Leading the Way

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THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP Examples of leadership are evident across the campus and in all aspects of life at Sayre. Yet, no one is born a leader. Leaders are made; leaders are schooled. Leaders are collaborators who actively nurture and encourage those around them. At Sayre, developing leadership is at the very core of its curriculum.

LEADING THEIR WAY TO RETIREMENT We will miss all of those who retired or moved on to new adventures at the end of last year.

Collectively, the six retirees provided over 130 years of service to Sayre. We thank them for the memories.

SPARTANS LEADING THE WAY Our Sayre alumni of today are leading the way in their communities and nationwide. Leading the way in government, sports, military, theatre, and real estate, it is with great pride and excitement we spotlight a few Spartan leaders.

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EDITORS John and Carolyn Hackworth Adrienne Kim Clarke Barb Milosch Heidi Newman Kristin Seymour

CONTRIBUTORS Brad Becker Cathy Bilberry Clint Calzini Adrienne Kim Clarke Melanie Driver Ben Graves ’85 Leslie Isaacs ’69 Bo List and the Fine Arts Department Lower School Faculty Stephen Manella Randy Mills Barb Milosch Angelica Prekopa Marti Quintero Sarah Rushing Debbie Wheeler

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The Class of 2022 Spartan Highlights Our Mission in Action Sayre Welcomes New Administration 75 Alumni 93 Honor Roll of Donors

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Performing on stage or speaking in front of an audience are key elements of the Sayre curriculum. Photographed is Sam Bischoff ’37 leading the way in the annual Preschool Jubilee performance.

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LEADING THE WAY One of the joys of working in a PK-12 educational environment is the opportunity to follow the arc of a student’s journey through Sayre. Each journey is unique, but they all feature similar elements—the forging of friendships, the mastery of skills, the resiliency of overcoming challenges, and the confidence that grows as a student’s sense of self crystallizes through experiences, achievements, and interactions.

A Sayre education provides a foundation for life and enables our students to carve their own path, write their own story. We ask every community member how you will Make Your Mark? How will you distinguish yourself as a student, a friend, a volunteer, an educator, a role model, and a citizen? The answer, by Leading the Way, is the theme of this year’s school magazine.

Our teachers Lead the Way by providing dynamic academic experiences that broaden our students’ knowledge. From third graders exploring Appalachian history and culture and our seventh graders studying the techniques of Claude Monet to our tenth graders participating in a mock Enlightenment Salon and our Middle and Upper School students listening to a Holocaust survivor share her story, students across our campus are learning to lead.

For our students, opportunities to Lead the Way manifest themselves in different ways at every stage of our program. A Lower School student might be a line leader or someone who musters the confidence to solo in a grade-level performance or shares knowledge in a culmination project. That student matures into a Kentucky Youth Assembly participant, an AP Scholar, an artist, a KIDS-to-Kids mentor, an athlete contributing to the success of one of our teams, or a volunteer rushing to support those in need devastated by flooding in Eastern Kentucky.

After eleven years at Sayre, I have the added pleasure of following the paths of our alumni to careers in fields such as medicine, law, business, the equine industry, engineering, the arts, and education, to name a few. Many alumni choose to return to Lexington to strengthen our great city with their talents, while others venture beyond Kentucky to put down roots in places like Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Their stories are still being written…or in the case of Ben Kesling ’98 and Sam Perez ’18 (page 86), their stories are published! This just scratches the surface of what you will learn about our incredible community in this edition of The Podium.

Leading the Way is how we Make our Mark.

Go Spartans!

Stephen Manella Head of School

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS We are excited to welcome four new members to the Board of Trustees, Class of 2026: Tiffany Fleming, Greg Leveridge ’98, Tyler Mainous ’91, and Anne Kenan.

TIFFANY FLEMING, a native of Owensboro, KY, graduated from the University of Kentucky (UK) with a bachelor’s degree in 2004 and a J.D. from the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law in 2007. She is currently an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Fraud, Bankruptcy, and Financial Litigation unit of the Civil Division. Prior to working for the DOJ, she was an attorney with Britton Osborne Johnson. Tiffany’s husband, Drew, is President of the Breeders’ Cup, and they are the parents of Hoot (Andrew) in second grade. Tiffany currently serves on the Board’s Governance Committee.

GREG LEVERIDGE is a native Lexingtonian and a Sayre alum along with his wife, Jamie Rice Leveridge ’00. They have two children at Sayre - Davis in fourth grade and Juliet in eighth grade. After graduating from Sayre, Greg attended the University of the South-Sewanee and then moved to Manhattan where he worked in both residential and commercial real estate. He returned home in 2009 joining Haymaker Bean. He is one of the co-founders of Block+Lot, a boutique commercial and residential brokerage firm in town. Greg currently serves on the Finance Committee, and his joining of the Board represents a continuation of his family’s longterm association with Sayre’s governance.

His father, Glenn, is a past Sayre trustee and former Board Chair.

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Like Greg, TYLER MAINOUS is also an alum and born and raised in Lexington. Tyler is married to Krista Penix Mainous (from Paintsville), and they have two children at Sayre - Graham in seventh grade and Channing Elizabeth in fifth grade. Tyler graduated from Centre College in 1995 and then went on to earn a JD from Mercer Law School in 2001 and an MBA from the University of Kentucky in 2002. After practicing law privately for a number of years, Tyler combined his finance and business background and became a certified financial planner. He is currently a partner with Cetera Wealth Partners, as a broker and investment advisor. At Sayre, Tyler serves on the Board’s Finance Committee.

ANNE KENAN was also born and raised in Lexington. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Anne is married to David Perrin, and they have three children currently at Sayre - June in sixth grade, Bodin in eighth grade, and Rhese in tenth grade. Two years ago, Anne and her family returned to Lexington after living in New York City for many years. She is the Director of Philanthropy at the Elhapa Foundation, a family foundation whose funding interests include anti-discrimination, elementary and secondary education, sports, and youth development. Anne serves on the Board’s Outreach Committee.

From the Board Chair Sayre students are Leading the Way in service!

Our sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, is known to have said: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” Service work creates a mutually beneficial relationship between the students and the organization and can provide a holistic effect on them personally, socially, and academically.

Sayre embraces service learning projects that encourage students to help others with compassion and respect while simultaneously developing their problem-solving skills and overall awareness of social, cultural, and economic differences in our society. Students in all three divisions participate in service projects throughout the year. The third grade holds a “business sale” each spring, where the children learn to market, raise money, and donate proceeds to their chosen local charities. In Middle School, the student advisory groups break out into the community working in local parks and foster societies. And then, when a Spartan reaches the Upper School, the aspiration to “dream more, learn more, do more, and become more” is in full motion.

Although our Upper School students are required to perform at least nine hours of service per school year, they have historically far exceeded that number. For the past several years, the total number of service hours documented is more than 6000, and approximately 50% of US students report more than the required nine hours.

Our Upper School students also have the option to take “Service to Society” as an elective class. Here, our students learn a more refined sense of self-awareness and an awareness of others and the fundamentals of philanthropy and service. The Upper School students also tackle monthly mini-projects, whose contributions to local and global organizations are far too long to list in this short piece.

Sayre’s profound implementation of service learning extends into our athletic departments, too. The most recent example arose after the devastating floods hit eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia at the end of July. The Sayre football program quickly went into action, partnering with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, and aligned with the Sayre girls soccer team, our student-athletes purchased and loaded thousands of supplies over a series of days for flood victims in Perry and Pike Counties. When dropping off donations, one student told me, “We have to do something; we have to do more to help them.”

Our Sayre students truly lead by action with their service work – and I encourage all of our community to continue dreaming, learning, and spreading the good. Well done, Spartans, for all your service!

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BOARD AWARDS Each year the Board of Trustees honors four individuals for their distinguished service to Sayre.

THE MILES SERVICE AWARD is named in honor of Dorothy Moomaw Miles, Headmistress of Sayre from 1952-1961. Awards are given to both a current parent and traditionally a parent of an alum who have been actively involved in the daily life of the school providing opportunities for parent and/or student participation and expression.

This year’s current parent recipient is PIPER STOCKHAM. Name a major volunteer position at Sayre and at some point Piper’s name has been attached to it—SPA President, Booster Club President, Trustee, and Parent Advisory Committee member…just to name a few! Her outstanding leadership of Booster Club from 2017-2021 was instrumental in expanding the scope and depth of support for all of our athletic teams. The common denominator of Piper’s ongoing, tireless, enthusiastic engagement within our community is her kind and generous disposition. In other words, she has a heart of gold and is always willing to go the extra mile to enhance the experience of our students. She and her husband Matt are the parents of Sayre graduates Mason ’16 and Madigan ’18 and soon to be graduate, Addie ’23. For the Stockhams, Sayre baseball is a family affair—Addie plays, Matt coaches, and Piper is Team Mom. Go Spartans!

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The past patron recipient of the Miles Award is PAT MADDEN whose impact on our students and programs extends from the classroom to our athletic programs.

When football returned to Sayre after a 40-year hiatus, Pat was instrumental in bringing lights to our main playing field. That enhancement has benefited not only football, but our soccer and lacrosse programs, too. Equally important is that beyond improving our facilities, his leadership on this front has been a catalyst, inspiring others to support our programs.

Over the years, Pat’s generous support of our financial aid program has helped make a Sayre education accessible for students for whom it may not have otherwise been available. Even though Pat and his wife Jennifer’s children have graduated from Sayre (Caroline ’17, Michael ’21), he continues to support our students and programs. For all of these reasons, Pat’s engagement epitomizes the spirit of Mrs. Miles’ dedication to the school.

THE MCCLELLAN AWARD is named in honor of Major Henry Brainerd McClellan, Sayre’s most distinguished and longest tenured Headmaster who served Sayre from 1870-1904. The recipient of this award is to be a friend of the school that has made significant contributions in the form of service to the student body. This year’s recipient is LESLIE ISAACS ’69 whose lifelong connection to Sayre spans over 50 years. A Spartan through and through, Leslie and her husband, Bruce ’70, are the proud parents of Parrish ’99 and Stewart ’01. Always a dedicated alumna, Leslie returned to Sayre 20 years ago to teach 6th grade in the Middle School, and, not surprisingly, she quickly became a favorite of parents and students alike. If you meet Leslie’s former students, it’s guaranteed that they can still share specific details about the country they were assigned for Leslie’s cherished SASSE program—Sayre Annual Social Studies Exhibits. When Leslie was ready to leave the classroom, but not Sayre, she transitioned to the Advancement Office as our Coordinator of Alumni Affairs and Event Planning. As a student, Leslie was a member of the cheer team, and we have been so fortunate that she has never stopped cheering for all things Sayre!

THE TRUSTEE AWARD is given to a current or past Trustee of the school who has been singled out by his or her fellow trustees as a leader in providing guidance and direction to the school through his or her efforts.

This year’s designee is two-term Board member, JOHN BACKER ’83 who first enrolled at Sayre in 1971 and graduated as a “lifer.” He and his wife Ashley have three children—Ann Frances ’14, Katherine ’17, and Jack ’24. As a Board member for the past eight years, we have benefited from John’s wisdom and guidance on the Finance Committee. John’s real estate expertise also played a key role in various campus acquisitions, including our recent purchase of the 184 N MLK property. In addition, this past year, John and Ashley chaired Spectacular Sponsorship and set a school record. Throughout his tenure on the Board, John has simultaneously worked to maintain the long-term health of the school while also focusing on areas that will have an immediate impact on the quality of the experience of our students, such as literally rolling up his sleeves to help repair our tennis courts. No project was too big or too small for John’s generous and selfless efforts on behalf of his alma mater!

Sayre Board of Trustees member and parent to Zander ’22 and Braeden ’25, DESHANA COLLETT, Ph.D., PA-C, was named Chair of the University of Kentucky’s Faculty Senate Council. She is the first African American to assume this role at the University. In addition, Dr. Collett received all of her degrees from the University of Kentucky and is currently Professor of Physician Assistant Studies.

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SAYRE FACTS

STUDENTS & FACULTY

605

20%

students preschool through 12th grade

of students identify as Students of Color; 5% of students identify as Latinx/Hispanic ethnicity

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average class size

Central Kentucky counties represented, 31 zip codes

7:1

29%

student-to-teacher ratio

of students receive tuition assistance totaling over $2.4 million

79%

100%

full-time faculty with advanced degrees

LS faculty receive training in project-based learning

CLASS OF 2022 PERFORMANCE

100%

$160,000

college placement

average scholarship per student

63

seniors attend 36 different colleges in 19 different states

86%

of seniors received merit scholarships, totaling over $10.5 million

82%

of the senior class completed one or more AP examinations

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seniors participate in intercollegiate athletics

51%

of seniors scored 28 or above on the ACT; 32% scored 30 or above

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National Merit® Finalists

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National Merit® Commended Scholar

76%

of seniors attend out of state colleges/universities

2022 ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESULTS

82%

pass rate for school

100%

of students taking the Chemistry, Drawing, French Language, Physics 2, Physics C, and Spanish Language exams earned scores of 3 or higher

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95%

of students taking the AP Calculus AB and Physics 1 exams earned scores of 3 or higher

92%

of students taking the AP Biology exam earned scores of 3 or higher

76%

of seniors who took at least one AP exam earned scores of 3 or higher

69%

of the seniors were recipients of an AP Scholar Award

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National Merit Scholarship Program Sayre was delighted to report the Class of 2022 National Merit® Finalists in the 67th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Sadie Barlow and Noah Lutz were declared National Merit Finalists and Lindsay Whitaker, National Merit Commended Scholar.

“To have three members of the class garner National Merit distinction speaks to the high academic caliber of our student body, as well as to the high caliber of instruction offered by our faculty,” said Randy Mills, Sayre’s

former College Counselor. Randy recognized the seniors for “making their mark through outstanding performance with vast potential for future academic success.”

Over 1.5 million entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Those accepted into the program were awarded National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million in the spring.

A Cup of College Counseling Interested in building relationships with Upper School families, Assistant College Counselor Cathy Bilberry suggested the office invite sophomore parents to a session introducing the college counseling staff and process. “It is important to develop strong relationships with families early on in their high school career,” said Cathy. “It is essential to ensure parents are engaged in the process and feel comfortable scheduling visits with the office.” In 2014, the office started hosting A Cup of College Counseling. Randy

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Mills, former Director of College Counseling, and Cathy Bilberry invited parents to join them for coffee and to discuss collegerelated issues in a casual setting.

A Cup of College Counseling introduces parents to Sayre’s college counseling philosophy, provides helpful information about the college-search timetable and college entrance examinations, and any other talking points parents want to discuss. The meetings are part of an ongoing conversation throughout the school year.

CLASS OF 2022 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES (Matriculations in boldface)

American University Anderson University Auburn University Bard College Baylor University Beloit College Bentley University Boston College Boston University Cabrini University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Central Methodist University Centre College Clemson University Colgate University College of Charleston College of William and Mary Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Columbia College Chicago Coppin State University Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Eastern Kentucky University Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emory University

Florida State University Fordham University Furman University Geneva College George Washington University Georgetown College Georgia Tech Hanover College High Point University Hollins University Huntington College Indiana East University Indiana Tech Indiana University Indiana Wesleyan University Kenyon College Lake Forest College Loyola University Chicago Luther College Marshall University Miami University Midway University Morehead State University Mount Allison University (Canada) Muhlenberg College New York University-Shanghai North Carolina State University Northern Kentucky University Northwestern University

Pratt Institute Purdue University Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Ambrose University Samford University Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Stephens College Stetson University Texas Christian University The Ohio State University Thomas More University Transylvania University University of Alabama University of Colorado-Boulder University of Dayton University of Denver University of Findlay University of Florida University of Georgia University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Maryland

University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of Pittsburgh University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Tampa University of Tennessee University of Texas-Dallas University of the SouthSewanee University of Virginia Virginia Tech Wabash College Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis West Chester University Western Kentucky University Wofford College Xavier University

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CHARGE TO THE CLASS OF 2022 Now, you must understand that today marks a beginning in your life, not an ending.

Now, YOUR slate begins anew.

James Allen writes: “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be.

One who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal, will one day realize that dream.”

On what foundation have you to accomplish your dreams? I think a very solid one, headed by the support, encouragement, and wisdom you receive at home, coupled with the rewarding Sayre education you have completed.

You will be faced with adversity, but you must aim high because the prize that lies ahead is the realization of your DREAM. Your DREAM must loom larger than all of these challenges.

Your DREAM will provide you the incentive to master the vast amount of change and need for compromise you will encounter during your college experience. Your DREAM will provide you the confidence and energy to become an

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active and integral member of your campus community, and yes, above all, your DREAM will provide you the courage to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and hurdles that clutter your path to its realization.

Always remember: limitations are not real; they simply appear to be real. Adherence to your DREAM will enable you to overcome all potential roadblocks and fears.

I believe the quality of your dream, the measure of the value of your dream, lies in the answer to this question: “Does the fulfillment of my dream enhance the lives of those around me?” In other words, by reaching my dream, my goals in life, how many others may I carry along with me?

Your dream can’t be selfish---it can’t be only for your reward. The legacy of your achievements will be determined by how many lives you positively impact along the way to the realization of your dream.

—RANDY MILLS, COLLEGE COUNSELOR 1998-2022

Senior Breakfast Rebecca C. Price ’09 was the guest speaker at the annual Senior Breakfast held Friday, April 21, 2022. After graduating from Sayre, she attended Samford University in Birmingham as an undergraduate and the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and cum laude, respectively.

Currently, Rebecca practices law at the firm of Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney here in Lexington. She focuses on energy and utilities law and regulation issues, as both general counsel and a litigation attorney. Prior to this position, she worked as a Special Attorney in the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General and as a Staff Attorney to the Honorable Thomas D. Wingate in Franklin Circuit Court. Most notably during her time as a public servant, Ms. Price led the Kentucky Attorney General’s COVID-19 price gouging enforcement effort.

Remembering the experience of her Sayre senior internship well, Rebecca shared the lessons she learned with her audience - make connections, be involved, and be enthusiastic. It was great to have Rebecca back on campus!

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LIFERS A lifer is a student who has attended Sayre School since first grade or 12 years or more.

Lexie Blackburn Lilah Bloomfield Mason Dunn Omar Fakhoury Hope Garlington Cat Graves James Gunasar Dylan Lynch

Aiden Owen Sam Quintero Olivia Richardson Eliza Scoggin Jane Stilz Hayden Stollings Lindsay Whitaker Allison Yandell

GRADUATION RECOGNITIONS Valedictorian Address After 14 years at Sayre, you would think that writing this speech would have been a walk in the park. Spoiler alert: it was not. I could stand up here and regale you all with tales of my highest highs and lowest lows, or maybe even tell you about the time I ran into the brick wall on the playground and was left with a crippling fear of looking behind me while running, but I think I’d rather tell you about the most valuable lesson I’ve learned during my time here.

A wise woman once told me (hi mom) “Something can be both hard for you and good for you at the same time.” I haven’t always believed this to be true. I used to be the kid that would give up the minute something began to show signs of difficulty because, after all, if I wasn’t good at it in my first two seconds of trying, why bother? It was only through much trial and error that I discovered, much to my chagrin at the time, that I had been wholeheartedly incorrect.

To all of you in the audience today that have helped both me and the rest of the

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Class of 2022 persevere through all of life’s challenges, thank you. To my friends that taught me it’s ok not to be perfect, to my family that allowed me to feel loved at all times, to my teachers, who never for one second let me think I could achieve anything less than my dreams, and to my parents, who believed in me even when I didn’t believe in myself, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. You all are the reason I can stand up here and confidently say that difficult experiences have helped me grow into a better person.

Fellow graduates, you have done difficult things, and you are the person you are today because of them. Be proud of yourselves. Your kindness, humor, and ambition will take you far in life - I can’t wait to see each of your successes.

Class of 2022, go forth, continue to try difficult things, and become better because of them.

—LINDSAY WHITAKER

LEGACIES For over 166 years, students have followed in their parents’ footsteps by graduating from Sayre. Among those in the Class of 2022 were: Ashton Bell Mason Dunn Cat Graves Jack Murphy

Mary Grace Murphy Sam Quintero Jane Stilz

Valedictorian Address Today, by definition, is this present day, May 29th, 2022. This day also happens to be our last day. “Last” by definition means final. Therefore, today is our final day. Final day of what? High school.

Many thanks are due before we all go our separate ways. First, none of us would be where we are today without the teachers at Sayre School. I’d like to thank all of the teachers that we were lucky enough to learn from these past four years. We had the opportunity to work with distinguished educators and form relationships.

What was high school even like? The answer to that question may differ for some of us.

However, there’s one thing I believe that most of us can agree on. High school is over, and it’s time to move on. Learn to live with the person you were in high school.

You may never see them again. You may reflect on your experience or see photos of yourself from the last few years. Some of us will reminisce about high school, the fun

we had, our friends, or the dynamic of our classes. Others will never give high school another thought, and that’s perfectly fine.

It’s time to look forward to the future and think about hopes, plans, and dreams.

None of us are who we will truly become yet, and that’s important to recognize.

Your worth is not determined by whether or not you could find the integral of the derivative or the derivative of the integral (if that’s how it works). Your worth is defined by how you choose to frame your mindset in the future. It’s defined by the chances you take and the opportunities you seize.

It’s also defined by passion. All of us have a passion for something. Even if you don’t know it yet, you will uncover it soon.

Explore that next year. This fall is a chance to refresh and reset. And lastly if you were afraid to be yourself in high school, I hope you find the courage and comfort in order to truly be you in the future.

—WILL MARSDEN

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Salutatorian Address Class of 2022, we have a lot to be proud of as we reminisce on our years at Sayre. There are many exciting moments to celebrate: a state championship for girls’ varsity lacrosse, game winning plays and college sport careers to look forward to; I see stars of the stage as actors and musicians; successful podcasters and media influencers; exceptional students going to outstanding universities; top writers with national awards and leaders and researchers.

Growing up, my parents emphasized two very important things. The first: Everyone is struggling with something you know nothing about. The second: Treat others as you would want to be treated.

Class of 2022, we are there for each other. I see it in your actions. We hug each other and cry together. We find solace in prayer. In the hallway, you ask me and those around me “how are you doing”; masks are finally off and you smile at one another.

In class, we challenge the most entitled and privileged to stop talking and listen to those who are not. We fight for injustice and fight for individual human rights. This needs to be our legacy. This must be what you carry on from Sayre to your next adventure. It is this empathy and ability to treat others as you would want to be treated that helps lift others up around you-that lets each of us be ourselves. This humanity allows us to live an authentic life.

Class of 2022: each of you does this for someone around you even if you aren’t aware. You inspire us to live our best lives, most often out of the spotlight. My hope is that you each carry this gift with you. Lift up those around you. Treat them as you would want to be treated. Be your authentic self.

—ANNA KATE MIEDLER

Salutatorian Address I have actually been looking forward to this since my first day at Sayre. Funny enough, on our first day of senior year, Ms. Davis asked my AP English Literature class what each of us was most looking forward to in the upcoming year. Most people responded with sweet things like prom, deciding on a college, or playing their final sports season, but I immediately blurted out graduation.

When I found out I was giving this speech last week, I started to freak out a little bit because, in this rush to close this chapter of my life, I could not think of a single, pivotal moment that made me go, “Wow, that really sums up my time at Sayre.” In my hurry to finish out my high school career, I had forgotten about some of the things that make the Sayre experience a unique one.

In my attempt to craft a perfect singular moment that would totally sum up the lessons I’ve learned here, I started realizing it wasn’t the big moments that made my

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Sayre experience, but the small, mundane, predictable ones that did instead; from trying to break the record from the previous class of how many minutes we could keep Mr. Leer off track, to playing Just Dance with Ms. Bishop in AP US History and wondering how we just didn’t have time to get through all the material before the exam, to struggling to park in the senior lot because it turns out I’m not the only one in this class who shouldn’t have a license, to avoiding Dr. Quintero when we knew our shorts certainly weren’t fingertip length or our “pants” were in fact leggings.

The everyday things I often overlooked have turned out to be some of my fondest memories. So, from this, I have learned to appreciate the little things.

Congratulations, after four long years, this day is finally here, and I can proudly say I don’t think anyone’s been more ready for it than I. —LILLY ADAMS

The Headmaster’s Medal There is no written criteria for the medal other than it is to be given to the Sayre student who has given in an outstanding manner to the school.

Imagine someone who never seems to have a bad day, who exudes positivity while lifting up others, sets the standard for being kind and considerate of classmates, and, in the classroom is open-minded, inquisitive, and receptive to differing points of view.

the community; his service to the needy is simply unparalleled. He’s a true gem.

This year’s 2022 Headmaster’s Medal recipient, who attends Wake Forest University, was Liam Fallon.

A tone setter and a difference maker, always looking outward for ways to help

The Optima Award This is a special award voted on annually by the seniors in a secret ballot without nomination. They are simply instructed to choose the one individual, who in their opinion, best exemplifies the ideals of Sayre.

This year’s recipient was involved in many areas of school life. A positive, confident, and independent young adult, she balances her academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities very well. A KIDS-to-Kids facilitator for four years, she fostered greater recognition and appreciation of human diversity, and she also participated in the Green Dot bystander training, which recognizes the power of peer influence, leverages the most influential students, and offers actionable

solutions within a teen’s social realities. She helped lead the Pep Club, cheering on her classmates and teammates. Her optimism and enthusiasm are contagious. She has made her mark on Sayre athletics, playing and excelling in four sports, and was recently recognized with the Abby Sayre Cup celebrating her exceptional athletic contributions. Currently playing soccer at the University of Findlay, the 2022 Optima Award was presented to Cat Graves.

Diplomas of Distinction Sayre offers Diploma Distinctions in five discrete areas to recognize students’ affinities and accomplishments in these different disciplines: Distinction in Creative Arts, Distinction in Global Studies, Distinction in Service, Distinction in Sustainability, and Distinction in Engineering (new this school year).

Seven members of the Class of 2022 earned recognition for their work in two of the areas.

Lexie Blackburn - Distinction in Global Studies Anna Kate Miedler - Distinction in Creative Arts Bill Bradley - Distinction in Creative Arts Sam Quintero - Distinction in Creative Arts Caroline Evans - Distinction in Creative Arts Eliza Scoggin - Distinction in Global Studies Jackson Marshall - Distinction in Creative Arts

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SAYRE STUDENT GRADUATES AT THE AGE OF 14!

Original Story by Emma Story Georgetown College ’25 Sayre Communications Intern, Summer 2022

challenged. Sayre assisted him in this as they offered enrichment classes that helped Sam strive for academic excellence.

of college with 25 college credits, putting him ahead in classes and creating the possibility of another early graduation.

am Quintero is one of Sayre’s legacy and lifer students; he attended Sayre for over 12 years, and his mother graduated from Sayre. He graduated with the class of 2022 at the age of 14! In order to accomplish something this unique, Sam skipped three grades: fifth, seventh, and twelfth. It was in the fourth grade that it became apparent he was above the benchmarks for the classes and needed to be

Sam is thankful for all the support and guidance Sayre provided him as he headed into college at a much younger age than most. He is attending the University of Kentucky (UK). “Going to UK has been a great experience,” said Sam. “My Sayre education certainly prepared me for my current course load, especially in physics and calculus with my major of mechanical engineering.” Sam went into his first year

Sam lives at home and commutes to classes; he says, “Riding my bike is my transportation. It is only 16 minutes and 40 seconds.” Sam said his favorite part about college is studying in the library, the independence, and being able to devote his time to pursue specific interests.

Sam continues to play the piano and enjoys being a part of new groups and clubs.

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Don Jacobs, Sr. Seminar The Don Jacobs, Sr. Seminar Series is a required part of the curriculum for seniors, and the sessions deal with personal finance and legal and civic responsibilities. The series, launched in 2005, runs from September through March and focuses on practical topics such as spending, earning, giving, saving, borrowing, and investing. The seminars are coordinated by Upper School faculty members Marti Quintero ’88, Amy Dunn, and Adam Samples. The seminars are designed to give students training and guidance in personal finance and civic involvement. Guest speakers

and members of the community from various professions enhance the seminars and provide students direct access to experts in their fields. Mentors, Sayre alumni, and those selected from the Sayre community work with small groups of students throughout the year and are an integral part of the program.

Of the mentors, 9 of 14 are alumni, ranging from the classes of 1987 to 2014, and 11 are past and current parents who serve as mentors. Most notably, Michael Dunn ’87, has served as a mentor since the inception of the program.

2021-2022 Mentors include: Sue Strup, UK Healthcare (Board member and past parent), resumes and internships Matt Stockham, Meridian (current parent), investment basics Monroe Jett, Title Leader (past parent), spending and credit David Helmers, Railbird (past parent), entrepreneurship Lisa Adkins, Blue Grass Community Foundation (past parent), philanthropy Anthany Beatty, Lexington Police Chief, Ret. (past grandparent), civic responsibility

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FACULTY AWARDS BOARD AWARD Jason Nahra When it comes to this year’s recipient of the Board Award, 37 is the lucky number.

This individual is always kind, respectful, accepting and inclusive, and he fills a role or meets a need at the drop of a hat.

Carrying himself with a quiet humbleness and grace and driven only by an unparalleled desire to serve the students and community at Sayre, Jason Nahra has had a cumulative impact on Sayre students that is immeasurable.

Jason cares for children and teaches them to care for each other. He has been described by colleagues as “always engaging and has a way to make everyone in the room feel at ease and welcome.” The phrase “some things never change” is exceptionally relevant.

A former teacher said that when Jason was six years old, “He had such a joy of living that it had a positive effect on the entire classroom.”

Jason has spent 37 years at Sayre - 13 as a student and 24 as an employee. There have only been seven years in his life when he hasn’t been at Sayre. We are so fortunate and lucky that he has spent 37 years with us. 37 is the lucky number!

We thank Jason for representing the best of Sayre.

SHORT AWARD Ashley Bailey This year’s Short Award for Excellence in Science and Math went to a teacher who is dynamic, creative, and full of energy.

Her magical classroom transforms multiple times a year to match the topic that the class is studying. She has a costume for every event and may even create events in order to have costumes. Her class carefully delves into each project topic with a dedication and depth of research that

would match that of students two or three times their age. Her projects are often built around scientific subjects such as arachnids, Kentucky waterways, transformation, and even an investigation of dirt which involved a complex study of what can be found underneath our feet. Her students are enamored with learning scientific concepts and are able to share their learning with others even though they are only three or four years old. The 2022 Short Award recipient was Ashley Bailey.

SHORT AWARD Chris McGinley This year’s Short Award for Excellence in the General Category went to a scholar who connects with kids in so many important ways.

In the classroom, he constantly reimagines his lessons for greater pertinence and broad interest for young people. The lessons themselves are a perfect example of interdisciplinarity, leading students via hands-on doing and thinking into deeper analysis of what they have learned. A published author with a lyrical, haunting voice, this teacher uses his talents to guide young writers toward lovelier turns of phrase and more gripping opening sentences. His catch phrase, “You alright, buddy?” is indicative of the attentiveness to and care for others that this thoughtful, community-minded intellectual maintains.

You’d be surprised by how many people – students and teachers alike – he sustains through his formal and informal mentoring and his caring attention.

With the campus farm, he engages young people in cultivating plants from seed, seeing them through to full growth, harvesting them, and producing pickles and jellies as part of a student enterprise, all the while incorporating native plants on campus that thrive under the care of his students. Nurturing seeds with light, water, and attention – what a perfect metaphor for the 2022 Short Award recipient, Chris McGinley.

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he Sayre School graduating class of 2022 included eight graduates who continue to play their high school sport as college athletes. Congratulations to the following student-athletes at their respective campuses!

Kennedy Beatty, Volleyball: Coppin State University Lexie Blackburn, Lacrosse: Bard College Bill Bradley, Football: Carnegie Mellon University Cat Graves, Soccer and Track: University of Findlay Jackson Marshall, Football: Marshall University Cole Pennington, Football: Marshall University Sammy Slabaugh, Lacrosse: Beloit College Jane Stilz, Golf: The University of the South-Sewanee

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SAYRE ATHLETICS What an incredible year in athletics as the Spartans led the way!

FALL SPORTS Cross Country HEAD COACH: Brad Murphy

(6th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: Although a relatively young team, the boys learned quickly and faced challenges running against AAA schools most of the year.

After all the hard competition, the young Spartan boys were able to put the pieces together and make a run to take the last qualifying

Mason Dunn ’22 and Tom House are reunited. Avid sports fans, Mason and Tom developed an inseparable friendship in Mrs. O’Rourke’s fourthgrade classroom. Soon after, Tom’s family moved to Ohio. They remained in close contact as they each enjoyed successful high school sports careers.

Mason excelled in soccer and basketball, while Tom evolved into an all-state basketball player. Tom led Centerville High School to a state championship in his junior year and a state runnerup finish in his senior year. He was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the Kentucky-Ohio all-star game, as Sayre’s Randy Mills served as the game’s Public Address announcer.

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spot to make it to the state meet!

On the girls side, senior Cat Graves took care of business as she had in the past and qualified for regionals as an individual, placing 15th running a 22:23 on a tough course. Then she placed 34th at state out of a field of 230 runners. A new great fast addition to the team was Dakota Musgrave ’23 who reduced her 5k time down to 22:10. Unfortunately, due to an injury, Dakota was sidelined at regionals.

Highly recruited, Tom chose to attend Florida State University and signed his National Letter-of-Intent in the fall of his senior year. Mason weighed a number of college options and also chose to attend Florida State, accepting an offer from Coach Leonard Hamilton to serve as a basketball team manager.

Their friendship hasn’t skipped a beat.

Mason and Tom are on campus and in the basketball facility. Their friendship hasn’t gone unnoticed by other basketball players. In fact, Mason has acquired a new nickname; everyone associated with Florida State basketball simply refers to Mason as “Manager Tom!”

Football HEAD COACH: Chad Pennington

(5th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: The football team completed its second full year of varsity football with an 8-3 record and a state ranking as high as #4 in Class 1A led by seniors Dant Bowling, Bill Bradley, Ethan Greer, James Gunasar, Caleb Kern, Jackson Marshall, Aiden Owen, Cole Pennington, Sammy Slabaugh, and Haydon Wilson. The Spartans

competed in the toughest 1A district in the state where three of its four teams were ranked in the top 10. Sayre football defeated three playoff teams that reached the quarterfinals of the KHSAA playoffs, including Bethlehem and Williamsburg. Cole earned firstteam All-City Honors while Bill, Jackson, and Charlie Slabaugh ’25 earned second-team All-City. Bring Home Your Shield...Go Spartans!

Girls Golf HEAD COACH: Ron Wetzel

(1st Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: The girls golf team competed in seven 18-hole tournaments, finishing as high as fifth place as a team. The team placed second in the All-A Regional, where senior Jane Stilz qualified as an individual for the All A State Tournament.

The team played in four nine-hole matches against local schools going 4-0. At the regional tournament, Sayre finished 12th to end an excellent year.

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Varsity Girls Soccer HEAD COACH: Dr. Michael McKinney (9th Season) COACH’S REMARKS: After a regional appearance the prior year, and the graduation of 12 seniors in 2020, it was very exciting to watch this young team improve daily and eventually advance to not only the All-A Regional Tournament championship game, but also to the 11th region tournament for the second consecutive year. The team, including seniors Cat Graves, Anna Keating, Hope Garlington, and Frances Inabnet, always believed in itself. Cat, Katherine Monohan ’25, and Gigi Cornett ’23 made the All-A Tournament Team and the All-District Tournament Team. In addition, Cat received recognition for the All-Regional Tournament Team and first-team All-Region.

Katherine was consistently in the top 20 in the state for scoring and made the Gatlinburg AllTournament Team and secondteam All-Region. Juliette Longbottom ’24 was in the top 20 in the state for assists.

HEAD COACH: Rob Goodman

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COACH’S REMARKS: The boys golf team grew from one golfer to 15 for the season, springboarding the program to future success. The team, which included senior Solly Van Meter, achieved All-A 11th Region Team Runner Up and Hayden Adams ’23 became the All-A 11th Region Individual Runner Up. Hayden also qualified for All A State and became the Conference Tournament Champion and Conference Player of the Year.

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HEAD COACH: Todd Bretz

COACH’S REMARKS: The boys soccer team advanced to the All-A Regional Finals and the second round of the district tournament. Brady Atkins ’23 was All-City. Senior captains Mason Dunn and Colin Miedler led the way while seniors Dylan Lynch and Ashton Bell anchored the defense, and seniors Daniel Hunt and Henry Jett provided play-making in the middle. Seniors Omar Fakhoury, Jack Murphy, and Hudson White provided the glue to keep the team together.

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Volleyball HEAD COACH: Leigh Nahra

(7th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: Captain Kennedy Beatty and a seasoned senior squad (Elsa Rodgerson, Allison Yandell, Maya Borland, Devin Beall, Lindsay Whitaker, Eliza Scoggin, Lauren Mulliken, Mary Grace Murphy) led the 2021-2022 Sayre Upper School volleyball team to a historic season. For the first time in Sayre history, they won the All-A Regional Tournament and qualified for the state competition where they made an appearance in the Elite 8. In the same season, the Spartans picked up their first district wins and multiple tournament wins, including the Southern Kentucky Slam and the Toyota Kentucky Smackdown.

In this season, Kennedy was recognized as an All-A Region player, All-District, and All-City.

She was also acknowledged for racking up over 1000 digs. Reese Collins ’24 was also awarded All-Region Honors as well as AllDistrict and All-City. Reese was honored for accumulating over 250 kills. This season proved to be Spartan strong with an overall record of 28-8.

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a multi-sport athlete. The Lady Spartans competed hard all year and secured two district wins against Scott County. The Spartans will look to build on the success of last year and the legacy of hard work that Cat leaves behind!

Varsity Boys Basketball HEAD COACH: Rob Goodman ’89

(10th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: Facing one of the toughest schedules in school history, the boys basketball team, including seniors Dant Bowling, Zander Collett, Mason Dunn, Sam Lain, Mathew Marrs, and Cole Pennington, once again showed why they are able to compete in the top region in the state. This season, the boys team achieved the first All-A 11th Region Championship over Lexington Christian Academy, and it was the first time in 24 years for the boys to play in the State Tournament in Richmond.

Zander with 18 ppg was named to the All-City and All-Region Team for the second year in a row. Dant earned Honorable Mention All-City, despite missing much of the season due to an injury. Cole was named Honorable Mention All-City after dominating the boards all season.

Spartan strong!

Diving

(5th Season)

HEAD COACH: Bart Bellairs

HEAD COACH: Jamie Palumbo ’96 (12th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: The girls basketball team finished the season with a record of 11-16.

The program was led by senior Cat Graves, Kylee Dennis ’23, and Sophia Richardson ’23. Cat displayed phenomenal athleticism and received several awards as

COACH’S REMARKS: Our divers performed so well in the KHSAA Regional Championships that most qualified for the KHSAA State Diving Championship, including senior Anna Kate Keating, Glenna Conley ’23, Eliza Mullins ’23, Mackenzie Johnson

’25, Zach Kitchens ’26, and Patrick Donworth ’27. With a relatively young team, Sayre diving is poised to succeed next year.

Swimming HEAD COACH: Rollie Mills ’16 (1st Season) COACH’S REMARKS: The swim team had a fantastic season this past year. Working around the pandemic, Spartan athletes gave it their all, winning several meets against local schools, such as Bryan Station and LCA. The team had 14 swimmers at regionals this season including senior Solly Van Meter, with all four relays making top eight in the region. Outside of the pool, the Sayre family support was outstanding. Hosted by the Steinbergs, they had a pumpkin carving event to decorate the McConnell Springs Jack-O-Lantern Trail. Overall, the student athletes succeeded both in and out of the pool and are all looking forward to next year!

Wrestling HEAD COACH: William Green (4th Season) COACH’S REMARKS: Senior “Wild” Bill Bradley is an awesome student and dedicated worker both on and off the mat and field. Although Sayre didn’t have its own wrestling team, Bill found a way to wrestle competitively by practicing and competing with crosstown school, Lafayette. While wrestling for four years, Wild Bill in his junior year of wrestling secured the Regional Championship title at heavyweight and became a state qualifier twice.

Bill ranked eighth in the state in his final season.

SPRING SPORTS Baseball HEAD COACH: Kevin Clary

(8th Season and named 2021 11th Region Coach of the Year)

COACH’S REMARKS: The baseball team continued to reach new milestones with another banner year and is well-positioned to make a deep run next year since the team graduated just one senior, Ethan Greer. For the first time in school history, the baseball team won back-to-back 42nd District Championships. The team also was runner up of the 11th region for the second time in school history.

Four players were named to the 42nd District All-Tournament Team: Graham Johnson ’23, Raymond Saatman ’23, Charlie Slabaugh ’25, and Addie Stockham ’23. Graham, Raymond, and Addie were named to the 11th Region All-Tournament Team. Raymond was named first-team All-State while Addie was named Honorable Mention All-State.

Girls Lacrosse HEAD COACH: Anna Cook

(4th Season and named 2021 US Lacrosse KY CLL League Coach of the Year)

COACH’S REMARKS: This has been a historic year for the Lady Spartans who started the season winning the Louisville Collegiate Icebreaker Invitational and traveling to Orlando, FL for the second time in the program’s history. The team ended the season 15-3, undefeated in Kentucky, and it clutched its first CLL State Lacrosse Championship! Led by an amazing group of seniors, including Mary Grace Murphy who became the overall leading WWW.SAYRESCHOOL.ORG

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scorer in Sayre’s history (132 goals), goalie Lexie Blackburn who was named to the All-Star team (335 career saves), and second time All-American Lauren Mullikin who was also named All-State and All-Region, this team showed it is a force with which to be reckoned. Despite losing these three leaders and other seniors Lilah Bloomfield, Maya Borland, Hope Garlington, Gracie Little,and Faith Lyman, the team is full of talent, including Isabelle Brodgen ’23 (All-Star), Emily Hardeman Erbar ’23 (All-State, All-Region), Sophia Richardson ’23 (All-State, All-Region, All-Star), Anna Mullikin ’25 (All-State, All-Region, All-Star).

The Spartans are ready to bring the same heat next season!

Boys Lacrosse HEAD COACH: Adam Reel (2nd Season) COACH’S REMARKS: Expectations were high entering the 2022 campaign for boys lacrosse. They had come off their first ever playoff win the previous season and had returned with an incredibly strong core of senior leaders made up of Ashton Bell, Omar Fakhoury, Henry Jett, Caleb Kern, Dylan Lynch, Colin Miedler, Sammy Slabaugh, Aidan Smith, and Hudson White. The season saw the most competitive schedule in the school’s history but finished as the CLL State Champion and reached the state quarterfinals.

Henry, Sammy, Caleb, and Tommy Mullikin ’23 made the All-Star Team. Caleb and Tommy also made the All-State and All-Region Teams.

This senior class left the program better than they found it, and their impact will carry the team forward into a great 2023 season.

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A special thank you to Leslie ’69 and Bruce ’70 Isaacs and the Alumni Association for updating the Chase Comley Field sign.

Tennis HEAD COACH: Charles Matthews (5th Season) COACH’S REMARKS: Being in one of the toughest regions in the state, Spartan tennis had yet another season that did not disappoint. For the second straight year, the roster hit almost 50 players, spanning 7th – 12th grades. Seniors included Lilly Adams, Liam Fallon, Frances Inabnet, Olivia Richardson, Elsa Rodgerson, Lindsay Whitaker, and Allison Yandell. Greer Webb ’24 achieved All-State Team, state quarterfinalist, All-Region Team, and Regional Title Runner-Up. Tyler Fox ’25 made the All-Region Team and reached the regional tournament quarterfinals with Jack Backer ’24, Ben Fallon ’25, and Olivia Watson ’25. The coaching staff looks forward to fostering player development and turning Spartan tennis into a true powerhouse.

Track & Field HEAD COACH: Liz Dietrich

(5th Season)

COACH’S REMARKS: Sayre Track and Field had one of its biggest rosters this year with 25 Upper (US) and 20 Middle (MS) School athletes. The team,

including seniors Dant Bowling, Ty Buck, Cat Graves, Will Marsden, Jackson Marshall, and Haydon Wilson, made impressive progress throughout the season.

Six US athletes qualified to compete at the KHSAA Class A High School State Meet. The girls’ 4x800m relay team of Mallory Pitman ’23, Abigail Turner ’27, Dakota Musgrave ’23, and Cat finished on the podium in eighth place, as did Cat, who finished eighth in the girls’ 800m. Caleb Turner ’25 also had a strong race at the state meet in the boys’ 800m and Haydon had impressive throws in the shot put and discus.

Academic All-State recognition included Cat, Dakota, Asha Pemble ’24, Mallory, Abigail, and Caleb. Sophia Lee ’23 achieved Academic All-State Honorable Mention. School records set: US boys’ 4x200m relay; MS boys’ 800m, 1600m, shot put, and discus; MS girls 200m, 400m, 100mH, 300mH, 4x200m relay, 4x400m relay, shot put, and discus.

Coaches are very proud of each of the athletes from this season and already look forward to next spring!

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FINE ARTS STATE OF THE ARTS A Roundup of Arts Activities at Sayre ART Upper School Bill Berryman’s classes worked outside as much as the weather allowed this past year. Students created detailed drawings of historic homes at Gratz Park, using their knowledge of perspective, shading, and texture techniques. Bill, who loves Kentucky history, included information on the area and the houses. For example, Gratz Park was occupied as a campsite by both armies during the Civil War. The painting classes continued studies of several art movements, Pop Art being among the favorites. Students were encouraged to choose common themes or objects of interest. The halls and atrium were full of color with the students’ finished work. Will Marsden ’22 worked very hard as the lone AP student in Bill’s drawing course and was awarded a top “4” of a “5” due to his hard work and talent. Will is the third Sayre AP Drawing student to receive a top score in the last two years!

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Bill continued his professional studies by exhibiting in several art exhibitions and conducting drawing and watercolor demonstrations throughout Central Kentucky.

In addition, he continues his studies by taking workshops offered by professional artists and educators in the area. Bill also returned as an instructor for the Berea LearnShop Program this year, offering his popular workshop titled “Beginning Watercolor for the Insecure.”

Althea Wiggs’ 3D art classes made wire contour and kinetics sculptures, paper crafts, and shadow boxes in conjunction with Institute 193 Gallery. The project, inspired by the fantastic work of the late artist Mike Goodlett, incorporated print and collage, observational drawing, and reflective journals to inform their dimensional work.

In addition, Althea shared and implemented artisan pottery, textiles, printmaking processes, and Alebrijes from her sabbatical in Oaxaca. Her ceramics class made natureinspired and image-transfer work on clay and beautiful, functional planters for vegetables and herbs. Advanced 3D art made a class

mural portrait, explored various figurative works, and had a wonderful mixed media exhibit at the Parachute Factory in collaboration with 21C, Bob Morgan, and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

Althea’s advisory worked with Seedleaf and volunteered at nearby community gardens planting and painting signs and building sculptures for various projects.

Eldon Stephan ’23 received a Scholastic Gold Key Award! Eldon is a gifted art student and passionate about the two- and threedimensional arts.

Middle School What a difference a year makes! Middle School students participated in several public art opportunities. Eighth graders created an Ofrenda for the Living Arts and Science Center’s (LASC) Día de los Muertos. The altar displayed hand-painted and embellished calaveras on fabric and debuted in the Sayre Library and the LASC online art exhibit.

The Middle School Art Club accomplished a huge project for LexArts; students designed a fabulous horse for the HorseMania

community art event! Sayre’s horse, “Queen of the Blue Grass,” features all things Kentucky, including destinations, products, and people representing the six regions of the fair state and its rich heritage. Middle School artists Gurheet Sandhu ’29, Carter Yates ’29, Aidan Isom ’27, Robbie Simon ’29, sister Lizzie ’32, and mom Cary Simon helped make this art adventure a memorable experience. “Queen of the Blue Grass” is displayed on Vine Street through November and will be auctioned to a lucky high bidder in December.

Middle School art teacher Anne Allen attended the National Art Education Conference in New York City and actively participated in workshops to support the visual art curriculum. The University of Kentucky Art Museum presented an excellent seminar for teachers, which included relevant resources for the classroom and field trips to visit featured artists’ collections and exhibits.

In addition, she participated in a “plein air” pastel workshop led by Lexington artist Marianna MacDonald. Anne clearly believes that continuing education is essential for everyone!

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Lower School Josey Owens began teaching art at Sayre Lower School for the 2021-2022 school year. During this time, she supported interdisciplinary project-based learning with her participation in grade-level culminations. Josey facilitated studio projects on topics such as poetry, insects, environmental activism, and social change.

She also displayed her artwork at the Eastern Kentucky University show Art Teachers as Artists.

Faculty News Anne Allen and Josey Owens submitted line art created by Sayre students to the REIMAGINE 2022 auction through Arts Connect Lexington. Local artists selected art by four Sayre students to reimagine.

Lower School students were Patrick Kraft, Caroline Gwaltney, and Adeline Woodford; along with Middle School student Madeline Mullikin. The art was auctioned, and the participating schools divided the proceeds.

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Josey and Anne each received $460 from the auction proceeds to go towards art supplies for the school! We appreciate our teachers going above and beyond to benefit their students.

MUSIC Upper School Music students in the Sayre Players Band, Sayre Singers, Spartones, and independent studies returned to the stage for an entire season of concerts and recitals.

Performances featured full-ensemble pieces and soloists and highlighted 15 musicians in the class of 2022. On September 25, 2021, Isabelle Brogden ’23, Dylan Diguette ’22, and Anna Palumbo ’23 performed in the University of Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival Honor Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jeff Johnson. For the third year in a row, Max Cairo ’23 auditioned and was selected for the 2022 KY Music Educators Association All-State Guitar Orchestra. As part of the final Created by shashank singh from the Noun Project

project for music students receiving the Distinction in the Creative Arts Diploma, Bill Bradley ’22, Caroline Evans ’22, Jackson Marshall ’22, Anna Kate Miedler ’22, and Sam Quintero ’22 presented a recital in Old Sayre’s parlours. They used the newly restored Concert Grand Steinway piano.

Middle School Briar Garrett ’27 and Grey Halton ’27 represented Sayre at the Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State Choir in February 2022. Jennifer Green was happy to see the return of the spring musical, with a performance of The Wizard of Oz and the return of regular chorus activities.

Chorus ended the 2022 school year in May with a Spring Concert and a memorable performance at Mayfair Manor, where the grandmother of chorus member Ande Feddock ’28 is a resident. Jennifer wants her previous music students to continue to make music in their way, remembering her favorite quote: “The fact that children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children.”

Lower School During the 2021-2022 school year, Lower School students debuted many new performances and events. These included topics of fairy tales in fourth grade, landforms in second grade, and Appalachia and Jack Tales in third grade. Marcus Thomas also introduced the Lower School’s first annual Album Release Party, where students presented studio recordings of their original compositions.

THEATRE Upper School The Upper School returned to a three-show season in 2021-2022. In the fall, the Upper School presented the musical version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm on Lexington Children’s Theatre’s Discovery Stage, with Jennifer Green musically directing and Amy Berryman accompanying. In the spring, Sayre presented its first-ever (that we know of) student-written mainstage production: Avenge the Machine, with a first act –

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Ad Infinitum – written by EC Brooks ’22 and a second act – A Wolf at the Door – written by Henry Zahn ’19.

Middle School January saw the return of the Middle School musical with The Wizard of Oz: Young Performer’s Edition at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, with Bo List directing, Jennifer Green musically directing and Courtney Reed choreographing. The production collaborated with BT Media Productions, who provided some of the

show’s more cinematic elements (including the cyclone and some special cameo performances!).

Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts Sayre continued its strong showing with the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, with three students attending: Ella Moss ’23 (film and photography), Eliza Mullins ’23 (drama), and Eldon Stephan ’23 (visual art).

Announcing the formation of a new arts initiative,

the first of its kind at Sayre. From performing to the visual arts, this group of parents, alumni, and friends will support our arts students and faculty through volunteerism and philanthropy. Assist as an usher at a performance, or help us secure the rights to a new play! We are incredibly excited for this new chapter and hope that you will take the opportunity to join us. Please look for our formal launch in the spring 2023!

Leading the Way in Art at the University of Kentucky Sayre parent to Fionn ’27 and Celie ’25, LIZ SWANSON, was named Associate Dean of Student Success at the University of Kentucky’s College of Design. Currently an Associate Professor of Architecture, Liz has been teaching at the University since 2001.

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ourth-grade students read and analyzed several fairy tales from many different traditions.

They compared and contrasted similar tales across cultures. Each class chose a different fairy tale to focus on with the goal of writing, producing, and performing original plays as a culminating event for the unit.

As students began to create their own “Fractured” Fairy Tale, they carefully considered the narrative features of fairy tales as a genre.

They explored ways that traditional stories could be changed or “fractured” to entertain, intrigue, or instruct, including: •m aking changes to characters, setting, or theme • t elling a character’s “back-story” • c hanging the point of view or character perspective • c ombining elements or characters from multiple stories For an inside look at the world of performance theatre, the class embarked on a field trip to Woodford Theatre in Versailles.

Students had an opportunity to peek backstage at an operating theatre. They saw spaces where the scenery is constructed, props are made and stored, and costumes are designed and sewn.

Students learned theatre terms for areas of the stage, some of the traditions common in the theatre world, and the importance of reusing and upcycling materials from show to show.

Students worked together to prepare for their performance by building sets, creating backdrops, and designing costumes. In the process, they experienced situations in which choices can have various consequences and impact other production elements.

As creators of the show, it is their job to think through decisions and anticipate possible outcomes.

Other life skills that begin to emerge when putting on a play are adaptability and teamwork. Every participant worked together to help each other SHINE!

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An excellent way to truly understand a culture is to listen to the voices of its people. Appalachian Storytelling presents an insightful and entertaining opportunity to do so. Students read Jack Tales and listened to these and other wonderful stories as told by Appalachian storyteller and vocal artist Octavia Sexton.

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playing games, and learning the recipe and ingredients necessary to write a fantastic Jack Tales was amazing. First, students outlined their group stories by developing their characters, identifying a setting, creating a problem, identifying a helper for Jack, naming the antagonist and protagonist, developing a rising action and a climax, and solving the issues. Octavia taught the kids how to add details, vocal inflections, and body language to their stories. Next, the students worked together to write stories into a script for a play adding their choreographed songs and designing their scenery, props, and costumes. Finally, students performed “Jack and the Giant Egg” and “Jack and the Invisible Horse” for parents.

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econd graders dove into a study on mapping and landforms.

Students explored compasses and cardinal directions, read fiction and nonfiction books about maps, explorers, and continents, and visited Shaker Village to explore landforms and practice orienteering skills. In addition, Jackie Gallimore, Lower School science teacher, took the children on several scavenger hunts around campus.

Students used their knowledge about landforms to showcase their research in a performance of original poetry about each landform. Each class wrote a poem about a landform they had researched together and worked to choreograph movements to

perform as a group. Then, in pairs, students used the knowledge gained from their landform research and mapping study to write an original poem about their landform.

Truly a group effort, each teacher played a role in bringing landforms to life! With help from music teacher Marcus Thomas, each pair choreographed movements and chose instruments to go along with their poem recital. Lower School technology coordinator John Fleming helped each student create a digital illustration of their landform to display during their performance. Art teacher Josey Owens worked with student groups to apply their knowledge of landforms when creating

continents featuring landforms of their choice. Finally, lower School Spanish teacher Adriana Vásquez-Garzón, taught students landform vocabulary in Spanish and practiced an original skit in groups.

Parent volunteers helped students create original costumes to add to the production. As they prepared to perform their poems, students learned important public speaking skills such as speaking loudly and clearly, using all of the space onstage, and emphasizing certain words to help communicate meaning. The curiosity, inquisitiveness, and creativity the children displayed were terrific!

Writer’s Cafe

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he first graders presented their writing and songs to parents during the Writer’s Cafe. The children’s illustrated personal narratives were published in a booklet as a keepsake for their parents.

The students created an art mural with their art teacher, Josey Owens.

Inspired by local art in downtown Lexington, their art murals served as the backdrop for the performance. First-grade artists also made sculptural vases from recycled materials to place on the tables as decor.

In the Thomas L. Grunwald Buttery, students made muffins with Chef Allison Davis and Chef Shawn Caudill. The children served the muffins to their parents on trays they made and decorated in art class.

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SCIENCE AND MATH SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES IN LEXINGTON

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ince its founding, West Sixth Brewing Company has been both community and sustainability focused. Their farm in Frankfort features a hop yard, cider apple orchard, and blackberry brambles. Sayre’s AP Environmental Science classes read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, and a field trip to the farm enabled students to witness sustainable farming practices in action. The farm uses contour plowing to reduce erosion and mulching to retain water, and it encourages pollinators with their fields of wildflowers. They have recently erected bat houses to encourage bats to control mosquitos and have a herd of goats that help with vegetation management. In the past, they have also raised a few head of cattle and chickens with their own egg-mobile (shout out to Joel Salatin!). The farm uses

integrated pest management to control fungi and insect pests, and the farm manager, Norm Stark, does a great job of explaining the reasoning behind these ideas to students.

The trip ended with a visit to Food Chain (an indoor farm) to see how aquaponics utilizes the waste from tilapia, grown in large tanks on site, to fertilize microgreens grown under lights in the building. Many of the products from Food Chain are sold to Smithtown Seafood (a 20 foot walk from Food Chain). Students ate lunch at Smithtown Seafood. In recent years, Food Chain has also begun offering classes in the community for people wanting to learn how to prepare fresh foods.

Leading the Way at the University of Kentucky Dr. Stephen E. Strup, MD, FACS, past parent of Spencer ’11 and Sydney ’17, current Chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Urologic Surgery, is the incoming President of the American Urologic Association – South East Section and the International Society of Pelvic Surgeons. He will be inducted into both societies in 2024.

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USING MATH AND SCIENCE TO SOLVE CRIMES

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n sixth and seventh grade science, students investigated a mock crime in a hands-on Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) unit. They studied comparisons between crime solving and science and explored the intersection of the two by studying forensic science. Detective William Rieker of the Lexington Police Department’s forensic CSI unit met with classes and brought the fully outfitted CSI van that

detectives utilize at some of the more serious crime scenes.

Students toured the van, learning about all the equipment and technology used to investigate crimes. Among the equipment was a 3D scanner that documents and measures everything at crime scenes and integrates with photographs that detectives take on the scene. Students asked many questions about forensic science, and Detective Rieker discussed

how professionals like himself use math and science to solve crimes.

Specifically, he helped educate students regarding ballistic, fingerprint, and DNA evidence, as well as his training and education.

For example, did you know that when a gun is fired, it leaves unique marks on the ammunition casings enabling the identification of the firearm used?

RESEARCHING GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS

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CREATING RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINES TO DEMONSTRATE NEWTON’S LAWS

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he unit on force and motion highlighted the third-grade year in the science lab. Using materials from everyday life, students created and tested these basic ideas of physics. At the end of the unit, the students used their knowledge to create a Rube Goldberg machine in their homerooms.

The unit began with a phenomenon called a chain reaction machine.

The students viewed a video titled Isaac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg. In the video, a marble traveled along a seemingly impossible path: falling upward, levitating, and causing some seemingly gravity-defying behaviors.

The students were challenged to explain how this is possible. At first, they typically were unable to do so, but by the end of the unit, they could call out which physics principles were at play in each part of the video.

Next, the students listened to a book titled Newton and Me, about a boy and his puppy discovering Newton’s Laws through play. Each law had accompanying labs where students tested out their new knowledge. For example, to understand friction, students went “ice skating” in the

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room with various materials on their shoes. They discovered that materials that have more friction result in poorer skating.

After students grasped the Laws of Motion, the class focused on predicting motion. Predicting motion was accomplished by creating and testing model roller coasters. Students used flexible tracks and marbles to test out different designs. While various challenges were presented for them to try, they drew and labeled models of their coasters and shared their discoveries with the class.

The final topic in this unit was non-contact forces, including magnetism, electrostatics, and gravity. Students performed labs exploring how those forces acted on different objects. For example, they investigated the effects of gravity on a marble and a feather both by themselves and with each placed in a bottle. The students loved using Joe Mahler’s (Upper School Physics Teacher) Van De Graaff generator to demonstrate the effects of static electricity!

The children used the knowledge gained in science to create Rube Goldberg machines in their homerooms. Students designed and built their own functioning Rube Goldberg machines in this project-based learning activity. This open-ended challenge employed the engineering design process with student-designed purposes, such as rolling a marble into a cup from a distance, feeding the class pet, or launching a catapult. This engineering activity aligned directly with the Next Generation Science Standards.

Designing and building are essential to engineering. Engineers follow the steps of the design process to help them create the best possible solutions to real-world problems.

These challenges may be simple or complex, and the wide variety of solutions can also cover a range of efforts for the user. In general, complex designs require more effort to develop than simple ones.

Rube Goldberg’s designs explain the unnecessary complexities in machines, which sometimes result from modern technology.

Engineering Distinction Sayre’s new Distinction in Engineering is a sequence of courses preparing students for success in post-secondary education in fields that require sophisticated and higherlevel skills in science, mathematics, and technology. Required course work and internships will integrate critical-thinking and appropriate scientific techniques while providing opportunities to conduct research and implement projects.

Engineering Distinction Criteria • 2 years of physics • 1 additional year of AP science • 2 years of math including calculus • 1 year of technology •A semester long Independent Engineering Project OR Engineering Internship

Max Cairo ’23 is on target to be the first student to earn Sayre’s new engineering distinction this spring. Max will fulfill the research requirement by working with Madi Bates ’16 in the University of Kentucky biomedical engineering lab.

Their work includes designing, constructing, and testing a glove that monitors hand-muscle movement, a useful tool to measure the severity of a patient’s stroke.

WHAT’S IN AN OWL PELLET?

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ow many bones would you expect to find in a 5x3 cm owl pellet that weighed five grams? One fifth grader who guessed six bones found 22+ bones and kept saying, “I can’t believe there are more bones in here!” Students identified rodent skulls, shrew jawbones, and even insects in their pellets. The discovery of insects led students to hypothesize that the owl had eaten a shrew. Is it that shrews are the only food source of owls that eat insects, or did the insect somehow get into the owl pellet after regurgitating? It was a successful investigation - even some students who didn’t think they would like doing it found it interesting enough to make them get past their distaste!

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CELEBRATING SAYRE WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MATH!

International Day of Women & Girls in SCIENCE February 11, 2023 Jackie Gallimore LS Science

Rebecca Ashby

6th and 7th Grade Science

Shelby Reesor

5th and 8th Grade Science

Maggi O’Neill

Chemistry AP Chemistry Principles of Chemistry

Debbie Wheeler

Rachel Holsinger

Health Biology Nutritional Chemistry Accelerated Summer Chemistry

Health Biology AP Environmental Science

Women in MATHEMATICS Day May 12, 2023 Anna Cook

Geometry Pre-Algebra 7 Algebra I

Melissa Volpert Algebra 8 Math 6

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Amy Dunn

Honors Precalculus AP Calculus BC

Julie Wyman

Precalculus AP Calculus AB AP Computer Science Principles

Marci O’Bryan Algebra II

Ola Samadi

LS and MS Enrichment Math

Amy Mitchell

Middle/Upper School Math Specialist

Understanding Osmosis and Diffusion

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pper School science teachers Rachel Holsinger and Debbie Wheeler have worked together for many years to design the biology curriculum, which has developed into a set of labs, outlines, videos, and detailed instructions that serve as textbooks for ninth graders in science. In addition, they’ve put together some creative ways to teach a topic that continually challenges students - osmosis and diffusion.

Evidence of molecule movement helped students understand that concentrations move from areas of high concentration to low concentration. A classic indicator of starch, iodine, was diluted with water and placed in a beaker.

Dialysis tubing, a material that acts as a semipermeable membrane, was filled with liquid starch (the same material used to starch shirts).

Students predicted which way materials would move and, at the end of class, observed that only the small molecule, iodine, moved into the bag.

Starch, a much larger molecule, was unable to leave the bag.

After studying osmosis and diffusion for a few days, students designed

an experiment to test which liquids would enter and leave a chicken egg. The often performed biology experiment was entertaining and, for students, often surprising.

Vinegar removed the eggshell before the egg was placed in corn syrup.

Students were dismayed to see their shrunken egg the next day! This process was reversed by placing the egg in distilled water. Next, students collected evidence of the movement of liquids by measuring materials with a graduated cylinder and using a laboratory scale to weigh the egg. Before and after comparisons allowed them to calculate the change in volume and mass. Students honed their graphing skills by creating graphs of both of these changes. A robust discussion enabled them to solidify their understanding of these concepts using the lab experience and the data collected. A favorite final step was allowing students to bring in a variety of liquids to test for diffusion. Blue Gatorade caused the egg, and the albumin inside, to turn bright blue! These lab activities gave students experiences for remembering information while developing their lab skills.

Leading the Way at the University of Kentucky Congratulations to former student Dr. Rosalie Mainous, member of the Class of 1976.

Dr. Mainous was named Dean of the University of Kentucky’s College of Nursing. Her brother Tyler Mainous ’91 is a member of the Sayre Board of Trustees.

Photo from the University of Kentucky submitted by Dean Mainous

Dr. Jessica Wilson, Ph.D., RN, APRN, current Sayre parent to Claire ’28 and Morgan ’25,

recently finished a four-year term with the Kentucky Board of Nursing. She served as Vice President for one year and President for the past two years. She was also appointed to the Governor’s Team KY Nursing Advisory Board to address the nursing shortage. Dr. Wilson has been a faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing for 18 years where she is an Associate Professor and Director of Professional Development.

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A WHIRLWIND OF A WEATHER UNIT

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ast spring, preschoolers embarked on a weather project! Student interest was sparked on a cold spring day when children came to school talking about the frost on their car windows. Students wondered why it was cold in the morning but warm at recess. Discussions began about the different aspects of the weather each day. A very rainy week allowed students to watch the rain and splash in a puddle!

The children noticed the rain falling down the rain chains outside the Lower School building. Preschoolers had fun exploring the campus in search of downspouts. After a fun week of weather talk and rain, their weather project was underway.

The class started a weather web, which outlined their beginning knowledge about the weather. They explored and read all things weather related. Discussions occurred about the various clouds and how the clouds’ appearance determined what kind of weather was coming. Throughout the project, the class discussed weatherappropriate clothing and where to go during bad weather. The children learned about clouds, snow, rain, tornados, and rainbows.

The children enjoyed making their clouds

out of puffy paint and cotton balls. A fun science experiment involving water and shaving cream helped them explore rain clouds. The children tracked the weather daily with tally marks and memory and observational drawings.

Guest speakers brought the weather to life!

The Lower School science teacher Jackie Gallimore introduced the students to weather instruments. Then, Meteorologist Matt Breland from Spectrum One News visited with the class to discuss the various aspects of his job. Next, Matt demonstrated a tornado using two large bottles and water.

The children had a wonderful time learning from both guest experts.

The classroom was transformed into a weather wonderland - a meteorologist center in dramatic play, a sensory table filled with rainbow rice, weather words in the writing center, and a weather station! Inviting family and friends to the culmination unit, students demonstrated their knowledge of the weather by sharing facts, giving classroom tours, and demonstrating fun experiments.

Left to right, front to back: Abby Rubin, Mohib Haider, Toko Ashida, Ania Ansari, Dylan Clarke, Anna Palumbo, Arushi Bansal, Emily Hardeman-Erbar, Anna Kate Keating, Grace Carey, Dakota Musgrave, Max Cairo, Greer Webb, Luke Pennington, Isaac Dodson, Zabe Nash, Christian Richardson, Mallory Pitman, Caroline Shane Absent: Chuck Jefferson, Katherine Xu, Charlie Slabaugh

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SPARTANS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY EVERY DAY!

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arth Week is an opportunity to raise awareness in our community about conservation issues. Recycling efforts are reinforced, and food waste is measured in the Thomas A. Grunwald Buttery.

Students and faculty are encouraged to remember to bring a reusable water bottle and a napkin.

Many classrooms show popular movies with an environmental theme, with the Upper School renting out the Kentucky Theater. With everyone seeing the same film, discussions take place to reiterate sustainable ideas. In the past, students have watched Food Inc, Dirt: The Movie, Waste Land, Chasing Coral, A Plastic Ocean, among others. When the Kilowatt Ours movie was shown, the producer, Jeff Barrie, came to speak to students about the importance of the film.

Over the years, various activities have been done across campus to celebrate Earth Week. These include: a dumpster dive where students analyze the trash at each division (with gloves, of course!) to find out if any materials could be recycled or composted, sustainabilityrelated trivia questions with prizes at each division, contests between each division to see who can generate the least food waste, a meatless menu in the Buttery on Earth Day, chalk drawings across campus with Earth Day themes, and aluminum can collecting contests between divisions. In addition, students come up with unique ways to think about sustainability and get our community involved each year. We hope some of the activities on Earth Day become habits all year round!

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u Alpha Theta, the mathematics honor society, was founded so schools would have an organization that would recognize strong scholarship in mathematics and promote interest and enjoyment in the subject. There are now more than 2,200 chapters worldwide, and Sayre’s chapter has continued to grow over the past couple of years. Some of the requirements to be invited into this honor society are: students must have a minimum mathematics GPA of 3.75, a minimum overall GPA of 3.0, completed Algebra 2, and

attended the Upper School for one full school year. Once students have been inducted into the society, all members have an expectation of helping to tutor students in any mathematics course for a minimum of one hour per month.

Additionally, officers help organize group tutoring sessions during the week prior to exams in both the winter and spring.

Tutors may be invited into a classroom to assist with any type of review or tutoring at any time and are available for all grade levels, including Middle and Lower.

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SAYRE CAMPUS FARM REPORT

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ver the summer and well into the school year, Middle School students worked hard on the Sayre Campus Farm. Of course, weeding the raised beds and native gardens took much time and effort, but the real work began in the fall with the harvest of the various pepper cultivars. Alongside myself, students worked in the Thomas A. Grunwald Buttery after school to make pepper jelly, pickled peppers, and a new product this

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year: habanero hot sauce. All items were big sellers at the Fall Festival.

Chef Allison Davis and her staff also added some farm items to the Buttery salad bar, like yellow pear tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers. At the close of the quarter, the students cut back and planted more natives so that the gardens would continue to thrive as pollinator habitats and rain gardens. In the Lower School, students researched and grew cut flower varieties from seed, under the direction of Jackie Gallimore.

These, too, were sold as bouquets at the Fall Festival—a huge hit.

Other enterprises included planting milkweed to support the monarch butterfly population, setting spring-flowering bulbs in the Wildlife Garden, cutting back perennials, and mulching beds.

Finally, the Buttery used apples from the Sayre Athletic Complex in a school lunch cobbler! Further plans for use of the apples, next season, are underway.

WHAT GROWS IN YOUR GARDEN?

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he kindergarten children embarked on a project about gardening with a color walk through nature. The children received a colored piece of paper and were instructed to find plants in nature that matched their paper (as closely as possible!). Next, students drew illustrations and wrote sentences describing their findings.

Science teacher Jackie Gallimore provided an in-depth exploration of sunflowers. Students dissected the flowers and used the parts for labeling. Next, each child designed their sunflower, making sure each had a stem, leaves, petals, and seeds. They “planted” beans in clear baggies, which allowed the children to observe how seeds sprout and grow roots. This led to many discussions and observations about the parts of a plant and the function

of each. Models were made using everything from pipe cleaners and cupcake papers to Play-Doh! The students learned how to plan a garden. They began by tasting vegetables which led to researching what time of year the vegetables should be planted. They discovered how many of each plant would fit into a specific space and how much sun and water each variety needed.

Art teacher Josey Owens helped design and create seed packets – like the ones you buy at the garden center. This is just one example of the cross-curricular activities that take place each day at Sayre School.

After much research and planning, students designed a garden.

The project will be continued in the spring – right outside their classroom window!

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DATA COLLECTION AT TREMONT

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P Environmental Science students visit Hidden River Cave and Tremont every year. This is a great opportunity for students to perform data collection in the field as they gain an appreciation for the environment and bond with their peers.

Students visit Hidden River Cave to study cave ecology and cave conservation and to understand the karst topography for which Kentucky is famous. Every visit is different as the river molds and resurfaces the rock and sediment inside. Most visits, students see cave crayfish and cave crickets. On a few visits, students have seen bats and blind cave fish.

These organisms, and their unique environment, help us understand food chains and food webs as well as the impacts humans have on them.

Tremont is an environmental camp in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Established in 1969, the camp has a long history of educating young people and adults alike while cultivating a stewardship of natural resources. In the dorms, students are encouraged to be conscious of their water and electricity use, and during the family style meals, food waste is measured to raise awareness of resource use. Naturalist guides take students on night walks to demonstrate and explain the way the human eye works compared to that of a nocturnal animal. Being outside in the night sky with very little light pollution is a novel experience for most students. Sometimes, students are able to watch the Leonid meteor shower in the field outside the dorms.

Two important AP labs are conducted during the trip: quadrat sampling and water testing. Students hike into the forest to collect abiotic and biotic data

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in two different forest types. They also learn to identify a variety of trees and other organisms as they collect data.

Water testing of a first order and fifth order stream includes an analysis of habitat, chemical composition, and macroinvertebrates. Students also spend time sampling salamanders as this park is known as the Salamander Capital of the world!

In the evenings, Tremont offers a wildlife presentation one night and a musical performance the other. This year’s presenters included a black bear researcher from the University of Tennessee (UT) and Sean McCollough, also a UT professor who plays a variety of instruments and shares the origins of music in the Appalachian Mountains. Sean teaches “History of Rock” at UT and plays in the region with his band “The LoneTones.” Mr. McCollough shared the origins of the banjo with students. Did you know that the banjo was actually modified from an African drum? The music of Appalachia is strongly influenced by Scottish and English immigrants but also by African musicians, as well.

Each presentation helps students understand the special qualities of this particular place. Bears play an important role in the ecosystem and are impacted by the availability of food in the park. For instance, did you know that females ‘bank sperm’ and can have a litter of three cubs all from different fathers? If food is scarce, this litter will be pared down to only one.

The trip wraps up with a geology hike to a waterfall. This is often one of the favorite portions of the trip. Students maintain journals of their experience to reinforce the ideas they have learned and, hopefully, return to them over the years.

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HISTORY A MAP OR A GLOBE?

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ENLIGHTENMENT SALON

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he Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was an 18th century intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, and the power of individuals to solve problems in government and society. Salons were popular intellectual and social events, which gathered men and women of leadership to engage in discussion, often about Enlightenment philosophies and ideas.

Upper School students in world history engage in a mock salon to learn about the Enlightenment. Each student chooses an Enlightenment figure or “philosophe,” to research and profile in preparation, then impersonate that individual at the mock salon. In revolving tête-a- têtes, students discuss their ideas about citizens’ relationship with government, human rights, criminal justice, slavery, and other

significant issues of the day. Students not only learn about the individuals who espoused enlightened philosophies, but about the reforms that grew from those ideas. While they may find kindred spirits or ideological adversaries in their debates, they also have some fun with role-playing, costumes, accents, and food!

As an ending exercise, students reflect on the individuals they deem most influential – whether Voltaire, Immanuel Kant, Baron de Montesquieu, Mary Wollstonecraft, Adam Smith, or Thomas Jefferson – and analyze how “enlightened” ideas of the past compare with those of the present.

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Bill of Rights Institute Student Fellowship Aidan Smith ’22 was selected for a Bill of Rights Institute Student Fellowship, one of 10 slots nationally. As a result, he joined bi-monthly sessions with scholars and student fellows to discuss the role of government, charity, and entrepreneurship in civil society as well as what civic leadership looks like at the local, state, and national level.

Aidan designed and led three public virtual events, concluding with an in-person capstone experience in Washington DC this past summer. The fact

that Aidan quietly and purposefully pursued this opportunity after a mere mention from his teacher further demonstrates his academic versatility, self-motivation, and intellectual interests. He isn’t afraid to take chances and knows the benefits of experiential learning, qualities that bode well for his readiness for higher education and beyond. Above all, Aidan is a kind and sincere person who sees the world with mature eyes and connects the things he learns with real-world issues. His natural curiosity and ability to think outside the box will serve him well at the University of Alabama.

SAYRE DOMINATED KUNA!

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Sayre students held a variety of leadership positions including Security Council President Charlotte Harris ’26, Security Council President-elect Day Chambers ’26, Security Council members Rowan Bailey ’26 and Phanisree Murty ’26, Committee Chair Larson Jones ’26, UnderSecretary General for UN Policy Anna Palumbo ’23, Vice President Corinne Brunker ’22, and Clerk Lindsay Whitaker ’22. In addition,

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Sayre received the following awards:

Outstanding Secretariat Member: Anna Palumbo ’23

Conference Life: Sayre Middle School

Outstanding Advocates for the International Court of Justice: Dakota Musgrave ’23, Greer Webb ’24

Premier Delegation: Sayre Middle School Outstanding Delegation: Sayre Upper School Outstanding Ambassadors: Ellie Oldham ’26, James Gunasar ’22 Outstanding Speakers: Abigail Turner ’27, Barron Trapp ’26, Anna Huntress ’25, Olivia Gaines ’24, Anna Palumbo ’23

Winner of the ICJ Contentious Showcase: Greer Webb ’24 Outstanding Media Corps Photographer: Dylan Clarke ’24 Congratulations go to our Sayre students and their advisors, Rebecca Ashby, Delia Pergande, and Linda Beck, for another successful KUNA!

SAYRE AWARDED “PREMIER DELEGATION”!

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eventeen Middle School students participated in the 2021 Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) virtually and 38 Upper School students participated in KYA in person. Both delegations heard, questioned, and debated bills written by students from across the state. Our students prepared diligently for this mock government exercise by researching topics, writing speeches, and learning how to adopt the role of representative or senator.

Sayre students were informed, eloquent, and passionate when they addressed hundreds of their peers from across the state. As a result, both the MS and US delegations received KYA’s “Premier Delegation.” Additional recognition includes the following: Outstanding Delegation: Sayre Middle School achieved the highest award as “the delegation with the highest quality of participation, preparedness, and behavior exemplifying the Y’s core values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility.”

Conference Life Award: Sayre Upper School won recognition for the school that creates a positive environment and displays servant leadership throughout this year’s experiential state government conference.

Outstanding Delegates: Day Chambers ’26, Carmen Applegate ’22 Outstanding Speaker: Gabi Stivers ’28, Olivia Gaines ’24 Elected Secretary of State for KYA 2022: Anna Palumbo ’23 In addition, US students led the conference as presiding officers in the mock state government. Elected last year to lead KYA 2021, James Gunasar ’22 served as Speaker of the Commonwealth House of Representatives, Arushi Bansal ’24 as Speaker of the Bluegrass House of Representatives, and Lindsay Whitaker ’22 as Attorney General.

Congratulations go to Sayre’s delegations and their advisors!

JUST IN: 2022 KYA Results! Congratulations to Outstanding Speaker Arushi Bansal ’24!

Arushi was elected Governor, which is the highest honor, for KYA 2023!

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WORLD LANGUAGE DÍA DE MUERTOS

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ía de Muertos, which is celebrated mostly in Mexico on November 1 and 2, is a celebration of the deceased. Families and friends gather either at the gravesites of their loved ones or at home where they build altars with photos, offerings, ornate sugar skulls, bright orange marigolds, and candles. Their families and friends share refreshments and stories to celebrate the lives of those who have passed. Day of the Dead is a joyful time that helps people remember and celebrate the deceased.

Fourth-grade students read some bilingual books about this cultural tradition. With the information gathered from the books, they compared colors, decorations, and the purpose of Day of the Dead and Halloween. Then, they started to work on the Día de Muertos altar. Students followed a tutorial in Spanish to cut elaborate designs into colorful tissue paper and made papel picado. They also decorated paper calacas and made paper marigolds. Following the models studied in the books and videos, students put together

the altar. The fourth graders’ altar participated in the LASC (Lexington Arts and Science Center) virtual exhibition of 2021.

MUÑEQUITAS QUITAPENA

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According to the Mayan sacred book, Popol Vuh, the legend tells that Mayan gods agreed on having Ixmucané, the goddess of the grain of corn, create humanity out of corn. After, she transformed into a rock doll to protect the corn beings she helped create. That is why these little dolls have the power to solve problems and concerns. The dolls’ designs also represent the indigenous women of the region.

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Third-grade students compared the worry dolls’ gift to the Appalachian corn husk dolls that represent the shamans who use their connection to nature to heal others. They then made their own worry dolls using clothespins, yarn, and fabric. The children created skits to represent the worry doll legend using a traditional poem. Afterwards they used their worry dolls during play and learned how to express some feelings and emotions.

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econd-grade students participated in the Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration Project, a partnership project between Journey North, a program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, and Monarchs Across Georgia, a committee of The Environmental Education Alliance.

Through the Symbolic Migration Project, second graders became active participants in preserving monarch butterflies. The class discussed conservation, cooperation, and ambassadorship and learned basic vocabulary related to monarch butterflies.

Students watched videos and read a mini book about the monarch’s development and migration. In addition, the children enjoyed playing a traditional hand game and reciting a butterfly poem in Spanish.

Each student decorated a paper symbolic ambassador monarch butterfly and mailed it to Mexico for the winter. They were distributed to schools near the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Central Mexico. Students in schools near the

Mexican monarch sanctuary received the butterflies and sent their butterflies to us for the spring. These symbolic butterflies build bridges of communication among participants in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Students are excited to report the butterfly sightings and contribute to the project’s database.

The monarch’s arrival in Mexico is a phenomenon that carries strong cultural significance. Migrating monarchs arrive in Mexico at the same time of year every year.

Their arrival coincides with Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), observed in Mexican culture between November 1st and 2nd.

According to some indigenous tribes of Mexico (Purépecha and Mazahua), monarchs represent the souls of their ancestors returning to visit them for Día de Muertos.

Second graders created monarch butterflies using transparency sheets to represent those migrating to Mexico during the Day of the Dead. They were displayed with the Día de Muertos altar made by fourth-grade students.

Global Seal of Biliteracy Recognized The World Language Department recognized nine students in the Upper School who earned their Global Seal of Biliteracy for functional fluency, testifying to their impressive language proficiency in both English and French or Spanish. In order of photo from left to right are:

Charlie Slabaugh (Spanish) Dan Calzini (Spanish) Matt Hustler (French) Max Cairo (French) Isaac Dodson (Spanish) Toko Ashida (Spanish) Eliza Mullins (Spanish) Dakota Musgrave (Spanish) Juliette Longbottom (French)

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SERVICE Sayre students are inspired to be responsive to the opportunities and benefits of devoting time and talents to the service of others. Serving others develops problem-solving capabilities, gives an awareness of social, cultural, and economic differences among individuals, and offers an opportunity to address the needs of others with compassion and respect. Students are encouraged to recognize concerns in the Sayre, local, national, and global communities.

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uring its annual Community Service Day, Middle School students served the community by making sandwiches and providing landscaping services for a number of organizations, including the Hope Center, African Cemetery No. 2, Living Arts & Science Center, Henry Clay Estate, Carnegie

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Center for Literacy and Learning, Charles Young Park, Huntertown Community Interpretive Park, and Sayre. Community service helps build character and students’ understanding of their role in the larger community.

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ower School students participated in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. They learned how to move more, eat better, and experience social-emotional learning that lasts a lifetime.

Students raised money for the AHA to keep communities healthier and earned new physical education equipment for Sayre. The students who raised the most money were Hudson Clarke ’32 and Jamison Thomas ’32.

The light in Old Sayre’s cupola shines bright to honor veterans!

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or nearly 10 years, Sayre has partnered with Lighthouse Ministries to support their Thanksgiving meal celebration. Students age two through grade eight donate traditional Thanksgiving food items. The food is prepared by staff and volunteers at Lighthouse Ministries to feed more than 400 guests. Upper School

students collected more than 1,400 pairs of new socks which were delivered to Lighthouse Ministries, Hope Center, Salvation Army, and the NEST. Upper School students combined the socks with a gift bag of food and treats for all who attended the Thanksgiving meal.

Service to Society Service to Society is an elective course for juniors and seniors. The class began in 2006 and is designed to instill the critical aspect of good citizenship – giving back to one’s community.

Throughout the course, students devote significant time and energy to volunteer service.

During the fall of 2021, the students served several agencies, including Arlington Elementary, Lafayette Youth Service Center, Lighthouse Ministries, Natalie’s Sisters, the Linus Project, and the Hope Center.

The students researched local, state, and federal human services agencies and their respective impact on the community. Further, they worked together to raise money to donate to their chosen cause. They reviewed nine grant applications, and as a group, selected to fund the Girls on the Run scholarship program with the money they raised.

Photo: The students prepared over 12 homemade pumpkin pies for the Lighthouse Ministries’ Thanksgiving Meal!

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n December of 2021, NexGen Aviation, LLC contacted local schools to help purchase and donate items to Western Kentucky after a deadly EF-4 tornado tore through the community of Mayfield, destroying everything in its path.

In three days, the Sayre community donated over 4,000 diapers, 100 packs of baby wipes, 50 large containers of baby formula, 300 pairs of socks, 300 pairs of underwear, and 50 bottles of shampoo and conditioner. In addition, the community gave a substantial amount of food, blankets, cleaning supplies, flashlights, gloves, trash bags, toiletries, toys and gifts for children, and so much more.

Sayre’s Lower School donated over 200 coats for adults and children!

We appreciate NexGen Aviation for transporting the goods to Western Kentucky.

“My heart aches for those who have lost loved ones, their homes, and their livelihood,” said Kelli Gillispie, Director of Office Operations at NexGen Aviation. “Yet as horrific as this tornado was, it has brought our great state together in such a BIG way. So proud of my Old Kentucky home.”

In early August 2021, the Sayre football team partnered with Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) to load supplies for flood relief in Eastern Kentucky.

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manners and work ethic,” said Hollie Phillips, President and CEO of Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

“Our program always strives to find ways for our players to serve,” said Chad Pennington, Director of Sayre Football. “Servant leadership is an essential life skill that we want our players to develop when they graduate from Sayre School and the football program.”

Sayre football players also partnered with the 1st and 10 Foundation to shop and load supplies for Eastern Kentucky flood victims.

Players split into groups of three and four to shop at Lowe’s and Walmart. Items purchased included non-perishable food items and personal care items such as towels, blankets, pillows, cleaning supplies, and water bottles.

Student athletes loaded the items onto a trailer for delivery to Eastern Kentucky.

Coach Pennington contacted Head Coach Daniel Howard of Hazard High School to coordinate the delivery.

“Although we compete hard against each other on the gridiron, our football bond goes well beyond the playing field,” Pennington said. “We wanted to reach out to our football brothers at Hazard High School and assist any way possible.”

The Sayre Girls Soccer team also participated in the flood relief. Members of the team shopped for items to be put on the trailer as well.

BASEBALL PLAYERS STEP UP TO BAT FOR THE COMMUNITY

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS PICK UP THEIR NEEDLES

Sayre’s baseball team sponsored a fifth-grade class at Breckinridge Elementary for the 2021 holidays. Madigan Stockham ’18 who did her student teaching at Breckinridge Elementary assisted the team in organizing this service project. They shopped for and distributed gifts to the children including winter hats and gloves, books, socks, balls, toys, games, candy, and lots of snacks.

Sayre students constantly seek ways to help the community. In order to help others stay warm this winter, Upper School students began to knit. They donated nearly 100 new hats and scarves to Knit it Forward.

VALENTINE’S FOR VETS Middle School students paid respect to Kentucky Veterans and created Valentine’s for Vets. Art Club members hand-delivered the beautiful assortment of cards. Many thanks go to the radio station K 92.9 FM, the program’s sponsor.

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ogether with the American Red Cross, Sayre held the first Spartan Strong Blood Drive on March 9th, 2022.

Sayre student Sophia Richardson ’23 did an outstanding job helping to coordinate the drive. In fact, Sophia’s planning and executing of the blood drive earned her a $250 college scholarship through the Red Cross. Fortynine Spartans came to support the effort, and 44 units were ultimately collected, surpassing the Red Cross’s goal of 35. Participants were enthusiastic about donating and appreciative of the ease of an on-campus drive. This is a repeat event, for sure!

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CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES OSCAR TSHIEBWE’S VISIT TO SAYRE

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he Sayre Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) organization was treated to a very special featured speaker at its final meeting of the school year.

University of Kentucky (UK) star basketball player Oscar Tshiebwe shared his inspirational testimonial with over 200 students, faculty, staff, Sayre parents, and local television sports crews in the C.V. Whitney Gymnasium. Oscar is the first player in the illustrious history of the UK basketball program to win all six NCAA-recognized Player of the Year awards. Oscar was selected as college basketball’s Player of the Year by the Sporting News, the Associated Press, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the United States Basketball Writers Association. He also received the Naismith Trophy and the Wooden Award.

Oscar spoke of arriving in the United States with only the clothes he was wearing at the time and of possessing limited basketball skills. His teammates mocked his ambition to someday play for the

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Kentucky Wildcats. He stated that through his unyielding faith, in knowing that anything is possible with God, he reached his goal. He also stressed to the student body, you can choose whatever you want to be in life. Oscar’s visit was facilitated by means of FCA sponsor Randy Mills’s ongoing friendship with Sayre class of 2015 graduate Spencer Sabharwal. Spencer and his sister Kennedy ’17 enjoy a close, supportive relationship with Oscar.

Upon Spencer’s request, Oscar happily accepted the invitation.

A parent group provided a lunch that included Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, soft drinks, and DV8 Kitchen cookies for dessert.

Oscar remained in the gym after his speech, signing countless autographs, posing for picture after picture, and speaking with sports reporters. The palpable buzz around school was only exceeded by Oscar’s message and his willingness to interact in a meaningful way with FCA members.

October 2021 Bystander Training

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reen Dot recognizes the power of peer influence, leverages the most influential students, and offers actionable solutions within a teen’s social realities. Nationally, teenagers are experiencing dating and sexual violence, stalking, and bullying at alarming rates in our high schools. This program incorporates into its training a teaching tool that includes group and individual activities, team competitions, workbook activities, group discussions, and game playing. It speaks to the students with a series of video vignettes produced with other high schoolers.

In 2017, Rachel Holsinger and Marti Quintero ’88 established the Sayre Green Dot chapter. This program, which was launched at the University of Kentucky, equips students to recognize types of power-based personal violence and prepares them to appropriately respond. Green Dot also encourages students to proactively promote the norms that power-based personal violence will not be tolerated and do their part to keep each other safe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded a five-year study to evaluate Green Dot in high schools across Kentucky and

confirmed that Green Dot reduces rates of sexual abuse, dating violence, and other interpersonal violence by statistically significant percentages.

In October 2021, several juniors and seniors spent a day engaged in group and individual activities, team competitions, workbook activities, group discussions, and game playing as part of our Green Dot Bystander Training. For two weeks in January 2022, the ninthgrade class also participated in Green Dot training as a segment of Sayre’s comprehensive bullying and harassment program.

CLASS TRIPS Down and Dirty in the Appalachian Region The visit to the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky afforded fourth graders priceless opportunities to understand the unique nature of the Appalachian region, become acquainted with many rare plants and animals that inhabit the area, and learn about sustainable stewardship of the land.

The Pine Mountain Settlement School campus encompasses nearly 800 acres on the north side of Pine Mountain, including the 348-acre James E. Bickford State Nature Preserve, and is registered as a National Historic Landmark. Students slept and studied in beautiful historic buildings, ate food grown and prepared

on the campus, and got close to the wonders of the forests.

Sayre students benefited from environmental education programs carefully designed to promote understanding of how human behaviors impact our natural world and how these impacts have changed over time.

Students were invited to make their own observations and discoveries as they hiked mountains, got down and dirty in streams, experienced ancient arts like spinning and weaving, and embraced traditional pastimes such as folk dancing and storytelling.

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5th Grade Class Overnight Trip to Cedar Ridge Camp Fifth graders enjoyed the outdoors by fishing, canoeing, and participating in archery and gaga ball.

7th Grade Class Trip to Cumberland Falls During the class trip to the “Niagara of the South,” students experienced Recreation, Environment and Cultural History (REACH) programming, hiking, crafts, exploration, and participation in group activities.

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6th Grade Class Trip to Life Adventure Center Immersed in experiential learning with the help of naturalists and experienced team-building activities, sixth graders bonded as a group and moved into the year with confidence. The Life Adventure Center offered climbing, hiking, and zip lining for students.

8th Grade Class Trip to Chicago The trip to Chicago has been a feature of Sayre’s Middle School experience for over 25 years. While other trips have come and gone, Chicago, with the Wendella boat tour, the elevator to the top of the Willis Tower, and fabulous deep dish pizza has been a perennial favorite and a part of our capstone Sayre Middle School experience.

9th Grade Class Trip Students traveled to the New River Gorge area of West Virginia for an exciting outdoor experience. Through small group and team experiences, the ninth graders developed leadership and cooperative team skills.

Activities included hiking, a zip line canopy tour, an aerial park challenge course, a mud obstacle course, rappelling, evening campfire activities, and a full day of white water rafting.

10th Grade Class Trip The tenth-grade class went to the Smoky Mountains National Park. Students experienced a zip line adventure to see the most breathtaking views of the Smokies, explored the spectacular Forbidden Caverns, enjoyed white water rafting on the Pigeon River, and experienced the excitement of zorbing in Pigeon Forge. Students strengthened friendships and made lasting memories.

11th and 12th Grade College Trips Juniors went on a three-day tour of college campuses sponsored by the College Counseling Office. This year, the eleventh-grade students spent time touring Furman University, Clemson University, Emory University, University of the South-Sewanee, and Vanderbilt University.

Seniors spent the time making visits to specific colleges for tours, interviews, or overnight stays; working on college applications and essays; or reviewing for upcoming standardized tests.

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ach fall, we have the opportunity to select a sophomore or two to participate in the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program (HOBY), a transformative leadership development training program that has positively impacted the lives of the students we have sent over the years. Last June, Berea College hosted the program. Greer Webb and Dylan Clarke, who represented Sayre, submitted impressive resumes and leadership statements to the College Counseling Office to be selected to attend. The students left their HOBY experience with a better sense of their leadership skills as they challenged themselves to lead diverse groups.

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he KIDS-to-Kids program at Sayre is designed to foster greater recognition and appreciation of human diversity. The program is based on four important principles: kindness, inclusion, differences, and self-worth, which form the acronym KIDS. This seventeen-year program is the only one of its kind currently operating in Lexington schools. KIDS-to-Kids helps prepare our students for life in a global environment and instills a positive sense of one’s own worth while recognizing the value of others.

Thirty trained Upper School students facilitate the two one-hour lessons for students in the second through seventh grades. Lesson topics address issues of self-esteem, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, bullying,

communication, empathy, techniques of conflict resolution, inclusion, and tolerance. This process was certainly challenging during the pandemic.

Facilitators wore masks and presented their lessons virtually, often creating videos to be shown by the classroom teachers. Cathy Bilberry, the faculty sponsor of the program, said, “I’m so proud of the effort and the creativity of these student facilitators. They worked hard to create an atmosphere where virtual learning was easy and fun, despite the restrictions.” Now, back in person, these Upper School students are continuing to help students build bonds of awareness, respect, and civility to promote a school climate of understanding and acceptance.

Congratulations to senior Ty Buck for making Sayre history by forming the first Sayre Boys Volleyball Club!

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O U R M I S S I O N I N A C T I O N : D I V E R S I T Y, E Q U I T Y, A N D I N C L U S I O N

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he National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) held its online Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) last December. Mimi DeRossett ’23, Jaya Murty ’23, Josha Partin ’24, and Sarah Vanemon ’24 applied and were selected to attend this prestigious conference whose theme was “Believing & Belonging in Our Schools: Reckoning with Injustice & Reconciling with Love.”

The conference is a multiracial, multicultural gathering of high school student leaders (grades 9-12) from the United States and abroad.

SDLC focuses on self-reflecting, forming allies, and building community. Led by a diverse team of trained adult and peer facilitators, students developed cross-cultural communication skills, designed effective strategies for social justice practice, and

learned the value of allyship. The conference sessions included largegroup gatherings, but students also self-selected smaller affinity groups in which to meet. There were keynote speakers, faculty panels, and evening social programs.

Our students met at school and participated in the events together.

Over the course of the second semester, these four students organized and prepared a presentation for Upper School faculty. Then, last May, they shared their ideas on bystander intervention and diversity-related initiatives that they would like the faculty to consider implementing.

Sayre commends Mimi, Jaya, Josha, and Sarah for their participation and leadership in this important Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) work!

Kindergarteners honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by reflecting on his life and legacy as they painted his portrait.

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n honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Sayre’s fourth graders discussed some of the accomplishments and events involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the years 1954-1968, as well as the posthumous 1983 designation of the federal holiday in honor of his life. The class went on to study events, participants, and the history and causes leading to the Civil Rights Movement.

Students learned that Black History in the United States is much more than fighting to defeat slavery and unjust Jim Crow laws. Black people throughout American history—and world history—have always had full human experiences. They created. They built. They were revolutionaries. Social Studies lessons and research around Black History focused on black heroes, liberation, civic engagement, and the creativity of black people.

Fourth-grade students are often drawn to the topic of social justice and care deeply about fairness and the idea of

equality. They have many questions about the unjust laws, racial inequities, and social conditions that precipitated the Civil Rights Movement. These ageappropriate classroom conversations deepen students’ understanding, so they can be compassionate individuals who understand inequity and injustice.

Fourth graders researched, planned, and designed museum exhibits about slavery and the Underground Railroad for their final project. In this fundamental unit, students analyzed past ideas and actions in North America in order to understand the economic and social circumstances surrounding slavery in 13 colonies and in the first 100 years of United States history.

Students learned that the enslavement of black men, women, and children was wrong and gained insight into how these brilliant and resilient people rebelled and resisted their enslavement.

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r. Alice Goldstein, a local child survivor of the Holocaust, shared her story virtually with the Middle and Upper Schools in March. Dr. Goldstein spent the first eight years of her life as a Jew in Nazi Germany. She has devoted the past 40 years to sharing her experiences and reflecting on the Holocaust as it relates to our current world. Listening and learning from the testimony

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of a survivor gave students an important personal connection to history, built more awareness of the Holocaust, and shared how the past informs the present regarding prejudice of the Jewish community.

Students asked thoughtful questions, and Cathy Bilberry, the DEI Coordinator in the Upper School, said that “Dr. Goldstein was thrilled to interact with engaged young people.” Her book, Ordinary

People, Turbulent Times, covers her childhood and is available in the Sayre Library. In addition, the library obtained Arwen Donahue and Rebecca Gayle Howell’s book titled This is Home Now: Kentucky’s Holocaust Survivors Speak, an excellent text based on oral history interviews the authors conducted with survivors who settled in Kentucky.

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he Sayre Parents Association (SPA) provides an opportunity for parents to make a difference in the lives of our students and the larger Sayre community.

Events and activities are designed to foster relationships between parents, students, faculty, and administration.

Five times throughout the 20212022 academic year, SPA hosted virtual meetings. Parents had the opportunity to participate in robust conversations with Clint Calzini, Head of Upper School, Cindy Eason, Physical Education Department Chair, and Randy Mills, Sayre’s former College Counselor.

In addition to hearing from some of Sayre’s campus leaders, parents also had the privilege of meeting Sayre alum and author, Sam Perez ’18. Her book Deviate from Denial: Erasing the Stigma of Addiction and Recovery Through Inspirational Stories was inspired by her parents’ work through their restaurant, DV8 Kitchen. The eatery serves as a second chance employment opportunity for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder or addiction.

Fall Festival On a warm, sunny afternoon in October, SPA hosted the Fall Festival at the Sayre Athletic Complex. Sayre parent Katie Maftoum organized and executed the fun-filled afternoon. Over 60 parent and Upper School volunteers assisted Katie by volunteering their time to ensure all guests had the best time possible. The grounds of the athletic complex were filled with carnival games, food vendors, arts and craft activities, inflatables, and much more. Smiling faces and sounds of laughter were all around the complex and created a delightful afternoon for all.

Many thanks to Katie and the team!

Spring Swing Specially for families in the Lower School, the Spring Swing was a major highlight of the year for students and parents alike.

Sarah Adams, Lower School parent, led the way in planning all aspects of the family dance.

Students danced the night away to popular kid-friendly tunes while parents socialized and snapped hundreds of candid photos. Dance

moves were showcased by our youngest preschool guests all the way to our most seasoned fourthgrade dancers! The buttery team provided delicious food items for all to enjoy. A big thank you to Sarah and the buttery staff.

Sayre Appreciation During the first week of May, SPA hosted Sayre Appreciation Week. Organized by parents from all three divisions, the event celebrated faculty and staff as the school year concluded. Sayre Appreciation Week was devoted to acknowledging the passion and dedication of all our school employees. From classroom instruction, to lunch preparation, to clearing snow off sidewalks, over 100 faculty and staff make The Sayre Difference possible for every student. The celebration week included daily gifts of gratitude, thank you notes, social media shout outs, campus signage, a special breakfast, and catered box lunches. Thank you to all the Sayre parents who contributed to this important week for our faculty and staff.

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or many, the leader is the one who stands in the forefront, the one at the head of the line, the one basking in accolades and applause.

However, the true leader is the one who can formulate and clearly articulate a vision, who can translate that vision into a reality, who can determine and access the required resources, and who can unlock the potential of others.

Leaders are collaborators who actively nurture and encourage those around them.

Whether attending the third grade’s Business Sale, watching the Middle Schoolers brainstorm and pen legislation for the Kentucky Youth Assembly, or witnessing Upper School students accept the Outstanding Delegation Award at

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the 2022 Kentucky United Nations Assembly, examples of leadership are evident across the campus and in all aspects of Sayre life. Yet, no one is born a leader. Leaders are made; leaders are schooled. As Wendell Willkie, a mid-20th Century politician, stated, “Education is the mother of leadership,” and, at Sayre, developing leadership is at the very core of its curriculum.

According to Sayre’s Vision Statement, the school “strives to help each student acquire self-discipline, develop critical thinking, and engage in civil discourse in order to be informed, impactful members of society.” In short, Sayre, through its specific and threaded curriculum, seeks to prepare its students to lead, and the skills integral to the development

of leadership that have their beginnings in the Preschool are honed throughout the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. At Sayre, the path to leadership is not haphazard; it is purposeful and layered, and the requisite skills are woven throughout the grade levels.

Inherent in the design of Sayre’s Preschool is the belief that children are natural learners; therefore, the curriculum is geared toward giving Sayre’s youngest students the opportunity to explore, engage, express their ideas, make decisions, and collaborate. Our tiniest Spartans are beginning to develop their leadership skills as they learn through play.

For example, last spring, in Ashley Bailey’s Pre-K 4 room, the children discovered a shared interest in creepy creatures. Once their interest was voiced and resources were provided, their teachers let them explore, discuss, problem solve, and explain. After learning from the animal experts and conducting extensive research, students were tasked with presenting their findings to their classmates and families.

Similarly, they collaborated on the creation of the class’s own unique creature whose very complex name was thankfully reduced to the

nickname “Gorgeous.” In just this one unit, four year olds learned to determine and access the resources available, articulate and actualize their vision, share their findings with members of their community, and work collaboratively.

Did they know they were beginning to learn the skills necessary for leadership? Probably not.

Yet the seeds were sown.

Our tiniest Spartans are beginning to develop their leadership skills through play.

In the Lower School, Sayre students continue along the path. Each day, from kindergarten through fourth grade, students begin their day with a morning meeting, a time to gather together, greet one another, share news, and vocalize and listen to thoughts and ideas. This is a time to build camaraderie and to establish a safe environment in which to explore and discover. Classes continue to learn through

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active project work which requires consulting with experts, gathering data, assessing resources, and determining the end product.

Lower School students become increasingly savvy with the use of technology which always provides a way to access resources and, of course, analyze data. As Jacki Neistat, the Interim Head of the Lower School, emphasizes, Lower School students are taught to look outward, to be proud of the accomplishments of others, to work collaboratively, and to interact with the community.

their visions, and access the resources needed to accomplish a goal. However, in Middle School, students also come to a heightened understanding of their individual strengths and their challenges. In a safe and nurturing environment, these same students learn to address any challenges and develop compensatory strategies. As Kristin Seymour, Head of Middle School, states, Middle School students are “uniquely poised to know themselves, to start to have conversations that involve metacognition. By that 10 year old and

Third graders learned to use their skills to benefit others.

For example, last year, Julie Renner, a third grade teacher, asked her students to become entrepreneurs. Each student needed to assess consumer needs, design and make a product, determine a marketing strategy, work with others to enact a campus event, and ready the school for a Third Grade Business Sale where items were sold. Further, students researched and ultimately determined a charity to which their business profits were sent. Students were honing their skills to articulate and realize their visions and to scan their environments for the resources needed. These third graders not only learned how to navigate their way through the frequently stormy waters of bringing a product to market, but also to use their skills to benefit others.

Yes, the Lower School students are well on their way, and as they enter the Middle School in fifth grade, Sayre students will further develop their voice, more clearly articulate

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11 year old mark, the brain connects across the hemispheres and the analytical thinking happens. They are not just analyzing facts and information, they are analyzing themselves.”

Sayre’s Middle Schoolers are, perhaps, more cognizant of the leadership skills being honed in the Middle School. Last year, the seventh and eighth grade social studies classes held a mock election after studying Presidential campaigns in class. Among themselves, the eighth graders determined their candidates, the campaign managers, and the political researchers. Together students established their party’s platform, and students decided if they individually were more comfortable articulating the vision publically or promoting others to stand in the forefront. Further, there is a student body government in the Middle School with officers elected from the seventh and eighth grades and representatives

chosen by their classmates in fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Jason Nahra ’96 teaches a Leadership Elective which focuses on collaboration and teamwork and stresses the need to watch, listen, observe, and then act. Many of the Middle School students have participated in both KYA (Kentucky Youth Assembly) and KUNA (Kentucky United Nations Assembly). Here, Sayre’s adolescents learn the fundamentals of government in action, and after preparing for their participation and writing bills to present and argue before the assembly stakeholders, Sayre’s middle schoolers join students from across the Commonwealth to learn the ins and outs of the political process.

Yet, it is in the Upper School that the leadership pieces all come together; students learn to manage the pieces necessary to move steadily forward. Without question, Upper School students continue to hone their skills, to assess their environment, and to manage resources, but they also become increasingly aware of their responsibility in setting their own path. Sayre’s Upper School students are encouraged and ultimately expected to advocate for themselves and others, and, as Sayre’s Head of Upper School, Clint Calzini, states, “Students are asked to assess the needs of the community, to determine the people, the program, the facilities, and the resources needed to achieve a vision.” Upper School students continue to participate in KUNA, KYA, and student body government. However, in the Upper School, the Student Council is joined by each of the class officers to address the needs

of the students. Further, the Upper School has an Honor Council, a group composed of ten elected students who have been chosen by their peers to be responsible for overseeing the school’s Honor System and to investigate infractions. Additionally, Sayre’s freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors have the opportunity to mentor Lower and Middle School students in the areas of respect, conflict resolution, and communication through the KIDS-to-Kids Program.

Sayre’s ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelvth graders are asked to advocate for the community, to pursue their interests, and to determine the resources necessary to do so.

Although numerous clubs and activities are offered, students are encouraged to establish additional clubs if there is an interest. If students see a need within the school or their community, they are encouraged to address that need and see it through. Parker Stewart ’21 advocated for Sayre’s use of solar energy and proposed a plan to Stephen Manella, the Head of School. Now, Sayre has 120 solar panels providing energy to the grid. Upper School students came together to collect 1,400 pairs of socks for men, women, and children for the Lighthouse Ministries and to collect and transport donations for the victims of the August flood in Eastern Kentucky. All seniors are expected to find a senior internship to complete in the month of May as an opportunity to experience the real world, to acquire additional responsibilities, and to work autonomously.

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afford students the opportunity to pursue their passions and delve into scholarly research all in the pursuit of an idea.

Coach Rich Little, the Director of Sayre’s Athletic Program, resoundingly confirms the importance of leadership across Sayre’s campus and considers athletics a vital part of Sayre’s overall leadership curriculum.

In athletics, whether an impact player or a program player, that student plays a vital role in the success of the team. He speaks of the relationships formed between the teammates and between the players and the coaches. Sayre

Sayre gives its students for self-advocacy. He believes the faculty and administration actively seek to give students the responsibility to address their own needs and those of their community. Coach Little notes the importance of Sayre’s no-cut athletic policy in creating leaders and the bond that exists between the members of the team and their coaches.

Ms. Neistat highlights the opportunities for collaboration and learning that are embedded, on a daily basis, in the curriculum.

Yet all three division heads as well as Coach Little highlight the teaching of empathy in

Sayre students are ready to take on the world. athletes are taught how to balance academics and athletics, to step outside of their comfort zones, and to focus on the good of the team.

Further, because of the bonds created between students and coaches, Sayre athletes learn resilience, to face challenges and setbacks, and emerge revitalized and confident. During the 2021-2022 academic year, 76% of Sayre’s Middle and Upper School student bodies participated in one or more sports, and over the years, the number of multiple sport athletes has grown exponentially.

How is Sayre better at preparing leaders? Ms. Seymour points to the small classes, the safe environment, and the relationships that form between students and faculty, the constant and gentle feedback given students by faculty, by coaches, by the administration, all in an attempt to help students become the best that they can be. Dr. Calzini emphasizes the agency

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the classroom, on the fields, in the hallways, in the Thomas A. Grunwald Buttery, in the community, and on the courts. Yes, a leader must formulate and clearly articulate a vision, translate that vision into reality, and determine and access the resources needed, but without empathy a leader cannot lead successfully.

Without empathy, one might be able to order and demand, but true leadership requires an understanding of others and their feelings.

The successful leader is able to tap on even the most hidden potential of others - all for the attainment of a common goal.

Without question, Sayre students are ready to take on the world, and they do so with vision, with an eye toward collaboration, and with resilience and determination. And I, for one, take solace in knowing that these boys and girls, these young men and women, will be the leaders of our future.

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LEADING THEIR WAY TO RETIREMENT

Bettina Morrish

Randy Mills

Leslie Isaacs

Bettina Morrish has been a member of the Sayre community since 1996 in the History Department. During her 26 years at Sayre, she has taught freshman Ancient History, senior Supreme Court History, World Religions, and electives ranging from Women Explorers on the Western Frontier to Tibet and Alexander the Great.

She was History Department Chair for 13 years and has convened the F. Kevin Simon History Symposium since 2003. Students from the 90s and early 2000s may remember the popular Students for a Free Tibet she sponsored, among many other clubs and student organizations.

“Ms. M.” has been a CHAT early intervention team member since its inception in 2011 and a leader and organizer of the ninth grade West Virginia trip. In more recent years, Bettina has taken several groups of students to Greece. As she enters the next phase of her career as a tour director and guide, Bettina is grateful for the support and affection she and her sons Nate ’15 and Nick ’18 have experienced at Sayre.

Randy Mills, Sayre’s College Counselor since 1998, had a remarkably compassionate way of interacting with families and listening to them and their children as they navigated the college selection process. Cathy Bilberry, who worked with Randy for several years in College Counseling, said: “Randy’s warmth, kindness, and generosity define him.”

Leslie Isaacs ’69, past parent to Parrish ’99 and Stewart ’01, came to Sayre after teaching first grade in the public school and jumped into sixth grade. She quickly became a favorite of students and parents alike! She helped students take great pride in their work with the student council and was masterful at shepherding students through a beloved Middle School rite of passage called The Sayre Annual Social Studies Exhibition.

Widely known as “The Heart of the Bluegrass,” Randy is recognized for his many talents and titles including the announcer at tournaments and home football games. The announcer’s booth at the Sayre Athletic Complex was named in his honor in 2020.

Randy is spending time with his grandchildren and attending plays and soccer practices. He will be at Kroger Field on Saturdays this fall.

For years, Leslie oversaw a legendary haunted house and would tickle faculty into participating as ghouls and goblins. Following several years of teaching in the Middle School, Leslie played a key role in Sayre’s Advancement Office.

Leslie worked hard to bring alumni back to campus and engage them in the life of the school. Leslie was vital in planning the school’s signature fundraiser, the Sayre Spectacular. Leslie continues to volunteer and support the school in many capacities.

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Mary Breeding

Steve Guynn

Brooks McLamb

Mary Breeding’s affiliation with Sayre School spanned over 30 years as a parent, volunteer, staff member, and board member. She began her career as the Associate Director of Development from 20052011, and most recently as Director of Advancement in 2017.

Steve Guynn was a member of the Buildings and Grounds staff, maintaining the Sayre campus for several months before becoming the Director of Buildings and Grounds in October of 2000.

During his years at Sayre, he was instrumental in facilitating campus logistics through radical transitions, from the shuffling of classrooms from one building to another through the construction of the new Lower School, Lucy VanMeter Upper School, and the Thomas A. Grunwald Buttery to the development of campus-wide systems for safety and security following 9/11. Steve will always be remembered for his diverse skills, school spirit, good humor, big smile, and silly jokes. For years he delighted students with his juggling in the Buttery and his guest appearance as Mr. Rabbit during Halloween.

Brooks McClamb was hired as Sayre’s first Chief Financial Officer in 1995. During his 28-year tenure at the school, Brooks led Sayre through both prosperous and challenging economic times. Both his colleagues in the business office and others who have spent time with him over the years appreciated his quiet sense of humor and his laissez-faire professionalism.

“We have benefited from Brooks’s financial expertise, wise guidance, impeccable integrity, and sound management of our operations,” said Head of School Stephen Manella. “Needless to say, Brooks is a fount of institutional knowledge whose deep-seated love for Sayre has ensured that we were always in the best of hands. It has been a privilege to work side by side with him.”

Mary seamlessly took charge of the “Building Excellence, Sustaining Generations” capital campaign for the building of a state-of- theart Lower School. Mary’s steady, collaborative, creative leadership led to the establishment of new traditions: A virtual alumni reunion where over 100 alums participated throughout the world and the Spectacular Month of March where the major fundraisers, the Spectacular and the Day of Giving, set the stage for a remarkable end-of-year conclusion for record breaking donations!

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EXPLORING NEW ADVENTURES

EXPLORING NEW ADVENTURES

Bo List

Courtland Leer

Melissa Barlow

Bo List developed an Upper School Drama program that significantly impacted hundreds of students, some of whom continued to pursue theatre and writing in their college careers. He also worked with Middle School drama students in countless plays and musicals, which delighted and entertained students and parents. Active in the Sayre and Lexington communities, Bo provided leadership through many initiatives including Sayre’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programming and AthensWest Theatre Company as the producing artistic director. He has gone on to assume the role of Director of Arts and Communications at Redwood Cooperative School.

After 18 years at Sayre, six as a student and 12 as an Upper School English teacher, Courtland Leer ’04 is shifting from classroom teaching to a position in educational technology. As a teacher, Courtland pushed students to think deeply and critically, and in recent years’ Baccalaureates and graduations, students have routinely given him affectionate “shoutouts.” While a student at Sayre, Courtland was a competitive swimmer, and as a faculty member, he coached the swim team and helped numerous students advance to State.

Melissa Barlow is an educator who dedicated herself to establishing a growth mindset in all her students. She was determined to create a Middle School classroom environment filled with a love of mathematics, the joy of learning, and laughter. She loves to teach, and she loves her students. She is a life-long learner - qualified to teach mathematics and language arts.

She is currently tutoring on a full time basis.

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Jennifer Green

Annie Papero

Nineteen years ago, Jennifer Green joined Sayre’s faculty as Lower School music teacher and moved to the Middle School music position several years later, where she remained until 2022. Jennifer was instrumental in developing a guitar curriculum for Sayre’s Middle School, and her class and choral performances were always dynamic and memorable. In addition, Jennifer partnered with the theatre faculty in bringing musicals to the stage and always helped to make the process gratifying for all the students involved. Trying her hand on a different stage, Jennifer is now a real estate agent at Rector Hayden.

In Annie Papero’s eight years at Sayre, she had a transformative impact on the Lower School. She enhanced the curriculum with the introduction of new programs such as project-based learning, and she helped design the new Lower School, a building that reflects a keen awareness of the developmental needs of early childhood and elementary students.

Her leadership and guidance of the Lower School was always rooted in a deep love and knowledge of children and their needs. Annie had a tremendous opportunity with the Catherine Hershey Early Learning Schools to assume a leadership role in a new initiative affiliated with Milton Hershey Schools which will provide cost-free Early Childhood Resource Centers in Pennsylvania for children from birth to age 5 from economically disadvantaged and at-risk backgrounds. Annie will plan, open, and lead the first center of this initiative in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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SAYRE WELCOMES NEW ADMINISTRATION

Laura Bonzo-Sims Director of College Counseling

Ed.D. Educational Leadership, University of the Cumberlands M.A. Secondary Education, Georgetown College B.A. Secondary English Education, University of Kentucky

Laura Bonzo-Sims joined the Upper School as Director of College Counseling. Laura worked at The Lexington School for the past 26 years as an insightful, caring educator with boundless energy.

Throughout that time, she taught a full load of upper-level English classes while also being called upon in 2006 to found the TLS College Planning Service. As the director of the program, she provided guidance on all facets of the college search and application process to high school students locally and nationally. Over the course of her career, she has published articles and presented at conferences on a range of topics related to the college process. Most importantly, Laura is someone who values and nurtures relationships.

Ben Graves

Alumni Affairs and Special Events Coordinator B.S. Workforce Leadership and Management, University of Louisville After 37 years, Ben Graves came home to Sayre School. A 1985 Sayre School Graduate, Class President, and Headmaster Award recipient, Ben enjoyed a career in banking for 25 years in the Louisville region as Vice President at National City Bank and later at PNC Bank. Ben could not be more honored and proud to be working with the alumni department in carrying on the Sayronian traditions exemplified by his beloved teacher and esteemed mentor, Thomas A. Grunwald. Ben has a deep history at Sayre School: starting in the 1870’s, the Sayre Institute for Women, founded by David A. Sayre in 1854, educated four generations of the Graves family.

Ruth Hensel

Executive Assistant to the Head of School B.A. Human Development, Washington State University

Ruth Hensel joined the Sayre community last November as the Executive Assistant to the Head of School. Ruth moved to Lexington from Washington State, where she was born and raised. She earned a B.A. in Human Development from Washington State University. Before Sayre, Ruth worked at Timber Ridge at Talus, a luxury senior living facility in East Seattle. At Timber Ridge, Ruth was the Social Services and Admissions Coordinator before being promoted to Director of Administrative Services.

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Angelica Prekopa

Tom Rogers

Matt Warren

B.A. University of Kentucky

B.A. Lindsey Wilson College

Bringing a wealth of experience in philanthropy administration, fundraising, and finance to this leadership position, Angelica Prekopa started as the new Director of Advancement in February.

In October, Sayre welcomed Tom Rogers as Director of Finance and Operations. Tom has a wealth of experience in budget, finance, facilities, and risk management.

He previously served as the Budget Director for the United States Department of Justice in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky. In addition, Tom was the district’s liaison for financial operations with the Attorney General’s Executive Office for United States Attorneys in Washington, D.C.

Matt Warren joined Sayre in September as Director of Buildings and Grounds. Matt comes from the Gene B. Glick Company in Lexington, where he worked as a maintenance supervisor for seven years. Before that, Matt was a member of the U.S. Army. Matt left the military in 2014 after serving over six years in the infantry, his latest role as an infantry team leader. He has an extensive background in property management and maintenance.

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For the past five years, she worked for the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Office of Philanthropy, where she was elevated to key positions as the Acting Director of Development for the UK College of Social Work and most recently as the Director of Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs for the J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Prior to her work at UK, she served as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

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Before serving with the United States Department of Justice, Tom was with a nonprofit postsecondary education association. During his almost decade of work with the association, Tom led the consortium through a growth of assets from $14 million to over $35 million.

Tom has volunteered with multiple boards, committees, and nonprofits throughout the region.

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SPARTANS LEADING THE WAY Just as King Leonidas of Sparta (c. 530-480 B.C.) led his great Spartan warriors into battle, our Sayre Spartans of today have been leading the way in their communities and nationwide. It is with great pride and excitement we spotlight the following Sayre Spartan leaders.

To lead; as a noun, it is an initiative in an action, an example for others to follow.

As a verb, to be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction.

These Sayre Spartans are leading the way in government, sports, military, theatre, and real estate. Now, let us raise our shields to these Spartans and celebrate their amazing contributions in Leading the Way.

Alexine Carr ’15 Alexine Carr ’15 is a current analyst at the Human Rights Violator Law Division, a legal and intelligence research team within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In her role, she works with an interagency team at the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center, which aims to prevent the U.S. from becoming a safe haven for individuals who engage in the commission of war crimes, genocide, torture, and other forms of serious human rights abuses from conflicts around the globe.

Alexine entered federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she worked with the Community Relations Service to prevent and respond to alleged hate crimes and bias incidents. She holds a Master of Public Policy with specializations in National Security, International Relations, and Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with a double major in

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Politics and International Affairs from Wake Forest University.

Alexine lives in the greater Washington, D.C. area with her husband Caleb and their energetic Siberian Husky mix, Luna.

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful leader?

I think being a successful leader is contingent upon three things: humility, awareness, and rapport.

Sometimes, I think leadership is often confused with being in charge or being the most qualified person in the room. Especially as a young person building a career, I find that leadership requires the humility to differentiate when you should take the initiative to figure things out on your own, and when you should ask for help or delegate tasks to others.

Similarly, leadership requires an acute awareness of the individual skills of your team members, as well as an understanding of how to pair those skills with the needs of your organization. Last, I am a

huge believer in taking the time to get to know people and building professional rapport. When your team works well together, it reflects positively on you as the leader.

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful entrepreneur?

Create a business that is known in the industry as a company that provides a great customer experience and has a reputation for being fair and doing what is right without cutting corners.

How did you get started on your career path?

At Wake Forest University, I majored in Politics, International Affairs, and Philosophy with the intent of pursuing a career in public service. Immediately after undergrad, I attended Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy on a full-tuition merit scholarship, where I studied national security, international relations, and dispute resolution while working as a research assistant at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. While in my second year at Pepperdine, I applied to the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program, which is a leadership development program designed to bring “the next generation of leaders into federal service careers.” I was selected as a PMF finalist and ultimately landed a job with the U.S. Department of Justice, which brought me from Malibu, CA, to Washington, D.C. At the DOJ, I began my career with a small component called the Community Relations Service, which works to prevent and respond to alleged hate crimes and bias incidents under the authority of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Matthew

Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.

Tell me about a proud moment in your career?

In June, I was selected for a detail assignment to the Human Rights Violator Law Division, a legal and intelligence research team under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In this capacity, I work with an interagency team at the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center, which is the only government entity focused completely on investigating global atrocities and the perpetrators of human rights violations and war crimes. The opportunity to work alongside individuals who have dedicated their careers to achieving justice for the victims of egregious crimes is both humbling and incredibly motivating. It is heavy work, but it also comes with a huge sense of purpose and responsibility.

Tell us something unexpected about yourself ?

Somehow, even after years of school and a job that requires extensive reading, I have maintained a love of reading for fun. This summer, I read a total of 32 books, with my favorite being The Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

On a different note, I participated in two 48-hour film projects this year: one in Washington, D.C. and one in Baltimore. I had never been on a film set before, but I learned a ton about what goes into producing a short film on an unusually tight deadline. It was also fun to see people with more traditional “D.C.” careers in a totally different, creative environment.

Who has been your greatest inspiration?

It’s hard to narrow it down to one person, but there are several people who are inspirational to me.

My grandmother spent her entire career working for the federal government and instilled in me the value of public service. Similarly, my father served in the Marine Corps and helped me to see conflict and policy challenges through a global lens, even as a kid. My sister Tia ’17 continually inspires me— she graduated from Loyola Marymount University at the top of her class and landed a competitive public policy position at the United Nations World Food Program USA, which is the biggest humanitarian organization in the world.

Sometimes leading the way takes you out of the Bluegrass. Where is your favorite non-Kentucky travel destination?

Currently, I’ve lived in seven states and Vienna, Austria, where I studied abroad in college.

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at the Spanish Riding School or touring art museums. Stateside, I am a huge fan of the California desert and enjoy spending time in Joshua Tree.

What is your favorite Sayre School memory?

As a student, I always enjoyed attending the Kentucky Youth Assembly with the Sayre delegation.

My experience at KYA really solidified my interest in pursuing a

career in public service. Whether I worked with my classmates to draft bills on issues we were passionate about or explored how the Kentucky judicial system functions, this was an experience I looked forward to every year.

More broadly, several Sayre School teachers had positive impacts on me and helped set me up for success later on. I never knew I could draw prior to taking an art class with Mr. Berryman, and art

continues to be a creative outlet for me. Mr. Bebensee and Mr. Leer piqued my interest in philosophy, which ended up being my college major. I can recall countless visits to Mrs. Bilberry and Mr. Mills’ offices to narrow down my college decision, and I am grateful for their guidance. Mr. Bator’s statistics class gave me a solid foundation for many college and graduate school research methods classes to come.

John T. Palmer ’84 Rear Admiral John T. Palmer is a native of Lexington and a graduate of The Citadel with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is also a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Science in Systems Management (Acquisition and Contract Management) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Senior Executive Program.

He served as commander of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land & Maritime overseeing the end-to-end integration of the land and maritime supply chains delivering repair parts to all military services. He directed the efforts of more than 2,500 associates at 37 locations worldwide, to include three DLA depot level repairable detachments and four detachments supporting U.S. Naval Shipyards. DLA Land and Maritime’s core functions include purchasing material, monitoring inventory levels, maintaining technical data, and assuring quality

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conformance of approximately two million spare and repair parts utilized by more than 19,000 military units and federal and civilian agencies. In 2018, DLA Land and Maritime procured $5.7 billion in parts. His previous flag officer tour was at U.S. Pacific Fleet as director of Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance.

Palmer is proud to have served nearly nine years at sea in various operational assignments, including supply officer, USS Harry S. Truman; principal assistant for logistics, USS George Washington; supply officer, USS Boone; and material division officer and aviation support division officer, USS Guam.

His other command assignments include commanding officer, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center San Diego; commander, Defense Distribution Mapping Activity (DDMA); and commander, Defense Distribution Depot Richmond, Virginia (DDRV).

Other duty ashore includes tours at NAVSUP Headquarters, Navy Personnel Command, Naval Air Systems Command, DLA Aviation (formerly Defense Supply Center Richmond), and Navy Supply Corps School.

Palmer’s qualifications include Naval Aviation Supply Officer, Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer, Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III (Contracting), joint qualified officer and membership in the Defense Acquisition Corps. He is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) by the National Contract Management Association. He is entitled to wear various other personal, unit, and service awards including the Legion of Merit and Combat Action Ribbon.

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful leader?

First, leaders need a clear understanding of the mission or goal. Second, purity of motive in pursuit of the mission is critical.

Team success has to be preeminent over the leader’s accolades. Third, a willingness to lead by example. Get out in the field or workspaces with the team, understand the processes, clear barriers, and add value to the team’s efforts. Fourth, accountability.

This is where leaders establish good order and discipline, set the standard, and implement pulsepoints & red-lines for performance, so they can adjust team activity.

Finally, leaders have to care about their people. They have to help them achieve a level of pace and balance to permit success at work and a healthy family life at home.

How did you get started on your career path?

From a naval officer perspective, I had to select a Reserve Officer Training Corps when entering The Citadel in Charleston in 1984. My family’s military history had been all-Army going back to the 1800s to include my brother, father, and several uncles. So, I picked the Navy to make dad mad, and it worked. I was subsequently offered a three-year Navy scholarship after my freshman year, and that resulted in a 32-year career.

Tell me about a proud moment in your career?

When serving in the Navy, I reflect fondly upon returning from deployments and bringing everyone home safely that was under my charge. There was also the added thrill of being reunited with my wife and children after these tours at sea that typically spanned six or eight months away from the U.S. After the Navy: I am pleased to have written a book of sufficient quality to attract a publisher. The title is From Bluegrass to Blue Water – Lessons in Farm Philosophy and Navy Leadership. The publisher is Fidelis Publishing in Nashville, and we’re due for release on October 26, 2022.

Who has been your greatest inspiration?

As a child, it was my parents who implemented a system for me and my siblings with three foundational priorities: farm, faith, and education.

As a Naval Officer, the stable of superb mentors I had are too numerous to mention, but I was blessed to be led and supported by the very best in the U.S. Navy and Joint Forces. At home, my wife Brooks of 33 years kept the family functioning when I was away during my nearly nine years of sea duty, and she managed all aspects of our home by herself. My kids showed amazing resilience handling moves every two years.

The future–Brooks and I are blessed with four grandchildren with one more on the way in March!

Tell us something unexpected about yourself?

I picked up a case of wanderlust while in the Navy. I didn’t mind the moves, and I really like seeing new places. Now that I am working in the corporate world and more closely tethered to one spot, I’ll have to find a way to scratch that travel itch.

Sometimes leading the way takes you out of the Bluegrass. Where is your favorite non-Kentucky travel destination?

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After spending 10 years at Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta, GA, Nick Graves ’06 returned to Lexington to be the Lakeside Swim Team Assistant Coach. He also serves as the Age Group Chair and Open Water Chair for the Southern Zone and sits on the Board of Directors for Kentucky Swimming.

Nicholas B. Graves (Nick) ’06

At Dynamo, Nick coached all levels of the program and served as the head age group coach from 2015 2021. Nick has coached numerous Georgia State Champions, Georgia State Record Holders, as well as USA Swimming Top 10 times, and USA Swimming All-Time top 100 times. He has coached athletes at all levels of the sport from beginners to Summer Juniors and Olympic Trials Qualifiers. Nick also coached U.S. Open and World Record holder and 2020 U.S. Paralympic Gold Medalist Gia Pergolini. Nick served on the Georgia Age Group Committee from 2014 - 2021. He was the Georgia Open Water Chair from 2015 - 2017 and was the Head Open Water Zone Coach for Georgia from 2016 - 2019.

Prior to coaching at Dynamo, Nick spent a year coaching at the Maclay Northside Dolphins in Tallahassee, Florida.

Nick graduated from Florida State University (FSU) in 2011 with a degree in history. Nick was a fouryear member of the FSU swim team.

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that won Florida State’s first and only Men’s ACC Team Title. He was a 2008 Olympic Trials Qualifier and an NCAA All-American.

Nick is originally from Lexington and grew up swimming at Wildcat Aquatics for Coach John Brucato.

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful leader?

It’s all about the athlete. Servant leadership athletes have to feel cared for, and catered to, by being serviced by your leadership. You have to maintain high standards if you want to be successful.

How did you get started on your career path?

Swimming was a natural progression in my life. I grew up swimming every day. I swam in college at FSU. I stayed in Tallahassee for another year and coached a local swim team.

Tell me about a proud moment in your career?

I had the opportunity, while living in Atlanta, to coach American Swimmer Gia Pergolini for four years. In 2020, Gia made the Paralympic team. She broke two world records and won a gold medal for the 100-meter backstroke! This was one of my proudest moments.

Who has been your greatest inspiration?

I get my inspiration from the athletes I coach. Watching the swimmers achieve their goals, watching their confidence grow, and believing in themselves inspires me.

Tell us something unexpected about yourself?

I wake up at 3:00am. I enjoy cooking when I get home in the afternoon.

I really enjoy grilling; it helps me unwind and process after a long day.

Sometimes leading the way takes you out of the Bluegrass. Where is your favorite non-Kentucky travel destination?

I have two. I love Atlanta after living there for 10 years. I also like to visit Charleston, SC.

What is your favorite Sayre School memory?

I enjoyed my history 9 class in Old Sayre. At that time, Sayre was building the Lucy VanMeter Upper School. Ms. Morrish’s class was on the third floor of Old Sayre where she made classical history come to life. It was so enjoyable. I looked forward to that class every day. Thanks to Ms. Morrish, I was a history major in college, with a classical history studies minor.

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architecture, and speed on the autobahn.

In the States: Lexington is a great hometown, and my wife and I met in lovely Charleston, SC, when we were students at cross-town colleges. In the Navy, we were blessed to live in a dozen states and in fantastic cities such as Monterey, CA, Pearl Harbor, HI, Athens, GA, and Mayport, FL, but our all-time favorite place to live is San Diego, CA. Our kids had left home/graduated college, and we lived with two dogs in a high-rise in Little Italy overlooking the harbor.

As Brooks used to say, “Every day is like a vacation in San Diego.”

What is your favorite Sayre School memory?

As one might expect—great friends and classmates. Beyond class cohorts, it was the quality of instruction. Many of the teachers at Sayre were the equal of my best professors in undergraduate and graduate school. I love history and Sayre’s Upper School exposed me to my first adult-level seminars in this discipline. Although their titles have changed, our Headmaster (Mr. William Williams) and Fourth-Form Head (the late Mr. Tom Grunwald) were outstanding in this regard. I also enjoyed Ms. Evelyn Kikuchi’s physics class so much, I signed on for an extra year as a senior. In balance, I was well prepared for college and beyond.

Thanks Sayre!

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Rose Buckner ’75 Rose Buckner is an actor, writer, oral historian, and teacher who has worked professionally for 30 years. Her new solo play, Bluegrass Belle, is based on the true story of a Kentucky woman who defied social expectations (and risked death threats) to marry a Japanese man in 1903. Artist and Medical Ethicist Kevin Reid described Belle as “a theatrical featherbed to fall on as people of all ages - negotiate personal and socially relevant existential challenges.” Theatre Director Luigi Salerni has called Buckner a “consummate actress.”

Buckner has conducted hundreds of oral history interviews, created and performed solo shows based on historical figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt and poet Sara Teasdale, taught arts and humanities to young offenders, and presented

to hundreds of audiences from all backgrounds and ages. She has performed her solo comedy show, Save the Ducks and other Stories of Courage, Dignity, Embarrassment and Total Cowardice at venues in Chicago and throughout Illinois. She is the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for journalism, Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for Public Humanities in the Community, and Lawrence W. Towner Award for Best Humanities Project.

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful leader?

I immediately think of Donn D. Hollingsworth. He was someone who was not always popular, but as a leader, he took risks from his beliefs and values. He had a quality of being willing to take risks and

be in the forefront of things. I ran my theatre company (The Great American People Show) and acted for 15 years. I did the work because I believed in it. The theatre was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Illinois Humanities Council (IHC), and Illinois Arts Council (IAC).

How did you get started on your career path?

I started theatre at the age of nine at the Lexington Children’s Theatre.

Theatre was my life after school.

I was not cast at first; however, I received the lead role in the second show and for years after that. I will be performing my new show Bluegrass Belle at the Lexington Public Library March 11-20, 2023 during Women’s History Month.

Rusty Underwood ’05 Raised in a family of builders and developers, Rusty Underwood is an expert in the building, selling, and purchasing of residential and commercial property. His main objective is to understand clients’ financial goals and determine a holistic real estate strategy that benefits them both personally and financially.

Partnering with his wife and licensed Realtor® (Rachel Underwood), their pledge is to deliver informed real estate advice, creative solutions, and flawless execution in order to build relationships that last a lifetime.

Some of Rusty’s recognitions include: •# 1 producing Realtor® for Fayette County (2016-2021)

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• National Association of Realtors’ Class of 30 Under 30 (2016) • KY Real Estate Commission Good Neighbor Award (2016) • Bluegrass Realtors Good Neighbor Award (2016) • Top Producers Club Lifetime Member

In your opinion, what does it take to be a successful leader?

You need to have a vision and be willing to work to make it a reality.

It is easy to get bogged down in the daily grind of your work, whatever that work may be, but keeping your head up and staying focused on the bigger picture and goals for your team has led to the best outcomes for

Tell me about a proud moment in your career?

I’m proud to have received a journalism award, the Peter Lisagor Award for Journalism in Chicago for a theatre and humanities project.

The plays were performed in a women’s prison for teenagers. I taught lessons on interviewing, writing, and acting. They performed a play that was aired on Chicago public radio. I also won two other awards for that one project.

Who has been your greatest inspiration?

I was inspired by three individuals. The first two are Donn D. Hollingsworth and Andrea Brownstein, both from Sayre. Andrea really helped me with writing and nurtured me

me in leadership positions. Just as important is ensuring you maintain a positive and interactive culture where your team can collaborate and be a part of the process so that the victories are shared. I always hear people say, “work smarter, not harder,” but in reality, the best leaders do both.

How did you get started on your career path?

I grew up working in and around construction and development. A mentor talked me out of pursuing law school and getting into real estate when I was studying at the University of Kentucky. With my background in building and experiences working in fields where you interact with the public, it was a perfect fit.

as a creative person. They both validated that I was just Rose Buckner, taught me to think and ask questions.

Eleanor Roosevelt has been a great inspiration to me. She did good deeds in trying to bring people together; she also paid attention to the disenfranchised people that had no voice. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Tell us something unexpected about yourself?

I like to throw a Nerf football, and I’m one-quarter Japanese.

Sometimes leading the way takes you out of the Bluegrass. Where is your favorite non-Kentucky travel destination?

Tell me about a proud moment in your career?

Being sworn in as president of our realtor association (elected by our 4500 realtor membership from 30 counties) by my wife and business partner Rachel.

Who has been your greatest inspiration?

My aunt, the late Lisa Underwood ’77.

Tell us something unexpected about yourself?

Sedona, AZ! A deeply spiritual place, it has the kind of energy that is palpable, that’s healing, and it has the most beautiful scenery you can imagine.

What is your favorite Sayre School memory?

I was elected Vice President of Student Council for my class. I remember giving a speech in the C.V. Whitney Gymnasium on self-discipline, “if we want to be treated like adults, we have to take responsibility for our own actions and act like adults.” At the end of the speech there was a standing ovation, and a football player was clapping. That’s when I knew I had done something amazing.

Sometimes leading the way takes you out of the Bluegrass. Where is your favorite non-Kentucky travel destination?

Naples, FL.

What is your favorite Sayre School memory?

My favorite memories are the little daily moments that now seem inconsequential. Just spending time with my classmates, so many of whom are still my closest friends and with whom I have been so lucky to share my life.

I had a tremendous fear of public speaking when I was in high school, but now, I do so daily.

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ALUMNI EVENTS THE SAYRE GOLF SCRAMBLE 2022

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with teams at Houston Oaks. The competition was incredibly tight, but Matt Whitman, Bennett Clark, JP Newsome, and Chuck Berkeley squeaked out the win with a score of 54. Our exuberant Middle School team - Andrew Turner, Anna Cook, DeeDee Wheeler, and Nick Miller - proudly brought up the rear and accepted the last place prize (lessons provided by our own Golf Head Coach Peyton Tierney!).

he 2022 Thomas A. Grunwald Sayre Golf Scramble was held at Houston Oaks in Paris on September 22. A special thank you to the Prewitt family (Buck ’74, Terri, Allen ’13, W.K. ’11, and his wife Jackie) for sponsoring the event. Alumni, current parents, past parents, and friends of Sayre enjoyed the beautiful fall day while raising funds to benefit Sayre School. Once again we filled every golf cart

Many thanks to the 2022 Golf Scramble committee (Kelly

Bradley, Cindy Eason, Rob Goodman ’89, Ben Graves ’85, Leslie Isaacs ’69, Stephanie Johnson ’91, Brad Nahra ’98, and Shelley Slabaugh), Piper Stockham, the Advancement Office, Houston Oaks Golf Course, all of our teams, and our generous sponsors.

Please save the date - Thursday, September, 21, 2023 - for next year!

1. Al Nahra, Tyler Nahra ’93, Brad Nahra ’98, Ted Rutkowski ’90 2. Bryce Lazaro, Amanda Bryant, Eric Bryant, Hunter Bryant 3. Chris LeMaster ’00, Devin Tweed '02, Robert Rush '03, Hock Parrish 4. Dan Graves ’87, Bill Howell ’86, Ted Hardwick, Ford Stanley ’87 5. Judy Grunwald, Ben Graves ’85, Stephen Manella, Andrew Grunwald ’89 6. Anna Cook, Nick Miller, Andrew Turner, Dee Dee Wheeler ’18 7. Team Gram Arena: Cooper Caison ’15, Bedell Conboy, Gary Hilliard ’02, Kate Hilliard 8. Tim Clark, George Dickson ’94, Tom Stephens ’94 9. Winning Team: JP Newsome, Glen Davidson, Matt Whitman, and Chuck Berkeley

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ayre’s Alumni Reunion took place on October 22 this year, and we were excited to return to campus for this much-anticipated event! The festivities kicked off with a cocktail hour in the parlours of Old Sayre and ended with a feast in the Thomas A. Grunwald Buttery.

Between the drinks, excellent food, and camaraderie of old friends, we celebrated two landmarks in Sayre School history. We first witnessed the dedication of the Donn D.

Hollingsworth Path to Excellence, Learning, and Opportunity in the Front Circle, which acknowledges the vision and dedication of this former Headmaster.

Later in the evening, the Sayre Alumni Association recognized the retirement of teacher, staff member, and alumna Leslie Parrish Isaacs ’69. There has been an emptiness on campus since her last day in the summer of 2022, although she remains a committed

volunteer with her newly-discovered free time! Alumni of all ages were happy to celebrate this bittersweet occasion with her.

The Alumni and Advancement Office looks forward to welcoming all Sayre graduates back to campus.

Whether you attended Sayre in the 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, or before, there is a kinship among graduates due to our shared experience on campus. Please plan on joining us on Saturday, October 21, 2023!

1. Kristin Hundley-Reeves ’83, Jennie Brown ’84, Brad Pelfrey, Elllen Morgan ’85 2. Karen Bailey, Maxine Lowenthal Shapiro ’70, Donna Quillin Johnson ’70, 3. Charlie Rowland ’06 (far left), Cassie Rowland (far right) 4. Kristin Hundley-Reeves ’83, Jayne Kissling Tannenbaum ’82 , Shelia Shaw Sanders ’72, Jonathan ’82 and Mary Otis 5. Ben Graves ’85, Kathryn Graves ’09, Dan Graves ’87 6. Tom and Polly Ruff ’76 Peel 7. Charles ’78 and Patricia Shely, Anne McCombs Wégiel ’77 8. Rob Goodman ’89 unveils the portrait awarded to Leslie Isaacs ’69 9. Bruce Isaacs ’70, Mike Wilson ’72 10. Jay Hollingsworth ’72, Bob Johnson ’71 11. Susan Swinford Bullard ’70, Sarah Carolyn Asbury ’72 12. Jane Grunwald, Buck Prewitt ’74, Leslie Isaacs ’69, Andrew Grunwald ’89 13. John Hackworth, Stephen Manella, Carolyn Hackworth 14. Leslie Isaacs ’69, Barb Milosch 15. Buck Prewitt ’74, Leslie Isaacs ’69 , Ben Graves ’85 16. Rebecca Price ’09, Leslie Isaacs ’69, Kathryn Graves ’09 17. Dan Graves ’87, John and Carolyn Hackworth, Ben Graves ’85 18. John and Carolyn Hackworth 19. FRONT: Kelly Woods Shirley ’94. MIDDLE ROW, L to R: Tom Stephens ’94, Amy Duncliffe ’94, Molly Haggerty Jones ’94, Sarah McCready Boston ’94, Kerie Wilkins Archer ’94. BACK ROW, L to R: Mark Smith ’94, George Dickson ’94, Joe Palumbo ’94, Chris Darmand ’94 20. Tim Bailey ’70 and Carson Asbury ’73 WWW.SAYRESCHOOL.ORG

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Dorothy Dowling Fish ’38

Maxine Lowenthal Shapiro ’70

Philip O’Rourke ’12

When Nancy Fish Hanna was a child growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina and Milford, Pennsylvania, she had what some might call a magical childhood filled with travel — trips to art museums, the local ballet, music, and her personal favorite, the theatre.

Hanna has a true appreciation and love for all areas of the arts, and she credits her mother, Dorothy, with exposing her siblings and her at a very young age to a variety of experiences and ideas that proved to be an integral part of their cultural upbringing. In honor of her mother, Hanna has established the Dorothy Dowling Fish Scholarship Fund, an endowed undergraduate scholarship that benefits students in the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts. The scholarship will be rotated among students in the four academic units within the college in recognition of her mother’s multidisciplinary passion for the arts, including the Department of Arts Administration, the School of Art and Visual Studies, the School of Music, and the Department of Theatre and Dance.

The first scholarship was awarded to an arts administration student at the University of Kentucky’s 2022 graduation.

Maxine’s husband, Bernie, retired after being a Circuit Court Judge in Dade County Florida for 34 years. He plans to continue working as a Senior Judge. They have recently moved from Miami to Ocala, Florida. Maxine has been working at American Airlines for the past 31 years and still enjoys it!!!

Philip was named Principal of St. Germaine Catholic School (3-year-old PreschoolEighth Grade) in Oak Lawn, IL on July 5, 2022. “Being in education has always felt right. My passion stems from helping students grow, and I’m inspired and motivated by our faculty. If I can support our teachers and allow them to better focus on their instruction, I’ve done my job correctly.” Congratulations, Philip!

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Ben Kesling ’98 Ben is a former Marine Corps infantry officer and published his new book, Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath, in early November. Ben discussed his new book in observance and recognition of Veterans Day at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago on November 10. Congratulations Ben, and thank you for your service.

Adrienne O’Rourke ’06 Adrienne and Corey Birch were married on October 29, 2022 at Saxony Farm.

It was a beautiful fall day and a stunning wedding. Congratulations to both of them!

Susanna Lee White ’13 During the fourth-grade theatre project, Susanna virtually visited to share her experience as a musical theatre actress and voice/ drama coach in New York City.

Sam Perez ’18 Sam was a published author before she graduated from college! Deviate from Denial: Erasing the Stigma of Addiction and Recovery Through Inspirational Stories was published in September. “Currently, I am working in Columbia, SC, as a television reporter for WLTX News 19. In May 2022, I graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in journalism and Spanish.”

Check out how Sam is making her mark on Sayre’s website.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

In honor of Brucie Glenn Rowe ’77, the Brucie

Glenn Rowe Student Government Award was established by her parents, friends, and the school and is given for service, leadership, and devotion to the spirit of the school. This year’s recipient was TY BUCK ’22, who is attending the University of Kentucky.

The Marc Goldenberg Science Award is given to a junior or senior who has demonstrated a high interest in science.

This year’s award was presented to AIDAN SMITH ’22, who is attending the University of Alabama.

The recipient of the Todd O’Neill Award was ANNIKA BARNSLEYBYRNES ’26. This award is presented to a rising ninth grader who is distinguished in the areas of scholarship, athletics, citizenship, and service to the school and consists of an engraved julep cup and $1,000 scholarship.

ALUMNI BLUE-GOLD AWARD

The Karl E. Knapp

Excellence in the Study of Environmental Resource Conservation Award was awarded to SOPHIA LEE ’23. Dr.Knapp ’77, a Stanford University student and subsequent faculty member, devoted his professional career to science, and earned numerous awards and patents. Dr. Knapp attributed his passion for science to his studies at Sayre and Science Department Chair Libby Kikuchi.

The Sayre Alumni Blue-Gold Award is presented annually to a senior or seniors who have demonstrated leadership, community service, and good citizenship at Sayre. Created by the Alumni Council in 1984, it is the highest and oldest award given by the Sayre Alumni to a graduating senior. The award is presented to individuals who have served the school and their classmates and are deserving of recognition for their many quiet efforts. This year’s recipients were SAMUEL THOMAS (SAMMY) SLABAUGH ’22, son of Tommy and Shelley Slabaugh and JANE BARINGER STILZ ’22, daughter of Barry ’81 and Ann Stilz. Currently, Sammy attends Beloit College and is a member of the lacrosse team. Jane attends the University of the South-Sewanee and is a member of the golf team.

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IN MEMORIUM 2022 EMILY PARALEE ELAM WILLIAMS ’43 of Louisville passed away April 12, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Arthur Matthew and Clotilde (Bonta) Elam. Emily was a 1947 graduate of Georgetown College.

Emily was married to Reverend Joe Priest Williams for 60 years and was the beloved pastor’s wife at Baptist Tabernacle. She was a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church and a long-time member of the Art Club of Seminary Wives. She is survived by her sons; Joseph David (Debra), Mark Elam (Suzanne), and Stephen Fredrick (Joy) and her grandsons, Joel Williams and Payton Williams (Ashley), and one great grandchild, Owen Williams; and her dear sisterin-law Laura Marquess. She was predeceased by her husband and her grandson S. Clayton Williams.

JANE RACHEL GRAVES BLACKFORD ’48 died on July 11, 2022. She was the only daughter of the late Jacob Hughes Graves II and Eran Blackwell Graves. She was the wife of William Bledsoe Blackford for 48 years. She was a member of Macedonia Christian Church, the Fayette County Woman’s Club, and the Lexington Country Club. During the 1960s and 70s, she was an active member of the Sayre School Parents Club and worked continuously in fundraising and building efforts for Sayre. Jane is survived by her dearly loved children and daughterin-law, William Bledsoe Blackford, Jr. (Bill) and his wife Nancy Ossman

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Blackford, Elizabeth E. Blackford (Betsy), and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Besides Jane’s husband, their daughter Rebecca Jane Blackford, her brother Jacob H. Graves III, and his wife Glenna Ritchie Graves, and her brother James Blackwell Graves, and his wife Nancy Milwee Graves preceded her in death.

JAMES ANTHONY ‘TONY’ ROSE ’73 passed away on August 2, 2022, at the age of 67. He is survived by his wife, Darrilyn Parrigin Rose; his sons, Patrick Rose and Eric Rose (Samantha); his grandchildren Patrick Rose, Jr., Elijah Joe Rose, Zion Luka Rose, Ryan Jacob Rose, Myla Anastasia Rose, Ethan Edward Little and Elizabeth Kay Rose, and his brothers Marty Frazer and Carroll Crouch.

KEVIN HENRY OTIS ’74 died at his home in Paris, Kentucky on March 6, 2022. Kevin was the son of Marquita Jean Sivis Otis and the late William Henry Otis, Jr. His two sisters, Pam (David) Blackburn and Melanie Otis, and his brother Jonathan (Mary) Otis; one nephew Billy (Rosemary) Foster; two nieces Stephanie (Jason) Terry and Sara Otis; and eight great nieces and nephews survive him.

In addition to his father, his brother Timothy D. Otis predeceased him.

ALUMNI: IN MEMORIUM

WHITNEY (WHIT) DUNLAP CHANDLER ’82 passed suddenly of natural causes on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. His advanced education took place at Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky where he studied architecture. In 2016, he stepped into the role of publisher of The Woodford Sun where he worked happily and successfully in the newspaper business. Whit was predeceased by his grandparents A.B. “Happy” and Mildred Chandler, Whitney and Lady Louise Dunlap, and his father Albert Benjamin Chandler, Jr. He is survived by his wife Dr. Shaoqian Zhang Chandler and their son Gaius Wenbing Chandler. They were the absolute and abiding joy of his life. Other survivors include his mother Lucie Dunlap “Toss” Chandler, his brothers Ben (Jennifer) and Matthew Chandler, his first cousins Erin (Mark) Chandler Thomas, Jeff, Bruce, and Celeste Lewis (Barry Dennis), and his niece and nephews Lucie, Albert, and Branham Chandler, as well as numerous extended family members and dear friends. He leaves behind a community that will miss his everpresent warmth and a family that will forever grieve the loss of his shining spirit, unparalleled wit, and steadfast support.

JACK SPENCE ’83 passed peacefully on August 22, 2022 after a long struggle and righteous fight with health complications. He is survived by his mother Ann S. Hollingsworth and his sister Julie Spence.

EMILY RANDALL COLCLOUGH ’10 passed away unexpectedly on February 28, 2022. At Sayre, Emily received a College Board Advanced Placement Scholar Award as a member of The National Honor Society. She also earned a Provost Scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky where she majored in history and economics. Emily was the daughter of Dr. George Watts Colclough and Elizabeth Mehring Colclough. She is survived by her parents, her siblings George Dwight Colclough and his wife Anne McIntyre Colclough, Cari Minette Slatniske and her husband Andrew, Benjamin Mehring Colclough, and Eleanor Catherine Colclough; her maternal aunts Ann Mehring Schoenberg and her husband Lee, Sarah Mehring Higgins and husband Howard, Catherine Mehring Mouney and husband Don, and Barbara Mehring Hagemann and husband George; her paternal aunts Mary Sue Colclough Mann, wife of Dr. Phillip Rogers Mann, and Dr. Anne Colclough Hawes, wife of Dr. Stephen Hawes. Emily was preceded in death by her grandparents George Arthur and Eleanor Ochs Mehring, and George Dewey and Sue Watts

Colclough. Emily enthusiastically garnered new friends in whom she always sustained an abiding interest.

She was the namesake of Emily Dickinson, who wrote “That it will never come again – is what makes life so sweet unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”

ALEXANDRA “ALEX” SIMPSON ’18 died August 27, 2022 after a valiant 10-month battle with recurring childhood cancer. She is survived by her mother Melanie Glasscock Simpson-Conley, stepfather Robert “Bob” Conley, step siblings Katie Conley and Brian (Kati) Conley, and her maternal grandparents Thomas and JoAnn Glasscock. She also leaves behind several special aunts, uncles, cousins, and a host of friends and her best friends Madeline O’Nan Raterman and Liz Cornett, all of whom played very important roles in her life. She was predeceased by her father William Jerome Simpson.

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ower School science teacher Jackie Gallimore attended a teacher workshop through Ecology Project International in Costa Rica.

She stayed at the rustic Pacuare Reserve, where Jackie and fellow K-12 teachers helped scientists with their ongoing research on sea turtles. To enhance their field experience, teachers attended classes daily.

The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is a relatively well-preserved area that is home to one of the few remaining nesting sites for the leatherback sea turtle.

Unfortunately, habitats like these are becoming rare due to habitat loss and light pollution.

Nevertheless, despite the many challenges, female turtles return to the beach where they were born, dig into the sand, and lay an average clutch size of 110 eggs.

After about 60 days, the baby turtles hatch and journey to sea by moonlight.

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Scientists working in the reserve are doing everything possible to make these hatchlings more successful. First, they collect the eggs as they are laid with a plastic bag held under the laboring mother.

Then, the eggs are transferred to a hatchery, where they are cared for by scientists and protected by security guards. When the scientists notice the nest start to “boil,” they know the hatchlings are making their way to the surface.

The newly hatched babies are collected, weighed, and measured before returning to the sea.

Typically between 7-10 pm, the instructors knocked on the teachers’ cabin doors to alert them of a new nest. It was time to take a short walk through the forest in complete darkness (to avoid confusing the turtles) to the weighing station. Teachers took turns weighing the turtles and measuring the length of their shells. It was tricky trying to use calipers on wiggling baby turtles.

With practice, they soon learned how to hold the turtles just right and maneuver the calipers with one hand. Throughout Jackie’s stay, she weighed or measured nearly 100 baby sea turtles!

The experiential moments contributing to the reserves’ research were spliced with more traditional professional development. Using

the 5E instructional model, the talented instructors led teachers through lessons on turtle biology, conservation, field camera research, pedagogy, and the importance of environmental education. In addition, teachers were tasked with creating lessons based on the Next Generation Science Standards related to phenomena at the Pacuare Reserve.

“Whether learning in the classroom, holding baby sea turtles, or seeing exotic plants in the wild, all of these experiences reinforced my belief in student-centered, inquiry-based science education,” said Jackie.

“I hope to use my experiences through this program to enhance animal-based science education in my classroom. My students can use some of the methods the scientists at the reserve use, such as documenting animal activity with field cameras. They can also participate in citizen science projects with data collected at the Pacuare Reserve.”

For more information about Ecology Project International’s programs, visit https://www. ecologyproject.org/.

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ast summer, Middle and Upper School French teacher Andrew Turner had the opportunity to enroll in a program in Bordeaux, France, called France Langue. France Langue is an organization that focuses on education around French as a foreign language (Français langue étrangère – or, FLE). They have a number of different programs that mostly target those who are still learning French.

Andrew enrolled in a program specifically tailored to teachers of FLE, called a “stage pédagogique.”

“My participation in this program proved extremely invaluable to me for a number of different reasons that can be summarized into three main categories: the expansion of my cultural knowledge, my personal relationship with the language, and resources to enrich my role as a French teacher at Sayre,” said Andrew.

Bordeaux is a city whose name is known to many, especially due to its rich historical connection to French wine. The France Langue program’s schedule was uniquely tailored to have built-in time for cultural explorations with the class and as an individual. This allowed Andrew to visit various museums, art expositions, and the surrounding coastal towns.

One of the most rewarding elements of cultural enrichment for Andrew came from the program’s participants. The group included members from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, the United States, and a Ukrainian woman who currently lives in Moscow.

The culturally enriching exchanges broadened their perspectives as

teachers and citizens of the world.

It was equally exciting to share the things that made each gasp and to share laughs about similar struggles in the language. Being a part of the European Union, many citizens of France are continental by nature, so learning about some of its neighboring countries’ cultures contextualized the French culture and offered a more global perspective.

interaction was rooted in the lingua franca of our group – French!”

Andrew gained a plethora of new resources and techniques from the course sessions. The instructor shared authentic resources based on real-life French situations, such as movie trailers, commercials, music, and other media. Teachers workshopped through the creation of lesson plans based off similar resources. “Many of these different For many, a second language is approaches and techniques have similar to other skills in the sense already shown their effect in my that if you don’t consistently put work classes so far this year,” said Andrew. into it, your abilities and comfort in “For one, because of the number it are likely to falter over time. The of Europeans in the program leading theories in Second Language and the system France uses, the Acquisition education revolve around program offered an excellent way to the idea of Comprehensible Input familiarize myself much more with and the Communicative Approach, the CEFR Level system that Europe

I am extremely grateful for the (sabbatical) opportunity and for Sayre’s continued investment in the…growth of its faculty. which can be described as the idea that full immersion is the most effective way to learn a language.

Andrew had the opportunity to experience this concept first-hand, and he felt his level of fluidity and confidence in the language rising with each passing day. “My host was an older French gentleman who chatted with me each evening about what I had done that day, insisting on speaking French the entire time,” Andrew recalled. “I spent most of my free time with a range of international people, most of whom did not speak English well enough to converse freely. As a result every

uses to evaluate language level (and thus the classification of many online sources of lesson ideas). By discussing the direct correlations and comparisons to be made between this system and America’s ACTFL system, a wealth of new resources has become much more accessible to me.

Without the summer sabbatical program at Sayre, this experience would not have been possible.

I am extremely grateful for the opportunity and for Sayre’s continued investment in the professional and personal growth of its faculty.”

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or the second year in a row, the Sayre community broke records with their support during the Spectacular Month of March.

From your contributions to class baskets to purchasing auction items, volunteering time, and participating in the Day of Giving, the Spartan family banded together to support our school in an emphatic way.

Hundreds of volunteer hours and the generosity of donors and bidders turned Spectacular into the single largest fundraising event in Sayre’s history. Then, later in the month, our MCs led us through a Day of Giving that brought about nearly $54,000 from over 360 donors

in 24 hours. Altogether, we raised $396,081– funds used throughout campus to enhance students’ experience and support the talented faculty and staff that make this place so unique.

Our success would not have been possible without the leadership of Spectacular’s Chair, Shelley Slabaugh, and her team. The evening at the Keene Barn was truly wonderful – the first chance truly to be together in many months.

We are grateful for Shelley’s work, along with Sponsorship Co-Chairs Ashley and John ’83 Backer, Live Auction Co-Chairs Michael and Abbie Thornberry, Silent Auction

Chair Katie Maftoum, Class Basket Chair Anu Bansal, Senior Spotlight Chair Amy Dunn, Faculty Fun Chair Tiffany Christopher, and Alumni Chair Libby Clay ’07.

A big shout out to our MCs who brought so much joy to the Day of Giving - Randy Mills, Courtney Reed, Hope Garlington ’22, and Preston Trout ’25.

Sayre is grateful for the generosity of families, friends, faculty, staff, and alumni all-year round; we give a special thank you for making this March one to remember!

Day of Giving 2022 and Pizza Party All Sayre, all day long! Sayre’s Day of Giving was held on Tuesday, March 22. Trustee members, administrators, faculty, students, parents, alumni, and friends came together to celebrate and support Sayre. Randy Mills, former College Counselor, Courtney Reed, Lower School parent and Middle School faculty member, Hope Garlington ’22, and Preston Trout ’25 served as the MCs for the day. Powered by Sayre’s social media accounts, the Day of Giving

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included funny skits, testimonials, and giving challenges. The grade level in each division with the most parental participation won a pizza party. Winners were 2nd, 7th, and 11th grades. Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of the entire Spartan community the day was an amazing success! All gifts received on the Day of Giving benefited the Sayre Fund.

Day of Giving Highlights: • 366 gifts received in one day • 100% Board of Trustees participation • Alumni participation doubled from 4% to 8% • Faculty and Staff participation increased from 52% to 73% • Current parent participation increased from 22% to 41%

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS GIVING SOCIETIES AND FUNDS Sayre gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their cumulative gifts to general operations, special projects, and endowments between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.

David A. Sayre Society ($25,000+) Anonymous ATS Construction Mr. and Mrs. Antony Beck The Cobb Foundation Mrs. Rhoda W. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Almon Corrigan Mr. J. Dennis Delafield Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus A. Dicken Mr. and Mrs. J. Peek Garlington III Mr. Steve Lawson Ms. Jennifer Cobb Little ’78 Margaret Voorhies Haggin Trust Mt. Brilliant Family Foundation Mr. Joseph B. ’87 and Mrs. Jacquelin W. ’88 Murphy New York Community Trust Delafield Fund NFL Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schmidt, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Slabaugh Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wright

Front Circle Society ($10,000-$24,999) Ms. Ann Bakhaus ’74 Browning-VanMeter Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brunker Drs. Craig D. and Carina L. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Claggett Elhapa Foundation, Inc. Mr. Brian ’92 and Mrs. Leslie Graves Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Gross III

Mr. Louis L. ’54 and Mrs. Bettie Bos Haggin III Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Healy III Mr. Peter W. ’83 and Mrs. Ginny Huntress Jane Smith Turner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Kenan Lightner Sams Foundation of Wyoming, Inc. Mr. William N. ’91 and Mrs. Grandison ’95 Offutt V Drs. Thomas A. and Anne L. Pittman Mrs. Barbara Thomas Dr. John R. van Nagell Mr. Charles E. VanMeter ’13 Ms. Jennie E. VanMeter ’16 Mr. John Thomas ’10 and Mrs. Sarah VanMeter Justice Laurance B. and Judge Lucy VanMeter Mr. Laurance B. ’08 and Mrs. Clare VanMeter, Jr. Dr. Thomas F. VanMeter II Walter Gross III Family Foundation Whitaker Foundation, Inc. White, Greer & Maggard, P.S.C. Mr. Brian C. Wood

Cupola Society ($5,000-$9,999) Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Allen Mr. John W. ’83 and Mrs. Ashley Backer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Beall Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Bloomfield John N. Browning Family Fund C Buds Gun Shop & Range Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Castellanos Ms. Tracy Clinkinbeard Mr. and Mrs. John Farris Mr. and Mrs. H. Greg Goodman The Healy Family McDonald’s Dr. and Mrs. Jon Hourigan Mr. W. Bruce ’70 and Mrs. Leslie Parrish ’69 Isaacs III Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Johnston Mr. Douglas Killebrew Mr. Brian T. Lee and Dr. Donna Brostek Lee Lexington Clinic-Commonwealth Urology

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Manella Mr. Austin and Mrs. Jane ’92 Musselman Dr. and Mrs. David A. Newman Dr. William N. Offutt IV ’57 Palumbo Lumber Mr. F. Hill and Mrs. Regan ’88 Parker Mr. A. Griggs ’90 and Mrs. Molly Powell Republic Bank Mr. James S. ’90 and Mrs. Stacy Robertson Ruehl Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rusing Sayre School Alumni Association Mr. and Mrs. Rodney S. Shockley Dr. John D. Stewart II and Dr. Magdalene Karon Mr. and Mrs. James K. Thornberry Mr. Michael R. Tuck and Mrs. Chenault VanMeter ’12 Tuck Turner Foundation Inc. Ms. Fra Vaughan ’65 Dr. and Mrs. Greg White Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Wilbanks

Columns Society ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Rob Brown Mr. William S. and Mrs. Ellen ’72 Chapman Mr. Edward H. Clinkinbeard Mr. Joe Ruel ’95 and Mrs. Emily H. Cowles Ms. Barbara Ellen Curtin Dr. and Mrs. Toufic Fakhoury Mr. William and Mrs. Hannah G. ’05 Goodlett Mr. and Mrs. C. Clay Green II Green’s Toyota of Lexington Mr. Michael S. ’88 and Mrs. Stacy Houlihan, Jr. Mrs. Ann L. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Jones Kentucky Eagle, Inc. Kentucky Turf Company, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. John Kitchens Mrs. Holly Knapp Lane’s End Farm Drs. Gregory and Susan Monoha

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Monohan Mr. Robert E. and Mrs. Chelsea ’81 Nienaber Mr. Joseph E. ’94 and Mrs. Jennifer Palumbo Mr. David B. Perrin and Ms. Anne C. Kenan Mr. Allen Buck ’74 and Mrs. Terri Prewitt Mr. and Mrs. Edward Receski Dr. and Mrs. James F. Sautter Mr. Langdon ’93 and Mrs. Jaclyn ’08 Shoop Dr. Eric F. Smith Mr. Dustin and Dr. Christina Stacy Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Strup Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thornberry Toyota Dealer Match Program Mr. David M. ’76 and Mrs. Carrie Trapp II UK Healthcare Dr. Bart J. and Mrs. Holly ’73 van Dissel Mr. Kevin Willis and The Rev. Anisa Willis

1854 Society ($1,854-$2,499) Mr. Cole ’91 and Mrs. Susan ’95 Arimes Drs. Azhar and Uzma Aslam Mr. Richard C. Barbee III ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Carey Mrs. Lee H. Carroll Castle & Key Distiller Mr. Shawn and Dr. DeShana Collett Dean Builds, Inc. Mr. Michael T. ’87 and Mrs. Amy Dunn Mr. and Mrs. W. Morgan Fister Gasparilla Inn Dr. John J. Larkin, Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Sami Maftoum Mr. and Mrs. Prakash Maggan Mr. and Mrs. Scott Matheny Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Meehan National Christian Foundation Kentucky Mr. and Mrs. Justin Rohde Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Rowland Mr. and Mrs. David Rudder Mr. and Mrs. Brooks A. Scudder Drs. Michael and Emilee Sexton Trek Advancement, LLC Mr. Mark H. ’94 and Mrs. Kyla Wombles

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Old Sayre Club ($1,000-$1,853) Anonymous Mr. John G. Absher ’02 Dr. Joe F. and Mrs. Kathryn ’75 Arterberry Mr. and Mrs. Jay Atkins Ms. Victoria Baker Mr. Brady Barlow and Ms. Megan Winfield Mr. Tom G. ’69 and Mrs. Susie Bell Blue Grass Sotheby’s Central Bank and Trust Co. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Chiles CMI Properties Mr. S. Sayre and Mrs. Susan Combs, Jr. Mr. Mark A. ’87 and Mrs. Holly Davis Mr. and Mrs. David G. Dowell Ms. Nancy Edge Mr. and Mrs. Jeff England Equi-librium Therapy, LLC Dr. and Mrs. Luke H. Fallon Forcht Bank GCH Insurance Group Mr. William Bush ’78 and Mrs. Edie ’77 Gess III Mr. and Mrs. Guy M. Graves, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Greer Mr. William A. and Mrs. Jessica ’04 Gwaltney Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hairston Mr. Mohammed Hamza and Mrs. Nadine Safa Ms. Linda Havens Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hays Mr. Boston Howe and Dr. Sara Clay Howe Dr. Julia Huber Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Mr. John E. ’90 and Stephanie N. Johnson ’91 Kentucky Performance Products, LLC. Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Kinder Mr. Christopher M. and Dr. Kristine Lain Land Fund Partners Mr. and Mrs. Javier F. Lanza Dr. and Mrs. David M. Lawrence Mr. Gregory D. ’98 and Mrs. Jamie ’00 Leveridge Ms. Robin Lyons Mr. and Mrs. James A. Marshall Marshall Pediatric Therapy

Mr. and Mrs. James Master Mr. L. Brooks McLamb Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Miller Mr. John K. ’98 and Mrs. Cathy ’98 Milward Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery T. Monohan Dr. Vinod Muniswamy and Ms. Sweta Dhanpal Mr. and Mrs. Travis K. Musgrave Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Nahra Mr. Tyler A. Nahra ’93 Dr. Christopher R. Newman ’07 and Mrs. Maggie K. Richardson Orcutt | Winslow PLLC Mr. William H. M. ’82 and Mrs. Jane Patterson Mr. L. Edwin and Mrs. Jean Ellen ’74 Paulson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perry Powell Valley Millwork R.W. Baird & Company Mr. Daniel J. and Mrs. Heather ’94 Reilly Mr. Edward J. and Mrs. Elizabeth ’86 Richardson Mr. Chris Owen and Ms. Elizabeth Smith Rodes ’97 Rood & Riddle, P.S.C. Mr. Stephen M. Ruschell ’67 Mr. David R. Schmidt ’03 Drs. Charles and Kirsten Scoggin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Steinberg Mr. Thomas Barrow Stephens ’94 and Mrs. Boyce Leigh Powers Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stigers Mr. Daniel B. ’81 and Mrs. Ann Stilz Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Stockham Mrs. Ping Su Top Seed Tennis Club Mr. and Mrs. Edward Trammell Mr. Richard H. ’74 and Mrs. Allison Turnbull Mr. and Mrs. David Warren Mr. Jason C. Whitaker and Ms. Jennifer B. Hays Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Whitman

Blue Club ($500-$999)

Dr. and Mrs. Oluwole J. Abe Mr. and Mrs. Brent Adams Arby’s Dr. and Mrs. William C. Arnold Mr. T. Carson ’73 and Mrs. Barbara Asbury

Mr. and Mrs. Masakazu Ashida Bank of Lexington Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Barr Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Q. Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Anthany Beatty, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Bennett Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen Birdies and Bows Ms. Julie Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. Jason Brown Mr. and Mrs. Sam Butero Dr. and Mrs. Clinton Calzini Mr. Milko Camellini and Ms. Elena Venturelli Dr. and Mrs. Joshua T. Carothers Clay Ward Agency, Inc. Community Trust Bank Dr. Sean T. Cornett and Mrs. Vonda K. Tolliver-Cornett Covey’s Automotive Service, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Ruel Cowles Mr. Thomas B. Cox ’82 Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Croce Mr. Barry G. and Mrs. Laura ’88 Crume Dr. and Mrs. W. Lisle Dalton Mr. J. T. and Dr. Carrie A. Dichiaro Mr. and Mrs. Richard Donworth Mr. Dan Douglas and Mrs. Tina Ash Dr. Stephen Thomas and Dr. Marcy Duncan East-West Equine Sports Medicine Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans Mr. and Mrs. Chad Florence Foxwood Equine Sports Medicine G & J Pepsi Cola Bottling Co of Lexington KY Mr. and Mrs. Erritt Griggs Mr. James B. A. ’84 and Mrs. Mary Wis Haggin Mr. and Mrs. Seth W. Hancock Mr. Seth Walker Hancock, Jr. ’08 Dr. and Mrs. Jason Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Harris Mr. and Mrs. George Hernandez Ms. Polly Hilliard ’72 Ms. Christina Hunt Dr. Travis Hunt Kirkpatrick & Company Mrs. Mary Breckenridge Kocher ’65 Mr. Peter M. Kotchen ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kraft Ms. Nancy Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. Brian D. Lee

Donn D. Hollingsworth Endowment Campaign Donors to Sayre School support the Annual Fund as well as specific projects and causes across campus. In 2022, Sayre launched one such project with the Donn D. Hollingsworth Endowment Campaign. Intended to bring visibility to the work of this first Headmaster of “The New Era,” the campaign asks donors to look to the future, as Mr. Hollingsworth did. These gifts to the endowment are an investment in the financial aid, operating, and enrichment budgets of the school in perpetuity. It is a commitment to the students of today and tomorrow.

Sayre is grateful to former educators/administrators John and Carolyn Hackworth for the generosity and initiative behind this important fundraiser.

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Mr. Christopher J. LeMaster ’00 Mrs. Elizabeth McGee Lewis ’91 Mr. John-Michael B. ’06 and Mrs. Kimberly Lorton Mr. and Mrs. Jason Luring Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Damian C. Lynch Mr. Tyler R. ’91 and Mrs. Krista Mainous Dr. and Mrs. John P. Marsden Mr. and Mrs. Drew McCoy Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Miedler Mr. John P. Miller, Jr. ’95 Ms. Aimee Miller Dr. Shaun Mohan and Dr. Marisa Toomey Dr. Ashley Montgomery-Yates and Ms. Allyson Yates Dr. and Mrs. J. Michael Moore Mr. Noel A. Murphy Mr. Brian D. Nash and Dr. Sarah Iqbal-Nash Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Oldham Ms. Deborah Orr Dr. Jeffrey N. Peters and Ms. Kristin A. Seymour Mr. Allan Pribble Promotional Products Plus, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Royce G. Pulliam Mr. Rick Queen ’78 Ms. Annette Rardin ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Ray Dr. Michael and Mrs. Fumi Rich Mr. and Mrs. Gary Robinson Mr. Michael W. ’05 and Mrs. Taryn Russell Dr. and Mrs. Alok Saini Sayre School Athletic Department Dr. and Mrs. Jay Shah Stivers HVAC Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Stollings Mr. Jeff Stone Mr. Edward Strickler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stump The Tack Shop of Lexington Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Thomas Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Barbara ’70 Thornbury Dr. and Mrs. Craig van Horne Mr. and Mrs. Michael X. Wang Mrs. Kim Wickens Mr. Kyle Wilson and Dr. Jessica Wilson Winners Circle Trailer Sales & Service, LLC Ms. Lori B. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Justin C. Yandell

Gold Club ($250-$499) Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Adams Mr. Hayden Adams ’17 Amedisys Home Health Mr. and Mrs. James E. Anderkin Mr. James P. ’89 and Mrs. Traci Atkins Baccari Bloodstock Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Barntsen Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beck Ms. Jacqueline Bernard Mr. and Mrs. Darren S. Bilberry Mr. Anthony B. Thompson and Ms. Toni Bishop Ms. Stacy Bloomfield Mr. James and Dr. Kelly Bradley Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bratton Mr. and Mrs. Gary Broadbent Ms. Mary Ann Brostek Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Cassin Rev. Joseph Chambers and Rev. Amy Chambers-Cortright Mrs. Blair Campbell Choate ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Civils Ms. Andie Claggett ’22 Will Claggett ’24 Mr. and Mrs. David Clark Dr. James J. Clark and Ms. Elizabeth L. Croney Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Danny Collins Community Foundation for Northeastern Florida Ms. Stacy Conley Mr. Ian Charles and Mrs. Eleanor Blackey ’00 Davis Mr. David ’88 and Mrs. Melissa ’88 Dean Mr. David R. ’89 and Mrs. Gail DeMarcus Dr. Roman Deniskin and Ms. Sam Temsah-Deniskin Mr. Rugeley Pierson DeVan IV ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dorrestein Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Driver Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Duncan III Mr. and Mrs. James O. Fenwick III Mr. and Mrs. Larry Finley Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fleming Mr. David Frommer ’00 Mr. and Mrs. John Ghaelian Mr. Martin H. Ginocchio Ms. Elizabeth B. Glover ’95 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Robert P. ’89 and Mrs. Michelle ’91 Goodman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Todd Greer Mr. Matthew W. ’87 and Mrs. Julie Grunwald Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hackworth Mr. N. Berry Hall ’67 Ms. Kelli Hardeman Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Haywood Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Holman Ms. Hollie Hopkins ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Jefferson Mrs. Megan Koch Mr. Chris Kopitzke and Ms. Sarah Donaldson Mr. Steven Adam ’04 and Mrs. Kristin Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Little Mr. Matthew Longbottom and Ms. Laurence Jobaze Mr. and Mrs. Jason Mangum Ms. Carol McCormick

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. McGehee Mr. L. Pope ’83 and Mrs. Lisa McLean, Jr. McMahon & Hill Bloodstock, LLC. Ms. Anna Merritt Mr. David L. and Mrs. Barb Milosch Mr. and Ms. Jason Mull Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Mullikin Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Mullins Mr. and Mrs. Danny Neely Nexgen Aviation Pfizer Foundation Mr. Jason ’96 and Mrs. Elizabeth ’96 Pitman Mr. Donald C. ’98 and Mrs. Mary Rardin Mr. Selwyn R. Ribeiro and Ms. Sherry L. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Richardson Dr. Earl G. ’86 and Mrs. Ashley Robbins II Dr. Dwayne Rodgerson and Dr. Genevieve Fontaine-Rodgerson Ms. Sophie E. Rowland ’19 Ms. Barbara Rubin Ms. Shelley Ryan Mr. Adam D. and Mrs. Amy ’00 Samples Ms. Soraya C. Sartipi ’14 Dr. John A. Schremly III Mr. and Mrs. Jason G. Sharp Six Winters Farm Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Smarte Dr. Melissa P. Smith Mrs. Debbie Sutherland-Comley and Mr. Richard Comley Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Swan Mrs. Darlean Schremly Trapp ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Trout Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Trussell, Jr. Mrs. Karen M. Ulack Ms. Gay Haggin VanMeter ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Travis Walker Ms. Fatima Warren Dr. Lisa Warren Mr. and Mrs. Shane Watts Mr. D. Woodford Webb and Dr. Kelli Greer Webb Mr. William W. Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. David White Mr. Matthew White and Mrs. Ashley Greathouse Mr. and Mrs. Jarrod Williams Mr. Michael P. Wilson ’72 Mr. Bo Yang and Mrs. Merry Han

Friends ($1-$249) Anonymous Mr. John D. Abel III ’73 Mr. Dylan C. Absher ’18 Mr. Jeremy T. Absher ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Davin H. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Albert Mr. Alexander F. Allen ’20 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Allen Ms. Ashley M. Allen ’15 Mr. Aaron Ammerman Mr. Trey Atkins ’20 Mrs. Jennifer Baxter Averbeck ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Ross S. Babbit Dr. and Mrs. David Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Bailey Ms. Susan Baker Mr. Howard P. Ball ’14 Bank of the Bluegrass Dr. and Mrs. Arvind K. Bansal Mr. Michael T. and Mrs. Gay Nuckols ’72 Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Barnett

Mrs. Frances Keller Barr Ms. Karen Bassetti Mr. Timothy C. Bator Ms. Bethany N. Baxter ’01 Ms. Natalie M. Baxter ’03 Mrs. Helen Parrish Beach ’66 Mr. Brad Becker and Ms. Katherine Howe Ms. Blanche Bennett Dr. Donald R. Bergsma, Jr. ’84 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Bernard Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berryman Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Bhalodi Dr. Martha Billips Mrs. Allison Hancock Bishop ’10 Dr. Chet and Mrs. Kim Blackey Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gex Bloom ’70 Ms. Alana C. Bloomfield ’19 Ms. Lilah Bloomfield ’22 Mr. Ryan A. Bloomfield ’15 Mr. James S. and Mrs. Sarah Gay ’04 Boswell Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brady Dr. Raul J. Bras and Mrs. Katie Mather-Bras Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Breeding Mr. William F. V. ’10 and Mrs. Amy Broadbent Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. Todd Brogli Drs. Ryan and Cady M. ’02 Brown Dr. Elinor Brown Mrs. Susan Swinford Bullard ’70 Mr. William H. Byrne ’03 and Ms. Elizabeth W. Simms ’05 Mr. Daniel F. Caldwell ’97 Mr. Andrew P. Cantrill ’12 Mrs. Julie Offutt Cauthen ’92 Mrs. Barbara Fain Chanove ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Derrick A. Christopher Claiborne Farm Ms. Marion C. Clark ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Clarke Ms. Elizabeth R. Clay ’07 Ms. Kara Cobb Mr. David H. Coles and Dr. Barbara J. Coles Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Collins Ms. Sarah Collins Ms. Cathy Hancock Comley ’70 Ms. Diane Conley Drs. Jeffrey L. and Julie Cook Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Cornelius Mr. Wes Cornette and Ms. Adriana Jenkins Mr. Brooks Courtney ’12 Mr. Larmon S. ’99 and Dr. Cristina Cowles Ms. Bethany Cox Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Dalton Mr. Robert T. Danforth ’75 Jayda Davis ’26 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Day Mr. Parker C. Dean ’18 Mr. Robert H. Dean ’16 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Deckard Ms. Jennifer Decker Ms. Cindy Delk Mr. and Mrs. Jamie D. DeRossett Ms. Geve Dicken Mr. and Mrs. Darren S. Diguette Mrs. Bridget Dickson Dix ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Baird Dixon Ms. Elizabeth Hall Dowell ’07 Mr. Jonathan H. ’01 and Mrs. Wells Dowell Dr. Paul Duffin and Dr. Alissa Briggs Ms. Whitney W. Durham

Mr. and Mrs. J. Daryl Eason Dr. Charles E. Eastin II ’83 Ms. Hannah Emig Ms. Helena G. Emig ’12 Mr. Danny England and Mrs. Vicky Goodin-England Ms. Caroline Evans ’22 Connor Evans ’25 Dr. Jonathan Feddock and Dr. Shannon Florea Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fields Ms. Alexa Finley First Care Walk-In Clinic Dr. and Mrs. Cody Foster Mr. Reid T. Freeman ’12 Mrs. Shayla Fulton and Mrs. Kayla Townsend-Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Garrett, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James G. Gay Ms. Ellyn Gerrety Mr. William B. ’06 and Margaret ’05 Gess IV Mrs. Jane Lyle Ghaelian Mr. Corey A. Givens ’21 Mr. Sean M. Givens ’19 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Givens Ms. Catherine Graves ’22 Mr. Robert B. Graves ’85 Mr. Will Graves ’20 Ms. Caroline W. Gray ’09 Mr. Christopher Grill and Ms. Maggi O’Neill Mrs. Sarah Glenn Grise ’75 Mr. Andrew F. ’89 and Mrs. Jane Grunwald Mrs. Thomas A. Grunwald Gunston Hall Farm Dr. Housam Haddad Ms. Robin S. Haden James Ben Ali Haggin II ’21 Mr. William C. P. Haggin ’11 Mr. Charles M. Hamilton III ’10 Ms. Julia D. Hamilton-Spires ’12 Mr. Larry Pendergrass and Dr. Jane N. Hannah

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Dr. Moneera Haque Emily Hardeman-Erbar ’23 Ms. Casienja Harris Charlotte Harris ’25 Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Hastie Ms. Mary Ann Hatton ’77 Mr. David Hawes, Jr. and Dr. Courtney Kantzler Mr. and Mrs. David A. Heil Mr. and Mrs. Justice Heltzel Ms. Georgia Henrie Mrs. Ruth Hensel Mrs. Amy Howard Henson ’93 Mrs. Martha Salsman Hernandez ’88 Ms. Brent Robinson Hill ’89 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hill V Mr. Mason L. Hill ’13 Dr. Tammy G. Hoskins Ms. Marlene Hourigan Mr. and Mrs. Jarod T. Hustler Dr. Wael Ibrahim and Dr. Riham El Khouli Mr. David P. ’99 and Mrs. Sydney Isaacs Mr. W. Stewart Isaacs ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Ron Isom Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Johnston Ms. Lynn Johnston Miss Jennifer Lawrence Katko Ms. Caroline C. Keating Ms. Sonja Keating ’18 Kian Capital Dr. and Mrs. Yoon Kim Dr. Keith R. Knapp ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Kohli Ms. Carolyn Korzen Mr. Daniel A. ’89 and Mrs. Christina Kotchen Dr. and Mrs. John W. Landis Mr. Isaac S. ’73 and Mrs. Teresa Lawrence Ms. Margaret Lee Mrs. Sarah C. Leer Mrs. Jo Brown Leone Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Leveridge Dr. James Liau and Dr. Leah Mitchell-Liau Mrs. Emily Libecap Mrs. Mary Mc Isaacs Lisle ’68 Mr. Bo List Ms. Jenny Barton Lusby ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mahler Will Mahler ’33 Mr. Perry J. Mains ’20 Mr. Richard H. Mains and Dr. Judith E. Campbell Ms. Grace M. Manella ’19 Ms. Isabel A. Manella ’17 Ms. Molly B. Manella ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Marrs Mr. D. Lynn ’70 and Mrs. Martha ’69 Martin Ms. Yvette Martinez Mrs. Mariana Marye Mr. and Mrs. Trey McCallie Mr. and Mrs. Conor D. McCaughley Mr. Basil McCoy ’17 Mr. and Mrs. R. Burl McCoy, Jr. Mr. Robert E. ’69 and Mrs. Brenda McCray Mr. and Mrs. Scott McDaniel Judge and Mrs. James McKay Grayson McLaughlin ’30 Ms. Leigh Ann McLaughlin Ella Rhea Miller ’24 Mr. Joseph R. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Miller Mr. and Mrs. Randy Mills Mr. Barry E. ’92 and Mrs. Emma Mitchell

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Mrs. Mary Jo Moloney Mr. Aaron C. Moody ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mooney Mr. and Mrs. Troy Morgan Ms. Bettina Morrish Ms. Alice Moss Mr. Paul J. Moss and Ms. Nicole L. Patenaude Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mulder Mr. Jason J. ’96 and Mrs. Leigh Nahra Mr. Rene R. Navarro ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Neistat Mr. David F. Nelson ’04 Mr. Blake Newton and Dr. Jeanie Kincer Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Newton Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nime Dr. Robert D. Owen Dr. Anna Papero Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Papero Ms. Caroline S. Parker ’20 Mr. Rodes S. Parrish Mr. Charles P. Partin and Dr. Stephanie A. S. Partin Josha Partin ’24 Ms. Elizabeth Patterson ’21 Mr. Griffin B. Patterson ’11 Ms. Maddox M. Patterson ’15 Ms. Cynthia A. Payne ’01 Dr. Delia Pergande Mr. Ron Phillippi and Dr. Julie Cerel Mrs. Nancy Baldwin-Stephens Phillips ’98 Mr. Aric S. Porter and Dr. Beverly R. Porter Mr. William R. B. ’67 and Mrs. Kathy Potter Maddie Powell ’23 Mr. Richard G. Powers Dr. Taylor Richardson Powers Ms. Angelica Prekopa and Mr. Michael Turner Mr. Allen L. Prewitt ’13 Mr. Willmott K. Prewitt II ’11 Mr. and Ms. Edward Priest Drs. George and Margaret Ann ’88 Quintero Mr. Sam Quintero ’22 Ms. Ellen Ratcliffe Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Douglas Reed Mr. Adam Reel and Mrs. Courtney Cote Ms. Julie Renner Mr. Thomas N. Richards ’07 Mr. David Ritter, Jr. ’82 Mr. Timothy E. ’98 and Mrs. Heather ’99 Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Keith O. Roberts Mrs. Connie Robertson Mr. and Mrs. James C. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rodgers Ms. Anne W. Ross ’69 Mr. Alex Rowady ’80 Mr. Paul B. Royster ’71 Ms. Katherine M. Ruch ’04 Mr. D. Gardner Rushing ’13 Ms. Sarah Tauchert Rushing ’80 Ms. Grace Saatman Dr. Kathryn Saatman Mr. and Mrs. Mohamad Samadi Mr. Kyle A. Sampson ’17 Mr. and Mrs. F. Terry Samuel The Right Rev. and Mrs. Stacy F. Sauls Mr. Mark H. Saunier ’77 Mr. Joe C. Savage and Ms. Christina DeRosa Sayre Ladies Lunch Bunch

Sayre School Philemon Society Mr. Christian Schnabel Drs. Matthew and Julia Shane Dr. Belinda Shirkey Mr. William H. Byrne and Ms. Elizabeth W. Simms Mr. Jonathan M. and Mrs. Cary Brown ’98 Simon Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Simpson Mr. Harold E. Snowden, Jr. ’70 Connor Stacy ’33 Jack Steinberg ’27 Madelyn Steinberg ’24 Ret. Col. and Mrs. Robert L. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. David L. Stewart Mrs. Luanne V. Stiles Ms. Julie Stine Ms. Holly Stone and Ms. Melissa Seastrand Mr. Spencer H. ’11 and Mrs. Maureen Strup Ms. Sydney E. Strup ’17 Mrs. Judith Stump Ms. Amy H. Tauchert ’77 Mr. Charles W. Tauchert ’80 Dr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Tauchert Mr. and Mrs. Collie Taylor Mr. D. Story Tepper ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Tepper Dr. and Mrs. Bernard V. Tew Ms. Lainie Tew ’18 Ms. April Thomas Mr. Charles Thomas Mrs. Caroline Hall Thompson ’07 Ms. Nancye B. Thompson Cate Clay Thornberry ’38 Ellie Thornberry ’35 Mr. Ian T. Thornberry ’21 James Thornberry ’34 Ms. Lauren E. Thornberry ’18 Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthew S. Tierney Tilted Kilt of Lexington KY LLC Preston Trout ’25 Ms. Ashley Van Meter Dr. and Mrs. Ray Van Metre Ms. Adriana Vasquez Garzon Mr. Dan Wagner and Ms. Lindsey Gerrity Mr. Chad Walter and Ms. Patricia Samanich Mr. Dante Ward and Mrs. Stefanie Bell Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Warren Ms. Patty Watts Mr. Jay ’69 and Mrs. Susan ’69 Weisenberger Mr. Lawrence W. Wetherby Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wheeler Ms. Haydn M. White ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Whitman Ms. Adrian Wichman ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Williams Mr. Benjamin C. ’72 and Mrs. Kim ’73 Willis III Ms. Jessica M. Wilson ’04 Mr. Henry H. Wolf ’14 Mr. Shawn Woolum Ms. Caroline P. Yandell ’20 Mr. Firas Yasin and Mrs. Hiba Al-Jariri Dr. Cynthia W. Yeiser ’00 Dr. Melvyn Yeoh and Ms. Sophia T. Huang Mr. David R. Youngblood and Dr. Ellen Rosenman

FINANCIAL REPORT

REVENUE & EXPENSES FY2022 SOURCES OF REVENUE

OPERATING REVENUE

$ 13,782,680

Endowment/BoardDesignated Support Auxiliary, Other Programs & Misc. Income Fundraising Activities Tuition & Fees (Net) TOTAL EXPENSE

2%

$ 271,801 $ 739,054 $ 787,698 $ 11,984,127

5% 6%

$ 13,131,336

Auxiliary & Other Programs Plant Admin & Support Instruction

$ 1,313,534 $ 2,235,084 $ 2,827,361 $ 6,755,357

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS (NET)

87%

$ 1,222,653

Endowment Restricted Annual Giving Plant Contributions Annual Giving

$ 88,126 $ 304,588 $ 313,513 $ 516,426

Endowment/ Board Designated Support

Auxiliary, Other Programs & Misc. Income

Fundraising Activities

Tuition & Fees (Net)

OPERATING EXPENSES

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

7%

10%

25%

17%

42%

51%

22% 26%

Endowment

Restricted Annual Giving

Plant Contributions

Annual Giving

Auxiliary & Other Programs

Plant

Admin & Support

Instruction

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