2022 Green Vale Magazine by The Green Vale School

The GVS orchard yields plenty to spare for local food pantries.

The Green Vale School 2021-2022 Board of Trustees President Christopher L. Garcia

Vice Presidents Todd Edgar Kearney H. Staniford

Treasurer Jeffrey L. Busconi

Secretary Sharon L. Crane James M. Beard Kate Doerge Gwendolyn M. Gillies Michelle Elliott Gokey John A. Koski Duo Liu (Emma Qin) Melissa A. Meister William W. Morton, Jr. ’84 Valerie Ohrstrom Brendan O’Brien Emily R. Pidot Hari R. Rajan Taylor T. Robinson ’98 Konrad P. Schwarz

Ex Officio Jesse N. Dougherty Ed.D. Arianne O’Kane

Green Vale Magazine is published annually for families, alumni, and friends of The Green Vale School.

Contents Strategic Design: Moving Forward with Collective Purpose Collaboration in Early Childhood Lessons from the Woodshop “I made this in Innovation Class.” 8th Grade Global Studies Drug and Alcohol Education in Upper School A New Approach to Plays in Lower School Student Accomplishments Faculty News Gala 2022: A Knight at the Museum Parents Association and Development Events Alumni Spotlight Alumni Books In Memoriam Milestones Class Notes GVS Connects Then and Now

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Dear Green Vale Community, We began the 2021-2022 year with the school-wide theme of “Perspective”, and the lessons encompassed by that term have made excellent guideposts during a year where understanding others, listening, and carefully considering context were especially critical.

Keeping Perspective on where we are and where we are going

Together, we navigated the COVID roller coaster, and wrestled with dual priorities of school life and community health, while following state guidance. As we resume more and more “normalcy” this spring, with a full dining hall and parents back on campus, I hope we share even more gratitude and enthusiasm for what it means to be part of this great school. As you’ll read in these pages, we have been deeply engaged with a strategic planning process to refine the School’s mission, values, and vision in order to align decision-making as Green Vale enters its second century. Thank you to all who helped launch this project by completing the Powerful Learning Survey in the fall. We hear often from readers how they appreciate the story this Magazine tells about the school they love so much. I hope you enjoy this edition! Sincerely yours,

Jesse Dougherty, Ed. D. Head of School

Green Vale Magazine

Strategic Planning Design Moving Forward with Collective Purpose A New Century Calls for a Fresh Plan Come September and the opening of Green Vale’s 100th year, the School will be prepared to embark on its second century guided and inspired by a new strategic plan. Rather than draft a traditional five-year plan, the Board of Trustees elected to aim for something more timeless, and as a result, more ambitious. Under this paradigm, the Board committed to a comprehensive process to develop a framework for continuous strategy, based on strategic priorities stemming from an understanding of Green Vale’s value that is both authentic and aspirational – a backbone for future decisions, initiatives, and investments. The overarching goal? Ensure Green Vale’s continued excellence in all realms, even as the world changes. As Board President Chris Garcia puts it: “In the absence of purposeful long-term planning, excellence at the level GVS is known for will not ‘just happen’.”

A Proven, Collaborative Process

“What is it at Green Vale that we want to protect and build upon and amplify? And where might we go in the future as an institution?”

While driven by the Board, the exercise has incorporated perspectives from all corners of the community. The primary task force, or the “Strategic Design Team”, consists of select — Stephanie Rogen, trustees, administrators, and teachers and is led by Board Treasurer Jeffrey Busconi and Greenwich Leadership Partners Associate Head of School Narinder Bhalla. A consulting firm specializing in independent schools, Greenwich Leadership Partners, was engaged to help the strategic design team ask the right questions and apply the right process.

The first step was broad dissemination of the Powerful Learning Survey, intended to solicit input from as many parents, alumni, students, and teachers as possible. Customized for GVS and completed by 561 respondents, this survey provided a detailed understanding of how constituents experience the School’s mission and program. We then established three “learning teams” to study themes that the survey revealed as the most defining (and valued) aspects of the School. These teams consisted of members of the Strategic Design Team along with additional teachers and parents. Topics were: 1. Teaching and Learning (led by board member Hari Rajan); 2. Character Formation (led by board member John Koski); and 3. Community Engagement and Traditions (led by Board member Missy Pidot). The teams embraced a significant time commitment in order to thoughtfully inventory Green Vale’s current approach to these themes. As explained by Greenwich Leadership Partners: “Schools have a multitude of programs, practices and policies that need examination as a precursor for change or improvement. Learning teams conduct that examination as part of the strategic design process.”

A learning team celebrates completing their inventory.

The Strategic Design Team

"The goal is to create a vision for Green Vale that is both clear and aspirational, and to develop a set of choices we will make to achieve our vision.”

Actionable Outputs

— Jeff Busconi, Co-Chair, Strategic Design Team

Revisiting Green Vale’s stated mission and values has been critical to confirm that what we do and what we aspire to be appropriately reflect our priorities today and the needs of children, parents and faculty in the future. Weighing each word and phrase for maximum authenticity, tangibility, relevance, and aspiration has entailed intensive debate and scrutiny over dozens of drafts. The intention is to motivate people and decisions as clearly and as succinctly as possible, now and into the future. Clarity of identity brings clarity of purpose.

Finally, in June, the Board will formally adopt a revised statement of mission, values, and vision along with accompanying strategic priorities. They will also formulate plans for oversight and metrics to assess progress against the strategy. Going forward, the Board hopes that a clearer understanding of Green Vale’s value and direction will motivate and focus the School’s strategic priorities in all realms, from curriculum to hiring to community engagement to investment.

Board of Trustees | Head of School

Strategic Design Team

Learning Teams

consists of selected trustees, administrators, teachers

Administration, Faculty and Staff

Mission Values Vision

trustees, administrators, teachers, parents

Powerful Learning Survey community-wide

Strategic Priorities Jeff Busconi, Narinder Bhalla and Greenwich Leadership Partners 3

Many Hands make Deep Work: Collaboration in Early Childhood According to Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation, collaborative learning is shown to enhance higher-level thinking, communication, and leadership skills. In Early Childhood, collaboration is emphasized throughout the school day. Beyond just an expression of kindness or generosity toward others, collaboration builds mental flexibility, empathy, and interpersonal skills. Collaborative learning can occur peer-to-peer, in groups, or among an entire class. Peer learning, or peer instruction, is a type of collaborative learning that leads to students teaching one another as they approach a challenge, discuss a topic, or share their own work. Together, they address misunderstandings and clarify misconceptions. This happens when the adults understand that they are not the only teachers in the room! Conflict is a healthy, inevitable part of collaboration. In these cases, teachers facilitate group conversations where students learn to share what’s bothering them, and the group learns to problem-solve together. Children feel a strong sense of agency when decision-making with a group or partner. “Even though they are four their voices are heard,” explains Kelly Flink, Early Childhood Director.

Pre-Nursery Even two year-olds are able to grow through awareness of their peers and purposeful activities to encourage interaction. At this level, they collaborate by completing shared tasks such as matching and sorting, by taking care of their classroom environment, or by creating group art projects on a shared canvas, for example.

Nursery Collaborating through role playing is big in Nursery. There is also collaboration when it comes to making decisions about their shared learning environment. Students vote monthly on whether to build a train station, or a hibernation cave, or a lemonade stand, etc. and then work together over time toward the shared vision. They each have a role on behalf of the group at snack time, establishing notions of collective responsibility.

Pre-Kindergarten Pre-K classrooms often feature sprawling block structures that students expand and accentuate together for weeks. Together they experiment with balance, symmetry, and estimation, math skills that the teacher will prompt them to think about as they work. With increased agency in their decisions, these older children are really rewarded by the magic of accomplishing goals as a group.

Kindergarten By Kindergarten, collaborative work is part of reading, writing, math, and specials periods. Partner reading is a regular exercise where children are paired to read books to one another. In math, partners are asked to demonstrate ways to depict ten (or any number) with materials of the team’s choosing. In PE a favorite game is “floor is lava” in which kindergarteners have to work together to get the whole team across the gym by only touching dot islands on the floor. If anyone touches the floor, the whole team starts over. The ultimate collaboration is the Kindergarten play. Working with the entire grade for ten days toward a complex goal calls upon their patience, self-control, appreciation of others’ talents, and balance of when it is time to speak up, and when it is time to listen.

“They learn from mistakes better when collaborating. They use impulse control for the sake of others.” — Kelly Flink

Lessons from the Woodshop Woodworking, or “Crafts”, has long been a point of pride in the Green Vale curriculum. The value of continuing to teach it extends well beyond the desire to maintain beloved traditions such as 3rd Grade nutcrackers and 5th Grade sailboats. While there is much to appreciate about “what kids make” and bring home, the true learning lies in the process. Scott Carro joined Green Vale in September from Austin, TX where he ran woodworking programs for children as young as Kindergarten. He brought with him a collection of antique tools, many of which the students use regularly, such as a shaving horse he made himself, and a set of Stanley planes from the 1920s. “I love showing them how technology that was in use when the School was founded still works great today.” Carro takes time to educate students about different kinds of tools. Showing them how completely

different designs can achieve the same end exposes them to engineering and innovation in a tangible way. They compare a Western push-cut saw with a Japanese-style saw, and learn when to use a spokeshave rather than a hand plane. Students understand that “cross cut” and “rip cut” relates to the grain of the wood, which dictates why you need two types of teeth. They learn why a brace generates more torque than a bit drill, and also sample a vintage egg-beater drill.

“They gain appreciation for wood as a material and the ability to build beautiful and useful things.” — Scott Carro Woodworking offers a context for helping students take notice of how things around them are constructed. “I ask them to look at joinery around their houses. Where do they see dovetail? Where do they see mortise and tenon?” He also teaches students about wood itself, and connects different types to different trees. When a black cherry tree fell on campus, Carro was quick to take students outside to observe him cutting sections with a chainsaw and compare the interior to the soft pine used in most classroom projects. Some older students practiced wood splitting. By year end, they will be able to work with boards crafted from the campus tree, proving that “wood does not just come from Home Depot,” quips Carro.

Carro also points to the benefits of a long-term project, such as the remarkable year-long 5th Grade boats that start as simple boards. Attention span, focus, and patience are exercised as a result. Students experience tremendous satisfaction from delayed gratification, an increasingly rare experience for young people. The process of building from wood entails intellectual and emotional skills such as planning, patience, fine motor skills, abstract thinking, precision, measurement, and self-control. “When students bring completed work home, I encourage parents to look beyond just the appearance of the piece. Ask your child what tools they used. Ask what steps they followed in completing it, and what their biggest challenge was.” While some projects lend themselves to colorful paint jobs, such as 3rd Grade nutcrackers, Carro believes that other pieces benefit more from showing authentic tool marks and natural wood grain. He is introducing students to staining and other ways of finishing the surface. Another element Carro has introduced is increased agency in project selection by 8th Grade. Students are more energized – and often take on greater challenges – when able to execute original ideas such as a dog house, a stool, left-handed cooking tools, and a fire-pit bench.

Mr. Carro’s homemade shaving horse is a fun alternative to a vise.

We asked Carro how he can gauge student engagement. His response was immediate: “When I ring the bell to stop work and no one stops.”

Students love the two-person saw.

5th Grade boats begin with these boards.

Although Green Vale’s innovation lab opened in 2019 as part of the Bacon & Biondi Building and has been home to robotics and various interdisciplinary projects, this fall marked the launch of a formal scheduled program. “Innovation” is now built into the academic schedule like art, music, library, and technology.

“I made this in Innovation Class.” Currently, Pre-Kindergarten through 4th Grade students go to innovation every other week. 5th Grade attends on winter Wednesdays when sports is modified, and 7th Grade has innovation for half the year. All of the classes are taught by Harvey Bass, who has moved from the internal technology function to be a full-time innovation teacher.

What happens in innovation? “We look at new aspects of modern technologies and revisit old technologies. Where did refrigeration come from? Why do planes fly? How do electric motors work? A hands-on approach to things creates so much motivation on the students’ part; it's remarkable,” says Bass.

What equipment is in the lab?

“The exuberance not only affects the other students in the class, but also hits me as well. It’s been a most rewarding experience.”

The lab offers 3D printers (both large and small format), a laser cutter printer to work in different design media, computer boards and components for building computers, two different robotics sets, art materials, soldering guns, electronic —Harvey Bass multimeters to measure current, voltage, and resistance. Errors from the 3D printers are displayed so that students can learn from them, and accept mistakes as integral to design.

Sample Projects

Fine Motor Skills

Pre-K

balloon rockets

Kindergarten

harmonicas

1st Grade

dancing, coloring robots

2nd Grade

electric cars

3rd Grade

soldering

With children’s use of screen technology has come a decline in fine motor skills. “Research clearly shows that motor skill development helps improve cognition,” says Bass, “so we have to put it back into the domain of learning.” All innovation projects have a motor skill component, from simply working with tweezers and blocks to careful gluing and soldering up to constructing robots with small pieces.

4th Grade

State Fair displays

What makes an ideal project?

5th Grade

robotics obstacle course

7th Grade

hydrogen-powered cars

Over time, the innovation lab will not only be a standalone class period; it will be a seamless extension of other academic classes, enabling students to express ideas through different materials. “I think of it as an integrated maker space and thinking space,” says Bass.

Collaboration with other departments is gaining momentum. Science students used 3D printers to build models of insects. History students created elements of dioramas about ancient Egypt. For the 4th Grade State Fair, each student’s “booth” display will be made in school instead of at home, where elements are often store-bought and parent-directed. Mr. Bass will coach them on design planning and materials selection. “The most successful projects follow student interest,” says Bass. “Even when I have an end product in mind, we get there together. I say, what do we need to build a robot? Batteries. Ok. What next? Even 1st Graders engage with this approach.”

8th Grade Global Studies

International News around the Harkness Table

Each week, 8th Grade students* gather in small class sections to learn about current events around the globe. Students quickly realize that what may be ‘in the news’ in America does not always reflect major happenings in other countries. Dr. Richard Quinlan, an expert in 20th and 21st century genocide as well as other international topics, opens students’ eyes to geopolitical events around the globe. Using non-American news sources such as the BBC, Agence France Presse, Africa News Agency, Al Jazeera, World is One News, (India), and DW Germany, Quinlan presents a timely topic each week, such as:

• Eritrea invading Ethiopia • Uyghur persecution in China • Return of Taliban in Afghanistan • Coup in Sudan • Peaceful protests violently quelled in Khazakstan • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and build-up of military prior to invasion) The goal with these discussions is to “get kids thinking globally. Don’t disengage; stay connected. Explore,” says Quinlan. With their simultaneous study of 20th century U.S. history, GVS 8th Graders are primed to understand current-day parallels with notions such as the cold war, nationalism, alliances, diplomacy, identity and exclusion based on race, language, and religion. *Except for those enrolled in Latin as a sixth course

“Just because it's a country you've never heard of, doesn’t mean it’s not interconnected.” — Dr. Quinlan 9

FCD Prevention Works™ is an international, nonprofit provider of school-based substance abuse prevention services, part of the HazeldenBetty Ford Foundation. Each year, a team of FCD counselors spends a week at Green Vale educating 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades. In small group settings each day, students are equipped with knowledge, understanding, and skills to make intelligent, healthy choices. (Due to the pandemic, the sessions were conducted virtually this year.) Prevention-focused education is proven to work as long as it’s age-appropriate, thorough, and iterative. This is why we devote significant time to this over

Prevention Works. Drug and Alcohol Education in Upper School three years. Goals include: 1) reduce risk factors that contribute to unhealthy behaviors; 2) nurture and strengthen protective factors; and 3) identify unhealthy behaviors and intervene if necessary. By design, Green Vale teachers are not present for the sessions. The FCD facilitators take time to share their personal stories of substance abuse and recovery and answer questions candidly. They employ a combination of presentation, video, discussion, and role-play. Content areas are addressed differently within each grade level, and include:

• The progression from use to abuse to addiction and the importance of early intervention • The impacts of specific substances on the adolescent brain • Peer pressure as defined by self-imposed pressure to “fit in” • Thinking critically about media messages • Age-appropriate refusal skills • Current topics such as the opioid epidemic, teen vaping, marijuana legalization, etc.

Most students are surprised to learn that the actual prevalence of drinking, vaping, or other substance use among teens is far lower than they assume. FCD's social-norms based survey reveals that students who suffer the most severe health consequences of use are those who have underestimated the risks of use and overestimated how prevalent use is among their peers. Unlike the fear-based approach many parents recall from the “Just Say No” era, the FCD program is meant to inform with a factual, non-judgmental angle that students respect. Student questions and opinions are encouraged and valued. The FCD specialists establish a level of trust with students, enabling highly productive conversations.

“FCD taught me that there will be pressures when it comes to drugs and alcohol, but knowing to trust yourself to make the right decisions is important." — Bess Bardong 10

Although plays have long been a beloved hallmark of the Green Vale experience, the massive undertaking of preparation and rehearsal has occurred at the homeroom level, without a dedicated drama or theater program. This year, Green Vale piloted the introduction of drama as a weekly “special” in 1st Grade. Next year, it will be rolled out into 2nd and 3rd Grades as well. In this format, academic time is not disrupted for rehearsals (except the week of the performance), and of equal importance, students gain a thorough, holistic exploration of theater and the many skills it taps.

Plays in Lower School

A New Approach

Jessica Beja came to Green Vale two years ago from Chapin in New York City. With a background in musical theater as well as music education, she was well positioned to launch this program with a focus on 1) process and 2) skill-building over time.

How was the 1st Grade play approached? Jess Beja explains, “The audience may have observed something similar to other outstanding Green Vale performances. It is the process and intention that were new. For the first several weeks, the children had a blast while exploring sophisticated theatrical techniques. Through games, they experimented with expressing different emotions and physicalities, honed their focus and concentration, and learned some acting terminology. The children participated in script analysis, considering lines without knowing who said them, and using context clues to guess the speaker. We spoke about the central conflict and importance of persuasion in this story. Our young actors developed confidence, discipline, and public speaking skills along with a sense of connection to the source material. Each of them came to understand that they were an integral part of the larger ensemble. When they were finally cast in their roles and given their scripts, each child was ready to approach the storytelling process. In this way, the play became a natural extension of their new theater skills.”

Theater is More than Performance Beja continues, “Theater affords an opportunity to combine so many important skills emphasized at Green Vale. Public speaking is just one aspect. Theater is social emotional learning: there is empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation, collaboration, trust, delayed gratification, and decision making (what happens if a line is missed?). It also calls upon executive functioning skills of memorization (lines and songs plus cues, movements, and positioning), focus and presence, and extended attention span.”

Student Accomplishments In 6th Grade science, students were asked to creatively express their understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Lana and Olivia were inspired by how applicable the laws are to everyday life. So relevant, in fact, that maybe even young children could understand them. They decided to join forces to portray Newton’s Laws via an original children’s book created with publishing software. Beyond needing to understand the content well enough to present it simply, the girls needed to make decisions about font sizing, page layouts, illustrations, and more. The process was not without setbacks, such as

Lana Alvarez & Olivia Lichota, 6th Grade Created a Picture Book about Physics their original cover design being too low resolution to print clearly, and the software allowing just one person to edit at a time. Lana explained, “We still managed to make it work. I have an older brother who is a former GVS student so he knows how much each student puts into their work. He inspired me to not give up because in the end it will all pay off.” Olivia added: “I am a visual learner so seeing ideas with pictures helps me to understand the concept much better rather than just reading about it.” Teacher Doug Ebert finds that in addition to formal assessments (quizzes and tests), fun applications can further solidify students’ true understanding of concepts taught in class. Once the book was complete, the girls were invited to test it on a real audience: Olivia’s sister’s 2nd Grade class. When asked for final thoughts on this project, the girls each expressed gratitude:

“We just wanted to thank Mr. Ebert for making this possible. We are so grateful that we attend this school and we have the education that we have.” – Lana “I am also very thankful for the education that Green Vale has provided to me for the past seven years. Mr. Ebert always makes lessons fun, projects fun, and even tests fun.” – Olivia

Ariah Ahuja, 4th Grade Golf

Like her older sister Ashani (GVS 7th Grade), Ariah Ahuja began playing golf before most children can ride a bike, at age four. By seven, she started competing. Last year, she was one of 12 girls from the Northeast to qualify for and compete at the Regional Drive Chip and Putt Championship at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut. A natural lefty who plays righty, Ariah practices and trains year-round. Approach shots are her speciality. Says Ariah: “The hardest part of the game is when you miss putts, and the

best part of the game is winning."

Oliver Iavarone & Alexander Yarian, 5th Grade Songwriting Duo Oliver Iavarone fell into his passion for music when his parents (not musically inclined themselves) enrolled him in an early-childhood jazz program to help his language development as a toddler. “We didn’t know jazz would become his muse for his journey in life thus far,” says his mother, Michele. From ages 2-6, his soundtrack was Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker. He started studying piano seriously at six, and now takes song sheets on vacation and his music journal to the dinner table. At a songwriting school in Brooklyn (suggested by another GVS parent), he now practices storytelling with sound and studies film score composers as well. Since Oliver joined Green Vale, Ms. Chen and Mr. Mattia “have not only nurtured his spirit, but have taught him to take risks and push boundaries,” says his mother. The loss of Mr. Mattia showed Oliver “how much we can learn from one another if we are fully invested from the heart.” Likewise, classmate Alexander Yarian has long been passionate about singing, taking piano lessons and working with a voice coach. “He sings all days long,” says Despina Yarian, his mother. In the fall, Alexander approached Oliver to collaborate on a piece together. They spent weeks tossing ideas back and forth for lyrics, melody, and piano accompaniment until their original song “Rise Up” came to fruition. According to Despina Yarian, “They wanted to inspire their peers and classmates to follow their dreams, never give up and rise up because the sky’s the limit.” They proudly performed at school assembly and their recording on @greenvaleschool Instagram has been viewed 2,400 times.

Interdisciplinary learning is an important component of Green Vale’s educational philosophy, and teachers are gratified when students begin to make connections on their own. Last year, during a 3rd Grade science research project, Maddi Lam developed a fervent interest in pandas and their preservation. “I couldn’t have done it without my friend Isabel,” Maddi emphasizes. In technology class, she was exposed to Google Sites, a tool for building original websites.

Maddi Lam, 4th Grade Created an Educational Website Over the summer, Maddi and her mother enjoyed following a live camera showing baby pandas at a zoo. She decided to use her website skills to educate other children about pandas. With a combination of techniques gained in school and more advanced options discovered on her own, Maddi went to work. She devised a site map or organizing system for her content, including a navigation bar featuring Body, Babies, Habitat, Range, Diet, Lifetime. She included a slideshow with arrows to click through a sequence of panda development from newborn to adult. She made sure to cite and link to her sources, a favorite being National Geographic. “I chose Arial font because I thought it would be easier for really little kids to read instead of cursive,” explains Maddi. “I hope people will learn not to destroy pandas’ habitats.” What comes next? “I might do another website

about weedy sea dragons.”

Faculty News Jessica Chen Presents at Balanced Mind Conference

Bill Hiss’ first Green Vale memory involves arriving in 1981, and being introduced to the students during outdoor assembly in the amphitheater which used to contain wooden benches. “I remember all those heads turning around to check out the new sports teacher.” He has coached boys soccer, basketball, and baseball teams ever since, along with P.E. classes for younger boys and girls. One of his favorite aspects of the job was the range of ages he taught. “You get to really see the kids grow up.”

Music teacher and choral director Jessica Chen was a featured presenter at the Balanced Mind Curriculum Conference, an annual professional development opportunity for Nassau County arts educators. With a mission of advancing arts education, the conference promotes content knowledge, pedagogical skill and professional inquiry.

Prior to joining Green Vale, Hiss played major league baseball for the Cleveland Indians. He had been drafted as a junior at Queens College, the 50th overall draft pick. His proudest athletic accomplishment was his selection as the best college shortstop (All-American), news he learned from an opponent while on second base.

She designed and presented a one-hour session entitled "Functional Piano Skills for General Music and Choral Educators in 5 Minutes a Day." The presentation was geared towards vocal/chorus educators looking to improve their piano skills for teaching purposes. Topics included:

Despite his own elite-level talent, Hiss is far more focused on the life lessons of sports, or what we would now call the social emotional learning opportunities that are wonderfully prevalent in sports.

• performance skills vs. functional skills • choosing piano skills suited to your needs • building harmonic fluency • creating accompaniments for melodies • simplifying a complicated score Enough attendees pre-registered for Chen’s session that she was asked to present it three times in one day. “I was thrilled that there seemed to be such a need for this topic,” says Chen.

“Green Vale gives everybody the opportunity to play and be part of a team. The point is for everybody to learn teamwork and sportsmanship, and how to treat others. When a substitute-level player comes in late in the game and scores the winning goal, that’s what youth sports is all about. We can all recognize it.” Hiss watched his son Kevin go through Green Vale, winning an athletic award at graduation and going on to play Division I baseball in college. He made countless friends among the faculty, including Mike Mattia who played at Hiss’ wedding. “Mike was one of the quiet ones who just do the right things for the kids.”

In past years, Chen has presented "Teaching Boys to Sing Well: K-8" and "Taking Your Chorus Concert to the Next Level”.

“I really just wanted to give back after all the great coaches I had,” says Hiss with characteristic humility. We predict countless former students will continue to pay Mr. Hiss’ gifts forward.

U.S. Citizenship for Ben Toms

“You get more sentimental as you get older. It makes you amazed how great this place is.”

You knew him as Ben Brosseau, but that was before he became a United States citizen. Born in England, young Ben moved to Maryland at age five, living in this country with his stepfather’s surname until recently. As he clicked the final prompts on the computer administering the citizenship test, the screen presented one final question: do you want to change your name? In a matter of seconds, he decided to initiate a change back to “Toms”, his birth name which he shares with family in England. Now, when he teaches about immigration and the passage through Ellis Island, he is able to add a very personal perspective. He describes the diversity of people taking the oath, and their abundantly evident pride.

Bill Hiss Retires after 40 Years

Global Competence Workshop for Teachers For a March professional development day, Green Vale was fortunate to host Homa Sabet Tavangar, author of the acclaimed Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House, 2009). Homa’s goal aligns with that of many parents and educators: help students thrive in a global context, and have fun along the way. Her expertise in translating culture, diversity and inclusion, and globalization trends and relating them to academic and social-emotional learning helped teachers gain confidence in leading deeper discourse in their classrooms. The four primary skills within the umbrella of global competence are:

1. Investigate the World Students are interested in learning about the world and how it works.

2. Recognize Perspectives Students recognize that they have a particular perspective, and that others may or may not share it.

3. Communicate Ideas Students can effectively communicate with diverse audiences.

4. Take Action Students have the skills and knowledge to make a difference in the world. “Children will need these skills to adapt to an interconnected world with increasingly complex problems,” she explained.

“Ask students not what they want to be when they grow up, but what problem do they want to solve.”

A second visiting expert focused on a complementary set of skills: social emotional learning. Lindsay Weiner, founder of The EQ Child, specializes in implementing SEL in schools. For several years she has worked with GVS Early Childhood teachers and parents, however in these workshops, she extended the lens to include older grades. In particular, she encouraged teachers to evaluate and consider their own social-emotional capacities as part of cultivating them in students. The benefits of this for overall school climate and culture were explored.

Lorraine Campbell Retires after 22 Years Innumerable Green Vale graduates will remember 3rd Grade with Mrs. Campbell as a true learning adventure. Her belief in “whole brain learning” and prioritizing empathy has shaped her approach to teaching. In 2017, Campbell received the School’s highest honor for faculty, the Stephen H. Watters Medal, based on contributions to character education and global citizenship. Three summer service trips to Africa inspired initiatives that she brought back to Green Vale. From Skyping with classrooms in Tanzania to fundraising for school supplies and computer equipment for people she had met personally, there is always a complete authenticity to her work. She even led a project where 3rd and 6th Graders assembled working prosthetic hands for children in India. Linda Gardiner, retired Lower School Director, praises Lorraine’s tireless work ethic, commitment to improvement, and ability to form genuine relationships. “She expects the best of herself and makes sure students learn to expect that of themselves. She kneels down, and face to face she listens to how children solve problems, where they are confused, where they've made mistakes.” Her work directing unforgettable 3rd Grade plays annually demonstrated talents well beyond creativity and theatrical skils. Her knowledge of American Sign Language originated the tradition of all Lower School students signing the daily grace at Campbell knit unique hats lunch. How fortunate we all were, including her beloved composting worms, to work and learn in her presence. for each of her students.

Gala 2022 A Knight at the Museum

After two years of limited gatherings, Green Vale hosted an in-person gala event, A Knight at the Museum, on March 11. The Watters Center was transformed into a ‘museum’ of student work, with exhibits from Pre-Nursery through 8th Grade. Nearly 300 attendees spent the night enjoying live bidding, cocktails, and dinner stations. For the first time, the Gala was chaired by two alumnae: Lauren Powell Beyer ’95 and Gabrielle DeMatteis Keller ’97 who reports: “The gym was full of the students’ creative work, including two of our favorite projects from crafts class: the nutcracker and the sailboat. We love seeing that so many Green Vale traditions are still in place!”

Exquisite displays of student work formed the museum-like decor, thanks to the brillant vision and execution of art teachers Brigid Coffey and Nina Fagiola ’99.

Parents Association and Development Events Connection Collection

Experts Present via Zoom “Afghanistan: Its Immediate Future and Regional Impact” GVS history teacher Dr. Richard Quinlan discussed issues related to the American withdrawal and rise of the Taliban.

“COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 12” Dr. Alan Bulbin, Director of Infectious Disease at St. Francis Hospital, shared information and answered questions.

Parent Coffees Even when parents were not permitted inside buildings, the PA’s determination to facilitate community continued! Through a series of 12 outdoor coffees, parents within each grade level could engage safely.

Faculty & Staff Appreciation The FSA Committee orchestrated highly creative and enticing ways to thank and treat teachers throughout the year.

Trunk-or-Treat

Gratitude from Around the World Parents brought their own heritage or culture to the proverbial table with an elaborate “to-go” buffet featuring homemade favorites from Greece, Italy, France, England, Israel, Ireland, and Lebanon.

Employees filled goodie bags with treats and other surprises displayed in the trunks of volunteers’ cars.

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Every teacher and staff member received a stylish tote full of both edible and beauty/self-care treats. The best part was handwritten notes of individualized thanks from parents and students.

PA Book Club All parents are invited to participate in each community read and gather for a lively discussion. Thus far, the books have been “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig and “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray.

Dads’ Knight Out Exactly what it sounds like: GVS fathers gathered on a Thursday evening at a brewery for camaraderie, beverages, and bar snacks.

Raising Good Humans: A School-Home Partnership On February 15, Green Vale was fortunate to have Dr. Aliza Pressman, host of the hit podcast “Raising Good Humans”, address an audience of parents in Harris Theater (and simultaneously via livestream). Dr. Pressman is a co-founder of both the Mt. Sinai Parenting Center and of Seedlings Group, LLC, a New York and Los Angeles-based parenting advisory group. GVS parents were riveted by her accessible, applicable wisdom and simple tenets of how parents can best meet the short-term and longterm developmental needs of their children.

Alumni Spotlight After eight years as a senior development officer at Williams College, Bost was promoted to the newly-created position of Associate Vice President for Presidential Advancement. This entails stewardship of principal gifts in close coordination with the President and Vice President for College Relations to advance the strategic priorities of the College. “I love working at one of the top liberal arts colleges in the world,” says Bost.

Daryle Bost ’86 Williams College Administration “I loved my time at Green Vale and to this day, it’s the time of my life that had the most impact on who I am today over 30 years after graduating.” The essay that helped admit Adrienne Coleman ’17 to Dartmouth was one of five nationwide to be selected for publication in the Times’ ninth annual “College Essays on Money” feature. Eligible essays focus on money, work, or social class and “celebrate how meaningful it can be to talk openly about money and write about it in a way that makes a reader stop and wonder about someone else’s life and, just maybe, offers a momentary bit of enlightenment and delight. Adrienne, elected by her peers to speak at Green Vale’s 2017 graduation, chose to write about the sexism she faced while trying to earn money waitressing during high school. “I realized how my notions of equality had been somewhat theoretical — a passion inspired by the words of Malala and R.B.G. — but not yet lived or compromised,” she writes. “The restaurant has become my real-world classroom, the pecking order transparent and immutable.“

Adrienne Coleman ’17 Essay Published in The New York Times

With strong family roots in Argentina, Juan Pablo Reynal has spent his professional life engaged with celebrating, sharing, and promoting various treasures of that country. First, he was involved in travel and tourism, especially in Patagonia where he managed South America's premier ski resort, Catedral Alta Patagonia. In the early 00’s he started a publishing company dedicated to promoting outdoor recreation and wrote several books, including the best selling "Fly Fishing Patagonia" series, and produced television and film series as well.

Juan Pablo Reynal ’84 International Soccer Promoter A book about Argentina's most important soccer, or “futbol”, team, El Corazon de Boca, led him to move into the realm of futbol exclusively. Through his companies Onside Entertainment and FXE Futbol, he is heavily involved in promoting and developing the sport at all levels. They arrange for top-tier South American teams to play exhibition games throughout the US, including at Daytona Speedway. In 2019 he acquired a professional soccer franchise in the U.S. and is developing a stadium complex in Ft. Lauderdale.

In December, Zach Cunha ’91 took the oath of office to become the United States attorney for the District of Rhode Island, following nomination by President Biden. A lawyer for two decades, Cunha has spent most of his career with the Department of Justice, serving in the U.S. attorney's office for Rhode Island, Massachusetts and the Eastern District of New York, where he was first appointed as an assistant U.S. attorney. In 2010, Cunha received the Department of

Zachary A. Cunha ’91 U.S. Attorney for the State of Rhode Island Justice’s highest honor, the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. Eric Holder recognized Cunha for work on the prosecution in United States v. Pfizer, the largest health care fraud settlement ever achieved by the United States at the time. After Green Vale Cunha attended Friends Academy, Brown University, and The George Washington University School of Law.

“It’s been thirty years since I left Green Vale, but I still carry things I learned there with me every day — it was an exceptional education.” Waterboys is a non-profit started in 2015 by NFL star Chris Long who sought to involve other professional athletes in meeting a goal of building 32 sustainable water wells in East Africa - one for every NFL team. Today, the Waterboys mission is to provide sustainable access to clean drinking water for 1 million people worldwide. They offer event platforms for various groups to join forces and fight the global water crisis through fundraising and awareness. One such sub-group is the Waterboys Young Professionals Committee (YPC), started by Peter Wilson ’03 in 2019. Wilson recruited a group of 12, including Ripley Hartmeyer ’06 and Jack Wheatley ’08, to complete a six-day trek in February to the 19,341’ summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, to support YPC’s goal of raising $45,000 (the cost

Peter Wilson ’03 | Ripley Hartmeyer ’06 | Jack Wheatley ’08 Raising $100,000 for Clean Water in East Africa to build one well). With the help of 400 donors, including many from the Green Vale community, the YPC group raised $55,000. The hikers each covered their own expenses for the trip so that all of the proceeds went to Waterboys. “Summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro was an unforgettable experience. Our time in these areas reminded us of how lucky we are and just how much work there is to be done,” says Wilson. Since returning from Tanzania, having connected first-hand with the schools and villages impacted by Waterboys projects, the YPC has increased their overall goal to $100,000 via additional events in New York. For more information, visit www.waterboys.org/group/ypc.

Alumni Books Double Chocolate Cookie Murder Devon Powers Delaney ’73 In her latest book in a series of five cooking-themed mysteries for young readers, Devon Powers Delaney ’73 spins a tale of a busy mom who is asked to judge a cookie baking contest, but ends up investigating the death of one of the entrants. Delaney weaves an imaginative plot, basing numerous elements on her own experiences. In this case, she draws on her extensive credentials as a cooking contestant. After all, she has won appliances, cash, and four trips to Disney World.

Witchcraft Legacy: Stories from the Big Attic Richard W. Brewster ’56 Witchcraft Legacy: Stories from the Big Attic combines personal memoir, colonial-era history, and chilling supernatural phenomena. Publisher’s Weekly describes it as a “mesmerizing memoir” and a “strikingly original book… facing the past with tenderness and strength.” The true stories revolve around a possibly haunted book once owned by the chief judge of the 1692 Salem witch trials and believed to bestow curses on each subsequent owner. While students at Green Vale, Brewster and his brother found the book in the family attic in Glen Cove, inscribed in old ink with the words “These evil spirits haunt me every day, and will not let me eat, read, or pray.” The book features two Green Vale teachers: Miss Cummings (2nd Grade) and Mr. Gunn (wood shop).

Alumni Babies take over GVS Beginnings! This year’s program for children ages 9 months - 23 months with a caregiver is lucky to host ten children of GVS graduates! The following alumni parents are taking advantage of this first introduction to a school-like setting: Ashton and Evan Uhlick ’97 Michael and Maria Katime Corigliano ’99 Nicholas and Alexis Udell Suppa ’09 Devon and Megan Forlines Bostock ’04 Hillary and William M. Burchfield ’03 Emily and Thomas S. Bostwick ’92 Owen and Victoria Pool Holm ’01 Evan and Diana Grace Beard ’02 Michael and Fionna Sciame Elliot ’02

Michael F. Mattia, Jr. Music Faculty, 1978-1987; 2002-2021 On December 29, 2021, Green Vale lost a beloved icon within the faculty and pivotal figure in the lives of countless students. As ensemble band director and instrument teacher, Mattia relished bringing the joy and discipline of collaborative music to students with vastly differing skills and talents, engendering an appreciation for the contributions of each instrument, each note, and each musician. Bi-annual concerts made the absolute most of each ensemble's skills, thanks to custom arrangements Mattia composed according to each set of students. His own talents as a trumpeter, pianist, composer and director were amply deployed throughout his life both in school settings and within countless

In Memoriam bands over five decades. He played at the weddings of several Green Vale teachers and alumni. Colleagues cite his remarkable humility, and motivations that were purely focused on bringing joy to others. Cathy Iannotta, a friend for 21 years, says: “Mr. Mattia's humor, compassion, and talent made each student feel inspired. He connected with students and was able to bring out their musical ability in a fun and caring way.” A graduate of St. Francis Prep., he went on to Syracuse University, where he studied music, and later C.W. Post, where he received his master’s degree in education. He leaves behind his son, Michael, his sister, Michelle, two granddaughters, three nieces and nephews, and countless current and former students.

Priscilla Johnson McMillan '43 Priscilla Johnson McMillan (born Priscilla Mary Post Johnson, 1928-2021) was a journalist, author, historian, and noted expert in Russian language and culture. She was an advisor and friend to Senator John F. Kennedy before serving as a newspaper reporter in Moscow, where she interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald extensively about his beliefs and desire to defect to the Soviet Union. She was the only individual who personally knew both President Kennedy and his killer. In Moscow, Oswald told McMillan that he had a life mission: “I want to give the people of the United States something to think about.” Four years later, as McMillan followed news coverage of the assassination, McMillan was astonished. “My God,” she said, “I know that boy!” Thanks to her language skills and prior meetings with Oswald, she became close friends with Oswald’s Russian widow, Marina, and published one of the most definitive accounts of Oswald’s planning of the assassination: Marina and Lee: The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy. The New York Times Book Review called it “a miraculous book…McMillan had the wit, courage and perseverance to go back to the heart of the story, and the art to give it life.” Upon a re-release in 2013, Publishers Weekly called it a "classic of the JFK assassination literature.”

She went on to write and edit numerous articles on post-Soviet Russia and nuclear policy. She was granted high-level access to Los Alamos National Laboratory for her acclaimed biography of Robert Oppenheimer. Priscilla McMillan (left) and Marina Oswald (right) in 1964. (Published in The Atlantic, 2013)

In 1967, McMillan translated the memoirs of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter, after she defected to the United States. In fact, Svetlana spent her first months in America at McMillan’s father’s Locust Valley estate. Other noteworthy friends included Truman Capote (who wrote about her) and John Lewis, whose engagement party she hosted.

Her later years were spent in her beloved Cambridge, where she was a community activist and headed a sort of intellectual salon until shortly before her death. After Green Vale, Priscilla attended Brearley, Bryn Mawr, and earned a master's in Russian studies at Radcliffe College (Harvard University). She is survived by her nephew Stuart H. Johnson III ’68, among others. (continued on page 24)

Milestones

In Memoriam

Marriages

GVS Headmaster 1974-1978

Sterling B. Ely ’96 Kelly Michelle Walsh September 18, 2021 Alison G. Browne ’06 Sam Schloss October 9, 2021 Alexander C. Green ’10 Sallie Taylor October 23, 2021

Births

Hazel Bryan Tracy ’50 November 11, 2021 Mary Ellen Nichols Fahs ’51 March 20, 2021 Thomas W.S. Nichols ’52 September 9, 2021 Sara “Sally” Terry Graves ’53 October 17, 2021 William H. Miller, Jr. ’53 August 30, 2021

Clifton ’97 and Christina Porter Teagle ’97 Walter Parker Teagle October 21, 2021

Henry R. Schwab ’55 January 14, 2021

David R. “D.R.” Holmes, Jr. ’99 Alice Moore Holmes April 9, 2021

Patricia Dean Manolis ’56 January 15, 2022

Diana Grace Beard ’02 Finley Beard April 30, 2021 Meagan Lesko Smiles ’02 Charles Everett Smiles December 21, 2021 Morgan Smith Gessner ’05 William Whitney Gessner December 9, 2021 Alison Fornell Hammatt ’05 Leif Fornell Hammatt December 18, 2021

Mary Fordyce Grant ’56 December 14, 2021

Laura Bostwick ’60 May 3, 2021 Stuart Grant ’60 June 2021 Peter L. Fairchild ’61 October 15, 2021

Green Vale’s seventh Head of School, Frederick Driscoll, passed away in January. When his predecessor, Peter Clifton, left to run the Harvard College Fund, Driscoll was recruited from Denver Country Day School to move to Green Vale. His arrival coincided with a sharp decline in enrollment and resulting financial strain after the tumultuous 1960s era. In response to these conditions, Driscoll’s most important contribution was presiding over the School’s first Five-Year Strategic Plan along with Board Chair Elbridge T. Gerry. Through community surveys and specialized task forces on curriculum, finances, enrollment and fundraising, an extensive set of recommendations with a timeline for completion was produced and guided the School’s recovery. He also worked to improve faculty collaboration and the quality of meetings, and focused on student transitions between grades and divisions. In 1978, Driscoll left to work in admissions for his beloved alma mater, Williams College. He remained in education, working as a dean at Southern Vermont College and administrator at Hoosac School. He spent his retirement in Williamstown, avidly following the college sports teams and volunteering for a number of local organizations. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne, of 49 years, four daughters, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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George A. Harrison ’71 October 16, 2021 Helen C. Smith ’76 December 15, 2021 Christopher Crosby-Gugig ’96 September 6, 2021

James F. Stebbins ’39 January 9, 2022

Meghan C. Hughes ’10 January 23, 2022

Theodora Winthrop Hooton ’44 August 23, 2021

Frederick Driscoll

Sandra N. Hay ’64 April 3, 2021

Deaths

Priscilla Johnson McMillan ’43 July 7, 2021

Joan Babcock Brady ’49 July 21, 2021

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’39 James F. Stebbins ’39 It is with regret that we share the news of James’ death on January 9, 2022; he was 90 years old. James was born in New York City and grew up in Muttontown. After Green Vale, James attended Salisbury School and Trinity College. He went on to serve in the Air Force, then as President of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Military Order Loyal Legion of the United States, a Peace Officer of the State of New York, and Deputy Sheriff of Rockland County. James was a member at The Brook, The Saratoga Reading Room, Meadow Brook Club, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and Piping Rock Club. His love for dogs and commitment to their welfare led him to become Chairman of the ASPCA, President of The Leash, and Treasurer of the Westminster Kennel Club. James’ career began at Hoppin, Watson Inc., before he co-founded Ross, Stebbins, Schellbach, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange firm. James was predeceased by his sister. He is survived by his wife, brother, two sons, two grandchildren, and his dog.

’44 Theodora Winthrop Hooton ’44 It is with regret that we share the news of Theodora’s death on August 23, 2021; she was 92 years old. Theodora was a longtime supporter of Winthrop Hospital and Planting Fields Arboretum. She is survived by her son Thomas L. Higginson, Jr. ’63, daughter Elizabeth Higginson Rideman ’67, son Robert, daughter-in-law, five grandchildren, four grandchildren-inlaw, and four great-grandchildren.

’49 Joan Babcock Brady ’49 It is with regret that we share the news of Joan’s death on July 21, 2021; she was 87 years old. After Green Vale, Joan attended Briarcliff College to study art and joined the Art Students League in New York City. She married James C. Brady and they lived in Far Hills, New Jersey to raise their

three children. Joan’s art exhibits began in 1968 and continued for five decades. The Tatistcheff Gallery in New York City represented her work in six one-woman shows from 1983 to 2000. She served on numerous boards including Mind/Body Medical Institute, Morristown Memorial Hospital, The Marion Institute, Vermont Studio Center, Far Hills Country Day School, and St. George’s School. Joan was predeceased by her husband. She is survived by her three children, their spouses, and two granddaughters.

’50 Hazel Bryan Tracy ’50 It is with regret that we share the news of Hazel’s death on November 11, 2021; she was 86 years old. After Green Vale, Hazel attended Miss Hall’s School, Bradford College, and Columbia University School of General Studies. She spent a year studying French and art history at Reid Hall in Paris, France. Hazel taught music and visual arts at The Diller-Quaile School of Music, and was a longtime docent and tour guide at the Museum of Natural History. After retiring to Vermont, Hazel devoted her time to the Friends of the West River Trail and the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. She was predeceased by her siblings James T. Bryan, Jr. ’31, Hope Bryan Oelsner ’33, William L. Bryan ’34, Ruth Bryan Colgrove ’38, Joy Bryan Bacon ’44, and Robert A. Bryan ’45. She is survived by her husband, five children, thirteen grandchildren, and twentyeight nieces and nephews.

’51 Mary Ellen Nichols Fahs ’51 It is with regret that we share the news of Mary Ellen’s death on March 20, 2021; she was 84 years old. Mary Ellen attended West Side School before attending Green Vale. After Green Vale, she went on to Miss Porter’s School and Smith College. She graduated in 1958 with a degree in art history. In 1960, she married Raymond Ziegler Fahs. Mary Ellen served as President of the New York Junior League where she advocated for racial, gender, and academic equality. She went on to serve as the Director of Volunteer Services at the Early Childhood Development Center in East Harlem. In 1987, she obtained a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Mary Ellen worked for the Center for Comprehensive Health Practice as a psychologist for underserved children. She founded an Infant School to work with parents

Class Notes with drug and alcohol dependency and served as President of New York’s Public Education Association. She served as a deacon and lay pastoral associate, and received a “Deacons’ Award Citation” from All Souls Church for her service and dedication. Mary Ellen is survived by her son, grandchildren, nieces, and nephew. Her brother Thomas W.S. Nichols ’52 died after her passing. She was predeceased by her husband.

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Vale, Sally attended The Masters School and Wheaton College, where she studied philosophy. She obtained a master’s degree from Hofstra University. She went on to teach English as a second language for over thirty years. Sally served on the board of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, the College Women’s Association of Japan, Maine Maritime Museum, MidCoast Hospital, The Bath Garden Club, West Bath Historical Society, and many other organizations. She was predeceased by her husband, daughter, and son-in-law. She is survived by three children, their spouses, and five grandchildren.

William H. Miller, Jr. ’53

Sara “Sally” Terry Graves ’53

It is with regret that we share the news of William’s death on August 30, 2021; he was 82 years old. After Green Vale, Bill attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he played on the varsity soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse teams. He went on to attend Princeton University, where he played on the varsity ice hockey team and was a member of the Ivy Club. Bill served in the United States Navy and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. He went on to earn his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1966. After a few years in New York, Bill and his wife moved to Wilson Point, Connecticut. He worked as a trusts and estates attorney with Humes, Botzow, Wagner, and Miller, and finished his career at Davidson, Dawson & Clark, LLP. Bill coached his sons’ hockey teams and served on the board of several organizations. He is survived by his wife, two sons, four grandchildren, sister, brother, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.

It is with regret that we share the news of Sally’s death on October 17, 2021; she was 83 years old. Sally was born in New York and grew up in Syosset and Laurel Hollow. After Green

“Sadly, our class lost William “Bill” H. Miller, Jr. ’53 in 2021 and Philip C. Iglehart ’53 in 2020. Thanks to Philip, I had the pleasure of duck hunting in Maryland with him for the last thirteen years. Francis “Timmy” M. Weld ’53, Frederic B. Underwood ’53, H. P. “Bunny” Baldwin Terry, Jr. ’53, and John F. Righter ’52 joined us for many fun times. 2023 will be the year for us

Anthony S. Hoyt: tabloidman@gmail.com

Thomas W.S. Nichols ’52 It is with regret that we share the news of Thomas’ death on September 9, 2021; he was 83 years old. Thomas attended West Side School before attending Green Vale. After Green Vale, he attended Pomfret School, where he was a member of the crew team. Thomas went on to join the Marine Corps and then attended the University of Pennsylvania and New York University where he studied economics. He worked as a loan officer at Manufacturers Hanover Trust and then as a stockbroker for Collins and Day. In 1984, Thomas and his wife moved to Maine where he worked for Livada Securities. He settled in his family home in Deer Isle, Maine with his many dogs. He was predeceased by his wife, halfbrother Willard A. Baldwin ’40, and sister Mary Ellen Nichols Fahs ’51. He is survived by his stepson, nephew, and niece. ’53 Henry S. Reeder, Jr.: hsreeder@comcast.net

Henry “Dusty” S. Reeder, Jr.’53

to celebrate our 70th reunion. I hope that William H. Nickerson ’53 and Mimi Colgate Kirk ’54 are thinking ahead. I see healthy and happy Edward “Ned” V. Rossiter ’53 and Charles C. Lockwood ’53 from time to time, as both live in the Boston area.” Pictured: “Our friend Philip C. Iglehart ’53 at our 60th Reunion with his 1953 gym shirt and hat.”

Phyllis Polk Wells ’53 “I have lived in Shrewsbury, Vermont since I married in the early 1960s. The bare bones are that I worked in a community for emotionally disturbed adults with my husband, raised three children and volunteered for organizations that I believe are making a difference in this questionable world. As for Green Vale, I stay in touch with Jill Galston Walsh ’53, Anne Bleecker Corcos ’53, and John O’Keefe ’52”

’54 Mimi Colgate Kirk: oaklea2@aol.com

Mimi Colgate Kirk ’54 “Our graduating girls of 1954 were a small group of seven and sadly we lost our third member in 2020, Martha “Muffy” Moffitt Carlstrom ’54.”

Margaret Maxwell Sanderson ’54 “Just want to say hello to everyone in my year. We are still living on our farm in Burwash, England and celebrated sixty years last summer. COVID-19 has kept us here recently, but looking forward to a voyage along the coast of Norway.”

Arthur W. Schwartz ’54

hawk for an education bird. We have three dogs and two Maine Coon cats.”

Patricia Dean Manolis ’56

Ladies from the Class of 1956 gathered virtually on June 21, 2021 to celebrate their 80th birthday year. Top Row: Chelsea Dougherty (GVS Development), Margaret Holmes Robbins ’56, Dorothy ’Deedee’ Lockwood Forbes ’56, Linda Waldron Rudman ’56 Second Row: Lucy Wood Brotman ’56, Priscilla “Piper” Perry Morris ’56, Pamela Eakins Wharton ’56, Joanne Forman Otto ’56 Third Row: Lynne B. McVeigh ’56, Beatrice Edey Phear ’56, Jane Choate Beck ’56, Mary Schager Waldron ’56 Bottom Row: Nathalie Pierrepont Comfort ’56

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Henry R. Schwab ’55

Richard W. Brewster: richardbrewster41@gmail.com

It is with regret that we share the news of Henry’s death on January 14, 2021; he was 79 years old. After Green Vale, Henry attended St. Paul’s School and Yale University. He attended University of Oxford for a year, and then returned to Yale to receive a master’s degree in 1965 and master of philosophy in 1972 in the classics department. In 1978, Henry co-founded Book Haven, an independent bookstore on Yale’s campus. Henry and his wife managed the store for twenty-seven years together. Book Haven supplied nearly half of the textbooks for Yale students and stocked a wide variety of other academic books. In 1988, Henry founded Doberman Books, a small publishing company that published literary criticism by Yale faculty and friends. He is survived by three children and three grandchildren.

Phyllis Mills Wyeth ’55

“Four of us shared memories of our Green Vale years in a round of golf at the Ekwanok Club in Manchester, Vermont, on August 31, 2021.” From left to right, Henry D. Babcock ’54, William “Bill” W. Hoyt ’54, Arthur W. Schwartz ’54, and Forrest “Kip” C. Towl ’54.

The Alumni Office recently learned of Phyllis’ death on January 14, 2019; she was 78 years old. After Green Vale, she attended the Ethel Walker School, Finch College, and Columbia School of Social Work. Phyllis went on to work for Senator John F. Kennedy and later in the White House as an assistant. She was passionate about horses and was an accomplished thoroughbred breeder and owner.

Richard W. Brewster ’56 “I am keeping busy as a mediator after retiring from a four-decade practice as a trial and litigation lawyer. I also currently coach mediation to law students as an adjunct professor at New York Law School and the Cardozo School of Law. Earlier this month, I was delighted to receive a review of my book Witchcraft Legacy from Publishers Weekly-BookLife which describes it as a ’mesmerizing memoir’ and a ’strikingly original book… facing the past with tenderness and strength’.”

Mary Fordyce Grant ’56 It is with regret that we share the news of Mary’s death on December 14, 2021; she was 80 years old. After Green Vale, she attended the Spence School, and completed her education at Brillantmont International School in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is survived by her sister Susan Fordyce Dunaway ’59, three sons, and six grandchildren.

Christine Renchard Huffman ’56 “My husband Keith and I celebrated our 57th anniversary. We met while he was at Yale University and I was at Connecticut College. I was a wildlife rehabilitator for twentyfive years with a federal permit. I had a red tailed

Green Vale Teacher 1986-1992 It is with regret that we share the news of Patricia’s death on January 15, 2022. After Green Vale, she attended Garrison Forest School and Hofstra University. She put her college education on hold to get married and raise three children. While doing so, she was the Director of Religious Education at Christ Church in Oyster Bay and helmed the Christmas pageant and Sunday School. She later returned to finish college and obtained her master’s degree in elementary education at C.W. Post University. She taught at Portledge School, Chapin School, and returned to teach at Green Vale. Patricia lived in Florida for several years, and then moved to West Hartford, Connecticut to be close to her grandchildren. She is survived by three children and four grandchildren.

Priscilla “Piper” Perry Morris ’56 “I have lived in Arlington, Massachusetts, for the past six years, having lived in Cambridge the previous twelve, and before that in Dedham, Massachusetts, where I was the Dean of Institutional Advancement for Noble and Greenough School for sixteen years. I had a long career in non-profit development as the Senior Vice President or Senior Director of Development for several institutions over almost fifty years, including, Westover School, Noble & Greenough School, Lahey Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, the Newton Boys and Girls Club, and now part-time for Harvard University as an editorial assistant in the Alumni Office.”

Peter J. Pell, Sr. ’56 Pictured: Peter and Cynthia Alley Andrews ’57 spending time together during the summer.

’57 Magdelaine Anthony Smith ’57 “I’m living in Gainesville, Virginia to be near two families with four grands ages 17, 15, 6, and 5. Watching a lot of sporting events and trying to stay warm during the cold winter. Play lots of pickleball and will return to the golf course when the snow melts!”

blue marlin. She was interested in the arts, travel, fashion, photography, and cooking. She is survived by her brothers George H. Bostwick, Jr. ’49, James F.C. Bostwick ’51, three half-siblings, and nieces and nephews George H. Bostwick, III ’71, Catherine Bostwick Wilson ’72, Lilias Bostwick Noesen ’76, James F. Bostwick ’78, Janet Bostwick-Hale ’80, Lisa G. Bostwick ’80, Thomas S. Bostwick ’92.

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Stuart Grant ’60

Albert “Bert” J. Myer, V ’58

It is with regret that we share the news of Stuart’s death in June 2021.

“Well, I’ll soon be 78 years-old, 64 years after my 9 years at GVS. That’s difficult to comprehend, especially given the clarity (still) of my recollections of long ago. Today, I enjoy the video updates about the School which certainly appears to be (even more so) the happy, vibrant and stimulating place I remember. Croquet has brought me back to Long Island a few times, otherwise I’ve been ensconced in New Hampshire since the 1960s where I now rest on my meager laurels and entertain two grandsons whom I rely on to explain things.”

’60 M.R.E. Theodore Baehr ’60 “Our 15th grandchild, Josephine Myrtle Peace, was born on March 4, 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania healthy and happy, as is everyone in the family.”

Laura Bostwick ’60 It is with regret that we share the news of Laura’s death on May 3, 2021; she was 76 years old. After Green Vale, Laura attended Foxcroft School and Hunter College. She was a worldclass angler, and held the North Carolina state record in 1980 for her catch of a 656-pound

’61 Peter L. Fairchild ’61 It is with regret that we share the news of Peter’s death on October 15, 2021; he was 74 years old.

Katharine Emmet Peterson ’61 “Brooklyn, New York is our primary residence, but we probably have spent more nights in our little house in Newport, where I have an overgrown garden and many friends. My decorating career continues apace thanks to young clients like the daughter of our classmate, Katherine Osborn Roberts ’61, who bought a house in Brooklyn this spring. I always say my best education was at Green Vale because it gave me such a solid foundation. Now, Head of School Jesse Dougherty was one of my daughter’s Kenyon College classmates, and the connection deepens.”

’62 Judith Tabler Cook: judithtabler@gmail.com

Judith Tabler Cook ’62 “I live in McLean, Virginia, but I have three grandchildren at Green Vale now. They live in the house that I grew up in. The oldest is Tabler Kelsey (4th Grade) and her two younger brothers are Parker Kelsey (Kindergarten) and Wellington Kelsey (Pre-K). I interviewed Tabler about what it’s like to go to GVS today. She is in the building that we knew as the upper girls’ building, and her classroom looks out over the playing fields. I told her that one of the punishments for the boys when we were there was removing the dandelions from those fields. Arrival at school is between 8:00 and 8:25 AM and dismissal is at 3:00 PM. The average class size is 12 students. She takes reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, art, French and technology. Everyone plays an instrument in 4th Grade; she plays the baritone horn. Each class puts on a play during the year. She is on the Gold team, since I

was a Gold. Last year, the Blues broke the Gold’s five-year winning streak. Her sports include lacrosse and soccer, but she is looking forward to 5th Grade when she can play ice hockey for GVS. The school uses the rink at Beaver Dam. The food is pretty good; she can find something at the salad bar. She only came up with a complaint when I pressed her—the desk chairs are not comfortable. Maybe this will conjure up some of your memories of GVS. A big thank you to my granddaughter for letting me interview her and share a little of GVS 2022 with you.” Pictured: Judy and her husband, Clay Cook, and granddaughter, Tabler Kelsey ’26.

Michal Colby Wadsworth ’62 “My husband Jim and I are waiting out winter in Sarasota, enjoying sunshine, family, and friends. I’m still serving on the Sarasota Opera Board, and Jim serves on the board of the Asolo Theater. We play bridge and golf, of course (doesn’t everybody in Florida?). We’re still masked in public and in theaters. We’ll head back up north in mid-April, taking the Amtrak auto train from near Orlando to near Washington, D.C. We book a bedroom, and it’s a good way to knock off seventeen hours of driving. We’re thinking it would be fun to take a sleeper from Chicago to Los Angeles later this year. From Los Angeles, we could hop on the coaster and go see our San Francisco family and friends. Since we’re still a little nervous about overseas travel, we think this could be fun. Then we’ll spend most of the summer in Michigan, and maybe Canada if the Canadian COVID-19 restrictions relax. While it was very sad to learn of Peter L. Fairchild ’61 death, I have to admit I loved hearing from so many of our classmates. I look forward to reading your news in the Green Vale Magazine. Best to you all!”

’64 Sandra N. Hay ’64 It is with regret that we share the news of Sandra’s death on April 3, 2021. After Green Vale, Sandra attended Westover School, University of Denver, and The American University of Paris. She went on to study dance in New York with Alvin Ailey and Edwin Hawkins Schools of Dance. Sandra

was passionate about yoga, and was a teacher and spiritual counselor. Sandra worked at Disneyland, and then went on to create Pacific Ocean Post, the first post production facility on the westside of Los Angeles. During this time, Sandra became a successful producer and won the People’s Choice Award for their Jackson Browne production. She also received several nominations for many other prestigious awards in the motion picture industry. She is survived by her husband, brother John D. Hay ’59, sisters Lisa Hay Morrin ’70 and Laura S. Hay ’70, son, stepson, grandson, and large extended family.

’65 Innis O’Rourke III: ior3@optonline.net

William S. Eakins, Jr. ’65 “This year, I reached my term limit as a commissioner in Asheville, North Carolina. To continue to make a civic contribution, I accepted the election as a director and treasurer of the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. In New York, I continue to serve as a director of Asphalt Green and the NY Foundation for Senior Citizens.”

Innis O’Rourke III ’65 “I retired in June of last year after enjoying 38 years of general private practice pediatrics in Glen Cove, New York. Allison (my wife of 36 years) and I are spending our first winter in Osprey, Florida which is a really enjoyable change. We have three children and two grandchildren who live in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have started playing golf again, often with my sister Colleen O’Rourke Carson ’68, and am trying to take advantage of the beautiful wildlife and nature preserves here. I am very distressed about the situation in Ukraine and the political divisiveness in our American politics. As we are entering our seventh decade, I hope that we maintain our health for many years to come, and I would like to see some more contributions to our Alumni Class Notes. Santé!”

’71 George A. Harrison ’71 It is with regret that we share the news of George’s death on October 16, 2021; he was 66 years old. After Green Vale, George attended Episcopal High School and the College of William & Mary. He

had a successful career in real estate management and was on the boards of several organizations including the James River Association, Maymont Foundation, CMoR, and St. Catherine’s School. He is survived by his brother David A. Harrison, IV ’58, sisters Marjorie Harrison Webb ’61, Mary Harrison Keevil ’65, and Anne Harrison Armstrong ’72, four children, partner Jacki, and many nieces and nephews.

’72 Craig R. Campbell ’72 “I’m retired and live in Ocean Park, Washington and Las Vegas, Nevada.”

’73 Nancy Toher Hawkins: nthawkins123@aol.com

Alan E. Eyre ’73 “I’m still slogging away for Uncle Sam as a diplomat, currently at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan.”

’76 Helen Michalis Bonebrake: hmbonebrake@gmail.com

golfer, tennis player, and sailor. Helen is survived by her mother, sisters Elinor L. Smith ’72 and Eileen, brother John, nephews, niece, grandnieces, and grandnephews.

’87 Lynn Ely Dixon ’87

Pictured: 1976 Blue Team Captains. Helen (on left), Duncan Johnson ’76, Stephen J. Eyre ’77, and Tink Henderson Mortimer ’76

’82 Claudia DeBrun Boldyga: cboldyga@gmail.com

Claudia DeBrun Boldyga ’82 “It truly has been a crazy year. As an alum of GVS, I am super proud to see how they handled this year for their faculty and their students. Looking forward to one day coming back to see GVS in person. Everything has been wonderful on our end as there are always some silver linings that one can find during difficult times. It gave us an amazing time with our sons Zach and Nathan as they both were here with us in Maryland during those difficult times. Sending love to you all and congratulations for such a successful school year, and lastly yay Blue Team for last year’s win on Field Day.”

’83 Harold W. Bost, II: hbost2@me.com

Harold W. Bost, II ’83 “Greetings from the Bost 5 hailing from North Carolina, London, and San Francisco! We finally all got together for the holidays in Virginia Beach.

Helen C. Smith ’76 It is with regret that we share the news of Helen’s death on December 15, 2021; she was 61 years old. Helen grew up in Oyster Bay and spent her childhood summers at the family camp in Rangeley, Maine, which was a very special place for her. While at Green Vale, Helen captained the Blue Team with pride. After her graduation, she attended Suffield Academy and the University of Southern Maine. She went on to work for Fidelity Investments, but found her calling in education. She was on staff and coached at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Helen spent the last sixteen years on staff at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. Helen loved to play sports and was a swimmer,

lot of ways the same loving happy person that we all remember when she was teaching at Green Vale.”

Lynn is the Director of Admissions & Enrollment at Green Vale. Her daughter Emme is a current 8th Grade student at GVS and her daughter Susie C. Dixon ’19 is a junior at Miss Porter’s School.

Andrew Vitrano ’88

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Andrew and his wife Margaret are splitting their time between New York and Florida, as their two sons (Emery, 14, and Knox, 12) enjoy their first year at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts. “Knox has his sights set on Deerfield Academy, where he would join Christoph Cushman ’88’s son Matias R. Cushman ’21 on the squash court. Emery, on the other hand, wants to go back to The Bronxville School…So much for the Vitranos’ winters in Florida!”

Alexis H. Moed: moedbc03@gmail.com

Whitney D. Pidot, Jr.: wpidot@usa.net

’91 Laurence Jollon: ljollon@gmail.com Heather Upton: hjfupton@gmail.com

Heather Upton ’91 “During the pandemic, all the girls in our class got back in touch and are trying to do semi-regular zoom calls it’s been fun!”

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Patricia Constance D’Anna: trishdanna@me.com Seth T. Pidot: seth_pidot@hotmail.com

Daryle L. Bost: Daryle.L.Bost@williams.edu

Daryle L. Bost ’86 “My parents live in North Carolina with my brother, Harold W. Bost, II ’83. My mom is battling Alzheimer’s, but despite her illness she remains in a

Christina Holmes McKeon ’94

John Fredericks: johnnoblefredericks@gmail.com

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Katherine Jollon Colsher: katherine.jollon@gmail.com

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’94 Christina was the visiting author at Green Vale’s Book Fair in May 2021. She read her book, You’re Not a Monkey, to students in Early Childhood through 2nd Grade, and current parents were able to purchase a signed copy.

Townsend W. Bancroft: tbancroft@snowphipps.com

Everyone is currently back where they need to be and we look forward to another family trip this summer, hopefully overseas.”

GVS and looking forward to an amazing year in 8th Grade! Katie graduated last spring from GVS and is currently finishing up her freshman year at St. George’s School. We are really enjoying spending so much time in Newport!”

Patricia Constance D’Anna ’93 “Brian and I live in Port Washington with our two daughters, Katie (15) and Paige (13). Paige is finishing 7th Grade at

Christopher Crosby-Gugig ’96 It is with regret that we share the news of Christopher’s death on September 6, 2021. After Green Vale, Christopher attended Long Island Lutheran High School and went on to become a talented musician and bass player with several bands. He worked at the Glen Cove and Syosset Libraries for twenty years, where he was known to create cartoon videos and fun photos. He wrote songs for the library during the pandemic titled “Takeout,” “Heading Down to the Library,” “Biblioteca” and others. He is survived by his spouse, parents, three brothers, and extended family.

Sterling B. Ely ’96 Sterling and Kelly Michelle Walsh were married in an outdoor ceremony at Sterling’s childhood home in Locust Valley on September 18, 2021.

’97 Lily M. Gray: lilygray@gmail.com Heidi A. O’Connell

Gabrielle DeMatteis Keller ’97 Gabrielle and her husband John Keller love being a part of the Green Vale

community with their sons Jackson (1st Grade) and Austin (Nursery). Gabby is also working in Green Vale’s Academic Resource Center as a learning specialist. She recently teamed up with fellow alum and current parent Lauren Powell Beyer ’95 as co-chairs of the Green Vale Gala, A Knight at the Museum.

Clifton ’97 and Christina Porter Teagle ’97 Clifton ’97 and Christina Porter Teagle ’97 welcomed their son, Walter Parker Teagle, on October 21, 2021 at 3:20 AM weighing in at 7 lb 6 oz.

’98 John-Robert La Porta: johnrlaporta@gmail.com

John-Robert La Porta ’98

the birth of their second daughter, Alice Moore Holmes, on April 9, 2021. Pictured with older sister Olivia.

Michael J. Weiss ’99 “I moved out of Manhattan in October 2020 with my wife, Brett, and my sons, Hunter (age 4) and Matty (age 3), and bought a house in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. We are enjoying our new town and the suburban life.”

’01 Victoria Pool Holm: vickymholm@gmail.com Rylan Soref: rylan.soref@gmail.com

Victoria Pool Holm ’01 “I have recently been promoted to Team Leader of News Automation covering the Americas at Bloomberg. Integrating data with news, we are creating an exciting product. This summer I will celebrate 14 years with Bloomberg, L.P..”

’99 David R. Holmes, Jr.: davidreesor@gmail.com David Knott: dmknott@gmail.com

David R. “D.R.” Holmes, Jr. ’99 D.R. and his wife Milena celebrated

Meagan Lesko Smiles ’02 “Ben and I welcomed our second baby on December 21, 2021 (same birthday as classmate Sarah A. Nelkin ’02!). Charles Everett Smiles is a happy and thriving baby and was especially excited when fellow classmate Diana Grace Beard ’02 came to visit in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

’05 Camilla J. Burchfield: burchfield.camilla@gmail.com Morgan Smith Gessner: morganmcd.smith@gmail.com Nicholas A. Newburger: nick.newburger@gmail.com

Morgan Smith Gessner ’05

’02 Meagan Lesko Smiles: meg.p.smiles@gmail.com

Diana Grace Beard ’02 Diana and her husband Evan welcomed their son, Finley, on April 30, 2021. He was 9 lb 5 oz and 21 in.

Amory C. deRoulet ’02 “Greetings to all! The La Porta family is on the move. After eight years living here in Connecticut, I am taking a new anesthesia position in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We are in the midst of moving currently (mid-March), and hopefully will be settled by the time people read this. We are somewhat saddened to be leaving the northeast, but it is time for our family. Our family has grown to our two daughters Stella (8), Nadia (6), and son Matthew (3). All the best to my fellow ’98 alums!”

Gregory J. McWhir ’02 “My wife and I moved to North Carolina last year. I am a current emergency medicine attending physician at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in North Carolina and core faculty with the emergency medicine residency.”

“Kristine and I are expecting our third boy in April! We are sadly leaving Long Island and moving to Boston where I will be a fellow in trauma and acute care surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. We are excited for new adventures and would love to meet any GVS alumni in the Boston area!”

James N. Gardiner ’02 Jamie is engaged to Mal Gretz and they are getting married in September in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

“My husband Michael and I welcomed our first child, William Whitney Gessner, aka Whit, on December 9, 2021. We look forward to him hopefully joining the GVS community in a few years!”

Alison Fornell Hammatt ’05 “I welcomed a baby boy, Leif Fornell Hammatt, on December 18, 2021 – arriving nine days after his pal Whit Gessner (Morgan Smith Gessner’s ’05 baby boy), who had the same due date! I live in Providence, Rhode Island with my husband, Brendan, two-yearold daughter, Hewitt, and sweet baby boy, Leif.”

New York. Green Vale classmates Lauren E. Russo ’06 (left) and Jacqueline I. di Galoma ’06 (right) served as bridesmaids.

Jacqueline I. di Galoma ’06 “Jackie resides in San Francisco, California where she is employed as a Market Manager for Intuit. She is engaged to be married to Jon Binetti from Wilmington, Delaware. They are planning a July wedding in Napa Valley.”

Ripley D. Hartmeyer ’06 Ripley Hartmeyer recently moved back to New York City and joined venture capital firm General Catalyst in a senior global talent role.

Ines N. Tamaddon '06 “I left New York in August 2020 to explore life out west in Salt Lake City. I work for MainStreet, a financial technology startup, as the Director of Core Operations. I can usually be found cooking with my partner Adam and spending time with our chocolate lab Millie, friends, and family."

’07 Lilly H. Havens: lilly.havens@gmail.com George M. Wheatley: gmw4@mac.com

Antonia B. O’Hara ’07 “I’m living in Los Angeles running my textile business, Indigo by Boutin, as well as consulting for a wonderful interior designer! My boyfriend and I have a golden retriever puppy, and are enjoying our life out on the west coast.”

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’08

Ripley D. Hartmeyer: rhartmeyer7@gmail.com

Anthony D. Russo: adrusso4@gmail.com

Lauren E. Russo: lerusso15@gmail.com Alison Browne Schloss: alisongbrowne@gmail.com

Alison G. Browne ’06 Alison married Sam Schloss on October 9, 2021, at Basilica Hudson in Hudson,

Holly P. Constants: hol9331@aol.com

Francesca “Chessy” S. di Galoma ’08 “Chessy lives in Hong Kong where she is employed as a Digital Specialist with McKinsey & Co. She is engaged to Nicholas Weberg, who is a Director at BlackRock in Hong Kong and was a member of Yale’s Ice Hockey team that won the National Championship in 2013. Chessy and Nicholas are planning a wedding in Aspen, Colorado for 2023.”

’09 Marielle R. Lafaire:mlafaire@gmail.com Mason R. Leonard: masonleonard@gmail.com

Marielle R. Lafaire ’09 Marielle and her fiancé, Alex, live in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. As arborists, they each own a tree care company and are busy caring for the Main Line’s very large trees! Marielle and Alex are looking forward to their June wedding on Nantucket. Pictured: Marielle’s mom Regina Lafaire (left) and sister Grace Lafaire Goldstein ’11 (right) at Marielle’s (middle) bridal shower.

Alexis Lostritto Udell Suppa ’09 “As a graduate of Green Vale, I’m very excited to have enrolled my daughter Sophie, who turned one this year, in the Beginnings program. I’m looking forward to seeing her make her own special memories at Green Vale.”

’10 William C. Remsen: wcremsen@gmail.com

She was passionate about fashion, restaurants, fun, and her family. She is survived by her parents, stepfather, grandparents, and sisters Colette M. Hughes ’16 and Ashleen G. Hughes ’18.

’11 Grace Lafaire Goldstein: gslafaire@gmail.com

Camilla G. di Galoma ’11 “Camilla resides in Santa Monica, California where she is a strategist for Anomaly, a marketing and advertising agency.”

Alumni classes of 2017-19 at Friends Academy’s prom University where she is a member of the women’s rowing team.

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’19

Grant A. Newburger: grant.newburger@gmail.com

Serena C. Saad: saadserena66@gmail.com

Caroline P. Zerilli: cpz120@gmail.com

Samuel A. Winkler: Princetontiger1@outlook.com

Kendall C. Slocum ’12 Kendall stars in a Grammarly commercial that has over 108 million views on YouTube.

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Cecily Y. Smith ’19 “I am currently a junior at Hotchkiss. I am spending the spring semester at The Island School in Eleuthera, Bahamas. The Island School is a 100-day program

focused on environmental sustainability and place-based learning experiences.”

’20 Micaela Meister ’20: micaela.r.meister@gmail.com

Nate H. Elbaum ’20 Nate, a current student at Port Washington High School, recently completed a year-long program with the Witness Project. Nate met with Holocaust surviviors to hear their stories of strength and survival. The project culminated in a film outlining the reflections of the survivors and volunteers.

Harriet C. Jones: harrietjones10@gmail.com

Harriet C. Jones ’14 “I am graduating from Bucknell University this spring with an economics major and art history minor. After graduation, I plan to travel before I start my job at Guidepoint in New York City in July.”

Alexander C. Green ’10

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Alexander and Sallie Taylor were married on October 23, 2021 in Columbia, South Carolina. There were over twenty Green Vale alumni in attendance, ranging from age 20-87.

Ella J. Barry: ellabarry1010@gmail.com Austen E. Flink: austenflink@gmail.com Christopher A. Lall: Chrislall611@gmail.com James C. Yarian: jc.yarian@gmail.com

Ella J. Barry ’17

A Gathering of Class Agents The Alumni Office hosted a kickoff meeting for Class Agents in the fall. The classes of 1953-2019 were excited to hear more about GVS today and about their role as an agent.

Meghan C. Hughes ’10 It is with sorrow that we share the news of Meghan’s death on January 23, 2022. After Green Vale, Meghan graduated from Locust Valley High School and Fairfield University with a degree in business. Meghan spent her summers in Westhampton Beach and Nantucket.

Ella won the women’s rowing singles race at the Youth Nationals Regatta in Sarasota, Florida last summer. In an interview with Row2k, Ella said, “I have the best coach, Amadeusz, even during quarantine he kept us on track, he held zoom every single day for two hours, he would sit there, give us our workout, and watch us row.” Ella attends Princeton

Class of 2021 pictured at the Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Thanksgiving Holiday Dance.

Top Row: (Left to Right) Alix Smith ’21 Harper Phipps ’21 Ellie Myles ’21 Georgia Dorrian ’21 Penny Doerge ’21 Andy Fredericks ’21 Perry L’Esperance ’21 Katie D’Anna ’21 Eliza Woodhouse ’21 Fiona Dougherty ’21 Bottom Row: Charlotte Adamo ’21 Petra Fakiris ’21 Lia Koundourakis ’21

Class of 2021 Graduates with their GVS Alumni Parents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Graham Lanuti ’21 Gregory Lanuti ’83 Chad Doerge ’89 Penny Doerge ’21 Ellie Myles ’21 Lia Koundourakis ’21, Ashley Gilmor Myles ’88 Christiane Trani Koundourakis ’89 Aimee Adamo, spouse of the late John Adamo ’85 10. Trish Constance D'Anna ’93 11. Charlotte Adamo ’21 12. John Bancroft ’85

13. Katie D'Anna ’21 14. John Fredericks ’88 15. Andy Fredericks ’21 16. Wyatt Bancroft ’21 17. Teddy Kenny ’21 18. JoAnne Constance Kenny ’90

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19. Matias Cushman ’21 20. Ogden Phipps ’93 21. Cristiana May ’21 22. Harper Phipps ’21 23. Christoph Cushman ’88 24. Cristina Mariani May ’86

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25. Marshall May ’80 26. Cecilia Saad ’21 27. Andre Saad ’79 28. Baldwin Smith ’84 29. Alix Smith ’21 30. Jesse Dougherty, Ed.D. Head of School 23

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A Record-Breaking Young Alumni Reunion On November 22, the Alumni Office welcomed 75 graduates from the classes of 2018-2021 back to campus for dinner, laughs, & memories with classmates & former teachers. A firepit and GVS cornhole were welcome additions this year!

Alumni from the class of 2020 visited the bench gifted and named in their honor, located outside of the Bacon & Biondi building.

Congratulations to the GVS Class of 2022! Our 8th Graders were accepted into the following secondary schools: Berkshire School Chaminade High School

Northfield Mount Hermon School

Choate Rosemary Hall

Our Lady of Mercy

Friends Academy

Pomfret School

Holy Trinity High School The Hotchkiss School Kellenberg Memorial High School

Portledge School Sacred Heart Academy St. Andrew’s School St. Anthony's High School

Loomis Chaffee School

St. Dominic’s High School

Long Island Lutheran High School

St. George's School

Middlesex School

Westminster School

Millbrook School

Woodberry Forest School

Taft School

Expand Your Network! As you navigate your education and career paths, the Alumni Office can connect you with fellow GVS graduates representing a variety of schools and industries. If you would like the Alumni Office to facilitate an introduction based on an interest or if you are able to join the roster of volunteers, please contact alumni@greenvaleschool.org. The people below have volunteered to serve as a resource for other GVS alums: John Scarritt ’59 Theodore Baehr ’60 Bhaj Radsch Townsend ’64 Innis O'Rourke III ’65 John LeBoutillier ’67 Michael von Stade Ward ’69 India Howell ’72 Bryan McMillen ’81 Montgomery Byers, Jr. ’84 Christopher Alcure ’87 Lynn Ely Dixon ’87 Alfredo Jollon, Jr. ’87 Amy Hoffman Maescher ’87 Andrew Ehrlich ’89 J.P. Duffy IV ’90 Heather Upton ’91

Daria Kotlarchuk ’93 Jamie Wilson ’05 Harriet Jones ’14 Hugh O'Kane ’93 Ripley Hartmeyer ’06 Sonja Rose Bogolubov ’15 Lisa Pilkington Brown ’96 Logan Hoover ’06 Sasha Morledge ’15 Alexis Moed ’96 Emily Grey Hawkins ’07 Jade Bajic ’16 Christina Porter Teagle ’97 Alexis Lostritto Udell Suppa ’09 Olivia-Morgan Pascucci ’16 Peter Webel ’97 Jack Piuggi ’10 Timothy Broadbent, Jr. ’17 Trevor Taylor ’00 Maddie Vachris ’10 Tomas Cushman ’18 Alexandra Kotsovos Hawkins ’01 Drew Alessi ’12 Susan Dixon ’19 Victoria Middleton Holm (Pool) ’01 Andrew Marra ’12 Serena Saad ’19 Margot Finnerty Horvitz ’01 Ian Broadbent ’13 Constantine Yarian ’19 Katherine Baker ’02 Robert Parker ’13 Busola Babatunde ’21 Amory de Roulet ’02 “As I’ve sought opportunities to learn and Raymond Penzi ’03 grow in both my education and career, the Meredith Aaron Gebhardt ’04 Lily Haydock Sanders ’04 GVS network is always the first place I start." Kate Taylor ’04

— Ripley Hartmeyer ’06

Then and Now Theodore “Sam” P. Streibert ’55 Beginning at Green Vale, Sam Streibert knew that he wanted to become an architect. He now heads his own firm on Cape Cod, Streibert Associates. Under his design mantra that “projects should look like they have always belonged,” Streibert specializes in colonial New England designs and restorations. His work has centered around the Boston area, including Newton, Sudbury, Scituate, Essex, and New Hampshire. The quaint Old Village of Chatham features many Streibert restorations.

This graduation tile predicts the path ahead.

“The practice of architecture confronts Streibert after traversing the Exum Ridge on the you with all types of problems. I like Grand Teton in 2013. solving the little problems with structures and the big ones with meeting people’s needs,” says Streibert.

He traces the development of key skills back to Green Vale, where he recalls making salad bowls on the lathe in Mr. Gunn’s shop class. He also proudly points to a perfect score on the final exam in Mr. Wagner’s 8th Grade math class, solidifying an academic interest extending all the way to the structural calculations that he uses in his practice today. At Green Vale, his talent for the high jump at Blue-Gold Day extended to his continuation of the sport at “A liberal education prepares you for both Hotchkiss and Yale. anything, especially working with people, Streibert adds: “I remember the toboggan slide, Joe Julian's boxing lessons and his rainy day marching drills in the gymnasium.”

Onward and Upward

and that is the whole purpose of why we do anything.” — Sam Streibert

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2022 Green Vale Magazine

Articles inside

Class Notes

GVS Connects

Then and Now

In Memoriam

Milestones

Alumni Spotlight

Parents Association and Development Events

Gala 2022: A Knight at the Museum

“I made this in Innovation Class.”

Collaboration in Early Childhood

A New Approach to Plays in Lower School

8th Grade Global Studies

Faculty News

Student Accomplishments

Lessons from the Woodshop

Drug and Alcohol Education in Upper School