2002 February Bucknall News by The Harker School

FEBRUARY 2002 (VOL. 8, NO. 10)

M O N T H L Y

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trip

California History Comes Alive on San Juan Bautista Outing

Tsuyoshi Oyama’s recent visit to Harker taught all of us something special about the characters of friendship. Story on pg. 3

On Jan. 14, the 4th graders and over twenty chaperones trekked to Mission San Juan Bautista for a day of California history. They learned about Native American life prior to the Spanish influence, the Mission system and the Mexican Era. Students toured the grounds with chaperones and had a forty minute lecture from a historian. Walking on the real El Camino Real, standing a few feet from the San Andreas Fault and watching roosters prance around town were just some of the highlights. Unfortunately, the sun never burned through the fog, so many groups popped into the local cafe and had hot chocolate to warm up! A special thanks to the numerous parent volunteers who made the trip possible. Mr. Hirota deserves special recognition for scouting out the grounds prior to the trip and leading informative chaperone meetings. —Ms. Kristin Giammona, Gr. 4 & 5 Social Studies

Kristin Giammona

BUCKNALL CAMPUS

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■ The Harker School will benefit from the sale of a shark at the SharkByte Art Auction on March 2nd, thanks to the creative genius of one of Harker’s ar t teachers and the support of our Harker families! SharkByte Ar t is an outdoor art exhibit that premiered last summer with the installation of 100 colorful shark sculptures commissioned by area sponsors, each of whom designated a local nonprofit organization to benefit from the eventual sale of the shark. The exhibit, which continues through February, is designed to raise money for local charities and nonprofit organizations in a fun, creative way, and on March 2nd the entire collection will be sold at a special evening auction (see insert in this month’s mailing for details).

US Art Teacher Jaap Bongers was commissioned by Harker parents Gary and Suzanne Mathers of the Community Insurance Agency to create “SHarker,” pictured here, and currently on display at the corner of Post and Lightston near Waves Smokehouse in downtown San Jose. The Mathers designated The Harker School as the beneficiary, and 70% of the proceeds from the sale of our shark at this March 2nd event will go to Harker. Fiberglass sharks were provided to each artist participating in this event. All of the artists then personalized their sharks with their own creative vision. Art teacher Jaap Bongers explained his journey of choosing a theme and creating his stunning shark: “I wanted to do continued on pg. 3

and tough trivia questions. “The last two finalists were from the Gatlin and Oncay homerooms, and finally, after many tries, the Oncay homeroom got the win,” Mr. Oncay proudly noted.

Terry Walsh

■ Social Studies teacher Cyrus Merrill has invited guest speakers to visit the classroom of his Gr. 6 World Cultures class in a “Visiting Scholars” program to complement classroom curriculum. A Hindu teacher from the Chamaya Outreach Mission visited the class while the students were studying

A recent visit by a Buddhist Master. India, and a Catholic priest and Protestant minister are scheduled to visit when the class is discussing the emergence of Christianity and the Protestant Reformation in European history. Fellow Harker

teacher Omar Nassery visited the class recently to share his experiences in Afghanistan, and classics professor from San Francisco State Dr. Pamela Vaughn will soon be making her second annual appearance to discuss Roman daily life, practices and beliefs. Guest speakers give a brief presentation, and then students participate in a Q & A discussion format. ■ Thanks to a tip from parents Dianne Reese and Charles Perkins, Harker was recently awarded 4 Lexmark Color Inkjet printers for the Art Departments at the Saratoga and Bucknall campuses. The Lexmark Print Art Educational Program awarded printers, along with famous artwork CD ROMS, to numerous schools across the country. While the program usually limits the awards to one printer per school, Lexmark made an exception and awarded Harker four printers. Linda Voss, Lexmark Director of Community Relations, said, “We were blown away by the incredible art being produced by the students of The Harker School. We are delighted to have Harker participate in this exciting project.” Contact Bill Bost, Special Projects Director, at 408-871-6611 or email him at billb@harker.org if you know of other companies with similar donation programs. ■ Mark your calendar for the Sixth Annual Ogre Awards, where the 2nd grade students pay tribute to the fairy tale characters whose adventures have been shared in the library. This is an annual event not to be missed, and parents at all grade levels are warmly invited to attend. The performances are Wed., Mar. 20, Thurs., Mar. 21 and Mon., Mar. 25th. All shows are 1:40 to 3 p.m. in the gym. For detailed information on each show, go to the library website at http:// library.harker.org/ogre2001.htm ■ Students in music teacher Len Allen’s Gr. 6 Vocal Music Class have been studying composers, musical styles and music history. They will soon begin studying

opera, with each class writing and presenting a 7-minute opera!

on the lookout for news regarding needs for these upcoming parties!

The class also just completed a song writing project and plan to publish the best of these in a 6th Grade Songbook. They hope to make a CD of some of their favorite selections from the book.

■ Gr. 6 room parents, led by Brenda Davis, hope to host a “family outing with a mission” for their grade level this spring. They are researching some community service opportunities that involve local beach or waterway cleanups in conjunction with picnicking facilities so that families can work together in useful service while enjoying a spring weekend social gathering of parents and children. More news to come!

■ Alissa Kawahara was “Principal for a Day” on Dec. 18th, due to a

■ Gr. 1 families have organized another grade level social at The Jungle in the El Paseo Shopping Center on Fri., Feb. 8th from 5-9 p.m. Cost is $8.50 per child and $5 per adult. Checks should be made payable to grade level coordinator Margaret Demers. Put the check in an envelope with her name on it in your child’s weekly folder.

special drawing held on Grandparent’s Day in Oct. Christy ■ We will be celebrating our Vail, Elementary School Division cultural diversity during the week of Head, repor ted that Alissa did a February 11-15 on both campuses fantastic job, and recapped her during Multicultural Week, and the day: “Alissa toured the facilities, observed classes, checked that teachers were on duty, read a story to Ms. McFarland’s kindergarten class, reviewed and signed important documents, handled a very tricky discipline issue, attended a meeting at 94 STAR, pounded a power lunch and, best of all, 5th grade student Chris Bergland gets a chuckle as Mr. made an announceWalsh says, “I am not worthy” to Ms. Shanahan as ment over the PA. “payback”for a bet he made that Chris, who is in Ms. Then she kept order Shanahan’s HR, couldn’t memorize Paul Revere’s Ride as at the 6th grade extra credit for Mr. Qua’s History class. Chris memorized holiday party!” Good the entire poem in 7 days! Nice work, Chris—we love it job, Alissa—we hope when our teachers are humbled by our students! this inspired you David Qua

Jason Oncay

■ The Gr. 5 Spirit Committee held a Chariot Race recently in the gym. Faculty member Jason Oncay reported that brave souls put on a helmet and placed themselves on a blanket while their “stallions” readied to pull them across the gym. At the “go,” they took off, switching directions at the opposite side and then running back to the start. Mr. Gatlin and Ms. Shanahan’s teams advanced to the final round. Their first matchup was dead even; then they switched “horses” and Shanahan’s group took the win. The 5th graders then went outside for some sunshine

campus

Kelly Parker

AROUND

towards a career in education! ■ 5th grade teacher Pat Walsh reminds everyone that the 5th grade is gearing up for their Annual Lip Sync Contest on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th from 9:45-11:15 a.m. “Rumor has it there may be some awfully ‘mature’ fifth graders crooning this year,” he added...! ■ Grade level coordinators and room parents are beginning to plan the homeroom Valentine’s Day parties for grades K-6, which are scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 14th. Be

Bucknall committee has some wonder ful events planned, including a dress-up day, a special lunch menu and displays to highlight the different cultures represented at our school. Our week will end on Friday with a Multicultural Assembly (parents invited), featuring a costume show, singing, dancing and winners of our various contests! We are still looking for families to volunteer for our Multicultural Display Case. If you are interested, please contact Nina Anand at 871-4650.

SPORTS

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2001 Harker/Tamagawa Teacher Exchange Harker had a very special guest in February, as we hosted Mr. Tsuyoshi Oyama, a P.E. instructor from Tamagawa, Japan as part of our teacher exchange, a new feature of our relationship with the Tamagawa School.

The 5th grade girls won their first game against Apostles 29-20. The entire team contributed offensively and defensively during the game. Offensive scoring was led by Diana Beck with 17 points.

Brand new uniforms were recently distributed to 4th and 5th grade teams.

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The Tamagawa School in Japan and The Harker School have exchanged students, visited each other’s campuses and studied together since 1993; however, the Teacher Exchange Program was launched just last year. The selection of teachers for this exchange program is based on their ability to provide appropriate instruction in topics of study that will benefit the students at both schools. Translators are available at all times during these

exchanges to facilitate communication between the students and the teachers. Last year Mr. Aono, an art teacher from Tamagawa, visited our campus and instructed in our classrooms for two weeks while Harker art teacher Eric Hoffman instructed at the Tamagawa School. This year, the schools decided to exchange physical education instructors. In October Harker P.E. teacher Jeremiah Brewer visited and taught students at Tamagawa, and Mr. Oyama joined us last month to instruct our 6th graders. Beverly Whitaker, Director of International Programs for Harker, stated that: “The strength of this program is obvious when one watches the way our students thrived under Mr. Oyama’s instruction. There were many new and different

exercises and games that challenged students and also sparked their imaginations. Students were eager to learn from Mr. Oyama, listening intently to his instruction and learning new ways of communicating and new ways of interacting.” Ms. Whitaker noted that teachers at both schools benefit greatly from this program. “They learn new methods of teaching and forms of communicating instructions and ideas to their own students. This program is growing stronger and stronger each year,” she added. Many faculty members from both campuses spent time with Tsuyoshi Oyama on the weekends during his visit, hosting sightseeing trips to San Francisco, Monterey, Carmel, San Juan Bautista, and Sacramento, where he visited our State Capitol. Many thanks to parent volunteers Fumiko Kimura, Ning Fong and Chidori Okubo and to Harker’s Japanese-speaking faculty who were invaluable translators for this exchange.

Event News, cont. something that symbolized ‘thinking for yourself as an individual,’ a symbol for what we are trying to teach our students here at Harker,” he said. “So I photocopied many, many little sharks, cut them out with an exacto knife and used these stencils to paint a school of little black sharks swimming in the opposite direction on the big shark, swimming upstream—the ‘black shark’ of the family.” Mr. Bongers added that he was inspired by surrealistic Belgian painter Magritte when he decided to make the shark look like it was “made out of sky.” Harker’s “SHarker” is featured on the SharkByte web site—check it out at www.sharkbyteart.com!

Beverly Whitaker

■ The “Picnic in Paris” Volunteer Kickoff will be Thurs., Feb. 7 in the Bucknall gym. Take a few minutes to stop by for coffee and sign up to help out—and have a great time—at our 51st annual picnic on Sun., April 28th. No special skills or unusual talents are necessary—just a willing spirit and some available time, either before, during or after the event. And new families are warmly invited to experience your very first Picnic. Mark your calendars!

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Thurs., Feb. 7: “Picnic in Paris” Volunteer Kick-Off 8-9 a.m. BKN gym. Drop in and sign up! Fri., Feb. 15: No late supervision—Campus closed at 5 p.m. Mon. - Fri., Feb. 18 - 22: President’s Week—No Classes K-12 Mon., Feb. 25:—Classes Resume K-12 Thurs., Feb. 28: Summer Camp Fair—BKN Gym 5:30-7 p.m. We are extending our January survey through Februar y to allow parents ample time to respond. Information from these surveys, located on the Parent Home Page, assists Harker in improving parent communications thanks for your participation! Go to http://faculty.harker.org/adm/parents/

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summer ■ Just a reminder that K-8 Harker students have priority enrollment for the Harker Summer Program until Feb. 8th. These programs fill up fast, so register soon! You should have received summer materials in the mail recently, and all of our Summer Camp information and enrollment forms are available on the Harker web site.

Frank and Archie Harker Heroes from the Past We all know about the Harker eagle, our school’s mascot, but have you heard the tale about Archie, the “knee-sprung horse,” who belonged to Frank Cramer, one of the founders of The Harker School? Frank Cramer, who founded Manzanita Hall in 1893, was very much involved in Palo Alto’s relief effort for San Franciscans after the 1906 earthquake. He and his faithful Archie would go back and forth from the train station delivering yeast and flour from San Jose to bakers in the Palo Alto area, and back again to the station with the loaves. In one incident Mr. Cramer heard that Duff & Doyles’ store in Menlo Park was offering lots of yeast for the cause. He hitched old Archie to a 600pound wagon, imagining himself the hero of the day when he would deliver at least 50 pounds of yeast to cheering bakers. Instead, he received a tiny package from a worker, who insisted that they were dispersing one small box to each family. “My dream of valiant service was shattered,” repor ts Mr. Cramer. “But I took the dainty box of yeast cakes. On the way back I wondered, if rumor can do that kind of thing traveling only a mile and a half, what could it do going once or twice around the world?” According to reports, “Mr. Frank Cramer furnished his horse and express wagon and worked himself untiringly, or at least ceaselessly, from early morn till late at night, receiving, checking, counting, and delivering at the station the finished product, amounting to several loaves of bread daily. His good grey horse may well be counted among the earthquake sufferers.” Next: More insight into our founder’s character. Author: Enid Davis, Harker Library Director Sources: Dick, Linda. Palo Alto: 1906. Foothill College District, N.D. p.14.

update ■ The Annual Summer Camp Faire will be held in the Bucknall Gym on Thurs., Feb. 28th from 5:307:30 p.m. Harker sponsors this annual, public event for families in the Bay Area to learn more about camps in the area and throughout the state. Representatives from over 60 camps will have displays, brochures and information, and will be available to answer questions. Children are welcome, and special, fun activities are planned.

For More Summer Information Gr. K-3 program Contact cindig@harker.org, 408.871.4611 Gr. 4-8 program, US Institute and Tennis, and Annual Summer Camp Faire Contact jadab@harker.org, 408.345.9675

Volunteer ■ To date, we have logged 2903 volunteer service hours and a total of 315 parent volunteers! ■ Parent volunteers, please remember to sign in and out whenever you are on campus, and turn your badges into the front desks at either campus. SIgning in and out is not only a security measure, but protects parent volunteers from any liability issues while on campus.

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■ The Summer Camp office is still marveling at its good fortune in having an efficient group of parents assemble 1,000 summer camp packets for mailing in January. Huge thanks to: Janie Fung, Gita Ranganath, Lillian Schmidt, Sophie Koffler-Horovitz, Jane Kwant, Fumiko Kimura, Kim Pellissier, Dee Hospoder, Lisa Mata and Fran Axelrad.

The Saratoga and Bucknall editions of the Parent Pages are published monthly by the Harker Office of Communications. They are also available on the web at: www.harker.org. Click on PARENTS. Editor: Pam Dickinson Design: Blue Heron Design Photo Editor: Chris Daren Printing: Communicart

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Mid-Year Report of Student Achievements, Gr. 7-12 Head of School, Diana Nichols, sent an e-mail announcement to our parent body in January updating parents on some of the outstanding achievements of our students this year. “Although we would probably all agree that 2001 was a difficult year, I am very happy to say that Harker students continued to do amazing things,” she noted. The hard work of our students and faculty deserve repeated recognition, and we are proud to recap our student accomplishments to date in this month’s EXTRA.

College Acceptances Begin A very small percentage of students apply for early admission to the college of their choice and are notified in December. Congratulations to the following seniors who have been admitted to one of their top choice colleges during this early acceptance period: Alexa Bush .......... Harvard Jerry Chi .............. Stanford

Outstanding Test Results SAT I - College Boards Students take College Board SAT I tests in their junior and senior years in English, Mathematics and Writing, and most colleges strongly consider the SAT scores for college admissions. Our students’ performance on the SAT examinations is outstanding. The test scoring range is between 200 and 800, and the SAT mean scores for Harker students were as follows: Mean SAT I Verbal Score: 670 Mean SAT I Math Score: 700

SAT II - Subject Matter Tests Our students demonstrated remarkable achievement in ever y subject area. Subject

Mean Score

Number of Test Takers

Biology E Biology M Chemistry French Literature Latin Math 1C Math 2C Physics Spanish U.S .Histor y Writing

647 670 663 656 658 635 659 710 621 692 650 663

7 12 62 9 18 2 36 48 61 13 33 86

Liang Dong ........... Stanford Meghan Fair ......... Smith College Max Gokhman ...... Claremont Mc Kenna Leslie Hernandez .. Georgetown Ben Janofsky ........ U. of Pennsylvania Kimberly Kanada .. Harvard Anjali Khurana ...... Stanford Stephanie Tsai ..... Stanford The majority of acceptances will be announced in April when decisions for regular admission are made by the colleges. We anticipate additional exciting news at that time based on the stellar performance of our seniors to date.

PSAT/NMSQT

Harker Debater Wins National Honor We have received a national honor for one of our debaters, Alex Iftimie, who has earned the title of Fellow and will attend the University of Kentucky this summer along with 11 other nationally chosen debaters representative of the best debaters in the country. Alex will have his picture in the Rostrum magazine in March. This is a great honor for him as well as the school since only 12 students in the nation receive this honor each year. Congratulations also to Alan Liu and Liang Dong who earned their second qualifying leg to the prestigious national Tournament of Champions (TOC) Debate Tournament by advancing to the field of 8 teams from an initial field of 96 teams at the University of Redlands recently. Liang and Alan will return for the second year in a row as representatives of Harker’s debate team. This tournament allows 72 of the best teams in the country to decide the national champion of high school debate. Last year, 48 schools gathered in Kentucky from a total of over 4500 schools nationwide.

Practice SAT and National Merit Semi-finalist Qualifying Test This test is a practice for the SAT tests and is taken in the sophomore and junior years. Its scoring range is between 20 and 80, so a 60 would be the equivalent of a 600 on an SAT. Most students’ scores increase between 30 to 50 points as they take the test the following year, so one can anticipate higher scores each time the student takes the examination. It is an indicator of what types of scores students might earn when they take the SAT I's . PSAT’s taken in the junior year

are used to determine National Merit Semifinalist and Commended students. One third of this year’s graduating class received those honors as shown in the box below.

11 16 1 1

Letters of Commendation National Merit Semifinalists National Achievement Program Semifinalist National Hispanic Scholar

Mean scores for students who took the exam in 2000 Sophomore Scores Verbal 57.7

Junior Scores Verbal 61.6

Math 61.5

Math 66.1

Writing 59.6

Writing 61.7

Mean scores for students who took the exam in 2001 Sophomore Scores Verbal 60.2

Junior Scores Verbal 61.0

Math 64.7

Math 65

Writing 62.2

Writing 63.0

7th and 8th Grade Johns Hopkins Scholars Our 7th and 8th graders have also distinguished themselves this year. In order to qualify as Johns Hopkins scholars, students must earn a 97, 98 or 99 in math or English on their ERB tests. Eighty percent of our 7th graders and 85% of our 8th graders were identified as scholars. Once identified, these students are allowed to take the SAT exams (the same exams taken by high school seniors). This year Yi Sun, an 8th grader, scored a perfect 800 on the math exam.

Advanced Placement Testing

Course Title Percent of Harker students scoring 4’s and 5’s

being the highest score possible. A 5 on an AP test is the equivalent of receiving an A in a college level class. Scores of 3 or above are accepted by many colleges for college credit.

81% of Harker Percent of students nationally scoring 5

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The charts on this page compare the national distribution of scores with the scores of Harker students in each of the specific test areas as explained by the key to the right.

Scores of 4 & 5 were earned by

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Students take AP tests after they have taken Advanced Placement courses. These courses are college level classes whose curriculum is tightly prescribed by the College Board. Our students (freshmen, sophomores and juniors) took these exams last May just after they had taken AP classes in individual subjects. There were 177 examinations written by 106 Harker students. Scores range from 1 to 5 with 5

Percent of Harker students scoring 5

students.

Scores of 3, 4 100 90

Calculus AB

95.4%

Calculus AB Subscore

or 5 were

Calculus BC 100%

earned by

100%

60 50

98% of Harker

40 30

students.

20 10 0

100

U.S. History

90 80

77.1%

European History

Computer Science AB

73.1%

73.3%

Chemistry 75%

60 50 40 30 20 10 0

100

*Standard French

French Language

90 80 70

Language *Includes students who do not speak or hear French at home

71.4%

60 50

*Standard Spanish

Spanish Language

66.7%

Language *Includes students who do not speak or hear Spanish at home

100%

40 30 20 10 0

spirit

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Bringing in the New Year with Spirit! With the New Year underway, we are excited to announce 70% of our goal committed. We are especially grateful to those Harker families listed below who have participated thus far. Their support and commitment to our children are invaluable. As mentioned last month, the $25,000 Matching Challenge Grant contributed by a Harker family is still in need of support. This grant will match dollar-for-dollar gifts received from returning families who did not participate in the 2000-01 Million for the Millennium Annual Giving Campaign. If you qualify for this grant, it is a magnificent way to double your contribution and, ultimately, double the support of your children. Again, we wish to emphasize the eScrip program, an additional way you can support your children and their educational and extracurricular experiences at Harker. According to San Jose Middle School, their 400 registered families have generated $2,700-$3,000 a month for their school. Think of the financial opportunity for our children’s programs! For more information on eScrip and/or the Campaign itself, please contact Amalia Keyashian, Director of Annual Giving, at amaliak@harker.org or log on to www.harker.org and click on ADVANCEMENT & ALUMNI. Thank you for your enthusiasm and spirit! —Kelly S. Parker, Development Director

We wish to thank members of the Associates gifting club and above who have contributed to the Campaign as of January 18, 2002. Anonymous (3) • Richard Abdalah and Diane Bennett • Mr. Arthur Kahn and Ms. Debbora Ahlgren • Bill and Lauren Alley • Drs. Robert and Carol Amick • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Amick • Mr. Torben B. Andersen • Sally Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Elie Antoun • Brian and Pam Araki • Mr. and Dr. Abid Asghar • Frank Au-Yeung and Wing Tan Wong • Mr. and Mrs. Moses Awe • Jonathan and Frances Axelrad • Mr. and Mrs. Kannan Ayyar • Ken Azebu and Dede Ogami • Alex and Gloria Banuelos • Mr. Anil Bedi • Steve and Sandy Berglund • Mr. and Mrs. Vinod Bhardwaj • Drs. Reena Bhargava and Gautam Bhargava • Mr. and Mrs. Hemant Bheda • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Blair • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boberg • Rick and Violet Boyle • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bracken • Dr. and Mrs. John Busch • Fred and Candy Carr • Mr. Herbert Stanek and Ms. Huali Chai Stanek • Mr. Ravi Chalaka and Ms. Chitraleka Vivek • Mr. and Mrs. David Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chang • Dr. and Mrs. Rong Jong Chang • Mr. and Mrs. Simon Chang • Mr. Liang-Jih Chao and Ms. Ya-Min Su • Sheila Chatterjee • Jason Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chen • Lee Chen • Teyao and Hui-Mei Chen • Mr. Fred Cheng and Ms. Alice Huang • Mr. Peng Cheng and Ms. Xiaoyu Yang • Ivy Chi • Mr. Ajay Chopra and Ms. Shyamoli Banerjee • Robert, Betsy, Jonathan, Jeremy and Jessmyn Chung • William T. Cleary • Mr. and Mrs. Jose Costa • John and Rebecca Cox • Allen and Eden Cronce • Mr. Wei-Jin Dai and Ms. Faustina Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Davis • John and Christine Davis • DingYuan a#nd Shin-Mann Day • Mr. Youping Deng and Ms. Ming Lu • Mr. and Mrs. James Dorrian • Mr. and Mrs. Allan Douglas • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dunkle • Stan and Joan Dutrow • Mr. and Mrs. Ian Edvalson • Mr. and Mrs. Doug Emery • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fernandes • Mr. Sheldon Finkelstein and Ms. Beatriz Infante • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fong • Mr. and Mrs. James Forsberg • Catherine Frye • Mr. and Mrs. Sai-Wai Fu • Toshiyuki Funaki and Ahyoomi Woo • Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Gavarre • Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Gimlan • Steve and Debra Gordon • Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Gorman • Russ and Julie Grabeel • Concepcion Grande • Mr. Tim Graumann and Ms. Clare Lindsay • Mr. Mark Green and Ms. Kayo Yamamura • Mr. and Mrs. Boris Gruzman • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Guevel • Mr. and Mrs. Rao Gummadi • Mr. and Mrs. Amar Gupta • Mr. and Mrs. Julian P. Hammersley • Mr. and Mrs. James Han • Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hansen • Jim and Candy Hardy • Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Harriman • Mr. and Mrs. Nick Harris •

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Harris • Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hartsoch • Mr. Wayman Hauser and Ms. Rosalie Falconer • Ting and Angela Herh • Mr. and Mrs. Huddee Jacob Ho • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ho • Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Ho • Mr. and Mrs. Hajrudin Hodzic • Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hong • Mr. Michael Howells and Ms. Paulina Wegrowicz • Colin and Cindy Hsi • Dr. Jackson Hu and Mrs. Michelle Hu • Susan and Charlie Huang • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Huang • Mr. James Huang and Ms. Casie Ho • Ernaz and Mahyar Irani • Mr. Ashok Krishnamurthi and Ms. Deepa Iyengar • Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Jain • Mr. and Mrs. Asad Jamal • Drs. Yaminali Javid and Athiya Javid • Mr. and Mrs. Joong S. Jeon • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson • George and Nancy Jones • Mr. and Mrs. K. Kailash • Mr. and Mrs. Ron A. Karpel • Mr. and Mrs. David Kawahara • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendall • Cindy Kerr • The Keyashian Family • Mr. and Mrs. David Kim • Mr. Yong-Tae Kim and Ms. Mal-Bul Park • Mr. and Mrs. Makoto Kimura • Mr. and Mrs. Han Young Koh • Mr. and Mrs. Chia Cheng Kwan • Larry and Lisa Lau • Mr. Chieu Le and Ms. Yen Quach • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lee • Mr. and Mrs. Sheau-Jiung Lee • Joseph P. Leonard, Sr. • Mr. and Mrs. Sui-Hing Leung • Dan and Hannah Lewis • Hong Li and Xinwei Jen Zheng • Mr. and Mrs. Fu Lin • Dr. and Mrs. Wen-Jung Lin • D. and G. Liu • Tony and Jacky Liu • Kelvin Liu and Yun Wang • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Low • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lundie • Mr. Congyun Luo and Ms. Haiyong Deng • Mr. and Mrs. Ming Ma • Mr. and Mrs. George Malek • Mr. and Mrs. Saeed Malik • Ed and Mary Malysz • Dr. and Mrs. Jay A. Mandell • Bill and Linda Manry • Roger and Marilyn March • Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Marchese • Mr. and Mrs. Terry Martin • Mr. and Mrs. Pankaj Mayor • Mary Ryan McCarthy • Mr. W. Barry McCarthy, Jr. • Ms. Lisa McEuen and Mr. John Dickman • Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. McNamara • Mr. and Mrs. Nimish Mehta • Mr. and Mrs. Nitin Mehta • Mr. and Mrs. Sanjay Mittal • Mr. and Mrs. Narayan Mohanram • Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Morris • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Motro • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moul • Ms. Melody Moyer • Mr. and Mrs. Kip Myers • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nagalingam • Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nakano • Dushyant and Suchitra Narayen • Mr. and Mrs. Kishore Narra • Ben and Aloka Naskar • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Neckowitz • Mr. and Mrs. Gary Nemetz • Jim and Irene Newton • Mr. and Mrs. Long Thanh Nguyen • Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Nichols • Peter and Peggy Noonan • Kevin and Christine Normoyle • Mr. and Mrs. Kazumasa Okubo • Ms. Alice L. 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