Annual Report 2010 – 2011
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
Paul Sanders, Vice Principal, Grades 6-12
Susan Kessler, Chair
Peter Timmins ’90, President
Rochelle Miller, Director, Riverside Campus
Marlene Arbess
Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96, Vice President
Parents Association
Jonathan Auerbach
Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, President Emeritus
Stefani Langel, President
Elizabeth Callaway
David Ackers ’04
Andrew Chrisomalis, Secretary
Etienne Bernstein ’91
Caroline Eagles, Vice President and Class Rep Coordinator
Hege Eriksen Paul Fribourg Gary Fuhrman ’79 Michael Kalnick, Counsel Marie Lippman Michael MacDougall David Magier Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Eric Semler Robert Shafir Ravi Singh
Vanessa Freeman, Anglo ’89 Scott Hefler ’97 Aubrey Hodges ’99 Christos Katsiaouni ’97 Sibile Morency ’01 Blain Namm ’97 Jessica Salzer ’05 Reza Sarbakhsh ’00 Victor Schwartz, Franklin ’58 Greg Williamson ’97
Senior Academic Leaders Stephen Spahn, Chancellor
Shiv Vasisht ’95
Blake Spahn ’89, Associate Chancellor
Richard Zinman
Dianne Drew, Principal
Peter Timmins ’90, Ex-Officio
Martha Hirschman, Vice Principal, Preschool-Grade 5
Stefani Langel, Ex-Officio
Anthony Foster, Vice Principal, Grades 6-12
Suzanne Barbero, Secretary Zeina Zuaiter, Treasurer Lisa Cukier, Event Coordinator Patresse Phillips, Safety Patrol Coordinator Sharon Feldman, Communications Liaison
Development Office Kari Loya, Director of Development Jacqueline Leitzes, Director of Annual Giving and Major Gifts Jamie Hinman, Director of Alumni Affairs Ashley Haughton, Development Associate
Communications Office Rachael Bennett, Director of Communications Audrey Miller, Director of Creative Design Melissa Lachman, Communications Associate Courtney Inman, Riverside Campus Communications, Events and Development
Table of Contents
3 Letter from the Chancellor 6 Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Trustee Chair
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Summary of Financials Annual Giving International Society Dwight Supporters Current Parent Annual Giving Class of 2011 Senior Gift Donors Alumni Annual Giving Faculty and Staff Annual Giving
Alumni Parents, Loved Ones, Past Faculty and Staff, and Friends Annual Giving
48 Capital Giving 50 Other In-Kind Donors and Volunteers
54 Parents Association 58 Board of Trustees
Dwight's Three Pillars in Action
Global Vision. "Dwight Journeys" Sends Students
Personalized Learning. Senior Finds "Spark of
Community Service. Students Mentor Younger
Personalized Learning. English Teacher Leads
Global Vision. IB Diploma Program Offers
Community Service. ICL Runs Successful
Global Vision. Students Immerse Themselves in
Personalized Learning. MYP Personal Projects
Community Service. Greenhouse Program Benefits
to British Columbia Glacier, Page 4
Senior on Cross-Country Bike Journey, Page 23
Extensive Foreign Language Program, Page 44
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Genius" in Fencing, Page 5
Rigorous International Curriculum, Page 31
Challenge Tenth Graders, Page 53
Grades through Reading Buddy Program, Page 13
Leadership Academy, Page 39
Local Food Pantry, Page 57
Letter from the Chancellor
Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight,
As I enter my 44th year as Chancellor of the Dwight School, I have never been more energized by our students, alumni, and faculty. Dan Maren ’11 is taking a gap year before entering Stanford to make the School for Orphans he founded become financially self-sufficient by growing banana and papaya crops; Connor Boyd ’06 is creating a new internet company to support great teaching; Race Imboden ’11, Juliana Barrett ’12, and faculty member Lauren Willock are competing for spots on the United States and South African Olympic fencing teams. The most exciting part of my job is helping others chart their own meaningful journeys in pursuit of their dreams. Having the resources to make these dreams possible is critical to our work at Dwight. On that note, I am delighted to report that The Dwight School Foundation had another record year and continues to enhance the educational experience of every student. The Foundation’s Annual Fund Committee, under the leadership of trustees Marlene Arbess (Parent ’13 and ’15) and Ravi Singh (Parent ’21),
raised a record $1,706,680 from 639 donors. A major part of this total came from the Class of 2011 Senior Gift Committee, co-chaired by Audrey Zinman and Richard Goldman, which raised $650,495, including $400,495 of restricted funds to help us complete the Technology Research Center and Terrace. Another part came from a record 116 alumni donors thanks to the efforts of our Alumni Council and a strong team of alumni volunteers. Finally, I want to recognize trustees Susan Kessler and Richard Zinman who helped us raise $550,834 in capital gifts enabling us to complete Phase I of the brownstone renovation project. We are enormously grateful to all of you for donating your dollars, time, and other resources to strengthen our School. We will continue to explore ways to ensure a world-class education where children learn to use their “spark of genius” to build a better world. Thank you for your continued support on this wonderful journey. Fondly,
Stephen H. Spahn, Chancellor
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Global Vision Dwight students traverse Mount Solitaire, British Columbia, as part of a research project to record lichen growth on the glacier. The trip, chaperoned by Dwight Science Department Chair Barry Gragg, was one of six international Dwight Journeys offered last year.
Personalized Learning Senior Ayyub Ibrahim’s "spark of genius" is fencing. Last year, he traveled to Azerbaijan and placed in the top sixty-four in his first World Championship competition - all while juggling the rigorous demands of the full IB Diploma Program.
Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Trustee Chair
Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of The Dwight School, It is an honor to work with our dedicated Foundation Trustees to ensure that Dwight students and faculty have the finest resources possible. The generosity of the Dwight-Woodside community has been inspiring. Our success would not be possible without the efforts of hard-working volunteers besides our trustees who have ensured the success of the Foundation’s various initiatives: the Annual Fund Committee, Senior Gift Committee, the Parents Association, and the Alumni Council. I also would like to thank the hundreds of donors whose contributions have enriched the Dwight-Woodside experience for all students. Susan Kessler
We are most appreciative of Chancellor Stephen H. Spahn’s visionary leadership and deep belief that every student has a “spark of genius.” Dwight promises to reach even greater heights in the 2011-12 school year. On behalf of the students and faculty of The Dwight School, thank you! Best Regards,
Susan Kessler (Parent ’10) Dwight School Foundation, Trustee Board Chair
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Three Pillars of the DwightWoodside Community
Global Vision At Dwight, we encourage students to see challenges from a global perspective. As members of an IB community, Dwight students are participants in a global network of interconnected learners at over 4,000 schools around the world. Furthermore, in addition to our New York campus, the Dwight Family of Schools has campuses in London, Vancouver Island, Seoul, and Beijing. Community Service We aim to inspire and educate our students to take action to improve the world. Dwight students understand that they are members of communities on both the local and global scale, and they strive to improve and serve every community in which they are a member. Personalized Learning We focus on educating the whole child and firmly believe that we can cultivate each student’s unique “spark of genius.” Whether fostering an exceptional ability, designing tailor-made enrichment for talented students, or providing thoughtful guidance in the academic arena, Dwight values and recognizes each student’s gifts and talents.
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Summary of Financials DWIGHT SCHOOL FOUNDATION FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenues and Gains
2009-10
2010-11
Contributions Interest and Dividends Realized and Unrealized Net Gain on Investments
$3,001,098 $223,947 $29,560
$2,257,514 $341,724 $65,729
Total Revenues and Gains
$3,254,605
$2,664,967
2009-10
2010-11
$750,000 $421,500 $120,043 $142,242 $512,531
$400,000 $444,500 $10,000 $150,084 $554,193
Total Expenses
$1,946,316
$1,558,777
Net Income Foundation Net Assets as of 6/30
$1,308,289 $9,902,484
$1,106,190 $11,008,675
Expenses
Support to Dwight and Woodside Student Financial Aid Faculty Professional Development Other Enrichment Items Publications Other Foundation Expenses
DWIGHT SCHOOL FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenues and Support
Tuition and Fees Less Financial Aid Net Tuition and Fees Contributions - Dwight School Foundation Interest and Dividends
Total Revenues and Support
Expenses
Human Resources Operating Expenses Occupancy Expenses Capital Reserve Continency Reserve
Total Expenses
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2009-10
$19,376,512 -$1,513,334 $17,863,178 $1,291,543 $10,083
$26,264,875 -$1,874,829 $24,390,046 $854,500 $36,556
$19,164,804
$25,281,102
2009-10
2010-11
$10,540,607 $4,158,032 $2,816,094 $742,532 $907,539
$14,194,554 $6,992,310 $2,610,066 $762,794 $721,378
$19,164,804
$25,281,102
2010-11 Financials include both Dwight K-12 and Dwight's Woodside Preschool.
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2010-111
Dwight School Foundation Gift Support
Annual Fund - Unrestricted
Annual Fund - Restricted*
Spring Benefit (Net)
Other Contributions
Total Giving to Current Operations
Radomir Kovacevic Endowment
Gifts for Capital Purposes
Total Cash Contributions
Total Non-Cash Contributions
Total Contributions *Restricted portion of Senior Gift
Summary of Financials
DOLLARS RAISED
Dwight’s Annual Fund has grown more than five fold over eight years
ANNUAL FUND GROWTH 2002-2011 $1,750,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $500,000 $250,000 $0
$1,706,680
$1,017,620
$1,208,177
$1,147,781
$1,233,268
$777,272 $781,187 $332,105 2002-03
$441,315
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
SCHOOL YEAR
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
DWIGHT’S DEVELOPMENT HISTORY 2002-2011
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
F ISCAL YEAR 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
$332,105
$409,430
$630,268
$624,419
$756,093
$1,031,987
$945,896
$1,025,368
$1,306,185
N/A
$31,885
$147,004
$156,768
$261,527
$176,189
$201,885
$207,900
$400,495
$176,718
$283,670
$321,418
$426.873
$537,275
$426,893
$316,212
$254,497
$155,820
$200,000
$508,823
$724,985
$1,098,690
$1,363,880
$1,554,895
$1,635,069
$1,663,993
$25,105
$150
$344,541
$1,196,000
$746,201
$508,823
$724,985
$1,098,690
$1,708,421
$2,776,000
$508,823
$724,985
$1,098,690
$1,708,421
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
$1,487,765
$1,706,680
$1,415,333
$1,513,333
$550,834
$2,381,420
$3,079,327
$3,001,098
$2,257,514
$435,000
$0
$0
$0
$2,776,000
$2,816,420
$3,079,327
$3,001,098
$2,257,514
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Annual Giving
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Annual Fund Committee
Annual Fund Committee Co-Chairs
Andrew Henderson
Elva Stamatakis
Marlene Arbess and Ravi Singh
Kimberly Hardy Heppard
Jackie Tanz
Annual Fund Committee
Rabia Iqbal
Richard Adago
Peter Jenkins
Michael Archer
Joanna Koutsos
Caroline Arnold
Maxine Levi
Senior Gift Committee Co-Chairs
Bonnie Auletta
Lily Li
Richard Goldman and Audrey Zinman
Christopher Carton
Marie Lippman
Rafael de Fex
Michelle Loh
Senior Gift Committee
Kimberly Dickerson
Denise Mandelbaum
Thomas Droumenq
James McKillop
Caroline Eagles
Jenny Nelson
Francesca Frechen
Lolita Ryklin
Geraldine Frenchman
Val Schaffner
Susan Kempler
Susan Gorelick
Eric Segal
Jane McEvoy-Petrycki
John Halpern
Karen Shoplik
Wayne Winnick
Faculty and Staff Representatives Dr. Elaine A. Chambart and Caroline Walsh
Richard Adago Diethild Bock Robert Eide Ronald Guttman
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Snapshot of Annual Fund Giving
NUMBER OF GIFTS
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
ANNUAL FUND GROWTH 2002-2011 639
301
433
480
2006-07
2007-08
544
522
2008-09
2009-10
280
239 158
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2010-11
SCHOOL YEAR
GIVING LEVEL
NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT
International Society Level Presidents’ Circle: $50,000+ Prime Ministers’ Circle: $25,000+ Foreign Ministers’ Circle: $15,000+ Ambassadors’ Circle: $10,000+ Consul Generals’ Circle: $5,000+ Diplomats’ Circle: $2,500+ Founders’ Circle: $1,800+
10 11 5 12 33 35 29
$696,956 $294,900 $100,000 $124,534 $166,003 $96,100 $56,925
Dwight Supporters Sponsor: $1,000+ 85 Dwight Supporters Advocate: $500+ 74 Dwight Supporters Contributor: $250+ 87 Dwight Supporters Friend: Up to $250+ 258
$88,412 $39,883 $23,701 $19,265
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Total
639
$1,706,680
CONSTITUENCY**
NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT
Trustees and Governors
Current Parents – 12 Current Parents – k-11 Current Parents – Woodside Alumni Alumni Parents Friends & Faculty Loved Ones
Total
22 56 269 109 118 76 86 13
$339,285 $620,495 $773,493 $174,346 $49,466 $358,546 $41,307 $35,710
749
$2,392,649
**Donors are counted in all of their constituencies so the total will exceed the actual total.
Community Service Giving back starts early: Fourth grade student Stacey Kovalenko reads to first grade students Myra Malik and Nefeli Lemos-Berg as part of the Timothy House Reading Buddy Program to build reading skills, foster an interest in books, and develop strong mentors.
Presidents’ Circle
Chancellor and Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn
$50,000+
Charles and Emmanuelle Welsh
Anonymous (2)
The International Society recognizes those who have supported Dwight and Woodside’s mission with leadership gifts of $1,880 or more to the 2010-11 Annual Fund. Over 150 International Society donors supported both Schools with gifts amounting to over $1,500,000, or 90% of the total dollars raised. The Foundation thanks all members of The International Society for their generous commitment to Dwight and Woodside.
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Zaur and Dilara Akhundov
Foreign Ministers’ Circle
Marlene and Daniel Arbess
$15,000+
Kurt and Diethild Bock
Anonymous (2)
Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann Gwen and Robert Eide Mr. and Mrs. Klaus Kleinfeld
Austin Community Foundation Sonia and Ricardo Braga Donald and Madoka Duet
Ravi Singh
Sean and Katie Gallagher
Richard and Audrey Zinman in honor of Eric Dale, Evan Flamenbaum, and Arthur Samuels
Eugene and Katharine Prentice Val and Min-Myn Schaffner
Prime Ministers’ Circle
Ambassadors’ Circle
$25,000+
$10,000+
Anonymous (2)
Jonathan Auerbach and Ann Luce-Auerbach
Sharon and Richard Goldman
Carty Chock and Amy Hsieh
Daniel and Kat Grollo
Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq
Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen
F.M. Kirby Foundation
The MacDougall Family
Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79
David Magier
Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane
Alexander and Tatiana Migdal
Susan and Peter Kessler
Robert and Donna Shafir
Olga and Igor Kroutoi
International Society Leadership Donors Marie and Harley Lippman
Gerry Milligan and Mindy Everett
Jennifer and Charles Baum
Meg and Steven Smith
Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff
Mauricio and Cecilia Gatto Bellora
Evan Sturza and Stephanie Guilpin
Ibrahim Naimi and Haya AlDossary
Norman S. Benzaquen
Guy and Isabelle Weyns-Rynwalt
Rick and Jenny Nelson
The Broadbridge Foundation
Henry F. Owsley III and Alexa Van de Walle
Nino Cohen
Juan Luis Perez and Ines Alvarez-Pallete
Kristi Carney-Dunkley and Stephen Dunkley
Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina
Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III
Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo
Liliana and Heitor Goncalves
Mrs. Jacqueline Pugh Sackler ’94
Kathy Jennings and David Gray
Harry and Cathy Rubin
Gary and Kathleen Handel
Rosanna Scotto and Louis Ruggiero
James and Amy Kaplan
Lisa Gustavson and Christopher Sales
Dan Kaufman and Yulia Tikhonova
Christopher and Catrine Salz
Denise Phillips and Bruce Kelly
Victor Schwartz, Franklin ’58
Andreas and Rebecca Kurali
Mr. and Mrs. Devesh Shah
Kathy and Arthur Langhaus
Peter J. Siris and Barbara Wyckoff Siris
Maxine and Ron Levi
Wayne M. Winnick
William Lo Pinto and Mamak Shahbazi
Consul Generals’ Circle $5,000+
Anonymous (3) Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto Erhan and Anna Bahceci Virginia and Tim Beaulac Lori and Richard Berke Dmitry and Olga Bronfman The Brooks Family Chi and Alan Colberg Danica Cordell-Reeh Mr. Robert D. Coven and Ms. Joanne Zaiac Hege and Mikkel Eriksen
Alice Hackett and Brian Lubliner
Fribourg Family
Diplomats’ Circle
Rommel and Lisa Nacino
Ernest Galiev and Anna Polianina
$2,500+
Alicia O’Connell-Cohen
John and Mirinha Halpern
Anonymous (4)
The Pasic Family
Dr. and Mrs. Guilherme Loureiro
Alton Abramowitz and Susan Gorelick
Gabriel and Catherine Riopel
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International Society Leadership Donors Nina Runsdorf
Andrew and Anna Ho
Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim
Susan and Robert Kempler
Rosario Buendia and Humberto Serrano
Steven and Sarah Knox
Michael and Gabi Shields
Noel and Christelle Labat-Comess
Seung-Duek and Young Hye Shin
Julie Yoo and Michael Lee
Ann Myers and Bradley Steere
Nigel and Caroline Mellor
Geoff and Wendy Stops
David Pearcy and Odinelza Santos
Shan Sullivan and Caroline Arnold
Marat Rosenberg
Francesco and Ornella Talo Juan and Ariadne Villareal
Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89
Founders' Circle
Kirk Spahn ’95
$1,880+
Jackie and Mark Tanz
Anonymous (2)
UBS Matching Gift Program
Susan and William Abramson
UniCredit Group
Richard Adago and Nina Keller
Shiv Vasisht ’95
Ann and Steven Asciutto
Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas
Ajay Bhumitra and Anita Mehta Sarah and Edward Brooks ’77 Mae Buchbinder Cecilia Burbridge Richard Burbridge
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Lolita Ryklin
Young Explorers' Circle ($100+ Alumni Last 10 Years)
David Ackers ’04 Antonio Aransaenz ’05
Matthew Chua and Be Tam
Caroline Axelrod ’03
Gary and Amy Churgin
Amaury Berzin ’08
Jesse and Mari Damon
Jacob Cohen ’08
Alwin Dickens
Matthew Grogan ’08
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hagani
Stephen Kessler ’10
Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein
Hilary Shaw Standish ’08
Dwight Supporters Sponsors
Nancy and Richard Frank ’58
$1,000-$1,799
Leonid and Anna Frants
Anonymous (4)
David Garrity and Gianna McCarthy
Magali and Denis Alexandre Shane and Yvonne Armstrong
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Michael and Denise Mandelbaum Family Foundation Giuseppe R. Manica and Lucia T. Barletta Kathryn and Daniel Marcuccio Laurel and Joel Marcus
Rula and Omar Asali
Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar
Idil and Hayati Banastey
Terry and Hal Greenberg
Karen and Jonathan Marotta
Elliot and Alla Belenkov
Rella and Joseph Hartman
Sally and Pete Masucci
Dominic Biggs and Beryl Cook
Erik and Nobumi Hornmark
Stuart and Vicki Match Suna
Carmen and Zeki Bilmen
Jack and Christine Iacovone
The McEvoy Family
Christian and Aileen Bruner
ING Financial Services Corporation
John Mitchell
Mary G. Campbell
Rabia Iqbal and Robert Rahman
N. P. and Silu Narvekar
Brian and Alicia Janiak
James C. and Mary Buff Penrose
Michael Kalnick
Gregory Petrick and Cynthia Smith
Fred and Heidi Kao
Michael Petrycki
Dan and Kim Kelleher
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Michael and Jessica Capiraso Leah Carr Andrew Chrisomalis Lisa and John Cokinos Eduardo and Lisa Cukier Jack and Metka Daly Willian D’Andrea Ann Shipley and Benjamin Dean Sylvain and Adeline Desjonqueres Amy Knoblauch Dubin and J. David Dubin
Kevin and Julie Kerridge Ary and Diana Khatchikian Karsten and Heather Kibbe Shoko and Tokuyuki Komiyama Shari Gottesman and Robert Kornstein Josef and Stefani Langel
Eric Margules
Erika and Scott Pintoff Manjeev and Namrita Puri Tom and Janet Resele-Tiden Jonah and Veronica Rockoff Mr. and Mrs. Cary Roth
David and Sachiko Eckert
Lily Li
The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld ’75 Foundation
James and Julie Engerran
Kari Loya and Ximena Allub
Scripps Networks Interactive
William Fleischer and Grimanesa Amoros
Sherry Kim and Ben Lu
Eric Segal and Karen Shoplik
Craig and Denise Folise
Hasan and Sarah Malik
Eric and Jennifer Sheffield
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Dwight Supporters Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal
Evangelos and Eileen Ames-Karvounis
Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76
Joseph and Robin Sporn
Katherine Ames ’06
Alf and Beth Blitzer
Marco Srour
Nicholas Anastos
Melanie Srour
David and Elizabeth Anstey
Maurice A. Bloem and Liesbeth Keulemans
Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller
Wallace Arthur, Franklin ’49
Lori and Ken Bloomberg
Nicholas and Julie Stratopoulos
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Axelrod
Clifford T. Boro ’88
The Theodore Family
John Bandman, Anglo ’84
Michelle Brock
Peggy Segal and David Topper
Heather Baram-Turkewitz ’91
Douglas Boxer ’91
Andreas Van der Linden and Annemarie Straathof
Manuel and Suzanne Barbero
Ara and Hasmik Boyadjian
Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum
Karen Barrett
Michael and Kylie Brauer
Erika and Seth Weinstein
Cass and Ewan Barron
Tine Moerch Smith and Jan-Paul Brekke
Vanessa Wilson
Lynne Halliday and B. H. Barry
Neil F. Brier
William and Jennifer Yu
Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Eli Zabar and Devon Fredericks
Jacqueline Gottlieb and Gerwin Bell
Dave Brown ’97
Bill and Melissa Belleville
Daniel and Nancy Burwasser
$1-$999
Rachael and Guy Bennett
Elizabeth Callaway
Anonymous (57)
Meredith Berkley
Ignacio and Nicole Campillo
Robert and Maria Abrahamsen
Kurt and Danielle Bermond
Christopher and Sladja Carton
Edward and Ellen Abramowitz
Marina Bernstein
Raphael Castoriano
Gabriel Acinapura ’97
Susan Beyrle
Enrique Cepeda ’95
Kathryn Alisbah
Ms. Jaya Bhavnani
Andrew H. Chait ’78
Chris Allen
Lawrence Bibi, Anglo ’85
Dr. Elaine A. Chambart
James Altman ’85
Mr. Philip Bien ’99
Cliff and Helen Chao
Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves
Tom Biggs
Steven Chao and Cheryl Goss
American Express Charitable Fund
Daniel and Charlotte Binns
Esteban Chiappe and Maria Pirolo
American International Group, Inc.
Carolyn Blair, Anglo ’81
Shu Chin
Advocates, Contributors, and Friends
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Dwight Supporters Carol Chisolm, Franklin ’79
Mark and Moira Domaille
Anthony Foster
Amy Ahn and John Chough
Stephanie Donnelly
Barbara and Jeffrey Frankel
Terrence C. Christgau
Barry Dordick, Franklin ’69
Francesca and Franz Frechen
Anthony Civorelli
Al Doyle
Vanessa Freeman, Anglo ’89
Gary and Judy Clare
Dianne M. Drew and Alexander Phan
Robert and Geraldine Frenchman
Libby Clark
Diana B. Dreyfus
Stuart Friedman, Franklin ’73
Amir Cohen ’04
Doug Drosin, Franklin ’75
Meghan Beard and Thomas Galati
Marc and Andrea Cohen
The Dwight School Parents Association
Scott and Lauren Gaynor
Mike Cohen ’97
Donna Dwyer
Lisa and Austin Gelbard ’95
Stephen Cooke
John and Bonnie Edelman ’89
Joe Gelfand
Katherine Corsico
Jaye and Mark Edelstein
Nadine and Michael Gerber
Jamie Kathleen Covello
Claudia A. Egli
Dorothy Gero
Lucy and Ridge Culver
Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler
Matthew and Ronda Gilroy
Shannon Cunniff, Franklin ’76
Tom Eisenberg ’84
Laura Giraldo ’00
Sandy Darzy
Mark and Pamela Elias
Luz Giraldo
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando DaSilva
Marianna Eriksen
Ellen and Wayne Glaubinger
Tamar Davir
Paul and Maria Evseroff
Gillian Goodluck
Pamela and Stephen Davis
Irma E. Farrell
Bela and Gueorgui Gospodinova
George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin
Isabel Fascetto
Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman
Marco and Ceci de Freitas
Edward J and Ruth Fedorchak
Lynne G. Gregory
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Kristi Feldman
Heather Griffin
Dr. Timothy Deyer and Bernadette Mastrangel
Sandra Feldman ’71
Lyn and David Grogan
Jill and Howard Fife
Patricia Enright and Frank Grunberg
Alfredo and Alessandra Deza
Michael T. Fiur ’77
Joyce and Paul Hanly
Kimberly Dickerson
Mrs. Eve Fogel ’91
JP and Emily Hanson
Sarah DiIorio
Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley
Phoebe Happ ’10
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Dwight Supporters
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Annette Harchik
Laurel Ingraham
Tom Krouwer
Hedy Hartman, Franklin ’72
Courtney and Lawson Inman
John Kunin ’81
Ashley Haughton
ITG, Inc. Matching Gift Fund
Irina Kurdevanidze
Shomari Hearn ’93
Gardner Jackson and Morag Sutherland
Bindu and Bhaswan Kurra
Bruce and Sabrina Hecker
Judith Jackson and Marc Hyman
Jordan Kutcher
Elliott and Gail Hefler
Stuart Jakub ’97
Melissa Lachman
Scott A. Hefler ’97
Peter Jenkins and Mary Marwick
Monica Lachman
Andrew and Flor Henderson
Beth Handler and Lawrence Kahn
Michael Lambert, Franklin ’70
Ira B. Heppard
Lawrence and Janine Kaplan
Rose and Perry LaMorte
Kimberly Hardy Heppard
Dr. Irina Kaplounov
Weber Lauh ’67
Family of Samantha Hess
Betty Karpus Polinsky, Franklin ’75
Monica Leardi, Franklin ’80
John J. Hess, Franklin ’63
Elizabeth Schiff and Andrew Kaufman
Christopher and Helena Lee
Shannon and Meridith Hill
Cheryl and Kevin Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Lehner
Hope Hillyer ’79
Bibi and Majid Kermanshah
Jacqueline Leitzes
The Hirsch Family
Simon Kessell and Natalia Hatgis
Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine
Aubrey Hodges ’99
Mitchell and Michelle Kessler
Jay Levy, Franklin ’75
Kathleen and Harold Hogstrom ’64
Zaheen Khan ’04
Anne and Steve Lewent
Danielle Hollenberg
Joshua Kigel
Mr. and Ms. C. M. Lewin
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Holzer
Louis Klein, Franklin ’54
Michele F. Hoos
Juliette Kleinman and David Bershod
Matthew Lewis and Claudette Lopez-Lewis
Aleida and Mark Hornfeld
Alison and Basil Kolani
Leonard and Christina Li
HSBC Bank USA
Steven and Christine Kornblatt
Christine and Bernard Lippman
Ian and Holly Hughes
Joanna and George Koutsos
Barry and Harriet Lipsitz
Jonathon Hunt ’85
Savka Kovacevic IV
Bill Lipson ’85
Petra and Robert Hurkmans
Laura Kozelouzek
Eliza and Yefim Litvak
Fiona and William Imboden
Diane Krausz
Michelle Loh
Dwight Supporters Jorge Lugo and Maria Oquendo
Roger and Sally Nelson
Leah Reid
Stephen Lurie, Franklin ’74
Jin Ho Noh and Eun Mee Hwang
John and Laurie Reische
Stan Luxenberg
Russell Nuce and Leane Brenes
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Richards III
Jonathan I. Lynne ’88
Michael and Jessica O’Mary
Bradford Roaman ’79
Michelle MacDougall
Mr. and Mrs. Liam O’Neil
Susan and David Roberson
Anita Madeira
Paul M. Onish, Franklin ’64
James E. Robinson ’79
Larry Malitzky and Caryn Gorden
Timothy and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71
Ms. Jill Romero ’79
Carol Manning Graham ’74
Azra and Ismet Osmanovic
Tavy Ronen
Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar
Vedad Osmanovic ’98
Abbey and Neil Rosen
Joan Marks Akselrad, Franklin ’75
Gregg A. Ostroff ’97
Elena and Gary Rothfeld
The Dick/ Martin Family
Brigitte Ouakrat-Benzaquen
Nic Rovner ’10
Andrei and Valentina Maslennikov
Lianne and Steve Owen
George and Joanna Rush
Richard May, Franklin ’63
Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil
Honore Ryan ’76
Jane McEvoy Petrycki
Melissa Pagano
Michael and Regina Salemo
Thomas McGinty
The Pandjiris Family
Sherwood Allen Salvan
Gerry Melody
Kristin and Newt Pate
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor
Paul Sanders
Jim and Audrey Miller
Christopher and Patresse Phillips
Alex and Jeannette Sanger
Rochelle Miller
Dr. Francois Picot ’80
Gail Sankarsingh-Foley
Gus Mininberg ’78
Ken and Betsy Plevan
Reza Sarbakhsh ’00
Sibile Morency ’01
George, Lenore, and Genevieve Price
Linda Savet
Steven and J’Ossyan Musumeci
Prudential Foundation
Ellen Sayers
Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82
Robert Pulver and Alma Saliu-Pulver
Jacqueline Scalisi
Blain Namm ’97
Enver and Fatmira Purovic
Burt Schaffer, Franklin ’58
Elaine Natalicchi
Abraham and Inna Pustilnik
Bryan Schnabolk ’90
Jeffrey and Eileen Needham
Rayna Rapp
Esther Schott
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Dwight Supporters
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Diane and Edwin Schottenstein
Tom and Hillary Stabb
Elena and Mauricio Voorduin
John Schriffen ’02
Elva Stamatakis
Alyson and Matthew Waldman
Matthew Schulte
Austin Stark ’97
Ken and Elana Schwartzreich
Scott and Tracy Stelk
Sheila Sedghi
Jason Stone
Jerrold Seeman, Franklin ’70
Max Storch, Franklin ’75
Mr. and Ms. Qiaokou Wang
Bob and Stacey Seltzer
Marco Suazo and Isabelle Picco
Bruce Warshaw ’74
Glenna and Norris Settlemyre
Marjorie Adams and Brian Sullivan
Daniel Weiskopf ’83
Elliot and Sally Shalom
Vladimir Sushko
C. and K. Shamieh
Ronald Swift ’62
Amy Shapiro Moffatt ’77
Steven and Hiroko Taffel
Ashley Sharik
Marian and Aaron Tenenbein
Matthew and Sabrina Shear
Mr. Tracy Thomas Williams, Franklin ’75
Steve Williamson ’91
Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow
Amanda D. Thompson and Mark Turcotte
Frances F. Wilson
Michael J. Sheerer, Anglo ’83
Peter Timmins ’90
Mei Shibata and Jun Shimada
Juan Enrique and Stephanie Torruella
Mr. Jonathan Shlang ’05
Marian and Edward Toy
Charles Shuttleworth
Daniel Trachtenberg, Franklin ’75
Annie Sigal Medina ’93 and Julian Medina
Margo Tsoupros
Stacey Wueste ’86
Jason Tsoutsouras ’03
Ronald Wurtzburger, Franklin ’59
Randee and Albert Sigal
Chris and Tomoko Tsutsui
Jaclyn Silvestri
Mr. Samuel Yen
Elise Udolf Leopold
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith II
Charles S. and Margaret Van Cott
Kezia Snyder
Maria Isabel and Facundo Vazquez
Enzo and Valerie Soderini
Julie Vickler McCoy ’90
Alice and Chawki Zarari
Bert and Allyson Spencer
Sergio and Carolina Villamizar
Andrew and Deborah Zuckerman
Barbara and Robert Wallner Caroline Walsh
Jessica Weiss Robin Whitehead Seeley, Anglo ’85 Greg Williamson ’97
Richard S. Wilson ’53 Shoshanah Wolfson, Franklin ’74 Kimberly Wueste Schnell ’88
Saifeng Yu Mr. and Mrs. Ahmar M. Zaman
Personalized Learning Last summer, veteran English teacher Charles Shuttleworth mentored and accompanied Gabe Lewent '12 on a 3,300+ mile cross-country bicycle ride from Seattle to Washington D.C. to raise funds and awareness for the American Lung Association. Shuttleworth has now cycled over 52,000 miles.
Current Parent Annual Giving
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Current Parent Giving by Grade
Woodside Parents
James and Julie Engerran
Twos (Class of 2026), Threes (Class of 2025), and Fours (Class of 2024
Hege and Mikkel Eriksen
75% Participation
Craig and Denise Folise
Anonymous (22) William Abramson and Susan Buchbinder Kathryn Alisbah Bill and Melissa Belleville Kurt and Danielle Bermond Lori and Ken Bloomberg Michelle Brock Michael and Jessica Capiraso Christopher and Sladja Carton Steven Chao and Cheryl Goss Esteban Chiappe and Maria Pirolo Carty Chock and Amy Hsieh
Current Parent participation in the Annual Fund reached 70% in 2010-11, tying a School-record. Thank you for helping us reach this goal!
Paul and Maria Evseroff Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley Meghan Beard and Thomas Galati Sean and Katie Gallagher David Garrity and Gianna McCarthy Nadine and Michael Gerber Matthew and Ronda Gilroy Kathy Jennings and David Gray JP and Emily Hanson Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein Shannon and Meridith Hill Aleida and Mark Hornfeld
Amy Ahn and John Chough
Jack and Christine Iacovone
Matthew Chua and Be Tam
Gardner Jackson and Morag Sutherland
Lisa and John Cokinos
Brian and Alicia Janiak
Lucy and Ridge Culver
Fred and Heidi Kao
Jack and Metka Daly
Dan Kaufman and Yulia Tikhonova
Jesse and Mari Damon
Dan and Kim Kelleher
Tamar Davir
Mitchell and Michelle Kessler
Ann Shipley and Benjamin Dean
Karsten and Heather Kibbe
Dr. Timothy Deyer and Bernadette Mastrangel
Steven and Sarah Knox
David and Sachiko Eckert
Shari Gottesman and Robert Kornstein
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Current Parent Giving by Grade
Bindu and Bhaswan Kurra
Marat Rosenberg
Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto
Julie Yoo and Michael Lee
Michael and Regina Salemo
Rachael and Guy Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Lehner
Lisa Gustavson and Christopher Sales
Christian and Aileen Bruner
Leonard and Christina Li
Christopher and Catrine Salz
Ignacio and Nicole Campillo
Sherry Kim and Ben Lu
Matthew Schulte
Eduardo and Lisa Cukier
Michelle MacDougall
Ken and Elana Schwartzreich
Erik and Nobumi Hornmark
Karen and Jonathan Marotta
Bob and Stacey Seltzer
James and Amy Kaplan
Sally and Pete Masucci
Mr. and Mrs. Devesh Shah
Ary and Diana Khatchikian
Gerry Milligan and Mindy Everett
Eric and Jennifer Sheffield
Alison and Basil Kolani
Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff
Michael and Gabi Shields
Andreas and Rebecca Kurali
Steven and J’Ossyan Musumeci
Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89
Hasan and Sarah Malik
N. P. and Silu Narvekar
Joseph and Robin Sporn
Michael and Gabi Shields
Michael and Jessica O’Mary
Scott and Tracy Stelk
Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Liam O’Neil
Nicholas and Julie Stratopoulos
Tom and Hillary Stabb
Lianne and Steve Owen
Marjorie Adams and Brian Sullivan
Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum
Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil
Juan Enrique and Stephanie Torruella
Elena and Mauricio Voorduin
The Pandjiris Family
Maria Isabel and Facundo Vazquez
The Pasic Family
Sergio and Carolina Villamizar
Erika and Scott Pintoff
William and Jennifer Yu
Anonymous (5)
Robert Pulver and Alma Saliu-Pulver
Mr. and Mrs. Ahmar M. Zaman
William Abramson and Susan Buchbinder
John and Laurie Reische
Alice and Chawki Zarari
Manuel and Suzanne Barbero
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Richards III
Dwight Parents
Michael and Jessica Capiraso
Gabriel and Catherine Riopel Susan and David Roberson
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Jonah and Veronica Rockoff
Kindergarten (Class of 2023)
First Grade (Class of 2022) 86% Participation
Christopher and Sladja Carton
74% Participation
Gary and Judy Clare
Anonymous (8)
Jack and Metka Daly
Current Parent Giving by Grade
Marco and Ceci de Freitas
Hege and Mikkel Eriksen
Fourth Grade (Class of 2019)
Sean and Katie Gallagher
Daniel and Kat Grollo
77% Participation
John and Mirinha Halpern
John and Mirinha Halpern
Noel and Christelle Labat-Comess
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Holzer
Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine
Kevin and Julie Kerridge
Rommel and Lisa Nacino
Laura Kozelouzek
David Pearcy and Odinelza Santos
Olga and Igor Kroutoi
Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina
Dr. and Mrs. Guilherme Loureiro
Marat Rosenberg and Natalia Klimentova
The MacDougall Family
Mei Shibata and Jun Shimada
Marat Rosenberg
Ravi Singh
C. and K. Shamieh
Joseph and Robin Sporn
Evan Sturza and Stephanie Guilpin
Evan Sturza and Stephanie Guilpin
Kimberly Hardy Heppard
The Theodore Family
Charles and Emmanuelle Welsh
Irina Kurdevanidze
Charles and Emmanuelle Welsh
The MacDougall Family
Second Grade (Class of 2021)
Third Grade (Class of 2020)
David Pearcy and Odinelza Santos
75% Participation
59% Participation
Anonymous (4)
Juan Luis Perez and Ines Alvarez-Pallete
Anonymous (7) Magali and Denis Alexandre
Ajay Bhumitra and Anita Mehta
Dominic Biggs and Beryl Cook
Anthony Civorelli
Michael and Kylie Brauer
Jack and Metka Daly
Anonymous (3)
Michelle Brock
Simon Kessell and Natalia Hatgis
Dominic Biggs and Beryl Cook
Dmitry and Olga Bronfman
Val and Min-Myn Schaffner
Raphael Castoriano
Eduardo and Lisa Cukier
Eric Segal and Karen Shoplik
Kimberly Dickerson
Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq
Jackie and Mark Tanz
Donald and Madoka Duet
Anonymous (3) Magali and Denis Alexandre Ann and Steven Asciutto Manuel and Suzanne Barbero Jennifer and Charles Baum Tine Moerch Smith and Jan-Paul Brekke Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq Robert and Geraldine Frenchman Ernest Galiev and Anna Polianina Ira B. Heppard
Vladimir Sushko
Fifth Grade (Class of 2018) 80% Participation
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Current Parent Giving by Grade
Isabel Fascetto
Bibi and Majid Kermanshah
John Mitchell
Rabia Iqbal and Robert Rahman
Shoko and Tokuyuki Komiyama
Russell Nuce and Leane Brenes
Mr. and Ms. C. M. Lewin
Joanna and George Koutsos
Alicia O’Connell-Cohen
Dr. and Mrs. Guilherme Loureiro
Josef and Stefani Langel
Juan Luis Perez and Ines Alvarez-Pallete
Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina
Alexander and Tatiana Migdal
Christopher and Patresse Phillips
Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo
Bert and Allyson Spencer
George and Joanna Rush
Tavy Ronen
Joseph and Robin Sporn
Seung-Duek and Young Hye Shin
Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim
Elva Stamatakis
Meg and Steven Smith
Guy and Isabelle Weyns-Rynwalt
Shan Sullivan and Caroline Arnold
Ann Myers and Bradley Steere
Sixth Grade (Class of 2017)
Amanda D. Thompson and Mark Turcotte
Charles S. and Margaret Van Cott
Peggy Segal and David Topper
Charles and Emmanuelle Welsh
84% Participation
Anonymous (5)
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Seventh Grade (Class of 2016)
Eighth Grade (Class of 2015)
Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves
66% Participation
74% Participation
Carmen and Zeki Bilmen
Anonymous
Anonymous (2)
Michael and Kylie Brauer
Rula and Omar Asali
Marlene and Daniel Arbess
Tine Moerch Smith and Jan-Paul Brekke
Sarah and Edward Brooks ’77
Erhan and Anna Bahceci
Cecilia Burbridge
Nino Cohen
Cass and Ewan Barron
Richard Burbridge
Willian D’Andrea
Elliot and Alla Belenkov
Donna Dwyer
Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler
Danica Cordell-Reeh
Leonid and Anna Frants
Scott and Lauren Gaynor
Pamela and Stephen Davis
Robert and Geraldine Frenchman
Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar
Liliana and Heitor Goncalves
Liliana and Heitor Goncalves
Kathy and Arthur Langhaus
Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane
Daniel and Kat Grollo
Lily Li
Marie and Harley Lippman
Denise Phillips and Bruce Kelly
Andrei and Valentina Maslennikov
The McEvoy Family
Current Parent Giving by Grade
Nigel and Caroline Mellor
Rula and Omar Asali
Tenth Grade (Class of 2013)
Jeffrey and Eileen Needham
Cecilia Burbridge
66% Participation
Henry F. Owsley III and Alexa Van de Walle
Richard Burbridge
Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo
Sylvain and Adeline Desjonqueres
Abraham and Inna Pustilnik
Jaye and Mark Edelstein
Leah Reid
Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III
Tom and Janet Resele-Tiden
William Fleischer and Grimanesa Amoros
Lolita Ryklin
Francesca and Franz Frechen
Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim
Gillian Goodluck
Val and Min-Myn Schaffner
Bela and Gueorgui Gospodinova
C. and K. Shamieh
Lynne G. Gregory
Elva Stamatakis
Patricia Enright and Frank Grunberg
Geoff and Wendy Stops
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hagani
Marco Suazo and Isabelle Picco
Bruce and Sabrina Hecker
Francesco and Ornella Talo
Juliette Kleinman and David Bershod
Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas
Steven and Christine Kornblatt
Marianna Eriksen
Erika and Seth Weinstein
Mr. and Ms. C. M. Lewin
Barbara and Jeffrey Frankel
Guy and Isabelle Weyns-Rynwalt
Dr. and Mrs. Guilherme Loureiro
Peter Jenkins and Mary Marwick
Stuart and Vicki Match Suna
Josef and Stefani Langel
67% Participation
Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor
Maxine and Ron Levi
Anonymous (4)
Christopher and Patresse Phillips
Mr. and Ms. C. M. Lewin
Robert and Maria Abrahamsen
Enver and Fatmira Purovic
William Lo Pinto and Mamak Shahbazi
Richard Adago and Nina Keller
Jacqueline Scalisi
Michelle Loh
Shane and Yvonne Armstrong
Vanessa Wilson
Alice Hackett and Brian Lubliner
Ninth Grade (Class of 2014)
Anonymous (7) Marlene and Daniel Arbess Jonathan Auerbach and Ann Luce-Auerbach Erhan and Anna Bahceci Idil and Hayati Banastey Norman S. Benzaquen Lori and Richard Berke Alf and Beth Blitzer Maurice A. Bloem and Liesbeth Keulemans Tine Moerch Smith and Jan-Paul Brekke Leah Carr Stephanie Donnelly Kristi Carney-Dunkley and Stephen Dunkley Claudia A. Egli
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Current Parent Giving by Grade
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Giuseppe R. Manica and Lucia T. Barletta
Karen Barrett
David Magier
Laurel and Joel Marcus
Virginia and Tim Beaulac
Michael and Denise Mandelbaum Family Foundation
Eric Margules
Mauricio and Cecilia Gatto Bellora
The McEvoy Family
Andrei and Valentina Maslennikov
Daniel and Charlotte Binns
Jim and Audrey Miller
Ibrahim Naimi and Haya AlDossary
Ara and Hasmik Boyadjian
Ibrahim Naimi and Haya AlDossary
Jin Ho Noh and Eun Mee Hwang
Daniel and Nancy Burwasser
Jeffrey and Eileen Needham
Brigitte Ouakrat-Benzaquen
Shu Chin
Rick and Jenny Nelson
Gregory Petrick and Cynthia Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando DaSilva
Jin Ho Noh and Eun Mee Hwang
Elena and Gary Rothfeld
Mark and Moira Domaille
Gregory Petrick and Cynthia Smith
Harry and Cathy Rubin
Kristi Carney-Dunkley and Stephen Dunkley
Manjeev and Namrita Puri
Linda Savet
Irma E. Farrell
Abbey and Neil Rosen
Jason Stone
Terry and Hal Greenberg
Rosanna Scotto and Louis Ruggiero
Steven and Hiroko Taffel
Gary and Kathleen Handel
Nina Runsdorf
Elise Udolf Leopold
Joyce and Paul Hanly
Gail Sankarsingh-Foley
Juan and Ariadne Villareal
Rella and Joseph Hartman
Sheila Sedghi
Guy and Isabelle Weyns-Rynwalt
Andrew and Flor Henderson
Glenna and Norris Settlemyre
Mr. Samuel Yen
Family of Samantha Hess
Peter J. Siris and Barbara Wyckoff Siris
Saifeng Yu
Andrew and Anna Ho
Enzo and Valerie Soderini
Eleventh Grade (Class of 2012)
Ian and Holly Hughes
Marco Srour
79% Participation
Beth Handler and Lawrence Kahn
Melanie Srour
Anonymous (5)
Dr. Irina Kaplounov
Chris and Tomoko Tsutsui
Alton Abramowitz and Susan Gorelick
Kevin and Julie Kerridge
Barbara and Robert Wallner
Edward and Ellen Abramowitz
Anne and Steve Lewent
Mr. and Ms. Qiaokou Wang
Shane and Yvonne Armstrong
Jorge Lugo and Maria Oquendo
Erika and Seth Weinstein
Global Vision The International Baccalaureate Program, originally developed in Geneva, Switzerland, is the only curriculum where students are graded according to international benchmarks.
Class of 2011
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Class of 2011 Senior Gift Donors
Twelfth Grade (Class of 2011) 68% Participation
Anonymous (10)
Gwen and Robert Eide
Kathryn and Daniel Marcuccio
Richard Adago and Nina Keller
Mark and Pamela Elias
Laurel and Joel Marcus
Zavr and Pilara Akhundov
Kristi Feldman
Jane McEvoy Petrycki
Erhan and Anna Bahceci
Ellen and Wayne Glaubinger
Roger and Sally Nelson
Idil and Hayati Banastey
Sharon and Richard Goldman
Michael Petrycki
Jacqueline Gottlieb and Gerwin Bell
The Hirsch Family
George, Lenore, and Genevieve Price
Kurt and Diethild Bock
Danielle Hollenberg
Manjeev and Namrita Puri
Sonia and Ricardo Braga
Fiona and William Imboden
Robert and Donna Shafir
The Brooks Family
Susan and Robert Kempler
Elliot and Sally Shalom
Mary G. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Klaus Kleinfeld
Kezia Snyder
Cliff and Helen Chao
Diane Krausz
Marian and Edward Toy
Gary and Amy Churgin
Christopher and Helena Lee
Wayne Winnick
Jamie Kathleen Covello
Alice Hackett and Brian Lubliner
Mr. Robert D. Coven and Ms. Joanne Zaiac
Stan Luxenberg
Richard and Audrey Zinman in honor of Eric Dale, Evan Flamenbaum, and Arthur Samuels
Alwin Dickens
David Magier
Amy Knoblauch Dubin and J. David Dubin
Giuseppe R. Manica and Lucia T. Barletta
Anita Madeira
Andrew and Deborah Zuckerman
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Class of 2011 Senior Gift
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Class of 2011 Senior Gift
Dwight’s Technology Research Center and Adjacent Terrace Thanks to the remarkable efforts of the Class of 2011 Senior Gift Committee, the Class of 2011 raised over $600,000 for the Senior Gift – the largest Senior Gift total ever! In addition to providing unrestricted Annual Fund dollars, this year’s Senior Gift will help fund the new Technology Research Center and Terrace, which is part of the 89th Street Brownstone Renovation Project. The Center will more than double the size of the current Upper School Library and allow approximately thirty more students to work independently during the day, while the Terrace will provide much needed outdoor space where students can work or eat lunch. The Technology Research Center and Terrace will have a dramatic impact on the School and will undoubtedly serve as a source of pride for both Dwight students and graduates of the Class of 2011 in years to come.
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Commencement 2011 The Class of 2011 was proud to hold their Commencement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 26, 2011.
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Class of 2011
Emily Rose Abrams+
Chao-Yu Chen+*
Emma Kate Hirsch
Atlanta Victoria Nelson+
Perry Keller Adago
Elizabeth Hayley Churgin*
Omar Husain+*
Miranda Catherine Nelson
Farid Akhundov
Samantha Z. Coven+
Race Imboden
Michael McEvoy Petrycki
Matthew Robert Allan
Madeleine McCallum Dickens
Travis Joseph Janeway
Nicole-Kimberly Verceles Price+*
Gabriella Elisabeth Charlotte Andersson+*
Carolyn Meixia Ding
Nicholas Terrence Jenkins
Nooria Puri+*
Lydia Gilberte Dubin+*
Alexander R. Kahalon
Tia Moravia Scott
Genny Swee Eide
Jeffrey Kempler+*
Leo Sepkowitz
Emily Greer Elias
Hye Min Kim+*
Nicholas Robert Shafir
Dean Abraham Emmanuelli
Lena Sarah Kleinfeld+
Miranda Meri Kristiina Enberg+*
Jonathan Chunsun Lee+*
Alexis Danielle Farber+
Rachel Catherine Lubliner
Daniel Alexander Feldman+
Louis Luxenberg
Nell Blagg+
Shaun Garber
Jeremiah Joseph Magier
Lucy Elena Blumberg
Cristina Garcia
Francesco Manica
Max Julius Bock+
Jordan Cole Glaubinger
James Alexander Marcuccio
Marina Braga+
Daniel Goldberg
Elyssa June Marcus+
Elizabeth Jaclyn Brooks+*
Mikella Freddi Goldman+
Daniel James Mani Maren+*
Dale Kevin Campbell
Chloe Allen Goutal
Ian McConchie
Eduardo Martino Dolabela Chagas
Thomas Jacob Guttman
Michael James Milazzo+
Nicholas Kuo Chao+
Sandra Marianne Hamaoui
Vladimir Pierre Nahitchevansky
Maxwell Charles Arizin Karl Aghan Bahceci+ Max Solomon Banastey Kiara Francesca Zoe Barrow+* Daniela Rose Basdogan Andrea Maria Bell+* Raphael David Bernstein
Eric Shalom Antonia Lataya Smith Rosa Sydney Taylor Tennant Alexander Francis Toy Kimberley Villamor+* Steven M. Winnick Kewei Xie+ Dan Alberto Yoshii Emily Zinman Casey Zuckerman+* + IB Diploma Recipients * National Honor Society
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Class of 2011 Acceptances and Matriculations
American University* (2) Arizona State University (1) Babson College Bard College (4) Baruch College Bates College (2) Bennington College Boston College* Boston University (6) Bowdoin College Brandeis University* (5) Brown University (1) Carnegie Mellon (1) Chapman University (1) College of Charleston* (2) Clark University Colby College (1) Columbia University Connecticut College* University of Connecticut Cornell University* (2) University of Delaware Dickinson College* Drew University* (4) Drexel University* (5) Eastman School of Music* Eckerd College Elon University (2)
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Emerson College* (3) Emory University* (2) Eugene Lang Fairfield University University of Florida* Franklin & Marshall College* (4) Full Sail University* George Washington University (5) Georgetown University Gettysburg (2) Goucher College (3) Hampshire College* (3) Harvard University* Hawaii Pacific Hunter College Indiana University Bloomington* (3) Johns Hopkins University* Johnson & Wales Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University* (3) Lesley University Loyola University Maryland Lynn University Manhattanville College* Marist College* (2) Marlboro College Maryland Institute College of Art* (2)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (2) McGill University* (3) University of Miami (3) University of Michigan* (4) Mount Holyoke College* New England Conservatory of Music University of New Hampshire New York University* (7) Northeastern (3) Northwestern* (2) University of Notre Dame* Oberlin Parsons Penn State University University of Pennsylvania Pitzer College Pratt Institute* (2) Providence College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Richmond Rochester Institute of Technology* University of Rochester* Rollins College Rutgers Saint Peter’s College* Scripps College* Skidmore College* (6) St. John’s University (2)
Stanford University* (2) SUNY Albany SUNY Binghamton (4) SUNY Geneseo SUNY New Paltz SUNY Old Westbury SUNY Oneonta SUNY Purchase* (3) SUNY Stony Brook (2) Syracuse University (5) University of Toronto Trinity College (2) Tufts University (2) Tulane University* (5) Union College (3) Vassar College* (2) University of Rochester* University of Southern California* University of Vermont* (7) Wake Forest University Washington & Jefferson Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University (2) Wheaton College (3) University of Wisconsin-Madison (2) The institutions with an * are those at which one or more Dwight students matriculated.
Community Service The Institute for Civic Leadership (ICL), founded at Dwight in 2001 and recently the recipient of a $300,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation, gathers outstanding young leaders from around the world for its annual Leadership Academy at Dwight International School on Vancouver Island, a fourteenday intensive program that provides students with leadership and service training.
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Alumni Annual Giving
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Alumni Giving
Alumni participation in the Annual Fund reached its highest level ever in 2010-11! Thank you for helping us reach this milestone! The Dwight School
Andrew H. Chait ’78
Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89
Anonymous (2)
Gus Mininberg ’78
Bryan Schnabolk ’90
Richard S. Wilson ’53
Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79
Peter Timmins ’90
Nancy and Richard Frank ’58
Hope Hillyer ’79
Julie Vickler McCoy ’90
Ronald Swift ’62
Bradford Roaman ’79
Heather Baram-Turkewitz ’91
Kathleen and Harold Hogstrom ’64
James E. Robinson ’79
Mrs. Eve Fogel ’91
Weber Lauh ’67
Ms. Jill Romero ’79
Douglas Boxer ’91
Sandy Smith Feldman ’71
Dr. Francois Picot ’80
Steve Williamson ’91
Timothy and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71
John Kunin ’81
Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane
Daniel Weiskopf ’83
Carol Manning Graham ’74
Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82 Tom Eisenberg ’84
Shomari Hearn ’93 Annie Sigal Medina ’93 and Julian Medina Mrs. Jacqueline Pugh Sackler ’94 Enrique Cepeda ’95
James Altman ’85
Lisa and Austin Gelbard ’95
Jonathon Hunt ’85
Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal
Bill Lipson ’85
Kirk Spahn ’95
Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76
Stacey Wueste ’86
Shiv Vasisht ’95
Honore Ryan ’76
Clifford T. Boro ’88
Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96
Sarah and Edward Brooks ’77
Jonathan I. Lynne ’88
Gabriel Acinapura ’97
Michael T. Fiur ’77
Kimberly Wueste Schnell ’88
Dave Brown ’97
Amy Shapiro Moffatt ’77
John and Bonnie Edelman ’89
Mike Cohen ’97
Bruce Warshaw ’74 The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld ’75 Foundation
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Alumni Giving
Scott Hefler ’97
Jacob Cohen ’08
Stephen Lurie ’74
Stuart Jakub ’97
Matthew Grogan ’08
Gail McEvoy ’74
Blain Namm ’97
Hilary Shaw Standish ’08
Shoshanah Wolfson ’74
Gregg A. Ostroff ’97
Phoebe Happ ’10
Austin Stark ’97
Doug Drosin ’75
Stephen Kessler ’10
Greg Williamson ’97
Betty Karpus Polinsky ’75
Nic Rovner ’10
Jay Levy ’75
The Franklin School
Joan Marks Akselrad ’75
Wallace Arthur ’49
Max Storch ’75
Louis Klein ’54
Mr. Tracy Thomas Williams ’75
Vedad Osmanovic ’98 Mr. Philip Bien ’99 Aubrey Hodges ’99 Laura Giraldo ’00 Reza Sarbakhsh ’00 Sibile Morency ’01 John Schriffen ’02 Caroline Axelrod ’03
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Burt Schaffer ’58 Victor Schwartz ’58 Ronald Wurtzburger ’59 John J. Hess ’63
Daniel Trachtenberg ’75 Shannon Cunniff ’76 Carol Chisolm ’79 Monica Leardi ’80
Jason Tsoutsouras ’03
Richard May ’63
David Ackers ’04
Paul M. Onish ’64
The Anglo-American School
Amir Cohen ’04
Barry Dordick ’69
Carolyn Blair ’81
Zaheen Khan ’04
Terry Brooks ’70
Michael J. Sheerer ’83
Antonio Aransaenz ’05
Michael Lambert ’70
John Bandman ’84
Jonathan Shlang ’05
Jerrold Seeman ’70
Lawrence Bibi ’85
Katherine Ames ’06
Hedy Hartman ’72
Robin Whitehead Seeley ’85
Amaury Berzin ’08
Stuart Friedman ’73
Vanessa Freeman ’89
Alumni Council 2010-11
Many thanks to our Alumni Council and Class Representatives for working to strengthen our Dwight, Franklin, and Anglo-American alumni community and to make the School even stronger today. Alumni Council 2010-11
Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, President
Sibile Morency ’01
Peter Timmins ’90, Vice-President
Blain Namm ’97
David Ackers ’04
Victor Schwartz, Franklin ’58
Vanessa Freeman, Anglo ’89
Aubrey Hodges ’99
Scott Hefler ’97
Annie Sigal Medina ’93 Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96 Greg Williamson ’97
Sandy Smith Feldman ’71 not pictured.
Landmark Year Class Representatives 2010-11 Peter Abbott ’60
William Lipson ’85
Laura Giraldo ’00
Michael Frizzell, Franklin ’65
Steven Cornfield ’65
Jennifer Pasinetti ’90
Reza Sarbakhsh ’00
Barry Kallenberg, Franklin ’70
Gina Bloome ’75
Peter Timmins ’90
William Berkis III ’05
Jay Levy, Franklin ’75
Jane Siegel ’80
Ursula Farrell ’95
Jessica Salzer ’05
Anou Mirkine, Franklin ’75
Ethan Silverman ’80
Tyson Toussant ’95
Lynne Alper, Franklin ’60
Jonathan Blyth ’85
Bradley Zeifman ’95
Claire Evans, Franklin ’60
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Global Vision
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Dwight offers an extensive foreign language program with instruction offered in Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, and German. More than five additional self-taught language programs are carefully coordinated with outside instructors.
Faculty and Staff Annual Giving
Faculty and Staff participation in the Annual Fund reached its highest level ever in 2010-11! Thank you for helping us reach this milestone! Anonymous (7)
Anthony Foster
Jordan Kutcher
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III
Chris Allen
Joe Gelfand
Melissa Lachman
Paul Sanders
Nicholas Anastos
Dorothy Gero
Monica Lachman
Ellen Sayers
David and Elizabeth Anstey
Laura Giraldo
Rose and Perry LaMorte
Esther Schott
Rachael and Guy Bennett
Luz Giraldo
Jacqueline Leitzes
Ashley Sharik
Meredith Berkley
Matthew Lewis and Claudette Lopez-Lewis
Charles Shuttleworth
Marina Bernstein
Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman
Ms. Jaya Bhavnani
Heather Griffin
Christine and Bernard Lippman
Neil F. Brier
Annette Harchik
Eliza and Yefim Litvak
Dr. Elaine A. Chambart
Ashley Haughton
Kari Loya and Ximena Allub
Chancellor and Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn
Terrence C. Christgau
Bruce and Sabrina Hecker
Gerry Melody
Tom and Hillary Stabb
Libby Clark
Michele F. Hoos
Jim and Audrey Miller
Katherine Corsico
Fiona and William Imboden
Rochelle Miller
Amanda D. Thompson and Mark Turcotte
Stephen Cooke
Laurel Ingraham
Elaine Natalicchi
Margo Tsoupros
Sandy Darzy
Courtney and Lawson Inman
Azra and Ismet Osmanovic
Alyson and Matthew Waldman
Alfredo and Alessandra Deza
Brian and Alicia Janiak
Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil
Caroline Walsh
Sarah DiIorio
Joshua Kigel
Melissa Pagano
Jessica Weiss
Al Doyle
Alison and Basil Kolani
Kristin and Newt Pate
Frances F. Wilson
Dianne M. Drew and Alexander Phan
Savka Kovacevic IV
Enver and Fatmira Purovic
William and Jennifer Yu
Jaclyn Silvestri Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89
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Alumni Parents, Loved Ones, Past Faculty and Staff, and Friends Annual Giving Anonymous (3)
Diana B. Dreyfus
Tom Krouwer
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Roth
Robert and Maria Abrahamsen
Kristi Carney-Dunkley and Stephen Dunkley
Christopher and Helena Lee
Michael and Regina Salemo
Evangelos and Eileen Ames-Karvounis David and Elizabeth Anstey Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto Ann and Steven Asciutto Mr. and Mrs. Jay Axelrod Lynne Halliday and B. H. Barry Susan Beyrle
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Gwen and Robert Eide Edward J and Ruth Fedorchak Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III Jill and Howard Fife Fribourg Family Luz Giraldo
Tom Biggs
Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman
Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann
Lyn and David Grogan
Sonia and Ricardo Braga
Bruce and Sabrina Hecker
Dmitry and Olga Bronfman
Elliott and Gail Hefler
Mae Buchbinder
Petra and Robert Hurkmans
Elizabeth Callaway
Judith Jackson and Marc Hyman
Andrew Chrisomalis
Peter Jenkins and Mary Marwick
Terrence C. Christgau
Michael Kalnick
Gary and Amy Churgin
Maxine and Ron Levi Matthew Lewis and Claudette Lopez-Lewis
Sherwood Allen Salvan Alex and Jeannette Sanger
Barry and Harriet Lipsitz
Jacqueline Scalisi
Eliza and Yefim Litvak
Diane and Edwin Schottenstein
Larry Malitzky and Caryn Gorden
Robert and Donna Shafir
Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar The Dick/Martin Family Thomas McGinty Ibrahim Naimi and Haya AlDossary Elaine Natalicchi Azra and Ismet Osmanovic
Matthew and Sabrina Shear Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow Randee and Albert Sigal Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith II
Brigitte Ouakrat-Benzaquen
Enzo and Valerie Soderini
Henry F. Owsley III and Alexa Van de Walle
Chancellor and
Lawrence and Janine Kaplan
The Parents Association in honor of its outgoing executive board members
Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller
Marc and Andrea Cohen
Elizabeth Schiff and Andrew Kaufman
James C. and Mary Buff Penrose
Chi and Alan Colberg
Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen
Ken and Betsy Plevan
Danica Cordell-Reeh
Cheryl and Kevin Kelly
Eugene and Katharine Prentice
George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin
Susan and Peter Kessler
George, Lenore, and Genevieve Price
Charles and Emmanuelle Welsh
Barry Dordick, Franklin ’69
Savka Kovacevic IV
Rayna Rapp
Eli Zabar and Devon Fredericks
Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn
Marian and Aaron Tenenbein Andreas Van der Linden and Annemarie Straathof
Gifts of Securities/Matching Gifts/ Foundations and Charitable Trusts
Matching Gift Companies
Foundations and Charitable Trusts
American Express Charitable Fund
Anonymous
The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld Foundation
American International Group, Inc.
The Acorn Hill Foundation, Inc.
The Shafir Family Fund
Austin Community Foundation
The Auerbach Family Foundation
Toufic Srour Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
F.M. Kirby Foundation
Truist-Deloitte United Way
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Fribourg Family Foundation
HSBC Bank USA
Goldman Sachs Gives
ING Financial Services Corporation
Stanley and Kathleen Grumbacher Foundation
ITG, Inc. Matching Gift Fund
The Joelson Foundation
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation
Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Account Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Michael and Denise Mandelbaum Family Foundation
Prudential Foundation
The Namm Foundation, Inc.
The Broadbridge Foundation
NY Language Center
UBS Matching Gift Program
The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation Inc.
UniCredit Group
The Schaffner Family Foundation
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Capital Giving
Rendering of the Great Hall, to be completed Fall 2011.
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Capital Giving
We are deeply indebted to the following families for their capital cash gifts and pledge payments received between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. These generous gifts have been vital to enhancing the facilities at the School.
Anonymous Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Marlene and Daniel Arbess John and Elena Brim Susan and Peter Kessler Marie and Harley Lippman Reno Family Charitable Foundation Val and Min-Myn Schaffner Ian Schrager James and Marilyn Simons Ravi Singh Sally and Marshall Tycher Richard and Audrey Zinman
Boys Locker Room
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Other In-Kind Donors and Volunteers
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Other In-Kind Donors and Volunteers
In-Kind Donors and Underwriters
Volunteers
Spirit Day
Eric Dale
Reunion Day
Reunion Day
Jonathan Abramowitz ’12
Josefine Brekke ’13
Alexandra DaSilva ’12
Mayan Axelrod ’91
Magali Alexandre
Sean Davidson
Hunter Alves ’17
Alvaro de la Fuente ’17
Ethan Arbess ’15
Esther Diaz
Emily Armstrong ’12
Javier Diaz ’12
Jonas Bahceci ’13
Betsy Doss
Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Christian Pascal ’97 of Ark Restaurants Bobby Shagrin ’75 of Crush Wines Peter Timmins ’90
Lia De Camillis ’13 Maria Garcia ’13 Anama Hambaryan ’13 Alice Parker ’13 Distinguished Speaker Series
Distinguished Speaker Series
Ibrahim Al-Naimi
Suzanne Barbero
Olivia Dunkley ’13
Shiv Vasisht ’95 and UBS
Graham Arader
Juliana Barrett ’12
Peter Durning
B.H. Barry
Kiara Barrow ’11
Kellie Dykstra
Appreciation Cocktail Reception
Mauricio Bellora
Srey Beaulac ’12
Caroline Eagles
Susan and Peter Kessler
Jason Stone
Andrea Bell ’11
Lawrence Eagles
Alumni Phonathon
Rachael Bennett
Shannon Eagles ’12
David Ackers ’04
Nathaniel Benzaquen-Ouakrat ’13
Laura Eastwood
Alexandre Elghanayan ’04
Jan-Paul Brekke
Jaye Edelstein
Class of 2011 Senior Gift Reception
Blain Namm ’97
Kurt and Diethild Bock
Reza Sarbakhsh ’00
Josefine Brekke ’13
Lawrence Edelstein ’14
Neil F. Brier
Lenna Frechen ’14
Mary Burns
George Gospodinov ’14
Dr. Elaine A. Chambart
Barry W. Gragg
Liz Churgin ’11
Ellen Grayson
Michael Anton ’75
Libby Clark
Heather Griffin
Austin Stark ’97
Miles Ladin ’86
Alicia O'Connell-Cohen
Sasha Grunberg ’14
Greg Williamson ’97
Patrick Murney ’05
Sarah Cole
Alexander Hagani ’14
Dwight School Foundation’s Volunteer
Annual Fund Committee Reception
Joanna and George Koutsos
Alumni Holiday Party
Stuart Jakub ’97 Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Annie Sigal Medina ’93
Peter Timmins ’90 Greg Williamson ’97 Susan Gorelick (Parent ’12) Alumni Guest Speakers
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Other In-Kind Donors and Volunteers
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Nicole Hamilton
Cena Loffredo ’15
Nikki Price ’11
Sam Van der Linden ’15
Heidi Happ
Claudette Lopez-Lewis
Nooria Puri ’11
Kim Villamor ’11
Annette Harchik
Dado Loureiro ’18
Greta Pustilnik ’15
Nino Villamor ’15
Karen Harris
Daniel Lubliner ’13
Madeleine Reid ’15
Linden Wallner ’12
Ashley Haughton
Sarah Mailk
Alexa Runsdorf ’12
Caroline Walsh
Ryan Horton ’12
Mateo Marcano ’18
Maggie Russell ’12
Tiffany Wang ’12
Ayyub Ibrahim ’12
Katya Maslennikov ’13
Paul Sanders
Noa Waxman ’14
William Imboden
Christopher McEwen ’14
Joe Santullo
Brett Weinstein ’15
Fiona Imboden
Mark Medine ’14
Emma Settlemyre ’12
Vanessa Wilson
Courtney Inman
Suzanne Miazga
Ashley Sharik
Alex Yaraghi ’15
Imogen Jenkins ’13
Audrey Miller
Valerie Soderini
David Kahn ’12
Matt Moran
Max Stamatakis ’15
Donna Kermanshah ’17
Tine Moerch Smith
Alexandra Sterck ’14
Basil Kolani
Elaine Natalicchi
Josh Stops ’15
Christine Kornblatt
Eileen Needham
Gary Sweeten
Laura Kozelouzek
Jeffrey Needham
Rob Sweren
Sarah Langel ’17
Connor Nicholas ’12
Silvia Tamburriello
Jacqueline Leitzes
Andrew Pauker ’14
Amanda D. Thompson
Alexa Leopold ’13
Susan Pelzer
Esme Thompson-Turcotte ’17
Rachel Levi ’13
Cristina Perez Diaz ’14
Elena Tozzi ’13
Shelby Levin
Hailey Petrick ’13
Virginia Van
James McKillop and Raina Neidich-McKillop
Taylor Levy ’12
Ben Pitchford ’13
Lisa Van Beeck
Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina
Matthew Lewis
Isabella Pizzo ’15
Andreas Van der Linden
Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo
Casey Zuckerman ’11 Zeina Zuaiter Host Families- North London International School-
Dominic Biggs and Beryl Cook Raphael Castoriano Massimiliano and Edina Cavalli Isabel Fascetto Rabia Iqbal and Robert Rahman Dr. and Mrs. Guilherme Loureiro
Personalized Learning While working closely with an advisor, all tenth graders complete a year-long, interdisciplinary research project the Tenth Grade Personal Project - on a subject of deep personal interest and meaning. Last year, projects included Illustrating Italian and New York Architecture, The Physics of Figure Skating, and Reclaiming Stolen Art.
Parents Association
2010-2011 Dwight Executive Board Barbara Wallner, President Cynthia Smith, Vice President/Class Rep Coordinator Shawna Holzer, Secretary Elena Rothfeld, Treasurer Lisa Cukier, Event Coordinator Susan Gorelick, Safety Patrol Coordinator Sharon Feldman, Communications Liaison
Officers/Committee Chairs and Members Stefani Langel, Nominating Committee Chair Winnie Parnes, Nominating Committee Member Mark Edelstein, Parents in Action and Parents League Representative Elise Udolf Leopold, Joint Schools Co-Representative
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Christine Kornblatt, Joint Schools Co-Representative Mary Bradley, Book Fair Chair Sandrine Droumenq, Book Fair Co-Chair Kylie Brauer, Bentley/Timothy House Halloween Parties Chair Anita Kerr, Thanksgiving Basket Event Chair Carmen Bilmen, Valentine’s Breakfast Chair Stefani Langel, Uniform Sale Chair BJ Cling, Theme Evenings Sandra Alves, Skating Party
1A
Mary Bradley Alena Paltina
2010-2011 Woodside Preschool Executive Board
1B
Mei Shibata Lisa Nacino
Silu Narvekar, President
2A
Hege Eriksen Sandrine Droumenq
Rebekah Mercer, Treasurer
2B
Zeina Zuaiter Laura Kozelouek
3rd
Winnie Parnes Barbara Wolfe
4th
Suzanne Barbero Jennifer Baum
5th
Tavy Ronen Sue Lewin
6th
Caroline Arnold Shoko Komiyama
7th
Cecilia Kuhn Joanna Molloy
2s Yellow Chicks (TTH): Erin Schumacher and Brandy Carbone
8th
Mina Elahi Inna Pustilnik
3s Black Bears (AM): Erika Pintoff and Emily Hanson
9th
Mark Edelstein Juliette Kleinman
3s Brown Kangaroos (PM): Ronda Gilroy and Megan Schatz
2010-2011 Dwight Class Representatives
10th Annie Luce-Auerbach Brigitte Ouakrat-Benzaguen
K-1
Kara Feifer Elizabeth Nieto
11th Gail Sankarsingh Caroline Eagles
K-2
Diana Khatchikian Alexis Lombardo
12th Susan Kempler Debbie Zuckerman
Radhika Mehra Namburi, Vice President Jennifer Lehner, Secretary Gabi Shields, Dwight-Woodside Liaison
2010-2011 Woodside Class Representatives 2s Red Robins (5 Days): Danielle Kalaau and Michelle Rubino 2s Red Robins (PM): Dena Pass and Linley Grandison 2s Blue Jays (MWF): Dawn Nadeau and Lisa Kerson Frohlich 2s Blue Jays (TTH): Kim Krieg and Stacy Reilly 2s Blue Jays (PM): Julie Engerran and Elana Schwartzreich 2s Yellow Chicks (MWF): Lori Bloomberg and Peggy Coward 3s Silver Elephants (AM): Karie Fleischmann and Lucy Culver 3s Brown Kangaroos (AM): Mindy Everett and Cheryl Gross 3s Silver Elephants (PM): Pellin Almeraz and Heidi Kao 3s White Rabbits (Full Day): Ariel Scott 4s Orange Clownfish: Maria Turban and Metka Daly 4s Gray Dolphins: Jennifer O’Neil and Veronica Rockoff 4s Copper Sea Otters: Maureen Cavanagh and Becky Beltran 4s Green Sea Turtles: Sally Masucci and Meridith Hill
Parents Association Volunteer Opportunities
Back to School Evening — Volunteers hand out information
packages and register parents.
Timothy/Bentley House Halloween Parties — Parents assist
staff members in planning, setting up, chaperoning, and cleaning up after the event. Bentley House Thanksgiving Basket Event — Each November,
Bentley House students gather to prepare Thanksgiving Dinner baskets for families who cannot afford a special holiday meal. Parents supervise the preparation of the baskets. Book Fair — The annual Book Fair, which is held at the Barnes
& Noble Superstore (Broadway and 82nd Street) is an important school-wide event that helps us raise money, provide books for our library and classrooms, and buy gifts for family, friends, and ourselves. Volunteers help plan and publicize the Fair, obtain and distribute classroom wish lists and suggested reading lists, and act as chaperones during the event. School Uniform Sale — Parents are asked to donate their chil-
dren’s outgrown and gently used uniforms so that they may be resold to Dwight families at a very nominal charge. PA volunteers sort clothing and staff the sales.
Faculty Valentine’s Day Breakfast — On Valentine’s Day, the PA
offers teachers and staff a special buffet breakfast to thank them for their dedication and hard work. Parents donate food items and help set up and serve breakfast.
Skating Party — The annual “Skating Under the Stars” ice-skating
party takes place each March. Volunteers distribute skates and work at the registration table.
Safety Patrol Committee — The PA organizes and oversees an
after-school Parent Safety Patrol to increase street safety for students as they make their way home from school each day. By taking an active role in this program, parents help make the entire school community a safer and more enjoyable place. In addition to protecting school children on their way home from school, this program allows patrollers to get to know fellow parents. Safety Patrol is a valuable service to the School. Woodside Spring Fair — The Annual Woodside PA Spring Fair is a
wonderful time for Woodside families to come together on a weekend and celebrate the beautiful spring weather. Children participate in activities such as seed planting, cupcake making, t-shirt decorating, face painting, singing, and dancing. Parent volunteers set up and run each activity and help clean up after the event. Kindergarten Parents Welcome Breakfast — The PA hosts a
breakfast for new kindergarten parents to welcome them to Dwight and inform them about various opportunities offered within the School. Theme Evenings — The PA collaborates with the School to spon-
sor workshops and lectures for all grades on topics of interest to parents. The International Food & Wine Festival — The PA organizes
this yearly event to promote community spirit and celebrate our diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Parents, teachers, and staff socialize in a relaxed, festive atmosphere surrounded by cuisines representing their heritage. Volunteers plan, set up, and photograph the event as well as donate and serve food and drinks.
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Volunteer Thank You Reception
The Dwight School Foundation’s mission is to bring additional resources to The Dwight School and its Woodside Preschool to ensure the highest quality education possible. In June, Trustee Chair Susan Kessler generously hosted a reception at The Lotos Club to acknowledge the following groups that play a critical role in supporting this mission: School Governors and Foundation Trustees advise and work in conjunction with the Chan-
cellor to think critically about the future of the School and the resources needed to implement its Strategic Plan. The Annual Fund Committee solicits gifts from members of the Dwight community to provide
support for student financial aid, faculty professional development, and other items which will enrich the experience at Dwight and Woodside, above and beyond what is covered by tuition and fees. The Senior Gift Committee solicits Annual Fund gifts from 12th grade families and earmarks
the funds for key items they have chosen as a legacy gift to improve the School. The Dwight and Woodside Parents Associations welcome and connect parents to the com-
munity, promote volunteerism, encourage attendance at school events, and help address parent concerns to support faculty and build community spirit. The Alumni Council and Class Representatives help identify and promote meaningful ways
for graduates to get involved with the School and stay connected with each other.
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Community Service Lower, middle, and upper school students in the Greenhouse Club harvested fresh basil and tomatoes from Dwight’s greenhouse. “Delicious!” commented Chancellor Spahn after sampling the garden treats. Students delivered most of the produce to St. Paul & St. Andrew’s Food Pantry on the Upper West Side.
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Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees
The Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees 2010-11 Susan Kessler – Chair Marlene Arbess Jonathan Auerbach Elizabeth Callaway Andrew Chrisomalis – Secretary Gary Fuhrman ’79 Paul Fribourg Michael Kalnick – Counsel Marie Lippman
Michael MacDougall David Magier Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 – Ex-officio Eric Semler Robert Shafir Ravi Singh Shiv Vasisht ’95 Barbara Wallner – Ex-officio Richard Zinman
The Dwight School Board of Governors 2010-11 Stephen H. Spahn Constance Spahn Blake Spahn ’89 Kirk Spahn ’95
The Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees 2010-11
Marlene Arbess
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Marlene has worked in accounting, management consulting, commercial real estate and as a resource and patient advocae for families of children with pediatric illnesses.
Jonathan Auerbach
Jonathan is Managing Director of Auerbach Grayson & Company, which provides international securities research, execution and settlement in over 100 countries.
Libby was Dean of Admissions for 22 years. She is also a Board Member of The Institute for Civic Leadership.
Elizabeth Callaway
Andrew is CEO of TY KU, LLC, an Asian Wine and Spirits Company based in New York.
Andrew Chrisomalis, Secretary
Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees
Michael is senior partner in the law firm of Kalnick, Klee & Green, LLP, in New York City. He is also currently the Mayor of Kings Point, New York.
Michael Kalnick, Counsel
Susan Kessler, Chair David is CEO of Harlington Realty Co. LLC and specializes in recognizing and acquiring underutilized and poorly managed properties.
David Magier
Marie Lippman
Paula is President of the Alumni Council and President and CEO of Cope & Associates, Inc., a management consulting and training firm based in Vermont.
Paula OppenheimCope ’71, Ex-Officio Ravi is Head of the Liquid Alternatives business with the Asset Management Division of Credit-Suisse.
Ravi Singh
Susan serves on the Boards of The Auburn Theological Seminary, The Browning School, The NightingaleBamford School, Tibet House, and The Yorkville Common Pantry.
Gary Fuhrman ’79 and Paul Fribourg not pictured.
Michael is a partner of Texas Pacific Group (TPG). Mr. MacDougall also serves as the Chairman of the Board of The Opportunity Network.
Michael MacDougall Robert is CEO of Asset Management at Credit Suisse and is a member of their Executive Board.
Eric is Founder and President of TCS Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund focused on media, internet, and telecom.
Robert Shafir
Eric Semler Barbara is President of the Dwight Parents Association and is a Vice-President at Salovey & Associates, a real estate executive search firm.
Shiv is currently a Managing Director and Head of EquityLinked Capital Markets in the Americas for UBS Investment Bank.
Shiv Vasisht ’95
Marie has been involved in numerous philanthropies, including an orphanage in Cambodia, an Israeli hospital, political fundraisers, and several Jewish institutions.
Barbara Wallner, Ex-Officio
Richard is Managing Director of Private Banking at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. He is former Chair of the Riverdale Country School.
Richard Zinman
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Ways to Give
The Annual Fund is the backbone of the Dwight School Foundation’s fundraising efforts - and there are many different ways in which you can make a contribution:
Cash - All cash (including check and credit card) gifts are fully
Matching Gift - Matching gifts are an easy way to increase the
tax-deductible. Gifts can be made using the attached pledge enve-
value of your contribution. If you and/or your spouse work for
lope or online at www.dwight.edu/givingtodwight.
a matching gift company, please obtain the necessary form from
Securities - A gift of appreciated stock which has been held for
your personnel office and send it along with your gift to The
more than one year allows you to avoid the capital gains tax on
Foundation.
the appreciation. It also qualifies you for an income tax charitable
Make a Pledge - Pledges can be fulfilled with one payment or
deduction based on the fair market value of the stock on the date
multiple payments and simply need to be completed in full by
you make the gift.
June 30, 2012.
For questions about the Annual Fund, please contact Jacqueline Leitzes, Director of Annual Giving and Major Gifts, at (212) 724-6360 x247 or jleitzes@dwight.edu.
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The Dwight School Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity that was established in 1969 to provide financial support to The Dwight School. The Dwight School is a N-12 private school offering the full International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Dwight opened its Woodside Preschool in 2005.
This report gratefully acknowledges gifts made between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Names are listed as requested by each donor on the annual fund envelope. We have tried to ensure the accuracy of this report. If there are omissions or errors, please notify Ashley Haughton in the Development Office at 212.724.6360 ext. 230. Photography by: The Dwight School Faculty and Staff Stan Schnier John Ian Wilson Printing by Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT Design by Audrey Miller Editor: Jacqueline Leitzes Produced by the Development Office of The Dwight School Foundation
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