BFS Journal Volume XI

Volume XI, Fall 2013

Brooklyn friends School journal

Brooklyn Friends School Journal | Volume XI, Fall 2013

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Message from the Head of School

BFS TODAY

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The Season of Wisdom: Fall 2013 at Brooklyn Friends School

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Wiser, Stronger, More Confident and Aware: A Transformative Experience in South Africa

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BFS Deepens Asian Studies Curriculum

ALUMI PROFILE

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Lekeia Varlack ’99

TEACHING AND LEARNING

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“That’s Not Fair!” –The Second Grade Change Maker Curriculum

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Who Am I? Exploring Identity Through Affinity Groups

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Branching Out: Family Center Extends the School’s Reach

PHILANTHROPY AT BFS About the Cover: Members of the Girls Varsity Soccer team, winners of the ISAL and Playoff championships for the second consecutive year. The team was 10th seed in the NYSAIS Girls Soccer Tournament for the first time in the school’s history. The fall 2013 season was outstanding with six out of seven of our soccer and volleyball teams posting winning records and all teams achieving a cumulative 60 wins, 35 losses, and 8 ties.

Varsity Girls Volleyball reached the championship game and the JV Volleyball team won the Independent Schools Athletic League (ISAL) Championship.

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Profiles in Giving: Brooklyn Friends Fund Volunteer Leaders

ANNUAL GIVING REPORT

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Message from the Director of Development

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Financial Highlights

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Recognition of Donors

Brooklyn Friends School Journal is published annually by the Communications Office of Brooklyn Friends School for alumni/ae, parents, grandparents, and friends.

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Guided by the Quaker belief that there is a Divine Light in everyone, Brooklyn Friends School cultivates an intellectually ambitious and diverse community that celebrates each individual’s gifts. We challenge our students to value and embrace difference as they develop critical thinking skills and apply their knowledge and intelligence both in and out of the classroom. In this rich learning environment, we inspire all members of our community to voice their convictions, to discover and pursue their passions, and to seek truth. Our graduates are compassionate, curious, and confident global citizens who let their lives speak in the spirit of leadership and service.

Founded in 1867, Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) is one of the oldest continuously operating independent schools in New York City. In the 2013-14 academic year, BFS enrolls 768 students in preschool through 12th grade and an additional 54 children in the Family Center at Brooklyn Friends.

A Message From Dr. Larry Weiss, Head of School

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orty years ago this year I began my teaching career with my first job as a History teacher at the Brooklyn Friends Upper

School. During my years here, from 1973-79, I experienced the Upper School as a learning community that was intellectually high-powered, innovation-friendly, explicitly values-oriented in terms of living out the Quaker testimonies, and student-centered.

The faculty and administrators who became my colleagues were completely dedicated to their students and brought exceptional knowledge, skills, and commitment to their work.

The physical setting for our work was the newly-renovated former Brooklyn Law School building at 375 Pearl Street that had been architecturally re-imagined as light-filled, creatively designed, interactive K-12 learning environment rather than just being a collection of discreet classrooms.

During those 1970’s years, I was also a full-time graduate student of political science, international relations, and Chinese politics at Columbia University.

Every day that I was able to spend at BFS as a teacher, advisor, and eventually college counselor, provided me with uniquely valuable opportunities to teach and learn from intelligent, creative and motivated students. I still remember my first students as some of the very best young people with whom I have been able to work in a 40-year career in secondary and undergraduate teaching and administration.

So, for me, that BFS Upper School represented the ideal towards which I was prepared to strive when I returned to BFS as Head of School in 2010. I was fully aware that BFS as a whole, and particularly the Upper School, had been through many challenges since 1979. I also knew that, several years before my arrival, the Upper School had been relocated to a temporary location at 55 Willoughby Street in order to make room at Pearl Street for expanded Preschool and Lower School classes. These growcontinued on next page

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… I saw the day-to-day impact on Upper School students as they were required to move back-and-forth from Willoughby Street to Pearl Street several times each day. The contrast with my memories of the unified identity that the Upper School had enjoyed in the 1970’s became increasingly stark. ing enrollments were made possible by the dramatic increase in young families moving into downtown Brooklyn and its surrounding neighborhoods.

From the beginning, I was impressed by the impact that the International Baccalaureate was having on the Upper School curriculum; I also appreciated the school’s exceptionally talented and dedicated faculty that – like the faculty I had been a part of decades before – remained totally committed to the successful flourishing of its students.

Nevertheless, it became clear to me that the facility at 55 Willoughby was constraining the ability of the Upper School curriculum, extra-curricular program, and learning community as a whole from fulfilling its true potential.

In particular, as I saw the day-to-day impact on Upper School students as they were required to move back-and-forth from Willoughby Street to Pearl Street several times each day. The contrast with my memories of the unified identity that the Upper School had enjoyed in the 1970’s became increasingly stark.

So, for the past three years, I have spent as much time, energy, and creativity as I could mobilize in the effort to find a new location for a free-standing Upper School, as close to Pearl Street as possible, and the architectural design, financial resources, and construction capacity necessary to build the best possible Upper School that would house an expanded grade 9-12 enrollment of 240 students.

I am thus exceptionally pleased to report that on October 18, 2013, Brooklyn Friends School concluded a fully-executed 49-year lease for 40,000 square feet of space in a building at 116 Lawrence Street which is part of the MetroTech campus that was constructed in the 1980’s in the area surrounding Polytechnic University.

The space that we will renovate and are scheduled to occupy in September, 2015 will house four science labs, three visual art studios, a black box theatre, dance and music practice and performance areas, a large physical education fitness center, library, cafeteria and sufficient classroom and office spaces for the expanded enrollment of 240 students noted above and the faculty and staff that will implement the fully-elaborated International Baccalaureate-centered curriculum and extra-curricular program that will serve these students.

I would like to thank and recognize some of the many individuals whose unstinting efforts played significant roles in achieving this important new stage in the development of the BFS Upper School and our school community in general.

First and foremost, my predecessor Dr. Michael Nill should be recognized for envisioning the two foundational elements of the enrollment expansion plan and the implementation of the International Baccalaureate that have made the new Upper School plan possible.

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Members of the BFS Board of Trustees, particularly its current co-chairs, Lara Holliday and Brad Mulder, and immediate past co-chairs Lisa Sack and Karen Robinson-Cloete led the complex and often obstacle-ridden search for a path to achieve the objective of creating the new Upper School building.

Board members Seamus Henchy and Shelley Ullman (Chair of the Joint Expansion and Finance Committee and Board Treasurer respectively) immersed themselves in the myriad details of many specific alternative proposals for the site and financing until the right combination finally presented itself. Co-opted Joint Expansion and Finance Committee members Ty Kaul and Michael Winter (both current parents) contributed especially valuable insights to the development of the final plan developed by the Joint Committee. Our Real Estate Counsel, and current parent, Marco Caffuzzi and his team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP provided invaluable service in negotiating and closing the lease.

On the consultant side, Brian Leary, Managing Partner-Real Estate Services at CPEX (and also a member of the Board of Trustees of Horizons at Brooklyn Friends) played a crucial role in the conceptualization and refinement of the project as well as building a collaborative relationship with our landlord, Forest City Ratner Companies. Dean Flanagan and his team at Jeffries worked with the BFS Finance Committee for years developing the BFS long-term financial plan for expansion, the financing RFP, and the selection process of prospective funders.

Our former owner’s representative, Jonathan Rose Companies, and our current in-house Construction Manager, Michele Noe, both provided valuable guidance to the Joint Expansion and Fi-

nance Committee and our architects, FX Fowle, through conceptual design work that is now leading to the development of final construction drawings.

Finally, and in some ways most importantly, Head of Upper School Dr. Bob Bowman, Assistant Head of Upper School for Academics/International Baccalaureate Coordinator Trefor Davies, Dean of Faculty Whitney Thompson, Chief Financial Officer David Kleiser and all current Department Chairs have worked intensively on reviewing and refining current conceptual designs for the project to make sure that they best serve the Upper School program as it currently operates and as it promises to evolve in the future.

Clearly, building the new BFS Upper School is a work in progress; and I promise that you will hear more about this highly important work as it progresses.

For now, however, I hope we can all join in celebration of a great step forward for Brooklyn Friends School.

View of the exterior of the new Upper School facility, which will be a “building within a building” at One MetroTech Center, with its own entrance at 116 Lawrence Street.

In friendship,

“First class academics and thriving commerce have had a long and successful history at MetroTech. The Brooklyn Friends School, a venerable and beloved local institution, carries forth that great tradition and we are very excited to welcome the school to MetroTech.”

–Mary Anne Gilmartin President and CEO, Forest City Ratner Companies

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The Season of Wisdom: Fall 2013 at Brooklyn Friends School

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by Jeffrey Stanley

t’s been said that fall is the season of wisdom, a time dominated

by “the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age,” as Chinese poet Lin Yutang put it. This is not just for the old; it’s

even true for the educational divisions and young learners at BFS.

UPPER SCHOOL In the Upper School, Judy Deng is teaching Mandarin courses for every grade level. “Besides the language itself, I also introduce the Chinese culture, history and customs in our classes,” she said. A native Mandarin speaker, Judy has been teaching Mandarin for 18 years in New York City and has been a language teacher

for 30 years. The Mandarin classes have been “super popular,” said Upper School head Bob Bowman. “In addition to learning the basics of speaking the language there’s a writing component, as students must also learn to read and write Chinese characters.”

The International Baccalaureate Diploma program, now in its seventh

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year, continues to thrive. All juniors and seniors now choose to take at least four IB courses even if they aren’t pursuing the full diploma. “As measured by the average number of IB courses our students choose, our program has enjoyed excellent growth over the past years,” explained IB Coordinator Trefor Davies, “but our junior class represents an important step forward. Thirty-four juniors have elected to pursue the full IB Diploma, the largest number ever for our school.”

Students who make this challenging choice must take only IB courses, write an Extended Essay, satisfy Creativity, Activity, and Service requirements, and partici-

pate in the special Theory of Knowledge course in accordance with international guidelines. Trefor is preparing this year for a thorough IB self-study required by the organization. “This process is an opportunity to assess our growing program and look for ways to improve,” he explained. “As part of this work, we will be eager for survey feedback from parents, students, and alumni.”

MIDDLE SCHOOL New Middle School Head Barry Davis admits to still feeling like “the new kid on the block” but he has been focusing on community-building since his arrival.

“There’s a program I’m looking to bring to BFS called Developmental Design,” he said. “It focuses on building self-esteem, confidence, and creating a culture of respect, empowerment, and self advocacy in Middle School students.” He also stressed his pride in related activities like the ongoing affinity group program, the “Everybody’s An Ally” and the student groups known as Young Women of Strength and Young Men of Strength.

Beginning in the 2013-14 year, the Middle School welcomes two grade deans, veteran teachers Laurice Hwang, for grades 5 and 6, and Karima Hassan for grades 7 and 8. Both deans continue to teach science and math respectively as they work to enhance their students’ academic program and support their social and emotional development. Parents, too, are learners in the Middle School and turned out in record numbers for coffee hours on math and technology.

LOWER SCHOOL Jackie Condie, Lower School Head, envisions great leaps forward in all areas of the curriculum. She’s particularly gratified to see growth in the math and science program. “Yvette Kahan did a STEM unit in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades last

year,” explained Jackie, using the acronym for the widely-used Science, Technology, Engineering and Math curriculum. “The work is incredibly engaging, involves tons of problem-solving, testing of theories, and group work.” The STEM program is particularly focused on engaging young girls in math and science.

“In addition to being a terrific science teacher, Yvette has started the Friends of Adoption student group in the Lower School,” Jackie added. The program is related to the ongoing schoolwide discussions surrounding identity. The group is open to adopted students in the Lower School, and meetings are held after school on Fridays. “I, myself, was adopted,” said Yvette, “and have participated in adoption affinity groups in the past, inside and outside of a school setting, and have found them to be incredibly important and special.”

PRESCHOOL Why’s her skin a different color than mine?

Are you a boy or a girl? Why is their apartment smaller than ours? Why does my hair look different from my mom’s? These are the kinds of questions explored in the FAQ recently created by Preschool 3s Head Teachers Camille Fobbs and Kate Engle to be used by teachers as a springboard on discussing differences in the classroom. The questions were solicited from Preschool parents and faculty. “As Preschool teachers, we often hear questions about differences,” said Kate. “Children are confronted with early messages from the media, adults, and peers that it is inappropriate to bring up questions about differences.” Their FAQ is a guide to talking about differences in early childhood including family structure, adoption, class, race, gender identity, ability, religion, and body size.

“There’s a lot of energy and leadership, some deep thinking going on, about

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difference,” explained Preschool Head Maura Eden. Service learning is also embedded in the Preschool curriculum in terms of empathy, sharing, and taking turns. Ongoing projects include not just giving to charity, but partnering with the Family Center on a Room to Grow clothing drive and helping bake dinners for people in need.

Maura summed up well the weight of such programs across the entire school.

“These kinds of projects are built upon the Quaker aspects of our community,” said Maura. “These things drive the bus. They are the essence of who we are.”

FAMILY CENTER Sara Soll, Director of the Family Center at Brooklyn Friends, is looking forward to the Center’s continuing relationship with the Middle Schoolers who choose to come to the Center weekly for their Friday activity period. It’s mutually beneficial, says Sara: “The Middle Schoolers are learning about early childhood development, learning how to work with children this age – and the Family Center classroom community is enhanced as our two yearolds develop ongoing relationships with older students.”

In addition, yoga has been added to the program. “Several Family Center teachers are using their knowledge of yoga to give teachers and classes opportunities to benefit from the practice of yoga,” she explained. “We now start every faculty meeting with five minutes of chair yoga and we are adding yoga to the specials we already have - music, dance and sing.

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Wiser, Stronger, More Confident and Aware

A Transformative Experience in South Africa

by Elizabeth Heck • photographs by Elinor Hills ’14

O Prologue

ne of my favorite aspects of working at Brooklyn Friends School is the true learning community that I experience here. While, as an English teacher, I am more of an expert in grammar and literary theory than my adolescent students are yet, I am not nearly an expert in everything, and I believe that I learn from my students, as much as they learn from me. A perfect example of this is the inspiring chain of events that resulted in Dr. Jon DeGraff (Upper School History Teacher) and me boarding a plane, on July 3rd, with 13 students from New York City, headed to Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

For more than ten years, Art Works for Youth (AWY), has been providing art

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instruction, meals, and academic support to students in the under-served township of Joe Slovo. AWY welcomes volunteer groups to visit and teach classes for periods of one, two, three, or more weeks. Our neighboring school, Packer Collegiate, has lead several service trips to work with AWY during spring and summer breaks.

BFS student Elinor Hills ’14 attended one of these trips (after first visiting with her family) and had such a profound experience that she wanted to share the opportunity with her BFS community.

Elinor approached Upper School Head Bob Bowman last autumn and asked him if she could organize a BFS trip to AWY during the summer of 2013. Bob encouraged her enthusiasm and initiative, invit-

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ing her to compile a proposal and find prospective chaperones and students.

When Elinor asked me if I would be interested in joining Jon DeGraff as a chaperone on a trip to South Africa, I said yes, even before understanding all of the details and possible dates. Fourteen years ago, I spent my junior year of college studying at The University of Cape Town, and I have been captivated by, and emotionally connected to, the country ever since.

The Journey Begins There we were, 15 US citizens causing quite a scene at the South African Airways check-in desk at JFK as we packed and re-packed 32 large suitcases in order to evenly distribute the weight of over 750 pounds of books, clothing, and art supplies – all donations from New Yorkers that we were delivering to AWY. Right away, less than 15 minutes into our journey, I knew this was going to be a special group. Not one single student complained; each one of them immediately began the task of re-packing,

working cheerfully together to make the process as efficient and pleasant as possible. This good omen proved exceedingly accurate. The trip was an absolute success – a life-changing experience for all of us.

The primary focus of our trip was teaching the South African students enrolled in Art Works for Youth (AWY).

Under the guidance of John Lombardo, our students created and delivered curriculum centered around creative projects in both the arts and sciences. Some of our students taught collage and jewelry making to very young students, others led seminars in the sciences and theater arts to high school students. There were lessons in creative writing, painting, poetry – and from Dr. DeGraff – photography.

Our New York City students lesson-planned, brainstormed classroom management skills, and created learning environments of joy and kindness for a student population which is far too often dismissed by their teachers and other adults in their lives.

One of the most rewarding components of the AWY program was the

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pairing of our students with peer students of the same age from Joe Slovo.

The friendships that blossomed almost instantly were amazing to witness and led to many fun outings, as well as meaningful exchanges. One of the most profound was our American girls joining the daily AWY girls group where the difficult challenges and issues faced by the South African girls are discussed in a safe space.

Our group also had time for a few field trips to explore the natural beauty of the Eastern Cape, as well as the solemn history and legacy of apartheid. We visited the rather extensive public art around the city of Port Elizabeth, grocery shopped, cooked, and cleaned together. Our students impressed us at every opportunity, whether it was as responsible navigators, or compassionate friends to each other in times of homesickness and anxiety.

Learning Goes Both Ways The nature of this trip is that students are confronted with extreme poverty on a daily basis. One of the strengths of the AWY program is that the endemic and

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insidious characteristics of poverty are not sugar-coated. At no point did John reassure our students that our work, and those who do similar work, will solve the problems of world poverty, violence, and failing educational systems.

John did not encourage the students to walk away sorrow free, feeling that their responsibility had been completed.

However, he also did not wallow in hope-

lessness and despair. Rather, in the spirit of the new service learning modeling that BFS is embracing, our students truly learned about another culture, another political system, and the power that they have to make a worthwhile impact. In the spirit of the Quaker testimony of service, our students did serve others, making tangible, positive differences in the lives of others.

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This balance between understanding and appreciating the power of their privilege, with the true awareness of how much they can learn from others is invaluable and I know will inform the rest of their lives. As Nelson Mandela said, “One benefits a great deal by meeting people from different walks of life and (those) conversations with people from such differing environments tend to widen one’s general knowledge.”

This conversation also, I believe, cultivates a desire in continuing to meet people from different walks of life, in always widening one’s general knowledge, and in committing to improving our world.

In discussing helping others and making the world “better,” “better” becomes one of those nefarious words- a tricky concept with an elusive definition. Who decides what is “better,” what is “valuable”?

If the measure of a worthwhile youth program is that the participants leave the program wiser, stronger, more confident, and more aware of their current place, as well as their future opportunities, in a global community, then I can wholeheartedly say that Jon and I, our students, and the AWY students, are all “better” for having experienced these two and a half weeks together.

All photos of the BFS student trip to China in March 2012

by Sidney Bridges

BFS Deepens Asian Studies Curriculum

by Trevor Corson

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ixty-eight BFS Upper School students awoke to an oppressive gray dawn on a spring day in 2012, smog hanging heavy over the rooftops. Blocky, dull-colored apartment towers disappeared into the distance. On the road, thousands of new cars and motorbikes clogged sixlane boulevards, slowing the BFS busses to a crawl. This was the students’ first morning in a city that some people might argue is becoming the most important capital in

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the most important country in the world: Beijing, China.

Looking at the spectacular rise of China, the International Herald Tribune would later publish an article on “Becoming Asia Literate.” The article’s subtitle summed it up: “Learn Chinese, but Don’t Stop There.” As Mandarin language classes have become de rigueur not just in New York City but around the globe, the Tribune article pointed out that becoming

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“Asia literate” required more: familiarity with daily life, culture, and history in China and other Asian countries as well.

As it happened, of the BFS group blazing a trail through that grey Beijing morning on the Upper School’s ten-day trip to China in the spring of 2012, more than a quarter of the students were studying Mandarin at BFS. In addition, in either the current school year or the following one, more than a quarter of them would be taking a history class on China or Japan (or both), while other students would be studying the history of India and the Korean and Vietnam wars.

And for the entire group of BFS students on the China trip—thanks to heroic organizational efforts by Jon DeGraff, Mark Buenzle, Roxanne Zazzaro, and logistical support from six other faculty chaperones—immersing themselves in China firsthand was indeed an intensive course in “Asia literacy” that was likely to inform their view of the world for many years to come.

Perhaps the oppressive grey weather that day in Beijing was fitting. After hearing a description of Chinese student demonstrations that had been put down with military force in Tiananmen Square in 1989, the BFS high-schoolers strolled into the vast concrete expanse of the square, flanked by the Communist government’s Great Hall of the People and patrolled by numerous and very attentive plainclothes police officers. Through the thick haze, the BFS group pushed on into the Forbidden City, the maze-like palace of vermillion walls and yellow-tiled roofs where emperors had ruled for centuries. As a learning experience, the day was a sobering study in the very different styles of governance that have characterized China compared with the U.S., and the ongoing struggle to reconcile China’s political system with the country’s unprecedented new financial and cultural freedoms.

As the Tribune article on “Asia literacy” wisely noted, China’s explosive economic growth and upward trajectory may or may not continue. Either way, China remains one of the world’s great civilizations, and the entire Asian region continues to be dynamic and full of lessons for the rest of the world. On the same day in Beijing, the BFS students were struck by a phenomenon that particularly impressed them—the sociability, enthusiasm, and energy of hundreds of the city’s elderly, who even in the glum weather thronged in lively packs throughout one of Beijing’s biggest parks, playing cards, making music, practicing tai chi, and conversing and laughing.

By the following morning Beijing’s infamous smog had lifted. The BFS China travelers were blessed with a brisk sunny day with a fresh blanket of bright snow softening the city, the sky deep blue

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overhead. A visit to a martial arts school where Chinese teenagers performed body-bending acrobatics was followed by a drive through the architectural marvels of the 2008 Olympic village. Next came a home-cooked lunch with Chinese families in Beijing’s old quarter, one of the few parts of the city where its charming old alleyway neighborhoods remain intact.

For New Yorkers, seeing Beijing’s often tight living quarters up close didn’t necessarily feel that far from home. That afternoon, in the National Museum, students who had taken Chinese history at BFS could view calligraphy written by an imperial official named Lin Zexu who—as they had learned in class—in 1839 had petitioned Queen Victoria to halt England’s unfair trade practices at the time—namely, exporting vast quantities of addictive opium into China. (Lin received no response. Shortly afterwards,

British gunboats blasted their way into Hong Kong and colonized it.)

After a breathtaking hike on the Great Wall in the sun and snow, the itinerary next took the group through a variety of encounters across a wide swath of the Chinese urban and rural landscape in different areas of the country. Within a few hours of departing Beijing, the BFS students and teachers were climbing through semi-tropical terraced fields north of Guilin, where the Zhuang ethnic minority had been forced to laboriously carve wet rice paddies into mountainsides, after their flatter farmland had been commandeered over the centuries by the Chinese Han majority.

During the next few days, BFS students witnessed the iconic steep, rounded hills of Guilin during a cruise along the Li River, exchanged greetings with water buffalo and cormorant fishermen, stir-

fried their own lunch during a cooking class with woks, toured a magnificent cave where citizens had lived during World War II to avoid Japanese bombing raids, and rode bicycles into the countryside to spend an hour at a tiny schoolhouse visiting classrooms and playing ping pong with village children.

From there, it could not have been a farther leap to Shanghai, China’s equivalent of New York, though even larger—a sprawling and fast-modernizing commercial metropolis of 23 million residents.

Soaking up the Shanghai skyline was thrilling enough, but there were jampacked food markets, bustling shopping alleys, classical pagodas, and exquisite gardens to see, too. And then there was the final trip to the airport on the world’s fastest train—the group’s last glimpses of China, from the windows of the “Maglev,” flew by at 260 mph, a fitting analogy for the pace of change in China today. The turmoil of that change was remarked on frequently throughout the entire program by the group’s Chinese guides, who shared candid stories of what had happened to them and their families during China’s turbulent past decades, and their worries and hopes for the future as their country transformed before their very eyes.

Back at BFS after the China trip, the pursuit of “Asia literacy”—with language acquisition as a foundational component— has continued apace. During the 2012–2013 school year Mandarin classes in the Upper School grew to include three levels, from beginner to advanced. All students who began Mandarin would be able to continue it in 2013–2014, either during the daytime curriculum or in after-school seminars.

And especially exciting was the decision to expand Mandarin into the International Baccalaureate program. For the first time, juniors and seniors can now take Chinese as their primary world language.

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on the expanding Mandarin offerings, BFS is excited to have a dedicated Chinese language teacher joining the faculty. Judy Deng comes to BFS after eight years of teaching Mandarin at Saint Ann’s, as well as having served as a Mandarin instructor at the New School and the United Nations.

In other aspects of “Asia literacy,” the history department now has a solid foundation of semester-based Asia classes, including China, Japan, and India, that could in the future be offered on a rotational basis with other regional semester intensives in the sophomore year.

Longer term, increasing synergy can occur among all of these pieces. Possibilities that excite Head of School Larry Weiss include exchange relationships with sister schools in China and elsewhere. “One hope is that cooperation with such host institutions abroad could expand into trips and summer study opportunities that have language and cultural study components built-in,” Larry says. This would not only take “Asia literacy” at BFS to a new level, but also build friendships between BFS students and their counterparts in other countries, a goal that would dovetail well with the peace-promoting aspects of BFS’s Quaker mission.

Next Stop: Thailand In the spring of 2014, Brooklyn Friends School students will visit Thailand, their third Asian destination in the last five years. The group will travel to Bangkok, Phitsanulok, Chiang Mai, and Yoa Noi Island. The itinerary includes a school visit, a day of service learning, and a homestay with a local family.

Alumni Profile

“The older you get, those moments of silence are fewer and far between.

It’s something I really value and seek out in my life now.”

Lekeia Varlack ’99

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by Jeffrey Stanley

ekeia Varlack ’99, our new Alumni Director, entered BFS in 8th grade. “I was going to another school that was very structured and regimented,” she said.

“I did well academically but it wasn’t an environment I wanted to learn in, so the switch to BFS was a welcome change.” She was following in the footsteps of her sister Lisa who attended in the late 1980s. More recently her two nephews attended the BFS preschool for a time, so there’s a long family connection to the school.

Born and raised in Brooklyn in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Lekeia attended Wesleyan University where she double majored in psychology and African-American Studies. Her first job out of

college was counseling mentally ill clients at a nonprofit. “I developed my counseling skills and also learned case management.”

Later she worked for a nonprofit that was devoted to education, “and that’s been my focus ever since,” she said.

Lekeia went on to work in New York City at the Grand Street Settlement at Brandeis High School as a college and career counselor with a focus on marginalized youth. “These are youth that aren’t thriving in the educational system for various reasons,” she explained. “It could be economic issues, learning issues, social issues. I would help walk them through their problems and focus them on getting their diplomas,” she said. She also worked as a post-secondary education special-

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ist for DREAMS Youthbuild, a Brooklyn organization devoted to helping at-risk youth obtain their GEDs, degrees, and full-time employment.

Did BFS play a role in her devotion to working with young adults on their educational needs? There was no specific class or teacher who directly influenced her career choices, Lekeia said, but she described the faculty as “world class.” Many of her influences have retired but she gave particular praise to alum science teacher Hyacinth Foster with whom she has kept in touch. Upper School Art and History teacher Mark Buenzle was Lekeia’s advisor. “I reconnected with him at an alum event and he suggested I come work at the school,” Lekeia recalled.

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A position as the Alumni Director appealed to her sense of ongoing fondness for the school. “Well, I have a deep love and appreciation for BFS and I always knew I wanted to return here someday,” she said. “I keep in contact with a lot of the alumni and we always reminisce about the good times and quality of education we received here.”

Her position requires that she help alums stay engaged to the school, “to let them know they are still a vital part of BFS’ culture.” She keeps them updated on important events and changes at the school, works with the school’s Development Office on giving initiatives and arranges alumni networking events, the first of which was the annual Friends at 5:30 gathering in Lower Manhattan. Another event on November 9 will be held in Olney, MD and will honor beloved teacher Alberta Magzanian who taught at BFS from the 1960s through the 1980s. The annual Young Alumni Visiting Day will be held at the school on January 8 to allow recent graduates to pass along “words of wisdom,” as Lekeia put it, to current Upper School students.

Lekeia said she wasn’t familiar with Quaker principles before enrolling at BFS and “I didn’t fully appreciate it until I left here,” she said. “It wasn’t until I worked in different educational settings that I came to realize how special BFS was in instilling such exceptional core values and knowledge in us at the time. I saw how other schools were, and there was nothing that came close to that.” She did value Quaker Meeting and looks back

“Try and find a way to be fulfilled while also serving others. That’s success to me.” on it fondly. “The older you get, those moments of silence are fewer and far between. It’s something I really value and seek out in my life now.” She came back to the right place.

When she’s not diligently working with BFS alums, Lekeia’s focus is on her family and her nascent vintage clothing business. “It started as a hobby,” she said.

“I started collecting things here and there, and a few years ago I started having trunk shows in my apartment. I have one coming up in Tribeca.” Aside from being fun and a little bit lucrative it helps her blow off steam. “It lets me exercise my creative side,” she said of her flair for fashion.

She calls her endeavor Love and Wore and you can learn more at her website loveandwore.com. Another big project is consuming her free time these days as well: planning her wedding. “I’m getting married soon. It’ll probably be a destination wedding next summer.” The rest will be a surprise.

Her advice to the current group of BFS students? “No matter what you go on to do, keep two things in mind.

One, make sure it’s something you’re genuinely interested in doing. Two, make sure that what you do is somehow beneficial to others. Try and find a way to be fulfilled while also serving others. That’s success to me.”

GETTING INVOLVED: We strive to engage our alumni, whether as class agents, speakers at BFS, volunteers for your milestone reunions, or through making Brooklyn Friends School one of your philanthropic priorities. If you are interested in deepening your connection to BFS, would like to submit news for Class Notes, have questions, or want further information on alumni activities at BFS, please reach out to Lekeia Varlack, telephone 718-852-1029, ext. 208; e-mail - lvarlack@brooklynfriends.org.

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Second Generation Friends When school opened it September there were so many BFS parents who are alumni of the school that it felt like there was a reunion going on in the Pearl Street lobby every morning. We’re proud to announce that the following individuals share the distinction of being both alumni and BFS parents in the 2013-14 school year: Michael Anderson ’86 Tomas Anthony ’85 Wade Black ’92 Linda Block ’74 Karim Camara ’88 Andrew Charas ’83 Laura Cox Snyder ’85 George Gilmer ’89 Philip Graham ’87 Caroline Heller French ’82 Adam Iarussi ’88 & Deborah Sills ’85 Peter Laughter ’89 Rebecca Locke ’92 & Eric Sillman ’92 Derek Lynch ’89 Miranda Magagnini ’78 Bradford Mulder ’83 Jonathan Richter ’86 Timothy Smith ’77 & Nina Sporn ’78 Whitney Thompson ’90 Have we missed you? If you are a current parent who attended BFS, please let us know. Send a message to Alumni Director Lekeia Varlack, telephone 718-852-1029, ext. 208, or e-mail – lvarlack@brooklynfriends. org.

Teaching and Learning

“That’s Not Fair!” –

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The Second Grade Change Maker Curriculum

he seven and eight-year-olds in our second grade classrooms are developmentally inclined to care deeply about fairness. They have a clarity of conviction around issues of equality that is often inspiring. The newly developed Change Maker curriculum taps into their emerging concept of justice, as we learn about individuals and groups who have contributed to social change. We study people who worked for specific causes across decades, particularly focusing on non-violent activism.

The study begins with a focus on people who worked for gender equality. This is a good starting point because second graders are often concerned about gender – What can girls do? What can boys do? Who is allowed to play? We examine toy catalogues for gender roles and stereotyping, and think about the jobs that our grandmothers and grandfathers had.

Then, we study individuals who worked for gender equality, allowing for variation in the selections depending on what is most relevant to our students. In the past, we have studied Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Billie Jean King, and The Guerilla

Girls, to name a few.

Then we move to the idea of civil rights and racial equality. We pose the questions: Do some people have greater privileges because of their skin color? Does unfairness based on race exist? We study people who worked to end slavery, such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman as well as later activists who were artists and writers of the Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance. We move on to study individuals such as Fred Korematsu, who fought against the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. Under the umbrella of the Civil Rights Movement, we study individuals such as Ella Baker, Malcolm X, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and more.

Next, we address workers’ rights. Are there people in our country who are not paid fairly for their work? Who has tried to change this in the past? Who is still trying to change this? We learn about Mother Jones and Lewis Hine, who both worked to end child labor. We learn about Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez who advocated for farmworkers.

Finally, we learn about people who

Second graders’ drawings of Ella Baker, Jacob Lawrence, and Susan B. Anthony

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have worked for a different area of Civil Rights, those of LGBTQ people. We ask, Do people have the right to love who they love? Do some people have greater privileges based on their identity? How can we use laws to keep people safe? We learn about Harvey Milk, who passed the first Gay Rights legislation in the country. We study Bayard Rustin, who was integral to the African American Civil Rights Movement and declared, at the end of his life, that “Gay people must have their own Civil Rights Movement.”

Through storytelling and reading, the children absorb biographical details of the Change Makers as well as historical contexts. They view photographs and maps, sing songs, and write and draw about the people they have come to know. Students absorb the idea of change as an ongoing process. They learn that it is something that we continue to create in our lifetimes because unfairness still exists, and it is our responsibility to work for a better world.

Throughout this study, the children are engaged – and sometimes enraged – as they pose and answer difficult questions: Does ‘ fairness’ mean that everyone gets the same thing? Do some people have more power than other people? What tools do Change Makers use to make things better for themselves and others? Who are Change Makers’ allies? What kind of change still needs to happen?

By teaching this curriculum, we hope we are offering children the tools and understanding they need – as Quakers say – to let their lives speak. Who will they be when they grow up? What kinds of change will they make? We can’t wait to find out!

Anna Kotelchuck, Denise Parks, Margaret Trissel

“I appreciated the ability to have conversations with teachers and students about beliefs that would otherwise be talked about rarely.”

Anna Emy ’14

Who Am I? Exploring Identity Through Affinity Groups

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udging from the overwhelmingly positive Middle School student comments in surveys completed at the end of the last academic year, affinity groups are a hit. “I appreciated the ability to have conversations with teachers and students about beliefs that would otherwise be talked about rarely,” wrote one student.

“I liked how open it was...it wasn’t awkward. I also felt comfortable sharing my experiences.”

“I enjoyed being able to communicate with my peers, and not feel uncomfortable about religion, race, and family structure. I got to explore what others thought, saw, or thought about me through simple games, and after that I didn’t feel as confused about who I am.”

“I liked being surrounded by people who shared some of the same thoughts and problems as me.”

“I liked being able to talk about my race without being seen as racist.”

Started in the 2011-12 school year, the Middle School’s affinity group program took a big step forward over the summer, when five teachers requested, and received, a BFS faculty grant to develop an affinity group curriculum. The teachers are Rachel Mazor, Jesse Philips-Fein, Angela Ungaro, M’Balia Rubie-Miller and Maureen Yusef-Morales.

The group collated and documented previously created affinity group curricula and student feedback surveys, created training materials for all affinity group facilitators, and proposed schedules for

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this year’s affinity group meetings. They created curricula for Identity Explorations, a newly formed heterogeneous group in which students explore issues of identity in general and what identity means to people in the BFS community.

The teachers also developed a sequence of detailed lesson plans for different types of groups. These lesson plans are intended to lead students and participating teachers to engage in reflection and critical thinking about the different identities they all have. For the 2013-14 school year, there are groups for students of color, bi-racial/multi-racial students, and white students; there are also groups for other aspects of identity, which are related to religion, family structure, learning differences, and gender identity/ expression. The 12 groups were all suggested by the students themselves.

Part of the Affinity Group Committee’s mission is to dispel some of the misinformation circulating in academia both in and outside of BFS. “Affinity groups are unifying, not divisive,” stressed Jesse.

“Students and teachers engage in critical thinking and honest talk, not indoctrination. They choose the group they want to join and can opt to join the Identity Explorations group. No one is obligated to join a particular group.” She continued, “We also instituted plans to reinforce the message that, despite our differences, we are a united community with much in common, and that we can celebrate our differences even as we come together as one middle school.”

–Jeffrey Stanley

Teaching and Learning

Branching Out:

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Family Center Extends the School’s Reach

FS has always had a history of spreading its branches. The school began in the Quaker Meetinghouse on Schermerhorn Street in 1867. By 1923 the school had its own ball fields in Flatbush. In 1973 the school expanded into its current home at 375 Pearl Street. The first decade of the 21st century has seen changes coming more rapidly. The Upper School moved to its present location on Willoughby Street in 2005.

In 2015 it will relocate yet again to a more expansive facility on nearby Lawrence Street. Renovations and relocations within 375 Pearl Street have been necessary to keep up with growing demand and new technologies. Amidst the excitement of ongoing change, many in the BFS community may have overlooked the existence of another new BFS facility in the neighborhood, the Family Center.

Located at 189 Schermerhorn Street just a few blocks from BFS’ historic Meetinghouse home, the sparkling new facility is only in its third year. It has been smartly designed with bright daylight flooding in, child-friendly curved lines with no sharp edges, a fully equipped play space separate from the classrooms, and toddler-sized everything.

The Center’s mission is a rare one in New York City, as it’s unusual to have a nursery school only for two-year-olds.

What else separates it from a traditional nursery school? Center Director Sara Soll stresses two points: the quality of the educational program and Quaker values.

“The curriculum offers children activities that power the imagination, build independence and present ample opportunity for exploring the world around them, as they learn through play,” she said. “The program is enriched with weekly sessions taught by music and dance specialists, and ongoing buddy visits by older students.”

Family Center children also learn the same Quaker values that are an expected part of the BFS experience, “that belief in an inner light, the uniqueness of each

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child,” Sara said. “For these kids, the Family Center is the first place outside the home where you have to deal with different opinions but you can find commonalities and still collaborate. It’s the first time they’re part of a community and have to take their friends into consideration, recognizing that tearing a toy out of someone’s hand is not a good way to get them to want to play with you. You need to learn to use your words and listen to your friends’ words.”

There’s even a foundational community service component in the curriculum.

“It could be learning to bring a tissue to a crying classmate. Donating clothes to outside organizations. Learning that you may be able to help someone who has a need that you can fill,” said Sara. The Family Center supports BFS’ diversity commitment as well. “An important component of our community is all the ways people and families are diverse,” she said. “People are different, and that’s very true for twoyear-olds as well.”

Sara, now in her 28th year at BFS, is passionate about her continuing role in this new chapter in the school’s history.

“The summary of the Family Center’s curriculum is teaching children that they are independent, capable people who can make an impact on their world in a positive, productive way. That is what parents want from us.”

–Jeffrey Stanley

Philanthropy at BFS

Clockwise from top left: Lucy Hart and Bill Siegmund, Megan Hertzig-Sharon, Matt McAuliffe, Ty Kaul

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Profiles in Giving

he Brooklyn Friends Fund, the school’s main channel for receiving voluntary financial gifts, is administered by Director of the Brooklyn Friends Fund, Kathryn Collins, and Director of Development, Karen Edelman. The fund’s leadership also includes chairs Heidie Joo-Burwell and Steve Burwell along with four divisional vice chairs – one for each division. All are current BFS parents who work closely with 46 parent volunteers.

They are regular donors to the fund but just as importantly, they are its primary cheerleaders to the BFS community and the fund’s lifeblood.

The Preschool Vice Chair Matt McAuliffe explained why the fund is personally important to him and his family. “My wife Clare and I first got involved in the

school when our daughter, Madeline, started in the Preschool 3s four years ago,” he said. “We are now in our fifth full year at BFS with Madeline in 2nd Grade and George in the Preschool 4s.”

Matt holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and currently runs an advertising sales team at Google, but he also worked as a New York City public school teacher. “We’ve truly enjoyed our four-plus years as members of the BFS community,” he said. “It’s been one of the great joys of my life to watch Madeline and George skip into the BFS building every morning excited to see their friends and spend the day with the wonderful, committed faculty and staff... Giving financial support represents my end of the deal: providing the funding that will allow the faculty and staff

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to deliver the best experience possible for Madeline and George and all their friends.”

He stressed that he’s also thoughtful about the school’s future as his kids move up in the grades. “No matter what, I want to make sure that BFS continues to succeed in its mission of producing well-balanced graduates who are hard working, focused on success, prepared for any new challenge, and committed to serving their communities... I would also like to give our students a bit more room to breathe and spread their wings.”

Lower School Vice Chair Megan Hertzig-Sharon’s son Ilan started as a BFS 1st grader three years ago. Her son Rami started as a Kindergartner last year. Megan was actively involved in the school continued on next page

from the outset, volunteering as a class parent, in the library and at PAT events.

This year she is also co-chairing the Family Folk Dance committee. Although raised in the Berkshires, she has a long connection to the city. She moved here when she was 18 to study modern dance and attend NYU, where she studied Classical Archaeology and Art History, earning a master’s from the Institute of Fine Arts. Megan’s father was brought up in Brooklyn and Queens, and she and her husband Avi moved to Brooklyn over a decade ago. “In many ways moving here was like coming back to where my family is from,” she said. Always a learner, she’s currently taking horticulture classes at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

She and Avi donate to the Brooklyn Friends Fund for several reasons: “The thoughtful education and the warm and supportive community...[Giving] is important simply as an expression of our commitment to BFS...It reflects our support of the amazing teachers, of the rich and varied curriculum, of the unique and holistic atmosphere BFS provides and the amazing job this school does in cultivating all aspects of our children as they grow and learn here. Our boys are happy and engaged, they feel respected and appreciated and for this we want to give back in the small way that we can.”

Middle School Vice Chair Bill Siegmund, who hails from Kailua, Hawaii, offers some advice on how dads can become more involved at school. “A great way to start is to help chaperone field trips.

They’re fun, educational, and a chance to see your kids in their natural habitat,” he said. “You can also look at things like Book Fairs or the Winter Festival which always need a hand setting up, cleaning up and running errands. And of course attend parent-teacher conferences, curriculum nights, art shows, performances, and athletic events.”

Brooklyn Friends Fund Chairs Steve Burwell and Heidie Joo-Burwell

“Most people don’t understand the cost of running a school as an independent business so the annual fund is an essential bridge to make ends meet.”

His wife and fellow Vice Chair Lucy Hart, a Poughkeepsie native, points out that aside from the Preschool, they have experienced all facets of BFS and know it well. Their daughter Clara is now a senior who started in 6th grade. Daughter Willa started in Kindergarten and is now in 6th grade. “We feel so fortunate that each [division] is full of teachers that love their subjects and love teaching children at all different stages,” she said.

Lucy, who works for Sesame Workshop as Director of Content and Implementation, met Bill in a Music Theory class at NYU. He ran Manhattan School of Music’s recording studio for many years and now owns Digital Island Studios which specializes in classical music and radio production. “We give because the tuition money doesn’t cover the cost of running the school and paying the salaries,” said Lucy. “We know how much the teachers and staff give to our children.”

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“We give,” added Bill, “because of the time and care every teacher has given toward understanding who our children are right now and who they’re becoming. And we give because these kids are so fortunate to have this environment for learning and growth and because we are thankful for it...We want the school to continue to grow and prosper in the measured and thoughtful way it’s been doing, so that it always retains its core identity as a community that helps nurture children as individuals, each with unique gifts and abilities.”

Ty Kaul, an architect and member of the school’s expansion committee, is the parent of Upper Schooler Maya and alumna Asia, and serves as Upper School Vice Chair. He and his wife Cassandra have been active members of the school community since Asia started here in kindergarten and both have been active parent volunteers and donors over the years. Ty stressed his great respect for the teachers, and conceded that he’s “a bit envious of my daughters’ education,” wishing his own New York City school experience had been as complete.

“The creativity and commitment of the faculty at BFS is amazing. They’re always accessible.” He has also become a believer in the school’s Quaker values, “a kinder, gentler system than what I had in school.

I never thought that I would place such an importance on values,” he said, “but I appreciate the system in place.”

He and Cassandra give to BFS for simple reasons. “Most people don’t understand the cost of running a school as an independent business so the annual fund is an essential bridge to make ends meet,” Ty said. “As a volunteer I hate making the calls to remind people to contribute,” he admitted, “but the school and its involvement with our kids is a product I can sell.”

–Jeffrey Stanley

Annual Giving Report

BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL

Annual Giving Report

Message from the Director of Development

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or those who have entered 375 Pearl Street this fall, you know that there has been a dramatic transformation from last June. A bright, cheerful, fully renovated lobby greets all who enter. A new security system has been implemented, which has allowed us to create an even safer environment for our entire community. And, as we have done for the last several years to house the expansion of the school, an additional classroom was added - now in the 3rd grade.

While the start of every year does indeed bring much change — children have grown by leaps and bounds, new students and teachers have joined the school, and physical transformations such as those undertaken this past summer have taken place — the one thing that stays constant is who we are as a community. Students at BFS now, as they did 50, 75 or even 100 years ago, learn the values inspired by Quaker education and the essence of what Brooklyn Friends students learn today remains the same.

Over my 11 years at BFS, I have met many alumni, some having graduated in the 1930s, others during my own time here. And it is clear that they all had the same foundation. Sure, some may have attended classes on Schermerhorn Street, others at Pearl Street, while the most recent graduated after attending their senior year

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at Willoughby Street. But they all carry with them a sense of the values instilled in them at Brooklyn Friends. They all grew up to believe themselves to be part of a larger community. And they all learned that the gifts they were given as students at Brooklyn Friends School have guided them in living lives of leadership and service.

While the lobby of 375 Pearl Street might look very different than it did even a few months ago, a piece of BFS history was returned. In the center of the lobby floor, is etched the original seal of the school from 1867. Friends School of Brooklyn has existed as one of the oldest co-educational schools in New York City for over 146 years and will continue to do so with your help.

Giving to the Brooklyn Friends Fund reached an all time high of $831,000 in the 2012-2013 school year thanks to the generosity of so many members of our community — individuals and families who realize that it takes everyone to continue on this path of change and success.

I thank you all for the generosity shown last year and remind you that every gift last year and in the last 146 years, has helped provide an environment for students to truly exemplify the spirit of Brooklyn Friends School.

In Friendship, Karen Edelman

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Annual Giving Report

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL JULY 1, 2012 TO JUNE 30, 2013 Brooklyn Friends Fund Annual Giving

Other Categories of Giving

Current Parents

$567,219

Spring Gala

$110,427

Alumni/ae

$60,884

Michael Nill Endowment Fund

Grandparents

$72,115

Endowment

Board of Trustees

$47,562

Benjamin Burdsall Fund

Parents of Alumni/ae

$31,186

Quaker Endowment Fund

$25,000

Faculty and Staff/Former Faculty and Staff

$24,809

Winter Festival

$16,000

Friends

$26,797

Capital Campaign Gifts

$51,000

Brooklyn Friends Fund Total

$830,572

$125 $15,180 $100

Total Other Giving

$217,832

Total Brooklyn Friends Fund

$830,572

Grand Total Giving

Revenue

$1,048,404

Expenses

Tuititon and Fees

$23,661,285

Contributions

$1,048,404

Instructional

$14,743,195

Financial Aid Grants

$4,377,960

Summer Programs and Afterschool

$751,582

Instructional including Financial Aid

$19,121,155

Miscellaneous

$740,952

General Administration

$3,638,002

Plant Operations Plus Depreciation

$2,624,559

Summer Programs and Afterschool

$669,964

Total Revenue

$26,202,223

Total Expenses

Contributions 4% Tuition & Fees 90%

Summer Programs & Afterschool 3% Miscellaneous 3%

Instructional including Financial Aid Grants 73%

$26,053,680

General Administration 14%

Plant Operations Plus Depreciation 10% Summer Programs & Afterschool 3% unaudited

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Brooklyn Friends Fund Annual Giving Report 2012-2013 LEADERSHIP GIFTS MEETING HOUSE CIRCLE ($10,000+) Anonymous (3) Richard Chamberlain and Martha Crum Katherine Cook Mr. Jack P. Cook, Jr. Mark and Allison Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Epstein Michael and Macon Jessop Larry Leibowitz and Tara Greenway-Leibowitz Brian and Stephanie Nigito Jonathan and Lisa Sack Andrew Scruton and Louise Whittet

MARY HAVILAND CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous (4) Ruediger and Mary Ann Adolf Mr. Richard D’Amore and Mrs. Jennifer Eckert James Edwards and Lisa Ferri Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg David Gutterman and Romaine Orthwein Pamela Kiernan Jody Kipper Jordan Lampe and Yoshie Oda Laurence W. Levine Foundation, Inc. Matthew and Sabrina LeBlanc Ron Lieber and Jodi Kantor Matthieu and Clare McAuliffe

Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib Wayne Pate and Rebecca Taylor Matthew Rogers and Deanna D’Amore Rothman Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rothman Stephen Sollins and Rachel Devlin Andrew Stoll and Jeannie Schaldach Vanessa Wassenar John and Ellis Whipple

SCHERMERHORN CIRCLE ($2,500- $4,999) Anonymous (4) The Alexander Family Foundation Amy Axler Sulaiman Azeez and Cheryl Springer-Azeez Wade Black ’92 Marco Caffuzzi and Nicole Gagnon Keith Canton ’93 Jason and Jessica Donofrio Amos and Karen Edelman Sander Flaum and Mechele Plotkin Flaum ’68 Thomas Franco and Allison Sargent-Franco Barnaby Furnas and Andrea Rooke-Ley Jeffrey Ginsberg and Jane Smith Leslie Gruss

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Melinda Hackett Keith and Lucille Harper Seamus Henchy and Elise Kaufman Stanley Ho and Anna Kao Darryl Hudak and Michael Syers David and Kathryn Hwang Michael Kamal and Paula Bordelois Geoffrey Kloske and Jennifer Braunschweiger Eric and Jennifer Komitee Mrs. Susan Laughter Daniel Loeven and Susan Ferugio Matthew Pilkington and Miranda Magagnini ’78 John and Vanessa McGuire Paul and Catherine Metzger Bradford Mulder ’83 and Marisa Marinelli Jill and Todd Rose George Sampas and Anna Kuzmik David and Lauren Smetana Stefan Walter and Katherine Sawyer Lawrence and Wendy Weiss Stephen and Ilse Werther

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($1,867- $2,499) Anonymous (2) Glen and Jennifer Basner Neil Botwin and Angela Menziuso Botwin

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Susan Bridges Steven Burwell and Heidie Joo Burwell Roy Chandran and Anita Krishnan Mark Chapman and Tara Mani Richard Cutler ’62 Raphael and Melanie Davis Ms. Yvonne Dupree Hugh and Fiona Forward Edith Mendelson Gelfand ’61 Lara Holliday and James Forrester Caleb Hunt and Suzannah Tartan Timothy and Sonia Ives Daniel and Nina Jackson Morris and Susan Macleod Andrew Moore and Karen Silveira Andrea Auerbach Papapetros ’83 Richard Reiben ’71 and Nancy Boissy Mark and JoAnna Reis Bob and Ingrid Restrick Jonathan Richter ’86 and Julianna Richter Mrs. Sheila Ross Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Schmidt Jay and Monique Schwitzman Cortez L. Stallings Jr. and Kay Wilson Stallings James Stubbs and Laura Hansen Vito and Lena Tanzi William Walker and Amy Walsh Deborah Rosenbluth Weinstein ’84 and Robert Weinstein ’81

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BLUE AND GRAY CIRCLE ($750- $1,866)

Anonymous (5) Ron Adelman and Irene Koch John Allen and Beth Schwartz Andrew and Amanda Atlas Seth and Andrea Basham Curt and Mary Beech Elle Garrell Berger ’60 Greg Berman and Carolyn Vellenga Berman Ajay and Mona Bijoor Bryan and Monique Black Michael and Nancy Black Bradley and Samantha Borden Jason Brandenberg and Rachel Bullock Brooklyn Friends School Middle School Student Council George Buchalter and Janice Spector Walter Chamorro and Alice Neumann de Chamorro Andrew Charas ’83 and Mary Charas Healy Karl Cribbin Mrs. Sharon Edelman Peter Henrici and Tamar Efrat John Emy Andrew Essex and Meg Castaldo Jason and Eliza Factor Beth Farber ’73 Michael and Laura Farkas Ira Feuerlicht and Laura Sack Homa Gerami Peter Ginsberg and Robin Greenwald Franco Goette and Martina Salisbury Philip Graham ’87 and Dara Sicherman Ricardo Granderson and Alisa Martin Granderson Hugo Guinness and Elliott Puckette Eric and Bianca Hajdu George Hambrecht and Elka Deitsch John Hatfield and Amy Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henderson Malika Hinkson ’92 Jeremy Holgersen and Hillary Siskind Daniel Holton-Roth and Kit Crosby

Peter M. Horowitz Ann Hulbert Jonathan Hulbert Mary Hulbert Alexander Kagen and Susan Hashemi Ty Kaul and Cassandra McGowen Thomas and Sharon Kennedy Jill Kneerim ’56 Leslie Shasha Benson and Joanna Latham Janine Latham Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Leibowitz Michael Lieberman and Jessie Washburne-Harris Lawrence Madlock ’66 Stuart Marker Christopher and Danielle McConnell Chris and Michele Menziuso Rabbi Yocheved Mintz Paul and Stephanie Morris Sanford Nager and Dianne Abeloff Michael Nill and Irene Cohen Jake Ottmann and Lauryn Small Jeff Preiss and Rebecca Quaytman Jack Ramey Ninon Rogers and Dan Truman Charles Rosenthal ’53 Mrs. Sharon Rosier Louise Edelman Sagalyn ’44 Antonio Silva Filho and Giovanna Currlin Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti Blair Singer and Courtney Baron Randy and Michael Skurnick Paul Slovak and Bettina Schrewe Andrew and Paula Smiley Sarah Clarke and Kirk Smothers Samuel Solish ’75 Richard Stohlman and Christine Newman John Streicker ’60 Christopher and Stephanie Taendler Robert Trow ’63 Michael and Nicole Tuminello Anthony and Shelley Ullman Richard Wald and Jill Savitt Robert and Jennifer Wheelock Benna Brecher Wilde ’63 James Wilson and Mary Watson

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PEARL STREET CIRCLE ($250- $749) Anonymous (14) Aaron and Juliette Adams David Addison and Dorothee Cates The Aetna Foundation Marlon and Camella Aitcheson Nichol and Sarah Alexander Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Tomas Anthony ’85 and Berta Alejandra Belmar Bruce Arnold David and Rachel Axinn Patricia Bacchus Christopher and Kirstin Bailey Tina Klein Baker ’72 Margaret and Jeffrey Bary Annie Bassin Hormuz and Madhavi Batliboi Andrew and Katie Bednark Marilyn Halperin Bender ’63 Steven and Samantha Berg Bob and Carol Berkvist David Bernstein ’55 Dr. Robert Bernstein ’57 and Mrs. Martha Bernstein Robert Beswick and Marechal Brown Alvin Blank ’62 Robert Bowman Robert Boynton and Helen Yoo Boynton Elizabeth Freedgood Breyer ’72 Sidney Bridges Brooklyn Friends School Class of 2013 Arjune and Rashmi Budhram David and Nivia Butler Crystal Byndloss ’87 Victor and Athena Calderone Glenorchy P. Campbell Andrew Carter and Lisa Stephenson Kathryn Collins Marc Coltrera ’73 John and Harriett Corporon Brendan Cotter and Kathryn DeFehr Glenda Cox Steven Daly and Kirsten Miller Burnley Duke Dame Bill and Eurydice Decker Laura Delano ’76 Michael DiRaimondo and Eleni Coffinas

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Patrick Dote and Rose Marquez Lawrence Eagle and Ellen Sovern Mrs. Martha Edelstein David and Maura Eden Judd Ehrlich and Julie SmoreEhrlich Mona Eraiba Mrs. Lynn Evans Miriam Faure Diaz Oliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips Benjamin and Elizabeth Fishman Ivan Freeman ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fry Jason Fry and Emily Bernstein Larry Fuchsman and Janet Strain Mark and Marjorie Fuerst Jeff Gabel and Jaye Moon Gabel George and Karen Getz Michael and Shoshana Goldhaber Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell Gordon Jonathan Greenberg ’58 Suzanne Griffin and Chris Frankel David Grosgold and Beverly Bailis William Guy and Andrea Magiera-Guy Lisbeth Hadingham Bruce Handy and Helen Schulman Jason and Denise Harrell Andrew Hayes and Ann Amstutz Hayes Anker Heegaard and Monica Jonas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hertzig Tad Hills and Lee Wade Frederic Hinze ’56 Anya Hoerburger ’95 Sidney Huang and Lauren Yaffe Jonathan Hurwitz and Mona Schnitzler Susan Radwin Isaacs ’53 Jakob Isbrandtsen ’39 Jane Morehouse Johnson ’50 Reuben and Julie Jorsling Lisa Kaufman Donald Kilpatrick and Karen Lavine Mrs. Mary Kirk William and Michele Klein David Kleiser Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Koch Mrs. Isobel Konecky Vesselin Kovatchev and Sabina Hemminger Howard and Shira Kozloff Josh Lapidus and Tara Consi

Peter Laughter ’89 and Stacey Laughter Yi-Chun and Wen-Ching Lee Michael Leverone and Bonnie Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Leon Levy Perryne and Hozefa Lokhandwala Derek Lucci and Jennifer Gilkie Bob and Diane Mackie Mr. and Mrs. Robert Macleod Robert Magnotta and Winnie Beattie Ms. Alberta Magzanian John and Susan Maloney Joan Martin Muriel McClendon ’77 Robert and Trina McKeever Kimberlee Mertz David and Kimberly Messina Jonathan and Julie Meyer Edward and Mary Miller Fausto Monacelli and Sarah Grayson Jonathan and Isa Moneypenny Jeffrey Moore and Monica Vaughn-Moore Jason and Emily Moyer Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Mulder Todd Mulder ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Barton Myers Larry Nabritt and Virginia Avent Nabritt Miki Navazio and Rachel Ulanet Talmadge and Edith Neece James Kerby Neill and Hih Song Kim Dr. and Mrs. Philip Norman David Oakland and Emily Stubbs Mrs. Jeanne Opdycke Danae Oratowski and Jonathan Lipkin Jack Ostroff ’72 Jeffrey Panzo and Kersten Stannard Stephen and Lisa Pearson Andrew and Emily Perkowski Ross Levin and Alice Pope Mrs. Katie Raab Susan Segal Rai ’59 Mr. and Mrs. David Raymond Niel Isbrandtsen Rising ’43 Steven Rivo and Jessica Millstone Jay Romm ’56 David Rosenthal and Christine Lortie

Barbara Ingersoll Rothenberg ’63 Gary Ryan Stephen Salett Daniel Schorr and Ellen Barker Elliot Schwartz and Carole Kiser Mariano Schwed and Cathie Mahon Andrew and Kathleen Shapiro Howard Sherman ’74 Susan Loewenberg Shulman ’60 Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Moses Silverman ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smith Stuart Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Smore Selda Jerrold Steckler ’44 Fisher Stevens ’81 John Storella Tom and Rachel Strohmenger Orinthia Swindell and Mohammed Sakoor Edward Teter ’64 Alan and Karen Trachtman David Umansky Robert Underhill and Gabriela Schwed Buka Vakhtang Esvandjia and Sylvie Picquet-Damesme Diodato Villamena ’60 Alap Vora ’03 Ronald Wagner ’81 Michael Wald ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Jon Walker and Hope Davis Dr. Catherine Walsh Dan Walworth and Hilary Kliros Harley and Heather Weber Jonathan and Elizabeth Wells Bill and Carolyn Wheatley Norman and Allegra White Mrs. Sara Wilson Catherine Stamm Woolston ’80 Yasuo and Mikako Yoshikawa Jonathan Zorach ’65

GIVING CIRCLE (up to $249) Anonymous (36) 9 Ate 7 Productions Razi Abdur-Rahman Lucy Adams Lauri Adler Bailey ’75 Amish and Seema Aghera Vanessa Aird Tereatha Akbar 23

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Felix Alberto David and Nina Allen Kenneth Alston Valarie Alston Arthur Altman ’46 Henry Altman ’40 Juan Alvarez Michael Ambrosio and Regina Neal Christopher Andersen Dr. Lauren Andrews Dana Anthony Jessica Aquino Charene Arthur ’91 Ms. Barbara Ashley Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Rich Ault Crystal Backus ’96 Stuart Baker ’63 Kristen Baldiga Carlos Ball and Richard Storrow Lumumba and Monifa Bandele Jessica Wittenstein Barranco ’74 Nada Davies Barry ’48 Beatrice Bartolotta Mrs. Joan Bassin Joan Bauerlein David Becker and Pamela Winters Marian Begley Malcolm Bell ’49 Dakota Benedek ’08 Robert Benjamin, M.D. ’60 Alice Carb Berger ’53 William and Laura BergeronMirsky Lindsey Berns Anthony Bertoldo and Marisa Farina Elliot Bertoni ’84 Mr. Ashok Bhavnani and Mrs. Marjorie McKinley Bhavnani ’57 Raoul Bhavnani and Savitha Reddy Ann Burbank Bikales ’55 Barbara Bishop ’45 Bruce and Deirdre Bjork Larry Black and Natasha Sweeten Taunya Black Karine Blemur-Chapman Linda Block ’74 Bozena Bobrowska Julie Keosian Boettiger ’62 Kate Fredricks Bohan ’86 Amitabha Bose and Satinder Jawanda

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Sarah Boss Mr. and Mrs. Robert Botwin Joan Chinsley Bownas ’56 Ray Braverman ’64 and Barbara Braverman George and Viola Breen Lois Brenner ’61 Shani Brignolle Marc Brilliant ’73 Casaundra Broadus-Foote ’01 BFS Families of 6C Robert Bruce ’52 Tracy Bucci Alfred Buck ’54 and Elizabeth Frost Buck ’54 Mark Buenzle Alex and Maureen Burns Claude Bussieres and Lisa Perlmutter Abbey Butcosk Robin Callif Karim Camara ’88 and Orelia Merchant Camara Jordan Campbell Rosalind Hale Campbell ’44 Sherika Campbell ’09 Sharon Carew Julie Carter ’86 Sharon D. Carter Maximo Cedeno Ellen Chaitin ’66 Betty Chang ’69 Alexander Chefetz ’81 Karen Chevalier-Omoragbon Masauko Chipembere and Natasha Chipembere Sally Smith Christ ’74 William Wrigley and Catherine Clark Wrigley Christina Clemente Andy Cohen Francesca Coltrera ’76 Vance and Jackie Condie Seth Congdon ’05 Will Congdon ’09 George Conklin ’59 Jeffrey Corlett Trevor Corson Mike Corwin ’55 Diane Costanzo Cory and Emily Cowles Adelaida Cruz Roseanne Cuffy-Scott Dina Braverman Culioli ’77 Martine Dallemand

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Debbie Davies Mrs. Anna Davis Harrison and Marilyn Davis Mrs. Olga Deavitt Jon DeGraff Martha Bridge Denckla ’54 Elizabeth Deull Joel Doerfler and Sarah Ludwig Yonten Dorjee and Kalsang Youdon Jenia Dorticos Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Dote Jeffrey Douglas ’63 Marjory Duncalfe Robert Salmieri and Orla Dunstan Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eagle Daniel Eden ’06 Jonathan Edmonds and Rachel Mazor Michael and Linda Edwards Vanessa Ehler Franklin Elliott ’47 Kate Engle Jessica Fadem^ Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Farina Jonathan Farmer Lisa Favata Sachi Feris Jennifer Ferreira Jim Fields and Maria Arbusto Marc Finkelstein and Maria Milin Carol Fiore and Joceline Arseneault Stephen Fischer and Eladia Vargas Meg Fink Fisher ’78 Rachel Fishman ’86 Burke Fitzpatrick ’72 Jessica Fleischer-Black ’86 Joanna Noble Fleming ’52 Camille Fobbs Cheryl Foote-Johnson Colin Fox and Marilyn Weaver-Fox Jonathan Fox ’61 Christopher Franceschelli and Sally Doherty Richard Frost ’47 Doreen Gallo David Gardella Martin Garrell ’56 Jacquelyn Gavron Robert and Ann Gayle Anthony and Fern Gentile Scott Gentile ’07 Greg George

Michael Gertner ’56 Joseph Gianfortoni ’69 Janet Gibbs Samuel Gilbert and Cecilia Cortez Conrada Gill Thomas Mr. and Mrs. George Ginsberg Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Glynn Elizabeth Dall Godfrey ’49 Frederic Gold ’63 Elizabeth Harten Goldberg ’60 Jenna Goodman Jesse Goodman ’69 Norma Gordon Sarah Gordon Lance Gould and Michele Orecklin Mary Comey Grant ’51 Mrs. Maxine Gray Dorothy Greenberg Steven Greenberg ’69 Ira Greene ’69 Noel and Atoosa Grey Peta-Gaye Grey Gilbert Grimmett Ellen Grove Raffael and Anna Guidone Elizabeth Dawson Gullen ’65 Robert Gumenick and Lizbeth Mitty Mary Gunther Eric Guy and Jill Holder Alex Guzchenko Martha Haakmat Marshall Hagins and Kathryn Johnson Darrick Hamilton ’89 Nettie Rawitz Hammond ’63 Warren Harding ’77 Elizabeth Harnage James and Kathleen Hartzler Karima Hassan Ralph Hassard and Sheila Gerami John Hay Carla Scheuer Heaton ’65 Elizabeth Heck Mr. and Mrs. Steven Helfand Jon and Stephanie Heller Jennifer Hernandez ’93 Gorka Hernandez Ortiz Edward Hernstadt and Maia Wechsler Marna Herrity and Michael Congdon ’63 Ed Herzman and Kate Daloz Ms. Elaine Hohmann

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Shemaiah and Marsha Hohn Mrs. Linda Holton Eric Holzman and Kazimira Rachfal Allen Honigman and Atea Martin James Horton ’46 Tiffany Huggins Laura Hulbert and Jon Oshima Nelson Hume and Melissa Goldstein Laurice Hwang Eddie Iglesias Mrs. Judith Isaksen Laury Isenberg Noah Isenberg and Melanie Rehak Nadia Jaber Lawrence Jacobs and Karen Danzig Olivia Jacobs ’11 Alexandra Jacobus Ziad Jamaleddine and Jennifer Murray Mark Jay and Susan Rosenthal Jay Joseph Joassainte and Natasha Gray Kamauru Johnson Mark Johnson ’63 Elizabeth Jonckheer Lorna Jordan Ellen Kahan Yvette Kahan Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kane Naomi Rawitz Kanner ’57 Jacob Karr ’09 Carl Kass ’75 Ellen Press Kass ’63 Patricia Kelley Lydia Kenin ’63 Michael Kenin ’54 Lawrence P. Kenny Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D. Andreas Killen and Marie Sacco Maggie King Jesse Klausz Ann Klein Fredric Kleinberg ’58 Lisa Rubin Kornblau ’75 Rachel Kornhaber Diana Korzenik ’57 Anna Kotelchuck Dominic Kozerski and Yoon Chang Arline Krisberg David and Shelley Kruth Sophia Ladouceur ’10

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Ann Hallan Lakhdhir ’50 Katie Lamonte Gary Lawson Mrs. Joanne LeBlanc Paula and Rusty Leffel David Lefkowitz and Sharon Tepper Mrs. Sheila Lehman Laura Leopardo and Christopher Brunt Judith Levinrad-Norman ’84 Jerome Levitan ’48 Howard Levitt and Nathalie Sommer Marcus Levitt ’72 Miriam Levitt ’78 Diane Stoler Levy ’59 Claudia Lewis ’88 Dawn Lille ’51 Gaudy Lora Stephanie Lorence Allan and Karen Luks Lawrence Lurie ’52 Robert MacCrate ’39 Piper Macleod Mrs. Sharon Magiera John Major Myron Maliner ’54 Vladimir Malukoff Erin Mansur Robert Mardiney ’75 Joel Marks ’67 Santos Martinez Marian Maurer ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Baruch Mazor Craig McDowell and Afriqiyah Woods-McDowell Freda McDuffie and Marcia Thurmond Marcia McHam Giles and Kate Mellon John Mensher ’59 Edward Merrick ’65 Travis Merritt Carol Meshel ’61 Stephen Michel Michael Miller and Amy Helfand Virginia Miller ’42 Angelika Mincone Kate Minear Richard Mocciaro and Maureen Grant Jazelyn Montanez ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Arelee Moore Martin Moore

Rebecca Moore ’84 Eloise Crowley Morehouse ’60 Maricarmen Moreno Penni Morganstein Maggie Moroff Mr. and Mrs. Saul Moroff Chris Morrow and Peggy Cheng Jean Fink Nadick ’76 Mrs. Irene Nash Eric Nass ’75 Cheryl Fung Nathan ’63 Kyle Neptune ’03 Saul Nieves and Susan MatloffNieves Martin Norregaard Claudio Novas Lyubov Obertnaya and Mikhail Obertnoy Laura Obuobi One Cause Troy and Hope O’Reilly James and Karin Orenstein Jacqueline Ortiz Mary Osorio Mary Ellen Ostrander Neva Daley Ouilikon ’92 Lucius Palmer Andrea Parker Louise Parker ’74 John Parnell and Lauren Donner Caitlin Parrish ’03 Adriaan Pels and Anne Dunne Antonio Perez and Myriam Juarbe Elyes Perez Donald and Joan Pesce Ian Phillips ’78 Jeffrey Phillips and Martha Southgate Jesse Phillips-Fein ’97 Tina Piccolo Yolanda Pierce ’90 Tony Pilaysov Adam Pincus and Suzanne Myers Shanique Pinnock Melissa Poitevien ’98 Marcia McVicar Polenz ’55 Luckner Polycarpe and Marcia Nichoel-Polycarpe Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Porter Mary Post Matthew Presto Chris Price ’95 Susan Price ’86 Peter Prince Ronit Prince

Beth Burns Punzi ’82 Raymi Ramseur Joan Rappaport Sami and Kristina Rashid Paul Reimer and Laura Ljungkvist Julien Remy Geoffrey Rice ’58 Michaela Richardson Ralph Richardson and Eisa Ulen Richardson Lisa Richland ’62 Deborah Richman Terry Richmond Michel Rimpel Barbara Ringel Ellen Dresdale Ritz ’66 Zachary Robinson ’10 Lenese Roderique Deborah Rosan ’73 James Rosenfeld and Cathryn Galanter Adella Rosenthal ’75 Alice Rosenthal and Vivienne Freund Ms. Carmel M. Rosenthal Lawrence Rosenthal ’52 Valerie Ross Jade Roth Tom Rothschild M’Balia Rubie-Miller Matilda Turkle Rubin ’67 Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber Bianca Sanchez ’00 Stephen Schachterle and Jill Waldman Timothy Schanen Sarah Schlein David Schoen ’81 Lael Schultz and Jill Fiengo Thomas and Tess Schutte Antonio Seda and Catherine Clark Paul Segal ’62 Caroline Segarra Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Shapiro Mrs. Joan Sharp Michael Sharp and Kristin Holcomb Amy Sherman Stephen Sherrill and Catherine Hartley Dwayne Shivnarain and Heidi Gilchrist Edward Siegel ’51 Blake Sills

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Stephen Silver ’54 Jill Rein Silvers ’62 Evan Sklar and Michelle Preli Jules Skloot Deirdre Lenihan Sloyan ’63 John F. Smith Mariana Smith Martha Smith ’79 Priscilla Smith and Carol Henderson Tracee Smith Tony and Sara Soll E. Fanny Sosenke Hartley Spatt ’65 Joseph Spitz ’72 Jid Whitney Sprague ’49 Senca Springer Julie Sternberg and Paul Schoeman Suzanne Stevens Kathy Stewart Robin Stewart Jeff Strack Mrs. Mary Strauss Elvira Sullivan Judith Suchow Sundstrom ’67 Joseph and Nancy Tanney Target Robin Altchek Tashima ’69 Raoul Tenazas and Reynolds Tenazas-Norman Ginny Terry Saundra Thomas and Susan Siegel Tom and Livia Thompson Trefor Davies and Whitney Thompson ’90 Chris Thorner Ryan Thornton Joel Tirinanzi and Vanessa Pang Sarah Tobias Helen Tocci Wendy Townsend ’80 David Trachtman ’97 Joan Tulp Angela Ungaro Virginia Mayer Valentine ’36 Lisa Ventry Peter Vietro-Hannum and April Che Chisholm Linda Villamarin Janet Villas Andrew and Lynn von Salis Anil and Bina Vora Ticia Vreeland Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Wagner

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Paul Waldman ’48 Robert Waldman ’63 Trish Walkin Jeremy and Judith Walsh Roger Walz ’63 Tina Wang Tim Waugh and Shoshana Wolfe Diane Weathers ’67 Daniel Weber ’11 Herbert Weber and Jamie NesbittWeber Robert Weinstock and Dana Stevens Amanda Welch ’03 Robin Gowa Wells ’70 Stephen Wermiel ’68 Charles Weymuller ’46 Robert and Martha Wilber Hannah Williams Michael and Marlies Winter Daniel Wolff and Katherine Vail David Woloch and Dana Goldberg Stephen Wortman Noah Yaffe and Katherine Meyers Tanya Yaroslavsky James Yglesias ’66 Mary Young Maureen Yusuf-Morales Roxanne Zazzaro Peter Zorach ’60 ^ Denotes deceased

PARENT GIVING Class of 2013 52% participation

Amy Axler David and Nivia Butler Joel Doerfler and Sarah Ludwig Lawrence Eagle and Ellen Sovern James Edwards and Lisa Ferri Michael and Linda Edwards Mona Eraiba Jacquelyn Gavron Ricardo Granderson and Alisa Martin Granderson Mary Gunther Melinda Hackett Eric Holzman and Kazimira Rachfal Timothy and Sonia Ives Joseph Joassainte and Natasha Gray Lisa Kaufman Ty Kaul and Cassandra McGowen Paul and Catherine Metzger

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Jeff Preiss and Rebecca Quaytman Richard Reiben ’71 and Nancy Boissy Lenese Roderique Robert and Jennifer Wheelock

Class of 2014

53% participation Anonymous (2) Ron Adelman and Irene Koch David and Nina Allen William Burton and Margie Peterson John Emy Jeffrey Ginsberg and Jane Smith Peter Ginsberg and Robin Greenwald Tad Hills and Lee Wade Leslie Shasha Bob and Diane Mackie John Major Andrew Mirer and Jesse Green Sunyoung Oh and Aundrey Matthews John Parnell and Lauren Donner Jonathan and Lisa Sack Lael Schultz and Jill Fiengo Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Senca Springer Raoul Tenazas and Reynolds Tenazas-Norman Sarah Tobias Anthony and Shelley Ullman Dan Walworth and Hilary Kliros

Class of 2015

47% participation Anonymous (2) Ruediger and Mary Ann Adolf George Buchalter and Janice Spector Richard Chamberlain and Martha Crum Karen Chevalier-Omoragbon James Edwards and Lisa Ferri Mark and Marjorie Fuerst Doreen Gallo Robert and Ann Gayle John Hatfield and Amy Wolf Seamus Henchy and Elise Kaufman Adam and Deborah Iarussi Ty Kaul and Cassandra McGowen Patricia Kelley

Freda McDuffie and Marcia Thurmond Robert and Trina McKeever Michael Miller and Amy Helfand Richard Porter and Marion Hart Jade Roth Antonio Seda and Catherine Clark Michael Sharp and Kristin Holcomb Timothy Smith ’77 and Nina Sporn ’78 Melissa Smith Orinthia Swindell and Mohammed Sakoor Saundra Thomas and Susan Siegel

Class of 2016

45% participation Anonymous (1) Sulaiman Azeez and Cheryl Springer-Azeez Neil Botwin and Angela Menziuso Botwin Martine Dallemand John Emy Jessica Fadem^ Miriam Faure Diaz Christopher Franceschelli and Sally Doherty Thomas Franco and Allison Sargent-Franco Hugo Guinness and Elliott Puckette Tad Hills and Lee Wade Peter M. Horowitz Lawrence Jacobs and Karen Danzig Alexandra Jacobus Tiffane Marie Jones Andreas Killen and Marie Sacco David and Shelley Kruth Miranda Magagnini ’78 and Matthew Pilkington Richard Mocciaro and Maureen Grant Jeffrey Moore and Monica Vaughn-Moore Jeffrey Phillips and Martha Southgate Ross Levin and Alice Pope Bob and Ingrid Restrick David Rosenthal and Christine Lortie ^ Indicates deceased

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Class of 2017 46% participation Anonymous (2) David and Rachel Axinn Patricia Bacchus Lumumba and Monifa Bandele Greg Berman and Carolyn Vellenga Berman Amos and Karen Edelman Peter Henrici and Tamar Efrat Jeff Gabel and Jaye Moon Gabel Jeffrey Ginsberg and Jane Smith Robert Gumenick and Lizbeth Mitty Bruce Handy and Helen Schulman Sidney Huang and Lauren Yaffe Timothy and Sonia Ives Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D. Christopher and Danielle McConnell Maggie Moroff Larry Nabritt and Virginia Avent Nabritt Jonathan Richter ’86 and Julianna Richter Andrew Scruton and Louise Whittet Evan Sklar and Michelle Preli Jonathan and Elizabeth Wells Stephen and Ilse Werther

Class of 2018 54% participation Anonymous (3) David Becker and Pamela Winters Robert Beswick and Marechal Brown Neil Botwin and Angela Menziuso Botwin Diane Costanzo Hugh and Fiona Forward Eric Guy and Jill Holder Jon and Stephanie Heller Seamus Henchy and Elise Kaufman Shemaiah and Marsha Hohn Allen Honigman and Atea Martin Caleb Hunt and Suzannah Tartan Mark Lariviere and Catherine Ramey Michael Leverone and Bonnie Barrett

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Chris and Michele Menziuso Danae Oratowski and Jonathan Lipkin Terry Richmond Jill and Todd Rose Alice Rosenthal and Vivienne Freund Priscilla Smith and Carol Henderson Richard Stohlman and Christine Newman Anthony and Shelley Ullman Richard Wald and Jill Savitt Stefan Walter and Katherine Sawyer Michael and Marlies Winter

Class of 2019

53% participation Anonymous (1) Christopher and Kirstin Bailey Carlos Ball and Richard Storrow Bruce and Deirdre Bjork Masauko Chipembere and Natasha Chipembere Bill and Eurydice Decker Yonten Dorjee and Kalsang Youdon Jenia Dorticos Patrick Dote and Rose Marquez Hugh and Fiona Forward Thomas Franco and Allison Sargent-Franco Hugo Guinness and Elliott Puckette Anker Heegaard and Monica Jonas David and Kathryn Hwang Timothy and Sonia Ives Nadia Jaber Alexandra Jacobus Michael and Macon Jessop Reuben and Julie Jorsling William and Michele Klein Larry Leibowitz and Tara Greenway-Leibowitz Kimberlee Mertz Lee and Louise Olive Daniel Schorr and Ellen Barker Jay and Monique Schwitzman Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti Stephen Sollins and Rachel Devlin Buka Vakhtang Esvandjia and Sylvie Picquet-Damesme William Walker and Amy Walsh

Class of 2020

88% participation Anonymous (2) John Allen and Beth Schwartz Carlos Ball and Richard Storrow Glen and Jennifer Basner Annie Bassin Greg Berman and Carolyn Vellenga Berman Linda Block ’74 Roy Chandran and Anita Krishnan Johannes Cloete and Karen Robinson-Cloete Patrick Dote and Rose Marquez Amos and Karen Edelman Judd Ehrlich and Julie SmoreEhrlich Andrew Essex and Meg Castaldo Ira Feuerlicht and Laura Sack Jim Fields and Maria Arbusto Darryl Hudak and Michael Syers Jody Kipper Yi-Chun and Wen-Ching Lee David Martinez and Kelly Ault Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib Jonathan and Julie Meyer Paul and Stephanie Morris Jill and Todd Rose James Rosenfeld and Cathryn Galanter Andrew Scruton and Louise Whittet Jonathan and Christy Sheehan Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Paul Slovak and Bettina Schrewe Julie Sternberg and Paul Schoeman James Stubbs and Laura Hansen Stefan Walter and Katherine Sawyer Tim Waugh and Shoshana Wolfe Norman and Allegra White Molly Roden Winter and Stewart Winter David Woloch and Dana Goldberg Yasuo and Mikako Yoshikawa

Class of 2021

60% participation Anonymous (1) David and Rachel Axinn Peter Billow and Nina Levy Bradley and Samantha Borden

Robert Boynton and Helen Yoo Boynton Marco Caffuzzi and Nicole Gagnon Victor and Athena Calderone Andrew Carter and Lisa Stephenson Mark Chapman and Tara Mani Stephen Fischer and Eladia Vargas Jason Fry and Emily Bernstein Franco Goette and Martina Salisbury Suzanne Griffin and Chris Frankel Jordan Hand Christoph Lardschneider and Denise Parks Janine Latham Benson and Joanna Latham Peter Laughter ’89 and Stacy Goldman-Laughter Morris and Susan Macleod Stuart Marker Christopher and Danielle McConnell Freda McDuffie and Marcia Thurmond Chris and Michele Menziuso Andrea Parker Jonathan Richter ’86 and Julianna Richter Timothy Schanen Tracee Smith Jon Walker and Hope Davis James Wilson and Mary Watson

Class of 2022

68% participation Anonymous (3) John Allen and Beth Schwartz Glen and Jennifer Basner Curt and Mary Beech Anthony Bertoldo and Marisa Farina Bruce and Deirdre Bjork Judd Ehrlich and Julie SmoreEhrlich Michael and Laura Farkas Carol Fiore and Joceline Arseneault George Hambrecht and Elka Deitsch Anker Heegaard and Monica Jonas Jody Kipper Josh Lapidus and Tara Consi 27

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Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib Andrew Moore and Karen Silveira Bradford Mulder ’83 and Marisa Marinelli Lee and Louise Olive Danae Oratowski and Jonathan Lipkin Adam Pincus and Suzanne Myers Joseph and Jennifer Saba Andrew and Kathleen Shapiro Jonathan and Christy Sheehan Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti Evan Sklar and Michelle Preli David Woloch and Dana Goldberg

Class of 2023

70% participation Anonymous (4) David Addison and Dorothee Cates Tomas Anthony ’85 and Alejandra Belmar Linda Block ’74 Steven Burwell and Heidie Joo-Burwell Marco Caffuzzi and Nicole Gagnon Andrew Carter and Lisa Stephenson Masauko Chipembere and Natasha Chipembere Brendan Cotter and Kathryn DeFehr Jason and Jessica Donofrio Peter Henrici and Tamar Efrat Barnaby Furnas and Andrea Rooke-Ley Philip Graham ’87 and Dara Sicherman Pamela Kiernan Geoffrey Kloske and Jennifer Braunschweiger Vesselin Kovatchev and Sabina Hemminger Howard and Shira Kozloff Jordan Lampe and Yoshie Oda Benson and Joanna Latham Daniel Loeven and Susan Ferugio Derek Lucci and Jennifer Gilkie Morris and Susan Macleod Craig McDowell and Afriqiyah Woods-McDowell Penni Morganstein

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Miki Navazio and Rachel Ulanet James Kerby Neill and Hih Song Kim Jake Ottmann and Lauryn Small Steven Rivo and Jessica Millstone Matthew Rogers and Deanna D’Amore Stephen Salett Avi Sharon and Megan HertzigSharon Antonio Silva Filho and Giovanna Currlin Blair Singer and Courtney Baron David and Samantha Slarskey Priscilla Smith and Carol Henderson David Umansky Robert Underhill and Gabriela Schwed Jon Walker and Hope Davis Stefan Walter and Katherine Sawyer Tim Waugh and Shoshana Wolfe

Class of 2024

82% participation Anonymous (1) Aaron and Juliette Adams Andrew and Amanda Atlas Seth and Andrea Basham Curt and Mary Beech Anthony Bertoldo and Marisa Farina Arjune and Rashmi Budhram Robin Callif Walter Chamorro and Alice Neumann de Chamorro Mark Chapman and Tara Mani Michael DiRaimondo and Eleni Coffinas Lance Gould and Michele Orecklin Andrew Green and Jenifer Berman David Gutterman and Romaine Orthwein Eric Guy and Jill Holder Ralph Hassard and Sheila Gerami Jeremy Holgersen and Hillary Siskind Daniel Holton-Roth and Kit Crosby Caleb Hunt and Suzannah Tartan Noah Isenberg and Melanie Rehak

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Alexander Kagen and Susan Hashemi William and Michele Klein Eric and Jennifer Komitee David Kovel and Kira Kingren Josh Lapidus and Tara Consi Ron Lieber and Jodi Kantor Robert Magnotta and Winnie Beattie Matthieu and Clare McAuliffe John and Vanessa McGuire Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib David and Kimberly Messina Jonathan and Isa Moneypenny Andrew Moore and Karen Silveira James Neill and Hih Song Kim Brian and Stephanie Nigito David Oakland and Emily Stubbs Andrew and Emily Perkowski Luckner Polycarpe and Marcia Nichoel-Polycarpe Raymi Ramseur Jesse Robertson-Tait and Susan Heimbinder Jill and Todd Rose Elliot Schwartz and Carole Kiser Mariano Schwed and Cathie Mahon Stephen Sollins and Rachel Devlin Cortez L. Stallings Jr. and Kay Wilson Stallings Andrew Stoll and Jeannie Schaldach James Stubbs and Laura Hansen Vito and Lena Tanzi Joel Tirinanzi and Vanessa Pang Robert Underhill and Gabriela Schwed Robert Weinstock and Dana Stevens John and Ellis Whipple Norman and Allegra White Robert and Martha Wilber Daniel Wolff and Katherine Vail

Class of 2025

83% participation Anonymous (1) Marlon and Camella Aitcheson Abolaji and Kamari Alexander Andrew and Amanda Atlas Glen and Jennifer Basner Annie Bassin Andrew and Katie Bednark

Peter Billow and Nina Levy Taunya Black Bryan and Monique Black Jason Brandenberg and Rachel Bullock Claude Bussieres and Lisa Perlmutter Karim Camara ’88 and Orelia Merchant Camara John Cantarella and Samantha Rippner Glenda Cox Mark and Allison Dunn Andrew Essex and Meg Castaldo Jason and Eliza Factor Michael and Laura Farkas Stephen Fischer and Eladia Vargas Benjamin and Elizabeth Fishman Michael and Shoshana Goldhaber Philip Graham ’87 and Dara Sicherman David Grosgold and Beverly Bailis Lisbeth Hadingham Jason and Denise Harrell Andrew Hayes and Ann Amstutz Hayes Daniel and Nina Jackson Ziad Jamaleddine and Jennifer Murray Michael and Macon Jessop Maggie King Jody Kipper Matthew and Sabrina LeBlanc Michael Lieberman and Jessie Washburne-Harris Rebecca Locke ’92 and Eric Sillman ’92 Perryne and Hozefa Lokhandwala John and Vanessa McGuire Chris Morrow and Peggy Cheng Jason and Emily Moyer Lee and Louise Olive James and Karin Orenstein Wayne Pate and Rebecca Taylor Adam Pincus and Suzanne Myers Matthew Rogers and Deanna D’Amore Joseph and Jennifer Saba Stephen Salett Brian Schmidt and Laura FrererSchmidt Avi Sharon and Megan HertzigSharon Dwayne Shivnarain and Heidi Gilchrist

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Antonio Silva Filho and Giovanna Currlin David and Samantha Slarskey David and Lauren Smetana Andrew and Paula Smiley Sarah Clarke and Kirk Smothers Tom and Rachel Strohmenger Christopher and Stephanie Taendler Michael and Nicole Tuminello Harley and Heather Weber

Class of 2026

63% participation Anonymous (1) Aaron and Juliette Adams Amish and Seema Aghera Nichol and Sarah Alexander Carlos Arias and Nina Broeer Seth and Andrea Basham Steven Burwell and Heidie Joo-Burwell William Wrigley and Catherine Clark Wrigley Paul and Andrea Compton Raphael and Melanie Davis Jason and Jessica Donofrio Jonathan Edmonds and Rachel Mazor Franco Goette and Martina Salisbury Noel and Atoosa Grey William Guy and Andrea Magiera-Guy Eric and Bianca Hajdu Keith and Lucille Harper Daniel Holton-Roth and Kit Crosby Michael Kamal and Paula Bordelois Pamela Kiernan Howard and Shira Kozloff Jacob and Elizabeth Kuit Howard Levitt and Nathalie Sommer Fausto Monacelli and Sarah Grayson Jonathan and Isa Moneypenny David Oakland and Emily Stubbs Troy and Hope O’Reilly Jeffrey Panzo and Kersten Stannard Adriaan Pels and Anne Dunne Sami and Kristina Rashid Mark and JoAnna Reis

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George Sampas and Anna Kuzmik Andrew Stoll and Jeannie Schaldach Whitney Thompson ’90 and Trefor Davies Peter Vietro-Hannum and April Che Chisholm Noah Yaffe and Katherine Meyers

Class of 2027

71% participation Anonymous (1) Marlon and Camella Aitcheson Mark Baillie and Margot Grover Hormuz and Madhavi Batliboi Steven and Samantha Berg Raoul Bhavnani and Savitha Reddy Ajay and Mona Bijoor Larry Black and Natasha Sweeten Andrew Charas ’83 and Mary Charas Healy Steven Daly and Kirsten Miller Jason and Eliza Factor Ruben and Claudia Ghigliotty Michael and Shoshana Goldhaber Lance Gould and Michele Orecklin Andrew Hayes and Ann Amstutz Hayes Ed Herzman and Kate Daloz Stanley Ho and Anna Kao Lara Holliday and James Forrester Daniel and Nina Jackson Dominic Kozerski and Yoon Chang Larry Leibowitz and Tara Greenway-Leibowitz Perryne and Hozefa Lokhandwala Matthieu and Clare McAuliffe Wayne Pate and Rebecca Taylor Ralph Richardson and Eisa Ulen Richardson Jesse Robertson-Tait and Susan Heimbinder Stephen Schachterle and Jill Waldman Stephen Sherrill and Catherine Hartley Stewart Simons and Stephanie Kim-Simons Michael and Alison Ullrich

ALUMNI/AE GIVING 1930s 33% participation Robert MacCrate ’39 Jakob Isbrandtsen ’39 1940s 17% Henry Altman ’40 Virginia Lindberg Miller ’42 Niel Isbrandtsen Rising ’43 Rosalind Hale Campbell ’44 Selda Jerrold Steckler ’44 Louise Edelman Sagalyn ’44 Barbara Bishop ’45 Arthur Altman ’46 James Horton ’46 Charles Weymuller ’46 Franklin Elliott ’47 Richard Frost ’47 Nada Davies Barry ’48 Jerome Levitan ’48 Paul Waldman ’48 Elizabeth Dall Godfrey ’49 Jid Whitney Sprague ’49 Malcolm Bell ’49 1950s 18% Ann Hallan Lakhdhir ’50 Jane Morehouse Johnson ’50 Mary Comey Grant ’51 Dawn Lille ’51 Edward Siegel ’51 Robert Bruce ’52 Joanna Noble Fleming ’52 Lawrence Lurie ’52 Lawrence Rosenthal ’52 Susan Radwin Isaacs ’53 Charles Rosenthal ’53 Alice Carb Berger ’53 Myron Maliner ’54 Martha Bridge Denckla ’54 Michael Kenin ’54 Stephen Silver ’54 Alfred Buck ’54 Elizabeth Frost Buck ’54 Ann Burbank Bikales ’55 David Bernstein ’55 Marcia McVicar Polenz ’55 Mike Corwin ’55 Jill Kneerim ’56 Joan Chinsley Bownas ’56 Michael Gertner ’56 Frederic Hinze ’56 Martin Garrell ’56 Robert Bernstein ’57 Marjorie McKinley Bhavnani ’57

Naomi Rawitz Kanner ’57 Diana Korzenik ’57 Geoffrey Rice ’58 Jonathan Greenberg ’58 Fredric Kleinberg ’58 George Conklin ’59 Diane Stoler Levy ’59 John Mensher ’59 Susan Segal Rai ’59 1960s 29% Robert Benjamin, M.D. ’60 Elizabeth Harten Goldberg ’60 Elle Garrell Berger ’60 Susan Loewenberg Shulman ’60 Diodato Villamena ’60 Peter Zorach ’60 Eloise Crowley Morehouse ’60 John Streicker ’60 Lois Brenner ’61 Carol Meshel ’61 Edith Mendelson Gelfand ’61 Jonathan Fox ’61 Michael Williams ’61 Julie Keosian Boettiger ’62 Alvin Blank ’62 Paul Segal ’62 Jill Rein Silvers ’62 Lisa Richland ’62 Richard Cutler ’62 Stuart Baker ’63 Nettie Rawitz Hammond ’63 Ellen Press Kass ’63 Lydia Kenin ’63 Marilyn Halperin Bender ’63 Jeffrey Douglas ’63 Frederic Gold ’63 Mark Johnson ’63 Cheryl Fung Nathan ’63 Deirdre Lenihan Sloyan ’63 Robert Waldman ’63 Benna Brecher Wilde ’63 Ronnie Scharfman ’63 Barbara Ingersoll Rothenberg ’63 Robert Trow ’63 Roger Walz ’63 Michael Congdon ’63 Lewis Archer ’64 Ray Braverman ’64 Edward Teter ’64 Carla Scheuer Heaton ’65 Hartley Spatt ’65 Edward Merrick ’65 Moses Silverman ’65 Jonathan Zorach ’65

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Elizabeth Dawson Gullen ’65 Ellen Dresdale Ritz ’66 Ellen Chaitin ’66 Lawrence Madlock ’66 James Yglesias ’66 Joel Marks ’67 Matilda Turkle Rubin ’67 Diane Weathers ’67 Judith Suchow Sundstrom ’67 Stephen Wermiel ’68 Mechele Plotkin Flaum ’68 Michael Wald ’68 Robin Altchek Tashima ’69 Betty Chang ’69 Joseph Gianfortoni ’69 Steven Greenberg ’69 Jesse Goodman ’69 Joshua Farber ’69 Ira Greene ’69 1970s 11% Robin Gowa Wells ’70 Richard Reiben ’71 Tina Klein Baker ’72 Elizabeth Freedgood Breyer ’72 Marcus Levitt ’72 Burke Fitzpatrick ’72 Joseph Spitz ’72 Jack Ostroff ’72 Marc Brilliant ’73 Marc Coltrera ’73 Deborah Rosan ’73 Beth Farber ’73 Louise Parker ’74 Howard Sherman ’74 Sally Smith Christ ’74 Jessica Wittenstein Barranco ’74 Linda Block ’74 Robert Mardiney ’75 Carl Kass ’75 Adella Rosenthal ’75 Eric Nass ’75 Lisa Rubin Kornblau ’75 Samuel Solish ’75 Lauri Adler Bailey ’75 Francesca Coltrera ’76 Laura Delano ’76 Jean Fink Nadick ’76 Dina Braverman Culioli ’77 Warren Harding ’77 Muriel McClendon ’77 Timothy Smith ’77 Ian Phillips ’78 Meg Fink Fisher ’78 Ivan Freeman ’78

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Miriam Levitt ’78 Miranda Magagnini ’78 Nina Sporn ’78 Martha Smith ’79 1980s 7% Wendy Townsend ’80 Catherine Stamm Woolston ’80 Alexander Chefetz ’81 Todd Mulder ’81 Fisher Stevens ’81 David Schoen ’81 Ronald Wagner ’81 Robert Weinstein ’81 Beth Burns Punzi ’82 Andrea Auerbach Papapetros ’83 Andrew Charas ’83 Marian Maurer ’83 Bradford Mulder ’83 Judith Levinrad-Norman ’84 Rebecca Moore ’84 Elliot Bertoni ’84 Deborah Rosenbluth Weinstein ’84 Tomas Anthony ’85 Julie Carter ’86 Jessica Fleischer-Black ’86 Kate Fredricks Bohan ’86^ Rachel Fishman ’86 Susan Price ’86 Jonathan Richter ’86 Crystal Byndloss ’87 Philip Graham ’87 Karim Camara ’88 Claudia Lewis ’88 Darrick Hamilton ’89 Peter Laughter ’89 1990s 8% Anonymous (1) Yolanda Pierce ’90 Whitney Thompson ’90 Charene Arthur ’91 Wade Black ’92 Neva Daley Ouilikon ’92 Malika Hinkson ’92 Rebecca Locke ’92 and Eric Sillman ’92 Keith Canton ’93 Jennifer Hernandez ’93 Chris Price ’95 Anya Hoerburger ’95 Crystal Backus ’96 David Trachtman ’97 Jesse Phillips-Fein ’97 Melissa Poitevien ’98 Jazelyn Montanez ’98

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2000s 3% Bianca Sanchez ’00 Casaundra Broadus-Foote ’01 Kyle Neptune ’03 Caitlin Parrish ’03 Alap Vora ’03 Amanda Welch ’03 Seth Congdon ’05 Daniel Eden ’06 Scott Gentile ’07 Lauren Ladouceur ’07 Dakota Benedek ’08 Will Congdon ’09 Sherika Campbell ’09 Jacob Karr ’09 2010s 2% Zachary Robinson ’10 Sophia Ladouceur ’10 Olivia Jacobs ’11 Daniel Weber ’11

PARENTS OF ALUMNI/AE GIVING Anonymous (1) Lucy Adams Michael Ambrosio and Regina Neal Dana Anthony Margaret and Jeffrey Bary Marian Begley William and Laura BergeronMirsky Bob and Carol Berkvist Michael and Nancy Black Amitabha Bose and Satinder Jawanda Susan Bridges Alex and Maureen Burns Ellen Cookson John and Harriett Corporon Harrison and Marilyn Davis Marjory Duncalfe Robert Salmieri and Orla Dunstan David and Maura Eden Oliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips Marc Finkelstein and Maria Milin Cheryl Foote-Johnson Colin Fox and Marilyn WeaverFox Larry Fuchsman and Janet Strain Anthony and Fern Gentile Samuel Gilbert and Cecilia Cortez Dorothy Greenberg Ellen Grove Leslie Gruss

Raffael and Anna Guidone Marshall Hagins and Kathryn Johnson James and Kathleen Hartzler Edward Hernstadt and Maia Wechsler Michael Congdon ’63 and Marna Herrity Laura Hulbert and Jon Oshima Jonathan Hurwitz and Mona Schnitzler Mark Jay and Susan Rosenthal Jay Thomas and Sharon Kennedy Lawrence P. Kenny Donald Kilpatrick and Karen Lavine Arline Krisberg Alex and Hildemarie Ladouceur Mrs. Susan Laughter David Lefkowitz and Sharon Tepper Laura Leopardo and Christopher Brunt Allan and Karen Luks John and Susan Maloney Marcia McHam Giles and Kate Mellon Edward and Mary Miller Eloise Crowley Morehouse ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Mulder Sanford Nager and Dianne Abeloff Saul Nieves and Susan MatloffNieves Michael Nill and Irene Cohen Lyubov Obertnaya and Mikhail Obertnoy Lucius Palmer Stephen and Lisa Pearson Antonio Perez and Myriam Juarbe Mrs. Eva Richter Barbara Ingersoll Rothenberg ’63 Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber Randy and Michael Skurnick Stuart Smith Joseph and Nancy Tanney Ginny Terry Alan and Karen Trachtman Joan Tulp Andrew and Lynn von Salis Anil and Bina Vora Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Wagner Trish Walkin Jeremy and Judith Walsh Herbert Weber and Jamie NesbittWeber Bill and Carolyn Wheatley

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FACULTY AND FORMER FACULTY GIVING * Denotes Former Faculty Anonymous (12) Razi Abdur-Rahman Lucy Adams * Vanessa Aird Felix Alberto Kenneth Alston Valarie Alston Juan Alvarez Christopher Anderson * Dr. Lauren Andrews Tomas Anthony ’85 * Jessica Aquino Bruce Arnold Crystal Backus ’96 Kristen Baldiga Margaret Bary Dakota Benedek ’08 Lindsey Berns Taunya Black Karine Blemur-Chapman Bozena Bobrowska Robert Bowman Sidney Bridges Shani Brignolle Casaundra Broadus-Foote ’01 Tracy Bucci Mark Buenzle Maureen Burns * Abbey Butcosk Sharon Carter Maximo Cedeno Natasha Gordon-Chipembere * Catherine Clark Wrigley Christina Clemente Andy Cohen Kathryn Collins Jackie Condie Ellen Cookson Jeffrey Corlett Trevor Corson Emily Cowles Karl Cribbin * Adelaida Cruz Jon DeGraff Elizabeth Deull Marjory Duncalfe * Karen Edelman Maura Eden Jonathan Edmonds Vanessa Ehler Kate Engle Jonathan Farmer

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Lisa Favata Sachi Feris Jennifer Ferreira Jill Fiengo Camille Fobbs Cheryl Foote-Johnson David Gardella Greg George Janet Gibbs Stacy Goldman-Laughter Jenna Goodman * Sarah Gordon Norma Gordon * Peta-Gaye Grey Gilbert Grimmett Alex Guzchenko Martha Haakmat Elizabeth Harnage Sandy Hartmannsgruber Kathleen Hartzler Karima Hassan John Hay Elizabeth Heck Gorka Hernandez Ortiz Marna Herrity Ed Herzman Tiffany Huggins Laura Hulbert Laurice Hwang Eddie Iglesias Kamauru Johnson Elizabeth Jonckheer Jessica Jones Lorna Jordan Myriam Juarbe Ellen Kahan Yvette Kahan Maggie King Jesse Klausz David Kleiser Rachel Kornhaber Anna Kotelchuck Katie Lamonte Gary Lawson Laura Leopardo Claudia Lewis ’88 Gaudy Lora Stephanie Lorence Karen Luks * Diane Mackie Piper Macleod Lawrence Madlock ’66 * Ms. Alberta Magzanian * Vladimir Malukoff Erin Mansur

Joan Martin Santos Martinez Travis Merritt Stephen Michel Angelika Mincone Kate Minear Jazelyn Montanez ’98 Martin Moore Maricarmen Moreno Maggie Moroff * Michael Nill * Martin Norregaard * Claudio Novas Lyubov Obertnaya Laura Obuobi Danae Oratowski * Gorka Hernandez Ortiz Jacqueline Ortiz Mary Osorio Mary Ellen Ostrander Cordenia Paige Denise Parks Caitlin Parrish ’03 Elyse Perez Jesse Phillips-Fein ’97 Tina Piccolo Anatoliy Pilaysov Shanique Pinnock Melissa Poitevien ’98 Mary Post Matthew Presto Susan Price ’86 Peter Prince Ronit Prince * Jack Ramey * Joan Rappaport Julien Remy Vanessa Reynolds Michaela Richardson Lisa Richland ’62 * Deborah Richman Michel Rimpel Barbara Ringel * Valerie Ross Tom Rothschild M’Balia Rubie-Miller Gary Ryan Bianca Sanchez ’00 Sarah Schlein Tess Schutte * Caroline Segarra Amy Sherman Blake Sills Jules Skloot Stuart Smith *

Mariana Smith Sara Soll E. Fanny Sosenke Suzanne M. Stevens Kathy Stewart Robin Stewart John Storella * Jeff Strack Elvira Sullivan Orinthia Swindell Nancy Tanney Ginny Terry Whitney Thompson ’90 Chris Thorner * Ryan Thornton Helen Tocci Joan Tulp * Alison Ullrich Angela Ungaro Lisa Ventry Linda Villamarin Janet Villas Bina Vora Ticia Vreeland Trish Walkin Tina Wang Vanessa Wassenar Tim Waugh Rachel Webber Deborah Weinstein ’84 Lawrence Weiss Amanda Welch ’03 Robin Wells ’70 * Hannah Williams Molly Winter * Stephen Wortman Tanya Yaroslavsky Mary Young Maureen Yusuf-Morales Roxanne Zazzaro *

GRANDPARENT GIVING Ms. Tereatha Akbar Thea Taylor-Mogg ’21 Bob and Margo Alexander Madeline Alexander ’26 Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Ursula Anderson ’22 Wolfgang Anderson ’23 Ms. Dana Anthony Ella Anthony ’23 Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Ashley Samuel Horowitz ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Rich Ault Aja Martinez ’20 31

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Mrs. Joan Bassin Max Bassin ’20 Sydney Bassin ’25 Mrs. Joan Bauerlein Dillon Moneypenny ’24 Haven Moneypenny ’26 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein ’57 Joshua Fry ’21 Mr. Ashok Bhavnani and Mrs. Marjorie McKinley Bhavnani ’57 Nikhil Bhavnani ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Botwin Samuel Botwin ’16 Alexander Botwin ’18 Julia Menziuso ’18 Emma Menziuso ’21 Mr. and Mrs. George Breen Julia Breen ’15 Mr. Jack P. Cook, Jr. Miles Cook ’17 Mr. Richard D’Amore and Mrs. Jennifer Eckert Anthony Rogers ’23 Vincent Rogers ’25 Mrs. Burnley Dame Arla Graham ’23 Rosa Graham ’25 Mrs. Debbie Davies Oscar Davies ’26 Mrs. Anna Davis Phoebe Davis ’26 Mrs. Olga Deavitt Nicholas Ullman ’14 Isabel Ullman ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Bob DeWitt Rowan DeWitt ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Dote Patrick Dote ’19 Gabriel Dote ’20 Ms. Yvonne Dupree Zoe Salaam ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eagle Theodore Eagle ’13 Mrs. Sharon Edelman Sophie Edelman ’17 Lily Edelman ’20 Mrs. Martha Edelstein Anton Sack ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Epstein Ty Sheehan ’20 Ethan Sheehan ’22 Mrs. Lynn Evans Eloise Colley ’21 Coco Colley ’23 Piper Colley ’26

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Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Farina Charles Bertoldo ’22 Benjamin Bertoldo ’24 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fry Joshua Fry ’21 Homa Gerami Simone Hassard ’24 Mr. and Mrs. George Ginsberg Jacob Ginsberg ’12 Adam Ginsberg ’14 Samuel Ginsberg ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Glynn Mahasin Abashar ’21 Mrs. Norma Gordon Jabulani Chipembere ’19 Aminata Chipembere ’23 Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell Gordon Nicholas Ullman ’14 Isabel Ullman ’18 Mrs. Maxine Gray Janna Joassainte ’13 Ms. Sarah Hart Jasmyne Hart ’21 Cedar Hart ’23 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Helfand Lucas Miller ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henderson Lucy Smith ’18 Peter Smith ’23 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hertzig Ilan Sharon ’23 Rami Sharon ’25 Ms. Elaine Hohmann Madeleine Winter ’18 Mrs. Linda Holton Kenya Holton-Roth ’24 Bedloe Holton-Roth ’26 Mrs. Judith Isaksen Abraham Axler ’13 Laury Isenberg Jules Isenberg ’24 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kane Jordan Strohmenger ’25 Mrs. Mary Kirk Estella Brandenberg ’25 Ann Klein Christopher Klein ’19 Lauren Klein ’24 Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Koch Sophie Adelman ’14 Mrs. Isobel Konecky Timothy Wheelock ’13 Mrs. Susan Laughter Eddy Laughter ’21 Mrs. Joanne LeBlanc Amelia LeBlanc ’25

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Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Leffel Rowan DeWitt ’21 Mrs. Sheila Lehman Oliver Charas ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Leibowitz Dania Leibowitz ’19 Elsa Leibowitz ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Levy Ansel Billow ’25 Archer Billow ’21 Mr. and Mrs. John Macdonald Austin Perkowski ’24 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Macleod Melanie Macleod ’21 William Macleod ’23 Mrs. Sharon Magiera August Guy ’26 Mr. and Mrs. Baruch Mazor Elijah Edmonds ’26 Rabbi Yocheved Mintz Willow Mintz ’26 Mr. and Mrs. Arelee Moore Abrielle Moore ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Saul Moroff Sadie Reuter ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Mulder Nicholas Mulder ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Barton Myers Henry Pincus ’22 Theodore Pincus ’25 Mrs. Irene Nash Tyler Clarke ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Philip Norman Raphael Norman-Tenazas ’14 Mrs. Jeanne Opdycke Maxwell Feigelson ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Porter Joshua Judd Porter ’17 Miles Judd Porter ’19 Mrs. Katie Raab Jack Basner ’20 Alexander Basner ’22 Theodore Basner ’25 Mr. and Mrs. David Raymond Amelia LeBlanc ’25 Mrs. Eva Richter Alexandra Richter ’21 Noah Richter ’17 Ms. Carmel M. Rosenthal Sophie Edelman ’17 Lily Edelman ’20 Mrs. Sharon Rosier Jade Lichtenstein ’22 Mrs. Sheila Ross Jordan Ross ’11 Francesca Pearson ’15

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rothman Galen Jessop ’19 Owen Jessop ’25 Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Schmidt Jonathan Bach ’15 Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Shapiro Amalia Axinn ’17 Isadore Axinn ’21 Mrs. Joan Sharp Fiona Sharp ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smith Samuel Ginsberg ’17 Adam Ginsberg ’14 Jacob Ginsberg ’12 Mr. John F. Smith Lucy Smith ’18 Peter Smith ’23 Mr. Stuart Smith Romy Smith ’12 Molly Smith ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Smore Samuel Ehrlich ’20 Lila Ehrlich ’22 Mrs. Mary Strauss Julian Strauss Biro ’17 Mr. and Mrs. John Walker John Walker ’19 Dr. Catherine Walsh John Walker ’19 Mrs. Sara Wilson Amelia Watson ’21

FRIENDS Anonymous (1) Ms. Barbara Ashley BFS Families of 6C BFS Class of 2013 BFS Middle School Student Council Glenorchy P. Campbell George and Karen Getz Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg Ann Hulbert Mary Hulbert Jonathan Hulbert Talmadge and Edith Neece Donald and Joan Pesce Conrada Gill Thomas Ninon Rogers and Dan Truman

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CONSECUTIVE DONORS

This category of donors have made a contribution to the Brooklyn Friends Fund for five consecutive years or more.

Anonymous (6) Lauri Adler Bailey ’75 Vanessa Aird Felix Alberto David and Nina Allen John Allen and Beth Schwartz Valarie Alston Arthur Altman ’46 Henry Altman ’40 Michael Ambrosio and Regina Neal Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Dr. Lauren Andrews Bruce Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Rich Ault David and Rachel Axinn Amy Axler Crystal Backus ’96 Jessica Wittenstein Barranco ’74 Nada Davies Barry ’48 Margaret and Jeffrey Bary Seth and Andrea Basham Glen and Jennifer Basner Mrs. Joan Bassin Malcolm Bell ’49 Robert Benjamin, M.D. ’60 Alice Carb Berger ’53 Elle Garrell Berger ’60 William and Laura BergeronMirsky Greg Berman and Carolyn Vellenga Berman Lindsey Berns Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein ’57 Elliot Bertoni ’84

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Ajay and Mona Bijoor Peter Billow and Nina Levy Michael and Nancy Black Wade Black ’92 Karine Blemur-Chapman Linda Block ’74 Julie Keosian Boettiger ’62 Neil Botwin and Angela Menziuso Botwin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Botwin Ray Braverman ’64 and Barbara Braverman Lois Brenner ’61 Elizabeth Freedgood Breyer ’72 Sidney Bridges Susan Bridges Robert Bruce ’52 Tracy Bucci Alfred Buck ’54 and Elizabeth Frost Buck ’54 William Burton and Margie Peterson Steven Burwell and Heidie Joo Burwell Crystal Byndloss ’87 Rosalind Hale Campbell ’44 Sharon D. Carter Richard Chamberlain and Martha Crum Roy Chandran and Anita Krishnan William Wrigley and Catherine Clark Wrigley Johannes Cloete and Karen Robinson-Cloete Marc Coltrera ’73 Vance and Jackie Condie Seth Congdon ’05 Jeffrey Corlett John and Harriett Corporon Mike Corwin ’55 Cory and Emily Cowles Richard Cutler ’62 Mr. Richard D’Amore and Mrs. Jennifer Eckert Mrs. Olga Deavitt Laura Delano ’76 Jason and Jessica Donofrio Jenia Dorticos Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Dote Ms. Yvonne Dupree Lawrence Eagle and Ellen Sovern Amos and Karen Edelman Mrs. Sharon Edelman Mrs. Martha Edelstein David and Maura Eden James Edwards and Lisa Ferri

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Epstein Andrew Essex and Meg Castaldo Ira Feuerlicht and Laura Sack Carol Fiore and Joceline Arseneault Rachel Fishman ’86 Mechele Plotkin Flaum ’68 and Sander Flaum Jessica Fleischer-Black ’86 Colin Fox and Marilyn WeaverFox Jonathan Fox ’61 Christopher Franceschelli and Sally Doherty Thomas Franco and Allison Sargent-Franco Ivan Freeman ’78 Richard Frost ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fry Jason Fry and Emily Bernstein Mark and Marjorie Fuerst Barnaby Furnas and Andrea Rooke-Ley David Gardella Edith Mendelson Gelfand ’61 Anthony and Fern Gentile Homa Gerami Michael Gertner ’56 Mr. and Mrs. George Ginsberg Jeffrey Ginsberg and Jane Smith Elizabeth Harten Goldberg ’60 Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell Gordon Norma Gordon Philip Graham ’87 and Dara Sicherman Ricardo Granderson and Alisa Martin Granderson Mary Comey Grant ’51 Dorothy Greenberg Jonathan Greenberg ’58 Ellen Grove Raffael and Anna Guidone Eric Guy and Jill Holder Marshall Hagins and Kathryn Johnson Darrick Hamilton ’89 Sandy Hartmannsgruber James and Kathleen Hartzler Ralph Hassard and Sheila Gerami Anker Heegaard and Monica Jonas Seamus Henchy and Elise Kaufman Edward Hernstadt and Maia Wechsler

Michael Congdon ’63 and Marna Herrity Ed Herzman and Kate Daloz Tad Hills and Lee Wade Frederic Hinze ’56 Stanley Ho and Anna Kao Ms. Elaine Hohmann Lara Holliday and James Forrester Allen Honigman and Atea Martin Peter M. Horowitz Sidney Huang and Lauren Yaffe Darryl Hudak and Michael Syers Laura Hulbert and Jon Oshima David and Kathryn Hwang Laurice Hwang Nadia Jaber Lawrence Jacobs and Karen Danzig Michael and Macon Jessop Jane Morehouse Johnson ’50 Ellen Kahan Naomi Rawitz Kanner ’57 Lisa Kaufman Ty Kaul and Cassandra McGowen Michael Kenin ’54 Thomas and Sharon Kennedy Pamela Kiernan Donald Kilpatrick and Karen Lavine Maggie King Jody Kipper Jesse Klausz Ann Klein Geoffrey Kloske and Jennifer Braunschweiger Jill Kneerim ’56 Alex and Hildemarie Ladouceur Peter and Stacy Laughter ’89 Mrs. Susan Laughter Yi-Chun and Wen-Ching Lee Paula and Rusty Leffel Larry Leibowitz and Tara Greenway-Leibowitz Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Leibowitz Laura Leopardo and Christopher Brunt Michael Leverone and Bonnie Barrett Jerome Levitan ’48 Claudia Lewis ’88 Allan and Karen Luks Robert MacCrate ’39 Bob and Diane Mackie Morris and Susan Macleod Piper Macleod Mr. and Mrs. Robert Macleod Myron Maliner ’54

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Robert Mardiney ’75 Joel Marks ’67 Joan Martin Marcia McHam Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib John Mensher ’59 Chris and Michele Menziuso Edward and Mary Miller Andrew Mirer and Jesse Green Mr. and Mrs. Saul Moroff Bradford Mulder ’83 and Marisa Marinelli Sanford Nager and Dianne Abeloff Talmadge and Edith Neece Saul Nieves and Susan MatloffNieves Michael Nill and Irene Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Philip Norman Martin Norregaard Lee and Louise Olive Danae Oratowski and Jonathan Lipkin Jacqueline Ortiz Mary Osorio Mary Ellen Ostrander Jake Ottmann and Lauryn Small Neva Daley Ouilikon ’92 Cordenia Paige Lucius Palmer Stephen and Lisa Pearson Jeffrey Phillips and Martha Southgate Jesse Phillips-Fein ’97 Yolanda Pierce ’90 Marcia McVicar Polenz ’55 Ross Levin and Alice Pope Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Porter Richard Porter and Marion Hart Susan Price ’86 Peter Prince Susan Segal Rai ’59 Joan Rappaport Richard Reiben ’71 and Nancy Boissy Julien Remy Vanessa Reynolds Jonathan Richter ’86 and Julianna Richter Barbara Ringel Niel Isbrandtsen Rising ’43 Matthew Rogers and Deanna D’Amore Ninon Rogers and Dan Truman Jill and Todd Rose Ms. Carmel M. Rosenthal Mrs. Sheila Ross

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Jade Roth Rothman Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rothman Matilda Turkle Rubin ’67 Gary Ryan Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber Jonathan and Lisa Sack Louise Edelman Sagalyn ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Schmidt Lael Schultz and Jill Fiengo Thomas and Tess Schutte Jay and Monique Schwitzman Andrew and Kathleen Shapiro Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Shapiro Mrs. Joan Sharp Michael Sharp and Kristin Holcomb Jonathan and Christy Sheehan Susan Loewenberg Shulman ’60 Edward Siegel ’51 Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Blake Sills Moses Silverman ’65 Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti Michael and Randy Skurnick Paul Slovak and Bettina Schrewe Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smith John F. Smith Priscilla Smith and Carol Henderson Stuart Smith E. Fanny Sosenke Julie Sternberg and Paul Schoeman Suzanne Stevens Robin Stewart John Storella John Streicker ’60 James Stubbs and Laura Hansen Orinthia Swindell and Mohammed Sakoor Raoul Tenazas and Reynolds Tenazas- Norman Ginny Terry Saundra Thomas and Susan Siegel Whitney Thompson ’90 and Trefor Davies Helen Tocci Alan and Karen Trachtman David Trachtman ’97 Anthony and Shelley Ullman Angela Ungaro Virginia Mayer Valentine ’36 Peter Vietro-Hannum and April Che Chisholm Linda Villamarin

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Janet Villas Anil and Bina Vora Paul Waldman ’48 Mr. and Mrs. John Walker William Walker and Amy Walsh Jonathan and Elizabeth Wells Stephen Wermiel ’68 Charles Weymuller ’46 and Carol Weymuller Robert and Jennifer Wheelock Benna Brecher Wilde ’63 Michael and Marlies Winter Molly Roden Winter and Stewart Winter Roxanne Zazzaro

SPRING GALA 2013

Gala Underwriters The following donors made generous contributions in support of Carnivale and the financial aid program. These gifts include cash donations and donated faculty and staff tickets.

The familes of 2B The familes of KB Omer Abashar Ron Adelman and Irene Koch Bruce Arnold Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Ashley Andrew and Amanda Atlas Sulaiman Azeez and Cheryl Springer-Azeez Patricia Bacchus Mark Baillie and Margot Grover Glen and Jennifer Basner Curt and Mary Beech Steven and Samantha Berg Raoul Bhavnani and Savitha Reddy Ajay and Mona Bijoor Peter Billow and Nina Levy Bryan and Monique Black Wade Black ’92 Neil Botwin and Angela Menziuso Botwin Brooklyn Friends School Parents and Teachers Association Paul Brusiloff and Nadja Caulfield Steven Burwell and Heidie Joo-Burwell Marco Caffuzzi and Nicole Gagnon Paul and Andrea Compton William Cramer and Mary Wood Raphael and Melanie Davis Eurydice Decker Lawrence Eagle and Ellen Sovern Sonya and Carver Farrell Mr. Jussef Galib-Frangile

Robert and Ann Gayle Jeffrey Ginsberg and Jane Smith Ricardo Granderson and Alisa Martin Granderson Andrew Green and Jenifer Berman David Gutterman and Romaine Orthwein Melinda Hackett John Hatfield and Amy Wolf Stanley Ho and Anna Kao Daniel Holton-Roth and Kit Crosby Jamie Hubbard and Michelle Egiziano David and Kathryn Hwang Michael and Macon Jessop Reuben and Julie Jorsling Michael Joseph and Donna Nield David Kelley and Nicole LaBarbera Pamela Kiernan Andreas Killen and Marie Sacco Jody Kipper Eric and Jennifer Komitee Alex and Hildemarie Ladouceur Jordan Lampe and Yoshie Oda Earlston Lawrence and Rebecca Robinson-Lawrence Lawrence Laybourne and Herran Bekele Matthew and Sabrina LeBlanc Larry Leibowitz and Tara Greenway-Leibowitz Ron Lieber and Jodi Kantor Matthieu and Clare McAuliffe Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib Giles and Kate Mellon Edward and Mary Miller Jonathan and Isa Moneypenny Bradford Mulder ’83 and Marisa Marinelli David Oakland and Emily Stubbs James and Karin Orenstein Wayne Pate and Rebecca Taylor Jeffrey Phillips and Martha Southgate Chris Price ’95 Richard Reiben ’71 and Nancy Boissy Jonathan Richter ’86 and Julianna Richter Matthew Rogers and Deanna D’Amore Jade Roth Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rothman Frances Trainer Salant ’37 George Sampas and Anna Kuzmik 34

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Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti Blair Singer and Courtney Baron Paul Slovak and Bettina Schrewe John F. Smith Cortez L. Stallings, Jr. and Kay Wilson Stallings James Stubbs and Laura Hansen Michael and Nicole Tuminello Anthony and Shelley Ullman Buka Vakhtang Esvandjia and Sylvie Picquet-Damesme Edward Velardi and Susan Nixon Velardi Peter Vietro-Hannum and April Che Chisholm Corey and Robyn Wade Jon Walker and Hope Davis Robert Weinstock and Dana Stevens Stephen and Ilse Werther John and Ellis Whipple Molly Roden Winter and Stewart Winter Yasuo and Mikako Yoshikawa

Auction Donations

A Cook’s Companion Aaron and Juliette Adams Vanessa Aird Felix Alberto Clinton Alford Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store Armando’s Artforum B’Tween, Shelley Kruth Mark and Margot Baillie Baked Bar Tabac Bea Bartolotta Glen and Jennifer Basner Beam Center Bevacco Bija Yoga Bklyn Larder BookCourt Breathe-Inn, Marlon and Camella Aitcheson B.R. Guest Bridge Pilates Nina Broeer Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn Heights Cinema Brooklyn Nets George Buchalter and Janice Spector Buttermilk Channel Camp Cody Carmelo the Science Fellow

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Carnegie Hall, Anna Weber Cercle Rouge Yoon Chang Kenneth Chen City Chemist Clarkson Classic Kids Photography Coach Edward Colley and Johanna Evans-Colley Manny Colon Paul and Andrea Compton Diane Costanzo Crumbs Richard W. Cutler ’62 Dabney Lee Davis and Warshow Dell’Anima Dewey’s Disney Theatrical Group Jason and Jessica Donofrio DRIBBL Dry Dock Wine and Spirits Echo Hill Camp Vanessa Ehler Everyday Athlete, Tomas Anthony and Berta Belmar Jessica Fadem^ Sachi Feris Leslee Fetner Hugh and Fiona Forward Barnaby Furnas Gregoire Ganter Milton Glaser The Good Fork Gran Electrica GRDN The Greene Grape Greenlight Bookstore Greenwich Hotel Peta-Gaye Grey William Guy and Andrea Magiera-Guy Melinda Hackett Handmade Frames Heights Cafe Heights Kids The Heights Players Peter Henrici and Tamar Efrat Hey Cookie! by Kathryn Collins Tad Hills History to a Tee Stanley Ho and Anna Kao Dan Holton-Roth and Kit Crosby Il Buco Imagine Swimming Independent Lake Camp Insiders 1 Tim Ives Jazz at Lincoln Center

Michael and Macon Jessop Jody Kipper La Defense Jordan Lampe and Yoshie Oda Lango Foreign Language for Kids Mark Lariviere Gary Lawson Matt and Sabrina LeBlanc Ross Levin Michael Lieberman and Jessie Washburne-Harris Laura Ljungkvist Loi The London Hotel Errol Louis and Juanita Scarlett Luciano’s Hillary Macklowe Madison Lee’s Cakes at Cousin John’s Cafe and Bakery Jill Magid Marcus Linial Presents Mathnasium Marian Maurer ’83 Rachel Mazor Joseph and Leslie McCarthy Duane McLaughlin and M. Salomé Galib Mini Max Toys and Cuts Mint Chip Yogurt and Candy Bar Lizbeth Mitty Moon Rabbit Acupuncture Museum of Modern Art Music for Manhattan James Kirby Neill and Hih Song Kim New York Chess and Game New York Islanders New York Kids Club New York Knicks The New York Philharmonic New York Red Bulls The New York Times, Virginia Avent Nabritt Nickelodeon Wynne Noble Paige Novick One Girl Cookie Mary Ellen Ostrander Jordan Parnass AIA David Perrin Persons of Interest Adam Pincus and Suzanne Myers The Pines Adam Podd Pop Star Parties Public

Public Chicago Catherine Ramey Richard Reiben and Nancy Boissy Samantha Rippner Rosemarins Bungalow Colony Jonathan and Lisa Sack Salon 718 Saturday Night Live Caroline Segarra Richard Serra The Sesame Workshop Sheep Station Shelsky’s Lenore Skenazy Sleep No More The Smith De Niro Family Sottocasa Stella & Dot Julie Sternberg Superfly Presents Tango Ted and Honey Teresa’s Tiffany and Co. Trader Joe’s Maria O. Treglia Uncouth Vermouth Urban Landscape Concepts Vandermark Merritt Glass Studios Robert Weinstock Joe Weisberg and Julia Rothwax Stephen and Ilse Werther Chris and Pam Willis Mo Yusuf-Morales

IN MEMORIAM In memory of Katie Fredericks Bohan ’86 Susan S. Price

In memory of Dr. Sidney Bridges Joan Martin

In memory of Doris Farber Beth Farber ’73 In memory of Benjamin R. Burdsall Elizabeth Godfrey In memory of Gersham T. Carter Joan Martin In memory of Georgia Delano Laura Delano ’76 In memory of Lennox Granderson Ricardo Granderson and Alisa Martin Granderson In memory of Lisbeth Greenberg Greenfeld ’55 Jonathan Greenberg In memory of Ilse Henry Susan S. Price In memory of Kyu Hae Kim Stewart Simons and Stephanie Kim-Simons In memory of Joseph C. Polauf Jacquelyn Gavron In memory of the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School Lee and Louise Olive Caroline Segarra

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

In memory of Bernice Stansbury Joan Martin

Ronald Hason ’62

In memory of Harold C. Vaughan Eleanor M. Berger Glenorchy P. Campbell Martha Denckla Donald J. Pesce

General Endowment Michael Nill Endowment for Faculty Development Paul Segal ’62

IN KIND GIFTS Cherie Aarts-Coley Wade Black ’92 Burnley Duke Dame Jason and Jessica Donofrio Mark Gordon Dr. Philip Graham Ty Kaul and Cassandra McGowen Red Jacket Orchards Andrew Simons and Helene Benedetti of Emphasis Designs Miranda Steiger ’85 and Dianella Printing

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SOCIETY

The school is grateful to the following individuals who have made a bequest to Brooklyn Friends School in the past, or who have included Brooklyn Friends in their estate plans.

Murray ^ and Lucy Adams Elle Garrell Berger ’60 Mildred Bijur ^ Anne Chapman Booth ’27 ^ Arlette Philippous Brauer ’34 Jo Ann Black Chase ’60 Richard Cutler ’62 Ina Evans David Field ’42 ^ Rona Goffen ’62 ^ Peter M. Horowitz Ruth Jandorek ’43 ^ Thomas and Sharon Kennedy Diana Korzenik ’57 Norman Kurland ’62 Ian Lesser ’75 Margaret Voigt Malone ’49 Ira Meiselman ’68 Michael Nill and Irene Cohen Kendall Shaw Tom and Livia Thompson Sharon and Russ White David Williams ’43 ^ ^ Denotes deceased

In memory of Alexandra P. Vitale Philip L. Graham and Dara Sicherman In memory of George V. Walsh Catherine Walsh

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The names of donors in the preceding lists were for gifts made to the School from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. Gifts made afterwards will be acknowledged in next year’s annual giving report. While care was taken in compiling these lists, errors may have occurred. Please let us know of any omissions, misspellings, or gifts incorrectly categorized.

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cdabcdabcdabcd TRIBUTE GIFTS In honor of 2011-2012 Upper School Administration and Faculty Michael and Randy Skurnick In honor of Abraham Axler Judith Isaksen In honor of Wade Black ’92 George Getz In honor of Elizabeth Blake-Graham Shemaiah Hohn In honor of Estella Brandenberg ’25 Mary Kirk In honor of the Brooklyn Friends teachers who supported our daughter while she was a student Livia Thompson In honor of Brooklyn Friends Upper School Faculty and Staff Diane Mackie In honor of the Brooklyn Friends Fund Committee Kathryn Collins In honor of Oscar Davies ’26 Debbie Davies

In honor of Everyday Athlete David and Samantha Slarskey In honor of Ashley Gitter Gitter/Fox/Russell family In honor of Kathryn Isaac ’13 Lisa Kaufman In honor of Daniel Kupchik Leslie Shasha In honor of Dillon Moneypenny Joan Bauerlein In honor of Haven Moneypenny Joan Bauerlein In honor of Maricarmen Moreno Dominic Kozerski In honor of Jane Morrissey Tomas Anthony In honor of Jesse Phillips-Fein John Parnell and Lauren Donner In honor of Mariana Smith Michael Tuminello In honor of Suzanne Stevens Dominic Kozerski

In honor of Trefor Davies Debbie Davies

In honor of Whitney Thompson Debbie Davies

In honor of Dori Dietz Marna Herrity

In honor of Elio Valenti Amy B. Axler

In honor of Niamh Dolan Noah Yaffe

In honor of Amanda Welch Michael and Nicole Tuminello

Giving to Brooklyn Friends School All voluntary gifts to Brooklyn Friends (including Brooklyn Friends Fund, Capital Campaign and Endowment gifts) may be made in a variety of ways. Whatever the size of the gift, each and every contribution is valued and of vital importance to supporting the mission of Brooklyn Friends.

All charitable gifts are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

Contributions of cash, check, or money order are accepted. Checks should be made payable to Brooklyn Friends School.

Contributions can be made by credit card using VISA or MasterCard. Please provide the card number, name as it appears on the card, and expiration date. Or go to www.brooklynfriends.org/donate Many companies match the philanthropic contributions of their employees. All matching gifts are counted towards a donor’s membership in one of the Brooklyn Friends Fund giving clubs. To find out if your company provides matching gifts to educational institutions, contact your human resources department.

If you would like to make your gift in the form of stock, please contact the Brooklyn Friends Development Office for the brokerage information. Your tax deduction is the mean price of the stock on the date of its transfer to the School’s account.

There are many ways to make a planned gift to Brooklyn Friends School. Bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts or charitable lead trusts are some of the options available to you. If you are interested in making a planned gift to Brooklyn Friends, please contact Karen Edelman, Director of Development.

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Brooklyn Friends School Journal

Brooklyn Friends Fund Committee 2013-2014 Parent Committee Chairs Steve Burwell and Heidie Joo-Burwell Vice Chairs Ty Kaul Bill Siegmund and Lucy Hart Megan Hertzig-Sharon Matthieu McAuliffe Mary Ann Adolf Amanda Atlas Mark Baillie Ellen Barker Andrea Basham Mary Beech Steven Berg Andrea Compton Mark Dunn Andrew Essex Markos and Domingue Emmanouel Michael Farkas M. Salomé Galib

Lara Holliday Sonia Ives Macon Jessop Jody Kipper Sabrina LeBlanc Howard Levitt and Nathalie Sommer Ron Lieber Isa Moneypenny Jeffrey Moore and Monica Vaughn-Moore Emily Moyer Brad Mulder ’83 and Marisa Marinelli Robert and Ingrid Restrick Matt Rogers Brian Schmidt and Laura Frerer-Schmidt Eric Sillman Liz Sipes-Liebeskind Cheryl Springer-Azeez Kay Wilson Stallings Andrew Stoll Stefan Walter Pam Willis

Alumni Class Agents Edith Gelfand ’61 Richard Cutler ’62 Barbara Rothenberg ’63 Richard Reiben ’71 Meg Fink Fisher ’ 78 and Dr. Yale Fisher Robert Weinstein ’81 Tomas Antony ’83 Roger Best ’83 Brad Mulder ’83 Deborah Weinstein ’84 Susan Price ’86 Crystal Backus ’96 Lekeia Varlack ’99 Anand Vora ’01 Alap Vora ’03 Michael McManus ’08 Zoe Babian ’12

Faculty Committee Trefor Davies Peta-Gaye Grey Karima Hassan Deborah Richman Margaret Trissel

One person can’t do everything.

But together, we can do almost anything.

Give to the Brooklyn Friends Fund.

Address Service Requested Board of Trustees Lara Holliday, Co-Chair Bradford Mulder ’83, Co-Chair Margaret Bary Wade Black ’92 Sarah Clarke Richard Cutler ’62 Raphael Davis Ed Herzman Seamus Henchy Dan Holton-Roth, Secretary Macon Jessop Hildemarie Ladouceur Catherine Ramey Karen Robinson-Cloete Ninon Rogers Shelley Ullman, Treasurer Larry Weiss, Head of School, ex-officio Karen Edelman, Director of Development, ex-officio David E. Kleiser, Chief Financial Officer, ex-officio

Administration Larry Weiss, Head of School Taunya Black, Director of Afterschool Karine Blemur-Chapman, Director of Enrollment Management Bob Bowman, Head of Upper School Jacquelyn Condie, Head of Lower School Barry L. Davis, Head of Middle School Karen Edelman, Director of Development Maura Eden, Head of Preschool David Gardella, Athletic Director Greg George, Director of Technology David E. Kleiser, Chief Financial Officer Natania Kremer, Director of Service Learning Joan Martin, Director of Communications Eddie Moore, Jr., Director of Diversity Mary Osorio, Executive Assistant to the Head of School Mary Ellen Ostrander, RN, School Nurse Lesly Pierre, Director of Facilities Sara Soll, Director of Family Center Whitney Thompson, Dean of Faculty Rachel Webber, Executive Director of Horizons at BFS

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