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2014-15 annual report
Redefining
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A Year of Reflection and Redefinition Mark Eastham, Head of School
Dear Stuart Hall Family and Friends, The 2014-15 school year was one of intentional change and growth at Stuart Hall, all with the purpose of ensuring lasting sustainability for the School. One significant event was a thorough PreK-12 curricular review—an essential undertaking in our ongoing focus on functioning as one fully integrated school. Academic Dean Sharon Arne worked closely with the faculty to ensure that all aspects of our academic program are well articulated and purpose driven. This curricular review led to another important initiative: a school-wide project to identify just who the “STU Graduate” is. What qualities and characteristics do we want each graduate to possess? To ensure that our program is 2
delivering the desired results, we must first agree upon our end product. Using input from faculty, staff, board members, educational research, and college and business professionals, we identified a list of competencies that each Stuart Hall School graduate should have, so they are prepared for success not just in college, but also in life. Each Stuart Hall graduate will be a/an: Effective Communicator
Creative innovator
Global Citizen
Critical Thinker
Effective Collaborator
Ethical and Honorable Person
Work around these characteristics is ongoing—we recently presented them to the student body and received strong support. As we move through the 2015-16 year, we will test these characteristics and ask our faculty and staff to consider how they are contributing to building them in our students. Other highlights of the 2014-15 year included: • The addition of boys to our boarding program – 18 to be exact! This historic change, made after much thoughtful consideration by the School’s administration and Board, came in response to the identified need of improving gender equity at Stuart Hall. • Graduated 33 outstanding students in our 172nd commencement exercises (including two
13-year students); the class had 100% college admission and received nearly $2.2 million in merit aid. • Balanced our budget for the sixth year in a row, with a modest surplus. • Offered faculty members an average 3% raise; we have now increased faculty compensation each year for the past five years through raises, benefits increases or bonuses.
into our boarding program. • Developed a plan for Educational Technology PreK-12. • Migrated the School to Gmail in order to take full advantage of Google Classroom offerings. • Began discussion on how we can make better use of our downtown Staunton location as a niche and advantage for our students/program.
• Began work on a Facilities Master Plan.
• In its first full school year of use, the new Davis-Pitt Commons continued to transform outdoor life on campus. Other recent campus improvements include an outdoor multi-purpose court, a new Lower School playground and all new equipment in our fitness center.
• Renovated Cochran Dorm to house the second wave of boys
As you will see in this Annual Report, Stuart Hall continues to grow
• Began the planning process for our first capital campaign in 20 years, even as the School’s endowment continues to rebuild, now approaching $5 million.
and change in response to today’s world. And while you will find education redefined at Stuart Hall today, you will also find the caring people and enduring traditions that have distinguished us for 172 years and will continue to do so in the future. Please come and see for yourself. I know you will be glad you did! With gratitude, Mark Eastham, Head of School
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2014-足15 Operating Revenue & Support
Endowment 3%
Endowment Long Term Investments
2% Auxiliary Activities
$5,000,000
Gifts & Support 11%
Student Fees 7%
$3,750,000
$5,804,300 Net Tuition Revenue 77% $2,500,000
2014-足15 Operating Expense
$1,250,000
Advancement 4%
Food service 9% $0
Plant 10%
Technology 5% Programmatic Supplies 6 %
$5,689,100
($1,250,000) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Administrative 3%
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Personnel 63%
Net Gains (Losses)
Beginning Balances
Withdrawals
New Cash Gifts
Capital Expenditures stuart hall school $500,000
$375,000
$250,000
$125,000
Leadership 2014-2015 Board of Governors
SHS Foundation Board
William B. Armstrong
Bill Armstrong, Chair
The Right Rev. Mark Bourlakas
Elizabeth White Baker ’88
Henry D.W. Burt
Sara “Sugie” Battin ’68
Dr. David H. Charlton
The Rev. P. Roger Bowen
The Reverend Edward M. Covert
Molly Brown, Vice-Chair
Dennis Cross, Chair
Henry D.W. Burt
Thomas Dahl
Thomas Dahl
Carter Frackelton
Grace den Hartog
Sally Balch Hurme ’64, Vice-Chair
Katherine “Glennie” Smith Forbes ’60
Bonnie Fontenot Nielson
David G. Frackelton
The Rev. Shelby Owen Dr. Karen Santos
The Honorable Don Wilson, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
Richard Tankard
Denise Wooldridge ’76
Kathryn “Kitty” Quarles Wafle ’71
Susan Lambert Yates ’73
The Honorable Don Wilson
Dennis Cross
Denise Wooldridge ’76
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Dr. Daniel Wubah
$0 2009-10 2010-11
2011-12
2012-13 2013-14
2014-15
Trusties Emeritae
Glenore “Glennie” Smith Forbes ’60 Page Hynes Sullenberger ’63
Technology
Vehicles
Furnishings & Equipment
Buildings & Land
Alum Council Donagrace Addington-Fisher ‘81 Elizabeth White Baker ‘88 Susan Ellett Beaver ‘58
Staff:
Margaret Runnels Bowditch ‘59
Mark Eastham
Elizabeth Barry Thrift Brown ‘64
Chip Broadway
Adalyn Sherwood Brugger ‘80 continued
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Leadership continued
stuart hall school 2014-2015
Snowdon Durham Byron ‘55
Honor Roll of Donors
Cristina Maria Casado ‘93 Katherine Locke Eastham ‘11 Funmi Temitope Eletu ‘14 Anne Wilson Finley ‘89
Stuart Society $25,000 and Above
Glennie Smith Forbes ‘60
Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia ◊
Catherine Dell Garris ‘95
The Estates of Pamela Burnside ‘44 and Senator Elmon T. Gray ◊
Dana Parks Gray ‘65 Elizabeth Hamblet ‘97 Harriet Savaides Harris ‘64
The Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Holsinger *
Anna Austell Hogan ‘87
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Mr. Jonathan Old, Jr. ◊
Priscilla Pineiro Jenkins ‘94 Dylan Hall Kramer ‘12
The William H., John G., & Emma Scott Foundation
Linda Roller Livick ‘53
Lucy Dent Venable ‘44 ◊
Elaine Elder McCarrick ‘61
Ronald and Susan Lambert Yates ‘73 ◊
Jane Pollock Mellen ’48 Carolyn Smith Moore ‘67
1844 Society $15,000 - $24,999
Dorothy Duval Nelson ‘65
Beckett-Jones Charitable Trust
Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64
Sylvia Mathis Gibson ‘53 ◊
Mary Beirne Kerr Nutt ‘57
Katharine Taylor Gray ‘68 ◊
Mary Cary Peterson ‘06
Irene Frail Hamm ‘56 ◊
Dr. Nancy Trantham Poe ‘78
Dr. Robert E. R. Huntley ◊
Ruth Smith Pritchard ‘62
Founders’ Club $10,000 - $14,999
Julia Beatrice Reed ‘74 Raven Alexandra Showalter ‘12
Gerald and Maryann Acuff
Michael Phillip Smith ‘03
Ms. Mary Louise Fisher ◊
Harriette LaVarre Spiegel ‘63
Ms. Mary Carter Frackelton ◊
Katie Campbell Spurlock ‘87
Elizabeth Nowlin Hedeman ‘41 ◊
Page Hynes Sullenberger ‘63
Douglas and Kathryn Maddux Quarles ‘47 ◊
Grace Ellis Suttle ‘56 Sally Opie Watson ‘48 Susan Lambert Yates ‘73
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◊ Denotes five or more years consecutive giving
Denotes deceased * Denotes Board of Governors or Foundation Board member
+ Denotes faculty or staff member
Alfred B. and Anne Cooke Strickler ‘49 ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr. ◊ Denise Wooldridge ‘76 ◊
McGuire Associates $5,000 - $9,999
Mr. Victor and Dr. Karen Santos ◊
An Anonymous Donor
Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott ‘32 ◊
Allen and Cary Dahl ◊
Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson ‘48 ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Farrell ◊ Dana Parks Gray ‘65 ◊
Benjamin and Kathryn Quarles Wafle ‘71 ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hathaway
Frederick, Jr. and Sara Opie Watson ‘48 ◊
Elaine Elder McCarrick ‘61 ◊
Ms. Grace den Hartog and Mr. William H. King, Jr.
The Honorable and Mrs. Don Wilson ◊
Shirley Dowling McCrary ‘61
Ms. Donna Lefeve
Head’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499
Carolyn Smith Moore ‘67 ◊
Cathy Parks Loevner ‘67
Elizabeth Pound Alsobrook ‘60
Virginia Tavener Niemeyer ‘42
Jane Pollock Mellen ‘48
Mary Creed Anderson ‘49 ◊
Ruth Smith Pritchard ‘62 ◊
Dorothy Duval Nelson ‘65 ◊
Ms. Laurie Jahnke and Mr. Philip W. Hutchings, CPA The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston Dr. and Ms. Swen E. Laser Susan Hollingsworth Lewis ‘63
Emilie Van Petten Merritt ‘46 ◊
Mr. Fred Bartenstein, Jr.
Anne Hugh Douglas Randolph ‘65
Ann Tutwiler Carman ‘55
Donald T. Regan Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Bassett, Jr.
Margaret Lawrence Scutchfield ‘65
Lucy Jane Hines Conger ‘41
Mary K. Nelson Stern ‘66 ◊
Jane McClure Booth ‘77
Patricia Crowell Stewart ‘65
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward M. Covert ◊
Dr. Grace Ellis Suttle ‘56 ◊
Charlotte Shouse Brittingham ‘65
Page Hynes Sullenberger ‘63
Jacqueline Flinn Dallis ‘65
The Rev. and Mrs. William Hill Brown, III ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tankard
Ben and Tanya Farrell +
Governors’ Club $2,500 - $4,999
Adalyn Sherwood Brugger ‘80 ◊
Susan Burress Wall ‘49
Glennie Smith Forbes ‘60 ◊
Jane Moore Ambrose-Cosby ‘59 ◊
Mary Harrison Carle ‘55
Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Warner
Louise Coleman Gardiner ‘37 ◊
Donald and Susan McMullen Beck ‘60
Mary Blakeslee Nettleton Chase ‘45
Ann H. Watkins ‘73
Susan King Gaskins ‘67
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stuart Cochran
Mr. Wesley Wright, Jr.
Virginia Coppridge Hayes ‘73
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Carr
Nancy Fryman Cosgrove ‘65
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Carr
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cross
Old Main Society $500 - $999
Sara Kerr Hunt ‘64
Dr. David H. Charlton ◊
JoAnn Sawyer Delafield ’54
Marietta Banks Austin-Bielsky ‘73
Susan Smith Makos ‘72
Mrs. George M. Cochran
Elisabeth Stewart DeLargy ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. David Barnette
James and Catherine McConnel ◊ +
Mr. and Mrs. Rory Cutaia
Robert and Anne Quarles Doolittle ‘74
Sara Sproul Battin ‘68 ◊
Joe and Elissa McDonald +
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dahl
Dr. Julia East ‘79
Sally Anne Beach ‘65
Nancy McLaughlin McVey ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Eastham ◊ +
Ray and Sallie Adams Edwards ’62
Susan Ellett Beaver ‘58 ◊
Holly Hylton Miller ‘75
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Goldenberg ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ervin
Ms. Ingrid Blanton +
Mr. and Mrs. P. William Moore, Jr.
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64 ◊
Pearcy Light Flippen ‘63
Jacqueline Brimmer Boice ‘42
Elizabeth Willis Revette ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kostelni
Major General L. H. Ginn, III ◊
Katharine (Rixey) Smith Booth ‘76 ◊
Elizabeth Moore Schreiber ‘75
Mr. Robert C. Musser
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Goldenberg
Francie Brewer Brunt ‘65
Katie Campbell Spurlock ‘87 ◊
Dennis and Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64 ◊
Mrs. Eun H. Han
Mr. Henry D. W. Burt
Eleanor B. Bell Washburn ‘65
Paige Galt Pruett ‘89
Sarah Swift Hodgkin ‘45 ◊
William and Barbara McClung Call ‘77 ◊
Ms. Christiana Holyer ◊ +
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Red/White Club $250 - $499
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Nordstrom ◊
Challengers’ Club $100- $249
June Neel Deckard ‘53
An Anonymous Donor
Brian and Casey Wilkinson Ochs ‘89
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Adams
Mimi Haggerty Dickerson ‘60
Dr. Saied and Amy Asfa
Cynthia Patton ◊ +
Margaret Crum Alexander ‘50
Anita Moore Doyle ‘53
Rida Dawson Aycock ‘56 ◊
Grace Johnson Perkins ‘48
Sharon Young Arne +
Patty Pendleton DuPuis ‘55
Bank of America
Mary Cary Peterson ‘06
Barbara Talley Arnone ‘80
Epsey Cooke Farrell Weatherbee ‘53 ◊
Barbara Byars Beard ‘64
Ms. Terri Porter and Mr. Jon Baca
Tamsey Garst Audet ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar B. Fears
The Rev. and Mrs. P. Roger Bowen ◊
Helen Shouse Putnam ‘69
Micaela Mae Baca ‘11
Mr. and Mrs. David Frackelton
Mr. Chip Broadway ◊
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Romanoff
Ann Taliaferro Bailey ‘62
Mary Morriss Gibbs ‘53
Louisa Adsit Brownell ‘48
Janice Funkhouser Scaglione ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker +
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilligan
Mary Elizabeth Burwell ‘54
Eleanor Opie Seiferth ‘65 ◊
Janice Bell +
Brooke Canada Golden ‘64 ◊
Melinda Caldwell ‘75
Ms. Jenna Smith ◊ +
Reverend Gloria Berberich
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Gordon ◊ +
Taylor Nye Ciuffo ‘91
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spencer
Mr. Frederick Blanton
Carolyn Marshall Greene ‘65 Alice Trout Hagan ‘45
Mr. Philip J. Corbeil
Lisa King Stratienko ‘74
Carter Venable Blundon ‘48 Ms. Shelley Boatright
Melody Tope Hainline ‘78
Rosa Hamlett Davis ‘65
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sullivan
The Right Reverend Mark Bourlakas
Brad Harrell
Dr. Susan Dell ◊
Jane Mylander Wainwright ‘59
Dr. and Mrs. Ed Bower
Harriet Savaides Harris ‘64
Frances B. Early ‘58
Jane-Page Watson ‘73
Mary O'Malley Bragg ‘69
Bruce Higginbotham Hemp ‘72 ◊
Virginia Ball Fisher ‘45 ◊
Katherine Hargett Webb ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Asher Brand
Mr. & Mrs. L. Ryan Hodges III
Linda Goode Gallimore ‘79
Jennifer Britton
Mary Davis Hoffman ‘49
Jane Timberlake Helwig ‘65
Ms. Amber Broce
Anna Austell Hogan ‘87 ◊
Virginia and Bruce Henry ◊ +
Dr. and Mrs. Robin Brown
Virginia Rogers Holton '42 ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett G.Hines ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart L. Brown III
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Horne
Elizabeth Baker Hopkins ‘50 ◊
Caryn Brown
Rose Marie Falls Howard ‘56
Margaret Hall Hornbaker ‘55
Ms. Kelly Flora-Brownell and Mr. Randolph Brownell, III ◊ +
Ms. Judith C Hubbard
Ellen Worthy Campbell ‘45
Nancy Rothschild Lyons ‘73
Samantha and Shawn Hughes +
Ms. Jan L. Chase
Dr. and Mrs. Preston C. Manning
Sally Howie Jebson ‘55
Suzi Linn Clement-Sigur ‘73
Mr. and Mrs. Steven McAllister
Dr. Sybille Jobin +
Sarah Hill Langhorne Colhoun ‘50 ◊
Elizabeth Shewmake Johannessen ‘50
Mr. Victor Rodriguez Merino
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Corbeil
Mr. and Mrs. James Kivlighan, Jr. ◊ +
Elizabeth Smith Miller ‘50
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Davis ◊ +
Augusta Benning Kosowicz ‘80
D. M. Nessar ◊ +
Christa Abbott Davis ‘92
Ms. Katie Lee
Margaret Irons DeBerry ‘73
Mr. Stanley Lesniak
Elizabeth Wilson Jewell ‘52
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Victoria Oppel Hudson ‘87
Dorothy Page Sullenberger ‘88
Tacy Katharine Leigh Bolton ‘02
Nancy Guthrie Summers ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Bolton
Janice Jacobson Thomas ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Bomberger +
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Thomas
Victoria Leigh Botkin ‘09
The Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Tillerson
Amanda Carey Boyd ‘15
Anne Bell Turnbull ‘71
Dr. and Mrs. M. Todd Brandt
Roberta Hastings Turner ‘54 ◊
Justine Waite Brim ‘04
Drs. Glenn and Jennifer Brammer
Mary Jones Underwood ‘71 Ms. Daisy VanDenburgh Louise Miller Vaughan ‘47 ◊ Ms. Marsha Vayvada Jones Lewis Vestal ‘50 Polly Taylor Watson ‘57 Elizabeth Kemper Wharton ‘54 Elizabeth Warner Lewis ‘75 ◊
Elizabeth Nelsen
Beatrice de Blonay White ‘58
Betty Sellars Little ‘50
Emmaline Riley Nelsen ‘15
Ms. Joanna Whitmore
Linda Roller Livick ‘53 ◊
Martha Clay Nichols ‘52
Anne Bareford Woodard ‘71
Catherine W. Lloyd ‘60
Mr. John A. Nolde, Jr.
Elizabeth Lee Wright ‘42 ◊
Dr. James D. Lott, Sr.
Steve and Shelby Owen
Deborah Lange Major ‘74 ◊
Dixie Wakefield Peachy ‘56 ◊
Friends Up to $99
Victoria Sharpe Marks ‘56
The Reverend and Mrs. Gilbert Pingel
Kelly Albury Adamowich ‘85
Heatheranne Stone Martin ‘87
Elizabeth Heatherly Pritchard ‘86
Donagrace Addington-Fisher ‘81
Sarah Finley Brodie ‘85
Reverend and Mrs. Robert McCarty
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ramp
Mr. Bradley C. Arnold ◊ +
Elizabeth Virginia Brown ‘15
Margaret Denny McClung ‘72
Ms. Pamela Richmond ◊ +
Natalie Sayre Ayers ‘57
Mary Smith Brugh ‘53
Olivia Stuart McFadden ‘49 ◊
Anne Hall Rickards ‘72
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baaden
Ms. Louise Caldwell ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turney McIntyre, III
Dr. Eileen Ryan
Elizabeth White Baker ‘88
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Caran +
Mr. & Mrs. Howard McMillan, Jr.
Mr. Albert Rylak
Elizabeth Alice Barnette ‘04
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Carini +
Catherine Ferris McPherson ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow L. Sanders ◊ +
Winn Bolton Baucom ‘05
Natysha Brooke Carter ‘15
Lucy Burwell Meade ‘53
Ann R. Randolph Smith ‘70
Elizabeth Anderson Bennett ‘44
Tong Jenny Chen ‘15
Bettie Smith Michael ‘53
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Speigner
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bernard
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Clem
Barbara Yocom Miller ‘59 ◊
Kiele Miyuki Stewart-Funai ‘00
Jim Bewley
CeCe Clement-Freiert ‘75
Janet Putnam Morrison ‘50
Dr. Emma J. Stokes ‘63
Dr. Timothy and Dr. Caroline Bill ◊
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Friends continued
Mr. Peter Cline and Ms. Liz Moore Callan Sanger Cline ‘15 Sara Washam Cody ‘71 ◊ Bonnie Bobbitt Cooke ‘62 Hannah Gibson Coyner ‘15 Mr. Sean Crocker + Ms. Susan F. Cromer ◊ Sydney Sullivan Cross ‘13
Fourth Grade Teacher Julie Caran Brings Classroom Lessons to Life
Mr. Grier Gordon Cross ‘10 Ann Riley Currie ‘67 Samuel Read Davick ‘15 Dr. Paul Deeble and Dr. Jenny Visger Mr. Peter Austell Dozal ‘15 Ms. Gloria Eakin + Margaret McLean Eckman ‘07 Tabitha Ewuabena Ephraim ‘15 Allen Dale Ervin ‘15 Fred Evans Mildred Lee Taylor Farmer ‘55 Ms. Sydney Farrier Anne Wilson Finley ‘89 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fornadel Liza Edmondson Fosburgh ‘47 Chieh-Ling Jennifer Fu ‘15 Nancy Cheston Gardner ‘59 ◊ Catherine Dell Garris ‘95 Ms. Sarah Gibson ◊ + Mr. Jeffrey Gilligan Jacob Scott Goldenberg ‘25 Rebecca Elizabeth Gorra ‘15 Mr. Kurt Gunderson continued
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The Stuart Hall Fund supports the people, places, and programs helping us provide exceptional educational experiences and draw families from throughout the Shenandoah Valley, fourteen states and sixteen countries. Investment in our people ensures we are able to attract and retain talented and dedicated educators who serve these students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. One such devoted and gifted educator is fourth grade teacher Julie Caran. Julie has been in the education field for more than a decade and part of the Stuart Hall family since 2012. When asked why she chose the teaching profession, Julie explained, “I’ve always had a desire to have a job that makes a positive impact. I met that need by pursuing a career in education.”
Julie is committed to helping her students grow intellectually and she inspires them to think outside the box to achieve their personal best. In the short time she has been at Stuart Hall, she has become a popular teacher with students and faculty alike. She has reinvigorated traditional classroom learning by implementing new programs such as the Harlem Renaissance and composting projects to help bring classroom lessons to vibrant life. The Harlem Renaissance project is a living history experience. By applying research skills and allowing their inner performers to shine, children learn about a period of African American history. After researching and writing a paper about a famous person from the Harlem Renaissance movement, the students “become” their selected historical figure. Julie’s fourth grade classroom undergoes a fantastic transformation as students, parents, faculty and staff are invited to journey through time and experience life in 1920s Harlem. Guests are treated to “live” performances from Harlem Renaissance greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Cab Calloway, and samples of popular food like Hoppin’ John.
Julie commented, “One of the great things about working at an independent school is that I can use a topic like the Harlem Renaissance as a lens through which to accomplish our Language Arts objectives. The kids actually become these famous figures while learning about art, music, poetry, The Great Migration, and the daily lives of the African Americans who came to the northern cities in the early 1900s. I think it's good to expand our kids’ sense of cultural context and understanding of American history whenever we can.” Through the implementation of a composting program, Julie presents science lessons about the composting process in the context of waste management and the positive environmental impact of reducing, reusing and recycling. The program also serves as a yearlong service project for the fourth graders, as they share with the School community information on the benefits of composting.
Julie is constantly thinking of ways to keep her students engaged, and in 2016 her students will learn about entrepreneurship and the global economy by participating in James Madison University’s Global Entrepreneurship Marketplace Fair (GEM Fair). Students will create their own countries with a name, flag, government, trading institutions, currencies and goods, and take their goods to the GEM Fair to buy, sell and trade in a simulated
They are also both musicians who met at an open mic night in Atlanta, Georgia. When asked what led her to the doors of Stuart Hall School, Julie replied, “I worked towards my Master of Arts in Teaching with the intention to teach at Stuart Hall. The School’s values match my own and the emphasis on whole-child education provides the environment in which I want to teach and want my own children to learn and thrive.” Great teachers can make a big difference in a child’s life. Thank
global marketplace. Julie and her husband Kevin, a chemistry professor at James Madison University, are parents to son Abinet, a first grader at Stuart Hall, and infant daughter Colette.
you for supporting Stuart Hall School and helping us attract and retain gifted faculty like Julie Caran. She and you help make Stuart Hall School the #1 school in the Shenandoah Valley. 11
"As much as our society embraces technology and our experiences become increasingly 'virtual,' there remains
no substitute for engaging an experience firsthand." -Upper School History Teacher Tim Layne
The Stuart Hall Graduate honorable and ethical
global citizen
critical thinker
effective communicator
creative innovator
effective collaborator
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Suyu Suzie Jia ‘15
Adam Pickett ‘15
Ellen Selph Ward ‘87
Renyuan Hally Jiang ‘15
Drs. Michael and Claire Plautz ◊
Elizabeth Ogden Weinstein ‘58
Sheyenne Elizabeth Kellick-Hoffman ‘15
Ms. Farha Quadri
Lisa C. Wells
Isabel Olivia Kivlighan ‘15
Orville and Candace Rehling ◊
The Rev. and Mrs. Hugh C. White, III
Dylan Hall Kramer ‘12
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Rizzo
Amber Michelle Wilkins
Ms. Emily L'Heureux +
Mr. William Ryan ◊
Courtland Scott Winfield ‘15
Peggy Jordan Lamborne ‘70
Jessica Lassere Ryland ‘04
Lucy Winston Works ‘34
Emily Susan Laser ‘09
Jessica May Scotti ‘15
Sybil Thurman Wyatt ‘74
Deiontrae Jothan Lawrence ‘15
William Boyd Shaner ‘23
Sunny Yang ‘15
Mr. and Mrs. David Lawyer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shaver
Alice Tappan York ‘55
Helen Smith Lewis ‘50
Raven Alexandra Showalter ‘12
Madelyn Ray Young ‘15
Friends continued
Anne Richardson Loach ‘42
Barbara Walters Smith ‘85
Jianing Ella Zhang ‘15
Katherine Norine Hagg ‘10
Mrs. Kathleen Maddox ◊ +
Ms. Ann Lefeve Snyder +
Elizabeth Hamblet ‘97
Isabelle Anne Marsh ‘15
Alexander Sooley
Rebecca Stuart Haque
Mr. Neven Matthews
Scott E Sorrels and B. Doris Godden
Cheryl Elaine Harris ‘77
Dana McClanahan
Toviah Spencer +
Charlotte Olivia-Leigh Hereford ‘15
Trayona Danielle McKeithan ‘14
Jennifer Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Hewitt ◊
Corporation and Foundation Supporters Providing matching funds, corporate donations and pass-through gifts
Dr. Sarah and Mr. Jeffrey McKnight
Harriette LaVarre Spiegel ‘63
AARP ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. McQuain
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crockett Stanley II +
Advisors Charitable Gift Fund ◊
Dr. and Mrs. Joel Hodson ◊ +
Rebecca Dountz Stewart ‘55
America's Charities ◊
Katelyn Marie Hoover ‘14
Cristina Casado ‘93 and Juan Pablo Molina
Alison Nicole Stinnette-Angle ‘15
Dr. Shanique Palmer and Omar Morgan
Bank of America ◊
Anne Troxler Hoover ‘65
Jody Smith Strickler ‘66
Bank of America Matching Gifts ◊
Stephen Matthias Hoyle ‘14
Drs. Fariss Mousa and Andrea Chauvin
Anne Elizabeth Strider ‘80
Mr. and Ms. Patrick Murray
Baton Rouge Area Foundation ◊
Xiaohan Ariel Hu ‘15
Fred Tinsley
Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Newell III
Beckett-Jones Charitable Trust
Zili Emily Huang ‘15
Maybelle Runkle Traut ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nordstrom
Carr Family Foundation
Elizabeth Megan Huffer ‘04
Ms. Emily Urbina
Sydney Lee Nuckoles ‘15
Chick-Fil-A
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hughes
Kevine Uwase ‘15
Todd Obenschain ◊ +
Cochran Family Foundation ◊
Teresa Huntley ◊ +
Paula Vandevander
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Overstreet
Diocese of Virginia ◊
Mr. David Hutchings ◊ +
Ms. Louise M. Velletri
Lana Pearl ‘00
Donald T. Regan Foundation
Dr. Sara James
Charles and Relenee Vencill
Nina Jenkins ‘18
Ms. Cynthia Peel ◊ +
Daryl Farrington Walker ‘54
Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia ◊
Priscilla Pineiro Jenkins ‘94
Ms. Dell Philpott
Deborah Lotz Walker ‘66
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund ◊
Yiming Jamie Ji ‘15
Addison Stone Philpott ‘15
Ann Harrison Wallinger ‘95
Garland & Agnes Taylor Gray Foundation
The Community Foundation ◊ Hamm Family Foundation, Inc. Northern Trust Bank, FSB ◊ Johnson Charitable Gift Fund ◊ Katharine Taylor Gray Fund The Community Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. ◊ Merck Partnership for Giving ◊ MKS Associates Network for Good ◊ Norfolk Southern Foundation ◊ Schwab Charitable Fund - Musser Family Fund ◊ Shenandoah Valley Technology Council The New York Community Trust ◊ The Winston-Salem Foundation ◊ Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program ◊ Wells Fargo The William H., John G., & Emma Scott Foundation ◊
Tributes (Memorials and Honorees) Class of 1963 Class of 2014 2009 Volleyball Team 2014 -15 Girls Varsity Basketball Team Bridget Jane Andersen ‘97 Micaela Mae Baca ‘11 Elizabeth White Baker ‘88 Patricia Yates Belcher ‘45 * Marilyn Anne Berry ‘73 Sarah Finley Brodie ‘85
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Alumni Weekend In the splendor of a Shenandoah Valley spring, alums from near and far returned to campus to celebrate milestone reunions and irreplaceable friends. Stuart Hall spirit was in full bloom as her daughters and sons gathered to reconnect, reminisce and welcome the Class of 2015 into the fold of alumni. Twenty members of the great Class of 1965 were on hand to celebrate their 50th Reunion, raising nearly $50,000 for the Stuart Hall Fund, while 5 members of the Class of 1945 returned for their 70th. No matter what year they graduated, everyone who attended agreed they were better for having graduated from Stuart Hall.
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Mary Pat Smith Kyle ‘45 *
Elizabeth Virginia Brown ‘15
Richard Lambert *
Adalyn Sherwood Brugger ‘80
Anna Katherine Laser ‘16
Lucinda Fulton Corkhill ‘45 *
Emily Susan Laser ‘09
Robert E. Cox
Deiontrae Jothan Lawrence ‘15
Dennis Cross
Sung-Min Lee ‘04 *
Connie Davis
Susan Hollingsworth Lewis ‘63
Margaret Irons DeBerry ‘73
Linda Roller Livick ‘53
Paula Dresser *
Pamela Lott *
Betty Bowman Duval ‘30
Virginia Warner Louisell ‘43 *
Kathy Eastham
Nancy Rothschild Lyons ‘73
Mark H. Eastham
Deborah Lange Major ‘74
Fitzhugh Elder *
Mary Boots Taylor Mason ‘49 *
Josephine Lorentz Erskine ‘45 *
Amelia James Maxham ‘22
Epsey Cooke Farrell Weatherbee ‘53
Oliver Birch Maxham
Anne Wilson Finley ‘89
Donna Hutt Miles ‘45 *
J. Kevin Fox *
Richard E. Miller *
Ann Candace Corry Garner ‘63
Carl B. Motley *
Nathan Hunter Ghidoni ‘22
Emmaline Riley Nelsen ‘15
Mary Morriss Gibbs ‘53
Lavinia Nelson *
Brooke Canada Golden ‘64
Mary Jo Netherton *
Pamela Burnside Gray ‘44 *
Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64
Virginia F. Harding *
Sarah Anne Nordstrom ‘16
Matthew Dean Heidel ‘20
Zachary Harold Nordstrom ‘12
Bruce Higginbotham Hemp ‘72
Annette Smith Parker ‘69
Virginia M. Henry
Ginny Rylak *
Jackson Candler Hines ‘24
Sara Graney Schroeder ‘73
Lily Nicole Hines ‘22
Elizabeth Hazlett Scott ‘45 *
Alec Hurst ‘19
William Boyd Shaner ‘23
Anna Sybille U. Jobin
Hanna Spencer ‘25
Susan Stafford Jolly ‘73
Katie Campbell Spurlock ‘87
Martha Dabney Jones *
Lydia Lape Stephan ‘73 *
Isabel Olivia Kivlighan ‘15
Alison Nicole Stinnette-Angle ‘15 continued
The development of a global perspective is an essential part of the Stuart Hall experience. In addition to leadership, creativity, service learning, and honor and ethics, global citizenship is one of our five areas of excellence and a hallmark of the Stuart Hall graduate. We strive to equip students with the knowledge, understanding, skills, values, and attitudes they need to participate in a globalized society and economy, and to secure a more just and sustainable world. Beginning in PreK and continuing through graduation, our whole-child education advances global understanding while fostering skills such as critical thinking, innovation, communication, and collaboration.
Stuart Hall’s diverse, multicultural student body represents more than 15 countries from around the world, providing a ripe opportunity to engage with people from different cultures and explore similarities and distinctions. Throughout our school divisions students are encouraged to examine, develop, and express their own values and opinions, while listening respectfully to others’ viewpoints. They often find their worldview expanded as they better understand cultural issues. Andy Kim ’16, a boarding student from South Korea, shared, “In addition to improving my English skills and learning about American culture, I’m learning a lot at Stuart Hall about life in
Redefining Education: Giving Learning Meaning by Promoting Global Citizenship “We must foster global citizenship. Education is about more than literacy and numeracy. It is also about citizenry. Education must fully assume its essential role in helping people to forge more just, peaceful and tolerant societies.” - Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General (‘12)
other countries like Vietnam and Mexico. I’ve been surprised by how similar we all are and that conflict is often caused by our different personalities rather than cultural differences.” Our students learn about civic and global responsibility by participating in both local and international service projects. Locally they do activities such as cultivate a community garden in downtown Staunton and paint with residents in a senior living center. Internationally they help collect supplies and money for organizations focused on improving life in third world countries such as the Virginia Haiti Collaborative and Heifer International. Participation in service projects links academic
learning to real human needs and provides a sense of social and global responsibility. At Stuart Hall, our students begin foreign language study in PreK, providing a unique insight into other cultures at an early age while building cultural competency skills. Throughout the elementary school years students learn Spanish, and then choose whether to continue with Spanish or switch to French in Middle and Upper School. Additionally, interaction with our international student population often stimulates our day and domestic boarding students’ interest in other cultures and languages. “One of the many things that makes Stuart Hall special is that
by going to school here I interact with people from other countries on a daily basis,” explained Hannah Dahl ’16. “I can’t think of anywhere else I would have had the chance to become friends with people from Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe.” Hannah’s exposure to students from other countries has fueled her desire to study abroad and learn new languages. “People at Stuart Hall speak tons of different languages and I want to understand what all of them are saying!” She has participated in Mandarin immersion programs and enjoys practicing her skills with her friends from China while helping them perfect their English. After graduation, her wish is to
build upon the cultural exposure she has experienced at Stuart Hall and study abroad. Our deliberate and meaningful integration of global citizenship values and practices into our curricular and co-curricular learning experiences is one of the key components of the Stuart Hall difference. Students become better able to explore new ideas and prospects, and develop an understanding of how other people experience the world. The result is a Stuart Hall graduate who heads to college already having the requisite skills to engage with the challenges and opportunities of life in a fastchanging and interdependent world. 17
Interview with Anne Kast ’66 by E m i ly L a s e r ‘ 0 9
Anne Kast, Class of 1966, has maintained a connection with Stuart Hall and continues to embody the ideals that she learned as a student. As her 50th reunion approaches, I sat down with Anne to reflect on her experiences, the changes and constants at Stuart Hall over the years, and what has inspired her continued allegiance to her alma mater. Before a storied career as a successful investment manager and business owner, Anne came to Stuart Hall from Washington, DC, in 1963. Known at the time as Tori Norris (her nickname and maiden name), she felt her “life began at Stuart Hall” as she found independence, sisterhood, and opportunities within and outside of the classroom. With the encouragement of then-Headmistress Martha Dabney Jones, Anne continued her education at the University of Denver and took a job in banking. She later immi18
grated to Bermuda and, after working for the Bank of Bermuda, opened her own investment management firm in 1991. Anne retired after selling the company and now spends her time both in Bermuda and in Manhattan. Recently, Anne generously donated several items that are enjoyed by Lower, Middle, and Upper School students: brand-new equipment in the fitness room, a multipurpose court on Fillmore Street, and a new playground at the Lower School. As a runner who values the positive impact of physical health on all aspects of life, she wanted to see students of all ages enjoying indoor and outdoor spaces. These facilities will help students develop healthy lifestyles and use their energy in a constructive way. I asked Anne what her advice would be for current students attending the school half a century after her graduation. She reflected on the positive changes that have afforded young women new opportunities she didn’t have when graduating. Her advice to the women of the Class of 2016? Take advantage of those opportunities, and explore the possibilities that exist for women today. She also encouraged students to “be
bold, and don’t be afraid to take risks,” whether that means moving to a foreign country to work for a few years, starting a new business, or running for public office. She urges students to live an honest and healthy lifestyle, pursue life long learning, manage milestones, and find time to have fun! Thinking back on her own time as a Stuart Hall student and the years since, Anne said she was grateful to have had Stuart Hall in her life for the past 53 years. Though the intervening years have been both socially and economically tumultuous, Stuart Hall has survived and come out stronger. Anne believes the best parts of Stuart Hall have remained, and she values the support system at Stuart Hall that “lasts a lifetime.” She is proud to be an alumnus of the school, and is grateful to have traveled more than 50 years with that connection. Emily Laser (pictured left,center) graduated from Stuart Hall School in 2009. She earned a bachelor's degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and a masters degree in international development from its Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy Currently, she lives in New York City, where she is an analyst with the One Acre Fund, which supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.
Kathryn Maddux Quarles ‘47
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Elizabeth Kernan Quigley ‘44
Susan Laser
Dr. and Mrs. James Rooney
Ox Eye Vineyards
Laura Lee Buchanan Rush ‘46
Dennis and Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64
Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott ‘32
Pampered Palate
Jane Stuart Smith ‘43
Heidi Rizzo
Brian and Kimberlee Lester Smith ‘87
Shenandoah Pizza
Mary K. Nelson Stern ‘66
Katie Campbell Spurlock ‘87
Dr. Emma J. Stokes ‘63
Split Banana
Page Hynes Sullenberger ‘63
Stella, Bella, & Lucy's
Tributes continued
Mrs. George W. Conger
Katharine Fitzhugh Terrie ‘62
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Page Hynes Sullenberger ‘63
Nancy Fryman Cosgrove ‘65
Mary Lasley Thomas ‘40
Sunspots Studios
Susan Fletcher Tansey ‘74*
Dr. Julia East ‘79
Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson ‘48
The Virginia Brittlery
Florence Gray Tullidge ‘45 *
Virginia Ball Fisher ‘45
Lucy Dent Venable ‘44
Vision Technology Group
Thomas H. Tullidge
Catherine Baber Fleischman ‘81
Deborah Lotz Walker ‘66
Ron and Susan Yates ‘73
Lucy Dent Venable ‘44
Carol Leonard Gauntlett ‘49
Susan Burress Wall ‘49
Yelping Dog
Ellen Selph Ward ‘87
Mary Morriss Gibbs ‘53
Polly Taylor Watson ‘57
Zin Wine and Beer
Jane-Page Watson ‘73
Mrs. Robert E. Gibson
Frederick L and Sally Opie Watson ‘48
Zinga Frozen Yogurt
Cole Huntley Whitmore ‘18
Ms. Katharine T. Gray
Elizabeth Bivens Weaver ‘57
William Colin Whitmore ‘16
Betsy Butzner Greene ‘66
Beatrice de Blonay White ‘58
Courtland Scott Winfield ‘15
Helen Robinson Heinzer ‘75
Ronald and Susan Yates ‘73
Elizabeth Brannon Winn ‘88*
Virginia Rogers Holton ‘42
Denise Wooldridge ‘76
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Susan Lambert Yates ‘73
Kristine Lynette Johnson ‘74
Gifts-in-kind 9 Round Fitness
Anne Norris Kast ‘66
American Shakespeare Center
Gibbs Society
Elizabeth Smith Kirkland ‘56
The Belle Hearth Bed and Breakfast
J Lewis Gibbs Legacy Members
Dr. and Ms. Swen E. Laser
Body Essence & L'iDee Medi Spa
Donald and Susan Beck ‘60
Mrs. Paula Reeves Lea
Ms. Shelley Boatright
Susan Smith Makos ‘72
Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia
Harriet Davis Boone ‘57
Dennis and Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64
The Cocoa Mill
Dr. David H. Charlton
Mr. Jonathan Old, Jr.
The Green Leaf Grill
Mary Blakeslee Nettleton Chase ‘45
Elizabeth Heatherly Pritchard ‘86
Bruce Henry
Yvonne Franklin Clement ‘42
Paige Galt Pruett ‘89
Anna Austell Hogan ‘87
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