Pingree Magazine: Fall 2015 by Pingree School

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PINGREE SCHOOL

EDITOR Melody Komyerov

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Melody Komyerov

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PHOTOGRAPHERS Jared Charney David Goff Matt Kalinowski Melody Komyerov Deb Vander Molen Anna Wistran Wolfe ’95 WRITERS Emma Fedor PRINTING Hannaford & Dumas Pingree Magazine is published for alumni, parents, and friends. We welcome your letters, story ideas, and suggestions. Please send your correspondence to: mkomyerov@pingree.org For alumni updates, e-mail: lpolese@pingree.org

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Emma Fedor DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Kimberley C. Moore DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Laurie Harding Polese ’84, P’13 ’16 DIRECTOR OF PINGREE FUND AND LEADERSHIP GIVING Diana Batchelder Mathey P’01, ’04, ’09, ’11 Pingree is a coeducational independent day school for grades 9-12. Dedicated to academic excellence and development of high personal standards, Pingree believes that a love of learning flourishes best in a diverse community that respects truth, curiosity, creativity, humor, and independent and imaginative thinking. Above all, Pingree strives to instill in its students integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem and commitment to one another and to the world at large.

CONTENTS FALL 2015 VOLUME 3

4 From the Head of School 6 In the House 18 For the Love of Learning 22 Serving and Learning 26 More Than a Summer Program 30 Searching for Sustainability 32 The Hedge Garden 72 Q&A with Christina Kennedy

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LETTER FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

AVOCATIONS & VOCATIONS At five admission receptions in homes across the North Shore this fall, eleven students shared their Pingree stories. All were powerful and unique, yet they each shared a single, central theme: authentic and formative student-teacher relationships are the sine qua non of Pingree School. As these students endured late-night study sessions, polished syntax and grammar, and double-checked mathematical calculations, the high expectations and care of our warm demanders inspired them to reach beyond what they considered possible. It was both mission-affirming and heartwarming to hear a standout champion athlete speak enthusiastically about achieving beyond what she thought was possible in American Cultural Studies, and to see a self-proclaimed theater techie extolling the virtues of stepping outside of his comfort zone socially and athletically with the pursuit team. To hear them speak you would think that every ounce of hard work was fueled by a gallon of joy. When a passionate, skilled teacher connects with a curious, driven student, otherwise dormant facts, fundamentals, and possibilities come to life. Now, extend this to life beyond Pingree. In the final stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “Two Tramps in Mud Time,” he writes: “My object in living is to unite / My avocation and my vocation / As my two eyes make one in sight.” By fostering independent and imaginative thinking, expecting participation and stretch learning, and welcoming humor, our teachers unite avocation and vocation and transform the process of learning from a sleepy obligation to a wide-eyed adventure. Our students are expected to stretch their minds and set goals beyond conventional confines at Pingree. As you’ll see within these pages, the result is a community of lifelong learners, who joyfully, earnestly, and consistently push themselves, and those around them, to find their identities and to make a meaningful difference in this world. I hope you enjoy reading our shared stories of access, exploration, leadership, and meaningful learning within this magazine. The ambition and adventures of our alumni continue to drive institutional efforts to prepare our next generation of Pingree scholars and leaders. Forward. For the love of learning! 4

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—Dr. Timothy M. Johnson

“When a passionate, skilled teacher connects with a curious, driven student, otherwise dormant facts, fundamentals, and possibilities come to life.”

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Students settled into the new Dining Commons this fall following substantial renovations over the summer. See page 9.

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IN THE HOUSE NEWS FROM CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

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IN THE HOUSE: NEW FACULTY & STAFF

NEW FACES 1. WYATT BOYER

Math Born and raised in Montana. One of seven siblings. Erdős number of three. 2. ALEC BURT

Physics Used to be a car salesman for Saturn. 3. EMMA FEDOR

Communications Studied Huachipaeri Shamanism in the Peruvian Amazon. 4. DAVID HAMILTON

Chemistry Former collegiate curling champion. Inventor of widely used chemical reaction. 5. SKYLAR McALPIN

Biology Lived on five different islands in four different countries. 6. MALLIE PRATT

Visual Arts Trained in traditional Venetian glassblowing. Played competitive high school squash. 7. JANI RODRIGUEZ

Spanish Born and raised in Boston. Has lived in sunny Seville and gritty New York City. Can’t live without dance. 8. ALLEN WILLIAMSON ’09

History/Admission/Student Events Played professional basketball in Luxembourg and Kuwait.

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IN THE HOUSE: NEW DINING COMMONS

DINING COMMONS OPENS Renovations to the dining commons were completed over the summer. A section of booth seating was added along with an entirely new set of tables and chairs, increasing the overall seating capacity of the room by over 50 seats. The servery area also received a substantial update. A wall was removed to open up space and allow for a smoother flow of foot traffic. The Dining Services staff will furthermore have additional storage space and a more efficient dish drop-off process in place. The room’s furniture and layout were strategically designed to align with Pingree’s Learning Commons approach. Students can choose to sit in booths, benches, or hard backed chairs, and varying table heights and sizes make the space accommodating for dining, studying, socializing, or group work. It is a place where students, faculty, and staff can come together to share ideas and collaborate outside of the classroom.

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IN THE HOUSE: STUDENT PROFILE

MARKETING FOR EMPOWERMENT A PINGREE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE AND FINDS HER PASSION IN THE PROCESS

This past summer, senior shaleen sheth ’16 had the pleasure of interning with Saheli Boston, a non-profit dedicated to empowering South Asian women and their families. “The goal is help women become more selfsufficient,” says Sheth. Some are women who are new to the United States; others are victims of domestic violence. Whatever the situation, Saheli, which just opened up a new office in Burlington, MA, helps to empower these women by offering counseling services, hosting financial and computer literacy programs, and providing assistance in finding jobs. “I actually helped three people find jobs this summer,” shares Sheth, who chipped in by reading resumes and calling potential job prospects. “It was incredibly rewarding.” The experience not only gave Sheth the chance to support an important cause, but also helped her to discover and develop her own personal and professional interests. “The organization gave me a lot of freedom with what I wanted to do,” she says. “I’ve always been into

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film and short movies, so I was able to put those skills to use and create two short advertising films for upcoming fundraising events.” In addition to these marketing videos, Sheth helped to design, edit, and publish the organization’s training manual, which details standard operating procedures and protocols. She also worked closely with the fundraising team to build an advertising campaign and spread awareness throughout the community. Going forward, having witnessed the impact she’s capable of making through her videos, brochures, and outreach efforts, Sheth hopes to develop her skills further so that she may one day make a career out of marketing. “This was just supposed to be a summer thing, but it really opened up my eyes to what I wanted to do,” she says. “I’m hoping to major in marketing in college and am writing about my experience with Saheli for my college essay.” Learn more about Saheli at saheliboston.org

IN THE HOUSE: COMMUNITY

WELCOME, NEW TRUSTEES 1. CLAIRE BYRNE

3. KARLA KANEB

5. KAISY ROSARIO ’08

Clare Byrne has been a dedicated member of the Glen Urquhart School community for over eight years and is currently chairperson of the Advancement Committee. She has an extensive history of being involved in education, having taught at Notre Dame Children’s Class for a decade. During her time at Pingree, Clare has greeted and toured prospective families, and served as a member of the Capital Campaign and the Pingree Fund Committees. Clare is a graduate of Endicott College and a native of Hamilton, where she now resides with her husband, Michael, and their three children, Michaela ’15, Olivia ’14, and Jackson ’19.

Karla is treasurer of both the Pingree Parents Association and Manchester Summerstage, Inc. For six years, Karla was a member of the Board of Trustees for Shore Country Day School, where she served on committees including Education, Buildings and Grounds, Diversity, and Mission Strategies. She has also served as treasurer and on the board of North Shore Nursery School. Karla graduated from Rice University with a degree in art history and got her certificate in interior design from Pine Manor College. She has two children, Nicolas and Anna ’17. In her free time she enjoys boating, kayaking, and crossword and jigsaw puzzles.

Kaisy is both a Prep@Pingree and Pingree School alum and currently works as associate director of projects at the Youth Development Organization in Lawrence. Kaisy served in the US Army Reserves as a human intelligence collector and was deployed in support of JSOC during Operation Ensure Freedom. As a graduate of the military 35M 10 course, she is proficient in screening human intelligence sources and utilizing intelligence concepts, guides, and methodologies to identify and analyze security threats. Kaisy also currently attends Middlesex Community College in pursuit of an associate’s degree in science and criminal justice.

4. EILEEN KELLY

6. BETH LEVITSKY STRACHER ’87

2. GAUTAM CHITNIS

For the past five years, Gautam has served as president and chief executive officer for Caso Global Corporation, a privately held company with a focus on global infrastructure and energy management. Prior to Caso Global, Gautam was managing partner and director at Chitnis Ground Investment Holdings and president and CEO of GCI Renka Corporation out of Boston. Gautam graduated from PSG College of Technology at Madras University in India, where he received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. He received his MBA from the University of Rhode Island.

Eileen has been employed by Analog Devices since 1988 and currently works part-time in the Computer Aided Design (CAD) Department. She has served on three parent association leadership teams and has worked on many Pingree auction committees both live and online. Eileen holds an undergraduate degree from Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland in applied physics and a graduate degree from University College Cork (UCC) in modeling and numerical computing. She has twin sons, Max ’15 and Peter ’15.

Beth W. Levistsky Stracher is vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Beth joined BBH in 1995 and has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. She currently manages a middle office division, which provides support for the mutual fund services business. Prior to BBH, Beth worked at ABN AMRO Bank in Chicago and Boston. Beth graduated from Pingree School in 1987 and has a bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College. She is an active member of Pingree’s Alumni Leadership Board.

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IN THE HOUSE: COMMUNITY

ART OF ILLUSTRATION Pingree was fortunate to have the works of artist Jennifer Pulver Goldfinger ’81 grace the walls of its Bertolon Art Gallery this fall. Goldfinger is the author and illustrator of five children’s books, the most recent being My Dog Lyle (Clarion Books, 2007) in which a young girl outlines all the amazing talents and attributes of her canine companion. Goldfinger’s illustrations are vibrant, playful, and enchanting, accompanying stories that are equally as fun and light-hearted in nature. The artist discovered her passion for children’s illustration after a fellow illustrator and friend broke his arm and needed

someone to help finish his work in time for his deadline. Goldfinger quickly fell in love with the process and never looked back. In addition to her illustrations, Goldfinger also produces mixed-media encaustic pieces addressing concepts of memory and play. The works juxtapose colorful objects, clothing, and playthings characteristic of childhood with black and white images and figures harkening back to earlier days. Goldfinger joined the Pingree community for an opening reception, reading, and book signing on Sunday, October 4.

Goldfinger joined the Pingree community for an opening reception, reading, and book signing on Sunday, October 4.

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IN THE HOUSE: COMMUNITY

FLYING HORSE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE The pingree campus was once again adorned with close to 50 unique artistic works as part of the sixth annual Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit. Chaired by metal sculptor Dale Rogers, this year’s exhibit featured pieces by 39 different New England artists whose work is on display in museums, galleries, and collections throughout the country. Highlights included Robert Hesse’s “Giraffe” just off Pingree’s main driveway, which playfully transported parents dropping off their children to the open grasslands of the Serengeti. Another favorite was Daniel Stone’s “Urban Dragon,” (right) a mixed media creature with tire scrappings for lips and chainsaw blades as tongues. The exhibit is one of the largest outdoor sculpture shows in New England.

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IN THE HOUSE: EVENTS

SPECIAL VISITORS Pingree was delighted to welcome over 200 guests to Highland Street for our annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day on Friday, October 9. The celebratory occasion afforded students the opportunity to share their daily routines here at Pingree with important members of their lives. The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors sat in on classes, dined in the Athletics Center, and were treated to a variety of student performances.

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IN THE HOUSE: EVENTS

GOTTA LOVE GOLF

2015 marked the 25th anniversary of Pingree’s golf tournament, played annually at the Myopia Hunt Club. Named in honor of James C. Deveney, who served as Pingree’s athletics director from 1971 to 1983, the Deveney Golf Classic is one of Pingree’s largest fundraisers, with all proceeds going toward student financial aid and access funding.

In celebration of the tournament’s 25th anniversary, this year Pingree hosted a special Silver Anniversary Scholarship Drive with the aim of raising funds to support a deserving student who otherwise would not be able to attend Pingree. We are pleased to announce that 182 players participated in this year’s classic, bringing in more than $45,000, with approximately $4,000 of that total directed towards the scholarship drive. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of those who played or volunteered their time to put this program together.

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Pingree football prepares new plays for the upcoming season.

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Pingree Volleyball faces off against Middlesex in the new Athletics Center.

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love BY EMMA FEDOR

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID GOFF

FOR THE OF LEARNING TAKING THE “EXTRA” OUT OF EXTRA HELP

There’s something intrinsically difficult about asking for help. Whether at home, at the office or in the classroom, we’ve all struggled — or flat out refused — to request support at one time or another. Often it’s the looming threat of shame and embarrassment that holds us back, with the implication being that if you need help, you are somehow performing below a certain standard; you require assistance because you aren’t at the level you should be, you don’t have the skills you’re supposed to, or you haven’t been working hard enough to complete the task you’ve been assigned. But the notion that help should be offered only to those who are faltering is not only antiquated, but also unrealistic. Just as no two people are exactly alike, none of us is flawless and we could all benefit from a helping hand every now and then, regardless of social status, salary grade, or GPA. At Pingree, there’s a building effort to remove fear and anxiety from the equation and to reconfigure the concept of academic support so that it is viewed not as the reversal of a deficiency, but as a means of reaching one’s highest potential.

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FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING

In 2012, the school began the transition to a Learning Commons model, fostering “an innovative environment for teaching and learning, ensuring that all students have access to the best tools, resources, skills, and supports available.” It is a prototype that relies heavily upon strategically designed physical spaces that facilitate collaboration and equip students with options for how and where they work and study. Rather than force students to adjust themselves to a room’s limitations, these unique spaces easily adapt in accordance with student needs. Students are given access both to the tools they need and the spaces they need to use them effectively. In Pingree’s case, however, the Learning Commons philosophy extends beyond the physical. More than just a collection of spaces, the Pingree Learning Commons is a mindset. In the same way students need flexible spaces to learn, so too do they require varied teaching techniques and support tactics. Ann Lyons is director of Pingree’s Educational Resource Center (ERC) and a key member of the Learning Commons staff. Her job is to ensure that the theory behind the Commons spaces is also applied to the pedagogy of the school. In an effort to track and identify learning preferences, Lyons annually surveys incoming students with questions meant to pinpoint visual, auditory, and body kinesthetic learning tendencies, among others. These survey results are kept on file, made accessible to teachers, and are openly shared

“People struggle in all different ways,” says Lyons, “and I think the perception is that you have to be struggling only in your classes and getting bad grades to come here. But we see students with grades in the A and B range with their own struggles to overcome. The support is here for everyone.” Pingree’s faculty also works closely with the center to ensure that each student’s needs and preferences are addressed. “Teachers run assignments by me to make sure they will work with the different learning styles and abilities in their classes,” says Lyons. At Pingree, the message is projected loud and clear that no student should ever have to go it alone. Collaboration is at the heart of the school’s statements of mission and purpose and is vital to the Learning Commons mentality. Remarkably, the students see this and have modeled their behavior accordingly, taking leadership roles in numerous peer-to-peer student support groups. Senior Ani Pula ’16 is a leader of Pingree’s Peer Tutor Program, an initiative that pairs students in need of academic support with experienced peer tutors specializing in specific program areas. “One of our goals is to debunk the notion that asking for help is somehow shameful,” says Pula. “Because if you’re willing and able to acknowledge that you may need help with something, then you’re already one step ahead of most people.” As an alternative to one-on-one tutoring, the program also sets up study groups. “If you’re with a group of people with the same needs as you, it’s a lot easier to ask for help,” says Pula. “It’s like those times in class when the teacher asks a question and no one wants to raise their hand. But then one person asks a question and everyone else suddenly admits that they were thinking the same thing.” When students feel comfortable getting their questions and concerns out in the open, everyone benefits. Another integral piece of Pingree’s Learning Commons is its Writing Center, headed up by Writing Center Director and English Teacher Christina Grenier. With a focus on research papers, essays, and general writing assignments, the Center offers targeted guidance in brainstorming, outlining, revising, and editing processes. “I use the analogy that unlike an auto repair center where you drop off your car for a mechanic to fix, I teach students how to understand the car’s design, how to tune the engine, and how to keep the car running smoothly,” explains Grenier. The process draws students deep into the practice of writing, teaching them how to expand their minds, process their thoughts, and communicate their ideas in articulate and compelling ways.

Now a paper is more of a game than a chore: fake left, drive to the right and suddenly you have your readers in the palm of your hand, waiting for your next shot. with any student interested in studying them. The ERC is a place where students can identify their personal learning preferences and discover strategies to maximize their academic potential. In addition to receiving one-on-one subject-specific tutoring, students can come to the ERC to strengthen study habits, develop time management and organizational skills, and acquire new test prep strategies.

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Like the ERC, the Writing Center may have begun as a resource for struggling students, but has since evolved into a highly-utilized opportunity for growth and development among all students, no matter one’s GPA. “One student who was at the top of her class came to the Writing Center for every single paper,” says Grenier. “And when I mentioned that to somebody, they thought, she comes to see you?” Though surprising to some, Pingree students are rapidly catching on to the idea that there is always room for improvement and that taking advantage of educational support services is in no way a sign of weakness. “If you’re an achiever, you know that it helps to have a second set of eyes,” says Grenier. “We’re here for those students who want to push themselves even further.” One such student is senior Michael Riley. Riley came to the Writing Center for help with his Junior Research Paper, a much-dreaded (and highly dramatized) history project assigned to juniors each year. He’d been having trouble nailing down a focus for the paper and went to the Writing Center to brainstorm. “It was kind of a step outside of my comfort zone to ask for help in this way,” says Riley. “I never usually ask for help on my schoolwork, but it definitely paid off in the long run. Mrs.

Grenier was so helpful and it was just a great way to get my feet off the ground and get going. Even though it’s called the Writing Center, it’s a lot more than that.” The extra work did indeed pay off; Riley’s paper would ultimately earn him the 2015 Junior Research Paper Award. In fact, nine of the past ten award winners have worked with Grenier on their papers, a statistic indicative of what’s possible when students decide to push themselves. “Writing a paper has always been the scariest assignment a teacher could give me,” says recent alumna Amelia Joyce ’15, Emory University ’19, “but through my (multiple) visits to the Writing Center, I learned just how powerful simple revisions and word choices are when writing a paper. Now a paper is more of a game than a chore: fake left, drive to the right and suddenly you have your readers in the palm of your hand, waiting for your next shot.” Pingree’s academic support services equip students with the tools they need to excel at Pingree, in college, and beyond. For the simple ability to ask for help, and knowing how and when to do so, is equally as valuable as learning to write, take notes, balance equations or prep for tests. It is a skill that will benefit them throughout their lives, no matter what hurdles may come their way.

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SERVING AND LEARNING PINGREE’S APPROACH TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE IN THE ACADEMIC LANDSCAPE. BY EMMA FEDOR

Several years ago, a faculty committee met to discuss Pingree’s community service program. Their objective? To examine Pingree’s approach to service and evaluate its effectiveness in sustaining the school’s mission to cultivate a community characterized by “integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem, and commitment to one another and to the world at large.” The goal was to create an environment where civic engagement and service would be an integral part of everyday life at school, and not merely an extracurricular add-on. With this idea in mind, the decision was made to do away with the school’s 50-hour graduation requirement. But the elimination of the hourly quota in no way signals a departure from Pingree’s deep commitment to service learning and civic engagement. To the contrary, the decision not to track hours is a strategic one meant to transform the way Pingree students think about service and volunteerism.

BUILDING A CULTURE

Senior Cassidy Assad ’16 and her classmates in the Class of 2016 will be the first graduating class in many years to have completed all four years at Pingree without an hourly service requirement. But if the enthusiasm and passion of Assad and others is any indication, the revised structure is working. “Before coming to Pingree, I never had the opportunity to engage in service learning like this,” says Assad. As she embarks upon her senior year, Assad has had the chance to participate in a number of service projects with Pingree, including working as a student coordinator of the Special Olympics Soccer Tournament and traveling on service trips to the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. She is one of many students whose personal growth and development has been greatly impacted by the culture of service at Pingree. “Not only have I learned how to engage in service, but I’ve also learned how to think and talk about it,” she says. The change has furthermore been of great benefit to Pingree’s community partners. “In the field of service learning, it’s only been in the past five or ten years that anyone has really gone to the organizations and asked how things have been working on their end,” explains Anna McCoy, Pingree’s director of service learning and civic engagement. “The hourly requirement was more of a burden on agencies than it was actually helpful, with exceptions of course,” she says. Under the old system, agencies scrambled to help fulfill students’ needs for hours, when it ought to have been the other way around. Rather than push toward an impressive numerical statistic, the hope at Pingree is to foster an environment where helping others — whether through volunteerism or activism — is inherent in every member of the community. Students are trained and encouraged to think critically about community service, engaging more deeply with service organizations, and approaching the concept as more than just a time commitment or extracurricular pursuit. Students are pushed to investigate the causes of

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issues such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation, and social injustice so that they can approach issues not only head-on in a service capacity, but also “behind the scenes” in the work of advocacy and activism. When students visit the Open Door Food Pantry, serving a meal will only be part of the experience. They will also engage with the question — through class discussions, viewing of documentaries, reflection writing, and reading scholarly articles — of why, in a nation of great wealth, there is such profound food insecurity. Their answers may lead them to participate in ballot initiatives, letter-writing campaigns, or even just to engage their friends in conversation. The goal, ultimately, is not only to expose students to social issues, but also to equip them with the skills they need to affect meaningful change. CURRICULAR INTEGRATION

Service learning, by definition, relies on the interplay between academic study and civic engagement. “We’ve known for a long time that service learning improves the understanding that kids have of material,” says McCoy. While research and formal instruction provide the background information and historical contexts needed to identify or develop a particular cause, the integration of service elements into the classroom can in-turn help to clarify academic content. This fall, McCoy has been teaching a “Genocide Studies” elective, which was strategically designed to combine classwork with opportunities for service and activism. After close examination of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, McCoy’s students are challenged to compare the reluctance of the United States to intervene in Nazi Germany before the height of the Holocaust with the current refugee crisis playing out in Europe and the Middle East. And here is where the civic engagement component comes in: using coursework and classroom discussion to fuel their arguments, students are tasked with writing a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, or Pingree Head of School Dr. Timothy

NOT ONLY HAVE I LEARNED HOW TO ENGAGE IN SERVICE, BUT I’VE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO THINK AND TALK ABOUT IT. Johnson, alerting them to the refugee situation, and pointing them towards action, the course of which is to be decided entirely by the student. As a student in the class, Assad chose to write her letter to Dr. Johnson, urging him to spread awareness of the issue within the Pingree community. “I don’t think everyone here at Pingree completely understands the gravity of what’s going on,” she explains. “With current issues like this one, the first step is education and making sure people have the knowledge they need to help.” In writing their letters, Assad and her classmates are compelled to take what they’ve learned in class and to put that understanding towards concrete action. At the same time, the act of drafting the letter reinforces each student’s comprehension of course material. PURPOSEFUL GIVING

Another important objective of Pingree’s service learning and civic engagement program is to encourage meaningful communication and interaction between students and charitable organizations. Given Pingree’s longstanding commitment to service learning and civic engagement, it’s no surprise that in recent years, many students have taken it upon themselves to spearhead fundraising efforts in support of organizations that are important to them. A trend of community-wide “asks” soon emerged, with students and faculty alike calling for small donations from other community members. And while all of these requests were worthy, there was concern that members of the community would feel obligated to give more than they were able. What’s more, asking for and giving money in this way, says McCoy, requires neither service nor learning. This past year, in an effort to diminish the inevitable “donor-fatigue” and develop the ties between students and charitable organizations, McCoy and a group of students established the Purposeful Giving Committee. Comprised of seven to ten students, the Purposeful Giving Committee is responsible for managing a fund intended to support charitable endeavors such as annual drives, walk or run sponsorships, or specific gift pur-

chases. Students interested in procuring funds, which are raised annually via a student-led rummage drive, are encouraged to submit a formal letter to the Committee. In that letter, the student is expected to provide background information on the organizations they wish to support, along with descriptions of ways they intend to continue engaging with that organization, beyond the financial donation. Last spring, junior Billy Liptrot ’17 submitted a grant proposal to the Committee in hopes of raising money for Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), the organization behind an orphanage in the Dominican Republic that he and a group of other Pingree students had visited as part of a service trip in middle school. His proposal was accepted and he was able to donate two hundred and fifty dollars to the organization. “In the application letter we had to provide background information on NPH and explain exactly how the money would be allocated,” says Liptrot. “We were very specific in our description and I think that’s what helped out our application. The committee really got to see where the money was going towards as opposed to just general, non-descript fundraising.” Following the success of his first proposal, Liptrot intends to utilize the Purposeful Giving fund again to raise money for Camp Sunshine, an organization he worked with over the summer. He also hopes to one day sit on the Committee himself. The venture both introduces students to grant writing and offers committee members a glimpse of what it’s like to manage a charitable organization or non-profit agency. The method also encourages students to think more critically about where they focus their efforts, and instills a greater awareness of the behind-the-scenes work involved with any service opportunity. “The fund is entirely student-generated,” says McCoy, “meaning that all students are capable of giving to outside organizations simply by volunteering at the rummage sale. It is in essence, a closed loop.” It is a self-sustaining, educational, student-led process, and is as such illustrative of what Pingree’s service program is all about — learning, growing, giving, and leading.

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MORE THAN A SUMMER PROGRAM THE MALCOLM COATES PREP@PINGREE PROGRAM COMPLETES ITS FIRST 12-MONTH CYCLE BY EMMA FEDOR

MORE THAN A SUMMER PROGRAM

Big things are happening at Prep@Pingree. Even those familiar with the initiative may be surprised to learn just how far the academic enrichment and scholarship program has come from its days as a small five-week summer program for a dozen students each year. The Prep@ Pingree of today hosts a staggering 75 students from over 10 communities, making it one of the largest and most well-connected endeavors of its kind in the country. Enrollment aside, Prep@Pingree underwent an extensive curriculum expansion in 2014, running as a 12-month program for the very first time. Mind you, all of this has been achieved with only two full time employees, Executive Director Steve Filosa and Program Director Paul Mayo, who was hired three years ago to coordinate and oversee the yearlong program. Together they manage the fundraising and logistics behind Prep@ Pingree with the help of an advisory committee. Of course, as both Filosa and Mayo will attest, the bulk of Prep@Pingree’s positive growth in recent years can be attributed to the passion, enthusiasm, commitment, and dedication of its participants: the teachers, volunteers, community partners, alumni, donors, and students that breathe energy and life into the program. The students, in particular, who show up each day eager to learn and explore, are integral to Prep@Pingree’s

success. “Our kids come here because they actually like school,” says Filosa. “These kids are amazing, good, smart, motivated people.” It was the students in fact that helped push for the program’s evolution to a 12-month cycle. “The last day of summer has for years been filled with tearful hugs and goodbyes. The students didn’t want it to end, and they told us so,” says Mayo. “We’d been considering the idea of a 12-month program already and thought, why not?” The change was not without its challenges; extending beyond the summer months would obviously require added financial support. With the school year starting up again, students would no longer be on Pingree’s campus every day, making communication more difficult. Still, one year later, the Prep@Pingree team can proudly say that they made it happen. With support from powerful donations to the Pingree Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access, in their first full-year unit Prep@Pingree students were able to come together for no less than 10 community events, including financial planning, financial literacy, and public speaking workshops; college visits to Salem State University and Lesley University; alumni gatherings on Pingree’s campus; and a civil rights trip through the American South. It’s a system that not only increases opportunity for personal and academic

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development among students, but that also strengthens relationships and builds a tighter community. Going forward, Filosa and Mayo plan to continue with the 12-month program model. Over the next few months students will participate in similar events and gatherings as in year one, with the addition of college visits to Trinity College and Tufts University. As Prep@ Pingree continues to grow and evolve, Filosa and Mayo hope to see public perception follow suit. “This isn’t just a high school placement program,” says Mayo. “Sure, a number of our alumni go on to independent and Catholic schools, but most of them go to public schools.” Pingree is proud to say that 5% of its students are Prep@Pingree alumni, but Prep@Pingree is more than just a feeder program. Rather than feed students into Pingree, the goal is to the build the relationship between all Pingree and Prep@Pingree students, so that everyone can benefit from the offerings of the program. “There’s the mistaken impression that if you go to school in the summer, you must be behind,” says Filosa, “and with our students that’s simply not the case. One of our alumni even turned down Harvard!” Prep@Pingree is for everyone, regardless of race, culture or socioeconomic background, and the more diverse the community, the better it will serve those who participate.

The Prep@Pingree 12-month program now includes college visits, public speaking workshops, and a civil rights trip through the American South.

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SEARCHING

SUSTAINAB A PINGREE ALUMNA STUDIES THE PEOPLE AND POLICIES BEHIND A SMARTER ENERGY GRID

Alumna Priya Donti ’11 developed an interest in environmental sustainability early in her Pingree career as a freshman in Mr. Furnari’s biology class. Hooked from the start, she would later go on to become an active member of the school’s environmental club and a student leader of what was then Pingree’s sustainability curriculum. It wasn’t until she started coursework at Harvey Mudd College, however, that Donti really began to combine her passions of sustainability and technology, ultimately choosing to pursue a joint degree in computer science and mathematics with an emphasis in environmental analysis. Having worked with Dr. Jim Boerkoel, assistant professor of computer science, on artificial intelligence research, Donti found herself wondering how the same work might be applied to the development of smart grids. It was this consideration that led her to apply for and receive a coveted Watson Fellowship, a one-year grant for purposeful, independent study outside of the United States. Donti’s research will bring her to four different countries — Germany, India, South Korea, and Chile — where she will be studying intelligent energy grids, commonly known as “smart grids,” and the people and policies behind them. Though definitions vary, says Donti, she likes to think of smart grids as “intelligent energy grids that have the capacity to increase renewable energy use and facilitate universal access to power.” In a traditional grid, energy runs from centralized power plants (such as coal and natural gas plants) to consum-

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ers, but as more renewable energy sources (such as wind parks or rooftop solar panels) come into play, grids must also accommodate the large amounts of energy being fed back into the system by these “decentralized” renewable sources. In the traditional system, utilities also have the ability to “turn on” extra power plants depending on how much power people are using, but that’s not the case in a system dominated by renewable energy; utilities can’t control when the sun shines or the wind blows. Additionally, many countries (including the U.S.) often face power outages due to grid failures and extreme weather, and increased monitoring could help improve grid reliability. The key is to create a grid that can handle it all. Smart grid technologies are still very much in the developing phases. “It’s a somewhat new field right now,” says Donti, “but there are different ways that it can manifest itself depending on the different policies or structures of a given country. A lot depends on the infrastructure that’s already there. There’s a question of how much rebuilding you can do versus how much you just have to augment what’s already in place.” In planning her year of research and travel, Donti strategically considered where she wanted to go and why. She knew she wanted to visit a diverse set of countries at various levels of development. Equally important was a mixed array of governmental structures and policies. Finally, it was essential that she visit places at different stages of smart grid investment.

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SOUTH KOREA South Korea is a developed, technologically advanced country, but according to Donti, the interest in smart technology seems to move “from the top down,” with the federal government pushing for the new technologies. In South Korea, renewable energy is less of a social issue than it is in other countries. Donti hopes to study how the country’s tactics compare with those of Germany, where the public is often more involved in the policy-making.

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Germany is a highly developed country with great public support for renewable energy. As the amount of renewable energy in the grid increases, more smart strategies will be necessary to balance energy supply and demand. Proposed smart grid technologies could, for instance, go into a user’s home and, based on the amount of energy that’s available, remotely dictate whether a washing machine or dishwasher should or shouldn’t be on at a given time. But Germans are known to value privacy and security and don’t necessarily want their houses controlled by an operator. “So even though it’s a really advanced country in terms of renewables,” says Donti, “there comes this question of how can we make the grids smarter without making people uncomfortable.”

CHILE Chile is a transitional country, but it’s one that really values technology. In partnership with the U.S., the country is looking to build a smart city in Santiago, the nation’s capital. That being said, areas to the north and south of Santiago are much more rural and impoverished, and Chile’s geography as a long, skinny country makes building grid infrastructure potentially difficult. This raises questions of how the government will build technologies that can accommodate both ends of Chile’s spectrum of development.

INDIA India is a land of extremes, with large, densely populated cities and a vast, rural countryside. This is a country where not everyone has access to electricity, and where electricity outages are very common for those who do have access. People in India steal electricity by connecting their own wires to the grid, and there is a good deal of corruption in the government. “I am curious to see how energy efficiency manifests itself in a place with such diverse demographics and a difficult political infrastructure,” explains Donti.

Members of Pingree’s 1979 Championship Girls’ Lacrosse Team were recently celebrated at the school’s Athletics Honor Society Induction Ceremony (see page 43)

THE HEDGE GARDEN NEWS FROM OUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY

THE HEDGE GARDEN: ALUMNI LEADERSHIP BOARD

HELLO ALUMNI A NOTE FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE

Our alumni program is off and running for the new school year! In September we inducted five accom-

plished alumni to our Athletics Hall of Fame. One such inductee was beloved coach Tom Foley. We also celebrated 15 alumnae who played for the impressive 1979 State Championship Lacrosse team. Our Alumni Leadership Board is now 25 members strong. In October, members of the Board and other alumni volunteered their time to work a concession stand at the Special Olympics event on campus. Proceeds from the stand will support Pingree students and faculty participating in the annual Jolly Jaunt 5k race this December (one of the Special Olympics’ largest annual fundraisers). We will also be hosting events in New York City and

San Francisco this year, and local alumni can count on our annual area events including the Boston Holiday Party and our Winter Fun event in December. Plans are underway for our 2016 Professional Networking Event and the “Connect with Students” senior project sponsorship program. We encourage you to keep your e-mail current and follow us on our social media sites. Pingree is on the move and we look forward to keeping you up to date and connected. Thanks for keeping in touch! Cheers! Laurie Harding Polese ’84, P’13, ’16 lpolese@pingree.org

ALUMNI LEADERSHIP BOARD The Pingree School Alumni Leadership Board (ALB) is dedicated to making the Pingree experience stronger for past, current, and future students. The Board fosters interaction and communication by creating a network among alumni, students, and prospective members of the Pingree community informed, involved, and appreciated to ensure the continued success of all its constituents. ALUMNI LEADERSHIP BOARD 2015–2016 Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Katie O’Hara ’01 Director of Alumni Relations Laura Coltin Ogden ’98 Brendan Greelish ’97, President Patty Morrison ’03 Justin Parker ’02, Vice President Stephanie Morgan Patton ’00 Mike Nelligan ’02, Secretary Evan Perkins ’10 Morgan Atkins ’05 Tom Belhumeur ’04 Stephen Blinn ’96 Christopher Connolly ’97 Danielle Harsip ’02 Ryan Hendrickson ’03 Sarah Huffman Jarvis ’98 Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01 Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93 Ethel Mickey ’08 Jolmi Minaya ’08

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William K. Ryan ’96 Lyndsey Shepard ’10 Samantha Taylor ’08 Andrew Vassallo ’06 Liv Whitney ’09

MEET OUR NEWEST MEMBERS! 1. STEPHEN M. BINN II Pingree School ’96 BA—James Madison University ’00 Business Development Manager – Medical Division, Velcro, USA

“Pingree’s ideals of community and service have made an immeasurable positive impact on the choices and decisions that I have made over the last twenty years.” 2. SARAH HUFFMAN JARVIS Pingree School ’98 BA—Bates College ’02 MEd—Suffolk University ’04 Associate Director of Donor and Alumni Relations, Boston University Questrom School of Business “I believe in Pingree’s mission, its people and the importance of student outcomes. I remain grateful for the wonderful education and student experience Pingree gave to me.” 3. JOLMI MINAYA Pingree School ’09 BS—University of Richmond ’13 Audit Associate, KPMG LPP “Everything from academics, to athletics and even to social and professional relationships, were molded and refined by the

ethics, standards and love instilled in me through Pingree School.” 4. EVAN PERKINS Pingree School ’10 BS—Bentley University ’14 Associate, Boston Partners Financial Group, LLC “The friendships that I made at Pingree, with teachers and peers alike, are relationships that continue to this day and I am sure will continue well into the future.” 5. LYNDSEY SHEPARD Pingree School ’10 BA—Trinity College ’14 Research Analyst, CBRE New England “I am so thankful for the lessons I learned and the memories I formed as a student at Pingree and I give back so that the current and future classes can enjoy the great opportunities Pingree has to offer, creating memories that last well beyond graduation.” 6. SAMANTHA TAYLOR Pingree School ’08 BA—Boston College ’12 Admissions Officer, Dexter Southfield School

“I love the faculty and staff and I am appreciative of my experience as a student. I also understand the importance of the annual fund and the impact alumni participation can have on other students’ experiences.” 7. ALICIA VITAGLIANO Pingree School ’99 BA—Scripps College ’03 MA—Boston University School of Medicine ’05 MA—Fielding Graduate University ’10 PhD—Fielding Graduate University ’13 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Fisher College “My hope for the ALB is to continue to provide amazing experiences connecting current students with alumni.” 8. LIV WHITNEY Pingree School ’09 BA—Trinity College ’13 Coordinator – Sponsorship Services, Boston Red Sox “Pingree provided me with a plethora of opportunities and intangibles that helped to shape my personality, work ethic and values. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to pay it forward.”

THE HEDGE GARDEN: OUR NEWEST ALUMNI

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2015 The 77 graduates from pingree’s class of 2015 are now in attendance at 58 different colleges and universities, with 61 students choosing to go to school outside of Massachusetts. The class boasted 14 Cum Laude Society members, 33 grads with a Pingree sibling or parent, and approximately 7,869 total community service hours. The impressive group also garnered a sum of $2.6 million in merit-based scholarship funding. Connor Jenkins Bandar, Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Laura Catherine Caruso, University of Kent Johnson B. Chase, Colorado College Samuel Peter Consitt, Durham University Harry Samuel Copeland, Elon University Morgan Adare Cusack, Pitzer College Stella Anne Dalkouras, Boston College

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Jeffrey Michael DePiero, Babson College Christopher Andrew DeVito, US Coast Guard Kelsey Mae Dion, Tufts University Jenna Joyce Ellis, Lafayette College Benjamin Andrew Esakof, Emerson College Jack Albert Fantini, Kenyon College Salvatore Angelo John Fazio, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Joel D. Fernandez, Pitzer College Scott Andrew Fiery, University of Virginia Matthew-Jacob Reeser Finbury, University of Vermont Ella Marie Fogel, Santa Clara University Erik Fyrer, Hamilton College Riale Thomas Gilligan, Northeastern University Abigail Omeis Gooding, Miami University of Ohio Abigail Claire Gracey, Colby College Emily Louise Grand, Boston University Cody Cameron Haight, Lewis & Clark College Alexa Cristina Harrison, Bates College Leah Doherty Heinze, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Sarah Louise Hoefner, Fairfield University Sydney Rose Jones, Savannah College of Art and Design Amelia Jane Joyce, Emory University Sean Addison Keith, Northeastern University Marisa Lynne Kouroubacalis, Brown University Samuel Emerson Krapels, New York University Lily May Lake, Colby College Taylor Rose Landers, Stonehill College Alena Irene Larsen, Skidmore College Thomas Bernard Lennon, Bentley University John Charles Lucey, Elon University Laurie Lugo, Temple University Zoe Myrhea Mahoney, Northeastern University Anna Kathleen Martin, College of William and Mary Catherine Zoe Mawn-Mahlau, University of Rochester Matthew John Menzie, University of Richmond Sydney Elise Miller, University of Southern California Christopher William Chapman Moren, University of Rhode Island Kevin Richard Moyette, Colby College Tracy A. O’Donnell, The American University of Paris Milcy Amalia Perez, Providence College Daniel Robert Peters, Northwestern University Charlotte Rose Pruett, University of Southern California Mariel Reilly, Suffolk University Charlotte Grove Reynders, Princeton University Clare Stevens Reynders, Vassar College Carter John Rossano, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Ariella Cecilia Salter, University of Michigan Gabriel Gershon Salter, University of Michigan Kyle Emile Sarazin, Elon University Julia Brooke Saxe, University of Miami Henry Charles Scharfe, University of Rochester Jennifer Whitney Schumer, University of Vermont Hannah Celeste Shafer, Furman University Rishi Chirag Shah, Northeastern University Alexander Harrison Shelburne, Saint Michael’s College Matthew Isaac Sheridan, Syracuse University Katie Lee Shreenan, Saint Anselm College Bailey Hayward Sostek, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Matthew Peter St. Clair, University of Delaware Ryan David St. Pierre, Bowdoin College Eliza Crockett Steele, Colgate University Casey Marion Torto, Elon University Jennifer Yaritza Varga, Providence College Samuel Isaac Varsano, Union College Emma Keohane Whalen, St. Lawrence University Griffin Samuel Whitman, Syracuse University Jeremy Nathan Wiles, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Jake Robert Lovell Yasi, Boston University Samantha Rose Yezerski, Wake Forest University Yoojin Yoon, Boston College

THE HEDGE GARDEN: PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING NIGHT

A NIGHT OF NETWORKING The alumni leadership board is excited to announce that the fourth annual Pingree Professional Networking Event is slated for May 2016. We hope to build on last year’s success, which saw well over 100 alumni spanning five decades of class years. These events offer a relaxed, fun environment where Pingree alumni from a variety of fields can reconnect with old friends and expand professional networks. All ages, class years, and professions are welcome. Please stay tuned for details regarding location and featured speaker. Last May’s professional networking event took place at IdeaPaint, the company of alumnus Jeff Avallon ’02, and featured Keynote speaker Charlie Storey ’77, president of Boston’s Harpoon Brewery. We look forward to seeing you in May! Justin Parker ’02 Vice President, Alumni Leadership Board

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1: Jonathan Rubenfeld ’00, Walter Mears ’00, and Chris Connolly ’97; 2: Featured speaker, Charlie Storey ’77; 3: IdeaPaint host, Jeff Avallon’02, with mother, Terry Mulcahy Avallon ’73; 4: Kelsey Klibansky ’08; 5: Jenni Mannion ’11, Courtney Collier ’10, Jolmi Minaya ’09, and Bianka Mejia ’09; 6: Charlie Storey ’77, with Laurie Harding Polese ’84 and Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76; 7: Attendees sign in on IdeaPaint wall; 8: Sarah Huffman Jarvis ’98, Laura Coltin Ogden ’98, and Elizabeth McReynolds Gordon ’98; 9: Vini Aguiar ’12, Connor Cash ’11, Brendan Oliver ’11, and Jack Williamson ’10; 10: Sam Jones’11 with mother, Lisa Jones P’11, ’15.

PHOTOS BY: ANNA WISTRAN WOLFE ’95, WWW.ANNAWISTRANWOLFE.COM

Whether it’s been 15 months or 50 years since you graduated, your Pingree family is waiting for you.

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Classes ending in 1s, 2s, 6s, and 7s will be celebrating milestone reunions together.

50th: 1966 & 1967 45th: 1971 & 1972 40th: 1976 & 1977 35th: 1981 & 1982 30th: 1986 & 1987

Community reunions celebrate two milestone

25th: 1991 & 1992 20th: 1996 & 1997 15th: 2001 & 2002 10th: 2006 & 2007 5th: 2011 & 2012

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class years during the same weekend. The result is a more exciting reunion for all involved. All alumni have friends from the years before and after their own, and combining two classes encourages alumni who were in the same sport, theater troupe, classroom, advisory group, or club to get together and reconnect over common experiences.

Join us: October 15, 2016

For more information on community reunions, visit

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THE HEDGE GARDEN: SPONSOR A SENIOR PROJECT

CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENTS — SPONSOR A SENIOR PROJECT Last spring, Pingree was proud to facilitate 11 alumni-sponsored senior projects with great success. This year, we hope to boost our numbers even higher with increased alumni participation across a wide variety of disciplines and fields. Past projects have included a stint at a sustainable sheep farm in Maine, the shadowing of an infectious disease specialist, and an internship with Native Art Workshops in Alaska. — just to name a few! Each student is required to submit a written proposal outlining the educational intent and outcome of the desired project to an assigned on-campus Senior Project advisor by the end of February. Projects for 2016 officially begin on May 23 and continue through June 6, with students committed to a minimum of 50 hours of work. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a profound and enduring impact on the personal and professional development of our students. Whether you decide to offer professional mentorship or open up your home for a student homestay, your help and support goes a long way. We hope to hear from you soon!

FORMER ALUMNI SPONSORS Keri Barrett ’03, Gilt City Tom Belhumeur ’04, Libring Technologies, Inc. Elizabeth Duff ’83, Mass Audubon Sira Grant ’07, Senator Bruce E. Tarr, State Senate Minority Leader’s Office Ryan Hendrickson ’03, Ameriprise Financial Service, Inc. Amanda Hogan ’71, Windrush Farm Mariah Johnson ’95, Homestay, Alaska Native Art Workshops, Seward, AK Nanney Kennedy ’78, Homestay, Get Wool and Meadowcroft Farm, Washington, ME Aggie Furnari Giglio Kip ’71, MS, RD, CSSD, Boston Center for Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Stephanie Morgan ’00, Principal, Excel Academy Patricia Morrison ’03, Boston Private Bank

Amy Morton ‘91, Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC Esther Mulroy ’69, Speech Pathology John K. O’Donohue ’01, Real Estate Law Jane Pirie ’79, Brookwood School Paul Pruett ’84, CEO of PRAIM Group; Bubble Chocolate Co; and Bloomsberry, Inc. Tom Salter ’02, Firehouse Subs Chappell Sargent ’07, Shalin Liu Performance Center Susie Schneider ’65, Tower School Ruta Shah ’89, MD, PhD, North Shore Physicians Group Andrew Stavisky ’84, PhD, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC Keith Wasserman ’93, Digital Film Production Shelley Woodbury ’86, Wheelock Family Theater Shannon Patti Yates ’91, Photography

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1: Amelia Joyce ’15 with Infectious Disease Specialist Ruta Shah ’89; 2: Tom Lennon ’15 with Ryan Hendrickson ’03 of Ameriprise Financial; 3: Kelsey Dion ’15 with Sira Grant ’07, deputy legislative director for Senator Bruce E. Tarr; 4: Sydney Jones ’15 presents her work shadowing first grade teacher Susie Schneider ’65.

2015 ATHLETICS HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION CEREMONY On friday, september 25, members of the pingree community gathered in celebration to induct five new members into the school’s Athletics Honor Society. This year’s ceremony was a terrific success filled with reminiscing, laughter, and fun. It was a thrill for all of us to attend this triennial event in the new Athletics Center. For many of our guests this was their first time touring the new facility, which is now home to our official Athletics Honor Society “Wall of Fame” collection of bios and photos. We thank all the alumni, coaches, friends and family who attended this memorable celebration.

The Pingree School Athletics Honor Society was formed in 1999 to honor those alumni, coaches and friends who have made a significant contribution to the athletic programs at Pingree, or whose participation in athletics, other than at Pingree, was so outstanding that it brought credit to Pingree School and served as a model for the Pingree Community. Know someone who deserves recognition? You can submit nominations on the Pingree website at Pingree.org. Visit the Alumni Awards tab on the Alumni page for more information.

THE HEDGE GARDEN: ATHLETICS HONOR SOCIETY

HONORING OUR HIGHLANDERS HARRISON “HARRY” BANE ’04 Harry Bane played varsity golf for all four years at Pingree, during which time he led the team to two EIL championships. As senior captain, Harry was named league MVP and Boston Globe All-Scholastic, and went undefeated as an individual with an average score of 36. After Pingree, Harry moved on to Middlebury where was a two-year captain. A 2005 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, Harry led the Middlebury team to two NESCAC championships, and two NCAA championship berths. He was the recipient of ESPN’s ARETE Award for courage in sports and the Guy Tedesco Award as the New England College Player of the Year across all three divisions. MICHAEL DEPLACIDO ’95 Michael DePlacido ’95 played soccer, hockey, and baseball at Pingree. He was a two-season captain for both soccer and baseball and senior captain of the ice hockey team. Michael was named Boston Globe All-Scholastic for two of his four soccer seasons, and once for baseball. He was also a two-time EIL MVP for both soccer, and baseball. After Pingree, Michael went on to play ice hockey at Connecticut College, where he captained the team and was a three-time NESCAC Player of the Week. During his career he was also named both an ECAC East New England All-Star and a NESCAC All-Star.

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THOMAS FOLEY P’02, COACH 1986 – 2003 During his nearly 20-year career at Pingree, Coach Tom Foley’s teams set records and won numerous championships. He left a lasting impact on each and every athlete he worked with, coaching 61 All-League EIL and 7 All-New England runners. With a career record of 195-58-2, he led the boys cross country team to six conference meet championships and five regular season championships. Under Tom’s leadership, the girls cross country team went 147-47, with four conference and four regular season dual meet championships. He was named Pingree’s Coach of the Year in 1989 and EIL Coach of the Year in 1990. BRIAN MCCARTHY ’90 Brian McCarthy ‘90 was a three-sport athlete at Pingree, leading the boys’ soccer, ice hockey, and baseball teams to frequent victory. During his senior year, Brian captained the ice hockey team and was named high school All-American and Division II Prep School Player of the Year. In baseball, Brian was a three-time Eastern League All Star, a two-time Eastern League MVP, and a two-time Pingree team MVP. After Pingree, Brian played varsity hockey at Providence College and St. Lawrence University, where he played in a cumulative 79 games and secured 26 goals and 25 assists. Brian would later go on to play professional hockey for six years.

WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION

1: Harry Bane ’04 with Jim MacLaughlin ’84; 2: Michael DePlacido ’95 with Bill Lemos ’95; 3: Brendan Greelish ’97, Tom Foley P ’02, and Tara Kelly Sartori ’98; 4: Brian McCarthy ’90 with Buddy Taft; 5: Weze Shorts Harrigan ’95, Sarah Carlson Powers ’95, and Sam Taylor ’08; 6: AHS Members Sandy Bryan Weatherall ’79, Ellen Mustin Preston, Whitney Thayer Shepard ’79, Jane Shotwell Pirie ’79, Ned Rowland, Josh Burns ’77, Weze Shorts Harrigan ’95, and Posie Means Mansfield ’67.

SARAH CARLSON POWERS ’95 Sarah Carlson Powers played soccer, volleyball, and lacrosse at Pingree, serving as captain of all three teams. She was a two-time EIL All-Star in both soccer and volleyball, and a three-time All-Star for Lacrosse. In 1995, she was an AISGA All-Star and a U.S. Lacrosse All-American. Sarah attended college at Dartmouth, where she played as the starting goaltender for all four years, including in 1997 when the team made it to the NCAA Final Four. While in college Sarah also played for team New England in the U.S. club nationals, and was invited to try out for the U.S. Lacrosse team. She later came back to Pingree to coach lacrosse. Under Sarah’s leadership, the team took home nine EIL titles.

THE 1979 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM Coming off of an undefeated record in 1978, the 1979 Pingree Girls Lacrosse Team, led by Coach Ellen Mustin Preston, began its season playing English schools overseas, and ended with a second consecutive undefeated season. The team’s success continued when they brought home the first ever Massachusetts State Girls Lacrosse Championship title. Head Coach: Ellen Mustin Preston Assistant Coach: Alice “Mouse” Connolly Phoebe Adams ’79 Lori Cutler Archuleta ’79 Emily J. Batchelder ’79 Susan Jennings Douglas ’80 Angella Gibbons ’79

Mary Newhall Higgins ’79 Gaye Royal Holt ’79 Tammy Jones Howe ’80 Laura K. Morgan ’80 Jane Shotwell Pirie ’79 Whitney Thayer Shepard ’79 Deborah Atwood Stone ’80 Sandy Rowland Sullivan ’79 Katharine K. Thayer ’80 Sandy Bryan Weatherall ’79

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CLASS NOTES 1964

CLASS AGENT

Suzanne McAleer Morrison Wolski

swolski@madriver.com Nancy Hubbs writes, “Some of us ’64s and ’65s got together for a lunch date in Marblehead in early July. We had a wonderful time—hope more of our classmates will come in the future. I took a cruise on the Danube this summer with my sister. It makes all that History of Art and Architecture with Fellowes Davis come alive! My grandchildren are growing up faster than I can believe! The oldest is in the seventh grade, the twins are in sixth, another is in fifth, and one is in fourth. All in the Manchester-Essex Schools. Hard to believe since the class of ’64 is just turning 30!” Suzy McAleer Morrison Wolski shares, “It was great fun getting together with some of our ’65 girls for a nice lunch at the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead this past summer. The years just seem to vanish and it feels like we are back at Pingree. I hope that we can gather together again in the near future. I will add that we were so lucky to have Merrilyn Clay Belliveau ’64 with us at the 50th reunion last September. She will be greatly missed. I also want to mention that our classmate Julie Hammer ’64 has passed

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away, though we don’t know exactly when. I hope all is well with the rest of our class. My grandchildren are growing fast. Cameron is eight and she is starting third grade. Her brother, Liam, is five and just started kindergarten.” Mimi Davis Emmons shares, “I have two grands, Fletcher, seven, and Dashiell, four, and they are pure joy. I do some volunteer work, play golf and tennis, and love to travel. My friends are a blessing, and I try to be a good friend in return. Most importantly, I appreciate each and every day. I can’t believe that we celebrated our 50th, and I am so proud of how Pingree has grown. We did have such a special experience as the Pingree originals, didn’t we?”

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I have driven into Pingree a few times and my, how things have changed! The campus looks as beautiful as I remember. I send a big hello to all my classmates!” Kay Gamage Green writes, “We missed Heidi Knights Adams this year for our annual summer lunch. We had a great time! Jonathan and I are enjoying our time volunteering and traveling. Lots of New England travel this summer, and we look forward to Bermuda, Montana and Wyoming, and perhaps Greece next year. When we are not on the go, I work part-time at the Museum of Science doing corporate events. Two of our kids are in Boston, which is wonderful. Our other daughter is in Buffalo, where our two grandchildren reside—too far away for our liking, but we get together as often as we can.”

CLASS AGENTS

Susan Oliver Schneider

susie.schneider@tower school.org Susanne Grant MacDonald

sgmacdonald@aol.com Anne Stocker Mills reports, “I have moved back to Massachusetts after living away for more than thirty years. I now live in Newburyport and work at Lahey Health Care in management. All three of my adult children and seven grandchildren live within an hour’s drive, which is the best.

Susanne Grant MacDonald reports, “Working with authors continues to take up my creative endeavors and energies in strategizing their book tours, marketing, and PR. This means I get to keep up with my reading list! I enjoyed a delightful summer of sailing, kayaking, walking, swimming, and lollygagging in the delicious hot sun. No tennis yet, as my shoulder injury still plagues, but I’ll hit some balls next summer. Enjoyed the summer luncheon over at

the Boston Yacht Club with terrific members from classes of ’64 and ’65. Everybody is so healthy and beautiful! Our two classes were deeply saddened by the death of Merrilyn Clay Belliveau ’64, whom thankfully we had all just seen last year at our reunion, and we talked of her, our hearts heavy with stories in remembrance and gratitude for her life with us at Pingree.”

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Dale Grant Dick

dalegdick@gmail.com Karen Durkee Heywood

kheywood1221@gmail.com As the Class of 1967 comes into the age of retirement, many of our classmates are spending their free time relaxing, traveling, and challenging themselves in new ways. Frosty Smithwick Perkins reports she “is still enjoying retirement, playing

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1: Pingree alumni faculty and staff: Liz Taft ’73 (ceramics), Sarah Carpenter ’97 (Spanish), Eric Stacey ’81 (admission), Lauri Perez ’08 (Spanish), Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76 (parent relations), Jim MacLaughlin ’84 (English), Beth Savarese ’01 (math), Tara Kelly Sartori ’98 (athletics), Laurie Harding Polese ’84 (alumni relations), and Allen Williamson ’09 (history, admission); 2: Susan Ayers Pendleton shared this photo of her annual Pingree lunch with fellow alumni at Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead. “Wonderful lunch with wonderful women,” she says. Pictured: Susan Ayres Pendleton ’65, Suzanne Wolski ’64, Susanne Grant Tupper MacDonald ’65, Susie Talbot, Nancy Hubbs ’64, and Kay Gamage Green ’65; 3: Maureen Steele Bellows’ grandson; 4: Caroline Rogers shares, “Here is a picture that I took in one of my research sites around St. John. It is called Hurricane Hole, an area with four mangrove-lined bays, within Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, a National Park Service site. It shows several species of corals growing on and near the prop roots of red mangrove trees. Colorful sponges and sea grasses are also visible. To date, we know of no other mangrove area in the Caribbean with so many coral species. Shading by the trees seems to reduce the stress from elevated seawater temperatures.”

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Karen joined Sarah Haug Murphy, Joie Mayo, Cathy McKenna Greenough, and yours truly, Dale Grant Dick, at Woodman’s in Essex for a lunch “in the rough.” I had just returned from a river cruise in France where I traveled the Saône and Rhone Rivers with my husband, Ed, and close friends. Although I retired from my position as dean of guidance at New England Academy, I continue to do college counseling in my private practice, aptly named To A Degree. Judy Adamson will soon be on her own adventure, as her first grandchild is due in December. Since she mentioned that she is sewing “her” fifth birthday present, we assume this will be a girl. Congratulations, Judy! Our 50th reunion is coming up, dear classmates, and will be celebrated next fall. Keep watching your Pingree e-mails for more information.

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tennis and golf as much as possible…trying to figure out how I fit work into my life.” A resident of Utah, Frosty does come back to New England every summer, and she and her family spend several weeks on the coast of Maine. Sarah Haug Murphy writes that she had the pleasure of taking a canal barge cruise in the south of France this summer: “a great way to travel and watch the world slip quietly by, all while sipping a cold, crisp glass of local wine.” Posie Means Mansfield, who never turns down

an opportunity to challenge life, this summer joined the staff and volunteers of a group called Eastern Adaptive Sports, located in Squam Lake, and, with their help, was able to get up on one ski—not an easy feat for a woman who had a leg amputated several years ago. Posie also was able to stand on a surfboard, which is a goal she has had for the past three years while participating in this sport through AmpSurf (Association of Amputee Surfers). All of this was made possible by a grant for a wa-

terproof leg Posie received this spring from the Challenged Athlete’s Foundation. As the COP of the Amputee Leg Association, Posie is an amazing role model for all of the members. Karen Durkee Heywood has found many ways to help others since her retirement from 40 years as a Boston Public School kindergarten teacher. Besides availing herself to her friends and family, Karen also volunteers for Horizons for Homeless Children as a Playspace Activity Leader at Inn Transition in Peabody. In July,

Ann Woodard

awoodard7777@gmail.com Maureen Steele Bellows announces, “In March my younger son, Marcus, and his wife, Amanda, became parents of a baby boy. Having just spent a week caring for him while his parents went to Italy, I can attest to the fact that he is the world’s best baby—happy, and on a schedule that has him sleeping 11 hours at night. Why didn’t I think of that for Marcus and his sibling? They live in Manhattan’s

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Upper East Side, a few blocks from where Amanda grew up. Of course, now I have a legitimate reason for going to one of my favorite cities! My business partner and I have made some strides in selling our modern farm houses. We have two more beginning construction and two others awaiting financing. Hopefully with a critical mass built we can get the lemmings who call themselves builders to buy them, as our original business plan laid out. I loved the comment by a dissatisfied radio audience member on NPR the other day. They were discussing infill housing and his response was ‘who made the law that every house had to have those pillars?’ As for retirement—old architects just seem to fade away. The old adage was ‘just carry me out on my drafting board.’ Computer screens seem less suited for the job, but the same idea applies. My mom is still in great health, dancing, playing ping pong, and riding her bicycle. My two book clubs keep me reading a great deal, and it was a terrific year for gardening in Minnesota, so I am a happy

camper. I hope to see Abbie in California in October. We are both scheming to get back to New England.” Ellen Shrigley Carpenter writes, “I retired from Harvard in December 2013, after 26 years in HR. I was pretty fried and worn out. The economic downturn and resulting layoffs in 2009 took their toll on me, as did the increasing focus of my work on compliance rather than the things I enjoyed most: organizational design, employee engagement, and career development. In any event, I took about nine months to regenerate and revive. For the last year, I have been volunteering as a guide at the Massachusetts State House. I also have reengaged with HR and am a volunteer consultant with the Executive Service Corps. HR is fun again and it feels good to know that I am helping small non-profits who cannot afford big-name consulting firms. I have two wonderful (of course!) grandchildren. The eldest will be off to college next fall. So, life is good and relatively stress free. I consider myself very fortunate!”

Ann Woodard writes from California, “To my classmates who have not heard from me for the past three years, it is because I packed up my house of 17 years in Massachusetts, rented it, and moved to California to run a marketing department for a company located in Irvine. During the move process, I had to change e-mail providers and lost my mostly-complete class e-mail list. I am currently living in Laguna Beach and loving it, working way harder than I expected, and spending all the hard-earned cash and vacation time to fly around and see my daughters who are scattered in upstate NY, DC, and Durango, CO. When friends want to know what I am doing—staying in California or moving back east—I answer that I have NO idea! As of now, I still do not feel too old to thoroughly enjoy this very interesting adventure. For those of you who remember my dad, who drove the carpool, he is still alive and doing as well as can be expected at age 91, living on the family farm in NH.”

Leigh Baker Pool notes, “I retired earlier this year and am busier than ever! I volunteered in the Head Start classrooms and had a ball. The close of school was so sad (they are precious!), but I plan to be back in the fall. I’m on the Friends of the Library board and fundraising chair for our Citywide Back-to-School initiative to provide every school child in our town with a backpack and school supplies. RB and I managed to see the bluebonnets and other wildflowers near our Hill Country ranch, but missed all of kidding season as our second grandson Henry Hayes has been about to arrive for several weeks now. And we’re still waiting! They’ll induce June 17th, a year and a month to the day after his brother Benjamin was born. Hoping RB will find a way to reduce his workload and slow down. He recently brought in an associate, so that should help. Looking forward to spending time in Breckenridge, CO later in the summer. My best to all the class of 1968!”

Please help us locate the following alumni from your decade who are marked “no valid address” in our database. We would like keep our alums connected with their classmates and Pingree today. Please send updated contact information to the Alumni Office alumni@pingree.org or call 978-468-4415 x310. Thank you! • Ms. Linda Holgerson Herrick ’64 • Ms. Donna Cahoon Hauck ’66 • Ms. Annelise Thorbjornsen ’68 • Ms. Phyllis Dick Morgan ’64 • Dr. Joyce L. Peabody ’66 • Ms. Hilary Levick Ford ’69 • Ms. Charlotte Warren Oostmeyer ’64 • Ms. Sarah Day Richard ’66 • Ms. Chie Funada ’69 • Mrs. Patricia Warnock Burke ’65 • Ms. Florence Pearson ’67 • Ms. Julia M. Johnson ’69 • Ms. Kristin Magnuson Horowitz ’65 • Ms. Catherine Shepard Picariello ’67 • Ms. Kathleen Parker Kucera ’69 • Ms. Susan Kaye ’65 • Ms. Susan Smith ’67 • Ms. Deborah Norton ’69 • Ms. Katharine von Rosenvinge Sobotka ’65 • Dr. Anne C. Kossowan, DDS ’68

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Katherine E. Bradford beaubrad@comcast.net

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Sarah Darling Pruett sarahdarlingpru@gmail.com

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port, Maine. A celebration of their marriage was held July 18 at the Danversport Yacht Club. See the photo in Charlie’s 2010 class notes.

back to some wonderful days with her parents, Fellowes Davis and Alice (who passed away recently), and other classmates from Pingree.”.

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Emily Perkins Rees

Frederick J. Fawcett III “Sean”

rees6pieces@comcast.net

sean@fawcettassociates.com

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Kathleen Duff

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Catherine Thenault

SEEKING CLASS AGENTS! Annually reach out to classmates and gather class notes for the fall magazine. E-mail lpolese@pingree.org if interested.

Liz Taft and family celebrated another wedding! Liz’s youngest son, Charlie Taft ’10, married Sonia Santana on April 17 in Kennebunk-

Emily Perkins Rees shares, “I had a great visit this August up in Jackson, NH, with Susannah Davis Adams ’64. We hearkened

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Deborah von Rosenvinge

debvonr@gmail.com Lisa Aronson Newmann

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cathenault@cox.net Nancy James Deming writes, “After 10 years as vicar of an urban Philadelphia mission parish, I was invited to join the Bishop’s Diocesan staff as canon to the ordinary for congregational care and development. Terrific new opportunity!”

1: Janet Santry Houser, Kathy Knight Smith, Catherine Gibbons, Shawna Deery Barrett, Emily Perkins Rees, and Lea Jackson Morrisey had a wonderful time reminiscing during their 40th reunion last fall, 2014. “Hard to believe it was actually #40!”; 2: Catherine Gibbons, Hillary Purinton Salmons, and Emily Perkins Rees had a great time reminiscing this past spring. They laughed about the great fun they had on their senior trip to Italy with Leslie Lyon and beloved fine arts teacher Fellowes Davis; 3: Catherine Thenault ’75 with Liz Scoble ’09; 4: Lunch at the MET, March 2015. Tim Johnson, Jen Groeber, Kelli Duggan, Lee Robb, Russell Steinert, Sharon Quayle, Lauren Tregor, and Adrienne Ward; 5: Hope Amory Bachelder ’77 with Caroline Bachelder ’12, Bob, Josh Graziano, Lindsey Bachelder Graziano ’07, and Sam Bachelder ’10; 6: Jane Blake Riley writes, “I spent time with Nina Sacharuk Anderson in San Francisco last weekend. We had a wonderful time and took a spectacular hike in Muir Woods among the giant Redwoods. Nina has become a west coast devotee—anyone visiting the area should definitely seek out Nina!”

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Lindsey’s godmother, attended the wedding.”

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Shelley McCloy Vassallo

Marion Hewson Knowles

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1: Kim Thayer writes, “I had a wonderful painting trip and solo art show down on Sea Island, Georgia, this past winter. This oil painting on linen is of the Hampton River that runs between Little St. Simon’s Island and the north end of Sea Island.”; 2: Michael Jedrey pictured here one night working with Waterfire; 3: Wendy Friend pictured here with beloved former faculty member, Tony Paulus; 4: Sheila Kinkade walked 138 miles along the Camino de Santiago in Spain last summer and somehow missed classmate Chris Yukins, who must have been walking faster; 5: Jamie Craig with President Obama during one of his visits to Martha’s Vineyard; 6: Tom Myshrall with Clif Robinson at Orr’s Island, Maine, “a lifetime ago.”

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On Tuesday, March 24, Head of School Dr. Tim Johnson and his wife, Jen Groeber, were in New York City and had the opportunity to enjoy lunch with several alumni. Lee Robb graciously hosted the lunch in the Members Dining Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The lunch lasted well over two hours! Everyone enjoyed sharing Pingree stories and hearing the latest news from campus. Many thanks to all who attended. Hope Amory Bachelder announces, “My daughter, Lindsey Bachelder ’07, married Josh Graziano on August 15, 2015, in Westport, MA. Both are graduates of the University of Vermont and live and work in Boston. My son Sam Bachelder ’10 was a groomsman and my daughter, Caroline Bachelder ’12, maid of honor. Meg Storer Garvey ’79,

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SEEKING CLASS AGENTS! Annually reach out to classmates and gather class notes for the fall magazine. E-mail lpolese@pingree.org if interested.

Katy Bride Reed writes, “I am MTEL coordinator and adjunct professor at Springfield College. I coach Girls V Tennis at Minnechaug Regional High School. My son is a senior at Siena College, where he is captain of the tennis team. Come visit if you are in the Mystic, CT area, where we spend summers.” Former lacrosse coach Ellen Ward shares, “It was a grand treat for this ole coach to be there with the 1979 lacrosse champs for the Athletics Honors Society event and celebration of Pingree athletes. It was a nicely run affair, colorful, and the caterers did a great job. I loved sitting at table #11 with Ellen (Mustin) Preston, Sandy Bryan Weatherall and her nicest husband, Bob Weatherall ’78, and Phoebe Adams. All those lovely grassy fields looked beautiful driving in and even in the moonlight, exiting.”

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You are cordially invited to become a member of the PEGASUS SOCIETY at Pingree School. Make Pingree School a part of your estate planning today.

AS A MEMBER YOU MAY: • be eligible for a current income tax deduction • receive a regular payment stream • remove or eliminate capital gains tax on appreciated assets ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THEY ARE SUPPORTING PINGREE SCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.

Planned gifts may take the form of bequests, including benefits from retirement plans or life insurance policies; charitable gift annuities; or charitable remainder trusts. To learn more about the benefits of Pegasus Society membership, contact Director of Advancement Kim Moore at kmoore@pingree.org or 978-468-4415 ext. 282.

Please help us locate the following alumni from your decade who are marked “no valid address” in our database. We would like keep our alums connected with their classmates and Pingree today. Please send updated contact information to the Alumni Office alumni@pingree.org or call 978-468-4415 x310. Thank you! • Ms. Deborah Epstein ’70 • Ms. Margaret Haydon ’73 • Mr. Robert M. Nippe ’76 • Dr. Wendy Holloway ’70 • Ms. Edie MacKenna Lewis ’73 • Ms. Jane Banash Sagerman ’76 • Ms. Hallie Kaiser ’70 • Ms. Amy Swanson ’73 • Ms. Jessica Sterman Weinstein ’76 • Ms. Linda Shepley ’70 • Ms. Elizabeth Carver Westwood ’73 • Mr. Mark Ashford ’77 • Ms. Constance Jones Telek ’70 • Ms. Dorothy Mayo Moore ’74 • Mr. Richard Gray ’78 • Ms. Jo-Allison Valentine ’70 • Mr. Michael Abbot ’75 • Ms. Maggie Cotreau Harenberg ’78 • Ms. Ellu Virkkunen ’70 • Dr. Anthony Allan ’75 • Mr. Donald McCaughan ’78 • Ms. Clara Arena ’71 • Ms. Dana E. Kennedy ’75 • Mr. Brian R. Walsh, Jr. ’78 • Ms. Hollis Wykoff Loring ’71 • Ms. Pamela Long ’75 • Ms. Caroline Wilson ’78 • Mrs. Sian Britten McDermott ’72 • Ms. Edith M. Phippen ’75 • Mrs. Suzanne Hovey ’79 • Ms. Susan Miller Chase ’73 • Ms. Gillian Rome ’75

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SEEKING CLASS AGENTS! Annually reach out to classmates and gather class notes for the fall magazine. E-mail lpolese@pingree.org if interested. Michael Jedrey has been volunteering with Waterfire Providence and is now one of the captains driving the wood boats that feed the 80 fires on the Providence River. Still running the middle school at the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, RI, Waterfire has provided him a perfect diversion. He invites us all to come to a Waterfire event.” Wendy Friend writes, “It has been a while since I sent Pingree news, so thought I would share this photo of me with Tony Paulus from June of 2013. I reached out to Tony because I realized how

much his ‘bury the very’ and strong editing skills come into play as I edit résumés daily as a career coach. Tony and his wife, Marnie, and I had a wonderful morning catching up on the last 30 years, and sharing memories and updates on mutual friends. I currently work at Babson College for their graduate Career Center. I enjoy keeping in touch with multiple classmates and continue to cherish the lifelong friendships formed at Pingree!”

himself. I’d love to ponder retirement, but with my youngest just starting kindergarten, I think I’ll be at this for quite a while! My eldest boy is in high school with aspirations of attending the Naval Academy, and my daughter is in junior high, an actress and a competitive dancer. Makes for a busy life, but we’d love to see anyone who makes it down to the island!”

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1: Anne Jones was named among WV Focus magazine’s “Wonder Women of West Virginia.”; 2: Laurie Polese with father and son and boat; 3: Lori Dine Murray and Dana Limanni Tarlow had fun getting together this summer; 4: Marc Steinberg, Josh Sostek ’87, Lori Dine Murray, and Dana Limanni Tarlow had a mini reunion this summer; 5: Jeff Dainton works with a commercial agent; 6: Christine Caraudella Hopkins with Keith Cooper at Pro Ex Physical Therapy in Woburn; 7: Lydia Watts announces, “I finally decided to give motherhood a whirl and gave birth to a son, Sifa Saupaulor Gborkorquellie, on July 4, 2015. I love being a mother to Sifa.” Congratulations, Lydia!; 8-9: Kelli Duggan writes, “I hope all of the ’89 alums are well and enjoyed the summer. Twice in one day, I was able to see Pope Francis in his Fiat during his NYC visit! Whenever I have the opportunity to take some time off from the John Lobb store, I travel as much as I can, exploring and tasting great wine and food while reconnecting with old friends and family—Argentina, Uruguay, Iceland, Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. I’d love to see Kathy MacLaughlin Dedieu in Paris if I get the chance! #DriveByBlessings #BenefitOfWorkingInNYC.”

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Tom Myshrall writes about Clif Robinson, “Was it his mischievous smile, infectious laugh, witty words, or his ability to captivate you in his marvelous storytelling? Clif discovered what was most important at an early age, and he nurtured it his entire life. For Clif, ‘friendship’ trumped everything else. From his family and friends, to his neighbors and

Jamie Craig shares, “Things remain well here on Martha’s Vineyard, where I continue to work for the Edgartown Police Department. My Tactical Team provides security for the Marine One landing zone during presidential visits, hence the appreciative ‘grip and grin’ from the man

coworkers, he invested in his friendships, and he was really good at them. I’m so thankful for the Pingree friendships he started and nourished a lifetime ago.”

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Nanny Pope Noyes

souleido@comcast.net Cid Johnson Rogers

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Angela Katsos Ray and her family have returned to the North Shore after living in Elmhurst, IL (a western Chicago suburb), for the past seven years. Her husband, Alan, concluded his service in June as president of Elmhurst College, and is taking a sabbatical year as visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. After Angela settles their three children—Stephen (11) and twins Charles (8) and Helen (8)—into their new schools in Rockport, she will look for opportunities to integrate herself back into the non-profit world. In the meantime, she and her family are loving life on Cape Ann!

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for the fall magazine. E-mail lpolese@pingree.org if interested. Anne Jones says, “Hello! I’m living in West Virginia and having a blast. I’m executive director of economic development for the county. This is an area with skiing, mountain biking, brewpubs, and just a handful of people. My hard work here is paying off and I just got named to WV Focus magazine’s ‘Wonder Women of West Virginia,’ which is a pretty cool honor. I’m enjoying living in rural West Virginia. It’s like being at Pingree Pursuit every day. In two weeks I’ll attempt my first ultra trail race—95 miles in three days. Yikes! Hope all my classmates are well! I wish I could get back to Hamilton more often. But if anyone is in D.C., I live less than three hours away!” Visit

the WV Focus website and read the whole article at bit. ly/1Lo9sBv.

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Bill McGrath

billmcgrath11@gmail.com Sigrid Barton Orne

orne.sig@gmail.com Laurie Harding Polese writes, “I spent a memorable week in Wolfeboro, NH with my parents and 15-year-oldson, Josh, this past summer. Together we attended a nine-day family boat camp and built an eleven-foot skiff. Josh and my father did ninety percent of the work and I was invited to help with finishing details including sanding and painting. Together we built memories that will last a lifetime. I hope all my classmates are well and treasuring time with family and friends.”

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Christina Clifford Comparato

chris.comparato@comcast.net Marc A. Steinberg

msteinberg@markinv.com

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Leah Cataldo

leahcataldo@hotmail.com Julie Clifford Smail

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ated from Physical Therapy Assistant School in May and passed my licensing boards in July. I can now treat patients! I’m honored to be part of the clinical team at Pro Ex Physical Therapy in Woburn. It was there where I met Physical Therapist and Pingree Alumnus Keith Cooper ’01. It truly is a small world. I’m enjoying my new career in PT and although the journey was challenging, it was well worth it. I’m still teaching fitness and I continue as a figure skating coach. My two sons (Stephen, age 17 and Michael age 13) keep me on my toes. I look forward to our 30th reunion...that doesn’t seem possible!” Leah Cataldo shares, “It’s really hard to believe it will soon be our 30th reunion! I am excited to see everyone and catch up. I am still at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, but have transitioned from science department head to teaching an online course to a global consortium of students. Interacting with students and teachers from all over the world is both fun and challenging—a great next step in my career. My 6th grade and 4th grade boys are keeping us busy as we go from swimming to soccer to flag football, but John and I are loving every minute of watching them grow and challenge themselves in multiple ways. We traveled to Alaska this past summer with my dad and had a fantastic time scouting for wildlife, amazed by the glaciers and enjoying the beautiful scenery at Butchart Gardens in Victo-

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ria, BC. It was a great summer adventure for everyone!” Jeff Dainton writes, “I realized that since college tuition is right around the corner and a probation officer’s pay is what it is, I had to bite the bullet and go against my artistic grain—so I got new headshots done, listed with a reputable commercial agent here in Chicago and landed the first audition they sent me for a Turkish Airlines national spot that’s attached to the new Batman v Superman movie. If I don’t end up on the cutting room floor perhaps the residuals might even afford one of those new colored TVs I’ve been hearing so much about. What used to be done for the sake of art is now being done for the sake of higher education…So be it.” Kate Cairns Kellogg shares, “Jamie and I are excited that our oldest, Jay, started 9th grade at Pingree a few weeks ago! For those that haven’t been back to Pingree in a while, it looks amazing and is much bigger. We had

a great time catching up with Robin Olney Hutchinson and her family while they were back east this summer too!” Duncan Cox reports, “I’ve been a resident of Salem, Massachusetts, for more than ten years now, happily married to Cindi, with one 13-year-old daughter, Sarah. I work for Baystate Organic Certifiers, certifying farms and food processors around New England. Looking forward to catching up with people at the 20-year reunion, which I think must be coming up soon!” Shelley Bolman Woodberry reports that in addition to his role as general manager of the Wheelock Family Theatre, he is now co-artistic director. Reviewing Wheelock’s The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White, the Boston Globe reports that “Bolman is directing a show that brings some of Wheelock’s core values into a contemporary production.” Read the full article in the Boston Globe at bit.ly/1FZvezw.

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Josh Sostek

joshsostek@gmail.com Page Cogger Sostek

psostek@yahoo.com

Cazzy Smith has been picked up for the latter part of Taylor Swift’s tour as a back-up singer. She will stay with Swift as needed until October 31, 2015, in Florida, when the US tour ends and moves on to Singapore on November 7. Good Luck Caz!

“Product and technology: They go hand in hand, just like peanut butter and jelly or steak and red wine.” — ERIK GUSTAVSON ’92 AND SCOTT KRIZ ’94 DESCRIBING WHAT THEY LOOK FOR IN THE IDEAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP TO FORTUNE

Please help us locate the following alumni from your decade who are marked “no valid address” in our database. We would like keep our alums connected with their classmates and Pingree today. Please send updated contact information to the Alumni Office alumni@pingree.org or call 978-468-4415 x310. Thank you! • Mrs. Amy Sloane-Pinel ’80 • Mr. Charles Q. Bent ’85 • Ms. Emily J. House ’87 • Ms. Kimberly Samson ’80 • Ms. Elam Miriam M. Radebe ’85 • Mr. Matthew D. Saucier ’87 • Mrs. Darcie Munroe White ’80 • Ms. Beth Dincecco Robbins ’85 • Mr. David W. Sauer ’87 • Mr. Kevin M. Hanson ’81 • Ms. Sheena C. Simpson ’85 • Ms. Faith A. Sweeney ’87 • Mr. Geoffrey Seager ’81 • Ms. Susan M. Tierney ’85 • Ms. Jennifer Huber Laugier ’88 • Mrs. Anna Thistle Brecher Miller ’82 • Ms. Elizabeth A. Yukins ’85 • Mr. Austin P. Manchester ’88 • Ms. Katherine Hickey ’83 • Ms. Linda Furey ’86 • Ms. Canice A. McGlynn ’88 • Mr. Brett Oakes ’83 • Ms. Elisabetta Andreis ’87 • Ms. Margaretta G. Byrne ’89 • Ms. Heidi Goehring ’84 • Mr. Joseph D. Capprini ’87 • Ms. Merete Thorsvik ’89 • Ms. Caroline Suozzo ’84 • Mr. Timothy K. Hollander, Jr. ’87

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Eric “Boo” Cioffi, his wife Liza, and his father Paul launched the Courthouse Creek Cidery in Goochland, Virginia. According to Richmond BizSense, “Cider production for retail sale will begin in fall 2015 and the tasting room will be open spring 2016. The Cioffis hope to eventually go into commercial production and distribution.” Read the full article in Richmond BizSense at bit.ly/1JURQMD. Patti Pruett Trow and her husband, Brian, moved into a new house in Atlanta this past spring and are enjoying having more space for their two goofy, fun kids: son Leighton (4) and daughter Tatum (2). Patti is an executive director for a division of Time Inc., MNI, and her husband Brian is a general contractor and the personality on the TV show, Flip this House, on A&E.

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Rosette Cataldo

rosette.m.cataldo@gmail.com Kelli Duggan

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Jennifer Riley Desmarais

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1: Jim Brady and Evan Franklin enjoyed some ice time with NHL alumnus Hal Gill; 2: Katherine Armstrong Layton welcomes her daughter, Evelyn!; 3: Samantha Drislane Markowski and Joanna Fernandes Hansen ’90, pose after a 10-mile road race in the pouring rain this June! Samantha writes, “It was soggy to say the least, but it was wonderful to run it together and we sported our Pingree pride from start to finish!”; 4: Anna Wistran Wolfe and current Pingree student, Reid Smith ’17, share a passion for photography; 5: Katie Hopping Small’s four boys: Calder (10), Sebastian (7), Jude (5), and Ellis (2); 6: Alyssa Zagrobski Witt married Alex Witt this past summer; 7: Rachel Hoy Deussom and her daughter, Angele, had the pleasure of seeing Char Glessner Monie, Melissa Bilo Schwab, and Rachel Loverme Rosenfeldt and their kiddie crews (Henry, Alice, Eleanor, and Camilla) on Crane Beach this August; 8: Rachel Hoy Deussom and daughter, Angele, with Rob Winthrop and son, Linc, during Rachel’s visit to Massachusetts this summer; 9: Pam Goldman Moryl announces, “I had a baby boy last week! Dylan Alexander Moryl was born September 2, 2015!”

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1: Congratulations to Tina Wadhwa on the birth of her son, Bodhi; 2: Congratulations to Michael Alexander and bride, Elyse Boyle; 3: Michael Alexander married Elyse Boyle on August 22, 2015 at St. Cecilia’s Church in Boston. The reception took place at the Fairmont Copley Hotel. Dan McCoy was a groomsman.

Molly Northrup Bloom

molly@mollymac.net Kristyn Burtt

kris9094@sbcglobal.net Jim Brady shares, “Evan Franklin and I had the opportunity to skate with NHL alumnus Hal Gill. We played in the 3rd annual NHL Alumni Pro Am to benefit Children’s Hospital Pediatric Concussion Research Study. Each team has to raise a minimum of $25K to get into the tournament. Team Cushman & Wakefield raised $64,000 and the tournament overall raised over $900,000 this year for Children’s Hospital. Matt Adams ’91 (not pictured), another Pingree alumni and fellow business associate at Cushman & Wakefield, also played in the tournament on our team.” Leslie Otto Owens has joined MIT Sloan School of Management as senior lecturer and executive director of the Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). CISR’s mission is to develop concepts and frameworks to help executives address the challenges of leading

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increasingly dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations. In this role, Leslie will direct the operational activities of CISR and lead an Action Learning course on digital transformation at Sloan. Leslie joins MIT CISR from Forrester Research where she was a vice president and research director. Congratulations Leslie!

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CLASS AGENTS

Shannon Patti Yates

shannonpyates@gmail.com Pam Torto Sinclair

pamelasinclair@gmail.com Katherine Armstrong Layton and her husband, Tim, proudly share, “We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Miss Evelyn Sarah Cole Layton, who joined our family of four—making it five—on August 20, 2015. Evelyn is a dream and a wonderful addition to our family. Big brothers Benjamin (3) and Will (1) are enam-

ored—as are we! We look forward to bringing the full Layton brood to Pingree one of these days—perhaps for our 25th next year!” Paige York, director of business development at ReVision LASIK and Cataract Surgery Center, was profiled by her alma mater Otterbein University. The school commended York’s passion for community service. “I have engaged our team into volunteering and we have been nominated for the Business First Corporate Caring Awards for this year due to our efforts,” said York. “We raised more than $17,000 for more than 12 different non-profits, individuals in need and local groups, just in 2014.” Read the full spotlight on the Otterbein website at bit.ly/1hsqJBO.

1993

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Samantha Drislane Markowski

s_drislane@hotmail.com Nicole Serratore shares, “With a love of theater I developed in my years at Pingree, I am now working as a freelance journalist writing about theater and travel. I have published articles in publications such as American Theatre magazine and Exeunt Magazine on issues of gender parity in theater, American artists presenting work at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, and profiles of theater artists working in Berlin, Istanbul, and New York. I have been accepted into the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute this summer.”

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Diana Benton

dianabenton@hotmail.com

Rebecca Symmes Lee

rebeccasymmelee@gmail.com Marcel Faulring

mfaulring15@gmail.com Kevin Fitzgerald announces, “I began a new path this year by attending graduate school full-time in January,

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pursuing a master’s of real estate development at the Colvin Institute, University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. I was also elected one of 10 graduate senators to the University Senate. The Senate is part of UMD’s shared governance structure, advising the University president on all aspects of University policy. I am also the president of my student society this year, connecting graduate students with local developers. I hope to graduate next May.” Emily Davis Luongo was recently hired at the Dublin School in Dublin, New Hampshire, as a member of their faculty. Emily will be teaching ceramics and visual arts. As part of their administrative team she will also be working in their development office. Congratulations Emily!

1995

CLASS AGENTS

Allison DeNapoli Schill

allisondenapoli@hotmail.com Michelle Marks Esaias

michelle@invitingaffairs.com

Heather M. Fisher

hmfis@yahoo.com Elissa M. Torto

etorto@gmail.com Alex Sands and his wife, Lidiane, welcomed their third child, Virginia, on May 1, 2015. She joins brother Alexander (6) and sister Gabriela (3). The entire Sands family is thrilled with the adorable new addition. Anna Wistran Wolfe writes, “I met Reid Smith ’17 at the Paddle for Plummer fundraising event this July in Salem. I was taking pictures for the event, and Reid was working with SUP East Coast Style. We started talking about our cameras and quickly realized we had a Pingree connection and the same photography teacher, Debora Vandermolen! Reid came with me to assist with photographing a wedding at Smith Barn in Peabody. He’s well on his way to a successful career as a photographer, and we hope to work together in the future! My photography business has been busy since I launched

last year. I focus on portraits and event photography on the North Shore. Check me out at annawistranwolfe.com or facebook.com/annawistranwolfephotography.”

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It’s going to be a busy fall to say the least.”

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1997

CLASS AGENTS

Charles E. Crosby “Chaz”

chazerinsky@hotmail.com Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen

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Kate Lockwood Bracken

Allison Charles

klbracken@gmail.com

allisonacharles@gmail.com

Laura Winthrop

laura_winthrop@yahoo.com Katie Hopping Small shares, “My husband, Chris, and I are still residing in Glenside, PA. We will have three boys in elementary school this fall. I am embarking on my fifth year coaching varsity field hockey at Jenkintown High School. Some may recognize the name from the TV show The Goldbergs. I am also starting a youth field hockey program this fall to get the children introduced to the sport at a younger age. Our inaugural season sold out.

1998

CLASS AGENTS

Laura Coltin Ogden

logden@gmail.com Kara Tanzer

karatanzer@gmail.com Alyssa Zagrobski Witt was married to Alex Witt in Austria over the summer with 50 close friends and family. They celebrated stateside in Boston over Labor Day, with Pingree alums Laura Coltin Ogden, Sarah Huffman Jarvis, Jacqui Lapierre Pernisie,

Please help us locate the following alumni from your decade who are marked “no valid address” in our database. We would like keep our alums connected with their classmates and Pingree today. Please send updated contact information to the Alumni Office alumni@pingree.org or call 978-468-4415 x310. Thank you! • Mr. Carl H. Lackey ’90 • Mr. Courtney M. Souza ’93 • Ms. Andrea E. Logan ’95 • Mr. Eric C. Stapfer ’91 • Mr. Marijo Caric ’94 • Mr. Fabian G. Loschek ’95 • Mrs. Elizabeth Ring Beltran ’92 • Ms. Alexandra M. Corwin ’94 • Ms. Emily L. Gill ’96 • Ms. Sarah J. Ford ’92 • Mr. Henry Fabian ’94 • Mr. Jonathan P. Matson, Jr. ’96 • Mrs. Ila Halverson Marsh ’92 • Ms. Becca P. Feldman ’94 • Ms. Emily S. Webbe ’96 • Mr. Jim O’Hara ’92 • Ms. Kristen M. Luke ’94 • Mr. Alexander Zelikson ’97 • Mr. Randy Ward ’92 • Ms. Cara D. O’Reilly ’94 • Mr. Joshua M. Allen ’98 • Ms. Stacey Dalton Cook ’93 • Mr. Christopher Pollak ’94 • Ms. Kelli E. O’Hara ’98 • Ms. Kimberly D. Goldberg ’93 • Mr. Charles A. Davis III ’95 • Ms. Elisabeth I. Rutchick ’98

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Jaime Schwartz, and Lisa Fuccione attending the soirée.

1999

CLASS AGENTS

Kimberly A. Baker

kbaker03@gmail.com Heather Horne Fraelick

hhfraelick@gmail.com Patrick R. Lee “PJ”

pjlee03@hotmail.com Jessica Lockwood Hyde

jesslhyde@gmail.com Alicia A. Vitagliano

vitagliano_alicia@yahoo.com Rachel Hoy Deussom writes, “All is well with my family in DC. I’m working on African health workforce policy, which brought me to Burkina Faso, Namibia, Nigeria, and Swaziland this past year. I’m teaching comparative global health systems at the George Washington Milken Institute School of Public Health (in my free time, ha!).” Rachel LoVerme Rosenfeldt announces, “We welcomed Camilla Ruth on February 25, 2015. Big sister Ella (2) loves her new best friend. Over the summer, we moved from South Boston to Newton. We are slowly getting used to life in the ’burbs. In August, we were able to reconnect with Rachel Hoy Deussom and Melissa Bilo Schwab at Crane Beach. Our daughters, Ella, Angele, and Alice, were all born within days of each other and they had a blast playing in the sand! I am still working in business development at Kotter International,

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a consulting firm based in Cambridge that specializes in strategy implementation and change leadership.” Jess Lockwood Hyde writes, “I have been living in Marblehead and enjoyed a fun summer with Lockwood (5) and Millie (2). We enjoyed visits with Sarah Curran Garnett and her girls on many occasions, as well as keeping in touch with many others. Over the winter, while in Florida, I got a chance to meet up with Daron Greenish, his wife, Deb, and their three kids for a mini

reunion. It’s fun seeing the next generation having a blast together on the beach! Hoping the fall will bring more gatherings of friends and little ones!” Alicia Vitagliano writes, “I accepted a new position at Fisher College. I am the Graduate School of Psychology program director. I am overseeing the creation and development of two new psychology graduate programs, one in mental health counseling and the other in general psychology with a specialization in trauma and resiliency.”

PJ Lee writes, “My wife, Melissa, and I moved from San Francisco to Dallas in June. Never thought I’d be in Texas but it’s honestly been great so far! I’m still working for Boston-based Natixis Global Asset Management, wholesaling mutual funds and other separately managed investment strategies. Living the (sunburnt and sweaty) dream! I recently hung out with Erik Nelson in Austin, TX, where he lives and works.” Kim Baker shares, “I recently returned from Kraków Poland, as I was asked

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by Brown Brothers Harriman management to go over there and help set up our new office and train employees. It was a great experience but I’m happy to be back home after a few months living over there.” Tsering Norpa just got married this past July 4th in New York City, where she lives.” Emily Williams Daviau reports, “My husband and I are still living in Boston with our four-year-old son Gavin, and we welcomed our second son, Brody Craig Daviau, on April 2. We are loving being a family of four!”

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CLASS AGENTS

Amy E. Briggs

briggs_amye@yahoo.com Walter Mears

wally@junglestuff.com Tina Wadhwa

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1: Theresa Savarese announces, “On January 10, 2015, I married my best friend Luigi Manente. Beth Savarese ’99 was the maid of honor. Our two dogs Cooper and Clarence were groomsmen—however, not allowed in the church! There were blue skies, no snow!”; 2: Congratulations to Katherine Vytal Watts on the birth of her daughter, Finley; 3: Katherine Vytal Watts shares, “My husband Alex and I were pleased to welcome our baby girl, Finley Logan Watts, into the world on February 12, 2015. She weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. and was 21 inches long. We are enjoying every minute of parenthood so far, and look forward to the changes to come!”; 4: Katie O’Hara Southard and Kent Southard on their wedding day this past June. Congratulations, Katie!; 5: Sarah Eigen Davis and her husband, Lian, adopted a puppy, Kaia, from a shelter over the summer; 6: Allison Cassidy Freeman graduated from Sutter Health family medicine residency. Pictured here with her family; 7: Allison Cassidy Freeman has a lot to celebrate including the birth of her daughter, Aubrey Rose. Congratulations, Allison!; 8: Kristin Hiber welcomes Jordan Ayibadeinyefa Ekpete! Jordan arrived on April 4, 2015, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. and measuring 19.5 inches long. Congratulations, Kristen!; 9: Johanna Weigelt recently traveled to Laikipia, Kenya, where she went on safari and saw amazing elephants, buffalo, giraffes, and kudus. She also stayed at the Muthaiga club in Nairobi, which was in the film Out of Africa; 10: Benjamin Zanfagna reports, “I am working on a new full-length record, and recently rafted down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon!”

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ryan_nugent@comcast.net Tina Wadhwa announces, “Kartik and I moved to the Middle East last year, where we are both working at New York University, Abu Dhabi. I work in campus life as the associate director of health promotion and Title IX supports. It’s been a wonderful adventure exploring this part of the world. We welcomed our son, Bodhi, on May 18, 2015, and are enjoying every minute with him! We were on the east coast this past summer and got to catch

up with fellow Pingree alums Alyssa Freeman Bailey and Jaclyn Bloom Moheban.”

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2001

CLASS AGENTS

Cara Angelopulos Lawler

cangelopulos@gmail.com Sarah Fitzgerald

fitzgerald.sarah@gmail.com Jeni Delgado bought a home up north after two years living in Boston’s South End.

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“I was determined to offer a beacon of hope, to make myself an example, and to finish the ride where I got my second chance in life.” — TOM SMITH ’08 IN THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL ON HIS 2,100-MILE “REALITY RIDE” FROM BOSTON TO THE MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS

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1: Daniella Irvine Gates and Kathleen Dyer Parker in front of the Temple of Hadrian; 2: Justin Parker, Kathleen Dyer Parker, Daniella Irvine Gates, and Jay Gates enjoyed time together in Rome. Here they are pictured overlooking the Palantine Hill and the ruins of Caesar’s Forum. Daniella is teaching high school English at the American Overseas School of Rome; 3: Congratulations to the newlywed couple, Holly O’Donohue Duren and Ben Duren; 4: Holly O’Donohue Duren’s expanded family! Left to right: Peyton Harrison, Shannon Harrison, brother Sean O’Donohue, brother Steve O’Donohue, brother Jack O’Donohue ‘01 and his wife Jennifer O’Donohue, mom Karen O’Donohue, dad Tom O’Donohue, Holly O’Donohue Duren, Ben Duren, stepson Marcus, sister Carolyn O’Donohue ’05, nephew Max Duren, brother-in-law Doug Duren, his wife Jenni Silva, sisterin-law Holly Duren, mother-in-law Ysabel Duren, and niece Kierra Zesati. Front Row — children of brother Jack and his wife Jennifer: Patrick (6), Liam (2), and John (4); 5: Robby Logan announces, “I was married to Sarah Dwyer on a farm up in East Burke, VT, on a beautiful July weekend last summer. It was a small gathering of close friends and family—Pingree folk in attendance were Jay Henderson, Price Williams, and Ryan Hendrickson”; 6: Carrie Cronin Caselden announces, “Dan and I welcomed our baby girl, Juliana Mae, on March 22. She is a healthy, active girl who loves living in California with her parents and three doggie siblings”; 7: Sam Mathey ’04, fiancé Megan Kelley, Peter Mathey ’01, Sara Mathey ’11, and Max Mathey ’09 at Sam and Megan’s engagement party in June 2015. Sam’s wedding is planned for June 2016 with the reception to be held in Pingree’s Hedge Garden.

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1: Morgan Baird and Abby Baird Waldman ’02 together on Morgan’s wedding day; 2: Morgan Baird celebrated her wedding day with (classmates and their guests, from left to right): Ray Roy, Christine L. Smith, Andrea Salzman, Alex Zinn, David Blatt, Carter Schwarberg, Matt Nelligan, Erica Granara, Pat Nelligan, Casey Fischer Nelligan, Halby Evans, Mark Tatelman, Emily Osborne, and Charlotte Sloan; 3: Summer reunion! Back row: Pip Owen, Kate Cushing, Ware Cady, Andrea McInnes, Jenny Avallon, Marissa Muggeo, Jonathan Salter, Kyle Esecson, Erica Menino, P.J. Yasi. Front row: Alex Levin and Alex Reichert. Good times!; 4: Pingree sibling trio celebrate sister Lindsey’s wedding! Sam Bachelder ’10, Lindsey Bachelder Graziano, and Caroline Bachelder ’12; 5: Lindsey Bachelder Graziano with her bridal party. Bridesmaids included maid of honor, Caroline Bachelder ’12, and Liza Richardson ’08 and Andrea McInnes ’07. Sam Bachelder ’10 was a groomsman; 6: Alex St. Pierre with her veterinary team sled dog.

Tommy Mulroy graduated from his family medicine residency at Inspira Medical Center at Woodbury, New Jersey, and has started a oneyear sports medicine fellowship at Hoboken University Medical Center. He is living in New York City. Allison Cassidy Freeman announces “I graduated from Sutter Health family medicine residency in Sacramento, California in June 2015, after serving as co-chief resident from 2014 to 2015. I started working as a family medicine physician at Sutter Health in Natomas, California in August 2015. My husband and I also welcomed our first child, a daughter, Aubrey Rose Freeman on September 1, 2015. She was born at 2:57 p.m., weighing 7

lbs. 8 oz. and measuring 19.7 inches long. We are all doing great!

Elizabeth L. Reichert

elizabeth.reichert@gmail.com Jessica Seymour

seymour.jessica@gmail.com Amy Griffin started a new position at the National Institute of Justice within the Department of Justice in DC and is getting married in January.

2003

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Keri A. Barrett

keribarrett1@gmail.com J. Bradford Currier

Ali Campot and her husband just moved to Berlin, and will be there for two years.

jamesbcurrier@gmail.com Kate L. Hoenigsberg

kate.leah@gmail.com Rowan (Michael) Meyer

Bridget Keown is beginning her third year in the World History PhD program at Northeastern University. This past March, she organized and chaired the 7th Annual Northeastern Graduate Student History Conference and in August she traveled on a grant to England and Ireland to begin work on her dissertation. She is also working at her local library where she authors the library’s blog and generally hoards all the books she can carry.

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2002

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Zachary B. Chase

zbchase@comcast.net Justin J. Parker

justinjparker@gmail.com

Holly O’Donohue Duren married Benjamin Duren on August 8, 2015, in Waitsfield, VT. Classmate Jenna (Checchi) Gibilaro ’03, Prep@Pingree director Steve Filosa, sister Carolyn ’05, brother Jack ’01, and their families were a big part of the celebration!

2004

CLASS AGENTS

Morgan R.H. Baird

mb5669@gmail.com Jacob J. Marvelley

jmarvelley@yahoo.com Elizabeth F. O’Hare

elizohare@gmail.com Nicholas N. Pratt

prattys@aol.com

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Chloe Lutts Jensen is living in Berlin, Germany, and getting her MBA at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.

Morgan Baird, now living in Newport, RI, married James Everson in Gloucester, MA on August 22, with Pingree alumni Tessa Deering Browne and sister Abigail Baird Waldman ’02 in her bridal party. Also in the wedding (not pictured) was brother Wilder Baird ’08. 3.

2005

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Alex Chase

alexjc@brandeis.edu

er for the Summer Stage program at Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA, Kate Ventimiglia returned to Pingree as a student teacher. Training under the guidance of Arlynn Poletta, Kate is loving her time with the performing arts department. She is grateful for the generosity of the faculty and staff and inspired by the curiosity and drive of Pingree’s current students. Kate plans to graduate from Emerson College in May with a master’s degree in theater education. Kate Grindle writes, “My husband Caleb and I welcomed twin boys Brooks and Henry in the spring!”

Henrik F. Lampert

henrik.lampert@gmail.com Johnna E. Marcus

johnna.marcus@gmail.com

1: Last fall, 2014, Pingree girls lacrosse players reunite at Pingree for the reunion gala. Haley Thompson, Sam Taylor ’08, Lyndsey Shepard ’10, Audrey Wilson, Michaela Colbert, and Liv Whitney; 2: Michaela Colbert with her brothers (Matt Colbert ’12) at the Taj Mahal; 3: Michaela Colbert and Haley Thompson ran the Newport, RI marathon together; 4-5: David Rodriguez reports, “Everything is well on my end. I still reside up here in Manchester, NH, and work as a production and social media assistant manager. More recently, I have been given the title of the ‘primary on-field emcee’ for the team for the current season. I have attached a couple photos of myself dressed as the “Man with the Yellow Hat” and emceeing.”

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Caroline Basile writes, “I’m still living in Northern Virginia, but I just left my lobbying job for a new kind of adventure: nursing school!” Johnna Marcus says, “Hello, Pingree community! I am writing to you from Philadelphia, where I work in drug and alcohol social work and research for Thomas Jefferson University! I am working towards building a research career in drug addiction science and hope to contribute to the body of knowledge meant to alleviate suffering caused by addiction. As always, I think of the Pingree school often. I wish only the best for members of the Pingree community.” After an exhilarating summer as the lead theater teach-

Kate Seymour shares, “Still loving Wyoming and most likely here to stay as I just bought a house (and business) in Sheridan. I now run a doggy hotel, the Country Pet Inn, that has been in existence for the better part of 20 years and in my free time, I help my boyfriend train polo horses. Fulfilling my dream of working with animals! Looking forward to the next Pingree gathering!” Morgan Atkins shares, “I’m living in Boston with fellow Pingree alum Courteney Ridell, and working in the Boston Public Schools as a school counselor at a K-8 School in the North End. Things are great, and I’m excited for the upcoming school year. I’m excited to be on the Alumni Board again this year, and look forward to seeing lots of fellow Boston alums at the upcoming events.”

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1: Pingree alumni joined the 2015 summer Prep@Pingree students for their canoe trip down the Ipswich River this past July. Returning alumni Jolmi Minaya ’09, Bianka Mejia ’09, Janet Van ’11, Karelyn Urena ’14, Joel Fernandez ’15, Jenn Vargas ’15, Sean Keith ’15, and Rebecca Cordero ’11, along with current Pingree students Jayson Sanderson ’17 and Betty Louis ’16 all had a blast; 2: Colleen Maher is a second-year business analyst for Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations group, with a focus on healthcare and corporate strategy. She loves living with fellow Pingree alumna Julia Kennelly ’10, and sees Kyle O’Donnell ’10 frequently in the city; 3: Lauren Zion and Francesa Falzone welcomed Elizabeth Pruett to the New York City Pingree crew. The three were able to escape the summer heat to Fire Island with mutual friends this past July; 4: John St Pierre pictured here with the OH-58 Kiowa he has flown more than 150 hours in; 5: Charlie Taft and Sonia Santana were married on April 17 in Kennebunkport, Maine. A celebration of their marriage was held July 18 at the Danversport Yacht Club; 6: Julia Kennelly co-directed, produced, and acted in her first independent feature film, The First of Our Friends to Get Married.

Henrik Lampert writes, “This fall marks 10 years in Colorado, the last five of which have been spent working with Freeskier Magazine. Loving it very much. Be sure to holler if you’re in the neighborhood!” Thomas Smeallie reports, “I’m living and working in Miami, along with my wife Nuria. We’re loving the energy down here. Our dog Ellis keeps us mighty busy!”

10+ Pingree alums join us at the wedding in upstate New York. Great times!”

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2007

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Elizabeth Barthelmes

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Sam Logan

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Jill Cappucci

jtcappucci@gmail.com andrew.vassallo1359@ gmail.com Kathleen Whalen

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classmates who attended the celebration included Marissa Muggeo, Kate Cushing, Jenny Avallon, Alexander Reichert, Ware Cady, Jesse Rose, Pip Owen, Erica Meninno, Ali Grimaldi, P. J. Yasi, and Jonathan Salter.

bridgethoi@gmail.com

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Dennis Fantone shares, “I am fortunate to have tied the knot this summer with Danielle D’Alfonso. We had

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Lindsey Bachelder married Josh Graziano on August 15, 2015 In Westport, MA. Both are graduates of the University of Vermont and live and work in Boston. Pingree

Dillon Vassallo

dillon.vassallo@gmail.com Liza Richardson

elizabethrichardson1@ gmail.com Caitlin Shelburne

caitlin.shelburne@gmail.com

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2009

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Colin Desko

cmdesko@comcast.net Alex St. Pierre shares, “I had the opportunity to work as part of the Can-Am International Sled Dog Races veterinary team. It was an incredible experience—even though it never got above 10 degrees! This Siberian husky was part of one of the 17 teams to attempt the 250-mile Iditarod qualifying course. I’m back in Philly for my third year of veterinarian school and very much enjoying my junior surgery course! I plan to spend my fourth year focusing on sports medicine and pain management rotations.” Kelsey “Max” Klibansky sends infinite supplies of positive energy. Kelsey announces, “My book has been printed and is up for sale now.” The book, Speak Your Truth, is available from Kelsey’s Etsy shop page. Describing the book, Kelsey writes: “I have been unknowingly working toward this publication for the past 10 years while developing a relationship with my inner voice through journaling. By sharing my own journey, it is my hope to inspire others to listen to their internal monologue, trust their instincts, and respect their emotions.” Funds from book sales go to the Bhakti Bus, a mobile, off-the-grid art studio space. Visit Kelsey’s Etsy page at etsy.me/1P0BN7Q. Donate to the Bhakti Bus Project and learn more about where the funds will be used at gofundme.com/bhaktibus.

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Amanda Nasser

amanda.nasser1024@ gmail.com Michaela Colbert

mcolbert@svb.com Michaela Colbert currently lives in the Boston area and continues to work on the Silicon Valley Bank Life Science and Healthcare Debt Team. This year, she went on a trip to India with her two brothers, where they explored New Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), the Ranthambore National Forest, and Jaipur. Highlights were spending time at Galtaji (also known as the Monkey Temple) in Jaipur, where they fed the monkeys and watched them in their natural environment and, of course, marveled at the Taj Mahal’s incredible white marble, stone details, and garden property. Michaela is currently training for the NYC Marathon, fundraising for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.” Lauren Zion is living in New York City working at a technology company where she recently celebrated her two-year work anniversary—oh, how time flies! This past summer, she was able to take a hiking trip that was two years in the making, traveling with some of her college roommates to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion National Parks. Francesca Falzone is currently living in New York City and

working at Christie’s. She is a masterpiece researcher in their Post-War and Contemporary Department. She sits on their women’s committee and is actively preparing for November auctions. Falzone is running the New York City Marathon on November 1 for the charity Every Mother Counts, a foundation dedicated to making both pregnancy and childbirth safe for all mothers worldwide. She frequently sees Elizabeth Pruett and Lauren Zion, who also live on the island of Manhattan. Adelaide Davis moved back to Boston from Washington, DC in May to work at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Addie is excited to spend time with fellow Pingree alums, especially one of her best friends, Jenny Coltin, after six years away from home! Colin Desko shares, “This past summer I moved to Boston and I started law school at Suffolk University in September.”

2010

CLASS AGENTS

Nora McGinn

noracathleenmcginn@ gmail.com Cara Blackman

kookabalae@gmail.com Lacey Allis

lallis2377@gmail.com Kyle O’Donnell

kylephilipodonnell@gmail.com Kyle O’Donnell reports, “After graduating from Georgetown University, I was accepted into the highly selective NBC Universal

Page Program, a 12-month post-grad media rotational program to start a career in television. My assignments at NBC have included Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Meredith Vieira Show, and the Cable Entertainment Group, as well as Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Sam Bachelder writes, “I’m currently living in New York City. I work at Deutsche Bank in their Asset & Wealth Management division. I’m enjoying NYC and everything it has to offer. Outside of the city, summer highlights were spending weekends out in Amagansett and seeing my older sister, Lindsey ’07, get married in Westport, MA.” Veronica Corning shares, “I’m currently in Thailand playing some ITF Pro Circuit tennis tournaments. So far, I’ve been here for a week and a half. I have one more here and then off to Australia to play three more: one in Cairns, one in Toowoomba, and one in Brisbane. I’ve been playing tournaments all over the world since I graduated. Some places I’ve been to include Colombia, Ecuador, Sweden, and Turkey. Unfortunately, I have had a recurring shoulder injury that started last year, which stopped me from traveling a bit. It’s a little better, but still there. I don’t have a singles WTA ranking currently. I lost it while playing in college. But I do have a WTA doubles ranking of 560 and only hope to get better. I gave myself a year and a half to two years

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1: Ann Foye visits Zalia Rojas at Amherst College; 2: Zalia Rojas with Mary Dyer together at Amherst College; 3: Erik Jalajas graduated from Berklee College of Music this past May with a bachelor’s degree in music. Erik is currently living in Boston, managing a wedding band called the “Sugarbabies,” and serving as the guitarist/co-producer for a pop band called “A Man called Isaac.” The pop band performs all over New England and New York and has even travelled to Seattle and Puerto Rico for shows; 4: Shayan Ahi McGee graduated from Cornell in May as a pre-med student with a music degree in performance. He is working now as a medical assistant for Northeast Dermatology and applying for medical school. He has been hiking, water skiing, and enjoying his summer. And, of course, he continues his music!!; 5: Anna Mei Gubbins pictured here with her family, Matt Gubbins ’17, Jim Gubbins, and Beth Loughhead; 6: Daniel Prawdzik, just by chance, ended up sitting behind Mr. Taft at the Pats–Baltimore Ravens playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 10, 2015. It was a great game, but also special for Daniel to get to see Mr. Taft, who did so much for him while at Pingree. From the looks on their faces, they both really enjoyed seeing each other at such a special sporting event; 7: Alex Guldemond studies physics at the University of Geneva; 8: Bronte McGarrah studied abroad last spring 2015, in New Zealand and Australia; 9: Bronte McGarrah interned this past summer in Washington, DC.

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“I think that the Hasty Pudding Theatricals has yet to evolve with the rest of the university.” — OLIVIA MILLER ’12 IN THE BOSTON GLOBE, DISCUSSING HER DECISION TO AUDITION FOR HARVARD’S TRADITIONALLY ALL-MALE COMEDY TROUPE

to see how traveling and playing the circuit goes. So far, traveling and playing tennis in these amazing countries has been the most rewarding experience.” John St Pierre reports, “Now five years removed from my old stomping grounds, I figure it’s about time I check in. Since July of 2014, I’ve been stationed in lower Alabama at Fort Rucker, working my way through Flight School XXI. It’s been a year now since I first arrived and started training, and the experience has been unreal. I’ve logged around 100 hours of flight-time in a TH-67, 50 more hours flying its military cousin, the OH-58 Kiowa, and even more time flying simulators. After qualifying in both airframes, I chose UH-60M Blackhawks as my permanent aircraft (the one I’ll be flying at my next duty station and beyond.) Training for Blackhawks will start October 23, which means I’ll have around 24 hours to figure out the handling, fly it up to South Hamilton, land it on one of the four fields, and make the home football game against Pomfret...I wish. Looking forward to visiting soon!” Julia Kennelly reports, “In August 2014, I co-directed,

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produced, and acted in my first independent feature film, The First of Our Friends to Get Married. As the title suggests, the film follows a close-knit group of twenty-somethings who, over the weekend of their friends’ wedding, must confront what it means to be ‘adult’ in their friendships, relationships, and personal identities. Having just graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in May, I was in need of a gorgeous wedding venue to set the reception scenes of the film—and didn’t quite yet have the Hollywood budget to afford one. I am unendingly grateful to Pingree for allowing me to set up camp for 10 consecutive overnights shooting in the Hedge Garden. Without the School’s generosity, this film could never have been made within its budget constraints. Furthermore, I was lucky enough to rope a number of alums and students into being extras (Emma Shorr ’10, Jimmy O’Hare ’12, Kyle O’Donnell ’10, Lily Gabaree ’10, Nina Jain ’10, and the entire football team in 2014). A year later, the film is completed and being submitted to festivals around the country—with a very special thanks to Pingree in the credits. You can find more information at: facebook.com/ firstofourfriends or firstofourfriendsmovie.com.”

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Chris Muise

bachelor’s degree in education. Julie ran the Boston marathon, her first marathon, in support of Heading Home, an organization that builds and rehabs homes for homeless families in the Boston area.

muisec@allegheny.edu Gabi Geiger

gabigirl103@gmail.com Jennifer Mannion

mannioje@bc.edu Julie Zavrl graduated from Boston College in May with a

Ann Foye, Pingree history teacher and college counseling advisor, writes about her visit with Zalia Rojas and Mary Dyer, Pingree’s senior associate director of admission and director of

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diversity outreach. Ann reports, “Mary and I took some students out to see Amherst College and Mount Holyoke yesterday and had lunch with Zalia Rojas. She is graduating from Amherst with a double major in math and Spanish. The summer after her freshman year, her Spanish professor asked if she would stay and be her paid research assistant for the summer. Last summer, she applied to, and was accepted into, a research internship run by University of Texas in Hawaii, After she graduated this May 2015, she was named Amherst’s first Math Q Fellow, which means she will work as a math tutor in the College’s Moss Quantitative Center for the next year.”

Kaitlyn O’Connell graduated from Colby College this past May with a degree in psychology and a pre-med concentration. She is now living in Boston and is receiving her master’s in biomedical sciences at Tufts University! Jenni Mannion graduated from Boston College this May with a BS in management, concentrating in finance and marketing. She is now living and working in Boston for a digital advertising agency called DigitasLBi. Priya Donti is traveling the world, thanks to a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, to learn about the technology, policy, and social factors behind smart grids (intelligent

electricity grids). She will visit Germany, India, South Korea, and Chile for three months each, and conduct interviews to figure out how smart grids can best contribute to renewable energy, grid stability, and electricity access in various contexts. She graduated from Harvey Mudd College in May with a joint major in computer science and math.

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Katie Ober

ober.katie@gmail.com Olivia Miller

oliviarosemiller@college. harvard.edu Rachael Burman

berman_rach@bentley.edu Annie Melden reports, “I am a senior at Boston University and I just made my first short documentary, Underground: The Basement Bands of Allston. In it, I interviewed musicians, residents, and fans involved in the underground music scene in Allston, Mass. Take a look! vimeo.com/127089002.”

Reinhold Willcox

reinhold.willcox@yahoo.com Sami Halloul

shalloul@yahoo.com Anna Mei Gubbins has been very busy since she graduated. She is currently a senior at Davidson College in North Carolina. She is a Hispanic studies major and

1: Aly Heffron and Maura Grady are studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, this semester. Arlin Baez is studying abroad in Paris, France. The friends reunited in Madrid; 2: Bobby Ahearn is happy and thriving at Chapman University in Southern California; 3: Cate Johnson is studying abroad in Paris, France, and loving her experience; 4: Hayden Steward overlooking the the city of Česky Krumlov from the infamous TV Tower, Prague; 5: Hayden Steward visits the John Lennon Wall, Prague; 6: Carmine Piantedosi shows off his stellar depth perception on the National Mall this summer; 7: Eliza Garry continues to excel with her passion for sailing. Here she is sailing for her Connecticut College team; 8: This past summer, Eliza Garry and her team won the LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup at Yale University.

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1: Dylan Wack dons a giraffe costume last summer while working for the children’s theater in Newburyport. Hello up there, Dylan!; 2: Kian McGee continues his passion for music and performed at the Boston Block Party last summer; 3: Hailey Perry in Cambridge, England; 4: August Umholtz interned with Senator Warren last summer; 5: Kasey Provost in Madrid, Spain on Spring Break 2015. Kasey went to visit her sister who was studying abroad the entire spring semester; 6: Kasey Provost (left) for Roger Williams University and Kristina Caradonna (right) for Connecticut College in their sophomore years. The two played each other on September 9, 2015 at Roger Williams University. Roger Williams won the game 1–0. Both soccer teams Kasey and Kristina’s freshman years were in the NCAAs; 7: Erin Cunningham volunteered in the local community as part of the Providence College’s Urban Action Program; 8: Erin Cunningham continues to thrive in the classroom and on the swim team for Providence College; 9: Griffin Whitman is extremely happy at Syracuse University and loving the Sports Management program. Pictured here with his proud parents, Andrew and Karen Whitman. Photo credit Charlie Robitaille.

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theatre minor, with a focus on stage management. She has traveled abroad for two semesters: the first was spring of 2014 on the inaugural Davidson-in-Madrid program, and the second was spring of 2015 on the Middlebury immersive language program in Valparaíso, Chile. While in Spain, she traveled to Barcelona and had the opportunity to visit some of the friends she made as a senior at Pingree on the Pingree Barcelona trip. She has also briefly visited France, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Peru. As she enters the final leg of her college journey, she often reflects upon her time at Pingree and how it, in part, inspired her to have the courageous and adventurous spirit to keep exploring the world! Alex Guldemond was in Switzerland for six months while studying in a selective physics program at the University of Geneva this past winter/spring. While there he was working at CERN,

the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which is one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research. His responsibilities included working to improve the accuracy of the detectors in the CME experiment, one of the two biggest experiments at CERN. He is currently back in Boston working on making software that goes alongside components of the detectors at CERN, while finishing up his degrees in both physics and mathematics. Bronte McGarrah is a senior at Connecticut College, majoring in environmental studies. She spent last spring semester (2015) in New Zealand and Australia, doing an SIT (School for International Training) study abroad program entitled Sustainability and Environmental Action. She returned in early June and headed to Washington, DC to begin a paid internship in Congresswoman Niki Tsongas’s office (D–Lowell).

Reinhold Willcox reports that, “While finishing up a joint degree in math and physics, I am also on the AERO design team at McGill, where I am helping design and build airplanes and drones for competition. I am particularly involved in outreach with AERO and will be going to local elementary and high schools this year to present on the team’s work and encourage kids and teens to pursue careers in STEM. After graduation, I will try to find technical work as an engineer, analyst, or scientist. If you know anyone who’s looking, look me up on LinkedIn!” Jake Livingstone is taking the semester off from University of Vermont to do some missionary work and plans to travel to both Europe and Africa. Elle Martins returned to Ann Arbor for her final year at the University of Michigan after studying abroad in Paris last spring. She is double

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majoring in political science and statistics. Over the summer, she lived in New York City and worked for Goldman Sachs, where she has since accepted a full-time job offer. She looks forward to returning to the East Coast after college to be closer to her friends and family!

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Emily Scott

ecscott@email.sc.edu Maura Grady

maura.grady3@gmail.com Arlin Baez

abaez@friars.providence.edu Bobby Ahearn reports, “I am currently a junior studying at Chapman University in Southern California and having the time of my life. Pingree truly prepared me for the ‘real world’ outside of South Hamilton, MA. I am a business major with an emphasis in marketing, and a minor in psychology. Additionally, I am a member of Greek Life on Campus,

Please help us locate the following alumni from your decade who are marked “no valid address” in our database. We would like keep our alums connected with their classmates and Pingree today. Please send updated contact information to the Alumni Office alumni@pingree.org or call 978-468-4415 x310. Thank you! • Ms. Susan R. Deland ’00 • Ms. Ira Baci ’04 • Ms. Brianna M. Sullivan ’06 • Ms. Kathleen E. George ’00 • Ms. Foloshade T. Bello ’04 • Ms. Vasiliki D. Manginis ’07 • Mr. Phu Le ’00 • Ms. Nicole K. Grenier ’04 • Ms. Hilary L. Wallis ’07 • Mr. Gustavo T. Rojas ’00 • Ms. Soo-Min Jenny Ha ’04 • Ms. Caroline A. W. Lubbock ’08 • Mr. Brett A. Frazier ’01 • Ms. Elizabeth F. O’Hare ’04 • Ms. Lindsay B. Thompson ’08 • Mr. Andrew E. McReynolds ’01 • Ms. Kendra E. Cerretani ’05 • Mr. Ian M. McGowan ’10 • Ms. Lindsay Harris Vasadi ’01 • Mr. Harry J. L. Ingram ’05 • Ms. Zalia Rojas ’11 • Mr. Michael R. Blinn ’02 • Mr. Michael J. Caselden ’06 • Ms. Elizabeth D. Stankus ’11 • Mr. Geoffrey D. Jacoby ’02 • Mr. Christopher M. Hutchinson ’06 • Ms. Teah Hayward ’12 • Mr. Samuel L. Schwartz ’02 • Ms. Susan J. O’Hare ’06 • Mr. John Spears ’14

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and in the fraternity Beta Theta Pi. Pingree gave me the well-rounded education that allowed me to flourish in a totally new environment with challenging academics and a roaring social scene known as Greek Life. I am actively involved on campus and feel as comfortable walking down the streets of campus as I did walking the halls of Pingree. Pingree sculpted me into the young man I am today and I would not be in the same position without it. I am proud to call myself a Highlander.” Cate Johnson says, “Hi, Pingree! I’m a month into my junior year abroad in Paris and absolutely loving it. I’m pursuing my French and Global Studies majors at La Sorbonne Nouvelle with other French students, and exploring Paris, and practicing my French in my free time. I’m looking forward to some great adventures, and meeting up with fellow Highlanders as I travel!” Hayden Steward writes, “Hey, Pingree! I’m currently in my junior year at St. Michael’s College and this semester I am studying in Prague! It’s been a blast so far. I have learned a bunch of Czech language and culture along the way and I’m excited to learn even more. I’m most excited about all the traveling I will be able to do, given the centrality of the Czech Republic within Europe. My traveling this semester will take me to Berlin, Kraków, Vienna, Sal-

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zburg, Budapest, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and Paris. I can’t wait to get going.” Over the summer, Eliza Garry participated in the LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup at Yale University. The LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup is a global invitational event that challenges the best university sailors, and the best teams, from around the world to represent their countries in head-to-head competition. Eliza was invited to be a member of the USA women’s All Star Team, competing against teams from Italy, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Oman, France, and the Yale Coed Team. The Women’s All Star Team won, and will receive an all expense paid trip to next year’s event in Torbole, Italy. This fall, Eliza returned to Connecticut College as a junior with a double major in Human Development and Hispanic Studies. She is an active member of the sailing team. She will be spending January in Salamanca, Spain.

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Monica Manning

monica.manning6@gmail.com Dylan Wack

dwack@bu.edu Hailey Perry

hmperry09@gmail.com Emma Campbell

emmac8596@gmail.com Dylan Wack writes, “I’m loving the School of Theatre at Boston University, where I am very lucky to have just

declared a Theatre Arts ma jor with a minor in Spanish. In addition to theatre classes, I am one of two sophomores to have been cast in Spontaneous Combustion, the School of Theatre improvisation troupe. I look forward to joining the casting pool for BU productions starting in January 2016. Over the summer of 2015, I began working with Theater in the Open, a children’s theater in Newburyport, where I worked as a theater teacher, actor, and company giraffe. Go Highlanders/Terriers!” Jill Witwicki reports, “I am back at Saint Mike’s for another year. I am on the hockey team and we are excited for the upcoming season. Last year, I twice landed ECAC East Rookie of the Week and finished up the season as the leading scorer.” Liza Stambaugh writes, “Though I miss crisp New England autumn almost as much as I miss Dunkin’ Donuts, I’m excited to be back in New Orleans. I just declared a major in Political Economy, offered by Tulane’s Murphy Institute. Last year, I was admitted to Tulane’s inaugural class of Tulane Scholars, where I’ve made close friends and found incredible faculty advisors. Next year, I hope to spend at least a semester in a French-speaking country, with the goal of possibly adding a French major. Most importantly, I love living in a city where both notes of music and scents of delicious food waft

through the air in equal fortitude and frequency.” Emma Campbell shares, “I returned to Boston College and picked up right where I left off. As soon as I arrived back on campus, I declared a major in economics and a double minor in Chinese and Hispanic studies. I work at the Career Center and will be attending the Office of International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair and the Careers in Business Fair this month. I hope to study in Spain to increase my fluency and gain first-hand experience with the Spanish culture. I am also looking into joining some community service and business clubs.” Carolyn Tyner is thriving in New York City. She was invited to apply to a Global Honors Seminar in theater based on her freshman year academic success. Carolyn had to submit an application that consisted of her college transcript, a short biography, and a short essay explaining why she wanted to take the class and what would make her a good candidate. She was accepted and will be studying “Theater as Art Form” throughout the semester. After the semester is over, Carolyn will be traveling to London for a week where she will be taking theater workshops during the day, and going to see four plays in London at night. Kian McGee finished his freshman year at Boston University in the School of Hospitality Administration.

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He’s been working out at a boxing gym, joined a fraternity, and is now the philanthropy chair of his fraternity. He did a 400+ hour internship at Omni Parker Hotel this summer. He has kept up with his music and playing with friends, Jack and Dan Gantt. Below are pictures from their performance at Boston Block Party August 28—a great evening that brought a lot of alumni together again. Kian is back at school living off campus. He loves living in Boston and going to BU. Among his courses he is taking Farsi. Hailey Perry shares, “This year I decided to become an economics major at Union College after traveling through the US, Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands all summer studying healthcare economics. I completed a research paper on the cost of end-of-life care in the U.S. versus the Netherlands, and I also bought a new Jack Russell puppy! The photo is from Cambridge, England, where I studied!” Gabby Muniz had a great freshman year at Holy Cross and is excited to be back at school. She made the dean’s list both freshman semesters and was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Gabby started in almost every softball game and is looking forward to the upcoming season. She sends a special hello and thank you to Mr. Carey for his enduring support and dedication to her success.

August Umholtz writes, “I am still at Gettysburg College and I am currently majoring in computer science and public policy. I have had a number of job/internship experiences including a summer fellowship with the DCCC two summers ago. Last summer I interned for Senator Warren in Boston— a fantastic experience—and I got work with former Pingree student Chris Lange. I have also been actively involved with the college democrats, and I am currently the clubs treasurer. Additionally, I have been involved in a number of programs, including one this year that focuses on intelligence gathering and the Middle East. Currently I am living in President Eisenhower’s old house in downtown Gettysburg, which is now Gettysburg’s public policy themed house.” Kasey Provost was named ECAC (East Coast Athletic Conference) New England Rookie of the Week during her freshman year of soccer at Roger Williams University. Roger Williams University reports, “Provost tallied four goals in a 2-0 week for the Hawks. In her first match of the week, Provost converted her first collegiate hat trick—a natural hat trick (three consecutive goals)—to close out the scoring in RWU’s 5-0 victory over Clark. She followed with the game-winning goal in the Hawks’ 2-0 victory in their CCC opener at Curry, snapping a scoreless tie in

the 63rd minute.” Congratulations, Kasey! Erin Cunningham thoroughly enjoyed her freshman year at Providence College. Prior to the beginning of classes, she volunteered in the local community as part of the PC’s Urban Action Program. During the school year she maintained a busy schedule as an Accounting and Finance double major, the treasurer of the executive board of the business school, and a member of the PC swim team, where she was named to the Big East All Academic Team. Erin wanted to say hello and thank you to Mr. Olson for all of his support during her time at Pingree!

gades and Temple University School of Medicine. We set up a free hospital in extremely rural towns in southeastern Honduras for people with no access to healthcare. I shadowed many doctors, as well as prescribed medications and talked with patients. This was a life-changing opportunity and it really inspired me to pursue my dreams of joining the medical field.”

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SEEKING CLASS AGENTS! Annually reach out to classmates and gather class notes for the fall magazine. E-mail lpolese@pingree.org if interested. Taylor Landers made the Varsity Cross Country team as a walk-on at Stonehill College.

Kristen Murphy writes, “I travelled to Honduras this past summer as a part of a medical trip with Global Bri-

THE ALUMNI LEADERSHIP BOARD IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD. The Alumni Association Award was established in 1982 and was renamed the Mimi Davis Emmons ’64 Alumni Association Award in 1999 in honor of Mimi’s retirement and many years of service to Pingree School. This distinguished award is presented each year to a Pingree graduate who has, through extraordinary effort and dedicated service, made a significant contribution to the quality of life of his or her school, community, or society as a whole. Know someone who deserves recognition? Please fill out our convenient online nomination form found on the alumni webpage. Presentations will take place during the reunion event on October 15, 2016. Please contact the alumni office at lpolese@pingree.org or 978-468-4415 x310 with questions.

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IN MEMORIAM Deborah W. Beveridge, former Pingree faculty member and mother of Elizabeth ’83 and John ’85, passed away on May 13, 2015 in her former home in Essex. Debby’s childhood was spent in a number of communities. She moved to Massachusetts to get her bachelor’s in mathematics at Smith College and a master’s in education from Harvard. She married Thomas L. Duff in 1963 and moved to the North Shore. She taught briefly in Manchester, before starting a long career with Pingree. While at Pingree, Debby introduced a community service program that still exists today. In 1994, she left teaching to pursue a second career in elder services. A memorial service was held on June 6 at the First Universalist Church of Essex. For a complete obituary please visit gloucestertimes.com/obituaries. Merrilyn Clay Belliveau ’64 of Manchester-by-theSea passed away on June 12, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Merrilyn is survived by her husband Robert Belliveau, M.D., her daughters, Robin Macleod and her husband Ian, and Laurie Rousseau and her husband Shawn and her son, Justin Belliveau and his wife Silvana and grandchildren, Robert, Phoebe and Hannah Macleod, Nolan, and Myles Belliveau and Sophie, and Whitney Rousseau, as well as her sisters, Nancy Webster

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and her husband John and Melinda Burns and her husband William her brother Henry Clay Jr. and his wife Leila and several nieces and nephews. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Merrilyn Clay Belliveau’s memory to Pingree School, in support of scholarship. For a complete obituary please visit legacy.com/obituaries/ bostonglobe. Alice M. Davis, beloved wife of the late Pingree faculty member Fellowes Davis, passed away on July 10, 2015. She is survived by Morgan of Ontario; Susannah L. Adams; Rose G. Mendoza; and Dr. C. Cary Gallaudet, and her husband Cruger, NY. She was the grandmother of Simon Adams, Sophia Mendoza Lee, Susana Birdsong, Jose Luis Mendoza, Peter Adams, Joshua Gallaudet, and Nathaniel Gallaudet, and great grandmother of Henry Fellowes Bratton Adams, Belen Lee, and William Thomas Lee. She was a sister to the late Morgan H. Plummer, Thomas P. Plummer, and Susan L. Smith. For a complete obituary please visit legacy. com/obituaries/wickedlocal-northshoresunday. Lindsay Goldborough Reagan ’83 was surrounded by her two children, her twin sister and her parents when she passed away July 4, 2014, of liver failure. She had been battling cancer on and off for the past 13 years of her

life, when she suddenly fell ill this past June. Lindsay grew up on Shelburne Point and was the youngest of six children to Dr. Richard H. Goldsborough and Carole C. Goldsborough McMillen. During her high school years, Lindsay was a major player on Pingree’s soccer field. While a student at Pingree, she met her future husband and the father to her children, William Reagan. The two married in September 1989. Lindsay went on to study economics at the University of Vermont, and later received her master’s in athletic administration at the University of New Hampshire. Lindsay had a very full life as a favorite teacher and ski coach, but it was while she was teaching at Waynflete School that she met Richard and Linda Berthy, who helped foster a career change. Lindsay became a compliance specialist at the Foreside Financial Group, one of the Berthy’s financial firms, located in Portland. Lindsay’s real joy in life was her family, and in particular her children. For a complete obituary, please visit legacy. com/obituaties/burlingtonfreepress. Mortimer Clifton Robinson IV ’80, passed away at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by his family and friends on March 24, 2015. Clif was the beloved husband of Sarah Lillibridge

Robinson. Clif attended Pingree for high school and graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s in marine affairs and English. His lifelong love of sailing landed him his first job out of college with Doyle Sailmakers in Marblehead. He then worked briefly for Atwood and Morrill and Raytheon before being hired by Teradyne, where he stayed for over 20 years, most recently as a Director of Strategic Sourcing. Clif was a member and past commodore of the American Yacht Club in Newburyport and he established the Save a Sailor Regatta that raised funds and awareness for Melanoma prevention. He was a regular and successful competitor in the club’s one design and cruising classes. He enjoyed spending time at the family cottage on Orrs Island, Maine and working on his farm in West Newbury. Instilling in his children his love of sailing, skiing and wit he also promoted their interests tirelessly. Clif served for many years on the West Newbury Historical Commission and was a lifetime member of the West Newbury Outing Club. He generously donated his time to the Pipestave Horse Trials over the years. A celebration of his life was held at St. Paul’s Church, Newburyport, on April 18. For a complete obituary, please visit newburyportnews.com/ obituaries.

Malcolm Coates P’01, of Boxford, MA died May 19, 2015, at home surrounded by his family and following a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was the devoted husband of Deborah Lake Coates, with whom he shared over 38 years of marriage. Malcolm was a scholar and man of good works on behalf of those most in need. He served in the Navy as an airplane navigator during World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant (j.g.). He graduated from Williams College, then received a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was later honored with a doctorate of humane letters from Williams College for his work in school communities. He served as Headmaster of Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE; Lake Forest Country Day School, Lake Forest, IL; and Landon School, Bethesda, MD; for a total of thirty-five years. After retirement from Landon in 1990, he became a senior consultant for Carney, Sandoe and Associates for the next ten years. He was an active leader as a founding trustee of Esperanza Academy, a tuition-free independent school for girls in Lawrence, MA. In addition, he served as senior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church, Topsfield, MA, on the board of A Better Chance, Topsfield, MA, and the Essex County Community Foundation. In 2012, he received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award from the Danvers Committee for Diversity. Malcolm was an overseer at Pingree and served on the school’s Board of Trustees for 20 years. Without Malcolm, there would be no Prep@Pingree, as it was he who presented the vision for the original program; the academic enrichment and scholarship program of today appropriately bears his name. Malcolm served as Prep@Pingree’s advisory chair and championed the endeavor for over a decade. He was a trusted and wise mentor, beloved friend, passionate advocate for inclusivity and access, and inspirational force of nature. Throughout his long productive life, Malcolm enjoyed storytelling with children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, relaxing on Casco Bay in Maine, reading, skiing, hiking, and playing tennis. He is survived by his wife, Debbie, their five children, and many grandchildren. His son, David, is a member of the Class of 2001. For a complete obituary please visit legacy.com/obituaries/ wickedlocal-boxford.

Susanne “Snooky” Phippen P’75, ’78, ’80, ’82, a longtime resident of Wenham, beloved wife, mother and force of nature, died peacefully at her home, surrounded by loved ones on April 28, 2015. Snooky Phippen attended Windsor School in Boston and graduated from Smith College in 1949 and married Richard Dane Phippen in 1951. They moved to Wenham and built their home at Hurdle Hill Farm where they lived for over 60 years, and raised seven children. Snooky cared deeply about the environmental, educational and cultural resources in the area. She was active in the Wenham Village Improvement Society. She was a founding member of Wenham’s Conservation Commission and served as chairman during the 1970s after passage of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act. She served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Trustees of Reservations, as a trustee at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, and was a founding member and President of the Board of Trustees for Pingree. She was a long-time trustee at both the Wenham Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, where she was also an enthusiastic docent. Her energy and commitment in these capacities were an inspiration to all who knew her. Family was most important her, and she strove successfully to maintain strong ties amongst her close and distant relations, throughout her life. Snooky served on Pingree’s Board of Trustees from 1961to 1984 and was president from 1974 to 1983. She became an overseer in 1990. The roots of the LaCroix and Phippen families at Pingree are wide and deep. Snooky is survived by her husband, Dick, and seven children, four of whom graduated from Pingree: Anne Phippen Manganis ’78, Edith “Morey” Phippen ’75, Hank Phippen ’80, Joanne “JoJo” Phippen ’82, David Phippen, Peter Phippen, and Will Phippen. Snooky’s profound connection to Pingree continues through her many grandchildren who attended and/or graduated: Morris Phippen ’00, Adam Phippen ’03, Nell Phippen ’09, Emma Phippen ’11, Kitsa Manganis ’07, Susanna Manginis ’09, and Christo Manganis. For a complete obituary please visit legacy.com/obituaries/ bostonglobe.

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Q & A: CHRISTINA KENNEDY

NOT A MATH PERSON CHRISTINA KENNEDY, TALKS MATH, TEACHING, AND LEARNING

Christina kennedy, affectionately known as “ck,” joined pingree’s math faculty in 2010 and currently serves as chair of the department. Her energy, enthusiasm, and genuine passion for teaching and learning make her a cherished teacher, mentor, and friend in the Pingree community. When did you know you wanted to be a teacher?

I think I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. My dad is a headmaster so I grew up in schools. It’s just in my blood; I have always loved school. I started helping out friends a lot with homework in high school and quickly learned that I really enjoy being a support for people. Math, in particular, is a really high anxiety-provoking subject and I like being able to calm people down and to help them see that it isn’t as bad as they might be making it. How would you describe your teaching style?

I really like the idea of teacher as coach. My students work together in teams and I step in to fill in the gaps as needed. Simply listening to students talk about math is how I know where their strengths and weaknesses lie. My hope is to address each student individually, every day, even if it’s just by listening to them. How do you respond when students try to tell you that they aren’t “good at” math?

I don’t like the phrases “I’m a math person” or “I’m not a math person.” Why put that disclaimer on it? I try to teach my students that you don’t have to be one kind of person or the other. My approach in the classroom is to show them that you bring a lot of the same skills to math class that you do to other classes. I want my students to feel comfortable exchanging ideas and tackling problems without necessarily knowing the right answer or being told what to do.

“I really like the idea of teacher as coach. My students work together in teams and I step in to fill in the gaps as needed.”

What’s the thinking behind Pingree’s integrated math program?

Most countries don’t do what the U.S. does with the breaking up of math into superficial categories like Algebra I or Geometry. At Pingree we believe that math is math and we want students to see the connections in how problems can be solved. I might be someone who really thinks about something graphically with pictures and diagrams in my brain, and you might be someone who thinks about it in terms of equations and numbers and data tables, and we want those different perspectives to translate across different kinds of problems. Christina has a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Bowdoin College and a master of arts in liberal studies with a social science focus from Wesleyan University.

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FALL 2015