Centennial Program

Belmont Hill ScHool

C E N T E N N I A L C E L E B R AT I O N OCTOBER 13, 2023

100 Years of Arts CelebrationProgram Program Centennial Celebration Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Schneider

Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Achtmeyer ’73, P ’26 Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Duarte andTrustee; Paul DiResta Centennial Celebration Committee Chair Visual Arts Department Chair and Performing Arts Department Chair

Video

Amy Madden P ’20, ’22

Trustee; Centennial Celebration Committee, Parents Vice-Chair

Greeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . .of . .Andy . . . . . Cadiff . . . . . . ’73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill . . . Achtmeyer . . . . . . . . . . ’73, . . . .P . .‘26 . . . . George Lynch ’88, P ’27 Trustee; Alumni President; Centennial Chair of the Centennial CelebrationCelebration Committee Committee, Alumni Vice-Chair

Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Cadiff ’73

Greg Paul ’09

Trustee; Centennial Celebration Committee Film and Television Director and Producer

Performance of Introduction of Greg Schneider . . . . .Slump” . . . . . . . from . . . . . 1973 . . . . .musical . . . . . . .Of . . .Pucks . . . . .and . . . Panels . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Heard “Senior Trustee; Head of Nashoba Brooks School “Admissions Director” from 1973 musical Poison Ivy . . . . . . . . . . . . B-Flats Sarah Pelmas Video Trustee: Head of the Winsor School and O’Donnell Family Chair State of the School . . . . . . .Centennial . . . . . . . . . .Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-Flats . . . . . . and . . . . members . . . . . . . . .of . . the . . . Jazz . . . . .Band . . . . .and . . . .Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg Schneider

Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School

COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jaiden Lee ’26, Brian Lee ’24

I. THIS IS THE TIME! Student Musicians THIS IS THE YEAR! Introduction of David E . Kelley ’75 . . . .TO . . .COME . . . . . . TOGETHER, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DiResta ANDFaculty; LET OUT A ofCHEER - (WOO!!!!)

Chair the Performing Arts; Drucker Family Chair Holder, Centennial Celebration Committee II. TO Keynote: Power of Life-long Friendships . .CELEBRATE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David E . Kelley ’75 WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED! 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

BY WORKING TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE, Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WE . . . DREAMED . . . . . . . . . . .AND . . . . .BELIEVED!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Forde ’05

Traditions Video

III. COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE 100 YEARS! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL!

Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DiResta

Trustee

Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Biotti ’87, P ’23 President of the Board of Trustees; Centennial Celebration Committee 100 Years of Arts Celebration Program Jeanne Tift P ’18 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faculty; . . . . . . .Darling . . . . . .Family . . . . . Chair . Greg in Schneider the Humanities Chair Holder Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School

Faculty and Staff Video Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Duarte and Paul DiResta Chair Special Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visual . . . . . Arts . . . . Department . . . . . . . . . Chair . . . . .and . . . .Performing . . . . . . . . Arts . . . .Department . . . .Jonathan Kraft ’82, P ’15 Trustee Video Introduction of General Mark A . Milley ’76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain Colton Bradley ’15 Introduction of Andy Cadiff ’73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Achtmeyer ’73, P ‘26

Aeromedical Evacuation Officer, U.S. Army Chair of the Centennial Celebration Committee

Remarksof. Character . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Andy CadiffMark ’73 A . Milley ’76 Keynote: Importance . . . General

Film and Television Director and Producer 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 39th Chief of Staff of the Army, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Performance of “Senior Slump” from 1973 musical Of Pucks and Panels and Student Performance . . . . . . . .Director” . . . . . . . . .from . . . . .1973 . . . .musical . . . . . . . Poison . . . . . . Ivy . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .B-Flats . . . . . . . . . . . .B-Flats “Admissions Donnell Patterson Faculty; Director of Music; Centennial Celebration Committee Video Finale . . . . . . . Centennial . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . B-Flats . Amy Madden P ’20, of ’22, Greg Achtmeyer ’73, P ’26 and members the JazzSchneider, Band and Bill Orchestra COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! I. THIS IS THE TIME! THIS IS THE YEAR! TO COME TOGETHER, AND LET OUT A CHEER - (WOO!!!!)

II. TO CELEBRATE! WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED! Reginald Heber Howe William Taylor Thomas Morse

BY WORKING SIDE BY 1935 SIDE, Headmaster 1923 - 1932 Headmaster TOGETHER, 1932 - 1935 Headmaster - 1942 WE DREAMED AND BELIEVED!!

Charles Hamilton Headmaster 1942 - 1971

III. COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE 100 YEARS! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL!

Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DiResta David Aloian Headmaster 1971 - 1978

Roger Duncan Headmaster 1978 - 1979

Christopher Wadsworth Headmaster 1979 - 1993

Richard Melvoin Ronald M. Druker ’62 Head of School 1993 - 2018

Gregory Schneider Ronald M. Druker ’62 Head of School 2018 -

I N G R AT I T U D E

Years of Arts Celebration Our Centennial has had many generous100 contributions of time and talentProgram throughout this year . It is not possible to thank everyone, but we would be remiss in not acknowledging several members of our community .

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Schneider Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School 100 Years of Leadership

100 Years of the Arts JANUARY 2023

MARCH 2023

Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Duarte and Paul DiResta

Visual Arts Department Chair and Performing Arts Department Chair Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Schneider

Program Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DiResta

Video

Faculty; Chair of the Performing Arts

Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School

Dan Duarte

100 Years of Faculty & Staff

Faculty; Chair of the Visual Arts

Introduction of Andy Cadiff ’73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill AchtmeyerM’73, AY P2 0‘26 23 Dan Fiori

Faculty; Director of Instrumental Music

Chair of the Centennial Celebration Committee

Program Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sherman

Remarks . . . . . . . . . . .Donnell . . . . . . Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Cadiff ’73 Celebration Committee, Faculty Chair Faculty; Centennial Faculty; Director of Music

Film and Television Director and Producer

Travis Woolcott P ’86

Former Staff; Centennial Celebration Committee, Staff Chair

Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . .Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .of . . . . . . . . . Andy Cadiff ’73

Beth Girioni “Senior Slump”Alumni fromAward 1973Recipient; musical Of Pucks and Panels and 2018 Distinguished Staff; Centennial Celebration Committee “Admissions Director” from 1973 musical Poison Ivy . . . . . . . . . . . . B-Flats Centennial Celebration Committee

Harold Prenatt

Hollywood Director of Home Improvement, Spin City, Last Man Standing, Hot in Cleveland, and other TV Shows and movies Video

Former Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee

Greg Schneider

Ruth Sweeney

Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee Head of School CentennialRonald SongM..Druker . . . . .‘62B-Flats and members of the Jazz Band and Orchestra

Christopher Sweeney ’83

100 Years of Athletics

COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL!

M A R C H & M AY 2 0 2 3

Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sherman

I. THIS IS THE TIME! IS THE YEAR! Program Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THIS . Kenneth Martin ’65, P ’91 Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee TO COME TOGETHER, AND LET OUT A CHEER Don Bradley P ’15 - (WOO!!!!)

Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee

Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee

Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee, Faculty Chair

Thank You

Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Frechette

Fields of Vision

II. TO CELEBRATE! George Tahan P ’20 WHAT Celebration WE HAVE ACHIEVED! Microsite and Archivist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Kenney, Bill Mahoney Faculty; Centennial Committee Lindsey Taylor, Amy Hirsch

BY WORKING TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE, Tyson Trautz P ’27 WE DREAMED AND BELIEVED!!

Faculty; Centennial Celebration Committee A Century of Character Commemorative Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Mahoney,

Caroline Kenney COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! Keynote Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .III. . . . . COME . . . . . . . .CELEBRATE, . . . Jay Civetti ’97 Director of Culinary Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Maws ’88, P ’26 Tufts University Football Coach COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE 100 YEARS!

COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT Kit Hughes ’97 Celebration Decor: HeirloomHILL! Rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sponsored by Holy Cross Director of Athletics

Dover Rug & Home Zeba and Mahmud Jafri P ’05 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg . . . .Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul DiResta Ali S . Jafri ’05 Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School Hasan Jafri George Tahan P ’20 Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sponsored in part by The Mugar Foundation Faculty; Director of Athletics