Fall 2020 MKA Review Magazine

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MKA’s Roadmap to Health & Wellness MKA’s flourishing wellness program is a result of the intentionality in our curriculum to support it via, physical health, mental health, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and wellness initiatives. MKA provides students a mix of these important foci, and the interdependencies of these elements, provides a successful and balanced program.

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ON THE COVER An original piece created by the incredibly talented Upper School Fine Arts instructor Alicia Cuccolo.

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Editors Gretchen Berra Kim Saunders Assistant Editor Marnie McNany Design Aldeia www.aldeia.desgn Copy Editors Diane Lundy Contributors Jenn Baratta Ashley Conde Chris Kenrick Laela Perkins Talia Selove Photographers Jamie Marie Atlas Michael Branscom Steve Clayton Derek Morf Karen Schifferdecker

Evidence of our mission is found in the KNOWLEDGE, VISION, and INTEGRITY of our students and our alumni: K N OWLE DGE • Academic excellence • Intellectual independence • Love of learning VISION • Personal engagement with the world • Understanding of human complexity • A sense of humility and compassion I N TEGRI TY • Strength of character • Responsibility as a citizen and leader • An honorable and generous life

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Looking for Moments of Joy

BY T H O MAS W. N A M M AC K

At the opening meeting for all colleagues on August 31, I described the 2020–21 school year as, more than ever, the year of the journey. COVID-19 has placed the MKA community in new territory in which to fulfill the school’s mission. As I write this letter to all of you, MKA is poised to open in hybrid mode, with 50% of our students in grades 1–12 on campus every other day, and Pre-K and K on site five days a week. By the time this issue of the Review reaches you, MKA could be back in full remote mode for teaching and learning or dealing with an instance of COVID-19 transmission, contact tracing, quarantining a cohort of people, or possibly maintaining the hybrid model in an infection free environment. It is, to say the very least, an uncertain time.

COVID-19 has forced the questions of how we support one another, communicate, and work together to even greater prominence than would be the case at the beginning of previous school years. I have no doubt that each of us has felt the weight of isolation at some point in recent months, perhaps with a diminishing return from the reassuring phrase, “We are in this together.”

To “be in this together” requires three key qualities: truly being known, having a sense of belonging, and sharing in meaningful work with others. We want this combination of experiences for our students and colleagues as key ingredients in cultivating

positive self-regard and a sense of self-worth that is essential to mental health.

And yet, in this somewhat stressful environment, there is a surprising bounce from solving a logistical or human problem with another person or team of people. The leavening effect of humor or taking a broader perspective has greater value than ever before. Small reminders that the pandemic will end at some point help to restore life’s balance.

Sometime in the past six months, I came across the idea of how very important it is for our psychological well-being to have something to look forward to every day, not the absence of pain or loneliness, but occasions or moments for joy. I felt that joy in late August when I returned to campus and saw the amazing work of our Physical Plant Department in re-organizing spaces like dining rooms and gymnasiums to serve as classrooms, or when I came across faculty members sharing organizational strategies for hybrid teaching, or seeing my first group of students on campus, fourth graders, masked and eager, on site and in training to receive their coveted MKA laptops.

The Fall 2020 Review magazine tells the story of MKA’s journey in recent months and of the deep care and thoughtfulness that emerge here in our most challenging times and that will sustain the school in the days and weeks ahead.

At the opening meeting for MKA employees, Tom Nammack announced a change in title. “Big and small things that are directional indicators mean more than ever in the midst of change and uncertainty. Kate Logan and I brought up what might be considered a small matter with the Board of Trustees at its most recent meeting: a request from me that the title I hold be changed from Headmaster to Head of School. I realize that some people may dismiss this change as political correctness, and there will be others who really don’t care. It is intended to be a signal to those who have wondered about the word ‘Master,’ as a very gendered term, which in isolation has a connection to racism. In the work that is ongoing to be a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist community, we can each start with ourselves, what we control, and how we think, talk, and present ourselves to those around us—in what is both a personal and a professional journey.”

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While Commencement certainly looked different this year, we wish our most recent graduates all the best as they head off to tackle their next chapter.

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ACADEMICS

In January, Upper School students from MKA traveled to Philadelphia to participate in the 36th annual Model UN conference.

TWENTY-FIVE STUDENTS REPRESENTED SWITZERLAND ON A VARIETY OF COMMITTEES RANGING FROM DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TO HUMAN RIGHTS. Some students also represented specific people or institutions, such as British Labour Party politician Lilian Greenwood on a committee related to Brexit, Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing in a reenactment of the 1997 Asian Market Crisis, or Duke University with a focus on NCAA sports. The participants spent all weekend debating policies, drafting resolutions, and engaging in debates. The goal of the conference, as stated by UPenn students who led the weekend, is “to inspire future leaders, to promote diplomacy within politics, and analyze history to understand the future.”

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ROHAN MONIZ ’21 AND HIS TEAM ON THEIR AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT WINNING NOT ONE, BUT TWO AWARDS IN THIS YEAR’S CONRAD CHALLENGE. The Conrad Challenge brings science and technology studies to life through a studentdriven, project-based approach, giving students the chance to become entrepreneurs and apply innovation, science, and technology to solve problems with global impact. The Conrad Challenge is a very competitive and selective national event, involving industry leaders and academics who support the program and/or serve as judges. Having pitched their technology IP and business plan in the final Innovation Summit, a four-day conference/competition normally held (if not for COVID-19) at the Kennedy Space Center, the team came away with not one, but two awards, including first-place in their category! The team’s project, VapeEscape, won their category: Smoke-Free World: Eliminating and Reducing Teen Vaping. They also won a second award: the Global Collaborator Award. Tom Holt, Upper School Science Department Chair, said, “Having witnessed the year-long dedicated effort and hard work by this team, I can say their recognition is very well deserved, indeed. Their careful research and analysis of the science, the technology, and the business market, as well as their creativity and skillful engineering, served them well through all three stages of the grueling competition. I’m so proud to know them, and proud that they represent not only the team, but they also represent the best of MKA research—and Science and Math in particular.”

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ON FEBRUARY 20, THE UPPER SCHOOL SHADES OF COLOR CLUB SPONSORED ITS ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH DINNER. MELISSA MADDOX-EVANS ’88 was the guest speaker at this year’s event.

She spoke to those in attendance about her experiences as a student of color at MKA and the important life skills she learned from them. LaRhonda Boone ’87 and Stephen Maddox ’93 also attended the dinner. Thank you to Melissa and our alumni for taking the time to join us for this special evening!

WE LOVE SEEING OUR OLDEST AND YOUNGEST STUDENTS COME TOGETHER IN THE CLASSROOM! Special thanks to the group of Upper School students who helped their Primary School friends celebrate Read Across America Day by reading them their favorite stories.

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$241,000 Raised!

On February 27, 2020, 489 alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends came together in support of MKA Day and to help us unlock $50,000 in challenge funds. Your gifts flow directly into the operating budget and immediately advance the school’s mission.

We are incredibly grateful for your generous support and want to shout out to the alumni classes of 1989, 2011, 2008, 2018, 1997, and 2006 for the highest participation!

On February 12, Upper School students taking New York City Literature and History, along with our Chilean exchange students, went on a field trip to see West Side Story on Broadway! Everyone enjoyed the show and their time in The Big Apple.

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Montclair Kimberley Academy and the campus you all know so well changed significantly over the last few months. In March we embarked on remote learning and settled into a virtual semester where MKA’s administration and faculty reimagined how to adapt and provide our students with the very best education possible, despite the widespread disruption. It was no small task to move a school of over one thousand students and 175 teachers, coaches, and advisors into this online environment, but we were able to elevate our connections to one another and provide our community with an exceptional educational experience.

MKA STUDENT AMBASSADORS MKA English teacher Paige Boncher gave her AP English students an assignment that asked them to reflect on how they can use this time of self-quarantine as an opportunity for personal growth. In just 300 words, students delivered beautifully written messages of self-reflection, empowerment, and positivity.

“ So, for me, it is not about who I want to become when the quarantine ends.

I cannot think that way. Instead, it is about what I do each day that will push me forward... Life is a process, and life during this outbreak is no different. I have found that I need to focus on the process to make any type of progess.” —ETHAN WILLIAMS ’21

Anya Singh ’23 and Rhea Chakradeo ’22 organized a fundraiser to make and distribute care packages for health care workers and essential workers. The packages included food and beverage refreshments and hygiene essentials, like masks, which were handmade by Anya and other students involved. They distributed over 40 packages the first week and increased that number for several weeks after that! Thank you for working hard to support those on the front lines.

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Upon hearing that local hospitals were in need of masks, Ella ’24, Pippa ’25, Isabelle ’27, and Kendall ’20 hand-sewed cloth masks for first responders at local hospitals and grocery store employees.

Brothers Russell ’24 and Andrew ’28 were hard at working using Russell’s 3D printer and materials that he bought on his own to make face shields. The first shipment was delivered to the medical staff at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC, the Towaco Police Department, local doctor’s offices, and local supermarkets.

Nyla Boynton-Jarrett ’21 wanted to do something to help people dealing with COVID-19. “It was so devastating to me to see how many people were being affected by this,” Nyla said. “Not just financially, but emotionally.”

She quickly became overwhelmed. There were so many places to look, but, “the information was all scattered,” she added. She wondered if she could make a website to put everything in one place where people could find information and also donate. Nyla launched the website, The Pretty Heart Project on May 16. The website curates charities and nonprofits with links to other organizations that anyone can use. The site is neither a business nor a nonprofit. The idea is that people would find the website knowing they want to help but not knowing just what they wanted to do, and that the website would direct them to other nonprofit websites to see what they have to do to help out.

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Sebastian Burns ’21, and his sister, Astrid, started a wonderful community service initiative called Dear Reader Book Exchange. Inspired by their grandmother who couldn’t get to a library at the moment, the siblings started the home-based lending library as a way to make books available to all during quarantine. Sebastian and Astrid asked their local community to donate books of all types in good condition, and they compiled a list and distributed books to anyone in the community who wanted one.

Aron Dyadyuk ’21 started an online tutoring platform specifically for the children of first responders and medical personnel. He and his volunteers wanted to give back and say thank you. The program was so successful, that it was opened to all MKA families who needed help! Aron’s platform can be found at TeenagersCanHelp.com.

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THE ROADMAP BACK TO SCHOOL Informed Decision-Making for Re-Entry to School: MKA’s return to school on campus was predicated on many factors that must be in place. The reality is that the situation is and will remain fluid for some time to come. We are prepared to deliver our signature MKA education in stages; we are committed to everyone learning every day. For more information visit: https://www.mka.org/planningforward “Our school is ideally positioned to respond to the changing landscape of education at this time in history. We are a community with an established spirit of innovation, openness to redesign, and willingness to collaborate—essential to MKA’s culture. What remains consistent is our focus on meaningful outcomes for our students, faculty, and families. We are so grateful for your partnership on this journey.”

–Kate Logan P ’13, ’14 President, Board of Trustees

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Global Leadership Semester away programs are becoming more and more popular with our students.

The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) has opened up a campus at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, and when the first semester began, Riley Rendino ’21 was part of the inaugural class. In February, Head of Upper School Dr. David Flocco had the opportunity to visit the Johannesburg campus. Dr. Flocco said, “For Riley, having the opportunity to go to school with 230 African students (in addition to SEGL classmates from all over the US) provides an enriching cultural experience for everyone. Riley was thriving and, in many ways, leading discussions and much of the ethical work and advancing the importance of cultural competencies from a student perspective.”

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MKA Prepares for High Tech Future with EV Charging Stations Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) installed an electric vehicle charging station at each of its three campuses in Montclair, NJ. The charging stations are part of the MKA Strategic Plan to reduce the carbon footprint of the school’s community. The charging stations are located in the faculty parking lots to be used by faculty during the school day or by parents who are on campus for an event such as an athletic competition, performance, or global experiences meeting. The EV charging stations are all Chargepoint Dual Port charging stations. Two vehicles will be able to charge during the school day and during school events at each charging station. These charging stations will add approximately 25 miles of range per hour while a car is plugged in.

“Reducing car pollution is an important health issue, especially in NJ, and switching to electric vehicles will make an important difference in the health of the school and the surrounding community. The latest IPCC report indicated the importance of reducing carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by the year 2030. The Montclair electric grid gets 40% of its electricity from solar power, which is double the amount provided by the rest of the electric grid in NJ. With the addition of these EV charging stations, MKA took another step toward being a leader in school sustainability.” —Upper School Sustainability Coordinator Ben Rich

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Sustainability THE UPPER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASS COMPLETED FIVE ECO SCHOOLS USA PATHWAYS EARNING BOTH THE BRONZE AND SILVER AWARDS THIS YEAR! Students completed the following Eco Schools Pathways: Biodiversity, Consumption and Waste, Energy, LEAF (LEarning About Forests), Sustainable Food. The students greatly benefited from the Pathways program, even though they had to pivot halfway through the project to study their home systems instead of the school. Congratulations to the entire Green Team of MKA for establishing and following through on our commitment to sustainability!

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May Term During this unprecedented time for the MKA community and the world, seniors and faculty at the Upper School virtually came together to discuss one very important program at MKA: May Term. May Term is the senior capstone project where students can pursue a longstanding aspiration in a risk-free environment. It is considered to be one of the concluding experiences of a student’s MKA career.

However, since more than half of the Class of 2020 could no longer complete their originally planned May Term project due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding when the “new” May Term experience should start and what it would look like for seniors.

Like so many aspects of life during COVID-19, the program had to be boiled down to its essential components, its operation and implementation transferred to the digital world, and participants re-engaged.

Possibility and ingenuity were not far behind. The stories and images that followed offer a behind-thescenes look at how the senior class paved the way for discovery, serendipity, and inspiration—all the byproducts of a successful May Term. Experiences included: remote teaching, remote Community Engagement, remote StartUp 101, remote internships, the composing and production of electronic music, global remote soccer lessons, dog training, podcasting, cooking, and much more.

To kick off May Term, there was a virtual bootcamp on Thursday, April 30 with brilliant speakers such as Michael Hernandez, Sarah Wolman, Dr. Reshan Richards, Tejpaul Bhatia, Zein Hindawi, and Dr. Horn. Keynote Speaker Adrian Michael Green pushed seniors to use their May Term projects to find meaning and cited Stanford Professor Bill Damon: “The biggest problem growing up today is not actually stress—it’s meaninglessness.”

May Term culminated with this year’s May Term Symposium livestream featuring interviews from over ten seniors as they celebrated and shared their May Term accomplishments. Audiences could also browse through a student project gallery to view the full array of work students took on in the month of May. The meaning that students found and made in the face of extraordinary challenges was evident to all.

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Awards CONGRATULATIONS TO JAELYN ’24 WHO WAS AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN NORTH JERSEY FOR THE STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD BY THE NEW JERSEY COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES! The award recognizes middle school students for outstanding achievement and exemplary contribution to the study and/or promotion of the Social Studies. Middle School History Department Chair CherylAnne Amendola says, “Jaelyn is a passionate history student. She spends extra time outside of class studying current events and reading about history and social studies. Not only is she a frequent, enthusiastic participant in class, but she has also actively taught her class what she knows outside the curriculum through presentations about Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter.”

SENIOR MADISON GREEN HAS BEEN AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM THE PRINCETON PRIZE IN RACE RELATIONS (PPRR) OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FOR HER WORK IMPROVING RACE RELATIONS AND EQUITY AT MKA. A member of the Prize committee said in her letter to Madison, “Every member of the PPRR committee was bowled over by your efforts and the testimony of your faculty recommender, David Flocco. It is clear that your work has had a significant impact on MKA, and your contributions will continue to have a positive impact on students, teachers and administrators for years to come.”

Madison first approached the school’s administration in her junior year, helping to spearhead the creation of the school’s Black Experience Task Force, where she helped revise school policies to better reflect the needs of students (and teachers) of color. For the next two years, Madison was responsible for school-wide presentations during Black History Month, which provided a forum for honest discussion, debate, and reflection on race matters. She also advocated for the creation of a new Civil Rights course at the school, which had its first cohort of students this year. “What elevates her work is partly the way she approaches such challenging, uncomfortable conversations with both tenacity and poise,” Flocco says. “When she talks, people listen.”

Unfortunately, the award ceremony had to be canceled due to concerns about COVID-19; however, PPRR shared the program created for the event which celebrated the students who were recognized. The MKA community also celebrates Madison and the work she has done to strengthen our community.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY SENIOR AND SOUTH ORANGE RESIDENT MICHELLE MEDAWAR WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A WINNER OF THE NATIONAL MERIT ESTEE AND JOSEPH LAUDER SCHOLARSHIP. From approximately 1.6 million students who entered the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, Michelle became a Finalist by fulfilling several requirements that included submitting a detailed scholarship application and presenting a record of very high academic performance. In receiving this award, Michelle is recognized among the nation’s most academically talented students.

Head of Upper School Dr. David Flocco describes Michelle as, “ravenous in her pursuit of her academic passions, seeking opportunities for challenging and intellectual discourse, enthusiastic when it comes to connecting the dots across disciplines, and genuinely curious about the world around her. She is a four-year member of MKA’s Executive Committee, Captain of the Debate Team, President of MKA’s Jewish Cultural Society, Captain of the Varsity Field Hockey Team, Leader of MKA’s peer-tutoring program MKA Lab, and the first female to join and pave the way for other female athletes on MKA’s Varsity Hockey team.

This fall, Michelle will join the community of dedicated, intellectually curious, and globally-minded scholars at Yale University. Unsure about where her interests in history, politics, and research will take her, this quintessential liberal arts student is sure to develop a better sense of just where and how she will affect positive change in the world.

For her work inside and outside the classroom, for the unbridled passion with which she pursues her interests, for modeling what it means to be a scholar, a teammate, a leader, and a citizen, Michelle Medawar is deserving of National Merit recognition.”

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Revered as an amazing Broadway veteran, Rachelle Rak’s resume is wildly impressive. On top of her Broadway career, she also has extensive credits in choreography and dance.

Besides appearing in television commercials and soap operas, she was a guest choreographer on Dance Moms and a judge on Abby Lee Miller’s Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition show.

Rachelle travels the country teaching master classes on her own as well as with the top performance conventions. Rachelle is considered to be a Bob Fosse expert, after having performed in the famed Broadway musical Fosse for over two years, as part of the original cast. With the focus on this style for this year’s musical, Chicago, it was great to have her come and share her knowledge, expertise, and experience with the full cast.

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Chicago is one of those shows that either seems extremely difficult or extremely simple to put on, depending who you talk to about it. The 50 cast members and 12 crew members who were a part of MKA’s 2020 production can unit set and costumes helped to keep things simple in tell you it is both! Asome ways, but in all other respects it was complex and challenging, which is exactly how we prefer it to be at MKA. And as usual, all of their hard work paid off! Chicago played to three full houses March 6–8 and to astounding reviews. Whether it was raving about the choreography, voices, overall look of the show, or the four seniors who anchored it (Emily Sasfai, Katie Kallay, Jamen Meistrich & John Colbert), audiences were thrilled they came out for the production. An audience member remarked after the show: “You all make something so hard look like it’s just so easy and fun.”

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Graduation Moving Up and Moving On: MKA Holds End of Year Events for 3rd, 8th, and 12th Graders Across All Three Campuses.

End of year celebrations at Montclair Kimberley Academy looked different this year given unprecedented health and safety concerns; however, there were opportunities on each campus to celebrate student accomplishments.

3RD GRADE On Friday, June 5, 3rd graders and their families were invited to participate in a drive-through graduation experience at MKA’s Primary School campus. Ferried by their parents or other family members, students drove through the campus driveway loop as faculty, staff, and administrators cheered wildly for them and their achievements.

As families entered the driveway, the air was filled with bubbles and the sound of music from a playlist of songs selected by every third grader and his or her teacher. Students entered as third graders and exited as fourth graders, having been deservingly lauded on their ride through the celebratory loop.

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8TH GRADE On Friday June 5, 8th graders and their families were invited to the Middle School campus to participate in a moving up drive-by event, celebrating the end of their Middle School years. Faculty advisors and administrators were on hand to greet students and families, lining the driveway while practicing safe social distancing. Students received a packet containing completion certificates and a class photo from Head of School Thomas W. Nammack and Head of Middle School Dr. Randy Kleinman. At an unprecedented time, this event was a meaningful and memorable way to celebrate this milestone for MKA 8th graders and families.

12TH GRADE On Sunday, June 7, 108 Montclair Kimberley Academy seniors and their families were invited to a drive-up ceremony where students picked up their diplomas and other gifts or awards from the school. Professional pictures were taken, seniors were dressed in Commencement attire, and excitement prevailed, all while adhering to CDC and State of New Jersey guidelines for social distancing.

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In a video that virtually conferred diplomas to the class of 2020, Head of Upper School Dr. David Flocco noted to the senior class, “You are graduating at an unprecedented time in our country’s history. We are so proud of you and grateful for the time you have spent with us.”

In his closing remarks, Head of School Mr. Thomas W. Nammack added, “Throughout your time at MKA and now and in recent days we have celebrated your accomplishments as members of the Class of 2020. You have led and been a part of brilliant performances, of fierce and hardwon competitions and championships, of compelling moments of scholarship and indelible gestures of friendship and compassion. I hope that the habits, discipline, and passion that gave rise to these achievements will never change, while you continue to grow and seek what it means to be your very best selves.”

Congratulations to all of our graduates and their families!

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MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020 Elizabeth Appel-Caraccioli William Appel-Caraccioli Amna Arain Daniel Arcilla Aja Blair William Blake Samantha Bodmer Anna Bradley Jaycee Brill Aedan Brundrett Luciano Calandra Ava Cappitelli Olivia Carter Yousuf Cheema Myles Cherry Alexander Chon Alexander Christian Michael Christian Hayley Cirenza John Colbert Tiffany Crowley Cristina Cusmai 20

Ciara Daly Grant Davis Harry Davison Gabrielle Delgado Jack DiLorenzo Jenna Donaldson Natalia Eichmann Yasmin Elmasry David Falis Jillian Fishback Sydney Fishman Jaime Fuchs Sarah Gabriel Arman Ganchi Andrew Garofalo Olivia Gottlieb Madison Green Nahome Hagos Meghan Halvey Shea Hammond Julia Hansen Tristan Holup

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EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 2020 DESTINATIONS American University Amherst College Boston College Brandeis University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Butler University Clemson University Colby College College of the Holy Cross Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Elon University Emory University Fordham University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Hamilton College Indiana University James Madison University FALL 202 0

Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola University Maryland Middlebury College Muhlenberg College New York University Northeastern University Occidental College Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Rhode Island School of Design Rutgers University Southern Methodist University Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Syracuse University The College of New Jersey Tufts University Tulane University University of Alabama

University of California Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Hartford University of Maryland University of Miami University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of Rochester University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Villanova University Wake Forest University Washington University in St Louis Wesleyan University Widener University Yale University

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Senior Awards COMMENCEMENT AWARDS Marjorie Winfield Easter Award—Awarded to the senior who, behind-the-scenes, has given generously to the MKA community without expecting formal recognition and has consistently demonstrated outstanding character, leadership qualities, and moral values: Madison Green Ethel M. Spurr Award—Awarded to an involved and dynamic member of the MKA community who possesses a self-starting and enthusiastic approach to academics and engagement in school life and seeks to bring new perspectives to the school to strengthen and transform existing programs: Alex Chon Rudolph Deetjen Award— Awarded to one female and one male student athlete in the senior class who have a distinguished record in MKA athletics and academic work and whose character and deportment have been a positive influence in the life of the school and have demonstrated a positive attitude in the classroom, in their respective athletic arenas, and in the community at large: Charlie Koenig, Emily Talkow Robert C. Hemmeter Memorial Award—Awarded to a senior with interests beyond the classroom. The recipient must have intellectual curiosity and a love of books, enjoy sports and cultural activities, and have an enthusiasm for living that will lead him/her beyond the MKA community: Beyer White Dr. Peter Greer Character Award—Awarded to a senior who embodies virtues including honesty, generosity, kindness, and respect. The person receiving the award should be someone who embraces the Socratic principle “Know thyself”: Yasmin Elmasry

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Congratulations to the outstanding Montclair Kimberley Academy seniors who have been honored with academic, engagement, and athletic awards.

We could not be more proud of their hard work, dedication, and the impressive feats they have accomplished during the 2019-2020 school year.

Head’s Award—Awarded to seniors who have made a unique contribution to MKA and have changed the school for the better: Meghan Halvey, Ainsley Manlowe, Aashni Sawhney, Madison Green, Arnelle Larose, Amanda Mack, Alina Smith

Margaret Jenkins Osborne Prize for Excellence in Science—Specifically intended for students who have demonstrated outstanding interest in science and superior understanding of concepts and creativity in their studies: Kyra Rude

Visual Art—Awarded to the senior who has outstanding technique and skill in their craft, finds joy and demonstrates determination in art making, and has stayed true to their individual style and voice: Nicholas Steinmetz, Tiffany Crowley

FACULTY AWARDS

John Rabuse History Prize Awarded to that junior or senior student who truly loves American History and is interested in politics, the Presidency, and the workings of government: Madison Green

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award ® —Awarded to the outstanding jazz musician at each high school: John Colbert

Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award—Awarded annually to a senior who best demonstrates warmth, generosity, and goodwill toward others: Payman Mahdi Everett Glenn Memorial Award—Honors the most outstanding House Captain who demonstrates the ability to inspire, motivate, and unite his/ her House: Jamen Meistrich Bud Mekeel Memorial Award— Given in memory of O. Stanley Mekeel of the Montclair Academy Class of 1929 to a talented and distinguished MKA senior towards college expenses: Nahome Hagos James D. Timmons Award— Awarded to an MKA senior who is the child of an MKA faculty member. The recipient is honored for distinguished academic work and significant contributions to the life of the senior class and the MKA community: Geena Pacifico DEPARTMENT AWARDS William Miller Prize in Science— Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated the greatest academic excellence in the sciences: Hunter Smith Nazarian Prize for Mathematics—Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in, and dedication to, mathematics: Beyer White Downsbrough Science Prize— Awarded to a senior with high moral and ethical standards who has shown outstanding intellectual capacity in physical sciences or mathematics by achieving distinguished grades in these subjects and demonstrating exceptional ability in related projects: Natalia Eichmann

Computer Science Award— Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in, and dedication to, the field of computer science through performance in classes, independent study, and work outside of the classroom: Tristan Holup Barras English Prize—Awarded to a senior whose work at the Upper School has reflected outstanding scholarship, a unique literary voice, and an abiding belief in the value of great literature, both in and out of the classroom: Arnelle Larose History Prize—Awarded to a senior who demonstrates enthusiasm for the study of history and society, a strong engagement with the research process, a generous spirit with classmates, and academic excellence in the department: Michelle Medawar World Language Prizes—Each year, the Upper School World Languages Department recognizes the top students in the twelfth grade in Chinese, French, Latin, and Spanish. The students who earn these awards excel in and out of the classroom and engage in the study of language and culture with empathy and understanding. Students are nominated by their current teachers, and then the awardees are decided upon by the department as a whole: Latin: Isabella Liu Spanish: Cristina Cusmai Chinese: Julia Hansen French : Jenna Donaldson

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Dance—Awarded to a senior who has shown tremendous growth in technique and artistic expression, as well as demonstrated leadership qualities for the overall program through consistent dedication and professionalism: Emily Sasfai Vocal Music—Awarded to a senior(s) who has distinguished themselves with outstanding technique, skill, musical aptitude, and expression, demonstrating determination and exemplary work in ensemble and/or solo singing: Hayley Cirenza, Kendall Larrier National Strings—Awarded to outstanding students in the MKA Strings Program who have shown exceptional talent, dedication, and commitment to their instrument: Olivia Gottlieb Anthony Cuneo—Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated a sustained curiosity in, commitment to, and love for the arts in at least two disciplines: David Wallace Marilyn Faden Award for Excellence in the Theatre Art— Presented to students who have a true love of theatre: Musical Theatre: Jamen Meistrich, Katie Kallay Drama: John Colbert, Jaycee Brill Tech Theater: Kayla Zur

SCHOLAR AWARDS Mary K. Waring Scholars— Students who make the High Honor Roll in both semesters of a given school year: Elizabeth Appel-Caraccioli, Daniel Arcilla, William Blake, Aedan Brundrett, Ava Cappitelli, Alexander Chon, John Colbert, Cristina Cusmai, Ciara Daly, Harry Davison, Jenna Donaldson, Sydney Fishman, Jaime Fuchs, Sarah Gabriel, Olivia Gottlieb, Nahome Hagos, Meghan Halvey, Tristan Holup, Grace Huntington, Hannah Jablons, Arianna Jobst, Maya Kwapniewski, Michelle Medawar, Ben Ribicoff, Jasmine Rowe, Maria Sanchez Gomez-Alvarez, Emily Talkow Avery Barras Distinguished Scholar— Students who make the High Honor Roll in both semesters of a given school year, and who earn all A’s: Natalia Eichmann, David Falis, Isabella Liu, Beyer White COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARDS Presidential Service Awards—A volunteer awards program based on hours of engagement that encourages citizens, through presidential recognition, to live a life of service. Bronze: Aedan Brundrett, Hunter Smith, Cristina Cusmai Senior Community Engagement Award—Awarded to the student or students who have demonstrated a commitment to developing a deeper understanding of the needs and perspectives in the community in order to make a positive difference: Cristina Cusmai

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ATHLETICS AWARDS Yogi Berra Museum’s “Best Teammate Award” —Given to that MKA team member who represents the very best of what being a teammate is all about: Griffin Weil

Congratulations to the 21 seniors from the MKA Class of 2020 who were inducted into the Cum Laude Society. The Cum Laude Society, established in 1906, is modeled on the Phi Beta Kappa Collegiate National Honor Society and recognizes the scholastic achievement of secondary school students. It is the highest academic honor bestowed on members of the graduating class.

The induction ceremony was held remotely and shared via video. After a welcome address from Head of Upper School David Flocco, Head of School Tom Nammack defined the term, cum laude, and told the students, “At MKA, you graduate ‘with praise’ because of your generous spirit, your positive effect on those around you as well as your developing intellectual power. In a few simple words, we recognize that you help us all to be at our best.” Alumna and Cum Laude Society member Elana Bildner ’02 spoke to the students as well and shared her understanding of all it takes to earn the achievement of Cum Laude. She said that the pin that students will receive represents “a lot of late nights, a lot of sacrifices, and a lot of challenges.”

She exhorted the students to “Bask in all your accomplishments of the last four years…make sure you take the time to celebrate yourself and soak in everything that you accomplished.”

Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients —Each year the Essex County Athletic Directors’ Association selects a male and female recipient from each school in Essex County in recognition of their achievements in the classroom and within Essex County athletics: Luciano Calandra (Football, Baseball), Amanda Mack (Field Hockey, Softball) NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient—Given to that student athlete who has maintained no less than a 3.0 GPA has exhibited outstanding school and community citizenship and has exhibited excellence in his or her chosen sport throughout their career: Bennett Knowles (Golf) Klein Award—The top male and female student athletes in each grade who exemplify excellence in academic, athletics, and character: Arianna Jobst, Jack O’Connell

THE 2020 INDUCTEES Aedan Brundrett Alexander Chon John Colbert Cristina Cusmai Harry Davison Jenna Donaldson Natalia Eichmann Yasmin Elmasry Jaime Fuchs Nahome Hagos Meghan Halvey Tristan Holup Arianna Jobst Diana Kazarian Arnelle Larose Isabella Liu Michelle Medawar M aria Sanchez Gomez-Alvarez Hunter Smith Emily Talkow Beyer White

MKA Varsity Awards— Awarded to the senior athletes for their dedication, success, and achievement throughout the course of their MKA athletic careers. The MKA Varsity Award is given in recognition to those senior athletes who have received 10 or more varsity letters throughout their MKA athletic careers: Amanda Mack (Field Hockey, Softball) Al Staph Award—Presented to a senior who has overcome a physical handicap or serious injury in order to contribute to the success of athletics at MKA: Shea Hammond

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LIFERS On Saturday, May 2, Mr. Nammack and Dr. Flocco embarked on a multi-town journey to deliver gifts to the 24 seniors who comprise this year’s cohort of “Lifers.” The annual celebration of students who have attended MKA since Kindergarten was canceled this year due to concerns about COVID-19. The Development Office still wanted to share gifts acknowledging this group, and Dr. Flocco and Mr. Nammack got the job done!

Depending on families’ decisions, they left packages on the doorstep or rang the doorbell, stepped back, and waited for families to come to the door. On a beautiful spring day, Mr. Nammack and Dr. Flocco showed the students who have been at MKA for 13 years that they are valued and appreciated.

CLASS OF 2020 LIFERS Daniel Arcilla, Luciano Calandra, Olivia Carter, Myles Cherry, John Colbert, Cristina Cusmai, Jillian Fishback, Olivia Gottlieb, Madison Green, Tristan Holup, Bennett Knowles, Payman Mahdi, Ainsley Manlowe, Michelle Medawar, Sabrina Noble, Grace Nonnon, Geena Pacifico, Elana Perlmutter, Julia Petrocelli, Ryan Salzman, Chloe Stuart, Alina Smith, Alexander Sylvander, Beyer White

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Diversity , Inclusion & Anti-Racism FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL TOM NAMMACK: This past summer was a time of turmoil, in the heart and the soul of the school and the nation.

For MKA and for many of you, this has led to reflection and to action.

Of profound importance, in terms of MKA’s reason for being, is our success in meeting the challenge of fully establishing and maintaining the school’s institutional health as an academy committed to anti-racism in curriculum, policy, daily life, and purpose. I can promise you that MKA’s priorities are being reshaped by what we have learned, and are learning, from our Black students and alumni.

Such a deliberate direction of institutional energy and purpose has to be mission driven. Selfassessment and education for all members of the community in regard to issues of racism at MKA is underway, led by a task force of trustees and school leaders.

Among the efforts and accomplishments to fulfill MKA’s mission as a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community is the work of the Black Student Experience task force that was formed at the initiative of Dr. David Flocco, Head of Upper School and Assistant Head of School for Strategic Initiatives, and led by Steve Valentine, Assistant Head of Upper School and Director of Academic leadership, and Dr. Carlaina Bell, Assistant Head of Middle School and Assistant Head of School for Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism. The recommendations from the Black Student Experience task force regarding the Code of Conduct, curriculum, hiring, and professional development of all employees, have been accepted by me and are being implemented under the leadership of Dr. Carlaina Bell.

In my remarks to the Class of 2020 I told them, “I truly believe that each of you has contributed to MKA in ways that have made it a great school, a place that abounds with moments and examples of excellence in the fine and performing arts, scholarship, athletics, the community experience and in service to others but I also see, as do others, a need to be a good school, for everyone, every day and at every turn. We can and we will do better. And as alumni, I hope you will accept the privilege and the obligation to stay connected to MKA and to hold us accountable for that commitment.”

To see the Black Student Experience task force’s recommendations please visit: www.mka.org/bset

DR. CARLAINA BELL, ASSISTANT HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ANTI-RACISM: MKA has learned a great deal about the experience of being a Black student at MKA through Black student affinity groups and the Black Student Experience Task Force. Now, on the heels of a racially charged basketball game, student protests at MKA and all over the country, and the creation of @blackatmka, it is reaffirmed that MKA has to do better by all students of color and marginalized identities. MKA must aspire to be what bell hooks, author and activist, refers to as a “beloved community” where everyone can show up in the fullness of who they are.

Racial competence is when people have the skills, knowledge, and self-awareness to acknowledge racism, and intervene. The students have provided us with the knowledge that racism exists at MKA. The faculty at MKA are now hard at work fulfilling the self-awareness part of the racial-competence equation, and they have taken the first step to becoming anti-racist educators. For the first time, faculty members are reflecting on their whiteness, privilege, and participation in systemic racism.

The tri-campus Diversity and Inclusion Team (Shanie Israel, Roshni Shah, Yesenia Ravelo-Rodriguez, Leslie-Ann Murray, Meg Arcadia, and Breanna Conley) has been leading the faculty through this work during summer professional development that will continue throughout the upcoming school year.

The Diversity and Inclusion Team is also in partnership with the Deans of Students to incorporate restorative justice practice at MKA to address the need for more accountability and help eradicate racist behavior from all areas of school life.

In addition to implementing the recommendations from the Black Student Experience Task Force, one of my goals this year is to shift the burden of educating and combating racism from our students and faculty of color, to the White faculty and student body. It is time for all members of the MKA community to step up and do the work in making MKA a truly inclusive and anti-racist community.

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KAREN GULLIVER, ANTI-RACISM TASK FORCE CHAIR: MKA’s Anti-Racism Task Force is a Special Committee of the Board of Trustees comprised of Trustees and school leaders to reaffirm MKA’s intolerance for racism in any form and to take deliberate action to identify, rectify, and disempower racism at MKA. The members of the Anti-Racism Task Force are: Board: Kate Logan (Board President), Karen Gulliver, Naveen Ballem, Anya Barrett, Bonnie Carter, Paige Cottingham-Streater, Tracy Higgins, Lauren Kaplan, Reshan Richards, Stephanie Salzman, Craig Solomon, and Margaret Wager Administration and Faculty: Tom Nammack, Carlaina Bell, Dave Flocco, Randy Kleinman, Margaret Gonzales, Tony Jones, Daniella Kessler, and Melanie Bieber We share a commitment to fulfill MKA’s mission and to create a school community where all students and members of our community feel welcome, are treated with dignity, and are respected and valued. This requires the Anti-Racism Task Force to support the school in taking deliberate and systemic action to be an anti-racist school, to actively fight against racism, rather than being passively non-racist. The work of the Anti- Racism Task Force will include: • Listening to the experiences, insights, and perspectives of Black MKA students, parents, alumni, and faculty, and conducting an equity/climate survey for the community, which will deliver qualitative and quantitative data to provide a deeper understanding of the climate of racial inclusion at MKA • Supporting the education of all members of our community to further deepen awareness and understanding of systemic and institutional racism and the part we all play in becoming an anti-racist school • Examining our structure, programs, policies, practices, and culture to develop recommended strategies, initiatives, and goals that advance anti-racism in all facets of school life and school culture MKA has work to do in order to ensure that all students and members of our community feel welcome, are treated with dignity, and are respected and valued. As an institution, we are listening, learning, and we are committed to the work required to fulfill our mission of being a diverse and inclusive community and to understand what that truly means.

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ATHLETICS 2020

WINTER 2019-2020 TEAM AND STUDENT-ATHLETE HONORS AND AWARDS During the recently completed 2020 Winter Athletics season, the following MKA teams, coaches, and athletes achieved honors:

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Biren Pramanik ’20 Capt.; MKA Coaches Award

Head Coach: Tony Jones (20th Year) Record: 10-15

Bryce Cherry ’22 Bryce Cherry ’22 MKA Most Improved Fencer Award

Nahome Hagos ’20 Capt.

Cole Jacobson ’20 Capt.

Payman Mahdi ’20 Capt.; MKA Coaches Award; MKA Winter Captain’s Prize Recipient Jack O’Connell ’20 Capt.; 1st Team AllIndependence Division, SEC; MKA Offensive Player of the Year Award Brennan ColumbiaWalsh ’22 1st Team All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-Independence Division, SEC; MKA Most Improved Player Award Isiah Udofia ’22 Honorable Mention AllIndependence Division, SEC GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Head Coach: Ilirjana Lulgjuraj (2nd Year) Record: 16-6 Vanessa Amsinger ’21 Capt.; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team All-Freedom Division, SEC; MKA Most Valuable Player Award Patricia Columbia-Walsh ’22 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team All-Freedom Division, SEC; MKA Offensive Player of the Year Award Ayantu Flowers ’22 2nd Team All-Freedom Division, SEC; MKA Offensive Player of the Year Award

GIRLS’ FENCING Co-Head Coaches: Mike Alexander, Mike Frey (3rd Year) Record: 1-8 Grace Huntington ’20 Capt.

Narena Nerahoo ’20 Capt.; MKA Coaches Award Alanna Clayton ’23 MKA Rookie of the Year Award ICE HOCKEY Head Coach: Tim Cook (4th Year) Record: 0-16 Michelle Medawar ’20 MKA Coaches Award Danny D’Angelo ’21 Capt.; Honorable Mention AllMcInnis Division, NJIHL; MKA Players’ Player Award Aron Dyadyuk ’21 Assistant Capt.

Matthew McCann ’21 Assistant Capt.; Honorable Mention All-McInnis Division, NJIHL Adam Zidlicky ’23 2nd Team All-McInnis Division, NJIHL; MKA Most Valuable Player Award BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Head Coach: Kathy Jackson (1st Year)

Jessica Christian ’22 Honorable Mention AllFreedom Division, SEC

Oliver Chang ’23 MKA Most Improved Player Award

BOYS’ FENCING

Josh Talkow ’23 MKA Coaches Award

Co-Head Coaches: Mike Alexander, Mike Frey

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GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Head Coach: Kathy Jackson (1st Year) Kelsey Freeman ’21 Capt.; MKA Players’ Player Award Martine Gulliver ’22 MKA Most Valuable Players’ Player Award Remy Ronen ’23 MKA Rookie of the Year Award BOYS’ SWIMMING Head Coach: Elizabeth Ciccarelli (1st Year) Record: 2-8 Aedan Brundrett ’20 Capt.

Rohit Sinha ’20 Capt.

Nate Corbett ’21 MKA Most Valuable Swimmer Award Zach Sevrens ’21 MKA Rookie of the Year Award Andrew Kim ’22 Honorable Mention AllAmerican Division, SEC GIRLS’ SWIMMING Head Coach: Elizabeth Ciccarelli (1st Year Record: 0-9-1 Natalia Eichmann ’20 Capt.; Honorable Mention All-American Division, SEC; MKA Most Valuable Swimmer Award Arianna Jobst ’20 Capt.

Sofia Vinasco ’23 MKA Rookie of the Year Award

PAYMAN MAHDI ’20 (VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL) IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2020 MKA WINTER CAPTAIN’S AWARD. The MKA Captain’s Award is given out each season to that male OR female captain who has exhibited the qualities that we look for in our team captains...leadership, dedication, respect, work ethic, and being a role model both on and off the field or courts to his or her teammates and peers. Payman’s Head Coach Tony Jones writes, “In my 20 years of coaching, I don’t think I have had a more mature and intuitive captain who led with a positive attitude. Payman always knew what we needed as a team.

More importantly, he was able to get his teammates to understand the importance of working together to improve individually and collectively or providing encouragement to a struggling teammate; Payman always did this flawlessly.

He knew when to gently push a teammate to improve.

His teammates always responded in a positive way. After a tough loss, he would remind coaches and players about the positive things that we did and to replicate those things more often. The guys respected and listened to him because they knew he cared about them and wanted the best for every player, whether they were a starter or someone who rarely played in games. In addition, he was a great role model on the court. He attended every practice, worked hard to improve, and provided quality minutes on the court. Off the court, his leadership as Vice President for the entire student body is something that the younger players can emulate. His leadership is a big reason for the success we had this season. Most importantly, his teammates knew that Payman would be honest, kind, and always have their back. He was a wonderful and trusted teammate and a terrific captain.”

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Health & Wellness MKA’s flourishing wellness program is a result of the intentionality in our curriculum to support it via, physical health, mental health, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and wellness initiatives. MKA provides students a mix of these important foci, and the interdependencies of these elements, provides a successful and balanced program.

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Health, PE and Wellness Dept, 12th Grade Dean, Boys’ Varsity Soccer Head Coach The educational journey that MKA students take is a rewarding one, but it is also stressful and full of trials and tribulations that go hand in hand with being a teenager attending a dynamic independent school in the Tri-State area. MKA is a top tier academic institution that prides itself on college preparation and a love of learning: two honorable and worthwhile undertakings.

So where do health and wellness fit in? For our students and graduates to maximize their potential, they also need support, guidance, and life skills education to enable them to transition successfully to college and adult life.

In my six years at MKA, there has been an intentional focus on the work needed to develop the student outside the classroom. Challenging negative stigmas around mental health, addiction, sexual assault, and consent to name a few has been a conscious, ongoing effort, but we have managed to break many boundaries through discussion and dialogue. I am thankful that we have a faculty who have been prepared to share their stories about addiction, sexual assault, and mental health. It has helped normalize topics with which students may have been struggling.

We are in a place now where candidates for student president and vice president positions center their pitches around the Mental Health of the student body. Developing dialogue and discussion has given the students a voice. It has empowered our student body to advocate for different areas of their health.

It was awe-inspiring for me to see an Upper School student share their struggle with anxiety and depression with the whole school recently.

SaFe Zone, SAVE, MKA FIT, and The Global Feminism club are proponents for student mental health, physical health, sexual violence awareness, and women’s rights. Our 2019-2020 Student President Alex Chon and Vice President Payman Mahdi organized and hosted a student-led roundtable conference on Mental Health in February, including eight schools from North Jersey and mental health professionals from the area. I recently led a group of 17 seniors through their May Term experience.

Their topics ranged across the spectrum of health, wellness, and lifestyle. To have nearly 20% of the senior grade engaged in such projects for May Term speaks volumes about the content reaching the student conscience. I am thankful that the school provides such diverse platforms for our students to engage in their overall wellness.

There has also been a deliberate attempt to raise awareness around Health and Wellness topics. Alcohol Awareness Week, Mental Health Awareness Week, and Ally Week are staples on the Upper School calendar. The school has supported high

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It truly does “take a village” to enact meaningful change in the area of student wellness. The Social Emotional Learning Competencies (SEL) were developed as a commitment to the student and their personal success.

The entire MKA community adheres to the competencies in all student interactions, both inside and outside the classroom. profile speakers such as Chris Herren (Addiction) and Kevin Breel (Mental Health). PAMKA has worked with the Health and Wellness Department in promoting and supporting parent evenings during these weeks.

It truly does “take a village” to enact meaningful change in the area of student wellness. The Social Emotional Learning Competencies (SEL) were developed as a commitment to the student and their personal success. The entire MKA community adheres to the competencies in all student interactions, both inside and outside the classroom. It has been an invaluable tool in the advisory system as we specifically identify self management, self awareness, relationship skills, decision making, and social awareness as crucial personal growth areas for our student body.

A critical cog in the holistic approach to health and wellness at MKA has been the collaborative work between Primary, Middle, and Upper School Health, Wellness and Physical Education and Counselor Departments. The formation of a Health and Wellness Committee allows faculty from all three campuses to discuss and formulate plans to improve policies and curricula pertaining to student health. We now have a consciously designed curriculum that provides our students with a progressive path in all key areas of adolescent development.

Reflecting on the last six years, I am proud of how far the school’s culture and comprehensive approach has evolved regarding student wellness. We continue to strive to be in a place where a student’s health is the priority of everyone in our community: students, parents, administration, and faculty. In an effort to do our student body justice, we must move with the times and be forward-thinking and flexible with our policies, procedures, and curriculum. That will never be truer than the present as we anticipate the mental and physical challenges our students will face as they return to school following the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be ready.

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Varsay Lewis, M.Ed Upper School Counselor

Knowledge, Vision, and Integrity is MKA’s motto and one that reflects tenets of every facet of our being. Our focus on Mental Health protects this vision because the administration at MKA realizes that, without a focus on clear minds and a venue to achieve such things, our educational goals are impossible to accomplish.

My time at MKA thus far has been about collaboration and growth. In two years, I have seen the introduction of programming at the Upper School which has included a more accessible venue to reach me, the school counselor, by creating a new office next to the locker lounge with walk-in hours and an online platform to set appointments; Mental Health Awareness Week; a student-led club called SaFe zone that has a focus on students’ Mental Health and inclusion of those who suffer from mental health ailments; a robust uptick of collaboration between tri-campus Mental Health initiatives in order to ensure that we are focusing on the same initiatives from K-12, and most importantly, dismantling the stigma surrounding Mental Health.

I have never been busier. And for some, that seems like a negative, but not at MKA. Coming to see the school counselor speaks volumes. It means you are willing to seek help. It means that you are aware of your issues that need clarity. It means that you are knowledgeable of the things that you need assistance with, have the vision to understand that you have a resource that is at your disposal, and possess an integrity that is unwavering in your time of need.

MKA prides itself on the fact that we exhort excellence. With that pride comes the intelligence to recognize that our mental health is just as important as our educational prowess.

MKA prides itself on the fact that we exhort excellence. With that pride comes the intelligence to recognize that our mental health is just as important as our educational prowess.

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DANIELLA KESSLER, M.ED, LAC, NCC Middle School Counselor Coordinator of Student Counseling Services

They say it takes a special kind of person to work in a middle school. Navigating the turbulent emotional waters of tweens and teens takes intentionally designed “special” touches. While literature, history, math, and science are all critically important, the truly challenging work during these years comes in an educator’s ability to support a student’s mental health and her or his overall social and emotional well-being.

The Middle School weaves mental health and very purposeful social emotional skills into its robust advisory program and through daily curriculum. From the time students begin their middle school career in 4th grade, they are met with the availability of a counselor and ongoing social-emotional support. Lunch bunches, small group support, individual support, Mental Health Awareness Week, Kindness Week, and 8th Grade Positive Choices Day are just a few of the programs offered throughout the year at the Middle School campus. The extensive wellness curricula designed to scaffold from Pre-K to 12th grade also plays a role in advocating for our students’ emotional well-being.

Students at this age don’t often seek support on their own, so the more open, comfortable, and accessible it is for them, the more successful we are in meeting their needs. The combination of counseling support coupled with age-appropriate lessons and skills via advisory, drives our understanding of what those needs look like during these perplexing years. It is this platform that provides us the opportunity to deeply know our kids and to help shape them as they find their way into becoming adolescents.

Supporting kids during their pre-adolescent years comes in the more discreet ways of connection, presence, and trust. We get our middle schoolers for five years if we’re lucky. These years are critical. Hopefully, we’ve done our job right, and when our kids leave us, we’ve made a positive impact on their social and emotional wellbeing.

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Melanie Braverman Bieber ’03, M.Phil.Ed, LPC Primary School Counselor

Counseling at the Primary School for most children addresses a world of firsts. New experiences create opportunities to institute healthy, lifelong strategies and a growth mindset. How children process difficult moments, especially early on, impacts how they feel, how they learn, how they interact with peers, and how they view the world. Loss of a family member or pet, the realization that they have a different skin color or celebrate different holidays than friends, difficulty mastering new skills or social situations, and a friend who moves away are just a few examples of the firsts our students often encounter during their Brookside years.

As the counselor, I lead individual, small group, and whole class discussions that encourage reflection, awareness, and the ability to recognize right from wrong and act on that knowledge. Whole class work ranges from learning about personal space, thereby laying the groundwork for later conversations about consent, to bringing MKA’s Anti-Bullying Standards to life to having developmentally appropriate conversations about identity or the pandemic.

Lunch Bunch, small group work for 1st - 3rd graders, builds social skills, increases emotional awareness, supports students whose family structure is changing, and introduces mindfulness concepts.

Children may explore issues new to them, safely express some of their deepest feelings, and come to understand that mental health and wellbeing is a critical part of the school experience.

Providing social and emotional support through a trained mental health professional provides students with the foundation to become positive contributing members of our MKA and greater communities.

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Leroy Watkins ’99

Award Winning Entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Owner of Viking Sports Camp The year 2011 was life-changing for me. I became a dad, and I bought a recreation company called Viking Sports. My somewhat busy life suddenly had two monumental additions that made it even more chaotic. Over the next four years, our little family grew into a family of five, and Viking Sports grew from eight to 40 employees. My focus on being the world’s best dad, business owner, and husband took up 25 of the 24 hours in each day. I was stretched thin, stressed, and tired. Then my family started making time for play, and everything changed for the better.

I realized I had gotten away from playing as I was growing my business and micro-managing my kids’ development. My kids love playing; I love playing; and I own a company that is literally built around the concept of playing. It started off with me racing my kids in the yard. They loved it, and I loved it. As my wife and I were playing with our kids, we were all getting exercise, bonding, and having fun. My kids were learning how to win and lose, how to be good sports, and how to practice teamwork.

Once that foundation was laid, we began playing exciting games like the Floor is Lava which involves problem solving, perseverance, risk, and reward to help foster a growth mindset when dealing with challenges.

I began carving time out each day for the family to play. We were having a blast, and my stress was gone. I felt motivated, and people were seeing the best representation of me. All of that positive change was a direct result from playing. Try it! The worst that can happen is that you’ll have a little fun.

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Purposeful programming around balance is essential to a well rounded education.

While the classroom fills your brain with valuable academic experiences, playing exercises your brain differently to process crucial social experiences. Running, falling, winning, losing, negotiation, and compromise are all things that organically take place when playing happens.

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Jody A. Underwood ’83, M.D., FACLP, DFAPA

Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, Lifespan Physician Group Clinical; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University During COVID-19, Dr. Jody Underwood ’83, chief of psychiatry and behavioral health at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Lifespan Physicians Group Inc., treated thousands of outpatients via a telehealth platform, and for those who need a higher level of care, offered inpatient care. “We also had a COVID-19 unit which is for patients who have psychiatric issues and are also COVID-19 positive,” said Underwood.

In addition to providing for patients at the hospital, Dr. Underwood said it was crucial to provide support to medical staff in a crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic. Music performed by the group Healing Through Harmony, made up of students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, played softly in small areas of Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. Rhode Island Hospital is one of the major teaching hospitals of Brown University. Under normal circumstances, the musicians perform in person in Rhode Island Hospital’s cancer center, but the COVID-19 crisis temporarily put a stop to those visits. The group’s music was heard in respite rooms, reserved for doctors and other providers who are caring for patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19. Set up inside both hospitals about a month and a half after the virus appeared in Rhode Island, the rooms provide privacy for health care workers who are tending to the sickest victims of the virus.

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Mental health issues often begin in the school age years. Education about mental health should start early in our schools. We can break down the stigma and misconceptions about mental illness if families are provided mental health education and programming.

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Karestan C. Koenen, PhD, ’86 Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

I have had the great privilege of reconnecting with MKA over the past three years, including the opportunity last winter to spend time on each campus and attend the Board of Directors meeting. I have devoted my career to research on mental health and addressing mental health issues in vulnerable populations.

I have rarely encountered the level of institutional commitment to mental health and wellness that I have observed at MKA. My new relationship with MKA has also had a direct influence on the work I am doing now.

During my visits over the past three years, I enjoyed meeting with students individually and during health classes. I will never forget when I walked into the health classroom and found myself surrounded by the posters students had made on what they viewed as important public health issues. Almost all the posters focused on challenging topics related to mental health such as depression, addiction, suicide, and sexual violence. These posters were the visual representation of what I heard from the students directly and illustrated that they were hungry for good information on mental health, both in order to support themselves as well as to support friends and family members. Even more impressive, MKA had stepped up to meet this growing need, expanding the programming in mental health and wellness across the entire institution.

My interactions at MKA inspired me to seek out other opportunities to bring my research in mental health to the public, and, in particular, to make this research useful. My activities around COVID19, which include launching mental health forums at Harvard and publishing opinion pieces in Thrive Global and other media, are the most recent examples of this. Although I graduated from MKA over 30 years ago, my relationship with the school and the influence of the institution continues to this day.

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Noah Wolk ’21 President of the SaFe Zone

When I helped to establish SaFe Zone, a club centered around mental health issues and mental health awareness, I felt strongly that all students at MKA could benefit from this resource. Mental health is a topic that is often stigmatized, and for high school students especially, it is a topic that is often disregarded or hidden from others. The mission of SaFe Zone is to break down the barriers that currently exist around mental health and to encourage students to be comfortable addressing their mental health and making it a priority.

Ultimately the goal of SaFe Zone is to create a space where students can share openly and support each other in an environment where they will not feel judged, ashamed, or embarrassed. It is important that high school students understand that many teenagers deal with anxiety, feelings of depression, social concerns, and other mental health issues. SaFe Zone is a resource for the entire MKA population, where everybody is accepted for who she or he is and whatever each person is struggling with. Mental health obstacles can feel isolating and scary. Knowing that peer to peer support is available at school is one way to encourage MKA students to share the challenges they are dealing with and to understand that they are not alone. Next year, SaFe Zone plans to implement various activities focused on mental health that will benefit the students at the Upper School.

SaFe Zone looks forward to expanding and reaching more students in the 20202021 school year.

In starting the club SaFe Zone, my main goal was to reduce the stigma around mental health and unite the students to create a safer and more connected community. It is my hope that in the years to come, SaFe Zone can expand and thrive as a resource for students.

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Alicia Cuccolo Upper School Fine and Performing Arts

Many years ago, as a young student teacher in New York City, I wrestled with profound questions about the purpose of education: What is the aim of education if students lack self-worth and the tools to express themselves? How can students’ well-being be addressed? What is my duty as an educator?

MKA’s evolving Health and Wellness Program and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Initiatives recognize that learning and emotional well-being are connected.

These programs and related curriculum transform students’ lives by lifting negative judgments, stigma, shame, and anxiety.

They provide a sympathetic support system that responds to student concerns and most importantly, promotes ways for students to support each other. This year, I marveled at the courage of students to find their voice and share their painful yet triumphant stories.

These programs affirm to students that they are of value and restore balance and harmony to their lives. As a teacher and advisor, I often present the idea to students that when they do not share feelings and emotions, they deprive others of the opportunity to help and to learn. Philosopher and Professor Martha Nussbaum asserts that the remedy for emotional pain is “a kind of self-love that does not shrink from the needy and incomplete parts of self, but accepts those with interest and curiosity, and tries to develop a language with which to talk about needs and feelings.”

MKA’s Health and Wellness Program and SEL Initiatives help students become emotionally self-aware, communicate their needs and feelings, and understand their identity.

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SOCIAL + EMOTIONAL LEARNING How can we know and value ourselves, our emotions, and the dignity of others in ways that enable us to respond confidently when facing a challenge and contribute to a respectful and collaborative learning community?

Social-Emotional Learning at MKA helps students to build an essential foundation for academic and personal success by developing the self-awareness, empathy, and good character needed to make responsible decisions and create positive relationships with others.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies for the MKA Community Taking Care of Myself

and Others

Self Awareness

Social Awareness

I KNOW how I feel and can communicate it with others.

I RESPECT other people’s feelings and perspectives.

I know my strengths and challenges.

I know when to seek help and how to find it.

Self Management I MANAGE my emotions, stress, and actions.

I empathize with other people.

I strive to be a positive influence in my school and community.

Relationship Skills I BUILD positive relationships.

I make good choices and act honestly.

I listen actively and communicate clearly.

I set and achieve goals.

I resist negative peer pressure.

I prevent and resolve conflicts.

and My Community Responsible Decision-Making I MAKE healthy, respectful, and constructive choices.

I identify and solve problems.

I make responsible decisions in academic and social situations.

Social and Emotional Learning at MKA helps students to build an essential foundation for academic and personal success by developing the self-awareness, empathy, and good character needed to make responsible decisions and create positive relationships with others. We ask students to think about, “How can we know and value ourselves, our emotions, and the dignity of others in ways that enable us to respond confidently when facing a challenge and contribute to a respectful and collaborative learning community?”

All members of the MKA community commit to developing the skills identified here and modeling them for others.

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Randy Kleinman, Ed.D Head of Middle School

Counseling psychologist and parenting expert Carl E. Pickhardt wrote that Middle School can be so psychologically demanding because, “…classroom instruction is often not uppermost in a student’s mind, social survival is.” While that may be a bit of hyperbole, it does encapsulate the challenge of working with tweens and teens, who learn more during this period than at any other stage of life besides infancy, while dealing with unprecedented physical, neurological, and emotional growth. Little wonder, then, that the Wellness program is so important in Middle School. In actuality, though, thinking of wellness as a program is inherently limiting. Aspects of wellness are delivered in Health classes and in the Advisor curriculum, but Wellness programming is at the core of how we educate our students and is part of our teaching in every course and every aspect of schooling.

The challenge in educating our students and preparing them to deal with an ever more complex and stressful world is to help them develop the skills and traits they will need to succeed in school and in life beyond school: greater resilience, creativity, flexibility, self-awareness, empathy, and independence.

Our focus on the so-called soft skills of social emotional learning (SEL) and prioritizing our student’s mental and emotional well-being improves students’ access to learning. Framing learning from a Health and Wellness angle allows students to look inward, to internalize and own ideas, rather than to view them and attempt to learn them as external abstractions. Wellness is about helping students embrace the moral imperative to value and respect each individual and to work toward a just society.

Wellness programming includes at all grade levels: non-traditional approaches to physical education; high quality health education curricula that respond to important trends and issues and are taught by knowledgeable individuals; and well-trained and accessible counselors, nurses, and support personnel.

I cannot overemphasize the centrality of the Wellness approach to everything we do. School culture and climate, curricula and programs, student support services, and training of teachers and other personnel are all attuned to the health of students and their development of skills needed to thrive.

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THANKS TO YOU The 2019-2020 school-year presented us all with a number of new challenges and uncertainties. Yet despite our distance from one another, the MKA community grew stronger than ever as we found new ways to support one another and help those in need during this incredibly emotional and unsettled time.

We could not be more grateful for the families, alumni, students, colleagues, grandparents, and friends who volunteered or made donations to support our community. Your contributions have fueled our ability to provide a transformative education for each one of our students by giving us the resources to be nimble, and to fulfill a wide range of needs, including those that were and may still be unanticipated.

Thank you for helping to make a difference in the lives of our students and the lives of our faculty and staff. We value your investment in our mission and take seriously our responsibility in properly stewarding your gifts. Thank you for your support.

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We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for the extraordinary generosity from the following donors who made gifts to unrestricted and/or restricted funds totaling $10,000 or more during the 2019-20 fiscal year. $100,000 AND ABOVE Lisa and Joseph Amato Carol and Robert D’Alessandro ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Johnson The Johnson Family Foundation Kate Logan and Edmund Rung PAMKA Margaret and Richard Wager Anonymous $50,000–$99,999 John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 Kristina and Tom Burke Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund Penny Finkle Dennis Manalo ’88 Philip H. Smith ’53 * $25,000–$49,999 Masoud and Nadia Altirs Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Bonnie and Michael Carter Evelyn and Stephen T. Colbert Prof. Tracy Higgins and Mr. James Leitner Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan Zandi and Thomas Nammack Katherine and Robert Ruberton Jodi and Luke Sarsfield ’91 Samantha and Ryan Schinman ’89 Leigh B. Smith ’45 (Former Faculty) Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe Suzanne and Mark Weinberg $10,000–$24,999 Lesley and Melih Abdulhayoglu Rick and Linny Andlinger Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch Joan and Ken Barrett Jennie and Tom Cherry Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti Rhonda and David A. Crichlow The Everson Family Alexis and Clifford Finkle IV ’92 Lori and Patrick Fouché Amy and Peter Fusco ’89 Carolyn and Michael Goldman Karen and Robert Gulliver Carla Harris and Victor Franklin Melinda and Jay Hofmann Barbara and Dane Holmes Mary and Joel Jeffrey Jackie and Rick Jenkins ’77 Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr. The McMullen Family Foundation Glenda McNeal Alexandra Okun and Craig Dubitsky Loretta C. Peterson Sandra M. Rivera and Gerardo Mejia Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Julie and Matthew Sherman Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon

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THE FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY

The Founders’ Society gives special recognition to individuals who contributed $1,000 or more in comprehensive operating support between July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020, including annual fund contributions. Thank you to the 320 donors who provided 76% of the $1.77 million raised. Your leadership plays a critical role in MKA’s ability to deliver its mission as your contributions support every facet of the MKA experience.

1887 SOCIETY ($20,000 AND ABOVE) The first day of classes at the newly formed Montclair Academy was September 18, 1887.

John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 Kristina and Tom Burke Evelyn and Stephen T. Colbert Prof. Tracy Higgins and Mr. James Leitner Kate Logan and Edmund Rung Dennis Manalo ’88 Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Jodi and Luke Sarsfield ’91 Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe Mei-Mei Tuan and Andrew Thompson Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe Amy Weppner and Irakli Endeladze You Gata Angel Foundation MACVICAR-WARING SOCIETY ($10,000 TO $19,999) John MacVicar and Mary Kimberley Waring were the founding heads of Montclair Academy and The Kimberley School, respectively.

Lesley and Melih Abdulhayoglu Rick and Linny Andlinger Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Bonnie and Michael Carter Rhonda and David A. Crichlow The Everson Family Alexis and Clifford Finkle IV ’92 Lori and Patrick Fouché Amy and Peter Fusco ’89 Carolyn and Michael Goldman Karen and Robert Gulliver Carla Harris and Victor Franklin Barbara and Dane Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Johnson Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan Glenda McNeal Zandi and Thomas Nammack Alexandra Okun and Craig Dubitsky Loretta C. Peterson Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon Sandra M. Rivera and Gerardo Mejia Katherine and Robert Ruberton Julie and Matthew Sherman Margaret and Richard Wager Elizabeth and Ather Williams

MARY A. JORDAN SOCIETY ($5,000 TO $9,999) Classmate and devoted colleague to Ms. Waring, Jordan is remembered as a consummate educator with a forward-looking viewpoint Henry V. Allen ’65 Barbara and Val Azzoli Kristina and James Bromley Regina and Bill Bronson Sheri and Ted Bronstein Cara and Dan Cesareo Jacqueline Cestone ’54 Alexis and Ed Davis Edwin and Kathryn Davison Ashley and Robert D. Di Geronimo Janita and Meyrick I. Douglas Yun Fan and Yong Cai Efua and Louis Feldman Meredith and Aaron Gardner Holly and Brian K. Hargrave Christine and Charles Hough The Johnson Family Edina and Victor Jung Lisa Lazarus and Robert Coviello Dr. Philip G. Leone ’60 Heidi and Jason McAndrew Cheryl D’Alessandro McMullen ’77 and Peter S. McMullen ’77 Luz L. Miranda-Crespo and Luis Crespo Deborah and Michael I. Otner Trish and Tom Perlmutter Eric R. Schwarz ’76 Manika Sood and Prashant Bhatia Amanda E. Spagnoletti ’97 Susanna Suh and James Larish Vincent Cestone Foundation Jerald Vizzone Rachel Yang and Dayong Wang Jenny Yu and Eugene Xu CLAUDE MONSON SOCIETY ($2,500 TO $4,999) Teacher of Latin from 1916 to 1956, known for his great humor and devotion to the boys of Montclair Academy Dr. Jabeen Ahmed Aubin Ames ’54 Evangeline Appiah and Eric Offei-Addo Betsy Bacot-Aigner ’80 Wendy and Jared F. Bartie Carolee Bol and Scott Rosenberg Judith H. Germano Bonarti and Michael A. Bonarti Stacey Bradford-Greenberg and Rick Greenberg John M. Brandow ’71 Elizabeth and J. Martin Brayboy ’80 Wenfang Chen and Peter Young Kate Clifford-Toomey and Tom Toomey Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 Helen W. Walter Crossen ’95 and David Crossen Darlene and Joe D’Angelo James Donnell (In Memory of Barbara Pendleton Donnell ’52) Keith Druckenmiller Carla Edelstein and Abe Medawar Paul and Liz Edwards Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund Suzanne and Mark E. Forysiak Sheri and Jason Friedman Susan Galligan ’74 and Thomas C. Galligan ’73 Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo Mary Stuart and Angus Gephart

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Giving by Constituency Trustees $950,675 Former Trustees $207,814 Faculty and Employees $39,696 Current Parents $854,968 Alumni $367,452 Grandparents $197,710 Parents of Alumni $85,159 Friends $285,547

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$431,805 $319,631 $176,029 $203,831 $207,809 $2,424 13 DONORS

MACVICAR-WARING SOCIETY

28 DONORS

MARY A. JORDAN SOCIETY

33 DONORS

CLAUDE MONSON SOCIETY

69 DONORS

HEADMASTERS SOCIETY

154 DONORS

COUGAR SOCIETY

23 DONORS

Foram and Jayesh Gopalji Catherine and Douglas Halbert John Halvey Silvia Henriquez and Luis Villafana Shannon and Gregory B. Hobbs David L. Hughes ’76 Mark M. Jaffe ’58 Liz and Jason Katz Shruthi and Brian Kinkead Ginny and David Laird Nina and Steven Lerner Cristin and Gregory Lovallo Min Lu and Thomas K. Piede Xiaoyu Lu and Heng Zou Courtney and Christopher Meeker

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Karen Merz Amy Meyers and Anthony Rizzo Amanda and Scott T. Milleisen Jacqueline Monteferrario and Gregory Vozeh Leah Morgan and Richard Wolf Kerry and Paul Murphy Anne and Patrick J. Naughton Amy and J.D. O’Hara Kimberly and John O’Kane Sherrie and Lorne Potash Reena and Bidyut Pramanik Valerie and Wesley S. Puryear Limor and Robert Regular Barbara and Steven Sakovits Meredith and Justin Silver Keri and Darryl Siry Brooke and Michael Skolnick Alison W. Slone and Adam Miller Susan Sobbott Savita Subramanian and Edward A. Spehar Kate and James Stanford Linda and Brian Sterling April and Brett Straten ’92 Nicole and Rahmaan R. Streater Meg and Harry Temkin Naureen and Nkere Udofia Margo and Douglas Wheeler HEADMASTERS SOCIETY ($1,000 TO $2,499) Leadership plays a critical role to MKA’s past, present, and future.

Delicia and Julius S. Abdur-Rahim Olubunmi O. Afonja and Richards A. Afonja Valerie and Bill Anders Diana Anders and Andrew Weiner Jeffrey A. Appel and Mr. John J. Caraccioli Kathryn Auw Prasad ’01 Lisa Bannon and George Steinmetz Jenn and Dave Baratta Sarah and Craig Barrack Patricia Bartolomeo Emel and Orhan Bazna Arthur Beaudet Susan and J. Thomas Bradley, Jr. Deborah and William W. Brown Christy Burke Ingrid E. Burke Dianna and Dohyun Cha Siu Chan-Lui and John Lui Jennie and Tom Cherry Sonia Chudasama-Patel and Amish Patel Jenna Clancey ’03 and Owen Clancey Susan Cole ’78 Barbara and Raymond L. Colotti Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti Allan Cox ’74 Barbara Creed ’62 Judith and Martin P. Daly Peter and Katie Dancy Lavina and Prakash Datwani Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Wiemi A. Douoguih ’88 Kim Engbersen and Frank Sluis Laura and Kenneth Esterow Laurie and Jon Ewing Lauren and Jason Fass Megan and Chad Flick Anne and David Flocco Patricia Forbes Filomena and Demetrios Fotinopoulos

Dianne and Darren Francis, P’ Russell ’24 and P’ Andrew ’28 Beth and Michael E. Fuchs Siobhan and Steven M. Gambuzza Jill and Robert E. Garofalo Rachel Geringer-Dunn Alisha and Jonathan Glaser Melissa Goldman-Williams Tricia and Jason A. Gottlieb Mary Ellen and David Gray Gary W. Greendale Richard S. Griffith Min Guo and Rubiao Song Gael Habernickel ’54 and Duke Habernickel ’51 Mary Hack ’65 Susan and Alan Hammer Joseph H. Hare ’65 Kathryn V. Hatfield Alice and Steven Hirsh Melinda and Jay Hofmann Alexander B. Holz ’99 Jackie and Larry Horn Schuyler Horn ’59 Josephine and Michael Horsburgh Julianne A. Hunt and David Korfhage Kim and Bradford Huntington Janice and Jeffrey Jacobson Dipali and Sudhir Jain Mary and Joel Jeffrey Jackie and Rick Jenkins ’77 Owen B. Jennings ’07 Alpa-Jigna and Ferdinand Jimenez Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Rebecca and Jonathan Kelly Gail Kerr ’52 Caren Khoo-Cotter and Daniel Cotter Julie Kim ’92 and Andrew Kim Marsha and Randy Kleinman Lisa A. Krizner-George and David R. George Molly and Andy Kuick Taryn and Darren Langer Rachel and Jung Q. Lee Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr. Leslie Levine ’74 and Peter Levine Ellen and Jonathan Lewis Ebonee Lewis Jennifer Liu and Benjamin Chang Mei Liu and Yingjun Sun Pearl Louie and Eric Lieberman Tricia and John MacEvoy Margot and Hugh Macdonnell Piper and Michael J. Magera Daniela and Cristian Mandachescu Sandee A. Markwith and Thomas E. Kwiatkowski Kelly and William R. Massey Jeanae Mazzone and Leonard Silverstein Jacqueline and Richard McLaughlin Leslie Meek-Wohl and Ethan Wohl Leah and Steven Meranus Matthew D. Metzger ’08 Ruchi Misra and Nicholas Hailey Rebekkah and Peter Morral Michele A. Mucci ’84 Debra and Patrick Mucci Karen and Thomas Newman Patricia and Hugh O’Kane Lilian and Robert Okai Natalija Ovsjanikovska and Andrey Apinis Judy and Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Nilie Pajoohi ’89 and Hossein Ekrami Benjamin E. Parker ’96 Laela Perkins and Michael E. Thwaite ’97

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Amy Peterson and Jose Sandoval Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj Swati Rao-Engel and Richard Engel Nadia M. Razzak and Mannan Razzak Jennifer and Stefan Reinhardt Diane Ridley-White, MD ’84 Lori and David Riley Donna Ritter and Barry Levinson Sabrina and Adam Rodgers Barbara and Martin N. Rosen ’58 Shawna and Benjamin M. Roth ’94 Olga and David Rukshin Saras Rustagi and Nitu Rustagi Charles R. Sage ’52 Eleanor and Marc Santo Domingo Beth and Douglas Sasfai Colleen and Robert Scalzo Nichole and Donald J. Schier Rebecca and John C. Scuorzo Sharon and Christopher S. Sevrens Patricia and Aidan Shields Anna Shin and Stephen Kwon Lisa and Walter C. Sierotko Susan and Stephen M. Smith ’81 Jennie and JT Sowers Ami and Andrew M. Talkow Alice M. Terrell-Bryant and Walter Bryant C.G. B. Thomas ’74 Nidhi Tomar and Rama Variankaval E. H. Van Wyck ’60 Sharon and Paul Vasilopoulos Jayne Warne-Petrocelli and Dennis Petrocelli Lori and Parker A. Weil Suzanne and Mark Weinberg Scott M. Weiner ’92 Susan and Leonard Weintraub Katie and Cameron Williams Julie and Jyri-Pekka Wilska Joe, Donna and Trey Wilson Jessica and Ari Wise Nicole Xu and Jonathan To Shazia and Sajid S. Zaidi Wei Gao and Liqiang Zhang Karina and Marek Zidlicky Anonymous COUGAR SOCIETY FOR YOUNG ALUMNI For those in the first ten years of graduation.

Lily Andres ’16 Grace Andres ’17 Stephen Bezer ’11 Seth Bynum ’11 Brandon Carter ’18 Maira Castro-Conteh ’19 Ryan Dancy ’18 Jenna Donatiello ’17 Adam Erbes ’19 Abigail Erbes ’17 Alexandra Fotinopoulos ’13 William Hughes ’16 John Kubinak ’12 Connor LeFevre ’19 Taylor LeFevre ’19 Joshua Levine ’17 Kerri McGuire ’18 Ryan Napoli ’15 Kelsey O’Connor ’14 Kathleen Porter ’18 Hailey Sylvander ’17 Stephen Tse ’16 Angelo Weber ’17

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The MKA Fund, our annual giving program, provides critical support for the basic operation of MKA, which supports but is not limited to, academics, the arts, athletics, technology, professional development, and our financial assistance programs.

We are incredibly grateful to the 1,230 individuals who generously donated $1.4 million this year. Your support is critical in helping provide the very best education to our students, making a difference in their lives, and in the lives of our faculty and staff. Thank you for your investment in our mission.

In this section, the names marked with a ∞ have made a gift for three or more consecutive fiscal years, and the names in bold have made a gift for ten or more consecutive fiscal years.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rick Andlinger ∞ Aubin Ames ’54 ∞ Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 ∞ Jennifer Barbetta ∞ Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 ∞ James Bromley ∞ Bonnie Carter ∞ Evelyn Colbert ∞ Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 ∞ David A. Crichlow ∞ Carolyn Everson ∞ Clifford Finkle ’92 ∞ Peter Fusco ’89 ∞ Karen Gulliver ∞ Prof. Tracy Higgins ∞ Alice Hirsh ∞ Barbara Holmes ∞ Michael Johnson ∞ Tina Jordan Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 ∞ Kate Logan ∞ Thomas Nammack ∞ Robert J. Ruberton ∞ Susan H. Ruddick ’54 ∞ Stephanie A. Salzman ∞ Luke Sarsfield, III ’91 ∞ Newton B. Schott ∞ Matthew Sherman ∞ Jeffrey Szilagyi ∞ Robert L. Tortoriello ∞ Mei-Mei Tuan ∞ Margaret Wager ∞ ALUMNI COUNCIL Stephen Bezer ’11 ∞ Geoffrey Close ’71 ∞ Richard Cosgrove ’84 ∞ Michael DeVita ’11 Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 ∞ Joanne Goldberg ’87 ∞ Stuart Harwood ’07 ∞ Julie Kim ’92 ∞ Lhenée McKoy ’05 ∞ Chadd Mukete ’11 Samora Noguera ’02 ∞

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Maria Gilmartin ∞ Remlyn Gongob ∞ Benjamin Goodrich ∞ Russell Goodrich ∞ Deborah Goodrich ∞ Eric Gutierrez ∞ Dimitri Hadjipetkov ∞ Injoo Han King ∞ Susan Hansen ∞ Samuel G. Harris Lisa Harrison ∞ Marshall Hatcher Xinping (River) He ∞ Emily Healy Colleen Helsel ∞ David Hessler ∞ Danielle Higgins Tom Holt ∞ Laini J. Homer ∞ Nicole Hoppe ∞ Michael Houston ∞ George Hrab ∞ Dennis Hu ∞ Miller Hughes ∞ Gretchen H. Ievers ∞ Marie Ihnen ∞ Chelsea Intrabartola ∞ Carol A. Ippisch ∞ Shanie Israel ∞ Peter Jensen ∞ Tony Jones ∞ Alan Jones ∞ Jean Jones ∞ Patricia Kearns ∞ Chris Kenrick Maryanne Kesler ∞ Daniella Kessler Randy Kleinman ∞ Marsha Kleinman ∞ David Korfhage ∞ Suresh Krishnan ∞ Pia Kutten ∞ Alexander J. Langbein ’03 ∞ Linda Larkin ∞ Robert Leather ∞ Christa Leonard ∞ Varsay Lewis Charlotte Lillard ∞ Fay Lonsinger ’90 Deanna Lowe Diane Lundy ∞ Timothy Lynch ∞ Jennifer MacQuarrie Helen Makohon Caylie Marden ∞ Louise Maxwell ∞ Jill Maza ∞ Erin McMenamin ∞ Margaret McNany ∞ Michael S. Melitz ’14 Ruth D. Miller ∞ Sunnie Minn ∞ Kenneth Miscia ∞ Maria Moreno Derek Morf ∞ Diana J. Murelli ∞ Charles Murphy Meghan Murray ∞ Thomas Nammack ∞ Karen Newman ∞ Huma Niazi ∞ Helen Noble ∞

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Alpa-Jigna and Ferdinand Jimenez ∞ Edina and Victor Jung ∞ Julie Kim ’92 and Sung W. Kim ∞ Monika Krausz Molly and Andy Kuick ∞ Rachel and Jung Q. Lee Danielle and Mitchell D. Lee Madeleine Hui Li and Alan Q. Zhou Mei Liu and Yingjun Sun Sandy and Matt LoPiccolo ∞ Pearl Louie and Eric Lieberman Latisse M. Mays-Stovall and James K. Stovall ∞ Tricia and John Mac Evoy Alisa and Toby Norris Deborah and Michael I. Otner ∞ Nilie Pajoohi ’89 and Hossein Ekrami ∞ Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj ∞ Kimberly Ramsey and David W. Ramsay ∞ Swati Rao-Engel and Richard Engel∞ Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon ∞ Sandra M. Rivera and Gerardo Mejia ∞ Iryna Shandarivska and Oleg Shandarivskyi Manika Sood and Prashant Bhatia ∞ Kim Engbersen and Frank Sluis Savita Subramanian and Edward A. Spehar Susanna Suh and James Larish ∞ Meg and Harry Temkin Naureen and Nkere Udofia Amy C. Van Eepoel and Stephen Valentine ∞ Sonia Vora and Carlos Gonzalez ∞ Elizabeth and Ather Williams ∞ Stephanie and Olin Williams ∞ Shazia and Sajid S. Zaidi ∞ Anonymous (3) CLASS OF 2025 Sarah and Craig Barrack John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 ∞ Jane and Dale Berra Tammi and Ralph M. Branch Gillian and Geoffrey Branigan ∞ Regina and Bill Bronson Cara and Dan Cesareo Dianna and Dohyun Cha Deborah and Steven Clayton ∞ Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti ∞ Edwin and Kathryn Davison ∞ Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Janita and Meyrick I. Douglas Laurie and Jon Ewing ∞ Alexis and Clifford Finkle IV ’92 ∞ Anne M. and David Flocco ∞ Suzanne and Mark E. Forysiak ∞ Lori and Patrick Fouché ∞ Siobhan and Steven M. Gambuzza Wei Gao and Liqiang Zhang Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo ∞ Melissa Goldman-Williams Silvia Henriquez and Luis Villafana ∞ Josephine and Michael Horsburgh ∞ The Ievers Family ∞ Suzanne M. Jogun and Mark C. Astley ∞ Alissa and Curt J. Johnson ∞ Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Eun Jung Kang and Bum Suk Shim Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan ∞ Liz and Jason Katz ∞ Lisa A. Krizner-George and David R. George ∞ Christina M. Klais and Roland U. Turck ∞ Jennifer and Jonathan Larsen Siu Chan-Lui and John Lui

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Marie Grover ∞ Silvia Henriquez and Luis Villafana ∞ Elise Hubert and Joseph Borrelli Cristin and Gregory Lovallo ∞ Piper B. and Michael J. Magera ∞ Amy Meyers and Anthony Rizzo Ruchi Misra and Nicholas Hailey ∞ Melissa Montemuino Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj ∞ Michelle and Jordan Raper ∞ Sabrina and Adam Rodgers ∞ Nitu and Saras Rustagi ∞ Brooke and Michael Skolnick Nidhi Tomar and Rama Variankaval ∞ Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe ∞ Claire Von Schilling and Timothy Daniels Rene and Marc J. Watkins ∞ Valbona and Todd E. Watkins ∞ Anonymous CLASS OF 2030 Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 ∞ Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta ∞ Dayana D. Campo and Roger Walter ∞ Candice and Timothy S. Carlson ∞ Nina and Suraj Chopra ∞ Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Eric Fox and Daniel Helmick ∞ Barbara and Dane Holmes ∞ Sabine and Sebastian A. Jung Beth and Gary Kiang ∞ Shruthi and Brian Kinkead ∞ Ann and John Kovacs ∞ Ellen Lafferty and Joseph Morrissey Valerie and Wesley S. Puryear ∞ Lauren and Lawrence Rosenthal ∞ Katherine and Robert Ruberton ∞ Meredith and Justin Silver Melissa and Albert Siu Alison W. Slone and Adam Miller ∞ Nicole and Rahmaan R. Streater ∞ Savita Subramanian and Edward A. Spehar Laura and Eric Treadaway ∞ Stefania and Jeffrey M. Venezia ∞ Margaret and Richard Wager ∞ Alyson Waldman ’99 and Mr. Matthew Waldman ’98 ∞ Julie and Jyri-Pekka Wilska ∞ Anonymous (3) CLASS OF 2031 Margherita and David Cardello Christina and Raymond Colotti Helen W. Walter Crossen ’95 and David Crossen ∞ Mimi and Rafael Cuellar Lauren and Jason Fass ∞ Eric Fox and Daniel Helmick ∞ Lauren and Nathan S. Gardner ∞ Meredith and Aaron Gardner ∞ Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo ∞ Jade Harris and Michael Copeland Nicole and David Hoppe ∞ Ginny and David Laird ∞ Piper B. and Michael J. Magera ∞ Amanda and Scott T. Milleisen Shruti and Sharad Ramesh ∞ Yesenia Ravelo-Rodriguez and Erik Rodriguez ∞ Erin and Paul D. Rooney ∞ Jeanne Salje and Adam Heal Brooke and Michael Skolnick Jennie and JT Sowers

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ALUMNI CLASS OF 1937 Sally Littlefield ∞ CLASS OF 1939 Cornelia A. Serota CLASS OF 1941 William P. Hall CLASS OF 1942 Daniel E. Emerson ∞ CLASS OF 1943 Lucile G. Mason * ∞ CLASS OF 1946 Joan Adams ∞ Joan Carlisle Hyla Troxell CLASS OF 1947 Margaret Weissenborn ∞ CLASS OF 1948 Janet Mason ∞ Alfred H. Murray ∞ John B. Pinkham Richard Sandler ∞ CLASS OF 1949 William F. Matthews ∞ Jane Scovil Dudley C. Smith ∞ CLASS OF 1950 Jack Heller ∞ Ann Kent ∞ Audrey McBratney-Bittner ∞ CLASS OF 1951 Duke Habernickel Michael N. Silverman ∞ CLASS OF 1952 Nancy (Booth) Kelly ∞ Gail Kerr ∞ Robert M. Kim ∞ Charles R. Sage ∞ CLASS OF 1953 Howard T. Bellin ∞ A. R. Coningsby ∞ Jaquelin Cusick ∞ Patricia Ford ∞ Sheila Lindveit ∞ Philip H. Smith * CLASS OF 1954 Aubin Ames ∞ Sheldon W. Buck ∞ Georgia S. Carrington ∞ Marian Castell ∞ Jacqueline Cestone ∞ June Foster Gael Habernickel George J. Kramer ∞ Karen L. McKergow ∞ Darthea Moser Joan Pendergast C.Y. Treene

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CLASS OF 1964 Barbara L. Markussen ∞ Deborah Pines CLASS OF 1965 Henry V. Allen ∞ Victor Bernstein ∞ Marilyn Blackwell ∞ Ellen C. Curtin ∞ Mary Hack ∞ Joseph H. Hare Robert S. Livesey Ellen R. Malcolm ∞ Ruth Morine ∞ Andrea D. Simon ∞ Peter R. Stern ∞ Susan Wright ∞ CLASS OF 1966 Terry Appenzellar Francine Crawford ∞ Wendy D. Roome CLASS OF 1967 John H. Rudd ∞ CLASS OF 1968 Gregg B. Deehan ∞ CLASS OF 1969 George A. Downsbrough ∞ Christine G. Hannon ∞ Alan B. Hirsh ∞ John P. Lally Jeffrey E. Lutz Frederic A. Miller ∞ Richard D. Noyes ∞ Annette Saviet CLASS OF 1970 Thane E. Benson ∞ Patricia Brown Madge Henning ∞ Marcia Rickenbacker Frederick H. Sheldon ∞ CLASS OF 1971 John M. Brandow ∞ Geoffrey S. Close ∞ John S. Guttmann ∞ Robert D. Lipman Bruce B. Pastorini CLASS OF 1972 Thomas R. Brueckner ∞ Denise Chezek ∞ Louis M. Gioffre Kate Lindsey ∞ Lillian Louie John J. Murphy ∞ Nelson R. Nappi ∞ Peter N. Perretti ∞ CLASS OF 1973 Robert A. August ∞ David F. Brandley ∞ Thomas C. Galligan ∞ Robert H. Nagel ∞ Malcolm B. O’Hara ∞ J. Dean Paolucci ∞ Thomas M. Wood ∞

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CLASS OF 1974 Mark R. Baran ∞ John Blondel ∞ Stewart L. Carr Anthony M. Celentano ∞ Allan Cox ∞ Martha Day Lisa T. Ericson Susan Galligan ∞ Leslie Levine ∞ Charles J. Mund Geraldine E. Nolin C.G. B. Thomas ∞ CLASS OF 1975 John T. Boyle Michael Ehrenberg ∞ Frank Gallo Hugh J. Gleason ∞ Douglas A. Hamilton Thomas D. Isenberg ∞ Nancy Lee ∞ Harry Nimmergut ∞ CLASS OF 1976 Lisa S. Aufzien ∞ David L. Hughes Raymond J. Knox ∞ Andrew S. Levine Michael A. Rosenberg Janet A. Scheel ∞ Eric R. Schwarz Rosanne Ugone Anonymous CLASS OF 1977 Christopher Brenner ∞ Stacy Cochran ∞ Jennifer C. Hendrian Robert J. Hubsmith ∞ Rick Jenkins ∞ Cheryl D’Alessandro McMullen ∞ Peter McMullen ∞ CLASS OF 1978 Susan Cole ∞ Lori Crispo Lisa R. Sloan CLASS OF 1979 Pamela M. Barz William H. Carson Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ∞ Stephen T. Dodd Debra Doerr-Larsen Mark Donatiello ∞ Bruce M. Eng ∞ Tracy R. Frager ∞ Anne M. Morey ∞ David B. Nolle ∞ Alison M. O’Neill Shawn Ortiz Eric Pai ∞ Anita E. Rainford Gardner B. Semet ∞ Lamarr Tsufura David Wallace ∞ CLASS OF 1980 Betsy Bacot-Aigner ∞ J. Martin Brayboy Michael D. Feldman

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India R. Larrier ∞ Irma Nimetz CLASS OF 1981 Karen Boyle ∞ Carolyn Calnan Steven G. Chambers Richard M. Moskowitz ∞ Stephen M. Smith ∞ CLASS OF 1982 Peter Dancy ∞ Philip L. Ehrlich ∞ Patrick Eng ∞ Peter E. Gibson ∞ Pam Holding ∞ Cheryl McCants ∞ Jim Windolf CLASS OF 1983 Laura La Corte ∞ Dennis G. Goldstein Marshall D. Hendrian Kristine O’Connor ∞ Alison Sacknowitz ∞ Anonymous (2) CLASS OF 1984 Richard Cosgrove ∞ Julio R. Dolorico Marc H. Klein Michele A. Mucci ∞ Christopher I. Noble ∞ Diane Ridley-White ∞ Lawrence Rosen ∞ CLASS OF 1985 Susan M. Ciccone O’Donnell ∞ Ashley Greene ∞ Jeffrey S. Schackner ∞ Christopher H. Smith ∞ CLASS OF 1986 Paul J. Colatrella George C. Dolatly ∞ Joseph S. Kavesh ∞ Julia Lazarus Erica I. Lubetkin ∞ Mary Louise Rubin ∞ David L. Schwartzbard ∞ Damon W. Zeigler ∞ CLASS OF 1987 Francis J. Blesso ∞ Tara L. Frenkl ∞ Deborah Glazer ∞ Joanne Goldberg ∞ Raj P. Gona ∞ Andrea Maline ∞ Sabino T. Rodano ∞ Jonathan Spencer ∞ CLASS OF 1988 Rebecca L. Campbell Wiemi A. Douoguih Crystal A. Elliott Lauren Garfield David E. Haight ∞ Melissa Maddox-Evans ∞ Dennis Manalo ∞

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Melanie Bieber ∞ Casey B. Breslow Jenna Clancey ∞ Alexander J. Langbein ∞ Carla A. Woldt Anonymous

CLASS OF 1995 Parkins T. Burger ∞ David J. DeMatteis Alexander Joerger ∞ Dennis G. McNeil Ami A. Mehra Julie L. Porter Helen W. Walter Crossen ∞

CLASS OF 2004 Jessica C. Bishop ∞ Allison Brown ∞ Noah Kessler Emily Ryan Sarah Walter ∞ Anonymous

CLASS OF 1996 Deborah E. Haight ∞ Alan Hawes Benjamin E. Parker ∞ CLASS OF 1997 Reuben Atlas ∞ Christopher M. Bellapianta ∞ Kate B. Corcoran Brian E. Holz Amanda E. Spagnoletti ∞ Robert C. Streit Michael E. Thwaite ∞ Dana R. Welsh ∞ Jonathan A. Zweifler ∞ CLASS OF 1998 Karson McGinley Arnoldas Pranckevicius Klaudia A. Pyz ∞ April L. Schott-Auerbach ∞ Leon Shade ∞ Matthew Waldman ∞ CLASS OF 1999 Igor Alves ∞ Benjamin M. Aronson Morgan B. Bellapianta ∞ Amy R. Berry Alexander B. Holz ∞ Alyson C. Waldman ∞ CLASS OF 2000 Kimberly A. Baker ∞ Lauren Hooper-Rogers ∞ Deborah S. Katz ∞ Jaclyn Spedaliere ∞ CLASS OF 2001 Melissa Bowman Lindsay B. Forman ∞ Craig Hirsh ∞ Kathryn Auw Prasad ∞ Heather Symons Laura Vassilowitch Louis S. Waldman ∞ Anonymous CLASS OF 2002 Dana Fleishman ∞ Erin Hotchkiss ∞ Samora Noguera ∞ Emily Santangelo ∞ CLASS OF 2003 Cionna S. Almeida

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CLASS OF 2005 Andrew M. Kyrejko Lhenée S. McKoy ∞ CLASS OF 2006 Caitlin DiRuggiero ∞ Jeffrey Festa Alexander Gephart Alexis L. Levengood ∞ Rachel Levine ∞ Samuel Walter ∞ Sarah E. Watt ∞ CLASS OF 2007 Daniel Allen ∞ Corey Brown Mark V. Donatiello ∞ Charles Gray ∞ Stuart Harwood ∞ Owen B. Jennings ∞ Derek Phillips ∞ Anonymous CLASS OF 2008 Kelly Byrne Breanna Conley ∞ Charles Gephart ∞ Bora Goekbora Dwight Jackson Elise McMullen ∞ Matthew D. Metzger Milan Patel Regan Shepard Anonymous (2) CLASS OF 2009 Katherine Bergstrom ∞ Morgan S. Booker Samantha L. Brazill Danielle Donatiello ∞ Nicholas Pepe John B. Phillips Brian N. Purcell ∞ Bianca M. Roses Chanya Winograd CLASS OF 2010 Julie M. Reiter CLASS OF 2011 Stephen A. Bezer ∞ Seth L. Bynum Michael DeVita Justin Goldsman Blair R. Landolfi Melissa Minton Chadd A. Mukete

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Travers Nammack ∞ Cristina L. Nasti Tamica T. Penn Rebecca Smith Daniel Stern CLASS OF 2012 David Grillo John B. Kubinak Michael D. Sasso Jeremy M. Zak ∞ CLASS OF 2013 Alexandra C. Fotinopoulos ∞ Sydney L. Freeman Miles G. Hackett Kristin J. Morisseau Robert Pannullo Nicholas D. Picinic Carlie A. Till CLASS OF 2014 Margaret Dancy Sydney A. Larrier Michael S. Melitz Justin R. Minion Kelsey S. O’Connor ∞ Ariana K. Puzzo ∞ Marshall P. Sandoval ∞ Aaron Sterling CLASS OF 2015 Victoria Kitirattragarn Heather E. Milke ∞ Matt Napoli Ryan Napoli ∞ Aiden Newman CLASS OF 2016 Lily H. Andres William J. Hughes Hannah E. Kramer Stephen Tse ∞ Shelly Tsirulik ∞ CLASS OF 2017 Grace Andres Jenna Donatiello ∞ Abigail Erbes ∞ Joshua Levine Alexander Sandoval ∞ Hailey Sylvander ∞ Angelo Weber ∞ CLASS OF 2018 Theadora Bulajic Brandon Carter ∞ Ryan Dancy Kerri McGuire ∞ Kathleen S. Porter Luca Winters ∞ Anonymous CLASS OF 2019 Ronak S. Bhatia Maira Castro-Conteh Robert F. D’Alessandro Adam Erbes Connor J. LeFevre Taylor W. LeFevre

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CURRENT STUDENT Annie Barrett ’27 Brooks R. Barrett ’25 Grace C. Barrett ’27 Lincoln Sandoval ’21 ∞ Regan P. Sandoval ’21 ∞ GRANDPARENTS Valerie and Bill Anders ∞ Arthur Beaudet Sharon and Larry Beebe ∞ Rosanna and Igor Belozersky Kristina and Tom Burke ∞ Jacqueline Cestone ’54 ∞ Sukjung and Inyoung Chung ∞ Barbara and Raymond L. Colotti ∞ Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 ∞ Patricia and N. B. Dancy ∞ Terry and Curt Decker Sandra and Arthur DeRose ∞ Judith and Charles Dickerson ∞ Paul and Liz Edwards ∞ Shirley and Willie Eng ∞ Patricia Ewing ∞ Sally Firth Sue Fossett ∞ Bette Fox and Richard Liss Frieda and Daryl Goodrich Peter Halbert ∞ Susan and Alan Hammer ∞ Rebecca and Roland Hayes Alice and Steven Hirsh ∞ Antoinette Holt Jackie and Larry Horn ∞ Doris Janes Hope and David L. Jeffrey ∞ Margaret and Thomas S. Johnson ∞ Jennifer Jones Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Lily Kiang Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott ∞ Luis Miranda ∞ Ada and Angelo Mogavero ∞ Debra and Patrick Mucci ∞ Patricia and Hugh O’Kane Henry Ohls ∞ Emily and David Otner Cheryl and Allen Patton ∞ Loretta Peterson Maubra Jane and John Randolph Laura and Victor Rodriguez Martha and Thomas Ruddy ∞ Ravi Rustagi Elizabeth Sinn Eileen Stites ∞ Johanna and Edward Szerencsits Robert L. Tortoriello ∞ Marilyn Travis ∞ Pam Valentine Lois and John Van Deusen ∞ Elsie Villavecchia Marla and Mark Wander ∞ Carol and David Weppner ∞ Paula White PARENTS OF ALUMNI Amanda Abrahams ∞ Angela and Nathaniel Adderley Dr. Jabeen Ahmed ∞ Debra Allen ∞ Aubin Ames ’54 ∞ René Amirata ∞

Rick and Linny Andlinger ∞ Ellen and Charles A. Atkins Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch ∞ Christie and Ingram Austin ∞ Martene Ballance ∞ Wendy L. Barnard Penny Bassett-Hackett Ani and Joe A. Berberian ∞ Shenaz and Cyrus H. Bhote ∞ Donna and Joseph Blanes ∞ Jacky and Frank Blesso ∞ Penny L. Borella Susan and J. Thomas Bradley Jr. ∞ Diana and Christopher G. Brazill Kristina and James Bromley ∞ Deborah and William W. Brown ∞ Mary Ann and James Scott S. Brown ∞ Denise Brown-Allen and Douglas Allen ∞ Eileen and Robert C. Butler ∞ Ronnie Califano ∞ Lucia Capozzoli and Matthew R. Weber ∞ Joan Carlisle ’46 Sandy and James C. Carter ∞ Bonnie and Michael Carter ∞ Charlaine and Thomas Charlton ∞ Susan M. Ciccone O’Donnell ’85 and Matthew J. O’Donnell ∞ Alison and James T. Cirenza Susan Cole ’78 ∞ Barbara and Raymond L. Colotti ∞ Robert Cottingham ∞ Christina Cotton and Brian Clarkson ∞ Virginia and James M. Crawford ∞ Rhonda and David A. Crichlow ∞ Lori Crispo ’78 and G. Alex Crispo Patricia and Edward W. Currie ∞ Lara J. Dahl and Adam S. Breslawsky ∞ Judith and Martin P. Daly ∞ Patricia and N. B. Dancy Peter and Katie Dancy ∞ Edwin and Kathryn Davison ∞ Martha Day ’74 and H. Neal Day Margaret and Gregg B. Deehan ’68 ∞ Ashley and Robert D. Di Geronimo ∞ Debra Doerr-Larsen ’79 and Jan V. Larsen Nancy and Mark Donatiello ’79 ∞ Paul and Liz Edwards ∞ Mary and Edward Elliott ∞ Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund ∞ Laura and Kenneth Esterow ∞ Patsy Jensen and Paul Fehlner Rozlyn and Larry Flood Nancy and Donald Foster ∞ Filomena and Demetrios Fotinopoulos Joanne and Paul S. Freeman ∞ Heidi and Joshua S. Friedlander ∞ Beth and Michael E. Fuchs ∞ Amy and Peter Fusco ’89 ∞ Mary Stuart and Angus Gephart ∞ William Gill ∞ Sharon Gill ∞ Mary Ellen and David Gray ∞ Diana and Salvatore Guccione ∞ Karen and Robert Gulliver ∞ Magdalena and Carlos Guzman ∞ Maureen and David E. Haight ∞ Catherine and Douglas Halbert ∞ John Halvey Michelle and Peter Harbeck ∞ Mildred and Jack H. Hardman ’57 Pamela and Michael Harriott ∞ Kathryn V. Hatfield ∞

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Maria and Gilberto Picinic Judith A. Polonofsky ∞ Ellen and Gerard J. Purcell Hanna and Jozef Puzio ∞ Kim and Luca Puzzo ∞ Melissa Raak and Ernest Nardone Vivianne Reilly ∞ Lyn and Glenn M. Reiter ∞ Eileen and Robert C. Richardson ∞ Peri and Thomas P. Rosamilia ∞ Arthur G. Rosen ’61 ∞ Barbara and Martin N. Rosen ’58 ∞ Jin and Daniel A. Rubenstein ∞ Susan H. Ruddick ’54 ∞ Lynn and Eric Salehi ∞ Shefali and Sumeet Salwan ∞ Richard Sandler ’48 ∞ Beth and Douglas Sasfai Marie Louise Purdy and Roger Seifter ∞ Daphne and Gardner B. Semet ’79 ∞ Elizabeth and Robert Sharbaugh Lisa and Walter C. Sierotko ∞ Tripti Singh and Samarpal S. Bhatia ∞ Judith and Robert J. Sinner Jane and Kenneth Smith ∞ Stephen M. Smith ’81 and Susan M. Smith ∞ Laurie and Jeffrey Smith ∞ Sheila and Todd Smith ∞ Judy and Joseph Solomito ∞ Katharine L. Sonnenberg and Thomas S. Zaubler ∞ Linda Stark Linda and Brian Sterling ∞ Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe ∞ Ami and Andrew M. Talkow ∞ Robert L. Tortoriello ∞ Veronica and Mauricio Toscano ∞ Hyla Troxell ’46 Jennifer and Chiming Tse ∞ Mei-Mei Tuan and Andrew Thompson ∞ Karen and Christopher G. Turner ∞ Sonia and William Tyson ∞ Marcie and David Wallace ’79 ∞ Margo and Frank Walter ∞ Jayne Warne-Petrocelli and Dennis Petrocelli ∞ Pamela and LeRoy Watkins ∞ Kristen Weaver and David Polinchock ∞ Margaret Weissenborn ’47 and Stanton Weissenborn ∞ Penny Weissman and Carlos P. Montoya ∞ Stephanie and Olin Williams ∞ Donna and Joe Wilson ∞ Leah Morgan and Richard Wolf ∞ Nancy and Michael Wolk ∞ Anonymous (4) FORMER MKA COLLEAGUE Christie Austin ∞ Jessica C. Bishop ’04 ∞ Donna Blanes ∞ William W. Brown ∞ Denise Brown-Allen ∞ Alison Carrascosa ∞ Charlain Charlton ∞ Elizabeth Cooney James M. Crawford ∞ Patricia Dancy ∞ Elizabeth DeRose Courtney A. Effinger Nancy Foster ∞ Peter Greer ∞ Roland Hayes Deborah Jennings ∞

Deborah Kozak ∞ Virginia Kriegel ∞ Barbara Mamchur Karson McGinley ’98 Jaime Monzon ∞ Judy Nesbit ∞ Christopher I. Noble ’84 ∞ Peter N. Perretti ’72 ∞ Judith A. Polonofsky ∞ Rosemary Rehus ∞ Richard Rodin Lynn Salehi ∞ Codi Scarpello ∞ Newton B. Schott ∞ Robert J. Sinner Linda Stark Marie Tobia Sonia P. Tyson ∞ Jim Windolf ’82 Jane Zagajeski ∞ Jeremy M. Zak ’12 ∞ Anonymous FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATE ALUMNI Merrill Bausch ∞ Teedee Carroll David Chen Timothy C. Cook ∞ James Donnell (In Memory of Barbara Pendleton Donnell ’52) ∞ Elizabeth Farr Kim Geringer Richard S. Griffith ∞ Russel Hatch Heather T. Kenvin Kirsten and Charles Lockyer ∞ Fay and Bryan Lonsinger Kathryn Lucey Rich Margolin ∞ Ella Meyrowitz Carol Pozefsky Rachel Quinones Allison Rosenthal Robert M. Skinner ∞ Daniel Smith Margaret Wager ∞ Karen and Donald H. Young COMMUNITY SCHOLARS The Community Scholars Program was founded in 1969 by Montclair Academy and has been the school’s longest standing effort to reduce the financial barriers of providing an exceptional academic experience for extraordinary young men and women.

The program can support seven scholars per year and covers full tuition and all related school and extracurricular activity costs. This program is almost entirely funded through MKA’s operating budget.

Dr. Jabeen Ahmed ∞ Debra Allen ∞ René Amirata ∞ Evangeline Appiah and Eric Offei-Addo Meg Arcadia ∞ Martene Ballance ∞ Alise and Damien A. Barrett ∞ Annie E. Barrett ’27 Milton C. Beard ’59 ∞ Diana and Christopher G. Brazill Edith Brennan Regina and Bill Bronson Deborah and William W. Brown ∞ Allison Brown ’04 and Steven M. Brown ∞

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Katherine and Thomas Caro ∞ Nathan Chickering ∞ Christina Cotton and Brian Clarkson ∞ Paul Cunningham ∞ Alexis and Ed Davis ∞ Jean-Claude J. Debrosse ’89 Janita and Meyrick I. Douglas Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund ∞ The Everson Family ∞ Efua and Louis Feldman Susan and James J. Foley ∞ Patricia Forbes ∞ Meredith and Aaron Gardner ∞ Karen and Robert Gulliver ∞ Eric Gutierrez ∞ Magdalena and Carlos Guzman ∞ Gael Habernickel ’54 and Duke Habernickel ’51 Alan Hawes ’96 Danielle and Kevin Higgins Prof. Tracy Higgins and Mr. James Leitner ∞ Lauren Hooper-Rogers ’00 ∞ Celeste and Tony Jones ∞ Jean and Marcus Jones ∞ Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan ∞ Daren Khalifa and Ahmed Abdel-Wahed ∞ John P. Lally ’69 Lisa Lazarus and Robert Coviello Lillian Louie ’72 Lucile G. Mason ’43 * ∞ Ruth D. Miller ∞ Sunnie Minn ∞ Veena and Alphonsus Moniz Melissa Montemuino Derek Morf ∞ Charles J. Mund ’74 Ellen and Gerard J. Purcell Kimberly Ramsey and David W. Ramsay ∞ Dana E. Rose and Jared Barbin ∞ Jin and Daniel A. Rubenstein ∞ Emily Ryan ’04 Jodi and Luke Sarsfield ’91 ∞ Petra Sauer Annette Saviet ’69 Amy and Jay Shapiro ∞ Alison W. Slone and Adam Miller ∞ Alice M. Terrell-Bryant and Walter Bryant ∞ Emily T. Tompsett ∞ Marianne Traina ∞ Anna and Piotr Uzar ∞ Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe ∞ Jane Zagajeski and Christian D. Ely ∞ Anonymous (2) THE KIMBERLEY FUND Established with a lead gift from a Kimberley School alumna, The Kimberley Fund provides financial aid to deserving young women in grades 6-12.

Aubin Ames ’54 ∞ Jacqueline Cestone ’54 ∞ Ryan Dancy ’18 Martha Day ’74 and H. Neal Day Lisa T. Ericson ’74 Marie Grover ∞ Suzanne Hardy ’61 ∞ Madge Henning ’70 ∞ Alexander Joerger ’95 ∞ Darthea Moser ’54 Judy Nesbit ∞ Tom J. Ruddy ∞ Helen Skeen ’56 ∞ Becky Turcotte

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Gail Wilson ’56 ∞ Donna and Joe Wilson ∞ Vincent Cestone Foundation MKA DAY DONORS Thank you to the 488 alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends who made a gift on our 6th annual MKA Day, raising $241,024 for The MKA Fund.

Lesley and Melih Abdulhayoglu ∞ Delicia and Julius S. Abdur-Rahim Olubunmi O. and Richards A. Afonja Dr. Jabeen Ahmed ∞ Debra Allen ∞ Cionna S. Almeida ’03 Diana Anders and Andrew Weiner ∞ Valerie and Bill Anders ∞ Florence and Derrick Arcilla ∞ Benjamin M. Aronson ’99 Reuben Atlas ’97 ∞ Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch ∞ Kerry and William Baker ∞ Martene Ballance ∞ Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 ∞ Lisa Bannon and George Steinmetz ∞ Jennifer and Matt Baranello Wendy L. Barnard Alise and Damien A. Barrett ∞ John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 ∞ Grace C. Barrett ’27 Annie E. Barrett ’27 Brooks R. Barrett ’25 Wendy and Jared F. Bartie ∞ Maureen J. Bates ∞ Anne and Martin Baum ∞ Sharon and Larry Beebe ∞ Howard T. Bellin ’53 ∞ Brittany A. Berckes ’06 Katherine Bergstrom ’09 ∞ Jane and Dale Berra Gretchen L. Berra Stephen A. Bezer ’11 ∞ Ronak S. Bhatia ’19 Janet Robertson and Mark Bishop ∞ Penny L. Borella Melissa Bowman ’01 Renee Boynton-Jarrett and Gene Jarrett Nakeyl J. Branch-Johnson and Abdullah F. Johnson ∞ David F. Brandley ’73 ∞ Elizabeth and J. Martin Brayboy ’80 ∞ Diana and Christopher G. Brazill Kristina and James Bromley ∞ Sheri and Ted Bronstein Allison Brown ’04 and Steven M. Brown ∞ Patricia Brown ’70 Kirsten and Christopher Brown Corey Brown ’07 Thomas R. Brueckner ’72 ∞ Danielle and Trei Brundrett Erica Budd ∞ Marina T. Budhos and Marc H. Aronson ∞ Theadora Bulajic ’18 Christopher Burchell ’92 ∞ Christy Burke Seth L. Bynum ’11 Kelly Byrne ’08 Ronnie Califano ∞ Dayana d. Campo and Roger Walter ∞ Angelique Carbo ∞ Candice and Timothy S. Carlson ∞ William H. Carson ’79 Brandon Carter ’18 ∞

James Castelli ∞ Dianna and Dohyun Cha Monica and Atul Chakradeo ∞ David Chen Donna and Brian Chen Jennie and Tom Cherry ∞ Nathan Chickering ∞ David J. Choi ’90 ∞ Nina and Suraj Chopra ∞ Sonia Chudasama-Patel and Amish Patel Abigail and Edward K. Chung ∞ Erin and Thomas Chung Renee L. Ciccarella ’93 Susan M. Ciccone O’Donnell ’85 and Matthew J. O’Donnell ∞ Alison and James T. Cirenza Jenna Clancey ’03 and Owen Clancey ∞ Laura and Thomas Clark Kimberly and Robert Clark ∞ Deborah and Steven Clayton ∞ Elizabeth and James Clothier Susan Cole ’78 ∞ Christina and Raymond Colotti Meg Columbia-Walsh Ashley Conde Patricia Park Connell ∞ Timothy C. Cook ∞ Alisa A. Corbett ∞ Kate B. Corcoran ’97 Richard Cosgrove ’84 ∞ Robert Cottingham ∞ Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 ∞ Christina Cotton and Brian Clarkson ∞ Allan Cox ’74 ∞ Paul Cunningham ∞ Katrina and John Cunningham Patricia and Edward W. Currie ∞ Robert F. D’Alessandro ’19 Pamela D’Amato Davis ’89 and Clifton C. Davis Judith and Martin P. Daly ∞ Margaret Dancy ’14 Patricia and N. B. Dancy ∞ Peter and Katie Dancy ∞ Ryan Dancy ’18 Lori Daskowitz ∞ Lavina and Prakash Datwani ∞ Jean-Claude J. Debrosse ’89 Jamie L. Decter ’’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Laura Demaria ∞ Carmen and David J. DeMatteis ’95 Sem Acosta Devillart and Brian D. Waniewski ∞ Alicia N. Diaz and Manuel Carbajal ∞ Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 ∞ Aman D’Mello and Mark Malaspina Julio R. Dolorico ’84 W. D. Donald ’62 Danielle Donatiello ’09 ∞ Nancy and Mark Donatiello ’79 ∞ Jenna Donatiello ’17 ∞ Mark V. Donatiello ’07 ∞ Wiemi A. Douoguih ’88 Paul and Liz Edwards ∞ Michael Ehrenberg ’75 ∞ Crystal A. Elliott ’88 Mary and Edward Elliott ∞ Monica and Matthew Elmore ∞ Amy Weppner and Irakli Endeladze Kathy and Christopher X. Eng ∞ Patrick Eng ’82 ∞ Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund ∞ Shirley and Willie Eng ∞ Kim Engbersen and Frank Sluis

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Lisa T. Ericson ’74 The Everson Family ∞ John J. Farrar ’62 ∞ Lauren and Jason Fass ∞ Efua and Louis Feldman Diana and John S. Fennelly Christine A. and Ronald L. Fernandez Bette Fox and Richard Liss Tracy R. Frager ’79 ∞ Dianne and Darren Francis, P’ Russell ’24 and P’ Andrew ’28 ∞ Joanne and Paul S. Freeman ∞ Heidi and Joshua S. Friedlander ∞ Sheri and Jason Friedman Beth and Michael E. Fuch ∞ Amy and Peter J. Fusco ’89 ∞ Susan Galligan ’74 and Thomas C. Galligan ’73 ∞ Wei Gao and Liqiang Zhang Aimee and Sargent C. Gardiner Meredith and Aaron Gardner ∞ Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo ∞ Charles Gephart ’08 ∞ Kim Geringer Rachel Geringer-Dunn William Gill ∞ Alisha and Jonathan Glaser Hugh J. Gleason ’75 ∞ Serena Godwin ’92 Melissa Goldman-Williams Sonia Vora and Carlos Gonzalez Deborah and Benjamin Goodrich ∞ Foram and Jayesh Gopalji ∞ Charles Gray ’07 ∞ Shelly B. Grossman ∞ Marie Grover ∞ Karen and Robert Gulliver ∞ Min Guo and Rubiao Song ∞ Magdalena and Carlos Guzman ∞ Maria Hai and Asad Cheema Maureen and David E. Haight ∞ John Halvey Douglas A. Hamilton ’75 Susan and Alan Hammer ∞ Injoo Han King and Michael King ∞ Pamela and Michael Harriott ∞ Carla Harris and Victor Franklin Jade Harris and Michael Copeland Stuart Harwood ’07 ∞ Russel Hatch Kathryn V. Hatfield ∞ Marc Hauser ’91 Alan Hawes ’96 Alan B. Hirsh ’69 ∞ Craig Hirsh ’01 ∞ Michael F. Hnatow ’89 Shannon and Gregory B. Hobbs ∞ Alexander B. Holz ’99 ∞ Christine and Charles Hough Myra and George Hrab ∞ Bonnie Huang and Mark Preston ∞ Elise Hubert and Joseph Borrelli Robert J. Hubsmith ’77 ∞ David L. Hughes ’76 Jean and William Hughes Kim and Bradford Huntington ∞ The Ievers Family ∞ Dwight Jackson ’08 Janice and Jeffrey Jacobson ∞ Doris Janes Dipalie and Jayooll Jariwalla Owen B. Jennings ’07 ∞ Patsy Jensen and Paul Fehlner

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Alpa-Jigna and Ferdinand Jimenez ∞ Alexander Joerger ’95 ∞ Celeste and Tony Jones ∞ Jean Jones ∞ Lana Kang ’89 Eun Jung Kang and Bum Suk Shim Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan ∞ Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Deborah Katz ’00 Liz and Jason Katz ∞ Rebecca and Jonathan Kelly Nancy (Booth) Kelly ’52 ∞ Chris Kenrick Daniella Kessler Daren Khalifa and Ahmed Abdel-Wahed ∞ Beth and Gary Kiang ∞ Julie Kim ’92 and Sung W. Kim ∞ Shruthi and Brian Kinkead ∞ Himani Kishore and Premnath Madhukar Jenny and Max Knagge ∞ Hannah E. Kramer ’16 Suresh Krishnan ∞ Lisa A. Krizner-George and David R. George ∞ Geoffrey R. Krouse ’89 Laura La Corte ’83 ∞ Ginny and David Laird ∞ Dena and Keith Lambie ∞ Blair R. Landolfi ’11 Taryn and Darren Langer Sydney A. Larrier ’14 Julia Lazarus ’86 Wendy Lazarus and David Glotzer ∞ Danielle and Mitchell D. Lee Michelle and James Lee Rachel and Jung Q. Lee Michelle and Conway Lee ’90 ∞ Alexis L. Levengood ’06 ∞ Rachel Levine ’06 ∞ Ebonee Lewis Jiang Li and Tianwei Yao Madeleine Hui Li and Alan Q. Zhou Caroline Lilore and Anthony Sciancalepore ∞ Mary Ann and Clifford Lindholm Kate Lindsey ’72 ∞ Mei Liu and Yingjun Sun Teresa and Michael Liu Jennifer Liu and Benjamin Chang Martina and Rafael Lopez-Espinosa Xiaoyu Lu and Heng Zou ∞ Vanessa and John Lucas ∞ Lisa C. Hazard and Timothy Lynch ∞ Tricia and John Mac Evoy Margot and Hugh Macdonnell ∞ Piper B. and Michael J. Magera ∞ Andrea Maline ’87 ∞ Dennis Manalo ’88 ∞ Sandee A. Markwith and Thomas E. Kwiatkowski ∞ Dara J. Marmon ’91 ∞ Kristen and Mark R. McClusky ∞ Karson McGinley ’98 and Mitch McGinley Kerri McGuire ’18 ∞ Suzanne and Joseph McGuire ∞ Cheryl D’Alessandro McMullen ’77 and Peter S. McMullen ’77 ∞ Elise McMullen ’08 ∞ Courtney and Christopher Meeker Ami A. Mehra ’95 Sandra M. Rivera and Gerardo Mejia ∞ Lynn Menschenfreund and Paulo Silva ∞ Leah and Steven Meranus Karen Merz

Matthew D. Metzger ’08 Amy Meyers and Anthony Rizzo Sunnie Minn ∞ Melissa Minton ’11 Veena and Alphonsus Moniz Melissa Montemuino Elizabeth and Terence Moran Derek Morf ∞ Kristin J. Morisseau ’13 Rebekkah and Peter Morral ∞ Ellen Lafferty and Joseph Morrissey Richard M. Moskowitz ’81 ∞ Di Mou and Shuai Wang Michele A. Mucci ’84 ∞ Chadd A. Mukete ’11 Diana J. Murelli ∞ Kerry and Paul Murphy ∞ Meghan Murray ∞ Heidi and John Muscarelle ∞ Travers Nammack ’11 ∞ Ryan Napoli ’15 ∞ Cristina L. Nasti ’11 Lawrence Nazarian ’56 ∞ Eugene C. Neithold ’57 ∞ Judy Nesbit ∞ Aiden Newman ’15 Karen and Thomas Newman ∞ Lisa and Keith Nicholson Emily J. Nisbet ’90 ∞ Daisy M. Nishigaya ’89 Samora Noguera ’02 ∞ Heather and Michael Nowak ∞ Rosita G. and Enrique Nunez ∞ Pilar and Gary Nussbaum Lauren and James O’Connell Kelsey S. O’Connor ’14 ∞ Kimberly and John O’Kane Lilian and Robert Okai Alexandra Okun and Craig Dubitsky ∞ Serene and Jason Olin ∞ Natalija Ovsjanikovska and Andrey Apinis Nilie Pajoohi ’89 and Hossein Ekrami ∞ Robert Pannullo ’13 Corrie and Albert Pantow Benjamin E. Parker ’96 ∞ Milan Patel ’08 Anand J. Pathuri ’94 Laela Perkins and Michael E. Thwaite ’97 ∞ John B. Phillips ’09 Derek Phillips ’07 ∞ Maria and Gilberto Picinic Nicholas D. Picinic ’13 Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj ∞ Kathleen S. Porter ’18 Julie L. Porter ’95 Reena and Bidyut Pramanik ∞ Sarah M. Pryor ’15 Ellen and Gerard J. Purcell Brian N. Purcell ’09 ∞ Hanna and Jozef Puzio ∞ Kim and Luca Puzzo ∞ Ariana K. Puzzo ’14 ∞ Melissa Raak and Ernest Nardone Renee and Michael Rallatos Lauren Ramos Juan Ramos Lisa R. Ramos-Hillegers ’94 ∞ Kimberly Ramsey and David W. Ramsay ∞ Joseph and John Randolph Swati Rao-Engel and Richard Engel ∞ Alisa and Joshua H. Raymond ’89 ∞ Nadia M. and Mannan Razzak ∞

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Hollie and Sean Reddington Jennifer and Stefan Reinhardt Eileen and Robert C. Richardson ∞ Veronique Rideau and Keith Walker Donna Ritter and Barry Levinson Sara and Glenn Robertson Sabino T. Rodano ’87 ∞ Sabrina and Adam Rodgers ∞ Wendy D. Roome ’66 Erin and Paul D. Rooney ∞ Peri and Thomas P. Rosamilia ∞ Iris Rosario and Luis Martinez Dana E. Rose and Jared Barbin ∞ Michael A. Rosenberg ’76 Stacy and Scott Rosenblum ∞ Charry L. Ross ’89 Anne-Sophie Roure and Steven M. McClendon ∞ Katherine and Robert J. Ruberton ∞ Mary Louise Rubin ’86 ∞ Caroline and Joe Russo ∞ Franklin M. Sachs ’58 ∞ Lisa Hyman Sackman and Joel Sackman Sharad Sahu ’89 Jeanne Salje and Adam Heal Eric A. Sandwall ’60 ∞ Emily Santangelo ’02 ∞ Eleanor and Marc Santo Domingo ∞ Annette Saviet ’69 April L. Schott-Auerbach ’98 and Philip A. Auerbach ∞ Deborah Schultz ’89 Rebecca and John C. Scuorzo ∞ Talia Selove and Roger Manzo ∞ Iryna Shandarivska and Oleg Shandarivskyi Atul Sharma ’89 Regan Shepard ’08 Julie and Matthew Sherman ∞ Anna Shin and Stephen Kwon Keri and Darryl Siry Melissa and Albert Siu Helen Skeen ’56 ∞ Karen and Emanuel Slater ∞ Alison W. Slone and Adam Miller ∞ Margaret Slotkin ∞ Dudley C. Smith ’49 ∞ Laurie and Jeffrey Smith ∞ Sheila and Todd Smith ∞ Stephen M. Smith ’81 and Susan M. Smith ∞ Christopher H. Smith ’85 ∞ Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon ∞ Manika Sood and Prashant Bhatia ∞ Jennie and JT Sowers Amanda E. Spagnoletti ’97 and Paul Spagnoletti ∞ Jaclyn Spedaliere ’00 and Mark Spedaliere ∞ Jonathan Spencer ’87 ∞ Donna K. Starke ∞ Shalini Taneja and Michael Starr Daniel Stern ’11 Robert C. Streit ’97 Po Shan (Shannon) Suen and Howard (Tim) Borzell Susanna Suh and James Larish ∞ Gregory S. Sullivan ’89 Hailey Sylvander ’17 ∞ Heather Symons ’01 Ami and Andrew M. Talkow ∞ Jamie Taylor ’90 ∞ Alice M. Terrell-Bryant and Walter Bryant ∞ Adeline and Jean Thomas Nidhi Tomar and Rama Variankaval ∞ Veronica and Mauricio Toscano ∞ Marianne Traina ∞ Seth D. Traum ’91 ∞

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Laura and Eric Treadaway ∞ Stephen Tse ’16 ∞ Shelly Tsirulik ’16 ∞ Becky Turcotte Erica Rowe Urquhart and Marc Urquhart ∞ Sharon and Paul Vasilopoulos ∞ Laura Vassilowitch ’01 Claire Von Schilling and Timothy Daniels Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe ∞ Margaret and Richard Wager ∞ Alyson Waldman ’99 and Matthew Waldman ’98 ∞ Louis S. Waldman ’01 ∞ Samuel Walter ’06 ∞ Pamela and LeRoy Watkins ∞ Kristen Weaver and David Polinchock ∞ Angelo Weber ’17 ∞ Lori and Parker A. Weil ∞ Dana R. Welsh ’97 ∞ Shelly White ∞ Keith Williams Stephanie and Olin Williams ∞ Julie and Jyri-Pekka Wilska ∞ Donna and Joe Wilson ∞ Roy Winston Rebecca Winters and Tomas Rossant Nancy and Michael Wolk ∞ Nicole Xu and Jonathan To Laura Yeu ’89 and Patrick Yeu Jane Zagajeski and Christian D. Ely ∞ Jennifer and Peter J. Zangari ∞ Abraham I. Zeigler ’89 ∞ Damon W. Zeigler ’86 ∞ Henry Zhang Karina and Marek Zidlicky ∞ Laura Zimmerman ∞ Anonymous (37)

GIFTS TO RESTRICTED OPERATING FUNDS

Restricted operating funds support specific initiatives within the annual operating budget.We are deeply grateful for those who have chosen to support a specific area within the 2019–20 fiscal year. Thank you for your support!

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY COVID-19 Jack Amirata ’23 Erica and Greg G. Amsinger Raphael Aronson ’23 Joe Avalos Barbara and Val Azzoli Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch Kerry and William Baker Leena and Suvrat Bansal Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Sarah and Craig Barrack John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 Emel and Orhan Bazna Trent Bednar ’23 Marina T. Budhos and Marc H. Aronson Christy Burke Ingrid E. Burke Bonnie and Michael Carter Cara and Dan Cesareo Alison and James T. Cirenza Brennan M. Columbia-Walsh ’22 Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti Aidan P. Cunningham ’22

Pamela D’Amato Davis ’89 and Clifton C. Davis Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Janita and Meyrick I. Douglas Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund The Everson Family Laurie and Jon Ewing Siobhan and Steven M. Gambuzza Meredith and Aaron Gardner Jaden Goore ’23 Nancy and Joe Graf Karen and Robert Gulliver Nahome G. Hagos ’20 Liam P. Hall ’22 Tristan D. Holup ’20 Cole Jacobson ’20 Daniel Jacobson ’23 Alissa and Curt J. Johnson Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Liz and Jason Katz Rebecca and Jonathan Kelly Shruthi and Brian Kinkead Bennett R. La Londe ’21 Ginny and David Laird Trevor Lee ’23 Piper B. and Michael J. Magera Payman A. Mahdi ’20 William S. Manlowe ’22 Jen and Earl Marshall Jacqueline and Richard McLaughlin Briana and Dennis G. McNeil ’95 Jacqueline Monteferrario and Gregory Vozeh Elizabeth and Terence Moran Kerry and Paul Murphy Zandi and Thomas Nammack Rayshaun Nolan ’23 John D. O’Connell ’20 Lauren and James O’Connell Amy and J.D. O’Hara Kimberly and John O’Kane Kofi Oduro-Manu ’22 Deborah and Michael I. Otner PAMKA Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj Reena and Bidyut Pramanik Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon Benjamin Ribicoff ’20 Pablo Rincon ’22 Katherine and Robert Ruberton Dylan Sachs ’22 Robyn Sacks and Andrew Slutzky Shefali and Sumeet Salwan Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Eleanor and Marc Santo Domingo Rebecca and John C. Scuorzo Anu Sahi-Shah and Samir B. Shah Max Skinner ’21 Susan Sobbott Daniel E. Stehr ’21 April and Brett Straten ’92 Deb Streit and Roy Breslow Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe Deborah and Thomas D. Turvey Isiah A. Udofia ’22 Naureen and Nkere Udofia Amari Urquhart ’23 Claire Von Schilling and Timothy Daniels Alyson Waldman ’99 and Matthew Waldman ’98 Suzanne and Mark Weinberg Daniel D. Weintraub ’23 Amy Weppner and Irakli Endeladze Isaac Wise ’23

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Noah Wolk ’21 Peter Zangari ’22 STRINGS Tricia and Jason A. Gottlieb Nicole and Charles A. Janus Susanna Suh and James Larish PRIMARY SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND The Albert Payson Terhune Foundation OTHER RESTRICTED GIFTS Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Bonnie and Michael Carter Evelyn and Stephen T. Colbert The Everson Family Karen and Robert Gulliver Alice and Steven Hirsh Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan Kate Logan and Edmund Rung Katherine and Robert Ruberton Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Jodi and Luke Sarsfield ’91 Julie and Matthew Sherman Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe Robert L. Tortoriello Margaret and Richard Wager

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GIFTS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS

Thank you to the individuals who have made a cash gift during the 2019-20 fiscal year for one of MKA’s capital initiatives.

Masoud and Nadia Altirs Lisa and Joseph Amato Conny and John M. Andres Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 Joan and Ken Barrett Gillian and Geoffrey Branigan Bonnie and Michael Carter Jennie and Tom Cherry Alison and James T. Cirenza Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti Deanna and Sean Critchley Carol and Robert D’Alessandro ’86 The Everson Family Penny Finkle Alison French ’92 Sheri and Jason Friedman David E. Haight ’88 Ellen and Stephen Higgins Larry and Lynda Hollander Barbara and Dane Holmes Mary and Joel Jeffrey Jackie and Rick Jenkins Margaret and Thomas S. Johnson The Johnson Family Foundation Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan

Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr. Kate Logan and Edmund Rung Stacey Martin Elizabeth and Andrew McCann The McMullen Family Foundation Zandi and Thomas Nammack PAMKA Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj Katherine and Robert Ruberton Jeffrey P. Schiffman ’75 Samantha and Ryan Schinman ’89 Leigh B. Smith ’45 (Former Faculty) Brook and William Stites Susan and Roland Straten Laura and Eric Treadaway Timothy M. Tse ’13 Jennifer and Chiming Tse Deborah and Thomas D. Turvey Margaret and Richard Wager Suzanne and Mark Weinberg Anonymous (2)

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ENDOWMENT

(AS OF 6/30/2020 )

$25,000 39% MARKET VALUE

DONOR RESTRICTED

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS

A strong endowment ensures that MKA has the financial stability to continue its tradition of excellence. Like other investment accounts and vehicles, these funds are designed to generate income, while the principal remains untouched.

Income from MKA’s general endowment funds support the annual operations of the school.

THE BOOTH KELLY FAMILY FUND Established in November 2010 with a gift from Distinguished Alumni Award honoree Nancy Booth Kelly ’52, the Booth Kelly Family Fund is an endowed fund that supports MKA’s general endowment and operating budget.

DEHLIA SUNSHINE ENDOWMENT FUND This Fund, established in loving memory of Dehlia Sunshine, provides support for MKA and its mission.

UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND Income from this fund supports the annual operations of the School.

Philip H. Smith ’53 *

TUITION ASSISTANCE FUNDS

MKA is deeply committed to creating a diverse, collaborative and inclusive community. Endowed Funds designated for tuition assistance help to maintain this commitment by providing funding for scholarships and financial aid, and giving an MKA education to a broad range of students regardless of their financial resources.

THE AMY LOUISE TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by her family in 2000, the Amy Louise Timmons Scholarship honors her memory by supporting tuition costs for a deserving female student in grades 7-12.

BUD MEKEEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Given in memory of O. Stanley (Bud) Mekeel of the Montclair Academy Class of 1929 to a worthy senior.

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THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARS ENDOWMENT Created through the generosity of donors to support the financial aid needs of deserving minority students at Montclair Kimberley Academy.

Edwin and Kathryn Davison Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund Melinda and Jay Hofmann BEATRICE C. CRAWFORD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The Beatrice C. Crawford Memorial Scholarship was established by Crawford family members in 1969 to remember Beatrice – parent of five MKA graduates and loyal supporter of the MKA community. Proceeds from this fund are designated to support tuition costs for deserving students.

THE BROGAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 1982 by members of the Class of 1972 in memory of their classmate, Frank “Poncho” Brogran ’72. Proceeds from this fund are awarded to a member of the junior class who has demonstrated interest and high proficiency in the art of written expression. The award may be used for tuition or related educational expenses.

THE DENISE AND IRA WAGNER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 2010, through a gift from Denise and Ira Wagner, parents of William Wagner ’06 and Andrew Wagner ’11, with deep appreciation for the education and mission of MKA. Proceeds from this endowed fund help support the tuition needs of a deserving MKA student.

Denise and Ira Wagner THE DENISE FARANDATOS ANASTASIOU ’62 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by Alex Anastasiou in memory of his wife, Denise F. Anastasiou ’62 in 1985. Proceeds from this endowed fund are used to support financial aid for a deserving student.

THE DON KNOWLTON SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by a bequest in the will of his wife to create a scholarship in the name of Don Knowlton ’27.

Proceeds from this fund support financial aid for a deserving male scholar-athlete.

THE DOWNSBROUGH SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by Montclair Academy parents Margaret and George Downsbrough in 1982, proceeds from this fund are used to support the financial needs of an Upper School student who has demonstrated exceptional ability and interest in the area of math and science.

THE EVERETT L. GLENN ’11 FAMILY FUND Established in 2014 by the Glenn Family in memory of Everett L. Glenn ’11 to support the Community Scholars Program. A natural leader at school as well as on the fencing strip, Everett was compassionate, warm, loyal and loveable. A Peer Leader, House Captain, member of the Mastersingers and Eagle Scout, his presence enriched the lives of all who knew him.

Linda Bermas Sam Bermas-Dawes

THE GEORGE HRAB FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT Established in 2010, through gifts from alumni, parents, students and faculty to celebrate George Hrab’s 40 plus years of dedicated service to MKA— as a teacher, coach, advisor, administrator, mentor, and friend. Proceeds from this endowed fund help to support the tuition needs of a deserving Upper School Student.

Gillian and Geoffrey Branigan THE LINDA AND BRIAN STERLING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND The fund was established in 2011, through a gift from Linda and Brian Sterling, parents of Emma Sterling ’12 and Aaron Sterling ’14. Proceeds from this endowed fund help to support the tuition needs of an MKA Community Scholar.

THE MARY-ANNE TREENE EVANS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by Clifford Evans ’50 to honor the memory of his late wife, Mary-Anne Treene Evans ’50.

Mary-Anne always gave of herself to help others, and in that spirit, proceeds from this fund support the tuition needs of a deserving student.

THE MILDRED B. AND DAVID G. BAIRD SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 1986 by David B. Baird Jr. in honor of his parents. This fund supports financial aid for a deserving male in grades 11-12 at MKA. MONTCLAIR ACADEMY CLASS OF ’65 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in October 2015 by a group of men from the Montclair Academy class of 1965 to be used in support of financial aid at MKA. MARGARET ANN MULLINS TORTORIELLO SCHOLARSHIP The Margaret Ann Mullins Tortoriello Scholarship Fund was established by the friends and colleagues of her and her husband, MKA Trustee Robert Tortoriello, at Cleary, Gottileb, Steen, and Hamilton LLP in 2006. Peggy, mother of three MKA students, was a much-loved member of the Montclair Kimberley Academy community. Proceeds from this fund help support student financial aid at MKA. Robert L. Tortoriello THE ROBERT HEMMETER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established by Montclair Kimberley Academy’s Board of Trustees in 1990 to honor the memory of beloved faculty member and mentor Robert Hemmeter.

Proceeds from the fund support financial aid for a deserving student at the Upper School.

Beate Ort Short THE SETH MORRIS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 2014 with a gift from Mark Piccolo and Lynn Morris-Piccolo, mother of Kyle Morris ’12 and Hayley Morries ’14, to honor the memory of her late husband, Seth Morris, who died tragically in the World Trade Center Attacks of September 11, 2001.

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THE TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 1982 by Anita Timmons to honor her husband, James D. Timmons – former Trustee, parent and grandparent. Proceeds from this fund are awarded to an MKA senior who is the child of an MKA faculty member.

THE WATKINS FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 2019 by Marc and Rene Watkins, parents of David Watkins ’28 and Annabelle Watkins ’29. Proceeds from this fund are designated to support MKA’s financial aid program.

FACULTY SUPPORT FUNDS

Endowed funds for faculty support provide support to help ensure that MKA is able to attract and retain outstanding educators who love to learn and live to teach.

FACULTY COMPENSATION ENDOWMENT This endowed fund was established by the MKA Board of Trustees in 1999 to support faculty compensation at MKA. It has been the belief of the Board that the acquisition and retention of excellent faculty are core values of the MKA community.

THE DRUKKER FOUNDATION FACULTY EDUCATIONAL FUND Established in 1987 by the Drukker Foundation, with proceeds from the fund to be used to support faculty continuing education in reading, writing and ethics.

Members of the Drukker Family have distinguished themselves over many years in the roles of Trustee, parents, students and generous benefactors.

THE PETER & TERRY GREER FACULTY COMPENSATION FUND Established in 2003 by the Turock Family to support faculty compensation at MKA. MARY K. ROBERTSON FACULTY SALARY FUND Established in 2001 with a lead gift by Mrs. Gail R. Marentette ’51 in memory of her mother. Proceeds from this fund support faculty compensation at MKA.

STUDENT AWARDS

Annually MKA celebrates students who have demonstrated exceptional achievements in a variety of disciplines. Endowed funds established to support a student award, allow MKA to recognize those individuals who seize opportunities, and realize their unlimited potential.

THE ELIZABETH O’NEIL FEAGLEY AWARD FUND Established in 1986 by Sheila Feagley James ’43 and Anne Feagley Wittels ’45 in memory of their mother.

The award is presented annually to a female student with achievement in the creative arts.

THE ELLIOT FURBERT AWARD Given annually to a worthy junior of outstanding character and academic promise, this award honors the memory of Elliot Furbert, MKA Class of 2014. In his time at the Upper School, Elliot demonstrated what happens when an unmatched work ethic and appetite for challenge meets broad opportunity and strong mentorship. In his academic program, on the track and while playing tenor sax, as a president of his class, and in a series of prestigious programs outside

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MKA, Elliot stood for quality and integrity “ne plus ultra.” The recipient must possess the fine qualities embodied in Elliot: intellectual curiosity, a high level of engagement in a variety of school activities, and unwavering character. The recipient will receive a monetary award to be applied to his or her college expenses.

Tanner U. Gill ’14 Matthew Harwood ’14 Kelsey S. O’Connor ’14 Lora and Calworth Furbert Anonymous THE MARGARET OSBORNE SCIENCE PRIZE Specifically intended for students who have demonstrated outstanding interest in science and superior understanding of concepts and creativity in their studies.

Margaret Madden ’50 DR. PETER R. GREER CHARACTER AWARD Given annually to a senior and a graduating eighth grader who have demonstrated exceptional character, this award honors Dr. Peter R. Greer, MKA Headmaster from 1992-2005, for his commitment to the field of ethics. The recipient embodies virtues including honesty, generosity, kindness, and respect.

The person receiving the award should be someone who embraces the Socratic principle "Know thyself."

The recipient shares half of the award with a favorite charity or person in need. Through this action, this award encourages and strengthens charitable behavior.

Miss Ardath Blauvelt ’64 THE SCOTT JOHNSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in the wake of 9/11 by Scott’s friends and family to pay tribute to his life. Scott Johnson, MKA Class of 1993, was among the victims in the World Trade Center tragedy on September 11, 2001.

This fund supports an annual award given to the senior who has, in the same spirit as Scott, best demonstrated a spirit of warmth, generosity and goodwill towards others.

Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Balaji Gandhi ’91 Mary and Gary Rolain

HERITAGE SOCIETY

The Heritage Society was established to recognize the generosity of all donors who have included Montclair Kimberley Academy in their legacy plans.

Ms. Frances Ames ’40 * Aubin Ames ’54 Rick and Linny Andlinger Mrs. Polly Barrows ’42 * Dr. Howard T. Bellin ’53 Mr. George A. Bleyle ’60 Ms. Karen Boyle ’81 Elizabeth and J. Martin Brayboy ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon W. Buck ’54 Mrs. Joan Carlisle ’46 Georgia S. Carrington ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Randy H. Carroll Capt. Philip M. Cheek ’46 * Rev. and Mrs. Christopher D. Creed (Barbara Bywater ’62) Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Dolven Mr. Philip L. Ehrlich ’82 Miss Charlotte Fitch ’29 *

Susan Galligan ’74 and Thomas C. Galligan ’73 Everett Glenn * Mrs. Helen Gordon ’42 * Mr. David E. Haight ’88 Mrs. Barbara Hanson ’47 * John David Harris * Mr. Varick D. Harrison ’48 * Ms. Susan S. Huang ’72 Mr. Eric F. Jaeckel ’56 Susan and Rees L. Jones Mrs. Susan D. Karlin ’41 * Mr. William P. LaPlant ’63 Mrs. Kate Lindsey ’72 Mr. Frederick Little ’40 * Mr. James T. Mackey ’43 * Mrs. Jean Manley ’36 * Mrs. Gail S. Marentette ’51 Mrs. Caroline Mark ’36 * Mr. David Marrocco ’57 * Dr. Vincent E. Mascia ’72 Miss Lucile G. Mason ’43 * Mrs. Joan Murray ’49 * Judy Nesbit Mr. Harry Nimmergut ’75 Mrs. Jean W. Noyes ’37 * Mrs. Margaret Overholser ’45 Mrs. Drika Purves ’57 * Mr. A. R. Rafner ’47 Diane M Ridley, MD ’84 Mrs. Mary Louise Rubin ’86 Mr. Curtis S. Rudbart ’78 Mr. Richard M. Sandler ’48 Rudy Schlobohm ’74 * Mrs. Elizabeth Schmitz ’36 * Mr. Philip H. Smith ’53 * Leigh B. Smith ’45 (Former Faculty) Jean Suidmak * Mr. Paul G. Tiranno ’89 Mrs. Virginia Usher ’42 * Mr. James S. Vandermade ’35 * Mrs. Olive Watson ’36 * Dr. George W. Weilepp ’50 Mrs. Pearl Wolf Anonymous *

HONORARY GIFTS

In Honor of Anya E. Anders-Weiner ’32 Valerie and Bill Anders In Honor of Luka Anders-Weiner ’27 Valerie and Bill Anders In Honor of Jordan M. Andrews ’17 Martene Balance In Honor of Claire Brown ’19 Mary Ann and James Scott S. Brown In Honor of Erica Budd Alexander B. Holz ’99 In Honor of Savannah K. Burke ’32 Christy Burke In Honor of Doris W. Cohen Deborah Pines ’64 In Honor of Daniel J. Chung ’27 Doris Janes

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In Honor of Caroline Corbett ’24 Alisa A. Corbett Sandra and Arthur DeRose In Honor of Nathaniel J. Corbett ’21 Alisa A. Corbett Sandra and Arthur DeRose In Honor of Paul Edwards Alexander Gephart ’06 In Honor of Juliana Endeladze ’31 Carol and David Weppner In Honor of Tyler Eng ’23 Shirley and Willie Eng In Honor of David Flocco Jenna Clancey ’03 In Honor of Jason C. Flood ’07 Rozlyn and Larry Flood In Honor of Amy Fossett Sue Fossett In Honor of Caleb A. Fossett ’22 Sue Fossett In Honor of Jaime A. Fuchs ’20 Beth and Michael E. Fuchs In Honor of Nathan Fuller ’82 Anonymous In Honor of Aviva Gardner ’31 Marla and Mark Wander In Honor of Rachel Geringer-Dunn Kim Geringer In Honor of Joan Grevatt Melissa Bowman ’01 In Honor of Ella Grover ’29 Marie Grover In Honor of Dimitri Hadjipetkov Victoria Kitirattragarn ’15 In Honor of Nicole Hoppe Linda Hughes and Steven Napolitano In Honor of George Hrab Gillian and Geoffrey Branigan Stewart L. Carr ’74 Jenna Clancey ’03 Patrick Eng ’82 Alison M. O’Neill ’79 Jonathan A. Zweifler ’97 In Honor of Arianna Jobst ’20 Elsie Villavecchia In Honor of Maryanne Kesler Tripti Singh and Samarpal S. Bhatia In Honor of Virginia Kriegel Anonymous Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr.

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In Honor of Kendall L. Larrier ’20 Rebecca and Roland Hayes In Honor of Elizabeth LoPiccolo ’24 Sandy and Matt LoPiccolo In Honor of Michael Louie Pearl Louie and Eric Lieberman In Honor of Margaret Mogavero-Principe ’25 Anonymous In Honor of Matthew Mogavero-Principe 25 Anonymous In Honor of Zandi and Thomas Nammack Sheila and Todd Smith In Honor of Claude Munson Mark M. Jaffe ’58 In Honor of Karen Newman Suzanne Kirsch ’93 In Honor of Ralph Pacifico Alexander B. Holz ’99 In Honor of Peter N. Perretti ’72 Thane E. Benson ’70 In Honor of Stephanie Salzman Anonymous In Honor of Allie Sherman ’22 Julie and Matthew Sherman In Honor of Ben Sherman ’22 Julie and Matthew Sherman In Honor of Leigh B. Smith ’45 (Former Faculty) Heather T. Kenvin In Honor of Rev. Dr. Lloyd Terrell and Mrs. Lloyd Terrell Alice M. Terrell-Bryant In Honor of Madeleine Wheeler ’23 Margo and Douglas Wheeler In Honor of Zachary Wheeler ’21 Margo and Douglas Wheeler In Honor of Nathalie Wilson ’20 Patricia and N. B. Dancy In Honor of Jacob L. Wolfson ’22 Jackie and Larry Larry Horn In Honor of Benjamin Wolfson ’24 Jackie and Larry Horn In Honor of my amazing colleagues and our students that make MKA so great!

Maureen J. Bates In Honor of the Class of 1971 Geoffrey S. Close ’71 In Honor of the Class of 2020 Beth and Michael Fuchs

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of Richard S. Benson Thane E. Benson ’70 In Memory of Nixon S. Bicknell Steven G. Chambers ’81 In Memory of John A. Bleyle Bruce Guernsey ’62 In Memory of Brenda Bronson Regina and Bill Bronson In Memory of Anthony Cuneo Susan M. Ciccone O’Donnell ’85 and Matthew J. O’Donnell Elizabeth Dellapietro Debbie Horn and Ronald Wolfson Nicole and David Hoppe Jean and Marcus Jones Victoria Kitirattragarn ’15 Melissa Raak and Ernest Nardone Lyn and Glenn M. Reiter Janet Robertson and Mark Bishop Emily Ryan ’04 Lynn and Eric Salehi Kyle Salkin Amy and Jay Shapiro Marie Tobia Marc Tuazon In Memory of Barbara Pendleton Donnell ’52 James Donnell In Memory of Thomas Fleming William J. Hughes ’16 Kelly and William R. Massey Charles Murphy In Memory of Martin Fossett Sue Fossett Celeste and Tony Jones In Memory of Elliot L. Furbert ’14 Tanner U. Gill ’14 Matthew Harwood ’14 Kelsey S. O’Connor ’14 Ariana K. Puzzo ’14 Kim and Luca Puzzo Anonymous In Memory of William Flocco Stacey Martin Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj In Memory of Darlene Gaydos Kristine O’Connor ’83 and Michael O’Connor In Memory of Kenneth D. Gibson John deC. Blondel ’74 India Larrier ’80 and John H. Larrier Arnoldas Pranckevicius ’98 Judith and Robert J. Sinner In Memory of Nancy Gibson Rebecca and Roland Hayes In Memory of Everett Glenn ’11 Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 Sydney A. Larrier ’14

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Chadd A. Mukete ’11 Daniel Stern ’11

In Memory of Craig D. Lilore ’90 Caroline Lilore and Anthony Sciancalepore

In Memory of James M. Ritchie ’42 Robert M. Skinner

In Memory of Gretchen Godwin ’88 Nathan Chickering Lauren Garfield ’88 Eric Gutierrez Kathryn Lucey Ella Meyrowitz Judith A. Polonofsky Carol Pozefsky Rachel Quinones Allison Rosenthal Linda Stark Laura Yeu ’89 and Patrick Yeu

In Memory of Eduardo F. Manalo Dennis Manalo ’88

In Memory of Rudy Schlobohm ’74 Malcolm B. O’Hara ’73

In Memory of Philip W. McNeal Glenda McNeal

In Memory of Robert J. Schmitt W. D. Donald ’62 John J. Farrar ’62

In Memory of Dolores Greendale Gary W. Greendale In Memory of Verna Kenvin Heather T. Kenvin In Memory of Priya Khanna ’94 Mildred and Jack H. Hardman ’57 Joshua D. Rozan ’94 In Memory of William “Coach” Klank Mitchell Decter ’94 In Memory of Scott M. Johnson ’93 Balaji Gandhi ’91 In Memory of Austin V. Koenen Kathleen Koenen

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In Memory of Samuel and Winifred Nazarian Lawrence Nazarian ’56 In Memory of Rosalie Nicastro Anonymous In Memory of Byron M. Noone ’62 W. D. Donald ’62 In Memory of Omi Papa Shalini Taneja and Michael Starr In Memory of Maria E. Rabb ’84 Julio R. Dolorico ’84 In Memory of John Rabke John T. Boyle ’75 In Memory of Albert Rehus Jessica C. Bishop ’04 Brian N. Purcell ’09 Robert Pannullo ’13 Rosemary Rehus

In Memory of Uresh Shah Alpa-Jigna and Ferdinand Jimenez In Memory of Natalie P. Smith Dudley C. Smith ’49 In Memory of Peggy Tortoriello Robert L. Tortoriello In Memory of Andrew Weiner Nilie Pajoohi ’89 and Hossein Ekrami Laura Yeu ’89 and Patrick Yeu

GIFTS IN KIND

Lacey Alagia Laura Altirs ’23 Masoud and Nadia Altirs Erica and Greg G. Amsinger Antika Grill Architect Studios Athletic Genius Leena and Suvrat Bansal Barbara Eclectic

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Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Belgiovines Julija Stoliarova and Bjorn Boyer Christy Burke Ingrid E. Burke CARS Clores Flowers Evelyn Colbert Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti Corefire Studio Luz L. Miranda-Crespo and Luis Crespo Mimi and Rafael Cuellar Cyclebar Montclair D*FIT Studio Claire Von Schilling and Timothy Daniels Lavina and Prakash Datwani Pam and Colby Davis Diesel & Duke Kelly Distefano Colleen Dunn and Steve Killebrew Eastwind Hotel & Bar Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund Estee Lauder Beauty Events By Joni Laurie and Jon Ewing Lauren and Jason Fass Holly Felber ’83 and Donald M. Felber Alison Ainsworth and Edward Felsenthal Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo Nancy and Joe Graf Guerilla Fitness Holly and Brian K. Hargrave Ellen and Stephen Higgins Hot Bagels Abroad HTB Dance Company Hyde Vineyard Intrepid Gym Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Roma Kanter Liz and Jason Katz Rebecca and Jonathan Kelly Shruthi and Brian Kinkead Layers of Flavor Le Salbuen Liepold Design Group Mary Ann and Clifford Lindholm The Little Daisy Bake Shop Loews Hotel Corporation Luisa Baker & Cafe Montclair Culinary Academy Montclair Film Jacqueline Monteferrario and Gregory Vozeh MXB The Mind & Body Experience Nana’s Deli Amy and J.D. O’Hara Kimberly and John O’Kane Deborah and Michael I. Otner Penguin Random House Phil Cantor Photography Shelley and Keith Phillips Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj Bruce L. Redpath ’86 Sara and Glenn Robertson Row House Sal’s Gastronomia Salt Float Center Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Eleanor and Marc Santo Domingo Rebecca and John C. Scuorzo Sharon and Christopher S. Sevrens SH Group Anu Sahi-Shah and Samir B. Shah

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Sport Shots Unlimited/Rod Bolton Salamishah M. Tillet and Solomon Steplight ’93 Karen Stober Fariba and Anthony Sylvander Deborah and Thomas D. Turvey Marcie and David Wallace ’79 Nancy and Michael Wolk

CORPORATIONS FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

AAA Northeast Charitable Fund at Rhode Island Foundation Abbott Laboratories The Albert Payson Terhune Foundation Allen and Cheryl Patton Advised Fund of The Community Foundation Allergy and Asthma Specialists The Almeida Family Fund The Altirs Foundation AmazonSmile Foundation American Century Investments Dollars for Donor American Express Apogee Family Office LLC Artisan Partners Assured Guaranty–AG US Group Services, Inc Ballem Family Foundation INC Bank of America BlueMountain Capital Management LLC BoostMySchool The Buck Family Foundation Carter Family Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable The Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP. Citizens Charitable Foundation The Colbert Family Fund of Coastal Community Foundation The Colotti Charitable Fund of Fidelity The Community Foundation of Louisville CougarBear HellFox Fund of the Greater Kansas City Community Crossen Charitable Fund of Fidelity D’Alessandro Family Gift Fund of Fidelity Charitable DDAR Rentals. LLC The DiGeronimo Family Fund Donald P. and Rebecca L. Campbell Charitable Giving Fund Elizabeth Crowell & Robert Wilson Fund of the Community Foundation Epoch Investment Partners Eric F.S. Pai Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable Everson Family Charitable Fund The Edward H. Felsenthal Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Fidelity Foundation Fiduciary Trust Company Francis & Jennifer Blesso Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Franklin Templeton Investments Gephart Family Charitable Fund of BNY Mellon Charitable Gift GMA, ACCESSORIES, INC Goldman Sachs Greater New York Chinese American Hockey The Randall and Mary Hack Foundation The Halbert Family Gift Fund of Fidelity Charitable Hare Family Charitable Giving of Fidelity Charitable Holding Family Charitable Trust of Fidelity Charitable

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Hugh and Patricia O’Kane Family Foundation Impact Consulting Enterprises Ironwood Investment Counsel Jack & Heller Donor Advised Fund (Jewish Community Foundation) James K. Donnell Rev Trust The Jeffrey Family Fund of the Community Foundation of NJ Jin & Daniel Rubenstein Family Foundation of American End. The Johnson Family Foundation, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Kaplan Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable The Gail and David Kerr Fund of Vanguard Charitable LMEPAC Charity Program Custodial Account LPL Financial Lucas Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Marfor International Advisory, LLC Margolin Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MasterCard MCG Family Charitable Fund The McMullen Family Foundation The Merck Foundation Network For Good New York Life NYSE Euronext Foundation, Inc. Otner Giving Fund of Fidelity Charitable The Peter Perretti Fund of Fidelity Charitable Tom and Patricia Perlmutter Charitable Fund Paul Murphy Family Fund of the Bank of America Charitable Giving The Solomon Rappaport Family Fund (of Vanguard Charitable) Raymond James RGJ Capital, LLC Richard & Karen Hobbins Designated Fund (Jackson Hole C F) The Saul Rosen Foundation Rosenberg / Bol Family Giving Salesforce The Schwab Charitable Fund The Semet Aharoni Charitable Trust Sheldon Family Fund Simons Foundation The Susan N. Sobbott Charitable Fund of Schwab Charitable Sowers Family Charitable Fund Susan & Stephen Smith Giving Fund of Fidelity Charitable The Susanna Suh and James Larish Family Charitable Fund TD Ameritrade The Traenkle Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Verizon Vincent Cestone Foundation The Walter Charitable Trust of Fidelity Charitable Wayfair Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC You Gata Angel Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable Anonymous

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES ADP AIG Apple American Express

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Artisan Partners Assured Guaranty–AG US Group Services, Inc Bank of America Citizens Charitable Foundation Dell Epoch Investment Partners Estee Lauder Fidelity Foundation Fiduciary Trust Company Frontstream Goldman Sachs & Co. Google The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Johnson & Johnson LMEPAC Charity Program Custodial Account Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Mastercard The Merck Foundation Microsoft Morgan Stanley Network For Good New York Life NYSE Euronext Foundation, Inc Prudential Salesforce The Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation TD Ameritrade Verizon

PAMKA SPRING FUNDRAISER

We hosted our first Virtual PAMKA Spring Gala Auction this year, raising $182,003 for supplemental financial aid and assistance for MKA families impacted by COVID-19. The online auction was live from May 8 – 15, 2020. On the last night of the auction, members of our community hosted virtual cocktail parties to celebrate MKA with a night of Zoom fun with friends. It was a resounding success and we owe much gratitude to Event Chairs, Anya Barrett and Shruthi Kinkead, and their dedicated team of volunteers, for their courage in proceeding and creativity in hosting such a successful night.

TICKETS BUYERS, SPONSORS AND DONORS Jennifer and Jason Abfier Alison Ainsworth and Edward Felsenthal Air Group LLC Lacey Alagia Masoud and Nadia Altirs American Carpet South (ACS) Kimberly and Edwin A. Amirata ’82 Erica and Greg G. Amsinger Associated Fire Protection Athletic Fields of America, Inc. Bernadette Aulestia-Lynch and Kristian Lynch Joe Avalos Kerry and William Baker Priya and Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Leena and Suvrat Bansal Jennifer and Victoria Barbetta Sarah and Craig Barrack John Barrett and Anya (Buenger) Barrett ’89 Emel and Orhan Bazna Sheri and Ted Bronstein Brown & Brown Metro, Inc. Marina T. Budhos and Marc H. Aronson Christy Burke Ingrid E. Burke Butter Beans Inc.

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Elizabeth Byrne and Niall Mullane Teresa and Luciano Calandra Bonnie and Michael Carter Cara and Dan Cesareo Katie and Christopher Cherchio Erin and Thomas Chung Alison and James T. Cirenza Evelyn and Stephen T. Colbert Leigh and Patrick J. Conforti ConnectOne Bank Mimi and Rafael Cuellar Katrina and John Cunningham Pamela D’Amato Davis ’89 and Clifton C. Davis Lavina and Prakash Datwani Colby Davis Jamie L. Decter ’93 and Mitchell J. Decter ’94 Lyenda and Warren Delp Ashley and Robert D. Di Geronimo Kelly Distefano Janita and Meyrick I. Douglas Colleen Dunn and Steve Killebrew Sybil M. Eng and Tad Roselund Entel Systems ERCO The Everson Family Laurie and Jon Ewing Fania Roofing Company Lauren and Jason Fass Holly Felber ’83 and Donald M. Felber Efua and Louis Feldman Alexis and Clifford Finkle IV ’92 Anne M. and David Flocco Beth and Michael E. Fuchs Tatjana Gall ’01 Gallagher Dulce Galvan-Wolf and Aaron Wolf Siobhan and Steven M. Gambuzza Meredith and Aaron Gardner Tricia and Guy P. Garrubbo GMLV Co. Melissa Goldman-Williams Nancy and Joe Graf Karen and Robert Gulliver Holly and Brian K. Hargrave Carla Harris and Victor Franklin Ellen and Stephen Higgins Jack Finn & Co. Building Contractors, LLC Janice and Jeffrey Jacobson Alissa and Curt J. Johnson Tina Jordan and Kevin Rendino Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 and Douglas Kaplan Liz and Jason Katz KB Electric Inc. Rebecca and Jonathan Kelly Beth and Gary Kiang Shruthi and Brian Kinkead Barrie and David Knee Kimberly and Philip Koserowski Ginny and David Laird Lisa Lazarus and Robert Coviello Leslie Levine ’74 and Peter Levine Mary Ann and Clifford Lindholm Kate Logan and Edmund Rung Maureen Logan-Burke Tricia and John Mac Evoy Piper B. and Michael J. Magera Dennis Manalo ’88 Jen and Earl Marshall Briana and Dennis G. McNeil ’95 Leslie Meek-Wohl and Ethan Wohl Luz L. Miranda-Crespo and Luis Crespo Ruchi Misra and Nicholas Hailey

PAMKA FUNDRAISING

$300,000 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 $345,000 SUPPLE ME NTA L FINA NCIA L AI D A ND ASSISTA NCE

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MKA Board of Trustees Jacqueline Monteferrario and Gregory Vozeh Elizabeth and Terence Moran Ellen Lafferty and Joseph Morrissey Kerry and Paul Murphy Zandi and Thomas Nammack North Jersey Orthopaedic Group Lauren and James O’Connell Amy and J.D. O’Hara Kimberly and John O’Kane Deborah and Michael I. Otner PAMKA Board Papasikos Orthodontics Shelley and Keith Phillips Stacey Polanskyj ’92 and Peter V. Polanskyj Reena and Bidyut Pramanik Valerie and Wesley S. Puryear Susan Quatrone and Brett Fischer Simran and Sanjiv Rajani Joseph and John Randolph Stacey J. Rappaport and Craig S. Solomon Hollie and Sean Reddington Bruce L. Redpath ’86

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Jennifer and Stefan Reinhardt Rhonda and Stephen Richard Sara and Glenn Robertson Sabrina and Adam Rodgers Katherine and Robert Ruberton Lisa Hyman Sackman and Joel Sackman Robyn Sacks and Andrew Slutzky Shefali and Sumeet Salwan Stephanie and Glenn Salzman Moushumi Sanghavi and Daniel Khublall Eleanor and Marc Santo Domingo Colleen and Robert Scalzo Rebecca and John C. Scuorzo Dori and Noel Sedransk Sharon and Christopher S. Sevrens Anu Sahi-Shah and Samir B. Shah Alison W. Slone and Adam Miller Susan Sobbott Stefani C. Swartz/Weiner Law Group Stoddart Associates Julija Stoliarova and Bjorn Boyer April and Brett Straten ’92 Deb Streit and Roy Breslow Susanna Suh and James Larish Fariba and Anthony Sylvander Jeffrey Szilagyi and Kathleen Beebe Ami and Andrew M. Talkow Salamishah M. Tillet and Solomon Steplight ’93 Becky Turcotte Deborah and Thomas D. Turvey Upper Montclair Boxing Club Sharon and Paul Vasilopoulos Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP Claire Von Schilling and Timothy Daniels Jennifer and Kurt M. Vonderahe Margaret and Richard Wager Alyson Waldman ’99 and Matthew Waldman ’98 Marcie and David Wallace ’79 Lori and Parker A. Weil Suzanne and Mark Weinberg Wendy and Stephen C. Weinstein Susan and Leonard Weintraub Nancy and Reb D. Wheeler Katie and Cameron Williams Roy Winston Nancy and Michael Wolk Nicole Xu and Jonathan To Anonymous

VOLUNTEERS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kathleen Logan, President Luke Sarsfield, III ’91, Vice President Karen Gulliver, Vice President Jeffrey Szilagyi, Treasurer David Crichlow, Secretary Merrick (Rick) Andlinger Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Jennifer Barbetta Anya Barrett ’89 James Bromley Bonnie Carter Evelyn Colbert Paige Cottingham- Streater ’79 Amanda L. Englander ’04 Carolyn Everson Clifford Finkle ’92 Peter Fusco ’89 Tracy Higgins Barbara Holmes Michael Johnson

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Tina A. Jordan Lauren H. Kaplan ’93 Robert J. Ruberton Stephanie A. Salzman Matthew Sherman Mei-Mei Tuan Margaret Wager Honorary Trustees Aubin Z. Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Alice M. Hirsh Susan H. Ruddick Newton B. Schott, Jr. Advisory Trustees Barry W. Ridings ’70 Robert L. Tortoriello ANNUAL GIVING CO-CHAIRS Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Anya C. Barrett ’89, Chairperson Bonnie Carter Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 Amanda L. Englander ’04 Tracy E. Higgins Tina A. Jordan Robert J. Ruberton Stephanie A. Salzman Matthew Sherman Mei-Mei Tuan Margaret Wager ALUMNI LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Karestan Koenen ’86 Dennis Manalo ’88

Denise Sarkor ’03 Chris Smith ’85 Kevin Wilkins ’83 ALUMNI COUNCIL Stephen Bezer ’11 Racquel Booth ’96 Geoffrey Close ’71 Rich Cosgrove ’84 Michael DeVita ’11 Caitlin Di Ruggiero ’06 Amanda Englander ’04 Frank Godlewski ’76 Joanne Goldberg ’87 Stuart Harwood ’07 Julie Kim ’92 Jennifer Ladda ’84 Angela McCaffrey ’06 Lhenée McKoy ’05 Chadd Mukete ’11 Samora Noguera ’02 John Thompson ’03 FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEERS Alise Barrett Anya Barrett ’89 Naveen Ballem, MD ’90 Geoffrey Branigan Bonnie Carter Timothy Cook Paige Cottingham-Streater ’79 Alexis Davis Michael DeVita ’11 Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 Carolyn Everson Sheri Friedman Deborah Goodrich Karen Gulliver Melinda Hofmann

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ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT VOLUNTEERS Hy Agens ’58 Sherry Ahkami ’86 Elizabeth Amato ’13 Aubin Ames ’54 Lily Andres ’16 Jason Awerdick ’94 Natalie Azzoli ’06 Tanya Barnes ’96 Devon Barrett ’10 Anya Nicole Barrett ’89 John Benigno ’64 Melanie Bieber ’03 Zoe Bieler ’16 Jessica Bishop ’04 Marilyn Blackwell ’65 George Bleyle ’60 John Blondel ’74 Sabrina Boniface ’04 Morgan Booker ’09 Philippa Bowles ’71 Edward Bozik ’13 Robert Brawer ’55 Samantha Brazill ’09 John Brink ’79 Allison Brown ’04 Leslie Bryan ’70 Sheldon Buck ’54 Seth Bynum ’11 A. Cameron ’66 Georgia S. Carrington ’54 V. Castiglia ’70 Leah Cerf ’09 Dana Cestone ’79 Renee Ciccarella ’93 Susan Ciccone O’Donnell ’85 Mary Cole ’80 Anna Cook ’00 Richard Cosgrove ’84 Paige Cottingham-Streater ’79 Erin Crawford ’74 Barbara Creed ’62 Pamela D’Amato Davis ’89 Walter Davis ’83 Leslie DeGeorges ’79 Robert DeVita ’09 Gemma Diaco ’98 Stephen Dodd ’79 W. Donald ’62

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Jenna Donatiello ’17 Mary Anne Doty ’60 Korinne Durando ’15 Bruce Eng ’79 Lauren Ertel ’02 Margaret Escott ’67 Susan Ferdinand ’56 Judith Ferreira ’03 Douglas Fitzpatrick ’66 Lindsay Forman ’01 Kassandra Fotiadis ’14 Jessica Frankl ’09 Savannah Fusaro ’14 Peter Fusco ’89 Thomas C. Galligan Jr. ’73 John Garippa ’00 Ayana Goore ’89 Geoffrey Gregg ’68 Edward Griggs ’69 Katharine Haines ’65 Christine Hannon ’69 Suzanne Hardy ’61 Erica Hirsch ’96 Casey Musicant ’12 Alexander Holz ’99 Robert Hubsmith ’77 Enid Hyde ’41 Laura Itzkowitz ’81 Eric Jaeckel ’56 Jeffrey Jones ’71 Jennifer Jones Ladda ’84 Avie Kalker ’68 Eleanor Ketcham ’46 Thelma Knight ’57 Edmund Kozak ’05 Gregory Lackey ’73 Manav Lalwani ’05 J. Leonhard ’48 Louis Lessig ’89 Diana Little ’58 Sally Littlefield ’37 Lailanni Lucien ’18 Cecily Lyle ’55 Melissa Maddox-Evans ’88 Gail Marentette ’51 Dara Marmon ’91 S. Lawrence Martin ’55 Dana Fiordaliso Martin ’94 Brian May ’07 Keenan McAuliffe ’18 Brendan McCaffrey ’04 Angela McCaffrey ’06 Paul McFeeley ’76 Meredith McGowan ’90 Kerri McGuire ’18 Matthew Metzger ’08 Martha Moran ’52 Lorelei Muenster ’90 Maureen Natkin ’83 Lawrence Nazarian ’56 Enrique Neblett ’92 Jarvis Nolan ’59 Kelsey O’Connor ’14 Shawn Ortiz ’79 Carol Ottenberg ’56 Nilie Pajoohi ’89 Matthew Palmisano ’10 Deborah Peck ’72 Andrew Pedersen ’77 Craig Perry ’67 Dana Pisacane ’01 Cara Placentra ’08

Brian Purcell ’09 Susan Rankin ’88 Harry Raymond ’07 Joshua Raymond ’89 Susan Read ’73 George Reimonn ’80 Jennifer Remington-Knodel ’86 Charles Rilli ’16 Thomas Robbins ’82 Dennis Rodano ’87 Bianca Roses ’09 Edward Rosini ’12 Matthew Rubenstein ’17 Tamar Safer Radfar ’92 Charles Sage ’52 Emily Santangelo ’02 Katherine Santoro ’04 Luke Sarsfield ’91 Ryan Schneider ’14 Jill Shakoor ’09 Melissa Slomienski ’02 Leigh B. Smith ’45 (former faculty) Jaclyn Spedaliere ’00 Jane Stanton ’09 William Stone ’84 Amy Trapp ’83 C.Y. Treene ’54 Sandra Tritt ’99 Lee Vartan ’96 Anne Marie Verdiramo ’92 Anthony Vitale ’71 David Wallace ’79 LeRoy Watkins ’99 Peter Webb ’70 Linda Williams ’72 Laura Wilson ’84 Carina Wong ’11 Lynne Yellin ’87 Pamela Zeug ’78 Paul Zukerberg ’75 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Alexander Chon ’20 Jack DiLorenzo ’20 Jaime Fuchs ’20 Hannah Jablons ’20 Colin Kearns ’21 Kendall Larrier ’20 Geena Pacifico ’20 Hilal Tokat ’24

THANK YOU

Robert Hubsmith ’77 Tony Jones Tina Jordan Lauren Hyman Kaplan ’93 Colin Kearns ’21 Julie Kim ’92 Kendall Larrier ’20 Dara Marmon ’91 Angela McCaffrey ’06 Karen Merz Judy Nesbit Geena Pacifico ’20 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Stephanie Salzman Amy Peterson Sandoval Alison Slone Sheila Smith Jane Smith Linda Sterling Hilal Tokat ’24 Margaret Wager Nancy Wheeler

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this report. However, despite our best efforts, errors sometimes still occur, and for this we apologize in advance. All donors are recognized for their gifts between July 1, 2019 – June 20, 2020. If you have questions about your recognition or would like more information about giving opportunities, please contact Laela Perkins, Director of Development, at lperkins@mka.org. For more information, please visit www.mka.org/supportmka

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Dear MKA Families, Not even a pandemic can keep PAMKA and the MKA community down! The 2020 PAMKA Spring Gala was converted to an online event with all proceeds going to supplemental financial aid for families impacted by COVID-19. Thanks to Anya Barrett ’89 and Shruthi Kinkead for planning this event, not just once but twice, when they had to re-imagine this event in a virtual setting.

Anya, Shruthi, and their team of tireless volunteers created an unforgettable virtual community event that raised $181,003 in net proceeds for the school. Thank you to everyone who planned the event, donated items, and participated in the virtual auction. We are stronger together.

Janice Jacobson

PAMKA BOARD OF OFFICERS Janice Jacobson President Erica Amsinger Secretary Sabrina Rodgers Finance Vice President Alison Slone Communications Vice President Jennifer Vonderahe Community Outreach Vice President

PAMKA President

MKA IS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM PAMKA FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS BENEFITTED MKA WITH A TOTAL GIFT OF $345,000. $300,000

Supplemental Financial Aid and Assistance

$10,000

Brookside Capital Campaign

$15,000

MKA Lecture Series

$10,000

Wish List

$10,000

Survival Shop

$345,000

Total Gifts for 2019-2020

Thank you to our PAMKA volunteers. MKA is grateful for the countless volunteer hours, creativity, organization, and attention to detail you bring to our school. Your efforts greatly enhance and benefit our school. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome aboard our new PAMKA Board members and thank our returning members for their service.

Jamie Decter ’93 Volunteer Coordinator Vice President Leigh Conforti Special Event Vice President Margaret Wager Primary School Campus Vice President Becki Hirsh Middle School Campus Vice President Stephanie Salzman Upper School Campus Vice President

THE PAMKA MISSION STATEMENT PAMKA is a parent volunteer organization established to provide opportunities for parents to participate in the support and enhancement of the students’ educational experience at Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA). PAMKA pursues its mission working in cooperation with the school administration through activities consistent with the policies and goals established by the Board of Trustees at MKA.

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Who doesn’t need a superhero right now?

Primary School students drawing colorful creations.

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MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY 2020-2021 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Kathleen M. Logan President

Dear Students, Faculty, Administrators, Parents, Alumni, and other members of the MKA Community,

Luke A. Sarsfield III ’91 Vice President Karen T. Gulliver Vice President Jeffrey G. Szilagyi Treasurer Evelyn M. Colbert Secretary MEMBER TRUSTEES Merrick G. Andlinger

It is with tremendous gratitude that we say farewell to our retiring Trustees: Michael V. Johnson, David A. Crichlow, Barbara Holmes, and Mei-Mei H. Tuan. These women and men have been extraordinary MKA Trustees—consistently demonstrating their commitment to our students and to MKA’s mission throughout the years.

Michael joined the Board in 2000 and was Board President from 2010-2016.

Michael served on every committee including the Executive, Committee on Trustee, Development, Education Program and Policies, Facilities, Strategic Planning, Finance, Investment, and Student Life. I want to thank Michael for his dedication to MKA, for his leadership, and for his friendship. I know that our Mission Statement was written to guide MKA, but every time I read the line “to lead lives of noble character, purpose, and distinction,” I think of Michael Johnson. He is a man of great character and an unwavering commitment to this school and to his family. Michael was elected to be an MKA Honorary Trustee, which is a position for life and bestowed upon a Trustee who had demonstrated exemplary leadership.

David joined the Board in 2014 and was Board Secretary from 2017-2020.

He served on the Development, Education Program and Policies, Finance, Executive, and Student Life committees of the Board. We cannot thank David enough for his thoughtful contribution to every Board discussion. His wise counsel, guidance, and judicious stewardship will be difficult to replace.

However, I am pleased to announce that David has agreed to serve as an Advisory Trustee to the Board for the 2020-2021 school year.

Mei-Mei joined the Board in 2014 and served on the Education Program and Policies, Strategic Planning, Finance, Executive, Student Life, and the Committee on Trustees Board committees. Mei-Mei was Chair of the Committee on Trustees from 2017 to 2020. Under her leadership of the Committee on Trustees, the committee expanded its educational role of the Board and had many thoughtful deliberations regarding Board diversity. MeiMei has been a dedicated Trustee, and her work ethic, organizational skills, and leadership will be missed.

Barbara joined the Board in 2017 and served on Education Program and Policies and the Development Committees. Barbara’s dedication to the global issues surrounding poverty, health, children’s rights, and education enhanced every Board discussion and lead the Board to think deeply about many local

Naveen Ballem ’90 Jennifer A. Barbetta Anya C. Barrett ’89 James L. Bromley Bonnie S. Carter Evelyn M. Colbert Paige L. Cottingham-Streater ’79 Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 Carolyn N. Everson Clifford B. Finkle IV ’92 Peter J. Fusco ’89 Tracy E. Higgins Janice L. Jacobson Tina A. Jordan Lauren H. Kaplan ’93 Thomas W. Nammack Robert J. Ruberton Stephanie A. Salzman Matthew J. Sherman Margaret A. Wager HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Z. Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Alice M. Hirsh Michal V. Johnson Susan H. Ruddick Newton B. Schott, Jr. ADVISORY TRUSTEES David A. Crichlow Barry W. Ridings ’70 Robert L. Tortoriello For more information about our Board of Trustees, please visit www.mka.org/about/ board-of-trustees

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and global issues. Barbara’s keen intellect and thoughtful approach will be sorely missed by the Board.

It is with great pleasure and appreciation that we welcome the newest member to MKA’s Board of Trustees.

Tina Jordan doesn’t really need to be introduced to our community as she has served as President of PAMKA for the past two years and was elected to the Board as a regular Trustee this past June. Tina Jordan is an attorney who was in private practice in New Jersey and Illinois for approximately 20 years.

Tina has been involved in the Montclair non-profit community for the past 15 years and is currently on the Executive Board at Partners for Woman and Justice. Tina received her undergraduate degree from the George Washington University and her law degree from DePaul College of Law. She lives in Montclair with her husband and 3 children.

It is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees to hold the school in trust for future generations and to ensure that we remain true to the principles of our Mission Statement. The coming school year will include celebrating all we are as a result of our dedicated and thoughtful leader, Tom Nammack.

As always, we strive to be the best school possible—in curriculum, in culture, in community, in acceptance, and in diversity. With this in mind, MKA’s Board of Trustees looks forward to a truly wonderful 2020-2021 school year.

With warmest regards, Kathleen M. Logan, President, Board of Trustees

Dear MKA Community, The Search Committee has had a busy summer evaluating dozens of resumes, and of course, subsequently, interviewing numerous people who were interested in being MKA’s next Head of School. We were thrilled by the high level of interest in the position. The process was exhaustive, and I am grateful for the Search Committee’s dedication. We are excited to introduce the finalists to our community during the fall.

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“ … we strive to be the best school possible—in curriculum, in culture, in community, in acceptance, and in diversity. With this in mind, MKA’s Board of Trustees looks forward to a truly wonderful 2020-2021 school year. ”

A A LUM N I N EWS

We would like to thank all of our Alumni Heroes for their tireless work and sacrifices that are keeping us safe and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic. We don’t know what we would do without you, and we are endlessly grateful to you all. To read more about our #MKAAlumniHeroes, visit Class Notes.

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Dear Alumni, Hello to all Alumni (and everyone else who may be browsing the latest edition of MKA’s Review), I am so pleased and honored to be your new Alumni Council President. I graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy almost 15 years ago after spending 14 years at MKA (yes, I am a Lifer). Although I physically left MKA after Commencement, the school didn’t leave me. My MKA ties, lessons, and memories have been interwoven with my personal and professional foundation from kindergarten to now, and I never foresee that changing. I couldn’t be more grateful.

During college, I lived and studied in Florence, Italy with three of my best friends from MKA’s Middle School. We are still very close to this day. After college, I moved to San Diego with three fellow alums for a few years where we learned what SoCal living is all about. Cougars never stray far from each other! Although California was amazing, it didn’t have the same feeling of roots and community as Northern NJ did.

After San Diego, I returned to Montclair with my best friend from 7th grade to start two businesses in Northern NJ—one, an award-winning fitness studio brand (COREFIRE) and the other, a real estate business.

Five years ago, inspired by my own field hockey coach at MKA, Marnie McNany, I returned to MKA as the JV Girls’ Lacrosse Coach and Assistant Varsity Field Hockey Coach, and I began my stint on the Alumni Council the same year. Coach McNany also gave me the honor and pleasure of being on the Board of a cause that is dear to my heart, the Arc of Essex County.

Coaching at MKA brought me back to the place I know and love, but it also allowed me to see the school again from the inside out and regain a student’s perspective. Getting to know the girls I coached gave me the opportunity to really hone in on what we need to do as a Council and as MKA Alumna. I am also proud to say that I have the honor to stay close with those girls (now women) to this day. I love to participate in May Term, and we have even hired one of our lacrosse and field hockey players as an employee in our businesses.

The goal of the Alumni Council is to expand the council and network of alumni across the country and the world with virtual meetings. We are looking to build on alumni engagement tactics and want to hear from YOU about ideas on how we can strengthen our alumni network.

We are going to continue to build our robust Career Services program by continuing to offer to mentor younger alumni and encourage alums to join our LinkedIn group. If you are interested in joining the council or helping future/current alums, please reach out to Gretchen Berra at gberra@mka.org.

Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to lead the MKA Alumni Council, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with many of you!

Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06, Alumni Council President

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 President Stuart Harwood ’07 Executive VP Stephen Bezer ’11 Treasurer Lhenée McKoy ’05 Secretary

COUNCIL Racquel Booth ’96 Geoffrey Close ’71 Michael DeVita ’11 Frank Godlewski ’76 Cara Landolfi ’05 Angela McCaffrey ’06 Chadd Mukete ’11 Samora Noguera ’02 ADVISORY Jaclyn Spedaliere ’00

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Distinguished Alumni Award The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Award is to bestow recognition and appreciation for alumni who have achieved distinction in a field of endeavor, or, through outstanding character or dedication, been of special service to humanity. The award is a meritorious reflection on the school and provides inspiration and encouragement for our young people. An alumnus may nominate themselves or be nominated by alumni or others. To learn more, visit our website www.mka.org/alumni/celebrating-our-alumni.

Thomas Galligan ’73 “ I know there are many more deserving than me, but I am honored and humbled to be named the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award winner.

My years at MKA were fantastic, and my experiences at MKA continue to shape who I am and how I act. My memories of those six years are still fresh. And, it is at MKA where I met the love of my life, Susan. In every way, I share this honor with her.”

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In what ways did your MA experience prepare you for the path your life has taken?

I always loved school; I loved learning, and MKA fostered that love of learning. My favorite day of every school year was the day we got our books for the upcoming year; it was always incredibly exciting.

I loved how they felt and the promise of learning they held. I had great teachers at MKA, and they became my role models for the career to which I have dedicated my professional life: teaching, learning, and helping others teach and learn.

Why law?

Thomas C. “Tom” Galligan Jr. grew up in Montclair, New Jersey with the dream of becoming a lawyer. He is a proud alumnus of the MA Class of 1973 and has continuously given of his time, talent, and treasure to honor his alma mater, MKA. After leaving MKA, Tom became an American lawyer, legal scholar, administrator, and educator and is currently the Interim President of Louisiana State University.

He served as the eighth president of Colby-Sawyer College and as dean and professor of law at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville where he taught torts and admiralty.

Prior to taking up administrative roles, in which he has regularly continued to teach and write, Tom taught torts, admiralty, and other courses at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center from 1986 until May 1998. At LSU, he was named the Dr. Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law and was honored by the students as the Outstanding LSU Professor six times. In 2018, the Louisiana Bar Foundation honored him with its Distinguished Professor Award.

Tom has published numerous books and articles on torts and admiralty. His scholarship has been cited in the proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts and by numerous legal scholars. Tom’s work has also been cited by the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate and trial courts.

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Tom’s expertise in admiralty and international maritime law was widely sought from the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Galligan also testified before the United States Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary. Galligan currently holds the Dotson and Hooks Endowed Chair in Maritime Law at LSU. Tom has a passion for long distance running (he has run in over 20 marathons!) and baseball statistics. He is married to the former Kimberley alumna Susan Stokes ’74.

Tom and Susan have three children: Patrick, Sarah, and Jennifer. They lost one child, Aisling, to lung cancer in 2019.

My father was a lawyer, so I am not sure I ever had a chance; that is a joke. When I was small, someone at a party asked me what I wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a lawyer, and the person said, “I did not ask you what your father wanted you to be, I asked you.”

I answered that I really did want to be a lawyer, but if I wasn’t a lawyer I wanted to be a teacher or writer. I have been lucky to do all three.

What is your proudest achievement?

I am proud of my teaching awards and my scholarship awards; I am proud of my publications and the positions I have held. But, in the current context of the civil unrest we are experiencing in the wake of the ongoing and constant tragedies of racial violence, I am proudest of being in a position where, along with my students and colleagues, I can be part of meaningful systemic change to address ongoing systemic racism. If I am part of some progress there, it will be our greatest achievement.

And at the risk of being corny, the greatest thing is my family; they are way better than I deserve.

What are the most challenging aspects of your work?

In everything, getting people to listen and focus. Everyone is always and increasingly distracted by their technology, by the stress of thinking about what they have to do, by whatever is going on in their lives, and always by fear and uncertainty. I jokingly refer to attending the listening workshop but listening and hearing is the key to understanding, accomplishing, and empathizing. And back at me, getting me to listen and focus and not be distracted by all of the above. Additionally and personally, I would add that I want people to like me and even at 64, I have to remind myself everyone is not going to like me all of the time—so be it.

What advice would you give today’s graduates who might be interested in a similar career?

Teaching is a fantastic career. You live through your students, and when they get it, you feel incredible. One of the things that make us human is living, in part, in a world of ideas. If you like that part of it—if you love it—there is no better job than teaching.

As for the administrative positions I have held, my advice would be: be open to opportunity. It has a way of finding you.

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Young Alumni Award The purpose of the Young Alumni Award is to recognize an alumnus or alumna who has graduated from MKA within the past 15 years. He or she will have demonstrated significant service to MKA and/or have made significant contributions to his or her profession and community. The accomplishments being considered need not be publicly renowned but should reflect a deep and inspirational commitment to the improvement of society. To learn more, visit our website www.mka.org/alumni/celebrating-our-alumni

Kristin Vdorick ’06 “ I’m incredibly honored to be recognized by MKA for the work that I’ve done and continue to do every day. I’m even more honored to receive the award knowing just how many rockstars the Class of ’06 produced who have done so much good and incredible work in their fields. I hope to continue to represent MKA with the quality of my efforts in all that I do.

Go Cougars!”

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Kristin Vdorick ’06 is a Branch Chief for the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency. She works directly for the Air Force Surgeon General and supports the efforts to deploy our Air Force military providers to hot spots and helps develop new field hospital packages that can be deployed to locations that need support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been on the small team that worked to organize incoming daily reports for all of the military medical personnel in order to move providers and nurses to areas around that country that need support.

In July 2018, Kristin was awarded the Air Force Civilian Special Act Award “In recognition of her distinguished performance in the Air Force Medical Service Analytics Directorate, Air Force Medical Operations Agency. Ms. Vdorick’s diligence discovered unusual financial spikes in Obstetrics Durable Medical Equipment Costs at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Her hard work and attention to detail enabled her to discover other anomalies throughout the Department of Defense that also had significant financial implications. Kristin’s thorough research identified a specific supplier in Pennsylvania who had the most egregious charges.

Her findings were then elevated to the DHA Program Integrity Office, who initiated an investigation. With Ms. Vdorick’s assistance, The Department of Defense Inspector General calculated that the Defense Health Agency overpaid by more than sixteen million dollars for breast pumps and parts in 2016. Cost avoidance of this discovery was calculated by the Inspector General at over eighty one million dollars for the next five years. Kristin’s outstanding leadership, exemplary foresight, and ceaseless efforts were instrumental in saving the Department of Defense over ninety seven million dollars.”

In what ways did your MKA experience prepare you for the path your life has taken?

Day-to-day, I spend a lot of time looking at hundreds of data sets. It’s my job to sort through all the different numbers and put together pieces of a puzzle that seemingly may not exist. It’s often the case that perspective plays a key role in finding the right solution to whatever the problem may be.

And it’s asking the right questions, which are sometimes the most difficult ones, that produce the right solutions. MKA taught me to think outside of the box and not necessarily walk the path most easily travelled. My experience there guided me into approaching problems from more than one perspective, even if it wasn’t the easy thing to do, and to keep tackling them from different angles, even if it initially seemed unconventional. In doing so, I’ve developed resiliency in the face of adversity and the ability to find success in places where others would never have imagined to look.

Why did you choose your profession?

My career began as an entry-level Data-Analyst and then a Group Practice Manager within the Medical Group at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va. I started this work, like many, simply trying to find my way post-academics. However, an affinity for numbers and statistics paired with the fulfillment of working to improve military healthcare presented itself as engaging and rewarding at the time. Now, it has been the continued development of those factors over the past eight years, combined with a passion for service and working with the Air Force community to get problems solved, that has kept me on the career path I am on today.

Kristin Vdorick’s professional involvement also includes: What is your proudest achievement?

• Lead Analyst for the Air Force Surgeon General; AF/SG plans, programs, and provides AF medical expeditionary capabilities to support the national security strategy. Defines and executes health care policy for 44K personnel at 76 MTFs with a $6.1B budget. Ensures a cost-effective, patient-centered, and prevention-based health care continuum for 2.6M beneficiaries worldwide. Builds strategic partnerships with DoD/ASD(HA), VA, federal agencies, academia, and allied medical services. AFMS Analytics orchestrates and performs in-depth analysis/solutions for AF/ SG to solve complex issues affecting >1M enrollees. Provides decision support for $39B/44K manpower AFMS program enabling alignment with CSAF’s mission, vision & goals. Instills operational discipline throughout the Military Health System with the utilization of scientific methods and statistical modeling.

• Lead Analyst- Air Force Medical Services Analytics Division-routinely selected to handle short suspense items including extremely sensitive data requests for the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) • Trusted adviser to the Air Force Surgeon General and Air Force Surgeon General Medical Consultants. Kristin’s recommendations were adopted for all inpatient mental health units in the AF. Her work was recently lauded by the Air Force Surgeon General. Consultant and Subject Matter Expert on Air Force Behavioral Health Programs.

• Kristin has played an integral role in assisting the Air Force develop a working relationship with multiple civilian hospitals including the National Health System in the United Kingdom and UMC of Southern Nevada where she coordinated the data collection process for the SMART (Sustained Medical and Readiness Trained) Program, which made it possible for Air Force Surgeons to be working in the civilian hospital and provide assistance during the 2017 Vegas shooting.

One time, I saved the Air Force $97 Million in fraudulent billing charges that would’ve otherwise gone unnoticed. I thought it was pretty cool, and the Air Force was pretty happy about it too.

What are the most challenging aspects of your work?

Hands down, the biggest challenge I face is managing and executing work amidst the current political climate. Mission goals can be flipped on a dime based on political agendas and decisions made on Capitol Hill, potentially rolling back months of work at a moment’s notice. In addition to this, we’re often tasked with creating standardized solutions for a broad audience with varying needs. Finding these solutions often requires a great deal of strategy, tact, and the magical ability to make everyone happy all of the time.

What advice would you give today’s graduates who might be interested in a similar career?

Ask questions and don’t be afraid to stand up in a room full of people to let them know that you don’t understand. It’ll be difficult at first, but after you’ve done it once, it gets easier and easier as you go. In the beginning, it’ll feel like you’re standing out from the crowd, like you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time.

No matter how uncomfortable you may feel, you want to be there. You’ll learn and grow faster for putting yourself out there, and you’ll learn and grow faster than your peers who don’t. You want to stand out from the crowd and ask the difficult questions because, over time, you’ll become the person everyone turns to for the answers. Before even having the chance to stand out, you’ll be the person everyone looks to for guidance and where to go next. So, ask questions.

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The Honorary Alumni Award was created in spring 2010 to address the strong desire of the MKA Alumni Council to honor those members of the MKA family who have made a significant, easily recognizable, and direct impact on MKA students for at least ten years.

On behalf of the Alumni Association of Montclair Kimberley Academy, the Council is delighted to announce that Headmaster Thomas W. Nammack has been enthusiastically selected as an MKA “Honorary Alumnus of Distinction” for the 2019-2020 school year.

Tom’s tenure as MKA’s Headmaster since 2005 has left an indelible mark on the school and every one of the students who has had the privilege to learn under his leadership. Tom’s roles as a beloved leader, colleague, and distinguished mentor have resulted in this well-deserved recognition. Alumni Council President Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 says, “The Alumni Council is thrilled to award Tom Nammack with the HAA due to his direct impact on students now, and for the past 15 years. He is most deserving of this award through his commitment to MKA and true love of the school and the community.”

Tom will be honored at the Alumni Awards Reception on April 30 of next year. He will also be the Alumni Council’s guest of honor at next year’s Reunion Weekend.

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Athletic Hall of Fame Award The Athletic Hall of Fame Award recognizes those who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to the school through athletics. The award is presented every other year. An honoree must have been an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, athletic director, trainer, or major contributor (financial and/or participant) at MA, TKS, or MKA and/or brought distinction to the school through related and subsequent athletic accomplishment. The Athletic Hall of Fame seeks to honor the legacy of the recipient’s athletic endeavor, leadership, and achievement during their time at the school and beyond.

This year, we are thrilled to announce the 2020 inductee to the Athletic Hall of Fame is Robert Fortunato’ 08.

Robert Fortunato ’08 “ No matter how good you think you are, there’s always someone better. If you possess that mindset, you’ll be surprised at what you can achieve.”

Born in Essex Fells, NJ to Maribeth and Dana Fortunato, Rob started at MKA in 7th grade, following his older sister, Melissa ’02, and brother, Mark ’03. Paul Edwards, Head Coach Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse says of Rob, “Rob was one of the all time greats to play lacrosse at MKA. A four-year varsity starter in the goal, Rob was outstanding and used his athleticism and instincts to serve as a seventh defender for us out of the goal. From his first game freshman year Rob was the clear leader of our defense. He received All Conference and All State recognitions and finished his career being selected as a United States Lacrosse High School All American, at that time only the third to be selected in the history of our school. Rob went on to have an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Virginia under Coach Dom Starsia where he won a National Championship his junior year and was selected as an All American his senior year. [He was a] great player, a great teammate, and a pleasure to coach.” At UVA, Rob was a history major and also part of the McIntire School of Commerce for his final year of studies. After college, he began a career in the financial industry in Manhattan, where he’s lived for the last eight years with his wife, Cal. What is one of your proudest achievements as an athlete?

Winning the National Championship in 2011 at UVA. During my freshman and sophomore years, we were fortunate enough to make it to the Final Four; however, we lost in the semifinals both years. The 2010 loss to Duke was particularly difficult given what we endured that year with the passing of Yeardley Love. In 2011, we started the year with one of our most talented teams but the wheels quickly came off and playoff hopes seemed distant. We made some personnel changes, adopted a zone defense, and went on an undefeated run in the back half of the year to win it all.

What is one of your proudest achievements off the field?

One of my proudest achievements off the field was receiving Academic honor roll every semester while at UVA, concluding with Academic All-American honors my senior year.

How did MKA help to shape your future?

In addition to the world-class teaching and coaching staff, MKA provided me with the opportunity to forge relationships that are a pivotal part of my life today.

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Founders’ Cup Award Caroline Toman Congratulations to Upper School English teacher Caroline Toman who was named the recipient of the 2020 Founders’ Cup for Teaching Excellence. The Founders’ Cup Award, established in 1993, recognizes MKA’s strong tradition of teaching excellence dating back to 1887. The award is presented to an outstanding faculty member representative of the best qualities of teaching at MKA, inside and outside of the classroom, including coaching and mentoring. The Alumni Association welcomes nominations for the Founders’ Cup Award from all members of the MKA family, including current students, parents, alumni, administration, and faculty.

Caroline got her B.A. at Wheaton College and a Masters in Literature from Drew University. She began teaching at MKA in 1996, served as the English Department Chair, and teaches sophomore English. Before teaching, Caroline worked in publishing, television production, advertising, and editing. She enjoys reading and always has a list of books she “needs” to read. After receiving the award virtually from Alumni Council President Caitlin DiRuggiero ’06 at MKA’s end-of-school meeting, Caroline said, “I am honored and humbled to have been named the MKA 2020 Founders’ Cup Award recipient. I feel so fortunate to have been able to teach the students who have come in and out of my classroom these many years, and there has honestly been nothing I would rather do. To be recognized in this way only validates my passion for teaching and my commitment to MKA as well as to the students I will feel privileged to teach in the years to come. Thank you.”

Her students and colleagues sent great nominations for Caroline, praising her for the exemplary teacher, colleague, mentor, and friend that she is. Former student Ruhee Juvekar said, “She is one of the best teachers I had at my time at MKA. She has a vast knowledge of literature and is always willing to talk to her students.

She brought energy and light to her classroom - I looked forward to going to her class every time.”

Fine and performing arts teacher Nicole Hoppe shared, “Caroline is constantly striving to improve not only herself as a faculty member but also her department as a whole. She has the best interests of the students at heart, walking the fine line of trying to take care of both their brains and their hearts. She is able to relate to the students and engage them in a way that makes them love going to her class.”

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We would like to thank all of our Alumni Heroes for their tireless work and sacrifices that are keeping us safe and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We don’t know what we would do without you, and we are endlessly grateful to you all. To read about more of our #MKAAlumniHeroes please see Class Notes.

Dr. Robert Cerfolio ’80 is a thoracic surgeon whose many titles at the NYU Langone Health Medical Center included Senior Vice President, Vice Dean, and Chief of Hospital Operations. It was during the early days of the crisis in New York City when NYU Langone Health mandated that doctors were no longer allowed to perform a bronchoscopy on patients. This procedure, which involves threading a smaller tube into the respirator conduit and down into the airways and then pulling it out, could “aerosolize” the COVID-19 virus, dispersing it through the room and possibly infect health care workers. Robert and his colleagues developed a new protocol for protective equipment and other precautions for doctors willing to perform a bronchoscopy, and they performed the procedure on hundreds of COVID-19 patients.

Dr. Margaret Dziadosz MD FACOG ’01 is a Perinatologist who works at New Jersey Perinatal Associates, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Overlook Hospital, Holy Name Medical Center, and Clara Maass Medical Center. During COVID19 she continued her work every day as high risk pregnancy care remained essential (just with a lot more PPE). She did consultations via Zoom or Facetime, though most of her visits required in-person meetings for ultrasounds in order to evaluate the health of the mother and baby.

In addition to this amazing work, she personally made over 200 face shields for use at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Labor and Delivery Unit.

Anjali Bhatt Saxena, MD ’89 has been working on the frontlines in this COVID-19 pandemic, in San Jose, CA. She is a Nephrologist, which is a type of doctor who specializes in diseases and conditions that affect the kidneys, and is in charge of providing dialysis to patients in and out of the hospital who have kidney failure. Anjali says, “I am proud to be an MKA alumna, and I know that my medical colleagues on the East Coast have had much more to deal with in terms of COVID-19 than we have here in California, and I send my gratitude to all of them for their selflessness and hard work. If I didn’t have to head up the dialysis unit here, I would want to be there helping patients in my home state of NJ.”

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Jonathan ’95 and Craig ’01 Hirsh own the Lamart Corporation, a third generation family business that manufactures flexible laminates used in a variety of industries, including the aerospace sector.

Due to COVID-19, many of their customers have suspended or decreased their order flows, Jon and Craig were able to repurpose some of their equipment, in both their New Jersey and Mexico production facilities, to produce isolation gowns. Jon and Craig’s team accomplished retooling their facilities in less than two weeks and manufactured roughly 5,000 gowns in the first 5 days of production. They hope to be produce 75,000+ gowns each week by the end of April. Lamart Corp. has distributed gowns to NYU Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and the Montclair Ambulance Unit, and they will continue production as long as there is demand. We are so proud of Jon and Craig’s ability to adapt, help serve our community, and keep their employees working.

Elizabeth Aguila ’07 is the Chief Resident Physician at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. Beth works in the dedicated “ReCOVery Unit,” the first inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Michigan serving patients who need intensive rehabilitation but still test positive for the virus. Whether COVID-19 is a primary or secondary diagnosis, these patients are focused on one thing: safely returning home to their loved ones. The goal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Physicians is to work with an interdisciplinary team made up of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology, respiratory therapy, and nursing to help bring people back to independence and function.

Savannah Fusaro ’14 is a recent graduate of Duke University and is now attending the Wake Forest PA program. Savannah worked tirelessly as an Emergency Department Technician in the Duke University ER during the pandemic. She said, “I am proud to be working on the front lines during this global pandemic. Although uncertain times like these can be scary for our nation, it’s been amazing to experience the kindness of strangers and unity on our healthcare team. I know we will get through this together!”

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Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: Stories of Extraordinary People and Why They Give

Joan Carlisle ’46 Joan Denney Carlisle ’46 would have preferred a coeducational school when her family moved to Montclair in the fall of 1943 and she enrolled at The Kimberley School. However, Joan quickly made connections to special teachers like English teacher Mrs. Dawson and was involved in play productions with students from Montclair Academy. She was interested in and enjoyed a balanced and integrated approach to education. “The Kimberley School was a launching pad for me,” remembers Joan. “While the adjustment was tough, I had good influences there.”

Lifelong friendships have endured, and Joan remembers time-honored traditions at TKS with fondness.

The Carlisle family has championed the school and been involved in various roles in all of the school’s iterations. After her graduation, Joan was asked to be a Class Secretary for TKS; Joan and her husband, Robert D. B. Carlisle, are parents of Gordon ’69, an MA graduate and Stuart ’82 an MKA graduate; Gordon painted a posthumous portrait of Robert Hemmeter at the request of the Board of Trustees that hung in the Van Vleck library for many years; and Robert served as a Trustee for over 15 years and is the author of the school history, Within These Halls, published in 1988.

Joan loved witnessing and is proud that her family was present for so many of the changes through the years.

Joan chose to include MKA in her estate plans because she believes in the mission and direction of the school. She was thrilled when the merger created co-education for all, and she gives credit to MKA for evolving to meet the times and become a school of diversity that values the arts and educational excellence.

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“ We found a student body and a faculty and administration where learning, service, and community were all valued in balance.

OPENING DOORS: THE ENG ROSELUND FAMILY Please describe your family. What are some things you love to do?

We try to keep our family time as active as possible, focused on broadening our horizons and experiencing new things. All is meant to foster an openness to new perspectives, encourage us as a family to engage in what we learn, and hopefully gain an appreciation for the breadth and depth of the world around us.

What drew you to MKA? When we first considered joining the MKA community back in the fall of 2011, what drew us in immediately was the commitment of the school to all aspects of a child’s growth. Certainly there was academic rigor and a focus on how to learn, not just what to learn; but beyond that was a concern for the development of students as responsible, ethical people able to be positive and contributing members of a diverse social community. We found a student body and a faculty and administration where learning, service, and community were all valued in balance.

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What about MKA means the most to you?

Has that changed over time?

As you experience any place over time, you come to learn so much more than you knew at the beginning. What we have really come to deeply appreciate about MKA over time is the degree to which the school is willing to listen to its community, look at itself in the mirror, and constantly strive to learn and grow. It’s remarkable—and unfortunately too rare – that as its faculty teaches its students never to stop the learning journey, MKA asks the same of itself.

What is your proudest achievement as a family (at MKA or in general)?

We are most proud of our commitment to service, individually and as a family. With all the activities of daily life, finding the time for service can be a challenge, but the need to in some manner pay back the gifts and privilege that we have cannot be the lowest priority. Serving on nonprofit service boards, advocating for foster children, working at the soup kitchen or the food pantry—we are proud of that sustained activity over the years. We also know that we can and will do more in the future.

How do you work to make an impact at the school?

Sybil has served on the PAMKA Board twice and has taken on various volunteer roles over the years, but it’s also the smaller opportunities like hours at the Middle School Book Store or Upper School Survival Shop, assisting at the Book Fair, or helping out at Homecoming or Cougar Pride Day that bring our family closer to the MKA community.

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Why do you give back to MKA? While we have been happy to support various arts and extracurricular programs at MKA, the vast majority of our financial giving to the school has been targeted towards the Community Scholars program. The reason is not complex: we realize the central role education plays in enabling children to reach their full potential, and assisting with the provision of an MKA education to a worthy student who wouldn’t otherwise be able to consider it is a powerful way to do that. And it goes beyond the academic training and fostering of an inquisitive, questioning mindset to all the other—sometimes unwritten—benefits: the credibility, the access, the doors that having MKA on a resume opens. If the world is to change for the better, we need to open more of these doors for many, many more of these kids, and then watch the amazing things that they do.

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The deadline for news for the FALL MKA Review is May 15, and the deadline for the SPRING issue is December 15. News can be submitted at any time in response to the Alumni Office’s annual mailing, on the MKA Fund remittance envelopes, via mail or email to the MKA Alumni Engagement Office (alumni@mka.org) or your class representative. We keep ongoing files for each class and welcome photographs in digital or hard copy. If your class does not have a Class Representative listed, please consider volunteering for the position! It is a great way to re-establish contacts with old friends, does not require a great deal of time, and is essential to the ongoing vitality of the school. Thank you.

Going through my late mother’s 1934 papers, I realized I should share / TKS /

her recent obituary with her alma mater. She had kept a lovely note from Headmaster Nammack who wrote to her around her 100th birthday, very kindly including school gifts. My mother was really touched by his gesture and outreach. I found a draft of a thank you note she was writing to him. Whether one ever got sent, given her failing eyesight and mental facilities, I am not sure, but please pass our thanks along to the Head of School.

In the meantime, I am attaching an edited obituary that appeared in the local Nantucket paper. I added the MKA-centric information, hoping I’ve been accurate and left no relatives out. My mother was very proud of the fact that so many of “her family” attended either the Academy, Kimberley or both.

“Caroline Martin Thompson Lathrop died May 2, 2020, five months shy of her 104th birthday. Her daughter, Mary Lathrop Will, TKS ’74 kept her company as she slipped away.

Born in New York City on October 1, 1916, her family moved to Montclair when she was a toddler, and she lived there until 1974 when retirement allowed her husband and her to take up year round residence on Nantucket.

After a twelve-year education at Kimberley under the watchful eye of the legendary Miss Waring, Carol went on to earn an associate’s degree from Pine Manor College.

She returned to Kimberley to work

in the early education program until she began her “war work” as a clerk for the Blondel Heating Oil Company. After marriage in 1945, the Lathrops moved briefly to Oxford, MS where her husband, a decorated Naval Officer, was seconded to Officer Candidate School.

They returned quickly to Montclair in 1946 where Carol engaged in numerous civic activities, raising two children, serving as a volunteer in the Junior League, her church and the Montclair Garden Club. She was an active volunteer in her children’s scouting endeavors and schools, particularly at Kimberley.

When they moved to Nantucket, Carol once again volunteered in the community, continuing activities which engaged her in NJ and adding to them work in support of the elderly. She drove for Meals on Wheels into her late 80s and then began serving lunches to those who came daily to the Senior Center. She admitted she was frequently older than those she served.

Carol was a passionate traveler having gone around the world in the late 30s with relatives. She subsequently travelled throughout Western Europe and North America, reporting that she had ridden a Class 3 rapids in Alaska sometime around the age of 90.

In addition to her daughter, Mary Lathrop Will ’74 many family members attended and/or graduated from The Kimberley School, Montclair Academy, and MKA. Both of her siblings, Bogart Thompson, MA ’35 and Anne Thompson Knapp, TKS ’41,

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her sister in law, Elizabeth Higgins Thompson, TKS ’35, nieces, Diana Bethell Little, TKS ’58 and Daphne Bethell McCarthy, TKS ’61, Sally Thompson, MKA ’75, and nephew, Ben Thompson MA ’74, followed her at school, as did Christine and Steven Little, MKA ’95 and ’96 making for a third generation of connections to the schools. Niece, Elizabeth Thompson Burgess recently retired from the Lower School at MKA. Carol is survived by her daughter and son, John Lathrop, daughter in law, two grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, two step greatgrandchildren, eight nieces and two nephews.”—Mary Lathrop Will ’74 The Alumni Office heard from 1940 Doug Macmillan, son of / TKS /

Barbara

Macmillan, who let us know that she

passed away in November 2016. Our condolences go out to his family.

1941

/ TKS / Mrs. Enid Hyde, 5402 Duvall Dr., Bethesda,

MD 20816, enidghyde@aol.com

The Alumni Office was sad to 1943 hear of the passing of / TKS /

Lucile Mason

who died on March 13, 2020.

Lucile was the first Director of Development at MKA. MKA sends its deepest sympathies to her sister, Janet Mason ’48.

Our condolences to the family 1944 of who passed / TKS /

Louise Powell Hall

away on April 19, 2020.

1945

/ TKS / Mrs. Leigh Smith, 847 Franklin St., Vineyard

Haven, MA 02568, lbsmith15@yahoo.com

Leigh Berrien Smith I failed to report for the last issue and am embarrassed, but few classmates remain with us, sad to say. I do talk with Sally duBois Moberg in North Carolina, near her daughter and family. Sally sounds great, though I know of her health issues. In a good facility near her daughter in Asheville, new great grandchildren are her specialty; she

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has quite a few, and that cheers her even if she can’t see them.

I share news of Jeanne Talbot Sawutz’s daughter Sandy Hill and her family, husband Jim on faculty of U. Conn. And three fine offspring of theirs, [the] eldest working at Massachusetts General Hospital this year. Sally and Jean were always close friends, and Jean and George were welcome guests of ours on the Vineyard; we even visited them in Saugurties, NY once. I’m following David Agens in going on at length, if editors permit.

Pete Lamborn Peters’ eldest son Eric, a lawyer and head of Vineyard Open Land Foundation, is my neighbor in V. Haven, and his wife has kindly helped me secretarially until the terrible virus issue caused cessation of communications. Thank heaven for the phones and especially iPhones. My daughter Pam Brock ’72 with whom I’m currently living, is a master of iPhone contact, and I can see all three great grands even in motion, (one lives in England) and also chat with two of them; the third learning to walk, in England.

Cynthia Carswell Blair, who attended K ’45 to Grade 10 when she went to George School in PA, has warm Kimberley memories of friends. Now in a Senior facility in Manchester, VT, with a lifelong native NJ friend, she talks daily during this challenging time with her daughter and son-in-law in NJ. No chance to revisit Fire Island this summer, but she feels fortunate to have good health and comfortable surroundings, including birds: a goldfinch greeted her as we chatted.

I’m lucky to be living with younger daughter, Pam, and her great pup Milo, five minutes from my house which I visit a few hours most days. I feel much sympathy for current high schoolers, the Class of 2020 especially.

Even in WWII, the Class of ’45 was able to have a “normal” graduation that June. / MA / The Alumni Office William Grant ’45 was sad to hear of the

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passing of our class representative for MA ’45, William Grant, who died on May 26, 2020. Our condolences go out to his family.

1946

/ TKS / Mrs. Eleanor Ketcham, 9 Pancake

Hollow, Aquinnah, MA 02535, ellieketcham@aol.com

1948

/ MA / Mr. John Leonhard, 51 Fromm Court, Mahwah,

NJ 07430, nhandjhleonhard@aol.com

MKA sends its sincere condolences to Janet Mason whose sister, Lucile Mason ’43, passed away on March 13, 2020.

MKA recently learned of the passing of Frederic Alling who passed away on October 22, 2018. We send our sincere condolences to his family.

MKA sends sincere condolences to 1950 the family of who / MA /

John “Jack” Wallace

passed away on April 14, 2020.

1951

/ TKS / Mrs. Gail Marentette, 93 Glen Ave.,

Llewellyn Park, West Orange, NJ 07052

1952

/ TKS / Mrs. Martha Moran, 8011 Strauff Rd., Baltimore,

MD 21204, martha.moran1@verizon.net

1954

/ TKS / Ms. Georgia Carrington, 38 Silver Spring

Ln., Ridgefield, CT 06877 / MA / Mr. Sheldon Buck, 51 Cornell Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482, sheldonbuck@me.com

1955

/ MA / Mr. Lawrence Martin, P.O. Box 1058, Lexington, VA

24450, martinlexington@centurylink.net

1956

/ TKS / Ms. Susan Ferdinand, 125

Limerick Ln., Phillipsburg, NJ 08865, facesbyferdinand@gmail.com / MA / Mr. Eric Jaeckel, P.O. Box 20153, Boulder, CO 80308, efjaeckel@hotmail.com / Dr. Lawrence Nazarian, 82 Brickstone Circle, Rochester, NY 14620, LFredN@aol.com

We report with great sadness the death of Sally Bever Zweibach’s husband, Burt, scholar, author, and political science savant, who had been

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in declining health for some years.

At the time of Burt’s death, Sally was suffering from the Coronavirus, which she survived with typical Sally stubbornness. MKA sends it condolences.

2020—Our 82nd year and the year of the national election and COVID-19. How are we coping? Ann DeVanusney Hallowell writes of lonely pre-dawn walks with her dog, senior shopping hours at the local market, a zoom hosted 82nd birthday party, and political angst.

Dealing with the challenges of social distancing. Carol Barnard Ottenberg reports “Summer plans canceled, retirement community locked down for weeks. But...small acts of kindness among friends and neighbors are magnified, and at last I have a chance to achieve a fifth grade dream—grow my hair long enough to wear pigtails like Julia Schou and Julie Hedges.” I expect pictures for the next edition, Carol.

Gail Zabriskie Wilson is also a prisoner of a retirement community lockdown in Florida. Fortunately, she can still play golf, and sister Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 is also a member of the same community, so she has access to a family member, even though at a safe distance.

Like so many snowbirds, Gail is concerned about whether she will be able to return to Maine for the summer.

Jane Romeyn Dunning tells of welcome gestures of greeting from socially distant neighbors and a local effort to engage children and their parents in a community Teddy Bear Hunt, “where people put teddy bears in their windows, porches, or on the front lawn. That way the kids who are home from school at this point can walk (or drive) with mom and dad and look for teddy bears.”

Joanne Weiser Salomon, our resident duplicate bridge whiz-kid, says she is well but is frustrated by the fact that she is not terribly computer literate and her bridge playing must now be done online.

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mask and gloves when she goes out, fills her days of social isolation with “good choices on TV and books.”

Meredyth Clark Graham reports that she is in a coronavirus hotspot as she lives near Philadelphia, and there are many retirement homes nearby.

Sue Ferdinand writes: “For myself, I am fortunate that I can work from home. Work has slowed down (I deal with short sales and foreclosures which, for the time being, are on hold), but that leaves me time to knit, bake, read, and snoop on my computer. I hope that the virus is under control and the political situation has resolved itself to everyone’s satisfaction by the time of the next edition.

1957

/ TKS / Mrs. Thelma “Tam” Knight, 3001 Linton

Blvd., No. 201C, Delray Beach, FL 33445, tknight115@aol.com

1958

/ TKS / Mrs. Diana Little, 1-K Buckingham

Rd., West Orange, NJ 07052, littlecorp@ verizon.net / MA / Mr. Henry Agens, 86 Eagle Rock Way, Montclair, NJ 07042, hymelee@earthlink.net

MKA recently learned that Walter A. Kipp, III passed away on December 8, 2019. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones.

For the past 17 years, it’s been my privilege to contribute information about the lives of the MA Class of ’58 to the MKA Review magazine.

With few exceptions, I’ve been in touch with every member of what I believe to be a varied, intelligent, productive group of good men.

Recently, at my urging, our classmate Meritt Gavin generously composed and contributed the following: “Now some 62 years ago, I was one of a select few who attended and graduated from MA in 1958.

Now at age 80, I look back at those four years at MA with fondness, and I find myself fortunate to be among the select few who have reached four score, especially in these times of COVID-19. Also, I find myself fortunate to have graduated from the

Wharton School (UPenn, B.S.Ec.), UPenn Law School (JD), and earned a Master of Laws in Taxation (NYU).

I spent six years in the Army in the 1960s, retiring with the rank of Captain. I am essentially retired as a Tax Attorney, having been self employed for most of my working life.

I am fortunate to have partnered with my Dad, who believed in being multi-faceted (having gone through the Depression). Thus, I hold licenses as an Attorney, CPA, real estate agent, and insurance agent. Each license requires continuing education, so I am kept busy, now, doing that, and especially the CPA license, which, annualized, CPE, is 40 hour per year. I have been married for 54+ years to my lovely wife Susan, and I have been blessed with two great children, a girl, first, who will be age 50—we can’t believe it, later this year, lives in Maryland, and who is a lobbyist on Capitol Hill (DC) for a large international company, and a son who lives in New Jersey and who works in the pharmaceutical industry. Susan and I have a legacy with four grandchildren (4 boys), who bring us much joy. I have dabbled in many hobbies, but my passion has always been cars. My first car at age 17 (at MA) was a four year old 1953 dark green 4-dr Plymouth—nothing fancy, but I was just happy to have ’transportation.’ I have had many cars over the years, domestic, but mostly foreign cars, and I remember them all. Before moving to our current residence at an adult community, we had a home with a four car garage, and I had 3 cars for many years, from time to time. Since 2004, I have driven an SUV. Currently, and since 2015, I have owned a Lexus NX hybrid, which I love—now on my second one. I am looking forward to our 65th Reunion in 2023.”

Dave Black reports from Bend, Oregon, where he and his wife Marie have lived for 20 years now, that they are both well and enjoying their retirement. Dave says Bend is a terrific place to live because the weather is such that one can golf

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Congratulations to Bruce Guernsey ’62, MKA Distinguished Award Alumnus Honoree, renowned American Poet, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, on his poem “Naming the Trees” being featured, nationally and internationally, by the Poetry Society of America.

Naming the Trees At the national cemetery in Gettysburg all the trees have names, both family and genus on small brass plaques at the base of each to let the visitor know the kind of oak, whether red, white or black, and is this rock or silver maple looking once like any other burlapped ball of roots when it was lowered to earth those decades after the war.

Colorful names like Tulip Poplar, Weeping Beech, Buckeye, Sweet Gum and Gingko— sounding like nicknames almost, these trees from every region and state with broad leaves or skinny, shiny, dull, or no leaves at all like the Eastern Hemlock, but all, all with names every one, no matter the size and shape amidst the many anonymous mute stones in their shade.

year round, along with biking and hiking trails, and great skiing and ski resorts only 20-25 miles away.

Dave told me he was sorry he missed our 60th Reunion in October 2018, but he was on a Panama Canal cruise, which Dave opines was their worst trip ever. Without going into any detail, it seems that Montezuma had one of his infamous revenges.

On the more positive side, Dave and Marie and friends recently enjoyed cruising from South Hampton UK to ports in Ireland and then ultimately to Iceland and back again. Dave says the Icelanders are delightful people.

Well, that’s a wrap. Until that time, use hand sanitizer, and keep a mask handy. By the time you read

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this, I hope life will be returning to some kind of normal. Be well!

1959

/ TKS / Ms. Jarvis

smith.edu / MA / Dr. Edward A. Griggs

Reilly Nolan, 15612

Jr., 100 Cedar St., Apt. B24, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

jarvisno@aol.com

deepest condolences 1960 to whose brother, / TKS / MKA sends

Kerwin Kipp Mayers

Walter Kipp, III ’58, passed away on

December 8, 2019.

Pam and Craig Cameron ’66 in Portofino, Italy

1966

844 East Morningside

Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30324 / MA /

/ MA / Mr. A. Craig

Mr. V. James Castiglia, 3 Lark Ln., Oak

Cameron, 11 Bay Point Dr.,

Ridge, NJ 07438, vjc@vjamescastiglia. com / Mr. Peter Webb, Mile Slip Farm, 48 Mason Rd., Brookline, NH 03033,

/ TKS / Mrs. Suzanne

Fitzpatrick, 70 Eastern Vista, Sedona,

pwebb@winerbennett.com

Hardy, 47 Bartlett Parkway,

AZ 86351

Our sincere condolences go out to Scott Hanus whose brother, Frank Hanus ’68, passed away April 3, 2020.

/ TKS / Mrs. Barbara Creed, 501 Portola

bbcreed@aol.com / MA / Mr. W. Doug Donald, 189 Sedgefield Circle, Winter Park, FL 32792, D1Donald@aol.com

a fine art photogra1964 pher, and his photo essay of New

/ MA / John Benigno is

Mexican Adobe Churches is a visual narrative in the great tradition of documentary/fine art photography.

His passion for place developed from his educational background in social sciences, especially anthropology and history. In New Mexico, there are few places more specific, distinct, and unique to place than its adobe churches which are quickly disappearing from the landscape. These “traditional” churches are the focus of his project.

Craig Cameron writes, I am still prac-

ticing law in Orlando, FL. It was good to hear from Merrill Adickes Bausch’65 in the fall 2019 MKA Review. Merrill was one of the several students who attended MKA from Smoke Rise, NJ, and these include my sister, Ardis Cameron, Chris Clawsen, and Noel Thorbecke Estes.

Among the men traveling daily to Montclair by bus from Smoke Rise included David Gill, Mike Hennessy, Bill Hewlett, Dale Spencer, and myself. Has that tradition continued?

I also enjoyed seeing a picture of Mike Yamashita ’67 and continuing congratulations to Mike on his excellent work as a photographer.

Mike, I have seen your work in National Geographic. Mike and I played football together, and I remember his Dad talking about 1,000 pictures at every game.

My wife of 48 years, Pam, and I continue to travel (see above photo from our latest adventure).

1967

/ MA / Mr. Craig Perry, 3467 Pinestream Rd., Atlanta,

GA 30327, craigcperry@aol.com

1968 John Benigno ’64 photograph

Kalker, 10 Knolls Rd.,

gmail.com / MA / Mr. Geoff Gregg, 6108 Percheron Trail, Summerfield, NC 27358, tartanone@triad.rr.com

/ TKS / Ms. Katharine “Kitty” Haines, 174 East

74th St., Apt. 9F, New York, NY 10021,

Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Frank Hanus, III, who passed away on April 3, 2020.

khaines22@aol.com

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1971

/ TKS / Ms. Philippa Bowles, 39 Orts Rd.,

Hamburg, NJ 07419, wvbond60@ gmail.com

Phillipa Bowles writes: “I took my first semester at Centenary University for getting certified as a Therapeutic Riding Instructor.

Now, all I need to do is 25 hours of specific teaching disabled pupils under my mentor and continue with few other requirements before taking the path, Int’ Exam. Thanks to all my practice studying habits in high school and college—God answered my prayers, and I made a final grade of A-.” / MA / Mr. Jeffrey Jones, 77 Monroe St., Cedar Grove, NJ 07009, coastdaylight98@yahoo.com / Mr. Anthony Vitale, 10 North Wood Ave., Apt. 601, Linden, NJ 07036, Tony.Vitale@TVOD.com

MKA was saddened by the death of Paul Cosentino who passed away on May 14, 2020. writes: “I retired at 1972 the end of 2019. My wife, Susan,

/ MA / Thomas Brueckner

/ TKS / Ms. Avie Claire

Williamstown, MA 01267, heraldicone@

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cameronhodges.com / Mr. Douglas

Rd., #8185, Portola Valley, CA 94028,

1965

1970

Ormond Beach, FL 32174, ccameron@

Winthrop, MA 02152

1962

Hannon, 97 North St.,

Northampton, MA 01060, channon@

Via Marchena, San Diego, CA 92128,

1961

/ TKS / Ms. Christine

and I sold our home in Madison and moved to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. A dream of ours that we were able to accomplish just before COVID-19. Have you ever been there? Our little town of Salvo has just 300 year-round residents, but during tourist season it is very busy

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ACCOLADES Michael Yamashita, a 30-year veteran of the National Geographic Magazine, is the 2020 recipient of the ninth annual Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) special “Photography Appreciation Award.” HIPA is an annual event showcasing the work of international photographers and has helped establish Dubai’s position as an incubator of world-class culture, arts, and creativity. Although he was to accept the award in person at the HIPA Photography Festival last March, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the event.

The “Photography Appreciation” award is presented annually by HIPA to a photographer who has shown a long-standing commitment to photography as an art-form and industry. Yamashita is being honored for his photographic contributions over the course of a 40-year career and especially for his extensive historical documentation of Asia. Previous winners have included Steve McCurry, Sebastian Selgado, Elliott Erwitt, Jim Nachtway, and Donald McCullin.

Yamashita is also the first photographer of color to receive a major Lifetime Achievement award. “As a minority photographer myself, I am all the more conscious of our role in showing the world our common humanity. It is my hope that my pictures, by helping to further the understanding of other races and cultures, can encourage tolerance and movement toward positive action,” Yamashita said. “I am deeply grateful and happy to be recognized for my life’s work, especially during these tragic and tumultuous times when the power of photography has proven so important in bearing witness to injustice and suffering and in effecting change.”

With over 1.7 million followers on Instagram, Michael Yamashita is known as one of photography’s top influencers.

His work combines his dual passions of travel and photography that were first sparked when he was an Asian Studies major at Wesleyan University. Fluent in Japanese, he went on to follow his roots to become a Far East expert. In addition to his work throughout Asia, which has included intensive concentrations in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India, his assignments have taken him to six continents.

Yamashita’s particular specialty has been in retracing the paths of famous travelers like Marco Polo and the Chinese explorer Admiral Zheng He and capturing 21st century images that could easily have been seen in ancient times. His current focus has been documenting China’s new Silk Road initiative, One Belt, One Road (OBOR), which ranges across the countries along the original Silk Road of Marco Polo’s day. Yamashita is also a teacher and lecturer at workshops, conferences, and universities across the globe.

In addition to this most recent HIPA award, he has also received accolades from a range of competitions, including those awarded by the Pictures of the Year, Photo District News, the New York Art Directors Club, and the Asian American Journalists Association. His most recent exhibits include installations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Tokyo, as well as in Pisa, Italy, Frankfurt, Germany, The Carter Center in Atlanta, Los Angeles County Museum, and the National Gallery in Washington DC. Along with two documentary feature films, both inspired by his extensive coverage of Marco Polo and Zheng He, Yamashita has produced 16 books, on topics as diverse as Japanese gardens, the Mekong River, the Great Wall and Shangri-la.

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with weekly rentals occupying the many small cottages. We hope to get plenty of visits from our kids and grandchildren. They have all grown up loving the beach and the many recreational activities it offers.”

MKA sends deepest sympathy to Thomas “Tim” Wallace whose father, John “Jack” Wallace ’50, passed away on April 14, 2020.

1973

/ TKS / Ms. Susan Read, 38 College Circle,

Staunton, VA 22401 / MA / Mr. Thomas C. Galligan, 504 Main St., P.O. Box 2156, New London, NH 03257, tgalligan714@ gmail.com / Mr. Gregory Lackey, 138 Paupukkewis Trail, Medford Lakes, NJ 08055, gregory.lackey@usps.gov

1974

/ TKS / Ms. Erin Cuffe Crawford, 121 Clarewill

Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, erincrawford@verizon.net

Our sincere condolences to David Kwan whose mother, Catherine Kwan, passed away on April 23, 2020.

Read Sara Troxell Winokur’s novel, Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders. A young boy disappears in the chill of North Iceland and twenty years later, a mysterious poem lands on the desk of his twin sister Brynja, a forensic geneticist, and rekindles her hopes that her brother might be alive. Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders is a wild ride through the cultural landscape of Iceland, from rural farmsteads to icy fjords to the high-tech world of DNA Sara Winkour’s ’74 book, Double Blind forensics. This crime thriller packed with twists and turns will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very end.

Our condolences go out to Mary Lathrop Will whose mother, Caroline Martin Thompson Lathrop ’34, died on May 2, 2020.

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’77.

Rob is urging his fellow MKA alumni to consider also becoming a donor to the The New York New Jersey Blood Center and Vitalent.

There is a desperate need for whole blood, platelet, and plasma donations. Donating blood during COVID-19 is safe, facilities are compliant and are looking for donors.

Class of 1974—Front row left to right: Jim Chudomel, Ken Gibson, Carmen Marnell, Diane Marnell, Ben Thompson, Anthony Fleischmann, Christian Varkala back row left to right: Stewart Carr, George Hrab, Earl Perretti, Tom Brueckner ’72, Dean Paolucci, Brian “C.G.” Thompson, Martha Day ’74 TKS, Joseph Scirocco, Allan Cox, Andrew Tarnell, Mark Baran, John Blondel, Dirk Buikema, Henry Williams, and David Kwan

1975

/MKA / Mr. Paul Zukerberg, 1790 Lanier Place NW,

Washington, DC 20009, paul.zukerberg@gmail.com

moved to New Zealand in 1994 and works at the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). Ralph says, “Health in NZ is quite a lot different than in the USA—it is a public health system where all citizens are covered.

There is also a private paying option.” Ralph works in the Planning and Funding group and is responsible for oversight of the secondary and tertiary level hospitals, elective services, labs, radiology, and oncology centres. Canterbury DHB is one of the top five Integrated Health Systems in the world according to the Kings Fund. Ralph has helped align the public and private hospitals to respond to the threat of COVID-19 both as it became a pandemic crisis and when they saw the other side of it. As a group, the public and private hospitals in the area agreed to case definitions for surgery ensuring that the most urgent cases always went to surgery first, followed by those that have waited the longest no matter where the surgery was undertaken. Now, NZ has recovered to about 85% of our pre-COVID-19 capacity in surgery after four weeks. It is expected that they will only achieve about 87% of pre-Covid capacity with the physical distancing requirements in place.

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Our sincere condolences to 1976 whose mother, / MKA /

Sharon Sudol

Frances Mary Sudol, passed away on April 7, 2020.

1977

/ MKA / Mr. Robert Hubsmith, 16 Warren

Rd., Maplewood, NJ 07040, roberthubsmith24@gmail.com / Mr. Andrew Pedersen, 5 Whipporwill Valley Rd., Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716, apedersenco@gmail.com

Robert Hubsmith received his BA in economics from Villanova University. With over 25 years experience as a financial services professional, Rob helps his clients make informed and meaningful financial decisions based on their unique values, needs, and priorities.

With continued mitigation efforts, talk has turned to what life will be like when the crisis ends and now could be a good time to examine your personal financial strategy.

Whether it’s to refocus on short and long-term goals, better position yourself to weather a crisis, or to take advantage of how the world may have changed post-COVID-19, Rob offers some first-steps now via his website: nj-nyc.massmutual.com or connect with him via LinkedIn. Rob has been an avid platelet and plasma donor for over 40 years.

This lifelong commitment came as a result of an MKA blood drive his senior year, organized by Ms. Mickey Read, the mother of Sue Read ’73, Chip Read ’76, and Andy Read

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1978

/ MKA / Ms. Pamela Zeug, 60 W. 57th St.,

#15F, New York, NY 10019, pzeug@ downinggroup.com

1979

/ MKA / Dr. John Brink, 1246 Beach Haven Rd.,

Atlanta, GA 30324 / Mrs. Shawn Ortiz, 2163 Gilbride Rd., Martinsville, NJ 08836

Andy Finke is the COO of DC Central Kitchen. They are an integral part of serving the hungry students, seniors, first responders, homeless individuals, and the families of Washington DC during this crisis.

His organization is not only feeding underserved communities Andy Finke ’79 but is also keeping men and women employed in the food service industry during an incredible downturn in the economy. They are working every day to produce meals and grocery bundles until this crisis ends.

MKA sends sincere condolences to David Wallace whose father, John “Jack” Wallace ’50, passed away April 14, 2020.

Our deepest sympathy goes 1980 out to whose mother, / MKA /

Amy Sudol

Frances Mary Sudol, passed away on April 7, 2020.

1981

/ MKA / Mrs. Laura Itzkowitz (Laura Reisch),

37 Nottingham Rd., Manalapan, NJ 07726, howardandlaura@optonline.net

Stephen Smith is a leading infectious disease specialist and has been on Fox News as a consultant many number of times.

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MKA sends condolences to whose father John “Jack” Wallace ’50 passed away on April 14, 2020.

Joanne Wallce

1983

/ MKA / Mr. Walter J. Davis, 66 Oakwood Dr.,

New Providence, NJ 07974, davisteam@ comcast.net / Mrs. Maureen Natkin (J.P.),

5 Riverview Rd., Irvington, NY 10533

It is with deepest regrets to have to report the passing of Craig Sudol’s mother, Frances Mary Sudol, on April 7, 2020 Anjali Bhatt Saxena writes: “I have been working on the frontlines in this COVID-19 pandemic, here in San Jose California. I am a Nephrologist (Kidney Doctor) and I am in charge of providing dialysis to the patients in and out of the hospital who have kidney failure.

I am proud to be an MKA alumna and I know that my medical colleagues on the East Coast have had much more to deal with in terms of COVID-19 than we have here in California, and I send my gratitude to all of them for their selflessness and hard work. If I didn’t have to head up the dialysis unit here, I would want to be there helping patients in my home state of NJ.”

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/ MKA / Mrs. Jennifer Jones Ladda, 17 Belleclaire

Place, Verona, NJ 07044, jjonesladda@ gmail.com

Petia Morozov is helping raise money on behalf of the PEAC Institute as part of a Montclair Design Week fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money for MSU students to make 1,000 face shields a day, as hospitals are in dire need of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for their front-line staff.

These shields are effective, washable, reusable, and inexpensive.

Using basic 3D printing and easy to find materials, the PEAC has brought the manufacturing cost of these life-saving face shields down to $1/shield. Every shield helps doctors, nurses, and first responders stay safe and save lives on the front lines.

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/ MKA / Ms. Jennifer Remington-Knodel, 44

Hamilton Drive East, North Caldwell, NJ 07006, jenremknodel@aol.com

We send our sincere condolences to Damon Zeigler whose father, Joseph Wesley Zeigler, passed away on March 28, 2020.

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Thank you to Melissa for taking the time to join us for this special evening!

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/ MKA / Mr. Louis Lessig, 2009 Morris Dr., Cherry

Hill, NJ 08003, llessig@brownconnery. com / Mr. Josh Raymond, 33 Oak Place, North Caldwell, NJ 07006, jraymond@

/ MKA / Mr. Dennis

trenklawfirm.com

Rodano, 3 Byron Rd, North

Our sincere condolences go out to Sue Khanna whose sister Priya Khanna ’94 passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020. Her younger sister Anisha Khanna ’96 wrote: “She was the light in our family with the heart of gold and had an infectious smile! A piece of our heart is gone and will be forever missed!”

Deepest condolences to Bram Zeigler whose father, Joseph Wesley Zeigler, passed away on March 28, 2020.

Caldwell, NJ 07006, rodanod@verizon. net / Ms. Lynne Yellin, 413 Ridgecrest Dr.,

Chapel Hill, NC 27514, lynnegy@aol.com

1988 , is an Orthopedic Surgeon, who serves / MKA / Dr. Wiemi Douoguih MD

as the Director of Sports Medicine for MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Since the Coronavirus Pandemic has escalated, he has postponed all of his non-emergent surgeries and is selflessly lending himself to the overcrowded ER. Noah Goldman is a Gynecologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School. Unable to perform elective cases due to COVID-19, he and his team volunteered to redeploy at University Hospital in Newark, NJ as a Palliative Care Team. This team is responsible for connecting patients and their families via video calls, many times to make decisions regarding care but also allowing families to pray, sing, and see loved ones during a time when they cannot connect or visit in person.

On February 20, the Upper School Shades of Color Club sponsored its annual Black History Month Dinner. Melissa Maddox-Evans was the guest speaker at this year’s event and spoke to those in attendance about her experiences as a student of color at MKA and the Melissa Maddoximportant life skills Evans ’88 she learned from them. LaRhonda Boone ’87 and Stephen Maddox ’93 also attended the dinner.

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/ MKA / Naveen Ballem

Center. He and his amazing team worked around the clock in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey. In an effort to raise the spirits of patients and staff, every time a COVID-19 patient was extubated or discharged “‘Here Comes The Sun’ by the Beatles was played over the hospital intercom system, Naveen said, “We don’t win every battle, but we never stop giving 100%.”

Thank you, Naveen for continuing to fight for all your patients!

Read Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano. A NY Times bestseller, the book has gained enormous praise, being named a Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick and best of the month/winter by Amazon, Salon, Marie Claire magazine, Fast Company, and more.

From the NYTimes: “Napolitano’s dualtimeline structure turns Dear Edward into a suspenseful Ann Napolitano’s ’90 book Dear Edward page-turner with

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working night shifts with positive patients. While this overwhelming and challenging work is physically taxing, Adrienne worked nonstop to help save lives. We thank you, Adrienne, for your heroic work.

1993 is an essential worker and the City Administrator / MKA / Solomon Steplight

90’s classmates: Marty Torjussen, Naveen Ballem, Loyd Godwin, and Dave Becker enjoy a day on the course.

sprinkles of mystery, satisfying our rubbernecking urge to see the unfolding of a disaster and its aftermath.”

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/ MKA / Ms. Dara Marmon, 330 E. 39th, Apt. 21D, New

York, NY 10016, daramarmon@gmail. com / Mr. Luke Sarsfield, 105 Franklin St., Apt. 4, New York, NY 10013, luke. sarsfield@gs.com

TrueFire Studios, an alliance of leading online music education companies, announced that Owen Grover ’91 has been named Chief Executive Officer. With more than 20 years of experience leading digital, music, and mobile platforms, Grover brings deep expertise to the newly formed alliance, which is focused on democratizing music education by providing affordable, anytime access to music education and video lessons presented by best-inclass artists. He says, “Today, more than ever, we have an extraordinary opportunity to instill a love of music learning, deliver the highest quality curriculum to students, and offer the artist community the tools they need to thrive.”

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Grover most recently served as CEO of Pocket Casts, an acclaimed global podcasting platform. Prior, Grover spent more than a decade at iHeartMedia, where he was a founding member of iHeartRadio— an online radio, podcasting, and music streaming service. Grover also helped to establish iHeartMedia’s Entertainment Enterprises division, where he developed events and programs including the iHeartRadio Music Festival and the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

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/ MKA / Mr. Jason Awerdick, 23

Greenbrook Dr., Bloomfield, NJ 07003, jasonawerdick@gmail.com

Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the beloved, selfless, and heroic Dr. Priya Khanna who lost her battle against COVID-19 on April 13.

1995 own theandLamart his cousin / MKA / Jonathan Hirsh

Craig Hirsh ’01

/ MKA / Dr. Enrique Neblett, 718 Ainsley Court,

Durham, NC 27713, enrique.neblett@ gmail.com

Adrienne Phillips M.D, M.P.H. is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is a trained academic hematologist and medical oncologist specializing in treating blood cancers and stem cell transplantation. with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry and Global Health. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adrienne was on the front lines of patient care

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of his hometown of East Orange.

He tirelessly coordinated COVID19 relief efforts by working with Ted Green, the city’s mayor, and Governor Murphy, overseeing the city’s budget, police, and public safety departments, as well as the relationship between EO General Hospital and the city’s health department to establish guidelines for parks and recreation, and organizing philanthropists and local community groups in order to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of the families that reside in the second hardest hit city in Essex County, in the second hardest hit state in our country.

Corporation, a third generation family business that manufactures flexible laminates used in a variety of industries, including the aerospace sector. Due to COVID-19, many of their customers suspended or decreased their order flows; Jon and Craig were able to repurpose some of their equipment, in both their New Jersey and Mexico production facilities, to produce isolation gowns. Jon and Craig’s team accomplished retooling their facilities in less than two weeks and manufactured roughly 5,000 gowns in the first 5 days of production.

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TRIBUTE PRIYA KHANA ’94 Melissa Auriemma Hefferon ’94: I met Priya at MKA when I entered Middle School in seventh grade. She was outgoing, welcoming, and always included me even though I was new. We became fast friends and roomed together on our 8th grade trip to Williamsburg, Virginia.

Priya was a loyal friend, and she had a strong work ethic in school, both of which I admired. We studied together, took lunch breaks, and spent time together after school and on the weekends with our mutual friend Justin Vandergaag ’94. I fondly remember going to our Senior Prom in the same limo with Priya with Justin as her date. I remember spending Project Graduation with her and spending time down at the Jersey Shore with her after our Senior Prom. Priya loved the beach! I also remember renting rollerblades with Priya and Justin in Central Park when we were in college. The three of us loved exploring New York City together, especially the Village and Soho.

It was wonderful that Priya and I remained close after we graduated from MKA. Not having siblings myself, she was like a sister to me. Priya was at my law school graduation, our wedding, she was close to my husband John, and she was at the hospital on the day each of our daughters was born. She was a true aunt to them, or “Maassi” as she liked to be referred to in Hindi. Priya was involved in their lives, and our girls loved her very much.

Priya’s smile always lit up a room. Her laugh was contagious. She was very funny. We would laugh for hours about everything and nothing. I loved shopping with Priya, going to the movies with her, watching every award show with her, beading jewelry with her, going into New York City with her, and swimming with her in our pool. I would spend a lot of time with her and her sister Anisha (who is also my dear friend). Anisha was the Pediatrician for our daughters before she became a Medical Director for Aetna. I loved seeing Priya and Anisha with my children.

Priya made me the best Indian tea every time I was at her house. I did not even have to ask her. She would just always make her special tea for me. As a special gift one time, she even gave me a yellow mug with all of the ingredients inside to make her tea for myself. I still have that mug!

Priya gave THE BEST HUGS! Today is one month from the day she passed away, and I am missing her hugs, her daily texts, her voice, and her laughter so much. I will always cherish all of the fun times I had with Priya, and I really wish there were more to come.

Priya had a heart of gold. She was devoted to her friends, family, and her patients. Priya was also extremely generous and selfless, she always put others first before herself. She was an incredible doctor and just the nicest, kindest person I’ve ever met. The loss of my best friend Priya, who has been a part of my life for over thirty years, has really shaken me to my core and left a hole in my heart forever. I will never be the same without my Priya.

Priya, Sughanda Khanna ’89, and Anisha Khanna ’96, sisters and best friends, are all doctors who worked to help patients through this pandemic. Tragically their father, Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna, also lost his life to COVID-19, eight days after Priya. So many have reached out to us in regards to this extraordinary alumna; she will be forever missed by all who knew her.

Anisha says, “My sister was an amazing person! She was the best person I have ever known and was so giving and loving. She dedicated her life to helping others. Anyone who met Priya always felt her positive energy and contagious smile.

Even when she was in the hospital, ill with COVID-19, she was on the phone with her covering physician discussing her patients.

She was thinking of others at the time. It was a privilege to have Priya as my sister and best friend, and I know I was given very precious time with her. I will always love her, and she will always be part of me! I’m where I am in my career because of her and, of course, because of my parents. I hope to be like how she was to others. It was an honor and privilege to be her sister!”

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They then set a goal to produce 75,000+ gowns each week by the end of April. Lamart Corp. distributed gowns to NYU Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and the Montclair Ambulance Unit, and they continued production as long as there was demand. We are so proud of Jon and Craig’s ability to adapt, help serve our community, and keep their employees working.

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/ MKA / Ms. Tanya Barnes, Barnes.tanya@

gmail.com / Ms. Erica Hirsch, 10 West 15th St., #710, New York, NY 10011, ehirsch77@yahoo.com / Mr. Lee Vartan, 3 Swayze Ln., Chester, NJ 07930, ldvartan@yahoo.com

Our sincere condolences to Anisha Khanna whose sister, Priya Khanna ’94, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020. Anisha wrote: “She was the light in our family with the heart of gold and had an infectious smile! A piece of our heart is gone and will be forever missed.”

A Westchester mother is using her 1997 time in quarantine to feed heroes / MKA /

of all uniforms on the front lines.

Danielle Zackman, on top of running her own household from home, is now fighting to feed the heroes.

“Two weeks ago today, I was talking to a friend of mine who is an ER doctor and she said it was so chaotic they didn’t have time to grab anything to eat,” says Zackman.

That’s when Zackman turned to social media, and TikTok, for donations to feed first responders, and before she knew it, the small gesture became larger than life.

“People I didn’t even know started to donate, we were at $3,000 and $6,000,” says Zackman.

In two weeks, she has raised more than $17,000 and served more than 2,500 meals, and not just to hospitals—fire departments, EMS, and police departments.

“Such a trying time, people are coming together and you are seeing such an amazing movement

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for good and that’s been the most incredible part of all of this,” says Zackman.

Zackman says she plans to continue the efforts for as long as the pandemic lasts. If you would like to donate, you need the app Venmo, and the donations can be sent to @ helpourfirstresponders.

Read Nina Renata Aron’s new book Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls.

Goop’s new book club says: While Nina Renata Aron is still trying to make sense of her relationship with a sister who struggled with addiction from a young age, she finds herself falling back into a relationship with a boyfriend who is struggling with addiction.

Her memoir is part love affair and part attempt to understand the nature of addiction, codeNina Renata Aron’s ’97 book Good Morning pendency, desire, and Destroyer of Men’s Souls obsession. It includes academic research, a review of the Al-Anon movement, and a meditation on the feminized phenomenon of codependency. It’s messy and engrossing.

1998

/ MKA / Ms. Gemma Giantomasi, 80 Avon Dr.,

Essex Fells, NJ 07021, gemma.diaco@ gmail.com

1999

/ MKA /Mr. Alexander Holz, 233 E. 3rd St., Apt.

3C, New York, NY 10009, alexbhlz@ gmail.com / Ms. Sandra Tritt, sandratritt@gmail.com

Joshua Ramos is an ER Nurse at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Brookdale is a trauma hospital that acts as a major resource in this underserved neighborhood. At the best of times the ER can feel quite chaotic; however, since the pandemic began, the ER felt more like a war zone. In an effort to arm the ER team with everything they needed to fight the novel coronavirus,

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Joshua’s friends and family raised over $10K to provide meals and masks to them. Thank you for your heroic work, Josh!

2000

/ MKA / Ms. Anna Cook, 5 Highview Court,

Wayne, NJ 07470, anna_labowsky @ yahoo.com / Mr. John Garippa, 2741 NE 58th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, oceanhut@aol.com / Mrs. Jaclyn Spedaliere, 60 E. Oak St., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, jaclynspedaliere@gmail.com

Congratulations to Deborah “Deby” who successfully defended a doctoral dissertation in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Antonella ‘Nelli’ Fine received her medical degree from George Washington University in 2011, completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brown University in 2014, and completed her fellowship in adult Infectious Diseases at Brown University in 2016. Since 2016, she have served as the sole Infectious Diseases Physician, Director of Infection Control, and Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, a community hospital in Attleboro, MA that serves a large catchment area between Boston and Providence. Since February 2020, she has been charged as the leader of Sturdy's COVID-19 Taskforce with preparing for, and responding to, the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the states hit hardest by the first wave. This enormous responsibility has included creating protocols for all aspects of patient care and isolation, being the gatekeeper of all emerging diagnostics and therapeutics, procuring adequate personal protective equipment and testing supplies, and advising the Attleboro superintendent of schools and Wheaton College president on reopening. Nelli says, “This has been an incredibly humbling experience fraught with many challenges and shortages, but watching all of the members of my healthcare community rise to the occasion, take public health measures to heart, and work

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Karson (St. John ) McGinley ’98 writes: My years at MKA planted in me my love of performing arts as well as my passion for teaching.

Working with J.C. Svec taught me discipline, respect, and a love of the theatre that would carry me through my entire adult life. Tony Cuneo showed me the importance of nurturing your own art, even when you are a full-time teacher.

And incredible teachers (later turned colleagues) Geoff Branigan, Dave Flocco, and George Hrab helped me to tap into a love of learning, for which I am consistently grateful. During the five years I spent as a faculty member at the Upper School after graduating from college (2003-2008), it was my highest intention to create the kind of environment for my students that would foster their passions and fortify their individual strengths; I simply aimed to do for my students what my incredible teachers did for me. Today, I have taught thousands of yoga students and have trained over 125 yoga teachers in Southern California. I married the love of my life, had two children, and am now running my second family-owned and operated business. This year, I will also return to the stage after taking time away from acting to have my babies and run my studio.

I continue to be so grateful for the relationships and values that were formed during my seasons at MKA, and will always consider it a huge part of who I am. Sending love from the West Coast, Karson.

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together to beat down the pandemic in our state has been utterly inspiring. I am so very proud of what we have been able to accomplish together and how well we have protected our patients, employees, and community. While I worry what the fall and winter will bring, I know that this pandemic has made us stronger and more united than ever before, and we are prepared. I urge the MKA community to wear masks, wash your hands regularly, and continue to socially distance as this pandemic is far from over, and these seemingly small acts help save lives.”

production facilities, to produce isolation gowns. Jon and Craig’s team accomplished retooling their facilities in less than two weeks and manufactured roughly 5,000 gowns in the first 5 days of production. They then set a goal to produce 75,000+ gowns each week by the end of April. Lamart Corp. distributed gowns to NYU Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and the Montclair Ambulance Unit, and they continued production as long as there was demand. We are so proud of Jon and Craig’s ability to adapt, help serve our community, and keep their employees working.

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/ MKA / Ms. Dana Pisacane, 119 Dowey St.,

San Francisco, CA 94117, dana.piscane@

/ MKA / Miss Emily Santangelo,

27 Woods Rd., Little Falls, NJ 07424,

gmail.com

emilyannesantangelo@gmail.com /

Myself Natalia Torres and Lynn Mulvihill Fernando ’98. We just finished up our University of Michigan Executive MBA! Our Los Angeles based program lasted 21 months, and it was great to reconnect! We were even on the same team for one of the terms!

Mrs. Melissa Fortunato Slomienski,

Natalia Torres and Lynn Mulvihill Fernando ’98

Jonathan Hirsh and his cousin Craig Hirsh ’01 own the Lamart Corporation, a third generation family business that manufactures flexible laminates used in a variety of industries, including the aerospace sector. Due to COVID-19, many of their customers suspended or decreased their order flows; Jon and Craig were able to repurpose some of their equipment, in both their New Jersey and Mexico

58 Oldchester Rd., Essex Fells, NJ 07021, slomienski@icloud.com

reports: I am an attending emergency medicine physician working at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West in NYC. Working nearly every day taking care of critical COVID patients in an over-strained healthcare system is nearly impossible, but I am grateful to be where I am today [due] in part to my education at MKA. Joseph Potenzone started work as a PACU Nurse at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital at the end of 2018. In response to the COVID19 pandemic, NYU converted every unit it could into a COVID-unit, and his nursing leadership instructed him to report to a four-hour crash course orientation and report to a COVID unit similar to a medical ICU. Joe said, “In my nine year career, I have never seen so many people afflicted with the same illness. The overwhelming number of cases has been surreal. It has been a little scary working the front line and even NYU Langone has not been immune to the PPE shortage. I have to just keep telling myself to have faith and remind myself that courage Quinn Leslie

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is not the absence of fear but the strength to overcome it. I have been working with a tremendous team of brave people with the biggest hearts. I cannot forget to thank the other heroes out there: the janitorial staff for keeping the hospital so clean, the hard working nurse assistants, lab technicians, first responders, security guards, respiratory therapists, mass-transit conductors and operators, and all others who are getting us through this crisis. I feel blessed to work with such an awesome team and want to thank the MKA community for its support as well as the people staying at home selfisolating. The nightly 7:00 p.m. salute is one of the most touching things I have ever experienced.”

2003

/ MKA / Ms. Judith Ferreira, 819 Clifton

Ave., Newark, NJ 07104, jferreir@pratt. edu / Mrs. Melanie Bieber, 20 West 72nd St., #302A, New York, NY 10023, mel. braverman@gmail.com

writes: “I am VP of Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships at Cross Country Healthcare. We are one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the country, supplying travel healthcare professionals to thousands of hospitals throughout the US. Needless to say, we have been very busy supplying HCPs to the front lines of this unprecedented crisis.”

Arielle Green graduated from Lehigh University in 2007 with a BA and then attended NYU for her MSW. Arielle worked at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston during Superstorm Sandy, and is now working as a Clinical Social Worker at Hospital for Special Surgery. While HSS is normally an orthopedic specialty hospital, it has absorbed patients from nearby hospitals in NYC (mainly from NY Presbyterian Weill Cornell) due to COVID-19. Arielle works with patients and their families, providing emotional support, as well as discharge planning.

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2004

/ MKA / Brendan McCaffrey, 235 West

102nd St., Apt. 10i, New York, NY 10025, brendan.a.mccaffrey@gmail.com / Ms. Katherine Santoro, 333 River Street, Apt. 539, Hoboken, NJ 07030, kate.santoro@ gmail.com

Congratulations to Ashley N. Booker and her team for being named the WINNER in the branded series category at the Shorty Awards for Billboard x Mountain Dew: Crowd Control. The Shorty Awards honor the best in social and digital media!

Danny Monico ’03

is an American filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. His films have been screened on PBS, at The Montclair Film Festival, the Manhattan Film Festival and numerous others around the United States. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Danny Monico has worked with artists such as Robert Duvall and Keira Knightley and has received great acclaim and recognition for his seven minute short drama film, “Broken Wing.”

Jaime Braverman is an Attending Physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Rush University in Chicago, IL. While the pediatric community has not been as greatly impacted by this pandemic, the challenges and stress of caring for COVID-19 patients does not go unnoticed by Jamie. In her free-time Jaime has always loved to bake, as she finds it relaxing, and it is no different during this difficult time.

Jamie often shares her kitchen creations with coworkers to help lift everyone’s spirits during this stressful time and feels grateful to be working at a hospital with enough PPE, ventilators, and other advanced life support measures.

She says, “Our patient care has benefited from the ongoing research and experiences shared by medical centers worldwide.”

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/ MKA / Mr. Edmund Kozak, 320 23rd St.

Rebecca MacGregor ’05

S, Apt. 905, Arlington, VA 22202, e.g.kozak@gmail.com / Mr. Manav Lalwani, 132 Blue Heron Dr., Riverside Court, Secaucus, NJ 07094, 201-6175312, manav.lalwani@gmail.com

Jacqueline Bruno is a firefighter in Rutherford as well as working for the Borough in the Fire Safety Department as a data entry officer.

Jacqueline also runs an organization called WeGodthis, serving over 150 men, women, and children every Sunday by bringing food, clothing, love, and friendship. She and her group continued to serve and help those in need during the global pandemic.

Rebecca MacGregor founded Sense of Place, a bespoke travel firm that organizes trips based on firsthand travel experience and a profound respect for the places and people around the world. Rebecca takes the time to understand a traveler’s vision and translates that into a travel program that reflects individual interests and needs. Rebecca’s firm currently offers travel consultations by phone to talk through future trip ideas and complex travel logistics for couples, families, and small groups, in addition to corporate incentive travel programs and destination consultations.

William Watts currently works as the Director of Operations Engineering at a startup called Block Renovation. Will describes himself as, “An Aerospace Engineer and three- time company founder

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focused on the intersection of tech and the tangible world.” He ran Tesla’s Northeast Charging infrastructure team and started three companies, including one that printed 3D-printed carbon fiber parts. In his spare time lately, Will has been making respirator valves and face shields for hospital workers from his apartment in Williamsburg with the 3D printer he built.

2006

/ MKA / Ms. Natalie Azzoli, 8 Spruce

St., Apt. 50H, New York, NY 10038, nat6888@gmail.com / Ms. Angela McCaffrey, 229 Crescenzi Court, West Orange, NJ 07052, angelamccaffrey@ gmail.com Kathleen “Kassie” Dantzler writes: “I’m

a scientist researching malaria at the Jagannathan lab at Stanford School of Medicine. We are switching our efforts to work on COVID19. We’re involved with a clinical trial for a broad-spectrum antiviral compound called interferon lambda and are evaluating whether the drug reduces the duration of symptoms, viral shedding, and the risk of hospitalization. We’ll also be analyzing whether aspects of patients’ immune responses can predict their response to the drug.”

Kristin Vdorick is a Branch Chief for the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency. She writes: “I work directly for the Air Force Surgeon General

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and am supporting the effort to deploy our Air Force military providers to hot spots and help develop a new field hospital package that can be deployed to locations that need support. I am also on the small team that is working to organize incoming daily reports for all of our military medical personnel so we have the necessary information to move providers and nurses to areas around that country that need support and can be ready to embed our providers in civilian hospitals that need the extra manpower all while still managing the conflict overseas and at home medical care to our military service members and families.” See page 84 to read about Kristin as this year’s Young Alumni Award recipient.

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/ MKA / Mr. Brian May, bmay88@gmail.com

/ Mr. Harry Raymond, raymond.harry@ gmail.com / Mr. Stuart Harwood, stuartmharwood@gmail.com Danny Smith (would

have been MKA 2007, works for Centerview), and his wife Melissa welcomed baby Charlotte Rose. Everyone including proud grandparents (and MKA Charlotte Rose faculty members) Ken and Jane Smith are thrilled!

Francesca Campanile graduated from Lafayette College in 2011, and then went on to study at Columbia University’s School of Nursing where she graduated this past December. She was completing her orientation at New York Presbyterian, until earlier this year, when it was decided her orientation was complete. She is now working full time at NYP which is a 100% COVID-19 facility. Thank you, Francesca, for your selfless and heroic work.

Elizabeth (Beth) Aguila writes: “I’m currently the chief resident physician at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. We are currently one

of the first inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Michigan accepting patients with COVID-19 for rehabilitation after they leave the acute care hospitals. Our goal as PM&R physicians (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) is to work with an interdisciplinary team along with physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology, respiratory therapy, and nursing to help bring people back to independence and function.”

Trevor Bell: “I work for Montefiore Health Systems in the Bronx as a Cybersecurity Analyst. Though I may not be working on the frontline, my responsibility is to ensure the information systems our healthcare heroes use, such as computers and medical devices, are operational and secure.

Cybercriminals are already targeting healthcare organizations— specifically hospitals—with phishing campaigns, ransomware, and other malicious acts that can adversely impact health information technology, medical response, and patient safety. As cases of the virus continue to increase in the US, so to do the amount of email-based phishing campaigns referencing COVID-19. My role at Montefiore is to ensure patient information is safe and that physicians are able to provide the best care possible throughout this global pandemic. It is an honor to support our healthcare heroes on the frontline.”

Jacquie Adorni an Interactive Event Producer in Los Angeles, CA has partnered with Keck Medicine of University of Southern California to create innovative open source solutions to address the lack of available PPE. As a member of the Los Angeles COVID-19 Innovation Coalition, Jacqueline is excited to leverage her company’s Sunweaver Creative, FX and design teams to assist our healthcare heroes.

Who knew knowing a lot about printing and silicone from being in the entertainment industry would be helpful in a crisis?! If you or someone you know is in the

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manufacturing industry or interested in the specs to make these items please reach out Nick Andlinger is the Director of Client Development at MetaBrand, which is a beverage formulation and manufacturing house located in Edison, NJ, that has primarily worked in the natural, organic, and “better for you” space—formulating products for brands like Runa, Roar, Rebbl, Hain Celestial, Hustle (MatchBar), and Ocean Spray. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nick is currently using MetaBrand’s manufacturing capacity to fill immunity boosters and electrolyte packed products aimed at increasing hydration. The company has also donated excess sanitary supplies to senior communities and people in need.

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/ MKA / Mr. Matthew Metzger, 26 Prince St.,

Apt. 3, New York, NY 10012, metzgemb@ bc.edu Regan Shepard is an oncology nurse

at NY Presbyterian since graduating from college. Regan has been dividing all of her shifts between cancer patients and COVID-19 patients.

She has been working hand in hand with other MKA alums in this fight against the pandemic, and we are so proud of what she is doing!

Elise McMullen received her BA from Boston College and MA in Mental Health Counseling from New York University. Working in her private practice in downtown Manhattan, Elise is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in working with anxiety and stress reduction, relational concerns (romantic, family, peer, work relationships), college or life transitions, career, and executive coaching, low self-esteem, and learning disabilities. After seeing Elise, individuals tend to unlock their confidence, learn how to understand themselves better, and add coping skills to their toolbox to use for the rest of life. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Elise offered tele-therapy through video sessions with the option to continue in

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Joe Correia ’08 and Jon Dantzler ’08

person, in NYC, when appropriate.

You can learn more via her website.

Cecilia Nicol and Julian Waksal are both resident physicians in Internal Medicine in NYC at Weill Cornell Medical Center. They have been working on the front line caring for patients hospitalized with COVID19. Julian is a senior resident and will go on to be Chief Resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cancer this year; his interests are in Hematology and Oncology. Ceci is a junior resident and plans on a career in primary care and global health, she will be the Primary Care Chief Resident starting in 2021.

Thank you both for your selfless work and congratulations on your incredible accomplishments in the medical field.

Joe Correia and John Dantzler opened their own brewery, Torch and Crown Brewing Company, centered around their love of three things: great beer, ambitious creations, and the amazing city of New York.

Joe studied chemistry and headed into the brewing world, while John went into the financial and business side of things. You can still get your Torch and Crown fix, while practicing social distancing, with pickup or same day delivery orders in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens!

Visit the Torch and Crown website for more details.

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Congratulations to Dwight Jackson and his beautiful wife, Anna, on the birth of their son Cameron John: a little Cougar in the making.

2009

/ MKA / Mr. Brian Purcell, 63 Wall St., Apt.

1509, New York, NJ 10005, bnpurcell14@ gmail.com / Ms. Jane Stanton, 240 South Mountain Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042, janestanton18@gmail.com

writes: “I am a third (almost fourth!) year medical student at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. I’m working with the COVID Rapid Response Team based in Chicago (where I’ve been doing rotations for the past few months because I want to do my residency here). The Rapid Response Team is comprised of medical students throughout

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Chicago working to facilitate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donations from community members to hospitals in need.

We work collectively to contact businesses that may have PPE (N95s, surgical masks, gloves, gowns, goggles, thermometers, pulse oximeters, etc.) on hand such as nail salons, beauty salons, painting/construction companies, schools, dentist offices, etc. I’ve reached out to my former teachers on Facebook to reach out to their teacher friends to collect goggles, N95s, surgical masks, face shields, gowns, gloves, thermometers, and pulse oximeters from their science labs and nurse’s offices: MKA recently donated 700 N95s and all their science goggles to Mountainside Hospital because of our collaboration! We have contacts in the ER and the ICU of almost every Chicago hospital so that we can assess the need on the ground every day, and we distribute these supplies at all hours of the day and daily.

We also have a separate purchasing team (which I am in charge of) that focuses on fundraising money to buy PPE in bulk quantities.

We’ve raised $85,102 in four weeks.

If you look on our donation page, you can see the updated stats on how many supplies we’ve been able to purchase with these donations.

I’m also a member of a similar group in Philadelphia (Medical Students for Masks), which is managed by my best friend and roommate Gabrielle Yankelevich and is made up of students from my medical school.”

Carly Abramson is a Social Worker at Mount Sinai Hospital working on the front lines in New York City.

As an oncology social worker, she provides support and counseling to COVID-19 positive patients and their families. Thank you for your commendable work helping people through this time.

Katherine Bergstrom works for KK Travels Worldwide, a full-service travel advisory firm. Their

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particularly in the San Francisco area. Devika says, “It’s a work in progress, but our first deliverable is a set of communication materials for the unsheltered on how they can best protect [based on CDC recommendations] themselves and their communities during the pandemic.”

We want to thank Devika for her courageous efforts to help support those in need during the pandemic.

Andrew Farrelly ’10 and his team at Digital Inclusion Practitioners of NJ.

extensive firsthand experience in global travel, coupled with an innovative and collaborative approach, set them apart in the industry.

For high quality service and support, contact Katherine today, and start planning your much-needed getaway!

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/ MKA / Ms. Devon Barrett, 109 Llewellyn

Road, Montclair, NJ 07042, dlb792@ aim.com / Mr. Matthew Palmisano, 51 Grover Ln., West Caldwell, NJ 07006, matt.r.palmisano@gmail.com

In 2020, everyday existence all but requires a digital device such as a smartphone, tablet and/or personal computer. While many of us take this for granted, a large number of individuals in New Jersey are not only unable to take advantage of the advances in technology, but find their quality of life increasingly more difficult to improve or sustain as a result.

While digital technology has long been thought of as a luxury good, everything from employment to healthcare to education to civic engagement hinges on (1) secure reliable and easy access to an affordable internet connection, (2) possession of an appropriate and sufficiently powerful digital device, and (3) the skills to employ factors (1) and (2) in order to achieve the user’s wants and needs.

The COVID-19 crisis and the resulting (appropriate) precautions of social distancing, have highlighted what lack of digital access really means. From interrupted education and work as schools and offices become virtual, to lack of up-to-date

news about the crisis, to not being able to speak to or see loved ones for an extended period of time, digital inclusion has never been more important.

Andrew Farrelly is a co-founding member of Digital Inclusion Practitioners of NJ (dipnj.org)—a loose-knit group of professionals seeking to close “The Digital Divide.” He is interested in finding members of the MKA community in possession of working laptop and desktop computers that can live a second life in the home of an NJ resident.

In particular, Andrew is interested in organizations that are planning to upgrade their devices; a series of bulk donations is likely the best avenue to satisfy the critical need for computers in the NJ community.

For more information on the issue or how you can help, please reach out to Andrew at digitalinclusionnj@gmail.com

2011

/ MKA / Mr. Seth Bynum, 23-43 35th St., Long Island

City, NY 11105, seth.bynum1@gmail.com / Ms. Carina Wong, 9 Deer Trail Rd., North Caldwell, NJ 07006, carinamwong@ gmail.com

2012

/ MKA / Ms. Casey Musicant, 573 Farmdale

Rd., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417, casey. musicant@gmail.com / Mr. Ed Rosini, 32 Edgemont Rd., Montclair, NJ 07042, erosini32@gmail.com Devika Patel volunteers with the

Emergency Design Collective, and supported the housing-insecure community during the pandemic,

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2013

/ MKA / Ms. Elizabeth “Lizzie”

Amato, ljamato420@mac.com / Mr. Edward Bozik, bozik@me.com

2014

/ MKA / Ms. Kassandra Fotiadis, kassandra.

fotiadis@gmail.com

Maggie Dancy, UVA school of Nursing Class of 2018, works as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. [Serving] as the regional children’s hospital, infants of Covid-19 positive mothers and infants showing symptoms of the virus are sent to Maggie’s unit to be tested and treated. Daily Covid-19 tests in her unit have proven that her patients population has been mercifully spared high rates of positive diagnosis of Covid-19. This fall Maggie will begin a four year Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree program at Duke University Kelsey Palmisano, an Account Manager with staffing firm Insight Global, is working to help hire 100+ healthcare workers in long-term care facilities across N.J. Due to the current health crisis, existing healthcare workers are being pulled from their normal day-to-day work and placed on the front lines to help battle COVID-19. Kelsey and her company are working to fill this employment gap and support facilities that are not directly fighting COVID-19. Kelsey is currently seeking Registered Nurses (RN), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Patient Care Technicians (PCT), Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA), and Environmental Service Aides (Sanitation & Housekeeping). If

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you or anyone you know might be interested in any of these positions, please reach out to Kelsey directly!

Isaiah J. Thompson ’15

2015

/ MKA / Ms. Korinne “Kori” Durando,

koridurando@gmail.com Isaiah J. Thompson is a jazz pianist,

bandleader, and composer. After graduating MKA, he was admitted to the Juilliard School and has since performed with major artists including Christina McBride, Joe Farnsworth, and Rodney Whitaker.

He was also featured on Handful of Keys with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Isaiah believes that artistry is a direct channel into the mind and soul of an artist. Listen to some of his work and try not to smile.

2016

/ MKA / Ms. Zoe Bieler, Zoe.bieler@gmail.com

ALWAYS AN EAGLE “Always An Eagle” is a series written by Boston College student-athletes, many of which have seen their seasons end prematurely due to COVID-19. This edition is written by women’s soccer senior Olivia Vaughn ’16.

I will never forget the moment I opened the email that ended my senior year so abruptly. My home, my community, and the comfort Boston College always provided me with was being taken away so suddenly. Although I was flooded with feelings—of anger, powerlessness, fear, and heartache—I looked up and saw the poster from my Senior Day and my mind immediately went to the senior athletes competing in winter and spring sports.

All athletes are connected by this common understanding and knowledge that comes with playing sports at a high level. The grueling hours, painful losses, exhilarating wins, and overall sacrifice that I faced every day connected me to my fellow student-athletes on a deeper level than just wearing the same uniform.

This is why the NCAA’s statement that it was cancelling the remaining seasons of spring and winter sports hit me with such disbelief and sadness. I will never be able to understand or comprehend the pain and heartache these athletes must feel not being able to compete for something they have spent their entire lives working towards.

Although I feel an overwhelming amount of sympathy and grief for my fellow athletes, I also feel lucky and relieved that I was able to finish out my athletic career on the Heights in full. Even though my season ended five months ago, I still haven’t been able to fully digest the overall effect that the Boston College women’s soccer team has had on my life. The relationships I have made with my coaches and teammates over the past four years are unparalleled.

As I walked into my coach’s office before our senior day game, I finally broke down about not wanting my four years playing for this beautiful team to come to an end. What he said to me next has stuck with me since that very moment: “The small, silly moments you’ve shared with your teammates in the locker room are what you will miss the most. In four years, it won’t be the big win or heartbreaking loss, it will be the moments off the field that will stick with you forever.”

I will forever crave the feeling of walking into Conte and hearing loud music and cheering booming from our locker room knowing in that moment that I was a part of something special. Little did I know at the time that I would hold onto these small memories I created with the team over the last four years so close to my heart.

As I navigate the next phase of my life during this uncertain time, I know one thing: the friends, the community, and the life lessons that Boston College athletics has provided me with is something that I have leaned on for support every day since I left campus. Boston College has taught me more about myself then I could have ever imagined, and I will forever be grateful for my time playing in a BC uniform.

/ Mr. Charles Rilli, crilli33@gmail.com / Lily Andres, lily.andres@gmail.com

The Alumni Office heard from Rob the proud brother of Richard Pannullo, who told us that he had his final semester of college at Case Western University upended

by COVID-19. Rather than come home for the rest of the semester, Rich admirably decided to take on additional shifts working as an Emergency Medical Technician for Midwest Medical Transport in Cleveland, Ohio, where he transported patients via ambulance to other hospitals and to their homes.

Pannullo ’13,

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Derek Kleinman ’16

Congratulations to Serena DeLiberti who is excited to be attending the University of Minnesota in Fall 2020 to pursue her PhD in Chemistry.

Allyson Heath wrote: “I’m both humbled and thrilled to announce that, starting this summer, I’m joining the KUSA-TV, 9NEWS team in Denver, CO as part of TECNA’s 2020 Producer-in-Residence class.

I can’t thank my professors, colleagues, friends, and family enough for getting me to this point, and I’m beyond excited to get going in Colorado!”

Congratulations to Derek Kleinman (Franklin & Marshall/Football) who was recently honored as one of eight members of F&M’s football team who were amongst the inductees to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Society.

The Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who are starters or significant substitutes in their last year of eligibility at an accredited NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III, or an NAIA college or university; have achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout the entire course of undergraduate study; and have met all NCAA-mandated progress toward degree requirements.

Congratulations to Emma Pacifico who has been approved by the Hillsdale Public School system in Bergen County and has accepted a 4th grade teaching position for the

start of the new school year (whenever that may be).

Alex Cappitelli (Wesleyan/ Baseball) “Somewhere along the lines, someone close to me said, ’Whatever happens, never forget why you picked up a baseball bat in the beginning.’ Reflecting on my baseball career, I no longer find myself fixated on the poor performances I may have put out over the years or the mistakes I may have committed. Rather, I find myself absorbed by the thoughts of my successes, and more importantly, by the moments I got to share daily with the rowdiest, most talented, and most unique baseball players I was fortunate enough to call my teammates and brothers. I cannot be more proud to have been able to call myself a student-athlete at Wesleyan. What will never be taken away from me is my love for the precious moments provided.”

Rob Strain (Bates/Lacrosse) “The most significant moment while being a college athlete is the moment that I knew it was over on March 10, 2020. Crying with my best friends, I had the satisfaction of knowing I racked up countless hours of practice, summer ball, and workouts to get here. To have the chance to walk out on a field with my college’s name on my chest, and fight for 60+ mins, day in and day out, with people I will share a bond with for life. And enjoying an experience that is so good that I would do anything in the world to rewind four years just to do it all again.”

FALL 202 0 MA Montclair Academy / TKS The Kimberley School / MKA Montclair Kimberley Academy

Alex Cappitelli ’16

2017

/ MKA / Ms. Jenna Donatiello,

jdonatiello12@aol.com / Mr. Matthew ‘Matt’ Rubenstein, mattrubenstein98@ gmail.com

Shivani Rao wrote: “I am a current student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I am a Biology major on the Pre-med track. I have been volunteering as an EMT for Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad for the last five years and among the Covid19 crisis, I have raised over $2,000 in funds for my Ambulance Squad in order to provide meals and PPE supplies.”

2018

/ MKA / Ms. Lailanni Lucien, llucien05@gmail.

com / Mr. Keenan McAuliffe, keenan. cavenaugh13@gmail.com / Ms. Kerri McGuire, kerrimcg11@yahoo.com

worked on the front 2020 lines every week. As a certified EMT / MKA / Cristina Cusmai

for the Verona Volunteer Rescue Squad (VVRS). Cristina dedicated a seven-hour shift every Friday night for the past two years to VVRS and continued to do so throughout the height of the pandemic. In addition to her Friday night shift, Cristina frequently picked up additional shifts as needed.

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Your generosity nurtures passions, expands minds, and encourages a life-long love of learning. Every year we ask the entire MKA community to support our students by making a gift to The MKA Fund.

More than including students, alumni, faculty, parents, grandparents, parents of alumni, trustees, and friends gave over $1.4 MILLION to The MKA Fund for the 2019-2020 school year.

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From the outset of the pandemic, there have been moments when we have been reminded or have reminded others,

“We are in this together.”

Those may be easy words to say, but they have been and are etched in my consciousness for you, for me, for our students and for their families in terms of the duty of care that we have for one another.

TOM NAMMACK, HEAD OF SCHOOL