Acorn - Fall 2023 Annual Report

FALL 2023

The Acorn is published by the Marketing and Communications Department of North Shore Country Day for alumni, parents, grandparents and friends. Its goal is to connect our school community, celebrate recent accomplishments and capture the essence of life and learning at NSCD.

North Shore Country Day 310 Green Bay Road Winnetka, Illinois 60093 84 7. 446. 0674

Tom Flemma Head of School

Upper School Commencement 2023

Richard Appel ’81

Gia Anayas Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications ganayas@nscds.org

Christine Wachter Associate Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications, Acorn Editor cwachter@nscds.org

Jonathan Gibby Digital Content Manager jgibby@nscds.org

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 Director of Development mmcdowell@ nscds.org

Tracie Frederick Senior Associate Director of Development tfrederick@ nscds.org

Ashleigh Palmer Weathers ’04 Development Associate— Major Gifts and Alumni Relations aweathers@ nscds.org

Maureen Wilde Development Associate— Annual Giving mwilde@ nscds.org

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Christine Wachter

Writers

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On the cover

Freddie Wacker ’23 takes a selfie before Commencement

Inside front cover Mya Byrne ’35, Lydia SanchezAndersen ’35 and Lauren Gallagher ’23 at the Royal Gathering.

On the back cover Commencement from the 1990s. If you have more information about this photo, contact Archivist Kenleigh Howard at 847.881.8844 or khoward@nscds.org.

Planting the Acorns

Photos and stories about the many things happening across

There is a lot of tough news these days, and many real and significant problems in our world. The pace of change, the volume and tone of our messy civic discourse, and the flood of news and information can feel overwhelming. It would be easy to despair—and sometimes I do. But I also have the good fortune to spend my days with kids—and with the adults who have dedicated their lives to helping them learn and grow. Most days that alone helps lift my sights, and I am reminded that my profession, my vocation, is inherently optimistic.

As educators, we see amazing growth around us all day, every day in real time. It is energizing and rewarding in a thousand ways. Most faculty have the chance to see an even longer arc of a student’s personal and academic journey through a school division or maybe even a lifer JK-12. Recall (if it’s been awhile for you) the massive changes from JK to fifth grade, sixth grade to eighth, freshman to senior year. Growth is always choppy and sometimes messy, but it is nonetheless beautiful. Nurturing that growth and bearing witness to it is an educator’s privilege.

It can be harder, though, to see the long-term impact of our work. An educator’s job is to plant the acorns knowing that we might not see the strong, mature trees that result. When we do, when we stay connected to our former students or

follow their progress through careers and life, we take great pride in their personal and professional accomplishments.

Human (and arboreal!) lives are finite, but a strong school well cared for is evergreen. The fall issue of the Acorn celebrates this and shows an entire school lifecycle in glossy color. Photos and stories about the many things happening across our JK-12 school every day show the seeds being planted: lessons learned, skills developed and mindsets shaped. Look at the joy, the concentration, the pride you see on student faces across these pages. They are works in progress in every glorious way, and they are growing in every direction.

Graduation is always a focus for the fall Acorn, because it is a major transition point not only in one’s school journey, but also in life. Each year we launch our graduates—our new alumni—off to college in a beautiful ceremony with words of advice from students and teachers. Every graduating class of Raiders, in some way, has been told to “use what you’ve learned” and “go out there to make the world a better place”— in short, to “Live and Serve.” It is not just our hope but our expectation that our graduates will meet this challenge.

This year, my challenge to the Class of 2023 was even a little more direct. In the face of our many global and national challenges, I asked them to fight the siren song of indifference—a vice made ever more alluring today by technological oversaturation, the informational echo chambers and the growing isolation our screens inflict on us all. Our graduating seniors are not quite oaks yet, but they are more than just acorns. Their direction of growth has been greatly shaped by “dear old North Shore.”

Stories of our alumni out in the world allow us the chance to see those trees at later stages: Some are saplings and some are mighty oaks; some have produced their own acorns and some droop from age. Each has some rings that are purple and powerful, and each has a story to tell. We share them here and in every issue of the Acorn to show the magnificent and diverse ways that our alumni are using their talents and skills out in the world.

So whether acorns, saplings or young trees, our students grow and thrive only because they are supported and nurtured and nourished by the entire Raider community. Every donation of time, talent and treasure to our school over 100-plus years has supported that singular mission in myriad ways. The people, programs and places that make up a North Shore education exist and continue because of your support and support from literally thousands of others across our history. In the enclosed annual report we recognize and thank those who gave this year. In everything we do, we work to honor those who have given over many years because they believed in our students and their ability to make our world better.

That is why we do this and why educators generally are optimistic by nature. Here at North Shore Country Day, we are particularly lucky, as this is a special place. As one of our former faculty wrote recently, “I’m reminded yet again that relationships at North Shore last a lifetime. That just doesn’t happen at every school. What a blessing to have been a Raider.” Indeed.

—Tom Flemma, Head of School

—Tom Flemma, Head of School

our JK-12 school every day show the seeds being planted: lessons learned, skills developed and mindsets shaped.

“Perhaps no group of new graduates is better equipped to handle life’s unknowns than the Class of 2023. I have no doubt that down the line I will see my fellow classmates on the stages of Broadway, on Capitol Hill, creating an NGO, in hospitals and science labs curing diseases, building the next big startup or thriving in whatever field they choose. … With all that we’ve already overcome, I know we have all the tools in our arsenal to navigate anything that’s thrown our way.”

NEIL BEHL Class of ’23

Class of 2023: Sophie Green, Anika Doradla, Bethany Bulwa and Isi Palmieri

Neil Behl ’23

Ellia Yarandi ’23 and Junnah Quraishi ’23

Buckley Oelerich ’23

Evan Fortier ’23 and Penrose Bigelow ’23

Parents, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff packed into the auditorium on June 9 to celebrate the Class of 2023 and watch the seniors walk across the stage to receive their diplomas for the first time since 2019 after three years of outdoor events.

During the senior class message, Neil Behl ’23 encouraged his fellow classmates to embrace the challenges that are bound to come and to respond with resilience. He reflected on a few ways he has had to put that into practice over the past four years, from what he described as a “frustrating” start to his freshman golf career to having to navigate a global pandemic. “Success is not only defined by excelling in something but also by the personal growth that can come through those experiences,” he said. “The Class of 2023 found a way to rise above and thrive, another example of resilience. And I believe that us fighting through this adversity actually allowed us to grow as a class and as individuals, bringing out our best. We had to learn some really important life skills.”

The seniors selected upper school social studies teacher and Social Studies Department Head Kiernan Aiston and his wife, Registrar and Database Administrtor Erin Aiston, to give this year’s commencement address. The pair offered advice

gleaned from family road trips, mountain climbing adventures and football locker room rituals. They acknowledged that sometimes in life, things don’t always go as planned. “Recognizing when to pivot is not a sign of weakness,” Erin explained. “It takes wisdom and strength and a special kind of humility to admit when something is just not working. I say this because there will be moments in your life, after investing considerable time and energy into a great plan, you find yourself staring across the void at a summit that is clearly out of reach. I’m not telling you not to go for it, but I want you to know that it’s okay to step back. Reassess and pivot.”

Kiernan shared a gratitude ritual he learned from his own high school football coach, with whom he later worked when he taught and coached in San Diego for more than a decade before coming to NSCD. He asked the seniors to put their hands on the shoulders of the people beside them or in front of them, and invited those in the audience to join in.

“Close your eyes,” he said. “And think of somebody who has helped you get here today—helped you become who you are— somebody who has cared about you and wanted what was best for you. In this great moment, in this great place, surrounded by these great people… Thank somebody for the opportunity. Do it before an exam,

a performance, a tough conversation you need to have, or before standing up for yourself or someone else. It only takes a few seconds, but doing it summons the strength and support of the people who’ve helped you along the way. And suddenly, you’re not alone.”

During the final speech of the evening, Head of School Tom Flemma encouraged the graduates to stand up against indifference—in themselves, in their peers and in their leaders.

“We have taught you for many years to build relationships, to connect and collaborate, to think critically, to ‘Live and Serve.’ Each of those is an essential weapon in this fight, and we are not just hoping you wield them, we need you to wield them,” he said. “So that is my hope for you as you leave this place: that you are ready to fight indifference and commit to the hard work of caring.”

Following the recessional, everyone made their way outside where the graduates sang the school song, “Wake the Echoes,” for the final time together. Then the five lifers—Luke Avedisian, Buckley Oelerich, Michael Olatunji, Junnah Quraishi and Ellia Yarandi—lowered the flags and one by one rang the school bell, marking an end to their 13- or 14-year journeys as NSCD students.

North Shore Country Day Celebrates 104th Upper School Commencement

“You all in the audience see your children, grandchildren, siblings and students in the chairs behind me. I see hope and optimism. I have faith in these young people, because I know they have the tools, the skills, the mindsets and dispositions, the brains and the hearts, to connect, challenge assumptions, care for others and buck the crowd.”

TOM

Head

FLEMMA

of School

Teddy Gallun ’23

Thomas Carlino ’26, Alana Duffield ’26, Marina Bullock-Puzon ’26 and Annie Ford ’26

Tom Flemma and Joseph Settimi

Class of 2023: Michael Olatunji, Jackson Baker-Katz, Tae-Won Lillig, Buckley Oelerich, Hugo Hourihane, Sophia Wall, Suraiyya Omar and Penrose Bigelow

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“Being grateful, it turns out, reduces stress, improves physical and mental well-being and can make us feel happier. The mechanism for this isn’t entirely clear, but I think it’s because expressing gratitude connects us to something larger than ourselves and reinforces that what really matters is what you mean to the people in your life and what they mean to you.”

KIERNAN AISTON

Social Studies Department Head, Upper School Social Studies Teacher

Ellia Yarandi ’23

Tommy Hoffman ’23, Niabelle Comeau ’23 and Clark Murphy ’23

Buckley Oelerich, Junnah Quraishi, Ellia Yarandi, Luke Avedisian and Michael Olatunji

Erin and Kiernan Aiston

Bruce Blair ’69 and Meonda Collins ’23

Class of 2023 College Choices

Luke Avedisian

University of Miami

Jackson Baker-Katz

Trinity College

Neil Behl

Harvard University

Penrose Bigelow

Lehigh University

Robbie Black

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign

Bethany Bulwa

Oberlin College

Iva Buric

Stevens Institute of Technology

Ella Capozzi

Syracuse University

Meonda Collins

Virginia State University

Niabelle Comeau

Tulane University

Owen Conlon

University of Denver

Sky De la Cruz

Western Michigan University

Mac Devereux

McGill University

Anika Doradla

Northeastern University

Ryan Falk

Montana State University

Evan Fortier

University of San Diego

Nicolette Fox

Colgate University

Lauren Gallagher

Davidson College

Teddy Gallun

Tulane University

Mira Goldstein

Rice University

Sophie Green

Northwestern University

Emma Greer

Tulane University

Charlie Hayward

University of Iowa

Tommy Hoffman

University of Denver

Hugo Hourihane

University of

Wisconsin-Madison

Danielle Isasi

University of Richmond

Alicia Isasi

Vanderbilt University

Kiran Jorgensen

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rithik Khanna

Northwestern University

Benji Leonetti

Chapman University

Tae Won Lillig

Gettysburg College

Walter Luglio

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Konrad Lundstedt

University of Denver

James MacGeachy

University of Glasgow

Noah Metz

Dickinson College

Ryan Mohseni

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Clark Murphy

Indiana University

Buckley Oelerich

Santa Clara University

Michael Olatunji

University of Pennsylvania

Suraiyya Omar

University of

Wisconsin-Madison

Barrett Owen

High Point University

Isi Palmieri

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign

Johnny Pappas

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign

Samara Patel

Durham University

Alan Plascenia

Knox College

Junnah Quraishi

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign

Margarite Richardson

Beloit College

Jack Ryan

Miami University

Dani Savin

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joseph Settimi

University of

Wisconsin-Madison

Freddie Wacker

Southern Methodist University

Ethan Waldman

Dominican University

Sophia Wall

Clark University

Ellia Yarandi

University of Michigan

Average Class Size

14 Student-to-College-Counselor Ratio

54:2 Student-to-Teacher Ratio

8:1 Student Clubs on Campus

20 Hours of Senior Service

2,333 Conference, Regional, Sectional and State Titles Past Four Years

20 All-Conference Players Past Four Years

214 Students Who Participated in at Least One Sport in 2022-23

205 Students Planning to Play College-Level Athletics in the Class of 2023

5 College Admissions Representatives Who Visited in 2022-23

Number of Colleges Offering Admission to Class of 2023

114 Colleges in 31 States, Canada and the United Kingdom

College and University Matriculation by Region

91

Interests

It’s tough for Richard Appel ’81 to dredge up any memories of his North Shore Country Day years that aren’t straight-up good.

Well, maybe that time when he and his friends were chewed out for throwing snowballs south of the main sidewalk.

“I’m curious if kids are still required only to throw snowballs north of the main sidewalk. We got caught throwing them where we weren’t supposed to. We had to write ‘I will only throw snowballs north of the main sidewalk’ as our punishment,” says Richard, smiling at the memory.

Otherwise Richard, who goes by Rich, and who has successfully navigated not one but two remarkable careers, has nothing but praise for the school.

“In our class, there wasn’t anyone I didn’t like, there wasn’t anyone who was a problem,” he says. “I never had a bad year.”

Rich, a former federal prosecutor and now an Emmy-winning comedy writer, television producer and showrunner for the skewed animated genius of the “Family Guy” show, remembers what brought him to NSCD in the first place. It was, he says, the letters he wrote as a youngster attending sleep-away summer camp.

To say that his parents were underwhelmed is putting it mildly, according to Rich.

“My parents said that when they read my letters, they thought I was illiterate. They

RICHARD APPEL ’81

couldn’t even determine what letters I was using,” he says now.

His parents—Alfred Appel Jr., a Northwestern University English professor who moved the family to Wilmette to take that position and who was also a jazz aficionado and world-renowned expert on novelist Vladimir Nabokov, and Nina Shick Appel, an attorney who became Loyola University’s first female dean of law, serving for more than two decades—decided a change was in order.

Thus Rich’s first day as a fifth grader was also his first day as an NSCD student.

“I fortunately had one of the school’s legendary teachers, Kathleen Collingbourne. In manner and voice, she was an old school British-style teacher. But in practice, she was just an inspired teacher, just a great, great teacher. I loved that year and made several lifelong friends,” he says.

By senior year, Rich was co-writing and co-editing the school’s yearbook. One of his past and current friends, pop music artist Richard Marx ’81, was photo editor, and Rich recalls one of the things they enjoyed doing.

The office where they worked had a door with a small window. “We’d put different comic things in the windows, facing out for people to read. It was us doing little bits of comedy. It was a very satisfying outlet for doing what back then I wasn’t even calling comedy writing. It was just something I liked to do,” he says.

Despite his parents’ academic lives, Rich says his home was open to pop culture. He credits his love of comedy to his dad, “who was just the wittiest person, with the best sense of humor that I’ve ever known. It was very dry, very subtle.”

His father shared his own favorite movies; the first film Rich ever saw was a Laurel and Hardy outing. The two watched television shows like Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows,” and they watched “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” together. He watched “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” paying attention to Rob Petrie’s job as a comedy writer for television.

“It was the only window I had into that world, and it looked so fun,” he says. “It was my introduction to the writers’ room, and it was accurate because Carl Reiner based it on his life as a comedy writer.”

By his senior year, Rich knew that’s what he wanted to do. At Harvard University, he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, then won the right to give the comedic Harvard Class Day Ivy Oration, which classmates had assumed would go to Conan O’Brien or eventual fellow television writer Greg Daniels.

But when he graduated from Harvard in 1985, he instead chose law school. He served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Southern District of New York. Rich jokes that it was his mother encouraging him that convinced him to become an attorney. “I think my parents both thought that Hollywood was a land of mediocrity

There are similarities between courtrooms and writers’ rooms. Teamwork and performance abilities are necessary for both, whether preparing and arguing successful cases in front of juries, or creating scripts that lead to successful TV episodes.

that had no objective criteria, where only the slick and fast-talking succeed. So I think they were united in thinking in a quiet way that it wasn’t a great move.”

He laughs at that point, and says “How dare they!” but acknowledges he, too, was wary; he knew how difficult the uncertainty of television and comedy writing could be.

There are similarities between courtrooms and writers’ rooms, Rich says. Teamwork and performance abilities are necessary for both, whether preparing and arguing successful cases in front of juries, or creating scripts that lead to successful TV episodes.

He did like law, especially trial law, and had mentors such as James Comey. But liking that career wasn’t enough.

As he approached 30 in 1993, his thenwife, novelist Mona Simpson, who’s still a close friend, helped him take the giant step. “She didn’t like Los Angeles, but she loved me and knew what I wanted to do. She told me ‘Don’t wake up at 40 and find you’ve missed the boat.’ It was a big leap, and I’ll always be proud of us for taking it.”

By that time, Rich had already been writing furiously at night and on weekends, so his portfolio was ready: bits for “Saturday Night Live,” bits that David Letterman might use, episodes for shows, along with writing he’d done for the Harvard Lampoon years before, which eventually impressed prospective

employers. The portfolio helped win him an agent, and the agent netted him his first television job. When the couple landed in L.A., Rich had a 10-week writers’ room contract for “The Simpsons.”

Today he remembers his initial reticence to speak. Part of it was being a sleep-deprived new dad, but part was intimidation. As his first contract neared its end, he was so sure he was a failure that he told a friend on staff that he was thinking of resigning. Don’t do it, his friend told him; instead, you should start talking. He did.

Rich got a second 10-week contract; by then, he was talking and contributing ideas to the show’s writing team. He became a full-time writer and producer for the show, eventually serving in those positions for four years. Other shows followed. In 1997 he started with “King of the Hill,” where he served as executive producer and showrunner for four years. He won three primetime Emmys for his work on those two shows. Rich also has served as co-creator and producer for “American Dad” and “The Cleveland Show.”

He wrote for live television, including “The Bernie Mac Show,” and “Kitchen Confidential.” He had failures: A live show based on his trial experiences lasted only one season, while another show he proposed wasn’t picked up. Failures are part of the business, he says.

He loves showrunning for “Family Guy.” He still relishes the sometimes chaotic teamwork of running the writers’ room. As a showrunner, he remembers his freshman worries, and says, “I give writers a full season” to learn to be part of the team.

“Being in a writers’ room is a little bit like being in a family, a little bit like being in therapy,” he says, because they all reward skills in human interaction and have their own language. “You get better when you become fluent, which allows you to stop overthinking.”

What’s in the future? Rich says he’s working with a colleague on a possible movie. He’d also like to travel in Europe for two or three months. He’s proud of his son, who is also a writer, and his daughter, who teaches nursery school children in New York.

He can look at his past, especially his years at NSCD, with a smile. Its motto of “Live and Serve” still appeals to him.

“There was a conscious emphasis placed on community, community service and kindness. I don’t remember in my years there any issues of dissent or arguments, rivalry among students or disciplinary action that fed the school’s gossip machine. There was a sense of community at the school that made it a safe and secure environment.”

He’s still curious about the snowball rules, though.

THANK YOU! You make a difference

A Message from Board Chair Nichole Wilson, Development Chair Anne Leonetti and Alumni Board President Naomi Hattori ’02:

Thank you to our Raider community for your incredible generosity. Your philanthropic commitment allows us to protect the many aspects of the North Shore Country Day experience that make our school unique: academics, athletics, arts, service learning and more. We are able to carry out our mission on a daily basis because of your generosity to annual giving, endowment and our Centennial Campaign.

The Acorn Annual Report showcases how our students are able to thrive in an inclusive, caring and rigorous academic environment alongside our dedicated and outstanding faculty. We are grateful for the impact

you have on

our school.

By choosing NSCD as a philanthropic priority, you continue to carry out our motto, “Live and Serve.” We are grateful for your impact.

Alumni Board President Naomi Hattori ’02 (center) with Class of 2023 Lifers (from left) Michael Olatunji, Luke Avedisian, Buckley Oelerich, Ellia Yarandi and Junnah Quraishi

Anne Leonetti and Nichole Wilson

Operating Revenue and Expenses* for the year ended June 30, 2023

ANNUAL GIVING BENEFIT

$1,572,278 + $389,905

TOTAL

$1,962,183

ANNUAL GIVING 2022-23

The first fundraising priority of the school, Annual Giving provides flexible resources to support the annual operating budget, on and off campus.

CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN:

NORTH SHORE FOREVERMORE

To fulfill our vision and fund our strategic plan, we have launched a comprehensive campaign to invest in the people, program, place and perpetuity that make North Shore Country Day a school that changes lives and prepares our students to impact the world. This includes fundraising for endowment, capital projects and planned gifts. See pages 39-41 for more information on our campaign.

THE BENEFIT 2023— HEALTHY BODIES, HEALTHY MINDS

This year, the school’s annual fundraiser supported health and wellness initiatives for students.

WAYS TO GIVE

We welcome contributions by check or credit card. Other ways to contribute include:

MATCHING GIFTS Businesses and corporations are encouraged to match the gifts given by their employees.

RECURRING GIFTS Divide your contribution into installments throughout the year.

STOCK GIFTS A gift of stock saves two ways. You avoid capital gains tax on the increased value, and you receive a deduction for the full market value of the stock at the time you make the gift.

For more information, please contact: Director of Development Molly Ingram McDowell ’80, 847.441.3316 or mmcdowell@nscds.org

HERITAGE SOCIETY

Currently, there are 74 alumni, parents, former faculty, parents of alumni and friends of NSCD who have either openly or anonymously made their planned gift intentions known to the school. We sincerely thank the members of the Heritage Society for investing in the future of North Shore Country Day. We acknowledge those new members in bold type. If you are interested in more information on planned giving, please contact Director of Development Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 at 847.441.3316; mmcdowell@nscds.org

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Lauren Doolittle Ansaldo ’62

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Phyllis Beattie ’72

Carlene C. Blunt ’57

Liz Washburn Borozan ’57

Miller Bransfield ’80

Michael F. Brookins ’57

Andrew W. Brown ’76

Betsy Bruemmer ’76

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

John S. Darrow ’65

Lewis Davis

William B. Davis ’65

QUARTER CENTURY SOCIETY

The Quarter Century Society recognizes donors who have given for 25 or more consecutive years. We recognize new members in bold type. These loyal donors embody the spirit of our school motto, “Live and Serve,” and have generously ensured the strength of the school’s future with their support.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ake

Carol Marshall Allen ’74

Blake Allison ’68

John and Ann Amboian

Cameron Avery and Lynn

Donaldson

Patti and Jay Bach

Christine and John Bakalar

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert E. Beerheide

Thomas A. Belshe ’49

Julia Drake Berkowitz ’64

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Carlene C. Blunt ’57

Stephanie and Miller Bransfield ’80

Andrew W. Brown ’76

Kathleen Johnson

Browning ’70

Courtney S. Bryant ’58

Leigh Schweppe

Buettner ’66

Mr. Edward J. Burnell III

Ruth Burnell ’70

Robert B. Butler ’66

Byron C. Campbell ’51

Merle C. Chambers ’64

Jeff and Lucy Colman

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

Earl and Karen Cunningham

John S. Darrow ’65

Margi Morse Delafield ’65 and Lawrence Howe Delafield

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Mrs. Jane Deuble

Margaret and Paul J. DeWoskin ’86

Lucia Farwell Dhaens ’55

Jill Witte Dillon ’69

Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomas Doar III

Eileen F. Donoghue

Daniel C. Dosé ’59

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Drake ’61

(Barbara Bulger ’66)

Eliza Howe Earle ’67

Bruce A. Everett ’60

Norman B. Ferris ’49

Mrs. Harold M. Flanzer

Louise and Tom Flickinger

Robin Foote ’63

*Stephanie and Tom Formolo

Margi Morse Delafield ’65

Sharon S. Fitzmorris ’64

Robin Foote ’63

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

Nancy Emrich Freeman

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Freiburger

Audrey Gallery ’50

*Thomas H. Garver ’52

Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hall

Tonja Rizai Hall

William B. Hinchliff ’64

*Mary Pick Hines ’49

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Bruce A. Jarchow ’66

Gwen Jessen ’76

Ned Jessen ’73 and Lynn Lillard Jessen ’74

Robert A. Jones ’55

Robert Y. Jordan ’71

Linda Kiracibasi

Barbara Flint Krier ’72

Jordan Rutledge

Lockwood ’97

Courtney Kling Luddecke ’67

Chesly J. Manly ’89

Ms. Susan Bottum Matejka

Suzanne Folds McCullagh ’69

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

Dr. Hamilton Moses III ’68

*Peter D. Nelles ’80

Nancy M. and

Robert M. Parker

Mr. and Mrs.

Matthew H. Paull

Spencer M. Punnett II ’71

Dr. Matthew M. Rizai

Stuart W. Rogers ’74

Doug Schmidt

Julie Schmidt

Susie Brew Schreiber ’58

Cynthia Scott and Daniel Kegan

F. Todd Searle ’05

G.P. Searle ’03

Margot Sheesley ’60

Stephen L. Smith ’74

Catherine Askow

Thompson ’69

James P. Tuthill ’65

Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Washburn

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Webster, Jr.

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Marcia Durling Williams ’68

*John N. Wilson ’43

Susan Pettibone Fraser ’69

*Thomas H. Garver ’52

Clifford G. Gately ’75

Mr. and Mrs.

Henry T. Gaud Jr.

C. Gary and Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

*Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser ’51

James E. Golden ’70

Richard and Carol Hall

Alice Suter Hardesty ’55

John T. Hickey ’65

William B. Hinchliff ’64

*Mary Pick Hines ’49

William H. Hines ’73

Ruth Allen Hopfenbeck ’49

Lewis Hunt ’76

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Martin L. Jack ’67

Arthur ’70 and Diane Flint Jessen ’70

Gwen Jessen ’76

*Mr. Howard E. Jessen

Ned Jessen ’73 and Lynn Lillard Jessen ’74

Robert Y. Jordan ’71

Patricia Ostrom Kohnen ’60

James W. Leslie ’70

Vicki Leslie ’73

Helen Loennig ’86

Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffry Louis III ’81

Miriam Feinstein Lupien ’80

John R. MacArthur ’74

Irl H. Marshall III ’71

Dr. John and Dr. Mary Sperling McAuliffe ’61

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung

Robert A. McClung ’91

Mr. Grant G. and Dr. Suzanne Folds McCullagh ’69

Judith Brew McDonough ’62

Mr. and Mrs.

William T. McDowell

(Molly Ingram ’80)

Kathy and Patrick McHugh

Jacqueline B. Melissas

Tappan G. Merrick ’66

Tracy Louis Merrill ’78

Jill and Dick Meyer ’76

Kerry Lynn Moore ’89

Suzu and David Neithercut

Louise Konsberg Noll ’40

Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Diane Williams Parker ’58

Marnie Paul ’64

Jane Drake Piechota ’66

Peter S. Reed ’73

John H. Roberts ’49

Linda Salisbury ’74

Bradley L. Savage ’88

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Scheman ’72

Susie Brew Schreiber ’58

Carolyn Miller Short ’64

Chip ’61 and Lynne Wavering Shotwell ’60

Henley Shotwell ’95

George D. Smith III ’81

Thomas P. Smith ’89

Barbara Schilling Stanton ’63

William F. Steel ’60

William E. Steinwedell II ’49

Kimberly Louis Stewart ’75

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

Catherine Askow Thompson ’69

Anne Coulter Tobey ’63

Sallie Welsh VanArsdale ’40

Alice Marshall Vogler ’69

Margaretha Walk ’59

Susan Palm Waltrip ’59

Theodore B. Washburne ’46

David F. Webster ’73

Dr. Elliot S. Weisenberg ’76

*Georgia Elmes Welles ’48

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Marilyn and *Rocky Wirtz ’71

Margot Fraker Wynkoop ’60

Anne Hines Young ’77

DECADE SOCIETY

The Decade Society recognizes these steadfast individuals who have supported North Shore with a gift 10-24 consecutive fiscal years. We welcome those new members to the Decade Society recognized in bold type. Thank you for your consistent support.

Anonymous

Rachel Abarbanell ’98

Elizabeth D. Ames ’61

Mr. and Mrs.

John Anton, Jr. ’89

Nathan C. Appleton ’94

Cristy and Dean Athas

Kristopher R. Baade ’94

Carrie and Bill Bach ’87

Luke H. Bakalar ’97

Greg and Elizabeth Barr

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Katherine Bearman ’02

Laura Thomas Bergman

Wickliffe L. Blasi ’67

Benjy Blenner ’02

Therese and Lee Block

Mrs. Linda Blumberg

Susan and Scott Bondurant

Liz Washburn Borozan ’57

Chris Boyle and Cole Muir

Barbara R. Bradford ’66

Ashley and Mark J. Bransfield ’86

Mr. and Mrs.

Michael W. Bransfield ’83 (Alison Wirtz ’83)

David E. Brown ’84

Francis G. Burlingham ’45

Mr. and Mrs.

Richard D. Buterbaugh

Ronald A. Cahan ’62

Susan and Michael Canmann

Elizabeth Guenzel Carlin ’58

Cheryl and Chris Charnas ’83

Pamela Winston

Christensen ’61

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Clark

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert C. Cody ’70

Annie and Seamus Collins

Erica and Jeff Conlon

Becky Corrigan

Jackie and Chris Cotter

John and Tura Cottingham

Tim Curren

Anne-Marie Dall’Agata

James D. Darrow ’67

William B. Davis ’65

Robert D. Dehlinger ’71

Emily and Michael Denesha

Daniel D. Deuble ’77

Clarke and Kathleen Devereux

Charlie Doar ’03

Mullery Doar ’06

Elizabeth Doi ’09

Sharon Dole

The Dombalagian Family

Susan and Dale Downing

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Durbin

(Cece Ewen ’71)

Stephen B. Edge ’71

Peter H. Eklund ’79

Arlene H. Elisha

Mr. and Mrs.

W. Robert Elisha ’77

(Joanne Turley ’77)

Libby Ester and Michael T. Brody

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert E. Fortier

Susan and Steven Fortier

Jane Franke ’80

Tracie and Brian Frederick

Hollis Potter Fromm ’64

Bill and Drea Gallaga

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gardner ’67

Joan Hauser Gately ’49

Kathryn Rooney Gegg ’02

Cynthia Turley Gentles

Diane and Thomas F.

Geraghty III ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Getz, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs.

Rashid M. Ghazi ’85

Jason and Lizzy Giffen

Caroline Kullberg

Godellas ’83

Howard I. Goldblatt ’80

Joanne Golden ’74

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert H. Goldman

Walter A. Goldstein ’71

Dr. Jacques N. Gordon and Ms. Elizabeth H. Wiltshire

Elizabeth Peruchini

Graham ’88

Mr. David Green and Ms. Jamie Querciagrossa

Lauri Reagan Harris ’87

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert M. Hayward

L. Hall Healy Jr. ’59

Kenneth M. Henderson Jr. ’47

David F. Hines ’81

Members of the Quarter Century Society

(GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL FOR 25 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OR MORE)

Members of the Decade Society

(GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL FOR 10-24 CONSECUTIVE YEARS)

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

Winder Holeman and Estefi Elias

Cindy Hooper

Ellen Howe ’65 and Russ Hoyle III ’65

The Hunt Family

Teresa and Harley Hutchins ’60

Dr. and Mrs. Steven Jaharis

Laurie W. Jenkins ’84

Christopher W. Johnson ’66

Patricia Missner Johnson ’67

Mr. Kyle Jones and Ms. Nichola Roberts-Jones

Christina Jurack

Kristen Kaczynski and Christopher Shaw

Anne and Vincent Kelly

Mary Prendergast Kinney ’70

Sally Simmons Kiper ’56

Linda Kiracibasi

Nell Kneibler ’62

Janie and Strib Koster

Mr. Robert L. Kotler and Ms. Yoko Kono

David Kubacki

Eugene A. Kuznetsov ’94

Michael and Jennifer Larsen

Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Lawler

Matthew R. Leibowitz ’84

Ms. Di Li and Mr. John Schultz

Mr. John Lillig and Ms. Anna Lee

Jennet Burnell Lingle ’58

Laurie S. Lipman ’70

Daniel H. Lowinger ’08

Dr. Amanda and Mr. Thomas T. Macejko Jr.

Julia Macholl and Dan O’Hara

Leanne Marcus

Thomas Marrinson ’82

Mr. Edward E. Matthews

Mrs. Caroline Ingram McCarty

Anne Darrow McCausland ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas F. McClanahan

Mr. and Mrs. Breece R. McKinney

Mark and Caitlin McLennan

Jennifer and Steven Medvin

Jean Cullin Mertz ’47

W. Craig Misner ’65

Jamie Molzahn

The Joseph Nolan Family

Christine Olatunji

Kenny Olatunji

Diane Olson

Ms. Nancy O’Shea

Gayley Atkinson Patterson ’70

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pattis

Ann Patton ’70

Andrew I. Philipsborn ’69

Brian Posner

Michael and Noreen Potempa

Dr. and Mrs. David H. Potter

Kristen Moffat Powell ’86

Cindy Pozzi

Ellen Rasmussen and Ivan Rioja Scott

Nancy Kimball Robinson ’58

George S. Rogers ’78

Kevin Rooney

James Rosen and Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Mr. Sheldon Rosenbaum

Elizabeth Ruwitch Ryan ’76

Joan and Robert Ryder

Nancy and Scott Santi

Ceil Scanlan

Julie Schmidt

Mr. William G. Schur and Ms. Donna Fletcher

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Scully

(Jeannie Lea ’63)

Karen and Chris Segal

Jeff Shaw

Courtney Williams Shelton ’88

Amy Shuldiner

Lucy Sievers ’80

John A. Silander Jr. ’63

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Slotkin

Peter and Deborah Smith

S. Scott Smith ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smith ’74

Ashleigh Cross St. Peters ’05

Allan H. Stern

Duff and Chase Stevenson

Robert D. Stibolt ’72

Lauren G. Stone ’77

Mrs. Susan Stone

Audrey Kuh Straight ’65

Robert K. Strong Jr. ’60

Andrew J. Sullivan ’79

Boetius H. Sullivan III ’71

Mina Takahashi ’96

David C. Thomas

Elizabeth Deitrick Trafelet ’92

Mr. and Mrs. Byron D. Trott

Helen Turley

Robert Turpin ’59

Rich and Julie Ugarte

Jim and Tricia Valenti

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

Jack K. Viellieu ’09

Kurt and Tracy Bach Vogel ’85

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough ’74

Mrs. Judy T. Waller

Sarah Walsh

The Watrous Family

Terri Webb

Berkley and Bob Wellstein

Maureen and Art Wilde

Bradford L. Williams ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wiznitzer

Ms. Lynsey Wollin-Casey and Mr. Shawn Casey

Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90

Debbie and Ethan Youderian

*Deceased

GIVING SOCIETIES

North Shore offers its most sincere gratitude to the following individuals whose gifts add richness to the life of the school. Their generosity significantly impacts all areas of school life. These contributions provide the foundation from which NSCD continues to grow and affords the very best to our students. Thank you to those who support North Shore Country Day with these gifts.

LIVE AND SERVE SOCIETY

Recognizing the school’s motto “Live and Serve,” this society acknowledges leadership donors for contributions of $25,000 and above.

The Awada Family

Carson and Dori Boneck

Susan and Michael Canmann

The Dombalagian Family

*Mary Pick Hines ’49 and Family

Jessen Family in memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen

Dr. Amanda and Mr. Thomas T. Macejko, Jr.

Nancy and Scott Santi

Chip ’61 and Lynne

Wavering Shotwell ’60

Molly Shotwell

Oelerich ’87

Henley Shotwell ’95

PERRY DUNLAP SMITH SOCIETY

Established in memory of the school’s founding Headmaster, this society acknowledges leadership donors who contribute $10,000 to $24,999.

Anonymous

Heidi and Vann Avedisian

Christine and John Bakalar

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Heidi and Brian Capozzi

The Carter Family

Erica and Jeff Conlon

Sean and Diana Connolly

Lucia Farwell Dhaens ’55

Dan Engel and Amy Enesser

Ben and Jill Erwin

Louise and Tom Flickinger

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

Jane Franke ’80

Frezados Masius Rieger Foundation

Krista and J.P. Gallagher

Rich and Susan Gallun

Jonathan and Sarah Graham

Jake and Stephanie Henry

William B. Hinchliff ’64

Michael and Melissa Howard

Linda Kiracibasi

David M. Klaskin

The Huss Family

Giving Society Donors ($300+) 534

118 DONORS MADE A FIRST-TIME GIFT TO NSCD THIS FISCAL YEAR

Ellen and Rob Knight

Janie and Strib Koster

Michael and Jennifer Larsen

Anne and Olivier Leonetti

The Long Family

Mr. Edward E. Matthews

Kelly and Patrick McLean

Heather and Greg Metz

Suzu and David Neithercut

Craig and Jenny Niemann

Jeff and

Kristen Moffat Powell ’86

Raj and Shrunali Rai

Mohan Rao and Maria Yen

Nat Roberts and Laura Zung

James Rosen and

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Dennis and Christina Self

Liz and Tom Sherwood

Steven Shultz and Tiffani Pierson

Lindsey Simon

Katherine and John Sprenger

Duff and Chase Stevenson

Mrs. Susan Stone

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

Aaron Tantleff and Jill Sheiman

Jim and Tricia Valenti

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

The Watrous Family

Betty Fisher Wiggins ’93 and Michael Wiggins

Rudy and Nichole Wilson

Marilyn and *Rocky Wirtz ’71

Xingyu Xu and Cheng Yao

Nina and Sun Yoo

HEADMASTER’S SOCIETY

Named in honor of the nine Heads who have led the school, this society acknowledges those who contribute $5,000 to $9,999.

Anonymous (3)

Brandon and Stacy Ackley

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Ilya and Jenny Beyrak

Lois R. and Maurice J. Beznos

Tony Blumberg ’76

Liz Washburn Borozan ’57

Stephanie and Miller Bransfield ’80

Benjamin de la Fuente ’93

Bobby de la Fuente ’85

Joel de la Fuente ’87

Clarke and Katie Devereux

Mr. and Mrs.

W. Thomas Doar III

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Drake ’61

(Barbara Bulger ’66)

Bruce A. Everett ’60

Performing Arts: Lower school chorus concert

Athletics: Avery Erwin ’24 and Maia Sackar ’26

Heritage Society: Peter Nelles ’80, A Lasting Legacy

This past spring, we learned of the passing of Peter Nelles ’80, who left a generous gift to the school upon his death. After graduating from North Shore Country Day, Peter received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver, then worked in real estate. He enjoyed living in Arizona, playing golf and riding motorcycles. A dear friend of Peter’s described Peter as “humble, a sweet man, a nice man.” A fellow classmate said he was a “kind, thoughtful and funny guy.” Jeff Foreman ’80 always enjoyed talking with him during NSCD’s annual Connectathons. The Class of 1980 will continue to remember Peter during reunions, as is the practice for those who have passed.

We are deeply touched by Peter’s thoughtfulness and generosity in designating the school in his estate plans in such a meaningful way. If you are interested in more information on planned giving, please contact Director of Development Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 at 847.441.3316; mmcdowell@nscds.org.

Xiaoqiang Fang and Qin Xu

Chad and Kim Feingold

Alison and Bill Fitzgerald

Robin Foote ’63

*Stephanie and Tom Formolo

James A. Gassel ’85

*James J. Glasser ’51

Joshua and Irene Goldstein

Ari and Judy Golson

Jay and Karen Goodgold

Dan and Leah Gordon

Elizabeth Graettinger ’94

Jay and Sara Greenstein

Jill and David Greer

Ibrahim and Sibel Tekin Gunay

Matthew Hodgkins and Kristell Sachet

Brian Jessen ’02

Gwen Jessen ’76

Lin Jiang and Lei Zhou

Manisha and Rock Khanna

Ms. Susan Klingenstein

Patricia Ostrom Kohnen ’60

James W. Leslie ’70

Vicki Leslie ’73

Mrs. Sarah Levi and Dr. Gabriel Levi ’95

Ethan and Mary Meister

Krista and Rick Meyers

Koben and Debbie Miceli

Sergio and Carolina Nahuz

Ming Ni and Yan Zou

Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Christopher Osgood ’61

Ryan Paulson and Darla Hovden

Chris and Ali Pearson

Mrs. Sue Pick

The Howland Pickering Family

Michael and Noreen Potempa

John H. Roberts ’49

Amy and Arijit Roy

David and Dana Sackar

Sarah M. Schmidt Family

Charitable Fund

Bong and Jessica Shinn

Lucy Sievers ’80

Anna and Dan Simpson

Chuck Smith and Jennifer Zobair

Ms. Melissa Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Tank

Mark and Diane Williams

Rhonda and Farhan Yasin

Alex and Megan Yekelchik

Craig and Amy Ziegler

ACORN SOCIETY

Representing the acorn that has been a symbol of a North Shore’s student growth, this society acknowledges those who contribute $2,500 to $4,999.

Anonymous (2)

John and Ann Amboian

The Berlin Family

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Andrew W. Brown ’76

Marc and Sarah Chodera

Mr. David Colton and Dr. Jessica Rappaport

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

Ranell and Scott Conine

Margaret and Paul DeWoskin ’86

Derek and Pascale Dunaway

Diana and Tom Flemma

Andrew and Katie Florig

Susan and Steven Fortier

Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Gaud, Jr.

C. Gary and Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

Mark Gent and Jennifer Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Steve Haislet and Karen Strehle

L. Hall Healy, Jr. ’59

Mike Henn

Brook Wharton and Josh Hilton

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

Jun Hou and Ziaojie Zhang

Craig Howard and Frieda Molina

Wellington and Erin Hsu

Peter and Gray Hulick

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Jaharis Family Foundation

Ashish and Ritu Jain

Patrick and Tessa Kalotis

Kenneth M. Karmin ’79 and Beth Kaplan Karmin ’80

The Keswani Family

Bryan and Deborah Keyt

Kathryn Wilsey Lerch ’64

John R. MacArthur ’74

Mr. Grant G. and Dr. Suzanne

Folds McCullagh ’69

Patrick and Miggie McCurry

James Meixner and Rachel Cannon

The Milbratz Family

Jason and Susan Millner

Chethra Muthiah and Jayanth Surakanti

Brett O’Brien and Jessica Dawson O’Brien

Kelley and Sean Owen

Thaddeus Wilson and Megan Panje-Wilson

Liam Cavanaugh Pingree ’97

Boris and Jennifer Rapoport

John Roselli and Tina

Dalman Roselli

Jay Ryan and Lynn Kahla-Ryan

Ann and Joe Settimi

Tracey Shafroth

Rick and Holly Smirl

Chad and Paula Smith

Lauren G. Stone ’77

John and Claire Storino

Quay and Jeana Tao

Rich and Julie Ugarte

Mukund Venu and Priyanka Nair

Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth A. Viellieu

Fred and Jackie Wacker

Margaretha Walk ’59

Mrs. Judy T. Waller

*Georgia Elmes Welles ’48

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Mr. and Mrs. James Wiggins

Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90

Daniel Yonan and Alda Benjamen

*Deceased

1919 SOCIETY

Created in honor of the school’s Centennial and named in recognition of the year North Shore Country Day was founded, this society acknowledges those who contribute $1,919 to $2,499.

Anonymous (3)

Anne Huebner

Abercrombie ’61

Mr. and Mrs. John Ake

Luke H. Bakalar ’97

Thomas A. Belshe ’49

Heidi Schroeder Black

Susan and Scott Bondurant

The Bullock-Puzon Family

Merle C. Chambers ’64

Richard F. Delong ’75

Daniel C. Dosé ’59

Chuck and Clara Duffield

Mary and David Fielder

Peter Fine ’02

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fortier

Lisa Altenbernd and Stephen Hagerty

Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Herman

Robert Herzog and Niki St. Pierre Herzog

Craig and Tali Lissner

Candice and Peter Luglio

Mr. and Mrs.

James E. Maconachy

Mr. and Mrs.

William T. McDowell (Molly Ingram ’80)

Adam Held and Heather Pinkett

The Rozsival Family

Linda Salisbury ’74

Mr. and Mrs.

Timothy Sheehan

The Shreve Family

Adam and Lowey Sichol

Peter and Deborah Smith

Peter and Preya Tarsney

Matthew and Marny Zimmer

HOUR SOCIETY

When established, this society was named to approximate the cost of operating the school for one hour, and acknowledges those who contribute $750 to $1,918.

Anonymous (2)

Mr. and Mrs. William Abrams

Korhan and Vuslat Acar

Mr. and Mrs. John Anton, Jr. ’89

Cameron Avery and Lynn Donaldson

Laura and Chris Avery ’87

The Bagga Family

Katharine Baker and Tilden Katz

Mr. and Mrs.

Harold S. Barron

Nancy Gottlieb Bauer ’76

Chris Beukenkamp and Rebecca Coke

Tej and Sumedha Bhattal

Dan Bloedorn ’87

Carlene C. Blunt ’57

Nicole and John Borovicka

Andrew J. Bresler ’82

Kathleen Johnson Browning ’70

Leigh Schweppe Buettner ’66

Ronald A. Cahan ’62

Mr. Richard Callahan and Ms. Bic Wirtz

Ms. Mary T. Campfield

Elizabeth Guenzel Carlin ’58

Paula Castillo ’90

Toya and Marlon Chatman

Hong Chen and Qing Ru

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Jane E. Dalton

William B. Davis ’65

William Davis and Regina Schwartz

Meredith and Peter Daw

Nick and Colleen Detchev

Jordan and Stephanie Dubow

The Durning Family

Clayton D. Durning ’18

Eliza Howe Earle ’67

Peter H. Eklund ’79

The Engelman Berner Family

Charlotte Sweeney

Ernster ’56

Libby Ester and Michael Brody

Julie and Erik Falk

Mr. Reed Fellars and Ms. Reven Uihlein-Fellars

Shari and Trey Felty

Isabel and John Fiore

Mary Ann Fitzgerald ’82

Peter W. Flanzer ’76

William Friend ’81

The Gallin Family

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gardner ’67

Clifford G. Gately ’75

Cynthia Turley Gentles

Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Getz, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Getz, Sr. ’55

Mr. and Mrs. Rashid M. Ghazi ’85

James E. Golden ’70

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Goldman

Aaron and Jordana Goldstein

Myla Frohman Goldstick ’75

Debra V. Gonzalez

Michael J. Graham ’70

The Grimsley Family

Elhadji Gueye

Courtney Hardy and Ellen Kim

Thomas B. Harris ’63

Mr. Ronald J. Harvey

Jun-Jun Vichaikul and Naomi Hattori ’02

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hayward

Thomas Sugarman and Terri Herson

Donald and Karen Morgan Holmberg

Ruth Allen Hopfenbeck ’49

Russ and Karen Horowitz

Sam Howe ’73

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hulick

Teresa and Harley Hutchins ’60

Kavita and Shiv Iyer

Ned Jessen ’73 and Lynn Lillard Jessen ’74

Arthur ’70 and Diane Flint Jessen ’70

Patricia Missner Johnson ’67

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Kaplan ’75 (Karen Stone ’75)

Anne and Vincent Kelly

Jon-Peter Kelly and Hannah Chung

Ms. Mary Knight

Katie and Jay Laabs

Xinghua Liang and Wenyan Wang

Candice and Joe Lind

Laurie S. Lipman ’70

Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffry Louis III ’81

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Macgeachy

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung

Robert A. McClung ’91

Ms. Katherine McKee

Denny R. McPhee ’68

Joshua Miller and Quinnetta Bellows Miller ’04

Hooman Mohseni and Nasrin Meftah

Brian and Jessica Montgomery

Mr. Ed Muir

Harriet Blair Mulligan ’72

The Joseph Nolan Family

Diane Williams Parker ’58

Mayja Pastrana and Cesar Guerra

Apur Patel ’86

Angie and Ian Pinner

Daniel Potthoff and Jody Ginger

Peter S. Reed ’73

Ms. Kathryn Rieger

Nancy Kimball Robinson ’58

Ilan Rodzynek and Cindy Zadikoff

George S. Rogers ’78

Elizabeth Ruwitch Ryan ’76

Peter and Atour Sargon

Bradley L. Savage ’88

Andrew J.

Scheman, M.D. ’72

Andrew and Annie Scribner

Missy and Phillip Shinall

Carolyn Miller Short ’64

John A. Silander, Jr. ’63

Marjana and Omair Siraj

Benjamin and Bethany Smith

Mr. and Mrs.

Edward B. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smith ’74

Mr. Donald A. Smith and Mrs. Karen Z. Smith

Thomas P. Smith ’89

Barbara Schilling

Stanton ’63

Dawn Steele

Kwesi Steele

Kimberly Louis Stewart ’75

Robert D. Stibolt ’72

Joshua Strauss and Anat Geva

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Swoiskin

Jon and Tamara Teppo

Anne Coulter Tobey ’63

Robert Turpin ’59

James P. Tuthill ’65

Sallie Welsh VanArsdale ’40

Alice Marshall Vogler ’69

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough ’74

Alesia and Derek Wall

Berkley and Bob Wellstein

Melissa and Matthew Wessel

Paul C. Westhead ’85

Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur M. Wirtz III ’86

Hillary Wirtz ’97 and Erin Quaglia

Kevin and Amy Woolf

Debbie and Ethan Youderian

Peyton Young ’62

Charles Zhao and Connie Zhou

PURPLE AND WHITE SOCIETY

In honor of the North Shore Country Day colors, this society acknowledges those who contribute $300 to $749.

Anonymous (4)

Carol Marshall Allen ’74

Brayton and Pim Alley

Blake Allison ’68

Elizabeth D. Ames ’61

Gia Anayas

Nathan C. Appleton ’94

Carrie and Bill Bach ’87

Patti and Jay Bach

Mr. and Mrs.

Stephen W. Baird

Jane Alexander Beck ’77

Laura Thomas Bergman

Suzan Baskin Bernhard ’52

Slawomir and Malgorzata Bialon

Ross Blumenfeld ’03

Mr. and Mrs.

Michael W. Bransfield ’83 (Alison Wirtz ’83)

Ms. Rebecca Brennan

Courtney S. Bryant ’58

Edward J. Burnell III

Kate Adams Butler ’47

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cecil

Greg and Claudia Cesca

Pamela Winston Christensen ’61

Dan Ciral

Adam and Diane Code

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert C. Cody ’70

Jeff and Lucy Colman

Vanessa and Matt Colman

Maxine Lechter Comisky ’84

John and Tura Cottingham

Frederick T. Croft ’67

Earl and Karen Cunningham

Alexander and Cassandra Dadakis

Lewis Davis

Emily and Michael Denesha

Daniel D. Deuble ’77

Martha and John Dienner

Elizabeth Doi ’09

Michael and Kenzie Doornweerd

Robert E. Drake

Dr. Robert E. Druzinsky

Colin Dunn

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Durbin

(Cece Ewen ’67)

Nathaniel Durbin ’95

Tim and Sarah Eichenberg

Arlene H. Elisha

Mr. and Mrs.

W. Robert Elisha ’77 (Joanne Turley ’77)

Sophie Smith Finnerty ’06

Mrs. Harold M. Flanzer

Judy Price Fleenor ’68

Mrs. Mary Ann Flemma

Bernard Ford

Brian and Tracie Frederick

Jay Freeman ’75

Thomas Freisem ’76 and Betsy Bruemmer ’76

Hollis Potter Fromm ’64

Ms. Ellen Gallagher

Ellen Rockwell Galland ’63

*Thomas H. Garver ’52

Diane and Thomas F. Geraghty III ’62

Joyce Glasser ’55

Dr. Jacques N. Gordon and Ms. Elizabeth H. Wiltshire

Derrick and Sanya Gragg

Elizabeth Peruchini

Graham ’88

Caitlin Rae Grigg ’97

Richard and Carol Hall

Mr. Edward Harney and Ms. Kathryn A. Mikells

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Herndon, Jr. ’72

*Deceased

Cindy Hooper

Mr. and Mrs. James Howe ’62

(Mary June Newman ’63)

The Hunt Family

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Laurie W. Jenkins ’84

Michael Johnson and Leslie Fung

Craig Johnson and Meera Bhatia

Robert Y. Jordan ’71

Stephen and Lauren Kao

Curt A. Kaplan ’86

Benjamin S. Kegan ’05

Eamon Kelly and Lakshmi Lakshmanan

Mary Prendergast Kinney ’70

Nell Kneibler ’62

Vijay and Shiraz Kotte

Harry S. Lambart ’65

Peter and Read Lanctot

Dr. and Mrs. Suk Lee

Matthew R. Leibowitz ’84

Nancy Pfisterer Leon ’72

Dr. and Mrs. Roberto E. Levi

Shenglai Li and Fan Wang

Helen Loennig ’86

Daniel H. Lowinger ’08

Marya Lundstedt

Stephen and Mary Mahieu

Thomas Marrinson ’82

Irl H. Marshall III ’71

Christopher and Sarah Martinez

Kristine Demetriou

Marubio ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Mayberry

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas F. McClanahan

Kathy and Patrick McHugh

Mr. and Mrs. Breece R. McKinney

Tracy Louis Merrill ’78

Jill and Dick Meyer ’76

Wendel W. Meyer ’67

W. Craig Misner ’65

Jamie Molzahn

Rui and Andrea Moreira

Dr. Sheryl L. Murray

Jay T. Nichols, Jr. ’64

Louise Konsberg Noll ’40

Mr. and Mrs. David Ogbolumani

Okwudili Okeke and Nnenna Okore

Diego Palmieri and Maria Akemi Morita de Palmieri

Marnie Paul ’64

Brian and Erin Pemble

Leah Druzinsky Posner ’08

Dr. and Mrs. David H. Potter

Stephanie Rapp and

Renee Lanam

Linda Caro Reinisch ’75

Elliot and Sherri Richardson

Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Roden

Robert S. Rogers ’71

Jeffrey S. Rothbart, Esq. ’95

Joan and Robert Ryder

Mark and Rebecca Sansoterra

Mary Kelly and Michael Schneider

George H.D. Schulz ’63

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Scully

(Jeannie Lea ’63)

Joseph Sedivy and Jing Yu

Jeff Shaw

Courtney Willliams

Shelton ’88

Peter C. Silberman ’76

Arla Medvin Silverstein ’84

Justice John Simon and Ms. Millie

Rosenbloom Simon

Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel K. Skinner

George D. Smith III ’81

Brian and Tina Sprague

William F. Steel ’60

William E. Steinwedell II ’49

James Stenson ’49

William C. Stern ’71

Thomas B. Stibolt ’67

Tim and Maggie Storino

Bridget Foley and Derek Strasburg

Tom and Holly Swift

Madeline Tank ’11

The Thomas Family

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Emily Finlay Vertrees ’07 and Alexander Vertrees ’07

Robert T. Vieregg II ’82

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Viray

Eric and Emily Walker

S. Lindsay Webbe ’61

Barbara S. Wells ’66

John H. Whitlock ’82

Athletics: Michael Olatunji ’23

Academics: Sixth grade field trip to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Visual Arts: Droplets by Avery Avedisian ’27

RAIDERS SOCIETY

Named after our school mascot, this society acknowledges young alumni within 10 years of graduation who have contributed $100 or more.

Anonymous (2)

Margie L. Blair ’22

Tori A. Blair ’19

Clayton D. Durning ’18

Grace Flickinger ’12

Manuel Hodzic ’15

Andrew Karmin ’19

Firouz J. Niazi ’17

Jeannie Peters ’12

Ilhana Redzovic ’13

Camille R. Scheyer ’16

Nina J. Scheyer ’21

Olivia A. Scheyer ’13

Thandi E. Steele ’18

Zinzi A. Steele ’21

Brady Webb ’13

Ashley Zabel ’22

ALUMNI BY

CLASS

The alumni tradition of philanthropy plays an important role in maintaining North Shore’s legacy of educational excellence from generation to generation. Our alumni remain connected with and supportive of NSCD. We are thankful for their loyalty and generosity.

CLASS OF 1940

67% Participation

Louise Konsberg Noll

Sallie Welsh Vanarsdale

CLASS OF 1942

33% Participation

Cornelia Wallace Caldwell

CLASS OF 1944

17% Participation

*Margery Lloyd Hexton

CLASS OF 1945

25% Participation

Francis G. Burlingham

CLASS OF 1946

17% Participation

Theodore B. Washburne

CLASS OF 1947

50% Participation

Kate Adams Butler

Kenneth M. Henderson, Jr.

John R. Lindgren

Jean Cullin Mertz

Mrs. Judy T. Waller

CLASS OF 1948

33% Participation

Frances Clinch Jones

Mrs. Sue Pick

Rollin Miles Warner, Jr.

*Georgia Elmes Welles

CLASS OF 1949

57% Participation

Thomas A. Belshe

Norman B. Ferris

Joan Hauser Gately

*Mary Pick Hines

Ruth Allen Hopfenbeck

John H. Roberts

William E. Steinwedell II

James Stenson

“THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES I RECEIVED AT NSCD CANNOT BE PROVIDED BY TUITION ALONE. I HAVE SUPPORTED THE ANNUAL FUND EACH YEAR SINCE I GRADUATED BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL. I AM ’PAYING IT FORWARD.’”

CLASS OF 1951

30% Participation

Byron C. Campbell

*James J. Glasser

Diane Ritch Starrett

CLASS OF 1952

38% Participation

Suzan Baskin Bernhard

*Thomas H. Garver

Ruth Geering Hurka Westfall

CLASS OF 1953

17% Participation

*Jeffrey P. Carstens

Edward U. Notz

CLASS OF 1955

33% Participation

Lucia Farwell Dhaens

Bert A. Getz, Sr.

Joyce Glasser

Alice Suter Hardesty

Thomas F. Taylor

Lisa McEwen Tingley

CLASS OF 1956

32% Participation

Pamelia Colton Barratt

Charlotte Sweeney Ernster

Torrey Everett

Marcia McMillan Hines

Coleman S. Hutchins

Sally Simmons Kiper

Franklin J. Lunding, Jr.

CLASS OF 1957

25% Participation

Carlene C. Blunt

Liz Washburn Borozan

Michael F. Brookins

CLASS OF 1958

28% Participation

Courtney S. Bryant

Elizabeth Guenzel Carlin

Jennet Burnell Lingle

Judith Cranage Mills

Diane Williams Parker

Nancy Kimball Robinson

Susie Brew Schreiber

CLASS OF 1959

24% Participation

Trink Smith Chambers

Daniel C. Dosé

L. Hall Healy, Jr.

Janet Stanley Hoffmann

Robert Turpin

Margaretha Walk

Susan Palm Waltrip

Traditions: Sonam Kotte ’30

Lisa Guenzel Carlin ’58 is celebrating her 65th reunion this fall and is a loyal member of the Quarter Century Society (donors for 25 or more consecutive years).

CLASS OF 1960

39% Participation

Peter H. Darrow

Bruce A. Everett

Virginia Caspari Gerst

Derry Healy Henderson

Harley Hutchins

Patricia Ostrom Kohnen

Lynne Wavering Shotwell

William F. Steel

Robert K. Strong, Jr.

Estelle Miller Weedon

Margot Fraker Wynkoop

CLASS OF 1961

38% Participation

Anne Huebner Abercrombie

Elizabeth D. Ames

Pamela Winston Christensen

Harry L. Drake

Robert C. Kopple

Mary Sperling McAuliffe

Leeanne Mitchell

Christopher Osgood

Chip Shotwell

S. Lindsay Webbe

CLASS OF 1962

32% Participation

Barbara Berndtson Bamberg

Ronald A. Cahan

Eleanor Wagner Cornog

Thomas F. Geraghty III

James Howe

Lane E. Jennings

Nell Kneibler

Anne Darrow McCausland

Judith Brew McDonough

Cynthia Jane Watson Rutherford

Peyton Young

CLASS OF 1963

52% Participation Anonymous

Susan Merrick Bacon

Robin Foote

Ellen Rockwell Galland

Glenn R. Geist

Thomas B. Harris

Mary June Newman Howe

Kathryn Culbertson

Nothnagel

Wolcott E. Pugh

George H.D. Schulz

Buzz Schupmann

Jeannie Lea Scully

John A. Silander, Jr.

Barbara Schilling Stanton

Anne Coulter Tobey

Cynthia Walk

Michael A. Wartman

CLASS OF 1964

31% Participation Anonymous

Julia Drake Berkowitz

Joanne D. Brew

Bennett W. Carrington III

Merle C. Chambers

James D. Davis

Hollis Potter Fromm

William B. Hinchliff

Jan Miller Kahler

Kathryn Wilsey Lerch

Jay T. Nichols, Jr.

Marnie Paul

Daniel Wilson Randle

Carolyn Miller Short

David S. Strong

CLASS OF 1965

29% Participation

John S. Darrow

William B. Davis

Margi Morse Delafield

Jeffrey D. Gardner

John T. Hickey

Ellen G. Howe

Royce A. Hoyle III

Harry S. Lambart

W. Craig Misner

Daniel S. Philipsborn

Audrey Kuh Straight

James P. Tuthill

CLASS OF 1966

30% Participation

Barbara R. Bradford

Leigh Schweppe Buettner

Robert B. Butler

Barbara Bulger Drake

William C. Fowle II

Christopher W. Johnson

Eleanor Durham Kenny

Tappan G. Merrick

Jane Drake Piechota

Herbert L. Stern III

Barbara Kaufman Welanetz

Barbara S. Wells

CLASS OF 1967

29% Participation Anonymous

Wickliffe L. Blasi

Frederick T. Croft

James D. Darrow

Cece Ewen Durbin

Eliza Howe Earle

Charles L. Gardner

Scott K. Heitmann

Martin L. Jack

Patricia Missner Johnson

Richard A. Lane

Courtney Kling Luddecke

Wendel W. Meyer

Malinda Smyth

Thomas B. Stibolt

Elizabeth Waldman

CLASS OF 1968

11% Participation

Blake Allison

Judy Price Fleenor

Sally Green Handley

Denny R. McPhee

David Misch

CLASS OF 1969

20% Participation

Bruce B. Blair

Jill Witte Dillon

Susan Pettibone Fraser

Suzanne Folds McCullagh

Donald A. Misch

Andrew I. Philipsborn

Catherine Askow Thompson

Alice Marshall Vogler

Bradford L. Williams

CLASS OF 1970

33% Participation

Kathleen Johnson Browning

Ruth Joy Burnell

Robert C. Cody

Mila Watkins Delaware

James E. Golden

Michael J. Graham

Arthur C. Jessen

Diane Flint Jessen

Craig Johnson

Mary Prendergast Kinney

James W. Leslie

Laurie S. Lipman

Gayley Atkinson Patterson

Ann Patton

Polly Ross

Donald K. Whiteman

*Deceased

Visual Arts: Tin art by Morgan Gallagher ’26

Service: Painting Bird Houses at Live and Serve Fest

Peter Reed ’73 is celebrating his 50th reunion this fall and is a loyal member of the Quarter Century Society (donors for 25 or more consecutive years).

CLASS OF 1971

26% Participation

Robert W. Dehlinger

Stephen B. Edge

Walter A. Goldstein

Thomas J. Haney

Robert Y. Jordan

Irl H. Marshall III

Robert S. Rogers

John C. Stern

William C. Stern

Boetius H. Sullivan III

Nancy Green Whiteman

*Rocky Wirtz

CLASS OF 1972

17% Participation

Phyllis Beattie

Charles H. Herndon, Jr.

Nancy Pfisterer Leon

Harriet Blair Mulligan

Andrew J. Scheman

Susan Colbert Spofford

Robert D. Stibolt

CLASS OF 1973

30% Participation

William W. Darrow, Jr.

William H. Hines

Sam Howe

Ned Jessen

Vicki Leslie

Laura McCormick

Penny L. Peterson

Peter S. Reed

Francis S. Stanton

David F. Webster

Laura Pettibone Wright

CLASS OF 1974

22% Participation

Carol Marshall Allen

Joanne Golden

Lynn Lillard Jessen

John R. MacArthur

Linda Salisbury

Stephen L. Smith

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough

CLASS OF 1975

28% Participation

Michael L. Bird

Pam Rahmann Conant

Richard F. Delong

Jay Freeman

Clifford G. Gately

Myla Frohman Goldstick

Charles H. Ingram

Karen Stone Kaplan

Matthew S. Kaplan

Linda Caro Reinisch

Kimberly Louis Stewart

CLASS OF 1976

45% Participation

Stewart Ames

Nancy Gottlieb Bauer

Tony Blumberg

Andrew W. Brown

Betsy Bruemmer

Jim Deuble

Karey Wirtz Fix

Peter W. Flanzer

Thomas Freisem

Francine Barker Hodge

Lewis G. Hunt

Gwen Jessen

Janet Leigh Figg Kelly

Karen Spencer Kelly

Richard A. Meyer

Clint O’Connor

Elizabeth Ruwitch Ryan

Peter C. Silberman

Michael L. Smerling

Elliot S. Weisenberg

CLASS OF 1977

35% Participation

Jane Alexander Beck

Susan Bransfield

Charles C. Colbert

Daniel D. Deuble

Joanne Turley Elisha

W. Robert Elisha

Katherine Franke

Pam Gibson

C. Scott Knowlton

Michael J. Lipman

Soma Getty Priddle

David A. Sahlin

Lauren G. Stone

John L. Strauss, Jr.

Matthew D. Wells

Anne Hines Young

CLASS OF 1978

6% Participation

Tracy Louis Merrill

George S. Rogers

CLASS OF 1979

16% Participation

Cathy Kleiman Bartholomay

Peter H. Eklund

Kenneth M. Karmin

Andrew J. Sullivan

CLASS OF 1980

21% Participation

Miller Bransfield

Jeffrey J. Foreman

Jane Franke

Howard I. Goldblatt

Beth Kaplan Karmin

Elizabeth Miller Leonard

Miriam Feinstein Lupien

Molly Ingram McDowell

*Peter D. Nelles

Lucy Sievers

S. Scott Smith

“QUITE SIMPLY, I GIVE TO NSCD IN HONOR OF THE OUTSTANDING FACULTY WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO CONNECT WITH AND INSPIRE TODAY’S STUDENTS MUCH AS MY TEACHERS DID 50 YEARS AGO.”

Academics: Claire Ziegler ’28 and Mason Rapp ’28

Sophie Hiland ’18 is celebrating her fifth reunion this fall and was back on campus last spring as a lower school assistant teacher.

“As an alum, I give to North Shore because I am so grateful to have grown up at the school. The educational experiences North Shore provided me with shaped me as a community member, a lifelong learner and a friend. From my trip to Cuba during Interim to the experiential learning programs that were built into curriculums across subjects, North Shore allowed me to expand my worldview and explore my interests at every turn. As a teacher, I give to support the work my colleagues are doing to foster compassion, curiosity and a love of learning both in the classroom and beyond. Returning to the lower school has reinforced my confidence in the attention that is paid to supporting every aspect of the student experience. I’m so grateful for North Shore and am proud to be a Raider forever.”

CLASS OF 1981

13% Participation

Price Deratzian Arana

William Friend

David F. Hines

J. Jeffry Louis

George D. Smith III

CLASS OF 1982

28% Participation

Anonymous

Marjorie Bransfield

Andrew J. Bresler

Mary Ann Fitzgerald

Elizabeth R. Ingram

Lisa Jones

Thomas Marrinson

Marc E. Peters

Jennifer L. Stone

Robert T. Vieregg II

John H. Whitlock

CLASS OF 1983

9% Participation

Jane Dettmers Bakey

Michael W. Bransfield

Christopher J. Charnas

Caroline Kullberg Godellas

Alison Wirtz

*Deceased

CLASS OF 1984

9% Participation

David E. Brown

Maxine Lechter Comisky

Laura W. Jenkins

Matthew R. Leibowitz

Arla Medvin Silverstein

CLASS OF 1985

15% Participation

Bobby de la Fuente

James A. Gassel

Rashid M. Ghazi

Thomas B. Nachbar

Tracy Bach Vogel

Paul C. Westhead

CLASS OF 1986

26% Participation

Anonymous

Mark J. Bransfield

Paul DeWoskin

Curt A. Kaplan

Helen Loennig

Apur Patel

Kristen Moffat Powell

Sarah Geist Rosen

Rebecca Andreou Sabri

Jessica Kotler Stahl

Arthur M. Wirtz III

CLASS OF 1987

26% Participation

Christopher C. Avery

Bill Bach

Julie Pokorny Bellanca

Dan Bloedorn

Joel de la Fuente

Lauri Reagan Harris

Jason A. Lamarca

Kristine Demetriou Marubio

Molly Shotwell Oelerich

Lisa McClung Ristic

Alex Silets

Laurence H. Williams

CLASS OF 1988

11% Participation

Annie Aggens

Elizabeth Peruchini Graham

Aaron M. Koral

Bradley L. Savage

Courtney Williams Shelton

CLASS OF 1989

11% Participation

John J. Anton

Kerry L. Moore

Cy Oelerich

Laura Heinz Peters

Thomas P. Smith

CLASS OF 1990

4% Participation

Paula Castillo

Andrew J. Wood

CLASS OF 1991

3% Participation

Robert A. McClung

CLASS OF 1992

3% Participation

Elizabeth Deitrick Trafelet

CLASS OF 1993

12% Participation

Anonymous

Benjamin de la Fuente

Betty Fisher Wiggins

CLASS OF 1994

14% Participation

Nathan C. Appleton

Kristopher R. Baade

Jennifer Edidin

Elizabeth Graettinger

Eugene A. Kuznetsov

CLASS OF 1995

13% Participation

Nathaniel Durbin

Gabriel S. Levi

Jeffrey S. Rothbart

Henley Shotwell

CLASS OF 1996

11% Participation Anonymous

Andre Lodree

Mina Takahashi

Kathryn Todd

CLASS OF 1997

15% Participation

Luke H. Bakalar

Caitlin Rae Grigg

Melissa Mesic Marshall

Liam Cavanaugh Pingree

Hillary Wirtz

CLASS OF 1998

14% Participation

Rachel Abarbanell

Jennifer L. Gonzalez-Gent

William Crane Newman

Thanks to two generous alumnae, a total of $30,000 was raised, including a match incentive that helped inspire new alumni donors or those who missed giving last fiscal year.

Archives: Class of 1972 Commencement

THANK YOU TO OUR REUNION ANNUAL GIVING KEY VOLUNTEERS: Pete Henderson ’47, *Tom Garver ’52, Marcia McMillan Hines ’56, Tom Geraghty ’62, Ron Cahan ’62, Jim Darrow ’67, Cece Ewen Durbin ’67, Eliza Howe Earle ’67, Martin Jack ’67, Patty Missner Johnson ’67, Courtney Kling Luddecke ’67, Tom Stibolt ’67, Bob Stibolt ’72, Bob Elisha ’77, Anne Hines Young ’77, Elizabeth Ingram ’82, Jennifer Stone ’82, John Whitlock ’82, Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87, Lisa McClung Ristic ’87, Larry Williams ’87, T.C. Whiting ’92, Liam Pingree ’97, Luke Bakalar ’97, Hillary Wirtz ’97, Benjy Blenner ’02, Naomi Hattori ’02, Emily Finlay Vertrees ’07, Alexander Vertrees ’07, Grace Flickinger ’12, Jeannie Peters ’12 and Firouz Niazi ’17. You make a difference!

Archives: 1969 boys basketball team

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Donors made gifts of $100 or less, raising a total of $21,010. Every gift makes an impact!

CLASS OF 2000

3% Participation

Chris F. Jessen

CLASS OF 2001

6% Participation

Haley Birnbaum

Leigh Dailey Cross

CLASS OF 2002

21% Participation

Anonymous

Katherine Bearman

Benjy Blenner

Peter Fine

Kathryn Rooney Gegg

Mickeeya Murray Harrison

Naomi Hattori

Brian Jessen

Lydia Uhlir

CLASS OF 2003

9% Participation

Ross Blumenfeld

Allison Kaplan Bosco

Charlie Doar

CLASS OF 2004

8% Participation

Emi Neithercut Brook

Matthew Downe

CLASS OF 2005

9% Participation

Alexander Greenough

Benjamin S. Kegan

Ashleigh Cross St. Peters

CLASS OF 2006

8% Participation

Kelsey Andersen

Mullery Doar

Sophie Smith Finnerty

Nicholas Gibson

CLASS OF 2007

9% Participation

John W. Elam

Idalia Gabrielow

Alexander Vertrees

Emily Finlay Vertrees

CLASS OF 2008

5% Participation

Madelaine Kukanza

Goldstein

Daniel H. Lowinger

Leah Druzinsky Posner

CLASS OF 2009

14% Participation

Blair Hunt Bobier

Rebecca A. Dachille

Elizabeth Doi

Joshua M. Propp

Karen Block Thomas

Matthew B. Thomas

Jack K. Viellieu

CLASS OF 2010

4% Participation

Will Finlay

Katrice Krumplys-Villari

CLASS OF 2011

2% Participation

Madeline Tank

CLASS OF 2012

7% Participation

Carlos A. Angeles

Grace Flickinger

John M. Kelly

Jeannie Peters

Rebecca Reátegui

CLASS OF 2013

9% Participation

Alissa Nolan

Ilhana Redzovic

“THE ASPECT OF MY NSCD EDUCATION I VALUE MOST IS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THE SCHOOL CREATES. I CHOOSE TO GIVE TO NSCD AS AN ALUM SO THE SCHOOL CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE THAT COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS AND EXPAND UPON IT WITHIN THE ALUMNI NETWORK.”

CLASS OF 2014

2% Participation

Rose K. Kelly

CLASS OF 2015

7% Participation

Manuel Hodzic

Claire McCarthy

Mackenzie Nolan

Samuel G. Reátegui

Jonathan G. Segal

CLASS OF 2016

2% Participation

Camille Scheyer

CLASS OF 2017

6% Participation

Evan L. Airey

Dylan M. Cotter

Sarah Lumberg

Firouz J. Niazi

CLASS OF 2018

6% Participation

Clayton D. Durning

Gabrielle Greer

Sophie Hiland

Thomas J. McDowell

Thandi E. Steele

Trevor H. Yamada

CLASS OF 2019

17% Participation

Alex Arenson

Tori Blair

Rachel Block

Quinn P. Connolly

Gavin J. Cotter

Paige Forester

Andrew Karmin

Lorenzo M. Lopes

Katherine M. Nolan

Henry Probst

Morgan R. Small

Emily H. Weil

CLASS OF 2020

3% Participation

Ashley N. Cotter

Caroline Segal

CLASS OF 2021

6% Participation

Charley K. Bell

Nina J. Scheyer

Zinzi A. Steele

CLASS OF 2022

6% Participation

Margie L. Blair

Brenna Cotter

Paris Fear

Isabella B. Flemma

Quinnetta Bellows Miller

Ashleigh Palmer Weathers

Olivia Scheyer

Andrew D. Segal

Brady Webb

Ashley Zabel *Deceased

Athletics: Emi Comeau ’24

Jack Viellieu ’09 is a loyal member of the Decade Society (donors for 10 or more consecutive years).

CURRENT PARENTS

NSCD parents enthusiastically support the school in countless ways. Their contributions and leadership are vital to North Shore’s success.

12TH GRADE

66% Participation

Heidi and Vann Avedisian

Katharine Baker and Tilden Katz

The Behl Family

Chandler Bigelow and Elizabeth Hines Bigelow

Heidi Schroeder Black

Heidi and Brian Capozzi

Erica and Jeff Conlon

Omar and Evelyn De La Cruz

Clarke and Katie Devereux

Doradla Family

Julie and Erik Falk

Susan and Steven Fortier

Christine and Matthew Fox

Krista and J.P. Gallagher

Rich and Susan Gallun

Jill and David Greer

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert M. Hayward

Manisha and Rock Khanna

Anne and Olivier Leonetti

Mr. John Lillig and Ms. Anna Lee

Candice and Peter Luglio

Marya Lundstedt

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Macgeachy

Heather and Greg Metz

Hooman Mohseni and Nasrin Meftah

Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Christine Olatunji

Kenny Olatunji

Kelley and Sean Owen

Diego Palmieri and Maria

Akemi Morita de Palmieri

Basma and Ash-har Quraishi

Elliot and Sherri Richardson

Jay Ryan and Lynn Kahla-Ryan

The Savin Family

Ann and Joe Settimi

Fred and Jackie Wacker

Alesia and Derek Wall

11TH GRADE

70% Participation Anonymous

Brayton and Pim Alley

Carson and Dori Boneck

Greg and Claudia Cesca

Toya and Marlon Chatman

Meredith and Peter Daw

The Dombalagian Family

The Engelman Berner Family

Ben and Jill Erwin

Mary and David Fielder

Gerardo Fitz-Gibbon and Denise Arnold

Louise and Tom Flickinger

Arturo Garcia and Phuong Thai-Garcia

Joshua and Irene Goldstein

Ari and Judy Golson

The Greenberg Winnick Family

Jake and Stephanie Henry

Craig Howard and Frieda Molina

Kitty Bliss and Jerry James

Kristin and Janusz Jeske

Patrick and Tessa Kalotis

Bryan and Deborah Keyt

Ralph and Aida Kuprewicz

Ms. Di Li and Mr. John Schultz

Brett O’Brien and Jessica Dawson O’Brien

Sandra Onofre and Edwin Chavez

James Rosen and Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Chad and Paula Smith

Chuck Smith and Jennifer Zobair

Ms. Melissa Smith

Dawn Steele

Kwesi Steele

Duff and Chase Stevenson

Joshua Strauss and Anat Geva

Toufic Tabbara and Lamis Abulkhair

Quay and Jeana Tao

Rich and Julie Ugarte

Kevin and Amy Woolf

Debbie and Ethan Youderian

10TH GRADE

77% Participation

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Chris Beukenkamp and Rebecca Coke

The Carter Family

Dan Ciral

Clarke and Katie Devereux

Xiaoqiang Fang and Qin Xu

Christine and Matthew Fox

Rich and Susan Gallun

Mr. and Mrs. Rashid M. Ghazi ’85

Jay and Karen Goodgold

Jonathan and Sarah Graham

Nora Hansen

Courtney Hardy and Ellen Kim

Jake and Stephanie Henry

Jon-Peter Kelly and Hannah Chung

Ellen and Rob Knight

Craig and Tali Lissner

Candice and Peter Luglio

Jennifer and Steven Medvin

Ming Ni and Yan Zou

Okwudili Okeke and Nnenna Okore

Daniel Potthoff and Jody Ginger

Nat Roberts and Laura Zung

Ilan Rodzynek and Cindy Zadikoff

John Roselli and

Tina Dalman Roselli

The Rozsival Family

Jay Ryan and

Lynn Kahla-Ryan

The Shreve Family

Lindsey Simon

Katherine and John Sprenger

Nate and Lesley Stillman

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

Tom and Holly Swift

Aaron Tantleff and Jill Sheiman

Jon and Tamara Teppo

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

Betty Fisher Wiggins ’93 and Michael Wiggins

Thaddeus Wilson and Megan Panje-Wilson

Ms. Lynsey Wollin-Casey and Mr. Shawn Casey

Matthew and Marny Zimmer

9TH GRADE

78% Participation Anonymous

The Awada Family

The Berlin Family

The Bullock-Puzon Family

Marc and Sarah Chodera

Mr. David Colton and Dr. Jessica Rappaport

Sean and Diana Connolly

Margaret and Paul DeWoskin ’86

Chuck and Clara Duffield

Ben and Jill Erwin

Shari and Trey Felty

Alison and Bill Fitzgerald

Diana and Tom Flemma

Bernard Ford

Krista and J.P. Gallagher

Mr. David Green and Ms. Jamie Querciagrossa

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Greenstein

Elhadji Gueye

Mike Henn

Donald and

Karen Morgan Holmberg

Russ and Karen Horowitz

Wellington and Erin Hsu

Ed and Kim Huang

The Huss Family

Kavita and Shiv Iyer

Patrick and Tessa Kalotis

Manisha and Rock Khanna

Amanda Alpert Knight

Ellen and Rob Knight

Michael and Jennifer Larsen

The Long Family

Kelly and Patrick McLean

Ethan and Mary Meister

Academics: Kayleigh Weathers ’35 and Maddox Haupt ’35

Krista and Rick Meyers

Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Mr. and Mrs.

David Ogbolumani

Jeff and Kristen Moffat Powell ’86

Boris and Jennifer Rapoport

Stephanie Rapp and Renee Lanam

David and Dana Sackar

Steven Shultz and Tiffani Pierson

Adam and Lowey Sichol

Peter and Deborah Smith

Quay and Jeana Tao

Kevin and Amy Woolf

Charles Zhao and Connie Zhou

8TH GRADE

69% Participation

Brandon and Stacy Ackley

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Heidi and Vann Avedisian

Mayur and Maribel Bawa

Nicole and John Borovicka

Hong Chen and Qing Ru

Ranell and Scott Conine

Jackie and Chris Cotter

Bernard Ford

Elizabeth Graettinger ’94

Kirk and Allison Greer

Courtney Hardy and Ellen Kim

Michael and Melissa Howard

Ellen and Rob Knight

Janie and Strib Koster

Katie and Jay Laabs

Michael and Jennifer Larsen

Mrs. Sarah Levi and Dr. Gabriel Levi ’95

Natasha and Timothy Mah

Patrick and Miggie McCurry

Jason and Susan Millner

Ming Ni and Yan Zou

Brett O’Brien and Jessica Dawson O’Brien

Chris and Ali Pearson

Raj and Shrunali Rai

Amy and Arijit Roy

Mr. and Mrs.

Jonathon Schuster

Missy and Phillip Shinall

Scott Stone and Julia Watkins

John and Claire Storino

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

Eric and Emily Walker

7TH GRADE

71% Participation

Anonymous

Kyle Barnett and Kate Attea

Slawomir and Malgorzata Bialon

Carson and Dori Boneck

The Bullock-Puzon Family

Heidi and Brian Capozzi

The Carter Family

Mr. David Colton and Dr. Jessica Rappaport

Colin Dunn

Bill and Drea Gallaga

Dan and Leah Gordon

Nora Hansen

Jake and Stephanie Henry

Brook Wharton and Josh Hilton

Kavita and Shiv Iyer

Mr. Kyle Jones and Ms. Nichola Roberts-Jones

Jon-Peter Kelly and Hannah Chung

Eamon Kelly and Lakshmi Lakshmanan

Janie and Strib Koster

The Milbratz Family

Onseno and Pippa Nyamweya

Carin and Matthew Peacock

The Howland Pickering Family

Angie and Ian Pinner

Stephanie Rapp and Renee Lanam

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sheehan

Steven Shultz and Tiffani Pierson

Rick and Holly Smirl

John and Claire Storino

Tom and Holly Swift

The Thomas Family

Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90

Nina and Sun Yoo

Craig and Amy Ziegler

6TH GRADE

85% Participation

Korhan and Vuslat Acar

Erin and Kiernan Aiston

Chris Beukenkamp and Rebecca Coke

William Davis and Regina Schwartz

Traditions: Middle School Field Day

total parent participation

Jordan and Stephanie Dubow

Aaron and Jordana Goldstein

Lauren and David Grossman

Ibrahim and Sibel Tekin Gunay

Steve Haislet and Karen Strehle

Thomas Sugarman and Terri Herson

Brook Wharton and Josh Hilton

Jun Hou and Ziaojie Zhang

Mr. and Mrs.

Christopher Hunter

Jenny Kalyviaris

The Keswani Family

The Long Family

James Meixner and

Rachel Cannon

Brian and Jessica Montgomery

Chethra Muthiah and Jayanth Surakanti

Okwudili Okeke and Nnenna Okore

Micah and Angela Orr

Chris and Ali Pearson

Daniel Potthoff and Jody Ginger

Amy and Arijit Roy

Mark and Rebecca Sansoterra

Mr. and Mrs.

Jonathon Schuster

Andrew and Annie Scribner

Dennis and Christina Self

Brian and Tina Sprague

Tim and Maggie Storino

Quay and Jeana Tao

Peter and Preya Tarsney

5TH GRADE

67% Participation

Anonymous

Brandon and Stacy Ackley

Sean Duffy and Lidia Wachowska

Andrew and Katie Florig

The Gallin Family

Elizabeth Graettinger ’94

Mr. and Mrs.

Jason Greenstein

Michael and Melissa Howard

Kristen Kaczynski and Christopher Shaw

Patrick and Tessa Kalotis

Vijay and Shiraz Kotte

Dr. Amanda and Mr. Thomas T. Macejko, Jr.

Jason and Susan Millner

Joseph Monaghan and Claire Weingarden

Sergio and Carolina Nahuz

Onseno and Pippa Nyamweya

Raj and Shrunali Rai

Liz and Tom Sherwood

Bong and Jessica Shinn

Peter and Deborah Smith

Scott Stone and Julia Watkins

Tim and Maggie Storino

Nick and Rachel Sun

Mukund Venu and Priyanka Nair

Rudy and Nichole Wilson

Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90

Service: Middle school students volunteer at Feed My Starving Children

“WE SEE AND HEAR THE IMPACT OF NSCD EVERY DAY WHEN LILY COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL. AND WE SEE THE SKIP IN HER STEP WHEN WE DROP HER OFF—TRUE HAPPINESS.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 4TH GRADE PARENTS WHO ACHIEVED 100% PARTICIPATION!

100% Participation

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Erin and Kiernan Aiston

Tej and Sumedha Bhattal

Annie and Seamus Collins

Vanessa and Matt Colman

Brian and Tracie Frederick

Kim and Greg Frezados

Mr. and Mrs.

Rashid M. Ghazi ’85

Mark Gent and Jennifer Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Dan and Leah Gordon

Matthew Hodgkins and Kristell Sachet

Peter and Gray Hulick

Anita Ivory

Craig Johnson and Meera Bhatia

The Keswani Family

Ms. Di Li and Mr. John Schultz

Candice and Joe Lind

The Long Family

Koben and Debbie Miceli

Rui and Andrea Moreira

Basma and Ash-har Quraishi

Peter and Atour Sargon

Dennis and Christina Self

Liz and Tom Sherwood

Benjamin and Bethany Smith

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Susanna and

Renaat Ver Eecke

Melissa and Matthew Wessel

Daniel Yonan and Alda Benjamen

72% Participation

Anonymous

Chris Beukenkamp and Rebecca Coke

Ilya and Jenny Beyrak

Derek and Pascale Dunaway

Brian and Tracie Frederick

Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Gragg

The Grimsley Family

Lauren and David Grossman

Ibrahim and Sibel Tekin Gunay

Larry and Diona Lewis

The Milbratz Family

Joseph Monaghan and Claire Weingarden

Brian and Jessica Montgomery

Chethra Muthiah and Jayanth Surakanti

Mayja Pastrana and Cesar Guerra

Mark and Rebecca Sansoterra

Marjana and Omair Siraj

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

Ashleigh Palmer

Weathers ’04

Rudy and Nichole Wilson

Robert and Amanda Wright

73% Participation

Tej and Sumedha Bhattal

Chen Che and Lin Xi

Vanessa and Matt Colman

Alexander and Cassandra Dadakis

Daniel Engel and Amy Enesser

Chad and Kim Feingold

Mark Gent and

Jennifer Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Robert Herzog and Niki St. Pierre Herzog

Kristen Kaczynski and Christopher Shaw

Stephen and Lauren Kao

Xinghua Liang and Wenyan Wang

Sergio and Carolina Nahuz

Adam Held and Heather Pinkett

Ellen Rasmussen and Ivan Rioja Scott

Catalina Rincón-Bisbey and Brandon Bisbey

Peter and Atour Sargon

Bong and Jessica Shinn

Tim and Maggie Storino

Mukund Venu and Priyanka Nair

The Wachter Family

Mark and Diane Williams

Daniel Yonan and Alda Benjamen

92% Participation

Anonymous (2)

Miguel Sanchez Alvarez and Kelsey Andersen ’06

Cristy and Dean Athas

The Bagga Family

Adam and Diane Code

Annie and Seamus Collins

Mark Gent and Jennifer Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Winder Holeman and Estefi Elias

Peter and Gray Hulick

Danita Ivory

Lin Jiang and Lei Zhou

Craig Johnson and Meera Bhatia

Candice and Joe Lind

Mark and Caitlin McLennan

Brian and Erin Pemble

Justin Sabrsula and Lindsay Theile

Benjamin and Bethany Smith

Bridget Foley and Derek Strasburg

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Frederick and

Caroline Waddell

Rhonda and Farhan Yasin

Alex and Megan Yekelchik

SK

77% Participation

Miguel Sanchez Alvarez and Kelsey Andersen ’06

Simon and Trisha Byrne

Chen Che and Lin Xi

Joe Sedivy and Jing Yu, parents of Lily Sedivy ’35

Alexander and Cassandra Dadakis

Brian and Tracie Frederick

Matthew Hodgkins and Kristell Sachet

Peter and Read Lanctot

Xinghua Liang and Wenyan Wang

Christopher and Sarah Martinez

Joseph Monaghan and Claire Weingarden

Joan and Robert Ryder

Joseph Sedivy and Jing Yu

Yan Wang and Chenzhong Wu

Ashleigh Palmer

Weathers ’04

Robert and Amanda Wright

Xingyu Xu and Cheng Yao

JK

75% Participaiton

Ilya and Jenny Beyrak

Simon and Trisha Byrne

Nick and Colleen Detchev

Emil and Kim Diorio

Tim and Sarah Eichenberg

Daniel Engel and Amy Enesser

Nico Gibson ’06 and Montserrat Lusarreta

Robert Herzog and Niki St. Pierre Herzog

Shenglai Li and Fan Wang

Stephen and Mary Mahieu

Mark and Caitlin McLennan

Anna and Dan Simpson

Frederick and Caroline Waddell

Mark and Diane Williams

4TH GRADE

2ND GRADE

1ST GRADE

3RD GRADE

Joseph Sedivy and Jing Yu give because of their daughter’s love of the school, her teachers, staff, friends and families.

Class of 2031, fourth grade

Contribution of Dollars Raised by Constituent Type

PARENTS OF ALUMNI

North Shore is grateful for the generosity of parents of alumni, who continue to remain supportive of the school.

Anonymous (2)

Mr. and Mrs. William Abrams

Mr. and Mrs. John Ake

John and Ann Amboian

Cameron Avery and Lynn Donaldson

Patti and Jay Bach

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Baird

Christine and John Bakalar

Greg and Elizabeth Barr

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Beerheide

Laura Thomas Bergman

Wendi and Ed Biemer

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Therese and Lee Block

Mrs. Linda Blumberg

Susan and Scott Bondurant

Mr. and Mrs.

Harvey H. Bundy III

Edward J. Burnell III

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buterbaugh

Mr. Richard Callahan and Ms. Bic Wirtz

Susan and Michael Canmann

Cheryl and Chris Charnas ’83

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cody ’70

Jeff and Lucy Colman

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

John and Tura Cottingham

Earl and Karen Cunningham

Mary Pat Cross

Tim Curren

John S. Darrow ’65

Oscar and Melissa David

Emily and Michael Denesha

Mrs. Jane Deuble

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomas Doar III

Sharon Dole

Michael and Kenzie Doornweerd

Susan and Dale Downing

Dr. Robert E. Druzinsky

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Durbin

(Cece Ewen ’67)

The Durning Family

Arlene H. Elisha

Mr. Reed Fellars and Ms. Reven Uihlein-Fellars

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fix

(Karey Wirtz ’76)

Mrs. Harold M. Flanzer

*Stephanie and Tom Formolo

Mrs. Barbara Franke

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gardner ’67

Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Gaud, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Geist ’63

Ms. Carol Genis

Cynthia Turley Gentles

C. Gary and Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Getz, Jr.

Jason and Lizzy Giffen

Mr. and Mrs.

Robert H. Goldman

Dr. Jacques N. Gordon and Ms. Elizabeth H. Wiltshire

Lisa Altenbernd and Stephen Hagerty

Mr. Edward Harney and Ms. Kathryn A. Mikells

Mr. Michael A. Herzberg

*Mary Pick Hines ’49

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

David F. Hines ’81

The Hunt Family

Teresa and Harley Hutchins ’60

Dr. and Mrs. Steven Jaharis

Ashish and Ritu Jain

Arthur ’70 and Diane Flint Jessen ’70

*Mr. Howard E. Jessen

Michael Johnson and Leslie Fung

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Kaplan ’75

(Karen Stone ’75)

Lynne Karmin

Shelley and Ed Keller

Anne and Vincent Kelly

David M. Klaskin

Ms. Susan Klingenstein

Mr. Robert L. Kotler and Ms. Yoko Kono

Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Lawler

Dr. and Mrs. Roberto E. Levi

The Lowinger Family

Franklin J. Lunding, Jr. ’56

Mr. and Mrs.

James E. Maconachy

Caroline Ingram McCarty

Mr. and Mrs.

Nicholas F. McClanahan

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung

Mr. Grant G. and Dr. Suzanne

Folds McCullagh ’69

Mr. and Mrs. William T. McDowell

(Molly Ingram ’80)

Kathy and Patrick McHugh

Mr. and Mrs.

Breece R. McKinney

Louis Mercer and Sarah Larson Mercer

Donald Misch ’69

Jamie Molzahn

Suzu and David Neithercut

Craig and Jenny Niemann

The Joseph Nolan Family

Mr. Floyd E. Palmer

Ryan Paulson and

Darla Hovden

Mr. and Mrs.

Paul B. Perkinson

Dr. and Mrs. David H. Potter

Mohan Rao and Maria Yen

Erica Regunberg and Rob Dann

Blasko and Lisa McClung Ristic

John H. Roberts ’49

Nancy Kimball Robinson ’58

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Robinson

Kevin Rooney

Nancy and Scott Santi

Julie Schmidt

Sarah M. Schmidt

Mary Kelly and Michael Schneider

Susie Brew Schreiber ’58

Mr. William G. Schur and Ms. Donna Fletcher

Stefan and Yuko

Schwarzfischer

Cynthia Scott and Daniel Kegan

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Scully (Jeannie Lea ’63)

Tracey Shafroth

Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel K. Skinner

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Slotkin

Mr. Donald A. Smith and Mrs. Karen Z. Smith

Lesley Stillman

Mrs. Susan Stone

Robert K. Strong, Jr. ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Tank

David C. Thomas

Helen H. Turley

Jim and Tricia Valenti

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Viellieu

Elizabeth Waldman ’67

The Watrous Family

Berkley and Bob Wellstein

Pam Whalley

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur M. Wirtz III ’86

Marilyn and *Rocky Wirtz ’71

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wiznitzer

GRANDPARENTS

Grandparents are a vital part of our North Shore community. We are grateful for their commitment to the school. These gifts are made in honor of their grandchild(ren) who are current students.

(Alphabetical by grandparent name)

Lily ’29 and Ansley ’31 Aiston

Mrs. Mary Rita Aiston

Margot Ake ’28

Mr. and Mrs. John Ake

Ella ’23 and Julia ’28 Capozzi

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baker

Reed Metzler ’25

Mr. and Mrs.

Harold S. Barron

Ezra ’29 and Arlo ’32

Grossman

Lois R. and Maurice J. Beznos

Charlie ’25, Emily ’27, Preston ’31 and Virginia ’32 Ver Eecke

Dan Boone Family

Grace Brennan ’30

Ms. Rebecca Brennan

Tucker Sichol ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H. Bundy III

Anne Elise ’27 and Catherine ’28 Storino

Ms. Mary Campfield

Max Ryder ’35

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cecil

Marielle Roselli ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dalman

James Daw ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Daw

Trafton ’23 and Josephine ’27 O’Brien

Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Dawson Jr.

Vivien Florig ’30

Martha and John Dienner

Bella ’22 and Max ’26 Flemma

Mrs. Mary Ann Flemma

Hannah ’17, Julia ’20 and Evan ’23 Fortier

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fortier

Hope ’31, Jake ’32 and Ainsley ’35 Frederick

Donald and Adele Frederick

Lauren ’23, Morgan ’26 and Liam ’26 Gallagher

Ms. Ellen Gallagher

Gabriel Rosen ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Geist ’63

Caleb Goldstein ’24

Ms. Athene Goldstein

Greyson ’31, Aiden ’33 and Olivia ’34 Gent

Debra V. Gonzalez

Emily ’34 and Annabelle ’36 Waddell

Mr. Newell Grant

Isabella ’26 and Makayla ’30 Greenstein

Mrs. Janet Greenstein

James Daw ’24

Ms. Jayne Gretz

Caleb Goldstein ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herman

Xander Athas ’34

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Herndon, Jr. ’72

Grace Brennan ’30

Rosemary K. Hickey

Penrose Bigelow ’23

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

Kyle Banner ’24

Ms. Barbara Holley

Caroline ’31 and George ’34 Hulick

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hulick

Layla Lewis ’32

Rev. and Mrs. Dale Kelley

Nolan ’25 and Aiden ’27 Darnieder and Alex Knight ’26

Ms. Mary Knight

Elizabeth Laabs ’27

Nancy Laabs

Tae Won Lillig ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Geung Goo Lee

Benjamin Levi ’27

Dr. and Mrs. Roberto E. Levi

John Martinez ’35

Mr. and Mrs. Don Martinez

Geoff ’24, Mariel ’24 and Smith ’24 Flickinger

Edward E. Matthews

Hope ’31, Jake ’32 and Ainsley ’35 Frederick

Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Mayberry

Mateo Elias-Holeman ’34

Ms. Katherine McKee

Elizabeth ’30 and Alex ’33 Shinn

Mrs. Joanne Miller

Alexander Davis ’29

Mr. Ed Muir

Vasu ’29 and Veera ’32 Surakanti

Dr. Venkatachalam Muthiah and Mrs. Kanna Muthiah

Trafton ’24 and Josephine ’27 O’Brien

Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Brien

Annie ’26 and Jack ’27 Ford

Ms. Nancy O’Shea

Walter ’32 and Kayleigh ’35 Weathers

Mr. Floyd E. Palmer

Berkeley Orr ’29

Mr. and Mrs. James Repsold

Madeleine ’24 and Levi ’28 Boneck

Mr. and Mrs. Morton Rhoads

Lilly Frezados ’31

Ms. Kathryn Rieger

John ’23 and Luke ’25 Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan

Will Sun ’30

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sauer

Buckley ’23 and Dixie ’26 Oelerich

Chip ’61 and Lynne Wavering Shotwell ’60

Nathan Ciral ’25

Justice John Simon and Ms. Millie Rosenbloom

Simon

Nathan ’26 and Liam ’30 Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith

Daisy Stone ’25

Mrs. Susan Stone

Jonathan Goodgold ’25

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Swoiskin

Charlie ’25, Emily ’27, Preston ’31 and Virginia ’32 Ver Eecke

Dr. and Mrs. Wilfried Ver Eecke

Nikash Bawa ’27

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Viray

Gabriel Rosen ’24

Elizabeth Waldman ’67

Mara ’30, Evelyn ’32 and Juliet ’35 Monaghan

Mr. Earl Weingarden and Ms. Heather Hansche

Performing Arts: Peyton Wiercinski ’30, Anika Venu ’30, Ramona Shaw ’30 and Amy Schanzenbach ’30

Athletics: Caleb Goldstein ’24

Jonathan Wiggins ’25

Mr. and Mrs. James Wiggins

Max Greenberg Winnick ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Winnick

Colin Casey ’25

Ms. Sue Wollin

Edison ’31 and Kit ’34 Collins

Mr. and Mrs. John Wrigley

FORMER GRANDPARENTS

Many grandparents of alumni continue to support NSCD, and we thank them for their ongoing commitment and loyalty.

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Clark

Mrs. Judy Crumley

Arlene H. Elisha

Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Getz, Sr., ’55

*Mary Pick Hines ’49

*Mr. Howard E. Jessen

Dr. and Mrs. Suk Lee

Caroline Ingram McCarty

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung

Mr. and Mrs. Edward U. Notz ’53

Helen H. Turley

*Georgia Elmes Welles ’48

FRIENDS

We acknowledge the school’s friends who have provided support to North Shore this year.

Anonymous

Steve Gilmore

Mr. Ronald J. Harvey

Emily Mullen

Dr. Sheryl L. Murray

Meredith and

Marian Jaremchuk

Michael and

Deborah Potempa

Allison and Joseph Villinski

FORMER TRUSTEES

We acknowledge the long-term commitment our former trustees have made to the school, demonstrated by their continued support.

John P. Amboian, Jr.

Cameron Avery

Christopher C. Avery ’87

Bill Bach ’87

Jay Bach

John S. Bakalar

Laura Thomas Bergman

Wendi Biemer

Bruce B. Blair ’69

Tony Blumberg ’76

Susan Bondurant

Brian Capozzi

Christopher J. Charnas ’83

Jeff Colman

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

Erica E. Conlon

Katie Devereux

Tom Doar III

Tom Formolo

Susan Fortier

Susan Gaud

Thomas F. Geraghty III ’62

Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

Bert A. Getz, Jr.

Dick Hall

Kenneth M. Henderson, Jr. ’47

*Mary Pick Hines ’49

David F. Hines ’81

Harley Hutchins ’60

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Arthur C. Jessen ’70

*Howard E. Jessen

Anne Kelly

David M. Klaskin

Frank Lunding, Jr.

Nicholas F. McClanahan

James A. McClung

Suzanne Folds

McCullagh ’69

David Neithercut

Joseph Nolan

Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Kenny Olatunji

Noreen Potempa

Mohan Rao

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

“As former educators, we especially value the nurturing and inclusive approach to learning that informs the vision, mission and function of all involved at North Shore Country Day. It is manifestly clear that the goal is to recognize each student’s individual strengths and to help each develop into the person she or he wants to be.

As current grandparents, we are both grateful and exceedingly pleased that we have the opportunity and can support North Shore Country Day. ”

LOIS AND JERRY BEZNOS, Current Grandparents of Ezra ’29 and Arlo ’32 Grossman

Cynthia Scott

Jeannie Lea Scully ’63

Tracey Shafroth

Donald A. Smith

George D. Smith III

Catherine Askow

Thompson ’69

Jim Valenti

*Rocky Wirtz ’71

Hillary Wirtz ’97

FACULTY/STAFF

Gifts from our faculty and staff are just one of the many ways they express their commitment to North Shore. We thank them for their participation and all that they give to the school.

Erin Aiston

Kiernan Aiston

Kristen Allen

Francis Allende-Pellot

Gia Anayas

Linda Arts

Cristy Athas

Jay Bach

Kim Baker

Dorothy Biel

Heidi Schroeder Black

Lee Block

Brooke Bowers

Jared Branahl

Zaro Buterbaugh

María Elena Centomo

Troy Chirico

Annie Collins

Laura Cooper

Becky Corrigan

Emily Culbert

Karen Cunningham

Tim Curren

Anne-Marie Dall’Agata

Teresa Debartolo

Sean Dermody

Jim Deuble ’76

Kim Diorio

Mullery Doar ’06

Sue Downing

Rob Drake

Hayden Dzurisin

Mary Fielder

Tom Flemma

Brian Frederick

Tracie Frederick

Drea Gallaga

Arturo Garcia

Gina Gnoffo

Ann Goodrich

David Green

Kirk Greer

David Grossman

Jackie Haug

Sophie Hiland ’18

Winder Holeman

Cindy Hooper

Laura Hsieh

Kristen Jeske

Kyle Jones

Chris Jurack

Kristen Kaczynski

Kristi Kamen

Rebekah Kauffman

*Deceased

Academics: First grade composting project

Liz Kindig

Linda Kiracibasi

Rachel Kruenegel

David Kubacki

Yael Kurganoff

Kristina Lazdauskas

Jim Lechowicz

Di Li

Sharon Lieberman

Jenna Loise

Janet Lord

Amy Luckey

Montse Lusarreta

Julia Macholl

Timothy Mah

Leanne Marcus

Serena Marwah-Blanke

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

Kathy McHugh

Patrick McHugh

Caitlin McLennan

Stephanie McShane

Alejandra Canet de Mendoza

Louis Mercer

Matt Mettille

Craig Mutzman

Pippa Nyamweya

Cy Oelerich ’89

Dan O’Hara

Diane Olson

Angie Orr

Carin Peacock

Molly Phelan

Brian Posner

Dave Potter

Zola Price

Marcy Ramos

Ellen Rasmussen

Rebecca Reátegui ’12

Lucilla Richards

Jerry Rietveld

Catalina Rincón-Bisbey

Ethan Rodehorst

Graham Rosby

Brad Rose

Joan Ryder

Tom Saleh

Ceil Scanlan

Julie Schmidt

Tim Sheehan

Amy Shuldiner

Kristen Slamar

Ewa Sojka

Izzy Steach

Rachel Sun

Paaven Thaker

Cristina Torres

Julie Tuten

Jamie Valker

Juan Vidal

Christine Wachter

Sarah Walsh

Ashleigh Palmer

Weathers ’04

Terri Webb

Maureen Wilde

Lynsey Wollin-Casey

Dorothy Wu

FORMER FACULTY/STAFF

NSCD faculty and staff continue to remain connected to and supportive of the school even after they move on to other endeavors. We thank them for their ongoing loyalty.

Dean Athas

Bob Beerheide

Chris Boyle

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Tura Cottingham

Jane Dalton

Lew Davis

Emily Denesha

Amy Deuble

Tom Doar III

Sharon Dole

Eileen Donoghue

Alex Downing

Libby Ester

Jason Giffen

Lizzy Giffen

Dick Hall

Bill Hinchliff ’64

Staci Hundt

Art Jessen ’70

Yoo-Kyung Kim

Read Lanctot

Bob Long

Edee Madsen

Caroline Ingram McCarty

Mark McLennan

Jackie Melissas

Paul Perkinson

Noreen Potempa

Cindy Pozzi

Mary Roden

Kevin Rooney

Sheldon Rosenbaum

Brian Sarfo

Annie Scribner

Jeff Shaw

Allan Stern

Madeline Tank ’11

Ethan Timmons-Schiffman

Helen Turley

Berkley Wellstein

Pam Whalley

Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Debbie Youderian

FOUNDATIONS/ ORGANIZATIONS

North Shore is grateful to the many foundations and organizations that supported the school with their contributions this year.

Anonymous (3)

American Endowment Foundation

Ayco Charitable Foundation

Bank of America Charitable

Gift Fund

Barbara Notz Hines Foundation

The Benson Foundation

Bergen County United Way’s Charitable Gift Fund

Bessemer Giving Fund

Beth and Ken Karmin

Family Foundation

Buettner Family Foundation

C. Gary and Virginia Gerst Foundation

The Cleveland Foundation

Daniel Murphy

Scholarship Foundation

Edward E. & Marie L.

Matthews Foundation

Fidelity Charitable

Frezados Masius Rieger Foundation

The Geraldi Norton Foundation

Greater Horizons

Globe Foundation

Goldman Sachs Gives

Gordon H. & Karen M. Millner Family Foundation

Greater Toledo

Community Foundatioin

Half Moon Foundation

The Handley Foundation, Inc.

Harris Family Foundation

The Irving & Adele Rosenberg Foundation, Inc.

J. Jeffry and Elizabeth S. Louis Foundation

J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Jaharis Family Foundation

Leslie Fund, Inc.

Leo & Yuki Graham Foundation

Louis Stewart Foundation

MacArthur Foundation

Maurice Walk Foundation for Education and the Arts

Merle Chambers Fund

Morgan Family Foundation

Morgan Stanley Global

Impact Funding Trust

Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program

Reed Family Foundation, Inc.

Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Renee Friedman & Robert Druzinsky Family Fund

Roberts Family Foundation

Roger and Susan Stone

Family Foundation

Sarah M. Schmidt Family Charitable Fund

Schwab Charitable SC Johnson Fund

Sirius Fund

Stearns Charitable Trust

STS Foundation

T. Rowe Price Charitable

Tazewell Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee

Vanguard Charitable Winona Corporation

The Winthrop Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation

Triford Foundation

MATCHING GIFTS

NSCD is grateful to the many foundations and corporations that supported the school with matching gifts this year.

Anonymous

Abbott Fund

AbbVie Employee Engagement Fund

Akin Gump Strauss

Hauer & Feld

Bank of America

Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program

Bayer

Charles Schwab

Chevron matching Gifts Program

Dover Foundation

GE Foundation

Go Daddy for Good

Google Gift Matching Program

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Microsoft

Pepsico Foundation

Matching Gifts Program

Raytheon Technologies

T. Rowe Price

The Walt Disney Company

William Blair & Company Foundation

IN HONOR OF...

North Shore acknowledges those gifts made this year in honor of others.

Larry Aggens

Kathryn Wilsey Lerch ’64

Dayle Block

Henry Probst ’19

Lee Block

Jackie Melissas

Barbara Castilla

Jackie Melissas

Tim Curren

Henry Probst ’19

Nick David ’15

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. David

Mullery Doar ’06

Shari and Trey Felty

W. Thomas Doar III

Charlie Doar ’03

Ms. Mary Duffy

Sean Duffy and Lidia Wachowska

Dr. James W. Faulkner ’72

Robert W. Dehlinger ’71

Tom Flemma

Rollin Miles Warner, Jr. ’48

Brian Frederick, Terri Webb, Dave Potter, Coach Kosinski and Jackson’s extraordinary teachers

The Engelman Berner Family

Elena and Domingo de la Fuente

Benjie de la Fuente ’93

Bobby de la Fuente ’85

Joel de la Fuente ’87

Drea Gallaga

Lorenzo M. Lopes ’19

David Grossman

Emily H. Weil ’19

Cassandra Hiland

Alexandra Arenson ’19

Laura Hsieh

Henry Probst ’19

Trey ’20 and Jack ’22 Hunt

Mrs. Judy Crumley

Elizabeth Ingram ’82

Lisa Jones ’82

Linda Kiracibasi

Christopher C. Avery ’87

Cristy Athas has been a lower school teacher for 17 years and is also a key member of the summer camp staff. She is a current parent to Xander ’34, a volunteer Annual Giving faculty/staff representative and a Decade Society member.

“I AM INSPIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANNUAL GIVING AT NORTH SHORE EACH YEAR BECAUSE IT HELPS TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN INVALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE PROJECTS HAVE HELPED ME CREATE AN AQUAPONICS SYSTEM IN MY CLASSROOM.

MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A NEW INCUBATOR TO ENHANCE THE PROCESS OF HATCHING CHICKS IN SK. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE DONATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL, AND I AM PROUD TO BE A DONOR MYSELF.”

Paul Krajovic

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough ’74

Lew Davis

Laura McCormick ’73

Julia Macholl

Rachel A. Block ’19

Timothy Mah

Nina J. Scheyer ’21

Morgan Small ’19

Caroline Ingram McCarty

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

Sophie Hiland ’18

Noreen Potempa

Meredith and Marian Jaremchuk

Katherine McKee

Michael and Deborah Potempa

Mick Potempa

Allison and Joseph Villinski

Dr. David H. Potter

Mr. John Lillig and Ms. Anna Lee

Dr. Jerry Rietveld

Paige Forester ’19

Gabriel ’24 and Samuel ’26 Rosen

Rebecca Andreou Sabri ’86

June Sochen

Kathryn Wilsey Lerch ’64

Jonathan Strong ’62

Peyton Young ’62

*Deceased

Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Pamela Winston Christensen ’61

Robert W. Dehlinger ’71

Sharon Dole

Bruce Everett ’60

Deirdre Healy Henderson ’60

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Mr. and Mrs.

William T. McDowell (Molly Ingram ’80)

William F. Steel ’60

NSCD Alumni and Development Team

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

NSCD Math Department

Angie and Micah Orr

NSCD Faculty and Staff

Deborah Greenberg and Michael Winnick

Leigh Daily Cross ’01

IN MEMORY OF...

The school acknowledges those gifts made this year in remembrance of others.

Carol Abelmann

Emily and Michael Denesha

William C. Aiston, Jr.

The Aiston Family

Annie and Seamus Collins

Bernadette Elmer of Forest Haven Property Owners Association

Tom and Diana Flemma

Jason and Lizzy Giffen

Staci Hundt

Mr. Kyle Jones and Ms. Nichola Roberts-Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Kaplan ’75 (Karen Stone ’75)

Kristen Kaczynski and Christopher Shaw

Lynne Karmin

The Andrew Karmin ’19 Family

Jenna Loise

Mr. and Mrs. William T. McDowell (Molly Ingram ’80)

Marni Morris

Ms. Barbara Peter

Margaret Tazioli

Vincent Allison

Barbara Berndtson Bamberg ’62

Barbara Schilling Stanton ’63

Margaretha Walk ’59

Vincent and Zelda Allison

Blake Allison ’68

John Almquist

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough ’74

Bruce Benson ’30

Lucia Farwell Dhaens ’55

Philip Boal ’75

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Susan Shapiro

Braithwaite ’61

Elizabeth D. Ames ’61

John Callander ’63

Glenn R. Geist ’63

Alice Graff Childs ’37

Pamela Winston Christensen ’61

Robert W. Dehlinger ’71

William B. Hinchliff ’64

Louis Conant ’11

Pam Rohman Conant ’75

Emily and Michael Denesha

Sharon Cooper

Emily and Michael Denesha

Charles Cross

Ashleigh Cross

St. Peters ’05

Anita Straub Darrow ’38 and William W. Darrow ’35

James D. Darrow ’67

John S. Darrow ’65

Peter Darrow ’60

Philip Darrow

William W. Darrow, Jr. ’73

Anne Darrow

McCausland ’62

Virginia S. Deane

Estelle Miller Weedon ’60

Suzanne Searle Dixon ’49

Anne Hines Young ’77

David Dobkin ’71

Robert W. Dehlinger ’71

Julia Mason Drake ’35

Julia D. Berkowitz ’64

Renee Friedman Druzinsky

Robert E. Druzinsky

Leah Druzinsky Posner ’08

Frank Dunbaugh ’47

John Lindgren ’47

Clark Elliott ’75

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Jay Findlay ’08

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Nancy Golden Fahlstrom ’70

Joanne Golden ’74

William F. Freisem

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Eileen F. Donoghue

Thomas Freisem ’76

Matt Geyer ’82

Anonymous

Richard D. Golden ’44

James E. Golden ’70

Julie Hall

Emily and Michael Denesha

Dr. Kathleen Hamm

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Carolyn Howard

Emily and Michael Denesha

Jack Ingram

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Emily and Michael Denesha

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

Mr. Howard E. Jessen

Charlie Doar ’03

Tom and Diana Flemma

Arthur ’70 and Diane Flint Jessen ’70

Gwen Jessen ’76

Ned Jessen ’73 and Lynn Lillard Jessen ’74

Kathy and Patrick McHugh

Ryan Paulson and Darla Hovden

Howard and Susie Jessen

Mr. Robert M. Long

Dr. Jerome Kaplan

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Paul Kogut ’77

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Frank Loennig

Eileen F. Donoghue

Helen Loennig ’86

Diane Holliday Johnson ’43

Craig Johnson ’70

Patricia Blunt Koldyke ’54

Carlene C. Blunt ’57

Harriet Street Lambart ’33

Harry S. Lambart ’65

Karla Landau

Kathryn Wilsey Lerch ’64

Margaretha Walk ’59

Eric Lundstedt

Marya Lundstedt

Martha Madigan

Jane Alexander Beck ’77

Mary Allen Madsen ’59

Trink Smith Chambers ’59

Geoffrey M. Marcus ’02

Anonymous

Charles J. McCarthy

Tracie and Brian Frederick

Maureen and Art Wilde

Mac McCarty

Michael Bransfield ’83 and Allison M. Wirtz ’83

Courtney S. Bryant ’58

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Emily and Michael Denesha

Boetius H. Sullivan III ’71

Joyce McDowell

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Maxine Mitchell

Patti and Jay Bach

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Vanessa Molzahn

Jamie Molzahn

Dr. Herbert F. Philipsborn ’33

Andrew I. Philipsborn ’69

Daniel S. Philipsborn, M.D. ’65

Alex ’89 and Nicholas ’93 Piper

Kerry L. Moore ’89

Thomas P. Smith ’89

Maria Papanicolaou

Emily and Michael Denesha

Jen Pfannerstill

Emily and Michael Denesha

Dr. Jerry Rietveld

Midge Chace Powell

Ruth Allen Hopfenbeck ’49

Anne Hines Young ’77

Sandy and Hannah ’17 Przybylo

Emily and Michael Denesha

David Ranney ’63

Michael A. Wartman ’63

James T. Reidy ’64

James D. Davis ’64

Janet Jones Rogers ’43

George S. Rogers ’78

Phyllis Rosenbaum

Mr. Sheldon Rosenbaum

Roe Salzinski

Emily and Michael Denesha

David Severson ’71

Robert W. Dehlinger ’71

Andrew J. Scheman ’75

Dr. Leslie M. Spitz ’61

Elizabeth D. Ames ’61

Francis R. Stanton ’27

Barbara Schilling Stanton ’63

William P. Stanton ’64

Barbara Schilling

Stanton ’63

Lauren L. Suter ’51

Alice Suter Hardesty ’55

Dan Sweeney

Emily and Michael Denesha

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Will Talley

Barbara Schilling

Stanton ’63

Jean and Will Talley

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Scotson Webbe ’34

S. Lindsay Webbe ’61

Mark A. Wollaeger ’75

Patti and Jay Bach

Nancy Gottlieb Bauer ’76

Michael L. Bird ’75

Betsy Bruemmer ’76

Pam Rahmann Conant ’75

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Karey Wirtz Fix ’76

Peter W. Flanzer ’76

Jay Freeman ’75

Thomas Freisem ’76

Clifford G. Gately ’75

Myla Frohman Goldstick ’75

Francine Barker Hodge ’76

Lewis G. Hunt ’76

Charles H. Ingram ’75

Gwen Jessen ’76

Karen Stone Kaplan ’75

Matthew S. Kaplan ’75

Janet Figg Kelly ’76

Karen Spencer Kelly ’76

Dick Meyer ’76

Clint O’Connor ’76

Linda Caro Reinisch ’75

Kimberly Louis Stewart ’75

Tara Steinschneider

Vossough ’74

Joan Wing

Patti and Jay Bach

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Susan Rosenberg Wise ’74

Carol Marshall Allen ’74

RESTRICTED FUNDS

Athletic Department

Daniel D. Deuble ’77

Boys and Girls Soccer

Cheryl and Chris Charnas ’83

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Anonymous

Katharine Baker and Tilden Katz

Mrs. Jane Deuble

Joyce F. Glasser, Ph.D. ’55

Meredith and Marian Jaremchuk

Michael and Deborah Potempa

Noreen and Mick Potempa

Allison and Joseph Villinski

Mark and Diane Williams

Field Hockey

Shari and Trey Felty

General Scholarship

Lois R. and Maurice J. Beznos

Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

George D. Smith II ’38 and Rosemarie K. Smith Scholarship

Thomas P. Smith ’89

Hester & Lawrence Howe Fund for the Humanities

Margi Morse Delafield ’65 and Lawrence Howe

Delafield

In memory of Howard and Susie Jessen for The Jessen Family Scholarship Fund

Ashley and Brian Jessen ’02

Chris Jessen ’00

Margaret J. Kelley

LEARN Charter Scholarship

Nancy and Scott Santi

Mental Health First Aid

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Middle School STEM

Programming

Amy and Arijit Roy

Professional Development — Stanley H. King Institute program

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

The Linda Kiracibasi

Artist-in-Residence Fund

Anonymous

Patti and Jay Bach

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Margie L. Blair ’22

Tori A. Blair ’19

The Carter Family

Nancy Geyer Christopher

Ms. Mary Pat Cross

Libby Ester and Michael Brody

Louise and Tom Flickinger

Mr. and Mrs.

Henry T. Gaud, Jr.

Elizabeth Peruchini

Graham ’88

Benjamin S. Kegan ’05

Linda Kiracibasi

Matthew R. Leibowitz ’84

The Lowinger Family

Mr. and Mrs.

James A. McClung

Robert A. McClung ’91

Joshua M. Propp ’09

Blasko and Lisa McClung Ristic ’87

James Rosen and Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Bong and Jessica Shinn

Mrs. Susan Stone

Helen H. Turley

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Debbie and Ethan Youderian

GIFTS-IN-KIND

Dr. Mark Bowen

Amy and Jim Deuble ’76

Performing Arts: The 39 Steps: A Live Radio Play Traditions: Musical Tea

NORTH SHORE FOREVERMORE

The campaign, North Shore Forevermore has been overwhelmingly successful with more than 85% of the $40,000,000 goal raised in gifts and pledges, the largest in the school’s 104-year history.

Our priorities are focused on People (student scholarship and faculty professional development), Program (STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art and math; skills curriculum; equity and inclusion; health and wellness), Place (transformation of the Mac Gym and Hall Library including the Live+Serve Lab) and Perpetuity (growing the school’s endowment). This comprehensive campaign also includes Annual Giving, which provides critical funding for the school’s day-to-day operating budget in support of students and teachers.

We are thankful for those who have been overwhelmingly positive in response to our call for leadership support of the campaign, including those who have made

provisions to the school in their estate plans, joining other members of our Heritage Society (see page 18).

The leadership of our Board of Trustees in partnership with school administration to focus on the final funds needed to raise in order to bring our campaign to a successful conclusion has provided the necessary focus for our campaign leadership team of alumni, parents and parents of alumni to work together to spread the good word about the campaign and its impact on current and future generations of Raiders.

We are grateful to our dedicated campaign volunteers led by Honorary Chair Tom Flickinger and the Campaign Leadership Team, Sharon Watrous,

Christina Self, Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87, Jennifer Stone ’82 and Susanna Ver Eecke, in partnership with Head of School Tom Flemma and Campaign Cabinet members: Cathy Kleiman Bartholomay ’79, Michael Carter, Jeff Foreman ’80, Stephanie Henry, Duff Stevenson, Nichole Wilson and Hillary Wirtz ’97; Strategic Advisors: Susan Bondurant, Tom Doar and Bert Getz Jr.; and former campaign cabinet members: Michael Canmann, Susan Canmann, Meredith Carter, Katie Freiburger, Anne Leonetti, Laura Heinz Peters ’89 and Marc Peters ’82, with administrative support from Director of Development Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 and Campaign Assistant Troy Chirico.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY

Rendering of the Mac Gym transformation

PERSPECTIVES from the Campaign Leadership Team:

“NSCD provides the all-important gift of caring and teaching our children in their formative years. The school does this in remarkable ways. It is so important for everyone to give back in a meaningful way just as previous generations have done for us.”

tom flickinger

“I serve and support the campaign as a parent who not only wants to help strengthen the foundation that is enabling my children to grow and thrive but to work together collaboratively with other parents to help strengthen the foundation that is enabling all our children to grow and thrive.”

christina self

“We make supporting North Shore one of our highest priorities because we so wholeheartedly believe in the school’s mission, educational philosophy and people. We’ve seen the transformative impact that past campaigns have had on elevating the school, from the auditorium to the arts center to the upper school, and now we are excited about the impact the new Mac Gym will have— for our four children currently at North Shore and for the generations to come.”

susanna ver eecke

“All five of our very different children have attended North Shore Country Day. North Shore successfully met our kids where they were, accommodating their divergent strengths and needs. The faculty and staff cared deeply about our children, striving to help them become their best selves as learners and members of the community. We remain deeply grateful to North Shore and have stayed very involved with the school because we have seen firsthand the powerful impact it has on children and their families. By supporting and serving the campaign, we hope to enable the school to better the lives of future students as it did ours.”

sharon watrous

“My experience at North Shore was fundamental in shaping who I am today. My efforts with the campaign are how I can say thank you. My children have had amazing experiences, and I want to make sure that legacy continues with future generations. Campaigns are a way to propel an institution forward in a way the day-to-day fundraising cannot. This particular campaign will not only provide needed funds for the endowment, but it will leave a lasting mark on our facilities. The library has been transformed into a magical place of learning, and the Mac Gym is soon to be a top-notch facility that will support all facets of our physical education and athletic programs. These projects are energizing and essential. Now is the time!”

molly shotwell oelerich ’87

“Giving to the campaign is my way of showing appreciation for all North Shore has done for me and my family. I want to do what I can to help the school continue to be the vibrant, relevant and nurturing place that my daughter and I experienced so future generations can enjoy it as much as we did.”

jennifer stone ’82

Laura and Robert Probst

Richard and Ann Prouty Foundation

Mohan Rao and Maria Yen

Boris and Jennifer Rapoport

Ms. Kathryn Rieger

John H. Roberts ’49

Nat Roberts and Laura Zung

*Joan L. Rockwell ’68

James Rosen and Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Jay Ryan and Lynn

Kahla-Ryan

Jane and Jay Saccaro

The Scheyer Family

Sarah M. Schmidt Family Charitable Fund

THANK YOU to our generous Campaign Donors:

Anonymous (5)

Brandon and Stacy Ackley

Annie Aggens ’88

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Mr. and Mrs. John Ake

John and Ann Amboian

Carlos A. Angeles ’12

The Atia Family

Heidi and Vann Avedisian

The Avery Family

Nicholas C. Babson ’64

*Carter S. Bacon ’42

Christine and John Bakalar

Barbara Notz Hines Foundation

William T. Bartholomay and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Phyllis Beattie ’72 and Francisco Gutierrez

Beyrak Family

Lois R. and Maurice J. Beznos

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Tony Blumberg ’76

Susan and Scott Bondurant

Dan Boone Family

Allison Kaplan Bosco ’03

Andrew W. Brown ’76

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce

Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Canmann

Heidi and Brian Capozzi

Mike and Meredith Carter

Merle Chambers ’64

Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs.

John R. Chandler

Marlon and Toya Chatman

Erica and Jeff Conlon

Sean and Diana Connolly

*Joya Bovington Cox ’42

*Anita Straub Darrow ’38

The Darrow Family —

In honor of their parents

Anita Straub Darrow ’38 and William Darrow ’38

James D. Darrow ’67

John S. Darrow ’65

Peter H. Darrow ’60

Phil Darrow

William Darrow ’73

Anne Darrow

McCausland ’62

Anne and Bill Davis ’65

James D. Davis ’64

The Deuble Family

Clarke and Katie Devereux

Charles M. Doar ’03

Mr. and Mrs.

W. Thomas Doar III

Mullery Doar ’06

Elizabeth Doi ’09

Dombalagian Family

Pascale and Derek Dunaway

Lisa and Geoff Dybas

Ben and Jill Erwin

*June and

*Duncan G. Farrell ’53

Alison and Bill Fitzgerald

Mr. and Mrs.

Timothy Flannery

Diana and Tom Flemma

Grace Flickinger ’12

Louise and Tom Flickinger

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

*Stephanie and Tom Formolo

The Franke Family:

*Richard and Barbara Franke, Katherine Franke ’77 and Jane Franke ’80

Tracie and Brian Frederick

Mr. and Mrs.

Richard H. Freiburger

Frezados Masius Rieger Foundation

Krista and J.P. Gallagher

*Thomas H. Garver ’52

Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Gaud Jr., Emily Gaud ’00 and Henry T. Gaud III ’03

Mark Gent and Jenny Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Richard Gonzalez for Greyson ’31, Aidan ’33 and Olivia ’34 Gent

Alan and Ginny George

Diane and Thomas F. Geraghty III ’62

Gary and Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60

The Getz Family

Mr. and Mrs. Rashid Ghazi ’85

*James J. Glasser ’51

James E. Golden ’70

Madelaine Kukanza

Goldstein ’08

Karen and Jay Goodgold

*Arthur D. Goodrich ’38

*Robert Graff ’40

The Graham Family

Amy and Jim Gray

Jill and David Greer

Jun-Jun Vichaikul and Naomi Hattori ’02

Patrick and Kelly Heneghan

Jake and Stephanie Henry

John T. Hickey ’65

William B. Hinchliff ’64

David F. Hines ’81

*Mary Pick Hines ’49 and Family

Manny Hodzic ’15

Michael and Melissa Howard

Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hulick

Elizabeth Ingram ’82

*Victoria Jackson ’60

*Howard Jessen and Family

In Honor of Howard E. Jessen:

Chris Jessen ’00

Brian Jessen ’02

Margaret Jessen Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent K. Kelly

Bryan and Deborah Keyt

Manisha and Rock Khanna

David M. Klaskin

Patricia Ostrom Kohnen ’60

Robert C. Kopple ’61

Strib and Janie Koster

Katie and Jay Laabs

Michael and Jennifer Larsen

Olivier and Anne Leonetti

Sarah and Gabriel Levi ’95

Andre Lodree ’96

The Loeb Family

Josephine P. and John J. Louis Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lumberg

Dr. Amanda and Mr. Thomas T. Macejko Jr.

Mr. and *Mrs.

John W. Madigan

Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Madigan

Mr. Edward E. Matthews

Grant and Suzanne

Folds McCullagh ’69

Mr. and Mrs. William T. McDowell

(Molly Ingram ’80)

Kelly Callon-McLean and Patrick McLean

Krista and Rick Meyers

Joshua and Quinnetta

Bellows Miller ’04

Dean and Maureen Nelson

Firouz Niazi ’17

*Elizabeth O. Nichols ’66

Craig and Jenny Niemann

David and Suzu Neithercut

*Peter Nelles ’80

Joseph and Janet Nolan

Edward U. Notz ’53

Brett O’Brien and Jessica Dawson O’Brien

Kenny Olatunji

Pattis Family Foundation

Ryan Paulson and Darla Hovden

Laura Heinz Peters ’89 and Marc Peters ’82

*Shirley and Louis Petry

*Thomas F. Pick ’48

Adam Held and Heather Pinkett

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Potempa

Jeff and Kristen

Moffat Powell ’86

*Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroeder

Andrew ’13, Jonathan ’15 and Caroline ’20 Segal

Dennis and Christina Self

Lloyd and Hilary Semple

Tracey Shafroth

Susie and David Sherman

Bong and Jessica Shinn

Chip ’61 and Lynne Wavering

Shotwell ’60 and Family

Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87, Henley Shotwell ’95

Rick and Holly Smirl

Chuck Smith and Jennifer Zobair

Peter and Deborah Smith

*Leslie M. Spitz ’61

The Starr Foundation

William F. Steel ’60, in honor of Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Dawn Steele

Kwesi Steele

Duff and Chase Stevenson

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

*Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation

Chethra Muthiah and Jay Surakanti

David C. Thomas

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Trott Family Philanthropies

Cleveland and Kelly Tyson

Katherine and Jim Umpleby

Tricia and Jim Valenti

Susanna and Renaat Ver Eecke

The Watrous Family

Ashleigh Palmer

Weathers ’04

Donald K. Whiteman ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Laurence Williams ’87

Rudy and Nichole Wilson

Hillary Wirtz ’97 and Erin Quaglia

Marilyn and *Rocky Wirtz ’71

Xingyu Xu and Cheng Yao

Mr. and Mrs. Sun Yoo

Live+Serve Lab: Benji Leonetti ’23 and Drea Gallaga Grady Macejko ’30 and Arjun Venugopal ’30

The Benefit 2023

We are grateful for all who came together at The Benefit 2023–Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds. Thanks to our generous donors, we can augment our JK-12 health and wellness curriculum with wider mental health first aid training, digital citizenship education and expanded parent education offerings. Funds will also help create a new functional fitness space and transform the Mac Gym into a state-of-the-art athletics and wellness facility. We couldn’t do it without you.

CO-CHAIRS

Kelly Callon-McLean

Kim Frezados

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Chen Che

Hannah Chung

Elizabeth Graettinger ’94

Jill Greer

Gray Hulick

Lynn Kahla-Ryan

Erika Milbratz

Mayja Pastrana

Betty Fisher Wiggins ’93

Janelle Wood

HOST COMMITTEE

Bill and Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Ilya and Jenny Beyrak

Katie and Clarke Devereux

Jill and Ben Erwin

Alison and Bill Fitzgerald

Tom and Diana Flemma

Tom and Louise Flickinger

Jeff Foreman ’80

The Frezados Family

Krista and J.P. Gallagher

Rich and Susan Gallun

Ari and Judy Golson

Jay and Karen Goodgold

Dan and Leah Gordon

Elizabeth Graettinger ’94

Jonathan and Sarah Graham

Jill and David Greer

Ibrahim Gunay and Sibel Tekin Gunay

Ashish and Ritu Jain

Lynn Kahla-Ryan and Jay Ryan

Anne and Olivier Leonetti

The Long Family

Patrick and Miggie McCurry

Kelly and Patrick McLean

Koben and Debbie Miceli

Chethra Muthiah and Jayanth Surakanti

Ming Ni and Yan Zou

Brett O’Brien and Jessica Dawson O’Brien

Cy Oelerich ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87

Jeff and Kristen Moffat Powell ’86

Raj and Shrunali Rai

Jennifer and Boris Rapoport

Nat Roberts and Laura Zung

James and Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Christina and Dennis Self

Liz and Tom Sherwood

Jessica and Bong Shinn

Steven Shultz and Tiffani Pierson

Chuck Smith and Jennifer Zobair

Katherine and John Sprenger

Duff and Chase Stevenson

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

Susanna and Renaat Ver

Eecke

Michael and Betty Fisher Wiggins ’93

Nichole and Rudy Wilson

Hillary Wirtz ’97 and Erin Quaglia

Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90

Rhonda and Farhan Yasin

Nina and Sun Yoo

OTHER SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

Anonymous (4)

Brandon and Stacy Ackley

Matt and Kathryn A’Hearn

Brayton and Pim Alley

Gia Anayas

Kaled and Lina Awada

Vann and Heidi Avedisian

Patti and Jay Bach

Mayur and Maribel Bawa

Tej and Sumedha Bhattal

Dorothy Biel

Mr. Bruce B. Blair ’69 and Dr. Judith L. Nerad

Therese and Lee Block

Blair Hunt Bobier ’09

Carson and Dori Boneck

Nicole and John Borovicka

The Bullock-Puzon Family

Peter Callahan ’09

Mr. Richard Callahan and Ms. Bic Wirtz

Susan and Michael Canmann

Brian and Heidi Capozzi

The Carter Family

Toya and Marlon Chatman

Chen Che and Lin Xi

Chicago Cubs

Pamela Winston

Christensen ’61

Adam and Diane Code

Vanessa and Matt Colman

Mr. David Colton and

Dr. Jessica Rappaport

Scott and Ranell Conine

Erica and Jeff Conlon

Sean and Diana Connolly

Earl and Karen Cunningham

Rebecca A. Dachille ’09

Alexander and Cassandra Dadakis

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dalman

William Davis and

Regina Schwartz

Nick and Colleen Detchev

Margaret and

Paul DeWoskin ’86

Martha and John Dienner

Elizabeth Doi ’09

Michael and Kenzie Doornweerd

Matthew Downe ’04

Jordan and Stephanie Dubow

Chuck and Clara Duffield

Mr. and Mrs. Derek Dunaway

Evanston Athletic Club

Julie and Erik Falk

Chad and Kim Feingold

Mary and David Fielder

Katie and Andrew Florig

Susan and Steven Fortier

Brian and Tracie Frederick

Aaron and Jordana Goldstein

Joshua and Irene Goldstein

Mark Gent and Jennifer Gonzalez-Gent ’98

Graphic Arts Studio

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Greenstein

The Grimsley Family

Nora Hansen

Mickeeya Murray

Harrison ’02

Mike Henn

Jake and Stephanie Henry

Robert Herzog and Niki St. Pierre Herzog

Josh Hilton and Brook Wharton

Matthew Hodgkins and Kristell Sachet

Donald and Karen Morgan Holmberg

Cindy Hooper

Russell and Karen Horowitz

Jun Hou and Ziaojie Zhang

Craig Howard and Frieda Molina

Michael and Melissa Howard

Ed and Kim Huang

Peter and Gray Hulick

The Huss Family

Kitty Bliss & Jerry James

Arthur ’70 and Diane Flint Jessen ’70

Craig Johnson and Meera Bhatia

Judy’s Mailing Service

Patrick and Tessa Kalotis

Jon-Peter Kelly and Hannah Chung

The Keswani Family

Linda Kiracibasi

Amanda Alpert Knight

Ellen and Rob Knight

Janie and Strib Koster

Vijay and Shiraz Kotte

Mrs. Sarah Levi and Dr. Gabriel Levi ’95

Joe and Candice Lind

Dr. Amanda and Mr. Thomas T. Macejko, Jr.

Stephen and Mary Mahieu

Christopher and Sarah Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. William T. McDowell

(Molly Ingram ’80)

James Meixner and Rachel Cannon

Heather and Greg Metz

Rick and Krista Meyers

The Milbratz Family

Joshua Miller and Quinnetta Bellows-Miller ’04

Jason and Susan Millner

Miraval Berkshires

Miss Spa

Joe Monaghan and Claire Weingarden

Brian and Jessica Montgomery

Rui and Andrea Moreira

Dr. Sheryl L. Murray

Sergio and Carolina Nahuz

NPR/Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Brien

Okwudili Okeke and Nnenna Okore

Ms. Nancy O’Shea

Diane Williams Parker ’58

Chris and Ali Pearson

Ian and Angie Pinner

Michael and Noreen Potempa

Stephanie Rapp and Renee Lanam

Ilan Rodzynek and Cindy Zadikoff

John Roselli and Tina Dalman Roselli

Amy and Arijit Roy

The Rozsival Family

Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan

David and Dana Sackar

Peter and Atour Sargon

Andrew and Annie Scribner

Ann and Joe Settimi

Tracey Shafroth

Shedd Aquarium

Phillip and Missy Shinall

Adam and Lowey Sichol

Marjana and Omair Siraj

Sluggers

Benjamin and Bethany Smith

Peter and Deborah Smith

Sole + Luna

John and Claire Storino

Tim and Maggie Storino

Joshua Strauss and Anat Geva

Toufic Tabbara and Lamis Abulkhair

Aaron Tantleff and Jill Sheiman

Quay and Jeana Tao

The Book Stall

Kelly and Kathryn Todd ’96

Rich and Julie Ugarte

Jim and Tricia Valenti

Sallie Welsh Vanarsdale ’40

Mukund Venu and Priyanka Nair

The Wachter Family

Alesia and Derek Wall

Ashleigh Palmer

Weathers ’04

Melissa and Matthew Wessel

Donald ’70 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Maureen and Art Wilde

Mark and Diane Williams

Thaddeus Wilson and Megan Panje-Wilson

Ms. Sue Wollin

Kevin and Amy Woolf

Alex and Megan Yekelchik

Daniel Yonan and Alda Benjamen

Debbie and Ethan Youderian

Anne Hines Young ’77

Connie Zhou and Charles Zhao

Matthew and Marny Zimmer

“OUR COMMUNITY RALLIES EVERY YEAR TO SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AND THIS YEAR’S FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESONATED FOR EVERYONE. AND OF COURSE, THE CHANCE TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER’S COMPANY IS A KEY ELEMENT OF WELLNESS IN ITSELF.”

PREMIERE CORPORATE SPONSOR

PREMIUM SPONSORS

PREMIUM SPONSORS

FRIENDS

Pasquesi Sheppard LLC

Tom Flemma, Head of School

Benefit Co-Chairs Kelly Callon-McLean and Kim Frezados

Raiders Connect and Support

Thank you to our Raider community for your generous support this year! Alumni classes ending in 2s and 7s led the way with Reunion Annual Giving in celebration of their milestone year. A fall highlight was the Connectathon, which provided an opportunity for Parent Representatives and the Alumni Board to reach out with school and alumni news, share memories, gather class notes and contact updates, and with reminders to participate in Annual Giving. Back again this year was a special alumni incentive for new donors or those who missed giving last year—gifts of $100 or more ($25 for classes 2007-2022) were matched up to a total of $15,000 by two generous alums. Others doubled their impact with matching gifts from their employers.

In spring, an integral part of Raiders Connect Week was the Alumni Spring Connectathon and Thankathon. Volunteers thanked donors along with garnering critical support for Annual Giving through phone calls, notes and emails. They shared what they love about NSCD to inspire others to join them in “Give to What You Love!”

With a focus on participation, our two Connectathons together raised more than $86,000 for Annual Giving and generated more than 600 connections! We are grateful to all our donors who gave from their hearts in support of students and teachers, which helps provide the exceptional NSCD experience. Give Annually. Impact Daily.

Our dedicated parent and alumni Connectathon/Thankathon volunteers help keep our school going strong—thank you!

Kelsey Andersen ’06

Carlos Angeles ’12

Jay Bach

Raj Bagga

Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Phyllis Beattie ’72

Alda Benjamen

Jenny Beyrak

Meera Bhatia

Bruce B. Blair ’69

Benjy Blenner ’02

Dan Bloedorn ’87

Tony Blumberg ’76

Allison Kaplan Bosco ’03

David Brown ’84

Alex Carrigan ’20

Jackie Cotter

Jim Davis ’64

Jim Deuble ’76

Lisa Doi ’09

Pascale Dunaway

Bob Elisha ’77

Dan Engel

Paris Fear ’22

Alison Fitzgerald

Grace Flickinger ’12

Katie Florig

Jeff Foreman ’80

Nina Gallin

Susan Gallun

Tom Geraghty ’62

Madelaine Kukanza

Goldstein ’08

Naomi Hattori ’02

Pete Henderson ’47

Stephanie Henry

Sophie Hiland ’18

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

Elizabeth Ingram ’82

Manny Hodzic ’15

Craig Johnson ’70

Jenny Kalyviaris

Katie Laabs

Anne Leonetti

Gaby Levi ’95

Suki Lipman ’70

Andre Lodree ’96

Daniel Lowinger ’08

Debbie Miceli

Erika Milbratz

Susan Millner

Kavita Narasimhan

Bill Crane Newman ’98

Firouz Niazi ’17

Nat Roberts

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Rebecca Andreou Sabri ’86

Ann Settimi

Jennifer Shreve

Steve Shultz

Lucy Sievers ’80

Pete Tarsney

Karen Block Thomas ’09

Katie Todd ’96

Julie Ugarte

Claire Weingarden

Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Larry Williams ’87

Diane Williams

Vera Xu

Anne Hines Young ’77

Anne Hines Young ’77 and Bill Crane Newman ’98

Alison Fitzgerald, Raj Bagga and Anne Leonetti

Debbie Miceli and Pascale Dunaway

Nat Roberts and Vera Xu

key leaders and volunteers

TRUSTEES

Kelly Callon-McLean

Michael S. Canmann

Michael Carter

Toya Chatman, Treasurer

Elizabeth Doi ’09

Vahe Dombalagian

Pascale Dunaway

Tom Flemma

Tom Flickinger, Secretary

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

Rashid M. Ghazi ’85

Naomi Hattori ’02

Stephanie Henry

Strib Koster

Anne Leonetti

Thomas T. Macejko Jr.

Quinnetta Bellows Miller ’04

Chethra Muthiah

Heather Pinkett

Christina Self

Jessica Shinn

Kwesi Steele

Duff Stevenson

Jennifer L. Stone ’82

David C. Thomas

Kelly Tyson

Susanna Ver Eecke, Vice Chair

John Watrous

Nichole Wilson, Board Chair

LIFE TRUSTEES

John R. Ake

Cameron S. Avery

John S. Bakalar

Edward J. Burnell III

John S. Darrow ’65

ALUMNI BOARD

Carlos Angeles ’12

Cathy Bell Bartholomay ’79

Phyllis Beattie ’72

Allison Kaplan Bosco ’03

Jim Davis ’64

Jim Deuble ’76

Grace Flickinger ’12

Madelaine Kukanza Goldstein ’08

Naomi Hattori ’02, President

Marcia McMillan Hines ’56

Manny Hodzic ’15

Gaby Levi ’95

Andre Lodree ’96

Firouz Niazi ’17

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86,

Vice President

Katie Todd ’96

Larry Williams ’87

Anne Hines Young ’77

EX-OFFICIO

Tom Flemma

Patrick McHugh

Ashleigh Palmer Weathers ’04

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Jay Bach

Frank Dachille

John Roberts ’49

Nancy Whiteman ’71

FACULTY/STAFF REPRESENTATIVES

Cristy Athas

Lee Block

Becky Corrigan

Timothy Mah

Marcy Ramos

Izzy Steach

Sarah Walsh

PARENT GRADE

ANNUAL GIVING REPRESENTATIVES

Raj Bagga

Alda Benjamen

Jenny Beyrak

Meera Bhatia

Jackie Cotter

Pascale Dunaway

Dan Engel

Alison Fitzgerald

Katie Florig

Susan Gallun

Nina Gallin

Stephanie Henry

Jenny Kalyviaris

Katie Laabs

Debbie Miceli

Erika Milbratz

Susan Millner

Kavita Narasimhan

Nat Roberts

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Ann Settimi

Steve Shultz

Jennifer Shreve

Pete Tarsney

Katie Todd ’96

Julie Ugarte

Claire Weingarden

Diane Williams

Vera Xu

ALUMNI DECADE AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Jean Cullin Mertz ’47

John H. Roberts ’49

Marjorie Sinek Gaile ’50

Stephen W. Edwards ’52

Edward U. Notz ’53

Frank J. Lunding, Jr. ’56

Lisa Guenzel Carlin ’58

Jeannie Lea Scully ’63

Marnie Paul ’64

Barbara Bulger Drake ’66

Frank Soule ’68

Bruce B. Blair ’69

Lee Barker Savinar ’71

Robert D. Stibolt ’72

William H. Hines ’73

Joanne Golden ’74

Tony Blumberg ’76

W. Robert Elisha ’77

Cathy Kleiman

Bartholomay ’79

Scott R. Olson ’79

Jeffrey J. Foreman ’80

Molly Ingram McDowell ’80

George D. Smith III ’81

Elizabeth R. Ingram ’82

Budge Cooper ’83

David E. Brown ’84

Sarah Geist Rosen ’86

Daniel C. Bloedorn ’87

Lauri Reagan Harris ’87

Courtney Williams Shelton ’88

Chesly J. Manly ’89

Ciara McDonagh ’90

Andrew J. Wood ’90

Dan Cogan ’92

Michaela Murphy ’92

Erik Sosa-Kibby ’93

Betty Fisher Wiggins ’93

Laura Fifield Bogdan ’94

Gabriel Levi ’95

Mina Takahashi ’96

Jeff Meyer ’97

Hillary Wirtz ’97

Bill Crane Newman ’98

Erika Kondo ’99

Benjy Blenner ’02

Henry T. Gaud III ’03

Abby Smith De Jager ’03

Alex Kerr ’04

Rebecca Lockhart

Curry-Edwards ’04

Ashleigh Cross

St. Peters ’05

Kelsey Andersen ’06

Sophie Smith Finnerty ’06

Idalia Gabrielow ’07

Bill Reitz ’07

Daniel H. Lowinger ’08

Jordy Blenner ’09

Karen Block Thomas ’09

Will Finlay ’10

Sammy Gray ’10

Lilly Milla ’10

Michael P. Creatura ’11

Morgan Peters ’11

Grace Flickinger ’12

Jeannie Peters ’12

Alissa Nolan ’13

Jack Colley ’14

Josie Santi ’14

Claire McCarthy ’15

Xander Mitchell ’15

Debbie Newmark ’15

Rachel Cantor ’16

Dillon Forester ’16

Emma Flannery ’17

Sarah Lumberg ’17

Firouz J. Niazi ’17

Sophie Hiland ’18

Thomas J. McDowell ’18

Rachel Block ’19

Caroline Lommer ’19

Aidan Zavala ’19

Payton Anderson ’20

Alex Carrigan ’20

Allie Charnas ’20

Axel Garcia ’21

Rachel Olatunji ’21

Jane Scullion ’21

Paris Fear ’22

Bella Flemma ’22

Lilliana Green ’22

Neil Behl ’23

Teddy Gallun ’23

Sophie Green ’23

If you are interested in becoming your Class Representative, please contact Ashleigh Palmer Weathers ’04, aweathers@nscds.org or 847.881.8848.

Jenny Beyrak and Pete Tarsney

parents’ association

Welcome to the NSCD Parents’ Association!

The Parents’ Association (PA) is North Shore Country Day’s parent-run volunteer organization. Our mission is to promote a strong sense of community among our parents, students and faculty, while facilitating communication, connection and involvement. Every parent and guardian of a North Shore student is automatically a member of the PA. NSCD values and encourages parent engagement. The PA embodies our school’s philosophy of “Live and Serve,” and there are many opportunities, both small and large, for everyone to make a positive impact here. Whether you are a family new to North Shore or have been part of the school for years, participating in PA activities is fun, rewarding and a great way to connect with others in our close-knit community.

Please contact nscdpa@gmail.com for more information about the wide variety of volunteer opportunities available, and we look forward to seeing you at our PA meetings and events during the year!

Ways to Get Involved

PURPLE WAGON

The mission of NSCD’s mentor program is to connect each new family at NSCD with an existing family. Mentor families are asked to help welcome their new family to NSCD and ease their transition to school.

ATHLETIC COUNCIL

Help support the athletic programs at NSCD, including Homecoming, sporting events and sports celebrations for our student athletes.

TEACHER APPRECIATION

Organize and execute events expressing appreciation for teachers and staff throughout the year.

HELPING HANDS

Periodically assist NSCD families, faculty or staff in need (e.g., prepare meals, provide transportation or childcare).

PA LEADERSHIP

Kelly Callon-McLean, President

Robyn Schuster, Vice President

Jessica Shinn, Past President

Hannah Chung, Director of Communications

Toya Chatman, Treasurer

LOWER SCHOOL LUNCH VOLUNTEER

Help with lower school lunch.

LIVE AND SERVE

Organize parent and family service opportunities in the greater Chicago area. Collaborate with Drea Gallaga, director of the NSCD Live+Serve Lab, to identify focus areas that compliment other student-led activities.

EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (EDI)

Help organize programming and social opportunities for parents to encourage dialogue around equity, diversity and inclusion.

BOOK FAIR

Help set up and staff the annual book fair.

PARENT EDUCATION

Identify potential speakers and organize Parent Ed events.

ALLIANCE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD

Market Alliance for Early Childhood speakers and events to the NSCD community.

FAMILY ACTION NETWORK (FAN)

Market FAN speakers and events to the NSCD community.

THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL

Support theater and performing arts productions.

LOWER SCHOOL FUN FEST

Help with the annual lower school family gathering that takes place in the winter.

Toya Chatman, Robyn Schuster, Kelly Callon-McLean and Hannah Chung

STEERING CHAIRS: Judy Golson, Upper School

Janelle Wood, Middle School Gray Hulick, Lower School

New Family Welcome Breakfast

The PA welcomed all the new NSCD families at the Purple Wagon Welcome Breakfast in September. Each year, the Purple Wagon committee of the PA, in partnership with the Admission Office, pairs incoming families with current school families who serve as mentors. The mentor families reach out in the spring to answer questions and help the new families acclimate to NSCD through phone calls and get-togethers. The Purple Wagon also delivers welcome gifts before school starts in the fall. Thank you to Purple Wagon Co-Chairs Sarah Graham, Debbie Smith and Jennifer Stone, the Purple Wagon committee and all of the Purple Wagon mentor families for their time and effort to help our newest families feel at home. And welcome to our 57 new families and 88 new students. We are so happy you are all here!

2023-24 PA Highlights

2023

September 29-30

Homecoming Campus

October 25, 6:30-8 p.m.

Upper School Divisional PA

Wine & Cheese Gathering

Cafeteria

October 31, 8-9:30 a.m.

Halloween Parade Viewing Campus

November 14, 8-9:30 a.m.

Lower School Divisional PA

Coffee Gathering

Cafeteria

November 15, 6:30-8 p.m.

Middle School Divisional PA

Wine & Cheese Gathering

Cafeteria

2024

January 17, 6:30-9 p.m.

Parents’ Association Meeting/ State of the School Address

Hall Library and Livestream

January 28, 3-5 p.m.

EDI Heritage Celebration Potluck

Cafeteria and Arts Center

March 10, 1-3 p.m.

Lower School Fun Fest

Location TBD

March 13, 8-9:30 a.m.

Parents’ Association Meeting

Cafeteria

May 1-3

Book Fair

Hall Library

May 8, 8-9:30 a.m.

Parents’ Association

Orientation Meeting

Cafeteria

Events, times and locations are subject to change. Please refer to the PA News and the online school calendar for latest information.

Iron Raiders

The Class of 2023 added five alumni to the Jay Bach Iron Raider Society, which recognizes students who participate in 12 full seasons of upper school athletics at any level. Meonda Collins, Evan Fortier, Danielle Isasi, Buckley Oelerich and Danielle Savin all played a sport during every season of their upper school career.

Alternative Baseball

Jackson Berner ’24 in August wrapped up his second summer season as co-manager and coach at Alternative Baseball Northbrook, an adaptive baseball league for teens and adults with autism, Down Syndrome and other special needs. In the summer of 2022, Jackson was doing some research and talking with his mom, who works in special education, about ways to help people with disabilities get involved in sports. And he thought this might be just the way to do it.

“In our area there are so many programs for younger kids, but at age 15 it becomes less popular, and what Alternative Baseball does so well is that it engages teens and adults to be a part of a team,” he said. “I’ve been playing baseball my whole life— I’ve met some of my best friends through it. And I just wanted to be able to give back to my community through coaching this team.”

Jackson, who has been featured on several local news programs, including WBEZ Chicago Public Media, FOX 32 Chicago and WGN News, both with his team and with Alternative Baseball’s founder Taylor Duncan, said that when he heard Taylor’s story, he knew he had to bring it to the North Shore area. Last summer, he called him up and shortly thereafter started a team in Northbrook. He began holding practices in August 2022 with just a handful of people, and since then, the team has grown to 20 players with four volunteer coaches.

The summer season ended August 21, but Jackson said he hoped to keep it going in the fall. “I’d love to see Alternative Baseball become a permanent program on the North Shore and beyond,” he said.

Chinese Speech Contest

Carissa Schultz ’24 received an honorable mention in the high school heritage division of the 2023 National Chinese Speech Contest, organized by the American Academy of International Culture and Education. After a preliminary contest consisting of a recorded speech, a live speech and a Q&A session, she was one of 16 students who advanced to the final out of 160 contestants nationwide, competing against native speakers who immigrated to the United States in their teens.

Leif Steele ’24 also participated in the contest, but in the high school world language division, competing against more than 300 contestants.

Class of 2023 Iron Raiders: Buckley Oelerich, Meonda Collins, Evan Fortier, Danielle Isasi and Danielle Savin

Chinese Speech Contest: Carissa Schultz ’24 and Leif Steele ’24

Youth Philanthropy Board

Kate Henry ’24 and Max Smith ’24 completed their first year on the Youth Philanthropy Board, a teen leadership program that provides hands-on experience in the three pillars of philanthropy: learning to give responsibly, raising money for worthy causes and volunteering time and talents. During the program, which is divided into two-year terms, high school students from North Shore Country Day, Loyola Academy, Regina Dominican and Roycemore worked with mentors to learn the ins and outs of nonprofit development and distributed real funds to organizations in Evanston, Wilmette and Winnetka. They finished their year with a capstone ceremony where each team of students presented on why they chose to distribute their funds to certain organizations and what they learned throughout the process. Next year, Kate, Max and the other students in their cohort will learn about fundraising and be responsible for raising funds for the 11th graders in next year’s cohort to distribute.

College Athletes

On May 2, North Shore Country Day held a signing ceremony in the upper school V, recognizing five seniors who have signed to play college-level athletics.

• B ethany Bulwa will play basketball at Oberlin College in Ohio. She led the ISL in blocked shots, but is best known for a 13-day period when she made a 44-foot buzzer beater with her left hand and a 72-foot buzzer beater with her right hand.

• B enji Leonetti will play soccer at Chapman University in Orange, California. He is an incredibly versatile player who had 10 assists during his senior year.

• Tae Won Lillig will play soccer at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He started on the varsity team all four years of high school and had 12 goals as a senior defender.

• Walter Luglio will play soccer at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. Despite missing a significant

portion of the conference schedule because of an injury, he was acknowledged as honorable mention All Conference.

• Ma rgarite Richardson will play basketball at Beloit College in Wisconsin. In her one year as a Raider, she made a big impact on the girls basketball program and set a school record with eight 3-pointers in a single game.

“This is a huge accomplishment, and you should be proud of your hard work and dedication,” Athletic Director Patrick McHugh said to the seniors as he opened the ceremony. “Today you’re not just signing a letter of intent, you’re also signing up for an incredible opportunity to grow, learn and compete at the collegiate level. Embrace this new challenge with enthusiasm, and never forget where you came from. Work hard, stay humble and enjoy the journey.”

Youth Philanthropy Board: Max Smith ’24 (second row, third from right) and Kate Henry ’24 (second row, far right)

Class of 2023 College Athletes: Tae Won Lillig, Walter Luglio, Benji Leonetti, Bethany Bulwa and Margarite Richardson

Alternative Baseball: Jackson Berner ’24 (center)

New Faculty 2023-24

A native of Chicago and one of Lower and Middle School Head Tim Sheehan’s former students, Summer joins our community after completing her Bachelor of Science in psychology and decision science at Carnegie Mellon University, where she also completed teaching internships at Children’s School at Carnegie Mellon and Winchester Thurston School. Summer also worked for several years as a camp counselor at her alma mater, Latin School of Chicago.

A North Shore lifer, Kelsey brings a depth and breadth of experience to our admissions team. She has served as an admissions representative at her alma mater, Mount Holyoke, and at a business school in Madrid, Spain. In addition, she has worked as an elementary school teacher, an English instructor, a Spanish translator and a paralegal. Kelsey is very active as a North Shore alum and parent, having volunteered as a grade chair, a Purple Wagon mentor, an alumni class representative and an Alumni Board member.

Megan joins our eighth grade team as a humanities (English) teacher. She has taught English and social studies for more than 20 years in both independent and public school settings, most recently at Baker Demonstration School. She has been a frequent presenter at both the National Council of Social Studies and the National Conference of Teacher of English conferences. In addition, Megan has been very active as a Mock Trial coach.

A native of Chicago, Sarah began her teaching career with Teach for America and has spent the past three years teaching at Schmid Elementary School, where she taught first grade and served on the Instructional Leadership Team. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and Master of Arts in Teaching from University of Chicago. Sarah is also a fluent French speaker and Judo practitioner and coach.

A native of Wisconsin, Brittany joins North Shore after teaching math for three years at the Kinkaid School in Houston. Prior to that, she served as math teacher and department chair at Madison Country Day School in Madison, Wisconsin. Brittany has taught the full range of math courses, from Algebra 1 to Multivariable Calculus and IB math.

Gerald joins North Shore, having just completed his Master of Arts in Special Education at University of Illinois Chicago and serving as a paraprofessional at Evanston Township High School. He also has worked extensively with youth, both in and out of the classroom, primarily in Evanston. He has served in marketing and multimedia production roles as well as managing programs at communitybased organizations.

KELSEY ANDERSEN ’06 Admissions Associate

BRITTANY COUSINS Upper School Math Teacher

SUMMER ABRAHAM Assistant Lower School Teacher

SARAH CLAUSEN First Grade Teacher

MEGAN BEAUDOIN Middle School Humanities Teacher

GERALD DAYE JR. Admissions Associate/STEM Teacher

Jeff comes to North Shore direct from Paris, where he just completed his Master of Arts in French through a joint program between Middlebury College and La Sorbonne Nouvelle. Prior to pursuing his master’s degree, he taught French at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire for two years. No stranger to Chicago, Jeff attended Loyola University for undergrad and worked for several years as a graduate school admissions assistant at Northwestern University.

Natasha arrives at North Shore having most recently taught upper school science at Francis Parker School and CICS Northtown. She also taught middle school science at Baker Demonstration School for six years. She has extensive experience in designing NGSS-based science curricula and served as a NSTA Teaching Fellow. Natasha is a seasoned Science Olympiad coach and will be co-leading our upper school robotics club.

A native of Michigan, Sarah earned her Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and her Master of Education in elementary education from Lesley University in Massachusetts. She has taught in several independent schools, including Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Boston and Cambridge Preschool of the Arts, where she co-taught a Reggio Emilia curriculum. A state tennis champion at Cranbrook Kingswood Schools, Sarah will also be assisting with our girls tennis program.

Takiyah joins North Shore having most recently served as a special education resource teacher at New Trier High School. She earned a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Master of Science in Education in special education and has previously worked as a math and reading learning specialist in a variety of private and parochial schools. Takiyah also holds a learning behavior specialist endorsement.

Alexis just completed her Bachelor of Science in early childhood education at Illinois State University, having done her student teaching in second grade and kindergarten classrooms. Additionally, she holds a certificate in teaching English as a second language. This summer she served as a senior counselor for 5- and 6-year-olds at NSCD summer camp.

Courtney comes to North Shore after serving as an associate therapist at Light on Anxiety CBT Treatment Center in Chicago. Prior to pursuing her Master of Arts in clinical counseling and professional counseling license, she served as an assistant teacher at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. A collegiate field hockey player and coach, Courtney will also serve as a middle school field hockey coach.

ALEXIS ROBLES Assistant Lower School Teacher

NATASHA ITKIN Upper School Science Teacher

TAKIYAH OLANTUNBOSUN Upper School Learning Specialist

JEFF HUTTER Upper School French Teacher

COURTNEY WILSON Middle School Counselor

SARAH LIPWORTH First Grade Teacher

BECKY CORRIGAN Upper School Science Teacher

Over the past decade, I’ve come to know Becky as an incredibly gifted, reflective and passionate teacher who has consistently demonstrated a dedication to excellence in her work with students and colleagues.

Becky has structured classes in ways that expose student misconceptions, provide opportunities for her to support them and encourage reflection. She has fostered learning communities where students do the heavy lifting, working together to construct their understanding of complex science content. She has done an excellent job facilitating their educational experiences, but she also has inspired students to take ownership of the process.

On top of creating student-centered, collaborative and academically challenging curricula, Becky strives to support her colleagues in ways that elevate their work with students. North Shore is a school that thrives because of our sense of community. She has been an integral force in administrative efforts to cultivate a school culture that is resilient, growth-oriented and connected.

Becky is a masterful educator whose leadership has had a positive impact on our school. She’s captivated students with her enthusiasm, knowledge and creativity. She has a knack for finding solutions to complex problems. From offering guidance on departmental challenges to helping me think through strategies to support struggling students, she’s also been an invaluable asset in my own growth as a professional.

On a more personal level, Becky has been an incredible friend. She has been a source of comfort during difficult moments, she has rewarded me with wine when I’ve finished writing report card narratives and she’s made me laugh—a lot. For the record, every instance when I’ve laughed uncontrollably (and inappropriately) at a faculty meeting or community gathering was instigated by Becky. Moving forward, I’ll be on my best behavior, but I’ll also be missing Becky very much.

joan ryder Science Department Head, Upper School Science Teacher

LINDA GIBSON KIRACISBASI Lower School Music Teacher

With more than 1,000 lower schoolers, Linda Gibson Kiracibasi has shared the gift of music: playing an instrument; singing a song; creating a rhythm doing a dance; learning about and appreciating a musical, an opera, a story, a composer, a singer, a musician; or just sitting on the rug, simply stopping, taking a breath and listening.

What Linda also has done is create community, and what should a JK-12 school do, if not that? Bill Hinchliff ’64 wrote that NSCD’s first Headmaster Perry Dunlap Smith “visualized a true community where the entire student body shared experiences.”

And that is what music is perfectly designed to do—share experiences from singalongs at the start of Lower School Gathering (formerly known as Afternoon Ex) to squeezing SKers through 12th graders onstage for the closing number at the spring chorus concert, from inviting lifers back to the Musical Tea to reminding the 10th graders in the audience that they did the same second grade musical eight years earlier, from the coming together of the entire community for December lower school holiday program (1978 edition) to the coming together of the entire community for December lower school holiday program (2022 edition).

Linda also has shared her own gifts as a teacher with all of us, students and colleagues alike. She is a teacher who modeled what progressive teaching could and should be; who wove, and continues to weave, social emotional learning (SEL) and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) seamlessly into her lessons long before we had acronyms for them; who embodied the core values of this place: that each child matters, that each child can do extraordinary things here, that “peace, love and understanding” do matter and that one of the best ways to instill all of that in children is through music. That is what Linda has done for 45 years straight.

And so, if we take as a given that music is essential to all of us, then that makes the music teacher equally essential. And whether she was helping lower schoolers send “roots down” (deep ones, I would add) or sending leaves of a “family tree” upward, Linda has been our essential music teacher: our Miss Gibson, our Mrs. Kiracibasi, our Mrs. K.

david green

Science Department Head, Third Grade Teacher

Senior Service

The Class of 2023 spent the last two weeks of their senior year engaged in service projects of their own design. Some students partnered with local organizations, volunteering at a local cat shelter, doing youth outreach for the City of Evanston, working with younger children both at NSCD and other local schools, working in the archives at a local historical society and landscaping at Canal Shores, just to name a few. Others chose to partner with larger, national and international organizations like Ronald McDonald House, Orphans of the Storm, Americorps and Amnesty International.

“Student agency and choice are really important components of a strong service project,” explained Drea Gallaga, upper school social studies teacher and director of the Live+Serve Laboratory. “Students have to be invested in what they’re doing

and committed to learning from it. This is why we spend time with students helping them determine what kinds of projects both connect to something they are passionate about and also meet a genuine need in the community.”

The seniors began preparing for their senior service projects back in August. During the first X-Day, or experiential learning day of the year, they were reminded of the school’s mission, to “prepare students with a challenging education that requires them to think critically, communicate effectively and engage fully in their intellectual growth and personal development. In doing so, they become self-confident, ethical citizens of the world who embody our motto, ‘Live and Serve.’”

They talked about what that means and how the school’s “Live and Serve” motto had been integrated into their education during their time at North Shore up to

that point. Throughout the year, seniors returned to these conversations, talking with their teachers and their peers about what “service” might feel like to these communities and the difference between “helping” and “partnering.”

“As students moved along in the senior service process, they learned more about the organizations they were going to volunteer with, trying to understand not just what the organizations do, but what resources or assets they already had, the needs they had and what assets and needs we could bring to our relationships with our partner organizations,” Drea explained. “Service at North Shore isn’t just a drop in, drop out situation—we’re really working to understand how we are integrated with and interconnected with the communities around us, in good ways and in difficult ways.”

Jack Ryan ’23

Emma Greer ’23

Suraiyya Omar ’23, Ella Capozzi ’23 and Penrose Bigelow ’23

Isi Palmieri ’23

Ethan Waldman ’23

“I think this place meant a lot to Rocky, and he meant a lot to us. I met him when I was hired in 2016 and soon considered him a friend and mentor. He was never too busy to pick up the phone and help me with a problem. Rocky was a great connector of people. I was lucky to work with him.”

tom flemma, Head of School

“I have been thinking about what a big loss this is for our city and NSCD community, and obviously for Marilyn, Hillary and the rest of the family. But also for the genuine connection he had to the postal carrier, to our long-time waste management collector, other individuals who make our communities work and neighborhood kids. They will be touched by his passing. I feel lucky to have known him.”

susan bondurant, Foundation Board member, parent of alumni

“As a member of the NSCD community, Rocky was generous beyond measure in his commitment and support of the school and its mission. Rocky was a voice of wisdom in our work and, more importantly, he was a true friend. May his memory be a blessing.”

jim lumberg , Foundation Board member, parent of alumni

Remembering Rocky Wirtz ’71

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Rocky Wirtz ’71, a cherished member of the NSCD community and a remarkable leader in the world of sports and philanthropy as chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks and president of Wirtz Corporation. As a North Shore Country Day lifer, parent of alumni, Foundation Board member and former trustee, Rocky’s commitment to his alma mater was unwavering.

He embodied our motto “Live and Serve,” doing so much for NSCD and leading his family’s dedication to numerous charitable organizations, including the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation. Its mission is to create a healthier, smarter, more secure world for families in and around Chicago, donating millions of dollars to dozens of organizations focused on youth programs, education, housing and health and wellness. When seeking a new practice rink for the Blackhawks, Rocky first considered the needs of the local community and invested in building a community ice rink first and a practice rink second. The facility offers numerous benefits to Chicago’s youth who may not otherwise have the opportunity or resources to learn the sport of hockey.

Rocky remained connected to North Shore all his life and to so many who make up this Raider community. His legacy will continue to inspire generations of Raiders to come.

“Rocky was well known for his Halloween treats. He gave out autographed hockey pucks and full-sized candy bars to trickor-treaters who had the patience to stand in line. One year it was a freezing downpour and Rocky was set up in his garage. Another year was the NHL strike and he was running back and forth between the driveway and his office taking calls with the NHL commissioner and other owners. He wasn’t going to allow a little bit of bad weather or a strike to ruin Halloween for all the kids who had come to his house. Rocky was cut from a special cloth. It was a privilege to have known him.

molly shotwell oelerich ’87, Foundation Board member, current parent

We’ve lost a person who was at once both bigger than life and among the most humble in the room.”

john amboian , Foundation Board chair, parent of alumni

“Rocky loved to make people smile. He was a master at making humorous comments, always accompanied by a sparkle in his eye and an infectious chuckle. Whether spending time with family and friends, chatting with fans or conducting business, he made countless people happy throughout his life.”

bob jordan ’71, classmate

“Rocky was the embodiment of the word ‘community.’ He fully engaged and promoted community in all spheres of his life—family, friends, North Shore, neighbors, colleagues, business, civic efforts— and serving the needs of others. His quick wit, wisdom and caring spirit created wonderful connections and positive actions which have been incredibly impactful. Words fail to capture their profound depth and influence. How the world will miss Rocky, including the NSCD family and most particularly the class of 1971. We are very lucky. He was an important and valued classmate, as well as our champion reunion leader, but even more important than this, a truly great friend.

nancy green whiteman ’71, classmate and NSCD’s former director of alumni relations, parent of alumni

“I first met Rocky when I came to North Shore in 1965. As I remember, he was always a kind and polite young man. In high school he played football and basketball and was a great teammate. I loved that most days he wore khaki pants and a blue, yellow or pink oxford shirt. He was very preppy. He and his classmates were very close in high school and remained so throughout his life. There wasn’t anything that Rocky wouldn’t do for his friends. I am proud to have known Rocky for over 55 years, and I will miss him dearly.”

jay bach, coach and former faculty, parent of alumni

Stanton Recognition: Naomi Hattori ’02, Rocky Wirtz ’71 and Tom Flemma1970-71 math club

Rocky Wirtz ’71 visiting a classroom

Class of 1971 50th reunion

1971 Mirror

1970-71 boys basketball team

1970 football team

Rocky Wirtz ’71, Tom Flemma and Michael Reinsdorf ’85

Rocky Wirtz ’71 and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71

Class of 1971 in senior kindergarten

Former Faculty and Staff Breakfast

Former faculty and staff returned to campus for the annual breakfast in their honor. They spent the morning mingling and enjoying the company of current faculty, staff and students. After a warm welcome, Head of School Tom Flemma updated them on what’s been happening in the classrooms and on campus. Former faculty in attendance included: Bob Beerheide, Barbara Castilla, Emily Denesha, Tom Doar, Diane Dorn, Libby Ester, Jay Fry, Tana Hitch, Leo Roth, Linda Semel, Adrienne Weisse and Nancy Green Whiteman ’71.

Graduating Students of Color Luncheon

More than 50 alumni, students, family and friends gathered in the Hall Library on May 18 for the third annual Graduating Students of Color Luncheon. This year, 42% of the senior class identified as a person of color, making it the most diverse graduating class in North Shore Country Day’s history. Each graduate received a parting gift with an encouraging note from their peers, faculty, alumni of color or their family members, and Meera Sinha ’02 imparted some words of wisdom: “Take just a few minutes one of these days to think about your own story, the stories you’ve heard told in your

families—whether biological or chosen,” she said. “And use those stories, the ones that make you YOU, as an anchor from which to explore and continue making progress.”

Class of 2023 seniors of color with alumni pictured above: First Row Joyce Randall ’02, Quinnetta Bellows Miller ’04, Meera Sinha ’02, Ashleigh Cross St. Peters ’05 and Ashleigh Palmer Weathers ’04; Second Row Anika Doradla, Ellia Yarandi, Meonda Collins, Nicolette Fox, Sophia Wall, Suraiyya Omar, Junnah Quraishi; Third Row Rithik Khanna, Neil Behl, Niabelle Comeau, Clark Murphy; Back Row Michael Olatunji, Tae Won Lillig, Alan Plascencia and Bethany Bulwa.

Former Faculty and Staff Breakfast: Lynsey Wollin-Casey, Tom Flemma, Cindy Hooper, Linda Kiracibasi, Lee Block, Libby Ester, Adrienne Weisse, Diane Dorn, Barbara Castilla, Zaro Buterbaugh, Leo Roth, Tana Hitch, Jay Fry, Emily Denesha, Tom Doar, Linda Semel, Nancy Green Whiteman ’71, Bob Beerheide and Sue Downing.

Graduating Students of Color Luncheon

Meera Sinha ’02

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, May 3, 2024

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

Grandparents and other special friends are invited to join students for an afternoon on campus. This event is paired with the NSCD Book Fair.

photos from our past

“A picture is worth a thousand words” and tells an important and interesting story. If you can identify any of these photos or tell us a story about them, please contact Ashleigh Palmer Weathers ’04, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093, aweathers@nscds.org or call her at 847.881.8848.

1950s

Tom Garver ’52 , age 89, died on June 9, 2023, in Madison, Wisconsin. Tom was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on January 23, 1934. He attended high school at North Shore Country Day as a boarding student, living in Leicester Hall, at the suggestion of pediatrician and parenting expert Dr. Benjamin Spock, who recommended the school to Tom’s parents. After graduating from NSCD, Tom received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in history of art from the University of Minnesota, and he worked as a curator and director of several American art museums for almost 30 years. Tom was the author of two books, a monograph on the paintings of the late George Tooker, and the other on the railroad photos of Winston Link. He wrote introductions for several other books on American art and photography in addition to more than 50 catalog essays for exhibitions of American art and photography. He also wrote articles on art, historical technology and numismatic (commemorative) medals that were published in several national magazines. At Tom’s request, there will be no funeral or memorial service, but a friend will travel to San Francisco with a thimbleful of his ashes that will be sent into the air from the center span of the Golden Gate Bridge, a structure Tom regarded as being one the few creations of humankind that truly complement and enhance its natural environment.

He remained connected over the decades and most recently visited campus in the fall of 2022 for his 70th reunion, serving as his reunion chair. He was also very helpful in contributing to the school’s archives collection.

1960s

Biff Steel ’60 , visited the Old Art Building in Leland, Michigan, where he had a nice chat with former faculty Sarah Mills, the current director of the Old Art Building.

Eleanor Kneibler ’62 is working on climate change issues.

Richard Lane ’67 shared, “I think I was the only member of my class that was in the military.”

1970s

Andrew DaMiano ’72 , age 68, of Northbrook, Illinois, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2023. Andrew was a graduate of Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Andrew was president and owner of DaMiano and Graham, Ltd., an export management business that has been in the DaMiano family for 70 years. An avid fly fisherman, he was a member of the Coleman Lake Club in Goodman, Wisconsin. He was also past president of the Overseas Automotive Club, a former member of the Chicago Curling Club, and the Anvil Club.

Matt Berman ’79 was visiting near campus and met up with classmates

Scott Olson ’79 and Cathy Kleiman Bartholomay ’79

1980s

Elizabeth Ingram ’82 Had a great time at her 40th reunion last fall!

Carolyn Armstrong ’88 is the author of Earth-friendly middle grade fiction and recently released Book 1 of Eco Warriors Series: “At the Edge of the Ice,”which is a heartfelt eco-adventure that takes place in Svalbard, a small group of islands near the North Pole. When an intuitive 11-yearold Sydney Cabella gains the ability to talk with animals, she is alarmed by what they have to say. She enlists the help of her brainiac twin sister, Sierra, hoping beyond hope that their activism will make a difference. www.ckabooks.com

2000s

Alex Moffat ’00 made his Broadway debut as Clarke in “The Cottage.” Diane Flint Jessen ’70 , Art Jessen ’70 , Charlie Doar ’03 , Mullery Doar ’06 and former Head of School Tom Doar and his wife, Mouse, all attended the show in July.

Naomi Hattori ’02 shared, “Our little Konbini and Kanpai was named one of the 2023 Best Beer Shops in the United States by ‘Wine Enthusiast.’”

2010s

Julie Block ’13 got engaged to Christian Hodgson on the slopes of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in March.

Alums gathered to celebrate with CJ Charnas ’16 and Emily Leiter ’16 , who were engaged last year.

Kamryn Deveny ’19 wrote, “I’m happy to share I’m starting a new position as associate marketing manager at Medline Industries, LP.”

Mazeed Oluewu ’19 shared, “Last April, I graduated from the University of Michigan. I am so grateful for everyone who supported me along the way. I began my first job with iXperience in Cape Town, South Africa. Recently, I finished my role as a management consulting internship manager and teaching assistant providing management consulting services, where I was challenged and given the opportunity to develop business management, public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Upon my return to the United States, I will be working with Voyager Global Mobility as an internal consultant and look forward to moving to a new city and continuing my passion for learning. Down the line, I will return to Accenture’s New York office as a management consulting analyst. I could not be more excited and grateful to continue on my path, and I look forward to expanding my network within the NSCD community.”

Former Faculty

Former faculty Berkley Wellstein shared, “While glamping outside of Glacier National Park with the family in June, we ran into the whole Shafer family: Max ’08 with his wife and baby daughter, Ben ’11 and Sydney ’14 , along with their parents. It was wonderful to catch up!

Berkley Wellstein and Sydney Shafer ’14

Julie Block ’13 (right) and Christian Hodgson

CJ Charnas ’16, Brendan Doyle ’16, Chris Charnas ’83, Sam Bottum ’16, Dillon Forester ’16 and Michael Valenti ’16

Alex Moffat ’00, Diane Flint Jessen ’70, Art Jessen ’70 and Jason Alexander

Matt Berman ’79 and Scott Olson ’79

Matt Berman ’79 and Cathy Kleiman Bartholomay ’79

Some current and former North Shore Faculty gathered at Le Bouchon on May 27 to honor and remember Dan Sweeney at his favorite Chicago restaurant. It was a special tribute to him!

This June, the Colorado Theatre Guild recognized Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre in multiple categories for “Jersey Boys.” They received a nomination for Outstanding Musical; among other nominations, former faculty Michael Querio was nominated in the category Musical Direction.

Former faculty Tana Hitch, Shirley Smith Johnston, Beth Foster and Barbara Castilla recently met up for coffee. Barbara also met up with Sharon Minnoch separately.

Marriages

Will Finlay ’10 to Mallory Feldman

June 3, 2023

Engagements

Julie Block ’13 to Christian Hodgson

Births

herschel rahui sklare

October 30, 2022

Katie and Charlie Sklare ’09

theodore glenn villari

April 18, 2023

Katrice Krumplys-Villari ’10 and Chris Villari

leah serenity lodree

July 20, 2023

Candice and Andre Lodree ’96

In Memoriam

paul m. kogut ’77

December 29, 2022

Brother of Ari Kogut ’87 and Elizabeth Kogut Stringham ’81

henrietta kultchar trapp ’43

January 24, 2023

joyce ann green lance

March 31, 2023

Grandmother of Hannah Lumberg ’15 and Sarah Lumberg ’17

davis caldwell

April, 2023

Husband of Cornelia Wallace Caldwell ’42

joan white trukenbrod ’58

April 28, 2023

daniel peter toomey

April 30, 2023

Husband of former faculty

Maureen Toomey

stuart hamill ’62

May 2023

Son of the late Hunt Hamill Sr. ’35

Brother of Hunt Hamill Jr. ’69 and Ralph Hamill ’69

bruce dunlap ’75

May 9, 2023

jeffrey peter carstens ’53

May 14, 2023

Brother of Michael Carstens ’51 and the late Nancy Dee Carstens ’58

sherry putney

May 16, 2023

Former Faculty

joan w. trukenbrod ’58

June 4, 2023

andrew damiano ’72

June 7, 2023

Will Finlay ’10 and Mallory Feldman

Katrice Krumplys-Villari ’10 and Chris, Theodore and Charles Villari

Leah Serenity Lodree

Frank Dachille with Herschel and Charlie Sklare ’09

Barabara Castilla and Sharon Minnoch

Shirley Smith Johnston, Barbara Castilla, Tana Hitch and Beth Foster

Emily Denesha, Libby Ester, Annie Gentithes, Winder Holeman, Noreen Potempa and Mick Potempa

Annie Gentithes, Emily Denesha, Winder Holeman, Mary Beth Wilson, Libby Ester and Kate Cicchelli

carol stern ’45

June 8, 2023

Wife of the late Russell T. Stern, Jr. ’45

Mother of Russell T. Stern, III ’68 , William C. Stern ’71 and Patricia Stern Ross ’74

tom garver ’52

June 9, 2023

frederick wine ’54

June 9, 2023

john d. nichols ii

June 14, 2023

Father of Kendra Wallace ’91 and John D. Nichols, III ’93

Grandfather of Mandarin Wallace ’25

ariel m. levi ’98

July 9, 2023

Brother of Ale Levi ’92 , Gaby Levi ’95 and Freddie Silvina

Sister-in-law of Sarah Levi

Uncle of Jonah Levi-Paesky ’13 , Benjamin Levi ’27 and William Levi ’30

nicole repenning

July 5, 2023

Wife of John Repenning ’90

Sister-in-law of Win Repenning ’90 and Jamie Repenning ’92

stephanie formolo

July 6, 2023

Mother of Hayley Formolo ’10 , Cassandra Formolo ’12 , Andersen Formolo ’16 and Reese Formolo ’16

w. rockwell “rocky” wirtz ’71

July 25, 2023

Husband of Marilyn Wirtz

Father of Daniel Wirtz ’95 , Hillary Wirtz ’97 and Kendall Wirtz ’04

Brother of Gail Wirtz Costello ’72 , Karen Wirtz Fix ’76 , Peter Wirtz ’79 and Alison Wirtz ’83

Cousin of Laura Wirtz Jenkins ’84

Uncle of Katy Costello ’03 , Kevin Costello ’05 , Will Fix ’10 and Keenan Fix ’13

Step-son of the late Alice Pirie Wirtz ’49

In Memory of Stephanie Formolo

The NSCD community lost a great Raider on July 6, 2023. Parent of four lifers, Hayley ’10, Cassi ’12, Andersen ’16 and Reese ’16, Stephanie Formolo was a steadfast volunteer, leader and friend to the NSCD community. Stephanie and her husband Tom were honored with the Foster Hannaford Recognition in 2015 for their service to the school. Here is an excerpt from their citation:

“Stephanie has been a very thoughtful and engaged parent, always there for her children—and always there for other students—offering time and attention; connecting, encouraging and caring. Her role with the school has been multifaceted. As a member of the Parents’ Association, Stephanie’s roles have included acting as a grade parent and a steering chair. She was instrumental in moving forward our learning differences support group for parents and has been a consistently active voice for diversity. As a Benefit Board member, Stephanie served as Auction co-chair numerous times—times when the success of the Auction reached unprecedented levels in terms of attendance, inclusivity and dollars raised.

Stephanie and Tom are enthusiastic Raider team parents. Never wanting or seeking the spotlight, they step up when asked whether it’s for their children or others. Stephanie’s energy is decisive, down-to-earth, practical, no nonsense, a problem-solver, and all with a terrific sense of humor.

Stephanie and Tom are generous in so many ways—and many that we don’t even know—from their leadership, hours and hours of service, to hosting exchange students, to contributing to faculty-and-staff appreciation funds—they do so much for so many. They step up and inspire others to do as well, exemplifying our school motto, ‘Live and Serve.’”

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Stephanie has left a legacy that goes way beyond the walls of the North Shore community. She will be greatly missed.

The Formolo family at the 2015 Hannaford Reception: Andersen ’16, Hayley ’10, Tom, Stephanie, Cassi ’12 and Reese ’16

My name is Andre Lodree, and I’m a 1996 alum of North Shore Country Day. Currently, I’m the men’s basketball head coach at Moody Bible Institute, executive director of Four Point Play and a Youth Hoops coach for the Chicago Bulls. I am married with five kids, including a surprise newborn who has really brought some excitement to our family.

During my time at NSCD, there were people who looked out for me and helped to lay the foundation for life after North Shore. Like any other school, at the heart of everything is the teachers; at NSCD they were the heroes who had a significant impact on my experience and helped shape me into the man I am today. One teacher in particular who will always stand out to me is Kathy McHugh, who came to NSCD my junior year. Mrs. McHugh joined NSCD at a pivotal time for me in high school. During my sophomore year in school, I was the only Black male in the entire upper school.

In addition to navigating sometimeschallenging social interactions, I was doing my best to navigate all the challenges of traveling two to three hours to get to school and all the schoolwork that came with being in such a rigorous academic environment. However, it was in Mrs. McHugh’s class that I found my voice. I vividly remember wanting to do a project on the Black Panthers and not only did she encourage me, but she supported me through the entire process. I remember Mrs. McHugh always challenged me to dig deeper and pursue a greater level of excellence in my writing. I also remember how she and coach Patrick McHugh allowed me to sleep over at their house on late school nights. Thanks, Mrs. McHugh, I deeply appreciate you!

In addition to an amazing faculty, I have some wonderful memories of my time at NSCD. One of my most memorable NSCD experiences that continues to impact my life was when we had the opportunity to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and helped build a home for a family in need. I always enjoyed working with my grandfather with handyman jobs around my family’s home, and this was an opportunity for me to use many of those skills to help someone else. This experience taught me that no matter how limited the resources or skills that someone may have, there’s always an opportunity to help another individual in need. It simply takes passion, presence and a positive attitude to make someone else’s experience better. This is a way of life that I try to instill in my kids’ lives each and every day.

With everything NSCD taught me and instilled in me about being a contributing member of society, one thing I miss the most about NSCD is the challenging environment. There was always an expectation of excellence. It was never about perfection; rather it was about giving your best and those around you providing the support and opportunity you needed to improve. As I’ve gone through life, I have always enjoyed similar environments where I felt both challenged and supported. In my role as the executive director of Four Point Play and as a coach, I strive to provide that same environment for my students, players and colleagues.

All in all, being a student at NSCD in the 1990s was no easy feat. As I’ve grown as an individual, husband, father, coach and community leader, when I look back, I’m grateful for all of my experiences at North Shore. For that very reason, I try to give back to the school in ways that are meaningful to me. Currently, I serve as a member of the Alumni Board, which has been a great opportunity to stay connected to the school and my peers. Before, during and after my time at NSCD, I’ve had the desire and passion to give back to my community. Whether it’s supporting Annual Giving, Capital Campaigns or simply providing my expertise in various areas, it’s always been a priority to make sure that I pay it forward to NSCD. For me, it’s important to share resources to and with your community to improve or impact the next generation. If I can impact even just one student or graduate of North Shore Country Day in a positive way, I know my work will not have been in vain.

During my time at NSCD, there were people who looked out for me and helped to lay the foundation for life after North Shore.