2010 - 2011 Fall Alumni Bulletin by Rippowam Cisqua School

Fall 2010 Non Profit Org US Postage PAID Permit No 6030 Bedford NY

Rippowam Cisqua School

Bulletin

Rippowam Cisqua School P.O. Box 488, Bedford, New York 10506 Cisqua Campus: 914-244-1200 Rippowam Campus: 914-244-1250 www.rcsny.org

Come back to RCS Alumni Day Rippowam Campus Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:00 am

And They’re Off… Also In This Issue: Alumni Profiles, 2009-10 Report of Donors

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Bulletin Mission Statement The mission of Rippowam Cisqua School is to educate students to become independent thinkers, confident in their abilities and themselves. We are committed to a dynamic program of academics, the arts, and athletics, and support an engaged faculty to challenge students to discover and explore their talents to the fullest. Honesty, consideration, and respect for others are fundamental to Rippowam Cisqua. In an atmosphere that promotes intellectual curiosity and a lifelong love of learning, Rippowam Cisqua strives to instill in students a strong sense of connection to their community and to the larger world. We, as a school, recognize the common humanity of all people and teach understanding and respect for the differences among us.

Fall 2010

Rippowam Cisqua School Bulletin is published by the Advancement Office: Edlira Curis, Assistant Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Relations Manager Susie Danziger, Director of Annual Fund and Communications Aggy Duveen, Website Manager Barbara Jarvis, Advancement Executive Assistant Debe Stellio, Advancement Operations Manager Bob Whelan, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement

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Send address changes to alumni@rcsny.org. Credits: Design: Peapod Design, New Canaan, CT Photography: Tim Coffey, Stamford, CT

Board of Trustees Robert P. Conway, Chair Maria G. Fields, Vice Chair William D. McLanahan, Treasurer Alexandria S. Altman, Secretary

Our donors are extremely important to us. We make every effort to insure accuracy in reporting, but if we have made an error of any kind, please accept our sincere apology and bring it to our attention so that we may correct our records. Contact Susie Danziger (914) 244-1292 with any corrections.

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Letter from the Cisqua Campus

Letter from the Rippowam Campus

Letter from the Head of School Matthew Nespole

Master Teaching Grant Recipients

Classroom and Library Renovations Update

A Connection to the Larger World

New Board Members

RCS in Pictures 2009-2010

Class of 1950 Reunion

Class Notes

In Memoriam

Annual Report

12 Alumni Profiles

Ex Officio Matthew Nespole, Head of School Patricia Grunebaum, Parent Council Chair Deborah A. Hurrell, Chief Financial Officer Robert F. Whelan, Assistant Head for Institutional Advancement Christopher Wirth ’94, RCSAA Chair

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Letters from Division Heads

Letter from the

Cisqua Campus

Rippowam Campus

Paula Rosen, who comes to Rippowam Cisqua with over twenty years of experience in independent schools, is entering her first year as the Division Head of the Cisqua campus. After starting her education career as a classroom teacher at Dedham Country Day School, she spent eleven years at Milton Academy as a teacher. Most recently, Paula was the Lower School Director of the Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton, Massachusetts for eight years. We’re delighted to have her join the RCS community.

The Cisqua campus is alive with the possibilities of new learning and friendship; it’s apparent in the smiles and laughter of the children, and in the eagerness with which they tell me what they want to learn this year. Having had the gift of time to meet with faculty this summer, I am confident this will be a joyful year that is filled with academic and social growth for all our students. The Rippowam Cisqua elementary education program blends the joy of learning with skill acquisition as our rich range of activities and projects enables the students to make individual, creative statements while demonstrating the mastery of embedded skills.

This complex work presents students with the opportunity to experience the success that comes from perseverance and effort. Our commitment to understanding makes learning an act of discovery, as well as fun. We believe that acquiring the skills of being a good person requires practice and gives students the opportunity to talk about what it means to be a successful friend. My overriding goal for this fall is to know the children and to let them know me. I will be spending time with them in the mornings, in their classrooms, and on the playground. I will invite students who are new to the Cisqua campus to have lunch with me, and I will be celebrating birthdays with our fourth grade Cisqua leaders. The beautiful renovations, and the enhancements to our technology, will enable our library to take its rightful place at the heart of our learning community. The thirty four professional workshops and courses our faculty participated in this summer will support the learning of every child in our School community; our teachers’ new units and teaching strategies are already evident in the classrooms. Fall is a busy time on the Cisqua campus. September brings school photos and the beginning of the CAT program and the

after-school clubs. The grade level informational meetings and Back to School Night serve as opportunities for parents to better understand what their children will be learning in their homeroom and subject classes. In October, the Foundations of Education Series features Caldecott Medal winning children’s book author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney and his son Brian. Our Halloween celebration closes the month of October and Grandparents’ Day, on November 9th, will round out the fall. Near my office, the caption to a bulletin board that highlights the towns where we live states, “Though we come from many communities, we come together to make a community that cares.” I am looking forward to being part of this vibrant community that is Rippowam Cisqua. Thank you for sharing your children with RCS.

Paula Rosen Head of the Cisqua Campus

“Let’s put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” Sitting Bull

As I enter my fourteenth year at Rippowam Cisqua, I realize that one of the many great joys of working here is the relationships we as teachers, coaches, and administrators build with our students. I spent some time this past summer reflecting on the lives of our students and I am always amazed at how they stay in touch. This is a true testament to the quality of the experience they had when they were students here.

Over the past year, I have attended alumni events in Bedford and New York City where former students shared exciting developments in their personal and professional lives, two alumni weddings, graduation parties, dinners, pool gatherings, and countless impromptu conversations on campus, in town, on the phone, or via email. Our graduates are excelling in high school and college and beyond, and are truly making a difference in the world. It is clear from their feedback that they enjoyed their time at Rippowam Cisqua, and have benefited from the values and philosophy we have been lucky enough to share with them during their tenure as students here. We are so proud of the choices they are making on a daily basis. They are independent thinkers, leaders, and entrepreneurs; they are socially conscious and shaping our collective future in every way. They sacrifice daily in an effort to help others, do the best they can each and every day, are committed to the understanding and that real success is knowing that the work is more about the team than the individual,

and are reflective and humble when they win and lose. As educators, we are excited to provide a rich, challenging, and diverse educational experience for our students. As individuals, we are thrilled to watch our students develop into the wonderful people they are today. It makes us proud, it fills our hearts, and it reminds us how important it is to continue to foster relationships with the students and families who make this School the special place that it is. Thank you, alumni, for continuing to share your life’s journey with us. We are grateful, and we can’t wait to have you come back again this year to let us know what you are up to!

Bill Barrett Head of Rippowam Campus

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The Educational Journey Schools are asked to partner with families to help children learn these important skills, and do so in a way that is engaging and fun. I have found, from talking with peers and colleagues in many schools, that this challenge is so overwhelming that a true learning community, built on dialogue, reflection, and a belief in a common mission, is often replaced by islands of learning where teachers close their doors and simply “teach their students.” For those of us who are fortunate enough to be inside the classrooms and hallways of Rippowam Cisqua, we can say with confidence that our School is not a place filled with islands of learning, but a true learning community where collaboration is visible every day in the classroom. RCS accepts, with zeal, the challenge to help a child navigate the 21st Century.

Matthew and Jennifer Nespole

Schools face some daunting tasks in the education of today’s children. The world the children will navigate practically mandates that they be critical thinkers with the ability to quickly adapt to new and complex situations. More often than not, students will be asked to work with diverse groups of individuals who have varying strengths and weaknesses and, perhaps, a different set of values and beliefs. The world will also ask children to believe in the importance of social responsibility by understanding that helping those in need, in the long run, makes the world a better place for all.

This past year contains countless data points which acknowledge that level of collaboration, as well as the evidence that our children are successfully taking on the challenges of the 21st Century. Changes in our curriculum at virtually every grade level advanced our mission of creating lifelong learners, confident in their abilities and themselves. Throughout the year I had ample opportunities to watch our students articulate their understanding of an idea or present an argument. Whether it was our first graders sharing their science projects at our annual Science Fair, or our ninth

graders displaying their individual talents at Portfolio Night, Rippowam Cisqua students have been consistently provided with opportunities to think critically and articulate their depth of understanding. By doing so, our students build their confidence, which is crucial to their success as learners. This past year, our commitment to strengthen our athletic program reflected some promising results. For the first time in recent memory, four of Rippowam Cisqua’s athletic teams were undefeated. Additionally, three teams had only one loss. Our mission reinforces the importance of participation and teamwork, and excellence on the sports field is a result of these important attributes. These are traits that will be particularly important to our students as they navigate the world in the future. Matthew Nespole and Chase Gerber ’10

The arts arena was equally noteworthy. This past year our theatrical and musical performances allowed our children to display their talents. One of the hallmarks of Rippowam Cisqua is that we provide each child, every year, multiple opportunities to express his or her

secondary school, as well as the Class of 2007 as they head off to college) demonstrate that our graduates are prepared for the next set of challenges they will face at their new schools. In this Bulletin, you will have opportunities to

“In this Bulletin, you will have opportunities to read about our graduates, and where they are going, in addition to learning about how some of their predecessors have fared. Having spent a great deal of time getting to know the ninth graders last year, I am confident they will do remarkable things in the years to come.” creativity and perform in front of large groups of adults and children. This enhances skills that will be critically important to our students as they continue their educational journey. This past year’s placement results (for our eighth and ninth graders as they depart for

read about our graduates, and where they are going, in addition to learning about how some of their predecessors have fared. Having spent a great deal of time getting to know the ninth graders last year, I am confident they will do remarkable things in the years to come. As they venture off to their new schools, I know

they will arrive prepared to take on leadership roles in the classrooms, on the playing fields, and in the performance venues of their new campuses. They will become leaders who lead by example, and do so with kindness and commitment to making the world a better place. During the course of the 2009-2010 year, Dr. Ned Hallowell, one of our Foundations of Education Series speakers, and an expert in the field of raising confident, happy children, shared with the audience that Rippowam Cisqua is a place that prepares students to be happy adults. We do so by opening up our doors so both students and parents can share in the learning experience. We do so by nurturing the partnership between a school, child, and family. We will continue to do so for years to come. Regards,

Matthew

And Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Offâ&#x20AC;Ś The day is June 10, 2010. Under a virtually cloudless blue sky, a large white tent stands on the back field of the Rippowam campus. At 4:00 p.m., a buzz begins around the tent as the latest group of Rippowam Cisqua graduates begins to arrive, dressed in flowing, white dresses and traditional rep ties, to take their places among the family of RCS alums.

The visual is arresting. As the ninth graders enter, clapping one another on the shoulder nervously, they are excited about the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities, but understandably anxious about what lies beyond. They have spent virtually every waking moment together for the past week, since they boarded a plane headed for Rome where they experienced firsthand much of what they had studied all year. The realization is now beginning to set in that the sense of togetherness, while not entirely coming to an end, will soon become a warm memory as they head off for family trips, camp, and service opportunities. Within an hour, a group of fresh-faced eighth graders arrive looking on at the ninth graders with some measure of awe. The eighth graders seem confident in the awareness that some of them will be standing on the dais themselves next year while others will be departing for a similar journey starting at new schools in the fall. They gather easily and comfortably with each other, likely wondering what it will be like for them when they leave the warmth of the tent and Rippowam Cisqua School. Of the ninth graders, ten boys and eleven girls, three quarters of them have been together since Kindergarten. They come from varied backgrounds, but all thrived at RCS for similar reasons. Rippowam Cisqua has long been recognized for an innovative educational philosophy which encourages each individual child to

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Students leave RCS well prepared for the challenges they might encounter on their educational journey, but what happens when it’s time for a student to leave Rippowam Cisqua? In a world where a premium is placed on education and parents routinely begin thinking about where their pre-school child might go to college, secondary school is viewed as a critical stepping stone to a child’s long term success. After placing students in secondary schools for generations, RCS knows that success is predicated not just on how “good” a secondary school is but how “good a fit” it is for an individual child.

Excerpt from Charlie Duveen’s Graduation Speech My name is Charlie Duveen, and I teach eighth grade physics. I am here today to speak to you about the amazing class of 2010. The class of 2010. Hmmmm...has kind of a ring to it – the hint of a decade of hard work. When I was in ninth grade, we were just starting to learn about tiny countries in Southeast Asia called Laos and Vietnam, and John F. Kennedy was President of the United States. Take a look at the world around these graduates today. We are at war and we are weathering the worst economic global crisis since the Great Depression. The sky looks brighter than it did a year ago, but we can’t tell if the storm is over or if we are sitting in the eye of the hurricane. I suppose one could ask the question, are these young men and women (they all look so grown up) ready for what faces them out there? Are they ready to make a difference? I not only think they are ready – I am confident that they can fix many of the problems my generation has dropped in their laps. This year, they all completed a thesis. I don’t think I did that until I got to NYU. By the end of eighth grade, more than half of them were already published or won prizes for their writing – everything from poetry to book reviews, short stories, essays, and scripts. They can speak and read at least one other language. They have learned how our western world has been shaped in history. They have done way more math than I tackled when I was fifteen. They have learned how to design, build, and test their own lab experiments. They have made music together, and played villains, thieves and heroes, and enemies and lovers on stage; they have worked the lights, sounds, and curtains. They have drawn, painted, modeled, and sculpted. They have logged in hours of community service for Habitat for Humanity, the Midnight Run, and other organizations that help people. They’ve beaten teams on the playing field where the odds were clearly against them, and they’ve been defeated more times than they wish to remember. Yes I think they are ready! They literally have a portfolio of profound and expansive experiences. Now I’d like to zoom in on my personal experiences with the class of 2010, which started back about two years ago when they first walked into my physics class. I remember seeing them struggle with the grueling exercise of designing a nuclear powered research submarine, a project lasting over five months which incorporates applications of the laws of physics and a whole bunch of mathematical algorithms. I remember them as maritime engineers, decision makers, researchers, and even marketing experts. I’ve seen them work as a team. I’ve seen them encourage each other and help each other, stay the course, and pick themselves up when they fell. I’ve seen them take glory in their strengths, and grapple with their weaknesses. I’ve seen them huddle as a team and work on challenges all alone. I’ve seen them follow a leader and I’ve seen each one lead. I’ve seen every one of them succeed and I’ve seen each one fail. They are a rugged, savvy bunch. So, here we stand on the great ship Earth; here are the young men and women who will repair this ship. They each carry their own personal tool bag, and don’t you know it, they’re going to fix this mess. I wish them all fair winds and following seas, but when those storms loom over the horizon, they’ll be ready – you watch and see.

realize his or her full potential. Students are offered a comfortable learning environment in which they feel safe taking academic risks. Whether students are mastering reading in the early years, solving complex math problems in their middle school years, or working with outside experts as part of their eighth grade physics program, they are challenged and supported as they discover their own pathways to higher learning. RCS fosters a love of learning among students that stays with them throughout their years at RCS – and one that stays with them throughout their lives. The partners and guides in this experience are faculty members who are passionate about both the subjects and the students they teach. They know that the elementary and middle school years serve as some of the defining moments in a child’s path to adulthood. For this reason, RCS teachers specialize in this very arena and enjoy an exceptional faculty-to-student ratio that allows them to understand each student as an individual. Their passion, coupled with extensive and ongoing training, enables them to focus on each child’s individual development. This singular focus ensures that students feel supported and engaged in their education.

In the past nine years, an average of 85 percent of Rippowam Cisqua eighth and ninth graders have been offered acceptance into their declared first-choice schools. Departing eighth and graduating ninth graders spend the fall of their final year at RCS engaged in a process that most students don’t have the opportunity to explore until they begin the college admission process. In preparation for secondary school, RCS students have the chance to not only explore their options – day, boarding, public, private, local, or distant – but also to reflect on themselves with the guidance of their teachers and advisors. The process asks each student to direct the approach to learning that he or she has developed at RCS inward, to question the answers and answer the questions, but this time the subject at hand is their own future. What kind of environment do they work best in – social or solitary – what type of classroom will they thrive in – round tables or rows of desks – what kind of community are they most comfortable in – intimate or expansive – and how comfortable would they be being away from home. These are all questions that arise as part of the secondary school placement process led by Page Vincent ’79. Not only are the students asked these questions but parents are as well. Putting it all together provides one with an image of the ideal secondary school environment which ultimately leads to a list of prospective school options. Is this list plausible, or is it flawed? The most effective

Excerpt from Matt Nespole’s Graduation Speech So, as we gather together here today and manage the range of emotions in our hearts, I want to share a bit of advice with you: It comes with a story. It’s a story that’s been attributed to the Cherokee Nation and one that has been handed down from generation to generation. One evening an old man told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘Wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, sorrow, regret, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, and superiority. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, truth, and compassion.” The grandson thought for a while about what his grandfather had said, and then asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”

The grandfather simply replied, “The one you feed.” Each of you has been blessed with abundant innate gifts and you have also shown many early indications that you have what it takes to reach deep within yourselves to achieve your dreams. As individuals, and as a group, you have distinguished yourselves academically, artistically, athletically, and musically. You are a remarkable group of young people, and those of us at Rippowam Cisqua who have worked with you, and gotten to know you, appreciate the contributions you have made to our School’s long and outstanding tradition. As you go off to your next learning adventure, please take with you our thanks for leaving Rippowam Cisqua a better place than when you entered it. And remember, take your time, find your voice, and feed the Good Wolf.

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way to find out is to jump in and look and then revisit the questions and list. In the end, most students have a short list of four or five schools. In addition, students are provided the opportunity to have a “mock” interview with a member of the Advancement team and offered standardized test prep classes with the faculty. The process from there virtually mirrors the more familiar college admission process – study for exams, focus on the studies, write essays, fill out applications, schedule interviews, and then wait. By the time letters begin arriving in February and March the anxiety on the Rippowam Campus is almost palpable. As letters are opened, it becomes evident that the RCS placement process truly is a model for success. Child after child opens envelopes that represent exciting new opportunities. Does every child get into his or her first choice or the school they might think is perfect? Not quite; but they all head off to a school in the fall that ultimately is a great fit for them.

Mr. Nespole’s Remarks to the Departing Eighth Graders: For the 26 eighth grade students who will be leaving us to attend new schools next year, I want to take a moment to wish all of you well. Many of you have been part of Rippowam Cisqua since you were very small, and it has been a privilege for our School community to watch you grow into the people you are today. As I think about what you will accomplish at your next school, I’m drawn to Dr. Seuss who wrote in his children’s book The Places You’ll Go:

Kid, you’ll move mountains! So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way! It's a pleasure for me to celebrate each of you as we mark this occasion by formally welcoming you into the Rippowam Cisqua Alumni Association.

The list of secondary schools that this year’s departing eighth and graduating ninth grade students will be attending in the fall is once again impressive (see secondary school inset). This list illustrates the breadth of exceptional opportunities made available to our students as they continue their journey, and the shared commitment to helping each student realize his or her full potential. What is equally noteworthy is the way in which these students flourish at their secondary schools, and the acceptances they earn to selective colleges and universities as a result (see college/university inset). While their paths diverge and their experiences are varied, our students find their place and path to success. As you will read in the following pages of this bulletin, and in bulletins to come, it’s apparent that RCS provides a powerful foundation for its alumni who tackle life after RCS with the kind of curiosity and love of learning that lends itself to a broad range of rewarding pursuits throughout their lives.

To Remarkable Places The sun set on June 10th, the DJ played on until the students were exhausted, and the newest group of alumni savored every last moment together singing, hugging, and laughing. By this time, the white dresses were creased and the rep ties were a bit askew, but the exciting potential for each and every one of these students was never more clear to the assembled faculty who looked on with some measure of sadness at the end of one journey, and happiness at the beginning of the next as the Class of 2010 headed off into the night.

Secondary schools RCS students will attend in September 2010: Beijing International School Berkshire School Birch Wathen Lenox Brunswick School Children’s Professional School Choate Rosemary Hall Deerfield Academy Ethical Culture Fieldston Fox Lane High School Greenwich High School

Hackley School Holderness The Hotchkiss School John Jay High School King School Lawrenceville School Masters School Milton Academy Miss Porter’s School Ossining High School

Phillips Academy Andover Phillips Exeter Academy Rye Country Day School St. George’s School St. Paul’s School The Taft School Westminster School Yorktown High School

Select colleges RCS Class of 2007 graduates will attend in September 2010: Barnard College Boston University Brown University Bucknell University (2) Charleston University Columbia University Cornell University (3) CUNY Hunter College Dartmouth College Duke University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College

George Washington University Georgetown University Hobart College Hofstra University Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Michigan State University (2) Middlebury College (2) NYU (2) Oberlin College Princeton University

University of Richmond Smith College Syracuse University Tulane University (3) Union College Utah State University University of Vermont (3) Villanova University Wake Forest University Washington U., St. Louis Yale University

Alumni Profiles: Interns/Teachers at RCS

“It’s practically

The Rippowam Cisqua School community has alumni in every occupation you can imagine – architects, bankers, bestselling authors, lawyers, screenwriters, musicians, doctors, and the list goes on. The vocation that makes many who work at the School smile a little wider, however, is teacher. RCS is fortunate to have a faculty passionate about teaching so the realization that they have launched the career of one more teacher that can impact the lives of future generations of children is particularly meaningful. When Rippowam Cisqua alumni communicate a strong interest in pursuing a role as a teaching intern, not surprisingly, these “veterans” of the RCS experience are welcomed into that process with warmth and affection. This past year found four alumni in the role of assistant teachers, learning the ropes at RCS. They have enjoyed a unique path that brought them to this point but they are all rooted in a desire to learn about teaching at RCS, where their educations began and where the teachers made a meaningful difference in their lives. Kate Jaffe ’01, Louisa Polos ’01, Leah Rosebaum ’02, and Niko Viglione ’02, were in the RCS apprentice program

impossible to be unhappy when you have the privilege of seeing children’s smiling faces every day.” Kate Jaffe ’01 (pictured left) during the 2009-10 school year. The four spent a significant portion of their elementary and middle school years on the Cisqua and Rippowam campuses between 1989 and 2001. They all have remarkable memories from their years at RCS. Speaking with Kate, Louisa, Leah, and Niko it was apparent that they all felt RCS was an extraordinary place to begin their educational journeys. They learned the importance of a curriculum that challenges and pushes a student to reach his or her fullest potential. They learned that what often separates a good education from a truly remarkable education is the teachers who are doing the molding, shaping, and challenging. Kate Jaffe ’01 grew up in a two teacher household. Kate’s father, Jim, is in his

twentieth year teaching third grade on the Cisqua Campus. Growing up with two teachers, Kate said that she never remembered her parents coming home from work complaining of a bad day. No matter what took place during the hours that they were out of the house, they always came home with a silly anecdote, a funny antic, a happy ending. Kate didn’t expect to become a teacher when she was majoring in Spanish at Manhattanville College, and she entered the fashion/ media world shortly after graduating, but after one year, it didn’t feel like the right fit. While the work was interesting, the sense of professional happiness and satisfaction that Kate had observed with her parents eluded her. In fact, no one in her office seemed to love what they were doing. So she set out to make a change. In the summer of 2009, she met with

RCS administrators and learned about the intern program at RCS which, from a teacher’s perspective, presents a unique opportunity to be in a classroom and get hands-on teaching experience while being mentored by master teachers. Kate was thrilled to be working alongside her father and Marylea Franz, a favorite RCS teacher. You might guess that the greatest influence in Kate’s professional life was her parents, yet when asked if that was the case, she cited a number of Rippowam Cisqua teachers who had an influence on her as well. A notable memory was math class in seventh grade with Page Vincent ’79. Ms. Vincent had a way of helping Kate understand even the most complex math challenges in a demanding honors math class. What was clear to Kate was that when a student in the class didn’t understand a concept, Page would stop, rethink her approach, and find another way to explain it until the concept was clear – until they all got it!

that made her feel supported and valued. As a college student, a defining experience for Louisa was establishing the Gettysburg Campus Kitchen, an on-campus organization dedicated to transforming excess food from the dining halls into healthy meals for community members in need. Like Kate, Louisa also attributes much of her personal success to the foundation she received at RCS, acknowledging that many teachers had a

“I love being part of the RCS community, working with middle schoolers, and being able to give back to a school that gave me so much as well as working closely with teachers who inspired me. Louisa Polos ’01 (pictured below)

Now that Kate has spent a year interning in a second grade classroom on the Cisqua campus, she understands her parents’ secret – it’s practically impossible to be unhappy when you have the privilege of seeing children’s smiling faces every day. Kate notes that the children make the School a great place to work and learn. She is looking forward to teaching in second grade again next year and enjoying every moment of it! Louisa Polos’s journey is quite similar to Kate’s. She started in JPK and left after seventh grade to attend John Jay (where Kate matriculated two years later). After John Jay, Louisa attended Gettysburg College where she excelled academically and athletically. Louisa felt that RCS provided her with an exceptionally strong foundation, teaching her the importance of balancing academics with athletics and the arts, coupled with a commitment to community service, which is her true passion. Louisa also felt that RCS teachers taught her how to learn and challenged her to do her best in a manner

PR but she couldn’t shake the coaching bug and an affinity for the ever present energy in a school environment. In January 2010, Louisa was offered a position as an intern on the Rippowam campus. She loves being part of the RCS community, working with middle schoolers, and being able to give back to a school that gave so much to her as well as working closely with teachers who inspired her.

hand in shaping her experience, and she too identified seventh grade math with Page Vincent ’79 as a turning point in her journey. Like so many of her RCS teachers, Page was supportive and tirelessly committed to helping her students grasp the key concepts she was teaching. After college, Louisa headed into New York City to intern for a public relations agency, but still managed to keep one foot in the school world, coaching lacrosse. For the next year, she pursued a path in

Niko Viglione ’02, also grew up with parents who were educators. Niko’s father, Dan Viglione, teaches physical education on the Cisqua campus and his mother teaches English in the Hastings School District. Like Kate, Niko observed his parents’ commitment and professional satisfaction. Unlike Kate, Niko knew early on that he wanted to follow in his parents’ footsteps. He saw the connection his parents had with their students and the passion they felt for teaching. Niko attended RCS from third through eighth grade and thoroughly enjoyed his time here, appreciated what he learned, and never forgot the teachers who mentored him. He feels a strong connection to Bill Barrett, his sixth grade homeroom teacher who helped him navigate some of the challenges of middle school. He also feels a debt of gratitude to Tom Morrissey, who started the track team during Niko’s Rippowam campus years. Through that program, Niko developed a love of track and field that has stayed with him and has led him to some major successes. He was the captain of his State Championship track team in high school and went on to become an All-American in college. Following in his father’s

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“I love telling my students that I went to Rippowam Cisqua and seeing the awe on their faces.” Niko Viglione ’02 (pictured left with his fater Dan Viglione)

footsteps, Niko attended SUNY Cortland, for its strong education program. Niko loves being back at Rippowam Cisqua pursuing his teaching goal. He finds the environment welcoming and warm and the sense of community outstanding. The opportunity to work with his dad is, not surprisingly, a special one, where they learn from one another and often find that their differences are complementary. What he likes most about being back is telling his students that he went to Rippowam Cisqua and seeing the awe on their faces. Niko is back at RCS this fall and is looking forward to another busy year of teaching and learning as well as continuing to run. His specialty is long distance trail running and at press time he was headed to the Vermont Fifty, a fifty mile trail race. It was a challenge to catch up with Leah Rosenbaum ’02. Between moving, studying, and planning, she is in constant motion. Leah had a terrific experience at RCS, beginning in JPK and continuing through eighth grade. She found the Cisqua campus to be a nurturing environment with supportive and loving teachers who offered her the perfect start to her academic journey. Her most memorable year was sixth grade, with

Kathleen Zutter as her Language Arts/Humanities teacher. Kathleen seemed more like a high school teacher to Leah than a middle school teacher. She encouraged her students to push themselves to think and question in ways that felt unexpected and unusual for sixth grade. She helped solidify Leah’s foundation as a learner and prepared her for her high school years at Ethical Culture Fieldston, where Leah graduated in 2006. Like her peers Leah felt well prepared after Ripp for high school where she excelled academically. After Fieldston, Leah matriculated at Brown University where she majored in Literary Arts.

Leah spent a summer teaching math and art at the Summer Service Institute, a summer enrichment program for inner-city middle school students, as well as tutoring students at Fieldston. Although she dreamed of becoming a lawyer as early as third grade, she wondered if teaching might be her calling. When interim Cisqua Division Head Marylea Franz called Leah and offered her a position as an intern in second grade, she accepted. While law school was still in the back of her mind, she knew that if she didn’t at least try teaching she would always wonder “what if?” Leah was eager to test the waters. Leah thoroughly enjoyed her time in the classroom at RCS last spring, building relationships with students and faculty in a relatively short period of time. At press time, she hadn’t given up her dream of attending law school, though, and was actively studying for the LSAT and filling out law school applications. We wish Kate, Louisa, Niko, and Leah all the best as they pursue their dreams.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the classroom at RCS, building relationships with students and faculty.” Leah Rosebaum ’02 (pictured left)

Alumni Profile: Nicholas Platt ’50

Ambassador Nicholas Platt ’50 is an American diplomat with a career that spanned over three decades in the Foreign Service. A student at Rippowam in the late forties, Mr. Platt went on to St Paul’s and Harvard University before entering the Foreign Service in 1959. With a background in Chinese, he began a career in Asia as a China Analyst at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, and in 1972 he accompanied President Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing that signaled the resumption of relations between the United States and China. Mr. Platt went on to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines, and Pakistan, in addition to posts in Canada and Japan. He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City. In March, his memoir, “The China Boys” (Vellum, 2010), was released. We caught up with Nick and his classmates at their 60th reunion this spring on the Rippowam Campus and again over the summer. RCS NP

I had retired from my job as the president of the Asia Society and had always intended to write a memoir, but hadn’t fully structured it. Although there were a number of other subjects that could be included, I felt that the China theme was the most topical and where I had personally witnessed the most history. I had always been interested in the process of history and, having kept diaries along the way, I assembled all the material, wrote a draft, and tried to get people interested in publishing it. It wasn’t easy, but I finally found a home for it.

I wrote the book with younger generations in mind – it has a fair amount of “What happens when this or that opportunity arises?” RCS NP It has been well received which has been gratifying. Plus, I’ve been delighted to have a chance to explain to my children what I’ve been doing all these years. RCS

NP If there’s one lesson that comes out of this book, it’s that life is a combination of luck and work. My experience was not some grand plan. I had some good luck and good breaks, and some bad luck and bad breaks, but it’s ultimately what you make of them.

It was chance that drew me into China, which subsequently became a passion and led to opportunities like the trip to Beijing with President Nixon. I served for four years as the Ambassador to the Philippines when we still had two bases there. Mrs. Aquino was in power and it was a fragile time – there were coup attempts, typhoons, and earthquakes. After finishing a four-year stint there, I asked the powers that be where I might go next and they said Pakistan. When I asked why, they said that I had developed a track record for supporting

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“I found later in life, in my schooling and

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professional writing,

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that the foundation I gained at Rippowam was invaluable.” Nicholas Platt

Mr. Platt is the young man furthest to the right in the top row.

female heads of government and struggling democracies. They wanted me to help Benazir Bhutto. These two leaders couldn’t have been more different, but that’s the way serendipity works and it was a key post. No sooner had I gotten there than Bhutto had been removed from office in an election. RCS

NP Try everything you can. Try to figure out what you’re good at and what you like to do, and as long as it’s legal, you’re going to be fine. The ability to make a living will take care of itself. Don’t expect to find out what you’re calling is right away, however, and remember that finding out what you don’t like is equally important.

I was fortunate to be able find ways to make the work interesting, no matter what aspect I was engaged in. For example, I didn’t know what would come from issuing visas in Winslow Ontario at the time, but I later came to rely on the knowledge base I had developed in immigration policy and law from that experience. I was also particularly fortunate to have a spouse who wanted to do these things with me and a very close-knit family.

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When World War II ended, my family moved from Manhattan out to Mount Kisco and I found myself at Rippowam. I thought of it as heaven – out in the countryside in a learning environment that I remember as a cozy place that was very welcoming. It was an important time in my life and I developed some friendships that are very important to me now. While I was only there for a relatively short time, it was an important staging area for me. The main intellectual element that I took away was the ability to diagram sentences, drilled into us by Mrs. Paddock, who was an absolute fanatic about grammar. She insisted that we master all elements of writing and I found later in life, in all of my schooling and professional writing, that this foundation was invaluable. The ability to write a clear and declarative sentence is perhaps the most useful skill one can have. Writing clearly in English is an important ingredient in any job, no matter what you are doing. Ours is an information society and jobs all deal with being able to communicate effectively. I remember being asked by George Shultz to address the leadership of the State

Department on the impact of the computer on traditional academic skills involved in negotiating and policy making. The computer had made facility with these skills even more important rather than less. There was simply so much more material coming across peoples’ desks, that if policy makers lacked the ability to synthesize information clearly they would drown. I learned essential skills at Rippowam and then honed them at St Paul’s, Harvard, and on the job.

The Master Teaching Fund was established in 1991 by RCS alumni in honor of the School’s retired master teachers. The goal of this endowed fund is to support the professional and personal development of today’s teachers and administrators.

To help support the Master Teaching Fund Endowment, please send your donations to: Advancement Office, Rippowam Cisqua School PO Box 488, Bedford, New York 10506

Three teachers were recently approved for Master Teaching Fund Grants.

Please make checks payable to Rippowam Cisqua School and identify “MTF” as the fund designation on the bottom left line of your check. If you have additional questions, please contact Bob Whelan, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement, at 914-244-1291 or bob_whelan@rcsny.org.

I found in my work in the policy management world, that it didn’t matter how much you knew or how wise your recommendations were, if you couldn’t get them to policy makers in a form that they could understand quickly and in a fashion that they might use to help shape a decision, you might as well throw them away. Mrs. Paddock and others taught us lessons at Rippowam that I never forgot. RCS

It felt like the most natural thing in the world - sort of a homecoming. We were very impressed with the expansion of the school and the influx of technology, but it still felt recognizable. It felt very much like the cozy welcoming place we all remembered. The China Boys How U.S. Relations with the PRC Began and Grew by Nicholas Platt ’50 is available at Amazon.com.

Jim Jaffe, who has been teaching at RCS

Sandi Klein, with 25 years teaching at

Missy Swan, who has been with RCS

for 20 years, is using his grant to “quiet his mind and renew his spiritual practice in Buddhist meditation” by participating in a weeklong meditation workshop at Omega. He will also be buying himself a new computer with all the “trimmings.”

RCS, is using her grant money to purchase a new Apple MacBook and lessons on how to use it. She will also be purchasing two digital cameras and private photography lessons.

for 30 years, is using her grant money to travel to Africa to experience the natural beauty of the country and also to visit her former student and advisee, Whitney Johnson ’99, who has set up an orphanage there.

One in a series of updates on Rippowam Cisqua’s Long Range Strategic Plan initiatives

Long Range Strategic Plan

A Connection to the

Classroom & Library Renovations Update

Larger World

The spring Bulletin will feature pictures of the new and completed spaces in action. Thanks to all involved in helping to make this transformation a reality for our teachers and students.

As soon as the students and faculty exited the buildings for the summer, workers descended on both campuses to begin renovation work on the Cisqua Campus library and eight classrooms on the Rippowam Campus. At press time for this magazine, the transformational quality that these projects will have on the learning environments on both campuses had already become visibly apparent. The generous expanse of glass that runs the length of the new library roof helped bathe the entire room in even, northfacing natural light. One could already

picture improved instructional space in this campus hub whose floor plan has been increased by 50%. The eight classrooms on the Rippowam Campus immediately felt larger, in part because they are, but certain design features that enhance storage and flexibility were already demonstrating their value, even in their unfinished state. The commitment to sustainability was particularly visible during the construction phase, with significant insulation finding its way into the walls, ventilation systems that incorporate fresh air, and intelligent lighting systems that will support instruction while simultaneously conserving resources.

A strong element of the Rippowam Cisqua School mission is to instill in its students a deep sense of connection to their community and to the larger world. At the outset of the renovation project, students, parents, faculty, and administrators were focused on a range of elements related to a shared commitment to sustainability and global awareness; therefore the opportunity to give a meaningful second life to classroom furniture and supplies was of paramount importance. The School developed a partnership with AFYA (http://www.afyafoundation.org), a non-profit organization in Yonkers, NY.

AFYA, which means “good health” in Swahili, maintains a network of donor schools, health organizations, corporations, and individual households for the collection of educational materials and medical supplies that will save and improve lives in developing countries. AFYA’s goal is to serve as a donation-based clearinghouse of vital supplies that are made available to the international health community. Nick Gutfreund, RCS parent, first met with Danielle Butin, Founder of AFYA, at the AFYA warehouse in February. Mr. Gutfreund called this meeting a “humbling experience,” based on the extent of AFYA’s resources and what they are able to do. AFYA was ultimately identified to receive the classroom furniture and materials that

were replaced as part of the renovation project, which pleased Ms. Butin “The choice for RCS to donate school furniture and supplies to AFYA, will enable thousands of children in Port au Prince to receive an education, while simultaneously sparing 33,000 pounds of vitally needed supplies from landfill. It’s really exciting, both locally and globally!” From that relationship, many opportunities have grown. In addition to 154 desks and an assortment of tables, chairs, and whiteboards, the students of RCS also started a project called “Hands up for Haiti” to collect school supplies for the Haitian students. What began as an off-shoot of a renovation project became an essential relationship between RCS and AFYA to help supply the people of Haiti with the resources they need as they rebuild their educational facilities; but equally important, it became an outreach opportunity for the students of RCS to help students in other parts of the world.

Board of Trustees

their son William ’19. Jim received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his M.B.A. from Wharton School of Finance.

Robert P. Conway, Chair Maria G. Fields, Vice Chair William D. McLanahan, Treasurer Alexandria Stewart Altman, Secretary

New

Board Members Role of the RCS Board of Trustees: The Rippowam Cisqua Board is a volunteer body that serves as the guardian of the School’s mission, focusing on strategic issues and on the long term well-being of the School. It is the Board’s responsibility to ensure that the mission is appropriate, relevant, and vital to the community it serves. The Board monitors the success of the School in fulfilling its mission and concentrates on the big picture while leaving the School’s daily operation to the Head of School. The Board and the Head of School work in partnership in fulfilling these main principles to best serve the School.

Board Members Scott A. Barshay Steve Bean Ralph J. Bernstein Robert S. Boyd ’75 Dr. Neil J. Capolongo John W. Chambers James A. Diamond James D. Kallman Dr. Elizabeth L. Kilgallon Desta Lakew Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Anna P. Lee James B. Renwick ’63 Amanda Riegel David E. Rubin Erika Aronson Stern Hatsy Vallar Ex Officio Matthew Nespole, Head of School Patricia Grunebaum, Parent Council Chair Deborah A. Hurrell, Chief Financial Officer Robert F. Whelan, Assistant Head for Institutional Advancement Christopher Wirth ’94, RCSAA Chair

John Chambers is a Managing Director and Head of the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Roth Capital Partners. He has also held senior-level health care and biotechnology banking positions at Merriman Currhan Ford, SG Cowen, Lehman Brothers, UBS, and Salomon Smith Barney. John is married to Marsha Chambers and they have one daughter, Hayley ’14. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Union College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Elizabeth Kilgallon has served extensively as an RCS volunteer for the Annual Fund, Parent Council, and the Long Range Strategic Plan Committee. Elizabeth is an equine veterinarian in private practice. She and her husband John live in Bedford Hills with their three children: son Jack ’13, and daughters Mairead ’15 and Emer ’18. Elizabeth received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, her DVM from Tufts University, and served as an intern and resident in large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Scott Barshay is a partner at the law

Steve Bean has had a thirty-six year

firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore, LLP. He and his wife Melissa live in Armonk with their three children: Emily ’13, Chloe ’15, and Josh ’20. Scott received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and a J.D. from Columbia University’s School of Law.

history in independent schools, beginning as a teacher and administrator at Montclair Academy before serving as the Head of School at Staten Island Academy (K-12), St Andrews in Jackson, MS (K-12) and St Andrew’s Priory in Honolulu, Hawaii (K12). He received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, an M.A.T. from Brown University, and his Ed.D. from Rutgers University. Steve and his wife Betsy live in Remsenburg, NY.

Matthew Nespole, Head of School Bill Barrett, Head of Rippowam Campus Betsy Carter, Director of Admissions, Cisqua Campus John Della Vecchia, Director of Buildings and Grounds Ashley R. Harrington, Director of Admissions, Rippowam Campus Deborah A. Hurrell, Chief Financial Officer Andrew Kuhn, Ph.D., School Psychologist Paula Rosen, Head of Cisqua Campus Page Vincent, ’79, Director of Secondary School Placement David Wagenheim, Director of Technology Robert F. Whelan, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement

Anna and her husband Tom are the parents of Carolyn ’06, David ’08, Jackson ’13, and Meredith ’15. Anna received a BA in History and Government from Skidmore College.

Jim Kallman has served as an active RCS volunteer, most recently serving as Annual Fund Chair. He was also a member of the Advancement Committee of the RCS Board of Trustees. Jim is currently President of Kallman Management Corp., a private investment company. He was previously a general partner of Chase Capital Partners, a global private equity firm. Jim has served as Chair of the Board for City Harvest since 2005 and has previously served as a member of the President’s Leadership Council at Brown University. He and his wife Alison live in Bedford Corners with

Anna Lee recently served for two years as the Chair of Parent Council at RCS. In her prior professional life, she worked in event planning for senior management at Chase Manhattan Bank. Prior to that, she worked at the School of American Ballet in New York City in Development and Special Events.

Erika Aronson-Stern has been an active Annual Fund and Parent Connections volunteer for RCS for the last several years. She was also a volunteer on the Long Range Strategic Plan. Erika currently serves as the Executive Director of the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation in New York City. The foundation provides funding support for a variety of causes such as education, social services, and scientific research. Erika and her husband Adam are the parents of Ethan ’14, Ella ’16, and Lola ’19. They live in Bedford. Erika received her B.A. from Trinity College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Cisqua Farewell

Rippowam Field Day

RCS in Pictures

2009-10 Beauty and the Beast

Cisqua Field Day

Love, Live, Laugh Auction

Walk to Cisqua

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Gathering of

Alums 2010 On May 27th, the Stone Rose Lounge in Manhattan was the location of yet another very successful Gathering of Alums. Starting off slowly, but building up quickly to a “packed house,” the alums greeted each other and their former teachers with unbridled enthusiasm. There were alums in attendance from the class of 1963 all the way up to the class of 2004. Stories and memories were shared, along with business cards and contact information, and promises to stay in touch. Please be sure your contact information in your profile is up to date so we can all stay in touch! Questions? Please email alumni@rcsny.org.

Class of 1950 Reunion

April 16th turned out to be anything but a typical Friday on the Rippowam campus as eleven members of the Class of 1950 gathered for a 60th reunion! The day began with a reception in the library where they all had some time to reconnect and reminisce. Although many live in Westchester or Manhattan, some of them came from as far away as Boston and Virginia, and some hadn't seen each other in many years. Among the group there was an artist, an architect, a minister, a lawyer, a well-known pianist, two teachers (one of whom taught at Ripp!), and even an ambassador (see related story on page 11). They were later joined by Division Head, Bill Barrett, and the ninth grade leaders, linking those who were about to graduate with the class that left this campus 60 years ago. The alums were delighted to meet the students and to find out where they were all going to school in the fall. There were many knowing smiles and nods as the ninth graders mentioned secondary schools that some of our alums had attended and knew well. Ashley Harrington, Director of Admissions on the Rippowam campus, took our guests on a tour of the campus, including the art house and the new music house. Many of the alums remarked

that “so much is still the same!” as they walked down the front hallway of the main building. They enjoyed meeting and speaking with students and teachers throughout the tour. The next stop was the “new playhouse” where they enjoyed the talent of one of their own as Mr. Hod O’Brien sat down at the piano and played some inspiring jazz. The students entered the Playhouse while he was playing and, after he played one final tune, there was a huge round of applause from students, teachers, and fellow alums. The alums stayed for the Red/Blue assembly, where teams competed for points in all grades, five through nine. Not much in the Red/Blue competition has changed – even as far back as 1950 –

as the alums enthusiastically raised their hands when Mr. Barrett, asked who was on the Red team and who was on the Blue team. There were even some Red/Blue captains amongst our guests! They loved the assembly which had the students searching, with only their mouths, for a chocolate kiss in a pie plate full of whipped cream. Along with the whole auditorium, they laughed and cheered their teams on. Finishing up with lunch and more stories with the teachers, it was a memorable day for those returning, as well as for those who keep the Rippowam Cisqua spirit moving forward. More photos of both of these reunions can be found on the school website at www.rcsny.org

Bedford once in the last 20 years but he ran into Jim Renwick ’63 while he was here. Phil says: “If anyone is putting a Class of ’65 reunion together, please give me some advance notice.”

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Dudley Cunningham and his family have just acquired a sailboat which they plan to sail on Barnegat Bay in Jersey. Dudley says he spoke to Peter Pierce ’67 recently, which was fun. If you’d like to get in contact, email him at dudleyc100@aol.com.

Larry Kennedy tells us that he has his USCG Masters license and spends as much time as possible on Georgia’s Coastal waters providing photo shoots, historic tours, and fishing mainly on the fly.

Rodney Gott ’57 tells us that he and Dede (Harder) Laveran ’58 are Facebook friends. Rodney also says, “Here is everything that has happened since Ripp. Middlesex school four years, Columbia University four years, US Navy Ltjg two years, Bank of America Trust Officer seven years, Morgan Stanley Vice President retail stockbroker 32 years, and retirement 2 1/2 years. It all has gone so fast.”

Caroline Stone Keating writes: We members of the Class of 1950 had a fine time celebrating our 60th reunion (see related article on previous page). Thank you Rippowam Cisqua for entertaining us and bringing us up to date about our elementary school. On my personal horizon, my husband Rod sustained a serious stroke in mid-July, I am sorry to report. We hope Rusk will do wonders!

Paige Buckingham Hammond writes to say that she still has a permanent home in Westport, CT but spends her winters in Treasure Cay, Bahamas. She continues with a few clients, but is playing a lot of golf and she had a fantastic trip this early summer hiking the Cinque Terre on the coast of Italy with eight gals. She is busy with five grandchildren in Connecticut, but they will all be with her in the Bahamas for the celebration of her 70th in February!! It should be a very festive occasion in a beautiful setting. Husband, Paul, has just completed his second novel.

Ghislaine Austin Belcak lives in Atlanta GA with her husband Ed and son Austin Belcak, who is class of 2013 at Wake Forest University. Ghislaine is Senior Director of Investments for the Southeast region at Wells Fargo Wealth Management. Ed is an entrepreneur, president of a pump manufacturing company. Ghislaine visits Bedford from time to time to catch up with her Mom in the house in which she grew up. Alums, give us a call if visiting Atlanta! 404-816-4840

Greg Hooker has been in the radio business for nearly 30 years, currently as General Manager of a public community radio station, WGDR in Plainfield, VT. He and his wife, Sarah, have lived in Vermont since the late 70s, and have two children, Cassidy, 26, who lives in Brooklyn, and Nick, 23. Greg has stayed in contact with some old Rippowam friends, including Anne Smith ’66, John Goodhue ’65, Dave Renwick ’65, and especially Peter Stanton ’65, who also lives in Vermont. Greg says he has many fond memories of Rippowam and that he is looking forward to “our 50th reunion just a few years down the road.” Phil Milner and his wife Pam are living in Newport Beach, CA. One son is married with two daughters and their daughter is a junior on the golf team at San Diego State. Phil says he has only been back to

Nina (Jeannine) Meek writes to tell us that classmate Cynthia Branch Mas ’71 has done a stellar job putting classmates in touch - thanks so much Cynthia! Nina says she is living in beautiful Boulder, Colorado and is now single. She has four children: Coleman (21), Galen (19), Kate (17), and Cahill (15), with the older two kids in college. Nina owns/manages commercial real estate locally, is raising/training a beautiful colt for a hunter/jumper, is the secretary for Boulder’s Episcopal St John’s Church altar guild, a fundraiser for Colorado Horse Rescue, and a skiing fan of “our lovely Summit County slopes.” Nina sends a big hello to classmates in touch: Cynthia, Nina B., Kyra, Kate, Sandy, Elizabeth, Eugenie, Suzanne [Hopkins, Cisqua], and to all others!

Jane Winans McKim says she is living in Winston-Salem, NC where she works for the film festival, and her husband Tom is an attorney. They have three children: Will (22), Polly (20), and Carrie (13). She stays in regular touch with Cindy Branch Mas ’71 and they spend lots of time in Montana and see classmates Jenny Swan Odden ’72 and Leslie Spencer Huffman ’72. Elisabeth Witte McIntire writes: “This past year has been full for my family – of both joys and sorrows. Two of our children married: Abby to Kakra Aggrey, and Peter to Taylor Stevens. Our third, Gordie, is 19 and headed to Bucknell University in the fall and has no plans for marital commitment yet – that’s fine! Sadly, my nephew, Andrew Nicholas Marshall, son of Sarah Coffin Witte ’70, died on May 19, 2010, 17 months after his diagnosis of two types of malignant brain tumors. He was 27. All of us in the Witte family, and his close friends and wife, will miss him dearly.”

Louisa Rudeen Beckett tells us: “A career in boating journalism, which included stints as editor at Motor Boating and ShowBoats International magazines, has led me to Fort Lauderdale, yachting capital of the Southeast, where I have just been named editor of Southern Boating magazine.” She says she is delighted to be working for this well-known regional publication, which covers boating throughout the south including the Chesapeake Bay, the southern Atlantic Seaboard, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. Louisa says, “If you live in the South and love boats, let me know at louisa@southernboating.com. I am still in touch with Ripp classmate and lifelong friend Carina Kjellstrom ’73 and her family.”

Message from the RCS Alumni Association Chair Hello from, and perhaps welcome back to, Rippowam Cisqua! My name is Christopher Wirth ’94 and I am the Chair of the Rippowam Cisqua Alumni Association. My primary goal is to help reconnect alumni with each other and with the School. Whether it has been months, years, or decades, RCS wants to hear from you! High School, college, career, relationships, children are but a few of life’s events that take us to all different places. One thing we are bound by is that we spent the formative years of our childhood at Rippowam Cisqua School. That could have been one academic year or it could have been a dozen years; regardless, we all share a common experience. RCS would like to welcome everyone to come back to visit the School. The intention is to make that as easy as possible. Whether through the virtual online community, or in person, RCS hopes to hear from every alum. I would like to personally invite you and your family to our Alumni Day this fall, to be held on the Rippowam Campus on Saturday, October 16th. Please mark that date on the calendar and reach out to your classmates to revisit some memories and rekindle some friendships. Although the reunion is geared towards those classes ending in 0 & 5, all alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please be sure to RSVP to alumni@rcsny.org so the School can plan. A barbeque lunch will be served, we’ll have a chance to hear from Head of School Matthew Nespole, get a tour of the renovated classrooms on the Ripp campus and, most importantly, a chance to reconnect with some fellow alumni. I’m delighted to report that Edlira Curis has joined the RCS Advancement Office and will be serving in the role of Alumni Relations Manager. Edlira looks forward to hearing from you and answering any questions you might have. She can be reached via email at alumni@rcsny.org. Thank you again, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Regards,

Christopher J. Wirth ’94

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Justin Cronin writes: I live in Houston, TX, where I am Professor of English at Rice University and a novelist. My most recent book, THE PASSAGE, was released this summer and will be published in 30 countries. I seriously doubt the writing of novels is the livelihood my RCS classmates would have imagined for me (from the 1977 yearbook: “In ten years...will be editing computer printouts”), but no doubt they would surprise me as well. My wife is Leslie; my children are Iris (13) and Atticus (7). The wonders of Facebook have put me back in touch with a number of RCS people, most notably classmate John Pryor, who came to one of my book signings in LA with his beautiful, sun-drenched family. This permitted me to thank him in person for turning me onto scifi and the reading of books in general, way back in fifth grade.

Marisa Felt Bellingrath writes: “We have just moved to San Francisco! I have started my position as Middle School Division Head at Hamlin School. My husband, Thompson, and my two boys Guy, 6, and Albert, 2, have joined me on this amazing journey! We are thrilled to be living in such a vibrant and interesting city.”

Marah Rosenberg says: “I’ve made more art! This time, in Asbury Park NJ, taking over a football sized field of abandoned telephone poles, wrapping them in colorful fabric. The piece was sponsored by Madison Marquette Inc, and is supported by the Sculptour program - managed by the shore institute of contemporary art, and ARSCAP, the arts coalition of Asbury Park. The Geraldine Dodge Foundation financially supports SICA (shore institute) and stopped by all of the pieces in the Sculptour program. The result is the blog post below: http://blog.grdodge.org /2010/05/11/urban-sulpture-mixed-mediamessages/ and http://gypsyartist.org/ memento_mori.html

Marissa Gold is still living in NYC and working at AOL as a fashion and beauty editor. Tristan Perich stopped by the RCS gathering in NYC. He also tells us: “The summer has been busy, with some big performances of my compositions in Spain and up at Mass MoCA, and artwork in exhibitions in Italy and Belgium. My new album, 1-Bit Symphony (which is a CD case with hand-built electronics inside that actually play back the music when you plug in and turn it on) will be released August 24th by Cantaloupe Music. I’m having a release party at White Box gallery (329 Broome Street, NYC) on the 20th at 7pm, and everyone’s invited. And this Spring I’ll have a couple machine drawings in a group show at the Katonah Museum of Art.”

“That’s about it on the professional level! Haven’t seen many RCS folks lately, but now that I’m back in the area, hopefully that’ll change.”

Charlie Adamski is thrilled to share the news of her recent engagement. She is still living in NYC and working at Christie’s auction house, currently in the Impressionist and Modern Art department. She has also conducted a few charity auctions on behalf of the company. Charlie recently gathered with alums from her class to attend a performance by talented classmate Griffin Anthony (Ochigrossi) ’99 at a concert venue in downtown NYC.

Jessica Goldstein writes to tell us that she and classmate Marissa Schaevitz ’99 are currently training together in NYC to run the Hampton Half Marathon (13.1 miles in South Hampton) on October 2nd. They are training with an organization called Team In Training and, through this effort, they are raising money to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Also, her younger sister, Vanessa Goldstein ’01 is training with Team In Training to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She currently lives in Los Angeles and is training for the Honolulu Full Marathon in Hawaii on December.

In Memoriam George Stoddardt, father of Penelope Stoddart Potter ’74 and Tim Stoddart ’77 passed away on April 6th. MaryJane Depot, M.D., mother of Eileen Mercurio’03, Laura Mercurio’03, and Elizabeth Mercurio’99 passed away on April 8th. Pauline Sullivan, grandmother of Todd Horn ’75, Anthony Horn ’76, and Christina Horn Wilmerding ’78, passed away on April 20th. Andrew Nicholas Marshall, son of Sarah Coffin Witte ’70 passed away on May 19th. Steven Krane, father of Elizabeth Krane ’04 and Cameron Krane ’09 passed away on June 22nd.

Jessica and Marissa just before they ran a 4 mile race in Central Park as part of their training last month. Please take a look at the following websites: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/ hampton10/jgoldstmo1 http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/ hampton10/mschaevitz http://pages.teamintraining.org/los/ honolulu10/vgoldstein

Donna “Dee Dee” Scala, mother of Peter Scala ’98 and Samantha Scala ’96 passed away on July 17th. Dee Dee was also a former trustee of RCS and she spent many years working in the front office on the Rippowam campus.

Former Faculty – where are they now? Ashton Crosby tells us that he recently returned from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival where he appeared in J. M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World. He is currently appearing offoff-Broadway in Time Travels with Cannibals, and looking forward to the Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown in September, where he’ll be in a revival of Orpheus Descending.

Save the Date Alumni Day – October 16th, 2010 For all classes ending in 0 or 5 Festivities begin at 11am on the Rippowam campus Watch your mail and email for more details! Please email alumni@rcsny.org if you have questions or if you want to make sure we have your correct contact information.

Mentoring RCS Alumni Are you interested in mentoring RCS alumni? Does your company offer an internship program that you might like RCS alumni to be aware of? Ever consider speaking on an informational basis with RCS alumni about your particular professional field? Please contact alumni@rcsny.org

Two Ways to Reconnect with RCS Alumni Electronic Directory at www.rcsny.org There’s an electronic directory for Rippowam Cisqua Alumni through the password protected alumni page at www.rcsny.org. Reconnect with old friends and stay informed about alumni events. For more information, email alumni@rcsny.org

Rippowam Cisqua School on

Help us keep in touch. Rippowam Alums at St. George’s Graduation in Newport, Rhode Island: Charlie Ghriskey ’08, Brittany Corso ’08, Emil Henry ’08, Sydney Mas ’07, Casey DeLuca ’08, Olivia Zurawin ’09, Parker Gilbert ’07, and Eliza Ghriskey ’06. left to right: William Sirignano ’99, Griffin Ochigrossi ’99, Emily Scaros ’99, Kaitlin McMenemon ’99, Charlie Adamski ’99.

Would you like to help connect with other Rippowam Cisqua alumni from your class for an upcoming reunion? Do you know of an RCS alum who might not be getting this magazine because we don’t have his or her address? For these and other alumni related issues, please contact us at alumni@rcsny.org or 914-244-1296. We’d love to hear from you!

Did you know that you can find Rippowam Cisqua alumni on Facebook? Simply log on to Facebook and search for “The Official Rippowam Cisqua Alumni Group” and begin reconnecting with Rippowam Cisqua alumni today.

Alumni Association Executive Committee Christopher Wirth ’94, Chair, Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Stephen Ohler ’66, Vice Chair Susannah Sard ’58, Secretary Richard Cahill ’92, Treasurer Meg Atkin ’76 Amy Parsons Bird ’76 Katie Prezzano Durfee ’82 Todd Friedman ’94 Sarah Joyce ’02 Philip Lawrence ’80 Anne Cady Keegan ’77 Thomas W. Keesee ’68 Cynthia Mas ’71 Nanette Foss Orr ’55 Alexander Reath ’93 Lisa Pagliaro Selz ’66 Ex-Officio Matthew Nespole, Head of School Robert F. Whelan, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement

If you are interested in becoming involved with the Alumni Board, please email alumni@rcsny.org.

Planning for Rippowam Cisqua’s

Annual Report 2009-10

Remembering Rippowam Cisqua in your estate planning helps assure a brighter tomorrow for the School. The 1917 Society was established in memory of Rippowam Cisqua’s earliest leaders and the year of the School’s founding; it honors those alumni, faculty, parents, and friends who have chosen to ensure the future of RCS by providing for the School in their estates and/or by establishing planned gift arrangements that benefit RCS and themselves. All donors, whether through a bequest provision or a life income arrangement, are automatically granted membership in the 1917 Society. You can remember Rippowam Cisqua through a simple provision in your estate. Whether giving through your will, living trust, life insurance policy, or qualified retirement plan, you should make your designation for “Trustees of Rippowam Cisqua School, a charitable and educational institution in Bedford, New York.”

1917 Society

For more information, please contact Bob Whelan, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement, at bob_whelan@rcsny.org or 914-244-1291.

Rippowam Cisqua School

What is Annual Giving? The Annual Fund makes everything at Rippowam Cisqua possible. Gifts to the Annual Fund provide direct support for a dynamic program of academics, athletics, and the arts, making it possible for an exceptional faculty to challenge students to discover and explore their talents to the fullest. This unrestricted support enhances library collections, supports technological innovation, ensures financial assistance for socio-economic diversity, and increases opportunities for teachers to grow professionally.

Why Give? Like most independent schools, RCS relies on tax-deductible gifts to meet its immediate needs. Annual Fund dollars are a critical resource that represent more than 7% of the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total annual operating budget, an indication of the vital role it plays in the life of the School. The very act of participating with a gift of any size positions the School to attract support from foundations and corporations, so a single gift can actually spur additional gifts. Your Annual Fund support has a profound impact on the quality of the teaching and learning that takes place every day, and demonstrates confidence and belief in an RCS education.

Dear Members of the Rippowam Cisqua Community, During the course of the spring and summer, many of you have thanked me for such a wonderful year. While I appreciate these kind words, it is you – parents, faculty, staff, alumni, past parents, and grandparents – who have made this past year extraordinary at Rippowam Cisqua. Your encouragement and support has enabled us to make exceptional teaching and learning at RCS a reality. Your collective contribution of nearly $4 million in gifts and commitments this year to our Annual Fund, Classroom and Library Project, Auction, and Endowment is just one example of how you have demonstrated your support. Participation in this year’s Annual Fund, our top fundraising priority, increased by a remarkable 10% this year. Your support for the Annual Fund touches every aspect of our School. It will enable us to provide our faculty with the resources to engage in professional development that will transform their work in the classroom. It will permit us to build on the valuable efforts over the past two years to refine our curriculum and appropriately integrate technology tools that enhance student learning. It will also allow us to support the people, program, and physical plant initiatives that best position us to teach our children the skills they will need to navigate the complex world they will join after they leave Rippowam Cisqua. The 94th year of Rippowam Cisqua will be one where change will be tangible. The administration and faculty will continue to strive to advance our mission to inspire our children to become confident, caring people with the capacity to think critically. We will do so in a transformed library and classroom wing that will foster a truly exciting learning experience. The improvement in our facilities is complemented by a curriculum that provides a common experience across grade levels that is informed by what precedes and follows. Most importantly, the remarkable faculty that works with our children will continue to help each child understand who he or she is as a learner, and the importance of caring for others. Great schools are never static. They continually strive to refine, improve, and grow. The tireless support of all of our volunteers, coupled with your generosity, is a testament to your trust and belief in Rippowam Cisqua, and your collective commitment to every child’s growth as a learner. I can never thank you enough for what you do for our School. Regards,

Matthew

Dear Friends, On behalf of the RCS Board of Trustees, I wish to thank you for your support of Rippowam Cisqua during this past year. Your generosity and volunteer commitment made 2009-2010 a landmark year, with truly exceptional success achieved through each of our major fundraising endeavors. Some of the highlights include: •

The RCS Annual Fund, which is the School’s top fundraising priority, enjoyed participation from more than 87% of our families en route to a $1.14 million dollar campaign that exceeded the School’s budgeted goal.

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The “Live Love Laugh” Auction saw participation in some way from nearly 80% of our community and grossed over $950,000 in revenue to support the School.

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Our Classroom and Library renovation fundraising effort, publicly launched on April 24th, realized over $1.9 million in gifts and commitments by June 30th.

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RCS Operating Report 2009-10 2% 5% 2%

Revenue Gross Tuition Facilities rent, CAT, camp, fees Endowment Auction Funds Annual Fund All Other Income

Our endowment grew to $17.6 million as of June 30th, up from $15.8 million only a year ago.

The Board of Trustees is profoundly grateful for the dedication demonstrated by all of the parents, alumni, students, staff, friends, and volunteers who gave so generously of their resources, time, and enthusiasm to help us realize our goals. Congratulations to our Annual Fund co-chairs, Alexandria Stewart Altman, Jim Kallman, and Gina Lodolini and everyone who volunteered tirelessly to make the Annual Fund effort such a tremendous success.

83%

5% 4%

Expenses Salaries & Benefits Instructional (Books, materials, trips, library) Administrative Building & Grounds (inc. Capital repair/replacement) Auxiliary Services (Food, technology, camp) Financial Aid Long Term Debt Service

Auction Chair, Stephanie Small, and a talented team of parent volunteers created a remarkably successful fundraising event that simultaneously enhanced the sense of community at RCS. The event was highlighted by an incomparable sense of energy and spirit, and we are incredibly appreciative of all who made that such a special experience for RCS. The commitment to renovate eight classrooms on the Rippowam Campus, and the Cisqua campus library, was born out of the Board’s 2008 long-range strategic plan and the 2009 campus master planning effort. Our community once again responded generously and, with over $1.9 million in gifts and commitments in hand, construction began in June on these two projects which will strengthen instruction at RCS for years to come.

$ 13,883,154 $ 268,926 $ 761,402 $ 300,000 $ 1,200,000 $ 206,723 $ 16,620,205

$ 10,615,575 $ 916,563 $ 631,409 $ 1,398,129 $ 784,039 $ 1,889,300 $ 457,050 $ 16,692,065

11% 64%

Endowment History (Millions)

Total Contributions to RCS

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This Annual Report recognizes the generosity and commitment that advances the Rippowam Cisqua mission, and the teaching and learning that are at its core. Our successful year is, of course, a credit to Matthew Nespole, the Administration, and the Faculty, who never fail to inspire us. But success is not possible without your support, which enables us to ensure that RCS continues to fulfill its mission to educate students to become independent thinkers, confident in their abilities and themselves. Our collective commitment to provide the opportunities for students to build the strong foundation on which they will build their lives is reaffirmed each and every day by your involvement. I thank you for the important role you played in making 2009-2010 such a success story for our community.

From July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 (as of 6/24) 18.9

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18.4 17.5

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Robert Conway

$ 1,141,185.91 $ 35,050.00 $ 319,060.32 $ 5,905.00 $ 1,250.00 $ 23,889.31 $ 486,466.39 $ 950,000.00

Total:

$ 2,962,806.93

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Sincerely,

President, Board of Trustees

Annual Fund Unrestricted Annual Operating Capital / Endowment Programs Master Teaching Fund Barbara Vincent Memorial Fund Parent Council Classroom & Library Live Love Laugh Auction

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Dear Rippowam Cisqua Community, 2009-2010 was a remarkable fundraising year for Rippowam Cisqua. We engaged in multiple fundraising endeavors simultaneously and watched as our community supported RCS in an unprecedented way. The Annual Fund was no exception. Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $1.14 million for the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important fundraising initiative.

Alexandria Stewart Altman

In the face of an uncertain economic climate, our parents continued to demonstrate an inspiring sense of commitment to the Annual Fund, with 87% of our families participating - a true testament to the depth of caring our families have for Rippowam Cisqua. Equally impressive is the fact that 82% of the faculty and staff participated in the Annual Fund this year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a remarkable demonstration of support by these talented educators and professionals who are keenly aware of the impact that Annual Fund support has on the experience of RCS students in the classroom. Also notable was the way in which our alumni emphatically embraced the Annual Fund this year. Alumni participation in the Annual Fund grew by over 100% this year and shattered all of the goals we had established.

Annual Fund Ambassadors Annual Fund Co-Chairs

Grade 6

Alexandria Stewart Altman, Chair Jim Kallman, Co-Chair, Grade Ambassadors Gina Lodolini, Co-Chair, New Families Babs Johnson, Cisqua Campus Faculty Chair Tim Smee, Rippowam Campus Faculty Chair

Donna Agajanian Elizabeth Kilgallon Sherley Weld

Leadership Ambassadors We know that the success of the Annual Fund depends on all of you: our committed volunteers, dedicated parents, caring grandparents, generous alumni, devoted faculty and staff, and kind friends of RCS who so generously supported the 2009-10 Annual Fund.

Mark Rosenberg Scott Vallar Charles Wilson

The following pages honor all those who helped make this one of our most memorable fundraising years ever. Our deepest, most sincere thanks to all who participated and helped ensure yet another year of exceptional teaching and learning.

New Family Ambassadors Tracy Fauver Cathy Alessio Lisa Smith

Class Ambassadors

Jim Kallman

Grade 5

Tim Evnin Ellen Rohrer Stephanie Small Grade 4

Erika Aronson-Stern Abby Maslow Loren Teolis Grade 3

Meg Burdick Beth Schreiber

Grade 9

Alexandria Stewart Altman

Tracey Gerber Bill Spain

Grade 2

Marla Eller Kirstin Wardell

Grade 8

Jim Kallman

Gina Lodolini

Desta Lakew Ellen Levenson Lisa Rosenbluth

Grade 1

Grade 7

Kindergarten

Neil Capolongo Sandy Cordiano Stephanie Scarlata

Karen Doniger Adam Heine

Kathleen Castiglione Charles Goldman

SPK

Marcy Sinel Gina Lodolini

Red & Blue Circle Leaders: ($10,000.00 +)

Founders’ Circle ($25,000 or more) Benefactors ($15,000 - $24,999) Leaders ($10,000 - $14,999) Sponsors ($5,000 - $9,999) Patrons ($2,500 - $4,999) Friends of RCS ($1,000 - $2,499) Total:

6 9 20 50 57 86 228

Founders’ Circle: $25,000 or more Alexandria and Michael Altman Mr. Andrew Cader Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Conway Mr. and Mrs. John Georgas Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Riegel III

Benefactors: ($15,000.00 +)

Teaching young children is one of the most important things a person can do. The impact I can make is on the

present and the future. ~ Sandi Klein, Kindergarten teacher

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bamford Mr. and Mrs. Scott Barshay Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Tony J. Giammalva Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Handler Mr. and Mrs. William D. McLanahan Mr. and Mrs. John Small Mr. Adam Stern and Mrs. Erika Aronson-Stern Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Tishman

5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Mr. and Mrs. George Bianco Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd ’75 Mr. and Mrs. William Cordiano Mr. and Mrs. James A. Diamond Mr. and Mrs. William Doniger Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Maria and Kenneth Fields Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Greenwald Mr. Eric D. Hadar Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kilgallon Mr. and Mrs. Ivan E. Mattei Dr. and Mrs. David B. McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. O’Callaghan ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Offermann Mr. Christopher Ryan and Ms. Pamela Lawson Mrs. Catherine Shelbred Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sinnott Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Sohmer Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Stalman Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Vallar

Sponsors: ($5,000.00 +) Mr. and Mrs. Corey L. Alpert Mr. and Mrs. James R. T. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Willing L. Biddle Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Breck, Jr. ’81 Mr. Joseph Browning and Dr. Maki Browning Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buckley Dr. Neil J. Capolongo and Dr. Gina Lodolini Mr. and Mrs. Gustav D. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Castiglione Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Caulkins Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chambers Mr. Michael Cohen and Ms. Michele D’Avolio Mrs. Mary Lee Cuscela Mr. and Mrs. Liam F. Dalton

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. de Vaulx Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Evnin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Staffard Garson Mr. and Mrs. William Georgas Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Gerber Mr. Richard Gere and Ms. Carey Lowell Gere Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Goldman Dr. and Mrs. William C. Graustein ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Evan G. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Greve Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kallman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kearns Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Kovensky Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Langham Mr. and Mrs. Lee LeBrun Mr. and Mrs. James Levenson Mr. Michael Levine Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Manocherian Ms. Rita Mercedes Mr. Franklin Montross IV ’70 and Mrs. Laura Lee Eifert Montross ’73 Mr. Michael Reeber and Ms. Nicole Giroux Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Riegel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Rosenberg Dr. Douglas A. Roth and Dr. Doreen L. Wray Roth Mr. and Mrs. David E. Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Schreiber Mrs. Lisa P. Selz Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Speegle Mr. John Squires Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tobeason Mr. and Mrs. John L. Vogelstein

43 Patrons: ($2,500.00 +) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Stan Barshay Dr. and Mrs. Perry H. Beaumont Mr. and Mrs. Scott Blair Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bonfiglio Mr. Brian Braden and Ms. Lisa Shrewsberry Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bridger Mr. Mark E. Brossman Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Casella Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casper Mr. Thomas Clayton and Ms. Caroline Robbins Mr. Zhenyu Dai and Ms. Shelley Lin Mr. and Mrs. Mihailo Darmanovic Anthony DeLuca and Theresa Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dowley Mr. and Mrs. Paul Feidelson Mr. and Mrs. David E. Fife Mr. and Mrs. George M. Flemma Mr. Brian Fridie and Mrs. Tania Santos-Fridie Mr. Carleton B. Gibson and Dr. Kaia M. Heimarck Mr. Peter Goldstein and Ms. Patricia McNamee Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grand Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenspan Mr. Nicholas J. Gutfreund and Ms. Mary M. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hackett Mr. David Hardy and Ms. Anne Davidson Hardy ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Heine Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Mr. Douglass B. Maynard and Ms. Kathryn L. Hoenig Mr. Michael McGinnis and Mrs. Courtney Hallock McGinnis ’80 Mr. Stephen Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morley Mr. and Mrs. Bryce O’Brien Mrs. Wendy B. O’Brien Dr. and Mrs. Michael Palmeri Mr. Craig Puffenberger and Ms. Janet Spina Janssen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Richter Michael Rosenbaum and Nina Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Salvatore Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Schimmel Mr. and Mrs. Emmett O. Seaborn III Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shelton Mr. Robert J. Sisco and Ms. Cathy Alessio Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stern

Mrs. Betty Strasenburgh Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sulam Mr. and Mrs. Mark Szycher Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Tenney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Teolis Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Varsames Mr. and Mrs. Julian White Mr. Scott B. Widder and Ms. Stephanie J. Scarlata Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Wilson III Mr. and Mrs. Keith H. Yoo

Friends of RCS - ($1,000.00 +) Mr. Michael Abraham and Ms. Desta Lakew Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ron Asaro Mr. and Mrs. George B. Beitzel Mr. and Mrs. George E. Beitzel Mr. and Mrs. Michael Block Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Boies Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Dort A. Cameron III Mr. and Mrs. Seth M. Cameron ’88 Ms. Kristen Carollo Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter Mr. Tim Coffey Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Corso Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Crispi Robert and Susan Danziger Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dauman Mr. and Mrs. John Eckel Mr. and Ms. Raymond Falci Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Feidelson Mr. and Mrs. John Forni Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Foti Mr. John French III Mr. Pierluigi Gastone and Mrs. Helene Sjoberg Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gault Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gilligan Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Giordano Mr. and Mrs. George P. Grunebaum Mr. and Mrs. Alec Guettel Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guettel Mrs. Martha Hennig Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Eric Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jones Mr. Seth A. Kanegis Dr. and Mrs. Christos Lambrakis

Mr. and Mrs. Donatien Langlois Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Lee Mr. Richard A. Levy and Ms. Beverly S. Stotz Dr. and Mrs. Jay Lippman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lowman Dr. Ivan Madrid and Mrs. Jennifer Madrid Dr. Steven A. McCormick and Ms. Marci H. Stearns Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. McPherson Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Mounir Nahas Mr. and Mrs. John S. Needham Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nespole Mr. James Newhouse and Mrs. Stephanie Kelly-Newhouse Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Newman Madeleine M. O’Brien, M.D. and Patricia Fitzpatrick Marlene Paltrow Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pauley Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Pedretti Mr. and Mrs. Seth Perelman Mr. Simone Pisciotta and Ms. Kathleen Kress Mrs. Katharine Plum Paula Prentis Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Rabley Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rice Mr. Michael Richman and Ms. Ruth Toporoff Dr. and Mrs. Jay Rosenbluth Mr. and Mrs. Stan Rybalov Michael Samet and Elissa Karasin-Samet Mr. and Ms. David Schechtman Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schiciano Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shea Goran Skoko and Marlene Canapi Mr. and Mrs. C. Compton Spain Mr. William D. Spain and Ms. Regina Trep Spain Ms. Nancy Steiner Mr. John Stromquist and Ms. Lynne Karen Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Strong, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis C. Taggart Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Urstadt Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Whelan

Current Parents Grade 9 91% (20 out of 22) gave/pledged Dr. and Mrs. Sameh Asaad Mr. Michael Beakes and Ms. Joanne Beccarelli Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coleman Mr. Robert Fraiman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Gerber Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Greenwald Mr. and Mrs. Lasse Hallstrom Mr. David Hardy and Ms. Anne Davidson Hardy ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Masashi Kinui Mr. and Mrs. Donatien Langlois Mr. Douglass B. Maynard and Ms. Kathryn L. Hoenig Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Richter Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Rohrer Mr. and Mrs. M. Kent Sednaoui

5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Silver Goran Skoko and Marlene Canapi Mr. William D. Spain and Ms. Regina Trep Spain Ms. Nancy Steiner Dr. and Mrs. Peter von Braun Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Wilson III

Grade 8 82% (42 out of 51) gave/pledged Mr. Michael Abraham and Ms. Desta Lakew Mr. and Mrs. Ron Asaro Mr. and Mrs. George D. Bianco Mr. and Mrs. Willing L. Biddle Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Caulkins Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cote, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dauman Mr. Philip Davies

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. de Vaulx Anthony DeLuca and Theresa Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dowley Mr. and Mrs. Sherman B. Durfee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Feidelson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Foti Mr. and Mrs. Staffard Garson Mr. and Mrs. James Gelwicks Mr. David Giroux and Ms. Carol Fabricatore Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Evan G. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. George P. Grunebaum Mr. Seth A. Kanegis Mr. Harvey Kipnis and Dr. Alice D. Fasano Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Langham Mr. and Mrs. James Levenson Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Moise Ms. Margaret Nugent Marlene Paltrow Mr. Michael Reeber and Ms. Nicole Giroux Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rice Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Riegel III Dr. and Mrs. Jay Rosenbluth Dr. Douglas A. Roth and Dr. Doreen L. Wray Roth Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Salvatore Michael Samet and Elissa Karasin-Samet Mr. and Mrs. Emmett O. Seaborn III Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Sohmer Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Sottile Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tobeason Mr. and Mrs. Todd Turchetta Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Vallar Mr. and Mrs. Chip Ziegler

45 Grade 7 83% (40 out of 48) gave/pledged Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bamford Dr. and Mrs. Perry H. Beaumont Mr. and Mrs. Scott Blair Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Breck, Jr. ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Burdick Dr. Neil J. Capolongo and Dr. Gina Lodolini Ms. Kristen Carollo Mr. and Mrs. Lance Cerutti Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Conway Mr. and Mrs. William Cordiano Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Davis Carl and Lena de Stefanis Mr. and Mrs. John Eckel Mr. and Mrs. Paul Feidelson Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gault Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Gerber Mr. and Mrs. Tony J. Giammalva Mr. Carleton B. Gibson and Dr. Kaia M. Heimarck Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Giordano Mr. Jonathan Goldstein and Ms. Christine Moffatt Mr. Peter Goldstein and Ms. Patricia McNamee Mr. and Mrs. George P. Grunebaum Mrs. Martha Hennig Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hernandez

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hogg Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Ivan E. Mattei Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morley Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Nicholls Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Offermann Sarah and Robert Preston William and Carolyn Rowan Susan and David Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Tishman Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tobeason Dr. and Mrs. Donald Toporoff Mr. Scott B. Widder and Ms. Stephanie J. Scarlata

Grade 6 91% (48 out of 53) gave/pledged Mr. Michael Abraham and Ms. Desta Lakew Ms. Donna Agajanian Mr. and Mrs. Corey L. Alpert Dr. and Mrs. Sameh Asaad Mr. and Mrs. Scott Barshay Mr. and Mrs. George E. Beitzel Mr. and Mrs. Douglass A. Bermingham Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bonfiglio Mr. Mark E. Brossman Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Casella Robert and Susan Danziger Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. de Vaulx Mr. and Mrs. Neal Eason

Mr. Lorenzo Elleby and Ms. Dawn Yancy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Foti Mr. and Mrs. William Georgas Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Jr. Mr. Gary S. Goldstein and Ms. Jill Brooke Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heller Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hogg Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kilgallon Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Kovensky Dr. and Mrs. Adolphus C. Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne McCallum Mr. and Mrs. Tim McGillicuddy Mr. and Mrs. William D. McLanahan Mr. Stephen Meyers Mr. Franklin Montross IV ’70 and Mrs. Laura Lee Eifert Montross ’73 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Needham Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Reilly-Hyland Mr. Joseph Potter and Ms. Carol Mills Mr. Michael Reeber and Ms. Nicole Giroux Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rice Dr. Douglas A. Roth and Dr. Doreen L. Wray Roth Mr. and Mrs. Emmett O. Seaborn III Mr. Peter A. Seymour Mr. William D. Spain and Ms. Regina Trep Spain Dr. Charles R. Steinman and Ms. Patricia A. Brieschke Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stern Mr. and Mrs. Hollis C. Taggart Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Tenney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Vallar Mrs. David Weld Mr. and Mrs. George West Mr. Scott B. Widder and Ms. Stephanie J. Scarlata

Mr. Nicholas J. Gutfreund and Ms. Mary M. Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Guzzardi Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Kieltyka Mr. and Mrs. Masashi Kinui Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Langham Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Dr. and Mrs. Jay Lippman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lowman Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lustig Mr. Nicholas Mann and Dr. Nancy Curcio Mr. and Mrs. B. Nicolas Mendoza Ms. Rita Mercedes Mr. Stephen Meyers Mr. Oscar A. Mockridge IV and Mrs. Caroline Vincent Mockridge ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Steven E. Moskowitz DPM Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Reilly-Hyland Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman Paula Prentis Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Riegel III Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Rohrer Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John Small Ms. Lisa Smith Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Sohmer Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Speegle Mr. B. Andrew H. Spence Mr. John Squires Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Stalman Mr. Ed Thieberger and Ms. Penny Zokaie Mr. and Mrs. Derval A. Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Fabio Volterra Mr. Rocco Vozza Mr. Don Weeden and Ms. Vanessa Smith

Grade 4 Grade 5 86% (48 out of 56) gave/pledged Mr. and Mrs. James R. T. Bartlett Dr. and Mrs. Perry H. Beaumont Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Burdick Dr. Neil J. Capolongo and Dr. Gina Lodolini Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casper Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Corso Mr. Frank Denner and Ms. Jimin Han Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Evnin Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Mr. Jonathan Goldstein and Ms. Christine Moffatt Mr. and Mrs. George P. Grunebaum

89% (54 out of 61) gave/pledged Alexandria and Michael Altman Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bamford Mr. and Mrs. Scott Barshay Mr. and Mrs. James R. T. Bartlett Mr. Michael Beakes and Ms. Joanne Beccarelli Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Breck, Jr. ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Castiglione Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Conway Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Davis Mr. and Mrs. John Eckel Mr. and Ms. Raymond Falci 5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Fife Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. William Fornara Mr. and Mrs. John Forni Mr. Richard Gere and Ms. Carey Lowell Gere Mr. and Mrs. Tony J. Giammalva Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grier Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Kaitz Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kilgallon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Manocherian Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Maslow Dr. and Mrs. Michael Palmeri Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Pedretti Mr. Simone Pisciotta and Ms. Kathleen Kress Mr. Joseph Potter and Ms. Carol Mills Mr. Darius Powell and Dr. Janine Popot Mr. Michael Reeber and Ms. Nicole Giroux Mr. Michael Richman and Ms. Ruth Toporoff Dr. Douglas A. Roth and Dr. Doreen L. Wray Roth William and Carolyn Rowan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Schimmel Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. Peter A. Seymour Mrs. Catherine Shelbred Mr. and Mrs. Sukhwinder Singh

Mr. and Mrs. C. Compton Spain Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Speegle Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stanley Mr. Adam Stern and Mrs. Erika Aronson-Stern Mr. Allen Strasen Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. David Teolis Mr. and Mrs. Todd Turchetta Ms. Beatrice Vann Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wahlstedt

Grade 3 78% (36 out of 46) gave/pledged Anonymous Mr. Bill Barrett and Mrs. Jennifer Millett-Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bridger Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cherubini Mr. Thomas Clayton and Ms. Caroline Robbins Mr. Michael Cohen and Ms. Michele D’Avolio Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cote, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Crispi Mr. and Mrs. Liam F. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Mr. Brian Fridie and Mrs. Tania Santos-Fridie

Mr. Pierluigi Gastone and Ms. Helen Sjoberg Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenspan Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kearns Dr. and Mrs. Christos Lambrakis Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy I. Low Mr. Douglass B. Maynard and Ms. Kathryn L. Hoenig Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGrath Mr. and Mrs. William D. McLanahan Mr. Oscar A. Mockridge IV and Mrs. Caroline Vincent Mockridge ‘81 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nespole Madeleine M. O’Brien, M.D. and Patricia Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Offermann Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Reilly-Hyland Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. John Small Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sulam Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tobeason Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wahlstedt

Grade 2 92% (54 out of 59) gave/pledged Alexandria and Michael Altman Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Corey L. Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bonfiglio Mr. and Mrs. Gustav D. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Coyle Mr. Zhenyu Dai and Ms. Shelley Lin Mr. Frank Denner and Ms. Jimin Han Mr. David Eller Ms. Marla Eller Mr. and Mrs. William Fornara Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Giordano Mr. Jonathan Goldstein and Ms. Christine Moffatt Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Greenwald Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Greve Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grier Mr. and Mrs. David J. Grubb Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hackett Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Horn Mr. Victor Ku and Ms. Shinyu Chen Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Lee LeBrun Ms. Ashley Lee Dr. Christopher Lee Mr. Michael Levine Mrs. Paige Levine Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levinson Mr. Richard A. Levy and Ms. Beverly S. Stotz Mr. and Mrs. Juan Carlos Londono

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy I. Low Dr. Ivan Madrid and Mrs. Jennifer Madrid Mr. Nicholas Mann and Dr. Nancy Curcio Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Manocherian Dr. Steven A. McCormick and Ms. Marci H. Stearns Dr. and Mrs. David B. McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. McPherson Ms. Rita Mercedes Mr. Stephen Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Mounir Nahas Mr. James Newhouse and Mrs. Stephanie Kelly-Newhouse Mr. and Mrs. Bryce O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. John H. Scully Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shea Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Sinel Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Speegle Mr. John Squires Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stanley Mr. Adam Stern and Mrs. Erika Aronson-Stern Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sulam Mr. Daniel Tepper and Ms. Ariane de Gunzburg Mr. and Mrs. Eiichi Tsujimura Mr. Charles Wardell Mrs. Kirstin Cole Wardell

Grade 1

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jones III Mr. Lenin Karuppannan and Mrs. Kalaivani Vaidyalingam Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kilgallon Dr. Ivan Madrid and Mrs. Jennifer Madrid Ms. Karen McFarlane Mr. Michael McGinnis and Mrs. Courtney Hallock McGinnis ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Mockridge IV Dr. and Mrs. Steven E. Moskowitz DPM Dr. and Mrs. Michael Palmeri Mr. and Mrs. Clement Patti Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pauley Mr. Darius Powell and Dr. Janine Popot Mr. Craig Puffenberger and Ms. Janet Spina Janssen Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Rabley Mr. Christopher Ryan and Ms. Pamela Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Stan Rybalov Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schiciano Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shea Mr. and Mrs. Sukhwinder Singh Mr. Robert J. Sisco and Ms. Cathy Alessio Mr. and Mrs. John Small Ms. Lisa Smith Mr. and Mrs. C. Compton Spain Mr. and Mrs. Mark Szycher Mr. and Mrs. David Teolis Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Varsames Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Whelan

98% (51 out of 52) gave/pledged Mr. and Mrs. Keate Barker Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Berger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Block Mr. Brian Braden and Ms. Lisa Shrewsberry Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bridger Mr. Joseph Browning and Dr. Maki Browning Mr. and Mrs. Gustav D. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Castiglione Mr. Thomas Clayton and Ms. Caroline Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Liam F. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. William Doniger Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Evnin Mr. and Ms. Raymond Falci Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Mr. and Mrs. David E. Fife Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Goldman Ms. Theresa Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenspan Mr. and Mrs. Alec Guettel Mr. Eric D. Hadar Ms. Allison Hadar Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hodge Ms. Barbara J. Jarvis

Kindergarten

SPK

78% (25 out of 32) gave/pledged Alexandria and Michael Altman Drs. Max and Stephanie Annise Mr. Bill Barrett and Mrs. Jennifer Millett-Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Buddington, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Mihailo Darmanovic Mr. and Mrs. James A. Diamond Mr. and Mrs. William Doniger Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Greve Mr. and Mrs. Adam Heine Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kallman Dr. and Mrs. Christos Lambrakis Mr. and Mrs. Lee LeBrun Dr. and Mrs. David B. McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Mounir Nahas Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nespole Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. O’Callaghan ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Pedretti Mr. and Mrs. Jorge A. Restrepo Mr. Adam Stern and Mrs. Erika Aronson-Stern Mr. and Mrs. Julian White Mr. and Mrs. Keith H. Yoo

88% (29 out of 33) gave/pledged John and Natalie Baker Mr. and Mrs. Keate Barker Mr. and Mrs. Scott Barshay Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Boies Mr. Brian Braden and Ms. Lisa Shrewsberry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Seth M. Cameron ’88 Mr. William C. Crerend and Ms. Teresa Saputo-Crerend Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Doran Mr. and Ms. Raymond Falci Mr. and Mrs. David E. Fife Mr. and Mrs. David J. Grubb Mr. and Mrs. Alec Guettel Dr. Sanjay K. Gupta and Dr. Marta Alfaro Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Handler Mr. Steven Hardy and Ms. Teresa Jandziol Mr. and Mrs. Robert Karen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kearns Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Krusko Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levinson Mr. Michael McGinnis and Mrs. Courtney Hallock McGinnis ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Bryce O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. O’Callaghan ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Seth Perelman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Rabley Mr. Christopher Ryan and Ms. Pamela Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schiciano Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Sinel

JPK 76% (13 out of 17) gave/pledged Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Berger Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd ’75 Mark Brandon and Amanda Cartier-Brandon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casper Mr. and Mrs. George M. Flemma Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gilligan Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jones III Mr. and Mrs. Mounir Nahas Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pauley Mr. and Ms. David Schechtman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Whelan

Totals for All Classes 87% (316 out of 362) gave/pledged

5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Alumni Donors 1930’s

1950’s

Katherine Van Cortlandt Wilberding ’33 Joan Baldwin Oakerson ’37 Pippa Landon Kauders ’38

Caroline Stone Keating ’50 Penelope Merrill Brouder ’51 Ellen McCance Parker ’51 Julia O’Connor Rodgers ’51 Barbara Robbins Anderson ’52 Elizabeth Chanler Janeway ’52 Thomas Schwartzburg, Jr. ’52 Martha McKown Spofford ’52 Meredith Young Wood ’52 Benjamin Clark ’53 Martha Lauer Jesup ’53 Hope Brown ’54 James Scott Cook ’54 Elaine Cameron Hinkle ’54 Judy McKenna ’54 A. Peter Foote ’55 Kirby Jones ’55 Nannette Foss Orr ’55

1940’s Rufus Marsh ’40 Foxhall Parker ’40 Helen Kennedy Clarke ’41 Belle Kilborne Taylor ’41 Loise Baldwin Chapin ’42 Richard Quaintance, Jr. ’43 Caroline Hardenbergh Ohler ’44 Allen Boyd ’46 Lawton Lamb ’46 Starr O. Lawrence ’46 Albert Hinckley, Jr. ’47 Anne Ballinger Wilcox ’47 Katharine Wood McCrillis ’49

Rippowam Cisqua is a special place where we value the whole student. We are able to share in their achievements in the arts, in writing, in sports, in so many different arenas, and they see that we place importance on all these different skills and talents. ~ Kathy Perry, Fifth through Ninth Grade Spanish Teacher 5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Archibald Brown, Jr. ’56 Eleanor Jones Panasevich ’56 Marilen Grosjean Tilt ’57 John Cobb ’58 Jan Jacobi ’58 Seymour Preston, Jr. ’58 Susannah Sard ’58 Jane Arents ’59 Catharine Trumpy Kolb ’59 Thomas Smidt II ’59 Clare Springs ’59 Roger Vincent Sr. ’59

1960’s William Graustein ’60 Beazie Litchfield Larned ’61 Edward Post ’61 Edwina Van Winkle Sperling ’61 Deborah Choate ’62 Benjamin Branch, Jr. ’63 James Renwick ’63 Alicia Shiland Rounds ’63 Anonymous Christine Bartlett Hall ’64 Claire Whitman Marshall ’64 Cecily Fowler Grand ’65 Jean Robertson PhD ’65 Coleman Hoyt, Jr. ’66 Stephen Ohler ’66 Lisa Pagliaro Selz ’66 Kinnon Jones Williamson ’67 Janet Gunn ’68 Thomas Keesee III ’68 James Lawrence ’68 Seth Cunningham ’69 Donald McAllister, Jr. ’69

51 1970’s

1980’s

Anonymous Anne Davidson Hardy ’70 Franklin Montross IV ’70 Elizabeth Ebbott Washburn ’70 Eugenie Harvey ’71 Frederick Leonhardt ’71 Anne Keesee Niemann ’71 Lee Steppacher ’71 Margaret Green Wheeler ’71 Stephen Wood ’71 Anonymous Elizabeth Arledge ’72 Adelaide Herkert Harris ’72 John Montgomery ’72 Richard Prins ’72 Peter Wyman ’72 Laura Lee Eifert Montross ’73 Christopher Rives ’73 Michael Wyman ’73 Margaretta Clurman ’74 Robert Boyd ’75 Douglas Lamm ’75 Peter Warren ’75 Amy Parsons ’76 Daniel Pryor ’76 John Meakem ’77 Cassandra Sperry Ordway ’77 William Janeway ’78 Bradford Wesstrom ’79

Elizabeth Durfee ’80 Christopher Jones ’80 Philip S. Lawrence ’80 Sarah Shafer Wetherby ’80 Richard Breck, Jr. ’81 Sherman Durfee, Jr. ’81 Jeffrey Grandy ’81 Elisabeth Andresen Massey ’81 Caroline Vincent Mockridge ’81 Christie Densen Root ’81 Katie Prezzano Durfee ’82 William Plumb ’82 Jacques Theriot ’82 Tracy Young ’82 Sandra Coudert ’83 Brian O’Callaghan ’83 Robert Vincent III ’84 Suzzara Chace Durocher ’85 James Baker ’87 Seth Cameron ’88 Courtney Hallock McGinnis ’88 Roger Vincent, Jr. ’88 Dana Johnston Brooks ’89

1990’s Andrew Vincent ’90 Peter Pell, Jr. ’92 Ridley Sperling ’93 Siddarth Katari ’94 Gifford Foley ’95

Eliza O’Neill ’96 Cydney Chase ’98 Alexander Jaffe ’98 Laura Robinson ’98 Hallie Preston ’99 Heather Willensky ’99

Decade Circle (for Alumni up to 10 years out) Gordon MacGill ’00 Sarah Carnabuci ’01 Jessica Fischer ’01 Kate Jaffe ’01 Priya Katari ’01 Graham Carroll ’02 Catherine Jaffe ’02 Leah Rosenbaum ’02 Cara Rosenbaum ’05 Paige Seaborn ’05 Carolyn Lee ’06 Charles Rosenberg ’06 Josephine Wilson ’07 Kaitlyn Brown ’08 David Lee ’08 Elizabeth Lovering ’09 Keelin Sweeney ’09 Charles Wilson IV ’09 Hannah Danziger ’10

Current Student Donors Samantha S. Danziger ’13 Allison P. Wilson ’10

Parents of Alumni Mr. and Mrs. Donald Andersen Ms. Elizabeth Arledge ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Bergson Mr. Allen Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Bricken Mr. and Mrs. David L. Brigham Penelope M. Brouder Mr. and Mrs. Caesar Bryan Mr. and Mrs. John B. Burke Mr. Andrew Cader Mr. and Mrs. Dort A. Cameron III Mr. and Ms. Frank J. Carnabuci Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Carroll Drs. Francis and Lyda Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. Caulkins IV Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Celenza Mr. and Mrs. Saul Chase Mr. and Mrs. James P. Coleman Mr. James Scott Cook Mark Deitch and Diane Rosenthal Mrs. Elizabeth Della Vecchia Robert Dolan and Diane LaPointe Mr. and Mrs. James A. M. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Benedict D. Emanuele Maria and Kenneth Fields Mr. and Mrs. A. Peter Foote Nina Freedman and Michael Rosenbaum Mr. John French III Ms. Sheila I. Gamradt Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grand ’65 Mr. and Mrs. P. Benjamin Grosscup III Mr. John M. Ham II Mr. and Mrs. Arthur John Heath Mr. and Mrs. Andrew N. Heine Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William M. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. James Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. Harold Janeway Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Johnson 5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Dr. Paul Kessel Ann and Daniel Kieffaber Michael and Mary Ellen Kober Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Koeppl Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Laird Mr. and Mrs. Lawton S. Lamb ’46 Mr. Gregory Bejarano and Ms. Eileen F. Lambert

Mr. Richard H. Lawrence and Mrs. Starr O. Lawrence ’46 James and Patricia Libby Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Lippmann Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maybank Mr. Worthington Mayo-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McGaffey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Milliken, Jr. Mrs. Tina K. Morris Mrs. Elizabeth P. Mossman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Oakerson Gina Occhigrossi Caroline Hardenbergh Ohler ’44 Mrs. Nannette F. Orr Mr. and Mrs. Foxhall A. Parker Ms. Amy Parsons ’76 and Mr. Paul Bird Christopher and Kathryn Perry Susan and Michael Piercey Mr. Paul K. Risko and Ms. Katherine S. Hall Dr. Ruth G. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Rosenberg Mrs. Nina Schreiber Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Shahid Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sorte Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Sperling Mr. and Mrs. C. Nicholas Spofford Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stickney III Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stoddart Mr. and Mrs. James L. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Strong, Jr.

Ms. Mary-Ellin G. Swan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sweeney III Mr. and Mrs. Rodman K. Tilt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Timmis Mr. and Mrs. William D. Valentine Mr. Daniel Van Starrenburg Ms. Nancy N. Vick Mr. Daniel Viglione and Ms. Mary A. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Vincent Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John L. Warden Mrs. Joseph C. Wilberding Dr. P. Willensky and Dr. H. Blumencranz Mr. and Mrs. James Wood Michael LaVacca and Helaina Zades

Grandparent Donors Mr. Gilbert Bamford Mr. and Mrs. Stan Barshay Mr. and Mrs. George B. Beitzel Mr. Allen Boyd Mr. and Mrs. James Burks Mr. and Mrs. Dort A. Cameron III Mr. and Mrs. Neil Capolongo Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chaffin Mr. Francis G. Coleman Mrs. Joyce Coultman Mrs. Mary Lee Cuscela Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dadian Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Doniger Mrs. Katherine Downes Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Fauth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Fife Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Franz Mr. and Mrs. Jay Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gault Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gelwicks

When you teach at RCS, you are part of a very special community with a clear mission – there is an

enthusiasm for learning and collaborating, which makes the School very much alive. ~ Hilleary Coleman, Cisqua Campus Learning Specialist

5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Mr. and Mrs. John Georgas Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Gray, Jr. Mr. John P. Greenspan Mr. and Mrs. Geoffry Handler Mr. and Mrs. Andrew N. Heine Mr. and Mrs. Barry Held Mrs. Therese Hodge Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kahn Mrs. Joan Kallman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Kasnet Mr. and Mrs. David Kovensky Mr. and Mrs. Lawton S. Lamb ’46 Mr. Richard H. Lawrence and Mrs. Starr O. Lawrence ’46 Dr. and Mrs. Edward R. Laws Mrs. Judy Lawson Mrs. Henrietta Lepsky Mrs. Ruth Levenson Col. and Mrs. Ole A. Lindefjeld Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Maerov Mr. and Mrs. John G. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McFarlane Mrs. Heather McNulty Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. James Nespole Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Newman Mrs. Leslie Newman Mrs. Wendy B. O’Brien Mrs. Louise Pedretti Mrs. Katharine Plum Mr. and Mrs. Albert Popot Mr. and Mrs. John Rabley Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rice Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Riegel, Jr. Mrs. Helen M. Salzberg Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sinel Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sinnott Mr. Bernie Sisco Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smith Mr. and Mrs. William D. Spain

Mr. and Mrs. Morton Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stern Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stolarsky Mrs. Betty Strasenburgh Mr. John Stromquist and Ms. Lynne Karen Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thieberger Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Urstadt Mrs. Meryl Vallar Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Vincent, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Vogelstein Elizabeth Speegle Walker Mr. and Mrs. James Whelan Mr. Douglas R. Wilder Mr. Harvey Zimand

Faculty/Staff Donors Anonymous Lori Adelsberg Lisa Adorno Evelyn Albert Bill Barrett Joyce Baum Reginald Baxter Diane Belkevich Rebecca Benor-Sussman Jacqueline Bergson Cindy Berisic Allison Birdsong Michael Bourne Pamela Bowlus Kelly Boylan Jon Bruno Blake Burgess Jocelyn Carr Betsy Carter Amanda Cartier-Brandon Penny Cataldo Bobby Cherubini Ed Clarke Hilleary Coleman Cheryl Coyle Kate Daly Susie Danziger Kate Davis

Heather DeBlasio Jennifer DeLancey John DellaVecchia Liz DellaVecchia Barbara DiVenuto Isabel Dominguez Harriet Doniger Georgia Dritsas Charlie Duveen Aggy Duveen Larry Dwyer Susan Eng Sara Englis Peggy Fazzinga Michael Florio Bill Fornara Kimberly Fox Charlene Foy Joann Franklin Marylea Franz Carol Gahagan Evemarie Giorgi Cathy Greenwood Gwynne Griffiths Ashley Harrington Dennis Harrison Patty Hughes Debbie Hurrell

Faculty members at Rippowam Cisqua share a common goal: to ensure that each child reaches his or her fullest potential.

That, coupled with the children’s thirst for knowledge, makes teaching at RCS so gratifying and enjoyable. ~ Beth Smith, Fourth Grade Teacher 5 years consecutive giving to the Annual Fund

Jim Jaffe Kate Jaffe ’02 Barbara Jarvis Laura Jensen Babs Johnson Barbara Kanner Stephanie Kaplan Niki Karanasos Nancy Kirby Sandi Klein Mike Kober Karen Koeppl Dan Kollmer Dotty Korovich Bill Lacourciere Gail Laird Christine LaRegina Heather Levinson Richard Lillis Ashley Lobell Juan Carlos Londono Nathaniel Longo Marguerite Mathez-Bussod Marian McEnroe Marnie McLaughlin Elizabeth Messinger Rich Meyers Tanis Moore Kate Morin Tom Morrissey Suzanne Moskowitz Matthew Nespole Carol Octeau Paul Perez Chris Perry Kathy Perry Joe Potter Paul Ragonesi Julia Rosenfeld Carol Rothstein Nina Schreiber Vivien Simpson

Elizabeth Slenker Timothy Smee Beth Smith Colleen Sorte Ridley Sperling ’93 Lynn Spiess Debe Stellio Amy Stern Missy Swan Barbara Sweeney Jill Tatarzewski Dan Tepper Leslie Thivierge Louis Tocco Geraldine Tomasulo Dan Viglione David Wagenheim Bob Whelan Kaitlyn Whipple Lainie D. Zades Elizabeth Zawatski

Friend Donors Mr. Tim Coffey

Foundations & Corporations ACE Charitable Foundation The Braewold Fund Cameron Family Foundation, Inc. Carol Colman Timmis Foundation LTD Charitable Gift Fund Christopher and Melissa Morley Private Family Foundation Eugene V. Fife Family Foundation Gere Foundation Giammalva Family Foundation, Inc. The Giordano Foundation, Inc. Iroquois Avenue Foundation Jewish Communal Fund Jewish Community Endowment Fund John and Daniel Tishman Family Fund, Inc. Laura and Ronald H. Hoenig Foundation, Inc.

I love teaching at RCS because I

have the ability to build relationships with the children in so many different ways â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in the advisory setting.

~ Allison Birdsong, Fifth through Ninth Grade Spanish Teacher

Lexann Roland Richter and Andrew S. Richter Fund Marc and Eva Stern Foundation McDowell Foundation Morris and Jeanette Kessel Fund Patricia M. and H. William Smith Jr. Foundation The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. Roe Foundation, Inc. The Selz Foundation, Inc. The Silverweed Foundation, Inc. Strong Foundation of New York The Autumn Ridge Foundation The Frederick H. Leonhardt Foundation The Rodgers Family Foundation Trout Walk Fund Urstadt Conservation Foundation Westchester Community Foundation

Matching Gift Donors Alliance Bernstein Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc GE Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. MBIA Securities Corporation Merck Partnership for Giving Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Morgan Stanley The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. The Capital Group Companies The Coca-Cola Foundation Matching Gifts Program Wachovia Foundation

Other Donations

Gifts to the Endowment

Rippowam Cisqua has a warm and caring atmosphere that you feel as soon as you walk into the building and an incredibly rich curriculum that allows each child to arrive at his or her full potential cognitively as well as emotionally. What more could a teacher ask for? ~ Kate Davis, Kindergarten Teacher

Ms. Margaret R. Atkin Mr. Rufus C. Botzow Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. DeDomenico Mrs. Aggy P. Duveen Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. George M. Flemma Mrs. Judith H. Galeana Mr. and Mrs. James Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenspan Mr. and Mrs. George P. Grunebaum Mr. and Mrs. Carey M. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heller Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kallman Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kilgallon Michael and Mary Ellen Kober Ms. Paige S. Koudijs Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Langham Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. James Levenson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lowman Mr. and Mrs. William D. McLanahan

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Melhado Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Meyer Mrs. Jocelyn L. Miller Mr. and Mrs. John S. Needham Marlene Paltrow Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Pedretti Michael Samet and Elissa Karasin-Samet Ms. Susannah E. Sard Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. Robert J. Sisco and Ms. Cathy Alessio Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Sottile Mr. and Mrs. Mark Szycher Mr. and Mrs. David Teolis Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Tishman Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Vallar Mr. Andrew M. Vincent Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Vincent Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Vincent, Jr. The Frederick H. Leonhardt Foundation Cameron Family Foundation, Inc. Merck Partnership for Giving ACE Charitable Foundation Morgan Stanley

Barbara Vincent Memorial Fund Thomas H. Meyer ’82 Andrew M. Vincent ’90 Robert C. Vincent Roger B. Vincent ’59

Master Teaching Fund Ms. Margaret R. Atkin ’76 Mr. Rufus C. Botzow ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corrigan Mrs. Aggy P. Duveen Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Fauver Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. George M. Flemma Mrs. Judith H. Galeana Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenspan

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heller Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kallman Michael and Mary Ellen Kober Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Meyer Mrs. Jocelyn L. Miller ’73 Marlene Paltrow Ms. Susannah E. Sard ’58 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. Rob Sisco and Ms. Cathy Alessio Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Sottile Mr. and Mrs. Mark Szycher Mr. and Mrs. David Teolis Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Vincent Sr. ’59

Gifts In Kind Alexandria and Michael Altman Patty and Peter Hughes MBIA

A.P.P.L.E. A.P.P.L.E., or the Appreciative Parents Program to Laud Educators, provides an opportunity for parents to thank the faculty and staff of RCS through the donation of tickets to games and concerts, vacation packages, restaurant gift certificates, and other services. These gifts are immensely appreciated, and the recipients wish to thank all the parents who give to this valuable program.

Dear Parents, It seems like yesterday that I was asked to become head of Parent Council. When I was approached for the role I was told that it’s a lot of work, but very rewarding. I was also told I’d get to know many great people, and finally, I was told the time would fly. All of these are true. I have met and worked with many great people over the past two years – administration, faculty, staff, board members and, of course, parents. It has been such a pleasure working with so many dedicated members of the Rippowam Cisqua School community. The spirit of volunteerism among the parents is both remarkable and inspiring. A year ago I wrote that it was my wish that parents make the time to support the School, not only because that involvement strengthens the School community, but because of how rewarding and fulfilling it can be personally. Based on how active our parent volunteer community was this year, it’s visibly apparent that we were on the same page. I’m incredibly grateful. I hope you had fun and that it felt good! This year Parent Council will be in the very capable hands of Patty Grunebaum. Patty has been actively gearing up for her tenure as head of Parent Council. I am very excited about her enthusiasm and I know she will play a key role in supporting Matt, the administration, faculty, and the entire RCS community. I know that all of you will welcome Patty in her new role, and I hope you will continue to support our volunteer initiatives in the countless wonderful ways that I witnessed over the last two years. Again, I’d like to say that it has been both a pleasure and a privilege to work with such a dedicated group of people in this remarkable School community and I thank each and every one of you. Best regards,

2009-10 Parent Council Volunteers Parent Council Executive Committee

Gift Wrap Michelle D’Avolio

Anna Lee, Chair Louise Nicholls, Coordinating Chair – Rippowam Campus Host Family Coordinator Susanna Giordano, Coordinating Chair – Cisqua Campus Tracey Gerber, Vice Chair, Grades 7 - 9 Gina Lodolini, Vice Chair, Grades 5 - 6 Storrs Côté, Vice Chair, Grades 3 - 4 Tracy Fauver, Vice Chair, Grades 1 - 2 Karen Doniger, Vice Chair, Grades JPK - K Donna Brown, Treasurer Ellen Levenson, Communications Ashley Diamond, Parent Connection Theresa Gallagher, Volunteer Coordinator Ginny Tobeason, Campus Coordinator

Green Team Nick Gutfreund

Committee Heads Anna Lee Parent Council Chair

2010 Auction Stephanie Small A.P.P.L.E. Cathy Alessio, Loren Teolis Cultural Calendar Jennifer Rabley Holiday Bake Sale Polly Goldman Book Fairs Cisqua Campus: Terry Gottlieb Rippowam Campus: Elissa Karasin-Samet, Ellen Levenson Candy Houses Cindy Offermann, Beth Schreiber Community Service Rippowam Campus: Carolyn Tenney Cisqua Campus: Kylie Barker Gift Sale Polly Goldman

Helping Hands Ellen Levenson Host Families Cathy Alessio, Louise Nicholls, Loren Teolis Parent Connection Ashley Diamond Photographs Rippowam Campus: Louise Nicholls Cisqua Campus: Holly Brown Plant Sale Polly Goldman Uniforms Lori Lustig Wreath Sale Catherine Spain

Class Representatives JPK Katie Boyd – Grade Captain Sharon Berger, Magda Pauley SPK Suzanne O’Callaghan – Grade Captain Caroline Grubb, Pam Lawson Kindergarten Whitney Brown – Grade Captain Debbie Heine, Kathleen Canosa Grade 1 Cathy Alessio – Grade Captain Kylie Barker, Rachel Szycher, Loren Teolis

Grade 2 Jennifer Madrid – Grade Captain Susan Carlson, Samantha O’Brien Grade 3 Emily Greenspan – Grade Captain Michele D’Avolio, Helen Gastone, Cindy Offermann Grade 4 Patty Carpenter – Grade Captain Kathleen Castiglione, Tina Falci, Catherine Spain Grade 5 Linda Corso – Grade Captain Patty Grunebaum, Sheila Kinui, Charlie Rohrer Grade 6 Lara McLanahan – Grade Captain Ann Casella, Carolyn Gilbert, Janice Hogg Grade 7 Torrie Morrison – Grade Captain Robin Buckley, Lucy Cerutti, Patricia McNamee Grade 8 Cathy Biddle – Grade Captain Marianne Diwik, Katie Durfee, Vincent Sottile Grade 9 Jennifer Sednaoui – Grade Captain Susan Greenwald, Peter von Braun

Auction Volunteers

Live Love Laugh Auction 2010 On the night of April 24th, over 350 guests entered the world of the Live Love Laugh Auction on the Rippowam Campus. Live Love Laugh was defined by the energy, vibrancy, and spirit that nearly 80% of RCS families poured into this event to make it a truly exceptional fundraiser for Rippowam Cisqua School. Under the direction of Auction Chair, Stephanie Small, and a committed team of parent volunteers, faculty, and staff, the event grossed over $950,000 in support of the Rippowam Cisqua program. Thanks to everyone for the remarkable generosity and commitment shown on behalf of the School that made this an event that will have a positive impact on the RCS community for years to come.

Marketing

Joyce Corrigan Linda Corso Christie Guettel Pam Lawson Jennifer Nespole Diana Rice

Caroline Mockridge ’81

Tracy Fauver Patty Grunebaum

Interior Design

Auction Office

Class Gifts

Angela Lowman Carolyn Gilbert Pam Lawson Jennifer Nespole Suzanne O’Callaghan Diana Rice Kim Speegle

Jill Lawrence Kylie Barker Kathleen Lewis-Canosa Emily Greenspan Elizabeth Kilgallon Liza Actis-Lynch Rachel Szycher

Advancement Office Support

Bulletin Boards

Aggy Duveen Barbara Jarvis Debe Stellio

Christine LaRegina

Chair

Faculty Dinner

Stephanie Small

Meg Burdick Kathleen Lewis-Canosa Samantha O’Brien

Donations Chair Ashley Diamond

Auction Office Chair

Tricia Swift

Dear Friends, Thank you to every member of the Rippowam Cisqua School community for supporting both the School and me and for encouraging Live Love Laugh to become a reality and a huge success. The evening of Saturday April 24th was a celebration dedicated to our wonderful faculty, staff, and administration. We are so grateful for your endless commitment to educating our children in a loving and nurturing fashion. I began this journey well over a year ago. For the seven months that made up the Auction “season,” I had an opportunity to work with so many members of the RCS community. You all showed your support by offering time, donations, and kind words. While this was a group effort from the whole community, the members of the core crew, whom I acknowledged the night of the Auction, each took ownership of a task and forged forward. Collectively, we shared the same mission: create an evening that focused on building community spirit while accomplishing the task of raising money to support our students and our teachers. Thank you for LIVING by my side throughout the Auction process. Thank you for the many LAUGHS that were shared during the planning. Most importantly … thank you all for LOVING this School as much as I do!

Tim Coffey

Advertising Kathleen Castiglione Meg Burdick Elizabeth Kilgallon Renee Pansini

Raffle Loren Teolis Cathy Alessio

Graphic Design Mark Freedman

Sincerely,

Stephanie Small Auction Chair

Photo Display

Catering Melissa Fleming Kirtley Cameron Griselle Foti Susanna Giordano

Grade Ads Katie Boyd Suzanne O’Callaghan Whitney Brown Cathy Alessio Jennifer Madrid Emily Greenspan Patty Carpenter Linda Corso Lara McLanahan Torrie Morrison Cathy Biddle Jennifer Sednaoui

Copywriting Loren Teolis Cathy Alessio

Tech/Images David Wagenheim

Set Up and Display Yasmeen Bernstein John Della Vecchia Jill Lawrence Melissa West

Advisory Committee Alexandria Stewart Altman Kerry Wilson Debbie Stoddard in absentia Sandy Cordiano Linda Corso Tracey Gerber Carolyn Gilbert Anna Lee Angela Lowman Lara McLanahan

Faculty Coordinators Missy Swan Leslie Thivierge

Event Production and Photos Rob Sisco Ariane de Gunzburg Paige Levine

Critical Thinking Individual Development Personal Excellence

Rippowam Cisqua School invites you to the

2010 -11 Foundations of Education Series Informative lectures on how to raise successful, lifelong learners October 27, 7:00 p.m. ~ “An evening with Brian and Jerry Pinkney” Caldecott Medal winning children’s author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney, and his son Brian, will invite parents and children into the process of writing a book.

A few of the many reasons to support

The RCS Annual Fund…

November 10, 10:00 a.m. ~ “Building Character in Our Children” Joel Haber, Ph.D., author of Bully-proof Your Child for Life, will address the development of skills to help children build positive character.

December 8, 10:00 a.m. ~ “The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life”

The Annual Fund is the School’s most important ongoing fundraising activity. Like most independent schools, tuition revenues at RCS do not cover the entire cost of running the School. Tuition provides approximately 83% of the annual operating budget with the Annual Fund supplying 7%. The School relies on this source of income in order to meet the essential needs of students and faculty. This year, the difference between tuition revenues and total operating expenses amounts to approximately $5,600 per child.

Michael Thompson, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author and noted psychologist specializing in children and families, will discuss strategies for reducing the pressures today’s children often encounter.

February 9, 10:00 a.m. ~ “Understanding the Mechanics of Memory” Bob Greenleaf, Ph.D., author and nationally recognized brain researcher and learning specialist, will discuss his latest research findings.

April 13, 10:00 a.m. ~ “The Resilience Factor”

Our Annual Fund goal this year is $1,200,000 and 100% community participation. Last year, we reached $1,140,000 and had almost 90% participation — remarkable results in a remarkable year — thanks to an incredibly engaged parent volunteer organization. If you would like to make a gift, please take a moment to fill out the enclosed pledge envelope and send it back to us with your contribution.

Andrew Shatte, Ph.D., psychologist and co-author of The Resilience Factor, will discuss strategies for building the essential foundation elements for the development of resilience in children.

If you have questions about the Annual Fund, please contact Susie Danziger at 914-244-1292 or susie_danziger@rcsny.org

Lectures are free, open to the public, and held on the Cisqua Campus, 325 West Patent Road, Mount Kisco, NY. For more information contact Susie Danziger at susie_danziger@rcsny.org or 914-244-1292.

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Come back to RCS Alumni Day Rippowam Campus Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:00 am

And They’re Off… Also In This Issue: Alumni Profiles, 2009-10 Report of Donors