Chat Fall 2010

CHAT

Gary Fountain, Editor

Laura Rand ’06, Managing Editor

Design by Christine Rocha

Printing by Collinsville Printing, Martinsville, VA

CHATHAM HALL

Administration

Gary Fountain, Rector

Robert Ankrom, Director of Communications

Ned Edwards, Chaplain

Melissa Evans Fountain, Director of the Office of Advancement

Martha Griswold, Academic Dean

Kyle Kahuda, Dean of Students

Ronald Merricks, Chief Financial and Facilities Officer

Patricia Smith, College Counselor

Vicki Wright, Director of Admission and Financial Aid

Board of Trustees

Dora M. Thomas P’02, ’04, President

Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53

Nina Johnson Botsford ’72

Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68

Jerry E. Clark P’04

J. Belk Daughtridge P’13

Sarah Martin Finn ’74

Patricia R. Frederick ’57

Douglas R. Goldstein P’12

Stacey M. Goodwin ’83

Susan Gillings Gross ’98

Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75

Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75

Robert G. McIver P’10

Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59

Tracy E.D. Spencer P’07, ’12

Robin Peake Stuart ’69

Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67

Ex-Officio Members

The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith, IV

Salvatore S. Ferlise P’11, President, Parent Advisory Committee

Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62, President, Alumnae Council

Trustees Emeriti

Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90

Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70

Robin Tieken Hadley ’57

Chat is published by the Office of Advancement and is distributed to alumnae and those who have shown a continued interest in Chatham Hall. For comments and suggestions, or to request a copy of Chat, please send an email to lrand@chathamhall.org.

Contributing Writers: Gary Fountain, Melissa Evans

Fountain, Laura Rand, and Grace Hwang.

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Letter from the Rector

GARY FOUNTAIN

The Business of Running a School

DO

RA THOMAS, P’02 AND ’04, IS IN HER FIFTH YEAR AS PRESIDENT

of the Board of Trustees. During these years of her stewardship, Chatham Hall has completed a major Capital Campaign and Strategic Plan, developed a new Strategic Plan, and implemented numerous forward-looking changes in the organization and programs of the Board, particularly in the area of Dora’s expertise—accounting and finance.

Dora is tireless: she gives hours upon hours of time to her work for Chatham Hall on top of managing her family’s extensive businesses in Florida, which include commercial and residential real estate, banking, self-storage facilities, and agriculture. Dora and her husband, Nevin, are dynamic advocates for Chatham Hall.

F RIENDSOF C HATHAM H ALL ,

Let’s begin by glancing forward in time, with the help of a great writer:

Thefuture: time’s excuse to frighten us; too vast a project, too large a morsel for the heart’s mouth.

Future, who won’t wait for you? Everyone is going there It suffices you to deepen the absence that we are.

Intriguing, beautiful, and typical Rilke— taking on a complex topic and not compromising on its complexity. The future...

How lovely that Rilke begins this poem in fear and ends with acceptance, or, perhaps, peace. His emotions shift on one phrase for me: “Everyone is going there.”

There is no avoiding the future.

What does he say to meabout this inevitability? Take in and digest as much hope and fear as you can about the future

Make your peace with it. And, in those curious, evasive final lines: Make your presence known now, and provide for that future from which you might in fact be absent. Fill that sense of absence or regret that you may already be feeling. An elusive ending, like the future itself. An unknown vacuum to be filled. This issue of the Chat is about that slippery future that we are all facing these days. It is about the people who have given so very much to fund the School’s future. It is about those who have set future goals

It is about our fabulously successful Campaign. It is about our new Strategic Plan.

Speaking of planning...A few of us may be absent from the employment world—although alive to appreciate it!— that Chatham Hall’s current students will enter. It has been projected that some of them will have 14 jobs by the time they are 38 years old. Given the changes in jobs during the last 10 years, I suspect that several of these future positions have not been

invented yet. How does one educate Chatham Hall girls to be adaptable and creative enough to succeed in this world?

That is, as my mother said in her periodic warnings to me when I was growing up, a lot to bite off. “Too vast/a project?”

We at Chatham Hall think not. Schools that do not confront the future may not have one; that’s the latest advice from people who think about such matters Some of us have taken a lot of time during the last year to think about this and numerous other challenging questions about education and the future.

“Future, who will not wait for you?” Bring it on, as my students say. Look it in the eye, as Rilke might say.

We began our conversation with my asking Dora where her strong commitment to Chatham Hall comes from. It has to do with the experience that Michelle and Danielle had at Chatham Hall. Nevin and I sensed good, downto-earth, moral girls at Chatham Hall. The four years that our daughters attended affirmed everything that we had taught them and, then, taught them so much more. They feel the same way. Chatham Hall made them better women—and better women than they would have been had they not attended. It re-enforced everything that we would have wanted for our daughters. That is something you cannot pay back with money.

Chatham Hall was a safe place for our girls both to shine and to take risks, to risk failure, and there were people around them who, if there were a failure, would turn it around. In the small environment at Chatham Hall, things like that can happen. So much has to do with the Honor Code and being in a community that is faith-oriented. Gary, you and I see that every fall the Honor Code is tested and, then, after a few months, it is amazing how students buy into it. My girls bought into it for life. It will always be with them. If more girls could be influenced

by everything that is positive about Chatham Hall, the world would be a better place to live in.

Michelle and Danielle also worked very hard when they were at Chatham Hall. It was demanded of them. I’ll never forget all that the School provided for Michelle: there were four or five classes in which she was one of only two or three students because of the advanced level of study. Danielle was able to pursue advanced independent study in chemistry and DNA through the School’s Discovery Challenge program. Both girls did very well in college. Chatham Hall prepared them to succeed, and both are now on powerful career paths

How did you become a Board member and what prompted you to take on being President?

I was always involved in our daughters’ schools at home, and I do not sit idly too well. I was asked to be on the search committee for the new head— the committee that selected you—and that experience opened Chatham Hall for me. People gave so much time to get that job done, flying here and there to meet all the candidates, attending committee meetings at airports, and so much more. I saw how much Chatham Hall means to so many other people,

several of whom have very demanding full-time jobs. The dedication of the people on the committee made me want to give more.

That committee also opened my eyes to the business side of the School. When I then joined the Board, during your first year, there was a need for a renewed financial focus: the Board needed to review and examine the business of running the School. If I had felt that the School needed somebody to improve the academics or direct fundraising, I would not have stepped up. Those are not my talents Because we needed to look at the numbers and the nuts and bolts, I said to myself, “I think that’s something that I can do and something that I’d enjoy doing. If there is a need that I can fulfill and people think that I can help the School, I’ll give it a try.”

Both girls did very well in college.

Chatham Hall prepared them to succeed, and both are now on powerful career paths.

The Future - Rainer Maria Rilke

How does one educate Chatham Hall girls to be adaptable and creative enough to succeed in this world?

What has been most rewarding and enjoyable?

Knowing that I can actually give something back, working with the higherthinking educators at the School, and working with the alumnae. I am always surprised by the commitment that these alumnae make to Chatham Hall. The past Board chairs whom I have met are still in there; I don’t think Chatham Hall is ever very far from their minds. Plus there are those incredible donors. Each one has a unique reason for supporting the School. They are extremely interested and extremely interesting. I have loved being with them.

How has the School changed during your time on the Board?

Chatham Hall now does not let its girls forget that there is a big world out there. The Leaders in Residence Program has made a huge difference for girls. It brings to Chatham Hall the needs of the world and the great women who have addressed and are addressing them. The Internet has changed the School: now the girls are connected with their friends almost all the time. The academic environment has changed. It seems deeper. It seems more purposeful.

And how about challenges for Chatham Hall and independent schools as a whole?

Private education is very expensive. Balancing the cost of the School’s great programs with revenue from tuition, the annual fund, and draw from the endowment is very challenging, more so for Chatham Hall because it is small and it

CHATHAM HALL CONCLUDES $58.9 MILLION CAMPAIGN

is a women’s school. Even with our much more robust endowment, our endowment is still small compared to that of some other schools. We do everything that the bigger schools do, but we have fewer financial resources. Things are going to be very challenging during the next few years, as the economy recovers, but we can get through it because everything else is going so well at Chatham Hall. We know that the enrollment has to be larger than it is. Alumnae with whom I speak, including my daughters, do not want to talk about a larger school. They think that Chatham Hall’s being small is a great thing—and it is!—but, unfortunately, it is not necessarily sustainable I also think that having more girls will add spark and vibrancy to the School that will make it an even better learning environment for girls. If we have 120 great girls, Chatham Hall will be better when we have 180 great girls. As we grow, we have to protect what is tried and true about Chatham Hall—honor, faith, academics, and the big heart of the School. I remember one girl who was at the School while Michelle was here. She had dyed hair and black fingernails, and I recollect her saying once, “I tried as hard as I could to make myself a test at this place. I tried as hard as I could to alienate all my classmates. When we went on our senior skip day, my classmates still would not give up on me. I was still part of their class and they were not going to give up on

me.” Chatham Hall does not give up on girls. There are teachers whose lives are this school. It’s a small place with a huge heart. We cannot lose that heart, no matter how big we grow, no matter how high our prestige rises in academics, no matter how much money we have or do not have.

Chatham Hall is always going to be a different school because of its geographical location. Girls who come to Chatham Hall are brave because they are willing to step out of their comfort zones. We get brave girls who are not afraid to say that they go to a small girls’ school in rural Virginia: “No, we do not have a mall. No, we do not have sidewalk cafes on our streets. No, we do not have a large number of people.

Chatham Hall does have a great environment that I need and can benefit from for the next four years.” Most girls are not brave enough to make those statements. We need to keep finding those brave girls.

At a celebratory dinner on October 9, 2010, Campaign chair, Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, announced that 2,760 donors had contributed $58,952,759 and pledged an additional $1,835,000 in revocable planned gifts. “These gifts have secured Chatham Hall’s future and support our position as a leader in girls’ education,” Nina remarked. Chatham Hall launched the fund drive in July 2003, with a goal of $25 million, and completed the drive on June 30, 2010—236% over goal.

NINA PAID TRIBUTE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, whose members not only planned the Campaign, but also contributed $9.5 million—more than one-third of the original goal. She cited the vision of former Board president, Trina Robinson Secor ’68, under whose leadership the Campaign was planned and launched, and current Board president, Dora Thomas, whose leadership helped to bring the Campaign to its successful conclusion during a tough economic downturn.

Nina praised the Campaign volunteer leadership— Annual Giving Chair Patricia Frederick ’57; Alumnae Chairs Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 and Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63; Families Chair Diane Walker P’09; Van Voorhis Lecture Hall and Scholarship Committee members Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70, Robin Tieken Hadley ’57, and Consie Flint West ’66; and Planned Gifts Chairs Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50, P’71 and Ross Siragusa P’71.

Nina expressed gratitude to Honorary Committee members Penny Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67, Adrienne Mars P’78, Robin Tieken Hadley ’57, and Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, who each contributed gifts of $1,000,000 or more to the Campaign, and she made special mention of Diana Stallings Hobby ’48, who generously endowed a $1.2 million chair in English. Nina gave a special tribute to Bettie Beckwith Nilsen ’31, whose bequest of $31,196,518 more than doubled our endowment.

Special thanks also went to members of the Alumnae Council who, over the past seven years, worked creatively and diligently to connect alumnae to their alma mater. Alumnae gifts accounted for 84% of the total amount contributed.

We do everything that the bigger schools do, but we have fewer financial resources. Things are going to get very challenging during the next few years, as the economy recovers, but we can get through it because everything else is going so well at Chatham Hall

Dora Thomas with daughters Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 and Danielle Thomas ’04

success of the Campaign for Chatham Hall

1 Penny Wilson ’41 and science teacher Amy Davis 2 Lucy Barrett ’53 3 Robin Hadley ’57 and Dora Thomas 4 The beautiful centerpieces at the dinner 5 Virginia Marr ’55 and Margaret Walker ’58 6 Everette Sherrill, husband of Jean Sherrill ’63, and Nina Botsford ’72

Thanks to the Campaign…

Chatham Hall’s future as an institution is secure. Prior to the Campaign, Chatham Hall’s endowment was $12.9 million. Today, it is more than $53.2 million—the largest endowment per student of any girls’ school. The Campaign also gave momentum to the Annual Fund, increasing it from just over $800,000 in 2003 to more than $1.2 million in 2010. The number of Rector’s Circle members (Annual Fund donors contributing $10,000 or more) increased from 23 to 53.

Faculty salaries and benefits have improved.

The salaries of 13 teachers were increased beyond the approved general annual increase. Three teachers saw an increase in salary twice, and three saw their salaries increased three times.

Chatham Hall has become a School without borders—a school where world leaders stop by to chat oneto-one with girls, where girls undertake service abroad, and where the student population is a world of different cultures. Through our signature Leaders in Residence Program, 13 leaders have come to campus, including former presidents of Ireland and Sri Lanka, the president of Liberia, a Nobel Prize winner, and world-renowned scientists, writers, social entrepreneurs and activists. One out of four Chatham Hall students has participated in the South Africa Service Program. Through the Hurt Travel Award, students and teachers have undertaken research and study in Russia, Germany, England, Scotland, and Italy. Through an anonymous donor, students have participated in the Experiment in International Living in China, Argentina, Korea, France, and Belize. Students have also received scholarships to participate in the School’s France and Spain trips.

Chatham Hall has the state-of-the-art Van Voorhis Lecture Hall. Built as a center to bring world leaders to campus, the new $3 million hall has become a center of community life used almost every day of the week for dramatic and dance productions, musical performances, poetry readings, dances, banquets, and meetings.

Academic programs are stronger and offerings greater. Grant support allowed us to launch a preengineering program and to enhance instruction in the arts, English, foreign languages, mathematics and sciences, and geography. The Campaign also supported the purchase of new classroom furniture.

The athletic and riding programs are even more competitive. The School has added positions, including a new volleyball coach, new assistant athletic director/cross country coach, and barn manager. The athletic center is now air conditioned and has a new locker room. There are four new paddocks Existing paddocks have been graded and seeded. There are five new turn-out sheds. A new sprinkler system was added to the Mars Arena. Offices at both the athletic center and stables were renovated.

Students have greater

access to financial aid. Chatham Hall has nine new endowed scholarships and announced this fall a new Nilsen Scholars Program that will fund up to 10 merit scholarships a year for exceptionally bright and accomplished new students.

The quality of student life has improved. The dining hall, kitchen, and dishroom received a $2 million makeover. The Student Center was transformed with a new student lounge, snack bar, bookstore, fitness center, student activities office, kitchen, and day student lounge. Hot meals can be served and students can study when power is lost to the School, thanks to a $136,000 generator. This summer, the Pruden bathrooms were updated.

The Strategic Plan:Making it Happen

Chatham Hall’s new Strategic Plan is bold and ambitious—as it should be for a great school.Making it happen depends upon the oversight and hard work of the School’s administrators.We asked them to reflect on the Plan,and here are their thoughts.

Marketing and Admission efforts were strengthened. The School Web site was updated and the Admission offices and Small Drawing Room were renovated to enhance our Admission efforts. A major gift was received to market the School to prospective students interested in the Riding Program.

Decades old traditions built around the Old Oak Tree were reestablished through an important $50,000 environmental initiative called the Meadow Project. The new girl picnic and lantern ceremony returned to the Meadow after more than a decade.

Because of the success of this Campaign,Chatham Hall is in the strongest possible position to advance its agenda as a leading educator of girls. Now on to the decade ahead!

Meg Roth ’13, Amy MacDonough ’13, and L.A. Daughtridge ’13

Strategic Plan

JULY 1,2010 – JUNE 30,2015

Chatham Hall will advance its distinctive leadership in girls’ education.

Academics Provide a challenging, comprehensive, collegepreparatory curriculum that inspires high ideals and empowers girls to pursue them.

Chatham Hall will develop and implement a curriculum that will educate girls to be creative, collaborative, and critical in their thinking; global in perspective; skilled at problem solving; adept at communication; and technologically accomplished.

Faculty Support and recruit excellent faculty.

Chatham Hall will seek faculty who are outstanding in their disciplines; who will provide leadership in achieving the School’s academic and program goals, in current educational thinking, and in classroom pedagogy; and who are strongly committed to the life of a seven-day boarding program.

Chatham Hall will provide competitive overall compensation for faculty, including benefits and housing.

Enrollment Recruit high-achieving girls with high ideals from diverse backgrounds.

Chatham Hall will increase enrollment to achieve the goals of the School’s mission and programs, while maintaining its distinctive commitment to being a small school.

Program Engage girls in the world around them.

Chatham Hall will continue to develop strong co-curricular programs that engage girls in the world through service, environmental awareness, interscholastic competition, travel, and a range of broadening activities.

Chatham Hall will guide its students to lead purposeful lives.

Facilities Provide facilities that support current and future programs.

Chatham Hall will maintain and construct updated, aesthetically pleasing, and environmentally sustainable facilities that preserve the School’s heritage and allow its programs to look to the future.

External Constituencies Engage alumnae, parents, and friends of the School in promoting the School’s mission.

Chatham Hall will work with external constituencies to enhance the general image of the School nationally and internationally, promote interest in admissions, and support fundraising.

Finances Exercise fiscal responsibility.

Chatham Hall will build on its strong history of financial management in its budget, stewardship of its endowment, and fundraising for annual and future needs.

School Culture and Community Affirm a community based upon honor, traditions, service, and wellness.

Chatham Hall will instill in its students character traits that include responsibility, self-discipline, empathy, integrity, leadership, and courage.

Chatham Hall will offer programs for girls’ spiritual development that value and affirm the School’s Episcopal tradition while engaging other denominations and faiths.

Chatham Hall will affirm and strengthen its commitment to an effective seven-day program.

Martha Griswold,Academic Dean

It is revitalizing to an institution to evaluate programs–in this case the academic offerings and how well the program supports and provides for students.

Chatham Hall must prepare students for jobs that may not have been created yet, so goals shift from content focus to skills taught through content. Students must be prepared to communicate, to use technology, to create, to collaborate, to be flexible in their thinking and expectations–and we need to accomplish all of this in the best way for girls.

The Strategic Plan and its action steps outline ways in which teachers ensure that students are capable of expressing themselves through a Writing and Speaking Across the Curriculum initiative. This goal will have a great impact on the curriculum because it will necessitate a thoughtful and meaningful inclusion of these skills in each department’s courses. The School has already implemented some of the Plan’s action steps and is witness to positive change in several areas. In Athletics, the recommended increase in required participation has been well received by the student body. Our new Chinese teacher has infused the dormitories and classroom with her culture and language. A new daily schedule allows for longer class times so that teachers can go into more depth rather than having to fit lessons into 43-minute bits. At once challenging and most meaningful, the Strategic Plan’s commitment to experiential learning and travel will underscore the School’s commitment to its global community as well as Chatham Hall’s belief that learning by doing will best prepare students for their future endeavors.

Vicki Wright, Director of Admission and Financial Aid

Over the past several months, the Office of Admission has been working to strategize ways in which we can effectively and efficiently enhance the admission process. Considering today’s economy, in order for the School to grow, we need to be creative in marketing Chatham Hall as the leader in girls’ education. Chatham Hall is a vibrant community, offering rigorous academics, a variety of extracurricular activities, community-building residential life and day student components, and an outstanding Leader in Residence Program.

In an effort to increase awareness in the independent school marketplace, we have determined our primary and secondary boarding and day markets and explored ways in which we can enhance our recruitment efforts, to include alumnae, past parents, feeder schools, and educational consultants. Several years ago, we implemented Chatham Hall Book and Summer Science Awards at feeder schools across the country. These awards are given to outstanding students who are nominated by their heads of school or placement counselors. This year, we are launching the Nilsen Scholars Program to attract highachieving and talented young girls from across the United States. Chatham Hall has a diverse student body, and the Office of Admission will continue to recruit girls from throughout the world.

We are excited that we have laid the foundation over the past three years of spreading the word about this wonderful community in rural Virginia. Chatham Hall is a leader in girls’ education, inspiring integrity, academic excellence, and global perspectives in tomorrow’s leaders.

Robert Ankrom, Director of Marketing and Communications

When I arrived at Chatham Hall just over three years ago, I was immediately taken by the beautiful campus, passionate faculty, and, most important, by the wonderful quality and community of the girls. In these three years we have worked hard to build a cohesive approach to branding and recruitment strategies. The New Girl Guide (a unique peer-to-peer journal focusing on connecting with prospective students) and The Chatham Hall Experience (a highly-interactive Web site piece that creatively takes on issues of location and outcomes) have moved us in the right direction. Our recent work with the Baker Group (a high-powered admission strategy firm) has helped our entire team to re-evaluate our approach to the markets we target.

This past summer Chatham Hall also enlisted a respected educational design firm, Stein Communications, to work on bridging the final gap between these recently created recruitment tools and the exciting direction in which the School is moving. New print publications highlighting the School’s dynamic approach to learning and community, as well as the impressive Nilsen Scholars Program, have already been completed. Working off of this positive momentum, we have moved immediately into the initial plans of designing the School’s new viewbook, a publication that will serve as the key piece in defining Chatham Hall’s unique place in girls’ education.

I have no doubt that we will be able to reach our five-year goal of building to 160 students. A real sense of positive energy and heightened expectations is driving the creation of this entire Strategic Plan.

Ronald Mer ricks,Chief Finance and Facilities Officer

Chatham Hall makes a most memorable first impression. One of the main reasons is the appeal of the buildings and grounds. Stately old buildings require special care and maintenance. Chatham Hall’s grounds need to complement the beauty of the buildings they surround. Progressive energy systems need to be continually evaluated and implemented to move Chatham Hall to a more environmentally-sustainable campus. Dorm and classroom conditions need to be evaluated and improved to appeal to future students. What excites me about this is the blending of the old with the new—a careful and well-planned improvement to make living and teaching environments modern and up-to-date and ,yet, maintain the historic heritage of the School’s buildings. In addition, campus wooded areas need to be managed. A select-cut timber plan needs to be implemented to improve the growth of hard woods and take more diseased trees. Pastures need revitalizing with seed, lime, and fertilizer regularly. The exciting result is a beautiful inner campus and a well-maintained outer campus that welcomes all who come, without saying a word. To meet the current and future needs of Chatham Hall, careful management of its financial position is critical. Balanced budgets show discipline. Successful annual-fund giving shows strong support. Endowment growth shows future sustainability. Strong tuition income shows a vibrant school. There is not one financial resource that can stand on its own. Each financial resource depends upon the others to be successful. A weak resource puts pressure on other resources. A balance of financial resources to sustain Chatham Hall in the future must be maintained. The exciting element about this is there is no financial resource more important than the other. They all must grow, individually and collectively, for a successful program.

Melissa Fountain,Director of Advancement

The goal of Chatham Hall’s new Strategic Plan—to advance our position as a leader in girls’ education—is principled, forward-looking, and bold, considering today’s marketplace and the financial pressures girls’ schools are facing. I am deeply committed to girls’ education—passionate, in fact, about its importance—and believe that our extended family, particularly alumnae, has a crucial role to play in the success of our mission.

In the decade ahead, the Advancement Office will focus on finding new ways to engage each of Chatham Hall’s constituents, especially its alumnae.

We must refresh their appreciation and update their understanding of the continued importance of a girls’ school, and we must elicit their help in advancing our important agenda. More than ever before, Chatham Hall needs the time, talent, and gifts of its alumnae and parents.

We roll out five initiatives this fall to further this goal of engagement: an expanded class agent program that increases the number and broadens the role of class agents beyond fundraising; a program involving young alumnae through visits, events, and social media; a collaboration with Admissions in launching the Nilsen Scholars Program; an increased travel plan for three of the five members of the Advancement team; and a “makeover” of the alumnae and giving sections of the Web site.Along with these initiatives, Advancement continues to promote the growth and vitality of the Annual Fund and will develop support for new projects and programs outlined in the Strategic Plan.

Kyle Kahuda,Dean of Students

When I think about the new Strategic Plan for Chatham Hall, the words that most quickly come to mind are “affirmation” and “aspiration.”

As a teacher and administrator who has thus far spent his entire professional career at Chatham Hall, I find the first concept exceptionally important. The School is incredibly special to me for a variety of reasons, many of which I see highlighted in the final version of the Strategic Plan. The goodness of the community, the strength of the program, and the integrity and diversity of the people of Chatham Hall drew me to this place, and have conspired to keep me here for a decade. The prominence of those concepts in the Plan affirms in my mind what I know to be true in my heart.

Of equal significance to me is the concept of aspiration. Chatham Hall is a great school, yet we have the ability and the desire to be that much better. To be truthful, I am disquieted by the prospect of improving upon the already excellent work we do in nurturing, challenging, and encouraging our girls in their academic, residential, and personal lives. Achieving this will take resources, time, effort, creativity, and attention that are not often easy to come by in our overscheduled and too often reactionary daily lives. Yet while the practical part of my nature sees challenge and hard work ahead, the promise and possibility before us make me that much more eager to begin.

Catherine LaDuke,Director of Athletics

The athletic program is headed in a direction that will strengthen our students’ skills for competitive life-long learning and leadership. A thorough evaluation of the program by three talented and wellrespected Athletic Directors has provided us with a report to give us guidance for our new task. Our new Strategic Plan gives us a goal of continuing to develop a strong co-curricular program that engages our girls in interscholastic competition. The Department has set out to put in place not a new athletic program, but rather a stronger structure that will include all students in the program. We are reworking our requirements and the sports that are being offered, hiring new staff, and engaging current faculty in coaching. After months of work, the program has taken shape, and the outcomes are already noticeable. The financial commitment that has been made to the program has allowed us to move forward, and we will continue to see the results. The afternoons are filled with girls playing field hockey, dancing, riding, and much more. Our fitness component has taken on a new look of wellness and competitive games. Chatham Hall will no longer have a few athletes; we now have a whole school of student-athletes who will be proud of their efforts.

Both the Athletic and Riding Department staffs have grown in size so that our coaches can concentrate on giving the girls the best instruction possible. Top-notch coaching and support are creating a competitive environment that is breeding success on the playing field, in the classroom, and in their daily lives. All this does not go without its challenges. We must help the school community to understand the goals and benefits of this program as we work to create a competitive and winning athletic program. As a school, we will all share in the hard work, excitement, and school spirit.

Patricia Smith,Director of College Counseling

College Preparation…these have been buzz words for more than 20 years. What does it take to get into college and how has it changed over the past generation? What is new and different, and what is exactly the same? These are issues that are addressed not only by our Strategic Plan but by high schools across the country. There is no doubt that the number of students attending college is on the increase, and, likewise, there is no doubt that financial aid is a great concern to a larger number of families. Beyond those obvious thoughts, what are the challenges facing today’s high school students who want to attend college and how can Chatham Hall help these students?

With the increasing number of applicants to colleges, the applicant pool becomes more and more competitive. Colleges have their choice of prime applicants and with many colleges being “need-blind,” only the very best prepared students will have a chance to live out their college dreams. Students from Chatham Hall can gain an edge in this competition by taking advantage of all that Chatham Hall currently offers. Second, Chatham Hall can stay on the cutting edge of this market by expanding and refining its curriculum and extracurricular offerings. Colleges consistently state that they want the most “well rounded” students and students who have begun to explore their passions. Here at Chatham Hall, we offer “passion inspiring” options.

We must continue to focus on the elements of writing in all departments and encourage cross-curricular writing. Our students need to be offered innovative classes which, while remaining in the realm of the core subjects, take students farther than they have gone previously. Model United Nations could be expanded into a yearlong program offering the girls more opportunity for competitive arenas and scholarships. Debate programs, which would also help with public speaking opportunities, should be encouraged. Science competitions, English writing competitions, and mock trial events should also be given consideration. All of these opportunities not only put Chatham Hall in the spotlight around the city, state, and country, but also give the girls endless opportunities to showcase their talents and abilities.

Our focus is for Chatham Hall girls to have every opportunity, in and out of the classroom, to become "well-rounded," which, combined with their passion for learning and their interests, will make them competitive in the college process.

Rev.Ned Edwards,Chaplain

What is exciting about Chatham Hall’s Strategic Plan is expanding the definition of spirituality to embrace other aspects of the Strategic Plan such as global learning, a balanced community life, diversity, wellness, and service. Focusing on the spirituality of adolescent girls in this way, a subject largely ignored, and meeting them where they are, will have immense implications for their spiritual lives in particular and for girls’ boarding schools in general. Furthermore, recognizing and celebrating a wealth of spiritualities, beliefs, and experiences, including the Episcopal tradition (which is as wide as it is deep) will increase our cultural and religious vocabulary, and help a girl to better define and articulate her own faith, preparing her to navigate a culturally and religiously diverse world.

The challenges are numerous, but every challenge is an opportunity. First, engaging in the study of spirituality of adolescent girls will be critical. We know that women’s spirituality is relational rather than cerebral, and connectional/circular rather than linear. How that develops and where the significant adolescent hurdles occur are crucial to our success. Second, broadening our definition of spirituality as “the ability and desire to connect with the transcendent as it nurtures an ability to extend oneself for others” may be challenging for those of us concerned about the structural/dogmatic components of religion. Third, it will be challenging to move beyond the current polarization and politicalization of faith, where engagement with others is viewed as acquiescence. The further challenge is to find and hold that delicate balance between honoring the traditions of St. Mary’s Chapel and broadening the dialogue. This includes supporting every girl in her spiritual and religious life and truly living the Honor Code, which demands respect for differing customs and beliefs among us.

What is truly important is, as St. Paul said, we keep our eyes on the prize, helping to inspire integrity, academic excellence, and global perspectives in tomorrow’s leaders.

About the Award

The award was established in 2009 by the Chatham Hall Alumnae Council. On May 1, 2010, the first awards were presented to The Reverend Elinor “Nellie” Robinson Greene ’70 and Penelope “Penny” Perkins Wilson ’41.

TheChatham Hall Distinguished Alumna Award recognizes a graduate who has distinguished herself through significant, outstanding contributions in her profession and/or meritorious public service. This Alumna embodies the characteristics and values of Chatham Hall in her daily life and inspires excellence in others. Awardees represent diverse professions and interests.

For full consideration, a complete nomination package as described below should be received by January 15, 2011.

•Nominee name, class year, and contact information

•A biographical sketch

Criteria for Selection

• Distinctive professional or service contributions

•Inspirational role model

• Demonstrates core Chatham Hall values of honor, respect and integrity

Selection Process

The Alumnae Council solicits nominations from the alumnae body. An Alumnae Council Nominations Committee reviews and assesses all submissions and makes a recommendation to the full Alumnae Council for consideration. The award will only be conferred when a nominee is selected by the Alumnae Council. All complete nominations will remain active for a period of three years, during which time additional supporting documentation may be contributed. Typically, the award will be presented at the Alumnae Association Annual Meeting.

• Summary of relevant professional and volunteer experiences, noteworthy achievements, and awards/recognitions received.

• Supporting documents

• These might include but are not limited to a professional resume, newspaper or magazine articles, Web sites, examples of work, etc.

• A letter in support of the nominee from someone who has a close personal or professional relationship with her that describes how the nominee meets the award criteria. Multipleletters of support are highly encouraged.

•Nominator’s name and contact information

Submission Nomination packages may be submitted by email or postal mail. A confirmation notice of receipt will be sent to the submitter

Chatham Hall, Alumnae Relations

800 Chatham Hall Circle Chatham, VA 24531-3085

Questions about the award, submission, or the selection process? Contact Beth Griffin, Associate Director of Advancement 434-432-5518 or bgriffin@chathamhall.org

Chatham Hall Celebrates the Class of 2010

Chatham Hall celebrated its 116th Baccalaureate and Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 29. Dennis Reichelderfer, History Teacher, gave the Baccalaureate Address. Dr. Hamilton

“Peter” McKay, Jr. and Mrs. Lillian “Dee Dee” McKay ’48, former Chatham Hall Trustee members and grandparents of Anna Sloan ’10, presented diplomas and traditional irises to 37 graduating seniors.

Inductees into the Cum Laude Society

Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10, Java, Virginia

Teejay Herman ’10, Hobart, Indiana

Madeline Hicks ’10, Danville, Virginia

Charlotte Rettberg ’10, Munster, Germany

Hsuan-I Wu ’10, ChangHaltsien, Taiwan

Rector Dr. Gary Fountain then presented the following awards and recognitions:

The Catherine Ingram Spurzem Award for Creative Writing

Vicky Morrison ’10, Axton, Virginia

The Adora Prevost Ragsdale

Dance Award

Madeline Hicks ’10, Danville, Virginia

Sherwood Dramatic Award

Heather Yepez ’10, Fort Huachuca, Arizona

The Lillian Evans Lineberger

New Girl Award

Margaret Spencer ’12, Columbus, Georgia

&Michelle Penot ’13, New Richmond, Ohio

The Senior Purple and Golden Rule Citation

Vicky Morrison ’10, Axton, Virginia

The Student Council Award

Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10, Java, Virginia

Alumnae Council Representative

Adele Cornwall ’10, Lake Forest, Illinois

Art Department Award

Anna Sloan ’10, Edwards, Colorado

English Department Award

Amy Hendricks ’10, Dallas, Texas

Mary and Robert McIver Receive School Award

ROBERT AND MARY McIVER, PARENTS OF LAIRD ’10, are the 2010 recipients of the Peter and Dee Dee McKay Award, given annually to a parent or couple who provide leadership to the School.

The 2010 College Acceptance List Includes...

Babson College

Baylor University

Boston College

Boston University

Connecticut College

Dickinson College

Foreign Language Department Award

Charlotte Rettberg ’10, Munster, Germany

History Department Award

Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10, Java, Virginia

The Dixie Hargrave Whitehead

Mathematics Department Award

Teejay Herman ’10, Hobart, Indiana

Music Department Award

Annie Na ’10, Daejon, Korea

Science Department Award

Teejay Herman ’10, Hobart, Indiana

Trustees’ Scholarship Medal for Highest G.P.A.

Sine Apichitsopa ’10, Phuket, Thailand

Rector’s Medal

Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10, Java, Virginia

The McIvers are passionate about telling the Chatham Hall story to prospective students and their families. They attended school admission fairs, open houses and revisit weekends, mingled with families on move-in days, and called prospective and accepted students and their families.

For four years, the McIvers served on the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) and led PAC as co-presidents during the 2009–2010 year. Representing PAC, Robert also served as ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees during 2009–2010 and joined the Board for a full term in fall 2010.

The McIvers also led a successful Senior Family Gift Program that raised more than $56,000 for the School and organized an elegant parent-sponsored senior family dinner in Van Voorhis Lecture Hall during Commencement Weekend.

Elon University

Furman University

Johns Hopkins University

Marquette University

New York University

University of Notre Dame

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhodes College

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

University of San Diego

Santa Clara University

Sewanee: The University of the South

St. John’s College

Trinity College

Virginia Tech.

University of Virginia

Washington and Lee University

University of Wisconsin, Madison

SENIOR GIFTS ANNOUNCEMENT

Gifts Honoring the Class of 2010

ON MAY 28,during the traditional Friday evening pre-commencement exercises, Robert and Mary McIver P’10, and Co-Presidents of the Parent Advisory Committee, announced that the families of 24 seniors had given $56,614 to honor their daughters—$41,369 for the Annual Fund and $15,245 to renovate the dance studio. The Senior Class Family Gift tradition was launched in fall 2005 under the leadership of the families of the Class of 2006 and the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC).

Senior Class President Bree Coleman announced that the Class of 2010 will fund, as its legacy to Chatham Hall, new, durable swings at the “Alice Cromer Chestnut Oak Tree” in front of Pruden Hall.

The Chathamite is dedicated to Mrs. Pam McKenzie

Anna Sloan receiving her iris from her grandparents: Dr. Hamilton “Peter” McKay, Jr. and Mrs. Lillian “Dee Dee” McKay ’48

Parents help to decorate table for Senior Family Banquet Richard Herman, Parent of Teejay Herman ’10, and Katherine McKay ’75, parent of Anna Sloan ’10

Bree Coleman ’10, Ella Stancill ’10, and Heather Yepez ’10 enjoy their last days together as Chatham Hall students

2010 graduate Haemin Bang celebrates

2010 Graduates beam at Commencement: Sine Apichitsopa, Mary Kathryn Atkinson, Haemin Bang, Megan Bennett, and Katie Bigbee

New Faculty

The center of any school is its faculty. As Chatham Hall outlines the future of great girls’ education, adding new positions and renewing old, it will continue to hire the bestfaculty. This year’s group is a perfect example.

New Faculty and Administrators

NED W. EDWARDS, JR. CHAPLAIN AND TEACHER OF RELIGION Rev.

Dr. Edwards comes to Chatham Hall with a wealth of experience. During the 16 years that he served as senior minister of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Farmington, Connecticut, he increased enrollment in the educational program from 10 to 150, developed and taught a range of courses for high school students and adults, planned and administered international social service partnerships, and constructed a $5.5 million educational facility. He served as chaplain, teacher, and director of social services at Miss Porter’s School, where he taught The Bible as Literature, AP Philosophy, World Religions, and courses in ethics and psychology. Rev. Dr. Edwards earned a B.A. in Psychology and Religion from the College of Wooster, a M.Div. in Theology and Philosophical Theology from Yale University Divinity School, and a D. Min. in Church History and Sociology of Religion from Hartford Seminary.

DAVID T. GRIMES COORDINATOR OF TH E M US IC P RO G RAM, CHOI RMASTE R, AN D M US IC AN D VOICE

TEA CHER David Grimes comes to us from northern Virginia, where he taught music at the Westminster School and was founder and president of Voice and String Studio. Mr. Grimes has more than 25 years of music, performing arts education, and Broadway performance experience, including the direction of theatrical productions. He comes to us with a range of vocal repertoire, including baroque, classical, opera, lieder, and contemporary Broadway. He has performed in a wide range of musical theater productions, including the national touring cast of Jekyll & Hyde and the Hamburg, Germany cast of Phantom of the Opera. He also has performed with such opera companies as the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Washington National Opera, and Connecticut Opera. Mr. Grimes holds a B.Mus. in Musical Theatre and Music Education (Kodaly System) from the Hartt School of Music.

DONALD E. MORLEY TEACHER OF WORLD CULTURES AND MODEL U.N.

Mr. Morley has more than 30 years of teaching experience, most recently as head of the Foreign Language Department at Blair Academy in New Jersey. While at Blair, he founded and directed the Blair

Summer School in Ecuador and Spain and supervised a dormitory of 35 junior and senior boys. While a teacher of Spanish at the Berkshire School, Mr. Morley also founded and directed the Berkshire School in Ecuador and coached cross-country skiing, girls’ ice hockey, and competitive road cycling and mountain biking. Mr. Morley was a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. His travels have taken him to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, providing a unique framework for teaching World Cultures and Model U.N. Mr. Morley holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts and an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College.

SUSAN L.S. MORLEY, CHAIR OF THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND TEACHER OF ART AND ART HISTORY

Susan Morley comes to Chatham Hall with more than 30 years of experience, most recently at Blair Academy in New Jersey While at Blair, she taught Studio Arts and Spanish and chaired the Fine Arts Department. She restructured the freshman art and painting curriculum and expanded AP studio courses to include photography, painting, graphic arts, and ceramics/sculpture. Ms. Morley, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela and Ecuador, directed the Studio Arts Program for the Blair Summer School in Ecuador. She has been a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar in Japan, an International Artist in Residence in China, and has studied in Mexico, England, and Italy. Ms. Morley has received a wealth of awards, and her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in the United States, China, and Italy. She holds a B.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

LAUREN E. WILSON, TEACHER OF DANCE, HOUSEPARENT, AND COORDI NAT OR OF OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES Ms. Wilson is a recent graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received a B.S. in Dance Education. She studied abroad during her fall 2007 semester at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and in 2009 was an education intern at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. Ms. Wilson comes to Chatham Hall with teaching experience in choreography, modern dance, creative dance, ballet, jazz, tap, salsa, South African dance, and Capoeira.

New Positions at Chatham Hall

DEMERY L. CLOSE, INTERN Ms. Close will be Chatham Hall’s 2010–2011 Swim Coach, will work in the Admission Office, and will participate in student activities. She is a 2009 graduate of Gettysburg College, where she received a B.A. in Psychology and an Elementary Education Teaching Certificate. Ms. Close swam on Gettysburg College’s team for four years, and also recruited for the women’s team this past year. In the fall of 2008, she studied abroad in South Africa at Rhode’s University. This past summer, Ms. Close was a swim instructor for special needs children at Rainbow Academy and Carousel Farms.

TANG JIE, TEACHER OF CHINESE AND HOUSEPARENT Chatham Hall welcomes Tang Jie as its first teacher of Chinese in several decades. Tang Jie holds a shared appointment with the Epiphany Episcopal School in Danville. She brings to us 16 years of experience teaching English at universities in China. Tang Jie comes from Nanning, China, through the College Board and Hanban (the educational branch of the Chinese government). Tang Jie holds a B.A. in English Education from Guangxi Teacher’s College and a Certificate of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language.

AMY A. DAVIS, TEACHER OF SCIENCE Ms. Davis, who comes to Chatham Hall from Virginia Episcopal School, where she was director of community service and teacher of Environmental Science, will be teaching AP Biology, Environmental Science, Algebra I, and a new course in greenhouse studies. Ms. Davis, who has a “passion for all things science and the great outdoors,” holds bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Virginia Tech.

EVA H. GREENBERG, ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Ms. Greenberg was hired to assume a new assistant athletic director position as part of Chatham Hall’s expanded Athletic Program. In addition to administrative work, Ms. Greenberg will coach cross country running and soccer, and will teach a class in fitness and conditioning. Ms. Greenberg joins us from Dickinson College, where she earned her B.A. in Political Science and was a member of the track and field, cross country, and equestrian teams. She has served as a teacher’s aide, has held internships at the Carlisle Court House and on Capitol Hill, and was a counselor and head trainer at Rock Creek Park Horse Center in Washington, D.C.

MEREDITH A. SCHWANE, VOLLEYBALL COACH

Ms. Schwane has been hired as part of Chatham Hall’s expanded Athletic Program initiative. She is a 2009 graduate of Averett University, where she received a B.A. in History and Political Science, with an emphasis in education, and was a collegiate athlete in volleyball and softball. She is currently completing a master’s degree in Diplomacy, with an emphasis in Human Rights, from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

JENNIFER A. JONES, BARN

MANAGER Ms. Jones received in 2006 her B.P.S. degree in Management, specializing in Equine Business, at Cazenovia College. For the past four years, she has worked at Cricket Hill Farm as an apprentice barn manager. During her time there, she oversaw and managed the health of the 40 horses on the property, organized the barn staff and the barn, and administered medications and treatments for injured or sick horses.

MARY “BETH” GRIFFIN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT FOR ALUMNAE RELATIONS AND ANNUAL GIVING Beth Griffin has more than 11 years of experience in alumnae and parent relations and development. She has worked at Boston University’s Sargent College, the Winsor School, Beaver Country Day School, and, most recently, the Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center. Ms. Griffin holds a B.A. in Political Science, History and Economics from the University of Massachusetts. A great lover of animals and owner of a horse named “Edward,” who has accompanied her to campus, Ms. Griffin is right at home on Chatham Hall’s animal-friendly campus.

LAURA G. RAND ’06, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND YOUNG ALUMNAE RELATIONS Ms. Rand, a Chatham Hall graduate, returns to Chatham from Elon University, where she earned a B.A. in Broadcast Communication. Ms. Rand thoroughly embraced her college experience through a variety of programs, including study abroad in London and an internship in Film and Video Production. She says that being back on Chatham’s campus, where the people are wonderfully engaging, bright, and genuinely caring, is a dream. Ms. Rand will primarily work with young alumnae to strengthen communications and reaffirm connections to our school. As Managing Editor of the Chat, she will be traveling throughout the United States, visiting alumnae and interviewing many for the magazine, Web site, and Facebook.

Alumnae Council Members

MARY HORDEN FINNEY ’81 attended Randolph Macon Woman’s College and Virginia Tech. She and her husband, Frank, have two daughters, Audrey (20) and Rachel (16). They live in Capeville, Virginia, where they have been restoring an old farmhouse. Ms. Finney has held a range of jobs, including one as a veterinary technician for nine years. For the past 15 years, Ms. Finney has worked with her husband, sharing a large workshop/studio on their property, where they create artistic wood-carvings and restore antique painted pieces such as decoys, wooden sculptures, and flat paintings.

MARY W. REYNOLDS ’84 holds an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, Mitch Cox. During the years between undergraduate and graduate school, Ms. Reynolds worked as a teacher, coach, and dorm advisor at three different boarding schools. After graduate school, she worked for 10 years at RJ Reynolds Tobacco in the Sports Marketing Division. She currently owns two small businesses: Invitations Only, a stationery and gift store, and Paper Construction, a wholesale company that makes and distributes stationery and paper goods

G E N EVA “E LISABETH” CAMPBELL

CALES ’02 graduated from Salem College with a B.A. in Vocal Performance and a minor in Communication. She married her childhood sweetheart, Navy Corpsman Elijah Cales, in November 2006 and lives in Indian Head, Maryland. A stay-at-home mother with her 3-year-old son, Gabriel, she performs occasionally with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir and Spiritual Ensemble. She plans to pursue an M.A. in Speech Pathology and Audiology in the near future.

LINDSAY C. SHOOK ’02 graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a double major in Communication and French. While a student, she served on the board of directors for the Ski & Snow Board Club and worked as a flower delivery girl and a nanny. Immediately following graduation, she returned to her hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she is happily pursuing her career in commercial real estate.

dren at Winter Park Day Care three times a week. She has been a dancer all of her life and hopes to involve herself in dance at Rollins.

New Trustees

SUSAN GILLINGS GROSS ’98 Susan Gross works in real estate development with GF Real Estate and is executive vice president of GF Management Co., LLC, in Durham, North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Dickinson College and an M.A. in Architecture from Washington University. Ms. Gross and her husband, Dustin, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and are proud parents of a one-year-old son, Owen.

JERRY E. CLARK P’04 Jerry Clark, who holds a B.A. in Economics from Tulane University, is the president of Chartwell Media, Inc., which publishes “tens of thousands of words and hundreds of articles each year” via the Rockbridge Weekly and Alleghany Journal newspapers. Mr. Clark and his wife, Judith, reside in Clifton Forge, Virginia. They are parents of Suzanne ’04, a Cornell University graduate, who is completing a graduate degree at Virginia Tech’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

ROBERT G. MCIVER P’10 Robert McIver

is an Attorney with the law firm Higgins Benjamin in Greensboro, North Carolina. A graduate of Woodberry Forest, Mr. McIver holds an A.B. from Harvard University, a diploma in Literature from Trinity College, Dublin, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. Robert and his wife, Mary, live in Summerfield, North Carolina, and are parents of 2010 alumna Laird, a student at Rhodes College.

DOUGLAS R. GOLDSTEIN P’12 Doug Goldstein is the business director of Solutia Inc., a company that manufactures energy efficient and reliable specialty materials. Mr. Goldstein holds a B.S. in Forestry from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Wake Forest University. Mr. Goldstein and his wife, Elizabeth, are parents of Libby, class of 2012. They live in Martinsville, Virginia.

J. BELK DAUGHTRIDGE P’13 Belk

CHAT MUSIC

Earl Wild’s Legendary Rachmaninoff Song

Transcriptions ,Earl Wild,piano IVORY CLASSICS, 2004

Chatham Hall’s Chamber Choir performed Brundibár, a children’s opera by Czech composer Hans Krása, originally performed by the Jewish children of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Most of the participants in the Theresienstadt production, including the composer Krása, were later killed in Auschwitz. Mr. Jay Ipson, Holocaust survivor and founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum, gave a lecture prior to the performance.

Kip Fulbeck asks, “Who Are You?”

Is it possible to fabricate an all-encompassing definition of 18, 45, even 70 years of life on a single sheet of blank paper? When asked the question of who we are, is it the accomplishments we’ve worked to achieve, the meaningful relationships we’ve developed, and the battle wounds we’ve endured, or does it all simply boil down to a matter of race? Leader in Residence Kip Fulbeck, a teacher at University of California, Santa Barbara, wrestles with the challenge of labeling one’s identity everyday not only with the subjects of his book Part Asian, 100% ‘Hapa,’ but also as a “Hapa” himself.

When Leonard Bernstein died in 1990, I felt as if I had lost a family member. I had grown up with his broadcasts and recordings. He was music writ large for this boy from a small town in Upstate New York. When pianist Earl Wild died in January, a family member escaped me—the genius at holiday parties whom I never got around to knowing well. I had homage to pay, and I began with his transcriptions of Rachmaninoff songs. I knew that the songs themselves were brilliant, and the transcriptions are equally so. I find such a refined sentimentality in Rachmaninoff’s best work, like that in Keats’s poetry; it demands a shrewd, skilled balance of emotional freedom and self-control. Wild gets it right, in both the transcriptions and his playing. One of my favorite recordings of all time.

G ARY FOUNTAIN

Faculty and Staff

Recognized for Service

DURING CHATHAM HALL’S ANNUAL, SPRINGFaculty/Staff Appreciation Day, Academic Secretary Sherri Murphy was awarded the Employee Service Appreciation Award. Mrs. Murphy was applauded for her 20 years of service and dedication to the School. “Sherri constantly thinks about how she can help people,” reflected Academic Dean Martha Griswold.

ADELE L. CORNWALL ’10 is the 2010 Rector’s appointee to Council. She is a freshman at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Adele is currently planning to major in Education and will be working with chil-

Daughtridge is a financial advisor at Smith Barney Consulting Group in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Daughtridge, a Woodberry Forest graduate, holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. from Pepperdine. He served in the United States Navy from 1975-1978. Mr. Daughtridge and his wife, Lois, reside in Charleston, South Carolina and are parents of Lois Anne, class of 2013.

Derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” “Hapa” is a slang term used to describe someone of mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry His b ook is a published compilation of photos of Hapas from all over the country, alongside hand-written responses, and serves as a blank slate for those b old enough to answer the question, “Who are you,” whether the answer is based on heritage and cultural ties, or even an expression of their unique individuality through a simple drawing. On April 21, Fulbeck spoke in Chatham Hall’s lecture hall, opening with an interaction between himself and the voice over of an “interviewer” intent on presenting a case of identity crisis that Americans face daily. In this country known for its melting pot of cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic differences that somehow manage to produce a prosperous, cohesive whole, it seems ridiculous that people should still feel obligated to “check one box only.” As Fulbeck said, “It’s like asking me to choose mom or dad.”

–GRACE HWANG ’10

John Henry Waller in Housekeeping was recognized during the assembly for 55 years of service to Chatham Hall. Mr. Waller, who began working for Chatham Hall in 1954, always performs his responsibilities “lovingly, optimistically, gently, and dutifully,” said Dr. Fountain.

The following faculty and staff were also honored:

25 years Ron Merricks (Business Office) and Don Wood (Faculty)

20 years the late Sheila Dixon (Transportation/Mailroom), Bonnie Dodson (Business Office), and Tammy Waters (Rector’s Office)

10 years Wanda Gammon (Technology) and Bill Leonard (Faculty)

5 years Amy Blair (Advancement Office), Owen Clay (Maintenance), Gilda Millner (Health Center), and Sally Stewart (Admission Office)

Heather Yepez '10 introduced Kip Fulbeck to Chatham Hall

Sherri Murphy and John Henry Waller

Summer Camp Success

Chatham Hall’s popular Riding Camp, filled to capacity again this year, welcomed campers in two sessions designed for girls ages 9–16.

“These camps are geared toward girls who live and breathe horses,” shared Chatham Hall Riding Director Cricket Stone, “and with two riding lessons and two ground lessons each day, girls rapidly improve their skills.”

A new Summer Investigators Science Camp, also filled to capacity, flourished in its first year of operation. Science Department Chair Dennis Oliver made use of the School’s state-of-the-art facilities to offer a program that integrated science, mathematics, and computer technology into an interactive experience for campers in grades 6–8. Campers were most excited about the “mock crime” activity, which turned them all into forensic investigators.

Contact Cricket Stone at cstone@chathamhall.org to learn more about 2011 summer camp offerings.

Two Cool Camps - One Great Location

Chatham Hall is proud to offer two different camps for girls.

Summer Investigators Science Camp

July 24 - Aug 4, 2011

forgirlsgrades6-8

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Hallagainthissummer.Make useoftheschool’sstate-of-theartfacilitieswhileintegratingthe areasofScience,Mathematics andComputerTechnologyinto areal-lifeexperiencewhere studentsassumetheroleof forensicinvestigatorsasthey solveamockcrime.

Sally Knapp Sprole ’42

SALLY KNAPP SPROLE ’42

Riding Camps

Session I

July 10 - 23, 2011

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Session II

July 24 - 30, 2011

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ALUMNAE WELCOMED CHATHAM HALL’S CHAMBER CHOIR and Director Kevin Zakresky to New York City at a March 12 afternoon reception at the home of Alumnae Council member Gini Willson Welch ’63. Alumnae representing four decades of graduates applauded the choir as it sang a special arrangement of Chatham Hall’s alma mater.

Lee Yardley Day

Ashby Cothran is Recognized

died at home surrounded by family on September 11, 2010, after a brief illness. Sally was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Knapp of Millbrook, N.Y. During her years at Chatham Hall, Sally was a member of the Art and Riding clubs, and the Gold Team, and worked on the “Anonymous.” Following graduation, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in NY, where she studied sculpture. She married Frank A. Sprole in 1944 and was a dedicated mother and homemaker. She considered her children, two sons and three daughters, to be her greatest achievement. After 66 years together, Frank passed away in Aug 2010, just one month before Sally’s death. Sally and Frank had nineteen grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

A most enthusiastic and involved Chatham Hall alumna, Sally served in many volunteer capacities, including class agent, president of the Alumnae Council, and on the Board of Trustees from 1973–1980. She was the recipient of the Nancy Gwathmey Harris Award in 1989 for fund-raising and was the honorary chair of the 1993–1994 Annual Fund. Together with her husband, Sally served on the honorary committee of the 1993–1997 Campaign for Chatham Hall.

Sally was generous to Chatham Hall with all her gifts—her time, her enthusiasm, as well as her wealth. We celebrate her life and mourn her passing.

CHAT READS

The End Game by Gerrie Ferris-Finger MIN O TAUR

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IN CELEBRATION OF LEE-YARDLEY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 10, Ashby Cothran, Chatham Hall’s Alumnae Director from August 1999 to June 2010, was awarded the Alice Overbey Award in recognition of her service to the School. Alumnae of all generations are so fond of Ashby, that in 2008 they made her an Honorary Alumna of Chatham Hall.

“For years and years, Ashby has been ‘mission control’ for the alumnae community, keeping us tethered to Chatham Hall and to one another,” shared former Alumnae Council President, Julia Kashkashian ’75. “She has always demonstrated genuine love for Chatham Hall in her commitment, her passion, and her tireless work.”

Gerrie Ferris-Finger’s first novel, The End Game, uses a very traditional mystery form, the locked room, and she imposes the 21st century on it very successfully. Set in a tiny Atlanta neighborhood called Cabbagetown, where everyone knows everyone else (and has for generations), the book kicks off with a house fire that results in two young girls turning up missing. The central character, Moriah Dru, is a former cop who now owns her own detective agency specializing in missing children. She’s called in on the case along with her policeman boyfriend. As Dru goes through the neighborhood interviewing suspects, the author takes the chance to peel away the psychological underpinning of the community, and she manages to do so almost without the reader noticing what she’s up to. Her true strength is her skill with characterization and setting, as well as a fast-paced and well thought-out narrative. ROBIN MUSSER AGNEW ’77

Summer Travel

special entertainment that the class reenacted on our trip there, and to the National Gallery (towards the end of our study) to see the amazingly real portraits (many by Holbein) of all the people we had grown to know so well during our three weeks of study.

much as men, and that I, myself, must always stand up for what I believe, despite the opinion of the majority.

opportunities was the chance to spend time with our host siblings in a Miao village nestled into a Guiling mountainside. We plowed rice fields together, went basket fishing, picked fruit, and watched people make paper. We discovered the differences between our cultures and bridged the gap with a friendship I hope will last forever.

SANDRA DeANDA ’11

ANN BEAL ENGLISH TEACHER

The Spencer fellowship to the OxfordBerkeley summer program at Merton College is the best professional development opportunity for an educator that I can imagine. No matter what one’s focus as a teacher, there is bound to be a course in the program that helps one rediscover the love of learning that is at the heart of every good teacher. This summer, I was fortunate enough to be Chatham Hall’s recipient of this fellowship.

Studying “The Tudors” at Merton College, Oxford—the college of T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien (as professor), John Wycliff (yes, it’s that old!), and Max Beerbohm—I learned more than I thought possible about the reigns of the Tudor monarchs, at the same time that I focused my research energies on Renaissance humanism, setting out to prove that the religious reformers in the third phase of humanism, notably William Tyndale, far from being betrayers of the movement as Sir Thomas More (and even, alas, Erasmus) would have had us believe, actually brought the movement to its fulfillment. I also followed up some research I had done in 2006, the first time I was in the program, on John Rogers, one of my ancestors and a lesser known figure who helped William Tyndale in amazing and clever ways.

In addition to studying in the classroom and in my room at Merton, one of the oldest in the college, at the top of a winding stone staircase, I traveled with my class to Hampton Court to see firsthand the grandiose lifestyle of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII, to the ruins of Kenilworth to see Robert Dudley’s castle, where he wooed Elizabeth with a

The generous fellowship also provided funds for additional travel and cultural experiences. While in Oxford, I attended five piano concerts (all by Jack Gibbons, an amazing young performer of composers as different as Bach, Chopin, and Gershwin), three chamber music performances, Shakespeare’s The Tempest (staged in-the-round in the gardens of Wadham College) and an inventive staging of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. I went on a day trip to Cambridge to further my research on John Rogers and traveled for a few days before I arrived at Oxford to Felpham, on the Sussex coast, a tiny town where William Blake lived while he wrote Milton. While there I had the great pleasure of being invited for coffee and a morning visit with Heather Howell, who has lived in Blake’s cottage for more than half a century. After spending most of my life studying Blake’s poetry, I cannot put into words what it meant to me to be in the garden and to walk by the seashore where he was inspired to write some of his greatest lines.

TYLER BURKETT ’11

During this past summer, history teacher, Mr. Reichelderfer and I were given the opportunity to travel to Munich, Germany to study the life of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement, which resisted the rise of the Nazis, thanks to the Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award. During my time in Munich, we became fully immersed in the life of Sophie Scholl through visiting Munich University, where she went to school, as well as where the White Rose Movement began, and the place that eventually became known for her arrest and the arrest of her brother, Hans Scholl, by the Gestapo on February 18, 1943.

Through my studies of Sophie Scholl, I realized that women can do just as

Along with studying Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement, we studied the Third Reich and Hitler by going to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest and the Dachau Concentration Camp. Because of this opportunity, I was able not only to study one of my true historical passions, but also to experience it firsthand. When we visited Dachau, I found myself taken aback and overcome with distress to actually stand at the sight where thousands of Jewish people, and others who spoke out against the Nazis, had been murdered. Everyone should be given this opportunity because it is truly a life-changing experience and an effective way of learning that will stay with one forever

ELIZABETH FERLISE ’11

This past summer, I spent five weeks in France learning about French cooking and culture through the Experiment in International Living. The trip included French language school in a beautiful French village, a home-stay experience, which truly immersed me in French culture, and a week of cooking at L’Institut Paul Bocuse I learned how to make a delicious crepe, not to mention conquering my fear of foods such as fish and veal, I had to prepare and eat both. Through this experience, I greatly improved my French and learned how to cook classic French meals, all while making new friends.

CATHERINE MERWIN ’11

While in China, my Experiment group traveled with Yi Ling and YaYa, two Chinese students who also wanted to explore their country. We visited many of China’s great tourist attractions: the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors, the Shaolin Temple, and the Forbidden City. Even more valuable than these great

Trading my California summer for an Argentinean winter was the best choice I have made in my life. The five weeks I spent there taught me more than I could have ever learned from reading a book. The rhythm of the passionate tango, the religion that soccer is, and the rustic silhouette of the Andes mountains were all in the palm of my hand. I gave up my native Spanish and embraced their colloquial Spanish, something they called the porteño accent. I learned how to river raft, even though I have an undying fear of water. I even learned about the sense of humor that all Argentineans share. Adrenaline rushes should have been noted on the country’s interest page, because they were endless. I learned how to ride horses like the Gauchos, and how to ride on the backseat of a motorcycle like a typical citizen of Buenos Aires. The most amazing thing about this trip was that even though we experienced living in Argentina for quite a while, there is still an endless number of facts and details we still have to unravel. My glass of knowledge is never close to being full.

KIM JACKSON

S PAN I SH TEACHER

We study foreign languages so that we can communicate with people in other cultures and countries. We want to know who they are, how they are like us, and how they are different. I truly believe that the best way to get to know people in another country is to go to their country and live like they do. I also know that when someone speaks the language, even a little bit, the experience she will have in a country is much more profound than that of the tourists who just observe from a distance. Participating in study-abroad programs has given me so many opportunities to get to know the people of different countries. I have participated in programs many times in Spain and Mexico, either as a student or a teacher chaperoning a trip, and, each time, I have learned more subtleties of the language, but more important, I have learned more about the people themselves. I have stayed with many different families over the years. Living in their houses and communicating with them about the little everyday things are what have created a deep understanding and respect in me for a people that I admire. Perhaps if more people studied abroad, we would be able to communicate better with each other

MARY LEE BLACK FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND FRENCH TEACHER

In preparation for Chatham Hall’s new foreign language offering of Chinese and the arrival of Chinese teacher Tang Jie, Foreign Language Department Chair Mary Lee Black traveled to Beijing from June 21–29. She was part of a delegation of 400 educators from schools throughout the U.S. under the “Chinese Bridge for American Schools” program, sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and the United States College Board.

In recent years, the College Board and Hanban have invited American “Chinese Bridge” delegations to China as a way of encouraging the growth of Chinese language programs in American schools. These trips provide American delegates with an indepth understanding of Chinese language, culture, society, and education system. Hanban, through the “Chinese Guest Teacher Program,” also brings Chinese teachers to the United States for a period of up to three years to help initiate Chinese programs in American schools. Tang Jie comes to Chatham Hall through this program.

Madame Black visited schools in Jilin Province, participated in workshops and networking sessions, attended banquets, and performances, and visited cultural sites. “The Chinese government,” she said, "wants Chinese and American cultures to get to know and cooperate with each other. I applaud the Chinese government for recognizing the importance of language in cultural understandings.”

“Whenever we travel, we come back with so many new feelings and with new depths of understanding. My trip,” reflected Madame Black, “will certainly add to my desire to incorporate the Chinese language and culture into our program.”

Whenever we travel, we return with so many new feelings and with new depths of understanding.

–MARY BLACK

Ms. Jackson stayed with the López family on Calle Pureza in Sevilla. While there, she took a superior-level language class. The López home is a demonstration of the purest form of Spanish architecture.

Sandra DeAnda Riding a horse like a Gaucho

Elizabeth Ferlise received a certificate at L’Institut Paul Bocuse

CATHY LADUKE, RAA, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Reunion Highlights

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE ALUMNAE FROM30 states, the District of Columbia, and five foreign countries returned to Chatham Hall in celebration of the 2010 Reunion.

Keynote addresses of the weekend included “Passage to Africa,” Rector Dr. Gary Fountain; “Reflections of a Global Nomad,” Dr. Elizabeth Walter-Echols ’60; and “Chatham Hall China Connection,” Teacher of English and School Historian Dr. William Black. Virginia Poet Laureate and 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson ’75 gave a reading of her work. During the

weekend, the Alumnae Association awarded its first Distinguished Alumna Award to the Reverend Elinor “Nellie” Robinson Greene ’70 and Penelope “Penny” Perkins Wilson ’41. Nellie Greene, an ordained Episcopal Deacon, has pursued her goals in life despite severe physical limitations and has devoted her ministry to bridging the gap between able-bodied people and those whom Nellie describes as “other-abled.” She has been recognized in numerous articles and books for her courage and accomplishments. Penny Wilson has been a longtime advocate and supporter of women, artists, historic preservation, and education. She is the former Board Chair of the Moore College of Art and Design, a member of the Bennington College Board of Trustees, and a founding member of Historic Sugartown. Reunion weekend was also chosen by the Board of Trustees to honor Penny Wilson for her twenty-one years of service on the Board, as well as for her extraordinary generosity to the School. The newly-paved and landscaped road connecting the Chatham Hall stables and Mars Riding Arena to the heart of campus was named “Penny Lane.” Trustee Nina Botsford said, “I think that it is most appropriate that this beautiful lane be named in Penny’s honor because, as a trustee of Chatham Hall, Penny has always directed her great talent to the task of maintaining the beauty of this School’s campus for the benefit of all Chatham Hall girls, past, present, and future!”

For more Reunion 2010 pictures check pages 34–43

Turtles Honors Wrap up the Spring Season

The Turtles wrapped up the spring sports season by making an appearance in the Blue Ridge Conference soccer and tennis tournaments.

TENNIS HONORS

2010 BRC 1st Team

All-Conference Tennis

Charlotte Rettberg ’10

2010 BRC 2nd Team

All-Conference Tennis

Lila Nelson ’10

2010 BRC All-Tournament

Tennis Team

Lillian Calhoun ’11

2010 BRC Tennis Coach of the Year Jane Allen ’00

Gene Scott Connor Memorial Tennis Trophy

Lillian Calhoun ’11

S OC CER HONORS

2010 BRC 2nd Team

All- Conference Soccer

Hannah Haymes ’12

200 9–20 1 0 Blue Ridge Conference Sportsmanship Award

Chatham Hall was voted recipient of the sportsmanship award for the 3rd consecutive year by the Athletic Directors of the BRC.

National StudentAthlete Day Award Winners

In the College Ranks

Morgan dePaulo ’09 is a member of the University of Mary Washington rowing team, which repeated as conference champions at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Championships and went on to compete in the NCAA Division III Championships. Morgan was named as a member of the 2010 MidAtlantic All-Conference Rowing Team.

Purple–Gold Banquet Awards

The School community celebrated the exciting athletic accomplishments of the year during the Purple-Gold Banquet on May 26.

Katharine Lea Reynolds Athletic Award Grace Hwang ’10

Alice Richter Trophy for All-Around Horsewoman Michelle Penot ’13

Most Improved Rider Julia Walton ’13

Tennis Trophies Tennis Doubles Champions Lillian Calhoun ’11 & Bell Johnson ’12 representing the Gold Team

CHAT READS

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

HOLT AND CO.

Chatham Hall Receives Four Star Award

by Harriet Reisen HENRY

One of my beach reads for this summer was a biography of Louisa May Alcott. Arguably the most comprehensive biography about this extraordinary woman to date, the book records her years from childhood to adulthood and her family history, bringing to light many similarities between Alcott and her character Jo March. Some of the most interesting points include Alcott seeing Thoreau and Emerson regularly as a child, a mother who was one of the first social workers in Massachusetts, and Alcott’s brush with death from typhoid fever while volunteering as a nurse in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. For those who may be interested, a PBS American Masters documentary is based on this book and brings many of her journal entries to life–both the humorous and the dramatic.

Chatham Hall has been awarded the coveted 4-star rating by Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of non-profit organizations. This is the third consecutive 4-star rating for Chatham Hall, a status achieved only by 14% of the charities evaluated. The rating was awarded based on Chatham Hall’s “ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances.” A consecutive top rating signifies that the School “consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in America.”

Charity Navigator has been profiled by Forbes, Business Week, and Kiplinger’s Financial Magazine, among others, for its distinctive application of data analysis in providing donors with important information.

The following students were honored athletes who have excelled in academics and athletics while making significant contributions to their schools and communities.

Field Hockey Bell Johnson ’12 • Lila Nelson ’10

Cross Country Laurel Street ’11 • Anna Sawyer ’13

Volleyball Grace Hwang ’10 • Lillian Calhoun ’11

Basketball Hannah Haymes ’12 • Charlotte Jones ’12

Swimming Teejay Herman ’10 •

Jessie Abbott ’10

Tennis Charlotte Rettberg ’10 •

Elizabeth Ferlise ’11

Soccer Tyler Burkett ’11 •

Amy Hendricks ’10

Varsity Riding S arah Hibler ’10 •

Reid Smith ’11

JV Riding Nicole Davis ’10 •

Michelle Pinot ’13

Hannah Haymes ’12

The Ruth Cunningham Dunbar Memorial Purple - Gold Tennis Singles Trophy - Charlotte Rettberg ’10 representing the Gold Team

CHA T MUSIC

Go Jonsi XL RECORDINGS

For more than a decade, the Icelandic quartet Sigur Ros has been making other-worldly music. Really—their music sounds like what you might imagine aliens would listen to, or what trees and streams would sound like if they played pop music. Sigur Ros is now on an indefinite hiatus, and lead singer Jonsi has released his debut solo album, Go Not simply a continuation of his band’s sound, the collection of songs breathes a new musical landscape behind his unmistakable falsetto in ways that lifts his fragile (but powerfully confident) voice to new levels. For the first time in his career, Jonsi mixes English words and phrases into the setting, but they are quickly swallowed up in the swirl of emotional musical layers. You simply won’t have anything else like it in your music collection.

ROBERT ANKROM

Lillian Calhoun

Claudia Emerson reading from her work to classmates at reunion

Distinguished Alumna award honorees, Penelope “Penny” Perkins Wilson ’41 and The Reverand Elinor “Nellie” R. Robinson Greene II ’70

Penny Wilson with her sign at the Penny Lane naming ceremony.

Hannah Haymes

Sandra DeAnda

Come Home to Chatham Hall

Class Notes

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Mathematics Department Head, Don Wood, traveled to Troy, New York to watch Sandy Turnbull ’07 compete for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's field hockey team. Sandy is a senior Materials Engineering major at RPI and is the leading scorer for her team.

Phil Grasser, son of Rosalie Allen Grasser ’27 reports that she sends her warmest regards to Chatham Hall and that she still enjoys receiving her copy of the Chat. He also reports that last summer Rosalie celebrated her 100th birthday in Los Angeles with nearly 100 people in attendance—family, relatives, friends and staff at the retirement home where she now lives. He stated, she truly was Queen for a day, and she ruled the party. He also stated that given her age, she is in remarkable health, fiercely independent, and still manages a walk nearly everyday around the grounds. She is a Jeopardy regular, and in February she spent Super Sunday watching and cheering the Saints to their Super Bowl win. At her party I reminded everyone to “save the date” for her 110th birthday, and I fully expect her to celebrate it.

37 Isabel DuCharme Child Enjoyed contacting Mary Dykema McGuire ’37 after 60 years!

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Anne Meigs Larkin

Ever grateful for my Chatham Hall years.

44 Barbara Eisner Gerry Still have my head on my shoulders— body moves slower and on a walker. My husband Elbie is doing well. Sold our cabin on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. We will miss it but have settled into independent living. Staying involved with the sock monkey doll Rockford project.

45 Marilyn Morss MacLeod Granddaughter Carly MacLeod attending Washington University in St. Louis. Granddaughter Laura Robinson accepted at Colby College for fall 2010. Grandson Matt MacLeod a sophmore at Ply-

mouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Anne Lee Reath This is a transition year for my family. Two weddings, two high school graduations, four college graduations, and one graduate school graduation—all doing well.

Marion Jones Troussoff Just getting creakier by the year! The difference between 80 and 82 years old is 50 years minimum.

46 Sally Quinby Gibbs

Our first grandchild (one of eight) has just presented us in May 2010, our first great grandchild—a healthy, beautiful, baby girl.

Nancy Howland Washburne

I am happy and well.

Course Swim meet in Atlanta, Georgia, May 20, 21, 22, and 23. I turned 80 in March, so my group was women, ages 80–84. I got three second places, one third, and one fourth in individual events. There were almost 2000 swimmers at the meet, but not that many in my particular age group!! The meet was held at the Georgia Tech. Aquatic Center, which was where the 1996 Olympic swimming events were held. Jody also headed for her summer home in Santa Fe on June 10. Her two sisters, Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 and Weezie Shartle Coleman ’55, came to visit, and they saw Doris Beasley Martin ’48, Sarah Martin Finn ’74, and Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51.

Elisabeth McGinty Laigle

Ellen Childs Lovejoy

We are leaving Boston after 22 very “connected” years to a retirement community in Exeter, New Hampshire where we will “vacation” in the winter and be closer to our farm in Strafford where we now have over 7000 acres protected in a foundation.

pitalized five times under emergency conditions. With the extraordinary cooperation and constant assistance of the faculty at Chatham Hall, she remained at home completing her senior year studies under the care of her medical specialist. Graduation came one month after her major surgery in Albuquerque. Two weeks ago she fulfilled the goal she, her parents, and her specialist agreed to; she walked into her dorm room at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, carrying her own suitcase and well enough to take on four years of college. We are profoundly grateful to her teachers and advisors and her friends in the Class of 2010. Incidentally, I graduated in 1951. Our class expects a grand turn out for our 60th in April.

Josephine Cornwell

Parman Allerton Farm always welcomes visitors!

Maintaining our 200 acre century farm is a full time job. My daughter, Betsy Mehl, has made significant pasture changes to benefit her horse boarding business. These brought us through last “historic” winter with very satisfied customers. All three of my children live on our wonderful farm.

between my new home and Naples, Florida.

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Ellen Niedringhaus Eckart After

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Anne Lydgate Kaiser Enjoying life in Brunswick, Maine near daughter, Julie, and two grandchildren, the eldest in college. I play tennis and am taking piano lessons again and loving it (my last were with Miss Andrew at Chatham). I’m writing a memoir to be published this year.

Doris Beasley Martin Had a great 80th birthday celebration with alumnae and friends. See page 43.

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Joanne Shartle Anderson I swam

in a national Masters Short

George and I had a wonderful trip to Croatia and surrounding areas in April 2010. We have traveled a lot but this was like a whole new world. We were thrilled and amazed to learn and enjoy.

Eda Williams Martin Have moved to a local retirement community with security, camaraderie, and a health center. Courses and Culture!

Like a boarding school but the food is better!

50 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth I had really hoped to be at reunion this year—finally!

But I had a shoulder cast on until May—thinking of all of you!

51 Povy LaFarge Bigbee Katie’s graduation was very special. After a stellar freshman year (outstanding New Girl, Varsity Soccer Team, 54th in state cross country, Dean’s List), Katie’s health wavered and collapsed in her sophomore year. A month before her 16th birthday in April she was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, an auto immune condition that eats through whatever portion of the digestive tract it chooses. By her May graduation, Katie had been hos-

52 Mary Webster

Kampf We are still bi-coastal! Four months in New Hampshire and rest in California. I am running out of little grandchildren— youngest are 10 and 12, four out of college and working, and one a senior in high school. Life is good for us both.

54 Janet Sawtelle Houghton I am still working!—in the preadmission department at Mercy Hospital. Nice having my two sisters, Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51 and Audrey Sawtelle Delafield ’60 living nearby Our daughter, Grace Houghton ’78 lost her husband in a tragic boating accident in Maine last fall. Needless to say this has been a very hard time for her and her family

Caroline Ramsay Merriam

My husband “Duke” Merriam and I continue to live in Georgetown and take trips to the tropics in February, and Brittany in June. We have three “kids” and seven grandchildren! We love President Obama for whom we campaigned. I continue to work at my foundation, helping nonprofits and combating forced labor

Judith Turben Walrath I just returned from a safari in South Africa. Beat any and all expectations. Busy traveling and splitting time

Chatham and two years at Sarah Lawrence College I married and had four children. I divorced in 1977 after 19 years. In 1984 I remarried Albert Eckart whom I had known for many years and to whom I’ve remained extremely happily married for the past 26 years. He arrived with two more children whom I helped raise. Across the years I’ve taken many art and sculpture courses which I’ve loved and which have produced some nice portrait commissions. Also, my “checkered” career has included restaurant management, fitness instruction, travel agent, and working for a caterer-gift shop.We moved to Los Angeles five years ago, but miss the East!

56 Joday Litton Blevins Bob and I enjoyed three months in Naples, Florida this winter. My granddaughters are 12 and 15 now. I’m so blessed that they live in Bristol too. I continue to enjoy mahjong, bridge, tennis, reading, and gardening.

Emma Scott Christopher I am about to go to my 50th from Wellesley College where I will see fellow Chathamites Danny Logan Ince ’56 and Ev Bullitt Hausslein ’56. Joan Loomis Hastings ’56 also went to Wellesley with us but left after a year to marry.

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Joan Cumings Francis ’50: Sister of Lea Cumings Parson ’44, Aunt of Kathy Reynolds Chandler ’68 at Reunion

Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and her family at granddaughter Katie Bigbee’s ’10 graduation

Rosalie Allen Grasser ’27 with her whole family at her 100th birthday party.

Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49

Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45

Mary-Jo Loomis-Kail

Retired. Living up in the Smoky Mountains with the bears! My daughter and four of my five grandchildren live in town (Robbinsville, North Carolina).

Marcia Pyle Welch Board of Nantucket Atheneum - CoChair Atheneum Dance Festival; five granddaughters, four grandsons; Golf, walk; Nantucket baskets and Sailor’s Valentines are crafts for pleasure (I make these). Moved out of Pennsylvania. December 2009. Now we’re in Florida in the winter, Nantucket in the summer

’09, ’10, ’11

Second Row: Alumnae Council members Ginny Worthington Marr ’55, Lee Porter Page ’59, and Board of Trustee Member Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59

Last Row: Board of Trustee Member Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53

Ann Weir writes Lala Mapes Maresi ’59 and Lee Porter Page ’59 organized a minireunion in Vero Beach, March 2010. Sara Chase Byers ’59 and Emily Arents ’59 flew in from the West Coast. Ann Weir ’59, Peggotty Worthington Gilson ’59 and Betsy Baldwin Montague ’59 were there as well. Many laughs and great discussions were shared by all! Our Chatham Hall years continue to engender ties that bind.

been able to be at our 50th last year, neither had many of us seen one another in the years since graduation. What amazing life stories we were able to recount! What a blessing to rediscover one another!

land, and teaching English or German or doing volunteer work in those places, my husband and I are retiring to Germany. I’ll be looking for part-time work teaching languages or helping students write for academic purposes in English, and would be very happy to receive any job-search tips!

If you are interested in going abroad to any “exotic” places such as we have lived in, please get in touch. It’s been a wonderful life which I highly recommend! Also recommended: go to your Chatham reunion, the higher the number the better. It’s a wonderful experience to see what great women your classmates have become!

61Bettina Brown Irvine My youngest son Jonathan graduated from college. I’m still playing lots of golf.

64 Elizabeth Reigeluth

Parker It was great fun to see Dana Paulson Davis ’64 in December. She was in town at the invitation of our Governor, who was a sorority sister at Kentucky University. Also just came back from a ski trip in Sun Valley with Holly Bowles Blanton ’65 what happens in Sun Valley, stays in Sun Valley!

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57 Nancy Campbell Fales Dan and I enjoy keeping busy in our community of Pittsburgh.

We have eight wonderful grandchildren, all under eight years old, who live in Los Angeles and New York City

Sherley Young is on the Board of Nurturing Minds (www.nurturingmindsinafrica.org) that raises funds for a secondary school for vulnerable girls in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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Emily Arents A mini 51st Chatham reunion happened in Florida in March 2010 when former roommates Sara Chase Byers ’59 and Emily Arents ’59 flew in from San Francisco. We stayed in Vero Beach with Lala Mapes Maresi ’59 and visited with Peggotty Worthington Gilson ’59, Ann Weir ’59, Lee Porter Page ’59 and Betsy Baldwin Montague ’59. It was an extraordinary time for all of us as some had not

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Martha Battle Stathers Our 50th reunion was great. Thanks to all who worked so hard!

Elizabeth Walter-Echols

After a long ‘career’ of moving about: Togo (West Africa), Sudan, Malaysia, Germany, Egypt, and Thai-

Serita Winthrop We are now going to be living in a community called “Mountain Lake” in Waldo, Florida. Summers on Fishers Island, New York with my husband, Tom McCance’s family.

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McGowan Isn’t it amazing we all look so young as we approach our BIG REUNION! I hope all is well with all my classmates. Thanks to Petie and Carol for all their hard work for Chatham Hall!

C. Jane Van Landingham

Retired 6/09 after 40 years as psychotherapist. Love being retired! Bought myself new downhill skis for my retirement present!

63 Judy Carter Enjoy riding every day as we’re no longer running our B&B. Delighted with the gifts Chatham is receiving.

We are well moved into our Amish built dream house in the woods 3 1⁄2 miles from Sullivan, Illinois. We provide a venue for weekend guests, community fundraising, and support for young people I miss practicing psychotherapy but enjoy the freedom of retirement.

66 Margie Hastings Quinlan Son, Dan, is working with GCA Savvian in San Francisco. We have enjoyed having Katie living at home and working toward a teaching certificate at UC Irivine. Frank continues his law practice and board work. His collar bone is healing after an ice hockey accident. I’m enjoying working part time and putzing about.

Florence Farwell Smyth My nest is empty and also large. I would welcome visits from my Chatham Hall classmates just about anytime (but the smart ones go north in the summer time).

boys are kept in line by one granddaughter who at 61⁄2 is the eldest. Love being a grandmother!

67 Georgia Cadwalader Bennett I sold my company, Bennett Educational Resources, in Fall of 2009. Living in Maine now by my son and granddaughter.

—Sammy Gordon Cavallo. Son, Harry, married in Concord, Massachusetts to Emily Stevens on Saturday, Sept 12, 2009. All is well! Love to hear from you all!

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Nancy Smith

The class of 1960 at their 50th Reunion

Front Row: Margot Steenland Cater, Toinette “Toni” Tucker, Lucy Wise Iliff, Mary Austin Lowery, Margaret “Missy” Reeder Crosbie, Marion Benson Miller, Mary Duncan Bicknell, Simone Crockett, Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove

Second Row: Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell, Caroline Tate, Sharon Rafferty Patterson, Cathie Gagel Anderson, Lese Joslyn

Third Row: Elizabeth “Betsy” Walter-Echols, Martha “Molly” Battle Stathers, Sarah Perkins Smither, Adelaide McKenzie Moss

Fourth Row: Mary “Molly” Taylor Pope, Frances “Fran” Gascoyne Hanahan, Eleanor “Noree” Lee, Nancy Jane Webster Grigsby

Fifth Row: Ann Davenport Dixon, Susan Huntington Fisher

Sixth Row: Margaret “Miggie” Lloyd Keuler Anne Moffitt, Audrey Sawtelle Delafield, Katherine “Katrina” Watson, Marjorie “Marty” Canby Lallemand

Kirby Kittredge Johnstone

Had a wonderful reunion with Cammy Hair Bain ’63 in June 2009 and a surprise phone call from Mary Bell Timberlake ’63. Both fabulous connections!

Elizabeth Bayard Tallman I am very busy helping Emily Tallman Swavely ’94 with my twin grandsons. They are 10 months old and are two of five grandsons, the latest being one day old as I write. These

Debbie Humphreys-Henn Jones ’67, Ida Little ’67, and husband Michael at Debbie’s home in Atlanta.

68 Cecily Fowler

Grand First grandchild born March 16, 2009

Kemper I have enjoyed reconnecting with Charlotte Caldwell ’70 through our mutual interest in National Trust for Historic Preservation. I also have had fun chatting with Robin Peake Stuart ’69 by phone. Our youngest of three children has just completed freshman year in college, our next, his junior year of college, and our eldest is working in Boston. I am serving on Boards of Kansas City Art Institute, Mid America Arts Institute, and Friends of Chamber Music in Kansas City

70 Nancy Callery Bassetti Architects is pleased to announce Nancy Staub Callery ’70

Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 with Granddaughter Meredith Lee ’12

Maura Smith McGinn ’67, P’06, Betsy Stout Foehl ’67, and Wendy Wilson O’Brien ’67 at Reunion

Trina Robinson Secor ’68 and Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 at Reunion

Claudia Emerson ’75, Wissie Thompson ’58, and Ann Taylor ’54 at Reunion

Virginia (Ginny) Worthington Marr ’55

Peggotty, Lala, Sara, Emily, Lee, and Betsy at a mini 51st reunion

Alumnae Council and Trustee members at Reunion. Front Row: Wissie Thompson ’58, Margaret Horner Walker ’58, and Former Board of Trustee Member Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’50, GP’08,

Anne Moffitt ’60 and Lee Porter Page ’59 at Reunion

as a new principal of the firm. Nancy has focused on sustainable design for educational and community facilities. She has provided leadership on the landmark West Seattle High School, the new Chief Sealth High/Denny Middle International Schools and the expansion of Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. Nancy’s commitment to Northwest Indian communities helped shape the Quileute Tribe’s Akalat Center in La Push.

Ninna Fisher Denny I had a wonderful time seeing friends at our 40th reunion in April. Pam Purcell ’70 invited Nellie Greene ’70 and me to visit her and her wonderful family on an island in the St. Lawrence River. Wow, what a free and beautiful place

71Venita Fields has been named an Adjunct Professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management for the 2010–2011 academic school year. She will be a faculty member of the Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice

teaching Entrepreneurial Finance and reporting to Professor Steven Rogers.

Elizabeth Cary Pierson Chatham Hall meant so much to me and played a huge role in the person I am today. All best wishes to everyone at Chatham and to all my classmates!

Killough ’72 who just received her doctorate. I also stay in touch with Dr. Dee Burch. I would love to hear from fellow classmates and other alumnae that were at Chatham when I was. My email address is admatin@aol.com.

by The Garden Club of America. Sarah Gillespie Dabney ’77 was my roommate. Also had a great visit with Ellie Wotherspoon ’73. My husband and I will celebrate 30 years of marriage this summer.

LIFETech with Alabama Department of Corrections July 2010. Have grand niece and nephew Belle and Roman to be two and three years old respectively in July. I’m on facebook. I stay in touch with Mary Garner Robinson ’76 and recently was found by Jane Fuller

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Ashley Deal Moss I am presently working on my PhD in Counseling with Capella University, along with working. I am the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at LIFETech Transitional Center for Women in Wetumpka Alabama, a wonderful new program for female exfelons that includes substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, education, and vocational counseling job placement and training. Being transferred to work as at

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Susan Zimmerman Meyer Still living in Houston. First grandchild, Frances Mathilde Myer born May 4, 2010. An amazing time for all of us!

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Katharine Mackie

My daughter, Lia Mackie ’12, is at Chatham Hall this fall. I will miss her, but I think it is the best place to be and grow.

Joy Sablatura It’s been wonderful reconnecting with Marion Henley ’73 and her family. I’m grateful for my education and life lessons learned at Chatham Hall, and many fond memories. Would love to reconnect with other old friends.

Anne Wynn Weissinger I spent four days in Washington D.C. at a Conservation conference sponsored

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Cordes Lizzie Cordes and Molly Weissinger, daughters of Elizabeth McGee Cordes ’76 and Martha Wynn Weissinger ’76 are making their debut together this year, and enjoying being together as much as their mothers are.

77 Frazier Millner has been appointed Director of Advancement and Patron Communications for the Richmond Symphony. Congratulations, Frazier!

78 Beth Duncan Berkun My daughter, Kaylee Burkun ’14, is attending Chatham Hall as a freshman, Class of 2014. Yeah!

Grace Houghton Myers Her husband, John L. Myers, tragically passed away in fall of 2009.

and acquisitions. Mary received her B.A. from Newcomb College of Tulane University, and her J.D. from Tulane University School of Law. She is listed in Best Lawyers in America for banking law and has been honored as a member of the Nashville Bar Journal’s “Best of the Bar.” She is an active supporter of the Center for Nonprofit Management, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, and Habitat for Humanity.

Sherri Talbert Living in Los Angeles for the last 30 years— engaged—running a non-profit Sober Living for Women.

Mary Neil Price recently joined the Nashville office of Dickinson Wright PLLC. Ms. Price specializes in banking law and mergers

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Amanda Earle Ciccarelli I have very fond memories of our 25th Reunion and would love to hear from one and all. When passing through Indianna, please know you have a place to stay! Cheers!

Margaret Taylor A photograph from Maggie’s edition of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland is on the cover of the July/August Photograph magazine. She also had a show opening in Santa Fe on July 9.

83 Elizabeth Mullen writes Margaret Streit Ben-Shoshan ’83 told me I was listed as a “lost” alum, so I thought I’d better check in! First, I was so pleased to hear that fellow Bowdoin alum Taylor Mali made it down to Chatham. He is a phenomenal poet and teacher. As for me, I’m still teaching English at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (U. BO—I know: now stop your snickering) and I’m assistant department chair in Applied Modern Languages. We just bought a house in town, and as God is my witness I’m never moving again! Planting a garden in the windiest,

rainiest part of France is a challenge, but Ivan is up for it. The kids keep growing no matter what we do (François is almost 12 and Virginia is 8 1⁄2). It’s a lot more fun being an American in France since November 2008!

Karin Schutjer After spending a year in Leipzig, Germany (2007–08), our family is heading back there this summer. My husband and I are leading student groups from the University of Oklahoma. I’ve got German language students and he has students studying the history of WWII. We’ve also got our two kids in tow!

Wish us well!

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Kappy

Gheesling

Lapides Anyone visiting the Great Smokey Mountains National Park area, please feel free to look me up.

Judy Currie Hi All! I recently married a wonderful man named Douglas Hamilton. We had a small family wedding on the beach in Mustique. To celebrate I had eight girlfriends down the week before, including Chathamites

From the class of 1980: Louisa Young McClanahan Alison Sutton Fuqua and Annette Kirby at Reunion

Rector Dr. Gary Fountain and Stacey Goodwin ’83 at Reunion

From the class of 1986: Caroline Sloan, Elizabeth Todd Beall, and Mary Freed at Reunion

Mary Neil Price ’78

Walker Johnson Jones ’70, Kathy Reynolds Chandler ’68, Marty Bruning, Former English Teacher Theodore E. Bruning, Robin Reake Stuart ’6 9, and Charlotte Caldwell ’70

The class of 1970 at Reunion

First Row:M.E. Freeman, Kathy Washburne Reimelt, Sally Johnson, Polly Smith, Pam Purcell, Hope Luke Heatherington, Studie Johnson Young, Ninna Fisher Denny, Nellie Greene, Charlotte Caldwell

Second Row: Carolyn “Lyn” Davenport, Walker Johnson Jones, Polly Dent Ketchum

The class of 1975 at Reunion

Front: Joan Womble Stone, Mary Boy, Claudia Emerson, Julia Morris Kashkashian

Second: Heidi Hand Evans, Martha Ann Keels, Katherine McKay Emily Todd, Robin Mactaggart Symonette, and Mary Evelyn Guyton

Third: Mary Lyman “Skippy” Jackson, Susan “Sue” Bruce, Tyler Norman Scott, and Katherine Coleman Haroldson

Leslie Lawhorn Neely ’87 and Laura Lee Fagerness Simmons ’87. The island will never be the same!

Doug and I spend our time both in Manhattan and New Preston, Connecticut. I volunteer with Hospice at Beth Israel Hospital. And, I love keeping up with old friends...give me a shout!

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Julie Ward Brady

Happy to say that my husband, Bill, is going to reach 20 years in the US Air Force, and will be retiring this summer. We are looking forward to new adventures! We will be staying in the Charleston, SC area for awhile, so let us know if you are in the area! We would love to visit! When my husband made the decision to retire from the Air Force this year, I took the opportunity to return to working with children. I am also still making and selling jewelry, and anything else that my creativity can produce

University of WisconsinMadison. When I’m not teaching, I’m with my boys, William (four) and Maxwell (one). What a lovely balance!

Leah Cobble Dunne Following several years in the United States Marines and civilian employment at the Pentagon, Leah returned to school. She is now a Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves.

Erika Olson The Mecklenburg County Bar Young Lawyers Division (MCB YLD) named Erika A. Olson the 2009–10 MCB YLD Young Lawyer of the Year

National Book Festival.

cook for the last six years, while helping to manage the family pecan farm in Southern New Mexico. I have traveled extensively throughout South America and Australia. I speak Spanish, love to bake cupcakes and meet more Chatham Hall alumnae whenever I can!

Jaquette Page Gilbert

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Melissa Dixon It’s been exciting to find so many alumnae on Facebook and to get back in touch with my former classmates. KC Hinz ’94 and I found each other on Facebook and ends up she is just an hour away, so we have been able to get together and catch up as well as reminisce about our Chatham days. We even dragged the old yearbooks out! I have also visited Elizabeth Talmadge ’93 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The award was presented during the MCB Young Lawyers Division’s annual meeting and summer social on June 17, 2010. “Erika Olson has been a lawyer in Charlotte, NC for five years but her contributions to the profession and the community rival those of much longer-tenured lawyers,” said Sally Higgins of Higgins Law Firm. “She exemplifies professionalism, commitment to the highest ethical principles, zealous advocacy and a dedication to her clients which make her a model young lawyer with whom her colleagues are proud to be associated.”

Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Charlotte Women’s Bar’s Service Committee. “Erika is a quiet, unsung hero that continues to make a difference in so many lives,” said Donna Price, Summit House Site Director. “Erika is one of the great lawyers in the Charlotte area and I applaud her for her work.” The MCB YLD Young Lawyer of the Year is presented annually in recognition of a young lawyer who has made outstanding contributions to the practice of law and the Mecklenburg County community as a whole. A young lawyer is a practicing attorney who is under 37 years of age or in their first five years of practice.

Ericka and her husband are also so excited to announce the birth of their son, Zygment Paul Stubelek, III (aka Zyg). Zyg was born on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 5:24 a.m. He weighed in at 5lbs 7oz and was 19 inches long.

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Sarah Wood Anderson I graduated with my PhD in English Literature from UNCChapel Hill in May. I am now lecturing in the English Department at the

In 2009, Olson contributed 140 hours of pro bono legal service. She provided leadership to the Mecklenburg County Bar’s Volunteer Lawyer Program as co-chair Olson sits on the Board of Directors at the Summit House and recently served as cochair. In addition, she volunteers her time with the Mecklenburg County Bar’s

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Brooke Steinke Smith Brad and I are happy to announce the birth of our daughter, Arianna Oakes Smith, on September 1, 2009.

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Sharon Lu I was in the project and program management for five years working in consumer electronics and consumer goods industry, and am now working in the food business to promote vegan, compassionate and healthy lifestyle through eating.

Morgan Brawley Rhodes Wes and I got married April 10, 2010 in Mooresville, North Carolina! We are so excited to be starting our lives together. Asami Inaguma Moren ’99, Sarah Miester Fazzio ’99, Christine Littlejohn Chalko ’01, Mr. Wood, and Leigh Wood were in attendance.

Cherie Bowlin

Madison Chad and I are so excited to announce the birth of our beautiful daughter Natalie Abbitt Madison on September 23, 2009. She is such a blessing. We are enjoying every moment of being parents Love to all!

Danielle Dillon and Jeremy Munkelt both of Cocoa Beach, Florida are pleased to announce their engagement. Danielle and Jeremy met while Jeremy was in the US Coast Guard. Jeremy is currently a Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy, and Danielle works in her business. The happy couple is planning a spring wedding.

Maleita Lindamood I worked with Pearson Safety Services in Jackson, Tennessee for almost two years before I changed jobs. I am now living in Gainesville, Georgia and am working with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA a private prision corp.), where I am the Library Aide. I also I continue to work on my photography.

Sara Stumberg Walker and husband, Lawrence Walker welcomed their first child, a son, Lawson, born June 9, 2010.

Martha Loftin ’03 (who I lived with for three years) and I joined the League at the same time, and completed our new member year together. Last November, I attended the beautiful wedding of Kathryn Mills ’04 in Richmond—it was a delight to catch up with so many classmates and former faculty members. I started riding with a new barn in March, where I immediately recognized a horse in a pasture as Chatham Hall’s Solid Gold (“Bubbles”), Alex Sterling’s ’03 old horse. Kate Devine ’03 recently began riding at the same barn as me, so I see her regularly. I am hoping to purchase a golden retriever puppy in the near future, with the goal to campaign in AKC conformation shows. You can follow my experience on my dog blog, TheWetNose. blogspot.com.

My husband and I purchased our first home in December 2009. Now, our two girls, Faith (four) and Grace (one) have tons of space to run around! Greg is completing a Networking degree with Devry, and I’m beginning my Masters in Counseling in July with Capella University.

Lauren Holmes I am teaching English in South Korea for a year in hopes to learn the language and learn more about myself.

Whitney Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Addison Jones, IV announce the engagement of their daughter Whitney Worthington Jones ’03 to Mr. Michael Allen. The engagement occurred on June 13, 2010 at Maymont Park in Richmond, VA. A fall 2011 wedding is planned in the bride’s hometown of Lexington, VA.

Mary MrDutt

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Lydia Beresford I am in my third year working for the Campaign Media Analysis Group in Arlington, Virginia as a political advertis-

ing analyst and account manager. I am also very involved in the Junior League of Washington, DC, where I volunteer. I am currently helping plan the

Emily Calhoun I graduated from Southwestern University in Texas with a degree in Anthropology and Latin American Studies. Currently, I am working as an agricultural consultant for a large farm in Mexico and New Mexico that grows Jalapenos and Green Chiles! I have also been working seasonally as a backcountry guide and

Completing her first year of medical school. Mary will spend her summer working on a Medical Student Research Training Program project with Dr. Colin Clay, Biomedical Sciences Department Head at Colorado State University. Her innovative project explores how reproductive hormones signal in the brain to control ovulation and fertility.

00Katherine Velasco Rutherford married Bryan Rutherford on August 14, 2010 in Alexandria, Virginia. The bride’s sister, Kristine Velasco Pincock ’99 was the matron of honor.

From the class of 2000: Cannon Hodge, Tina Frangiamore Adams, Sarah Giddings, and Rory Jelks at Reunion

From the class of 2000: Lauren Taylor, Cherie Bowlin Madison, Lori Hellinga Fitzgerald with son Liam, and Mila Olson at Reunion

Danielle Dillon ’02 and fiance

Sara Stumberg Walker ’02

The class of 2000 at reunion

Front Row: Lori Hellinga Fitzgerald, Sarah Giddings, Cannon Hodge

Second Row: Rory Jelks, Tina Frangiamore Adams, Mila Olson

Third Row: Lizzie Call, Cherie Bowlin Madison, Leslie Matista, and Lauren Taylor

Fourth Row: Jane Allen, Crystal Breedlove, Shawndra Smith, and Allison Bruce

Cherie Bowlin Madison ’00, her husband, Chad, and baby

Megan Grissett

recently moved to Boston where she is completing an internship in social media.

Emma Smith I interned at Chatham Hall working for the Development and Alumnae Relations office in the spring! It was nice to be back on campus and to get to enjoy my “little” sister Rebecca’s senior year. (Can you believe she’s in college?) Everyone in my family is well and I am continuing to date my boyfriend, Thomas, of 2 1⁄2

years. I am now working in Development at the Rodeph Sholom School in New York City.

Joanna Caldwell was one of the recipients of the William H. Moody ’56 Award at Bowdoin College—presented annually to sophomores, juniors or seniors that have made outstanding contributions to the theater through technical achievements accomplished in good humor.

Katarina Greve I live in Stockholm and attend medical school at Karolinska Institute, I’m set to graduate in January 2013. It feels like a really good fit for me. I’ve kept in touch with my roomate, Laura Rand ’06, and she came to visit me in June. I hope all is well at Chatham Hall!

Taylor McCall I just graduated from UVA (B.A. with honors in Art history and French!) and I’m going to be going to grad school in London this year! I start the beginning of October at the Courtauld Institute of Art and will have my M.A. in Art History by next July! It’s going to be really intense and lots of work but I’m super psyched about it!

Elizabeth Anne McGowin I saw Taylor Nyberg ’06 out in L.A. in January for the NCAA National Championship Game (in football) with Alabama vs. Texas. Alabama won!

Stores. I love my job! It’s a lot of work but it is constantly changing which keeps me on my toes.

Haley Price graduated from Davidson with a degree in Political Science, and is now in Law School at Elon University.

managing a restaurant in Lexington. Seven years in women’s education has left me sassy-but unemployable!

Abigail Murnick is enjoying her last semester at the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, and will graduate in December. She is looking forward to seeing everyone back for the five year reunion!

Sara Norman I am in New York City now. I am an assistant buyer for women’s dresses at Ross

Laura Rand I voyaged to Stockholm, Sweden this summer to see my dear friend and former roomate, Katarina Greve ’06. We bunked up in her dorm room sized apartment, and for my two week stay, it felt like five years hadn’t passed and we were juniors at Chatham Hall again! She, better than any tour guide I could have hired, thoroughly acquainted me with the city of Stockholm. Katarina, as you probably remember, knows something about just about everything. We explored the vast majority of things to explore in Stockholm, both by land and water! I have such fond memories of our fabulous time together walking the charming streets of Gamla Stan, treking up to Skansen, wandering through countless museums, and boating in the archipelago.

Amanda Smith I graduated with a degree in English with my concentration in Creative Writing. Now I’m

Kelly-Ann Sweeting I was a dolphin trainer, now I am a sea lion trainer for Atlantis. Life here on the rock (the Bahamas) is fine. Nan Murtha ’06 came down in July for a visit with me and Sydney McKinney ’06.

Maria Vega is working as a teacher at KIPP SHINE in Houston. She teaches Kindergarten and First Grade Spanish and Technology. Her sister Lorena Vega ’06 is working for Teach for America at KIPP Academy in Houston. She teaches Spanish to grades 5–8. They are both enjoying teaching and can’t wait for their next big step!

Megan Willis Igraduated last year, and I have a degree in Media Studies, with a concentration in Production Technology and a minor in Spanish. I’ve

been living and working in Roanoke for a year now with law firms. I edit video for them and show the productions at mediation and at trial.

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This summer, Sophie Youles ’08 was staying with Isabella Yeager ’07 in New York City, and in a serendipitous encounter, ran into Gifty Amponsem ’07, who they hadn’t seen in three years, on the street. A chance reunion of three!

Elizabeth Loewenstein After returning home from a yearlong study abroad experience in Valencia, Spain, I graduated from the University of Virginia in three years, with a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Culture and a minor in French Language and Literature. This past summer I did an internship with a local lifestyle magazine entitled Albemarle Magazine, and this fall I begin my first professional job as a Development Associate for

Santa Fe Travels

Doris Beasley Martin ’48

A great time was had by all at a July 2 and 3 Santa Fe party celebrating Doris Beasley Martin’s 80th birthday (actual birthday in February!) and the completion of Doris’ massive home remodeling project. Daughter Sarah Martin Finn ’74 hosted the celebration. Spotted during the two days of festivities were Jody Shartle Anderson ’49, Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51, Weezie Shartle Coleman ’55, Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, Emily Calhoun ’03, Rector Gary Fountain and Missy Fountain.

Susan Goodfellow Hamilton ’61 Susan “Susanna” Goodfellow Hamilton was spotted by Chatham Hall’s advancement director, Missy Fountain, while vacationing in Santa Fe. Susanna, who goes by the professional name of Susanna Carlisle, is a remarkably talented video artist. Check out her Web site at http://C1h2.net.

the Paramount Theater Foundation, a Charlottesville-based non-profit theater on the historic Downtown Mall. Love to all my Chatham family.

Elizabeth Rollins completed an exciting internship at Soap Opera Weekly, in New York City this summer. She is looking forward to her Senior year at St. Olaf.

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Maggie Oakes is a junior at Averett University where she is majoring in English with a teaching certification. She is also keeping up with her French and will graduate with a French minor.

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Corinne Brandberg

Spent a year at Chatham Hall as an Assist exchange student the year of 2007–2008 and made friends that will last a lifetime. Continued my secondary education at Kungsholmens Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden, from where I graduated 2010. Currently spending a year traveling, among other places to Uganda, to do some voluntary work before beginning my studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Ji Wang will be a sophomore at Boston University majoring (for now) in Economics. Over the summer she traveled with friends to the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai and visited the famous lake Xi Hu in Hang Zhou—both great places and worth a visit.

Mrs. Francis West (Katherine “Kaky”) mother of Wren West Starkey ’90 and Suzanne West ’97 was named the 2011 Bedford County Teacher of the Year. Mrs. West is a sixth-grade English teacher at Staunton River Middle School.

Former Faculty member, Ms. Catherine Wisenberg Greetings from Cowtown, aka Ft. Worth! After getting engaged to Barry in December, we started planning our wedding. We have decided to have it in San Antonio, the city where we met. We do not currently have a wedding date, but hope to have one very soon. I was offered a full scholarship at the University of Houston’s Ph.D. program and opportunities to continue my clinical and research interests in Adolescent Psychopathology and Autism Spectrum Disorders. This means that Barry and I will be moving to Houston this summer. We’re enjoying the remainder of our time in Ft. Worth. I am about to graduate from Columbia University’s Masters-Specialist program in School Psychology.

Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51, Sarah Martin Finn ’74, Emily Calhoun ’03, and Doris Beasley Martin ’4 8 at Doris’s 80th Birthday celebration

Laura Rand ’06, Cannon Hodge ’00, Sally Norman ’06, and Gifty Amponsem ’07 at a mini reunion

sabella Yeager ’07, and Gifty Amponsem ’07

Ji Wang ’09

Emma Smith ’05

From the class of 2005: Rebecca Jones, Amanda Peterkin, Emma Smith, Samantha Franklin, Lelan Dunavant, Laura Ann Roquemore, and Allison Rosser at reunion

From the class of 2005:Front Row: Emma Smith, Lelan Dunavant, Amanda Peterkin, Samantha Franklin, Second Row: Allison Rosser Laura Stocke, Rebecca Jones, Laura Anne Roquemore, and Ashley Hockensmith

Laura Rand ’06 and Katarina Greve ’06

Taylor Nyberg ’06 and E.A. McGowin ’06

Laura Anne Roquemore ’05 with Director of Riding Cricket Stone at reunion

Marjorie Baldwin Fuessenich ’34 died on June 12, 2010.

Mary Brown-Serman Kirby ’34 died September 1, 2010

Florence “Polly” Wiggin Hamilton ’35 died March 22, 2010.

Marjorie Fletcher Balboni ’38 died May 22, 2010.

Elinor “Nell” Williams Reath ’39 died July 14, 2010.

Paige Cartmell Alford ’40 died March 16, 2010.

Ann Maxwell Haslam ’42 died August 2, 2010. She is survived by her daughter Cynthia “Cindy” Haslam Graham ’68.

Arlene Lummis Russell ’42 died March 22, 2010. She is survived by her daughter, Katherine R. McCurdy, who formerly served as a member of the Chatham Hall Board of Trustees, her niece, Patty Neff McCormack ’72, and cousin, Sara Houstoun Lindsey ’41. She was predeceased by her sister, Annette Lummis Neff ’43.

Sarah “Sally” Knapp Sprole ’42 a former trustee and class agent died on September 11, 2010. Sally’s husband, Frank Sprole, died August 13, 2010.

Frances Pelzer Huger deSaussure ’43 died May 10, 2010.

Elizabeth Fall Goddu ’45 died March, 12, 2010.

Mary Marsh Washburne ’48 died June 23, 2010. She is survived by her cousin, Margaret “Midge” Murray Baldrige ’45.

Nancy Cravens Chamberlain ’50 died July 19, 2010

Jacqueline Jones Foster ’50 died July 13, 2010. She is survived by her sister Barbara Jones Renfreu ’53.

Irene Carter Garard ’51 died May 23, 2010.

John H. “Jack” Wright, Jr. former Dean of Faculty at Chatham Hall from 1961–1968 and the husband of Winston Case Wright ’53 died on July 9, 2010.

Sally Graves Benjamin ’55 died April 9, 2010.

Kimberly Kane ’92 died May 14, 2010.

Ruth Hammond Andres former manager of the Chatham Hall Bookstore and spouse of Lawrence Andres (former Business Manager) died July 4, 2010.

Sion A. Boney father of Betsy Boney Mead ’75 died May 14, 2010.

Dr. Clark Robert Cobble died April 10, 2010. He was the father of Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 and Leah Cobble Dunne ’9 6.

Arch Dalrymple III, father of Martha Dalrymple Camerone ’79, died March 15, 2010. He was a former member of the Board of Trustees.

Ransom H. Duncan died unexpectedly June 13, 2010. He was a former member of the Chatham Hall Board of Trustees. He is survived by his wife, Judith Fenn Duncan ’56, daughters, Barbara Duncan ’77, Beth Duncan Berkun ’78, P’14, Melissa Duncan Fernau ’79, Laura Duncan ’84, and, Judith Duncan ’86. His granddaughter, Kathleen “Kaylee” Berkun ’14, is currently a student at Chatham Hall.

James Mercer Garnett father of Jane Garnett ’73 died on March 2, 2010

Jane Scott Garnett mother of Jane Garnett ’73 died on May 20, 2010

Gordon Howard father of Jennifer Howard ’10 died August 11, 2010

Mrs. Alice S. Hungerford, former faculty memberdied March 11, 2010.

Deborah Lorii, wife of former faculty member John Lorii, died April 5, 2010.

John W. Wilmer, father of Louise Wilmer Stebbins ’71, died October 21, 2010. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Wilmer Covey ’41.

Phyllis B. Hunt in Memoriam December 04, 1922–April 24, 2010

M EMBERS OF THE CHATHAM HALL COMMUNITY SAID GOODBYE

to Phyllis B. Hunt on April 26, 2010 at a Service of Praise and Thanksgiving for her life. Mrs. Hunt was a loyal employee of Chatham Hall, and had been a friend to students, faculty, and staff for 65 years.

“She had a way of getting to the bottom of who you were and what you were about,” said Jane Allen, who spoke at the service. “There was no way of being anyone but yourself with her. She was also a woman who represented everything that Chatham Hall is about—respect, honor, giving, strength, and focus. She was the first person you met when you came to campus as a prospective student and the last one you wanted to say goodbye to when you graduated.”

Dr. William Black, who also spoke at the service, recounted that over Mrs. Hunt’s 65 years at Chatham Hall, “She had been a formidable force.” He explained that she “did not just answer incoming telephone calls but would remind you of proper decorum for the Well. She would guard the phone system, and she had an extraordinary ability to recognize names. Very simply, when anyone called, she knew who you were, and she called you by name.”

What Dr. Ann Beal will remember and cherish longest about Phyllis, though, “was her spontaneous, deep-throated, and utterly joyous laugh.” The laugh, she remembered, “came from a wit that was sharp and principled, together with an abiding love for even our most foolish moments. It never failed to make me smile to the tip of my toes. When Phyllis laughed, it made everything all right.”

In 1996, the first fully-endowed merit scholarship in the history of Chatham Hall, the Phyllis Banks Hunt Scholarship, was established by her dear friend, Robin Tieken Hadley ’57. The scholarship is awarded to a student or students who demonstrate exemplary academic and personal leadership. “Phyllis brought such a rock-solid sense of what is right, what is gracious, what is true to each and every one of her relationships,” said Dr. Ann Beal, “that she became for many a model of who and how to be.” It is fitting then, that Mrs. Phyllis B. Hunt will live on at Chatham Hall through a scholarship that personifies her so well. Esto Perpetua.

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Sheila Dixon in Memoriam January 20, 1960–May 28, 2010

SHEILA DIX ON, WHO MANY AT CHATHAM HALL REMEMBERfor her brilliant smile and exuberance for life, died on May 28, 2010. Sheila, who was recently honored for 20 years of service to Chatham Hall, began her life here selling ice cream and other snacks in the Niche. Her career at Chatham Hall evolved over the years into transportation coordinator where she got us to and from airports with precision. Chatham Hall was a family affair for Sheila, as her mother, Shirley Dixon, worked at Chatham Hall for 30 years in housekeeping, and her portrait is hanging in Yardley. “What always impressed me about Sheila,” said Dr. Mary Edmonds, “was her devotion to her parents and her desire always to do the right thing by them.” She lived with her mom and dad, and while taking care of them, also managed to take care of her pets and do her job at Chatham Hall. “Her life,” reflected Dr. Edmonds, “became caring for her parents, her pets, and for us at Chatham Hall.” We shall miss this woman with the big smile, the “How are you” at every encounter, the deep laugh, and the love of family and of her dogs

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A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIANITY: TEN QUESTIONS THAT ARE TRANSFORMING THE FAITH

By Brian McLaren (HarperCollins, 2010)

The e-mail came from Rector Gary Fountain to the faculty on July 20. The subject line: “Historic Day for Books and Readers.” Itwas a link to a New York Times article entitled “E-Books Top Hardcovers at Amazon,” a reference to the fact that for the previous three months Kindle books had outnumbered sales of hardcover books at Amazon.com. The fact that I had just downloaded a book to the Kindle app on my iPad instead of buying the hardcover was not lost on me. The book was Brian McLaren’s newest, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming The Faith.

Just as the book industry is being transformed by our changing culture of globalization and information technology, so is the Church. All indicators point to church attendance and participation being down, that the Church’s influence is waning, and that suspicion of the institution is up. To some, this is a vile threat to Christianity best responded to by digging deeper into dogma, doctrine, and exclusivism to retain its purity and power. Brian McLaren is on the other side. He sees this as an opportunity to respond in new ways and create a new kind of Christianity.

Raised in conservative Evangelical churches, McLaren spent years as a college English Professor, and in the early 1980’s started a small house-church that grew to the point of needing a pastor. In 1986 he left academia to become that pastor. Cedar Ridge Community Church, in Spencerville, Maryland, has become a large and influential institution, filled with those who have been unchurched or disillusioned with Christianity. McLaren retired in 2006, to become a speaker and consultant on the future of Christianity and spirituality and to continue his writing, which now numbers over 15 books. In 2005 he was named by Time magazine as one of the “25 most influential Evangelicals in America.”

In his newest work, McLaren continues his theme of dealing with Christianity in the context of the cultural shift towards postmodernism. The current Church and its paradigm is no longer able to foster civil conversation among its brothers and sisters in various denominations, and, worse, it is failing to reach so many who are hungry for the spirit of reconciliation, hope, justice, and love.

But in this work, McLaren comes to the table more humble and open, acknowledging that the Christianities we have created should be reexamined in both their imperfect and renewable states. To this discussion he brings questions rather than statements. He knows statements and proclamations will only inspire further debate and ire. He sincerely hopes that questions will inspire conversations. “It is time for a new

quest, launched by new questions, a quest across denominations around the world, a quest for new ways to believe and new ways to live and serve faithfully the way of Jesus, a quest for a new kind of Christian faith.” His questions, and his responses, are challenging. But they need to be. As he says, “We need a new way of being, a new inner ecology, a new spirituality that does more than make us opinionated or fastidious, but that renders our souls an orchard of trees bearing fruit, rooted in who we are before God and who we are becoming in God.”

McLaren writes like a man who has been attacked and wounded. And he has. His popularity has brought his questions and challenges to a wide audience, many of whom are threatened by venturing outside the lines of a well-defined Christianity. He has been called Satan, a heretic, ignorant, a threat to Christianity, and a man who has abandoned the gospel and embraced the dark side. These attacks, which abound on the Internet, bring about humility and care in his writing, which is filled with explanation, caveat, justification, and a tentativeness that is both annoying and endearing. Annoying in that it would be helpful to have him just make a declarative statement about faith. But such is not his style. His style is endearing because, like a good teacher, he wants to lead us to making our own decisions and drawing our own conclusions. McLaren points out that the Gospel is never a destination, but a journey that cannot be controlled by or contained within an institution. The ultimate goal is to be humble disciples (learners) rather than superior or super-Christians.

Though you may not agree with McLaren’s responses to these questions, he writes thoughtfully, biblically, and humbly. He raises questions that cannot be avoided and that are not satisfied with a simple affirmative or negative. They are questions that must be dealt with. They are questions that will be important not only now, in this time, but also in the future. He also acknowledges that any responses to these will bring more questions, and that questioning is not to be seen as a bad or threatening thing. After all, Jesus asked a number of questions of those who followed him.

The way we are seeing our culture is changing. The way we are seeing Christianity within that culture is changing. The way we deal with books and information in that culture is changing. The fact that I have more Bibles on my iPhone than on my bookshelf at home is enough to make William Tyndale roll over in his grave.

I doubt that Jonathan Edwards would have approved of me regularly preaching from my iPad in the pulpit of a 356year-old New England Meetinghouse. But the sands are shifting, and the Church had better be ready to respond. Considering challenging questions is not a bad way to begin.

The bad news is that the Christian faith in all its forms is in trouble.

The good news is that it is pregnant with possibilities.

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Annual Report of Giving 2009–2010

Chatham Hall gratefully acknowledges the generosity of donors who gave gifts to the School for the Annual Fund, special projects or programs, and The Campaign for Chatham Hall during the 2009-2010 year. In this year, the Annual Fund set new records, exceeding its $1,216,000 goal with $1,219,026 in gifts and with leadership donations from 53 Rector’s Circle members. Total

* Includes only gift receipts and not pledges. Gifts from alumnae, who are also parents or grandparents, are listed on the alumnae line.

Each one. Making a difference.

Calendar

NOVEMBER

4–6 Fall Play: If Sherlock Holmes Were a Woman, Black Box Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

7–8 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

11 Toast from Coast to Coast: Events in 21 states

DECEMBER

4 Senior Night in the Well, 9:00 p.m.

12 The Service of Lesson and Carols, St. Mary’s Chapel, 5:00 p.m.

17 Christmas Pageant, St. Mary’s Chapel, 6:00 p.m

JANUARY

1 5 Distinguished Alumnae Award Application Deadline

16–17 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

18–19 Leader in Residence Presentation, Judith Jamison, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.

29–30 Board of Trustees Meeting

FEBRUARY

1 Nilsen Scholar Application Deadline

17–19 Winter Play, Play & Location TBD, 8:00 p.m.

20–21 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5163 for Inquiries

MARCH

APR I L

At Chatham Hall, each girl is honored for the unique talents and contributions she brings to the community. The community in turn is strengthened by the gifts of each student.

The Annual Fund reflects the power of what individuals can do when they come together. Last year, hundreds of alumnae, parents, grandparents and friends of Chatham Hall gave gifts, large and small, to support all of the programs that keep Chatham Hall strong. Annual gifts support competitive athletic programs, student travel, guest speakers, tuition assistance, and much, much more!

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South Africa Service Trip, Registered Students, Parents, & Alumnae

1 Family Day in Honor of Grandparents, For All Family Members

1 Performing Arts Night, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.

1 Riding Camp Applications Due

5 Reading, Li -Young Lee, Writer in Residence, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.

17 Spring Convocation, St. Mary’s Chapel, 4:00 p.m.

18 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

28 Alumnae Council Reception and Banquet in Honor of the Classes of 2011 and 1961 Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 6:00 p.m.

28–29 Alumnae Council Meeting

29–1 Reunion Weekend, All Welcome, Special Celebrations for Classes Ending in 1 & 6

MAY

1–2 Board of Trustees Meeting

1 6 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

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3 Lantern Ceremony, 9:00 p.m.

4 B accalaureate and Commencement

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1 0–23 Riding Camp Ages 12–16

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0 Riding Camp Ages 9–12

7/24–8/4 Science Investigator’s Camp Grades 6–8

Cont act Amy Blair in the Advancement Office at 43 4.432.5 5 0 8 or at ablair@chathamhall.org for more information