2017-18 Annual Report & Alumni News

SACRAMENTO COUNTRY DAY

2017-18 ANNUAL REPORT & ALUMNI NEWS

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2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT THE COVER

First graders create fanciful hats to give to their parents at the annual Spring Tea. This year, guests donned the hats for a group photo taken from the staircase of the Lower School building. (Photo by Tom Wroten ’99)

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From the Head of School

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Parent Volunteers

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The Class of 2018

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Think Critically

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The Mission Statement

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Country Day Scholars Program

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Financial Report

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2017-18 Annual Fund

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2017-18 Donors to All Funds

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Live Creatively

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Annual Auction

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Restricted Gifts

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Endowment Gifts & Gifts in Memory

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Grandparent, Alumni Parent & Friend Donors

to All Funds

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Gifts in Honor

Photography: Michelle Alexander, Cameron Bohn,

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Act Compassionately

Ayako Fackenthal, Gretchen Fogelstrom, Michelle Li ‘17,

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Francie Tidey Award

Julie Nelson, John Procida, Kellie Whited, Tom Wroten ’99,

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Alumni Donors to All Funds

Lifetouch Photography, Marc Kallweit Photography

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Retirees

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Alumni News

This Annual Report, compiled by the Sacramento Country Day Advancement Office, highlights the previous year’s achievements, and acknowledges generous donors and volunteers for their support. This report reflects gifts received from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. Every effort is made to report donors correctly. If there are errors, please accept our apology and inform the Advancement Office. Thank you.

Head of School: Lee Thomsen

Director of Advancement: Carolyn Woolf

Director of Communications/Editor: Julie Nelson

Alumni Director/Alumni News: Amy Nelson Wells ’98 Proofreader: Emily Allshouse

SACRAMENTO for students in grades PK–12 and admits students without regard to race, color, gender orientation, religion, or COUNTRY national or ethnic origin. It does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admissions DAY policies, financial aid programs, athletics programs, employment practices, or other school-administered programs.

Founded in 1964, Sacramento Country Day School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school

SCDS is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and is accredited by the California

Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school is a member of the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative, International Thespian Society, Quill and Scroll, the National Scholastic Press Association, People of Color in Independent Schools, and the National Art Honor Society.

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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL Ethan Jackson for their tirelessly optimistic energy. I’m pleased

to announce that Ethan and Elizabeth have agreed to continue in their roles for the 2018-19 school year, their third year in a row.

We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support of the Parents’

Association and its board, led by President Kelly Hall and a dream team consisting of Vice President Jamie Iseman, Treasurer Ana

Guile, and Secretary/Volunteer Coordinators Stephen Chuchel and Jelena Tiemann. Our entire parent body makes up an essential

element to the success of Country Day. Without the generosity and selflessness of our parents, who give so much to our school, we

wouldn’t be able to offer the rich and varied programs that we do.

My sincerest thanks to our Auction Chairs Emily Stephenson and Amie Stevenson for a magnificent auction at the new Kimpton

Sawyer Hotel downtown. It was certainly a pleasure to “Celebrate

the Best” of what Country Day and our home town of Sacramento have to offer.

In addition, I thank our Board of Trustees for giving generously

of their time, effort, and resources. I am especially grateful for the work of Board President Julie Sloat, Vice President Jenna Magan, Dear Friends, This year’s Annual Report focuses on the importance of our school’s mission. Our newly revised mission statement —

“Country Day inspires intellectual discovery and engages a

diverse community to think critically, live creatively, and act

compassionately” — is the heartbeat of everything we do. But

faculty and staff could not accomplish the wonderful work we do every day without the generosity of time and treasure so many

give to the school. Thank you to everyone who has donated to the school or volunteered time; it is truly a team effort.

Thanks to your generosity, the Annual Fund this year raised nearly $300,000 with parent participation holding steady at 89%. These Annual Fund donations funded faculty summer collaborative

grants, First Aid/CPR training for all campus employees, a trip to

the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles for eight administrators and teachers, and a laser cutter for the Makerspace.

Total funds raised and committed this year came to $730,000,

including nearly $200,000 for the Country Day Scholars program,

which supports eight High School students each year beginning in

Treasurer Loren Kaye, and Secretary Angela Donlan. Our trustees

help to guide Country Day and to ensure that it thrives as the best college preparatory school in the Sacramento region. I especially want to thank Lee Mahla for her 12 years of participation on the

Board of Trustees. During her tenure, she served as chair of both

the Advancement and Trustee committees, was a lead member of

the Capital Campaign Committee raising funds for the building of the Lower School, and co-chaired the 2007 auction.

Finally, I express my deepest gratitude to our remarkable faculty

and staff, who provide our students with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in their studies and in life. In addition

to their daily work around campus on behalf of our students, they again topped all constituent groups with 98% participation in the Annual Fund, demonstrating their commitment to Country Day.

Thank you to our dedicated educators and to all our supporters who make our school the best in the region.

I am excited to be entering my third year as Country Day’s Head of School. It is an honor to serve this school and community.

Warmest regards,

9th grade.

Advancement Director Carolyn Woolf and her team brought

renewed energy to fundraising this year. Special thanks to Lindsey

Lee Thomsen

Sackheim and Theresa Lincoln, co-chairs of the Advancement

Committee, and to Annual Fund co-chairs, Elizabeth Monasa and

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PARENT VOLUNTEERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PARENTS’ ASSN. BOARD OFFICERS

Julie Sloat President Jenna Magan Vice President Loren Kaye Treasurer Angela Donlan Secretary Lee Thomsen Head of School

Kelly Hall President Jamie Iseman Vice President Ana Guile Treasurer Stephen Chuchel & Jelena Tiemann Secretary & Volunteer Coordinators Lainie Josephson & Michelle Kessel-Harbart Parliamentarians

Billy Downing ’98 Steve Edwards Roxanne Elliott Deborah Harvego Amy Johnson ’95 Theresa Lincoln Lee Mahla Louay Owaidat Patrice Ratinoff Lindsey Sackheim Lokesh Sikaria Emily Stephenson Kelley Taber ’84 Francis Zhang

Retiring Trustees, 2017-18 Deborah Harvego Theresa Lincoln Lee Mahla

Honorary Trustees Baxter Geeting Herbert H. Matthews Nancy O’Neil James O’Neil

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ANNUAL FUND

Ethan Jackson, Elizabeth Monasa Co-Chairs Class Ambassadors - see page 9

AUCTION 2017

Emily Stephenson & Amie Stevenson Co-Chairs

ARTS BOOSTERS

Sue Johnson, Katherine Merksamer ’88 Christy Procida, Co-Chairs

SPORTS BOOSTERS Jason Hoffman President

EVENT CHAIRS & VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

CLASS PARENTS

Min Aguedelo Cavalier Club Christy Procida Community Service Theresa Lincoln Fall Family Festival Christina Kaufman Garden PA Board Grands’ Day Ana Guile Holiday Gift-Making Ann Marie Park, Wendi Zales New Parent Welcome PA Board Orientation Day Lunch Amy & Hugh Black Ski/Snowboard Trip Jamie Iseman, Amanda Ashdown Spring Daughter/Son Events Liz Leavy Used Textbooks

LOWER SCHOOL ROOM PARENTS Angela Mirra, Coordinator Amy Wells ’98, Pre-Kindergarten Katherine Tsakapoulos, Melina Canai, Kinder Julianna & Jeb Burton, 1st Anna & John Lindgren, 1st Sandy Buchanan, Evelyn Heller, 2nd Rachel Maney, Marsha Lawson, 3rd Ana Guile, Elizabeth Monasa, 4th Tichia Sims Lindsay, Laini Golden, 5th MIDDLE SCHOOL ROOM PARENTS Ella Benoza, Coordinator Patricia Jacobsen, Stephanie Miyamoto, 6th Kirsten Ferries, 7th Sarah Burns, 8th HIGH SCHOOL ROOM PARENTS Christy Procida, Coordinator Katherine Merksamer, 9th Patricia Situ, 10th Jerianna Naify, 11th Christina Kaufman, 12th Christy Procida, Ancil Hoffman Picnic

THE CLASS OF 2018

COLLEGE DESTINATIONS ULISES BARAJAS, Boston University

SIYU JIANG, University of California, Santa Cruz

LILY BROWN, University of California, Los Angeles

COLE JOHNSON, California State University, Sacramento

ESME BRUCE-ROMO, Loyola Marymount University

THEO KAUFMAN, University of Oregon

NICO BURNS, George Washington University

HARKIRAT LALLY, Bates College

ATSUO CHIU, University of Rochester

BRYCE LONGORIA, New York University

SAHEJ CLAIRE, Stanford University

JAKE LONGORIA, Gap Year

ANNYA DAHMANI, University of California, Los Angeles

CAMERON MORGADE-COLLINS, California State University, Sacramento

KATIA DAHMANI, University of California, Los Angeles

PRIA NIJHAR, University of California, Davis

NINA DYM, Northwestern University

CARLOS NÚÑEZ, Santa Clara University

MILES EDWARDS, Santa Clara University

RIYA RAMPALI, Mills College

AMALIE FACKENTHALL, Stanford University

ANDREW ROSSELL, Loyola Marymount University

REGGIE FAN, Bates College

SMITA SIKARIA, University of California, Berkeley

LEA GORNY, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

ZIHAO SUI, University of Chicago

YASMIN GUPTA, Cornell College

HOWARD YUAN, University of California, Davis

SONJA HANSEN, Stanford University

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THINK

critically

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MISSION

COUNTRY DAY INSPIRES INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY AND ENGAGES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY TO THINK CRITICALLY, LIVE CREATIVELY, AND ACT COMPASSIONATELY.

CORE VALUES Intellectual Discovery We challenge students to pursue academic and personal excellence as they develop and embrace their passion for learning. Our students thrive in a dynamic college preparatory program that fuels curiosity, instills confidence, and builds resilience.

Diversity Our inclusive community promotes equity and understanding through meaningful conversation that

welcomes a variety of voices and celebrates individuality.

Critical Thinking Our students grapple with complex issues, engage with conflicting points of view, make connections, and collaborate. We empower students with the skills to thrive in an evolving world.

Creativity Our students explore, improvise, and take risks as they discover and fully express themselves as individuals.

Compassion We nurture empathy, integrity, and responsibility in a safe and supportive community that values kindness, respect, and civic engagement.

DONORS TO THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOLARS PROGRAM Each year we welcome two scholarship recipients to the 9th grade, who are selected because they demonstrate promise in the following areas: academics, leadership, innovation, arts, and service. The scholarship includes tuition, textbooks, class trips, one-on-one college counseling, an SAT preparation course, and a school-issued laptop computer. The Country Day Scholars Program is supported, in part, by the Fund-a-Need paddle raise at the auction, this year raising $55,850. We continue to be grateful to the Harry C. & Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation for their initial support, which allowed the school to launch the Country Day Scholars Program, and their gift to establish the endowed Harry C. & Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation Scholarship Fund that will continue to support the Country Day Scholars Program in perpetuity.

Anonymous John & Valerie Adelsheim Patrick & Michelle Alexander Kamlika Chandla & Sameer Badlani Luke Barker & Jenna Magan Paul Bauman & Jane Stroup Bauman Susan Bitar Jim & Jill Blodget Lonna Bloedau Jeannie Choi-Boersma & Jonathan Boersma Sandy Buchanan Jeremy Burr & Tricia Ross Jeb & Julianna Burton Kristen & Marte Casta–os Rohitesh & Sandra Chand Anita & Aaron Cook Kim Dubach & Jerad Corrigan Robert & Angela Donlan

Katie Newell '86 & Ed Dudensing Steve & Cynthia Edwards Ryan & Carrie Douglas-Fong David Frankel & Kimberly Buss Ana & Matthew Guile Marisa Sharkey & Ben Gumpert Kristoffer Hall '91 & Dr. Rachel Maney Robin, Chauncey & Emily '19 Hayes Qianyan Cheng & Jeff Howes The Iseman Family Kelley Taber '84 & Gary Jakobs Shawn Joost Dheeraj Kamra & Rekha Pareek-Kamra Cassie Gilson & Loren Kaye Claire Sallee & Molly Kenneth Allen, Kathy & Adam '16 Ketchum Laura & Benjamin King Louis Klieger & Patricia Sierra The Lawson Family

ReneĂŠ DeBose & Christopher Levermore Pam & Ryan Livesey Corey MacMillan '92 in memory of Lauren LaMay Mary Maguire Lisa Maranto Roger Mendis & Caron Houston Lindsay Mitchell Vayner Stephanie & Craig Miyamoto Beth Nelson '98 & Nate Himes Amy Nelson Wells '98 & Brooke Wells Emily & David Parento Bill & Anne Petchauer Grace & Drew Petersen Christy & John Procida Eric & Patrice Ratinoff Alison Rielli '95 Hortense Smit & Johan Schep

Julie & Kevin Sloat Maureen Smith Sarah Song Mindy & Michael Spoto Emily & Topher Stephenson Amie & John Stevenson Katie & Shane Sullivan Sarah & Dave Swartz Julie Herlihy & Thomas Tadros Courtnie Thomas '02 Bud & Sally Tollette Nicole & Stan Van Vleck Jessica Vando '92 & Tim Milberger Melissa & Michael Votaw Ellen & Carlin Wiegner Carolyn & Trevor Woolf The Tom Wroten Family Jane Tsai & Francis Zhang David & Nichole Zinn Ella Benoza & Stan Zipser 2017-18 Annual Report

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FINANCIAL REPORT The allocation of our 2017-18 operating budget of $12,422,000 and the distribution of our fundraising dollars are reflected in the accompanying graphs.

CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS

ANNUAL FUND 2017-2018

$290,139 55,000

Annual Fund Deferred, $55,000 AUCTION - TOTAL Auction (Net)

Fund-a-Need Paddle Raise for Scholars Program

Wish List

$167,043 $108,763

Sports Boosters

Lifers’ Scholarship Other

GIFTS IN KIND RESTRICTED - TOTAL Ariyana’s Kitchen

Barbara Lazar Music Award Capital

Country Day Scholars Program Francie Tidey Faculty Award Libraries

Octagon

Senior Gifts Other

SCRIP PROGRAM (Net) TOTAL GIFTS

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Endowment 22%

$14,625 $4,625

Auction 24%

$10,000 $151,146 $6,676

REVENUE

Elliott Family Foundation Scholarship $140,000 James W. Weatherholt II ‘06

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Restricted 6%

$2,430

ENDOWMENT - TOTAL

Andrew Cochrane '97 Libraries

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$55, 850

BOOSTERS

Performing Arts Boosters

Other 4%

$3,000

Other Programs 4%

$1,320 $150

$7,433

Other Revenue 3%

Contributions 7%

$7,433

Revenue Tui)on & Fees

$39,167

Contribu)ons

$378

Other Programs

Tuition & Fees 86%Other Revenue

$550

$5,000 $2,950 $490 $921

EXPENSES

$2,400 $1,870

$24,608 $2,923

Debt Service 5%

$2,923 $727,476

Facilities 9%

Other Programs 1%

Expenses

Academic Program Support Services 5%

Salaries & Benefits Tuition Assistance 16%

Tui3on Assistance

Salaries & Benefits 64%

Academic Program & Support Facili3es

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THE 2017-18 ANNUAL FUND ANNUAL FUND BY THE NUMBERS Constituency

# of Donors

Board of Trustees, 100% Parents, 89% Parents of Alumni Grandparents Alumni Employees, 98% Friends Foundations/Matching Gifts Total Annual Fund At the Open House Thank-You Barbecue, Michelle Jackson (left) welcomes parents along with Annual Fund chairs Ethan Jackson and Elizabeth Monasa.

VOLUNTEER PARENT CLASS AMBASSADORS PK Melissa Connor K Manish Aggarwal 1st Melissa Connor 2nd Elizabeth Monasa 3rd Ethan Jackson 4th Lainie Josephson & Michelle Kessel-Harbart 5th Emily Stephenson

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

Ethan Jackson Jerrianne Naify Elizabeth Monasa Shawn Joost Hortense Smit Stacey Friedman & Francis Zhang 12th Katrina Ostendorf

Amount

16 297 34 27 23* 59* 7 7

$ 58,250 167,434 25,439 24,725 2,755 6,303 1,305 3,928

470

$290,139

* Some alumni and employees are counted first in other categories, such as trustees and parents. If calculated separately, 47 alumni donors contributed $19,340 and 92 employee donors gave $9,097.

THE CAVALIER CUP CLASS PARTICIPATION CHALLENGE All the winning classes celebrated with a Pinkberry Sundae Bar, courtesy of 8th-grade parents and Pinkberry owners Sowaiba and Tariq Munir.

LOWER SCHOOL THREE-WAY TIE! 6th Grade 98%

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 100% 100% 100%

11th Grade 80%

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2017-2018 DONORS TO ALL FUNDS Thank you to the hundreds of donors who supported Country Day with their gifts to the Annual Fund, Capital, the Country Day Scholars Program, Endowment, Gifts-in-Kind, Restricted Funds, Sports and Arts Boosters, and as Sponsors for our annual Auction.

Auction Donors are listed separately on page 15 of this report.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Harry C. & Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation

FOUNDERS' CIRCLE Rohitesh & Sandra Chand Steve & Cynthia Edwards Sylvia Heller Dave & Kate Kaufman Laura & Benjamin King Christy & John Procida Eric & Patrice Ratinoff Julie & Kevin Sloat Ellen & Carlin Wiegner

HEADMASTER'S CIRCLE

Patrick & Michelle Alexander Robert & Angela Donlan Roxanne Elliott & Antonio Falcone Ana & Matthew Guile Kristoffer Hall '91 & Dr. Rachel Maney Deborah & Terry Harvego Ashley West & Josh Hughes Kelley Taber '84 & Gary Jakobs Fred & Cathy Katz Cassie Gilson & Loren Kaye Daniel & Christiana Kopf Kirk & Theresa Lincoln, Blake '19 & Austin '23 Andrew Linn & Cinthia Tirado Louay & Maya Owaidat Lokesh & Chanda Sikaria Katherine Tsakopoulos '86 & Socrates Stamatis Diana Wilks Jane Tsai & Francis Zhang

PATRONS' CIRCLE

Anonymous (2) Todd & Arianna Achondo Luke Barker & Jenna Magan Sandy Buchanan Buckmaster Office Solutions The Burns Family Jeb & Julianna Burton Dahmane Dahmani Carol & Owen Davies David, Stacey & Joshua '19 Friedman Richard Grossman & Lisa Lyons Ted Harris & Melissa Conner Intel Foundation Louis Klieger & Patricia Sierra Dyanna & James Longoria James & Elise Martel Saad & Elizabeth Monasa The Niello Company Esther Son & Carl Shin Emily & Topher Stephenson Jelena & Peter Tiemann Alison & Aaron Turner Connie & Stephen Weatherholt Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Webster Ramiro Zúñiga & Nicole Carbo

BENEFACTORS

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Michael & Amii Barnard-Bahn The Black Family Jeannie Choi-Boersma & Jonathan Boersma Jeremy Burr & Tricia Ross George & Sonja Canepa Jeffrey Clayton & Ann Trowbridge Mike & Cheryll Cochrane

Lower School music students play a variety of instruments, including rain sticks and different types of drums.

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Aaron Cook Anita Cook Alicia Perla & Benjamin DeBerry Katie Newell '86 & Ed Dudensing Employers Select Insurance Services Joseph & Megan Eschleman Dali Fan & Tina Li Ryan & Carrie Douglas-Fong David Frankel & Kimberly Buss Tom & Myrna Frankel Google Matching Gift Program Frank & Cherilyn Graham John & Marcie Gudebski Colleen & Robert D. Haas Ali & Dodds Hayden Krystin & Jason Hoffman Qianyan Cheng & Jeff Howes The Iseman Family Amy L. Johnson '95 Dheeraj Kamra & Rekha Pareek-Kamra Adam Katz '97 Doreen & Richard Kopf Cyndy & Jeff LaFitte Erin Lehane James & Kristina Lewis Corey MacMillan '92 Lesley & John Mahan Lee & Chip Mahla Michael & Mary Martinelli Kristi & Josh Mathisen Linda & Michael McCurdy The McLeod Family Thomas Melchione & Tanya Maagdenberg Roger Mendis & Caron Houston Abby Miller Yousic, Shelly & Harrison ‘19 Moon Katrina Ostendorf Emily & David Parento Grace & Drew Petersen Mridula Udayagiri & Prasad Rampalli Roland & Lisa Reese Patrick & Betty Ryan Sue & Tim Ryan Lindsey & Andrew Sackheim Hortense Smit & Johan Schep Harold & Elizabeth Schmitz Shasta Linen Supply Zalman Stern Amie & John Stevenson Katie & Shane Sullivan Archana & Vinod Trivedi Thomas N. Tureen Kara & Bryan Turner '82 Nicole & Stan Van Vleck Dr. Rosemary Vando Alison Appel & Christopher Waterson Alan Wong & Barbara Lym Saul & Wendi Zales Chongmin Wang & Lei Zhou

SCHOLARS

Anonymous (2) Michelle & Stephen Acquisto Jasen, Amanda, & Hazel '29 Ashdown Kamlika Chandla & Sameer Badlani Jane Stroup Bauman & Paul Bauman Cliff & Debra Berg Susan Bitar Katherine Merksamer '88 & Mark Bogetich James & Agatha Bortolotto Malia McCarthy & Brandon Bridges Douglas & Susan Brown Tony & Courtney Burnett Stacey & Ash Carter Stephanie & Justin Castillo Kim Dubach & Jerad Corrigan Karen & Jack Crawford ‘85 Jean & David Decamilla Mally Pakzat & Hassan Dezham Richard & Ayako Fackenthal Laurel & Pete Gajate Devean George Lisa Gerhardt Matteo Gerhardt '30 Jane Gillette & Charles DeCarli John Grubbs & Anna Orlowski Marisa Sharkey & Ben Gumpert The Harbart Family Leslie & Josh Harmatz Evelyn & Michael Heller Gui Ming Huang & Rongna Chen Ethan & Michelle Jackson Shawn Joost Lainie & Gregg Josephson Louis & Christina Kaufman Liane Randolph & Christopher Kelley Allen, Kathy & Adam '16 Ketchum Amel & Franćois Lacombe Katherine & Matthew Laufman The Lawson Family The Lettini Family Renée DeBose & Christopher Levermore Melinda Levy Anna & John Lindgren Pam & Ryan Livesey Jeff & Nicole Look Drs. Janie Low & David Richwerger Lower School Library Celebration Book Program The Luery Family Mary Maguire Yakout Mansour & Sylvie Bergeron Lisa Maranto Anita Seipp Marmaduke Jing Zhou & Zhicheng Mo Boksoon Ahn & Kwangjin Moon Robert & Jerrianne Naify

Jenny Lu & Dalip Negi Sue Nellis & Mark Gorton Northern California Collection Service, Inc. Barbara MacAulay Ore Bill & Anne Petchauer Lisa & Bryan Quattlebaum Sara Rahimian '94 & Chris Harrelson The Randall Family Dr. Julie Schweitzer & Dr. Michael Rogawski Jennifer & McGregor Scott Shahin Shahbazi & Amal Abu-Rahma Dan & Lisa Shonkwiler Melissa & Lilah '22 Shorey Patricia, Nick, & David '20 Situ Aleka Kamila & Peja Stojakovic Julie Herlihy & Thomas Tadros Julie Checkoway & Lee Thomsen Bud & Sally Tollette Natalie & Brian Townsend '88 Judy Tung & Family Yasushi & Kathy Ueyama Kim & Marty Usrey Melissa & Michael Votaw David & Vicki Webster Amy Nelson Wells '98 & Brooke Wells Jason & Karen Wiesner The Yetman Family The Shimin Zhang Family Ella Benoza & Stan Zipser The Zweig Family

FRIENDS

Anonymous (3) Brandon Aceves & Keri Owyoung Jennifer Adams John & Valerie Adelsheim Adobe Manish Aggarwal & Jasmine Maan Min & Juan Agudelo Melanie & Jason Allen '95 Roberta Lee & Jeff Amacker Vasudha & Chellam Anand Reuben Antony & Susy Thomas Laura & Sam Applebaum '94 Bob Asperger & Kathleen Lynch Sheri Atwood Barbara Aved Innesa & Nikolay Azar Lara Baine '96 Bret & Karen Bair Dr. & Mrs. Kirby Baker Jennifer & Mitchell Bale Ann Bancroft & Irwin Karp Jane & Haitham Batarseh Ed & Linden Beck Lyria Beck '12 Holly DeFazio & William Benford Jennifer & William Berry Christopher & Kimberly Biddle Brian Billings Jamil & Emily Bitar Jim & Jill Blodget

Lonna Bloedau Tom & Fran Bogetich Cameron Bohn Warren Boley & Nancy Loughlin Edward & Deborah Bolman Jordil Bota '30 Savannah Reiff & Emile Bourgeois '09 Kathi & Bob Brandi Anna Vinter & Brad Briercheck Mark & Priya Brink Kelley Brown Meredith Brown '99 & Jesse W. Lebus Toran Brown ’82 & Katie Hammer Brown ’82 Maggie Bryan Melissa & Jeff Burnett Aleitha Burns Dennis & Patricia Burr Alexis Caldwell '03 Rachel Campbell Melina & Steve Canani Robert Carbone Carolyn Carman Norma, Jorge, & Sofia '31 Casanova Kristen & Marte Castaños The Chavez Family Kang Chen & Rong Huang Ann Chenu '97 Cheryl & Evan Chertkov Y Chiu Shao Jeang & Simon Chow Mike Christian Marisa Christie Maya Juarez & Stephen Chuchel The Claire Family Kelly & Kasey Clark Estee & Dan Cohen Sharon & Dean Colli Amber Collins & Cameron Morgade-Collins '18 The Collinwood Family Victoria & Christopher Conner Joseph & Rosemary Cooley The Cooley Family Carrie Cooper Bentley '01 & Taylor Bentley Jon & Katie Cormier Mark & Liya Cornelius Kimberly Cotton Wong '98 & Kevin Wong Alexis Covey '02 Michael Covey & Jackie DeLu Bill Crabb Teri & Don Crabtree Elise Craig '02 Nancy Craig '97 Jesse Crowder '98 Jim & Jana Cuneo Andy & Elona Cunningham Zina Dahmani Lee Davies Patricia Davis Richard Day Barbara DeWein Ravneet & Gurbir Dhaliwal

Louie Dias Julie Didion Veronica Dixon Anamika Doma Paul & Barbara Dompe Amy & Jake Donahue Monica Donnelley Lindsay & Brandon Doskocil Kenyatta & Malinda Dumisani Jeff & Eiko Dym Robert & Nancy Earl Hak Sha & Bruce Eastley Alessandra Recchia & Carlo Eisner de Eisenhof Mrs.John Eliseo, Joseph, Dominic, Gehnevi & Elijah Martha & Mike Engel Tracy & Jeff Epperson Martina & Jaime Escobar Emily Adaire Eustace Barbara Fackenthall Tash Kim Farrens Randy Farrens Rebekah Schwartz Feigel Daniel Feldhaus Jason & Kirsten Ferries Mae & Sergei Fesai Alla & Grigoriy Fesay Damany Fisher Peter Fisher & Andrea Hedin Kristina & Michael Fluetsch Catherine Neagle Fobes Angela Mirra & Tucker Foehl Gretchen Fogelstrom Victoria Fong & Edward Stoll Mark Foster Wendy Frampton Holly & Cliff Holly Hannah Frank Brian Frishman Allison Furry '97 Dennis & Donna Gagne Jose & Sonia Gallardo Jarinee Singjirakul & Ronnie Gandhoke

Tom & Juliet Gede Joyce & Raymond Gee Aggie Geminder Peter Gemmell The Genetos Family Sarah Gerber Beverly Geremia Joan & Stuart Gherini Tom & Robin Giustina Laini & Brian Golden The Goldkuhl Family Sue Goodwin Jim & Traci Gorny Dr. Gregory & Jeannine Graves Angela & William Grey Stacey Tanenbaum & Mark Grijnsztein The Grimberg Family A. Cade Grunst Lorraine Guile Jasleen & Hardeep Gulati Anthony Hagmann Matt, Kelly & Audrey '27 Hall Cristine Hancock Aleyah Harmon '25 Deborah & Chuck Hansen Sharon Jackson Harlan Bill & Liz Harrell Marlee Harrell Alisha Harris Shawn & Amber Harrison Sherry & Brian Haus Robin, Chauncey & Emily ‘19 Hayes David Hechler Eric Hennion Laura Heyck Marilyn Heyck Jason Hinojosa Caroline Nguyen & Alan Hirahara ‘86 Jake Hoffart Linda Hollis Wendy & Jay Holman Michael Holtz George & Yvonne Hoshino

Varsity girls swim team with coach Brian Nabeta show their championship pennant after their win at the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championship.

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Timothy Hsu & Charleen Chan Moraima Ibarra Daniel & Azita Ichel Vince Jacobs & Cecelia Delury Patricia Jacobsen & Wayne Strumpfer Joseph Jaszewski ‘98 Crystal Jiang ’18 Sue & Jay Johnson ‘77 Ann Kanter Suganya Parthasarathy & Raju Kasturi Martin & Jana Katz Seth F. Katz ‘09 Hadley & James Keefe Ralph & Cary Kelly Heino & Nancy Kemnitz Claire Sallee & Molly Kenneth Felecia Keys Mary Kindelt & Nicholas Kindelt ‘98 Sara El Rifai & Vincent Klaib Dr. & Mrs. Herman L. Klieger Erin Chargin-Kramer & Jeff Kramer Jason Kreps Vasanthi & Alok Krishna Priya & Subramaniam Krishnan Chris & Sarah Kuipers Philip & Linda Kuipers Kula Foundation Dhinesh Kumar The LaComb Family Gene & Candi Ladomato The Lally Family Debbie Clayton LaMay & Ted LaMay Joe & Glynis Lansdell Sevim Larsen Alan Lazar Liz & Ben Leavy Irene & Ruben Ledesma Sarah & Mark Lee Judy & Steve Lewis Matt Liedtke Belinda Hon & Victor Lin Tichia & Brent Lindsay The Lipper-Sagehorn Family Amy & Brock Littlejohn Pam & James Littlejohn George Lonergan & Jeannene Ward-Lonergan Jennifer Loomis Sue Loustalot Terry & Annie Love Kenneth Lum Tezrah Bey & Darius Luttropp Sandy Lyon

Jessica Mahoney Dr. Tara M. Neavins & Mr. Michael Maltese The Mancina Family Glenn Mangold Donna & Mark Manning The Maranto Family Geoffrey & Kristin Margolis Denise Jenks & Walt Marquardt Joseph Martel D. Craig & Rosanna Martin Alexa Mathisen ‘17 Kevin & Constance McClain Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Christopher Millsback & Stephanie Osborn Jodi Hicks & Paul Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell Vayner Stephanie & Craig Miyamoto Katherine & Omar MoheyEldin Laura Steele Monahan & Brian Monahan Joelle Morrow Sowaiba Munir & Mohammad Tariq Munir Michelle Myers Arlyn Marrero-Nasirov & Teimour Nasirov Patricia & Robert Naylor Dan Needler Beth Nelson ‘98 & Nate Himes Julie & Jamie Nelson Daniel Neukom & Patricia Fels Gary Ng ‘02 Sally & Grove Nichols Ann Nichols Jones ‘98 Jessica Niles DeHoff ‘96 The Núñez Family Inés Ochoa Ann Marie & Philip Ore ‘87 Shadi Othman & Huihui Xu Katharine Harlan Owens ’99 & Wes Owens Patricia Padley Joy & Jason Kronemeyer Karan Pannu Ann Marie & Jason Park Kurt Pearsall Jamie & Brian Pedersen Maya & Tibor Pelle Kristi & Ray Peoro Laila & Alex Pessaran Tepring Piquado ‘97 & John Magallanes Latonia Pitts Susan & Curtis Popp ‘89 Patricia Portillo & Alvaro Alvarado

Susan & David Post Erin & Matthew Post ‘97 Sanjesh Prasad Richard Quesada Boris & Shulamit Rabinovich Jasmine Karalakulasingam & Amit Raheja Bob Ratcliff Hareesha Reddy & Niroop Ravula Michael Reber Christine Reese Patricia Reynolds Ted & Natalie Richardson Alison Rielli ‘95 Maria Robles André & Whitney Rodrigues Reina & Nitin Rohatgi Kathryn Lezchuk Dana Romo Leah Rose Parker ‘98 Rudi Rose Wendy Ross Bob & Patty Roth Dr. Jan^ Orlowski & Dr. Helena Rozbicka Allison Rude ‘98 Mags & Linus Russell Maura Ryan Perotti ‘02 Inderjit Rye Sukhdev Rye Rytina Fine Cleaners & Launderers Phillip Saltzman ‘00 The Sanders Family Denise Santos SCDS Class of 2017 Jenny Wu & Daniel Schank Richard Schindler Damon M. Schwartz Denise, Burke & Brianna ‘12 Scruggs Satpreet & Navneet Sekhon Jennifer & Mark Sheffield Max Shukuya ‘15 Nicole Silverman Sims, Lawrence & Arruti Neleshni & Sailendra Singh Fenina Espinosa & Vishnu Singh Elena Rodriguez Bennett & Gary Smith Maureen Smith Sabrina Zamudio & Shaun Smith Sarah Song Jillian & Rah-Nohn Spears Mindy & Michael Spoto Carole Cory & Jan Stevens Bonnie Stinson Tony, Joan & Ian ‘96 Stone Kim Stone

Tony Stone Melissa & Scott Strong Bing Sui & Lei Sun Catherine & Ben Swann Sarah & Dave Swartz The Swinmurn Family Anika Swisher-Shukuya ‘80 Rosemary Tanfani Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Tatarian Nancy & Robert Tate Coco & Michael Taylor Courtnie Thomas ‘02 Elissa Thomas Rosalie & Stuart Thompson Fran & Paul Tognazzini Leslie Toms & Randele Kanouse Brittany Torretta Mai & Jeff Townsend Judy Tracy Paulette & Charles Trainor Lisa Troshinsky-Vernekoff Patty Cheong & Billy Tsoi Dr. & Mrs. Bud Turner The Turner Rodriguez Family Taryn Tyler Williams ‘98 & Reginald Williams Christy Vail Dorothy & Nazario Valverde Jessica Vando ‘92 & Tim Milberger Dana & Matt Vargo Valerie Velo Emiliano Ilich Vera ‘31 Bret Vernekoff Andy & Judy Warburg Wells Fargo Foundation Lynda & Lee Welter Carol & Steve Wessels John & Jane Wheaton Noel Ferris & Parker White Doug & Kellie Whited Marilyn J. Wickland Erica Wilson Arnie Wolf & Fern Tablin Geoffrey Wong Carolyn & Trevor Woolf Barrie March & Douglas Wright The Tom Wroten Family The Walter Wroten Family Joy Ho & Michael Wu Carey Yamanaka Janine & Ty Yancey John Yu The Yuan Family Mingju Pan & Yongli Zhu David & Nichole Zinn

DONOR CATEGORIES Leadership Circle $25,000+ Founders’ Circle $10,000-$24,999 Headmaster’s Circle $5,000-$9,999 Patrons’ Circle $2,500-$4,999 Benefactors $1,000-$2,499 Scholars $500-$999 Friends $1-$499 ^

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AUCTION CHAIRS EMILY STEPHENSON AND AMIE STEVENSON

On a balmy Saturday evening in April, auction attendees celebrated the “Best of Sacramento” at the new Kimpton Sawyer Hotel. Upon arrival, guests were welcomed with champagne, hosted by the Board of Trustees, and enjoyed the view of Golden 1 from the hotel’s Magnolia Patio. There were silent and live auction items for bid, followed by a lively after-party at the hotel’s Revival Lounge. Thank you to our sponsors and donors, our bidders and buyers, and our volunteers and attendees. It takes a community to make a successful event.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS PLATINUM

Patrick & Michelle Alexander Steve & Cynthia Edwards

PRE-PARTY

The Dave & Kate Kaufman Family

CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION AUCTION CHAIR EMERITUS ONLINE BIDDING AFTER-PARTY BID PADDLE DESSERT CENTERPIECE WINE MOBILE CHARGING STATION

Board of Trustees Sandee Chand & Sandy Buchanan Eric Ratinoff Law Corp.

Hall Valuation Consulting, Kristoffer Hall ‘91 & Dr. Rachel Maney Stacey Friedman, Lyon Real Estate

Admissions Live Auction Silent Auction Fixed Price Drawing Sponsorships & Donations Faculty Sponsors Advertisments

Estelle Bakery & Pâtisserie

TOTAL

The Niello Company The Burton Law Firm, Jeb & Julianna Burton Towerpoint Wealth

GOLD

Buckmaster Office Solutions John, Christy & Luca ‘19 Procida, Procida Landscape, Inc. Tiemann Law Firm

SILVER

Employers Select Insurance Services The Zhang/Tsai Family

BRONZE

REVENUE

Alison Turner & Associates, Inc. Ashley West & Josh Hughes Shasta Linen Supply

ADVERTISERS

Fish Face Poke Bar, John Gudebski - Coldwell Banker, Mas Taco Bar, Nopalitos, Raydiant Oximetry Inc, SkyLine Scaffold, Inc., Steiner/Scherber Real Estate Team, Tim Collom Realtor Group

EXPENSES

Class Projects Credit Card Charges Decorations Facility Rental & Catering Fixed Price Live Auction Postage Printing Rentals Sales Tax Silent Auction Software Miscellaneous

TOTAL

$ 21,050 56,050 21,407 8,130 12,900 49,845 1,100 2,200 $172,682

$ 2,728 3,339 1,523 38,669 475 9,143 607 3,053 830 1,060 54 1,400 1,038 $ 63,919

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS & STAFF

AD SALES, Barbara Lym BASKETS Grands & Friends of SCDS CLASS PROJECTS Stephanie Miyamoto, Julie Shanks FINANCE & CHECK-OUT, Tepring Piquado ‘97

GOLDEN TICKET SALES, Sylvie Bergeron SILENT SOLICITATION Michelle Kessel-Harbart, Lainie Josephson SOUND, Jason Kreps STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, Patricia Jacobsen VIDEO PRODUCTION, Tom Wroten ‘99 WEBSITE, Sandy Buchanan

SCDS STAFF

Carolyn Woolf, Julie Nelson, Amy Nelson Wells ’98, Valerie Adelsheim SCDS Student Volunteers, Maintenance Department & Office Staff AUCTIONEER, Jake Parnell 14

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TOTAL FUNDS RAISED

Auction Net

Country Day Scholars Wish List Donations

TOTAL

$ 108,763 55,850

2,430

$167,043

AUCTION DONORS AND SUPPORTERS Esquire IMAX Theatre Estate of Evelyne Brigeo`is Fairytale Town The Firehouse Restaurant, Deborah & Terry Harvego Firestone Public House Fitness Rangers Carrie Douglas-Fong & Ryan Fong, Blaithin ’26, Ainsley ’24, Aidan ’21 Freeport Bakery Randy Getz Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates Grands and Friends of SCDS Auction chairs Amie Stevenson and Grebitus Jewelers Emily Stephenson pause for a photo Leslie & Josh Harmatz Heidi Carey following a successful and lively Hot Italian Live Auction.

Steve & Ellen Hussey Iron Horse Tavern Anonymous Kelley Taber ‘84 & Gary Jakobs Michelle & Patrick Alexander Jamie & Daniel Iseman Jason ’95 & Melanie Allen Jack's Urban Eats Alpha Fired Arts Jill Carmel Photography Angell Medical Spa, Inc. Amy Johnson ’95 Amanda & Jasen Ashdown Julius Clothing B Street Theatre Christina & Lou Kaufman Jenna Magan & Luke Barker Cassie Gilson & Loren Kaye Amii Barnard-Bahn & Michael Bahn P.J. Kennedy Chris Barnum-Dahn Ben & Laura King David Berkley Aleka Kamila, Alegra Heartmade Better Balance Kimpton Sawyer Hotel Acupuncture + Wellness Herman & Ann Kleiger Birdies, Marisa Sharkey Moni Van Camp & Gregory Kondos Susan Bitar Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Amy & Hugh Black Northern California, Suzanne Kilmer Jeannie & Jon Boersma Matthew & Katherine Laufman Bohemia Le Grand Confectionary Ed Bolman Leatherby's Family Creamery Gayl Braisted Lemon Grass Restaurant Sandy Buchanan Leslie Toms Fine Art Buckhorn Grill The Theresa & Kirk Lincoln Family Courtney & Tony Burnett Brock & Amy Littlejohn Tricia Ross & Jeremy Burr Pam & Ryan Livesey Burr's Fountain LookWest Photography Jeb & Julianna Burton Louis Klieger & Patricia Sierra Cafeteria 15L Melinda Levy California State Railroad Museum Lumens Light and Living Canon East Sacramento Madam Butterfly Sandee & Rohitesh Chand Mark Creative Management Kamlika Chandla Mary Maguire Julie Checkoway Lee & Chip Mahla Cheesecake Factory Pat Mahony Maya Juarez & Stephen Chuchel David Mastagni, Jr. Cielito Lindo Masullo Pizzaria Crocker Art Museum Congresswoman Doris Matsui Curbside Swank Boutique Susan McVay Piano Studio Dabchick Vintage Gems, Caron Houston & Roger Mendis Stacey Friedman Mi Sueño Winery Charlie Demmon Craig & Stephanie Miyamoto Dolphin Swim School Tim Murphrey Donahue Schreiber The Niello Company Angela & Robert Donlan Nopalitos Dos Coyotes Border Cafe Louay & Maya Owaidat Drybar Alla & Mikhail Palatnik East Sac Bike Shop Paragary Group Steve & Cynthia Edwards Pavilion Car Care Alessandra Recchia Piatti Ristorante & Bar & Carlo Eisner de Eisenhof Pottery World

Christy & John Procida Puddles, a Children's Shoppe Eric & Patrice Ratinoff Roxy Restaurant & Bar Rytina Fine Cleaners Sac Pilates Studio Sacramento Kings Sacramento Music Circus Sacramento Pipeworks Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento River Cats Sacramento Speaker Series Sacramento State Aquatic Center Sacramento Synchronized Swim Team Sacramento Youth Symphony Sacramento Zoo Sactown Magazine Saintsbury, Jane Stroup Bauman Salon G at Studio 55, Chris Gonzalez Marcus Sanders & family San Francisco Giants SCDS Lower School Students & Julie Shanks SCDS PE Department The Schep Smit Family Lokesh & Chandra Sikaria Fenina Espinosa & Vishnu Singh Skinner Vineyards & Winery Sky High Sports Julie & Kevin Sloat Maureen Smith Spare Time, Inc. Katherine Tsakopoulos & Socrates Stamatis Emily & Topher Stephenson Amie & John Stevenson Sugar Shots, Kim Cotton Wong '98 Matt Szura Tahoe Donner The Rink Lee Thomsen Peter & Jelena Tiemann Tiny Pebbles Photography Judy Tung Alison Turner Kara & Bryan Turner Twiggs Floral Design Gallery Urban 57; Decor & Design USA Valet Parking Christy Vail Jessica Vando Pauline Van Leeuwen Nicole & Stan Van Vleck Weed Road Pictures, Greg Lessans Ashley West & Josh Hughes Ellen Wiegner Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Barbara Lym & Alan Wong Zen Gecko Villa, LLC Zinfandel Grille Zocalo

(top to bottom, l to r) The Beck family on the patio before dinner - Linden Welch Beck, Lyria Beck ‘12, Carrie Cooper Bentley ‘01, and Ed Beck, and friend, Dylan Hojnacki.

High School parents Raymond Li , Jane Tsai, and Francis Zhang with Head of High School Brooke Wells.

Pre-K dads Douglas Wright, Jorge Casanova, and Taylor Bentley.

“Baxter at your Birthday Party” auction winner Peyton Alexander ‘26 (center) and her guests.

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DONORS TO RESTRICTED FUNDS PERFORMING ARTS BOOSTERS

SPORTS BOOSTERS

Innesa & Nikolay Azar The Black Family Jeannie Choi-Boersma & Jonathan Boersma Tom & Fran Bogetich Douglas & Susan Brown Melissa & Jeff Burnett Marisa Christie The Collinwood Family Zina Dahmani Richard & Ayako Fackenthal Angela Mirra & Tucker Foehl David, Stacey, & Joshua ‘19 Friedman Patricia Jacobsen & Wayne Strumpfer Louis & Christina Kaufman Cassie Gilson & Loren Kaye Erin Chargin-Kramer & Jeff Kramer Cyndy & Jeff LaFitte

Jennifer & Mitchell Bale Luke Barker & Jenna Magan Jeannie Choi-Boersma & Jonathan Boersma Katherine Merksamer ‘88 & Mark Bogetich Melissa & Jeff Burnett Rohitesh & Sandra Chand The Claire Family Estee & Dan Cohen The Collinwood Family Karen & Jack Crawford ‘85 Carol & Owen Davies Joseph & Megan Eschleman Richard & Ayako Fackenthal David Frankel & Kimberly Buss Jim & Traci Gorny Robin, Chauncey & Emily ‘19 Hayes Krystin & Jason Hoffman Kelley Taber ‘84 & Gary Jakobs Sue & Jay Johnson ‘77 Louis & Christina Kaufman

Priya & Subramaniam Krishnan Cyndy & Jeff LaFitte Liz & Ben Leavy Sarah & Mark Lee Kirk & Theresa Lincoln, Blake ‘19 & Austin ‘23 Pam & Ryan Livesey Kristi & Josh Mathisen Roger Mendis & Caron Houston Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Katrina Ostendorf Susan & Curtis Popp ‘89 Christy & John Procida Richard Quesada Inderjit Rye Jennifer & McGregor Scott Amie & John Stevenson The Turner Rodriguez Family Amy Nelson Wells ‘98 & Brooke Wells Joy Ho & Michael Wu Saul & Wendi Zales

SENIOR GIFT

OCTAGON DONORS

RESTRICTED

Liz & Ben Leavy Kirk & Theresa Lincoln, Blake ‘19 & Austin ‘23 The Lipper-Sagehorn Family Pam & Ryan Livesey Yakout Mansour & Sylvie Bergeron Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Saad & Elizabeth Monasa Julie & Jamie Nelson Amy Nelson Wells ‘98 & Brooke Wells Barbara MacAulay Ore Christy & John Procida Maria Robles Inderjit Rye Hortense Smit & Johan Schep Archana & Vinod Trivedi Jane Tsai & Francis Zhang

Anonymous • Speaker Series The Burns Family • Connor Burns ’20 Recording Studio Reception Harry C. & Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation • Capital Tom & Juliet Gede • Matthews Library Google Matching Gift • High School Faculty Professional Development Ashley West & Josh Hughes • Kindergarten Shade Sails Dyanna & James Longoria • Media Production and Film Studies Lower School Library Birthday Book Program Christy & John Procida • Matthews Library Christy & John Procida • Media Production and Film Studies Patrick & Betty Ryan • 2018 Holiday Card SCDS Class of 2017 • Ariyana’s Kitchen Katherine Tsakopoulos '86 & Socrates Stamatis • Kindergarten Shade Sails Andy and Judy Warburg • Grands & Friends Alison Appel & Christopher Waterson • High School Faculty Prof. Dev. Saul & Wendi Zales • High School Faculty Prof. Dev.

Former trustee Liane Randolph (left) joins Board Chair Julie Sloat and former trustee John Gudebski at the reception for the opening of the Connor Burns ’20 Recording Studio.

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Douglas & Susan Brown The Burns Family Y Chiu The Claire Family Jeff & Eiko Dym Jim & Traci Gorny Deborah & Chuck Hansen Crystal Jiang Louis & Christina Kaufman The Lally Family The Nuñez Family Mridula Udayagiri & Prasad Rampalli Lokesh & Chanda Sikaria Bing Sui & Lei Sun The Yuan Family

A good-natured group of High School parents were on hand to help with set up, clean up, and hosting a picnic for the students on the red and black teams at the annual back-to-school picnic at Ancil Hoffman Park. This year, the winning black team, made up of the frosh and seniors, was the 3rd straight year of victory for the seniors. The picnic and the “capture the flag” game is a tradition dating from 1973.

Anonymous Vasudha & Chellam Anand Michael & Amii Barnard-Bahn Mike Christian The Claire Family Zina Dahmani David Frankel & Kimberly Buss Amel & François Lacombe Yousic, Shelly & Harrison ‘19 Moon Dan Needler Hortense Smit & Johan Schep Jennifer & McGregor Scott Patricia, Nick & David ‘20 Situ Jane Tsai & Francis Zhang

Alumni parent and longtime library volunteer Betty Ryan accepts a scrapbook from Lee Thomsen containing 28 years of holiday cards, all supported by donations from Betty and her husband Pat Ryan.

DONORS TO ENDOWMENT FUNDS ANDREW COCHRANE ’97 LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT In memory of Andrew Cochrane

Anonymous Roberta Lee & Jeff Amacker In memory of Alicia Cochrane Ann Bancroft & Irwin Karp In memory of Alicia Cochrane Lonna Bloedau James & Agatha Bortolotto ,,In memory of Alicia Cochrane Kathi & Bob Brandi In memory of Alicia Cochrane Maggie Bryan Ann Chenu ‘97 Mike & Cheryll Cochrane In memory of Alicia Cochrane In memory of Lauren LaMay Sharon & Dean Colli Nancy Craig ‘97 Jim & Jana Cuneo In memory of Alicia Cochrane Jean & David Decamilla Paul & Barbara Dompe In memory of Alicia Cochrane Robert & Nancy Earl Mrs. John Eliseo (Joseph, Dominic, Gehnevi & Elijah) Catherine Neagle Fobes Wendy Frampton Holly & Cliff Holly Allison Furry ‘97 Dennis & Donna Gagne Beverly Geremia In memory of Alicia Cochrane Joan & Stuart Gherini Robin & Tom Giustina Sharon Jackson Harlan

Bill & Liz Harrell In memory of Alicia Cochrane Marlee Harrell Vince Jacobs & Cecilia Delury Amy L. Johnson ‘95 Ann Kanter The Fred & Cathy Katz family Gene & Candi Ladomato Sue Loustalot In memory of Louis Loustalot Sue Nellis & Mark Gorton Katharine Harlan Owens ’99 & Wes Owens Susan & David Post Ted & Natalie Richardson Wendy Ross Bob & Patty Roth Sue & Tim Ryan Sims, Lawrence & Arruti In memory of Alicia Cochrane Carole Cory & Jan Stevens In memory of Alfred M. Calais In memory of Alicia Cochrane Bonnie Stinson In memory of Alicia Cochrane Tony, Joan, & Ian ‘96 Stone Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Tatarian Nancy & Robert Tate Fran & Paul Tognazzini In memory of Alicia Cochrane Paulette & Charles Trainor Carol & Steve Wessels Noel Ferris & Parker White Marilyn J. Wickland The Walter Wroten Family

DANIEL E. WHITE FACULTY SALARIES FOR LOWER SCHOOL Wendy Ross In honor of the retirement of Julie Nelson In honor of the birthdays of Judy & Dan White

ELLIOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Harry C. & Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation

JAMES W. WEATHERHOLT II ‘06 EXCELLENCE IN HISTORY Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Connie & Stephen Weatherholt In memory of James W. Weatherholt ‘06

LIFERS SCHOLARSHIP Douglas & Susan Brown Y Chiu Steve & Cynthia Edwards Amy L. Johnson ‘95 Louis & Christina Kaufman

STEPHEN T. REPSHER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Wendy Ross In honor of Paula & Steve Repsher

OTHER ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Barbara Macaulay Ore Faculty Development Edward E. Ford Foundation for High School Faculty Salaries Geeting Art Scholarship J. Wesley Jamison Scholarship for Drama & Science Scott Pfaendler ’87 Scholarship Parents’ Association Kingman Tung M.D. Award for Academic Excellence and Exceptional Character

GIFTS IN MEMORY In memory of Bob “Grampy” Guile Lorraine P. Guile In memory of Robert Guile Matthew & Ana Guile In memory of Sharon Marie Houze Todd & Arianna Achondo In memory of Barbara Lazar (1938-2017) Cristine Hancock Linda Hollis Amy L. Johnson ‘95 Alan Lazar In memory of Barbara Johnson (1950-2017) Her colleagues at Sacramento Country Day School

In memory of Lauren LaMay (1955-2017) Anonymous Susan Bitar Savannah Reiff & Emile Bourgeois ‘09 Robert Carbone Mike & Cheryll Cochrane Patricia Davis Barbara DeWein Katie Newell ‘86 & Ed Dudensing Hak Sha & Bruce Eastley Daniel Feldhaus Joyce & Raymond Gee Jim & Tracy Gorney Colleen & Robert D. Haas

Debbie Clayton LaMay & Ted LaMay Sevim Larsen The Luery Family Kenneth Lum Corey MacMillian ’92 Michelle Myers Patricia Padley Susan & David Post Christy & John Procida Allison Rude Richard Schindler SCDS PE Department Rosemary Tanfani Lynda & Lee Welter Geoffrey Wong Carey Yamanaka

In memory of Anson Longtin Linda & Michael McCurdy In memory of Xai Lor ’06 Connie & Stephen Weatherholt In memory of Louis A. Loustalot Sue Loustalot In memory of Phillip Tablin-Wolf ’06 Connie & Stephen Weatherholt In memory of Kingman Tung Judy Tung & Family In memory of Dr. Alan Vando Dr. Rosemary Vando In memory of James Weatherholt ’06 Connie & Stephen Weatherholt

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GRANDPARENT, ALUMNI PARENT & FRIEND DONORS TO ALL FUNDS We are grateful to our grands, parents of alumni, former employees, and friends for continuing to keep Sacramento Country Day on their giving list.

Anonymous (3) Roberta Lee & Jeff Amacker Dr. & Mrs. Kirby Baker Ann Bancroft & Irwin Karp Ed & Linden Beck Cliff & Debra Berg Susan Bitar Jim & Jill Blodget Tom & Fran Bogetich Warren Boley & Nancy Loughlin Kathi & Bob Brandi Maggie Bryan Dennis & Patricia Burr Robert Carbone Mike & Cheryll Cochrane Sharon & Dean Colli Joseph & Rosemary Cooley Jon & Katie Cormier Teri & Don Crabtree Jim & Jana Cuneo Lee Davies Patricia Davis Jean & David Decamilla Barbara DeWein Paul & Barbara Dompe Monica Donnelley Robert & Nancy Earl Hak Sha & Bruce Eastley Mrs. John Eliseo, Joseph, Dominic, Gehnevi & Elijah Martha & Mike Engel Daniel Feldhaus Alla & Grigoriy Fesay Peter Fisher & Andrea Hedin Catherine Neagle Fobes

Ryan & Carrie Douglas-Fong Victoria Fong & Edward Stoll Mark Foster Wendy Frampton Holly & Cliff Holly Tom & Myrna Frankel Dennis & Donna Gagne Tom & Juliet Gede Joyce & Raymond Gee Beverly Geremia Joan & Stuart Gherini Tom & Robin Giustina Richard Grossman & Lisa Lyons John & Marcie Gudebski Lorraine Guile Colleen & Robert D. Haas Cristine Hancock Sharon Jackson Harlan Bill & Liz Harrell Marlee Harrell Deborah & Terry Harvego David Hechler Sylvia Heller Marilyn Heyck Linda Hollis George & Yvonne Hoshino Vince Jacobs & Cecelia Delury Ann Kanter Fred & Cathy Katz Martin & Jana Katz Liane Randolph & Christopher Kelley Ralph & Cary Kelly Allen, Kathy & Adam '16 Ketchum

Dr. & Mrs. Herman L. Klieger Doreen & Richard Kopf Philip & Linda Kuipers Gene & Candi Ladomato The Lally Family Debbie Clayton LaMay & Ted LaMay Joe & Glynis Lansdell Sevim Larsen Alan Lazar Judy & Steve Lewis Pam & James Littlejohn Sue Loustalot Terry & Annie Love Drs. Janie Low & David Richwerger The Luery Family Kenneth Lum Lisa Maranto Anita Seipp Marmaduke D. Craig & Rosanna Martin Linda & Michael McCurdy Julie & Jamie Nelson Sally & Grove Nichols Barbara MacAulay Ore Patricia Padley Grace & Drew Petersen Susan & David Post Richard Quesada Boris & Shulamit Rabinovich Michael Reber Ted & Natalie Richardson Kathryn Lezchuk Wendy Ross Bob & Patty Roth Dr. Jan^ Orlowski & Dr. Helena Rozbicka

Patrick & Betty Ryan Inderjit Rye Lindsey & Andrew Sackheim Richard Schindler Sims, Lawrence & Arruti Fenina Espinosa & Vishnu Singh Maureen Smith Mindy & Michael Spoto Carole Cory & Jan Stevens Bonnie Stinson Tony, Joan, & Ian '96 Stone Rosemary Tanfani Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Tatarian Nancy & Robert Tate Fran & Paul Tognazzini Bud & Sally Tollette Judy Tracy Paulette & Charles Trainor Judy Tung Dr. & Mrs. Bud Turner Dr. Rosemary Vando Melissa & Michael Votaw Andy & Judy Warburg Connie & Stephen Weatherholt Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Webster Lynda & Lee Welter John & Jane Wheaton Noel Ferris & Parker White Marilyn J. Wickland Diana Wilks Arnie Wolf & Fern Tablin Geoffrey Wong Walter Wroten Carey Yamanaka

GIFTS IN HONOR DONATIONS TO THE ANNUAL FUND In honor of Andrew Burr’s graduation from Lower School Dennis & Patricia Burr In honor of John Grubbs ’22 Dr. Helena Rozbicka In honor of Haylee Holman ’23 Mr. & Mrs. Don Crabtree In honor of Renee J. Low ’96 Drs. Janie Low & David Richwerger In honor of Julie Nelson’s retirement Linda & Rick Eytcheson In honor of Sydney Turner ’21 Alison & Aaron Turner In honor of Kellie Whited Terry & Annie Love In honor of SCDS teachers & staff Alexis Caldwell ‘03 In honor of SCDS teachers Patricia Fels, Sue Nellis, Dan Neukom & Bob Ratcliff Gary Ng ‘02

DONATIONS TO THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOLARS PROGRAM In honor of Daniel I. Neukom Jill & Jim Blodget Kelley Taber '84 & Gary Jakobs Allen, Kathy & Adam '16 Ketchum Bud & Sally Tollette DONATIONS TO THE FRANCIE TIDEY FUND In honor of Patricia Fels’ retirement Wendy Ross

DONATIONS TO THE DANIEL E. WHITE FACULTY SALARY FUND In honor of Julie Nelson’s retirement In honor of the birthdays of Judy & Dan White Wendy Ross

DONATIONS TO THE MATHEWS LIBRARY In honor of SCDS teachers & staff: Jane Batarseh, Jane Bauman, Victoria Connor, Damany Fisher, Jane Gillette, Cade Grunst, Patricia Jacobsen, Chris Kuipers, Liz Leavy, Joanne Melinson, Melissa Strong, Kellie Whited & Tom Wroten Christy & John Procida, Luca Procida ‘19 DONATIONS TO THE STEVE REPSHER SCHOLARSHIP FUND In honor of Paula & Steve Repsher Wendy Ross

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FRANCIE TIDEY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

RECIPIENTS Lauren LaMay

2001

Patricia Fels

2002

Daniel I. Neukom

2003

Frank Pignata

2004

Barbara MacAulay Ore

2005

Kay Schweizer

2006

Sheila Hefty

2007

Susan Gorton Nellis

2008

Barbara Fackenthall Tash

2009

Wendy Ross

2010

Jane Batarseh

2011

Marcus Romani

2012

Robin Kren

2013

Sue Ryan

2014

Michelle Myers

2015

Barbara Lazar

2016

Ron Bell

2017

Evelyn Dale

2018

Everyn Dale (front row, center) with family and friends following the award ceremony at High School graduation, June 2018.

The Francie Tidey Award for Excellence in Education was established in 2001 by the Alumni Association to honor Francie Tidey, longtime Head of High School, college counselor, and English teacher. The award recognizes a member of the faculty or administration who has made an outstanding contribution to the SCDS community during his or her tenure. The award is presented at the High School graduation ceremony.

This year’s recipient, Evelyn Dale, was announced by her son Chris Dale, class of 1993, who said, “She introduced Country Day and its students to the world of computer science, inspiring excitement in a field that, at the time, was deemed peripheral to education. Early on, she was using computers to teach lower school students how to build presentations and older students how to create newspapers.” Another graduate added, “I shudder to think what it would have been like to enter college in the early 2000s without knowing everything she taught me. “ Country Day was fortunate to employ Evelyn Dale during a time when familiarizing young students with computers was becoming essential. Her work was instrumental in keeping the Country Day community on the cutting edge of the information age.

DONORS TO THE FRANCIE TIDEY AWARD FUND Melanie & Jason Allen ‘95 Laura & Sam Applebaum ‘94 Lyria Beck ‘12 Elise Craig ‘02 Katie Newell ‘86 & Ed Dudensing Quincey Tidey Grieve ’86 & Tim Grieve ‘82 Kelley Taber ‘84 & Gary Jakobs Amy L. Johnson ‘95 Wendy Ross In honor of Patricia Fels’ retirement Ashley Tidey ’83 & Tom Carlson Jessica Vando ‘92 & Tim Milbergers ‘98

& Brooke Wells

ALUMNI DONORS TO ALL FUNDS Anonymous (2) Jason Allen '95 Sam Applebaum '94 Lara Baine '96 Lyria Beck '12 Emile Bourgeois '09 Meredith Brown '99 Alexis Caldwell '03 Ann Chenu '97 Carrie Cooper Bentley '01 Kimberly Cotton Wong '98 Alexis Covey '02 Elise Craig '02 Nancy Craig '97 Jack Crawford '85 20

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Jesse Crowder '98 Allison Furry '97 Tim Grieve ‘82 Kristoffer Hall '91 Katharine Harlan Owens ’02 Alan Hirahara '86 Joseph Jaszewski '98 Amy L. Johnson '95 Jay Johnson '77 Adam Katz '97 Seth F. Katz '09 Nicholas Kindelt '98 Corey MacMillan '92 Richard Mancina ‘73 Alexa Mathisen '17

Katherine Merksamer ‘88 Beth Nelson '98 Amy Nelson Wells '98 Katie Newell Dudensing ‘86 Gary Ng '02 Ann Nichols Jones '98 Jessica Niles DeHoff '96 Philip Ore '87 Tepring Piquado '97 Curtis Popp '89 Matthew Post '97 Sara Rahimian '94 Alison Rielli '95 Leah Rose Parker '98 Allison Rude '98

Phillip Saltzman '00 Max Shukuya '15 Kelley Taber ‘84 Katherine Tsakopoulos '86 Anika Swisher-Shukuya '80 Courtnie Thomas '02 Ashley Tidey ’83 Quincey Tidey Grieve ’86 Brian Townsend '88 Bryan Turner '82 Taryn Tyler Williams '98 Jessica Vando '92 Tom Wroten ’99

RETIREES, JUNE 2018

At the end of the school year, faculty and staff gathered to bid farewell to seven retiring faculty and staff members, with a combined 176 years of service between them. Barbara Fackenthall and Donna Manning were celebrated as a duo - a duo that has worked as the Pre-Kindergarten team for more than two decades. After 42 years, Ms. Fels leaves the English Department, having taught in both Middle and High School, and served as both the Octagon advisor and college counselor. Lower School teacher Jane Gillette taught in both 2nd and 5th grade, and Lower School teaching assistant Aggie Geminder worked in several grades cheerfully helping a number of teachers. Sandy Lyon taught in the Middle School, serving as Head of Middle School for 11 years, and director of communications Julie Nelson spent 30 years at Country Day, first as a parent volunteer, and as the communications director for 22 years.

Each of the retirees is a Country Day Lifer and then some. So we asked them the questions we typically pose in our alumni profile and include some of their answers here.

PATRICIA FELS

Start date: 1976 My favorite Country Day spot is The Cave (in its many iterations on the campus.

Some of my craziest, fondest memories have happened there, usually way too late at night.

At Country Day, I learned that my dad was wrong when he said I’d eventually hate teaching and wish I’d gone to law school!

For breakfast I had a cup of cherry yogurt, half a banana, and three cups of coffee.

A little known fact about me: When I was young, I planned to have 12 children (all girls) and run a school like Jo March’s in “Little Men.” Once I had twins, I realized that two girls were enough - and that I wasn’t cut out for administration.

BARBARA FACKENTHALL Start date: 1979 My favorite Country Day spot is the garden or watching the kids ride trikes on the black top.

One memory I have from Country Day: The employee Fallen Leaf Lake Retreats - education, collaboration, friendship and laughter - Professional Growth at its finest.

The last book I read: Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance.

My favorite colors (in typical Pre-K fashion) are all the colors of the rainbow.

For breakfast I had coffee, a banana and a handful of nuts.

A little known fact about me: There’s a photo of me in the feature article of Chopper Magazine circa 1975.

JULIE NELSON

Start date: As a volunteer, 1986. They started paying me ten years later.

My favorite Country Day spot: I love my desk with its view to the parking lot.

Children walk by on their way to the bus when they’re leaving on field trips, dogs drool out windows when parents are picking up their kids in the carpool line, High School students in Ms. Fels’ English class run through the parking lot when she sends them outside to expend excess energy . . .

The last book I read: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

My favorite color is red.

For breakfast I had Honey Nut Cheerios.

A little known fact about me: I ran into Richard Nixon on the beach in Hawaii and he was wearing shorts with dress shoes and black socks. I have a photo.

DONNA MANNING Start date: 1998 My favorite Country Day spot is the little outside patio that the Procidas made for us behind the old Pre-K classroom.

The last book I read: Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran.

For breakfast I had coffee and a bran muffin.

A little known fact about me: I used to teach belly dancing.

AGGIE GEMINDER Start date:1999 A memory from my time at Country Day are the many Grandparents’ Day programs.

The last book I read: Isabel Allende’s In the Midst of Winter.

My favorite color is blue.

For breakfast I had instant oatmeal with fruit.

A little known fact about me: I played drums all through high school and college.

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Start date: 2000 My favorite Country Day spot is the vegetable garden.

The last book I read: So far this year, the best one has been A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles.

My favorite color is blue or green or bluish green or greenish blue.

For breakfast I had two eggs.

A little known fact about me: I worked on a Navajo Reservation setting up a recreation program for the Navajo youth JANE GILLETTE Start date: 2002 My favorite Country Day spot is the 2G classroom.

At Country Day, I learned the importance of community.

The last book I read: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World.

My favorite color is purple.

For breakfast I had oatmeal.

A little known fact about me: When I was in middle school, I learned to ride a unicycle.

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ALUMNI NEWS 1986 Andrea Hauser Cadrett received recognition as a Stanislaus County 2017 teacher of the year in the TK-3rd grade division. Christopher Davis is an investment consultant at Scottrade.

1987 In Memoriam: Dan Erlandson passed away on May 16, 2017, in Stockton, CA. Dan worked in the radio industry and messages on his memorial page describe him as funny, well-spoken, clever, and always willing to lend a hand.

Peter Buchman is a bassist in Sacramento. Kevin Mueller works as a senior associate attorney at the Feldhake Law Firm in Costa Mesa, CA. 1991 Nancy Lauletta* recently made the move from Houston to Austin, TX, where she teaches middle school French. “In my free time I travel a lot, ride bikes, and play with my black lab, Milton.” Mary O’Hagin Holt works at Honeywell as a vice president of financial planning and analysis. Megan Reitan lives in the Bay Area and writes, “my husband Graham and I bought a house last summer in Woodacre, a small unincorporated village in West Marin County. I started a job 1.5 years ago at Lucasfilm Ltd/ Industrial Light & Magic as their technology producer and just got my first non-Indie film credit on Solo: A Star Wars Story!”

1996 Shella Gilbert Hamill is a chief product officer at EcoUSA. Clayton Leek* graduated from Chico State with a degree in information technology. Clay works as deputy chief of smog check, engineering and IT services at the California Bureau of Automotive Repair.

1997 Allison Furry moved back to Sacramento, where she is working for the state in the office of emergency services. Tepring Piquado is running for State Assembly to represent District 54 in Los Angeles.

Look for her name on the November ballot!

AMANDA MEEKER, ‘88 profile published February 2018 In a 2015 Sacramento Bee article, Country Day graduate Amanda Meeker referenced former teacher Dan Neukom as an example of someone who could make history come alive. He was a “great teacher” who “knew how to get to you,” she is quoted as saying, while citing his description of brain removal during Egyptian mummification.

Amanda was appointed Executive Director of the California Museum in July 2015, after having led the museum’s exhibits and programs department since its founding in 1998. While it is unlikely she uses stories on mummification learned in ninth grade history in her current job, Amanda does endeavor to engage museum visitors with California history and create lasting impressions. In her time at the museum, she has developed or adapted dozens of exhibits, including ones on the California Hall of Fame, the Library of Congress’ Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, and a retrospective of Sacramento native Ray Eames’ career in art and design.

Occupation: Executive Director of the California Museum City I call home: Sacramento College and major: B.A. in History from UC Davis, M.A. in Public History from Sacramento State One memory I have from SCDS: In AP French, we would take Friday field trips to Ettore’s, then a small bakery with three or four tables. There we would review our latest assignment over croissants – I remember discussing books such as “L’Etranger” and “Candide,” and poetry by Rimbaud and Baudelaire. We were supposed to carry out the discussion solely in French, but I always peppered my sentences with English, much to Mme. Stone’s displeasure.

My favorite Country Day spot: In the 1970s, there was a weeping willow tree out under the power lines where you could sit and watch burrowing owls popping in and out of their tunnels nearby.

At Country Day, I learned: Everything — how to tell time, how to make a scale model out of foam core, how to diagram a sentence, how to develop a photograph in the darkroom, how to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” how to balance a chemical equation. (Never did learn the entire multiplication table, though.)

The last book I read: The Path between the Seas by David McCullough (prep for a vacation to Panama).

My favorite color is green.

For breakfast, I had oatmeal, grapefruit, and coffee.

Please choose one.

Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate Sand or snow? Sand Sushi or pizza? Pizza Dogs or cats? Dogs, though I like cats too.

PC or Mac? Mac, though I use a PC at work.

A little-known fact about me: I’m a terrible procrastinator.

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1998 Eric Knapp graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in engineering, which will accompany his math degree from Northwestern. He will attend UC Davis this fall for a master’s in engineering. Allison Rude was promoted to senior vice president/creative director with the ad agency MullenLowe and made the move from Boston to New York City. She was able to spend three weeks this summer travelling through India and visiting Shanghai.

2000 Gustavo Galindo lives in México City and recently released his second album titled Renacer (Reborn). He plans on touring soon in the states and Latin America. Scott Kingston and his wife Jennifer, married in 2017, welcomed daughter Sophia in March of this year.

Scott is a commercial real estate broker and a VP at Turton Commercial Real Estate in Sacramento, and in his free time races road bikes for Folsom Bike/ Trek. Mohit Mehtani moved to Napa several years ago where he works as an ophthalmologist. He and his wife, Chrissy Henneberg, have been busy with their new baby girl, Sabina, born this winter.

SUSAN HARLAN, ‘95 profile published March 2018 Susan Harlan is a writer living in North Carolina and a professor of English literature at Wake Forest University. She is a frequent traveler (often with dog Millie in tow) who loves to collect souvenirs of her trips. This penchant for collecting is evident in Susan’s writing, much of which focuses on the relationship between place, memory, and objects.

Her book, Luggage, was published in March 2018 and looks at the history of baggage, the evolution of travel across literature, film, and art, and the stories these travel items have to tell about displacement, home, gender, class, consumption, and labor.

Susan also has a love of design and humor. (Her home in Winston-Salem was featured on Apartment Therapy in 2016.) Her next book, entitled Decorating a Room of One’s Own, is already in the works and will be published in October. The book spoofs home design and decorating culture using famous literary homes as the subjects.

Occupation: English professor at Wake Forest University and writer City I call home: Winston-Salem, North Carolina College and major: Columbia University with a major in English and a minor in Creative Writing; M.A. in English Renaissance Theater History from King’s College London; M.A. and Ph.D. in English from New York University One memory I have from SCDS: I remember the smell of the wax we used to paste up The Octagon.

My favorite Country Day spot was Fels’ classroom - and the Octagon’s little room. I spent a lot of time in those rooms.

At Country Day, I learned: Everything. How to write. That’s the main thing.

And I started to learn how to be a teacher. I think back to my classes with Ms. Fels, Ms. LaMay, and Mr. Neukom, and I remember the kinds of things they did in the classroom and how they handled particular situations. They treated their students with such respect and challenged us all.

The last book I read: Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Odyssey.

My favorite color is green.

For breakfast, I had two fried eggs on toast.

Please choose one.

Chocolate or vanilla? Neither. I like salty things.

Sand or snow? Sand. Definitely.

Sushi or pizza? That’s tough. Maybe pizza? But I would be sad to lose sushi.

Dogs or cats? Dogs. I don’t have anything against cats, but I have a dog named Millie, and I love her.

PC or Mac? Mac. A little-known fact about me: I like living in the South.

Tom Wroten ’99 and Tibby Kempton Wroten ‘01 welcomed daughter Malin Margaret Wroten on March 16. Malin joins sister Camille, who is six.

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Will Treseder ’00* shares, “My wife and I recently moved into a new home in East Palo Alto. We needed more space after the birth of our second child!” Will is a partner at BMNT (a company that helps corporate and government organizations identify and address pressing problems within their organizations). He and wife, Dara, have two children, Zoë Asta and Johan.

2001 Carrie Cooper Bentley is a co-founder and CEO of Gridwell Consulting in Sacramento. Son, Andrew, is in kindergarten at Country Day. Jennieke Cohen’s first novel will be published

by HarperCollins in 2019. Entitled Dangerous Alliance, the story is a historical YA novel set in Georgian London’s high society. Shayna Katz writes, “Hello! We moved to Hawaii in July of 2016 for the adventure and nature. Sang {Kim ‘97} manages property for state parks, DLNR, and I just (last week) went from being an ESL teacher for adults to doing curriculum development and other tasks as Global Villages Hawaii’s academic program coordinator. Our kids and puppy love playing outside and doing art. Millona is going into 2nd grade and Hunter into Kindergarten.”

2002 Allie Nichols is a product advisor at Rakuten Marketing in San Francisco.

Michelle Eytcheson Van Wagenen ‘03, lives in LA, where she is getting her master’s degree in educational therapy and plans to open a private practice. Michelle’s husband, Matt, is the executive producer for the TV series “Survivor,” and they have a 2-year-old daughter, Lyla.

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Charlotte Nichols Whitehead ’00 and her husband, David, planted roots in the Arden Park neighborhood last year and welcomed their first baby, James, into the family this June. Charlotte works as the west coast client services lead for ICF Olson, a digital consulting agency.

2003 This year, Ruby Bolaria started a new job as the manager of the housing program at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), working to make housing more affordable in California.

Prior to CZI, she worked in real estate development building mixed income housing in San Francisco for Fivepoint (formerly Lennar Urban). Ruby also got married in 2017. Ryan Eytcheson lives in LA where he is a director/producer for NBC Entertainment. He has helped create “The Voice” and “World of Dance” on Snapchat. Last fall, Sarah Heitman started the Doctor of Nursing Practice program specializing in AdultGerontology Acute Care at the Duke University School of Nursing. She is on track to finish her master’s next year and plans to continue on for her Doctorate of Nursing Practice. In February of this year, Sarah moved to Chapel Hill, NC, where she works in the ICU at Duke Regional Hospital. Wendy Tsao Hoffman is still commuting between New York City and New Orleans for Iris, her development

company. She and her partners are currently collaborating with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority to build affordable single family homes in East New Orleans. In New York, the team is working with the city’s Housing Preservation Department on a building project in Central Harlem. On the personal front, Wendy and her boyfriend are in the process of purchasing their own condo in Manhattan. Lara Kincanon and her husband, Jamie Lyko, are the proud parents of sweet baby boy, Cash.

In addition, Lara remains committed to her graphic and web design work. She and fellow Country Day alumna, Allie Herson Jones, have partnered up and are managing the media, branding, and web needs for the Gastric Cancer Foundation. Victoria Loustalot spent the first half of 2018 finishing her third book, Future Perfect: A skeptic’s journey into the fact, fiction, and fraud of mystics, which will be published on January 1, 2019. This year her writing was also acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Thomas J. Watson Library as well

Erica Brode ‘03, her husband Adrian Hayes, and their daughter Danielle (age 2) welcomed Charlotte “Charlie” Grace Hayes to their family on April 11, 2018.

Melissa Opper ‘03 was married last fall in Newport Beach. She and her husband, Will O’Donnell, honeymooned in the Maldives.

Back home in California, Melissa continues her work as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office while Will, originally from England, is in real estate development and enjoying the persistent sunshine of his adopted hometown.

as Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, an achievement that sounds neat but basically means her work has just been scrupulously filed and is now collecting dust on both the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in New Haven. Sydney Wasserman is the digital special projects director at Architectural Digest. Among other responsibilities, she curates their instagram account and helped launch Clever, the magazine’s digital platform for millennial design enthusiasts. Sydney has been able to do some traveling recently, and in the last year has visited Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and New Zealand.

2004 Kelsey Blodget and husband Steve Lonegan welcomed Walden Blodget Lonegan on November 10, 2017. Kelsey is the senior director, content marketing at Tinder. Jennifer Lopez Branshaw is the vice president of academic affairs at St. Anthony School in Milwaukee. She and husband, Nic, are expecting a baby boy in December. Jasmin (Ashley) Kerner moved to Mississippi, and works as an assistant manager at Williams-Sonoma in the Jackson area.

2005 Christelle Follette lives in Columbus, OH, with husband, Luis Rodriguez Acosta.

Christelle is a small-animal surgery intern at Ohio Veterinary Surgery and Neurology.

2006 Acacia Fisher appeared as Juliet in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’s spring production of “Romeo and Juliet.”

2007 Colleen Anthonisen is a senior research coordinator at the Neuromuscular Research Center at UC Davis Medical Center. She has recently joined the board of the Active 20-30 Club of Greater Sacramento #1032, an organization supporting children in the Sacramento community. Haley Anthonisen started a new job as an account and project manager at Position Interactive, a design agency in Sacramento that specializes in the design of anything from logos to websites. Aly Bell had a baby boy, Theodore, in September 2017. She works as a clinical therapist at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center in Pediatric Psychiatry, where she is currently working on research related to childhood and adolescent ADHD.

SARAH GAITHER, ‘03 profile published October 2017 Sarah Gaither has always been curious about what impacts our social interactions. In High School, she was involved in almost every student group on campus. In college at UC Berkeley, this interest in social interactions led her to study psychology and identity. Sarah's first published research study showed that three-month old biracial infants look at faces differently than monoracial infants, something that had not been documented before and led Sarah, herself biracial, to peruse a career researching the topic.

Sarah is an assistant professor at Duke University and runs the Duke Identity and Diversity Lab, where she focuses on how different types of contact with diversity shape how it is we see and treat each other across racial and gender group boundaries. She recently won the Association of Psychological Science's Rising Star award which recognizes outstanding psychological scientists at the earliest stages of their career.

Occupation: Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University City I call home: Durham, NC (we call it Bull City here!)

College and major: UC Berkeley, B.A. in Social Welfare with a concentration in Psychology and a minor in Spanish; Tufts University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology One memory I have from Country Day: Being a lifer at Country Day, I have so many memories from my time there. A few that stand out: our Sutter's Fort overnight in fourth grade where we got to arrest parents who were playing robber roles and throw them in jail, our sixth grade trip to space camp and doing flight simulations and eating that weird space ice cream, helping to brand the "Lady Cavs" as we called ourselves on the basketball team (I wish I still had that sweatshirt with that logo!), Grands and Friends Day was always so happy, paste-up nights for Octagon and the late night trips to Denny's to celebrate being up way too late on a school night...I have told others about my time at SCDS and all of the trips and let's just say everyone has been jealous.

My favorite SCDS spot: The basketball court on a game day.

At SCDS, I learned how to multi-task-between band, sports, newspaper, class, student government, volunteering for the Classics sale each year...I was definitely never bored.

The last book I read: Does watching Game of Thrones count?

My favorite colors are purples and browns.

For breakfast, I had an English muffin with pesto, tomato and an egg.

Please choose one.

Chocolate or vanilla? In line with my biracial research, I have to say both.

Sand or snow? Sand. There is nothing like the feeling of sand between your toes on the beach.

Sushi or pizza? Sushi—the CA stereotype that I fully endorse now that I live in NC. Dogs or cats? Definitely dogs, nothing beats how excited they are to see you when you get home.

PC or Mac? PC but people have tried to convert me.

A little known fact about me: I have an avocado and pesto obsession.

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Brian Boogaard got married in April and he and Kirsten honeymooned in Italy.

He was also promoted to Vice President of Team Solutions Group earlier this year and plans to start his MBA at CSU Bakersfield this September. Alex Egerter is an emergency medicine resident in New York City, where he lives with his fiancé and two cats. Katie Fendick moved back to Northern California last year after having spent a year and a half in Margaret River, Australia — where she met her Australian fiancé, Joss Henderson. She and Joss were married in San Francisco on July 24. Katie is the assistant general manager at Mourad Restaurant, a Michelin-starred MoroccanCalifornian restaurant in San Francisco.

Jacob Friedman also celebrated his marriage this year, and he and his wife recently got a puppy named Kona. He also started a new job doing technical account management for a tech startup called HashiCorp last year. Nicky Mehtani will be finishing her last year of residency in the Osler Medical Training Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, this year. Saba Rahimian is the kitchen manager at a restaurant in Austin, TX, called Sour Duck Market. She is living with her boyfriend, a sous chef at their sister restaurant, ODD Duck, and they have two dogs. She sold her prior business, Granola Girl Food Truck, in April and was accepted to the University of Texas Austin School of Journalism.

She plans to continue her career in the restaurant world as a food and travel writer. Isabel Siragusa has been living in England for the past year, studying the field of business as it applies to theatre at the University of Cambridge, from where she will graduate with an MBA this September. Ian Wheelis and his wife, Janice, are coming up on their 5th anniversary. He is working as a physical therapist for the Army and had been deployed to Kosovo for nine months in 2017. He has since been back in the U.S., stationed in the Pacific Northwest.

Michael Male ‘11 married Sara Shafer on June 16, in Colorado. Members of the class of 2011 at the wedding included (l to r) Tom Lincoln, Richard Walter, and Angel Anguiano. Dravid Koura joined via FaceTime from Singapore.

Michael and Sara graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where Michael received his degree in organizational communication. He works in retirement finance for the second largest record keeper in the industry.

2010 Austin Karp received a doctor of chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in June 2018. Dallasites 101, the company co-founded by Lily Kramlich-Taylor, celebrated its three-year anniversary in April and recently hit the 80,000 Instagram follower mark. Lily was interviewed by the Octagon in July. You can find the story at scdsoctagon.com.

2011 Damien Blake is a mechanical design engineer working in Palo Alto at SSL, a Maxar Technologies company and long-time satellite and spacecraft manufacturer. He shares, “I am currently the lead mechanical design engineer for several development projects, including a power and control electronics unit for NASA JPL’s Europa Clipper that will serve as a critical interface between the spacecraft’s various attitude control systems, thermal sensors, and flight computer. The Europa Clipper is a deep space exploration and research mission to visit Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that could potentially harbor life, in the 2020s to conduct repeated investigative flybys. It is exciting (and challenging) work!”

2012 Lyria Beck is an employee benefits analyst at Employers Select Insurance Services in Sacramento. She is active in the reinvention of the Country Day alumni council. (If you want to join her, contact the Alumni Office, alumni@ saccds.org.) Bryan Nakagaki is an auditor at Office of Audit Services, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Trevor Sutley left his job at Accenture and is now a strategic business development representative at Square in San Francisco.

2013 Morgan Bennett-Smith moved to Saudi Arabia in August where he is enrolled in a master’s program at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Morgan is studying coral genomics at the Red Sea Research Center. Mary-Clare Bosco graduated from Pomona College in 2017 with degree in environmental economics and a minor in French. She worked in Baltimore for EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. before taking a job as a global customs analyst at Flexport

Tiernan Cutler ’07 married Leonardo Santangelo in October, 2017, at Castello di Vincigliata in the hills just north of Florence. She also started playing soccer for a semi-professional women’s Italian soccer team in Serie C and just signed a two-year contract with them for the upcoming seasons. Country Day friends in attendence at the wedding and pictured (starting 2nd from left): Colleen Anthonisen ’07, Kayla Winters ’09, Madeline Owens ’07, Isabel Siragusa ‘07, Rachel Winfield ‘07, Nicky Mehtani ’07, Katie Dulla ’07, and Meredith Bennett-Smith ’07.

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ALUMNI REUNION, DECEMBER 2017

Class of 2013 members Brandon Mysicka, Carter Brown, Nick Fesler, and Gerardo Vergara with college counselor Ms. Bauman.

Madeline Mahla ‘14 on her graduation day from Elon University in North Carolina, where she received her degree in psychology.

in the LA area. Jacob Frankel writes, “After one year of working as a mental health case manager in Boston, I am now heading to Nayarit, Mexico, for a job in coffee production.“ Madeline Wright graduated cum laude from UCLA with a degree in economics and French. She is an associate consultant at Optimity Advisors.

2014 Sydney Jackson graduated cum laude from Franklin & Marshall College with a degree in political science and psychology. In the fall, she will enroll in a dual degree program at American University, pursuing a J.D. and an M.A. in international affairs. Patrick Talamantes graduated from the University of Virginia, and is moving to Dallas/Fort Worth to work with the Urban Teachers program for the next four years.

2016 Saachi Sikaria is an accounting and information systems major in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

2017 Avneet Bhullar is a student at the University of Washington, where she has been elected chair of the social committee of Phi Delta Epsilon the only international pre-medical fraternity on the UW campus. Last year, Avi worked as a research intern at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute in the Global Infectious Disease Department.

She’ll continue her connection with the institute as the volunteer coordinator for the Reach Out and Read program at the hospital.

Eric Knapp ‘98, Allison Furry ‘97, Ms. Fels, Ann Chenu ‘97, and Lynsey Corbett ‘99.

Class of 2016 members Serajh Esmail, Brad Petchauer, Aidan Galati, Maddy Judd, and Adam Ketchum.

Valerie Boogaard McColloch ‘04, Kelly Neukom ‘04, Caroline Timmer ‘04, Mr. Neukom, Jessica Goldman Laskey ‘04, and Sarah Gaither ‘03.

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Admissions Open House Pre-Kindergarten—12th grade November 3, 9 a.m.-noon Visit saccds.org/apply

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