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FALMOUTH ACADEMY FALL 2021 • GRATITUDE ISSUE

Changing Earth

CONTENTS Falmouth Academy

2 Up Front

engaging the challenges of our times

8 Classroom & Beyond 10 Centerpiece

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Changing Earth

14 Mariner Stars 16

Alumni News

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People of FA

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Annual Report

GAM: “A social meeting of whale ships ... with all the sympathies of sailors [and] all the peculiar congenialities arising from a common pursuit.”

Falmouth Academy 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540 508-457-9696 falmouthacademy.org Administration Matthew Green, Head of School Michael Earley, Assistant Head of School Petra Ehrenbrink, Academic Dean Pamela Clapp Hinkle, Director of Development Julie Bradley, Director of Admission and Enrollment Management Carmen DiSanto, Director of Finance & Operations Editorial Staff Amy Galvam, Director of Communications Barbara Campbell, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations David Gallagher, Development Associate, Annual Giving and Operations Photos: Matt Barnes, Barbara Campbell, Leah Fasten, Amy Galvam, Sarah Knowles, Britta Santamauro, and Brenda Sharp Design: Julianne Waite Mission Harnessing the power of inspired learning in a world-renowned scientific and vibrant artistic community, Falmouth Academy emboldens each student to take creative and intellectual risks to confidently engage the challenges of our times.

The Class of 2021 graduated on Saturday, June 12, in an outdoor ceremony on the front lawn of Falmouth Academy.

Graduates celebrated by shooting off confetti cannons before the traditional mortarboard toss. Photo courtesy of Brenda Sharp of the Falmouth Enterprise.

Class of 2021 College Commitments Brandeis University Brown University Cape Cod Community College Colorado College Colorado State University (2) Elon University Kenyon College Mount Holyoke College Northeastern University (2) Oberlin College

Oregon State University Providence College Smith College Syracuse University Tufts University (2) UMASS Amherst (3) UMASS Amherst / Commonwealth Honors College (2) UMASS Boston University of Chicago

UMASS Dartmouth University of Connecticut University of Florida University of Miami University of New England University of New Hampshire (2) University of St. Andrews, Scotland University of Vermont Wheaton College

Guiding Values We value the beauty of knowledge and the joy of conversation.

We value collaboration and generosity of spirit.

We value the power of a culture of kindness.

We value relationships built on trust, respect, and direct communication.

We value the wonder of imagination.

We value each student’s pursuit of diverse challenges and opportunities.

We value teachers as models of confident, rich adulthood.

We value the richness of an educational experience that includes people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and identities.

On the Cover: Maaya de Menocal ’25 looks back over Buzzards Bay while visiting Penikese Island as part of the new 9thgrade Changing Earth program.

From the Head of School

“And these children…as they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through.”

Dear Friends, As I considered how to frame this edition of The GAM, it occurred to me that the topic of change has been the subject of many a musician.

Way back in 1963, Bob Dylan proved ominously prescient when he urged us to “gather round... wherever we roam and admit that the waters around us have grown.” If we want to “make that change,” we were directed by a certain king of pop to start with “the man in the mirror.” We were even asked by Tupac to “change the way we live...change the way we treat each other...You see, the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do.”

But of course if you are a person of a certain generation, you likely recognized the lyrics at the top of this letter, and you may even have jutted out your chin, run you hand through your hair (if you have any left) and crooned in your best David Bowie voice, “Ch-ch-ch-changes.” If not, I recommend doing so. Puts you in a good mood.

These days at FA, the subject of change and in particular global change is very much on our minds as well because we happen to be educating students in a time of extraordinary and increasingly destabilizing global change. The timeless skills that have been fundamental to an FA education—reading, writing, and speaking, analyzing text, data, and information, taking apart problems and reassembling them into solutions, leading and working with teams and managing projects—will always be in demand. But increasingly, the well-educated person is the one who can recognize, adapt to, find opportunities in, and ideally mitigate the effects of such instability whether it be sociopolitical, technological, environmental, or, as is most often the case, a combination of all three. For that person, there will be no shortage of opportunities to “do well and do good.”

And what a living laboratory we have at our fingertips. The school’s strategic vision “FA Forward” invites us to “reimagine where learning happens,” to leverage our “distinctive place,” this rich and diverse but increasingly threatened ecosystem, replete with world-class expertise and well-established partnerships, in service of producing graduates with the content knowledge to understand change, the creativity and flexibility to be able to adapt to change, and most importantly, the aptitude and the appetite to make change.

It’s a tall order to be sure but it's high time, perhaps past time, that we “turn and face the strange.”

(Ch-ch-changes…)

Thank you all for your support,

Matthew Green Head of School

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Immersed in Art FA students were immersed in art in new ways this past year as faculty transformed Fourth Period electives and Arts-Acrossthe-Curriculum into new classroom and after-school activities.

Eleventh graders silkscreened posters that conveyed their beliefs about a current event using designs inspired by the protest posters of the Civil Rights movement.

Stop Asian Hate by Howard Keeler ’22 and Jack DiFalco-Wheeler ’22

Drawing on the themes of interior and exterior self from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, 10th-graders used modern digital photographs to create a self-portrait in profile inspired

by Victorian silhouette art.

Self-portrait by Ben Gulmann ’23

Ninth-graders studied the exquisite bird illustrations by James John Audubon and explored Beebe Woods. With binoculars and sketchbooks in hand, they were inspired to create their own bird illustrations, captured on toned paper using Prismacolor pencils.

Great Blue Heron by Emily Lazarus ’24

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Students in Susan Moffat’s after-school photo club were challenged to create portraiture that revealed something about the subject.

Portrait of Josie Leveque ’25 by Lucia Gomez-Ibanez ’25

Inspired by the works of the Romanticism movement and how it led the way for photography, 10th-graders used photography to create their own versions of original paintings.

Self portrait by Landon Cormie ’23 as Joseph Karl Stieler’s Ludwig van Beethoven

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Falmouth Academy's Got Talent In spite of the pandemic, Student Council preserved a favorite year-end tradition by hosting the annual Talent Show outdoors on the girls’ soccer field.

Tyler Harmon ’22 and Alzamora Quan ’22 perform their original composition, “Devastation.”

Mia Galvam ’22 and James Goldbach ’21 sing Jack Johnson’s “I Can Tell That We Are Going to Be Friends.”

FA Rock band directed by Mr. Steve Gregory performs at the spring concert. Abigail Neubert ’22 introduces the set with band members (l-r) Wyatt Thornton ’26, Connor Mercer ’23, Matt Kellogg ’26, and Joseph Childs ’24.

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Student Musicians LIVE in Concert On May 22nd, FA musicians performed a series of in-person concerts at a variety of locations on campus.

Concert I began with a performance by the FA Chorus under the school’s front portico. The event then moved to the Hermann Theater where the Rock Band, String Ensemble, and Mixed Instrumental Ensemble performed.

Concert II, held later that same day, featured performances by the Advanced Instrumental Ensemble, the Music Majors Rock Band, and the Senior Showcase in the gymnasium.

Members of the Advanced Instrumental Ensemble directed by Mr. George Scharr: (l-r) Noah Glasgow ’21, Sebastian Verslycke ’25, Emily Lazarus ’24, and Taleena Gonneea ’26

Mrs. Margaret Bossi directs the chorus accompanied

by Ms. Norma Stiner and Mr. Donald Enos

Senior Alyssa MacDonald ’21 sings “The Rainbow Connection” by Paul Williams and there was scarcely a dry eye in the gym

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A Journey to the Self During the last two weeks of English class, seniors reflected on their journeys through Falmouth Academy both in an essay and an art piece.

Here are two examples of their work.

Alice Tan ’21 Studying Classics and English at Smith College If there is a woman in Greek tragedy who embodies the identity of being “out of place,” Medea would be the first to come to my mind, and I’m drawn to her for it.

I came to study in the U.S. when I was fifteen. Being foreign and slightly out of place are tender feelings I hold dear to my heart, crucial in informing my perspectives on the world as I am stepping into adulthood. I grew up jumping bamboo sticks overlooking the edge of the South China Sea, yet now I put ketchup on scrambled eggs and quote 30 Rock back and forth with friends. Balancing between Chinese and Western identities, I developed a fondness for things of somewhat incongruous existence, “out of place,” yet managing to inhabit their surroundings.

Ryan Waite ’21 Studying Physics at Brown University Speed solving Rubik’s cubes is similar to a lot of the other things I like to do, which is why I feel that it encapsulates me so well. I love the feeling of progress, and the main way I’ve found to enhance and ensure the feeling of progress is to quantify everything, keeping track of data points and making graphs out of them. Even if a Rubik’s cube solve (or a round of disc golf, or a book) isn’t so good or doesn’t meet my expectations in some way, it’s still a data point.

I could have just used normal 3x3 Rubik’s cubes for the mosaic, but I wanted to include all the cubes I have that would work. This makes it less precise, more of a hodgepodge, but perhaps this makes it more interesting.

More of a reflection of my character. More of a reflection of my diverse but similar interests.

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Honoring Don and Julie Swanbeck On June 11th, faculty, friends, alumni and family gathered virtually and in person in Hutker Yard to celebrate and honor Don and Julie Swanbeck on their retirement from Falmouth Academy.

Room 207 has been named the Don and Julie Swanbeck Classroom in recognition of their 30 years of service to Falmouth Academy and its students.

A Night of Music Under the Stars On August 21st, more than 300 people attended FA’s summer concert benefiting the Financial Assistance Fund. This year’s concert was held outdoors and featured America’s Got Talent finalists Sons of Serendip and special guest Hyannis Sound. It was a magical evening made possible by the generosity of sponsors and patrons including Presenting Sponsor: Bonnie Ward Simon and Friends: Cape Cod 5, Landschop Landscape Architecture, and The Valle Group.

Micah Christian (far left), the lead vocalist of the Sons of Serendip, posed with Hyannis Sound and FA Music Director George Scharr.

Sons of Serendip performed outdoors under the portico at the FA benefit concert.

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CLASSROOM AND BEYOND Understanding Immigration through Empathy and Advocacy Last fall, as the culminating project for a unit on Alexandra Diaz’s novel, The Only Road, Dr. Ben Parsons asked each of his 47 7th-graders to write a letter to a local

Matthew Kellogg ’26

elected official persuading them to adopt certain policies and programs that might improve the situation facing undocumented minors arriving in the U.S. from Central America. Diaz’s novel charts the journey of two young people forced to flee their home in Guatemala due to gang violence. Their ultimate destination is across the border in El Norte, where their older brother works

on a ranch in New Mexico. To supplement the lesson, Parson used policy papers, journalistic reports, and landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions and legislation to further paint the picture of what confronts undocumented minors on both sides of the southern border. “[The students’] letters represented their sensitivity to the plight of migrants, especially to those close to their age,” noted Parsons.

However, students were told explicitly that they would not be graded on the politics of their proposals but assessed on the mechanics and their ability to craft a persuasive argument. “The assignment was designed to introduce them to the power of their own voice through letterwriting,” summarized Parsons “and to lend that voice to a civic (and civil) discussion that is relevant to their generation.”

Students continued their study of “borders” with an arts immersion unit led

by Ms. Susan Moffat, for which they studied and produced photographic images that literally “focused a lens” on culture and human migration.

We should consider improving living “situations in their native countries by taking control of gangs; providing clothes, meals, shelter, toiletries, and water for migrants; and allowing migrant children to reconnect with family living here legally.

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– Luke Okoshi-Michel ’26

Immigration policies impact almost “every aspect of our government, and they currently contain many flaws and errors. In order to fix immigration policy, the first step is to fix inconsistencies.

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– Matthew Kellogg ’26

there are many people of “allToday ages, especially children, making the journey from Central America to the United States. They face many challenges to get across the border, and some get killed in the process of looking for a better life.

In order to address the necessities for undocumented children coming across the border, first, we must consider what they are fleeing.

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– Dhara Sananikone-Evans ’26

FA Establishes Community Scholars Fund Falmouth Academy values the richness of an educational experience that includes people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. In that spirit, the school is establishing the Falmouth Academy Community Scholars Fund.

Tuition awards will be offered beginning with the 2022-23 school year as part of FA’s commitment to providing equitable access to the school for culturally underrepresented populations of Cape Cod and the Islands, South Shore, and South Coast regions who have demonstrated strong academic past performance, good citizenship, and an interest in engaging in Falmouth Academy’s robust school community.

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Awards cover a portion of, and in some cases, the full cost of attendance, depending on demonstrated financial need as defined by the School’s Tuition Assistance Family Profile guidelines. Qualifying funds also may include transportation, lunch, textbooks, and a laptop computer. These awards are renewable for as long as the recipient remains a student in good standing at Falmouth Academy.

Qualified new applicants to the 7th, 8th and 9th grades are eligible for consideration.

Interested applicants must complete a supplemental application by February 1.

Learn more on Falmouth Academy’s website or call the admissions office.

A Richness of Expression

How Green is Falmouth Academy? 9th-Graders Find Out Liz Klein assigned a new group project to her ninth-grade students in Geology and Environmental Science last spring to wrap up their study of climate and climate change. They were tasked with working collaboratively to determine Falmouth Academy’s environmental impact, both locally and globally. “I wanted the students to have an authentic and meaningful experience,” said Klein, who gave students a list of guiding questions: How much water and electricity does the school use? How is the building heated? What are the waste streams and where does it go once it leaves the campus? What supplies are regularly ordered and how much? How do people get to school and what resources are used to do so?

After conducting research into their area of study, the students gathered information from key people in the building who are responsible for things like facility maintenance, supplies, and the budget. Students then shared their findings with their classmates and collated

the data into a full report with a shortlist of recommendations for Head of School Matt Green and Director of Finance and Operations Carmen DiSanto.

Recommendations included reducing paper usage by more fully utilizing the learning management system and other online tools; reducing emissions from transportation by rethinking bus routes, encouraging walking or biking when possible, incentivizing carpooling, and lastly, increasing renewable energy generation by expanding the current solar array to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Matt Green praised the students for their work and detailed some of the steps Falmouth Academy is taken as a result.

“We have consolidated and rerouted the buses, reduced paper usage, and purchased our last single-use plastic bottle,” said Green. “We anticipate even greater efficiency with the recent installation of new classroom ventilators in addition to the 40% of FA’s energy usage generated by rooftop solar panels.”

Joining Together: Sparking Change On March 26th, Falmouth Academy and the FA Students for Social & Environmental Justice group will host “Joining Together: Sparking Change,” a day-long regional justice conference for area students in grades 7–12. Derick Lugo, the author of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker, will offer the keynote address followed by breakout sessions led by community leaders and students on climate justice, human rights, advocacy, and social action for change. The conference is generously sponsored by the Lovell Charitable Fund. For more information contact Carol DiFalco at Falmouth Academy.

Students in Ms. Emily Turner’s creative writing elective serve as the editorial team for FA’s literary magazine, Resonance.

During the fall and winter these students focus on crafting, workshopping, and revising their own short stories, poems, and other creative written works. Then they calibrate their critical eyes in preparation for spring and turn their attention to the pool of submissions that have accrued over the year. The team selects, through lively discussion and debate, the pieces that are most ready for publication, searching for unique works that demonstrate a strong voice, clarity of expression, logical organization, and exceptional ideas. “The overarching question we ask ourselves when deciding upon each piece is, ‘How does this resonate with me?’” says Turner.

If a piece doesn’t quite hit the mark, authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit. Under the enthusiastic guidance of Editor-in-Chief Eliza Chun ’21 and strong leadership from Abigail Lott ’22 and Domenic Bowen ’22, the 2020-21 team published, for the first time, a color edition of Resonance, now available on the Falmouth Academy website.

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CENTERPIECE

Changing Earth Falmouth Academy offers a curriculum that is intentionally structured and fully responsive to this changing world and its many pressing “challenges of our times.”

The events of the past few years show that no single “challenge of our time” exists in isolation. Falmouth Academy students are being educated in a time of extraordinary and increasingly destabilizing global change. The well-educated person is the one who can recognize, adapt to, find the opportunity in, and ideally mitigate the effects of such instability whether it be sociopolitical, technological, environmental, or, as is most often the case, a combination of all three.

“Most people don’t really pay much attention to climate change until it affects them directly,” said Sara Valle ’25. “I’m thinking about the California wildfires, but aren’t we also at risk on Cape Cod with hurricanes and rising tides?” Valle is one of 30 students participating in the “Changing Earth” Program, a new 9th-grade crosscurricular journey that focuses on global change and the relationship between humans and the natural world.

The program is an outgrowth of FA’s recent strategic plan and a collaborative effort among faculty. Science Chair Liz Klein, English Teacher Monica Hough, and History Teacher Matthew Barnes spent the better part of the summer developing

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the program which they have rooted in a series of essential questions and enduring understandings. “Each semester will focus on a different theme,” said Liz Klein who led the effort. “The first will focus on understanding how the earth is changing, followed by how we adapt to those changes and end with how we can take action to make changes of our own.” Over the coming months, students will engage in interdisciplinary projects and study the past, noting patterns and themes in great books, historical events, and scientific discovery, that will inform their understanding of the world today, particularly climate change, in preparation for the future.

“We live on this earth together,” said Valle. “We need to start acting like it.”

To kick off the program, students and faculty gathered for a day-long retreat to learn what “Changing Earth” was all about. Local trips to explore climate science, sustainable agriculture, and vulnerable coastal habitats followed.

Their journey began with a tour of the nearby Woodwell Climate Research Center, a leading climate science research, education, and advocacy organization based in Falmouth.

Earlier this month, Woodwell’s President and Executive Director Dr. Philip Duffy was named as Climate Science Advisor by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Dr. Max Holmes, a parent of two current FA students, now serves as Acting President and Executive Director. Dr. Holmes spoke with the students about Woodwell’s efforts to find science-based solutions to the climate crisis while they toured the facility with Chief Communications Officer Dr. Heather Goldstone and Dr. Marcia Macedo.

The information gathered at Woodwell provided the students with a firm footing on which to take their next steps during visits to Bay End Farm in Bourne and Penikese Island located off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.

Bay End is a small five-acre certified organic produce farm. Justin CiFello, who has worked at Bay End for 12 years, toured the students, visiting active and fallow fields, ponds, and covered crops, all surrounded by a mix of trees and forest.

He introduced them to sustainable farming practices that offer a solution to the problems caused by industrial farming methods that deplete natural resources through monocultures and the overuse of pesticides and fertilizers. Students learned that soil was a non-renewable resource and that farms like Bay End can maintain and improve soil fertility through a combination of permaculture, agroforestry, mixed farming, crop rotation, integrated pest management, and efficient use of non-renewable energy resources. When healthy, soil sequesters carbon.

“Bay End showed us a different way of successfully doing business in a sustainable way,” said Eva Muldoon ’25. “It made me wonder what else we could do differently.”

Life on Earth has been protected from the effects of rapid climate change by the oceans, which absorb vast quantities of carbon dioxide including that produced by human industry, such as large-scale farming and fossil fuel consumption. As a result, oceans are getting warmer and sea levels are rising.

Left: Colorized elevation map of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska. The brightest colors indicate the lowest areas of elevation.

Map by Greg Fiske, Senior Geospatial Analyst and Research Associate at Woodwell Climate Research Center.

Above: Students explore Penikese Island on a short hike to the northern coastline.

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Agriculture is the world's largest industry, employing more than one billion people and using over half of the Earth’s habitable land. Operating sustainably can preserve and restore ecosystems, protect watersheds and habitats for a multitude of species, and provide food and textiles for humans.

“Situated on the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, as a coastal community, Falmouth is especially vulnerable to the changing climate,” said Klein. However, the location also affords a wealth of opportunities for field study and world-renowned scientific institutions available for collaboration and support.

Addressing these matters with students takes a deft hand and a multi-prong approach in order to engage and empower rather than overwhelm them.

“Climate change is happening in our lifetime,” remarked Meghan Dooley ’25. “I want them to teach us to prevent what we can and prepare for what we can’t.”

To learn more about the role that oceans play in our changing Earth, students traveled to Penikese, part of the Elizabeth Islands chain. Now a wildlife sanctuary known to be a local birding hotspot with rocky beaches, rolling grassy hills, walking trails, and stunning views of Buzzards Bay, Penikese has a varied history. It was once used for pasturing sheep, was the home to the Anderson School of Natural History in the 1870s (one of its graduates founded the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole), a leprosy hospital in the early 1900s, and a residential reform school for boys from 1973 to 2011. Today, it provides nesting places for seabirds, is one of the best local places to snorkel, and serves as a site for biological, geological, and historical research. It was the

perfect place for students to ponder the interconnectedness of natural systems and the need for environmental stewardship.

“It was fun taking the boat over to Penikese and seeing the islands,” said Henry Richins ’25. “And, regarding climate change, one of us can’t do it alone, but if we’re all inspired, it is a lot of us doing something together.”

“Changing Earth embraces the multiple meanings of the phrase,” said Monica Hough. “We are encouraging students not only to investigate the complex ways in which the planet and human society have been shaped by change but also to implement actions to change the Earth they will inherit.”

As the year goes on, students will create and design their own websites demonstrating their learning process and progress. Future projects include a workshop to teach students strategies and best practices when taking action to make change, learning from local officials how legislation is enacted, planning and enjoying a sustainable feast, writing and producing news-worthy podcasts, gathering data at South Cape Beach with Marine Biological Laboratory scientists, and of course, generating projects of their own.

“We’ve put the scaffolding for this program in place and now we have to roll up our sleeves and build it with the students,” said Matt Barnes. “It will be a dynamic pursuit and this year is just the beginning.”

Above left: Justin CiFello of Bay End Farm holds a hot pepper for a closer look by Susanna Lowell ’25 and Anne Jeffrey ’25.

Above right: Carl Churchill, Cartographer at Woodwell Climate, talks to students about how different types of maps can illustrate global and climate change data.

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Across the curriculum, students will also study the geology of the Mediterranean in science which complements their study of The Odyssey in English and Ancient Greece and Rome in history. While English classes will include nature writing and climate change fiction, Mrs. Hough found incorporating the essential questions and enduring understandings into lessons on more canonical works such as The Odyssey, The Tempest, and Their Eyes Were Watching God an intriguing prospect. “Obviously none of these works should be read through a climate change lens only, although we do see some impressive storms in each. They offer such important lessons about nature, power, resiliency, adaptability, and the potency of the written word in shaping our thinking. Margaret Atwood says that the treasure of past works must be ‘allowed to enter time once more’—which means to enter the realm of the audience, the realm of the readers, the realm of change.”

This year, 9th-grade students will mine the ancient and modern world to discover what they can teach us about the challenges of our times and be inspired to work for change where it is needed.

"Young people live on social media," said Sara Valle. "It is where we can have an immediate effect and I want to use it to hold people accountable to share information that is real and in support of sustainability."

FALMOUTH ACADEMY’S GLOBAL ADVISORY PANEL Falmouth Academy is grateful for the thoughtful guidance and advice provided by our new Global Change Advisory Committee, an outstanding group of leaders from several Woods Hole research institutions, many of whom are also parents of Falmouth Academy students or alumni: Andy Bowen (P’19) Principal Engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Meagan Eagle (P’22, ’26) Research Physical Scientist, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, US Geological Survey R. Max Holmes (P’24, ’27) Acting President and Executive Director, Woodwell Climate Research Center Jerry Melillo (P’92) Distinguished Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory Peter de Menocal (P’25) President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Anna Michel (P’26) Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Nipam Patel Director, Marine Biological Laboratory Professor, University of Chicago Robert Thieler (P’19, ’22) Center Director, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, US Geological Survey

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MARINER STARS A Postseason for Boys Varsity Lacrosse

Girls Varsity Lacrosse, Full of Potential

Boys Varsity Lacrosse made it to the second game in postseason play during the spring of 2021. They locked up the Cape and Islands Lighthouse division and were undefeated in their first nine games.

Seniors Silas Clark ’21 and Erik Palmer ’21 led by example every day and helped the team build a strong foundation. Boys Lacrosse coaches were Mr. Mike Earley (Varsity) and Mr. Mike Deasy ’10 (Middle School).

Girls Lacrosse played a JV schedule coached by Ms. Sarah Knowles and Ms. Emily Turner. Seniors Maria Medeiros ’21 and Sama Zaman ’21 were co-captains and led a young team as they learned the fundamentals of the game. The girls won their last two games of the season setting themselves up for future success.

2020–2021 Mariner of the Year Award for Distinguished Sportsmanship Mariner of the Year is awarded to student-athletes who exhibit sportsmanship, dedication, and skill.

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Anna Hoehlein ’21

Cody Feldott ’22

During her time at Falmouth Academy and over the course of her high school career, Anna grew tremendously as a player and as a teammate. She enjoyed the camaraderie and playfulness that team sports can offer, but she also exhibited the commitment necessary to earn the respect of her teammates and coaches. Anna exemplified the best ideals of Mariner athletics by coming to practice every day with a positive attitude that made all of her teammates feel welcome and appreciated.

Cody has matured into a poised and exceptional three-season athlete over his five years at Falmouth Academy. He was recognized by the Cape and Island league for his leadership and teamwork and helped the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team achieve a league championship. Cody possesses natural athleticism and dedication, and his captivating play creates a lively and positive environment for all Mariners, be it on the field, the court, or in the stands.

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Tennis in the Afternoon Tennis icon Arthur Ashe famously said, “Start where you are.

Use what you have. Do what you can.” In this spirit, Falmouth Academy launched an after-school tennis club in the spring of 2021 after putting the plan on hold last year due to the pandemic.

Student interest was robust, with 49 7th through 11th-grade students signing up for the opportunity to play on the indoor courts at the TJO Sports Center after school. Students were divided into four cohorts, each receiving one day a week of court time. The players engaged in a healthy mix of instruction, games, challenge matches, and laughs with their peers and their coach, Dr. Ben Parsons. Beginner, intermediate, and experienced players found many opportunities to cheer on their friends and challenge each other to improve.

Above: Ray Zhang ’26 (foreground) playing Fletcher Parsons ’26 Far left: Gus McGuire ’24 Left: Sofia Metri ’22

2020–2021 Coaches Awards Recognized players not only for their skill but for their sportsmanship and contribution to the team.

Soccer Francesca Farina ’21 and Michael Zitomer ’22 Cross Country Tarun Gonneea ’22 Basketball Kailei Hoehlein ’22 and Ben Mihalovich ’22 Lacrosse Maria Medeiros ’21 and Erik Palmer ’21

Clockwise from top left: Francesca Farina ’21, Michael Zitomer ’22, Tarun Gonneea ’22, Erik Palmer ’21, Maria Medeiros ’21 (left) with Sama Zaman ’21 (right), Kailei Hoehlein ’22, Ben Mihalovich ’22

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ALUMNI NEWS 1980s Best wishes to Saramaria (Berrgren) Allenby ’83 who started a new job as Director of Whole Life Learning at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Falmouth.

A gifted purveyor of resilience and hope, she previously served as the Spiritual Care Advisor at Gosnold Treatment Center in Falmouth and Cataumet, and promoted the role of faith in treating addiction.

We received this wonderful note from Fred Meltzer ’83, who said he is constantly awed and amazed by all of the well-rounded professors, scientists, entrepreneurs, and artists who have graduated FA and who are doing great, impactful things. He told us, “You are a light to our world and make me want to continue to support FA at progressively greater levels. It is FA’s teaching and values that guide students and mold them into critical and free thinkers who affect our world in such positive ways!”

After graduating FA, Fred received his BA in Economics in 1987, spent four years in New York City, graduated from Emory Business School (MBA ‘93), and spent 20 years in Atlanta consulting, owning, and managing several businesses. Fred now lives with his wife Dawn, Great Dane Bruce, and three cats, near the water in Hull, MA. A musician, his band Free Range released a live CD available on all streaming platforms, entitled HULLO! Live From The C Note, Part 1. The CD was recorded in February 2020 and mixed during the pandemic at DAWG POUND Studios. Fred occasionally sings and plays guitar on the South Shore, and backs up other musicians on drums and keyboards. He also looks after founding FA trustee Fay Meltzer and keeps up with siblings Jonathan ’87 and Julie ’80 regularly.

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Former French exchange student Marc Azais ’87 was a guest speaker in the after-school Music Majors program designed for students who are serious about pursuing music.

Marc works for Sacem, an organization in Paris that manages creative and production rights of music creators, authors, composers, and publishers from 168 countries.

Marc discussed his exchange experience at FA noting “It was a positive experience for me because I grew up in a very rural area in the south of France. Coming to the U.S. and FA was very mind-changing.

The friendships and teaching were very, very good. I learned a lot actually in terms of academics, but also personally, like how to deal with your emotions and dealing with a different culture. It’s very important, I think, to be able to know yourself better, to realize how different people can be, and what the common ground is for people to relate to each other.”

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at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco, focusing on disordered eating.

Sasha told FA students, “Try to remind yourself that there’s nobody like you and all the things that make you unique, your strengths and even your weaknesses, are yours. What actually makes a successful person is your ability to bounce back, your resiliency, your ability to allow yourself some time to grieve but then generate a little fire in the belly to start again in some way.”

Emily Birdwhistell ’98, a Senior Litigation Counsel at NBCUniversal Media, LLC, represents NBCUniversal in lawsuits and patent litigation. She said the most important classes she ever took were in the humanities, anything that helped her express herself in writing or speaking. “FA had a huge impact on that. The two biggest things I do are crafting written and oral arguments. I love what I’m doing. I can be a part of that moviemaking magic. I can see the productions happening, and see all the people doing those creative jobs, and I get to be a small piece of helping them do that.”

Erik Gable ’98, who worked for several newspapers and the Collegian Media Foundation, is now Director of Marketing and Audience Development at Croswell Opera House in Michigan. A very involved actor while a student at Falmouth Academy, he said, “I like storytelling. I think basically everything I’ve ever done for a job has been about figuring out how to gather and synthesize information and present it in the appropriate way for a range of audiences, which I guess is basically what theater is.”

Kristen Roupenian ’99 wrote an essay on self-discovery published in The New Yorker in August. The piece, titled “The Author, The Work, and The No. 1 Fan,” circles back to writing she did for Falmouth Academy's literary magazine, Resonance.

Former Boston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre dancer Sasha (Dmochowski) Gorrell ’94 is now an assistant professor

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Sergei Tcherepnin ’99: From Silence Comes Sound The students covered their ears and listened to their own breath.

They were directed to think about the wind and to amplify the sound of the wind in their breath. They removed their hands from their ears and listened to the co-mingled sounds of breathing combine into one. Slowly, additional small sounds began to emerge. Footfalls, paper ripping, a chair being dragged, raised, and lowered to the floor.

Humming at different pitches emerged as a backdrop to the other sounds. Paper crinkling, shoes sliding back and forth against the floor. Feet bang taps on the floor, clicking from several mouths, all building in crescendo. Someone started saying, “Toot, toot.” Another took it up. A louder hum sounded, running footsteps, whistling, moans, sighs. A loud crash! Another and another. All the while with a gentle hum in the backdrop. Laughter punctuated the end.

The conductor of this symphony was Sergei Tcherepnin ’99, who spoke to a group of FA student musicians, actors, and stage crew.

A performance artist and composer, Sergei most recently served as a visiting professor at Bennington College. This fall, he began a year-long residency in Vienna. At Bennington, Sergei taught classes in electronic music, sound arts, and the physics of sound.

Pictured here is Sergei with FA English teacher and Theater Director Elisabeth Munro Ledwell.

Best wishes to Chris Buccino ’02 and his wife Caroline on the birth of their son Oliver in August. Falmouth Academy Arts Department Chair George Scharr is one of Oliver’s grandparents and early trustee Bill Weaner is Oliver’s great grandfather. Chris is the founder and owner of Landschop, a landscape design and architecture firm out of East Falmouth.

Congratulations to Alyssa (Gantz) Thompson ’03 who won her second Emmy as a producer for an episode of This Old House in the category of “Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program” in 2020. The nominated episode was part of a series about Paradise, California, where one of the most destructive wildfires in U.S. history took place. This series focused on people whose trauma was unimaginable, and on rebuilding lives that were turned upside down in the blink of an eye. Alyssa said, “A huge team of people put a massive amount of work into this series, and I’m so honored that I was part of it.” Alyssa won her first Emmy when she began work on This Old House in 2015. Alyssa has since left the show and is now Project Coordinator for Adams + Beasley Associates. Pictured here is Alyssa after winning her first Emmy.

New York actor Brian Miskell ’06 said that one of the best things about being at Falmouth Academy was that the drama productions gave him a leg up on his colleagues. “A lot of schools were doing Grease, or Beauty and the Beast, or just one show every two years. But we were able to work on Tom Stoppard and Molière and Shakespeare, and newer plays like Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. This background made me a more versatile actor.”

Congratulations to Estelle and Phil Besse ’06 on the birth of their son Keith Douglas Besse II who joins big sister Ella. Phil is a representative for Nordhvn Northeast Yachts.

Congratulations to Bridget Miskell ’07 who was promoted to Director of Finance and Operations at the Boston Educational Development Fund, a K-12 education foundation and fiscal partner of Boston Public Schools.

2010s Associate Production Manager at the American Repertory Theater Lindsay Child ’11 knew she wanted to focus on theater rather than film production. “I was always more specifically interested in theater because I preferred the medium of making the live sing. I actually found it helpful to think about what problems I wanted to solve on a daily or regular basis rather than what field I wanted to be in or what job I wanted to have. Because, regardless of what industry you’re in or what thing you are doing, there are similar problems to be solved across a wide variety of industries. The most important classes I took prepared me for using soft communications, like how to relate directly and kindly with a bunch of different personalities. FA’s Rhetoric and Persuasion was one of my top ten classes of all time.

It directly prepared me for what I’m doing now.”

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Rachel Dragos ’12 is an AmeriCorps Massachusetts Promise Fellow, serving in Falmouth with Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS). She is working with school leaders to design and implement the Pathways Program, a new out-of-school support program that blends experiential and service-learning and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) academic support for students who are disengaged from school and the local community.

Brittany Feldott ’12, Pastoral Associate at Cape Cod Church, was a reporter before getting her master’s degree in systematic theology from St. Andrews University. She said, “The skills you learn from the research papers you do at FA are beneficial in ways you may not perceive at the time. But the ability to break down concepts with clarity and then communicate those to people is really invaluable. These skills have been useful to me in every job I’ve had.”

Congratulations to Gia Ledwell ’17 on receiving the Outstanding Achievement in History award from UMASS Boston.

The citation noted that Gia has a “genuine interest in history and research and is a straight-A student in the discipline. There is a general consensus among professors who have taught Ms. Ledwell that she is an excellent writer and has a strong work ethic.”

Among her professors who commented, Dr. Luman Wang praised Ms. Ledwell for her academic reading and writing skills, “which have surpassed all her peers and are equivalent to those of a master’s student.”

2019 classmates Sam Colt-Simonds and Josh Novak spent two winter months adventuring and camping around the US. They created a fun blog about their experiences, which can be read at twopeepsonejeep.weebly.com. Sam transferred to Brown University from New York University to study literary arts, and Josh returned to the University of Colorado Boulder this fall, where he is studying history.

Congratulations to Ben Baum ’99 on becoming Falmouth Academy’s 5th alumni trustee currently serving on the Board. Ben, who is Vice President of Enrollment at St. John’s College, is joined by: Abigail (Hollander) Donovan ’12 and Christopher Donovan were married September 21, 2019 at Bourne Farm in Falmouth, MA. Alumni and faculty in attendance included Gwen Martin ’12, Ella Martin ’12, Helen Reuter, and Susan Moffat. Chris and Abby currently reside in Winchendon, MA where Abby serves as the Assistant Director of Curriculum at The Winchendon School, and Chris is a Financial Advisor with Harding Financial and Insurance of Woburn, MA.

Megan Starr ’06 Global Head of Impact at The Carlyle Group Andrew Kingman ’00 Senior Manager, U.S. Public Policy at TikTok Scott Brown ’89 Leader of the Modeling and Simulation Group, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology Nick Lowell ’88 Founder and President of Lowell Instruments, LLC

Former Faculty News Clare Beams, who taught English at FA and is the author of We Show What We Have Learned and The Illness Lesson, will publish her third book in the spring of 2023. It is called The Garden and will explore a husband-and-wife team of medical researchers as they pioneer a “cure” for infertility.

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Thomas Evangelista ’16

Doing His Part to Save the World How many young college students can say they’re actually changing the world?

Thomas Evangelista ’16 can and in a 21st century way. There’s an app for that, and he coded it.

When Thomas was attending Wentworth as an undergrad, he was tapped by a friend to help two exchange students from the United Kingdom who were wrestling with how to change the way we recycle. They needed a coder and Thomas shared his expertise. The result is Scrapp, a new free app downloadable from The App Store and Google Play.

Scrapp is a sustainability-focused tech startup promoting the circular economy and reducing contamination in the recycling stream. With so many different types of packaging and rules specific to each, recycling is not always as straightforward as it should be.

The app recognizes disposable packaging by its barcode and offers specific and correct guidance for how to recycle that item in specific locations. It is widely used now in the United Kingdom and generally in the United States. As more locally specific recycling guidelines enter the app, the more use we will see here in the U.S. The app not only helps the user determine how to recycle certain packaging,

Megan Schwarzman ‘90, center, watches as students in her “Greener Solutions” seminar participate in a team-building exercise. Photo by Mallory Pickett.

Megan Schwarzman ’90

Creating Environmental Change through Public Policy

it also offers reward points to be used for eco-friendly products and services or the reward points can be donated to sustainability causes.

Thomas, who now holds a Master's in Project Management from Wentworth, said that his Falmouth Academy background definitely made him more open-minded and interested. “When I first got involved, my first thought was, I bet Mr. Sperduto would think this is really cool.”

On the last day of World Cultures in his senior year at Falmouth Academy, Thomas said Mr. Swanbeck had the students watch a video about a school for orphans in Kenya. Afterward, he told the class, “I want you to know as you go out into the world, it can be daunting to look at the world and save all of it. So, it’s okay to save a piece of it.”

Thomas said, “I am happy to be doing something. Obviously this one app will not solve climate change overnight. But I think this one step is helpful.”

Megan Schwarzman ’90 was conflicted.

Working as a family physician in San Francisco’s safety-net clinics, she felt the limits of a system in which she could treat her young patients’ asthma with inhalers but do nothing about the fire smoldering underground at the Superfund site adjacent to their school. Searching for a way to make larger-scale change, she returned to school for a Master’s in Public Health from UC Berkeley's Environmental Health Sciences Division. It was just the next turn in the winding path that would ultimately position her to work at the intersection of environmental science and human health.

After studying Latin American history at Haverford College, and medicine at UMASS Medical, Megan completed a family medicine residency at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital and started work as a primary care doctor. Several years later, and after turning toward the field of environmental health (while keeping one foot in clinical medicine), Megan was hired to help write a UC Berkeley report for the California EPA addressing the need for safer chemicals and public policies to promote

their use—which is how she discovered the connected fields of Green Chemistry and chemicals policy.

“Like most people, I hadn’t realized that the chemicals in everyday products, in food, water, and our built environment—most of them aren’t proven safe,” Megan explained to a group of current FA students attending a Women in Science and Engineering Club meeting last spring. “Green chemistry provides an answer. It’s a solutions-oriented field intended to influence how chemicals are used and materials are made so that they’re safer from the outset, rather than waiting to clean up Superfund sites after the fact. The idea is to prevent the need for them in the first place.”

Today, in addition to practicing medicine part-time, Megan is part of the UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry where she conducts research, informs public policy, and teaches graduate students about the impact of chemicals on human health, including how to re-tool the system for safety. “I found out that chemistry graduate students don’t learn anything about the effects of chemicals on people and the the GAM

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environment,” she notes, inspiring her to start a course to address that oversight.

In Greener Solutions, a graduate seminar that Megan developed and coteaches, interdisciplinary teams of students from chemistry, engineering, and public health tackle real-life challenges, working with a partner company that is looking to eliminate a toxic chemical from a product or a manufacturing process.

In one project, a student team identified ways to remove or destroy perfluorinated compounds during carpet recycling to keep these compounds, which never degrade, from contaminating the environment or winding up in new products. Another project developed safer preservatives

for use in personal care products and household cleaners.

“Preservatives are designed to kill microbes, and the way they do that also makes them hazardous for aquatic life, and sometimes for humans,” said Megan.

“The function they’re serving is also the reason they’re harmful. It’s a hard problem to solve.”

Megan’s contributions go beyond the classroom to the state level where she has worked on California’s Proposition 65, an influential law requiring warnings when products expose people to carcinogens or reproductive toxicants. Language like, “This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer”

Schwarzman teaching a “green chemistry” class about chemical policy and toxins in consumer products to high school students. Photos by Daisy Kang.

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has affected the rest of the country as well.

Megan notes that warnings like this may make consumers stop and consider the risk, but their main impact, she said, is through the quiet compliance that companies undertake, reformulating products with safer ingredients to avoid the need to warn.

Proposition 65 has been under attack recently, and Megan’s research quantifying the law’s hidden successes is influencing the conversation. “When legislators are setting policy, they need scientists to weigh in,” Megan advised the students. “There are lots of ways to apply your knowledge to decision-making in the world. To me, it’s been powerful to have a hand in public policy that can affect what the private sector does.”

Megan and her team recently published in the journal Science showing how California has reduced diesel pollution in ways that significantly benefit the communities that suffer most, namely lower-income neighborhoods that are close to highways and rail yards.

In one example of creative policy, California regulators recognized that it wasn’t enough to require new diesel engines to run cleaner, as Federal law requires, because the older, dirty diesel trucks cause most of the pollution. Since diesel engines last about 20 years, it makes for a long lag-time to cleaner air. But, Megan said, “California required retrofits to reduce emissions from older engines, effectively holding all trucks to a higher standard.”

As a result of this and other work, Megan has been invited to meet with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to discuss how the Biden administration could create some “California-style” diesel regulation.

While Megan has found a rewarding career, she credits many points along the winding path with providing her with critical skills. She encouraged students to seek out interesting work without worrying too much about where it will land them.

“Although I went into medicine and then broadened into environmental health,” she said, “as a history major, I learned to write well and to do detective work—to seek out the root causes that make the world operate the way it does, and in those roots, to find levers for change. You never know where you’ll wind up.”

PEOPLE OF FA

Left to right: Matt Barnes, Seth Rainville, Marney Rathbun ’12, and Andy Hamilton

Welcome, New Faculty

And, Welcome Back

Mr. Matt Barnes joins the history faculty and teaches Changing Earth and U.S. history. He also serves as the faculty advisor to the Model UN elective and coaches soccer. Mr. Barnes earned his B.A. from Arizona State University and his M.A.T. from Northeastern University. He comes to Falmouth Academy after three years at The Woodward School in Quincy, MA, where he taught World Civilization, U.S. History, and AP Government & Politics.

Ms. Ruth Slocum returns to Falmouth Academy as the Director of College Counseling after three years working and living in New York City. Ms. Slocum has spent over 20 years at Falmouth Academy as an English teacher, English Department Head, and Director of College Counseling. Her two daughters, Lily and Celia Patterson, graduated from Falmouth Academy in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

Alumna Ms. Marney Rathbun ’12 teaches two sections of 11th grade English.

Ms. Rathbun earned her B.A. at Smith College and her M.F.A from New York University. A published essayist, Ms. Rathbun has taught English and served as the Diversity Coordinator at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York. She served as an adjunct professor at NYU and as a teacher at the Robert Fields School & Studio of Creative Play.

Dr. Andy Hamilton teaches four sections of 8th-grade history and one debate elective and will assist in coaching middle-school basketball. Dr. Hamilton comes to us with deep and broad experience in independent schools, including the Bement School, the Ojai Valley School, and Berkely Prep. Among the positions he has held are middle-school history teacher, lower-school division head, head of school, and counselor. He received his B.A. from Hobart College and his M.Ed. and Ed.D. from UMass Amherst.

Mr. Seth Rainville teaches four sections of ceramics. He holds an M.F.A. from UMass Dartmouth and has worked in the arts in a variety of capacities, including as an artist-in-residence at Harvard University, a curator at the New Bedford Art Museum, a Director of the Ceramics Program at the Phoenix Center for the Arts, and most recently as a member of the ceramics faculty at the Falmouth Art Center.

Mr. Pusit Atthaoraek has re-joined the buildings and grounds team and serves as the resident caretaker. Mr. A returned to his native Thailand in 2017 after 10 years at Falmouth Academy. This fall, he returns with his wife, Oy. His daugher, Pai-Lin Hunnibell, graduated from Falmouth Academy in 2015. the GAM

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Farewell, Faculty Over the summer, Falmouth Academy bid a fond farewell to four faculty members.

Paul Weller, an amazing musician and award-winning educator, has spent his career in music education, including 12 years inspiring young musicians at Falmouth Academy.

More Than Luck, Ms. Manchester

by Alice Tan ’21

For those of us fortunate to end up in Ms. Manchester’s English class, it was impossible not to journey with her to the literary kingdom she formed and fashioned—a moonlit Italian balcony, a burning green light on the dock, a lonesome raft meandering down the Mississippi river. During her seven years at Falmouth Academy, she inspired her students, opening up the written word for us to savor and make our own. Witty, purposeful, and forever enthusiastic, she led us to discover our voices in the books we read, collecting threads of personal truth along the way, to eventually weave together into successful college essays.

Through hard work and organization, she modeled the values of rigorous preparation, instilling in her students the importance of a quote sheet, and the courage to keep spinning and unraveling until narratives emerged. Her catchphrase “say more” always pushed us to take intellectual risks and to remain unfazed by the unknown.

Like Penelope, Odysseus’s wife, who wields power behind the scene, Ms. Manchester was the diplomat that maneuvered seamlessly in her roles as college counselor and teacher, tirelessly advocating for students.

As she embarks on a new journey at the Lawrence Junior High School, we will miss her infectious laugh in the hallways. So with the world’s literature in hand, we wish her way more than luck.

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Mike Sheridan relocated to Fitchburg, MA, to ply his trade as a skillful carpenter and woodworking instructor at the Applewild School.

Allyson Manchester, English teacher, college counselor, coach, and former on-site director of FA Summer, decided to tackle a new challenge, teaching public middle school in Falmouth, MA. Anka Martula took a break from teaching history to focus on other pursuits.

We wish them well in their new endeavors.

Welcome, New Board Members The Board of Trustees welcomes four new members, all of whom will serve an initial two-year term.

“We are so pleased to welcome these new Trustees to the Falmouth Academy Board,” said Board Chair Joe Valle. “Each brings terrific experience and an important perspective, as parents and alumni, to the group. We are grateful for their service.”

Benjamin Baum is a 1999 graduate of Falmouth Academy and has served for the past 10 years as President of the FA Alumni Council. He is the Vice President of Enrollment at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.

Luke McCabe is the parent of three Falmouth Academy students: alumna Amelia ’19, and current students Noah ’23,

and Will ’22. He is President and CEO of Reliance Trust Company, a private wealth management and international asset servicing company, and serves as COO of Reliance Financial Corporation. He, his wife Jennifer Frailey Custer McCabe, and family live in North Falmouth.

Ried Heywood is the parent of three Falmouth Academy students: alumna Ella ’21, Ned ’23, and Apex ’25. He is a physician and founder of Falmouth Women’s Health. He, his wife Laura, and family live in Falmouth.

Megan Starr is a 2006 graduate of Falmouth Academy.

She lives in New York City and serves as the Global Head of Impact for the Carlyle Group where she is responsible for designing and implementing impact strategies and leads the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance team.

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2021–2022 Board of Trustees

Joseph R. Valle, Chair Megan English Braga, Vice Chair Henrik Gulmann, Treasurer Joan O. Holden, Secretary Benjamin Baum ’99 Andy Bowen Scott Brown ’89 Beth Colt Ann Egan Cynthia Feldmann Sheila Giancola Matthew Green, ex officio John Heyl Ried Heywood Andrew Kingman ’00 Nicholas Lowell ’88 Luke McCabe Robert Munier Laura Ryan Shachoy Megan Starr ’06 Mindy Todd Trustees Emeriti

Ben Allen Charles Bardelis Jodee P. Bishop Margaret C. Bowles Ronald Garcia Virginia Gregg Elizabeth P. Heald Lindsay Hopewood Mark A. Hutker Barbara W. Jones Michael Jones Russ Lemcke D. Gordon MacLeod Leslie Marsh Eileen Miskell Susan G. Morse Charles Olson Robert Reynolds Joe W. Russell Jr. Brett A. Sanidas Jonathan Simonds Richard Sylvia Keith von der Heydt Willard C. Weaner

Dear Friends of Falmouth Academy, The 2020–21 school year was unlike any other at Falmouth Academy. Due to the pandemic, traditions and activities were modified or canceled, social distancing was the new norm, and familiar faces were masked. For Falmouth Academy students it meant in-person learning for some, and Zoom classes for others. For Matt Green and his administrative team, it meant creating and enforcing pandemic protocols, installing classroom ventilators and purchasing PPE, and replacing Harkness tables with portable desks and chairs. For teachers it meant learning new touchscreen technologies, making sure all student voices were heard (whether learning in the classroom or from home), and so much more.

It’s been a challenging time to be sure, but one that has brought our community together in ways that we could only imagine a few years ago. We are so grateful to everyone who leaned in to support our school, encouraged our dedicated faculty, and cheered on our resilient students.

This past year was one of the strongest in terms of fundraising in a non-campaign year. The Fund for Falmouth Academy raised more than $466,000 in unrestricted funds from the 586 parents, alumni, faculty, trustees, and friends listed here. We also received over $290,000 in restricted funding to support tuition assistance, the Falmouth Academy endowment, and the purchase of a new boiler and state-of-the art lighting system for the Simon Center’s Hermann Theater.

We are extraordinarily grateful for the ongoing, generous support of our community. Your investment in Falmouth Academy is vital to our success and helps us provide an unmatched educational experience for our students as they, and we all, confront the challenges of our times.

We look forward to seeing you back on campus soon!

Sincerely,

Head of School

Matthew Green Director of Development

Pamela Clapp Hinkle We have tried to make this report as complete and accurate as possible as of June 30, 2021. We appreciate your sharing with us any errors or omissions. Thank you.

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John Heyl Development Chair

Pamela Clapp Hinkle Development Director

The Fund for Falmouth Academy

New gifts made between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021

Gifts to the Fund for Falmouth Academy provide vital, flexible resources to ensure the quality of education at Falmouth Academy. Listings with * indicate that the donor is a member of the Navigator Society, which recognizes donors of ten or more consecutive years.

Founders Circle Anonymous Talbot Baker Jr.* Ivor Cornman and Margaret E. Cornman Fund Pamela Clapp Hinkle and Greg Hinkle R. K. Mellon Family Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. E. van R. Milbury Mr. and Mrs. David Rickard Dr. and Mrs. Charles Robertson Miyoko Sato* ’86 Bonnie Ward Simon / Esther Simon Charitable Trust Nina H. Webber*

Revels Society Anonymous (2) Cynthia Feldmann and Tom DeMello* Mr. and Mrs. William Fish Henrik and Lara Gulmann Elizabeth P. Heald* Peter and Jeannine Jeffrey Russell and Wendy Keeler Michael MacDonald and Daria Hanson Eileen and Dana Miskell* Rob and Jan Munier

Isti Mirant Stella Guild Alison and Robert Ament* Hugh Bolton and Leslie St. Lawrence Andy Bowen and Linda Beetlestone Victoria and Scott Centurino Brian and Heather Barry Tucker M. Clark*

Beth Colt and P. K. Simonds* Sheila and Michael Giancola* Matthew Green and Jennifer Rossiter Mark and Carla Hutker* Colleen and Chip Johns* Amy and Andrew Kingman* ’00 Karey and Josh Kitfield ’91 Amy and Nick Lowell ’88 Victoria Lowell* Charles and Kerrie Marzot Megan O'Hara ’02 and Payton Swick ’98 Elisabeth and David Tamasi* ’90 Nancy and David C. Twichell* Joe and Joan Valle* Bill and Julie Waite

Athens Sparta Club Anonymous (3) Ben and Julie Allen* Mr. and Mrs. John S. Anderegg Jr. The Aviles Family* Eryn (Ament ’91) and Michael Bingle Jodee P. Bishop and James C. Reber* Albert and Deborah Bradley* Peter and Melissa Brown* Bruce and Patrice Buxton* Cataumet Boats, Inc. / Sheila Giancola and Peter Way William and Emily Coggins Carmen and Jim DiSanto Megan English Braga and Robert Kubitschek Estate of Mary Elizabeth Denneny Jeffrey and Nancy Gaughan

Gift Clubs & Gift Ranges Founders Circle ($10,000+)

Isti Mirant Stella Guild Head of School’s List ($2,500–$4,999) ($500–$999)

Revels Society Athens Sparta Club ($5,000–$9,999) ($1,000–$2,499)

Muriel C. Golden Vince and Kathryn Greco Liz and Ben Gregg* ’90 Mimi Griffenberg James N. Heald II* John and Mary Jo Heyl Richard and Laura Heywood John and Olivann Hobbie* Joan Ogilvy Holden and Robert Holden Peter and Lindsay Hopewood Jason and Melody Kahn Russ Lemcke and Meg Becker* Caroline and Jim Lloyd* Martha's Vineyard Bank Luke and Jennifer McCabe Lalise and Jerry Melillo* Michael and Hannah Moore* Susan G. Morse* Murray & MacDonald Insurance Services Inc. Ciaran and Victoria Naughton Jill Neubauer Dan and Mareana (Ricci ’99) Nightingale* Pieter Pil and Karen Casper David Riddiford

Honor Society ($250–$499) Scholars ($1–$249)

Olivia and Dave Riddiford Robert and Karen Ritucci John and Valerie Rowe Megan Starr ’06 Lizzie Stimson ’13 Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Performing and Creative Arts Stephen Stimson Frederic F. Taylor Clyde Tyndale and Deb Winograd* Jun Yang and Hongyan Wu Yi Chen and Mingdon Yin Benjamin and Jenny Zitomer

Head of School’s List Anonymous Don and Dee Aukamp Linda and Mark Boardman Tony Bowen ’05 and Mike Kohn Lee Calabrese Russell and Brenda Cazeault Charles and Mimi Cleary Andy Dolan and Zoe Cardon Amy (Harris ’92) and Seth Cummings Karen and Michael M. Dutton Ann and Len Egan Christina Egloff and Brent Runyon* Thomas J. Hallahan Yuki A. Honjo ’90 and Jason Cullinane* Monica and Bill Hough* Eric and Martina Kahn Janet and Wayne Kearsley* Josef and Emily Kellndorfer* Loren Kellogg and Annie Griffenberg John and Susan Lazarus Dawn and Fred Meltzer ’83 Mary Lou and Charles Montgomery* Gunnar and Ginnie Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Joel Peterson The Pickart Family Robert Pritchard and Anna dos Santos Susan and James Rouse Katarina Scamborova ’98 and Michael Zeltkevic* Petra Scamborova ’93 and Leo Otake Hayley and Bob Schneider ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Eivind Strand Donald Swanbeck ’01 the GAM

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Anonymous (2) Seth and Kate Ackerman Sam Amazeen ’07 Erin and David Aronson ’96 Mark and Kim Baumhofer* Emily Birdwhistell ’98

Tracy and Steve Heslinga ’04 Peter and Lindsay Hopewood* Mike and Kira Jones* Ben Jones ’90 and Juliet Sorensen Meri Linnea (Olson ’81) and Robby Jones Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kinsley Liz and Frieder Klein James Kowalski and Janet Charpentier* Katharina (Plumb ‘01) and Greg LiVigne* Mr. and Mrs. James Livsey Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lorusso Ed Lott and Amy Fish* Sarah (Lafaver ’96) and Michael McCarron*

Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm ’90 and Todd Bluhm Rich and Libby Signell Ruth Slocum and Mark Patterson* Bruce and Kriss Stewart* Emma Stillman ’17 Norm and Diane Stillman Don and Julie Swanbeck* Laura Tavares ’94 and David G. Garrett Tim Verslycke and Patricia Pinto Da Silva Beth and Max von der Heydt* ’02 Steve and Carol Wagner* Gary and Linda Walker* Charles "Mike" Wrighter* Weifeng Zhang and Jing Chen

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bowen Gilbert and Susan Brinckerhoff* Scott Brown ‘89 and Melissa Hofer* Caroline and Christopher Buccino ’02 Melissa and Santiago Carvajal Eleanor McMillan Clark and Andrew Clark* Heather (Mastromatteo ’90) and Jonathan DiPaolo* Ivan Djikaev and Julia Zagachin Gundi and Michael Eder* Petra Ehrenbrink and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink* Jason and Jessie Eldredge Robert Evans and Khamla Sananikone Mr. and Mrs. Jim Feeney Michael and Kristin Feeney George and Eileen Gillmore* Molly and Eric Glasgow Jay and Melissa Goldbach Marianne Goldsmith Stephen Harding and Storm Swain

David and Karen McGinnis Brion and Grace McGroarty Liesl and John McGuire ’90 Mr. and Mrs. William McMillan Jr.* Samuel McMurtrie Jr. Bridget Miskell* ’07 Kristin (Jochems ’05) and Ed Montville* Tiffany and Jeffrey Moon ’92 Larry and Elizabeth Novak Kenneth and Maureen Nunley Alexandra (Gillmore ’03) Parnell Nipam Patel and Edith M. Copenhaver Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pelletreau Laura (Lorusso ’87) and David Peterson Christine Pina ’86 and Alex D. Smith* Pengyue (Henry) Quan ’22 Rob and Kris Reynolds* Margaret Hough Russell and Joe W. Russell Jr.* Gregory and Jennifer Russell

Scholars

Laura Swanbeck ’04 Sarah Swanbeck ’03 Sonja Swanbeck ’08 Richard and Gayle Sylvia* Gisela and Pierre Tillier* Keith von der Heydt and Terry McKee* John B. Waterbury and Vicky Cullen* Sue and Ash White Joyal* ’99

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Anonymous (6) Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ackerman Rachel Allen ’04 Rich and Ellie Armstrong* Mr. and Mrs. Lambros Athanasiades Catherine Aviles ’14 Victoria Avis ’15 Cody J. Baker ’14 Ali Baker ’04 Amy (Ballentine ’96) and Matt Stevens* Jonathan Banes Charles Bardelis Jack and Helen Barnes Ben Baum* ’99 Clea Baumhofer ’10 Clare Beams and Finn Calabro* Jenna and Kyle G. Benton ’12 Carlo Bocconcelli ’14 Martha and Bob Borden Jennifer and David Bradley* ’92 Julie and Kevin Bradley

Chloe M. Brake ’13 Rick Brew and Lori Pfingst Julie Brienza and Martha Bridgers Bob and Phyllis Brinson* Robert Brown and Paula Barbosa Rich and Gwen Brown* Glenn Bush and Katie Fawcett Joan E. Butler Alex (Kirby ’01) and Tim Calabrese Barbara Campbell* Christine Carter and Julien Courbon Michael Casso and Heather Haas Tracy (Olson ’96) and Michael Chait Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chun Peter L. Clark and Ellen Barol Kathleen Clement Nora Ruth Collins ’14 Mary Anne Conboy Anne Connolly Peter Conzett and Pam Goguen* Caitlin Corkeron ’21 Daniel and Joan Costello Robert Courson ’06 and Mary O'Connell Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Crago Patricia M. Crews* Greg and Lois Cronin* Cady Cummings-Audette ’98 and Jason Audette Katie Curtis Luke and Alice Daley* Allisa Dalpe ’12 Kathy Denham* Shelley Devine Anne (Burns ’97) and Alex Diaz-Matos Carol DiFalco and Eric Wheeler Jacqui Diggs Abigail (Hollander ’12) and Chris Donovan* John Dooley Melissa Dooley Charles and Patricia Duane Benjamin Dunham, Sam Dunham ’10 and Wendy Rolfe-Dunham* Caleb Dutton ’17 Meagan Eagle Michael J. Earley* Daniel Eder ’12 Robert Eder ’15 Jan Elliott Frank and Jean Emerling* Mr. and Mrs. Sander Fasten Mimi Feldmann-DeMello ’15 Lauren Fessenden Michael and Kathryn Fletcher Kim Flynn ’81 Vasska and Tarni Fondren Chris Foster ’93 and April Mattix Ken Freedman and Natalie Belkin Bettina Freelund John J. Funkhouser* Barbara Gaffron David and Claudia Gallagher Amy and Dennis Galvam Donald and Nancy Gantz* Ron and Donna Garcia

Doug and Lisa Garland* Tasha Garland ’16 Thomas and Barbara Geagan* Margaret Gifford Allan and Janice Gilman Janice Goldbach Michael Goldsmith Anita Gonsalves William Goranson* Carol Goranson* ’97 Bruce and Shirley Gordon* Tim and Lynne Goslee Sara (Dilegge ’06) and Adam Gould Tom and Susan Goux Lee and Debbie Gove* Theo Guerin ’17 Julia Guerin ’15 Tara and Brian Guiliano Mr. and Mrs. Erik Gulmann Katie Gundersen ’06 Robert Gundersen and Pat Wolfe Aimee Hague ’93 Patrick Hancock and Kris Kinsley Hancock

Elie (Swain ’88) and Jamie Harmon Pat Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Haslun* Nathaniel R. Haycock ’11 Mary G. Heard Ian Hinkle ’19 Rodney Hinkle and Kirstin Moritz Mark and Katie Hollander* Marianne and Kevin Holmes* ’92 Gabrielle Tomasky Holmes and Max Holmes Ian Hopewood ’06 Charles and Marianita Hopkinson* Frederick Hotchkiss Meredith Hunnibell Pai-Lin Hunnibell ’15 Ana and Evan Hutker ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jalbert Erik and Jennifer Jeppson Di Jin and Zhen Wu* Luke Johns ’14 Christina Johns ’09 Jim and Kathy Johnson* Doug Jones and Annie Dean*

Mary Kate Jones ’17 Mason Jones ’17 Suzanne Jordan Bailey Jordan ’20 Jack Jordan ’17 Robert Just Robert and Angelique Kania Rory and Carie Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellogg Patrick Kennedy Robert and Patricia Knapp* Abagail (Bumpus ’14) and Guy Knapp ’15 Jodi Kopke* ’92 MaryAnn Kowalski ’06 and James Reynolds ’06 Kenneth Kozens William Kraus ’17 Duke Krauspe ’14 Sharon and Gary Kreamer Keegan S. Krick ’12 and Grace Foster ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lajoie

Evelyn Land Susan Langel Suzanne Lawson Robin Leaver and Alexandra Pinkerson Elisabeth Munro Ledwell and Patrick Ledwell* Jonathan Leonard and Jeanne MacLaren Josh and Lauren Leveque Mr. and Mrs. William Leveque Deirdre A. Ling and Edward Russell Julie Lipkin and Lonny Lippsett Kerri Liska ’07 Graham Littlehale ’13 Alex Lloyd-Evans ’07 Mr. and Mrs. William Locke Christopher Long Shirley Long Dr. and Mrs. William Lott Daniel and Jennifer Lucas Daniel and Lisa MacDonald Jeffrey Madison Allyson Manchester June D. Manning Rick and Jennifer Markello Ella Martin ’12 Gwen K. Martin ’12 Anka Martula Nancy H. Massey* Ken McCormack ’09 Jane McGroarty Sampaio ’02 and Humberto Sampaio Chris McGuire and Virginia Land McGuire Scott and Jennifer McGuire Carolyn (Cook ’96) McNulty and Mark McNulty Ellen McTighe Steven and Nicole Mele Edward D. Melillo ’92 William Mendelsohn ‘14 Chris and Kyra Mercer Len and Cheryl Mihalovich Brian Miskell ’06

The Josiah K. Lilly III Society | A Legacy of Support

In 1987 philanthropist Josiah K. Lilly III donated 34 acres of Beebe Woods so that Falmouth Academy could build a permanent campus. The Josiah K. Lilly III Society recognizes that transformational gift and honors those who have made bequests, included Falmouth Academy in their estate plans, or made deferred gifts to benefit the school into the future. (Bequests realized from names in italics.)

Anonymous Margaret Clowes Bowles H. Wolcott Brown Peter and Melissa Brown Bruce E. and Patrice Buxton Worthington Campbell Tucker M. Clark Sarah A. Daley ’11 Joanne Davis ’83

Mary Elizabeth Denneny Jacob S. and Mary K. Fasset Lauren Fox Donald and Nancy Gantz Henry Hague III ’90 Elizabeth P. Heald Pamela Clapp Hinkle and Greg Hinkle Peter and Lindsay Hopewood

S. Russell Kingman Samuel Labate Lalise and Jerry Melillo Lubos Mikuska ’99 Bud and Betty Miskell Charlotte Olmsted Amy Peterschmidt Mary Louise Potter Neil Powell

Ann and Nelson Price Jenny (Olson ’83) Putnam Margaret Hough Russell and Joe W. Russell Jr. Mark Russell ’80 John and Susan Schofield Richard Sperduto Gayle and Richard Sylvia Nancy P. and David C. Twichell

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Scottie Mobley and Jeff Kaeli Susan Moffat and Tom Kleindinst* Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Molyneaux Allan and Maria Moniz Catherine Moses Elenita Muniz and Judy Fenner William and Kay Murray Nancy Names Wendy and Kris Nelson Lucy Beecher Nelson and Brad Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neubert James Nidositko* Chris and Susan O'Brien Helena R. Oldenbourg ’14 Bishakha Oli ’19 Jonathan Olson Donald and Karen O'Malley Sean O'Neill ’04 Amanda Page ’89 Jennifer Park Timothy T. Parker and Suzanne Trottier Ben Parsons Katherine Parsons Lily Patterson ’14 Eric L. Peters Artemis S. Pinkerson Andrea Friedrich and Jonas Pizer ’96 Laurence and Ann Pizer* Al Plueddemann* Neil Powell Janet and Derek Pratt Samantha E. Rabideau ’15 Kunaal Rajagopal ’16 Matthew and Jennifer Ray Elizabeth (Cookson ’08) and James Reber* ’09 Helen Reuter and David Martin* Jill C. Reves* Brendan Richard ’03 Emma C. Rogalewski ’14 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Rooney Mr. and Mrs. Ned Rossiter Carol Roupenian Oliver Russell ’17 Jessica Hough Russell* ’01 Nick Russell ’14 Jennifer (Malaquias ’97) Ryan and Family Dan Sakakini ’13 Britta and David Santamauro George and Suzan Scharr* Anthony Schepici* Eric Schmitt ’07 Ray Schmitt and Nancy Copley* Katherine Schofield ’01 and Adilia James Meg Schwarzman ’90 and Mike Wilson* Caitlin Schwarzman ’88 and V. Jason Rucker Allie Sethares ’11 Susan (Fox ’84) and Scott Shaffer Gus and Ellie Shaver* Stephen Sheinkopf ’84 and 28

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Jennifer Levy Mike Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sholkovitz Evan Sipe* ’04 Robert Smith Brendan D. Smith ’17 Hanlon Smith-Dorsey ’99 and Jill Pierce ’99 Richard Sperduto and

Ginny Edgcomb* Krystin St. Onge Chloe Starr ’04 Henry and Mary Katherine Stevens Isabelle Stewart ’18 Eric Stoermer and Amy Nevala Eric and Paula Strand Sandra Sudofsky Owen Sullivan ’15

Monthly Giving Donors enrolled in the Falmouth Academy Monthly Giving program make gifts that sustain the school throughout the year.

Sam Amazeen ’07 Erin and David Aronson ’96 Martha and Bob Borden Scott Brown ’89 and Melissa Hofer Amy (Harris ’92) and Seth Cummings Carmen and Jim DiSanto John Dooley Melissa Dooley Christina Egloff and Brent Runyon Amy and Dennis Galvam Matt Green and Jennifer Rossiter Vince and Kathryn Greco Tracy and Steve Heslinga ’04

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kelley Sharon and Gary Kreamer Ed Lott and Amy Fish Daniel and Jennifer Lucas Sarah (Lafaver ’96) and Michael McCarron Dawn and Fred Meltzer ’83 Chris and Kyra Mercer Kristin (Jochems ’05) and Ed Montville Kenneth and Maureen Nunley Charles and Brenda Olson Olivia and Dave Riddiford George and Suzan Sharr Hayley and Bob Schneider ’09 Sarah Swanbeck ’03

Hayley A. Sutherland ’05 Patrice A. Sweeney Maurice and Susan Tavares Richard Taylor Maia ten Brink ’09 Dr. and Mrs. Edward R. Thieler III Rob and Kama Thieler Deon and Emily Thomas David Thompson and Kim Heath Scott and Nancy Thrasher Mindy Todd and Bob Fenstermaker Sarah Todd and Michael Thomas Summer Tompkins ’13 Jack and Jill Tompkins Cristina Torruella and David Pingal* Emily Turner Sarah Twichell ’99 and David Crandall* Libby Tyndale ’92 Frederica W. Valois Charlie and Rachel Van Voorhis* Charlotte Van Voorhis ’16 Lyon Van Voorhis ’11 Victoria Vieira Elizabeth St. John Villard Anna-Liza Villard-Howe ’97 and Timothy Michaud* Denise Volpe Sullivan* Elizabeth Wadman ’13 John and Maribeth Wadman* Tim Wadman ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wakefield Timothy and Ellen Wakefield Kathleen Walker ’93 Mary and Alex Walsh ’88 The Ward Family Deborah Warner Kyle Watson Bene Webster* ’09 Peter Wells ’14 Rob Wells* Joan Wickersham* Albert and Isabelle Williams* Leigh (Shapiro ’99) and Brian Williamson Ann Wolf Samira Wolf ’18 Colleen (Bulman ’93) and James Wooding Dr. and Mrs. George Woodwell* Robert Wyatt John Yankee* Elizabeth (Sheinkopf ’91) and Alarick Yung Judith Ziss

The Fund for Falmouth Academy Giving by Constituency Trustees Andy Bowen Scott Brown ’89 Beth Colt Ann Egan Megan English Braga Cynthia Feldmann

Stephen Harding and Storm Swain Richard and Laura Heywood Peter and Jeannine Jeffrey Erik and Jennifer Jeppson Eric and Martina Kahn Jason and Melody Kahn Josh and Lauren Leveque Amy and Nick Lowell ’88 Charles and Kerrie Marzot David and Karen McGinnis Matthew and Jennifer Ray Tim Verslycke and Patricia Pinto Da Silva The Ward Family

Parents Class of 2026

Sheila Giancola Henrik Gulmann John Heyl Joan Ogilvy Holden Colleen Johns Andrew Kingman ’00 Nick Lowell ’88 Rob Munier Laura Ryan Megan Starr ’06 Mindy Todd Joe Valle

Former Trustees Ben Allen Victor Aviles Charles Bardelis Jodee P. Bishop Linda Boardman Margaret Clowes Bowles Peter Brown Ron Garcia Elizabeth P. Heald Lindsay Hopewood Mark Hutker Mike Jones Josef Kellndorfer Russ Lemcke Deirdre A. Ling Eileen Miskell Mary Lou Montgomery Hannah Moore Susan G. Morse Rob Reynolds Joe W. Russell Jr. Miyoko Sato ’86 Richard Sylvia Keith von der Heydt Patricia Wolfe

Parents Class of 2021 Anonymous Russell and Brenda Cazeault Eleanor McMillan Clark and Andrew Clark

Kathleen Clement Anne Connolly Jason and Jessie Eldredge Molly and Eric Glasgow Jay and Melissa Goldbach Anita Gonsalves Tara and Brian Guiliano Elie (Swain ’88) and Jamie Harmon Richard and Laura Heywood Daniel and Lisa MacDonald Michael MacDonald and Daria Hanson Sarah Todd and Michael Thomas Bill and Julie Waite Kyle Watson

Vince and Kathryn Greco Henrik and Lara Gulmann Patrick Hancock and Kris Kinsley Hancock Richard and Laura Heywood Loren Kellogg and Annie Griffenberg Josh and Lauren Leveque Amy and Nick Lowell ’88 Daniel and Lisa MacDonald Charles and Kerrie Marzot Luke and Jennifer McCabe Steven and Nicole Mele Chris and Kyra Mercer Matthew and Jennifer Ray Mingdon Yin and Yi Chen

Parents Class of 2022

Parents Class of 2024

Anonymous James and Regina Augat Beth Brazil-Hauck and Eric Hauck Carol DiFalco and Eric Wheeler Meagan Eagle Megan English Braga and Robert Kubitschek Amy and Dennis Galvam Michael Goldsmith Elie (Swain ’88) and Jamie Harmon Russell and Wendy Keeler Robin Leaver and Alexandra Pinkerson Elisabeth Munro Ledwell and Patrick Ledwell Ed Lott and Amy Fish Luke and Jennifer McCabe Michael and Pamela Neubert Derek and Janet Pratt Rob and Kama Thieler Scott and Nancy Thrasher Jun Yang and Hongyan Wu Benjamin and Jenny Zitomer

Anonymous Melissa and Santiago Carvajal Jennifer Hanoian Connors Ken Freedman and Natalie Belkin Vince and Kathryn Greco Gabrielle Tomasky Holmes and Max Holmes Mike and Kira Jones John and Susan Lazarus Daniel and Jennifer Lucas Chris McGuire and Virginia Land McGuire Pieter Pil and Karen Casper Eric and Paula Strand Timothy and Ellen Wakefield

Parents Class of 2023 Julie Brienza and Martha Bridgers William and Emily Coggins

Parents Class of 2025 Rick Brew and Lori Pfingst William and Emily Coggins Carol DiFalco and Eric Wheeler John Dooley Melissa Dooley Michael and Kristin Feeney Vasska and Tarni Fondren David and Claudia Gallagher Jack and Karen Gierhart Darshan and Randy Goux ’89

Anonymous (3) Seth and Kate Ackerman Hugh Bolton and Leslie St. Lawrence Robert Brown and Paula Barbosa Scott Brown ’89 and Melissa Hofer Glenn Bush and Katie Fawcett Michael Casso and Heather Haas Russell and Brenda Cazeault Anne Connolly Ivan Djikaev and Julia Zagachin Janine and Paul Donovan Meagan Eagle Robert Evans and Khamla Sananikone Jeffrey and Nancy Gaughan Henrik and Lara Gulmann James and Teresa Jazo Charlie and Lori Jodoin Loren Kellogg and Annie Griffenberg Chris McGuire and Virginia Land McGuire Scott and Jennifer McGuire Steven and Nicole Mele Anna Michel Ciaran and Victoria Naughton Ben Parsons Katherine Parsons Pieter Pil and Karen Casper Olivia and Dave Riddiford Eric Stoermer and Amy Nevala Scott and Nancy Thrasher Timothy and Ellen Wakefield Weifeng Zhang and Jing Chen

Parents of Alumni Anonymous (3) Ben and Julie Allen Alison Ament and Robert Ament Rich and Ellie Armstrong James and Regina Augat The Aviles Family Mark and Kim Baumhofer Jodee P. Bishop and James C. Reber Linda and Mark Boardman Andy Bowen and Linda Beetlestone Albert and Deborah Bradley Bob and Phyllis Brinson Rich and Gwen Brown Peter and Melissa Brown Barbara Campbell Charles and Mimi Cleary the GAM

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Beth Colt and P. K. Simonds Daniel and Joan Costello Greg and Lois Cronin Luke and Alice Daley Kathy Denham Shelley Devine Ivan Djikaev and Julia Zagachin Charles and Patricia Duane Benjamin Dunham and Wendy Rolfe-Dunham Karen and Michael M. Dutton Michael J. Earley Gundi and Michael Eder Christina Egloff and Brent Runyon

Charles and Marianita Hopkinson Monica and Bill Hough Meredith Hunnibell Mark and Carla Hutker Di Jin and Zhen Wu Colleen and Chip Johns Doug Jones and Annie Dean Suzanne Jordan Robert and Angelique Kania Rory and Carie Kelleher Russ and Wendy Keeler Louis and Brenda Kerr Robert and Patricia Knapp James Kowalski and

Cynthia Feldmann and Tom DeMello Michael and Kathryn Fletcher John J. Funkhouser Donald and Nancy Gantz Ron and Donna Garcia Doug and Lisa Garland Gregg and Lynda Gaudet Thomas and Barbara Geagan Sheila and Mike Giancola George and Eileen Gillmore William Goranson Bruce and Shirley Gordon Tom and Susan Goux Lee and Debbie Gove Matt Green and Jennifer Rossiter Robert Gundersen and Pat Wolfe Thomas J. Hallahan Pat Harris Pamela Clapp Hinkle and Greg Hinkle Mark and Katie Hollander Peter and Lindsay Hopewood

Janet Charpentier Suzanne Lawson Jonathan Leonard and Jeanne MacLaren Julie Lipkin and Lonnie Lippsett Christopher Long Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lorusso Victoria Lowell Rick and Jennifer Markello Brion and Grace McGroarty Patricia and Joseph McGurl Lalise and Jerry Melillo Eileen and Dana Miskell Susan Moffat and Tom Kleindinst Allan and Maria Moniz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Montgomery Michael and Hannah Moore William and Kay Murray Wendy Kingman Nelson and Kris Nelson James Nidositko Larry and Elizabeth Novak

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Kenneth and Maureen Nunley Chris and Susan O'Brien Donald and Karen O'Malley Ben Parsons Katherine Parsons Eric L. Peters The Pickart Family Laurence and Ann Pizer Al Plueddemann Robert Pritchard and Anna dos Santos Jill C. Reves Rob and Kris Reynolds Carol Roupenian Susan and James Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Russell Jr. Gregory and Jennifer Russell Britta and David Santamauro George and Suzan Scharr Ray Schmitt and Nancy Copley Laura Ryan Shachoy and Jamey Shachoy Gaius and Ellie Shaver Rich and Libby Signell Ruth Slocum and Mark Patterson Richard Sperduto and Ginny Edgcomb Krystin St. Onge Robert Pritchard and Anna dos Santos Norm and Diane Stillman James and Jolanta Sullivan Don and Julie Swanbeck Patrice Sweeney Richard and Gayle Sylvia Maurice and Susan Tavares David Thompson and Kim Heath Jack and Jill Tompkins Cristina Torruella and David Pingal Nancy and David C. Twichell Clyde Tyndale and Deb Winograd Joe and Joan Valle Charlie and Rachel Van Voorhis Elizabeth St. John Villard Denise Volpe Sullivan Keith von der Heydt and Terry McKee John and Maribeth Wadman Steve and Carol Wagner Gary and Linda Walker John B. Waterbury and Vicky Cullen Rob Wells Albert and Isabelle Williams Ann Wolf Judith Ziss

Grandparents of Students and Alumni Anonymous (3) Mark and Janet Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. John S. Anderegg Jr. Rich and Ellie Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Lambros Athanasiades Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bowen Joan E. Butler Lee Calabrese Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chun Peter L. Clark and Ellen Barol

Tucker M. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Crago Mr. and Mrs. Sander Fasten Mr. and Mrs. Jim Feeney Mr. and Mrs. William Fish Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gallagher Allan and Janice Gilman Janice Goldbach Muriel C. Golden Marianne Goldsmith Tom and Susan Goux Mimi Griffenberg Mr. and Mrs. Erik Gulmann Mary G. Heard Frederick Hotchkiss Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jalbert Robert and Robin Just Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kinsley Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lajoie Evelyn Land Susan Langel Mr. and Mrs. William Leveque Mr. and Mrs. James Livsey Dr. and Mrs. William Lott Victoria Lowell Jeffrey Madison June D. Manning Mr. and Mrs. William McMillan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Molyneaux Nancy Names Henry and Teresa Neubert Mr. and Mrs. Joel Peterson Artemis S. Pinkerson Mr. and Mrs. David Rickard David Riddiford John and Barbara Belsito Rooney Mr. and Mrs. Ned Rossiter Bruce and Kriss Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Eivind Strand Sandra Sudofsky Dr. and Mrs. Edward R. Thieler III Joe and Joan Valle Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wakefield Joan Wickersham

Faculty and Staff Alison Ament Martha Borden Julie Bradley Barbara Campbell Christine Carter Eleanor McMillan Clark Amy (Harris ’92) Cummings Carol DiFalco Carmen DiSanto John Dooley Michael J. Earley Gundi Eder Ginny Edgcomb Petra Ehrenbrink Bettina Freelund David Gallagher Amy Galvam Matt Green Pamela Clapp Hinkle

Anthony Schepici Mary and Edward Sholkovitz Bonnie Ward Simon Robert Smith Frederic F. Taylor Richard Taylor Frederica Valois Deborah Warner Scott Wayne Nina H. Webber Dr. and Mrs. George Woodwell Robert Wyatt

Businesses, Organizations and Foundations

Monica Hough Charlie Jodoin Doug Jones Suzanne Jordan Patrick Kennedy Liz Klein Sarah Knowles Kenneth Kozens Sharon Kreamer Elisabeth Munro Ledwell Josh Leveque Ed Lott Allyson Manchester Anka Martula Scottie Mobley Susan Moffat Lucy Beecher Nelson Dan Nightingale Jonathan Olson Jennifer Park Ben Parsons Helen Reuter Jill C. Reves Olivia Riddiford Britta Santamauro George Scharr Mike Sheridan Richard Sperduto Henry Stevens Don Swanbeck Julie Swanbeck Emily Turner Leslie Walters Paul Weller Rob Wells

Former Faculty and Staff Clare Beams Deborah Bradley Susan Brinckerhoff Bruce Buxton Patrice Buxton Victoria Centurino Tucker M. Clark Peter Conzett Katie Curtis Ron Garcia Olivann Hobbie Colleen Johns

Jim Johnson Janet Kearsley Sarah (Lafaver ’96) McCarron Lalise Melillo Elenita Muniz Mareana (Ricci) Nightingale ’99 Ruth Slocum Gisela Tillier Cristina Torruella Nancy Twichell Clyde Tyndale Victoria Vieira Charles "Mike" Wrighter John Yankee

Friends of Falmouth Academy Don and Dee Aukamp Talbot Baker Jr. Jonathan Banes Jack and Helen Barnes Mary Anne Conboy Kathy Denham Jacqui Diggs Andy Dolan and Zoe Cardon Jan Elliott Frank and Jean Emerling Lauren Fessenden Barbara Gaffron Margaret Gifford Tim and Lynne Goslee Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Haslun James N. Heald II Rodney Hinkle and Kirstin Moritz Russ Lemcke and Meg Becker Caroline and Jim Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. William Locke Nancy H. Massey Samuel McMurtrie Jr. Ellen McTighe and Jill Tassinari Mr. and Mrs. E. van R. Milbury Catherine Moses Timothy T. Parker and Suzanne Trottier Nipam Patel and Edith M. Copenhaver Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pelletreau Neil Powell Dr. and Mrs. Charles Robertson Dr. and Mrs. John W. Rowe

The 300 Committee Land Trust Accel Composite Materials, Inc. Associates of Cape Cod The Bee Cause Project Cape Cod Aggregates Cape Cod Foundation Cape Cod Healthcare Capeside Oral & Facial Surgery, Inc. Cataumet Boats Cazeault Roofing & Solar D. H. Martin Engineering, Inc. Dalpe Excavation, Inc./ Dalpe Septic Pumping Eck MacNeely Architects Esther Simon Charitable Trust Falmouth Water Stewards

Ferreira & Vazquez, PC Heslinga & Tate Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Hutker Architects, Inc. Landschop Landscape Architecture Sophie Markovich, DMD Family Orthodontics Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute, Inc. Martha’s Vineyard Bank McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. R. K. Mellon Family Foundation MIT Club of Cape Cod Murray & MacDonald Insurance Services, Inc. Network for Good/Facebook Notus Clean Energy, LLC Pelagic Electronics Preferred Mechanical Services Raytheon Company RogersGray Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc. Sports Center Physical Therapy Teledyne Marine TJO Sports Facility Falmouth, Inc. Trinity Industries, Inc. Underground Fashion Weller’s Instrument Service, Inc. The Valle Group, Inc. Woodwell Climate Research Center

Ways to Give to Falmouth Academy Thank you very much for supporting Falmouth Academy!

Gifts of any size have an impact on Falmouth Academy and make a difference to our school and our students. To make a gift online, visit falmouthacademy.org and click on the “Giving” tab. Checks can be sent directly to: Development Office, Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540. Other options are listed below to increase the impact of your gift.

Recurring Gifts | Set up automatic recurring gifts with your credit card or electronic check. We accept all credit cards.

Corporate Matching Gifts | To participate, check with your employer or Human Resources Department to see if your company offers this benefit. Submit a matching gift form with your contribution to Falmouth Academy to double or event triple your gift and potentially qualify you for a higher category of recognition.

Gifts of Stock | By donating appreciated stocks directly to Falmouth Academy, you may avoid the capital gains tax incurred if you sold the securities.

The J.K. Lilly III Society | Falmouth Academy’s planned giving program provides opportunities for individuals to make a long-term impact through bequests, charitable remainder trusts, annuities, and other investment vehicles.

To learn more about giving to Falmouth Academy, please contact the Development Office at 508-457-9696, ext. 240.

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In Honor of the Retirement of Don and Julie Swanbeck Gifts made in honor of these two long-time teachers and coaches, were earmarked for financial aid.

Anonymous Rachel Allen ’04 Alison and Robert Ament Ali Baker ’04 Jonathan Banes Ben Baum ’99 Mark and Kim Baumhofer Jenna and Kyle G. Benton ’12 Jodee P. Bishop and James C. Reber Carlo Bocconcelli ’14 Tony Bowen ’05 and Mike Kohn Albert and Deborah Bradley Julie and Kevin Bradley Chloe M. Brake ’13 Bruce and Patrice Buxton Alex (Kirby ’01) and Tim Calabrese Barbara Campbell Christine Carter and Julien Courbon Victoria and Scott Centurino Eleanor McMillan Clark and Andrew Clark Tucker M. Clark Peter Conzett and Pam Goguen Caitlin Corkeron ’21 Amy (Harris ’92) and Seth Cummings Cady Cummings-Audette ’98 and Jason Audette Allisa Dalpe ’12 Shelley Devine Carol DiFalco and Eric Wheeler Carmen and Jim DiSanto Ivan Djikaev and Julia Zagachin Abigail (Hollander ’12) and Chris Donovan Michael J. Earley Gundi and Michael Eder Petra Ehrenbrink and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink Bettina Freelund David and Claudia Gallagher Katie Gundersen ’06 Robert Gundersen and Pat Wolfe Nathaniel R. Haycock ’11 Pamela Clapp Hinkle and Greg Hinkle Olivann and John Hobbie Yuki A. Honjo ’90 and Jason Cullinane Ian Hopewood ’06 Peter and Lindsay Hopewood Monica and Bill Hough Mike and Kira Jones Bailey Jordan ’20 Jack Jordan ’17 Suzanne Jordan Janet and Wayne Kearsley Russell and Wendy Keeler Loren Kellogg and Annie Griffenberg Patrick Kennedy MaryAnn Kowalski ’06 and James Reynolds ’06 32

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John and Susan Lazarus Julie Lipkin and Lonnie Lippsett Shirley Long ’21 Ed Lott and Amy Fish Allyson Manchester Jane McGroarty Sampaio ’02 and Huberto Sampaio Claire and Brian Miskell ’06 Eileen and Dana Miskell Scottie Mobley and Jeff Kaeli Kristin (Jochems ’05 ) and Ed Montville Susan G. Morse Elenita Muniz and Judy Fenner Kay and William Murray Chris and Susan O'Brien Jennifer Park Ben Parsons Pieter Pil and Karen Casper Helen Reuter and David Martin Jill C. Reves Olivia and Dave Riddiford Margaret Hough Russell and Joe W. Russell Jr. Jennifer (Malaquias ’97) Ryan and Family Miyoko Sato ’86 Katarina Scamborova ‘98 and Michael Zeltkevic George and Suzan Scharr Katherine Schofield ’01 and Adilia James Allie Sethares ’11 Laura Ryan Shachoy and Jamey Shachoy Evan Sipe ’04 Ruth Slocum and Mark Patterson Megan Starr ’06 Hayley A. Sutherland ’05 Donald Swanbeck ’01 Laura Swanbeck ’04 Sarah Swanbeck ’03 Sonja Swanbeck ’08 Richard and Gayle Sylvia Maia ten Brink ’09 Rob and Kama Thieler Gisela and Pierre Tillier Cristina Torruella and David Pingal Nancy and David C. Twichell Sarah Twichell ’99 and David Crandall Joe and Joan Valle Beth and Max von der Heydt ’02 Steve and Carol Wagner Kathleen Walker ’93 Rob Wells Sue and Ashbel White Joyal ’99 Charles “Mike” Wrighter Benjamin and Jenny Zitomer

Matching Gifts Matching gift programs help donors double or even triple the impact of their gifts to Falmouth Academy. We are grateful to all of the participating institutions below who matched gifts to the Fund for Falmouth Academy.

Battelle Always Giving Carol E. Goranson ’97 The Baupost Group LLC Amanda Page ’89 Benevity/Apple Christina Egloff and Brent Runyon Benevity/Gartner Sam Amazeen ’07 Benevity/Intel Foundation Daria Hanson and Michael MacDonald Benevity/Microsoft Employee Giving Program Anonymous

BNY Mellon Community Partnership Employee Funds Heather (Mastromatteo ’90) and Jonathan DiPaolo Costello Dismantling Co. Daniel and Joan Costello Edmond G. Coogan Law Office, P.C. Lori Pfingst and Richard Brew Fidelity Charitable Santiago and Melissa Carvajal Raytheon Company Tiffany and Jeff Moon ’92 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Petra Scamborova ’93 and Leo Otake

Alumni Giving Alumni gifts to the Annual Fund for Falmouth Academy were designated to financial aid this year to make it possible for all students of great promise to attend Falmouth Academy.

1980s Scott Brown ’89 and Melissa Hofer Kim Flynn ’81 Darshan and Randy Goux ’89 Elie (Swain ’88) and Jamie Harmon Meri Linnea (Olson ’81) and Robby Jones Amy and Nick Lowell ’88 Dawn and Fred Meltzer ’83 Amanda Page ’89 Laura (Lorusso ’87) and David Peterson Christine Pina ’86 and Alex D. Smith Miyoko Sato ’86 Caitlin Schwarzman ’88 and V. Jason Rucker Susan (Fox ’84) and Scott Shaffer Stephen Sheinkopf ’84 and Jennifer Levy Mary and Alex Walsh ’88

1990s Anonymous (3) Erin and David Aronson ’96 Ben Baum ’99 Eryn (Ament ’91) and Michael Bingle Emily Birdwhistell ’98 Jennifer and David Bradley ’92 Tracy (Olson ’96) and Michael Chait Amy (Harris ’92) and Seth Cummings Cady Cummings-Audette ’98 and Jason Audette Anne (Burns ’97) and Alex Diaz-Matos Heather (Mastromatteo ’90) and Jonathan DiPaolo Chris Foster ’93 and April Mattix Carol Goranson ’97 Liz and Ben Gregg ’90 Jennifer and Henry Hague III ’90 Marianne and Kevin Holmes ’92 Yuki A. Honjo ’90 and Jason Cullinane Ben Jones ’90 and Juliet Sorensen Karey and Josh Kitfield ’91 Jodi Kopke ’92 Sarah (Lafaver ’96) and Michael McCarron Liesl and John McGuire ’90 Carolyn ( Cook ’96) McNulty and Mark McNulty Edward D. Melillo ’92 Jill Pierce ’99 and Hanlon Smith-Dorsey ’99 Jonas Pizer ’96 and Andrea Friedrich Jennifer (Malaquias ’97) Ryan and Family Katarina Scamborova ’98 and Michael Zeltkevic Petra Scamborova ’93 and Leo Otake Meg Schwarzman ’90 and Mike Wilson

Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm ’90 and Todd Bluhm Amy (Ballentine ’96) and Matt Stevens Payton Swick ’98 and Megan O'Hara ’02 Hanlon Smith-Dorsey ’99 and Jill Pierce ’99 Elisabeth and David Tamasi ’90 Laura Tavares ’94 and David G. Garrett Sarah Twichell ’99 and David Crandall Libby Tyndale ’92 Anna-Liza Villard-Howe ’97 and Timothy Michaud Kathleen Walker ’93 Sue and Ashbel White Joyal ’99 Leigh (Shapiro ’99) and Brian Williamson Colleen (Bulman ’93) and James Wooding Elizabeth (Sheinkopf ’91) and Alarick Yung

2000s Rachel Allen ’04 Sam Amazeen ’07 Ali Baker ’04 Tony Bowen ’05 and Mike Kohn Caroline and Christopher Buccino ’02 Alex (Kirby ’01) and Tim Calabrese Robert Courson ’06 and Mary O'Connell Sara (Dilegge ’06) and Adam Gould Katie Gundersen ’06 Carolyn (Crews ’01) and Steven Hartle Tracy and Steve Heslinga ’04 Ian Hopewood ’06 Ana and Evan Hutker ’07 Christina Johns ’09 Amy and Andrew Kingman ’00 MaryAnn Kowalski ’06 and James Reynolds ’06 Katharina (Plumb ’01) and Greg LiVigne Kerri Liska ’07 Alex Lloyd-Evans ’07 Kenny McCormack ’09 Jane McGroarty Sampaio ’02 and Humberto Sampaio Claire and Brian Miskell ’06 Bridget Miskell ’07 Kristin (Jochems ’05) and Ed Montville Megan O'Hara ’02 and Payton Swick ’98 Sean O'Neill ’04 Alexandra (Gillmore ’03) Parnell Evan (Sipe ’04) Rahman James Reynolds ’06 and MaryAnn Kowalski ’06

Alumni Council President

Committee Chairs

Benjamin Baum ’99

Bridget Miskell ’07 Development Keegan Krick ’12 DE&I Sean O'Neill ’04 Outreach

Vice Presidents

Sam Amazeen ’07 Kristin (Jochems) Montville ’05 David Aronson ’96 Ellis Barrera ’16 Anthony Bowen ’05 Christopher Buccino ’02 Rebecca Cox ’18 Abigail (Hollander) Donovan ’12 Steven Heslinga ’04 Yuki Honjo ’90 Lucas Johns ’14

Elizabeth (Cookson ’08) and James Reber ’09 Brendan Richard ’03 Jessica Hough Russell ’01 Hayley and Bob Schneider ’09 Katherine Schofield ’01 and Adilia James Eric Schmitt ’07 Chloe Starr ’04 Megan Starr ’06 Hayley Sutherland ’05 Donald Swanbeck ’01 Laura Swanbeck ’04 Sarah Swanbeck ’03 Sonja Swanbeck ’08 Maia ten Brink ’09 Beth and Max von der Heydt ’02 Tim Wadman ’09 Bene Webster ’09

2010s Catherine Aviles ’14 Victoria Avis ’15 Cody J. Baker ’14 Clea Baumhofer ’10 Jenna and Kyle Benton ’12 Carlo Bocconcelli ’14 Chloe Brake ’12 Nora Ruth Collins ’14 Allisa Dalpe ’12 Abigail (Hollander ’12) and Chris Donovan Sam Dunham ’10 Caleb Dutton ’17 Daniel Eder ’12 Robert Eder ’15 Mimi Feldmann-DeMello ’15 Grace Foster ’10 and Keegan Krick ’12 Tasha Garland ’16 Julia Guerin ’15 Theo Guerin ’17 Nathaniel Haycock ’11

Mary Kate Jones ’17 Bailey Jordan ’20 J. Graham Littlehale ’13 Lily Patterson ’14 Kunaal Rajagopal ’16 Daniel Sakakini ’13 Isabelle Stewart ’18 Lyon Van Voorhis ’11 Timothy Wadman ’09

Ian Hinkle ’19 Pai-Lin Hunnibell ’15 Luke Johns ’14 Mary Kate Jones ’17 Mason Jones ’17 Jack Jordan ’17 Abagail (Bumpus ’14) and Guy Knapp ’15 Will Kraus ’17 Duke Krauspe ’14 Keegan Krick ’12 and Grace Foster ’10 Graham Littlehale ’13 Ella Martin ’12 Gwen Martin ’12 William Mendelsohn ’14 Helena Oldenbourg ’14 Bishakha Oli ’19 Lily Patterson ’14 Emma Rogalewski ’14 Sami Rabideau ’15 Kunaal Rajagopal ’16 Nick Russell ’14 Ollie Russell ’17 Dan Sakakini ’13 Allie Sethares ’11 Brendan Smith ’17 Emma Stillman ’17 Isabelle Stewart ’18 Owen Sullivan ’15 Summer Tompkins ’13 Lyon Van Voorhis ’11 Charlotte Van Voorhis ’16 Elizabeth Wadman ’13 Peter Wells ’14 Samira Wolf ’18

2020s Caitlin Corkeron ’21 Bailey Jordan ’20 Shirley Long ’21 Pengyue (Henry) Quan ’22 the GAM

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Gifts Made in Memory of Members of Our Community

Tribute Gifts in Honor of Members of Our Community

Carol C. Bowles Libby Tyndale ’92

Ezra Ackerman ’26 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ackerman

Susan Pennington Marc Pennington ’94 Mary and Edward Sholkovitz

Louise Conboy Mary Anne Conboy Mary Elizabeth Denneny Bruce and Patrice Buxton Janet and Wayne Kearsley Nancy and David C. Twichell Sarah Twichell ’99 and David Crandall Mary K. Donnelly John and Maribeth Wadman Alberta V. Harding Anonymous Kurt Hellfach Bruce and Patrice Buxton

Kristina M. Peters ’87 Bruce and Patrice Buxton Miyoko Sato ’86

Deborah Bradley Jennifer and David Bradley ’92 Andrea Friedrich and Jonas Pizer ’96

Anthony Silvestro Len and Cheryl Mihalovich

Chloe M. Brake ’13 Muriel C. Golden

Sharyn M. St. Onge Krystin St. Onge

Jack Butler ’22 and William M. Butler ’24 Joan E. Butler

Maura Sweeney ’03 Bruce and Patrice Buxton Patrice Sweeney Sirkka Wakefield Gisela and Pierre Tillier Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wakefield Timothy and Ellen Wakefield

New Gifts to Special Funds and Projects Hermann Theater Lighting Bonnie Ward Simon / Esther Simon Charitable Trust Boiler Project Charles and Patricia Robertson Technology Upgrades Lovell Charitable Foundation Tuition Assistance Heath Educational, Cultural, and Environmental Foundation Robert and Alison Ament Endowed Fund for Science Robert and Alison Ament

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Endowment for Financial Aid Anonymous Petra Ehrenbrink and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink Linda and Mark Boardman General Endowment Ben Jones ’90 and Juliet Sorenson Deon and Emily Thomas Lyon Van Voorhis ’11 Matthew Waterbury ’04

Barbara Campbell Lalise and Jerry Melillo Eliza Chun ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chun Eleanor M. Clark Peter L. Clark and Ellen Barol Caleb Dutton ’17 Karen and Michael M. Dutton Daniel L. Eder ’12 and Robert Eder ’15 Gundi and Michael Eder James Goldbach ’21 Janice Goldbach Pamela C. Hinkle Rodney Hinkle and Kirstin Moritz Douglas H. Jones Robert Wyatt Janet Kearsley Bruce and Patrice Buxton

Andrew Kingman ’00 Wendy Kingman Nelson and Kris Nelson Josh Kitfield ’91 Susan and James Rouse Edith Leaver ’22 Artemis S. Pinkerson Allyson Manchester Anne Connolly Joshua McGuire ’26 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Just Lalise Melillo Edward D. Melillo ’92 Eileen Rooney John P. Rooney Eric Schmitt ’07 Ana and Evan Hutker ’07 George J. Scharr Robert Wyatt Richard Sperduto Jacqui Diggs Laura Tavares ’94 Maurice and Susan Tavares Julia Taylor Anne Connolly Nancy P. Twichell Bruce and Patrice Buxton J. Robinson Wells Lauren Fessenden

Event Sponsors

Gifts in Kind

We are grateful to the many businesses, organizations and individuals who sponsored key Falmouth Academy events throughout the year.

Contributions of goods and services are essential to the life of the school. We are grateful to donors who contributed in this way to the Auction, the library and other areas of Falmouth Academy.

Community Series Woods Hole Foundation

NEWTON SIGNATURE SPONSOR

Scott Wayne EDISON SPONSORS

Around the World Auction BUSINESS CLASS SPONSOR

Ferreira & Vazquez, PC PASSPORT SPONSORS

The Jeffrey Law Group, PLLC The Valle Group, Inc. SAFARI SPONSORS

Beth Colt and P.K. Simonds / Quick’s Hole Tavern Heslinga & Tate Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Preferred Mechanical Services CRUISE SPONSORS

Bete-Flemming, Inc. Cataumet Boats, Inc. John and Mary Jo Heyl Landschop Landscape Architecture C. H. Newton Estate Care RogersGray Insurance

Robert and Alison Ament Endowed Fund for Science Cape Cod Healthcare Capeside Oral & Facial Surgery, Inc. Cazeault Roofing & Solar McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. Notus Clean Energy, LLC Teledyne Marine CURIE SPONSORS

Accel Composite Materials Dalpe Excavation, Inc. Landschop Landscape Architecture Martha’s Vineyard Bank Mid-Cape Home Centers MIT Club of Cape Cod Pelagic Electronics MARCONI SPONSORS

Associates of Cape Cod Falmouth Products Lowell Instruments Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute Dr. Sophie Markovich, DMD, PC Family Orthodontics The 300 Committee Land Trust Woodwell Climate Research Center ARCHIMEDES SPONSORS

Hutker Architects Sports Center Physical Therapy

Science & Engineering Fair LEGACY SPONSORS

Marine Biological Laboratory Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc. Sea Education Association Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

SPECIAL PRIZE SPONSORS

Dr. Scott D. Brown ’89 Falmouth Water Stewards Dr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Gordon IN-KIND SPONSORS

Coffee Obsession Print Synergy, LLC

Anonymous (3) Philip Alatalo Aquatic Brewing ASICS Falmouth Road Race Athletic Performance Training Atria Thomas Aviles ’12 Ben Baum ’99 Ray Bartlett ’88 Bay Spirit Tours Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium Bete-Fleming The Block Island Ferry The Bog Tavern Bootstrap Farm Club Martha Borden Boston Crawling Boston Red Sox Julie Brand Beth Brazil-Hauck and Eric Michael Hauck Brickman's Martha Bridgers Petra Brienza ’23 Bzzy Fingers Cape Air Cape Cod Bagel Cape Cod Brew Bus Cape Cod Children's Museum Cape Cod Coffee Cape Cod Theatre Project Cape Cod Winery Cape Side Convenience Captain John’s Boats Christine Carter Melissa Carvajal Catania Hospitality Group Cataumet Boats

Chef Roland’s Catering Common Man Complexions Skincare Jennifer Hanoian Connors Allyson Cook Metell Greg Corbin Crabapples Amy (Harris ’92) and Seth Cummings Kendall Currence ’18 Dalpe Septic Pumping, Inc. Shelley Devine John Dooley Anna dos Santos Mollie Doyle Meagan Eagle Michael J. Earley East Coast Dental Design Eck MacNeely Architects Inc. Petra Ehrenbrink Eight Cousins Elfstone Jewelry Silver & Gold Elite Island Resorts Stephen and Triva Coffin-Taylor Emery FA Summer Falmouth Florist Tina D. Farina Katie Fawcett Michael and Kristin Feeney The Felted Acorns Tarni and Vasska Fondren Chris Foster ’93 and April Mattix Aja Frigon Fritz Glass FUEL David and Claudia Gallagher Jeff and Nancy Gaughan

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Gifts in Kind continued Ghelfi's Candies Jack and Karen Gierhart The Gilded Oyster Eric and Molly Glasgow Melissa and Jay Goldbach Susan Sigel Goldsmith Kathryn and Vince Greco Marcus Greco ’24 Tara and Brian Guiliano Sonia Hale Daisy Hancock ’23 Stephen Harding and Storm Swain Heritage Museums and Gardens Ried and Laura Heywood Ned ’23 and Ella ’21 Heywood Highfield Hall & Gardens Pamela Clapp Hinkle Monica Hough The House of the Seven Gables Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises Institute of Contemporary Art International Tennis Hall of Fame J Miller Picture Framer James and Teresa Jazo JBK Photography Jeannine and Peter Jeffrey Erik and Jennifer Jeppson Meri Linnea Jones Katama General Store Russ and Wendy Keeler Liz Klein Candie Korell-O'Brien Rose Kuchta The Land of Witches and Pirates Robert Leaver and Alexandra Pinkerson Jeanne MacLaren and Jonathan Leonard Lauren and Josh Leveque Laurence and Kate Madin Wenonah Madison and Daniel Sauer Jennifer E Markello Scott and Jennifer McGuire Patricia and Joseph McGurl David and Mary Ann Medeiros Kyra Mercer George and Zeina Metri Mezza Luna Restaurant Mid-Cape Home Centers Middle Grounded Designs Len and Cheryl Mihalovich Mind on Photography Morning Glory Farm MV Island Queen Ciaran and Victoria Naughton Newport Hotel Group C.H. Newton Builders Kim O'Callahan and Laurence Johnson Julia O'Malley-Keyes / O’Malley-Keyes Gallery Katherine Parsons Marc Pennington ’94 36

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Andrew and Mei Ling Peters Lori Pfingst and Rick Brew Crissy Torruella Pingal Plimoth Patuxet Museums Janet and Derek Pratt The Preservation Society of Newport County Puritan Cape Cod Jennifer and Matthew Ray Christine and Kurt Redfield Helen Reuter and David Martin Rhino Linings of Cape Cod Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson Rick Steves' Europe, Inc. Olivia Riddiford Roche Bros.

Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc. Sandwich Glass Museum Sap House Meadery George Scharr The Scratch Cake Siena Marina Sirras Jill Smith ’81 Robert Smith Sol Optics Steamship Authority Amy (Ballentine ’96) Stevens Henry Stevens Sonya Stevens and Michael Watts Michael and Kate Sudofsky SuperCuts Patrice Sweeney Swift Designs of Cape Cod David Tamasi ’90 Deon and Emily Thomas Christian and Greer Thornton Nancy and Scott Thrasher Tree Top Adventures Trevi Café and Wine Bar Truro Vineyards / South Hollow Spirits Turning Pointe Dance Studio Unique Boutique Unplug & Be Mindful Yoga Center Jeannine and Christian Valle ’94 Eliza Van Voorhis ’17 Verde Floral Design Vows Floral Julianne Waite Ellen Wakefield Leslie Walters Rayna Walters Scott Wayne Cassandra Weare ’16 Windfall Market Robert Wyatt The Yoga Collaborative Julia Zagachin Baohui (Cather) Zhang ’20 Weifeng Zhang and Jing Chen Jenny and Ben Zitomer

Volunteers The following gave the gift of time and leadership at various events during the year to ensure the continued success of Falmouth Academy.

We are grateful for their generosity.

Ezra Ackerman ’26 Martha Bridgers Jing Chen Matthew Coggins ’23 Jennifer Hanoian Connors Leah Crampton Matteo Darack ’23 Melissa Dooley Tarni Fondren Lynda Gaudet James Goldbach ’21 Melissa Goldbach Kathryn Greco Tara Guiliano Heather Haas Kris Kinsley Hancock Elie (Swain ’88) Harmon Tyler Harmon ’22 Teresa Jazo Jeannine Jeffrey Emily Lazarus ’24 Edie Leaver ’22

Lauren Leveque Alyssa MacDonald ’21 Lucca MacDonald ’21 Maria MacDonald ’23 Cheryl Mahalovich Theresa Manning Jennifer Markello Jen McGuire Kyra Mercer Deirdre Moniz Victoria Naughton Lori Pfingst Jennifer Ray Olivia Riddiford Nazanin Ronan Maisie Saganic ’21 Sophia Sampaio ’26 Wyatt Thornton ’26 Nancy Thrasher Julie Waite Jenny Zitomer

Falmouth Academy

sponsored in part by the Woods Hole Foundation

COMMUNITY SERIES

2021–2022 November 2

7 PM

ENCOUNTERS WITH WILDLIFE with Naturalist Robert Finch

PHOTO BY KATHY SHORR

January 7

7 PM

NEW ENGLAND RINGERS Music Director Daniel Moore held in partnership with the MBL Falmouth Forum

February 15

7 PM

WCAI BEHIND THE SCENES with Mindy Todd, Steve Junker, and Dan Tritle

April 19

7 PM

TALKING ABOUT WRITING with Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of NY Times Bestseller, The Plot PHOTO BY MICHAEL AVEDON

For event information and reservations: www.falmouthacademy.org/community All guests must be masked and provide proof of vaccination prior to entering the venue.

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