NA Outreach Fall 2010

Celebrating 20 Years of the International Baccalaureate Program at Newark Academy

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outreach FALL 2010

Donald M. Austin Head of School

Lisa E. Grider Director of Institutional Advancement

CO-EDITORS

Debra W. Marr Director of Communications

Stacey Kaplan-Layton Communications Associate

CONTRIBUTORS

Blackie ParlinRichard DiBianca

Nancy McGaughanMatthew Gertler ’90

Elaine BrodieBill Simon ’69

Lawrence Cetrulo ’67Kristin Walpole

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jonathan D. Olesky ’74 Chairman

Nancy Baird Harwood ’75Wayne D. Kent ’85

Pamela HuttenbergDavid McGraw ’77

Jeffrey J. Silverman ’82 Vice Chairs

Jane WilfJoseph P. McGrath Jr. ’81 SecretaryTreasurer

Donald AustinRobert Jett

Betsy Dollinger Bernstein ’86 Jeffrey Kaplan

William BloomTosan Livingstone

Patricia BudziakSandy Peinado

Jeffrey Cohen ’81Richard R. Redmond ’77

Maureen Diehl Ajay Sawhney

Laura White DillonEric Sumner ’73

Leo M. Gordon ’69Evangeline Tross

Kim Hirsh ’80Joshua Weinreich

Emeriti

Louis V. Aronson II ’41K. Kelly Marx ’51

Paul Busse ’38John L. McGraw ’49

Robert Del Tufo ’51Robert S. Puder ’38

William D. Hardin ’44Gary Rose

William T. Wachenfeld ’44

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Leo M. Gordon ’69 President

Van Stevens ’65Amanda Rubinstein Black ’97 1st Vice President2nd Vice President

John Bess ’69 3rd Vice President

Lance Aronson ’74Lauren Jacobs ’98

Neal Buchalter ’84Kathy Loesberg ’95

Michael Carniol ’98Adam Rosen ’99

Patrick Ciccone ’62Jed Rosenthal ’93

Stuart Flaum ’73Ben Purkert ’03

Noah Franzblau ’86Lara Samet ’01

Matthew Gertler ’90Kim Griffinger Wachtel ’85

John Gregory ’99Art Williams ’81

Matt Haiken ’01Art Wynne ’79

Thomas Hennigan ’77Brian Zucker ’84

Emeriti

J. Richard Beltram ’41William C.H. Stroh III ’48

Richard M. Watson ’50

Newark Academy Office of Institutional Advancement 91 South Orange Avenue Livingston, New Jersey 07039

Telephone: 973.992.7000, Fax: 973.992.8962

E-mail: dmarr@newarka.edu • Website: www.newarka.edu

NALAUNCHES “BRAND” NEW TOOLS!

After engaging in a schoolwide marketing initiative, Newark Academy launched a redesigned website and new admission viewbook this fall! Focus groups consisting of alumni, parents, students and faculty unearthed the combination of characteristics that sets NA apart, including five “distinguishing characteristics.” These characteristics will be highlighted in a wide variety of school communications over the next several years, ensuring that Newark Academy presents a clear and consistent identity to the public.

Explore our new website at www.newarka.edu!

“THE MINUTEMAN” IS NOW ONLINE

Seventy years after its first paper issue, “The Minuteman,” the official school newspaper of Newark Academy, has moved online. We hope you will join us in this move by reading the online paper at http://blogs.newarka.edu/minuteman. Happy reading!

NA NEWS

PERSPECTIVES

by Donald M. Austin, Head of School

Inquiring Minds

The IB focus on inquiry-based learning inspires students to be actively engaged in the process of learning and to consider carefully how they learn...

This edition of “Outreach” features a celebration of the 20th year of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program at Newark Academy and profiles alumni working in education. Although the two story lines may not seem related at first, they both reflect an enduring commitment to the noble pursuit of teaching and to the broader civic purposes of education.

The bold decision in 1990 to become the first school in New Jersey to offer the IB program has proven to be a good fit for Newark Academy’s internationally-minded community, a forward step in our quest to form global citizens, and a visionary curricular choice. As an early adopter of the IB diploma, we are proud that today IB schools are being added more quickly in the United States than in any other country. American universities recognize IB students for their thinking and problem-solving skills and grant them college credit, just as they do for Advanced Placement (AP) classes. The IB focus on inquiry-based learning inspires students to be actively engaged in the process of learning and to consider carefully how they learn, two skills that will serve them well in college and in the fast-evolving job market of the 21st century

Another key tenet of the IB diploma program is service to one’s community, an ideal long embraced by Newark Academy students. It is rewarding to read about Newark Academy alumni who have chosen to work in education, in certain cases as a second career, in others as a first job. All of these accomplished people share a love of learning and a belief in the vital role of education to form citizens, both longstanding values of Newark Academy. At a time when so much energy in political debates is focused on needed reforms in education, our commitment to the IB and the stories of graduates devoting their talents to improving education remind us that so many Newark Academy alums contribute generously and purposefully to society

THE VERDICT IS IN Graduates Inspired

by Commencement Address

The Honorable Franklin Van Antwerpen ’60 gave an inspirational keynote address to the Class of 2010 during Newark Academy’s 236th Commencement

Ceremony on Sunday, June 13. He shared his compelling story as a federal judge and illustrated the importance for our graduates to serve the greater community as civic stewards. Following the keynote address, the 98 members of the Class of 2010 received their diplomas to thunderous applause and support from family members, faculty, staff and friends.

COLLEGE DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2010

Hannah Abelow

Brown University

Tammer Abiyu

Yale University

Caroline Ackerman

Georgetown University

Odunayo Afonja Villanova University

Rohan Alaigh

University of Southern California

Blake Alex University of Chicago

Elizabeth Anderson

Lafayette College

Ruth Antwi

Gap Year

Anum Aslam

Rutgers University

Manasvini Baba

Tufts University

Lilienne Bahramipour

Northeastern University

Sara Barker

Northeastern University

Jonathan Beer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sara Bienstock

Vanderbilt University

Peter Bye

Bucknell University

Lauren Chaleff

Harvard University

Dudley Charles

University of Pennsylvania

Holli Chopra

Columbia University

Stephen Coscia

Boston College

Andrew DeLuca

Lehigh University

Lauren DiRuggiero

James Madison University

Michael Doobin

Washington & Lee University

Daniel Drew

Rutgers University

Allison Eatroff

Cornell University

Carly Fischer

Tulane University

Lisa Fischer

George Washington

University

Daria Fisher

University of Connecticut

Alexandra Frank

Union College

Kristen Friberger

Colgate University

Mickey Fried University of Miami

Jesse Friedman

Tulane University

Kumar Ghafoor

Drexel University

Brandon Gillman

Washington University in St. Louis

Adam Goldberg

University of Pennsylvania

Evan Golombek

Emory University

Mathew Gravesande Villanova University

Andrew Hawn

Rutgers University (Pharmacology)

Maya Hayes

Pennsylvania State University

Alexandra Howarth Villanova University

Chelsea Huang

George Washington University

Peter Ingato

Cornell University

Joseph Isaac

University of Pennsylvania

Kaitlyn Jackson Spelman College

Alexander Jilla University of Michigan

James Kelleher

New York University

Patrick Kelly Boston College

Christian Kemph

Northeastern University

John Kinol

Northwestern University

Laura Kleiber

Lafayette College

Samuel Klein

Hamilton College

Brian Knierim

Duke University

Kendra Kobler

Cornell University

Derrick Kpeli

New Jersey City University

Hannah Kupfer

Cornell University

Alyssa Leight Barnard College

Madeleine Lill

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

Jordyn Luks University of Richmond

Rex Macaylo

Columbia University

Austin Mahler

University of Cambridge

Jaclyn Markowitz

Georgetown University

Emma Matters Vassar College

Kelly McCarter

University of Delaware

Brian McHugh

Michigan State University

Giulia Mercuri

Wake Forest University

Michelle Moglia

Cornell University

Anisha Mukherjee

Duke University

Adam Nassani

Drexel University

Benjamin Olesky

Lafayette College

Mansi Parikh

New York University

Sadev Parikh

Cornell University

Keshav Poddar

Dartmouth College

Suryalekha Rajan

University of Chicago

T.C . AbbeyOration speaker, Austin Mahler’10

Alexander Ratner

Yale University

Spencer Rice Lafayette College

Jessica Ridella

Cornell University

Kathryn Rimland University of Pennsylvania

Grant Schalet

Washington University in St. Louis

Elana Schwalb Pomona College

Marty Schwarz Carleton College

Nathaniel Sheppard

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Sherman University of Southern California

Samuel Sherman

George Washington University

Julia Shube

Brown University

Jessica Silverman

Union College

Brian Simontacchi

University of Hartford (The Hartt School)

NA ELECTED TO SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD

In another great stride in achieving its global focus, Newark Academy was elected as a member of the prestigious School Year Abroad (SYA) program. SYA’s association includes a consortium of top U.S. independent schools that have demonstrated a strong commitment to foreign language instructionand international education.

Founded in 1964, SYA is the only secondary-level program which allows students to live with a European or Asian family for an entire academic year while earning U.S. graduation credits and preparing for selective U.S. colleges and universities. The central elements of SYA — the homestay and an academic program emphasizing foreign language immersion — ensure that students return home with real mastery of a second language.

Head of School Donald Austin, who served as SYA Head of School in Rennes, France, prior to coming to NA, remarked, “This membership in School Year Abroad’s consortium of excellent schools will provide advantages to students and opportunities for faculty, and is further evidence of our institutional commitment to prepare our students to be global citizens.”

WELCOME NEW TRUSTEES

Breania Smith Georgetown University

Adam Somberg Rice University

Priya Srinivasan

University of Pennsylvania

Michele Staub Loyola Marymount University

Emma Stein

Columbia University

Jordan Tepper Muhlenberg College

Hershed Tilak

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brian Tross University of Michigan

Erik Tvetenstrand Swarthmore College

Noah Weingarten Pomona College

David Werner

University of Miami

Elana Widmann

Washington University in St. Louis

Jennifer Xia University of Chicago

The Newark Academy Board of Trustees recently welcomed Richard Redmond ’77 and Jeffrey Cohen ’81.

Richard Redmond ’77 rejoins the Board of Trustees, having served a previous term from 2003-2009. An NA parent as well as an alum, Rick and his wife Jane’s youngest son T.J. enters his senior year this fall. Older sons Dickie ’06 and Scott ’09 are NA graduates and both attend Middlebury College. Rick has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently a general partner at Capital Asset Investments, LLC, a private partnership involved in investment management. Rick graduated from Boston College in 1981 and earned an MBA from NYU in 1985. An active nonprofit volunteer, Rick is a board member of The Nature Conservancy (NJ Chapter) and chairs the Board of the Essex Fells Conservancy, Inc.

Jeffrey Cohen ’81 is a first-time member of the Board of Trustees. His father, Harvey, served as Trustee in the early 1980s. Jeff is the father of Daniel, Amanda and David, who are students in the Millburn/Short Hills public school system. While at Newark Academy, Jeff was a member of the student council and was also on the debate and golf teams. He attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate (B.A. and B.S. in economics) and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Jeff is employed by Lazard, where he is a managing director and global head of retail.

HATS OFF!

By Blackie Parlin

Sixth grade students journeyed to the City of Newark on the annual field trip day earlier this fall. The group had lunch at Hobby’s Delicatessen where Sam Brummer and his sons described Sam’s World War II experiences, the founding of the deli, and “Operation Salami Drop,” in which salami sandwiches are sent to U.S. troops. The walk through central Newark passed the Prudential Center Arena, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and included a visit to Peddie Memorial Baptist Church where Catholic-Protestant church interiors were discussed. The class saw the interior of Sacred Heart Cathedral and had a running race around the exterior.

The class saw four previous locations of Newark Academy in the city before the move to Livingston, with particular attention to the First Street location, now the site of two high rise apartments. Before the return to NA, the bus went down Martin Luther King Boulevard, formerly, High Street, where the third Newark Academy was located. The original building of Temple B’Nai Jeshran still stands, now a Baptist Church.

The new addition this year was a trip to the Seratelli Hat Factory where Dean and Christina Seratelli, parents of Alex ’12, explained the business. Great-great

iPAD INITIATIVE

grandfather, Pio Seratelli, collected scraps from textile mills and “roundings” from hat manufacturers, recycled them and sold them to hat manufacturers. The company now manufactures cowboy hats which are marketed throughout the country and Mexico.

Many sixth graders were seeing a factory floor for the first time. The workforce is about 90 percent Latino; some of the workers have worked for the company for close to twenty years and obviously take pride in their manufacturing. Both Mr. and Mrs. Seratelli are officers of the company.

The day was interesting, and not even the heavy rain that accompanied the downtown walk could put a damper on their enthusiasm.

In keeping with his tandem objectives to stay current with 21st century technologies and to support teaching initiatives, which integrate these technologies, Marquis Scott, Director of Information Technology, recently challenged a faculty member from each department to get to know the new Apple iPad. Mr. Scott encouraged these faculty members to explore and experiment with iPad’s applications or “apps,” which are downloadable programs for a wide range of activities from museum guides to favorite restaurants.

Mr. Scott said, “The iPad provides the ability to access information and to work “on-the-go.”

This academic year, the iPad-testing faculty team will meet frequently with their iPads and the technology department to share ideas, concerns and discoveries. Scott added, “Based on the feedback and sharing from this team, the next step would be expanding to a laptop cart of iPads available for use by NA students.”

Currently, students and faculty use Apple technology for teaching and learning functions throughout the school.

FROM KIMONOS TO KEITAI

Three education specialists from the Japanese Consulate in New York City spoke to the 8th grade world cultures classes. Dressed in traditional Japanese garb, two in kimonos and one as a samurai warrior, the representatives fielded questions about Japanese youth culture and life in Japan. It was obvious that the days of the Tokugawa Shogunate — Japan's period of isolation from 1600 to 1868 — is a distant memory. From “J-Rap” to keitai (cell phones) to western fashions, Japanese students are not that different from 14-year olds at Newark Academy. Perhaps in the future, an NA middle schooler will do his or her immersion experience in Japan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. STRAND!

Newark Academy wishes a rousing happy 80th birthday to former Head of School Dr. Allen E. Strand! Dr. Stand served as Head of School for 18 years, from 1979-1997. His ability to combine innovation and tradition in an orderly manner was the hallmark of his administration.

“I have a great fondness and appreciation for Dr. Strand,” said Von Rollenhagen, Dean of Faculty. “I recall how his wit and dry sense of humor always livened up Morning Meeting; it got everyone started on the day in the right frame of mind.”

Dr. Strand is beloved by alumni and faculty alike, and well wishes on his 80th year have been pouring in to NA’s alumni office. One NA graduate shares his remembrance here:

“Dr. Strand is arguably the warmest man I know. He was a great headmaster. I think many of us acquired his strongest virtues such as leadership, diplomacy and humility – just by being in the same room! I still remember the first day I met Dr. Strand. I was 10 years old, and the year was 1990. Dr. Strand promised all new sixth graders that if he didn’t know our names, he would give us a quarter. Of course I jumped at this opportunity. I think I raked in enough for an A&W cream soda! He was so welcoming; he made me feel like part of the community from my first day at NA. Thanks, Dr. Strand!”

– Rahul Dhar ’97

To read additional reflections of admiration and gratitude, please visit alumni.newarka.edu.

FACULTY FOCUS

WELCOME, AMY SHAPIRO

The Office of College Counseling welcomes its new director, Amy Shapiro. Amy has worked in the college admission field for 12 years. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and a master’s degree from Boston University. She worked at Kaplan Test Prep in their national headquarters as a curriculum developer and as their Director of College Admissions Programs. Prior to joining the College Counseling Office at Newark Academy, Amy spent 10 years as the Director of College Guidance at Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School in New York City.

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GOODBYE, MR. “TRIPS”

After 40 years of teaching in Newark Academy’s science department, beloved faculty member John Limmer has retired. Known for his no-nonsense approach to teaching and to life, his dry sense of humor and quick wit will surely be missed. In addition to his dedication to students within the classroom, John shared his passion for learning outside the classroom as well. For 25 years, John led the legendary trip to the western National Parks, a two-week senior project consisting of canoeing, hiking and camping in Zion National Park, Bryce National Park, the Navajo National Monument and the Grand Canyon. The trip has become an honored tradition at Newark Academy, treasured by a quarter-century of students. We wish him luck in his retirement and continued joy in his love of the outdoors!

SUMMER TRAVEL

Elaine Brodie (Arts) is the latest faculty member to benefit from Newark Academy’s summer sabbatical program. She journeyed to Italy this past summer, spending six weeks taking classes in art history and landscape painting. Highlights of her experience are featured on page 10.

Joe Ball (Humanities) was the recipient of a generous grant made by Ben Bressler ’80 of Natural Habitat Adventures. Joe spent 12 days in Quito and the Galapagos Islands. He found the trip both moving and mystical. “The Galapagos,” Ball said, “is like no other place on earth.” He recommends Natural Habitat to anyone like himself who believes in ecotourism.

Yvette Luxenberg (Arts) traveled to Peru on a “mini-sabbatical” grant she received from Newark Academy. She went hiking on two treks with a group of 16 adults. The first trek was on the Inca Trail, a hike that ended at Machu Picchu. The second trek was in La Cordillera Blanca, “The White Mountain Range,” named for its year-round snow-capped peaks. “Traveling to Peru allowed me to immerse myself in its culture through dance, its language through speaking Spanish and its natural world through two extraordinary hikes,” Luxenberg said. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I am so excited to bring what I’ve learned to my classroom.”

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS JOIN NA

Eight educators joined NA’s full-time faculty this year: Andrew Alford (Computer Science and Web Manager), David Beckman (English), Drew Kesler (Science), Katherine Moore (French), Ermanno Morelli (Humanities), Meredith Railsback (English), Fiorella Saraceno (Spanish) and Elana Snow (English).

Tess Callahan James (English) and Laura Romer (Spanish) have joined NA as part-time faculty members.

Joe Ball (Humanities) was invited by the U.S. State Departmentto help train Fulbright Scholars heading to Thailand this summer.

Billy Blomn (Physical Education), head boys and girls swimming coach, has been elected to the Montclair State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach Blomn was a four-time All-American swimmer at MSU from 1994-1997, Athlete-of-the-Year in 1994, and Most Valuable swimmer in 1994, 1995 and 1997. He is also an assistant varsity football coach and Middle School baseball coach at Newark Academy.

Tara Ann DelRusso (Health) earned a master’s degree from the College of St. Elizabeth.

David Griffin (English) earned a master’s degree from Wesleyan University.

Benson Hawk (Humanities) received a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to participate in UCLA’s selective constitutional law seminar.

Derek Kanarek (Mathematics) was accepted to the highly selective doctoral program at Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. He was also selected to the prestigious program to teach technology to high school principals.

Jeff Vinikoor (Humanities) received a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Klingenstein Center for Leadership Academy.

Jennifer Blevins (Science) was married on July 24 in Rye, New York.

Lou Scerra (English) married Molly McKenna on July 1 7 at Cheeca Lodge in Islamorada, Florida.

CHEERS TO 237 YEARS

The Newark Academy community continued a venerable academic tradition during its annual Convocation on September 13. Head of School Donald Austin welcomed students and faculty to a new academic year as he led the formal opening ceremony in the Rose Auditorium.

The NA community was also greeted by Jonathan Olesky ’74, chair of the board of trustees; Leo Gordon ’69, president of the alumni association; and Rebecca Ellis ’10, school council president. Distinguished alumnus Lawrence Cetrulo ’67 gave an inspiring Convocation Address, touching on his five personal rules to success. Read his complete address at alumni.newarka.edu.

Head of School Donald Austin and Lawrence Cetrulo ’67

ACCOLADES

Director of Operations Brian Stephenson married Lissette Lugo on August 7 at the W Hotel in Hoboken.

Betsy Barbato LaPadula (English) and her husband, John, proudly announced the birth of their twin sons, Joseph and Richard, on June 10.

Julius Tolentino (Arts) and his wife, Michelle, are the proud new parents of Anneliese Sophia, born June 23. She joins big brother Jacob (5) and sister Alexis (2).

Latrice Colbert (Admission/Advancement) and her husband, Harold, welcomed daughter Krystina on June 22. She joins big sister Makayla (1).

Sal Quintos (Maintenance) and his wife, Yesenia, are happy to announce the birth of daughter Ashley on June 14. She joins sister Eileen (12) and brother Andrew (6).

Each year at Convocation, outstanding members of the faculty are recognized for their most important contributions to the NA community. This year, honorees included: Joe Ball for the Catherine Lynham Academic Chair; Kareen Obydol for the Ohaus Chair; Kirsti Morin and Julius Tolentino for the Ernest Allsopp Award; Lou Scerra for the Ripps Faculty Award; and Arky Crook, Scott Johnson and Amy Rubin Schottland for the Head of School Awards. Congratulations to all for their innovative teaching!

FORMER FACULTY NOTE

Former Newark Academy Coach Gerald Cetrulo III ’59 was inducted into the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony on October 14 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark. Cetrulo coached the Newark Academy Fencing Team for six years, during which time the team was the NJSIAA state champions three times.

One day I was sitting among the faculty in my regalia at commencement and the next I was eating pizza in the bustling city of Naples.

NA Artist and Teacher Discovers

The Golden Light of Italy

by Elaine Brodie, Arts faculty

The cobble-stoned streets glisten a rich gold as the sun begins to set behind the western wall of the old city of Viterbo. Each July evening, the city is bathed in a warm, reflective light that makes every surface glow. The medieval structures made up of stones, arches, doorways and towers never cease to delight me as I stroll along the narrow streets, peeking up each alley to get a glimpse of what architectural surprise might be waiting there.

Clotheslines stretch across with garments adding a splash of color across the cool, blue passages. It is early evening, and the shop owners are busyputting out signs and setting their wares just outside their doors to entice customers.

The Siesta is over, now that the hottest part of the day has receded with the setting sun, and the streets are bustling. Lovers stroll holding hands. Children kick soccer balls back and forth and teenagers move in large groups shouting and taunting in Italian, while eating gelato. All of this is bathed in a rich, yellow light, the golden light of Italy

I tried to capture this mystical atmosphere with my camera at every opportunity, but rarely did the image do justice to the feeling that swept over me as my eyes feasted on the colors, the textures and the contrasts. I soon learned to just drink in the moment marveling at my good fortune, while whispering softly to myself, “Thank you, Newark Academy!”

I was granted this opportunity when NA provided a sabbatical to travel and study in this beautiful country for six weeks. One day I was sitting among the faculty in my regalia at commencement and the next I was eating pizza in the bustling city of Naples. After two weeks of travel, I settled in Viterbo to spend the final four weeks, taking classes in art history and landscape painting.

In Viterbo I lived a beautifully simple life. My small apartment with its charming garden and apricot tree

After two weeks of travel, I settled in Viterbo to spend the final four weeks taking classes in art history and landscape painting. Eveywhere I looked, I found charming architecture that was textured and rich in color with dramatic shadows as the early morning light splashed across the piazza.

Tuscania is another magnificent town perched high on a hill and it was there that we all placed our canvases on the great wall and painted the valley below capturing the patches of farmland as far as the eye could see.

became my home, my studio and my sanctuary. I hand-washed my clothes and hung them in the hot sun. I prepared pasta dishes using the fresh ingredients purchased that day in the local market and savored them with a red wine bottled in the neighboring hills of Tuscany. Without phone or television, I spent my days painting, reading, journaling, and visiting local towns each with their own unique charm. The piazzas, the cathedrals, the weathered, ancient buildings were all bathed in that golden light.

I stepped off the local bus with easel, brushes and canvas in tow and searched for just the right site to capture in paint. I rendered fountains, villas, hay fields and the sun splashed streets of the old city of Viterbo. It was thrilling to see these sites come to life under my brush in this beautiful country and in la luce dorata d’Italia, the golden light of Italy. NA

The villa Lante was a favorite of mine, with its gardens, fountains and grand views of the town of Bagnaia below.

AFTER YEARS OF TEACHING ART,

I found myself in the role of a student eagerly absorbing all of the information imparted to me. I learned that the Etruscans occupied this very land before the Romans rose to power and I was enthralled as we toured museums and climbed down into tombs to view the spectacular artifacts of this ancient culture. To my delight, I learned that the Etruscans were amazing potters and I was inspired to design lessons for my ceramic classes that would bring Etruscan designs to life in the NA studios. I planned to showthese vessels to my own students and ask them to make pieces inspired by these early potters.

NA COMMUNITY ART EXHIBIT • JANUARY 2011 • IN THE RIGHT LIGHT

The McGraw Gallery features a variety of monthly exhibits with both professional and student works of art. The most highly anticipated show of the year has become the schoolwide community exhibit in January which displays art created by faculty, staff, students, parents and alumni, based on a theme or concept.

Inspired by the “golden light of Italy,” this year’s theme is focused on light — illumination, such as the sun, a lamp or a flame, or a smile that lights up a face, spiritual enlightenment, or the “light at the end of a tunnel.” There are countlessways to express “light” through art. Submissions are accepted through the first week of January.For more information, contact Elaine Brodie, (973) 992-7000, ext. 322; ebrodie@newarka.edu.

With canvas, easel and brushes, it became my mission to capture the magical light of Italy in paint.

Immersion Emergence

Newark Academy’s fledgling Immersion Experience Program is spreading its wings as it enters into its second successful year. The program, which requires future graduates beginning with the Class of 2013 to engage in a significant foreign language culture, community service or wilderness experience during their time at NA, is evolving and growing into an expansive program ripe with potential.

In addition to two students who are currently participating in the School Year Abroad program — Paul Dillon ’12 in Vietnam and Sharika Tharani ’12 in Spain — 49 students participated in Newark Academy’s faculty-led immersion trips last summer. These experiences included traveling to Pontevedra, Spain; traveling to Fountainebleau and La Rochelle, France; working on an organic farm at Four Springs Farm in Vermont; and camping, hiking and canoeing in the Delaware Valley.

Another four students participated in NA-approved external immersion experiences during the summer with School Year Abroad, Outward Bound and Wilderness Ventures.

THE SIMPLE LIFE

Living and Working on an Organic Farm in Vermont

Six Newark Academy students got back to basics during their immersion trip to Four Springs Farm in Vermont last summer. Morning chores, harvesting vegetables, caring for livestock, milking cows and cultivating the land kept them busy from dawn to dusk as they acclimated to the demands of life and work on a fully operational, rural, organic farm.

“The goal was to offer students an enriching opportunity to experience and learn from the natural world,” said faculty member and immersion trip leader Arlene Jachim. “At Four Springs Farm, they literally lived off the land, learning a good deal about small farm operations and problem solving along the way.”

Four Springs Farm is a diversified organic farm with vegetable gardens, open fields, woods and streams – an ideal setting for learning about the natural environment. The farm operation also includes greenhouses, an orchard and a buttermilk bakery. For two weeks, students slept in roughhewn bunkhouses and prepared their own meals from food produced on the farm.

“This trip gave me the opportunity to live in the shoes of a farmer for two weeks, and my perspective of the world was definitely changed by learning how to care for crops, animals, and the world we live in,” said Grace Li ’13. “It was an unforgettable experience.”

As members of a full-time farming operation, NA students had the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in the rural agricultural system that once was the backbone of America. In addition to participating in the farm work itself, they learned technical information about plants, farm ecosystems, food preparation and carpentry. Discussions on topics like the social and political aspects of organic agriculture and agribusiness were also important components of the experience.

Jachim concluded, “Students got to observe and put into practice the methods employed by local farmers and community members who work together to produce and share organic goods. I truly believe this experience will serve as a lifelong lesson to these kids, empowering them to understand, respect and participate in the care of the natural world for the rest of their lives.”

Paul Dillon ’12

School Year Abroad: Vietnam

Paul is living with a family in Hanoi, the capitol of Vietnam and a city of five million. Here is an entry from his journal.

SWEAT

One thing has accompanied me throughout my stay in Vietnam, from the moment I stepped off the plane to the second I type this word: perspiration. I am the kind of greasy teenager who could manage to break a sweat in a meat locker; Vietnam’s climate compounds this quality. Therefore, I am practically always sweating. I spontaneously produce stickiness,either in great torrents, as when I am doing any kind of exercise, or in concurrent miniscule outbreaks.

Yesterday, I earned my sweat doing tourist’s agriculture. My job was to shovel open the rich earth so my group could plant trees. I was dressed impractically, like I always was and will be in Vietnam. A long-sleeved black shirt and cargo heavy shorts helped work up a monster of a sweat as I moved among the rows of cassava plants, broad-leafed shrubs that grew to about five feet. Feeling virtuous after a half hour of sweaty, dirty agriculture, I hacked my last hole and the call came to leave. I turned my back to the field and the sun burned its way into my neck. Then I saw the hard old man who showed us how to use the shovels and plant the trees, staring at us with equanimity. He watched the foreigners who poured out of a bus to work in pursuit of a good conscience and retreated quickly when they had a taste. He had a long day ahead of him, and a long life behind him, full of work like this: bending over, squatting down in the muck, standing up again, wiping his brow, and watching his field grow. I didn’t know the half of it; I don’t really know sweat.

SPRINGING FORWARD

Five students are on deck to participate in Newark Academy’s off-campus study program during the spring term. They are:

Emma Beecher ’12

The Island School, Bahamas

Alexandra Cohen ’12

Colorado Rocky Mountain School

Lila Gyory ’12

Oxbow School, California

Elizabeth Reisen ’12

Oxbow School, California

Jacqueline Goldman ’12

Oxbow School, California

HOORAY FOR HOMECOMING!

October 23, 2010

Alumni from far and wide gathered together to celebrate Newark Academy’s annual Homecoming event on Saturday, October 23. Fans cheered on NA teams, and students, faculty and friends spent a fun afternoon at the Tailgate Party. There was food, music, farm stands and family friendly activities, including bouncy castles, games, pumpkin painting, video game tents and more. It was a wonderful way to spend a fall afternoon and a great opportunity to meet other NA families.

ADVANCEMENT

Return Policy

When Veronica Bernardo, a middle school student at Robert Treat Academy in Newark, learned that she’d been accepted to Newark Academy, she and her family were thrilled. Excitement at her acceptance only grew when Veronica learned that she was the recipient of the Elizabeth P. Reigelman Scholarship, which would provide financial assistance to her parents, Horacio and Lucy Bernardo.

“Receiving a scholarship helped make sending Veronica to Newark Academy a reality for our family,” said Lucy. “We welcomed the help.”

Veronica flourished at NA from the beginning, excelling in her courses, discovering photography, and winning the respect and admiration of her teachers. As their daughter’s successes and achievements at school grew, so did the Bernardo family’s desire to express their gratitude to the Academy for the superior education their daughter was receiving and for the scholarship that helped make it a reality.

“So many good things have happened for our family since Veronica began attending NA,” Lucy said. “But my husband and I both work full time during the day – we currently don’t have the time or the financial resources to give back in a way that we feel mirrors what we’ve received from Newark Academy.”

PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL GIFT

Determined to contribute to NA, however, the Bernardos got creative and began thinking long-term. They planned for a gift that will benefit the school’s endowment in the future by naming Newark Academy as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy. “By doing this, we are able to give back to an institution that has already given my family so much,” said Lucy.

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By doing this, we are able to give back to an institution that has already given my family so much.

The Bernardo family is not alone in their desire to support Newark Academy through a planned gift. In fact, more than two dozen individuals have informed NA of their intentions to make such a gift and are recognized as members of the 1774 Society – a group of Academy supporters who become partners in the tradition of educational leadership at NA by including the school in their estate plans. Planned gifts benefit the endowment, which assures the donor and the donor’s family that their gift will remain with NA forever. NA

One That Will Benefit Both Newark Academy and You Starts with Careful Planning

Gift planning combines an appreciation of NA’s current needs and long-term goals with an inventory of your own financial, tax and estate planning objectives. The result is a contribution that delivers more benefit to us than you thought you would ever be able to provide, and at the same time saves you taxes, preserves your estate, and/or pays you lifetime income.

The chart on the opposite page provides a quick reference to get you started in the gift planning process. It will help you match your goals with the possibilities offered by our gifts.

If you are interested in learning more about including NA in your estate plans, please contact Lisa Grider at (973) 992-7000, ext. 320 or lgrider@newarka.edu.

PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL GIFT

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO: YOUR BEST OPTION IS: YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE:

Leverage more generous support to Newark Academy

Tap one of the most valuable assets in your portfolio to support Newark Academy

Use an overlooked asset to provide substantial support to Newark Academy

Transfer a business or partnership interest without heavy taxation

Support our future without affecting your cash flow or portfolio now

Avoid double taxation on IRAs or other retirement plans

Diversify portfolio; provide income for life or term of years; minimize capital gains costs

Provide current support to Newark Academy and reduce cost of transferring assets to family

Preserve lifetime use of your home or farm and receive a current tax deduction

Appreciated securities (stock, bonds, mutual funds, etc.) held longer than one year

Buy low and give high — “tax-wise” support that costs you less than the benefit it delivers and avoids capital gains taxability

Real estateAvoid capital gains tax, receive an income tax deduction, and remove a large asset from your estate

Life insurance policy you no longer need

Closely-held corporation stock or partnership

Bequest in will or living trust

Retirement plan naming NA as a primary or secondary beneficiary; leave other assets to family

Charitable remainder trust

Increase your ability to support us without affecting your lifestyle

Avoid capital gains liability; receive an income tax deduction; provide support with an asset you may have overlooked

Retain control of your assets during your lifetime and receive an estate tax deduction

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Charitable lead trust Pass assets onto your family with minimized estate and gift taxes; freeze the taxable value of growing assets before they pass to your family

Retained life estateRetain control of your home or farm during your lifetime and possibly reduce estate and income taxes

Betty Newman Scholarship Fund

Newark Academy’s commitment to making an NA education available totalented students recently received a significant boost when an anonymous donor issued a $125,000 matching gift challenge for the Betty Newman Scholarship Fund.

In an effort to fully endow the Betty Newman Scholarship Fund, which was established by Scott N. and John B. Newman in honor of one of the Academy’s most beloved faculty members, the generous donor will match dollar-for-dollar, up to $125,000, every contribution made to the fund by October 31, 2011.

“We are excited by the tremendous opportunity this challenge grant provides us to complete the Betty Newman Scholarship Fund,” says Head of School Don Austin. “It will help strengthen our ability to make NA accessible to talented students while honoring the work of a truly dedicated educator.”

If NA and its supporters are successful in meeting the challenge, a student who embodies academic excellence and possesses a high regard for community service will be named the Newman Scholar for the 2012-2013 school year.

Mrs. Newman’s role as an NA faculty member was far reaching – from the phenomenal track record she had with her Humanities AP students to the creation of the Community Service Program (which has achieved recognition throughout the state) and the NA students’ Holiday Party for families in need which continues today, her impact on the NA community is immeasurable.

Anyone interested in accepting the gift challenge by making a contribution to the Betty Newman Scholarship Fund should contact Lisa Grider, Director of Institutional Advancement, at (973) 992-7000, ext. 320, or lgrider@newarka.edu. NA

NEWARK ACADEMY WELCOMES NEW HEAD COACHES

Minuteman

Football

Steve Trivino has been appointed as the new head football coach at Newark Academy. Coach Trivino comes to NA from the very successful football program at James Caldwell High School in West Caldwell, where he has coached and taught since 1985. For the past 14 years, he has been the offensive coordinator of the Chiefs football team and was a key contributor to their two state championship squads in 1997 and 1998. He was promoted to assistant head coach in 2008. Coach Trivino also serves as the head coach of both the swimming and golf teams at Caldwell where he has garnered six conference coach-of-the-year awards, three in each sport. He teaches chemistry at James Caldwell High School and has served as the math and science department coordinator for 18 years

GO MINUTEMEN!

Winter team practices have begun and our players are working hard to get ready for the upcoming season starting December 10. For a wrap-up of the fall season and news about the upcoming games, go to newarka.edu/athletics.

“When presented with the opportunity to lead this program, I jumped at it,” Trivino said. “Newark Academy is a school of unparalleled excellence in education, and there is no reason why the same habits these young men at NA exhibit in the classroom can’t be mirrored on the gridiron.”

Minuteman

Field Hockey

Gina DiMaio has been appointed as the new head coach of Newark Academy’s field hockey program. The former head coach at Hackettstown High School, Coach DiMaio brings an impressive coaching record to Newark Academy. In eight straight winning seasons at Hackettstown, she amassed an overall record of 111-49-9, which included division championships in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Her 2004 and 2005 teams were ranked # 18 and # 17 respectively in the state. She also runs her own field hockey camp each summer for grades 7-12, with the focus on strength and conditioning, as well as individual skill work.

IB-lieve IB-lieve

NA Celebrates 20 Years of the International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is booming, gaining popularity across the country and around the globe. Ahead of its time, Newark Academy has been encouraging students to explore cultures and expand minds through this program for the past 20 years. Since 1990, NA has been authorized to offer this prestigious diploma, although the program itself has only just recently become the worldwide educational phenomenon it is today.

“DNewark Academy adopted the IB program in 1990 in an effort to reinforce its mission statement, which recognized the need to strengthen the school’s international scope.

esigned for grades 11 and 12, the International Baccalaureate diploma program emphasizes scholarship, intellectual inquiry and international understanding. In many ways, the IB program defines Newark Academy because it aligns so seamlessly with the school’s educational philosophy, which encourages students to think for themselves. Its rigor is unparalleled, but its emphasis is on balance – of academic inquiry, testing assumptions, employing an international focus and developing skills. Unlike AP courses (which are more about content mastery culminating in a highly specific exam), IB courses challenge students to think for themselves, dig deep for the implications of knowledge, and regularly produce work that is assessed in a variety of ways, including the writing of an independently written 4,000-word extended essay.

The IB program is the most respected pre-university curriculum in the world. Students who do not choose to pursue the full IB diploma may enroll in individual courses, so IB is embraced at some level by virtually every junior and senior at Newark Academy for its cohesive, intellectually stimulating offerings. The successful completion of each IB course may be used for credit and/or advanced placement in college.

”Full IB diploma candidates pursue advanced study in six academic areas over a two-year period, and they are also required to spend at least 150 hours volunteering in community service projects and participating in the arts and athletics. Newark Academy was the first New Jersey school to offer the IB, and we continue to graduate the region’s highest number of IB diploma recipients.

Newark Academy adopted the IB program in 1990 in an effort to reinforce its mission statement, which recognized the need to strengthen the school’s international scope. According to IB Coordinator Neil

Stourton, the international political climate of the day served as a catalyst for change within the NA community itself. “The year 1990 was a pivotal point in history: the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany seemed to promise a new world order. My understanding is that joining the IB degree program was a way for NA to understand and influence the shape of this new world.”

Stourton noted that, although there was some concern among the faculty about an outside organization influencing NA’s curriculum, former Head of School Allen Strand believed in its merit and felt IB was worthy of further investigation. The more he learned about IB, the greater proponent Strand became. Newark Academy passed its accreditation from the International Baccalaureate Organization, and became the first school in New Jersey (and still the only independent school) to offer the diploma.

IB classes were small in the beginning, with just a handful of students earning diplomas each year.

“That has certainly changed,” Stourton reflected. “As coordinator of the program for the past five years, I have seen it grow to include approximately 25 percent of the senior class earning the full diploma each year, and the remainder of the class taking individual subjects for certificates. I believe its current popularity stems from the program’s creative and challenging approach to exams and coursework requirements.”

“We definitely see a trend in the application process showing more and more families inquiring about the IB program,” added Will Taylor, Director of Admission. “IB has a reputation for quality and high standards for pedagogical leadership. It’s a great resource to us in attracting well-grounded students who value a global perspective.”

Manasvini Baba’10 and Neil Stourton, IB Coordinator

FACULTY REFLECTIONS

Faculty members who teach IB classes are delivering a rigorous academic curriculum whose breadth and depth of inquiry challenges Newark Academy’s most able students. Currently, 24 members of the

NA faculty teach in the IB program, which covers 23 courses in six subject areas. Each teacher brings

an awareness and interest in the wider world around them, nurturing students as they grow as global scholars. Here four faculty members share their unique perspectives:

READING INTO IT READING INTO IT

Lou Scerra Reflects on IB English

Iattended a high school where the number of Advanced Placement (AP)tests you suffered through became a badge of honor. The month of May meant no classes, but rather a torturous pentathlon or heptathlon of grueling three-hour events, where winners werehard to identify. At the time, the series of events seemed more like a rite of passage than an educational experience.

When I came to Newark Academy, it touted itself as an IB school; a nameless friend nonchalantly informed me that it was“another version” of AP. After teaching twoyears of IB English, I can definitively tell you it’s not. Hardened by (and even secretly proud of) my own test-taking travails, I wasquickly shocked at the diversity of text, assessment and pedagogical approach in our IB English curriculum.

Above all else, IB English acknowledges and ratifies the power of the reader. The course mandates that independent thinkers create personal responses to the texts at hand. Instead of students regurgitating standard criticism of a few dozen canonicaltexts, everyone in the seminar bears the responsibility of reading literature from around the world carefully, thinking about it critically,

and then expressing themselves persuasively. Students must also learn to see form and content as two halves of the same whole. The assessments of IB English compel students to observe, critique and practice the art of self-expression in both oral and written forms.

Despite the multiplicity inherent in the curriculum, I continue to be shocked at the parallels routinely located by IB English students. Readers grappling with the personal and existential issues of Hamlet during one cycle encounter the same concerns several continents and centuries away in Kawabata’s Thousand Cranes duringthe next. Suchmoments not only reaffirm my belief in the need for and power of selfexpression, but also make my time in the classroom incredibly rewarding.

“While the IB English assessments faced by our students push them to their absolute limits as readers, writers and thinkers, they do so by challenging their brains rather than cramping their fingers, turning their stomachs and glistening their palms. Like a cantankerous but lovable uncle, I’ll always remember when times were tougher, but not a class goes by when I’m not grateful that they are better.

The assessments of IB English compel students to observe, critique and practice the art of self-expression in both oral and written forms.

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DOWN TO A SCIENCE DOWN TO A SCIENCE

Sandy Palmer Reflects on IB

Biology

After eight years of teaching IB Biology, I have to say that the design of the course is an art – and a science! IB is a constantly evolving program, and I find myself ever polishing the structure, content and experiments required by its biology curriculum.

There are three major components incorporated into this vast science program. First, students are required not only to know the content material, but be able to identify past and present uses of its technology and research. Second, students are required to complete 60 higher level lab hours, which must include a minimum of two experiments that have been planned, executed and analyzed solely by the students themselves. Third, 10 to 12 of those lab hours must involve designing and executing a group lab experiment. This is a large-scale experiment and

GETTING TO KNOW THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

by Richard P. DiBianca,Upper School Principal

The most unique classroom component of the IB Diploma Program may well be the Theory of Knowledge course. Students take Theory of Knowledge, or TOK as it is affectionately known, throughout the duration of the two-year IB program. The purpose of TOK is to ensure that very able and very busy college prep students have a safe and consistent venue in which to reflect on the nature of knowledge itself and how it is justified in different ways across academic disciplines. In this regard, it is a course in epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.

typically includes students from other sciences. If all of this sounds like a lot to cover in one school year, it is. It explains why every year IB science teachers tweak their courses, looking for creative ways to make it all fit.

Even with such a large, demanding workload, I can’t imagine life without IB. On the most basic level, I have a genuine passion for biology and enjoy igniting that same passion in my students. My IB course allows me to challenge my students to not only know the material, but to apply that knowledge when designing an experiment. My favorite part of teaching IB usually occurs around the second or third week into the course, when I hear students around a lab table discussing how “cool” it is that they get to plan their own experiments. It’s gratifying to know that I’ve made science cool!

TOK is not a normal course. With no tests, rare lectures and no content to be mastered, its focus can be on process. Class is typically organized around a seminar-style table. The dominant form of instruction is discussion with emphases on asking good questions, being discerning and authentic listeners, and thinking critically. Lessons are typically centered on core questions of knowledge, such as “What is the difference between belief and knowledge?” or “Is mathematics discovered or created?” or “Can the quality of a work of art be known objectively?” The good TOK student takes such questions seriously, listens carefully to the opinions of others, evaluates critically and seeks to move the whole class forward in understanding.

Some TOK classroom experiences are familiar to students –namely, writing several five-page essays arguing for or

DANCING AROUND THE SUBJECT DANCING AROUND THE SUBJECT

Yvette Luxenberg Reflects on

IB Dance

In September of 2007, I started investigating the IB Dance course. The course was still in the pilot phase, taught in only 20 schools around the world. With the encouragementof IB Coordinator Neil Stourton and Upper School Principal Richard DiBianca, I conducted research, read through the curriculum guide, and visited a school in Long Island offering the pilot program. I was assured that IB would open global doors, with training and conferences around the world.

In the spring of 2008, Newark Academy applied and was accepted to teach the pilot IB Dance course and my initiation into global learning began. For my part, I quickly learned that British English really is a foreign language – the curriculumguide proved harder to get through than “War and Peace!” I also learned that when preparing to depart for IB Dance training, do not bother to renew your passport until you find out where it is actually going to be held: Cardiff? Rome? Paris? – No, the exotic city of Princeton, New Jersey!

Luckily, the dense curriculum guide and cloudy March weekend in Princeton did not deter eight brave juniors and me as we embarked on a miraculous journey in search of a global approach to dance. Two years later, these eight students have now completed an IB Dance program that changed the way they look at dance. They choreographed sophisticated works of art and wrote articulate essays with a critical eye about the elements of composition. They performed in solos, duets and group work that challenged them to adapt to various styles in order to show their versatility as performers. From Modern, Jazz and Ballet to Tango, Kathak, Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Fosse, Mambo, Salsa, Anusara Yoga and Capobeira, these ambitious dancers rose to every challenge. For each dancer the experience culminated in a 2,500-word research paper comparing and contrasting a familiar and unfamiliar dance style.

The students in this inaugural class remarkedon how much this curriculum pushed them to do things they

against several prescribed topics and conducting a pair of in-class presentations on a TOK-related topic of personal choice. There are also less familiar ones. Students contribute to an online discussion board between class meetings. They may be asked to read something familiar (e.g. “Murders in the Rue Morgue”) or unfamiliar (e.g. “A New Science of Life”) or they may be asked to watch something classic (e.g. “Twelve Angry Men”), bizarre (e.g. “What the Bleep Do We Know?”) or thought-provoking (e.g. online TED lectures). Classroom experiences such as these are designed to inspire and to challenge. Mostly, they serve as prompts for deeper reflection.

TOK is not easy. In fact, there are times when it can be maddening. There are no unit tests to determine what students have ‘mastered’ so they can go on to the next unit. Sometimes – if we are doing things right – the same questions re-emerge naturally throughout the course. How they are considered and resolved is infinitely more important than what their resolution might be. That is TOK.

“In IB Math Studies, students complete a yearlong project in which they pose a question of personal interest and then seek to investigate and answer the question using mathematical concepts.

thought impossible. I knew they had achieved something of great substance long before the test scores were released in July. Of course, I was still thrilled to find that the learning process was rewarded with impressive marks. The future is bright for the IB Dance program at NA, with 14 students currently enrolled. As for me,

I don’t need to be sent to a far off land to experience the rewards of a global orientation. The daily act of teaching these creative students, and challengingmyself to challenge them, is the reason I hope to do this job until I’m old and grey and need a Zimmer frame... err walker. There I go, speaking British again!

IT ALL ADDS UP IT ALL ADDS UP

Derek Kanarek Reflects on IB Math

”hile our strongest math students perennially find challenge in the rigor of the higher level curriculum – which covers topics most university students don’t study until junior year – the students I have had the privilege of teaching in the IB Math Studies class discover within themselves a love of mathematics that allows them to explore the world.

This underscores the magic of the IB program: its emphasis on student-led, interdisciplinary learning is a gift to our students. In IB Math Studies, students

IB EXTENDED ES SAY

complete a yearlong project in which they pose a question of personal interest and then seek to investigate and answer the question using mathematical concepts. The highlight of the year occurs when students present their findings about topics such as optimization of packaging materials, the impact of gender on calorie counting, the aesthetics of mathematical and physical beauty, and the relationship between oil prices and ethanol production. This capstone project fuels the students’ burgeoning awareness that a grasp of mathematics is essential for understanding – and changing – the world. NA

In the summer following their junior year, IB Diploma candidates conduct independent research on a topic of personal interest, which culminates in a 4,000-word research paper. Titles of recent extended essays by the Class of 2010 include:

• The Battle of Adwa (1896): Africa’s Lone Victory in the Era of European Imperialism by Tammer Abiyu

• An Investigation into the Firing of a Compound Bow by Brian Knierim

• When Feminism was not on the Menu: Waitressing Conditions and The Women’s Movement by Kendra Kobler

• To What Extent Did Television Create the “Age of Conformity?” by Rex Macaylo

• The French Revolution: The Reason Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall, by Jaclyn Markowitz

• The Samurai and the Kamikazes: How a Medieval Warrior’s Code Justified World War II Suicide Missions, by Hershed Tilak

by Blackie Parlin

If Only Technology Had Stopped With the Typewriter and the Camera

A student reporter from “The Minuteman” newspaper recently interviewed me to learn my views on technology. My response shocked them, and they called me a Luddite, which is not quite accurate. I am a bit like Washington Irving in my ambivalence about technology. Irving’s delightful home, Sunnyside, was located on the east shore of the Hudson River near Tarrytown. Before the Civil War, the precursor of the New York Central Railroad constructed a line up the shore of the river to Albany. Irving railed against this technological intrusion which belched smoke and blocked his panoramic view. In time, though, he grew reconciled, as he realized the railroad would enable him to visit distant friends, even in mud season.

Iused to say that I wished technological development had stopped at the time of McKinley. That would give us the ball bearing, typewriter, Eastman Kodak camera, fountain pen, light bulb, telephone and bicycle.

“What more do we need?” I used to ask. Then my wife would remind me that, when our beloved little daughter

recovered from a terrible illness, the doctor said that two years previously what saved her life had not been developed. Scientific and technological advance is so intertwined and intercausitive that it seems impossible to isolate the desirable and eschew the undesirable. But, I do have an inchoate nostalgia for times less dominated by technology.

When I see today’s students perilously dominated by technological gizmos and distractions, I contrast their lives to less fettered lives of earlier times. I carried to high school only my books, pencil and baseball mitt. The school provided a hallway hook for coat and mitt. In all my high school years we gizmo-deprived students never saw a photographic slide or a movie in school and only once listened to the radio – MacArthur’s speech to Congress after Truman sacked him for military insubordination.

Instruction emphasized words, ideas, communication in speech and writing. Great literature was the foundation. I value this educational base which I received, but I do believe that the film strip projector of a later age

When I saw TV for the first time, a 5 x 7-inch screen in a huge mahogany case that looked like an upright coffin, I thought the neighbors were playing a trick on me.

was an example of technology expanding instruction. This simple device brought visuals and sound to the classroom. The student could now see the pyramids or the killing pastures of Gettysburg.

At home we had the radio. On weekday afternoons young boys could listen to Terry and the Pirates, Superman and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. My mother limited me to one 15-minute program. A bit older, supposedly doing homework in my room, I listened to the Lone Ranger and his faithful sidekick Tonto, and on weekends, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. Still older, having discovered girls and desiring romance, I listened to Your Hit Parade. It was infuriating that week after week airtime was wasted on Mule Train when we wanted romantic numbers like If I Had A Rose From You For Every Time You’ve Made Me Blue, I’d Have A Room Full of Roses

“Ohhh, we’re the men of Texaco. We work from Maine to Mexico, there’s nothing like this Texaco of ours….?”) I have very clear memories of Milton Berle weakening the strands of academic discipline. I would rush carelessly through the algebra homework problems in order to watch Uncle Miltie. But, “what the hey?”

I’ve described the days of my youth to makeclear that technology presented distractions even then, but by comparison to today’s world those distractions were minimal and rather innocent. The young person today is bombarded and blitzed by commercialism, tastelessness, moronic entertainment and titillation which is ubiquitous and inescapable.

If radio occasionally and minimally kept the young from studious enterprise, TV escalated the menace of technology. When I saw TV for the first time, a 5 x 7-inch screen in a huge mahogany case that looked like an upright coffin, I thought the neighbors were playing a trick on me. Later, after my father got a TV “so we could watch the news,” my sister and I discovered professional wrestling with Gorgeous George and Hatpin Mary. We laughed until we fell from our chairs.

In the early days of TV there were some enticing rumors. The most titillating was that a woman in a red dress would appear nude on the screen. I scanned the 5 x 7-inch screen with a magnifying glass trying to see nudes in Yankee Stadium. I struck out. I guess the Red Sox fanswere the lucky ones.

TV and youth culture clicked on with the Tuesday evening, one-hour Milton Berle Show. (Readers, can you sing,

Parents need to identify the essential skills which a young person needs for interpersonal success in the work place and home, and ensure that their children are gaining those skills despite the blur of the technological frenzy in which we live. Analysts are just beginning to realize that computers and related technologies can become an addiction as insidious as drugs.

When I watch kids texting, I picture myself as an eighth grader telephoning Louise. “Hello, Mrs. DeBaun, this is Blackie. May I please speak to Louise?” Then, ecstasy, the voice of Louise, but agony, the need tobe verbally clever and interesting immediately, no chance to work out slowly the text message.

I’m not technologically savvy or close enough to the teenage culture to be able to give specific advice, but I reiterate my heartfelt convictions that in this brave new world of technology, parents need to realize their responsibility to make certain that their children develop the humanistic values and skills. Politeness should remain a virtue. Good discussion at the dinner table with no cell phones or iPads is a good start. The family might discuss the prescient warnings about technology given almost a century ago by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley NA

ALUMNI NEWS

MESSAGE FROM LEO M. GORDON ’69, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF GOVERNORS

For the Alumni Association’s Board of Governors, this school year’s buzzword is “connectivity.” We are offering a series of events and programs to bring alumni of all generations together to renew friendships and interact with one another. The goal is simple — to assist all members of our NA alumni community, whether you are just at the beginning of your career, seeking to change course, or trying to find new interests later in life.

The networking and mentoring program started two years ago is experiencing tremendous success and we are looking forward to future endeavors. On January 4, 2011, we will have programs for the in-college alumni, focusing on mentoring opportunities, including how to get an internship, crafting a resume and building your network so that you can be prepared for the workplace.

Last January we had over 150 alumni at the New York Networking Night. We will gather again on January 6, 2011 at the Penn Club to connect young and experienced alumni, as well as share advice and guidance on how to move forward in these unique economic times. We are also offering a job posting service through the NA networking program. Many alumni have identified job opportunities in their companies; visit our alumni job board at alumni.newarka.edu for postings.

To connect with current students, we plan to bring alumni to the Academy throughout the year to share experiences and provide perspectives on how NA prepared them to meet the challenges of college life and beyond. If you have a unique perspective on your Newark Academy experience or how that experience has helped you in your professional, business or volunteer life, please let us know.

The Alumni Office has also created new opportunities like the NA Alumni Book Club, which features discussions and commentary by your favorite faculty members. The new Breakfast Club engages alumni in informal discussions led by experts from the NA alumni community on important and timely topics such as healthcare, elder care and small business networking.

For those interested in travel, we invite you to join in the inaugural NA Alumni Travel Program and build memories that will last a lifetime with fellow alumni on a 10-day trip to Italy in June 2011. Finally, NA will hit the road to visit Washington, D.C., and other cities throughout the school year to connect with alumni.

We look forward to seeing many of you as we come together to participate and connect throughout the coming year.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

The Alumni Association Board of Governors is seeking nominations for the 2011 Alumni Awards to be presented at the Alumni Awards Reception at Reunion 2011. If you are interested in nominating a classmate for consideration, please contact Nancy McGaughan (nmcgaughan@newarka.edu, (973) 992-7000, ext. 367).

Alumni Achievement Award:

Presented to those graduates who have distinguished themselves in their fields of endeavor, whether in public life, the professions, the arts, or in business.

Fulton MacArthur Award:

Presented to those graduates who have distinguished themselves through loyal and dedicated service to the Alumni Association and to Newark Academy.

Board of Governors Medal: Presented to those graduates who exemplify the best of Newark Academy by their generosity of spirit and time and sustained long-term volunteer service for the advancement of the Academy.

Athletic Hall of Fame Award:

Presented to a graduate who has brought honor, merit and recognition to Newark Academy through excellence in the field of athletics.

The Distinguished Faculty Award: Presented to a former or current faculty member in recognition of his or her significant impact upon the educational development of the students of Newark Academy.

We welcome your input and look forward to hearing about the accomplished alumni you suggest.

NEW ALUMNI PROGRAMS OFF TO A GREAT START!

THE ALUMNI BREAKFAST CLUB meets four times a year and offers alumni the chance to come together to learn about, and to discuss, the important issues which impact them. Come join us for a casual breakfast and meaningful discussion, or join us from home through our new live meeting link. You can sign up for one or all of the sessions. We had our first session in October where the issues of elder care were addressed. This was an enlightening discussion – make sure you are part of the next installment of this series when Stacey Bradford ’89 talks about “Affording Parenthood” at Newark Academy on April 5, 8:30 a.m.

THE NA ALUMNI BOOK CLUB presents an opportunityfor alumni to continue learning from their favorite Newark Academy faculty members even after they have graduated. Sign up for one or all of the book club discussions and spend a pleasant evening with your fellow alumni and faculty or join us from home through

“WOMEN OF NA” LUNCHEON

our new live meeting link. In September, Blackie Parlin led a discussion on The Publisher , a biography of Henr y Luce, and in November, Amy Schottland shared her thoughts with alumni about The Unaccustomed Earth by Jumpha Lahiri. Join us for the next book club meeting on April 7 at 7:00 p.m. The book is East of Eden by John Steinbeck and the discussion will be led by Alex Mahoney

Did you ever wish you lived closer to NA just so you could attend alumni events? Now you can be part of the discussion no matter where you live. Just log-in at alumni.newarka.edu, RSVP and give us your e-mail address. We’ll send you the link to join us live!

Visit our new Alumni Community at alumni.newarka.edu to get more information about the dates and times of these new events and to register to attend. Questions?Contact Nancy McGaughan at nmcgaughan@newarka.edu.

During Homecoming Day, Newark Academy celebrated the Women of NA at a luncheon honoring three outstanding women: former humanities teacher Betty Newman, Dean of Students Pegeen Galvin and former trustee Ellen Polaner. These revered women have made lasting contributions to the NA community through their generosity and dedication.

Some of the women in attendance included: Pegeen Galvin, Beverly Anish Levinson ’91, Rashea Williams Hall ’95, Odette Rodriguez ’05, Kalenah Witcher ’87, Betty Newman and Maria Rice Bellamy ’85 Betty Newman, Pegeen Galvin and Ellen Polaner

RECEPTION

CLASSREPBREAKFAST

Homecoming and Reunion Day began with a Class Rep breakfast attended by alumni from the Classes of 1954-2006. They were addressed by Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jon Olesky ‘74 and Van Stevens ’65, Co-Chair of the Alumni Board of Governors Annual Fund Committee. Awards were presented to the Class of 1959, winner of the 1903 cup and to the Class of 1960, winner of the Ad Lumen Award.

which took place as part of Reunion 2010, honored the following:

Distinguished Faculty Award: Carol Heaney (posthumous)

Accepted by Carol’s children, Seamus Heaney and Bridget Heaney

For more information about the stellar achievements of our honorees, please visit alumni.newarka.edu

Fred Katz ’60 accepted the Ad Lumen Award from Van Stevens ’65

Alex Senchak ’02, David Mazzuca ’03, Alison Poole ’00

Jed Rosenthal ‘93, Matt Gertler ’90, Richard Worth ’91

Art Williams ’81 and Gabe Gaviola ’05

Alisa Laudicina, Assistant Director of Annual Giving, and Eric Williams ’75

Alumni Achievement Award: Roger Lowenstein ’60

Athletic Hall of Fame Award: Lauren Jackson ’85

Accepted by Arlene Jachim

Distinguished Faculty Award: Henry Bartol (posthumous)

Accepted by Hank’s family, Laurie Bellis, Jane Bartol, David Bartol and Aileen DeVoe

Fulton MacArthur Award: Van Stevens ’65 and Scott Russell ’65

REUNION 2010

Back to School

ALUMNI C AREERS IN EDUC ATION

Whether it was an immediate calling to affect the future for young learners, or a career shift made in search of a more meaningful profession, many Newark Academy alumni have turned to teaching as their occupation. Their careers in the educational field include positions as teachers, mentors, tutors, trainers and administrators The settings are as varied as a corporate training classroom and a charter school in Chinatown. The common denominator is a passion for learning and a desire to inspire others as they seek understanding

AMERIC A’S GO T TALENT: Jason Cali ’05

One of the newest and most innovative programs for aspiring teachers is Teach For America.This program recruits outstanding recent college graduates from all backgrounds and career interests to commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools.Teach For America provides the training and ongoing support necessary to ensure that their teachers succeed in low-income communities. “Corps members”go above and beyond traditional expectations to lead their students to significant academic achievement,despite the challenges of poverty and the limited capacity of the school system.

Attracted to the organization’s mission of eliminating educational inequity,Jason Cali ’05 applied and was accepted to its extremely competitive program.After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009,he made a two-year commitment to Teach For America,taking a position with an inner-city school in Washington,D.C.

“I was drawn to Teach For America because I wanted to push myself as a person,while also giving back,”Jason reflected.“This particular program strives to show that students in low-income communities can achieve at high levels,and that really rang true for me.”

Influenced by stories of his father’s teaching experience in the Bronx,Jason knew that his choice would be challenging, but he also knew the positive effect teaching had on his father’s life.Now in his second year,Jason is teaching sixth grade mathematics at a charter school.He teaches five classes each day and coaches the soccer teams.He is also taking graduate courses at American University toward a master’s degree in education.

“It’s been an incredible experience so far.I’ve never workedas hard as I have this year,and while I certainly do my fair share of complaining,I’m very glad that I made the decision I did.While I am theoretically the teacher in the classroom, I learn something from my kids every day.Sometimes I hear about a student’s personal life, other times I learn the new slang of the day. Regardless, I leave school every day having learned something about myself or my students.”

researched companies that would have a need for his combined skills and found a perfect fit with Interbrand, where he was hired as a creative writer.His responsibilities at this multinational corporation included training people within their client companies to write and communicate as “guardians of their brand.”It was a position that enabled him to be creative while he taught others how to express themselves in a focused manner.He found the work exciting,challenging and very interesting.

However,Ben found that he was still navigating his path. Even though he enjoyed his work at Interbrand,Ben’s passion for creative writing,poetry especially,led him to apply for graduate school,and last spring he learned that he had been awarded the New York Times Fellowship at New York University.As part of this fellowship,Ben is spending his first year teaching creative writing to second graders in Manhattan.Next year he will teach an undergraduate creative writing course at NYU.He isn’t sure where all this will lead him – to teach high school, to be a college professor,or to go back to advertising and marketing – but he does know that his love for writing is something he needs to share with others.After all,he recalls, it was NA faculty member Betsy Barbato LaPadula who inspired Ben with her own love of language and poetry.

TRAVELER’S CHECKS: Sharon Ochs ’97

COLLEGE CREDIT: Ben Purkert ’03

Ben Purkert’s exposure to the field of education began with a tutoring position at Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy (CSA),a program committed to improving educational opportunities for low-income,academically high-achieving high school students.Ben participated in CSA from the inception of the program and continued working with them throughout his college career,serving as the lead writing mentor.In addition to tutoring students in English,he guided rising high school seniors through the process of writing the personal statement, or personal essay section,of the Common Application for college.

“It was extremely rewarding to work with so many promisingyoung people and to serve as a role model as they reached toward a common goal,” Ben recalled.

After graduation, Ben decided to take a break from academia to see how his love of teaching and creative writing could translate in the business world.He

For Sharon Ochs ’97,the journey to teaching began on the oceans of the world.While a student at George Washington University,Sharon took a Semester at Sea,which she credits for changing her life.Her eyes were opened as she experienced cultures,peoples and places that fascinated her.She knew she wanted to travel and live outside the United States,making her career choice imperative in achieving that goal.After two dead-end jobs,Sharon decided to pursue teaching art.

Sharon majored in art and art history in college,so a yearlong certification and master’s program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City seemed like a natural progression. After completing this program,she blanketed the tri-state area with resumes and finally received a job offer teaching art at PS1 in Chinatown.Here she learned that teaching was more than having the summer free to travel; it was also very hard work!

“As challenging as my new position was, I knew that it was the right choice for me,”Sharon explained.“Every day and every hour were different.I had to be on top of my

game and give every bit of myself to my students.I didn’t want to just teach them art,but sought to instill in them discipline,focus and determination.”

Even though Sharon truly enjoyed her newfound career, she ultimately was unable to suppress her desire to travel. After three very successful years teaching art,she resigned her position and hit the road,spending eight months in Australia,two months in New Zealand and several weeks in the surrounding islands.When her 12-month travel visa expired,Sharon returned home to a hiring freeze in the New York City school system.Now she had a new challenge.

Undaunted,Sharon applied to every private and charter school in the area,not just for art positions,but for assistant teacher positions as well.Her determination paid off,and she is now a co-teacher of kindergarten at The Philosophy Day School in Manhattan in a position where she can expand her teaching horizons.Sharon is grateful to be at a school whose educational philosophy mirrors her own; where eastern and western traditions are taught to students along with yoga,meditation and practical philosophy. She is thrilled to be there and can’t imagine doing anything else with her life.Now she has a place to do the work she loves and time each year to fulfill her wanderlust.

SPORTING GOODS: Beth Rasin ’75

“What could be better than transforming someone’s life?” said Beth Rasin ’75 of her latest career incarnation as Executive Director of PowerPlay NYC,Inc.,a nonprofit organization committed to educating and empowering girls in New York City’s underserved communities through sports and life skills training.

At PowerPlay,Beth gets to focus on several of her passions.

“I love playing sports,I love helping individuals realize their potential and I love building organizations,”said the holder of 11 NA varsity letters in field hockey, basketball and tennis.

After several years of volunteering with PowerPlay,Beth was asked to become its first Executive Director almost five years ago She initially hesitated,because the organization had almost no money and no administrative infrastructure. But PowerPlay did have very strong programs that brought sports,healthy living activities and life skills learning to girls in the city’s underserved

communities,where they participate in sports at half the rate that boys do.

“I believed so strongly in the impact of the PowerPlay programs to help girls be successful in life – at many levels – that I bit the bullet and decided I would see if I could help build a sustainable future for PowerPlay and the 500 girls we serve each year.”

It is the educating and empowering piece of PowerPlay’s mission that Beth finds so compelling.“Sports are a powerful platform for helping girls learn the life skills for success – teamwork,cooperation,healthy competition, leadership,persistence and discipline,”she said.“Our elementary and middle school program provides girls with the opportunity to learn several different sports during the year.Each session also includes a discussion focusing on one of several healthy living topics including,for example,nutrition,sleep,bullying and being different.”

The PowerPlay Summer Leadership Academy for High School Girls adds workplace skills training,college awareness,a communications project and mini-internship to the curriculum.“My education at Newark Academy was not limited to the classroom,” Beth observed,“and that experience has certainly informed my vision of the multiple learning platforms we incorporate in the PowerPlay programming.”

“Being an Executive Director of a small nonprofit is an unrelenting job and it doesn’t pay a whole lot.But there are other rewards – like seeing a girl’s life turned around.” Beth shares the story of Xiao Chen,who came to the Summer Leadership Academy after her junior year in high school.She was headed in the wrong direction – skipping class,drinking and uninspired about her future.She didn’t like sports and wasn’t excited about being in an all-girl program.Eight weeks later,Xiao was bubbling with confidence.She had taken a leadership role in producing the Summer Academy video,discovered that she did enjoy sports when she had a chance to learn how to play,and was empowered by the friends she made at the Academy. Today Xiao attends Fordham University and is excited about her future.

”When Xiao said to me,‘I cannot ever thank you enough for what PowerPlay has done for me,’ it was one of the most satisfying moments of my life.”

HEAD START: Paul Krieger ’73

For Paul Krieger ’73,the career shift that changed his life came in his mid-thirties.After graduating from Gettysburg College,Paul traveled the world as an international

...he is happy to be passing on the legacy of helping boys see the value in the challenges,risks and achievements that had begun for him at Newark Academy.

marketing manager for an aluminum company,working in Asia,Europe and the Middle East.He enjoyed his career, but when he was transferred to Fort Lauderdale,Florida, he began to think about moving into the field of education.

“I was 35 years old and,although my international business career had taken me all over the world,I was looking for something more meaningful.I had an enriching independent school experience at Newark Academy with interesting, intelligent,and caring faculty members.I sought to have a similar impact on young people that my own teachers had on me.”

In 1989,Paul received an offer from The Hill School in Pennsylvania to work in their development office. Eventually he moved to the classroom as a teacher and to the field as a coach – days he considers among his happiest because he had so much direct contact with students.

Paul then transitioned back into school administration with a position as assistant headmaster of the Montgomery School. In 2003,looking for further challenge and responsibility,Paul accepted the position of headmaster of the Christ School,an all-boys Episcopalian boarding and day school in Asheville,North Carolina.Today he continues his work there,fulfilling his personal goal of serving and improving the lives of others.

Paul says that he is happy to be passing on the legacy of helping boys see the value in the challenges, risks and achievements that had begun for him at Newark Academy.“Blackie Parlin opened my mind to life outside my provincial world.I am also grateful for inspirational teachers like Bob Hendrickson,David DeLong,and Bruno and Annette Tomaino; they had a huge impact on my life.”

Such strong and positive memories of Newark Academy drove Paul to make the major career change that now allows him to help young men become more tolerant, curious and mature.With a belief that our society perhaps extends adolescence too long and that young people are a lot more capable than they are given credit for being,Paul strives to empower today’s students to be proactive and courageous citizens.

A BUDDING CAREER: Scott Newman ’73

When Scott Newman ’73 started searching for a way to volunteer his time ten years ago,little did he know that a volunteer job teaching in the New Jersey SEEDS program would impact his entire life.The SEEDS program opens doors for high achieving students from low-income families by providing them with academic enrichment through a comprehensive program of extra classes, tutoring and workshops.

Scott had no idea just how much he would enjoy the interaction with the kids and those wonderful “so that’s how you do it”moments when a student has a breakthrough.So when he sold his business and started exploring different options for his next career,his Saturday mornings volunteering with his SEEDS students served as a guide,and teaching jumped to the top of Scott’s list.

Scotts own children were grown and,after years of coaching and attending their games,he really couldn’t see a life living just around adults. Grandchildren were too far in the future, and Scott craved the contagious energy that kids seem to exude.He also knew that he wanted to do something in the nonprofit world,so he sought the advice of former Head of School,Penney Riegelman.After their discussion,Scott decided to apply for a teaching position at St.Phillip’s Academy in Newark.

“Working in Newark has been a real eye opener for me. It’s been almost 50 years since most of the civil rights legislation was passed,but there remains a cycle of poverty in our inner cities that’s not ending.So many children are born with all of the cards stacked against them.The opportunities available to students in the suburbs are in stark contrast to the obstacles facing many of the children in the inner city.I am hoping to be one of many who,through education,are providing inner city children with more opportunities.”

Although Scott grew up in a home with a teaching mother,Newark Academy’s own Betty Newman,and was exposed to wonderful teachers as a student at Newark

...it is essential to cultivate leadership and civic engagement in students from all backgrounds,who may then become motivated to work in public interest.

Academy,becoming a teacher is something that he hadn’t even considered 35 years ago.It was his desire to give back and stay active that led him to a second career in education.Now in his third year at St.Phillip’s as an algebra teacher and chief financial officer,Scott is enjoying his role and eager to face the challenges his position entails.

“We need to find new ways to connect and engage students today.When I attended Newark Academy,we used a slide rule and computers were in their infancy.Virtually every one of the students over the age of 10 has a cell phone and is proficient in computer-based technologies.We need to find ways to make education relevant and exciting for this generation which has been raised on video games, texting and computers.”

LEADING CAUSES: Roger Lowenstein ’60

Social justice and equality have been the driving force throughout each of Roger Lowenstein’s ’60 varied careers. As a college student at the University of Michigan in the 1960s,he became deeply involved with the issues of the day and,in his own words,was “a radical and a card-carrying member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).” He was against most things – except Michigan football.

At Harvard Law School he channeled his aggression for change into productive endeavors and founded the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review,a tiny journal that a generation later attracted the talents of the current President of the United States.After law school,Roger went on to have a very distinguished legal career,serving in both the public and private sectors for more than 25 years.He clerked on the New Jersey Supreme Court for Justice Hadyn Proctor,was a trial attorney in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office,joined the corporation counsel’s office in Newark and was the youngest and first Federal Public Defender in New Jersey.

While practicing as a criminal defense attorney,Roger spent more than 20 years teaching law at Seton Hall University and Rutgers University in New Jersey and Occidental College in Los Angeles. In 1990,a move to LA signaled a change in careers,and Roger became a screenwriter and producer of the television drama L.A.Law.But his memories

of the individuals,cities and communities he dealt with through his legal practice,along with his experiences as a professor,kept pestering the radical in him to stand up for those in society who were not being properly served in terms of education.So,in 2002,Roger founded the Los Angeles Leadership Academy,a public charter middle and high school serving some of the poorest families in that city.

“I was compelled to found an innovative new charter school to create a remedy for students underserved by oversized schools,”Roger explained.“I am particularly interested in countering ethnic segregation in Los Angeles by creating public space where youths from different backgrounds can come together to investigate and address social justice issues.”

Roger’s goal is to get kids to be critical thinkers,to perceive themselves as agents of social change,to succeed in school and in life,and to go to college,graduate and return to their communities as leaders

“Since leadership is currently taught most frequently and effectively to business school students who are largely from privileged backgrounds,I feel it is essential to cultivate leadership and civic engagement in students from all backgrounds,who may then become motivated to work in public interest.”

Roger is proud that this year the Los Angeles Leadership Academy is celebrating its third graduating class.All of the students have been accepted to college,and alumni are currently attending schools like Swarthmore,University of Michigan,Berkeley,UCLA, Kenyon,Vassar and Dartmouth.

“We’re so excited for all of our kids as they step out into the world and engage in a lifelong pursuit of knowledge,” Roger concluded. “Watching them express their concern for others through their actions makes it all worthwhile. It reminds us why we became teachers.” NA

Mountaintop Reflections

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A Tribute to a Remarkable Teacher, John Strahan

by Bill Simon ’69

I graduated from Newark Academy in 1969, more than 40 years ago. My favorite teacher, John Strahan, taught me Russian and German and was also my tennis coach. For each of my four years at NA, indeed virtually every single school day, I had classes with Mr. Strahan. And during each spring, I had tennis practice. That’s an average of two to four hours a day.

Mr. Strahan was always a kind, gentle and patientteacher; very self-deprecating. Although he didn’t really know how to play tennis, he was our tennis coach. He often remarked, “All I ever do is roll out the tennis balls for you guys to hit.” He was gracious in every interaction.

So when I returned from Russia I thought I would call Mr. Strahan, not knowing if he was healthy or even still alive. Happily it turns out that he is not only alive, but as easily approachable now as he had always been.

It was easy to be comfortable around him as he didn’t seek to impose his will on his students, but rather encouraged us to look at the world around us with intellectual curiosity and a generous dose of understanding and tolerance for conflicting views. He taught his students through example that humility was not a weakness but rather a strength. Perhaps in recognition of these traits, my graduating class chose to dedicate our senior yearbook to him.

In the ensuing 41 years since graduation, I was in touch with Mr. Strahan very sporadically, and sad to say, more infrequently as the years wore on.

I recently traveled to Russia to indulge in my new passion: mountain climbing. As part of the trip, I spent several days in St. Petersburg before the climb. On the recommendation of a friend I bought a book of short stories by Russian authorLeo Tolstoy to take with me. In thumbing through its table of contents I was overwhelmed with many warm memories of my Russian classes with Mr. Strahan and I realized how lucky I was to have had those experiences with him.

When I spoke to him, much to my surprise, he immediately recognized my voice and it was as if those 41 years melted away in an instant. I told him about my trip, and how grateful I was to him for opening the door to so many different life experiences. He told me that at age 92 he was learning another language, Italian, because of his love of opera.

I teared up when he told me how much my call meant to him. He told me, “Bill, I am now an old man. I don’t get many calls anymore from my students. So your call not only made my day, but also my week and my month.” I told him he had helped to shape my life, and I thanked him.

So, if there is a Newark Academy teacher who had an impact on your life in any way, I encourage you to reach out and thank them – it will mean the world to them.

Newark Academy faculty members have helped shape the lives of their students in countless ways over many years. To make an Annual Fund gift in honor of a faculty member who had a lasting and meaningful impact on your life, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (973)992-7000, ext. 321. NA

Building a Dream by the Hair on His Chinny-Chin-Chin

Andrew Morrison ’91 Constructs Homes from Hay

by Matthew Gertler ’90, Health faculty

I have to admit, when I heard what Andrew Morrison does for a living, it sounded like something out of a fairy tale. In my time back at NA (from student to faculty member), I have reconnected with many alumni from my era and found numerous doctors, lawyers and a plethora of men and women who excel in all areas of business, not to mention a few teachers. But when I heard that Andrew builds dream houses, I was intrigued. When I heard how he builds them, I was impressed. When I heard the materials he builds them with, I was – well let’s just say I was confused.

You see, about 14 years ago, Andrew started building houses out of straw. Yes, straw. The same straw that one of the three pigs used before the big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew his house in.

I knew Andrew well at NA. We played soccer together for Coach Kacur. He used to sit behind me in Mme. Berg’s French class, trying to hide. I didn’t blame him; I didn’t know the answer either. From my past experiences with him, I knew Andrew was a nature lover and burgeoning environmentalist. So when I heard he now builds houses out of straw bales, I knew the angle had to be eco-friendly. Sure enough, I was right.

Straw bale houses, Andrew admits, is a niche market, attracting men and women of all ages from all life experiences who seek to build their dream home. “Doctors, engineers, retirees, teachers, and people from every sort of common genre that you can think of are interested in this type of construction,” Andrew said. Clients contact

him to either purchase his instructional DVD available from his website, or schedule a workshop where those in attendance learn how to build straw bale houses by, well, building straw bale houses. Orders for the DVD pour in from all over the world, from every state in the U.S. to Finland to the United Arab Emirates.

“It is not just the environmental impact that people are drawn to in this straw bale construction. Many folks are interested in downsizing as children move out,” Andrew explained. “This type of construction is particularly enticing because the materials can be made using any variety of straw available. Rice, oats, barley, hemp and pine needles have been used in addition to traditional wheat straw bales. Whatever is available can be used, providing conditions of density and color are met. Local farmers will usually part with such bales at a reasonable cost. I’ve even helped one particularly resourceful builder who constructed a house out of recycled cereal boxes!”

In addition to low-cost materials, there’s also a significant energy savings. Andrew asserts that as energy prices continue to climb, inter for his product increases, which he hopes will finally allow the perception of straw bale construction to advance beyond something that only hippies and environmentalists desire. In one such case, a customer reports reducing his energy bill from $300 per month on average down to $15. In another situation, a retired engineer from Hewlett-Packard who kept

This type of construction is particularly enticing because the materials can be made using any variety of straw available. ” “

meticulous records – even accounting for inflation in his calculations – insists that he now saves 75 percent on his heating and cooling costs! With savings like these, even the three little pigs might reconsider a house of straw.

Andrew Morrison ’91 is the founder and owner of A.C. Morrison Construction, LLC, a company specializing in straw bale construction. Andrew has a passion for straw bale construction that is matched only by his desire to teach his knowledge to others. He is the creator and builder of the Straw Bale Village, a community of 15 straw bale homes in the National Historic Landmark City of Jacksonville, Oregon. He is a skilled, licensed general contractor with experience in designing and building both conventional and straw bale homes. Andrew received a BA degree from Hampshire College in 1995 in glacial geology. He also has a degree in construction technology. Please visit his professional website at: www.StrawBaleConstruction.net

ANDREW MORRISON’S SEVEN GREATREASONS TO BUILD YOUR NEXT HOUSE WITH STRAW BALES

REASON #1 ENERGY EFFICIENCY

A well-built straw bale home can save you up to 75 percent on heating and cooling costs. In fact, in most climates air conditioning units are not installed, as the natural cooling cycles of the planet are enough to keep the house cool all summer long.

REASON #2 SOUND PROOFING

Straw bale walls provide excellent sound insulation and are superior wall systems for homeowners looking to block out the sounds of traffic or airplanes in urban environments.

REASON # 3 FIRE RESISTANCE

Straw bale homes have roughly three times the fire resistance of conventional homes. Dense bales mean limited oxygen, which in turn means no flames.

REASON # 4 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

Building with straw helps the planet in many ways. For example, straw is a waste product that is either burned or composted in standing water. By using the straw instead of eliminating it, we reduce either air pollution or water consumption, both of which impact the environment in general.

REASON #5 NATURAL MATERIALS

The use of straw as insulation means that the standard insulation materials are removed from the home. Standard fiberglass insulation has formaldehyde in it, a known carcinogen. Bale walls also eliminate the use of plywood in the walls. Plywood contains unhealthy glues that can off-gas into the house over time.

REASON #6 AESTHETICS

There is nothing as calming and beautiful as a straw bale wall in a home. Time and time again, people are struck by the beauty and the “feeling” of the walls.

REASON #7 MINIMIZE WOOD CONSUMPTION

The harvesting of forests is a global concern and any reduction in the use of wood material is a good thing for the long-term health of the planet. Even infill bale homes can reduce the use of wood by using engineered lumber for the posts and beams. The engineered material uses smaller, faster growing trees in place of larger, slower growing species.

A Cetrulo Family Memorial Tribute

yTo Diaz Victor (Dean) Cetrulo, 1919-2010

by Lawrence G. Cetrulo ’67

Fond recollections of an accomplished fencer, a World War II U.S. Army Air Force Intelligence Officer, a Broadway actor, and a Newark Academy fencing coach

The Cetrulo Family, Newark’s Barringer High School, and Newark Academy have been bound in athletic achievement for more than 90 years. On May 9, 2010, they lost one of their most iconic and accomplished members when Dean Cetrulo passed away at age 90. Dean was the last survivor of the eight children of Gerardo and Angelina Cetrulo. Gerardo, 1908 American Masters Fencing Champion, and Angelina immigrated in 1901 to Newark, New Jersey, from Caposele, a town near Naples, Italy. During Dean’s tenure as NA’spopular fencing coach from 1957-1967, his teams won six State Fencing Championships.

At Barringer, the Cetrulos distinguished themselves in fencing, with Gerardo, and later, Gerald II, as their coach. From 1935-1941 under Gerald’s coaching and Dean’s prowess, the Barringer team won a remarkable 90 consecutive fencing meets. Years later from 1956-1959 under the coaching of Gerald II, and led by Gerald Cetrulo III and Steve Cetrulo, Barringer won 63 consecutive dual meets, a string of victories ended by Newark Academy, coached by Dean Cetrulo and led by Curt Cetrulo in 1960.

Dean Cetrulo was already an accomplished fencer when he entered Barringer in 1936. In four years, he was never defeated in foil or saber. While an undergraduate at Seton Hall University in 1941, he was, at 22, the youngest man ever to win a U.S. National Fencing Championship. As a collegian, Dean was undefeated in 96 consecutive bouts, arguably the most remarkable record in collegiate fencing history. Dean and his brother and coach, Gerald II, are memorialized in a life-sized mural adorning the foyer of the gym at Seton Hall in South Orange.

Dean’s performance in the 1948 London Olympics is legendary. He is the last U.S. fencer to compete in multiple weapons, competing in team and individual foil and saber. Before Dean could compete in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, he was unfairly declared a professional, having given fencing lessons to Errol Flynn.

Less well known, but equally compelling, is the story of Dean’s capture, escape, and harrowing flight from the Germans in World War II. Dean was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1944. His plane was shot down near Naples. He was captured, and led a daring escape from a German convoy. Speaking Italian, he avoided capture for months, eluding the German patrols as he made his way toward advancing Allied lines. He was dramatically reunited in Naples with his brother and my father, Guido, who had sought leave from his post in Sicily to search for Dean on the Naples-Anzio front.

After the war, Dean was a Broadway actor with Hollywood-good-looks, who was an understudy to Jose Ferrar on Broadway and on TV’s Playhouse 90 in Cyrano Remarkably, Dean was the real-life inspiration for the hero in the Hardy Boys mystery The Clue of the Broken Blade. Dean was a member of the New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame, the Seton Hall University Athletic Hall of Fame, and the U.S. National Fencing Hall of Fame.

Newark Academy entered Cetrulo lore in 1948 when Mary Cetrulo Caprio sent her son, Bobby, to Newark Academy. There would be a Cetrulo family member in attendance at Newark Academy every year from 1948 through the graduation of Dean’s daughter, Maria Cetrulo Gaal, in 1975.

Thanks to Dean’s coaching, I won two State Fencing Championships and was inducted into the NA Athletic Hall of Fame. At Harvard, I was three times an All-American saber fencer and was named to the Harvard Athletic Hall of Fame.

In March 2003, Gerald, Curt and I dedicated the Cetrulo Family Fencing Room at Newark Academy to the memory of Gerardo, the patriarch of three generations of Cetrulo fencers, to Gerald II, coach, mentor and role model for all Cetrulos, to Guido, Gus and Don, and to Mary, Irma and Elsie. Most important, the dedication was meant to honor the achievements of Dean Cetrulo. NA

CLASS NOTES

1941

Dick Beltram jrbeltram@msn.com

Frank Petrucelli could not attend Newark Academy’s Commencement and the Old Guard Reception last June as he was attending his granddaughter’s graduation from Caldwell College where she earned a master’s degree. He hopes the Class of 1941 is well.

1943

Jim Beckett and his wife have retired from Cornerstone Crossroads Academy, a private high school for at-risk students in south Dallas.

1944

William Haynes was happy that the 60th Reunion at Princeton University was a huge success. Bob Cronheim ’46 was involved in organizing the event.

1946

Robert Cronheim rdc@cronheim.com

Richard Grimley and his wife visited Hamilton College to celebrate his 60th Reunion and to see who else is still “above the grass!” Richard continues to shoot his age or better in golf so he feels truly blessed, but he is sorry that they were unable to return to Commencement this year. He sends his best wishes to the Class of 2010.

1947

Marvin Rothman Mrothman1@aol.com

Marvin Rothman and his wife live in a 750-home community in Somerset, New Jersey. They have many friends there and play a lot of bridge. They

travel often, sometimes with their children and grandchildren. They also have a small house on Nantucket. Marvin hopes to see more of his classmates at their next Reunion.

1949

Ken Baum jackieandken@comcast.net

Jay Shapiro and his wife, Judy, live in Kensington, Maryland. Their four grandchildren live in St. Louis and New York. Jay works at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and is an endocrinologist, involved in teaching, clinical care and research. He is also currently involved in decreasing bone loss in astronauts on the International Space Station (NASA). Judy is a violin concertmaster for the Prince George Philharmonic Orchestra in Maryland and chairs an international competition for young string players, now in its 12th year. Jay writes that he has not had any correspondence with class members for nearly 30 years and would enjoy knowing what interesting things they are doing.

1950

After teaching at Albion College in Michigan for 34 years, Lawrence Taylor retired as professor emeritus in 1998. He and his wife, Jean, live in a home nestled in a wooded area of Albion overlooking the Kalamazoo River, next to the college’s nature preserve. They have enjoyed some interesting travel both before and after retirement – Russia, Norway, Iceland, France are among the places they have visited. Most summers they spend time at their family’s retreat on Squam Lake, New Hampshire, where the movie On Golden Pond was filmed.

After Newark Academy, Lawrence received an A.B. and, following a stint in the U.S. Army, an M.A. in geology from Dartmouth College. In 1962 he earned a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. After spending 10 years working in the Polar Regions, Lawrence turned to teaching and in 1964 founded Albion College’s Department of Geological Sciences, where he remains an active emeritus professor. While at Albion, his research focused on the history of the Glacial Great Lakes covering the Lake Michigan basin, and on the evidence for glacial outburst floods in southern Lower Michigan, the subject of a number of his publications. Lawrence is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Explorers Club, and is now writing accounts of his early Polar experiences in Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica. While a graduate student at Dartmouth, Lawrence participated in a glaciological study of a permanently frozen lake bordering the ice sheet in northwest Greenland. Later, while employed as a research associate with OSU’s Institute of Polar Studies (now the Byrd Polar Research Center in Columbus, Ohio), he undertook the first glaciological study of a glacier in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska. In 1962-63 he was chief glaciologist on a 1,000-mile oversnow traverse from the South Pole to the Queen Maud Range, Antarctica. Taylor Hills, a range near Mt. Markham in the Queen Maud Range, is named in his honor. Lawrence also helped to establish an institute laboratory to analyze dust trapped in Antarctic ice cores. This lab aided in early studies of the earth’s past-

Lawrence Taylor ’50

climate signature preserved in the glacier ice.

Jean and Lawrence have two sons, Chuck, a journalist in Seattle, and Keith, a hydrogeologist in Maine, and two grandchildren.

1951

Kelly Marx nanlowman@aol.com

David Hoag just ended an 18-month period of leading services at a local church that was without a rector. He and his wife spend their time traveling to see grandchildren, exploring new sights, and visiting old friends. To David it seems like yesterday that he was at NA, taking the trolley to school and being reprimanded by Mr. Monica for being too nice when playing football. He writes, “Over 70 years ago, I arrived at NA and was given the opportunity to get a great education. I am most grateful for that. It was interesting to watch the move to the new campus and the school becoming coed. I wonder what the British would make of that?”

1952

Bill Van Winkle Billvw7334@aol.com

Michael Masin lives in the beautiful western mountains of North Carolina. He has only been in touch with two of his old friends from the Class of 1952 and would love to hear from others (nemesis258@morrisbb.net). Michael has three children and six grandchildren who are scattered from California to Florida to Israel. He noted that he really enjoyed the references to his era in the recent edition of the alumni newsletter and

recalled the days of walking from home, picking up Johnny Rizzo on the way, and continuing on through Branch Brook Park in order to board the trolley which let them off a few blocks from Newark Academy.

Bruce Van Vliet and his wife, Diane, are both realtors in Rumson. For a retirement job, they are working very hard, but they do get to spend a lot of time watching the grandchildren play their sports or relaxing at the beach.

Bill Van Winkle and his wife, Beverly, just completed a crossing on the Queen Mary 2, from New York to Southampton, England. Of the seven evenings, four were formal and two were “elegant casual.” Cunard lived-up to its tradition of 170 years of elegance and grace, complete with traditional English afternoon tea, served by white-gloved waiters. The Queen Mary 2 is the only ship with a planetarium onboard. There were four excellent programs, conducted under the auspices of the Hayden Planetarium of the Museum of Natural History in New York. Bill and Beverly also had the pleasure of being invited to have dinner on one of the formal evenings with the ship’s master, Commodore Bernard Warner.

1955

Ed Levitt fasteddie@koog.com

Gerald Seid is retired from the practice of corporate law and is in the process of reinventing himself as a woodworker. He has two grandchildren in New York with whom he spends a fair amount of time, Phoebe (2) and Beckett (2

months). Their mother, Gerald’s daughter, is a writer and reporter for CNN and frequently appears on cable TV. Gerarld’s wife is a psychotherapist in private practice in Princeton.

1957

Pete Hahn wrote, “I am writing with an update on my activities largely because I never see anything from the Class of 1957 and I cannot imagine why. I think there were 28 guys in our class. I was a postgraduate student after graduating from Rumson High School and for my one year at NA I thought I made some good connections. People seemed to like the old campus on First and Orange streets in Newark. I took the train up from Red Bank every day and hopped on the city subway to get to school. On most days, I rode the train with Laird Busse (his father was trustee, Paul Busse ’38). Laird was about 11 or 12 at the time. I never knew what happened to him, but we had a fun time riding the train. That extra year was just what the doctor ordered as I seemed to be all over the map academically. I found out that I respond well to small classes and caring teachers who are challenging in their approach. So, it was an important year for me.”

As for Pete’s current activities, he is retired from education and currently serving St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin as administrative assistant, reception coordinator and event scheduler. He enjoys the job immensely. Last summer, he drove to Telluride, Colorado, with his border collie, Bertie, to visit a former Blair student and his family. It was nice to

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Arnold Minoff ’53 and Board Chair Jonathan Olesky ’74 at NA’s Old Guard Lunch

get away from the Texas heat. Pete hopes to hear from others in the Class of 1957.

David Shapiro and his wife, Jean, are fortunate to have their family living nearby. They are able to enjoy their three children, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren at frequent family gatherings. They were all together last June for a week in Myrtle Beach. David often sees his brother Jay ’49, who is in academic medicine at Johns Hopkins. They celebrated their mother’s 100th birthday in July. David continues work as a trauma surgeon at Tampa General Hospital and as an associate professor of surgery at the University of South Florida. His daughter is a pediatric critical care nurse there as well. David also successfully tested for his fifth degree black belt, the master rank in Uechi Ryu karate, an Okinawan style, and may be traveling to Okinawa soon. On the weekends David enjoys spending time on the water. He would love to hear news about his classmates.

1962

Bud D’Avella bdavella@comcast.net

Carl Ill met former NA teacher Jim Manning for coffee last March when he traveled out to Oregon to see his son and grandchild.

1964

Michael Yogg Michael_Yogg@putman.com

Mark Belnick’s first grandchildren (twin girls!) were born last February to his daughter, Cory, and son-in-law, Chris. Mark also reports that he landed the starring role in the latest revival of Arthur Miller’s classic, All My Sons, in Los Angeles. He played the father in what turned out to be a critically-acclaimed, sold-out run last summer. In the fall, Mark resumed teaching Constitutional Interpretation

at Princeton, while commuting frequently to Los Angeles preparing for a spring 2011 production. Busy times! But the grand-twins are the best of all.

Richard Rubin continues psychiatry research and practice in Burlington, Vermont, in addition to teaching at Dartmouth Medical College. He is also preparing to spend more time fishing and skiing with his first grandchild.

1967

Matt Leone mleone@colgate.edu

Stuart Fischer wrote a book, 100 Questions and Answers About Hip Replacement, which he sent to Blackie Parlin recently. Blackie wishes he had read it 10 years ago, before his first hip replacement.

Wayne Russell and his family reside in Atlanta, Georgia. They welcomed a new golden retriever puppy into their home last December. Work is keeping Wayne extremely busy, with more than 100 Southeast Banks already closed and another 200 in trouble. He manages them all.

Barry Nostradamus Sher’s son, Jacob, worked at a camp for gifted students this past summer

1968

Stephan Kravitz sgk@prodigy.net

Peter Schwartz works in a geriatric medical practice at a large retirement community, part of a national enterprise to bring quality health care to seniors. He has two stepchildren, both nurses, with two children each. Peter also has three children of his own. His son, a sixth grade teacher with a master’s degree in primary education and an MFA in fiction writing, teaches at Greenhills Academy in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His other son, a graphic artist, earned a bachelor’s degree in printmaking

We Fondly Remember

Augustus Lynn Baker ’32

May 26, 2010

Burton L. Boye, Jr. ’40 March 31, 2010

Robert C.K. Smith ’41 June 29, 2010

Edward Kanter ’48 September 7, 2010

Edmund O. Matzal ’51 June 10, 2010

Douglas H. Jones ’72 May 2, 2010

and has recently settled in Tucson, Arizona after living in Osaka, Japan. Peter’s daughter earned a bachelor’s degree in English and communications and is a copy editor for a medical publications firm. Peter has lived in the Philadelphia area since 1976 and occasionally returns to New Jersey to visit family and the Jersey seashore. His wife is a nurse. They hope to travel more frequently in the coming years.

1969

Leo M. Gordon Gordon43b@aol.com

In February 2010, Paul Bontempo was elected by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee to a seat on the Democratic National Committee on which he had previously served from 1984 to 1992. While in Washington, D.C., for a DNC meeting, Paul connected with Dave Drake and Frank Phifer ’68, and attended a Newark Academy alumni event. Paul got together with others from the Class of 1969 for

dinner in May – Bill Green, Leo Gordon, Dave MacNaughton, Paul Kassof, Paul Parker, John “Bobo” Bess, and John “Rocky” Kvernland

Arthur Pittis has been appointed accreditation coordinator for the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America after serving for six years as a member of that organization’s leadership council. Fortunately for his creative life, he will continue to teach theater at the Austin Waldorf School producing two main stage shows yearly. He will also teach speech and mentor other productions. Arthur’s oldest daughter entered a Ph.D. program in German studies at the University of Minnesota this fall, and his youngest daughter, Annie, received her commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. She will be working as an air support control officer.

1970

David Loiterman was recently inaugurated as the Chicago Medical

Society’s 162nd president. David is a vascular surgeon in solo practice, with staff appointments at LaGrange Memorial and Hinsdale hospitals. He previously served on LaGrange Hospital’s executive committee and as vice chairman of its Department of Surgery. He is a former clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He earned his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and completed a thoracic surgery fellowship at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He completed his fellowship in vascular surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago.

1971

Roger Andersen is semi-retired and spends a couple days each week running a company that provides consultant training. Two years ago he published his first book, The Executive Calling, and is working on two other books that should come out this spring, The Management

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

Candia Herman ’74 and Adrien Wing ’74 had not seen each other in 30 years but they reconnected at the Women of NA luncheon at Homecoming last year and discovered they were both planning to be in Arachon, France, during the summer— Candia to visit close friends in the wine business; Adrien to supervise a summer abroad program for the University f Iowa Law School.

Candia’s trip was brief and since she wasn’t sure of Adrien’s timeframe, she didn’t think they would have the opportunity to get together. As fate would have it, Candia’s husband, Stuart Flaum ’73, discovered a post from Adrien on Facebook, noting that she was indeed in Arachon at that time. The two women reunited once again and reminisced about their days as students in Joe Borlo’s French class.

Epistles and The Ten Work-Faith

Tensions. Roger also leads seminars and is a keynote speaker on faith and work topics, while serving on several boards. He is enjoying a slower pace of life and loves having the time to play golf.

1973

It was an eventful summer for Peter Pantages and his wife, Katie, who moved from their home in Allentown in Western Monmouth County to Sea Girt in June. Their oldest son, Nicholas, graduated from law school last year, passed the bar, got married in August and is expecting his first child (Peter’s first grandchild) in December. Nicholas is presently clerking through Judge Massi at Mercer County Superior Court. Their middle son, Patrick, graduated from the University of Nevada in Reno and is student teaching this fall. Their daughter, Sarah, graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, last year and has been working at Grand Bank. She entered a master’s program at Georgian Court in September. Peter formerly spent most of his time in Florida as chairman of Anchor Commercial Bank in Northern Palm Beach County, but is now becoming acclimated to life in New Jersey. Peter enjoys learning about everyone through class notes. He has received e-mails from Stewart Flaum and Eric Sumner and plans to catch up with them for lunch in Edison, New Jersey. He also got together with Bob Hain ’72 and Joe Fusco ’74 in Florida. Unfortunately, Frank Romano was busy at work and unable to join them. Frank lives in

Doug Teiger ’78 and family

1979

Michael Schneck mschneck@schneckholtzman.com

1981

Indialantic, Brevard County, and Bob in Coral Spring, Broward County, and Joe spends his time split between Miami and Bergen County, New Jersey.

1975

Eric Williams eric@walkermarchant.com

John Halligan has lived and worked in South Jersey for the past 27 years where he and his wife, Karen, raised two daughters, Tracy and Tricia. Tracy graduated from Delaware Valley College last year and Tricia recently graduated from Lebanon Valley College. Tracy is engaged, with a wedding planned for next summer. John continues his career as a systems design engineer with Lockheed Martinwhere they build naval systems.

1978

Katharine Weiss DiSabito is proud to announce that her daughter, Anna, graduated from Smith College in May with a bachelor’s degree in art.

Dave Saemann recently marked his first year as a contributor to Fanfare, a journal devoted to classical music recordings. He spent most of the year reviewing recordings of Chopin for the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. More information is available at www.fanfaremag.com.

Douglas Teiger’s oldest son, Zachary, was called to the Torah for his Bar Mitzvah in June. It was a very proud moment for Doug who wishes him light and love on his marvelous journey.

Marc Pindus has been named the interim president and CEO of the The Urban League of Morris County. Marc, a former board chairman of the nonprofit civil rights group, will serve for several months as the temporary president and then will act as a senior consultant to help the organization move to a new administration.

FINDING HOPE

Sue Karlin spent most of her summer in the alternative realities of the San Diego Comic-Con (the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world) and Burning Man (an annual art event and temporary community based on radical self-expression and selfreliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada), which made Los Angeles seem eerily normal to her. As a journalist, she covered Comic-Con

Rob Hendrickson ’81 and Brett Kopelan ’86

NA alumni reach out to one another for many different reasons. Whether they want to reconnect socially, need professional guidance, or wish to talk to someone who is in a similar situation. Rob Hendrickson ’81 and Brett Kopelan ’86 have found comfort in their shared experiences.

Both men have daughters who suffer from a very rare and painful genetic disorder called Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). The disease is characterized by the presence of extremely fragile skin and recurrent blister formation. Wearing a diaper is often enough to create a serious blister.

Earlier this year, Brett’s daughter, Rafaella (2) underwent a stem cell transplant which has led to some advances in the formation of collagen and the development of a small percentage of normal skin cells. While these successes are overwhelmingly positive, Rafi, with her indomitable spirit and sparkling sense of humor, continues to face the ups and downs of living daily with this condition.

Brett and his wife, Jackie, have created a beautiful website dedicated to promoting the awareness of EB and to documenting Rafi’s compelling story of struggle and hope. This family has been a great inspiration for Rob and his wife, Kristin, who’s one-year-old daughter Lizzy has just learned to walk (without ever having crawled!). We wish both families our best.

Brian Stroehlein ’80 and Sue Karlin ’81 at Burning Man in Nevada

Rob Hendrickson and daughter Lizzy

for Fast Company and also ran a panel. Sue and Brian Stroehlein ’80 had a mini-reunion at Burning Man. They had not seen each other in 10 years and while they tried to get others from their old gang at NA to join them, no one showed up. For some reason, they must have found a week covered in dust in 100-degree weather in the Nevada deser t unappealing.

1982

Kristen Brask Coles kbcolesfamily@comcast.net

Jar yn Kronfeld Bloom is president of retail for Michael Kors. She has been with the company for five years and is charged with the responsibility of developing and managing global retail business for the designer brand. Prior to this, Jaryn had been president of retail for Elie Tahari and senior vice president for Kenneth Cole.

Following the sale of EcoSecurities to JP Morgan in late 2009, Marc Stuart, his wife, Sheryl, and their children Walter (14) and Leah (11) have relocated to Upper Rockridge in the East Bay of San Francisco. In addition to relaxing a bit more and traveling a bit less, Marc is engaged in venture capital in the clean energy space with his new firm, Allotrope Ventures.

1983

Sanford Williams was elected to the Manassas City School Board in Manassas, Virginia, to serve a fouryear term.

1985

Kim Griffinger Wachtel kimgriffinger@verizon.net

Andrew Horowitz has a daughter, Amelia (4). He enjoyed seeing all his old classmates at Reunion 2010.

1986

Betsy Dollinger Bernstein Bdb1@mac.com

Daniel Case recently wrote AMC’s Best Day Hikes Near New York City, which, as its title implies, is a guide to day hikes not only within New York City but in New Jersey, the lower Hudson Valley, southwestern Connecticut and Long Island.

1987

Helena Han and her husband, Manos Papakonstantinou, live in Athens, Greece, with their two children Melina (9) and Alexander (2). She invites any classmates visiting Greece to contact her.

Lesli Ligorner is a partner resident in her firm’s Shanghai office where she leads the employment practice in China and anticorruption practice in Asia. Anyone visiting Shanghai or Beijing should feel free to reach out to her.

Michael Weiss became involved with the National MS Society shortly after his diagnosis in 2004. He has been a top Walk MS fundraiser and an MS ambassador volunteer ever since. Michael shares his story with those newly diagnosed with MS and with those in the media to help raise MS awareness. Last year Michael

spoke at the National MS Society’s Tour of Champions and National Leadership Conference to motivate and inspire MS fundraisers across the country. In a previous life, Michael was the longtime stage manager, lighting director and close friend of the band God Street Wine. Michael has been working with the band on a string of reunion concerts to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

1989

Last summer Jason Diamond, a physician specializing in facial, plastic and reconstructive surgery in Beverly Hills, traveled to New York to perform surgery in Manhattan for some of his international and East Coast patients. He and his family also enjoyed a few vacations, one to Hawaii, one to Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and one to Pebble Beach.

Life is exceptional for Jeffrey “Phinn” Sonin in Burlington, Vermont. His ninth year of the Spielpalast Cabaret was well received with nine sold out shows on the Burlington waterfront:

Andrew Horowitz ’85 with his beautiful daughter, Amelia

Jeffrey “Phinn” Sonin ’89 (left) at Spielpalast Cabaret

Matt Gertler ’90, Jason Berlin ’90, Joe Ball and Betsy Dollinger Bernstein ’86

www.spielpalastcabaret.org.

Junktiques Collective, his local reuse shop, continues its mission to salvage goods headed for the landfill. Jeff added that his parents are so proud knowing their Newark Academy tuition created “The Junkman.” His daughter, Esse Luna, is 12 going on 20 and remains the joy of his life.

Allyson Saperstein Tobias and her family have moved to Sunnyvale, California. They are enjoying getting to know the Bay Area and adjusting to life on the West Coast. Allyson has a son Spencer (10 months); her oldest child, Julian, is three.

1990

Matt Gertler Gertma00@yahoo.com

Jason Berlin has been living in Los Angeles and writing for TV since 1999, mainly for comedy and reality shows, including ABC’s Shaq Vs. and Wipeout; NBC’s Tommy Lee Goes to College; and for MTV, Undressed, DisMissed and Next. In the past four years, he has produced or directed two comedy/reality pilots for Fox,

and two comedy pilots for SpikeTV and SciFi with his sketch comedy troupe, The Ministry of Unknown Science. Last April, the 2010 LA Comedy Shorts Festival screened one of these pilots called Operation: Balls. Jason has been doing standup since April and says he is 15 years late for famous.

Laura Gardner Remington writes: “In the past 18 months, I have moved across the country and across town, had a baby, bought my first house, and cheered for my husband as he started a company. Jay and I are happy to be back on the East Coast after eight fun years in San Francisco and Los Angeles. We are raising our two boys in Winchester, a terrific town just outside of Boston. Peter will be four in November. Patrick arrived in October 2009, the same month Jay co-founded Benning Associates, a boutique investment bank. We bought a cute 1890 farmhouse a few months later. I have been running road races and playinga lot of tennis to stay sane.”

David Plotkin was honored as an NYC Dad for the work he is doing through his foundation. You can find out more at www.maxcurefoundation.org.

1991

Richard Worth

Richardworth2001@yahoo.com

Kirti TandonMolinari was married on June 20, 2009 to William J. Molinari III. They live near Philadelphia, and welcomed their first baby, William J. Molinari IV

(nicknamed Liam), in April 2010. Kirti works as a primary care physician in the VA system in Pennsylvania.

1992

Gabriella Romano Lisk is pleased to announce the birth of her second daughter, Viviana, last January. She joins her older sister, Evangeline (3). Gaby and her family live in Kinnelon, New Jersey.

Robyn Abeles Silverman’s year has been a wonderful whirlwind. Her book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat: How Weight Obsession is Messing Up Our Girls and How we Can Help Them Thrive Despite It, was released last October by Harlequin Press. “Dr. Robyn” appears regularly as a child/teen development specialist and body image expert on such shows as The Early Show (CBS), Nightline (ABC), LXtv (NBC), ABC News Now and The Tyra Show, and in magazines and newspapers such as Parents, Prevention, US News & World Report, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. She will be making media appearances all throughout the year to promote the book and will also be doing speaking engagements around the country. Her happiest news is that she and her husband, Jason, recently adopted their second child, Noah Stone, joining his sister, Tallie Paige, at their home in Randolph, New Jersey. For more information about the book and Dr. Robyn’s appearances, please go to www.DrRobynSilverman.com, www.Facebook.com/DrRobynSilverman, and www.Facebook.com/GoodGirls Don’tGetFat.

Spencer and Julian Tobias, sons of Allyson Saperstein Tobias ’89

Troy Powell ’90 and his wife, Katie, had a great time at Disney World last spring

Laura Gardner Remington ’90 with little son Patrick

Liam Molinari, son of Kirti Tandon Molinari ’91

1993

Jed Rosenthal jedrosenthal@gmail.com

Tim Herburger burgermac@mac.com

Sara Beth Levavy is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University This year she is completing her dissertation as a Smithsonian predoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

1994

Rebecca Moll Freed has been named one of NJBIZ Magazine’s 2010 “Forty Under 40” winners. Rebecca is a member of Genova, Burns & Giantomasi. Her law practice includes representing clients on matters involving New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws as well as public procurement laws, and she regularly advises corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, trade associations, charitable organizations, social welfare organizations and political action committees on such matters. Rebecca counsels both for- and not-for profit entities on corporate ethics and assists clients in the development and enforcement of political activity compliance policies, and serves as the Board Counsel for the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey and is an active member of her local YMCA. Rebecca also serves as the Board of Education Liaison for her local Civic Association. The award program is produced by NJBIZ Magazine and honors men and women under the age of 40 who have been making headlines in their field and who share a

commitment to business growth, to professional excellence and to the community.

James Messina’s company, Messina Wildlife Management, is pleased to announce their participation in the 2011 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade as a float sponsor. Their float, “In Good Nature,” celebrates the home gardener and, in keeping with the parade’s theme of “Building Dreams, Friendships and Memories,” shows a gardener’s dream come true: a garden void of animal damage. The float is made up of various repelled animals, bountiful vegetable and flower gardens and two happy gardeners: Jim Messina, President, and James Messina, Vice President, of Messina Wildlife. Messina Wildlife Management was also named one of the New Jersey Family Businesses of the Year.

1996

Jason Granet Grizo1222@yahoo.com

Robin Proll is currently living in Tel Aviv. She photographs local artists and occasionally takes photos at Tel Aviv events and openings for different bloggers and websites.

1997

Amanda Rubinstein Black amandahblack@gmail.com

Jason Gaccione and his wife welcomed a baby boy, Rylen Jace, in July 2010. Mother and baby are doing very well.

Last May, Alissa Hascup was appointed Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Criminal Law

Section. She is an assistant prosecutor in the Trial Division of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

Bree Rosenfelt and her husband welcomed their first child, Avery Danielle Ben-Ami, in April 2010. Bree and her husband, Marc, have been married since October 2007 and currently live in Rutherford, New Jersey.

Jason Marcus opened a restaurant in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn last May. The name of the restaurant is Traif, and the website is www.traifny.com. Jason welcomes NA alumni in Brooklyn and the New York/New Jersey area to come and check it out.

1998

Lisa Shah Sen lisashahsen@gmail.com

Last May, Habimana FonsecaSabune graduated with a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is doing his residency in orthopedic surgery at Howard University.

Jamal Parker was recently named one of the top executives in the country by Food and Beverage Executive Magazine, and was a keynote speaker at the All Candy and Snacks Expo in Chicago, the country’s largest trade show in the industry.

Justin Petite married Kati Reitmeier, whom he met in Charleston, South Carolina. The ceremony was on June 4, 2010 at the Church of the Holy Cross on Sullivans Island, and his brother, Mike ’00, was his best man. The couple honeymooned in Antigua

Jackie Ko ’99 with husband, Greg, and baby Mila

Bree Rosenfelt’s ’97 little one, Avery Danielle Ben-Ami

Rylen Jace, son of Jason Gaccione ’97

1999

Asha Talwar Asha.talwar@gmail.com

Jackie Ko and her husband, Greg, welcomed baby girl Mila Ling Dillon in March 2010. They are just so in love with her. She just amazes them every day.

Sean McGaughan is a production manager at Deep Focus, a marketing and digital media company located in Manhattan. His band Metermaids continues to do well, and Sean continues to enjoy writing and performing music in his spare time. His wife, Susie, is a licensed and certified social worker in New York.

Michael Mestel was married to Lisa Kulak on Labor Day weekend.

2000

Alana Radmin was married to David Oxfeld on June 5, 2010 at the Pierre Hotel in New York. Elissa Rome served as her maid of honor and Fara Leff ’02 was a bridesmaid. Alana currently resides in New York City, where she is a vice president at Alison Brod Public Relations.

2001

Brian McGaughan bmcgaughan@gmail.com Colin Griggs cgriggs@fandm.com

Julie Jacobs earned an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2010.

Newark Academy’s Director of Library and Media Services Bob Mallalieu became a grandfather for the third

time with the arrival of son Josh Mallalieu’s first child, Noah, born in September 2009. Josh and wife Michelle were overjoyed with the arrival of their son. Josh continues to work at Universal McCann in New York as an associate media director.

Brian McGaughan was married to Mary Russell on August 14, 2010 in Manhattan. Brian is an associate at a New York law firm and Mary is a doctoral candidate in a psychology education program at St. John’s University. Classmates Colin Griggs, Ben Loesser, Michele Scotto and Tom Hartley were in his wedding party, along with his brother and best man, Sean McGaughan ’99, and his sister, Molly McGaughan ’05

Todd Rosenfelt has been nominated for a Northern California Emmy Award for his work on a documentary on the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.

Marni Greenbaum Weinberg and her husband, Mitchell, welcomed their daughter, Julie Abigail, in April 2010. The family lives in

David Green ’99 and his father William ’69 tried their best to corral these squirmy puppies at a dog-sledding camp on top of the Mendenhall Glacier outside of Juneau, Alaska, last summer

Jon Erlichman 99, Anthony Floria Callori 99, John Gregory 99, Jason Moll 98, Mike Guido and Edward Hayes

Mitchell and Marni Greenbaum Weinberg ’01 with their daughter, Julie

Elissa Rome ’00 and Alana Radmin ’00

Noah Mallalieu, son of Josh Mallalieu ’01

New York where Marni recently opened a private practice for pediatric speech and physical and occupational therapy called Jumping Jax, located on the Upper West Side, www.jumpingjaxnyc.com. Marni’s husband is an interventional cardiology fellow at Mount Sinai Medical Center

2002

Alex Senchak asenchak@comcast.net

Alex Senchak joined the board of directors for Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, www.ECS-SF.org. The $17-million per year agency provides temporary shelters, supportive low income housing and vocational training to the impoverished of San Francisco. Through the dynamic programs it runs for all age groups, genders and special needs individuals, it provides more than 1,900 men and women with beds and supportive counseling. Additionally, Alex has accepted the position of director of the Winter Interfaith Shelter in San Francisco, a volunteer position. Over 35 organizations of various religious affiliations volunteer to help provide a safe home for more than 250 homeless men during the cold winter. The shelter rotates between facilities in the city weekly and provides meals for the clients, as well as a community that fosters life improvement and long term solutions.

James Solomon is pursuing a master’s degree in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government in Boston.

2003

Lauren Anderson

Lauren.h.anderson@gmail.com

Dave Mazzucca

david.mazzucca@gmail.com

Evan Sills

evan.sills@gmail.com

Jeb Banegas is working as an integrated promos coordinator at the History Channel and is also shooting a short film in New York based on a script he wrote last year. The short film is called City Limits and will be shown at various film festivals in 2011.

Symon Perriman continues to live in Seattle working for Microsoft as a program manager in clustering and high-availability technologies. This year he is speaking at conferences in Berlin, New Orleans and Seattle and contributing to three technical books. Recently Symon started his own business, FanWide Technologies, which manages various technical consulting, domain name services, mobile development and website projects. He recently released MobileQs Trivia which has become a top game for BlackBerry mobile devices.

2004

Louise Ball louisehira@gmail.com

Danielle Grunebaum

grunebad@tcd.ie

Kathryn Pagos

Katie.pagos@gmail.com

Simma Reingold str22@cornell.edu

Last August, Eric Carniol entered Boston University School of

Management as part of the combined MD/MBA program. He will be pursuing a career in otolaryngology/ head and neck surgery and will use his MBA to build a successful practice. Eric lives in Boston’s South End.

The last three years, after graduating from Emory University in 2007, have been very exciting for Lauren Jacobwitz Scher For the last two years, while living in Washington, D.C., she has worked at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center as a research assistant in a Ewing’s Sarcoma research lab. She began attending Georgetown University School of Medicine in August 2010 and was married in West Orange, New Jersey, on June 25, 2010. Lauren’s husband, Danny Scher, whom she met through a mutual friend soon after moving to Washington, D.C., is a Pingry graduate, Class of 2002, who attended Cornell and is currently a fourth year medical student at Georgetown. They are beginning and completing their respective medical careers and also hope to contribute in some way to international health.

Tiffany Shumate is a family education advocate in the Office of Special Education for Washington, D.C. Public Schools. She misses Philadelphia, but enjoys working with her D.C. families. Her best friend, Jessica George ’03, has recently moved to D.C., so she is hoping they will spend more fun times together. She also caught up with Melissa Lamarre and is still in close contact with Scott and Julie Jacoby. Tiffany is

Symon Perriman ’03 and David Mazucca ’03

David Mazucca ’03, David Weitzman ’03and Harold Liss ’03 in San Francisco

Kevin ’03 and Dorian Muench Fritz ’03

considering graduate school programs for the fall of 2011.

After finishing a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, Avni Shah has entered a doctorate program in marketing at Duke University’s Fuqua Business School. She will be looking at the psychological factors that impact our healthcare choices in hopes to improve patient compliance and patient-physician relationships.

2005

Jonathan Allocca jonathan.allocca@gmail.com

Gabe Gaviola gcg9@georgetown.edu

Bridget Duffy bridgetpduffy@gmail.com

Molly McGaughan molly.mcgaughan@gmail.com

Ryan Adeleye is playing professional soccer and scoring goals in Israel.

Julien Cobert finished his first year at Duke School of Medicine in July and entered the hospital wards in August. Last March he ran in his second trial marathon and began training for his third this summer. Julien also began working part time for Proventys, a healthcare technology company dedicated to personalized medicine.

Sarah Kirk is an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer for a nonprofit organization in Manhattan in a program designed to connect low-income people to food stamps and other government benefits. She is living in the East Village and enjoys exploring her new neighborhood.

Emily Litwin lives in Chicago and recently started a new job as assistant to the director of development for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Molly McGaughan is an account coordinator at Weber Shandwick in New York and lives on the Upper West Side. She enjoys getting together with all of her NA classmates and friends who also live in New York.

Doug Vollmayer started the Sleeping Bags for the Homeless campaign to help raise awareness of homeless hypothermia and to collect donations to purchase head-to-toe, mummystyle sleeping bags to protect homeless individuals from belowfreezing temperatures. Something as simple as a sleeping bag can have a tremendous impact, not only on maintaining physical well-being, but in boosting the morale and overall quality of life of those not fortunate enough to have a home. To donate and to learn more about the Sleeping Bags for the Homeless campaign, visit sleepingbagsforthehomeless.com.

2006

Julie Appel jma2147@columbia.edu

Jennifer Errico

Errico_Jennifer@hotmail.com

Lani Mandelbaum ilana.mandelbaum@gmail.com

Sarah Marcus

sarmar88@gmail.com

Asia Stewart amstew@gwu.edu

Matt Brodie graduated in May 2010 from Emerson College in Boston with a bachelor of arts degree in

film making. In his senior year at Emerson, he received a grant from the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for his internship work at Dark Horse Entertainment in Los Angeles. Matt completed his senior film entitled The Burning Baby, a screenplay adapted from the Dylan Thomas story, which he read in Kent Motland’s English class at Newark Academy. Matt recently moved to L.A. where he is freelancing in the film industry with a specialty in cinematography.

Alison Bumke heads to the University of Cambridge this fall, to start a master’s program in English literature. She graduated with honors from Barnard College in May 2010. Excited to be returning to England after spending her junior year at Oxford, she hopes to balance her studies with playing the flute, rowing, and eating caramel slice.

Last May, Azeemah Kola graduated cum laude from Harvard University where she studied history and literature. She also received a citation in French language from Harvard after spending time studying in Paris during her freshman year. In October, she entered a master’s degree program in forced migration and refugee studies at Oxford. Before heading to the U.K., she went to South Africa with her family for the World Cup and then spent the remainder of the summer in both Belgium (where her parents now live) and in New York.

2007

Cate Pfeffer kpfeffer3@aol.com

Andrew Somberg asomberg@middlebury.edu

David Doobin doobind11@mail.wlu.edu

Emily Simon simone@lafayette.edu

Jeffrey Hau finished his junior year at Cornell University where he is

Ryan Adeleye ’05 scored his first professional soccer goal in Israel

majoring in economics. He worked for JP Morgan during the summer in their mergers and acquisitions group.

Last July, Gaurie Tilak founded AIDS Relief International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening global AIDS relief efforts by identifying gaps in national efforts and developing programs to fill these gaps. She recently returned from India where they launched their first project to combat malnutrition in HIV-positive children (a condition that renders treatment ineffective).

ALUMNI IN COLLEGE

OPEN HOUSE AT NA

JANUARY 4, 2011

BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M.

Alumni in college are invited to return to NA to spend the day. Come back and wander through the halls, drop in on some classes, see your old friends, and attend our special programs designed just for college students entitled “What Is Networking?” byBill Kaplan ’69, CEO of Working Knowledge CSP and “How to Get That Internship” by Yair Riemer ’01, of Internships.com. You can get more details and register online bygoing to alumni.newarka.edu andlogging in. You won’t want to miss it!

Newark Academy Alumni CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

ALUMNI IN COLLEGE DAY

Newark Academy

January 4, 2011

NA NETWORKING NIGHT IN NEW YORK

The Penn Club • 30 West 44th Street, New York

January 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m.

NA ALUMNIEVENT IN WASHINGTON, DC February 24, 2011

BREAKFAST CLUB: AFFORDING PARENTHOOD

Guest speaker, Stacey Bradford ’89

Newark Academy • The Eberstadt Room

April 5, 2011, 8:30 a.m.

BOOK CLUB: “EAST OF EDEN,” BY JOHN STEINBECK

Discussion led by Alex Mahoney

Newark Academy • The Eberstadt Room

April 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

NA SENIORS — ALUMNI BOARD OF GOVERNORS BREAKFAST

Newark Academy April 15, 2011

BREAKFAST CLUB: SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING

Newark Academy • The Eberstadt Room

May 9, 2011

MINUTEMAN GOLF INVITATIONAL

Mountain Ridge Country Club • West Caldwell, New Jersey

May 16, 2011

BOOK CLUB: “OLIVE KITTERIDGE,” BY ELIZABETH STROUT

Discussion led by Von Rollenhagen

Newark Academy • The Eberstadt Room May 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

YOUNG ALUMNI COCKTAIL PARTY

New York City

May 19, 2011

ALUMNI LACROSSE

Newark Academy

June 4, 2011

OLD GUARD RECEPTION AT COMMENCEMENT

Newark Academy

June 12, 2011

ALUMNI TRAVEL TO ITALY

June 13-22, 2011

An exclusive educational and travel experience

See opposite page for more details

Please visit us at alumni.newarka.edu for more details and updates!

Alums from the Class of 2007 got together in New York to celebrate the end of summer!

Join us for

Thursday, January 6 • 6:00-9:00 p.m.

The Penn Club • 30 West 44th Street • New York, NY 10036

Panel Discussion • Complimentary Beer, Wine and Appetizers

Panelists:

Rebecca Moll Freed ’94: Counsel, Genova, Burns & Giantomasi

Susan Goldberg ’79: Founder and Principal, Susan Goldberg Executive Search Consulting

Peter Krieger ’74: Principal, MultiChannel Media

Jill Edwards Resnick ’85: Director, Tax Credit Originations, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Yair Riemer ’01: General Manager, Students Division at Internships.com

VISIT AL UMNI.NEWARKA .EDU FOR MORE DETAILS!

Alumni Travel

CHIANTI AND THE ITALIAN RIVIERA JUNE 13-22, 2011

Join us for an exploration of Chianti and the Italian Riviera, two of Italy’s most glorious regions. The journey will begin in Chianti where we will soak up the sun and smell of cypress and olive groves while savoring the pace of Tuscan life. We will then discover the coastal villages of the Italian Riviera and admire vineyards and orchards on terraced cliffs overlooking the water.

This unforgettable experience is priced at an excellent value. For more information go to http://newacd.ahitravel.com/programs/program.asp?sn=ITACHIRV!!A

Or request a brochure: (973) 992-7000, ext. 367, nmcgaughan@newarka.edu