UHS Journal Fall 2013 NOAR

FALL  2013

UHS JOURNAL

A MAGAZINE FOR UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FAMILIES, ALUMNI, AND FRIENDS

The Annual Report Issue

University High School welcomes students of demonstrated motivation and ability to engage in an education that fosters responsibility and the spirited pursuit of knowledge. We are a school where adults believe in the promise of every student, and together we work to build and sustain a community of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. UHS challenges each individual to live a life of integrity, inquiry, and purpose larger than the self.

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

UHS Journal

annual report issue fall 2013 CONTENTS 2 Letter from the Head of School 4 Commencement 2013: Celebrating a Community of Individuals

by Holly Johnson ’82 Director of Alumni Relations 7 2013 College Admission & Matriculation 8 Technological Breakthrough

by Holly Johnson ’82 Director of Alumni Relations 11 Classroom Reflections: Supporting the Whole Student

by Melissa Mirza English Teacher and Tenth-Grade Mentor 12 The Summerbridge Legacy

by Alissa Kinney Director of Communications 14 New Faces at University

by Alissa Kinney Director of Communications 16 Athletics Round-Up

by Alissa Kinney Director of Communications

CONTRIBUTORS Editor Alissa Kinney Editorial Board Lindsay Criswell Kate Gorrissen Holly Johnson ’82 Photography Alex Lockett Anne Gamrin Pantelick ’85 UHS Communications Design Shelby Designs Printing Burns & Associates Fine Printing University High School Vol. XXIV, No. 2

18 Introducing Our New Trustees compiled by Grant Winfrey ’84 Trustee 20 Alumni Association News

by Holly Johnson ’82 Director of Alumni Relations 22 Class Notes and In Memoriam compiled by Holly Johnson ’82 Director of Alumni Relations

The Annual Report: 30 Board Chair Letter 31 Parents Association Letter 32 Alumni Association Letter 33 Board Treasurer Letter 34 Fundraising 35 Gifts Listing 57 Volunteer Thank-Yous 60 Ways of Giving to UHS

San Francisco University High School admits and welcomes students of any race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School.

The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies admission policies, employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school administered programs.

Editor’s Note: Reba Brindley ’89 pointed out that the previous issue of the Journal declared a record of 10 Summerbridge students in the UHS Class of 2007. However, the Class of 1989 had even more, with 12 students graduating from the Summerbridge program. If your class had more than 12 Summerbridge grads, please be sure to let us know! And thank you, Reba!

61 Congratulations and Good Luck!

Cover Photo: Alex Lockett.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

1

Letter from the Head of School

Dear Friends, For this issue of the Journal, we wish to share a few excerpts from a speech given by new Head of School Julia Russell Eells at a welcome celebration, which took place in her honor on the UHS campus earlier this fall. During her remarks, Julia thanked the school community for extending such a warm welcome to her family and spoke of the rich legacy and connection that grows in the halls and classrooms of UHS every day, making for an exciting and promising future.

I graduated from high school in the same year as the first 21 UHS graduates. We embodied the “Spirit of ’76,” celebrating the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence while sporting wide-leg bell-bottoms, witnessing the founding of the Apple Computer Company, and listening to Fleetwood Mac and Elton John.

Some of those graduates from the late ’70s and ’80s now have their children with us, some second-generation UHS students are in college and beyond, and we have Summerbridge alumni whose children are both Summerbridge and UHS graduates— it is remarkable to think that UHS has become a part of so many family legacies.

2

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

I have been thinking a great deal lately about what legacy means in the context of a relatively young institution like UHS. Novelist Ray Bradbury wrote about legacy in this way: “Everyone must leave something behind when he [she] dies… A child, or a book, or a painting, or a house, or a wall built, or a pair of shoes made. Or… a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you do, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away.”

We are an intentional community responding thoughtfully to our present conditions, remaining nimble in the face of inevitable change, keeping in tune with our community, and operating in a global context.

I know from every warm hello and each thoughtful exchange that I am joining a community that at its core cares deeply for each other’s success and for the overall common good of UHS. Daily, I am experiencing a culture of connection in which each student is committed fully to pushing his or her individual limits for the good of a team of athletes, actors, creators, and thinkers.

I am being introduced to a sense of pride and engagement in the school from alumni, and I am entering into a partnership with parents who regularly display their commitment to supporting our mission.

What gets left behind after those shaping hands are long gone looks different from school to school, from generation to generation. A legacy is built not from day-to-day tending (although daily care and feeding of a teaching and learning community is essential) but from the creation of something, some belief, some culture that is meaningful and enduring.

In schools, that creative process cannot be done in isolation.

It needs to unfold in concert with a dedicated and talented faculty and staff; inspired by a student body full of intellectual, leadership, athletic, and personal promise; counseled by a wise and selfless Board of Trustees; and strengthened by a legacy of interesting, interested, and accomplished alumni.

UHS has the advantage of coming of age in an era when growth, change, and possibility is the norm. Perhaps “legacy” for UHS is as much about shaping our future as it is about understanding and connecting to our past. We are an intentional community responding thoughtfully to our present conditions, remaining nimble in the face of inevitable change, keeping in tune with our community, and operating in a global context.

I believe the community we build at UHS in concert with our reputation for academic excellence set a growth mindset context will be the legacy—the welcome mat—for future generations who will continue to provide a rich and relevant education for young people (to paraphrase our mission statement) of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and talents challenging each of them to live a life of integrity, inquiry, and purpose larger than the self.

I feel so fortunate and so inspired to have a leading role in this next chapter for UHS, and I am eager for us to build our legacy together.

From all corners of the UHS family I am hearing a deep interest in our continuing to foster community and connection. Every morning at the Washington Street crosswalk between Middle and Lower Campuses, I am greeted by groups of diverse students and faculty who begin each day with curiosity, energy, and optimism. Saxophone cases, buckets of ice, vials of freeze-dried crickets, field hockey sticks protruding from backpacks, open iPads, and cookies baked for a lunchtime meeting cross the street with them. There is a palpable eagerness and readiness to start another day that is energized by ideas, debate, inquiry, and analysis. All of this is cradled in, as one of our own UHS students put it, “an environment where everyone looks out for one another, where friendships come first, and where you cherish the passion of our intellectually lively community.”

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

3



BY HOLLY JOHNSON ’82 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

1

Commencement 2013:

Celebrating a Community of Individuals

“What a great class.” “Be true to yourself.” “Remember your friends.” Just as the speakers delivered these traditional words of wisdom with a unique UHS twist during the Class of 2013 Commencement on May 31, they also praised the class for its ability to create a strong group identity. When Interim Head of School Nasif Iskander lauded the graduates’ ability to come together as an effective community, he used the analogy of slime mold amoeba colonies to make his point.

When Vita Newstetter ’13, one of the elected senior speakers, encouraged her classmates to remain true to that which makes them unique, she pointed out that “organized weirdness is the key to success.” When Harold Getz ’13, the other chosen speaker, chronicled the class’s passage through UHS, he reminded his classmates that they had always been “there for one another, to share [their] successes alongside [their] difficulties.” And Science Instructor Tonyanna Borkovi ’99 challenged each member of the class with specific tasks, such as to “harness the sun” or “teach, teach, and spread your witty ways.”

The UHS Commencement, held once again at Davies Symphony Hall, is always a mix of tradition and quirkiness. As Nasif pointed out, the way we do most things in our community is “casually intense.” He went on to say: “Daily life at UHS is deeply infused with a seriousness of purpose, but we are generally inclined more toward surprising each other with meaningful and creative gestures than we are toward fulfilling long-standing traditions.”

4

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

Yet tradition gives structure to an emotional event, he said, and Commencement is a time to celebrate the community that the members of the Class of 2013 had joined together to become: For four years you have been your own community within the school, behaving with a collective set of values that define you. You are a caring community; there are no mean groups within your class. You recognize and celebrate leadership of all kinds, and you have a strong sense of social justice. You have been resilient and calm in a year of some big surprises, and set a positive tone for the rest of the school to follow.

And you have an affinity for mischief and silliness that has amused and perplexed the rest of us all year long. Perhaps most impressive is that you are really good at making things happen. Whenever the class got organized around an idea, there was no stopping it.

What makes a group of individuals act as a community? Nasif explored several theories, but one analogy really caught the audience’s attention: slime mold.

Despite its name, slime mold is not a fungus, it is an amoeba-like single cellular organism. They have no nervous system, and certainly no individual intelligence. And yet under certain conditions, when food is in short supply, slime mold cells will clump together in colonies, and perform surprising acts of collective skill and intelligence to find food and ensure their mutual survival.

Nasif emphasized that the faculty and staff are confident that each graduate will go on to become important members of new communities, and he exhorted the grads to “remember that the skills and attitudes that have allowed (them) to build an effective collective identity here at UHS will allow (them) to do the same wherever (they) go.”

Slime mold, ants, flocking birds, fish, and even human neurons all prove that “the group, acting collectively, is actually smarter than any individual,” Nasif explained. And he went on to tell the Class of 2013 that they “have had the experience of being part of something larger and more effective than (them)selves…

The cultural values and unique qualities of (their) class emerged spontaneously from the interactions that (they) had with each other.” But, he added:

Speaking for the faculty, Tonyanna Borkovi ’99 had to abandon plans for an elaborate performance piece at the last minute, but still managed to deliver an inspiring and creative speech using small cones as props. She spoke to the class about seeing constraints and obligations, not as barriers, but as the structures that prop up their lives. She said:

The most beautiful thing about that idea is that none of you has simply been a guest in an already-existing community; you have each played as important a role as the next person in creating and sustaining it.

It has come about naturally and spontaneously from the fact that you have been together, interacting closely and under the right conditions, for the last four years.

Now consider the structure created by your branching constraints, whatever they may represent. It can actually be quite beautiful.

Consider them as links, extensions of you, that articulate and intersect with the lives of others, the connections that suspend you in a moment in time, that you feel against your bones, that leave impressions in your joints, the people you hold together, that end up holding you together.

(1) Faculty member Tonyanna Borkovi ’99 used props to deliver her Commencement speech.

(2) Graduate Maddie Brown ’13 poses with her parents and brother Parker ’08.

(3) Doc Lamott leads the Chorus and Camerata during the Commencement ceremony.

(4) Joshua Kwan ’13 greets a teacher in the traditional UHS “gauntlet.”

2

3

4

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

5

commencement continued...

1

With this imagery, Tonyanna described each graduate and the important roles that each had played in the class, which she called an “enchanting, eclectic, hardworking, hilarious ensemble of characters.” She challenged each to continue to face his or her responsibilities with courage.

I want you to feel responsible for one another.

For your families, your communities. For your decisions, your actions, your intentions and unintentions, your waste, your environment. The responsibilities you take on connect you to your context, often in beautiful ways . . . and patterns that may echo the ways those before you connected to their contexts too. So, connect with intent. To paraphrase the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Harold Pinter: ‘Everything you do. corrects the space. between place, and me, and you.’ While to paraphrase my mother, midst my whimping and whining about the pressures of having to write this very speech: ‘Take your loads and duties on with confidence, poise, courage.’

Student speaker Harold celebrated the class’s cohesiveness when describing their senior year: “The college process was conquered with the help of our faculty and friends, and we put our stamp on the school with goofy videos and talented performances, showing the rest of the student body that nobody gets down like the Class of 2013, and that we celebrate sharing and putting yourself out there.”

6

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

“The most beautiful thing about that idea is that none of you has simply been a guest in an already-existing community; you have each played as important a role as the next person in creating and sustaining it.”

For his fellow speaker, Vita, the class’s ability to celebrate difference is its greatest asset. “Despite our best attempts, this class has failed miserably at hiding our weirdness, and for that I am forever grateful. I thank you all for giving me the honor of basking in the quirks, the discomfort, and the profound creativity that has flowed from the hearts of this genuinely powerful group of students,” she said. She encouraged her classmates to stay that way. “I dare us all to be the kid who has twelve pillows instead of a girlfriend, be the kid who only takes photos of cats, the kid who knits in her astrophysics class, and who calls home every day to talk to mom. When harnessed, being weird is potently seductive and intoxicating. To change the world we must be diamonds, not rhinestones,” she said, adding, “if I have learned anything over my four years at UHS, different is NOT always better, but better is always different.”

2

(1) “Lucky 13” classmates Gabriela Aleman and Isobel Hardwidge.

(2) Michael Lauricella ‘13 says goodbye to the faculty of UHS.

2013 College Admission & Matriculation Numbers in parentheses indicate enrollment as of July 31, 2013.

COLLEGE

AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts American University

ADMITTED

1 4

American University of Paris

1

Arizona State University

1

Bard College Barnard College Bates College

(1)

(1)

5 1 3

Boston College

4

(1)

Boston University

9

(1)

Brandeis University

2

Brooklyn College of the CUNY

1

Brown University

3

Bucknell University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

(1)

(3)

3 1

Carleton College

3

Carnegie Mellon University

3

Case Western Reserve University

1

Chapman University

2

Claremont McKenna College

2

Clark University

1

Colby College

2

Colgate University

6

(2)

(2)

Colorado College

1

Connecticut College

3

(2)

Cornell College

1

(1)

Cornell University

5

(2)

Creighton University

1

Dartmouth College

4

DePaul University

2

Drew University

1

Duke University

3

Elon University

1

Emory University

3

(2)

Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

1

(1)

Fairleigh Dickinson University

1

Fordham University

1

Franklin and Marshall College

4

Furman University

1

George Washington University

2

Georgetown University

2

Gettysburg College

2

Goucher College

1

Grinnell College

1

Hamilton College

1

Hampshire College

2

Harvard University

2

(3)

Harvey Mudd College

1

Haverford College

1

Hofstra University

1

Hunter College of the CUNY

1

Johns Hopkins University

6

10

(2)

UC Merced

2

(1)

UC Riverside

3

(1)

UC San Diego

11

UC Santa Barbara

17

(2)

UC Santa Cruz

11

(1)

2

Lewis & Clark College

8

Linfield College

1

University College Dublin

1

Loyola Marymount University

3

University of British Columbia

2

(1)

Macalester College

1

University of Chicago

2

(1)

Marymount Manhattan College

1

University of Colorado, Boulder

1

Miami University, Oxford

1

University of Evansville

1

Middlebury College

7

(3)

1

Mount Holyoke College

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

(1)

University of Maryland, College Park

1

New York University

10

(4)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1

Northeastern University

6

(1)

University of Miami

1

Northwestern University

8

(4)

University of Michigan

3

Notre Dame de Namur University

1

(1)

1

Occidental College

12

(1)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oxford College of Emory University

1

University of Notre Dame

3

University of Oregon

2

University of Pennsylvania

3

University of Puget Sound

3

University of Rochester

1

University of San Diego

1

University of San Francisco

2

University of Southern California

9

(3)

University of St. Andrews

4

(1)

University of Texas, Austin

1

(1)

University of Virginia

1

University of Washington

4

Ursinus College

1

(1)

Vanderbilt University

3

(2)

Vassar College

3

(1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

1

Wake Forest University

1

Washington University in St. Louis

7

Wesleyan University

3

Wheaton College MA

3

Whitman College

4

Whittier College

1

Willamette University

5

Williams College

1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

1

Yale University

4

Parsons The New School for Design

1

Pepperdine University

1

(1)

Point Loma Nazarene University

1

(1)

Pomona College

3

(2)

Princeton University

3

Providence College

1

Queen's University

1 5

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1

Rhode Island School of Design

1

Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College

2

Seattle University

1 2

Smith College

1

Southern Methodist University

3 2 2

Syracuse University

2

Trinity College

4

Trinity University

1

Tufts University

(1)

3

2

Swarthmore College

(2)

1

Scripps College

Stanford University

(2)

3

UC Los Angeles

2

Skidmore College

(1)

10

UC Irvine

Lehigh University

San Diego State University

(1)

UC Davis

Kenyon College

Reed College

(2)

(1)

6

(2) (2)

(1)

(1)

Tulane University

7

(1)

UC Berkeley

9

(1)

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

(1)

(1)

(1)

(3)

(3)

(1)

(4)

(1)

(3)

7



BY HOLLY JOHNSON ’82 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Technological Breakthrough As students, faculty, and staff at UHS begin their third year of the 1:1 iPad program, we at the Journal decided to take a closer look at how these devices, and other recent forms of technology, have affected teaching and learning at University High School.

By any measure, the adoption of the tablet permitted the school to leapfrog to the leading edge of educational technology. Starting from an environment where student access to computers at home ranged from none or a shared family desktop to having his or her own latest-model laptop, the 1:1 program created a more level playing field. Every student is given an iPad to use when they enter UHS, at no cost to the family. (The pilot program was made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor, and the school has also been able to ensure that each student has wireless Internet access at home.) Each tablet has been set up with a basic suite of applications (apps), ensuring that all students will be able to fully participate in class activities involving the iPad. The characteristics of iPads—lightweight, flexible, low-cost relative to laptops, with a large selection of educational apps available— meant they were a good match for the objectives of University’s 1:1 program, which included using technology to achieve existing pedagogical goals, standardizing access to technology, diminishing paper use, and reducing the cost and weight of textbooks, according to Academic Dean Kate Garrett. After a pilot program during the 2010–2011 school year, the 1:1 program officially began in the fall of 2011.

A quick survey of the ways teachers—and students—are putting the devices to use reveals the wide gamut of possibilities afforded by the iPad. Academic Technology Coordinator Aran Levasseur joined University two years ago, just as the iPad program was getting off the ground, and has a bird’s eye view of the range of the iPad’s uses and its impact on the classroom: In some cases, the iPad has increased productivity by helping both teachers and students migrate from an analog to a digital environment.

For example, the widespread use of the online file storage and sharing system, Dropbox, has reduced faculty need for photocopying and provides students online access to organized files for their classes. In other cases, the iPad has provided new ways for faculty to differentiate instruction and convey knowledge in multimodal ways, while giving students new means to demonstrate their understanding of content, often in collaborative ways.

Aran is quick to point out that he sees learning as a social and interactive process, so he looks to technology to support “learning environments where students have greater opportunity to create and construct knowledge.”

How are teachers at UHS (a traditionally innovative bunch) using the iPads to empower students to create and construct knowledge?

ENGLISH Creating Podcasts to Showcase Student Mastery

Scott Laughlin has pairs of students create podcast conversations around assigned topics as a way of allowing them to show mastery of a topic. Rather than quiz his ninth-graders about themes or literary terms, Scott’s students create short recordings of their conversations for classmates to listen to on topics like tone in The Catcher in the Rye. “The kids really learn their own topic, and it is a more fun and organic way of hearing what students come up with rather than what could, in another context, be a pretty dry presentation,” he explains.

Using Blogs to Expand the Conversation Beyond the Classroom

Melissa Mirza uses blogs in her elective classes. “[With this format,] students can return to a class discussion topic or refer

8

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

to part of the text that we didn’t get a chance to explore in class.

Since everyone posts on the blog, the voices of the students are equally represented. The blog also offers a space of reflection and personal connection that isn’t always available during a class discussion,” she says.

SCIENCE Crafting Short Instructional Videos

Byron Philhour’s Physics students use the ShowMe app to create instructional videos. He assigns specific problems to students, and they work on solutions that are shared with the rest of the class to help them with their homework. He also uses ShowMe to record quiz keys, mini-lessons, and more for his students to view from home.

The characteristics of iPads —lightweight, flexible, lowcost relative to laptops, with a large selection of educational apps available—meant they were a good match for the goals of University’s 1:1 program, which included using technology to achieve existing pedagogical goals, standardizing access to technology, diminishing paper use, and reducing the cost and weight of textbooks, according to Academic Dean Kate Garrett.

Four Principles of University’s 1:1 iPad Program

1 2 3 4

I will be responsible for the safety and security of my iPad (watch out for breakage, loss, and theft).

I will act responsibly and with integrity, and I will treat people with respect and kindness (keep in mind reliability of sources, plagiarism, digital footprint, kindness).

I will use my iPad to enhance my learning (think about distractibility, gaming, multi-tasking).

I will follow my family’s technology rules.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

9

technological breakthrough continued...

FOREIGN LANGUAGE Using iBooks to Enrich the Experience of Accessing Literature

Spanish Instructor Ernesto PadroCampos has published an iBook for his advanced seminar on poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. According to Ernesto, the iBook is a multi-dimensional tool containing selected poems from several of García Lorca’s anthologies; YouTube videos on his life; and special content regarding Walt Whitman, in an effort to deepen the reading of García Lorca’s Oda a Walt Whitman.

Ernesto’s colleague, Helena Senatore, created iBooks to use as the primary texts for her Spanish III class. “By making iBooks, I was able to bring together, in digital format, not only the texts themselves and the accompanying glossaries, questions, and exercises, but also vivid images and hyperlinks to dictionary definitions, music, and video relevant to the content of the texts. For instance, in the iBook I created for a poem called Romance de Abenámar y el rey don Juan, which is about the looming fall of Granada to the Spanish Crown, students can click on highlighted words to access definitions

that are often illustrated, as well as take a virtual tour of the Alhambra and listen to two songs about the beauty of this Moorish stronghold. By creating glossaries that include pictures, I can carefully choose the wording of the definition and use images to bring it to life. [With iBooks] I can exercise more control over the texts (while some readings are available on the Web, they don’t always have the proper spelling and punctuation and they don’t include footnotes), doing so in a layout that is engaging and easily accessible.”

Apps That You Wish Had Been Around When You Were in School:

This past summer, realizing that the school had an opportunity to engage new students and their parents while also preparing for the upcoming year, UHS implemented an iPad training course and asked all incoming students to register. With the training, Aran Levasseur, Kate Garrett, and Director of Technology Albert Boyle planned to free up time during orientation for other subjects, while also ensuring that all students entering UHS were equipped with a certain level of technology preparedness. The team was able talk to ninth-graders about their iPads within a framework of digital citizenship (how I should behave online), metacognition (how I learn and what role will the iPad play), and academic integrity. In addition, the students could configure their devices, learn how to use basic applications, and have a chance to experiment. Best practices and the principles of the iPad program are reinforced throughout the ninth-grade co-curricular program.

Anecdotally, the training appears to have paid great returns. Students and teachers continue to find new ways to use technology to their advantage and push beyond previous boundaries. While the future of University’s iPad program will continue to be measured against all of the school’s educational priorities, there is strong support for 1:1 programs in general—and appreciation for the advances made at UHS so far in particular.

10

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land app helps illuminate this seminal poem. There is a performance of the entire poem by Fiona Shaw; complete audio readings of the poem by T. S. Eliot himself, as well as actors Alec Guinness, Viggo Mortensen, and Jeremy Irons; interactive notes to help increase understanding of the poem’s many references and allusions; over 35 expert video perspectives on the poem, including from famed poet and playwright Seamus Heaney; and users can examine the poem’s original manuscript to see how it took shape under Ezra Pound’s editing.

The Last Supper app allows one to navigate around a three-dimensional reconstruction of Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper. The “Bubble Viewer” allows the user to be transported into the Santa Maria Delle Grazie Refectory in Milan where they can view the painting and surrounding hall as if actually there.

Wolfram|Alpha is a cool app with plenty of math power to solve complex systems, putting your average graphing calculator to shame.

Video Physics helps users to record and immediately analyze two-dimensional motion. Students at UHS have employed the app by tossing a ball in the gym, recording it, and then using Video Physics to determine the value for the acceleration due to gravity, turning a fairly everyday action into an experiment from which they can collect data.



BY MELISSA MIRZA ENGLISH TEACHER AND TENTH-GRADE MENTOR

Classroom Reflections: Supporting the Whole Student This is the second installment of Melissa’s two-part piece for our “Classroom Reflections” column. In part one (which you can read in the Spring 2013 issue of the Journal), Melissa described the intense training and bonding the ninth-grade mentors experienced as they guided their clusters through their first year at UHS. This fall, Melissa has continued her work with her mentees as they learn, connect, and grow in their sophomore year.

The more we know about a student, the better able we are to support them. I think about my own education experiences.

Even though I come from a poor background, my parents fought hard to put my siblings and I into good schools growing up. My father worked full-time while going back to school himself, and my mother juggled multiple jobs to enroll us in Catholic schools while we were growing up in Queens, New York. After moving to California, they drove us 45 minutes out of our school district so we could attend a blue ribbon high school in an affluent Sacramento neighborhood.

As a teacher at UHS, I think about how to support the students and families who are like mine, barely scraping by so their child can attend a good school. I can empathize not just with the financial burden, but the emotional burden. The guilt students feel when they see their families stretched thin is very real. That guilt can turn into anxiety and can affect their performance at school.

Before the UHS mentoring program began, some students in similar situations may have slipped through the cracks of the various support systems in place for them. The school was at

times unaware of a child’s struggles, causing them to not receive proper support until they were already experiencing academic and personal difficulties.

Because of my course release last year, I was able to spend more time with my cluster. I got to know the whole student faster and, as a result, I saw the bigger picture much sooner. This allowed me to access resources and bring in extra support for students as soon as they needed help.

For the well-adjusted ninth-grader who has yet to experience a single hiccup academically, emotionally, socially, or athletically, the mentors at UHS know that student, too. We can push that student outside of his or her comfort zone to try something new, something unexpected. We can challenge a narrow vision of success sooner, before the whirlwind of college applications and all of its accompanying pressures.

In brief, I can help each student to grow into their full authentic selves and instill in them a belief in what they are doing. But I can only do that because of the support and mentoring I myself have received as a UHS mentor.

We can push that student outside of his or her comfort zone to try something new, something unexpected. We can challenge a narrow vision of success sooner, before the whirlwind of college applications and all of its accompanying pressures.

English teacher and mentor Melissa Mirza leads her cluster, now in their sophomore year, in a group exercise.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

11



BY ALISSA KINNEY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

The Summerbridge Legacy On a still, cool evening in Pacific Heights this past May, a steady stream of visitors came through the doors of University High School’s Washington Street entrance. As they arrived, there were many hugs, smiles, and laughs—some of these old friends had not seen one another in years. But they were back in the halls of UHS to honor—and raise awareness for—a program that had made a profound impact on their lives in one way or another: Summerbridge, started 35 years ago on the UHS campus as part of our burgeoning young school’s determination to serve the greater San Francisco community.

Lois Loofbourrow, a former teacher at UHS and one of the program’s first two directors, remembers: “The mission of Summerbridge from its inception, was to prepare [underserved middle school students in the Bay Area] to enter and thrive in rigorously academic high schools… We developed relationships with high schools to clearly understand their expectations of entering ninth-graders, and we followed our Summerbridge students through high school and college—93% of them matriculated at four-year colleges.”

That night, Lois sat in a rapt audience as Summerbridge alumnus Jabali Sawicki (who went on to graduate from UHS in 1995), took the stage with famed author Wes Moore and San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius to discuss the ways in which the lessons learned at Summerbridge changed his life. Jabali has since committed himself to a career in education, working as a teacher and founding the Excellence Charter School for Boys in Brooklyn, 12

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

New York. The three men discussed the power of education and adult role models in the lives of at-risk youth, emphasizing the need for programs like Summerbridge.

Also present for the 35th anniversary celebration was fellow SB alum, Oscar Flores. Oscar, a member of the UHS Class of 1989, now had a daughter of his own, Brenda, who would be graduating from University herself in just a few short weeks. And later that summer, she’d set off for college—and a future brimming with possibilities. Both Oscar and Lois trace these beginnings and possibilities back to Summerbridge. “Summerbridge prepared me to become a better student and to take on greater challenges.

Besides making academic strides my eighth-grade year, I became self-confident and started thinking about college seriously for the first time in my life… I experienced many firsts at Summerbridge that helped me grow,” says Oscar. He also recalls how Lois played a crucial role in that growth: “She challenged us to

“Summerbridge prepared me to become a better student and to take on greater challenges. Besides making academic strides my eighth-grade year, I became self-confident and started thinking about college seriously for the first time in my life…” — OSCAR FLORES ’89 work hard, reach further, and made everyone feel that they were important to her. Lois was like having a mother figure at school who cared for us and worked tirelessly for our success.” The respect is mutual—Lois describes Oscar as “the kind of student who made all of us believe in our work.” The bond shared by Lois and Oscar, and the stories told by Jabali on stage that May evening, reveal how closely the ties of Summerbridge bind.

All these years later, Lois says that it is still remarkable to watch her former students thrive: “I always said that my reward would be to see our students not only succeed, but to lead. I am always awed when I read about Summerbridge students. How many kids would make the choice to apply to a highly competitive program and do tons of homework during the summer? Then attend [academic programs] after school throughout the school year. [And now] they are teachers, principals, doctors, lawyers, writers, scientists. They all retain their good hearts. I love each of them.”

Opposite Page: Wes Moore, C.W. Nevius, and Jabali Sawicki ’95 discuss the benefits of programs like Summerbridge.

This Page: (top) Oscar Flores ’89 reunites with his former Summerbridge mentor, Lois Loofbourrow. (bottom) Summerbridge’s Director of Community and Public Relations Deundra Hundon thanks 35th co-chairs Julie Feldstein and Susan Lupica.

Summerbridge’s

$194,104

Raised for the program’s endowment, and we are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make the evening such a success.

If you would like to contribute to Summerbridge, please visit the UHS website and click on the “Summerbridge” tab at the top of the homepage. You can also learn more about giving by contacting Kate Gorrissen at kate.gorrissen@sfuhs.org or (415) 447-3117.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

13



BY ALISSA KINNEY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

New Faces at University High School 2013–2014 1 Nick Blum ’08 will be returning to UHS as one of two alumni teaching fellows working with our students throughout the upcoming school year. After graduating from Vassar College in 2012 with honors and a degree in philosophy, Nick went to work fulltime for Next Generation Scholars in San Rafael, where he had been a summer intern for two years prior. Throughout his tenure at Next Generation Scholars, Nick created an original SAT testpreparatory course, developed and taught an original curriculum entitled “The Trap of Criminal Justice,” prepared students for the SAT, and advised high school students on the college application process. While at UHS, Nick will work with master teachers and in the offices and classrooms of the Summerbridge Program.

We are pleased to announce that 2 Anne Boucher is the newest addition to our Foreign Language Department, arriving at UHS after years of teaching French, Dutch, and English throughout Europe and Northern California. Anne most recently taught at the collegiate level as an undergraduate instructor at both the University of California, Berkeley and Sonoma State University, and is currently pursuing her PhD in French literature at Berkeley. Anne is a graduate of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, where she received her BA with honors in the Germanic languages, her teaching credential, and teaching certificate in French as a foreign language. She has also received a master’s in French literature from San Francisco State University.

Dr. Ezra Davidson will be joining our History Department, where he will teach sections of both History I and US History.

After receiving his PhD from New York University in 2011, Ezra spent two years at the Frankel Jewish Day School, where he taught world history, AP US History, and electives on subjects including the Arab-Israeli conflict and Holocaust history. In the classroom, he has focused particularly on integrating technology into his curriculum with the use of iPads and digital textbooks.

Ezra was appointed the head of his department after just one year at Frankel. Prior to pursuing his doctorate at NYU, Ezra worked as both a legal assistant and a museum educator. He received his BA in history from Carleton College in 2001.

3

14

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

4 Mayra Diaz joins UHS as a member of our Science Department, where she will teach both biology and the popular human physiology elective. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007, Mayra taught and coached soccer at Gilroy High School before moving to Los Angeles to become a school director for Teach for America. She then returned to San Francisco to work in teacher development, mentoring teachers in underperforming secondary schools throughout the Bay Area to achieve ambitious student achievement outcomes in their classrooms. Most recently, Mayra has taught at the REALM Charter High School in Berkeley.

5 Michael Henley is already quite well-known around our campus, after serving as a sabbatical replacement for Leah Dorazio during the Spring 2013 semester. We are delighted to welcome Michael back this fall as both a teacher and advisor.

After graduating from UCLA in 2002, Michael volunteered for two years with the Peace Corps in Cameroon, teaching science at the high school level. After his time with the Peace Corps, Michael moved to the Bay Area, where he has taught at both St. Peter’s School and San Francisco State University. While pursuing his MA in mathematics at San Francisco State, he was named a (CM)2 Fellow, enabling him to create and present lessons, as well as provide tutoring, at public high schools throughout San Francisco.

6 Stanley Lau arrives at UHS from Washington, DC, where he had taught English, coached tennis, and worked in the Writing Center at Georgetown Day School since 2007. Prior to Georgetown, Stanley was an English instructor at the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Program; was the George and Leslie Hume Teaching Fellow in English at Phillips Exeter; and served as a course instructor and research fellow in bioethics at his alma mater, the University of Virginia. In 2012, Stanley completed his MA in English literature and language at Middlebury College’s Breadloaf School of English, receiving numerous awards and honors during his time there.

1

2

3

4

6

7

8

9

Our new Director of Admissions, 7 Aaron Mieszczanski, comes to UHS from the Thacher School in Ojai, California, where he worked in the Admissions Office for nearly five years, most recently as the senior associate director of admission and the coordinator of multicultural outreach. Prior to his time at Thacher, Aaron was a fellow at the Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, DC. Aaron graduated from Williams College with a BA in history and earned his master’s in school leadership from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. While at Thacher, Aaron worked extensively with applying families to ensure that their students thrived and felt at home in the boarding school environment.

Joining Nick in the Alumni Fellowship Program this year is 8 Jacqueline Thompson ’09, who graduated from Barnard College in May with a BA in psychology. Continuing to pursue the same passions she exhibited so clearly while at UHS, Jackie will spend part of her time studying with master teachers and part of her time working on the school’s community service program and co-curricular development. Jackie has a wide range of teaching experience, having previously worked at Summerbridge, the Jumpstart program, The Ivy Key Tutoring and Test Preparation, Aim High, and the Community Impact program at Columbia University, where she developed curricula, planned professional development workshops for teachers, and monitored the progress of enrolled adult students.

5

Continuing the accomplished list of alums who are returning to campus this year is 9 Katy Yan ’03, who will be joining us as an intern teacher in the UHS Science Department, shadowing master teacher Rae Ann Sines during the fall semester, and then filling in for Rae Ann while she is out on sabbatical this spring. Katy comes to us from International Rivers in Berkeley, where she was the China program coordinator and the intern and volunteer coordinator, working tirelessly to protect the rivers of China and the communities that depend on them for their livelihood. Katy received both her undergraduate degree and MS in earth systems from Stanford University in 2007 and 2008, respectively. While at Stanford, Katy focused on environmental education and sustainable water resource management, winning the Centennial Teaching Assistant Award in the School of Earth Sciences in 2008.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

15



BY ALISSA KINNEY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Athletics Round-Up

By the Numbers

Number of sports teams at UHS Number of students participating in athletics this Fall 2013 season Percentage of the student body Percentage of students who play at least one sport during the school year Number of student captains leading our teams this fall Number of UHS coaches inspiring our student-athletes each year Average tenure of a UHS coach Number of league championships won during the 2012–13 school year Girls’ Cross Country Boys’ Basketball Badminton (co-champs) Girls’ Soccer Boys’ Tennis Number of runs by which University’s Varsity Baseball team defeated International High School on May 9, 2013 Rank of the 2013 Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team going into the North Coast Division II Championship tournament* Number of Red Devil memorabilia items displayed around Associate Athletic Director Diane Schroeder’s desk Number of shut-out victories racked up by the Varsity Field Hockey team during the Fall 2013 season** Number of UHS teams to make it to the post-season in 2012–13 Number of times this has happened previously in UHS history

* The girls fell in the championship game to number-one seeded Acalanes High School. ** At time of publication.

16

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

36 174 45% 80% 49 54 7 5 15 2 131 7 0 YRS

ND

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

Keep Up with the Red Devils Did you know that UHS Athletics now has its own Twitter account? Follow us @RunninRedDevils.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

17



COMPILED BY GRANT WINFREY ’84 TRUSTEE

Introducing Our New Trustees Jay Banfield is a social entrepreneur with experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Jay is the founding executive director of Year Up Bay Area. A nationally recognized youth and workforce development program, Year Up partners with firms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Salesforce.com to develop technical talent within urban communities. Year Up Bay Area was recently recognized with the 2012 Tipping Point Award from the Tipping Point Community.

1

Jay began his career at Oracle Corporation. He has worked on local, state, and national political campaigns and has served in both the legislative and executive branches of government. He was appointed the assistant treasurer for the City and County of San Francisco in 1999, where he spearheaded a national award-winning e-government initiative.

He was awarded the city’s Public Managerial Leadership Award in 2001 and later was appointed assistant general manager, Business Services for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Jay graduated with honors from Stanford University and earned a master’s degree in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as executive director of the San Francisco Parks Trust and on the boards of the San Francisco Friends School, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), and San Francisco Little League.

He and his wife, Kate, have three children: Grace ’16, Aidan, and Dray.

Ron Cami is a partner and general counsel of TPG, one of the world’s largest investment firms. From 1994 until he joined TPG in 2010, Ron was a partner at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, where his practice was focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged transactions, and general corporate and board advice. Prior to that, Ron served as law clerk to the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy of the Southern District of New York, during which time Judge Duffy 2

18

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

presided over the first World Trade Center bombing criminal case. Ron graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and earned his JD, summa cum laude with order of the coif distinction, from Rutgers Law School. Ron serves on the board of Blount International Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company, and he is one of the founders and a current trustee of the American University of Kosovo, an all-English, US-accredited university in Prishtina, Kosovo. Ron and his wife, Dr. Ann Cami, have four children: Alyssa, Brian ’15, Sara ’16, and Rebecca.

3 Margaret Charnas ’76 is a native San Franciscan and member of the first graduating class of UHS in 1976, after having attended Burke’s for 12 years. She earned a BA in English from Stanford, received a credential in elementary education from San Jose State, and received a teaching credential and an MA in special education from San Francisco State. In 1983, she began teaching emotionally disturbed children at Oakes Children’s Center and at Edison School in San Francisco. Beginning in 1987, Margaret served as the educational coordinator for Whitney Young Child Development Center, a state-funded pre-school for low-income families in Hunters Point. In 2012, Whitney Young merged with Florence Crittenton Services, an agency supporting at-risk families, and Margaret now serves as enrollment supervisor for the new, combined agency.

Margaret has served on the boards of San Francisco Day School, the Presidio Heights Association of Neighbors, and the Lawrence Pech Dance Company. Margaret and her husband, Charles, have two children: Nate ’09 and Juliet.

Maria Louisa Hekker will serve as the president of the UHS Parents Association for the 2013–2014 academic year. She has also served as the first vice president (2012–2013) and secretary (2011–2012) of the UHS PA. Maria has over 25 years of business, management, operations, and legal experience with public, private, and 4

nonprofit entities. Maria recently served as the chair of the Board of Trustees of The San Francisco School, where she was a trustee for 13 years and, at various times, chaired the Committee on Trustees and the Nominating, Development, Audit, and Risk Management Committees.

Maria is also on the Board of Trustees of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. In addition to advising several nonprofits, Maria is currently working on her first mystery novel. Prior to beginning her writing career, Maria served for over two years as the chief operating officer for Thoughtware Worldwide, LLC, a privately held, international consulting firm. Maria also served for almost a decade as the General Counsel of BARRA, Inc., a Berkeley-based financial services and technology company (now known as MSCI/Barra). Before joining BARRA, Maria worked in the San Francisco and Milan offices of Graham & James LLP (now Squire, Sanders & Dempsy LLP), where she specialized in international corporate and securities matters.

Maria holds a BA in religious studies and Italian from Dartmouth College and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Maria is a former member of the Board of Governors of UC Hastings. Maria lives in San Francisco with her husband, Jeffrey Tice, and daughters Chiara Tice ’14 and Lucia Tice.

5 Sylvia Mestayer-Collins is a first generation San Franciscan whose parents immigrated from Nicaragua in the early 1950s. She attended local schools, including City College of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco, and has always called the Bay Area her home.

An entrepreneur for the past 19 years, Sylvia has owned and operated businesses in San Francisco and Berkeley. As a member of the business community, she has created an in-house training program to help English language learners develop employable skills while working and learning the language.

1

Prior to establishing her own businesses, Sylvia worked as a commercial real estate property manager and leasing administrator for WDG Ventures, a local real estate development company. She also worked for the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, where she co-managed a department of 84 full-time employees and taught Spanish medical terminology for health professionals.

Currently, Sylvia is on the Board of Marin Preparatory School, which is a new Spanish immersion elementary school in San Francisco. She is also very involved in local cultural and charitable organizations and has done extensive work in outreach, diversity, community-building, and fundraising for Town School for Boys, which her son attended before coming to UHS. This year, she is co-chairing the Families Multicultural Committee at University.

Sylvia, her husband, Edward, and son Alejandro ’16 live in San Francisco.

6 Jane Prior is a native of Dublin, Ireland. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from University College Dublin before entering the insurance brokerage business.

In 1989 Jane moved to San Francisco, where she worked for Norcal Mutual Insurance Company, specializing in medical malpratice underwriting.

2

3

Between 1993 and 2000, Jane and her family lived in Ukraine, Russia, and Hong Kong, before returning to live in San Francisco. While overseas, Jane worked for both USAID and Ernst & Young.

Since 2000, she has been an active parent volunteer, specifically in the areas of fundraising and event planning, first at the Hamlin School and at then at UHS, where she took on the role of chair of the 36th and 37th Decorator Showcase.

Jane currently serves on the Board of the Hamlin School and, with her family, is also involved with the Nepal Youth Foundation, a nonprofit organization that runs programs for orphaned and underprivileged children in Nepal.

Jane and her husband, Nick, live in San Francisco with daughter Alex ’15.

7 Diana Ziola ’ 99 will serve as UHS Alumni Council president for the 2013– 2015 academic years. Diana has served as the vice president of fundraising for the Alumni Council since 2011 and has served on the council since 2009.

4

5

6

7

was previously a senior member of the Business Development team at SYNARC, the world’s largest imaging core lab dedicated to clinical trials and at Gentiae Clinical Research, an international provider of cardiovascular core laboratory services.

Prior to that, she worked in marketing in the software industry, as well as for the Democratic National Committee on the 2004 presidential campaign.

Diana immigrated to San Francisco with her parents in 1989 from Krakow, Poland.

She maintains strong cultural and linguistic ties to Europe and is fluent in English, Polish, German, and Spanish. Diana holds a BA with highest honors in political science and German from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in the interdisciplinary Euroculture program, sponsored by the European Union, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and the Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany. Diana lives in San Francisco with her fiancé, Daniel Jansson. They enjoy cooking and globetrotting together.

Currently in her eighth year in the biotech industry, Diana specializes in negotiation and relationship management as business manager for contracts and outsourcing at Genentech in South San Francisco. She

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

19



BY HOLLY JOHNSON ’82 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Alumni Association News UHS lives on in the heart of each and every alum, so it’s a great time to follow your heart and reconnect with the school. You can still look to UHS for opportunities in intellectual, professional, and personal growth. And University needs you more than ever, too! Our new head of school, Julia Russell Eells, values the school’s alumni and hopes to get to know as many of you as possible as her tenure progresses.

There will be many opportunities to meet Julia and catch up with school developments this year, but our annual Holiday Reunion will be the first official chance for you to celebrate her arrival and let her know what a devoted group of alumni we have at UHS. This year, the Holiday Reunion will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2013, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. at Tres Restaurant on Townsend Street in downtown San Francisco, complete with a free taco bar and drinks. We hope you can make it!

It’s a year of change in alumni leadership, as well. Allyson Peracca ’99 is stepping down after her two-year stint as Alumni Association president and member of the UHS Board of Trustees.

Allyson did a terrific job of representing University alumni as the school underwent major changes, and we thank her for her service. Diana Ziola ’99 will ably step into Allyson’s role after providing strong leadership in alumni fundraising over the past few years, and Oscar Flores ’89 (Brenda ’13) has agreed to take on the chief alumni fundraising role. Many thanks to both Diana and Oscar! We are also excited to work with Frances Stark ’93 as she crafts a standing committee for networking and entrepre-

20

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

neurship. The Alumni Networking and Entrepreneurs Club is a group of alumni who will meet regularly in order to network and enjoy presentations by featured speakers who have started compelling businesses. All alumni are welcome to attend these events and are invited to suggest topics. Meetings about mature industries can also be planned based on expressed interest.

See the calendar at right to get a sense of how the Alumni Association can fit into your busy lives. Alumni news and events will continue to be disseminated through a monthly e-newsletter, so be sure to keep your email contact information current with the Alumni Office. Log onto the website (www.sfuhs.org/alumni) or email Holly Johnson to make updates.

Alumni Calendar 2013–2014 Please check the website for updated and new information.

August 14 Summer Send-Off BBQ for Class of 2013, 12:00 p.m.

September 6 Art Opening for Annie Thornton ’04, Jackson Street Gallery, 5:00 p.m.

18 Alumni Seminar with Jesse Berrett – Islam, 6:00 p.m.

October 8 Alumni Networking and Entrepreneurs Club Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

22 Alumni Annual Fund Kick-Off, 6:30 p.m.

November 28 Turkey Kick-About Alumni Soccer Game, Kimball Field, 10:30 a.m.

December 19 Holiday Reunion, Tres Restaurant, 130 Townsend Street, SF, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

21 Holiday Hoops Fest, Alumni Basketball at UHS, 2:30 p.m. (women) and 4:00 p.m. (men) 27 Alumni Badminton at UHS, 5:00 p.m.

January TBD UHS vs. LWHS Basketball at Oracle Arena TBD Winter Alumni Seminar

February TBD UHS Alumni Networking and Entrepreneurs Club Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

March TBD Spring Alumni Seminar, Western Civ, 6:00 p.m.

5 Alumni Teaching Fellowship Applications Due

April TBD Alumni Career Day for UHS Juniors and Seniors Members of the Class of 2013 visited with UHS faculty and each other at the Summer Send-Off BBQ in August.

May 16 Alumni Night at Showcase, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

17 Alumni Baseball at Paul Goode Field, time TBD 17 Reunion Night for Classes Ending in ’4 and ’9, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

31 Commencement Class of 2014, 10:00 a.m.

June 19 New York Area Reunion, time TBD

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

21



COMPILED BY HOLLY JOHNSON ’82 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Class Notes Fall 2013

These class notes include information submitted through September 9, 2013. Please submit your news by email to uhsalumni@sfuhs.org or by post. Photographs are welcome and will be returned upon request.

Digital images should be of high resolution for printing. Thank you for keeping in touch! Remember that the UHS Alumni Office is here to help you network with other alumni and connect with old friends.

The password-protected online directory can be reached by logging in at www.sfuhs.org/alumni (click on the “Log In” button at the top of the page).

1978 For the first time ever, the school celebrated an official 35th Class Reunion and John Becker, Eliza Busch, Amy Lawrence Giaquinta, Brooke Rosenblatt Joseph, Susan Lowenberg, Jim Myint, Lisa Baldauf Pierrepont, Carolyn Ross, Cherie Gillette Sigward, Nikola Tede, Brooke Wentz, and Victoria Tatum Wilson inaugurated the new tradition by attending Alumni Weekend last May. Cherie and Carolyn even made the trip from the East Coast to be here. It was wonderful to have one of our founding classes back at school, and we hope the 35th reunion classes continue to come and enjoy each other’s company!

Nikola Tede shared that she has been back in the Bay Area since 2000, working in San Francisco and living in Muir Beach.

Brooke Wentz reports that “this past year I music supervised Bully, Bill Cunningham New York, and Don’t Stop Believin: Everyman’s Journey.”

1979 It’s your turn to bring it home for your milestone 35th Reunion!

Keith McWilliams reports that his company, Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, merged with Evercore Wealth Management, and he is running the Western Region for them. All four of his “twinses” are thriving at Sacred Heart Atherton.

1982 Natasha Leof Boas interviewed Erin Cressida Wilson about her work and

22

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

growing up in San Francisco in the 1970s as part of the anniversary celebration for The Believer magazine last April. Also featured at the event was Vendela Vida ’89, who founded the magazine.

the movie for which Deke Sharon was both the musical arranger and producer!

Pitch Perfect also went on to win four Teen Choice awards!

Natasha also has two art shows coming up (check UHS Alumni News for events related to these shows)! Curated by Natasha, Energy That Is All Around, a show on the Mission School featuring art

by Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Alicia McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri, will be open at the San Francisco Art Institute’s Walter and McBean Galleries from September 12–December 14, 2013, and at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery from April 15–July 12, 2014.

1987

1983 The Class of 1983 celebrated its 30th Reunion and had a great turnout. Sarah Moore Barron, Anthony Boas, Helen Brady (all the way from Amsterdam!), Peter Callander, Carolyn Charlton, John Doxey, Marianne Emblad, Lea Shangraw Fox, Anne Funsten, Isabella Whitaker Gamble, Carson Levit, Molly March, Mary Whooley, Adam Willner, and Minung Yoon returned to campus on May 18.

1984 Start planning your own comeback for this spring! Class reunions will be held on Saturday, May 17.

1986 The MTV Video Music Award for Best Musical Moment went to Pitch Perfect,

Stash Maleski and his wife, Jeanna Penn, welcomed baby boy Stash Penn Maleski on August 19, 2013.

Basil Twist will make his debut at Cal Performances from November 6–10, 2013, presenting his puppet show Dogugaeshi at the Zellerbach Playhouse. Basil also contributed the puppetry and stage effects for the new Cinderella ballet, which first premiered first at the Dutch National Ballet last December before showing at the San Francisco Ballet in the spring.

1988 The Class of 1988 had a terrific response to the 25th Reunion invitation thanks, in large part, to the Reunion Committee, which included Steve Cheung, Melinna Askin Gershik, Andrew Mosson, and Tyson Thomas. They were joined by Angelina Alioto-Grace, Emily Mackenzie Brakebill, Nell Smith Branco, Jennifer Bremer, Maggie Pattengill Castle, Benicia Gantner, Paul Gordon, Lisa Guggenhime Hauswirth, Patrick Heron, Terrel Hutton, Alvilda Jablonko, David Jolley, Mouna Khabbaz, Kaye Popofsky Kramer, Noah Levy, Monica Maduro, Tracy Chiles McGhee, Shereif Meleis, Jennifer Mitchell, Thomas Newmeyer, Irina Ozernoy, Amy Palmer, Courtney Sakai, Joseph Stewart, Anne Tolpegin, Sarah Van Ness, Monica Whooley, Vaughan Woodson, and Darcy Ellsworth Yow.

1

4

2

5

3

(1) The Class of 1983 took advantage of the photobooth at Reunion.

(2) Erin Wilson ’82 and Natasha Boas ’82 were featured at The Believer magazine celebration.

(3) Stash Maleski, son of Stash Maleski ’87 and Jeanna Penn.

(4) Reunions are for sharing photos, as these 88’ers are doing.

(5) Samantha Weaver ’92 at her wedding.

Emily Mackenzie Brakebill says she is living in San Francisco and has been married to Ken Brakebill, her college boyfriend, for nearly 17 years. The Brakebills have three kidlets: Benji (11), Sydney (nine), and Kelsey (six), who all attend her (other) alma mater, MCDS. Emily works at an investment firm she co-founded in late 2008.

Terrel Hutton reports: “I recently joined The Center for Investigative Reporting as chief development officer. My focus is on new funding sources for nonprofit investigative journalism. I love living in SF on Lone Mountain near Golden Gate Park with my husband Tom, daughter Carson (four), and son Trevor (two).”

Noah Levy reports that he is happily ensconced in the misty redwood hills above Arcata, in Humboldt County, with his wife Carrie and two boys, Isaiah (nine) and Zephyr (six). He works on local land and water conservation issues and regional environmental advocacy, coaches Little League, and roots fervently for the Giants.

Tom Newmeyer submitted: “Heading to France with Bingo McKenzie ’03 for a Charity Pro/AM bicycle race in July!

It consists of eight riders: one pro and

seven amateurs. Three days of racing in the French Alps. We’re racing for the dZi Foundation, which supports villages in Nepal.”

Matt Warburg writes in from Beijing: “We’re still based in Seattle and are back there every two to three months. My wife of almost 14 years is a Beijinger, and we decided to move back here about three years ago so that she could take over as CEO of her dad’s company. I’m running an academic program that prepares Chinese students to attend high school in the United States and teaching social studies and English.”

1989 Can you believe it’s been nearly 25 years since you graduated? Start making plans to celebrate at UHS on May 17, 2014!

John Saroyan lives in Hanover, NH, where he is the medical director for the Bayada Hospice system in Vermont and New Hampshire.

1991 Mark Roybal left production company Indian Paintbrush to become the executive vice president of production at 20th

Century Fox. Indian Paintbrush has been behind indie hits such as Like Crazy and Moonrise Kingdom.

1992 Betina Suessmann Baumgarten left her law practice last year and started Best Foot Forward, a personal styling, fashion, and wardrobe consulting business.

Samantha Weaver married Marc Moeller on November 10, 2011, in Rio de Janeiro.

They celebrated their wedding with family and friends in a ceremony on the Upper Sutro Baths Trail at Land’s End National Park on April 7, 2013. The new family welcomed son August Day Maximilian Moeller to the world on July 13, 2013, in Los Angeles. Busy Samantha also received a degree in communication disorders and deaf education on this past May!

1993 The Class of 1993 probably broke a record with the attendance they drummed up for their 20th Reunion last May, thanks in large part to the work of Jason Bley and Karla Romero, who led the charge encouraging classmates to turn out for the festivities.

It was great to see Jason and Karla, as well as Sarah Gilson Apple, Analisa FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

23

class notes continued...

2

1

Baker, William Bartlett, Derek Brinkman, Eric Brown, Letitia Brown, Shannon Cadile, Colin Cahill, Antonia Clark, Robby Cronholm, Ayana Cuevas Curry, Mario DiPrisco, Geoffrey Dryan, Alicia Engstrom, Joanna Epstein Bornstein, Erica Howson Fortescue, Bella Shen Garnett, John Grubb, Raffi Kondy, Justin McMahan, Jackson Pai, Scott Richardson, Corinne Rocca, George Smith, Frances Stark, Brian Vanneman, Kristen Wall, Jennifer Wall, Wes Watkins, Grant Weldon, Caleb Wilkinson, David Wright, and Mark Young.

See below for more abridged class notes submitted by the 93’ers (continuing what was published in the Spring 2013 Journal): Derek Brinkman currently lives in San Francisco again after spending 18 years in New York and Southern California. He had his first child, Zoe, this year, which was enough to get him living in Noe Valley. He loves “building new tech products, and is currently working on a product that media companies use for real-time video publishing everywhere from their mobile phones.”

Becca Jensen Budde reports: “My husband and I live in Philadelphia with our three kids—Lucy (eight), Molly (six), and Henry (four). We’d love to get back to California at some point, though Reunion is not in the cards this year!”

Shannon Cadile has been back in San Francisco since 1999, commuting to the Peninsula for the last 14 years to do fundraising work for nonprofits. She says she “got married in April 2013 to a wonderful guy from Denmark! Good thing his English is perfect,

24

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

as my Danish vocabulary is limited to 11 highly useless and/or curse words.”

Thomas Clark writes: “Almost four years ago, I entered a Benedictine monastery, Prince of Peace Abbey, where I am now known as Brother Bede. I pray for an enjoyable Reunion evening for all! Thank you and God bless you.”

Heather Goldman writes: “I have two daughters, ages five and three; they certainly keep me on my toes. I have been at Gap for almost 13 years, and it is amazing.”

Eben and Bella Shen Garnett welcomed Lucy Shen Garnett on July 1, 2013. Their daughter Maisy just turned five this year and is so happy to have a little sister.

Bella has lots of UHS patients at her orthodontic practice.

Frances Stark reports: “I have been working in radio as a producer of news and political talk shows for the last 10 years.

I am an entrepreneur at heart and am currently working on bringing a new environmentally friendly technology product to the market.” Frannie is also heading up a UHS alumni effort to form an entrepreneurs’ network (see page 20).

Hisashi Tokinoya writes that he majored in international law at Kyoto University and soon began working at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, where today he is the manager of investor relations. He and his wife, Atsuko, and their baby boy, Saku (three), live in Tokyo.

Jonas Vail has been living in Amsterdam for nearly six years now and is still loving it! “I bought a place here four years

3

(1) 20th Reunion friends in the photobooth.

(2) Lucy Shen Garnett, daughter of Bella Shen Garnett ’93.

(3) Mary Shen O’Carroll ’94 and family welcomed baby Emily to their happy Los Altos home.

ago, so I definitely feel at home. After six years, embarrassingly, I am only fluent in bar and restaurant Dutch. It’s just too easy to get by with English!” he says. He and his boyfriend have travelled to South Africa six times together and he plans to celebrate his 40th birthday in Cape Town.

Jonas works for an international advertising agency called 180, where he works on PlayStation and Ketel One Vodka, and is now busy working on the launch of PlayStation 4.

1994 It should be a great party when the Class of 1994 celebrates 20 years out. Save the date: May 17, 2014!

Mary Shen O’Carroll and her husband, Mark O’Carroll, welcomed daughter Emily Ming O’Carroll on February 20, 2013. She joined big sister Anna. The O’Carrolls live in Los Altos.

Christina Spaulding Berridge writes that she married George Berridge in August 2012, and is the owner of Luna Boutique in Presidio Heights. “I’m always up for alumni parties,” she adds. Baby boy George Spaulding Berridge was born on April 16, 2013.

1

4

2

3

(1) Raia Reffkin, daughter of Benis and Robert Reffkin ’97.

(2) Zachary Anderson-Gram ’98, Tony Goodman ’98, Sabrina Adler ’98, and Dan Shain ’98 at the 15th Reunion.

(3) Linley Rose, daughter of Jenn and Dan Frost ’98.

(4) Former faculty Peter Esty, Tucker Hiatt, and Steve Henrikson with current faculty Ben Jacobs and Bruce Lamott at Reunion.

1998

1995 Mercy Ringelmann Manning and her husband, Kevin Manning, welcomed baby daughter Celeste on August 10, 2013. Celeste joins big brother Mason at the family home in Oakland.

Jabali Sawicki was back at UHS for Summerbridge’s 35th Anniversary Celebration. He joined keynote speaker and noted author Wes Moore to discuss how we can all make a difference in the lives of at-risk middle schoolers. Jabali, who is both a Summerbridge and UHS alum, was the founding principal of Excellence Charter School in Brooklyn, NY, and is now an instructional designer at Zearn, an online educational start-up.

1997 Joe Brilliant writes: “After finishing my MBA at the University of Oxford in 2011, I did what any American muggle at Hogwarts would do: I returned home to San Francisco to try my hand at the modernday alchemy of transforming an idea into reality. Eighteen months, one pivot (start-up speak for do-over), and thousands of lines of code later, I’m excited to invite you to check out the first public

beta release of CratePlayer. CratePlayer is a media curation platform that allows people and organizations to compile audio and video content from multiple online sources into simple, shareable, playable collections called ‘crates’ (like crates of records).”

Katie Ching was on campus last May to talk to UHS juniors and seniors about her career in the sciences. She has a BS in biochemistry from Seattle University and a PhD in molecular biology from Georgetown. She now works for the US Department of Agriculture as a research biologist in the foodborne contaminants research unit.

Jeremy Faust reports that a piece for unaccompanied voices commissioned by his a capella ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Partita for 8 Voices was composed by Caroline Shaw, a member of Roomful of Teeth.

Robert Reffkin and his wife, Benis, welcomed baby girl Raia Reffkin to the world on July 26, 2013. The Reffkins live in New York, where Robert just launched a new business called Urban Compass, which helps people find apartments.

Dan Frost was sorry to miss the 15th Reunion event—but he had a great reason: baby girl Linley Rose Frost was born on May 12, 2013. Congratulations to Dan and his wife, Jenn!

Matt Harding moved to Brooklyn after completing an MFA program at East Carolina University. He has been welding and metalworking since studying fine arts at Alfred University in Upstate New York. He has exhibited and sold large-scale sculptures throughout the East Coast, and recently installed a piece at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, VT. Logan Manning will be working with former UHS theater instructor Lorna Strand on piloting a program that employs student productions of Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to teach high school sophomores about Shakespeare. The program will be run through the Alternatives in Action High School in Alameda.

1999 Save the date for your 15th Reunion on May 17, 2014! Your class Facebook page is already buzzing with the anticipation.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

25

class notes continued...

1

3

2

(1) Brian Goldman ’01 in front of the Supreme Court.

(2) Members of the Class of 2003 at their reunion.

(3) Molly Treadway ’03, Alexx Campbell ’03, and baby Mara Campbell.

James Joun writes that he recently cofounded a startup called Rinse, which aims to provide a seamless dry cleaning and laundry experience for its customers.

They are currently serving several UHS alumni in the 94123, 94115, and 94109 zip codes and would love to serve more!

Visit their website, www.rinsenow.com, to sign up.

Chris Plevin is director of production of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where he has been on staff since 2003.

2000 John Beshears recently moved to Cambridge, MA, to attend Harvard Business School.

2001 Brian Goldman returned to San Francisco this fall after finishing up a yearlong clerkship with Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

2002 Wedding bells rang for Nick GerryBullard, who married Emily Frost in South Dartmouth, MA, on July 20, 2013.

Bridget Tracy married Jan Dvorak last year. They live in Quincy, CA, a small town north of Lake Tahoe where she teaches environmental and earth sciences at the local community college.

26

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

2003 The Class of ’03 celebrated their 10th Reunion in May with a terrific turnout!

Seeing Danielle Amarant, Laura Atkinson, Gina Batlle, Dannah Budny, Julia Burrill, Alexx Campbell, Nora Canright, Courtny Catzel, Hallie Chen, Allegra Finelli-Thomsen, Marina Gibbons, Cliff Goldstein, Alex Goodson, Margaret Hsu, Ginger Jackson-Gleich, Gregory Kielian, Dean Leng, Colin Mistele, Carey Myslewski, Kyle Nishkian, Jackie Richards, Laura Rosbrow, Andrew Rosko, Jonathan Shelley, Alexandra Smelick, Renee Solorzano, Sharon Torigoe, Molly Treadway, Samuel Welles, Katy Yan, and Mario Yedidia on campus made it seem like they had never left!

Hallie Chen reports that she graduated from the Harvard School of Design in May 2012, and is now working as architectural designer in the post-industrial towns of Catskill and Hudson, NY. She spends her free time teaching at the Hudson Youth Department and Hudson Community Garden; producing the Greenhorns Radio Show on Heritage Radio Network; and being project manager of Serve Your Country Food, an interactive mapping tool for America’s growing sustainable food movement, another project of the Greenhorns. She says she hopes to move back to California in the next few years.

Cliff Goldstein writes that he continues to enjoy life in San Francisco. He recently left the world of finance to try his hand

in the tech world at personal finance startup NerdWallet. He also continues to race bikes competitively for SquadraSF Cycling.

Sharon Torigoe reports: “I just completed my PhD in molecular biology at UC San Diego, and I’m excited to be moving back to the Bay Area to do a post-doctoral fellowship at Berkeley. My research is in the area of molecular biology and biochemistry. For my PhD, I studied how DNA is assembled into a complex called chromatin, which is necessary for packaging the entire genome into the nucleus of a cell, as well as regulating processes like DNA replication and gene expression. For my postdoctoral fellowship, I’ll be studying how gene expression is regulated in stem cells.”

Molly Treadway and Alexx Campbell brought their baby daughter, Mara, to the class of 2003’s 10th Reunion last May, where she was definitely the youngest in attendance. Mara Juniper Rose Campbell was born on April 9, 2013. Molly is taking the year off from teaching first grade at the San Francisco School and Alexx is starting his second year of law school at UC Berkeley. Mara is keeping herself busy, sucking on her toes, rolling over, wiggling about, and waking her parents up in the wee hours of the night, according to Molly.

Katy Yan returns to the UHS campus this year. She is being mentored by science instructor Rae Ann Sines and will teach AP Environmental Science during Rae Ann’s sabbatical next spring.

2004 Start making plans for your 10th Reunion on May 17, 2014!

1

2

(1) Ashley Thomas ’04 and Anna Elsohn Levin ’04, with baby Julia Levin peeking out of mom’s jacket, at a Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, February 2013.

3

(2) Photographer Annie Thorton ’04 at her exhibition opening at UHS in September.

(3) Jackson, son of Tara and Sam Proud ’05.

Anna Elsohn Levin and her baby, Julia, enjoyed Mardi Gras with Ashley Thomas last spring!

Brian Thoele-Neirro has published three books in the fantasy fiction genre, available on Amazon under the penname B.T. Narro. Bastial Energy was published in June and sold more than 2,000 copies out of the gate. The Sartious Mage was published in July as the second in the series, and Bastial Steel came out in August.

Annie Thornton was the first artist to show her work in University’s Jackson Street Gallery this school year. California Family, a photography exhibition, opened on September 6. Annie is starting an MFA program at Yale University this year. After graduating from Hampshire College in 2008, she went on to receive an MS in marine and environmental biology from USC. Greg Tobkin is part of the inaugural class at Cornell Tech, a brand-new program in New York City. He was one of the eight pioneer students in the program and hopes to take his strong background in computer science to forge a career in biotech.

2005 Congratulations to Sam Proud and his wife, Tara, who welcomed baby boy Jackson Proud on May 22, 2013. Happily, Sam not only returned safely from his tour of duty in Afghanistan, but got home in time for the birth!

Los Angeles-based George Watsky and Seattle-based Hollis Wong-Wear performed together on April 23 in Seattle, WA. George, whose Cardboard Castles tour with his band sold out venues worldwide,

is a rapper, writer, and actor (look for him playing Chris Kazmierczak in an episode of Arrested Development). Hollis performed with her hip-hop group, The Flavr Blue, recently at SXSW in Austin, TX. She also has a solo career, releasing her first album for Hollis & The Heartfelts last month. A recent spotlight in a Seattle online publication, Artists for Artists, revealed her many achievements and activities. Many hip-hop fans will recognize her as a singer on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ White Walls, which she also co-wrote. She also co-produced Macklemore’s videos Thrift Shop and Wings.

2006 Ben Casnocha led an alumni networking workshop at UHS last spring. Ben is currently traveling the country, speaking on the ideas about personal career development that he examines in his book, The Start-Up of You, which he co-authored with Reid Hoffman.

Natalia Duong gave a TEDx talk at Stanford in May, where she spoke about her research on movement and people affected

by Agent Orange, which is also the basis of her performance art. The talk is available at www.tinyurl.com/NataliaTED. Caitlin Kent writes that she has been living in Ramallah this summer teaching fifth and sixth grade English at the Friends School with a group of other Teach for America alums. In August she is moving to Honduras to teach first grade at the Alison Bixby Stone School.

She plans to head back to Ramallah next summer and hopefully sometime in the future for something more permanent.

Meanwhile, Justine Leichtling, who is pursuing a graduate degree in psychology, worked with refugees in Israel over the summer.

Ben Lowell writes: “After graduating from college, I attended the Stanford Teacher Education Program, where I received my master’s and teaching credential. Now I am starting my third year teaching science at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, CA, and am happy to report that I have earned permanent status in the district. I am so happy with my teaching career, which really began at UHS with Summerbridge.”

2007 Trevor Hill and Zach Matthay recruited a formidable—but ultimately losing— alumni team to play against the UHS Varsity Baseball squad during Reunion Weekend. They were joined by Dario Abramskiehn ’06, Spencer Hill ’04, Zac Kornberg ’08, Noah Levy ’88, Duncan Lyon ’87, Jonah Newman ’12, John Schember ’12, Sam Shapiro ’09, Noah Springwater ’11, Joey Stewart ’88, and Jonathan Williams ’08.

Justin Tse, who works at Facebook, and Verna Patti, who works for Representative Nancy Pelosi, recently spoke to UHS junior and seniors about their careers at Facebook and in politics, respectively.

2008 Justin Baker-Rhett, Greg Schram, Mitch Waxman, and Jonathan Williams ventured to the UHS campus for their fifth Reunion celebration on May 18!

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

27

1

(1) Justin Baker-Rhett, Jonathan Williams, and Mitch Waxman represented the Class of 2008 at Reunion.

2

(2) Nell Smith Branco ’88, Ginger Jackson-Gleich ’03, and Jackie Richards ’03 have all been faculty members at UHS.

Nick Blum joined the UHS faculty this past August as a teaching fellow. He’ll be working with Summerbridge, along with his participatory observation of UHS classes.

Hannah Kopp-Yates, who transferred from UHS, shares that “I graduated from Stanford last year and spent the autumn in Peru, learning with a midwife there, volunteering at a birth clinic, and picking up Spanish. I am planning to apply next fall for programs to become a nurse-midwife.”

Daniel Mattes is pursuing a graduate degree in global politics from the London School of Economics.

Allyson Shea is working as a gallery assistant at Sperone Westwater in New York City. She was surprised to find out after starting her job that one of her bosses is also a UHS alum! David Leiber ’82 is a director and curator at Sperone Westwater.

2009 We look forward to celebrating your fifth Reunion with you on May 17, 2014!

Evelyn Hull graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in December 2012. She is working at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

Colin Mitchell has been signed by the San Jose Earthquakes, a Major League Soccer franchise. Colin, who played for four years with the Oregon State Beavers, was also part of three consecutive Bay Counties League champion teams while at UHS. Watch for #27 on the defense!

Jacqueline Thompson is also a UHS teaching fellow this year, focusing on the Community Service Learning program, along with her teaching duties.

2010 Adrian Glass-Moore and a group of fellow UC Davis students began publishing The Davis Beat in February, with the goals of offering students another voice on campus and contributing to campus discourse. The group hopes to gain funding to publish twice a week and distribute for free.

Jessie Holtzman’s research examining the correlation between age at the onset of bipolar disorder and race and ethnicity drew the attention of Stanford’s faculty, who nominated her for the Kirsten Frohnmayer Research Prize. The prize will help Jessie to continue her inspiring research.

IN MEMORIAM We acknowledge the loss of the following members and friends of the UHS community and extend our deepest sympathy to their families and friends.

Tommy Battat ’81, father of Jared Battat ’17, August 6, 2013.

Kevin John Maguire, son of Buffy O’Boyle Maguire ’91, August 4, 2013.

Ray Dolby, former Trustee and father of Tom Dolby ’93, September 12, 2013.

Clifford Raisbeck, father of Chris Raisbeck ’81, March 29, 2013.

Tom Hess, father of Andrew Hess ’06, August 10, 2013.

Obituaries in this issue include notices received in the Alumni Office by September 16, 2013. Please let us know if you would like a relative to be remembered in an upcoming issue of the UHS Journal.

28

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

ANNUAL REPORT

Ways of Giving to UHS

San Francisco University High School welcomes many forms of charitable contributions, offering varying tax benefits. Gifts to UHS may be tailored to fit the donor’s interests and tax situation.

GIFTS OF CASH

SECURITIES

Most gifts to UHS are cash contributions, for which donors receive tax benefits if they itemize deductions. Checks should be made payable to San Francisco University High School. The school also accepts payments by Visa, MasterCard, or Discover. Gifts may be made securely online by visiting the school’s web page www.sfuhs.org/giving.

Many donors may realize substantial tax advantages by transferring sizable gifts of appreciated stock to UHS. Capital gains on the amount of appreciation are avoided, and the donor receives a tax deduction for the stock’s full market value at the time of transfer. Please contact the development office for complete instructions.

RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED GIFTS

LIFE INSURANCE

Donors may designate that their gift be unrestricted, giving UHS the flexibility to allocate the funds where they are most needed or they may designate their gift to a restricted fund.

A gift of life insurance can take the form of a new life insurance policy, an existing policy that is paid up, or an existing policy on which premiums are payable. All options can result in tax savings.

MATCHING GIFTS

DEFERRED GIFTS AND BEQUESTS

Many businesses and corporations match the personal gifts to educational institutions made by employees. Contact your company’s human resources office for more information.

Many donors can make a more substantial gift to UHS through deferred giving than through an outright contribution. Usually deferred gifts take the form of charitable remainder trusts that generate income paid to the donor during his or her lifetime, with the principal going to the school after the donor’s death. Donors receive tax benefits, including the ability to diversify assets without the payment of capital gains taxes, and an income tax deduction for the value of the school’s interest, thereby enhancing their own financial situation while making a lasting contribution to the school.

HONOR AND MEMORIAL We invite you to make a donation or pledge in honor or in memory of alumni, students, faculty or staff members, parents, trustees, and friends of the school.

Bequests, large and small, offer a significant source of support to UHS. Such a bequest, which names UHS as the recipient of all or a portion of a donor’s estate, not only helps the school but typically reduces the donor’s federal estate taxes.

GIFTS OF PROPERTY The gift of a home, building, or land may be advantageous to a donor. Under certain circumstances, arrangements for continued occupancy by the donor for a specified period of time can be made. Tangible personal property may offer the donor an immediate tax deduction. Tax benefits vary and are determined by whether or not the gift is related to the educational purposes of the school Contact Kate Gorrissen, associate director of development, at (415) 447-3117 or kate.gorrissen@sfuhs.org for more details.

SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2012–2013 Donald Bacon Barbara Bella Dan Carroll James Coulter Setareh Farsio Jason Fish Randy Gridley Harry Haigood William Hearst III Nasif Iskander, Interim Head of School

60

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2013

Lindsay Mace Joost ’84 Mark Kushner ’79 William Madison Dora Mao Meridee Moore Allyson Peracca ’99 Debbie Geller Reynolds ’84 Robin Hauser Reynolds Cathryn Schember, Chair Nadir Shaikh

Jim Shapiro Pamela Tang Catherine Walcott Peter Wald Grant Winfrey ’84 Yvonne Wu Lynn Wendell, Trustee Emerita

ANNUAL REPORT

CLASS OF 2013

CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK!

(from top) Will Dolan, J.D. Case, Natasha Wood, Liam Gallivan, Cutter Jones, Harold Getz, Will Carroll, Jack Wilson, Zachary Lusk, Alan Mozaffari, Zachary Reynolds,

Annika Wildenradt, Phoebe Hankins, Kyle Richards, Jake O’Rielly, Devayu Parikh, Ariana Baum, Karyll Davis, Skylar Nahi, Ben Shapiro, Oliver Goodman, Kristen Zachariah,

Maddie Brown, Cyrus Forbes, Page Goddard, Terry Yu, Brian Niehaus, Elizabeth Dowd, Bo Krucik, Felicity Massa, Igor Berman, Nathaniel Bernstein, Michelle Fong,

Christopher Mah, Daniel Riehle, Owen Charles, Sydney Johnson, Kirk Steyer, Cassidy Wald, Tyler Vidano, Michael Lauricella, James Burton, Thomas Hennessy,

Charles Martell, Ryan Courtney, Emma Dawley, Cole Miller, Daara Jalili, Robert Osorio, Jacob Stein, Kevin Tsai, Sterling Vitcov, Jocelyn Kwong,

Grace Filipski, Isabella León, Jorden Meneghetti, Alexa Povlitz, Crystal Yao, Annelise Hill, Rhiannon Grodnik, Maria Cristina Ibarra, Grant Singer, Joshua Kwan,

Andrew Thompson, Caroline Joost, Connor Clark, Charlotte Benz, Jesse Beller, Jennifer Callan, Will Ernst, Seana Minuth, Daniel Schrader,

Samantha Hernandez, Nicolette Symanovich, Dmitriy Smirnov, Kristyn Ketcham, Lauren Bauer, Jamie Kerester, Alana Weinstock, Kiki Hosie, Gabriela Aleman, Isobel Hardwidge,

Marisa Lowe, Hanna Stern, Rachel Heimann, Elizabeth Teerlink, Rachel Becker, Brenda Flores, Kate Halper, Charlotte Young, Vita Newstetter,

Gessica Ni, Emily Pham, David Medoff, Anoli Motawala, Amy Huie.

Not present: Ellen Chilemba and Ammar Kandil, our African Leadership Academy exchange students.

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

61

SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE

PAID PERMIT NO. 10748

3065 JACKSON STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115

Parents of Alumni, If your son/daughter no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify the Alumni Office of his/her new mailing address at (415) 447.3116 or UHSalumni@sfuhs.org.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA