Cardigan Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 1, Winter 2024

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board of trustees

Lori Bohan P’

Robert V. Chartener ’

Jeremy T. Crigler ’

George Davis P’

Christopher D. Day P’,’, Head of School

Stewart S. Dixon, Jr. ’

Ethan T. Frechette

Michael B. Garrison ’, P’, ’

Paula R. Glover P’

David M. Gregory P’, Chair

Christopher “Kip” R. F. Hale ’

Guifang “Linda” He P’,’

Karl G. Hutter ’

F. Corning “Kim” Kenly III ’

Christopher J. King ’

Heather G. Knapp P’,’

Doowhan Ko P’

P. Edward Krayer ’

Tyler L. Lewis P’,’

Jessica Abramson Lott P’

George “Jory” C. Macomber P’

Candyce Martin P’

Pornphisud “Paul” Mongkhonvanit P’

Marc Porcelli ’

Jeffrey M. Roberts P’

Kristi Ross P’

Michael Santini P’,’

Christopher M. Taliercio ’

Alva H. Taylor, Ph.D. P’

Jonathan N. Wakely ’

Laura Waldron

Mario A. Zambrano ’

Daniel M. Zinsmeyer ’

trustees emeriti

David H. Bradley, Esq. H’, P’

Dr. Robert F. Kenerson H’

Burton E. McGillivray P’,’,’

Diane G. Wallach H’, P’

The Chronicle Winter 2024

in every issue

4. letter from the head of school: What’s on the mind of Head of School Chris Day?

7. letter from the editor: A glimpse behind the curtain at the makings of every issue.

18. on the point: What’s new on campus?

40. from marrion field: Keeping score and touching base with the Cougars.

46. history’s mysteries: A visit to Cardigan’s archives.

48. founders path: Updates from the trustees and founders of the school.

51. alumni drive: Catching up with alumni around the bend and around the world.

84. cardigan connections: From your classmates, in their own words.

in this issue

8. feature: Mind, body, and spirit. It is the triad that makes up a Cardigan education. In this issue we take a look at the education of the spirit and how the school supports spiritual growth. We hear from community members as they explore what spirit means to them; their answers are diverse and deeply personal.

60. 2022–23 annual report of gifts: Cardigan’s annual programs and daily operations depend upon the engagement and support of our entire community. We are grateful for everyone’s consistent and generous support of our school and its mission.

editorial office: Cardigan Mountain School,  Alumni Drive, Canaan, NH ; communications@cardigan.org. editors: Director of Communications and Marketing Chris Adams; Assistant Director of Communications Emily Magnus. guest contributors: Corey Lawson, Nick Nowak, Jer Shipman ’, and Judith Solberg. photographers: Chris Adams, Martin Grant, Ken Hamilton, Kyla Joslin, and Emily Magnus. The Cardigan Chronicle is published bi-annually by the Communications Office for alumni, parents, and friends of the school. The magazine is printed by R.C. Brayshaw and Company on sustainably produced, chain-of-custody stock certified to Forest Stewardship Council (fsc) standards.

Time to Reflect and Space to Wonder

As a parent of two Cardigan alumni, I think my first real dive into the spiritual impact of a Cardigan education was when I sat in the balcony of the Chapel (perhaps the best vantage point in the house) as my prepubescent sixth-grade son Henry ’13 sang falsetto in the school choir during that year’s holiday service, seven years before I would become the head of school. I had watched him playing JV football in the pouring rain that autumn (like puppies wrestling); participated in parent-teacher conferences that left me feeling like my kid was truly known by

his teachers and advisor (Mr. Kenny!); and watched him begin to find his identity in a community that embraced him like a comfy, well-worn beanbag chair. But seeing my rough and tumble son standing in the candlelight and singing that night, a feeling washed over me that I hadn’t expected. This school—this place, space, and program— finds its way in and impacts these boys (and often their parents!) in ways that aren’t always visible and sometimes take years to recognize. Having talked over the years with thousands of alumni, I know that Cardigan

gets inside the boys—and lives on inside grown men, never to leave. The spirit of Cardigan can take many forms, but it is ever-present and one of the most valuable aspects of the education of fortunate boys since 1945.

On the steeple of the Cardigan Chapel sits an eagle, rather than a cross. Additionally, the building’s name has remained simply “the Chapel” since its construction: “the two words lend themselves to denominations, a name…that would be broad in interpretation and carry goodwill to all”

Head of School Chris Day visiting a Gates class during which students tested the speed of their D-printed electric cars

(Cardigan Mountain Bulletin, January 16, 1963). From its very beginning, the building, and the programs that take place within its walls, have been intentionally open and universal. Cardigan was founded in the Judeo-Christian tradition, but is a secular institution; it subscribes to no organized religion or belief system.

It does, however, lean on the traditions and experiences of the past to provide a firm foundation for boys to create their futures. All are welcome at Cardigan and, aside from donning crested green blazers, gray flannel slacks, white dress shirts, and neckties and belting out the Cardigan hymn each Thursday, Cardigan boys are free to believe what they want. But, we highly encourage them to believe in something!

And to do that, we give them time and space: time to reflect and space to wonder. It is one of the most valuable gems in our arsenal. Places (and there remain precious few), which celebrate time and space, create poets and foster statecraft, entrepreneurs, and inventors. Minds and imaginations with room to roam become strong and deep. Creating time and granting permission to wonder about things small and infinite set our program apart. It is this spirit that guides our lives on The Point.

When moving about campus it’s impossible not to notice the mountain—our namesake—sturdy and mighty. The sting and shock of the water in Canaan Street Lake on a spring morning Polar Bear swim, the sunrises on the way to breakfast, and the sunsets on the way to the dorm after dinner are worthy of a moment or two to pause and marvel. Here we again take time, time to notice these gifts and appreciate them.

The haunting and beautiful call of the loons on our “crystal lake so clear” and the rustling of autumn leaves, the pop of the trees in the forest as they freeze and the

earthy smell of the thawing ground in the spring are cycles on The Point that feed the souls of the Cardigan boys. We are surrounded by this natural symphony and are an integral part of it. The profundity and simplicity of conscious thoughts that help us to make patterns and sense of that which happens to us—and with us—that is the spirit of the mind, body, spirit triad. Our boys all get A’s in that subject. They do so because they engage with one another and their surroundings, instead of with what some algorithm suggests should be seen and heard on their electronic devices. The considered past and present create a worthy future. At Cardigan, our boys are partners in their future—not recipients of it. I am proud to live in a community that has its eyes open and senses awakened to the messages given and received by forces located deep within and around us.

Ever wonder why Cardigan graduates seem to have a special spark? My friends, that spark is an inner light that burns bright. It is as noticeable to us here as the changing of their voices, the definition of their growing bodies, and the sophistication of their developing minds. The glow in these boys is the light emanating from their internal spiritual compasses. r

Christopher D. Day P’12,’13 Head of School

Jen Shepherd joined Chris Day in the Head of School Office in June. Here they pose together in September on the first day of classes.

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Macro Views

In this issue of the Chronicle, we view Cardigan through a macro lens, focusing on the everyday moments and the daily conversations between students, faculty, and staff that define the spirit of both the institution and the individuals who call The Point home.

Most schools have a mission and usually some version of core values. But how many schools live up to their lofty goals—written in decades or even centuries past? When daily schedules overwhelm and weariness sets in, how many schools remain true to what they say in their aspirational proclamations?

Working in marketing and communications, it’s my job to promote, to write about my employer as seen through rose-colored glasses. But at Cardigan, as I interviewed members of the community and gathered stories for this issue’s feature, I didn’t find it necessary to don any spectacles. Again and again, I find Cardigan to be a school that not only has a solid mission and Core Values but also lives by them. Through a great deal of hard work and intentional programming, Cardigan does what it says it does.

There’s one macro view of Cardigan’s spirit that I’d like to share that didn’t make it into

this magazine’s feature. In November, I attended the Lakes Region Championship cross-country running race at Holderness School. It was a bitterly cold fall day and the runners struggled to stay warm in their shorts and racing singlets. The sun, angling from low on the horizon even in the middle of the afternoon, did nothing to warm their muscles. Nonetheless, the runners took off from the start, tackling the notoriously hilly course with determination and stoicism. After photographing the boys as they completed their first lap, I moved to the finish line and waited to capture their final sprints. As one Cardigan boy crossed the finish, I saw through my lens spectators staring at his feet. Sure enough, he was missing a shoe; even before he exited the finish area, in a flurry of excitement, he recounted his final sprint, explaining to his coach how his shoe had flown off his foot as he surged forward. Focused on the finish, he hadn’t bothered to stop to pick it up, despite the gravel that poked the bottom of his foot as he ran. His teammate, however, just seconds behind him, stopped to help. He took the time to pick up

his brother’s shoe and return it to him, all while sprinting the final yards of the race. You can’t make this stuff up. And fortunately, I don’t have to. Is Cardigan perfect? No. But this school stays true to its mission and Core Values—not just when things are going well but in the heat of the moment when the results of a championship race are on the line. Missions and core values are important indicators of the integrity of a school, but it’s the macro views that reveal its true spirit. r

Emily Magnus, Editor emagnus@cardigan.org

Mind, body, and spirit. It is the triad that makes up a Cardigan education. In this feature we take a look at the education of the spirit and how the school supports spiritual growth. We hear from community members as they explore what spirit means to them and how it impacts their relationships with others.

BY EMILY MAGNUS

LAST SPRING EAGLEBROOK DAY FINISHED IN A DOWNPOUR.

As the light drained from the sky, storm clouds let loose torrents of rain over Campbell Field, and the Varsity Lacrosse Team called on the collective spirit of the school to help maintain its lead through the end of the game. Students, faculty, and parents huddled under umbrellas on the edges of the field, heads turning in sync to track the trajectory of the ball, sending out their collective resolve for a win. The boys on the field, not wanting to disappoint, responded, fighting hard to earn every point they scored and every shot they defended.

When the final buzzer sounded, a collective cry echoed through the rain. The Cougars had won the game, not for themselves but for Cardigan, for everyone who had stood on the sidelines and cheered, for all Cougars—past, present, and future. The team broke from the sidelines and ran across the field to their brothers who had stayed to cheer them on, and in a soggy dripping huddle, they broke out in song: “To Cardigan our favored school / By nature’s gifts benign— / We raise in song our thankfulness / For beauty which is thine…”

We are all familiar with Cardigan’s mission: “Cardigan Mountain School offers a close-knit community that prepares middle school boys—in mind, body, and spirit—for responsible and meaningful lives in a global society.” Preparing middle school boys in mind and body is fairly straightforward: design classroom lessons that are engaging and schedule daily athletic practices that push the boys physically; they will grow and be prepared to meet the rigors of high school and beyond. Seven Habits of Learning guide the academic curriculum and speak directly to the ways in which Cardigan addresses the education of the mind. Similarly, the Athletics Department takes inspiration from the nepsac Code of Ethics and Conduct to develop physical strength, agility, and speed, as well as fair and honest play.

But the spirit? What does an education of the spirit look like? A 2021 study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that three in ten U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated, a downward trend the organization has documented since 2007. It prompted their development of a new survey, one that attempts to understand why an increasing number of Americans are instead choosing to self-identify as “spiritual.” But even for an organization that aims to establish facts based on non-partisan, datadriven research, the 2023 survey acknowledges the difficulty of defining spirituality: “…rather than imposing a definition of spirituality, we let survey respondents tell us what it means to them [in their own words] and how they practice it” (“Spirituality Among Americans,” Pew Research Center, December 7, 2023). The results confirmed previous findings: only 27% of respondents in the Pew 2023 survey mentioned beliefs or faiths associated with organized religion when defining “spiritual.”

So what role should Cardigan play in an increasingly secular culture? When spirit means different things to different people, how do you ensure that Cardigan students have opportunities to grow and develop in their own ways and on their own timeline? How will we know if we have done everything we can to nurture students’ spirits?

Can spirit be taught?

It’s not a skill; in each of us there is spirit. Sometimes you don’t need an instructor; life can bring it out. — Malik Harvey, Physical Sciences Faculty

I don’t think you can sit down and put it on a chalkboard and say this is spirit. Sometimes in the training room, one of the international students will have trouble understanding me when I start to use medical terms to describe an injury. And I’ll have ninth graders who are doing rehab who will come over and translate for me. To me that’s spirit—when one boy sees another boy struggling and steps in to help without me even asking. —

Len Angelli, Head Athletic Trainer

Cardigan’s Chapel program does set aside time on a weekly basis to consider questions of the spirit. But as Director of Spiritual Life Cheryl Borek P’10,’12,’15 sees it, it would be short-sighted to think that weekly chapel services would be enough. “I don’t want to be seen as the holder of all things spiritual,” she says. “The growth of the spirit in our boys happens everywhere, if we take the time to pause and reflect.” Let’s take a look.

THE COLLECTIVE SPIRIT OF CARDIGAN

Spirit emerges when students add energy and effort to optional tasks. We see this annually watching them shell themselves during the Lake Run, perform solos in the fall concert, deliver lead roles in a play, or try their best in the all-school spelling bee. The gift that gets passed to the other boys is immeasurable. At CMS it’s cool to try. —

Al Gray H’13, P’14,’16, English Faculty

The community spirit that is cultivated through traditions and working together is often the boys’ first exposure to something beyond the tangible and concrete—beyond body and mind. When students arrive in the fall, for the first five days there are no classes or athletics. The focus instead is on building community. Ninth graders learn what it means to be the leaders of the school, and the rest of the students engage in activities

that establish the Core Values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity, and Courage—through role playing, creating dorm contracts, and building boats with their dorm mates for the annual Cardboard Boat Regatta. From the very beginning, the collective spirit of Cardigan is nurtured and developed. By the time a championship game takes place at the end of the fall, the boys have worked hard enough and built enough friendships that they can feel the spirit of Cardigan when that final buzzer sounds and they get to celebrate a well-earned victory. It’s perhaps the easiest way to appreciate and engage with the concept of spirit; it’s in the nature of a middle school boy to want to belong, and the traditions and communal living of Cardigan give them something to belong to, to believe in.

It’s worth noting that the spirit of Cardigan is not just built on big moments like annual traditions and championship games; it’s also built in daily practices, something Associate Director of Admissions John Bayreuther P’09,’15,’17 has come to appreciate during his two decades on The Point. He credits daily sit-down meals and the consistent schedule with maintaining the strength of the school’s spirit.

“Many of the boys struggle with the boundaries imposed by Cardigan’s structured programs,” Mr. Bayreuther reflects. “Rules limit individual expression

What does spirit mean to you?

Jer Shipman ’00, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

I think spirit is most closely related to our Core Values of Courage and Integrity; it’s this intangible piece of you that makes you want to do the right thing. It means conditioning your heart and soul to be a good person.

Malik Harvey, Physical Sciences Faculty

Spirit is the pureness of your mind when you are faced with obstacles. It’s integrity. It’s a newborn baby when it knows its mother.

Ethan Okafor ’25

Spirit means soul, as in the thing that makes you whole. If I did not have a spirit, I would be empty and lonely with no purpose. So the spirit is the part of you that cannot change but can be molded, which is exactly what Cardigan Mountain School does when it is preparing you for the real world.

Christine Frazier, Parent Relations Manager

Cardigan does an amazing job preparing boys in the spirit part of mind, body, and spirit; I see them lifting each other up when another boy is down. And I’ve seen my brothers [Matt ’88, Brendan ’95, and Tim ’00] continue to do that into adulthood.

Ben Clary ’24

Your spirit is directly related to your impact on the world and how others perceive you.

Eli Heffer ’25

Spirit at Cardigan looks like students cheering for their friends’ sports teams even if they have a lot of other things to do.

Doug Clark, History Faculty and Director of Student Activities

The spirit of Cardigan challenges students, as well as faculty, to be better every day. It is supportive and encourages faculty and students to go out of their comfort zones; when someone is working hard, I want to work as hard as they are, if not even harder, just to help the greater good.

John Stadler ’25

The spirit at Cardigan is everywhere; you are always surrounded by it. Spirit on The Point is following the Core Values, the four pillars that hold up the school. Spirit is wearing those green blazers and school merchandise and being proud of your community. Cardigan spirit is the traditions and the pride we take in them because we are so happy to be here.

Leo Kim ’24

Spirit is how the mind and body determine who you are and, most importantly, how you impact others. Spirit is whether you give off good “vibes” and how others act and feel around you.

What does music have to do with the spirit?

Alumni will remember the spirit embedded in singing the Cardigan hymn. Singing together is deeply human. While many of the boys (and a few alumni too) may not underst and what “The peace, vouchsafed by living here / For all the world to share” actually means, they intuit and feel it. Singing makes spirit visible each week. Pearl Jam’s bassist, Jeff Ament, said it best: “Not to sound hokey, but if there’s a God or if there’s a spirit or whatever, it feels like it exists in songs.” — Al Gray H’13, P’14,’16, English Faculty

and take away individual choice—whether it’s the dress code, the mandatory sports requirement, or the daily class schedule. But, rules also teach boys about sacrificing for a greater good; they require students to let go of primal individual desires and consider the bigger picture. To transcend rules and sacrifice one’s own desires for the greater good of the community builds a spirit of togetherness.”

MODELING CARE FOR OTHERS

We have a lot of boys who have never been hurt before, so when something starts to bother them, they’re scared. For me the spirit is how I work with them, what I give to them to make them feel comfortable coming to me. To me it’s the positive vibe or positive spirit that I can give to them so that they know they have a s afe place to come when they don’t have mom and dad to give them a hug.

— Len Angelli, Head Athletic Trainer

Further questions on the Pew Center survey revealed that for some Americans the word “spiritual” is about connections (24 percent), frequently with God but also, in some cases, with one’s inner self. In addition, one-inten Americans say the term relates to understanding themselves or guiding their own behavior, including being kind or respectful (4 percent), finding inner peace (2 percent), purpose or meaning (2 percent), or a sense of guidance and direction (2 percent). Cardigan has a similar vision.

At Cardigan, students are quickly immersed in a culture of care that is modeled by the faculty—slow to anger, quick to lift others up, genuine in their engagement with each boy. Students learn first-hand what it means to be on the receiving end of kindness and nurturing; they know what it means to be seen. Which comes to another manifestation of spirit—the way we connect to and build relationships with other individuals. Similar to the findings of the Pew survey, at Cardigan, kindness, respect, empathy, and trust, all come to mind when defining spirituality.

Mr. Bayreuther thinks the school’s cell phone policy plays into this. “The thinking behind the cell phone policy doesn’t have anything to do with the mind or the body ; it’s something deeper,” he says. “When cell phones are removed from the equation, we have to lift our heads and look at each other face-to-face. The boys have to think about how they are treating others.”

Cardigan’s art teachers also challenge students to consider the care they give others. Take for instance, a project last spring in which art teacher Barrett Capistran asked his seventh-grade art students to create propaganda posters that included bold and thought-provoking statements: “ Words have impact,” “Why did you say that?” and “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.” The posters remain on display throughout the academic buildings and are a constant reminder to the boys of the impact their actions have on those around them.

In fact, the students are not the only ones who impact the individual connections that build up the Cardigan community. Students, faculty, and staff have thousands of interactions daily, and each interaction includes within it a decision about how to treat others. And while no one is perfect, the Cardigan community has a lot to celebrate. Each semester Dean of Students Nick Nowak collects messages he receives from members of the community, recognizing the actions of boys that demonstrate the school’s Core Values. The following are just a few of the many messages he received this fall (names are changed to protect the identity of the students):

Sunday the 19th of November, I chaperoned a group of boys to Logan Airport. While I was helping each of them check in at the ticket window, there was a woman off to the side of us trying to stack all her luggage onto a cart and having a lot of trouble. The cart tipped over a couple of times. These boys went right over and helped her pick up the cart and stack her luggage so it would be stable. They were not asked to do so; they just jumped in to help her, and she was very appreciative.

(Compassion)

On Friday, I brought John to the Wakely Lobby with me to help tie the skates of some of our beginner hockey players. I thought it would be good for John to do something in service for someone else. He was extraordinarily helpful, and I was proud of him…Today, without my encouragement, I walked past the Wakely Lobby to find John tying the skates of a beginner hockey player. I hadn’t told him to; he hadn’t told me he was going to…he was just doing it to be nice.

(Integrity)

Andrew stepped in and helped a faculty member separate two boys who were in a physical altercation during clubs today. Not only did Andrew show courage in his willingness to step into the situation and help his friends, but he also showed great compassion when he stayed with one of the boys after to help him calm down. (Courage)

Kevin always addresses my children by name when he sees them. He is so thoughtful and kind. I appreciate this and so do my children. Calling my children by name makes them feel important and recognized. (Respect)

How does spirit impact the body and mind?

Everything starts with the spirit. If you want to work on the mind, then you need spirit first, and if you want to work on the body, you need the mind. And if you work on mind and body, you get a more vital spirit to push yourself more, and the cycle repeats.

— Kyle Chu ’24

The positive spirit, or vibe, as Mr. Angelli calls it, is alive and well at Cardigan, impacting the way students and faculty alike interact and treat each other. The Core Values set the bar high, and the students most often rise to meet it.

BUILDING RESILIENCY AND WONDER

The spirit is something that is outside of ourselves, that is bigger than ourselves. It’s there when we pause before a meal and express gratitude; it’s there when we hike Mt. Cardigan; it’s there when we pause in the middle of a hectic day to appreciate the wonders of the natural world. — Cheryl Borek P’10,’12,’15, Director of Spiritual Life

Gratitude, humility, and connections with others are all natural consequences of spiritual practice. To feel the spirit, and to know what it looks like in one’s relationships with others, is important. But to lead “a responsible and meaningful life in a global society,” one must be aware of one’s own spirit, to know how to seek and find one’s internal compass, no matter the circumstances.

If the school has accomplished its mission, what will that look like when a student graduates?

Growth of the spirit develops maturity and confidence. It gives students a sense of purpose and the skills and desire to give back. After their time at Cardigan, alumni should have an increased interest in contributing to society, leading them to seek opportunities to be a part of a team or a group that makes a difference. —

Scott Norby P’25

Admittedly, when Cardigan boys graduate, they are most likely just beginning to understand who they are and how to tune into their internal voices; in the end it’s a personal journey that lasts a lifetime. At Cardigan, however, they can build a strong foundation for that journey, one that is fortified by resiliency and self-reflection.

At Cardigan, students learn how to do the hard things, not out of spite or punishment, but with the goal of building confidence and courage. “Is growth mindset a spiritual value?” posits Mr. Bayreuther. “I think so. The Lake Run, Polar Bear, the Gates program, they all teach students to embrace adversity. When life gets rough, we teach boys to keep their composure.” Instead of erupting in anger, they seek to understand the perspective of another; instead of giving up when the answers don’t come easily, they try again; instead of blending into the crowd, they seek the passions that fuel their spirit.

Cardigan recognizes that to know the self, to be in touch with one’s spirit, isn’t accomplished through a clearly defined or well-trodden path. Chapel is the quietest pause in a student’s week to consider questions of the spirit, but students can also choose to attend local religious services of their choosing, take advantage of service opportunities with the National Junior Honor Society, or explore their internal voice through art and music.

“The minds and bodies of adolescents are developing rapidly,” says Wellness Coordinator David Kells. “This

rapid growth can boost attention and focus on learning, but it can also can lead to distractions. We, as adults, can help adolescents to harness this energy. We can help them develop a part of their lives that many people never take the time to consider: ‘How can I be who I am, and how can I share it with the world and at the same time serve others.’”

It’s possible to live a life that is secular, never investing in relationships with others or considering one’s internal dialogue. But the spirit, in all its variations, makes life richer. “It comes down to appreciating the wonderful differences we each possess,” says Ms. Borek. “We expand ourselves and make ourselves into better humans when we love each other and celebrate our uniqueness. You can’t do that without engaging with the spirit around us and within us.”

So yes, it’s possible to “teach” about the spirit, but no, it can’t be done in a classroom, at least not entirely. It is then left to the community to carry on the important instruction of the soul. And that’s the power of the Cardigan. It’s not the purview of one individual to put students in touch with their spirit; it is accomplished through a myriad of experiences and daily interactions— a perpetual cycle of paying it forward and teaching the next generation what it means to be connected and to serve, not just with the mind and the body but also with the spirit. r

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Why I Teach: Honoring the Courage of Our Students

“Why I Teach” is a recurring column in which we invite Cardigan’s teachers to share their thoughts in their own words. It explores why these individuals got into teaching in the first place and what it is that gets them out of bed each morning. It is also ultimately a testament to their hard work and dedication—to all the planning and preparation, as well as the heart—that they invest in each day on The Point.

by corey lawson, sixth-grade faculty

I’m fascinated by this question because it feels as if there should be one clear, decisive answer. For me, it isn’t that simple; numerous teachers have had a profound impact on me as a student. They were mostly positive, but some provided cau-

tionary tales about how not to treat children and about never doing a job just for a paycheck. My education program in college also had an impact—working in elementary schools with experienced teachers whose energy seemed endless

Corey Lawson in the spring of , coaching the Varsity Baseball Team. Corey is looking forward to coaching the team again this spring.

and who taught me that connections matter far more than curriculum. I can’t pinpoint a single catalyst for my journey, but today, the reason I teach is relatively selfish: no other calling could ever bring me the joy that teaching does.

So many people look at their careers as a necessary evil to support their hobbies and passions outside of work. I imagine that that is an exhausting pursuit, to commit so much time to a place you can’t wait to leave. I feel as if I’ve cracked some kind of magical code; I live in the community where I work and I find joy daily. Is our schedule intense and at times relentless? Of course, but this community is truly unique in its support of both the boys and the adults entrusted with their care. As the saying goes, the juice is most certainly worth the squeeze.

I find it difficult to write about why I teach without reflecting on Cardigan, because for me, the where is part of the why. What other job affords you the opportunity to be an advocate for young people in so many different areas? I’ve had advisees who I have also coached, taught, and worked with in a dorm. I know that my role in the development of these boys is a small part of a much larger story, but it’s a role I feel deeply responsible for completing to the best of my ability. What other job compels you to demand the best from yourself every day? Being a teacher has made me a kinder, more patient, and more introspective person. I’ve received far more from my career than I’ve given.

Our students here are so brave and resilient. The courage it takes them to leave home and attend boarding school at such a young age is inspiring. If they’ve got the guts to do that, how can I possibly complain about a long workday? Teaching Saturday classes seems like a rather small

sacrifice compared to entrusting some of your most developmentally crucial years to a group of well-intentioned strangers. Every time I find myself holding a student accountable for misbehavior, a missed homework assignment, or some other infraction, I try to remind myself that we’re expecting excellence from children who may be , miles from home and may not see their families for months.

My responsibility is to honor the courage it takes to be here as a student, while also upholding our expectations. It’s a lofty goal, and one on which I certainly fall short from time to time, but pursuing this goal is the why behind working and living here. There’s a reason students and

faculty are crying at the end of each year in the graduation line: we’ve all gone through a tremendous transformation together. The intensity of life here creates a bond and a culture that endures, and I feel it every time I speak to a former student who can describe in detail memories from a class, a game, or a school event that took place years ago. That’s why I teach, for the moments when I take a breath and realize that what we do here changes lives for the better r

Corey Lawson with his colleagues Amy Kreuzburg and Courtney Bliss, as well as the sixthgrade class, on the summit of Mt. Kearsarge during Mountain Day in September

What We’re Reading

In this recurring column we’ll check in with individuals on the Cardigan campus and beyond to find out what they’re reading. From students to faculty, from staff to administrators, from parents to alumni, this community is engaged in lifelong learning, and the resulting reading list is diverse and insightful. And if you have a book you’d like to share, email Editor Emily Magnus at emagnus@ cardigan.org. We’ll print your recommendation in the next issue!

cloud cuckoo land (2021)

Anthony Doerr

Reviewed by Cynthia Day P’,’, Assistant Director of Secondary School Counseling

I recently listened to Cloud Cuckoo Land by Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr, who also wrote All the Light We Cannot See. I haven’t listened to a book in ages, so this was a great reintroduction to audiobooks for me. Actually, I might have picked an easier read, as this one is a puzzle—weaving many story lines of seemingly disparate characters together; the characters and their coming of age stories take place across the globe and beyond, and span the course of many centuries. At first, I struggled to follow the flow of the novel because the voices were so soothing that I often dozed off and upon awakening found myself listening to stories taking place in unfamiliar settings in altogether different time periods with totally different characters. I kept having to go back! But eventually, the thread that bound the people, places, and time periods together came to light, and I was hooked. There’s Anna, an

orphan in the th century, who discovers the centuries-old story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. Then there is present-day Zeno, an octogenarian who directs a dramatic adaptation of the story of Aethon. Finally there is Konstance, who sits alone in a vault on the futuristic interstellar spaceship Argos and writes the story of Aethon, as told to her by her father, on scraps of sacking. In the end, this New York Times bestseller was in fact a great first audiobook for me because one of the overlying themes of the novel, I believe, is the importance of preserving books, stories, and libraries. Preserve the text and you preserve the story for centuries.

i’m judging you: the do-better manual (2016) Luvvie Ajayi

Reviewed by Brianna Lynch, Math Faculty

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, another New York Times bestseller, is beautifully written and has so much to share. With humor and passion, Ajayi writes hon-

estly and openly about current problems in society—including social media, friendships, and cultural divides. In chapters with titles like “Don’t be a Pigpen,” “The Privilege Principle,” “#Hashtag #I #Hate #Your #Hashtag #Abuse,” and “About Microwave Fame,” she outlines how we can do better and make a difference. Her writing is refreshing and captivating and taught me so much about myself.

town lawe (2021)

Bruno Pirecki

Reviewed by Chris Adams, Director of Communications and Marketing

Part historical fiction, part native mysticism, and part thriller, Town Lawe is a wonderfully original debut novel from Bruno Pirecki. At times set in small-town Idaho, Seattle, and Princeton during the s—a time not common in new novels—Pirecki keeps the action, and my curiosity, moving.

Townshend Lawe is a smart, outdoorsy kid of partial native heritage who grew up in the fictitious small town of Pole Pass, Idaho—an area rich in both Native American history and mining profitability. It is to that crossroads where the story ultimately leads—but not before we follow Town to college at Princeton, where he learns

uneasy truths about the founding families of Pole Pass, and his mother, who died when he was young.

Writing in a beautiful, lyrical style steeped in detail, Pirecki develops rich, wildly diverse characters and seamlessly stitches them into a complex narrative that never feels forced. At various points Town Lawe feels like three different stories, teasing the reader into needing to know how the characters in Princeton and Seattle are relevant to each other, and how they are all integral to the novel’s resolution in the woods of Pole Pass. I loved it.

who by fire: leonard cohen in the sinai (2022)

Matti Friedman

a peace to end all peace (2009)

David Fromkin

Reviewed by David Gregory P’, Board Chair

Still in shock after the horrors of the October  terror attack against Israel by Hamas, I have spent time with two books about the region. The first is Matti Friedman’s Who by Fire, a moving account of singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen’s visit to the front of the  Yom Kippur War,

when Egypt attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Living in Greece, unhappy and feeling he was at a dead end, Cohen spent weeks with his guitar and soldiers in the Sinai Desert. You get from his own writings how Cohen was transformed by these soldiers and their fight to save Israel as a Jewish homeland. This isn’t a book about international relations; it’s something much more personal, poetic, and revitalizing.

The second book takes a much larger view. It is David Fromkin’s New York Times bestseller, A Peace to End All Peace. It’s the story of how the European powers carved up the failed remains of the Ottoman Empire to create the modern Middle East. The book exposes the ignorance and arrogance of the powerful men of the early th century who constructed a region based on the needs and desires of empires, unleashing decades of war and turmoil.

What I learn from these books is the power of narrative. Throughout the Middle East, competing stories struggle for legitimacy and the attention of the world—pondering who we are, where we come from, and what is worth fighting for. r

Ready, Set, Go! Introducing Cardigan’s Newest Faculty

The start of a new school year brings many firsts—first meals together, first plunges into Canaan Street Lake, first classes, first games on Marrion Field. There are new classes, new students, and of course new faculty.

If you’ve ever been to a running race, you know about the energy that precedes and builds before the start. When the race officials arrive in the predawn light, there’s a quiet hush and maybe even a bit of morning fog, rolling across the wide expanse of a parking lot, or field. As they mark the start and finish and set up the registration tent, the officials speak in close intimate voices.

When the racers arrive, slowly at first, their heads are bowed, hoods up, focused inward. They cross the parking lot as the

fog lifts, jogging in all directions, increasing their pace as the minutes tick away to the start. It’s organized chaos as the runners pay attention to their own pre-race routines—pinning their bibs to their shirts, lacing up their racing shoes, fueling with energy gels and hydration drinks.

Then someone flips a switch and “Unstoppable” pulses from loudspeakers at the start. The air becomes electric as runners high kick, sprint, and bounce their way to the start line, barely holding back their energy until the gun goes off.

In August, the Cardigan campus is much the same. August begins quietly with faculty returning to campus; they meet in small groups, planning lessons, setting goals, and strategizing for the new school year. But as

from left to right: Donna Fedele, Corey Lawson, Jack Kavanaugh, Matthew Kinney, Courtney Bliss, Kevin Collins, Leo Connally, Brianna Lynch, Charlotte Berry, Jenny Sabados, and Steven DeVellis on the summit of Mt. Cardigan during the Dawn Climb

the August calendar dates reach the double digits, the energy builds. Summer projects, like the renovation of Greenwood House, are near completion, and the signs for registration come out of storage. When the new faculty members arrive, that switch, the one that cues the loud music, flips. The anticipation of the students’ arrival builds, and the academic buildings come alive as faculty post welcome signs and don class dress for the first time since June.

The new faculty members contribute their own energy and enthusiasm to the pre-race preparations. Their vibe is fresh, adding a new track or note sequence to the school’s traditional melody. Hailing from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Boulder, Colorado and many points in between, the new faculty this year bring significant teaching credentials and a wide range of personal experiences that have already shaped and impacted the school.

Take for example, joe doherty, Cardigan’s new assistant head of school and dean of faculty, who has returned to The Point after four years away. During his first years of service to the school, he was the director of the Gates program, director of studies, and Science Department chair. In the intervening years, Mr. Doherty worked at multiple independent schools, most recently at State College Friends School in Pennsylvania, where he was the head of school. He also received a graduate certificate in mind, brain, and teaching from Johns Hopkins University and a certificate in school management and leadership from Harvard University. In addition to his administrative duties, Mr. Doherty is teaching math.

“I’m excited to be a member of the Cardigan community again,” he says. “I’m passionate about all-boys education and believe the middle school years are instrumental in providing students with the skills,

knowledge, and passion to be successful in our dynamic and ever-changing world.”

Also new to the administrative team is leo connally who is the school’s new dean of academics. Mr. Connally has been teaching since , most recently at the Field School of Charlottesville in Virginia, where he was a member of the English Department and served as the assistant head of school. Mr. Connally has a Master of Education in private school leadership from Columbia University’s Teachers College, a master’s in English literature from Middlebury College, and a master’s in elementary education and a bachelor’s in English literature from Virginia Commonwealth University.

“My favorite thing about Cardigan,” says Mr. Connally, “is the warm, welcoming community setting amidst the lakes and mountains of New Hampshire. It is the perfect environment to foster the academic, athletic, and social development of our students.” In addition to being a member of the administrative team, Mr. Connally is also a part of the Wellness Department.

jenny sabados made several visits to campus last spring during the Gates Invention and Innovation Competition as she is overseeing the Gates program this year. Passionate about stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Ms. Sabados has over a decade of experience working with young entrepreneurs, guiding them through the innovation and design process. Most recently, Ms. Sabados worked at Bay Farm Montessori Academy in Massachusetts, where she built a maker lab for sixth through eighth-grade students, cultivating and fostering skills in design thinking and empathy in a low-stakes, judgment-free environment. Ms. Sabados’s experience with circuit and electronics building, laser cutting and -D modeling, video production, basic robotics and coding, as well as crafting and fabrication, will all come in

Reimagined book covers of Stamped created by dorm groups this fall

1: Math teacher Matthew Kinney; 2: Sixthgrade teacher Courtney Bliss; and 3: Director of the Gates Program Jenny Sabados

handy as she works with a new class of inventors and innovators this year. Ms. Sabados is also coaching the Varsity Cross Country Running Team.

Cardigan is fortunate to have two additional faculty returning to Cardigan: donna fedele and Corey Lawson. Ms. Fedele, who previously taught at Cardigan from –, has spent the past two years at the Dutchess Day School in Millbrook, New York, where she taught history, language arts, and math as well as advised the Model UN team and coached field hockey and basketball. Ms. Fedele, who has a master’s from Ashland University and a bachelor’s from Colgate University, is teaching in Cardigan’s History Department, coaching basketball, and living in French Hall.

corey lawson, a member of Cardigan’s faculty from –, was most recently on the faculty at Berwick Academy in Maine. At Berwick, he was the residential life coordinator and the assistant director of auxiliary programs, while also coaching varsity baseball. He spent the three years prior at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, where he coached baseball, was a head of house, and taught U.S. and world history. Mr. Lawson has an MEd in curriculum and instruction from Franklin Pierce University

and a BS in elementary education and history from Keene State College. He is teaching sixth grade and coaching the JV Football and Varsity Baseball Teams, while also serving as a dorm parent in Hinman .

Working with Mr. Lawson and the rest of the sixth-grade team is courtney bliss She comes to Cardigan from the Applewild School in Massachusetts, where she taught language arts and coached lacrosse. Ms. Bliss has a master’s in education from Lesley University and a BA from St. Lawrence University, where she majored in history and minored in educational studies. In addition to teaching sixth grade, Ms. Bliss is coaching soccer and hockey and living in Hinman Hall.

In the Math Department, there are two new faculty members: Matthew Kinney and Brianna Lynch. matthew kinney is also a St. Lawrence University graduate; he majored in economics and minored in educational studies. Mr. Kinney began his teaching career in the Math and History Departments at the Hyde School in Maine, rising to assistant dean of academics in January of . Last year, Mr. Kinney went on to receive a master’s in educational leadership from Harvard University. At Cardigan, Mr. Kinney is teaching math, coaching snowboarding and lacrosse, and living in Hinman Hall.

brianna lynch is a recent graduate of New England College, where she earned a BA in secondary school education. Ms. Lynch is already familiar with the Cardigan campus as she taught during Summer Session in July . She is coaching soccer and living and advising in Hinman Hall.

Early in his career, david kells worked as a teacher, house parent, and coach. For the past twenty years he has worked as a counselor in a variety of settings, including private schools, colleges, and private practice. As the new wellness coordinator, he is helping to lead wellness efforts on campus for faculty, staff, and students—meeting

1: peaks coach Kevin Collins coaching the Varsity Football Team; 2: History teacher Zach Wennik ’ with Director of Alpine Skiing Julia Ford

with individual students, planning campuswide events, visiting wellness classes, and working with athletes and coaches. In addition, he and his business partner (Erin Terry lcmhc), as part of Northern Trails Counseling Services, continue to work with students who want longer-term counseling and with faculty and staff as part of their employee assistance program. Mr. Kells also maintains a small private practice and provides counseling services to University of New Hampshire athletes.

In the World Languages Department, charlotte berry is teaching Latin. Ms. Berry graduated from Harvard University with a BA in classics and government, and she competed on the Radcliffe Varsity Heavyweight Women’s Rowing Team. On campus, Ms. Berry was a tour guide in the school’s Admissions Office, a student mentor in the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute’s Emerging Leadership Program, and a participant in numerous programs at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Ms. Berry has returned to New England after serving as an AmeriCorps member in Helena, Montana. In addition to teaching Latin, Ms. Berry is coaching cross country running and living in Hayward Hall.

kevin collins, who is also a graduate of Harvard University, will be joining the peaks™ Department as a ninth-grade coach. Mr. Collins has spent much of his career in leadership development, both in the United States and in Spain and Latin America. He has worked at the Tuck Business School and with undergraduate students at Dartmouth College, as well as at the Harvard-Westlake School in California and the American School of Madrid. Mr. Collins is an assistant coach for the Varsity Football Team and an affiliate in Funnell House.

steven devellis, who is an English as a Second Language (esl) teacher, is fluent in Chinese and studied Italian in college. He has a BA in international relations from

Colgate University and a master’s in Chinese language and culture from the University of Massachusetts. Mr. DeVellis interned on the  campaign to re-elect Massachusetts’s Governor Charlie Baker, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, has participated in multiple community service trips throughout the United States, and was a member of the Masque and Triangle Student Theater at Colgate. Most recently, Mr. DeVellis was a teaching assistant at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Massachusetts. In addition to teaching at Cardigan, Mr. DeVellis is coaching wrestling and lacrosse.

And lastly, we are fortunate to have two alumni returning to The Point. First zach wennik ’15—who has experienced Cardigan as a faculty child (son of Marty Wennik P’,’), as a student, and as a Summer Session teacher—has joined the History Department. Mr. Wennik recently earned a BA in economics from Goucher College and came to Cardigan from Dublin School in New Hampshire, where he was an assistant director of admissions, dorm parent, and ultimate frisbee coach. Mr. Wennik is coaching soccer and lacrosse and living in Proctor House.

Also a member of the Class of , jack kavanaugh is a teacher’s apprentice in the peaks Department. Mr. Kavanaugh is a recent graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder, where he received a BA in psychology and minored in political science. Mr. Kavanaugh is coaching rock climbing and recreational skiing and snowboarding.

As this magazine goes to press, the faculty are over the halfway mark, settling into a steady pace that will take them all the way to May. It’s a crazy course, with unpredictable obstacles and rough terrain, but together with the returning faculty, these new recruits will undoubtedly conquer every bit of it and cross the finish with smiles on their faces. r

Reimagined book covers of Stamped created by dorm groups this fall

1: Math teacher Brianna Lynch at the finish of the annual Funsie Onsie Runsie; and 2: Dean of Faculty Joe Doherty

Breaking News: CMSTV Shines Spotlight on Cardigan Annual Fund

Last spring a group of entrepreneurial students founded cmstv, a news organization that provides up-to-date details about the most important events on The Point. With their in-depth interviewing and unwavering pursuit of the truth, there was no one better to keep us informed as the th Annual Auction unfolded. The th Annual Auction continues to shine as the fundraising focus of the Annual Fund. This year’s action featured a pre-auction reception in Kirk Library and a new viewing experience in Humann Theatre, where there was standing room only.

over $610,000

2,549 unique faculty experiences raised a combined

bids were placed items were donated was raised for the annual fund for cardigan

over $118,636 55 170

$2,333,368

was raised through fund-a-need $412,857 one one student won the Heads and Tails game 7

total raised by the auction over the last four years

new faculty member courtney bliss won the oreo cookie challenge in record time, securing a dress-down day for hinman ii.

student reporters kept us up-to-date on auction highlights

Why You Should Care About Experiential Learning

Invariably, if you walk the halls of Cardigan’s academic buildings, you’ll witness students engaged in experiential learning. Students build Ferris wheels using their knowledge of angles, they write book recommendations and share them with real audiences on Goodreads.com, they diagnose patients’ medical conditions based on their knowledge of the systems in the body, and they invent original solutions to everyday problems. It’s not the exception but the norm of a Cardigan education.

Experiential learning has been around long enough—John Dewey was one of its first champions in the early twentieth century— that we all know what it looks like. We know it’s hands-on, engaging, and usually includes real-life scenarios. There is rarely one “right” answer and the lessons often include stepping outside the classroom.

It is also more than just a teaching theory, more than just a simple method of

conveying information to students. John Dewey is famous for saying, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” Experiential learning, if done right, is similar; it has implications far beyond the classroom. As Cardigan passes the halfway mark in its th academic year, here are five things Cardigan’s students are developing as they engage in classes and lessons, both inside the classroom and beyond.

productive failure is essential to mastery

Ask Cardigan’s new Dean of Academics Leo Connally to explain his favorite thing about experiential learning and he’ll talk about productive failure. “Failure can be a positive thing if you can learn to learn from it,” he says. “In so much of society today there’s a drive to get it right, to know the answer quickly and with certainty. But

Learning Newton’s Laws of Motion in sixth grade becomes memorable when students test their knowledge with Pinewood Derby car races, rebuilding and making adjustments along the way.

middle school should be a time to make mistakes, become comfortable with failure, and use experiences to make learning more durable. Failure is essential as we seek mastery.”

The sixth graders, for example, as part of a unit on habitats and biomes, set up a motion-activated camera to find out what creatures wander campus when we’re not looking. But what parts of campus are frequented by wild animals? And what’s the best way to entice them to “pose” for the camera? Sixth graders have to decide where to place their camera—based on their academic “book” knowledge—and test their theories. There are no right answers as the students take into consideration the vegetation, the food sources that are readily available, the time of the day, the climate, etc. The results are often disappointing when they return to their camera and find that no animals have triggered the sensors. But when they do get it right, the footage of deer, foxes, and bobcats wandering The Point is truly gratifying and memorable.

“Middle school is also a time when kids start to form an identity and put them-

selves into categories—the jocks, the brainy kids,” continues Mr. Connally. “I’m an advocate for breaking the mold, snapping out of it. We’re all learners, we’re all athletes. There are no right answers and there’s no one way to be.” Through productive failure in experiential learning, students develop confidence in their ability to persevere and continue working toward unseen and unknowable finish lines—whether they are capturing wildlife footage, kicking a soccer ball, or discovering their inner voice. They develop resilience and come to accept that the pursuit of knowledge is complicated, involving both success and failure.

knowledge is elastic

Students also come to understand that knowledge is not stagnant. One plus one will always equal two, but so much of knowledge is elastic and changing as new information is absorbed. In the spring, as a cumulative review and application of all they have learned, ninth-grade biology students participate in a medical conference in which teams of students are presented with the symptoms of fictitious

Failure can be a positive thing if you can learn to learn from it. In so much of society today there’s a drive to get it right, to know the answer quickly and with certainty. But middle school should be a time to make mistakes, become comfortable with failure, and use experiences to make learning more durable. Failure is essential as we seek mastery.

– leo connally, – dean of academics

In Kyla Joslin’s math class, students use their knowledge of angles to construct working Ferris wheels, careful to follow directions and ask clarifying questions when they need help.

patients and asked to determine possible diagnoses. Each student doctor becomes a specialist in one of the systems of the human body and orders lab work that will help determine the cause of a patient’s ailments. And while their own tests may point to one diagnosis, no one specialist has all the answers, and the students have to be open to the contributions of others, willing to evolve their conclusions. In a world that is constantly changing and discoveries are made daily, Cardigan students are taught to be open to new information, to embrace the unknown, and to work together toward greater truths.

desirable difficulties are durable

Mr. Connally is also an advocate of experiential learning because of its reliance on desirable difficulties to make learning stick. “When you are asked to struggle with solving a problem before being shown how to solve it, the subsequent solution is better learned and more durably remembered,” explains one of Mr. Connally’s favorite books, Make It Stick, by Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel.

“Not knowing everything that’s going on makes people pay attention,” explains Mr. Connally. “When something is challenging and doesn’t come quickly or easily, the concentration required to learn that new thing lends itself to higher rates of remembering it. Anything that is difficult, you have to pay attention to.”

Sixth and seventh graders experience this type of learning each spring when they participate in the Pinewood Derby. While students have studied momentum and acceleration, Newton’s Laws of Motion, and the basics of aerodynamic design, putting their knowledge into manufacturing a vehicle has a lot of unknowns and multiple variables that are interde-

pendent. As they build their cars and compare their own designs to those of their classmates, they see Newton’s Laws of Motion in practice and adjust their plans accordingly. They learn through their mistakes and successes, through trial and error, and through asking questions rather than being given a single, incontrovertible answer. Furthermore, in contrast to learning facts through rote learning, desirable difficulties develop skills and powers of reasoning that last a lifetime and can be applied to a variety of situations.

collaboration offers more complex answers

In a world that is divisive and divided, experiential learning is instead most often collaborative. Two minds think better than one; a variety of perspectives make for a richer, more complete, and more complex picture. In the Gates Invention and Innovation Competition, students often work together on their inventions, and once they have completed a first prototype, they also are expected to seek feedback from the desired consumers of their product, listening to their suggestions and articulating the next steps forward. Students are given a pass/fail grade for Gates, so the need to perform for their teachers and for a grade is removed. Success is instead focused on working together to develop a successful invention that has real-life applications.

engagement leads to thoughtful discussions and solutions

The end result of an education that is based in experiential learning is students who are more prepared to be engaged, thoughtful members of a democratic society. In a “sage on the stage” model of education, when students receive knowl-

edge without inquiry, they are passive recipients, ill-equipped to determine fact from fiction, truth from lies, and good from bad. In contrast, experiential learning involves questioning, exploring, testing, and discussing, all of which lead to decisions that are based on reasonable arguments. Students who participate in Cardigan’s Model UN Club certainly learn a great deal of factual information about world politics, but they also learn to think flexibly, negotiate with an open mind, and develop solutions that involve input from multiple sources. Students who take care of the animals in Cardigan’s Living Lab begin by researching facts about the hydration needs, the shelter preferences, and the socialization requirements for each animal, but they also learn to carefully observe the animals under their care and respond to their daily changes and needs. Knowing the facts is important, but experiential learning allows students to think beyond facts and develop skills that lead to a lifetime of reasoning and independent thought.

Head of School Chris Day P’,’ often says, “Boys who are doing are boys who are learning.” At the center of learning at Cardigan are experiential opportunities during which students dive in, hands and minds engaged, discovering in tactile assignments how the world works and what role they can play in it. It’s an education that is enduring, flexible, and inclusive. And it will prepare them for “responsible and meaningful lives in a global society.” r

1: Model UN Club at a Dartmouth conference where flexible thinking and open dialogue are powerful negotiation skills for building lasting resolutions; 2: Ninth graders presenting their diagnoses during last spring’s medical conference; 3: Seventh graders learning about the habits of a leopard gecko in the school’s Living Lab; 4: Before the start of the double-elimination Pinewood Derby race, students proudly share their designs and the thinking behind their cars’ unique features.

The House of Belonging: Unraveling the Paradox for Boys

This year’s school-wide theme is the House of Belonging. We asked Mr. Nowak to elaborate on the theme and reflect on why it was chosen.

by nick nowak, dean of students

Before , before the pandemic catapulted us into the digital world—a shift that was accelerating already with the rise of smartphones and social media—men had a belonging problem. A  Congressional Budget Office report claimed the following:

r One out of six  to -year-old men was either not working or was incarcerated (a % increase since ).

r Mass shootings—with the majority of shooters being young men—had tripled since .

r Male suicide rates had increased % since .

In Of Boys and Men, Richard Reeves explains a number of issues that men face today, including:

r Among men, deaths of despair (drug overdoses, suicide, alcoholrelated illnesses) are almost three times higher than women.

r Worldwide, men commit over % of homicides.

r The cerebellum (a part of the brain that has a modulating effect on emotional, cognitive, and regulatory capacities) reaches full size at the age of  for boys (versus  for girls).

Dr. Philip Zimbardo argued in  that society had an empathy gap when it came to “having compassion for the challenges boys and young men face,” that “masculinity itself is almost treated as a dis-

ease,” and that “there is a decreasing number of positive male role models.” At Cardigan, we aim to close that gap.

Too often, boys meet their empathy and belonging needs in the wrong ways and the wrong places—partying, sexual conquests, violence, misogyny, recklessness, apathy, disrespect, superiority. No boy writes these traits down on their college application (actually, men accounted for % of the . million fewer students in U.S. colleges and universities at the close of the – academic year, compared to five years earlier). Rather, they watch and learn that certain behaviors are required for belonging; he who falls short will be left on the outside looking in, labeled not a real man.

The legends of frats and locker rooms and every “boys club” one might imagine are rough reproductions of what boys see as the rites of passage to manhood. They hope they will emerge on the other side—they are expected to emerge—as accepted, respected, needed, wanted, and loved men who belong.

There are healthier groups where men find belonging, and spaces where men feel they can let their guard down, laugh, play, and be themselves. These are spaces to escape realworld troubles, which means, there is a catch. Tony Porter, the ceo of A Call to Men, describes one of his circles of belonging where he plays cards with the same four friends once a month:

That space is more about laughing and telling jokes and playfully insulting each other. And we love it. [But] Sentiments like “I really want to know how you’re doing” or “I really want to help” or “I am here for you” are not shared at that table. If something tragic happens—like someone’s partner dying—men might say these things to each other, but it is situational. We haven’t been taught to have the emotional capacity to grieve in that way. We do not create spaces for each other to talk about loneliness. Men, we need to collectively do some work to learn how to be alongside each other with openness and vulnerability… Loneliness in men is also linked to cardiovascular disease and stroke, and men account for % of completed suicides (for which one of the leading contributing factors is loneliness). ()

For all these reasons, I believe boys and men experience a belonging paradox. They want and need to belong, so they submit to traditional rites of passage to manhood. If they find preconceived belonging through traditional paths as boys, they are often demonized and end up lost. Alternatively, when they form safe and healthy spaces, they use them to escape reality temporarily, to hit the refresh button, but eventually, they have to return to everyday life. In their search for belonging, boys and men are disconnected.

Closing the belonging gap as well as the empathy gap is good for everyone. What happens when boys belong to healthy cultures? When boys experience the glow of compassion, when they grow up to be men, when they become humble citizens who understand they are not the center of the universe, what are the ripples? I can only imagine, but I like what I see.

Our school theme this year is the House of Belonging. We want Cardigan to be a place where boys laugh and play; a place where they find their voice and develop the courage to be both vulnerable and confident; a place where they can walk the two-way streets of respect and compassion on their quest for integrity. David Whyte’s poem, “The House of Belonging,” inspired this year’s theme, so it’s fitting to include at least one verse here:

Boys are sold hard edges, traditional ways of behaving to carve out a place in the world. But they’ll never unravel the belonging paradox using the same tricks that tied the knot. It takes a softer approach—learning to let go and love.

– nick nowak, – dean of students

This is the bright home in which I live, this is where I ask my friends to come, this is where I want to love all the things it has taken me so long to learn to love.

If our boys feel that Cardigan is that bright home, then we have much to celebrate. Boys are sold hard edges, traditional ways of behaving to carve out a place in the world. But they’ll never unravel the belonging paradox using the same tricks that tied the knot. It takes a softer approach—learning to let go and love.

Creating a counterculture of integrity and inclusion, however, is no easy feat, and certainly no guarantee, especially considering that no two middle school boys are the same—not to mention they are growing up in a world of increasing incivility, distraction, and pressure to perform. I’m a big fan of Daniel Coyle’s “secrets” of successful cultures, and I think they help serve as a blueprint for the House of Belonging we are trying to create on The Point:

r establish purpose. Identify and communicate the higher purpose of the community. [In Cardigan’s case, this includes our mission and Core Values—Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Courage.]

r build safety. Signal belonging by making sure community members (a.) feel seen, valued, and empowered; (b.) feel like they

can be themselves; (c.) believe the community is one where everyone—regardless of identity—can achieve their full potential; and (d.) have a mentor who understands and models the school’s established purpose.

r share vulnerability. Encourage open and honest communication that drives the community forward by (a.) gaining perspective on how community members have felt excluded from belonging; (b.) discussing new ways that the community can both achieve its purpose and improve belonging; (c.) normalizing conflict, risk, failure, and growth through regular practices and rituals; (d.) accepting responsibility for harm caused and committing to repairing that harm through relationship and community building.

Inevitably, every student leaves The Point. Their time here is both impermanent and fleeting. They will go on to interact with people who will challenge them in ways they never thought possible, for better and worse. To believe that nothing undesirable will happen in their lives after Cardigan is completely unrealistic… but might they gain a foundation of character upon which—even at rock bottom—they can build?

Boys, like everyone else, should be offered help, rather than feeling ashamed of asking for it. Boys, like everyone else, should not feel guilty for natural feelings of fear, joy, pain, and love. And boys, perhaps more than anyone else, should understand and exercise humility. When boys belong to a close-knit community of Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Compassion, these things are possible. To be a part of such a community is nothing short of a miracle; to sustain such a culture takes a lot of hard work. r

Mr. Clark’s New Playground

Sunday Brunch. Lift While You Climb. Chapel Jump. Late Lights. The names of Cardigan’s newest trails reflect the busy and full lives of Cardigan students; but follow some fresh tracks deep into the woods northeast of campus, and you’re in another world, one in which quiet reflection and personal meditation will not only be possible but encouraged as part of Cardigan’s plans for several new outdoor spaces.

by emily magnus, assistant director of communications and publications

It’s mid-November when I pull off Back Bay Road into what looks like an old logging road that I’ve passed countless times on my way to and from the Cardigan campus; like any number of long-abandoned roads that criss-cross New Hampshire, its history is unclear, buried in decades of forest debris and wild brambles. New treadmarks

in the mud, however, indicate more recent human activity. I follow their lead into the woods to a small clearing where I meet my guides, Mountain Bike Program Director Doug Clark and Academic Dean Leo Connally. Wasting no time on small talk, we follow the trail as it wends slightly uphill,

Mr. Clark and Mr. Connally standing in what they hope will some day soon be an outdoor chapel

bordered on both sides with dense evergreens and prickers.

Mr. Clark and Mr. Connally have brought me here to show me Cardigan’s new land purchase, a -acre lot that abuts the school’s Nordic trails to the east. As the trail becomes wet, an unpredictable jumble of rocks, standing water, grassy hummocks, and mud that could suck the boots off your feet, I am grateful for my waterproof hiking boots. We balance our way through the worst of it and continue our walk under a dark hemlock canopy.

“When I first learned about the new piece of property,” Mr. Clark explains, “I took a look at the tax maps to get an idea of what

the area looked like. And what surprised me was that there was another whole lot that Cardigan owned that I didn’t even know existed.” Overnight Mr. Clark’s “playground” grew exponentially.

Among his many responsibilities at Cardigan, Mr. Clark is in charge of maintaining and developing the school’s extensive network of mountain biking, Nordic skiing, and running trails and this new acreage provides him with fresh and interesting terrain. But to call this project a responsibility is a bit of a misnomer; in talking to Mr. Clark, his passion for trail-building and wilderness wandering is clear. His plans elevate these woods, revealing the possibilities they pres-

ent for Cardigan students—not only for physical fitness but also for environmental education, leadership development, and spiritual awakening.

As we walk, Mr. Clark points out old ski trails that he envisions clearing and putting back into use. He explains what parts of the trail system will be accessible to emergency vehicles and how the old sections will merge with the new. The trail we are following gets steeper and tall oak trees and other hardwoods replace the pines. Under our feet, granite ledges poke out from beneath the topsoil.

Mr. Clark plans to build mountain bike trails throughout these woods—one long uphill climb that will service several downhill runs. In fact, several of the routes have already been sketched out, weaving through birch glades and detouring to particularly good rock formations that have been converted into ramps and jumps. Mr. Clark’s trail crew, which met during Thursday Clubs last spring, spent several afternoons working on the trails, and this fall’s JV and Varsity Mountain Bike Teams both had an opportunity to test out the new rock berms and downhills.

But this new property won’t just be used by the mountain biking teams. As we reach the highpoint of land, off in the distance, the Cardigan Chapel bells chime on cue as we walk out into what both Mr. Clark and Mr. Connally hope will be an outdoor chapel. Faint winter light filters through the bare trees, turning to golden the dried ferns that blanket the forest floor. Stone walls, mossy with age, draw straight lines through the trees, standing witness to long-forgotten farmer’s fields and property lines. It’s not hard to imagine low split-log benches lined up beneath the white oaks, the quiet reverence of the forest acting as chapel walls.

Mr. Connally also hopes to rebuild Cardigan’s c.o.r.e. program, using the new property for outdoor leadership training and

hiking adventures, both of which are supported by the school’s most recent strategic plan. “We’re still in the planning phase,” he says. “We need to figure out what classes, activities, and programs will make the best use of this incredible resource and how they can help prepare our students for their participation in a global society. We are in conversations with other local schools to see how they use their outdoor spaces, and then we will decide what will make the best sense for Cardigan.”

Through the tops of the trees in the distance, campus is visible—the Chapel’s dome, the Commons, McCusker Hall. Canaan Street Lake is there too, glistening through the branches. In some ways it is worlds away from the forest in which we

stand, the busy-ness of the academic day dictating the boys’ every minute. Here time is slow, measured not in minutes and seconds but by the growth rings on the trees and the changes of the seasons. But the lessons that can be learned here in this forest directly apply to the boys’ lives just down the hill.

As we walk back toward campus, Mr. Clark and Mr. Connally continue to talk of the future, what can be and what will be. With the strategic plan and the input of the rest of the community, there is no doubt that these acres will be put to good use and will directly impact the boys who choose to wander here. r

Returning to the High Water Mark

During the four years that Matt Rinkin was away from Cardigan, he and his wife Devon were involved with six different school communities. In each situation, the couple found themselves comparing and contrasting the schools with Cardigan—their culture, the commitment of the faculty, the systems each had in place.

“These were great schools,” reflects Mr. Rinkin, “but in each situation we didn’t find what we had at Cardigan. There’s a thousand examples every day on The Point of the care and commitment the students receive from the people who come and stay because of the high water mark that is set by and for the community. More than ever I understand the importance of the Cardigan culture; it’s hard to find anything else that compares.”

Mr. and Dr. Rinkin returned to Cardigan this fall and have taken on the roles of director of summer programs and registrar respectively.

Mr. Rinkin is excited to return to a role he has held on and off for the past  years. “Summer Session has several advantages over the regular academic year,” he says. “We are on campus during an ideal time of year and can take advantage of everything this area has to

offer. We can also be super creative with the academic program; we have a lot of flexibility and can offer a wide variety of classes.”

It’s a part of Summer Session that Mr. Rinkin has grown to see as a consequential part of the schedule. “For many years I downplayed the academic program, based on feedback I had received from parents,” he reflects. “But it’s actually one of our strengths. Now that my own kids are old enough to attend camp, I want nothing more for them than to be learning and engaged and trying new things during the summer. We have lots of fun during Summer Session, and the academic program is part of that.”

What’s new for Summer Session ? In addition to new classes—including a series of design thinking courses from the summer Gates team—Mr. Rinkin is looking forward to hosting a summer beach party—a first for Cardigan—as well as a karaoke night and afternoon pickleball. Mr. Rinkin will also add ukulele lessons to the academic offerings, a nod to the time he spent in Hawaii during his years away from Cardigan.

Mr. Rinkin is also looking forward to diving back into overnight wilderness experiences as well as the leadership program. He will get help with the leadership program from Dr. Rinkin, who designed and ran the program in  and . While in Australia, Dr. Rinkin started a master’s degree in educational leadership and is excited to apply what she has learned in the coming summers.

There are still several months before the campus will be transformed for the Summer Session students and faculty, but Mr. Rinkin can’t wait. “There are faculty on staff now who were students when I first started working for Cardigan, and I can’t wait to get to know them as colleagues” he says. “I’ve really missed all the traditions, and I’m looking forward to reconnecting with the faculty who have dedicated their summers to the program.” r

Director of Summer Programs Matt Rinkin, Registrar Devon Rinkin, and family

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The Heritage Society recognizes those who make a bequest or planned gift to Cardigan. Their generosity expands opportunities for future generations of students.

With gifts of all sizes, members of the Heritage Society honor and sustain our mission, inspiring others to support our school. Like the school’s founders, theirs is a legacy with continuing impact. We are honored to represent their philanthropic priorities in perpetuity, and are deeply grateful for the opportunity to assume that trust and responsibility.

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from marrion field

Positive Yardage: Cougar Football Regains Winning Form

Both the Varsity and JV Football Teams finished the  regular fall season with victorious records—- and - respectively—proving that the hard work they have put in since the end of the pandemic has been well worth it.

by chris adams, director of communications and marketing

The last game of the  Cardigan football season was scheduled to be something special—a Friday night game against Fessenden School hosted by St. Paul’s School in Concord. The entire school community—students and adults alike—packed into buses and drove the hour trip to the game. Many of the boys carried signs or wore green face paint, adding to an electric atmosphere that many hoped might be the start of a new tradition.

When the final whistle blew, the Cougars found themselves on the losing side of a close, hard-fought battle with Fessenden. While it was certainly a momentary disappointment for the boys, many adult fans were able to see beyond the emotion; the  season was a significant step forward for Cougar football, the result of four seasons of courage and hard work in rebuilding a program derailed by the covid- pandemic.

The Cougars didn’t play contact football in . Instead, like many schools, Cardigan boys played flag football—and only with themselves, not against other teams. Though the school did resume playing contact football in , the season proved to be

quite challenging; some varsity players had never played contact football and most had never played a game against a real opponent. “We spent the entire season teaching the game instead of coaching,” says Head Coach Hal Gartner. “We showed up to practice with a simple goal—to find a way to get one percent better every day.”

The final game of that season, a decisive - victory at home against Avon Old Farms, provided both a welcome reward for the team’s hard work and the

the

after a win during Fall Family Weekend; this page, top to bottom: Seniors Julian Santini ’, Noah Humphrey ’, and Terry Langetieg ’ after a win during Fall Family Weekend. All three have been members of the program for three or four years; The Cougar offensive line digs in and helps push ball carrier Ben Clary ’ across the goal line during Fall Family Weekend; Ben Clary ’ runs the ball against St. Paul’s School

spark the program needed as it looked to the future. Indeed, the  team continued the trajectory of improvement, notching a few impressive wins, including a victory against Eaglebrook for the first time since . Meanwhile, Cardigan’s JV Football Team, under the guidance of Head Coach Chris Kelleher, won three straight games to conclude the  season with serious momentum.

Ninth-grade leadership is an integral part of all aspects of life at Cardigan, and it is especially true in football. With  ninth graders on the  varsity roster, Coach Gartner felt the team had the experience and leadership for a successful season.

“Some of these boys were sixth graders playing flag football during the covid year,” he says. “To see them emerge as

The football team has shown tremendous improvement in the last few years. I am thankful for our determined coaches and my teammates and fellow captains for pushing us to be better.

– noah humphrey ’24

leaders was critical to our success.” Because so many of the ninth graders were three or four-year boys, it also meant that the coaching staff could teach and install more complex offensive and defensive schemes.

The  Cougars earned three decisive wins against two close losses, a record that included a - win at home on Eaglebrook Day and a - victory over Exeter High School during Fall Family Weekend. (Unfortunately, a scheduled game against Belmont Hill School was canceled.) Cardigan outscored its opponents  to  on the season. At the same time, the JV team built on its success from the previous year, winning four consecutive games to start the season, including an - victory on Eaglebrook Day, which adds to Coach Gartner’s tangible optimism for next year. “To see both teams learning how to win consistently creates a positive culture within the entire program and provides a foundation for growth,” says Coach Gartner. “There are boys who played JV this year that I expect will be key players on next year’s varsity, and I can’t wait to see it.” r

facing page: Head Coach Hal Gartner addresses

team

Celebrating a Successful Season

What defines the success of an athletic team? Wins vs. losses? Goals scored? Top-ten finishes?

Course records? For some student-athletes at Cardigan, success is defined on very different terms.

Each season Cardigan student-athletes have the opportunity to choose from - different sports. And for many, that means playing a sport they have been playing since they learned to walk and for which they may have even received specialized training for several years. But at Cardigan, where students are asked to join a team every season, that’s not always the case. Sometimes, students choose to try something new.

“I grew up playing soccer in Mexico,” says Lucas Jimenez Serrano ’. “When I came to Cardigan, I wanted to try something new. I can always play soccer when I go home.” Lucas instead joined the Sailing Team, learning to tie knots and predict how wind direction impacts speed.

“I also learned a lot about teamwork and communication,” he adds. “In sailing, you can’t do everything on your own, so it’s really important to choose a partner who you can talk to.”

Trying something new often results in learning new skills, but it can also come with unexpected breakthroughs. Kai Uemura ’ joined the Rock Climbing Team last year for the first time and returned again this fall. And at first he liked the challenge of working on routes in the Cougar Cave because there was no pressure from his team; any success, or failure, was his own and did not impact his teammates.

But when the team started visiting a climbing gym in Concord and the Rumney

Rocks Climbing Area in Rumney, Kai had to learn to work with a partner, to build trust, and to keep his teammates safe. “Rock climbing is sometimes overlooked by our students because it is a non-competitive sport,” says rock climbing coach Chris Kenny. “But in my mind, it’s one of the most difficult sports; you’re fighting gravity all the time and you have to be really focused in order to keep you and your partner safe. Kai is an example of a kid who has not only progressed athletically but also cognitively; he’s developed really good focus and puts the interest of the team before his own.”

Kai recognizes the skills he’s developed as well and reflects on how he’s applied them beyond rock climbing: “I’ve always

this page: Kai Uemura ’ during a fall practice at Rumney Climbing Area; facing page: Nazar Tatus ’ and Joseph McClure ’ during a home race against Dublin School

focussed on where I’ve been or where I’m going; rock climbing has taught me to focus on the present. When I’m rock climbing, if I rest, I become unsure of where I’m going, but if I stay on the wall and keep going, I am more confident. When I take a break in the middle of homework to watch YouTube, I get distracted and have trouble getting back to work. Rock climbing has taught me to focus on the now.”

Rock climbing is not the only sport that can teach about focusing on the present. Joseph McClure ’, who had sailed a bit prior to his time at Cardigan, got to experience racing for the first time this fall. He joined forces with Nazar Tatus ’, who was in his second year on the team. Their success together was immediately clear; they communicated with ease and even won a race against Dublin in early October.

Their teamwork was put to the test on a windy practice day when four boats capsized. “I was helping with one boat,” recalls sailing coach Kyla Joslin, “so Nazar sailed Joseph over to another boat where their teammates had righted their boat but

couldn’t get back in. Joseph hopped into their boat and pulled the two sailors out of the water. Then, Joseph and Nazar proceeded to right two other boats that had gone over. That day, I needed another set of hands and there they were. I was extremely proud and thankful for their leadership, courage, and dedication to our team.”

While their courage and leadership are admirable, it’s worth also noting Joseph’s recollections of that afternoon. At one point, Joseph ended up in the middle of the lake by himself, sitting on the hull of one of the capsized boats. “It was surreal, looking down through the water at the mast and sail below the surface,” he explains. “It was cold, but I had a feeling of peace; it was just me and the water and the boat underneath.”

The Sailing Team, incidentally, went on to win a race at Brewster Academy—in November with snowflakes in the air! With Nazar and Joseph in boat , and Tony Li ’ and Shoki Inoue ’ in boat , they raced in two A class races. Competing against the best sailors from Brewster and Dublin— some of whom were seniors in high

cardigan cougar competes in squash championship for jamaica

Congratulations to Cole Brown ’ who over the Thanksgiving break became the U- Squash Champion for Jamaica. This follows a successful summer during which he was part of the bronze-winning Jamaican team in the Caribbean Championships in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

school—Joseph and Nazar finished in th and th place, and Tony and Shoki finished in th and th place. In B Class, Lucas, along with teammates Alvaro Prada Perez ’ and Shoki, finished in st and nd place overall. This secured them the B class win. Also in the B class, Nathaniel Liu ’ and Christopher Deoki ’, had a solid day, finishing rd and th. This put the team in rd place overall for the B class. When the scores from the A class and B class were totaled, the team secured the win for the day. This was a first for the Sailing Team in the school’s history.

“The boys who try a sport for the first time often see a lot of growth pretty quickly,” says Ms. Joslin. “We measure our goals differently and we get to see them thrive in very different ways.” And that is worth celebrating. r

Cardigan to Launch Rowing for 2024–25

Cardigan Mountain School is excited to announce the addition of rowing to its expansive roster of competitive athletic offerings for middle school boys. Beginning this fall, Cardigan boys will train and race on the clear waters of Canaan Street Lake.

“Our surroundings on The Point provide a perfect venue for rowing, so we have been looking forward to this day for quite some time,” reflects Head of School Chris Day P’,’. “As a growing, competitive sport for middle schoolers, we believe rowing will both attract new students to Cardigan as well as prepare them to row in secondary school and college.”

With Cardigan Rowing set to take to the water in September , the school will proceed with acquiring boats and other necessary equipment this spring. In addi-

tion, Cardigan will make several improvements to the waterfront area, including the enhancement of sightlines for viewing races and the construction of a new boathouse to be completed by Fall Family Weekend in October .

Cardigan will initially support one team with a focus on skill development, but the school hopes to expand the program quickly and compete with local teams as soon as is practical. The Cougars will train and compete in one-man, two-man, and four-man sculls,

which are developmentally appropriate for rowers of this age and experience level.

“This initiative will open new opportunities for our student-athletes to learn, grow, and compete as Cougars,” shares Director of Athletics Ryan Frost P’. “We look forward to watching rowing develop into a program that sets Cardigan apart from our peer junior boarding schools.”

In a corresponding decision, Cardigan’s Sailing Team will transition from a varsity program to a club and weekend activity, allowing more students the opportunity to try something new. Cardigan Summer Session will also continue to offer sailing for girls and boys and will look to offer summer rowing programming in the future.

The Cardigan community is grateful for the generous support that made this idea a reality. We can’t do this without you! r

cardigan skier selected for national performance series

In January, Cameron Blatz ’ earned a selection to US Ski & Snowboard’s U National Performance Series! The nps is an elite group of the fastest  ski racers born in  and  selected from the entire country to train with and race against the best competition. One of only four s from the East Region to earn a selection, Cam skied consistently well throughout the series, finishing sixth and eighth in two slalom races and seventh and eighth in two giant slaloms. Congratulations Cam! r

Renderings of the exterior and interior of the proposed new boathouse

history’s mysteries

Cardigan’s First School Song

Most Cardigan alumni can sing the entirety of the Cardigan hymn with their eyes closed. Robert Hopkins’ ode to the school, completed shortly before he passed away, was first performed at the dedication of the Chapel in , and since then, it has likely been sung thousands of times on The Point and beyond. But before the Cardigan hymn, there were several other false starts at celebrating our favored school in song. Archivist Judith Solberg tells the story.

by judith solberg, director of archives

Several years ago, when I was new to the school and still assembling the core collection of the Cardigan Archives, I stumbled across a reference to a school song. As I scanned a  issue of the Chronicle, a headline trumpeting “cardigan has school song” caught my attention. Surely the printed lyrics were not the ones I had learned in my first chapel service?

A closer reading raised more questions. The article stated that faculty members Don Stowe and Norm Wakely H’, P’,’,’ had “[chosen] the music of a familiar song and [written] the following words for it” as a school song:

Now here’s to dear old faithful Cardigan

And to the friends who helped to lead us on

We give our thanks and praise to everyone

For all the good times and the fun, fun, fun, fun fun.

And in the years to come we’ll tell our sons

About the many things that we have done

So here’s to dear old faithful Cardigan, Cardigan — Three Cheers to you!

Wakely and Stowe were each starting their first year at Cardigan, both having joined the faculty in the fall of . Wakely had joined the school directly after his graduation from the University of Maine, while Stowe had just finished at the University of Massachusetts. The two men were coaching Cardigan’s very first

football team together, and they also had music in common. The Chronicle noted that Stowe had been a pianist for about eight years—playing “popular and semi-classical songs, and sometimes classical” by ear. Wakely directed the boys in theater and choir activities, and held music appreciation sessions around the record player for shows like hms Pinafore

So what was the “familiar” tune that the two had chosen as the setting for Cardigan’s first school song? I began to dig for answers. I wrote to Beverly Wakely H’, P’,’,’ and some alumni from  to see if anyone remembered the song. Initially, I had no luck; although they could all sing the tune, they could not identify it! Soon, however, Mrs. Wakely found the answer in a box of memorabilia. She had unearthed a  tribute to Mr. Wakely (made at the

Before Cardigan’s fight song or hymn, we briefly had a different school song (above), composed by Robert C. Sharp, who was a faculty member from –. Like our hymn, the song reflected a deep appreciation of the school’s natural surroundings. After Sharp’s tenure, music teacher Harold Odell composed another school song, for which the only remaining evidence is this  lyric sheet (facing page)

time of his retirement as headmaster), for which a faculty member had appended some verses to this same song and identified its music as the “Washington & Lee Swing.”

Some quick online searches confirmed that this was, in fact, the familiar melody that the alumni had remembered. So why had two graduates of the University of Massachusetts and University of Maine selected a fight song from Washington & Lee University? Once again, Mrs. Wakely suggested an answer. The catchy song, first written in , had been popularized as a jazz and swing standard—particularly in a  recording made by Rudy Vallee and the Connecticut Yankees. As Mrs. Wakely pointed out, “Norm graduated from University of Maine and Rudy Vallee did too, and belonged to his fraternity (different year of course).”

So there you have it: it’s likely that some University of Maine pride led to the adoption of a Washington & Lee University fight song as the first musical vehicle for Cardigan’s school spirit!

A recording of Rudy Vallee singing the original “Washington & Lee Swing” can be found with a quick search on YouTube. Take a listen and see if you can sing along with the original Cardigan school lyrics. r

Community Celebrates Penny and Schuyler Peck founders path

In , Charles and Dorothy Greenwood Banks gifted Greenwood House to Cardigan in memory of the Honorable Ernest Greenwood. After five decades of use, it was in need of renovations; descendants of Mr. Greenwood had their own reasons for wanting to see the project completed.

by chris adams, director of communications and marketing

The Honorable Ernest Greenwood was an educator, humanitarian, and sportsman who had served as a United States con-

gressman from New York as well as a headmaster of the Dwight School in New York City. After Cardigan’s construction of Greenwood House in his honor, the first family to take up residence was the Peck family: Mr. Greenwood’s granddaughter

Penny H’, her husband and fellow faculty member Schuyler ’, and their young children Nikki and Jason.

Fast forward to the fall of . After serving as a home away from home for middle school boys for fifty years, Greenwood House had begun to show its age. Penny and Schuyler saw the house’s condition during a visit to campus and stepped forward to take the leadership role in renovating the little, but well-loved Cardigan dorm. They wished to act quick-

Completed renovations to Greenwood House as well as the new construction of Peck House

ly, partly because the house needed improvements, but also because Penny continues to battle a health problem, and it was important to the family that she be well enough to attend the dedication.

Cardigan Director of Facilities Planning and Construction Tim Jennings and Director of Leadership and Planned Gifts Sandra Hollingsworth prioritized and completed the project in less than a year. The scope of work included upgrading Greenwood’s electrical system, replacing its roof, windows, doors, and flooring, installing a kitchenette in the dorm common room, and repainting both the interior and exterior. When the freshly renovated and significantly improved Greenwood House opened in September , the all-new Peck House, a second faculty apartment, stood next to it.

A ceremony formally dedicating the Greenwood and Peck Houses was held during Fall Family Weekend, with Penny and Schuyler and their family, Head of School Chris Day P’,’, former Head of School Dave ’ and Steff McCusker H’, P’,’, Board Chair David Gregory P’, Cardigan trustees, alumni, donors, students, faculty, and staff in attendance.

Trustee Ed Krayer ’, who was a thirteen-year-old new student when he first sat at Penny’s table in the old dining hall, spoke on behalf of the alumni:

“Penny and Schuyler’s interest in Cardigan continued long after they left Canaan. They have continued to serve, support, and care for the school throughout the past four decades, and I consider them to be role models for my own support. That is why it has been painful for many to know that Penny has been facing a tremendous health challenge this year. The path that she has walked this past year and a half has been inspiring. I have been deeply moved by Penny’s determination to spend her time helping others. This project grew from cherished memo-

ries of her family’s time on The Point, and Penny’s desire to support similar experiences for those who will be here in the future. It is just like her to choose this moment to champion a project that benefits Cardigan students and faculty.”

Mr. Krayer then invited Penny to cut the ceremonial ribbon; Schuyler, Nikki and Jason Peck, Chris Day, and David Gregory joined them.

After cutting the ribbon, the Pecks both shared heartfelt remarks and thank-yous

from the podium, with Penny summarizing the moment in one sentence: “We love this place, we love Cardigan.”

Chris Day returned to the podium, and asked guests to join him in “one more important moment.” Mr. Day then asked Penny and Schuyler to step forward and receive the Spirit of the Cougar Award, Cardigan’s highest honor, “for all that they have given to us in the past, and for the inspiration that they continue to provide everyone in the Cardigan community.” r

at top: The Peck family, and the generous donors who made the project possible, gather together in front of the dorm entrance to the newly renovated Greenwood House; above: Penny Peck H’ cuts the ceremonial ribbon with Board Chair David Gregory, Head of School Chris Day, Schuyler Peck ‘, Jason Peck, Nikki Peck Bartlett, and trustee Ed Krayer ‘.

In Memoriam: Dr. Richard D. Morrison

The Cardigan community lost an icon with the passing of Dr. Richard D. Morrison ’ P’,’ on October , . A staunch supporter of Cardigan, Dr. Morrison was an alumnus, a class representative, a Cardigan parent (son Charles ’ was the school’s first legacy student), an incorporator, and a trustee. The first alumnus ever elected to Cardigan’s board, he served for more than fifty years.

Dr. Morrison grew up in Canaan, and it was founder Hap Hinman who encouraged “Dickie” (as he was known then) to attend Cardigan—and later, New Hampton School and Dartmouth College. After Dartmouth, he attended medical school at the University of Vermont. He was a lifelong learner who enjoyed horse racing, real estate, model trains, coaching, gardening, and antiques. But most importantly, Dr. Morrison believed in paying his own good fortune forward. A practicing primary care physician until the age of , he also served in the National Guard (attaining the rank of Colonel), founded the Green Mountain Nursing Home, and quietly helped many in the community near his Essex Junction, Vermont, home.

At Cardigan, Dr. Morrison was an institution. He served side-by-side with six heads of school—he helped hire most of them—and was one of our last direct links to the school’s founders through his close

relationship with Hap Hinman, who he described as “one of the last great selfmade men.” Named to Cardigan’s Board of Trustees in , Dr. Morrison helped the school explore difficult questions and weather difficult times. He was always a champion for wellness, whether funding infirmary renovations in the s, serving on the critically important Health Services Committee in the s, or setting aside his own illness to help the school search for a school counselor.

Dr. Morrison’s personal relationships were as important as his institutional one. Many members of our community will remember he and his late wife Beverly as gracious hosts. Even in loss, Dr. Morrison turned to the Cardigan community; after the tragic loss of his own son Willie ’, Dr. Morrison established a memorial prize that continues to honor outstanding Cardigan graduates at Commencement.

In later years he became a quieter, thoughtful presence on the board, but remained engaged and interested in how he could help. A few years ago, Dr. Morrison described the Greek notion of life’s purpose to be “to bring oneself to a fine flowering.” From this, he extrapolated, “If you have interest in multiple things, I don’t think you ever get fatigued, and you never get unmotivated, because there’s always something around the next corner to challenge you.”

Dr. Morrison is survived by three children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren r

The Spirit of Music alumni drive

by jer shipman ’00, director of annual giving and alumni relations

In  the Canadian rock supertrio Rush recorded a song for their seventh studio album Permanent Waves called “Spirit of Radio.” In it, the band’s drummer and lyricist Neil Peart criticized the industrialization of music, the profiteering of record executives, and the disingenuous manufacturing of something that he felt should be organic, thoughtful, and honest. He wrote:

All this machinery making modern music

Can still be open-hearted

Not so coldly charted, it’s really just a question of your honesty

Yeah, your honesty

One likes to believe in the freedom of music

But glittering prizes and endless compromises

Shatter the illusion of integrity

“Spirit of Radio” became Rush’s biggest hit and Permanent Waves went platinum. Today, Peart’s message still resonates. Chasing success and concert ticket sales through uninspired and overly produced tracks waters down something that should be a deeply spiritual exercise.

Similarly, technology (especially when coupled with financial incentives) disrupts art and creates factions, and opportunistic early adopters overuse and abuse the “modern machinery” to make a quick buck. Purists balked when Robert Moog introduced the synthesizer, Dylan fans booed the icon when he first played his Stratocaster, and in the early s, Pro Tools and Auto-Tune changed the landscape and brought studio-quality technology into the homes of every wannabe popstar who could afford the software. Now we’re hearing the AI Beatles singing songs that the real Fab Four never sang, and AI Drake and The Weeknd are caus-

ing a stir with the Grammy nomination committee for a duet that they never actually performed.

Andy Warhol popularized the cynical phrase, “Art is whatever you can get away with,” but  years before Warhol, William Wordsworth wrote in the preface to Lyrical Ballads with a Few Other Poems that “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin in emotion recollected in tranquility.” Wordsworth wrote his best work outside, enveloped by nature, strolling or sitting lakeside in rural England—an environment not entirely dissimilar to our home on The Point.

It goes without saying that Wordsworth’s, rather than Warhol’s, take on artistic expression is probably more in line with what we’re championing here in Canaan. So, at a time when the lines between art and technology are again getting blurry, and when the monetary motivation has never been greater, I connected with Cardigan artists—musicians specifically—to explore the importance of learning, practicing, and performing music and its ability to develop the spirit of middle school boys r

James Tautkus: Discovering the Piece That Was Missing

James Tautkus ’ is a busy guy, but music is a priority; it’s one of his non-negotiables.

“Life without music isn’t an existence for me, and I’ve given up a lot to keep playing,” he says. “I sold my mountain bike, I sold my motorcycle…After my wife and two girls, if it’s not ranching, skiing, or music, I don’t have time for it.”

James is a singer/songwriter and the frontman of a Sun Valley, Idaho band called The Pisten Bullys. He describes the band’s style as alternative country western, with an emphasis on western, not to be confused with a Nashville pop sound. Among his influences are country legends like Steve Earle, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Robert Earl Keen, and Asleep at the Wheel. James draws inspiration from honest songs about the human condition and admires artists who can paint pictures with lyrics like The Band and Springsteen.

James is also a licensed realtor specializing in residential, recreational, and agricultural properties. He and his wife Ashley live on a ranch with their two young daughters, several horses, and twenty burros.

But before any of this, James was a student at Cardigan. Coming of age at a boarding school wasn’t easy, he recalls. At times it felt like hanging on for survival more than anything else—holding back urges to call his mom at the end of hard days and asking her to bring him home. “Fighting for my identity, especially away from home at a place like Cardigan, was hard,” he reflects. “Our generation had a

To see and hear what James is doing, check out The Pisten Bullys’ website www.thepistenbullys.com, follow them on Instagram @thepistenbullys, and scan the QR code to hear one of James’ favorite songs that he wrote last year called “This Time.”

With each new venture—singing, learning to play the guitar, writing songs, and eventually performing for others—James’ life improved. In this new artistic outlet, he discovered the piece that had been missing.

“When I started writing songs, I began to understand my own feelings better and I discovered more empathy for the people around me… everything started making sense,” he says. “As a songwriter, I am a seeker of truths. Even if it’s a story that comes from somewhere else, there’s a part of me in there. There’s a deep amount of reflection that needs to occur to get there.”

bunch of limiting beliefs…I think they came from the generation that raised us, but the reality is—something I didn’t realize until I was older—you can do whatever you want.”

Eventually through his own struggles, James realized that the regret of not trying something was more painful than the sting of failure. With this new perspective and feeling free to take some chances, James tried out for Cardigan’s glee club. He liked singing even though he wasn’t very good

and didn’t know much about technique or the mechanics of it. He recalls a moment, however, during a Christmas pageant, when he stood in the choir next to former faculty member Jamie Funnell H’, P’,’. In the first bar of “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” James was blown away.

Awestruck by the powerful, seasoned tenor singing next to him, James remembers thinking, “Whoa! That’s singing! That’s a big man making music and it’s beautiful!”

James says that even after immersing himself in music for twenty years, he still hasn’t seen the top of the mountain. “We don’t have a Grammy and you might not have heard of the Bullys in New Hampshire,” he says, “but in southern Idaho, we’re world famous!” For James, it isn’t about fame and fortune, it’s more like food and water, and he references Arcade Fire’s Win Butler who said, “Music is something I have to do… I don’t see it as a choice.” r

facing page: Careful to separate his personal and professional life from his music, James says he doesn’t want to be labeled as a gimmicky guitar-playing real estate agent or somebody in a “dad band.” He takes his craft seriously and doesn’t let much interfere with his music. above: James Tautkus with band members Chris Zarkos (drums), Drew Kirk (guitar, vocals) and Sean Kovich (bass, vocals)

Neil McCalmont: A Deep and Unshakeable Faith

“When music, or any sort of art, is done properly,” says Neil McCalmont ’, “it can radically alter the way a person looks at the world and can potentially make them a better human being. Every time you have a chance to experience art, there’s a chance for that to happen, and I want to communicate that feeling with as many people as possible.”

Neil describes musicology as the non-practical part of music. As a scholar and amateur conductor, his intent is to make performances more effective. Working on a master’s degree at the University of Vienna, Neil studies the scores of musical works and how they have been performed over the centuries, aiming to inform today’s performers on how they might continue to improve music making.

Take, for example, Richard Wagner. Neil is assuredly an admirer of the musician, but he is no apologist for the man. So how does one address the compositions of a reprehensible figure and create effective performances? On the tightrope walk of separating art and artist, Neil refers to a book by Owen Lee called Wagner: The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art

“When you study him enough, you really get a sense that Wagner knew how despicable he was, and he just couldn’t control himself, but through his music he tries to find redemption,” says Neil. “If you have to take one lesson away from

Wagner’s work, it’s his attempt to demonstrate compassion or the giving up of one’s self for something greater. With ‘Tristan and Isolde,’ it’s about giving up yourself for the one you love most, in ‘Parsifal’ it’s giving yourself up for morality, in the ‘Mastersingers’ it’s giving yourself up for society. It’s as if Wagner is saying, ‘Please look at my works. All of them are about trying to be a good, moral human being—which I am not capable of being.’”

It is worth noting that Neil is just  years old, but he insists that classical music is for everybody. He theorizes that it’s simply a matter of free time and discretionary income that allows older audiences to attend more concerts and listen to the lengthy pieces. He even sees himself as a latecomer, at least by classical music standards: “Most of my colleagues started playing an instrument between the ages of three and six and that’s how they got so good. I didn’t start playing piano until I was .”

At Cardigan Neil participated in the ace program, which allows students to pursue a sport or academic venture beyond the school’s typical offerings. During the winter trimesters, Neil studied with former faculty member Dr. Steven Ledbetter and focussed on learning and performing classical music.

“Dr. Ledbetter was an excellent teacher for me,” he says. “He knew classical music inside and out, and showed a tremendous amount of wisdom and patience…When he played two orchestral pieces from Wagner—the ‘Tannhauser Overture’ and ‘Overture to the Mastersingers’—that was it for me. I was absolutely hooked.”

Dr. Ledbetter, however, also provided a healthy dose of reality.

“He actually kind of scared me, saying this would be such a difficult profession,” Neil remembers. “You have to be really obsessed, and that’s why I stopped after Cardigan…There isn’t enough time to pursue music on a professional level along with a normal schedule of studies and athletics, and it’s kind of an unhealthy thing. You have to sacrifice your social life and almost all of your other interests and hobbies…At Cardigan I wasn’t able to dedicate the necessary time, and that’s probably a good thing, because I was able to develop many other skills.”

It wasn’t until college that Neil’s pursuit of music as a profession was reawakened. He did his undergraduate work at Oberlin College in Ohio, which is both a liberal arts college and music conservatory. Neil attended both and received a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the conservatory along with a degree in Latin literature from the college—his version of a contingency plan if a career in music didn’t pan

Neil McCalmont, who is living in Austria and studying musicology at the University of Vienna

help inspire future cardigan musicians

out. Now at a point in his life when zeroing in on one interest can be done in a healthy way, he can devote himself fully to his passion.

“Music moves me spiritually,” he says. “I have a deep and unshakable faith in the arts, because they are the basis for the unbelievable conversations that people have had with one another over the course of human civilization. Art is ubiquitous. In every culture you find art being made, and in most places it’s recorded in some way. To me, it’s truly unbelievable that people, hundreds of years ago, living lives that we would today consider barbaric, still found time and inspiration to make something that I think is as close to the divine as one can possibly get. That’s beautiful.”

On the subject of introducing a young person to classical music, Neil says it’s tricky, but there is a path, and it doesn’t necessarily need to begin with operas and symphonies.

“If you want to teach people to appreciate classical music,” he says, “the best way to do that is to teach them to appreciate all types of music, and the best way to do that is to teach them how to sing…and not necessarily to sing well. I think if you can learn just to carry a tune—and everybody really is capable of doing that—it’s not as difficult as you might think. Singing totally revolutionizes your experience with music because you have an instrument with you at all times and you have an immediate way to connect with any music.”

Still at the very beginning of his career, Neil’s future is uncertain. He is, though, dedicating everything he has to this endeavor. And when he, in his words, “can do a piece of music justice,” he hopes he will be helping others join a melodic conversation spanning the centuries; a conversation that has the potential to shift perspectives and improve lives. r

In order to inspire Cardigan’s present and future musicians, we are establishing a display of Cardigan’s alumni who have pursued careers in music. This display will be located in the fully renovated music wing of Cardigan’s chapel, where it will be accessible to all boys upon their arrival for daytime music classes, evening rehearsals of the choir and instrumental ensembles, and impromptu weekend meetings of our student-organized bands. Whether your musical journey overlapped with your time at Cardigan or began later, this display gives you the opportunity to share with the Cardigan Brotherhood one of the many paths one can take toward musical success.

Music at Cardigan is stronger than ever. We took up residence in our new Music Center in the fall of , and our curriculum continues to embrace the needs and learning styles of our boys. The concerts each year feature as many as ninety boys!

The experiences of our alumni can help us make the program even stronger. If you have any questions about this project, or the music program at Cardigan, please contact Director of Music Kevin Franco. Additionally, if you know of another alumnus to whom this endeavor would be relevant, please let us know. We sincerely appreciate your help in continuing to foster creativity, culture, and confidence in our boys. r

Kevin Franco kfranco@cardigan.org

Neil McCalmont (far right) with his teacher and mentor Steven Ledbetter and several of his classmates

Adam Schwamb: Deep in the Rabbit Hole

Music has been an integral part of Adam Schwamb’s ’ life as long as he can remember. And while the impact of music on the brain fascinates him, Adam’s lifelong pursuit of music has a lot more to do with making connections with others.

Adam grew up in a house where music was a priority. He took piano lessons before attending Cardigan and arrived with a pretty solid musical foundation, but he credits his teachers on The Point—especially Dr. Clive Davis and his wife Tasia—with truly igniting a spark and pushing him further. They recognized his skill, he says, and more importantly his desire to learn, introducing him to concepts like theory, counterpoint, and composition and discussing with him an intellectual side of music that few seventh graders could grasp.

“And a lot of this work with my teachers was off-hours, above and beyond their required duties,” Adam notes appreciatively. “Only now have I begun to realize that this is just one of the ingredients that makes Cardigan faculty members so special.”

Over the course of his career, Adam has taught at every level, from kindergarten to university, but there are two constants: classical music and his faith. He lists most of the well-known composers—Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, etc.—along with a few contemporaries as influential figures, but alludes to a J.S. Bach quote as his guiding principle when thinking about music: “The aim and final end of all music should

Adam Schwamb ’ is a professor at Clarks Summit University in Pennsylvania where he chairs the Music Department, directs the choir, and teaches classes in piano, composition and orchestration, music theory, and music education. He is married with two young children, and in his free time, which comes less frequently these days, he composes music and still finds time to lace up his old hockey skates.

be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.”

“It’s difficult for me to have a conversation about music where the focus is only on the creativity of man,” says Adam. “For me, there’s something much deeper going on.”

So what about the inanimate newcomer on the scene: artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration, infiltration, and intrusion in

modern music? Of what benefit is AI in music composition? In addition to performing and conducting others’ work, Adam is himself a composer and has devoted years, sometimes, to pieces of music to achieve exactly the right sentiment and sound—a task AI can, at least attempt to, recreate in mere moments.

“I think AI does a good job of taking what it sees and rehashing it,” says Adam. “AI can write in the style of certain composers if you feed it their catalog of work, but there’s no ghost in the machine. We’ll never appreciate the AI’s material like a human’s because we know the angst that a person has to go through to create. It’s the journey or the work that an artist has to experience before writing or composing something that separates it from the artificial.”

So while AI may have its uses for some musicians, Adam has instead chosen to focus his attention on real, live humans; as an educator of musicians, as well as an educator of aspiring musical educators, Adam has seen first-hand the benefits of a music education. He knows about the long-term dividends of study and practice and the payoff of connecting with someone through song; he knows the joy of picking up a guitar, or sitting at a piano, and performing. He jokes that he’s never met an adult who’s said, “I’m so happy I can’t play an instrument,” or “I’m so glad that I gave up lessons when I was younger.”

Adam also knows about what happens in the brain when listening or performing, especially in the company of others.

“Studies show that singing together releases endorphins that reduce cortisol and anxiety,” he explains. “Music can cause joy and release oxytocin—the hormone that helps people build community. All the things that Cardigan is and wants to be, happens in the brain during music. Music is like a deep brain workout and imaging has shown that nothing highlights dissociative parts of the brain like music.”

Adam knows, however, that long-term dividends and brain science probably won’t convince a middle school boy, who is interested in a much quicker return on his investment, to take up a musical instrument.

“I understand that if I go out and take a slapshot, that’s immediately awesome, and

it’s hard to compete with that,” he says. “The reality is, there’s no quick hook; there never is. Disciplines that are worth doing are very infrequently simple. Instead it’s generally through the experience of watching someone else—like going to the symphony for the first time—that you can inspire a kid to ask, ‘How did they do that and how can I get there?!’”

But in the end, Adam insists that simply giving music a try doesn’t take much effort at all. He describes it like a rabbit hole. Yes, one can spend a lifetime studying, but the first step can simply be falling down the hole. Adam especially advocates for singing as an easy introduction to music.

“Everyone should sing and everyone can sing,” Adam says. “There are only a few hundred years of history of instrumental music, but there are more than , years of choral music history. Singing is a core function of who we are.”

Adam is aware that his interest in classical music is niche—he jokes about colleagues writing entire dissertations on three-minute pieces of music or spending hours on YouTube studying how different performers interpret the same work. He knows he’s deep in the rabbit hole and it’s not for everyone, but when he is on the verge of getting lost in the minutia, he grounds himself by thinking in simpler terms.

“Sometimes we become so isolated, studying the intricacies, that we forget that the sole purpose of music is to make personal connections,” he reflects. “By performing music, participating in an ensemble, or being in a music class we are developing compassion, empathy, discipline, and focus. We’re singing about the deepness of what it means to be human, what is faith, what is spirituality, love, or death. It can help establish ethical and moral compasses and spiritual foundations…. and that’s why music is so interesting to me.” r

Everyone should sing and everyone can sing. There are only a few hundred years of history of instrumental music, but there are more than , years of choral music history. Singing is a core function of who we are.

– adam schwamb

Catching Up With Wim Hart: Music That Can Change the Molecules in a Room

Cross-curricular lessons are old hat at Cardigan these days, but one former faculty member, Wim Hart H’, was famously using music in the English classroom decades before ‘cross-curricular’ anything was a consideration. In the short span between Thanksgiving and winter break, when Cardigan boys are generally restless, Mr. Hart found a way to bring peace, quiet, and focus to the classroom through an unlikely medium: rock and roll.

As a teacher at Cardigan, Mr. Hart designed a two-week poetry lesson and curated a poetry anthology to go along with it. It included the expected standards like Shakespeare, Frost, and Poe, but when Mr. Hart thought about the very best way to teach rhythm, meter, and rhyme, Chuck Berry’s words rang true: “Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music… It’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it.” Rock and roll, accentuated everything he was trying to teach in poetry, and in most cases, the lyrics held up to great poets’ lines—full of enigma, imagery, and symbolism with plenty of material for deep reading and critical analysis. Further, the cool factor and tabooness of listening to Keith Richards’ guitar solos in English class grabbed the attention of teenage boys the same way it had gripped Wim in his formative years.

Wim felt the power of music at an early age and credits his musical awakening to his oldest sister. She was  in the late ’s when he was eight, and he loved listening along to her collection of s. Those songs shaped his life and later became the songs that he used to impact the lives of over a thousand Cardigan boys lucky enough to take his classes.

“It was the Beach Boys,” Wim recalls. “Living in Maine during those cold, horrible winters…They had this wonderful summertime sound. It was one of the first moments I felt the power of music. I could generate myself from cold, clammy Newcastle, Maine to Malibu Beach.”

When his sister went away to school, Wim kept building the record collection

during his teenage years, which, happily for him, just happened to coincide with an explosion of music. During the British Invasion, he was swept up in the Beatles and the Stones, and was similarly enthralled with American bands like Chicago, Steely Dan, and The Doors. Wim notes that it was always about the music; he was never very interested with the peripheral psychedelic scene, which focused heavily on visual complements. Joking about a short-lived Boston band called Ultimate Spinach, whose last album was titled Behold & See, Wim says he was more interested in beholding and hearing.

“As I got older, I started reading the liner notes, which were wonderful,” says Wim. “I’d read along with the lyrics and say ‘Aha! That’s a pretty good play on words.’ Seeing how clever some of those songwriters were—not only musically, but amongst the melodies—there were these wonderful little stories, and some of the lyrics grew on me and magnified my appreciation of the song.”

If you’ll allow for a personal interjection from me, an alumnus of Mr. Hart’s class and one whose musical and literary foundations were framed and poured in Hopkins , I remember the classes from those two weeks more vividly than any others in my early education, and I credit Mr. Hart with teaching me to read, critically that is. To hear and read Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” as a rebuttal to Neil Young’s “Southern Man” à la bickering between Byron and Keats; to understand “Hotel California” in a way that informed

my reading of Lord of the Flies years later; and to use Don McLean’s “American Pie” as an exercise in leaving no stone unturned in searching for symbolism—all were an inflection point that transformed me from a passive subject in a classroom to one who actively sought knowledge. During the two weeks between holiday breaks, a period that some treat as garbage time, Mr. Hart changed my life.

I ask him how he knew those songs would be so powerful, and how he could stimulate and invigorate the mind of, speaking personally, a student who had not shown a particularly deep interest in learning previously. Quoting singer-songwriter Kathleen York, he doesn’t hesitate: “Music can change the molecules in the room.”

And then, in his uniquely casual yet intentional and thoughtful manner he continues: “You can’t really explain that, but you know exactly what it means. I have always liked ballads and rhyming poems. Most of my favorite rhyming poems are songs I’ve heard on the radio…Robert Frost is wonderful, but Dylan, Brian Wilson, or Joni Mitchell—they’re pretty good too.”

Mr. Hart continues to be a frequent visitor to the Cardigan campus. He volunteers regularly in the archives, helping Director of Archives and Special Projects Judith Solberg review archival photos and documents, reaching into his memory to recall and confirm the names of former students and provide details on the history of ice sailing on Canaan Street Lake. Wim was also present for the school’s th Anniversary, playing his ukulele during an evening performance with Grades and Comments. His love for music has not faded, and if given the opportunity, chances are he could still convince a middle school boy or two that poetry isn’t so bad afterall, especially when considered through the lens of rock and roll. r

Wim Hart in his classroom in Hopkins in the late s. Coincidentally, the author of this article also makes a cameo, “in the very baggy, unironed shirt. It must be Parents’ Weekend, as I’m pretty sure that’s my classmate’s father in the dark glasses.”

2022–23 annual report of gifts

From the Director of Development

Dear Cardigan Alumni, Families, Trustees, and Friends,

Our theme for the 2022–23 academic year was “Help the other fella.” While most of us can’t sub in for a class, wash the dishes, or wake the boys for breakfast, we can make a direct impact on the day-to-day life of Cardigan boys through our giving. Cardigan’s steady improvement from year to year, and the transformational changes that we have witnessed over the past few decades, are largely due to our collective generosity.

The 2022–23 year will likely mark the first year of a fundraising pivot for Cardigan. Our strategic plan for the next ten years is all about people, with a focus on raising endowment to support the school’s long-term vision and sustainability. We have had early success in directing your gifts towards initiatives that sponsor student financial aid, faculty wages and benefits, and programs that support health and wellness on campus. Doubling the Gates Endowment last year offset a large portion of the expanding instructional costs of that program, while our new partnership with Northern Trails Counseling shows how the Annual Fund can offset the growing costs of maintaining a physically and mentally healthy community.

In fact, last year your philanthropy via Cardigan’s endowment and Annual Fund underwrote nearly $3,000,000 (14%) of our annual operating budget. We aspire to double that figure in the coming years, as we create sustainable improvements in our programs and open our doors to more families who struggle to meet the rising costs of a Cardigan education.

In the report that follows this letter, we share the name of every donor. That’s because each of those gifts is crucial to funding the invisible but indispensable costs of a Cardigan education, whether

those cover a spontaneous advisory dinner, a late-night visit with the nurse, or supplies for our 3D printer. Your support empowers our faculty and staff to go the extra mile to do what they do best: educate middle school boys.

Cardigan has an amazing community of alumni, parents, faculty, staff, foundations, businesses, grandparents, and friends who gave back to Cardigan between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Your support makes the continued improvement of our unique program possible. The more successful our program becomes, the more impact we have on boys’ lives—and the more we give back, the more success we achieve. This virtuous cycle is fueled by the countless ways you contribute to, and engage with, the Cardigan community.

On behalf of our students, our faculty, and our staff, I thank each and every member of the Cardigan community for your continued support of our school and its mission. Your gifts are a testament to your belief in the incredible impact that a Cardigan education can make on a boy’s life.

With sincere gratitude,

Joe Burnett ’95, P’25 Director of Development and International Relations

fiscal year 2023 financials

Expenses, by type: $20.32 million and percentage of total

Revenue, by source: $20.41 million and percentage of total

Annual Fund Gifts, by constituency: $1,230,672 and percentage of total

the 2022–23 annual report of gifts acknowledges gifts received by cardigan mountain school during the fiscal year of july 1, 2022, through june 30, 2023. cardigan mountain school is grateful to the following donors who have made contributions.

giving clubs

cardigan’s giving clubs acknowledge the crucial support provided by alumni, current parents, parents of alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff, trustees, and friends of the school each year.

the summit society

This society honors the leadership and extraordinary support of alumni, parents, and friends who have generously provided lifetime support totaling $ million or more to the school.

Cardigan gratefully pays tribute to these benefactors, who have made a special commitment of leadership, involvement, and personal resources.

Anonymous ()

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bronfman ’

Mr. J. Dudley Clark III H’ †

Gates Frontiers Fund

The Gregory/Wilkinson Family: David, Beth, Max ’

The Christian Humann Foundation

Mrs. Faith Humann P’,’

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’, P’

David † and Sally Johnson P’,’, GP’,’,’

Ms. Candyce Martin P’

Christine † and David Martinelli P’

Mr. Burton E. McGillivray P’,’,’

Mrs. Margaret McGillivray P’,’,’

Penelope Banks Peck H’ and Schuyler V. Peck ’

Marshall F. and Diane G. Wallach H’, P’

the point club:

$75,000 and above

Anonymous

Mrs. Jessica Abramson Lott and Mr. Jeremy Lott P’23

Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Gates Frontiers Fund

Mr. David M. Gregory and Ms. Beth A. Wilkinson P’18

Mrs. Jennie C. Hinman †

† = deceased

Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Johnson ’78, P’01,’03

The Willard and Ruth Johnson

Charitable Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Masayoshi Kinoshita P’23

Morgan Stanley Gift Fund

Mr. Schuyler V. Peck ’63 and Mrs. Penelope B. Peck H’17

Schwab Charitable Fund

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shaw P’17,’19

Mr. Marshall F. Wallach and Mrs. Diane G. Wallach H’16, P’06

Mr. Chuanjiang Yue and Ms. Xu Jin P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Zinsmeyer ’83

pinnacle society:

$50,000–$74,999

Anonymous (2)

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’79, P’08

Mr. Seth Levine and Ms. Greeley Sachs P’23

Mr. Junqiang Liu and Mrs. Weihong Zhu P’25

Mr. Jason Peck

Ms. Joan Peck and Ms. Judith E. Dearlove

Ms. Huiyan Xue P’25

head of school’s club: $25,000–$49,999

Anonymous

Mr. Heejea Cho and Mrs. Ji Hye Jun P’24,’26

Mr. Guanxiong Feng and Mrs. Ye Zhao P’23

Mrs. Guifang He and Mr. Yubing Cheng P’19,’22

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hetherington P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Karl G. Hutter ’92

Mr. Sun Wook Hwang and Ms. So Yeon Choi P’23

Ms. Diana P. Kelly

Mr. Yongmin Kim and Ms. Sowon Joo P’23

Mr. Doowhan Ko and Mrs. Hyunsun An P’23

Mr. and Mrs. P. Edward Krayer ’82

Mrs. Seojeong Lee P’25

Mr. Zhengbing Lu and Mrs. Minxia Chen P’25

Mr. Sungchur Moon and Mrs. Young Joo Oh P’23

J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Mrs. Nicole Peck Bartlett and Mr. Marshall Bartlett

Mr. Andrew C. Pilaro P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Powers ’75

Mr. Jeffrey M. Roberts and Mrs. Michelle Connolly Roberts P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Santini P’23,’24

founders’ club:

$15,000–$24,999

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bello P’05

Mr. Alex J. Brennan ’11

Mr. Cole T. Brennan ’12

Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Chartener ’73

Mr. Roger C. Earle ’64

Mr. Kam Wa Hui and Ms. Ting Yi Chiang P’22,’24

The Laverack Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William Laverack, Jr.

Mr. Fengzhe Li and Ms. Honghua Piao P’18,’23

Mr. Gongxun Liu and Mrs. Zhaomin Wei P’26

Mr. Hankai Liu and Mrs. Kun Zhang P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lockshin P’16

Ms. Candyce Martin P’14

Mr. and Mrs. John Sabat P’20

Sancoa Foundation Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sanski GP’11,’12

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Mr. Kaixiong Wang and Ms. Qian Zhou P’23,’27

Mr. Yafeng Xi and Mrs. Ji Lu P’24

Mr. Yuxin Xu and Mrs. Guiying Liu P’24

hinman society:

$10,000–$14,999

Mr. Dongjoon An and Mrs. Jieun Son P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Finn M. W. Caspersen, Jr. ’84

Mr. Zhiyong Chou and Mrs. Jie Chen P’23

CTW Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Doyle P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. duPont IV ’83

The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Garrison ’67, P’94,’96

Mr. Qinxian Gong and Mrs. Xi Zheng P’23,’27

Gorman, Jr. Fire Alarm Consulting, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gorman P’20

Mr. Sang Woo Ham and Ms. Na Jung Yoon P’22,’26

The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

Mrs. Ping Huang and Mr. Song Chen P’20,’23

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hutter III P’92

Mr. and Mrs. F. Corning Kenly III ’68

Mr. Eunjong Kim and Ms. Sunil Han P’25

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Knapp P’20,’21

Langworthy Foundation

Charitable Trust

Mr. Jay Lee and Mrs. Heeyoung Sohn P’25

Mr. and Mrs. George C. Macomber P’12

Mr. Sang Jun Mah and Mrs. Eun Jin Park P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Burton E. McGillivray P’07,’09,’09

Nor’ Easter Foundation

Mr. Heejoo Oh and Ms. Woosun Lee P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ooten P’23,’24

Mr. Hoonseok Park and Mrs. Ju Hee Sung P’23,’25

PNC Institutional Asset Management

Mr. and Mrs. Chanatip Promphan P’23,’27

Mr. Nagyong Sung and Mrs. Songhee Han P’19,’23

Dr. Parviz Tayebati P’25

Ms. Susan Tayebati P’25

Mr. Bin Wang and Ms. Yanping Tong P’26

Mr. Guan Wang and Ms. Yuying Zhu P’25

Mr. Zhenhua Zhao and Ms. Jun Zang P’24

Mr. Zhijun Zhao and Ms. Jiayin Wang P’24

Mr. Keming Zhu and Ms. Lin Li P’25

e. m. hopkins club: $5,000–$9,999

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ball ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bohan P’21

Mrs. Bingqian Chen P’25,’27

Mr. and Ms. ChaoNan Chen P’25

Mr. Zhanhong Chen and Ms. Wentong Guo P’22

Mr. Yin Cheung and Mrs. Ming Chan P’24

Mr. Taeho Choi and Ms. Eoilyoung Kim P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy T. Crigler ’79

Mr. Sean Cullen and Ms. Juliette Robbins P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Day P’12,’13

Mr. and Mrs. Crawford C. H. Hamilton ’04

Mr. Miles N. P. Hamilton ’10

Mr. Wentao Huang and Mrs. Peiyu Ding P’24

Mr. Yongguang Jia and Ms. Miao Wang P’23

Mr. Sung Hwan Kim and Mrs. Jihye Hwang P’24

Mr. Yen Ju Kim and Mrs. Eun Kyoung Bang P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. King ’79

Mr. Fenghua Li and Ms. Hui Peng P’20,’23

Mr. Jun Li and Ms. Wei Wang P’25

Mr. Zhiguo Liu and Mrs. Jianni Chen P’24

Mrs. Ellen MacNeille Charles P’75,’77,’80, GP’02

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Manners P’25

The New York Community Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Nikodem P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. O’Connell P’03

Mr. Myunghan Rhee and Mrs. Jounglim An P’25

Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, Jr. P’22,’24

Mr. and Mrs. D. Bryan Ruez P’06

Mrs. Sharon S. Rymer P’11,’14

Mr. and Ms. George Schwab P’25

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Simmers P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Taliercio ’95

Mr. Supot Tanglertsumphun and Ms. Worarat Paiboonbudsrakum P’23,’25,’27

Mr. Weiming Tie and Mrs. Ting Yu P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Waldron

Mr. Wencheng Wang and Mrs. Qi Chen P’22

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Whyte ’63

Ms. Tao Xin P’26

Mr. Kyunghoon Yoon and Ms. Jung Hwa Shin P’24

Mr. Chunsheng Yuan and Ms. Xia Chen P’24

Mr. Yong Zhang and Mrs. Yongmei Tang P’26

Mr. Yanming Zhu and Mrs. Sipei Ouyang P’24

brewster society:

$2,500–$4,999

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC

Mr. John A. Camp ’06

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Camp III P’06

Camp-Younts Foundation

Mr. Lei Chen and Mrs. Mingqui Xu P’23

Dr. and Mrs. Mark V. Cleveland ’69

Click Bond, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. George Davis P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. DellaRusso ’82

Mr. and Mrs. Chris D’Orio P’17,’18

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fox P’24

Ms. Michele J. French P’07

Ms. Jane W. Gage P’00

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Glover P’22

Mr. and Mr. Timothy Gustin P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Rupert C. Hall P’11,’21

Mr. Gray P. R. Hamilton ’08

Mr. Hongbo Hu and Ms. Haiying Jiang P’23

Mr. Hyuk Ryul Kwon and Ms. Myun Seung Kim P’24

Mr. Wei Li and Mrs. Chunjing Han P’24

The Marsal Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Marsal ’03

Mr. David J. McCusker, Jr. ’80 and Mrs. Stephanie G. McCusker

H’16, P’09,’10

Mr. Marc Porcelli ’95

Mr. Robert Power GP’22

Mr. Siliang Pu and Ms. Ying Wang P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross IV P’18

Mr. Richard Schmidt and Dr. Georgia Bush P’23

Mr. Sung Min Shin and Mrs. Kyung Eun Lee P’24

Mr. Benjamin J. Stein and Ms. Alexandra Denman P’03

Mr. and Ms. Stephen W. Tansey P’23

Drs. Alva and Gail Taylor P’22

United Way of San Joaquin County

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson B. White ’76

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. White ’72

Charles R. Whitney Foundation

Mr. Chen Sheng Yee and Ms. Bai Jun Tan P’25

Mr. Byoung Taek You and Mrs. SoYoung Yun P’23

cardigan club: $1,000–$2,499

Mr. Andrew Allison P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Amling P’25

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Armstrong P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. August ’69

Baldwin Foundation Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman C. Bedford, Jr. ’65

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. ’74

The Boston Foundation

Vaughan W. Brown Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Bullard ’49

Mr. and Mrs. Jotham W. Burnett ’95, P’25

Dr. and Mrs. Olaf Butchma P’14,’16

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Caldwell ’01

Mr. and Mrs. James Caples P’24,’25

Mr. Suhwan Choi GP’25

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy D. Cohen ’84

Ms. Mary Linn Coldiron GP’23

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Costello P’26

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Doyle P’08

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Ellis P’24,’27

Mr. and Mrs. Ethan T. Frechette

Dr. E. Benjamin Gardner GP’25

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Gohl, Jr. ’62

Mr. Edward T. Griffin ’60

Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr. P’01,’04,’08,’10

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton III ’01

Mr. Jonathan M. Harris ’86

Jonathan M. Harris Family Foundation

Mr. Charles T. Haskell, Jr. ’80 and Dr. Helma Haskell

Mr. Steven Heffer and Mrs. Heena Sultan P’25,’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hollingsworth

Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hutchinson III GP’01,’09

Mr. David D. Kahn ’87

Mr. and Mrs. David Kavanaugh P’15

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Kent IV ’05

Ms. Becky Kidder Smith P’19

Mr. and Ms. Ken Kidosaki P’24

Mr. Dongbin Kim and Mrs. Soyoung Chung P’23

Mr. Minwoo Kim and Mrs. Youree Kwon P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew King P’16,’19

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’89

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Leahy ’76

Mr. and Mrs. David H. LeBreton P’09

Mr. Sangwook Lee ’01

Mr. Roger K. Lighty ’48

Dr. Jisoo Lim and Dr. Hye Young Cho P’23

Ms. Ruth H. Little P’09

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Longfield P’24

Mr. Kendall MacInnis and Mrs. Maureen White P’19

Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. MacVittie P’99

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation

Mr. Kolapat J. Mongkhonvanit ’20

Mr. and Mrs. Pornphisud Mongkhonvanit P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan, Jr. ’77

Mr. Clarke M. Murdough ’87

Ms. Kristin Nelson P’23

Otzen Family Foundation

Mr. Leigh W. Otzen ’91

Mr. and Ms. Mark Parash P’22

Mr. Junki Park and Mrs. Hyunji Song P’23

Mr. Christopher R. Payne ’96

Mr. Edward G. Philie and Mrs. Phyllis A. Powers P’06,’10,’16,’17

Mr. Edward Pichardo and Mrs. Sonia Houston Pichardo

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Powers ’82

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rand ’51

Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Edward B. Righter Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Righter ’62

Dr. Richard Rosato and Dr. Laurie Rosato P’18

Mr. Mark J. Ruelle ’76

Mr. Robert D. Small P’85

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Troy ’68

Mr. Howard S. Tuthill III ’62

Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Viens P’26

Mr. Jonathan N. Wakely ’75

Mrs. Xu Wang P’00

Mr. Zhi Wang and Mrs. Qiong Huang P’23

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ward ’94

Mr. Peter G. Whitehead ’87 and Ms. Laurie Sammis P’18

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Woods, Jr. ’72, P’18

Mr. Guoqin Wu and Ms. Dongmei Chen P’26

Mr. Injun Yu ’23

Mr. Sangmin Yu and Mrs. Soohyeong Ha P’23

Mr. Mario A. Zambrano ’95 and Mrs. Maria Ybanez

Mr. Rong Zou and Ms. Zhenya Xue P’19

cougar club:

$500–$999

Mr. Vanderpoel Adriance III

Ms. Phyllis Alleyne-Holland P’02

Mr. Raymond L. Anstiss, Jr. P’21

Benevity, Inc.

Mr. Frederick H. Boissevain ’54

Mr. Rodrigo Braun ’96

Mr. Jonathan Bruck and Mrs. Cristel de Rouvray P’22

Mr. Daniel S. Burack ’63 and Mrs. Debra Boronski

Mr. Antonio J. Caballero, Jr. ’99

Mr. Stephen J. Calabrese ’95

Cambridge Trust Company

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cepiel P’19,’23

Mr. Andrew F. Conrad ’00

Mr. Morgan C. Conrad ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield Day P’24

Engelberth Construction, Inc.

Mr. Luis Esquer and Mrs. Sandra Bours de Esquer P’12

Dr. and Mrs. James Fluty P’19

Mrs. Dale Frehse P’89

frontstream

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Garrison ’70

Mr. Halley Gartner and Ms. Julia Ford

Mr. Andres Gavito ’01

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Gerard ’66

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hanabergh

Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Harrison P’10

Mr. David Hemenway GP’23

Mr. Raymond Hindle ’17

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hindle P’17,’19

Mr. William S. Hindle ’19

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hines P’17

Mr. and Mrs. Koichiro Hirata P’17

Mr. and Ms. Troy Jamison P’24

Dr. Robert F. Kenerson H’04

Mr. Yechan Kim ’24

Mr. and Mrs. James Leone P’15

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua LeRoy P’23,’26

Mr. Chenghan Li ’20

Mr. John L. Lineberry ’05

Mr. Chen Ma and Ms. Yaping Shi P’21

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Major ’62

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Marrion ’88

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Martin IV

Mr. and Mrs. David McNair P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. McNamara P’03,’06,’14

Mr. and Mrs. Chapin B. Miller II

Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Moody III ’80

Mr. Sho Moriyama and Mrs. Ying Dai P’23

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Morrison P’94

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Neuberg P’92

Ms. Hillary Newton

Mrs. Madge Nickerson P’96

Mr. Salvador Onate and Mrs. Denisse Iberri P’24,’24

Mr. John Peurach and Ms. Meryl Katz P’22

Mr. Thomas Priest and Mrs. Sarah Davis Priest P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ragno III ’95

Mrs. Karen C. Ragno P’95

Mr. John H. Roach III ’98

Sacramento Region

Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah P. Shipman ’00

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Sincerbeaux, Jr. ’81

Mr. Franklin E. W. Staley ’85

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Sterrett, Jr. P’19

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stowe ’60

Mr. Yongji Sun and Ms. Xiaojie Qi P’16,’17

Mr. Ming Tang P’24

Ms. Jennifer Tracy P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Treadwell P’24

Tyler, Simms, & St. Sauveur, P.C.

Mr. Diego Veiga and Mrs. Alicia Kalifa P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Vikse

Ms. Beverly Wakely H’01, P’70,’73,’75

Mr. Eric B. Wald ’02

Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Weisberger P’07

Mr. Fountain V. Whitaker ’23

Mr. Tad Whitaker P’23

Mr. Xiaojie Xi and Ms. Xuan Fu P’21

green team: $1–$499

Anonymous (4)

Mr. Elan Abramson ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Adams

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Albee, Sr. ’58

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Alessandroni P’08

Mr. Leland Alper

AmazonSmile Foundation

Mr. Freeman L. Ambrose ’23

Mr. Mercer S. Amling ’25

Mr. Junhyeong An ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Anderson ’71

Mr. Donald E. Andrews ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Andrews P’23

Mr. Mark R. Anstiss ’21

Mr. William Z. Antonucci ’95

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Appleton P’13

Mr. Ian N. Arnof ’84 and Ms. Sunshine J. Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Evans Arnold ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ashford P’84,’86,’90

Ms. Maria Assad Montelongo

Mr. Eduardo Andre Assad Trevino, Jr. ’24

Mr. Hank Backhoff de la Garza Evia ’24

Mr. Raymond Bai ’14

Mrs. Lynn Baker P’90

Mr. Malcolm G. Baker, Jr. P’90

Ms. Emily Baldwin P’24,’26

Mr. David Balshen ’25

Mr. Casey E. Barber ’03

Samuel Barnet Blvd. Corp.

Mr. Mark C. Barrett-Owen ’74

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Barry ’74

Mr. Andrew P. Bay ’92

Mr. Beckham J. M. Bayreuther ’15

Mr. Gavin Bayreuther ’09

Mr. Jackman S. Bayreuther ’17

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bayreuther P’09,’15,’17

Mr. Adam Beal and Ms. Stephanie Jensen P’25

Mr. Linden Beal ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Belliveau P’93, GP’20,’22

Mr. Wesley G. Berger ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bergeron

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bergeson ’59

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Bergner ’77

Mr. Justin P. Biela ’14

Mr. Cameron R. Blatz ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John Blatz P’23,’25

Mr. Monte Blaustein

Mr. Daniel T. Blenk ’23

Mr. Richard Boardman P’96

Mr. Conley E. Bohan ’21

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Boothby ’63

Mr. Charley A. Borek ’12

Ms. Cheryl S. Borek P’10,’12,’15

Mr. Donald S. Boy and Mrs. Carol B. Mason P’99

Mr. Daniel Briseno ’99

Mr. Jose Brohez Martinez Madero and Ms. Monica Rivero P’24

Mr. Ronn M. Bronzetti ’89 and Mrs. Sara Reineman

Mr. Cameron Brown ’25

Mr. Cole M. L. Brown ’25

Prof. Eleanor Brown P’25,’25

Mr. Mehki M. Brown ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel K. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bruguiere P’18

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bruguiere GP’18

Mr. Parkins T. Burger ’92

Mr. Jorge Burillo Rojas ’23

Mr. B. John Burke ’84

Mr. Liam M. Burke ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Burke P’23

Mr. Rio Burnett ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John Burritt

Mr. Desmond O. Butler ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Butterfield

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cabot

Mr. and Mrs. James Caccivio P’16

Mr. Alexander Calabro ’24

Mr. and Ms. Peter Calabro P’24

Mr. Eduardo Camarena Gonzalez ’24

Mr. Barrett Capistran

Mr. Nathan Caples ’24

Mr. Riley Caples ’25

Mr. Jarrod Caprow

Mr. Alexander F. Caron ’05

Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Caron P’05,’11

Mr. Thomas R. Caron ’11

Mr. Douglas Case ’95

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Casselman ’60

Mr. Enrique Castillo ’23

Ms. Jill Cavalieri

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Chapin P’09

Mr. Conley M. Chen ’24

Mr. Kaiyang Chen ’23

Mr. Yinuo Chen ’23

Mr. You-An Chen ’25

Mr. Chun Cheung ’24

Mr. Seongwoo Cho ’26

Mr. Yoonwoo Cho ’24

Mr. Beomgeun Choi ’25

Mr. Jeongung Choi ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Forrester A. Clark III ’84

Mr. Benjamin D. Clary ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Cleveland P’13

Mr. Devin Cokinos ’25

Mr. Cameron Collicott ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Collins P’16

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Conly III ’88

Mr. Scott Conniff ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cook GP’19,’21

Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Cookson P’12,’17

Mr. Sewell H. Corkran III P’06,’07

Mr. Charles Costello ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford B. Cowen ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Cox ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Crawford

Mr. Christopher M. Cyr ’06

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Cyr ’77, P’06,’19

Mr. and Mrs. Noel W. Dalton P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn D. Damon ’91, P’23

Mrs. Jennifer Dana P’18

Mr. Archer W. Davenport ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Davenport P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Davies P’22

Mr. Charles M. Day ’12

Mr. Hamilton P. Day ’24

Mr. Henry Day ’13

Mr. Pablo del Mazo Puente ’24

Mr. Michael L. Denby ’82

Mr. and Mrs. John P. D’Entremont ’94

Mr. Christopher Deoki ’25

Mr. Parsana Deoki and Mrs. Mary Magsanoc-Deoki P’25

Dr. Cameron K. Dewar H’02 and Mrs. Janet Dewar P’93

Mr. Annabi I. Diallo ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan P. Dickerman III ’71

Mr. John G. Diemar, Jr. ’21

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Diemar ’90, P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Diggs ’72

Mr. Brendan C. Dinan ’89

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Dinan P’89

Mr. James T. Dirkes P’00,’03

Mr. Stewart S. Dixon, Jr. ’80

Mr. Jaeyoon Do ’25

Mr. Juan Jose Domene Ruiz ’24

CPT. Sean Donahue ’95

Mr. Finnegan M. Donelan ’24

Mr. Gavin Donelan ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Frantz Dorilas P’19

Ms. Hedi Droste

Mr. Richard S. Drummond and Dr. Lisa A. Drummond P’11,’13

Mr. and Mrs. Brett C. Duffy ’80

The Eagle Rock Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Rob Edson

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Elizardi ’92

Mr. Ethan D. Ellis ’24

Ms. Susan M. Emery P’94

Mr. Cleve C. Emmons ’94

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Escalante P’20,’22

Mrs. Barrie Fahey P’84

Mr. and Mrs. John Faust P’13

Ms. Danielle Fedele

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle I. Fellers ’90

Mr. Siyuan Feng ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Corey-Joe Ficek P’23

Mr. Jaden S. Ficek ’23

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

Mr. Justin P. Flessa-LaRoche ’04

Mr. Colin J. Flynn ’05

Mr. Shaun Flynn ’25

Mrs. Kathleen Foster P’96

Mr. Richard K. Fox and Mrs. Karen Wolk P’84

Frank Corp. Environmental Services

Mr. Asher C. Frankel ’23

Mr. Austin G. Franklin ’13

Mr. Cole Franklin ’10

Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Franklin ’78, P’10,’13

Ms. Christine L. Frazier and Mr. Owen Denzer

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Frazier P’88,’95,’00

Mrs. Donna D. Fried P’97

Mr. James E. Frost ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan E. Frost P’25

Mr. Wenqi Fu ’19

Mr. Nicholas P. Funnell ’09

Mr. Samuel W. Funnell ’07

Mr. Ian F. Gagnon ’08

Mr. Marcelo Galan Valladares ’24

Mr. Sebastian Garay Zambrano ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Gardent ’62

Mr. William Gardner ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Garland P’22

Ms. Arolyn Garnell P’91

Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Garrison ’94

Mr. Sheng Ge and Ms. Li Xie P’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ian R. George ’82

Mr. Mykyta Gerbut ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Byron J. Gierhart, Jr. ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Gilbert P’08,’10,’13

Mr. Jacob A. Gilbert ’10

Mr. Maxwell L. Gilbert ’13

Mr. Nathan J. Gilbert ’08

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Gilbert P’14,’17

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Giller ’68

Mr. Avery R. Glass ’13

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Glass P’13

Mr. Joseph B. Glossberg P’87

The Goldstone Family Foundation

Mr. Zheng Gong ’23

Mr. Santiago Gonzalez Livas ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Gould ’71

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Grabmann P’19

Mr. Matthew T. Grabmann ’19

Mr. Alexander L. Gray H’12 and Mrs. Elizabeth Gray P’14,’16

Ms. Karen Gray and Mr. Ed Neister

Mr. and Mrs. Michel Gray

Mr. Christopher F. Grilk ’06

Mr. David F. Grilk ’06

Mr. Victor Geronimo Grisi Haddad ’24

Mr. Ethan Guerrier ’24

Ms. Sandy Guerrier P’24

Mr. Carlos Gutierrez and Mrs. Lucia Coppel Calvo P’23

Mr. Emilio Gutierrez Coppel ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. F. Hale ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hall ’60

Mr. Ho Seok Ham ’22

Mr. Jinwoo Ham ’26

Mr. Gyeongmin Han ’23

Mr. David G. Hanson ’68 and Mrs. Laura Palumbo-Hanson

Mr. Erland B. Hardy

Mr. Duncan Harris and Dr. Alison Harris P’23

Mr. Tucker M. Harris ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Haskell ’49, P’75

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Haskell ’75

Mr. Sherwood C. Haskins, Jr. and Mrs. Andrea MattisenHaskins P’89,’91

Ms. Amalia M. Haydock

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hays

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Heekin P’18

Mr. Adam Heffer ’25

Mr. Eli Heffer ’25

Mr. Drew H. Hemenway ’23

Mr. Brandon W. D. Hennessey ’23

Ms. Christina Hennessey P’21,’23

Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Herzig ’48

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Hicks P’84

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Higginbotham P’24

Mr. Ty R. Higginbotham ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Hilton ’66

Mr. Eric Hollingsworth and Ms. SooHee Yoon

Mr. Scott Hollingsworth

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Horne ’62

Mr. James O. Houssels ’79

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Houston

Mr. Xinyuan Hu ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hudkins P’24

Mr. Magnum T. Hudkins ’24

Mr. Noah Humphrey ’24

Mr. and Ms. Terrence Humphrey P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hunt P’26

Mr. Samuel Hunt ’26

Mr. Richard G. Hunter P’90

Major Warren D. Huse ’52

Mr. George J. Husson, Sr. P’85,’88

Mr. Michael Hutchinson P’20,’22

Mr. MinJun Hwang ’23

Mr. James Ingram and Ms. Heidi Burtscher P’23

Mr. Rupert P. Ingram ’23

Mr. Patrick James and Ms. Debra Alleyne-James

Mr. Davis S. Jamison ’24

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Janes P’00

Mrs. Monica Jangro P’75,’78, GP’03,’05

Mr. Hayden Jenkins ’10

Mr. Sifei Jia ’23

Mr. Bohan Jiang ’23

Mr. Reagan V. Jobe ’98

Mr. David Johnson

Mr. Nathaniel L. Johnson ’20

Mr. Raleigh W. Johnson III ’74

Mr. Richard B. Johnson and Dr. Sharon Johnson P’20

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas

Mr. Grayson M. Jones ’23

Mr. Griffin Jones ’25

Ms. Kyla Joslin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Judge ’57

Mr. and Mrs. Kris Kaplinski

Mr. and Mrs. David N. Kelley II P’90

Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Kendall ’51

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Kennedy ’79

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Kenny

Ms. Lisa Kenyon

Ms. Maxine Kernisant P’24

Mr. Souta Kidosaki ’24

Mr. Daehwan Kim ’25

Mr. Jaeseong Kim ’23

Mr. Joshua E. Kim ’23

Mr. Sungyun Kim ’23

Mr. Pierce J. King ’05

Mr. Wesley T. King ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kinnaly ’81

Mr. Kai A. Kinoshita ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Klaus ’73

Mr. Hyun Jun Ko ’23

Mr. Kari O. Kontu ’80

Mr. Toby M. Kravet ’56

Dr. B. Justin Krawitt and Dr. Jennifer Krawitt P’25

Mr. Leo J. Krawitt ’25

Mr. Allan Kreuzburg H’23 and Mrs. Amy Kreuzburg P’14,’17

Mr. Tomonari Kuromatsu ’95

Mr. Sean Kwon ’24

Mr. Kristofor Langetieg and Ms. Jungwon Park P’24

Mr. Terence P. Langetieg ’24

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large P’12

Mr. Jaemin Lee ’06

Mr. Sunjoon Lee ’25

Mr. Cayden LeRoy ’26

Mr. Amanuel A. Levine ’23

Mr. Alan Lewis GP’24,’27

Mr. Benjamin Lewis ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Tyler L. Lewis P’24,’27

Mr. Chak Shing Li ’23

Mr. Chengxuan Li ’25

Mr. Jichao Li ’24

Mr. Senchun Li and Ms. Xiaoyan Ma P’24

Mr. Yichen Li ’24

Mr. Zhimin Li ’23

Mr. Joonseong Lim ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Linen P’23

Mr. Maddox Linen ’23

Mr. Charles Lister-James

Dr. and Mrs. Tzu-Shang T. Liu P’18

Mr. Xingcheng Liu ’26

Mr. Yuehan Liu ’23

Mr. Zhengyuan Liu ’24

Mr. Zibo Liu ’25

Mrs. Margaret E. Lloyd P’01

Mr. Jeremy A. Lockshin ’16

Mr. Cole Longfield ’24

Mr. Dekun Lu ’25

Mr. Federico Lujan Lalieu ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Lyon P’05,’13

Dr. Michael Madan and Dr. Juliette Madan P’17,’21,’24,’26

Mr. Piers Madan ’26

Mr. Ramsay S. Madan ’24

Ms. Emily Magnus

Mrs. Nancy Mahler P’84

Mr. Peter W. Mahler ’84

Maine Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Mainzer ’66

Mrs. Florence Mallory P’95

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Mallory ’95

Mr. Matteo B. Mangiardi ’14

Dr. Steven Mann and Mrs. Susan Taylor-Mann P’03

Mr. and Mrs. William Mann P’21

Mr. Simon M. Manners ’25

Mr. Kai E. Mansharamani ’25

Mr. Vikram Mansharamani and Ms. Kristen Hanisch

Mansharamani P’25

Mr. Andres Marcos ’03

Mr. Ruben A. Marcos ’05

Mr. Marvin Marks

Dr. and Mrs. Peter Maro P’21

Mr. Jose Martinez Rivero ’24

Dr. Katharine W. Mauer P’97

Mr. Maxwell Maurer

Mr. and Mrs. Beau C. Maville ’00

Mr. Carlos Mayer Alverde ’24

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCalmont P’00,’11

Mr. Neil C. McCalmont ’11

Mr. Griffin McClure ’24

Mr. Joseph McClure ’26

Mr. Mark S. McCue and Mrs. Vasiliki M. Canotas P’09

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. McHugh

Mr. and Mrs. Dave McKahan

Mrs. Faith K. McLean P’77

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McLean ’77

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McNair P’08

Mr. Edward A. McNaught III ’94

Ms. Lillian McQuaid Rozanski

Mr. Brian R. McQuillan ’07

Mr. and Mrs. Scott McQuillan P’07

Mr. Alexander Meigs-Rives ’09

Ms. Jessica Merrick P’22

Mr. Clement M. Mikheev ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William Miles P’21

Mrs. Dianne Miller P’96,’99

Mr. Aidan Milone ’23

Mr. Pavel Milone ’25

Dr. and Mrs. Craig Mines P’14,’16

Mr. Jared A. Mines ’14

Mr. Sage R. Mines ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Minneman ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Mitchell, Jr. ’73

Mr. Michael Mitchell and Ms. Rasheda Edness P’24

Mr. Michael A. Mitchell ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan T. Mitchell ’92

Mr. Carl C. Moerer ’95

Mr. Sawyer S. Moody ’16

Mr. Adrian Moon ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Moore ’58

Mr. Kanata Mori ’25

Mr. Toshihiro Moriyama ’23

Ms. Erika M. Mosse P’08

Ms. Nancy Moye

Mr. Bode E. Murano ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Nash II ’76

Mr. and Mrs. W. Carter Neild ’85

Mr. H. J. Nelson III P’98

Mr. and Mrs. John Nesbitt P’26

Mr. Dylan Ness ’23

Mr. James Nikodem ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Nitze P’04

Mr. Adlai C. Nixon ’25

Mr. Alexander John M. Noel ’19

Mrs. Kate Noel P’16,’19

Mr. James Noonan ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Nowak

Mr. Isaac P. Oberting ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Brien P’19

Mr. Benjamin Ogarrio Enterria ’24

Mr. Semin Oh ’23

Mr. Auden Oliver-Yeager ’18

Mr. Salvador Onate Iberri ’24

Mr. Santiago Onate Iberri ’24

Mr. Robert W. Ooten ’24

Mr. Stephen E. Ordway ’94

Mr. Keunhoo Park ’23

Mr. Sunghoon Park ’23

Mr. Sungsan Park ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Paskus ’77

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua G. Perelman ’86

Mr. Santiago Perez Sanchez ’13

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Perfield

Mr. Gage R. Perry ’17

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Peters P’14

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Petrini P’25,’25,’26

Mr. Kevin J. Petrini, Jr. ’25

Mr. Mana J. A. Petrini ’25

Mr. Zachary J. Petrini ’26

Mr. Jordan C. Pham ’23

Mr. Daniel J. Philbrick P’07,’14

Mr. and Mrs. Adam E. Philie ’10

Mr. Andrew G. Philie ’06

Mr. Austin J. Philie ’16

Mr. Jack Pieretti ’24

Mr. Luis E. Pietrini Topete ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Pitassi ’94

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Porcelli, Jr. P’95

Mr. John M. Pratt

Mr. and Mrs. John Pritzker P’24

Mr. Permpoon Promphan ’23

Mr. Fanyu Pu ’24

Mrs. Anne W. Pullen P’83

Mr. Diego Ramonfaur ’10

Mr. Reynaldo Ramos Salmon ’24

Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler Ramsdell P’05

Ms. Margaret O. Ranger

Mr. William Rassier ’20

Mr. Hogeun Rhee ’25

Rhode Island Foundation

Mr. Channing S. Rice ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Rice ’60

Mr. Kyle Riffe

Mrs. Sally G. Riley ’73 and Mr. Arch W. Riley

Mr. and Mrs. William Rivellini

Mr. Christopher Rivera ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Roachford P’20

Mr. Auberon Robbins ’23

Mr. Jared I. Roberts P’09

Mr. and Mrs. Colin P. Robinson ’93

Mr. Alberto P. Rocha Vazquez and Ms. Shannon Gahagan

Mr. Gregory C. Rohman ’95

Mr. Emilio Rojas Velasco ’24

Mr. Maximus P. Romano ’23

Mr. Robert Rose and Ms. Susan Fisher P’06

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Rosen P’07

Mr. William D. Ruffa ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Ruffa, Jr. P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rule GP’26

Ms. Sharon V. Ruvane P’01

Mr. Churchill T. Salathe ’22

Mr. Lagan G. Salathe ’20

Mr. Luis Alberto San Martin Fortes ’24

Mr. and Mrs. John Sands P’25

Mr. Ryan Sands ’25

Mr. Alexis R. Santini ’23

Mr. Julian M. Santini ’24

Mr. Robert Saunders and Dr. Kimberly Saunders P’22

Mr. George L. Schwab V ’25

Mr. Benjamin M. Seiler ’19

Mr. and Ms. Michael Seiler P’19

Ms. Carolyn Shapiro-Wall P’14

Dr. and Mrs. Eric A. Shirley P’99

Mrs. Barbara J. Shragge-Stack P’10

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Silitch P’19,’21

Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan Sinclair

Mr. Nicholas Q. Slaughter ’13

Mr. Gavin M. Slovis ’24

Mr. Charles S. Smith III ’73

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Solberg

Mr. Christopher Speers

Mr. David Stack ’10

Mr. and Mrs. Brennan Starkey P’14

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Starkey GP’14

W. Paul Starkey Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart H. Steffey ’94

Dr. Susan K. Stein P’04

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steinkamp P’97

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stern P’15

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stettinius P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Stevenson, Jr. ’00

Mr. Gustavo Struck ’92, P’22

Mr. Juan Suarez and Mrs. Karen Rule Suarez P’26

Mr. Nicholas C. Sumner ’23

Mr. Yuchen Sun ’24

Mr. Juhwan Sung ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Max Swango P’18

Mr. John P. Swarbrick ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Swenson III ’67

Mr. Henri T. Tahvanainen ’94 and Mrs. Katja Jukka-Tahvanainen

Mr. Wenbin Tang ’24

Mr. Natakorn Tanglertsumphun ’23

Mr. Vuttipat Tanglertsumphun ’25

Mr. Michael D. W. Tansey ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Kenton L. Tarbutton ’72

Tarkiln Hill Realty Corp.

Mr. Anton Tatus

Mr. Nazar Tatus ’24

Mr. Weston Tayebati ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Taymore ’68

Mr. Joshua J. Tedeschi ’23

Mr. Benjamin P. Thurston ’95

Mr. Shuhe Tie ’23

Mr. Gino Tieppo ’94

Mr. Henry L. Timbrell ’25

Mr. Max H. Timbrell ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Timbrell P’25,’25

Mr. and Ms. Colin Tindall P’25

Mr. William C. Tindall ’25

Mr. Blumes L. Tracy ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Drew R. Trainor ’94

Mr. Richard Treadwell ’24

Mr. Santiago Trevino Plancarte ’24

Dr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Trice ’69

Mrs. Frederick A. Tucker, Jr. P’91

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turcotte P’15

Turfpro LMSC, Inc.

UBS Financial Services

Mr. Kai Uemura ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Valenti P’21

Mr. Daniel F. Valenti, Jr. ’21

Col. and Mrs. Richard J. Van Arnam, Jr. P’10

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice, Jr. ’85

Mrs. Cathy VanderBrug GP’24,’27

Ms. Audrey VanZandt and Mr. Dylan Fenlason

Mr. Santiago Veiga Kalifa ’24

Ms. Kathleen Verville-Swarbrick P’16

Mr. Henry Viens ’26

Mr. Gunnar C. von Hollander ’18

Mr. Christopher R. von Jako ’83

Mr. Brandon J. Wagner ’92

Mr. George W. N. Walker ’95

Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Walker III P’95

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Walker P’15

Mr. Alex Y. Wang ’23

Mr. Haijun Wang and Ms. Jiacong Zhang P’21

Mr. Po Yin Apollo Wang ’25

Mr. Shujun Wang ’26

Mr. Elliott Watson ’25

Mr. Nathan Watson ’23

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Webster ’55

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Weeks, Jr. P’95,’01

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Weeks ’59

Mr. Junxian Wei and Mrs. Yang Wang P’21

Dr. Jeffrey Weinzweig and Ms. Ashley Kalus P’25

Mr. Leo Weinzweig ’25

Mr. Jonathan R. Weiss ’00

Mr. and Mrs. James Welsh

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Wennik GP’15,’16

Mr. Marten J. Wennik P’15,’16

Ms. Warnique West P’23

Mr. Terrence Whitaker GP’23

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. White, Jr. ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White P’18

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Whitehead P’16

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Wilkinson

Mr. Jonathan Wimbish

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Wolman ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Woods P’06,’07

Mr. John C. Woods P’72, GP’18

Mr. Lucas S. Woods ’18

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Wyskiel P’06,’08

Mr. ShuaiIun Xie ’25

Mr. Enjie Yang ’26

Mrs. Fang Yang P’19

Mr. Darius D. Yarborough ’23

Mr. Pin Hong Yee ’25

Mr. Joonki Yoon ’24

Mr. Aaron J. You ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey Young ’60

Mr. Chengtian Yu ’25

Mr. Owen Yuan ’24

Mr. Kaien Yue ’24

Mr. Alexis M. Zambrano ’03

Mr. Christopher H. Zamore ’67

Mr. Artemio C. Zaragoza ’23

Mr. Allen Zhang ’26

Mr. Yucheng Zhao ’24

Mr. Chance Jai Zhu ’24

Mr. Hanwen Zhu ’25

Mr. Qi Jin Nuo Zhu ’25

alumni donors by class

class of 1948

Alan C. Herzig

Roger K. Lighty

class of 1949

Roger C. Bullard

Henry M. Haskell

class of 1951

Warren A. Kendall

Peter Rand

class of 1952

Warren D. Huse

class of 1954

Frederick H. Boissevain

class of 1955

David H. Webster

class of 1956

Toby M. Kravet

class of 1957

Frank B. Judge

class of 1958

Peter A. Albee

Peter B. Moore

class of 1959

David W. Bergeson

Richard F. Weeks

class of 1960

Anonymous

Edward A. Ball

James E. Casselman

Edward T. Griffin

Charles H. Hall

Roger P. Rice

John C. Stowe

Rumsey Young

class of 1962

Bradford B. Cowen

Arthur C. Cox

Paul B. Gardent

Frederick H. Gohl

Gregory S. Horne

William E. Major

Edward B. Righter

Howard S. Tuthill

class of 1963

Richard C. Boothby

Daniel S. Burack

Schuyler V. Peck

William K. Whyte

class of 1964

Roger C. Earle

class of 1965

Anonymous

Sherman C. Bedford

class of 1966

Peter C. Gerard

Lawrence J. Hilton

James S. Mainzer

class of 1967

Michael B. Garrison

Guy A. Swenson

Christopher H. Zamore

class of 1968

David J. Giller

David G. Hanson

F. Corning Kenly

Bruce S. Taymore

Geoffrey M. Troy

class of 1969

Evans Arnold

Steven W. August

Mark V. Cleveland

Edmund W. Trice

Lawrence M. Wolman

class of 1970

Peter R. Garrison

class of 1971

Eric R. Anderson

Morgan P. Dickerman

Kenneth B. Gould

class of 1972

Lawrence T. Diggs

Kenton L. Tarbutton

Michael B. White

John C. Woods

class of 1973

Robert V. Chartener

Kenneth S. Klaus

Albert J. Mitchell

Sally G. Riley

Charles S. Smith

class of 1974

Mark C. Barrett-Owen

William L. Barry

Kenneth E. Bentsen

Joseph Collins

Raleigh W. Johnson

Frank P. White

class of 1975

Steven M. Haskell

Scott F. Powers

Jonathan N. Wakely

class of 1976

Paul J. Leahy

Peter W. Nash

Mark J. Ruelle

Anderson B. White

class of 1977

Joseph B. Bergner

Nathaniel K. Brown

Gregory B. Cyr

Michael P. McLean

Charles F. Morgan

Matthew S. Paskus

class of 1978

Kirk J. Franklin

Craig M. Johnson

class of 1979

Jeremy T. Crigler

James O. Houssels

Clayton D. Johnson

Christopher E. Kennedy

Christopher J. King

class of 1980

Scott Conniff

Stewart S. Dixon

Brett C. Duffy

Byron J. Gierhart

Charles T. Haskell

Kari O. Kontu

David J. McCusker

Dan M. Moody

class of 1981

Michael J. Kinnaly

Richard M. Sincerbeaux

class of 1982

Richard J. DellaRusso

Michael L. Denby

Ian R. George

Paul E. Krayer

Kevin M. Powers

class of 1983

Henry B. duPont

Christopher R. von Jako

Daniel M. Zinsmeyer

class of 1984

Ian N. Arnof

B. John Burke

Finn M. Caspersen

Forrester A. Clark

Jeremy D. Cohen

Peter W. Mahler

class of 1985

William C. Neild

Franklin E. Staley

Peter E. Van Nice

class of 1986

Jonathan M. Harris

Joshua G. Perelman

class of 1987

Desmond O. Butler

David D. Kahn

Clarke M. Murdough

Peter G. Whitehead

class of 1988

Richard T. Conly

James F. Marrion

class of 1989

Ronn M. Bronzetti

Brendan C. Dinan

class of 1990

John G. Diemar

Kyle I. Fellers

class of 1991

Shawn D. Damon

Leigh W. Otzen

class of 1992

Andrew P. Bay

Parkins T. Burger

Jeffrey B. Elizardi

Karl G. Hutter

Ryan T. Mitchell

Gustavo Struck

Brandon J. Wagner

class of 1993

Colin P. Robinson

class of 1994

John P. D’Entremont

Cleve C. Emmons

Michael G. Garrison

Edward A. McNaught

Stephen E. Ordway

Brad Pitassi

Stewart H. Steffey

Henri T. Tahvanainen

Gino Tieppo

Drew R. Trainor

James A. Ward

class of 1995

William Z. Antonucci

Jotham W. Burnett

Stephen J. Calabrese

Douglas Case

Sean Donahue

Christopher R. Hale

Tomonari Kuromatsu

Richard C. Mallory

Carl C. Moerer

Marc Porcelli

Anthony Ragno

Christopher Rivera

Gregory C. Rohman

Christopher M. Taliercio

Benjamin P. Thurston

George W. Walker

Mario A. Zambrano

class of 1996

Rodrigo Braun

Morgan C. Conrad

Jesse A. Minneman

Christopher R. Payne

class of 1998

Reagan V. Jobe

John H. Roach

class of 1999

Daniel Briseno

Antonio J. Caballero

class of 2000

Andrew F. Conrad

Beau C. Maville

Jeremiah P. Shipman

Alan N. Stevenson

Jonathan R. Weiss

class of 2001

Joseph H. Caldwell

Andres Gavito

Samuel M. Hamilton

Sangwook Lee

Beverly Wakely H’01

class of 2002

Cameron K. Dewar H’02

Eric B. Wald

class of 2003

Casey E. Barber

Andres Marcos

Michael P. Marsal

Alexis M. Zambrano

class of 2004

Justin P. Flessa-LaRoche

Crawford C. Hamilton

Robert F. Kenerson H’04

class of 2005

Alexander F. Caron

Colin J. Flynn

Herbert A. Kent

Pierce J. King

John L. Lineberry

Ruben A. Marcos

class of 2006

John A. Camp

Christopher M. Cyr

Christopher F. Grilk

David F. Grilk

Jaemin Lee

Andrew G. Philie

class of 2007

Samuel W. Funnell

Brian R. McQuillan

class of 2008

Ian F. Gagnon

Nathan J. Gilbert

Gray P. Hamilton

class of 2009

Gavin Bayreuther

Nicholas P. Funnell

Alexander Meigs-Rives

class of 2010

Cole Franklin

Jacob A. Gilbert

Miles N. Hamilton

Hayden Jenkins

Adam E. Philie

Diego Ramonfaur

David Stack

class of 2011

Alex J. Brennan

Thomas R. Caron

Neil C. McCalmont

class of 2012

Charley A. Borek

Cole T. Brennan

Charles M. Day

Alexander L. Gray H’12

class of 2013

Henry Day

Austin G. Franklin

Maxwell L. Gilbert

Avery R. Glass

Santiago Perez Sanchez

Nicholas Q. Slaughter

class of 2014

Raymond Bai

Justin P. Biela

Matteo B. Mangiardi

Jared A. Mines

class of 2015

Beckham J. Bayreuther

class of 2016

Wesley T. King

Jeremy A. Lockshin

Stephanie G. McCusker H’16

Sage R. Mines

Sawyer S. Moody

Austin J. Philie

Luis E. Pietrini Topete

John P. Swarbrick

Diane G. Wallach H’16

class of 2017

Jackman S. Bayreuther

Raymond Hindle

Penelope B. Peck H’17

Gage R. Perry

class of 2018

Auden Oliver-Yeager

Gunnar C. von Hollander

Lucas S. Woods

class of 2019

Wenqi Fu

Matthew T. Grabmann

William S. Hindle

Alexander John M. Noel

Benjamin M. Seiler

class of 2020

Nathaniel L. Johnson

Chenghan Li

Kolapat J. Mongkhonvanit

William Rassier

Lagan G. Salathe

class of 2021

Mark R. Anstiss

Conley E. Bohan

John G. Diemar

Daniel F. Valenti

class of 2022

Ho Seok Ham

Churchill T. Salathe

class of 2023

Elan Abramson

Freeman L. Ambrose

Junhyeong An

Donald E. Andrews

Daniel T. Blenk

Mehki M. Brown

Jorge Burillo Rojas

Liam M. Burke

Enrique Castillo

Kaiyang Chen

Yinuo Chen

Archer W. Davenport

Siyuan Feng

Jaden S. Ficek

Asher C. Frankel

Sebastian Garay Zambrano

Zheng Gong

Emilio Gutierrez Coppel

Gyeongmin Han

Tucker M. Harris

Drew H. Hemenway

Brandon W. Hennessey

Xinyuan Hu

MinJun Hwang

Rupert P. Ingram

Sifei Jia

Bohan Jiang

Grayson M. Jones

Jaeseong Kim

Joshua E. Kim

Sungyun Kim

Kai A. Kinoshita

Hyun Jun Ko

Allan Kreuzburg H’23

Amanuel A. Levine

Chak Shing Li

Zhimin Li

Joonseong Lim

Maddox Linen

Yuehan Liu

Clement M. Mikheev

Aidan Milone

Adrian Moon

Toshihiro Moriyama

Bode E. Murano

Dylan Ness

Isaac P. Oberting

Semin Oh

Keunhoo Park

Sunghoon Park

Sungsan Park

Jordan C. Pham

Permpoon Promphan

Auberon Robbins

Maximus P. Romano

William D. Ruffa

Alexis R. Santini

Nicholas C. Sumner

Juhwan Sung

Natakorn Tanglertsumphun

Michael D. Tansey

Joshua J. Tedeschi

Shuhe Tie

Alex Y. Wang

Nathan Watson

Fountain V. Whitaker

Darius D. Yarborough

Aaron J. You

Injun Yu

Artemio C. Zaragoza

class of

2024

Eduardo Andre Assad Trevino

Hank Backhoff de la Garza Evia

Eduardo Camarena Gonzalez

Juan Jose Domene Ruiz

Marcelo Galan Valladares

Santiago Gonzalez Livas

Cole Longfield

Ramsay S. Madan

Jose Martinez Rivero

Carlos Mayer Alverde

Santiago Onate Iberri

Jack Pieretti

Emilio Rojas Velasco

Luis Alberto San Martin Fortes

Gavin M. Slovis

Santiago Trevino Plancarte

Santiago Veiga Kalifa

class of 2025

Devin Cokinos

Weston Tayebati

Leo Weinzweig

Pin Hong Yee

class of 2026

Cayden LeRoy

current students

class of 2024

Alexander Calabro

Nathan Caples

Conley M. Chen

Chun Cheung

Yoonwoo Cho

Jeongung Choi

Benjamin D. Clary

Cameron Collicott

Hamilton P. Day

Pablo del Mazo Puente

Annabi I. Diallo

Finnegan M. Donelan

Ethan D. Ellis

Victor Geronimo Grisi Haddad

Ethan Guerrier

Ty R. Higginbotham

Magnum T. Hudkins

Noah Humphrey

Davis S. Jamison

Souta Kidosaki

Yechan Kim

Sean Kwon

Terence P. Langetieg

Benjamin Lewis

Jichao Li

Yichen Li

Zhengyuan Liu

Federico Lujan Lalieu

Griffin McClure

Michael A. Mitchell

James Nikodem

Benjamin Ogarrio Enterria

Salvador Onate Iberri

Robert W. Ooten

Fanyu Pu

Reynaldo Ramos Salmon

Channing S. Rice

Julian M. Santini

Yuchen Sun

Wenbin Tang

Nazar Tatus

Blumes L. Tracy

Richard Treadwell

Joonki Yoon

Owen Yuan

Kaien Yue

Yucheng Zhao

Chance Jai Zhu

class of 2025

Mercer S. Amling

David Balshen

Linden Beal

Wesley G. Berger

Cameron R. Blatz

Cameron Brown

Cole M. Brown

Rio Burnett

Riley Caples

You-An Chen

Beomgeun Choi

Christopher Deoki

Jaeyoon Do

Shaun Flynn

James E. Frost

William Gardner

Mykyta Gerbut

Adam Heffer

Eli Heffer

Griffin Jones

Daehwan Kim

Leo J. Krawitt

Sunjoon Lee

Chengxuan Li

Zibo Liu

Dekun Lu

Simon M. Manners

Kai E. Mansharamani

Pavel Milone

Kanata Mori

Adlai C. Nixon

James Noonan

Kevin J. Petrini

Mana J. Petrini

Hogeun Rhee

Ryan Sands

George L. Schwab

Vuttipat Tanglertsumphun

Henry L. Timbrell

Max H. Timbrell

William C. Tindall

Kai Uemura

Po Yin Apollo Wang

Elliott Watson

ShuaiIun Xie

Chengtian Yu

Hanwen Zhu

Qi Jin Nuo Zhu

class of 2026

Seongwoo Cho

Charles Costello

Gavin Donelan

Jinwoo Ham

Samuel Hunt

Xingcheng Liu

Piers Madan

Joseph McClure

Zachary J. Petrini

Henry Viens

Shujun Wang

Enjie Yang

Allen Zhang

all donors, listed alphabetically

question: If you had $1 million to give to Cardigan, how would you ask the school to spend it?

katy and jeff amling p’25: The first priority should always be to preserve and protect the best teachers. A million dollars towards endowed teachers or departments could go a long way.

Anonymous (9)

Mrs. Jessica Abramson Lott and Mr. Jeremy Lott P’23

Mr. Elan Abramson ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Adams

Mr. Vanderpoel Adriance III

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Albee, Sr. ’58

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Alessandroni P’08

Ms. Phyllis Alleyne-Holland P’02

Mr. Andrew Allison P’22

Mr. Leland Alper

AmazonSmile Foundation

Mr. Freeman L. Ambrose ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Amling P’25

Mr. Mercer S. Amling ’25

Mr. Dongjoon An and Mrs. Jieun Son P’23

Mr. Junhyeong An ’23

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Anderson ’71

Mr. Donald E. Andrews ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Andrews P’23

Mr. Mark R. Anstiss ’21

Mr. Raymond L. Anstiss, Jr. P’21

Mr. William Z. Antonucci ’95

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Appleton P’13

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Armstrong P’19

Mr. Ian N. Arnof ’84 and Ms. Sunshine J. Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Evans Arnold ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ashford P’84,’86,’90

Ms. Maria Assad Montelongo

Mr. Eduardo Andre Assad

Trevino, Jr. ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. August ’69

Axis Coach Transportation

Mr. Hank Backhoff de la Garza Evia ’24

Mr. Raymond Bai ’14

Mrs. Lynn Baker P’90

Mr. Malcolm G. Baker, Jr. P’90

Baldwin Foundation Trust

Ms. Emily Baldwin P’24,’26

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ball ’60

Mr. David Balshen ’25

Mr. Mohamed Bamba ’14

Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Banwell Architects, P.C.

Mr. Casey E. Barber ’03

Samuel Barnet Blvd. Corp.

Mr. Mark C. Barrett-Owen ’74

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Barry ’74

Mr. Andrew P. Bay ’92

Mr. Beckham J. M. Bayreuther ’15

Mr. Gavin Bayreuther ’09

Mr. Jackman S. Bayreuther ’17

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bayreuther P’09,’15,’17

Mr. Adam Beal and Ms. Stephanie Jensen P’25

Mr. Linden Beal ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman C. Bedford, Jr. ’65

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Belliveau P’93, GP’22,’20

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bello P’05

Benevity, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. ’74

Mr. Wesley G. Berger ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bergeron

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bergeson ’59

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Bergner ’77

Mr. Justin P. Biela ’14

Mr. Cameron R. Blatz ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John Blatz P’23,’25

Mr. Monte Blaustein

Mr. Daniel T. Blenk ’23

Blood’s Catering & Party Rental

Blue Sky Restaurant Group

Mr. Richard Boardman P’96

Mr. Conley E. Bohan ’21

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bohan P’21

Mr. Frederick H. Boissevain ’54

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Boothby ’63

Mr. Charley A. Borek ’12

Ms. Cheryl S. Borek P’10,’12,’15

The Boston Foundation

Boston Red Sox

Mr. Donald S. Boy and Mrs. Carol B. Mason P’99

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Braley

Mr. Rodrigo Braun ’96

Mr. Alex J. Brennan ’11

Mr. Cole T. Brennan ’12

Brine’s Team Sales

Mr. Daniel Briseno ’99

Mr. Jose Brohez Martinez Madero and Ms. Monica Rivero P’24

Mr. Ronn M. Bronzetti ’89 and Mrs. Sara Reineman

Vaughan W. Brown Family Foundation

Mr. Cameron Brown ’25

Mr. Cole M. L. Brown ’25

Prof. Eleanor Brown P’25,’25

Mr. Mehki M. Brown ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel K. Brown

Mr. Jonathan Bruck and Mrs. Cristel de Rouvray P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bruguiere P’18

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bruguiere GP’18

Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Bullard ’49

Mr. Daniel S. Burack ’63 and Mrs. Debra Boronski

Mr. Parkins T. Burger ’92

Mr. Jorge Burillo Rojas ’23

Mr. B. John Burke ’84

Mr. Liam M. Burke ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Burke P’23

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Burnett P’95, GP’25

Mr. and Mrs. Jotham W. Burnett ’95, P’25

Mr. Rio Burnett ’25

Mr. and Mrs. John Burritt

Dr. and Mrs. Olaf Butchma P’14,’16

Mr. Desmond O. Butler ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Butterfield

Mr. Antonio J. Caballero, Jr. ’99

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cabot

Mr. and Mrs. James Caccivio P’16

Mr. Stephen J. Calabrese ’95

Mr. Alexander Calabro ’24

Mr. and Ms. Peter Calabro P’24

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Caldwell ’01

Mr. Eduardo Camarena Gonzalez ’24

Cambridge Trust Company

Mr. John A. Camp ’06

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Camp III P’06

Camp-Younts Foundation

Mr. Barrett Capistran

Capital Genealogy

Capital Sporting Goods

Mr. and Mrs. James Caples P’24,’25

Mr. Nathan Caples ’24

Mr. Riley Caples ’25

Mr. Jarrod Caprow

Mr. Alexander F. Caron ’05

Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Caron P’05,’11

Mr. Thomas R. Caron ’11

Mr. Douglas Case ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Finn M. W. Caspersen, Jr. ’84

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Casselman ’60

Mr. Enrique Castillo ’23

Ms. Jill Cavalieri

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cepiel P’19,’23

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Chapin P’09

Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Chartener ’73

Mrs. Bingqian Chen P’25,’27

Mr. and Ms. ChaoNan Chen P’25

Mr. Conley M. Chen ’24

Mr. Kaiyang Chen ’23

Mr. Lei Chen and Mrs. Mingqui Xu P’23

Mr. Yinuo Chen ’23

Mr. You-An Chen ’25

Mr. Zhanhong Chen and Ms. Wentong Guo P’22

Mr. Chun Cheung ’24

Mr. Yin Cheung and Mrs. Ming Chan P’24

Mr. Heejea Cho and Mrs. Ji Hye Jun P’24,’26

Mr. Seongwoo Cho ’26

Mr. Yoonwoo Cho ’24

Mr. Beomgeun Choi ’25

Mr. Jeongung Choi ’24

Mr. Suhwan Choi GP’25

Mr. Taeho Choi and Ms. Eoilyoung Kim P’24

Mr. Woon Young Choi and Mrs. Haknim Son P’25

Mr. Zhiyong Chou and Mrs. Jie Chen P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Forrester A. Clark III ’84

Clark’s Trading Post and White Mountain Central Railroad

Mr. Benjamin D. Clary ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Cleveland P’13

Dr. and Mrs. Mark V. Cleveland ’69

Click Bond, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy D. Cohen ’84

Mr. Devin Cokinos ’25

Ms. Mary Linn Coldiron GP’23

Coldwell Banker Lifestyles

Mr. Cameron Collicott ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Collins P’16

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Conly III ’88

Mr. Scott Conniff ’80

Mr. Andrew F. Conrad ’00

Mr. Morgan C. Conrad ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cook GP’19,’21

Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Cookson P’12,’17

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Coope P’18

Mr. Sewell H. Corkran III P’06,’07

Mr. Charles Costello ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Costello P’26

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford B. Cowen ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Cox ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Crawford

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy T. Crigler ’79

CTW Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Sean Cullen and Ms. Juliette Robbins P’23

Mr. Christopher M. Cyr ’06

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Cyr ’77, P’06,’19

Mr. and Mrs. Noel W. Dalton P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn D. Damon ’91, P’23

Mrs. Jennifer Dana P’18

Danforth Pewter

Mr. Archer W. Davenport ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Davenport P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Davies P’22

Mr. and Mrs. George Davis P’22

Mr. Charles M. Day ’12

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Day P’12,’13

Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield Day P’24

Mr. Hamilton P. Day ’24

Mr. Henry Day ’13

Mr. Richard Dec and Mrs. Stefanie Sacks Dec P’21

Mr. Pablo del Mazo Puente ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. DellaRusso ’82

Mr. Michael L. Denby ’82

Mr. and Mrs. John P. D’Entremont ’94

Mr. Christopher Deoki ’25

Mr. Parsana Deoki and Mrs. Mary Magsanoc-Deoki P’25

Dr. Cameron K. Dewar H’02 and Mrs. Janet Dewar P’93

Mr. Annabi I. Diallo ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan P. Dickerman III ’71

Mr. John G. Diemar, Jr. ’21

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Diemar ’90, P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Diggs ’72

Mr. Brendan C. Dinan ’89

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Dinan P’89

Mr. James T. Dirkes P’00,’03

Mr. Stewart S. Dixon, Jr. ’80

Mr. Jaeyoon Do ’25

Mr. Juan Jose Domene Ruiz ’24

CPT. Sean Donahue ’95

Mr. Finnegan M. Donelan ’24

Mr. Gavin Donelan ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Frantz Dorilas P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Chris D’Orio P’17,’18

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Doyle P’08

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Doyle P’22

Ms. Hedi Droste

Drummond Custom Cycles

Mr. Richard S. Drummond and Dr. Lisa A. Drummond P’11,’13

Mr. and Mrs. Brett C. Duffy ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. duPont IV ’83

Mr. and Mrs. Jude T. Dutille P’00

Dutille’s Jewelry Design Studio

The Eagle Rock Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Roger C. Earle ’64

Eastman Golf Links

Mr. and Mrs. Rob Edson

question: Why do you give to Cardigan?

jarrod caprow, current faculty: I give to Cardigan because I believe in what we are doing here. Students are not the only ones who learn at Cardigan. The adults learn here, too, and over the years, I have learned to be more patient, thoughtful, and giving.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Elizardi ’92

Mr. Ethan D. Ellis ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Ellis P’24,’27

Ms. Susan M. Emery P’94

Mr. Cleve C. Emmons ’94

Engelberth Construction, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Escalante P’20,’22

Mr. Luis Esquer and Mrs. Sandra Bours de Esquer P’12

Mrs. Barrie Fahey P’84

Mr. Gregory Farrell

Mr. and Mrs. John Faust P’13

Ms. Danielle Fedele

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle I. Fellers ’90

Mr. Guanxiong Feng and Mrs. Ye Zhao P’23

Mr. Siyuan Feng ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Corey-Joe Ficek P’23

Mr. Jaden S. Ficek ’23

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. Justin P. Flessa-LaRoche ’04

Dr. and Mrs. James Fluty P’19

Mr. Colin J. Flynn ’05

Mr. Shaun Flynn ’25

The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Fore-U Golf Center

Mr. James Forse

Mrs. Kathleen Foster P’96

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fox P’24

Mr. Richard K. Fox and Mrs. Karen Wolk P’84

Frank Corp. Environmental Services

Mr. Asher C. Frankel ’23

Mr. Austin G. Franklin ’13

Mr. Cole Franklin ’10

Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Franklin ’78, P’10,’13

Ms. Christine L. Frazier and Mr. Owen Denzer

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Frazier P’88,’95,’00

Mr. and Mrs. Ethan T. Frechette

Mrs. Dale Frehse P’89

Ms. Michele J. French P’07

Mrs. Donna D. Fried P’97

frontstream

Mr. James E. Frost ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan E. Frost P’25

Mr. Wenqi Fu ’19

Mr. Nicholas P. Funnell ’09

Mr. Samuel W. Funnell ’07

Ms. Jane W. Gage P’00

Mr. Ian F. Gagnon ’08

Mr. Marcelo Galan Valladares ’24

Mr. Sebastian Garay Zambrano ’23

Ms. Jenna Garber

Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Gardent ’62

Dr. E. Benjamin Gardner GP’25

Mr. William Gardner ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Garland P’22

Ms. Arolyn Garnell P’91

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Garrison ’67, P’94,’96

Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Garrison ’94

Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Garrison ’70

Mr. Halley Gartner and Ms. Julia Ford

Gates Frontiers Fund

Mr. Andres Gavito ’01

Mr. Sheng Ge and Ms. Li Xie P’25

Mr. and Mrs. Ian R. George ’82

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Gerard ’66

Mr. Mykyta Gerbut ’25

Mr. Rory Germain

Mr. and Mrs. Byron J. Gierhart, Jr. ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Gikas ’65

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Gilbert P’08,’10,’13

Mr. Jacob A. Gilbert ’10

Mr. Maxwell L. Gilbert ’13

Mr. Nathan J. Gilbert ’08

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Gilbert P’14,’17

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Giller ’68

Mr. Avery R. Glass ’13

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Glass P’13

Mr. Joseph B. Glossberg P’87

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Glover P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Gohl, Jr. ’62

The Goldstone Family Foundation

Mr. Qinxian Gong and Mrs. Xi Zheng P’23,’27

Mr. Zheng Gong ’23

Mr. Santiago Gonzalez Livas ’24

Gorman, Jr. Fire Alarm Consulting, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gorman P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Gould ’71

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Grabmann P’19

Mr. Matthew T. Grabmann ’19

Mr. Alexander L. Gray H’12 and Mrs. Elizabeth Gray P’14,’16

Ms. Karen Gray and Mr. Ed Neister

Mr. and Mrs. Michel Gray

Mr. David M. Gregory and Ms. Beth A. Wilkinson P’18

Mr. Edward T. Griffin ’60

Mr. Christopher F. Grilk ’06

Mr. David F. Grilk ’06

Mr. Thomas S. Grilk and Ms. Nancy S. Fredrick P’06,’06

Mr. Victor Geronimo Grisi Haddad ’24

Mr. Ethan Guerrier ’24

Ms. Sandy Guerrier P’24

Mr. and Mr. Timothy Gustin P’23

Mr. Carlos Gutierrez and Mrs. Lucia Coppel Calvo P’23

Mr. Emilio Gutierrez Coppel ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. F. Hale ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hall ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Rupert C. Hall P’11,’21

Mr. Ho Seok Ham ’22

Mr. Jinwoo Ham ’26

Mr. Sang Woo Ham and Ms. Na Jung Yoon P’22,’26

The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Crawford C. H. Hamilton ’04

Mr. Gray P. R. Hamilton ’08

Mr. Miles N. P. Hamilton ’10

Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr. P’01,’04,’08,’10

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton III ’01

F.C. Hammond & Son

Mr. Gyeongmin Han ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hanabergh

Mr. David G. Hanson ’68 and Mrs. Laura Palumbo-Hanson

Haphazard Quilting

Mr. Erland B. Hardy

Mr. Duncan Harris and Dr. Alison Harris P’23

Mr. Jonathan M. Harris ’86

Jonathan M. Harris Family Foundation

Mr. Tucker M. Harris ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Harrison P’10

Mr. Malik Harvey

Mr. Charles T. Haskell, Jr. ’80 and Dr. Helma Haskell

Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Haskell ’49, P’75

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Haskell ’75

Mr. Sherwood C. Haskins, Jr. and Mrs. Andrea MattisenHaskins P’89,’91

John Hay Estate at The Fells

Ms. Amalia M. Haydock

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hays

Mrs. Guifang He and Mr. Yubing Cheng P’19,’22

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Heekin P’18

Mr. Adam Heffer ’25

Mr. Eli Heffer ’25

Mr. Steven Heffer and Mrs. Heena Sultan P’25,’25

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hemenway P’23

Mr. David Hemenway GP’23

Mr. Drew H. Hemenway ’23

Mr. Cooper Hemphill and Ms. Victoria Dobbin

Mr. Brandon W. D. Hennessey ’23

Ms. Christina Hennessey P’21,’23

Mr. and Mrs. John Hennessey P’21,’23

Hermit Woods Winery

Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Herzig ’48

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hetherington P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Hicks P’84

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Higginbotham P’24

Mr. Ty R. Higginbotham ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Hilton ’66

Mr. Raymond Hindle ’17

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hindle P’17,’19

Mr. William S. Hindle ’19

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hines P’17

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hines P’20

Mrs. Jennie C. Hinman †

Mr. and Mrs. Koichiro Hirata P’17

Mr. Eric Hollingsworth and Ms. SooHee Yoon

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hollingsworth

Mr. Scott Hollingsworth

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Horne ’62

Mr. James O. Houssels ’79

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Houston

Mr. Hongbo Hu and Ms. Haiying Jiang P’23

Mr. Xinyuan Hu ’23

Mrs. Ping Huang and Mr. Song Chen P’20,’23

Mr. Wentao Huang and Mrs. Peiyu Ding P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hudkins P’24

Mr. Magnum T. Hudkins ’24

Mr. Kam Wa Hui and Ms. Ting Yi Chiang P’22,’24

Mr. Noah Humphrey ’24

Mr. and Ms. Terrence Humphrey P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hunt P’26

Mr. Samuel Hunt ’26

Mr. Richard G. Hunter P’90

Major Warren D. Huse ’52

Mr. George J. Husson, Sr. P’85,’88

Dr. and Mrs. Charles E.

Hutchinson III GP’01,’09

Mr. Michael Hutchinson P’20,’22

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hutter III P’92

Mr. and Mrs. Karl G. Hutter ’92

Mr. MinJun Hwang ’23

Mr. Sun Wook Hwang and Ms. So Yeon Choi P’23

Mr. James Ingram and Ms. Heidi Burtscher P’23

Mr. Rupert P. Ingram ’23

Jake’s Market and Deli

Mr. Patrick James and Ms. Debra Alleyne-James

Mr. Davis S. Jamison ’24

Mr. and Ms. Troy Jamison P’24

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Janes P’00

Mrs. Monica Jangro P’75,’78, GP’03,’05

Mr. Hayden Jenkins ’10

Mr. Sifei Jia ’23

Mr. Yongguang Jia and Ms. Miao Wang P’23

Mr. Bohan Jiang ’23

Mr. Zhaonian Jiang and Mrs. Zhongxin Duan P’20,’23

Mr. Reagan V. Jobe ’98

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’79, P’08

Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Johnson ’78, P’01,’03

Mr. David Johnson

Mr. Nathaniel L. Johnson ’20

Mr. Raleigh W. Johnson III ’74

Mr. Richard B. Johnson and Dr. Sharon Johnson P’20

The Willard and Ruth Johnson

Charitable Foundation

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas

Mr. Grayson M. Jones ’23

Mr. Griffin Jones ’25

Ms. Kyla Joslin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Judge ’57

Mr. David D. Kahn ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Kris Kaplinski

Mr. and Mrs. David Kavanaugh P’15

Mr. Chris Kelleher

Mr. and Mrs. David N. Kelley II P’90

Ms. Diana P. Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Kendall ’51

Dr. Robert F. Kenerson H’04

Mr. and Mrs. F. Corning Kenly III ’68

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Kennedy ’79

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Kenny

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Kent IV ’05

Ms. Lisa Kenyon

Ms. Maxine Kernisant P’24

Ms. Patricia Kidder

Ms. Becky Kidder Smith P’19

Mr. and Ms. Ken Kidosaki P’24

question: If you had $1 million to give to Cardigan, how would you ask the school to spend it?

herbert a. kent iv ’05: I would ask the school to spend it directly on the student and faculty experience. Whether it’s financial aid for students or providing endowed scholarships for faculty, what makes Cardigan, Cardigan, is the community. So investing in the people within the community makes for a better experience for current and future members of the community.

lisa kenyon, staff member: I would add an indoor track because not everyone is able to run the long distances as you need to do in cross country. It is also a sport that you can participate in year-round.

question: Why do you give to Cardigan?

heather and eric knapp p’20,’21 and current trustee: When we think about why we give to Cardigan every year, we remember what our kids tell us when we ask them what the first thing is that comes to mind when they think about their time at Cardigan. Without hesitation, they respond ‘I know how much my teachers and coaches truly cared about me.’ Only in an environment where a child feels seen, understood, and cared for can they thrive, and that’s the Cardigan Way.”

Mr. Souta Kidosaki ’24

Mr. Daehwan Kim ’25

Mr. Dongbin Kim and Mrs. Soyoung Chung P’23

Mr. Eunjong Kim and Ms. Sunil Han P’25

Mr. Jaeseong Kim ’23

Mr. Joshua E. Kim ’23

Mr. Minwoo Kim and Mrs. Youree Kwon P’23

Mr. Sung Hwan Kim and Mrs. Jihye Hwang P’24

Mr. Sungyun Kim ’23

Mr. Yechan Kim ’24

Mr. Yen Ju Kim and Mrs. Eun Kyoung Bang P’23

Mr. Yongmin Kim and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew King P’16,’19

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. King ’79

Mr. Pierce J. King ’05

Mr. Wesley T. King ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kinnaly ’81

Mr. Kai A. Kinoshita ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Masayoshi Kinoshita P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Klaus ’73

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Knapp P’20,’21

Knot Just Pretzels

Mr. Doowhan Ko and Mrs. Hyunsun An P’23

Mr. Hyun Jun Ko ’23

Mr. Kari O. Kontu ’80

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’89

Mr. Toby M. Kravet ’56

Dr. B. Justin Krawitt and Dr. Jennifer Krawitt P’25

Mr. Leo J. Krawitt ’25

Mr. and Mrs. P. Edward Krayer ’82

Mr. Allan Kreuzburg H’23 and Mrs. Amy Kreuzburg P’14,’17

Mr. Tomonari Kuromatsu ’95

Mr. Hyuk Ryul Kwon and Ms. Myun Seung Kim P’24

Mr. Sean Kwon ’24

Mr. Kristofor Langetieg and Ms. Jungwon Park P’24

Mr. Terence P. Langetieg ’24

Langworthy Foundation

Charitable Trust

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large P’12

The Laverack Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William Laverack, Jr.

Mr. Corey Lawson

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Leahy ’76

Mr. and Mrs. David H. LeBreton P’09

Mr. Jaemin Lee ’06

Mr. Jay Lee and Mrs. Heeyoung Sohn P’25

Mr. Sangwook Lee ’01

Mrs. Seojeong Lee P’25

Mr. Sunjoon Lee ’25

Mr. and Mrs. James Leone P’15

Mr. Cayden LeRoy ’26

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua LeRoy P’23,’26

Mr. Amanuel A. Levine ’23

Mr. Seth Levine and Ms. Greeley Sachs P’23

Mr. Alan Lewis GP’24,’27

Mr. Benjamin Lewis ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Tyler L. Lewis P’24,’27

Mr. Chak Shing Li ’23

Mr. Chenghan Li ’20

Mr. Chengxuan Li ’25

Mr. Fenghua Li and Ms. Hui Peng P’20,’23

Mr. Fengzhe Li and Ms. Honghua Piao P’18,’23

Mr. Jichao Li ’24

Mr. Jun Li and Ms. Wei Wang P’25

Mr. Senchun Li and Ms. Xiaoyan Ma P’24

Mr. Wei Li and Mrs. Chunjing Han P’24

Mr. Yichen Li ’24

Mr. Zhimin Li ’23

Mr. Roger K. Lighty ’48

Dr. Jisoo Lim and Dr. Hye Young Cho P’23

Mr. Joonseong Lim ’23

Mr. John L. Lineberry ’05

Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Linen P’23

Mr. Maddox Linen ’23

Mr. Charles Lister-James

Ms. Ruth H. Little P’09

Mr. Gongxun Liu and Mrs. Zhaomin Wei P’26

Mr. Hankai Liu and Mrs. Kun Zhang P’23

Mr. Junqiang Liu and Mrs. Weihong Zhu P’25

Dr. and Mrs. Tzu-Shang T. Liu P’18

Mr. Xingcheng Liu ’26

Mr. Yuehan Liu ’23

Mr. Zhengyuan Liu ’24

Mr. Zhiguo Liu and Mrs. Jianni Chen P’24

Mr. Zibo Liu ’25

Ms. Margaret Lloyd

Mrs. Margaret E. Lloyd P’01

Mr. Jeremy A. Lockshin ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lockshin P’16

Ms. Ashley Lodge

Mr. Cole Longfield ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Longfield P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Lovejoy ’99

Mr. Dekun Lu ’25

Mr. Zhengbing Lu and Mrs. Minxia Chen P’25

Mr. Federico Lujan Lalieu ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Lyon P’05,’13

Mr. Chen Ma and Ms. Yaping Shi P’21

Mr. Kendall MacInnis and Mrs. Maureen White P’19

Mrs. Ellen MacNeille Charles P’75,’77,’80, GP’02

Mr. and Mrs. George C. Macomber P’12

Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. MacVittie P’99

Dr. Michael Madan and Dr. Juliette Madan P’17,’21,’24,’26

Mr. Piers Madan ’26

Mr. Ramsay S. Madan ’24

Ms. Emily Magnus

Mr. Sang Jun Mah and Mrs. Eun Jin Park P’22

Mrs. Nancy Mahler P’84

Mr. Peter W. Mahler ’84

Maine Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Mainzer ’66

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Major ’62

Mrs. Florence Mallory P’95

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Mallory ’95

Mr. Matteo B. Mangiardi ’14

Dr. Steven Mann and Mrs. Susan Taylor-Mann P’03

Mr. and Mrs. William Mann P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Manners P’25

Mr. Simon M. Manners ’25

Mr. Kai E. Mansharamani ’25

Mr. Vikram Mansharamani and Ms. Kristen Hanisch Mansharamani P’25

Mr. Andres Marcos ’03

Mr. Ruben A. Marcos ’05

Ms. Nichole Marcy

Mr. Marvin Marks

Dr. and Mrs. Peter Maro P’21

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Marrion ’88

The Marsal Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Marsal ’03

Ms. Candyce Martin P’14

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Martin IV

Mr. Jose Martinez Rivero ’24

Dr. Katharine W. Mauer P’97

Mr. Maxwell Maurer

Mr. and Mrs. Beau C. Maville ’00

Mr. Carlos Mayer Alverde ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Adam McAlister

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCalmont P’00,’11

Mr. Neil C. McCalmont ’11

Ms. Mary McCarthy

Mr. Griffin McClure ’24

Mr. Joseph McClure ’26

Mr. Mark S. McCue and Mrs. Vasiliki M. Canotas P’09

Mr. David J. McCusker, Jr. ’80 and Mrs. Stephanie G. McCusker H’16, P’09,’10

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Burton E. McGillivray P’07,’09,’09

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. McHugh

Mr. and Mrs. Dave McKahan

Mrs. Faith K. McLean P’77

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McLean ’77

Mr. and Mrs. David McNair P’23

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McNair P’08

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. McNamara P’03,’06,’14

Mr. Edward A. McNaught III ’94

Ms. Lillian McQuaid Rozanski

Mr. Brian R. McQuillan ’07

Mr. and Mrs. Scott McQuillan P’07

Mr. Alexander Meigs-Rives ’09

Ms. Jessica Merrick P’22

Mr. Clement M. Mikheev ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William Miles P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Chapin B. Miller II

Mrs. Dianne Miller P’96,’99

Mr. Aidan Milone ’23

Mr. Pavel Milone ’25

Dr. and Mrs. Craig Mines P’14,’16

Mr. Jared A. Mines ’14

Mr. Sage R. Mines ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Minneman ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Mitchell, Jr. ’73

Mr. Michael Mitchell and

Ms. Rasheda Edness P’24

Mr. Michael A. Mitchell ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan T. Mitchell ’92

Mr. Carl C. Moerer ’95

Mr. Kolapat J. Mongkhonvanit ’20

Mr. and Mrs. Pornphisud

Mongkhonvanit P’20

Montcalm Golf Club

Montshire Museum of Science

Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Moody III ’80

Mr. Sawyer S. Moody ’16

Mr. Adrian Moon ’23

Mr. Sungchur Moon and Mrs. Young Joo Oh P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Moore ’58

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan, Jr. ’77

J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Morgan Stanley Gift Fund

Mr. Kanata Mori ’25

Mr. Sho Moriyama and Mrs. Ying Dai P’23

Mr. Toshihiro Moriyama ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Morrison P’94

Ms. Erika M. Mosse P’08

Ms. Nancy Moye

MTD Property Services

Mr. Bode E. Murano ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murano P’23

Mr. Clarke M. Murdough ’87

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Nash II ’76

Mr. and Mrs. W. Carter Neild ’85

Mr. John Neister

Mr. H. J. Nelson III P’98

Ms. Kristin Nelson P’23

Mr. and Mrs. John Nesbitt P’26

Mr. Dylan Ness ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Neuberg P’92

The New York Community Trust

Ms. Hillary Newton

Mrs. Madge Nickerson P’96

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Nikodem P’24

Mr. James Nikodem ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Nitze P’04

Mr. Adlai C. Nixon ’25

Mr. Alexander John M. Noel ’19

Mrs. Kate Noel P’16,’19

Mr. James Noonan ’25

Nor’ Easter Foundation

Northern Stage

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Nowak

Mr. Isaac P. Oberting ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Brien P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. O’Connell P’03

Mr. Benjamin Ogarrio Enterria ’24

Mr. Heejoo Oh and Ms. Woosun Lee P’23

Mr. Semin Oh ’23

Mr. Auden Oliver-Yeager ’18

Mr. Salvador Onate and Mrs. Denisse Iberri P’24,’24

Mr. Salvador Onate Iberri ’24

Mr. Santiago Onate Iberri ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ooten P’23,’24

Mr. Robert W. Ooten ’24

question: If you had $1 million to give to Cardigan, how would you ask the school to spend it?

mrs. dan sun p’24: I would respect and support whatever the school felt was most important at that time. I believe that all the projects at Cardigan are planned with the growth of the boys in mind, and that’s why I would make my gift unrestricted.

Mr. Stephen E. Ordway ’94

Otzen Family Foundation

Mr. Leigh W. Otzen ’91

Mr. and Ms. Mark Parash P’22

Mr. Hoonseok Park and Mrs. Ju Hee Sung P’23,’25

Mr. Junki Park and Mrs. Hyunji Song P’23

Mr. Keunhoo Park ’23

Mr. Sunghoon Park ’23

Mr. Sungsan Park ’23

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Paskus ’77

Mr. Christopher R. Payne ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Pearce III ’59

Mr. Jason Peck

Ms. Joan Peck and Ms. Judith E. Dearlove

Mrs. Nicole Peck Bartlett and Mr. Marshall Bartlett

Mr. Schuyler V. Peck ’63 and Mrs. Penelope B. Peck H’17

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua G. Perelman ’86

Mr. Santiago Perez Sanchez ’13

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Perfield

Mr. Gage R. Perry ’17

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Peters P’14

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Petrini P’25,’25,’26

Mr. Kevin J. Petrini, Jr. ’25

Mr. Mana J. A. Petrini ’25

Mr. Zachary J. Petrini ’26

Mr. John Peurach and Ms. Meryl Katz P’22

Mr. Jordan C. Pham ’23

Mr. Daniel J. Philbrick P’07,’14

Mr. and Mrs. Adam E. Philie ’10

Mr. Andrew G. Philie ’06

Mr. Austin J. Philie ’16

Mr. Edward G. Philie and Mrs. Phyllis A. Powers P’06,’10,’16,’17

Mr. Edward Pichardo and Mrs. Sonia Houston Pichardo

Mr. Jack Pieretti ’24

Mr. Luis E. Pietrini Topete ’16

Mr. Andrew C. Pilaro P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Pitassi ’94

PNC Institutional Asset Management

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Porcelli, Jr. P’95

Mr. Marc Porcelli ’95

Portland Sea Dogs

Mr. Robert Power GP’22

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Powers ’82

Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Powers ’75

Mr. John M. Pratt

Mr. Thomas Priest and Mrs. Sarah Davis Priest P’21

Mr. and Mrs. John Pritzker P’24

Mr. and Ms. Sidney Probstein P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Chanatip

Promphan P’23,’27

Mr. Permpoon Promphan ’23

Mr. Fanyu Pu ’24

Mr. Siliang Pu and Ms. Ying Wang P’24

Mrs. Anne W. Pullen P’83

Ragged Mountain Resort

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ragno III ’95

Mrs. Karen C. Ragno P’95

Mr. Diego Ramonfaur ’10

Mr. Reynaldo Ramos Salmon ’24

Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler Ramsdell P’05

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rand ’51

Ms. Margaret O. Ranger

Mr. William Rassier ’20

Red Brick Clothing Co

Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Mr. Hogeun Rhee ’25

Mr. Myunghan Rhee and Mrs. Jounglim An P’25 Rhode Island Foundation

Mr. Channing S. Rice ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Rice ’60

Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, Jr. P’22,’24

Mr. Kyle Riffe

Edward B. Righter Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Righter ’62

Mrs. Sally G. Riley ’73 and Mr. Arch W. Riley

Mr. and Mrs. William Rivellini

Mr. Christopher Rivera ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Rizika P’16

Mr. John H. Roach III ’98

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Roachford P’20

Mr. Auberon Robbins ’23

Mr. Jared I. Roberts P’09

Mr. Jeffrey M. Roberts and Mrs. Michelle Connolly Roberts P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Colin P. Robinson ’93

Mr. Alberto P. Rocha Vazquez and Ms. Shannon Gahagan

Mr. Gregory C. Rohman ’95

Mr. Emilio Rojas Velasco ’24

Mr. Maximus P. Romano ’23

Dr. Richard Rosato and Dr. Laurie Rosato P’18

Mr. Robert Rose and Ms. Susan Fisher P’06

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Rosen P’07

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross IV P’18

Mr. Mark J. Ruelle ’76

Mr. and Mrs. D. Bryan Ruez P’06

Mr. William D. Ruffa ’23

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Ruffa, Jr. P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rule GP’26

Ms. Sharon V. Ruvane P’01

Mrs. Sharon S. Rymer P’11,’14

Mr. and Mrs. John Sabat P’20

Sacramento Region

Community Foundation

Safflowers

Mr. Churchill T. Salathe ’22

Mr. Lagan G. Salathe ’20

Mr. Luis Alberto San Martin Fortes ’24

Sancoa Foundation Trust

Mr. and Mrs. John Sands P’25

Mr. Ryan Sands ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sanski GP’11,’12

Santa’s Village

Mr. Alexis R. Santini ’23

Mr. Julian M. Santini ’24

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Santini P’23,’24

Mr. Robert Saunders and Dr. Kimberly Saunders P’22

Mr. Richard Schmidt and Dr. Georgia Bush P’23

Schwab Charitable Fund

Mr. and Ms. George Schwab P’25

Mr. George L. Schwab V ’25

Mr. Benjamin M. Seiler ’19

Mr. and Ms. Michael Seiler P’19

Mr. Greg Shapiro

Ms. Carolyn Shapiro-Wall P’14

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shaw P’19,’17

Mr. Dong Hyuk Shin ’15

Mr. Sung Min Shin and Mrs. Kyung Eun Lee P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah P. Shipman ’00

Dr. and Mrs. Eric A. Shirley P’99

Mrs. Barbara J. Shragge-Stack P’10 Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Silitch P’19,’21

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Simmers P’20

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Sincerbeaux, Jr. ’81

Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan Sinclair

Bob Skinner’s Ski & Sport/Edgewise

Mr. Nicholas Q. Slaughter ’13

Mr. Gavin M. Slovis ’24

Mr. Robert D. Small P’85

Mr. Charles S. Smith III ’73

Mr. and Mrs. Procter Smith III P’99,’02

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Solberg

Mr. Christopher Speers

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

Mr. David Stack ’10

Mr. Franklin E. W. Staley ’85

Stanford Bed and Breakfast

Mr. and Mrs. Brennan Starkey P’14

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Starkey GP’14

W. Paul Starkey Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart H. Steffey ’94

Mr. Benjamin J. Stein and Ms. Alexandra Denman P’03

Dr. Susan K. Stein P’04

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steinkamp P’97

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stern P’15

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Sterrett, Jr. P’19

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stettinius P’21

Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Stevenson, Jr. ’00

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stowe ’60

Mr. Gustavo Struck ’92, P’22

Mr. Juan Suarez and Mrs. Karen Rule Suarez P’26

Mr. Nicholas C. Sumner ’23

Mr. Yongji Sun and Ms. Xiaojie Qi P’16,’17

Mr. Yuchen Sun ’24

Mr. Juhwan Sung ’23

Mr. Nagyong Sung and Mrs. Songhee Han P’19,’23

Mr. and Mrs. Max Swango P’18

Mr. John P. Swarbrick ’16

Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Swenson III ’67

Mr. Henri T. Tahvanainen ’94 and Mrs. Katja Jukka-Tahvanainen

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Taliercio ’95

Mr. Ming Tang P’24

Mr. Wenbin Tang ’24

Mr. Natakorn Tanglertsumphun ’23

Mr. Supot Tanglertsumphun and Ms. Worarat Paiboonbudsrakum P’23,’25,’27

Mr. Vuttipat Tanglertsumphun ’25

Mr. Michael D. W. Tansey ’23

Mr. and Ms. Stephen W. Tansey P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Kenton L. Tarbutton ’72

Tarkiln Hill Realty Corp.

Mr. Anton Tatus

Mr. Nazar Tatus ’24

Dr. Parviz Tayebati P’25

Ms. Susan Tayebati P’25

Mr. Weston Tayebati ’25

Drs. Alva and Gail Taylor P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Taymore ’68

Mr. Joshua J. Tedeschi ’23

Mr. Benjamin P. Thurston ’95

Mr. Shuhe Tie ’23

Mr. Weiming Tie and Mrs. Ting Yu P’23

Mr. Gino Tieppo ’94

Mr. Henry L. Timbrell ’25

Mr. Max H. Timbrell ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Timbrell P’25,’25

Mr. and Ms. Colin Tindall P’25

Mr. William C. Tindall ’25

Mr. Blumes L. Tracy ’24

Ms. Jennifer Tracy P’24

Trail Break

Mr. and Mrs. Drew R. Trainor ’94

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Treadwell P’24

Mr. Richard Treadwell ’24

Mr. Santiago Trevino Plancarte ’24

Dr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Trice ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Troy ’68

Mrs. Frederick A. Tucker, Jr. P’91

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turcotte P’15

Turfpro LMSC, Inc.

Mr. Howard S. Tuthill III ’62

Tyler, Simms, & St. Sauveur, P.C.

UBS Financial Services

Mr. Kai Uemura ’25

United Way of San Joaquin County Upper Valley Line-X & Dyer’s Welding & Fabrication

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Valenti P’21

Mr. Daniel F. Valenti, Jr. ’21

Col. and Mrs. Richard J. Van Arnam, Jr. P’10

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice, Jr. ’85

Mrs. Cathy VanderBrug GP’24,’27

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Ms. Audrey VanZandt and Mr. Dylan Fenlason

Mr. Joshua Vega

Mr. Santiago Veiga Kalifa ’24

Mr. Diego Veiga and Mrs. Alicia Kalifa P’24

Ms. Kathleen Verville-Swarbrick P’16

Mr. Henry Viens ’26

Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Viens P’26

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Vikse

Vintage and Blooms

Vivo Salon & Day Spa

Mr. Gunnar C. von Hollander ’18

Mr. Christopher R. von Jako ’83

Mr. Brandon J. Wagner ’92

Ms. Beverly Wakely H’01, P’70,’73,’75

Mr. Jonathan N. Wakely ’75

Mr. Eric B. Wald ’02

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Waldron

Mr. George W. N. Walker ’95

Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Walker III P’95

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Walker P’15

Mr. Marshall F. Wallach and Mrs. Diane G. Wallach H’16, P’06

Mr. Alex Y. Wang ’23

Mr. Bin Wang and Ms. Yanping Tong P’26

Mr. Guan Wang and Ms. Yuying Zhu P’25

Mr. Haijun Wang and Ms. Jiacong Zhang P’21

Mr. Kaixiong Wang and Ms. Qian Zhou P’23,’27

Mr. Po Yin Apollo Wang ’25

Mr. Shujun Wang ’26

Mr. Wencheng Wang and Mrs. Qi Chen P’22

Mrs. Xu Wang P’00

Mr. Zhi Wang and Mrs. Qiong Huang P’23

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ward ’94

Mr. Elliott Watson ’25

Mr. Nathan Watson ’23

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Webster ’55

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Weeks, Jr. P’95,’01

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Weeks ’59

Mr. Junxian Wei and Mrs. Yang Wang P’21

Dr. Jeffrey Weinzweig and Ms. Ashley Kalus P’25

Mr. Leo Weinzweig ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Weisberger P’07

Mr. Jonathan R. Weiss ’00

Mr. and Mrs. James Welsh

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Wennik GP’15,’16

Mr. Marten J. Wennik P’15,’16

Ms. Warnique West P’23

Whaleback Mountain

Mr. Fountain V. Whitaker ’23

Mr. Tad Whitaker P’23

Mr. Terrence Whitaker GP’23

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson B. White ’76

Mrs. Bonnie White GP’13,’12

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. White, Jr. ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. White ’72

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White P’18

Mr. Peter G. Whitehead ’87 and Ms. Laurie Sammis P’18

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Whitehead P’16

Charles R. Whitney Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Whyte ’63

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Wilkinson

Mr. Jonathan Wimbish

Mr. Crayke Windsor P’22

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Wolman ’69

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Woods P’06,’07

Mr. John C. Woods P’72, GP’18

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Woods, Jr. ’72, P’18

Mr. Lucas S. Woods ’18

Mr. Guoqin Wu and Ms. Dongmei Chen P’26

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Wyskiel P’06,’08

Mr. Xiaojie Xi and Ms. Xuan Fu P’21

Mr. Yafeng Xi and Mrs. Ji Lu P’24

Mr. ShuaiIun Xie ’25

Ms. Tao Xin P’26

Mr. Yuxin Xu and Mrs. Guiying Liu P’24

Ms. Huiyan Xue P’25

Mr. Enjie Yang ’26

Mrs. Fang Yang P’19

Mr. Darius D. Yarborough ’23

Mr. Huizhen Ye and Mrs. Dan Sun P’24

Mr. Chen Sheng Yee and Ms. Bai Jun Tan P’25

Mr. Pin Hong Yee ’25

Mr. Joonki Yoon ’24

Mr. Kyunghoon Yoon and Ms. Jung Hwa Shin P’24

Mr. Aaron J. You ’23

Mr. Byoung Taek You and Mrs. SoYoung Yun P’23

Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey Young ’60

Mr. Chengtian Yu ’25

Mr. Injun Yu ’23

Mr. Sangmin Yu and Mrs. Soohyeong Ha P’23

Mr. Chunsheng Yuan and Ms. Xia Chen P’24

Mr. Owen Yuan ’24

Mr. Chuanjiang Yue and Ms. Xu Jin P’24

Mr. Kaien Yue ’24

Mr. Alexis M. Zambrano ’03

Mr. Mario A. Zambrano ’95 and Mrs. Maria Ybanez

Mr. Christopher H. Zamore ’67

Mr. Artemio C. Zaragoza ’23

Mr. Allen Zhang ’26

Mr. Yong Zhang and Mrs. Yongmei Tang P’26

Ms. Ying Zhao P’24

Mr. Yucheng Zhao ’24

Mr. Zhenhua Zhao and Ms. Jun Zang P’24

Mr. Zhijun Zhao and Ms. Jiayin Wang P’24

Mr. Chance Jai Zhu ’24

Mr. Hanwen Zhu ’25

Mr. Keming Zhu and Ms. Lin Li P’25

Mr. Qi Jin Nuo Zhu ’25

Mr. Yanming Zhu and Mrs. Sipei Ouyang P’24

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Zinsmeyer ’83

Mr. Rong Zou and Ms. Zhenya Xue P’19

tribute and memorial gifts

parents, alumni, friends, and even current students often make a gift in honor or memory of a loved one who helped make a cardigan education possible. others give to recognize teachers, coaches, and members of the community who have made their experience unforgettable. the following list recognizes those honored through such gifts.

in honor of

Mr. Elan Abramson ’23

The Athletic Department

Athletics

Mr. William X. Barron H’11

Mr. Robert H. Barry ’77

Mr. Zachary W. Blaylock ’97

Mr. Gordon R. Borek ’10 †

Mr. William R. Bruguiere ’18

Mrs. Yukiko Burnett P’25

Cardigan Mountain School

Cardigan’s Facilities Department

Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Caron P’05,’11

Mr. Chun Cheung ’24

Mr. Beomgeun Choi ’25

Mr. J. Dudley Clark III H’05 †

CMS Faculty and Staff

Mr. Thomas Dana ’18

Mr. Christopher D. Day P’12,’13

Mr. Christopher Deoki ’25

Mr. D. Frederick Dirkes ’00

Mr. James A. Dirkes ’03

Ms. Hedi Droste

Mrs. Cindy Edson

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Escalante P’20,’22

Mr. Luke H. Fairchild ’04

Mrs. Carol Fellers P’85,’90 †

Mr. James Forse

Mrs. Barbara J. Frazier P’88,’95,’00

Mr. Dalton J. French ’07 †

Mr. Halley Gartner

Mr. Layton E. Glover ’22

Mr. Zheng Gong ’23

Ms. Karen Gray

Mr. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.

Mr. Junyan Huang ’24

Mr. Samuel Hunt ’26

Mr. MinJun Hwang ’23

Ms. Kyla Joslin

Mr. Chris Kelleher

Mr. Kai Kinoshita ’23

Mr. Allan Kreuzburg H’23

Mr. Sean Kwon ’24

Mr. Kristofor Langetieg P’24

Mr. Corey Lawson

Mr. Sunjoon Lee ’25

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua LeRoy P’23,’26

Mr. Jichao Li ’24

Capt. Frederick G. Lippert III, M.D. ’49

Mr. Gavin L. Liu ’18

Ms. Margaret Lloyd

Mr. Grayson M. Madan ’17

Mr. Sechang Mah ’22

Mr. Christian J. Maro ’21

Mr. James N. Marrion H’03, P’88

Mr. Cameron C. McCusker ’10

Mr. David J. McCusker, Jr. ’80, P’09,’10

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. McNair ’08

Mr. Thomas F. McNamara ’03

Mr. Garfield H. Miller III ’96

Mr. Preston T. Miller, Sr.

Mr. William A. Moeller ’95

Ms. Jamie Moore

Mr. Barrett Nesbitt ’26

Mr. James W. Nitze ’04

Mr. Andrew B. Noel P’16,’19 †

Mr. Peter North

Mr. Thomas M. O’Connell ’03

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Payne P’96

Mrs. Penelope B. Peck H’17

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Mr. Mitchell N. Peurach ’22

Mr. Edilberto C. Ramos H’06, P’91,’97

Mr. Hogeun Rhee ’25

Mr. John Rich

Mr. Bayard B. Roberts ’09

Mr. Colin X. Rosato ’18

Mr. Ernest W. Rosen ’07

Mr. Thomas Rouillard

Mr. and Mrs. William Schrath GP’96

Mr. Benjamin M. Seiler ’19

Mr. Greg Shapiro

Mr. Jeremiah P. Shipman ’00

Mr. Bradford E. Shirley ’99

Mr. T. Ryan Sinclair

Mr. Jacob W. Slaughter ’16

Mr. Nicholas Q. Slaughter ’13

Mrs. Thurza Small P’85 †

Mr. Zachary T. Stern ’15

Mr. Henry M. Sterrett ’19

Student Life Office

Mr. Yuchen Sun ’24

Mr. Jackson S. Swango ’18

Mr. Gabriel A. Taylor ’22

Mr. Roderick M. Theobald

Mr. Blumes L. Tracy ’24

Mr. Peter J. Vetri, Jr. ’01

Ms. Beverly Wakely H’01, P’70,’73,’75

Mr. Norman C. Wakely H’91, P’70,’73,’75 †

Mr. Matthew D. Wall ’14

Mrs. Diane G. Wallach H’16, P’06

Mr. Leo Weinzweig ’25

Mr. Allen J. Weisberger ’07 †

Mr. Marten J. Wennik P’15,’16

Mr. Fountain V. Whitaker ’23

Mr. Morgan Wilkinson

Mr. John C. Woods Jr. ’72, P’18

Mr. Lucas S. Woods ’18

Mr. Brian Xi ’21

Mr. Darius D. Yarborough ’23

Mr. Joonki Yoon ’24

Mr. Owen Yuan ’24

Mr. Chance Jai Zhu ’24

Mr. Hanwen Zhu ’25

Mr. Qi Jin Nuo Zhu ’25

in memory of

Mr. Chutinant BhiromBhakdi ’73 †

Mr. Gregory L. Large ’12 †

Mr. Craig Lighty ’52 †

Capt. Frederick G. Lippert III, M.D. ’49 †

Mr. Andrew B. Noel P’16,’19 †

Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Starkey †

the heritage society

honored members of the heritage society include alumni, current parents, parents of alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, and friends of the cardigan mountain school community who have made provisions in their estate plans for the benefit of cardigan. thanks to their foresight and commitment, the cardigan experience will continue for generations to come.

if you have included cardigan mountain school in your estate plans and have not yet made the school aware, or if you would like more information about the heritage society, please contact director of leadership and planned gifts sandra hollingsworth at 603.523.3745 or shollingsworth@cardigan.org.

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Mr. Steven W. August ’69

Mr. Geoffrey A. Blair ’68

Mr. Ronn M. Bronzetti ’89

Jotham Burnett ’95, P’25

Dr. Olaf Butchma P’14,’16

Mr. Stephen G. Carpenter ’55

Mr. Robert V. Chartener ’73

Mr. Richard A. Clancy ’67 and Mrs. Joy Michelson Clancy P’17

Mr. Juan A. Covarrubias P’98,’01,’03,’06,’11

Pam and Jeremy Crigler ’79

Rick ’82 and Mary DellaRusso

Mr. Thomas P. Dierl P’09

Mr. Stewart S. Dixon, Jr. ’80

Mr. Roger C. Earle ’64

William T. Fleming, Esq. ’70

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Garrison ’67, P’94,’96

Mr. David S. Hogan ’66

Mrs. Sandra M. Hollingsworth

Mr. Il-Sup Huh P’08

Mrs. Ellen Humphrey P’13,’14,’16

Mr. F. Corning Kenly III ’68

Mr. Kenneth S. Klaus ’73

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large P’12

Reverend Harry R. Mahoney H’01

Dave ’80 and Steff H’16 McCusker P’09,’10

Mrs. Nancy Hayward Mitchell

Ms. Erika M. Mosse P’08

Mrs. Meg M. Moulton

Mr. Joseph L. Mroz, Jr.

Mr. Dan Murphy

Mrs. Barbara S. O’Connell P’03

Questions regarding the Annual Report should be addressed to Joe Burnett ’95, P’25, director of development and international relations, Cardigan Mountain School, 62 Alumni Drive, Canaan, NH 03741 or 603.523.3838; jburnett@cardigan.org.

Mr. Larry W. Prescott P’88

Mr. Peter Rand ’51

Ms. Nancy Rathborne P’83

Mr. Jared I. Roberts P’09

Mr. Palmer D. Sessel ’58

Ms. Carolyn Shapiro-Wall P’14

Mrs. Barbara J. Shragge-Stack P’10

Mr. Geoffrey Thornton P’09

Mrs. Patricia Thurber P’73

Ms. Susan Turner P’86

Mrs. Diane G. Wallach H’16, P’06

Mr. Anderson B. White ’76

Mr. Roger C. Woodberry ’83

emeriti

Mr. Edwin Allday P’78 †

Mr. Finn M.W. Caspersen P’84 †

Mr. J. Dudley Clark III H’05 †

Mr. Richard J. Cullen †

Mr. Frank S. Fifield †

Mrs. Elizabeth S. French †

Mr. Savage C. Frieze, Jr. H’96, P’70 †

Mrs. Janet F. Gillette H’11 †

Mr. Robert S. Gillette H’93 †

Mr. Theodore Goddard ’51 †

Mr. Archibald R. Graustein †

Mrs. Dorrance H. Hamilton

GP’01,’04,’08,’10 †

Mr. Albert F. Hill †

Dr. and Mrs. Crawford H. Hinman H’94 †

Mr. Charles H. Hood †

Mr. Donald R. Joyce ’36 †

Mr. John B. Kenerson †

Mr. F.C. Kenly, Jr. P’68 †

Mr. Craig Lighty ’52 †

Mr. J. Michael McGean †

Dr. Richard D. Morrison ’50, P’76,’82 †

Mr. John H. Pearson, Jr. ’65, P’98 †

Mr. and Mrs. Marc M. Spiegel †

Dr. Walter G. Staley, Jr. P’85 †

Pammella S. Starbuck GP’05,’07 †

Mrs. Helen E. Stoddard †

Mr. Davis P. Thurber P’73 †

Mr. and Mrs. John Tower †

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Williams †

endowed funds

we are grateful to our alumni, parents, grandparents, trustees, and friends who have chosen to make gifts to the school’s endowment. by contributing to the endowment, these donors leave a legacy of perpetual support for cardigan’s students, faculty, programs, and facilities.

facilities

Artificial Ice Endowment Fund

Cardigan 2020 Commons Endowment Fund

Cardigan 2020 Hayward Endowment Fund

Clark-Morgan Hall Endowment Fund

John B. Coffin Utility Fund

Gymnasium Endowment Fund

McCusker Hall Endowment Fund

Science Building Endowment Fund

Wallach Endowment Fund

reserved program funds

Athletic Uniform Fund

Rodd Brickell Foundation Crisis

Education Endowment

Cardigan 2020 Endowment for Excellence Fund

Chinese Family Fund for Faculty Excellence

Cameron K. Dewar Faculty & Staff Endowment Fund

Cameron K. Dewar Prize

Dramatic Arts Fund

Faculty & Staff Fund

Ryan G. Feeley Faculty Excellence Fund

Gates Invention and Innovation Competition Fund

Graduation Awards Fund

Health Center Fund

Harvey P. Hood Library Fund

Christian Humann Theatre Fund

Keith Wold Johnson Faculty Fund

Learning Center Fund

Richard & Beverly Morrison

Infirmary Fund

Thomas and Wendy Needham Fund

Outdoor Education Program Fund

Michael Skibiski Prize Fund

Norman & Beverly Wakely Faculty

Salary Fund

Arthur Ashley Williams

Foundation Fund

scholarship funds

James C. Alden Endowment Fund

Anonymous Endowment Fund

Gordon Borek ’10 Memorial

Scholarship Fund

O.W. Caspersen Fund

Richard J. & Nellie Clancy Fund

J. Dudley Clark III H’05

Scholarship Fund

Joseph M. Collins Scholarship Fund

Cameron & Janet Dewar Scholarship Fund

Dewitt Wallace Fund

Diebel/Rich Scholarship Fund

Frehse Family Foundation Fund

Edward French & Robert Gillette Scholarship Fund

Frieze Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund

Patricia L. & Savage C. Frieze Jr. Fund

General Financial Aid Fund

Thomas E. Gordon ’89 Scholarship Fund

Charles Hayden Foundation Fund

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund

Albert F. Hill Fund

HP & MH Hinman Memorial Fund

Jennie Drew Hinman Memorial Fund

John H. Hinman Fund

John T. Hogan Memorial Fund

Xu Jin and Chuanjiang Yue Scholarship Fund

Christian A. Johnson Fund

Laverack Family Fund Endowment

Theodore F. Linn Jr. Fund

James N. Marrion Scholarship Fund

McCusker Legacy Endowment Fund

William Knapp Morrison ’82 Scholarship Fund

Andrew B. Noel III Memorial Scholarship Fund

Elizabeth Porter Fund

Prescott Family Scholarship Fund

Scholarship Fund

Robert & Thurza Small Scholarship Fund

Robert W. & Helen E.

Stoddard Endowment

Robert W. Stoddard Fund

Student Scholarship Fund

Norman C. Wakely Scholarship Fund

Wayne G. Wickman Jr. Fund

unrestricted funds

Campaign 2000 Board Designated Fund

Cardigan 2020 Board Designated Fund

Cardigan 2020 Unrestricted

Endowment Fund

Marie Heye Clemens Fund

Edward B. Hinman Fund

Harold P. Hinman Fund

John B. Kenerson Fund

Krannert Foundation Fund

Unrestricted Endowment

Van Nice Endowment Fund

Vickery Family Fund

cardigan connections

These alumni have been spotted by our Cardigan friends out and about. Spotted

1: Director of Archives Judith Solberg visited with Byron Koh ’ this fall at his home in Amherst, Massachusetts with Director of Leadership and Planned Gifts Sandy Hollingsworth;

2: Director of Development and Alumni Relations Joe Burnett ’ reunited with friend Park Burger ’ when Park visited campus and dropped off his daughter at Summer Session; 3: Logan Clarke ’ visited from Houston, Texas and after a campus tour continued on to Boston and reunited with his old friend and classmate Nat Evarts ’; 4: Logan Clarke ’ and John D’Entremont ’ on the Clark-Morgan Hall porch this summer; 5: Matt Snyder ’ reconnected with Joe Burnett ’ in Massachusetts over the summer;

6:

Anderson White ’ and Wayne Wickman ’ in Houston, Texas in November;

Simons ’ and Andy Bay ’ reunited with tennis coach Ed Ramos H’ when they visited campus this fall; 8: On a visit from Colorado, Brooks Wallace ’ and Eddie Ramos H’ reunited at Campbell Field after almost  years; 9: Eric Anderson ’ got his first hole in one at the Red Tail

Classmates

7: Chris

Golf Club in Devens, Massachusetts during the Cardigan summer golf outing in July—witnessed by Head of School Chris and Cynthia Day; 10: Ryan Coulter ’, who now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, took a tour of New England to visit boarding schools with his daughter and made a stop at Cardigan, where he met current faculty Cam McCusker ’. Cam’s dad, former Head of School Dave McCusker ’, was Ryan’s hockey coach thirty years ago; 11: Classmates and teammates Chris Simons ’ and Andy Bay ’ reunited on Campbell Field in their original jerseys to cheer on the current Varsity Soccer Team on Eaglebrook Day; 12: Alex Strait ’ joined the Cardigan Summer Session faculty in  and connected with fellow cms and Union College alumnus John D’Entremont ’; 13: Herbie Kent ’ and wife Fran welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Eloise; 14: Head of School Chris Day and trustee Mario Zambrano ’ with Ramonfaur brothers David ’ and Daniel ’; 15: Ski coach Doug Clark ran into Paul Pettengill ’ during a trip to Sunday River Resort in Maine this winter; 16: Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations Jeremiah Shipman ’, Mikal McCalmont ’, and Tommy Lindholm ’ reconnected on campus when Tommy dropped off his son Eetu ’ at new student registration; 17: Andrew Noel ’, AJ Noel ’, Bryce Terry ’, Conley Bohan ’, Will Rassier ’, Isaac Abbott ’, Treva Murphy ’, and Nate Watson ’ all worked alongside Varsity Hockey Head Coach Cam McCusker ’ during the Supersonic Danglers summer hockey camp at Cardigan

1: While dropping off his son Rio ’ at soccer camp this past summer, Joe Burnett ’ reconnected with camp coach Jon Schafer ’; 2: Jer Shipman ’, Arick Escamilla ’, Marcelo Manautou ’, Coco Zertuche ’ , and Assistant Director of International Relations Pablo Rocha-Vazquez met up in Monterrey for a quick round of golf; 3: Faculty members Patrick Turcotte and Pablo Rocha-Vazquez with Ace Cowans ’ on The Point this fall; 4: When Aidan Garron ’ toured campus this fall to see all the changes since his graduation, he met woodshop teacher John Burritt; 5: Aidan White ’ and Mac Gadowsky ’ are both at West Point. Aidan is a junior and is considering placements following graduation and Mac is a freshman, playing defense on the hockey team; 6: Taewon Moon ’ returned to campus on Eaglebrook Day and visited with Director of Secondary School Counseling Kris Langeteig; 7: Faculty member Ryan Sinclair connected with his former advisee TJ Beaver ’, who recently accomplished his goal of playing college hockey. TJ is a senior at St. Michael’s College and is a defenseman on the hockey team; 8 and 9: Mario Zambrano ’ had the honor of serving as interim ceo for the last six months and is the future chairman of the board of the Boys and Girls Club of the Austin Area. “My fondest memory is when the kids changed my name from Mr. Mario to Super Mario, and my

wife became Princess Peach,” he writes. The photos are from their annual fundraising gala; 10:  classmates Mario Zambrano ’, Shawn Chippendale ’, and Joe Burnett ’ reconnected in Houston, Texas in November. Shawn is a photographer in Houston, and Mario is living in Austin; 11: Joe Burnett ’, Jer Shipman ’, and Trey Ragno ’ connected for breakfast in Houston, Texas. Trey is living in Corpus Christi with his wife and three children; 12: Archer Davenport ’, Cardigan mountain biking coach Gio Fassina, and Fountain Whitaker ’ at Cardigan’s annual mountain bike race on The Point; 13: Kris Langetieg met up with Harold Kim ’ on the St. Paul’s School campus; 14: Aidan Garron ’ visited campus with his partner and caught up with faculty members Alex Gray H’ and Pablo Rocha-Vazquez after the Lake Run this fall; 15: Summer Session faculty Bob Low caught up with Middlesex senior Jason Jiang ’ who is headed to Boston College next fall; 16: Jeff Lei ’, Peter Feng ’, and Joe Jia ’ at St. Mark’s School; 17: Ryan Ham ’ with Assistant Director of International Relations Jungwon Park at St. Paul’s School; 18: Bob Low, former Head of School Jamie Funnell H’, former faculty member Rick Johnson, and Nate Johnson ’ reconnected at Groton on registration day; 19: Birken Silitch ’, Jinkyu Lee P’, Anders Silitch ’, and Cardigan Art Department Chair Nina Silitch in Seoul, South Korea

1: Kai Kinoshita ’ and Toshi Moriyama ’ at Taft School;

2: Matias Martinez ’ has graduated from the American School in Guadalajara and is now a freshman at Loyola Marymount University;

3: Layton Glover ’ at Blair Academy with current Student Leader Terry Langetieg ’; 4: Nordic coaches Nina Silitch, Rich MacDonald, and Morgan Wilkinson with Jack Diemar ’, Hudson Schmidt ’, and Clem Mikheev ’ at an early-season Nordic race at Holderness School;

5: Former faculty John Hogan, Noah Cermak, Erin Porter, and Alec Porter met up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;

6: Former Cardigan art teacher Chris Morse stopped by campus in October to share his new book and donate a copy to the Cardigan library. He is the author and illustrator and has spent the last 

In Memoriam

Cardigan Mountain School has been notified of the passing of the following alumni, former board members, former faculty, and former staff:

r Mr. Peter C. Allison ’: April , –

March , 

r Mr. Harry S. Barndt ’: July , –

June , 

r Mr. Leonard Kaminski ’: August , –

December , 

r Mr. Alex P. Luria ’: February , –July 

r Capt. John L. McEwan ’: May , –

July , 

r Mr. J. W. Miller ’: May , –

December , 

r Dr. Richard Dodge Morrison ’, P’,’:

January , –October , 

r Mr. Charles W. Moses II ’: January , –

February , 

r Mr. Louis S. Skinner ’: June , –

October , 

r Mr. Peter J. Vetri, Jr. ’: May , –

May , 

r Mr. David J. Winters ’: April , –

January 

years working on it; 7: Amanuel Levine ’ with Terry Langetieg ’ and Kris Langetieg at St. Andrew’s School; 8: Ryan Ham ’, Jinwoo Ham ’, and Simon Manners ’ in the new Snow and Bike Center at Cardigan; 9: Chance Zhu ’ welcomed Fountain Whitaker ’ back to campus during a fall mountain bike race; 10: Clement Mikheev ’ reunited with sailing coaches Kyla Joslin and John Burritt at a Dublin School sailing regatta; 11: Jake Lim ’ and Carson Chen ’ met up for a game of tennis in California; 12: Former faculty Seaton Macmillan and Noah Cermak met up at Copper Mountain in August

Events

Wakely Reception

In September, Beverly Wakely H’ hosted alumni, family, and friends in Falmouth, Maine to celebrate the Cardigan community and share stories from the Wakelys’ leadership on The Point for forty-plus years.

Prouty

In July students and alumni came together in Hanover, New Hampshire to participate in the Prouty and raise funds to support cancer research.

Mexico Receptions

. During a fall trip to Mexico, Cardigan organized a small gathering of young alumni in Mexico City.

. A Cardigan gathering in Monterrey this fall included alumni from several decades.

More Gatherings

. Alumni, parents, faculty, and friends joined us for a fun golf outing this summer at Montcalm Golf Club in Enfield, New Hampshire.

. Chris Day met with current and future Cardigan families in Aspen, Colorado in October.

. This fall Parent Relations Manager Christine Frazier and Assistant Director of Secondary School Counseling Cynthia Day hosted a brunch for mothers of current students at Frieze House.

Red Tail Golf

An impressive crew joined us at the Red Tail Golf Club in Devens, Massachusetts, including two former heads of Cardigan!

. Hedi Droste, Steff McCusker H’, Dave McCusker ’, and Cam McCusker ’ . The whole crew at Red Tail Golf Club . Chris and Cynthia Day with Eric Anderson ’ and friend Jay Leiendecker . Jon Wakely ’, Scott Powers ’, Mike McLean ’, and Paul Leahy ’ . Joe Burnett ’ with Ted McNaught ’, Jonathan Boucakis ’, and Brendan Hynes ’

the annual fund for cardigan

this year’s theme comes from a david whyte poem “the house of belonging”— an exploration of finding one’s self, one’s place in the world, and ultimately, one’s home. Feeling like one belongs is integral to a boy’s learning and growth, and we look to our Core Values to build the foundation of home here on The Point.

your annual fund gift builds this feeling of home by helping us:

r Open our doors. Your generosity increases our ability to provide financial aid to deserving families, helping boys from all backgrounds find a place at Cardigan.

r Learn together and stay together. The Annual Fund supports our faculty as they pursue professional development opportunities—gaining experience which they bring back into the classroom, and giving them a reason to call Cardigan their home year after year.

r Focus on what’s important. The Annual Fund covers the day-to-day operating costs of Cardigan, allowing us to focus on that which is most important—building a sense of belonging and the education of the boys.

This year, we aim to raise $1.2 million for the Annual Fund, and we rely on the entire community of alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends to help us meet that goal.

make your gift to cardigan’s annual fund today at www.cardigan.org/giving.

questions? contact jeremiah shipman ’00 at 603.523.3601 or jshipman@cardigan.org