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Departments Founders Day Fall Family Weekend At the Barn Dance at Oldfields Back to Our Roots Raising Leaders Arts Week

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Oldfields Magazine Staff Editor: Janine K. Brennan Editorial Advisor: Parnell Hagerman Design: Shoot the Moon, Inc. Photography: Janine K. Brennan; AK Dragoo Photography, LLC; Angeline Kim ’11; Lili Weik Photography, Ltd.; Jeff Worsham Contributors: Fran Acle P’09, Jillian Bledsoe, Patricia Cox, Parnell Hagerman, Jane Hammann, Eric Miller, Amy Roden, Kate Worsham Alumnae and Development Office Staff Parnell Hagerman, Director of Development Janine K. Brennan, Director of Communications Mark J. Brennan, Director of Foundations and Research Jane Hammann, Director of Annual Fund, Parent Relations and Alumnae Cara C. Kale, Administrative Assistant All letters and editorial comments should be directed to: Oldfields Magazine 1500 Glencoe Road Glencoe, MD 21152-9321 410.472.4800 Communications@OldfieldsSchool.org

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From theHEAD OF SCHOOL Although after eighteen years as teacher and Assistant Head of School I thought I knew Oldfields well, spending the last nine months on campus has taught me much more about why Oldfields is such a special place to live and to learn.

During the last six months I have traveled to gatherings throughout the country, including trips to California, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York. Although unsolicited, alumnae often felt compelled to stand and deliver testimonials. Although each gathering was somewhat different because of the region of the country or the age of the participants, there was a common thread in our conversations about Oldfields. No matter whether the alumna had been a stellar student and went on to be a doctor or lawyer, or whether she had to struggle before she could flourish, each focused on Oldfields’ commitment to maximize the potential of each student. At Oldfields a student was nurtured so she could succeed at school, building the self esteem that would allow her to succeed in whatever endeavor she chose to pursue in life.

Facebook has been a great way to connect with alumnae and each day I discover new and remarkable accomplishments of our alumnae. Their accomplishments are as diverse as the students we have enrolled.

Alumnae talked again and again about the fact that Oldfields provided both the academic tools and self confidence that have allowed them to succeed.

A second way that I have gained a greater appreciation for the mission of the School is through the admissions process.

I try to meet with every family that comes for a visit and their insight has been enlightening. Sure, they will all talk about how friendly everyone is and the remarkable relationship between students and teachers, qualities that were common even back in the 70’s and 80’s, when I was first at Oldfields. However, a couple of parents shared insights into the School’s philosophy that I had not really conceptualized.

They said that other schools they had visited created an academic program and expected a student to adjust, whereas, I feel, Oldfields takes an individualized approach, seeking to maximize the potential of each child. This works for all students – the student who is behind in one subject receives support while the student who has academic gifts is empowered to excel. Our goal is to succeed with each student!

I have been taught much about Oldfields by alumnae, faculty and parents, but my greatest mentors have been the students. When I was considering a return to Oldfields last Spring, it was ultimately the vitality, warmth and energy of the group of students I had lunch with that convinced me. As much as I love being on the road spreading the word about Oldfields, I can’t wait to return home to my “family” in Glencoe.

I am saddened by the recent death of my good friend, Duncan McCulloch, the great grandson of the School’s founder, because he taught me much about the “the feeling of family,” a legacy that we have inherited from his family and the scores of faculty and students who have graduated from Oldfields during the last one hundred and forty years. I am truly blessed to have an extraordinary family that consists of my wife, two sons, and hundreds of Oldfields daughters.

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What is ecOSchool?

OLDFIELDS SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2008-2009 Scott S. Menzies P’03, Chair Margie Pardoe Rooke ’76, Vice-Chair Alfred Morrison, Treasurer Trish Grimmel P’06, Secretary Taylor A. Smith, Head of School Sunny Adams P’91, ’93, ’03 Carol Atterbury ’74 Kenneth H. Buchanan P’07 Marian Culbertson Burke ’63 Samantha Coker ’90 Richard D. Darrell P’06 Lucy Goelet P’08 Denise Alexandre Le Comte ’72, P’06 Thomas P. McDonough P’10 Frank Palmer P'12 Corbin D. Riemer Robert A. Rosenbaum P’10 Lee Douglass Simmons ’98 Archibald A. Smith, III Elliott Watts ’97 Lisa Wood Wright ’84 CHAIRS EMERITI Helen Frederick Gray ’51, P’83 Alan E. Kerry P’98 Edgar H. Lawton, Jr. P’85 Denise Alexandre Le Comte ’72, P’06 Ralph S. O’Connor P’75 J. Calvin Rivers, Jr. P’88 William Scanlan, Jr. P’93 Jane Isdale Schaefer ’52, P’84

EcoTip A normal bulb will use 60 watts of energy an hour, meaning that you could conserve nearly 22,000 watts of energy per year by just switching off one bulb for one hour every day.

This school year launched the first of a two-year program to apply to become a certified Maryland Green School. The program in Maryland is one of the most prestigious and rigorous in the country. Baltimore County is the leader in certifying schools and centers and we hope to help the Hereford Zone become the first “green” zone in the county as Oldfields joins other area Green schools.

Throughout last summer, the leadership team as well as several faculty and staff members worked hard to establish a springboard in which to launch our eco-campaign. First they had to ask themselves several key questions that included the following: How will Oldfields identify itself in the private school community? How would Oldfields engage the students? How would Oldfields interact with its greater community? Out of these questions arose a new awareness within the community and a new theme: ecOSchool. Thanks to a creative seventh grader and future OS girl (Liza Phelan), daughter of Cory Jones Jackson ’85, the School found a connection to ecOSchool. The ecOSchool theme was a way to take out the “green” that promotes rivalry on campus and fold the School’s name into the mission. It was easy for the community to identify itself as ecOSchool and the students quickly embraced this theme. The community soon had an EcoTeam, ecOSchool bags, and our own section of the School website!

Please check out the ecOSchool website link. The website includes all of the environmental activities happening throughout the year on campus.

Additionally, there are student articles, community voices, garden updates, and a Chef’s corner written by our head chef, Eric Miller. Please contact the EcoTeam for additional information: EcoTeam@OldfieldsSchool.org

Michael Simpson P’85

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It takes an entire community to become ecOSchool

“Green” is a buzz word everywhere these days. It started as a concept many years ago but was often seen as a label for the extreme environmental movement. However, times have changed and today “green” has entered our everyday conversations and lifestyles as a sustainable and acceptable way of living. Instead of using the word “green” we have adopted the word “ecOSchool,” incorporating Oldfields into our mission, in order to describe all of our environmental choices here on campus. The ecOSchool choices we have made so far this school year include a complete recycling program, placing plants in classrooms and public spaces to reduce air pollution, a community organic garden, painted light switch plates in classrooms encouraging energy conservation, “Remember These Come from Trees” stickers on all paper towel dispensers, and water conservation efforts. These eco-choices are led by a newly formed EcoTeam as well as the student-run Environmental Club.

The EcoTeam is made up of fifteen faculty and staff members as well as two student representatives. The EcoTeam’s goals revolve around leading Oldfields towards becoming a sustainable and environmentally aware community.

The EcoTeam meets bimonthly in order to talk about new projects, review past projects, and prepare the community for our 2010 application to become a certified Maryland Green School. The two student representatives help us with student perspectives, input, and they are a liaison between the EcoTeam and the student body. Our two students have already discussed environmental news in the morning meeting, written articles about eco-activities on campus for our website, and helped with the community recycling program.

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As adults it is easy to take control of a school program or a new initiative because we want projects done quickly.

However, ecOSchool does not revolve around one individual, but instead depends on the benefits of working together as a community. In order for our Oldfields students to take ownership of the direction of ecOSchool, they must be involved in creating new programs and making their own changes in their lives. Leading the way for the student efforts is the Environmental Club. The student driven Environmental Club has ten enthusiastic participants this school year. The club has been creating community awareness about the recycling program as well as encouraging students to make smart decisions regarding reducing, reusing, and recycling. The club found effective ways of educating the community on our environmental happenings by way of slide shows at Morning Meeting and bulletin boards on campus. Student involvement is absolutely essential therefore we have been busy collecting student opinions since the beginning of the year.

In order to get a broader pulse on the community regarding ecOSchool, I interviewed students at random throughout the beginning of 2009. I asked for student feedback regarding how ecOSchool had impacted their everyday lives. All the students that I interviewed had made some positive change in response to ecOSchool and each was eager to share with me these changes to her lifestyle.

Grace C., ’12, has been instrumental in helping her parents make “greener” choices while remodeling their house this winter. Grace explained, “My parents are now remodeling our house and making “green” choices. They have installed water savers on all of our toilets and shower heads around the house.

EcoTip Take shorter showers: you use 2 gallons per minute for every shower.

It’s easy to do the math to see how much you can save if you cut your shower time by even 1 minute.

Additionally, I also spoke to my mom about energy conservation and my parents installed timers on several light switches in rooms and closets that have little use.” Another day student, Olivia S., ’11, has been more aware of her paper usage. Olivia said, “I use the front and back of all of my paper in order to use less new paper. Also, I now recycle all paper in the paper recycling bins on campus.”

The boarders on campus have also made positive changes as a result of ecOSchool. Lesley G., ’09, wrote, “I am more aware of waste. I make sure that I do not put things into the trash that can be recycled. I have a corner of my room just for recycling.”

Sturgis dorm resident, Alexis M., ’12, learned about the danger of not recycling alkaline batteries. Alexis said, “I have become more aware of my surroundings.

I didn’t realize that house batteries were

toxic to the environment. I now recycle those batteries.”

Five day boarder, Caroline P., ’11, realized that she wasted a lot of water.

She stated, “I have become more aware of the water I use when I am brushing my teeth. I now shut the water off while I brush my teeth.” Other students have also become more aware of water usage. Donata B., ’09, said, “I take shorter showers.”

As students have taken on recycling, they have also become more aware of the amount of waste they create everyday. Alexis and Ashley L., ’10, found that they are more aware of their immediate environment. Ashley said, “I have been more careful not to waste a lot.”

Another one of our students, Christiana S., ’10, felt relieved when she found out about ecOSchool. She said, “I believe that my family and I lead a very “eco-friendly” lifestyle at home.

I feel that the issues of ecOSchool are extremely important to me because I am able to carry my home lifestyle to a supportive ‘green’ community. It is great to see students in the School who were not active about our environment now become active and more aware of their surroundings as it relates to the environment. I have noticed that my peers are more aware of waste and the environment around them.”

Overall it appears that the community truly has embraced ecOSchool and many are leading by example when it comes to taking care of our environment. I am proud of some of the accomplishments and roles of leadership many of the students have taken in our community as a result of ecOSchool. Please stay up to date by checking in on a regular basis at the ecOSchool section of the Oldfields webpage. We would love to hear your thoughts!

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Eco Switchplates Visual reminders are a great way to catch our attention, and the colorful light switch plates around campus are making the community more aware of the importance of saving electricity. The Studio I art class designed and painted original eco messages for each room in the classroom building and their bright and cheerful illustrations remind us to save power and energy.

Thanks to these students for using their creative energy to save resources and encourage us to think about the amount of electrical power we are using. The artists who participated in this project were Katie B. ’09, Ceci B. ’13, Regina G. ’13, Angeline K. ’11, Kate T. ’13, Becca P. ’09 and Jasmine R. ’09.

ecOSchool and Literature Students in Creative Writing and English classes have had the opportunity to connect with literature, and incorporate the ecOSchool theme, in an extremely concrete way. For instance, when discussing Romantic literature, students traveled (much like Shelley, Coleridge, Wordsworth and the clan) upon the highlands of Oldfields, stopping in the garden to examine the flora and fauna in detail. Like Thoreau on Walden Pond, they have absorbed the quiet miracles of plants growing and have gained the unique perspective that comes with a physical connection to the land. They explored the ideas of living simply and being self-sufficient and wrote about their experiences in the garden. Creative Writing students will have the opportunity to tend the garden on a more regular basis in the Spring, in order to observe the changing landscape and to experience first-hand the various species of trees, insects and animals that thrive in the area and write about them in various nature and science literary journalism articles.

By Amy Roden

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Recycling -

The recycling program at Oldfields School has become an integral part of the community lifestyle this year. On campus we now recycle the following: paper, cardboard, glass, certain plastics, aluminum, cell phones, and electronics.

When I asked many of the OS girls how ecOSchool has affected their lifestyle the first statement they each said was, “I recycle much more now than ever.” This is exciting to hear in just our first year as ecOSchool!

The Oldfields community has quickly embraced our new environmental stewardship and it is with great joy that I report that the reinstated recycling program on campus has been overwhelmingly successful. On average at least one 25 gallon bag of recyclables is gathered from each dorm every other week. Just imagine how many pounds of recycled material not sitting in the Baltimore County landfill! Thanks to recycling, we are able to dramatically reduce our weekly trash.

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The recycling program is designed to not only recycle the products we use on campus, but to also reduce our weekly trash. We have already significantly reduced our trash in the two large dumpsters that are collected biweekly.

All the plastic drink bottles, glass bottles, and aluminum cans are collected in specific bins around campus. We now have

EcoTip If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels (70 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 544,000 trees.

our own cardboard bin due to the generosity of the greater OS community and Flik Dining. Each week this bin is filled to the brim with recyclable cardboard from around campus that used to fill our trash dumpsters. In addition to recycling cardboard this year, we have also begun to compost the vegetable and fruit waste that is created from food preparation.

Thanks to the support and ingenuity of our chef, Eric Miller, we are continually taking steps to help reduce our carbon footprint. In fact, on average we compost at least 120 pounds of vegetable and fruit waste weekly! Please check out further developments from the kitchen on our ecOSchool website in “Chef Eric’s Corner.” In addition to the efforts of the kitchen, the girls are the driving force behind our recycling success.

The dorms now have specific locations and containers for collecting plastic bottles, glass, aluminum cans, and paper.

The Community Service Team has been crucial in collecting the recycling in the fall and spring and placing it in the appropriate recycling dumpster on campus for the following: paper, cardboard, and plastics, aluminum cans, and glass.

In the winter, the recycling is collected by a variety of student volunteers and workers. Additionally, many of the faculty and staff have volunteered their time and vehicles in order to help take the recyclables to the recycling center each week. The faculty, staff, and students have also helped with our monthly Community Paper Recycling Day. One morning each month, the EcoTeam now sponsors a Community Paper Recycling Day. Boarders can bring their paper from their dorms and day students can load their cars up with paper from home. The student and faculty volunteers unload the cars and everyone is able to feel that they are

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EcoTip By switching to electronic bills, statements and payments, the average American household would save 6.6 pounds of paper a year, save 0.08 trees, and would not produce 171 pounds of greenhouse gases – the equivalent of driving 169 miles.

Bay Day! As an integral part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, it is important for the Oldfields community to know how our daily lives impact the marine life in the Bay. Everything here

helping in the recycling efforts. These recycling days were created in order to increase paper recycling on campus as well as raise some money for the School.

The Abitibi Company purchases the paper that is recycled on campus and uses it in its plants to make new paper products. The situation of not only recycling used paper, but also helping to raise money for the EcoFund is a win-win situation for everyone.

The recycling program will only continue to improve throughout the years. As the students are able to watch the success of the recycling program, our next step is to help them reduce their daily and weekly waste as well as reuse many products that are reusable. Please stay updated through the ecOSchool website on the ongoing developments and progress of the recycling program.

is connected and it is our hope to educate our students about our relationship with the Bay. In light of the grim reports of the Chesapeake Bay health, it is important for Oldfields to not only be educated about the state of the Bay, but to also understand how we are completely connected to the Bay ecosystem. The rain that falls on Old House can cause a flow of water down graduation hill. This water then drops into the stream on the front of campus and that stream runs along Glencoe Road until it empties into the Gunpowder River. The Gunpowder eventually empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The best way for the students to learn about the Chesapeake Bay is to spend a day visiting this beautiful, and yet fragile, marine ecosystem. This spring, the entire Oldfields community will have the opportunity to spend the day learning about the geography of the Chesapeake Bay, its history, its health, and how we can better care for this valuable resource. Our community will attend programs that include canoeing, hiking, sailing on a Skipjack, and water and soil testing, as well as meeting the wildlife that lives on the Chesapeake. During our trip we will work with educators and scientists with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. We are all looking forward to this incredible trip which offers a hands-on opportunity to interact with the Chesapeake Bay.

By Amy Roden

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The Incredible Shrinking Pond And other Environmental Science Projects The Environmental Science course discusses current issues concerning the environment. The study of ecological systems leads to a focus on energy, resources, climate changes, pollution, habitat destruction, population, and economic decisions. In order to combine lecture with application, the Environmental Science class will engage in two hands-on projects this spring.

One group of students will restore the School pond near Rodney parking lot while the other will plan and plant the organic garden on Riding Hill. Through these projects the students will gain an appreciation for their role in protecting our environment for future generations of Oldfields girls.

Many of the older alumnae will remember the large pond that once dominated the lower entrance to the School.

It was a healthy and vibrant ecosystem that housed frogs, some fish, snapping turtles, and visiting Blue Herons. In the winter, generations of alumnae and faculty children skated on its frozen surface.

Today, due to environmental restrictions, the pond has been reduced to a ten foot wide area. The first group of five adventurous students in environmental science are eager to clean out the pond and restore the fountain to working condition. To assist the students, Scott McGill of Ecotone, Inc. has graciously donated his services to Oldfields. Scott is Ecotone’s stream restoration specialist and has been assessing and restoring aquatic resources for 18 years. Scott is involved in every aspect of stream restoration design from site assessment, reference reach determination, conceptual design, and final design to permitting, project management, and construction. Ecotone provides wetland

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design and construction, stream restoration, forest and wetland mitigation, environmental consulting and permitting, and stream construction in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Scott has been instrumental in guiding the students’ energy and direction towards revitalizing an expanse that once meant so much to the Oldfields School community. Perhaps when you return for Alumnae Weekend you will find park benches, new flowers, and a beautiful location to talk with your old friends.

The second group of four ambitious students will be working on the School’s garden. Last year Jillian Bledsoe and Amy Roden applied for, and received, a McColl Grant, established by the parents of Jane McColl Lockwood ’86. Due to the generosity of the grant, they were able to plan and plant an Oldfields community organic garden. Last year they were lucky to find an empty and fertile spot of land on Riding Hill, just a short walk from the old dairy barn. This space is outside the fence line with plenty of sunshine and, just beyond the edges of the garden, beckoning shade for a weary gardener.

The garden was a success and the goal is to keep it growing every year.

The site for this year’s garden will remain on Riding Hill. Some members of the EcoTeam began to compost the dining hall kitchen scraps this winter in order to help add nutrients to the soil. This past term the environmental science students recreated the garden space through building models and graphs. Ground will be broken this spring and

the new garden space will include flower and vegetable beds, walkways, and a new deer-proof fence! The students measured the area of the garden to better understand the slopes of the land, as well as the amount of sunshine available and the accessibility to water.

After several hours of research and lots of brainstorming, the students developed a long list of what they would like to grow. They spent time researching “companion planting,” such as marigolds and tomatoes, which will help the plants flourish while deterring hungry visitors including deer, rabbits, and birds. Our aim is to fill the garden with heirloom vegetables and many native flowers. We will begin planting in late March and April and we hope there will be some flowers in full bloom during Alumnae Weekend.

Please check the ecOSchool section of the Oldfields School website for updates on the girls’ progress on the pond and School garden.

EcoTip Water the yard early in the morning or at night, when evaporation rates are at their lowest.

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What is Meatless Monday you ask?

This initiative started in World War I due to food shortages in Europe. The reality is that by using less Beef and Pork we can reduce our Carbon Footprint more effectively than by buying local produce.

So, by removing meat from the menu on Mondays we can not only reduce our saturated fat intake, we can also reduce methane gas emissions. Here’s the gist of it: raising one pound of beef produces 11 times the amount of green house gas than a pound of chicken and 100 times more than a pound of carrots. Simply put, we need to eat more veggies and less meat, not a bad idea either way you look at it.

As chefs we are compelled to be stewards of the Earth. Like the initiatives of ecOSchool, we truly believe what affects the land in turn affects us and our ability to create great food. Chef Robert and I believe that even we can make a difference. No matter how small we feel our impact may be, the knowledge we impart through our careful planning and passion for food can, and will, become contagious. This simple adjustment to the menu allows us to lower the carbon footprint of the entire OS community.

Robert and I will continue to support the efforts of the ecOSchool program in any way possible.

Chef D Miller Executive Chef/ Director

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The Promise of Spring The winter, despite the dreary weather, is a wonderful time of year! January and February brought with them two unique joys – that of poring over seed catalogues and our own seed stores from last season’s crops to decide what we would plant this coming spring, and then the start of seedling season! Even through the sleet and freezing rain, the sight of a pale-green tendril poking up through a peat-pot on my window sill was enough to make me smile and remember that this gray day, too, will pass.

Happily, I won’t be the only one to enjoy the promise of spring in its most physical manifestation this year. Our Environmental Club girls and Amy’s Environmental Science class will also be joining our seed-selection and seedling-starting process! We will continue to use primarily organic seeds acquired through our own seed-saving and through an organization called Seed-Savers’ Exchange, and, of course, our growing practices will be organic as well. We will also continue to experiment with heirloom plants in order to preserve and enrich the seedstock of our own native varieties in the OS gardens while also exploring some intriguing transplants from across the pond.

We’re in the process of planting flower bulbs right now, and then beginning the deliberation over French fingerling potatoes or Jerusalem artichokes, asparagus or strawberries, Lebanese yellow cucumbers or the classic bush picklers – I CAN’T WAIT! As we draw closer to making our decisions, the girls are increasingly excited about the prospect of fresh-picked arugula and baby-spinach salads and the sweet-tart pop of sun-ripened tomatoes on the salad bar. The pictures in the catalogues and the descriptions of the produce leave our mouths watering and our arms itching for the feel of sunshine and dirt. Until those glory days are here again, we’ll content ourselves with the smell of moist peat under heat lamps and the promises held within those tiny green shoots.

If you have seeds, bulbs, transplants or garden equipment that you’d like to donate to OS, please don’t hesitate to contact Amy Roden or me at the following email address: ecoschool@oldfieldsschool.org

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Keeping it Natural Green

EcoTip Bring your own ecOSchool cloth bags when you shop!

If you grocery shop once a week, in five years you’ll have kept about 250 to 1,000 grocery bags out of our landfills. When one ton of plastic bags is reused or recycled, the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil is saved!

“Keeping it natural” is more than a catchphrase for Libby Claridge ’78. The founder of Earth Dance Botanicals, a company which sells natural beauty products, Libby is proud that her company has been organic from the very start. “I was looking for a home-based business while my son was an infant,” she explained. “I had loved doing crafts since my days at Oldfields and so I tried my hand at various kits.

When I tried a soap-making kit I found what I wanted to do.” Libby spent a year formulating soaps and scent blends from organic vegetable oils, herbs, extracts and essential oils. That was thirteen years ago. Since that initial batch of twelve bars of soap, Libby has expanded to where she creates 25,000 bars of soap a month, as well as botanical lotions, emollient crèmes, rich shower gels, organic cold press soaps and more.

Libby is quite proud of her business, and with good reason: it combines the best of her talents. She recalls how, at Oldfields, she was taught art by Mrs. Nevens and she always enjoyed being crafty and artistic. “Earth Dance Botanicals is more than a business,” Libby admits, “it’s a creative outlet. I design all the packaging and graphic designs, which I really enjoy.” The formulating of the scents also allows her to use her B.S. degree in biology. Most importantly, having the business in a 1,200 square foot barn on her property allows her to conduct meetings, talk with people, and plan while still being available for her son.

As a woman and a business owner, Libby is especially sensitive to the needs of other women. She has three steady employees, but this number sometimes ranges as high as ten, depending on specialty orders. The mothers can bring their children to work with them and the hours are flexible.

Reducing the impact on the environment is a priority at Earth Dance Botanicals.

All the products are packaged in recyclable bottles and the company uses some solar energy. The company contributes to sustainable agriculture and supports fair trade practices in developing countries, minimizing its impact on the environment. “With every facet of the company we try to improve the quality of our water, soil and air.”

While Earth Dance Botanicals could certainly expand, Libby keeps the size manageable. “Even in this economy, the company is fulfilling and financially successful.” The products are sold at Whole Foods stores, as well as at smaller retail outlets, spas, and boutiques both nationally and in Asia and Britain. Libby prefers personal service and likes to be able to meet with the shop’s owners to explain the product line, which is the natural way a successful business should be run.

Check out Earth Dance Botanicals at www.earthdancesoaps.com.

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A Sense of Wonder

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Written and performed by Kaiulani Lee ’68

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“This film is remarkable. You cannot walk away unmoved.”

- Bill Moyers.

A Sense of Wonder, written and performed by Kaiulani Lee ’68, has been touring the United States for over ten years. The play has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment.

She has performed it at over one hundred universities, dozens of high schools, the Smithsonian Institute, the Albert Schweitzer Conference at the United Nations, the Sierra Club’s Centennial in San Francisco, and at the Department of the Interior’s 150th anniversary celebration. A Sense of Wonder has played throughout the provinces of Canada, in England and Italy. In addition, she opened the 2005 World Expo in Japan and in May 2007, performed the play on Capitol Hill, bringing Miss Carson’s voice once again to the halls of Congress.

The play is now a movie, starring Kaiulani Lee, with director Christopher Monger, producer Karen Montgomery and Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

The March 19th Los Angeles premiere coincided with 100 nationwide screenings as part of National Women’s History Month A Sense of Wonder is the story of one woman’s love for the natural world and her fight to defend it. It is the story of the extremely private Rachel Carson thrust into the role of controversial public figure.

ACT I takes place in Miss Carson’s summer home as she is preparing to leave.

Fighting cancer, she fears this may well be her last visit to her beloved Maine coast.

ACT II begins two months later in the wake of the furor over her book Silent Spring.

Carson is simultaneously battling the chemical industry, the government, and the press to get her message to Congress and the American people.

About Rachel Carson Rachel Carson has been called “the patron saint of the environmental movement.”

She was a marine biologist and zoologist best known for her book Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of chemical pesticides and launched our modern environmental movement.

Less known is that Miss Carson was one of America’s great poets of the natural world. In her earlier works she brought alive the beauty and the mystery of the seas and its creatures to millions of readers.

In their purest form the poet and the scientist are one and the same. They are seekers after truth. Through the power of her knowledge and the beauty of her language, Rachel Carson became one of the great champions of the living world.

A Sense of Wonder has been created with the help and guidance of many of Miss Carson’s friends and colleagues and with permission from the Rachel Carson estate.

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O great Spirit of power and mercy, we gather in this hallowed place grateful for the goodly heritage that has formed and continues to inspire the Oldfields family from generation to generation, remembering especially Anna Austen McCulloch, whose generosity of spirit and incisive intellect created this School to be a beacon on the hill and a home where young lives are nourished and high goals pursued; may her memory be forever blessed and her example of courage, humility and largeness of heart continue to grow in years to come; and may we all be united in gratitude and in fellowship. Amen This prayer, by Reverend Kingsley Smith at the Founder’s Day cemetery service, captured the essence of Anna Austen McCulloch who was remembered as a woman whose vision, knowledge, compassion and courage created “a School in a family.” She set the example for generations of Oldfields faculty by being an educator who was also a moral example; a teacher who was also a friend.

We knew her to be a rare soul, one who gave a large interpretation to life and ennobled through her faith. She saw; she was not blind to our deficiencies, but she looked beyond them in hope; and we, loving and reverencing her for that hope, strove to overtake it. ~ A FEELING OF FAMILY, PAGE 10

“What Lee achieves in barely an hour is something rare – she merges herself with Carson’s spirit.”

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student as the woman she will become allows us to nurture and support her academic, emotional, and social growth.

Joining our community in this celebration were Beth and Duncan McCulloch III (Anna’s great grandson), as well as current and past Trustees and faculty. A slide show of Anna’s life and the early days of the School was presented, and then everyone processed to the Immanuel Church cemetery for the brief service and reception.

Although Mrs. McCulloch is no longer alive, her presence permeates the School, said Head of School Taylor Smith. Her spirit lives on through the faculty and students who continue to aspire to her high ideals.

The McCullochs joined with the Board of Trustees and past and present faculty for a reception

Oldfields student leaders attended a reception following the Founder's Day ceremony.

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Taylor Smith Installed as 9th Head of School Yesterday we celebrated Founder’s Day, a time to look back at our roots. Today we look to the future under Taylor Smith’s leadership. This is, indeed, a time for celebration. This is Taylor’s third coming to Oldfields, his and Judy’s homecoming.

How fortunate are we all.

- Hawley Rogers

At a ceremony in the David Niven Theatre, on October 17, 2008, Taylor Smith was installed as the ninth Head of School. Attended by the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, parents and friends, the program featured an Invocation by the Reverend Kingsley Smith, of Immanuel Church, and an introduction from Scott Menzies, Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Hawley Rogers, Head of School Emeritus, gave the salutatory address saying “The old cliché applies, that is, it is both easy and difficult to talk about Taylor. Easy because there is so much to say, and difficult because there is so much to say.” Hawley spoke warmly of Taylor’s first stint at Oldfields, and then, after Taylor left Oldfields, recalled how the School began to falter in the early seventies. “I can say without hesitation that the best decision I made in my career was to call Taylor Smith to see if he would return as Assistant Head and Academic Dean,” said Hawley. Taylor Smith was a major part of the School’s recovery in the mid-seventies, which led to increased enrollment and a growing endowment.

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It is Taylor’s love for the School, Hawley reiterated, which has brought him back to Oldfields now, and it is his professionalism which draws others to him. “He was immensely popular because he was respected and would ask of no other person anything he was not willing to give of himself.” Most important, Hawley stressed, is the fact that Taylor is reliable. “No matter what demands there are on his time, you can trust that his first concern is the progress and well being of each girl at Oldfields.”

It is for these many reasons that Hawley holds Taylor in such high regard. “I have said over the years that if I could choose one Head of School for my child or grandchild, it would be Taylor Smith.

I have no higher praise.”

On behalf of the students, Student Council president Angelica Jackson ’09, said, “This year has been resonating with incredibly positive feelings. Ultimately, it is Mr. Smith’s ideas, personality, and sense of inclusion which has been the reason for it. Those who were here during his previous stints at Oldfields and those, including myself, who have been blessed to meet him before we graduate, are ecstatic that he has returned and is making Oldfields a place where students and faculty can thrive.”

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Fall Family Weekend WOW! What a great time everyone had at Fall Family Weekend. The enthusiasm was shared by returning parents and new parents alike.

Kudos to the officers of the Parent Association, Fran Acle, Lisa Parks, Sandy Schafer, and others, for all their hard work in organizing the Fall Family Weekend. Fun was had by all as parents attended their daughter’s classes, had lunch, and went on to the many activities that the girls participate in after school. Following the athletic events and the horse show, parents had the opportunity to socialize with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Head’s house. The girls loved the Parent Association auction and enjoyed the many items that their parents bid on. Friday evening’s event was our first Vera Bradley Bingo Night. We had a sell-out crowd as we filled the McCulloch Commons Dining Hall with students, as well as parents, hoping to hear their magic number called.

We hope that everyone will join us in volunteering, as it is a way to meet others and feel connected to a caring and nurturing family. For more information on how you can become involved, please contact Jane Hammann at 443-662-1018 or HammannJ@OldfieldsSchool.org.

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As the daffodils begin to poke their sunny yellow heads through the frozen winter earth and the horses start to shed their wooly coats, there is excitement in the air at the barn as we gear up for the spring riding season. The warmer temperatures and the longer days mark the start of another round of horse shows for the Oldfields riders; from In-House shows on campus, to the IEA team Zone and National finals, to the combined training events, and the rated hunter /jumper circuit, the girls are eagerly looking forward to putting their skills to the test. While preparing to venture forth and represent Oldfields at a variety of venues this spring and summer, it is a wonderful time to reflect upon what was accomplished in the late summer and fall of last year. Reminiscing about victories and learning moments from the previous show season is a perfect way to channel all of the winter’s hard work into a productive, and fun spring season.

While the girls achieved success on many levels throughout the end of last summer and into the fall, there are a handful of exceptional moments that should be celebrated again. After having spent the summer riding multiple horses each day and competing to gain the necessary qualifying points, Katy W. ’10 earned the opportunity to compete in the Virginia Horse Shows Association (VHSA) Children’s Medal Finals at the Lexington National horse show in August. Riding the school owned horse New Hope, Katy rode to an impressive 7th place finish out of a field of 25 in the Children’s Equitation Derby that we entered as a preparatory class for the actual finals. With a confident and determined spirit, she then went on to finish 9th in the Medal Finals on Sunday morning. Katy’s success was all

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the more gratifying as this was her first time competing in an equitation finals competition.

With the positive momentum from a great summer of horse showing to carry the program forward, the fall riding season started off with a bang when the girls, returning and new students alike, traveled to Virginia in October to compete at the Southwest Virginia Hunter

Jumper Association (SWVHJA) sanctioned House Mountain horse show.

The girls made a great showing and put many tri-color ribbons on the Oldfields banner. Katy and New Hope once again showed what a great horse and rider partnership can accomplish by winning both of the Children’s Hunter classes over fences on their way to earning the division championship. Fellow classmate

Kristin J. ’10 blazed her way around the jumper ring on Bruce, one of our most beloved school horses, to capture the title of Novice Children/Adult Jumper champion. And, as the older girls were finding success in their rings, newcomer Ashley C. ’13 did a stellar job piloting the Oldfields horse Baker’s Dozen to the Special Children’s Hunter Reserve Championship. Ashley represents a group of wonderfully talented young riders who have recently joined the Oldfields family and are sure to represent the school well in the years to come.

While the hunter jumper girls were busy in Virginia, Donata B. ’09 was galloping through the fields and practicing her dressage tests to prepare for the Plantation Field Hunter Trials in early November. Donata’s passion and diligence as a rider were handsomely rewarded when she took home the top prize aboard Mollie Menzie’s ’03 horse, Jag, in the Junior Novice division.

Donata’s success has kept her energized throughout the winter and she and Jag are looking forward to competing at Training level this spring.

The SWVHJA Annual Show was the final regular show of the fall season for the Oldfields girls and they rode beautifully throughout the three days of competition. The horse show culminated with Head of School, Taylor Smith, and his wife Judy making the trek to the horse center in Lexington, Virginia to watch Katy W. and New Hope ride to second place honors in the SWVHJA Hunter Seat Medal Finals on Saturday night. After a flawless first round, a lovely flat phase, and a test of the top four riders, Katy was thrilled to be near the head of the victory gallop with a loud and supportive group of OS girls cheering her on from the stands! The next morning, she and New Hope proved that their success was due to more than good luck when they took home the championship ribbon and Perpetual trophy in the Children’s Hunter division as well.

While many of the girls were traveling to attend competitions, the riders at home were also competing in our very own In-House show series that is open only to OS riders. These shows are popular and well attended as the girls are ultimately vying for a series end title and many fun prizes that are awarded after the finale show in early May. Riders of all levels from the walk trot groups to the three foot horse show participants as well as many local parents and faculty members enjoy the feeling of team work and horsemanship at these low-key competitions.

In addition to competing at home and at the away shows, a select group of riders also represents Oldfields in the nation wide Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) equitation league.

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it, and then go in the ring to compete and try to earn team and individual points toward qualifying for the Zone Finals on April 5th, 2009 at Garrison Forest School. The team had a great season and, as of February, had qualified the Oldfields team as well as 6 individual riders for the Zone finals. At Zones, the top two point earners in both the team and individual competitions earn a spot to show at the National Finals held the first weekend in May. With much to look forward to, between the IEA Zone finals that are just around the corner, another trip to Lexington to compete at the Virginia Intermont Classic horse show, and a weekend clinic with Harriet Peterson, a wonderful dressage trainer, the barn is brimming with energy and enthusiasm.

The warmer days of spring will bring with it many opportunities for the girls to bond with their favorite horses, go on relaxing trail rides, and continue to demonstrate their skills in the show rings throughout the region.

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Let us first teach little children to breathe, to vibrate, to feel, and

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Let us first produce a beautiful human being, a dancing child.

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- Isadora Duncan, Movement Is Life (1909) There are more dancers at Oldfields this year than in quite some time, and the dance program is thriving. Every dance elective offered has participants, and the after-school dance troupe was the largest “sport” on campus this winter. Both our electives and after school dance program meet the needs of beginning and advanced students.

The dance curriculum, which satisfies the Arts requirement for graduation, offers electives in Introduction to Dance, Intermediate Ballet, Advanced Ballet and Jazz/Modern/Choreography.

These classes teach basic to advanced technique, movement vocabulary, and exercises as well as the history behind various styles of dance.

The Jazz/Modern/Choreography elective is a new course created by dance teacher Alison Jaspers. The Jazz and Modern trimesters build on the technique, vocabulary, and history of each style while the Choreography term is designed to introduce students to the many elements of creating dances.

Students learn the skills and methods to construct a final, finished, choreographed dance that is completely their own. They are challenged to explore new music, new ways of thinking, and new ways to solve movement problems.

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Morning meeting is now held outside in the fall and spring, just as it had been years ago.

The stillness and beauty of our campus, the horses on Chicken Hill, and everyone together is a wonderful way to start our day.

and use props to support an idea. Each student in the class will have created 2-3 pieces by the end of the term and will share them with the community in the Student Choreography Showcase.

After-school dance, which fulfills the sport requirement, draws both serious and “recreational” dancers. The students learn Jazz, Modern and Ballet routines.

This past fall the after-school group had the privilege of learning Spanish dance from our very own Hilary Bates, who was a dancer in Spain for thirteen years.

Another new face in the dance department this year is teacher Amy Janney, who specializes in ballet and modern dance. Ms. Janney taught the afterschool dance program this past fall season with Ms. Bates and the winter and spring seasons with Ms. Jaspers. With

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Students in both the dance electives and after-school program have several opportunities to perform each year.

Everyone is invited to attend these wonderful performances. The Spring Dance Concert and Student Choreography Showcase are scheduled for May 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

T H I N G - A - M A - B O B The Thing-a-ma-bob is also being hidden on a continuous basis, which hasn’t been done for some time. The Whites have been victorious a few times in a row, but there is still plenty of time for the Greens to catch up!

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This was reminiscent of when the School used to attend church services together.

And … we have started a new tradition of celebrating all School birthdays on a monthly basis. Flik food service serves decorate-your-own cupcakes and we all sing “Happy Birthday!”

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Raising LEADERS EcoTip they had the girls working on their negotiation skills. The girls did an activity where they had to work out a negotiation. They followed up with discussions about how to negotiate and what it means to be a good negotiator.

Following this activity, the girls watched the movie Iron-Jawed Angels about the women’s suffragist movement. In their final activity, the girls did an art project where they each made a window which was a reflection of how they saw themselves as leaders.

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2004 Alumna Encourages Oldfields Students Tahira Lindsay’04 returned to Oldfields to speak with the students about what Oldfields has meant to her. “Oldfields,” she said, “helped me academically by teaching me the fundamentals. I learned study skills and how to balance my academics with extracurricular activities.” It was this balance that helped Tahira graduate from Syracuse University magna cum laude.

Alumnae Teach How to Reduce Prejudice The Baltimore Girls’ Schools Leadership Coalition (BGSLC) had its annual retreat on January 29 and 30. Oldfields is represented by five students: senior Hae Keum Chun, junior Lauren Heneghan and sophomores Ashley Borenstein, Kate Brennan and Yoonah Choi. Hae Keum is in her third year as a member of the BGSLC while the other four are new members this year.

Students may join the program in their 10th or 11th grade year. The other member schools are: Bryn Mawr, Garrison Forest, Roland Park Country, St. Paul’s School for Girls and St. Timothy’s. This year there are just under 60 students total.

The retreat began Thursday afternoon with guest speaker, Marcia GuenzlerStevens from the University of Maryland. She spoke to the girls about “living their lives out loud.” The girls’ response was very enthusiastic. They found her motivational and inspiring.

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difficulties, that had to be postponed to the following morning. The girls instead spent the evening doing two other activities. During the first activity they were divided into two teams and the teams took turns guessing the names of famous women. This activity was followed by one where the girls had to describe leadership traits or ways that they have acted as leaders. This activity had the girls moving around a lot.

On Friday, the girls spent the morning working with two alumnae of Bryn Mawr School. Both women are attorneys and

The Embassy of The Republic of Poland in Washington, DC, hosted the Model UN students and treated them to a tour. It was a wonderful opportunity to see a foreign embassy and was one of the highlights of the weekend, which is an authentic simulation of the U.N. General Assembly and other multilateral bodies.

In an effort to promote understanding and enhance leadership skills, Oldfields student leaders attended a one day workshop conducted by the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI).

Alumnae, Maasha Kah ’07 and Charise Richards ’07, who are NCBI-trained diversity leaders, returned to campus to help facilitate the workshop. The six hour program, titled “Welcoming Diversity / Prejudice Reduction Workshop,” showed the students how they have been taught to think and act as members of their racial, gender, and other identity groups and provided skills for bridging differences. An effort to welcome diversity, the students learned, should include the many visible and invisible differences among employees, including nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, physical challenges, age, and socio-economic class.

Tahira also explained that Oldfields “helps you formulate” what you want to do in life.

It was the May Program her senior year, that first whetted Tahira’s appetite for travel.

She ventured to Italy and visited Venice, Florence and Rome with the School. That, plus a desire to speak Spanish fluently, led to a semester abroad in Madrid during her junior year of college. Traveling throughout Europe, eating “amazing food,” and making great friends led to Tahira being more wellrounded and aware of the blessings of our country.

The experiences she had at Oldfields – the plays she performed in, the Student Council, being JV volleyball co-champions – and the close relationships with her advisor and favorite professors, have all left their mark. “Oldfields makes you complete and ready to tackle the next stages of your life,” explained Tahira.

Tahira is currently working at NBC News where she has interned with Charles Gibson. She is pursuing her dream to be on television, with the “ambition and motivation” she received at Oldfields.

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English teacher Jillian Bledsoe played the violin and her father, Mr. Meyer, played the piano during an assembly that traced the development of music since the Renaissance. A talent show, featuring our students, was definitely one of the highlights.

The students were also able to take a variety of workshops including paper flower making, frame decorating, and mask making. Associate Director of Admission,

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If everyone in the U.S. said "no thanks" to ATM receipts, it would save a roll of paper so long it could circle the equator fifteen times.

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Trish was confronted with the challenge of rallying parents around the country and around the world. Besides laying the groundwork of the Parent Association, Trish is credited with organizing two Spring Fling events which raised enough money to renovate the first floor of Commons. This area includes the day student locker room, Gookies and Rosa’s Room.

After two terms, Trish was succeeded by Hennie Chase (Kelly ’09), Steve Baker (Ali ’10) and Fran Acle (Emily ’09). Each year has brought new energy to the Parent Association.

The evolution of The Parent Association has produced: • VERA BRADLEY BINGO Attended by over 150 students, family and faculty, this “fun” raiser profited almost $800.00. This fantastic event was possible only by the generosity of so many parents who donated prizes.

• FALL AND CHRISTMAS DECORATING Parents making School feel like home.

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• TARGET VISA If you use a credit card, why not “Target Visa?” A percentage of every purchase can go to Oldfields when you register.

• OLDFIELDS COOKBOOK This is an effort to connect Oldfields’ student body, past and present, national and international, through great cuisine! Cookbooks will be available in Fall 2009.

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Admissions Update The Admission Office has scoured the United States seeking

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students to accept. From Massachusetts to California and from Texas to Ohio, the Admission Office has seen parents and students at receptions, fairs, and interviews on campus, in addition to having seen over 60 consultants on and off campus. Since more travel is planned for next year across the US and the world, we should expect to overcome whatever you have heard about the economy affecting independent school admissions. With the development of the

• STUDENT DIRECTORY ON OLDFIELDS PROTECTED WEBSITE A great idea by one of our parents to connect our families by country and state.

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Parent / Alumnae Network, many current parents and alumnae have volunteered to assist in finding students, hosting receptions, conducting off campus interviews, and being the liaison for Oldfields with the schools in their area. Check out our website, www.OldfieldsSchool.org//admissions/parent/ to see who these helpful people are and let us know if you would like to join this useful group.

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Alumnae visit classes Lunch served in McCulloch Commons ecOSchool Activity/Discussion Sports At Home Night at various faculty homes

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1940 Elizabeth Gookin – I had a fabulous trip to Japan and Seoul this past summer with my daughter to visit my granddaughter, Anne, who is teaching English in Seoul.

Jane C. Goodale, 82, of Bedford, Massachusetts, died on November 5, 2008 at the Carleton Willard Village after a long battle with pulmonary hypertension.

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Julia Boward Koliopulos – Another year gone by! I’m getting a little “long in the tooth” – as are we all – better that than the alternative. I hope and pray for better days ahead for Oldfields

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Golden Alumnae Breakfast at Head’s House Dubious/Images Rehearsal in Music Room Parent/Alumnae Network Training in Miss Nan’s Alumnae Meeting in Niven Theatre for update Candlelight Memorial Service at Immanuel Church Family Picnic/Green & White Challenges Herky’s School Store open Ten-year Prediction letters at Head’s House Spring Cabaret in Niven Theatre “Coming Home” Celebration in the Gym • Dubious/Images Performance • Dinner-Dance with cash bar • Silent Auction open until 8:30 • Live Auction

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Miranda Mackintosh Freer – Miranda called Taylor to thank him for a card he mailed to her and extended an invitation for him to stay with them anytime he is in England. The School is planning a London gathering next year.

1946 Jane Savage Roberts – I’m doing fine at Dunwoody Village, still playing tennis with lots of good friends. I spend two days a week at Bryn Mawr Hospital volunteering in the pharmacy. Four grandchildren are through college, two in and more coming up at home. The youngest is nine. What a fun age! The oldest is 27 and teaching at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire.

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She graduated from Oldfields School in Glencoe, MD (1944), studied anthropology at Radcliffe College (receiving her bachelor’s in 1948 and a master’s in 1951), and received her doctorate in anthropolgy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959. She went to Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she taught in the Anthropology Department from 1959 to 1996.

During her tenure at Bryn Mawr, she was one of the chairwomen of the department and supervised nine candidates for their doctoral degrees. Her students referred to her as a wonderful mentor.

Her career at Bryn Mawr was enhanced by sabbatical field trips to the Northern Territory of Australia. She became an authority on the Tiwi, the aboriginal people inhabiting Melville Island, having visited them for over a period of almost 50 years.

She specialized in gender studies and was one of the first to focus on women’s roles in primitive cultures. Her book, Tiwi Wives, became a standard reference for many women’s study courses. She wrote Two Party Line and To Sing With Pigs Is Human, about the Kaulong of New Britain (part of Papua, New Guinea) visited in the 1960s and in 1973.

She was the author of many monographs and articles as well. She was a member of the American Anthropological Association, a founder and member of the Association of Social Anthropologists in Oceana and other professional organizations.

When not teaching or on her field trips, professor Goodale spent time in her own home in Ipswich, MA. Her grandfather, Jospeh L. Goodale, founded the Goodale Orchards (now Russell Orchards). She was an active tennis player, enjoyed swimming and sailing and family reunions.

1947 Joan Wortley Bishop – I’ve done a lot of tooling around this year – visited friends and family in California, Hawaii, Arizona and Maryland (I call myself the family moocher). I also went on a boat trip to France – fantastic!

Her last winters were spent at Carleton Willard Village, where she lectured on her field trips, enjoyed bell ringing and canasta. She earned three medals for swimming in the Senior Olympics.

She is survived by two sisters, Susan B. Hay of Bedford and Mary B. Crowther of Brattleboro, VT; and a brother, Dr. Robert L. Goodale of Minneapolis, MN. Gifts in her name may be made to Oldfields School, 1500 Glencoe Road, Glencoe, MD, 21152 or to the Essex County Greenbelt, 82 Eastern Ave., Essex, MA 01929.

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I was lucky to have him for 56 years.

He died on September 14, 2007.

Anne Haight Dutka – I am still enjoying “retirement” – busier than ever! Last year saw trips to California and a really great one to parts of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. This year’s big trip is to Africa in August. My best to you all. Unfortunately, due to known losses and those among the missing, we’re down to a precious few!

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I hope to see many of you there.

Jeanne Colket Connell – The older I get, the shorter my ponies get. Having a ball riding my 13’3”, keeps me on a good diet, she only goes 600 lbs. What fun!

Margo Boocock Hurley – Everyone sounds very positive at Oldfields. Call and let me know if I can help in some way. My health is about the same as it was last year, and I love being active when possible.

1957 Nina C. Rosselli DelTurco – I have a new grandson, Thomas Poston Lynch, born February 14, 2008. He is the second son of my son Philip, and his wife Amber, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

My husband, Duccio, and I are downsizing in Rome this spring. We hope to simplify our lives since we are in the U.S. so often to see our huge family.

Our international lives continue to keep us very busy.

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Patricia Wright Hume – I am so relieved tht the School is now in the capable hands of Taylor Smith. May we all get behind him and help to keep the School going. The School meant, and means, a lot to me.

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Ann Fisher Falby – All is well. Adult children thriving as massage therapist, teacher/EMT at Nature classroom and founder of OFF THE CHART travel, an organic dairy farmer and a semi-retired sailor of tall ships with Ocean

Melinda Wilson Fuller – Life in upstate New York is wonderful. I have a grandson, Will, in Boston with parents Jason and Elizabeth. Chris is engaged to Adrienne and they are settling back in Durango, Colorado. They’ll be married at Lake George in September 2009. I work at a Waldorf School and part-time at my Banfield vet. Life is busy!

Daphne Preece Hellmuth ’55 joined Kandi duPont Sanger ’62 for a round of golf in sunny Sanibel, Florida.

Libby Frazier ’63, her son Pepper, and granddaughter Felicity Classroom. A granddaughter, Lucia who, at five months underwent openheart surgery and is now thrivingMiracles. I play West African music, do mixed media art, travel and so on. Life is good.

1962 Lynn Turner – My daughter, Mandy, married last year at my grandmother’s house. She’s in her fourth year of medical school and expecting a baby girl in November – I can’t wait!

1963 Elizabeth Park Frazier – We are well, still dividing our time between Nantucket and Florida. I see Wendy Goodyear Griswold in Nantucket and Pam Draper Bordman ’78 on Cape Cod. We were thrilled to see Maggie Tenney Embry when we were in New York City for the Westminster Dog Show last February. We are thrilled to be new grandparents of the most adorable little girl, Felicity Theodora Frazier, born on September 16, 2008 to our eldest son, Pepper, and his wife, Angel.

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Eleanor L. Allen – I finished a year-long internship in the Recovery Room at Planned Parenthood and continue to support all their vital services. I am still volunteering at McLean Hospital in The Cole Resource Center where people are educated about mental illness and mental health. I participate in a forum for psychiatrists-in-resident who want to understand the experience of a patient and how to be more effective clinicians.

Both having been hospitalized with major depression myself and having a license in psychiatric social work suggest my input is of value.

Also, I am working on the Prisoner Education Program (PEP) sponsored by Boston University. Begun in 1972, PEP is one of only a dozen programs in the country to offer post secondary education inside prison walls, with volunteer tutors helping inmates prepare to take the entrance exam. Those inmates who qualify for admission have the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree. It became apparent to me last year while tutoring at the women’s

prison that a more coherent progression of instruction was needed. So two colleagues and I are in the process of creating a curriculum for the tutors. As far as Oldfields goes: my two junior year roommates, Susan West Ross and Bev Wilson Parry, will be visiting me this weekend. “A threesome?!” they warned years ago. “It’ll never work!” They were wrong. And, our 45th reunion is around the corner. How ’bout it? Should we outdo ourselves and ALL show up?

1975 Nancy Ray – Hi, everyone. I’m still volunteering at Our Family Life Center at our church. I’m enjoying it very much. I’m living at home and helping my mom a lot. I hope everyone is doing okay. Take care.

Anne James Baker ’76, daughter, Sarah, Douglas Moncure Butler ’77, and her daughter Neale.

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Focus on A. Miranda Cooter ’78 The “Silver Snoopy” award, a special honor awarded to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success, was awarded to aerospace engineer A. Miranda Cooter ’78, on October 24, 2008. The award certificate states that it is in appreciation “For professionalism, dedication and outstanding support that greatly enhanced space flight safety and mission success.” The award is given personally by NASA astronauts as it represents the astronauts’ own recognition of excellence. Scott Altman, Commander of the upcoming STS-125 HST SM4 mission, presented the award to Miranda in a ceremony at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).

“I was given the award for my work as the HST Flight Safety Lead Engineer,” Miranda explained and it was due, “in part, because of the education, confidence and learning skills I attained at Oldfields. I do feel that I owe a lot to Oldfields and that the education I received there has carried me far. When I was in college, I was ahead in Math, English and Science (placed in Honors Chemistry). As I’ve gotten older and am watching my own kids in school, I appreciate even more the individual attention, small class size and, most of all, the encouragement I received from the faculty. I know that it has made a huge difference in my life.”

The Silver Snoopy award was “founded” in 1968 by astronauts who wanted to recognize those people on the support team (usually a cast of thousands) whose contributions are outstanding. The award consists of a sterling silver “Silver Snoopy” lapel pin flown during a NASA mission, a commendation letter (stating the mission the Silver Snoopy pin was flown on) and a signed, framed Silver Snoopy certificate.

Snoopy decals and posters are also given to the recipient. The award depicts Snoopy, a character from the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, who was an avid supporter of the space program. “One can receive a ‘NASA Silver Snoopy’ only once in a lifetime,” Miranda said, “and I was honored to receive one. I received a plaque, a pin flown on STS-103 (HST Servicing Mission 3A) and a letter of commendation signed by Commander Altman.”

This is not the first time that Miranda has been honored for her exemplary work.

In May 2006 Miranda was chosen as Employee of the Month by Lockheed Martin.

During a peer review of the Soft Capture Mechanism design Miranda and members of her safety team discovered concerns with regard to mechanism compliance with JSC Shuttle safety requirements. Miranda conveyed the concerns constructively to the design team and FS&S management and offered a plan for Safety Analysis to pinpoint mechanism failure modes of concern. Under a tight schedule, she performed this analysis herself (Initiating Event Tree Analysis (IETA)) and conducted several reviews. Review of her IETA work resulted in a redesign of the mechanism early in its development cycle, in time for presentation at the Soft Capture Mechanism PDR in May 2006.

Miranda is the sister of Julia Cooter Cook ’82 and Margaret Cooter ’79 and niece of Anne Brooke Holt ’48. Her mother was Harriet Holt Cooter, Class of 1946, and her grandmother was Julia Douw Holt, Class of 1915.

“Silver Snoopy Award.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 14 November 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Snoopy_award.

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Priscilla Brown Eccles – Hi! Even though so many years has gone by, it seems like yesterday in many ways. I have a daughter who is 23 and works in Manhattan. I still live and work in New York but will be looking for a warmer climate soon. I keep in touch with a small group of Oldfielders who are on Facebook and it is good to reconnect.

Mariamne Merrin – I am now living near Seattle. I am an early childhood teacher and I have an MS in Environmental Studies...focusing on Environmental Education. I have two boys, ages seven and nine. I love it here.

1987 Ann Colville Murphy – All is fantastic here....two kids, just made partner in my law firm, Brendan is great, etc!

1982 Stephanie Fretz Cormier – I live in Mobile, Alabama, have the most wonderful husband on the planet, no kids, three dogs and we both work. I’ll be at the reunion so I’ll see everyone then.

Susan Marie Darcy – I have done nothing spectacular with music, though it ebbs and flows in my life to varying degrees as a hobby to share with friends.

Raising children, travel, art, a little flying trapeze work....I have kept busy over the years. I have a new job, as of three months ago. I am the new Administrator of the Austin Waldorf School.

Jelene Dover Dressler – I haven’t been back since my tenth reunion and I was shocked at how Oldfields had grown.

And I DO love a good auction you know!!! I am looking forward to returning in April for Alumnae Weekend. See everyone then!

Amy Eudy Newell ’78’s family taken last summer. From left to right: youngest son Jack, Nicole (oldest son’s girlfriend), oldest son Andrew, Amy and husband, Patrick.

of Oliver North and many, many veterans from all of the wars from the past to present. What an honor it was to be there!!!!! Everyone said that I need to just be in the music business and entertain people. UH DAAAAAA!!!!

13 and 10 they function quite nicely. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again. I have not been back to Oldfields since I walked down Graduation Hill in 1984! I think of Oldfields often and how important it was, and still is, to me.

Kim Smoyer – Things are super! I love living in Colorado – I finally feel like I’m home. We have a beautiful place – 100% solar powered – and a wonderful community. I’m working with organizations that I believe in! It can’t get any better than that.

Lisa Wood Wright – I am looking forward to our 25th reunion in April.

Hopefully many classmates will return for this one-time big reunion, especially with Taylor at the helm. Alec, seven, and Charlie, six, are loving first grade and kindergarten. Now that both are in school all day I am trying to play more tennis, paddle, and exercise in general.

1984 – Adrienne Mach – I got back late last night from Branson. Oh my goodness.

I am heading off to focus on the music.

What a great reception!!!! I got a standing ovation and people were moved to tears. Thirty five hundred people!

Were my knees knockin’. The voice always works, but to forget the words of the National Anthem would have been awful to say the least. Especially in front

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Sam Newton Langholz – I don’t play golf as much as I would like to...I took up tennis several years ago and so I got obsessed with that for a while. I have already checked into airfare from Tulsa into BWI. I like to plan ahead, especially planning around kids...although they are old enough now where I am not the center of their world anymore. At almost

1985 Elizabeth Pless Kirk – We are in Rhode Island now and loving it. It is the perfect place after New York City and Maine.

Hope to get back soon.

Carla Puky – I began my second year at Saint James School and continue to love it. Before the beginning of the school year, I became an aunt for the first time, and find the experience amazing!

I have had the chance to go up to Oldfields this fall and attend the October gathering. I am very happy to have Taylor Smith back and find the changes taking place positive.

Love to all!

Valerie Theberge – Val is eight and a half months pregnant. She is also an incredible mosaic artist. Check out her work at www.valerietheberge.com.

1988 Devon Taylor Parsons – I live in Washington, DC. I work in Silver Spring, Maryland at the Discovery Channel. Last Spring I was on an assignment with Ted Koppel in Dubai.

I HOPE to see everyone Alumnae Weekend! That will be so fun!!!

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Diana Fulford Lacasse – Jeremy and I had our third child. Finnegan Conroy LaCasse was born June 25, 2008. Finn joins big brother Jack, seven, and big sister Ellie, five.

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The organization Children Mending Hearts (CMH) promotes global art exchange between at-risk kids in the United States and those international children who are suffering as a result of armed conflict.

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Oldfields’ alumna trustee Samantha Coker ’90 traveled to the eastern Congo in January, with CMH founder Lysa Heslov, to conduct a scrapbook exchange workshop for children who have been the victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The scrapbooks were created by at-risk students at the Los Angeles InnerCity Arts, and brought to the Congo along with paper, crayons, markers and other art materials. Lysa’s goal is that Children

Holly believes in sustainable agriculture, supporting growers whose outstanding quality is tantamount to their long-term commitment to the land.

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Mending Hearts will “hopefully create empowerment, education and empathy, thereby mending hearts and creating peace throughout the world.”

“The experience was incredible,”

The newest creation by Owner Chef Holly Smith, Poco Carretto Gelato made its debut June 15th, 2008 at the Fremont Farmers markets. The little cart carries only the finest gourmet gelato made from local, organic ingredients. Holly believes in sustainable agriculture, supporting growers whose outstanding quality is tantamount to their long-term commitment to the land.

Holly Dinning Smith grew up in Monkton, Maryland in a food loving family. She graduated from Oldfields School in 1984. In 1993 Holly moved to Seattle and accepted a position with Tom Douglas at the Dahlia Lounge. Holly was the sous chef of the Dahlia Lounge for 4 years. In 1999, Chef Tamara Murphy encouraged Holly to become a part of the opening of Brasa. She spent that year as sous chef, leaving to open Cafe Juanita in April of 2000.

Cafe Juanita has been a labor of love, allowing Holly to express her passion for Northern Italian food and wine; a commitment to organics and sustainability and a holistic approach to the dining experience. Holly hopes to showcase local products while serving modern Northern Italian inspired cuisine.

In April 2008, Holly decided to put herself in the middle of the fun she finds at the local farmer’s markets and introduce her new business, Poco Carretto Gelato.

Holly and Cafe Juanita have received awards and recognition both locally and nationally throughout it’s eight years such as 4 stars from the Seattle PI, Gourmet Magazine’s Top 50 restaurants in the USA as well as recognition in Esquire, Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Seattle Magazine, The Robb Report and Sunset magazines.

Holly was the 2008 Best Chef Northwest from The James Beard Awards.

Holly lives in North Seattle with her young son Oliver.

enthused Samantha. “We were supposed to work with 450 kids and we ended up with over 1,200. These were children who had never had crayons and, at first, didn’t even know what to do with them.

Once we showed them, they were so excited. Afterwards we danced and sang with them. There was such an amazing feeling of love.”

When Samantha and Lysa returned from the Congo, they brought the artwork from those children as scrapbook gifts for the Los Angeles children. “That too, was inspiring,” said Samantha. “The children in LA were so touched by the fact that these poor, starving children from the Congo would send them a present. It

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Jen Widmer – My fiancé and I drove through OS a few weekends ago on the way up to Philadelphia and it was as beautiful as ever. It brought back a lot of great memories. I am looking forward to the reunion. It looks like the class of ’94 is going to have a big turnout!

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2000 Meredith Eisenhart – I live in DC now.

I got my MSW a couple years back and now work at the Council on Social Work Education. It’s nice being back in the East Coast area. It’s an easy trip up to Hanover for holidays!

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1992 Pam Irvin Jordan – Life is great! I am active in church, volunteer in the kitchen at my daughter Sloan’s school, still work full-time for BC/BS, and am an assistant Girl Scout leader. Needless to say, I don’t have very much free time.

Sloan started first grade this year and loves it! I have lost touch with Yasmine Khouri. Please call if you read this!

Victoria Noel – Caite flew to Tignes, France to start training and then attended a US Ski Team fundamentals camp at Sunday River from December 5-8, 2008.

Caught a break until December 31, and then it was non-stop until March.

Keeping our fingers crossed for a grand finale in Gore, New York for Junior Olympics!

1993 Kathryn Clarke Wiley – All is well in Winchester, Virginia! We welcomed another boy, Stewart, into our family on April 7, 2008! Both boys are doing great, and Clarke loves being a big brother. We are having the most fun!

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Heidi A. duPont – Hello to the OS family: I’ve been in New York City for four years working as a graphic designer in advertising and fashion. I’m in touch with Barkley Brown, Angi Grand Cavallo, Laurel Mullen Carver, and Buffy Cauthen. Sending hellos to Win, Cabell, and Bessie xxoo. It is great to reconnect with many others on facebook.

1996 Charlotte Rich – Charlotte is traveling and surfing on the Baja, Mexico.

Anne Wilson – Anne has just moved from Richmond, Virginia to St. Louis, Missouri. Her husband Tornell Wilson was transferred by Wachovia Bank.

They have a daughter Elizabeth, born April 7, 2007.

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Alexandra Blue – I’m still living in Denver and loving it. I’m working at Roxy in Cherry Creek. It was great catching up with Oldfields friends over Thanksgiving.

2005 Elizabeth Harkey – Bess is graduating from Clemson University in May 2009.

She has been accepted at graduate school in England and will start there in September 2009.

2008 Brittany King – Brittany is currently the manager of the Brown University Bears Football Team. The Brown Bears are 2-0 so far this season. They have celebrated a 17-7 win over Stony Brook University from Long Island and a 24-22 win over Harvard which has not been done in eight years!

Laura Powell – I’m still living in Ardmore and recently got a job as a receptionist at a computer technology company. I also ran my third marathon in November.

Casey Latrobe Ryan – Greetings from Baltimore! I am living in Baltimore City with my husband, Matt Ryan, and our two Bullmastiffs, Murray and Lucy. I have been keeping in touch with most of our class of ’97. Hope everyone is doing well.

Alex Neal ’08 spoke to the senior seminar class about “Making the Transition from Oldfields to College.”

A Fundamental Shift It was at Oldfields that the view of the world changed for Sallie Schullinger-Krause, class of 1985. Always an empathetic person, Sallie vividly remembers a course on the Holocaust during her junior year. A Holocaust survivor spoke to the class about how he escaped with his life, found a way to deal with his issues, and began to share his experiences. Tackling a problem and finding a solution was a formative lesson for Sallie. Her acting experiences in the David Niven Theatre also contributed to her appreciation for different backgrounds and the human condition. “Through acting as different characters, I gained compassion for what we face together on a daily basis,” she said, “and that ultimately led to my understanding of the broader condition of life.

What we do on our planet affects all of us.”

While waiting tables in New York City and hoping to put her BS in Acting to good use, the would-be actor searched for “something that had meaning.” Drained by the audition process, Sallie started working in the GreenPeace canvas office parttime. She soon realized that her passion for environmentalism required a full-time commitment. For the next nine years Sallie worked in the non-profit environmental community on climate and energy issues in New York, Seattle and Anchorage.

Sallie joined the Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) in April 2006 and is now the Director of Global Warming, tackling the program of reducing statewide global warming emissions from cars and trucks. Not surprisingly, Oregon is also leading the country with a carbon neutral wine initiative. (That’s right, wine. Did you know Oregon’s pinot noir rivals that of France?) The wineries are involved in sustainable farming practices, but are concerned about the impact of global warming. A pilot program is encouraging the wineries to take steps to monitor and reduce their carbon emissions. The OEC provides solutions to the businesses to become sustainable, while also making sure policies are in place to provide a framework.

“This is a really exciting time for the environment,” Sallie explained. “It’s only within the last three years that there has been a fundamental shift in the public’s perception. Energy and climate issues are serious problems and the steps are finally being taken to address them. People finally realize that we are all interconnected.”

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Oregon is leading the country with a carbon neutral wine initiative.

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Duncan McCulloch, III 1926-2009 Engagements Taylor Jones ’00 to Micah Gremillion

Births and Adoptions To Jeremy and Diana Fulford Lacasse ’88 A son, Finnegan Conroy Lacasse To Bill and Kathryn Clarke Wiley ’93 A son, Stewart Wiley To Terrell and Anne Hines Wilson ’96 A daughter, Elizabeth Wilson

In Memoriam Anne Gray Pratt ’34 September 4, 2008 Katharine Scott Bell ’37 September 8, 2007 Mary Paul Masi Chamberlin ’39 November 11, 2008 Anne Sperry Fackner ’39 February 17, 2009

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Duncan McCulloch III, great grandson of our School’s founder, Anna Austen McCulloch, and beloved friend of Oldfields School.

Duncan McCulloch III, born June 8, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland, and longtime resident of Glencoe, Maryland, died January 20, 2009 at his home in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Sarah Humphreys McCulloch and Duncan McCulloch, Jr., Head of Oldfields School in Glencoe, Maryland.

He attended St. Paul’s School in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, Del., on June 2, 1944. He promptly enlisted in the US Naval Reserve, serving with Com Div 103, 7th Amphibious Fleet in the Pacific Theatre with four battle stars.

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He was discharged on May 18, 1946. He was a member of Immanuel Episcopal Church in Glencoe, Maryland, where his grandfather was 2nd Rector Rev. Duncan McCulloch.

He attended Princeton and Johns Hopkins Universities with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. He was employed at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where he was promoted to Research Associate with faculty rank and continued his graduate study as well as working in the fields of brain, cancer, and infant development research.

He retired in 1989 with 31 publications but was asked to continue on as Research Coordinator in the Center of Infant Study until 1996 by Dr. Taghi Modarressi, then Director.

He married Elaine Pendleton Brown in 1967. She passed away in 1991 and in 1994 he married her best friend Beth (Fuller) Dawson. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sarah McCulloch Miller of Livermore, Maine, and Mrs. Mary McCulloch Roberts of Scottsville, Virginia as well as 13 nieces and nephews and their children. He was proud that he had stayed close to not only his family, but his first wife’s family and present wife’s family as well.

A Memorial Service was held on Saturday February 7, 2009 at Immanuel Episcopal Church in Glencoe, Maryland with graveside services. A reception was held at Oldfields School.

Contributions may be made to: Immanuel Church, Glencoe, Maryland or Oldfields School, 1500 Glencoe Road, Glencoe, Maryland 21152.

Jane C. Goodale ’44 November 5, 2008 Cynthia Bullock Woodger ’49 January 31, 2009 Cynthia Smith Rudd ’53 July 11, 2008 Agnes “Wally” Wallace Garnett Leary ’64 January 5, 2009 Mary Hambleton ’71 January 9, 2009 Susan Latimer Gibson ’73 November 8, 2008 Noelle Roberts ’88 February 17, 2009 The Candlelight Memorial Service at Immanuel Church during Alumnae Weekend celebrated the lives of these classmates.

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THE LARGO CORE SOCIETY

Your Pin. Your Legacy.

Largo Core –largeness of heart – is the name given to the society established to recognize those with the vision to include Oldfields School in their estate planning. As a member of the Largo Core Society, you will have an important impact in shaping the values and traditions of generations to come and in ensuring a strong future for Oldfields as the School moves towards its 150th anniversary and beyond. Your legacy will be an investment in the future of young women and our world.

Martha Osborne Adams ’48 Mertze Anderson ’75 Anonymous (3) Katherine Trautlein Atwood ’81 Edith Clark Bouscaren ’71 Elizabeth Atkinson Bryan ’39 Jacquelin Thomas Carey ’64 Riley Chapin ’83 Pamela Prizer Chernick ’66 Samantha Coker ’90 Barbara Trotter Collins ’77 Janna Conti ’81 Lara Burns Cunningham ’65 Anne-Stuart Darrell Richard C. Darrell Margaret McKee Elwood ’75 Carol Hubbell Engebretson ’72 Elaine Foster ’51 Terrell Garrard ’62 Susan Latimer Gibson ’73 Helen Frederick Gray ’51 Daphne Preece Hellmuth ’55 Laura Hoskins ’94 Kingsley FitzHugh Jack ’64 Cory Jones Jackson ’85 Amanda Lake ’82 Susan Hadden Lawrence ’65 Dede Alexandre Le Comte ’72 Jennifer Littleton ’84 Elizabeth Turner Love ’90 Carlisle Van Meter Mayer ’78 Dawn Danagher Peters ’78 Ronald Romanowicz Susan West Ross ’64 Bunny Salisbury

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Katharine duPont Sanger ’62 Maria Carter Satterfield ’44 Eloise Gilbert Savi ’42 William Scanlan, Jr. Jane Isdale Schaefer ’52 Sarah Buck Schmader ’82 Robin Gimbel Senior ’71 Carla Simmons Cannon Simpson Stoffel ’76 Michael Simpson Margaret Ulle ’78 Ann Hickok Warner ’54 Vanessa Weber ’73 Elizabeth Humrichouse Werth ’37 Natalie Riegel Weymouth ’61 Mariah Sibley Wolffe ’83 Cynthia Bullock Woodger ’49 Lisa Wood Wright ’84 Katherine Wright ’90 We also offer our appreciation to the following donors, now deceased, who have provided a gift through their estate in perpetual support of Oldfields School: Marion H. Allen III O. Frederick Bates Susan Brandau ’30 Edward D. Cobb Elise Eppes Cutchin ’24 Caroline Gouveneur Dillon ’45 Reynolds duPont, Sr. Stephen Fuller Margaret Samson Harris ’36

Elizabeth Lee Boothe Howell ’21 Katherine Young Keck ’19 Elizabeth Eierman Kennedy ’44 William T. Littleton Duncan McCulloch III Kim York McNamara ’63 Janet Coit Meegan ’38 Gay Griscom Mehegan ’56 Terence Nolan Jane Morton Norton ’26 Margaret Hamilton Riley ’11 Margaret Sutor Rood ’31 Armistead P. Rood Jan Scott Beverly Bissell Sullivan ’66 Regina Johnson Tomlinson Helen “Miss Herky” E. Travers Lily Dulles Van Pelt ’26 Mary Mixsell Waldron ’28 J. Michael Welsh Gretchen V. Welsh Nancy “Twinkie” Crompton Wendell ’39

Our Gratitude.

This distinguished Largo Core Society pin honors all planned giving donors for their support of the mission of Oldfields School.

Largo Core – largeness of heart – is the name given to the society established to recognize those with the vision to include Oldfields School in their estate planning. As a member of the Largo Core Society, you will have an important impact in shaping the values and traditions of generations to come and in ensuring a strong future for Oldfields as the School moves towards its 150th anniversary and beyond. Your legacy will be an investment in the future of young women and our world.

The pin is both a memento and a symbol. As a memento, it modestly conveys our appreciation for your planned gift commitment. It is also a tangible indication of your enrollment in the Largo Core Society. As a symbol, it unequivocally makes a statement about your belief in the importance of our future mission.

We would be gratified and honored to provide you with a Largo Core Society pin if you have: • Provided for Oldfields School in your will or trust.

• Designated us as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan, savings bond, bank account, or life insurance policy.

• Created a planned gift that returns fixed or flexible income to you or others.

We welcome the opportunity to have a confidential conversation with you at no obligation. If you are already a member of the Largo Core Society, or would like information, please contact Dr. Parnell Hagerman at 410-472-4800.

OLDFIELDS SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT Oldfields School is committed to the intellectual and moral development of young women. In a culture of kindness and mutual respect, we encourage each student to make the most of her academic and personal potential. We seek to guide each student to grow in character, confidence, and knowledge by encouraging her to embrace the values of personal honesty, intellectual curiosity, and social responsibility.

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