundation
Joe Urso Angelique & Ray Waddell Sarah & Russell Weinberg Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.
Caitlin & Blake Bonner Kristy & Taylor Bowen Renee Skinner & Trey Branham III Val Reyes-Braun & Carlisle Braun Lauren & Quint Brown V Shonn & Clarence~ Brown III Jenny & Pete Bulban Bulban Family Fund at Schwab Charitable
Ana Fratila & Val Burlacu Tamara & David Campbell Courtney & Dan Case Danielle & Jeff Cate Linda Cauley Tiffany & Lee Chen Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Grace Cook ’98 Emily Polito & Ryan Davies Khyati & Neil Desai Jerry Dillard Katie & Dean Dillard Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi Katherine & Spencer Dornin Bethany & Robert Dow Melissa & David Dow Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Evey and Chip Fagadau Fund
Sarah & Tom Fenton Stephanie & Dan Fine Janelle Alcantara & Neil Fisher Christy & Bill Gammill Equitable Foundation
Wendy & Paul Genender
Commonwealth Charitable Fund
Mark Giambrone Tally & Alex Goldfarb Laurie & Peter Grauer
Laura and Peter Grauer Foundation
Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & David Greene Slater Valley Ranch
Caroline & David Ackerman ’81 Cheryl & Chris Adams Anonymous Dia & Kelvin Baggett Heather & Ray Balestri Kathy Quinn & Serge Barron
Jennifer & Ryan Griffin Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Maya Leibman & Robert Gross Susie Hartman & David Guedry Helena & Ed Hager III Lyndsey & Scott Harper Sabrina & Field Harrison Jenna & Bryan Haverhals Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich
Susie & Scott Bender Leslie & David Benners Nicole & David Berry Lauryn & Jason Bloom Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom
Treasure & Andy Hickman Helen Hobbs Brooke & Ken Hopkins Angela & Hesam Hosseini Katie Reese & Collins Illich Shayan & Ali Ismail
$1,000 – $4,999
ORIX Foundation
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Helfrich Family Charitable Fund
Leon Johnson Barrell & Jacob Jones Piper & KC Jones Pati Jones Elisabeth Karpidas Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Lisa & Peter Kraus Erica & Trey Kuppin III Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Billie Jean & Jay Langham Jason & Jean Larsen Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Catherine & Jeff Lee Janice & Hunter Lee Natalie & George Lee, Jr. Traci & Ham Lee Kirsten & Charley LeMaster Bronwyn & Dan Levitan Carol & John Levy Brittany & Neal Lober Jan & Andrew Medland Rory & Howard Meyers Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Patty & David Miller III Kim & Dakon Montgomery Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Judith & David Mullens Katie & Kyle Oudt Kelley & Scott Parel Elizabeth & Brad Parsons Goldman, Sachs & Company
Dan Patterson Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Kate & Jonathan Powell Kirsten & Patrick Poynor Gray Malin ’96 & Jeff Richardson Ali & Ben Robins Tara & Adam Ross Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Sylvia Cespedes & Hernan Saenz III Saenz Family Foundation
Basia Aleksander Sahadevan & Sujit Sahadevan Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib Terri & Larry Sengbush Bisan Halum & Mike Shalabi Lea & Matt Sherstad Naisha Covarrubias Shewmake & Charles Shewmake Amanda & Charlie Shufeldt Mary & Ken Simon Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Justin & Nicole Small Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas
CUMULATIVE GIVING Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Cinco & Chris Sorrow Stacie & Byron Spears Maria Riaz & Alec Stephanopoulos Caitlin & David Stinnett Candace & Max Swango ’76
Candace and Max Swango, It’s a Wonderful
Life II Fund, A Donor Advised Fund
Shelly Wang & Johan Thio Estelle and Michael Thomas ’77 Mika & Nathan Thomas Mallory & Justin Tonick ’90 Jade Le & Son Tran Rachel & Chris Trowbridge Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri Bobbie & Andy Villareal Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Ann & Jim White III Emily & Scott Wisniewski Cass & Austen Wright Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Texas Instruments Foundation
$1 – $999
Michelle Gielan & Shawn Achor Alyssa & Patrick Adams Kaitlyn Adams ’18 Hongvien & Daniel Adashek LaDeitra Adkins Gela Gallardo & Arturo Aguilar Kim & Antonio Allen Sydney & Bobby Allen Julie Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Stacy & Tucker Anderson Debbie & Marc Andres Louis Andres ’04 Miles Andres ’06 Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Textron Charitable Trust
Nicole Bates & Trey Angel Anonymous Tiffany & Craig Armstrong
Tiffany and Craig Armstrong Donor Advised
Fund at the Community Foundation of Abilene
Jess & Harl Asaff Leslie & Orin Atkins Amy & Murat Ayik Victoria Mitchell & Mark Backofen Hari Priya Shanmugam & Suresh Balasubramanian Carol & Larry Barbour The Barbour Family Fund, A Donor
Advised Fund
Ali & Clyde Barnard
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Carrie & Josh Bays Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Bruce Beddow 40
Caroline & Rob Belanger Kate Mosle Bender ’04 Dorothy Bennett Elizabeth & Dan Bentson Aysegul Toptal Bilhan & Erkan Bilhan Jenny & Jon Birnbrey Natalie & Travis Bittner Bincy & Brock Bizzell
Anna Cramm ’10 Claire Cramm ’07 Hope & Gene Cramm, Jr. Michaela Creel ’14 Pam & Jason Creel Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Kitty & Tom Cross Betsy & Bennett Cullum The Humana Foundation, Inc. Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis Leslie & Steve Bledsoe Brandy & Henry Dalton Naomi Bloom Jeff Davis Ana Bohanan Erica & Eric Denton ’94 Heather & Kevin Bonfield Kate & Nathan Dicker ’88 Mark Borromeo & Ashley Bocanegra Megan Dini Beth & Adam Boyd Erin & Will Dobbs Karen & Jim Brainerd Lindsay Dolan ’00 Deb Breihan Mary Dolan Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Susan Regan Donnenfield Jayne & Jan~ Bridges Stacylyn Dewey Doore ’95 & Mila Davis & Reggie Broussard Michael Doore Amanda & Aaron Brown Doore Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Amy Brown ’78 Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Beth & Michael Brown Kathy & Dan Dowdy Seth Brown ’95 Kaitlin & Zach Ebner Diane & Stuart Bumpas Olivia & Joseph Eklund Lizzie & Joe Bumpas ’97 Masae & Will Ellis Sarah & Zack Burdick Elayna & Casey Erick Bill Burton Kristin & Nathan Fay Dannye L. Butler Barbara & Mark Feldman Michelle & Lance Buxkemper Julie & Matt Feldman Carolina Cadena Candice & Matt Ferris Hannah & Clay Calhoon Jenni Finlay Sandra & Luigi Carleo Caroline & Tim Finnegan Marta Milian & Fred Carroll Caroline & Drew Flanigan Ana Casanova Casey Rodgers Fleming ’86 & Christina & Chris Casey Ross Fleming Jenny & Jim Castellaw Adrienne Russell & Perrin Fourmy Jean & John Cate Landy & Alex Fox Jory & Charlie Caulkins Jessica Toumani & Dale Fresch Natalie Chavez Marilyn & Ramon Gamero Michelle Chein Shelly Gammieri Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 & Shannon Blakey ’00 & Erik Christman Grant Gardner Olivia & Cole Claiborn Caroline Olson & Matt Gentry Emily & Walter Clarke Jacquelyn Wilcox & Liana Kuperman & Carlton Clarke II Basheer Ghorayeb Beverly & Chuck Ginsburg Donna & Geoff Clement Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford LeeLee Gioia Ann Cohen Jill & Brett Giroir Jenn & Gary Cohen ’80 Giroir Family Charitable Fund of Staci & Glenn Cohen Fidelity Charitable Ashley & John Coker Nicole & Justin Glass Marissa & Brandon Coleman III Christi & Larry Glasscock Brittany & Mike Glendenning Finn Collins ’14 Melissa & William Collins Shannon Glowacki Rachel Ferdinando & Megahn & Seth Collins Lawrence Godfrey Cindy & Bob Connolly Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III Devon & David Conrad Mayela Gonzalez Crystal & Taylor Cornwall Dixie Scarlett Good ’24 Jennifer & John Corrigan Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Sharon & Dale Courtney
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Claire Gordon Jeff Gordon Pagett & Mike Gosslee Meg & Dave Graves Monica Green Tershea & Don Green Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Leah & Jon Gross ’69 Angela & Stan Guillory Olga Bograd & Kyle Gummelt Priya Rahela & Vikesh Gumpalli Rachel & Jose Gutierrez Alex & Ford Halbardier Buffie & Andrew Halle Suntrea & Matt Hammer Rita & Michael Han Cindy & Brian Hanson Tania & Kevin Hardage Katrina & Onaje Harper Jasmine & John Harris Sarah & Mike Hasenauer Val & Rob Haverhals Jennifer Heiss Evangeline & Rob Heppenstall IV Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz Lillian & Greg Hessel Meredith Hessel ’08 Tommy Hessel ’09 Linda & Dan Hickman Taylor & Chase Hill Courtney & Clay Hodges Regen Horchow ’72 The Regen Horchow Fund
Charlotte Hughes Cathey & Don Humphreys Michael Hurst ’75 Molly & Colin Igoe Kary & Duke Ionescu Adrienne & Brent Jackson ’84 Fran & Don Jackson Giggy Loeb Jacobson ’81 & Peter Jacobson Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari Alesia & Brandon Johnson Carolyn & Victor Johnson Christine & R.J. Johnson Katie & Jed Johnson Natalie & Mark Johnson Marietta Johnson Patti Johnson Anita & Brad Jones Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 Andrew Jury ’02 Ann Frances & Cliff Jury Helen Jury ’98 Carol Justice Megan & Ricky Kalra Dyba Syed & Irfaan Kalyani Roni Kelly Rebecca Hamilton & Allan King Bridget & Ken Kippels ~
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Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Charles Knell Cyndi & Dan Knudsen Grace Knudson ’13 Karen & Bob Knudson Mindy Kobrin Sharadha Sankararaman & Sudheer Kodem Shari & Andy Krage Ben Krakow ’08 Tricia & Jim Krohn Amy Kuberski Paige & Tom Kuchler Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Irene & Eric Kusin June & Jason Landry Laura Lavender Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 Lauren & Ty Lee Nick Leggatt Latisha & Andrew Leverette Emily & Ben Levi Coleta & Joe Lewis Whitney & Chequan Lewis Liz Lintel ’97 Bonnie & Reginald Logan, Sr. Tamesha & Damon Logan Abby & George Lombardi ’68 Eric Lombardi ’73 Caroline & Mario Lopez Elizabeth & Matt Lucas Jill & Brent Magnuson Amy & Peter Malin Arun Mamtani Jezabel Guadalupe & Jose Luis Mata Andrew McCleskey Karen & Randall McCleskey Kristen & Brian McCool Laura & Brown McCullough Sue McCullough Eva & Peter McKee Peter & Katherine McKee Anna Benefiel & John McKenzie III Elizabeth & Darin McNeil Lin McNeil Elizabeth Duffy & Chris Melella Marty & Jack Melton Jeny Bania & Keith Menter Leslie Meritt Pam & Carter Meyer Catherine & Rajesh Michael Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 & Daniel Mills Amy & Brian Mitts Neha Modi Susan Moore ’81 Patricia Morgan Vijaya & Satya Movva Marynell Murphy Jess & Michael Muse
Nicole Musselman Stephanie & Omar~ Nawaz Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Melanie & Barclay Nelson Nathan Nelson Chris Nettune ’93 Meg & Kevin Nicholson Mary & Steve Nix Libbie & Bill Nylin, Jr. Chloe Oeschger ’18 Ellen & Marc Oeschger Heather Roseberry & Nathan Ohler Maria Then & Henrik Olund Anita Orozco Curt Pabst Jordan Palefsky Joni & Scott Palmer ’93 Susan Palmer Divya & Keyur Patel Roshani & Rupe Patel Shilpa & Satin Patel Jeff Peck Jake Peden Janel & Danny Perez Jeanie & Claiborne Perrilliat, Jr. Mary Perry Lakeshia & Chris Peters Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Tully & Dan Phillips Laura & Lloyd Pierson Bianca Reyna & Aaron Pirouznia Bryson Pogue Savannah Seifert Poston ’03 Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Joan & Ken Raff Nafisa & Asif Rahman Bala & Raj Ramanan Vicki Raney Jen & Ravi Ratan Megan & Brian Ratcliff Basma & Asif Raza Kristin & Ricky Rees Susan Reese Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy Christina & Tony Riccio Barbara Rinas Kathy Ritz Katherine Roberts Allie & Andrew Robinson Christi & John Rodakis Paula Roediger Tiffany Hamil & Dennis Rogers Christine & Dick Rogoff Rogoff Family Charitable Trust
Damariz Rojo Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Kate & Ivan Rovner Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Kelly & Camner Rubin Carol & Tony Ruggeri Dana Rumbauskas
Nina & Decker Sachse Hira Saiyed & Imad Salahuddin Gabriela Saldana Parkes Kim & Jim Savage, Jr. Fidelity Charitable
Marcia & Steve Schaul Shannon Schaul ’89 Becky & Bobby Schneider Rachel & Josh Schumann Elisha & Jason Scott Stephen Scott Betsie Tart Sears ’78 & Jim Sears April & David Seeds Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Mary & Allen Shafer Jennifer & Edo Shellef Cheryl & Greg Shulman Marie Sicard Joyce Chan & Andrew Simon Suma & Ravi Singh Helen Skalniak Katy & Randy Skattum Denean Smith Cat & Gary Socha Jill & Harold Sonnier Lexi & Ben Sonnier Amy & Steve Sowell Polly & George Spencer, Jr. Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer Lucia Spikes Shelby & Cliff Stanley Shayna Starr Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Kaili & Ed Stehel, Jr. Nicole & Trent Stephenson Denise & Chris Stewart ’83 Ella Stewart ’18 Margy Stewart Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Kimberly & Andy Stone Laurel & Lang Stone ’94 Jody Stout Ginny & John Summers Janie & Tom Summers Kathryn & John Szwejkowski The Tandon Family Linda & Derek Tarlecki Reagan Tate Jaya Mathew & Amit Thomas Janet & Michael Tierney Fidelma & Daniel Titus Nini Nguyen & Loc Truong Chandler Tucker ’05 Julia Wignall & Enis Tuncer Jay Valentine Frank Valeri Lauren & David Van Wagenen Jessica & Jason Varela Patricia & John Vermillion Jorie & Brian Wages Caroline & Jake Wagner
Becky & Brandon Walker Jaime & Steve Walkowiak Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Harianne & David Wallenstein Janice & Gary Walsh Rachel & Steve Walsh Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters Jane Wang Lisa & Stephen Wardlaw Lisa & George Warren III Steve & Susan Weisenburger Mr. and Mrs. Welch Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch Amy & Greg Weselka Bill Wetsel Catherine & Jack Wetzel Wetzel Family Charitable Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund
Christina & Allen White ’89 Jill Wiedman McKinley & Brandon Wier Taylor & Joseph Wiesner Debbie & David Wiggans Allison & Mark Williams Michelle & David Wilner Megan & Trey Wilson III Christie Whitten & Brandt Wood Debby & Paul Wreford Carrie Wright Anne Yarbrough ’81 Lina Zhu & Wei Zhao Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84
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ANNUAL GIVING DONORS BY RECOGNITION LEVEL The following is a comprehensive list reflecting giving receipts from donors for the period of June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 and includes all gifts to the Lamplighter Fund and Alumni Faculty Salary Support Fund.
Luminary Beacon $25,000 and above Julie & Claude Connelly
Tolleson Wealth Management
Donor Advised Fund
Mary McDermott Cook
Sarah & Desmond Henry III Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Melanie & Eugene Jabbour Morgan & Scott Kennedy Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Monica & Joe Eastin
Billie Jean & Jay Langham Janelle & Alden Pinnell
Claire & Mark Haidar Whitney & Ryan Turner
Ikram & Monty Shalabi Cynthia Trochu
Luminary Illuminator $15,000 - $24,999
Jean-Louis Trochu
Eugene McDermott Foundation The ISN Charitable Giving Fund
Julie & Sulman Ahmed Kate Thomas & Roy Aneed Alice & Michael Brown M&A Brown Family Foundation
Gail Macalik & James Martin
Gurley Family Fund Donor Advised Fund
Shanna & Marc Steen
Don-Trudy Steen Charitable Foundation
Jeanine Van Wagenen
Luminary Torchbearer $8,000 - $14,999
Anonymous Sarah & Matao Cao Itzel & Nathan Crow Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Catherine & Doug MacMahon Carmen & Andy Yung
The Andrew and Carmen Yung Family Fund
Luminary Candle Lighter $5,000 - $7,999 Katie & David Aisner Anonymous Cindy & John Ansbach Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Bender Family Giving Fund
Lori & Bob Bennett Lindsey & Dave Beran Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot PepsiCo Foundation
Lindsay & George Billingsley Allison & Chris Bovard Jordan & Marty Brainerd Byrne Family Foundation Trust
Barby & Mason Brown
Mason Brown Family Foundation, Inc.
Christy & Trey Brown III Katherine & Joe Brucchieri Sue Chu Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Kathy & Jeromy Fielder Jenney & David Gillikin 42
The Pinnell Foundation
Texas Instruments Foundation Texas Instruments Foundation
Angelique & Ray Waddell Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.
Luminary Member $1,750 - $4,999
Caroline & David Ackerman ’81 Cheryl & Chris Adams Anonymous Dia & Kelvin Baggett Susie & Scott Bender Nicole & David Berry Lauryn & Jason Bloom Kristy & Taylor Bowen Val Reyes-Braun & Carlisle Braun Lauren & Quint Brown V Jenny & Pete Bulban
Bulban Family Fund at Schwab Charitable
Tamara & David Campbell Courtney & Dan Case Danielle & Jeff Cate Ashley & Robert Cathey Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Grace Cook ’98 Emily Polito & Ryan Davies Khyati & Neil Desai Katherine & Spencer Dornin Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. Catie & Aaron Enrico Rosemary Enrico Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Evey and Chip Fagadau Fund
Stephanie & Dan Fine Janelle Alcantara & Neil Fisher Mark Giambrone Laurie & Peter Grauer Laura and Peter Grauer Foundation
Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & David Greene Slater Valley Ranch
Jennifer & Ryan Griffin Maya Leibman & Robert Gross Susie Hartman & David Guedry Treasure & Andy Hickman Joan & Zachary Hill Linda & Phil Hodgson Brooke & Ken Hopkins Angela & Hesam Hosseini
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Katie Reese & Collins Illich Shayan & Ali Ismail Leon Johnson Barrell & Jacob Jones Jennifer & Tom Karol Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Lisa & Peter Kraus Erica & Trey Kuppin III Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Jean & Jason Larsen Catherine & Jeff Lee Janice & Hunter Lee Traci & Ham Lee Kirsten & Charley LeMaster Bronwyn & Dan Levitan Carol & John Levy Jan & Andrew Medland Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Patty & David Miller III Kim & Dakon Montgomery Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Judith & David Mullens Katie & Kyle Oudt Kelley & Scott Parel Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Kate & Jonathan Powell Ali & Ben Robins Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Sylvia Cespedes & Hernan Saenz III Saenz Family Foundation
Basia Aleksander Sahadevan & Sujit Sahadevan Bisan Halum & Mike Shalabi Gowri & Alex Sharma Lea & Matt Sherstad Mary & Ken Simon Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Justin and Nicole Small Fund of
Communities Foundation of Texas
Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Cinco & Chris Sorrow Stacie & Byron Spears Maria Riaz & Alec Stephanopoulos Caitlin & David Stinnett Bobby Sussman Candace & Max Swango ’76
Candace and Max Swango, It’s a Wonderful Life II Fund, A Donor Advised Fund
Shelly Wang & Johan Thio Estelle & Michael Thomas ’77 Mallory & Justin Tonick ’90 Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri
Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Ann & Jim White III Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Texas Instruments Foundation
The 1953 Club $500 - $1,749
Kim & Antonio Allen Anonymous Tiffany & Craig Armstrong
Tiffany and Craig Armstrong Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Abilene
Victoria Mitchell & Mark Backofen Heather & Ray Balestri Carol & Larry Barbour The Barbour Family Fund,
A Donor Advised Fund
Kathy Quinn & Serge Barron ORIX Foundation
Leslie & David Benners Dorothy Bennett Jenny & Jon Birnbrey Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Caitlin & Blake Bonner Ashley Bocanegra & Mark Borromeo Renee Skinner & Trey Branham III Jayne & Jan~ Bridges Mila Davis & Reggie Broussard Amanda & Aaron Brown Shonn & Clarence~ Brown III Diane & Stuart Bumpas Ana Fratila & Val Burlacu Hannah & Clay Calhoon Christina & Chris Casey Linda Cauley Tiffany & Lee Chen Emily & Walter Clarke Ashley & John Coker Marissa & Brandon Coleman III Devon & David Conrad Jennifer & John Corrigan Jerry Dillard Katie & Dean Dillard Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi Stacylyn Dewey Doore ’95 & Michael Doore Doore Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable
Bethany & Robert Dow Melissa & David Dow Masae & Will Ellis Sarah & Tom Fenton Candice & Matt Ferris Christy & Bill Gammill Equitable Foundation
Wendy & Paul Genender
Commonwealth Charitable Fund
Tally & Alex Goldfarb Mayela Gonzalez Pagett & Mike Gosslee Meg & Dave Graves ~
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ANNUAL GIVING DONORS BY RECOGNITION LEVEL Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Leah & Jon Gross ’69 Angela & Stan Guillory Olga Bograd & Kyle Gummelt Helena & Ed Hager III Buffie & Andrew Halle Suntrea & Matt Hammer Rita & Michael Han Cindy & Brian Hanson Lyndsey & Scott Harper Sabrina & Field Harrison Jenna & Bryan Haverhals Jennifer Heiss Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich Helfrich Family Charitable Fund
Helen Hobbs Courtney & Clay Hodges Fran & Don Jackson Carolyn & Victor Johnson Natalie & Mark Johnson Pati Jones Piper & KC Jones Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 Ann Frances & Cliff Jury Megan & Ricky Kalra Dyba Syed & Irfaan Kalyani Elisabeth Karpidas Charles Knell Mindy Kobrin Marie Sicard Sharadha Sankararaman & Sudheer Kodem Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Lauren & Ty Lee Natalie & George Lee, Jr. Brittany & Neal Lober Bonnie & Reginald Logan Tamesha & Damon Logan Abby & George Lombardi ’68 Eric Lombardi ’73 Caroline & Mario Lopez Jill & Brent Magnuson Laura & Brown McCullough Elizabeth & Darin McNeil Rory & Howard Meyers Vijaya & Satya Movva Jess & Michael Muse Melanie & Barclay Nelson Curt Pabst Joni & Scott Palmer ’93 Susan Palmer Elizabeth & Brad Parsons Goldman, Sachs & Company
Divya & Keyur Patel Laura & Lloyd Pierson Kirsten & Patrick Poynor Jen & Ravi Ratan Kristin & Ricky Rees Susan Reese Gray Malin ’96 & Jeff Richardson 44
Christi & John Rodakis Christine & Dick Rogoff
Rogoff Family Charitable Trust
Tara & Adam Ross Carol & Tony Ruggeri Dana Rumbauskas
McKinstry Charitable Foundation
Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib Terri & Larry Sengbush Naisha Covarrubias Shewmake & Charles Shewmake Amanda & Charlie Shufeldt Katy & Randy Skattum Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Kimberly & Andy Stone The Tandon Family Jaya Mathew & Amit Thomas Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Mika & Nathan Thomas Janet & Michael Tierney Jade Le & Son Tran Rachel & Chris Trowbridge Nini Nguyen & Loc Truong Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Bobbie & Andy Villareal Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Harianne & David Wallenstein Christina & Allen White ’89 McKinley & Brandon Wier Allison & Mark Williams Emily & Scott Wisniewski Cass & Austen Wright Lina Zhu & Wei Zhao
The Lantern Club $1 - $499
Michelle Gielan & Shawn Achor Alyssa & Patrick Adams Kaitlyn Adams ’18 Hongvien & Daniel Adashek LaDeitra Adkins Gela Gallardo & Arturo Aguilar Sydney & Bobby Allen Julie Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Stacy & Tucker Anderson Debbie & Marc Andres Louis Andres ’04 Miles Andres ’06 Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Textron Charitable Trust
Nicole Bates & Trey Angel Anonymous Jess & Harl Asaff Leslie & Orin Atkins Amy & Murat Ayik Hari Priya Shanmugam & Suresh Balasubramanian Ali & Clyde Barnard
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
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Carrie & Josh Bays Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Bruce Beddow Caroline & Rob Belanger Kate Mosle Bender ’04 Elizabeth & Dan Benson Aysegul Toptal & Erkan Bilhan Natalie & Travis Bittner Bincy & Brock Bizzell The Humana Foundation, Inc.
Leslie & Steve Bledsoe Naomi Bloom Ana Bohanan Heather & Kevin Bonfield Beth & Adam Boyd Karen & Jim Brainerd Deb Breihan Lilly Albritton, Ph.D. ’91 & Chuck Briant III Amy Brown ’78 Beth & Michael Brown Seth Brown ’95 Lizzie & Joe Bumpas ’97 Sarah & Zack Burdick Bill Burton Dannye L. Butler Michelle & Lance Buxkemper Carolina Cadena Sandra & Luigi Carleo Ana Casanova Jenny & Jim Castellaw Jean & John Cate Jory & Charlie Caulkins Natalie Chavez Michelle Chein Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 & Erik Christman Olivia & Cole Claiborn Liana Kuperman & Carlton Clarke II Donna & Geoff Clement Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Ann Cohen Jenn & Gary Cohen ’80 Staci & Glen Cohen Finn Collins ’14 Megahn & Seth Collins Melissa & William Collins Cindy & Bob Connolly Crystal & Taylor Cornwall Sharon & Dale Courtney Anna Cramm ’10 Claire Cramm ’07 Hope & Gene Cramm, Jr. Michaela Creel ’14 Pam & Jason Creel Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Kitty & Tom Cross Betsy & Bennett Cullum Brandy & Henry Dalton Jeff Davis
Erica & Eric Denton ’94 Kate & Nathan Dicker ’88 Megan Dini Erin & Will Dobbs Lindsay Dolan ’00 Mary Dolan Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Kathy & Dan Dowdy Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis Kaitlin & Zach Ebner Olivia & Joseph Eklund Elayna & Casey Erick Kristin & Nathan Fay Barbara & Mark Feldman Julie & Matt Feldman Jenni Finlay Caroline & Tim Finnegan Caroline & Drew Flanigan Casey Rodgers Fleming ’86 & Ross Fleming Adrienne Russell & Perrin Fourmy Landy & Alex Fox Jessica Toumani & Dale Fresch Marilyn & Ramon Gamero Shelly Gammieri Shannon Blakey ’00 & Grant Gardner Caroline Olson & Matt Gentry Jacquelyn Wilcox & Basheer Ghorayeb LeeLee Gioia Jill & Brett Giroir Giroir Family Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable
Nicole & Justin Glass Christi & Larry Glasscock Brittany & Mike Glendenning Shannon Glowacki Rachel Ferdinando & Lawrence Godfrey Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III Dixie Scarlett Good ’24 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Claire Gordon Jeff Gordon Monica Green Tershea & Don Green Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Priya Rahela & Vikesh Gumpalli Rachel & Jose Gutierrez Alex & Ford Halbardier Tania & Kevin Hardage Katrina & Onaje Harper Jasmine & John Harris Sarah & Mike Hasenauer Val & Rob Haverhals Evangeline & Rob Heppenstall IV Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz Lillian & Greg Hessel Meredith Hessel ’08 Tommy Hessel ’09 ~
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ANNUAL GIVING DONORS BY RECOGNITION LEVEL Linda & Dan Hickman Taylor & Chase Hill Casey Haws & Clayton Hollingsworth Regen Horchow ’72 The Regen Horchow Fund
Charlotte Hughes Cathey & Don Humphreys Michael Hurst ’75 Molly & Colin Igoe Kary & Duke Ionescu Adrienne & Brent Jackson ’84 Giggy Loeb Jacobson ’81 & Peter Jacobson Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari Christine & R.J. Johnson Katie & Jed Johnson Marietta Johnson Patti Johnson Anita & Brad Jones Helen Jury ’98 Roni Kelly Rebecca Hamilton & Allan King Bridget & Ken Kippels Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Cyndi & Dan Knudsen Grace Knudson ’13 Karen & Bob Knudson Shari & Andy Krage Ben Krakow ’08 Tricia & Jim Krohn Paige & Tom Kuchler Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Irene & Eric Kusin June & Jason Landry Laura Lavender Madison & Caleb Lavey Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 Nick Leggatt Latisha & Andrew Leverette Emily & Ben Levi Coleta & Joe Lewis Whitney & Chequan Lewis Liz Lintel ’97 Elizabeth & Matt Lucas Amy & Peter Malin Arun Mamtani Andrew McCleskey Karen & Randall McCleskey Kristen & Brian McCool Sue McCullough Eva & Peter McKee Anna Benefiel & John McKenzie III Lin McNeil Elizabeth Duffy & Chris Melella Jeny Bania & Keith Menter Leslie Meritt Pam & Carter Meyer 46
Catherine & Rajesh Michael Marta Milian Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Amy & Brian Mitts Neha Modi Susan Moore ’81 Patricia Morgan Marynell Murphy Stephanie & Omar~ Nawaz Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Nathan Nelson Chris Nettune ’93 Meg & Kevin Nicholson Mary & Steve Nix Libbie & Bill Nylin, Jr. Chloe Oeschger ’18 Ellen & Marc Oeschger Heather Roseberry & Nathan Ohler Maria Then & Henrik Olund Anita Orozco Jordan Palefsky Roshani & Rupe Patel Shilpa & Satin Patel Jeff Peck Jake Peden Janel & Danny Perez Jeanie & Claiborne Perrilliat, Jr. Mary Perry Lakeshia & Chris Peters Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Tully & Dan Phillips Bianca Reyna & Aaron Pirouznia Bryson Pogue Savannah Seifert Poston ’03 Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Joan & Ken Raff Nafisa & Asif Rahman Bala & Raj Ramanan Vicki Raney Megan & Brian Ratcliff Basma & Asif Raza Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy Christina & Tony Riccio Barbara Rinas Kathy Ritz Allie & Andrew Robinson Paula Roediger Tiffany Hamil & Dennis Rogers Damariz Rojo Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Debbi Levy Rothschild ’74 & Barry Rothschild Kate & Ivan Rovner Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Kelly & Camner Rubin Nina & Decker Sachse Hira Saiyed & Imad Salahuddin Gabriela Saldana Parkes Kim & Jim Savage, Jr. Fidelity Charitable
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Marcia & Steve Schaul Shannon Schaul ’89 Becky & Bobby Schneider Rachel & Josh Schumann Elisha & Jason Scott Betsie Tart Sears ’78 & Jim Sears April & David Seeds Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Mary & Allen Shafer Jennifer & Edo Shellef Cheryl & Greg Shulman Joyce Chan & Andrew Simon Suma & Ravi Singh Helen Skalniak Cat & Gary Socha Jill & Harold Sonnier Lexi & Ben Sonnier Amy & Steve Sowell Polly & George Spencer, Jr. Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer Lucia Spikes Shelby & Cliff Stanley Shayna Starr Kaili & Ed Stehel, Jr. Nicole & Trent Stephenson Denise & Chris Stewart ’83 Ella Stewart ’18 Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Laurel & Lang Stone ’94 Jody Stout Ginny & John Summers Janie & Tom Summers Kathryn & John Szwejkowski Linda & Derek Tarlecki Reagan Tate Fidelma & Daniel Titus Chandler Tucker ’05 Julia Wignall & Enis Tuncer Jay Valentine Frank Valeri Lauren & David Van Wagenen Jessica & Jason Varela Patricia & John Vermillion Jorie & Brian Wages Caroline & Jake Wagner Becky & Brandon Walker Jaime & Steve Walkowiak Janice & Gary Walsh Rachel & Steve Walsh Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters Jane Wang Lisa & Stephen Wardlaw Amy & Kelcy Warren Lisa & George Warren III Sarah & Russell Weinberg Susan & Steve Weisenburger Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch Mr. and Mrs. Welch Amy & Greg Weselka
Bill Wetsel Catherine & Jack Wetzel Wetzel Family Charitable Fund Donor-Advised Fund
Jill Weidman Taylor & Joseph Wiesner Debbie & David Wiggans Michelle & David Wilner Megan & Trey Wilson III Christie Whitten & Brandt Wood Debby & Paul Wreford Anne Yarbrough ’81 Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84
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DONORS BY CONSTITUENCY ALUMNI DONORS BY DECADE 1960s
Anonymous Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Bruce Beddow Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Leah & Jon Gross ’69 Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Abby & George Lombardi ’68
1970s
Julie Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Anonymous Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Amy Brown ’78 Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Regen Horchow ’72 Michael Hurst ’75 Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 Eric Lombardi ’73 Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Betsie Tart Sears ’78 & Jim Sears Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Candace & Max Swango ’76 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Estelle and Michael Thomas ’77
1980s
Caroline & David Ackerman ’81 Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Jenn & Gary Cohen ’80 Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Kate & Nathan Dicker ’88 Casey Rodgers Fleming ’86 & Ross Fleming Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & David Greene Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Giggy Loeb Jacobson ’81 & Peter Jacobson Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Susan Moore ’81 Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 Shannon Schaul ’89 Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Denise & Chris Stewart ’83 Christina & Allen White ’89 Anne Yarbrough ’81 Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84 48
1990s
Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Seth Brown ’95 Lizzie & Joe Bumpas ’97 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 & Erik Christman Grace Cook ’98 Erica & Eric Denton ’94 Stacylyn Dewey Doore ’95 & Michael Doore Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich Helen Jury ’98 Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Liz Lintel ’97 Gray Malin ’96 Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Chris Nettune ’93 Joni & Scott Palmer ’93 Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Laurel & Lang Stone ’94 Mallory & Justin Tonick ’90 Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters
2000s
Louis Andres ’04 Miles Andres ’06 Claire Cramm ’07 Lindsay Dolan ’00 Kate Mosle Bender ’04 Shannon Blakey ’00 & Grant Gardner Meredith Hessel ’08 Tommy Hessel ’09 Andrew Jury ’02 Ben Krakow ’08 Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Savannah Seifert Poston ’03 Chandler Tucker ’05
2010s
Kaitlyn Adams ’18 Finn Collins ’14 Anna Cramm ’10 Michaela Creel ’14 Grace Knudson ’13 Chloe Oeschger ’18 Ella Stewart ’18
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PARENTS OF ALUMNI
Alyssa & Patrick Adams Gela Gallardo & Arturo Aguilar Katie & David Aisner Stacy & Tucker Anderson Debbie & Marc Andres Anonymous Heather & Ray Balestri Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Leslie & David Benners Lindsey & Dave Beran Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Allison & Chris Bovard Alice & Michael Brown Beth & Michael Brown Shonn & Clarence~ Brown III Jenny & Pete Bulban Diane & Stuart Bumpas Dannye L. Butler Tamara & David Campbell Marta Milian & Fred Carroll Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Melissa & William Collins Mary McDermott Cook Jennifer & John Corrigan Hope & Gene Cramm, Jr. Pam & Jason Creel Kitty & Tom Cross Betsy & Bennett Cullum Mary Dolan Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. Catie & Aaron Enrico Wendy & Paul Genender Jacquelyn Wilcox & Basheer Ghorayeb Beverly & Chuck Ginsburg Jill & Brett Giroir Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III Meg & Dave Graves Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Maya Leibman & Robert Gross Buffie & Andrew Halle Cindy & Brian Hanson Tania & Kevin Hardage Lillian & Greg Hessel Helen Hobbs Linda & Phil Hodgson Regen Horchow ’72 Charlotte Hughes Michael Hurst ’75 Fran & Don Jackson Alesia & Brandon Johnson Katie & Jed Johnson Marietta Johnson Ann Frances & Cliff Jury Jennifer & Tom Karol Rebecca Hamilton & Allan King
Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Karen & Bob Knudson Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Lisa & Peter Kraus Tricia & Jim Krohn Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Carol & John Levy Caroline & Mario Lopez Sheryl & Eric Maas Jill & Brent Magnuson Amy & Peter Malin Marty & Jack Melton Pam & Carter Meyer Rory & Howard Meyers Patty & David Miller III Amy & Brian Mitts Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Nicole Musselman Barbara & Bud Nichols, Jr. Mary & Steve Nix Ellen & Marc Oeschger Curt Pabst Susan Palmer Dan Patterson Wendy & Bill Payne Lakeshia & Chris Peters Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Joan & Ken Raff Jen & Ravi Ratan Kristin & Ricky Rees Kathy Ritz Christine & Dick Rogoff Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Kate & Ivan Rovner Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Carol & Tony Ruggeri Kim & Jim Savage, Jr. Marcia & Steve Schaul Rachel & Josh Schumann Betsie Tart Sears ’78 & Jim Sears Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Gowri & Alex Sharma Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Denise & Chris Stewart ’83 Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Bobby Sussman Candace & Max Swango ’76 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas
Cynthia Trochu Jean-Louis Trochu Vaughn Vennerberg Bobbie & Andy Villareal Harianne & David Wallenstein Janice & Gary Walsh Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Lisa & George Warren III Sarah & Russell Weinberg Catherine & Jack Wetzel Debbie & David Wiggans Carmen & Andy Yung
The comprehensive list above reflects cumulative giving from individual donors for the period June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021, sorted by constituency type. It includes cash contributions to annual, restricted, capital, and endowed funds. ~
Denotes Deceased
DONORS BY CONSTITUENCY GRANDPARENTS Carol & Larry Barbour Ivy Jones ’24 Jake Jones ’27
Ann Cohen Stella Cohen ’23 Miles Cohen ’25
Cathey & Don Humphreys Palmer Nicholson ’22 Beau Nicholson ’23
Ali & Clyde Barnard Henry Kuppin ’24 Peter Kuppin ’25
Sharon & Dale Courtney Sam Courtney ’23
Leon Johnson Noel Valeri ’22
Betsy & Bennett Cullum Katie Helfrich ’21
Patti Johnson Archer Johnson ’22
Jerry Dillard Benjamin Dillard ’24 Crawford Dillard ’27
Piper & K.C. Jones Ivy Jones ’24 Jake Jones ’27
Melissa & David Dow Harris Dow ’26
Pati Jones Ivy Jones ’24 Jake Jones ’27
Susie & Scott Bender Leo Bender ’22 Sally Bender ’26 Dorothy Bennett Maxwell Bennett ’21 Naomi Bloom Avery Bloom ’22 Karen & Jim Brainerd Alex Brainerd ’23 Naomi Brainerd ’26
Kathy & Dan Dowdy Grace Dowdy ’23 Caroline Dowdy ’26 Lucy Dowdy ’26
Janye & Jan~ Bridges Taylor Haverhals ’27
Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Leo Bender ’22 Sally Bender ’26
Charles Knell Rose Sachse ’23 Sam Sachse ’25
Barbara & Mark Feldman Jake Feldman ’24 Nathan Feldman ’27
Natalie & George Lee, Jr. Blythe Lee ’22 Laurel Lee ’26
Jenni Finlay Fleur Belanger ’22
Bonnie & Reginald Logan, Sr. Taylor Logan ’26
LeeLee Gioia Henry Kuppin ’24 Peter Kuppin ’25
Karen & Randall McCleskey Mikayla McCleskey ’23
Alice & Michael Brown Sam Courtney ’23 Barby & Mason Brown Emerson Brown ’21 Melony & Sherman Brown IV Clara Brown ’26 Dannye L. Butler Dixie Good ’24 Sandra & Luigi Carleo Lucia Eklund ’25 Oliver Eklund ’27 Roman Jones ’27 Jenny and Jim Castellaw Kate Castellaw ’25 Mary Margaret Castellaw ’27 Jean & John Cate Frances Cate ’21 Donna & Geoff Clement Benjamin Dillard ’24 Crawford Dillard ’27
Christi and Larry Glasscock Kate Castellaw ’25 Mary Margaret Castellaw ’27 Pagett & Mike Gosslee Cameron Wilson ’25 Val & Rob Haverhals Taylor Haverhals ’27 Linda & Dan Hickman Cooper Hickman ’22 Tanner Hickman ’24 Joan & Zachary Hill Lily Whitfield ’23
Bridget & Ken Kippels Connor Parel ’24
Peter and Katherine McKee Margot McKee ’25 Lin McNeil Xander McNeil ’21 Patty & David Miller III Evelyn Miller ’22 Patricia Morgan Isaiah Scott ’21 Libbie & Bill Nylin, Jr. Xander McNeil ’21
Jeanie & Claiborne Perrilliat, Jr. Louis Turcotte ’21 Charles Turcotte ’22 George Turcotte ’24 Mary Perry Liam Ellis ’27 Susan Reese Susie Illich ’22 Walter Illich ’25 Barbara Rinas Michael Hammer ’25 Carol & Tony Ruggeri Gigi Nelson ’24 Michael Ruggeri ’24 Juliana Ruggeri ’25 Milly Ruggeri ’27 Becky & Bobby Schneider Zettie Schneider ’27 Mary & Ken Simon Addy Simon ’26 Jill and Harold Sonnier Luke Sonnier ’26 Polly & George Spencer Franklin Summers ’26 Janie & Tom Summers Franklin Summers ’26 Frank Valeri Noel Valeri ’21 Jeanine Van Wagenen Will Van Wagenen ’23 Brooks Van Wagenen ’26 Susan and Steve Weisenburger Harper Guitierrez ’27 Debby & Paul Wreford Arabella Boyd ’25 Lyndon Boyd ’27
Susan Palmer Toby Palmer ’26
FRIENDS & FORMER FACULTY/STAFF Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Danielle Dupuis Marilyn & Ramon Gamero
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Shelly Gammieri Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Jasmine & John Harris Regen Horchow ’72 Amy Kuberski Madison & Caleb Lavey
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Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 Coleta & Joe Lewis Leslie Meritt Susan Moore ’81 Barbara & Bud Nichols, Jr. Vicki Raney
Paula Roediger Terri & Larry Sengbush Lucia Spikes Catherine & Jack Wetzel Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.
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ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS AND TRIBUTE GIFTS CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS Albertsons Safeway - Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program AmazonSmile Foundation Apple Bank of America Charitable Foundation British Emporium Commonwealth Charitable Fund Communities Foundation of Texas Community Foundation of Abilene Coyote Theaters Management, LLC Double R Equitable Foundation Inc. Ericsson North America Inc. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Fidelity Charitable Goldman, Sachs & Company Healthy Smiles Children’s Dentistry KOCH Locke Lord LLP McKinstry Charitable Foundation Moss Adams My Children’s Place
ORIX Foundation PepsiCo Foundation Pfizer SAP Schwab Charitable Fund Sengbush Studio, Inc. Tapestry Texas Instruments Foundation Textron Charitable Trust Textron Matching Gift Program The Dallas Foundation The Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Hanover Insurance Group The Humana Foundation, Inc. The ISN Charitable Giving Fund Tolleson Wealth Management Donor Advised Fund Toyota Motor Corporation Turcotte Development Group United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Wholesome Food Services, LLC
TRIBUTE GIFTS In Honor of Shonn Brown Heather & Ray Balestri Leslie Philipson Krakow ‘69 & Bob Krakow Jennifer & John Mosle III
In Memory of Donald Green Tershea & Don Green
In Honor of Linda Cauley Gabriela Saldana Parkes
In Memory of Margaret Jonsson Rogers Carol & John Levy
In Honor of Caroline Dowdy ‘26 Kathy & Dan Dowdy
In Memory of Leon Otto Turner Tershea & Don Green
In Honor of Grace Dowdy ‘23 Kathy & Dan Dowdy In Honor of Lucy Dowdy ‘26 Kathy & Dan Dowdy
In Memory of Natalia M. Villareal Marilyn & Ramon Gamero Charlotte Hughes Lucia Spikes Paula Roediger
In Honor of Joe Eastin Heather & Ray Balestri Leslie Philipson Krakow ‘69 & Bob Krakow Jennifer & John Mosle III
In Honor of Sarah Weinberg Heather & Ray Balestri Leslie Philipson Krakow ‘69 & Bob Krakow Jennifer & John Mosle III
In Memory of Barbara Rabin Jennifer & Tom Karol
In Honor of Piper Glowacki Shannon Glowacki The list above reflects giving from organizational donors and tribute gifts for the period June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 and includes cash contributions to annual, restricted, capital, and endowed funds.
KEEPERS OF THE FLAME June & Jason Landry Gowri & Alex Sharma Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Barney Young
Jeff Peck III 11 Rachel & Josh Schumann 11 Gretchen Champion & 15 Paul Staveteig 11 15 Stacy & Tucker Anderson 10 Leslie & Steve Bledsoe 10 10+ YEARS Ana Bohanan 10 Bank of America Charitable Kristy & Taylor Bowen 10 Foundation 14 Ana Casanova 10 Carrie & Josh Bays 14 Danielle & Jeff Cate 10 Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Ashley & Robert Cathey 10 Jason Bender 14 Maya Leibman & Robert Gross 10 Lauryn & Jason Bloom 14 Cindy & Brian Hanson 10 Naomi Bloom 14 Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Sarah & Zack Burdick 14 Jeff Helfrich 10 Finn Collins ’14 14 Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry 10 Melissa & William Collins 14 Joan & Zach Hill 10 Jenney & David Gillikin 14 Paige & Tom Kuchler 10 Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz 14 Brittany & Neal Lober 10 Nick Leggatt 14 Judith & David Mullens 10 Jezabel Guadalupe & Heather Roseberry & Jose Luis Mata 14 Nathan Ohler 10 Keepers of the Flame includes individuals and organizations who have given consecutively Amy & Brian Mitts 14 Schwab Charitable Fund 10 to the Lamplighter Fund or Alumni Giving program for five or more years. Kristin & Ricky Rees 14 The Dallas Foundation 10 Bobby Sussman 14 The ISN Charitable Giving Fund 10 Amy & Kelcy Warren 14 Mika & Nathan Thomas 10 25+ YEARS 15+ YEARS Jill Wiedman 14 Rachel & Chris Trowbridge 10 Goldman, Sachs & Company 31 Allison & Chris Bovard 19 Carmen & Andy Yung 14 McKinley & Brandon Wier 10 Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Lillian & Greg Hessel 19 Heather & Ray Balestri 13 Bruce Beddow 30 Andrew Jury ’02 19 Brandy & Henry Dalton 13 5+ YEARS Linda Cauley 30 Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & Courtney & Dan Case 9 Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis 30 Bob Krakow 19 13 Betsy & Bennett Cullum 9 Sue McCullough 30 Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & David Greene Meredith Hessel ’08 13 Lindsay Dolan ’00 9 Kathy Ritz 30 Richard Pollock 19 Ann Frances & Cliff Jury 13 Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 9 Diane & Stuart Bumpas 29 Catherine & Will Rose ’77 19 Jacquelyn Wilcox & Ashley & Sam Leake, Jr. ’79 13 Mary Dolan 26 Terri & Larry Sengbush 19 Basheer Ghorayeb 9 Carol & John Levy 26 Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury 13 Sengbush Studio, Inc. 19 Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer Denise & Chris Stewart ’83 13 19 Brad Hirsch 9 Stewart Thomas 25 The Enrico Foundation 13 Candace & Max Swango ’76 19 Fran & Don Jackson 9 Anne Yarbrough ’81 25 Patricia & John Vermillion 19 The Texas Instruments Christine & R.J. Johnson 9 Tamara & David Campbell 18 Foundation 13 20+ YEARS Natalie & Mark Johnson 9 Lakeshia & Chris Peters 18 Anonymous 12 Albertsons Safeway – Tom Thumb Ricki & Andy Rabin Morgan & Scott Kennedy 9 18 Monica & Joe Eastin 12 Good Neighbor Program 24 Stephanie & Scott Kirkham 9 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. 12 Lisa & Peter Kraus 24 Christine Ho & Anil Koganti 9 Glenn Solomon 18 Fidelity Charitable 12 Jennifer & Jon Mosle III 24 Traci & Ham Lee 9 Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch 18 Leah & Jon Gross ’69 12 Patty & David Miller III 23 Caroline & Mario Lopez 9 Shari & Andy Krage 17 Tommy Hessel ’09 12 Jody Stout 23 Catherine & Doug MacMahon 9 Vicki Raney 17 Pam & Carter Meyer 12 Melisa & Jeff Dorrill 22 Amy & Matt Miller ’88 9 April & David Seeds 17 Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley 12 Jennifer & Tom Karol 22 Maria Then & Henrik Olund 9 Leslie & David Benners 16 Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Jill & Brent Magnuson 22 Katie & Kyle Oudt 9 Jenny & Pete Bulban 16 Justin Small ’83 12 Wendy & Bill Payne 22 Kelley & Scott Parel 9 Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Lilly Albritton ’91 & Kathryn & John Szwejkowski 22 Janelle & Alden Pinnell 9 Gregg Kupor 16 Chuck Briant III 11 Hope & Gene Cramm, Jr. 21 Megan & Brian Ratcliff 9 Kristen & Brian McCool 16 Bill Burton 11 Marynell Murphy 21 The Pinnell Foundation 9 Cynthia Trochu 16 Shannon Morse ’80 & Carrie Wright 21 Jade Le & Son Tran 9 Jean-Louis Trochu 16 Dan Clifford 11 Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr. 21 Becky & Brandon Walker 9 Shonn & Clarence~ Brown III 15 Communities Foundation of Texas 11 Amy Brown ’78 20 Katie & David Aisner 8 Catie & Aaron Enrico 15 Anna Cramm ’10 11 Kitty & Tom Cross 20 Susie & Scott Bender 8 Wendy & Paul Genender 15 Claire Cramm ’07 11 Cheryl & Greg Shulman 20 Lindsey & Dave Beran 8 Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III 15 Eva & Peter McKee 11 Reagan Tate 20 Alice & Michael Brown 8 Meg & Dave Graves 15 Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 11 Sarah & Russell Weinberg 20 Olivia & Cole Claiborn 8 Tania & Kevin Hardage 15 52
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Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney 8 Sharon & Dale Courtney 8 Elayna & Casey Erick 8 Stephanie & Dan Fine 8 Landy & Alex Fox 8 Jasmine & John Harris 8 Treasure & Andy Hickman 8 Linda & Phil Hodgson 8 Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf 8 M&A Brown Family Foundation 8 Susan Moore ’81 8 Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 8 Lucy & Thomas Morton 8 Ali & Ben Robins 8 Fidelma & Daniel Titus 8 Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos 8 Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte 8 Jorie & Brian Wages 8 Jaime & Steve Walkowiak 8 Hongvien & Daniel Adashek 7 Lori & Bob Bennett 7 Heather & Kevin Bonfield 7 Ashley & John Coker 7 Cindy & Bob Connolly 7 Heather & Casey Deskins 7 Kristin & Nathan Fay 7 Caroline & Tim Finnegan 7 Mark Giambrone 7 Shannon Glowacki 7 Lyndsey & Scott Harper 7 Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi 7 Tricia & Jim Krohn 7 Natalie & George Lee, Jr. 7 Elizabeth & Darin McNeil 7 Libbie & Bill Nylin, Jr. 7 ORIX Foundation 7 Janel & Danny Perez 7 Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 7 Dana Rumbauskas 7 Elisha & Jason Scott 7 Shelby & Cliff Stanley 7 Kaili & Ed Stehel, Jr. 7 The Marion W. Minton & Walter J. Minton Foundation Inc. 7 Amy & Greg Weselka 7 Kim & Antonio Allen 6 Anonymous 6 Victoria Mitchell & Mark Backofen 6 Dia & Kelvin Baggett 6 Natalie & Travis Bittner 6 Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow 6 Mary McDermott Cook 6 Kate & Nathan Dicker ’88 6 Susie Hartman & David Guedry 6 Claire & Mark Haidar 6 Jennifer Heiss 6 Cathey & Don Humphreys 6 Katie Reese & Collins Illich 6 Melanie & Eugene Jabbour 6 Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari 6
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Denotes Deceased
Patti Johnson 6 Emily Forman Jourdan ’75 6 Billie Jean & Jay Langham 6 Bronwyn & Dan Levitan 6 Kim & Dakon Montgomery 6 Stephanie & Omar~ Nawaz 6 Meg & Kevin Nicholson 6 Bianca Reyna & Aaron Pirouznia 6 Barbara~ & Stan Rabin 6 Damariz Rojo 6 Carol & Tony Ruggeri 6 Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib 6 Cat & Gary Socha 6 Amy & Steve Sowell 6 The Benevity Community Impact Fund 6 Janet & Michael Tierney 6 Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 6 Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri 6 LaDeitra Adkins 5 Cindy & John Ansbach 5 Ali & Clyde Barnard 5 Dorothy Bennett 5 Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot 5 Bincy & Brock Bizzell 5 Renee Skinner & Trey Branham III 5 Amanda & Aaron Brown 5 Christy & Trey Brown III 5 Sarah Lu & Matao Cao 5 Sue Chu 5 Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 5 Donna & Geoff Clement 5 Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi 5 Janelle Alcantara & Neil Fisher 5 LeeLee Gioia 5 Rachel Ferdinando & Lawrence Godfrey 5 Regen Horchow ’72 5 Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein 5 Cyndi & Dan Knudsen 5 Erica & Trey Kuppin III 5 Janice & Hunter Lee 5 Lauren & Ty Lee 5 Anna Benefiel & John McKenzie III 5 Vijaya & Satya Movva 5 Nathan Nelson 5 Anita Orozco 5 Tully & Dan Phillips 5 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy 5 Nina & Decker Sachse 5 Hira Saiyed & Imad Salahuddin 5 Cinco & Chris Sorrow 5 Stacie & Byron Spears 5 The Greater Cincinnati Foundation 5 Joe Urso 5 Jay Valentine 5 Lauren & David Van Wagenen 5 Caroline & Jake Wagner 5
Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Catherine & Jack Wetzel Ann & Jim White III Allison & Mark Williams Cass & Austen Wright Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Impact Fund Janet & Michael Tierney Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
We have made every effort to give proper credit to all who have so generously contributed to The Lamplighter School during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. We regret any omissions or errors, and request that any such oversight be reported to the Advancement Office at 214-369-9201 or advancement@thelamplighterschool.org.
Founders Legacy Society In early 2003, Lamplighter established The Founders Legacy Society, which recognizes all donors who have chosen to support Lamplighter through a bequest. The society honors the commitment of Lamplighter’s founders, Natalie Murray and Sandy Swain, whose vision, passion, love of children, and determination created a school where the spirit and joy of learning are ignited in young minds and hearts for a lifetime. Please contact Cindy Connolly, Interim Chief Advancement Officer, for more infomation regarding planned giving at cconnolly@thelamplighterschool.org.
Founders Legacy Society Members To date, the following individuals have notified Lamplighter of their plans for the School:
Gail Cook Karen and Kevin Crowder Samantha and Tim Durst Ellen and John Grimes Sheryl and Eric Maas
Pat Mattingly Vicki and Brian Miller Barbara Nichols Angela and Joel Pittman Theresa Overall
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ENDOWMENT PROGRESS THE FOLLOWING REFLECTS CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARNINGS ON THESE CONTRIBUTIONS BY MAY 31, 2021 TO LAMPLIGHTER’S ENDOWED FUNDS.
General
Lamplighter General Endowed Fund Katie ’06 and Whit ’09 Payne General Endowed Fund Kate ’04 and Michael ’08 Mosle General Endowed Fund Kraus General Endowed Fund Sharma Family General Endowed Fund Miller General Endowed Fund Warren General Endowed Fund Jonsson General Endowed Fund Junkins Family Foundation General Endowed Fund Chandler ’09, Cameron ’10, and Campbell ’12 Crates General Endowed Fund
Faculty Support
LPA Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Anonymous Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund LPA Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Alumni Faculty Salary Support Endowed Carty Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Lear Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund Pollock Faculty Development Endowed Fund Carty Faculty Development Endowed Fund Rochelle Family Endowment for Faculty Professional Development Ward-Purdy Faculty Diversity Endowed Fund
Financial Aid
Financial Aid Endowed Fund Eugene McDermott Financial Aid Endowed Fund Jess Merkle Family Foundation Financial Aid Endowed Fund Chang-Meyers Family Financial Aid Endowed Fund Katherine ’10 and Matthew ’11 Pollock Financial Aid Endowed Fund
Program Support
The C. Kent Kunkel Chair in Science and Math Endowed Fund Erik Jonsson Endowment Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education Porter Community Education Endowed Fund Pre-Kindergarten Endowed Fund J. Rose Media Center Endowed Fund Patterson Environmental Science Endowed Fund Campbell Media Center Endowed Fund Krakow/Rushton Technology Endowed Fund E. Rose Technology Endowed Fund Maggie Corrigan Visiting Artist Endowed Fund C. Rose Environmental Science Endowed Fund Dooley Author Endowed Fund Ford, Varel, Owen Technology Endowed Fund Technology Endowed Fund Media Center Endowed Fund
Total
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$1,956,661 $359,403 $309,245 $307,943 $268,566 $236,292 $224,600 $200,075.43 $99,360 $88,542 $4,050,688 $2,472,788 $1,567,149 $790,206 $519,483 $513,475 $355,594 $156,716 $124,029 $108,667 $107,837 $105,360 $6,821,304 $196,634 $108,488 $106,111 $101,618 $96,759 $609,608 $1,348,776 $413,981 $171,477 $157,301 $119,764 $118,559 $115,622 $114,203 $105,115 $103,882 $100,702 $97,930 $90,866 $79,233 $74,541 $52,978 $3,264,931 $14,746,531
2022 SPIRIT AWARD LUNCHEON Thursday, May 12 Each year, the Lamplighter Alumni Association presents the Spirit Award to an individual who exemplifies the qualities of a lifelong learner and is dedicated to supporting the mission of The Lamplighter School. This honor can be awarded to any member of the Lamplighter community who has made a lasting impact on generations of Lamplighter students. To nominate someone for the 2022 Spirit Award, please contact Cindy Connolly, Interim Chief Advancement Officer at cconnolly@thelamplighterschool.org.
SPIRIT STORE
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LPA BARN | 8:15 - 9:15 a.m.
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AUCTION 2022
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
www.thelamplighterschool.org/auction For sponsorship or underwriting, contact Taylor Cornell Good ’92, Parent Relations Coordinator tgood@thelamplighterschool.org