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These steps have helped Stuart Hall achieve a stable foundation. The task currently before us is to build on that foundation by identifying what will set our program apart going forward, thereby ensuring long-term sustainability. Recognizing that the organizations that thrive are those that continually self-assess and act boldly, our administrative team and board began a strategic planning process in the spring of 2015 to consider how we can provide distinct academic opportunities that will prepare our students well for the future, while also raising our profile locally, nationally, and internationally. As a part of this endeavor, we embarked on a campus master planning process that led to two key realizations: 1. Our Staunton campus sits within what Smithsonian and other magazines have hailed as one of the best small towns in America, offering “big-city vibrancy and culture.” This unique setting allows for the development of an educational venture for our Upper School akin to that offered at urban universities such as New York University and Virginia Commonwealth University, but at the secondary level. Such an initiative will allow our location and curriculum to intersect in meaningful
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Dear Stuart Hall School Family and Friends: The 2015-16 academic year was an exciting one for Stuart Hall, as we announced Phase I of a new Strategic Plan. This step follows a series of strategic decisions made over the past decade, including: • Merger with Hunter McGuire School and the addition of Pre-Kindergarten • Intentional growth of our boarding program • Decision to become a fully coeducational school, day and boarding
ways and offer our students distinct learning opportunities as they apply liberal arts thinking to real-world community projects. In doing so, they will develop the skills, flexibility, and resilience they will need to be successful in a future world that we can’t even envision today. 2. In order to function as one PreK-12 school, making the most of all that this model offers in terms of program and community life, we must move our Lower School from Verona to Staunton.
Staunton is our campus Both of these realizations led to our new strategic direction, which we call “Staunton is our Campus,” and also led our Board of Governors to adopt the following new vision for the School in February of 2016:
Stuart Hall School will be recognized globally as a distinctive teaching and learning environment: a premiere day and boarding school in the Episcopal tradition with historic Staunton, Virginia as our campus, offering students innovative educational and realworld experiences and equipping them to be meaningful contributors to the world. We have begun planning how our Lower School can become a part of our Staunton campus and how we can move much of our Upper School program downtown. This approach allows us to repurpose existing downtown buildings minutes from our current campus, thereby positively impacting the local community while also taking a bold programmatic step for our Upper School toward authentic, place-based learning in the center of downtown.
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Engagement to lay the groundwork for greater downtown involvement. Put the plans in place for a successful fundraising campaign to support the vision and the School’s endowment, and received two sevenfigure gifts and several six-figure gifts in this early phase of the campaign. Developed a Strategic Property Acquisition Plan, including downtown properties and residential properties surrounding the campus that are of interest to the School. Worked with architects to model various options for expansion and renovation on the Staunton campus in order to accommodate the Lower School, as well as options for renovation of downtown spaces for Upper School classes. Continued faculty professional development around authentic learning strategies.
Other 2015-16 highlights included: • Graduated 29 outstanding students in our 173rd commencement exercises, including five 13-year students. The class had 100% college admission and received $3.85 million in merit aid. • Balanced our budget for the seventh year in a row with a small surplus. • In our second year of co-ed boarding, renovated and opened our second boys’ dorm— Cochran House—and enrolled 29 boys as boarding students.
We are excited and energized by this new strategic vision! Naturally, it drove much of our activity and efforts over the course of the year, including the following: • Announced Phase I of our Strategic Plan to current families, alumni, and the public. • Moved our Admission Office downtown, forming what we call the Center for Community
As you will see in this Annual Report, Stuart Hall continues to grow and change in response to today’s world. The possibilities before us are exciting, and we will continue to move forward to make the most of them in the coming year. We appreciate the support of all listed in this report. Your generosity is securing the future for Stuart Hall School. Sincerely, Mark H. Eastham, Head of School
curiosity creativity contribution Stuart Hall School 2015-16 annual report
2015-Â16
Operating Revenue & Support Endowment 4%
Endowment Long Term Investments
3% Auxiliary Activities
$5,000,000
Gifts & Support 11% Student Fees 5%
$6,163,400
$3,750,000
Net Tuition Revenue 77% $2,500,000
2015-Â16
$1,250,000
Operating Expense
Advancement 4%
Food service 5%
$0
Plant 9%
Technology 3% Programmatic Supplies 6 %
$6,135,000
($1,250,000)
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Administrative 5% Personnel 69%
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Net Gains (Losses)
Beginning Balances
Cash Withdrawals
New Cash Gifts
Capital Expenditures $500,000
$375,000
Board of Governors
Staff:
William B. Armstrong
Mark Eastham
Henry D.W. Burt
Chip Broadway
Dr. David H. Charlton
$250,000
$125,000
The Reverend Edward M. Covert
Foundation Board
Dennis Cross, Chair
William B. Armstrong, Chair
Cary Dahl
Elizabeth White Baker ’88
Mary Carter Frackelton
The Rev. P. Roger Bowen
Sally Balch Hurme ’64, Vice-Chair
Molly Brown, Vice-Chair
Catherine Parks Loevner ‘67
Henry D.W. Burt
Steve McAllister
Grace den Hartog
Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64
David G. Frackelton
Richard Tankard
The Honorable Don Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer
Kitty Quarles Wafle ‘71 The Honorable Don Wilson
$0 2010-11
2011-12
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
2015-16
Denise Wooldridge ’76 Dr. Daniel Wubah Ex Officio The Rt. Rev. Mark Bourlakas
Technology
Vehicles
Furnishings & Equipment
Buildings & Land
The Rev. Shelby Owen
Denise Wooldridge ’76 Susan Lambert Yates ’73 Dennis Cross Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Alumni Council Elizabeth White Baker ‘88 Susan Ellett Beaver ‘58
Trustees Emeritae
Margaret Runnels Bowditch ‘59
Glenore “Glennie” Smith Forbes ’60
Elizabeth Barry Thrift Brown ‘64
Page Hynes Sullenberger ’63
Adalyn Brugger ‘80 continued
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s t u a r t h a l l sch o o l
Leadership continued
2015-2016 Honor Roll of Donors
Alumni Council Cristina Casado ‘93 Funmi Eletu ‘14 Anne Finley ‘89
Gerald and Maryann Acuff Adalyn Sherwood Brugger '80 ◊ Todd and Marjorie Carr ◊
Glennie Smith Forbes ‘60*
Allen and Cary Dahl ◊
Dana Parks Gray ‘65
Stuart Society $25,000 and Above
Elizabeth Hamblet ‘97*
Bob and Anne Quarles Doolittle '74
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hathaway ◊
Harriet Savaides Harris ‘64
The Estate of Mr. Fitzhugh Elder, Jr. *
Sally Balch Hurme '64 ◊ ¥
Anna Austell Hogan ‘87
The Estate of Senator Elmon T. and Pamela Burnside Gray '44 * ◊
Anne Norris Kast '66
Catherine Dell Garris ‘95
Sally Balch Hurme ‘64
Scott and Krista Goldenberg ◊
Donna R. Lefeve
Priscilla Pineiro Jenkins ‘94
The Estates of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Holsinger *
Dylan Kramer ‘12
The Estate of Dr. Robert E. R. Huntley * ◊
Grace Ellis Suttle '56 ◊
Linda Roller Livick ‘53*
The Estate of Miss Martha Dabney Jones *
Benjamin and Kathryn Quarles Wafle '71 ◊ ¥
David and Catherine Park Loevner '67 ◊ ¥
The Honorable and Mrs. Don Wilson ◊ ¥
Elaine Elder McCarrick ‘61* Jane Pollock Mellen ‘48 Carolyn Smith Moore ‘67 Dorothy Duval Nelson ‘65
Church Schools of the Diocese of Virginia ◊
Bonnie Fontenot Nielson ‘64*
Lucy Dent Venable '44 ◊
Mary Beirne Kerr Nutt ‘57*
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. ◊
Mary Cary Ward Peterson ‘06
Ronald and Susan Lambert Yates '73 ◊
Dr. Nancy Poe ‘78
Bill Reagan and Amanda McGuire
Governors’ Club $2,500 - $4,999 William B. and Ellen Armstrong ◊ ¥ Dr. David H. Charlton ◊ ¥ Dennis and Susan Cross ◊ ¥ Mark H. and Kathy Eastham ◊ +
Ruth Smith Pritchard ‘62*
1844 Society $15,000 - $24,999
Raven Showalter ‘12
Mary Carter Frackelton ◊
Michael Smith ‘03
Katharine Taylor Gray '68 ◊
Katie Campbell Spurlock ‘87*
Irene Frail Hamm '56 ◊
Page Hynes Sullenberger ‘63*
Mary K. Nelson Stern '66 ◊
Grace Suttle ‘56
R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church Gadsden Endowment
Founders’ Club $10,000 - $14,999
Elissa and Joe McDonald +
Sylvia Mathis Gibson '53 ◊
The Estate of Mary Agnes Amick Melton '46*
Sally Opie Watson ‘48 Anne Bareford Woodard ‘71 Susan Lambert Yates ‘73
five or more years consecutive ◊ Denotes giving
* Denotes deceased
¥ Denotes Board of Governors or Foundation Board member
* denotes emeritus member 4
McGuire Associates 5,000 - $9,999
+ Denotes faculty or staff member
Owens & Minor Alfred B. and Anne Cooke Strickler '49 ◊
Thomas F. and Anne Garland Farrell ◊ Mary Louise Fisher ◊ Dr. Jaquelin Smith Gotlieb '64 Dana Parks Gray '65 ◊
Robert C. Musser ◊
E. Carlton and Shay Wilton, Jr.
Dr. Dennis and Bonnie Fontenot Nielson '64 ◊ ¥
Denise Wooldridge '76 ◊ ¥
Sue Lotz Schwarting '71
Kathryn Sasse Thompson '66
Glennie Smith Forbes '60 ◊ ¥
Ann H. Watkins '73 ◊
Louise Coleman Gardiner '37 ◊
Frederick L. and Sally Opie Watson '48 ◊
John Gerdelman
Pete and Mary Cary Ward Peterson '06 ◊
Ann Tutwiler Carman '55 ◊
Drs. Michael and Claire Plautz ◊
Lucy Jane Hines Conger '41 ◊
Nancy Trantham Poe '78
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward M. Covert ◊ ¥
Helen Shouse Putnam '69
Emily Smith Rappold '69 James E. Rogers
Thomas and Kristin Dahl ◊
Elizabeth Willis Revette '74 ◊
Ann Fitts Russell '66
Margaret Irons DeBerry '73 ◊
Jenna Smith ◊ +
Amelia Pinkston Dungan '96
Katie Campbell Spurlock '87 ◊
Ben and Tanya Farrell ◊ +
Mrs. Anne Tankard
Barbara Williams Ford-Coates '66
Mary Lasley Thomas '40
Linda Larcom Fowler '61
Warwick Deyerle Tomfohr '66
Susan King Gaskins '67 ◊
Susan Burress Wall '49 ◊
H. C. Stuart and Emily Cochran ◊
Christiana Holyer ◊ +
Harry and Sis Warner ◊
Nancy Dahl
Sara Kerr Hunt '64 ◊
Jane-Page Watson '73
Rosa Hamlett Davis '65
Anne Waterman Klinger '66
JoAnn Sawyer Delafield '54 ◊
Sherri Koblick
Red/White Club $250 - $499
Elisabeth Stewart DeLargy '69 ◊
Heatheranne Stone Martin '87
Peter and Gena P. Adams
Barbara Dick '66 and "Sally" D. Rayburn '65
Margaret Denny McClung '72 ◊
J. Robert and Donna Ainsley
Peggy McFarland
Sharon Arne +
Nancy McLaughlin McVey '58 ◊
Rida Dawson Aycock '56 ◊
Essig-Enright Family Foundation
Drs. Seth Michelson and Vicki Conti
Micaela Mae Baca '11
Sarah Mauney Faunce '66
Dorothy Duval Nelson '65 ◊
Edward and Pearcy Light Flippen '63 ◊
Brian and Casey Ochs '89
Major General L. H. Ginn, III ◊
Ruth Smith Pritchard '62 ◊
Head’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499
Mike and Brooke Canada Golden '64 ◊
Elizabeth Pound Alsobrook '60 ◊
Alan and Vicki Goldenberg ◊
Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott '32 ◊
Mary Creed Davis Anderson '49 ◊
Eun H. Han
Turner T. Smith, Jr.
Marietta Austin-Bielsky '73
Sally Swift Hodgkin '45 ◊
Craig R. Smith
Elizabeth White Baker '88 ◊ ¥
The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston ◊
Brandan and Robyn Sommerfield
Mr. Fred Bartenstein, Jr. ◊
Nancy Edgar Kight '66
Jody Smith Strickler '66 ◊
Patrick F. and Barbara Bassett, Jr. ◊
Elizabeth Smith Kirkland '56
Page Hynes Sullenberger '63 ◊ ¥
Donald and Susan McMullen Beck '60 ◊
Susan Hollingsworth Lewis '63 ◊
Richard and Joie Tankard ◊ ¥
Lewis Family Fund Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson '48 ◊
George and Katharine Rixey Smith Booth '76 ◊ Jane McClure Booth '77 ◊ The Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Hill Brown, III ◊ Dr. Bill and Barbara McClung Call '77 ◊ Mary Cooke Carle '55 ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Carr ◊ Mary Blakeslee Nettleton Chase '45 ◊ Lee Stuart Cochran ◊
Ray and Sallie Adams Edwards '62 ◊ Allen and Sara Ervin
Susan Smith Makos '72 ◊
Julia Beatrice Reed '74
Ms. Anne Marie Whittemore Mr. Wesley Wright, Jr. ◊
Steven and Kathryn McAllister ¥ Elaine Elder McCarrick '61 ◊ Mrs. Catherine Huntley and James McConnel ◊ + Emilie Van Petten Merritt '46 ◊ Holly Hylton Miller '75 P. William and Lisa Moore, Jr. ◊ Virginia Tavener Niemeyer '42 Annette Smith Parker '69 ◊
Old Main Society $500 - $999 Dr. Saied and Amy S. Asfa Mark and Sara Sproul Battin '68 ◊ Susan Ellett Beaver '58 ◊ Dennis and Ingrid Blanton + Jacqueline Brimmer Boice '42 ◊ Stuart and Molly Brown ¥
Jennifer Stark Ball '78 continued
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Red/White Club continued
Barbara Byars Beard '64 Leigh Bolton Rev. P. Roger and Kennon Bowen ◊ ¥ Mary O'Malley Bragg '69 Mr. Chip Broadway ◊ ¥ Elizabeth Barry Thrift Brown '64 Henry D. W. Burt ¥
David and Joanie Kramer
The Right Reverend Mark Bourlakas ¥
Helen Robinson Heinzer '75
David and Martha H. Marsh
Dr. Ed and Angela Bower ◊
Bruce Higginbotham Hemp '72 ◊
D. M. Nessar ◊ +
Dr. Brian and Shelley Brumbaugh
Bruce and Virginia M. Henry ◊ +
Steve and Shelby Owen ◊ ¥
Rebekah Brisbin Casey '76
Elizabeth Baker Hopkins '50 ◊
Cynthia Patton ◊ +
Jan L. Chase
Sally Holm Hopper '75
Dixie Wakefield Peachy '56 ◊
Taylor Nye Ciuffo '91
Shannon Lee Horton '90
Paige Lester Pruett '89
Class of 1966
Victoria Oppel Hudson '87 ◊
Bonnie Van Fossen Ralston '84
Robin Franklin Clement '74
Shawn and Samantha Hughes +
Dr. Nicholas A. and Jean Romanoff
CeCe Clement-Freiert '75 ◊
Wanda Smith Hunt '76
Sandra Gills Rothschild '66
Sara A. Washam Cody '71 ◊
Dr. Sybille Jobin +
Florence Jones Rutherford '71
Rebecca Minear Cool '64
Augusta Benning Kosowicz '80 ◊
Elisabeth Norris Sanders '64 +
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Corbeil
Mr. Stanley Lesniak ◊
Janice Funkhouser Scaglione '69 ◊
Michael and Denise Cotter
Elizabeth Warner Lewis '75
Ann Lefeve Snyder +
Anita Crisp
Betty Sellars Little '50
Harriette Anne LaVarre Spiegel '63 ◊
Susan F. Cromer ◊ +
Linda Roller Livick '53 ◊
Jie Sun and Liqiong He
Tom and Connie Davis ◊ +
Deborah Lange Major '74
Mary Jones Underwood '71
Christa Abbott Davis '92
Victoria Sharpe Marks '56 ◊
Sarah H. L. Venable '66
Mary Whitfield De Vachon '64
Linda Lechner Marshall '61
Margaret Napier Viers '78
Dr. Susan Dell ◊
J. Harvie Martin III
Jane Mylander Wainwright '59
Joseph Dickey and Mary Beth Starkey
Reverend and Mrs. Robert McCarty
Brenda Wilkinson
James Dungan and Dr. Elizabeth Pinkston-Dungan
Wm. Turney, III and Nancy McIntyre ◊
Challengers’ Club $100- $249
Patty Pendleton DuPuis '55 ◊
Dabney Neff McLean '48
J. and Azalie Egnew
Catherine Ferris McPherson '74 Lance Mehle
Katherine Hargett Webb '67
Barbara Talley Arnone '80
Catherine Tuckwiller McKinney '60
Lori Anne Graninger Champion '80
Don Asher
Anne Wilson Finley '89
Suzi Linn Clement-Sigur '73
Ann Taliaferro Bailey '62
Stacie Wales Fisher '76
Anne Rhett Taylor Merrill '65 Barbara Yocom Miller '59 ◊
Tom and Linda Baker +
Dolores Hayes Fitzgerald '81
Nancy Fryman Cosgrove '65
Barbara Barnes Beasley '73
David and Monica Frackelton ¥
Carolyn Smith Moore '67 ◊
Frances B. Early '58 ◊
Janice Bell +
Catherine Dell Garris '95 ◊
Janet Putnam Morrison '50 ◊
Carol Leonard Gauntlett '49
Terry and Michelle Bevington
Chris and Alisa George +
Patrick and Cathy Murray
Melody Tope Hainline '78 ◊
Peter Birckhead
Tom and Marian Gilligan ◊
Dr. Len and Elizabeth Nelsen
Emmett G. and Carole Hines ◊
Philip J. Corbeil
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Cindy McCrory
Mr. Frederick Blanton
Sydney Burt Goodwin '56
Ed Newbegin
Dr. Frances M. Jones '71
Sue Matthews Bonnett '49
Betsy Butzner Greene '66
John A. Nolde, Jr.
Carole Snyder Kocka '56
Mrs. Mary Morris Booth
Elizabeth Hamblet '97
Dr. Scott and Laura Nordstrom ◊
Amy Owens
Friends Up to $99
Nancy Brand Patel '93
Mariah Allen '16
Don and Marilyn Pedersen
Bradley C. Arnold ◊ +
Rachel Elizabeth Pitchford '16
Andrew Saied Asfa '26
Warren and Anita Ramp
Samuel Frazer Bernard '16
Anne Hall Rickards '72
David Patrick Boatright '07
Sallie Rowe Roberts '79
Drs. Glenn and Jennifer Brammer
Sally Wheat Ruffin '55
Carolyn Falk Braz '76
Woody and Anita Sanders ◊ +
Sarah Finley Brodie '85
Fred and Sara Graney Schroeder '73
Nathaniel Brown, Jr. and Dr. Amy Tillerson-Brown
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh '74 Ann R. R. Smith '70 ◊ Barbara Walters Smith '85 Dorothy Page Sullenberger '88 Frances Moffett Thackston '56 Janice Jacobson Thomas '64 William G. and Susan S. Thomas Anne Bell Turnbull '71 ◊ Roberta Hastings Turner '54
Randolph Brownell, III and Kelly Flora-Brownell ◊ + Thomas and Pat Cabe Louise Caldwell ◊ Hannah Michelle Call '16 Thao Cao '16 Dr. Kevin and Julie Caran + Kevin and Amanda Carini +
Daisy VanDenburgh ◊
Juan Pablo Molina and Cristina Casado '93 ◊
Louise Miller Vaughan '47 ◊
Peter Cline and Liz Moore +
Jones Lewis Vestal '50
Gail Agett Cooler '71
Debbie Lotz Walker '66 ◊
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Cooley
Eleanor B. Bell Washburn ’65 ◊ Elizabeth Kemper Wharton '54 ◊
Kevin Covington and Dr. Breyette Lorntz +
David Whitmore
Grier Gordon Cross '10
Emily Wilkinson +
Sydney Sullivan Cross '13
Emma "Gheedie" Wise '54
Ann Riley Currie '67
Christopher Wood and Mark Wilkinson
Hannah Rose Dahl '16
Anne Bareford Woodard '71 Elizabeth Lee Wright '42 ◊
Samuel William Campbell Drumeller '16
Sybil Thurman Wyatt '74
Margaret McLean Eckman '07
Mary Preston Horn Yates '72
Sarah Gibson ◊ +
Todd and Amanda Davis
Lloyd and Lisa Gordon ◊ + continued
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Friends continued
Barbara and Don Grande Drs. Steven E. Grande and Angela R. Staton Katherine Norine Hagg '10 ◊ William Randall and Susan Hamblet Vicky L Harrison Alexis Tayonna Hart '14 Nicole Kristen Heider '14 Dr. Joel and Halime Hodson ◊ + Anna Austell Hogan '87 ◊ Camille Michelle Horton '16 Elizabeth Megan Huffer '04 Carol Miller Huffman '64 Chester Louis Hunter '16 Teresa Huntley ◊ +
stuart hall school
David Hutchings ◊ + Audrey Patience Igihozo '16 Destinee Nicole Jackson '14 Marcus and Priscilla Pineiro Jenkins '94 Jennifer Kapner Leslie Karabo Karekezi '16 Victoria Botkin Kennedy '09 Elizabeth "Tizzy" Kerr '70 Eung Baek Andy Kim '16 Dylan Hall Kramer '12 ◊ Kary L. and Dana K. Krusz Mr. and Mrs. J. Gregory Lam Frederick P. Leach Brent and Amy Lenz + Peiran Phoebe Liu '16 Anne Richardson Loach '42 Amanda Kathryn Luttrell '05 Kathleen Maddox ◊ + Olivia Grace Marra '13 Michael and Shirley Marshall Allison Carter McIntyre '16 8
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Inspiring Curiosity
Dylan Kramer ’12 was 12 years old when he first broached the subject of private school with his parents. The Fishersville, Virginia native had attended local public school since kindergarten, and though he was doing well there, he was looking for new opportunities, eager to meet people who were different from him, and resolute in his search for excellent college preparation. When Dylan and his mother, Joannie, stepped into Stuart Hall, he felt an immediate connection. “It was an international community, there was a feeling of community, and it had the college preparatory track I was looking for,” he recalls. The Kramers were sold. The international aspect of Stuart Hall, with boarders from countries as far away as Ghana, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam, as well as students from around the country and right down the road, was vastly appealing to Dylan. “At my public school, one of the only differences between me and my classmates was my hobby, horseback riding,” he says. Soon, the new sixthgrader was attending chapel talks given by students from Africa and sampling the customary foods served at the Lunar New Year celebration. Instead of reading about the Rwandan genocide in a history book at public school, he was hearing about it firsthand from classmates who had lost loved ones to that very atrocity. Through these experiences, Dylan received another, unexpected gift: cultural intelligence. “I learned
to not yield to stereotypes,” he explained, “but to approach people from a point of curiosity. Everyone offers an opportunity to learn.” Stuart Hall turned out to be the place he’d been seeking all along. Instead of being one of hundreds in his graduating class at a school that might have prided itself on its football team, he was one of just 30 people graduating from a school focused on giving everyone the opportunity to find their niche. “There were opportunities for everyone to grow in equal increments and so many opportunities to thrive.” By the time he graduated from Stuart Hall in 2012, he was a member of the National Honor Society, a Fox Founders’ Scholar, in leadership positions, and honorary societies. But it wasn’t all work and no play. Dylan’s classmates will remember his love for the band The Black Eyed Peas and his performance of some of the group’s hits at the school-wide talent show, as well as his infectious laugh. Dylan also made friends who remain close to this day and continue to serve as an inspiration. “My friend and sub-usher, Raven Showalter ’12, was a day student like me, but befriended a number of international boarders. They would bake together and discuss their different countries and cultures.” Dylan was struck by the way
"Curiosity is one of the most valuable characteristics one can possess. When coupled with fearlessness and determination, that’s freedom.” - Anonymous Raven intentionally set up a diverse community around her, and how she continued to visit her international friends after she started college at Mary Baldwin. Today, Raven is pursuing a master’s degree in Japanese studies at Old Dominion University, and is still in touch with many of her friends from Stuart Hall. Stuart Hall gave Dylan his first real glimpse into the wide world that exists beyond our doors. “During my senior year, I went with Stuart Hall’s French and Spanish teachers and 19 of my classmates on the spring break trip to Spain and France,” Dylan remembers. The week abroad ignited his hunger for further travel. When he graduated, he did so as someone who was “a lot more aware of myself and the world. Stuart Hall was global, integrated, and gave me a new awareness and appreciation of the world.” Dylan continued his education at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, where he found countless opportunities to study abroad. As he pursued a degree in economics and Spanish, Dylan traveled the world, and studied abroad in Spain at Universidad de Cadiz
and Universidad Pablo de Olvaide, as well as the University of Oxford in England. “I would take weekend trips to Budapest, Edinburgh, and Paris, both because I wanted to visit friends there, but also because I was curious to learn more about those places.” Last spring, he graduated in the top 10% of his class at CNU. He was also in the top 10% of his class in Quantitative Economic Analysis, which was taught in Spanish, received a research grant from CNU to pursue “Political Limitation on Business Growth in Spain,” and continued his passion for horseback riding, ranking 9th overall in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. as competing on the intercollegiate level. Dylan now works as a Financial Systems Analyst for the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on data bank collection and coding, and continues his passion for travel and foreign cultures. When things settle down, he even hopes to find the time to begin tutoring children in Spanish in an after-school program, sharing some of his own curiosity and cultural intelligence with the next generation. Donors make experiences like Dylan's possible. Thank you.
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Friends continued
Trayona Danielle McKeithan '14 Toviah Morris + Drs. Fariss Mousa and Andrea Chauvin
Rebecca Dountz Stewart '55 ◊ Anne Davis Strider '80 ◊ Alex and Pam Sullivan Nance Sweet + Amy J. Tillerson-Brown
Community Foundation Central Blue Ridge
Class of 1966 Class of 1988
Donald T. Regan Foundation
Class of 1989 Class of 2014
Todd Obenschain +
Iris Doriane Uwizeyimana '16
Aubrey and Susan Overstreet ◊
Daisy VanDenburgh
Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
Alana Brisbin Parker '69
Eric and Robin von Seldeneck
Essig-Enright Family Foundation
Connally Parrott '89
Yongyan Lisa Wang '16
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
Dianne Proctor
Tongyang Wang '16
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Cynthia Falk Rice '74
Ray L. Wesson
Georgia Health Foundation, Inc.
Donna Higginbotham Rosser '70
William and Kay White
Carl Roy '16
Cole Huntley Whitmore '18
Hamm Family Foundation, Inc. Northern Trust Bank, FSB
Mr. William Ryan ◊
Ms. Jorie Wimbish
Albert Rylak
Anne James Yellott '50
Dr. David Rylak and Lena Fairless
Alice Tappan York '55 ◊
Marie Santos-McFeeley
Yizi Zhou '16
Ms. Lynette Schleusner
Mingkai Zhou '16
Audrey Sistar Jason and Jessica Skeens + Kelsey Sorge + Crockett and Carol Stanley ◊ +
BB&T Scott & Stringfellow Benevity Community Impact Fund: a fund of American Endowment Beverley Cigar Store
Mary Jo Cooper Asher '58
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth White Baker '88
Lewis Family Fund Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Winn Bolton Baucom '05
Owens & Minor
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Andrew Saied Asfa '26
Jennifer Arie Bailey '91
Provides matching funds, corporate donations, and donor advised funds distributions
Bartzen and Ball
Bradley C. Arnold
The Community Foundation
Mountain Valley Corporation
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Donagrace Addington-Fisher '81 *
Melinda Hopkins Avery '04
Corporation and Foundation
Amazon Smile
Hills of Old Virginia Scholarship, funded by Sally Hurme '64
Johnson Charitable Gift Fund
MKS Associates
Advisors Charitable Gift Fund
Class of 1965
Daikin Applied
Joelle Uwase '16
Raven Alexandra Showalter '12 ◊
Tributes (Memorials and Honorees)
ConnectHub
Sarah Anne Nordstrom '16
Aaron Matthew Shaver '16
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Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Michele Battle Marilyn Anne Berry '73 Tacy Katharine Leigh Bolton '02 Bradley Brammer '29 Eli Michael Brammer '27 Jackson Matthew Brammer '25
Parker James Corbeil '26
Claira Broce '26
Allison K. Covington '24
Sarah Finley Brodie '85
Andrew B. Covington '28
Amya Jael Brown '26
Dennis Cross
Schwab Charitable Fund
Elizabeth Barry Thrift Brown '64
Hannah Rose Dahl '16
The New York Community Trust
Nathaniel U. Brown '28
Oliver Payne Dahl '18
The Winston-Salem Foundation
Adalyn Brugger '80
Sophie Mae Dahl '22
UBS Wealth Management USA
Hannah Michelle Call '16
Connie Davis
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Abinet Wendell Caran '27
Margaret Irons DeBerry '73
Ann B. Carroll *
Grace den Hartog
Ashley Beth Carter '87
Betty Bowman Duval '30
David H. Charlton
Sophie L. Elder
Lee Stuart Cochran
Faculty and Staff, Past and Present
Louise Cochrane *
Richard Finley
Provides USA Inc. Prudential Foundation R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church Gadsden Endowment
Virginia Eagle Distributing Company, LLC
Carr Family Foundation
Virginia International Academy LLC
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
VMI Keydet Club
Marta Garcia
Bonnie F Fontenot Nielson '64
Ann Candace Corry Garner '63
Sarah Anne Nordstrom '16
Colton Edward Garris '24
Zachary Harold Nordstrom '12
Parker Garris '27
Mary Beirne Kerr Nutt '57
Renee S. Gatling *
Casey Ochs '89
Sarah Gibson
Mrs. Gerald H. Parks
John Riley Gilligan
Nancy Trantham Poe '78
Brooke Canada Golden '64
Izaha Jerome Proctor '26
Georgia Ruthanna Grande Staton '24
Julia Beatrice Reed '74
Pam Burnside Gray '44
Anne Hall Rickards '72
Virginia F. Harding *
Amelia Ann Rylak '26
Hannah E. Harrison '25
Benjamin Rylak '29
Bruce Higginbotham Hemp '72
Margaret Gardner Ryther '77 *
Virginia M. Henry
Sarah Keesling Scott '76 *
Jackson Candler Hines '24
Elise Siebentritt Memorial Scholarship, funded by Scott Goldenberg
Lily Nicole Hines '22 Ann L. Holsinger * Dr. Robert E. Huntley * Martha Dabney Jones * Elizabeth Mae Knicley '06 Carole Snyder Kocka '56 Nicholas Braddock LaGrua '17 Carter W. Lenz '25 Susan Hollingsworth Lewis '63 Linda Roller Livick '53 Cathy Parks Loevner '67 Deborah Lange Major '74 Dick Marquis * Mary Boots Taylor Mason '49 Amelia James Maxham '22 Oliver Birch Maxham '24 Will McCormick Amen Mibaraka '11 Ilan S. Michelson '28 Richard E. Miller
Sheila Richards *
Aiden P. Skeens Ainsley G. Skeens Jane Stuart Smith '43 Jenna Smith Turner T. Smith, Jr. * Katie Campbell Spurlock '87 Austin Anne Strohl '05 Flora Stuart * Stuart Hall Faculty & Staff Student Body Katherine Clella Sullivan '26 Susan Fletcher Tansey '74 Florence G. Gray Tullidge '45 * Lucy Dent Venable '44 Ellen Selph Ward '87 Jane-Page Watson '73
Seal Your Place in Stuart Hall History! The Stuart Hall Alumni Council has undertaken a fundraising campaign for Carroll House, the former residence of history teacher Ann Barron Carroll and a gathering place for alumni and friends of the School. The Carroll House Garden will be adorned with a lovely brick pathway featuring engraved bricks bearing the names of our loved ones and ourselves. Purchasing a brick is a unique way to celebrate your love for Stuart Hall by honoring your family members, friends, former and current faculty and staff, students, alumni, deceased loved ones, and even your pets. Each brick is $125, and the income flow from brick sales will enable the Alumni Council to continually update and refurbish Carroll House, help underwrite the cost of reunions, and fund various projects for Stuart Hall. The
brick campaign officially kicked off in February, and to date, over 200 bricks have been sold! Please consider buying a brick and seal YOUR place in this historical project. You may purchase a brick easily and securely online by visiting: stuarthallschool.org/brickcampaign, or by contacting Elissa McDonald at (540) 213-7003.
Leroy Wilkinson * Margaret S. Wood continued
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Learning to be creative is essential for success in college and life beyond. Companies continually rank creativity and innovation as top skills they look for in employees. A comprehensive liberal arts education, and arts education specifically, fosters creativity, critical thinking, imagination, and communication. According to the Arts Education Partnership, “Perhaps now more than ever—as the country becomes increasingly diverse, the world more interconnected, and the workplace more oriented around technology and creativity—arts education is key to such a system and to ensuring students’ success in school, work, and life.” In an era when many schools are forced to cut 12
back on their arts programs in order to accommodate limited funding and state standardized testing, Stuart Hall’s arts program continues to grow and thrive. We believe arts education is essential to the educational experience. Stuart Hall has a vibrant visual arts program throughout all three divisions, PreK through grade 12. The program is supported by and structured around the national Standards in the Visual Arts curriculum and the 21st Century competencies. We are fortunate at Stuart Hall to have two talented and dedicated visual arts teachers Karen Wilson (pictured right) and Nance Sweet. Karen has been with Stuart Hall for nearly two
decades and teaches art to students in grades PreK-8. She has a B.S. in Art Education and is a certified art educator for grades PreK-12. Karen has been involved in the teaching of art to young artists for 32 years, and believes “art education teaches students to use their senses, and look beyond the surface of images. Art encourages students to learn about other cultures, as well as new ways of understanding and communicating through expression using art medium.” At the Lower School level, Karen’s goal is to instill a love and knowledge of artistic expression, as well as help students discover the natural joy of art. In Middle School, new skills are introduced and
the sake of creating; you don’t have to skills previously learned are honed. Karen major in it. I want to provide students with a commented, “At Stuart Hall, our students are safe place to create, free from the worry of creative and motivated. Evidence of their peer acceptance or getting a good grade.” successes are seen throughout our campus and In advanced classes, the Visual Art and on their faces as they come in and out of the art Design Emphasis Program curriculum offers room. In Lower and Middle School art classes, our a balance between academics and arts. students are full of ideas, thoughts and feelings These students have two classes a day in that find a voice in the art room. As their art art and are focused on building a portfolio teacher I encourage students to develop a lifelong they can use to apply to college for such appreciation and interest in art. I want them to find majors as advertising, photography, beauty in what they believe to be beautiful and to graphic design, and animation. Graduates feel comfortable expressing themselves.” of Stuart Hall School have gone on to visual “I like that we don’t do the same thing every time arts programs at such schools as Rhode Island in art class - we don’t just draw, we also make in college and beyond. It also helps us attract School of Design, Parsons School of Design, clay models and scratch art. It’s definitely my and retain gifted faculty like Karen Wilson and Savannah College of Art and Design, and favorite class and when I go home, I keep Nance Sweet who make Stuart Hall School one School of the Art Institute of Chicago. drawing,” says Henry ‘25. of the best educational choices available, and Your support of Stuart Hall School helps us Nance Sweet (pictured left) joined Stuart Hall the #1 school in Shenandoah Valley for five continue to provide innovative and creative in 2015 and teaches our Upper School students, years in a row. Thank you. programs that prepare our students for success including Visual Arts Emphasis students and Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art. Nance holds a BFA in “If an artist has a vision and works through the creative process, the successful results Liberal Studies and a Masters in Art Education and is AP certified. will follow. It is nature’s way. When a STU art student becomes truly inspired, the Her teaching philosophy is that imagination expands. This, in turn, creates personal innovative thinking. It is this mindful, “every child has a gift or talent to creative imagination and the self-confidence to use that gift that will create the future share. It is my job and honor to beauty of the world.” - Nance Sweet, Stuart Hall Art Teacher find that passion within all children and help them dip into their soul and create something beautiful.” Art classes at the Upper School are open to all students in grades 9 through 12. The goal of the program is to nurture and develop an appreciation for art and an interest in the creative process through an understanding of techniques, concepts, fundamentals, and traditions. As Nance stated, “You can have a hobby in art for 13
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Nielson '64
Delores R. Wooldridge
Jonathan Old, Jr.
Essie & Alexander Wooldridge *
Elizabeth Heatherly Pritchard '86
Susan Lambert Yates '73
Paige Lester Pruett '89
Gibbs Society J Lewis Gibbs Legacy Members
Elizabeth Kernan Quigley '44 Dr. and Mrs. James Rooney
Donald and Susan McMullen Beck '60
Laura Lee Buchanan Rush '46
Ms. Shelley Boatright
Kimberlee Lester Smith '87
Harriet Davis Boone '57
Mary K. Nelson Stern '66
Dr. David H. Charlton
Dr. Emma J. Stokes '63
Mary Blakeslee Nettleton Chase '45
Page Hynes Sullenberger '63
Yvonne Franklin Clement '42 Lucy Jane Hines Conger '41 Nancy Fryman Cosgrove '65 Dr. Julia East '79 Virginia Ball Fisher '45 Catherine Baber Fleischman '81 Mary Carter Frackelton Carol Leonard Gauntlett '49 Mary Morriss Gibbs '53 Sylvia Mathis Gibson '53 Katharine Taylor Gray '68 Betsy Butzner Greene '66 Helen Robinson Heinzer '75 Virginia Rogers Holton '42 Sally Balch Hurme '64
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Douglas and Kathryn Maddux Quarles '44, Jr.
Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott '32
Katharine Fitzhugh Terrie '62 Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson '48 Lucy Dent Venable '44 Debbie Lotz Walker '66 Susan Burress Wall '49 Sally Opie Watson '48 Polly Taylor Watson '57 Elizabeth Bivens Weaver '57 Beatrice de Blonay White '58 Ronald E. and Susan Lambert Yates '73
Gifts-in-kind Asfa Plastic Surgery Augusta Health
Kristine Lynette Johnson '74
Donald and Susan McMullen Beck '60
Anne Norris Kast '66
Black Bear Composting
Elizabeth Smith Kirkland '56
P. Roger and Kennon Bowen
Dr. and Ms. Swen E. Laser
Bowman’s Auctions
Mrs. Paula Reeves Lea
Cory and Catherine Connor
Susan Smith Makos '72
Dennis Cross
Dr. Dennis and Bonnie Fontenot
Emporium
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During an idyllic springtime Alumni Weekend, the dogwoods and daffodils were in full bloom, along with Stuart Hall love and spirit at their finest. More than 130 alumni and their guests came home for three days of laughter, celebration, service, and connecting. The weekend began with two community service projects, both on- and off-campus, performed alongside students. That evening, Old Main was filled with hugs and merriment as alumni saw one another again, sometimes for the first time in 60 years, at a cocktail party that started the weekend off on just the right note. In the morning, the day dawned bright and only got brighter as alumni and seniors shared their love for Stuart Hall at the popular Roundtable Remembrances and Anne Norris Kast '66 was named Distinguished Alumna at the annual luncheon where she was celebrated by 19 of her classmates. A memorial service led by students helped us pause and reflect on friends loved and lost, and the first-ever Wine and Design class gave alumni the opportunity to create a lasting memento of the weekend, as well as enjoy Virginia wine! The first-ever All-Alumni Dance-tacular in the gym was the perfect way to close out the weekend, eating, drinking, and dancing until nearly midnight with friends from all decades! At Stuart Hall, it doesn't matter what year you graduated - you are forever part of the alumni family and School community.
Fields of Gold Flory Fitness Global Oil Flow USA, LLC Franklin Haire Morgan and Gessner Harrison Health Impact Home Depot Dave N. Kramer H L Lang & Co. Master Jewelers Mapleton Farm
Old Main was filled with hugs and merriment as alumni saw one another again, sometimes for the first time in 60 years.
Christine McKee Mid Valley Press Milmont Greenhouses Brian Ochs The Omni Homestead Nancy Trantham Poe '78 Polyface Farms Redwood and Co. Mary J. Scarborough The Staunton Abbey Taphouse Stinson Vineyards Marsha Vayvada and Don Steger, Jr. Vision Technology Group The Honorable Don Wilson Wintergreen Resort
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Packed more than 100 personal care boxes for residents at shelter. Alumni • Spring 2016
Built a retaining buffer, prepared the gardens for fall on Urban Farm at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. Upper School • Spring 2016
"STU Gives Back" initiative Middle School and Alumni Spring 2016
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Contri bution:
Engaging Students in Meaningful Service Part of our vision for Stuart Hall students is to equip them to be meaningful contributors to the world. We believe it is our responsibility to graduate students who identify as belonging to a world community, and understand that their role as global citizens includes engaging in meaningful service. Our service-learning program combines community service and projectbased learning. Students learn about current issues and social problems, and work with community organizations to become part of the solution. Through service and guided reflection, students learn about themselves and their relationship to both our local community and world around them. Andy Jones-Wilkins, Director of Community Life for Stuart Hall stated, “Community service allows students to use what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to real-world needs. By working together to help others, students develop an increased sense of social responsibility while learning the value of teamwork, and improving communication and critical-thinking skills. At Stuart Hall, giving back is part of who we are and it benefits not only those we help, but also strengthens our relationships with one another." Student involvement in the community is woven into school life across all three divisions.
Last fall, second-graders worked with their teacher, Anita Sanders, to coordinate a food drive for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Students discussed in class what it means to be “food insecure” and the reasons why this may happen. The class then voted to begin a food drive and handled everything from promoting the drive to collecting the food to physically delivering (with help from parents) the items to the Food Bank. Through this project, students donated 1,021 pounds of food enough to provide 850 meals to families in need. This past spring, the entire Middle School participated in community service as part of the “STU Gives Back” initiative. The students spent a day at Community Child Care, a nonprofit childcare center in Staunton. While there, they laid out garden beds, planted a vegetable garden, mulched flower beds, and participated in activities with the center’s children. “Planting and mulching was really hard work, but it was great to see how much we were able to accomplish in one afternoon,” stated Amelia ‘22. The STU Gives Back initiative was purposely scheduled during Alumni Weekend, which allowed alumni to serve alongside the students. Some alumni took part in activities in their own communities, some joined the Middle School students at Community
Child Care, and some stayed on campus to pack more than 100 personal care boxes for residents at the local homeless shelter. At the Upper School level, students worked with the Allegheny Mountain Institute’s Urban Farm at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. They made the connection between food production, nutrition, and health while building a retaining buffer, preparing the gardens for fall, and sampling sustainably-grown crops. Post-activity reflection focused on the differences between sustainable farming and large-scale agriculture operations, local food sources, and the relationship between quality food and health. Beyond engaging with the community, these service-learning initiatives help students learn vital
1,021 pounds of food donated = 850 meals to families in need. Lower School • Fall 2015
On October 17, 2015, we held our first annual Local Food For Thought fundraiser. Under cloudless skies and a beautiful, clear tent, Stuart Hall community members came together to celebrate with friends and raise money for day student scholarships. Thanks to those who attended and sponsored the event, more than $50,000 was raised!
SPONSORS: Jerry and Maryann Acuff Bartzen and Ball BB&T Scott & Stringfellow
21st century skills such as critical-thinking, problem solving, leadership, decision-making, collaboration, and communication. Since tuition revenues pay for personnel expenses with just a margin to spare, everything else we do comes from donations – everything from food to technology and even community service programs. Your gifts make these vital learning opportunities possible. Thank you.
Assisted at Staunton Rotary Christmas Party for 200 area youth and families Upper School • December 2015
Mr. Yang Liu and Mrs. Shufang Qi David and Catherine Parks Loevner '67
Beverley Cigar Store
Mapleton Farms
Caryn Brown ConnectHub
William T. and Ann P. McIntyre, III
Daikin Applied
Mountain Valley Corporation
James Dungan and Dr. Elizabet Pinkston-Dungan
Provides USA Inc.
Amelia Pinkston Dungan '96
Camp Twin Creeks
Fields of Gold Lori Anne Graninger '80
Virginia Eagle Distributing Company, LLC
Dana Parks Gray ‘65
VMI Keydet Club
Danni and BC Sommerfield Spencer Home Goods
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Development Office Stuart Hall School P.O. Box 210 Staunton, VA 24402 www.stuarthallschool.org 540/213-7074 Email: development@stuart-hall.org