Fall 2013 Global Exchange

T H E A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E O F AT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

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Early Learning Center Opens With Familiar AIS Faces Special Edition: 2012-2013 AIS Annual Report 1

ATlaNTA INTERNATIONAL School BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2012-2013 DEB SUDBURY, CHAIR Neil Johnson, VICE-CHAIR Kevin O’Halloran, TREASURER

MEMBERS Charlie Bostwick

Scott Britton

Wendy Clark

Verna Cleveland

Chi Colberg

Christian Fischer

Marc Fleury

Jim Harvey

Wendie Hayler

Roland John

Fadlo Khuri

Crissy Klaus

Beth Kytle ‘98

Dennis Lockhart

Chris Lowe

Trish Marcucci

Mike McCarthy Larry Mock Cecile Noziere

Dan Reardon

Frank Thomas

Benny Varzi

Andrew Whitney

Emily Willingham ADAIR

Laura Winchester

EX OFFICIO Kevin Glass, Headmaster Gerry Hull, Trustee Emeritus Olga Plaut, Trustee Emerita Roy Plaut, Chairman Emeritus Monique Seefried Ph.D., Trustee Emerita

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HEADMASTER KEVIN GLASS HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PATRICK HURWORTH Deputy Head of Secondary School/Head of Upper School Jeff Holcomb DEPUTY HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL/ HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Jennifer Weyburn HEAD OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL ALAIN POIRAUD HEAD OF LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL DUSTY FRETWELL DEPUTY HEAD OF PRIMARY SCHOOL Chris Thomas HEAD OF CURRICULUM & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Rachel Hovington HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT STEWART LATHAN Head of Admission, FINANCIAL AID & MARKETING REID MIZELL Head of Operations and Finance Paul Saeger

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Annual Fund Manager KATHRYN BANKS Special Events and Alumni Relations Coordinator Natalie Keen Development Database Manager Mandy Gee

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COURTNEY FOWLER Manager, Digital Communications & Design Laura Stidham

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Message from the AIS Board Chair and Headmaster

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AROUND AIS

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Early Learning Center Debuts

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Approaches to Learning: The Heart of Middle School

10 Design Joins Core Subjects in the MYP 12 Photo Story: If These Walls Could Talk… Sandy Ferko’s Office 14 Retirements: Diane Dear, Kathryn Turman and Christiane Box Early Learning Cener Debuts, Page 6

Staying Connected 16 Alumni Class Notes 19 2012/2013 Reunions 21 Settled in Seattle

Final Word 22 Congratulations, Class of 2013 24 Honors Assembly 2013 25 Colleges and Universities

EDITOR

Sandy Ferko

COURTNEY FOWLER

Kevin Glass

Chiara Visconti Di Modrone-Pervanas

Deb Sudbury

‘95, Antonella Pervanas ‘27, Martina

On the Cover:

CONTRIBUTORS

Allegra Porter ‘09

Streidinger Parker ‘94, Patrick Parker

Carina Box ‘04

Tricia & Bill Hirsch

‘24, Veronica Plaut McDaniel ‘97, Lana

Maggie Dozier

Jutta Schlicker-Martinez

McDaniel ‘27

Laura Stidham

Alexandra Zdonczyk ‘13

Kathryn Banks

Jay Denslow

Peter Metcalf

Jennifer Ruppel

Jennifer Weyburn Dawn Hawkins

All material, except where specified, copyright Atlanta International School, 2013. All rights reserved.

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Message from the AIS Board Chair and Headmaster

T Deb Sudbury Chair of the Board of Trustees

his year was a great one at AIS! Our community of learners and families grew with the opening of the AIS Early Learning Center in the Alex Horsley Building in August, launching our long-awaited full-immersion programs in 3K and 4K French, German and Spanish. Long an aspiration of the school to open an immersion pre-K program, we exceeded our enrollment target for the ELC during year one, and anticipate bringing the ELC to full capacity in the next academic year. We expect the learning benefits of this program to be significant for the school in that students will be jump-starting their language acquisition journey with two full years of immersion which will allow them to access our inquiry-based learning in 5K and beyond at a higher level.

Given the interest in the ELC program, we will continue to educate our community and prospective families that 3K is the main entry point for our Primary School Program. Last fall, we also completed the first joint three-program (PYP, MYP and DP) re-authorization visit for the IB. All three programs were successfully reauthorized and received positive feedback from the IB visiting teams. In Secondary School, we launched the new schedule, which increased curricular contact time in general as well as increased IB-DP Math time by 33% and IB-DP HL Science time by 16%. The new schedule additionally offers expanded time for the arts and afforded the opportunity to launch Design as a core course. This past year, we also successfully piloted the new Faculty Appraisal System with a group of faculty in Secondary School. The appraisal system, already in progress within the Primary School, has been implemented school-wide for 2013-14. When fully implemented, the new appraisal model will be a tool for continued professional growth and ongoing development of our excellent faculty based on defined professional standards. The system will allow for multiple inputs including peer, self, supervisor, student and parent feedback.

Kevin Glass Headmaster

The school continued its focus on ever-improved financial and risk management and upgraded facilities and maintenance staffing and programs. The Board has remained committed to budgeting within reduced tuition increases, the lowest in over a decade at AIS. Like many other schools, AIS is walking the tightrope of balancing pressures on tuition, attempting to maintain the affordability of the school for many of our families and continuing to finance and realize the school’s longstanding, mission-driven commitment to financial aid. While the school has effectively reached its enrollment capacity, we continue to believe that through careful financial stewardship we can navigate the competing concerns of ensuring continued qualitative improvement in our programs, improving our financial aid offerings and showing restraint in tuition increases.

To that end, the Board and development team are focused on growing additional financial aid funds through the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program. As a refresher, the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program allows taxpayers to direct a portion of their state tax liability to a private school at no cost to the taxpayer. The team worked to identify and approach C corporations and taxable trusts, which are allowed to direct a much larger portion of their state tax payments to the school through this program. Other private schools have sourced over $1 million dollars annually through this program and AIS is working hard to find the individual, corporate and trust taxpayers who can help us reach this level of funding. The needs in our community are great in the financial aid area, so we ask your kind assistance in helping us find non-tuition sources of financial aid funding. Turning to other non-tuition revenue sources, we are also striving to improve membership in our leadership giving society, The 1984 Club, as well as ways to increase

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participation by former parents, friends and trustees of the school. A planned giving push to fund an endowment, establishment of relationships with additional foundations and corporate donors and solidifying the relationships we currently enjoy with foundations and corporations were also areas of interest and focus.

Finally, and most importantly, we come back to what brings us together as a community--our wonderful students. We would like to wish a warm congratulations to our AIS Class of 2013! Our graduation ceremony on May 24 was a heart-warming and memorable occasion for our students, families, faculty and community to celebrate the accomplishments of these graduates. At 81 students, it was the largest graduating class in the history of AIS. They have chosen to attend over 45 different colleges and universities in the US and internationally. The class included graduates who were admitted to multiple Ivy League and top ten schools, prestigious British universities such as Oxford and who received full-ride scholarships to Bard College (POSSE Scholar), Washington University in St. Louis (Stamps Scholar), Bennington College (Presidential), Vanderbilt University (Ingram) and Northeastern University (Presidential Scholar).

Two students were also named Foundation Fellows at the University of Georgia; the list could go on and on! Our graduates also achieved a 96% pass rate on the IB, which is remarkable indeed considering the worldwide pass rate of 79%. We are so proud of all our graduates who validate through their service, accomplishments and lives the dedicated work of this school and its tremendous faculty.

As always, we are honored to serve the community which has given so much to us. Walking down the halls, visiting with our students, observing our dedicated faculty and chatting with our community are all reminders of the great work done every single day at AIS. It is a special place which deserves the best efforts of all of us.

With sincere thanks and warm wishes for our community,

Kevin Glass Deb Sudbury Board Chair Headmaster

Financial Aid Tax Credit Update!

We want to thank all of you who participated in the Financial Aid Tax Credit in 2013.

Through the generosity of parents, alumni, grandparents, C-corps and friends, nearly $500,000 was raised this year alone for the school’s financial aid program. Since AIS began participating in this program in 2008, an incredible $1,239,879.75 in total has been raised in support of financial aid at the school.

The $58 million cap was met in May for the 2013 tax year. PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION THIS FALL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN 2014!

Please visit www.aischool.org/taxcredit for more information.

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Early Learning Center Opens With Familiar AIS Faces

By Courtney Fowler, Global Exchange Editor This past August, a long-anticipated dream became reality when Atlanta International School opened the doors of its new Early Learning Center (ELC) in the Alex Horsley building, launching a full-immersion preschool program in French, German and Spanish for three- and four-year-olds.

The cognitive benefits of early language acquisition are without question. “Studies have repeatedly shown that second-language learning increases critical thinking skills, creativity and mental flexibility in young children,” explains Headmaster Kevin Glass.

“The ELC will produce ‘graduates’ who are better language modelers for non-native speakers in our dual-immersion Primary program, thereby eventually resulting in raising all levels of language acquisition, literacy and learning outcomes at AIS.” Construction began on the new facility, located on Peachtree Avenue and across from the Adair Art, Science and Design building, in the fall of 2011. Named in honor of the school’s founding headmaster, the Alex Horsley building is a one-story, residential-scale facility built to EarthCraft specifications. Horsley and his family were able to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony before his death in December 2011.

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“The ELC follows the IB-PYP curriculum, which is delivered through a play-based inquiry program,” explains Maria Voutos, ELC Coordinator. Voutos, a trilingual veteran educator, came to AIS last year from St. Andrews International School in Bangkok, Thailand. “The ELC is truly a happy place to be, where all children are celebrated and their successes honored. Most of the children in the ELC have come to believe that learning a second (or third or fourth!) language is a normal part of 3K and 4K.” The ELC, which is overseen by Lower Primary Head Dusty Fretwell, ended its first school year with 35 students enrolled in 3K and 54 students enrolled in 4K. While sending a child to preschool for the first time can be an emotional experience for most parents, it was even more so for Veronica Plaut McDaniel ‘97, who was one of the first students to ever enroll at Atlanta International School. Her daughter, Lana, was in the first group last fall to enter the ELC as a 3K Spanish student.

“Walking into those doors at the Alex Horsley building last August felt unreal! My parents (AIS founders Olga and Roy Plaut) came to witness the first day of school, and I held back tears the whole time,” says McDaniel. “My pride in my parents’ efforts at this place continues to grow as I see all the people’s lives they continue to touch,

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including ours now as parents. Lana comes home wanting to know how to translate everything into French and German and plays make-believe games by going on a plane to India and China, meanwhile understanding why we have to pick up trash on the beach when people around us are not being principled! I have fond memories of AIS as a student, and as a teacher here, I enjoy striving to help open up the world around us for our students. But, I never could have imagined how much my own child could benefit from this warm place!” McDaniel, a teacher and coach at AIS, and husband Mark hope that younger son Mateo will be joining his sister at AIS in the coming years.

Lana was not the only child of an alum in the inaugural ELC group this past fall. Asher Hawkins, son of Trace ’93 and Emily, joined Lana in the 3K Spanish track. And, Antonella Pervanas, daughter of Chiara Visconti di Modrone-Pervanas ’95, was in the first group of 3K students in the French track. Chiara and her husband, Angelos, moved with Antonella and younger daughter Verde back to Atlanta from Italy last summer.

“Many years later, to be back at AIS as a parent is both a surreal and amazing experience. Although the school has changed significantly, the feel of the place as a nurturing and dynamic community is as present as ever,” says Visconti-Pervanas. “I am proud that my daughter has started

her scholastic life at the ELC, especially since it was founded on the vision of Mr. Horsley, a man who was also a very present and influential part of my academic life. I always marvel at how things seem to come full circle in our lives, and nothing is more telling of this then having Antonella happily thriving at AIS today!” Modrone-Pervanas is newly appointed to the AIS Board of Trustees as the alumni representative, a role that Trace Hawkins held for many years.

Lana, Asher and Antonella were actually preceded as the first alum child at AIS

by Patrick Parker, son of Martina Streidinger Parker ’94 and Mason Parker, who started at AIS as a 4K student in the German Trace Hawkins ‘93 and Asher Hawkins ‘27 track in the fall of 2011.

“I think it’s wonderful that alums are now sending their children to AIS,” says Sandy Ferko, head of counseling. “It’s a real testimony to their teachers and the experiences they had at AIS as students.

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AIS Salutes Our First ELC Students: Class of 2027 (3K)

Nadia Aref Lino Bartolo Leela Basole Sarah Bisbis Jael Booker Anna Porter Brodnax Dwayne Carter Lilo Cassimatis Mikey Falco-Furnad Lily Floyd Micaela Gianella Alex Goetz Alex Goldsmith Eve Gordon Alexa Grossman Utshaho Gupta Asher Hawkins Maya Joshi Ana Sofia Keber-Diaz Robert Kottke Adrian Lytle Nolan McClenaghan Benjamin McCormack Lana McDaniel Antonella Pervanas Nymah Pieper Anthony Reznick Anouk Robbiani-Paulete Bella Rodriguez AIS Global Exchange / 2013

Victoria Saigal Eva Schoen Josh Smith Maanav Vats Aurora Williams Tala Zein Class of 2026 (4K)

Everett Abbensetts Amelia Adler Maiya Boyd Tessa Brinson James Chambers Teah Charkawi Nico Cheeks Liam Clayton Leif Cunningham Cameron Davoudi Julius Decoufle Benoit Delly Gianmarco Di Pelino Sofia Diaz Lilya Elchahal Joelle Elchami Amelie Francois Oscar Garcia-Ide Lilly Glass John Greene Dennis Guan Leah Guess Emma Guillot

Zara Hendriksen Olivia Herndon Hayley Husken Louise Kyle Adelaide Lockwood Patricia Lopez-Alvarez Tomas Mathias Piwowarczyk Hamilton Meadows Malia Merritt Theo Michel McLeod Misner Sascha Moffitt Gonzalo Molina Garcia Sophie Moreira-Chauvel Chloe Morrell Kolby Moss Nathaniel Onasanya Daniela Palatchi Zachery Pemberton Angela Piquin Anisa Prempeh Jadon Rajagopal Zoe Reece Lucas Rogers Austin Rolley Arman Sharif Tiago Smith Abigail Starks Wes Winburn Meyline Szczepanski Elea Weimer

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“Approaches to Learning”: the Heart of Middle School

By Jennifer Ruppel, MYP Coordinator, and Jennifer Weyburn, Head of Middle School Editor’s Note: According to the International Baccalaureate Organization, the core of the MiddleYears Program (MYP) features five contexts for learning that “provide the main focus for developing the connections between the disciplines, so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated, coherent whole.”

They are: Approaches to Learning (ATL), Community and Service, Health and Social Education, Environments, and Human Ingenuity.The below article focuses on the first context; more information can be found by visiting the IBO’s website at www.ibo.org.

Succeeding in middle school can be a daunting proposition, particularly for grade 6 students. Students switch classrooms each period and juggle the expectations of at least nine teachers. How can students stay afloat?

Fortunately, the key idea of Approaches to Learning is woven into classes and advisory, and it helps students. In fact, Approaches to Learning (the abbreviation ATL suits us well here in Atlanta) started as a key concept in the IB Middle Years Program and has expanded to be fundamental to all three IB programs (grades pre-K-12).

Approaches to Learning (ATL) provides avenues of support for our newest Middle Schoolers and sets the standard for students taking ownership of their learning. It puts each subject’s skills and content into a reflective context for students. Students are frequently asked to consider these key questions: “How do I learn best? How do I know?

How do I communicate my understanding?” By using ATL as a common thread for the classes and advisory periods, students gain a sense of ownership, responsibility, and empowerment over their learning.

ATL is at the core of the IB Middle Years Program. Learning Specialist, Jessica Packman highlights the importance of this skill strand: “ATL specifically identifies and nurtures the brain structures behind learning. Without ATL, optimal learning will not occur.” The explicit focus on learning skills ensures that they are directly taught and practiced in a purposeful way -- not simply leaving mastery of these skills to chance. Teaching these skills is crucial to students’ success. As Darren Rollins, history teacher, points out, “I have more success with students when I give them a path or structure to learn something.” In fact, each subject group collaborates to document strategies and materials to give students those paths to unlock the subject’s content and skills.

Though students may think that language classes are the main venue to exercise their communication muscles, ATL reminds students and faculty alike that being “fluent” is key even in the more quantitative subjects.

Math teacher Kelly Chiapetta emphasizes the need to teach communication in math: “Especially in math, communication is important. It’s not only about obtaining the correct answer, but it’s also about finding strategies to draw conclusions.” ATL ultimately prompts teachers and students to think of the necessary organization, collaboration, communication, information literacy, reflection, problem solving, and thinking skills to be successful not only as middle school students, but as lifelong learners.

Naturally though, no two students learn alike. As Packman notes, ATL helps students to form “individualized ideas and stretched cognition.”

Students will ultimately each find their own answers to the central questions that this skill strand poses. The International Baccalaureate Organization’s focus on educating the whole child is apparent in its description of ATL, stating that the aim is to create “lifelong learners who have been explicitly taught the skills of effective thinking and learning, from information processing to managing emotions” (“Approaches to Learning”).

While it’s important that grade 6 students, and all secondary school students for that matter, know how to evaluate electronic sources, they also must grow in their ability to navigate relationships with peers and adults. These social/emotional aspects of ATL get significant attention in the Middle School advisory program. Throughout the 6th grade, students consider their identities as individuals as well as their ability to be a member of a team, especially at large events like Aqua Vitae and Field Day. In addition to in-class and advisory reflections, student-led conferences “are a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect on the key ATL questions. This allows them to ‘own’ their learning,” according to Kath Gregurke, Head of English and 7th grade advisor. Teachers and parents watched in awe and admiration as students led their own conferences, leading a reflection on their strengths and weaknesses as learners and setting goals for the rest of the school year.

Despite the many changes the incoming 6th graders face, ATL provides an overarching skill focus from 6th to 10th grade. 6th grader, Claudia Beroukhim, affirms the power of ATL saying that reflecting on her learning helps her to “know when I need to ask for help. In this school, you have to do a lot more critical thinking, applying, and evaluating.

It’s helpful for your teachers to know that maybe you’re not used to writing and explaining. But I’m getting a lot better now.” There are many people ready and willing to help to help those incoming 6th graders. As Julia Chen, another new 6th grader, points out, “This (middle school) is totally new for us. We are testing the water.”

Each year of the MYP will certainly bring new challenges, but the continued emphasis on ATL helps keep students focused on becoming a better learner…equipped to not just survive but thrive.

Approaches to Learning Skills

• organizational skills and attitudes towards work • collaborative skills • communication • information literacy • reflection • problem-solving and thinking skills • subject-specific and interdisciplinary conceptual understanding.

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Design Joins Core Subjects in the Middle Years Program

By Peter Metcalf, Design Technology Teacher

identifying needs

Evaluating

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Realizing solution

generating ideas

Developing solutions

In response to recommendations from previous International Baccalaureate school reviews, AIS has introduced Design as a full IB MYP subject.

Taking its place in the curriculum alongside other core subjects such as English, Mathematics and Science, Group 8 Design consolidates the school’s offerings and brings it into line with other IB schools around the world.

Fields of study for this year’s personal projects range from toy making and multimedia to electronics and consumer products. Cross-curricular links will enable students to make strong connections with their other studies; in some situations, students are able to draw on their own cultural background and tap into a rich community that furthers enhances the design experience

Essentially a course in problem-solving, students develop their skills in researching, generating of creative ideas, manufacturing and evaluating.

This past year, the design faculty were invited to participate in a trial of the new IB MYP Design syllabus. This was a great opportunity for students and teachers alike to have input into the shaping of the new curriculum and trial of the new syllabus. Very few schools around the world are given this honor, and it is a tribute to the reputation AIS has within the IBO. In addition, John Davenport traveled to The Hague to assist with the development of curriculum support materials for international distribution to teachers.

Following the design process, students are encouraged to work independently towards the solving of a design brief. Communication skills are of the utmost importance as students gather and interpret information and data before sketching potential design solutions. The design process encourages students to follow an iterative approach to problem-solving that is just as applicable in Mathematics, the Sciences and any of the many other subjects students study across the curriculum. In fact, this year grade 10 students have been trained to apply the design process when attempting their personal project.

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The Adair Art, Science and Design Center provides an outstanding environment in which to foster creativity. Specialist faculty have been recruited from around the world to assist students in their explorations into both the digital and product design strands of this course.

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Mock Trial Team rides out Hurricane Sandy in NYC AIS’s Mock Trial team followed up a top-five finish in the prestigious Empire City Mock Trial Invitational competition last October with a different sort of adventure: a front-row seat to Hurricane Sandy. The team’s trip home was delayed several days by the historic storm’s arrival in New York City, which they watched safely from the same Brooklyn Bridge hotel that served as headquarters for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Environmental Advocate Philippe Cousteau addresses AIS students The grandson of Jacques Cousteau, legendary conservationist and co-developer of scuba technology, Philippe Cousteau was inspired from childhood to become an explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate.

In a speech to AIS Upper School assemblies this spring, Cousteau explained that he aims to build upon the legacy of his family - plus use new avenues, like his show “Going Green” on CNN - to transform environmental conservation by engaging young people to change the present and the future.

As Cousteau said, we are all connected, no matter where we live, and all of our choices have consequences. He urged us to choose not to procrastinate on this issue before it is too late and to make an effort to minimize our environmental impact. His suggestions included eating lower on the food chain, examining what we consume and how we consume it, and educating ourselves and others about environmental problems.

-Alexandra Zdonczyk ‘13

AIS “Shakes” up Social Media Upper School students rode the “Harlem Shake” wave earlier this year to a new record in visits to the school’s YouTube channel: 12,326 views as of August, to be exact. The AIS eagle mascot and other costumed Upper Schoolers took over the ASD lobby in February to stage the AIS version of this popular Internet meme. To see it, please visit www.youtube.com/AISCommunication.

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if these walls could talk: Sandy Ferko’s Office

By Laura Stidham, Manager, Digital Communications & Design

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For a time capsule of Atlanta International School’s student body, look no further than Sandy Ferko’s office. Every inch of her office is covered in mementos from her tenure as a counselor at AIS. Every one has a story to tell…

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Photos wallpaper her cabinets so her family will always feel nearby.

The Class of ‘95 filled Plaut Plaza with sand, water, palm trees and gold fish—thus Plaut Pond was born. They made sure to hang a sign courtesy of the Class of ’95 with their signatures.

International flags left behind at senior graduation events parade their way into a permanent residence in Sandy’s office.

Sandy keeps collages from all of her Model United Nations trips with students: (top to bottom) University of Virginia 2008, Dublin, Ireland 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2011, Duke University 2004, Duke University 2005.

Alums love to send teddy bears to Sandy. There is even one from the family of a kindergarten student when Sandy was the only counselor at AIS as well as a uniquely squeaky lop-sided doll from Rudi Waldscheutz ’95.

In loving memory of Vivien Mai, Class of ‘05 Vivien passed away in his sleep during his freshman year at college. This painting was one of Vivien’s and was given to AIS, in his memory, by his parents.

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Graham Belton, Class of ’06, gifted Sandy with a tribal statue while working in Mali with the U.S. Peace Corps.

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Travis Stabler, Class of ’99, slam dunks in the old gym.

Supposedly the first slam dunk at AIS—or at least the first captured on camera.

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Paul Seefried, Class of ’01, wanted to leave his own “slam dunk” by giving Sandy his certificate from the Goethe Institute of Excellence in the Study of German.

As a prank, the Class of ’97 placed flyers on windshields all over campus as well as the local grocery store bulletin board: ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT LOST!!!

Last seen somewhere around the Rose and Crown Pub in Buckhead.

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NAME: SANDY HEIGHT: 5’6” HAIR: ash blonde CAR: Champagne Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight If you see our grandma, please call (404) 841-3848 and ask for Dorrita. We LOVE you grandma!

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Class of ‘02 Francisco Martin-Rayo’s Winning the Minds:Travels Through the Terrorist Recruiting Grounds ofYemen, Pakistan, and the Somali Border.

Ohio State is Sandy’s alma mater. Class of “She’ll Never Tell” Decorative Chinese artwork depicting the Year of the Ox from Sandy’s first trip to China in 1997. She escorted AIS students to the Model United Nations which was held at Beijing International School while Alex Horsley (AIS founding member and former headmaster) was headmaster there.

The silver dog tags are a souvenir from the Broadway production of Miss Saigon and an overall memento of her first trip with students to New York City in 1995.

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RETIREMENTS

The end of the 2012-2013 school year also marked the end of an era at AIS, as longtime faculty members Diane Dear (22 years of service), Kathryn

Turman (13 years of service) and Christiane Box (23 years of service) retired. The three were honored and celebrated at an end-of-year event, where many tributes to each of them were shared. The letters below – one from a student, parents and a teacher – reflect the love and esteem in which these longtime teachers are held in the AIS community:

Diane Dear Primary School, English To Diane Dear: I’ll never forget being a lion tamer. I was amazed that at the young and fragile age of six, I was allowed the opportunity to wield a whip and boss around my lion-clad peers. But with great power comes tremendous responsibility – and to be honest, just a tiny bit of fear. I was a very rambunctious child I know, but even though I feigned courage, I was in reality very anxious and nervous about getting on stage.

You were there for me when I felt like the cowardly lion, weak at heart.Thanks to you and your many words of encouragement, I quite literally walked into the lion’s den a few days later with a sense of higher purpose... and without wetting my pants.

A few years later, sixth grade I think it was, our class went to Europe.You were there with us and our French group in France. One day, on the snowy ski slopes of Albertville, I’d had a little too much of falling over myself. I wanted to quit, and was very near crying when you found me, sprawled across the ground, with a bad attitude and a missing ski.

After I made it abundantly clear that – no, I didn’t want to try again – you took me inside to the cabin for a warm cup of hot chocolate. I’ll never forget sitting in those big plush chairs across from you, cradling my mug and surveying in safety the outside scene of my tumbling peers. You made me feel so much better, mollifying my wounded pride with words of encouragement – just like you had all those years ago. Somehow, you knew exactly what to say, and I felt imbued with the courage to try again. And so I did: rather unsuccessfully, but happy nonetheless. I can’t tell you how much that moment meant to me.

You always had a word of encouragement for me, even when I was in high school and far away from your classroom. Each time I saw you, I felt like the small child I had been all over again: safe and warm.

When I think of my time at AIS, I get a flood of emotion that is like hundreds of tiny colored memories. My time with you shines very brightly among them. I have come far since then, but it is due to those early memories, made with you among others, that I am who I am today. You and the other preschool teachers worked magic, cultivating my confidence even when I didn’t think it stood a chance! Thank you. I will never forget you for that.

I am sad to hear of you’re leaving AIS, sad for those who will not have the opportunities to learn from you as I did. I feel extremely lucky to have been at AIS when you were, and particularly lucky to have been under your gentle tutelage during such a fragile time in my life.

I hope that your next adventure is as exhilarating and as full of love as you made mine!

In love, admiration, and gratitude, Allegra Porter ‘09

Kathryn Turman Secondary School, English Dear Kathryn, Well, it’s hard to imagine a teacher who has impacted Jeremy, Alex and Derek more than you over the course of our 25-year tenure at AIS. Although they never aspired to be writers or journalists and certainly didn’t graduate from high school English as your valedictorian, their success today in their continuing education and careers can be directly traced back to Dr.Turman’s dreaded critical analysis IB papers. Captain Hirsch may never understand Shakespeare, but you can feel great pride in knowing that not only did he recently graduate from the most highly competitive program in the United States Air Force, he earned the Distinguished Graduate Award for Weapons School in part due to a paper assigned over the six- month course. Unfortunately, none of us have top secret clearance capability to read his paper on unidentified aerial vehicles (UAVs), but believe it or not, he earned top grade and is now published. Amazing how it all works when they get a chance to write about their passion!

Meanwhile, Alex is now in her third year of law school and has been a TA for her writing professor for over a year.Turns out she has a talent for writing briefs concisely and accurately. Both are greatly appreciated by the Assistant Attorney Generals and Judges for whom she has served.The girl really knows how to study, analyze and write!

Last, but never least, Derek still hasn’t recovered from having to get through Midaq Alley, but we are sure he will be fine once he begins engineering helicopters for the Army.

After a year of college English, he maintains that at least one of his high school papers could have been an “A.” So, as you see, long lives Dr.Turman across the oceans and throughout the ages. Bill and I truly appreciate all that you and so many other teachers have given to our children.

After helping to raise hundreds of our AIS kids, we wish you, Diane and Christine many happy years of a well-deserved retirement.

All our best, Tricia and Bill Hirsch (Parents of Jeremy ‘01, Alex ‘03 and Derek ‘12) AIS Global Exchange / 2013

RETIREMENTS

Christiane Box Secondary School, German

Jeder hat in tiefstem Dank derer zu gedenken, die Flammen in ihm entzündet haben.

-von Albert Schweitzer How do you say good-bye to a retiring member of our faculty who has helped shape AIS through her 23 years of service? And how do you adequately acknowledge someone who, in many of our minds, has reached iconic status? I had to ask for a double extension on my deadline to attempt an answer to this question with this article, and I am still struggling with how I can do her and her countless contributions to the school justice with mere words. Mine won’t do. I had to consult a dictionary - multiple times.

First entry looked up: Icon. The very first definition that came up read as follows: A religious icon is defined as a supreme personality of godhead. Sticking to the realm of mortals, we are left with a supreme personality. Well, this is a promising start and can surely serve as one adequate descriptor of Frau Box. Anyone who meets her is undoubtedly left with the impression of just having met a strong personality, someone truly special, someone they will not easily forget, someone who, in the shortest of conversation, has pushed them to be just a little bit better, just a little more knowledgeable, just a little more reflective, just a little more open-minded, just a little more caring.Yes, Christiane Box does embody the IB learner profile, and I am sure she has lived and shared it long before its theoretical inception.

When Patrick Hurworth coined the indelible phrase of “Christiane, the icon,” he must, however, have an even more far-reaching interpretation in mind.

So, it is back to the dictionary for me: icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i.e. a name, face, or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities.

Evidence of the significance that Frau Box has for AIS is all around us: engaged students, who are thriving; colleagues, who are seeking her advice and guidance; a library stocked with current German books and accompanying reviews; the Sunshine Club that celebrates and empathizes with the significant events in our faculty’s lives; thousands of dollars raised for the Bethania Orphanage through her German Cake Sale; the 100% marker for faculty contribution to the annual fund drive; the validation of the students’ work through the annual Senior Lunch. As German Subject Leader and first language coordinator of the Secondary School, she laid the groundwork for much of our successes in groups 1 and 2, and it is exemplary of her devotion to AIS that the first time I met her was when she came to my husband’s little start-up business right after our move to the US to lobby for his contribution to the Spring Benefit!

All of this commitment did not go unnoticed. In 2011 the faculty chose Christiane Box as the recipient of the prestigious ECIS award. This distinction clearly communicated the school’s appreciation for her “significant and noteworthy contribution to the promotion of international education and understanding”, the fact that she “has proven to be an exemplary citizen by exhibiting personal integrity, ethical professional practices, high personal expectations, a positive attitude and demeanor toward others”, and that she has “contributed above and beyond normal obligations” while demonstrating “the ability to excel at inspiring and leading others.” (Citations from European Council of International School) At the heart of a teacher’s world, however, lies his or her work with the students in the classroom. Christiane Box has been an extraordinary educator. As a non-native speaker of English, I was about to call her a great pedagogue, until I had the good sense to consult the dictionary one more time, and found that in English this “false friend” connotes an educator who is pedantic, strict and stiff, and therefore describing the exact opposite of her teaching style! Since I obviously cannot rely on my own portrayal of Frau Box as a teacher, I once more consulted an expert: Dr. Richard Leblanc of York University, who in 1998 published certain requirements for good teaching that adequately describe her approach to her craft: GOOD TEACHING is as much about passion as it is about reason. It’s about not only motivating students to learn, but teaching them how to learn, and doing so in a manner that is relevant, meaningful, and memorable. It’s about caring for your craft, having a passion for it, and conveying that passion to everyone, most importantly to your students. GOOD TEACHING is about listening, questioning, being responsive, and remembering that each student and class is different. It’s about pushing students to excel; at the same time, it’s about being human, respecting others, and being professional at all times.

GOOD TEACHING is about humor. GOOD TEACHING is about caring, nurturing, and developing minds and talents. It’s about devoting time, often invisible, to every student. It’s also about the thankless hours of grading, designing or redesigning courses, and preparing materials to further enhance instruction. GOOD TEACHERS practice their craft not for the money or because they have to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to. Good teachers couldn’t imagine doing anything else. (THE CORE Association for Experiential Education Schools & Colleges Professional Group Newsletter, Spring 1999, Vol. 2, # 1) Frau Box not only lived these principles of good teaching in her classroom, but shared them freely with us, her colleagues, challenging and guiding us towards the same standards. Her students surely recognized her efforts on their behalf. One of them chose her as his STAR teacher, the one educator who inspired him the most and was most instrumental on his path to becoming an outstanding high school student. Countless testimonies of alumni sharing memories on the occasion of her retirement also give testimony to the lasting impact of her lessons in their lives.

With Frau Box’s retirement, AIS has to say good-bye to a great educator, an engaged and caring colleague, a committed member of our community. In addition, in her years at AIS, Christiane Box had continued to serve as a strong voice linking us to the roots of the school, reminding us of where we come from and how to live our mission true to the intentions of the founders. It is up to us to carry it on, all of it - I know she will be watching!

So, how do you say good-bye to a friend, colleague and mentor if you really are not prepared to see them go? Well, you don’t. We thank her for all she has done, wish her the best for a retirement filled with happiness and new adventures, and simply say:“Tschüs, Christiane, we will see you around!”

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Alumni Class Notes AT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

CLASS OF 1993

CLASS OF 2001

Felina Lerch is married with three

Duden Yegenoglu is with the US

children and lives in Reno, Nevada.

State Department. She is the economic officer in the US Embassy in Bamako, Mali.

CLASS OF 1995 Bobbin Singh got married in

December to his wife, Julia, in her hometown of Oahu, Hawaii.

CLASS OF 1998

Chantal (Day) and Nic Malta-Bey

are the proud parents of two sons, Julien and Sebastien.

Laleh Khadivi lives in San

Francisco. Her book, TheWalking, the second in a trilogy, was published this spring. She credits the teachers and classes at AIS for her “knowledge and love of literature and history” and with helping her begin her journey as a writer.

Natalie Lerch Ban recently joined

the faculty at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

CLASS OF 1996

Corey Pray lives in Austin, Texas

and works as a Petroleum Storage Tank Inspector for UT Arlington, contracted with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Nina Box and fiancée Frank Seeburger

were joined at a party in their honor by AIS alums Raphael Pinto, Josh

Gunnemann, Valentin Lemoine, Tomer Woelz, Kevin Roman and Alex Wallace.

David Rueckel lives in Munich, Germany and has recently started a new job with Catella Real Estate, a German Investment Manager with a Swedish parent structure.

Rob Raville

and wife Megan welcomed a daughter, Adelaide, who paid a visit to Ms. Ferko at AIS. Her dad and classmate Robert

Nicki Bennett met her husband, Thom-

as, in Ethiopia, and later worked with him in the Congo and Afghanistan. They married in 2011 after finishing a two-year mission in Pakistan. After a stint at UN headquarters in New York, they moved to South Sudan in early 2012. Nicki works on humanitarian coordination with the UN, and Thomas works for the European Commission’s humanitarian aid department. They both adore their work and living in Juba.

Jason Lerch is a scientist in the

neuroscience and mental health program at the hospital and faculty in the department of medical biophysics at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children.

He conducts research in childhood mental health disorders (autism, ADHD, etc.) and brain imaging methods.

Chestnut

came along.

Frederic Eger in Germany this summer.

AIS classmates Corey Pray and Sacha Berkman flew over for the occasion.

CLASS OF 1999 Reed Thodeson recently began

his new job as a Social Media and Communications manager for www.SimplePart.com, an online start-up that creates online retail sites for car dealership parts departments. He has had the opportunity to run ad campaigns and marketing promotions using social media for dealerships across the country.

Jon Cooper is pursuing an MBA at

the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, where he met up with Anders Petersen ’95.

CLASS OF 2000 Thaddeus Keefe has opened 1Kept, a

Buckhead restaurant offering “a new blend of American Cuisine and southern influences.”

AIS Global Exchange / 2013

Lisa Herbrechtsmeier married Jan

Marine Captain Christina Hayes graduated from The Naval Academy and, 12 years later, has recently transitioned from being captain in charge of a unit in Okinawa, Japan, to the role of operations officer for the squadron, which is comprised of three companies. Her squadron is considered frontline should action escalate in Korea.

CLASS OF 2003

CLASS OF 2008

Alexi Piasecki has recently finished

her practical experience position at the CDC and will be moving to Cameroon in September where she will be serve as a Peace Corps volunteer for 27 months. She will be working with the Ministry of Health and acting as a Community Health Educator where she looks forward to applying the skills and tools she has learned these past two years at Rollins School of Public Health (Emory University) in the field.

Whitney Wilson has

joined the Corcoran Group in real estate sales in New York City.

Ethan Lyle recently graduated with a

Katrin Trietsch gave birth to her

daughter, Martha, on March 28, 2013.

She and her family live in Germany.

CLASS OF 2005 James Brindley is working for the UN in Uzbekistan. He works as a communications assistant and editor for United Nations Development Programme and Children’s Fund’s country offices.

He also does related work for the Asian Development Bank and a local NGO. He has had the opportunity to draw on his THIMUN experience when organizing MUN events in the country.

Emilia Hermann will attend Harvard

Members of the Class of 2003 visited Philadelphia recently to visit Carla Weeks; their trip included a tour of Anthropologie headquarters (Carla’s employer) as well as a visit to a corn field!

The group included Greta Modesitt, Elizabeth Case Nergen, Andrea Moore, Carla Weeks and Alexi Piasecki.

CLASS OF 2004 Catie Warner completed medical

school at the Medical College of Georgia and is doing a pediatric residency in New York City next year. She wants to specialize in pediatric dermatology and hopes to complete her dermatology training in Philadelphia after she leaves NYC.

Alex Hirsch is starting her third year of

law school at the Charlotte School of Law. Her brother, JEREMY ‘01, is in the U.S. Air Force, while DEREK ‘12 plays baseball and is in ROTC at Wofford College.

University this fall to pursue a Master’s in Public Health before returning to the Unversity of Pennsylvania to complete medical school.

CLASS OF 2006 Graham Belton completed a Master’s Degree at Georgia Tech this spring before embarking on a month-long trip to Cameroon with the organization, Engineers Without Borders. He will begin work in early fall with Schlumberger, an oil company, with whom he will eventually work in Ravenna, Italy.

CLASS OF 2007 Marine Lieutenant Andre Parreira serves on the same base in Okinawa, Japan, as Captain Christine Hayes ’01.

Bachelor of Arts in Government from Harvard University. He just started his new job at the law firm Ropes & Gray LLP in their Practice Development branch. In the time after graduation and before the start of his current job, Ethan worked with a small startup company called Become A Leader, Inc.

Matan Katz is in China working on his Master’s Degree in Trade and Business.

Lauren Olens taught in China for a

year, followed by visits to Japan and Brazil.

Olivia Jones has finished her degree at

the University of Kent with Upper Second Class Honors in Business Administration and French. The graduation ceremonies were at Canterbury Cathedral. She plans to live in London.

CLASS OF 2009 Emika Ijuin works for the civil engineering consulting firm, Walter P. Moore, where she does project management and civil site design. She is currently located in Houston but will move to the Austin office in 2014.

Asurupi Gurung

graduated from John Carroll University and starts a Master’s in Nursing with emphasis in midwifery in St. Louise this summer. She came to AIS from Nepal.

Nico Hawley-Weld spent

this year working as a math and science instructor and is now building infrastructure to support tech startups and social enterprise in Victoria, BC, Canada.

He starts a master’s degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois this fall, as a Jonathan Baldwin Turner Fellow, focusing on sustainable innovation in food, energy, waste/recycling, and manufacturing.

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Alumni Class Notes AT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

Naman Kanakiya has been accepted to the Emory University School of Medicine and will start this fall.

Adam Dindorf graduated from

university last November and officially has a BA in Theatre & English Literature. His parents, former AIS teachers Tom and Gaynor Dindorf, and brother James are enjoying Leipzig International School.

Emily Robey-Phillips will begin her final year at Georgia Tech this August.

She spent this summer in D.C. working for Congressman John Lewis as part of a special program that covers all living and travel expenses for an internship with the federal government. Emily has also been awarded the Boren Scholarship for spring 2014 at the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy & State Service, in Moscow. She studied there in 2011 and is excited to return next year.

Ari Levinson graduated with honors from New York University.

CLASS OF 2011 Arsalan Akhavan remains busy at NYU with academic classes, a minor in producing and his work in studio, which recently culminated in a Script Analysis project involving a 20-minute cut as the protagonist of a play (Ralph from “Awake and Sing!” by Clifford Odets) in addition to scenes from plays by Moliere, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare.

Ariana Fabian is double majoring in anthropology and French at Hendrix College. She participated in programs in France and India and visited Spain during her summer break.

Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh, a student

is the final amateur category before turning professional. In addition, Oliver races for the University of Colorado at Boulder; his team placed second in the nation at Collegiate Division 1 National Championships in Ogden, Utah.

Charlie Geddes took a skydiving jump

while in Argentina this summer.

CLASS OF 2012

at Stanford University, spent the summer in a Biomedical Optics program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge.

Jonathan Olens is a student at Syracuse University. After a Birthright trip to Israel, he interned at WSB-TV in Atlanta this summer.

Anusha Sthanunathan and Aude Broos, who just finished Michigan and

UPenn respectively, took a backpacking trip to Ecuador before they each work in Chicago and New York respectively.

Adrien Pellerin received rave reviews

for his role as “Philip” in Mauritius, his last play this spring before graduating from Rice University.

CLASS OF 2010

Saxon Bartsch won the Atlanta Hedge Fund Challenge and a prize of $10,000 in scholarship monies this spring.

He beat 50 other teams from Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State and UGA. The teams were comprised of one to three graduates, doctorate or undergraduate students in any degree program (Bartsch was a team of one). The Atlanta Hedge Fund Challenge (AHFC) is a regional competition between student teams at Emory, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia in which a panel of hedge fund managers chooses the best investment idea.

Giles Geddes, Patrick Kiessling and Julia Lancaster ‘11 interned

at Porsche North America this summer, during which they had a lunch date with Sandy Ferko.

CLASS OF 2013

Brice Williams spent the week after graduation in Guhawati, India working for Operation Smile.

Dixon Adair helped Atlantans herald the Year of the Snake, having been invited to coemcee the 2013 “Spring in Atlanta” Chinese New Year Gala Performance on February 11, 2013. He was flown from DC to Atlanta by the Association of Chinese Professionals for the weekend of practice and performance.

AIS Global Exchange / 2013

Oliver Flautt currently races for the

Lupus Racing Team, an elite amateur bicycle racing team that is dedicated to raising awareness of the autoimmune disease and increasing funding through the Lupus Foundation of America. Oliver is a Category 1 racer, which

REUNION

Winter 2012/13 Reunion Atlanta Young Alums

In attendance at the reunion: Ciara O’Halloran ’09, Alia Reid ’09, Annie Farrell ’09, Eve Laurent ’09, Adrien Pellerin ’09, Ana Buling ’09, Julius Gebhard-Koenigstein ’09, Rocio Elise Brandau ’09, Dixon Adair ’10, Rana El-Nahas ’10, Christoph Koehler ’10, Joanna Palmer ’10, Tatiana Manidis ’10, Victoria Hampton ’10, Christina Rutte ’10, Julia Lancaster ’11, Neema Zadeh ’11, Jonathan Olens ’11, Guilmerme Silva ’11, Sam Jactel ’11, Lindsey Sanborn ’11, Manon Audibert ’11, Hannah Melville ’11, Amy O’Halloran ’11, Kirsten Wenz ’11, Shakeem Grohmann ’11, Dasha Vzorov ’11, Paolo Fornasini ’11, Ana Paula Shelley ’11, Ryan Kristensen ’11, Anastasia Owen ’11, Oliver Flautt ’11, Alia Moussly ’11, Anton Gebhard-Koenigstein ’11, Elliott Fretwell ’11, Emerence Lodise ’11, Arthur Marques ’12, Anna Zuver ’12, Maura Fitzpatrick ’12, Derek Hirsch ’12, Michael Sandmeir ’12, Libby Porter ’12, Alex La Palme ’12, Amelia Perry ’12, Giles Geddes ’12, Steven Holzapfel ’12, Nadine Marfurt ’12, Sydney Proctor ’12, Constance Noziere ’12, Theresa Schmidt ’12, Michael Pierce ’12, Inye Nosegbe ’12, Alejandro Garcia ’12, Giselle Fernandez ’12.

TOP LEFT PHOTO (l to r) Anna Wilner ‘09, Amelia Zuver ‘09, Kirsten Wenz ‘11, Pan Nimmanonda ‘09 TOP RIGHT PHOTO (l to r) Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh ‘11, Andrea Pava ‘10, Dasha Vzorov ‘11 BOTTOM PHOTO (l to r) Dixon Adair ‘10, Friend of AIS, Chris Rutte ‘10, Joanna Palmer ‘10

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Winter 2012/13 Reunion London

(l to r) Olivia Jones ‘08, Lizzie Huntley ‘03, Cassie Huntley ‘07, Sashi Leff ‘07

(l to r) Florian Raff ‘98, Sandy Ferko, Paige Turbeville ‘97

Winter 2012/13 Reunion New York

(l to r) Aria Curtis ‘06, Kate Mischaikow ‘06, friend of AIS, Alexandra Panzer ‘04

(l to r) Brittany Pavon ‘05, Eden Smith ‘05, Emilia Hermann ‘05, Aria Curtis ‘06

Winter 2012/13 Reunion San Francisco

(l to r) Sandy Ferko, Fran Burlingame ‘97, Arun Wiita ‘98, Alice Blanco Jaitla ‘97

AIS Global Exchange / 2013

(l to r) Afrooz Family ‘06, Kevin Glass

Settled in Seattle

By Carina Box ‘04

Seattle-living class of 2004 members (l to r) Ellison Fidler, Stephan Prochow, Carina Box, Carey Rosser, Sinan Sutcu and Philipp Witte.

On a sunny day in February, six members of the class of 2004 convened near the Space Needle for brunch and a photo opportunity.

Ms. Ferko had recently learned that 10% of our graduating class had settled in Seattle and wanted to know why so many of us moved to the opposite site of the country. Here are the answers from the group, which included Carey Rosser, Sinan Sutcu, Ellison Fidler, Philipp Witte and Stephan Prockow.

Why did you move to Seattle?

Carey: I moved to Seattle because, after a six-year long distance relationship, I decided it might be time to move in with my husband.

Sinan: To work at Xbox.

Ellison: I moved to Seattle to work for the Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit (www.cascade.org) and to live outside of Georgia.

Philipp: After graduating with my Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2010, I was debating between getting my PhD and going into industry. I decided to apply to several jobs to determine what opportunities were available. Ultimately I accepted a job offer with Boeing in Seattle through their accelerated hiring program. Now I am working as a structural design engineer on the new AT (Advanced Technology) winglet of the 737MAX. Carina: I moved to join my boyfriend (who works with Philipp at Boeing). Working at Deloitte Consulting, I was able to request an internal transfer which allowed me to change cities and also move to the Human Capital Service Area where I help other companies develop training programs and materials.

How long have you been in Seattle?

Carey: I would like the record to reflect that we were here first! Even though I didn’t move out here full time until 2012, we’ve been here since 2010.

Sinan: Almost three years.

Ellison: I’ve been in Seattle since June 2012.

Philipp: I have been in Seattle for almost two years now.

Carina: I moved to Seattle in September 2012, but I currently spend more time in Florida due to a work project.

What is your favorite restaurant in the area?

Carey: I don’t know. I like a lot of places. I don’t really think I have a favorite.

Sinan: Capital Grill Ellison: Hmmm...I really like the taco truck in Ballard, but I’ve had a lot of tasty pho around too.

Philipp: My favorite restaurant in the area is List. List has an unbeat-

able happy hour with half-off entrees, and there are usually interesting people to talk to at the bar.

Carina: I have to say Portage - a small French restaurant in Upper Queen Anne with amazing service and impeccable food!

How do you like to spend your weekends in Seattle?

Carey: I spend my weekends doing dog training, skiing, hiking, building things in the back yard, going to Canada, grilling a wide range of NW seafood (and then eating it...)

Sinan: Taking walks with my corgi, Buster, and being lazy Ellison: Busy! I’ve been seeing a lot of music, been to a number of museums (although I try to hit those up on Thursdays!), played in a lot of parks, volunteers with some people, and I started joining some boys in a park for pick-up soccer games on Saturday mornings.

Philipp: During the summer I spend my weekends hiking and kayaking, and during the winter I spend them either skiing or snow-shoeing.

Carina: I enjoy being home instead of in a hotel, catching-up with friends I’ve not seen during the week and occasionally skiing or taking a walk near one of Seattle’s many bodies of water.

What is your favorite spot in the city?

Carey: The library at the top of the federal court house, because it has the best view in town. Unless it’s foggy and then it just has the same view as everywhere else.

Sinan: The entire city is very scenic. Literally breathtaking views everywhere!

Ellison: I really like the Fremont Peak Park. It’s got this amazing view of the locks and a tiny bit of the Sound and at sunset you can see the sun dip behind the mountains and all the lights come on in Ballard. I’ve volunteered for a few work days there and those are fun too. For such a great spot, it’s super tiny, so it’s kind of hidden!

Philipp: My favorite spot in the city is probably the Elliot Bay Terminal Trail along the Seattle waterfront.

Carina: I enjoy taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island and walking around its adorable downtown shops and parks.

Anything else to add…?

Carey: If anyone gets arrested in Washington, feel free to give me a call Sinan: Nope Carina: It has been wonderful having members of the classes of ’04 and ‘05 (Arianna Gutierrez, Lamya Khoury, Brian McElhaney, Catie Warner) come visit. Let us know if you’re in town!

Editor’s Note: Carina is still awaiting Stephan’s answers.

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congratulations, class of 2013

The 81 members of the Class of 2013 had an extremely successful year, matriculating at 47 different universities in the U.S. and abroad and earning an impressive $7.6 million in merit scholarship money, not including HOPE scholarship funds.

and West, and 17 enrolled in schools in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Sweden and The Netherlands. Two are taking gap years. The list of schools to which the students are matriculating appears in following pages.

Of the 81 graduates, 37 will attend 15 colleges in the Southeast, including 20 students who will remain in Georgia to take advantage of the HOPE scholarship programs at UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Of the remaining graduates, 26 enrolled in 21 universities North

In keeping with AIS commencement tradition, this year’s graduates are listed with their countries of affiliation:

AIS Global Exchange / 2013

congratulations, Class of 2013!

Amelia Midori Abe Canada, Japan, USA Marc Leopold Albers Brazil, Germany Anisa Mercedes Amin India, UK, USA Clémentine Marie Christine André France Norman Stefan Arroyo Cuba, Germany, USA Ekua Awotwi Ghana, Nigeria Julia Grayson Barringer UK, USA Zinka Bartolek Croatia Alexandra Therese Birkbeck USA, Vietnam Marie Boudard Belgium, France, Vietnam Leah Elizabeth Bracey Cape Verde, USA Oliver Douglas Branch USA Asha Ililanga Campbell Jamaica, USA Hugo Cap France Jenny Y. Chang Taiwan, USA Emily Elizabeth Cohen Costa Rica, USA Coralis Colón-Vega Puerto Rico, Sweden, USA Brian Davies Cook USA Sarah Marie Darradji Algeria, USA Anaïs de Potesta de Waleffe Belgium, USA Urvashi Atul Deshmukh India, USA Niklas Gabriel Dorsch Germany Christopher Ferandel Guatemala, Mexico, USA Louise Sarah Charlotte Forbes UK Emily Louise Forde UK Aaron Zhu Freedman USA Hannah Mei Freedman China, USA

Lorenzo Jose González Lamassonne Colombia, USA Mathias T. Guenther Germany, Turkey, USA Connor Joseph Hagan USA McKenzie Leigh Hagan USA Mohammadullah Hassan Afghanistan Jeremiah George Hassett Netherlands, USA Julia Allison Henry Jamaica, USA Owen L. Hill Taiwan, USA Naomi Holzapfel Germany Ashton Morrison Imber USA Sarah Raphaëlle Jactel France, USA Shea Lynne Johnson Canada, USA Christopher Nicholas Jordan Brazil Yeon Joo Kim South Korea Sloane Amalie Klene USA Ekaterina Koposova Finland, France, USA Nia Marie Lassiter USA Clara Marie Lefort-Le Corvec France Samuel Alexander Levine Israel, USA Tristan David Alexandre Litré Philippines, USA Samuel Baden Locke UK, USA Olivia Jeanne-Marie Lodise France, USA Marin Lučić Croatia Kate Victoria Maddox UK, USA Imogen Carole Martin Australia, USA Ivanna Martinez-Gonzalez Mexico, USA Myrtil Nioka Mitanga DR Congo, Germany, USA

Sara Salam Ayanaw Muche Ethiopia, USA Tegan Rose Oglesby UK Sevana Chanel Ohanian Armenia, USA Anastasia Philbrook Greece, USA Miles David Reardon USA Dorothy Helen Récaborde France, USA Nina Alexandria Riggio Italy, USA Bridget Elizabeth Schilling USA Julia Gabriella Elisabeth Schlicht Germany Sarah Katherine Schmitt USA Nicolas Affonso Seidler Brazil, Germany, USA Sydni Mariah Session USA Karl Ludwig Konstantin Seuss Germany, USA Shreya Harshad Shah India, UK, USA Alejandro Guillermo Shelley Mexico, Puerto Rico Nichole Augusta Smith Haiti, USA Olivia Marie Soultz USA Maximilian David Sprott Germany, England Helen Martin Tuggle USA Plamen Plamenov Valkov Bulgaria, South Africa Leila Kristiana Varzi Iran, USA Lucien Jehan Patrice Viala France Elizabeth Kelley Weal USA Ellenor Kate Whitfield UK Brice Fletcher Williams Colombia, South Korea, USA Catherine T. Wooster USA Alexandra Noelle Zdonczyk Argentina, USA 23

AIS Honors Assembly 2013

“The faculty of AIS believes that the successful completion of any worthwhile endeavor is reward in itself, that there is intrinsic value in each experience which students should perceive as the reward for a job well-done.Therefore, AIS participates in very few outside awards programs but encourages each student to work to accomplish the most that he/she can.”

-From the AIS Profile Congratulations to the following students recognized at this year’s assembly:

Departmental Awards Group 1: First Language Leila Varzi Group 2: Second Language Clementine Andre Kenzi Hagan Group 3: Social Sciences Connor Hagan (Economics) Marin Lucic (History) Amelia Abe (Geography) Group 4: Science Alexandra Zdonczyk Group 5: Mathematics Brian Cook Brice Williams Group 6: The Arts Aaron Freedman Sarah Schmitt Thespian Award Connor Hagan Lorenzo Gonzales Tristan Litre Group 8: Technology Jack Cohen Matias Ferandel

Maggie Baillie Memorial Award James Schweigert

Harvard Book Award Claire Adair

Scholar Athlete Awards Alexandra Zdonczyk Lucien Viala

Hendrix College Book Award Ana Ioachimescu

AIS Service Award Ekua Awotwi Helen Recaborde Tegan Madden Oglesby Nina Riggio

Johns Hopkins Book Award Anna Benkeser New College Junior Scholars Award Lydia Katrin Elizabeth Abe

State & National Recognition Class of 2012 Valedictorian Alexandra Zdonczyk

New College STEM Matei Dan Raja Khuri

Class of 2012 Salutatorian Lucien Viala

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award Liam Simkins-Walker

Georgia Merit Certificates Claire Adair Anna Benkeser Liam Simkins-Walker Kesha Kanakiya Governor’s Honors Recognition Matias Ferande Kesha Kanakiya

Rochester Institute of Technology Awards Anna Benkeser Kesha Kanakiya Syracuse University Book Award Sabena Quan-Hin

University of Pennsylvania Book Award Barnard College Book Award Caroline Hutchinson Sophie Archer National Art Honor Society Award Vanderbilt University Robert Barnard STEM Naomi Holzapfel Penn Warren Award Tammy VuPham Imogen Martin Leila Yavari Brandeis Book Award Nina Riggio Wellesley College Book Award Neeki Memar National Choral Award Kesha Kanakiya Bryn Mawr College Leila Varzi Yale Book Award President’s Book Award Brice Williams Sarah Stebbins Charlotte Goguillon John Philip Sousa Band Award Journal Cup Columbia University Book Award Sloan Klene Alexandra Zdonczyk Keanu Mitanga National Orchestra Award ECIS Awards for International Dartmouth College Book Award Aaron Freedman Understanding Marina Brand Quincy Jones Musicianship Award Robin Boudard (Middle School) Emory University Book Award Myrtil Mitanga Brice Williams (Upper School) Lizzy Sandlin Jones Day Mock Trial Scholarship Alan Preis (Faculty) Sarah Stebbins AIS Global Exchange / 2013

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 2009-2013 acceptances *Schools at which 2013 graduates enrolled

UNITED STATES Agnes Scott College American Academy of Dramatic Arts American University* American University of Paris Appalachian State University Auburn University* Babson College* Baldwin-Wallace Bard College* Barnard College* Bates College Belmont University* Beloit University Bennington College* Berklee College of Music* Berry College* Birmingham-Southern College* Boston College* Boston University* Bowdoin College* Bradley University Brandeis University Brigham Young University* Brown University* Bryn Mawr College* Bucknell University Butler University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Long Beach California State University, Monterey Bay Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University* Case Western Reserve University Chestnut Hill College Claremont McKenna* Clark University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University* College of Charleston* College of the Atlantic College of Wooster* Colorado College* Colorado State University Columbia College Columbia University* Connecticut College Cooper Union* Cornell College*

Cornell University* Dartmouth College Davidson College* Denison University* DePaul University* DePauw University Dickinson College Dominican University Drexel University Duke University* Earlham College Eckerd College* Elmhurst College Elon University* Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College* Emmanuel College Emory University* Eugene Lang College: The New School* Flagler Florida A&M University* Florida Institute of Technology* Florida International University Florida Southern College Florida State University Fordham University* Franklin and Marshall College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Furman University* George Washington University* Georgetown University* Georgia College and State University* Georgia Gwinnett College Georgia Institute of Technology* Georgia Perimeter College* Georgia Southern University* Georgia State University* Gettysburg College Goucher College Grinnell College* Guilford College Hampshire College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College* Hendrix College* High Point University Hillsdale College Hofstra University

Howard University Illinois State University Indiana State University Indiana University at Bloomington Iowa State University Ithaca College Jacksonville University* John Carroll University* Johns Hopkins University* Kalamazoo College Kennesaw State University* Kenyon College Kettering University Knox College Lafayette College Lake Forest Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College* Louisiana State University* Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans* Lynn University* Macalester College Manhattan Marymounat Massachusetts Institute of Technology* Mercer University* Miami University, Oxford Middle Tennessee State University Middlebury College* Millsaps College Montana State University Mount Holyoke College New College of Florida* New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music* New York School of Interior Design New York University* North Carolina State University* Northeastern University* Northern Wyoming Community College Northwestern University* Oberlin College* Occidental College* Oglethorpe University Ohio State University Ohio Wesleyan University Oregon State University 25

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 2009-2013 acceptances cont. *Schools at which 2013 graduates enrolled

Oxford College of Emory University* Pace University, New York City Parsons: The New School for Design* Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pitzer College* Point Park Pomona College Portland State University Pratt Institute* Presbyterian College Princeton Providence College Purdue University Quinnipiac University Reed College* Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rice University* Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College* Rutgers Sacred Heart Saint Louis University Saint Mary’s College* Salve Regina University San Francisco State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design* School of the Art Institute of Chicago* School of Visual Arts Sewanee: The University of the South Simmons College Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Southern Polytechnic State University* Spelman College St. John’s College* St. John’s University St. Olaf College Stanford University* State University of New York: Stony Brook Stetson University Suffolk University Swarthmore College* AIS Global Exchange / 2013

Syracuse University* Temple University Texas A & M University The Art Institute of Atlanta Towson University Trinity College Trinity University Tufts University* Tulane University Union College United States Military Academy* United States Naval Academy* University of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Arizona University of California: Berkeley* University of California: Davis* University of California: Irvine University of California: Los Angeles* University of California: Merced University of California: San Diego University of California: Santa Barbara University of California: Santa Cruz University of Chicago* University of Cincinnati University of Colorado: Boulder* University of Connecticut University of Delaware UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE THE US Australia La Trobe University* University of Melbourne* Belgium Universite Catholique de Louvain* Canada British Columbia, Concordia*, HEC Montreal, King’s, McGill*, Ottawa*, Toronto*, Universite de Montreal, Universite de Quebec a Montreal*, Waterloo, Western Ontario England Academy of Art, Bath,

Birmingham, Bristol, Central School of Speech and Drama, East Anglia*, Edinburgh, European Business College: London; Exeter, Imperial*, LSE*, Kent, Kings, Leeds, LIPA*, Manchester, Newcastle*, Oxford*, Southampton, Surrey*, University of the Arts:London; UCL, UWE, York St John’s*, York* France Sciences Po*, Universite de Versailles Medical School*, Universite Paris V-Descartes Germany European Business College:Munich; Erlangen*, Hochschule Deggendorf*, Jacobs University: Bremen*, Karlshochschule International University*, Technische Universitat Muenchen, Universiteit Mannheim*, Universitat Karlsruhe Ireland Trinity College Dublin Israel Technion* Italy Universita Bocconi* Netherlands Erasmus*, Internationale Hogeschool Fysiotherapie*, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen*, University College Utrecht, University of Amsterdam Northern Ireland Queen’s College Belfast* Scotland Dundee, Edinburgh, St. Andrews* Spain European University Barcelona, University of Seville* Switzerland St. Gallen Wales Cardiff, Glamorgan, Swansea*

Annual Report / 2012-2013

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Message from the Director of Development

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henever I tell people that I raise money for a living, the reaction is always the same. The usual response is, “Oh.You’re a… fundraiser. There is NO WAY I would do your job.”

I typically answer by saying that there isn’t a better job in the world! I get to work with amazing people—parents and students, trustees and companies, teachers and alumni—from all over the globe, who are bright, passionate, caring, and generous.

And, all of them love this incredible school and its wonderfully diverse and vibrant community. It’s truly a dream job!

Stewart Lathan Director of Development

Indeed, AIS is a great place, and 2012-13 was a great year for giving to it! Through the hard work of volunteers and the Development Office team last year, we were able to raise, in total, an astounding $1,859,009 for Atlanta International School. It was a record year, and we are so grateful to all the parents, alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, parents of alumni, grandparents, friends and organizations who supported the school.

There are many ways to make a financial contribution to the school, but our primary source of gifts is through our Annual Fund. Those unrestricted dollars are so valuable because they make up the nearly 10% of the school’s operating budget that tuition doesn’t cover each year. In the past five years, we have made significant headway in raising total contributions and participation in the Annual Fund—nearly doubling our total from the 2008-09 school year. One of the most significant ways we’ve been able to increase our giving total is by growing our 1984 Club, AIS’s leadership giving society (Annual Fund donors who contribute $1,984 or more). These 161 donors were responsible for 85% of the total dollars raised last year.

Equally important—and on the rise—is our rate of participation in the Annual Fund both from parents and alumni. Last year, 72% of our parents participated in the annual fund, representing a 20% increase from just five years ago. Alumni participation is increasing as well, with 18% of our alumni giving to the Annual Fund in 2012-13. Of course, I won’t be satisfied until we reach 100% for both groups. 2013-14 could be our year!

One of the most significant changes in the last five years is the emergence of Georgia’s Financial Aid Tax Credit program. Through the generosity of parents, alumni, grandparents, C-corps and friends, nearly $500,000 was raised this year alone for the school’s financial aid program. Since AIS began participating in this program in 2008, an amazing $1,239,879.75 in total has been raised in support of financial aid at the school.

Thank you again for making it easy to tell people I have the best job in the world, and for making AIS one of the best schools in the world. Atlanta International School wouldn’t be the same without your support and generosity. We are profoundly grateful.

Stewart Lathan

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

FinanciaL report 2012-13, ending June 30, 2013

OPERATING EXPENSES

OPERATING REVENUE

Tuition and Fees Charitable Contributions (net) Other Income Auxiliary

$21,000,149 $1,206,225 $524,403 $305,344

Total Revenue

$23,036,121 100.0%

Salaries and Benefits $15,612,793 Buildings and Grounds $1,265,624 Depreciation and Amortization $1,859,625 Administrative $1,958,404 Educational Materials and Supplies $1,546,320

91% 6% 2% 1%

Total Expenses

Remainder

70% 6% 8% 9% 7%

$22,242,766 100.0% $793,355

2012-13 GIVING

Unrestricted Restricted Total

Annual Fund $818,552 $25,250 $843,802 Spring Benefit (gross) $283,050 $146,800 $429,850 $1,101,602

$172,050

$1,273,652

REVENUE

EXPENSES

Other Income 2% Charitable Contributions 6%

Educational Materials and Supplies 7%

Auxiliary 1%

Administrative 9%

Depreciation and Amortization 8%

Buildings and Grounds 6%

Tuition and Fees 91%

Salaries and Benefits 70%

2012 Financial aid Tax Credit: $389,416

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AIS ANNUAL GIVING / AIS Annual Fund Atlanta International School / 2012-2013 Annual Fund

A special thanks to our parent and alumni volunteers who cheerfully give their time to make phone calls and write notes with personal enthusiasm:

The Annual Fund is the most important fundraising effort at AIS. All contributions raised through the Annual Fund go directly into our operating budget to help fill the gap between tuition revenue and our operating expenses. The worthwhile investments help support all areas of the school-from faculty salaries to financial aid to day-to-day classroom programs.

To accomplish the goals of the Annual Fund, it takes the support of the entire community: parents, trustees, faculty and staff, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents and friends. In 2012-2013, more than $800,000 was raised in unrestricted monies.

Marlo Elchahal Trace Hawkins Mary Johnson Richard MacKelfresh Dawn Michel Lisa Mohr Kim Nottingham Susannah Parker Deslie Quinby Eleanor Ratchford Theone Rutledge Christina Smedley Lucy Soto Stephanie Strong-Wren Deb Sudbury Stefan Terwindt Leslie Thomas Roxanne Varzi

Board Development Committee Chair Christian Fischer Annual Fund Chairs Wendi McAfee Terri Proctor 1984 Club Chairs Linda Bruner Susie Cogan Shefali Patel Parent Division Chairs Primary Alex Curtis Secondary Constance & George Heery

AIS Parent participation increased to 72% in 2012-13, with two grades in each division winning pizza parties for the highest parent participation. In Primary School, Grade 2 (89%) and Grade 5 (82%) came out on top. In Secondary School, Grade 7 (82%) and Grade 11 (83%) fought hard to reach the top in a very close Secondary School competition. This year, over 79% of our parents participated either by giving directly to the Annual Fund or through their participation in the Spring Benefit. Faculty and staff and the Board of Trustees held their long-standing tradition of 100% participation.

Faculty Chairs Early Learning Center Luz Forero Lower Primary Marie Luce Van Asten Upper Primary Diane Dear Secondary School Christiane Box

In 2012-2013, there were 161 members in our leadership giving society, The 1984 Club, named in honor of the year the school was founded. Their gifts raised 82% of the unrestricted monies for the Annual Fund.

Alumni Class Agents Mihkel Allpere Lisa Box Carina Box Marlys Brothers Laetitia Butler Brianna Carbonell Megan Doyle Caroline Geiger Cate Hilenski Cassie Huntley Eva Imbsweiler Arvand Khosravi Beth Kytle Fasil Muche Ciara O’Halloran Amy O’Halloran Rodrigo Ortiz Gomez Paul Seefried Thomas Striedinger Martina Striedinger Parker Corley Thomas

Parent Volunteers Brad Baer Juliane Beiten Carolin Binder Therese Birkbeck Stephanie Brun de Pontet Heidi Deringer Mary Beth Drummond Anita Elchahal

2012-2013 Parent Participation BY GRADE

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89% 80

82% 72%

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70% 72%

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AIS ANNUAL GIVING July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

Total Giving Contribution Formula (Contributions made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013)

To fully acknowledge the valuable – and often times multiple – contributions our supporters make, this formula is used by the Development Office to calculate each donor’s total giving contribution and is used to determine membership in our leadership gift society, The 1984 Club.

Gifts of Cash or Securities to Unrestricted or Restricted Annual Fund + Matching Gifts from employers* + Special Event participation (less any goods or services received)** + Special Event item purchases (less the fair market value) + In-kind gifts for the school’s operations (according to fair market value) + Auction item donations (according to their original fair market value once they are sold) = Total Giving Contribution for the year * Individuals must give a minimum of $1,984 personally in order to receive Spring Benefit tickets. ** Your Annual Fund pledge is a separate commitment from any Spring Benefit participation.

Every effort has been made to include all contributors and to verify the correct listing of donor names.

If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly, we apologize and would appreciate notification.

= Development volunteer

Founders’ Council ($20,000+) Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Branch Mr. & Mrs. John R. Charman Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mrs. Marianne Halle Ambassadors’ Society ($10,000 – $19,999) Anonymous Dr. Mark F. Baucom and Dr. Anne Baucom Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cain, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Doyle Mr. Marc J. Fleury & Ms. Nathalie Mason-Fleury Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Dr. Peter Z. Guan & Ms. Vivian Wong Mr. & Mrs. Gerry G. Hull Dr. Nicholas Hume & The Reverend Dr. Janice J. Hume Mr. & Mrs. Neil R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Klaus Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Lowe III Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’Halloran Dr. & Mrs. Manish Patel Mr. Mark Perkins Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr.

Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. Charles E. Taylor & Ms. Lisa Cannon Taylor Ms. Chiara Visconti di Modrone Pervanas ‘95 & Mr. Angelos Pervanas Mr. & Mrs. John O. Winchester Dr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Ms. Cynthia Fleck Consuls’ Circle ($5,000 – $9,999) Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Mr. & Mrs. Patrice Andre Dr. W. Perry Ballard III Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Britton Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Colberg Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Cook Mr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Ms. Michelle T. Caruso-Decouflé Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dimitroff Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Dotts Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Mr. James A. Harvey & Dr. Lilia Cuesta Harvey

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mr. Derk Hendriksen & Mrs. Rebecca Messina Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes Mr. & Mrs. Stéphane Leudet de la Vallée Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Madrid, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Darren Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Mr. Peter McKenney & Ms. G. Penny McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. Padilla Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-Smith Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Reardon Mr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rieker Ms. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. Margolis Mr. Todd Schaffner & Ms. Amelia Pane Schaffner Mr. & Mrs. Rhett L. Turner Mr. Brent Yamaato & Mrs. Joyce Pascual Yamaato Shutze Guild ($1,985 – $4,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. Cal Abel & Mrs. Bree Pattillo Mr. & Mrs. Lang Adler Dr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette Cheng Dr. & Mrs. Kelly J. Ahn Dr. Farooq Ashraf & Dr. Bernadette Wang Ashraf Mr. Brad Baer & Mrs. Tosha Hays Dr. & Mrs. Demir Baykal Ms. Dana R. Bentata Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bradley Mr. Thomas Brown & Mrs. Danielle Drapeau-Brown Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown III Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Ms. Mary Ann Carbonell Dr. Jack Chen & Ms. Angela Hsu Dr. & Mrs. William H. Cleveland II Mr. & Mrs. Milo S. Cogan Mr. Glenn Cohen & Mrs. Lynn Pattillo Cohen Mr. John R. Couvillon & Dr. Jacqui Fisch Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crawford Dr. & Mrs. Dan Dan Mr. & Mrs. James P. P. Dirr Mr. Antonio Dozier & Mrs. Nicci Mackey Dozier Mr. & Mrs. James A. Dunlap, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alec N. Elchahal Mr. & Mrs. Safwan A. Elchahal Dr. & Mrs. Mikhael Elchami Mr. & Mrs. P. Foster Finley, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Floyd Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Dr. & Mrs. Tim Fox Mr. & Mrs. James W. Geddes Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Goguillon Mr. & Mrs. Arun Gore Mr. Jackson A. Hale & Ms. Kay Vermeulen Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Matt Herndon Dr. & Mrs. Scott Isaacs Mr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de Pontet

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Bruno G. Jactel Mr. Rick Jernigan & Ms. Nelda Mays Mr. & Mrs. Neil Johnston Dr. Dimitrios Karmpaliotis & Dr. Ioanna Kosmidou Mr. & Mrs. Umesh K. Khaitan Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Kumaraswami Ms. Martha Kytle ‘98 & Mr. Zeb Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. N. Litré Dr. Richard C. Lodise & Dr. Valerie J. Jagiella Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Loudermilk Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Mazzawi Ms. Kim T. McEver Mr. Iain McLaughlin & Mrs. Caroline McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. Michel Mr. Philip Mills & Dr. Jill Mills Mr. Nicholas Misner & Dr. Alienor Gilchrist Mr. & Mrs. Bradley L. Mitchell Mr. Lawrence E. Mock, Jr. Ms. Lisa Mohr Ms. Starr Moore Mr. & Mrs. Neil Morrell Dr. Thinh Nguyen & Dr. Han C. Phan Mr. Per B. Normark & Ms. Cynthia A. Price Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noziere Dr. Babatunde Onasanya & Ms. Carolyn Salas Stacey Cunningham & Richard K. Paradies Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Mr. Pablo Perella-Berdun & Ms. Paula Holfeld Mr. Dominique Petitgenet & Mrs. Sylvie Dardoise Mrs. Amy Pham & Mr. Thomas Vu Dr. & Mrs. James Proctor Mr. & Mrs. David Reiling Ms. Catherine Reimer Dr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Richardson Mr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane Schleifer Ms. Remedios Rodriguez Dr. Juan M. Sarmiento & Dr. Patricia Yugueros Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Schmidt Mr. Benjamin C. Schüttler ‘08 Dr. & Mrs. Robert Slosberg Mr. Chee K. Tan & Ms. Lan T. Chiem Mr. & Mrs. Stefan J. Terwindt Mr. Philip A. Theodore & Ms. Beth Lanier Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas III Mr. & Mrs. Mark Towery Mrs. Jane S. Turner Mr. & Mrs. H. Benny Varzi Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Wagner Mr. Robert C. Watkins III & Ms. Stewart Lathan Mr. & Mrs. James Wayt, Sr. Mr. D. Andres Weaver Mr. & Mrs. David A. Wilke Mr. Alan Wilson & Mrs. Moira Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Albert Woodroof III Mr. Miguel Yelos San Martin & Ms. Patricia Janiot Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen

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AIS ANNUAL GIVING / ANNUAL FUND July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

Atlanta International School sincerely appreciates those individuals who have generously supported the Annual Fund.

Donors listed here made gifts to the 2012-2013 Annual Fund between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

Anonymous (57) Mr. & Mrs. Ty Abbensetts Dr. & Mrs. Sadique Abdul-Mateen Mr. & Mrs. Haruo Abe Mr. Alex I. Acker ‘05 Mr. & Mrs. Evan Adler Ms. Mariela Aguilera Ms. Kimberly Aguirre Mr. Karim Ahmad & Mrs. Pia Sabharwal Ahmad Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aibel Mr. & Mrs. Peter Albers Mr. & Mrs. Greggory Albright Ms. Dagmar Alexander Mr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel Alibaksh Mr. Devin M. Allen Mr. Márcio Amazonas & Ms. Natália Ferreira Mrs. Charlotte Amelot Mr. John Amosa Mr. & Mrs. David Anbari Mr. & Mrs. Bradley S. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Anderson Mr. Christopher Anderson Dr. Vinicius C. Antao & Dr. Germania A. Pinheiro Mr. & Mrs. Chris Archer Ms. Andrea M. Arena Ms. Rosemary Armstrong & Mr. Jay Burton Ms. Juliette N. Assi Mr. & Mrs. William Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Ron G. Aube Ms. Edith P. Aubin & Mr. Dmitri G. Chtchekine Mr. & Mrs. Philippe A. Audibert Mr. & Mrs. Opher Aviran Mr. Kweku Awotwi Mr. & Mrs. Eric Baker Mr. Daniel C. Baker Ms. Sharan K. Bal ‘05 Dr. Victor Balaban & Dr. Jamie Weisman Ms. Sarah Ballew Mr. Stan Ballman & Ms. Christiane Buehler Mr. & Mrs. Mark Balte Mrs. Kathryn Banks & Mr. Jeff Banks Mr. Kirk A. Barnett Mr. Felipe Barral-Momberg & Ms. Gioconda Secchi-Rossini Mr. & Mrs. C. Keith Barringer Mr. Peter G. Barrio & Mrs. Elena Barrio Mr. Michael Bartolo & Dr. E-A Gould Ms. Lisette Barton Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Bartsch Louisa & Armando Basarrate Dr. Rahul C. Basole & Dr. Anita P. Basole Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Bauer Dr. Raymond F. Beach & Ms. Genette Ashby-Beach Mr. & Mrs. John Beadles Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale III Mr. Douglas Beebe & Ms. Tijen Cirig AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Beiten Mr. & Mrs. Blair N. Belton Mr. Gerard P. Benech & Dr. Irene Benech Prof. & Mrs. Paul Benkeser Mrs. Raelis Berggren Mr. Alexander V. Berman & Ms. Margarita Shaulova-Berman Mr. Gabriel Z. Bettsack ‘00 Mr. Saurav Bhandary ‘12 Mr. & Mrs. Noorudin Bhanvadia Mr. & Mrs. Brooks W. Binder Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Birkbeck Ms. Kristin A. Birkness Mrs. Beatriz Biron Mr. Jawad Bisbis & Mrs. Nawal Aquachar Mr. & Mrs. David Bishko Mr. & Mrs. Gilles Bloch-Morhange Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Boedenauer Mr. & Mrs. Troy Bohanon Dr. George Bokuchava & Dr. Nino Doijashvili Mr. C. Philip Bolin Mr. Kevin Bolin & Ms. Laurel-Ann E. Dooley Dr. T. Christopher Bond & Mrs. Nicole A. Bond Ms. Kristina J. Bond Dr. Angelo Bongiorno & Dr. Elisa Riedo Mr. & Mrs. Jamal Booker Mr. David T. Borland Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Borra Mr. Christophe Boudard & Mrs. Thi Thu Thao Tran Mr. Floyd Bowman & Mrs. Christine Dorsey-Bowman Ms. Carina A. Box ‘04 Ms. Lisa Box ‘01 & Mr. Shawn Hoekstra Ms. Nina F. Box ‘98 Mr. Gerald Boyd Ms. Laura Branam Mr. George G. Branch ‘04 Prof. Oliver Brand & Mrs. Claudia H. Brand Mr. Anthony J. Braniff & Ms. Heidi Baltes-Braniff Mr. Gregory M. Braunfeld ‘03 Mrs. Ianna Reid Briggs ‘95 & Mr. Jack Briggs Mr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. Howard Mr. & Mrs. William K. Brodnax Mr. Kallem J. Brooks ‘05 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Brooks Ms. Marlys Brothers ‘92 & Mr. Gordon Rowcliffe Mr. & Mrs. Trevor A. Brown Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Bryant Mr. Christian Burkhardt & Mrs. Ainhoa Merlos San Emeterio Mrs. Fran Smith Burlingham ‘97 & Mr. Kevin Burlingham Ms. Laetitia H. G. A. Butler ‘12 Mr. Harvey S. Cain & Ms. Michelle Williams Ms. Lisa N. Calderon Ms. Khes Muse Caldwell Ms. Capiz Calloway ‘98 & Mr. Forrest Hasbrook Mr. & Mrs. Ricardo Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Jean Y. Cap Ms. Brianna R. Carbonell ‘05

Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell ‘06 Mr. Selman Careaga & Mrs. Ana P. Letayf Ms. Kelly E. Carstens ‘05 Mr. & Mrs. Ewout Cassee Dr. Dimitri Cassimatis & Mrs. Sudie Nolan-Cassimatis Mr. Humberto Castillo & Ms. Janet M. Tirpak Mrs. Nadine J. Chamseddine Mr. Pablo Chapa & Mrs. Barbara Quiroga-Chapa Dr. Zack Charkawi & Dr. Shereen Timani-Charkawi Ms. Susan L. Chase Mrs. Tiphaine Chauvel Mr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. Gutierrez Mrs. Kelley Chiappetta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton, Jr. Mr. Francisco Cline & Ms. Anali Cabrera Cline Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Cohen Mr. David Cole Mrs. Helga B. Colella Ms. Anna K. Collura ‘05 Mr. Manuel B. Conde Mr. Cameron Connerty ‘05 Lt. Col. & Mrs. John Conway Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cooney Ms.Yanaëlle Cornez Mr. & Mrs. German E. Correa Mr. Scott V. Correale & Ms. Shannon Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Cox Ms. V. Lane Cox Ms. Chantal Credolawson-Darras Mr. Timothy Cronin & Ms. Veronica Kirk Mr. Gustavo A. Cueto & Dr. Katia Castillo-Cueto Mr. & Mrs. James B. Cumming Dr. Christopher R. Cunningham & Dr. Solveig A. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. C. Brent Currie Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Daftarian Mr. Robert L. Dale Mr. Thierry Darlis & Ms. Elyse Bashman-Darlis Dr. & Mrs. Mounir Darradji Mr. John Davenport Ms. Candice L. Davis Ms. Monica De Leon Ms. Dorothy A. De Lorme Mr. & Mrs. Ludovic de Potesta de Waleffe Mr. John Deacon & Ms. Caroline Makokha-Deacon Mr. Dennis Dean Mr. & Mrs. Clark H. Dean Mr. Geoffrey Dear & Mrs. Diane M. Dear Ms. Ruth A. Dearden Mr. & Mrs. J. Antonio DelCampo Mr. & Mrs. M. Hans Delly Ms. Regina Deloatch-Ratliff Mr. Alberto W. Dent & Mrs. Alejandra Dent Mr. Stanley G. DeShazo Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo A. Diaz Mr. Michael E. Diaz & Ms. Glianny Fagundo Mr. Garry Dinnerman Mr. & Mrs. F. Rogers Dixson, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth A. Dobbs

Ms. Raquel G. Dominquez Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Dorsch Mr. Robert P. Doster ‘05 Mr. Sean G. Dougherty ‘98 Mr. Kourosh H. Doulkhani & Mrs. Linda Doulkhani Mr. & Mrs. George Dowling Ms. Alexis Doyle Ms. Margaret S. Dozier Mr. Richard A. Driftmeier ‘00 Mrs. Dagmar Droege Mr. & Mrs. Eric Drummond Ms. Claire M. Duggan ‘06 Mr. Rodolfo P. Echeverria & Mrs. Maria L. Gimenez Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Edee Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Edwards Mr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak Aldashi Mr. & Mrs. Helmut Eichhorn Mr. Todd Eichhorn Mr. Khaled El Dokani & Mrs. Karima Abroute Mr. & Mrs. Markus Engel Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Erdmann Mr. Paul M. Escalante Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Escoto Mr. Bijan Esmaeilzadeh & Mrs. Sara Esmaeilzadeh Ms. Jessica Espadas Mrs. Rocio Fabbrini Ms. Jodi Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Rene J. Ferandel Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ferguson Mrs. Sandy Ferko Mr. & Mrs. Rodolfo Fernandez Ms. Beverly G. Fetter Ms. Juliana Finch ‘00 Ms. Karen Flanders-Reid Ms. Johanna M. Fleisch ‘01 Mr. Marcos Flores & Mrs. Peluchi Flores Miss Pauline E. Florsch Prof. & Mrs. Nicolas Florsch Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. R. Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Forde Ms. Luz E. Forero Dr. & Mrs. Nino R. Fornasini Mr. & Mrs. Jason Foss Ms. Courtney Fowler Ms. Jessica Frank Dr. Lorin J. Freedman Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Fretwell Ms. Rosa Frey Dr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Frigon Ms. Shayda L. Frost ‘05 Ms. Maria Galindo Dr. & Mrs. Lionel Gall Ms. Kim Gallagher-Valeri Mr. Ezequiel Galotti ‘04 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gambardella Ms. Arielle Garber ‘01 Mr. Humberto Garcia-Sjogrim & Dr. Lucienne Ide Mr. Marsal Gavalda & Mrs. Jiaxing Weng Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. B. Gayraud Mr. Thomas Gebhard & Ms. Bettina Koenigstein Mr. Marco G. C. Gentili & Mrs. Eva M. Johansson Ms. Catalina D. Ghercioiu Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gillett Mr. Levent Giray & Ms. Deniz Oktar-Giray

Mr. & Mrs. Willi Goetz Ms. Akriti Gokul Mr. & Mrs. Adam Goldsmith Ms. Victoria E. Gómez Patiño Mr. Carlos Gonzalez & Mrs. Cristina Bondolowski Mr. Rafael A. Gonzalez Caloni & Mrs. Elizabeth Gaubeka Gonzalez Mrs. Lina Gonzalez Castro Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon Rachel L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Goudie Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Gould, Jr. Prof. Arash Grakoui & Dr. Holly Hanson Dr. Damien Grattan-Smith & Dr. Ashley Hayes Mr. Joseph S. Grayman & Ms. Maureen B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Gregor Ms. Kathryn Gregurke Ms. Mirjam Grunenfelder ‘05 Ms. Tina Guess Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Guillot Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Günther Mr. Bharat Gupta & Ms. Tiyash Bandyopadhyay Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Gusavac Ms. Arianna A. Gutierrez ‘05 Mr. Arndt Hafele Mr. Woodrow A. Hall & Dr. Glennda M. Hall Ms. Afrah Hamed Mr. Peter Hamer-Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Travis Harper, Sr. Mrs. Terri Harrington Ms. Valerie Hartman Mrs. Brenda F. Hasham Mr. & Mrs. Mohammad Hassan Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Hassett Mr. Trace C. Hawkins ‘93 & Mrs. Emily Hawkins Mrs. Jennifer Haynes-Greene Mr. & Mrs. George T. Heery, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Heighton Mr. & Mrs. Clemens Heinrici Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Hendricks Mr. & Mrs. Dayton L. Henry, Sr. Ms. Emilia A. Hermann ‘05 Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Hermann Ms. Nici Herz Ms. Erika Hibbert Ms. Michelle Hibbert Mr. & Mrs. Greg Hiebert Dr. & Mrs. Marco Hilty Ms. Alexandra J. Hirsch ‘03 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart H. Hoffmann Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Holcomb Ms. Tiffany Holland Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Holmann Mr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr. Mr. & Ms. Arthur Hovagimian Ms. Rachel E. Hovington Ms. Mattie W. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Dean Howell Mrs. Lynn-Anne Huck Mr. Greg Hucks Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Huitt Mr. Tyler J. Hume ‘98 Mr. Maximilian A. Hunt ‘08 Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Huntley Mr. Patrick Hurworth & Mrs. Karen Hurworth Ms. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Irby Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Israelite Joran & Inger Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Bjorn E. Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Harlyn A. Jerrold Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jimenez Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie M. Johns Mr. & Mrs. Brian Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Johnson Ms. Lydia Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. Jones Mr. & Ms. Marshall Jones Mr. Clarkson Jones & Ms. Laura E. Stevenson Ms. Vicki L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Glenn G. Jordan Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Joseph Dr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. Surana Mr. & Mrs. Kirit Kanakiya Mr. & Mrs. James M. Kane Mr. & Mrs. Cetin Kara Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Kartochian Mr. & Mrs. KC Gazi Kasikci Dr. Susan Katrin Mr. Leopoldo Keber & Mrs. Maria C. Diaz Ms. Deborah A. Kern Mr. & Mrs. Rohan Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Aamir K. Khan Dr. Reza Kheirandish & Dr. Shabnam Mousavi Dr. & Mrs. H. Jean Khoury Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kilpatrick Mr. Doo Hwan Kim & Mrs. Bog Hee Seo Ms. Kelly King Mr. Robert Klenberg & Dr. Ming Yang Mr. & Mrs. James Klene Prof. Nikolay E. Koposov & Prof. Dina R. Khapaeva Ms. Martha E. Korgi Mr. & Mrs. Christoph Koslowski Mr. & Mrs. Karl Kottke Dr. Gregg Koval & Ms. Linda Heaviside Mr. & Mrs. Michael Koziol Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Krems Mr. Benjamin I. Kubaryk ‘05 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kyle Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Lacombe Mrs. Jennifer Lagrange Ms. Karen Lamassonne Ms. Karin J. Lancaster ‘11 Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Langer Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Lassiter Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Ms. Stacey M. Lathem ‘04 Mr. & Mrs. Alan LeBlanc Mr. Stephane C. Leblois ‘05 Mr. Christian W. Lefort & Mrs. Christine S. Le Corvec-Lefort Ms. Heidi E. Leithleiter Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Marc Lemaitre Mr. Valentin D. Lemoine ‘98 Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Leopold Dr. Elliot L. Levine & Dr. Rosana S. Levine Dr. William C. Levine & Dr. Sunisa Levine Mr. Jacob Levinson ‘05 Mr. Michel E. Levisse & Mrs. Florence A. Levisse Mr. Jeffrey C. Levy Mrs. Leonie C. Ley-Mitchell & Mr. Jonathan N. Mitchell Mr. Levan Lezhava &

Dr. Maka Manjgaladze Mr. Robert J. Light & Ms.Yupha Vatcharapijarn Ms. Anna Lima ‘05 Ms. Sabrina Wood Llenza Mr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. Locke Mr. Dennis P. Lockhart Mr. & Mrs. Reid Lockwood Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lohmann Mr. & Mrs. Robert Long Mr. Armando Lopez-Fernandez & Dr. Elisa Alvarez-Garrido Mr. & Mme. Franck Loubrieu Ms. Meredith Lowe ‘09 Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Lugo Ms. Sara Luttrell ‘04 Mr. Stephen E. Lyle ‘08 Dr. & Mrs. Nathan Lytle Mr. Stephen Macauley & Ms. Luz Soto Mr. Richard MacKelfresh & Dr. Jamie MacKelfresh Mr. & Mrs. John P. MacMaster Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Madden Mr. & Mrs. Tony Maddox Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mahoney Mr. Walid Mahran & Ms. Maria Galindo Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Maldonado Ms. Fay L. Mann Dr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine Dekle Ms. Trish Marcucci & Mr. Tom Sheeran Mr. Markus Marfurt & Ms. Petra Blickisdorf Marfurt Mrs. Helen Marquès Shayne Mr. & Mrs. Neil Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Martin Miss Imogen C. Martin Mr. Robert L. Martin & Ms. Sally V. Nicholls Ms. Carol Martin Mr. Marco A. Martinez-Obregon & Ms. Ana Maria Gonzalez Ms. Priyanthi Marzorati Mr. & Mrs. Massoud Matinfar Prof. Hiram Maxim & Ms. Caroline Rumley Drs. Erwin & Sabine Mayr Mr. Mauricio Maza Fernandez & Mrs. Maria A. Scarazzini Mr. & Mrs. John C. McAfee Mr. Michael J. McCann & Ms. Chutirat Meetongpun Mr. & Mrs. David McCarney Mr. & Mrs. Sean McClenaghan Mr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormack Mr. & Mrs. John McCusker Mrs. Veronica Plaut McDaniel ‘97 & Mr. Mark McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. McDaniel Ms. Myra McElhaney Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell H. McGirt Dr. Bernard McGuinness & Dr. Úna Casserly McGuinness Mr. & Mrs. John J. McNally Ms. Marguerite McQuire ‘98 Mr. Colin Meadows & Ms. Zora Foote Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Medrzycki Mr. & Mrs. Iain Melville Mr. & Mrs. Asghar Memar Mr. Charles Mendels & Ms. Elaine Rosenblum Ms. Glenys Mendez Mr. & Mrs. Randy G. Merrill Mr. Alfredo M. Mesa &

Mrs. Elizebeth K. Ellison Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Luc Michel Mr. & Mrs. Eric Mikan Ms. Stacey Milholin Mr. & Mrs. William K. Millkey Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mitchell Mr. Jason B. Mitchell ‘12 Mrs. Reid P. Mizell & Mr. Bernard van der Lande Abeer Moanna Mr. & Mrs. Joshua K. Moffitt Ms. Françoise Monier Ms. Juliaette J. Moore Ms. Jessica Morehead Mr. Gerrit Mörking & Dr. Rosa M. E. Pohl Dr. Edwin C. Moses Mr. Rodrigo Tobar de la Fuente & Ms. Vanenka Mosqueira Mr. & Mrs. Cory Moss Mr. Ayanaw Muche Ms. Adele G. Muir Ms. Martina Mustroph ‘04 Mr. Jake I. Nadjmazhar & Mrs. Petra Cermakova Mrs. Ina Nagel-Schweigert Mr. Gokul Nair Mr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura Speake Mr. Alok Nath & Dr. Sharon Nath Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Naughton Ms. Eva Nemeti Ms. Camilla Nordin Mr. Edmund Nosegbe & Dr. Clare Babino Mr. & Mrs. Prescott L. Nottingham Mr. & Mrs. Felipe M. Nunez Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Nystrom III Ms. Silvia Obispo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. O’Brien Ms. Ciara O’Halloran ‘09 Mr. Mikael Öman & Mrs. Ana Maria Barona-Öman Mr. & Mrs. Hasan Orlovic Ms. Ilse Ortega Ms. Caryn Oxford Dr.Yesim Ozbarlas Dr. Roberto Pacifici & Dr. Monica Rizzo Ms. Jessica L. Packman Ms. Alana Padilla Mr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara Brockway Mr. Seung-Joon Paik & Ms.Youn Young Choi Mr. Sabetay Palatchi & Mrs. Jennifer Gold Palatchi Mr. Johannes G. Palsson & Ms. Hyeyoung Kim Ms. Alexandra E. A. Panzer ‘04 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Panzer Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Pardy Dr. & Mrs. Shatul Parikh Mr. Joon Bum Park ‘05 Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Mr. & Mrs. Pankaj D. Patel Mr. Thomas Patton & Dr. Jenelle Foote-Patton Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Pellerin Mr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina Alazraki Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Pendergast Mr. Tomás Pérez-Zafón & Dr. Courtney G. Pérez Ms. Rian A. Perry ‘02 33

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Mrs. Karen B. Peters Mr. Mark Peterson & Ms. Sophia Herbert-Peterson Mr. Laurent Petit & Mrs. Isabel Carrion Mr. Serge Petitpre & Ms. Martha Petitpre-Harris Ms. Christie Pettitt-Schieber ‘05 Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan Palasis Dr. & Mrs. Torsten M. Pieper Mr. Raphael J. Pinto ‘98 Mr. Bruno Piquin & Ms. Giugliana Pessagno Mr. Pawel Pliszka & Mrs. Renata Cichocka Mr. Monte G. Plott & Ms. Patricia G. Etheridge Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Poffenberger Mr. Alain E. Poiraud & Ms. Carine Poiraud-Bouton Dr. Catalin N. Popescu & Dr. Andreea Popescu Mr. John A. A. Porter ‘04 Ms. Katherine A. Porter ‘09 Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy Axtell Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Ms. Dianne Potdevin Ms. Viviane M. Powell Mr. Alan Preis & Mrs. Kate Preis Dr. Maxwell Prempeh & Dr. Ngina Jemmott Ms. Jenny Price Mr. Joerg Holzapfel & Mrs. Elke Putzek-Holzapfel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Quinby Mr. Amir Rahbar & Ms. Farima Mostofi Dr. Vivek Rajagopal & Dr. Melissa Babcock Ms. Rachel K. Ramsay ‘06 Mr. James W. Ratchford ‘12 Dr. Alfonso E. Rea & Ms. Jennene Cheshire-Rea Dr. Charles Read & Dr. Shilpa Vyas-Read Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Reams Mr. Alain Recaborde & Ms. Jean H. Terrell Mr. & Mrs. Wesley M. Reece Mr. Rudolph Reece Ms. Grace Rembert Mr. Michael Reschauer & Ms. Amair Marques Mr. Vitaly Reznik ‘01 Mr. Mark Reznik & Dr. Inna Trakhtenberg Consul General Hermano Ribeiro & Mrs. Isabel Villa-Lobos Telles Ribeiro Ms. Alessandra Ribeiro Mr. James E. Rice & Ms. Eva C. Gil Mr. & Mrs. John P. Richard Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Werner S. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Sanchez Mr. Brian W. Robertson ‘05 Ms. Brooks Robey Mr. Brandon Rogers & Dr. Melissa King Rogers Ms. Victoria Rokhlin ‘04 Ms. Cheryl Rolley Mr. Darren L. Rollins Mr. & Mrs. Horacio Romero Ms. Dina Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Damon A. Rose Dr. Joseph M. Rosenfeld & Mrs. Esther S. Rosenfeld Mr. Juan C. Rozo Mrs. Jennifer Ruppel Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Rutledge Mr. & Mrs. Shrikant V. Saboo Mr. & Mrs. Rohit Saigal AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

Mrs. Nancy J. Sainvil Mr. Jorge Salas & Ms. Berenice Chellew Ms. Stella Salazar Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Salisbury Ms. Carmen Samanes Ms. Ashley B. Sanders ‘05 Rev. Allan Sandlin & Ms. Gretchen Nagy Dr. Jean-Louis M. G. Sankale & Dr. Jyothi Rengarajan Ms. Maria Sarmiento Dr. Jodok Schaeffler & Ms. Carmen Lehner Dr. Richard A. Schieber & Dr. Barbara J. Pettitt Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Schlicht III Mr. Ricardo M. Martinez & Ms. Jutta Schlicker-Martinez Ms. Gabriele Schlumpberger Dr. Thomas J. Schmitt and Dr. Melinda Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Mr. & Mrs. Dale Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Giso Schroeder Dr. Benjamin Schwartz & Ms. Cheryl Keshner Mr. Thomas E. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Jumbe Sebunya Ms. Gioconda Secchi-Rossini Mr. Paul Seefried ‘01 Hon. Cons. Gen. Ferdinand C. Seefried & Dr. Monique B. Seefried Mr. & Mrs. Christoph Seidler Mr. & Mrs. Douglass P. Selby Mr. & Mrs. Hatem Sellami II Mr. Thad B. Servi & Ms. Barbara Vazquez Mr. & Mrs. James H. Session Ms. Urmilla Sethuraman Mr. & Mrs. Harshad Shah Dr. & Mrs. Cameron Shahab Dr. Mohammad Sharif & Dr. Marjan Malek Mr. Eric Shashoua ‘99 & Mrs. Marguerite Shashoua Mr. Robert Shaw-Smith & Dr. Geraldine Higgins Mr. Thomas C. Sheeran & Ms. Anna P. Marcucci Mrs. Chinequa Shelander Mr. & Mrs. Juan R. Shelley Ms. Hannah O. Shore ‘09 Ms. Catherine Hibben Silvo ‘04 Mr. & Mrs. Josh M. Simon Mr. Jason A. Simons Ms. Mayte Simpson & Mr. Aristides J. Brene Mr. & Mrs. Kaizer Siraj Mr. & Mrs. Raymond N. Slater Dr. Oteal Sloan Ms. Eden M. Smith ‘05 Dr. Gregory S. Smith & Dr. Dominique Smith Mr. & Mrs. Scott J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. James T. Snoddy Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Soultz Dr. Panagiotis Sparis & Dr. Ioanna Skountzou Mr. Travis J. Stabler ‘99 & Ms. Marta Polo ‘98 Mr. & Mrs. John Stabler Mrs. Andrea Q. Stangenberg Mr. & Mrs. Erik H. Steavens Mr. & Mrs. Roland A. Stebbins, Jr. Mrs. Kathleen Steffen Mr. Stan Steingold & Ms. Jolie Fainberg

Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Steinworth Mr. & Mrs. Cristian E. Stelea Mr. & Mrs. Colin D. Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Winburn E. Stewart III Dr. Bruce S. Stiftel & Dr. Janet E. Kodras Mr. Michael Stith & Mrs. Tia Alvarez-Stith Dr. M. Christine Stock & Dr. Stuart R. Stock Mr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-Streichenberger Mr. Joseph Strong & Ms. Florence Wetterwald Dr. Wei Sun & Ms. Meiqing Zhang Ms. Brittany M. Pavon Suriel ‘05 Prof. & Mrs. Nikolay Suslov Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sussman Mr. Turner Swicegood ‘05 Mr. Idriss G. Sylla ‘05 Mr. David Szczepanski & Ms. Muriel A. S. Dezoteux Ms. Alexandra Szilagyi Mr. & Mrs. Colin C. Tamsett Mrs. Linde M. Rickert Tassell ‘00 Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Ms. Sarah H. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Bjarne Tellmann Ms. Stefanie D. Tessler Mr. Cornelius W. Thomas ‘05 Mr. Chris Thomas Ms. Alyce W. Thompson ‘03 Mr. Matthew S. Thompson & Mrs. Myrna Antar-Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Guerry R. Thornton, Jr. Ms. Mary E. Thurlow Mrs. Lisa B. Tobin Mr. & Mrs. F. Edward Toledano III Mr. Jerome Tracy Tolochko ‘04 & Mrs. Robin Tolochko Mr. William T. Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Immanuel Triea Ms. Katrin Trietsch ‘04 Mrs. Paige W. Davis Turbeville ‘97 Mr. John Turman & Dr. Kathryn L. G. Turman Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Turner III Ms. Kerstin L. Valdes Mr. Jose Valdivieso & Ms. Sue Wooldridge Mr. Dominicus Van Asten & Mrs. Marie-Luce R. Van Asten-Lerat Ms. Kristine Y. Vanijcharoenkarn ‘05 Dr. Atul Vats Ms. Poonam Chawla Vats Dr. & Mrs. Steven B. Vaughn Ms. Reni Vaughn & Ms. Pier N. Westmoreland Mr. Sergey Verba & Mrs. Svetlana Uspenskaya Mr. & Mrs. Didier M. Viala Mr. & Mrs. Larry Vickers Mr. Lawrence P. Vickers & Mrs. Amparo Mantilla-Vickers Mr. Adolfo Villagomez & Ms. Veronica Roldan Mr. & Mrs. Detlev von Platen Mr. & Mrs. Terence A. Waites Mr. Hanjiao L. Wang & Mrs. Lily Zhao Ms. Chuan Wang Ms. Catherine A. Warner ‘04 Mr. Robert J. Warren Mr. Isaac T. Washington Dr. & Mrs. Michael Wasserfuhr Ms. Gina Waters

Ms. Margaret S. Watts Mr. Keith I. Weal Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Weeks Dr. Rasmus Wegener & Dr. Cornelia Wegener Ms. Ursula Weibert Ms. Margaret M. Weichert Ms. Michelle Weil Mr. & Mrs. Harald Weimer Mr.Yamba-Yamba Mitanga & Ms. Herrad S. Welp Dr. Bruce G. Weniger & Dr. Paungthip Boonperm-Weniger Dr. & Mrs. Milton H. Werner, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Hal West III Mrs. Susan A. Weyburn Ms. Jennifer Weyburn & Mr. Garrett Kyle Mr. Mark H. Whitfield & Ms. Kim L. Ireland Mr. Mark Wietecha & Mrs. Marcelle B. DeCuir Mr. Arun P. Wiita ‘98 Dr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Williams Mr. and Mrs. J. Todd Williams Mr. Jan J. Williams & Dr. Karen R. Mills Mr. M. Elliott Williams & Ms. Tiffany M. Mawhinney Ms. Anne Williams Mr. & Mrs. John R. Wilson Ms. Abasiemek Wilson Mr. G. Harm Winkeler & Ms. Andrea Winkeler-Slaats Mr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Witte Mr. & Mrs. Tin Choi B. Wong Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Wren Mr. Mark Wright & Mrs. Sara Yeglin Ms. Jie Wu Mr. Michel Xhauflair & Mrs. Charlotte Amelot Mr. & Mrs. Navid Yavari Mr. Jeffrey L.Yeates & Dr. Becky Brock Ms. Lara Yegenoglu ‘05 Mr. Guran Yet & Ms. Ozben Iyigun Yet Mrs. Hong Yi Mr. & Mrs. C.J.Young Mr. Armand Zakarian & Ms. Zoya Dimitrova Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Zaller Ms. Elena Zapico Mr. & Mrs. Kouros Zarrabi Dr. Ramsey Zein & Dr. Abeer Moanna Mrs. Ning Zhang Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Zigan

Grandparent Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale III Grandparents of Aubrey J. Bohanon Mr. C. Philip Bolin Grandparent of Amanda R. Bolin Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Bruner Grandparents of Maisie P. Bruner, Wesley S. Bruner & William P. Bruner Lt. Col. & Mrs. John Conway Grandparents of Connor S. Cohen & Sofia C. Cohen Mr. Stanley G. DeShazo Grandparent of Makaio D. Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. George Dowling Grandparents of Charlotte G. Huck Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Grandparents of William S. Cogan & Finn D. Cogan Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Grandparents of Lily C. Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr. Grandparents of Sascha L. Moffitt & Lucas N. Moffitt Ms. Mattie W. Howard Grandparent of Chase Summerlin Joran & Inger Jensen Grandparents of Zacharias E. Jensen & Victoria Jensen

Matching Gift Companies & Foundations AMB Group, LLC Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Bank of America Foundation Grandparents of Gray Mollenkamp & BNY Mellon Charitable Giving Program Bonnie C. Watkins Cisco Systems Foundation The Coca-Cola Foundation Ms. Juliaette J. Moore Colonial Hill Foundation Grandparent of Aubrey J. Bohanon Gannett Broadcasting GE Foundation Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel The Home Depot Foundation Grandparents of Sativa M. Patel & Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc. Josh-Pablo M. Patel Microsoft Corporation Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Mr. Roy Plaut & SunTrust Bank Atlanta Foundation Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Time Warner Foundation Grandparents of Lana B. McDaniel UBS Foundation USA Matching Gift Program Mr. Rudolph Reece Wells Fargo Educational Matching Grandparent of Zoe M. Reece Gift Program Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kyle Grandparents of William W. Kyle

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Schroeder Grandparents of Maria C. Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Raymond N. Slater Grandparents of Amelia B. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Grandparents of Andrea J. Tausche & Charlotte A. Tausche Mrs. Jane S. Turner Grandparent of Alessandro R. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Larry Vickers Grandparents of Matthew L. Vickers

Honor & Memorial Gifts In Honor of Christiane Box Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01 Ms. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06 In Honor of Lynn Pattillo Cohen Ms. Adele G. Muir In Honor of Diane Dear Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01 In Honor of the parents of Mrs. Julianne Heighton Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Heighton

In Honor of Waytus Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Lassiter In Honor of Kathryn Turman Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01 Mr. Stephen E. Lyle ‘08 In Memory of Alex Horsley Anonymous Mrs. Dorothy W. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. John E. Varner III In Memory of Katie Kegel Mr. Anthony J. Braniff & Ms. Heidi Baltes-Braniff In Memory of Mike Marcucci Ms. Trish Marcucci & Mr. Tom Sheeran

In Memory of Janis B. Mitchell Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes In Memory of Ali Mousavi Dr. Reza Kheirandish & Dr. Shabnam Mousavi In Memory of Marie Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas III In Memory of Walker Willingham Ms. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. Margolis

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Financial aid tax credit Through the Financial Aid Tax Credit, eligible citizens may redirect a portion of their Georgia tax liability to support financial aid for the school of their choice. Since 2008, the Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship program has provided AIS with over $1.1 million in financial aid funding. These funds compose a significant portion of the AIS financial aid budget, supporting students who dually qualify under the state guidelines and the school’s need-based qualifications.

By re-directing your taxes (up to $2,500 filing jointly or $1,000 filing single), you will receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit at the state level against your Georgia income tax liability while providing scholarship assistance to incoming AIS students who are currently enrolled in public schools. C-corporations and trusts with a tax liability can redirect up to 75% of their state tax liability. The Georgia General Assembly recently increased the Financial Aid Tax Credit Scholarship cap to $58 million, encouraging S-Corporations and LLC partners to donate a $10,000 per year. As a result of these legislative changes, the AIS community has benefited from a significant increase in financial aid funding. This year alone, the AIS community has donated over $500,000 through the tax credit program.

In the school’s efforts to take full advantage of this innovative program, AIS has partnered with Apogee Georgia School Choice Scholarship Fund.

Your donation to Apogee will allow you to redirect your taxes and benefit students at AIS. Participation is open to anyone who pays Georgia taxes.

Thank you to the following individuals who made contributions in 2012 to benefit Atlanta International School:

2012 Apogee Donors Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Dr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aibel Mr. & Mrs. David Anbari Mr. & Mrs. Paul Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Philippe A. Audibert Ms. Nicole Barbee Louisa & Armando Basarrate Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Dr. Raymond F. Beach & Ms. Genette Ashby-Beach Ms. Kristin A. Birkness Mr. & Mrs. Troy Bohanon Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box Prof. & Mrs. Oliver Brand Mr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown III Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Mr. Harvey S. Cain & Ms. Michelle Williams Mr. Humberto Castillo & Ms. Janet M. Tirpak Mr. Vinay Chandra & Ms. Nandini V. Naidu Ms. Candace Chapman Mr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cooney Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Curtis Mr. Thierry Darlis & Ms. Elyse Bashman-Darlis Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Dotts Mr. Ravi Durairaj & Dr. Anissa Durairaj AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Mr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak Aldashi Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ferguson Mrs. Sandy Ferko Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Ms. Luz E. Forero Mr. & Mrs. Brad Forrer Dr. & Mrs. Tim Fox Ms. Jessica Frank Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Fritz Dr. Henry Frysh Mr. Marsal Gavalda & Mrs. Jiaxing Weng Mr. & Mrs. James W. Geddes Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mr. & Mrs. Greg Hiebert Ms. Annalee Higginbottom Ms. Tiffany Holland Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Holmann Mr. James E. Honkisz & Ms. Catherine Binns Dr. Eric A. Hunter & Dr. Susan Allen Ms. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06 Mr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de Pontet Mr. & Mrs. Harlyn A. Jerrold Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. & Mrs. Neil R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Kirit Kanakiya Mr. & Mrs. James M. Kane Mr. & Mrs. William H. Keeter Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes

Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Mr. & Mrs. Michel E. Levisse Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. N. Litré Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Manidis Dr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine Dekle Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Mazzawi Mr. David McCarney Mr. & Mrs. Randy G. Merrill Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Mr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura Speake Mr. Per B. Normark & Ms. Cynthia A. Price Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’Halloran Mr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara Brockway Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-Smith Mr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina Alazraki Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan Palasis The Physicians’ Spine & Rehabilitation Specialists of GA, PC Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Mr. Alain E. Poiraud & Ms. Carine Poiraud-Bouton Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy Axtell The Quikrete Companies, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Keith C. Raziano Dr. Alfonso E. Rea & Ms. Jennene Cheshire-Rea Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Reardon Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Redwine Mr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth Fisher

Dr. Marcus Remmers & Ms. Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Mr. & Mrs. John P. Richard Mr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane Schleifer Mr. Daryl Rolley Ms. Cheryl Rolley Mr. Darren L. Rollins Dr. & Mrs. Shahrokh Rouhani Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Rutledge Rev. Allan Sandlin & Ms. Gretchen Nagy Mr. & Mrs. Sumeet Sanghani Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Mr. Robert Shaw-Smith & Dr. Geraldine Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Valery Shver Ms. Maria O. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Mr. & Mrs. James T. Snoddy Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Steinworth Ms. Joann Stiefel Mr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-Streichenberger Mr. & Mrs. Colin C. Tamsett Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Stefan J. Terwindt Dr. Anjum Ullah & Mr. Robbie Kenney Ms. Reni Vaughn & Ms. Pier N. Westmoreland Mr. Theodore Wadley & Ms. Regina Imbsweiler Dr. & Mrs. Michael Wasserfuhr Ms. Gina Waters Mr. & Mrs. John O. Winchester Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen

Alumni Donors

AIS Legacy Gift

It has become an AIS tradition for each graduating senior class to give a Legacy Gift to the school.The gift is divided into two different initiatives: the Legacy Scholarship and the Legacy Gift.The 2013 Legacy Scholarship award went to Estella Dieci ’14, who traveled to China with her father to study at Jilin University in Jilin China.

Alumni participation in the 2012-2013 Annual Fund set a new AIS record. Over 18% of the alumni community made a contribution to the school.The support of our alumni demonstrates their belief in the school and the education they received during their time at AIS. More than 100 gifts were made to the alumni Annual Fund this year. A competition was held in the month of March to determine which class could reach the highest rate of participation.The class of 2005 triumphed once again with 40% class participation, resulting in a prize pack of tickets to an exclusive event at the Atlanta Steeplechase and some AIS gear.

AIS is proud to host a myriad of events throughout the year for alumni, including the annual Back-to-School picnic, local, regional and international reunions and holiday gatherings.

Class of 1992 Anonymous Ms. Marlys G. Brothers Mrs. Korrin Johnson Dr. Victoria C. Plaut Bartlett Class of 1993 Mr. Trace C. Hawkins Class of 1994 Anonymous Class of 1995 Mrs. Ianna Briggs Ms. Chiara Visconti di Modrone-Pervanas Class of 1997 Mrs. Fran B. Burlingham Mrs. Veronica P. McDaniel Mrs. Paige W. Turbeville Class of 1998 Ms. Nina F. Box Ms. Capiz K. Calloway Mr. Sean G. Dougherty Mr. Tyler J. Hume Ms. Martha E. Kytle Mr. Valentin D. Lemoine Ms. Marguerite McQuire Mr. Raphael J. Pinto Ms. Marta Polo Mr. Arun P. Wiita Class of 1999 Mr. Eric Shashoua Mr. Travis J. Stabler Class of 2000 Mr. Gabriel Z. Bettsak Mr. Richard A. Driftmeier Ms. Juliana Finch Mrs. Linde M. Tassell Class of 2001 Anonymous (2) Ms. Lisa F. Box

Ms. Johanna M. Fleisch Ms. Arielle Garber Mr. Vitaly Reznik Mr. Paul Seefried Class of 2002 Ms. Rian A. Perry Class of 2003 Anonymous Mr. Gregory M. Braunfeld Ms. Alexandra J. Hirsch Ms. Alyce W. Thompson Class of 2004 Ms. Carina A. Box Mr. George G. Branch Mr. Ezequiel Galotti Ms. Stacey M. Lathem Ms. Sara Luttrell Ms. Martina Mustroph Ms. Alexandra E. Panzer Mr. John A. Porter Ms. Victoria Rokhlin Ms. Catherine H. Silvo Mr. Jerome J. Tolochko Ms. Katrin Trietsch Ms. Catherine A. Warner Class of 2005 Mr. Alex I. Acker Ms. Sharan K. Bal Mr. Kallem J. Brooks Ms. Brianna R. Carbonell Ms. Kelly E. Carstens Ms. Anna K. Collura Mr. Cameron Connerty Mr. Robert P. Doster Ms. Shayda L. Frost Ms. Mirjam Grunenfelder Ms. Arianna A. Gutierrez Ms. Emilia A. Hermann Mr. Benjamin I. Kubaryk Mr. Stephane C. Leblois

Mr. Jacob Levinson Ms. Anna Lima Mr. Joon Bum Park Ms. Christie Pettitt-Schieber Mr. Brian W. Robertson Ms. Ashley B. Sanders Ms. Eden M. Smith Ms. Brittany M. Suriel Mr. David T. Swicegood Mr. Idriss G. Sylla Mr. Cornelius W. Thomas Ms. Kristine Y. Vanijcharoenkarn Ms. Lara Yegenoglu Class of 2006 Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell Ms. Claire M. Duggan Ms. Eva R. Imbsweiler Ms. Rachel K. Ramsay Class of 2008 Mr. Maximilian A. Hunt Mr. Stephen E. Lyle Mr. Benjamin C. Schüttler Class of 2009 Ms. Meredith Lowe Ms. Ciara O’Halloran Ms. Katherine A. Porter Ms. Emily A. Robey-Phillips Ms. Hannah O. Shore Class of 2010 Mr. Michael A. Phillips

The Legacy Gift Committee decided to purchase benches for the Early Learning Center.The new benches will be located outside the entrance to the ELC.They will provide a much needed area for parents and students to gather.

The AIS community would like to thank the Class of 2013 for their generous contribution back to AIS. Marc L. Albers Clementine Andre Zinka Bartolek Asha I. Campbell Hugo Cap Coralis Colón-Vega Anais de Potesta de Waleffe Niklas G. Dorsch Louise S.C. Forbes Emily L. Forde Aaron Z. Freedman Hannah M. Freedman Lorenzo J. Gonzalez-Lamassonne Mathias T. Günther Jeremiah G. Hassett Julia A. Henry Sarah R. Jactel Shea L. Johnson Christopher N. Jordan Samuel A. Levine Tristan D.A. Litré Olivia J. M. Lodise Imogen C. Martin Miles D. Reardon Dorothy H. Recaborde Sydni M. Session Ludwig K. Seuss Shreya H. Shah Olivia M. Soultz Lucien J. Viala Ellen K. Whitfield Alexandra N. Zdonczyk

Class of 2011 Ms. Julia Lancaster Class of 2012 Anonymous (2) Mr. Saurav Bhandary Ms. Laetitia H. Butler Ms. Nadine Marfurt Mr. Jason B. Mitchell Mr. James W. Ratchford 37

Spring benefit 2013

Passport to Thailand

We have travelled to Thailand and back, and we must say that the journey was simply… magical! On April 20, 2013, Atlanta International School brought Thailand to our little campus in the heart of Buckhead. Guests enjoyed the sights, sounds, taste and even the landscape of Thailand. The AIS Theatre Department wowed the audience with a moving and memorable performance that included singing and a live musical performance; the highlight was senior Connor Hagan’s silk dancing from the ceiling in the middle of the crowd. It was a tremendous way to kick off a spectacular evening! We even had classical Thai dancing to open and close the night. It truly was a night to remember in Spring Benefit history.

The Spring Benefit began in the late 1980’s to support AIS’s mission of providing the increasingly global Atlanta community with an outstanding independent school. All proceeds from the Benefit contribute towards financial aid scholarships, faculty development programs and continued preservation of the historic campus buildings.

This year’s Spring Benefit netted more than $300,000 for Atlanta International School. A truly remarkable element of this fundraising effort was the $150,000 we raised during the Stand & Pledge campaign for financial aid. Our amazing journey to Thailand would not have been possible without the time, talent and resources of our devoted Spring Benefit Council. We give enormous thanks to Myrna Antar, Scott Britton, Linda Bruner, Lorraine Charman, Lan Chiem, Marcelle DeCuir, Vickie Gore, Roane Loudermilk, Tracie Slosberg and Yupha Vatcharapijarn.

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

AIS recognizes the generosity of our corporate sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Friends of AIS

In-kind Donors Anonymous Agave Restaurant Alfredo’s Italian Restaurant Ali Rahimi for Mon Atelier Alliance Française d’ Atlanta Antica Posta Marchesi Antinori Artiko Stones, LLC Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Atlanta History Center Atlanta International School Atlanta Opera Atlanta Shakespeare Company Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Auto Zone Babcock Dermatology Barefoot Mountain Barking Hound Village Barnsley Gardens Resorts Mr. Felipe Barral Barron London Salon Ray Beach & Genette Ashby-Beach Ms. Lucie Behrendt Mr. Nathaniel Ben-Haiem Bhojanic Restaurant Bill Packard’s Magic Man Entertainment Bits & Pieces Blabla Kids Bonefish Grill

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick Mr. Wayne Bradley Claudia Brand Broadway in Atlanta Brookhaven Children’s Dentistry Buckhead Pizza Buckhead Uniforms Build-A-Bear Workshop Cablik Modern Dwellings Mr. Harvey Cain & Ms. Michelle Williams Cantinetta Antinori Restaurant Carithers Flower Shop Carova Rentals Cason Photography Center for Puppetry Arts Mr. & Mrs. John Charman Chattahoochee Nature Center Mr. Jim Cheeks & Ms. Wendy Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Clark Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Coinstar Consul General of France in Atlanta Cracker Barrel Creative Discovery Museum Cypress Street Pint & Plate Darden’s Delights, LLC Mr. Seth Deitchman, Financial Advisor Delta Training Department/ Douglas Israelite Dick’s Sporting Goods Diggin Active Inc. Doc Chey’s Noodle House Donlan & Greenbaum’s New York Prime Mr. & Mrs. Scott Dozier Ms. Maggie Dozier Drybar

European School of Music Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Fernandez Fernbank Museum of Natural History Festivity Boutique Ms. Beverly Fetter Mr. & Mrs. Jim Floyd Flywheel Sports Fogo de Chao Foot Locker Four Beans Ms. Dusty Fretwell Frolic Boutique Mrs. Kim Gallagher Valeri Susan & Mark Gambardella Mr. Marsal Gavalda, PhD Georgia Grille German Consulate General Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Glass Goethe-Zentrum/German Cultural Center Atlanta Gorilla Sacks Gourmet Innovations Gymboree Corporation Hair Brain Salon Hanson Bay Company Mr. George Heery & Mrs. Constance Heery Marshall Herskovitz, The Bedford Falls Company High Museum of Art High Range Photography, Mr. Ian Lockwood Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Hoffmann Ms. Monica Hollman Mr. Patrick Hurworth Inside CNN Studio Tour 39

InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta IQ Fitness Mr. & Mrs. Scott Isaacs Alex & Elisa Jerrold Johnny Rockets Lonnie Johns Mr. & Mrs. Neil Johnson Julie Bee’s Just the Thing!

Helen Kaminski Umaesh & Kavita Khaitan Kidcraft Ms. Philippa Kingsley Kramer Portraits, New York La Tagliatella Ms. Karen Lamassonne Laser Quest Learning RX Little Bangkok: Thai & Chinese Cuisine Local Three Kitchen & Bar Tony Locke Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley M Crowd Restaurant Group Ma Cuisine by Adeline Marie De George Design, Fashion, Interiors & Art Mariott Conference Resort Marketing Inspirations Marquis Boutique Hotel & Spa Imogen Martin Ms. Priya Marzorati Massage Heights Buckhead Max Lager’s Wood-fired Grill & Brewery Metrotainment Cafes Michael C. Carlos Museum Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails Mobile Laser Tag of Georgia Mr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura Speake Nava Sen Spa Neurosport Physical Therapy North Georgia Canopy Tours Nothing Bundt Cakes Nourish Ms. Joyce O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Halloran Mr. Roberto Pacifici & Ms. Monica Rizzo Anita Pandey, DMD Panera Bread Dr. Shatul Parikh Passo a Frente Patrick W. Sola Portraiture Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital Chiara & Angelos Pervanas Karen Peters Pike Nurseries Mr. Alain Poiraud Dr. Maxwell Prempeh & Dr. Ngina Jemmott Publix Super Markets Mr. Robert Pullum Ms. Deslie Quinby R. Jean Art Rachel Lipson Gordon Rain Asian Fusion Ratana Men’s Salon Regal Entertainment Group Salon Next Sara Speert Photography The Schaffner Family Daniela Schmidt School of Rock Sea Glass Fine Art Shane’s Rib Shack Mr. Daniel Shubert Jr. & Mrs. Shubert Six Flags Over Georgia Smart Glass Jewelry Sony Computer Entertainment Southern Sitters & Nannies Sports Boosters

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

Spring Benefit Council Sprong Childrens Shoes Jay Steinworth & GM Voices Studio Movie Grill Taco Mac Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Taylor Thai Chili Authentic Thai Cuisine Thaicoon & Sushi Bar The Big Ketch The Cook’s Warehouse The Fox Theatre The Framers on Peachtree The Georgia Aquarium The Honeybee The Inn at Serenbe The Melting Pot The Mosquito Authority of Metro Atlanta The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead The Varsity The Westin Buckhead Atlanta The Westin Peachtree Plaza Thomas Fallon Photography Mr. & Mrs. Guerry Thornton Tin Lizzy’s Cantina Total Wine & More Mr. & Mrs. Rhett Turner U.S. National Whitewater Center Ms. Saisamorn Ufer Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint Universal Tennis Academy Forough Vakili Mr. & Mrs. Didier Viala Vis-a-Vis The Salon Mr. & Mrs. Detlev Von Platen Ms. Maria Voutos Walt Disney World Mr. & Mrs. James Wayt Tip & Bruce Weniger Whistling Girl Photography White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails White Salon & Spa Ms. Anne Williams Willy’s Mexicana Grill Ben “Bean” Worley Yard House Restaurants Mr. & Mrs. Navid Yavari Yoga Collective Young Chefs Academy Ms. Emma Zigan Zoo Atlanta Stand & Pledge Donors Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Mr. & Mrs. Lang Adler Mr. & Mrs. Peter Albers Mr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel Alibaksh Mr. & Mrs. C. Keith Barringer Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Bauer Mr. Kevin Bolin & Ms. Laurel-Ann E. Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Branch Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Britton Mr. Selman Careaga & Mrs. Ana P. Letayf Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Charman Mr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crawford Dennis Dean Mr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Ms. Michelle T. Caruso-Decouflé Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dimitroff Mr. & Mrs. James P. P. Dirr

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Eric Drummond Mr. Rodolfo P. Echeverria & Mrs. Maria L. Gimenez Mr. Todd Eichhorn Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Ms. Karen Flanders-Reid Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Floyd Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Ms. Graciela Frecia Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gambardella Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Mr. Carlos Gonzalez & Mrs. Cristina Bondolowski Mr. & Mrs. Arun Gore Mr. Joseph S. Grayman & Ms. Maureen B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Günther Mr. Trace Hawkins ‘93 & Mrs. Emily Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Hawkins Mr. Derk Hendriksen & Mrs. Rebecca Messina Mr. & Mrs. Gerry G. Hull Mr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de Pontet Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Jordan Dr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. Surana Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Kartochian Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Klaus Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Kumaraswami Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Loudermilk Mr. & Mrs. John P. MacMaster Mr. & Mrs. Darren Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormack Mr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. Michel Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Pardy Dr. & Mrs. Shatul Parikh Dr. & Mrs. Manish Patel Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-Smith Mr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina Alazraki Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Pendergast Mr. Mark Peterson & Ms. Sophia Herbert-Peterson Mr. Dominique Petitgenet & Mrs. Sylvie Dardoise Dr. Charles Read & Dr. Shilpa Vyas-Read Ms. Remedios Rodriguez Ms. Cheryl Rolley Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Mr. Benjamin C. Schüttler ‘08 Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas III Mr. & Mrs. F. Edward Toledano III Mr. Adolfo Villagomez & Ms. Veronica Roldan Mr. & Mrs. Detlev von Platen Mr. Mark Wietecha & Mrs. Marcelle B. DeCuir Mr. & Mrs. John R. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Navid Yavari Mr. Guran Yet & Ms. Ozben Iyigun Yet

2013 Spring Benefit Committee

Council

Myrna Antar Scott Britton Linda Bruner Lorraine Charman Lan Chiem Marcelle DeCuir Vickie Gore Roane Loudermilk Tracie Slosberg Yupha Vatcharapijarn

Volunteers

Darcie Adler Angel Anbari deLille Anthony Felipe Barral Julie Barringer Stephanie Bell Marsi Bostwick Carolina Branch Petra Cermakova Tim Cronin Isabel Coto Marcy Cowan Jennifer Culley Roxana Dan Shannon Dawson Angeline Dimitroff Ellen Dotts Carrie Doyle Mary Beth Drummond Beth Fernandez Ashley Floyd Jim Floyd Luce Fournier Deniz Oktar-Giray Stefani Glass Ramona Goetz Dawn Hawkins Lili Harvey Constance Heery Linda Herndon Carol Hoffmann Martina Johansson Elisabeth Jordan Hyeyoung Kim Veronica Kirk Karen Lamassonne Anita Leopold Susanna Lockwood Sagar Lonial Laura Madrid Karen Malaga Laurie Marion Inge Marshall Caroline McLaughlin Dawn Michel Jill Mills Karen Mitchell Jennie Odom Deslie Quinby Amy Richardson Ruth Rieker Kristin Rink Denise Roberts Reme Rodriguez Amelia Schaffner Denice Smith Laura Speake Morgan Stewart Jennifer Terwindt Leslie Thomas Alice Turner Amparo Vickers Tip Weniger Dawn Werner David Wilke Lisa Young Lara Zaller

parent organization Message from Dawn Hawkins, President

I read an article recently on education in America and the fact that, as our cultural landscape continues to evolve in the classroom, our schools must learn to truly embrace multi-cultural collaboration. It discussed the ways that cultural differences-values, traditions, languages, racial attitudes-are natural barriers that can only be overcome if the greater school community is united in a common sense of purpose. And that sense of community can only be built through open and respectful communication, grounded in a common purpose and inclusive of all stakeholders.

I loved a couple of things about this article, one being that AIS has been growing, nurturing and thriving in this landscape for more than 25 years.

We are so lucky to be part of this truly global community with its incredibly diverse cultural representation, all striving to enrich the experience of our children and families here at AIS. It’s what drew us to the school as a family. It’s messy, but oh so beautiful.

The other thing that struck me was that the words used throughout this article - “collaboration”, “communication”, “community”, “inclusiveness”are all included and are the core of the Parent Organization mission. Every parent or guardian is a part of the Parent Organization (PO). We all work to create an inclusive environment where we can foster a strong sense of community as we honor one another’s cultural perspectives. We strongly encourage every parent to participate, because we believe that the strength of our community is built from collaborative efforts of the parent body as a whole.

It was another busy year for our community, as parents and students dealt with many changes such the opening of the ELC, new school schedule, revised carpool and security protocols. These transitions were successful because we have a collaborative community that openly communicates and has a common sense of purpose. And this collaborative community is nurtured by our continued deliberate focus to enhance the experience of our families by looking for new ways to make personal connections: connections with families in each grade; connections between new families and the school; connections with fellow members of our diverse community across the grades.

Our room parents and grade representatives led the charge by creating multiple opportunities to make connections within the grade for students, parents and families. I hope you were able to attend a parent social and engage in conversation with fellow parents about challenges and experiences that your children or you are facing. Or perhaps your grade’s families gathered together at one of the wonderful multi-cultural events put on by the PO during the year. What better way to get to know the new families in your grade than to pull up a picnic blanket at the Back-to-School Picnic or at WorldFest?

Our Family Ambassador program continued their efforts in embracing our new families as they came into our community. It can be overwhelming to step through the doors of AIS, and we strive to make sure that the transition is as smooth as possible and that every new family is connected to someone that helps both parents and students successfully navigate those first days and months at the school.

Our Culture Clubs and Booster Clubs create many wonderful opportunities to make connections that showcase the incredibly rich fabric of our community. WorldFest is the premiere cultural event and arguably the biggest celebration and best presentation to the greater Atlanta community. Where else can you spend an afternoon immersing your senses in the tastes, smells, and traditions of 30 or more countries? Over 300 parents, faculty and staff worked together to make WorldFest 2013 a success. All of our Culture Clubs are important contributors to community life, tirelessly bringing specific cultural events to the school, including German Christmas Market, Persian New Year, Jazz in Black and White and La Kermesse, just to name a few. Our Sports Boosters and Arts Alliance committees bring passion and commitment to the continued development of our sports and arts programs. From Spirit Nights to the 10x10 Art show, these groups bring our entire community together to make connections across grades and language tracks and celebrate AIS beyond the classroom.

Many new faces joined our veteran volunteers this year. These folks from all areas of the school and all corners of the globe greatly enrich the AIS experience for our children and our families, and I feel truly honored to have been part of this collaboration that is the fabric of our community.

Executive Council

President Dawn Hawkins President-Elect Susan Mitchell-Ketzes Secretary Jennene Cheshire-Rea Treasurer James Session School Representatives

ELC Bree Pattillo Lower PS Ron Carmichael

Upper PS Sophie Michel-Alibaksh

Parent Programs Linda Pak Bruner

Middle School Geraldine Goguillion Ellen Dotts

Sports Boosters Shannon Dawson Carrie Doyle Kim Valeri

Upper School David Wilke Lynne Abe Committees

WorldFest Veronica Kirk Tim Cronin

Ambassadors Cheryl Rolley

Development Liaison Tracie Slosberg

Arts Alliance Heather Triea

Nourish Robyn Bishko

Cultural Clubs

Amigos Silvia Nystrom Amparo Mantilla Asian Culture Club Roya Memar Ensemble

Anne Clotilde Seuge Deutsch Connection Sabine Mayr Harambee Leslie Thomas

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strategic plan report card Extracurricular

Enrollment

• Primary School: 533 • Middle School: 244 • Upper School: 313

Student Retention

• Primary School: 87% • Middle School: 94% • Upper School: 94% • Number of Nationalities of Student Body: 60 Faculty

• Number of Full-time Faculty Members: 156 • Number of Part-time Faculty Members: 7 • Number of Staff Members: 54 • Average Tenure of Faculty: 17 years of total teaching experience, 8 years at AIS • Number of Nationalities of Faculty Members: 34 • Attrition: 15% Tuition

• Primary (3K-4): $19,652

Total Enrollment - 981 • Middle (5-8): $21,362 • Upper (9-12): $22,434 Financial Aid

• % of AIS students receiving Financial Aid: 14% Academics

Participation in IB Program • PYP: 100% • MYP: 100% • IBDP: 100% Testing Summary:

IB • % of AIS students attempting full IB Diploma: 100% • % of AIS students earning IB Diploma: 96% • Average AIS IB score: 33 • % AIS students earned a bilingual IB Diploma demonstrating native-level abilities in two or more languages: 41% • % of all IB candidates worldwide attempting full IB Diploma: 48% • % of students worldwide earning IB Diploma: 67% • World average IB score: 32 SAT • Critical reading average (native speakers of English): 652 • Math average: 648 • % of Class of 2013 receiving National Merit honors: 12% College Admissions for Class of 2013 (81 Students)

• 81 AIS graduates representing 42 nationalities • 81 students enrolled at 45 different universities • 15 students enrolled at universities abroad • 1 student taking gap year AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

Athletics • 67% of all 9th-12th and 85% of all 6th-8th grade students participate in extracurricular athletics, competing on 36 different teams.

• AIS teams have qualified for numerous state tournament competitions and have won two, with eight individual State Champions and two “Coach of the Year” awards.

Theater • The AIS Theatre Department hired an additional teacher to its program in 2012-13. Simon Bell joined the department from London, England, with a background in Physical Theatre & Devising.

• AIS Theatre continues to be recognized internationally with its partnership with the International Schools Theatre Association.

• AIS again achieved recognition at the Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre, receiving nine nominations. The Theatre Department stages two Upper School productions and one Middle School production per year, in addition to grades 11 and 12 IBDP theatre showcases.

• 60% of the Upper School students and 40% of the Middle School student body participated in some way in the 2012-13 Theatre Season, with continued support from parents, faculty and alumni. 50 students of all-ages performed at the annual Spring Benefit fundraiser celebrating Thailand. Senior Connor Hagan wowed the crowd with a performance on silks.

Visual Arts • The Visual Arts Department worked in conjunction with the Arts Alliance to create a new signature event called the 10x10 show.

More than 80 teachers, students, faculty and parents created art for the community to view and purchase.

Music • The Department of Music, with four full-time and two part-time faculty members, serves the needs of over 900 students in grades 3K-12 with a full offering of academic music classes, music performance ensembles, and an extensive afterschool private music lessons program.

• In the Primary School, ensembles in chorus and orchestra are offered.

• In the Middle School, AIS offers a choir, string ensemble, and a concert band.

• At the Upper School level, ensembles are offered including three different choral groups, a concert band and orchestra.

CAS • CAS stands for “Creativity, Action, Service.” It is required of all students in grades 6 – 12 and for the IB Diploma.

• There are 39 CAS groups at AIS, working with organizations locally, nationally & internationally.

Alumni

• 1,075 alumni who currently live in 22 countries around the world.

• The average age of our alumni is 26 years old.

Accreditation

• AIS is accredited by CIS, AdvancED, SAIS. We are an IB World School.

Our Mission To meet the challenges and opportunities of our interdependent, fast-changing world as responsible citizens, young people require flexible intellectual competence, self-discipline, and a global outlook. To achieve these goals, they need rigorous academic preparation and a passion to become the best they can be. To thrive in and contribute to this world, they must have a solid sense of self and respect for others—as individuals, as members of a group, as citizens of their nations, and as members of the global community. Extraordinary individuals will be called upon to shape the 21st century. The mission of Atlanta International School (AIS) is to develop such individuals.

To fulfill this mission, AIS commits itself to the following goals: – to sustain and grow the exemplary level of teaching and learning that has earned it a world wide reputation for excellent standards in international and multilingual education within the framework of the International Baccalaureate; – to develop each child fully by helping each one to live our core values: the joy of learning and purposeful effort as well as mutual respect and understanding in a diverse setting; – to maintain an optimal size and composition of faculty and students to maximize the opportunities for learning and shared understanding that are necessary for a healthy community; – to help shape and improve local and global communities through the committed participation of its multilingual students, alumni, parents, faculty, and staff.

Our Core Values What We Believe Is Fundamentally Important We believe that encouraging each student to discover the intrinsic joy of learning and purposeful effort will help each one to set and achieve high academic standards. Furthermore, we believe it is vital to nurture mutual respect and understanding among all members of our community. Together we cultivate a spirited sense of hope in human potential. We believe the diversity of our community provides an extraordinary opportunity to enable our students to communicate, create, and collaborate in order to build a peaceful future.

The joy of learning and purposeful effort We want our students to experience joy in their intellectual, physical,social, and emotional development. At AIS we will create a safe, stimulating educational environment, promoting the wonder and curiosity that motivate a student to explore learning in and beyond the classroom throughout life. We believe that achievement derives from sustained, purposeful effort and that our potential is best developed by learning to think critically, debate confidently, and push our limits. Ours is a community that nurtures and celebrates disciplined and myriad intelligences, and we approach teaching with the expectation that every student will be successful.

Mutual respect and understanding in a diverse community We believe that every human being is valuable and deserves respect. We further believe that respect springs from understanding and that the best way to understand others is by learning to see the world from other points of view. Since each language reflects the values, history, and way of thinking of those who use it, learning another language is a particularly effective means of understanding and respecting others.

We believe that a cohesive community of students, faculty, staff, and parents from many backgrounds—socio-economic, ethnic, racial, linguistic, national, and religious—provides an ideal setting for the development of respect and understanding and helps prepare students to thrive in a diverse, interdependent world.

AIS Non-Discrimination Statement Atlanta International School practices a full non-discriminatory policy in all school-administered programs and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or gender preference in all of its admissions, educational and employment policies, programs, and practices.

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2890 North Fulton Drive / Atlanta, Georgia 30305 USA / 404.841.3840 / www.aischool.org

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013