In Memoriam
REMEMBERING FRIENDS OF CHARTWELL
Marian Barry Leidig December 30, 1923 - January 1, 2016
Erling Lagerholm October 4, 1922 - February 16, 2016
George Minoru Tanimura July 2, 1915 - April 15, 2016
Marian Leidig, passionate educator and long time Chartwell supporter, passed away in January. She and her husband founded and ran the Carmel Preschool for 30 years seeking to instill in children the values of honesty, respect, and fairness. Additionally, Marian taught all of her students to appreciate and help their community. It is fitting that in lieu of flowers, Marian’s family asked that donations be made to two organizations including Chartwell School. Marian’s lifework empowering young people will leave a lasting imprint not only on our own Chartwell community but also the greater Monterey Bay area.
It is with sadness that we announce the passing away of Erling Lagerholm. Erling was a member of Chartwell’s Legacy Society and one of our biggest supporters. He really appreciated a fine sense of humor and loved to see people smile and laugh. He was always ready with a bon mot, a merry quip or a colorful vignette related to the subject of the conversation. Our students were very near and dear to his heart. Erling personified courage – doing a tandem sky-dive from 18,000 feet on his eighty-sixth birthday! Seeing the courage our students demonstrate daily is probably what endeared him to our school and our children!
The Chartwell community is saddened to learn of the death of George Minoru Tanimura. He embodied the American Dream through his life of hard work and achieving success through his partnership with Bob Antle. Tanimura & Antle is regarded as one of the premier agricultural companies in the world. Children from both families have attended Chartwell and the Tanimura Foundation, established by George, has been a supporter for many years. George and his brothers created a dynamic enterprise, through hard work and the strong bonds of respect, love, and cooperation. These are among the very attributes that Chartwell strives to provide its students.
DONOR SPOTLIGHT JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION
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hartwell School is grateful for the support of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. For the past 9 years, the Foundation has assisted our school in opening the doors to learning for so many twice-exceptional students with learning differences.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private foundation established in 2000 by the estate of Jack Kent Cooke. Mr. Cooke was an extremely successful business man who overcame significant obstacles to achieve ambitious goals. The goal of this independent foundation is to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. The extraordinary students whom they support have a specific learning difference and also demonstrate exceptional strengths in one or more academic areas. Since 2007, this generous support has allowed eligible students to receive financial aid that enables them to access the educational programming at Chartwell which builds their twice-exceptional strengths while addressing gaps because of their learning differences. Chartwell Newsletter – Summer 2016
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