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INSIDE Graduation 2015 Pope Francis Visit Full Steam Ahead!

Actions Not Words Annual Report

Class of 2015 College Acceptances

Asbury University Auburn University Baylor University Berry College Boston College Boston University Brown University Catholic University of America Cazenovia College Clark University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Columbia College Chicago Converse College B

Cornell University Drexel University Duquesne University East Carolina University Elon University Fairfield University Florida International University Fordham University Furman University Georgetown University Gettysburg College High Point University Hofstra University Hollins University

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Immaculata University Indiana University at Bloomington James Madison University John Carroll University Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Marist College Marymount University Merrimack College Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Mount Saint Mary’s University

Neumann University New York University Northeastern University Notre Dame of Maryland Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia University Providence College Purdue University Rhodes College Roanoke College Roger Williams University Sacred Heart University

Saint Joseph’s University Salisbury University Savannah College of Art & Design Seton Hall University Sewanee Skidmore College Spring Hill College Stonehill College Suffolk University Sweet Briar College Syracuse University Temple University Towson University Tulane University

University University University University University University University University University University University University University University

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Alabama California Colorado Dayton Findlay Georgia Kentucky Mary Washington Maryland Massachusetts Miami Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire

University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of North Florida University of Pittsburgh University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Vermont Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington College Wesley College

West Virginia University Widener University Wofford College

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24 Dear Holy Child Community, This has been a very exciting and rewarding year on so many levels.

I am honored to have been able to serve Holy Child this past year as Head of School and I continue to be amazed by this wonderful community. I am so grateful to the Holy Child Parents Association and Fathers Club who did an incredible job rallying volunteers throughout the year. Our community is so engaged and dedicated.

Our graduating class of 2015 was impressive on many levels. Scholar athletes, students who maintain a 3.3 GPA while participating in sports, comprised 32% percent of the senior class. Additionally, 21% of the Class of 2015 participated in Fine Arts Week, and two seniors had artwork exhibited in the Congressional Art Show competition. The Class of 2015 was awarded almost $2.2 million in merit scholarships and was accepted to and are attending a host of exceptional colleges and universities; a complete list can be found at the front of this magazine and on our website.

COVER: The Holy Child Chorus in front of St. Patrick’s Church with several guest vocalists from Gonzaga

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In addition to the renovation of several classrooms over the summer, the library has undergone the first phase of a redesign. The purpose of this redesign will be to provide better access to resources and also to make better use of space for creativity, collaborative learning, and quiet study.

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The Connelly School of the Holy Child Annual Report can be found in the back of this magazine. Those pages list the names of the many generous donors who helped us exceed our fundraising goals for both the Fund for Holy Child and our four major fundraising events. With our eyes firmly focused on the future, we have two new initiatives planned for this year. You can read about Fund Forward on page 38 and Innovate the Space on page 69.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year here at Holy Child and thank you for partnering with us on this journey to shaping extremely confident and well-rounded students. I am energized every day by our dedicated faculty, staff, and students. Thank you, parents, for making it possible to provide this outstanding education to your daughters. As always, thank you for being a part of our amazing Holy Child community!

Blessings,

Dr. Shannon Gomez Head of School

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8 SCHOOL NEWS 22 ACTIONS NOT WORDS 30 FULL STEAM AHEAD 36 ALUMNAE NEWS 49 ANNUAL REPORT 66 UPCOMING EVENTS

The Class of 2015: Exemplary.

Their accomplishments include acceptances to top colleges around the country, AP scores that beat local and national averages and more than 50 percent receiving merit aid. Congratulations!

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Public Service Award Allison Corina Bloss Student Council Award Caitlyn Powers O’Berry General Academic Excellence Lillian Elise Blomquist Leadership in Christian Social Action Terra Marie Haddad Karen Elizabeth Noonan Award Allison Corina Bloss Cornelia Connelly Award Katherine Waite Cynkar Kosch/Craig Award Caitlyn Powers O’Berry Alumnae Association Award Jeanne Marie Ryan Christian Valor Award Victoria Anne Suttora Sister Connie Craig Award Caroline Marie Marcus Cardinal Hickey Award Cecilia Tooley Garner Mary C. Crivella Prize Anna Elizabeth Jorgensen

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Creative Classrooms WORLD LANGUAGES

Creative Blooming What is creativity? Holy Child teachers offered some suggestions:

Show Stopping The 2014-15 musicals “Honk Jr.” and “Cats” were successful as much for the singing and acting talents on costumes and sets. For example, all the wigs for “Cats” were designed and constructed by our Holy Child students. The wigs were a product of our 3D sculpture class, all who worked tirelessly for weeks threading wool through swimming caps to build these one of kind wigs for each cat. The makeup was technical theatre class.

for a Helen Hayes award. These prestigious awards, the local Tonys, reward stage work in theaters throughout the metro area. Karina was nominated for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play” for her work in the Theater Alliance’s “Wonderful World of Dissocia,” which received nine nominations!

Dean of Academics Ashley Lowry and her husband, Jeremy, welcomed Lucas Gregory Lowry last March.

Director of Technology Juan Ramirez for more than 15 years, emigrated to the U.S. from Peru in the 1990s. Last spring, he and his wife Rocia officially became US citizens. They have two daughters, Angelina, 9, and Alejandra, 11. Alejandra started at Holy Child this fall.

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the ability to think through and around issues, to design new ideas and ways of approaching a problem or issue or assignment.

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thinking outside the box, looking at ideas and problems from a fresh perspective, and being unafraid to try new methodologies, experiment and explore meaningful alternatives.

In their Newsweek article “The Creativity Crisis” (July 10, 2010), Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman present a view of creativity that “requires constant shifting, blender pulses of both divergent thinking and convergent thinking, to combine new information with old and forgotten ideas.” Bronson and Merryman argue that “highly creative people are very good at marshaling their brains into bilateral mode, and the more creative they are, the more they dual activate.”

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Theater Teacher Karina Gershowitz was nominated

the ability to see differently or try things in a different way.

These are not random thoughts. Creativity is identified as the #1 leadership competency of the future (Bronson and Merryman, 2010).

Holy Child parent Lisa Kazor, president and CEO of Savantage Solutions, sees this in practice in her business: “It is great to have, as part of our company, excellent programmers,” she says, “but when you find that unique individual who can conceptualize and communicate a creative and well-thought-out solution, one that programmers implement, you have been truly blessed.”

of the players as for some amazing collaborations

Faculty News

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College Play

Two of our 2015 graduates proudly signed on the dotted line to play lacrosse at the next level, following a long line of recent graduates who have taken their talents to college squads. Caitlyn O’Berry, who won this year’s highest athletic award, along with two All-ISL nods, is at Brown University, and Olivia Edgerton signed with the University of California/Davis.

Preparing our students to solve problems in the real world is why nurturing creativity is essential. We are faced with issues of national and international importance, from climate change to immigration, and all require creative solutions. According to Bronson and Merryman, “such solutions emerge from a healthy marketplace of ideas, sustained by a populace constantly contributing original ideas and receptive to the ideas of others.” They also maintain that, “creativity isn’t about freedom from concrete facts. Rather, factfinding and deep research are vital stages in the creative process.”

English Department Chair Kathleen Jensen adds, “Creative teaching involves good adaption and a fine antennae. I find I see something interesting and think, ‘Wow, how could I make this work in my classroom?’ Additionally, I think creativity in the classroom comes from choice, but not unlimited choice, coupled with modeling and time.”

Fostering the creative brain does not simply reside in our arts courses. By the time she graduates, a Holy Child girl will be confident yet flexible in her thinking, original, persistent and open to new ideas. In short, possessing all the qualities of a highly creative person.

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Assignment: Find the way to a specific term that you cannot pull up. For a beginning student, it may be telling the waiter she needs something to eat her soup with (to come up with “spoon”).

To get to “constituent,” an intermediate or advanced student may need to engage in deeper conversations about expressing an opinion and political representatives. It’s all about flexibility in expression.

SOCIAL STUDIES Assignment: To teach how a bill becomes a law, the Honors Government and Law class runs a Mock Congress, with students serving as representatives or senators and go to their constituents (all 6-12 classes) listening for and promoting legislation concerning actual school rules to be signed into law (or vetoed) by the Head of School serving as the Executive Branch.

This year they actually got a law passed to allow students a new privilege, with restrictions.

Active Learning: The Model Organization of American States (MOAS) gives students the opportunity to become a diplomat in the annual convocation at the DC headquarters of the real OAS. After thoroughly researching their assigned country, they present and debate resolutions on a current issue on the Inter-American agenda, and vote to approve during a rousing simulation exercise with students from across the country.

HUMANITIES

Assignments: Create an altered book, visually representing themes from class that break the rules and show individualism, as much as art has.

Create a crankie, a visual representation of the storytelling tradition. Both require breaking down stories and distilling key parts and delivering them in other mediums, such as a paper movie.

SCIENCE

Assignment: Design a unique experiment with sugar and salt to explore the structure of matter.

Without expecting to be told specifically what to do, students designed a way to try out their ideas. The result: they exhibited curiosity and pondered observations, collaborated and worked cooperatively with their peers. Moreover, they demonstrated a willingness to modify their ideas and take risks. This skill is critical, according to science chair Kelly Tomon, relating to “solving scientific problems in the real world, rather than following scripted procedures and getting expected results.”

MATHEMATICS

Assignment: Render tessellations, describe what these are, in a colorful grid on tiles, which will adorn the ceilings of the school.

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Congratulations to our 8th Grade!

“You are beautiful, there is no blemish in you. See past the media images that are associated with beauty. I see, a group of girls who appreciate each other in and out.”

- 8th Grade Graduate Gigi McBride ‘19

Spirit Week 2015

Mary Kosch Scholarship Verity White Mary Pat Siemien Award Ellie Smith Head of School Award Emily Boyd The Holy Child Scholarship Eliza White J. Robert Walsh Award Caroline Ambrosi

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Evening of Art National Honor Society The 2014-2015 members and new inductees to the NHS Cornelia Connelly chapter demonstrate the four pillars of this honor: character, service, integrity, and scholarship:

Art is an integral part of the Holy Child curriculum. As you might know, it’s a distinctive mark in the theory of teaching and the personal practice of Cornelia Connelly.

Sofia Alpizar Kaylie Atwood Melissa Barrios Maria Berkowitz Lilly Blomquist Samantha Boccia Bridgid Bowman Katie Cynkar Kalie Dominick

Caroline Dyer Cecilia Garner Jennifer Harper Lilly Hollenbeck Anna Jorgensen Rebecca Kazor Katherine Kloster Kathryn Metro Lilly McCormick

Caitlyn O’Berry Anne Overly Jeanne Ryan Molly Shriver Hope Thomas Isabel Treichel Isabelle Tyshing Kathy Xavier

In that spirit, the Art IV class collaborated on a mural.

Gifting it to the school, they hope a tradition begins, taking the Holy Child philosophy and visualizing it as a class. The students presented the mural at Evening of the Arts, the annual exhibition of student work.

Evening of the Arts included self-portraits, crosscurricular projects with religion and math, and 3D Art by Middle and Upper School students.

While Art IV is the summative class, an eye for art begins in Middle School, where students get introduced to international art movements and begin to think about their place in the world. It’s about them, “engaging with the world through the process of creating art,” says Middle School Art Teacher Vasia Deliyianni, “and eventually communicating deeper with each other regardless of their origin and differences.” Part of this effort is exemplified in two students receiving awards at the Global Issues Network art competition. Eliza White and Ellie Smith, both 8th graders, won 3rd Place with their newspaper dress, “Miss Elegant”.

This year’s Evening of the Arts is April 20, 2016.

Equestrian

Athletic Awards

Both Aoife Magner ’15 and Sarah Holladay ’16 competed in the prestigious Washington International Horse Show last year.

UPPER SCHOOL

Aoife, ranked #5 in the nation by the United States Equestrian Federation and #1 in the Small Junior Hunters Division by both the Maryland and Virginia Horse Show Associations, took home two 8th place ribbons.

Sarah, a Holy Child athlete since 7th grade, earned numerous champion ribbons at the local level—including champion of the Maryland BEST series hunter Derby and Reserve Champion in the MHSA Children’s Regional Division. She also placed #4 of 32 in that class at the local weekend for the Washington International Horse Show.

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FRESHMAN ATHLETE Jada Welbon TIGER SPIRIT Katie Cynkar UNSUNG HEROINE Elena Rios-Brady KOSCH/CRAIG Caitlyn O’Berry

MIDDLE SCHOOL

ALL-ISL

FIELD HOCKEY Anastasia Furman MC McCarthy (Honorable Mention) SOCCER Caitlyn O’Berry

Rocket Man

Students were enthralled with recent visitor and aerospace engineer Sean Tully from Orbital Sciences Corporation. He told stories about the international space station and gave encouraging words about becoming a scientist or engineer.

SWIMMING Olivia Drummond BASKETBALL Lilly Paro & Caroline Rowe

TIGER Bailey Skeeter

LACROSSE Caitlyn O’Berry

ATHLETE OF YEAR Julia Strittmatter

SOFTBALL Katie Cynkar

Alien Life

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientist Dr. Jennifer Stern presented on Mars and the Curiosity Rover. Dr. Stern is a geologist and geochemist.

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6th graders started the year with Surfaces.

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Applying the Holy Child Network Gigi McBride ‘19 spent a month in Ireland last year as a Holy Child Secondary School student in Killiney, Ireland. After weeks of planning with Gigi’s teachers and the administration in Killiney, she was on her way, spending the middle of November through a week before Christmas break overseas.

Her host family, Jon and Tiffany Alleman, made Gigi’s life comfortable--and culturally enriching. Finding her way around the school, attending class with 15-and 16-year-olds, even getting back and forth to school every day was not so easy. She walked a mile to the local train and rode the train for thirty minutes each day. Some days she rode her bike through town to get to the station. Notwithstanding the challenges, Gigi rose to the occasion… and loved every minute of it. We know, because she wrote on her blog at mobilytrip.com religiously!

Gigi discovered some differences… organization of the school day, Gaelic language classes, the local slang, but mostly things were similar to back home,

especially the motto of the school, Actions Not Words. She looks back on it fondly, “I am incredibly grateful to have the experience of a different way of life and learning. It showed me just how many possibilities there are in the world, and that I am capable of exploring them and confident in myself to accomplish anything.” Mom and Dad agree. “As parents, we are thrilled with the initiative our daughter showed in pursuing this international educational experience,” they say, “and we appreciate the support and encouragement she received from both Holy Child schools to make this exciting opportunity happen.”

Gigi delivered a Holy Child Tigers flag to the principal, Geraldine Hackett, who was thrilled to have a fellow Holy Child girl from Washington at Killiney. All are hoping it will lead to more formal exchanges across the pond.

Building Up Jamaica Families

Two separate groups traveled from Holy Child this past spring, not just for fun, but for a larger purpose…absorbing culture and helping others.

Before they traveled to Jamaica to work with the group from Food for the Poor, the students raised more than $6,000 to build a house. It was a lifechanging event for the family who had a new home, and also for the students who saw life in a new way. Here is one student’s take on the journey.

I love my Jamaica. Jamaica loves me.

This is a line from a poem that children from a school we visited recited to us. It sums up my experience of Jamaica quite well. My Jamaica wasn’t just a vacation or a beautiful beach. My Jamaica wasn’t even about me.

Living such a privileged life here in the United States, having a safe shelter had always been something that I’d taken for granted. However, helping to build a house in Jamaica, I saw the real impact that even a small home can have on a family’s life. The gratitude that the Russell family expressed to us was evidence to me that the work we were doing was a way to show Christ to others.

Personally, the most impactful part of the experience was visiting Gift of Hope, a home for those with disabilities ranging from autism to cerebral palsy. There I literally saw the face of Joy. Joy is a four-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy. Her name suited her well–she had the brightest smile I have ever seen. Even though she couldn’t speak, we had a connection that didn’t require words. She sat there holding my hand and playing with my nametag. Spending time with Joy, I finally understood the true meaning of the trip. I was there not only to show the face of God to others, but also to let others show the face of God to me. I love my Jamaica. Jamaica loves me.

– Isabelle Tyshing ’16

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München

It was a whirlwind European spring break journey for 16 student travelers. The exciting title, “From Archdukes to Emperors,” was just a hint of what they would discover in their trip through Munich, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, and Salzburg. They visited concentration camps, castles and opera houses. And then there was breaking bread, German-style. “Food in Europe gives you a literal taste of what Europeans are about,” says recent grad Hope Thomas, who points to the pretzels, the wiener schnitzel, the strudels. “But what I enjoyed most was how food brings people together. I found myself amidst good conversation at every meal, and hope that more people adopt both the European food and the customs that come with it.

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Cindy Kahan

Cindy Kahan retired from the Middle School in June. She came to Holy Child in 2001, after completing her graduate degree in education at Catholic University. She began her career as a social worker, helping children and families within foster care. From there, she moved into a different field, becoming vice president at Public Technology, a nonprofit organization that helped city and county governments apply technology to local government, involved overseeing the development of everything from waste-water treatment to human services.

Her experiences made for an energetic sixth grade classroom.

Kathy Famulare Even in her first interview back in 2007, Kathy Famulare, then a special education teacher, knew Holy Child was where she belonged. Here was an opportunity to create a program to serve those with different learning styles, and she was excited to begin. Eight years later, the Academic Support Center has grown to support all students in all grade levels, with five learning specialists.

“Ms. Famulare is an amazing person to help you get organized,” says sophomore Abbey Titus. “She is also great around exam time. Even in Middle School, she would come to class before finals and hand out papers to help us manage our study habits.”

A Mazeing Day Box of tubes, tape, cups, colorful accessories + engaged thinkers = a cool marble maze. Once again, the spring “Marble Challenge” challenged seven Middle School teams to create a maze to win a variety of awards: slowest run, most complicated, most beautiful, all-around best, and more. The biggest prize for all was the accomplishments of taking risks, solving problems, and seeing your machine actually work!

“We would stand up and act out Romeo and Juliet, and we would sing and dance to remember our vocabulary words,“ says Maddy Hopkins, now a sophomore at Creighton University. “My favorite activity was when we designed and built parachutes that we attached to eggs.”

“Holy Child’s philosophy,” Cindy says, “‘children learn best when they are happy, engaged, and using all of their senses’, has always encouraged me to develop thought-provoking and creative programs for our students.”

Cindy is now in a new role, helping to launch the new senior internship program at Holy Child.

“Holy Child’s students have never had a stronger advocate than Kathy,” says Assistant Head of School Mary Hopkins. “They know she loves them and, for Kathy, they are willing to step up and put forth their strongest effort.”

PAPER TIGERS Technology is not just a modern concept, just ask the “Papyrus Man.” Making paper from this amazing plant is an ancient art that ecologist John Gaudet is bringing back to solve contemporary problems. In this workshop with the author of ”Papyrus, The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today’s Water Wars”, students got their hands dirty making their own custom pages, and held a 20-foot-long papyrus replica of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead”.

Kathy’s legacy is sure to be felt for decades to come, by those students who overcame learning issues and still found success in college and life. Her ties to the community have been strong as well: Her daughter Michelle, a graduate of Fordham University, is currently serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps; granddaughter Kylie is a thriving sophomore. Kathy beamed when discussing Holy Child’s impact on them. She believes all seeds of confidence and determination were planted during their time at Holy Child.

“Holy Child is a place for everybody,” Kathy says, “You can really find your niche here.” She is now retired on the Amalfi Coast.

Joe McDermott Joe McDermott retired as facilities director after more than 30 years of service. He came to Holy Child after a successful career at the US Postal Service, managing an army of staff and equally large facilities.

His tenure included taking down the old White House and managing the construction of Connelly Hall. He also oversaw the creation of the chapel and managed the development of the turf field complex.

He did everything with a smile and his knowledge of the campus was “encyclopedic,” as one board member said. Most important, though, was how he treated others.

“I was able to learn so much from him. He always had a good attitude, great sense of humor…willing to share work experiences,” says facilities colleague Javier Guzman. “He was always showing that he was the leader, but in a nice way.”

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Familly

Traffic Cop

Ready, Set, Go!

Father/Daughter

You think you won’t use algebra ever again. So when Mark Love, the founder and CEO of Engineers Teaching Algebra challenged Middle School classes to solve a traffic distribution problem, they found out that real life solutions are found in math. The girls were thrilled at their success!

More than a dozen third and fourth graders got a great taste of the Holy Child learning style at a spring “MakerDay,” complete with pizza party.

One group completed their own marble maze; the other raced their originally designed balloon cars.

The variety of solutions was amazing! They took home a personalized, 3D-printed tiger gift and a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie.

In Memoriam

THE HOLY CHILD COMMUNITY HAS LOST MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF FAMILY MEMBERS THIS PAST YEAR; PLEASE KEEP THESE SPECIAL LOVED ONES IN YOUR PRAYERS.

Earle Palmer Brown, father of Alison Brown Ford ’74

Christopher Hickey, father of Mackenzie Hickey ’16

Meg Mayo and grandmother of Brynn Mayo ’10

Stephen Carey, father of Stevie Carey ’10

Agnes Britt Killen, grandmother of Julianne Killen ’17

Kevin Sutherland, cousin of Gigi McBride ’19

Mary Dan Koroulakis, grandmother of Maria Elena Firippis Keepin ’03 and Irene Firippis ’05

Nancy Tenuda, mother of faculty member Alicia Cohen

Frances Corrado, mother of former faculty member Victoria Baumgartner, grandmother of Georgina Baumgartner ’91 and Jennifer Baumgartner ’95 Francis Craig, brother of former principal and faculty member Sr. Connie Craig Elizabeth “Betts” Crivella, mother of the late Mary Crivella ’69 and grandmother of Lisa Crivella ’01 James T. Devine, father of Rita “Wooly” Devine ’79 and grandfather of Rebecca Ward ’14 Rita W. Devine, mother of Rita “Wooly” Devine ’79 and grandmother of Rebecca Ward ’14 Noreen Doyle, sister of former principal Sr. Peg Doyle, member of the SHCJ American Provincial Leadership Team Edna Ely, mother-in-law of staff member Kathy Ely and grandmother of Jessie Ely ’11 Patrick Haley, grandfather of Haley ’13 and Tess Williams ’20, uncle of Patti Gilmore Langworthy ’75, Marie Gilmore-Williams ’78 and Varsity Basketball Coach Jamie Ricca Reddy Margaret Hanley, mother of Shannon Hanley ’86 and grandmother of Gabby Hanley ’18 20

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Patricia D. Long, mother of Caron Long ’74, staff member Maureen Koch, and grandmother of Maggie Koch ’18 Michael Mann, father of Kaitlin Mann ’17, and Megan Mann ’17 Mercedes McCarthy, mother of staff member Sheila Wooters, grandmother of Colleen Christmas Gardella ’87, Kat Reinckens ’07, Mary Clare McCarthy ’16, and Mercy McCarthy ’18, and greatgrandmother to Casey Gardella ’12 Kathryn Bradshaw McDonnell, mother of Mercedes McDonnell Kavanagh and grandmother of Grace Kavanagh ’17 William Moore, father of Molly ’14 and Maddy Moore ’17 Nancy Mulligan, mother of Cathy Mulligan Tedder ’76 and grandmother of Megan Tedder ’11 Lisa Niemman ’81 Dolores Riley, grandmother of Jessi Williams Frend ’01 and Allie Williams ’07 Margaret Scully, mother of staff member

Jack Connor, father of Liz Connor ’04 Delmar Harders, uncle of Mary Hopkins and great uncle of Maddy Hopkins ’14 Frank Hargrave, grandfather of Maria Berkowitz ’15 Paul Hollenbeck, grandfather of Meaghan Hollenbeck ’05, Paige Hollenbeck ’08, Haylee Hollenbeck ’09, Lilly Hollenbeck’16 Elizabeth Keegan, sister of Sr. Virginia Gaine, SHCJ, grandmother of Aoife ’15 and Maeve ’22 Magner, aunt of Maura McGowan Gordy ’83, Kate McGowan ’85 and Ellen McGowan ’86 and great aunt of Caroline Ambrosi ’19 David Orloff, uncle of Becky Orloff ’17 Jim Sassa, father of Nancy Sassa ’76 Delmar Harders, uncle of Mary Hopkins and great-uncle of Maddy Hopkins ’14 Sumi Kosch, aunt of Mary Hopkins and great-aunt of Maddy Hopkins ’14 Vincent Sutliff, Jr., uncle of Lisa Crivella ’01 Maryl Willcox, grandmother of Catalina Smith ’18

Grandparents

Mom/Graduate Breakfast

Actions not Words is the heartbeat of a Holy Child education.

It’s the motto that our foundress Cornelia Connelly exemplified so well – step out of the classroom and apply your knowledge and skills through a life of service to everyone you encounter. Here are some reflections of where the “actions not words” motto took students this summer.

Lilly Kishore ‘17 traveled to Jacmel, Haiti, through an organization called Community Coalition for Haiti. “One of the reasons I went to Haiti was to stress and encourage the importance of education starting from a young age,” she said. “So before traveling, I had the idea of writing an alphabet book for schools in Jacmel.”

Students, alumnae, and faculty members participated in Encounter the Gospel of Life (EGL), a service and retreat experience at the University of Maryland. “At Encounter, students discover the gifts God has given them and learn how to share them to better the world,” said Maddy Hopkins ‘14, who has attended for three years. The camp serves the needy areas of DC and Maryland.

“I was most impressed this summer with the fact that we had students ranging in age from the classes of 2013 - 2019,” said Assistant Head of School Mary Hopkins. “The girls formed strong cross grade level friendships and truly discovered the meaning of the word ‘sisterhood.’”

Tyler Johnson ‘17 attended a program called Wilderness Intensive Leadership Development (WILD), a two-year counselor in training program in Jackman, Maine. She spent four weeks alongside ten others in the wild, learning skills of survival which helped her to prepare for a night alone on an island. Ultimately, Tyler says the best takeaway from this experience was, “my relationship with Christ grew stronger because of all the challenges I faced. The hardest thing now is waiting a full year to go back again!”

Lilly created the book to emphasize the importance of literature. “The book is in Haitian-Creole and provides children with basic vocabulary words,” she said. “On the back of each page of the book are lines where the children can practice spelling and writing the word. I also thought it would be a cool idea to have elementary school students from a school in the US color one of the books so that kids in Haiti could be connected to children here. When in Haiti, I went to four schools and an orphanage and was able to meet with the teachers and they were able to edit the book, so I could implement their changes and send them multiple copies back. The children also colored pages of the book so each school could have their own special copy. I have made about 70 books total.

“I believe that my relationship with God was strengthened on this trip because I was able to realize how lucky and blessed I was. Our world is a beautiful place in the sense of the things we can see and cannot see. I gained so much from this incredible experience.”

Sofia Alpizar ‘16 spent her summer interning with the Costa Rican Embassy, the embassy of her home country.

“Working at the embassy was like being at a home away from home,” she said. “The experience gave me the opportunity to take a glance at my preferred field of study, international affairs, and to work alongside diplomatic professionals.”

Lilly plans to keep contributing her time and resources to Haiti even after the book is finished.

Rachel Burley ‘16 spent eight days at a sleep away camp for underprivileged children in Romania. During that time in Romania, she volunteered at an orphanage for disabled children and helped a family rebuild their home. “Romania was a life changing experience,” she said.

“I got to see how grateful and happy these kids are although they don’t have much. They thanked God for every little thing that happened to them, like the opportunity to go to camp. Going there made me realize how grateful I should be for what I have and that I should praise God everyday for everything He has provided me.”

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Juniors Molly Reyda, Katie Mann and Megan Mann were all involved in a month-long Counselors in Training (CIT) program at the YMCA Camp Coniston in Grantham, NH. The training involved travel and specialized instruction in outdoor activities like sailing, archery, canoeing and hiking, with the focus on team building.

“This experience was challenging but extremely rewarding, Katie said. “I had the opportunity to try new things and learn from other people. It made me feel like a leader and more confident.”

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Walking with

Francis

TAKING UP THE CHALLENGE TO PRAY, SERVE AND ACT IN WAYS THAT ARE AT THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL, HOLY CHILD STUDENTS PLEDGED TO “WALK WITH FRANCIS.” PART OF THIS COMMITMENT WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POPE’S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. STUDENTS SANG AT ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH AND ATTENDED MASS AT THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. SEVERAL STUDENTS AND FACULTY EVEN MADE THE JOURNEY TO PHILADELPHIA. NOW THAT THE VISIT IS OVER, THE HARD PART BEGINS AS STUDENTS SERVE BY BOTH ACTIONS OF SERVICE AND LOVE.

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“We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and for the world.”

- Pope Francis

Left: In Downtown DC; Above: Early morning at the White House; Below: The chorus with Gonzaga guest singers outside St. Patrick’s where they performed.

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STEM has been a buzzword in education for years now, bundling the career paths in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines with the ongoing need for an increased number of skilled workers in these growing arenas. Technology, in particular, demands a wide range of capabilities, in communication and problem-solving along with technical savvy.

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It is a sad fact that women are woefully under-represented in STEM careers, despite the fact that they are entering science and tech college majors and medical schools in increasing numbers. Leaving out half of our population–the innovative and creative thinkers of the world–does a disservice to the important work that is necessary to sustain our modern world. As educators of young women, we have a deep responsibility to encourage, support, prepare, and guide students to develop the skills necessary to fill that vacuum. Holy Child has been actively innovating to incorporate these elements into our curriculum.

So, with great excitement, Mary Hopkins, assistant head of school, and I attended a fascinating conference this past June. “From STEM to STEAM – Girls’ Schools Leading the Way” was presented in Richmond by the National Coalition of Girls Schools, and focused the national conversation on not only working on girls and STEM, but how to make STEAM the operative guiding force for girls’ education. It was a wonderful opportunity to brainstorm with colleagues from not only all over the country, but all over the world. Girls’ schools are “leading the way” in terms of challenging and inspiring young women to make a difference in the world of STEAM. From “start-up weekends” and community makerspace connections to design technology curriculums and using robotics to teach content in the classroom, girls’ schools are inspiring young women to take chances and connect with the STEM world throughout their time in school. Breaking down stereotypes and encouraging young women to enter these fields is the key to success.

One of the recurring themes was the need for a space for students to create and innovate, commonly known as a makerspace. Over the past few years, Holy Child has taken small steps toward this, using a 3D printer and virtual reality glasses in the computer lab. Now a formal makerspace is being created to reinforce building and problem-solving skills as critical skill. This dedicated space, an offshoot of our library, will cultivate a culture of innovation and exploration and a space for girls to work with their hands, to create and take risks and create in real time. Available to students for projects, or just to stop by and tinker, it will also offer the opportunity for Holy Child to develop an engineering or innovation elective.

The conference also stressed community connections and partnerships, allowing students to engage with businesses, and solving real problems.

Holy Child’s Senior Internship Program, which kicks off in earnest in the spring of 2016, requires all seniors to spend time at a professional site.

STEM companies are being courted to increase the opportunities for our students.

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CLASSROOM CHALLENGES, STUDENT SUCCESSES “Building Up STEAM” was a major theme this past year at Holy Child, engaging students in class, and engaging them with speakers and a wide range of activities our students through in-class, extracurricular, and evening activities. This series of events amplified the dialogue with our students regarding STEAM careers and the skills necessary to pursue them. Making students aware of the possibilities and what these careers actually look like in their daily activities inspire, and break down stereotypes, specifically those surrounding women. Highlighting the paths to these careers, though they may seem unlikely, can “demystify the success” as Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College, describes it.

But it’s what goes on in the classroom daily that will deliver the most results. A truly interdisciplinary education utilizes the skills necessary for all of these disciplines, a concept that was reinforced at the conference.

“This integration is important,” says Mary Hopkins. “The more pathways to a concept, the more likely students are to learn it. The addition of the arts is also a natural fit with the educational philosophy of Cornelia Connelly, which infuses all of our work here.”

My students experienced a wide range of interdisciplinary connections first-hand through various projects in Honors Geometry. The first graces the halls of the main building on campus. The students created their own “tessellations” after learning about transformations as they are defined in geometry and after a mini-lesson from Fine Arts Teacher Sonya Payne.

The project-based learning model was also incorporated in the same Honors Geometry class through the Arch Project. As teams the students were challenged to build an arch out of cardboard by designing, calculating, assembling, and decorating voussoirs—a wedge-shaped “block”—that fit together and stand with no adhesive in between.

Through cooperative group work, the students were able to determine the appropriate calculations, measure, and mass produce the eleven voussoirs necessary for their arch, complete with a theme and decorations. Even with having to manage a budget for materials, with fines, the students got very creative, both in construction and reporting about their progress on Instagram and the class blog. (Follow them at @HCValis for more images.) Students were also exposed to the profession of engineering and the variety of options that exist for women in these professions.

As an educator, I love the opportunity that I have to engage students with broad concepts and skills that will prepare them for future careers.

Convincing students that seemingly different content can have meaningful connections prepares students for the diverse world around us.

As we know, engaged, excited students learn better, and the excitement on both of these projects was contagious!

– by Math Teacher Kaitlyn Valis. She teaches Honors Geometry as well as Pre-Calculus. Using both sides of her brain on a daily basis, she is also the Yearbook advisor and our Upper School class scheduler.

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Innovators

Last January nine alumnae shared their stories and advice related to a wide range of STEM careers.

(Left to Right) Rotimi Abimbola ’06 Graduate, Carnegie-Mellon University Major: Political Science and International Issues Strategy and Management Consultant, Booz Allen and Hamilton Olivia Clifton ’08 Graduate, University of Wisconsin Major: Mathematics PhD candidate, Columbia University Field: Atmospheric Science Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Graduate, University of South Carolina Major: Business Federal Partner Sales Executive, Microsoft Corporation (former) Carrie-Anne Mosley ’88 Graduate, University of Maryland Major: Government Johns Hopkins Major: IT and Telecommunications Vice President, SAP

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Jennifer Girardi McCloskey ’80 Graduate, University of Maryland Major: Civil Engineering Project Manager, Department of Energy President, Girardi Associates Alex Phifer ’13 University of Maryland Major: Civil Engineering Lindsay Schreiber ’08 Graduate, University of Maryland Major: Marketing and Communications Business Analyst, CGI Federal Maureen Easby-Smith ’05 Graduate, Villanova University Major: Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineer, United States Postal Service Elisabeth Warren ’08 Graduate, Fordham University Major: Visual Arts and Graphic Design User Experience and Lead Designer, Clearly Innovative

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Alumna of the Year Adding up education and money translates into new ways to serve others Her classmate, Giovanna Vidoli, says it best: “Joanna is incredibly smart, a loyal friend, and exemplifies everything Holy Child young women should aspire to.”

Dear Alumnae, I am excited to embark on my second year as alumnae president! Last year was a momentous year as we welcomed Dr. Shannon Gomez as our Head of School.

Dr. Gomez is busy making a handful of changes to our school, but she’s very committed to maintaining all the traditions that make Holy Child so special.

I am looking forward to seeing you at the many opportunities available to return back to campus: Mayfield Market in November, the Tiger Trot in the spring. If you cannot get back to campus, there are other wonderful annual events just for our alumnae–the Alumnae Champagne Brunch, at the end of January, is one of my favorites. This past spring, we held a very successful young alumnae happy hour downtown; we’re working on another for this fall. Stay tuned for more information.

Your commitment to The Fund for Holy Child last year was truly appreciated. We were able to raise $76,211 from alumnae, an increase from the previous year, with 12 percent of our alumnae participating. There were 28 first-time donors, and 148 increased their donation amount from the year before! Support continues to keep Holy Child’s traditions alive year after year. Your participation truly makes a difference.

We all love to see each other! The camaraderie and spirit of Holy Child is what made me want to come here years ago. Your ideas and insights are so important, so do plan to come to events as well as the alumnae meetings. Share your ideas, suggestions, milestones, and memories, all of which are not just welcome, they are essential!

I look forward to seeing all of you soon.

Go Tigers!

Susan Decker Raff ’99 President of the Alumnae Association sdraff@gmail.com

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Joanna Smith-Ramani, the 2015 Alumna of the Year, told her story to the students and fathers gathered at the annual Father-Daughter Communion breakfast, and she was presented her award officially at January’s Alumnae Champagne Brunch.

Joanna is a senior innovation director at the Doorways to Dreams Fund (D2D), a national non-profit that improves financial opportunities and security of low-income Americans

through in new approaches to products, services, and policy. She earned her BA in urban studies from Barnard College at Columbia University, and her master’s in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Since then, she has spent more than a dozen years in community development, primarily in the finance end with Habitat for Humanity affiliates and HUD, among others.

Whether in her role on the D2D Fund or on the boards of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition and the Maryland CASH campaign, she has consistently demonstrated what it means to be a Christian community leader by applying her education to improve lives with long-term solutions. Our girls are fortunate to have such a role model.

Positively Speaking You might have seen the poster in Barnes and Noble this spring touting the appearance of “The Positively Present Guide to Life” author Dani Dipirro ‘01. We asked her a few questions about a positive life.

Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your career?

A: After graduate school at CalState Fullerton [undergrad was at UMD), I started my career in corporate communications and marketing—in biotech and wealth management—but I wasn’t passionate about what I was doing. After three years of writing a blog, PositivelyPresent.com, I decided to leave my job and work on Positively Present [the book] full-time. I also started working in graphic design, first just for myself, later for clients via my studio, Twenty3. It was so exciting to create and illustrate the “2015 Every Day Matters Planner.” [The 2016 version is now available.]

Q: What inspired you to blog about positivity?

A: In 2009, I’d reached a low point in my life. I was unhappy with my job, my relationships, and where I was in my life. I knew I needed a change and, after much soul-searching, I decided that what I truly needed was to be more positive and more present, two things I struggled with quite a bit. Because I’d always been a writer, I decided to start a blog to share my experiences with trying to live more positively.

Q: How did the book come about?

A: About a year after I left my full-time job, I was contacted by a publisher to write my book. Receiving a contract was certainly one of the top highlights of my career.

Q: Did Holy Child help foster your writing, entrepreneurship, and overall positive attitude?

A: Absolutely! I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but in high school my writing really began to flourish. I remember being asked to keep a daily journal and that assignment really inspired me to write on a daily basis.

I still have that journal; it’s fascinating to go back to it and reflect on where I was at that point in my life. I can also recall an assignment that involved writing a short story. I remember sharing it with my friends (in the senior lounge!) as I was writing it and loving the feeling of seeing others so excited to know how the story would end. I made lifelong friends at Holy Child and arrived at college feeling prepared for the academic workload and confident in my abilities to achieve my goals.

Q: Do you have any advice for young writers and entrepreneurs?

A: Read and write as much as possible. The more you do something, the better you become at it. Write every single day, even if it’s just a few sentences. And read, read, read. The more you read–and it doesn’t matter what you read, so long as you’re exposed to good writing–the better you become at writing. As for young entrepreneurs, my advice is to do something you love. Whatever you’re really passionate about, that’s what you should do because that’s where you’ll truly excel. Also, don’t listen to the haters. People will always doubt those who don’t follow the stereotypical career path. Ignore the people who don’t believe in you and surround yourself with encouraging, supportive people.

Q: What are your goals for the future?

A: I hope to write more books and continue expanding my design studio, Twenty3. I love developing and sharing inspirational content and designs and I look forward to exploring new ways to share my words and designs in the future.

The Long Drive to Success In the final moments of the 1999 Colorado Women’s Open, seasoned golfer Shannon Hanley ‘86 kept a clear and collected head as she prepared for her final hole. She set up her tee as hundreds of spectators looked on silently; the crowd cheered as her clean swing put the ball a foot away from the hole. She didn’t fully accept the win until she sank the putt, sealing her victory. What fulfilled Shannon most during that joyous moment was catching her father’s beaming face in the crowd. “My dad totally surprised me. I had no idea he was coming. He watched me win, then flew home to hold my niece, Gabrielle, who was born that day. It was a pretty special day for our family.”

It was a very special moment for Shannon, who played professionally for almost a decade after graduating from James Madison University. She was on the women’s tour in Asia, Europe, as well as over the U.S. Since then, she’s been an avid golfer and instructor in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

This May, she celebrated the grand opening of Change Your Numbers, a golf performance studio where golfers of all ages and levels can improve their performance with help from Shannon and her diverse team of professionals. In addition to golf technique, the studio offers yoga, Pilates, power lifting, strength training, and even has a sports psychologist and nutritionist on staff. Shannon is grateful that Holy Child instilled in her a love of athletics and entrepreneurship: “All the things that make me up started from my roots at Holy Child.” She is glad her three nieces—Gabrielle ’18, Jillian ’20, and Georgia Hanley ’22—are also sharing in the Holy Child experience as well-rounded athletes. Though they spend more time playing field hockey and basketball if Aunt Shannon has anything to say about it, they’ll turn their golf hobby into a lifelong love, just like her.

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Fund YOU are a difference maker. You understand that your resources make the strongest impact when they’re directed toward a person, when it changes a life.

The Fund Forward intiative is aimed at just that. There are families with great needs who would otherwise be unable to send their daughters to Holy Child.

Sometimes the need is because of a family circumstance or hardship well beyond the normal course of life. Sometimes it’s that constant struggle to make ends meet.

Every year we turn away academically qualified applicants who believe in our mission but don’t have the financial support in place.

Learn how you can help.

Contact the Development Office at 301.365.0955 or development@holychild.org

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Be a difference maker. The initiative means you would take on, full or in part, the tuition of a student for her four years of high school. Your support can instill a firm foundation in her studies and faith. It’s not only a game-changer for her; it’s a life changer.

We invite you to take the challenge and invest in the future of a Holy Child student and provide her a path full of opportunities.

“My father immigrated from Guatemala, and as a single dad, raised me to believe in the American Dream. Holy Child provided the financial aid that allowed me to receive an excellent education that continued as I attended Fairfield University. I doublemajored in political science and history, and minored in four different subjects, all while working two part-time jobs and dedicating my free time volunteering at an after-school inner-city tutoring program. I graduated in three years. Today, I work for one of the top three lobbying firms in Washington, D.C. Thanks to your donations, you are helping to continue the legacy for future generations of young women to take ACTION in society.”

- Ericka ‘05

Don’t miss the 2016 Upper School musical Cinderella on March 4-5.

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When Karly Siciliano ’04 heads to the kitchen she’s exercising her passion and her talents. Simple ingredients drive her, starting with fresh hand-cut pasta, kneaded between two floury hands, followed by a simple but pivotal sauce, a fragrant combination of garlic, chili, and olive oil, and topped with fresh herbs. This meal would please anyone on the planet, but especially draws in her Italian neighbors, who flock to the young chef, despite her American heritage.

Now her cooking is also her profession. She founded Italian Taste in 2013 in the heart of Florence, now her hometown.

“I never thought I would have ended up becoming a chef,” she says. “I graduated from The Indian University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in hospitality. After learning the business side of restaurants, I needed to know what was happening in the kitchen to ensure good cost control. That’s when I realized I had a strong curiosity to explore Italian cooking.”

After she earned her master’s degree in Italian cuisine and design from The Apicius International School of Hospitality, she worked her way up to the head chef position at the one of Florence’s renowned restaurants, La Buca dell’Orafo, just down the street from the Uffizi Gallery. From there, she returned to Apicius, this time as a teacher.

After years of working for and teaching others, she decided to exercise her own skills, and started Italian Taste.

Cooking has long been a deep-seated passion for Karly, fueled by fond childhood memories of cooking with her uncle, Olindo Siciliano.

Olindo owned and operated an Italian restaurant in New Jersey, and he would grace Karly’s kitchen with authentic Italian products. “During his visits, he taught me how to build flavors using basic cooking techniques,” Karly remembers. “He showed me that food could be a way to express love for the people around you, a concept that I use every day of my life.”

The most gratifying aspect of Karly’s job is seeing the positive reactions of her customers as they take the first bite of her food.

And she is thankful that the attitude towards food was positive in high school: “When I was a student at Holy Child,” she says, “we were encouraged to eat. They made it a priority to create a healthy relationship between women and food, something that society did not do at the time.”

Although she still travels home a few times a year to see her parents and four siblings, and to appease her Mexican food cravings, Italy is now her home. If we’re lucky, her next venture will be an “Italian Taste” cooking show, so we’ll all get a taste of her culinary wisdom.

Other alumnae have also cooked up businesses around food.

La Chef Italiano Cooking up la dolce vita in Florence

Angie Speros-Scarfone ’78

Italian cooking, albeit with an American twist, reigns supreme on this side of the pond as well. Angie Speros-Scarfone headed south to Florida years ago. Now, along with Tom, her husband of 23 years, she owns a catering business and popular pizzeria, Scarfone’s Coal-Fired Pizza. The upscale eatery, with two locations—Coral Springs and Wilton Manors—serves up a modern blend of traditional and modern Italian dishes, from pastas to flatbread to jumbo handmade meatballs in a hearty San Marzano tomato sauce.

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Heather Crosby ’93

Heather believes that people can eat well, without harsh dieting, and so YumUniverse was born. The website (www.yumuniverse. com), blog, and subscription service provides recipes, meal plans, and more to create healthier lifestyles. (She also has videos on YouTube, and on numerous other social media platforms.) Her book of more than 150 recipes, YumUniverse: Infinite Possibilities for a Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Whole Food Lifestyle, featuring natural foods and inspirational cooking, came out last year to glowing reviews.

Beth Spencer Collins ’80

It was amazing to Beth Spencer Collins and her brother, Tom Spencer, that their town lacked a neighborhood market. So last year, they opened Potomac Grocer, a full-service, family-owned caterer and gourmet grocery store in popular Potomac Village. They proudly support local vendors, who supply the store with organic and fresh ingredients for homemade soups, sandwiches, or quality meats and vegetables for a dinner party.

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Class Notes A special thank you to the class reps (listed, with emails, below each year) for helping us gather exciting news on their classmates. It’s been great to hear from so many of our alums this summer, and we’re hoping that even more of you will let us know what you’re up to. By visiting our website at holychild.org, it’s easy to update your information. I also encourage you to friend us on Facebook to easily share your news, check on reunions, and generally keep up with the Tigers; we also have a LinkedIn page.

Keep up-to-date on alumnae news. Email akerrigan@holychild.org to receive the monthly newsletter.

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Cathy Casper Delahay–delahay01@gmail.com; Patti White Radle–pattiradle@hotmail.com

Patti White Radle and Cathy Caspar Delahay took part in this year’s graduation events at Holy Child as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of their graduation from Holy Child.

The Class of 1966 will be planning their 50th reunion, as well as attending graduation on June 3, 2016! For more information, contact Debbie (Cronin) Kissinger at DAKissinger66@gmail.com

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Hannah Sheridan Shorey just enjoyed her fourth year of retirement from 26 years of teaching as an elementary school Gifted Specialist. She has been married to her husband, Hank, for 42 years and has a daughter who is also a teacher and a son who is an accountant. They have blessed Hannah and her husband with eight grandchildren! Hannah also volunteers at her grandchildren’s’ schools and is involved in puppet shows at elementary schools to empower kids and teach them about safety.

Cathy MacFarlane is a founder of a Silicon Valley Financial Technology company called ZenBanx, which is poised to launch later this year. The product is a mobile account for saving, exchanging and international sending of multiple currencies. Cathy and her husband, Dave Earnest, live in Burlingame, CA and welcome all visitors! Nancy Belser has been living in Nashville since 1984.

She has been self-employed her whole life, and works with individuals regarding nutrition, wellness, and body work.

This past July, Nancy traveled to Nicaragua for a month to explore the country. She is excited to say her daughter is a fashion designer for Marc Jacobs in New York City at the age of 25! Nancy still keeps in touch with classmates

Luisa Bogan Hill–luisabhill@me.com

Baby number two was ready to make her appearance, and Jessi Williams ’01 (now Frend) rushed in to Holy Cross hospital for the delivery. On arrival, she was comforted to find a Holy Child alumna, Kelly Decker ’08 (now Shires) there at the check-in desk. They knew each other through the alumnae association, but met through siblings; Kelly’s sister, Susan Decker Raff ‘01, and Jessi’s sister, Allie Williams ‘08. They had spoken about how special it would be to have a Holy Child sister deliver Jack Frend’s little sister. But they couldn’t find a way to make it happen. Now fate intervened, and Jessi couldn’t have been happier.

It’s hard to walk into any D.C. area hospital and not find a Holy Child student who followed their passion into the medical field.

“Delivering your baby is a very exciting but also an emotionally overwhelming time,” says Jessi. “It was incredibly comforting to have a fellow alum by my side reassuring me and helping me stay comfortable. Kelly made the experience so special. She has a wonderful sense of humor and kept me calm and laughing through most of my delivery. Kelly is fabulous at her job and I feel so blessed that she was there as Libby entered the world.”

“Being able to work so closely with a fellow Holy Child alum has been a great experience!” Caroline says. “Even though we never really interacted during our shared time at Holy Child, once we found out we were both alumnae, we had an instant bond. She has become one of my most trusted co-workers.”

Kelly loves her job because of the joy she experiences while bringing life into the world. A graduate of University of Kentucky with a degree in nursing, Kelly began her career at Holy Cross Hospital in January 2013 in the labor unit. Her penchant for science was encouraged during her time at Holy Child. “I think Holy Child does a great job of helping to find that niche that a girl thrives in. For me, it was always science. I loved it from the time I was a kid, but Holy Child definitely let me explore that and take a lot of science classes.” She was led to nursing from seeing the care of a family member, but, she says, “I never would have made it through the nursing prerequisites or been accepted into the nursing program at UK without the strong work ethic Holy Child taught me!”

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Caroline Cannon ’05 first realized she wanted be a nurse while in the middle of biology class during her freshman year. She graduated with a master’s degree in nursing from George Washington University, and she currently works at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital on an adult solid organ transplant unit. There have been quite a few Holy Child alumna she has worked with during her time at MGUH, most notably, Jessica Hull Adams ’02, who works on her same unit.

Christina Ganassa ’06 graduated from the University of Maryland with a master’s degree in nursing, and went to work at Sibley Hospital in Washington D.C. She’s working in labor and delivery. Christine has bonded with her fair share of Holy Child alumnae as well.

Margaret Colbert Keegan-AuntieMib@gmail. com; Patti Hellmuth-pattihellmuth@verizon. net; Suzanne Hodson MacDaniels-suzimacd3@ aol.com; Mary Beth Pender-mbplaw@verizon. net

Suzi Hodson MacDaniels reunited with Susie Damminger Beckham, Kathy Lebling, and Margo Colbert Keegan as they gathered to wish her adieu for her move to Florida. At the reunion, Suzi encouraged her classmates to check out her son Nick’s band, “Big Something,” that performs often in the Washington metro area. Kathy proudly shared her daughter, Heather Crosby’s ’93, book, YumUniverse.

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Brenda Forbes Fox-brenda.fox42@gmail.com

No rep currently. Please volunteer!

Darnell, and Cammie Hellegers had a mini HC reunion on September 20, 2014 at Connie Davis Guercin’s home in Kensington, MD. It was their first official get together in over 25 years!

Maryls Stupar and Margie Walker!

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Linda Fadely Canfieldlindmac21nm@gmail.com

Alison Brown Ford is a yoga instructor, and her company, Integrative Movement, offers yoga instruction and meditation from a yoga perspective at her studio. For more information, contact her at alisonbrownford@gmail. com. Carol Cookerly is President of Cookerly Public Relations, a 24 yearold, Atlanta-based public relations and marketing communications agency. Her company won 11 awards last year for outstanding client work across various categories and sectors.

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Mary Hornish Kempf-mary.kempf@fcps.edu; Suzanne Stinson-patjoh104@earthlink.net

The Class of 1976 is in the planning stages for their 40th Reunion in 2016!

Stay tuned!

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Jeremy Lopynski started a foundation in 2013 in honor of her first son, Ryan.

The mission of her foundation is to raise awareness for sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults.

Meg Kelly is creating a new website completely dedicated to her daytime fans this fall! She has written for As the World Turns and Days of Our Lives, and has recently partnered with a group to create SudsvilleTV.com, a website promising to offer all-new original programming aimed at soap opera fans. Please go to: sudsvilletv.com for a free subscription. Good luck Meg!

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Rita Devine-Rita.Devine@nih.gov; Stephanie Joyce Farrell-stephaniefarrell@verizon.net

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Shana Gaultney Elliot – shanagelliott@aol.com

Shana Gaultney Elliott, Jeanne Wyand, Ellen Ostronic, Karin Appleton Magness, Kim Manning Fitzgerald, Jude Gatewood Lindback, Tracy Bosley

Leslie Paroby Lindstrom welcomed her first grandson, Hudson Taylor, son of her daughter Brielle. Leslie currently resides in Evergreen, CO, and works as a Maternal/Newborn Nurse in Denver.

“I went to nursing school with Amy Plamondon ’06. She is a NICU nurse at Shady Grove in Rockville,” she says, for example. “I started thinking about nursing at Holy Child when I took an anatomy and physiology class, taught by Ms. Sutton. That class piqued my interest in science and was a helpful prerequisite to the classes I needed to get into nursing school.”

Christina hopes to inspire a new generation of Holy Child young woman to consider a career in nursing, a profession she knows is a special calling.

Katherine J. Sullivan ‘71 and her husband, Alain McNamara, at Reem El Tal engagement in August 2015; Brenda Forbes Fox ’67 is enjoying her retirement to the fullest; Ann Tehan, Ann Cassidy and Murphy Toumey (all from the Class of ’75) reunited in Naples, Florida; Class of 1977 classmates Shana Gaultney Elliott, Jeanne Wyand, Ellen Ostronic, Karin Appleton Magness, Kim Manning Fitzgerald, Jude Gatewood Lindback, Tracy Bosley Darnell, and Cammie Helleger; Linda Canfield ’74 and her daughter, Grace Fadely, celebrating Linda being cancer-free!

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Erin Tehan Boccia-Erin.Boccia@comcast.com Jennifer Girardi McCloskeyJennifer.McCloskey@em.doe.gov

Tressa Gatewood Bauer is Director of Portfolio Management at Capital One.

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Carla Pappalardo-carlapappalardo@hotmail. com; Charlie Laux Widmark-Charlie.widmark@ comcast.net

Alyson (Judge) Frederick finished her Masters of Arts in Teaching from Loyola University, Maryland.

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Constance Coakley Caufield-connie_ caulfield@me.com; Kris Cotton Rowankrisrowan@verizon.net; Jennie Stucker Bassett-bassettden@gmail.com; Mary Treacy Novajosky-mt.novajosky@verizon.net

Paula Duke Ebel has been teaching in Montgomery County, MD for the past 17 years. She is currently a second grade reading teacher at Somerset Elementary School in Chevy Chase.

Maria Clara Daza Stanton is a personal trainer and nurse. Joan Harrell is living in Florida and has been working as a mortgage loan officer for many years now. Meg Murdock has been the Director of Finance with OTJ Architects since January 2001.

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Ann Bouchard Kerriganakerrigan@holychild.org

Ann Bouchard Kerrigan started in November 2014 as Director of Annual Giving and Alumnae Relations at Holy Child. She resides with her two children in Olney, MD.

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Allie Bigelow Lumpkin – allilumpkin@ gmail.co;m; Erin Dilley Bryer – erinbryer@ verizon.net; Jennifer Sincavage Connelly – jenniferandjim@gmail.com

volunteer from the Catholic Volunteer Network.

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Dillon Barnes Cox-dilloncox@aol.com; Amy Connors Remington-amykremington@ yahoo.com; Alicia O’Hare Henneberry-Alicia. henneberry@microsoft.com

Noreen Miyake-Char is a Portfolio Operations Manager at American Asset Management Group, Inc. She is a former President of the Washington D.C. Association of Money Managers and currently serves as a Board Member. Noreen recently reunited with Mrs. Nemcosky, who visited Noreen’s Potomac home to celebrate son, Calvin’s, fourth birthday!

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Emily Dwyer Breeze-dwyerei@yahoo.com Martha Nguyen-marthanguyen@gmail.com

Members of the Class of 1995 gathered in June for a barbeque at Anne Glynn’s house. Those in attendance included Martha Nguyen, Mary Weiland, Mary Margaret Short Reed, Beth Tabachnick, Jodie Hollins Hillman, Monica Talcott, and Thara Mathew Taylor.

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Mary Frances Conley Williamsmaryfwilliams93@gmail.com; Kathryn Smitskathryn.smits@gmail.com; Emily Dolan Livelliedlivelli@gmail.com; Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz-Catherine_albornoz@yahoo.com

Alicia Araoz is a Contract Administrator at Fox RPM Corporations.

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Susan Decker Raff-SDRaff@gmail.com; Kate Hannan-katehannan@gmail.com; Emily Walsh Elphick-walsh.emily@gmail.com

Lisa Vicini Hutson traveled to Ensenada, Mexico with a group of 50 teenagers and 15 adults from her

current hometown of Nashville, TN. Collectively, the group continued construction on a home for a local preacher, visited church members and delivered packages, and started construction on a water attachment system for an orphanage there. Using her knowledge of the Spanish language she learned at Holy Child, Lisa was able to translate for the children, orphanage staff members, and local community members. Daina Slekys Trout is CEO and co-founder of a beverage company called Health-Ade. She started the company three years ago with her best friend and her husband, Justin, in Los Angeles, and it exists to make the best tasting and highest quality kombucha.

Since starting in the farmers’ markets of Southern California, Daina’s business has expanded in over 18 states, and is now available at all Whole Food Markets. In August, Daina and Justin welcomed a baby boy into the world.

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Meghan Everngam-mever01@gmail.com; Emily Resler Marchetti-Emily.C.Marchetti@ gmail.com; Pierce Resler Coffeepierce.r.coffee@gmail.com

Lavanya Viswanathan was recently promoted to Major in the United States Air Force! She has also relocated to Augusta, GA to pursue a medical fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Georgia Regents University.

2001

Grace Easby-Smith Weisser-grace.weisser@ gmail.com; Jessi Williams Frend-jessi.frend@ gmail.com

Elizabeth McNamara Direnfeld and her husband welcomed their second daughter, Genevieve Laura, on May 25, 2015.

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Jillian Bastow-jillian_bastow@yahoo.com; Shannon Fitzgerald Grant-SLFitz5@gmail. com; Beatrice Freire-Frey-Beatriz.FreireFrey@ gmail.com; Kristin Liverman-kristin.liverman@ hotmail.com

Katie Mackie (now Mackie-Haas) married Till Haas on May 23rd, 2015 in Weissenkirchen, Austria. She also completed her Ph.D. in Agricultural Soil Biology in 2014 at the University of Hohenheim. Katie and Till are currently living in Bern, Switzerland where Katie is working as a PostDoc at the Bern University for Applied Sciences. Nicola de Montielle recently moved back to the Washington D.C. area from Boston.

She has joined the Washington Square adolescent counseling practice in Falls Church. She is happy to reconnect with many of her Holy Child friends still living in the area. Marybeth Feeney is a graduate of Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV, and is working for SRA International, an IT Support and Software Development Company for the Government Accountability Office in Washington D.C. Marybeth married her husband Jamie Jones on January 3, 2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Old Town Alexandria, where she was baptized. They reside in Oakton, VA.

2003

Jenny Fitzpatrick-jfitz747@aol.com; Meghaan Evans-mevans4@gmail.com; Maria Firippismfirippis@gmail.com; Kerry Shea-kshea85@ gmail.com

Neda Ghassabeh had a baby shower and many of her Holy Child classmates attended, including Cheryl Lynn Boland, Amy Ruddell, Katelyn Estrich, and Kerry Shea. Neda welcomed her baby girl, Royce Varian Butler, on March 16, 2015. Elizabeth Trocchio is Sjogren Syndrome Foundation’s Director of Marketing.

Anne Charbonneau Cardile received the first annual Bishop Francis Award in April for outstanding service to the D.C. community by a former year-long

Carmel Deckelman ‘81 reunited with her host “sister” from Ireland at Holy Child in Killiney, Ireland where they attended school together for Carmel’s Junior year in 1979; Julie Simms Whitman ’79 and Charlie Widmark ’81 have kept their HC big-little sister relationship strong since 1977; The Class of 1979 celebrated their 35th Reunion in November; Martha Nguyen, Mary Weiland, Mary Margaret (Short) Reed, Beth Tabachnick, Jodie (Hollins) Hillman, Monica Talcott, Thara (Matthew) Taylor, and Anne Glynn (all members of the Class of 1995) gathered in June; Lisa Todaro Thompson ’01 and her daughter Sicilia got together with Annie Genevish Matanin ’01 and her son Reid to celebrate his first birthday; Ashley Williams ‘08 married Sedar Dunn on June 27, 2015; Jean Zachariasiewicz Steele ’97 at her wedding with classmates Marisa Young Gallgher, Marisa Van Saanen, and Kara Hannan McGinn.

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Alicia Easby-Smith Barton-aesbarton@gmail. com; Clare Devine-devinec3@gmail.com

Pam Hoover Wade and her husband, Gavin, welcomed their first child in April of 2014. She is Director of Employee Communications for Northrop Grumman, a global defense company. Christine Ingoldsby is a Business Analyst at GEICO. Christa Aiken works at VIDA Fitness & Aura Spa as a Fitness Manager. Hagan Trees, Clare Devine, Kelly Warner, Rebecca Cook, Ashley Hull, and Diane Norcross (all from the Class of ’04) reunited with Ms. Plummer and former Holy Child teacher Mr. Stephen Wicker!

2005

Krista Montes de Oca Kelly-krista.kelly27@ gmail.com; Ericka Rojas-Ericka.lynn.rojas@ gmail.com

Cayley Sheehan is a Strategic Marketing Communications Specialist at SAP. Allie Townshend moved to Austin, TX to work as Development Coordinator at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Abby Gordon is an After Sales Analyst at Nissan Motor Company.

Molly O’Connell married Jason Koza at Strong Mansion at Sugarloaf Mountain on Saturday, May 30th.

They reside in Denver, CO and Molly is a Social Worker for Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. Ashleigh Thomas Dies was in her bridal party and Krista Montes de Oca Kelly was in attendance. Sarah Aldemeyer received her MBA from Georgetown University this past spring. Katie Wilcox married Jake Tanenbaum on September 14, 2014 at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, MD. Channing Bush married Andrew Tobin on April 11, 2015 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Therese Walsh and Katie Yee attended the beautiful wedding.

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Timi Abimbola-rotimi.abimbola@gmail.com; Elaine Stefanou-emstefanou@gmail.com; Catherine Buckingham-cat.buckingham@ gmail.com; Elizabeth Demaree-demaree.liz@ gmail.com

Allison Erin Allen graduated with a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

She is now a Practice Administration Manager with Wells Fargo Advisors.

Michelle Coppoolse is a registered nurse at MedStar Health. Elizabeth Vaghi works as a Client Services Supervisor at FedBid, Inc. Katherine Cantrel is an Account Manager at Benefitfocus. Andrea Martinez received her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology at Loyola University in Baltimore, MD. She moved to New York City to work for TheraCare as a Speech-Language Pathologist and Clinical Fellow.

2007

Meghan Kane-reignofkane@aol.com; Allie Williams-allie.williams.13@gmail.com

Katherine (Kat) Reinckens completed a three year master’s program this past May in which she received her MA in Counseling at Trinity Washington University. She interned as a school counselor in a D.C. Public Charter School this past year, and worked as a lead associate therapist for a company providing ABA services in the metro area. Lucy Boyce Kennedy graduated from Vanderbilt School of

Medicine in May and is now a Resident Doctor at Vanderbilt Hospital for the next three years. Christine Matthews is a registered nurse in a hospital in Columbia, SC, as well as working on her Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of South Carolina. Christine recently purchased a home in Columbia, and is living with her sweet golden retriever, Mason.

Meghan Kane is a Child Life Specialist at Inova Health System. Teresa Hadeed is a registered nurse at Virginia Hospital Center.

2008

Kelly Decker Shires-kellydshires@gmail.com; Lauren Phifer-lphifer518@gmail.com

Kelly Decker was married to Patrick Shires on July 11, 2015 at St. Aloysius at Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. The reception was at the Metropolitan Club of Washington.

Madeleine Cantrel ’08, an artist, commissioned a watercolor map for the couple. The bridal party got their nails done at Varnish Lane, owned by Lauren Dunne ’08 in Bethesda before the wedding. Lauren Phifer and her fiancé are set to wed on September 10, 2016!

Titi-Mary Omotade married her college sweetheart, Andrew Huehn, on June 20th at St. Patrick Church in Rockville, MD. Ms. Plummer and numerous Holy Child classmates attended the beautiful wedding. Titi-Mary is currently attending Yale Medical School in Connecticut to pursue her Ph.D. Caitlin DeLaurentis is working at Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School as Advancement Associate. Amelia Kennedy is in her third year at Yale getting a Ph.D. in Medieval History. Her dissertation prospectus on Cistercian monasteries was approved, and she is preparing for her oral compositions. Amelia is to teach a course to undergraduates this upcoming fall. Shelby Benkert is a Public Relations Manager at BrandLinkDC. Kelsey E. Link is teaching

2nd grade at Beall Elementary in Rockville, MD. She will be attending graduate school in the fall at the University of Maryland to earn her Master of Education as a Reading Specialist. Kelsey also got engaged to Justin Donaldson, who graduated Landon School in 2008 and Miami University in 2012. They will be married in June 2016. Kelly Johnson is a Portfolio Manager at Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing. Aubrey Gooch works at Fox News Channel as an Accountant Coordinator in Ad Sales. Meghan Horn is a Customer Service Manager at Honest Tea. Hillary MacInnes works as Legislative Correspondent at the Office of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. Lis Warren is Lead Designer at Clearly Innovative in Washington D.C.. Sara Novajosky is a Fitness and Wellness Specialist at Corporate Fitness Works. Ashley Williams married Sedar Dunn on June 27, 2015 at St. Camila’s Church in Silver Spring, MD. Fellow classmates Laurie Parent and Samantha Marsh attended the wedding and stood by Ashley’s side. The newlyweds will continue to live and work in the Olney area as they build their new life together!

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Kelsey Albanese-kkalbanese@yahoo.com; Carolyn Hodgson-chodgson@udel.edu

Melissa Davis graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL with a degree in education. She taught elementary education in Florida and is now teaching in Montgomery County, MD. She lives on a horse farm in Comus, MD with her fiancée, and is planning a May 2016 wedding.

Rebecca Brooks is a Career Counselor at Goodwill Career Solutions. Sammi DiBella, Sarah Tareen, Rachel Hudson, and Jenna Hartin traveled to Austin, TX in May for a fun-filled Holy Child reunion with Taylor Saenz and Mary Katherine

Johanna Bayly Howe ’99 and her husband welcomed baby girl Elizabeth Bayly Dexter Howe on November 3rd; Daina Sleykys ’99, her husband, and her best friend are the co-founders of Health-Ade, a high quality kombucha, now carried by Whole Foods; Noreen Miyake-Char ’93 reunited with Mrs. Nemcosky at her son, Calvin’s, fourth birthday; Lisa Vicini Hutson ’99 in Ensenada, Mexico doing volunteer work; Kelly Decker Shires ’08 at her wedding with Kiley Lyons Luft ’08, Madeleine Cantrel ’08, Emily Trees ’08, Susan Decker Raff ’99, Seton Easby-Smith ’08, and Kourtney Lyons ’08; Neda Chassabeh ’03 reunited with former classmates Cheryl Lynn Boland, Amy Ruddell, Katelyn Estrich, and Kerry Shea at her baby shower; Marybeth Feeney ’02 married Jamie Jones on January 3, 2015.

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Raffaniello who both reside there. The classmates credit Holy Child for their strong friendship and bond which has strengthened incredibly throughout the years! Kelsey Albanese is an Admissions Counselor at the George Washington University and attending graduate school there to receive her masters in Higher Education Administration. Sophia Sherry works at U.S. News & World Report as a Communications & Public Relations Coordinator. Katie Ring is an Associate National Bank Examiner. Carolyn Hodgson is an Advisory Associate at KPMG. Jenna Hartin works as a Staff Scientist at ERM: Environmental Resources Management in Houston, TX. Lizzy Frank is an Account Coordinator at Precision Meetings & Events.

2010

Kelly Whelan-kapwlfs@msn.com

Alison Kebba is a Digital Development & Social Media Coordinator at Vin Di Bona Productions. Alexandra Patterson is a Systems Engineering Analyst at Vencore. Kelly Whelan traveled to Poland to intern at Kubas Kos Gałkowski as an International Legal Intern. Karen Hill is a Copywriter at Ralph Lauren in New York City. Charlie Benziger is volunteering in the Peace Corps. Ashley Paulos is a Community Manager at MXM (Meredith Xcelerated Marketing) in Arlington, VA.

2011

Meagan Glynn-mglynn331@aol.com; Charlotte Barry-cbarry@holychild.org

Alexa Yarish is a Radiology and MRI Lab Intern at Children’s National

Medical Center. Carol Lucarelli is a University Relations intern at Virginia Tech. Brynn Raffensperger moved to New York City to work at Carat as a National Video Activation Assistant.

Jessie Ely passed her certification board in May, graduated from Marist College, and presented a paper at the NATA conference which is to be published in the national athletic training journal. She landed a job establishing and running the athletic training program at Red Hook High School, with 700-plus students, in the Hudson River Valley. Sonia Ahmed is an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at Brown University.

2012

Kaelynn Serena-kaelynn.serena@yahoo.com

Allison Stoll was a summer intern at Beck Media and Marketing. Claire Nash worked last summer as a Financial Assistant at Washington Office Interiors. Meg Dean was a summer intern at Camp Calleva. Meg was one of two instructors of the Leadership in Training section of the camp program.

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Heather Lamb-heatherlamb95@gmail.com; B Haynes-Brietta.Haynes@my.avemaria.edu; Fannie Benziger-fannie.benziger@verizon.net

Maggie Donatelli traveled to Dublin, Ireland mid-May for an internship with Big Dog Digital to work on designing websites and logos. After working with Big Dog Digital, she completed a development internship at Make-AWish Mid-Atlantic. Kaylah (Kami) and Kylah (Kylie) Simmons both interned at Voice of America News. Kaylah was a Radio Production and Media Intern for the English Division, while Kylah was a TV Technical Operations Intern.

Amanda Arcidiacono worked at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington with non-verbal special needs children by teaching them how to use sign language and pictures to

communicate. Meghan Carroll interned for the Laura Ingraham Radio Show at Radio America. As Associate Producer, she booked guests for the show, briefed the show host and screened the callers. Frances Agege spent her summer in Barcelona, Spain interning at International Policy Group (IPG).

Brietta Haynes spent six weeks in New York interning for the Sisters of Life. As a marketing and fundraising intern, she helped with prospect research, cleaning out duplicates in their database, and helped with the efficiency of their credit payment system.

2014

Katie Rose Marvin-Kmarvin55@gmail.com; Annie Virostek-acvirostek@verizon.net

Anna Brickman is studying at Fordham University, and was chosen to write a blog for the website College Fashionista. In two of her articles, Anna was given the chance to have some of her Holy Child classmates featured as her models! Maddy Hopkins is a marketing major in the Heider School of Business at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, and was a marketing intern at Imagination Stage this past summer. She posted on their social media sites, takes photos, and researches potential donors for the company. Kamana Kamkwalala is a fine arts major at New York University, and has been working with a small make-up company called I Make You Beautiful.

Since starting in September, she has helped with photoshoots, packaging, and visual merchandising while also keeping everything organized and

clean! Sarah Evy Horan interned at The Brain Treatment Center in Newport Beach, CA during the summer.

She worked with a neurological treatment called magnetic resonance therapy, which is a treatment with patient specific transcranial magnetic stimulation. Mary Buckingham was an Analyst intern at Warner Construction Consultants this past summer. Amy Watkins was a summer intern at Contactually in downtown D.C. this past summer. Contectually is a web-based customer relationship management tool that helps people organize their contacts and maintain strong relationships with people within their network. As an Operations intern, Amy helped maintain the upkeep of the office, gathered additional information on customers and the company itself in order to obtain a better value of their product.

Below, left to right: Caroline Mangan Connelly’s ’08 beautiful baby boy, Peadar; Sammi DiBella, Sarah Tareen, Rachel Hudson, Jenna Hartin, Taylor Saenz, and Mary Katherine Raffaniello (all from the Class of 2009) had a mini reunion in Austin, TX; Katie Wilcox ‘05 married Jake Tanenbaum on September 14, 2014; Erin Kale ’10 and Theres Yenouskous ’10 visited Lauren Roth ’10 in New York City; Isa Johnson ’12 traveled to Ecuador for two weeks to learn about the country’s companies and their supply chains; Katey Scanlon ’05 and Molly Virostek ’12 worked together at Enso Collaborative in Santa Monica, CA; Christine Troiano, Katie Kress, Lindsay Wolf, and Taylor Barry (class of 2012) celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland.

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Dear Holy Child Community, Thank you for making 2014-2015 a very successful year. As the school began a new era under the leadership of Dr. Gomez, we faced, together, numerous changes and a number of challenges, with the promise of more to come. Our community welcomed the changes, supporting many and working constructively to further refine some others. I was very proud, as a Holy Child parent and trustee, of how we approached this new era, being actively involved in implementing and shaping change, but protecting the core of what makes Holy Child special for our girls. This strong sense of community and willingness to be involved in Holy Child will be invaluable as we begin the process of strategic planning and as we continue to make Holy Child even more special. I look forward to a very exciting and promising 2015-2016 academic year.

Sean Glynn Chair, Board of Trustees

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner, II Cece Garner ’15

Class of 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garner II Cece Garner ’15 Mrs. Cheryl Hickman Hollend Hickman ’15

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1. Marisa Casellas ’04 married George Barnes on September 6, 2014; 2. Katie Dyer Moreton’s ’05 beautiful daughter, Eleanor “Ellie” Grace; 3. Alumnae from the Class of ’94 got together for Juliana Duffy’s ‘94 baby shower; 4. Lavanya Viswanathan ‘00 was recently promoted to Major in the United States Air Force; 5. Leslie Paroby Lindstrom ’79 holding her beautiful grandson, Hudson Taylor; 6. Victoria ’13 and Charlotte ’11 Barry enjoying the Christmas dance at Mount St. Mary’s University one last time together; 7. Kaylah (Kami) Simmons ‘13 interned at Voice of America News this past summer; 8. Tiffany Thompson Violante ’97 and her husband Jared welcomed Sienna Quinn to their family; 9. Brietta Haynes ’13 taking a selfie with the nuns at the Sisters for Life in NYC; 10. Madeline Cantrel ’08 designed a watercolor map for Kelly Decker Shires ’08 and her husband Patrick; 11. Nicola de Montielle ‘02 moved back to Washington D.C. from Boston; 12. Kiki Janssens, Maureen Easby-Smith, Noreen Ahmed, Jessica Riemenschneider, Emily Derr and Irene Firippis (not pictured – Krista Kelly) at Katie Wilcox’s wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grassi Emma Grassi ’19

Class of 2020 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pumphrey Sarah Pumphrey ’20

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Alumnae Chair

Mrs. Susan Decker Raff ’99

Grandparents Chair

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Noonan Josie Ziemski ’18

Faculty and Staff Chairs Mrs. Cynthia Kahan Mrs. Ellen Kumm Dr. Graciela Garcia

Head of School

Dr. Shannon Gomez

Director of Development Mrs. Suzi Montes de Oca ’74 Krista ’05

Director of Annual Giving and Alumnae Relations Ms. Ann Bouchard Kerrigan ’84

Alumnae Association Class Representatives

Mary White Radle ’65 Luisa Bogan Hill ’66 Brenda Forbes Fox ’67 Patti Hellmuth ’69 Margaret Keegan ’69 Mary Beth Pender ’69 Suzi Hodson MacDaniels ’69 Nancy Forbes Ephraim ’70 Missy Asbill Attridge ’73 Marguerite Engler ’73 Mary Engler ’73 Linda Canfield ’74 Suzi Norris Montes de Oca ’74

Suzie Stinson ’76 Mary Hornish Kempf ’76 Shana Gaultney Elliott ’77 Jennifer Girardi McCloskey ’80 Erin Tehan Boccia ’80 Charlie Laux Widmark ’81 Carla Pappalardo ’81 Jennie Stucker Bassett ’82 Mary Treacy Novajosky ’82 Kris Cotton Rowan ’82 Maura McGowan Gordy ’83 Suzanne Hohman Matan ’83 Ann Schiattareggia Kern ’84 Ann Bouchard Kerrigan ’84 Jen Ralston Kress ’85 Pamela Burns ’85 Katherine Grafton Romedy ’86 Colleen McDonald Thompson ’86 Jennifer Johnson ’87 Carrie-Anne Mosley ’88 Jennifer Bigelow Urgo ’88 Cathyanne Hanley Shreves ’89 Nathalie Young Okhowat ’89 Catherine Aquino Breckstein ’90 Lisa Knight Steele ’91 Jennifer Sincavage Connelly ’92 Erin Dilley Bryer ’92 Alli Bigelow Lumpkin ’92 Dillon Barnes Cox ’93 Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Amy Connors Remington ’93 Joanna Smith Ramani ’94 Martha Nguyen ’95 Giselle Cruz Colavita ’96 Kara Hannan McGinn ’97 Kathryn Smits ’98 Mary Frances Conley Williams ‘98 Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz ’98

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2014-2015 Board of Trustees These men and women volunteer their time, energy, and expertise to guide Holy Child in all areas and plan for its future. They keep us true to our mission statement, and work tirelessly to support our educational efforts.

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Mr. Sean Glynn

Ms. Veronica Ahern Ms. Nancy Binnie Sr. Peggy Crowley Mr. Daniel Dean Ms. Patricia Farrell Mrs. Jessi Williams Frend ’01

Head of School Dr. Shannon Gomez

Mrs. Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Mr. Howard Hill Mr. Christopher Holmes Mr. Timothy Jorgensen Ms. Geraldine Kavanagh ’67 Mrs. Lisa Kazor-Christovich Mr. Paul B. Kern, III

Mr. Brett MacInnes Mrs. Mary McCann Mrs. Kristin Cotton Rowan ’82 Mr. Thomas Sanders Mr. Paul Sullivan Mr. Bill Whitaker Mr. Edward Williams

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Annual Report 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 Holy Child Society $25,000 and above

Ms. Lisa R. Kazor-Christovich and Mr. Daniel Christovich

Cornelia Connelly Society $10,000 to $24,999

Mrs. Missy Asbill Attridge Ms. Nancy Binnie and Mr. Marc Bastow Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Boccia Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bosch Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner II Mr. and Mrs. John Reyes Ms. Marina Kotova and Mr. Seyfeddin Roustamov

Scholars Society $5,000 to $9,999

Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Hanley Mr. and Mrs. Jeff MacKinnon Ms. Mary Jo McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Noonan Mr. and Mrs. Jeff O’Berry Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William Rowan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rudman Mr. and Mrs. David L. Straus Mr. and Mrs. John Suttora Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Zukiwski

Head of School Society $1,500 to $4,999

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Ms. Veronica Ahern Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bellamah Ms. Elizabeth L. Young and Mr. John M. Benziger Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bunch Mrs. Donna Grigsby and Mr. Anthony Clark Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criswell III Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Mark Decker Ms. Therese Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grant Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Grassi Mr. and Mrs. F. Gillis Green Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hartranft Mr. and Mrs. Brian Henneberry Dr. Rita W. Devine and Mr. John Hollingsworth Ms. Mildred W. Webber and Mr. Christopher M. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Herve Humler Mr. and Mrs. George Hussey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Jorgensen Ms. Gerry Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. Rohit Kishore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kloster Drs. Jenifer A. and Stephen C. Luck Mr. Brett MacInnes Ms. Margaret Magner Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner Mr. and Mrs. David Martin Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McCann Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Mr. and Mrs. Robert Saylor Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schiattareggia Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schnider Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Sellinger Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheehy Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shriver Drs. Albert and Cara Simmonds

Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart Mr. and Mrs. John Strittmatter Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Frank Titus Mr. and Mrs. Ed Treacy Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turley Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ungerman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Webster Mr. and Mrs. David Whipp Mrs. Agnes N. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wright Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter Mr. and Mrs. John Ziemski

Blue and Gold Society $500 to $1,499

Dr. and Mrs. George Aguiar Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Alahouzos Mr. and Mrs. Mark Altemus Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Atwood Mr. and Mrs. David L. Banta Ms. Jillian Bastow Mr. and Mrs. Wesley T. Bieligk Ms. Jane Lockmuller and Mr. Gregory Bloss Mr. Christopher Bowen Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Boyd Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess Ms. Nancy Brewer-Carlsen and Mr. Jerry Carlsen Dr. and Mrs. Lucas Collazo Ms. Marie Collins Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Collins Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Covell Sr. Margaret Crowley Dr. and Mrs. John N. Delahay Mr. and Mrs. John Devine Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Doug J. Donatelli Dr. Shana Elliott and Mr. Richard Elliott Dr. Marguerite Engler Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Finch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fischbach Mr. Peter Fitzgerald Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fontana Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Frend Mr. and Mrs. Erich Fuldner Dr. and Mrs. Andre Gazdag Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilday Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goetzenberger Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gramm Mr. and Mrs. Martin Green Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grenier Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gribble Mrs. Gail A. Tyus-Hill and Mr. Howard C. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt Ms. Christine Jelen and Mr. Jack Jaeger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kavanagh Ms. Antonia Keane Dr. and Mrs. David Keever Ms. Marianne M. Keler and Mr. Michael R. Kershow Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Kies Mr. and Mrs. James Killen Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kley Mr. and Mrs. George Kucik Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee V Ms. Deirdre Dowd Levine Mrs. Barbara Linder Mrs. Gina Carusillo Lockland and Mr. Kevin Lockland Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Herminio Martinez

Holy Child is so very grateful to everyone who made a gift to The Fund for Holy Child during the 2014-2015 campaign (by June 30, 2015). We went beyond our goal, and so appreciate the support! To review several giving charts, please go to www.holychild.org/annualreport.

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Caldwell Mr. Afshin Cangarlu Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cardarelli Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Carrasco Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matan Ms. Tierney Caulfield Mrs. Noreen Miyake-Char and Mr. Christopher Char Ms. Bridget Chiagoro-Ojo Ms. Alicia Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Mike Colavita Ms. Rosemary Collopy Dr. and Mrs. Robert O. Conley Mrs. Ann F. Corcoran Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cotter Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Crafton Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crooks Ms. Caroline Crosby Sr. Margaret Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Dr. and Mrs. Hafez Daneshvar Ms. Kathy Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D’Avella Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Days Ms. Karin De Francis Ms. Carmel Deckelman Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DeLaurentis Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. John J. Devine Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Donahue Dr. Joan M. Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Barton Drummond Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Edelen Ms. Lynda M. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Dr. Mary Engler Dr. and Mrs. Barry Ephraim Society of the Mr. and Mrs. Loren Evans Holy Child Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare We are grateful to the Sisters of the Ms. Dagmar Farr Holy Child Jesus for their continued Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fassl sponsorship of Connelly School of the Mr. and Ms. Prentiss Feagles Holy Child, as well as their financial Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher II contribution and support.

Ms. Amy Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fitzpatrick Patrons’ Society Ms. Nancy A. Donahue and $100 to $499 Mr. Thomas M. Fogarty Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Aberbach Ms. Brenda Fox Mr. and Mrs. Steve Aguzin Ms. Lisa Fox Mr. Joel Alper Mr. and Mrs. James E. Frech Ms. Katia Vargas and Mr. Jose Alpizar Ms. Susan Freericks Mrs. Nancy Anastasi Ms. Bonita E. Frend Mr. and Mrs. Al Arcidiacano Ms. Tracy Schooling and Ms. Elena Aria Mr. Kevin Furman Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Baldino Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra Ms. Mary L. Battiata Mr. Michael J. Gaffney Ms. Carol Cookerly and Dr. Suzanne Kim Doud Galli and Mr. Robert Beal Mr. Paolo Galli Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Beall Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ganiban Mr. and Mrs. Colin Beebe Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Gargulinski Mr. and Mrs. Mark Beliveau Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Giblin Ms. Carol C. Bergere Ms. Lucy Gies Mrs. Elizabeth Billett Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Gilak Mrs. Barbara Bissinger Ms. Dedie Giuliani Ms. Karen Gwozdz Blumhardt Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glaeser Mr. and Mrs. James Board Mr. Thomas J. Gnecco Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Boone Dr. Shannon Gomez and Ms. Teri L. Boragno Mr. Art Gomez Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bourque Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gordy Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bowman Ms. Cheryl Grandy Mr. James Brault Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grisius Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Brault Ms. Mildred A. Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bryer Mr. Marc Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Jon Budington Mrs. and Mr. Christine Guelcher Ms. Mary Burke Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Ms. Marylynne Burns Mr. Javier Guzman Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Cain Mrs. Lisa Lanham Hall Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McBride Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. McCaleb Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Micholas Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Moore Mr. and Mrs. George Myers Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Paro Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Patterson Dr. Kathy Hayes and Mr. Robert Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Karl Pothier Ms. Anne Powell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Price Mr. and Mrs. David Raff Mr. and Mrs. Mark Railey Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rembold Mrs. Joan Brady Rios and Mr. Augusto Rios Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sanders Mrs. Pamela Torok and Mr. William J. Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stewart Ms. Maria Szalay Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thomas Ms. Sara M. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. James E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Urgo Mrs. Jennifer I. Vermillion Mr. and Mrs. Kirk von Seelen Mrs. Lisa Godfrey and Mr. Daniel Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Wetten Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilcox

Mr. William Hall Mrs. Janice Obuchowski and Mr. Albert Halprin Ms. Patricia Harden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartwick Ms. Patti Hellmuth Mr. and Mrs. John F. Henschel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herishen Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hickman IV Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Hoeymans Mr. and Mrs. Krister Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Horan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Houston Ms. Darla Howard Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Howe Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humen Ms. Mary Beth Hurley Mr. and Ms. Joseph Iadarola Ms. Lynne Iadarola Mrs. Jean Iker Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jacobs Ms. Jennifer A. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kahan Mr. and Mrs. George Kaiser Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian PhD Mr. Patten M. Kazor Dr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan Ms. Kathleen V. Gunning and Mr. John C. Keeney Jr. Ms. Erin Kemp Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kempf Mr. and Mrs. James Kissire Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kline Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence LaTour Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Leary Jr. Mr. Robert J. Levin Ms. Emily T. Lieginger Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Lindquist Mrs. Emily M. Livelli Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. MacDaniels Ms. Katherine Mahan Ms. Emily C. Marchetti Mr. and Mrs. John Marcus III Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Martinez Mr. Joe P. McDermott Mr. Frank T. McFaden Ms. Kim McGettigan Ms. Kathleen McGowan Mr. and Mrs. John McGuinness Ms. Elizabeth B. McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Justin McInerny Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Meima Ms. Martha Moran and Mr. George Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Miller Ms. Jennifer Moore Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Morse Ms. Dawn L. Morton Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Murray Mr. James Neal Ms. Jill Norair Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norris Dr. Margot Culotta-Norton and Mr. Robert E. Norton Mr. and Mrs. William P. Novajosky Mrs. Geraldine Novak Mr. and Mrs. John O’Donnell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jean Orban Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Orloff Ms. Lisa Orosa Mr. and Mrs. Luis F. Orozco Mr. and Mrs. Sergio J. Ostria Ms. Mehrnaz Neyzari and Mr. Majid Padash Ms. Patricia Parada Mrs. Patricia J. Patton

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Mr. William F. Peel III Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Pereles Ms. Lauren A. Phifer Mr. and Mrs. Paul Piccone Mr. and Mrs. David T. Porter Mr. and Mrs. John E. Potter Drs. Elizabeth C. Jones and William Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Puccini Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pumphrey Mr. John M. Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Ralston Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Remington Ms. Ellen Rensklev Ms. Patricia Richmond Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ridenour Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rodgers Ms. Abby Root Mr. Barry Rosenberg Ms. Meghan Rowan Mr. and Mrs. L. Maurice M. Rowe IV Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Ruhe Mr. James Russ Ms. Meg Russell Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. Robert P. Sampson Mr. and Mrs. Louis Scanzillo Mrs. Myrna Schiattareggia Mr. Timothy P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Serena Ms. Alyssa Shooshan Mr. and Mrs. John Shoraka Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Shreves III Mr. and Mrs. Kim Sims Mr. and Ms. Michael Sinwell Mr. Timothy Smith and Mrs. Erin Dominick Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Smith Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Smyth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Armond Spikell Mr. and Mrs. Ivica Stankovic Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Steuart Drs. Dennis and Marie Stiles Ms. Suzanne K. Stinson Mr. and Mrs. John Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Strachan Mr. and Mrs. George F. Sushinsky The Sutliff Family Ms. Jenna Sutton Mr. and Mrs. John Talbott Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Tayman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Texido Dr. Catherine E. Theisen Mr. and Mrs. Tim Thistle Mary Catherine Toker Mr. and Mrs. John Tomon Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Vaghi III Ms. Kaitlyn Valis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Veirs Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Vengazo Mr. and Mrs. Neil W. Versteeg Dr. Beverly A. Von der Pool Mr. and Mrs. Manfred von Fricken Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Waldorff Ms. Kate Walsh Ms. Cheryl Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Weisser Ms. Peggy Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whalen Ms. Trish O’Connor Whitcomb and Mr. Kevin Whitcomb Dr. and Mrs. Mark White Mrs. Roberta S. Widmark Ms. Allison Williams Mr. and Mrs. Mikel Williams Ms. Murphy T. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Evan Wilson Mr. Gregory Wright and Ms. Martha Nguyen Ms. Jeanne Wyand Ms. Donna Sutton and Mr. Mark Yantsos Ms. Christina Yee Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Yoritomo

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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Afable Ms. Caroline Aguzin Mr. and Mrs. Masood Ahmed Ms. Paulina Ahrens Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel I. Albornoz Ms. Susan A. Alford Mrs. Julie Altemus Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ambrosi Ms. Wendy Anderson Mrs. Eleanor Antoniak Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Aya Nian Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barauskas Ms. Meghan E. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barton Mrs. Laura Basford Ms. Margaret Basham Mr. and Ms. Joseph C. Bellino Ms. Ashley C. Benson Ms. Karen L. Blulmhardt Mr. and Ms. Steven S. Bottorff Ms. Michelle Boyle Ms. Christine Brady Ms. Tara Brandt Ms. Madie Bromiley Mr. John P. Brown Ms. Marissa Bulger Ms. Julie Burke Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bush Ms. Kara Buttimer Ms. Linda Canfield Ms. Madeleine F. Cantrel Dr. Rebecca Carey Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Chap Ms. Hanja Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cherrix Ms. Karen Clark Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Corio Ms. Patricia Cotton Mr. and Mrs. John J. Coyle Ms. Karen Craig Ms. Elisabeth M. Crisafulli Mr. and Mrs. Randy A. Crocker Mr. and Ms. Jerry Darnell Mr. and Mrs. Philippe de Raet Ms. Kristin DeGiorgi Mr. and Mrs. Sergio del Castillo Ms. Caitlin M. DeLaurentis Ms. Vasia Deliyianni Ms. Elizabeth Direnfeld Ms. Katherine Domning Ms. Carole Dorlipo Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Dreux Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Duignan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Durbin Ms. Elizabeth Easby Smith Ms. Anne Seton Easby-Smith Ms. Claire Easby-Smith Ms. Elizabeth Easby-Smith Ms. Maureen E. Easby-Smith Ms. Jessica Ely Mrs. Hiroko Susan Enright Mrs. Karen Ensor Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Esteves Ms. Elsbeth Fager Mr. and Mrs. William J. Falatko Ms. Michelle Famulare Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Mrs. Shannon Faucette Ms. Katherine Ferguson Mrs. Patricia Fisher Mr. and Ms. Brian J. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Geoff S. Flaherty Ms. Trish Fraser Ms. Rebecca Fuldner Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Fullenkamp Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Fuller Mrs. Joan P. Gagliardi Ms. Paz Galey Ms. Tracey Garber Dr. Graciela García Ms. Karina Gershowitz Ms. Fiona Giblin Ms. Christine Collin and Mr. David S. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gillette Ms. Meagan Glynn Ms. Abby E. Gordon Ms. Catherine Greene Mrs. Mary Switzer Haardt and Mr. Jim Haardt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hannan

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hansen Mr. and Mrs. James Q. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. William A. Heard III Ms. Kimberly Kelly Heft and Mr. Ken Heft Ms. Ursula Helminski Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey-Williams Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hill Mrs. Stephanie G. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas X. Hilley Dr. and Mrs. Alan Hinkle Ms. Kelly Holden Ms. Mary Beth Pender and Mr. Dan Holdgreiwe Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hollenbeck Jr. Ms. Maddy Hopkins Ms. Jean Plummer and Mr. Charles Huber Ms. Dena A. Baker and Mr. Terry A. Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Mark Jensen Ms. Pamela Tobey and Dr. George Jesien Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jessel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Kane Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kennedy Mr. Edward Kent Ms. Samantha Kerley Ms. Sarah Kern Ms. Ann Kerrigan Mr. and Mrs. Frans Klinkenbergh Mr. and Ms. Joseph Koch Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kramer Ms. Laura D. Krench Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kumm III Ms. Rina Battiata Kunk Ms. Kathleen Kyne Mrs. Lisa A. Laganke Mr. William C. Laganke Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Langston Sr. Ms. Kerstin Laur Ms. Janet Laws Mr. Adam Lewin Mr. German Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Lowry Ms. Allison Lumpkin Ms. Cammie Hellegers and Mr. Mark Lynch Ms. Sara Troy and Mr. John L. Machir Mr. and Mrs. John Manfreda Mr. and Mrs. Brad Matanin Ms. Marilyn Matar Dr. and Mrs. C. Doyle Maull Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mayo Ms. Nicolette McCann Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey McCormick Ms. Brighid McGann Mrs. Kara McGinn Ms. Ellen McGowan Ms. Kathy McLaughlin Mr. Jose Melendez Ms. Melanie Merkle Sieber Ms. Christine Meulemans Ms. Emily G. Miller Mrs. Patricia Miller Ms. Lisa Mitten Mrs. Kathryn Moylan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy Mr. and Ms. James J. Murphy Ms. Meg Nalls Mr. and Mrs. David Nammo Ms. Mary Norfolk Ms. Sara Novajosky Ms. Elizabeth O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. George J. O’Hare Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. O’Leary Ms. Caitlin Orth Ms. Katy Oskoui Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly Ms. Ma. Adelaida Pablo Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pagano Ms. Carla Pappalardo Ms. Jane Stenson and Mr. Charles Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pascale Jr. Mrs. Sonya Payne Mrs. Karen Bower and Mr. Joseph Pezzano Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pinkston Ms. Helen Place

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Poch Ms. Claire Portmann Mr. and Mrs. Juan J. Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rathbone Dr. and Ms. John D. Rauth Ms. Lauren Reifenberger Mr. and Mrs. Bernard T. Renzy III Dr. Victor Rerucha Ms. Joceyln L. Rheem Ms. Selena Rhodes Ms. Karen J. Robinson Ms. Tierney Rowan Mrs. Amy Ryan Rued and Mr. Jack R. Rued Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan Ms. Angie Scarfone Ms. Linda Schalk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Schmitt Ms. Kelly M. Shires Mrs. Mary Sito Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Skeeter Mr. and Mrs. David Smith Ms. Jeanmarie T. Smith Ms. Joanna Ramani and Mr. Alastair Smith Mr. and Mrs. Walter I. Smits Ms. Denise M. Stablein Ms. Jennifer Staff Ms. Nora Fitzpatrick and Mr. Robert Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Adam Stinelli Ms. Lora A. Sullivan Ms. Jennifer Sushinsky Staff Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tate Ms. Jessica Terner Mr. and Mrs. William J. Travis Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Trees Ms. Grace Triggs Mr. and Mrs. Mark Uffner Ms. Marisa Van Saanen Mrs. Michelle Villanueva Bell Mrs. Tiffany K. Violante Mr. Jared J. Violante Ms. Lauren Walter Ms. Colleen C. Wealton-Mailander Mr. Robert Webb Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wells Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Geoff White Ms. Cynthia White Mr. and Mrs. Don Wiggins Ms. Michele L. Williams Ms. Kristin Woo Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wooters Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Yoritomo Mrs. Tara Zancan

Current Board of Trustees

Ms. Veronica Ahern Ms. Nancy Binnie Sr. Peggy Crowley Mr. Daniel Dean Ms. Patricia Farrell Mrs. Jessi Williams Frend ’01 Mrs. Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Mr. Howard Hill Mr. Christopher Holmes Mr. Timothy Jorgenson Ms. Geraldine Kavanagh ’67 Mrs. Lisa Kazor-Christovich Mr. Paul B Kern, III Mr. Brett MacInnes Mrs. Mary Natelli McCann Mrs. Kristin Cotton Rowan ’82 Mr. Thomas Sanders Mr. Paul Sullivan Mr. William Whitaker Mr. Edward Williams

Past Trustees

Mr. Robert Aberbach Mr. John Alahouzos Mrs. Missy Asbill Attridge ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Caulfield Mr. and Mrs. John Coyle Mr. Paul Dell’Isola Dr. Rita Devine ’79 Mrs. Jennifer Ralston Kress ’85 Mrs. Suzi Hodson MacDaniels ’69 Mr. Patrick Noonan Ms. Janice Obuchowski Mr. Peter Plamondon Jr.

Paying It Forward The “Holy Child After Dark” Gala was dubbed “the event of the year,” both before and after, with its offers of everything from tropical getaways to White House chef dinners. The bidding paddles rose regularly, but at no time more than when extraordinary alumna Ericka Rojas (’05) told her story.

Her “Fund-A-Scholar” speech raised more than $70,000 for student scholarships in a matter of minutes. Ericka related the tale of her father, Edwin Rojas, who emigrated from Guatemala and worked hard every day at Congressional Country Club, while raising Ericka single-handedly. He was hoping to send his daughter to the idyllic school across the street. It was his sheer determination, Ericka’s good grades, and a host of donations from Holy Child families that turned Mr. Rojas’ dream—and his daughter’s--into reality. After graduating from Fairfield University with a double major in political science and history, Ericka has cultivated a successful career on Capitol Hill as a congressional aide/lobbyist. She proudly displays her graduation mug on her desk, honoring the gift that she was given, and encouraging other to support those less than fortunate to experience the nurturing of Holy Child. A new generation of students will thank her and the families that made their futures possible.

Mr. Leonard Ralston Ms. Carol Pender Sinwell ’66 Mr. Donald Tomasso Ms. Kate Burke Walsh ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Williams

Current Faculty and Staff Mrs. Becky Antoniak Ms. Meghan E. Barry Ms. Jillian Bastow Mrs. Elizabeth Billett Ms. Teri L. Boragno Ms. Madie Bromiley Ms. Marissa Bulger Mrs. Julie Burke Ms. Alicia Cohen Ms. Karen Craig Ms. Vasia Deliyianni Ms. Carole Dorlipo Mrs. Millie Durbin Mrs. Kathy Ely Ms. Elsbeth Fager Mrs. Kathy Famulare Ms. Nora Fitzpatrick Ms. Lisa Fox Ms. Trish Fraser Dr. Graciela García Ms. Karina Gershowitz Ms. Lucy Gies Mrs. Cindy Gillette Dr. Shannon Gomez Mr. Javier Guzman Ms. Pat Harden Ms. Paulina Hill Ms. Meaghan Hollenbeck Mrs. Mary Hopkins Mrs. Nicki Iadarola Mrs. Kathleen Jensen Mrs. Cindy Kahan Ms. Erin Kemp Mr. Ed Kent Ms. Samantha Kerley Ms. Ann Kerrigan Mrs. Maureen Koch Mrs. Ellen Kumm Mr. Adam Lewin Mr. German Lopez Mrs. Ashley Lowry Ms. Marilyn Matar

Mrs. Meg Mayo Mr. Joe P. McDermott Ms. Brighid McGann Mr. Jose Melendez Mrs. Suzi Montes de Oca Mrs. Katie Moylan Mrs. Veronique Orban Ms. Lisa Orosa Mr. Hector Orozco Ms. Katy Oskoui Ms. Ida Pablo Mrs. Kathy Pascale Mrs. Sonya Payne Mr. Joe Pezzano Ms. Helen Place Ms. Jean Plummer Mr. John M. Quigley Mr. Juan J. Ramirez Mrs. Michele Rathbone Mrs. Abby Root Mr. Barry Rosenberg Ms. Meg Russell Ms. Denise M. Stablein Ms. Jenna Sutton Mrs. Mary Switzer Haardt Mrs. Kelly Tomon Mrs. Emily Trees Ms. Katia Vargas Ms. Kaitlyn Valis Mrs. Michelle Villanueva Bell Ms. Lauren Walter Ms. Colleen C. Wealton-Mailander Ms. Peggy Weldon Mrs. Karin Wells Mrs. Leslie Whitaker Ms. Kristin Woo Mrs. Sheila Wooters Mrs. Tara Zancan

Former Faculty and Staff Mrs. Dillon Barnes Cox Mrs. Beth Hansen Ms. Christine Jelen Mrs. Pam Tobey Mrs. Shannon Van Why

Current Parents Class of 2015 Ms. Jane Lockmuller and

Mr. George Bloss Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Mr. and Mrs. Doug J. Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner II Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Giblin Mr. and Mrs. Sean W. Glynn Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hickman IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Jorgensen Drs. Stephen C. and Jenifer A. Luck Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner Mr. and Mrs. John Marcus III Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Christopher McGee Ms. Dawn L. Morton Mr. and Mrs. D. J. O’Berry Mr. and Mrs. Luis F. Orozco Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly Ms. Mehrnaz Neyzari and Mr. Majid Padash Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Poch Mr. and Mrs. Mark Price Mrs. Joan C. Brady-Rios and Mr. Augusto C. Rios Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schiattareggia Drs. Albert C. IV and Cara C. Simmonds Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Steuart Mr. and Mrs. John Suttora Mr. and Mrs. Tim Thistle Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. Michael Upton Mr. and Ms. Kevin Urgo Mrs. Jennifer I. Vermillion

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Cain Mr. and Mrs. Ivica Stankovic Mr. Afshin Cangarlu Mrs. Lisa R. Kazor-Christovich and Mr. Daniel Christovich Ms. Patricia Cotton Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D’Avella Mr. and Mrs. Barton Drummond Mr. and Mrs. Gregg B. Dyer Mrs. Karen Ensor Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Gilak Mrs. and Mr. Christine Guelcher Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartwick Mr. and Mrs. John F. Henschel Mr. and Mrs. Krister Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hollenbeck Jr. Ms. Mildred W. Webber and Mr. Christopher M. Holmes Mr. Patten M. Kazor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kloster Ms. Kathleen P. Dunleavy and Dr. Michael P. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Herminio Martinez Mr. Frank T. McFaden Mr. and Mrs. Justin McInerny Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Murray Mr. and Mrs. David Nammo Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Paro Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson Mr. and Mrs. L. Maurice M. Rowe IV Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schnider Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Sellinger Mr. and Mrs. John Shoraka Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shriver Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Smith Mrs. Erin Dominick and Class of 2016 Mr. Timothy Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Afable Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. Aguzin Mr. and Mrs. William J. Travis Ms. Katia Vargas and Mr. Jose Alpizar Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Mr. and Mrs. Mark Altemus Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Webster Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Ms. Peggy Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Atwood Class of 2017 Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Boccia Mr. and Mrs. Mark Beliveau Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Boone Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bellamah Mr. Christopher Bowen Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bosch Mr. James Brault Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess Ms. Jessica Terner Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Collins Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Days Mr. and Mrs. Philippe de Raet Mr. and Mrs. John Devine Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fitzpatrick Ms. Tracy Schooling and Mr. Kevin Furman Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ganiban Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goetzenberger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grant Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gribble Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hill Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jacobs Ms. Christine Jelen and Mr. Jack Jaeger Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kavanagh Dr. and Mrs. David Keever Mr. and Mrs. James Killen Mr. and Mrs. Rohit Kishore Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Mr. and Mrs. George Kucik Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Meima Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Mr. James Neal Ms. Bridget Chiagoro-Ojo Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Orloff Ms. Jane Stenson and Mr. Charles Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Poch Mr. and Mrs. Karl Pothier Ms. Karen J. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. L. Maurice M. Rowe IV Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. and Mrs. Robert Saylor Drs. Albert C. IV and Cara C. Simmonds Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Strachan Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. John Tomon

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Mr. and Mrs. Kirk von Seelen Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Wetten Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whitaker Ms. Trish O’Connor Whitcomb and Mr. Kevin Whitcomb Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter

Class of 2018 Dr. and Mrs. George Aguiar Jr. Ms. Katia Vargas and Mr. Jose Alpizar Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Carrasco Ms. Marie A. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criswell III Dr. and Mrs. Hafez Daneshvar Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fischbach Dr. and Mrs. Andre Gazdag Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilday Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gramm Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grant Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Hanley Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hannan Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hartranft Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian PhD Ms. Kathleen V. Gunning and Mr. John C. Keeney Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kline Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frans Klinkenbergh Mr. and Ms. Joseph Koch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Langston Sr. Mrs. Gina Carusillo Lockland and Mr. Kevin Lockland Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Jeff MacKinnon Mr. Richard J. McBride Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. McCaleb Mr. and Mrs. John McGuinness Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Moore Mr. and Mrs. George Myers Mr. and Mrs. John O’Donnell Jr. Dr. Kathy Hayes and RAdm Robert Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Puccini Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rembold Ms. Marina Kotova and Mr. Seyfeddin Roustamov Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rudman Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Steuart Ms. Donna Sutton and Mr. Mark Yantsos Mr. and Mrs. Frank Titus Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turley Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ungerman Mr. Michael Upton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welsh Mr. and Mrs. David Whipp Ms. Cynthia White

Mr. Jerry Carlsen Mrs. Donna Grigsby and Mr. Anthony Clark Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Covell Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Edelen Mr. and Mrs. Loren Evans Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fontana Dr. Suzanne Kim K. Doud Galli and Mr. Paolo Galli Dr. and Mrs. Andre Gazdag Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grenier Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee V Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pumphrey Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Remington Mr. and Mrs. John Reyes Mr. and Mrs. David Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart Ms. Maria Szalay Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Wetten Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Williams

Class of 2021 Mr. and Mrs. Colin Beebe Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bunch Mr. and Mrs. Erich Fuldner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grisius Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hill Mr. and Mrs. Herve Humler Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kley Mr. and Mrs. Mark Price Ms. Maria Szalay Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Zukiwski

Alumnae List by Class 1965 Cathy Caspar Delahay

1966 Carol Pender Sinwell

1967 Brenda Forbes Fox Gerry Kavanagh

1968 Marie Clarke Tayman

1969 Susan Alford Katherine Hubbell Domning Patti Hellmuth Margaret Colbert Keegan Suzanne Hodson MacDaniels Jacqueline Franz Murphy Mary Beth Pender Anne Powell Kate Burke Walsh

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ambrosi Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Boyd Dr. and Mrs. Lucas Collazo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Grassi Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herishen Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Houston Mr. and Mrs. David Martin Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McBride Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Sergio J. Ostria Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheehy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Skeeter Mrs. Pamela Torok and Mr. William J. Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Armond Spikell Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stewart Mr. and Mrs. John Strittmatter Mr. and Mrs. John Talbott Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Treacy Dr. and Mrs. Mark White Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Ziemski Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Zukiwski

Lora Sullivan Adler Nancy Forbes Ephraim Lea Kelley Gargulinski Meg Nalls Anne Hodson Pinkston Marie Guevara Ruhe Ann Hume Wilson

Class of 2020 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Beall Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Brickman Ms. Nancy Brewer-Carlsen and

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1971 Diane Moore Alahouzos Mary Anne Melo Conley Dr. Margot Culotta-Norton and Mr. Robert Norton Mary Beth Sim Hurley Julia Stetler Versteeg

1972 Lisa Lanham Hall Kathy Donley McLaughlin Claire Portmann Amy Ryan Rued Mary Ann Mangold Veirs Linda Galliher von Fricken

1973 Missy Asbill Attridge Tracy Pagenstecher Board Kathy Daniel Therese Burke Ellis Mary Engler

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Marguerite Engler Lynne Burrows Iadarola Martha Moran Beverly Von der Pool

1974 Mary Battiata Katy Kelly Bottorff Linda Canfield Carol Cookerly Caroline Battaile Crosby Nancy Donahue Dagmar Torres Farr Mary Beth Perpich Humen Alicia Ryan Karanian Anne Plamondon McNamara Suzi Norris Montes de Oca Jill Norair Margaret Lane Rauth

1975 Karen Denison Clark Maria Sanson Fisher Lisa Godfrey Cheryl Becker Grandy Catherine Berley Leary Elizabeth Rauber O’Connor Kathleen Stetler Ridenour Murphy Tuomey Wilson

1976 Rosemary Donohoe Collopy Kathleen Culotta Donahue Sandra Fegan Falatko Mary Hornish Kempf Ellen Davis Rensklev Mary Jean Schmitt Suzanne Stinson

Roberta Laux Widmark

1982 Susan McCarthy Fitzgerald Paz Velasco Galey Mary Treacy Novajosky Kathleen Cooney Porter Kristin Cotton Rowan Kathleen McCarthy Texido

1983 Elena Flores Aria Susan Koenig Freericks Maura McGowan Gordy Mary Murphy

1984 Kathleen Jordon Baldino Shannon Kane Faucette Janet Gwozdz Gaffney Nancy Schwartz Glaeser Ann Kern Schiattareggia Ann Bouchard Kerrigan

1985 Jennifer Ralston Kress Kathleen McGowan

1986 Robin Marino Hoeymans Amy Clarke Maull

1987 Kathleen Covell Flaherty Maureen McCormick Grant Jennifer Johnson Kristen Timbol LaTour Susanne Brunhart Wiggins

Emily Miller Megan O’Leary

1999 Laura Dellatorre Basford Christine Brady Rebecca Herron Carey Kathleen Hannan Fullenkamp Johanna Bayly Howe Lisa Mitten Susan Decker Raff

2000 Jessica Dillon Bieligk Emily Lieginger Emily Marchetti

2001 Elizabeth McNamara Direnfeld Jessica Williams Frend Erin Kemp Katherine Winborne Mahan Anne Genevish Matanin Kathleen Shea Pagano Lauren Reifenberger Caitlin Ryan Shelley Swendiman Stinelli Grace Easby-Smith Weisser Christina Yee Tara Zancan

2002 Jillian Bastow Nicole Hess Iadarola Christine Hoover Meulemans

2003 Caitlin Duignan

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1988

2004

Christine Collin Tracy Bosley Darnell Diane Stone Dyer Shana Gaultney Elliott Cammie Hellegers Patricia Foley Miller Mary Arrigo Sito Jeanne O’Connor Wyand

Wendy Anderson Tara Cameron Brandt Katherine Ferguson Amy Ryan Fitzpatrick Ursula Helminski Kimberly Kelly Keft Patricia Richmond Monica McDermond Stokes Jennifer Bigelow Urgo Kirsten White Ingram Dawn Noonan Ziemski

Alicia Easby-Smith Barton Clare Devine Joceyln Rheem Mary Veirs Uffner Katharine Yee

1978 Karen Stradtner Banta Patricia Norair Green Robin Witowski Kramer Kim McGettigan Lynch Angie Speros Scarfone Catherine Theisen

1979 Paulina Villacis Ahrens Karen Gwozdz Blumhardt Michelle McGill Boyle Marylynne Jankowski Burns Rita Devine Stephanie Joyce Farrell Tracey Belt Garber Cindy Comerford Gillette Dedie Giuliani Christina Quinn Kaiser Kathleen McEvoy Kyne Janet Dyer Laws Inez Anselmo McCormick Elizabeth McHugh Mary Foley Norfolk Jeanmarie Zugel Smith Ellen Baker Smyth Eileen Stevens Spencer Marie Tigani Stiles Sara Thompson Rebecca Effer Williams

1980 Erin Tehan Boccia Karen Carestia Crocker Lynn Rickman Green Margaret Magner Kathleen Kane Trees

2005

1992

Margaret Bush Kristin DeGiorgi Maureen Easby-Smith Abby Gordon Paulina Hill Katherine Hinkle Meaghan Hollenbeck Lindsey Kane Krista Montes de Oca Kelly Mary Murphy Natalie Pascale Tierney Rowan

Erin Dilley Bryer Allison Bigelow Lumpkin

2006

1989 Cathyanne Hanley Shreves

1991 Carmen De Las Casas Cardarelli

1993 Noreen Miyake Char Sarah Barnes Cox Alicia O’Hare Henneberry Amy Connors Remington

Mara Bellino Elisabeth Crisafulli Kathryn Hilley Samantha Krench

2007

1995

Ashley Benson Erin Dreux Claire Easby-Smith Riley Fisher Meghan Kane Lucy Kennedy Ellen Pascale Allison Williams

Kelly Krieger Holden Martha Nguyen

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1994 Laura Chap Patricia Valado Parada Joanna Ramani Smith Jennifer Sushinsky Staff

1996 Giselle Cruz Colavita Catherine Greene

1997 Kara Hannan McGinn Marisa Van Saanen Tiffany Thompson Violante

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1998

Carla Pappalardo Kara Buttimer Nancy Gwozdz Miller Carmel Deckelman

Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz Ann Larson Corcoran Julie Purcell Crafton Emily Dolan Livelli

Madeleine Cantrel Caitlin DeLaurentis Georgiana Donahue Anne Seton Easby-Smith Elizabeth Easby-Smith Sara Novajosky Lauren Phifer Kelly Decker Shires Emily Trees Kristen Woo

2010 Tierney Caulfield Jessica Frech Anne Grossman

Emily Heard Miranda Jacobs Jenna Kane Janey Peel

2011 Sonia Ahmed Casey Dell’Isola Jessica Ely Anabela Esteves Meagan Glynn Alexandra Guntle

2012 Kristina Crocker Juliet Halprin Adriana Mack Catherine Overly Meghan Rowan

2013 Meghan Carroll Danielle Dell’Isola Nicolette McCann Mary Overly

2014 Madeleine Hopkins Sarah Kern

2015 Kiana Padash

Alumnae Consecutive Giving 2-5 Years

Jillian Bastow ’02 Ashley Benson ’07 Jessica Dillon Bieligk Tracy Pagenstecher Board ’73 Erin Tehan Boccia ’80 Pat Lynott Bonan ’75 Christine Brady ’99 Eileen Dwyer Breeze ’95 Kara Buttimer ’81 Linda Canfield ’74 Madeleine Cantrel ’08 Carmen De Las Casas Cardarelli ’91 Anne Charbonneau Cardile ’92 Noreen Miyake-Char ’93 Giselle Cruz Colavita ’96 Kathleen Cooney Porter ’82 Caroline Battaile Crosby ’74 Kathy Daniel ’73 Elizabeth McNamara Direnfeld ’01 Kathleen Culotta Donahue ’76 Lisa Dritschilo ’93 Seton Easby-Smith ’08 Shana Gaultney Elliott ’77 Therese Burke Ellis ’73 Meghan Everngam ’00 Sandy Fegan Falatko ’76 Brenda Forbes Fox ’67 Susan Koenig Freericks ’83 Janet Gwozdz Gaffney ’84 Fabiola Gallego ’88 Theresa Gartland ’99 Collie Collin Gilbert ’77 Nancy Schwartz Glaeser ’84 Abby Gordon ’05 Catherine Greene ’96 Karen Gwozdz Blumhardt ’79 Lolly Straus Heller ’03 Laura Gordon Hoover ’01 Johanna Bayly Howe ’99 Mary Beth Perpich Humen ’74 Nicki Hess Iadarola ’02 Delia Kurry Kampner ’99 Erin Kemp ’01 Mary Hornish Kempf ’76 Kathleen McElroy LaValle ’74 Emily Lieginger ’00 Ann Aberbach Lindner ’92 Margie Walker Matthews ’72 Kate McGowan ’85 Kathy Donley McLaughlin ’72 Martha Moran Meyer ’73 Nancy Gwozdz Miller ’81 Lisa Mitten ’99 Mary Treacy Novajosky ’82 Carla Pappalardo ’81 Anne Powell ’69 Lauren Reifenberger ’01

Susan Decker Raff ’99 Ellen Davis Rensklev ’76 Marie Guevara Ruhe ’70 Kathleen Lynott Scheld ’72 Tina Arrigo Sito ’77 Joanna Smith Ramani ’94 Eileen Stevens Spencer ’79 Shelley Swendiman Stinelli ’01 Kate Theisen ’78 Marisa Van Saanen ’97 Mary Ann Mangold Veirs ’72 Beverly Von der Pool ’73 Linda Galliher von Fricken ’72 Lisa Godfrey ’75 Kate Burke Walsh ’69 Chrissy Yee ’01 Tara Zancan ’01

Alumnae Consecutive Giving for 6-10 Years Karen Stradtner Banta ’78 Alicia Easby-Smith Barton ’04 Anne Auger Biggins ’89 Dillon Barnes Cox ’93 Beth Crisafulli ’06 Shannon Kane Faucette ’84 Kate Hannan Fullenkamp ’99 Maureen McCormick Grant ’87 Trish Norair Green ’78 Krista Montes de Oca Kelly ’05 Ann Schiattareggia Kern ’84 Jennifer Faig Kessler ’02 Amy Clarke Maull ’86 Kara Hannan McGinn ’97 Elizabeth McHugh ’79 Suzi Norris Montes de Oca ’74 Mary Beth Pender ’69 Kris Cotton Rowan ’82 Carol Pender Sinwell ’66 Marie Clarke Tayman ’68 Kathleen McCarthy Texido ’82 Tiffany Thompson Violante ’97 Grace Easby-Smith Weisser ’01 Charlie Widmark ’81 Murphy Tuomey Wilson ’75

Alumnae Consecutive Giving for 11-15 Years Erin Dilley Bryer ’92 Connie Coakley Caulfield ’82 Wooly Devine ’79 Jessi Williams Frend ’01 Anne McInerny Pinkston ’70

Alumnae Consecutive Giving for 16-20 Years Diane Moore Alahouzos ’71 Missy Asbill Attridge ’73 Dedie Giuliani ’79 Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Margo Colbert Keegan ’69 Suzi Hodson MacDaniels ’69 Jacqueline Franz Murphy ’69 Meg Nalls ’70 Margot Culotta Norton ’71 Sara Thompson ’79 Julia Stetler Versteeg ’71 Susanne Brunhart Wiggins ’87 Martha Nguyen ’95

Grandparents

Ms. Caroline Aguzin Mr. Joel Alper Mrs. Julie Altemus Mrs. Nancy Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barauskas Ms. Carol C. Bergere Mrs. Barbara Bissinger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cherrix Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cotter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare Mr. Peter Fitzgerald Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield Sr. Mrs. Jean Iker Mrs. Barbara Linder Mr. and Mrs. John Manfreda Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Noonan Mrs. Geraldine Novak Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Ralston Jr. Ms. Grace Triggs Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Waldorff Mrs. Agnes N. Williams

Parents of Alums

Mr. and Mrs. Masood Ahmed Mr. and Mrs. John Alahouzos Mr. Marc Bastow and Ms. Nancy Binnie Mr. and Ms. Joseph C. Bellino Mr. John M. Benziger and Ms. Elizabeth L. Young Mr. and Ms. Steven S. Bottorff Mr. and Mrs. Jon Budington Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bush Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Caulfield Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Chap Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cowan Mr. and Mrs. John J. Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Randy A. Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Philippe de Raet Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Mark O. Decker Sr. Dr. and Mrs. John N. Delahay Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DeLaurentis Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. John Devine Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dillon Dr. Joan M. Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Doug J. Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Dreux Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Duignan Mr. and Mrs. Gregg B. Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Edelen Ms. Lynda M. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Esteves Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fassl Mrs. Patricia Fisher Mr. and Ms. Brian J. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. James E. Frech Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Mr. and Mrs. Sean W. Glynn Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goetzenberger Mr. Marc Grossman and Ms. Mildred A. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Mr. Javier Guzman Mr. Albert Halprin and Mrs. Janice Obuchowski Mr. and Mrs. William A. Heard III Mr. Howard C. Hill and Mrs. Gail A. Tyus-Hill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas X. Hilley Dr. and Mrs. Alan Hinkle Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hollenbeck Jr. Mr. John Hollingsworth and Dr. Rita W. Devine Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Horan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt Mr. Terry A. Jacobs and Ms. Dena A. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Kane Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian PhD Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kempf Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Kies Ms. Laura D. Krench Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Lindquist Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. MacDaniels Mr. John L. Machir and Ms. Sara Troy Mr. Brett MacInnes Mr. Thomas Mack and Ms. Hanja Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matan Mr. and Mrs. William K. Mayo Mr. Richard J. McBride Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McCann Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey McCormick Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCormick Mr. Frank T. McFaden Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Micholas

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Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Ms. Dawn L. Morton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Murray Mr. James Neal Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Noonan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norris Mr. and Mrs. William P. Novajosky Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. Sergio J. Ostria Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pascale Jr. Mr. William F. Peel III Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Pereles Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Poch Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Mr. and Mrs. John E. Potter Drs. William Pritchard and Elizabeth C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Mark Railey Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Ralston Jr. Dr. Victor Rerucha Mr. and Ms. William J. Rowan IV Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sanders Mrs. Myrna Schiattareggia Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Schmitt Mr. Timothy P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Serena Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheehy Mr. and Mrs. Kim Sims Ms. Jeanmarie T. Smith Mr. Timothy Smith and Mrs. Erin Dominick Mr. and Mrs. Armond Spikell Drs. Dennis and Marie Stiles Ms. Suzanne K. Stinson Mr. and Mrs. David L. Straus Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. James E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Trees Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Vaghi III Mr. and Mrs. Michael Veirs Ms. Kate Walsh Mrs. Roberta S. Widmark Ms. Michele L. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Mikel Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Y. Woo Mr. Dennis Yee and Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Yoritomo

Gifts in Honor Of

Ms. Caroline Aguzin Lindsay Aguzin ’16 Mr. Joel Alper Tyler Johnson ’17 Mrs. Julie Altemus Catherine Altemus ’16 Mrs. Nancy Anastasi Lauren Anastasi ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barauskas Gianna D’Avella ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Colin Beebe Georgia Beebe ’21 Ms. Carol C. Bergere India ’15 and Honor Upton ’18 Mr. Brooks T. Moore and Ms. María del Carmen Bonnemaison-Moore Michelle Moore ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Brault Gabriela Brault ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Budington Allison ’12 and Emily Stoll ’14 Mr. Afshin Cangarlu Sara Allie Cangarlu ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cotter Mary Kate Hartwick ’14 Ms. Patricia Cotton Theresa Cotton ’16 Mr. and Mrs. John Devine Hannah Devine ’17 Mrs. Hiroko Susan Enright Jennifer Gribble ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Esteves Anabela Esteves ’11 Mr. Peter Fitzgerald Sr. Blair Fitzgerald ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fitzpatrick Hannah Fitzpatrick ’17 Floyd E. Davis Family Foundation Maureen Appel Mr. and Mrs. James E. Frech Jessica Frech ’10

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Ms. Rebecca Fuldner Laura Meissner ’13 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra Caroline Henschel ’16 Ms. Paz Velasco Galey ’82 Heather Nemcowsky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartwick Mary Kate Hartwick ’14 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hickman IV Holley Hickman ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield Sr. Peyton Holifield ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Horan Jr. Sarah Evy Horan ’14 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt Emily Hunt ’14 Mrs. Jean Iker Sarah Vermillion ’15 Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian PhD Class of 1974 Ms. Gerry Kavanagh Sr. Connie Craig Ms. Rina Battiata Kunk Class of 1977 Mrs. Barbara Linder Sarah ’13 and Olivia ’15 Edgerton Mr. and Mrs. John Manfreda Sarah Strachen ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Martinez Emma Grassi ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGowan Keelan McGowan ’20 Mrs. Patricia Miller Pam Foley ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca Class of 1974 Mr. George Meyer and Ms. Martha Moran Sr. Connie Craig Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Morse Emily Travis ’16 Mr. Majid Padash and Ms. Mehrnaz Neyzari Kiana Padash ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Noonan Josie Karen Ziemski ’19 Mrs. Geraldine Novak Jane ’14 and Eliza Caldwell ’18 Ms. Elizabeth O’Connor Class of 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Sr.

Susan Grace O’Neill ’20 Ms. Caitlin Orth Jean Plummer Mr. William F. Peel III Janey Peel ’10 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pinkston Lydia McInerny ’16 Drs. William Pritchard and Elizabeth C. Jones Katherine Pritchard ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Railey Rebecca Railey ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Ralston Ellie Kress ’17 Ms. Selena Horner Rhodes Sheila Wooters Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ridenour Kathleen Stetler ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson Kathy Famulare Mr. Jack R. Rued and Mrs. Amy Ryan Rued Sr. Connie Craig Mrs. Myrna Schiattareggia Caitlin ’15 and Megan Schiattareggia ’15 Mr. and Mrs. David Smith Kayla Smith ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Smyth Class of 1979 Mr. and Mrs. John Talbott Jr. Cecelia M. Talbott ’19 Ms. Grace Triggs Hope Thomas ’15 Dr. Beverly A. Von der Pool Jean VonDer Pool Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Waldorff Meredith von Seelen ’17 Dr. and Mrs. Mark White Kathy Famulare Mrs. Roberta S. Widmark Lindsay Widmark ’14 Mrs. Agnes N. Williams Tess Williams ’20 Ms. Michele L. Williams Jasmine ’11 and Gaby Walton ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Evan Wilson Nancy Forbes Ephraim ’70

Gifts in Memory Of

Ms. Wendy Anderson Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Ms. Gregory Argyros Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Ms. Gregory Argyros Vincent E. Sutliff Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Aya Nian Dolores Riley Ms. Margaret Basham Mary C. Crivella Mr. Giuseppe Basile Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Beall Grace Carter Beall Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bourque Dolores Riley Ms. Tara Brandt Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Cain Mary R. Topper Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connors Elizabeth Crivella Ms. Caroline Crosby Mary Linda Kemp ’74 Dr. Margot Culotta-Norton and Mr. Robert Norton Patricia Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis III Elizabeth Crivella Mr. John Davis Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dillon Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Djinis Elizabeth Crivella Mr. Robert Donnally Elizabeth Crivella Mr. Robert Donnally Vincent E. Sutliff Mr. and Ms. Vincent Donnally Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Ms. Vincent Donnally Vincent E. Sutliff Ms. Deirdre Dowd Levine Lawrence M. Dowd Ms. Toni Dungan Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easby-Smith Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Ms. Timothy Eberle Elizabeth Crivella Dr. and Mrs. Barry Ephraim Fred and Virginia Forbes Mr. and Ms. Prentiss Feagles Dolores Riley Ms. Katherine Ferguson Susie Nelson ’88 Mrs. Patricia Fisher Pattiann Culotta Seitts ’68 Ms. Amy Fitzpatrick Susie Nelson ’88 Ms. Bonita E. Frend Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Fuller Donna Houk Mrs. Joanne Genevish Elizabeth Crivella Mr. Thomas J. Gnecco Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Hale Elizabeth Crivella Mr. Ken Heft and Ms. Kimberly Kelly Keft Susie Nelson ’88 Ms. Ursula Helminski Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey-Williams Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. James Iciek Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jessel Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Kane Dolores Riley Dr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan Elizabeth Crivella Dr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan Mary C. Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Kies Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. James Kissire

Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. John Knable Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kramer Elizabeth Crivella Mr. Robert J. Levin Delores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. MacDaniels Mary C. Crivella Ms. Hanja Cherniak Nina Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mackenzie Elizabeth Crivella Yardley M. Manfuso Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mattheeussen Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey McCormick Elizabeth Crivella Dr. Ruth Anne McCormick Elizabeth Crivella Kim McGettigan Lynch Valerie McGettigan Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Murphy Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murray Elizabeth Crivella Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Pereles Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pinkston Mr. and Mr. F. McInerny, Karen Hill ’71, Sr. Helen Doherty Ms. Caroline Rerucha Richard Kosch Dr. Victor Rerucha Richard Kosch Ms. Patricia Richmond Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Scanzillo Elizabeth Crivella Ms. Alyssa Shooshan Dolores Riley Mrs. Mary Sito Gail Jones Van Hook ’77 Ms. Jane Stenson and Mr. Charles Paquette Pattiann Culotta Seitts ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John Stokes Susie Nelson ’88 Mr. and Ms. Terrence C. Sullivan Mary C. Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tate Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tatum Elizabeth Crivella Mr. and Mrs. Michael Veirs Lynda Nersesian ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Manfred von Fricken Margaret Ryan ’72 Ms. Kate Walsh Mary C. Crivella Mr. Robert Webb Dolores Riley Ms. Cheryl Weiner Dolores Riley Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Weisser Dolores Riley Mrs. Roberta S. Widmark Roger Widmark Mr. and Mrs. John Ziemski Susie Nelson ’88

Gifts in Kind

Mr. and Mrs. Al Arcidiacono Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ballard Ms. Lisa Kazor-Christovich and Mr. Dan Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Vince Patterson Mrs. Roberta Widmark

Santa Project Donors

Erin Tehan Boccia ’80 Kathleen F. Cahill ’74 Jane Caldwell ’14 Jennie Carter ’76 Gerry Coakley Colleen Coughlin ’07 Mary Margaret Coughlin ’04 Connie Coakley Caulfield ’82 Tierney Caulfield ’10 Lisa Creamer ’82 Karen L. Crocker ’80

Caroline Crosby ’74 Jenna Daniel ’03 Casey Dell’Isola ’11 Dani Dell’Isola ’13 Kathleen Donovan ’03 Sofia del Castillo Echelmeyer ’93 Jessie Ely ’11 Michelle Famulare ’10 Jessica Frend ’01 Madison Glueckert ’12 Meagan Glynn ’11 Maureen M. Grant ’87 Eboné Grant ’09 Anne Grossman ’10 Mary-Frances Gumbs ’13 Alex Guntle ’11 Robin Marino Hoeymans ’86 Emily Hunt ’14 Margaret Keegan ’69 Erin Kemp ’01 Ann Bouchard Kerrigan ’84 Elaine Knuth Elizabeth Bouchard Legg ’85 Hadleigh Lynch ’12 Brynn Mayo ’10 Kelly McCann ’11 Kate McCormick ’11 Kara McGinn ’97 Cristina Mendoza ’14 Suzi Montes de Oca ’74 Molly Moore ’14 Margot Culotta Norton ’71 Emma Pachon ’14 Kaylah Simmons ’13 Kylah Simmons ’13 Allison Stoll ’12 Emily Stoll ’14 Rachel Thomas ’12 Celine Tobal ’02 Katrin Treichel ’14 Amy Watkins ’14

Gift Program Wiley Rein, LLP

Perfect Pitch Campaign

Mrs. Lisa Kazor-Christovich and Mr. Daniel Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Peter FitzGerald, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sanders

Planned Giving

Mrs. Carole Bittman Mrs. Suzi Montes de Oca Mr. Steven Virostek

Neil T. Coakley Scholarship

This fund was established especially for students accepted into the Connelly Program, designed for students who welcome the challenge of a strong academic program and have access to differentiated learning to access the curriculum in conventional ways.

Bavarian Holdings, LLC Cork Real Estate Management, LLC Ms. Fiona Caulfield Mr. Neil Caulfield Mr. Owen Caulfield Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Caulfield Ms. Tierney Caulfield Mrs. Nancy Cholis Mr. Brendan Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Brian Coakley Ms. Bridget Coakley Mr. Conor Coakley Mrs. Gerry Coakley Ms. Maggie Coakley Ms. Meghan Coakley Mr. Rory P. Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Rory S. Coakley Mr. Sean Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coakley Cork Real Estate Management, LLC Ms. Kelly Coakley Desmond Payroll Network, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Speros Schlosser Properties

United Way Donors

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Aguzin Mrs. Jane Lockmuller and Mr. Gregory Bloss Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bosch Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kane Ms. Kathleen Dunleavy and Mr. Michael Lee Mrs. Joan Brady-Rios and Mr. Augie Rios Mr. Erin Dominick and Mr. Timothy Smith Mr. and Mrs. David Raff Mr. Michael Upton

Foundations and Matching Gift Organizations

Mary C. Crivella Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Barto Crivella and their family established the Crivella Fund as a memorial to their daughter, Mary. The Crivella Fund supports an extensive audiovisual collection and supplements purchases for the library.

America’s Charities Inc. Bank of America Chesapeake Foods Inc. Children’s National Medical Center Clark-Winchcole Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation Geico Graham Holdings Company Host Hotels and Resorts HP Company Match IBM Matching Grants Program Martha Washington Straus Harry Straus Foundation Microsoft Matching Gift Program Penguin Group (USA) Schwab Charitable Fund Society of the Holy Child Jesus T. Rowe Price Matching Gift Program The Benevity Community Impact Fund The Dr. Francis P. Chiaramonte Private Foundation The Prudential Foundation The Washington Post Matching Gifts Program The William F. O’Connor Foundation United Way of Central Maryland United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey United Way of Metro Chicago Main UW Account United Way of the National Capital Area Verizon Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching

Activity-Based Systems, LLC Mr. and Ms. Gregory Argyros Bagley & Rhody, P.C. Mr. Giuseppe Basile Ms. Sharon Igoe-Von Behren Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connors Mr. and Mrs. Barto Crivella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Crivella Mr. John Davis Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Djinis Mr. Robert Donnally Mr. and Ms. Vincent Donnally Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dungan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easby-Smith Mr. and Ms. Timothy Eberle Mrs. Joanne Genevish Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Hale Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hathway Hertzbach & Company Mr. and Mrs. James Iciek Dr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan Kerry Investments, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Knable Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kramer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mackenzie Yardley M. Manfuso Maple Lawn Surgery Center, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mattheeussen Dr. Ruth Anne McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murray Mr. and Mrs. Samir Succar Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Sullivan The Sutliff Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tatum

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Hispanic Scholarship Fund

The Hispanic Scholarship has been established by an anonymous donor to provide a Holy Child education to a young Hispanic woman who shows academic promise.

Mary Kosch Scholarship

The Mary Kosch Scholarship Fund was established by Kathie and Mike Williams in honor of Mrs. Mary Kosch and her outstanding dedication and service to Holy Child. It is awarded to a rising freshman who has demonstrated a strong academic effort and a commitment to community service.

Karen Noonan Fund

The Karen Noonan Fund was established to honor the memory of Karen Noonan, a graduate of the Class of 1986. Because of Karen’s desire to become a teacher, gifts endow a fund for faculty education and enrichment.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Hoeymans Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Noonan Ms. Dawn Noonan Ziemski ’88 and Mr. John Ziemski

Jan Norton Scholarship Fund

The Jan Norton Scholarship is awarded to a sophomore for her junior and senior years.

The Fund was established by Mr. Forry Norton in memory of his daughter, Jan, who died unexpectedly during her sophomore

Weisbrod Scholarship

The Weisbrod Scholarship is provided in memory of Sr. Mary Helen Weisbrod, an educator who inspired her students with the vision of Cornelia Connelly to “meet the wants of the age.” She instilled in her students confidence, trust, and the value of service. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to her dedication to education and her sharing of the charisma of Cornelia Connelly. It is awarded annually to a current student.

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Mary Pat Siemien Scholarship

The Mary Pat Siemien Award was established to be presented annually to the student whose own determination, dignity, honesty and humor echo the qualities Mary Pat embodied as an exceptional member of the Holy Child Class of 1977.

The J. Robert Walsh Scholarship Fund

At the request of Colleen W. Walsh (’78), the J. Robert Walsh Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in loving memory of her father. Each year this scholarship is awarded to a prospective 9th grader on the basis of academic merit and good character.

year at Holy Child.

This year, the co-chairs of The Fund for Holy Child–Ellen Kumm, Graciela Garcia, and Cindy Kahan–set an impressive bar for faculty-staff participation: 100 percent. Not only did we meet the goal, with each and every single faculty and staff member donating to the annual fund, but it was complete before Halloween. It’s been said that everyone believes in what we do here; well, here’s the proof. Not only are we committed to the learning in the classroom, but all are determined to enhance our learning tools and technology to promote the growth of our young women.

All of us give our knowledge, time, and love, but this year, the faculty and staff also opened their wallets and set a wonderful example of giving back, not only for our young women, but for the entire Holy Child community.

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Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Boccia Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Brickman Mr. Daniel Christovich and Ms. Lisa R. Kazor-Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D’Avella Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner II Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian PhD Dr. and Mrs. David Keever Mr. Kevin Lockland and Mrs. Gina Carusillo Lockland Drs. Stephen C. and Jenifer A. Luck Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Jr. Dr. Kathy Hayes and RAdm Robert Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rudman Dr. and Mrs. Fahim Sadek PhD Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shriver Drs. Albert C. IV and Cara C. Simmonds Mr. and Mrs. Ivica Stankovic Mr. and Mrs. William J. Travis Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Webster Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Wetten Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wooters Jr.

Tiger Club

Tiger Club donations support the Holy Child athletics program throughout the year.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Briggs Ms. Colleen W. O’Brien ’78

100 Percent

Booster Club

Arts Booster Club donations support Holy Child’s fine arts throughout the year.

Arts

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Afable Dr. and Mrs. George Aguiar Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Atwood Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bosch Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess Ms. Lisa R. Kazor-Christovich and Mr. Daniel Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Collins Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Covell Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Mr. and Mrs. Philippe de Raet Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner II Mr. and Mrs. Sean W. Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hartranft Dr. and Mrs. David Keever Mrs. Gina Carusillo Lockland and Mr. Kevin Lockland Drs. Stephen C. and Jenifer A. Luck Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. McCaleb Mr. and Mrs. Casey McCormick Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Paro Dr. Kathy Hayes and RAdm Robert Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Saylor Drs. Albert C. IV and Cara C. Simmonds Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Smith Mrs. Pamela Torok and Mr. William J. Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart Mr. and Mrs. William J. Travis Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Wetten Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter

Underwriters and Sponsors 2014 – 2015 Fall Classic

Autotrader Holy Child Fathers Club Mary and Dean Bunch Mr. and Mrs. Bart Drummond Mr. and Mrs. Bob Saylor/ Tammal Demolition Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Garner Mr. and Mrs. Chris Holmes/ Ernst & Young Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rathbone/ WebbMason Mr. and Mrs. Ed Treacy/ Domino’s Pizza Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stewart/ The Stewart Group/Long and Foster Mr. and Mrs. Jeff O’Berry Mr. and Mrs. John O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Price Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheehy/ Sheehy Automotive Mr. and Mrs. Phil McCarthy/ Transwestern Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Kern Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman/ Brickman Group LTD, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Tim Covell/ Capital City Events Mr. Brett MacInnes Mr. Greg Stallknecht/NEA Electric, Inc. Mr. Miguel Reynoso/Making Air Right Mr. Paul Sullivan/ Sullivan @ Associates Mr. Rob Ariosa/Ariosa & Company Mr. Ted Ohl/Pook Diemont & Ohl, Inc. Mr. Todd Gregg/Carfax Ms. Jill Broder Ms. Lisa Kazor-Christovich, Mr. Dan Christovich/ Savantage Solutions, LLC

CYO Basketball Tournament

Caliber Home Loans CFI Group Chili’s Coakley Williams Construction Coughlin Transportation Counselors Title DANAC LLC FCN Inc. Fisher and Strachan Incorporated Holy Child Fathers Club McCormick Paints McEnearney Associates, Inc. Realtors/ Tom Williams Perfect Settings Print 1 Russell Corrosion Consultants, Inc. Transwestern Urgo Hotels & Resorts Vignola Gourmet

Gala

Ms. Veronica Ahern Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Dan Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Tim Covell Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criswell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fischbach Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilday Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gramm Mr. and Mrs. Danny Hanley Mr. and Mrs. Tim Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. James Killen Mr. and Mrs. Rick Kline Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kloster Ms. Gail MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Tim McBride Mr. and Mrs. Casey McCormick

Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Tiger Trot

Bill Moore George Myers Jeff O’Berry Bud Patterson Mark Price Mark Puccini Rick Rudman Tripp Shreves Mark Shriver Brad Steuart Bruce Stewart John Strittmatter David Whipp Clayton Yeutter Alexander Zukiwski

Ms. Gale Allen The Anastasi Family Mr. David Bernstein Bethesda Big Train Bethesda Magazine The Birchmere Ms. Deirdre M Blackwood Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Boccia Miss Samantha Boccia Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bosch The Carrasco Family The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Charles Schwab Chili’s Grill & Bar Coakley Williams Construction Coca-Cola Co. Ms. Giselle Colavita Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Collazo Ms. Marie A. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Steve Collins Cornerstone Government Affairs The Covell Family Domino’s Pizza The Drummond Family The Ely Family Enterprise Erin Deric Realtor Takashi Furusawa Ms. Kerri Gardiner Mr. Gary Gosnell Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Gilday Renovations GTM Architects Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grant The Greene-McGowan Group Ms. Joanne Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hannan Ms. Alicia Henneberry Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Holifield Mr. and Mrs. Chris Holmes Holy Child Alumnae Association I Drive Smart Java Cruiser Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kley Life’s A Beach Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey MacKinnon The Magner Family Miss Gigi McBride & Family McBride Real Estate Services Mr. and Mrs. Casey McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGuinness Molly’s Bakeovers Mrs. Bonnie Moore Mortgage Link Inc. New Age Electric The O’Berry Family Mr. and Mrs. Brendan O’Neill Mr. Francis Ostronic The Pierson Group The Price Family Rad Orthodontics Road Runner Sports Dr. James M. Ronis The Roustamov Family Savantage Solutions The Saylor Family The Sellinger Family Sergeant’s Program Sport & Health Clubs Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stewart Ms. Maria Szalay

Tammal Enterprises The Tamara Kucik Team Ms. Jessica Terner Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turley The Urgo Family The Virostek Family The Webster Family Mr. and Mrs. William Whitaker The Ziemski Family

Volunteer Listing 2014-2015

We are so grateful for the time and talents of our volunteers.

Welcome Carpool Breakfast Cindy Anastasi Janelle Lynch

Fall Classic

Dan Christovich Bob Cynkar Dr. Suzanne Doud Galli Karen McGee Augie Rios

Gala

Rosina Aguiar Patrice Brickman Mary Bunch Carin Collins Laura Criswell Erin Deric Pam Gazdag Maureen Grant Susan Hanley Farleigh Killen Alex Kline Anita McBride Meghan McCaleb Molly McCarthy Karen McGee Janine Myers Lisa Paro Anne Puccini Peggy Rowe Jennifer Sullivan Kristin Treacy Betsy Turley Marirose Ungerman Maria Welsh Jennifer Whipp

Middle School Back-to-School Night Gabrielle Fontana Julie Price Rosanne Strittmatter Maria Szalay Pam Tull Megan Williams

Upper School Back-to-School Night Gladis Bellamah Thelma Maritza Carrasco Gina Carusillo Dan Christovich Kristie Corral Kathleen Dunleavy Claire Hannan Helen Jorgensen Alicia Karanian Debbie Keever Alex Kline Maureen Koch Fernanda Martinez Bonnie Moore Mehrnaz Neyzari Pittman-Hayes Family Augie Rios Peggy Rowe Annie Ryan John SmithJane Stenson Heidi Titus Jennifer Whipp

Blue/Gold Day

Pedro Carrasco Gina Carusillo Jennifer FitzPatrick Trish Fuldner Grace Hill Danielle Johnson Tim Jorgensen Alex Kline Janelle Lynch Tim McBride Janine Myers Nancy Orloff Chuck Paquette Augie Rios Eriny Sadek John Smith Lisa Spikell Donna Sutton Jessica Terner Betsy Turley Lexi Wint Alex Zukiwski

Middle School Parent/Teacher Conferences

Melissa Beall Pam Gazdag Lia Grassi Beth Grisius Cathy Nolan Amy Remington Lisa Spikell Rosanne Strittmatter Kate Talbott Megan Williams Lexi Wint

Upper School Parent/Teacher Conferences Sherry Cain Dana D’Avella Erin Dominick Andi Elliott Stacy Hartranft Diane Hollenbeck Fernanda Martinez Bonnie Moore Bridget Ojo Anne Rudman Jessica Terner Heidi Titus Helga Treichel Cristy Yeutter

Open House

Nancy Altemus Marie Augustin Nancy Binnie Andrene Bryan Sherry Cain Thelma Carrasco Susan Crooks Kimberly Cynkar Dana D’Avella Tony D’Avella Terri de Raet Kathleen Dunleavy Diane Dyer Gregg Dyer Patricia Edelen Stephen Edelen Andi Elliott Patti Farrell Jennifer FitzPatrick Liz Garner Julie Gilak Greg Gilak Kim Glynn Sean Glynn Stacy Hartranft Alicia Henneberry Cheryl Hickman Diane Hollenbeck Chris Holmes Helen Jorgensen Tim Jorgensen Gerry Kavanagh Rocky Kern James Killen

Volunteer Extraordinare If there was balloons to be bought, a team dinner to arrange, a gift to be selected, you could always count on Louise O’Berry to be there at the ready. A dedicated soccer and lacrosse mom, it was a natural for her to be president of the Tiger Club in Caitlyn’s senior year.

What you may not have seen is her work as a classroom rep (multiple years) on the Development, Gala and Tiger Trot committees. She was just a phone call away whenever the Development Office needed assistance.

We were happy to award Louise our Volunteer of the Year Award at the Annual Volunteer Luncheon this May, given to a parent, grandparent, or friend as a small gesture to recognize the time, talent, and enthusiasm displayed over the years.

Her support, and that of so many others, are what makes our mission possible.

Louise is just one of an army of volunteers, providing treats for Back-to-School Nights and parent/teacher conferences, stuff and label envelopes, and provide a soup or salad for teacher appreciation lunches.

We appreciate it all.

However big or small the contribution, we could not do it without you!

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Rohit Kishore Alex Kline Kevin Lockland Maureen Martin John Martin David Martin Maureen Martin John Martin Tim McBride Meghan McCaleb Mary Natelli McCann Kathleen McCormick Karen McGee Julia McInerny Valaree Moodee Louise O’Berry Chuck Paquette Lisa Paro Mark Price Kris Rowan Peggy Rowe Tom Sanders Cara Simmonds Jane Stenson Jessica Terner Mary Thomas Gina Tyshing James Welbon Jennifer Whipp Bill Whitaker Kevin Whitcomb Trish Whitcomb Cynthia White Ned Williams Lexi Wint Laura Zukiwski

Mayfield Market

Rosina Aguiar Laarni Aguzin Jose Alpizar Nancy Altemus Monique Atwood Marie Augustin Jennifer Beebe Gladis Bellamah Jeanie Blomquist Mary Kay Bowman Dana Boyd Emily Boyd Joanie Brady-Rios Lisa Brown Mary Bunch Jerry Carlsen Pedro Carrasco Geritza Carrasco Gina Carusillo Dan Christovich Avery Clark Mia Collins Marie Collins Gabby Corral Kristie Corral Kiki Covell Tim Covell Bob Cynkar Roya Daneshvar Tony D’Avella Gianna D’Avella Andy Days Rosalie Days Margo Devine Diane Dyer Christine Drummond Kathleen Dunleavy Stephen Edelen Andi Elliott Bob Elliott Colleen Evans Gretchen Fitzpatrick Jennifer FitzPatrick Gabrielle Fontana Hannah Fitzpatrick Gabrielle Fontana Trish Fuldner Liz Garner Pam Gazdag Julie Gilak Greg Gilak Kim Glynn Donna Gramm

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Jen Gribble Mark Gribble Beth Grisius Susan Hanley Aileen Hannan Stacy Hartranft Judi Herishen Cheryl Hickman Grace Hill Amiri Hill Lola Hill Carol Holladay Diane Hollenbeck Chris Holmes Mildred Holmes Liz Houston Martha Humler Chrisy Jelen Helen Jorgensen Tim Jorgensen Kim Karanik Mercedes Kavanagh John Kernan Fairleigh Killen Malia Kishore Lisa Kloster Joe Koch Ellie Kress Jen Kress Jim Kress Fiona Rose Lee Mike Lee Jenifer Luck Steve Luck Rachel MacDonald Mary Magner John Marcus Kirsten Martin Maureen Martin Fernanda Martinez Tim McBride Meghan McCaleb Rachel MacDonald Molly McCarthy Kathleen McCormick Denise McGloon Mike McGowan Keely McGowan Jeanine McGuinness Julia McInerny Justin McInerny JT Moodee Lockman Valaree Moodee Bill Moore Matthew Moore Janice Murray Janine Myers Kristin O’Donnell Bridget Ojo Nancy Orloff Teresa Overly Majid Padash Nima Padash Cecile Paquette Chuck Paquette Lisa Paro Greg Poch Betsy Pothier Carolyn Pumphrey Elizabeth Rembold Chris Remington Madeline Remington Audrey Reyes Augie Rios Tracy Rivers Elaine Robinson Peggy Rowe Anne Rudman Annie Ryan Karol Sadek Katherine Sadek Bob Saylor Isabelle Schnider Tracy Schooling Tom Serena John Smith Mary Smith Lisa Spikell Taylor Spikell Firouzeh Stankovic Jane Stenson

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Lauretta Stewart Jeannette Stewart MK Stewart Julia Strittmatter Rosanne Strittmatter Paul Sullivan Donna Sutton Mable Sweeney Cecelia Talbott Kate Talbott Jessica Terner Glenn Thomas Mary Thomas Pam Thompson Heidi Titus Emme Treacy Betsy Turley Gina Tyshing Jennifer Vermillion Mary Anne Virostek Natalie von Seelen Maria Welsh Robert Welsh Mackenzie Whipp Kevin Whitcomb Pauline White Tess Williams Megan Williams Lexi Wint Mark Yantsos Tori Yantsos Cristy Yeutter Dawn Ziemski Josie Ziemski Alexis Zukiwski Laura Zukiwski Dawn Ziemski

Christmas Decorating Mary Bunch Jennifer FitzPatrick Karen Kley Alex Kline Janelle Lynch Eriny Sadek Jennifer Sullivan Jennifer Whipp

Wilkins Avenue Women’s Shelter Project

Steve Aguzin Gladis Bellamah Dan Christovich Dana D’Avella Margo Devine Jennifer FitzPatrick Grace Fuldner Julie Gilak Christine Jelen Lisa Kazor-Christovich Malia Kishore Jenifer Luck Fernanda Martinez Pat McGloon Mark Price Elizabeth Rembold Lisa Spikell Lauretta Stewart Jeannette Stewart Donna Sutton Mable Sweeney Gina Tyshing Jennifer Whipp

CYO Basketball Tournament Megan Ambrosi Cindy Anastasi Danny Anastasi Lauren Anastasi Mark Beliveau Pamela Burgess Marley Burgess Gina Carusillo Maureen Grant Jen Gribble Aileen Hannan Claire Hannan Judi Herishen Olivia Jacobs

Anna Jorgensen Ally Langston Eve McGloon Sheila McGuinness Megan O’Donnell Danny Paro Jenna Paro Lilly Paro Lisa Paro Caitlin Rembold Carly Rivers Caroline Rowe Grace Rowe Mo Rowe Peggy Rowe Meg Schulz William Schulz Sarah Strachan Donna Sutton Jada Welbon James Welbon Cynthia White Tom Williams Kayla Wood Mark Yantsos

Father/Daughter Communion Breakfast Eric Stewart MK Stewart

Tiger Trot

Rosina Aguiar Jamie Albert Jose Alpizar Catherine Altemus Nancy Altemus Cindy Anastasi Danny Anastasi Jack Anastasi Al Arcidiacano Judy Arcidiacano Mary Ellen Beliveau Julie Burke Zelda Caldwell Kevin Carlsen Pedro Carrasco Marie Collins Terri de Raet Bart Drummond Christine Drummond Chip FitzGerald Martha Blair FitzGerald Nora Fitzpatrick Trish Fraser Jeffrey Ganiban Art Gomez Shannon Gomez Donna Gramm Susan Hanley Pat Harden Lexi Hartranft Mary Kate Hartwick Pamela Hickey Cheryl Hickman Paulina Hill Diane Hollenbeck Krista Montes de Oca Kelly Malia Kishore Rohit Kishore Karen Kley Kirk Kley Greg Lockman Steve Luck Monique Marcus Annie Martin John Martin Maureen Martin Molly Martin Meghan McCaleb Kathleen McCormick Chris McCreary Karen McGee Matthew Moore Janine Myers Mackenzie Myers Chuck Paquette Cathy Patterson Maggie Patterson Rebecca Pittman Betsy Pothier

Jamie Ready Elizabeth Rembold Augie Rios Kaiya Robinson Annie Ryan Margaret Saylor Cathleen Shannon Catalina Smith Eric Stewart MK Stewart Paul Sullivan Donna Sutton Jessica Terner Abbey Titus Jennifer Urgo Katia Vargas Maria Welsh Leslie Whitaker Sue Whitaker Kathy Xavier

Used Book and Uniform Sale Sherry Cain Terri de Raet Diane Dyer Julie Gilak Carol Holladay Kim Karanik Maureen Koch Janice Murray Eriny Sadek Kate Talbott Heidi Titus Gina Tyshing

Art

Brendan O’Neil Sr., grandfather of Grace O’Neil ’20

Athletics

John Marcus

Communications Terri deRaet

Dance

Missy Beall Dana Boyd Traci Cowan Patricia Edelen Stephen Edelen Gabriella Fontana Suzanne Galli Judi Herishen Kelly Lee David Martin Kirsten Martin Kristin O’Neill Miriam Ostria Amy Remington Chris Remington Caroline Reyes David Smith Armond Spikell Rosanne Strittmatter Kathleen Talbot Dawn Ziemski Alex Zukiwski

Hot Lunch

Monica Brewer Patrice Brickman Mary Bunch Gina Carusillo-Lockland Carin Collins Maria Covell Kathleen Dunleavy Diane Dyer Patricia Edelen Martha Blair FitzGerald Jennifer FitzPatrick Gabrielle Fontana Trish Fuldner Liz Garner Donna Gramm Lia Grassi Janet Gribble Donna Grigsby Beth Grisius

Helen Jorgensen Francoise Kpetemey Kelly Lee Kathleen McCormick Denise McGowan Kristin O’Donnell Bridget Ojo Tracy Rivers Annie Ryan Margaret Saylor Julie Sellinger Jennifer Signora Cara Simmonds Annette Smith Lisa Spikell Kate Talbott Heidi Titus Kristin Treacy Maria Welsh Jennifer Whipp Sue Whitaker Megan Williams Cristy Yeutter

Library

Missy Beall Jen FitzPatrick Nancy Skeeter Natalie von Seelen

Teacher Appreciation Lunch Monique Atwood Mary Berkowitz Sherry Cain Rosalie Days Connie Gessler Julie Gilak Stacy Hartranft Danielle Johnson Janelle Lynch Meghan McCaleb Susan Moore Cathy Nolan Louise O’Berry Nancy Orloff Tracy Rivers Peggy Rowe Lisa Spikell Jessica Terner Betsy Turley Paula Wood

Tiger Shop

Joy Afable Megan Ambrosi Pamela Burgess Kristie Corral Dana D’Avella Liz Garner Liz Anne Ganiban Kim Glynn Maureen Grant Lia Grassi Julia McInerny Donna Sutton Marirose Ungerman Lexi Wint Cristy Yeutter Dawn Ziemski

Actions Parents Association 2014-2015 President: Janelle Lynch Volunteer Coordinator: Heidi Titus Gala Co-Chairs: Susan Hanley, Patrice Brickman, Jennifer Whipp Fall Classic: Dan Christovich, Mayfield Market: Gretchen Fitzpatrick, Jen Kress, Rachel MacDonald Teacher Appreciation: Peggy Rowe, Stacy Hartranft Tiger Trot: Cindy Anastasi, Christine Drummond Welcome Committee: HCPA Class Reps

Parents Association 2015-2016

President: Janelle Lynch Volunteer Coordinator: Heidi Titus Fall Classic: Dan Christovich, Phil McCarthy Gala: Susan Hanley, Meghan McCaleb, Janine Meyers, Anne Puccini, Jennifer Whipp Mayfield Market: Jen Kress, Rachel MacDonald, Holly Soistman, Yvonne Russell Teacher Appreciation: Peggy Rowe, Stacy Hartranft, Anita McBride and Betsy Turley Tiger Trot: Rosina Aguiar Welcome Committee: HCPA Class reps

Fathers Club 2014-2015 President: Augie Rios Treasurer: David Martin Secretary: Tim Jorgensen At-Large: Chris Holmes At-Large: Chris Remington

Fathers Club 2015-2016 President: Chris Remington Treasurer: David Martin Secretary: Chuck Paquette At-Large: Chris Holmes At-Large: Mark Yantsos

You don’t always see the work of the Holy Child Parents Association; these dedicated moms (and dads) work behind the scenes.

With the leadership of Parents Association President Janelle Lynch, activities like the Welcome Back to School carpool goodie bags are handed out and our monthly Teacher Appreciation lunches are organized and accomplished.

As a volunteer, you support Holy Child’s big events, including Mayfield Market, the Gala and Tiger Trot.

You also provide meals and support when fellow Holy Child families are in need of physical or emotional encouragement.

Thank you Parents Association!

Janelle also serves as moderator for our quarterly Coffee and Conversation series and creates the weekly Room Parents Sunday email. She’s not alone.

Not Words Second-year Holy Child Fathers Club President Augie Rios gets all fired up with passion when he speaks about dads and daughters, learning by example, and how you “get back what you give” Augie certainly has been passionate when it comes to the Fathers Club.

From an ice-breaker bowling afternoon for our daughters to directing the parking at Mayfield Market and helping out at the Tiger Trot, the real crux of his passion is service.

That’s what the Fathers Club is really all about. Recognizing service beyond the school, the Fathers Club sponsors a week of providing lunches and dinners, as well as serving the residents, for the Wilkins Avenue Women’s Shelter.

The Fathers Club uses the Father/Daughter Communion breakfast to award certificates of service for students involved in charitible clubs.

Thank you Fathers Club!

Numbers matter.

Thank you.

300

80+%

Students who benefit daily from your donations

50%

of the Class of 2015 received college merit scholarships

100%

The faculty-staff participation rate in the annual fund, completed before Oct. 31

Parents who donated to The Fund for Holy Child

$512,000 Our over-the-goal Fund for Holy Child total

476 Participants in the 2015 Tiger Trot

5000+

Service hours completed by our students last year.

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Tiger Trot 2015

Mayfield Market

2015 Gala

You wouldn’t have recognized the gym after it was transformed into the classy, cool TIGER LOUNGE for the annual gala, raising more than $250,000, with $70,000 for scholarships alone.

The decorations and the vibe, plus the addition of the “red carpet” and the after-hour outside cigar bar, made this one of our most successful galas ever!

Plan now to attend

Plan now to attend

APRIL 17 Fall Classic

ON CAMPUS

CAREER DAY

HOLY CHILD

Annual March 12

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 8 AM - NOON

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the f 2014-2015 Board of Trustees Mr. Sean Glynn, Chair Dr. Shannon Gomez, Head of School

Editoral Board Meghan Cross, Director of Enrollment Management Dr. Shannon Gomez, Head of School Mary Hopkins, Assistant Head of School Zach Kincaid, Director of Marketing/Communications Suzi Montes de Oca, Director of Development

Ms. Veronica Ahern Ms. Nancy Binnie Sr. Peggy Crowley Mr. Daniel Dean Ms. Patricia Farrell Mrs. Jessi Williams Frend ’01 Mrs. Alicia O’Hare Henneberry ’93 Mr. Howard Hill Mr. Christopher Holmes Mr. Timothy Jorgensen Ms. Geraldine Kavanagh ’67 Mrs. Lisa Kazor-Christovich Mr. Paul B. Kern, III Mr. Brett MacInnes Mrs. Mary McCann Mrs. Kristin Cotton Rowan ’82 Mr. Thomas Sanders Mr. Paul Sullivan Mr. Bill Whitaker Mr. Edward Williams

Additional Editorial Kathy Ely, Contributing Writer Julie Iannone, Contributing Writer Photography Madie Bromiley, Communications Associate Design Zach Kincaid, Director of Marketing/Communications

Thank you, Cornelia.

Are you in this picture?

Solve the mystery. Send us your guess; you can win a prize from the Tiger Shop!

Write to hccommunications@holychild.org, with Mystery Photo in the subject line.

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Magazine Staff Madie Bromiley, Communications Associate Zach Kincaid, Director of Marketing/Communications

New Classrooms for Today’s Holy Child Student

In order to empower and educate young women of the 21st century and beyond, we need to provide a space for project work, group presentations, and individual study and research.

The interactive classroom allows for teamwork at a computer, demonstration areas, and labs and workshops for experiments and design projects.

The physical environment for learning must meet the challenge of becoming more flexible to accommodate a wider variety of student, teacher and technology interactions and activities.

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Physical Attributes include: • Mobility: tables and chairs that can easily be adapted for collaborative and individual learning • Writeable wall space • Easier access to multimedia tools

Learn how you can help.

Contact the Development Office at 301.365.0955 or development@holychild.org

CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE

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