Spark Summer 2013

the year ends...

Highlights, graduations, awards, college choices, goodbyes, sports and student photos of campus construction

SPECIAL

Summer EDITION Summer 2013

Collegiate School Administration Keith A. Evans, President/Head of School Phyllis Palmiero, Vice President-Finance Amanda Little Surgner, Vice President-Advancement Benjamin I. Rein, Head of Upper School Charles L. Blair, Jr., Head of Middle School Jill S. Hunter, Head of Lower School

Board of Trustees 2012 – 2013

Alumni Association Board 2012 – 2013

John L. Walker III, Chairman of the Board John D. O’Neill, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Board Mark J. Hourigan, Immediate Past Chairman of the Board Keith A. Evans, President/Head of School Phyllis Palmiero, Treasurer Susan C. Wiley, Secretary Richard L. Bennett, Jr. Kenneth T. Berents Michael G. Bland Mark A. Christian John G. Davenport D. Ralph Davison, Jr. Anne Weldon Griffin ** Paul D. Koonce John W. Martin John Gary Maynard III *** Malcolm S. McDonald Gaye C. Montgomery Sheryl Robins Nolt Joan Olmsted Oates* Judy Wagoner Pahren Tracey A. Ragsdale C. B. Robertson III* Robert W. Shinn John G. Stallings Wallace Stettinius* Brude D. Stoever A. L. Stratford III Michelle P. Wiltshire

John Gary Maynard ’86, President David Wilkins ’94, VP/President Elect Sarah Cook Martin ’94, Recording Secretary Tayloe Moore ’98, Corresponding Secretary Ted Lansing ’98, Finance Chair Mason Chapman ’84, Marshall Schutt ’98, Annual Fund Chairs Catherine Crooks Hill ’85, Past President Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland ’54, Town School Representative Susie Materne Benson ’62 Fran Chalkley Robertson ’69 Bonnie Irby Williams ’75 Meade Spotts ’75 Hank Carter ’77 Jeff Modisett ’78 Philip Goodpasture ’78 Jay DeVoe ’82 Chris Kulp ’84 Sarah Johnson Hallock ’85 Ellen Turbeville Bonbright ’86 Beth Flippo Hutchins ’88 Alan Vaughan ’91 Stephen Spraker ’92 Katherine Thalhimer Adamson ’96 Alice Collins Fruth ’97 Drew Wiltshire ’99 Matt G. Anderson ’00 Lizzie Cullen Cox ’00 Liz Costin Nixon ’02 Yogi Singh ’02 Lauralee Glasgow Allen ’03 Toby Desch ’06

* Life Trustee ** Parents’ Association President *** Alumni Association President

Amanda Little Surgner ’83 VICE PRESIDENT – ADVANCEMENT Elizabeth Woodroof Batty ’77 EDITOR, SPARK DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Dianne Carter ’04 ASSISTANT EDITOR, SPARK COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Stacy H. Adams CONTRIBUTOR, SPARK ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Emily Randolph ALUMNI DIRECTOR Weldon Bradshaw CONTRIBUTOR Weldon Bradshaw, Emma Brown ’13, Al Cothran, Taylor Dabney, Robin Reifsnider, Elaine Sutton, Wendell Powell Studio, Dean Whitbeck, Andy Wiley ’77 PHOTOGRAPHY Scout Design GRAPHIC DESIGN Worth Higgins & Associates PRINTING Thanks to all parents, students, alums and friends who share generously of their information, photographs and archives.

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SUMMER 2013

Note to Readers: This is a special summer edition of the Spark created to get year end news to you in a timely fashion. The next full issue, complete with news about campus and alumni activities, will be mailed in the fall.

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Cover: Class presidents Tyler Byrd and Matthew Hourigan lead the Commencement recession. Photo by Taylor Dabney

2013 / 2014 ALUMNI DATEBOOK All Collegiate Alumni are invited to attend the following events. For more information on events at Collegiate, visit our web site at www.collegiate-va.org/alumni/events

2013

October

December 2014

February

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend

Reunions for Class Years Ending in 3 and 8 Friday, 25 7:00 p.m. Oyster Roast at Tuckahoe Plantation Saturday, 26 12:30 p.m. Homecoming Alumni Cookout 1:30 p.m. Homecoming Football Game vs. Norfolk Academy

Mooreland Road Campus

Evening Alumni Class Reunion Parties (various locations) Friday, 6 Monday, 9 & Tuesday, 10

Alumni Pageant Lunch

Friday, 7 Saturday, 22

New York Alumni Reunion Winter Party / Auction

Christmas Pageant, All Saints Church

March

Thursday, 27 Washington D.C. Area Alumni Reunion

April

Thursday, 10 Atlanta Area Alumni Reunion

June

Friday, 6

Commencement, Upper School Lawn

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Friends, Welcome to a special edition of the Spark highlighting the people, achievements and moments that made 2012-13 a remarkable year for Collegiate. It was a year of visible change and progress as the Middle and Upper School campus was occupied with heavy machinery and construction fencing. 2012-13 also witnessed a notable surge in global travel among Collegiate students, a changing of the guard as long serving faculty and staff retired, and high profile triumphs in the arts, athletics and even college admission. So much of what made it special is captured in the photos and facts on the pages that follow – read on and you’ll be proud of your school!

In any given year, however, there are times when the heart and soul of Collegiate manifests itself in more subtle ways. More often than not, a single picture or number would not really do these moments justice. Here are just a few examples from my list: • Despite losing traditional senior hangout territory – and any sense of normalcy, for that matter – to our renovation and construction projects, the Class of 2013 stepped up and gave the rest of the student body a lesson in leadership under less than ideal circumstances.

They wore their “construction class” badge proudly and had a great year.

• Our building maintenance and grounds staff kept Collegiate in top shape even when the the pathways turned muddy and buildings were tracked with footprints. A special “hats off” to Director of Facilities and Construction, Scott Carson, for managing an unbelievable number of moving parts in getting it all done.

• Many of our students who visit partner schools overseas are warmly welcomed into the homes of host families who give them insight into native life and culture they could not get otherwise. These experiences are possible because Collegiate families open their homes to visiting students and show them world class Cougar hospitality. We now have an international reputation as a trusted and welcoming partner because of our host families.

• The Collegiate School Aquatics Center opened to fanfare last year but we did not actually have our first season in the pool until this past winter – and the girls walked away with the state championship. That’s the kind of statement-making performance that sets the right tone for a new facility!

• The Parents’ Association always finds ways to knit our community together but they made it really special this year with an appreciation lunch on the lawn for Middle and Upper School faculty “catered” by local barbecue chefs Jay Devoe ’82, Trib Sutton ’81 and their posse of Cougar moms and dads. There is nothing that says “thank you” like some smoked pork shoulder and perfectly spiced sauce.

I could go on – and on – but suffice to say that the stuff of a great year came to life because the Collegiate spirit showed itself at every turn. Enjoy a look back and know that we have so much to look forward to – and thanks for being a part of it all!

Best wishes,

Keith Evans Head of School

HIGHLIGHTS The 2012 - 2013 Count

In the course of a year at Collegiate, there are hundreds of initiatives, events and accomplishments worth celebrating on and off campus. We’ve selected a few to share...

1 new Collegiate blog launched this year by David Colón, our Academic Dean. Colón is a voracious reader who writes in his very accessible style about educational trends, innovations and leaders – and by following e.g. ...for example (www. collegiatervablog.org) you can read about his discoveries, plus hear from guest bloggers who are teaching in creative ways on campus. Recent topics include online courses, mindfulness in the classroom, and our Middle School water project.

Visit David Colón’s blog at www.collegiatervablog.org

2 out of every 3 college applications submitted by the Class of 2013 were accepted. Another impressive number (and all-time record for Cougars): The University of Virginia accepted 38 of our students. Read more College Highlights on pg. 14.

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3 senior athletes were named Scholar Athlete of the Week by Lexus of Richmond, WRVA-WRNL / FOX TV. Reilly Klein (football), Eric Yan (swimming) and Kyle Pate (wrestling) who won the $10,000 Lexus Pursuit of Perfection Scholarship at the end of the school year.

Kyle Pate, winner of the Lexus scholarship honoring one scholar athlete in Richmond, was also a winner on the wrestling mat.

8 weeks spent by Julie Bennett’s 4th Grade class learning about mindfulness, the practice of focusing attention and awareness.

Mindfulness teacher Marsha Brady led students through lessons that covered topics such as attention/ learning and the brain, ways to

increase attention, living in the here and now, finding anchors for attention, mindful eating, appreciation and kindness, yoga, breathing, and finding balance. The pilot program was so helpful that next year all 4th Graders will have mindfulness training. Also, Alex Peavey, Upper

School counselor, conducts mindfulness training with faculty, parents, all freshmen students and many of our athletes.

Mindfulness teacher Marsha Brady leads Mrs. Bennett’s 4th Graders through breathing exercises.

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10 longtime members of our faculty and staff retired in June… familiar names like Lawson, Anderson, Stultz, Cullen, Barnes, Weiser, McFall, Hallett, Pagel and Pagel.

We celebrated their years here with testimonies to the impact they’ve made and wished them well. (more on pg. 28) Faculty and staff receive applause at a special reception honoring their retirement.

13 Middle School students attended the East Ed: Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference on Jan. 29 at the Sandy Springs Friends School in Sandy Springs, MD. Says Middle School counselor Sally Chambers, “We learned about creating more

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respectful and inclusive schools.

During the next week these student leaders and students in our Mosaic diversity club led discussions in Middle School advisories about popularity and inclusion.”

Middle School counselor Sally Chambers (far right) and teacher Kate Cunningham (center) attended a diversity leadership conference with Middle School students in January.

17th best private day school in the United States – Collegiate’s 2013 ranking by TheBestSchools.org which ranks 50 schools based on academic excellence, quality relationships with top-tier colleges, student satisfaction, superior faculty and facilities. The commendation recognized our “commitment to academic and personal excellence” and integration of economics and global studies and experiences into our curriculum. Collegiate is the only Richmond area school on the list and the highest ranking Virginia school.

Read more at www.thebestschools. org/blog/2013/04/30/50-privateday-schools-united-states

$15 was the cost (play money) of a no-homework pass in Katie Musick’s 3rd Grade classroom economy.

Designed to mimic real-world economic activity, the students earned salaries and bonuses, produced goods, shopped and sold in a class store, rented or purchased their desks, and even paid taxes. The culminating activity was a class auction in which students were able to reap the benefits of having saved their money throughout the year – such as a “Spa Day” at a classmate’s house; a “Summer Lunch Date” with Mrs. Musick; “Movie Night” packages with DVDs, popcorn and candy; and gift cards to children’s favorites such as Sweet Frog, Dick’s and BBGB. The classroom economy project was so successful that next year all 3rd Grade classes will set up economies.

3rd Grade assistant Debbie Lappan helps Maggie Bowling in Mrs. Musick’s class store.

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17 new maple tables are just one set of wonderful work surfaces that now fill the H2L2 Studios at the Hershey Center for the Arts. Other tables specifically designed for drawing, ceramics and sculpture have also been added to allow students to work with ease in every medium.

Winston Willett ’16 and woodworking teacher Steve Hart ’78 experience firsthand the benefit of our new, heavy work tables while hand planing a piece of teak.

Aven Jones ’16 enjoys lunch with friends during Freshman Service Week at St. Andrew’s School

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20 different locations where Freshman Service Week students volunteered – schools, community and retirement centers, organizations that serve those with special needs, an animal shelter and at the Children’s Museum of Richmond.

A representative of the Northside YMCA, where our students helped with their daycare program, wrote after their visit: “What incredible students you have; I’m sure you are very proud of each and every one of them. I am just blown away by their dedication and character.”

53 feet above the floor is the distinctive new Sharp Academic Commons cupola that towers above the building’s octagonal study space. The building will be open in August in time for the first day of classes on the 27th.

Other Sharp numbers: • 25,600 total square feet, which include...

• Estes Student Center with café: 4,755 square feet (larger than Memorial Hall) • Saunders Family Library: 5,762 square feet (larger than ReedGumenick Library main room) • Project Duration: 16 months (April ’12 – August ’13, open for school this fall) A spiral of cylinders hanging from that apex of the cupola helps illuminate and add visual interest to the Octagon.

92 students traveled to other countries on school programs organized

by Clare Sisisky, our Director of International Education. They visited India, Mexico, Qatar, Canada, France, Costa Rica, Morocco, Cambodia, China and South Africa, and often they were hosted by schools who have attended our International Emerging Leaders Conference.

Other notable numbers...

• 12 countries attended our International Emerging Leaders Conference in fall 2012

• 3 international exchange students spent time on our campus (Afghanistan, Brazil, Australia) • 18 faculty visitors and guest speakers enriched our classroom experiences

Allie Douma ’15, Quinn McDonough ’14, and Emily Disler ’14 talk with children at an educational program in rural Cambodia.

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96 delegate slots were filled by Collegiate Model UN students by the end of the year. They participated at MUN events at William & Mary, Georgetown University, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Mexico and Qatar. Winston Willett ’16 won a Best Delegate award in Qatar for his IAEA committee (International Atomic Energy Agency). “Interest in Model UN has increased over the last four or five years in part due to Collegiate’s growing

Middle School students celebrate the Chinese New Year with a performance in Oates Theater.

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emphasis on global education, as well as strong student leadership within the club,” says advisor Kathy Vlieger. “The future looks promising, as we had several 8th Graders participate as delegates, gaining experience and interest for Collegiate Model UN.”

Collegiate senior Frances Mitchell (right) meets with Basán, a representative from the United Nations office in New York, and his wife at the Carol Baur International Model UN (BIMUN), our partner school in Querétaro, Mexico.

146 students in Lower, Middle and Upper Schools are choosing to learn Chinese.

Our language program complements our travel opportunities – we have two partner schools in China (and others in Morocco, Spain and Mexico) and have sent delegations of students and faculty to visit (we have also hosted them).

Here is the rest of the language study breakdown: • Upper School: Spanish: 308, French: 138, Chinese: 30, Latin: 26 • Middle School: Spanish: 206, French 161, Chinese 73, Latin: 20 • Lower School 3rd & 4th Grades: Spanish 103, French: 86, Chinese 43.

• Grades K– 2 spend the entire year studying one language... Kindergarten: Spanish, 1st Grade: Chinese, 2nd Grade: French and then they make a choice for 3rd & 4th Grades.

1,196 points scored so far by junior guard Annie Hawthorne who set a new record with her 14th point in the varsity girls’ basketball team’s game against Flint Hill on Feb. 26. Annie’s now ahead of Dominique Meeks ’09, who scored 1,191.

And she’s got another season to go!

For the third year in a row, every faculty member contributed to the Annual Fund. Thanks for your support!

Annie Hawthorne ’14 heads down the court for more points.

$134,420 given to Collegiate by our energetic and enthusiastic Parents’ Association. Proposed projects and recipients of the funds include the Parents’ Association Endowment for Faculty Professional Development, the purchase of a new projector for Oates Theater, a contribution towards the upgrade / replacement of wireless microphones in Oates, and an endowment for framing and display of student artwork in the new Sharp Academic Commons.

Their ’12 – ’13 budget also included providing funds for substance abuse prevention, campus beautification, faculty / staff appreciation, ATOD Guidebooks and the IELC Cultural Fair. These funds are raised by putting on events such as the Village Green Fair, ’Tis the Season and the Cougar Classic. THANK YOU, PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION!

The swings are a perennial hit at the Village Green Fair.

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GREAT MOMENTS A Year of Great Moments hese days, everyone is a documentarian thanks to the convenience of portable gadgets like smartphones and compact cameras. All year long, parents, students, staff and faculty send images to our communications office, and we file them for future use – we’re looking forward to sharing thousands of them during our 2015 Centennial year. Meanwhile, here are a few favorites from this year.

Thanks to all who contributed.

2 1. The Collegiate Race for the Cure team, “Inspired by Joanne,” gathers for a pre-race portrait.

Once again, we had the largest school team at the event. 2.

Senior Gray Little had a very special kindergartener for the Convocation festivities – her little sister Logan. 3. Members of our Earth Society spend a morning picking up trash on Blair Road, adjacent to our Robins Campus in Goochland. 4. A Parrot of Paradise visitor perches on the head of Alex Thalhimer ’23.

5. Middle School boys and girls get ready to run to their class section on the footbal field at Convocation.

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1. Ten students joined Upper School teachers Brad and Shayna Cooke on a spring break trip to Steamboat Springs, CO. 2.

Lewis Lawson surfs down the hallway in his trademark style during Spirit Week. 3. Former Lower School teacher Annette Chapman visits grandson Mason ’22 on Grandparents and Special Friends Day. 4. The school division cheering contest gets loud at Pep Rally. 5. Goods are traded by young manufacturers Dorian Colina, Gerald Burr, and Amelia Chen at the Kindergarten World Trade Fair. 6. Toby Desch ’06 and Beth Kondorossy cheer on the senior Homecoming Court at the Pep Rally. 7. Varsity baseball players celebrate. 8.

Teachers Aster Kidane and Farley Macdonald share a post-game hug at the Parents’ Association’s Cougar Classic basketball game.

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GRADUATIONS

Maggy McGloin and Anna French share a graduation hug.

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Upper School Commencement Awards June 7, 2013 Upper School faculty vote to determine who will receive these awards with the exception of the Rosemary Medal which is voted upon by the senior girls.

Greenbaum Award – Valedictorians Sarah Clark, Hans Prakash (Highest four-year academic average)

Charles F. Wiltshire Citizenship Award David Crutcher

Virginia Courtney Simpson Award Tyler Roberts ’14

Honors Assembly Awards

Elizabeth Bryson Powell Award Ben Spalding ’13

Upper School faculty and administration select recipients. The awards were presented on June 4.

Helen Moon Senior English Award Kayla Cross ’13 Ben Spalding ’13

Harvard Prize Book Award Brian Davia ’14 Wellesley Book Award Christina Allen ’14

Rosemary Medal Tyler Byrd

Jefferson Book Award Katie Wright ’14 Ashe Allende ’14

Louise Mattern Coleman Award Olivia Spurlock

Brown Book Award Madeline Nagy ’14 Shawn Kerry ’14

Johnel Tate Poffenberger Award Sarah Richardson

Dartmouth Book Award Abigail Glasgow ’14 Alexander Byrd ’14

E. Angus Powell Award Reilly Klein

Malcolm U. Pitt, Jr. Service Award Bayley Wood ’13

Dr. Martha E. Kolbe Award Matthew Hourigan Jacob Salomon

Senior Creative Writing Award Ryan Dickerson ’13 Charlotte Stevens Junior English Award Frances Mitchell ’14 Kyle Mosman ’14 Britten Senior Math Award Hannah Myers ’13 Hans Prakash ’13 Jeremy Sims ’13 Thalhimer Senior French Award Ansley Stravitz ’13 Senior Spanish Award Hannah Myers ’13 Hans Prakash ’13

Civitan Honor Key Katherine Melson ’13

Happy graduates – including valedictorians Hans Prakash (second from left) and Sarah Clark (center). Cathryn Campbell, Liza Carter and Woody Chapman are also pictured (left to right).

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Senior Latin Award Madison Strauss ’13 Kyle Pate ’13

Scott Harden Senior Performing Arts Award Carson Eubank ’13

Senior Chinese Award Olivia Negus ’13

Carolyn Levey Music Award Rachel Barbieri ’13

Perrow Senior History Award Olivia Negus ’13 Brian Zamecnik ’13 Margaret Daniel Senior Science Award Sarah Clark ’13 Osborne Senior Science Award Will Dixon ’13 Dr. Tapan Hazra Science Award Caroline Weinberg ’15 Hirschler Science Research Award Travis Hall ’14 Engard Senior Art Award Madalyn Crews ’13 Marshall Pittman ’13 Jake MacNelly Senior Art Purchase Award Barrett Redmond ’13 (Sponsored by the Class of 1990)

Graduates Arvid Trubin and Madelyne Ashworth

Osborne Music Award Ryan Dickerson ’13 Best Thespian Award Emily Cyr ’14 Christopher Van Winkle ’14 Technical Theater Award Dorcas Afolayan ’16 Dance Award Natalie Lerch ’13 Frances Leigh Williams Journalism Award Ali Moore ’13 (Torch) Connor Brewer ’13 (Match) Kayla Cross ’13 (Match) Ansley Foster ’13 (Flame) Drew Fulton ’13 (Flame) Webb Senior Sportsmanship Award Sarah Richardson ’13 Jacobs Senior Sportsmanship Award Reilly Klein ’13

Reed Senior Athletic Award Mallory Knighton ’13 Katherine Melson ’13 Outstanding Senior Athlete Award Kyle Pate ’13 Brady Straus ’13 Richmond Times-Dispatch Scholar /Athlete Award Katherine Melson ’13 Kyle Pate ’13

Middle School Graduation Awards June 6, 2013 Recipients are chosen by Middle School faculty.

Hugh H. Addy Award Kaan Sahingur Director’s Award Reese Bowling D.A.R. Citizenship Award Matty Pahren Excellence Perry Fry Cup Jane Fergusson Sue Jett Award Sonja Kapadia Art Award Jane Fergusson Kyle Riopelle Drama Award Sonja Kapadia Michael Warker Dance Award Isoke Wright

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College Admission Highlights: Class of 2013 • The Class of 2013 continued our were offered a total of more than schools in Virginia and the other half attending school in 21 differtradition of strong acceptance rates; $2.1 million in merit scholarships ent states and Scotland. Virginia for the eighth straight year, 2 out (excluding need-based aid). and the Carolinas may be the of every 3 applications resulted in biggest draw, but our students acceptances.

• Cougars received a host of “most” and “highly” selective admission will also be studying engineering • At the 7 schools receiving the most offers, and their overall accept rates in Michigan, architecture in New applications from Collegiate seniors, within each selectivity category York, music in Tennessee, journalbenchmarked in Barron’s Profiles acceptance numbers were high: 38 ism in Massachusetts, economics of A merican Colleges sig n i f iin Scotland, and other pursuits at JMU, 38 at UVA (record number), 21 at U. South Carolina, 21 cantly outpaced the norms. “Most from visual arts to pre-med in 15 at William & Mary, 17 at Clemson, Selective” schools that accepted our additional states.

16 at Virginia Tech, and 8 at UNC. students but saw no matriculation Accolades for the class included 4 include Bates, Carleton, Carnegie • In NCAA athletics, 13 students (6 Ivy acceptances, 2 appointments to Mellon, Colgate, Colorado College, Division I and 7 Division III) plan the US Naval Academy, a National Connecticut College, Lehigh, to compete broadly as well in 6 difAchievement Scholar, a Lexus McGill, New York University, Pratt, ferent sports, ranging from tennis “Pursuit of Perfection” Leadership Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and lacrosse in Pennsylvania and Award winner, Echols/Rodman Trinity College (CT), University of wrestling and soccer in Virginia to swimming and football in Scholars at UVA, Monroe Scholars California at Berkeley, University at William & Mary, and Honors colof Ca lifor n ia at L os A ngeles, Tennessee.

University of Miami (FL), and lege/program offers ranging from JMU, Northeastern, and Spelman University of Southern California.

– Brian Leipheimer, Director of to the Universities of Delaware, College Counseling North Carolina at Chapel Hill, • Destinations are split in half and Southern California. Students with 50% of the class heading to

Cox Music Awards Strings – Destana Herring Piano – Zachary Moelchert Band – Lucy Diggs Choral Award Brigid O’Shea Science Award Margaret Wadsworth David Kish Language Awards Latin – Matty Pahren, John Bullock French – Margaret Wadsworth, Destana Herring Spanish – Claire Murphy, Reese Bowling

Chinese – Gillian Laming, John Bullock Language Arts Award Lily Pine Parker Johnson Physical Education Award Gwin Sinnott Excellence Perry Technology Award Jasmine Harper Will Woods

Math Award Jane Fergusson Kaan Sahingur Highest Academic Average – 8th Grade year Mia Jackson Destana Herring Highest Academic Average – 4 years Lucy Bellamy John Bullock

History Award Gillian Laming Price Withers

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College Choices: Class of 2013 Eleni Vasiliki Agapis ���������������������� University of Maryland, College Park Madelyne Connor Ashworth ��������������������� George Washington University Robert Colyer Aveson III ������������������������ Christopher Newport University *Rachel Catherine Barbieri ������������������������������������� University of Virginia Connor Lillian Brewer ���������������������������������������������� Villanova University Archer Elizabeth Brinkley �����������������������������College of William and Mary Casey Lynn Brizzolara ������������������������������������ James Madison University *Emma Rose Brown ����������������������������������������������������������Tufts University Mary Mason Brown ��������������������������������������������������������� Rhodes College Madison Leigh Burfeind ���������������������������������������������� Tulane University Catherine Scott Burns ��������������������������� Georgia Institute of Technology Brooke Ashley Butler ��������������������������������������������� College of Charleston Tyler Marie Byrd ��������������������������������������������������� Georgetown University Cathryn Beatrice Campbell ����������������������������������� High Point University *Elizabeth Carlyle Carter ����������������������������������������� University of Virginia Woodrow Foley Chapman �������������������������������Virginia Polytechnic Institute ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������and State University *Nicole Michelle Christian ������������ Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Megan Larissa Ciszek ����������������������������������� sJames Madison University *Sarah Stuart Clark ���������������������������������������������������������� Duke University Jack Powers Corrigan ��������������������������������������� University of Notre Dame *Marielle Helyn Cottrell �������������������������������������������������� Emory University Madalyn Bauer Crews ������������������������Virginia Commonwealth University *Kayla Ann Cross ��������������������������������������������������� Georgetown University *Mary Cameron Crowgey �������������������������� Washington and Lee University David Williams Crutcher ���������������������������������������������Belmont University Evelyn Elizabeth Dent ������������������������Virginia Commonwealth University Ryan Morehous Dickerson ������������������Virginia Commonwealth University Matthew Laurence DiNardo ��������������������������������� University of Richmond William Woodrow Dixon ������������������������������������������������ Lafayette College *Jillian Nicole Donze �������������������������������������������������������Hamilton College Michael Joseph Edwards ���������������������������������� Randolph-Macon College Paul Amadeus Elliott ��������������������������������������� James Madison University Andrew Walter Emroch ��������������������������������������������University of Virginia Carson Allman Eubank ������������������������������������ James Madison University Peter Shands Ferguson ����������������������������������� James Madison University Cameron Aaron Ferwerda ����������������� University of St. Andrews, Scotland Ansley Grey Foster ���������������������������������������������������University of Georgia Anna Moncure French �������������������� Sewanee: The University of the South Drew Gennings Fulton ������������������������������������������������������Kenyon College Gabrielle Lynn Gelozin ����������������������������������������������� Bucknell University James Trevor Glover �����������������������������������������������University of Vermont William David Gorsline III �������������� Sewanee: The University of the South Whitmel Hill Griffin Jr ������������������������������ Washington and Lee University Courtney Jessica Harvey �������������������������������������������Syracuse University Jess Henry Jackson Hilb ���������������� Sewanee: The University of the South *Emily Suzanne Hoade ����������������������������������������������University of Virginia

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Matthew Alexander Hourigan ��������������������� Virginia Polytechnic Institute ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������and State University Matthew Hamilton Howell ��������������������������������������������Auburn University Alexandra Elizabeth Johnson ������������������������College of William and Mary Ashley Nicole Kirby �������������������������������������������������������� Spelman College Reilly Joseph Klein ������������������������������������ United States Naval Academy Mallory Elizabeth Knighton ��������������������������������������� Clemson University Noboru Christopher Kobashigawa ��������������������������������� Drexel University Nathaniel Edward Largo ����������������������������� Virginia Polytechnic Institute ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������and State University Natalie Rose Lerch ��������������������������������������������������University of Virginia ChanHo Lim ������������������������������������������������������������������Tulane University Elizabeth Gray Little ��������������������������������North Carolina State University Tyrus Marshall Lutterbein ����������������������������������������� Clemson University Chandler Grace Makepeace ��������������������������College of William and Mary Charles Austin Makepeace ��������������������������������������University of Georgia Margaret Franklin Mansfield ��������� Sewanee: The University of the South Maggy Shae McGloin �������������������������������������������������������� Elon University Olivia Hunter McLean ����������������������������������������������University of Virginia *Katherine Collins Melson ����������������������������������������University of Virginia *Caroline McLean Meyer �������������������������������������������University of Virginia Alexandra Wilson Moore ���������������������������������� James Madison University Cameron Christian Moore ���������������������������������������University of Virginia Patrick McCaney Mosman ������������������������������� James Madison University *Hannah Nason Myers ����������������������������������������������University of Virginia Theodore Charles Nasworthy ��������������������������������������� Furman University *Olivia Lane Negus ���������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Robert Benjamin Noftsinger �����������������������������Hampden-Sydney College Ezoza Nomazova ��������������������������������Virginia Commonwealth University Holt Hanley Norman �������������������������������������University of South Carolina Owen Bradley Nott ��������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Sarah Frances O’Neill ��������������������������������������Texas Christian University Luke Andrew Page ������������������������������������������� James Madison University Connor James Partlow ����������������������������������College of William and Mary *Kyle Van Horn Pate ������������������������������������ United States Naval Academy Ojel Pathak ����������������������������������������Virginia Commonwealth University Martha Maigret Peaseley ����������������������������������������University of Virginia *Michael Seth Perel ��������������������������������������������������� Princeton University Marshall Thomas Pittman ���������������������������������������University of Virginia *Hans Krish Prakash ��������������������������������������������������� Dartmouth College Joshua Benjamin Raine �������������������������������������������University of Virginia Barrett Caroline Redmond ����������������������������������� Wake Forest University *Sarah Austin Richardson ����������������������������������������Vanderbilt University Stewart Mikell Roddey Jr ��������������� Sewanee: The University of the South Preston Bartlett Wootton Roper ����������������������� Virginia Military Institute William Preston Russell ����������������������������������������� College of Charleston *Jacob Eric Salomon �������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Carl Broderick Schneider ����������������������������������������������McDaniel College DeVantè Andrè Shands ��������������������������������������������University of Virginia Nelson Patrick Sharps ����������������������������������College of William and Mary Elizabeth Claire Sheehy ��������������������������������������������� Clemson University Mary Grace Shelly ������������������������������������������� James Madison University

Emily Morgan Shinn ��������������������������������������������������������� Boston College *Jeremiah Nelson Sims ������������������������������������������������������ Yale University Benjamin Cannon Spalding ��������������������������College of William and Mary Olivia Elease Spurlock �����������������������������North Carolina State University Virginia Maitland Sroba ���������������������������������� James Madison University Samuel Kenton Stein ��������������������������������������� James Madison University Brady Garrison Straus ���������������������������������������������University of Virginia *Madison Elizabeth Strauss �����������������������������������University of Michigan *Ansley Todd Stravitz ������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Eleanor Marie Sullivan ���������������������������������������� University of Richmond John Trible Sutton IV ����������������������������������������� University of Mississippi Jackson Harris Tavenner �����������������������������������Hampden-Sydney College Alexander Wardlaw Thompson ���������������������������������High Point University Paul Jefferson Timmons ���������University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *Sarah Keatts Towler ������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Arvid Trubin ���������������������������������������� Rochester Institute of Technology Giles Littleton Hopkins Upshur ��������������������������������University of Georgia Courtney Alice Viverette ���������������������������������� James Madison University *Evan Emerson Vranian ��������������������������������������������University of Virginia William Harold Walker ��������������������������������������� University of Mississippi Matthew Bryan Wallace ���������������������������������� James Madison University Robert Lowry Ware ���� Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Julia Rose Weinberg ���������������������������������������������������������Kenyon College Katherine Anne Williams ���������������������������������������� College of Charleston Bayley Locker Wood �������������������������������������������������University of Virginia Meredith Gibson Wray ����������������������������������College of William and Mary Jordan Brenaman Wrenn ����������������������������������Colorado State University Eric Sichao Yan ������������������������������������������������������������Cornell University Brian Griffin Zamecnik ��������������������������������������� Northeastern University

Athletes to Continue Competing...

The following Class of 2013 graduates plan to compete on the college level next year: Connor Brewer: Villanova, tennis Mason Brown: Rhodes, swimming David Gorsline: Sewanee, football Jess Hilb: Sewanee, lacrosse Chandler Makepeace: William & Mary, swimming Ben Noftsinger: Hampden-Sydney, lacrosse Ellie Sullivan: Richmond, soccer Noboru Kobashigawa: Drexel, lacrosse Stewart Roddey: Sewanee, lacrosse Preston Roper: VMI, wrestling Whit Griffin: Washington & Lee, lacrosse Jennie Sroba: James Madison, soccer Jack Tavenner: Hampden-Sydney, lacrosse

*Cum Laude

Bayley Wood, Whit Griffin, Nati Lerch, Barret Redmond and Stewart Roddey celebrate their graduation.

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2. The celebration begins for rising 5th Graders. 3. Retiring Lower School science teacher Burrell Stultz chats with a 4th Grade graduate. 4. Brigid O’Shea receives her Middle School diploma from Charlie Blair, Head of Middle School.

5. Kate Surgner and Reese Bowling lead the Class of 2017 out of their 8th Grade graduation ceremonies in Seal Athletics Center. 6. Kaan Sahingur, Aidan Berger, Excellence Perry and Scotty McCracken relax after Middle School graduation. 7.

Rising freshman Destana Herring, sisters Selam ’19 and Zehma ’22, and parents Aster Kidane and Mike Herring pose for a graduation photo.

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1. Rain poured as guests arrived for Commencement on Friday, June 7, but the weather didn’t dampen spirits. 2. Senior Robert Ware allows professional boutonniere pinner (and Upper School receptionist) Julie Miller to assist. 3. The Upper School orchestra performs before, during and after the graduation ceremonies. 4. With flowers in hand and striped ties tied, Liza Dent, William Russell, Ojel Pathak, Madalyn Crews and Marshall Pittman wait in the Upper School hall for graduation festivities to begin. 5. Head of School Keith Evans addresses seniors and their families.

6. Alumni Association President John Gary Maynard ’86 presents the 2013 Outstanding Alumni Service Award to Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland ’54. 7. Col. Lee Wimbish ’80 receives the Distinguished Alumni Award from John Gary Maynard. 8. Upper School Head Ben Rein presents the Johnel Tate Poffenberger Award award to Sarah Richardson.

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Legacies 2013 Graduates with Cougar lineage

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3 1. Madelyne Ashworth with mother Robin Rison Ashworth ’85 2. David Gorsline with aunt Melanie Gorsline ’74 and father David Gorsline ’76 3. Sarah Richardson with mother Liza Andrews Richardson ’76, father Crit Richardson ’75, brothers Taylor Richardson ’05, Robert Richardson ’10, and Matthew Richardson ’07, and uncle George Richardson ’70 4. Ali Moore with father Rud Moore ’76 5. Jo Wrenn with father Robert Wrenn ’77 and aunt Susan Wrenn-Lindeman ’80 6. Owen Nott with aunt Cindy Nott Bowling ’89, father Brad Nott ’84, and sister Anna Nott ’11

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1. Mary Grace Shelly with father Bob Shelly ’81, mother Beth Anne Nelson Shelly ’83, sister Marden Shelly ’10, aunt Perry Shelly Gunn ’79, and cousins Gordon Gunn ’11 and Ryan Gunn ’09 2. Ben Spalding with grandmother Kaye Brinkley Spalding ’58 3. Chandler Makepeace and Austin Makepeace with father Walton Makepeace ’80 4. Michael Perel with father Jon Perel ’67 5. Stewart Roddey with mother Sally Wyatt Roddey ’82 and uncle Russell Wyatt ’80

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Homecoming & Reunion Weekend October 25 – 26, 2013 Reunions for Class Years Ending in 3 and 8 Oyster Roast at Tuckahoe Plantation on Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Alumni Cookout next to Lower School on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Football Game vs. Norfolk Academy on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Alumni Class Reunion Parties (various locations) Saturday Evening

Save the Date!

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Distinguished Alumni Two Collegiate graduates are honored for their service – one to our School and the other to our country.

Alumni Association President John Gary Maynard ’86 presented the awards at Commencement on June 7, 2013.

These tributes were written by Page Boinest Melton Ivie ’79. A committee of alumni of all ages selects the recipients out of a pool of nominations.

Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland ’54 celebrates with her family: Barbara Sutherland Gaylor, Dick Kennon, Beth Sutherland Kennon, Lee Kennon ’18, Sarah Kennon ’22 and Ranny Kennon ’15.

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Outstanding Alumni Service Award 2013

Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland ’54

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he 2013 Outstanding Alumni Service Award recognizes an alum who has generously and loyally given his or her talents, energies, and time to Collegiate.

Collegiate holds its traditions dear. Our community honors and respects the students, faculty and families who have passed through our campuses and we are proud of the generations of students throughout Collegiate’s history who have helped keep alive our cherished traditions. We especially treasure ties to the Town School, the early campus of our modern day Collegiate, and those alumnae who remind us of the school’s heritage.

Today we are fortunate to honor a Town School student who has been described as a “perfect alumna,” someone who continues to listen to Collegiate’s needs and who responds with her time, talent and unflagging energy.

Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland, from the Class of 1954, stands out

for a loyalty to Collegiate that transcended the move from the Town School to the Collegiate School for Girls and Boys and to Collegiate School today.

Bobbie Lee is a charter member of the Helen Baker Society and has served as an active Alumni Board member for more than five years, as the Town School representative. She has served as grandparent chair of the Annual Fund and on the committee that selects recipients for distinguished alumni awards.

Year in and year out, no sideline, alumni gathering or Grandparents and Special Friends Day would be complete without her enthusiastic participation.

In honoring her, we are reminded that Collegiate founder Helen Baker, who opened the doors at the Town School, urged her students to be “good citizens in the widest sense.”

Today we recognize a Collegiate School alumna and grandparent and one of the finest examples of the “good citizens” that Helen Baker envisioned. Bobbie Lee Norris Sutherland is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Service Award.

Distinguished Alumni Award 2013

COL Wm. Lee Wimbish, Jr. ’80

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he Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes an alum for his or her success in a particular field or endeavor.

Collegiate alumni may best remember this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award for his good nature and expertise on the football field. No one can forget Wimbo and his squared-toe kicking shoe that delivered critical field goals for the Cougars.

But those field assaults were just the beginning for Colonel Lee Wimbish, from Collegiate’s Class of 1980, who has since amassed an admirable record of service in the United States Army. He was a 1984 Distinguished Military Graduate from the Virginia Military Institute and a four year varsity football letterman; he received a master’s in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s of science in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University’s National War College.

Currently, Colonel Wimbish

serves at the Pentagon in a critical intelligence role on the Army Staff as the G8’s Division Chief for Force Development for Intelligence. He oversees resourcing for research, development, and procurement for all intelligence systems, securing the assets needed to fully equip the Army’s Military Intelligence Corps.

In his current position, he is personally responsible for shaping and outfitting the Army’s Intelligence Soldiers for tomorrow’s fight.

Lee’s expertise is derived from over 28 years in the Army that include a wide range of assignments, leadership and analytical opportunities, and combat experience.

Tours of duty took Lee into Iraq for Desert Shield / Desert Storm in 1991 and to Bosnia in 1998. Returning to the Middle East again, Lee and his intelligence teammates were among the first to secure Baghdad in 2003.

He’s been chosen for some of the Army’s most critical intelligence jobs to include: working on the Base Realignment and Closure mission to move the Intelligence Center of Excellent from Fort Devens, MA to Fort Huachuca, AZ; providing critical support as the Intelligence Collection Manager to help account for Prisoners of War / Missing in Action from the Vietnam War;

executing daily intelligence operations to support a multinational combat division during implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia-Herzegovina; as the Military Intelligence Branch Chief, managing the worldwide job assignments for over 5,000 officers and warrant officers to support the Army’s intelligence human resource requirements during a two-theater war.

Lee is also known for finding creative solutions to challenging problems. He is credited with helping to develop, produce and deploy an aerostat with video surveillance capabilities designed to succeed in the challenging terrain of Afghanistan. The balloon-like device has provided critical intelligence support to Soldiers in OEF – and helped reduce casualties.

For his service, Colonel Wimbish has been decorated numerous times, including two Defense Meritorious Service medals, five Meritorious Service awards, six Army Commendation medals, and the prestigious Bronze Star medal for service in a combat zone.

A former battalion commander summed it up when he said, Colonel Lee Wimbish has won not only the respect of the Army’s senior leadership, but also the devotion and admiration of the soldiers he has led, mentored, trained with and fought alongside.

In honoring Lee today, we take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude for all members of the Collegiate community who have served in the military, representing America at home and abroad, in peace and in conflict.

Col. Lee Wimbish ’80, third from left, with family – son Will Wimbish, wife Theresa Wimbish, daughter Kate Wimbish, mother Judy Wimbish, brother Scott Wimbish ’82 and Scott’s wife Sandra Wimbish

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FOND FAREWELLS

e’ve known this time was coming, but it hasn’t made it easier to say goodbye to longtime friends who have all played important roles in the life of Collegiate. At a reception in late May, we honored the 10 members of our faculty and staff who retired at the end of the school year. We also said goodbye to some other valued teachers who are moving on to pursue new opportunities. Each and every one of the group departing will be missed when we open our doors again in the fall.

Retirees of 2013 Barbara Anderson Upper School History (35 years)

“Barbara is a German philosopher who loves the earth.”

– Roger Hailes, Upper School English

Collegiate students over her career and has undoubtedly been passed on to others through their lives. A great teacher’s influence does indeed live on for generations. Barbara’s career provides ample evidence of this enduring truth.

Joan Barnes

Joan is known more for all that she does for her students and colleagues outside the classroom. She has successfully led countless student teams into an array of contests and has advised the Darr-Davis club.

Her care for her colleagues is well known in the Upper School as evidenced by her managing of the fund that provides outreach to those who have experienced a difficult circumstance. Joan is a beloved friend to many and a touchpoint for Collegiate students long after they graduate.

She has given her best to Collegiate each day for 17 years and brought out the best in those around her.

Barbara Anderson’s students Upper School Math (17 years) leave her class with a rare combination of respect and affection– “When you say her name, respect for the depth and passion people say ‘Ahhh’ – she is of her scholarship and affection so sweet, dependable and for her distinctive way of relating unbelievably smart! Always to them. To be loved and revered willing to lend a hand for is the fondest wish of any teacher, help or an ear for listening, and Barbara enjoyed these fruits she is a true friend.” of her hard work daily. Beyond the – Karen Albright, Upper School Math Ann Cullen classroom, Barbara has been a genMiddle School – 5th Grade boys tle but persistent advocate for the Joan Barnes has taught virtually (33 years) natural world. She has reminded every advanced math class offered us of our responsibility for our envi- at Collegiate: BC Calculus, multi- “For my 24 years, she has ronment both as individuals and a variable calculus, linear algebra, been my neighbor and my values-based institution. This and AP Statistics. Yet even with this mentor as a 5th Grade passion has taken root in many impressive resumé of math mastery, teacher. She has really been

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the 5th Grade; every day she teaches with high expectations for her students both as learners and as fine young people with great character.”

– Rives Fleming ’83, Middle School – 5th Grade boys Ann Cullen has taught for 33 years at a critical intersection in the lives of her students. As boys emerge from the Lower School and take their first steps toward becoming young men, Ann has been there in the 5th Grade to nudge, encourage, love and nurture. She built the foundation for lifelong learning and, as important, understands that for her boys, these Middle School years will be where sound character takes root. To see Collegiate’s core values reflected in our graduates – Honor, Excellence, Respect, Love of Learning, Community – is to understand how the right influence early in life can make all the difference.

Ann has been that inf luential teacher and role model and we join her “Cullen Boys” in saying, “thank you!”

Patsy Hallett Lower School Music (26 years)

“What an honor and a privilege it has been to teach and learn alongside Patsy for all these years, and even more wonderful it is that she has been such a great friend.”

– Beth Tracy, Lower School Music “I am a promise, I am a possibility.” If ever there was a song that conveyed the spirit of Collegiate, it is this Lower School melody.

Kindergartners learn it early on, Lower Schoolers sing it at Town Meetings and seniors remember it well beyond graduation. Patsy Hallett has taught generations of

OPPOSITE: Dr. Barbara Anderson chooses from two portraits painted of her by former student Julia Lennarz. THIS PAGE: Senior Matthew Hourigan assists Head of School Keith Evans with the presenting of commemorative plaques to Joan Barnes and Patsy Hallett.

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Collegiate students that are indeed full of promise and possibility through her love of music. She has inspired both the willing and the reluctant to take a chance behind a microphone or on a stage. And in the process, her students have discovered something about themselves and their potential that they may never have known. Thank you, Patsy, for a career all about promise, possibility and finding the very best in the students you have mentored at Collegiate.

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Lewis Lawson Upper School English (41 years)

“Bubba’s kindness, honesty, integrity, respect, and loyalty all shine through, but most of all his deep personal commitment to the excellence of his teaching, his coaching, and his community service stands out as a true marvel.”

– Joel Nuckols, Upper School Latin A great nickname is often a sign of deep affection. For Lewis “Bubba” Lawson, who fully inhabits the most widely recognized nickname on Collegiate’s campus, the care he has shown his students over his 41 years of teaching is returned in full measure well past their time on this campus. Lewis has traveled the world exploring literature to bring back to his classroom while also serving as one of Collegiate’s most able ambassadors here at home. His influence has extended well beyond his classroom as his example of servant leadership has inspired countless students to commit to a cause larger than themselves. No one doubts he will continue a full schedule of reading, learning and reaching out to others in need well past his days at Collegiate. Carry on, Bubba!

Charlie McFall Co-Athletics Director and Coach (43 years)

to Collegiate, his coaching staff, his peers and every single athlete he has encountered.”

– Karen Doxey, Co-Athletics Director and Coach

them for 1st Grade as a new green and gold Collegiate class by May. Linda Pagel embodies the spirit of Luck Hall like no one else. She is the gentle guide to her students and the dependable and caring friend to her colleagues. Her specialties and passions in teaching range from science to writing, but her friends know that her most valued gifts are her wisdom and thoughtfulness along the way. We are grateful to Linda not just for what she has done over 27 years of teaching at Collegiate but for who she has been to her students, their parents and her many friends and colleagues.

It was not long after Charlie McFall retired after a distinguished career as Head Varsity Football coach that he grew restless to be back out on the practice field. He jumped at the chance to coach Junior Varsity and, in that moment, confirmed again what we have always known about Charlie. His life work was never about wins and losses or glowing newspaper write-ups.

Charlie has been about imparting life lessons and lifelong values Mike Pagel through athletics – and through Upper School Physics (27 years) interactions in the hallways, cafeteria and classrooms of Collegiate. In “In all that he does, this way he has fortified and built Mike is the professional on a foundation he inherited from teacher trying to improve iconic Collegiate athletic coaches his content and methodand leaders of the past. And as he ology. He strives to make retires, he entrusts a program in his classes relevant and robust health to the coaches and interesting with a good athletes he has mentored. Buenos dose of humor and music Dias, Coach McFall, and thank thrown in along for good you for all you have meant to the measure.”

Collegiate community!

– Susan Fourness, Upper School Chemistry

Linda Pagel Lower School Kindergarten (27 years)

“Her love and interest in all things Kindergarten are at the core of her teaching, and she has been a gem in our Lower School.”

“The most important things I have learned and observed – Jill Hunter, Lower School Head in my years with Charlie There is, perhaps, no building on are daily demonstrations Collegiate’s campus with more powof loyalty, humility, generful associations than Luck Hall. erosity and humor. For 43 It is the place that welcomes new years, Charlie has lived 5-year-olds to Kindergarten at the by a set of ideals, which beginning of each year and prepares exemplify faithful service

Mike Pagel loves to teach and every student who ever took a seat in his classroom knew it immediately. It might have been obvious in his passion for physics. Or maybe it became apparent in his meticulous preparation for class. Or possibly it was his creative labs that gave him away. But most probably, it was the joy that he brought to Collegiate each day as evidenced by his clever humor and his good spirits. We all got to see a master teacher at play when Mike was in his element in the classroom or playing the banjo or on stage in a cameo for Brunch.

His gift for engaging his students has been without equal, and we will

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Staige Nolley and Tinsley Northen, longtime friends of Burrell Stultz, help celebrate her 45 years at Collegiate.

and in the study of science over the conceit, without ambition... course of a career that began here do your homework, know in 1968. Yet even a quick visit to her your material, and show classroom would provide ample evi- up... then just be real, just dence that she has not only kept up be yourself.”

Burrell Stultz for over four decades, she has been a – Brian Justice, Upper School History Lower School Science (45 years) creative force for learning and in so doing, has inspired her students to For generations of Collegiate “Igniting a passion for love science throughout their lives. students, Neil Weiser has defined scientific inquiry has been Along the way, Burrell has been an excellence in the study of American her passion at Collegiate for 45 years. She has taught unwavering colleague and a gener- history. Whether through his encyous Collegiate supporter. She has clopedic knowledge of key events generations to love science helped to shape us into the school and personalities or the stories he and to learn the value of we are today and, for that, we are uses to bring it all to life or his wry asking why. Her patience grateful. sense of humor and good-natured knows no limits, and teasing, Neil is remembered by certain children who may students in college and beyond as struggle in other academic the one who made them love history.

Neil Weiser areas thrive in her lab.”

Along the way, Neil has been a coach – Ellen Clore, Lower School Science, and Upper School History (31 years) and a ready volunteer as well as a Blair Chewning, Lower School – 4th Grade wise voice in shaping the direction “The Existential Outdoorsof the Upper School. In a school full Few Collegiate faculty or staff man, The Cosmic Scholar, of exemplary teachers, Neil stands members have approached Burrell’s The Wry Historian, The out for his scholarship and his daily 45 years of service to our school. Philosophical Fisherman, commitment to our students. Thank And few people anywhere possess The Gracious Gentleman... you, Neil, for showing us how history her gracious spirit or her passion for Neil Weiser has shown us can shed light on today and create a her vocation. Burrell has witnessed how to be a Great Teacher... path for the future. dramatic changes both at Collegiate without ego, without be forever grateful for his example of excellence.

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Additional Departures

Thanks to these faculty and staff members who spent time with us.

We will miss them all.

Dr. Robin Rison Ashworth ’84 Assistant to Athletic Directors (12 years)

Spotty Robins ’04 Upper School history (2 years) Will be pursuing his master’s at VCU’s Center for Sport Leadership.

Grayland Crisp Upper School religion (31 years)

Rip Friddell Middle School intern (3 years) Will teach at Boys Latin in Baltimore.

Emma Drucker Upper School E.E. Ford Teaching Fellow in English (1 year) Will teach at The Sage School in Idaho.

Phil Lawson Interim Upper and Middle School Choral Director (1 year)

Keith Saine Theater technical director and set design (7 years) Will teach at West Virginia Wesleyan.

Ted Shaffner Upper School English and drama (9 years)

Lindy Williams Associate Head of School (12 years) Is now Head of School at St. Margaret’s School in Tappahannock, Va.

Letty Wood Lower School Admission Assistant (8 years)

Retired French teacher Christiane Rimbault offers a few retirement tips to Neil Weiser.

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SPORTS Winter and Spring Sports Highlights

S

ome things change.

Some stay the same.

At the end of the 2012–13 school year, Charlie McFall, long-time coach and co-athletics director retired after 43 years at Collegiate.

McFall, who came on board in 1970 following his graduation from Randolph-Macon College, served as head football coach for 21 years, baseball coach for 19, and AD for 26. Under his leadership, our football teams won six Prep League titles and four consecutive VISAA championships. While he headed the baseball program, the Cougars won six league titles as well as the 1996 state crown. More important, however, were his intangible contributions.

“Charlie has shown loyalty and friendship not just to those in our program but to everyone we’re associated with,” said Karen Doxey, Collegiate’s Athletics Director. “He has such a nice touch in all he does. We’ll definitely miss him, his wisdom, his institutional memory, and his understanding of what the school stands for.”

This past year, Collegiate’s varsity athletic teams continued to distinguish themselves. The Cougars won League of Independent Schools titles in girls’ tennis, lacrosse, and swimming and the Prep League crown in boys’ tennis.

Field hockey and girls’ swimming won VISAA championships.

Though the boys’ Upper School enrollment is fifth among Prep League schools, Collegiate placed

third in the Director’s Cup standings signifying overall athletic excellence. For the third consecutive year, Collegiate earned the Prep League sportsmanship award.

Kyle Pate ’13, a standout in cross country, wrestling, and track and now a plebe at the United States Naval Academy, was the recipient of the Lexus of Richmond Pursuit of Perfection Leadership Award.

“All our sports count,” Doxey added. “Every place counts. Our coaches get the most out of our kids, and our kids get the most out of themselves.”

SPRING ’13

Prep League Coach of the Year Chris Williams

LIS Coach of the Year Annie Richards All-State, first team Brewer, Cardozo, O’Neill

BASEBALL 12-9

Fifth in the Prep League

All-Prep David Angstadt ’16, Jack Sutton ’13

GOLF 13-2

Prep League Runner-up, VISAA Runner-up All-Prep Alex Thompson ’13

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All-State Rives Fleming ’14

GIRLS’ LACROSSE 15-6

League of Independent Schools Champion, VISAA Runner-up All-LIS Campbell Brewer ’15, Frankie O’Neill ’13, Sydney Cardozo ’14, Chloe Carnes ’14, Brooks Doxey ’14

– Compiled by Weldon Bradshaw

All-State, second team Carnes US Lacrosse All-American First Team Cardozo Honorable Mention Carnes Academic Bayley Wood ’13, Mary Weston DeVoe ’14, Haley Rising ’14, Cole Reifsnider ’14, Cardozo

Frankie O’Neill ’13

BOYS’ LACROSSE 9-11

Fifth in Prep League

All-Prep Stewart Roddey ’13, Whit Griffin ’13 US Lacrosse Piedmont Region Academic All-American Griffin US Lacrosse Piedmont Region Asst.

Coach of the Year Spotty Robins US Lacrosse Piedmont Region Man of the Year Coach Andrew Stanley

GIRLS’ SOCCER 13-6-4

LIS Semifinalist, VISAA Quarterfinalist

All-State, first team Knighton All-State, second team Johnson

All-LIS Casey Brizzolara ’13, Jennie Sroba ’13, Ellie Sullivan ’13 All-State, first team Sroba, Sullivan All-State, second team Brizzolara

SOFTBALL 9-12

LIS Semifinalist

All-LIS Mallory Knighton ’13, Sarah Johnson ’15, Katie McCauley ’14, Emily Shinn ’13

BOYS’ TENNIS 8-2

Prep League Champion, VISAA Semifinalist All-Prep William Howells ’17, Kris Jain ’14, Michael Perel ’13, William Perkins ’14 , Andrew Reed ’15, Brady Straus ’13, Winston Willett ’16 All-State, first team Straus, Howells All-State, second team Perel All-Metro Straus SPORTS 35

Chandler Makepeace ’13

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Fourth in LIS, Sixth in VISAA All-State, first team Brigid O’Shea ’17 (200) All-State, second team Madeline White ’16 (200) All-State, honorable mention Katie Wright ’14 (triple jump)

BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD

Sixth in Prep League, Tenth in VISAA All-State, honorable mention Noah Dziedzic ’14 (long jump)

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WINTER ’12-’13 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL 15-6

LIS Semifinalist, VISAA Quarterfinalist

All-LIS Annie Hawthorne ’14, Anna Wilson ’16 All-State, second team Wilson

BOYS’ BASKETBALL 6-12

Prep League quarterfinalist All-Prep Wilton Speight ’14

INDOOR SOCCER Valentine Classic quarterfinalist

All-Tournament Team Jeremy Sims ’13, Alex Parham ’16

GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK

Fourth in LIS, Fourth in VISAA All-LIS Jennie Sroba ’13 (55), Katherine Melson ’13 (300) All-State, second team Melson (300) All-State, honorable mention Hannah Myers ’13 (55 hurdles), 4x200 relay team (Sroba, Myers, Melson, Ali Moore ’13), 4x400 relay team (Myers, Melson, Madeline White ’16, Brigid O’Shea ’19)

ALL-METRO

The Times-Dispatch selects All-Metro teams at the conclusion of each season.

The boys’ soccer and girls’ tennis teams include independent school athletes whose squads compete in the fall as well as those from Virginia High School League teams which compete in the spring.

Spring 2013 Boys tennis: Brady Straus ’13 Girls soccer, second team: Jennie Sroba ’13, Ellie Sullivan ’13 Softball, second team: Mallory Knighton ’13 Baseball, second team: Jack Sutton ’13 Winter 2012 - 2013 Girls Swimming, second team: Mary Katherine Kish ’14 Boys Diving, second team: Grayson Busser ’15 Fall 2012 Girls’ Tennis: Connor Brewer ’13 Brady Straus ’13

BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK

Sixth in Prep League, Ninth in VISAA

GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE

LIS and VISAA Champion, All-LIS Mary Katherine Kish ’14 (200 free, 500 free, 400 free relay), Chandler Makepeace ’13 (50 free, 200 medley relay), Ashton Pollard ’14 (200 medley relay, 400 free relay), Caroline Pollard ’15 (200 medley relay, 400 free relay), Jasmine Harper ’17 (200 medley relay), Campbell Brewer ’15 (400 free relay), Individual State Champion Kish ’14 (500 free)

Relay State Champions 200 medley (A. Pollard, Harper, C. Pollard, Makepeace), 200 free (Makepeace, Katie McCauley ’14, Campbell Brewer ’15, Kish ’14), 400 free (A. Pollard, Brewer, Pollard, Kish) Other All-State Performers Kish (2nd in 200IM), Makepeace (2nd in 50 and 100 free), A. Pollard (3rd in 100 backstroke)

WRESTLING

Fourth in Prep League, Ninth in VISAA All-Prep Preston Roper ’13, Nelson Sharps ’13, Kyle Pate ’13 All-State Pate, P. Roper, Scott Roper ’15, Sharps

BOYS’ SWIM & DIVE

Third in Prep League, Fifth in VISAA All-State Performers Peter Ferguson ’13 (3rd in 100 backstroke), Cameron Moore ’13 (3rd in 100 butterfly).

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SUMMARY OF GIVING AT COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

2012 – 2013

W

e had another wonderful fundraising year at Collegiate, and we have a lot to show for the generous gifts that have been given to the School. Whether the gift was made to the Annual Fund, the Centennial Campaign or a special initiative, the resources shared with the School have made an important difference. From professional development

for teachers, guest speakers and financial assistance for students to endowment support, curriculum enhancements and physical plant improvements, each person who stepped forward helped to turn financial support into growth, achievement and inspiration. Thank you!

– Maria Cobb, Director of Annual Giving

2012/2013 ANNUAL FUND TOTAL

$1,742,799 MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES

FOUNDATIONS

$217,892

$65,480

FRIENDS & CORPORATIONS

$249,844

ALUMNI

PARENTS

$530,963

$603,982

Major sources of Annual Fund revenue

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2012/2013 GIFTS & COMMITMENTS FOR THE CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN

$9,994,708 (includes Capital Improvements, Reunion Funds & Endowments)

WINTER PARTY & AUCTION

$190,250

INTERNATIONAL EMERGING LEADERS CONFERENCE

$104,000

PARENTS’ FUNDRAISING PROJECTS

THE COCHRANE SUMMER ECONOMICS INSTITUTE

$134,420

$54,050

2012/2013 SPECIAL FUNDS & PROJECTS TOTAL RAISED FROM ALL SOURCES

$11,846,363* *The total represents giving from all sources but is not a summation of the numbers presented here.

NEW MEMBERS, PLANS AND REALIZED GIFTS OF THE HELEN BAKER SOCIETY

TOTAL PLANNED GIVING EXPECTANCIES

$146,177

$13,304,163 GIVING 39

PARTING SHOT

Work In Progress

T

he ’12 - ’13 school year, for Upper and Middle School students and faculty, was one of dust, fences, bulldozers, br icks, detours and noise – all a means to a spectacular end that will wind up just in time for school to open. The H2L2 Studios are already in use, the Sharp Academic Commons, with its wide open and flexible spaces will open in late August, and the newly renovated Reed-Gumenick Library will be in use for the Middle School soon after. To document what it’s been like to live on a construction site, the Upper School journalism class spent time examining the vistas and details of the experience – seen here are a few of their impressions.

Journalism Class students: Dodi Allocca, Ali Beaver, Ginny Catterton, Katie Ciszek, Alexa Evans, Alex Farrell, Abigail Glasgow, Anna Hoover, Kelsey Johnson, Ali Moore, Grace Mountcastle, Madeline Nagy, Kakie Pate, Megan Phillips, Cindy Spratley, Libba Wharton.

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Yearbook Day

Nothing signals the official end of the school year for students like the day they receive their yearbooks, held here by Sara Bartzen, Grace Song and Kate Nolde.

The theme of this year’s Torch, “How Do You Measure a Year?,” was inspired by the song “Seasons of Love” from the Broadway musical Rent.