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This fall, we all witnessed the unimaginable as one hurricane after another strengthened suddenly, approached rapidly, and spread destruction across Florida and the Gulf Coast states. We watched as nature’s power erased historical cultures, retirement communities, shopping centers, sea ports, and portions of our charming and eclectic cities. The extensive damage caused by nature’s simplest elements of wind, rain, and water was unimaginable.

Almost four months later, it is still difficult to believe the devastation and the long-lasting effects from the relentless record breaking storms. Often in grave situations, those not directly affected feel helpless and insignificant. They become frustrated.

Initially, at Cape Henry, we felt that empty sense of helplessness and we were momentarily stunned and collectively silenced as we watched the sad news and ominous weather reports.

But true to human nature and Cape Henry spirit, within a very short time, children and parents, neighbors and friends, churches and universities, along with countless charitable organizations began seeking ways to help the victims of the powerful storms. Our school community was especially generous. The number of creative ways the Cape Henry community expressed their support for those in need was heartwarming. Our community raised substantial and much needed support through many novel and imaginative ventures. We faced the unimaginable situation head on with information assemblies, music concerts, bake sales, wristbands, household and clothing donations, lemonade stands, special raffles, “dress-down” days, and of course, the enormously successful donation jar! The commitment to the displaced citizens of our southern communities was truly impressive.

Unfortunately at times of disaster, some people behave rather poorly and seek to place blame as they wallow in misery and misfortune. But others, such as our students, are always filled with optimism and hope. They imagine the opportunities of helping and immediately move to action.

Community is one of Cape Henry’s four Core Values. As teachers and parents, we understand that it is up to all of us to instill a deep sense of community in our children. At Cape Henry this task is easy to accomplish. Our students instinctively care about community, and they are often moved to action as they support others. They act as individuals and, of course, as members of a much larger global community. They know that they have a responsibility to answer the call, and they do so with confidence, grace, and purpose.

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In This Issue

Board Officers Mr. James H. Sparks Chair Dr. John P. Lewis Head of School/President Mr. Scot N. Creech Vice Chair Mrs. Linda W. Cross Vice Chair Mr. Paul O. Hirschbiel, Jr. Secretary Mrs. Mary H. McNeal Treasurer

Trustees Mrs. Suzanne Reigel Breit Mr. Edwin C. Brooks CAPT Nevin P. Carr, Jr. Mr. Reginald C. Corinaldi Dr. Lance B. Davlin Mr. Dennis M. Ellmer Mr. William H. Fuller, Jr. Mr. Mike R. Gianascoli '89 Mr. Mark A. Kelly Mr. Gregory H. Law Mr. Jerry F. McDonnell Mr. Craig L. Mytelka Mr. Frederick J. Napolitano, II Mr. J. Christopher Perry '92 Congressman Owen B. Pickett Mrs. Marilyn Simon Mrs. Wendy J. Sims Mr. Jeffrey M. Tourault Dr. Robert D.Voogt Mrs. Katherine C. Willis

Ex-Officio Members Mrs. Kim R. Wheeler President, 2004-2006 Cape Henry Parents’ Association Mr. Pete F. McCoy '88 President, 2005-2007 Alumni Association Board of Directors

Annual Giving Reception — ———————————————

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First Days of School — —————————————————

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Grandparents’ Day 2005— ———————————————— 10 Community Connection: Katrina Kare— —————————— 12 CHCS Welcomes New Faculty — ————————————— 14 Nexus in Southeast Asia— ———————————————— 15 Student and Faculty Accomplishments——————————— 16 Fall Athletic Report— ————————————————— 20 Athletic Focus: State Champion Field Hockey Team— ———— 21 CHCS Visits Elon University— —————————————— 23 Distinguished Alumni Awards — ————————————— 24 Alumni Feature: Graham Young '03— ——————————— 25 Alumni Making News: Drew Linehan '86— ————————— 26 Alumni Notes — ———————————————————— 27

Founders & Trustees Emeriti Mr. W. Cecil Carpenter* Mr. John P. Edmondson* Mr. Andrew S. Fine Mr. L. Renshaw Fortier Mrs. Dow S. Grones* Mr. Benjamin Huger, II Mrs. Grace Olin Jordan* Mr. Bernard W. McCray, Jr. Mr. James R. McKenry Mr. Arthur Peregoff* Mr. George G. Phillips, Jr. Mr. James P. Sadler* Mr. William J.Vaughan* Mrs. Anne Dickson Jordan Waldrop

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Dr. W. Hugh Moomaw Mr. Daniel P. Richardson

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2005-2006 Parents’ Association Executive Board Mrs. Kim Wheeler, President Mrs. Anne Randolph Schmudde First Vice President Mrs. Lee Bergen, Second Vice President Mrs. Debbie Posey, Treasurer Mrs. Laura Putney, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sarah Sautter, Recording Secretary Mrs. Julie Perry Lower School Representative Mrs. Leslie Quisenberry, Lower School Representative Ms. Bridgett Breitenberg, Middle School Representative Mrs. Deborah Parnigoni, Middle School Representative Mrs. Nancy Cole, Upper School Representative Mrs. Debbie Mandell, Upper School Representative

2005-2006 Alumni Association Board of Directors Board Officers Mr. Pete F. McCoy '88 President Mrs. Sally Voight Dudley '88 Vice President

Board Members Mr. Mike R. Gianascoli '89 Mr. Repp Lambert, II '89 Mr. J. Christopher Perry '92

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Giving Donor Reception

In early October, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. James H. Sparks, and his wife, Karen, hosted a reception in their home to honor donors who gave at the Leadership Level in the 2004-2005 Annual Giving Campaign. Thank you to all of our supporters for making the 2004-2005 campaign such a success.

Chris and Cathee Perry, Director of Development and Assistant Head of School Julie Scherrer, and Meg and Craig Mytelka.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jim Sparks, Trustee and 2005-2006 Annual Giving Co-chair Chris Perry '92, Annual Giving Coordinator Larry Ward, Trustee and 2005-2006 Annual Giving Co-chair Lance Davlin, Joanne Davlin, and Head of School Dr. John P. Lewis.

Cathee Perry, Larry Ward, and Lisa and Mike Gianascoli '89.

Jim Sparks and Trustee William Fuller.

Congressman Owen Picket and Dr. Lewis.

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Mary Vance.

Pat Perry and Cathy Lewis.

Linda Fox-Jarvis, Cathy Carter, Cindy Dixon, Jan and Dennis Ellmer, and Don Carter.

Thank You for Giving On behalf of the fabulous Development Office, we would like to thank our parents, alumni, Trustees, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends of Cape Henry Collegiate School for an awesome start to the 2005-2006 Annual Giving Campaign. We are so appreciative of your generous gifts which support our students’ education. Tuition alone does not cover the cost of educating our children. Annual Giving comes from the heart, and we are very thankful for the much needed support. We need participation from all of our parents! Thanking you in advance for your support.

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Just some of this year’s Phonathon caller: Jim Sparks, Chris Sawyer, Kim Wheeler, Tammy and Bert Dail, Joanne Davlin, William Fuller, Chris Perry, Charlie Landen, Lance Davlin, and Larry Ward.

Chris Perry Annual Giving Co Chair

Lance Davlin Annual Giving Co-Chair

WHAT WE COULD DO WITH YOUR SUPPORT

Corrections to the 2004-2005 Annual Report We regret that the following donors were inadvertently omitted from the 2004-2005 Annual Report. The entire CHCS community is grateful for their generous support.

rACE at the Cape Donors Monarch Bank The Sparks Family: “The Ballet Studio” Debra and Herman Wright Discount Supplements Direct Arby’s Restaurant

2005 Grand Auction Donors The Kane Marie Gallery Grandparent Books Mr. and Mrs. Howard Horton Hope S. Wheeler

2005-2006 Cape Henry Parents’ Association Officers

Kim Wheeler President

Anne Randolph Schmudde First Vice President

Lee Bergen Second Vice President

Debbie Posey Treasurer

Laura Putney Corresponding Secretary

Sarah Sautter Recording Secretary

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Julie Perry Lower School Representative

Leslie Quisenberry Lower School Representative

Bridgett Breitenberg Middle School Representative

Deborah Parnigoni Middle School Representative

Debbie Mandell Upper School Representative

Nancy Cole Upper School Representative

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The first days of school each year are filled with reunions, introductions, convocations, and orientations. Here are some scenes from this year’s beginning.

Back to School Party for Faculty and Trustees Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. James Sparks, and his wife, Karen, hosted a “Back-to-School” Event in their homes for faculty, staff, and Trustees.

Karen Mason and Jane Law. Wendy and Kevin Sims and Katherine and Ros Willis.

Steven and Ellen Maurer and Meg and Craig Mytelka.

Greg Cross, Michelle Hinck, and Linda Cross.

Steve Bennis, Bob and Kay Temme, and Karen Bennis.

Jim and Karen Spark’s daughters, CHCS alumni Kristin '02 and Lauren '04.

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Jeannie Short and Kevin Scherrer.

Jeff Donnelly and Callie Byron

Frances Morgan, April Hand Cameron, and Pamela Parker.

Faculty Return Returning to campus, faculty members were tanned, rested, and rejuvenated.

They began their year with a full-school assembly followed by a luncheon in the Cafe Dolphin.

Mr. Mark Cunningham introduces himself by juggling.

Mrs. Carolyn Scullion describes her Alumni Faculty Grant experience in the village of Supai.

New Student Orientation New students and their families were welcomed with a reception, tours, and programs specific to each school division.

Mrs. Arlene Ingram recognizes 20-year employees.

Beach Party on the Lawn On Friday, August 26, all Cape Henry families were invited to campus for one last “Beach Party” sponsored by CHPA to celebrate the beginning of the school year. It was a huge success and hopefully will become an annual event.

Convocation Dr. Lewis opened the school year with a Convocation for Grades 7-12, sharing words of wisdom his father shared with him each school year: • Work harder than others – hard work matters!

• Always check your spelling!

• Learn from your mistakes – and the mistakes of others.

• It is never too late.

• Be friendly – be nice.

• Compromise.

• Think and re-think.

• Keep good notes.

• Resist the temptation to do everything.

• Keep your promises.

• Use technology smartly.

• First impressions are last impressions.

• Trust your knowledge and instincts.

• Double check all work.

• Clean as you go.

• A wise person knows everything, a smart person knows everyone, and • Give to others.

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Each fall when the air is crisp and cool, CHPA hosts its annual “Fun-Raiser” called the Fall Festival. It is hosted in conjunction with the Lower, Middle, and Upper School clubs and organizations. The day is filled with activities for the entire family and opens with the “rACE at the Cape” run/walk, followed by games, inflatables, a cake walk, tennis tournament, the Book Barn, alumni events, fantastic food, and much more! This year’s Fall Festival was held October 22 in and around the Alfred T. Taylor Field House and was co-chaired by Laurie Cooper and Tammy Dail. Captured here are just a few of the multitudes of smiles and activities throughout the day.

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The third annual “rACE at the Cape” was held Saturday, October 22 with over 260 registered participants – 190 in the 5K and 73 in the one mile. It was a tremendous success for the AIDS Crisis Education (ACE) Club and great fun for all of the participants. The Middle School girls volleyball team had 100% participation as well as the most spirited running attire, followed closely by the girls field hockey and girls tennis teams. The well-conditioned varsity cross country team captured several awards as well. It was nice to see such a wide variety of participants of all ages including present and past CHCS families and visitors from the local community.

Editor’s Note: Go to www.triduo.com for additional photos of the race.

Overall Male Steve Johnstone Chris Perry Tom Waterbury Overall Female Amanda Scott Kelli Morrissey Lori Cooper

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Female 1-12 Jessica Gabris Jessica Bland Casey Morrissey

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Female 13-19 Maddy Woodson Kristen Meredith Sarah Potter Ben Davis

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Female 20-29 Daphne Rankin Bethany Rallis

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Three generations of the DiBona family participated in this year’s “rACE at the Cape.” Grandfather, Dr. Douglas DiBona, served as a Board of Trustee member at Cape Henry in the 1980s and is still setting a strong example for his entire family.

Joining “Dr. D” in the 5K race was his son, Kevin DiBona, CHCS Class of 1985. Kevin also served as a Trustees member from 1996 to 1999 as well as being the President of the Alumni Board of Directors. Kevin’s son and Douglas’ grandson, Thomas DiBona, age 8 and currently in the Third Grade at CHCS, also ran the 5K race. In addition to these “Tri-Gen-Athletes,” Kevin’s wife and Thomas’ mother, Melissa DiBona, joined them on their 5K journey.

Grandmother Gail DiBona, Douglas’ wife and Kevin’s Mom, did the onemile race with Kevin and Melissa’s two daughters, Caroline DiBona, age 6 and in Kindergarten at CHCS, and Katie DiBona, age 5.

Congratulations to all members of the DiBona clan!

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Male 1-12 Dean Watkins Kyle McCammon Will Overman

Mike Meredith Robert Morey Brad Ripley

A Family Affair - The DiBona Family

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Buzz Cooper Dan LoAlbo Marc Levine

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Female 30-39 Melissa DiBona Jillian Little Jennifer Pilger Craig Ruetzel Jeff Gomez John Stein

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Female 40-49 Karen Voogt Eola Scott Christine Wengler

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Male 50 and Over David Bussiere Ralph Pick Steve Scudder

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Female 50 and Over Karen Sparks Dawn Hockberg Carolyn Scullion

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The Middle and Upper Schools participated in Spirit Week beginning October 17. Monday was Western Day! Tuesday was Super Hero Day! Then came Decades Day followed by Tacky Tourist Day. Middle and Upper School Spirit Week was punctuated with CHCS Gear Day!

Who could ignore the school-wide exclamation point at the end of the month –

Halloween!

There was faculty foolishness…

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Thrilled to share in the excitement with their grandchildren, grandparents filled the halls and classrooms of The Sims Lower School.

Each year, the Lower School students host a Grandparents’ Day celebration to honor their loved ones and to show off their school. It is always a day filled with stories, love, hugs, and smiles. Many grandparents appear regularly on campus throughout the year, volunteering around campus, but many make a special trip from out of town just to share this “grand day” with their grandchildren.

Here are some of the Lower School students with their grandparents and special friends.

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Taylor Schoolar and Zach Maiden

Daphne Effinger

Madison Beale

Tripp Perry

Collin Hopkins

Jordan Sarrett

Kevin Cunningham John Stone

Madison Land

Kate Caralleri

Reilly Bawcom

Emma, Anders, and Hans Christofferson

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Tommy DiBona

Jamal Strayhorn

Sophia Karides

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Connection: Katrina Kare

Community, Opportunity, Scholarship, and Integrity Put to the Test Coinciding with the opening of the school year was the onslaught of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina. It was on everyone’s mind. True to Cape Henry form, and a perfect illustration of the School’s Core Values put into practical application, was the outpouring of support, both individually and collectively, by our community.

What follows are some examples of that compassion.

September 6 There was a message from the Head of School that it could be months before buildings were habitable, utilities were restored, and life could return to New Orleans and other parts of the South. He announced that we had heard from some Gulf Coast Independent School families seeking a school that would be willing to educate their children until their communities recovered. Each day more information became available.

September 9 In another message from the Head of School, Dr, Lewis announced: Robert Jacobson is a new ninth grader from Pascagoula, Mississippi. His family was displaced by the hurricane. The Jacobson family is related to the Sherwood Family. Robert and his two siblings, Rachel and Richard (both Lower School), will be attending classes at CHCS for the foreseeable future. The good news is - the Jacobson house is still standing and recovery efforts are underway. The children are staying with their maternal grandparents while they are living in Virginia. Please welcome Robert, Rachel, and Richard as they join Cape Henry Collegiate and the Virginia Beach community.

Sincerely, Jack

September 16 Madeline Hennessy, a first grader in Mrs. Scullion’s class, arrived a week after the Jacobsons. She came to us from Metairie Park Country Day School outside of New Orleans where her mother was a Calculus teacher.

Madeline and her family returned to Louisiana on December 9 to help rebuild their school facilities in time for its reopening in January.

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Mr. Doug Wine and Mrs. Kim Johnson accepted an award from the American Red Cross on behalf of the School. The Red Cross recognized the School’s fundraising efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims.

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Kirby Talbert, Paige Wheeler, and Oliver Goode, along with friends from their Alanton neighborhood, were featured on WAVY TV-10 for spending their Labor Day weekend raising $2,000 for the Red Cross. A fellow neighbor matched their donation and then her company, William E. Wood, matched her donation giving the children $6,000 to donate to the Red Cross.

Front Row: Kate Easton,Courtney Paphites, Kristen Vretakis, Katie Ellis,Caroline Finley, and Amaie Riess. Back Row: Karling Watson, Marguerite McNeal, Emma Elliott, Courtney Cripps, Betsy Nash, Andrea Paphites, Amy Bennis, and Kayla Buchardt.

Mid-September Every Second Grade classrooms participated in a voluntary “Stuffed Animals for the Children in Louisiana Shelters” collection sponsored by the Clarke family. By its end, the Second Grade shipped a large number of stuffed animals to the children in the New Orleans area with the hope that they were a source of comfort.

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November 8 Cape Henry students in Prekindergarten through the Twelfth Grade worked diligently to raise more than $11,000 through various fundraisers, such as talent shows, lemonade stands, and straight donations for the victims of Katrina. In a school-wide assembly, a check was presented to Ruth Schaefer, a representative from the Amercian Red Cross.

Left to Right: Mr. Doug Wine, Upper School Director, Greg Covington, Upper School SCA President; Ruth Schaefer, American Red Cross Representative; Hunter Davlin, Lower School SCA President; “Henry” the Dolphin; Dr. John P. Lewis, Head of School; Mark Cunningham, Lower School Director; Max Wagner, Middle School SCA President; and David Cameron, Middle School Director.

Organized by Andre Paphites and Caroline Finley, a group of seven Middle School girls formed a committee called The Future Fundraisers of America. These young ladies put together a garage sale to benefit Katrina victims, complete with corporate sponsors.

The successful fundraiser allowed the girls to raise over $6,000 to present to the American Red Cross.

They were interviewed by WVEC TV-13 on November 1.

The Phillips Family Gallery September Kay Hofler and Jean Rawls (oil painting)

February Jeannie McCrary (Black History Month- illustration)

October Janet Lynn Eggen (watercolor)

March The Artists Gallery (mixed media)

November Nancy Dooley (collage illustration)

April Jeff Warden (oil painting and ceramics)

December Tess LiVolsi Amoruso (surreal photography)

May Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists

January Tao Yuanming (documentary photography)

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During the school year, student artwork can be viewed throughout the campus and at www.capehenry.org. In March, a school-wide art show will take place in The Hirschbiel Center for the Arts in The Hathaway Family Student Art Gallery.

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Mark Cunningham Director of the Lower School

Mark came to Cape Henry from Hamden Hall Country Day School, a PK-12 day school located in Hamden, Connecticut where he had served as the Director of the Lower School since 1999. Prior to Hamden Hall, Mark served in a number of capacities during his 17 years at The Louisville Collegiate School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Mark earned his BS at The Pennsylvania State University, his M.Ed. in education at the University of Louisville, and completed additional post-graduate work at Bellarmine University in Louisville.

Gregory Dregas Middle School History

Gregory graduated from Cape Henry Collegiate School in 2000. After graduating from CHCS, Gregory went on to the College of William and Mary where he sang in their touring choir and earned a B.A. in religious studies.

Mrs. Judy A. Howard Fourth Grade Teacher

Judy graduated from Old Dominion University with a B.A. in elementary education. Mrs. Howard taught First and Third Grades at St. Matthew’s Catholic School in Virginia Dr. Brian Brennan Beach for three years and then at Immaculate Conception Upper School English School in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania for two years at the junior high level. She is coming to us from Star of the Sea Regional Catholic This is Brian’s first year teaching English at Cape Henry School in Virginia Beach where she taught junior high for the last nine years.

Collegiate School. Dr. Brennan received his B.A. from Jennifer L. Kreinheder Swarthmore College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Second Grade Teacher and creative writing from SUNY Binghamton. He taught English at the Friends School of Baltimore and taught writing, English, and cultural studies at colleges in Pittsburgh prior to coming to Jennifer had the pleasure of substitute teaching in the Lower CHCS. Brian holds a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York, a School last school year. Before coming to Cape Henry, master of arts from SUNY, and a bachelor of arts from Swarthmore College. she was an adjunct instructor with the Norfolk campus of Johnson and Wales University, teaching freshman Mr. George Bunn math classes. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Old Upper and Middle School Spanish Dominion University in 1994 and her master’s in elementary/middle school education in 1998.

George is fluent in Spanish and has recently completed Tracey Pinkin the Career Switcher Teaching program at Old Dominion Athletic Trainer University. He is leaving an interesting and successful background in business, which involved extensive travel, to follow his dream and enter the educational world.

Tracey comes to us with five years experience in the Virginia Beach City Public School System. She is a Certified Athletic Mr. Bunn is a graduate of the University of Virginia, a product of Old Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Dominion University’s Career Switcher teaching program, and a veteran of the Tracey earned a B.S. in exercise science and a M.S.Ed, United States Navy. with an emphasis in athletic training, from Old Dominion University in 1997 and 2000, respectively. As a athletic training graduate Mr. Richard Carrington student, she was assigned to the women’s soccer and baseball teams.

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Richard graduated from Mars Hill College in Asheville, North Carolina in 2003, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications. He is also currently pursuing his master’s degree. He was a staff member of the award-winning Hilltop Online college newspaper and he served as a football and basketball sideline/color commentator for Mars Hill’s radio station, the Lion Sports Network. Mr. Carrington was also a four-year starter and the Captain of the Mars Hill lacrosse team, and he still holds two school career records.

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Mr. Carrington is also the head coach of the boys varsity boys lacrosse team at Cape Henry. Before coming to Cape Henry, he was at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he was the men’s assistant lacrosse coach. Mr. Carrington has also coached at his alma mater, Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Upper School Government and History Daphne grew up in the area and attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she earned a B.A. in government and foreign affairs. This year, Daphne will be working with Mrs. Amy St. Sing sponsoring the Model U.N. club.

Carolyn Turner Fifth Grade Teacher

Carolyn received her B.A. in business communications from Salem Women’s College as well as her master’s in education. She maintains a teaching certificate from the state of Virginia in grades K-8. In addition, Mrs. Turner has an endorsement in gifted education with the state. She has been in education for 12 years with the city of Virginia Beach where she taught fourth grade for three years, multi-age for two years, gifted education for six years, and kindergarten for one.

Nexus Explores Southeast Asia In May, Mr. Willy Fluharty, Director of the Nexus international studies program, took a group of seniors to Cambodia and Vietnam. What follows is his account of the trip to Cambodia which was published as an Op-Ed article in The Virginian-Pilot.

As our group of 15 Cape Henry Collegiate seniors gingerly walked around fragments of femurs and skulls that “floated” to the surface after a recent monsoonal rainfall, Vanta, our guide at the Killing Fields in Cambodia, told of his personal experience under the genocidal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge.

Vanta was only a few years old when the Khmer Rouge came and evacuated his neighborhood in the eastern part of Siem Reap near the ancient Khmer capital of Angkor Wat. His family was forced into an agrarian commune as slave laborers - as was the entire population of 6 million after the Khmer Rouge took over in 1975.

Thousands died of starvation in the beginning of the communist Utopian vision of Pol Pot, which was short for Political Potential. Vanta survived on two spoonfuls of rice mush per day and porridge of indigenous plants that his mother cooked each evening. He recounted how she was sure he wouldn’t survive because he did not like the taste of weed soup. So his mother begged the camp cook to help supplement his diet. The cook obliged, but was caught and executed.

During the thee years, eight months and 20 days of the Khmer Rouge reign of terror, a time frame seared into the memory of every Cambodian, an estimated two million were killed, or 30 percent of the population, in an act of insane genocide. The trauma this genocide inflicted on the people is evident in the titles we witnessed at the Central Market book stand in Phnom Penh. Books like “First They Killed My Father,” “Stay Alive My Son,” “Year Zero” and the “Killing Fields” fill the store with morbid tales of genocide and survival.

Few elderly Cambodians are seen because many did not survive the killing. The median age is 19. At our first stop in Phnom Penh, at the Buddhist Wat Phnom, our group walked between saffron-robed monks and a mob of limbless beggars who had the unfortunate fate of stepping on one of the millions of land mines left over from decades of civil war. Then came the child beggars. The students were taken aback by the masses of poor. It’s one thing to read about economic development and GDP per capita, but it’s another when

students witness first-hand the reality of a $350 average annual income.

But the students were most shocked at the magnitude of the genocide. After visiting the powerful Killing Fields memorial, a five-story glass building with thousands of skulls, one of my Cape Henry students, Brandon Flynn asked, “We know so much about the Holocaust. Why don’t we know anything about this?” He had just stepped over bones and pieces of clothing that were recently exposed.

Each day someone walks through the mass grave site of an estimated 17,000 people, and gathers the bones and clothes and piles them up for later removal. For about an hour, I did not hear one of my students say a word as they absorbed the gravity of the Cambodian genocide in all of its barbarity.

Cambodia was only one of many, many tragedies that man has thrust upon himself; Armenia, Tibet, Rwanda, Bosnia, and the present crisis in Darfur are a few more examples.

“Why didn’t we intervene in Cambodia to stop the killing?” asked student Whitney Fulton.

We had just lost 58,000 young Americans in neighboring Vietnam, so we let the Khmer Rouge have their way with the people. We tried and failed in Southeast Asia. It was someone else’s turn to be the global cop. Turns out, it was Vietnam itself that was forced to intervene in Cambodia to stop the killing in 1979.

For our Cape Henry students, the “discovery” of the Cambodian genocide and the massive poverty created the perfect educational environment. “How can you stop such genocide?” they asked. “What can we do to stop global poverty?”

After silently walking through the Tuol Sleng torture prison that was converted from a high school under Pol Pot, the students saw blood-splattered walls and floors along with hundreds of pictures of the tortured and executed. “How many must die before we do something about it?” asked Michael Peregoff.

As a teacher, I welcomed being asked the question. Will I have to take another group of Cape Henry students to another field of bones before I hear it again?

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Congratulations to the following students for completing CHCS Summer Spirit Camp! (Left to Right) Laura Lattacher, Sophia Karides, Renee Bawcom, Coach Kelly McDonald, Kristin DeCroix, Alayne Hutchinson, Kortney DeCroix, Madison Levine, Carleigh Saunders, and Reilly Bawcom.

Inspired by a story out of Pennsylvania, third grader Madison Land learned about Alexandra Scott who died from a form of childhood cancer. For four years, Alexandra had set up a lemonade stand to help raise funds for cancer research. Madison joined forces with her fellow 4-H friends and their efforts were reported in The VirginianPilot’s Beacon.

The Seahorse Riders, including Madison Land, 8, left, and Kailey Strother, 10, and their volunteer leader, Kerri Land, sold the lemonade at a September 10 polo match.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL Mrs. Michelle Hinck’s Eighth Grade French students went into the Lower School to teach French during National French Week. Eighth Grade student teachers were: Luke Kohart and Jennifer Lee in Mr. August Vanderwerff’s class; Max Wagner and John Farley in Mrs. Mary Ruehrmund’s class; and Avi Goldman and Sarah Gordon in Mrs. Carolyn Scullion’s class.

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The following Middle School chorus students were selected to participate in the 2006 All-District Choral Festival: Nikki Mandell, Emma Elliot, Kristin Hopkins, Kristen Vretakis, Elli Mirenda, Paige Wheeler, Kalan Brehm, Jennifer Lee, Ali Huffman, Brooke Stellmach, Jason Allred, and Josh Uher.

Eighth grader Kaleigh Cohen was selected to the Junior Regional Orchestra, placing 4th chair out of over 80 cellists who auditioned.

Cellist Stephanie Wacker and violinist Jordan Kucy also scored well in the auditions.

On November 12, The Middle School Lego Team, “Dynamic Dolphins,” qualified for the State Competition in the Hampton Roads Regional FIRST LEGO League Competition. The team also earned a 2nd place honor in Robot Performance in Division II, and the coaches were awarded the Coach/Mentor Award for Division II. The team consisted of four Middle School students: Katelyn Falk, Cooper Browning, Drew Green, and Josh Lim. Mr. Tom Rodgers and Mrs. Debra Duffy were the coaches, and Mrs. Nancy Lim was an assistant. This was Cape Henry’s second year to compete.

UPPER SCHOOL The following Upper School chorus students were selected to participate in the 2006 All-District Choral Festival: Kelly Vance, Blake Burlage, Jasmine White, Hannah Duffy, Tyler VanderMeer, Brittany Agrillo, and Michelle Hudgins.

Annabelle Dragas has been named a Commended Student in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed within the top five percent of more than one million students who entered the 2006 competition by taking the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT.) In October 2004, 1.3 million juniors took the PSAT nationwide.

Of those, 16,000 were named National Merit Semifinalists. To become finalists and win merit scholarships, these applicants must have outstanding academic records, be endorsed and recommended by their principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance. This year, Cape Henry has two semifinalists, Alec Crowell and Chris Burke.

Freshman Kelsey Scherrer (Top row, left) made the Junior Olympic Field Hockey team this summer, an honor usually held by athletes 16 years of age. She played in the USA Field Hockey Futures Program, a developmental arm of USA Field Hockey. Selected by the coaches, Kelsey played on the USA South Team which won the Silver Medal at the National Tournament held in Virginia Beach. She was also written up in The Virginian-Pilot’s Sports section on July 27, in an article entitled, “Eight local players headed to New Orleans, Kelsey Scherrer makes US Jr. Olympic Team for Field Hockey.”

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A Podcast is available online at www.capehenry.org.

Wes Northam and Mike Mallett became the first two students this year to pass the IC3 computer certification.

Congratulations to Joseph Farmintino for being this year’s first recipient of the Charles Barker Community Service Scholarship.

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Price Wheeler recently won 1st place in the Boys Shortboard Division and first place in Menehune Longboard Division of the Eastern Surfing Association contest. Also placing in this competition were Sebastian Moreno - 4th place in Juniors Shortboard, Kate Easton - 3rd place in Junior Women’s Shortboard, 2nd in Jr. Women’s Longboard and 2nd in Women’s Bodyboard, and Keegan McLaughlin - 1st place in Menehune Bodyboard. There were over 900 competitors in the championship.

Price Wheeler also won first place in the boys division for the Eastern Surfing Association contest held in Hatteras and 5th place in the Boys Division at the recent East Coast Surfing Championship.

Kate Easton and Sebastian Moreno also placed in their divisions.

Senior Nicole Moore just completed a summer season with the Hampton Roads Piranhas, the semi-professional women’s soccer team. This is a remarkable accolade considering high school athletes are rarely selected to play at the semi-pro level.

Congratulations to sophomore Sarah Potter and freshman Kristen Meredith for participating in the USA Field Hockey Futures Program this summer.

The Upper School newspaper, The Lighthouse, won a silver medal for overall newspaper excellence from Columbia University’s Scholastic Press Association. Please congratulate faculty member Mrs. Robyn Judge and The Lighthouse staff: Aria Branch, Allison Bland, Chris Burke, Fitz Shipp, Casey Scherrer, Brandon Allred, Morgan Pearman, Guy Carmeli, Jeff Brooks, Brittany Bertolino, Angel Richardson, Lauren Chambers, Tom Waterbury, Taylor Stone, and Caroline Carter. Morgan Pearman also won an individual award for best interview.

Six Cape Henry womens lacrosse players, went to the All-Star Virginia Commonwealth Games at Hollins College in Roanoke this July: Devin Nash, Morgan Pearman, Natalie Breit, Mary Flower, Emily Cole, and Allison Bland ’05. These ladies were nominated by their coaches to play on the East Team, and for the second year in a row, won the Gold. The Virginian-Pilot’s Sports section ran an article on July 27 entitled, “Six Cape Henry girls lacrosse players win state gold medal.”

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Eleventh grader Genna Brand competed this summer in Tel Aviv, Israel in the Maccabi Games. The Maccabi Games, sometimes referred to as the “Jewish Olympics” are held every four years attracting over 6,000 outstanding athletes from 50 countries around the world.

Genna’s National Women’s Junior Team displayed impressive skill earning the gold medal for their efforts. Genna was also given the “Golden Boot” Award for offensive play including goals scored and assists. The Virginian-Pilot ran an article about Genna entitled, Cape Henry’s Brand earns gold in Israel.

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Nik Melvin was featured in The Virginian-Pilot’s Sports section in an article entitled, “Moments and athletes not to be forgotten.”

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Blake Burlage, Maddie Baine, Kristen Meredith, Laura Turner, and Brandon Faubert were all commended in the Sports section of The Virginian-Pilot’s High School Roundup.

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A combination of the CHCS varsity, JV, & JJV cheerleading squads participated in the UCA Cheerleading Camp in August at James Madison University. The camp team won 3rd place for its home pom routine and 3rd place in the Camp Champ competition in the Co-Ed Cheer Division. Hunter Sanders was named as an All-Star. (The CHCS camp team from left to right) Caroline Finley, Madison Marchbank, Hannah Duffy, Renee Ainslie, Lia Costner, Brittany Anderson, Hunter Sanders, Addie Law, Nathalie Jackson, Gracey Kanakarsis, Morgan Pearman, and Brett Johnson.

Two major articles and photos appeared in The Virginian-Pilot’s Sports section over the summer on Scott Saal winning the VSGA Junior Amateur Championship.

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Eighth graders Kate Pleasants and Paige Wheeler won first place in their division at the 2005 Neptune Festival Beach Volleyball Tournament this year.

2005 Neptune Princesses. Renee Ainslie and Lindsey Weathersby represented Cape Henry Collegiate School beautifully in this year’s Neptune Festival festivities.

They are shown here with Dr. Lewis at the 2005 Neptune Festival Ball where they were presented.

Many Cape Henry students competed with over 100 surfers in the Neptune Festival Surfing contest. Congrats to finalists senior Sebastian Moreno, ninth grader Price Wheeler, eighth grader Keegan McLaughlin, and seventh grader Kate Easton.

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Cape Henry Collegiate School was the only school to place in all three school divisions in this year’s Neptune Sand Sculpting competition! Lower School won third place, Middle School won third place, and Upper School won second place.

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Three of Mrs. Leslie Chavez’s Spanish students, Marguerite McNeal, Juan Cordero, and alumnus Shaun Pick, had their articles published in the most recent Spanish National Honor Society publication.

Congratulations to A. C. Taylor for receiving his Eagle Scout certification.

FACULTY AND STAFF On October 28, Virginia Senator Frank Wagner spoke with Upper School government students in the Boyd Room.

First year faculty member Ms. Daphne Rankin arranged for Senator Wagner’s appearance.

Mr. Greg Dragas '00, Mrs. Jennifer Kreinheder, Mrs. Douglas Rolfe, Mr. Richard Carrington, Mrs. Helen Johnson, and Ms. Jamie Patterson attended the New Teacher’s Institute held this summer at Randolph-Macon Academy. This year, five new members of the CHCS faculty and one longtime faculty member participated in the Institute. Mrs. Helen Johnson, teacher and Department Chair for Middle School Mathematics, was the NTI core faculty member for Middle School instruction.

Sage Director Ms. Danielle Collins joined the World Adult Kickball Association just in time to help her team make the national playoffs in Washington D.C. last year. Her team, the Tiki Titans, have won three out of four seasons and traveled to D.C. again this November for the National Kickball Championships, held on the National Mall.

Jeff and Lisa Warden trained and ran in the Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon to raise funds for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Ms. Brooke Baker and Ms. Bethany Rallis completed the Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon as well.

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Mrs. Gilda Goldner, Executive Assistant to Guidance and College Counseling, became an official United States citizen in September.

Mrs. Ramona Heers attended a Total Physical Response Seminar in Virginia to help students engage in the language more completely.

Mrs. Mernie Medley attended a National Leadership Workshop in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Mrs. Pam Racine attended an American Classical League Conference (Latin) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mrs. Marguerite Ulmer and Mrs. Kerry Kisa attended a Shakespeare workshop at the University of Virginia.

Mrs. Kim Johnson attended an ISM workshop of “Balancing Your Contrasting Roles as Dean of Students.”

Ms. Bethany Rallis attended an Advanced Placement workshop in Rome, Italy.

In The France-Amerique, a weekly newspaper published in French for France and New York City, Mrs. Michelle Hinck had a feature article and photograph published the week of July 8. The article was entitled, “L’ Atlantique comme trait d’union.”

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The Upper School English Department, Mrs. Marguerite Ulmer, Mrs. Kerry Kisa, Mrs. Robyn Judge, Dr. Brian Brennan, and Mr. Douglas Wine, went to a Boys and Reading Conference at Woodberry Forest.

Ms. Laura Lechler, Mrs. Julie Levine, and Ms. Marieke Vanderwerff volunteered at the USLA National Lifeguard Championships in Virginia Beach in August.

In the forward to her new book, Heading Home with Your Newborn, Dr. Shu, instructor of pediatrics and director of the newborn nursery at Dartmouth, wrote, “My 10th-grade English teacher, Mr. Paul Lankford, told me that I would be a star no matter where I went, and I was naïve enough to believe him—I know he has similarly influenced many other students in a tremendously positive way and I would like to recognize the impact he has had.”

Mr. Paul Lankford was presented the Judith K. Connors Award For Dedicated Volunteer Service by Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf for “his contributions and commitment to the Francis Land House.” Recently, Paul served as the master of ceremonies for the dedication of a pet memorial garden on the grounds of Old Donation Episcopal Church. He also volunteers on Saturdays as a theatre teacher for the Park Place Children’s Ministry.

Mrs. Michelle Hinck and Mrs. Helen Johnson found a bit of time to travel for pleasure this past summer. Here they are enjoying taking a photograph in Greenwich to share with Mrs. Mason’s Geography classes.

Dr. Karendra Devroop has been invited to present a research session at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Conference in New York City in January. The IAJE conference is the largest jazz festival/conference in the world.

His presentation will focus on a research study that he conducted on jazz musicians in South Africa. Dr. Devroop has also been invited to submit a paper that will be published in the IAJE Research Journal.

This October, Mrs. Debra Duffy served as a member of the VAIS ten-year accreditation team for the Miller School, a small co-ed boarding school in the Blue Ridge.

Mrs. Barbara Hall also served on VAIS accreditation teams at The New Community School and The Steward School, both located in Richmond. This November, Barbara will travel to Wakefield School located in The Plains for its accreditation.

Congratulations to Mrs. Judy Snider’s on the publishing of her new picture book, Goldy’s Baby Socks, which will be available this December. Promotional material for the book may be viewed at www.goldysbabysocks.com.

Cape Henry Collegiate’s Lower School was selected as a Monarch Watch group this year. The Monarch butterfly population was decimated in 2001 when heavy rains and freezing temperatures killed millions of them in Mexico.

This year, Cape Henry has over 175 butterflies being raised and tagged on campus. As each butterfly hatches, students determine its sex, record it, tag the butterfly, and then release it.

Mrs. Leslie Chavez has been invited to conduct a workshop at the Southern Conference on Language Teaching in Orlando, Florida this February. Her workshop will prioritize the fundamental topics and themes used in Advanced Placement Spanish classes.

Congratulations to Mr. Sammie Logan and the Upper School chorus for being invited to participate, as official representatives of Virginia, in the American Musical Salute, a program dedicated to honoring our nation’s military veterans through music. This year’s event will involve a performances in New York City at the worldrenowned Lincoln Center in March.

The First Grade teachers visited Mrs. Leesa Hannah and her husband, Todd, as they celebrated the birth of their daughter over the summer.

Elizabeth Alexandria Hannah was born on Friday, August 12, and weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Congratulations to Mr. Leroi Wilson and his wife, Ingrid, on the birth of their son, Kamar Makonnen Wilson, on November 4. Kamar weighed 9 pounds and 1 ounce and measured 21.5 inches long.

BHKDTAXI is on her license plate. Wonder why?

Meg Mytelka is mom to Brian, Grade 10, Heather, Grade 8, Kyle, Grade 6, and Devon, Grade 2.

In addition to being a busy mom and wife (her husband, Craig, is on the Board of Trustees), she is the Volunteer Coordinator for The Brooks Family Spirit Store, is a second grade room parent, and also volunteers for the Book Fair, Grand Auction, and Golf Tournament. The children participate in various activities including soccer, volleyball, scouts, gymnastics, the play, and more keeping Meg busy during and outside school time!

In September, the Beacon, ran a feature article about Lower School science teachers Dr. Janet Holden and Mrs. Pam Northam and their students. They were photographed and interviewed regarding the Lower School’s Monarch Butterfly Watch Program in an article entitled, “Cape Henry’s warm send-off helps to restore Monarchs.”

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Dr. Janet Holden, Cape Henry Collegiate’s Lower School Science Instructor, holds a newly hatched Monarch butterfly.

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The fall was filled with beautiful sunny days that seem to push right into our athletic post-season play. All of our varsity athletic teams arrived on campus two weeks prior to the beginning of school to jump start their fall seasons.

Soon after, the JV and Middle School teams followed suit. By the end of October and early November, it was quite obvious all of the hard work had paid off.

Let us begin by mentioning our undefeated JV girls volleyball team. They compiled an impressive 19-0 record under the helm of Coach Wendy Lewis. The TCIS Regular Season Champions were led by some experienced returning players, Liza Goldman, Addie Law, Kelly Zoretic, Laura Dail, Ally Brooks, and Alex Slipow. Eighth graders Paige Wheeler and Kate Pleasants provided a spark to the team that brings enthusiasm to the future volleyball teams to come. Kudos also to first-time volleyball gamers Lauren Papineau, Kaelyn Smith, Brittany Michielsens, and Kendra Rudman. Great season, ladies!

Varsity girls volleyball also fared well, finishing 5th in the conference. Defeating the higher-ranked Walsingham Academy on Senior Night was a definite highlight in the season proving the team was competitive with any opponent on a given night. Congratulations to Courtney Woodward, Second Team All-Conference, and Sam Church, Honorable Mention All-Conference. Also, a great effort from contributing seniors Kelli Timm and Holly McNutt.

Returning starters Shelby Evans, Casey Scherrer, and Lizzie Wagner offer a strong base for subsequent seasons.

Rounding out the girls volleyball program was another successful season for Middle School girls volleyball. Under the coaching leadership of Ms. Dani Dayton, the Dolphins earned a record of 18-1, the best ever at the Middle School level. They secured their winning edge from returning veteran players Amy Bennis, Kensey Gooch, Heather Mytelka, Alice Shipp, Stephanie Walker, and Amanda White. First-year contributors Avi Goldman, Gloria Griffin, Shelby Spera, Alexis Richards, and Jenna Sedjat rounded out the Middle School League Championship Team!

The boys volleyball team had their best finish ever in the history of the program with an overall record of 10-7 and a 4-3 record in the conference. First-year coach Chris McGarity conditioned his team for top play with competitively ranked area opponents. First Team AllTCIS selection Nick Rosa imposed an aggressive presence at the net; and Second Team AllTCIS athlete Niraj Patel captained his team with composed leadership and a positive court presence. Kudos to Greg Covington, Chris Burke, Jason Stewart, Wes Forehand, Coleman Newell, and Andrew Snyder on a great season.

Coaches Buzz and Lori Cooper brought continuous motivation and positive reinforcement to the varsity cross country team. Seniors Tom Waterbury, Brad Ripley, Mike Meredith, and Karen Kirk contributed both experience and leadership to the squad. Eighth grader Kelli Morrisey placed first or second in every meet except for one. She also finished 10th in the State Cross Country Meet at Woodberry Forest, earning her All-State honors.

The varsity boys soccer team, led by Captains Pat Chicoine (First Team All-Conference) and Ryan Post (First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State Division I VISAA), finished in a respectable 2nd place in the TCIS with a 12-7-1 record. Coach David Brun prepared the Dolphins to compete with state-ranked opponents throughout the season behind the offensive punch of TJ Maroon (First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State Division I VISAA). Carter Mavromatis (Second Team All-Conference) and Brandon Faubert (Second Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-State) aided in the scoring attack. Robert Morey and Henri Noordanus balanced out the midfield; and Pat Green, Dan Bain, and Danny Lampton provided defensive support.

Brad Neubeck and Redding Deurance shared goalkeeping responsibility throughout the season.

Coach Alan Woods directed the JV boys soccer team to a respectable 7-5-2 overall record and 4-1-1 in the TCIS. This team made strides of improvement all season long with a second place finish in the conference. Karl Cheasley, Tyler Faubert, Chris Geraci, Delaney Oksman, Glenn Sullivan, Chris Ostrowski, and Terrell Leftwich led the way for the Dolphins.

The Middle School Boys Soccer Team had another winning season with a record of 9-4. Coach Ed Faubert guided his army of 25 talented soccer players to skilled play throughout the season. Cory Mavromatis, Michael Maroon, Luke Kohart, and Tyler Ballard provided strong leadership and solid play consistently through their Middle School schedule.

Varsity girls tennis, coached by Ms. Ann Fuller, finished with a record of 8-5 overall, and 5-3 in the conference. Behind a relatively young roster, the Dolphins were 4th in the TCIS, their best finish in recent years. The singles play of eighth grader Kathleen Dawson and sophomore Maddie Baine was instrumental in the success of the team. Also, the doubles team of Captains Lauren Cheniae and Marguerite McNeal recorded wins all season long. Emily Burke, Georgia Putney, Jamie Mandell, and Karling Watson also proved strong on the hard court.

The future of the Dolphin Tennis Program is very bright with the underclass roster of the varsity tennis team and a very strong developmental JV tennis team. First-year coach Carol Bulkeley sparked this young team with solid, positive leadership from the start. Sixth grader Brittani Pilkington played the entire season as the top seed with impressive serve and volley play that rivals many varsity athletes. Added support from Maddie Houck, Laney Clark, Nikki Mandell, Madison Sabol, and Chandler Ettel earned the JV Tennis Team a 7-6 overall finish and 3-3 record in the conference.

Coach Tara Hermann led the Middle School field hockey team to one of their best recorded seasons in years. Betsy Nash, Amalia Riess, Taryn Payne, and Julie Pawlowski led the way for the Lady Dolphins with sparks of good things to come in the future of the Cape Henry field hockey program. Coach Laura Lechler guided the JV field hockey team this fall season. The JV team, captained by Meggie Chicoine and Casey Dyckman, improved along the way and were gracious in their support of both the Middle School and varsity programs. This type of support proved beneficial in improving the entire field hockey program.

Last, and certainly not least, our 2005 state champion varsity girls field hockey team! Coach Kristen Wheeler collected her second state title in just threes seasons of coaching at Cape Henry Collegiate School. Captains Blake Burlage, Anne Birkhead, and Lauren Turner commanded this team to a final win of the season that capped off a truly great career of field hockey for the Tri-Supreme! This team raised the bar this season by scheduling state and nationally ranked opponents in order to prepare for the post season. The gamble paid off, and paid off big as an entire team effort proved enough for another banner. State Tournament MVP Stephanie Grune came up with big saves in the state semi-final round, and collected multiple shutouts throughout the season with the expert help of Sara Potter, Emily Cole, and Michelle Karpaitis. Midfield play was dominated all season long by Second Team All-Conference selection and TCIS Tournament Defensive MVP Libi Henley. The contributions of some fabulous freshman, Kelsey Scherrer, Kristen Meredith, Kaitlin Johnson, and Melissa Anderson, left a lot to look forward to in coming years. First Team All-Conference players Blake Burlage and Anne Birkhead on attack gave the opposing defense problems all season. Senior Devin Nash scored in the state final to add to the success of a phenomenal senior class. Sophomore Brittany Bertolino scored twice in the final game, and fellow sophomore Liz Napolitano provided strong support play all season. Junior Jackie Miller came out for the first time and made an impact each time she stepped on the field.

Congratulations, ladies, on becoming State Champions! It is certainly well deserved.

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thletic Focus: State Champion FieldHockey Team Congratulations to the 2005 Varsity Field Hockey Team for winning the Virginia Independent School Field Hockey Division II State Championship! This is Coach Kristen Wheeler’s second title in three seasons. Libi Henley, Blake Burlage, and Stephanie Grune were named to the All-State Tournament Team, and Goalie Stephanie Grune was named the Tournament MVP!

Special Recognitions for the 2005 State Champions

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Short with two-time State Anne Birkhead Champion Coach Kristen Wheeler.

Blake Burlage Lauren Turner Devin Nash Libi Henley Sarah Potter Stephanie Grune Emily Cole, Jackie Miller, Brittany Bertolino, Liz Napolitano, Michelle Karpaitis, Kelsey Scherrer, Kristen Meredith, Melissa Anderson, and Kaitlyn Johnson

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Dear Fellow Alumni, I would like to thank all of you who have given of your time to the Association. A special thanks to Repp Lambert '89, our past president. You have kept the spirit of Cape Henry alive well after the milestone of graduation.

As we look forward, I would like to see the Alumni Association evolve into the focal point for all graduates to socialize, network, and maintain contact with one another and the School.

The Alumni Board is committed to growing the activities that we have traditionally supported such as the Fall Festival, the Holiday Basketball Game and Party, and scholarship and funding projects. Additionally, we will continue to develop the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame with an Induction Reception and Dinner this year. We will continue to award Faculty Summer Grants, and this year, we will host a spring event in concert with a major boys and girls lacrosse game in May. I invite everyone to call, write, or email the School–if nothing more than to say where you are living and how best to reach you. A major challenge for the Alumni Association is to accurately keep track of all of our graduates. Your help is always appreciated. I hope that the association can be the resource you need to answer your inquiries. Just take a few minutes to call (757) 963-8234 or email susanpleasants@capehenry.org.

Finally, our newest alumni are critical to the continued growth of the association. As a means of support, many alumni have expressed interest in matching alumni living near specific universities with young alumni who are enrolled for the first time at those institutions.

As President, I am committed to assisting in all functions with which our alumni are involved. Presenting your thoughts on the CHCS community and ideas for events to the School’s administration is my primary function. I welcome your input. Let’s all feel good and get involved again with our school.

Sincerely,

Peter F. McCoy `88

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Point-to-Point

The inaugural edition of Point–To–Point was recently mailed and emailed to our entire alumni constituency. The purpose of this new newsletter is to provide our alumni with timely information from and about Cape Henry Collegiate School as well as newsworthy pieces about our alumni.

Point-To-Point is available online in its entirety on the Cape Henry website, www.capehenry.org.

We appreciate your feedback and welcome your submissions.

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HCS Visits Elon University Cape Henry alumni attending Elon University were visited by members of the CHCS administration in early October. After the visit, the following letter was sent to the administration by Caiti Burton '04.

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Head of School Campus Visits This year will mark the expansion of the highly successful and enjoyable CHCS administration dinners with our alumni at various universities.

Please be looking for the specific dates in future publications and online. We invite all alumni living in the vicinity of these schools to join us for an evening of camaraderie and an exchange of ideas!

Elon University

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James Madison University

January 2006

Boston Area Universities

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College of William & Mary Virginia Tech Radford University Hollins University Roanoke College

April 2006

October 5, 2005

Mrs. Scherrer, Mr. Ward, Mrs. Ingram, and Dr. Lewis, Thank you so much for taking time out of your extremely busy schedules to drive all the way to Elon to visit Cape Henry alumni.

I can’t tell you how nice it was to see old, familiar faces. This, among many other elements, is an excellent example of why I thoroughly enjoyed my many years of education at Cape Henry.

The small family community at Cape Henry is irreplaceable. Please know that your kind words and best wishes are greatly appreciated.

I had a great time; thank you for both the dinner and gift!

See you either over Thanksgiving or Christmas break!

Sincerely,

Caiti Burton

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Katie Whitmore (Mrs. Scherrer’s niece and Caiti Burton’s sorority sister), Alexandra Fulton '05, Mrs. Julie Scherrer, Chandler Fulton '01, Caiti Burton '04, Mr. Larry Ward, Mrs. Arlene Ingram, Whitney Fulton '05, Lauren Bertolino '05, Dr. John P. Lewis, and Morgan Snyder '02.

Stay in touch…

Email is the quickest and most efficient way for you to stay in touch with other alumni. Send us your email address, and we will add you to our growing list of alumni online.

Visit your alumni page at alumni.capehenry.org.

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The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest and most prestigious award the Cape Henry Collegiate School Alumni Association can bestow upon its alumni. The award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated a record of distinguished service and achievement, either professionally or to a particular discipline, organization, or cause that has brought distinction to Cape Henry Collegiate School.

Mr.Thomas Elliott, Class of 1976 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Tom was in the second graduating class of Cape Henry Collegiate School. He played varsity basketball, baseball, and soccer during his high school years and was elected president of the Student Council Association in his Junior and Senior years.

Tom graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1980 with a Degree in English and later formed two companies - Sun Coast Supply Corporation and Tropical Island Tans, Inc. for which he is the President of both. Tom and his wife, Andrea, have three children at CHCS - Alex 15, Emma 11, and Sarah 8. Andrea is also one of our kindergarten teachers at the School.

Tom has been involved at Cape Henry for many years. He was president of CHCS Alumni Association from 1993 to 1996. He also served on the CHCS Board of Trustees from 1996 through 2004. Tom has been an active and generous member of the school community serving on numerous board committees including the committee for campus master planning and construction, finance, development, and education. Tom has also been a loyal volunteer and a strong supporter of CHCS athletics. Each year, he appears as a returning star on our ball courts as he becomes involved in the Annual Alumni basketball game. And of course, he is an avid supported the new Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame program.

Congratulations to Tom Elliott for being the first to receive the Cape Henry Collegiate School Distinguished Alumni Award.

Ms. Laura Lechler, Class of 1992 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

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In high school, Laura was a model student: pleasant, conscientious, dedicated, cooperative and reliable. Laura always understood volunteerism and commitment and she gave selflessly to the School for the good of the institution and the other students. She also served as President of her class.

Today Laura’s sense of volunteerism continues through her work with the Hampton Roads Sweet Briar Alumni Association, and she serves as Chair for the Crystal Ball Live Auction to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Laura was the first Cape Henry alumna to teach at Cape Henry where, for the past eight years, she has been an outstanding member of our Lower School faculty teaching (at different times) Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades. Laura’s flexibility, adaptability, and desire to assume new challenges are signature strengths as seen in the variety of her teaching. Laura has also been a coach of our girls field hockey team and an exceptionally strong support system for the high school students who were on the team. Laura Lechler is an outstanding teacher and a worthy recipient of this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

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In a world full of tragic circumstances, a particular child has touched my heart, and I would like to share my experience with you. Though I have traveled over fifteen times to Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, my visit this past August had a special impact on me.

I belonged to a group of JMU students that was visiting Managua in an effort to help poor children who lived on the streets. On August 14, we set out for the city dump, intending to fit as many poor kids as possible into a small bus. Our plan was to take them into Managua, bathe them, buy new clothes, feed them lunch, and return them to their homes at the dump.

When we arrived at this desolate place, we soon passed a group of naked kids sifting through the trash like a pack of wild dogs. We passed more and more hopeless kids, their faces blank and silent. Many looked like they had already given up on life, and it seemed they didn’t understand why they were forced to survive without hope. Many of the kids living at the dump suffered from lack of nutrition and total neglect. Their eyes constantly watered from the black smoke emitted by the burning trash. It seemed as though the dump was slowly consuming them; they were literally becoming a part of the rubble.

In the midst of the chaos, I saw five little girls dressed in ragged clothes. After we helped them into the bus, a 10 year old named Yoseline sat down next to me and immediately thanked me for getting her out of the dump so she could take a shower. On the way to Managua, Yoseline saw a girl dressed nicely in blue jeans and a white shirt. She squeezed my hand tightly, looked me straight in the eye, and said, “I hope one day I can be like her.”

Suddenly, Yoseline began to sing the most beautiful song I had ever heard. In the midst of her song, my world stopped, and I felt like I was dreaming. Yoseline’s voice inspired within me: love for a perfect stranger. In the midst of my tears I felt both angry and excited. I was angry at the fact that I have been so blessed while beautiful kids like Yoseline are suffering. I was excited because I decided at that moment that I would give this girl a chance at life by getting her out of the dump.

Yoseline was radiating with excitement when we arrived in downtown Managua and located a place for her shower. Before she got into the shower, she had matted hair and grimy skin; the dirt from the dump was ground into her bare feet and every pore of her skin. Yoseline came out of the shower, and put on the new clothes and shoes we had purchased. She looked like a princess. With a wide smile on her face, she gave me a long hug. I told her with enthusiasm that she was just like the girl we had seen on the street, only prettier. I looked down to find on her face the same delicate smile, but with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Yoseline squeezed me even tighter and cried out with passion, “This is the best day of my life!”

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Making News: Drew Linehan '86

Martha Stewart Show Christie’s Auction House America’s Next Top Model Miss Universe Pageant Marie Claire

Drew was cast as the Principal in Our Miss Brooks, his senior year.

He and his two best friends, Julie Phillips and Namaste Narelle, were cast together in A Broadway Night.

Mirabella Ellen Tracy SoHo VH1

Drew Linehan is a perfect example of someone starting out in their chosen field, not only learning and working to advance that career, but also realizing the importance of flexibility and openness towards possibilities as they arise. Life often takes strange twists along the way. If we are perceptive and receptive to those changes, they can lead to some very interesting and rewarding paths.

For Drew, each new experience helped prepare him for the next chapter of his journey.

Instead of being afraid of change, he embraced it – saw it as “potential” – as refreshing.

Drew attended CHCS from the Fourth Grade through his graduation in 1986. He said, “I loved my experience at Cape Henry and have always been glad I was able to attend such a fine school.”

After graduation, he went to Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he graduated in 1990 with a degree in drama.

From Washington, he moved to London for seven months and then back to Virginia Beach for a year and a half. He applied and was accepted to Christie’s Auction House graduate program and thus moved back to London where he earned his master’s degree in fine art. Drew adored living in Europe, but could not acquire a visa to stay and work, so he moved to New York City in the summer of 1996. Through a friend, he started casting fashion shows until he found a job in the antique world. As fate would have it, he feel in love with fashion show production and decided to switch careers.

He stated, “I first worked as the casting director at a company which produced fashion shows. I then moved on to Amica which is an Italian fashion magazine. After that, I became a model agent at DNA where I repped five super models. I then became the bookings editor at both Mirabella and Marie Claire. All the while I had been casting fashion shows on a freelance basis.”

It was a busy, bustling time in Drew’s life. He was gaining expertise in many different areas from casting to booking, to talent agent, to production staff, to high fashion in a fast-paced international industry.

In August of 2001, drawing on all of these experiences, Drew opened Trew Productions. Trew Productions is a full-service fashion show production company. He produces, casts, and styles fashion shows for designers from around the world. His main office is in New York City, but he has produced shows throughout the states as well as in Europe.

He travels the country giving seminars on the fashion industry for a company called ProScout and lectures at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Drew has been a judge at many beauty pageants including Miss Universe, and most recently, was seen as a guest judge on America’s Next Top Model. Ellen Tracy and Diesel are his new clients. He has a show currently running on VH1 which will be followed by another in January. He will also appear this winter on the Martha Stewart Show. In his new, main office located in SoHo, Drew is busy getting ready for the Fall/Winter 2006 Fashion Week.

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I feel very blessed in life because I really love my job. I never imagined this is what I would be doing for a living, but I could not be happier! I do still keep in touch with Julie Phillips and Namaste Narelle (now Anderson), both from the Class of '87. They both live in Athens, Georgia. Namaste has two beautiful daughters. Julie is the the arts and entertainment editor of the Athens Banner as well as a professional trapeze artist. From time to time I hear from a few others but Julie, Namaste, and I have remained close since graduation. We all went to CUA together and lived at the beach together post college graduation. I adore them both.

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REUNION NEWS

The combined reunion for the classes of 1975 – 1981, Swine, Swimming, & Song, was a huge success! The reunion began with a lovely reception at Cape Henry Collegiate School and moved on to dinner in town. The next day was feted with a picnic at the home of Tammy Burroughs Dail '80.

Others in attendance included Carleen Rau Lett '80, Kelly Thomas Nance '78, Charlene Foley Warren '80, Laura Howard '81, Sarah Smith Byrne '81, Alan Moll '80, Kaddy Carpenter Ward '81, Laura B.C. Simpson '79, George Wagner '80, Laura Mann Johnson '78, and Laura Lambert Harrell '80.

Laura Mann Johnson '78 graduated with a CHCS class of seven and attended Ferrum College where she met her husband, Bob. They were married in 1982 and live in Richmond, Virginia with their two sons, Kyle, 16, and Chandler, 10. Bob is the CEO of a laboratory supply company, and Laura is a mortgage loan coordinator for a wholesale lender.

The 1980s REUNION NEWS The Class of 1986 is planning a 20th reunion celebration.

Please contact Claudia Ackley Dundas by email at ttfn@att.net or Beth Miller at threelittlebirds@earthlink.net.

Carleen Rau Lett '80 was a wonderful help in coordinating the “combined reunion.” She and her husband, Robert, reside in Virginia Beach with their two sons, R.J. and Trevor. Carleen works as a travel agent.

Sarah Smith Byrne '81 deserves special thanks for hanging the Senior Portrait Gallery in the Administrative Wing. She additionally framed our most recent class portraits. Sarah is the owner of Gallery 2700 and Framing Success in Virginia Beach.

Additional photos are available online at www.capehenry.org.

Karen Linehan Harris '82 visited Cape Henry with her two daughters, Mav and Rose, on their way to a new home in Great Falls, Virginia. Karen’s husband, Jim, accepted a Federal appointment as an Associate Solicitor for the Department of the Interior. Karen graduated from CHCS as Valedictorian and went on to the University of Virginia where she majored in Art History. She subsequently earned a degree in Architecture from the University of Oklahoma. She practiced architecture for nine years before leaving to stay at home with the girls. Last year, Karen began working as a Kindergarten Assistant in her children’s school.

Sydney Thomas Cohen '85 was married on September 17 and brought her new husband, Jeff, to join the Class of 1985 for their 20th reunion on the 24th! Sydney is a buyer for Little Girl’s clothes for Macy’s East Coast stores as well as for Hecht’s, Filene’s, and Strawbridge’s.

Jeff is an award-winning theatre director and playwright. They reside on the Upper West Side of Manhatten with their two dogs, Tallulah and Ellie.

Beth Bitoff Odom '85 and her husband, Mark, a Lieutenant Colonial in the Army, have lived all over the world and now find themselves in Anchorage, Alaska. Following a successful career in technology, Beth stopped to raise their daughter, Kate, now four. Beth has recently returned to work in the field of public relations.

Kim Ferguson Mason '85 is living in the small town of Bozeman, Montana in beautiful Big Sky Country with her husband, Tim, and their five adopted children.

Olivia, age 6, was adopted from Texas at birth, Dauren, age 7, and Ruthie, age 6, were adopted form Kazakhatan in 2001, and their most recent additions, John, age 14, and Reycarlo, age 10, were adopted from the Philippines in March. Kim home schools all of the children and in her “free time” naps!

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Keith Bohler Dodson '81 moved with her husband, Chip, to the Eastern Shore of Maryland some ten years ago. They have a 13 year old son and a 10 year old daughter. Keith is working as a fundraising volunteer and serves on the Board of Trustees at Broadwater Academy, where their children attend school.

David Ford '82 was inducted into the Cape Henry Collegiate School Athletic Hall of Fame this December. David lives in Virginia Beach with his wife Justine and their four children. He has served on the Virginia Beach Police Department since 1986, was promoted to Sergeant in 1998, and is currently on the Lieutenant’s List.

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Susan Burns Campbell '85 welcomed her first child, Luke Edwards Campbell, on October 5, 2005. He arrived a month early and tipped the scales at 4 lbs. 14.5 oz. Both Susan and Luke are doing well! Susan has been married to her husband, Ken, for two years.

She works in the telecommunications industry with fiber optics.

Jim Benson '85 has been living in Atlanta, Georgia since graduating from the University of Georgia with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design. He honed his craft at several design studios and is currently the Art Director at Max2o. Jim lives with his seven year old daughter, Jordan, and her guinea pig, Pixie. Jim teaches at the Portfolio Center and plays basketball when time permits.

Charlotte Young Pureza '85 completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She began a career in education as an elementary school counselor and is now working at the high-school level in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Charlotte married her husband, Paul, in 1999 and together, they have a three year old daughter, Sarah. Paul is a Captain for the Virginia Beach Fire Department and a member of the Virginia Task Force 2 Urban Search and Rescue Team (FEMA).

Charlotte mentions that Hans Wachmeister '85 recently joined the Virginia Beach Fire Department.

Steve McCleaf '85 is a successful real estate developer in Northern Virginia. He completed his M.B.A. at the University of Virginia. He sent along this great picture of himself and his eight year old son, Andrew.

Kathy Cook '85 is now a pediatric dentist practicing in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has a ten year old daughter.

Tyler Sewell '85 lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and two sons, Charlie, age 3, and Hayden, age 1. Tyler is involved in marketing with Labrador Communications.

Steve Waterman '85 recently moved to Boston, Massachusetts. He is a pilot for American Eagle Airlines and flies Embraer Jets.

Girard Mitchell '85 and his wife enjoy the warm weather of Florida.

They now have two sons, Stef and Dimitri.

Matt Rogers '85 lives in California with his wife Kathryn. Matt is a corporate buyer and avid sailor.

Danny Maiello '85 was unable to attend the reunion but is pictured here on holiday.

Heather Sisson Maxwell '85 and her husband, Billy, run an offshore charter boat, “Tuna Fever,” from the Oregan Inlet Fishing Center and build sport fishing boats in the winter. They have a four year old daughter, Kate. Heather runs the Pirate’s Cove Big Game Tournaments, a non-profit company hosting a series of events that last year raised over $110,000 for charity. Additionally, Heather runs the Special Events Committee for the town of Manteo, North Carolina and writes freelance for several national fishing magazines.

Peggy Rhode Jones '85 lives in Virginia Beach with her husband, Griff, and their children. Peggy has offered to host a party when the class celebrates their 25th reunion.

Andy McIntyre '85 and his wife, Karen, recently moved to Suffolk, Virginia. Andy is a Senior Claims Adjuster with GMAC. They have two children Lauren Rose, age 8, and Brian, age 6. Congratulations, Andy, for all of your hard work in making the Class of 1985 Reunion a huge success!

Betsy Cranford Clawson '85 is now Dr. Betsy Clawson, Ph.D., LCP. She is the Behavioral Director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at Children’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Betsy and husband Rick met at Washington and Lee. They have two children, a son, age 7, and a daughter, Caitlin, 5, who attend St. Christopher’s School in Richmond.

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Arun Murthy '85 is an attorney with the firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockart Nicholson Graham LLP in Northern Virginia. Arun completed his undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary, an M.A. at American University, and his J.D. at Catholic University, graduating cum laude in 1998. Arun and his wife, Anitha, make their home in Reston, Virginia.

Ted Craig '85 is an attorney for the firm of Hunton & Williams in Miami, Florida. Ted is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and an Echols Scholar from the University of Virginia.

Scott Balderson '85 and his wife, Christina Kaseras Balderson '88, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Scott works for Duke University. They have two children, Carter, age 7, and Isabelle, age 4. Scott attended the class reunion and competed in a triathlon the next day!

Gresh Wall '85 lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Caryn, and children Kenzie, age 4, and Gresham, age 3. Gresh is the Vice President for C. B. Richard Ellis Office Leasing.

After graduation, Claudia Ackley Dundas '86 moved to Florida, where she has been employed by The Walt Disney Company since 1989. She has worked for Disney Cruise Line and Walt Disney Travel Company and is currently working in the Travel Industry Sales Department where she interfaces with travel agents from across the country. She met her husband, Brian, in 1993 and they were married at Dam Neck Chapel three years later. They will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary and will welcome their first child this May! Kathy Ferguson Gorry '86 graduated from the University of Virginia in 1990 and pursued a career teaching secondary English.

She later switched careers to technical writing for a CAD/CAM software company. Today, Kathy works as a busy stay-at-home mother of two girls, Grace, age 5, and Ashleigh, age 3, and is expecting a new arrival next year! She and her husband, Scott, enjoy life in a small rural community just northeast of Hartford, Connecticut.

Drew Linehan '86 - See page 26.

Beth Miller '86 lives in Virginia Beach and works for the City of Norfolk’s Department of Cultural Facilities, Arts, and Entertainment.

She is an event coordinator working primarily at the Scope Arena and Chrysler Hall. Recently she coordinated President Bush’s speech at Chrysler Hall and is now working on the Broadway touring production of “Disney’s The Lion King.”

Virginia Hardy Hudgins '86 and her husband, Bill, welcomed their second child, a son, Will, in June. They live in Virginia Beach and also have a four year old daughter, Ann Porter.

Julie Phillips '87 graduated from Old Dominion University, moved to Athens, Georgia, and began working for the Athens Banner-Herald in 1996 where today she is the Arts & Entertainment Editor. Through her work, Julie became involved with aerial dance trapeze. She began by taking classes at the University of Georgia in 2000 and in concert with her instructor and other students, opened Canopy Studio, www.canopystudio.com, in 2003. She now teaches beginner trapeze and performs in Canopy’s Repertory Company. Julie was happy to report that her nephew, Peter Phillips '05, graduated from CHCS and is now a freshman at James Madison University.

Kathleen Carpenter '87 has recently relocated to Virginia Beach from North Carolina. She is employed by Continental Airlines.

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The 20th Reunion for the Class of 1985 was a major success and established a benchmark for reunion attendance! Twenty-three class members participated in a weekend full of activities. Classmates began flying in on Thursday night, from far away places like Montana, Miami, Chicago, Boston, California, and Mississippi. One attendee was on her honeymoon, and another was eight months pregnant, but they all made an effort to attend. Curtis Mitchell later remarked that “his wife didn’t understand why he and Girard would fly back to Virginia to spend an evening with former high school classmates until meeting all of you and seeing how well each of us got to know one another in Upper School.”

Many gathered at the Oceanfront on Friday evening to begin getting reacquainted. Saturday, September 24 marked the official reunion gathering with a reception at Cape Henry Collegiate School. Dr. John P. Lewis, Head of School, welcomed the gathering. Mrs. Julie Scherrer, Assistant Head of School and Director of Development, lead the class on a guided tour of campus while classmates provided a tour down memory lane. The former cheerleaders remembered cheers, the Mitchell brothers reminisced about how good everyone looked wearing their wrestling singlets, and Matt Rogers remarked that he expected to “see Wolfgang Puck in the cafeteria cooking up dinner.” The class was entertained when an aging Elvis (Tyler Sewell) and Bon Jovi (Todd Underwood) arrived by limo to join the party.

The group continued the evening dining sumptuously at Zoe’s Restaurant. The weekend ended all too quickly with everyone wishing for more time together.

Special thanks to Andy McIntyre for putting the plans in place and creating the always amusing, email distribution list. Equal praise to Kim Ferguson Mason for chronicling the evening on digital camera. Sincere appreciation is extended to all who made the effort to join the group that night and pick up where they left off.

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Chris McCoy '89 writes from Oxford that he has lived in the United Kingdom for approximately ten years. He is working in commodities and enjoys doing research in his spare time for a British television show. He is an avid reader and particularly loves spending time with his two daughters, Tacita, age 8, and Livy, age 4.

Chris is planning to catch up with Rachel Wagner '00 who is now completing her M.B.A. in the United Kingdom. Chris hopes to see his old friends at the Alumni Holiday Party on December 16!

Sally Voight Dudley '88 is keeping very busy these days. In addition to serving as the Vice President of the Alumni Board at Cape Henry, she has returned to work where she is the Special Events and Educational Programs Coordinator for the d’Art Center in Norfolk.

David Hooker '88 graduated from Washington and Lee in 1992, where he was a standout soccer player. His first job was as a teacher and soccer coach at Oak Mountain Academy in Georgia and currently, he teaches math and science at Savannah Country Day School in Savannah. He coaches both the junior varsity and varsity boys soccer (2003 State Champions) teams. He also serves on the County Board for the Special Olympics. David and his wife are expecting their first child in February. David was inducted into the Cape Henry Collegiate School Athletic Hall of Fame this December.

Courtenay Cranford '89 lives in Richmond, Virginia where she recently began a new job as Membership Director for the Willow Oaks Country Club. She is also President of the Virginia Chapter of the Private Club Marketing Association.

Margo Hunt Winans '89 has been very busy keeping up with her one year old daughter, Victoria Rose, and working for a marketing and public relations firm. Margo and her husband, Matt, live in North Carolina.

Candis Beasley '90 completed her undergraduate studies at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College then worked in Washington, D.C. while earning a paralegal degree at Georgetown University.

She returned to Virginia Beach, graduated from Regent University’s Law School, and now works in the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office with Colin Stolle '88. Candis married Mike Edwards, a Naval officer, this September. Several CHCS alumni were in attendance: Adrianne Bennett '90; Kerry Ryan Bryant '90; Ralph Johnson '90; Colin Stolle '88; and former CHCS student Jennifer Weisberger.

Kerry Ryan Bryant '90 is now living in Atlanta, Georgia, where she and her husband, Bill, are busy raising three daughters, Callie, Courtney, and Caitlyn.

Allison Ingram '90 graduated cum laude from the College of William and Mary with a B.B.S. in business administration. She spent the early years of her career as a CPA with Arthur Anderson and later moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Human Resources Manager. After five years in that capacity and following the birth of her daughter, Mackenzie, Allison left the corporate world to return to her CPA roots. Allison and her husband, Mike, have been married for three years. Together, she and Mike enjoy chasing Mackenzie who is now a very active toddler. Allison was inducted into the Cape Henry Collegiate School Athletic Hall of Fame this December.

Whipple Newell '92 visited Virginia Beach for an engagement party to celebrate his upcoming nuptials in June. His mother, Kaigler, planned a wonderful party where he was joined by such notable guests as Dave Simkins '93 and Sean O’Donnell '90.

The 1990s REUNION NEWS The Class of 1990 is planning their reunion for May 6, 2006.

Please contact Chris Sawyer at csawyer_24@yahoo.com or Allison Ingram at aaingram@cox.net.

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REUNION NEWS The Class of 1995 has postponed their reunion until the spring/summer 2006 in order to accommodate more class members. Please contact Kristy Redmon Winfield at kmwinfield@msn.com.

Henry I. Willett, III '92 sent a note, along with his check for the Annual Fund, announcing that he and Katie welcomed their first child, a son, Henry I. Willett, IV, nicknamed “HI” on September 30, 2004.

Alexis Fischer '94 updated us that her sister, Meredith Fischer ’92 has accepted a position as a guidance counselor and teacher at Kennedy Junior High School in Eugene, Oregon.

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Janice Debraggio Swilley '92 lives in Jamestown, North Carolina, where she is a speech-language pathologist working in both an elementary and high school. She and husband, Kevin, welcomed their son, Colin Orion, on November 28, 2004.

Brett Edenton '95 is a successful portrait and still life artist with a private studio, Edenton Studios, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Brett is moving in the direction of political and celebrity portraiture, and he accepts commissions for private portraits up and down the east coast. He is awaiting word on one piece that may hang in the National Gallery.

Joey Michaels '95 graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1999 with a B.S. in business management. After three years in the utility industry supervising mechanical maintenance projects at nuclear power stations, Joey changed careers to become the Operations Manager for All Virginia Food Service Brokers, Inc., his family’s business, where he continues today. Additionally, he plays an active role in the family’s restaurant, One Fish Two Fish.

Sarah Miles Hill '95 celebrated her first wedding anniversary in August with a trip to Yosemite. She and her husband, Gaines, live in Charleston, South Carolina, where Sarah is the District Manager for a wine importer and distributor.

Amy Rieves Mullis '95 and her husband welcomed their first child, Ethan Huntley born, October 10, weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz.

John Whyte '95 graduated from the University of Virginia in 1999 with a degree in foreign affairs and history. He worked in Germany and England for a year before returning to Georgetown University to complete an M.B.A. John lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he joined UPS in a corporate marketing position last December.

Beth Vance '95 graduated from Boston University and spent several years traveling and working in Europe. She is now in her first year of the M.B.A. program at the University of Seattle.

Ashley Simone '95 moved to New York City after completing a B.A. in economics at the College of William and Mary. After spending several years working for a law firm, she redirected her career to the arts and began working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Asian Art Department. As an off shoot of this experience, she relocated to Paris in 2003 to study architecture. Returning to the states, Ashley enrolled at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture for a master’s, which she will complete in the spring of 2007. In her spare time, Ashley is an avid photographer who had her own show last summer. Ashley writes that her brother Travis Simone '99 is happily married and this fall entered the Seminary at Emory University.

Jessica Zaganczyk '96 joined Hermes of Paris in the position of Special Events Manager in August following two years at Esquire Magazine.

Alumni Tent Event at the Fall Festival The Alumni Tent Event took place in conjunction with the annual Cape Henry Collegiate School Fall Festival. The day was gorgeous and many alumni stopped in to enjoy conversation and a cookout. Alumni Board President Pete McCoy '88 was behind the grill and Wes Neubeck '00 was in charge of “Alumni Games”. Accolades to: Tammy Burroughs Dail ’80 as one of the co-chairs of the Fall Festival for a job well done; Amanda Scott '05 for racing to first place in the overall women’s division of the 5K rACE at the Cape; Kevin Dibona '85 for correctly guessing the number of Tootsie Rolls in the pumpkin to win a CHCS alumni sweatshirt; and the intrepid alumni volleyball team comprised of Wes Neubeck '00, Laura Lechler '92, Laura Wingett '94, Pete McCoy '88, and guest player Kristen Wheeler, who nearly upset the skilled team of CHCS student volleyball players!

Additional alumni who joined us for the day included Elizabeth

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Berke '05, Caroline Carter '05, Meenakshi Giri '05, Kriston Proffitt '05, Jenny Miller '05, Andrew Riddle '05, Kaddy Ward '81, Spencer Jones '87, Chris Perry '92, Brian Walker '95, Tom Elliott '76, Ros Willis '82, and Nicole Savvas-Robinson '01, just to name a few!

It was a great day for young and old alike!

Alumni Board President Pete McCoy '88

Carli Cais Hirano '96 graduated magna cum laude in 2000 from Middlebury College with a double major in film/video and Japanese.

She then went to Yoyogi Animation Gakuin in Tokyo, Japan where she graduated with a double major in animation and animation direction in 2002. Currently, she and her husband, Kusuto, are both employed by the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel though Carli has taken a maternity break to welcome their first child, a son, Keiden, in October 2005. Soon, she plans to launch a line of women’s handbags to be sold in local boutiques.

Dana Fowler Mace '97 married Jesse A. Mace of Lynchburg, Virginia in the Mormon Temple in Washington, D.C. on June 18. Jesse is an engineer, and Dana is a flight instructor. They reside in Virginia Beach.

Jimmy Fry '97 sent this picture of himself, his wife, Mona, and their new baby, Yusef James Fry, born May 28, 2005. Yusef weighed in at 9 lb. 11 oz. and 21 inches long.

Filip D. Cukov '99 graduated from Old Dominion University with his master of science degree in electrical engineering in May 2005.

Following a European tour this summer, he returned to pursue his Ph.D. coursework.

On October 22, 2005, Katie Finefrock '99 married David Carmichael. They reside in Farmville, Virginia, where Katie graduated from Longwood University. David owns bowling and fitness centers, while Katie plans to open an upscale clothing boutique in order to bring a taste of the city to this agrarian community.

Reverend Macbeth writes that his son Conner Macbeth '99 is living in Virginia Beach after completing an illustrious academic and athletic career at Virginia Wesleyan College where he was an attack man for the lacrosse team.

Jeff Siteman '99 began the M.B.A. program at Babson College in Massachusetts. This program is known for its emphasis on entrepreneurialism. Jeff has offered assistance to anyone who would like insight into the M.B.A. application process.

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Brian Fry '00 has been seen recently working for television station WVEC TV-13 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Jared Chalk '01 is a 2005 graduate of Bridgewater College with a B.S. degree in business administration and a minor in computer information systems. He also recently completed the Long and Foster School of Realty. Jared is currently working for the City of Norfolk’s Budget Department and as a real estate agent for Long and Foster in Kempsville.

Leslie Leffke '01 graduated from the University of Mary Washington and is working as an architectural intern at RRMM Architects in Norfolk, Virginia. Leslie also keeps busy as she and Bridget Bradley '01 have taken over Hampton Roads Lacrosse for Girls. They are building on the existing program and will be selecting and coaching an elite travel team.

Megan McWaters '02 will enjoy a very busy spring as she graduates from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in the history of art and celebrates her wedding to William David Rathbone of Virginia Beach. Dave is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and works as an External Affairs Representative for Dominion Power.

They look forward to settling in Virginia Beach.

Nia Medley '02 is a senior at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College majoring in English literature.

She is working on the fall theatre production of Machinal and is a member of BWA (Black Woman’s Alliance).

Suezy Vaughan '02 interned this past summer for the law firm of Miller & Chevalier in Washington, D.C. and worked with one of the attorneys on her non-profit, Women in International Trade.

Now in her senior year at the University of Richmond, Suezy is interning in the Office of Admissions, taking LSATs, and working for her sorority. Suezy writes that her sister, Megan Vaughan '01, completed the culinary program at Johnson and Wales and is now seeking her bachelor’s degree from the school in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Parents’ weekend at James Madison University brought a host of Cape Henry Collegiate School families together. Craig Ellis '03, Graham Young '03, Ashley Schaefer '03, Mike Nachman '03, Teraya Knight '03 (visiting from Virginia Tech), along with Jack and Jerry Harris '03, and many of their parents enjoyed a wonderful weekend of activities!

Graham Young '03 - See page 25.

Kyle Evans '04 is a sophomore at James Madison University. His dad writes that he is considering prelaw and having fun.

Kaylin Carter '05 is enjoying her first year at the University of Delaware where she is an integral member of the Women’s Novice 8 Crew Team that placed 3rd out of 17 in a recent meet!

Amy Hruska '05 began her collegiate career with a bang as she scored her first goal for the Eagles of the University of Mary Washington this September! Amy had a tough choice between swimming and field hockey. It is a good thing that her mother insisted on buying her the new cleats as she has continued as a starter in a number of matches!

Mandy Lee '05 received notoriety when she appeared on the cover of Sunny Day Magazine this summer. Mandy is a freshman at Virginia Tech and plans to major in architecture.

Amanda Scott '05 is off to a running start at Vanderbilt University where she is a freshman. Amanda is on the cross country team which was ranked 4th in the SEC preseason coaches’ poll!

Tyler Brooks '05 writes that he is having a great time at Ole Miss, going through Rush, and is a member of the club lacrosse team while Kendall Bingham '05 has fit right in with Ole Miss’ Rebellette Dancing Team.

Chris Carnes '05 is busy at the University of Virginia. His first English portfolio was returned with a grade of 96, the highest in the class! Chris credits Mr. Lankford’s teaching for preparing him with strong writing skills that stack up well to so many other good students.

Cape Henry Puts New Technology To Use For Its Students!

Just imagine the possibilities!

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Cape Henry Collegiate School has implemented a new “cutting edge” technology in its everyday curriculum. A new technology called Podcasting will become a normal method of teaching, communicating, and promoting within the school and its community.

Technicians at the School videotape events with digital video cameras and download the images into a program called iTunes. There is an area on the CHCS website where visitors may subscribe to Podcasts. Each individual Podcast can then be saved to a video iPod or computer.

Each day in a school, there are activities that lend themselves to this new technology. We are using this new technology to our students’ advantage. Recently at Cape Henry, there was a visit from NASA, Virginia Senator Frank Wagner spoke with the Upper School Government classes, and, of course, the Battle of the Bands – all which lent themselves to becoming Podcasts.

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