A LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER
Dear Friends, As we share this Annual Report with you, it is only natural that we look back on the events and experiences that characterized the 2015–2016 school year for Ross School and reminisce. But at the same time, it is vital that we continue to look forward to the times yet to come—the students we will educate, the Core Values that we will instill, and the work that we will do to prepare young men and women to lead a global society that is constantly changing. The ever-present awareness that we are shaping the future is a primary motivator of Ross School’s mission and curriculum. At the 2016 Ross Institute Summer Academy, during which Ross faculty and staff come together to share deep thinking and prepare for the upcoming academic year, we distilled this awareness into the concept of “foresight education”: the notion that with the pace of growth and change in the world increasing so rapidly, it is imperative that students learn to implement foresight so that they are able to adapt what they have learned to new and diverse technologies, communities, and ideas.
“The ever-present awareness that we are shaping the future is a primary motivator of Ross School’s mission and curriculum.”
To that end, Ross faculty and staff are thinking a great deal about the future and considering what global literacies students will need to be fluent in so that they can apply lessons learned from the past to the problems of tomorrow. The Ross Learning System, the digital collection comprising the unique Ross Spiral Curriculum and all of its learning experiences, is an ideal tool to instill these global literacies. This tool will soon be available and accessible to educators all over the world, allowing a diverse community to tap into the forward-thinking education that will prove so essential in years to come. Ultimately, Ross School’s mission of “changing the way education meets the future” is the driving force behind our collective efforts to create engaged learners capable of deep understanding, creative thinking, and innovative approaches to problem solving. With the additional benefit of foresight education, the students we work with will undoubtedly emerge as successful leaders in their chosen professions and their communities. On behalf of the entire Ross School and Ross Institute, I want to take this opportunity to thank those who supported our school, our students, and those who serve them. Your generosity and care for Ross is truly appreciated.
C OURTNEY SALE RO SS F OUNDER , ROSS SCHO O L AN D RO SS I N STI T U T E
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Clockwise from top left: Malik B. ’16 and Valentina M. ’19 perform a ballet dance in the Court Theater; Early Childhood students play with a parachute as part of their Wellness class; Elyse B. ’22, Marrina J. ’22, and Everett R. ’22 show off their school spirit; Bruno A. ’16 fights for the ball during a varsity soccer game; Big Kitty X. ’16 performs in an Upper School concert; Paolo C.-S. ’23 and Morgan S. ’23 practice their math skills with a card game; Alexandra K. ’25 gets a surprise from a butterfly released by the class after they studied the insects’ metamorphosis. 2
ROSS SCHOOL 2015–2016
annual report On the cover: On October 13, 2015, Ross School students in grades 1–12 signed the Ross Declaration of Principles on Sustainability and the Environment, and then celebrated their commitment with a ceremonial release of milkweed seeds, which are vital to sustaining Long Island’s monarch butterfly populations.
Ross School’s mission is to change the way education meets the future; to foster interdisciplinary, integrated thinking and innovative leadership; to engage fully in the global community; and to facilitate lifelong learning. ROSS I NSTIT UT E BOA RD OF TRU ST EES, 2 01 5–2 016
Courtney Sale Ross, Founder and Chair Nick Appelbaum Barrie Glabman Elizabeth Colby Lori Schiaffino Rob Eloff Patti Silver Nicole Ross Eloff Susan Weber ROS S S CHO O L PARE NTS ASS OCIATIO N, 201 5 –201 6
Executive PA President: Elizabeth Colby Executive PA Vice President: Beverly Murphy Executive PA Secretary: Virginia Edwards Executive PA Treasurer: Ali Grossman Upper School PA President: Judy D’Mello Upper School PA Secretary: Kimberly Waldman Lower School PA President: Genie Egerton-Warburton Lower School PA Vice President: Ann Stewart
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A Letter from the Founder
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A Letter from the Leadership Team
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Report of Gifts and Giving
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Year at a Glance
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Field Academy 2016
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Senior Projects
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Awards
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College Acceptances 2016
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Ross School Alumni Association
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Summer Programs
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Sustainability Teach-In
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Students Present at Vatican Conference
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Focus on Sustainability
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Courtney Sale Ross Receives UCLA Global Citizen Award
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Community Events
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Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund
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Supporting the Ross Community
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Donors to the 2015–2016 Annual Giving Program
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Admissions Report
ROSS LE ADERSHI P TEAM
Kristin Eberstadt, Executive Director James Grossi, Chief Financial Officer Tom Fogarty, Director of Institutional Advancement Jason Warnick, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Bill O’Hearn, Head of Upper School Jeanette Tyndall, Head of Lower School and Middle School Carrie Clark, Director of Academics, Dean of Cultural History Andi O’Hearn, Director of College and University Counseling
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A LETTER FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Dear Friends, We are delighted to share with you the Ross School 2015–2016 Annual Report. As you page through the report, which chronicles the many events and accomplishments achieved from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, you will see that Ross School continues to serve as an educational leader, offering a learning system, curriculum, and globally conscious environment that prepares young women and men for the leadership challenges of the 21st century. As a learning community, we strive to conscientiously employ rigor in everything we say and do, taking care that we are meticulous in our work, precise in our research, consistent in our policies, and able to objectively make decisions that will further our school’s mission and promote the Ross Learning System and our Spiral Curriculum. At Ross, we are committed not only to providing an academically rigorous education for our students, but also to applying the concept of rigor more widely, encompassing the day-to-day operations of the school as well as the future well-being of our organization.
“At Ross, we are committed not only to providing an academically rigorous education for our students, but also to applying the concept of rigor more widely, encompassing the dayto-day operations of the school as well as the future well-being of our organization.”
While sustaining academic rigor is vitally important to any great educational institution, the rigor exhibited by Ross School in nonacademic areas, such as maintaining our physical surroundings and the resources that have been entrusted to us, speaks to the character of this institution. In the years ahead, Ross School will make further investments in our physical plant, professional development for our teachers, educational research and practice, and the Ross Learning System. As we strategically map our future, we will continue to call upon the Ross community, alumni, families, and friends to assist us in these endeavors.
We extend our thanks and appreciation for the wonderfully generous support our community has provided our school, our students, and the outstanding faculty who serve them. We remain deeply committed to the continued strengthening of Ross School, its financial well-being, and the Ross Learning System as we educate students for generations to come. Gratefully yours, R OS S L EA DERSH I P TEA M
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Report of Gifts and Giving We wish to thank everyone listed within these pages for their generosity this past year. In total, your gifts exceeded $690,000. In the year ahead, the Annual Fund will remain Ross School’s number one philanthropic priority.To that end, we have strategically set three goals: to increase participation in the Annual Fund from our nearly 800 alumni; to meaningfully engage our international community in a deeper conversation regarding the impact of their gifts on this organization; and to encourage our loyal donors to continue to provide the resources necessary to advance our mission and outstanding academic programs.
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6 R O S S S C H O O L T O TA L G I V I N G S U M M A R Y GIFTS MADE JULY 1, 2015–JUNE 30, 2016
2 01 5–2 016 SOU RCES OF PHILANTHROPI C SUP P ORT ANNUAL FUND
$496,602
STEVEN J. ROSS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
$66,295
DONOR-DIRECTED GIFTS
$131,445 _________
TOTAL PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT
$694,342
Operating Surplus 3% Capital Expenditures 1% Interest and Debt Service 1%
Academics and Well-Being 29%
Financial Aid 10%
EXPENSES $32,526,356 Facilities 11% Operating Costs 45%
Mandated Services 2% Rental Income 0% Fundraising 2%
Tuition and Fees, Regular Day Students 14%
Community and Summer Programs 5%
REVENUES $32,526,356
Tuition and Fees, Financial Aid Recipients 21%
Tuition and Fees, Boarding Students 56%
Note: Charts include unaudited numbers.
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Year at a Glance STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE SERVICE LEARNING In accordance with the Ross School motto, “Know thyself in order to serve,” service learning is a key component of the Ross curriculum. This year, Ross Lower School committed itself to supporting Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery, which works to restore shellfish populations and improve water quality. Lower School students created and sold watercolor paintings of oysters, with the proceeds benefiting the organization. In addition, students in the Ross Field Academy course “Sustainability and Service on Long Island” worked with Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a deserving local family.
BUDDHIST MONK TEACHES COMPASSION THROUGH ART The Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, spent a week last year at Ross School teaching K–12 students principles of mindfulness and meditation. Lama Tenzin’s primary teaching tool was the sand mandala—a Tibetan Buddhist tradition of artistic creation and destruction. After spending a week in the Ross Gallery creating the mandala, which symbolized compassion, he completed the process by erasing the artwork, sweeping the sands into a vase so that the elements could be returned to the sea. 6
STUDENTS FEATURED IN PARRISH ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION Three talented Ross students were chosen to receive Awards of Excellence based on work submitted for the Parrish Art Museum’s 2016 Student Exhibition. The honorees included Tina Shibano ’16, “Self Portrait,” oil on canvas; Nissu Wang ’16, “Nike,” powdered graphite on paper; and Eric Wu ’16, “Nike,” charcoal on paper.
BEGINNINGS PERFORMANCE CELEBRATES CURRICULUM Capping off Grandparents and Special Friends Day, in which Lower School students invite loved ones to visit them at school, students in grades pre-nursery–6 presented an original dramatic interpretation of their learning throughout the year. This performance of understanding, titled Beginnings, is designed to bring the Ross Spiral Curriculum to life for both performers and audience. Each grade level used costuming and narrative to depict the Cultural History period they studied, from the big bang and planetary formation, through human evolution and early human settlements, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Phoenician civilizations.
ROSS SCHOOL STUDENTS PAY IT FORWARD To honor and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., fourth graders read Catherine Ryan Hyde’s novel Pay It Forward and were inspired. As a class, they decided to create businesses with a philanthropic mission. Working in small groups or on their own, students chose a charity with a mission they identified with and came up with a business proposal, plan, and marketing strategy. A month or so later, students, staff, and members of the community were invited to the Pay It Forward Market, where the fourth graders’ products were available for purchase. They quickly sold out, raising over $2,000 for six different charities: Make-a-Wish Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Go4theGoal, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, and the Buccoo Reef Trust Foundation in Tobago.
GRADE 7 GETS “REAL” WITH GALLERY EXHIBITION Each year for the past 20 years, Ross School seventh graders have taken on the role of museum curators, organizing thematic exhibitions of the work of professional artists for the school’s gallery. The project was designed to empower students to engage with art in
meaningful and authentic ways, while helping them acquire skills in organization, critical thinking, and collaboration. The 2016 show, titled Real: An Exhibition of Intricate Imagination, was on display in the Ross Gallery from May 23–June 23, and featured recent Guild Hall Artist-in-Residence Arcmanoro Niles and Long Island native Scott Bluedorn. Both artists combine realistic imagery with imaginary forms.
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS In February, Ross students celebrated the Lunar New Year, heralding the Year of the Monkey, with song and dance, as well as delicious traditional food prepared by both Ross Café staff and students. At the Lower School, students and teachers decorated the Multi-Purpose Room for a festive assembly featuring performances including a fan dance. The younger students contributed a dragon dance, circling the room with an elaborate dragon head.
CONNECT WITH ROSS! To read these stories and more, visit www.blogs.ross.org/news. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @rossschool.
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Field Academy 2016 In the three weeks (two weeks for grades 7 and 8) between the Winter and Spring trimesters, students took part in nine off-campus trips, nine on-campus courses, and several independent study projects, many of which incorporated the school’s yearlong focus on sustainability.
OFF-CAMPUS COURSES
ON-CAMPUS COURSES
Engaging in community service, exploring cultural diversity, and learning about historical time periods in other countries, Ross students traveled this year to southern Italy, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Alabama, and New Mexico. The trips created a lifetime of memories and inspiration for each student who traveled.
Ross students who pursued on-campus Field Academy courses explored service learning, culture, environmentalism, and activism in a range of courses that focused on art, music, cuisine, film, wellness, and sustainability.
Cuban Culture, Society, and Environment Cultural Sustainability in New Zealand India: The Future Is Now Namibia: The Journey Is the Destination Red State, Blue State, Harper Lee! Service and Culture in the Dominican Republic South by Southwest in Taos, New Mexico Southern Italy: Uncovering the Secrets of Ancient Civilizations Ubuntu: Sustainability and Sport in Zimbabwe
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Art and Activism Be Well and Do Well Edible Language: Learning Japanese Through Cuisine The Greatest Twentieth-Century Films How to Survive the Hunger Games Musical Theater Workshop Sustainability and Service on Long Island To Tea or Not to Tea Tolkien’s Middle-earth To read more about Ross students’ Field Academy adventures, visit www.ross.org/fieldacademy/2016 for course descriptions and links to student-generated blogs documenting their experiences.
Facing page (clockwise from top left): Kendall S. ’16 interacts with a child in the Dominican Republic; a mural painted by students in the on-campus Art and Activism course; Denise G. ’16 shares a smile with an Indian man; Luis R. ’19 faces off with a young basketball player in Zimbabwe; a traditional waka that students sailed to islands off the coast of New Zealand. Above (clockwise from top): Students hike through Chaco Canyon in New Mexico; Chris R. ’17 poses with new friends in Zimbabwe; students hike through the desert in Namibia; students balance on a narrow jetty while visiting the Trapani salt pan in Italy. 9
Senior Projects From exploring Mongolia to analyzing dreams, from researching the history of shoes to building prosthetic prototypes for the future, from the depths of the ocean to the streets of Buenos Aires—Ross School seniors spent their final school year immersing themselves in their passions, and the products of their efforts were, as usual, enriching, enlightening, and extremely impressive. At the end of their junior year at Ross, students embark on their Senior Projects. The capstone educational experience comprises a Process Folio, in which students document their research and the steps they have taken to carry out their vision; the Final Product, which goes on display during Senior Project Exhibition week; and the Presentation, in which the students give an oral presentation about their topic to an audience of their peers and teachers. Students work with faculty mentors who guide and advise along the way, and at the end of the project, they have deeper insight into themselves as learners and producers.
ST U DE NT CR EATES 3D REPLICA OF HUMAN HEART For Innovation Lab @Ross student Sara Stewart ’16, biology and human anatomy are a major interest, so it was no surprise that for her Senior Project she decided to combine this passion with her technical abilities to create a 3D-printed human heart. The idea evolved from a project she undertook in sophomore year, for which she replaced the missing bones in the skeleton in the eighth grade classroom with 3D-printed replicas. Sara was then inspired to add organs so that students could better understand the complete inner workings of the human system. Sara is studying nursing at San Diego State University.
S USTA INA B IL ITY AN D MA RI N E SCI E N CE IN MOZAMBIQUE For her Senior Project, Shanshan He ’16 explored four interconnected areas of sustainability—ecology, culture, economics, and politics—in Zavora, Mozambique. Over the previous summer, she had traveled to Mozambique to experience the rich culture and customs of its people and to study the fragile ecosystems of the nudibranch, a soft-bodied marine mollusk. After intensive study and exploration, she then worked to communicate what she had learned by creating an interactive website that integrates visual arts and scientific and cultural research. She also completed a series of oil paintings of the nudibranch.
FU RN I TURE INSPIRED BY THE LGBT COMMUNITY Malik Basnight ’16 crafted four chairs over the course of his Senior Project, each based on a meaningful concept connected to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. The intricate pieces represented dressing in drag, coming out, and marriage equality, as well as a memorial to those who have died from AIDS. Malik worked under the guidance of Visual Arts teacher Jon Mulhern, learning woodworking skills and perseverance as he brought his vision to fruition.
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SENIOR PROJECT FEATURE
Student Builds Prosthetic Arm Preparing an amputee to receive a prosthetic limb can be both slow and costly. Inspired by her summer working oneon-one with patients in Beth Abraham Health Services Center’s physical and occupational therapy units, Elsa Diaw ’16 chose to design and build a 3D-printed prosthetic arm controlled by electrical signals that travel from the brain to the muscles. As a sophomore, Elsa entered Innovation Lab @Ross, an academy within Ross School that serves students with an interest in science, mathematics, engineering, media, and technology. Using the technical and design skills fostered in the program, and under the guidance of mentor Dr. David Morgan, Elsa explored how 3D-printing technology can be used to improve people’s lives. Elsa used Arduino coding—an open-source prototyping platform for interactive devices—along with her knowledge of forearm anatomy to build the prosthetic arm. It uses a surface electromyography device to record electrical signals produced by the movement of muscles, which are in turn translated into code, and the prosthetic hand is then able to reproduce the movement of the user’s hand. “Without Innovation Lab, I wouldn’t have known about any of these technologies,” Elsa said. “I was interested in biology…but I didn’t know much about the technological opportunities in science.” During Senior Project Exhibition Night, Elsa encouraged guests to test the prosthetic and experience the future of medical technology firsthand. Her project provides a solid foundation for her future studies in medical and biomedical sciences.
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Awards Ross School is fortunate to be associated with many skilled and talented students and staff, and we are proud to acknowledge the recognitions they have merited, both externally and internally. Some of their awards and honors received in the past year are listed below.
G RA D UAT I ON AWARD S Courtney Sale Ross Awards, in recognition of faculty members most exemplary of the Ross School vision of leadership, academic excellence, and personal integrity: Sarah Ryan ’01, Mark Tompkins. Ross School Board Award for demonstration of outstanding leadership qualities: Elizaveta Kotova ’16. Anders G. Holst Award for demonstration of courage in creativity: Katie Morgan ’16, Malik Basnight ’16. Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award in recognition of pursuit of excellence, magnanimity of intention, and personal integrity: Frances Sacks ’16. Richard M. Dunn Award for achievements in the study of literature and journalism: Jin Zhang ’16.
ROS S AWA R D S The top three honors for Science Fair in grade 7 (1st place to 3rd place) went to the following students: Caly Stewart ’21; Parker Firestone ’21; Brando FabriCorigliano ’21 and Taylor Thomas ’21 (tied for third). The top three honors for Science Fair in grade 8 (1st place to 3rd place) went to the following students: India Galesi-Grant ’20; Ian Morgan ’20, Chandler Littleford ’20, and Ally Friedman ’20 (tied for second); Ella Griffiths ’20. Athlete of the Year awards were given to Jonas LinnmanFeuerring ’17 and Kendall Scala ’16.
E X TE RN A L AWAR DS The East Hampton Star designated four students as All-Stars for their display of character, citizenship, commitment, and curiosity: Dehe (Mark) Liu ’17, Mingwei (Sherry) Gao ’17, Lucia Robinson ’17, and Sam Grossman ‘17.
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The LongHouse Reserve’s 2016 Student Annual IX awards ceremony garnered awards in five categories: furniture design, kinetic sculpture, painting, printmaking, and watercolor: Malik Basnight ’16, Xinyi (Selena) Hu ’19, Seamus McCarthy ’17, Jiyoung (Clover) Kim ’18, and Jiayi (Annie) Sun ’18. Parrish Art Museum selected three Ross students to receive Awards of Excellence based on work submitted for the museum’s 2016 Student Exhibition: Nissu Wang ’16, Misuzu (Tina) Shibano ’16, and Gangwei (Eric) Wu ’16. The NY Alliance Film Fest selected two Ross students for best-in-show recognitions based on their submitted films: Lang (Mark) Cheng ’16, Misuzu (Tina) Shibano ’16. Noa Langleben ‘17 received a bronze medal at the Long Island Junior Rowing Championship representing Ross in the girls Varsity Scull. Maya Teixeira ’22 won second place in the 3rd annual Hamptons Got Talent competition. National Merit Commendations: Katie Morgan ’16, Frances Sacks ’16. Advancement Placement designations were awarded to the following students: AP Scholar with Distinction (granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams): Xiang (Jeff) Cui ’16, Katie Morgan ’16, Guorui (Bob) Xiao ’16, Ning (Claire) Yan ’16, Shanshan Yang ’17; AP Scholar with Honor (granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams): Mingwei (Sherry) Gao ’17, Jin Zhang ’16.
College Acceptances 2016 The Ross School Class of 2016 received 290 college acceptances to 151 different colleges and universities in six different countries as well as almost $1 million in merit scholarships from the institutions below. Bold text indicates matriculation; asterisk indicates more than one student attending. Alfred University American University The American University of Paris Averett University Bard College Bard College Berlin Bentley University Berklee College of Music Binghamton University Boston University* Brevard College Bryant University Buffalo State College of SUNY California College of the Arts California Institute of the Arts California State University, Long Beach California State University, San Marcos Carleton College Centre College Clark University Clarkson University The College for International Studies* The College of Saint Rose Colorado College Connecticut College Cornell University Creighton University DePauw University Dickinson College Drexel University Eckerd College Emerson College Fairfield University Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College George Mason University The George Washington University Georgetown University Gettysburg College Goucher College Hampshire College Hartwick College
High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Indiana University at Bloomington Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Iowa State University Ithaca College Johnson & Wales University Lafayette College Lehigh University London College of Fashion Marlboro College Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art and Design Miami University Michigan State University Middlebury College Moravian College Mount Holyoke College The New School—All Divisions* New York Institute of Technology New York University* Newcastle University Niagara University Northeastern University Otis College of Art and Design Pace University Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute PrattMWP Purchase College State University of New York Purdue University Quinnipiac University Reed College Rhode Island School of Design
Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rutgers University Salve Regina University San Diego State University San Francisco Art Institute Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts* Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Simmons College Skidmore College Smith College State University of New York at Albany Stony Brook University Suffolk University SUNY Alfred State College SUNY College at Cortland SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Oneonta SUNY College at Potsdam Syracuse University* Temple University Texas Christian University Trinity College* Tufts University Union College Universidade Nove de Lisboa The University of Alabama University at Buffalo The State University of New York University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis* University of California, Irvine* University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Connecticut University of Glasgow University of Hartford (Hartt School) University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Miami University of New Hampshire University of Oklahoma University of Pittsburgh University of Rhode Island University of Rochester University of San Francisco The University of Scranton University of Southern California University of St. Andrews University of Surrey University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Virginia Wesleyan College Wesleyan University Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Willamette University Worcester Polytechnic Institute 13
Ross School Alumni Association On June 18, Ross School welcomed 82 graduates of the Class of 2016 into the Ross School Alumni Association. The addition of the members of this class, who hailed from 16 countries across the globe, to the association has grown our Ross alumni community significantly, forming a network of almost 800 graduates from 28 countries worldwide! Earlier this year saw the launch of Alumni News, a quarterly electronic newsletter that will serve to share the latest Ross happenings, including items about alumni, faculty, and current students. The goal is to keep Ross School’s vibrant circle of alumni connected to each other and to the school. Each issue includes an article on a former Ross student, two current stories from our blog, alumni in the news, class notes, and a “From the Archives” featurette. The newsletter also strives to keep alumni up to date on school events, reunions, news about their fellow classmates, on-campus programs, and fundraising initiatives. The first issue of Alumni News, featuring David Kaner ’10, launched in March; the June and September issues featured Laurel Gabler ’02 and Bryce Covert ’02, respectively. We invite all alumni to visit www.ross.org/alumni to share news, sign up for the newsletter, or connect with the Alumni Association’s Facebook page. We also love to see alumni on campus, whether they are taking part in our annual Faculty vs. Alumni basketball game or having lunch with Ross faculty and catching up with the happenings on campus. Ross alumni are a much-valued segment of the Ross community.
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Summer Programs SUMMER CAMP
SUMMER TERM
Summer Camp @Ross had a spectacular 2016 season! We were wowed once again by the talents of our campers displayed across our wide list of program options, from gardening to gymnastics, from drama to dodgeball, from culinary arts to creative play.
Summer Term @Ross’s 2016 season encompassed a busy six weeks of coursework, wellness, and fun in the sun for students from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United States. They worked hard in course offerings such as English for Speakers of Other Languages, Mandarin, Algebra, Film Studies, Digital Music, Culinary Arts, Wellness, Test Prep, and Innovation Lab @Ross to enrich their education and get a jump on the school year.
Visits from Zimkids, Dancers for Good, and Alice Mizrachi, graffiti artist from the Harlem Arts Festival, were some of the special events that made this summer our most successful yet. Our new East Hampton Counselor-in-Training program challenged our oldest campers to take on more responsibility, learning to mediate and problem-solve their way through issues as they trained to become camp counselors. And as always, our campers learned new skills, explored new ideas, made new friends, and soared to new heights all summer long. Thanks to our amazing staff, diverse programming, and enthusiastic campers, Summer Camp @Ross grows better each year. We cannot wait for next summer!
Summer Term students also enjoyed some recreation in the Hamptons to complement their studies, including a Fourth of July celebration, ice cream trips, and strolls in downtown East Hampton. The tight-knit group also spent some time at the beach, the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, New York City’s Times Square, Splish Splash water park, Broadway, and a major league soccer game at Yankee Stadium. The combination of exhilarating leisure-time activities and intensive academic work once again proved a winning one for our SummerTerm students.
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Sustainability Teach-In In support of Ross School’s focus on the theme of Sustainability, students and faculty from grades 1–12 came together on the Upper School campus on October 13, 2015, for a Sustainability Teach-In. Working in groups comprising multiple age levels, students engaged in workshops on the topics of water, Earth, air, fire/energy, and culture, with older students mentoring their younger counterparts. They explored the need to implement sustainable practices in these areas, investigating the effects of pollution, playing games to illustrate negative consequences of acts of self-interest, and viewing videos that addressed areas of crisis. The workshops brought home to students of all ages the global implications of neglecting these crucial issues, and the students convened afterward to ratify Ross School’s Declaration of Principles on Sustainability and the Environment. As a symbolic gesture of the community’s commitment to the continuing prosperity of the planet, the whole group then proceeded to the athletic fields for a ceremonial release of milkweed seeds, to propagate the growth of local milkweed plants, the primary source of sustenance for monarch butterfly populations. Co-Director of Curriculum and Professional Development Mark Foard reflected on the event: “I think having the Lower School and Upper School together—not just students but also teachers working together—brought a level of community that I haven’t experienced before. We have a lot to learn from each other and a lot to celebrate with each other.” The Sustainability Teach-In was emblematic of Ross’s commitment to nurturing our community at every level, from local to global.
SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE AT THE LOWER SCHOOL Throughout the academic year, Lower School students honored their commitment to make the campus more ecofriendly, drawing from the Core Values of respect and responsibility. Among their activities was an Earth Day campus cleanup, during which the entire student body worked to prepare the school gardens for growing season by raking, weeding, and planting new seeds, and having the Lower School campus designated as a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. The certification recognizes Ross School’s efforts to create spaces that improve habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs, and other wildlife by providing elements that are essential to their survival. 16
Students Present at Vatican Conference A delegation of Ross students were privileged to be invited to the Vatican in November 2015 to present at a Pontifical Academy of Sciences conference titled “Children and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Education.” The conference was the result of efforts led in part by the school’s founder, Courtney Sale Ross, to include the voices of youth in international conversations about sustainability and climate change. Ross students were joined by young people from more than a dozen countries, all of whom made impressive contributions to the international dialogue. Conference attendees, including some of the most notable minds in education, sustainability thinking, and research, discussed such topics as the interconnected global aspects of sustainability education, alterations of the ecosystem, clean energy, animal extinction, decrease in hospitable land, loss of finite resources, and quality of life for poor and vulnerable populations. The students also had an opportunity to tour Rome’s historical sites, including the Colosseum, Pantheon, and St. Peter’s Basilica. 17
Focus on Sustainability A guiding theme for the 2015–2016 year at Ross School and Ross Institute was sustainability—the preservation of environment, culture, and humanity in the face of destructive or damaging forces and their consequences, intended or not. Sustainability issues were addressed in the classroom, during professional development, on Field Academy trips, in Senior Projects, and in numerous other ways. Students and faculty were introduced to the complexities of such issues as environmental protection, cultural preservation, and economic prosperity in the face of ever-changing, globalizing factors. RO S S S UM M E R ACADE MY
SUSTAINAB ILITY TH REA D
The academic year began with the traditional professional development session called Ross Summer Academy. One of the cornerstones of Ross Institute’s philosophy is providing intentional professional development for the leaders and mentors educating and working with our children every day. For more than a decade, the faculty at Ross School have prepared for each academic year with an intensive, multiweek retreat focusing on pedagogical and curricular issues and developments. Frequently, Summer Academy incorporates discussions with Ross School founding mentors, expert guest lecturers in a variety of fields, and invitees from other educational institutions, domestic and international. This year, visitors hailed from Ross Tensta Gymnasium in Sweden, He Puna Marama Trust Leadership Academy in New Zealand, and early childhood education programs in Cuba.
Conceptually based on a spiral framework, in which recurring themes (called curricular threads) are revisited and reinforced throughout the years, Ross School’s Spiral Curriculum offers multitudes of opportunities for students to learn about issues of sustainability, and the work done to identify a Sustainability thread enhances the ease with which curriculum users can connect those issues for students. The Sustainability thread incorporates the concepts of systems thinking, or how actions in one location or time period influence other situations, and the complexity of humans’ relationships with each other and with their natural surroundings.
The academy featured presentations by Dr. Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, and Dr. Steven Cohen, executive director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Each of these speakers offered suggestions for connecting with students across grade levels regarding issues of sustainability. Panel discussions and other presentations further expanded on these topics; subsequently, faculty collaborated on work to identify lessons and learning experiences within the Ross Learning System, the curricular tool that supports the school, that connect across grade levels and domains in a Sustainability curricular thread.
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Early introductions to sustainability focus on systems such as the water cycle, life cycles in plants and animals, and ecological conservation (recycling materials, protecting habitats, etc.). As students progress through the timeline of cultural history, they begin to see how civilizations’ effects on the environment play out, with agrarian societies domesticating animals and developing agricultural systems. Further on, students analyze the repercussions of such far-reaching phenomena as the Industrial Revolution, globalization of trade and international movement, and the so-called “Anthropocene epoch,” defined as a time when human activities begin to have a global impact on Earth and its natural systems. Making explicit connections among these seemingly isolated concepts allows students to understand the challenges of reconciling human advancement with the need to protect our environment and cultures, and promotes a sense of responsibility for responding to these challenges in their role as global citizens of the future.
CIRCLES PROJECT Concurrently with the 2015 Summer Academy, Ross students devoted time to laying groundwork for RLS Project Circles, an interactive online tool that enables students, as a group or as individuals, to assess the sustainability of a specific location or environment, in the current time or in the past. In a workshop setting, guided by Ross faculty mentors, these teens focused on answering in-depth questions about various aspects of East Hampton’s ecological, cultural, political, and economic sustainability. Their efforts contributed to what is to become a collaborative website exploring a number of locations worldwide. circles.rosslearningsystem.org
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RO S S L E A R NI N G SYST E M Identification of the Sustainability curricular thread within the Ross Spiral Curriculum was only one part of the progress made this year with the Ross Learning System (RLS), the comprehensive compilation of Ross School’s curriculum from pre-nursery to grade 12. With a significant portion of the material collection completed, technology-focused and discipline-based teams began to refine the online delivery platform and the curricular components contained within it. A highlight of Ross Summer Academy was the unveiling of the Interactive Spiral Curriculum data visualization tool, an online tool that helps users to analyze a variety
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of learning experiences across domains and grade levels. The Interactive Spiral tool provides a graphically simple way to highlight connections and integrations across multiple content areas, as well as connections to prior and future learning. Ross Institute is nearing its goal of being able to use the Ross Learning System to disseminate the Ross Model of education to schools and institutions worldwide. With thousands of learning experiences, assessments, resources, and other curricular materials, the RLS is poised to stand out as a valuable asset to globally conscious education.
Courtney Sale Ross Receives UCLA Global Citizen Award In February 2016, Ross School Founder Courtney Sale Ross was nominated for the inaugural UCLA Global Citizen Award by Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Wasserman Dean of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, in recognition of her years of dedication and effort to the cause of quality education for all children. The award, which honors individuals making transformational change for the children of the world through visionary leadership in education in the global era, was presented to Mrs. Ross at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The event acknowledged Mrs. Ross’s more than 25 years as an innovative leader and visionary in the field of global education. “Courtney Sale Ross is a true pioneer championing transformational change,” said Suárez-Orozco. “Ahead of her peers, Courtney recognized that preparing all students to meet the challenges of the 21st century requires an entirely new education model.” In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Ross noted, “I am honored to receive this award and to have the opportunity to help lead the effort to develop solutions to the difficult challenges we face. I look forward to a continued collaboration and cooperation with today’s education leaders. It is the only way we will be able to expedite global consciousness.”
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Community Events Ross School’s Advancement (formerly Development) office works to engage members of our community in the life of the school, facilitating events and connecting with students, parents, business partners, and alumni throughout the year. Proceeds from these events went to help support scholarship and other programs at Ross.
G O L F AT TH E BR IDG E
SUMMER PA RTY @ROSS
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, members of the Ross community took part in an unforgettable day of golf hosted by Toni Sacconaghi, Debra Fields Feldstein, and Harry Hackett III at The Bridge in Bridgehampton. The event raised funds for Ross School programs and scholarships, including the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund. Participants enjoyed golf and basketball banter with celebrated members of the New York Knicks family. The day also included breakfast and an al fresco cocktail award reception at the clubhouse.
Ross School celebrated the end of another successful school year and kicked off a fantastic summer with a benefit and silent auction to raise funds for student scholarships. Summer Party @Ross delivered a night of music by Harmony House (DJ Set), excellent food by renowned Ross Executive Chef Liz Dobbs as well as specialty selections from our sponsors, and fun for all who attended.
S P R IN G GO L F TO U RN AM E NT The South Fork Country Club hosted Ross School’s spring golf outing on June 16, 2016. Teams made up of parents, students, alumni parents, sponsors, and business partners of Ross School enjoyed a pre-golf luncheon, a day of golf, and a post-golf reception at the historic club. Participants included parents from South Korea; students from São Paolo, Brazil; sponsors from New York City; and Ross family and friends from throughout the East End.
GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY On Friday, May 6, 2016, Ross Lower School welcomed grandparents and special friends for a day filled with warmth, laughter, and song. Guests were in for a number of special treats, from a sing-along in the Multi-Purpose Room, to the beautiful artwork on display, to a performance titled Beginnings, in which students presented a dramatic interpretation of the Spiral of Cultural History on which the Ross curriculum is based. The day also included classroom visits and a book fair. Look for upcoming gatherings at www.ross.org/events.
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Facing page (clockwise from top): Guests of the golf event at The Bridge; Kristina B. ’23 with her grandparents in her classroom; Joshua V. ’22 and guest on Grandparents and Special Friends Day. Above (clockwise from top left): Margot M. ’24 and grandparents; Laura Eisman and Faith Evans; dancing and celebrating at Summer Party; Genie Egerton-Warburton, Carine Casamonti, and Susan Almrud; Knicks legend Vin Baker and Richard Callahan at The Bridge; teeing off at The Bridge; Elise A. ’25 and Kely A. ’22 with their grandmother; Gianluca A. ’17 and Audrix A. ’17 playing golf with alumni parents Dong Hoon Chang and Mirea Kim. 23
Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund The Steven J. Ross (SJR) Scholarship Fund was established in 1991 at Ross School’s inception by Courtney Sale Ross and Steven J. Ross to ensure that all children have the opportunity to benefit from a Ross School education regardless of economic circumstances. In 2015–2016, approximately 158 students, or 35% of Ross students, received financial assistance totaling $3,000,000, with an average award of $19,000 per student.
N A ME D SC H OL ARSH IP S Through the generous support of donors, three new scholarships were structured under the SJR Fund this year to enable outstanding and deserving students to attend Ross. We welcome recipients of these scholarships to the school and look forward to the contributions they will make as they offer previously unheard-from cultural perspectives.
JAF Foundation Scholarship Longtime friends of Ross School Juergen and Anke Friedrich financially support a program in Switzerland called the Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz Organization. The couple recognized that Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe was educating students in Africa and India and graciously created a scholarship through their foundation that would support one of its children to attend and receive a Ross School education for four years. The student selected for this opportunity was Padmavathi Devella ’19, a young woman who grew up in a small village in India and entered the Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe organization at age 9. Padma, as she likes to be called, came to Ross for Summer Term @Ross in 2015 to brush up on her English and is now a part of the Ross student body.
Ross Eloff African Scholarship The Ross Eloff African Scholarship Fund supports the tuition of a deserving young woman/man from a country in southern Africa. The Ross Eloff African Scholarship Fund works closely with Student Sponsorship Programme in South Africa to identify qualified applicants appropriate for admission to Ross School. The scholarship covers a year’s tuition at Ross Upper School. In 2015–2016 we were proud to welcome the first Ross Eloff African Scholar, Kwazinkosi Nkomo. Kwazi attended Bramley Primary School and was an avid member of the Kingsmead netball team. She was also involved with the glee group, marimba ensemble, and press team while volunteering in her community and through her school’s outreach program. Having completed her year at Ross School, Kwazi hopes to continue her studies at a prestigious university in the United States or Canada. Rob Eloff, Nicole Ross Eloff, and the entire Ross School community want to thank the individuals who contributed to the Ross Eloff African Scholarship Fund this year.
Urban Scholarship Fund at Ross School The Urban Scholarship Fund provides the educational opportunity of a lifetime to deserving students from New York City. Urban Scholarships enable students of limited means to attend Ross School as boarders, providing them with a world-class, globally conscious education in preparation for their roles as leaders of the future. Since its inception, Ross School’s Urban Scholarship Fund has afforded talented students transformative access to Ross School’s educational programs. Each year, more than $250,000 in need-based financial aid is awarded to students from New York City to help them pursue their educational goals and work toward becoming leaders in a global community.
For more information on scholarship naming opportunities at Ross School, please contact the Advancement Office at advancement@ross.org or call 631-907-5500. 24
Supporting the Ross Community As a Ross School math instructor and the father of alumna Larissa Gaias ’07, Ed Gaias knows firsthand the value of a Ross School education: his family has been shaped by it. “This school is wonderful for self-motivated students who will take advantage of all the neat opportunities it provides,” Ed said. He believes that the school’s unique environment was ideal for fostering his daughter’s independence and insatiable quest for knowledge: “Larissa has been a go-getter since she was a little girl, and she continues to soak up everything that comes her way. That’s partly the result of her Ross experience.” Ed and his wife, Barbara, who teaches Spanish on the Lower School campus, joined the Ross faculty following 30-year public school careers. Their belief in the Ross School mission, as modeled through the experiences of their daughter, inspired their return to the classroom. Helping students build the self-confidence they need to succeed throughout life is Ed’s primary joy in his career. “My job is to teach math, but my purpose is to help my students grow into better people; that does not end in the classroom,” he said.
Since 2010, the Gaiases have contributed to Ross School’s Annual Fund, which supports all aspects of the Ross learning environment, including tuition assistance.
“Our responsibility is to support the whole community—to do what we can to make it better, and I think that system only works if everyone participates.” In addition, Ed attends as many school productions and athletic games as possible, cheering students on from the audience. “Our responsibility is to support the whole community—to do what we can to make it better,” Ed said. “I think that system only works if everyone participates.”
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Donors to the 2015–2016 Annual Giving Program We acknowledge and appreciate the generous support of the people and organizations that made gifts to Ross School’s Annual Fund and the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund. Thank you!
CHAI RS C IRC LE ($10 0 ,0 0 0 & AB OVE)
Courtney Sale Ross 21ST C EN TURY COUNCIL ($50,0 0 0–$99, 999)
Barrie Glabman and Adam Schwartz Paulson Family Foundation John and Jenny Paulson Wenquan Zhao and Yan Cao LEADE RSHI P CI RCL E ($25,0 0 0–$49 ,999)
Ping Guo and Honghua Zeng Ralph & Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc. Terra Nova Foundation Charles Stevenson and Alex Kuczynski Susan Weber BEN EFAC TORS CIRCL E ($10,0 0 0–$24, 999 )
Diane and Arthur Abbey Armand G. Erpf Fund Inc. Paul and Cornelia Forsman Michael and Amy Cosgrove Austin and Jennifer Handler David Jannetti Hui Cheng Jiang and Hyen Mi Jin Michael and Dina Kontokosta Montauk Bus Service Inc. Yan Qun and Lu WeiDong Robert and Barbara Swanson Liren Zhang and Wulan Bao PAT RON S CI RCL E ($5,0 0 0–$9, 999)
Susan Almrud Man Tak Chan Stephen Hamilton and Emma Walton Hamilton Dong Hoon and Sang Hee Han JAF Foundation Juergen and Anke Friedrich Chongwha Jon and Heeseung Lee Guoshun Lin and Jie Zhen He Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation Lauren Stone Saunders & Associates Andrew and Colleen Saunders
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Li Tao and Yuping Zhao Village Hardware Bernhard Kiembock and Sara Mendoza-Kiembock ADVOCATES CIRCLE ($ 1,0 0 0–$4 ,99 9)
Jennifer L. Chidsey Kristin and Oliver Eberstadt James and Genie Egerton-Warburton Fuyuan Fang and Xiaoyue You Cindy Gotard-Parra and Raoul Parra Melissa Hammel and Michael Burton Constance Landis Lands’ End Dominic LaPierre and Laura Auerbach Liverpool Carting Co. Inc Louis and Katherine Fava Richard Rainville Gabriele and Klemens Rethmann Nicole Ross Eloff and Rob Eloff Lori Schiaffino and Ted Stratigos Patti Silver Don and Bonny Smith Ye Sun and Xuanxuan Lv Theodore Eckert Foundation Michael Tiedemann Kimberly and Eric Waldman Nancy Walton Plumeri SCH OL ARS CIRCL E ($ 50 0–$9 99 )
Christin and Andrew Archambault Barbara and Joseph Baratta Ben and Michele Bonaventura Changqing and Shian Cui Christina Galesi and Stephen Grant Andreas and Sylvia Hommert Max Krieger Claude Okin Cynthia Parry and Dr. Hugh Bruce Stewart Jennifer and James Perry R. Essay Plumbing & Heating Inc. East End Backflow Antonio and Michele Sacconaghi
Hyeng Soun Song and So Young Moon Hazuki Sugisaka Amy and Jeff Tarr Junellen Tiska Dr. Johnathan Turetsky Wellness Foundation F RIE NDS O F ROSS
Samantha Christie Michael and Amy Cosgrove Christopher and Laura Engel Lisa and David Gillespie James Grossi Alexandra and Tim McAuliffe Coco Myers Patricia Romanzi Carrick Rowe Thomas and Nancy Scala GE Smith and Taylor Barton-Smith ASSOCIATE S CI RCLE
Anja Abney Sy and Cheryl Abramowitz Angela Alban Chris Angell John Anton Nancy Baxter Jennifer Biscardi Jennifer Bogner Heather Bowen D’Agostino and John D’Agostino Norman Brosterman Howard and Terri Brown Daniel Bruni William Cahill Sean Carmichael Chongping Cen and Yanjie Chen Jorge Chiriboga and Guadalupe Chabla Kenneth and June Coard Elizabeth and John Colby Martin Cooper Katrina and Douglas Cunningham Ellen Cutrone Eliza Damiecki Veronique and Diego De Giorgi Julia Dickey and Jill Ward Robert Eldi Laura Flauto-McCarthy Mark Foard and Julie Iden Edward and Barbara Gaias
Larissa Gaias Margaret Garrett and Bruce Wolosoff Valerie Gatz Harry Hackett and Louise Collins Sheryl and Michael Hastalis Meghan Hillen Lori Holmes Kristen Hyland Maureen Isbister Tim Johnson Connie Judson Jamie Laggis Kathleen and Anthony Lattari Charles Lehner Lauren Lewis Lorraine Lin Michael Lomont and Nancy Tainiter Kip Lonczak Nicole and Thomas Mabey James and Janine McLoughlin Brittany Mier y Teran Michele Passarella Jessica Pollina Lisa and David Rattray Jodie Reatherford Meg Regan Kathryn Reid Melissa Roach Sarah Ryan David and Mary Saunders Carleton and Diane Schade Alicia Schordine Dale Scott Gary Skellington Sasha Skulsky Kevin Snyder Barbara Strong Mark Strong Shannon Swanson Mark and Samantha Tompkins Jeanette Tyndall Gregory Voigt Wil Weiss Courtney Wingate and Marcus Borowsky Lauren Wingate and Armen Minasian Jiling Yang Annmarie and Christopher Zanchelli
GIFTS I N K IN D
Julie Andrews East End Limousine Hamptons International Film Festival Diana Paterson Zara Pintado and Ben Sigua Ann Fristoe Stewart and William J. Stewart Christian and Leslie Tabet Ann Tintle-Carmo and Vinicius Carmo The Walt Disney Company
S UM ME R PA RTY SPO N SORS
Montauk Bus Service Inc. Over Yonder Cay AUCT ION DO NO RS
Baker House Baron’s Cove Bay Street Theater Duck Walk Vineyards East Hampton Point Gurney’s Inn Resort & Spa Stephen Hamilton and Emma Walton Hamilton Hampton Classic Horse Show Hamptons Baseball Camp Harmonia Inc. Michael and Dina Kontokosta Pink Chicken Alexandra and Tim McAuliffe Sag Harbor Sailing SoulCycle South Fork Country Club South Fork Natural History Museum The Stephen Talkhouse Tubby Charters
Matthew Coffin and Natasha Esch Tisha Collette and Shane Dyckman Elizabeth and Michel Dobbs Kristin and Oliver Eberstadt James and Genie Egerton-Warburton Maximilian Eicke Robert Eldi Christina Galesi and Stephen Grant Spencer Holden Lori Holmes Janice and John Hummel Erica Katz Kathleen and Anthony Lattari Holly and Ling Li James and Janine McLoughlin Montauk Bus Service Inc. Joel Moser and Wednesday Martin Darius and Rita Narizzano Jennifer and James Perry Annemarie Siefert and James-Robert Sellinger Jane Sinclair Don and Bonny Smith Catherine Toscano Brianne Venturella Christine and Manny Vilar Paul Weinhold Erica Yardley COCKTAIL CUISINE DONORS
Chinatown Il Capuccino Ristorante Plain-T Alex and Tathiana Teixeira Russian Standard The Seafood Shop Wainscott Wine & Spirits Wölffer Estate Vineyards
AUCT ION PAT RO NS
Susan Almrud Baron’s Cove Ben and Michele Bonaventura Mark Catalano and Eileen Roaman Catalano
ATTENDEES CA BANA
Matthew Coffin and Natasha Esch Christina Galesi and Stephen Grant
Melissa Hammel and Michael Burton William Mulroy and Kenlynne Rini Mulroy Ali Pratt and Tom Carey Erin Swanson HIGH TO P
Bach Grazina East End Orthodontics East End Apparel Hamptons Carpet One Floor & Home Hamptons Magazine John Hummel & Associates P. W. Grosser Consulting Inc. GE NER AL ADMISSI ON
Janelle Alexander Tracy Allen Susan Almrud Dr. George and Dahlia Aman Lauren Carrozzi and Jerome Lucani Carine and Michele Casamonti Jennifer L. Chidsey Elizabeth and John Colby Judy D’Mello and Arthur Bijur John and Ledia Dworkin James and Genie Egerton-Warburton Faith Evans-Lado Andrew Grossman Linda and John Hanrahan Michael and Eric Holly Elisabeth Larsen Natalie Lezama Alexandra and Tim McAuliffe Darius and Rita Narizzano Oliver and Constanze Niedermaier Denee Pearson Todd Richter and Laura Eisman Lori Schiaffino and Ted Stratigos Patti Silver Ugur and Nilufer Sipahioglu Joceila Stieven Tracy Stigliano Vanderie Vielie Geraldine and Jamison Weiner
GOLF OUTING AT TH E BRID GE Armand G. Erpf Fund Inc. Paul and Cornelia Forsman Hamptons Carpet One Floor & Home New York Knickerbockers Saunders & Associates Andrew and Colleen Saunders
SOUTH FORK SPRING GOLF OUTING SPO NSORS
Bach Grazina East End Orthodontics East End Apparel Hamptons Gym Corp. Chuck Miller/EPI Printing Montauk Bus Service Inc. Nature’s Bounty/Osteo Bi-Flex Christin and Andrew Archambault New York Knickerbockers P. W. Grosser Consulting Inc. DONO RS
Robert Butler Donghoon Chang and Mirea Kim Matthew Coffin and Natasha Esch Debbie Feldstein Eric and Angela Firestone Judi and Peter Manning Mickey’s Carting Corp. Chris Montero R. Essay Plumbing & Heating Inc. East End Backflow
Italics indicate soft credit.
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Admissions Report In the 2015–2016 school year, a total of 494 students attended Ross School in grades pre-nursery to postgraduate. The students attending grades 7–12 were the most geographically diverse Ross School has ever seen, with 264 boarders coming from 27 countries, as well as 110 local day students. See below for more statistics about Ross School students in 2015–2016. Number of Students by Division
Students’ Countries of Origin
Early Childhood (Pre-N–Pre-K): 18 Grades K–6: 102 Grades 7–8: 37 Grades 9–PG: 337
Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam
Boarding Students (Grades 7–PG) Boys: 130 Girls: 134 International Boarders: 239
Average Class Size 16 students
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