UCDS 2021-2022 Annual Report

Annual Report 21-22

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FROM THE BOARD CHAIR & THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dear UCDS Community,

Our 2021-22 school year unfolded with hope and optimism. As we emerged from a two-year global pandemic, the central theme of our experience across all constituency groups was that “community matters.” Our students celebrated being together again, and our classrooms hummed with creative activity. Teachers were inspired to be working directly with students and each other once again to design the magic that is our program hallmark. Families were equally grateful to be able to come into the buildings each day and to gather on campus.

The all-school theme, SHAPE, was a glorious platform for program design school-wide. Teachers crafted curriculum that gave our students the tools they need to see the world from a wider perspective, especially in this time of social dynamism and change. In every aspect of our program, faculty created opportunities for us to gain an appreciation of diverse cultures and communities. This work continues to strengthen our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our community.

We are grateful for the exceptional support of our families, who volunteer their time, energy, and creativity to shape our school. President Fabi Kirst and the Parent Guardian Association hosted several virtual and in-person events culminating in an amazing “Boogie and Glow” dance party on the playground. In addition, we thank Ravi and Shanthi Rajagopalan and Kai Shih and Ingrid Chiang, who led our UCDS Fund in achieving 100% participation and raising $451,301 to support our vibrant programs.

Our Night to Unite auction co-chairs Ana Flávia Hedrick and Crystal Aspen and their team put on a spectacular event on our UCDS campus, raising over $510,000 to support Tuition Assistance, Teacher Excellence, and Student Learning Support. Due to these initiatives, we were able to offer over $1.2 million dollars in tuition assistance to promote access for families, maintain our trajectory for equitable pay for faculty, and to expand our services to students who need additional learning support. Sustaining our teaching culture is crucial to our continued success. The night was a resounding success and a joyous occasion for families to celebrate together in person.

UCDS Mission, University Child Development School designs a culture of inquiry essential to meaningful learning. We cultivate reflective, collaborative, skillful thinkers who ignite positive change in their communities. We engage diverse perspectives in an ongoing effort to shape & share our innovative education model.

The significant work initiated by our Board of Trustees saw progress as we continued our commitment to the goals of our Five-Year Strategic Plan. Campus expansion is top of mind as we follow our plan to increase enrollment. We added an additional 1-2 and another 3-4 classroom over the past five years, and our Board approved creating expanded classroom space for 5th grade. In all our Board and Committee conversations, we prioritize elevating our programs with heightened attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion and confronting the challenges of affordability, longevity, and access.

Meanwhile, the UCDS Imagine Forever capital campaign is quietly building momentum toward realizing our campus expansion goals. Building on the land bank we started before the pandemic, we focused on property acquisition to the north and south of our campus to strategically support the future growth of our Infant-Toddler Education, Early Elementary, Elementary, and College for School Culture programs, and the eventual addition of a middle school. We are grateful for the significant efforts of our Board members and the early supporters who have generously invested in the future of UCDS through this capital effort.

As we see in our returning alumni, UCDS students “Move On” and create positive, impactful, and meaningful change in the world. We are so proud to be the foundation from which they launch into learning, and we are thankful for your partnership.

Gratefully,

Amy Smith, UCDS Board Chair

Paula Smith, Head of School

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PORTRAITS & SHAPE STUDIES

EVERY STUDENT, FROM OUR YOUNGEST TO OUR OLDEST, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE PORTRAITS USING A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS

Over several months, teachers offered many provocations designed to help students explore self-portraiture and all of the complex motor, communication, and observation skills within. By exploring their “me-ness” (a phrase coined by famed early childhood educator Loris Malaguzzi), children learn a great deal about themselves by studying themselves in a mirror and recreating what they see.

Studio

preschoolers experimented with skin color by using photos of themselves as the canvas. They mixed the skin-color paints and then worked to match the colors by layering the paint on top of their photo. As the project evolved, students were invited to use a wide range of materials, including various types of paint, found objects, and loose parts to create and recreate multiple iterations of their self-portrait.

Early Elementary

students used mirrors to examine their faces and create different shapes, shades, and tones with clay in Art with Jessica. Teachers connected this art exploration to conversations in the classroom about what makes them unique as individuals, learners, and friends. Using books as a jumping point, teachers facilitated conversations with students about their unique physical attributes and the strengths that they bring to the UCDS community.

students brainstormed identity circles in the fall, illustrating the different facets that make up their life. In the spring, they were inspired by Tyler Gordon’s paintings in his book We Can: Portraits of Power. His style of painting, which utilizes the highlights and shadows of his subjects’ faces, provided inspiration for students. Students examined and recreated their faces as a series of irregular shapes and shadows, which often didn’t come to life until the last mid-tone layers of color were added in.

3-4

students completed a three-dimensional portrait study in Art with Jessica and Melinda. They began by working in facial-feature teams to design as many different kinds and shapes of the feature they were assigned. These mouth, hair, nose, eyes, and ear teams created “dictionaries” of sorts, and they presented their process and creations to the rest of the class. Each student created their own egg carton portrait, and the results were stunning!

5th-Grade

students mixed watercolor to create skin color, hair, and eyes. Then, they made scanned watercolors for the outlines. The borders are images from nature that are representative of each student as a learner and community member.*

*5th-grade project from the 2022-23 school year

UCDS COLLEGE FOR SCHOOL CULTURE

Graduate School of Education

The UCDS Master of Education Program is the evolution of UCDS' deep history of developing exceptional educators with its culture of collaboration and mentorship. Practicum-focused courses allow graduate students to weave theory into practice. Each course supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for its students and for those they will serve in the future. Students focus their educational lens on the philosophies and practices that promote a culture of inquiry and excitement for learning. We aim for our graduates to build the intangible skills of great teaching that are often missed in traditional programs—those needed to shape culture, collaborate to ensure meaningful learning for all students, and design innovative curriculum.

Graduate students complete a Capstone project in their final year. Each student designs this action research project to investigate their educational questions and to explore and shape their teaching philosophy and practice. The Capstone project gives Master’s candidates an in-depth experience in reflective practice, educational research, and teacher leadership—essential tools for educational leaders. UCDS Master's candidates are attuned to institutional culture and recognize it as an asset that they can influence and leverage to improve their students' learning.

The UCDS Graduate School opened its doors to its first students in August of 2020, and we celebrated our first graduating class of Master's degree candidates on Saturday, June 11, 2022. We are incredibly proud of our students who are already making a positive impact on their schools! We could not be more impressed by our graduates' commitment to their practice as educators, and we look forward to following their careers as they continue to create value in their communities.

CAPSTONE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Achijah Berry explored social-emotional learning and the connections between curriculum, student awareness and student ability to problem solve and manage conflict. Through this work, Achijah helped her colleagues at SAAS start to reimagine the tools used for social emotional learning and their connection to teachers, students and families.

Mackenzie Hasenauer investigated oracy, or student talk, and its importance for expression and academic and social emotional growth. She increased her UCDS colleagues’ understanding of what being an effective communicator looks like. Through this work, she showed a commitment that all students can find their voice.

Achijah Berry '22 & Mackenzie Hasenauer ‘22

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UCDS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: UCDS.ORG/INSTITUTE/GRADUATE-PROGRAM

COLLEGE FOR SCHOOL CULTURE LEADERSHIP

David steered the graduate program from its opening and achieved many important milestones. He hired the program’s faculty and recruited and enrolled the first cohorts of students. David drove the transition of the program from a vision and a plan, to the commencement of classes, safely welcoming students and faculty to campus during a challenging pandemic, and then on to our first graduation of students. We are grateful for David, who dedicated his leadership, creative design, and unwavering sense of humor to the launch and growth of our innovative College for School Culture.

In July 2022, we welcomed Dr. Katie Morrison to the role of Dean of the UCDS Graduate School.

UCDS INSTITUTE

This year the UCDS Institute welcomed two new Institute directors, Kristi Grouws and Lily Wei, to begin in the 2022-2023 school year. Working collaboratively, the duo will guide the UCDS Institute in restoring programming and exploring new opportunities to SHAPE education in alignment with its mission:

The Institute is designed to advance our innovative educational model.

of education through

professional development programs and partnerships.

MORE ABOUT THE UCDS INSTITUTE: UCDS.ORG/INSTITUTE

We’re dedicated to transforming the face

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We’re committed to helping educators grow in their careers and to inspire future teacher leaders.

We want to acknowledge the valuable contributions of David Garrick, the outgoing Dean of the Graduate School.

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FUNDRAISING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Today, Tomorrow, Together

Our sincerest gratitude to our amazing community for making the 2021-22 UCDS Fund campaign one of the most successful yet! This amazing effort was led by co-chairs Ravi and Shanthi Rajagopalan and Kai Shih and Ingrid Chiang. Their focus on lifting our community helped make the campaign not only successful, but fun as well!

$451,301 raised 100% current community participation 75% of funds raised support operations 25% of funds raised support the Endowment

Thank you to everyone who participated! Your contributions sustain our school!

AUCTION

The UCDS campus served as the perfect venue for the exciting return of an inperson UCDS Night to Unite! The Tower playground was transformed into an elegant event space where over 300 attendees enjoyed food, drinks, and dancing the night away with live music! Congratulations and thank you to co-chairs Crystal Aspen and Ana Flávia Hedrick and their team of volunteers for creating such a memorable evening!

The event was a celebration of our community and we want to thank everyone who volunteered, donated, or participated in one of our many auction related activities! Your support helped fund resources and cutting-edge individualized curriculum and programs that ignite the potential in every student. Your support of the auction fuels the magic happening in our classrooms, from Learning Support to Specialist classes to our classrooms and DEI projects. Thank you!

Thank

you to our 2021-22 Parent Guardian Association Officers!

Our Parent Guardian Association created meaningful ways for our community to engage and come together all year long!

From sponsoring UCDS Spirit Week and organizing a Virtual Planetarium event with the Museum of Flight and a UCDServes habitat restoration project, to orchestrating the return of the family favorite Boogie & Glow Dance, there was something for everyone!

Fabi Kirst, President

Abby Maletis, Vice President

Kristen Boeckmann, Treasurer & Secretary

Ellen Chang, New Family Liaison & Community Engagement

Steven Chao, New Family Liaison & Community Engagement

Kirstin Haugen, UCDServes

Anu Vijay, UCDServes

Elspeth Payton Martin, Events

Jennifer Sullivan, Events

Heather Proudfoot, PGA Speaker Series

FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2021-2022

Your Gifts Fuel Innovation at UCDS. Thank you!

The UCDS community plays a vital role in the growth and sustainability of our school. Your generosity fuels our innovative programs, supports our design-led approach, and opens up access and opportunity for children.

Families with an (*) indicate they are a Friend of UCDS and have pledged to support UCDS for three consecutive years.

UCDS FUND: Current Community

Anonymous (42), Jinai A & Qianqian Hu, Dhruv Agarwal & Tatyana Dolgaya, Kaili Alexander, Robert Alford & Tara Moss, Heather Alhadeff, Cameron Allen & Morgen Maroney-Allen, Stewart & Mariska Allen, Miguel Almeida & Fabi Kirst*, Angelo & Kathy Ambion, Leah Anderson, Marlene Anderson, Harry & Alicia Arsene, Crystal Aspen & Alex Berezhnoy*, Ari Atwater, Chris & Kirsten Backus, Bryan Balmadrid & Melissa Hayes Balmadrid, Drew & Marianne Bamford, Wenjie Bao & Shuang Li, Alyssa & Drew Barr, Clara Batchelder, Kylie Booher, Gaurav & Jessica Bora, Bo Borgerson & Nan Shao, Nicki Bowen, Jonathan Bricker & Maika D’Ambrosi, Daniel & Cindy Burdick, Reid Burkland & Megan Othus*, Bryn Burroughs, Xuege Cao & Xuan Zhang, Theresa Cardamone, James Carothers & Lara Rose, Jon & Katie Chan, Steven Chao*, Evan Chen & Alice Wong, Marlene Chen, Lessa Chiaraluce, Ben & Karin Chickadel, Deb & Chris Chickadel*, Jeff Chin & Maki Arakawa, David Cho & Ellen Chang*, Su Choi, Stephanie Cisakowski, Erin & Greg Coomer, Larry Coppenrath & Laura Nason, John & Tiffany Corwin, Ellen Cottrell & Jack Forman, Alex & Matthew Cramer, Shane Cramer & Kirstin Haugen, Melinda Deal, Greg Dean & Jennifer Otten, Allie Deitel, Andrew & Leslie Dervan, Gaurav Dhawan & Shweta Arora, Allison Dick & Andrea Hanson, Sarah Donahue, Raina Doughty, Jenn Drake & Brandon Drake, Jill Eagle, David Engelberg & Remi Specter, Erin Fahey Sainsbury & Jon Sainsbury, Ali Farhadi & Hanna Hajishirzi, Marisa Ferche, Hannah Filley, Breaunah Flowers, Susan Foley & Michael Doherty, Matt Francis & Erin Hachlinski, Joseph & Stephanie Frazee, Lupe Galarza, James & Valarie Gamez, James & Catherine Gannon, Xiang Gao & Yaohong Xi, Emma Garcia, Rajiv Garg & Meghna Singla, Jessica & David Garrick, Christian & Amanda Geismann, Skúli Gestsson & Anna Jónsdóttir, Andrew Glass & ZQ Ma, Will & Christa Glenn, Danny Godbout & Stephanie Heinrich, Peter Godman & Munira Rahemtulla, John Goldmark & Anna Pepper, Ian Gore & Hana Choi, Matthew Grabowski & Erin West, Justin & Diane Graham, Natasha & Rob Greyber, Jane Griffin-Joseph & Tearon Joseph, Kristi & Ryan Grouws, Shelley & Prashant Grover, Vin Gupta & Nisha Ahir, Sam Haffey & Erin Abraham, Christopher Hanson & Leticia Salazar, Courtney & Jeremy Hartman, Trey & Miryam Harvey, Mackenzie Hasenauer, Matt Hawrilenko & Emily Kroshus-Havril, Eric Hayashi & Kristen Boeckmann, Greg & Jen Headrick, Kerrie & Brett Hecko, Ana Flavia Hedrick & Robert Hedrick*, Ken Hillyer & Erin O’Connell, Orion & Jackie Hindawi, Julia Hohn, Dave Holloway & Leah Davis, Drew & Jessica Holloway, Megumi Hosaka, Tony & Jessie Hu, Albert & Romelynn Hwang, Lynn Hyde, Nick Isles, Yoojin & Relja Ivanovic, Charlie Jackson & Yau Wong, Nathan & Kate Jackson, Eric Ji & Kristi Li*, Harry Jiang & Lynnda Li, Xuemin & Aji John, Jonathon & Jean Johns, Chris & Mimi Johnson, Brian & Carli Jones, David & Kristi Joneschild, Jennifer & Courtney Jones-Vanderleest*, Brad & Erin Kahn, Joey KatekaruLiekwig, Dean Kawamoto & Mary Fan, Rowan Kent, Garrett & Amy Kephart, Miles Keys McKay, Nancy Kiefer, Rick Kirst & Patti Goldman, Jared & Laura Klein, Jonathan & Catherine Kling, Kevin Ko & Laura Matsen Ko, Ozgur Koc & Melike Yucel- Koc, Sarah Krochmalny, Sanjuna Lama, Jim & Molly Lamb, Bindi & Timothy Lassige, Chris & Sonja Lavin, Ronan Le Bras & Lea Stern, Josh & Jenny Leahy, Jason LeeKeenan & Leshya Wig, Justin Lent & Sarah Sled, Johan Lieu & Katherine Duncan, Wu Lin & Fei Xie, Brent Lindell & Samantha Agee, Travis Lindsey & Elisa Alessi, Luyi Liu & Helena Yanling, Ray Liu & Taro Wang, Jason Lombard & Jamie Asaka, Brian Lonergan, Chris Longenecker & Allison Webel, Mary & Mugs Loudon, Waid & Otway Louie*, Tyler & Noelle Luiten, Xunkun Luo & Celina Yang, Zhaoqing Ma & JingJing Li, Ava Maas, Greg & Zoe Maddox, Dylan MaggioHucek, Abigail & Bryan Maletis*, Rahul Mandiga & Varsha Manjunath, Lisa & Nick Manheim, Angie Manning-Goodwill, Sean Marley & Jennifer Wilkes, Jill & TJ Marlow, Desiree Mas y Rubi & Michael Johnson, Tryg McInerny & Sara Raab McInerny, Maria McKinley, Nicole & Bill McNichols, Mei Mei & Kojo Gambrah-Sampaney, Onur Mete & Ozge Sade Mete, Tami Milles-Atterberry & Tony Atterberry, Chaitanya Moghe & Dhanashree Kale, Katie & Michael Morrison, Paul & Whitney Murphy, Helena Myler, Yuval Natan & Jacqueline Tong, Aroon Nataraj & Aarthi Subramani, Du Nguyen & Ping Xu, Quynh Nguyen, Aaron Nicholls, Grace Nicholson, Alanna & Morten Nielsen, Alex Novotney, Cooper & Lauren Offenbecher*, Pat O’Neil & Olivia Belletti, Justin & Mia O’Neill, Dan Osias & Katie Gunderson*, Jerry Pan & Lili Fang*, Christopher Pasco & Jeffrey Pelletier*, David & Melissa Pearlstein, Ryan & Carolyn Petersen*, Amin Pezeshk, Michael Place & Amanda Hilson, Kevin & Christy Pope, Trey Powell, Colin Pritchard & Heather Cheng, Cameron & Heather Proudfoot, Scott & Ingrid Pultz, Jovi Qi & Sara Zhu, Madison Ragland, Ravi & Shanthi Rajagopalan*, Preethi Ramani, Sandeap Reddy & Neha Nariya*, Casey Rettenmier, Elise Ricci, Mychal & Sunita Richardson, Jerry Riener & Jennifer Sullivan, Andy & Sara Rigel, Natasha Rodgers, Alex Romero & Karina Juarez Romero, Corey & Lauren Roussel, Alexis & Grant Rubenstein, Maggie Ruisi, Abby Sandberg, Rishi & Neeti Sanyal, Marianne & Andrew Sardelich, Eric Schmidt & Rebecca Campeau, Joe Schmitt & Jae Sim, Mark & Angela Schofield, Matt Schreiber & Mara Lippa,

Peter & JoAnn Schwabland*, Martha Schwarz & Edgar O’Hara, Dave & Heather Scott, Kabir & Noreen Shahani, Jared Shapiro & Catherine Symon, Dave & Sara Sharkey, Kai Shih & Ingrid Chiang, David & Marnie Silver*, Abhishek Sinha & Neha Srivastava, Elaine Smith & Colin Smith, Leah Smith & Somnath Mookherjee, Nicholas Smith, P.J. & Amy Smith*, Paula & Ted Smith, Michael & Sarah Soung, Alistair & Lilian Speirs, Cyrena Stefano & Reilly Donovan, Brooke & Shannon Stabbert, BJ & Leah Stein, Jesse Stenz, Tony & Jean Stewart, Derek & Diana Streat, Wyn Strodtbeck & Sarah Ringold, Cliff & Kirsty Su, SzuYing Su, David Sun & Paris Fang, Fang Sun & Zeran Wang, Mark Suzman & Katherine Switz, Eric & Lindsay Swanson, Lisa Tagal, Evan Tan & Jue Wang, Christian & Sarah Taubman, Joe & Lea Tiernan, John Tiernan, Kai Toh, Marcus & Amy Trione, Cinthya Tu, Brooke & Garett Vail, Stephen Van Dyck & Kristen Johnson, John Vander Sluis & Anu Vijay, Jay & Jennifer Vary, Jesse Vohs, Thor & Bradaigh Wagner, Jocelyn Waite, Anne Walters-Cooke, Katie Walters-Krohn, Haidong Wang & Yulin Liu, Robert & Susan Waugh, Sven Weber, Karl & Elizabeth Wehden, Elizabeth Wei, Charles & Lindsay White, Marc & Liz Williams, Nicole Wilson, Youjiang Wu & Li Qiao, Yuqin Wu & Jin Ye, Yan Xia & Ping Lu, James Xing & Jess Zhang, Mingsen Xu & Chui Ying Law, Lelia Yerxa & Calvin Garner, Allen Zeng & Emma Wang, Chao Zhang & Zhuping Zhao, Eric & Xiaoxiao Zhang, Lichao Zhao & Autumn Zhong, Simon Zhu & Sunny Zhou, Conrad Ziesler & Carole Lee*

Alum & Alum Families

Anonymous (1), Andrew Benjamin & Shelley Saunders, David Brannon-Cirone & John Cirone*, Elaine Cashar, William & Kathleen Colleran, Joseph & Natasha Debons, Reed Delahunty, Hadley Delahunty, Nick & Julie Eitel, Dean Holmes & Kelly Larkin, Paul Hughes, Van & Wendy Katzman, Steven Kaufman & Nan Holmes, Cesar & Mariana Keller*, Will & Meghan Kiefer*, Robert Lipson & Sharon Kean, Chris Loeffler, Jonathan Loeffler, Tom & Julie Lombardo, Hans & Nikki Lundin, Kevin Monohan & Mardi Douglass, Roger D & Penny C Percy, Steve Price & Suze Woolf, Doug Pyle*, Jeff & Tricia Raikes, David Ralph & Susan Ott, Robert Raphael & Jennifer Naimy, Bob & Peggy Rinne*, Brent Roraback & Lisa Stiffler, Kevin Ruddell & Heather Kroll, Tal & Irene Saraf*, Deborah Stamm

Grandparents & Friends

Debbie & Gill Agee, Marvin H. Albert, Lowell & Julianna Alford, Pam Bendich, Sandra Bergman, Karen & Ray Burkland, Vivek Dalvi, Diane Deitel, Lia Dicker, Elizabeth Flett, Bruce & Joanne Harrell, Elaine & Jack Hillyer, Carol Joneschild, John & Laura Kvasnosky, Jane & Richard Levin, Tom & Barbara O’Connell*, Mari & Peter Offenbecher*, Larry & Lucille Pasco, Rodney & Sandra Payton, Andrée Place, Ellen Richardson, John & Janice Ritter, Pat & Virginia Sainsbury, Sijing & Disheng Shen, Nancy Lee Smith, John Tiernan, Eric Vadon & Marie Casey, Henry & Stephanie Vanderleest, Theodore & Iris Wagner, Carolyn Weimar, Luana Welch & Bill Rossman, Quentin Yerxa & Karen Freisem, Vicki Young

Corporate & Foundations

Alaska Airlines, AmazonSmile Foundation, Apple Computer Inc, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BMGI, Boeing Company, Charities Aid Foundation, Gilead, Google, Inc., Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson PS, Indeed, McKinsey, Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Nike, Inc., Nordstrom, Norman Raab Foundation, PayPal Giving Fund, Salesforce, The Dr. Maxwell Hurston Family Foundation, Inc., The Russell Family Foundation, T-Mobile, Unity Technologies

Imagine Forever

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, David Brannon-Cirone & John Cirone, Darius Cayetano, Eric Ji & Kristi Li, Emily & Zac Thorpe

Diane Chickadel Fund

Auction

Anonymous (8), Jinai A & Qianqian Hu, Dhruv Agarwal & Tatyana Dolgaya, Robert Alford & Tara Moss, Heather Alhadeff, Cameron Allen & Morgen Maroney-Allen, Stewart & Mariska Allen, Miguel Almeida & Fabi Kirst, Angelo & Kathy Ambion, Crystal Aspen & Alex Berezhnoy, Chris & Kirsten Backus, Bryan Balmadrid & Melissa Hayes Balmadrid, Drew & Marianne Bamford, Steve & Angelia Barbeaux, Alyssa & Drew Barr, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sarah Bird, Board & Vellum LLC, Boeing Company, Billy & Isis Bordner, Bo Borgerson & Nan Shao, Jonathan Bricker & Maika D’Ambrosi, Bumbershoots by Nana, Daniel & Cindy Burdick, Theresa Cardamone, James Carothers & Lara Rose, Nick Carter & Denise Noyes, Darius Cayetano, Celeste & Kai Chan, Jon & Katie Chan, Joseph Chang & Silvia He, Steven Chao, Evan Chen & Alice Wong, Marlene Chen, Deb & Chris Chickadel, Chihuly Studio, Jeff Chin & Maki Arakawa, David Cho & Ellen Chang, Stephanie Cisakowski, Erin & Greg Coomer, Alysha Cooper, Larry Coppenrath & Laura Nason, John & Tiffany Corwin, Ellen Cottrell & Jack Forman, Shane Cramer & Kirstin Haugen, Dany Daher & Dina Hilal, Andrew & Leslie Dervan, Gaurav Dhawan & Shweta Arora, Allison Dick & Andrea Hanson, Jill Eagle, David Engelberg & Remi Specter, Kristin Erickson, Erin Fahey Sainsbury & Jon Sainsbury, Ali Farhadi & Hanna Hajishirzi, Peter Finkelman & Carly Kaufman, First Security Bank, Ana Flavia Hedrick & Robert Hedrick, Flyhomes, Inc., Susan Foley & Michael Doherty, Matt Francis & Erin Hachlinski, Joseph & Stephanie Frazee, James & Valarie Gamez, James & Catherine Gannon, Xiang Gao & Yaohong Xi, Glenn & Kate Gardner, Jessica & David Garrick, Christian & Amanda Geismann, Will & Christa Glenn, Danny Godbout & Stephanie Heinrich, Peter Godman & Munira Rahemtulla, John Goldmark & Anna Pepper, Google, Inc., Ian Gore & Hana Choi, Matthew Grabowski & Erin West, Justin & Diane Graham, Natasha & Rob Greyber, Jane Griffin-Joseph & Tearon Joseph, Kristi & Ryan Grouws, Shelley & Prashant Grover, Joe Gruber & Kelsey Beck, Vin Gupta & Nisha Ahir, Sam Haffey & Erin Abraham, Christopher Hanson & Leticia Salazar, Courtney & Jeremy Hartman, Trey & Miryam Harvey, Matt Hawrilenko & Emily Kroshus-Havril, Eric Hayashi & Kristen Boeckmann, Jeff Heer & Daniela Rosner, Ken Hillyer & Erin O’Connell, Orion & Jackie Hindawi, Dave Holloway & Leah Davis, Drew & Jessica Holloway, Tony & Jessie Hu, Albert & Romelynn Hwang, Charlie Jackson & Yau Wong, Nathan & Kate Jackson, JAS Design Build, Eric Ji & Kristi Li, Harry Jiang & Lynnda Li, Wanting Jiang, Xuemin & Aji John, Jonathon & Jean Johns, Annalise Johnson, David & Kristi Joneschild, Jennifer & Courtney Jones-Vanderleest, Brad & Erin Kahn, Rowan Kent, Garrett & Amy Kephart, Miles Keys McKay, Brian Kilgore & Mariel Young, Rick Kirst & Patti Goldman, Jared & Laura Klein, Ozgur Koc & Melike Yucel- Koc, Jim & Molly Lamb, Bindi & Timothy Lassige, Ronan Le Bras & Lea Stern, Josh & Jenny Leahy, Susan Leaverton, Jason LeeKeenan & Leshya Wig, Justin Lent & Sarah Sled, Max Lieblich & June Spector, Johan Lieu & Katherine Duncan, Wu Lin & Fei Xie, Brent Lindell & Samantha Agee, Travis Lindsey & Elisa Alessi, Ray Liu & Taro Wang, Jason Lombard & Jamie Asaka, Brian Lonergan, Chris Longenecker & Allison Webel, Mary & Mugs Loudon, Waid & Otway Louie, Tyler & Noelle Luiten, Zhaoqing Ma & JingJing Li, Abigail & Bryan Maletis, Rahul Mandiga & Varsha Manjunath, Lisa & Nick Manheim, Sean Marley & Jennifer Wilkes, Jill & TJ Marlow, Jake Martin & Elspeth Payton Martin, Tim & Sarah Martino, Desiree Mas y Rubi & Michael Johnson, Tryg McInerny & Sara Raab McInerny, Maria McKinley, Berto Mendoza, Rachel Mendoza, Onur Mete & Ozge Sade Mete, Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Linda & Ron Milles, Tami Milles-Atterberry & Tony Atterberry, Chaitanya Moghe & Dhanashree Kale, Katie & Michael Morrison, Paul & Whitney Murphy, Aroon Nataraj & Aarthi Subramani, Du Nguyen & Ping Xu, Quynh Nguyen, Aaron Nicholls, Alanna & Morten Nielsen, Nike, Inc., Nordstrom, Norman Raab Foundation, Steve & Kim Oberto, Cooper & Lauren Offenbecher, Pat O’Neil & Olivia Belletti, Justin & Mia O’Neill, Dan Osias & Katie Gunderson, Jeremy Paley & Ann Dornfeld, Jerry Pan & Lili Fang, Christopher Pasco & Jeffrey Pelletier, Rodney & Sandra Payton, David & Melissa Pearlstein, Daniel & Vangie Pepper, Ryan & Carolyn Petersen, Amin Pezeshk, Michael Place & Amanda Hilson, Kevin & Christy Pope, Trey Powell, Cameron & Heather Proudfoot, Scott & Ingrid Pultz, Jovi Qi & Sara Zhu, RAFN, Ravi & Shanthi Rajagopalan, Preethi Ramani, Sandeap Reddy & Neha Nariya, Elise Ricci, Mychal & Sunita Richardson, Jerry Riener & Jennifer Sullivan, Andy & Sara Rigel, Johnny Rios & Kristen Cortez, Ben Robinson & Kelly Dang, Alex Romero & Karina Juarez Romero, Corey & Lauren Roussel, Alexis & Grant Rubenstein, Maggie Ruisi, Abby Sandberg, Rishi & Neeti Sanyal, Marianne & Andrew Sardelich, Eric Schmidt & Rebecca Campeau, Joe Schmitt & Jae Sim, Mark & Angela Schofield, Matt Schreiber & Mara Lippa, Peter & JoAnn Schwabland, Martha Schwarz & Edgar O’Hara, Dave & Heather Scott, Kabir & Noreen Shahani, Dave & Sara Sharkey, Kai Shih & Ingrid Chiang, David & Marnie Silver, Abhishek Sinha & Neha Srivastava, Leah Smith & Somnath Mookherjee, P.J. & Amy Smith, Paula & Ted Smith, Michael & Sarah Soung, Alistair & Lilian Speirs, Brooke & Shannon Stabbert, Cyrena Stefano & Reilly Donovan, BJ & Leah Stein, Derek & Diana Streat, Wyn Strodtbeck & Sarah Ringold, Cliff & Kirsty Su, David Sun & Paris Fang, Fang Sun & Zeran Wang, Jian Sun & Tracy Zheng, Mark Suzman & Katherine Switz, Eric & Lindsay Swanson, Evan Tan & Jue Wang, Christian & Sarah Taubman, Imelda Tiernan, Joe & Lea Tiernan, Vehro Titcomb & Diane Garvey, Marcus & Amy Trione, Josh & Ryan Turner, Shawn & Sheila Turner, Eric Vadon & Marie Casey, Brooke & Garett Vail, John Vander Sluis & Anu Vijay, Jay & Jennifer Vary, Piragash Velummylum & Natasha De Sousa, Rudi & Aliya Virani, Joel Vukelic & Melissa Holbert, Thor & Bradaigh Wagner, Katie Walters-Krohn, Sven Weber, Karl & Elizabeth Wehden, Lily Wei, Charles & Lindsay White, Marc & Liz Williams, Matt Witcher & Rebecca Engelberg, Youjiang Wu & Li Qiao, Yuqin Wu & Jin Ye, Yan Xia & Ping Lu, James Xing & Jess Zhang, Mingsen Xu & Chui Ying Law, Xiaodong Xu & Ying Zheng, Lelia Yerxa & Calvin Garner, Allen Zeng & Emma Wang, Chao Zhang & Zhuping Zhao, Eric & Xiaoxiao Zhang, Lichao Zhao & Autumn Zhong, Simon Zhu & Sunny Zhou, Conrad Ziesler & Carole Lee, Beth Zilberman

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Darius Cayetano

Joe Gruber

Sean Holmes

Jill Larson Im Jill Jackson

Kristen Johnson

Katie Jordan

Van Katzman

Lisa Lewis

Jeanne Nguyen

Jeff Pelletier

Eric Sanderson

Tony Stewart

Paula Smith Head of School

Fabi Kirst Parent Guardian Association

Sarah Donahue Faculty Representative

Amy Smith Chair

Howard Burton Vice Chair

Will Kiefer Vice Chair

Greg Headrick Treasurer

David Brannon-Cirone Secretary

DEPARTING TRUSTEE TRIBUTE

Will Kiefer

Chair (2019-2021) | Vice Chair (2021-2022)

Under the best circumstances, the UCDS Board of Trustees is entrusted with advancing the school’s strategic vision. The Board Chair, together with the Head of School, is at the helm. During his tenure as Chair, Will Kiefer acted above and beyond the normal scope of the job by shepherding the UCDS community through the incredible impact of the worldwide COVID pandemic. Will Kiefer was a partner and a sounding board from the mandated closure of our campus in March 2020, throughout the summer, and beyond. He kept the Board fully informed as the school redesigned every aspect of programming through the lens of a comprehensive health and safety plan as testing and vaccinations became available. Will’s uncanny ability to look ahead and anticipate roadblocks, reframe any concerns, and put them in perspective resulted in our safe re-opening. Concurrently, Will’s ability to see all sides of an issue and suggest a course of action with good humor allowed the school to achieve its annual goals. Will remained on the Board as Vice Chair in 2021-2022 to support the school’s emergence into a new, post-pandemic reality. The UCDS community is forever grateful for his brilliant leadership.

Congratulations to the Moving On Class of 2022!

5062 9th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105

22-23 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Amy Smith, Board Chair

David Brannon-Cirone, Vice Chair

Howard Burton, Vice Chair

Joe Gruber, Secretary

Greg Headrick, Treasurer

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Paula Smith, Head of School

Abby Maletis, Parent Guardian Association President

Sarah Donahue, Faculty Representative

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Darius Cayetano

Sean Holmes

Jill Larson Im

Jill Jackson

Kristen Johnson

Katie Jordan

Van Katzman

Lisa Lewis

Jeanne Nguyen

Jeff Pelletier

Shanthi Rajagopalan

Eric Sanderson

Kai Shih

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