The Rumson Country Day School Annual Donor Report 2015-2016
Dear RCDS Community, We should be proud of ourselves. How many times can we say this when it comes to fundraising? Last year’s Annual Giving campaign achieved an unprecedented 92% participation rate coupled with an all-time high dollar amount. While the amount of money raised was important and necessary to support the school, the most impressive feat was the overwhelming percentage of parents who choose to support our school. The national average for participation rates in independent school annual giving hovers in the 60’s. In sports parlance, this is a “beat down!” I want to thank every parent who has made a commitment to support RCDS. Your participation shows faith in our school. Most importantly it shows you are supporting your child’s educational experience. It is a show of support for our faculty; a show of support for our professional development directions; and a show of support for the myriad extracurricular programs. We pride ourselves on consistently striving for excellence in the classroom. This annual campaign is where proud meets pride. Thank you. Respectfully, Whitney Slade Head of School
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The Impact of Annual Giving Where does the money from Annual Giving go? Contributions to Annual Giving are unrestricted and go to the school’s highest priority at the time of the gift’s receipt. These gifts support every aspect of a child’s educational experience, help keep tuition increases modest, and provide assistance to outstanding faculty, financial aid for qualified students, small class sizes, no-cost athletic programs, no-cost performing arts programs, family-style lunch, up-to-date technology, and field trips for all grades. In addition to the educational impact of your contributions, many more building projects, which impact the safety and health of our students and faculty, are required each year. Your financial support helped us address these vital projects last year:
• Roof repairs on the 1990 wing • Roof repairs on the Blake Gymnasium • 6th Grade wing renovations including new floors • New flooring in hallway • Flooring replaced in the Early Childhood Center • Classroom updates in the Early Childhood Center • Updated boilers and HVAC systems • Updated lighting in the Blake Gymnasium
Thank You!
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Class of 2016 8th Gra The Rumson Country Day School (RCDS) Class of 2016 celebrated its Eighth Grade Commencement on June 10. Forty-one boys and girls processed onto the girls’ field hockey field for the graduation ceremony, with their families, friends, teachers, fellow students, and administrators present and proud. Lizzie Huesman ’16 was selected by Upper School faculty to make remarks at Commencement. As a surprise to the eighth graders, this year’s commencement address was delivered by Mrs. Jane Denny who retired after 35 years of service to RCDS. Head of School Whitney Slade presented several special awards to the following graduates:
“I hope we can always remember to be Kind, Honest, Responsible and Respectful to one another and to our families.” -Lizzie Huesman ‘16 Graduation Speaker
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ade Commencement The Athletic Department Award, which is awarded to graduating athletes who best exemplify the qualities of athleticism, participation, spirit, and sportsmanship, was presented to Elizabeth Huesman and Andrew Frankel. The Joseph N. Dempsey, Jr. Award is given in memory of Jody Dempsey by his family and selected by the Performing Arts Department for expertise in performing arts. This year, the recipient was Miles Skove. Formerly known as the Headmaster’s Award, The Blake Award is named for Edgar Bond Blake who served The Rumson Country Day School for 40 years, 20 of them as the school’s Headmaster. The prestigious award that acknowledges a student who exhibits exemplary service to the school was presented to Lousia Lyle.
“ We are not a class, we are a family.” The Class of ’16
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The Swede Joseph Chevalier Memorial Award was presented to Mya Lydia Garnder for his display of kindness and humility toward fellow students, devotion to growth and originality, and perseverance to goals. This award, presented annually by his mother Elaine, is given in memory of Swede Chevalier ’91 who died on 9/11. Each year, the Class of 1973 bestows the Theodore K. Reiss Memorial Award in memory of Ted Reiss ’73. The Reiss Award is presented to a member of the graduating class who has shown the most outstanding qualities of good sportsmanship, not only on the athletic field, but in all phases of school life. This year, the award was presented to Noelle LeLand. Two graduating students are recognized every year for their outstanding academic achievement in the Upper School over the last three years. Gannon Carroll received the Highest Scholarship Award and Elizabeth Huesman was presented with the Second Highest Scholarship Award.
“I am proud of the members of the Class of 2016 for their success as scholars, athletes, performers and compassionate volunteers.” -Whitney Slade Head of School
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To conclude the awards portion of the program, Retiring Board President Shawn Reynolds presented The Trustees’ Prize Award to Colleen Kelly who has shown the most outstanding qualities of scholarship, sportsmanship, leadership and character. On behalf of her class, Lulu Lyle, President of the Class of 2016, presented a class gift to Mr. Slade, furthering a tradition begun decades ago at RCDS. This year, the eighth grade voted to upgrade water fountains throughout the school building. Funding for this gift was raised during the Eighth Grade Carnival held in September 2015.
RCDS Class of 2016 have entered the following secondary schools:
“We’ve learned to love this brownstone church dearly. We are grateful for our experiences here.” -Lulu Lyle ‘16 8th Grade Class President
Christian Brothers Academy (4) Delbarton Holmdel High School The Lawrenceville School (2) Millbrook Peddie School Ranney School (3) Red Bank Catholic High School (2) Red Bank Regional High School (2) Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (18) Salisbury St. Andrews St. Pauls Trinity Hall (2) Woodberry Forest
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2015-16 Board of Trustees Dear Friends, With school well underway, I hope you have had a chance to pause and celebrate The Rumson Country Day School’s 90th Anniversary at one of our many events. From my involvement with RCDS as a graduate, parent, and now President of the Board for the last two years, I can attest that there is a palpable excitement on campus as we shape our vision for the future. Part of this energy stems from a number of accomplishments RCDS celebrated this year: • RCDS was one of the only PreK - 8 independent schools in NJ where enrollment increased for the 2016-17 school year. • 92% of our parents supported the Annual Giving Campaign, exceeding the industry average of 60% parent participation and raising a record breaking $735,000. • Close to 90% of our faculty and administration took advantage of professional development opportunities last summer, which directly benefits our students.
2015-2016 Board of Trustees John H. Devlin, Jr. ’83, President Danielle Devine Greene ’79, Vice President James Reid, Vice President Kim Tsimbinos, Secretary Greg Melconian, Treasurer Denise Thomas, Assistant Treasurer Michael Bruno Jennifer Steiner Crowell ’88 Jeffrey Cruz Kristi Evans Susan Kyrillos John Leibee Eileen O’Hern Luby Jennifer Hurtt Mullins ’85 Stephen Padovano Suzanne Post Siran Sahakian Mark Stewart Howard D. Wolfe III ’90
• Four new board members and three new staff members have joined our team to bring valuable skills and expertise to our PR and Marketing and Development Departments. • We are experiencing the highest attendance rates we have ever seen at our 25th and 50th Alumni Reunions, Beginners Dinner and Grandparents and Special Friends Day. What does all of this mean our students? It means that the children who attend RCDS are part of a dynamic growing community where parents, past and present trustees, current and former staff, alumni, grandparents and special friends are moving in one direction to provide a strong network of support. This type of cooperation has fueled a powerful joint effort encouraging us to push ourselves to reach our full potential as a school, board and larger RCDS community. We look forward to your continued support of RCDS as we look to the future, and hope to keep you engaged throughout our journey. The board has begun a strategic planning process this fall and we look forward to sharing our vision for the future in the coming months. I invite you to share your thoughts and ideas with me and as we continue to celebrate our strong traditions and culture, and build on our past successes for future generations of RCDS families. Sincerely, John H. Devlin, Jr. ’83 President
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Passing The Torch
On June 30, RCDS bid farewell to its former Director of Development, Jessica Goski. Jessica and her family relocated to Denver, Colorado, where she took on a new development director role at Graland Country Day School, a Preschool-Grade 8 independent school in the Hilltop neighborhood of Denver. After a thorough search, The Rumson Country Day School was thrilled announce that Missy Falkenberg is serving as the new Director of Development. Missy comes to RCDS most recently from Riverkeeper, where she was the Vice President for Development of the member-supported organization dedicated to the Hudson River and its tributaries and protecting the drinking water supply of New York City and Hudson Valley residents. Prior to her work at Riverkeeper, Missy was the Vice President for Development at The New York Stem Cell Foundation, where she spent over six years building the fundraising program from the ground up. Earlier in her career, Missy also was a development officer at Parsons, The New School for Design, and The Smithsonian Institution.
Jessica Goski
Missy received her B.A. in Printmaking and Art Education from the University of Georgia and her M.A. in Arts Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University. Missy and her husband just relocated to the area and her sons, August and Wilson, are Grade 3 and Beginners students at RCDS this year, respectively. Please join RCDS in enthusiastically welcoming Missy to the school community. Missy can be reached at mfalkenberg@rcds.org or 732-842-0527 ext. 1142.
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From The Parent C Dear Friends, Last year was another amazing year in the RCDS community. As I reflect on the past year, I am amazed at the dedication, hard work, and generosity of all our fellow parents. Due to the kindness of each of you, we were able to accomplish so much for our students this year. Parent Council is an organization made up of every RCDS parent. Each year the Executive Parent Council oversees 20 different committees. Each committee works hard to create successful events in which our community comes together and celebrates the RCDS family. Thank you to all of our families for your support. The volunteer efforts and support of all our parents enabled Parent Council to make a generous donation of approximately $248,000 for our school and children during the 20152016 school year. Because of this donation, our kids will be staying “cool� with the addition of a new air conditioning in the 1954 building. I would like to give special thanks to Gator Ball Chairs - Diana Stumberger and Carol Cerussi - and the committee members. Due to their tireless efforts, and the generosity of our parents, Gator Ball, our largest Friend-raiser, raised approximately $154,000. Parent Council was once again thrilled to enhance the education of our children. We brought in many speakers and programs and were able to send the 8th-grade class on a trip to NYC. We were also able to host Family Field Day, a Welcome Cocktail Party, The Halloween Party, BINGO night, and make a donation to the library. This past year, Parent Council has continued its tradition of making a significant donation to the RCDS Financial Aid Fund from our annual Rummage Sale. Thank you chairs, Nellie Harmon, Pamela Martens, Melissa Stevenson, and the entire Whale of a Sale team. Thank you to the parent body who made this weekend such a success not only for RCDS but also for our local community. As I conclude my first year as Parent Council President, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support. I look forward to working together throughout another exciting and successful year. Fondly, Nikki Alpert Parent Council President
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Nikki Alpert – President Maryann Baret – Vice President Karen Piacentini – Secretary Kristen Masserio – Treasurer Karin Devlin – Assistant Treasurer Kelly Atanacio - Primary School Liaison Adrianne Raphalian - Lower School Liaison Donna Gibson - Upper School Liaison 14
2015-2016 To The Rumson Country Day School Community,
The Rumson Country Day School operates within a sound financial structure. The Board of T ensure the School’s fiscal health and long-term prosperity. On behalf of our School communi Michael J. Mannino Director of Finance and Operations
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Financials
Trustees and the Finance Committee are judicious in their budget goverance, continuing to ity, many thanks to all.
Annual Giving Parent Participation, by Grade 120.00%
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Annual Giving ParAciapAon by Consituentcy 2013-‐2014 NAIS Stats online
*National Association of Independent Schools, Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL) 2013-2014
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Annual Report of Leadership Benefactors A Leadership Gift is an outright gift of cash or securities (for which no benefit to the donor is received) in the amount of $1,500 or more to Annual Giving, school programs, facilities, financial aid, endowment or other ongoing projects. Gifts are from July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016. Brownstone Benefactors (Gifts of $20,000 and above) Ms. Tricia Black and Mr. Patrick J. Brogan Mr. and Mrs. John H. Devlin, Jr. h ‘83 Ms. Patricia Scopellite Mr. Steven Scopellite An Anonymous Donor * Founders’ Circle (Gifts of $10,000 to $19,999) Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Carmilani * Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hackett * Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ketterer III Mr. and Mrs. Vasili Krishamurti Mr. and Mrs. John H. Leibee Mr. and Mrs. Drew Loughlin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Orr Mr. and Mrs. Steve Page * Mr. and Mrs. John Vibert * Mr. and Mrs. Howard DeGraff Wolfe III h ’90 Two Anonymous Donors Green and White Society (Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999) Mr. and Mrs. Levon Baghdassarian Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Baret Mrs. Virginia Bauer Mr. and Mrs. John Bonello Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Carton h ’85 * Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Cummings Mr. and Mrs. David P. Devlin h ’85 * Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Harmon Mr. Peter-Scott Izzo ’90 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kiely Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Lambert h ‘42 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Levy Mr. and Mrs. James C. Mannino Mr. and Mrs. James Masserio Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Melconian Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mitsch * Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Ninger Mr. and Mrs. Roger Penske Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reid 17 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Reinhard *
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Mrs. Margaret S. Riker Drs. Forrest and Lisa Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Toros Sahakian Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stumberger Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Thomas, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David S. Tierney Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tsimbinos Mr. and Mrs. Todd Whitenack Ms. Patricia Whittemore Mr. and Mrs. Ted K. Yarbrough Two Anonymous Donors * Gator Pride ($2500 to $4999) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Argilagos Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Bazant Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Bilow Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Cady Mrs. Karen Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cerussi Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chavez Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Crowell w ‘88 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Devine w ’89, h ‘90 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Doremus Mr. and Mrs. Jon Eckert Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Elsas Mr. and Mrs. Chester F. English III Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Feiler, D.D.S. h ‘87 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Greene w ‘79 Mr. Guy Hembling Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jarck Mr. and Mrs. Kenny King w ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. h ‘75 Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lilley Mr. and Mrs. David Long Mr. and Mrs. Michael McEvilly Mr. and Mrs. Gary Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Padovano Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Pappalardo Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Piacentini
* Denotes matching gifts
Donors 2015-2016 Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Ricker Dr. and Mrs. Michael Risin Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Rodrigues * Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Romanowski Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Simon Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Stankovits Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stepanski * Dr. Heather McMullen andMr. Eric Wachtel Four Anonymous Donors 1926 Club (Gifts of $1926 to $2499) Mr. Jeff Antoon Mr. and Mrs. David Bedoya Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bruno Mr. Frederick K. Burt ‘56 Dr. and Mrs. Jason Cohen Ms. Mediatrix Rabo and Mr. Javier Cook Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cook Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Devlin Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dinger Nyire & Greg Melconian, Trustee Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Sean S. Hickey * Ms. Lorraine Karlson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Carl LaGrassa Mr. and Mrs. Lon William Lamb, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Regis B. Lippert Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maroney Dr. and Mrs. Mark G. Martens Mr. and Mrs. Peter Marturano Mr. and Mrs. Marino Mazzei Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Menkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Mercer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Monte Ms. Alissa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Gregory R. & Danielle Greene w ‘79, Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Trustee Mrs. Eileen O’Hern Luby and Mr. William Luby Mr. and Mrs. Corey Popham Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Puma Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Reiss h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. Chester E. Romano, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Slade Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Spagnuola Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Spector h ‘95 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Trudel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Veltri Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weiss * Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson * Denotes matching gifts
Patrick Brogan, Patricia Black, Trustee, Current Parents Eileen & Sean Hickey
Current Parents Mary & John Kiely
Nick & Jen Crowell w ‘88, Trustee
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Current Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Abebreseh Ms. Sarah Ahmadi and Mr. Steve Aronne Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Scott Anderson Mr. Jeff Antoon Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Argilagos Dr. and Mrs. Russell Ashinoff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Atanacio Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Aubrey Mr. and Mrs. Levon Baghdassarian Mr. Todd Balestro Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Baret Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Baugh Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Bazant Mr. and Mrs. Adam K. Beacher Mr. and Mrs. David Bedoya Dr. Melanie Besculides and Dr. Stavros Memtsoudis Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bilancione Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bilanin Dr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Bilow Mr. and Mrs. P. Douglas Bird Ms. Tricia Black and Mr. Patrick J. Brogan Mr. and Mrs. Luke Bockelmann Mr. and Mrs. John Bonello Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brennan Ms. Valerie Brett and Mr. Rodney Gardner Ms. Kelly Brier Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bruno Ms. Heather Burke and Mr. Colin Day Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Cady Ms. Maria Caputo Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Carmilani
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Carton h ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Carton IV Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cerussi Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chavez Mr. and Mrs. Jay Clark Mr. and Mrs. E. Theodore Coene Dr. and Mrs. Jason Cohen Mr. Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Conhagen Mr. Javier Cook & Ms. Mediatrix Rabo Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Criscola Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Croddick II h ‘93 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Crowell w ‘88 Mr. and Mrs. Simmee Crystian Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Marc Danielczyk Ms. Alissa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeMeulemeester Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Devine h’90 w ‘89 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Devlin h’85 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Devlin, Jr. h ’83 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dinger Mr. and Mrs. Domenic M. DiPiero III Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dockery Mr. and Mrs. Derek Donohue Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Doremus Deborah and Jon Eckert Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Elsas Mr. and Mrs. Chester F. English III Mr. and Mrs. Jay Factor Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fallone Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Farrington Jr. h ‘81 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Faustini Ms. Rosanna Fazio and Mr. John A. Floyd Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Feiler, D.D.S. h ‘87 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Finnegan Mr. and Mrs. Steven Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fry Ms. Katherine Anne Gehlhaus Ms. Samilia Ghartey-Sam and Mr. Michael Sarin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giblin Mr. and Mrs. Chris R. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert * Denotes matching gifts
Parents Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Greene w ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Grubert Mrs. Megan Gula and Mr. David Turkaly Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hackett Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hannan Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Sean S. Hickey Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hilfiker h ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Huesman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jarck Mr. and Ms. Zuri Arno Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Milo Kane Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kaye h ‘78 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ketterer III Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kiely Mr. and Mrs. James Kostulias
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Krasko Mr. and Mrs. Vasili Krishnamurti Ms. Jamie Kubassek Mrs. Alison Kucich Mr. and Mrs. Guy M. Kulman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Carl LaGrassa Mr. and Mrs. Lon William Lamb , Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Leahy Mr. and Mrs. John H. Leibee Mr. and Mrs. Anthony LeLand, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Levy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lilley Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Liotta Mr. and Mrs. David Long Ms. Patricia Lordi and Mr. Matthew McDonagh Mr. and Mrs. Drew Loughlin Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Lu Drs. Federigo and Suzanne Magherini Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Maida Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Malia Mr. and Mrs. James C. Mannino Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maroney Mrs. Lori Marrone-Wrigley Dr. and Mrs. Mark G. Martens Mr. and Mrs. Peter Marturano Mr. and Mrs. James Masserio Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mauthe Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mazza Mr. and Mrs. Marino Mazzei Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarren Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCarthy Ms. Casey McChesney Mr. and Mrs. Michael McEvilly Dr. Heather McMullen and Mr. Eric Wachtel 20
Current Parents (cont.) Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Melconian Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. Menkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Mishkin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mitsch Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Momplaisir Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Monte Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Murphy Mrs. Sarah Nelson and Mr. Barry Weisbord Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Ninger Ms. Belinda Nti Mr. and Mrs. Gary Olivieri Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Orr Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Padovano Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Page Mr. and Mrs. Steve Page Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Pappalardo Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Paulus Mr. and Mrs. Jose W. Paz Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Perosi, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Piacentini Mr. and Mrs. Corey Popham Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Prager Dr. and Mrs. Todd Prager Ms. Andrea Proia and Dr. George Constantinopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Puma Mrs. Marcy L. Ragan Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Raphalian Mr. and Mrs. David Redling Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Reinhard Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Reiss h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. Armando Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Ricker Dr. and Mrs. Michael Risin Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Chester E. Romano Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Romanowski Drs. Forrest & Lisa Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Sainato Ms. Anne Marie Schultz Ms. Patricia Scopellite 21
Mr. Steven Scopellite Dr. and Ms. Donald J. Seiler Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Senft Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Sheftel Mrs. Danielle Sherwood & Mr. Scott Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Silbert Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Simon Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Spagnuola Ms. Dorothy Spence Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Stankovits Mr. and Mrs. Bruno A. Stanziale Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stepanski Mr. and Ms. Anthony C. Stone h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stumberger Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Sullivan w ‘95 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Al Tenuto Dr. and Mrs. David S. Tierney Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Tilmont Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Trudel Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tsimbinos Mr. and Mrs. Richard Veltri Ms. Dina S. Venero Mr. and Mrs. John Vibert Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Walker Mr. and Ms. Rob Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Todd Whitenack Ms. Patricia Whittemore Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Wilson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Howard DeGraff Wolfe III h ‘90 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wurch Ms. Grace Yannakakis and Mr. David Howland Mr. and Mrs. Ted K. Yarbrough Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ziman Nine Anonymous Donors
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Current & Former Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin, Jr. Mr. Michael Bruno Mr. Peter J. Carton Mrs. Lynda Cooper Mrs. Jennifer Steiner Crowell ‘88 Mrs. Shelley A. Crowell ‘67* Mr. Jeffrey Cruz Mrs. Denise B. Devine Mr. J. Hugh Devlin Mr. John H. Devlin Jr. ‘83 Ms. Kristi Evans Mrs. Shelley Gordon Mrs. Danielle Devine Greene ‘79 Mrs. Tabitha Huber Mrs. Michael Joy Hauser ‘58 Mr. John Ketterer Mrs. Susan D. Kyrillos Mr. John H. Leibee Mr. Dennis P. Lynch ‘86 Mrs. Alison Maloney Mr. Gregory Melconian Mr. Henry D. Mercer, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer Mullins ‘85 Mrs. Tammy S. Murphy Mrs. Victoria Nebel Mrs. Eileen O’Hern Luby Mr. James P. O’Mealia ‘73 Mrs. Jane Orr Mr. Stephen Padovano
Mrs. Kathryn H. Penske Mrs. Suzanne Post Mr. James Reid Mr. Shawn Reynolds Mr. Charles Ryan Mrs. Siran Sahakian Mr. Steven Scopellite Mrs. Danielle Sherwood Mrs. Lynn Spector Mr. William D. Spector Mr. Mark L. Stewart Mrs. Mary Lou Strong
Shawn Reynolds, Past Board President & Danielle Devine Greene ‘79, Trustee
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Former Parents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson Mrs. Ruth Barker Dr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Berg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bey Rev. F. Catherine Bickerton and Dr. Michael W. Bickerton Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bogdon Mr. and Mrs. John Bonello Mr. Robert Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Broege Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Carmody Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Carton Wendy Hope Coggins ‘62 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cooper Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowell w ’67 * Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Cruz Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Devine Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Devlin Mr. and Mrs. John A. Di Domenico Ms. Rebecca A. Donington and Mr. Mark S. Bellin Mr. and Mrs. Andoni Economou Mr. and Mrs. David H. Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Eli S. Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Garside Mrs. Aletta Genova Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Goldberg Dr. and Mrs. Michael Goldfarb
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Mr. and Mrs. John F. Goode Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Reha Gur w ’75 Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Gutentag Mr. and Mrs. Michael Severance w ’58 Mr. Hans A. Huber ’48 Mrs. Tabitha Huber Mrs. Stephanie Pearse Hurtt ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Iler h ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Jones Mrs. Hope Haskell Jones ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Mazin A. Kalian Mr. Robert M. Kaye Mr. and Mrs. David Klemm Mr. and Mrs. Gene F. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lander w ’82
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Grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Mahmood Ahmadi Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Alpert Mrs. Deanna Antoon Mrs. Adrienne Beacher Dr. Alan Bilanin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brainard Mr. and Mrs. James Bredin Mrs. Christina Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Carton Ms. Karen Cecil Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Devine Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Devlin Mr. David M. Dickson ‘49 Dr. and Mrs. John A. Evans Mrs. Estelle Fauci Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hlatky Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Hoffman Mrs. Stephanie Pearse Hurtt ‘58 Mr. Anthony Iannacone Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Iler h ‘46 Ms. Lorraine Karlson Mr. Robert M. Kaye Mrs. Aphrodite Krishnamurti
Thank you to the over 300 Grandfriends who visited campus this fall. RCDS greatly values its grandparent community and is actively seeking opportunities to have grandparents visit school throughout the year.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lyle Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Lynch ’86 Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter M. McCurrach h ‘54 Dr. and Mrs. Elliot Menkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mullins III Mr. and Mrs. Gary Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Olivieri Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Prager Mrs. Marilyn Proia Mr. and Mrs. William R. Robertson Major and Mrs. Bruce L. Shapiro Mrs. Donna Steiner Mr. Harold A. Steiner III Mr. and Mrs. Arshag Tarpinian Mr. and Mrs. John Tsimbinos Mr. and Mrs. William Van Winkle h ’49 Ms. Eleanor Molyneaux Vermeire Ms. Annette N.C. Wen and Mr. Wen-Tong P. Lu
Save The Date! Holiday Concerts Grades 3 - 6 Tuesday, December 20 at 7:00 pm Beginners – Grade 2 Wednesday, December 21 at 11:15 am Arts’ Festival Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 pm Class Day Exercises Beginners - Grade 8 Friday, June 9 at 8:15 am 8th Grade Graduation Friday, June 9 at 4:00 pm 24
Current or Former Faculty and S Ms. Sarah Ahmadi Mrs. Sharon Amann Ms. Rebecca Andrews Mr. Mark Aymar Mrs. Lucy Bogdon Miss Erin K. Brennan ’89 Mr. Douglas A. Brooks Mr. Jeffrey Brown Mr. Louis Calvarese Mrs. Erin Campanella Mrs. Lynn Campanella Mr. Paul E. Campanella Ms. Jane S. Carmody Mr. Manuel A. Castro Mrs. Shanyn Champeau Mrs. Carolyn Child Mrs. Amy Clark Mrs. Judith Cox Mrs Jane Denny Mrs. Beth DeRose Ms. Sara Diaz Mrs. Natalie Diehl Mrs. Ginette Domena Mrs. Susan Drucker Mrs. Lisa Fallon Mr. Mark Fallone
Current RCDS Faculty Members Rebecca Andrews, Cara Horner & Brandon Horner
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Ms. Raquel Falotico Ms. Dana Feldman Mrs. Gail G. Funk Ms. Sabrina Gallagher Mrs. Cheryl Garside Mr. Jeffrey Garside Mr. John F. Goode Mrs. Jessica Goski Ms. Kelly A. Grady Mr. Guy Hembling Ms. Aurea Hernandez-Webster Ms. Lori Hohenleitner Mr. and Mrs. R. Brandon Horner Mrs. Stephanie Pearse Hurtt ‘58 Mr. Anthony Iannacone Mrs. Allison Isherwood Ms. Erika Jacob Mrs. Nancy Johnson Mrs. Joanna C. Johnston Mrs. Barbara Jones Mrs. Marnie Jones Mr. Robert L. Kelly Mrs. Anne Kerr Mrs. Alana Kirman Mrs. Cynthia Klemm Mrs. Virginia Kolb Lon William Lamb , Jr. Mrs. Susan G. Leslie Mrs. Jenn Littman Mrs. Beth Luzio Mr. Donald A. Macdonald III ‘96 Mr. Thomas Mancuso Mr. Michael J. Mannino Ms. Casey McChesney Mrs. Susan McDaniel Mrs. Lorraine McEvoy Dr. Shayne McKinsey Miss Kate McLaughlin Mrs. Amy Mendat Mr. James Monprode Mrs. Ann Murdock Miss Jessica Murphy Ms. Sharanya Naik
Staff, Student and Friend Donors
Past Faculty Member Alexis Vogelsong & Current Faculty Member Claudia Volpe
Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Mrs. Karen Norton Miss Erin O’Malley Mrs. Bailey Palmieri Mrs. Melissa Petersen Mrs. Walter Pomphrey Mrs. Suzy Post Mrs. Joy Rathemacher Ms. Aline Ronzier Mr. Edward Rumolo* Ms. Elizabeth Scanlon Mr. Thomas Scott Ms. Debra H. Siciliano Mr. Whitney C. Slade
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Current Faculty Member Erin Brennan ‘89
Mrs. Marilyn Snider Mr. Brian P. Stolowski Mrs. Claudia Taborn Mrs. Amy Tilmont Mr. Mauricio Toledo Mr. Walter J. Treacy Mr. Jeffrey S. Utz Ms. Dovey L. Valerio Mrs. Alexis Vogelsong Mrs. Claudia Volpe Ms. Amanda Weiss Mrs. Patricia Weiss Mrs. Ellen Wilson Ms. Grace Yannakakis 26
Alumni Gift Class of 1935 Ann ELLIS Powel Class of 1939 Barbara H. B. POTTS Class of 1943 Gordon HARROWER, Jr. Class of 1944 Isabelle HASKELL De Tomaso Class of 1945 Barbara HOLBROOK Miltenberger Class of 1946 Alexander B. ILER Class of 1947 Titi KILLEEN Ferguson Marshall VAN WINKLE III Class of 1948 Arthur GIBB, Jr. Hans Anthony HUBER Hope HASKELL Jones Class of 1949 David M. DICKSON Shelley DWIGHT Emery William VAN WINKLE Class of 1950 John P. HARKRADER, Jr. Peter Oakes SELLAR Class of 1951 Beverley WAUD Sutherland Class of 1952 Jonathan Dewey BLAKE Robert Cutting LAWRENCE III John Dennis PITTS George H. SCHILDGE Class of 1953 David Haven BLAKE Stephen Lawrence CLARKE
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Class of 1954 Beverly BOWERS Lawrence G. Peter M. MCCURRACH Suzanne MOORHEAD Spencer Class of 1955 Peter Warren BLAKE Mary STOUT Lawrence W. Bourne RUTHRAUFF Florence King TIMOLAT Short Class of 1956 Karen DETWEILER Hyatt Cornelia RIKER Reiss A. Sheffield TULP Deane BLAISDELL Wolfe Class of 1957 Alicia SORENSEN Robertson Class of 1958 Richard Nelson BOYD Frederick Knight BURT Stephanie PEARSE Hurtt Michael SEVERANCE Joy Hauser Class of 1959 Frederick W. BRICKENKAMP Alfred Pearce Ilch, Jr. Niels Mercer JOHNSEN Cynthia RUSSELL Shultz Class of 1960 Susan BOYD Blanchard Class of 1961 Charles D. DALY II Class of 1962 Janice CLARKE Wendy HOPE Coggins Kingsley C. NORRIS II John Burnett Russell III Suzanne VAN DER LEUR Class of 1963 George L. CAREY Darrell HARVEY George W. C. McCARTER * Denotes matching gifts
ts, by Class Katherine LOBDELL Norris Suzanne PARMLY Edward Wallace SCUDDER III Class of 1965 Ellen M. BOYD Class of 1966 Craig Adam SEVERANCE Class of 1967 Shelley LOBDELL Crowell * Class of 1968 Mark Forrest GILBERTSON Robert Palmer LATTA Class of 1969 Sarah Suzanne SOMERVILLE Class of 1970 John Hamlin REAVES Class of 1972 Joanne BARKER Class of 1973 Robert Michael CHERNOW James Paul O’MEALIA Mark Campbell WINMILL Class of 1974 Katherine Rae Stallings Class of 1975 James Webb CARPENTER, Jr. Cynthia Anne BRYAN Gur Class of 1976 Mark Mcclure ANDERSON Class of 1977 Dorothy Anne HARBECK Daniel Erik KREMENS Christine ROWETT Peter Jennifer SLINGLUFF Robinson Lars Elof ROSENBLAD Catherine STANGER * Denotes matching gifts
Class of 1978 Steven KAYE Janetje CHAYES Peterson Penelope WOOD WIENER Class of 1979 Danielle DEVINE Greene James Robert HENDERSON Richard Arthur HILFIKER Class of 1980 Gregory Bilow DIRUSSO Class of 1981 Edgar Ryder FARRINGTON Jr. Robert Cutting LAWRENCE IV Heidi Marie REISS Class of 1982 Heather SHAPIRO Lander Class of 1983 John Hugh DEVLIN Jr. James Paul LARGEY Kendra Stout LAWRENCE James Andrew LIEBERMAN Richard Willis POST, Jr. Carl Arthur REISS Cynthia Lynne HOLZER Sparr Willard Campbell SOMERS, Jr. ’83 Anthony Cleverley STONE Mollie PEER Twining Class of 1984 Donald P. DEVINE Class of 1985 Christopher R. CARTON Bradley Todd DAVIS David Paul DEVLIN Sean Timothy LAWSON Suzanne Elizabeth DAVEY MANELSKI Jennifer HURTT Mullins Sarah ELLWOOD Opler Class of 1986 John BONELLO Eric HSIA 28
Alumni Gifts, b Meg Catherine LIEBERMAN Dennis Patrick LYNCH, Jr. Robert Andrew MOLL Ashley JOY Wood
Donald Arthur MACDONALD III
Class of 1987 Aaron FEILER Lucien Gex WEBB
Class of 1998 Alyssa Ellen SPECTOR
Class of 1988 Jared Brian ASH Jennifer STEINER Crowell Jana Laine DAVIS Alissa DEAKIN-Nicholas Zachary O. WALD Class of 1989 Thomas Adam ABRAMS Erin Kira BRENNAN Sarah DEVLIN Devine Leslie BATHGATE Heaney Alexander Mills ILER Class of 1990 Dennis Scannell DEVINE Peter-Scott IZZO Howard DeGraff WOLFE III Class of 1991 Christina GULDEN Webb Class of 1992 Elizabeth Leigh MURPHY Hallock Mark Hulbert PENSKE Class of 1993 Eugene F. CRODDICK II Class of 1994 Nora RAHNER King Jay Carl PENSKE
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Class of 1997 Nathaniel Bevans SMALL
Class of 1999 Stacylyn May DEWEY James Paul O’MEALIA II Matthew Garrett ROTH Class of 2000 Gianna Francesca GOODE Class of 2001 Alexandra Victoria NEBEL John Cain SAMPSON Anton William SCHMELZ Class of 2002 Lia Jude CALABRO Peter Andrew NEBEL, Jr. Sydney Blair ROTH Class of 2003 Katherine Grace O’MEALIA Robert Wilder SAMPSON Class of 2004 Gabriella Noel GOODE Christine Marie O’MEALIA Class of 2006 Douglas Andrew AHN Michael John CLARK Johanna KELLER Patrick Michael O’MEALIA Anabel Rose SCHMELZ
Class of 1995 Kathryn Blair PENSKE Hall Jesse Wild SPECTOR Courtney SCATUORCHIO Sullivan
Class of 2007 Victoria KELLER Francis William LUBY Gorr Toros SAHAKIAN Christopher John SAPORITO
Class of 1996 Tyler Catherine CHEVALIER Furgal
Class of 2008 Christopher James AHN
by Class (cont.) Mara Lee BEY William T. S. BROOKS Haik Toros SAHAKIAN Class of 2009 Brennan Hanley FELDMAN Charles Thomas GRAVINA Hunter Matthew GRUSD Erin O’Hern LUBY Julia Weithas MINNETIAN Teny Toros SAHAKIAN Matthew John SAPORITO Callahan Elka ZACKS Class of 2010 Zoe Rebecca Rosen SCURLETIS Amanda Marie SWEELY Class of 2011 Olivia Rachel BEY Sydney Kent GRUSD Vincent Paul LABARBARA John Ronan LUBY Charles Matthew William MINNETIAN William Richards THOMAS
Class of 2015 Olivia CRUZ Campbell Woods DEVLIN Marion Rosamond FLINN Brendan Patrick GREENE Caitlin Elizabeth HICKEY Ethan August LANDER Elizabeth Cathleen Fung Hua McGINLEY Andrew Robert RUSIS Thomas Robertson TSIMBINOS Mason Pratt TWINING Kathleen L. HUESMAN Ryan Alexis JOSEPH Beatrice Ann MALONEY Shant Toros SAHAKIAN Panayoti Yanni SCHWARZ Zahrah Alliyah SIDDIQ Robert Michael SMITH Paul Cowling THOMAS Gillian Blair VILLANO Stephen Fordham ZACKS
Class of 2012 Jordyn Carson GRUSD Caitlin Pope LUBY Edward Wade MALONEY Eleni Rose SCURLETIS Class of 2013 Taylor CRUZ Drew Hampton FELDMAN Coulston Everest FELDMAN Georgia Broderick GREENE Garrett Gordon SWEELY Rose Eliana SWEETWOOD Class of 2014 Ryan Alexis JOSEPH Beatrice Ann MALONEY Alexander Karlis RUSIS Shant Toros SAHAKIAN Paul Cowling THOMAS Gillian Blair VILLANO Stephen Fordham ZACKS * Denotes matching gifts
Class of 1966 at Their 50th Reunion
Blake Fund Donors David Haven Blake ‘53 Jonathan Dewey Blake ‘52 Peter Warren Blake ‘55 30
Gator Ball Donors Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Abebreseh Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alpert Athlete’s Alley Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Baret Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Baugh Mr. and Mrs. David Bedoya Dr. Melanie Besculides and Dr. Stavros Memtsoudis Ms. Tricia Black and Mr. Patrick J. Brogan Mr. and Mrs. John Bonello Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Carton CBIZ Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cerussi Chetkin Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Criscola Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Crowell Mr. Colin Day & Ms Heather Burke Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeMeulemeester Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Devine Mr. and Mrs. John H. Devlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Diehl Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dinger Mr. and Mrs. Domenic M. DiPiero III Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dockery Mr. and Mrs. Derek Donohue E & K Agency Inc. Deborah and Jon Eckert Ms. Kristi Evans Mr. and Mrs. Jay Factor Fair Haven Hardware Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Farrington Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Faustini Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Feiler, D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Finnegan Mr. Rodney Gardner and Ms. Valerie Brett Mr. and Mrs. Chris R. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Justin G. Gmelich Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Greene Mrs. Megan Gula and Mr. David Turkaly Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hackett Mr. and Mrs. Sean S. Hickey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jarck Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Sean O. Kelly Kennedy Consulting Engineers, LLC 31
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ketterer III Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kiely Mr. and Mrs. James Kostulias Mr. and Mrs. Vasili Krishnamurti Mr. and Mrs. Guy M. Kulman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Lon William Lamb , Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Leahy Mr. and Mrs. John H. Leibee Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper Mr. and Mrs. David Long Ms. Patricia Lordi and Mr. Matthew McDonagh Mr. and Mrs. Drew Loughlin Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Lu Mrs. Lisa Luckett Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maroney Mrs. Lori Marrone-Wrigley Mr. and Mrs. Peter Marturano Mr. and Mrs. James Masserio Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarren Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Michael McEvilly Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Melconian Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. Menkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Mishkin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mitsch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Monte Mr. and Mrs. David R. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV Miss Jessica Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Ninger NK Architects Nurse Finders Mrs. Eileen O’Hern Luby and Mr. William Luby Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Orr Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Padovano Mr. and Mrs. Steve Page Mr. and Mrs. Corey Popham Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Precise Construction, Inc. Ms. Andrea Proia and Dr. George Constantinopoulos Promedia Technology Services, Inc. Mrs. Marcy L. Ragan Mr. and Mrs. David Redling Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Reinhard Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stepanski Gere Goff Ricker Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stumberger Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Al Tenuto Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Thomas Jr. SAGE Dining Services, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. David S. Tierney Mr. and Mrs. Toros Sahakian Tilson Financial Group Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Sainato Trilogy Architecture Dr. Alan Schechter & Dr. Lisa Silbret Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tsimbinos Ms. Anne Marie Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Veltri Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Senft Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Sheftel Wells Fargo Mrs. Danielle Sherwood and Mr. Scott Schultz Whalen Berez Group Shore Pediatric Dental Group Mr. and Mrs. Todd Whitenack Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Silbert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Skove Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Spitz
John & Tara Leibee, h Trustee
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Library Donors Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alpert Dr. Melanie Besculides and Dr. Stavros Memtsoudis Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bilanin Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bradley Ms. Valerie Brett and Mr. Rodney Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Cady Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Carton IV Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Cummings Mr. and Mrs. David P. Devlin h ‘85 Deborah and Jon Eckert Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Elsas Mrs. Nancy C. Freeman Mrs. Megan Gula and Mr. David Turkaly Mr. and Mrs. Milo Kane Mr. and Mrs. Carl LaGrassa Mr. and Mrs. Lon William Lamb , Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Leibee Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Lyle w ‘88 Mr. and Mrs. Brett Marcus Mr. and Mrs. James Masserio
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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarren Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Mark O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Steve Page Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Corey Popham Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Reiss h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Silbert Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Spitz Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weiss
In Honor/In Memorial In honor of Teacher Sarah Ahmadi Mrs. Aletta Genova Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Goldfarb Brendan Patrick Greene ‘15 In Honor of our Maintenance Staff: Jeffrey Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Greene w ‘79 Manuel Castro, James Monprode, Brian Stolowski, and Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Gutentag Mauricio Toledo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harmon Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Ms. Aurea Hernandez-Webster and Mr. Andrew Webster Elizabeth Pierce-Hetzler ‘69 In Honor of Retired Lower School Head Jayne Carmody Mr. and Mrs. Mazin A. Kalian Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kaye ‘78 Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Aymar Mr. James Edward Knight II ‘90 Mr. Robert Boyle Mrs. Lisa Luckett Mr. Frank T. Carmody Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Luzio Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. Donald A. Macdonald III ‘96 Ms. Rebecca Donington and Mr. Mark S. Bellina Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. McCarthy Mr. F. Laird Evans Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Metz Mr. and Mrs. John V. Feeny Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Ms. Suzanne Carmody Flood ‘93 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murdock Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Garside Dr. and Mrs. Bernard P. Murphy The Stuart Goldberg Family Mr. and Mrs. James P. O’Mealia h ‘73 Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Gutentag Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Orr Mr. and Mrs. Gene F. Kolb Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. Michael Risin Mr. and Mrs. David A. Scott Drs. Forrest and Lisa Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ryan In Honor of Retiring Teacher Jane Denny Mr. Kevin J. Scatuorchio ‘96 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Abebreseh Ms. Robin Scheman and Dr. Samuel Litvin Mrs. Sharon Amann Mr. and Mrs. George H. Schildge h ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Ash Mr. Geri Skirkanich Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Baugh Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Spagnuola Dr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Berg Mr. and Mrs. William D. Spector Susan Chaise Blaisdell ‘64 Ms. Phyllis Mary Thangaraj ‘03 Ms. Stephanie Blum and Mr. Michael H. Ansell ’99 Mr. John E. Toolan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bonello Benedict Joseph Torcivia ‘97 Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin, Jr. Brian Francis Torcivia ‘99 Francis Sunfield Branin III ‘02 Mr. and Mrs. Barry D. Weiss Ms. Valerie Brett and Mr. Rodney Gardner Mr. and Mrs. R. Van Arsdel Whisnand Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Broege Ms. Patricia Whittemore Ms. Kara Beardsley Carcaterra ‘95 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson Mr. Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Mrs. Deane Blaisdell Wolfe ‘56 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Croddick Mrs. Patricia Wotton Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowell w ’67 Ms. Grace Yannakakis and Mr. David Howland Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Pat DeLisa In Honor of Retired Food Services Director Linda Feeny Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. and Mrs. James Kirman Mr. and Mrs. David P. Devlin h ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Di Domenico In Honor of Retired Teacher Patricia Figarola Mr. and Mrs. James Drucker Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Aymar Mr. and Mrs. David J. Evan h ‘89 Mr. Robert Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Jay Factor Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fallone Mr. and Mrs. John V. Feeny Mr. and Mrs. Eli S. Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Garside Mr. and Mrs. James D. Finley, Jr. h ‘57 The Stuart Goldberg Family
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In Honor/In Memorial (cont.) Mr. and Mrs. Gene F. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. David A. Scott In Honor of Retired Staff Member Cheryl Garside and Teacher Jeffrey Garside Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Aymar Rev. F. Catherine Bickerton and Dr. Michael W. Bickerton Mr. Robert Boyle Mr. William T.S. Brooks ‘08 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mrs. Susan Economou and Mr. Andoni Economou Mr. and Mrs. John V. Feeny The Stuart Goldberg Family Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Gutentag Mrs. Tabitha Huber Mr. and Mrs. Austin Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Gene F. Kolb Ms. Paige Polk Lippe ‘73 Mr. John Joseph Marinan ‘04 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rathemacher Mrs. Beverly Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Mrs. Margaret S. Riker Mr. Jeffrey Jackson Ryan ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Scott Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Spagnuola Drs. Eric and Sandra Wolman Dr. and Mrs. Louis Zinterhofer In Honor of Retired Teacher Arlene Mansfield Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Aymar Mr. Robert Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. and Mrs. John V. Feeny Mrs. Gail G. Funk Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Garside The Stuart Goldberg Family Mr. and Mrs. Gene F. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. David A. Scott In Memory of Former Teacher Jean Watson Parmly Suzanne Parmly ‘63 In Honor of Teacher Melissa Petersen Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas
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In Memory of Former Teacher Howard Rowett Christine Rowett Peter ‘77 In Honor of Retired Business Manager Linda Schottland Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mannino In Honor of Retired Headmaster Chad B. Small Mrs. Virginia Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Lambert h ‘42 In Honor of Teacher Amy Tilmont Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas In Honor of Retiring Teacher Alexis Vogelsong Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Abebreseh Mrs. Sharon Amann Ms. Tricia Black and Mr. Patrick Brogan Ms. Susan Chaise Blaisdell ‘64 Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin Francis Sunfield Branin III ‘02 Ms. Teddi Elizabeth Bubnowski ‘99 Mrs. Kara Beardsley Carcaterra ‘95 Dr. and Mrs. Jason Cohen Mr. Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Croddick Ms. Alyssa Deakin-Nicholas ‘88 and Mr. Kevin S. Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. DeVito Mr. and Mrs. John A. Di Domenico Mr. and Mrs. James D. Finley, Jr. h ‘57 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Fleming Mrs. Aletta Genova Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hilfiker h ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. Mazin A. Kalian Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kaye ‘78 Mr. Donald A. Macdonald III ‘96 Drs. Federico and Suzanne Magherini Mr. and Mrs. Peter Marturano Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. McCarthy Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. Menkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murdock Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Orr Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Raphalian Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Reiss h ‘83 Dr. and Mrs. Michael Risin Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ryan III h ‘70 Mr. Kevin Scatuorchio ‘96 Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Senft Mrs. Geri Skirkanich Mr. and Mrs. William D. Spector Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stepanski Ms. Grace Yannakakis and Mr. David Howland
Legacy Society The Legacy Society honors those supporters who have designated a portion of their assets in their will or through their estate planning to benefit The Rumson Country Day School. Gifts from bequests and trusts ensure the future of our remarkable school, support our mission, and help establish a lasting legacy of excellence at RCDS for today’s students and for generations to come. Individuals who include the school in their estate plans become members of The Rumson Country Day School Legacy Society. All names are recognized in our Annual Donor Report and on the school’s website. Your bequest can be a specific dollar amount, or a certain percentage of the balance remaining in your estate or trust after paying all debts, costs and other prior legacies. Whichever form you prefer, you can direct that your bequest be unrestricted for the general support of our mission or for a specific purpose you designate (be sure to check with us to make sure your gift can be used as intended). Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime. You can modify your gift to address changing circumstances. The Legacy Society is open to anyone to join and gifts of all sizes are accepted. Whatever your objectives, we will be happy to work with you in planning and bequest that will be satisfying, economical, and effective in carrying out your wishes. Please contact us so that we can assist you through every step of the process or if you have already included RCDS in your estate planning. We would like to add your name to our roster of distinguished legacy
Estate of Charles Robert Beattie Jr. ’43 Jonathan Dewey Blake ’52 Estate of Maurice Clements, Jr. ’58 Estate of Richard W. Coppage Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowell w ’67 Mrs. Mary Jane Dexter Estate of William G. Dexter Estate of Anne Tilford Haskell Ellis ’37 Mrs. Elizabeth Ellwood Estate of Richard S. Ellwood Ms. Sally-Anne French Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Holzer Ms. Stephanie Pearse Hurtt ’58 Estate of William C. Hurtt, Jr. Mr. Charles H. Jones, Jr. Ms. Hope Haskell Jones ’48 Mr. Henry Tilford Jones ’87 The Macdonald Family Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O. Minerva Mr. James T. O’Connor Dr. and Mrs. Robert Penney Mrs. Suzanne R. Post Ms. Barbara H. B. Potts ’39 Mrs. Linda Schottland Estate of Diana Fetter de Villafranca ’47
supporters.
Please contact Director of Development, Missy Falkenberg, at 732-842-0527 ext. 1142 or mfalkenberg@rcds.org for further information.
Gifts In Kind Gifts to the RCDS Athletic Program Mr. and Mrs. John H. Devlin, Jr. h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reid Gifts to the Blake Fund for Faculty/Staff Development David Haven Blake ‘53 Jonathan Dewey Blake ‘52 Peter Warren Blake ‘55 36
Vitae “Loyal Will Our Hearts E’er Be” The Rumson Country Day School Vitae Disce Society was established in 2011 to recognize and thank all of the steadfast, loyal donors who have supported RCDS Annual Giving for five or more consecutive years. Many thanks to all the donors listed here – your gifts continue to have a tremendous impact on our students, faculty, and programs at RCDS.
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25 YEARS OR MORE Mr. David H. Blake ‘53 Mr. Peter Warren Blake ‘55 Mr. Richard N. Boyd ‘58 Mr. Frederick W. Brickenkamp ‘59 Mr. Frederick K. Burt ‘58 Mr. James W. Carpenter, Jr. ‘75 Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Carmody Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Devlin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Greene ‘79 Mr. John P. Harkrader, Jr. ‘50 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Henderson ‘79 Mr. Hans A. Huber ‘48 Mr. and Mrs. Niels M. Johnsen ‘59 Ms. Hope Haskell Jones ‘48 Mr. Robert M. Kaye Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kolb Mr. Willard Campbell Somers, Jr. ’83 Ms. Suzanne Moorhead Spencer ‘54 Mr. A. Sheffield Tulp ‘56 Mr. Mark C. Winmill ‘73
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mullins IV w ‘85 Ms. Katherine Lobdell Norris ‘63 and Mr. Kingsley C. Norris ‘62 Mrs. Eileen O’Hern Luby and Mr. William Luby Mr. and Mrs. James P. O’Mealia h ‘73 Ms. Sarah Cornell Ellwood Opler ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Post Mrs. John H. Powel ‘35 Mrs. Cornelia Riker Reiss ‘56 Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Reynolds Lars Elof Rosenblad ‘77 Mr. and Mrs. Toros Sahakian Mr. Anton William Schmelz ‘01 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis T. Scurletis Mr. Nathaniel B. Small ‘97 Mr. Willard Campbell Somers, Jr. ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Spector h ‘95 Ms. Courtney Scatuorchio Sullivan ’95 Ms. Beverley Waud Sutherland ‘51 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Weiant Ms. Penelope Wood Wiener ‘78
15-24 YEARS Ms. Jared Ash ‘88 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bey Ms. Susan Boyd Blanchard ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Branin, Jr. Mr. Bradley T. Davis ‘85 Miss Jana L. Davis ‘88 Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Devine h ‘84 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Devine w ‘89 h ‘90 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Devlin h ‘85 Titi Killeen Ferguson ‘47 Mr. John P. Harkrader, Jr. ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Harvey h ‘63 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hilfiker h ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ketterer III Mr. Robert C. Lawrence IV ‘81 Dr. Kendra S. Lawrence ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Lawrence III h ‘52 w ‘55 Ms. Melinda Russell Leyden ’74 Dr. and Mrs. James A. Lieberman h ‘83 Mr. and Mrs. David Long Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Lynch, Jr. h ‘86 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maloney Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter M. McCurrach h’54 Ms. Barbara Holbrook Miltenberger ‘45
10-14 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Atanacio Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Croddick II h ‘93 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowell w ‘67 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Cruz Ms. Isabelle Haskell de Tomaso ‘44 Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeMeulemeester Mr. and Mrs. John H. Devlin, Jr. h ‘83 Ms. Stacylyn May Dewey ‘99 Mr. Arthur Gibb, Jr. ‘48 Mr. Alexander Iler ‘89 Mr. and Mrs. Austin Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kaye h ‘78 Mr. and Mrs. David L. Klemm Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. Dr. Edward Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Mercer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Orr John Dennis Pitts ‘52 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Reinhard Margaret S. Riker Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ryan
Disce Anabel Rose Schmelz ‘06 Mrs. Patricia Scopellite Mr. Steven Scopellite Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Sheftel Mrs. Danielle Sherwood and Mr. Scott Schultz Ms. Alyssa Ellen Spector ‘98 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon G. Sweely Ms. Suzanne Van der Leur ‘62 Mrs. Deane Wolfe ‘56 Ashley Marie Wood ‘86 Mr. and Mrs. Ted K. Yarbrough 5-9 YEARS (bold denotes new to society) An Anonymous Donor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Abebreseh Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Argilagos Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Baret Mrs. Ruth Barker Ms. Joanne Barker ‘72 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bilanin Dr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Bilow Mr. and Mrs. P. Douglas Bird Ms. Tricia Black and Mr. Patrick J. Brogan Susan Boyd Blanchard ‘60 Ms. Lia Jude Calabro ‘02 Mrs. Christina Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Carton h ‘85 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Carton IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cerussi Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chavez Mr. Robert Michael Chernow ‘73 Mr. Michael John Clark ’06 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowell w ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Crowell w ‘88 Mr. Charles D. Daly II ‘61 Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Devine Mr. and Mrs. Domenic M. DiPiero III Deborah and Jon Eckert Mr. and Mrs. Chester F. English III Ms. Kristi Evans Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fallacara Mr. and Mrs. David H. Feldman
Mr. and Mrs. Chris R. Gibson Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goski Mrs. Megan Gula and Mr. David Turkaly Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hackett Ms. Lori Hohenleitner Mr. Eric Hsia ‘86 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jarck Ms. Catherine Grace Knopf ’00 Dr. Daniel E. Kremens M.D. ‘77 Mr. Vincent Paul LaBarbara ‘11 Mr. and Mrs. Carl LaGrassa Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lander w ‘82 Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Largey, Sr. Mrs. Phyllis Lefrak Mr. and Mrs. John H. Leibee Ms. Sue Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. Regis B. Lippert Ms. Patricia Lordi and Mr. Matthew McDonagh Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Lu Francis William Luby ‘07 Ms. Erin O’Hern Luby ‘09 Mr. John Ronan Luby ‘11 Mrs. Lisa Luckett Drs. Federigo and Suzanne Magherini Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maroney Mr. and Mrs. James Masserio Mr. and Mrs. Marino Mazzei Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarren Ms. Karen McGinley and Mr. E. T. Brennan Dr. Heather McMullen and Mr. Eric Wachtel Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Melconian Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mitsch
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Vitae Disce (cont.) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mullins III Mr. Peter A. Nebel Mrs. Victoria Nebel Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Olivieri Mr. and Mrs. Gary Olivieri Mr. and Mrs. Steve Page Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Brian Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Piacentini Mr. and Mrs. Corey Popham Mr. Richard Willis Post, Jr. ‘83 Ms. Barbara H. B. Potts ‘39 Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Puma Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Raphalian Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Ricker Mrs. Margaret S. Riker Mr. William R. and Mrs. Jean H. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. William Robertson Mr. and Mrs. William Robertson IV w ‘57 Gorr Toros Sahakian ‘07 Haik Toros Sahakian ‘08 Teny Toros Sahakian ‘09 Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Senft Ms. Sarah S. Somerville ‘69 Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stumberger Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Sullivan w ‘95 Mr. and Mrs. Al Tenuto Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Thomas Jr. Mrs. Bonnie Torcivia Mr. Joseph A. Torcivia Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tsimbinos Marshall Van Winkle III ‘47 Mr. and Mrs. John Vibert Rev. and Mrs. Thomas H. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weiss Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Howard DeGraff Wolfe III h ‘90 Drs. Eric and Sandra Wolman
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Vitae Disce Spotlight: The DeMeulemeester Family “We support RCDS because we can see first-hand how it’s fostered a real strength of character in our sons, Cole and Sean. They are both well-rounded, confident, warm and humble boys and easily build relationships. They have developed skills and friendships Tthat they will take with them throughout their lives. Our son Cole graduated in 2014 and is now an Upper (Junior) at Andover. RCDS helped him to develop a wide range of interests and talents over the years through the school’s wide range of offerings, and as a result of the relationships he established with his exceptional teachers and coaches. He now plays football, competes in Nordic skiing, was a DJ on Andover’s radio station, and this year was offered a leadership role as a proctor in his dorm, “Andover Cottage”, which was a big honor as an Upper. It’s been a seamless transition for him, and we know the education Cole received at RCDS has played an essential role in his development. RCDS has been a true home for our family for now close to 12 years. We continue our tradition of supporting the school in the hope that Sean and current and future families will benefit from the same education, core values and relationships that we have been so fortunate to experience.” -Robert & Kathy DeMeulemeester
RCDS Traditions
Fourth Grade are the keepers of the flag
Pre-K Moves Up to The Big School
8th Grade Wilderness Trip
FIeld Day
8th Grade Carnival
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RCDS Traditions (cont.)
6th Grade Stokes Trip RCDS Forensics Festival
Turkey Bowl Powder Puff Game
Upper School Geography Bee
Holiday Concert
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Grandparents & Special Friends’ Day
RCDS Arts Festival On the evening of April 25, 2016, RCDS hosted its first annual Arts Festival, showcasing students’ talents across a broad artistic spectrum. Colorful two- and three-dimensional artwork was displayed throughout the school and student performers demonstrated their skills and passions for singing, musical instruments, speech recitation, and more. All in attendance felt pride and joy for these gifted (and brave!) young people who took the stage in front of faculty members, parents, and their peers. Three cheers for RCDS and its Gator artists!
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Why Give?
You can make an immediate and meaningful difference for our students and the dedicated faculty who teach them!
You may wonder how your child will benefit when you make a charitable gift to RCDS. Our school is well known for academic excellence in a warm, nurturing environment. Both are supported not only by your tuition dollars but also by many charitable contributions from our families and friends. Our small classes, talented teachers, reading and mat resources, cutting edge technology, and many exceptional offerings in the arts and athletics are all enhanced by contributions from donors like you. Your gift to Annual Giving – the school’s most important and impactful fundraising priority each year – is necessary because tuition alone does not cover the true cost of educating your child. In fact, tuition covers approximately 80% of the cost at most private day schools. That’s why independent schools need endowments, supplementary revenue from activities such as summer camps and facilities rentals, and yes, fundraising. Since our school is a relatively small community, as compared to a university or hospital, we have fewer supporters. Several families make our school their philanthropic priority for just this reason. Annual Giving, capital campaigns for special projects, endowment funds in support of the facility, financial aid and the faculty, gifts of securities, planned giving in the form of bequests etc., and gifts in kind are just some of the ways you can help advance the mission of The Rumson Country Day School.
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How to Give
There are numerous ways that you can make a 100% tax-deductible gift in support of excellence at The Rumson Country Day School. Every donation makes a difference and is greatly appreciated!
Credit Card Visa/MC/Discover: Online: www.rcds.org/donate By Phone: 732-842-0527 ext. 1142 Check/Cash by mail to the Development Office: The Rumson Country Day School Development Office 35 Bellevue Avenue Rumson, NJ 07760 Matching Gifts: Double or triple the impact of your gift by triggering a corporate match from your or your spouse’s employer. For a list of participating companies, please visit www.rcds.org/matchinggifts Note: RCDS credits the donor with corporate matching funds when identifying Leadership gift levels. For example, a personal gift of $1,000 and a corporate match of $1,000 would recognize a donor at the 1926 Club Leadership Level for a total gift of $2,000.
Gifts of Securities: Gifts of common stock or other securities may have added benefits to donors, such as an income tax charitable deduction and/or a capital gains tax savings. Contact the Director of Development, Missy Falkenberg, at mfalkenberg@rcds.org or 732-842-0527 ext. 1142 to receive complete transfer instructions.
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OUR MISSION: The Rumson Country Day School, founded in 1926 as an independent educational institution, seeks: • to provide students from all communities with a dynamic, challenging academic experience in a safe and supportive environment; • to nourish academic excellence, individual and social responsibility, civic awareness, and leadership skills; • to inspire our graduates to become life-long learners able to thrive, contribute, and excel in a demanding secondary school environmentand in today’s global society.
Contact Us: Missy Falkenberg, Director of Development (732) 842-0527 ext. 1142 or mfalkenberg@rcds.org The Rumson Country Day School has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this Annual Report. We apologize for any omissions or misrepresentations. If we have made an error or omission, please let us know and we will correct it immediately in this online Annual Report. Please note that this report reflects giving from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016
The Rumson Country Day School 35 Bellevue Avenue • Rumson, NJ • 07760 • 732-842-0527 • www.rcds.org
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