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– The mission of The Barstow School is to promote sound scholarship and to give symmetrical development to mind, body and character.
Welcome
From the Head of School
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Dear Barstow Friends, elcome to the 2013 issue of The Barstow School Magazine, and welcome to one of the busiest school communities I have ever had the pleasure of overseeing. We are active and engaged every single day in all divisions, as we
continue to prepare our enthusiastic learners for their futures. Our focus this year – for students of all ages – has been our desire to continue
our development of a globalized learning community. What is that? It is an environment in which the method and structure of instruction is more varied and richer in content and technology than ever before in Barstow’s history. How do we make a globalized learning community? It is a process through which we
equip our children with the tools and skills to navigate the real world in real time. In this magazine you will see articles explaining the three core components of globalized learning. We have put iPads and iPad minis in every Lower School student’s hands; we have created a Hybrid Learning Consortium; and we have established a school in China to have a bricks and mortar presence with Barstow curriculum in a new area of the world. My abbreviated thoughts on these topics are thus: 1. Children and technology go hand in hand – kids are very intuitive regarding technology. Online classes are a critical supplement to our curriculum and teaching and will prepare students for their tertiary experience
Head of School Shane Foster, Barstow's 17th head of school, has led the community since 2008.
where online learning is becoming the norm. 2. We have, in Barstow’s extraordinary history, always participated in global outreach efforts, particularly with China. 3. Lastly, Barstow has always been an innovator, not a follower. While other schools may choose to copy or utilize existing programs, Barstow has chosen to excel by creating innovative programs that generate the educational opportunities for our children. All of our initiatives take time and energy to implement, and I am grateful for the help of many faculty, parents and alumni in diversifying Barstow. Please feel free to contact me and let me know how you would like to participate. Maybe you can teach an online class, or have ideas about technology or travel. I am eager to involve the entire Barstow community in realizing our goals. Best regards,
Shane A. Foster head of school shane.foster@barstowschool.org
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Around Barstow News in Brief
Upcoming Events
Broadcast Center Expands TV Production
Second Annual Mind. Body. Character. 5k.
Thanks to generous donors
October 5, 2013
who gave to last year’s Fund-a-
The second annual Mind. Body.
Need project and to the work
Character. 5k. at Barstow features
performed during the summer,
a 5k run/walk, a one mile kid's
the Barstow Broadcast Center
fun run and a wellness expo
is now operational! The new
with information and demon-
center has significantly upgraded the school’s video
strations by sports medicine and
production and broadcast capabilities. The studio and
rehabilitation specialists from St. Luke's South Hospital.
control room have been renovated, equipment installed
Barstow's own Nurse Bonney will offer flu shots. After
and cable run to the gym and the auditorium for live
the race, participants will be treated to a feast presented
feeds. Enrollment in the btvn class has increased,
by Fresh Grill. Register today at sportkc.org or visit
and more Lower and Middle School students will be
www.barstowschool.org/5k for more info.
involved both on camera and behind the scenes in production. In regard to athletics, Director of Digital Literacy Sean Holmes said, “By the end of the year, our broadcast of athletic events will rival Metro Sports.”
Brady Legler ’07 Exhibits in Embry Gallery Opening reception – October 18, 2013 Barstow's Embry Gallery will host a one-man show of the
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Barstow Garden Adds an Orchard
work of Brady Legler. The show
As an expansion of the Barstow
opens October 18 at 6 p.m. with
Garden program, an orchard
a free open house reception
has been planted on the
and runs through November 15.
northeast corner of the school
Legler reinterprets nature and everyday objects such
campus. Director of Barstow
as geometric shapes in a style that is uniquely elegant.
Gardens Sarah Holmes has
From his beginnings in graffiti art, Brady has since
done an outstanding job of leading the effort to create
branched from out from “temporary art” to highly
the new orchard. Barstow partnered with The Giving
sought-after paintings. His color palette is bright and
Grove, a local nonprofit that harvests excess produce
vibrant, with bold textural elements and unexpected
from community and school gardens to distribute at
color combinations. He paints a world flowing with
local food pantries. Planted by middle school students,
vital energy. Brady’s work has been seen in Elle Décor
the 26-tree orchard includes apple, pear and plum
and the New York Times. He is now launching his high-
trees. Students are gaining hands-on experience in
end diamond jewelry line in New York, Los Angeles and
sustainable gardening, food sources and nutrition while
the United Kingdom, and he has started a handmade
serving the food bank network of Kansas City.
wool/silk rug company out of Nepal.
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Around Barstow
Play It Forward Auction Series
Mark Twain Lecture Series
Online Auction – Dates TBA, fall 2013 Children's Auction – February 21, 2014 Auction Evening – March 8, 2014
Dates TBA: Oct. & Dec. 2013, Feb. & Apr. 2014
Play It Forward. At Barstow everyone
series of lectures on Mark Twain:
wins! Barstow's annual fundraising
Seasons in the Life and Works of
event now features three
a Missourian in the “Territory.”
exciting ways to participate.
Dr. Roark researches crime,
The Online Auction presented
punishment and gender performance in nineteenth-
by The Barstow Alumni Board
century American literature and culture, and specifically
consists of three sessions of online bidding open
in the works of Mark Twain and antebellum writers.
to the entire Barstow community. The Children's
He earned a Ph.D. in this field in spring 2013. Dr. Roark
Auction, designed for families and children, boas
has taught at the University of Missouri–Kansas City,
ts food, games and prizes for all ages. The adult's
The Art Institute of Kansas City and is beginning his
fun Auction Evening is the traditional auction
eighth year at The Barstow School. Dr. Roark is currently
event highlighting student service projects in addi-
revising a book manuscript – a process that influenced
tion to a silent auction, raffles, Fund-A-Need and fun!
the four lectures in this series. Stay tuned to Barstow for
Visit www.barstowschool.org/auction2014 for more info.
further details on dates and times.
Barstow English teacher Dr. Jarrod Roark will deliver a
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From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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reat things are happening at Barstow! It’s easy to say that as both a Barstow parent (Taylor ’12 and Preston ’15) and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Why? Simply, we are blessed with an outstanding and supportive community of
alums, parents, faculty and staff. Personally, I’m fortunate to be surrounded by a very talented and diverse group of Trustees who put “Barstow first” in so many ways. Today, the school is enjoying record enrollment and finding that many grade levels now need to be closed to ensure that we meet our low faculty-tostudent ratio objectives. This is because of the outstanding leadership of our head of school, Shane Foster. Barstow is differentiating itself in many ways, and it’s important that we remain open minded to the school’s endeavors. Allowing ourselves to easily highlight the school in the marketplace will allow us the opportunity to grow upon our own successes – leaving a strong foundation for years to come. Examples of differentiation include our new Hybrid Learning Consortium, the Global Education Program and Kansas City’s very first 1:1 iPad program in the Lower School, just to name a few. Combine this with the school’s successes in athletics, arts and academics, and you can easily see why the school is clearly blazing a path in the Kansas
Jim Schwartz is the Chairman and ceo of npc International, Inc., the world’s largest franchise operator of Pizza Hut restaurants.
City market. Moving forward, your Trustees are focused on key objectives that support the school’s overall mission, “to promote sound scholarship and to give symmetrical development to mind, body and character.” We do not forget
that “it is about the kids!” You will see continual development of Barstow’s unique approaches to differentiation in the future while all the while keeping the school fresh, vibrant and state-ofthe-art. But frankly, we could not be successful without your continued support either trusting us with your child’s education, your time or your financial support (or all of the above!). My personal thanks to all of you! Jim Schwartz barstow board of trustees chairman
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School Leadership
2012–2013
Photo by Todd Race
Board of Trustees
Seated—Susan McGee ’76, Pete Lacy ’88, Jim Schwartz, Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 and Amanda Morgan ’94. Standing—Wendy Marvin, Bill McCollum, Tom Whittaker ’83, Andy Funk ’98, Shane A. Foster, Whitney Sunderland, Doug Dockhorn ’82, Jenny Waldeck ’90 and Richard English. (Not photographed—Quinton Lucas ’02, Lisa Mirabile and Bill Zollars.)
2012–2013 board of trustees
2013–2014 board of trustees
executive committee
members
executive committee
members
Jim Schwartz
Tom Bash*
Jim Schwartz
Susan Belger Angulo ’76
chairman
Andy Funk ’98
chairman
Richard English
Pete Lacy ’88
Quinton Lucas ’02
Pete Lacy ’88
Quinton Lucas ’02
vice chairman
Wendy Marvin
vice chairman
Wendy Marvin
Doug Dockhorn ’82 treasurer
Amanda Morgan ’94 secretary
Richard English member-at-large
Tom Whittaker ’83 member-at-large
Bill Zollars
Bill McCollum Susan McGee ’76 Lisa Mirabile Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 Dr. Whitney Sunderland Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90
ex-officio
Bill McCollum
Doug Dockhorn ’82
Lisa Mirabile
treasurer
Lisa Prophete
Amanda Morgan ’94
David Seay
secretary
Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79
Andy Funk ’98
Dr. Whitney Sunderland
member-at-large
Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90
Tom Whittaker ’83
Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86
member-at-large
Shane A. Foster head of school
ex-officio
Bill Zollars
member-at-large
Shane A. Foster
member-at-large
head of school
* Deceased
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Higher Learning in
The Lower School
iPads have become a staple in the Lower School, such as in this vocabulary lesson in Mallory Forst's kindergarten classroom.
Text by Todd Nelson
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walk through Barstow’s Lower School is a sensory experience: walls covered with art, the strains of music wafting through the air, laughter emanating from classroom and common areas, sunlight streaming through skylights and
windows, and comfy reading nooks in every classroom. While learning in Lower School may look and feel very different than in years past, today’s Lower School experience still embodies Mary Barstow’s mission for her school: to promote sound scholarship and give symmetrical development to mind, body and character. >> Todd Nelson is the assistant head of Lower School at The Barstow School. In addition to his administrative duties, Todd has a passion for art, which he taught for 13 years. Outside of school, you're likely to find him on his mountain bike or spending time with his family.
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Photo by Todd Race
Lower School
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teachers and peers to have in-depth
and three oversized touch screen
arstow has long been a
discussions and ask questions about
televisions. These technological
technological innovator, early
content they have already explored
additions allow teachers and
independently.
students to expand their learning
to adopt cutting edge technology
The Lower School iPad program
to enhance student learning. The
to all corners of the globe. Lower
Lower School is the latest division
helped Barstow students to com-
School students take “virtual” field
to diffuse the newest innovation by
municate and compete in the
trips online and communicate
incorporating a 1:1 iPad program. Barstow brought iPads to the Lower School in fall 2012. “We started the school year with 120 iPads on mobile carts,” says Head of Lower School Judith Yount. “We quickly learned that wasn’t and teachers exploded with creativity.” In January 2013 an additional 200 iPad minis were purchased, giving every child
Photo by Todd Race
nearly enough. The students
in the school, from preschool through grade 5, their own iPad. Barstow is the only school in
This fall, Shannon Hellebusch's prekindergarten class harvested the first pumpkins from the Early Childhood outdoor classroom gardens.
the region to have individual iPads
worldwide ePals–Smithsonian
with students in partner schools
for students in Lower School.
Invention Challenge, with six
around the world.
The iPads support Barstow’s goal
Barstow fourth graders winning
of individualizing learning for every
awards in the international com-
student. Already we have seen the
petition and the entire grade level
iPads used to create flipped class-
bringing home the coveted Thomas
room environments, where students
Edison Award for the high number
watch videos, listen to teachers
and quality of entries for young and
region, specific curricular enhance-
explain introductory content, and
talented inventors.
ments have been added. In addition
participate in other preview activi-
In addition to the iPads, Lower
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o ensure that Barstow's Lower School experience is
the best elementary education in the
to Spanish language study in kinder-
ties for the next day’s assignment
School now has Apple TV in
garten through grade 3, students in
on their own time. This allows
every classroom, wireless enabled
fourth and fifth grades can choose
students to use their time with
projectors in every classroom
to study Spanish or Chinese as their
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Lower School foreign language. Lower School
opportunities that are linked to our
Extended Care program, Lower
music curriculum has also expanded
classroom curriculum,” says Early
School students can choose classes
in acknowledgement of the current
Childhood Team Leader Danica
ranging from lego WeDo robotics,
research on the cognitive benefits
Love. “Children are able to observe
to hip-hop dance.
of instrumental music instruction.
and engage with the plants in an
Beginning in third grade students
ongoing basis as they observe the
now have weekly guitar instruction.
life cycle of a plant.”
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ince 2007 Lower School student enroll-
ment has increased by 15 percent, while maintaining a classroom cap of 17 students. In addition to an increase in the number of students enrolled in Lower School, more families are choosing to remain at Barstow. Several grades in Lower School have 100 percent retention,
Photo by Todd Race
Olivia is one of 122 new students who started at Barstow in August 2013. Improved student retention and new enrollees have increased Lower School enrollment 15 percent since 2007.
The Early Childhood outdoor
grade chose to return for the next school year. This growing attraction of Barstow’s Lower School, coupled with an emphasis on helping students transition from
classroom provides opportunities
students explore and expand
Lower School to Middle School has
for our youngest learners to explore
their literacy skills, Barstow has
led to an expansion of the fifth grade
their world, make observations and
added Jolly Phonics to the literacy
this fall. Barstow now offers four
interact with their environment
development toolset. This phonics
classrooms in grade 5. The expanded
through the use of musical instru-
program coincides with Barstow's
grade gives students a stair step, or
ments, a stage for dramatic play,
mission because it draws upon
scaffold, into the self management
easels for painting and drawing, and
brain-based learning theory to
required in Middle School.
three gardens.
blend kinesthetic and aural learn-
“The Early Childhood teachers continue to expand the vision of an outdoor classroom where children have meaningful learning
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To help early childhood
meaning all families in the
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What’s next? “The sky’s the
ing into students’ acquisition of
limit,” says Judith Yount. “Right now
letter names and sounds.
we’re reinventing the idea of class
Learning continues even after the closing bell rings. In Barstow’s
field trips. Look for ‘expeditionary journeys’ in the near future.”
The Future of Learning:
Photo by Todd Race
Barstow OPens ONLine
Tori Ball '13 was one of the first Barstow students to participate in Hybrid Learning Consortium classes. Here she reviews discussion posts from her online Introduction to Business class.
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Text by Sarah Hofstra dding AP Psychology to the course offerings in Barstow's Upper School has long been a wish of students and faculty alike, but finding the appropriately credentialed instructor and time in the school day have proven difficult barriers to
overcome. Enter Andrea Gartman, Barstow admissions counselor with a Master of Psychology and a passion for education. Appropriately credentialed instructor—check! But how to make the schedule work? Between student activities, full course loads and a full time job for the instructor, the hours of 8 am–5 pm were booked. Or were they? >>
Sarah Hofstra is the Director of the Hybrid Learning Consortium. In her eight years at Barstow, Sarah taught first and third grade. She has a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in Technology and Learning from Michigan State University.
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Hybrid Learning “One of the beauties of teaching
the foundation of successful educa-
“Independent schools like
online is that students and teachers
Barstow are at the forefront of
tional practices with the 21st century
don’t have to have schedules that
innovative teaching and learning,”
digital skills needed to keep up with
coincide,” says Gartman. “We can all
says Director of Hybrid Learning
the quickly changing higher education and professional world. Online learning is common in higher education, and is
"Independent schools like
quickly spreading through k–12
Barstow are at the forefront
schools. Eight states already
of innovative teaching and
require online classes for high
learning. But we must work
school graduation. However, classes taught in hlc are dif-
collectively to enhance
ferent than many of the online
opportunities for our students,
learning opportunities currently
expanding and deepening
available. Not only are Barstow’s Photo by Todd Race
learning experiences."
Sarah Hofstra's graduate work in Technology and Learning led directly to the launch of Barstow's Hybrid Learning Consortium in 2012.
own quality teachers receiving the professional development and ability to create their own courses, but the hlc maintains a maximum of 17 students per class. These small class sizes keep the deep connections between
learn on our own schedules.”
Sarah Hofstra. “But we must work
students and faculty, which has
AP Psychology is just one
collectively to enhance opportuni-
long been a hallmark of the Barstow
example of how and why Barstow
ties for our students, expanding and
experience. There is no lack of rigor
began offering online courses
deepening learning experiences.”
in hlc courses, either. For example,
in 2011 and created the Hybrid
in the first semester of offering AP
Learning Consortium (hlc) in 2012.
and China to schools in Florida and
Psychology, half of the students
The hlc is a collective of inde-
Wichita, students in hlc classes
earned 4s or 5s on the College Board
pendent schools conceived of and
work collaboratively with peers
AP exam administered at the end of
executed by Barstow, offering 25 on-
from around the world. Barstow’s
the course.
line courses to students in member
own talented teachers, selected
schools, globally. The consortium
teachers from consortium schools
is spreading. hlc teachers and
grew to six schools in just one year,
and carefully interviewed experts in
administration are invited
with many more poised to join in
the field are instructors in the hlc.
speakers at three national confer-
the 2013–2014 school year.
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From as far away as Australia
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The hlc’s online classes combine
Word of the hlc’s success
ences, including the International
Hybrid Learning By The Numbers Association of k–12 Online Learning (iNACOL). In addition, the first annual hlc Symposium, Building an Online Learning Community for Collective Success. was hosted on Barstow’s campus in June 2013. Attendees and speakers from seven states addressed the research and best practices in online learning and integrating technology. The symposium also provided workshops for
Hybrid Learning Consortium
2012 Hybrid Learning Consortium founded 25 Courses currently offered 6 Member schools 4 Countries represented 4 Continents represented
educators from Barstow and other attending schools to collaborate and
Who is participating?
share experiences. Barstow alums can become part of this exciting new educational
The Barstow School Kansas City, Mo.
Gymnasium Lohbrügge Hamburg, DE
venture, no matter where you may live. If you are a passionate educator or a content area expert in your field, you can apply to be an online
Shorecrest Preparatory School St. Petersburg, Fla. The Barstow School of Huizhou Huizhou, CN
The Independent School Wichita, Kan.
instructor. If you have school-aged children, they can enroll in hlc courses in addition to their regular
Hybrid Learning Consortium member schools map as of August 15, 2013
Launceston Church Grammar School Launceston, AU
school course load. If your alumni children are attending an independent school other than Barstow, hlc membership for the school would be an opportunity as well. Or perhaps you have relationships
For more information about the Hybrid Learning Consortium, contact Director of Hybrid Learning Sarah Hofstra at hybridlearning@barstowschool.org or 816-277-0337.
with international schools and educators that would benefit from partnering. Barstow, always at the forefront of innovative education, continues to pave a path for students to prepare for the future.
www.hybridlearningconsortium.org /HybridLearningConsortium
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How to Make A
Cold Room Warm Barstow in China
The southern China city of Huizhou is home to The Barstow School of Huizhou. A delegation of Barstow administrators and teachers visited the site in February 2013.
Text by Mark Luce
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o much depends, in teaching, on being able to read a room. These clues, physical or audible, help teachers understand how to tailor their approach in order to be effective. Over the years, such skill becomes innate, it’s not something
we even consciously think about. We react, kids follow. Except when they don’t. >>
Mark Luce teaches Upper School English and Art History. He serves as English Department Chair and Director of Humanities.
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On a Saturday morning on the
as I thought I was.
There were uncomfortable silences,
23 floor of a nondescript skyscraper
But as I gave my introductory
but gradually the students started
in Shenzhen, China this past March,
remarks about how we approach the
speaking up. Smiles emerged, even
Boston-based Cambridge Consulting
Humanities at Barstow and looked
a wheelbarrow full of international
hosted a school fair. These fairs
around the room – I got nothing in
laughter when a young man queried
attract thousands in this modern city
return. I was working, as comics say,
“Did William Carlos Williams drink
of more than 15 million, as Chinese
an extremely cold room.
beer before writing this?” That
rd
parents increasingly look to remove
At one point during this opening, I looked for a familiar face. I caught
their children from the drive and
question led to another, “Why did William Carlos Williams write this?” My response was automatic.
grind of Chinese state education. This means sending their chil-
“I don’t know.” In the study of
dren either overseas or trying to
literature we don’t care what
find a private school in the area.
the author intended, what he
In order to show what exactly
or she meant, I continued. I
we do at Barstow (and look to fill
pivoted back to the phrase that
our remaining slots reserved for
I ban for my own students, “I
Chinese students), I was asked to
don’t know why Mr. Williams
teach a short lesson.
wrote this, I just care how you
So I chose what I do every year for the sophomores: William Carlos Williams’ short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow.” It goes like this: so much depends upon
respond to the poem, what you
Video stills coutresy of Kellye Crockett
Photo courtesy of Sarah Hofstra
Global Education
a red wheel barrow
get out of it.” And with that, the demonstration was done. A fellow American sitting next to me, Lars Ojukwu, who works for Cambridge Director of Humanities Mark Luce leads a discussion on “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams in China.
over and said, “They have never
glazed with rain water
Headmaster Shane Foster’s eye, and
beside the white chickens.
little help, please. I am dying here.”
never had someone translate what I
heard a teacher say ‘I don’t know.’”
gave him my best disguised “Um, a He simply gave a knowing grin.
Perhaps it was because I have
Consulting immediately leaned
Thanks, man. So I did what I do in the class-
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ver the spring and into the summer, dozens of par-
ents, students and former students
was saying. Perhaps it was because
room. I forged ahead and taught.
have asked me, their doubts written
I speak too fast. Perhaps it was
A student volunteered to read the
clearly on their visage, “We are
because I am not as culturally savvy
poem, and I started to ask questions.
opening a school in China?”
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Yes.
them employees whose kids need
China as a number of schools have
We could talk about global
to be taught. Or we could talk
expressed interest in partnering
positioning in the marketplace, how
about how The Barstow School of
with us. Will this all work?
China and other countries repre-
Huizhou actually works: Our part-
I don’t know. What I want to speak to Photo courtesy of Shane Foster
is how we respond to these changes. As anyone who has graduated from Barstow knows, our teachers specialize in skepticism. But they also possess passion, innovation and creativity. And an education that privileges critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication in writing and speaking should be something we want to export. But how, the grumblers
Open house visitors tour classrooms at The Barstow School of Huizhou before new students arrive for the 2013–2014 school year in Huizhou, China.
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grumble, does this help my student here in Kansas City?
sent opportunities to explore our
ner OVO Schooling of China has
As Mrs. Barrett-Browning so
innovation in online education and
procured a space and now enrolls
famously said, “Let me count the
our holistic approach that teaches
students; our partner Cambridge
ways.” First, established Barstow
students (wherever they are from)
Institute of International Education
campuses in other locales create
the hallmarks of success in Western
provides consulting advice and is
the potential for study abroad in
education. We could talk about the
responsible for expenses related to
a different context. Students who
need for new revenue streams in
our teachers. Our instructors teach
would travel abroad for a couple of
order to help keep tuition costs here
a curriculum based on the one we
weeks or for a semester would be
at Barstow in check. We could talk
teach at Barstow. Barstow gets
getting instruction that would be
about the Special Economic Zone in
tuition for each student enrolled.
an intellectual sibling to what they
Huizhou, and the lack of an inter-
Thus, we have no expenses – only
receive at Barstow. Or, let’s think
national school there. How multi-
long term benefits. In short, we
about cultural exchange – sixth
nationals from Germany, Britain,
provide our expertise and receive
graders in China and at Barstow
Korea, the States and countless
revenue that flows back into the
working together on geography
other countries will take advantage
Kansas City campus. There are plans
projects on their iPads, or trading
of these locations, bringing with
to explore further partnerships in
lines from the Bard via Skype and
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Global Education then sharing blog entries. We just
teachers are dedicated; and our
school should have never let in boys.
created the possibility of students
alumni have gone on to rewarding
Plenty thought we’d close just years
from Huizhou coming to Barstow
lives and careers. So, why would we
after moving to a giant field on State
for summer programs. We just
even mess with China?
Line Road. You see, perseverance,
added exponentially to our
creativity, dedication and the
already innovative Barstow
willingness to push ourselves
Hybrid Learning Consortium. And if the educational benefits are not compelling enough, our Kansas City campus
have helped build Barstow.
"While these new opportunities
While these new opportunities
carry the anxieties of a cold
carry the anxieties of a cold
room, they also carry promise
benefits financially from this
room, they also carry promise and innovation.
and innovation."
arrangement.
I don’t know what the future
We could of course just
holds for The Barstow School of
keep doing what we’re doing.
Huizhou. I do know that while
Our enrollment is at an all-time
Because that’s who we are. Mary
visiting the school – while it was
high; our student body gets
Barstow probably shouldn’t have
under construction – I saw a red
increasingly more diverse and
started a school for girls in Kansas
wheelbarrow.
they perform incredibly well; our
City in 1884. Others would say the
That was enough for me.
Why China? Why Now? A Timeline of Barstow's History in China 1979 A group of 26 Barstow students, faculty and alumni travel to China to forge a relationship with a sister school in Shanghai.
1986 Junior Gina Beck is awarded first place for her Chinese essay in the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation contest.
1980
1984 Barstow receives a grant for teaching Chinese language from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Robert Demeritt is hired to chair the Chinese language program.
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1990 Robert Demeritt is one of seven individuals designated as a Carnegie-Mellon Fellow to establish national norms for teaching Chinese at the secondary level. Once norms were established, standardized placement exams and AP tests were developed.
1990
1988 Gina Beck travels to Beijing to present her essay, read in Chinese, at the Third International Symposium on Sino-American Journalism.
Barstow opens a partner school, The Barstow School of Huizhou, in Guangdong Province.
2000
2010
2010 Plans begin in earnest to enroll Chinese students in Barstow through an ongoing and formal process.
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2012–2013
Donor Report
The Barstow School Class of 2013 on graduation day, May 20, 2013.
With Appreciation...
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utstanding donors created outstanding results for our 2012–2013 school year! Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, alumni, parents of alumni and friends who contributed gifts to the Annual Fund and
other projects last year. I am also grateful to our new Annual Fund Parent Advocates who helped spread the word that there is no single gift more important than a gift to the Annual Fund. Your giving, including that to the 5k Run/Walk and to the iAuction, helped strengthen and sustain the extraordinary opportunities of a Barstow
Pat Oppenheimer director of development
education. I am pleased to see parent and grandparent participation on the rise, and I look
Thank You! 2012–2013 annual fund
With your support we exceeded our 2012–2013 Annual Fund campaign goal of $600,000 by raising $709,051. Thank you for your generosity!
forward to what we can achieve in the years ahead.
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2012–2013 Donor Report Photo by David Riffle
Financial Information 2012–2013 Revenue
Major Improvements
2012–2013 Expenses
2012–2013 Tuition 81%
• New Barstow Broadcast Center
Wages and benefits 58%
• Driveway improvements Academics 13%
• iPads and iPad minis for Lower School
Facilities and food 13%
Other earned revenue 13%
• Solar panels to generate electricity
Fundraising and endowment interest 6%
• Guitars for instruction in the Lower School
• An orchard to enhance the Barstow Garden
Administration 6% Debt service 5% Capital improvements 5%
Who Gives?
Constituent donors by percentage of all Annual Fund gifts
Parents 33% of all gifts (39% of solicited group)
• New recreation area for Middle School
• Online classes for Upper School
Alumni 27% of all gifts (13% of solicited group)
Trustees 1% of all gifts (100% of solicited group)
Foundations 15% of all gifts
Grandparents 3% of all gifts (14% of solicited group)
Parents of alumni 8% of all gifts (14% of solicited group) Corporations & businesses 7% of all gifts
Others 7% of all gifts
Armillary Society
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2012–2013 Donor Report. Thank
Armillary Society donors have given to The Barstow School in each of the last five years or longer. The Armillary Society exemplifies the culture of philanthropy at Barstow, and we thank you!
you to everyone who responded
Annual Fund
Our annual auction took the form of a festive, fun evening on the Barstow campus. In this document, donors who contributed to the “Fund Our Mission” project of the Barstow Broadcast Center are also included in this listing. The auction benefits the Annual Fund.
to the call to make a charitable
Barstow is grateful for all gifts made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 directed to the Annual Fund. Donations to the Annual Fund support operations of the school and ensure our continued excellence in education.
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Specific and Capital Gifts
5K Sponsor
It is with gratitude that we acknowledge donors who have made a donation to support a specific need at the school. We are also thankful for our donors who made capital campaign pledge payments. Donors for the year 2012–2013 are mentioned here.
We are grateful to the sponsors of our first annual Barstow School Mind.Body. Character. 5K. Run/Walk and Wellness Expo. With their support, we attracted everyone from serious runners to young children crossing a finish line for the first time.
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Tree Day One of Barstow’s most treasured traditions is Tree Day. Generous gifts to Tree Day keep our campus beautiful and sustainable. In place for decades, this tradition provides a special way to honor or remember someone. Booster Club Sponsor Corporate sponsors of the Barstow Booster Club provide funding for the club’s support of our student athletes, coaching staff, trainers and athletic programs.
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Donor Report Donations received between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 Standards High Society $50,000 and above Anonymous Mr. and Ms. Charles L. Bacon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars
1884 Founders Society $25,000 – $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fox The Jackson Family Mr. Ethan Jackson ’05 Dr. Max G. Jackson Mrs. Martha Lay Kaaz ’57 David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation Mr. James M. Kemper, Jr. Morgan Family Foundation Mr. Chad King and Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Todd Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rock
Second Century Society $10,000 – $24,999 Elizabeth Hart Anderson and Judson Woods ’13 Anonymous Barstow Booster Club Barstow Parents' Association Dr. David Dockhorn ’80 and Dr. Michelle Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanson Mr. John W. Jordan II William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank Trustee Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’59 and Mr. James T. Lacy* Miller-Mellor Association Mrs. Anne Norquist Patterson ’61 and Mr. Craig W. Patterson Mrs. Anne Potter Russ ’78 and Mr. Norbert Russ Mr. and Mrs. James K. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Don Walsworth, Jr. Walsworth Publishing Company
Ada K. Brann Society $5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous Bank of Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. Brad W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Butch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Coker Mr. Steve Crossette ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dusselier Hosfield Benefit Services, LLC Mr. Brent Walz and Mrs. Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86
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Mr. Chad King and Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Anand Kuppuswamy Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92 Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 William C. McGowan Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers Mpress Norquist-Robinson Foundation Ms. Denise Osment Mr. and Mrs. Donald Prophete Dr. and Mrs. William O. Reed, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William Rosenthal Mid-America Retina Consultants Mr. and Mrs. James Stinson Mr. Blaine Tucker and Dr. Nereyda Nunez Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wilson
Richard H. Sears Society $2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous Dr. Stewart Babbott and Dr. Cecelia Babbott Dr. and Mrs. Chris Bagby Northland Bone and Joint Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barnett Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brooks, Jr. Mr. Joel Brous ’88 and Mrs. Carrie Brous Mr. Douglas Dockhorn ’82 and Mrs. Stephanie Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Craig Evans Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fenaroli Mr. Andrew Funk ’98 Mrs. Anne Thompson Gartner ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Gerson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Grabowsky Mr. Sean Hart ’87 and Ms. Katie Hart Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kanan Michael and Susan Ketchmark Mr. Mitchell Krasnopoler and Ms. Susan Cohen Dr. Phillip J. Lucido and Dr. Mary Lynne Lucido Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Frank B.W. McCollum Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. McCreight Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy McNeive Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III
key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased
Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor
Tree Day Gift Faculty Donor Trustee Donor
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2012–2013 Donor Report Mr. and Mrs. Todd Navrat Mr. David Neihart ’79 and Mrs. Wendy Neihart ’79 Mrs. Annabel Fisher Nutter ’49 and Mr. James B. Nutter James B. Nutter & Company Mr. and Mrs. Tom Olson Mr. and Mrs. John T. Pierson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence E. Putney Reed Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Reed Mr. and Mrs. Piyush S. Sampat Schultz Foundation Mr. Norman C. Schutlz Mr. Brock A. Shealy and Ms. Lori A. Kallaher Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sims Dr. Peter Tadros and Dr. Deanna Tadros Mr. and Mrs. John Top Mr. John Waldeck and Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76 Mr. Thomas Whittaker ’83 and Mrs. Loren Whittaker
Barstow Society $1,000 – $2,499 1215 Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Kansas City Ms. Suzanne E. Allen Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews Anonymous (2) ARAMARK Facilities Aristocrat Motors Dr. Jay T. Backstrom Ms. Sara Bacon ’08 Mr. and Mrs. David F. Ball Ball's Food Stores Mr. Thomas Bash* and Mrs. Janet Bash Big Biscuit Restaurants Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bray Mr. Grant Burcham and Mrs. Wendy Hockaday Burcham ’80 Dr. and Mrs. Louis Christifano, Sr. Dr. Ingenue Cobbinah Mr. and Mrs. Feilim Coyle Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson The Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Douglas Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey Mr. Gregory A. Dunn and Ms. Kim S. Summers Elsberry Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Elsberry Mr. and Mrs. Adam Elyachar Mr. and Mrs. Richard English Mr. and Mrs. John Felton Mrs. Marguerite Peet Foster ’43* H.O. Peet Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Shane A. Foster Fry Orthodontic Specialist
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Mr. and Mrs. John F. Frye Ms. Henrietta Gates ’68 Ms. Cynthia Gibson ’66 Gunnard and Charlotte Johnson Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75 Mr. David Hall and Mrs. Laura Hockaday Hall ’83 Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Hawley Hen House Markets Mr. Thomas Higgins and Mrs. Paget Gates Higgins ’59 Mr. Kristopher Hisle and Mrs. Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87 Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 Husch Blackwell, LLP J.B. Reynolds Foundation Mr. R. Philip Bixby ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Bixby III Mrs. Kay Bixby-Haddad ’67 Mrs. Nancy Bixby Hudson ’70 J.E. Dunn Jenkins and LeBlanc Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knief Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knoflicek Dr. and Mrs. Parvesh Kumar Lacy & Company Mrs. Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lashbrook Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lopatofsky BillSoft, Inc Mr. and Mrs. John Maiale Dr. Timothy Martin ’81 and Dr. Janice Martin Mrs. Georgette Carkener McConnell ’61 Mr. David Mombello and Mrs. Laura Mombello ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Murphy Northland Bone and Joint NPC International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence O'Brien Ms. Pat Oppenheimer Mr. John Passanisi and Dr. Carrie Grounds Dr. and Mrs. Amar Patel Mr. and Mrs. Karthick Pattabiraman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothhaas Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Scott J. Orange, LLC Scott-Hollar, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Seay Mr. and Mrs. Zachary H. Shafran Dr. Paul Sheeran and Dr. Marita Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Scot Snyder Mrs. Laura Riss Stanford ’74 Stinson Morrison Hecker Dr. Jacob S. Stueve and Mrs. Marianne Swaney-Stueve
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Donor Report Barstow Society continued Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sunderland Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Dr. and Mrs. Frank Totta Mrs. Elinor Tourtellot ’61 Piersol Foundation, Inc. Ms. Kirby Upjohn ’66 Mr. and Mrs. James Velghe Mrs. Sherrard Wallingford Mr. and Mrs. Brian Weaver Dr. Janet M. Williams Dr. Jarrod Williams Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Yagan Mr. and Mrs. Wei Zhu
Knights Society $500 – $999 Mr. Daniel Abitz and Mrs. Diana Johnson Abitz ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andracsek Anonymous (2) Mr. Christopher E. Beal Drs. Ravi and Mala Bhagat Mr. and Mrs. George Birt Mrs. Kara Kessinger Brittingham ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bruennig, Jr. Mrs. Jill Stewart Bunting ’61 City Thrift Class of 1962 Class of 1972 Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61 Mr. Aidan F. Coyle ’12 Mr. Roy G. Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. DePew Mr. Guilherme Doretto ’99 Dr. and Mrs. Do Doretto ’72 Mrs. Melissa Smith Elliott ’57 feng boutique Mr. Jim Francis Mr. Rob M. Franz ’97 Jonathan Freiden and Rebecca Dragon-Freiden Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Barbara and Gene Funk Mrs. Lathrop M. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Brian Georgie Mrs. Barrie Carter Gibby ’66 Mrs. Barbara Gillen Global Tank Leasing Gould Evans Associates Mr. and Mrs. Steven Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Hamann Mr. Tim Harkins and Ms. Lori Schelm Institute of International Education Mrs. Alison Bartlett Jager ’68
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Dr. Bradley R. Jenkins and Dr. Jill Jenkins Mr. Cliff C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kahl Mrs. Jane Kanan Mr. and Mrs. Lance Kilgore Mr. James K. Lacy ’86 Ms. Kim Lacy Joseph Lenart, Jr. and Renee McGhee-Lenart Mrs. Anne Victor Lopez ’86 and Mr. Joe Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lubow OCI Resources, Inc. Mr. Quinton D. Lucas ’02 Mr. Chucker Luetje and Mrs. Susan Bernstein Luetje ’88 Dr. and Mrs. Craig Lundgren Dr. Edward J. MacInerney Mrs. Sue Welsh Macintosh ’61 and Mr. Robert C. Macintosh Dr. and Mrs. H. Edward Martin Dr. Kevin D. Martin ’74 Mr. JoZach J. Miller ’80 Dr. Gary E. Mombello Mr. and Mrs. David Pursell Ms. Jill Ingram Reynolds ’74 Mr. and Mrs. David Ripp SAGE Dining Services, Inc Dr. Paula Sanders ’73 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Schenken Ms. Jane Scott and Mr. Al Lillioien Ms. Heather Sherman ’84 and Mr. David Fandel Dr. Brian D. Sippy ’85 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Smith Summit Gastroenterology Superior Lexus Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Tharp II Dr. and Mrs. Rangarao Tummala Mrs. Karen Van Voorst Turner ’53 Mr. Gerald Wyckoff and Ms. Cynthia Sharpe
Donors up to $499 Mr. Jeffrey Abbas and Ms. Rhona Alter Mr. Mark Adams Mrs. Virginia Holter Alexander ’57 and Mr. Bill Alexander Mrs. Lauren Allison Mrs. Carolyn Ammon and Dr. Joe Hannah Hannah Orthodontics Mr. Tremell Anderson Mrs. Dee Dee Shelden Arnold ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Evert Asjes III key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased
Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor
Tree Day Gift Faculty Donor Trustee Donor
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2012–2013 Donor Report Mr. and Mrs. Russell Atha Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Atwood-Blaine Mr. Jeffrey Ayers and Mrs. Shelly Dodds Ayers Ms. Sydney E. Ayers ’09 Mr. Donald Baas and Mrs. Arey Thompson Baas ’54 Ms. Susan Bailey Mrs. Janice Germann Baker ’65 Mrs. Nathalie Barker Baldwin-Blais ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Bamesberger Ms. Kathy Barbagallo Mr. Max M. Barlow ’92 Ms. Liz Bartow Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baughman Dr. Anne Baumgardt-Brunner ’75 Mrs. Linda Lewi Beal ’54 Mrs. Suzanne Beatus ’71 Mr. David Beier and Ms. Jessica Herman Mrs. Judy Smith Benson ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Blachly Mr. and Mrs. John Blaine Ms. Rhayma Blake ’66 Mr. Robert Bonney and Mrs. Gay Lee Ludwig-Bonney Mrs. Francie Miller Borden ’58 Mrs. Marilyn Foster Borel ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bradley Mrs. Kate Bradley Ms. Martha E. Brady ’52 Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Brayman Mrs. Diane Virden Brent ’64 Mrs. Nancy Brosnahan Brooker ’59 Mr. Bill Brooks Janice Young Brooks ’61 Ms. Donna Bryan Mr. Robert “Brad” Buckner Mrs. Zanne Buffum Ms. Caren Burstein Mrs. Julie Byrne Ms. Molly L. Callahan ’92 Ms. Anne Sutton Canfield ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Brett E. Carlgren Ms. Monica L. Carson Dr. Jodianne Carter Carver Learning Systems Mrs. Mary Louise Carver Mr. and Mrs. Kai Chang Mrs. Rebecca Chapman ’78 Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton Christenberry ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Churchman Mrs. Kathy Clarke Ms. Laura Clarke-Steffen ’76 Mrs. Prudence Lehaney Cleary ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clement
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Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cobb Mr. Ryan S. Colerick ’92 Dr. Linda M. Collier Mrs. Diane O'Brien Collings ’64 Mrs. Katherine Caldwell Conely ’54 Mrs. Gloria Snyder Cooper ’43 Country Club Bank Mrs. Laurence Coventry Mrs. Linda White Cowan ’57 Dr. David Cramer and Mrs. Jennifer C. Bailey Mrs. Megan Bubb Cribb ’98 Ms. Kellye Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cross Mr. Art J. Crumm Mrs. Megan Culver Mrs. Heather Cwach Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dalen Mr. John Dallaire Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel Dr. Scott Dattel and Mrs. Karin Dattel ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Heywood H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Fabio de Andrade Mr. Raghuveer Dendi and Ms. Aruna Konreddy Mr. Benjamin A. Denzer ’11 Mr. Paul P. Denzer and Ms. Sue Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Steven DeZeeuw Mr. Bruce Dickerson Mrs. Kenya Torrance Donohue ’53 Mr. and Mrs. John K. Douglas, Sr. Mrs. Vicki Benson Douglas ’59 Mrs. Lindsy Myers Douglass ’92 and Mr. Mitchell Douglass ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Duckett Mr. and Mrs. Dan Durig Mr. and Mrs. Keith Durwood Ms. Alexa Dusselier ’12 Mr. Gregory V. Dusselier ’75 Mr. and Mrs. David Dyer Alliance Equities Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eckley Mr. and Mrs. John Edelman Mr. Michael R. Edwards Mrs. Heather Holter Ellis ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Captain Emily Eschbacher ’96 Mr. and Mrs. James Estes Dr. William Evans ’77 Mrs. Janet Close Ewert ’58 The Honorable and Mrs. Arthur B. Federman Ms. Audrey Federman ’96 Ms. Carla Federman ’00 Ms. Barbara Ann Smith Ferris ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Finn Mrs. Myra Lou Terry Fitch ’54
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Donor Report Donors continued Mr. Kenneth Fligg, Jr. Mr. Joe Fox ’04 and Mrs. Hannah Fox Mr. and Mrs. Don Francis Mrs. Luanne Armsby Francis ’45 Mr. William Frank and Ms. Kay Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Larry B. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Franz Ms. Norma Frazier Friends of the Kansas City Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gabler Mrs. Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 Mrs. Jean Snyder Garschagen ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Gartman Mr. and Mrs. Jim Georgie Ms. Ruth K. Gieschen Mrs. Georgina Stayton Goetz ’43 Mrs. Meg Truog Grandcolas ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gratwick II Ms. Sally S. Gratwick Mr. Trey Gratwick ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Captain Gray
Mrs. Cheryl Wilhite Greene ’73 Ms. Renee Grigg Ms. Danna R. Weddle and Mr. Adam Groden Mrs. Eva Gryszowka Mr. Jeff Gueldner Mr. and Mrs. Tony Guilliam Mr. and Mrs. Scott Guldin Major Cary M. Gum-Costa ’81 Dr. Sanjaya Gupta and Dr. Wendy Hulsing Mrs. Susan Hodges Gurley ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Gustafson The Medtronic Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rick Gutman Ms. Crystal Hairston Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hall Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Jes M. Hansen Ms. Ashley P. Harper ’88 Mrs. Susan Harper Mrs. Phyllis Rahm Hart ’55 Ms. Mandy Hatfield Mr. Kelly Hattan Mrs. Lynn Sutherland Heitman ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hellebusch Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hellebusch Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Henry Mrs. Marsha Herdliska Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Herwig Mrs. Marcia Hannon Hill ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hill Mrs. Mallory Hilvitz
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Mr. John Hoel ’80 Mrs. Margaret Porter Hoel Ms. Sarah Hofstra Mrs. Donna Thomason Holcombe ’72 Mrs. Betty Branson Holliday ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Dick Holzrichter Mrs. Jean Welsh Honan ’57 Mr. Mark Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Horne Mrs. Alexandra D. House ’03 and Mr. Josh L. F. House ’03 Ms. Emily Huffman ’81 Mrs. Mignon Russell Hughes ’51 Mrs. Nathalie Haren Hughes ’79 Mr. Ryan Humphry Mrs. Kristin D. Hurt ’00
Ms. Anne Hyvrard Mrs. Beth P. Ingram Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jaax Mrs. Janette Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jalbert Mr. and Mrs. Ron Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jones Ms. Leigh Jones-Bamman ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Joseph Amb. Barbara Hanson Karahadian ’56 Mrs. Leslie Swinney Kase ’77 Ms. Charlotte Keith Mrs. Lea Marker Keller Mrs. Phyllis Hauck Kerr ’55 Dr. Aaron Ketchell Mrs. Jean Kiene ’60 Mrs. Caroline Elton Kill ’89 and Mr. John Kill Mrs. Sheila Kilpatrick Mr. Robert Kingsland Mr. Aaron Kivett ’99 and Mrs. Amanda Kivett ’99 Mrs. Mary Kay Thompson Knorr ’54 Mr. Bob Kohler Mrs. and Mrs. Dale R. Korneman Mr. James D. Korneman ’93 Mr. and Mrs. James Krause Ms. Shana Krol Mr. John Charles Krueger and Mrs. Carol Davis Krueger ’79 Michael and Kimberly Krutz Mrs. Bridget Moran Kukuk Mr. Sanders Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Marc Lang
key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased
Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor
Tree Day Gift Faculty Donor Trustee Donor
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2012–2013 Donor Report Mr. and Mrs. Edward Larkin Mrs. Cindy McCollum Larson ’89 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mrs. David Launder and Mrs. Blythe Brigham Launder ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lawlor Ms. Debbie Lawrence Mr. Nate Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Leach Miss Daria N. LeGrand ’13 Miss Kaya J. LeGrand ’11 Mrs. Carolyne Lehr Mr. John Leiter and Mrs. Maribel Asher Leiter ’45 Mr. and Mrs. David LeMoine Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lenz Mr. Dennis Lloyd and Mrs. Kay Reeder Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Love Mr. Mark Luce and Ms. Jennifer Copeland Dr. Leah Luckeroth Mrs. Beth Haren Lynch ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lynch Ms. Marilyn Macaluso Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacInerney Dr. William Mack and Dr. Marian Mack Dr. Colin MacKenzie and Dr. Rhea Pimentel Mr. John W. MacLaughlin ’77 Mrs. Sarah Smith Malino ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Swede Malm Mrs. Donna Manley Mrs. Lynnly Busler Marcotte ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Martin Mr. Kevin W. Martin ’03 Ms. Melissa L. Martin ’12 Ms. Amanda Jean Marvin Ms. Rebecca C. Marvin ’12 Ms. Mandy Maubach Mr. and Mrs. David Maurer Ms. Amy McCarthy-Phillips ’69 Mrs. Sarah Walsh McClanahan ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. McClinton, Jr. Ms. Ann McCray ’78 Ms. Sharon McDonald Ms. Alicia M. McElroy Drs. Flin and Mary McGhee Mr. Arnold McMann Mrs. Carol Mosman McNeer ’63 Mr. Craig A. McPherson ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Brian McRae Mr. Mark Melchior ’81 Ms. Molly Melchior ’87 Mr. Mason Menninger and Dr. Lisa Menninger Mr. George Mensch Mrs. Mary Mitchell Merrill ’63
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Mr. Brian Michael Mrs. Cynthia Sanders Milani ’66 Mrs. Barbara Buesking Milledge ’58 Mrs. Judy Field Miller ’59 and Mr. John Miller Mrs. Pamela Thomas Milner ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr. Ms. Kristi Mitchell Mrs. Janet Nelson Moore ’70 Mrs. Pam Moore Mrs. Betsey Belisle Moreland ’56 Ms. Elizabeth Moss-Evans ’65 Mrs. Rozzie Hargis Motter ’58 Mr. Greg Killinger and Ms. Sarah Mountford Mrs. Kerri Nelson Mulligan ’85 and Mr. Joe Mulligan Dr. and Mrs. Sere S. Myers, Sr. Ms. Sue Nagy Mrs. Mona Neighbors Ms. Anna M. Neihart ’08 Mr. Jim Leroy Neihart ’06 Ms. Anellen Neill Mrs. Daly Jordan O'Brien ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Brien Mrs. Jennifer O'Dell Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Onyszchuk Mrs. Barbie O'Toole Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Ozar Ms. Jennifer Padberg and Mr. Shawn Hollon Mr. Douglas W. Pagan ’89 Mrs. Mary Lou Pagano Mrs. Georgette Stanley Page ’42 Ms. Letitia Papish Mr. Charlie Parekh ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Jean Michel Pasqualini Molly Hill Patten ’92 Mrs. Linda Katz Patterson ’62 and Mr. Curt Patterson Ms. Heather Paxton Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Payne Mr. and Mrs. Zane Peavey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Penn Mr. Michael Petty and Mrs. Linda Petty ’82 Mrs. Jan Gambrel Phillips ’53 Mr. Paul Pickard and Mrs. Lisa Luth-Pickard Ms. Gail Powell and Mr. Perry Ray Mrs. Mary Jo Powell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Presko Mr. Nick Presko Mr. Jason Press ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Prier Dr. and Mrs. Lyle Pursell Mr. Paul Raccuglia ’99 and Mrs. Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99 Mr. Todd Race
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Donor Report Donors continued Mrs. Joyce D. Rainey Mr. Bill Raney ’88 Ms. Rian Ray ’12 Mrs. Jeanne Redick Mr. Scott Redick ’85 and Mrs. Kathleen Redick Mrs. Page Branton Reed ’73 and Mr. Bruce Reed Mrs. Jean Baumgardt Reichenbach ’70 Ms. Deborah Reichman ’70 Dr. Michael and Dr. Kirsten Reilly Mr. David L. Rein, Jr. and Ms. Jane Rosenthal Mrs. Barbara Rahm Reno ’55 Ms. Beth E. Reynolds ’06 Mrs. Anne Butler Rice ’86 Mr. Christopher Richardson Ms. Carol Ripp Mr. Jay Rivard ’81 and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rivard ’81 Dr. Jarrod Roark Ms. Jeannie M. Roberts Ms. Merideth Rock ’09 Mrs. Joan Purdy Roney ’42 Ms. Eleanor Changho and Mr. Eudivigio Roxas Rubin Brown Mrs. Joannie Rudkin Mr. Jonathan Rudnick Mrs. Joyce Ruisch Mrs. Janet Redheffer Russell ’42 Mrs. Anne Rutter Prof. Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox and Mrs. Monique Rydberg-Cox Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Salazar Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Schellhorn ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Todd Schmidt Dr. Alan Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schneider Mrs. Cathy King Schultz ’96 Mr. Craig M. Schultz ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Schwegler Mr. and Mrs. Bob Seay Mrs. Catherine Sharp Seidlitz ’42 Drs. Stan ’73 and Kathy Shaffer Mrs. Judy Shaper ’63 The Peter and Amy Shapiro Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Ms. Trasi Taylor Sharp ’81 Ms. Melissa Shellito Mr. Peter Shemitz and Ms. Flora Winitz Mrs. Kelly McCarthy Sherman ’78 and Mr. James Sherman Mr. Andy Shimamoto Dr. Bruce Short and Dr. Mary Jane Short Mr. and Mrs. Mark Short Mrs. Debbie Sieck Ms. Cynthia Gregg Sifers ’56
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Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sittenfeld Mrs. Kathy Lawrence Siuda ’59 and Mr. Roger Siuda Ms. Deborah Smith ’70 Mrs. Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Snow Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Spann ’73 Ms. Elisabeth M. Spencer ’79 G. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Alok Srivastava Mrs. Deborah Benish Stanford ’61 Ms. Jana Starkweather Mrs. June Wolf Steahlin ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Don Stelting Mrs. Allison Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sykes Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sykora Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Talge Mrs. Gail Taliaferro Mrs. Sue Twyman Targett ’58 Mr. Steven Taylor Signature Logo Embroidery Mr. Fred Thiel Mr. and Mrs. Craig Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thomas Mrs. Marti Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Matt Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Don Thompson Mr. Timothy Thompson ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Thorp Mr. Matt Thurman and Dr. Rachael Thurman Mrs. Lisa Tillema Mrs. Stephanie Stubbs Tinsley ’62 Ms. Catherine A. Trenton ’80 Mr. Frederick Truog and Mrs. Susan Rosse Truog ’59 Mrs. Sarah Green Tulp Ms. Kymber Umana Mrs. Margaret Sutton Valentine ’61 Ms. Kristin R. Van Voorst ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Terry VanDyke Mrs. Shelli Veatch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Vinsant
Dr. Sandra Stell Stites ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Don Stohr Mr. Jeff Stoll Mrs. Shirley Hayman Sudduth ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Hal Swaney
key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased
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2012–2013 Donor Report Ms. Patricia Vollman Mr. and Mrs. Mehul Vora Mrs. Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54 Mr. Peter Vrooman ’88 and Mrs. Kenyon Vrooman Mrs. Virginia Raymond Wagner ’56 Mrs. Elisa Sader Waldman ’85 and Mr. Stuart Waldman Ms. Farrah Ali Walker ’94 Mr. Ethan P. Walz ’22 Mr. Spencer A. Walz ’17 Mrs. Jennifer Warren Mrs. Mimi Fitch Wayne ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weltner Mr. Nicholas Welty Mrs. Jane White Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Whitfill Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wieseler Advanced Aesthetics
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Parent Advocates
Mr. Chad Williams and Dr. Jeannie Williams Mr. Chad Williams Mrs. Jeanne Dodds Williams ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Wittman Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff Mr. Robert L. Woodbury Mrs. Cynthia Brannock Wright ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Purd Wright Mr. and Mrs. Darush Yazdani Mr. and Mrs. John Young Mr. and Mrs. John Yount Mrs. Joan Gregg Zacher ’59 Ms. Lisa Zahn Mrs. Joanna Zauchenberger Ms. Lindsay Zimmerman Mrs. Jody Dail Zimmermann ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Edison Zorn
nnual Fund Parent Advocates are volunteers who encourage other parents to support Barstow’s Annual Fund. We are grateful to our 2012–2013 advocates who served as a powerful team in our fundraising efforts. Due to their work, parent participation in giving was up and we exceeded our $600,000 Annual Fund campaign goal by raising $709,051.
2012–2013
Parent Advocates
Thank you to all our parent advocates and thank you to all our donors!
Seated—Mark Yagan, Tara Georgie, Michelle McNeive and Amy Felton. Standing—Susan McGee ’76, Dawn Evans, Kris Carlgren, Leigh Hamann, Brian Georgie, Janet Yagen, John Felton, Wendy Marvin, Alana Estes, Anne O'Brien, Pete Lacy ’88 and Marienne Brown.
parent advocate committee Marienne Brown
Amy Fox
Quinton Lucas ’02
Anne O’Brien
Molly Callahan ’92
Brian and Tara Georgie
Janice Martin
Lisa Prophete
Kris Carlgren
Sarah Guthrie
Wendy Marvin
Anna Brauckmann Raccuglia ’99
Kim Coker
Leigh Hamann
Carol Mathews
Jim Schwartz
Steven and Michelle Dunn
Krista Knoflicek
Susan McGee ’76
Nikki Sims
Laura Egan
Pete Lacy ’88
Michelle McNeive
Jenny Waldeck ’90
Alana Estes
Renee Lenart
Lisa Mirabile
Tom Whittaker ’83
John and Amy Felton
Vicki Lopatofsky
Amanda Morgan ’94
Mark and Janet Yagan
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Alumni Community Harper – grade 9, and Finnegan – grade 5,
Dear Barstow Alumni...
I
love Barstow! I pick them up almost every day – they are always happy and positive about a
am delighted to lead the Alumni
‘great day’.”
Board through another year of excel-
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lence at Barstow. As always, the school is an energetic, innovative, warm and nurturing
Susan Belisle Archer, Jan
Wyman Lane and Linda Katz Patterson, the
home for students, families, staff and alums.
class of ’62 enjoyed a fantastic 50th reunion!
If you are already connected to the school on
Starting with a dinner at Susan’s house, then a lunch and tour at the Barstow campus, and
a regular basis, please increase your engage-
culminating with a tri-school dinner with
ment by participating in any of our offerings
Pem-Day and Sunset Hill alums – it was a
and school activities. If you have not been in touch with Barstow lately, please reconnect – you are always welcome at Barstow! You
fun-filled weekend.
Elisa Waldman ’85 barstow alumni board president
can follow the Barstow Facebook page (Barstow School est 1884), watch the daily btvn newscast on your computer or smartphone (sign into the website, www.barstowschool.org), or attend an Alumni Board meeting. This year, the Barstow Alumni Board is pleased to be chairing the school’s first online auction. By offering the auction online, we hope that alums from around the world will find an easy way to connect and give back to Barstow. The auction will feature many items provided by your classmates, showcasing our talent and expertise. Stay tuned for auction details! If you have not yet experienced what Barstow has to offer, find out today! Please contact me or Anne Russ to learn out about the countless ways to become involved in the Barstow community.
Mary Kay Thompson Knorr writes, “Proud of our class of ’54
giving! Keep it up!” Olive Beaham Lansburgh
Elizabeth Moss Evans reports, “Twelve grandchildren now, ye
gads! I’m still working in Chicago and living in Nashville, Tenn. I’d love to meet any of you in Chicago or come to Nashville for some southern hospitality and lots of music.”
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Barrie Carter Gibby was on hand to present the Fall Art Show in
the Embry Gallery, “An Art Retrospective of Bess Carter.” Barrie’s mother, Bess, taught art at Barstow from 1966–1974 and tutored multiple generations of eager students. The show was on display in the Embry Gallery during October 2012. Lea Marker Keller tells us, “I’m still living in St. Francis, Kan., and
diligently working to maintain our quality of life in a community that supplies you urban
Do you have news to share? Please forward class notes to anne.russ@barstowschool.org.
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dwellers with wheat, corn, beef and milk. Always applying for grants, and working
Lucia Williams Amsden has
through community foundations to help
written a book, “Breaking Eggs:
subsidize economic/community development
Finding New Meaning with Chronic Illness.”
efforts for this community of 1,200 and a
says, “She had a fine time introducing Myra
It is a spirit-filled and practical guide for
county of 3,000. We appreciate the money
Lou ’54 (Terry Fitch) and Arey ’54 (Thompson
anyone dealing with chronic illness. She
sent from Johnson County, e.g., to help sustain
Baas) to ranch life in Oregon!”
is living happily in rural New Mexico with
our schools. My years at Barstow will always
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With the able leadership of
her husband, Tim. She can be contacted
be a part of who I am, and am grateful for
Francie Miller Borden tells us she’s
at her website, www.newmeaning.info.
that opportunity. My four grandchildren are
been teaching now for 43 years!
Susan Rosse Truog – “My grandchildren,
within 2.5 hours and 1 son has returned to St.
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Alumni Community Francis, following his BS degree to farm and
flunked retirement and is working with a
daughter has taken a job in Washington,
ranch. Husband Tom’s chronic Lyme disease is
technology company. Daughter, Kim (42!)
D.C. at Meridian, a non-profit international
improving and I am still working part-time in
lives very happily in Portland, Ore. Dog, KC,
program facilitator. My youngest daughter is
the school district, and grounds keeper for the
is a three-year-old rescue – lovely disposition
at the University of Rhode Island, studying
farmstead. Life is good! Lynnly Busler stopped
but behaviorally challenged! Best wishes to
for her Marine Biology degree, when not
by to see me! Others would be welcomed on
all ’67ers.”
planning a dive with Dad. My new email
their way to Colorado or…”
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Courtenay “Pi” Seidlitz Williams reports, “We’re living outside
Boston. I’m teaching ESOL classes. Bob has
Alumni Board 2013–2014 executive committee
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address is Terry@tdtsit.com. Dr. Paula Sanders – “I’m still at Rice University and just
celebrated my 25 year as a faculty member th
here. I’m Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
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Cary Gum Costa comments, “Thanks to the Barstow
instructors and staff for continuing to do a
and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral
fantastic job with the students. I love reading
Studies. Looking forward to seeing my
about all the accomplishments. All the best!”
classmates at our 40th reunion in May!”
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Kevin Martin writes, “In October of 2011 my wife, Carolyn, and I
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Dr. Jordan Metzl helped victims of Hurricane Sandy by
encouraging New York Marathon runners
Elisa Sader Waldman ’85
went to Machu Picchu and Cuzco, Peru for
to carry supplies to those in need on Staten
president
hiking. In October of 2012, I climbed to the
Island. For a link to an article, visit http://
top of Mount Kilimanjaro. I’m not sure if
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-04/new-
I will ever top that, but I have learned that
york-marathoners-run-to-help-in-storm-
adventure travel is easier while we are young!”
ravaged-staten-island.html
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Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99 vice-president and president-elect
Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87 nominating chairman
members Molly Callahan ’92
Stef Watson McCurdy writes, “The big news in my family
this year is that I have two daughters who
Boyd Morrison’s latest book, “The Roswell Conspiracy” is
quite the page-turner. This is the latest in
Toby Goosetree ’99
are engaged! We have one still in college at
his Tyler Locke Adventures series. You can
Brigetta Schwegler Fortin ’88
K-State, and one of our engaged daughters
find out more about this talented author at
Lynn Sutherland Heitman ’70
just moved to Bowling Green, Ohio for
www.boydmorrison.com. Marc Solomon
Anne Victor Lopez ’86
graduate school.”
is Freedom to Marry’s National Campaign
Kevin Martin ’03 Sara Masner ’06 Mike Matula ’89 Craig McPherson ’02
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Director, who was awarded this year’s Terry Taylor says, “I retired from
Congressman Gerry E. Studds Visibility
our Companies after 25 years
Award! Read a Q&A with Marc about what
of being one of the Managing Partners at
it means to be a visible advocate: http://bit.
Kerri Nelson Mulligan ’85
the end of 2012, now filling my time with
ly/WPdaMt.
Cathy Trenton ’80
personal pursuits. I am staying on the Board
Toby Truog ’87
of the Roland Park Country School for a
ex-officio members
few more years (where Gordon Lenci was
Pat Oppenheimer director of development
Anne Potter Russ ’78 alumni and fundraising officer
Laura Mombello ’87 development staff administrator
Headmaster), where I am on the Executive
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Margot Gray Evans and her husband, Tim, have welcomed a
son, Captain Gray Evans on August 2, 2011.
Committee and head up the HR Committee.
Margot owns CORE:FORM – a pilates/
Otherwise, I am working on my Instructor’s
gyrotonic studio in Lawrence, Kan. Elliot
Certification in scuba and will be working
Royer and Nora (Clemons) Royer says “We
on building homes in Maine and Florida.
celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary
Never said retirement would be relaxing (no,
in July, and along with Nate, 7, and Erin,
I haven’t changed). My wife retired last year
3, welcomed Annabel Lee to the family on
after 27 years at Bank of America. My oldest
August 15, 2012. We are excited to move from
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Alumni Community Kansas City to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Iowa area in December for my (Nora’s) new job as an acute care and trauma surgeon and
In Memoriam Condolences to the families of Barstow friends we’ve lost in the past year as of August 15, 2013.
clinical assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Iowa.”
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Nicholas Kinports, founder of Lonelybrand, will join
E. Lee Thomason, mother of Donna
Jacqueline Collins Sigler ’42, mother of
Thomason Holcombe ’72 — July 15, 2012.
Mike Sigler ’72, Andrew Sigler ’75, and Eric
Mary Teater Vincent, former faculty member — August 1, 2012
HY Connect as vice president, director of social media. Read the article at www.bizjournals.com/ chicago/news/2013/02/26/hy-connect-acquireslonelybrand.html.
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David Cagle ’76 — August 6, 2012 Carl I. Brown, father of Julianna Brown Lyddon ’83 and father-in-law of Jim
Virginia Breden Kelley, mother of Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 — October 8, 2012 Peter Gerson, father of Liz Gerson
Brown Cray ’04, Jordan Brown ’03 and
Hjalmarson and Jim Gerson ’78
Taylor Brown ’07 — August 10, 2012
— October 10, 2012
Susan Fisher, former faculty member
James T. Lacy, husband of Lois Dubach
— August 20, 2012
Lacy ’55, and father of Kim Lacy, Jim Lacy
Congratulations to Craig McPherson on his election
House District. Jennifer Short was featured in the Kansas City Star. Jennifer is a teacher at Center Middle School and her art students designed ornaments for the Missouri tree
Virginia P. Atwater ’41, sister of Nancy P. Kaul ’38 — August 21, 2012
Washington, D.C. last year. Additionally, Jennifer was honored for her work at a reception by the Center School District board last November.
Alice Sebree Crooks Platt ’38, mother of Marion Crooks Ligon ’76, and grandmother
Agnes Low Gurley ’30 — August 27, 2012
of Whitney Crooks 2008 — March 28, 2013
Robert Parks Vrooman, Sr., father of Halli
Joan Heller Frey ’59 — April 8, 2013
Vrooman ’78, Vicki Vrooman Petersen ’79, Bobby Vrooman ’83, and Peter Vrooman ’88
Joan Swarthout Wahlstedt ’47, Mother
— September 25, 2012
of Amy Wahlstedt ’79 and Wendy
Turner ’85 — Oct. 1, 2012
our own Barstow Television
Network being interviewed. She spoke at our Cum Laude ceremony in January, and we held a coat drive for the school where she teaches. Great interview! Here is the link: youtu.be/xhIZnOjJuA8.
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Haley Hannah joined the touring group of Flashdance!
Haley will be in the ensemble and will travel now through May of next year.
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Sydney Ayers writes that she is graduating from Dartmouth
in 2013 with a B.A. in Art History. For the 2013–14 year, she has been awarded the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship.
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Wahlstedt ’77 — April 30, 2013 Laurette Lamme McInnes ’43 — May 28, 2013 Marguerite Peet Foster ’43 — June 7, 2013
degree in May. She is currently pursuing an
Erin Ryan can be found on
Taylor Lacy 2024 and Maren Lacy 2027
Louise Riss Wells '50 — August 25, 2012
Brown University with an MFA
acting career in New York City.
Kendall Hart Lacy ’92, and grandfather of — October 20, 2012
Mark K. Talge, brother of Carrie Talge Lauren Lubow graduated from
’86, and Pete Lacy ’88, father-in-law of
Christine “Pat” Brower ’36 — August 23, 2012
in the national Christmas tree display in
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— October 7, 2012
Lyddon ’80, and grandfather of Ashley
Representative in the newly drawn 8th State
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Elizabeth Mulford deGroff ’35
McFall on October 13, 2012 in
in November to be the Kansas State
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Beatrice Mulford Schiff ’40, sister of
Melissa Rhyne married Jeremy
Olathe, Kan.
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Sylvia 'Non' Cagle, mother of
Sigler ’83 — October 2, 2012
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Shane Rudman was part of Drury University’s Division II Men’s
Basketball National Championship team.
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Becky Marvin hasn’t been too distracted by her studies at Yale to
forget about Barstow or baking pies!
Upper school students performed Godspell in the Raymond B. White Auditorium October 25–27, 2012.
key administration Shane A. Foster head of school
Judith Yount associate head of school/ head of lower school
Liz Bartow head of upper school
Kate Bradley head of middle school
development office Pat Oppenheimer director of development
Anne Potter Russ ’78 alumni relations & annual fund officer
Lori Kallaher volunteer & special events coordinator
Laura Mombello ’87 development staff administrator
magazine staff Anne Potter Russ ’78 editor
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contributors Kellye Crockett Sarah Hofstra Lori Kallaher Mark Luce Laura Mombello '87 Todd Nelson Pat Oppenheimer Todd Race Anne Potter Russ ’78
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