Sanford Magazine Fall 2007

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The Paths Chosen Four years after graduating from Sanford School, members of the Class of 2003 are finding their way in the world.

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A Message from the Head of School

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The Paths Chosen 7

On Campus 16

Commencement 2007 18

Robots: A ‘First’ For Some Sanford Students and Just ‘MOE’ Fun For Two 20

Faculty Focus 25

Home & School News 26

Spotlight on Athletics 30

Alumni Notes 32

In Memoriam Staff Editor Cheryl Fleming Associate Editor Peter Buttenheim Contributing Editor Theresa Medoff Contributors Cecilia Baum Rosemary Brooks André Dagenais Sue Dagenais Merrilee Mose Bruce Pill Jackie Pitts ’55 Jon Roberts Loren Yates h Photography Carlos Alejandro The Bente Family Michelle Spellman Cobb Delaware Valley College– Sports Information Office Theresa Knox Tom Nutter Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Joan Samonisky Villanova University/ Aurora Imaging Corp.

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For a school to be able to uphold a motto that promises to leave no talent unexplored, the pressure is on the Sanford faculty and staff each year to bring forth bright, interesting, and accomplished graduates. In turn, when these alumni of the school move forward through college and their years in the working world, we need to follow their progress in order to assess the effectiveness of our academic and co-curricular programs. Such is the case with the Class of 2003, featured in the lead article of this issue of the Sanford magazine. The purpose of this feature article is to introduce you to our latest “works in progress” and to remind all of us that the steps our graduates take after Sanford ultimately reflect on the education received on this campus.

Although no one has determined the best way to evaluate the quality of a school program in light of alumni progress or achievement, it seems to me that all of us have a subjective sixth sense when it comes to measuring the correlation between lessons learned at Sanford and the likelihood of success in the world later on. First of all, we listen to our graduates when they return from college and make sure that their comments about college preparation are heeded and incorporated into our efforts with current students. We are regularly reminded by our graduates that the quality of teaching at this level is often equal to, or even better than, what they have experienced at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Second, the encouragement given at Sanford to get involved with service, arts, and athletics often translates into comparable experiences after Sanford. Perhaps we talk so often about leadership, responsibility, respect, and character that our graduates feel the need to use the experiences gained here as a foundation for involvement in their own communities as they start a family and establish themselves personally and professionally.

Third, and finally, there is ample evidence to suggest that graduates of Sanford and other well established independent schools want to sustain their connection to their schools much more than graduates of other types of schools in this country. Historically, the “connectedness” and the network established through an independent education provide a lifelong link which enables our graduates to be quintessential citizens of the world.

Pick a class, any class, and sort through the eclectic mix of stories, family histories, occupations, publications, and honors, and would you then be able to label that class a success? Think of your own high school or college class and consider how you would label the group. Of course, labeling the group does not really achieve much because the individual stories are far more interesting, far-reaching, and impressive than assigning an adjective to the class as a whole. I have handed diplomas to 31 classes— the first five as an Upper School Head and the last twenty-six as a Head of School—and nothing gives me more pleasure than to hear how the graduates have used their education to help better their respective communities. The pride we feel at Sanford is knowing that we have played a role.

So, as you read the update about the Class of 2003, please let your mind drift for a minute and consider where you were in your personal and professional journey at the age of 21. Unfinished comes to mind, don’t you think? For those of you who are trying to gauge the value of an independent school education, read the words of these graduates, who represent a typical Sanford class, and then project their experiences to your own children. Let me know what you think.

communications@sanfordschool.org www.sanfordschool.org On the cover: The Sanford Class of 2003 is shown set against the brick pathway of the William L. Aydelott Quadrangle.

Douglas W. MacKelcan, Head of School

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The Paths Chosen For Sanford’s Class of 2003, the past four years have been a time of self-discovery and evolving goals.

By Theresa Gawlas Medoff

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Christopher “Chris” Wilkens knew that his computer students did not want to work together. Before being accepted into the Middle East Education through Technology (MEET) five-week summer program, these Israeli and Palestinian youth had lived in parallel universes that allowed them to avoid contact. Now they were required to work as a team.

“I had always done some type of volunteering, but I’d never had the experience I did in Washington, where we really got to know people on a personal level. Sometimes you need a lifechanging experience to show you the way,” Christina says. She is now on a path leading to a graduate degree in counseling and a career in the nonprofit sector.

Chris previously had tutored students one-on-one, but his job instructing students in the MEET program was his first classroom experience. One of a small group of MIT students chosen to spend the summer in Jerusalem, Chris gave lectures, led recitations, and supervised the lab work of the rising high school sophomores who had enrolled in the three-year program.

Those who know Katherine “Katie” Ellis will not find it surprising that she, too, is trying to make a difference in the world. While at Sanford, Katie founded Students for a Free Tibet. When she learned that a similar student group at Wellesley College had grown stagnant, she revived it and eventually brought a group of eight Tibetan nuns to campus for a visit.

He watched as slowly, reluctantly, the Israeli and Palestinian teens began to talk and plan and work together. Observing the gradual thaw, Chris realized that education has the potential to bridge even the widest of chasms. The experience convinced him that his future lay in academia.

Chris finished his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in May, and then stayed on at MIT to do research and take classes toward a master’s degree. He plans eventually to earn a doctorate and then to teach and do research at a university.

Four years after graduating from Sanford School, members of the Class of 2003 are finding their way in the world. Most have graduated from college, though they might have ended up studying a different subject than they originally intended.

Some have started their first jobs in their chosen careers. Others are attending graduate school. Some alumni have returned home, while others have moved abroad. The paths they have chosen are as varied as the members of the Class of 2003 themselves.

Chris Wilkens journeyed halfway around the world to discover his calling, but Christina Benardo found hers closer to home. As a senior English major at the College of Saint Rose, Christina spent part of her winter break volunteering at a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C. “We saw a 2-year-old who was suffering from malnutrition. Her grandmother asked me to help. I gave them more food, but that was all I could do,” Christina says. “But when I got back to school in Albany, I kept thinking about that little girl.”

Christina wanted to raise awareness about the millions of children in the U.S. with inadequate health care, so she and a few friends organized an on-campus rally. They wrapped a campus building in a paper chain covered in Band-Aids, each link representing 3,000 children without health insurance. The stunt garnered attention from local television and newspapers and helped spread the message, Christina says. The students followed up with a letter-writing campaign urging New York state legislators and Gov. Eliot Spitzer to provide high-quality, affordable health coverage for all children.

Now that she has graduated (with a major in international relations), Katie is working on the Clinton presidential campaign as a field organizer for the seacoast region of New Hampshire.

“I became interested in international relations after experiencing 9/11 [during my junior year at Sanford],” Katie says. She wanted to know why it happened and how the political situation could be improved. Katie does not know what the future holds after the election—perhaps graduate school, perhaps a career in politics—but she will, undoubtedly, be bringing awareness to issues of importance.

René Spellman also is in New Hampshire working on a presidential campaign, but for Clinton’s rival Barack Obama.

René stayed as busy at Stanford as she did in high school. In addition to being sophomore class president and active in her sorority, she danced with Stanford’s Cardinal Ballet Company and was a member of the varsity women’s lightweight crew team for four years.

Some at Sanford might remember that René entered college intending to become a surgeon. Her career goals changed midway through her sophomore year when she received a fellowship from Young People For (YP4), a leadership development program of the progressive social justice organization People for the American Way. René completed an environmental justice project aimed at addressing pollution in San Francisco Bay; the following year she used YP4 support to further her work with the NAACP. Now she is working on a multimedia project about the connections between jazz, hip hop, and social justice. She plans to go back to school eventually to earn advanced degrees in law and business.

Lauren Autenreith barely took a breather after graduating cum laude from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in human nutrition, food and exercise. By early June she was already studying full time at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing the 26-month program, Lauren will have a degree as a physician’s assistant.

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A summer teaching experience in Jerusalem convinced MIT graduate Chris Wilkens that his future lay in academia. He is working toward a master’s degree and plans eventually to earn a doctorate.

Christina Benardo (right) and a College of Saint Rose faculty member wrapped a campus building in a paper chain covered in Band-Aids to bring awareness to the plight of children without health insurance.

Looking back—2003 Senior Cum Laude Society members (left to right): René Spellman, Shingo Murata, Katharine Bente, Chris Wilkens, and Alyssa Schultheis inducted 10 new members (bottom row): Louisa Inskip (junior), Katie Ellis (senior), Simi Sonecha (junior), Cristina Cochran (junior), Tori Foster (junior), Kim Brown (senior), Tonny Guan (senior), and Lia Maffia (junior).

Not pictured: Meghan Pasricha (junior) and Josh Goldstein (senior). The guest speaker for the ceremony was Dr. Deirdre Johnston, Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Sanford Board of Trustees and parent of alumna Caroline ’00.

After standing out on the Stanford campus, René Spellman went to work on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. In the top photo, René is talking with the presidential hopeful in New Hampshire.

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She also earned certification as a personal trainer while in college and worked at Virginia Tech Fitness, where she taught and trained students, and at The Weight Club, a neighborhood fitness center. An internship at Christiana Hospital in cardiology and exercise physiology convinced Lauren that she wanted a career in medicine.

Sports continue to be an important part of Shingo Murata’s life. He played tennis throughout his four years at Swarthmore, but it was his involvement with an indoor wiffle ball league that helped him secure his first job. “I wrote computer software to figure out our players’ stats,” Shingo explains. “I think that impressed them when I interviewed for a job at STATS.” The Illinois-based STATS company collects, processes and distributes sports statistics to fans, sports teams, and print and broadcast media. If you are watching a baseball game on television, it just might be Shingo’s skills as a computer programmer that are providing you with a player’s batting average.

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“Eventually I’ll probably go for a degree in business or law, but I still hope to end up working in the sports business. I like that the work is different every day. There’s always drama in sports,” Shingo says.

Readers of the sports section have been able to follow the impressive college basketball career of Will Sheridan. His life off the court is less well known. Will credits Sanford with preparing him for college both academically and socially by making him open to new experiences and new people.

Will was the first basketball player at Villanova to be an orientation counselor. He discovered a love for writing and spoken word performance at open-mike nights and poetry slams on and off campus, and he helped to start Villanova’s highly successful Hip-Hop Freestyle Battle. He majored in communications. Will’s natural stage presence led to numerous appearances as an emcee, including the inauguration of Villanova’s new president this past year.

Now he’s living in Italy and playing basketball in the Euroleague. Will officially classified as an Italian player.

Because his mother’s grandfather was Italian, Will was able to get dual citizenship, a move suggested by his agent to increase his opportunities. Will does not know how many seasons his pro career will last, so while he is abroad he will also be taking online courses in finance to help prepare him for a possible career in banking.

Katharine Bente says that choosing to study abroad was the best decision she made in college. Her many years of German study at Sanford and at Kenyon College prepared her well for her semester at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. While there she took a break from her science studies to concentrate on German history, culture and literature. She

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will be returning to Germany this fall on a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English to middle and high school students.

Katharine did a considerable amount of research at Kenyon while earning her degree in chemistry. The experience, she says, “helped me to discover that I didn’t want to do research.” She supplemented her major in chemistry with a minor in physics and spent the summer working in California at Medtronic Diabetes, where she did research and development work on a glucose sensor. “It was a combination of engineering and chemistry, which I really enjoyed,” she says. It’s a job to which she would consider returning after she comes back from Germany, but is also contemplating a career teaching science.

Tarsila Stoeckicht followed a more winding path after graduating from Sanford, and she’s glad she did. After studying visual arts and costume design for a year at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, Tarsila took time off to re-evaluate her career goals. Of course, she needed a job in the interim, but since Tarsila is not a U.S. citizen, she could not work here. Her European Union passport allowed her to work in England, first at a restaurant in southern England, then at a youth hostel, and finally as a chaperone and English tutor to five teen girls who were vacationing on their own on the islands off Italy’s west coast. She also traveled in France and the Netherlands before returning to college.

Tarsila is now in her second year of studies at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, where she is studying jewelry making and fibers & textiles. “It’s a good combination,” she says. “I get to play with materials and be creative and yet also get a good understanding of design.”

While she is in school, Tarsila is earning money by designing and making her own jewelry. She sells her creations at a booth in the Kensington Market, a multicultural section of Toronto that is home to many artists and vintage clothing stores.

She plans to earn an undergraduate degree in art and then a graduate degree in education. “I’d like to travel again to Europe, but I’m starting to become quite partial to Toronto, and I’ll most likely end up living and teaching in Canada,” she says.

For Dawn Eddis, the path to the future led back home to Eddis Farm, a horse farm in rural New Jersey, just outside Salem. Dawn was active in 4-H as a child, and she’d been riding horses since she was in third grade. She attended Delaware Valley College, where she majored in small animal science and minored in equine studies. She was offered a job in a research lab after she graduated, but she declined. “I had done animal research at the company while I was still in school. It was exciting and interesting at first, and I learned a lot,” she says. “But animal research was not what I expected.

It changes you, and I felt myself becoming desensitized to the feelings of the animals.”

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Tarsila Stoeckicht ’03

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Lauren Autenreith is following a path leading to a career in medicine. The Virginia Tech alumna is studying to be a physician’s assistant at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Sanford Upper School history teacher Lloyd Johns was one of the guests at Shingo Murata’s Swarthmore graduation ceremony.

Vassar graduate Alyssa Schultheis now teaches high school chemistry and physical science at an independent school in Philadelphia.

While studying in Germany at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in 2006, Katharine Bente enjoyed a visit from her brother Rick ’00.

Katharine, a Fulbright Scholar, is teaching English to middle and high school students in Germany.

At Delaware Valley College, Dawn Eddis was a four-year field hockey player, a team captain last year, and named to the All-Freedom Conference first team last season.

Will Sheridan, now playing basketball in Italy, was a leader on and off the court at Villanova. In the bottom photo, he is signing an autograph for a fan.

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So Dawn returned home to the family farm, which she had helped her mother to run for several years. The farm is home to 23 horses, seven of which belong to the Eddis family. In addition to giving riding lessons, Dawn started a summer camp program and has begun to offer pony parties. She created a web site for the business and is preparing to take over when her mother retires to Florida within the next few years. “This lifestyle fits me,” Dawn says. “Working on the horse farm is a more caring, nurturing way for me to use my education in animal science, and I know that down the road this will be a nice place for me to raise a family while still making a good living.”

Where did they go following their graduation from Sanford?

Although Alyssa Schultheis has moved to Newtown, Pa., her first job represents a coming home, too. While she was at Sanford, Alyssa often helped out in the Lower School science lab when her mother, Liz Schultheis, was teaching there.

Alyssa majored in chemistry at Vassar. “Initially I thought, ‘I am definitely not going to be a teacher,’” Alyssa says. “But I started taking education courses and I realized, I really do love teaching.” So she earned her teaching certification as well.

Katharine Bente. ................... Kenyon College

This fall, Alyssa will be teaching high school chemistry and physical science at George School, a Quaker coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. Alyssa plans to have her students do stream studies, just as she once did at Sanford. She later built on that early introduction to research by completing stream research for her senior thesis.

Alyssa will be living in a dorm as a faculty adviser and will also coach developmental soccer at George School. “I credit Sanford with making me feel comfortable with coaching,” says Alyssa, who played soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and golf at Sanford.

Yes, Alyssa still plays the violin. In fact, she played in the Vassar Orchestra for all four years of college, and she even did a junior recital, something highly unusual for a non-music major. “My ultimate goal,” she says, “is to earn a master’s in educational administration and become head of a private school. I’d also like to play in the Delaware Symphony Orchestra.” All this, she hastens to add, is far in the future.

For now, Alyssa is just focusing on getting to know her students and teaching her classes.

For members of Sanford’s Class of 2003, the four years since high school graduation have been a time of growth and discovery. They have completed one leg of a journey. The path ahead no doubt will present detours, crossroads, and, perhaps even new modes of transportation. We will be eager to hear about their progress.

Members of the Class of 2003 chose a variety of paths after they left Sanford. The list below shows the first stop along their journey.

Demete Alexopoulos............. Saint Joseph’s University Matt Altshuler. ....................... University of Delaware Sara Antani............................. Pennsylvania State University Lauren Autenreith................. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Leslie Baldino. ....................... American University Jennifer Bank. ....................... University of Delaware David Beard. .......................... University of Richmond Christina Benardo................. The College of Saint Rose Dave Brown............................ Skidmore College Kimberly Brown..................... Kenyon College Michael Burdett..................... Roanoke College Cristina Cochran.................... University of Delaware Whitney Cook......................... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Peter Craft............................... Randolph-Macon College Heather Croswell................... University of Delaware Jonas Daiber.......................... University of Delaware Eric DeAscanis....................... University of Central Florida Zack duPont........................... St. Lawrence University Dawn Eddis. ........................... Delaware Valley College Katherine Ellis........................ Wellesley College Nan Goff.................................. University of Richmond Joshua Goldstein................... Lafayette College Tonny Guan............................ Carnegie Mellon University Daniel Honig. ......................... Rider University Lindsay Johnson. .................. Elizabethtown College Anastasia Karponosova........ Brown University Beth Keighley......................... University of Delaware Courtney Kendall................... Salisbury University Pia King................................... Temple University Kyle Levenick......................... Colgate University Jillian Levinson. ..................... University of Delaware Michael Malinowski.............. Pennsylvania State University, University Park Cat Malone. ............................ Randolph-Macon College Shingo Murata....................... Swarthmore College London Murray...................... University of Hartford Kara Neilson........................... University of Richmond Katherine Perkins. ................ Ursinus College Ann Marie Pizzala................. Radford University Fred Riehle............................. University of Delaware Rebecca Scarborough......... Washington College Alyssa Schultheis.................. Vassar College Nikki Seegmuller................... University of Delaware Will Sheridan.......................... Villanova University René Spellman...................... Stanford University Tarsila Stoeckicht.................. College of Santa Fe Jamie Vanderhoef................. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Christopher Wilkens. ............ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gabby Wirth. .......................... New York University Brice Wonders....................... Villanova University Peyton Wylie........................... University of Delaware

Members of the Class of 2003 (and other alumni): We want to know where your life path has taken you.

Write to Sanford Magazine and tell us what you are doing.

On campus

Sanford School Open Houses

OnCampus Join us for our 2007-2008 Open Houses Tell your friends to come see for themselves why no talent lies latent.

This year, the Admission Office will offer several open houses designed to accommodate a variety of schedules. Please join us for our: All School Open House

JK–Grade 12 Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Lower School Open House

JK–Grade 4 Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:30–11 a.m.

6:30–8 p.m.

Winter Wednesday Lower School Open Houses

JK–Grade 4 8:30–11 a.m.

January 9, 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20, 27 March 5, 12 For more information about admission, please call 302-239-5263. Or, visit our website at www.sanfordschool.org.

A Look Ahead at our 2007-2008 Even ts Here are some of the Sanford School events scheduled for the 2007-2008 school year. Alumni and friends of the school are welcome to join us.

October 2007 21 All School (JK–Grade 12) Admission Open House November 2007 9–11 Sanford Repertory Theatre Company (SRTC) Fall Production– Geipel Gymnasium 15 Lower School (JK–Grade 4) Admission Open House December 2007 4–13 Honors/AP Art Exhibit–Stephen May Hall Commons 6 Middle School Holiday Concert–Geipel Gymnasium 12 Lower School Art Loop 13 Upper School Holiday Concert–Geipel Gymnasium 21 JK–Grade 1 Holiday Concert–Geipel Gymnasium Grades 2-4 Holiday Concert–Geipel Gymnasium January 2008–March 2008 Winter Wednesday Lower School Admission Open Houses, 8:30–11 a.m.

February 2008 1 8th Annual Sanford Invitational (SIT) Middle School Wrestling Tournament–Sports Center 8 Upper School Service Club Spaghetti Dinner–Quigley Dining Hall 9 Upper School Service Club Spaghetti Dinner– Quigley Dining Hall (Snow Date) 29 SRTC Musical–Geipel Gymnasium March 2008 1-3 SRTC Musical–Geipel Gymnasium April 2008 23 Lower School Art Loop–Albright/Yearsley Hall May 2008 1 Upper School Spring Concert–Geipel Gymnasium 6 Middle/Upper School Art Show Reception–Stephen May Hall Commons Middle School Spring Concert–Geipel Gymnasium 14 JK–Grade 1 Spring Concert–Geipel Gymnasium Grades 2-4 Spring Concert–Geipel Gymnasium 16 Upper School Blue/Gold Assembly June 2008 3 Lower School & Middle School Closing Exercises–Quadrangle 4 Upper School Class Day–Quadrangle 6 Commencement–Quadrangle For more information about any of these events, please visit www.sanfordschool.org or call 302-239-5263.

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OnCampus Sanford Students Honored

These awards were presented during Class Day ceremonies on June 6, 2007.

Senior Awards

W. Michael Akers Memorial Award for History—Varoon Sachdev Damon Brown Memorial Award in Science—Chris Miller The Chrysalis Award—Cassandra Deitrick Computer Science Award—Keegan McGregor C. Edgar Fry, Jr. Drama Award—Elly Smokler May V. Hays Memorial Plaque (Choral Music)—Alex Krenz Clarence A. Hays Memorial Plaque (Band)—Chris Miller Bruce O. Jones Art Award—Lily Bieber-Ham Men’s Athlete of The Year—Henry Tucker Marcelle Orsini Award for Foreign Language—Varoon Sachdev Sanford W. Sawin, Sr. Award for Mathematics—Lauren Park Sanford W. Sawin, Jr. Memorial Award for Athletics— Paris Waterman & Matt Turtle The Dale Seymour Award—Paris Waterman & Henry Tucker Frank H. Simmons Memorial Literary Award—Varoon Sachdev Women’s Athlete of The Year—Paris Waterman Underclass Awards

Sigma Diploma Mathematics Award—Brian Nachbar Bausch and Lomb Award—Brian Nachbar Stanlee C. Nott Challenge Trophy—Sean Ryon M.I.T. Nest Award—Suchit Tuli

The Fightin’ Blue Hens Personal Development Coach Speaks to Sanford Athletes Last May, Upper School athletes were honored during

Sanford’s annual Blue-Gold Assembly. The guest speaker for the event was David Baylor. A former Delaware State police officer, Baylor is now the director of community relations and training with N-K-S Distributors in New Castle, Delaware.

In his current role, he works with educational institutions to promote alcohol awareness and education and to help prevent underage drinking. A Wilmington, Delaware native, Baylor is also the personal development coach for the University of Delaware football team.

During his remarks, Baylor said: “As you move on to the next level you must realize that life will present you with challenges.

And life will also present you with obstacles. You must meet those obstacles and challenges head on. There will be times when you are successful and there will be times when you will fail. That is part of life. You must learn from both experiences.

And when you learn from both experiences (success and failure), you will grow…and when you grow you will be successful…and you will be a winner.”

Cum Laude Society Awards

English....................... Brittany Bowman History. ..................... Ella Wagner Math........................... Chris Copeland Science....................... Jin Chen Studio Arts.............. Katy Wiedemann Performing Arts.... Alex Olivieri French........................ Victoria Roop Spanish...................... Brittany Bowman German..................... Chris Copeland Latin............................ Tommy Rogers Scholastic Awards

9th Grade................. Rebecca Stern 10th Grade.............. Chris Copeland 11th Grade.............. Brittany Bowman Williams College Book Award—Brittany Bowman Brown University Book Award—Sean Ryon

David Baylor congratulates Sanford athletes (shown clockwise from bottom left) Jana Koelher (last year’s American Field Service student from Germany), Rachel Denis ’07, and Jamie Milliski ’08.

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Sanford Snapshots . Sanford Snapshots . Sanford Snapshots The last trimester of the 2006-2007 school year brought Shakespeare, music, and more to the Sanford campus. Here are scenes from just a few of last spring’s magical moments.

Senior Mother-Daughter Banquet

Shemsi ’07 and Ethelyn Frezel

Susan and Milbrey Hendrix ’07

Tanya and Christan Robinson ’07

Upper School First Day Ceremony

Head of School Chip MacKelcan presents a First Day pin to Rebecca Campbell ’08.

During the annual First Day Ceremony, held at the end of each school year, the junior class is officially recognized as the new Sanford senior class.

Suchit Tuli ’08 (right) is receiving the First Day charges from Head of Upper School Mark Wagner. The charges outline the roles and responsibilities of the senior class.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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Grandparents’ Day

Sydney ’18 and Alec Voss ’17 join a special guest at the Lower School Book Fair.

Lily Bachtle ’20 (right) shares a tender moment with her grandmother Catherine Gibbons.

Jonas Gerken ’17 shares a story with his Mamaw & Papaw.

Trey Gravlee ’18 explores the grounds with his loved ones.

Chaz Knox ’17 and Nikolas Steiner ’17 converse with Chaz’s paternal grandfather Hammond Knox.

Chloe ’16 and Lilly Danyo ’19 (center) experience the magic of reading with their grandparents.

An honored guest and Margaret Foley enjoy refreshments at the reception in the Sports Center.

Shakespeare on the Quad

The cast of players included (front row) Liz Perry ’09, Ryan John ’08, Jillian Markowitz ’09, Alex Olivieri ’08, Varoon Sachdev ’07; (second row) Niel Rosenthalis ’08, Ella Wagner ’09, Sarah Halbert ’10, Elly Smokler ’07, Kane Kalas ’08, Evan McLaughlin ’08; (back row) Brian Nachbar ’08, Sean Ryon ’08 (who produced the show), Suchit Tuli ’08, Alex Krenz ’07, and Parker Wright ’08.

Kane Kalas ’08 depicts Hamlet in a scene with the ghost of his father.

Brian Nachbar ’08 is being choked by Alex Krenz ‘07 in a scene from Titus Andronicus.

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Memorial Day Ceremony

Sanford’s 2007 Memorial Day Ceremony honored all men and women who

served the United States, with special focus on Sanford students and faculty members who gave the ultimate gift. The keynote speaker was former United States Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti. Marion (Sawin) Langerak ’43 and William Sawin ’45 shared their memories of life at “Sunny Hills” during World War II. Nine students and one faculty member gave a moving biographical presentation of “Our Sanford boys” who lost their lives during the war. Ashton Geipel’s ’38 Purple Heart was presented to Sanford by Larry and Annie Cajnar Lester ’77 who had purchased it at the Nancy Sawin Auction.

Chris Copeland ’09, Parker Wright ’08, and Sean Ryon ’08 stand in solemn attention waiting to place American flags at Sanford’s War Memorial.

Sanford student Quinn Civiletti ’08 introduces his grandfather who served under U.S. President James Carter.

During a reception following the ceremony, former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti talks with a group of Upper School students.

Seventh through Twelfth Grade Art Show Lower School students’ visiting the Art Show in Stephen May Hall recognize the self-portraits of some of their school mates.

Four talented artists, four excellent teachers, and four individuals who love inspiring Sanford’s students in the visual arts: Nina Silverman, Betty O’Regan, Alex Ball, and Meg Fierro.

Head of School Chip MacKelcan (right) admires the show-worthy creativity of Sanford’s students, including the work of Randy Reed ’07 (left).

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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Spring Concerts

Silvana Alfieri ’16 enchants the audience.

Ryan McHugh ’18 and Emily Wingfield ’18 dazzle the audience.

Jessica Spears Chronister ’00 returned to the Sanford stage to sing with the Upper School Jazz Band and the women of the Vocal Ensemble.

Justin Sierocinski ’16 rocks the house.

Whitney King ’08 belts out her solo during the rousing spiritual He Never Failed Me Yet.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

The Concert Choir communicates the message of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

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Spring Concerts

The Seventh & Eighth Grade Chorus spread the message of hope during their performance of Let There Be Peace on Earth.

Michele Hunter and daughter Chloe ’14 relax following the Fifth & Sixth Grade Chorus performance.

S t r ess F r ee D ay

Morgan Ayars ’09 tickles her tastebuds.

Samer Madarani ’08 shakes to the beat of a stress-free afternoon.

It’s a Zack attack: Classmates Zack Pryor ’10 and Zack Cook ’10

Sandra Peterson praises her son Andrew ’12 who performed with the Seventh & Eighth Grade Band.

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Lower School Closing Exercises

Upper School Prom

Jonathan Fritz and Keeleigh Babcock ’20 are delightful.

These fourth graders connect with each another during one of the featured musical performances.

Head of Lower School Nancy Hebard shares her thoughts with those gathered.

Fourth grade teacher Missy Bloom and Chase Rapine ’15 enjoy a special moment.

These lovely ladies are Katie Potter ’08, Jillian Rowles, Jin Chen ’08, Emily Stewart ’08, and Alexandra Caras ’08.

Courting the 007 theme are basketball players (front row) Samer Madarani ’08, Azeez Ellegood ’07, Carlos Diaz ’07, (back row) Edwin Santiago ’07, Obi Nwabara ’07, Aaron Collins ’07, and Garrett White ’08.

Sean Ryon ’08, Ryan John ’08, and Alexandra Caras ’08 performs Bonding at the prom are: (front’09 row)harmonize.

Robert Inskip ’08, Ryan John ’08,the Alex Olivieri ’08,Concert Choir.

Cameron Vansant with Upper School (back row) Brittany Bowman ’08, Kelly Reynolds ’08, Courtney Jones ’08, and Kailin Jonson ’08.

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Middle School Closing Exercises

T. J. Potter ’11, Lauren Olivieri ’11, and Hannah Wagner ’11 sing River in Judea.

Ishani Mehta Winston ’11 proceeds to the stage.

Student speaker Steffi Cramer ’11 tells the audience, We Accept the Challenge.

I know that to some teenagers school is simply a place that they are forced to attend by their parents. To me, Sanford is so much more than just a school. It is a safe learning environment overflowing with kindhearted, ambitious students, caring teachers, and challenging coaches.

I know that my peers here today feel the same way. I leave the Middle School feeling thankful for the life lessons that I have been taught and feeling prepared for the challenges that I will face in the Upper School.

• From Aubrey Hebertron’s The Footsteps of Sanford School

Aubrey Heberton ’11 speaks about her Sanford lifetime experiences.

Leah Kelly ’11 and Missy Greene ’11 congratulate each other following the ceremony.

Closing Exercises speaker Mark Bosick congratulates Nolan Bacchieri ’11.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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Impossible is potential. You have potential, unlimited potential. Potential to do anything you set your mind to. Potential that could manifest itself in ways never before imaginable by anyone, anywhere. As of now, your ideas are only in your imagination. Don’t keep them there; show your ideas to the world. Show the world something it has never seen. Maybe they will like it, maybe they won’t, but either way you are making progress, you are pushing back the limits on what can be said and what can be accomplished. Show the world your potential; astound them; amaze them; astonish them. Instill in them a memory that they will never forget.

• Senior Class President Andrew Younger, in his Commencement 2007 Student Address

It’s a Family Affair: Nate Knisely ’07 joins his father (Tony ’74) and brother (Ben ’06), both of whom are Sanford alunni.

Tommy Kim ’07 (center) and Kelly Breen ’07 greet visitors, including Upper School history teacher Mark Shields (left), in the receiving line.

Nolan Silverstein ’07 performs Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)

by Don McLean, arranged by Chet Atkins.

Originally from Sierra Leone, Commencement student speaker Henry Tucker ’07 says, “Once I arrived at Sanford School, I never felt like an outsider.”

Head of Upper School Mark Wagner (center) and Head of School Chip MacKelcan present the A.B. Banghart Individual Award for art to Tommy Burns.

In closing, I give you one last thought. If you let fear get in the way of your dreams you will be sure to have regret. Remember, nothing is more painful than the regret of not trying or, in the words of Langston Hughes, a dream deferred.

• Cassandra Detirck, addressing the Class of 2007

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2007 Commencement Awards

Where are they now?

These awards were presented during commencement exercises.

Sanford School’s Class of 2007 graduates are attending the following colleges and universities:

2007 Commencement Awards

A.B. Banghart Individual Award—presented to the student who has done an outstanding piece of individual art work. Tommy Burns Alumni Award—presented to the student whose participation in extra-curricular activities has been most dedicated. Lily Bieber-Ham Headmaster’s Award—given on an occasional basis, as deemed appropriate by the faculty and the Head of School, to honor a member of the graduating class whose achievement in a particular area of school life has been so exemplary that special recognition is in order. Henry Tucker Kenneth D. Jones Memorial Award—given to the senior boy who has shown outstanding qualities of leadership, loyalty, and good citizenship, and who in his daily life is always gracious in manner and considerate of others. Randy Reed Nancy C. Sawin Final Award for Girls—given to the senior girl who has shown outstanding qualities of leadership, loyalty, and good citizenship, and who in her daily life is always gracious in manner and considerate of others. Elly smokler & Paris Waterman Scholastic Award—given in honor of the Class of 1939 to the student in the senior class having the highest cumulative four-year academic average. Varoon Sachdev Thomas McCarthy Award for Citizenship—presented in the memory of Thomas McCarthy, Class of 1940, and awarded to the student who has always been a responsible and contributing citizen in every aspect of campus life. Rachel Denis

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Albright College Bentley College Boston University Brown University Cecil Community College Colorado State University Dickinson College Elizabethtown College Franklin and Marshall College Goldey-Beacom College Guilford College Hofstra University Kenyon College Methodist University Muhlenberg College New York University North Carolina A&T State University Pennsylvania State University, Erie: The Behrend College Pennsylvania State University, University Park Rowan University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick Saint Vincent College Skidmore College Temple University The George Washington University The University of Tampa University of Delaware University of Mary Washington University of Maryland, College Park University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Rochester Ursinus College Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Washington College West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Virginia University Westminster Choir College–Rider University Wheaton College Wheelock College Wittenberg University

Rachel Denis ’07 receives her diploma from Head of School Chip MacKelcan.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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R o b o t s : A ‘ F i r s t ’ F o r S o m e S a n f o rd S t u d e n t s a n d J u s t ‘ M o e ’ F u n F o r Tw o

Robots: A ‘FIRST’ for Some Sanford Students, and Just ‘MOE’ Fun for Two By Jon Roberts

A retrospective and look ahead at robotics at Sanford

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In 1992 Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, established an organization called FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST was designed to promote robotics engineering in a competitive yet collaborative environment in the style of exciting sporting events. The program has grown at local, regional, and national levels to the point where venues like the Bob Carpenter Sports Center and even arena stadiums like the Atlanta Superdome are packed to the gills with all the hoopla of a major sports championship. Who knew science, math, and engineering could be so much fun? Why, Sanford students, of course.

FIRST things first...

FIRST is actually a three-tiered robotics program. The first level of competition introduces middle school students to the world of robotics by the construction and programming of small hand-held LEGO robots. The second level is geared towards a small high school team (5-10 students) building and programming a larger robot from beefed-up Erector Set type of materials called Vex. These robots, built over the course of a few months, are about the size of a milk-crate and sometimes need two hands to carry safely. Finally, the third stage of the FIRST robotics experience is through a program that brings together large teams of about 35 students and 15 mentors from schools and industries around an entire community. These teams spend the better part of a year creating dishwasher-sized robots with tangles of wiring, spinning conveyer belts, swinging arms, and anything else their minds can conceive. As the engineering becomes more sophisticated, so does the level of play and (more important to the FIRST philosophy) the level of collaboration.

Sanford students’ success so far...

Our Vex robot #3314 in action

Alex Beattie ’09 (shown in the top oval) and Jesse Taylor ’09 (shown in the bottom oval) prove that there’s ‘MOE’ than one road to the White House, as the Miracle of Engineering Team joins President Bush.

Fran Petersen, a retired Sanford teacher, shepherded a very successful LEGO program in our Middle School for a few years. After cutting our teeth on this, some Upper School students and I decided to try our hand at the Vex level of play. We started a new robotics club last year for the Upper School and dubbed ourselves the Sanford Robo-Warriors.

This small inaugural team consisted of Tommy Burns ’07, Alex Beattie ’09, Jesse Brown ’08, Chris Copeland ’09, Josh Smith ’09, and Jesse Taylor ’09. Coming late into the game, we only had about a month to design, build, program, and test our robot for the January 27th Regional Competition at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center. The students worked feverishly on the robot more days than not after school. Despite this, we were all stunned when the final round candidates were announced towards the end of the competition: we placed 5th out of 40 teams from across the Eastern Seaboard. This earned us the right to choose a collaborating team for the final round. Standing before a still jam-packed crowd (it was approaching dinner time), Chris

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Jesse Taylor ’09 (top row, far left) and Alex Beattie ’09 (top row, far right) celebrate with their Miracle of Engineering teammates after the team won the 2007 Chairman’s Award at the FIRST Robotics national competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Copeland wisely chose a robot from Hodgson Vo-Tech because it was “one of the teams we thought would do well with us. It really was a good team.” He knew this because he spent much of the day scouting and talking with many teams.

Working together, Sanford and Hodgson minimized one another’s weaknesses to take 2nd place for the Regionals!

Outside of Sanford, two students also participated in FIRST’s yearlong, most sophisticated level of play. Alex Beattie and Jesse Taylor followed the tradition of former student Chris Wilkens ’03 (MIT ’07; read more about Chris in this edition’s feature article) to become part of a 35-member team sponsored by duPont. This team, known as MOE (Miracle of Engineering) helped create a robot the size of a small refrigerator to compete with about 350 other teams in a national competition at the Superdome in Atlanta, GA. Their team won the Chairman’s Award, the highest honor that best represents the ideals of FIRST. This gave Jesse and Alex an even bigger feather in their cap with which to end their year of robotics: a trip to the White House on April 30th, 2007. They met with the President, explained the program and what they did as a team, and even let him drive it! For pictures and more information about this impressive robot, go to www.moe365.org.

Looking Ahead…

One thing that continually impresses me about Sanford students is their passion. When they find something that grabs their interest, whether in sports, the arts, or activities outside of school, they take on these endeavors in responsible and energetic ways. The robotics club members are no exception.

This summer, for instance, Alex and Jesse have already started work on MOE for next year’s competition. Even

though the details and rules of this year’s game will not be announced until January, they have already met this summer to have organizational meetings, to have practice scrimmages, and to participate in outreach and demonstrations for the community. As nationals approach, the schedule grows more demanding. Fall will bring weekly meetings followed by almost nightly meetings in winter, where Jesse and Alex will bring their electrical and mechanical expertise to the project. After winning last year’s competition, they are optimistic that this “MOE”mentum will bring another successful year.

The long-term benefits of such hard work do not go unnoticed by its participants. As Jesse Taylor puts it, robotics (and MOE in particular) has provided him “with real world experience in the field of engineering and robotics.” He wants to be a mechanical engineer, and this project has awarded him “the chance to work with real engineers to solve challenging problems, all while having a whole lot of fun.”

The Robo-Warriors, too, are looking to have fun in preparing for the Vex regional in January. This year we will be able to start almost from day one with the immediate goal of attending a scrimmage with the new playing field by midOctober. With more experience under our belts, we are hopeful for another great day for the January regional.

Sanford’s robotics club members are one more example of letting no talent lie latent. With talent, drive, and a lot of lead-time on their hands, things are looking up for Alex, Jesse, and the Robo-Warriors.

For more information about the entire FIRST program, go to www.usfirst.org. Special thanks to Alex Beattie ’09, Chris Copeland ’09, Jesse Taylor ’09, and faculty member André Dagenais for their help in writing this article.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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cutting-edge research

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Bringing emergent technologies into the Sanford classroom Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from “Putting the ‘Spark’ into Physical Science and Algebra,” a paper presented by André Dagenais and Bruce Pill at the Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 2007, which was presented June 3-5, 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Two Sanford teachers have teamed up with a noted researcher

at the University of Delaware to connect Sanford students to cutting-edge research in electrical engineering. “To enhance the professional development of K-12 science educators through research experience at the emerging frontiers of science in order to bring new knowledge to the classroom” is the objective of the NSFRET (National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers) Grant program, a program which has funded the Sanford work for the past three years.

This project is a collaboration between two Sanford teachers and a research mentor: Bruce Pill, middle school math teacher, André Dagenais, high school physics teacher, and Dr. Dennis Prather, electrical engineering professor at the University of Delaware. “Our emphasis has been to introduce students to electrical engineering as a career option by infusing optics and electricity into their math and science curriculum.

The challenge has been to develop low-cost, hands-on, ageappropriate activities that will give students basic skills and alert them to the new discoveries that are being made by people with these skills. In this way, we hope young people will aspire to probe the new frontiers of scientific research” said Dagenais.

To meet these goals, the University has opened up its research laboratories to Sanford students and teachers. “In recent years there have been significant developments in the area of microand nano-photonic technologies, for applications including telecommunications, inertial measurement, chem-bio sensors,

Managing engineer for E.M. Photonics describes high-speed computing research to a class of students. E.M. Photonics has offered internships to some of our most talented students.

and a lot more. However, despite such widespread use within the commercial sector and institutions of higher learning, these technologies remain a virtual mystery to students at the high school and junior high school level,” according to Dr. Prather. The work at Sanford has developed in four ways: summer workshops for middle school students, integrating electrical engineering into the classroom content, connecting researchers with students through field trips and guest lectures

by Dr. Prather, and teacher training workshops.

In summer workshops, Bruce Pill has worked with Middle School students to build their very own photonic communication link and then applied several algebraic techniques to analyze and understand in the context of engineering research in his Algebra I classroom. For instance, pioneer research at the University of Delaware under the direction of our mentor, Dr. Dennis Prather, has resulted in the design of a light channeling device called the J-coupler.

It focuses laser light to a narrow beam the size of 1/2000 the width of a hair (0.05 μm), a potentially key component of a future computer that will replace slow, heat-producing currents with speed-of-light, non-temperature-sensitive “light circuits”. The J-coupler is part of a parabola. “When teaching quadratic equations and parabolas, we revisit our connections to electrical engineering and use the J-coupler as an application that uses parabolas” according to Mr. Pill. This connection

Middle School students work in pairs to complete the fiber-optic kit. Learning to handle a hot soldering iron safely is part of the learning process.

Dr. Prather, electrical engineering professor at the University of Delaware, explains equipment in a laser room to a group of eighth graders.

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helps answer the, “Why do I have to learn this?” question that many students have.

Mr. Dagenais, likewise, infuses electrical engineering into his Advanced Placement Physics B syllabus as part of a unit on the transfer of heat through black body radiation. To accompany the instruction, students visited Dr. Prather’s lab at the University of Delaware where they witnessed the early development of a passive imaging camera that can detect radiation at a far lower frequency than present-day cameras that utilize visible light, a hot research topic in our security-conscious world. The highlight of the trip was a trip to the clean room where students got to see the application of very thin coats of semiconductor material to fashion new optical devices for possible use in the high-speed computers of tomorrow.

Another component of this collaboration includes a spin-off company, E.M. Photonics, managed by one of Dr.Prather’s former engineering student, Eric Kelmelis. E.M. Photonics has branched off beyond photonics to other related areas such as super computing and optical simulations. They earn private and public research grants to research solutions on specialized topics. Our students have been welcomed not only for tours but also for summer or senior projects. Students with special talents and interest in this field have been given the invaluable opportunity to learn in this rich environment. Gavin LotzKaiser ’05 is now majoring at Lehigh in engineering partly as a result of this experience. Summer work for current student, Chris Copeland ’09 has sparked his interest in computer engineering as a future profession.

André and Bruce traveled to Seattle, Washington, in January to spread the word at the American Association of Physics Teachers annual convention and again to Ottawa, Canada to present an invited talk to an international audience at the Education in Optics and Photonics conference in June.

Future directions include establishing a website to disseminate materials and stimulate sharing among teachers. But, in the larger picture, we believe that this project has provided a model for productive collaboration between disciplines, math and science, between age groups, middle school to graduate students, and between institutions, University of Delaware and Sanford School. The fruits of this collaboration are evidenced by this quotation from an eighth grader: “I learned a lot about math and electrical engineering. I had never heard of such a career before. After learning about it and actually doing the fiber-optic kit, I would consider pursuing a future in electrical engineering.”

The last focus of our NSF grant was to expand the program to others teachers. Several workshops were held for area teachers, one at the University of Delaware and another at Sanford.

University of Delaware graduate students explain how fiber optics is used to create parallel paths to transmit information. Sanford students benefit from their exposure to students who work in research.

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The completed transmitter is linked via fiber optic to the receiver. According to an eighth-grade participant, “We actually got to build a transmitter instead of watching a demonstration. In the end, when our transmitter worked, we were proud of ourselves because we had done it on our own.”

Dr. Dennis Prather is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Delaware, where he leads the laboratory for optics and photonic systems.

Bruce Pill has been a 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Sanford School for the past six years.

He has integrated electrical engineering concepts into his algebra curriculum.

André Dagenais is Chair of the Science Department at Sanford School. He has taught all levels of math and science during his 35 years of teaching.

Bruce Pill is ready to tour the clean room where new optical computer devices are constructed. This is always listed as the highlight of the tour by virtually all of our students.

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Mark Bosick Delivers Keynote Addresses for Commencement and Middle School Closing Exericses In June, science teacher Mark Bosick ended his six-year career at Sanford School. Before he departed, he delivered both the Commencement address and the keynote presentation for the Middle School Closing Exercises.

In his Commencement address, titled Life’s Story, Mark offered this recommendation to members of the graduating class: So as you dream of what will be written next, ask yourself: Is the story of your life a story you’d like to read? Is it a story that would make you think, or care about the outcome? The answer to those questions will be determined by the paths you choose to take in life. My advice is to not let your dreams be just dreams, make them a reality and have passion in all that you do.

In No Excuses, his Middle School presentation, Mark shared this advice: To truly make something admirable of your life, you must work hard, and make no excuses. Even though at times valid reasons exist for errors, omissions, or mistakes, and sometimes those reasons do not involve you, if you are responsible for something, don’t place blame. Accept that an error or mistake has occurred and go about making it right, for ultimately responsibility for the things you are entrusted with, whether under your control or not, must lie with you.

Mark closed both presentations with this thought: As we proceed from this ceremony today­—let us remember that this is not a day for goodbyes, but rather for “see you laters.” Do not be dismayed by goodbyes, for goodbyes are necessary before one can meet again. And meeting again is certain for those who are friends.

Read more about our Middle School Closing Exercises on page 14. An article about Commencement appears on pages 16-17.

Mark Bosick tells those gathered for the Middle School Closing Ceremonies that he “will always be a Warrior” in his heart.

Head of School Chip MacKelcan (right) joins Mark and Jessica Bosick (former school receptionist) at the 2007 Faculty Appreciation Luncheon sponsored by the Home & School Association.

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The Sanford Community Welcomes New Faculty and Staff Members In late August, Sanford held its first 2007-2008 All School meeting for faculty, staff, and administration. During

the gathering, Head of School Chip MacKelcan introduced these new members of the Sanford community: (standing) Michelle Frosina, Kathy Daum, Chip, Grace Wingfield, and Jennifer Campbell; (seated) Chris Lazartic, Michelle Dresser, Brooke Mulhearn, and Laura Gaylor.

Michelle Frosina, Fourth Grade: A graduate of Clark University (M.A.) with a B.A. in philosophy and government, Michelle recently moved to Wilmington with her family from Charlotte, NC. She has six years of experience as an elementary teacher, most recently at Charlotte Preparatory School. She completed her M.A.T. degree at Pfeiffer University (NC) and has pursued a host of other professional opportunities in order to broaden her experience.

Welcome

Jennifer Campbell, Music: A graduate of Wyoming Seminary, a fine independent school in the Lehigh Valley, and BaldwinWallace College Conservatory of Music (OH), Jennifer will be teaching general and choral music in grades 4 through 6 and fully participating in the performing arts curricular and extracurricular program. Her experience as a teacher, camp counselor, and singer, combined with her involvement with a host of music educators’ organizations, has prepared Jennifer well for her new responsibilities at Sanford.

Michelle Dresser, Middle School Science: Already familiar with Sanford’s program through her work as a long-term substitute teacher and as a parent, Michelle joins the Middle School science faculty with wonderful real life experience as a clinical researcher and as a registered nurse. She is a graduate of Duke University.

Kathryn Daum, Upper School Technology: Years of experience in business and in teaching have prepared Kathy Daum well for her new role on the Sanford Upper School faculty.

Twenty-seven years as a systems analyst and information systems trainer at DuPont and Pennsylvania Blue Shield, preceded by six years of teaching at Mount Pleasant Middle School, formed the core of her experience. In recent years, Kathy has been teaching at Ursuline Academy. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Laura Gaylor, School Receptionist: With local customer service experience at Hercules and DuPont, the new “first voice of Sanford” arrives on campus with ideal background in dealing with the many constituent groups of our school.

Laura is the mother of two Sanford students.

Christopher Lazartic, Middle School Science: A recent graduate of the University of Delaware, Chris joins the Sanford faculty as the replacement for Mark Bosick in the science classroom and as varsity wrestling coach. He is a graduate of Salesianum School where he earned distinction on the First Team Academic All-State team. At the University of Delaware, he earned honors for outstanding service and academic and athletic achievement.

Brooke Mulhearn, Fourth Grade: After three very successful years in public school teaching, Brooke joins the Sanford Lower School faculty where she will utilize her skills as a scholar and as a teacher. A graduate of the University of Delaware and Wilmington University, Brooke worked for Senator Thomas Carper for almost three years while maintaining an active role in the community as a volunteer and as a coach.

Grace Wingfield, Middle School Math: With teaching experience at the secondary and college levels, Grace brings a wide range of skills to her new role at Sanford. She has been a teacher, coach, tutor and scholar over the years, and now looks forward to making a contribution at the school where her children have been enrolled in recent years. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Delaware.

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Summer Study Grants Reap Benefits for Faculty, Families, and Students S

anford School annually awards Summer Study Grants to faculty members who have proposed initiatives and programs that will help enhance the school’s curricula, programs, and campus environment. The grants are funded by a variety of sources including the Home & School Association, which allocated $25,000 for this year’s grants. Listed below is a brief description of how some of our 2007 grant recipients utilized their awards.

Kathy Dabkowski updated the library skills program and collection for the Lower School Library.

Janis Kardash attended the National Association of School Nurses Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Patti Reynolds, Chris Ginnard, and Renee Hall implemented the Mary Ellen Cummings program for letter and sound recognition into the junior kindergarten curriculum.

Sandy Tebbens restructured the ninth-grade English curriculum to coordinate with the ninth-grade history curriculum.

Heather Lines, Sue Bachtle, Marty Goff, Tonya Frazier, and Kristy Patton revised and enhanced the kindergarten language arts curriculum.

Sue Bachtle, Beth Kosinski, and Katherine Stafford enhanced the first-grade writing program incorporating Six Plus One Writing.

Linda Fordham organized and augmented the phonics curriculum for first grade.

Ricki Pryor, Krista Berneike, Michelle Clewell, and Kathy Dabkowski reviewed and reorganized the second grade pet unit.

Christine DiUlbaldo, Candyce Pizzala, and Erick Gedge continued to implement the Six Plus One Traits of Writing into the third-grade curriculum.

Jen Bowen enriched the third-grade guided reading curriculum.

Missy Bloom, Brooke Mulhearn, and Michelle Frosina revamped the fourth-grade social studies program.

Pat Martin created professional development classes in technology for Lower School teachers.

Keith Blades and Susan DeSantis created a concise curriculum for the sixth-grade reading/library classes.

Keith Blades, Scott Davenport, and Pam Chipman rewrote the sixth-grade writing curriculum.

Bruce Pill continued to work on organizing MLK Day for 2008.

Jane McConnell received a summer grant to supplement the scholarship received from the French Government for a Summer Immersion Program in France.

Staci Krape attended the National Athletic Trainers Convention in Anaheim, California.

Donna Sherpa went to Greece and Istanbul to conduct first-hand research to complement the ninth-grade world civilization classes.

Pascal Brousseau created a video and picture collection to enhance the French curriculum.

Kim Walsh attended the Advanced Placement Institute for AP Biology.

Lynn Foltz will attend the Internet Librarian 2007 conference in Monterey, California in October.

Tom Whipple attended the 2007 AP Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ceil Baum formalized a photo archive of Sanford photos.

During this year’s opening faculty meeting, all Sanford employees learned about three of their colleagues’ professional development experiences: Lower School colleagues Nancy Hebard, Rita Dietrich, Marty Goff, Katherine Stafford, Sue Bachtle, Krista Berneike, Candyce Pizzala, and Brooke Mulhearn summarized their two-day conference on brain research and learning.

Christine Yasik shared a story about her professional development experiences which included representing Sanford at the 44th Annual Westtown Seminar hosted by David Mallory and attending the Shakespeare Summer Institute at the University of Cambridge International Summer School.

Science teachers André Dagenais, Mary Anne Wells, Beth Whipple, and Chris Lazartic delivered a presentation about the science faculty’s collaborative, cross-divisional work to review and revise Sanford’s science curriculum as a department for each division.

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Home & School News Welcome to the 2007-2008 school year!

Many exciting events are planned for 2007-2008, but first we must give our heartfelt thanks to the many new and returning parents, faculty, administrators and staff members who through volunteering their time and efforts this year will help us reach our Home & School Objectives of “COMMUNICATION, INVOLVEMENT, ENRICHMENT, AND ACTION.” We look forward to working with you and serving this year as your Home & School Officers: Rosemary Brooks, President Meena Caulfield, President-Elect Sanford’s 2007-2008 Home & School officers: Alice Johnston, Rosemary Brooks, Meena Caulfield, and Jane Clampitt.

Alice Johnston, Secretary Jane Clampitt, Treasurer

2007-2008 Home & School Events Fall Event: The Fall Social Event this year will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2007, 7 p.m. at Sanford. All parents/ guardians, faculty, staff and administrators are invited to this event. It will be a relaxing, fun, and free evening of live music, good food, good drink and great conversation.

Caroling in the Quad: This is a December tradition that is planned this year for December 14th at 7:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome! Afterward, stay and enjoy refreshments with your fellow carolers.

Spring Event: The Spring Event this school year is a Casino Night at Sanford on April 26th. We are very pleased and grateful to have Kathy Healy and Belle Natalie co-chairing our Spring Event again this year. They plan great parties! It promises to be a lot of fun both to work on and attend, so please volunteer to help and most certainly come and enjoy the evening.

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: On May 23rd Home & School will host a luncheon at Sanford for the faculty, staff, and administrators in gratitude for their many hours of dedication to our children. At this annual event, we will present each of our guests with a book destined for one of our libraries but dedicated individually to each person with our thanks. This is a wonderful event. We welcome your help.

After Prom Party: The After Prom is a party following the Upper School Prom. It continues the Prom celebration in an informal, safe, and secure atmosphere. You don’t have to be a parent of a junior or senior to help plan and/or chaperone this fun event.

Student Union Dances: These are high school dances or events that for 15 years have been planned by parents and students from Sanford, Tower Hill, Tatnall, Friends, and Archmere. Typically there are five dances each year with each school’s hosting one and donating its profits to a charity of the students’ choice. Last year, Sanford students donated over $800 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The kids have a fun event AND give to charity! Please join in helping with these “Charitable Events.”

Home & School Meetings Please mark your calendars and join us. All are welcome. There is no better way to understand and feel a part of Sanford School!

Dates: October 3rd, November 7th, January 9th, March 5th and May 21st Location: Stephen May Hall Commons Time: 7 p.m.

Rosemary Brooks, Home & School President, 2007-2008 Unless otherwise noted, all of the people in the photographs are identified from left to right.

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all is a great time of year! Signs of energy, enthusiasm, and excitement are evident all over our campus, especially on the athletic fields and courts. The successes achieved by our spring ’07 teams will help to fuel the competitive fire for our current student-athletes. Cindy Duan, competing as an eighth grader, was crowned state champion in girls’ tennis first singles play; the girls’ lacrosse team advanced, for the first time, to the semi-finals of the Delaware high school state championships; and numerous student-athletes achieved all-conference and all-state recognition. Our Sanford teams are prepared to have a highly competitive and successful fall season.

“TEAM SANFORD—WARRIOR PRIDE” is the theme of our 2007-2008 school spirit T-shirts. Numerous students, faculty and parents will be proudly wearing these T-shirts to athletic events throughout the year. Our “team” in interscholastic athletics is made of the student-athletes, coaches, fans, and administrators.

Naturally, everyone on our “team” is expected to represent our school with the highest display of good sportsmanship. As indicated on the sportsmanship banners hanging in the Sports Center, “...let the coaches coach, let the players play, let the officials officiate”. Be a good fan for Sanford athletics and cheer for good play, regardless of your team affiliation.

Come out to show your WARRIOR PRIDE and cheer on our Sanford teams this year! I look forward to seeing our current students and families, and our faithful alumni supporters, at many events this year.

GO WARRIORS!!!

Joan S. Samonisky, Director of Athletics

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Boys Lacrosse First Team All Conference: Trae Humphreys Honorable Mention All Conference: Scott Humphreys, Chris Bobbitt, Ian Thresher, Henry Tucker, Carlos Diaz, and Alex Murray Senior All star game: Carlos Diaz Golf—DISC CHAMPIONS State Tournament Results: Team-6th place, Katie Heskett-6th place overall and All State Girls Lacrosse—Advanced to Semi-Finals of State Tournament First Team All Conference: Paris Waterman and Hannah Kuranz Second Team All Conference: Sarah Greenwood, Diana Aulisa, Sukey Hendrix Honorable Mention All Conference: Ali Brady and Lilla Alchon Senior All Star Game: Paris Waterman and Hannah Kuranz First Team All State: Paris Waterman Second Team All State: Hannah Kuranz Girls Tennis State Championships: Cindy Duan, 1st singles State Champion, 2nd singles Becky Campbell The 2nd doubles team of Lauren Bond and Jeanette Bond advanced to the quarter-final round Girls’ Soccer—Advanced to State Tournament First Team All Conference: Cassandra Deitrick, Brittany Bowman, Caroline Kramer, Courtney Jones, Morgan Ayars, Jamie Milliski Second Team All Conference: Katie Potter, Kendall Towe, Kailin Johnson Honorable Mention All Conference: Katie Brown and Amanda Noel First Team All State: Cassandra Deitrick Third Team All State: Brittany Bowman Senior All Star Game: Cassandra Deitrick Baseball First Team All Conference: Randy Reed, and Parrish Warrington Second Team All Conference: Brooks Burnett and Brendan Giza-Sisson

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Sanford Alumni Notes Sanford Alumni Notes Frances Wallace Nisenbaum ’43 wrote to say, “Thank you so much for the magazines and for the special reports that keep us apprised of Sanford happenings and dear friends from my days at the school—Marnie Sawin Langerak ’43, Nancy Sawin, Bill Sawin ’45, and others. It seems to me that the older I get, the more meaningful my academic as well as the personal education I received at Sanford have become—how they enriched my life. After a winter in warm Florida, my husband, Ber, and I are again enjoying the beautiful spring up north, enjoying the children’s, grandchildren’s birthdays, graduations and participation in community affairs.”

Brownie Noble ’52 wrote to say, “It’s hard to realize my third and youngest grandchild just graduated from high school and will be going to Hofstra University in the fall. My own graduation fifty-five years ago is still very fresh in my mind. I miss visiting Sanford, as I’m restricted with Ray not being well; but my thoughts are very often there with you all and excited with changes and developments evolving. My best to all, Brownie” Aaron Koppel (aka Irv Uram) ’63 has just finished a 740-page book called Discoveries: Things I learned About Myself That My Mother Never Told Me. He will be traveling around the country promoting his book.

It will be available at amazon.com, borders.com and on his website: discoveriesbook.com. For more information, you can reach Aaron by email at akoppel@tampabay.rr.com.

Aaron told us he hopes to make it to his 45th class reunion next year.

Ira Pitel ’68 recently told us that he and his wife have just completed a major move to Flemington, NJ. They built a new manufacturing facility to house Ira’s company and moved their residence. Ira said that they are enjoying their new life in Flemington.

Deborah Foster Provenzano ’69 writes, “Hello from Corvallis (Oregon)! Ron and I are doing well.

Our dog, Kaci Ruth, a mix of Welsh Corgi and Daschund, is a delight to us and keeps us very entertained.

We both work part-time now that Ron has retired from the state. I am the office manager of a local taxi service and Ron is one of the day drivers. We both like our jobs as the company is improving and growing. We hope the class of ’69 and all are well.

Nancy Hatfield ’70 is currently back in school pursuing a teaching career.

Nancy enjoys camping, hiking, skiing, canoeing and traveling.

My Memory of Yanko Cajnar as told

by Barney Goodwin ’73AA. I would like to share my memory of Yanko Cajnar. First, by way of background, I was a Western Cottage boarder from 1962 through 1964.

Sunny Hills School was a wonderful place for an 8 year old who had just lost his mother to cancer. I have carried and cherished every memory of my years there with much gratitude. I knew Yanko as every boy there did who boarded.

Memories of sitting on a nail barrel in the woodshop getting a haircut, watching him remove a wall to expand Mrs. Wilson’s third-grade classroom. But I remember him most as Yanko The Cattleman.

In those years, Sanford had a beautiful herd of poled Black Angus cattle roaming the school’s hilly pastures. As any big city boy who really wanted to be a farm boy would, I loved the cattle. I loved to hear them bellow on the hills behind Western in the morning.

And I loved to get the Red Flyer wagon and go collect manure for the Cottage garden. I watched intently the care Yanko gave the herd. Once, he stopped and gently rebuked a few of us for damming up the creek in front of Western, carefully explaining to us that it would deprive the herd of water.

In my own mind, I had adopted one of the herd—a large cow which I knew only as Number 12 for the chain around her neck and the brass pole tag numbered 12 which hung from it. One afternoon there was a commotion over the hill behind the Kindergarten building located next to Western. A cow was bellowing wildly. One of the older Western boys came running down the hill describing a cow giving birth, caught in the fence on the backside of the hill. Someone summoned Yanko who arrived with his son and the red and white Ford tractor. I was not allowed over the hill to observe what they did. What I do remember was Yanko and his son returning from the area of the old landfill further down the road from Western. His son was standing, driving the tractor, while Yanko was sitting behind him, facing the rear of the tractor, his chin in his hands, his elbows on his knees with a somber look on his face.

They had buried my Number 12.

That day, I saw the heart of the Sunny Hills Cattleman. There, hanging on a post, was the chain with the brass tag embossed with the large 12. I took it in my small hands wanting to keep it. Empty handed, I left the barn carrying away memories that are still alive over 40 years later.

Fond memories of Yanko and Sunny Hills School are rekindled with every Angus herd I pass in the rolling pastures of southern Ohio.

Jo Anne Arning Martin ’70 was promoted to administrative assistant to the Career & Technology Dept. at Columbia High School. She is Involved with the band as the color guard instructor.

Jo Anne and her youngest son moved into a new condo in July.

She said she would enjoy hearing from some of her fellow classmates at jomartin@richlandone.org.

Tom Burt ’75 told us he’s been working for Alcatel Lucent as a quality program manager. His globetrotting career has taken him to far-off places such as: China, Illkirch, Colombes and Paris, France, St. Petersburg, Russia and Chennai, India.

Eric Winer ’77 has told us he’s been a police officer for the past 23 years. He is the supervisor of the Crime Scene Unit with the Frederick County Sheriff ’s Office in Maryland.

Matt Shipp ’78 recently played at the famous Blue Note, in New York City, to kick off the release of his new CD, Piano Vortex. On August 29th, 2007, The New York Times ran a great article in their Music Review on the event and about his playing. Matt’s upcoming tour locations can be found on his website matthewshipp.com.

In a letter we recently received from Ann Gillespie ’79 she wrote, “I have always been proud to be an alumna and feel that attending Sanford was a privilege. Being able to be an active alumna is one of the few things that I really miss about the East Coast, and I made some great friends during that period. Now that everyone I knew so well has retired or left for other opportunities, it is hard for me to imagine Sanford without them. Yet, I read the magazines and look at the photos of the kids and the campus, and I know that it’s still Sanford. I look forward to my next visit to campus.”

Patricia Dodd-Catalano ’87 has been married for 5 years to her husband, Steve. She said, “We are currently living in north Wilmington. Our two oldest daughters, Amanda (15) and Samantha (14) are freshmen at St. Elizabeth’s High School and our youngest, Caitlyn (12), is a 6th grader at Holy Rosary Elementary.

I am still working as a dental hygienist for Dr. Bruce Fay. My

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Sanford Alumni Notes Sanford Alumni Notes They met at Yale, from which they graduated, Caroline Cum Laude.

Caroline is about to begin her third year at Columbia Law School.

She completed a summer associate internship in July in the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Ryan is an associate at Lehman Brothers in New York, where he is an assistant to the chairman.

Melissa Dreshfield ’02 started grad school this fall at Duke University.

She is pursuing her Master’s of Divinity degree.

On August 25, 2007, Jeff Raser ’88 married Angel Swartz at the Wyoming United Methodist Church in Wyoming, Delaware. Jeff and his wife are photographed here with Jeff ’s groomsman, Joe Yount ’88. Also in the photograph is his son and best man, Jacob Raser. Following the wedding, Jeff and Angel took off on their motorcycle for their honeymoon. Jeff currently works at Wilmington Trust in Smyrna.

husband is a business systems analyst for the Bairnco Corp. I am looking forward to our 20th-year reunion and hope to see most of the Class of ’87 there!”

Tabitha Bull Shuey ’89 was scheduled to pay a visit to Maki Ito Asai ’89 this past March. Maki is living in Los Angeles, California for the next two years while her husband works there for the Japanese Government. We hope that they had a great reunion!

Kim Davis ’89 has relocated and is now teaching art to grades K through five in Seaford Delaware.

Congratulations Kim! Seema Venkatachalam ’91 just told us that she got married on Memorial Day weekend and has joined her husband in Chicago.

She is a member of the faculty at Northwestern University and practices as an OB/GYN. Seema says, “Come visit!”

Drew Lang ’96 was very busy in 2007. He married long-time girlfriend Rebecca Morton in June, and they immediately relocated to

New York City. Their son, Deston, will be a year old in November.

Janet Ginnard ’97 and Ben Perry (photo at right) exchanged wedding vows in Cambridge, England, on April 21, 2007. Janet’s parents flew in from Delaware. (Chris, Janet’s mom, is a Sanford JK teacher.)

Janet’s sister and her family flew in from San Francisco. Her brother flew in from Athens, Greece, where he was studying in his last term in college. Ben’s parents drove in from Wales. His sister came in from Paris where she is a student. After a beautiful, sunny outdoor ceremony, the bride and groom went on to honeymoon in Marrakesh and Spain. Family celebrations were held in both Wales and Michigan.

Janet and Ben both live and work in Cambridge, England.

Robert Young ’98, who received his PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago, will be going to France in the fall to work at IHÉS, the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.

Caroline Johnston ’00 and Ryan J. Polisi were recently married.

Find out more about several members of the Class of 2003 in this edition’s feature article “The Paths Chosen.”

Erin Klotzbach ’04 graduated from Delaware Technical & Community College Cum Laude with the degree of Associate in Applied Science Civil Engineering Technology (Design Option) on May 16, 2007. Erin did not attend graduation as he was touring Ireland and England with Meghan Hihn ’04 and other

friends. During his course of study, Erin worked full time with his father, growing their heavy demolition business, Project Works, LLC. He has been personally responsible for removing large pieces of equipment and tanks from a chemical facility in Claymont, DE He still drives a large diesel truck with stacks, except now it is black and even bigger.

Meghan Pasricha ’04 has been selected as one of the top 10 college women in the U.S. by Glamour Magazine and L’Oréal Paris. She received an award for her excellence in academics and for her leadership to decrease tobacco use at Harvard, in Delaware, and in India.

Katy Heskett ’07 won the Delaware Women’s Golf Association’s Amateur Championship title (DWAG) when it was held at the Bayside Resort Golf Club in June. During the threeday event she shot an 81-80-75, winning by nine strokes.

Lauren Park ’07 wrote to give us her college address and told us she misses the Sanford family already!

April 21, 2007: Janet and Ben’s Wedding Day at the Hotel Felix in Cambridge, England

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In Memoriam We extend our deepest sympathy to families and friends of these members of the Sanford community.

Frank Delle Donne loved teaching art and he endeared himself to his students who fondly called him “Mr. D.” He is seen here encouraging Jim Stinnett ’56 (seated, left) with sculpture, Frank Bailey ’57 (seated next to Frank) with wood carving, Roberta Lewis-Lewis ’56 with an oil painting, and (far left) another member of the art class with a charcoal drawing.

Frank J. Delle Donne passed away suddenly at his home on Monday June 18, 2007. He was 88 years old. Frank was an internationally known artist and teacher. He received his formal instruction at the Wilmington Academy of Art and the Delaware Art Center and also the Graphic Sketch Club in Philadelphia, PA. He later studied in Paris, France, at Ecole Des Beaux Arts and at Academi Frochot. Frank’s paintings have been exhibited at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, The Baltimore Museum, The Philadelphia Museum, PA Academy of Fine Arts, Portraits, Inc., New York City, The University of Delaware, Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA and the Delaware Art Center. Frank has had a number of one man shows including a successful show in Rome, Italy. Frank has won awards in several media. Frank’s professional assignments have ranged from his work in the Special Services Art Department at Lubbock Air Base from 1941-1946 to portrait and landscape commissions.

Collectors of Frank Delle Donne’s work include the University of Delaware, the DuPont Company, and Senator Joseph R. Biden. In recent years, Frank has been an active participant in the biannual Alumni Art Shows at Homecoming. Frank was Art Director and Instructor at Sanford School from 1952 to 1976. He received his training at the Wilmington Academy of Art, the Delaware Art Center, and the Fletcher Museum School of Art in Philadelphia, studying with such notable instructors as N.C. Wyeth, Frank E. Schoonover, and Andrew Wyeth.

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This oil painting, one of Frank’s favorites, resides in a private collection.

Frank was a member of several art organizations. He was one of the founders of the Council of Delaware Artists, and he also served on the committee at the University of Delaware’s annual regional art exhibition. Frank was married to the late Carolyn Wyeth, sister of Andrew Wyeth.

His second wife, Joanne, passed away in 1994. Individuals who wish to honor Frank’s memory may send contributions to the Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington.

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As golden rays of dawn’s early light filter upon Sanford’s Beaver Pond, a Canada goose casts a protective eye upon a nesting goose at the pond’s edge, all under the lush flowers of the Paulownia tree. Students arriving early to school are treated to nature’s glory including deer grazing in Chapel Valley, rabbits under bushes, squirrels rushing about, and mist rising from Sanford’s two ponds.

The Paulownia tree is native to China and was named in 1835 to honor the daughter of Paul I of Russia, Anna Pavlona.

Each spring, our Paulownia Grove, south of Kidder Hall is a blaze of purple. Approximately forty varieties of trees bless our “Sunny Hills.” How many can you name and identify?

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