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reflections What a fantastic year we have had so far at Tabor! It seems to me that there has been a bit of a shift here, and it feels seismic in its power to transform the Tabor experience. The shift has been toward greater engagement with and between our students outside the classroom, empowering action in many fascinating ways.
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While the last issue focused on the shift in our academic program toward more relevant integrated problem solving, this issue of Tabor Today highlights the recent changes that have been made with an eye toward improving campus life outside the classroom through our advising system, our student activities program, and our desire to be a more inclusive, engaged community. Some of these changes have been implemented through structural administrative changes and expanded roles in the Dean’s Office, while others are the direct result of faculty and student leadership.
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I think the shift we are seeing comes down to two powerful forces working together. The first is that our faculty and administration recognize the power in their roles to proactively ensure that our students are ready and able to take on the opportunities at Tabor through encouraging their healthiest habits of mind, body, and spirit. And secondly, they are empowering students to recognize and embrace the very real and powerful impact of their individual leadership in creating school culture. By leading together, we are creating a stronger school culture based on trust, respect, fun, and hard work; a culture that is increasingly curious about the different experiences we bring as individuals from different backgrounds.
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The result is more activities with more student involvement, more intellectual conversations between students, stonger student leadership across campus, and more fun! Just another of the many ways we are moving Tabor forward together. Our school on the move is a fascinating and worthwhile project. Aren’t we, through our ongoing interest and support, so lucky to be a part of the vital energy that is Tabor?
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BLOGS TO ENJOY: • MacKenzie Chaput, faculty: a blog centered on working out, shopping, and saving money:
http://runshopsave.com/ • Rick Archer ’68: “Buddha at the Gas Pump—
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Erica Larence ’10 Caine and Mabel a children’s book about a rescue dog Dean Fougere ’04 The Lost Truth stories of the paranormal Matthew Goldman ’65 Landmarks You Must Visit in Southeast Connecticut; More Landmarks You Must Visit in Southeast Connecticut; The Journals of Constant Waterman: Paddling, Poling, and Sailing for the Love of it; Moonwind at Large: Sailing Hither and Yon
Interviews with Spiritually Awakening People” CORRECTIONS:
Rick has interviewed about 340 people, some
Our heartfelt apologies! These loyal alumni should have
well known, such as Deepak Chopra and ABC’s
each received the anchor designation in the fall 2015
Dan Harris. He posts weekly and has 4 million views
annual gift report for their consecutive years of giving.
on YouTube and about 1.5 million podcast down-
Mr. Peter D. Billings ’59
loads, about 250,000 views/listens per month! Enjoy!
Mr. Roger D. Elsas ’61
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Fred Hill ’58 The Life of Kings, on The Baltimore Sun, a collection of essays from the author, Russell Baker, and the producer of The Wire and Homicide, David Simon. Share your work with us!
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books we love
Nightingale by Kristen Hannah All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
Coaches and A thletes R ecognized
Eighteen seniors signed letters of intent to play at the Division I level, the highest
Uncle J on’s Ta k es on The Beebe G rille
number of students in recent memory. Rob Hurd, our head sailing coach, was awarded
A local favorite, Uncle Jon’s Coffee, has taken over the food service in the Beebe Grill, transforming it overnight into the student center we always hoped that space could be. Now open from 8 am until 9 pm, the space is filled with students interacting between classes and during free periods, playing games, doing work, or just catching up.
the Spranger Award for “extraordinary dedication and selflessness” by ISSA, Interscholastic Sailing Association, a well-deserved honor for Rob from our governing association.
Students performed a unique play called Human Geometry, written and directed by English teacher Mark Howland, which cleverly described human relationships within the context of geometry concepts. It was a fun way to learn about math and teenage relationships!
Cailyn Garber ’17
Black B o x
Guest S peakers on Gender Roles/Empathy
Science Lectu re Series Continu es
Tabor G oes to 100% Rene w able Energy
Spanish Ex change !
Two gender role speakers came to campus this fall:
We welcomed Dr. Francis Jensen, author of the The Teenage Brain; Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn, conservation biologist, and Dr. David Gallo (above), oceanographer, to speak to our community about their work. Dr. Jensen spoke about teenage cognitive development; Dr. LeBuhn shared her expertise in pollinators and the fascinating citizen science project she created to monitor populations (www.sunflowerproject.com); and Dr. Gallo shared his engineering work in deep ocean travel and mapping that has opened a role for scientists in finding lost aircrafts, shipwrecks like the SS Titanic, and life forms in unlikely places.
Over the past year, Tabor has made great strides
We enjoyed a great week with twenty students from Begues, Spain, where our students will return in June to learn more about Spanish culture!
Ms. Alexis Jones, of I am That Girl Foundation, and Dr. Michael Kimmel, Director of Stony Brook University’s Center for Men and Masculinities. Each addressed faculty and students about how communities (and individuals) can establish and uphold cultural norms that encourage all members to be responsible for both themselves and for others by standing up against destructive behaviors. This kind of community, the speakers suggested, upholds its values in its day-to-day interactions and creates a strong, supportive culture.
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in its sustainability: we purchased hybrid vehicles, installed water bottle filling stations across campus and in dormitories, and started a bike share program.
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Single stream recycling now makes recycling more
Benchmarks were established this year for freshman through a new standardized test called
efficient and widespread. In it’s latest move, Tabor
the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA+), an online assessment designed to
has committed to purchase 100% green, renewable
evaluate students’ higher-order thinking skills. The aggregate results of the performance of
electricity!
each subsequent class on the assessment will be a valuable tool to help Tabor fine-tune and maximize the efficacy of our academic program. First V ol u nteer Kic k Of f D ay a Great S uccess
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November 12 was a great day on campus! Over 20 Fund for Tabor alumni volunteers and 30 parent volunteers joined us on campus for ongoing training and goal setting. After the meetings, they joined the school community for our annual rivalry with Holderness School. After a great set of games and some close matches, the Seawolves prevailed, and the trophy remains with the Seawolves! 5
view from the bridge Service w ith a S mile !
As has been our custom, Tabor students and faculty set out across the Southcoast last fall to assist our neighbors in need. We tutored, painted, weeded, cleaned, sorted, and more! This winter, a group of students hosted a weekly young athletes program for Special Olympics, as well as a basketball tournament on Valentine’s Day. This spring, we will all join in on a collaborative field day with Special Olympics where we hope to attract 100 intellectually challenged athletes. Watch our video: //vimeo.com/155536442
Alchemy by Head of School, John H. Quirk
along front street Musicians P articipate in S tate Festival
Be f ore moving to Tabor, I spent t w enty -f ive
Seven of eleven Tabor music students who
years running dormitories. That part of my job— which combined with teaching and coaching to make me a “triple threat” school person—spanned all phases of my life. One day I was a new teacher, fresh from college. Then, too quickly, I was an experienced senior administrator, married with children of my own. My home for my entire career has also been a home to teenagers. I think back to the students I lived with, and some of the most meaningful stories come to me. I’ve been at it long enough now that I see these former dorm residents from time to time, out of school and thriving in their adult lives. How incredible to see what emerges over a lifetime, to reflect on the “then” them—check-ins, dorm parties, and study halls. How rewarding to see the transformation from freshman to senior—teaching a boy how to tie a tie on the first day of school, and then saying good-bye at graduation— hoping you’ve taught something of the ties that will connect him to the right things in his life.
auditioned participated in this year’s Massachusetts Music Educators’ Southeastern District Music Festival at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center on January 9th. Congratulations are definitely in order! With over one hundred schools participating in the auditions, it is quite competitive to be accepted to the festival. Opera, Jazz Anyone?
Students were treated to some special cultural opportunities this winter. Mr. Sanborn arranged a night of jazz with Wynton Marsalis, including backstage access to Marsalis himself! Later, Mr. Townsend shared a night at the opera in Boston with eight students. The opera, La Boheme, was a first for most of the students. Lachlan Hyatt ’17 shared: “Last night was the first time I had seen an opera, and I walked out of there very impressed. From the beautiful and ornate theater to the minimalist set, everything was visually wondrous. Then the music began and within ten minutes I was lost in the story. The English subtitles running across the screens beside the stage helped me to follow the plot, but it was almost unnecessary as the cast’s singing and the orchestra’s music showed the story with emotion by itself. I walked out of there excited to return and see my second opera, whenever that will be.” 6
G raboys Leadership Symposiu m
We enjoyed our third annual symposium with plenty of outside and alumni speakers to inspire and collaborate with our students as we asked them to think like social entrepreneurs. The day allowed students to exercise their creativity while thinking with faculty and business leaders about innovative solutions to some intractable problems in communities around the world. See video from the day at https:// vimeo.com/143924513. A UTH OR TA LKS
Ken Gloss of Brattle Books shared his enthusiasm for antique books with us.
Alchemy abounds in the residential and community aspect of our work. It’s not just about the boarding experience per se, though the dorm setting is at the core of it. It is about this tenet in our mission, to “foster care for others and committed citizenship,”
that reminds us of the transformation properties of learning by living with and for each other. It is about the culture we build and how that culture defines our community—in a 24/7 atmosphere that maximizes our opportunity to build it. As you read today, you know this. You’ve experienced it and have carried the stories with you in your own life. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing many of these stories. Some are about great teachers and coaches. Many are about team experiences. The majority are about events that happened in the dorms and around campus in our “unscripted” curriculum. While we intend for everything we do to provide learning opportunities, the teachable moments of the community curriculum are different altogether in how profoundly personal they are, and in how often the lessons are cemented into lifelong skills by the independence of the experience. For this reason we’ve been especially focused on it this year. For Tabor is not just a great independent school. Neither is its purpose “simply” to be a great college preparatory school. We are a boarding school, and our most critical focus should be on being exceptional at that. This does not mean that all students need to live on campus. Rather it means that we should use our extraordinary contact time with students to educate them wholly, through talented adults who will mentor them in what these days is a rare cultural partnership. We know that the adults our graduates will soon become will need more than preparations for college. They will require skills for a lifetime—skills best taught in the context of this strong residential and community environment. Resilience and perseverance, inclusivity, collaboration, empathy, sense of community purpose, commitment beyond self, personal responsibility— these and other things can be our aim as we pursue an exceptional life-readiness for our students. And so you find yourself primed to read this issue of Tabor Today—a compendium of the ways in which we are committed to our boarding and community ideals, in shared ownership with the talented students we serve. Think ahead with me, as you read, to what will emerge in their lives as a result of our efforts today. 7
Lily Blouin ’16
Juliana Brewer ’17
Cailyn Garber ’17
Cailyn Garber ’17
Cailyn Garber ’17
Juliana Brewer ’17
Khalida Williams ’16
Juliana Brewer ’17
Maggie Finley ’18
Owning the Culture by Mel Bride, Dean of Students
The planning and subsequent opening of Matsumura House, our new dorm, began some inspired thinking about Residential Life on campus that dovetailed nicely with my arrival as the new Dean of Students in July. The open common spaces and hallways beckon people out of their rooms and encourage people to connect, students with students, faculty with students. This is the magic of boarding school life: our 24/7 community promoting learning beyond the classroom, taking place between each other, through lives entwined.
initiatives, community building, self-discovery, and transformative personal experiences. It takes a village, as they say. Our faculty provides the knowledge and skill base, while we provide the safety, discipline, confidence, health and wellness, and the cultural milieu in which our students can best thrive.
Thankfully, Jay Houck left me a strong foundation: a great community culture, a strong and reasonable disciplinary system, fantastic proctors and trained student peer listeners, along with burgeoning student The ideal promise of a 24/7 learning community leadership roles across campus. The new office is what is propelling my agenda for Residential Life structure with four class deans added to our tradiat Tabor. While my immediate role is to ensure the tional class advisors provided a ready launching pad safety of our student population, the opportunity of for some new ideas. the Dean’s Office is so much greater. I like to think of our office as the structure that provides the trans- My first thought when I stepped into this position formative personal growth we seek for each one of was to maintain the aspects of the office that were our students at Tabor. It is the focus for all of us working well even as I sought improvement. I here, the Dean’s Office in particular, to continue wanted to claim responsibility for the culture, and to build programming around these non-academic the safe environment and spirit of community that hours and create meaningful opportunities for we all love about Tabor. I wanted our office to be leadership, intercultural understanding, student the keeper of that flame, the stoker of inclusion and 8
the champion of diversity in every way. If we prepare students for everything they might encounter at Tabor, from the ups and downs to the highs and the lows, they will hopefully be able to take advantage of all the offerings here to stretch, grow, and make us proud. That’s the goal, anyway. So far so good!
What does it mean to o w n the c ult ure ?
by Austin Franklin ’16
Sitting in the chapel filled with my classmates at the beginning of the year, I gazed over the room imagining what was going through everyone else’s heads when Mrs. Bride told us to “own the culture.” To me, owning the culture means getting involved in the community in as many ways as possible and believing in what it is you are doing. Someone didn’t pick up his or her trash? Looks like it’s on you to pick
I began my work in Chapel, hoping to set a tone for my leadership. To illustrate my topic, “Owning the Culture,” I asked the students to consider using their power to make Tabor what they want it to be. I asked them to consider how students act when adults aren’t around. Do students feel safe to be themselves? What do students tolerate from one another and where do they draw the line? What are those unwritten student codes that guide decisionmaking on a daily basis on campus? What kinds of things are met with “We don’t do that here….?” It is critical to our success for students to understand how our behavior, our intentions, our care and concern for others create our campus culture. I wanted them to cultivate our culture, not take it for granted. Read, at right, what Austin Franklin ’16 thought about that!
it up. What? No one is watching? Who cares? Owning the culture is doing the things that the Tabor community believes in all the time and guiding others to do the same. It means giving it everything you’ve got on the field, in the classroom or on the stage. It means that you’re kind, friendly, and always looking out for everyone else in the community. Think that you’re “too cool” to lip sync or square dance? Guess what? It’s uncool not to try. Owning the culture means being unafraid to try new things, even when you are afraid. Give it everything you’ve got and you will have support. Eventually, I hope that everyone in the community owns the culture and leaves us with this awesome place where we are working towards becoming the best people we can possibly be while making the community the best possible community. No one ever said owning the culture was going to be easy, but it is most definitely rewarding.
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Cailyn Garber ’17
Khalida Williams ’16
Reagan Eyler ’17
The next step I needed to make to ensure our strong community was to improve weekend life so that the students had more opportunities to engage with each other and bring their ideas to the fore. Our student leaders, using an inclusive leadership style, learned that while some students still love large scale events, many others prefer smaller experiences with 5-10 students and a faculty member or two.
Bryn Jacobs ’17
encourage them in their goals. Smaller group activities also provide a choice to do something more low-key if a school dance or an all-school dodge ball game is not the right option.
Student leaders have taken the reins of all-school event programming, including promotion at the student-led All School Meeting. The Student Activities Committee comes up with ideas, works them through their committee, encourages attenFor these smaller events, I have leaned heavily on dance, and works with our student activities faculty to create more and varied opportunities for director, Chris Millette, on logistics and budget. involvement. We simply looked for ways we could Important leadership skills are tested, and week have fun together and began planning. Faculty after week the students excel in this challenge. A stepped forward to invite students to engage in major initiative was to create a new spirit weekend areas of their interest: taking them to plays, the called Tabor Cup to replace Dorm Wars that opera, jazz concerts; baking cookies, pizzas; sharing included team competitions in chess, trivia, and favorite films, crafts, board games and outdoor cookie baking, along with a 3-on-3 basketball touractivities such as apple picking, Frisbee, fishing, and nament, and the weekend highlight, a Lip Sync so much more. These opportunities have allowed Contest. We have had tremendous success with this faculty and students to know each other better, combined approach resulting in a 22% decrease in building trust and new relationships with respected weekend sign-outs, more day student involvement, adults, and increasing communication that in turn and high levels of satisfaction among students. improves our ability to mentor our students and 10
Maggie Finley ’18
But it’s not all about fun and games—an intellectual life should blossom, too. My goal of supporting our movement toward more inclusion and to strengthen the voices of all our students has allowed more student initiatives to flourish. We worked together with student leaders to bring in speakers this past fall who solidified our “owning the culture” tone for the year and sparked many new ideas. Dr. Michael Kimmel and Ms. Alexis Jones each came to speak about gender roles and cultural identity. Dr. Kimmel challenged us to embrace the culture we want and to stand up for it through small, but sometimes tough, day-to-day actions. Ms. Jones shared empowering messages with both our girls and our boys about the strength and power of their respective gender roles and identities. These speakers provided a springboard into conversations among dorms and advisors about the nature of our community culture and how we want to be treated. More dialogue has ensued through our monthly “Cultural Conversations,” as well as the now famous “Kappy Talks” led by new faculty member Emily Kaplan, who facilitates discussion
on any topic of interest to our teens. Junior Trinity Monteiro, took her leadership to the next level after helping to bring our speaker Alexis Jones to campus by starting a Tabor chapter for her foundation. These are just the beginnings of what our Tabor community can offer outside the classroom. Another real area of opportunity is through our Health and Wellness initiatives. In this area, our faculty advisors serve as our first proactive offensive line. We are seeing, as is common throughout many high schools, higher incidents of teenage anxiety and depression, (http://cnn.it/1UXZ6yY), often attributed to technology and social media. Determining ways to help support students through the challenges of high school and finding time for them to de-stress and “tech-down” is increasingly important to their ability to be present for the school day and all that awaits. Teaching them about good habits such as healthy eating and exercise is critically important, and we have partnered with Dining Services to make important changes. We have begun a voluntary meditation and mindfullness class on Sunday afternoons with the goal of 11
Kayla Aimone ’17
Kayla Aimone ’17
Madeleine Gregory ’16
M eet o u r Class D eans By L a uren M illette
The moment our students arrive on campus, they are met with a multitude of enthusiastic, supportive adults invested in deliberately creating an exceptional Tabor experience. Class Deans work with each grade, becoming experts on the experiences students in their grade will face. Their aim is to enhance the overall social, emotional, and academic well-being of all students, serving as advocates and champions. They each have a theme that drives their connection with their classes creating one strategy to build a community of learners who are prepared and willing to be engaged leaders at Tabor. Freshman Class D ean , L a u ren M illette
Freshman year, we work with students on becoming a Seawolf and learning how to master navigating the oceans of Tabor. “My work with the class intentionally focuses on four key areas in adolescent development: motivation, self-direction, Kayla Aimone ’17
Nathan Vail ’17
developing a more extensive wellness program that students can access to live more balanced and stressfree lives. The health and wellness of our students is paramount to their ability to engage in Tabor to the best of their ability, so it is an important focus of our work. I would be remiss if I did not share the critical role our Class Deans and advisors play in helping find the pathways toward transformational growth for our students. They are the glue of Tabor, creating a trusting bond between teachers and students. Their influence can be just the encouragement a student needs to take a risk and try something new: go out for the play or a new sport, apply for a particular leadership role, or get into that difficult conversation they need to have with a peer.
So you see, it certainly does take a village! I think I speak for all of us in saying that nothing is more rewarding than creating a space that encourages positive exploration and transformative growth within a collaborative and committed community. The way we support one another here is the special ingredient of our success at Tabor. We all, students and faculty, are proud of our school, taking responsibility to know one another, creating our own fun, and inspiring each other to make Tabor, and the world, a better place.
Kayla Aimone ’17
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self-knowledge, and relationships.” Sophomore Class D ean , Travis Glennon
Sophomore year, we discuss being present and deliberate, focusing students on their goals, their friends, their community roles, and budding leadership ideas. “During sophomore year, we really want the students to be present in their daily actions, both academically and socially. We hope to help them understand the importance of what’s happening in the here and now.” J u nior Class D ean , Kenny A c k erman
Junior year, we seek to help students make real progress in accomplishing their goals. “Things really pick up during junior year,” explains Ackerman. “Classes get harder and expectations go up. Our students are ready for this challenge; we help Izzy Reid ’18
remind them that they can accomplish great things.” Senior Class D ean , Chris M illette
Chris brings our students across the finish line during a tumultuous year of growth with changing expectations and new horizons. “The seniors are so important to the overall tone and attitude of the school. With great senior leadership, the entire school thrives. We work with the seniors to keep them focused on their lives here
The advisor role needs careful care and feeding if we want it to reap the impact we know it can deliver. We are investing in our teachers through professional development to improve their advising skills in support of the critical role they play in the lives of our students. 12
at Tabor, while preparing them for what lies beyond. We want all of our seniors to finish strong.” Additionally, two class advisors stick with a class through their four years to help build class cohesion and identity. This team of twelve, in addition to each student’s faculty advisor, is the backbone of the Dean’s Office.
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Finding Myself
Kayla Aimone ’17
by Trinity Monteiro ’17
Three years, twenty-one classes, and numerous adventures later, my Tabor experience has not gone as planned. In eighth grade, I dreamed of excelling in the classroom, continuing my practice in the studio, and maybe doing some things on the side with drama like my cousin had done with his time as a Seawolf. However, I soon came to find out that Tabor offers so much more. The classroom was only the beginning of my Seawolf experience. It was during my sophomore year when all the opportunities seemed to be hitting me left and right. I was doing well academically, but it soon felt like I was learning the most outside of the Academic Center, Braitmayer, Hoyt, and Fish Center. I was given the chance to attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC), a three-day event where students explore all types of diversity, in Indianapolis in 2014. This was truly the beginning of my classroom outside the classroom experience. I returned to Tabor after the conference feeling empowered to conquer all issues around diversity. 14
I continued to try and take all opportunities handed my way. I joined the women’s leadership training program, Tenbrook, with Ms. Gardiner and Mrs. Millette, and soon began peer-counseling training. Though finding all of these experiences thrilling, I was going through a hard time personally.
week felt like the official kickoff of this women’s movement I wanted to start on campus. My cloud nine experience continued the morning I spent with Lex when she asked me to start an IATG local chapter on campus. She wanted me to bring her organization to Tabor and lead a group of girls in this movement. How could I resist?
I began to pay particular attention to what made me the happiest. I found that environments like the SDLC, Tenbrook, and peer counseling were where I loved being most. These groups of people were so aware and caring, and motivated me to learn more about others. It soon became clear to me that gender equality issues were what got me the most excited to jump out of bed in the morning.
Within two months of having Lex on campus, I had applied to start a local chapter, gone through the interview process, returned to the SDLC, and then come back to officially launch our chapter on campus. Since then things have been on a roll: my motivation and encouragement has been fueled by Lex, the SDLC, and IATG’s effect on Tabor so far; and I have returned to Tenbrook once again as a mentor and have continued my work with expanding IATG’s presence on campus. Through these experiences I have been able to learn so much about the outside world, people in our community, and mostly about myself.
I soon shared my ideas with Lauren Millette, the freshmen class dean, about wanting to transform Tabor into a gender equality utopia. As a female, the issues were clear to me, and it was evident something needed to be done. Mrs. Millette jumped on board immediately and offered her full support. I started sending out surveys and talking to everyone. We started planning events centered on support. Through all this excitement we found Alexis Jones, a motivational speaker and co-founder of the nonprofit female empowerment organization I am that girl (IATG). We contacted Ms. Jones about having her come to Tabor to speak, and months later it all became real. “It was like she was walking on air - she was giddy with excitement at the much anticipated visit from Alexis, one of her biggest role models,” Mel Bride, Dean of Students, said referring to me in the halls the days before the event. Having Lex at Tabor and seeing the reaction from students and faculty after her “I am that girl: Modern Girls on a Mission” and “Protect Her: Redefining #MANHOOD” speeches was remarkable. That
I bring all of these experiences with me wherever I go and use them to enhance my time in the classroom, whether that is through offering a new perspective in my U.S. History or AP Language classes or seeking inspiration for my artwork. I am always looking for new ways to branch out even further, and I plan to apply for the Student Diversity Leadership Council that is starting up on campus and pick up an independent art project that will allow me to interact with even more people in our community while exploring different aspects of diversity. With a year and a half left at Tabor, my ultimate goal is to leave a positive impact on the community that encourages people to become the best version of themselves and to look deeper into who others really are.
another graduation. I hardly thought of what I could learn outside of the classroom. Here I am today learning more than I could ever imagine. My education at Tabor has been full of numbers, facts, literature, and more, but the most impactful parts have been full of different people, backgrounds, and experiences. I am fortunate enough to have people like Mary Wayss and Shana Silva, who encouraged me from the start at my middle school, Our Sister’s School in New Bedford, and continue to be by my side. Upon entering Tabor, I sought out mentors again and found Anika Walker-Johnson, Lauren Millette, and Rebecca Parente. While I would like to think I did it all, these women have really empowered me to go after my dreams and what I love the most. The other day, while discussing the college process with Mrs. Walker-Johnson, she asked me, “What do you want to do?” and then quickly changed her question to, “Who do you want to be?” She said I did not have to answer the question in the moment, but I have found that answer now. I wish to be a person who values impact over money and whose success is measured by how many people I have touched rather than how many things I own. I hope to be someone who encourages others to be the best version of themselves and someone who is open to learning about things that seem different. It is at Tabor that I have realized my education merely starts in the classroom and really flourishes outside.
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deliberate planning and action, and ongoing accountability.” (National Association of Independent Schools “Principles of Good Practice: Equity and Justice”) So where does Tabor stand now in its commitment to diversity and inclusivity?
report on inclusion, one year later by Anika Walker-Johnson, Dean of Multicultural Education and Community Life
It has been almost a year since I wrote the article, “Pioneers in an Inclusive School” in the Spring 2015 issue of Tabor Today that focused on aspects of the history and progression of diversity and inclusion initiatives at Tabor. Since the publication was released, a lot has happened in our world. The U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Caitlyn Jenner used her own transition from male to female to become an advocate for transgender rights. Racial tensions and subsequent protests erupted on college campuses across the U.S. Pope Francis visited the U.S. and became the first pope to address Congress. The Syrian refugee crisis exploded in Europe amidst the continuing rise of ISIS. The U.S. and Cuba ended their cold war relationship after 50 years. Paris became the site for two significant terrorist attacks 16
and a world climate summit that resulted in an agreement among more than 100 countries. These events and a myriad of others continue to remind us of the importance of cultivating more richly diverse and inclusive school communities. Our students will enter a world where it will be necessary to truly connect with and understand one’s individual cultural identity and experiences within the context of connecting with and understanding others’ cultural identities and experiences. The value of the empathy that results from that mutual understanding cannot be understated in its relationship to the success and wellbeing of our students. Nevertheless, their preparation and the progress that we seek at our school by the sea can only come with “…commitment, reflection,
Most significantly, this past year has led to increased dialogue among Tabor administrative leadership, faculty, staff, and students and engagement in educational programming that addresses topics of multiculturalism. For example, Tabor has sponsored multiple delegations of administrative leadership, faculty, staff and students to attend the Multicultural Teaching Institute, the AISNE Diversity Conference, the NAIS People of Color Conference, the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference, the Diversity Directors & Heads of School Workshop, and the GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) Conference, to name a few. On our own campus, professional development workshops have been provided for faculty and administrators by Diversity Directions (the consulting firm that conducted Tabor’s 2013 Climate Assessment for Diversity and Inclusion). In these workshops, we talked about why we need to create an inclusive school culture, and what an inclusive school culture looks like. We looked at how unconscious bias can affect the hiring process, and we examined the relationships between privilege, affinity, and micro-aggressions. As corollaries to these conferences and workshops, we have provided time for students, faculty, and other notable speakers to present and participate in conversations about empathy, gender equity, race relations, social entrepreneurship, and global citizenship. As we continue to move ahead in addressing issues highlighted in the Diversity Climate Assessment, members of the Diversity Leadership Council
(DLC) continue their planning and leadership in this work in partnership with various administrative departments. They have played active roles in this year’s hiring process, met with department chairs to discuss potential departmental goals in diversity and inclusion, taught workshops to all freshmen about understanding identity, sponsored and conducted an ongoing dialogue series (“Cultural Conversations”), and are in the beginning stages of establishing a Tabor student diversity leadership council. Yet, our efforts to further understand our connections to one another begin long before students set foot on our campus for their first visits. For example, we continue to strengthen and build upon the necessary relationships between our Admissions Office and the Centers for Multicultural Education and International Students. Recruitment of prospective students, while a necessary part of the Admissions process, must be approached with the perspective of student support and retention in mind. As a result, we continue to evaluate how best to support and mentor incoming students and their families for whom language, socio-economic factors, ability, adjustment to western culture, etc., can pose potential hindrances to their overall sense of well-being, belonging, and success at Tabor. Viewing our community through a lens of the experiences of those who are meeting us for the first time brings fresh perspectives about how best to build the community we desire to be. Although we have many strides still yet to take, we are far from where we have been. Our ongoing self-reflection allows us to identify terra firma for our community, and encourages further growth, planning, and action. According to Kahlil Gibran, “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” I look forward to seeing what the future holds for Tabor Academy. 17
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Passion and Patience by Rich and Joan Roller
It is difficult to decide which is more amazing— that we will actually be succumbing to the lure of retirement this June or that forty-six years have passed since we first arrived on the Tabor campus. When we came to Tabor in 1970, after three years in the Army, we envisioned being here for two or three years until a college coaching job became available. Working with young people, however, has a way of reaching out and grabbing hold of you and the longer we were immersed in life at Tabor, the more we realized just how special this community is and how meaningful it is to be a part of it. T his J une , R ich and J oan R oller w ill be retiring from Tabor after forty-six years of service to the school. Over the course of their careers here, they have worn many hats—teacher, coach, dorm parent, student advisor, faculty mentor, admissions reader, afternoon library supervisor, college counselor, and academic support tutor. They have also assumed multiple administrative responsibilities—Rich as Director of Development, Director of Athletics, Director of College Counseling, Dean of the Faculty and Assistant Head of School, and Joan as a Residential Dean and the Director of the Academic Resource Center. From Grandparents’ Day to alumni reunions, from the freshman Tabor Foundations course to College Essay Writing Workshops, the Rollers have left their fingerprints on nearly every aspect of
Our years at Tabor have been extremely rewarding both personally and professionally. Our careers have been unique in that we have enjoyed opportunities for exploration and growth that, under other circumstances, would have required multiple job changes and/or relocations. Our children have grown up in an environment where education is highly valued and where they have been surrounded by the best role models a parent could ask for. The excitement of welcoming a new group of students to the Tabor family each fall has kept us young, and seeing them graduate four years later as young men and women ready to take on the world has evoked the sense of pride that comes from knowing that what we do makes a difference. Where else but Tabor could we have all this and also be able to walk to work with the sun reflecting off the water and calls of “Good morning” and “Have a good day” reverberating around us?
life at our school. Both individually and as a couple, their commitment to the strength and well-being of our community is well known, and their absence on campus will be felt. We wish them well in retirement. The Rollers recently reflected on their tenure at Tabor and the impact the school has had on their professional and personal lives.
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When we arrived on campus forty-six years ago, we quickly sensed the dynamic nature of the environment in which we had chosen to live and work, and the years since have confirmed the accuracy of that first impression. Since joining the faculty, we have lived in four houses including both the largest and one of the smallest dormitories on campus. We have taught in the old school building and the new academic center, coached on grass, on turf, and on the wooden floor in Hoyt Hall before it became a
performing arts center. We have celebrated graduation in the old hockey rink, the new field house, on Martin field, and under a tent on the Tabor waterfront. More importantly, we have had the unique opportunity to help shepherd the school as a whole through periods of significant change. Our early years saw the end of uniforms and drill, the demise of the post-graduate program, and the return to co-education. More recently, we have shared in the advancement of the arts and the commitment to an increasingly diverse student population while wrestling with the impact of technology both in our classrooms and in the lives of our students. With each of these changes have come new challenges. In order to meet them, we have found ourselves constantly moving forward, honing our existing skills and developing new approaches and new visions for the school and our roles within it. Tabor has supported us not only with the freedom to think creatively, but also with the resources to bring our ideas to fruition. Over the course of our careers, we have been privileged to work for four Heads of School with distinctly different leadership styles, and the lessons we learned from each have been invaluable in shaping our own philosophies of education and leadership. While many of our peers have successfully worked their way up the ladder in their chosen professions, we have enjoyed the challenge of climbing multiple ladders, not with
the goal of getting to the top, but rather of making each rung of each ladder as strong as possible. From the classroom to the dormitory to the athletic arena, from the College Counseling Office to the Academic Resource Center, we have had the opportunity not only to pursue our separate interests, but also to work with each other and for each other in pursuit of Tabor’s mission. If that weren’t special enough, we have enjoyed this range of work experiences and professional growth while also having the chance to play an active role in the academic and extracurricular lives of our own children. Of all the memorable moments we have enjoyed over the past forty-six years, the naming of the varsity basketball court in our honor four years ago stands out as a fitting capstone to our careers. During the dedication ceremony, Tabor alumnus Stuart Titus ’86 shared that the greatest lesson he had learned from the Rollers is that “passion and patience are not mutually exclusive.” Our careers at Tabor have been based on this premise, and we are so very grateful to have spent nearly five decades in the company of colleagues and students who share this ideal. Passion and patience have been central themes in our Tabor experience for forty-six years, and our fondest hope is that they will remain our legacy here as we begin a new chapter in our life together. 19
Photos courtesy of the Tabor Archives and Photopool.
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The Pink Agenda
I n 19 89 , 1 62 ,00 0 American w omen w ere diagnosed w ith breast cancer . O ne o f them w as my mother .
I was five, and while I have only a fleeting memory of the events of that year, that diagnosis, which I didn’t even know about at the time, changed the course of my family’s history forever. It led to a recurrence and more surgeries, hospital stays, fear, and uncertainty than any one person— or family—should have to endure. I was 13 when I was first diagnosed with leukemia, and when it recurred shortly after my 15th birthday, my family of three had more cancer diagnoses between us than we had people. My long-suffering father would say sarcastically to incredulous acquaintances, “Just call us lucky.” Time doesn’t exactly heal all wounds, but it has provided enough perspective for me to say that we are, actually, lucky. So lucky, in fact, that after I graduated from college in 2006, with both my mom and I cancer-free, I was pursuing my career—and having a lot of fun— in New York City. It was there that I met a fellow Harvard alum whose mother was just months away from dying of breast cancer. She had recently hosted a small but successful event to raise money to fight the disease. As we contemplated the response the event had received and what we might do next, it became clear to us that, for all of the strides that had been made in the fight against breast cancer, young professionals had remained largely underengaged and under-utilized in the search for a cure. And, whether attributable to arrogance, enthusiasm, or naiveté, we thought we could change that. 20
With little non-profit experience, but with creativity, commitment, and resourcefulness to spare, the two of us—and another friend—set our sights on engaging today’s generation to find tomorrow’s cure and founded The Pink Agenda. We called in favors, relied on the enthusiasm of friends, and spent all of the time we weren’t working (and even a lot of the time we were) creating collateral, soliciting support, and hosting some really fun events that raised money for breast cancer research and care, as well as awareness of the disease among young professionals. By the end of the first year, we had raised about $50,000. More importantly, though, we had attracted a loyal following, developed corporate partnerships, become closer to securing tax-exempt status, and started to think seriously about maximizing the impact of the money entrusted to us. While direct care remained an interest, research, which is improving care, producing better outcomes, and transforming lives every day, became our focus. Our mission is to make breast cancer history and to make philanthropy fun. While we’ve always been able to take care of the latter, the former requires research and minds more scientifically inclined than ours to help guide it. We believe that some of the most important advances in understanding the disease will occur by enabling brilliant minds to pursue their biggest and brightest ideas. We rely on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s esteemed board of scientific
advisors to guide our grant making, and, through our partners at BCRF, provide critical seed funding to support innovative clinical and translational research. The Pink Agenda has funded the research of one scientist seeking to understand the biological mechanisms that drive tumor spread with the goal of identifying weaknesses to disrupt the metastatic process; another looking to optimize the use of radiation therapy in the treatment of breast cancer; and a third who is working to lay the foundation for new anticancer therapies based on the biochemical functions of tumor suppressor proteins. In addition, we support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, which has become a model for young women’s cancer care and research around the world. The support we have provided the program’s rising stars has helped advance the understanding of genomic characteristics of young women with triple-negative breast cancer, shed light on how to improve surgical decision-making in young women with the disease, and allowed researchers to evaluate the utility of baseline cardiac function assessment in early-stage breast cancer treatment with the goal of delivering better cardiac care for breast cancer patients and survivors over the long term. While we’ve come a long way since we started The Pink Agenda in late 2007, the best is yet to come. We’re continuing to expand into new cities, diversify our programming, and broaden our revenue base.
We’re forming new partnerships too, including one with TV personality and breast cancer survivor Giuliana Rancic, with whom we have now granted more than 100 wishes to women undergoing treatment for the disease. As we’ve worked to find, fund, and partner with people and programs that are improving the lives of those suffering from breast cancer and conducting the groundbreaking research necessary to improve their odds, The Pink Agenda has remained an organization of young professionals for young professionals, an organization where young people can learn to become conscientious philanthropists and effective leaders.
Upper left: Pink Agenda Founders, including Jaquelyn Scharnick (second from right) with long-time supporter Willie Geist, co-host of NBC’s “Today” show and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Upper right: Pink Agenda benefactor and Estée Lauder Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder (second from left) with his granddaughter Danielle Lauder and Pink Agenda partners Giuliana and Bill Rancic at a recent event.
And it has certainly done that for me.
Lower: Jaquelyn Scharnick
For as much as I’ve given to The Pink Agenda, it’s given me far more. When I started the organization, I rarely spoke of my diagnosis or my mother’s. And I certainly didn’t do so in the media or from behind a podium. But doing so has given me meaning and others hope.
(center) with Maggie Zayko ’02
At The Pink Agenda, we like to say that we’re committed to raising money, raising awareness, and raising hell. And it’s true. But we’re even more committed to making outcomes like my mother’s not a matter of luck, but a matter of course. That’s why The Pink Agenda remains part of my agenda. Perhaps you’ll make it part of yours too.
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(second from right) and friends at a Pink Agenda event.
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V a l ui n g a L i b er a l Ed u c a ti o n I remember the first time that I stole from my parents. I was eight, and I took my mother’s kitchen towel. I cut it into a basic dress shape, and fitted it on my Barbie doll, then re-cut and re-fitted again. I came clean to my mother after all because I needed her help. I did not know how to sew. While I was frightened to turn myself in, she was pleasantly surprised by my “criminal” act. Since kindergarten, it was very clear to my parents that I would pursue an artistic career. School curriculum in Hong Kong was very intense. In middle school, classes went from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. I had to study thirteen liberal arts subjects. My life revolved around constantly preparing for quizzes and exams. I did not have time to enjoy and nurture the “hobbies” that I loved aside from the two hours of music and painting classes I took during the weekend.
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I started my business, Kung Katherine, a women’s evening wear label, two and a half years ago in New York, where I went to art and fashion school. It has been a blessing everyday that I get to do what I love while further discovering who I am. I wake up everyday with a clear purpose because this is the most exciting venture I have experienced by far, although it is not without its challenges. Designing and operating an apparel brand is by no means easy, but I enjoy both aspects. Building a brand in a competitive environment where market share is so small can be discouraging at times. There are many vendor relationships to maintain, spending to be cut, strategies to be implemented, and marketing actions to be taken—all of which require creativity. In order to do better or to stand out among other brands, I cannot just follow other companies’ patterns; I have to do things differently and responsibly. One aspect that I am proud of is producing my
garments locally in New York City’s Garment District, where I can support organizations like Save The Garment District and Made in NY. This is a very conscious move because local businesses like mine rely on each other’s support. My factories in New York are crucial contributors to the brand’s success, including the carbon footprint that we are able to avoid. In my opinion, creativity is not a focus in the Eastern education philosophy. When my parents sent my siblings and me to be schooled in the U.S., they knew it would be constructive for our future. I am very grateful that my parents were so openminded because it was very hard for them to send away their kids to be schooled in another country. My older brother left home to attend Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham, MA, a year before my younger brother and I joined him there.
After my sophomore year, my younger brother and I decided to transfer to Tabor Academy, where we could live by the ocean, something that we were not able to enjoy much even living in Hong Kong. I made friends from all over the world who I am still in close touch with today. I was able to play tennis competitively instead of leisurely; I sailed for the first time; I designed and orchestrated a fashion show with a good friend for a senior project; and most importantly, I built a strong art portfolio for my college applications. While the art studio was a central part of my boarding school life, the global and liberal nature of the education at Tabor, and my classmates, are what I value most. Looking back, I see that all these experiences taught me that there are many ways to solve a problem; we just need to be open-minded and brave. Because of what I was exposed to at Tabor, I had the confidence to turn my “hobby” into a career.
V isit Katherine ’ s w ebsite at w w w . k u ng k atherine . com
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Going the Last Mile to share the
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The last mile of Nicaragua is stocked with single serving shampoo packets, Coca-Cola, prepay cellphone cards, and if my business partner Morgan Babbs and I have our way, solar powered lamps. Before our final year as undergraduates at Tufts University, Morgan and I spent a summer in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, running a pilot distribution company. Now a going social enterprise, Colibrí, sells cost-saving solar products to low-income households in Nicaragua. Over a third of the six million people living in Nicaragua lack electricity. By focusing on a market segment overlooked or ignored by many, we are hoping to leverage financial returns for a massive social return. Areas that lack electrical wires also lack other infrastructure. Most of these areas lie on dirt roads, many of which are impassable during the rainy season. Nearly everyone in Nicaragua owns a cell 24
phone, and those without electricity travel into town to charge it. Normally, this means an inconvenient hour or two on a bus each way, but during the rainy season it’s not unusual to be unable to travel to town for weeks. Self-sufficiency is important at the last mile normally, but when something goes wrong, it’s vital. Solar that’s accessible to everyone stands to have a huge impact. Not only do solar lamps eliminate the 10-25% that households without electricity spend on kerosene, they’re up to 20 times brighter than the average kerosene lamp and aren’t flammable. Solar panels are nearly a tenth of the cost today compared to the early 2000s, and battery and LED costs have similarly dropped in price. This makes solar technology affordable to everyone, even the “bottom billion.” Given expenditures on kerosene for lighting, a $50 lamp will save a household roughly ten times its cost over a five-year period.
The problem isn’t technology; it’s a lack of distribution and financing. Fast-moving consumer goods, such as the shampoo, Coke products and cellphone cards mentioned are getting to the furthest corners of Nicaragua, but their distribution channels are ill-suited for solar products. By working with integral members of local communities, such as school teachers, and at strategic retail locations, like agriculture and agrochemical stores, Colibrí is able to reach areas overlooked by others.
Pay-as-you-go makes solar just as accessible as single-serving shampoo packets. Electric light is a luxury that should be enjoyed by all, and Morgan and I are proud to make it accessible by joining the growing movement to reach the last mile.
However, distribution is only part of the puzzle. Many potential customers aren’t able to make a large upfront purchase. This is why Colibrí was excited to launch the first pay-as-you-go program of its kind in the region last fall. With the launch of this offering, customers are now able to pay-toown in installments equal to their former kerosene expenditures.
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Above, our first employee, William at a marketing event in Guanaca Market in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, displaying a couple of our products.
James participated in our 3rd Annual Graboys Leadership Symposium on October 20 focusing on Social Entrepreneurship.
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Gre e nf ins T u n a R e s e a r ch Program Last fall, I was invited to participate in Tabor’s Graboys Leadership Symposium, “Creative Leadership Through Social Entrepreneurship” as a guest speaker. As an alumnus, current Tabor parent (Abigail ’18) and an entrepreneur, I was honored to be included. Admittedly, I was curious to see the school through the eyes of a student again, and I wondered how students today interact in teams, if they could think outside the box of academia, and develop social and economic solutions to real world problems. I credit Tabor with inspiring my initial entrepreneurial drive. It was here where I first learned to SCUBA dive and became fascinated with the marine environment. During the summer after my freshman year, I started my first company, Monomoy Divers, with my good friend Zan Gryska, also a Tabor parent of Max ’19. We spent several summers cleaning boat bottoms, finding lost moorings, and performing other salvage work. We also had the opportunity to frequently dive on a few infamous shipwrecks that litter the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean just off the sometimestreacherous coast of Chatham. After a few harrowing experiences of my own offshore, I have grown to both love and respect the ocean’s power, beauty, and bounty.
Furthermore, they are one of the most coveted delicacies from the sea, commanding a premium for sashimi grade specimens. However, as I dug deeper, I learned about the plight of the Bluefin. Over the past 20 years, Atlantic Bluefin tuna stocks have declined by more than 90%. Their high value and soaring global demand has led to enormous pressure on this fishery. It turns out that they are a tough species to manage due to their migratory breadth. While there are international bodies that have imposed quotas and other regulations by country, enforcement is another matter. Here in the U.S., the regulations are stringent and generally adhered to. However, there are many other countries that don’t have the wherewithal to enforce such regulations. For example, in the Mediterranean, large pursue seine vessels round up entire schools of juvenile Bluefin tuna. They then transport these fish back to holding pens where they are “fattened” up for a few years before being harvested and sold, a practice often referred to as “tuna ranching”. It should be no surprise that, after 20-30 years of this pressure, the stocks have plummeted.
This infuriated me. Not only are others decimating our shared resources, but this has a significant impact on both commercial and sport fishing in It was this bounty that captured my attention many our region, which employs close to 2,000 people and generates over $230 million in gross economic years later. I was fishing off the coast of Rhode Island and incidentally caught a small Bluefin tuna impact annually. Many experts believe that global stocks of Bluefin tuna are on the verge of collapse (Thunnus thynnus). I became intrigued with this magnificent animal and began to research as much and with it the New England tuna capture fishery. Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores) are also under as I could about its behavior and migration, partly out of fascination and partly in an effort to become significant fishing pressure, and scientists are concerned that these wild stocks will likely suffer a better angler. These fish can grow in excess of a similar fate in the near future. 1000 lbs over a span of 25 years and can swim up to 40 mph. They are a highly migratory species, traveling thousands of miles every year. 26
I began to think about this predicament as a challenge. Could this problem be solved and, if so, how? What about aquaculture? After graduating from Tabor, I went to the University of Rhode Island and earned a B.S. degree in marine science which included studies in aquaculture, as well as fisheries and oceanography. While I had never worked professionally in the field of aquaculture, I did have a general appreciation for the industry. I was surprised to learn that there were no commercial tuna aquaculture operations in the U.S., though there were some pockets of R&D underway at various institutions. However, there are a handful of successful operations in other parts of the world, mainly in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Panama. Why not here? Perhaps this was due to the environmental regulations along our coastlines and the lack of a regulatory framework associated with offshore aquaculture. Furthermore, offshore aquaculture presents a number of risks, such as storms, predators, and pollution, to name a few. So, I started thinking… could this be done using land based tanks?
3,000-gallon in deck live well on the boat. We can fit between 3-6 fish in the boat tank depending on their size. We then steam home and transport the fish into a land-based tank at URI’s Bay Campus in Narragansett, RI, which is home to their Graduate School of Oceanography. Just last fall, Jake Curley ’15, a fantastic tuna fisherman and now a student at URI, joined us on a couple successful fish collection trips. I am excited to have Jake on our team and hope to add more Tabor graduates in the future. We are now moving on to the next phase of the research program focused on breeding and larval culture and are in the process of building a larger facility with a 40' diameter tank holding 120,000 gallons of water. Construction will be completed in the late spring preparing us for more broodstock this summer. Soon enough, we should be producing juvenile tuna for grow-out to market size and for restocking to replenish the wild fishery.
As with any entrepreneurial venture, we continue to evolve and innovate. It takes a great deal of passion, persistence, and patience to drive this forward, and I have been fortunate to work with some outstandThis epiphany became the birth of my new ing people that are dedicated to achieving success. company, Greenfins, with a mission to produce I am pleased to see that same level of passion today sustainably grown tuna. To get things going, I at Tabor throughout the community. At the connected with a leading URI professor and aquaGraboys Symposium, I truly enjoyed seeing how culture entrepreneur, Dr. Terry Bradley. Through him, we have recruited several graduate and under- students collaborated in teams to come up with cregraduate students. For starters, we needed to collect ative solutions to socio-economic challenges. I also witnessed the Tabor spirit alive and thriving among broodstock, which are sexually mature fish from them, largely fueled by the thoughtful guidance of the wild in order to start a breeding program. We their faculty and administrators. This sets the tone decided to focus on Yellowfin tuna first because they reach maturity at a much smaller size and age for the students and will likely spawn many future than Bluefin. On these collection trips, we will trav- leaders who will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the world. el anywhere from 100nm-150nm offshore on our 50' fishing vessel, F/V GREENFINS, generally between June and November. We use rod and reel to catch the fish and then sling them into a 27
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take on a new role within An Intervie w with Fund for Tabor Co-Chairs, Tom Mottu r ’84 and Maija Langeland Scarpaci ’95 Tabor’s volunteer structure.
events keeps us involved and invested in the future of our school. Sharing the vast and diverse talents Co-Chair role and why have you decided to of the alumni community with current students take on this responsibility? or recent graduates enriches the Tabor experience Tom: For me, this is an opportunity to work with and strengthens our connections. Finally, donating Tabor and fellow alumni to enhance engagement. any amount of treasure, large or small, is crucial Tabor was an important part of our lives and this to creating an alumni footprint that makes Tabor renewed focus on engagement helps us not only reflect on that, but also to see ways in which we can stand out from our peers and shows the world how grateful we are for our time spent at our school by be helpful. It is exciting to be part of a dedicated the sea. team that is focused on helping support Tabor in its mission to build stronger connections with Why is the FFT and alumni participation so alumni. important? Maija: The co-chair role is a unique opportunity Tom: The FFT is essential for us to close the gap to be a liaison between the school and our alumni that exists among our peer schools, and to continucommunity. It is exciting to play a part in helping ally provide both a steady and unique experience Tabor to reach its goals, and also a ton of fun to for students. Participation means two things: meet and talk to other alumni who are passionate People care about and believe in the mission; and about the Tabor experience. secondly, more participation often results in more funds, which increases the support offered to Leadership is a key priority at Tabor. What do students. you think leadership means from an alumni Maija: The Fund for Tabor is the well of possibility perspective? for the school and its students. When we give to Tom: Leadership means being part of the solution the FFT, we make an immediate impact on the and constantly looking at ways to improve the Tabor experience for current and future students. Tabor experience. That could be through a When considering a donation to the FFT, I think donation, hosting an event, answering questions the most important thing to consider is the impact for other alumni, and participating in events. of donors, not just dollars. When prospective stuMaija: Leadership opportunities at Tabor don’t end when we graduate. They shift into new ones. When dents and parents see the number of alumni who I think about different kinds of leadership opportu- donate, they often equate it with alumni satisfaction. We need strong alumni participation to showcase nities, I am reminded of the three T’s…Time, our dedication to the school. Talent, or Treasure. Spending our time at Tabor What is the newly created Fund for Tabor
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What impact has Tabor had on your career choices?
My teachers at Tabor and the challenges and rewards I found in their classrooms inspired me to become a teacher myself. Specifically, I strive to be a teacher who takes an interest and shows interest in every student in my classroom, because that is the Tabor way. Although I do not teach in a boarding school, I am mindful that a personal connection with my students within the academic setting is the best way to make the classroom experience one that feels rewarding for both the teacher and the student.
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How do you see the Fund for Tabor Co-Chair role evolving in the future?
after-decade, a strength of community that is not easily replicated elsewhere. What role do you hope to see alumni playing in the future of the school? Tom: I hope alumni can become more engaged with other alumni in their communities and return to Tabor to help with programs and provide opportunities for others. Maija: With the school re-committed to the engagement of its alumni, we have a huge role to play in Tabor’s future. In fact, I think the commitment of Tabor’s alumni, which I see expanding and manifesting every day, will define the Tabor experience for its 21st century students.
I hope the roll can serve as a resource for other Do you have any final thoughts or takeaways alumni who are interested in supporting Tabor, not you want to highlight for our readers? just financially but through sharing stories, support, Tom: I love the fact that I am still in communication with multiple alumni. I recently spent a and serving as an example for others. weekend with two friends from Tabor who also happen to be godparents to one of my sons. Those How did Tabor prepare you for life outside of lifelong friendships don’t happen everywhere. school? Maija: I am so grateful for my four years at Tabor, Maija: Tabor gently and gradually taught me how to be self-sufficient. The structure of freshman and as I think so many of us are. The proverbial baton is passed to alumni the day we graduate, and it’s up sophomore years allowed me to manage my time to us to ensure that the Tabor experience remains and my priorities junior and senior year in a way unparalleled for those students who come after us. that I would not have been able to otherwise. We have strength in numbers and can help deterAdditionally, it taught me the meaning and the potential of community. The strength of any com- mine the magnitude and the direction of Tabor’s munity is dependent upon the care and effort of its tide. members. Tabor maintains, year-after-year, decadeTom:
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Success Breeds Success by Nicole McLaughlin ’16
way, dance barres, a state-of-the-art stereo, mirrors, and costumes were purchased to augment our practice and performances. In the last year, the program budget has doubled due to our great success. Each season, TADC puts on a recital in the Fireman Center for the Performing Arts. In recent years, the shows have proven to be a big hit. There was a time when there were only a few faces in the crowd, but today the seats are filled with students eager to see what the dancers have in store. As the recitals began to generate more audience interest, Tabor Academy Dance Company or TADC, the fastest growing program at Tabor, is only about ten this motivated the dancers and allowed them to grow and push the envelope each time they stepped years old. Mark Howland, chair of the dance and drama program, says happily, “Success breeds success.” foot on stage. The program was created after Johanna Wickemeyer ’08 made a case for an expanded dance program the focus of her sophomore English class speech. She argued forcefully for change, and she got it! When Johanna was a freshman, dance only met in the fall season in a non-competitive fashion with no equipment or budget. Johanna saw greater opportunity, and Mr. Howland was eager to help, if the school was able to create a budget for this new area of interest. In the first year, TADC consisted of fewer than ten girls. Each year, the dance team attracted new applicants interested in dance to Tabor, and more and more current students became interested in viewing and participating in TADC. When our current coach, Danielle LaTulippe, was hired, the program really took off. Having taught locally on the Cape, Ms. LaTulippe was able to bring her students and others to contribute to the Dance Program. Eventually a two-season program was possible, complete with a spring competitive season (where we have won top honors!) that now counts as an interscholastic sport. The team was equipped with a budget just like every other sports team at Tabor, and that has made a big difference. Along the 30
This year the program has maxed out with between twenty and twenty-five students involved in each season of dance, including the musical. All of this success can be attributed to coaches and supporters, but also to the new student leadership position of dance captains. Each year, our dance captains continue to push for bigger and better things for the program, just as Johanna did in her day, and just as the adults involved continue to do. There is great support. Alex Osgood ’14, our first dance captain, became involved in the financial part of the program, not only leading in the studio but behind the scenes. She took over costume design, creating programs, running practices once a week, choreography, drilling the team with technique, performing solo and duet numbers, as well as many other things. She was able to break the program into chunks and put it into the students’ hands. Today, I am proud to say, TADC is largely run by the dancers with the help of adults, not the other way around. Alex passed the torch on to me when she graduated, allowing me to step into the leadership role that she created. Continuing to design and order costumes, creating programs and taking part in the financial part of the program, I feel the same appreciation and personal connection, but more importantly
All photos by Kayla Aimone ’17
love, for TADC that Alex did and am sure still does. With such great audience support, we continue to try to find ways to improve their experience. We have begun to rent lighting equipment, robotics, and body lights to intensify each show. Emily Kistler ’13, a lighting design major at Northeastern, has even come back to design lights and run the robotics for us. Each year, more and more people are hearing about the program and want to check it out. Mr. Howland and our dance team members work year round to meet prospective student dancers in Admissions. Because of our success, more dancers than actors seem to be coming to explore the opportunities with dance here at Tabor. The snowball is rolling and gaining mass and momentum. Improvement in the other performing arts is facilitated by the growth of TADC. For example, Sammie Chan ’15 and I have had the opportunity to choreograph and design aspects of the recent fall dramas. (Sammie’s show traveled to England for the Ellesmere Exchange program last fall.) Further, each year when a musical is chosen, dance is considered much more seriously than it used to be. The strength of our captains and the responsibility they take on to help teach others allows us to tackle more difficult shows. Co-Captain, Aurelia Reynolds, stared as Millie in this year’s musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. She said, “The
program has grown in such a way that it has made other students take more interest in it, boys as well as girls.” Indeed, the dance program has begun to cross the gender line, attracting young men to the stage who have not danced or acted before. Marco Delvecchio ’14, a football player, stepped out for Legally Blonde, while Symon Tremblay ’16, a hockey player, is my partner in the photos above taken during the fall recital. Tenzin Chodak ’18, a soccer player, is also on the team and played one of the leads in Millie. Symon shared the growth his participation with the dance program has offered him. He said, “It has made me surpass my limits, go beyond my comfort zone and sharpen my confidence.” He hopes his involvement may have inspired more guys to join the team, and inspired others to step out of their comfort zone and try new things. The school has shown further commitment to this program by regularly bringing in professional dance troupes and teachers to work with the dancers. Clearly, all this investment, shown through the hard work of the administration, chair, coach, captains, dancers, fans, and outside sources, has paid off greatly because today Tabor boasts a competitive, stable, strong, and growing dance program. Thanks, Johanna! 31
Nicole McLaughlin ’16 and Symon Tremblay ’16 perform at the fall dance recital.
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graduated, I received a letter from him as I was going through a difficult personal time. In that letter, he reminded me of my own mantra and how I reinforced it on a daily basis for years and years for my players. Now he challenged me to follow what I had preached and use this adversity to make myself a better man. Ultimately, as Robert Frost coined, “That has made all the difference.”
It’s All About the Culture
by Ian Patrick ’84, Faculty
This past spring marked my 38th season as a head varsity coach at Tabor, and my 41st overall. Last fall, the boys’ soccer team recorded its best season in over two decades, and the girls’ lacrosse team solidified its return to the New England prep school elite. As any coach must, I often look back and ponder how we have accomplished what we have accomplished, and how we can do it better. Ultimately, it’s all about the culture we create with our teams.
Photos courtesy of Photopool
In 2001, I coached a girls’ soccer team that won two games. Yet, like Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition from 1914-1916, we turned “disaster into triumph.” Stemming from the concept of “The Perfect Circle,” a mantra and philosophy I introduced to the program in the mid-nineties, the 2001 season launched a minidynasty. The perfect circle is a ritual where, at the conclusion of practice the day before a game, the entire team (managers, players, coaches) connects by holding hands and repeating the mantra, “The perfect circle. No beginning, no end, no seniors, no freshmen, no starters, no bench, no rookies, no cookies, no whining, no losing.” So, when our two-win campaign concluded, the culture of the circle produced tears from the girls because no one wanted the season to end. The five freshmen on that team were part of the beginning of a climb to New England girls’ soccer royalty. In 2002, we returned to the New England tournament. 32
In 2003, the squad lost in the championship game. The 2004 and 2005 teams won the New England championship and went undefeated in the process (36 games). We knew that building the 2001 season would be tough, but because of the culture we had cultivated with the perfect circle, we knew we had the framework through which the studentathletes could manage it. When Mr. Sughrue took over the team in 2008, he was faced with a similar dilemma. However, both he and the studentathletes continued the mantra of the perfect circle, and the program has returned to the championship game twice in the past two years. Now at the helm of the boys soccer program, we have continued Mr. Muther’s mantra “As One.” In many ways, it holds similar qualities of the perfect circle. You will see the mantra on t-shirts
around campus; everything we do must be “As One.” While individual skills are practiced daily, and personal responsibility reinforced on and off the field, it is the carry-over of the individual as part of a larger group that creates both the team player and the individual star. No one person can succeed without knowing he is part of a larger mechanism. In order to compete with the premier teams in New England, we must cultivate this culture on and off the field. On this squad in particular, we have players from different parts of the nation and the globe. The truly rewarding part from a coach’s standpoint is stepping back, watching them interact genuinely, and then achieve together. This culture of “As One” came to a pinnacle this past fall, and the results were outstanding, memorable, and a celebration of the “beautiful” game.
Having just completed my sixth season with the girls’ lacrosse team, we have created a culture that is inclusive, purposeful, and tireless. Perhaps more than many teams, the student-athletes on this squad are multi-sport athletes who approach life in an unabashed manner and bring dynamic personalities to the field each day. Team chemistry is at a premium and highly valued by this group; it must be. Much like the philosophies of the perfect circle and “As One,” we show up each day with the concepts of “Together” and “Hard Work” driving us. Our goal in practices and games is to work so hard, so relentlessly, so purposefully, that our opponents will want to quit. Watching Mr. Becker’s highly successful girls’ basketball team perform a full court press is the source of this philosophy. They will press, press, press at full speed, relentlessly. And, even if the press gets broken on occasion, they get right back into it and do it again. Our culture of being “All In, All the Time” has made for intense practices, good competition, and a return to the top level of New England prep school lacrosse. These particular student-athletes, go about their daily lives at Tabor “Together” and “All In.”
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Cross County (Boys) 21-4-0 (Two All Star Championship runners took 5th and 15th) All School 5K Record was broken by All Star Archie Velazquez ’17 (above) who ran a 16:00 5K (record was 16:17 held by Matt Graham ’00) Cross Country (Girls) 12-18-0 Field Hockey 13-3-1 (NEPSAC Quarterfinals) Football 3-4-0 Boys Soccer 10-5-3 Girls Soccer 11-4-2 (NEPSAC Finals) Winter
Boys Basketball 17-8-0 (NEPSAC Semifinals)
When I first took over the boys’ lacrosse team in 1996, we were already near the top of New England lacrosse. Each of our opponents was gunning for us, and the pressure sometimes took a toll. In an effort to put high-pressure situations into real life perspective, we handled chaotic, adverse, and tumultuous situations on the field with the idea, “Adversity makes you a man.” In this culture, each situation, positive or negative, was an opportunity from which to learn and grow as a player. Off the field, in real life, the maxim holds true as well. Years after one particular former student-athlete
In a letter to his wife, Emily, Sir Ernest Shackleton wrote, “I love the fight…” Indeed, winning the fight is our goal, but accomplishing it with a larger group is even more of an achievement. From our annual pre-season trips to Maine and Florida to the conclusion of try-outs, I select teams carefully. The individuals must engage in the perfect circle, be willing to work with others “As One,” see “Adversity” as part of growing as an adult, and approach life on and off the field “All In.” It’s what we do at Tabor because it is absolutely clear that the right team culture makes the difference. 33
Girls Basketball 12-1-0 (NEPSAC Finals) Boys Hockey 18-12-0 (NEPSAC Quarterfinals) Girls Hockey 15-5-4 Boys Squash 9-7-0 Girls Squash 7-7-0 Wrestling 12-6-0 (Class A Champions: Isaiah Bailey ’18 and three-time champion Amir Daouk ’16, each earned All-American status at the Prep Nationals)
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LIFE LESSONS J ose M . Su laiman ’79
Tabor Today asked alumni to share their memories, important life lessons, or experiences outside the classroom. It is always great to hear from you! S penser Huang ’1 4
A ndrew Major ’93
My fondest memories at Tabor were my chats with Mr. Meleo. He shared with me the principle I hold dear to my heart: “Leadership is not about what position you hold, it is about what you do.” He taught me how to code and make a Magic 8 Ball program with my TI-84 calculator, thereby helping me discover my passion for software and entrepreneurship. He taught me survival skills and prepared me for my gap year adventure of solo-hiking the Appalachian Trail. As a student in college, I truly miss such personal interactions with my teachers. Mr. Meleo was my teacher, my mentor, and my best friend.
My sophomore year, I got to know Chef Chris in the dinning hall due to my role arranging food for TABOR BOY. I had asked to learn how to make breads, and that turned into a cooking club where once a week we would gather in the kitchen with a small group of students to make different desserts, pastries, and small dishes. It was really a lot of fun learning and sampling what we had made. I appreciated his time and energy, the great food, recipes, and helping me to enjoy the art of cooking.
Nicole DeB lois Greene ’95
My memories are of Tabor becoming my second home, filled with friends from around the world, faculty and their families, who all became my surrogate family. I remember the smell of Beebe Risers, singing the Tabor hymn in Chapel, late nights in the dorm, and the friendships I made that will last a lifetime.
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Phil Tyson ’83
As a member of the film club, students helped select the films that were shown on Saturday nights in the lecture hall of the “Acky.” I remember very clearly going into the fishbowl and thinking it was going to be a quick meeting to pick films, but it turned out to be very challenging. We had lots of considerations. The budget was limited, so the well-known or classic films were too expensive. We needed to be considerate of different tastes; not everyone likes a Western. It was actually kind of hard. It took a lot of patience, listening, creativity, and compromise. In the end, I think we did a pretty good job.
I was a new student who arrived from Mexico and had no idea of the American educational system. I was scared and hardly spoke any English. In my class schedule I could read “Art class.” Very insecure, I made my way for the first time to the art building. When I went in, the first thing I saw was this very short, white-haired man making strange sounds, clucking to the few students who were there, flapping his arms like a chicken flapping its wings. The door slammed behind me and he looked at me, jumped off the table and ran towards me, tilting his head and asked, “Who are you?” After mumbling my name, my first thought, far from freaking out, was: “My God, THIS IS MY PLACE!” Mr. Lucien Lavoie became my mentor, my friend, and a man that I will have in my heart until my last second in this life. Thomas Sposato ’78
I spent most of my time at Tabor messing about the waterfront. I mostly sailed Tempests, 420s, set up our first Laser team, and ran the winter waterfront boat shop. While I was not regular crew, Cap Glaeser invite me to sail on TABOR BOY for weekend excursions down to Newport or out to the Vineyard and the like. This was back when TABOR BOY had squares, and I fondly remember scurrying up the ratlines to set or furl the foretop and what not. I remember the feel of driving such a behemoth of a vessel under sail. I often think back about how fortunate I was to have experienced that in my life. While we could never imagine the hardships square riggers endured, the privilege of having gazed out over the horizon as sailors before us had done hundreds of years before is a memory I will always cherish.
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D ave Richardson ’72
As Vice President of my class, I was responsible for helping with fundraising for our class gift (the large bronze seal in the floor of the new Academic Center). I ran a pizza delivery business on campus two nights a week, taking orders and collecting money until evening Study Hall started. I would call the Wave and place an order, then, at 9 pm, I would walk from Lillard Hall to the Headmaster’s house, take a set of car keys from a rack in the kitchen, drive a school vehicle to the Wave, pick up the ordered pizzas, and deliver them to dorms around campus. It was a nice little business and people enjoyed the food. I learned about having an idea, working out issues with other people and seeing a project through to completion. I learned about collaboration. I learned about the value of asking for help. I learned the importance of being trusted and keeping my word. I learned a great deal about responsibility. Also, as a proctor for Rich and Joan Roller in their first year as dorm parents, I learned the value of developing a positive relationship that still exists after 45 years. 35
alu mni t u rned o u t at events all arou nd the cou ntry to share their enthu siasm f or T abor, to meet Head o f S chool , J ohn Qu irk , and catch u p on the ne w s , as w ell as to see old f riends . The yo ung al umni planned T ab o r i n t he US A : three ven u es across the cou ntry on the same night ! Enjoy the photos, and join u s next time w e are in your neighborhood! B ob C ampbell ’6 3
I was at Tabor for grades 10-12, but I had to commute from Mattapoisett. In my first year, I rode with Bill Blasdale ’61 in his car. The second year, I rode with Mr. Parkinson (drafting & golf), but our schedules changed, so in the third year I rode the local bus. I picked up the bus at Bolles Corner where the Union Street Railway Route 12 from New Bedford terminated. After the bus left Marion, it went on to Onset and Monument Beach. I always rode the bus in the morning, but my mother frequently picked me up in the afternoon. Jerry S tringer ’6 3
Photos courtesy of the Tabor Archives. To donate to the Archives, contact Sophie Arnfield
I will never forget Jules Luchini, in one of our drill exercises, putting his hat on backwards and just clowning around. Took some of the pressure off the drill practice. But the most memorable event in my four years at Tabor was my experience on TABOR BOY. We sailed from Charleston to Nassau and back to Marion. I have a picture of the Statue of Liberty from the “crow’s nest.” How I got up there and back down, I will never know. Scratching a dolphin’s back with a deck brush was also cool. Learned some plumbing skills when Capt. Glaeser asked me to fix the main head toilet. Great experiences, to say the least.
The irony of this visit was the fact that the next morning the ship departed as part of the U.S. Navy’s fleet sent to set up the blockade around Cuba as our country was at the brink of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. We never had an inkling as to the significance of our visit…but we enjoyed climbing around the ship! Charlie Briggs ’57
One of the events that brought many together was the erecting and disassembling of the wooden running track between Lillard Hall and Hoyt Gym every year. It always seemed that it was a cold day. It was like putting a big erector set together; large crew, lots of laughs, a few bumps and bruises.
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I remember in the 1940’s sailing with Capt. Carlson and Headmaster Wickenden to New York City to thank Mr. Schafer of Schafer Beer for his gift to Tabor of the sailing vessel EDLU. We visited Mr. Schafer at his home on the Hudson and visited the New York Yacht Club. A few other students went with us, and it was an unforgettable voyage!
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On Sunday, the 21st of October 1962, my classmate, Bill Paul, and I were allowed to leave campus with Bill’s older sister so that we could tour the JOSEPH P KENNEDY, an updated WW2 destroyer based in Newport. Bill’s sister was dating one of the ship’s officers. We got the grand tour of the ship and ate dinner in the officers’ mess before making the trip back to Marion, timing our arrival to avoid Vespers, of course!
One afternoon, classmate Jose Martinez and I went out for a sail. I was memorably taken by surprise at his exuberant expression of joy with the experience. Jose, known as Sergeant “Chuchu,” became a national hero in Panama as personal security guard for the late General Omar Torrijos Herrera and appears prominently in Graham Green’s fascinating book about Gen. Herrera, “Getting to Know the General.”
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Torin shared this photo of himself with Sean Murphy playing defense at WPI this year. This shot was taken after their opener with MIT which they won. Torin and Sean played football at Tabor and will graduate later this year. Class of 2011: 5th Reunion in June! Charlotte Williams ’11
Congratulations to Charlotte Williams and her team who won silver at the ISAF Team Racing World Championship in Rutland, Great Britain! Erica Larence ’10
I wrote a children’s book about my rescue dog, Caine, to illustrate the importance of animal rescue and to show that dogs can bring healing and happiness into people’s lives. The book was published by Green Bamboo
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Nicholas Betti graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in May 2015 with a Marine Engineering Technology degree and Third Engineer Coast Guard license. While at Maine, Nick played lacrosse, was Captain of the team twice, and broke the career goals scored record (165). For the past two years, he made the top ten in NCAA Division III all season goals per game ranking. At the end of the season, Nick was awarded MMA’s Male Athlete of the Year Award and was named Scholar All American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. In October, Nick returned to Maine to accept the North Atlantic Conference Man of the Year Award from both the league commissioner and MMA’s college president recognizing his leadership on the field as team captain and off the field as Delta Company Commander in the Regiment, Community Service with the Wounded Warrior Project, and scholarship repeatedly named to the Dean’s List. Nick is the first Mariner to receive this award from the league. Perhaps most importantly, while at Maine Maritime Academy, he found his second passion: a career in the maritime industry.
The Israel Lacrosse Association has named Jeffrey Schwartz as head coach of the Israel Men’s National Team which will compete at the 2016 ELF European Lacrosse Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, from July 28 to August 6, 2016. Schwartz relocated to Israel as a participant in the Masa Israel Journey program during the summer of 2015 and served as associate head coach of Haifa Lacrosse Club for the team’s inaugural campaign in the Israel Premier Lacrosse League. He was identified as a strong candidate for the national team head coaching position while helping to lead Haifa LC to an IPLL championship game appearance. “Being given the opportunity to hold the title of head coach of any team is one of the greatest honors anybody can achieve,” noted Schwartz. “For me to be able to couple that amazing honor with the chance to represent Israel as the head coach of the Men’s National Team just makes it exponentially more special.” Class of 2006: 10th Reunion in June! Laura Grimes Alter ’06
Laura is the owner and sole practitioner at her law office in New Bedford, MA, doing mostly criminal defense as a Bar Advocate appointed attorney.
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Liza Dean is involved in a non-profit that is engaged in a project to build a wooden tall ship, the Brigantine MATTHEW TURNER, expected to launch in late 2016. As program director at Call of the Sea, an organization that works to get children in the Bay Area out on the ocean to learn to be environmental stewards, Liza is interested in the scholarship dollars being raised to bring students aboard the vessel each summer once complete. As someone who has experienced long trips at sea, Dean
Eliott Grover and Meg Shine ’06 (4) Katherine Kung shared this picture and more in her blog post about the summer wedding of Eliott Grover and Meg Shine held at Eliott’s father’s home in Marion. It was quite a celebration of friends and family. Read Katherine’s post http://bit. ly/1oHhYIb David Cleveland ’05
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bib notes Kara Walsh Palley ’05, boy, Liam Walsh, September 2015 Robyn Fishkin Herbert ’02, girl, Piper Finley, September 2015 Meredith Langille Braverman ’01, boy, Brandon Llewelyn, January 2016 Cailin Hughes Broere ’01, boy, Bryn, August 2015 Ed Mackel ’01, girl, Zelda Rose, December 2015 Brad Rosenberg ’01, boy, Jaxson, December 2015 Justin Ohrenberger ’99, girl, Abigail Anne, July 2015 Seongwoo “Eddie” Sohn ’99, girl, Edna Sohn Christina Orshak Proppe ’96, girl, Lillian Margaret, June 2015 Seychelle Leonard ’95, boy, Praslin, September 2015 Kim Clayton Cohen ’90, girl and boy, Libby and Eytan, April 2015 Neil Feeley ’91, girl, Landry Strong, October 2015
In July 2015, I proposed to Siobhan Murphy on the waterfront at Tabor. She said, “Yes!”
Randy Souza ’81, girl, Fiona Kennedy, August 2015
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Elizabeth Koczera ’05
Kari Rabatin Shih ’02 (2)
Travis Roy ’95 (5)
Elizabeth Koczera teaches AP English next door to Dana Smith ’76, who teaches AP US History, at Mashpee High School. Both keep their classes “All-A-Taut-O.”
Kathy Paez ’01, Meredith Langille Braverman ’01 and I reunited at Meredith’s baby shower in Pennsylvania in December 2015.
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Class of 2001: 15th Reunion in June!
My husband, Dave and I, welcomed our first son and future Seawolf, Liam Walsh Palley, on September 6, 2015! He is a chunky monkey with the best smiles! We currently reside in Winter Park, FL, where I work in the admissions department at Full Sail University.
Meredith Langille Braverman ’01
On October 12, 2015, I signed an NHL contract with the Bruins lasting one day! It was an experience I will never forget! To have my immediate family there meant the world to me. It was special having Bruins GM, Don Sweeney, who back when I was a stick boy for the Maine Mariners in the 90s was one of the players I would run around the locker room grabbing hockey tape or drinks for, be the one to sign me. It was special having the legendary Cam Neely also join in.
Kristina Baugh ’03
Cailin Hughes Broere ’01
Kristina Baugh was hired this fall as UMass Boston’s women’s basketball head coach. In this YouTube video, Kristina discusses her past coaching and playing experiences and what it means to return to Boston. Kristina played at Tabor and at Providence College, and spent time as a Division I and II assistant coach, as well as the head coach of the Carolina Cheetahs of the American Basketball Association. Watch here: http://bit.ly/1Kkagq7
We welcomed our second child, a little boy named Bryn Broere, on the 17th of August. His big sister, Noa, just turned three and adores her little brother. We are still living in Hong Kong—it will be six years this May!
Elizabeth Healy Russell ’03
My husband, Bill, and I welcomed our first child, Brandon Llewelyn Braverman, on January 6, 2016. We recently moved, too. We used to reside within the city of Philadelphia and now live just outside the city in Broomall, PA.
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My wife and I welcomed our first son, Jaxson, on December 20, 2015 weighing 7lbs, 5oz. We currently live in Geneva, IL, a suburb of Chicago. I work for Invesco as a Business Analyst. Stephen Soden ’00
I also want to thank the Bruins Organization for all they did for me, for our October 20 Gala, for what they’ve done over the years for the TRF, and for what they’ve done for other spinal cord injured survivors around New England.
I recently started as the Head of High School at Madison Country Day School, a PK-12 independent school in Madison, WI. Come visit!
Here are some of the local news stories about Travis: http://bit.ly/1WpXhvc and http://on.wcsh6.com/1LBPHHQ
Elizabeth Healy married Colin Russell. Kate Fredericks Hill ’02
Kate Fredericks Hill, along with her husband, Ryan, purchased an historic home on Front Street, Marion in June 2015, and transformed the 3-acre property into the Silvershell Inn. Owning a bed and breakfast fulfills a longtime dream for Kate, and she’s hopeful more people will discover Marion, one of the best-kept secrets on the Southcoast. Since the inn’s opening, she’s hosted international travelers, Tabor families and one actress. “I’ve always dreamed of owning a bed and breakfast,” Hill said. “Ever since I was little I always thought it would be fun and it kind of materialized by accident.” Read more about Kate and Ryan’s endeavor in our TaborTalk blog.
I know a lot of people have been following my story for a lot of years now, and I just can’t help but hope they know just how much I appreciate them. I’m so grateful for their love and support, for helping me deal with my injury and with the work we do through the Travis Roy Foundation. If you are one of those people reading this now, I thank you!
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Class of 1996: 20th Reunion in June! Michael Fawcett ’95 (4)
My wife, Jaime, and I ran in the annual Brattleboro, VT, three-mile Turkey Trot race before celebrating Thanksgiving Day 2015 at the family farm in Williamsville, VT. I am teaching forth grade in Virginia, and Jaime is the curator of the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond. Just a fun race to get some morning exercise before we all stuffed ourselves silly!
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Here is my nine-year-old daughter representing TA while she was snowboarding at Mt. Hood with High Cascade and BKRPO in June 2015. She was so excited to rock her Tabor garb at Mt. Hood! William Rice ’94
Jenny and I, and sons William III (8) and Channing (6), are living in Duxbury, MA, and spend winter weekends in Woodstock, NH, with both kids in the ski program at Cannon Mountain (FSC). In the summer, we cruise the Cape and Islands on our picnic boat. I recently took over the Chief Investment Officer role at Boston-based Anchor Capital, overseeing the $8b that is invested
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in our nine strategies. We specialize in value investing for institutions and individuals. Jenny works part-time from home as a project manager helping to oversee various technology projects for entrepreneurs. Andrew Major ’93
We moved from Raleigh, NC, to Marblehead, MA, in the summer of 2015 with the start of a new position for me at Zurn Yacht Design. We enjoy living in a coastal town, being on the water more, and having the opportunity to be more involved and closer to Tabor again. I am looking forward to seeing more Tabor alumni in the near future. Cyndy Way ’92
Cyndy Way and her boyfriend, James Caple, have announced their intention to row across the Atlantic from Marion to Brest, France, in June 2016. They will be the first American Pairs boat to achieve this feat and are seeking to set new world records with this ambitious undertaking. Listen to their podcast and follow them here: http://bit.ly/1olKn6f. You can follow them on Facebook at 1000 Leagues Across the Sea. See their blog post on TaborTalk: http://bit. ly/1WtVPrB Class of 1991: 25th Reunion in June! Neil Feeley ’91 (7)
My wife, Addie, and I welcomed our first child, Landry Strong Feeley, on October 29, 2015. She was six weeks early and is small but fierce. Kim Clayton Cohen ’90 (8)
Last year, we had two new additions to the Cohen clan. Libby and Eytan were born on April 17, 2015. Big sister Noam has been the best big sister to her new siblings. Lucas Caleb Rooney ’90
Dave Gardner ’90 wanted to share the work started by Lucas Caleb Rooney at Zara Aina, a non-profit that is helping at-risk children in Madagascar through storytelling and theatrical performance. American actors help put on and tour an
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original show, based on Madagascar folk tales, creating a cultural exchange. The show tours and brings along much needed school supplies to the communities they visit. The website (http://zaraaina.org/) is the best place to learn more. This venture allows Rooney to use his talents to give back in a significant and meaningful way to both the African children and the American actors participating. 1990 Tabor Academy Wrestling Team (9)
The 1990 Tabor Academy wrestling team was recognized by the MA Chapter of the Wrestling Hall of Fame for the 25th Anniversary of their New England championship. The team consisted of: Class Alumni 1992 Eric R. Mino 1992 Geremie M. Camara 1990 Erik A. Brine 1990 Michael J. Cicerone 1990 Robert S. Douglas 1990 Peter A. Milt 1991 John G. Butera 1991 Jamie M. Douglas 1991 Conrad H. Roy 1991 Samuel M. Schaefer 1992 Mathew F. Reaume 1992 Jamie R. Ninneman 1990 Radcliffe L. Romijn 1991 Justin F. Neal 1990 Andrew D. Jaillet 1990 John Pina III In attendance at the banquet and in the photo: Justin F. Neal, John Pina III, Radcliffe L. Romijn, Coach Joe Resmini, Robert S. Douglas, Conrad H. Roy, and Erik A. Brine. Photo by Jamie M. Douglas.
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Kyle Richards ’89
My former college, Towson University, had a contest to write a new alma mater and my music won! Given I had written the music to my high school graduation at Tabor, I thought of sharing this ironic story. Who knew that would be my specialty! On the last page of the following
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Sean, was on tour that day as a candidate for the Class of 2020! He’ll be joining us in September.
John von Schwarz ’89
John von Schwarz was written up in the Capital Gazette for his position as a winch specialist on Commanche, a 100-foot monohull racer. A graduate of Tabor and a junior sailor at Annapolis Yacht Club, he trained with the Young America program, which launched him toward a career in sailing. He has sailed on many contenders for big ocean race titles and world championships, including time on the maxi catamaran Cheyenne. At the time of this post, Commanche’s team was preparing for the Rolex Transatlantic Race 2015. Jennifer Schneider Ziskin ’89
My husband, Josh, and I opened a new restaurant/gastro-pub/inn, coffee, wine & provisions store, wedding venue and catering company called Heritage of Sherborn (the old Sherborn Inn) in Sherborn, MA. It is the perfect place to gather for Tabor reunions and gettogethers. We hope to have many visits from our friends at Tabor. We have been lucky enough to already see Kellie Niehoff, Ian Downey, and Rick DaSilva to name a few! Class of 1986: 30th Reunion in June! David DeFilippo ’84 (10)
David, pictured third from the left, recently became the Chief Learning Officer for Suffolk Construction. He was an invited guest at Northeastern University’s Global Leadership Summit, serving on a panel discussing how to lead groups and teams across the world. The article by News@Northeastern shares the top take aways about how to lead when you can’t always be there in person: http://bit.ly/1W2hOdg Mark Finley ’84 (11)
Mark Finley and Dick Duffy ’56 were caught enjoying a JV Football game together last fall. Mark’s daughter, Maggie, is Class of 2018, and his son,
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I have relocated to Lexington, KY, from Portland, ME, after twelve years. With both of my sons now in school full time, I am preparing to transition from Captain Dad (aka stay-at-home Dad) back to the workforce. Charley West ’82
Living in Rochester with my wife, Liz, and two children, Connor ’15 and Georgia ’18. Tabor has been an integral part of my family’s life over the last several years, and I continue to be amazed at what a wonderful sense of community Tabor provides to all involved. I am looking forward to a strong showing for our 35th Reunion next year! Class of 1981: 35th Reunion in June! Randy Souza ’81 (12)
My wife, Dr. Erin Hoye, and I welcomed our new daughter, Fiona Kennedy Hoye-Souza into the world on August 22, 2015. She joins her big brothers, Colin and Riley, and her big sister, Ava. My two daughters are 171/2 years apart. So, in between diaper changes for Fiona, I am trying to figure out which college campus Ava will be heading to in September! We live in Tiverton, RI, on the Sakonnet Passage. However, I do drive through the Tabor campus quite often these days, as Erin’s dental practice (Marion Dental Health) is located on Spring Street.
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the need for a stronger regional transportation system, more middle-class housing, and investment in parts of Boston that have been left behind. Chris Snow ’78
I read Chip Johns note about more news from our class, so here goes. Thanks for the nudge, Chip! I have been living in San Diego since 1989. Nice weather, although I miss the NE seasons. Married a girl I met through sailing in college; she was transferred to San Diego in the Navy. We enjoy lots of great sailing here year-round. My two sons, Nevin and Patrick, are both in college at Georgetown and Navy respectively, and both are sailing for their schools. Nevin was named College Sailor of the Year last year, so we are very proud. Working at North Sails, helping to run the One Design division, has brought me to many interesting places sailing around the world. I sometimes bump into classmate Steve Bowman here in town. His son and my kids grew up sailing together. I have been talking to the Alumni Office about having a get together in San Diego for area alumni soon. Stay tuned.
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John Fish (on left) was named Bostonian of the Year 2015 by the Boston Globe for his work as chair of the Boston 2024 Olympic bid committee. Whether for or against the Olympics, John Fish, and opposition leader Chris Dempsey, got the whole region talking about what the city’s future should look like and how we could get there. In Fish’s mind, the discussion identified crucial priorities —
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Class of 1976: 40th Reunion in June! Dana Smith ’76
Dana teaches AP US History next door to Elizabeth Koczera ’05, who teaches AP English, at Mashpee High School. Both keep their classes “All-A-Taut-O.” Jack Smith ’76 (14)
Jack Smith’s car was Pebble Beach’s Best in Class Finisher! Congrats Jack! What a beauty!
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I n M emoriam The Alumni Office has recently received news that the alumni listed below have died. The Tabor community extends
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Frank W. “Pete” Jaeger ’60
Tom Crowley and his wife, Gretchen, spent a week in October 2015 with my wife, Wendy, and I at my family’s property in France, “working” and relaxing. It was good to catch up after all these years.
I enjoyed a summer race in Winter Harbor on a Winter Harbor Knockabout with Capt. William Beautyman ’63 and Griff Fenton ’63. A great time with old friends.
I’m enjoying life as best I can. My wife, Gael, of 51 years, and I run two antique fairs each year: A lot of work and prep, but worth it. I always enjoy hearing about Tabor and am looking forward to the next reunion.
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Here’s my son, the rower, with Olympic Champ Dick Fosbury who runs a track camp with the Bowdoin coach.
Jeannette Zora Turnbull ’38 Jack P. Riley ’39 George Fritz Halfacre ’44 Capt. Granville Smith ’44 George Allen ’45 John Giffin ’45 Warren Norton ’46 Stephen Bobo ’47 Stuart Harris ’47 Wilford Hooper ’47 Robert Mordecai ’47 Silas Peterson ’47 Normand Futoransky ’48 Richard Somerby ’48 Peter Connolly ’49 Edwin J. Hodder, Jr. ’49 Kenneth Clark ’51 Daniel Johnson ’51 John Knauth ’54 Peter M. Pendergast ’54 Howard Burman ’55 George Hampson ’56 Milton Robinson ’56 Thomas Flagg ’57 Ralph Hayden III ’57 George Wright ’58 Rennie ter Kuile ’61 Philip J. Pinel ’61 Harold Sutcliffe ’61 Allston Crawford ’64 John Paytis ’64 Frederick Johnson ’68 James Rowland ’70 Phillip Marsh ’71 Brian McNamee ’76 John Corsi ’86 Jamie Jurney ’87 Jeff Mathias ’92 Michael Integlia, III ’03
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Richard Archer ’68
For years, my living has been http:// searchsummit.com/ but it has shifted almost completely to my blog https:// batgap.com/ “Buddha at the Gas Pump – Interviews with Spiritually Awakening People.” I have interviewed about 340 people for the blog, some well known, such as Deepak Chopra and ABC’s Dan Harris. So far, there are about 4 million views on YouTube, 1.5 million audio podcast downloads, about 200K-250K views/listens per month. In October I gave this talk at the Science and Nonduality conference in San Jose: http://bit.ly/248lVpC, and interviewed some notables such as Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman and consciousness researcher Stanislav Grof. Class of 1966: 50th Reunion in June! Bill Evans ’65
Greatly enjoyed our 50th Reunion in June 2015—simply not enough time with some of the members. I have resigned my seat on the school board, but am still keeping active with several community organizations and boards. Melissa and I bought a 25’ travel trailer and are looking forward to many trips (two taken so far). We were in Washington, DC for the Head of School’s visit. Was fun to see others there!
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We sold our home and hotels in Provincetown and our Miami home in July of 2013 and moved to Naples, FL. I got my Real Estate license in December of 2014 and am now a Realtor in Naples. Not that far a turn from the hotel business, both are a people business. I’m doing it part time to keep busy. Charlotte is well and we are enjoying our six-year-old granddaughter, Eva, who is still in MA. We visit as often as we can, but those of you who are grandparents know it’s never enough. Jeffery Ellis ’62
Jeffery Ellis is working on a fiber optic cable route survey between Nome and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Antony Acker ’61
Antony wrote in to share that he has been a member of SAG/AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) since 1994, and has a few screen credits to his name. Hal Sutcliffe ’61 (4)
Robert Kraemer wrote in and shared with us that former English exchange student, Hal Sutcliffe, passed away in Summer 2015 after a long struggle with cancer. “Hal was a gifted linguist and worked as a translator for the International Court of Justice where he was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007. He lived in the UK and had a beautiful home in Spain where he enjoyed maintaining his gardens.”
Fred Hill ’58
Rowman & Littlefield will publish two books of mine this year: “Ships, Swindlers and Scalded Hogs; the Rise and Fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine,” under its imprint Down East Books, in May, and “The Life of Kings” a book of essays on the best days of The Baltimore Sun, co-edited with a colleague from the paper, Stephens Broening, in July. The latter contains essays by the likes of David Simon, producer of the award-winning The Wire, Russell Baker, a leading environmental writer Tom Horton and the editors. Both will be available in hard back and Kindle, and I should be able to obtain a discount for classmates and alumni if they get in touch (fhill207@gmail.com). Meanwhile, our work on reconstruction of Maine’s First Ship (the Virginia of Sagadahoc), a 51-foot pinnace built by the Popham colonists in 1607-08, is proceeding well—an all-volunteer effort just north of the Bath Iron Works where they’re building a striking new series of destroyers (on part of the old Crooker yard). Still waiting for Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to come by and drop off a check to finish it off. Check out the website with good photos and updates (www.mfship.org). Also working on building a new squash facility in Portland. Staying in touch with a few classmates, including Jack Kowalski and Tom Shapiro, and would enjoy hearing from visitors to Maine (April-December). We’re in Baltimore now during the winter to see more of our two grandsons.
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took better care of me.” The other arises I sadly report the passing of our classmate from my own experience: “getting old is George Wright on April 28, 2015. not for sissies.” Nonetheless, I am now 81, and live in the very bosom of my Bob Brien ’56 families, here in eastern North Carolina. I have moved to coastal South Carolina, I hope to finish a book based on my life and continue to direct the Bermuda so far, but I have to acknowledge that Flyfishing Invitational—now in it’s 13th my life is very likely half over, so I have year, with 19 world records notched up to get busy. thus far. Tabor fly anglers are welcome to contact me for the event! Hank Haskell ’52 (5) Philip White ’53
Having graduated from Tabor cum laude, I slipped back into a less than adequate scholarship style. I attended Cornell University; joined the Navy and attained the exalted rank of Airman Apprentice; applied for and transferred into the Naval Aviation Cadet program (NavCad); won designation as a Naval Aviator and was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy. I was assigned as a flight instructor at NAS Whiting Field in the Pensacola area and married shortly thereafter. After getting out of the peacetime Navy in 1959, I spent another dismal scholastic year at Wharton on the Korean GI bill, and entered the banking field, fathered two accomplished daughters, got divorced, remarried in 1968 having transferred into the United States Marine Corps in 1967. Active duty in 1968, Vietnam in June of 1969 (late wedding present) and back to the world in June of 1970. With the Corps reduction in force (RIF) in 1971, it was back to work for the Department of Navy as a civilian in 1974; concurrently going to college (Vietnam GI bill) at night and on weekends. As a result of five years at East Carolina and Pepperdine, I emerged with a BA in Sociology and an MA in Human Resources Mgmt. After retirement in 1997, I found out I was adopted, connected with my birth family (after 60 years), met my mother and an older sister and a younger brother. Into the 2000s, I lost Mother, the younger brother, and in 2015, lost a son and in August of 2015, I lost my wife of 47 years. I am now rebuilding me in the knowledge of two stark realities: “If I’d of knowed I would live this long, I’d of
Hank sent in this photo of himself with his former roommates from the Class of 1952 who met for lunch in Kittery, Maine. From left to right they are Hank Haskell, Ken Longe and Jack Sumner. Jack was accompanied by his daughter, Jane Sumner Richardson ’84, to her father’s right. The three friends learned their sailing skills at Tabor and have sailed together most of their lives. Hank and Jack were featured in a June 2015 Points East article titled “Pushing Too Hard,” in which Hank describes pushing his friend Jack’s wooden Hinckley Sou‘wester to the breaking point in some strong wind and sea during the 1956 Off Soundings Race off Fishers Island, NY. Luckily, Jack forgave Hank and the story has provided a generation of sea tales ever since! Ben Phipps ’51
Phipps & Howell, one of Tallahassee’s oldest law firms, celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 1, 2015. The firm represents taxpayers and governmental entities statewide on state and local tax matters. The firm’s founder, Ben Phipps, is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Best Lawyers in America. Congratulations on your achievements, Ben.
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Chuck Trefrey ’46
I’m still going to classes at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD. We need some Tabor “Boys” with us. Check out www. sjc.edu. William Mallory ’43
It’s been a long time… After graduating Tabor and fighting in WWII, I attended Penn State University and lived in Chile for three years as an engineer for W.R. Grace. I was then employed by Pacific Coast Engineering Co. and studied finance at night school. I also worked for U.S. Leasing Co., Litton Industries, Sperry Corp., AmSave Credit Corp, before retiring in Ponte Vedra, FL. Jane, my wife of 47 years, left me (Parkinson’s Disease), but I luckily met Sarah in 2007. If anybody is still around I’d love to hear from them!
Summer Program Sailing, Marine Science, Sports, Swimming, Theater
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Dr. Woods was honored for his lifelong love and support of the sport of rowing. A shell, donated to the Lincoln Rowing Club, was named in his honor. The 95 year old insisted it should not be named for him, but sometimes you just have to grin and bear the accolades. Well deserved, Dr. Woods! Read the wonderful story by the Cohasset Mariner: (http:// bit.ly/1Jdb44g)
friendship, activities, enrichment, and fun!
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Jeannette’s family shared this photo of the 1936 Tabor field hockey team including Jeannette in the front row, far right. She passed away this winter, and will be missed by all.
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Pushing Too Hard by Hank Haskell ’52
On September 14, 1956, my Tabor roommate, Jackson Sumner ’52, asked me to skipper his sailboat,
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Apollo, a beautiful 34-foot wooden Hinckley Sou’wester, in the Off Soundings Race off Fishers
Mr. Clement C. Benenson ’00 Mr. Keith N. Browning ’79, P ’06 ’10 ’11 Chair 2006-2014 Mrs. Joanne M. Fallon P ’08 Mr. Anthony G. Featherston IV ’80 Mr. Peter T. Francis P ’14 ’16 Mrs. Kristiane C. Graham P ’16 Mr. Angus H. Leary ’95 Mrs. Jennifer C. Noering McIntire ’84, P ’16 ’19 Mr. John H. Quirk (ex-officio) Mr. Travis Roy ’95 Mr. Garrard K. Schaefer ’72 Ms. Regina Shakin P ’15 ’17 ’19 Mr. Phillips G. Smith ’65 Mr. James A. Tomlinson ’83 Mr. Sumner J. Waring III ’87 P’13 Mr. Louis S. Wolfe ’68 Mr. Geoffrey H. Worrell P ’01 ’03 ’10
Island in Long Island Sound. Jack and I had raced and sailed at Tabor and maintained our love of sailing together, but because he couldn’t get away for the first race, he asked me to set out with his father, Stanley Sumner, and his friend, Dr. Robert Rafferty, as crew. He was to meet us after. above: The author at the helm of APOLLO in 1956 Off Soundings Race.
The day was grey and blustery with small craft warnings posted, but the race began as scheduled, the boats lined up and ready to go despite the inclement weather. I thought the more wind, the better; conditions were great. We started off well, one of the first in our class over the starting line. I was at the helm and controlled the cleated main sheet as we moved out in front of the other boats. Even though the wind was blowing hard, necessitating caution, my competitive side took over. Being in the lead and wanting to stay there, I pushed the boat. My adrenaline was pumping. We were on a close-hauled starboard tack with gusts so strong I had to ease the main at times.
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Mr. David A. Barrett ’70 Treasurer Mr. Paul J. Murphy ’75 Vice-Chair Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh Eyler ’87, P ’15 ’17 Secretary
starboard shroud part! I looked up into our mainsail and watched as our wooden mast broke in half and came crashing down onto the deck and into the water.
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Exercise Your Will Power As a member of the Class of 1953, I look back on my years at Tabor with the realization that these years provided an important foundation for my future. My days at Tabor certainly had a positive impact in shaping my life. Tabor provided both an excellent education and the opportunity to interact with and learn from fellow classmates and outstanding faculty. My connection to Tabor has extended beyond my days in Marion and has been a valuable relationship throughout my lifetime. I continue to actively volunteer for Tabor, serving as a class agent as well as co-chairing several reunions because I believe in Tabor’s mission to inspire a passion for learning and high personal achievement.
What a crisis! Part of the mast, mainsail, and jib were all over the deck. Even though we were all in shock, I knew prompt action was necessary. Mr. Sumner had the presence of mind to suggest using
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Mr. R. William Blasdale ’61, P ’85 ’90 Chair 1991-2006 Mrs. Deborah C. Clark P ’95 ’97 Mr. John F. Fish ’78, P ’15 Mr. Albert Fried, Jr. ’48 Mrs. Susan S. Grosart P ’00 ’03 Mr. William T. Hurley, III ’57, P ’91 ’97 Mr. Edward P. Jaeger P ’94 Mr. Lee Pokoik ’63 Mr. John F. Swope ’56, P ’88
danger. Although it broke my heart to do so, I chopped nearly everything away and got the spars astern of the boat where they wouldn’t be able to punch a hole in the planking near the waterline and sink her that way. We then turned on our engine and limped back to Stonington, Connecticut. You might think Jack and I were through, but we remained friends, and we went on to sail together in many more Off Soundings Races. Indeed, on August 24, 2014, almost 58 years since this accident, my daughter, Jan, and I had lunch with Jack Sumner and his daughter, Jane, also a Tabor grad. Jack and I reminisced about the wonderful sailing days we’ve had over the many years, mostly on Jack’s handsome 31-foot Concordia sloop, Stardust. And I thanked Jack for forgiving me for pushing too hard that September day so many years ago.
In recognition of what Tabor provided me personally, and to provide the best for future generations, I have elected to name Tabor in my estate plan. Bequests are easy to arrange, adaptable to your needs, and do not alter your current lifestyle. Most importantly, a gift to Tabor through your will enables you to support Tabor’s mission and make a difference in the lives of future generations. I encourage my fellow alumni of all ages to consider making a bequest to Tabor in their will. These gifts are a meaningful endorsement of our belief in the continued growth and strength of this institution and provide a lasting legacy for our School By The Sea. Charles Ives ’53
To disc u ss the vario u s benef its o f a planned gi f t , please contact :
Amy Duffell, Director of Planned Giving, Office of Advancement 508.291.8583 or aduffell@taboracademy.org
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In the interest of sustainability, we are now sending one issue per household. If this magazine is addressed to a son or daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address with you, please e-mail us at alumni@taboracademy.org with a new address. Thank you! Please recycle this magazine or pass it on to a friend
Kayla Aimone ’17
Rally your gang and enjoy a beautiful weekend at Tabor for Reunion Weekend 2016! Classes ending in
1
’s and
6
’s are
June 10-12
celebrating
this year.