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ON HOPE AND SERVICE Dear Collegiate School, The care, support and generosity visited upon our school by the Collegiate community is truly uplifting and humbling. Your devotion to this wonderful school is essential to the character and quality of what we strive to offer our almost 1,700 students every single day. Our gratitude for that devotion and generosity is deep, profound and sincere. For me, philanthropy is about hope. Every single gift toward supporting our Collegiate Fund, toward enhancing our campus, toward strengthening our endowment is a statement of faith in our purpose, our programs and our people. Your gifts also help us enlarge our vision for Collegiate and to imagine and continually create a compelling experience for our students. Here is just one example of what the Collegiate community’s generosity makes possible. In October we wrapped up our 13th International Emerging Leaders Conference (IELC). I was inspired by the palpable energy that resonated throughout the weeklong experience. Students from China, Ghana, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, South Africa and the United States gathered at Collegiate and embarked on a transformative journey. Using Stanford University’s Design Thinking Model, and working together with the support of local experts and several of our faculty, students identified and solved environmental challenges in each of their respective countries. They then made a “design pitch” in which they offered creative and compelling solutions to the environmental challenges they had previously identified. The overarching theme for this year’s IELC was “Designing for a Sustainable Future.” There was, however, an equally important aspiration of “connecting across our differences,” which was so eloquently articulated by our Director of Global Engagement, Monica Melton. In an era marred by painful divisions and horrific conflict, this emphasis on cross-cultural understanding and bridging our philosophical and political differences is not just relevant but essential to being responsible citizens. To witness students eagerly participating in programs that focus on connecting across differences in order to form deeper relationships with others and their world is truly inspiring. Learning opportunities such as IELC encourage students to think about problems that are larger than the individual and instill in them a sense of responsibility that we should use our knowledge to serve purposes that take us beyond ourselves. This sense of responsibility has always been part of the foundation of a Collegiate education. Everywhere on campus we work to prepare students to lead a life in service to a greater good. Every single one of you in our community — alumni, family, faculty and staff, friends — helps contribute to that fundamental mission of Collegiate, and I thank you for your generosity in helping shape the next generation of leaders. In these painful and polarizing times, let me ask that all of us renew our ongoing work toward being thoughtful and faithful examples of civil discourse and respectful engagement with one another. One friend recently spoke to me about civil discourse in the context of the Five R’s: respect for the Golden Rule — treating others as we wish to be treated; respect for the world in its fullness, paradox and interconnectedness; respect for the other; respect for self; and respect for language, understanding that words can build up or tear down. Thank you again for your support, encouragement and generosity.

Sincerely,

Billy Peebles Interim Head of School

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C O L L E GI AT E S C H O O L A D M I N I S T R AT IO N William S. Peebles IV, Interim Head of School Sarah Abubaker, Director of Strategic Communications Sara Boisvert, Director of Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship Mike Boyd, Director of the Arts Jeff Dunnington, Head of Middle School Louis Fierro II, Director of Information Technology Patrick E. Loach, Head of Upper School Deborah I. Miller, Head of Lower School Phyllis Palmiero, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Stanley, Athletic Director Dave Taibl, Director of Admission and Enrollment Management Tung Trinh, Dean of Faculty Kristen O. Williams, Chief Development Officer

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S 2 0 2 3 -2 4 Carter M. Reid P ’16 ’18, Chair of the Board W. Hildebrandt Surgner Jr. P ’11 ’14 ’17 ’19, Vice Chair of the Board William S. Peebles IV, Interim Head of School Neelan A. Markel ’96 P ’27 ’30, Secretary Ellen T. Bonbright ’86 P ’24 ’26 Callie Lacy Brackett ’95 P ’22 ’24 Mason T. Chapman ’84 P ’22 Mayme Donohue ’03 Wortie Ferrell ’88 P ’24 ’27 ’31 Lauren Hepper P ’27 ’30 ’30** Malcolm S. McDonald P ’87 ’88 Morenike K. Miles P ’24 ’25 Meera Pahuja ’97 P ’30 ’32 ’34

Jasmine Turner Perry ’11*** J. Cheairs Porter Jr. P ’27 ’29 ’32 John H. Rivers Jr. P ’25 ’28 JoAnn Adrales Ruh P ’16 ’18 ’21 Kenneth P. Ruscio P ’08 Julious P. Smith III ’86 P ’20 ’22 ’25 Wallace Stettinius P ’77 ’79 ’84* R. Gregory Williams ’69 P ’01 ’04*

*Trustee Emeriti **Parents’ Association President ***Alumni Association President

A L U M N I A S S O CI AT IO N B O A R D 2 0 2 3 -2 4 Jasmine Turner Perry ’11, President Peyton Jenkins ’00, VP/President Elect Sarah Paxton ’84 P ’19, Past President Ginny Harris Hofheimer ’96 P ’27 ’29, Recording Secretary Beth Waltington Marchant ’72 P ’98 ’03 GP ’35, Corresponding Secretary Stuart Farrell ’03 and Elizabeth Dolan Wright ’01, Annual Fund Co-Chairs Patricia Hobson Hunter ’80 P ’10 ’15, Stewardship Chair Graham Mandl ’08, Amrik Sahni ’06 and Lauren Siff ’02 P ’32 ’34, Events Committee Chairs Lauren Cricchi ’06 and Luke Walker ’12, Alumni/Student Connection Committee First Term Muffy Greenbaum ’04 P ’30 ’32 Devon Kelley ’05 Toby Long ’98 P ’33 ’35 Lee Moreau ’95 Rishi Pahuja ’04 Chris Pearson ’02 Tyler Negus Snidow ’80 Chas Thalhimer ’97 Bo Vaughan ’97 P’31 ’32

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On Campus Highlights of summer and fall 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Students Pursue Endowment Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jeff Dunnington’s New Role as Head of Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Arts Barry O’Keefe on Public Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Sadie Henderson-Best’s Songs of Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Athletics Jack Callaghan’s Seriousness of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Goalies Answer the Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Features Creating New Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Entering her new role as Collegiate’s Director of the Fellows’ Program, Dr. Leah Angell is focused on helping mentor the next generation of educators. Report on Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Celebrating everyone in the Collegiate community that has invested in the School and the students in the past year.

Alumni News Distinguished Alumni Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Class Reunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Class Notes News from Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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The Collegiate School Fellows' Program is a one-year program for early-career teachers and career-switchers aspiring to work in independent schools. We welcome applicants interested in teaching any grade (JK-12) or school administration roles (e.g., development, communications, admissions, athletics).

Fellows’ Curriculum SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Fellows receive a full-time salary and benefits (health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, daily lunch, supplies, texts, professional development, coaching stipends).

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ACADEMIC SERVICES THEORIES AND METHODS

By the end of the fellowship, participants will have a professional job application portfolio, a collection of lesson plans, and a career development plan.

UNDERSTANDING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE (MIND-BRAIN EDUCATION) SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SELF-KNOWLEDGE THE JOB APPLICATION PROCESS

THE 2024 COHORT BEGINS ITS PROGRAM IN MID-AUGUST 2024 AND ENDS IN EARLY- TO MID-JUNE OF 2025.

TO APPLY OR INQUIRE Contact: Dr. Leah Angell, Director of the Fellows’ Program, leah_angell@collegiate-va.org or (804) 741-9794.

ON CAMPUS

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OUT IN THE WORLD The Trailblaze job shadowing program connects rising Seniors with Collegiate alumni.

t’s an early morning in mid-

gram established by the Upper

organizations that fit their poten-

me,” Will says. “And I’m looking

June, the first day of a new job

School, the Institute for Respon-

tial career interests. He jumped

forward to applying those lessons

for Will Gallahan ’24, and he’s

sible Citizenship and the Alumni

at the opportunity, eager to learn

in the future.”

having trouble getting in the of-

Association to connect students

more about the intricacies of fi-

For the first time this year, Will

fice. He’s at the base of Davenport

with Collegiate alumni who work

nance. In this sense, Collegiate

is now a member of Collegiate’s

& Co.’s downtown location in Rich-

in various professions. “I felt like a

prepared him for the world, and

Darr-Davis Investment Advisory

mond, but he hasn’t been given a

world opened up to me,” Will says

now alumni were bringing him

Board, where students manage a

key card yet. Excitement and ap-

of his internship. “To be totally

into it, creating an extension of

sizable portfolio of stocks and al-

prehension build. The first day of

immersed in the business and fi-

a Collegiate education. “Getting

locate its income to support other

a weeklong internship under the

nance world was incredible.”

connected with three alumni to

clubs. After working at Davenport,

tutelage of alumni Will Hershey

Will had always had an inter-

show you the ropes of something

he’s approaching his work with

’94, Ginny Wortham Kehlenbeck

est in economics, how one moment

I’m interested in was great, and I

Darr-Davis confidently. He’s ready

’03 and Chris Pearson ’02. In fact,

can ripple throughout the United

feel like you really can’t get that

for another challenge, another set

it’s his first day in any office, a big

States and international markets.

at most places other than Colle-

of firsts. “I know so much more

developmental moment. Outside

In his Junior year, his focus be-

giate,” he says. “I became aware of

about stocks now and what to

the building, another Davenport

came more refined when he took

so many different departments —

look for in investments,” he says.

employee happens to come by and

a macroeconomics class with Rob

operations, ventures, legal — that

“I’m really excited about what lies

lets him in. Then he finds his floor,

Wedge. “Everything we learned

I knew very little about. I feel like

ahead for me.”

greets Hershey, a Managing Di-

in macroeconomics felt applicable

I have a much better understand-

rector at Davenport, and he’s off

to the real world,” Will says. “We

ing of the world I want to get into

to a week of firsts.

would be learning about interest

after college.” Trailblaze,

then,

provides

First meetings, first strate-

rates, and then we’d read the news

gic investment conversation, first

and see how the Federal Reserve

space for students to explore. The

lunch break, first Bloomberg ter-

was treating interest rates. You

program both expands and speci-

minal, first balance sheets. Final-

learned how the economy operat-

fies students’ focus; they become

ly stepping into that world was

ed in the world, and that was re-

more familiar with the jobs with-

thrilling to him, like a fan mov-

ally exciting.”

in a field and the opportunities

ing from a spectator’s vantage at

In the spring of 2023, students

available to them. “I was really

a baseball game to the pitcher’s

like Will submitted a Trailblaze

surprised by the number of jobs

mound. The experience was part

interest form to participate and

within a financial firm and the

of this summer’s Trailblaze, a pro-

were placed with businesses and

alumni really helped enlighten

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COLLEGIATE HOLDS ITS 25TH CONVOCATION Our years are marked by traditions, both large and small. The annual return to a beloved event helps us cultivate the collective spirit of a moment. The calendar changes, and we change and grow with it, but like a light post our traditions remind us who we are and where we’re going. They allow us to recalibrate ourselves by both looking back reflectively and forward confidently. So as the entire student body — including Kindergartners holding hands with and sitting atop their Senior buddies’ shoulders — moved cheerfully onto Grover Jones Field for Convocation, the 25th in the School’s history, Collegiate officially kicked off the new academic year, together, continuing a tradition that began with former Head of School Keith Evans, back in 1999.

INTERGENERATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS

NEW BEGINNINGS

In September, Seniors of the Class of 2024 connected with their

In a late-August glow, students stepped towards the new school year

Kindergarten buddies for the first time, beginning an enduring

with broad smiles and excitement. The first day of school is one of new

relationship.

beginnings, a chance to begin paving the way for more educational

This

beloved

Collegiate

tradition

emphasizes

intergenerational relationships and cross-division programming.

experiences, discoveries and connections.

They will meet throughout the school year, and the Seniors will serve as the Kindergarteners’ role models.

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WE’VE GOT SPIRIT Cougars brought the green-and-gold spirit for Homecoming Weekend. From the Pep Rally to the football game against St. Christopher’s, the weekend offered a time to celebrate the Collegiate community.

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CREATING PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS

Rising Seniors in the Richmond area came to Collegiate for the Cochrane Summer Economic Institute to grow as inquisitive thinkers and future business professionals.

ouring the hallways of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU with Dr. David

Lanning P ’24 ’26, Andrew Ascoli ’24 thought of healthcare access and affordability. He passed the pediatric-specific operating rooms, the imaging suites and trauma bays equipped with the latest advancements for optimal medical care. Then he heard Dr. Lanning say that, regardless of insurance, VCU never turns away a child. He thought of the impact of that kind of availability, of all the lives potentially relieved from the de-

with head-first enthusiasm. “In

for Responsible Citizenship. En-

School. “Providing a number of

terring burden of payments. He

our research, we began to realize

ergy abounds as students begin

resources like price estimates,

and the rest of his Cochrane Sum-

that many patients who struggle

making connections between what

online

mer Economic Institute (CSEI)

to pay their medical bills are often

they have learned in the classroom

consulting, our app would make

cohort wanted to try broadening

uninformed or unaware of the in-

to the larger professional world. “I

the payment process much more

that impact.

surance plans and resources that

think one of the best things about

transparent to patients, hopefully

As is the practice of CSEI,

are available to them,” Andrew

this program is that it teaches you

increasing accessibility.”

the group began with explorato-

explains. “And then we researched

how to think in a different way,”

The students’ proposal rep-

talked

various insurance plans, and we

Andrew says. “We’re introduced

resents the advancements the

to healthcare providers, nurses

discussed as a group the possi-

to real-world problems and we’re

young professionals made over the

and administrators at the Chil-

ble ways that informing patients

encouraged to find solutions that

summer. Whether it’s in the health-

dren’s

studied

about insurance plans could po-

could have a positive impact.”

care field, in finance or working in

the atmosphere of hospitals, and

tentially reduce medical debt and

they researched the areas in Vir-

increase accessibility.”

conversations. They

Hospital. They

payment

methods

and

The connections formed be-

nonprofits, CSEI gives students the

tween Collegiate’s campus and

confidence to take the next steps in

professionals

their professional lives. Because of

Richmond

ginia where populations have

During the course of the pro-

poor healthcare insurance. Nur-

gram, rising Seniors work with

stimulating, and as a result stu-

CSEI, some students felt as though

turing students’ curiosities with

business professionals from their

dents working with the Children’s

their understanding of what was

the guidance of experienced pro-

partner company, a connection

Hospital proposed the develop-

possible in their careers instantly

fessionals, CSEI, a monthlong

that gives them the chance to

ment of a helpful app that would

expanded. “Throughout the pro-

program for rising Seniors in the

establish themselves in a pro-

introduce hesitant patients to

gram, we’ve been taught to value

Richmond area, elevates students’

fessional setting and explore the

new payment methods.

things that are difficult and hard

understanding of economics by

complex systems of a business.

“The app would function as

to solve,” says Anika Kashyap, a

encouraging them to explore the

Beginning in early July, the par-

a virtual insurance consultation

student at Mills E. Godwin High

specifics of a particular business.

ticipating students from 11 differ-

that would display healthcare in-

School. “That kind of nuance and

Andrew and the rest of his

ent Richmond-area schools came

surance options for individuals

variability of thinking has opened

group of six students, represent-

to Collegiate to take part in the

based on their personal informa-

up a lot of possibilities for me, and

ing five different Richmond-area

program, which is administered

tion,” says Dory Urquhart, a stu-

it has gotten me really excited for

schools, dove into the specifics

by the School’s Powell Institute

dent at Douglas Freeman High

what’s to come.”

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A SUMMER OF DISCOVERY Rory Jones ’24 deepened her passion for architecture after attending a summer program funded by endowment support.

ORY JONES ’24 was skeptical

plore her interest in architecture

— what does the drawing

over the summer at Virginia Tech’s

of a leaf have to do with

one week program. Each summer,

architecture? It was the second

as part of Collegiate’s commitment

day of her architectural design

to promoting a challenging and

and

summer

supportive educational experience,

program at Virginia Tech, and

the School awards grants to Upper

her project for the day was to

School students, allowing Cou-

render the details of a leaf on

gars to explore meaningful areas

an 18”-by-20” sheet of paper.

of study in their chosen subjects

She loved art — it was one of

of interest. This past summer, 14

the aspects of architecture that

Upper School students pursued

appealed to her the most — but

enrichment

this stumped her. Something

ing from programs such as Rory’s

clicked, though, when she was

to intensive college preparatory

reminded to focus on the details.

courses, funded by endowment

“First, I kept thinking, ‘This is

support. “The fact that Collegiate

ing different buildings that would

not architecture,’” Rory explains.

gives out endowments like this is

be really impossible to make,” she

“But then I started thinking of the

a great display of value and com-

says. “But I really had fun drawing

specifics. It became an exercise

munity,” Rory says. “It shows that

the layouts and all the little details.

in detail. We had to think not

they really care about the enrich-

I think I’ve always enjoyed pictur-

about the idea of how something

ment of their students.”

ing the space and visualizing what

sustainability

experiences,

rang-

should be — in this case a leaf

Her interest in architecture

— but instead we had to focus on

began in Middle School, when she

what the thing actually is, all its

realized it was a profession of both

But like a fire, passions flare

details and little moving parts,

creative and technical acuity. She

and fade and Rory briefly lost in-

and try to bring that to life.” The

fell in love with the structure of

terest in the profession until her

minutiae matters; the beauty is

buildings, the beauty held within

Sophomore year at Collegiate,

in the specificity.

the crevices of stone. In her free

when the time came to begin

This was the first in a series of

time she would design conceptual

thinking about her future. She

revelations for her. Granted a por-

structures. Her favorite was a tea

confronted the thought that ev-

tion of the Mary Parker Moncure

house, in the shape of a teapot, that

eryone eventually has to consider:

Vaden Endowment for Citizenship

she created for her mom. “I would

What do I love to do? “I thought,

and the Arts, Rory was able to ex-

get really excited about imagin-

Well, what do I actually really

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that space could be used for and who the spaces would serve.”

Endowments play a vital role in allowing students to explore their passions and interests, which better prepares them for future success. The following are the students who participated in this summer’s engaging endowment programs.

William “Bill” Reeves Renaissance Student Award: Ty Gregory ’24, A Study of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill Mary Parker Moncure Vaden Endowment for Citizenship and the Arts: Hannah Bonbright ’24, NYU Tish Summer High School Program enjoy? How can I find something that utilizes my creativity but also takes the form of a steady job?” she says. “And then I remembered my

Alexis Covington ’24, RISE Internship, Boston University

Middle School adventures with architecture and how I used to love

Olivia D’Ambrosia ’24, AIM Introduction to Experimental Psychology

those projects.” Architecture seemed like the perfect union.

Sadie Henderson-Best ’24, NYU Summer Songwriting Workshop

Rory saw the summer program at Virginia Tech as an opportunity to fully explore that passion. During the program she dove deeper into the world of architecture than she ever had before. Within the span of a week, Rory worked in small groups to conceptualize and create a city block. The intricacies of a large-scale project surprised her. During the conceptualization process her group had to consider both the building and the individual lives that building would affect. “We had to think of

Rory Jones ’24, Architectural Design and Sustainability Summer Program // School of Architecture: Inside Design Summer Program at Virginia Tech Marissa Milton ’24, Human Nutrition and Health Summer Program at the University of Connecticut Chloe Webb ’24, Visions Service Adventures-Dominican Republic

things like waste management, education and water resources,” Rory says. “We learned about the collaboration between the designers and

The Jessica Joseph Endowment:

the community where the project is being built. So you have to con-

Marissa Milton ’24, Human Nutrition and Health Summer Program at the University of Connecticut

nect with community leaders and the surrounding buildings, you have to check on the pipelines and plumbing. It’s a big process. We had to think of the people just as much as the building.” From lectures Rory learned what she describes as the “technical aspects of art” and the importance of sketching designs to scale. The craft she began exploring at Collegiate became more refined, and her future became more distinct. The summers are often listless — the days fold into one another in a seamless stupor — but not for Rory. Not this summer, at least. This one was filled with searching intention. This was the summer Rory, an aspiring architect, decided to lay the foundation for the future. “I wanted to make sure that architecture was something that I could actually do in college and that I could keep up with the workload and the lifestyle of an architecture student,” Rory says. “And I

Samuel D. Jessee Endowment for Leadership: Braden Felts ’24, Yale University Advanced Economics for Leaders Demi Greene ’24, Summer @ Brown Pre-College Program Introduction to Medicine: Do You Want to Be a Doctor? Bolling Lewis ’24, University of Pennsylvania’s Essentials of Finance Global Youth Summer Course Walker Smith ’24, BioScience Institute at Wake Forest University Jewel Yarney ’24, Projects Abroad: Childcare and Community Work, Ghana

ended up realizing that I really enjoyed it. I was able to develop my skills and my confidence level rose. I’m excited for the next step in college. Going into the program, I was nervous that I wasn’t on the right path, but now I know I’m definitively rooted in my decision to pursue architecture.”

The Roger “Doc” Hailes Student Athlete Award: Bolling Lewis ’24, University of Pennsylvania’s Essentials of Finance Global Youth Summer Course John R. Lower Memorial Endowment: Elly Williams ’24, Marine Biology Immersion Camp

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HONORING TRADITION Collegiate is a community that holds a commitment to a shared set of values. At an annual assembly at the beginning of the school year, Upper Schoolers signed the Honor Code in front of their peers and advisors.

GETTING A JUMP START

WELCOME NEW COUGAR FAMILIES

Our rising Seniors prepared for the college admissions season

From our youngest Cougars joining us in JK and Kindergarten

before the school year with the College Application Jumpstart

to our new students in Grades 1-12, we are so excited to wel-

camp. Organized by the College Counselors, the camp eases

come our tremendous group of families. In August and Septem-

students’ stress and workload during the school year by tack-

ber, parents gathered for coffee on Robins Campus to meet the

ling essential steps such as essay writing and college applica-

Parents’ Association, Collegiate staff and other new Cougars.

tion submission.

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COLLEGIATE FACULTY RECOGNIZED

FOR EXCELLENCE At the All School meeting for faculty and staff held in August, just before the 2023-24 school year commenced, 10 exceptional faculty and staff members were celebrated for their tremendous talents and contributions to the School. Division heads shared remarks highlighting each of the employees while Interim Head of School Billy Peebles helped present the awards.

RYAN BLEVINS Middle School Hamill Family Award

ALICE INNES Clarence B. Williams Award

ANTENETTE STOKES Upper School Hamill Family Award

DANIEL BARTELS Andrew Jackson Brent Award

DEBBIE CLABO Anne Jones Staff Award

MARIA PETTIT Lower School Craigie Award

NATHAN GOODWYN Middle School Craigie Award

PAM SUTHERLAND Ann Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching

ROBBY TURNER Martha Elizabeth Schwarz Award

TYLER STEVENS Lower School Hamill Family Award

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SUSTAINING LIFE Groundskeeper Andrew Stanley sees it as his duty to maintain the life on Collegiate’s campus.

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ON’T GET GROUNDSKEEPER Andrew Stanley started on dirt. “There’s way more science behind the growing of things than people generally realize,”

he says. “For a seed to become a flower and a flower to become another set of seeds, many different things have to interact with the right plant. You have to know what’s going on underneath the soil — the microorganisms that are interacting with root systems, the sturdiness of the plant, the pollination.” He speaks gently, thoughtfully, as if his words are gusts of wind slowly winding over the ground he tends. “Certainly a lot has to happen for things to work and for anything to grow.” Luckily, Stanley, who started working at Collegiate alongside horticulturist Robyn Hart-

Bending to the dirt, he senses the slow, silent

dents will often stop him to ask what he’s do-

ley five years ago, is largely responsible for how

gathering of life beneath the surface, within the

ing. These are what he calls learning’s “organic

those things work. A 2012 Randolph-Macon Col-

dark crumbly crust.

moments,” the natural chances to offer insight.

lege graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biol-

Walking North Mooreland Road, he gets a

“I get pretty excited about those moments,” he

ogy, he’s been working in gardens since he was

quiet, humble satisfaction from watching stu-

says. “I see those as great opportunities to break

a boy, when, at 12 years old, he walked over to

dents enjoy class outdoors or taking a break

down something complex in a way that young

his grandmother’s house and began looking after

within the Lower School garden. His pleasure

students can understand.” One student recently

her cantaloupes. “I was born and raised in Ash-

comes, as it always has, from watching people

asked him how plants survive. “I’m big on anal-

land and basically grew up outside,” he says. “It’s

take joy in what he grows. He gives something to

ogies,” he told the student, “and plants and peo-

where I feel most comfortable, most at home.”

the world by turning and mending soil.

ple are not all that different. We survive with

That same summer Stanley’s grandmother

When the pH of soil is low, you get some-

only the basics — food, water and a place to drop

passed away, and he would walk daily to her

thing called nutrient lockout, which prevents

our roots, a place to call home. We thrive when

backyard, helping maintain the life of her gar-

microorganisms from breaking down nutrients

our foundation is fertile and healthy, when we’re

den she left behind. Yielding her cantaloupes, he

to the point where plants can utilize it. During

eating properly.” The simplicity, this moment

felt in his hands a life sustained and unbroken,

Stanley’s first year at Collegiate, in 2018, he

of connection, where a student, through Stan-

something in her legacy he helped continue.

noticed the poor quality of soil surrounding a

ley’s teaching, can feel more connected with the

“At the end of that summer, we had a big

50-foot-tall willow oak located at the northeast

world, is another form of growth.

family gathering,” Stanley recalls. “So while

end of the Grover Jones Field and Jim Hick-

Back at his home in Bumpass, he raises

my grandmother was no longer around, I was

ey Track. The soil’s pH was low and bone dry

chickens on his farm. Just as they’re about to

still able to harvest the things from her gar-

around the tree, which is dedicated to Sam Jar-

hatch, Stanley will bring them to Collegiate’s

den that she grew and then I grew for her. It

man, who died in an automobile accident in 1981

campus, where Junior Kindergartners will

was a very meaningful harvest for me, a kind

when he was a Freshman at Collegiate. Stanley

watch them hatch as part of their unit on the life

of passing of the torch. That’s generally where

began dutifully trimming weeds, applying com-

cycles of plants and animals. Students supervise

my passion for being in the dirt, my hands in

post and topsoil.

the egg-hatching process and then observe and

Conditions improved. And then, one day,

care for the chicks for a short while before giving

“And so when I’m gardening, I’m not only

when he was working on Sam’s tree, Sam’s fa-

them back to Stanley. “What I’m hoping they

growing something and helping the earth, but I’m

ther Larry came by on a walk. The two talked,

realize through all of this is the intricacies in-

hopefully growing something that can give back

Larry near tears. “I don’t need recognition, and

volved in the lives of plants and animals,” Stan-

to a community either in nutrients or beauty.”

the dirt, comes from.

I don’t want it,” Stanley says. “But to help some-

ley says. “Helping something grow is so much

On Collegiate’s grounds, coleus unpack

body like Mr. Jarman with a space and a tree

more than just putting a seed in a cup of dirt

their leafy heads, silk trees lend a pink shade,

that truly means something to him, then that’s

and growing something out of it, or, suddenly

chrysanthemums’ golden suds froth in pots.

enough. And that day, like so many other places

an egg hatches and you have a chicken. There’s

Stanley drives around in his golf cart, tending

on campus, that became my project, my duty.”

a lot of small, small happenings that must take

to it all. “The School is filled with different types

Of equal importance to Stanley is education.

of soil with different pH levels,” he explains.

When he’s making his rounds at Collegiate, stu-

place in order for a seed to germinate. And I think that promotes curiosity and insight.”

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READY TO ROLL

As the new Head of the Middle School, Jeff Dunnington brings to the role a calm, unflappable demeanor, a willingness to listen and an ability to connect. By Weldon Bradshaw

EFF DUNNINGTON SMILES when he sees in

his heart — came in the months after he grad-

his mind’s eye his 17-year-old self with a

uated from Sewanee (B.A. in history), lived in

big wide world and opportunities galore

Mountain View, California and worked in the

lying before him.

tech industry in Silicon Valley.

“I loved my time at Collegiate, but the

“While I was out there,” he says, “I knew

thought of being in school my whole life was

that, A, I wanted to own a house one day, and it

not exactly at the top of my mind in high

probably wasn’t going to happen there, and, B,

school,” says the 2001 graduate who spent 13

I wanted to teach and coach.”

years as a student on North Mooreland Road.

His inspiration, he had come to under-

“My best friends are Collegiate grads, for

stand, was a combination of close and endur-

sure, but if you’d told me back then that I’d be

ing connections, experiences and the culture at

working in the Middle School when I was 40

both Collegiate and Camp Virginia.

years old, I probably would have smirked and said, ‘Yeah, right.’”

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“Having been a camp person forever as a camper and counselor until I was 30, I realized

Yet here he was this August morning, sit-

that I enjoyed working with kids,” he says. “I

ting in his bright, inviting, freshly decorated of-

enjoyed teaching but also the daily interaction

fice in Flippen Hall, 17 years and counting into

with kids who are this [middle school] age.

his career in education and a month-plus into

They can be at their best or their worst at any

his appointment as head of his alma mater’s

moment. Nothing’s ever the same. I enjoyed

Middle School.

that it was always changing.”

Dunnington’s professional change of heart

When he returned to Richmond, he split

— perhaps it was more a matter of following

time between St. Christopher’s and Collegiate

“Honestly,”

says,

“the

during the 2006-07 school year as

said to him that I wanted to move

the physical plant. My job is much

a coach and substitute teacher,

in an administrative direction.”

more open to the entire school. I’m

toughest part has just been the

really looking forward to that.

anticipation of the kids getting

always pitching in wherever his

Dunnington never considered leaving home for professional ad-

services were needed. The next two years, he interned

vancement, however.

“It’s great that I know the

here. I’m really excited to start

School so well, but at the same

and get in the flow of the school

as an E.E. Ford Fellow, working in

“I’m a Collegiate person first,”

time, Collegiate’s going to get bet-

year. The routine in the Middle

Collegiate’s Middle School with

he says. “The School obviously did

ter. It won’t stay the same. We’ll

School is never routine. Some-

a whole lot for me. I love the Col-

keep the good, but we want to see

thing new comes in the door every

iconic

English/history

teacher

single day. That’s part of

John Coates. ropes,”

the excitement for a histo-

Dunnington says. “Learned

ry teacher and for an ad-

John’s style of teaching. Very

ministrator.”

“Learned

the

Dunnington brings to

formative years for me.” His second year, he also

his new role a calm, un-

served as an 8th Grade ad-

flappable demeanor, a will-

visor and taught a histo-

ingness to listen and an

ry class. In year three, he

ability to connect positive-

taught a full complement

ly with the constituencies

of 8th Grade history class-

whom he serves.

es, continued as an advisor

He’s perceived as fair,

and coached in the boys

respectful and grateful for

soccer, basketball and la-

the opportunities that his

crosse programs.

efforts have afforded him. He approaches his calling

He was all-in, not just an educator but as a Colle-

with

giate educator.

kids?” mindset. Those vir-

As time passed, he continued to find joy teaching and coaching, earned an M.A. in history from Virginia Commonwealth Univer-

It’s great that I know the School so well, but at the same time, Collegiate’s going to get better.”

“What’s-best-for-

tues come, he says, from the lessons he learned both in school and at camp. “I’ve

heard

Charlie

[Blair] ask, ‘What’s best for kids?’ ever since I was

sity and received the 2016 Andrew J. Brent Award, present-

legiate community. I wasn’t going

what else is out there and explore

a junior counselor when I was 16,”

ed annually to the career educa-

to a different school or a different

other ways to do things and see

Dunnington says, “and so much of

tor “who exemplifies the teacher,

town. I’d much rather be here.

what fits here.”

where Charlie comes from is from

coach, mentor, counselor and friend

Here…in the Middle School.”

While he’ll continue to assist

Buck Pitt (who led both Collegiate and Camp Virginia for years).

Dunnington succeeds Tung

with JV basketball, Dunnington

Trinh, who succeeded Blair and

has relinquished the reins of the

“Two institutions shaped me

Along the way, he also served

headed the division for four years

golf team, which won two Prep

growing up: Collegiate No. 1 and

in several Middle School admin-

before his appointment as dean

League and two VISAA champi-

Camp Virginia No. 2.

istrative capacities, first as his-

of faculty.

model that is so vital to an independent school.”

onships in the past three years

“Collegiate has its core val-

tory department chair, then 8th

“I’ve been at Collegiate for

and recently finished fourth in the

ues, which I so strongly believe in.

Grade-level coordinator and this

three-quarters of my life,” Dun-

PGA High School Golf National In-

Camp Virginia was so much about

past year as dean of students.

nington says. “I’ve seen the School

vitational in Frisco, Texas.

gratitude and overcoming obsta-

“[School administration] was

from all sorts of angles. That’s one

“Stepping back from golf and

cles, which are two unbelievably

always on my mind,” Dunning-

of the main reasons I wanted the

from the history classroom is what

important attributes, especially

ton says, “but it wasn’t neces-

job. I still get to work with kids,

I like least,” he says. “On the flip

for a Middle Schooler to grasp.”

sarily something I aspired to. I

which is great, but I love that I

side, I’ll be able to get out to more

The summer months have

certainly had conversations with

get to work with the teachers in a

Middle School events than I’ve

been relatively quiet around Flip-

Charlie (Blair, who headed the

different capacity. I love that I get

ever been to and see golf matches

pen Hall. The planning phase has

Middle School for 29 years until his

to work with the Upper School and

from a distance.”

ended. The whirlwind has begun.

retirement in 2019) about the long-

the Lower School and have interac-

term. At one point, I probably even

tions with the Business Office and

Challenges lie ahead, of course, but Dunnington welcomes them.

“I’m excited,” Dunnington says. “Ready to roll.”

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PEAK GROWTH Like so many activities throughout Summer Quest, Robyn Hartley’s gardening camp offers a keener, gentler way of seeing the world.

n the dappled shade of the Lower School garden, tucked below Reynolds Hall, young Summer

Quest campers are searching for life within the flowers. The campers, bending toward a patch of marigolds, are keeping an eye out for the praying mantis they spotted the day before. One camper finds the mantis perched on a petal and carefully places her finger beside the bug, encouraging it to take a ride. The mantis does, in its thoughtfully delicate way, and the student says with excitement, “Look, its wings are starting to show. I can’t believe it!” Collegiate groundskeeper and horticulturist Robyn Hartley, the counselor of this particular SumMore excitement follows the praying man-

helps them hopefully become more empathetic

group of campers watering the vegetable gar-

tis. Hartley then brings out a dobsonfly, a big-

and understanding.” And that’s what learning

den to counsel the students with the mantis.

winged insect with menacing-looking jaws, to

is all about, really: broadening your sense of

“Those wings are actually his arms. He uses

show the campers. They’re all thrilled, giddily

things, in this case by looking closely.

them to catch critters like beetles and crickets.

observing the papery wings through the con-

Earlier that day, the campers enjoyed a

And look,” Hartley says, picking up a thin film

tainer Hartley caught it with. Although intimi-

close look at one- and two-day old chicks that

of exoskeleton she spots in the grass, “this was

dating, the insect is virtually harmless, Hartley

groundskeeper Andrew Stanley incubated and

his old jacket that he shed recently. A praying

tells the students, and their excitement rises

hatched. Ten cute bundles of chirping feath-

mantis will shed its skin when it needs to grow.”

at the occasion of this new experience. This is

ers, hopping around a classroom, making lit-

something they’ve never seen before.

tle clucks as the students hold them. “When

mer Quest camp, left another

At Collegiate, the summer months offer Richmond-area students of all ages these types

“I love this camp!” one student exclaims,

they’re squeaking like that they’re telling you

of experiences. And, because so many of the

moving closer to Hartley to have a better look

something,” one student says. Hartley recom-

camps available are taught by Collegiate facul-

at the dobsonfly. “Mrs. Hartley lets us see all

mends water — maybe the chick is thirsty. This

ty and staff, campers and their families not en-

these cool bugs up close.” Later, once back inside,

is about hands-on education, and, with the stu-

rolled at Collegiate have a chance to experience

the campers write in their gardening journals,

dent’s hands cupped gently around the chick’s

the School’s approach to education. The games

drawing pictures of the bugs they saw, detailing

belly, hands-on doesn’t get much closer than

played on Grover Jones Field. The engineering

their explorations.

that. Hartley passes the student a little bottle

and robotics instruction. The trips taken with-

Like so many activities throughout Sum-

cap filled with water to offer up. She’s absorbed

in the expansive worlds of books and those long

mer Quest, Hartley’s camp offers a keener, gen-

in the moment, stroking the chick’s head. “This

sails down the James River. All of it is part of

tler way of seeing the world. “There’s a lot of

is just so amazing,” she says, smiling.

Collegiate’s Summer Quest, which, this year,

world in a little flower,” Hartley says. “And I

offered 220 camps during the summer, each ca-

just want to introduce that world to students.

tered toward discovery.

By feeling closer to the world around them, it

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ARTS

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In his duties as an art teacher, Barry O’Keefe wants his students to consider their work as living things that can exist outside the classroom for a purpose larger than a letter grade.

es publicly. “Historically, art has

making art that has something to

been the shared possession of a

do with conversations happening

culture,” he explains. “So, for ex-

outside the School,” he says. “Ideal-

ample, a grandma makes a quilt.

ly, I want to get art to be in conver-

That quilt goes on your bed, and

sation with the city of Richmond.”

then, later, you give that quilt to

Although he’s been at Col-

your child, and now your child

legiate for only a few months,

sleeps with it every night. Art

O’Keefe has jumped right into his

should be something that is part

charge. For one of his first class

of your life. I’m interested in what

projects, he partnered with Di-

makes art a living thing.”

rector of Sustainability Sandra the

Marr and climate organizers from

Jackson

Virginia Commonwealth Univer-

Ward, O’Keefe collaborated with

sity and University of Richmond.

co-founders of the JXN Project

Together, the students created

Enjoli Moon and Sesha Joi Moon,

what O’Keefe calls movement art

been working on an eight-by-eight

Ph.D., to produce portraits of Rich-

— loud and colorful banners and

wood carving of Carter Woodson,

mond luminaries to be displayed

posters — that would then travel

the founder of the Association for

around the streets of Jackson

with the college students to New

the Study of African American

Ward. Each portrait, later con-

York City, where the posters were

Life and History, a piece O’Keefe

verted into banners and displayed

displayed to the public. “So art

has been commissioned to make

around Jackson Ward, were in-

got made,” O’Keefe says, in his

by the Carter G. Woodson Nation-

tended to replace the names of

relaxed, level way of explanation,

al Historic Site, in Washington,

racist

generals

“and it went on to serve a purpose

D.C. He’s at the stage in the work

that have dominated the spaces

in the public that relates to im-

where he can enter what he calls

of Richmond streets for centu-

portant problems, in this case the

a “flow state,” the part of the pro-

ries. Because of the project, the

health of our planet.”

cess he enjoys the most, once the

20th century civil rights activist

Inspiration arrives, in art,

idea has been fleshed out and ap-

Giles Beecher Jackson suddenly

spontaneously, like a fish final-

proved, where he allows his mind

replaced Stonewall Jackson. The

ly biting the hook, but to arrive

to wander and lose itself within

portraits stimulate memory and

at that lurch of inspiration takes

the space of his creation.

help nourish an impoverished

studious work. O’Keefe wants

Within any act of creation there

history. “The initial question that

his students to be free to create

is this form of meditative free-

motivated Sesha and Enjoli was,

as they please, but he also wants

dom, but O’Keefe never wants to

Who was the Jackson in Jackson

them to think deeply about their

lose sight of who he is making his

Ward? The short answer is prob-

subjects. Like his portrait of Wood-

pieces for. He wants his art to be

ably Stonewall Jackson, and they

son, reaching that flow state takes

encountered not as an object that

wanted to reimagine that name,”

time. “When we think about creat-

exists in isolation but as an expe-

O’Keefe explains. “So we started

ing public art, I want students to

rience open to the public. “I think

to honor the streets with different

learn as much as they can about

in a lot of my work the ideas that

names, like Giles Beecher Jack-

the history of that place, because

I’m really interested in are ideas

son. They threw parties out in

it’s easier to care about things if

about history and public space and

the streets, concerts. The project

you understand them on a deeper

the social dynamics of that space,”

— and my work — became some-

level,” O’Keefe says. In this way,

HE RICHMOND-BASED art-

he says. “I’m interested in art that

thing that was like a living thing

working in an art studio gives

ist and new Collegiate art

is for everybody, that has a social

happening in the neighborhood.”

students the opportunity to learn

teacher Barry O’Keefe has

function and lives in public.”

In 150th

2021, to

celebrate

anniversary

Civil

War-era

In his duties as a teacher, he

from and make an impact on the

the hands of a creator:

His work is a reconciliation

wants his students to consider

places they live. “So, if we make

palms and wrists stained with ink,

with the past, a way of elevating

their work with the same kind of

art, and then it’s going to go out

his fingers cut in places from carv-

the stories of historical figures

intention — as living things that

and live in the world, well, it’s not

ing grooves in wood. In between

often

forgotten.

can exist outside the classroom

just me who is going to see it any-

classes, in his office in the Her-

Although his work can be found

for a purpose larger than a letter

more. That makes anything you

shey Center, O’Keefe goes to work

in private museum collections,

grade. “I think part of my man-

create feel more real and tangible.”

he prefers to showcase his piec-

date as a teacher is to get students

whittling the details of a face. He’s

overlooked

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EMOTION THROUGH MOVEMENT The Upper School Honors Dance Company allows students to connect with their emotions through the rigors of art.

t the beginning of the school

of the Seal Athletic Center, mu-

for the solo pieces each of the seven

leadership to produce the Honors

year, when Vivian Boyd ’24 be-

sic would play, and the dancers,

dancers showcase in November. It

Dance Showcase.”

gan reading Lynne Blom’s

moved spontaneously by song,

is a culminating piece for the art-

The song Vivian chose for

The Intimate act of Choreogra-

would sweep gracefully across the

ists, meant to display what each

her solo is “Words I Used,” by

phy in her Upper School Honors

hardwood dance floor, their dances

of them has learned during their

The Backseat Lovers. The perfor-

Dance Company, something deep

saturated with emotion.

time dancing at Collegiate. Al-

mance, like the emotion contained

within her started to materialize.

“When you hear a song and

though the students perform alone,

within it, is entirely her own; she

The book discussed transform-

put movement to it, you’re really

the atmosphere of the dance studio

chooses the lighting, the costume

ing emotion into dance by using

dancing out some kind of emotion.

is a space where students are en-

and all the choreography. Every

balance, symmetry, motion and

It’s hard to explain, because you

thusiastically supportive of one an-

week, the company provides feed-

shape. To Vivian, who had been

don’t exactly know what is bring-

other. Collegiate’s dance program

back on each dancer’s work. It’s

dancing since she was three years

ing out the movement,” Vivian

has evolved to allow students to

a process that allows students

old, this was a revelation. Until

says. She stumbles a bit in ex-

connect with themselves and their

to learn the intricacies involved

this point, movement was move-

planation; this is something that

peers while perfecting their craft.

in putting on a show. The culmi-

ment, nothing deeper. Now each

can only be expressed through a

“The

Company

nating solo, workshopped in the

contour of her body became an ar-

practice deeper than words allow.

course serves as the culminating

studio among a cohort of sup-

ticulation of feeling.

“You’re just moving off of feeling.

and integrative praxis experience

portive peers, is a demonstration

Each day in class became an

If you’re happy, then the tone of

of a Collegiate student’s dance ed-

of creativity, emotion and skill.

exploration. Led by Upper School

the movement is happy. The cho-

ucation,” says Angie Muzzy, Upper

“We go so deeply into how to de-

dance teacher Angie Muzzy, Vivian

reography might be more curved

School dance teacher. “It aims to

velop emotion into a full dance,”

and her six peers in the dance

rather than linear and sharp.

enrich a student’s knowledge of the

Vivian says. “I love the process,

company would discuss Blom’s

Your flow and phrasing might be

craft of choreography and the expe-

and I’ve grown as both a dancer

book and then work through im-

more free in tone.”

Honors

Dance

rience of performing. Implement-

and a person because of it. Every

provised dance movements of their

This practice, performed daily

ing theory into practice, students

time I leave the studio I feel like

own. In the Upper School dance

by the Upper School Honors Dance

apply their skills in production,

I’ve learned about life, and I just

studio, located on the second floor

Company, serves as preparation

choreography,

feel so much better.”

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performance

and

MAKING FETCH HAPPEN Collegiate School’s theater, dance and music programs presented Mean Girls this fall. Captivating the eye, ear, mind and soul, the School’s adaptation of the play follows Cady Heron’s tumultuous journey from the African savanna to suburban Illinois and her attempts to find her place and “fit in” at North Shore High School. Despite Regina George’s beseeching digs, this cohort of artists made fetch happen.

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Songs with Heart Funded by endowment support, Sadie Henderson-Best ’24 attended an intensive songwriting camp at NYU.

ADIE HENDERSON-BEST ’24 will tell you the first song she ever wrote was about nothing, but the feeling was still liberating. “I think there’s

no better feeling to me than writing a good song,” she says. “It’s always been a way of expressing myself or venting. I’ve always seen a song as an outlet.” Writing, for Sadie, is emotional sublimation manifested in song, a feeling tuned to lyrics. She grew up in a house of music, hearing a vast range of sounds from country rocker Jason Isbell to the bluesy raps of Lauryn Hill. Like any artist, Sadie developed her taste and style by sampling different genres of music, but she credits her ear for a wellturned lyric to her mom, Upper School Academic Services Chair Dr. Katie Best, who would marvel at a particularly strong line in any of the songs she played. Similar to a sommelier breaking down the flavors of a wine, Sadie’s mom would note the beauty of a lyric, the specificity of its emotion and how that elevated a song, and as Sadie grew up she would catch herself doing the same thing. “Whenever we listened to anything,

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my mom would say, ‘Oh, this is

become a better writer,” she says.

with the song title ‘Fingerprints,’

such a good line because of the

Similar to the way her mom would

and we had to write another song

way the writer uses this specific

have her focus on the vibrancy of

based on a picture we were given.”

word or how these words create a

a lyric, her teachers were always

The program helped her lim-

unique image,’” Sadie recalls. “And

pushing her to develop her ideas

ber her sensibilities and improve

so then, because of that, I was able

in writing with more specificity.

her productivity. Each day was a

to develop a taste for good lyrics

“They helped me by pushing me,

new challenge, but each day she

and recognize what was good and

by always asking for more. Even

rose to the occasion. “It was really

what was just OK.”

though I was never able to focus

different for me, because usual-

When Sadie was in 4th Grade,

on songwriting in class, I was

ly I’m writing whenever it comes

she began writing songs with her

able to learn how to articulate my

to me or when I feel like I need

next door neighbor. She enjoyed

thoughts, and I think that trans-

to write something, which is not

having someone to write with and

fers over to my songwriting.”

every day — it’s not even every

bounce ideas off of. She always

Last spring, when her Junior

week,” Sadie says. “But writing

wrote for pleasure, as a hobby, but

year was coming to an end, her

every day was a shock to me, pri-

this collaboration legitimized her

mom encouraged her to find a

marily because I wasn’t sure I’d be

craft. Once the duo completed a

summer course that focused spe-

able to do it or not. Once I realized

few songs, they decided to perform

cifically on songwriting. She dis-

I could, I noticed my work was

them in front of a small audience.

covered a two-week songwriting

improving. I had more confidence,

It was daunting and, after Sadie

program held at New York Uni-

and I was thinking more about

relaxed her nerves, completely

versity, and then Collegiate grant-

how certain parts of a song mix

exhilarating. “That really was

ed her a portion of the Mary Park-

with other parts of a song.”

where everything started,” Sadie

er Moncure Vaden Endowment for

Like putting words down on

says. “Our songs were random —

Citizenship and the Arts, which

paper and arranging them as lyr-

I mean, we had one that was just

gave her the ability to attend.

ics, Sadie’s time at NYU solidified

called ‘La La La La’ — but they all

“There are so many opportunities

an inclination. Maybe songwrit-

had structure, and I just remem-

to pursue subjects that interest

ing could be more than a hobby;

ber thinking how much fun it was

you at Collegiate,” Sadie says.

maybe it could be a career, the de-

to write and perform.”

“And to be lucky enough to receive

fining feature of her life. “Getting

writing

a grant like this, one that allows

better at writing, to be genuinely

throughout her time at Collegiate.

me to really dive into a passion of

proud of something you made, is

She always found time for her

mine, is really awesome.”

just so rewarding,” Sadie says.

Sadie

continued

“Having

this

opportunity

has

songs, never taking more than a

During her two weeks at NYU,

month or two off from her creative

Sadie found herself writing more

been so special. It’s given me the

habits. Songwriting was always

than she ever had before. Each

chance to really think about what

borne out of an occasion, when

day, after listening to elucidating

I want to do in college and maybe

something happened to her in life

lectures from guest speakers on

even as a career.”

that she felt was ripe to attach

the craft of songwriting, she had

lyrics to. In her English classes,

to write a new song that would

even when her writing wasn’t fo-

be workshopped the next day.

cused on songs, she felt that her

“Each song we wrote began with

teachers helped refine her craft.

a prompt,” she explains. “We had

“My teachers definitely helped me

to write one song, for example,

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A RTS

Lemon By Catherine Owen ’24

Art courtesy of Jane Simkin ’26. Lemon bars chilled in glass Pyrex. Their taste sour and bitter to the tongue, making my nose crinkle; yet sweet and shortbread-crusted and familiar. A tattered recipe from long before I was born.

Lemon and lavender scented soap held in a dish too small and too fragile for careless children. Always slipping from our scrubbed hands and falling onto wooden floors before meals and bedtime.

Wedges of lemon, always ordered with iced sweet tea on Sundays. Perched on the edge of a glass that will be marked by the shade of your deep red, red lipstick. Beside me you sip politely, only every now and then, and smile as I tell you stories.

Lemon bars arranged on a large plastic tray, surrounded by cookies and biscuits and fruits. I look for comfort and warmth, but their taste is sharp and artificial — nothing like your old recipe. And their sweetness is buried by grief.

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SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE

ALENT ALONE WON’T DO. Not if you seek meaning. Not if you seek fulfillment. Certainly not if you seek excellence. Folks, meet Jack Callaghan ’25, a Collegiate

School Junior who’s beginning his second football season as the Cougars’ starting quarterback. A 6-2, 210-pound strong-armed righthander, Jack is a two-sport athlete, who even with his innate ability leaves nothing to chance in his unwavering quest to be the best possible version of himself and to serve his teammates with aplomb and distinction. “Jack is all football,” says Collin McConaghy, the Cougars’ first-year head coach. “He’s a 24/7 kid [because] he’s bought into what we call our big four: exercise, nutrition, mindfulness and sleep as the primary recovery tool. “He works with a quarterback coach who’s done a great job with him. We asked Jack to make the weight room a priority this off-season. He absolutely did and put on about 15 to 20 pounds of muscle. “We’ve been meeting with him since December talking about our offense and different progressions. He dove in head-first. He’s met with the receivers and gotten his throws in. “It’s awesome to work with a kid who takes everything that seriously and puts in that much work outside of [regular practice sessions]. I couldn’t be more excited for him and what’s coming in the future.” Jack, a Collegiate lifer, grew up playing football in the Kanawha Youth Football Program and played baseball in the Tuckahoe Little League. He began his football journey first as a center and later as a tight end and linebacker. Though he enjoyed the experience and gave his all, he always dreamed of playing quarterback. That opportunity finally came in the COVID fall (2020), when teams practiced under social distancing guidelines but didn’t play games. “I was a third string on the JV,” he says. “I was getting used to being a quarterback and trying to figure it out. That’s when my passion for football really came along.” It was also when he began working with Malcolm Bell of Undefeated Quarterback Training to hone his skills. “He takes us through a lot of scenarios that we’ll use in games,” Jack says. “He also works on mechanics so

Jack Callaghan ’25 welcomes both the mental and physical challenges that come with being quarterback. By Weldon Bradshaw

you can use your body the best you can. I’ve had to do [drills] on my own that no one saw. It’s been a daily process. Now, it’s cool to look back and see where I started and how far I’ve come from there.” In his first Sophomore year (2021), he backed up Senior Owen Fallon, who now plays for Denison University. “Owen was a great mentor,” says Jack, who reclassified after the 2021-22 term. “He really took me under his

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wing and taught me how to be a

Once the season ended, he

work on my top speed and endur-

“I used my teammates to sur-

quarterback and a leader. He was

doubled down on his training,

ance because that’s what I’ll need

round me,” says Jack, who serves

like a big brother to me. My under-

then in the spring shifted his

on the football field.”

as a captain with Jack Ferry,

standing of football is far better

focus to baseball, played an in-

He’s also diligently and inten-

L.J. Booker and Warner Lewis.

because of him.”

tegral role as a first-baseman in

tionally addressed the mental as-

“They’re my best friends. We all

He saw action mostly as a

the Cougars’ 21-4-1 season and

pects of managing a high-pressure,

try to keep our energy up. They

closer. Then, his trial-by-fire in-

earned All-Prep League honors

high-expectation, high-risk posi-

have my back. I have their backs.

troduction to the speed, intensity

thanks to his impressive ledger:

tion in which quick decision-mak-

It’s trust, knowing that if I make

and physicality of the game came

.324 batting average, .479 on-

ing is paramount and the margin

a mistake, we’ll get it back next

in the season finale against St.

base percentage, six doubles, four

for error is often razor-thin.

time. Let’s just focus on the next

Christopher’s when Fallon exited

home runs, 19 runs batted in, 28

For a couple of years, McCo-

drive and keep moving forward.

with an injury midway through

runs scored and 12 stolen bases.

naghy, a co-founder of the Peavey

It’s staying positive in those mo-

Then came the summer. With

Project, has guided him through

ments. That’s what will keep us

seriousness of purpose, he threw

mindfulness practices designed

going in games, which is definite-

Jack threw his first career touch-

regularly,

working

to facilitate maintaining compo-

ly very helpful for our team.”

down pass.

with Bell, did speed training at

sure under pressure and keeping

“To Jalen Pierce on a post

Onyx Elite and remained a reg-

distractions at arm’s length.

route,” he says, as if visualizing

ular in Collegiate’s sports perfor-

the moment. “It’s something I’ll

mance center.

the third quarter. The Cougars fell 48-14, but

never forget.”

continued

“Mindfulness is definitely a

This past summer, Jack attended camps at Virginia Tech, Wake

Forest,

Old

Dominion,

key,” Jack says. “It definitely helps

Maryland and South Carolina.

“I tried to work out five to six

me focus on my breath, be present

He’s drawing interest from recruit-

In his first game as a start-

times a week and do some run-

in the moment and move on from

ers and has received one offer and

er in the fall of 2022, Jack lit

ning four times a week to keep

the last play. My focus in the off-sea-

made an unofficial visit to Western

up Goochland (26-for-45 for 410

in shape,” he says of his off-sea-

son was working on my mind to be-

Michigan, a Division I signatory in

yards and two touchdowns) in a

son regimen. “I did the workouts

come more cool, calm and collected.”

the Mid-American Conference.

19-7 victory. He finished the year

with the School, but I also went

That said, all eyes are on

“Junior season is big,” he says,

with 1,831 yards and 16 touch-

with some of my buddies and ran

the quarterback. Jack welcomes

“but I’m just trying to focus on the

down passes.

sprints (of 20, 40 and 60 yards) to

the challenges.

season and not let [the recruiting process] be an add-on stress. The game’s supposed to be fun, so I try to [minimize] the stress.” What’s the toughest part of playing quarterback? I ask him. “The mental side, honestly,” he replies. “That’s why I work on it so much. One of my goals is to be mentally strong and be present in the moment and not let any outside noise get in my head.” And the easiest part? “There’s nothing easy about a quarterback,” he says. “You have to put a lot of time into it, whether it’s learning the playbook or knowing everyone’s job on every single play. You have to lead your teammates and make sure everyone’s holding everybody accountable. There’s nothing easy about playing the position, but it’s definitely a lot of fun.”

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Answering the Call Goalies know that as they provide the last line of defense, they can experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. By Weldon Bradshaw

HEY HAVE NOWHERE TO HIDE, not that goal-

criteria well, and as they’ve answered

From the outset, Abby has embraced both the

keepers want to anyway.

their athletic calling, they’ve brought a

challenges and risks inherent with her position.

After all, no one forced them to sta-

joie de vivre that belies the fact that the

“I can be the difference between winning

tion themselves in front of the net and deflect

outcome of a game or season could rely on

and losing a game,” she says. “If I make a mis-

missiles delivered by opposing athletes intent

their ability to remain laser-focused yet cool

take, that can be it for us. A lot of people don’t

on ruining their day.

under pressure.

want the pressure of knowing the fate of the team can rest in your hands.

They picked their position either by choice

Abby, a Sophomore, went out for Cub hock-

or to fit the needs of their team, and they

ey as a 7th Grader with no previous experience

“For some reason, that drew me to it. I like

know full well that their every move — right

in the sport. To say that she quickly became all-

being in control of the play and having the

or wrong, good or bad, successful or futile — is

in is an understatement.

mentality that I can fix a certain situation. I

there for the world to see and open to critique.

A year later, she shared time with Senior

feel like my teammates appreciate the effort I

They know, too, that as they provide the last

Tucker Walker on the varsity squad, moved

put in, and if I let in a goal, they’re there for

line of defense, they can experience the highest

into the starting position last fall, registered 87

me regardless.”

of highs and the lowest of lows.

saves and played a key role in the Cougars’ 17-6

The Cougars’ 2022 season ended with a

season and League of Independent Schools and

4-0 state championship conquest of Norfolk

VISAA championships.

Academy, a team that defeated them 5-3 earli-

Quick hands and feet are a must as are keen instincts and the ability to read the action

er in the season.

before them and react instantaneously. A short

“Abby is hardworking and extremely com-

memory is essential. Only the hardy, fearless

petitive,” says Coach Kelsey Smither. “I have

“There was definitely a lot of pressure,”

and resilient need apply.

no doubt that she will do whatever it takes to

Abby says. “I knew they’d be coming at me re-

Abby Carley ’26 and Thomas Word ’24,

keep the ball out of the cage day-in and day-out

ally hard. What helped me a lot was the fact

two-year starters for Collegiate’s field hock-

in practices and games. She’s a great teammate

that my team is so supportive. They’re abso-

ey and soccer teams, respectively, fit those

and really empties the tank as far as giving her

lutely incredible. They lift me up.”

absolute best each day for her teammates.”

In a relatively short period of time, Abby has become a passionate, year-round hockey player. She travels to Virginia Beach multiple times a week in the off season to train and compete in the highly competitive Saints Field Hockey club program. She also works out with a personal trainer to improve her strength, conditioning and quickness and to prevent injuries. “I love reflecting on how well we’ve done, like winning LIS and states,” she says, “but that’s not going to help me as much as learning from the mistakes I’ve made and what I can do to be better.” Then, there’s the mental component, which, she acknowledges, is the toughest part of defending the goal.

In goal, Thomas Word ’24 uses both the physical skills he’s developed and a mindset that enables him to disregard the distractions that come with playing such a difficult position.

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Photos courtesy of Maggie Bowman ’23.

“When a team scores on me, I take it very personally,” she says. “I can be hard on myself. I’m a perfectionist. I love having a shutout. I love making perfect saves. When that doesn’t happen, I can get in my head thinking my team’s going to be mad at me when, in reality, it’s quite the opposite.” Then there’s the dynamic of being in the spotlight, even if she’s wearing 20-plus pounds of protective gear. “I’ve always been a very shy person,” she says. “I don’t like

mained philosophical and waited for his chance in net to come.

In a relatively short period of time, Abby Carley ’26 has become a passionate, yearround field hockey goalie.

having the attention, but being in

“I always knew to stay patient,”

goal, when I hear people cheering

he says. “I had my club team to play

for me when I make a save, know-

for, so I knew I’d still be getting reps

ing I’m doing the right thing and

and still be able to play. I knew if

people are proud of me regardless

I kept working hard and kept on

day, and he rolled his ankle really

“You’re thinking about what’s

makes me feel very good. I feel like

the trajectory I was on, something

badly. I said, ‘Are you all right?’ He

in front of you. Goalkeepers have

it’s where I belong.”

would eventually happen.”

said, ‘Yeah, I’m fine, Coach.’

the best view of the field. If I’m

Thomas first played soccer in

Four games into his Junior

“So, the next day, he comes to

communicating with my team, I’m

the YMCA league and eventu-

season, Coach Rob Ukrop sum-

training and bounces right out

always busy focusing on something.

moned him just after halftime in

there. I said, “Thomas, do you

That naturally fazes everything

a match with St. Christopher’s on

need to get your ankle checked?’

else out, and you’re ready to go.

the Charlie Blair Field.

He said, ‘No, I’m good, Coach.’

ally graduated to the Richmond Strikers program. One day, when he was in the 3rd or 4th Grade, he said, he ended up tending the

“Thomas is a kid who works

goal, liked what he saw and es-

incredibly hard,” Ukrop says.

sentially never left.

Trained his butt off that day.” Moving

from

what

“I always kept in mind that I had to keep working hard,”

Ukrop

Thomas says. “Sitting on the

“He has a confidence factor that’s

calls his “bench mafia” to starter,

bench is not as fun as playing, but

“I had an OK game, and I real-

one of my favorite qualities in a

Thomas used not just the phys-

the best thing about this soccer

ized that this was something I real-

young athlete. He’s humble, lik-

ical skills he’d developed during

team is that it’s a community, a

ly enjoyed doing,” he says. “I discov-

able and unassuming. He’s got

his club and school career and his

brotherhood. Even when I wasn’t

ered playing recreationally that I’d

some serious toughness and puts

training with Strikers goalkeeper

on the field, I still felt like I was

like to take this to the travel level.

the team first.”

coach Celia Mosier but a mindset

part of the team.”

I realized goalkeeper was a place

Thomas went 11-1 as the start-

that enables him to disregard the

I wanted to stay because I felt my

ing keeper for the Prep League

distractions that come with play-

skills were better there than they

champion and VISAA semifinal-

ing such a visible position.

would be on the field.”

ist. He recorded 23 saves and nine

He played a year of Cub soccer at Collegiate, JV as an 8th and 9th Grader and varsity from his

“Especially

before

playing

shutouts. His goals-against aver-

at City Stadium, it was, ‘Oh,

age was an exceptional .396.

my gosh, everyone’s going to be

“Thomas made the best im-

watching

me,’”

Thomas

says.

Sophomore year on. During his

pression in 2021,” says Ukrop. “He

“Once you get into that moment,

first varsity season and part of

was our second or third string goal-

you’re not really thinking about

the second, he bided his time, re-

keeper. We were in warmup one

the people watching.

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“ IT’S LIKE ANOTHER HOME” Rose White’s volleyball team has high expectations, but this group remains composed under pressure. By Weldon Bradshaw

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N IMMUTABLE FACT OF LIFE

went 5-2. In 2021, they went 16-5

day,” says Kyla, a Senior middle

in high school sports is

and won the LIS tournament.

blocker. “We have a tight core [of

that athletes’ eligibility

“My first two years on the

players]. We learn from our mis-

expires, their careers end,

team, we weren’t in the position

takes, brush them off, and move

and coaches have no choice but to

we are now,” says Gracie Gordon

on. I look forward to this [practice

figure out what comes next.

’24, a Senior outside hitter. “We

and matches] at the end of the day.

With the May graduation of

were behind some of these teams

It’s where you make your friends.

Gabby Chen ’23, Taylor Domson ’23

we’ve been beating recently. It’s

It’s like another home.”

and Jordan Deane ’23, Rose White,

nice to finally be on top.

Do you notice a theme here?

Collegiate’s volleyball coach, had

“We certainly have a lot of

the unenviable task of replacing

really good players with a lot of

three stalwarts whose dedication,

experience. Not only that, the

competitive spirit, technical pro-

biggest thing is our chemistry. All

ficiency and leadership played a

four years I’ve been on the team,

vital role in the program’s upward

that’s what’s made us good.”

trajectory the past five years, which, last fall, culminated with

Technically, the Cougars have improved in several areas.

the Cougars’ 20-3 record, second

“What we do well is play really

straight League of Independent

good defense and extend rallies,”

Schools tournament champion-

White says. “We talk about that

ship and sixth place ranking in

a lot. Let’s keep the ball in play.

the final VISAA poll.

Let’s make smart decisions.”

“I think everybody was a little bit nervous to see them

There’s room for improvement, of course.

Everyone’s so supportive and encouraging both on and off the court. It’s a place where we can be both light-hearted and serious. We do a really good job of holding each other accountable.”

“Everyone’s so supportive and encouraging both on and off the court,” says Elizabeth Harman ’24, a Senior setter and co-captain. “It’s a place where we can be both light-hearted and serious. We do a really good job of holding each other accountable. Everyone has a really good sense of when to be silly and goofy and when to lock in. Over the course of playing together for a lot of years, we have a good mix of that and a good relationship with each other.” White agrees. “They’re one thousand per-

graduate,” says White, the 2022

“The next couple of weeks,

LIS Coach of the Year. “What re-

we’ll look to diversify our offense

ally happened was that the Ju-

so that we’re not having to rely on

niors who played behind them

the same one or two people to get

were excited to be able to show

us kills. Everybody’s had at least

that they’re equally as talented,

one match that they’ve been an

equally as competitive and equal-

offensive threat. Now, we’re trying

They treat their coaching staff

ly as capable of taking over.”

to get everybody to be an offensive

with respect and kindness, and

threat every single match.”

we reciprocate it.

White’s crew has high expecta-

cent excellent human beings,” she says, motioning toward her squad warming up before a recent training session. “They treat each other with respect and kindness.

tions, for sure, but do those expec-

The Cougars have recorded

“If you want to play hard for

tations create pressure? Depends

171 aces in their 22 games. Fresh-

the person next to you, that’s the

on how you define pressure.

man Ashley Grace Johnstone ’27

most important part of [the ex-

says

leads the team with 38. Gracie

perience]. I can’t speak highly

Abby Mayr ’24, a Senior setter

averages 4.1 kills per set and has

enough about the integrity of the

and co-captain. “Last year’s Se-

222 total. Kyla Coffey ’24 is sec-

players on this team.”

niors were really important to

ond with 129. Abby averages 7.2

our team. Having the expectation

assists per set and has 415 so

to play up to their standard has

far this season. Libero Caroline

really helped us be the best that

Zandler

we can be. If you’re playing or if

team-leading 3.5 digs per set, 191

you’re on the bench, we all just

total. The Cougars have achieved a

want to help each other. The en-

60.25 side-out percentage and held

ergy everyone brings is amazing,

opponents to 42.37 percent.

“I

expectations,”

and I really look forward to being together with everyone.” In 2019, White’s first year as

’25

has

recorded

Statistics bear out the squad’s excellence, but it’s the intangibles that give them an edge.

head coach, the Cougars finished

“Volleyball is fun because I like

15-7. In 2020, the COVID fall, they

to have a competitive feeling every

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story was published on Collegiate’s website in October. Since then, the volleyball team placed second in LIS and competed in the semifinals of the state tournament.

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Leading Future Educators Entering her new role as Collegiate’s Director of the Fellows’ Program, Dr. Leah Angell is focused on helping mentor the next generation of educators.

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We know that the most important thing we can harness here is having great teachers guide our students in their learning experience. Adding even more teachers with our Fellows’ Program will benefit our students.

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r. Leah Angell’s life, she will tell you, with a warm and level gratitude, has been characterized by learning. Angell was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, among people who placed primary emphasis on perpetual learning. In a home filled with books, knowledge was an energized communion. When Angell was growing up, one of her fondest memories, she says, was talking about books with her grandfather. “He would always greet me with his strong accent, a deep ‘Hello, darling,’ and then he would quickly ask, ‘Tell me, what are you reading?” she recalls, fondly imitating her grandfather’s Eastern European inflection. “If the first question is always about what you are reading, what does that teach you as a child about what’s important? I come from a family where teaching and learning have always been valued.” She always felt connected to her grandfather in those moments, as if the world were becoming a little more intimate. This, she thought, is what education is all about: A way of forming deeper ties with the world. Her career as an educator, now entering a new stage as Collegiate’s Director of the Fellows’ Program, has been spent searching for and offering up those magical moments of connection. As an English teacher at Collegiate for the past seven years, she was tapped to shepherd and shape the new program in the spring of 2023. Now, in this new role, she is charged with fostering connections among early career professionals or career switchers and pairing them with Collegiate educators who will serve as mentors. “The purpose of the Fellows’ Program is to provide aspiring educators with the mentorship, classroom experience and pedagogical background necessary to become a lead classroom teacher or independent school professional,” she says about the program, which will welcome the first cohort of four Fellows in the fall of the 2024-25 school year.

“In keeping with three of the School’s core values — love of learning, excellence and community — the Fellows’ Program strives to foster and support each fellow’s lifelong journey in the field of education.” At its core, Angell sees the program as a way to create the same kind of magic that she felt as a child. The scope of experience a school atmosphere provides can nourish an entire institution — the Fellows, the mentors, the students, the alumni, the families. Everyone benefits from new people, voices and perspectives, and part of the intention of the program is to bring a diverse range of new educators to the School. “If we are bringing in fresh new ideas, through hiring people with those ideas, or people who are young themselves, then our students benefit from having a new perspective in the classroom,” Angell says. “Or, if you’re a lead teacher and a mentor, to have those new voices around you can be challenging, energizing and exciting.” As Collegiate teachers mentor these future educators, the School hopes to identify and retain strong candidates through the program. The Fellows’ Program will provide a paid, one-year internship opportunity, available to educators in each division and one administrative office. As part of the program, Fellows would observe classes, meet with department chairs, attend weekly workshops, participate in other professional development opportunities and eventually practice teaching. “For a teacher, nothing replaces being in the classroom,” Angell says. “So when you’re just beginning, having a

mentor who is there to support and guide you really helps. And the other piece of great growth as a teacher is having strong professional development, and by working closely with a mentor, Fellows will learn a lot of tips and methods and techniques that will help them in the classroom.” Across the country, teachers are leaving the classroom at higher rates, and the pool of candidates is not big enough to replace them. Emerging out of the School’s 2023 Strategic Plan, the Fellows’ Program is designed to grow that pool of new teachers, and, whether the Fellows are given the opportunity to stay at Collegiate or go elsewhere at the conclusion of their fellowship, they will be approaching their students with the quality of a Collegiate education. Because of the Fellows’ Program, education everywhere improves. “I think we can all agree that all children deserve great teachers,” Angell says. “How could we not train teachers to be able to succeed wherever they are while also benefiting from all the Fellows have to offer? Our Fellows’ Program participates in what I would call a higher calling. We’re engaged in the business of helping people have a career in an incredibly valuable and enriching professional field, and these new teachers can say that their careers began at Collegiate.” Angell, who speaks in a soft, helpful voice, like that of an attentive teacher guiding you through a challenging math problem, pulled out a legal pad of notes detailing the trajectory of the program. The challenge, she says, is thinking about the shape of the next two years, imagining

2025 and working backwards, the way an artist draws a face she’s never seen before but breathes life into her portrait when her work is finished. Like any strong teacher, she is organized, attentive, friendly, and she’s up for the challenge. In fact, the challenges are what she loves most about education. The excitement of running up against an opposing idea or having a student ask a question she herself had never considered. Like unraveling a tangled ball of yarn to get to its core, learning is a perpetual process of unwinding your own thoughts, and Angell envisions the Fellows’ Program as a stimulant that allows for deeper thinking about education. Over the summer, when Angell began researching other independent schools across the country that have implemented similar programs, she noticed that each school approached the program in a way that was unique to them. Each school leaned into what they did well as an institution. “One thing that this array of other schools’ programs showed me was that we have to create something at Collegiate that fits us,” Angell says. “None of these programs are cookie cutter. Our own Fellows’ Program will draw on our strengths as a school. It will speak to our own mission, values, resources, geographical location and demographics.” Collegiate is one of the largest independent schools in the country, and Angell sees its size as a strength for the program. “We have a lot of adults with a lot of experience,” she explains. “So if we have a Fellow who wants to teach 4th

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Grade, there could be five or six different teaching methodologies or practices to which they’re exposed. They can see education manifested in a number of different ways.” A large school comes with a variety of offerings. There are robotics programs, medical clubs, theater groups, art societies, student-driven environmental initiatives — all of it intricately woven together. When Angell began her career in education at the Peddie School, up in Hightstown, New Jersey, where she taught 9th Grade English and an elective course on the intersection of literature and world religion, she quickly realized that teachers do not operate in isolated classrooms. During her time teaching at Collegiate, Angell has worn many hats. She has held leadership roles on the Faculty Liaison Committee and as the Co-Head of the New Faculty Orientation Program; she also represents the Upper School on Collegiate’s Civil Dialogue Task Force and is a faculty sponsor of the student Service Council. As a member of the School’s Strategic Planning Team, Angell served on the team’s subcommittee for diversity, equity and inclusion, with a focus

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on racial, religious and socio-economic diversity. She has learned, over time, that understanding the jobs and duties of the staff working around her is of equal importance to what goes on in the classroom. She intends to have each cohort of Fellows finish the program with sound knowledge of the School as a unified, humming system.

“I plan to implement a broad education for Fellows about how this very large system of our school works,” she says. “Of course, we talk a lot about the classroom, and we talk about things like development and admission, but there’s also the nurses’ office, physical plant and groundskeeping, and the unsung heroes of our technology department who make everything work for us. Knowing how they work within a school makes you a

better classroom teacher and a more compassionate educator and colleague.” After two years at the Peddie School, Angell moved out to Los Angeles to work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance as a manager of the museum’s educational programs. Working with a nonprofit, her job encompassed all of the museum’s operations. She ran educational programs in the morning and also had to manage the museum’s electrical appliances at the end of the day. With new groups of students to teach daily, each day was an exciting surprise. Angell also learned the importance of incorporating the culture of a city into her education, and, with the Fellows’ Program, she plans to teach the Fellows about the complexities of Richmond in the hopes of having them bring that knowledge with them into the classrooms. As a teacher, you’re constantly learning, so delving into Richmond history is just another part of that ongoing education. “It’s complicated to be Richmond,” she says. “We have an intricate and challenging and often controversial history. And, demographically, it is a city that has changed a lot in regard to the diversity of its population. All of

Across the country, teachers are leaving the classroom at higher rates, and the pool of candidates is not big enough to replace them. The Fellows’ Program is designed to grow that pool of new teachers….Because of the Fellows’ Program, education everywhere improves.

that can feel heavy at times. And having teachers learn more about the city they work in can help them develop as teachers. “We really want Fellows to have a deep understanding not only of how much one division or department in the School is connected to all of the other pieces that make Collegiate function well every day but also of how it is connected to the city in which it happens to be located.” It all comes back to the students. The Fellows’ Program helps Collegiate as an institution continue to evolve and grow. It allows the School to constantly think about the next generation of teaching and learning, and it creates new ways for teachers to elevate the School’s many programs. “Having a Fellows’ Program creates a number of opportunities for our existing teachers — both as leaders and mentors — to help develop their craft,” says Dean of Faculty Tung Trinh, who will help Angell build out the program. “We know that the most important thing we can harness here is having great teachers guide our students in their learning experi-

ence. Adding even more teachers with our Fellows’ Program will benefit our students. We have a chance to grow something really special here for everyone.” Last winter, Angell, as she always does, attended the boys basketball game as the team took on St. Christopher’s. Jacobs Gym was crowded with families, friends and students. It was hot, sweaty; the temperature in the gym felt like it was well over 100 degrees. Cheers leaped toward the players on the court. She didn’t want to be anywhere else. “Feeling the energy and intensity in the gym, watching the kids play, some of whom I’ve known since they were in Kindergarten, I just remember thinking how at that moment I did not want to be anywhere else,” Angell says. The supercharged atmosphere, just like the exchange of ideas or a conversation about books, felt magical. By 2024, the Fellows will be experiencing the same thing, in the multitude of forms education manifests itself in at Collegiate. “I choose this place,” she says. “This school is special. I choose this atmosphere every day.”

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Chief Development Officer Dear Collegiate Community, Fundraising drives change. We witness that every day at Collegiate. My two children have attended Collegiate since they were 5th Graders. I’ve blinked and they’re now Seniors, which, as a parent, is shocking to me — that they’re no longer 10-year-olds but young adults touring colleges and thinking of professions. Like the sensation of flipping through a photo album, the milestones have come quickly — seeing them participate in Pageant, helping them get ready

ELLY BACIGALUPO

for Homecoming, listening to them practice their Senior speeches, watching them work on their college essays. As a parent, I know that Collegiate has played a huge role in that

Stewardship Coordinator

gradual growth that I’ve seen not only in my children but in each of the students in their Senior class. Every teacher at the School, every class they’ve attended, every program they’ve participated in has helped prepare these students for the world that waits for them beyond North Mooreland Road. Each moment at Collegiate plays a pivotal role in the process of a student’s growth. This past summer, 14 Seniors had the incredible opportunity to grow as young professionals. Participating in a diverse range of enriching summer programs — from songwriting workshops to architectural design intensives — these students had transformative experiences that were made possible through the generous support of endowments created by family and friends of Collegiate. In October, I got to watch as these students gave presentations to the families that helped fund these summer experiences. Many of them talked about how their programs reaffirmed some passion for them or positively altered their professional futures. “The fact that Collegiate gives out endowments like this shows that they really care about the enrichment of their students,” one student said during her presentation. That level of care supports all aspects of a Collegiate education — from academics, athletics, performing arts, financial assistance, faculty professional development, experiential learning opportunities, outdoor learning spaces and so much more. These experiences and opportunities, big and small, are driven by your steadfast commitment to Collegiate. I hope you will enjoy reading in the following pages a selection of

SAMANTHA HUBER ’03 P ’33 ’35 Director, Collegiate Fund

stories about why those in our community support the School. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our alumni, parents and friends, who consistently prioritize Collegiate. Your support not only fosters change but also strengthens our community. On behalf of everyone at Collegiate, thank you for investing in our School. With gratitude, Kristen Williams P ’24 ’24 Chief Development Officer

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To view a donor list by gift club and affiliation, please scan here:

Meet the Development Team

MARIA COBB P ’28 ’31

FRANCES COLEMAN ’92 P ’19 ’22

PAIGE FOX ’86 P ’16 ’19

Associate Director of Development

Director of Parent/Family Relations

Special Events Manager

K AITLYN MILLER

ALEX NEILSON ’14

Assistant Director of Collegiate Fund

Development Assistant

ANNE GRAY SIEBERT ’97 P ’27 ’29 ’31 ’34 Director of Alumni Engagement

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DONORS The #6 Fund Mr. Jacob C. Aaron Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Abbe IV 1980, 1984 Mr. William S. Abbitt Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. Aboud Mr. and Mrs. William G. Aboud Ms. Sarah Abubaker Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Accashian Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Adams Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Adams 1966 Dr. Scott McDowell Adams 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin K. Adamson 1998 Mr. and Mrs. John G. Adamson 1996 Katherine T. and John G. Adamson Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. V. Cassel Adamson, Jr. Mrs. Frances Shetter Adamson Reed 1963 Mr. and Mrs. David D. Addison Dr. Raj Agarwal and Dr. Indrani Agarwal Dr. Rakesh Agarwal and Dr. Gauri Gulati Mr. Rohan Agarwal 2023 Mr. Shaan Agarwal 2025 Mr. Shiv Agarwal 2028 Mr. Olugbenga Agboola and Ms. Toluwani Orioke Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Agee III Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Agee 2009 Charlie and Sue Agee Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Ager Dr. Atul Aggarwal and Dr. Arpita Aggarwal Dr. Rupal Shah and Dr. Neil Agnihotri Ms. Anne Bruce Ahearn 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Alas Mr. and Mrs. Farhad R. Alavi 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Albrecht Ms. Allison J. Albright 2009 and Ms. Tabitha D. Jett Ms. Karen Albright Mr. and Mrs. Darrell S. Alexander 1985 Mrs. Anne Harrison Rose Alferink 1972 Dr. and Mrs. Tahir Allauddin Mrs. Anne Cary Allen 1974 Mrs. Carolyn Gray Allen 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Allen 1980 Mrs. Jennifer Shalley Allen 1998 Mrs. Kendall Allen Taylor Allen 1979 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Allen 2003, 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Allocca Mrs. Mary Altizer and Mr. Jim Tyler

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Altria Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew K. Aman Dr. Mitesh Amin and Dr. Neema Amin Mr. and Mrs. Neil Amin Mrs. Becky Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Anderson Ms. Jennifer L. Anderson Ms. Lisa Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Anderson III 2000, 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William D. Andrews Dr. and Mrs. Charles Angell Dr. Leah E. Angell and Mr. Mark J. Palyo Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Angus 1993 Anonymous (21) Mr. Jonathan M. Ansell and Mrs. Pamela Farnham Mr. Richard Henrik Antell 1966 Mrs. Susan Terrell Anthony 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Apelt Apple, Inc. ARMA BT Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Armstrong 1983, 1982 Dr. and Mrs. Michael Armstrong, Jr. 1981 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany Bohm Armstrong 1986 Mr. James W. Arnold and Ms. Sally S. Digges Mrs. Frazier Miller Aronholt 1992 Mary Arzt Dr. Clavio M. Ascari and Dr. Jill C. Ascari Mr. and Mrs. James Ashby IV 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Aspinall Association for Corporate Growth Richmond Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Atkins IV Atlantic Union Bank Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atwood 1983 Mrs. Susan Auer Camp 1999 and Tappen August Ms. Jessamy Austin Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Aveson, Jr. Mr. Abrar Azamuddin and Dr. Sherin Moideen Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baber IV Mr. Fred Babik and Dr. Elizabeth Mei Mrs. Elly Bacigalupo Mr. and Mrs. Bradley T. Backus 2001 Mr. Alan H. Bacon Mrs. Sally Ann Twedell Bagley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Bain Mrs. Nancy Archbell Bain Dr. and Mrs. Todd B. Baird 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Baish

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker Dr. and Mrs. Bikram Bal Ms. Hallie Balcomb Mrs. Sarah Brucker Northen Baldock 2002 Mr. and Mrs. W. Preston Baldwin III 1980 Mrs. Kimberly S. Ball and Mr. Michael Adamik Mrs. Lisa Herron Bankoff 1969 Mr. and Mrs. David N. Bannard Mrs. Walker Surgner Banning 2011 Mr. John M. Barber Mr. John Lafayette Barnes IV 2023 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Barnes III Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Barnes, Jr. Mrs. Laurie Barnes-Hogan and Mr. Christopher B. Hogan 2001 Ms. Lisa D. Barnett and Mr. Bruce D. Bruning Mr. Daniel G. Bartels* and Mrs. Mary Kathryn Noon Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bartholomew Mrs. Lisa Pennington Bass Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. Bates 1967 Mr. Hobart P. Bauhan 1984 Mr. Matthew Reid Baum 2014 Mr. Dayal C. Baxani and Ms. Thao T. Tran Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baxter II 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bayler Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell Bayston 1987 Mr. Kevin Beale Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Beane, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt S. Beazley III 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Beck 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Becker Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Beckler Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Beckstoffer 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Bedell, Sr. 2007 Mr. and Mrs. W. Chason Beggerow Mrs. Brenda Chandler Bell 1976 Mr. Daniel Bell Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bell Mr. Robert Lionel Bell, Jr. 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Corey A. Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Benka Dr. Richard L. Bennett II 1990 Mr. Robert M. Bennett, Jr. 1988 Dr. Robert M. Bennett 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Benson III Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Benson 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Ilya Berdichevsky Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Berents Mr. Richard M. Berkeley

Mr. John C. Berkyheiser III and Dr. Elizabeth C. Reynolds Ms. Lynne M. Berkness 1978 and Mr. Peter Tlusty Ms. Margaret Karen Berkness 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich A. Berling 1986 Mrs. Mary Ottley Berndt 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. William C. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Jory A. Berson Dr. Kathryn W. Best and Ms. Amy L. Henderson Dr. and Mrs. Martin F. Betts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Betts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Betzhold Dr. Sanjay Bhagchandani and Dr. Trisha A. Krause Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Bier 2003 Mr. John S. 1976 and Dr. Cheryl B. Billingsley Mr. William Temple Blackwood 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Blain Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Blair, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Kemper Blair 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Blair 2010, 2011

Miss Emily Wheeler Bland 2015 Mr. Patrick Neil Blank 2010 Ms. Mary Blissert Mr. and Mrs. Evan S. Bloodgood Mr. and Mrs. David Bloor Mr. Thomas W. Blue Mr. and Mrs. Jerald E. Boak 1989 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Boardman Bocock/Hitz Fund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Boehm Mrs. Regina E. Boehm Mrs. Shirley F. Bogaev Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Boggs Mr. and Mrs. R. Lewis Boggs Ms. Sara Boisvert Mr. and Mrs. Will S. Boland Mr. Luis F. Bolorino and Ms. Aislan G. Bolorino Mr. and Mrs. James C. Bonbright III 1986 Bonbright Family Foundation Trust Mrs. Katherine Hall Booker 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Booker

Ms. Shanika Fleming Booker Mrs. Kimberley N. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bor Mr. T. Andrew Boswell 1994 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bottger 1963 Mr. and Mrs. E. Marshall Bowden 1982 Mrs. Ann Roper Bowen 2001 Mr. Adam Clinton Bowes 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Eric N. Bowling 1989 Mr. and Mrs. M. Carlisle Bowling III Dr. and Mrs. David M. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bowman Mrs. Erwin P. Boyd Mr. and Mrs.* John P. McGuire Boyd Rhiannon and Michael Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Boyle 1997 Mr. and Mrs. W. Winborne Boyles Mr. Daniel Brabrand Ms. Jessica Brabrand Mrs. Caroline O’Donnell Bracken 2010

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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Brackett 1995 Mr. Alexander Jones Brackett, Jr. 2022 Mr. Benjamin Leon Brackett 2024 Dr. Courtney H. Bradenham 2002 and Dr. Ben P. Bradenham, Jr. Mr. Jackson Bowen Bradley 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Neill C. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Ryan B. Bradley 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bradshaw III 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Weldon A. Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Alexander V. Brand Mrs. Christine M. Branin Mr. Wade H. Branner 1979 Mr. and Mrs. James Branscome Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Brantingham Mrs. Anne Dobbins Brasfield 1965 Ms. Erin M. Breese Ms. Carter B. Brenaman 1954 Dr. Kathryn A. Brennan 2003 and Mr. Samuel Brennan Mr. and Mrs. A. Mason Brent, Jr. 1997, 1999 Brent Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Brewer Ms. Carol Briggs Ms. Mary Brigham Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Brinkley III 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Broadbent, Jr. 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Broaddus Mrs. Peggy Talman Brockenbrough and Mr. Austin Brockenbrough III Mr. and Mrs. David Brooks Mr. Scott Carrington Brooks 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Brost 1985, 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Gray B. Broughton 1994 Gail and Gray Broughton Mr. and Mrs. Turner A. Broughton Mrs. Grace Wallace Brown 1948 Mr. John Joshua Brown III 1993 Ms. Kathrin Schwarzchild Brown 1965 Mrs. Lloyd Hall Brown 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Orran L. Brown, Jr. Dr. Shantelle L. Brown and Mr. Robert W. Brown Ms. Tangee S. Brown Mrs. Nancy Kennon Bruchbacher 1975 Nancy Bruchbacher Charitable Fund Mrs. Christiana Brueggemann Mrs. Amanda Johnson Brumbaugh 2011 Ms. Heather Bruneau Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Bruni 2010, 2009 Dr.* and Mrs. Frank D. Bruni 1970

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Mr. Lee Brunjes and Dr. Danielle Gong Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Bruno Ms. Blanche Bruns Ms. Emily Bryant Mrs. Jean W. Brydon Ms. Margaret S. Bryson 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Buckingham IV 1970 Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Buhrman 1972 Ms. Katherine M. Bulifant Mr. and Mrs. I. Gerald Bullock 1988 Mrs. John B. Bullock Mrs. Tauchanna Bullock Mrs. Judith J. Bumgardner Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Buonomo Miss Alexandra Clark Burfeind 2009 Miss Madison Leigh Burfeind 2013 Mr. and Mrs. D. Reid Burford 1988 Ms. Sara Anne Burford 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Burger 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Laurance G. Burke 1968 Mr. Trip Burnett and Mrs. Erin Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Burr, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Margraf Bussard 1963 Mrs. Elsie Bustamante Mr. and Ms. Timothy Butcher Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Butler Mr. and Mrs. David A. Byford Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Byrd III 2002 Mr. James Alexander Byrd 2014 Dr. Rhiannon Kate Byron 2010 Eda H. Cabaniss Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss III 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss, Jr. Mrs. Diane Long Cafritz 1988 and Mr. Peter Tindell Mrs. Estelle Munford Call 1964 Mrs. Susan Stokes Call 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Call Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Callaghan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Callaway Mr. Carroll Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Campbell 2000 Ms. Margaret H. Campbell 1974 Carmax Foundation Mrs. Christina Merchant Carpenter 2005 Mr. and Mrs. James Carr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Carrington Mr. and Mrs. Derek Carter Miss Dianne Marie Carter 2004

Miss Elizabeth Carlyle Carter 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Carter 1977 Mrs. LucyGordon Smith Carter 2012 Miss Ramsey Katherine Carter 2008 Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carter 1964 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall Carter, Jr. 2001 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Carter 1974, 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cary 1956 Mrs. Mary Jane Casarotti Ms. Shannon Castelo Mr. and Mrs. John D. Catterton 1976 Mrs. Ann Butterworth Cave 1961 Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Cech 1982 Mr. Wilson Randolph Strother Cecil 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Chambers Mrs. Anne Ratcliffe Chamblee 1980 Dr. and Mrs. Nevan N. Chang Mrs. Jill Harthun Chao 1985 Mr. Douglas G. Chapman, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Mason T. Chapman 1984 Mr. Mason Travers Chapman, Jr. 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Page Chapman IV Mr. William H. Chapman, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Ann Rodriguez-Chapman Mrs. Sharon L. Charles Dr. and Mrs. Peter Charvat Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarke Chase Ms. Sarah Massie Chase 2006 Mrs. Mary R. Chavent Mr. and Mrs. M. Deane Cheatham III 1984, 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Cheek Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Cheely Miss Gabrielle Elizabeth Chen 2023 Drs. Stephen and Victoria Davis Chen Mr. and Mrs. J. Cabell Chenault IV 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Yuriy Cherepnya 2008 Miss Bailey Anne Cherkis 2023 Mrs. Elizabeth Everett Cherkis 1986 Cherry Grove Foundation Mr. and Mrs. G. David Childress II Mr. Jordan T. Childs Ms. Kimberly Frazier Childs 2003 Ms. Kristine Chiodo Dr. Suzzette F. Chopin Mrs. Elizabeth Rosebro Chriss 2009 Jamie and Jenny Christensen Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Christian 1977 Dr. and Mrs. James T. Christmas Mrs. Betty Pitt Cimmino 1971

Finding a Happy Place

iddle School science teacher

kids find their happy place,” says Zyglocke,

Zyglocke remembers the care music in-

Laura Zyglocke is always look-

who began giving to the School when she

structor Helen Coulson took in preparing

ing for ways to take her instruc-

first arrived on North Mooreland Road as a

her 2nd Grader for the performance, and

tion beyond the classroom. Her

teacher 16 years ago. For Zyglocke, giving

she remembers Eric’s joy, and his burst of

students study pathogens and epidemi-

back is a form of gratitude.“Whether it’s

confidence, following the show.

ology, but they also learn about plagues

in the classroom, on the athletic field, on

Watching her son perform was like

throughout history and how societies are

the robotics team or in Oates Theater, the

observing a Collegiate education in ac-

changed by them. Science is everywhere

possibilities students have here give them

tion — the unique opportunities, the ex-

— in our bodies, in the air we breathe

a home.”

cellent teaching, the student growth, all

— and her intention is to elucidate that

She

within

of it joined together in one moment. “All of

sometimes-hidden world for students. It’s

Collegiate’s classrooms. “There are so many

these opportunities you have at Collegiate

a way of opening them up to the possibili-

ways that I feel supported here — both as

— they really make the students who they

ties around them. “What’s exciting about a

a teacher and as a parent,” she says. “There

are,” she says. “As a parent, those moments

Collegiate education is that, as teachers,

are wonderful professional development

are really special.”

we’re given the room and flexibility to de-

opportunities available to teachers in areas

sign and implement curriculum howev-

we’re passionate about. There’s financial

er we want,” she explains. “We’re able to

aid, which I know is huge for my family and

show students real-world applications to

so many families. And there are countless

the topics we study in class. It makes what

experiences available to students. Giving

students are learning more meaningful be-

back is my way of ensuring other teachers

cause they can see the connections. Nothing

and students have the same opportunities.”

is compartmentalized, and we’re connecting the dots.”

too

feels

home

She remembers watching her son Eric, a former Collegiate student, perform at the

A parent and perennial supporter of the

Siegel Center with the Richmond Sympho-

School, Zyglocke has seen both her son Eric

ny. The illustrious orchestra and her son,

and daughter Mary Ann ’25 mature and

joining together in song within that distin-

grow at Collegiate, benefitting from that

guished building. It was surreal, seeing a

holistic education. “Collegiate really helps

young child perform on such a large stage.

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Citizens Charitable Foundation Ms. Deborah A. Clabo Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Miles H. Clarkson Mr. David T. Clary 1984 and Mrs. Michaela J. Clary Mrs. Lindsey Reames Claud 1987 Ms. Sydney Claud Ms. Julie Clay Mr. and Mrs. David J. Clemans Miss Evelyn Hathaway Clemans 2024 Mr. Walker Hudson Clemans 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Clements Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Clevenger Mrs. Judith Royer Cliborne 1964 Ms. Ellen Clore 1970 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Clough 1973, 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Cobb Mrs. Alice Collier Cochran 1964 Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocke 1957

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Ms. Elizabeth H. Cockriel 1971 Erica and Kevin Coffey Ms. Katherine Meyers Cohen 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Cole III Mr. John B. Cole 2015 Mrs. Katherine Cole Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Clay M. Coleman 1989, 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Custis Lansing Coleman, Jr. 1980 Mrs. Kathleen Bisceglia Coleman 2002 Mrs. Rebecca Carson Coleman 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Ron O. Coleman Dr. and Mrs. Mervyn F. Colina Collegiate School Parents’ Association The Family of Daniel James Collier Mr. H. Guy Collier 1968 Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Collins III Mrs. Jean Nickel Collins 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Comess 2003 Mrs. Patricia S. Comess The Commonwealth Chapter of the Links Inc.

Commonwealth Foundations Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitefield Congdon, Jr. 2002, 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Ian R. Conner Ms. Mary Maxwell Conner 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Connor Mr. Christopher Conquest and Ms. Jan Hatcher-Conquest Dr. and Mrs. W. Scott Conrad 1993, 1993 Ms. Jo Ellen Constine 1987 and Mr. Robert M. King Shayna and Brad Cooke G. Dallas & Betty C. Coons Trust Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Will Cosby 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Cosby 1976, 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Dana T. Costin Mrs. Anne Walker Cotton 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Coulbourn Ms. Christy Counts Mrs. Margaret Marchant Covington 1998 Mr. F. Neil Cowan, Jr. 1981 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cowperthwait

Ms. Laura H. Cowperthwait Mr. and Mrs. Peyton F. Cox 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Crabill Ms. Keller Craig Mrs. Lisa Craig Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Craig Mrs. Beese D. Craigie Craigie Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Cram Ms. Bonnie L. Crater 1980 Mrs. Gretchen Loree Crawford 1987 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crews Ms. Susan Crews Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cribbs Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Cribbs, Jr. Miss Lauren Elizabeth Cricchi 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cricchi Mr. William Coleman Cricchi 2014 Mrs. Hillary Robertson Crittendon 2002 Mrs. Barbara Crosby Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradley Crosby 1978, 1978 Mrs. Elizabeth Carlton Crosby 1985 Miss Isabelle Frances Cross 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Crosthwaite Dr. Adam C. Crowl and Dr. Aalya H. Crowl Mr. and Mrs. Beverly L. Crump Mrs. Annie F. Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cullen 2003 Cullen Family Fund Mrs. Julie Heiner Culp 2001 Ms. Kathryn E. Cunningham and Mr. Stephen J. Billings Mr. William Rives Curdts 1966 Ms. Hannah M. Curley Dr. William L. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Josh S. Curtis Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer Mrs. Barbara Custis Cyclebar Greengate Mr. and Mrs. F. Carter Dabney 1996 Mr.* and Mrs. Frederick M. Dabney Mr. W. Taylor Dabney IV and Ms. Julia E. Pfaff Mr. Enguang Dai and Mrs. Zanyang Yu Mr. and Mrs. Michael D’Ambrosia Mr. and Mrs. N. Douglas Damon Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dandridge, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Daniel III 1970 Ms. Arlene Keeping Daniels Mr. Joshua Philip Daniels 2007

Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Darling Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Darling 1984 Dr. Tejwant S. Datta and Dr. Inderpreet K. Datta Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Daub III Miss Madison Catherine Daub 2023 Dr. Akshay Dave’ and Ms. Norma Radvany Mrs. Ann Strickland Davenport 1962 Mrs. William M. Davenport, Sr. 1944* Mrs. J. Sidney Davenport IV Mrs. Anne Coleman Davidson 1962 Dr. Mark Davis and Mrs. Jennifer Bauer Ms. Stacey Davis Dr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt F. Davis Ms. Lisa N. De Simone 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. De Witt 1991, 1993 Miss Claire McKenzie Deal 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. DeCamps 1968 The DeFord Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. J. John DeGuenther Miss Jacqueline Michelle DeLoyht 2002 Mrs. Paula Brown Demosthenes 1965 Marie G. Dennett Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Collins Denny III Mr. Brian C. Dent Mr. William Tessin Derry 2003 Janet 1988 and Duane Deskevich Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Dettbarn III 1994 Mrs. Amy W. DeVoe Miss Catherine Augustus DeVoe 2016 Mrs. Mary Garner DeVoe 1978 Miss Mary Weston DeVoe 2014 Mr. Richard DeVoe Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. DeVries, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. P. Maxwell DeWitt Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Di Gregorio Mrs. Courtney Carrell Diamond 2001 Mrs. Claiborne Moore Dickinson 1962 Mr. and Ms. Edward Lee Dickinson 2000 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Diemer Dr. Denise Margaret Dietz Mr. and Mrs. S. Preston Dillard 1991 Mrs. Lyanna DiNardo Mrs. Elaine McCandlish Dinos 1999 Mr. Joseph Dise and Mrs. Virginie Henry Mr. and Mrs. Valery Dji Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dobson Mr. Frank Heindl Doherty 1981 Dr. Emory D. Dolan and Dr. James K. Dolan 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dolan

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Domalik Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program Dr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Domson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Donahue, Jr. 1975 Donahue Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Donoghue 1996 Mr. Brendan C. Donohoe and Dr. Krista L. Donohoe Ms. Mayme Donohue 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Donze Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Dooley Mrs. Laura Austin Dormuth 2001 Mr. Art Dornik Mrs. Barbara E. Doty Doty Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Douglas 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dowd 2007 Ms. Anne Downing Mrs. Elizabeth Temple Downs 1954 Mrs. Cary T. Doyle Mrs. Ashley Massie Doyle 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Drake Lewis H. Drew Mrs. Lee Williams Drummond 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Dubose, Jr. 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Mrs. Suzanne Jones Duncan 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Will N. Dunlap Mr. and Mrs. James G. Dunn 1979 Ms. Sarah A. Dunn 2009 Ms. Tammy L. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Wes Dunn Dr. Gansevoort H. Dunnington Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Dunnington 2001 Durham Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn T. Duty, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer G. Earle Miss Annabel Marie Eastep 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eastep Miss Scarlett Lee Eastep 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Eck III Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Edmunds, Jr. Mr. Hugh G. Edmunds III 1989 Mrs. Nancy Page Hall Edmunds 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Edmunds II Mrs. Virginia Edmunds Mr. W. Holt Edmunds IV The Edmunds Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 2004 Dr. John M. Eggleston III 1987 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis

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2023 SPRING PARTY & AUCTION SPONSORS HIGHEST BIDDER Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Baker Frontier Investment Group of Raymond James Page Auto Group Raymond James & Associates BID IT UP 3Chopt Investment Partners Colonial Veterinary Hospital Wortie Ferrell, Davenport & Company LLC Gardner & La Rochelle Orthodontics Harris Williams KDW Home Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners McGuireWoods ProspectBlue River City Veterinary Hospital Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville Real Estate Stoever & Palmore Investment Group Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC Truist Williams Mullen RAISE YOUR PAW Anton Paar, USA, Inc. Cherry Bekaert LLP CSC Leasing C.T. Purcell, Inc. Flippo Lumber Corporation Noah Greenbaum, Canal Capital Management HJC Family Foundation James River Construction Mrs. Joanne Katsantonis and Mr. Michael D. Tershak Keiter CPAs Marsh & McLennan Agency Master Electrical Services, LLC Drs. Miller & Beitz Moran Reeves Conn Alvaro and Ericka Zeballos OPENING BID Cobb Technologies Doswell Orthodontics F.G. Pruitt, Inc. Fancy Sprouts GenBlu Logistics, LLC Holiday Barn Pet Resorts Mass Mutual Greater Richmond - Buddy Finney Paws and Claws Grooming Inc. Richmond Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics

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2023 SPRING PARTY & AUCTION TICKET SPONSORS Everlasting Gobstopper Sponsor Kristen and KC Crosthwaite P ’25 ’27 Kirsti and Matthew ’90 Goodwin P ’27’ 29 Nimisha and Aaron Montgomery P ’35 Jessie and Matt Stanwix P ’25 ’32 ’34 ’36 Kaitlin and Taylor Will P ’34 ’36 Giant Gummy Bear Sponsor Kathryn and Jason ’93 Angus P ’24 Laura and Todd ’87 Baird P ’29 ’33 Jana and John Barnes P ’23 ’25 ’26 Callie ’95 and Alex Brackett P ’22 ’24 Jodie and Michael Crabill P ’34 Laura and Richard ’03 Cullen P ’35 Rachel and Joe Forchione P ’32 Jessica and Zachary Gertz P ’36 Natalie and Hank Greenberg P ’19 ’21 ’23 Laura and Steve Holdych P ’19 ’22 ’24 ’27

Melissa and Brad Jiulianti P ’29 ’31 Hope and Eric Krutz P ’35 ’35 Kim and Samuel ’07 Middleton Amber and Joel Morgan P ’34 Penny and Billy Peebles Ginny ’01 and Chris Price P ’35 Leah and G.C. ’93 Robinson P ’24 ’26 Mona and Anish Shah P ’30 ’33 Amanda ’83 and Brandt Surgner P ’11 ’14 ’17 ’19 Sheetal and Jayant Talreja P ’34 Adrianne and Tim Webb P ’32 ’34 ’36 Elizabeth Dolan Wright ’01 and J.D. Wright P ’33 ’35

Influential Volunteering I

t’s a Friday evening in early spring and families fill the Seal

The decision to become Spring Party Chairs was an easy one.

Athletic Center, decked out in candy colored light. In the cen-

Kathy had served as the Decorations Chair the previous year,

ter of the court stands a stage, rising above the packed crowd,

and when asked by a member of the Development Office if she

where Kathy and Mike Bor P ’23 ’27 and Nimisha and Aaron

and her husband Mike would be interested in getting more in-

Montgomery P ’35, the 2023 Spring Party & Auction co-chairs,

volved, she didn’t hesitate to say yes. “The Spring Party is truly

are about to pull a number out of a Bingo roller, announcing the

a celebration of all the things that Collegiate does for their stu-

winner of a raffle for half off one student’s tuition. The number is

dents,” Kathy says. “This year, we really wanted to do as much

pulled and Cougars erupt in cheers, reaching a cadence of enthu-

as we could to support the faculty and staff here, and raising

siasm that is typical for the Spring Party & Auction. The evening

more money at the Auction is an important aspect of creating

really is a rollicking party — held in the name of philanthropy,

opportunities for everyone at the School, particularly the faculty

where every dollar raised supports the mission of Collegiate —

and staff. Educating students is the fabric of our community, and

and, like conductors of an orchestra, the Bors and the Montgom-

being a part of that in any way was special.”

erys are there helping facilitate that warm energy.

The Bors then asked the Montgomerys, who also eagerly jumped at the opportunity. As new parents of a Kindergartner, the Montgomerys saw the Spring Party as a way to connect with families and support the School in a specific, intentional way. “I thought, ‘This is going to be our home for the next 12 years, and I want to hit the ground running,’” Aaron explains. “This is our community, our neighborhood, and I knew volunteering would be fun and impactful.” Each year, the Spring Party includes a Paddle Raise for a special initiative that is important to the future of the School. Last year’s priority was the newly created Collegiate Fellows’ Program, which was established to nurture and mentor early career educators and career changers. The Montgomerys were excited to help facilitate the growth of the Fellows’ Program through the Spring Party. “The Paddle Raise delivers a great service,” Aaron says. “To be able to identify one specific area of need is a pretty special way to facilitate giving. It feels more immediate than an Annual Fund contribution, because it feels like we’re all coming together for one purpose. Being part of a night that supports the Fellows’ Program, which will help the School both in the long and short term, was personally very exciting.” As the night was ending, Kathy stopped for a moment to take it all in. What she witnessed was a community in action — everyone joining together for one purpose. “Collegiate is just a great community of people,” she says. “You have so many people giving their time and money to the institution. Every time I step on campus — whether I’m volunteering or going to pick up my kid — I just have this warm feeling. By having time to give back to the community in different ways, I feel the joys of connection.”

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Mary D. Bennett Ellison 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Ennis Mr. Brian Enroughty and Mrs. Michelle Williams Mr. and Mrs. Gil Entzminger Miss Emily Guller Erard-Stone 2016 Erda-Mahler Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erwin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Escalante Estee Lauder Companies Estes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Etheridge Etsy Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Evans Mrs. Margaret Evans Mrs. Sarah B. Everett Mr. and Mrs. Brendan T. Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Failon Mr. and Mrs. Grabille S. Fain 2007 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain 1974 Miss Laura Courtney Fain 2001 Fain Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Fairlamb III 1973, 1982 Mrs. Ann Young Fairman 1972 Ms. Emily C. Fano Mrs. Tabb Thornton Farinholt 1955 Ms. Ellen Faris Mr. and Mrs. Peter N. Farley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Farmer 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. Farmer 1974, 1976 Mr. William Page Farmer 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. H. Farquhar 1972 Farrell Family Charitable Trust Mrs. Anne Garland Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Farrell 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart T. Farrell 2003 Mrs. Joseph C. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Farren IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Featherston III 1987 Mrs. C. Aubrey Featherston, Jr. Mrs. Amanda Lannon Featherstone 1996 Dr. and Mrs. Ofer Feder Mrs. Linda Hull Felcone 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh M. Felton IV Mr. Braden Kemper Felts 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Felts Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fergusson 1981 Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Fergusson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman James L. and Cecelia D. Ferman, Jr. Fund

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Mr. and Mrs. Leavenworth M. Ferrell II 1988 Ms. Susan Farley Ferrell 1964 Mrs. Joan McCormack Ferrill 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry, Jr. 1996 Mr. George B. Field III 1971 Mr. John Fields Ms. Laura L. Fields Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fierro II Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Finnegan Ms. Parke Finold 1964 Ms. Elisabeth Anne Fisher 1969 Mrs. Rossie Reed Fisher 1962 Mrs. Frances Craigie Fitzgerald 1981 Miss Anne Garland Fitz-Hugh 2010 Mr. and Mrs. G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh III 1982, 1984 Mr. John D. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Rives Fleming III 1983 Mr. William Rives Fleming 2014 Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Follansbee Mr. and Mrs. P. Mahood Fonville, Jr. 1988, 1988 Foods for a Change Mr. and Mrs. George Foote Mr. and Ms. Joseph A. Forchione Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.C. Ford 1991, 1988 Mr. Stuart C. Ford 1972 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Forsythe Ms. Hannah Foster Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifford Foster IV Dr. Kerwin Crayton Foster and Mrs. Faithea Flowers Foster Mr. Merritt W. Foster III1969 Mr. Philip R. Foster and Ms. La Marr R. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. William Buckley Fountain Mrs. Susan J. Fourness-Ewell Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Fowler Ms. Brandon Peery Fox 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. P. Fox 1986, 1986 Mr. and Mrs. R. Leigh Frackelton, Jr. 1973 Frances Kahn Inc. Ms. Harriet A. Franklin 1961 Mrs. Winifred Fratkin Mr. Chapin Americus Frazee 1988 Mr. and Mrs. John William Frazier Mr. Nicholas Cameron Frazier 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Zachery R. Frederick Mrs. Elizabeth Levey Freeman 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Frei Mrs. Pearson Moore French 2005 Mrs. Anne Day Friddell 1971

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm P. Friddell, Jr. 2002 Alice 1997 and Alex Fruth Fruth Family Donor Advised Fund Karen B. Frye Ms. Ling A. Fung-Wu Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gaffney Mrs. Cheryl H. Gahagan Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Galanti 1997 Mr. Paul E. Galanti Dr. Kimberly M. Galgano 1986 and Dr. Robert C. Galgano Dr. and Mrs. William C. Gallahan Miss Caroline D. Gallalee 2011 Mr. Hunter Drewry Gallalee 2008 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Drewry Gallalee 1973 Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthew Gallienne IV 1996, 1994 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Gardiner 2005 Gardner and La Rochelle Orthodontics Ms. Patricia A. Garland Anna and Fleetwood Garner Family Mr. Thomas F. Garner, Jr. 1965 Mr. William Vaughan Garner 1967 Ms. Anne W. Garnett 1972 Mr. Scott Garnett and Mrs. April Garnett 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Garnett Mrs. Cornelia Whittet Garrett 1961 Mr. W. Clay Garrett and Ms. Charlotte P. McAfee Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Garson Mr. William D. Garson 2011 Mr. Peyton Howell Garst 2020 Mrs. Moira Garvey Ms. Clara Gaul Mrs. Eliza Goodall Gavin 1992 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gayle, Jr. 1967 Mr. Mont D. Gaylord 1973 Dr. Leo M. Gazoni and Dr. Farnaz M. Gazoni Mr. Timothy Gee and Mrs. Ashley Tyler-Gee Mr. Berkeley Martin Geho 2017 Mr. Charles Langhorne Geho 2020 Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Geho 1983, 1982 Dr. Randall M. Geldreich and Mrs. Caroline Geldreich Genentech, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens N. Gentil 1970, 1970 Ms. Sarah Pilcher Gentry 1989 Genworth Foundation Matching Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Rory Geyer Mr. Constantine J. Giavos and Mrs. Rachel H. Lamel Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Gill Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gill Mr. and Mrs. James Christopher Gilman 1982 Mrs. Teresa Alvis Given 1982

Mr. and Ms. Ryan A. Glasgow Mr. and Mrs. Carter Glass IV Mrs. Lauren Hurst Glazier 2004 Dr. and Mrs. Daran G. Glenn Dr. Ryan T. Gocke and Mrs. Roxie A. Wallace Gocke Ms. Constance E. Godsey 1964 Ms. Johanna Carey Godwin Mr. and Mrs. James M. Goff II Dr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Goldstone 1964 Ms. Carolyn Golliday 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Golliday Mr. Miller Wayne Golliday 2012 Ms. Dominique Lourine Gombe 2009 Mrs. Ann Winfree Gooch 1962 Ms. Dee L. Goodbody Mrs. Virginia S. Goodman* John W. Goodner and Elizabeth W. Goodner Revocable Trust Mrs. Carson Holly Goodrich 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Goodwin 1990

Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Goodwin 2003 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr. Google Mr. W. David Gorsline Ms. Martha Clark Goss 1967 Mr. Benjamin Cobb Gottwald 2034 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gottwald 2005, 2008 Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Gottwald 1999 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gottwald 1972, 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Gottwald 2002 Dr. and Mrs. William M. Gottwald 1966 Mr. and Mrs. MacGregor T. Gould Dr. Rachel W. Gow and Mr. Stephen D. Gow Mrs. Susan Tolleson Gowen 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Graeber 1979 Mrs. Virginia Storey Graef 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Grammer Mrs. Lind Graves Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gray III 1997 Gray Holdings, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Green 1989 Mr. and Mrs. John V. Green Ms. Zoe Anne Green 1971 Mr. Benjamin L. Greenbaum 1965 Mr. Erik S. Greenbaum 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Noah C. P. Greenbaum 2003, 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Greenberg Mrs. Carter Judkins Greendyke 2001 Ms. Kathy Gregg Mr. James Burgess Gregory III 1997 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gregory III Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Gremer Brian and Sara Samford Griebel 2004 Miss Finley Cabell Griffin 2016 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Griffin Mr.* and Mrs. J. Edward Grimsley Mrs. Nancy Grizzard Ms. Martha Estes Grover 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Grymes III

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Dr. Atul Gupta and Dr. Reena Gupta Dr. Marci Guthrie and Mr. Michael Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Hagan 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Hager Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hahn Mrs. Deborah E. Hailes Mr. Roger P. Hailes 1994 and Ms. Natalia Hailes Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Hairfield 1999 Mr. Jack Hale Mr. and Mrs. A. Coke Hall 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hall III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hall III Dr. Mark Andrew Hall and Dr. Elizabeth Berglund Hall 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Hall IV Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. W. Hall Dr. Wanda L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hall, Jr. 1986 Miss Brynn Rose Hallberg 2030 Mr. and Mrs. D. Lee Hallberg 2001

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Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Hallett 1999 Mrs. Patsy B. Hallett Mr. Brenton S. Halsey, Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hamill Mrs. Elizabeth R. Hamilton Ms. Stephanie L. Hamlett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hammond Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hamner III 1970, 1972 Mrs. Austin Cary Hancock 1981 Mr. and Mrs. R. Shawn Handley Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Hanley Mr. and Mrs. George Hann Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Harbour Molly 1988 and Robert Hardie Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Harman Mr. and Mrs. Elliott M. Harrigan 1977 Mr. and Mrs. John Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Harris 1997 Dr. and Mrs. Barton Harris Estate of Elizabeth T. Harris

The Hon. and Mrs. L. A. Harris, Jr. Mrs. Martha B. Harris* Dr. Mary Lawrence Harris 1975 Miss Virginia Lee Harris 2016 Mrs. Anne Gordon Dickerson Harrison 1961 Mr. Arthur W. Harrison III 1986 Mrs. Emma Hines Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Harrison II Dr. Natasha Little-Harrison and Mr. Robert Harrison Ms. Sarah Maxwell Harrison 2005 Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Harrison 1978, 1978 Mrs. Constance Kennon Harriss 1959 Miss Anne Larimer Hart 2006 Mr. Philip Edward Hart 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hart 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Armin R. Hartmann 1988 Mr. A. Ransone Hartz Mrs. Elizabeth L. Omohundro Harwood 1964 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Haske

Ms. Amy Haskell 1968 Mr. and Mrs. E. Livingston B. Haskell Ms. Jan Hatcher-Conquest and Mr. Christopher Conquest Mr. and Mrs. Johnny E. Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Haug Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Haug Mrs. Kathryn Schilling Havermann 2003 Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheppard Haw III 1975 Mr. and Mrs. George E. Haw III Mr. Michael J. Hawkinson and Mrs. Esperanza Soria-Nieto Miss Anne Katherine Hawthorne 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Vernon Hawthorne 1978 Mrs. Anne F. Hayes 1988 Ms. Margaret Ann Hazelton 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Hazelton Mrs. Ruth E. Hazelton Dr. David Headly Mrs. Marilyn R. Heath Mr. Wesley E. Hedgepeth Mrs. Carol S. Hedrick Mrs. Anne M. Heffner Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Heidt 1993, 1994 Mr. Charles L. Heiner 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B. Heiner 1966 Dr. Sarah Josephs Hellewell 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Cory W. Helms 1999 Mrs. Christian Thompson Henderson 1997 Mrs. Alexis Beck Henry 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Henry 2003 Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Hepp, Jr. 1994 Mr. Grayson Paul Hepp 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hepper The Herndon Foundation Ms. Carol W. Herod 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. Herring Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Herring Mr. and Mrs. F. Robertson Hershey 1966 Mr. and Mrs. William R. B. Hershey 1994 Mrs. Frances Friddell Hewitt 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. Heyward, Jr. 1998 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hickey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Hicks Miss Mary Katherine Murphy Hilb 2016 Mr. and Mrs. James Hildebrand Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hill Mr. and Mrs. Corey W. Hill 1985 Mrs. Ann Keller Hillsman 1977 Mrs. Anne Thomas Hines 1964

Mrs. Mary Buford Bocock Hitz 1959 The Hoak Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Hodges Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hoffer Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Hofheimer 1995, 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hofheimer 1991 Mr. and Mrs. W. Barry Hofheimer Dr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hogan Mrs. Jeni Hoggan Ms. Anne Hogge Mrs. Lucy Moore Hogsed 2001 Gina and Tom Holden 1963 Holden Family Fund of The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg Mr. Luke Aaron Holdych 2027 Mr. Ryan Phillip Holdych 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Holdych Dr. and Mrs. James A. Holland Mr. W. Tyler Holly 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Holzbach Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Hoover Mrs. Virginia Maloney Hope 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Hopkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hopper Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hornbeck Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bryan Horner IV 1998 Mrs. Patti T. Hornsby Mrs. Dora Williams Hoskins 2005 Dr. Elizabeth Dorset Hospodar 1993 Mrs. Rebecca Masters Hottman Mr. Greg Hough Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Hough Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Hourigan Mr. Keith F. Howe and Ms. Helen Coulson Mrs. Dan Hu Mr. Mitchell Young Huang 1997 Mr. Hunter F. Huber 2002 Mrs. Samantha Price Huber 2003 Mr. Houlder Love Hudgins 2014 Michelle Nichole Hudgins 1988 Ms. Susan Frazer Hudgins Mr. William L. Hudgins III Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hudgins, Jr. Mrs. Martha Jane Daniel Hudnall 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Brandon C. Hudson Ms. Christienne Ruddy Hulcher 1977 Ms. Mary Humphreys Goldenthal 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hundley Mrs. Elizabeth Milton Hunnewell 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hunt Mr. Timothy and Dr. Jill Hunter

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter Dr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter, Jr. 1980, 1980 Dr. James Warren Hunter 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hunter, Jr. The Huntly Foundation Mrs. Paige Crosby Hurlbut 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Carroll D. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Hutcheson Mrs. Elizabeth Flippo Hutchins 1988 and Mr. William M. Hutchins Ms. Brittany N. Hutchinson 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Hutchison 1990 Mrs. Jane Baird Hyde Miss Anne Forrest Hyslop 2003 Dr. Amanda L. Ijames and Mr. Matthew W. Ijames Mr. Blake Stewart Ingold 2025 Mr. and Mrs. James V. Ingold Miss Mary Mason Ingold 2025 Ms. Tamara Ingram Mrs. Alice Derry Innes 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Innes 2005 Allan D. Ivie IV 1979 and Page Boinest Melton Ivie 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Ivie Mr. and Mrs. Brian Iwashyna Mr. Nathaniel I. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jackson Mr. A. Cecil Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jacobs Mrs. Tina Jadhav-Parikh 2003 Mrs. Robin Ruth Jager 1988 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Jamison II 1989 Mrs. Kathryn Conner Jarvis 1968 Mr. Zachary Milstein Jecklin 2014 Miss Mary Garland Jefferson 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Jenkins 2000 Ms. Tammy L. Jenkins 1980 Dr. and Mrs. E. Forrest Jessee, Jr. 1967 Dr. Alice N. Jesudian Dr. Arun Benjamin Jesudian 1997 Mr. Bryce D. Jewett, Jr. 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Jewett III 1993, 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley W. Jiulianti Dr. Christopher P. Johnson 1996 and Dr. Lynn H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie W. Johnson, Jr. 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. Johnsrud 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Joiner 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. Jones, Sr. Mrs. Anne McCormack Jones 1979 Ms. Cynthia Jones

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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Noah W. Jones Ms. Melissa Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas Jones Mr. and Mrs. Reginald N. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brady Jones, Jr. 2003 Dr. Jay H. Joseph Mr. Jonathan M. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Chad L. Joyce Mr. William B. Judkins Mr. Brooks Michael Jung 2009 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jung, Jr. Jung Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Justice 1985 Dr. Barbara Kahn 2002 and Mr. Peter J. Stutts 2002 David and Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Inc. Miss Emily Rose Kantner 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Kantner 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Kaplan Mr. Andrew Evens Kastenbaum 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Kastenbaum 2006, 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kastenbaum 1974 Mrs. Joanne Katsantonis and Mr. Michael D. Tershak Dr. Claire C. Kaugars Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kave Ms. Sarah Doddridge Kay 1975 Mrs. Olga Kedrovska Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Keeney Mr. and Mrs. Carter T. Keeney 2004 Mr. and Mrs. David F. Kehlenbeck 2003 Mr. Kirk David Keil 1988 Mrs. Retta Leigh Perel Keil 1963 Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Kell 1987 Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher and Mrs. Lori Mitchell-Kelleher Ms. Shannon M. Kelley and Mr. Michael E. Mendelson Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Kelly III Mrs. Page Robinson Kemp 1963 Mr. Jonathan Earl Kennedy 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Kerr Ms. Terry Hyde Ketchem 1964 Mr. Steven Vaughan Key 1987 Dr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Key, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Parrish King 2005 Mrs. Julia Scott Wall King 1959 Mrs. Lauren L. King Mrs. Margaret McGurn King 2007 Mrs. Ryan Elizabeth King 2008 Dr. and Mrs. E. Davey King 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Waverly G. King III 1968

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Mr. Wyatt Richard King 2023 Ms. Coretta Kingston and Mr. Gerard Williams Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Kirchmier 1983, 1984 Dr. Lisa L. Kirkland 1976 Mr. George Clifford Kirkmyer III 1969 Mr. Albert B. Kirtland 1977 Mr. James Whitlock Klaus 1982 Mr. Philip W. Klaus, Jr. Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Klein Reverend Patricia Dykers Koenig 1972 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Kondorossy Mr. and Mrs. William E. Krause Mr. and Mrs. Rama R. Krottapalli Mr. and Mrs. William A. Krusen III Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Krutz Dr. Wendy Frances Kuhn 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Kulp 1984 Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Kulp 1988 Mrs. Susan Kemp Kump 1967 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kurtz 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kyte Mrs. Benjamin R. Lacy IV Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. LaFerriere Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lagos Mr. Benjamin R. Lamb Mrs. Emily Nelson Lamb 1997 Mr. Barrington Slate Lambert 2023 Mrs. Mary Frances Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Lambert, Jr. Carolyn LaMontagne and Daniel Hefko Mr. H. Merritt Lane Mrs. Anna B. Lange Mrs. Katie Hurst Langemeier 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Langley Mrs. Sarah Beth Snead Lankford 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Lanneau, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David A. Lanning Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Lansing Mr. and Mrs. J. Hunter Lansing 2000 Miss Katherine Copley Lansing 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Lansing II 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Lareau Mr. Steven Michael Laskin 1993 Mr. David Lassiter, Jr. and Ms. Marla D. Bell Mr. and Mrs. Kyle A. Laux Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. B. Lawson 2004 Joseph F. B. Lawson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. T. Gaylon Layfield III 1969 Mr. Benjamin Leach and Ms. Lauren Loyd

Dr. Susan B. Leahy Mr. David W. Leary 1962 Mr. Derek Leathers Mr. and Mrs. James E. C. Leavitt III Mr. Michael Leber Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Lecky 1968, 1968 Mr. Mason Lecky 1994 Mr. Robert Parke Lecky, Jr. 1967 Mr. and Mrs. H. Pettus LeCompte 1971 Mr. David R. Lee 1971 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Lee Ms. Robin Caspari Lee 1991 Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan Leggett Amy Becker Leibowitz 1988 and Seth Leibowitz Mr. Jordan Becker Leibowitz 2019 Miss Taly Anne Leibowitz 2021 Mr. Brian E. Leipheimer and Dr. Vienne K. Murray Miss Elisa Murray Leipheimer 2023 Mrs. Mary Lou Leipheimer Mr. and Mrs. Chaffraix A. Lelong, Jr. 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Leonard III Mr. David D. Leshner 1990 Mrs. Sally Trice Lester 1964 Mrs. Lacy Shockley Letonoff 1964 Dr. Leigh Lewis and Mr. Burke Lewis Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd F. Lewis, Jr. 1996 Suzanne and Bolling Lewis Mr. and Mrs. William Benton Lewis, Jr. Mr. Charles A. Liebert 1983 Ms. Jennifer Lindner and Ms. Annie Richards Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lindner Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Lingerfelt Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart 1965 The Linhart Foundation Mrs. Anne Patteson Litt 1984 Anne Litt and Howard Franklin Charitable Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson Litterini 2001 Ms. Elizabeth A. Little 1981 Mr. Lewis R. Little, Sr. 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Little, Jr. 2000 Mrs. Betsy Schnell Livesay 1990 Mr. and Mrs. T. Preston Lloyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Loach Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Logan 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lombard III Mrs. Jane G. Londrey Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Long III 1998 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Longan, Jr. 1971 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Lott

A Complete Education

s is often the case in life, Mac

place where kids and families can join a

McDonald P ’87 ’88 found his

community,” Mac explains.

The McDonalds’ support of the School is centered around providing a complete

home serendipitously. A child

The McDonalds became deeply in-

education. The generosity is borne out of

from a small town in northern

volved in the School quickly, supporting

gratitude. Seeing his children — and lat-

Minnesota, he went to college at the Uni-

Collegiate in any way they could. Realiz-

er his grandchildren — flourish on North

versity of Minnesota, where he met his

ing that there are additional costs involved

Mooreland Road, Mac feels a need to give

wife Sonia, who agreed to marry Mac just

with being a student, Mac, a longtime

back to the place that gave him and his

before he moved out to New York, in 1960,

member of the Board of Trustees, began

family so much. “Collegiate has meant a

to work on Wall Street. Work, circuitously,

donating money to the School that would

lot to our family,” he says. “Our real emo-

then took the McDonalds to Annandale,

support the extra costs of a Collegiate ex-

tion is giving back to someplace that’s

and then, finally, to Richmond, where they

perience not covered by tuition fees. These

helped our family be where we are today.

have lived for more than 40 years.

extra costs are broad — athletic equip-

This community has been really good for

Soon after the McDonalds settled in

ment, a new computer, school supplies, a

us, so giving to Collegiate, for us, means

their adopted home of Richmond, they

meal plan, field trips — but all of it helps

giving to the entire community.”

found another home in Collegiate to send

make sure every student receives the full-

their two children, Malcolm and Greg. Im-

est educational experience possible.

mediately Mac recognized the exceptional

“If we’re going to truly offer Collegiate

educational experience available to stu-

to everyone, we’ve got to make accommoda-

dents at Collegiate. The rigor of the class-

tions, because a lot of people, if they’re given

es. The extracurriculars. The abundance of

discounts on tuition to come to Collegiate,

after-school activities. This was a place to

still need to find money to pay for all those

raise a family, a place to join something big-

extra costs,” Mac says. “We want to make

ger than oneself. “We had this feeling that

sure everyone benefits from a Collegiate

Collegiate was not only a good education-

education, and to do that, with all the ex-

al institution in the sense of intellectual

tracurriculars the School offers, you might

growth, but we felt that it was a very good

need extra money to cover those costs.”

Mac and his wife Sonia McDonald pictured at Charlie Blair Field.

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Lower School Parents Night Library Book Fund Mr. Jiwei Lu and Ms. Ivy Gong Dr. Thomas A. Lubik and Ms. Inka Gollnisch Mrs. Roberta G. Lublin Lublin-Hurowitz Charitable Trust The Luck Companies Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David W. Luckey 1970 Mr. and Mrs. James Lukefahr Ms. Mary Penn Lunger Mrs. Millie DuBose Lynch 2016 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Lyons Mr. George Sykes Mabry 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mackell 1963 Mrs. Mary Crouch Mackercher 1972 Mrs. Brittany Aspinall Madlem 2006 Mr. and Mrs. David Mahler Peter and Mimi Mahoney Mr. Michael J. Mailey Mrs. Frances Shinnick Manderson 1962

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Mr. Graham Keane Mandl 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mangin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Mann Ms. Betsy G. Manson 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Manson 2005, 2005 Mr. and Mrs. J. Reilly Marchant 2003, 2004 The Hon. and Mrs. W. Reilly Marchant 1971, 1972 Miss Grace Madelyn Marchetti 2021 Steve & Kathie Markel Family Fund Ms. Neelan A. Markel 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Markel 1966 Markel Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Jon W. Markiewicz The Hon. and Mrs. Theodore J. Markow Mr. and Mrs. John C. Markowitz 2001 Mrs. Victoria Christmas Marks 2005 Marks-Hofheimer Foundation Bruce D. Marr Sandra L. Marr

Marsh & McLennan Companies Mrs. Betty Ratcliffe Marshall 1938 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Marshall IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Marshall Ms. Cynthia Marsteller Ms. Courtney Martin Mr. and Mrs. E. Sidney Martin III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Martin 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Lane P. Martin 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Martin, Jr. Mr. Lee Whitworth Martin 2001 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Martin III 1994 Mrs. Clara M. Martin-Pettus and Mr. Randall Pettus Mr. and Mrs. Winston R. Mason III 2005 Mrs. Tracy Sinnott Mason 1981 Mr. Ivor Massey, Jr. 1966 Ms. Karen A. Massey 1970 Mr. and Mrs. W. Blair Massey, Jr. 1972 Massey Foundation

Mr. Alexander G. B. Massie 1979 Mrs. Elizabeth Massie Massie Scott Fund Mrs. Sarah K. Masters 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mastroianni Miss Kaitlin Brooke Mastropieri 2010 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Mathews 1972 Mr. David H. Mathews, Jr. 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Matson Mrs. Laurel B. Maughan and Mr. David Janosik Ms. Donna Mauney-Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Maxwell Ms. Sarah Maxwell 1995 Ms. Robin Jane Mayer 1978 Mrs. Sarah Thompson Mayfield 1992 Mr. Penn Caplin Mayhew 2016 Mrs. J. Gary Maynard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Mayr Mr. and Mrs. Nick Mazzenga 2005 Mrs. Virginia Layfield McAndrew 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron McClung Mr. and Mrs. Stanton J. McComb Stanton and Molly McComb Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Collin C. McConaghy Ms. Anne L. McCorey Dr. and Mrs. Craig D. McCormick Mr. John Roberts McCracken 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. McDaniel 2000 Mrs. Mary Kennon McDaniel 1961 Mrs. Rennie Goodykoontz McDaniel 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. John E. McDonald III 2007, 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. McDonald Mr. Quinn Ravi McDonough 2014 Mr.* and Mrs. Charles L. McFall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. McFarland 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Mike McGann Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. McGee III 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. McGehee 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. McGeorge 2001, 2006 Mr. and Mrs. James L. McGeorge, Jr. 1991 Karen McGill Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. McGrath Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. McGrath McGuire’s School Foundation Ms. Boodie Wiltshire McGurn 1971 Mr. Frank A. McKenney 1968 Miss Molly Foster McKeon 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Brian B. McKercher Mr. and Mrs. D. Christopher McLellan 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. McLoughlin, Jr. 1993

Mr. James Moore McMahon 1974 Ms. Claire Scott McMullan 1978* Mr. and Mrs. Grayson C. McNeely 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Meli II 2005 Mrs. Monica J. Melton Matthew Samuel Mendez, M.D. 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Mendoza Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Merchant Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Mertens 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Messick 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Meyer III Dr. and Mrs. John F. Meyers The Mezzanotte Foundation The Micawber Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David R. Michelow, Jr. Microsoft Middle & Upper School Parents Night Library Book Fund Mr. Samuel B. Middleton 2007 Brandon and Morenike Miles Benita 1976 and Michael Miller Mr. and Mrs. Brent I. Miller 1998 Miss Cecilia Louise Miller 2023 Cliff Miller Family Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Miller III Mr. J. Clifford Miller III and Ms. Lucile Miller Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Miller, Jr. 1981, 1990 Mrs. Julie Spahn Miller 2004 Mrs. Kaitlyn Miller Ms. Kara Miller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller, Jr. Ms. Christine Mingus Miss Carolyn Rivers Mitchell 2012 Miss Julia Fontaine Mitchell 2017 Mrs. Mollie Hines Mitchell 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Modisett 1978 Mr. and Mrs. John Mohrmann 2008 Mr. John Moncure, Jr. 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Monk Mr. Amasa E. Monroe Mr. and Mrs. D. Reilly Monroe 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Monroe III 1977 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Monroe 2005 Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Thayer Montague Mr. Aaron Montgomery and Mrs. Nimisha Parikh Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Mooney Mrs. Beverly Britten Moore 1971 Dr. Blake W. Moore and Dr. Jaime E. Moore Miss Emily Rives Moore 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Moore IV 1998

Mr. Jon D. Moore Mr. and Mrs. T. Justin Moore III 1975 Mrs. Portia Moore Mr. William F. Moore, Jr. 1984 Mrs. Connie Mor Mr. and Mrs. James F. Morano III 1987 Mr. Todd Morchower 1989 Mr. and Mrs. John N. Moreau Ms. Lee Levering Moreau 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Joel W. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Kelby M. Morgan 1991, 1994 Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Account Mr. and Mrs. James Morris Dr. and Mrs. W. Philip Morrissette III 1968 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mosby Mrs. Marilyn Linhart Moses 1969 The Moses Foundation Mrs. Brandon Jacob Moss 2001 Dr. and Mrs. Jon H. Moss 1964 Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Mostrom 2005, 2005 Ms. Patricia P. Mottley Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle III 1983 Mr. Frank Fisher Mountcastle 2017 Miss Grace Maulden Mountcastle 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Moyer, Jr. 1993 Dr. and Mrs. Colin A. Mudrick Dr. Avik Mukherjee and Dr. Akta Mukherjee Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Mullen 2003 Dr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Mullins Mrs. Kimball Payne Mullins 1986 Mr. John B. Munson 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Derek Murray 2005 Dr. Jennifer Myer 1989 Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Myers Mr. and Mrs. John J. Myers 1982 Mr. Charles John Nabit 1973 The Nabit Foundation Mr. Mark C. Nanavati Mrs. Joyce Flippen Nash 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Natale III Mr. Gregory Ralph Natvig 1981 Mr. Thomas B. Naughton and Mrs. Jordan B. Chouteau Mr. and Mrs. John C. Neal 2001, 2000 Mr. William Henry Neal III 1973 Mrs. Lucy Boswell Negus 1955 Mr. Alexander James Neilson 2014 Mr. Darrel J. Neilson Mr. and Mrs. Shane M. Nelson 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Nesmith Mr. John Neupert

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Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason New New York Life Foundation Dr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Newbill Mr. and Mrs. Ripley C. Newcomb Mrs. Rebecca Major Newman 1971 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Newsom III Mr. Stephen S. Newsome and Dr. Bobbette L. Newsome Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Nichols 1998 Mrs. Mary Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Nichols 1989 Mr. David L. Nickel 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Nickel Mr. Richard L. Nigro 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. H. Nixon 2002, 2002 Noland Foundation Ms. Morgan Norge Mrs. Caroline Hooff Norman Ms. Mil Norman-Risch Northeast Construction Inc. Novartis Ms. Mary Louise Nuara 2002 Mrs. Rita Nuara Mr. and Mrs. Joel W. Nuckols III Nunnally Charitable Lead Trust Mr. James Christopher Oates 1972 Mr. Mark Dudley Obenshain 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Greg B. O’Brien Greg and Preston O’Brien Charitable Fund Mr. Steven Oden Miss Holly Kane O’Donnell 2007 Mr. and Mrs. R. Timothy O’Donnell Miss Shannon Margaret O’Donnell 2009 Mr. and Mrs. W. Jefferson O’Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. William J. O’Flaherty 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Vinny and Laura Oliveira Mr. Jacob Harrison Reid Oliver 2009 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Oliver, Sr. Dr. James Robert Oliver, Jr. 2007 Mr. Justin Oliver Mrs. Lucy Oliver 1963 Mrs. Kathryn Redford O’Mara 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. John D. O’Neill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. M. Todd Oney 1989 Ms. Pia Orbezo Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth Orski Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Orski Mr. Adam J. Ortiz Mrs. Elizabeth Neal Osborne 1956 Mr. James Lee Edward Osborne 1972 Mr. J. Riley O’Shea 2011

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Kim 1977 and Tim O’Shea Dr. Anthony O’Sullivan and Dr. Heather O’Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. O’Toole Mrs. Susan Baskerville Otteni 1964 Miss Catherine Tison Ottley 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Julian T. Ottley 1987 Miss Lucy Coulbourn Ottley 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Owen III 1986 Mr. Robert Burwell Owen 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Pace 1981 Mr. and Mrs. W. Benjamin Pace 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Pace Mr. and Mrs. David B. Pahren Miss Martha Elizabeth Pahren 2017 Dr. Meera Pahuja 1997 and Dr. Kedar S. Mate Ms. Maria Pahuja and Mr. Rishi Pahuja 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Painter Ms. Phyllis Palmiero and Mr. Thomas A. Gelozin Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D.R. Palmore Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Palmore 1993 Dr. Paras Pandya and Dr. Sonia Shah-Pandya Mr. and Mrs. Angelo E. Parker, Jr. Mr. Kendall P. Parker Mrs. Sharon Welton Parker 1962 Mrs. Virginia Reynolds Parker 1976 Mr. John T. Parrish 2003 Mrs. Mary A. Parsley The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sandler D. Passman Mr. and Mrs. Alpesh B. Patel Mrs. Caroline Garrett Patrick 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Patterson Ms. Tamatha Patterson Ms. Sarah T. Paxton 1984 and Mr. A. Andrew Thornton Ms. Susanna Payne Mr. Christopher G. Pearson 2002 and Dr. Kathleen T. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Pearson Dr. Austin E. Peat and Dr. Ashley W. Peat Mr. and Mrs. Alex Peavey 2001 Dr. Suzanne K. Peck 1996 and Mr. Joshua S. Peck Ms. Sheryl Pedigo Mr. and Mrs. William S. Peebles IV Mrs. Laura Yancey Peery 1980 Mrs. Abbey Reynolds Pemberton 2000 Dr.* and Mrs. John Pender, Jr. Mr. Joseph B. Penick 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Perel 1967 Mr. Stephen M. Perigard Mr. Russel Grant Perkins 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Perkins, Sr. 1975, 1976

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Perkins Mrs. Jasmine Turner Perry 2011 Mr. Ronald Oswin Pessner, Jr. 1988 Mr. and Mrs. D. Kevin Peterman 1989 Mr. Michael Peters Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pettit, Jr. Mrs. Maria Pettit Mrs. Hunter R. Pettus, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Petty Pfizer, Inc. Phelan Petty Ms. Laura Philips Miss Anne Collier Phillips 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Baxter F. Phillips III 1993 Mrs. Lisette Christ Piccillo1976 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Pickett Mrs. Anne Newsom Pinion1988 Ms. Bethany Pitassi Mrs. Catherine R. Plageman 1982 Ms. Christine K. Plant Christine Kane Plant Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Derek T. Podolny Ms. Anne McDaniel Pollard 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Pollard IV Mrs. Suzanne Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Popps Drs. John and Carolyn Port Mr. and Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr. Ms. Nancy C. Porter and Mr. Ross R. Noe Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Porter Mr. and Mrs. William S. Porter 1965 Mrs. Anne Riker Purcell Powell 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Brandon E. Powell Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryson Powell 1969, 1969 Mr. Hunter S. Powell 2001 Mr. Malvern L. Powell, Jr. Dr. Priscilla W. Powell 2001 and Mr. James T. Alexander IV Mr. and Mrs. William R. Preston, Jr. 1966, 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Price Mr. Jonathan Roy Price, Jr. 2006 Ms. Lee Marshall Price 1966 Mr. Tate M. Price 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Price Mr. Thomas Benjamin Price II 2006 Mr. Thomas Winston Price 1995 Miss Carol Gertrude Prince 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Prince Mr. and Mrs. David J. Privasky Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Proutt, Jr. 1998 Mr. Robert J. Proutt

Giving to the Future

t’s the day of Collegiate’s Reunion Weekend, a Friday in late

Her time is a gift she gives out of appreciation, and it’s all in

September that arrives with deliciously cool air that feels

the name of making Collegiate a more inclusive, engaging learning

like the beginning of something new, and Faithea Foster P ’33

environment. From the time her son Nelson entered Kindergarten

has been speaking with parents all morning. A leader by

at Collegiate, Foster noticed the careful attention each of his teach-

trade, working as the Association Director of Aging Well and the

ers gave him. “There is certainly this academic rigor at Collegiate,

John Rolfe Branch of Operations Director for the YMCA of Great-

but with that rigor comes this extra touch that the teachers give

er Richmond, Foster feels it’s necessary to support the Collegiate

the students,” Foster says. “For example, when a teacher calls home

education in any way she can. It’s a philosophy that she has ad-

to share that my child had a challenging time during this particu-

opted in her volunteer work at Collegiate. She is involved in the

lar exercise in class and that everyone’s working to fix that, well,

Parents of Students of Color (PoSoC) group at Collegiate, works

I don’t see that as punitive at all. I see that as a way of saying, ‘I

with the Parents’ Association and has served as a Lower School

care about your child’s success, I noticed this and let’s work on this

Admission tour guide, but, really, she goes wherever she feels her

together as a team.’ I think that’s beautiful — this village of faculty

help is needed.

and staff supporting students.”

Bearing a smile that invites a soothing warmth, she talks

It’s because of the beauty of a Collegiate education that she

about the morning’s conversations. Foster speaks of her work with

gives back. Growing up, Foster’s grandmother always reminded her

the School in terms of opportunities, not of burdens. She views

to leave something better than she found it. Foster’s tried living out

volunteering as her duty and as a way to effect positive change.

those words her entire life. “What I get out of Collegiate is knowing

“This morning we had a meeting with some leadership from the

that the School has a long history of building great citizens,” she

Parents’ Association and people from the Parents of Students of

says. “And I get out of it the opportunity to be a part of helping the

Color to brainstorm how we can serve our community better,” she

School continue to thrive. I want to pour more into the School be-

begins. “Then I got to speak with our diversity consultant Dr. Gene

cause it pours so much into our 3rd Grader and our family.”

Batiste, where we got to brainstorm yet again about the goals of how to move Collegiate forward. And then the last opportunity I have today is to plan more engagement events for parents.”

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Mr. and Mrs. F. Gray Pruitt III 1969, 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Pruitt 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Pruitt 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pruitt 2002 Mr. W. Keith Prusek Mr. and Mrs. C. Tupper Purcell 1994 Dr. Allison Purcell and Mr. John Barry Purcell 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Quinby Mr. and Mrs. Gerry C. Quindoza Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zafar Qureshi 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Kyle W. Rachau Mrs. Margaret Ann Fultz Raddin 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Duane H. Ragsdale Ms. Kathryn Railsback Mr. Samuel Cowan Ramage 1998 Mrs. Barbara Ramos Mr. Stephen Garrett Ramsey 2003 Mr. Matteo Randazzo 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Paolo A. Randazzo Mr.* and Mrs. Malcolm M. Randolph Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Randolph, Jr. Mr. Charles T. Rao and Dr. Julie A. Rao Dr. William M.S. Rasmussen 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ratcliffe III Dr. Mark A. Rausch and Dr. Christine S. Rausch Dr. Tejas Raval and Dr. Marie Sankaran Raval Mrs. Ashley Reynolds Ray 1991 Mrs. Julia Shannon Raynor 1972 Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian Reames 1983 Ms. Pamela G. Redd 1972 Mr. William Chappell Horsley Redd 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Redmond, Sr. Ms. Sarah Redmond Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed III 1983 Mrs. Christie Dunnavant Reed 1989 Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Reed, Jr. 1992 Mr. and Mrs. John M. R. Reed 1985 Mr. Laird Scott Townsend Reed 1988 Mr. Mason Chilton Reed 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter Thomson Reed Ms. Paige A. Tinney-Reed and Mr. Shawn F. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Reeves Ms. Savannah Reeves Peter and Tayloe Reeves 1998 Ms. Elizabeth G. Regan 1980 Mr. Andrew E. Reich Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Reid III Ms. Karen I-Nubia Reid Miss Katherine Carter Reid 2016 Mr. Robert Williams Reid 2018 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Reifsnider

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Rogers Dr. Sameer Rohatgi and Dr. Anjali Varandani Mr. and Mrs. Eric G. Rohr 1993 Ms. Emily Roig Mr. and Mrs. Asher B. Rolfe Ms. Catherine S. Rolfe Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Romanosky Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Romer Mr. and Mrs. Domenick J. Ronga Mr. Hartwell Heath Roper, Jr. 1996 Miss Sarah H. Rose 2011 Mr. Walter C. Rose 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rosebro 1978 Mrs. Barbara Rosenkranz Mr. Robert Rosenkranz Mr. and Mrs. Zachary N. Roski Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Ross Mr. Peter M. Rossetti 2011 Mr. Nicholas A. Roupas Dr. Linda Rouse and Dr. Kirk Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Zach Rudegeair Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ruehling Mr. Colin J. Ruh and Mrs. Joann Adrales Ruh Mrs. Reaves Wimbish Rupple 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Rusbuldt 1985 Mr. Christopher Wayne Rusbuldt, Jr. 2012 Mr. John Barber Rusbuldt 2016 Dr. Kenneth P. Ruscio and Ms. Kimberley A. Ruscio Kenneth P. and Kimberley A. Ruscio Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Russell, Jr. Miss Anne Mason Montague Ruth 2019 Mr. Parker Hayden Ruth 2027 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ruth Mr. Robertson Bayler Ruth 2025 Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Ruth 1991, 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Ryland Sabot Freight Services Penelope de Bordenave Saffer Mr. Amrik Singh Sahni 2006 Mr. Vincent Tuller Saladino 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Naji W. Salhab Mr. and Mrs. Sam Salhab Mr. and Mrs. W. Jerrold Samford 1972 Mr. Charles E. Sams Mr. Charles R. Samuels 1994 and Ms. Krista M. Samuels Mr. Henry Charles Samuels 2029 Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Sanders Ms. Susan Trigg Sanders 1972

Communal Fun and Games

Joy is in abundance. Atiyeh makes sure the games move quickly and that everyone gets a chance to play each other. On a weekend

o Wes Atiyeh ’84 P ’23 there’s much

he helps organize for Homecoming Week-

filled with connection, this is just another

more to the game of tennis than the

end. (The tournament changes annually

form that connection takes. “My job is to

on-court competition. During his

between an alumni soccer game and ten-

keep the tournament flowing and to make

three years playing varsity tennis for

nis match, but, no matter the sport, the

sure everyone is having a good time,” he

Collegiate, he learned a lot about life within

collective spirit of coming together for fun,

says. “You get all kinds of different levels

the lines of the court. “Tennis, like all sports,

recreational competition remains.) Atiyeh

of tennis players out there. Some are par-

has three components,” he explains. “It is

sees the tournament as an opportunity for

ents, some are alumni and parents, some

physical, mental and emotional. If you have

alumni to come together for a morning of

are friends. We have 7th Graders playing

all three aspects, in theory, you’re a pretty

reunion on Collegiate’s campus. “Although

alumni. It’s a way to connect with each oth-

good tennis player. Well, I physically had

it can be, this tournament is not neces-

er, and it’s a lot of fun.”

great ability, but mentally and emotionally I

sarily all about competition,” he says. “It’s

Two years ago, when Atiyeh was asked

struggled.” That was the case until he began

about seeing alumni come back to Colle-

if he would run the tournament, he viewed

to grasp the team component of the sport:

giate and play together. It’s about utilizing

it as an opportunity to give back to the

While he might be playing by himself, the

Collegiate’s beautiful courts and taking ad-

School and the sport that helped teach him

results contribute to the success of the team.

vantage of time with other alumni.”

about life. “I feel like giving my time back

He discovered that his contributions were

A game of tennis is only as rewarding

to the School is really valuable, especially

larger than himself, and, once he was able to

as the return your competitor gives. The

if it allows fellow alumni to come back to-

learn that, he became more relaxed and his

served ball is presented as an offering, and

gether,” says Atiyeh, who, in addition to his

game improved. The real accomplishments

the player on the other side of the net steps

time playing for Collegiate, coached both

in tennis, he learned, come from a collective

up, linking racket to ball, and accepts. The

the boys and girls squads at his alma ma-

camaraderie and honoring the game.

ball traces a graceful arc back over the net.

ter for the better part of 25 years. “There’s

Those are the lessons Atiyeh infuses

The game is on, pinging back and forth. In

no selfishness in giving my time. It’s about

into the alumni tennis tournament, which

that way, tennis is a form of communion.

giving back and bringing people together.”

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Mr. and Mrs. R. Strother Scott Mr. Robert Strother Scott, Jr. 2006 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Scott Scott & Stringfellow Educational Foundation Mr. Guido Scott Scruggs 2014 Mr. and Mrs. William H.S. Seegar Mr. and Mrs. James S. Seevers, Jr. Mr. Andrew B. Sellergren 2004 Mrs. Bonosree Sen Mrs. Barbara Briesmaster Sensabaugh 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Sesny Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Sexton Dr. Anish and Mrs. Mona Shah Mr. Harry Shaia, Jr.* The Sharp Family Foundation Mr. Samuel J. Sharpe 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Sheehan Mr. Michael Shepherd Mrs. Molly Bance Shepherd 2006 Mr. David M. Sherman Dr. and Mrs. Christian E. Shield

Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Shield II 1991 Dr. H. B. Showalter, Jr. Mrs. Julie Shudtz Miss Alice Ambler Shuford 2002 Mr. and Mrs. David G. Shuford 1971 Mr. Nicolai Shuman and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Whiteside Dr. Christopher Thomas Sica 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Erik S. Siebert 1997 Dr. Lauren N. Siff 2002 and Mr. Christopher Anderson Ms. Bailey Silverstein 2032 Dr. and Mrs. Evan Silverstein 2002 Mrs. Lynne Silverstein Mr. Radu I. Siminiceanu and Mrs. Valentina Robila Mrs. and Mrs. Todd Simkin Mr. Craig Simmons Mrs. Shawn McDaniel Simms 1984 Mrs. Elizabeth Yager Simpson 1973 Mr. Samuel E. Simpson Mr. Ravinder Harkirat Singh 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sinkler Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Sinnott III 1986 Miss Gwin Hatcher Sinnott 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Sisisky Susan and Mark Sisisky Global Enrichment Fund Mrs. Ellen Taylor Sisson 1972 Mrs. Courtney Lawson Sjostrom 1959 Sklar Wilton and Associates Mr. John Skudlarek Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Slater 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Slater, Jr. 1969 Mr. and Mrs. George A. Smigelski III Dr. and Mrs. A. Gordon Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew I. Smith 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith IV Miss Charlotte Brooke Smith 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Smith 1968 Mr. David Smith and Mrs. Beth Vetrovec Smith 1990 Mrs. Ellen Bain Bremner Smith 1964 Miss Emily Massie Smith 2019 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Smith III Dr. Julia Perkins Smith 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Julious P. Smith, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Julious P. Smith III 1986 Mrs. Linda C. Smith Mrs. Martha Noel Smith 1970 Mrs. Maxine Matthews Smith 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Smith Mr. Sam Wingfield Maimon Smith 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith

Mr. Stephen Hayes Smith 1989 Miss Mia Catherine Smutz 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Smutz Mrs. Susanne Williams Snead 1960 Mrs. Tyler Negus Snidow 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Chris H. Snow The Snow Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson M. Sommers 1980 Mr. Alexander H. Sooy 2003 Mrs. Kathryn Markel Soutendijk 1964 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Southworth Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Spain Mrs. Betsy Jo Viener Spence 1960 Mrs. Alice Spilman Ms. Jane Connell Spilman 1972 Miss Mary Moncure Mackenzie Spivey 2015 Mr. Timothy A. W. Spivey 1982 Miss Elizabeth St. Clair Spotts 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spradlin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Spraker 1992 Mr. and Ms. Eric A. Sprehe Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Squire, Jr. Mrs. William L. Stagg III Standard & Poors Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Standing III Meaghan and Andrew Stanley Mr. and Mrs. J. Snowden Stanley Dr. Jessica Stanwix and Dr. Matthew Stanwix Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Staples Mrs. Mironda B. Starke Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Starr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Station Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Steadman 1971 Mrs. Lucy Fitzgerald Steele 1962 Mr. and Mrs. L. Mark Stepanian 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Stephens 1980 Mr. Thomas S. Stephens 2011 Mr. Sidney L. Stern II 1969 The Stern Foundation Mr. Gordon T. Stettinius 1984 and Dr. Carrie Stettinius Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stettinius Mr. and Mrs. W. Gray Stettinius 1979, 1979 Mr. William Stanwood Stettinius 2007 Mr. Tyler M. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. William L. Stinson 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Brude D. Stoever Ms. Antenette Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Storey 1992, 1992 Miss Virginia Daisy Storey 2023 Mr. Michael J. Stott and Dr. Crystal Polatty Julie and Peter Stott Peter and Julie Stott Foundation

Mrs. Lee R. Stough Mrs. Suzanne Smith Stovall 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Straske II Straske Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Stratford III 1985 Ms. Virginia Streit Mrs. Ann Robins Strickler 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Strickler Miss Olivia Hogan Strickler 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Stringer Mrs. Kay Rucker Strohl 1962 Mrs. Kathryn Stump Ms. Liza B. Stutts 1999 Ms. Jelena Subotic Mr. and Mrs. Aaron P. Sullivan Ms. Eleanor Marie Sullivan 2013 Miss Kathryn Nicholas Surgner 2017 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. 1983 Ms. Donna Sharp Suro Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Sutherland Mrs. Pamela Anderson Sutherland Mrs. Barrie Miller Sutton 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Kasey D. Sutton Mrs. Alena Svab Mr. Vlastimil Svab and Dr. Suzzette Chopin Ms. Christina A. Svoboda 1980 Ms. Kristen Kerry Svoboda 1983 Mrs. Mary Ann Svoboda Mr. and Mrs. Kyle J. Swenson Mrs. Hunter McKinley Sydnor 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Syer Miss Elizabeth Vaughan Syer 2015 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Syer, Jr. Ms. Virginia Szigeti Mr. David Taibl Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Taliaferro 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Spottswood Taliaferro, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jayant P. Talreja Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tanner Mrs. Molly Nichols Tashjian 1971 Ms. Evelyn Marie Taylor 2016 Dr. Nancy E. Taylor and Mr. Brandon C. Taylor Mr. Ryan Christopher Taylor 1997 Mr.* and Mrs. Daniel M. Teng Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Tepper Mr. and Mrs. David Tetrault Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer Charitable Fund Miss Alexandra Renee Thalhimer 2023 Mrs. Carol Thalhimer Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Thalhimer III 1997 Mr. David Thalhimer 2011

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Marcia and Harry Thalhimer 1971 Ms. Margaret Ruth Thalhimer 1999 Michael 2001 and Alyson Thalhimer Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer, Jr. Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer III 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thalhimer 1979 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer III1964 The Carol M. & Charles G. Thalhimer, Jr. Foundation Charles G. Thalhimer Charitable Trust Charles G. Thalhimer and Family Foundation Morton G. and Nancy P. Thalhimer Foundation Mrs. J. Clifford Tharp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Thaxton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Theunissen Mr. John Thiel Mr. David E. Thomas and Mrs. Teresa M. Chiocca Mr. and Mrs. Derek A. Thomas 1996 Ms. Sarah C. Thomas Mr. Daniel W. Thompson 2002 Ms. Leigh E. Thompson Mr. Paul Michael Thompson, Jr. 1983 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson III Thompson/Kirkland Donor Advised Fund Dr. and Mrs. A. Leigh Thornton, Jr. 1972 Dr. and Mrs. Z. Bart Thornton Mrs. Kathryn G. Thurman Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Tidey Mrs. Amber Jesse Tillman 2004 Mr. Mark F. Timmons 2011 Ms. Sandra Y. Ting Mr. and Mrs. Jason Tinsley 2008 TisBest Philanthropy Mr. and Mrs. T. Case Tischer, Jr. 1998 Dr. Matthew Togna Ton of Coins Scholarship Fund Mrs. Amanda Tornabene Mr. Fitz R. Totten Anita Grymes Towell Township of The Archipelago TowneBank Mr. and Mrs. S. Lynn Townsend 1964 Mrs. Rebecca R. Trader Mrs. Susan Bruch Trenkle Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trible Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Trible 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Tung Trinh 1999 Ms. Mae Anne Trinh 2033 Mr. Oliver Thanh Trinh 2031 Truist Bank Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Tyler T. Tuite

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Mrs. Kristin Tujuba Mr. John Tull and Ms. Miranda Groomes Mr. William Brant Tullidge 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Turbeville, Jr. Ms. Katherine Grace Turnbull 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Birck Turnbull Ms. Sarah E. Turnbull 2025 Mrs. Ashley Klaus Turner 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Turner III 2000 Mr. and Mrs. David J. Tuttle Mr. Henry M. Tyler III 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Webb L. Tyler Mrs. Ashley C. Tyler-Gee and Mr. Timothy Gee Ms. Sheryl S. Tyner Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ukrop Bobby and Jayne Ukrop Rob 1988 and Shannon Ukrop Ms. Lee Unroe Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Van Deusen Dr. Jessica L. Van Tuyle Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Vance Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Varland Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Vaughan 1991 Mr. Alan Porter Vaughan, Jr. 2023 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vaughan, Jr. 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Vaughan 1976, 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Vaughan 1966 Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown Vaughan, Jr. 1997 Ms. Melissa P. Vaughan 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Verdi George and Mary E. Vetrovec Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vetrovec 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Via Dr. Thomas Victors and Mrs. Fiona Clancy-Victors Tim and Mary Vidra 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Fernando B. Viego 1991 Dr. and Mrs. Juan F. Villalona Virginia Home for Boys and Girls Mr. and Mrs. Chad Vitek Mr. Sanjeev K. Vohra and Dr. Harjit Bhogal Dr. Kelley A. von Elten and Mr. Alexander S. von Elten Dr. and Mrs. Steven von Elten Mr. Karl von Klein Mr. Brian R. Voss and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Mountjoy Ms. Monique Voss Mr. and Ms. Alex W. Waddell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan W. Wadsworth Mr. Joseph Laughlin Wadsworth 2014 Dr. Robert O. Waldbauer, Jr. 1977 Mrs. Bernice Spathey Walker 1955

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Walker III Mr. John Luther Walker IV 2012 Mr. Kenneth L. Walker, Jr. 2000 Mr. Lee Stribling Walker 2015 Mrs. Janine Wall Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor Waller, Jr. 1971, 1972 Mrs. Christin Lipscomb Walsh 2004 Mr. Xijun E. Wang and Mrs. Yuyan D. Ding Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Ward Dr. Gloria E. Ward and Mr. James H. Ward Mrs. Wendy Walton Ward 1974 Mr. Richard L. Ware 1977 Richard L. Ware Gifting Fund Mrs. Alison Brawner Warfield 1972 Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Warman 1965 Mrs. Claiborne Scott Warner 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Warren, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wash Mr. and Mrs. David Washo 2001 Dr. and Mrs. James Wassum Mrs. Jane Waters Mr. Franklin P. Watkins, Jr. 1977 Ms. Shirley Watkins Mrs. Elizabeth Bland Watson 1995 Mr. James Richards Watson 2002 Dr. A. Craig Watt and Dr. A. Christine Watt Mr. and Mrs. Ian A. Watt Mr. and Mrs. Mark O. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Will B. Webb Mrs. Mary Lou Webber Mr. Robert M. Wedge Dr. Paul B. Wehman and Dr. Rebecca Turner-Wehman Mr. James L. Weinberg and Ms. Rosann Bocciarelli Mr. James Howard Weirich 1994 Mrs. Elisabeth Arnold Weiss 1986 Mr. Michael S. Weiss and Mrs. Denise Corsi-Weiss Mrs. Heather Garson Welch 2007 Rev. and Mrs. Nathaniel D. West Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. West Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Westermann 1988 Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemper Wharton Mr. C. Dyson White 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. White 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. White Mr. and Mrs. George R. White Estate of Mary F. White Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Mr. Stephen K. White 1966 Dr. and Mrs. David Whitehead Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Ms. Kathleen B. Whiteside

Mr. Alexander Amr Whitfield 2009 Mr. and Mrs. George P. Whitley 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Whitlock 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Whittemore 1996 Mrs. Anne Whittemore Mr. Reid Pierce Whittemore 2030 Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Whitten Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III USN 1985 Mr. William B. Wichelman and Ms. Victoria L. Misseri Mr. and Mrs. George Wickham Mr. David P. Wilborn Ms. Betsy Wilder Ms. Elizabeth Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Wiley 1977 Dr. Edward J. Wiley, Jr. Mr. William Nash Wiley 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Taylor E. Will Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Willard III Mr. Carter Brien Williams 2024 Mr. and Mrs. C. Preston Williams 1988

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Clifton T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Williams 1974 Miss Eleanor Lyons Williams 2024 Mr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Williams IV 1963 Mr. Fielding L. Williams, Jr. Greg Williams Family Donor Advised Fund of Richmond Jewish Foundation Mrs. Louise D. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Ennion S. Williams, Jr. 1960 Mr. Matthew K. Williams 2004 Ms. Nazarell Williams Ms. Pamela Marie Williams 1969 Mr. Preston A. Williams 2011 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Terrell Williams 1970 Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregory Williams 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Williams Ms. Susan Lynne Williams 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Williams 1972

Mr. Alan Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Williamson 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E. Williamson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Williamson Mr. Stew Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. D. Wilson, Sr. Mr. Harrison Benjamin Wilson IV 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Wilton 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Wiltshire 1999 Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Wiltshire 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Wiltshire, Jr. 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Wiltshire III 1997 Mrs. Suzanne P. Wiltshire Weezie and Buck Wiltshire 1967, 1967 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Wiltshire, Jr. 1992 Mrs. Julia M. Wimbish Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wimbish III Colonel (Retired) William Lee Wimbish, Jr. 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Wind Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Winheim

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Ms. Carolyn Levey Winks 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Winston Ms. Shannon L. Winston and Ms. Monica L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. John F. Winter II Mrs. Leigh Enoch Wit 2002 Mrs. Beth Witt Ms. Ryland Witt 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Witthoefft Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wittkamp Mrs. Ann Gray Turner Wood 1964 Dr. Barbara Wood and Dr. James Wood Dr. John Charles Wood 1970 Mr. Michael B. Woodard Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin and Mr. John H. Woodfin, Jr. 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Woodhouse IV Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods, Jr. Miss Margaret Ewing Woods 2022 Mr. John W. Woodward 1984 Mr. Roland C. Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Madison P. Wootton 1989 Mrs. Kimberly Workman

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Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wortham 2007 Mrs. Jane Woolford Wortham 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wortham III 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Wright 2001 Elizabeth Dolan Wright 2001 and J.D. Wright Mrs. Ellen Beane Wright 2005 Mr. James Gregory Wright 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wright IV Vaden Wright Mr. Gang Wu and Mrs. Chunhua Yin Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Wyatt 1980 Yamaha Golf Car Company Mr. Gabe Yelanjian Mr. and Mrs. A. Churchill Young IV Mrs. Ashley Davis Young 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Walt Young Dr. Ericka S. Young Mr. Kenneth H. Young 1982 Mrs. Patricia Chewning Young 1959 The Hon. and Mrs. Roderick C. Young Mr. Binhu Yu and Ms. Yinan Ding Ms. Dongmei Yuan

Mrs. Marietta Edmunds Zakas 1977 Miss Maia Sigal Zasler 2023 Dr. and Mrs. Nathan D. Zasler Dr. and Mrs. Alvaro R. Zeballos Miss Isabella Ericka Zeballos 2021 Ms. Ann S. Zelenak Dr. J. Kenneth Zelenak and Dr. Ashley T. Zelenak 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Zizzo 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Zwerdling Mr. and Mrs. C. David Zyglocke *Deceased

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING: Mr. Thomas Tunstall Adams III 1969 Dr. R. Pryor Baird III 1972 Mrs. W. Preston Baldwin, Jr. Mr. Peter Bance Mr. Daniel G. Bartels Ms. Abigail Frances Bishop 1987 Mrs. Jane Finegan Boinest 1950 Mrs. Hylah Haile Boyd Mrs. Aileen Hockensmith Britten Mr. John Russell Britten Mrs. Elizabeth Shinnick Caldwell 1963 Ms. Donelia “Dee” Campbell Mr. Joseph Carlyle Carter, Jr. Mrs. Annette B. Chapman Mr. Martin Deane Cheatham IV 2011 Mr. John P. Coates Mr. Augustus L. Collier 1970 Mrs. Lee Schmidt Collier 1969

Mr. Barry S. Comess Mr. David Williamson Cone Mr. Ralph Robinson Crosby III 1983 Mr. James Apperson “Jay” DeVoe, Jr. 1982 Mrs. Bruce W. Evans Mrs. Margaret Shinnick Federhart 1958 Mrs. Janet G. Feore Mrs. Anne G. Fox Mr. Carl B. Frye, Jr. Mrs. Julie Dillon Gibson 1965 Dr. Roger P. Hailes Mrs. Martha B. Harris Mrs. Jean P. Hart Mr. Vernon Haskell 1965 Mr. Patrick S. Henry 1990 Mr. Ross A. Hotchkiss, Jr. Dr. Samuel D. Jessee 1970 Mr. C. Mitchell “Skip” Johns

Mrs. Champ Roberts Johnson 1956 Ms. Lorna Pauley Jordan 1972 Miss Jessica Eden Joseph 2018 Mrs. Ella L. Kelley Mr. James St. Clair Key 1989 Mr. Leighton Q.J. Klevana Mr. Benjamin R. Lacy IV Mrs. Catherine Combs Marsh Leitch 1972 Mr. Bernard J. Levey Mrs. Ruby N. Levey Mrs. Ann Brook P. Lewis Mrs. Grace Hamilton Bailey Lindner Mr. C. Malcolm Little III 1972 Mr. Jeffrey K. MacNelly, Jr. 1990 Mrs. Nancy Meyers Marsiglia 1971 Mr. James P. Massie III 1976 Mr. Charles L. McFall, Jr. Mr. Brian McGill Mrs. Doris H. Mezera Mrs. Donna Michaelis Mr. David Hall Murphy 1980 Grayson and Jeannette Nickel Mrs. Irene R. Owen Mr. Williams E. Pembleton, Jr. 1965 Mr. Walter Pettus Mr. Malcolm Upshur “Buck” Pitt, Jr. Ms. Joanne E. Pratt Mrs. Bonnalynn Bugg Pritchard 1964 Mrs. Susan Bowman Reynolds 1961 Mr. James Catlin Robertson 2004 Miss A. Katherine Schmidt 1974 Mr. Harry Shaia, Jr. Mrs. Virginia Prince Shinnick 1926 Mr. Geoffrey Richard Shudtz 2001 Mr. Charles Snyder Dr. Raymond L. Spence, Jr. Mrs. Mary Vincent Sumner 1963 Mr. Richard Leigh Towell Ms. Elizabeth Austin Tucker 1964 Mrs. Mary Parker Moncure Vaden 1969 Mr. William Caleb Wharton 2012 Mrs. Bunny Gentry Williams 1972 Mr. James H. Wilson 1972 Mr. Charles F. Wiltshire Mrs. Paige W. Woolwine 1984 Dr. Ella Dickinson Youngblood 1972

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GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF THE FOLLOWING: Miss Caroline McCaskey Adamson 2029 Miss Katherine Perrow Adamson 2023 Miss Sarah Shepard Adamson 2025 Ms. Karen Albright Mr. David N. Bannard Mrs. Isabel Spilman Bates 1967 Miss Lillian Grace Berger 2024 Mrs. Amy J. Blackmer Mr. Andrew Stuart Blain 2009 Mr. John McMann Blain 2014 Mr. Thomas Wilson Blain 2007 Mr. Charles L. Blair, Jr. The Blair Family Ms. Mary Blissert Miss Kendall Heyward Boggs Ms. Sara Boisvert Mr. Weldon A. Bradshaw Mrs. Emily D. Bradshaw Ms. Camilla Broughton 2028 Ms. Emily Bryant Mrs. Nancy Joyce Burgess 1962 Mr. Joseph H. Buttner Miss Abigail Marks Carley 2026 Ms. Laurel Margaret Carley 2033 Mr. Thomas Prescott Carley Ms. Shannon Castelo Mrs. Patty Chang Ms. Kristine Chiodo Mrs. Erica Coffey Mrs. Jean Nickel Collins 1964 Ms. Christy Counts Miss Eleanor Nelson Cribbs 2024 Miss Elizabeth Rose Cribbs 2027 Ms. Kathryn E. Cunningham The Development and Communications Office Mrs. Christina Dobson Mrs. Karen Doxey Mrs. Penny B. Evins Miss Giles Winston Ferrell 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Leavenworth McGill Ferrell II 1988 Mr. Leavenworth McGill Ferrell III 2031 Miss Rosewell Page Ferrell 2027 Mr. Arthur “Pete” Follansbee Mrs. Paige Fox 1986 Mr. William Douglas Garson 2011 Mrs. Ann H. Griffin

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Mr. Wesley E. Hedgepeth Ms. Carol W. Herod 1972 Mr. F. Robertson Hershey 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Hickman Miss Carter Somers Hofheimer 2029 Mr. Henry Raab Hofheimer 2027 Mr. Nathaniel I. Jackson Miss Haley Anne Kellam 2018 Mr. Lewis P. Lawson Miss Isabelle Daniel LeBey 2018 Mrs. Amy Becker Leibowitz 1988 Mr. Warner Featherston Lewis 2024 Mr. Patrick E. Loach Mr. E. F. “Farley” Macdonald Mrs. Elizabeth W. Marchant 1972 Ms. Courtney Martin Mr. Jason C. Messick Mrs. Debbie Miller Mr. and Mrs. Kelby M. Morgan 1994, 1991 Mrs. Jill Mountcastle Mr. Carl L. Napier, Jr. Mr. Brewer Hayes Naughton 2033 Mr. Wylie Rhodes Naughton 2035 Mr. Winston Pine O’Brien 2035 Coach Mark J. Palyo Mr. Alex Peavey Mr. William S. Peebles IV Mrs. Pamela Privasky Rachel and Kyle Rachau Mr. William David Reale 2028 Miss Margaret Rose Reale 2030 Dr. William F. Reames Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr. Mr. William Grayson Richmond 2017 Mrs. Marshall Bates Rigby 1993 Miss Isabel Deleon Rigby 2025 Mr. Thomas Gardner Rigby 2023 Ms. Michelle Robey Ms. Jan D. Rodgers Dr. Linda Rouse Dr. Kenneth P. Ruscio Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Saunders Mr. Zack Schroeder Mr. Kevin Ashley Scott 1991 Dr. Danielle D. Scott Mrs. Rwaida Scott Mr. Gregory J. Sesny

Mrs. Faulkner Bagley Sgro 1988 Mr. David M. Sherman Mrs. Patty Sinkler Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith 1965 Mrs. Sarah Pruitt Smith Mr. Scott Smith Mr. Charles Whitley Spain 2033 Ms. Clara Elizabeth Spain 2036 Mr. William Walker Spain 2030 Mr. Andrew Stanley Miss Drew Michelle Stanley 2023 Mr. John Fitzgerald Stanley 2024 Mr. Tyler Joseph Stanley 2028 Mr. Brude D. Stoever Miss Helen London Stoever 2018 Mr. Henry Hill Stoever 2024 Mr. George Tucker Surgner 2019 Mr. W. Hildebrant Surgner, Jr. Mrs. Pamela Anderson Sutherland Mr. Preston Sinclair Sutherland 2027 Mr. Philip Kiran Shantaram Talegaonkar 2035 Mr. Benjamin Thomas Tavenner 2018 Team TORCH 5804 Dr. Matthew Togna Mr. Tung Trinh Mrs. Amy Verdi Ms. Monique Voss Ms. Chelsea Rose Waldrup 2032 Miss Emily Sophia Waldrup 2029 Mr. George Benjamin Waldrup, Jr. 2029 Miss Virginia Elizabeth Waldrup Mrs. Natalie Watt Mr. Robert M. Wedge Miss Ellen Hall Whitehead 2027 Mr. James Scott Whitehead 2029 Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III USN, 1985 Mrs. Anne Tunstall Bagley Willis 2000 Miss Maia Sigal Zasler 2023 Dr. James Kenneth Zelenak 1993 Miss Mary Ann Zyglocke 2025

You’ve Got a Friend

t was a rainy Sunday at Collegiate, but Carter Williams ’24 had a friend who still wanted to play outside. A Sophomore at the time, Carter was

volunteering with the John Maloney Project, a program where children with autism socialize with Upper School students on Collegiate’s campus. A slanting rain like a great gray curtain swung around the playground above Grover Jones Field, and Carter and the buddy he was paired with went out into it, splashing in puddles, kicking a soccer ball around, laughing. There wasn’t any concern about homework or his clothes getting wet. They were just friends, playing in the rain. For Carter, that’s the essence of volunteering: connecting with people on a personal level. “When you’re out there with the kids, you’re always happy, always looking on the bright side,” he says. “The ultimate goal is fun. I’ve never looked at

ing that you’re helping someone. And it’s

they’re always happy to see you. And you

it as me hanging out with someone who is

not just with the John Maloney Project.

really never know what you’re going to get

different. I just think of it as playing with

No matter what you volunteer for, you’re

into. We’ve played with Nerf guns, we’ve

other students.”

helping people and you’re connecting with

played kickball, we walk the track. The joy

people. You never know what you’re going

is in the randomness.”

Carter and Abby Craig ’24 now serve as co-chairs on the John Maloney Proj-

to get out of it.”

At the end of each season’s sessions,

ect. They work to connect Upper School

Initially called Open Gym and re-

there’s a ceremonial party held for the par-

students with participants at the Autism

named after Maloney’s passing in 2015,

ticipants at the Autism Society of Central

Society of Central Virginia and, of course,

the John Maloney Project officially began

Virginia. It’s a way to say goodbye to each

they have fun on Sundays playing with

on Sunday afternoons in the spring of 2006

other, but it’s also a way to celebrate the

children, who range in age from 5 to 22.

with Upper School volunteers eager to pair

bonds made. Students connecting with

The experience is mutually beneficial, and

up with buddies with autism and spend

students, forming a bridge between two

the Upper Schoolers get back as much as

time together. Supervised by Upper School

communities. “Each of the buddies is given

they give. “For me, giving my time to oth-

French teacher Holly Fairlamb, these af-

a trophy,” Abby explains, “and that’s real-

er students is my love language. It’s how

ternoons serve as a time for parents to chat

ly special for them — to be celebrated and

I choose to give back to the community,”

and network while their children play in a

recognized in that way. It’s our way of say-

Abby says. “And it’s more than just giving

space where they are welcome and free to

ing we appreciate them.” In other words,

your time and helping kids. There’s this

be themselves. “You really form an import-

it’s the mark of a good friendship.

indescribable feeling in return — knowing

ant bond with your buddies,” Carter says.

that you did something good and know-

“You get excited to see your buddies and

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Letter from Director of Alumni Engagement

Anne Gray Siebert ’97 T he end of September brought over 300 alumni back to campus to help us celebrate our first ever Reunion Weekend. Friday afternoon of that weekend, I sat with a 4th Grade Collegiate student who was preparing to read a poem to a room full of eager alumni. The alumni from all over the country, from all different graduation years, gathered together to honor our two very distinguished alumni award winners at an open alumni meeting. The little boy watched with wide eyes as the alumni hugged each other and caught up on years of conversation. The 4th Grader pulled on my sleeve and whispered in my ear, “All these people seem really happy to be here.” He was right. I looked around at all the alumni and was struck by the overwhelming positive energy, joy and excitement in the room. This electric feeling was present throughout the entire weekend. No matter the event — the alumni soccer game, the Oyster Roast, the class gatherings — everyone was truly happy to be together. As I stood back late Saturday night watching alumni on campus celebrating their reunions arm in arm, laughing and swapping stories about times spent right here on North Mooreland Road, I was filled with gratitude. Gratitude to the place that instilled within me the values I live by today. Gratitude for the connections made with each of you joining us for our Reunion Weekend. Gratitude for the enormous opportunity in front of me to find even more ways to engage with so many of you out there I do not yet know. As I look ahead at what is next for us, I hope you will consider joining us in our efforts to connect Cougars to one another. We are so much stronger and happier together than we are apart. There are so many ways you can get involved, and I would love to have the chance to tell you more. Please reach out to me. I would be so grateful. Warmly, Anne Gray Siebert ’97 Director of Alumni Engagement

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39TH ANNUAL

Alumni Oyster Roast As part of Reunion Weekend, alumni were welcomed home to campus in September to enjoy the School’s 39th annual Alumni Oyster Roast. It was a beautiful night for more than 300 Cougars to come together and share memories over delicious food and live music.

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Humble Service Recognized

Kate Fleming Parthemos ’71 and Toby Desch ’06, the recipients of this year’s alumni awards, both embody the idea of paying forward the gifts they’ve received on their life’s journey. By Weldon Bradshaw

ceive the Alex Smith ’65 Alumni Service Award. “I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ Jasmine laughed and said, ‘No, I’m not kidding.’” Toby Desch ’06, who was honored with the

Distinguished Alumni Award, reacted with sur-

OLLEGIATE’S ALUMNI Association Board

“I never thought I’d even be nominated for

nominations for the two awards it be-

an award like this,” he says. “It’s beyond hum-

stows each year.

bling to actually be honored with it. Collegiate

Chances are that it was the shortest meet-

had such a profound impact on my life, and

ing on record because the recipients of the 2023

to think that I’m a distinguished alum makes

honors were obvious to pretty much everyone

me chuckle. While academics were never my

except, well, the recipients themselves.

strong suit, Collegiate gave me the tools that

It was up to Jasmine Turner Perry ’11, the Alumni Association president, to notify them

have propelled me to be successful in life. This is quite the full circle moment for me.”

that they were, now and forever, among their

For Parthemos, humble service with a smile

alma mater’s crème de la crème and would be

and a positive, can-do attitude has always been

honored Sept. 29 at a ceremony in the Craigie

about paying forward the gifts she received on

Boardroom of the Sharp Academic Commons

her life’s journey.

during Alumni Weekend.

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prise as well.

assembled recently to sift through

The eldest of six siblings, all of whom are

She was met in both cases with incredulity.

Collegiate lifers, she returned to her alma ma-

“Truly, I laughed out loud,” says Kate Flem-

ter in 1992 and never left, although she tech-

ing Parthemos ’71 when told that she would re-

nically retired following the 2022 school year.

During her 30 years on North Mooreland

In addition to providing transportation,

Road, she worked first as the receptionist in the

meals, an after-school program and essentials

Lower School, then as the manager of the Cou-

not covered by scholarships and financial aid,

gar Shop and for her last 13 years as fine arts

UP RVA provided social and emotional advo-

assistant in the Hershey Center. There, she

cacy for the young men and women and their

supported the performing arts and, over time,

families who became part of its tight-knit ex-

all arts-related endeavors, and all who encoun-

tended family.

tered her immediately noticed her beaming

Parthemos (left), Desch (right) and Anita Grymes Towell, who taught both of Collegiate’s Distinguished Alumni Award honorees three decades apart.

Kate Parthemos and Toby Desch after being recognized for their service at an alumni meeting in the fall.

When he stepped down in June to become the organization’s director of development, UP

countenance and helpful hand. That said, she performed much of her work

RVA, his masterpiece whose “UP” stands for

well behind the scenes, both literally and figura-

“Unlimited Potential” and whose budget is $1.1

tively, which is exactly the way she preferred it.

million, had 30 students currently enrolled in

With her legendary organizational skills

five schools, including Collegiate, and 19 of its

and willingness to undertake even the most

graduates attending 14 different colleges.

mundane task, she coordinated facility use

Desch has left an indelible mark on UP

with Collegiate faculty and staff as well as out-

RVA families. Now, he’ll carry his life experi-

side organizations, scheduled events, served as

ence, expertise and dedication to serving the

box office manager, marked seats in Oates The-

underserved to his new role as Director of

ater, schlepped equipment to the Grover Jones

Community Relations and Redevelopment for

Field for school-wide events, sewed costumes

Church Hill North Holdings, an organization

for plays and on and on and on.

whose altruistic, humanitarian mission is to

In retirement, she’s been no less busy and, like many retirees, wonders when she actually

bring greatly needed resources to Richmond’s East End.

had time to work. In addition to assisting with Pageant and Commencement, she’s dedicated much of her energy to serving the underserved through the food pantry at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Desch knows that he’s possessed of a strong social conscience and a heart of gold. In June 2014, he left his position as Collegiate’s Upper School Student Life Coordinator and undefeated JV football coach to found UP RVA, a non-profit organization

supporting

students

Richmond’s

East End in their quest to attend local

I never thought I’d even be nominated for an award like this. It’s beyond humbling to actually be honored with it.”

independent schools. To say that his move was an enormous leap of faith is an understatement. The first year, UP RVA, operating with a budget of $100,000, placed seven 9th Grade students in four schools. Through his care, compassion, empathy and unwavering enthusiasm, his creation gained support and momentum and began to grow in ways that he could hardly have imagined.

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ALUMNI COME TOGETHER ON

REUNION WEEKEND Cougars brought the green-and-gold spirit for Reunion Weekend. For alumni whose graduation years end in a three or eight, individual class reunion parties were offered around campus.

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CLASS OF 1978

CLASS OF 1983

CLASS OF 1988

CLASS OF 1993

CLASS OF 1973

CLASS OF 1998

CLASS OF 2003

CLASS OF 2008 AND 2013

CLASS OF 2018

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LEARNING

Traveling the continent in a travel trailer, Shelly Cox ’86 has learned a lot about herself.

demands, Cox pictured herself

the idea of saying goodbye to ev-

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the day-to-day. “I fell in love with

OR THE L AST THREE YEARS,

three days, they’ve had enough,

erything that I had known,” Cox

home has been wherever

aim their silver bullet of a home

says. “I had recently lost a lot of

Shelly Cox ’86 and her hus-

down an uncluttered stretch of

family members — everyone in

road, and move on.

my family, really — except for my

band Tracy Waldon decide to park

Photograph courtesy of Brenda Akers.

floating above the pressures of

their Airstream travel trailer.

Heavy with the burdens of life

son. I had a lot of responsibilities,

Sometimes home is within the

— the rigors of work, the pain of

and a very, very full life of being

Chugach National Forest, in Alas-

losing loved ones — Cox dreamt

busy and weighted down with

ka. Sometimes it’s in Wisconsin,

of getting away. When she first

these responsibilities.”

parked among a whispering patch

met Waldon, back in 2015, he was

Then, in November 2019,

of grass beside Lake Superior.

planning a retirement of travel-

Waldon received an unexpected

Maybe they stay for three weeks.

ing the country in an Airstream.

opportunity to retire, and the

They could also decide that, after

Imagining a life free of daily

shape of their journey began to

Together, within those 200 square feet, they balance what Cox calls the physical and intellectual demands of the road. Their intimacy has been accelerated by proximity. Cox and Waldon prefer to boondock, which means they tend to set up their quarters entirely off the grid, with no one around, in places that are not neatly manicured campgrounds. Sustaining this preference, she’s learned, requires scrupulous attention to detail. For the sake of efficiency and personal space, they’ve learned that it’s best to divide tasks. Waldon handles the logistics of the travel and all things mechanical, and Cox secures everything inside the Airstream before each departure. Boondocking forces them to supply their own sources of electricity, waste disposal and clean water resources. They work together to hook and unhook the hitch attaching their Airstream to their red Ram diesel truck; Cox has had to learn to work with electrical tools and read the meters they use to monitor their systems. Their life is loose, but the stakes are still high; their world is their take a more solid form. They

They embarked with a loose

her husband. When they first hit

trailer, and it needs to be handled

sold Waldon’s house, almost all

plan, not a rigid itinerary; such

the road, exploration manifested

with care. “In order to tow the Air-

of their belongings, and bought

structure would have been coun-

itself in two forms: exploring new

stream, we have to be very careful

their Airstream. Their life felt

terintuitive to the free-wheeling life

regions of the country and survey-

about where we go,” Cox explains.

weightless; small, but particu-

on wheels. They had destinations

ing this new nomadic variation of

“We can’t go on narrow roads or un-

lar. “I felt very free, like a bal-

— spend some time in the Keys, ex-

their relationship. The couple had

der low overpasses. We try to avoid

loon lifting into the air,” Cox

perience an Alaskan summer — but

dated for four years, and Waldon

interstates entirely. Everything

says. “I could just go. I had

their trips are plans of improvised

proposed just before they began

we do is done carefully because ev-

nothing holding me down any-

precision. Their next stop, their

their journey. “This new life of

erything we own is hitched behind

where. So that happened.” She

next home, is entirely up to them.

ours has been a crash course in

us. It’s a delicate matter.”

speaks with retrospective blasé,

Coincidently, their life on the

getting to know each other,” Cox

Cox is a vacationer on a trip

a contemplative casualty. So that

road began just as the first corona-

says. “It was all a whirlwind. Liv-

that never ends. She’s come to learn

happened. This is not out of apa-

virus lockdowns went into effect,

ing in a 200-square-foot trailer

that the most difficult aspect of

thy but instead comes from the

when the global mood was an ag-

makes for a real study in getting

this new life is the balance between

acute awareness that life, like

itated moan. Cox felt lucky to be

along, and I think we’ve been very

enjoying the endless vacation and

the tires on a track, rolls on.

outside of all that, isolated with

successful. I’m proud of that.”

navigating the challenging logis-

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tics that come with sustaining the

they’re not there anymore, so

sometimes lonely road requires a

trip. “The balance now is not home,

there’s no one to tell,” Cox says. “I

search inward. “It’s so trite, but

family work,” she says. “Now it’s

think through the lens of the peo-

it’s true that, no matter how as-

enjoying nature and making sure

ple I miss. My sister had wanted

tounding the places are that I vis-

we can safely and comfortably be in

to live on a boat and didn’t get to

it, I’m still sitting with myself at

a place that allows us to enjoy our

live that dream, and so I feel like

the end of the day, thinking about

surroundings. I’ve had to learn a

I’m doing this a little bit for her.

all the things I’ve been through in

new set of skills. I’ve had to learn

One of my mom’s favorite things

my life,” Cox says. “It’s up to me

how to live in this capsule. I’ve had to learn how to enjoy nature while under this pressure of figuring out how to get out into it. ” One might look at Cox’s life on the road as an easy escape to freedom. No mortgage. No yard work. No boss to answer to. But complete freedom has its own constraints. Each day holds something unexpected; there is no routine to hold on to, no familiar face that she doesn’t have to meet for the first time. Even a trip to the grocery store requires her to punch an address into Google Maps. Every day is new, and that newness can be exhausting. She’s discovered that you need a little banality to keep your bearings. “It’s like being a perpetual stranger in a strange land. Everything is always new, and we’re always strangers there,” Cox says. “It’s not only that I miss

Shelly Cox ’86 and her husband Tracy Waldon.

my friends a lot, but I also miss that person you know that you can say hello to at the register at CVS.” On the road constantly, she

to do when traveling was some-

to make myself happy. I’m travel-

finds it hard to connect. To doc-

thing she called grinning at the

ing the world, but I’m also like a

ument her travels and keep her

groceries. No matter what exotic

nun in a cloister. In the end, it’s

friends apprised of where she

place she was in she loved going

just me.”

is, she began blogging about her

to the grocery store to look at all

Still having fun, she is no lon-

journey (https://www.goingdown-

the food that was unusual. I have

ger as effusive as she once was

theroadfeelinggrand.com/). A re-

found myself thinking about them

about the trip. And that, she says,

curring feature of Cox’s writing

more than I ever had. Because I’m

is just fine. She’s learned that, no

is her expressions of longing. She

imagining how much they would

matter where you are in the world

has a section of her blog where

enjoy this.”

or what you’re doing under the

she gives herself space to reflect

At the beginning of the trip,

vast blue sky, joy takes work. So, if

on her family. She imagines writ-

she thought travel would remake

you ask her how she maintains her

ing to the people she can no longer

her — that she’d reach the exhil-

happiness, she’ll tell you, with a

speak to, her words an attempt to

aration that she figured revealed

smile: “That’s a work in progress.”

reduce a separation greater than

necessary knowledge. The places

any distance. “I often find that

she would go, she thought, would

I would like to be telling family

give her insight. But now she re-

members about my travels, but

alizes that to find comfort on the

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CLASS NOTES

No matter where our life takes us beyond North Mooreland Road, we are always uniquely connected by our time spent at Collegiate School. Class Notes offers a bridge leading toward that shared bond between fellow alumni.

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1961 Elizabeth “Bette” Robertson died May 16, 2023.

1964

which is about an hour and a

motorcycle club and a yearly

Lyme Action, which is focused

half from London. She wore her

music festival we affectionately

on growing federal funding for

grandmother’s 100-year-old dress

call ‘Tri-Palooza.’ Kim is taking

Lyme- and tick-borne diseases.

to the event, where she won the

daily exercise classes and has

They have about 2,000 advocates

costume contest for “best flapper.”

been traveling the world and

around the United States who

hiking. Life is good as we enter

come to their fly-in and talk to

this next stage of life!”

members of Congress. Since 2019,

John Butterworth IV,

the advocates have successfully

who attended Collegiate but

Barbara Culpepper Townsend

graduated from Freeman High

In May 2023, Nell Goddin and

increased federal funding

became a great grandmother to

School and who was the brother

Elizabeth Woodroof Cogar

by $282 million.

Heidi, daughter of Ashlyn and

of Ann Butterworth ’75 and

spent a week in Nice, France.

Drake Taylor, in August. Heidi

Elizabeth Butterworth

They visited Picasso, Matisse and

The Class of 1980 girls have met

is the granddaughter of Tiffany

Stutts ’81, died June 9, 2023.

Gauguin museums, ate delicious

up in lots of fun spots this year for

food, shopped, walked all over the

belly laughs and to rehash old high

city and spent time by the sea.

school stories that never get old.

Townsend Taliaferro ’87. “I just wish Heidi and family lived closer than Tifton, Georgia,” she says. Barbara also loved getting together with classmate Estelle Munford Call this summer in Duck, North Carolina. “Estelle and I hope to make this an annual event and hope more classmates can join us next year to celebrate our 60th reunion,”

1973 Janet Northen Patterson shares that, on April 21, she was inducted into the North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. Founded in 1981 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Hall of Fame celebrates those with ties to the

They realized that it was 50 years ago that they were part of the first student trip Helen Tanner took to France — a homestay program in Perros-Guirec, Brittany and visits to the chateaux in the Loire Valley and to Paris.

1983 Owen Inge Conway began her new position as Chief Deputy Clerk in the Henrico County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, supervising the Criminal Section, in January 2023. She

state of North Carolina who

1980

impact, inspire and advance the

Ginger Howard Schiffner and

her first grandchild, Virginia

professions and communities they

her husband Mark welcomed

Carter Hodges, born February

serve in the fields of media

their fourth grandchild, a

2023 to daughter and son-in-law

and journalism.

grandson, on Aug. 18.

Catherine and Harrison.

the southeast after 26 years in

Lyn Graybill writes, “I served

Rob and Clair Hamner had a

Hawaii and two near Seattle. “My

as an election observer with

fantastic rafting trip down the

1989

Springer Spaniel, Angus, and I

the Carter Center in Sierra

length of the mighty Colorado.

moved to Charlotte to be close

Leone for its presidential and

They spent two weeks camping

to my daughter, Mercer ’95,”

parliamentary elections in June

and hiking in the Grand Canyon

Barnes says.

2023. While I was in the country, I

during the summer’s historic

was able to catch up with some of

heat dome, where temperatures

Margaret Street

my former students from Fourah

surpassed 120 degrees daily.

Heflin died

Bay College whom I had taught

Days were filled with treks, cool

Sept. 12, 2023.

in 2009 and 2010.”

canyons, yoga on the beach,

she shares.

1965 Hal Barnes shares that it was

is also thrilled to announce

finally time to move back to

navigating challenging rapids

1967 David Hull died Oct. 6, 2023.

1977 George Mack is happy to report that after 34 years of working for the Department of Defense

1969 James Pollard, who went to Collegiate but graduated from Freeman High School, died July 19, 2023.

1972 Mary D. Bennett Ellison was recently invited by Patsy Arnett to travel to Highclere Castle,

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in Tidewater Virginia, he has fully retired and moved to the Denver, North Carolina area just northwest of Charlotte. “Kim and I are enjoying retired life in our new location at Trilogy on Lake Norman,” he writes. “I am running three events here in the neighborhood — Wednesday night Cornhole tournaments,

and more. Sally Smithson Wolfe and her husband Ken enjoy skipping town more frequently to adventurous places around the world. This year, it was Mexico City in January, Montreal for the Jazz Festival and then Thanksgiving in Paris! Bonnie Crater and her brother Jeff ’83 started an advocacy organization called Center for

Emily Hilbert DuBose has recently started a nonprofit called The LightHouseRVA. “Our mission at The LightHouseRVA is to create a safe, loving community where women in recovery and volunteers alike find joy, healing, hope and empowerment to take their next best step,” she writes. “We do this by providing meaningful opportunities to nurture relationships and connection with vital resources both in house and in the community.”

1990 Jennifer Ruth and Erin Jewett ’94 share that Cougars gathered at the Virginia International Raceway for the IMSA weather tech sportscar championship. Fun was had by all!

9 1. Barbara Culpepper Townsend ’64 became a great grandmother to Heidi, daughter of Ashlyn and Drake Taylor, in August.

2. Barbara Culpepper Townsend ’64 loved getting together with classmate Estelle Munford Call ’64 this summer in Duck, North Carolina.

8. Bonnie Crater ’80 and her brother Jeff ’83 started an advocacy organization called Center for Lyme Action, which is focused on growing federal funding for Lyme- and tick-borne diseases.

4. Mary D. Bennett Ellison ’72 was recently invited by Patsy Arnett to travel to Highclere Castle. She wore her grandmother’s 100-year-old dress to the event.

9. The Class of 1980 girls have met up in lots of fun spots this year for belly laughs and to rehash old high school stories that never get old. Pictured here, when Kate Coldwell ’80 visited from California: Laura Yancy Peery ’80, Kate Coldwell ’80, Patricia Hobson Hunter ’80, Kathleen Overton ’80 and Lisa Houlgrave ’80.

5. Janet Northen Patterson ’73 was inducted into the North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame.

10. Emily Hilbert DuBose ’89 has recently started a nonprofit called The LightHouseRVA.

6. Ginger Howard Schiffner ’80 and her husband Mark welcomed their fourth grandchild on Aug. 18.

11. Jennifer Ruth ’90 and Erin Jewett ’94 had fun gathering with fellow Cougars at the Virginia International Raceway for the IMSA weather tech sportscar championship.

3. Hal Barnes ’65 moved back to the southeast with her dog after 26 years in Hawaii and two near Seattle.

7. Clair Hamner ’80 had a fantastic rafting trip down the length of the mighty Colorado with her husband Rob.

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1991 Anya Schwender ’94 writes, “Dreams came true for this Collegiate crew when they got

she will get her masters (LCSW)

visa was approved and his dad

Community,” she writes. “We are

to become a licensed therapist

was able to bring his wife and

also excited to be back on the East

upon her graduation in 2025.

three daughters. Somebody from

Coast closer to all of our family

my church, who is a local realtor,

now that we have a one year old!”

to see Jack Hopewell, son of

2001

Peter Hopewell, star in the

Collegiate alumni Warren

touring production of Jesus Christ

Hunter, Jeff Dunnington,

Superstar in Norfolk.”

Hunter Powell and Brock Saunders ’02 enjoyed catching

1994 Erin Jewett writes that “it

up last spring.

was a Cougar party at Virginia

2002

International Raceway with lots

Several Collegiate graduates

of Cougar alums in attendance!”

and parents seeded the Conserve the Future Fund at Community

1997 On July 25, 2023, Grace Turner Creasey was elected to serve as the President of the Virginia Board of Education for a term of two years. Grace has been serving on the Virginia State Board of Education since her appointment by Governor Glenn Youngkin in July 2022. In addition to her volunteer work on the Virginia Board of Education, Grace has served in a professional capacity as the Executive Director of the Virginia Council for Private

season at Lehigh University on Aug. 25. “It was special to see Libby and Hallie reconnect,” Toby says. “Hallie is a star on the field, and her team secured a 5-2 victory.” Bryson Powell had fun catching up with friends over Easter weekend. The classmates enjoyed being together while their children played.

2000

PhD program in 2020 and am currently a second year

2003 Hunter Powell gathered with friends as a spring family event. “It was good to catch up with classmates and their kids,”

Endocrinology fellow at UNC. My husband Matthew Tucci and I were married on Nov. 12, 2021, in Chapel Hill. Bridesmaids included Amy Matson ’10, Kate

to see several classmates who are

Thalhimer Silverstein,

Connor Allen and his wife Paige

Katherine Thalhimer

recently welcomed twin boys,

Adamson ’96, Elizabeth

Wells and Reed. The Allen family

Thalhimer Smartt ’94, Ann

lives in Madrid, Spain.

Markel Samford ’72, Jim Klaus ’82 and Graham Evarts P ’28 ’33 serve this committeeadvised fund, which has given more than $600,000 since 2018. Meredith Hurst Marschke and husband Ken welcomed their 21, 2022. He joins three-year-old a Senior Interior Designer with AD100 firm Virginia Tupker Interiors in Darien, Connecticut. Seth Lotts writes, “I helped my former interpreter, Rahmat Khan Sail, extract 15 of his family members from Afghanistan. First, we looked to get them on flights from various NGOs, non-profits or humanitarian assistance organizations. Once that didn’t pan out, we got them visas to Iran, then to Brazil. Through a GoFundMe, I was able to raise about $25k to help purchase plane tickets from Tehran to Rio De Janiero. Many teachers and

Amy Lemons moved back to

alumni donated. Michael Gottwald

Richmond last year and started

was my highest donor. Recently,

her second year at VCU, where

Sail’s dad’s special immigration

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graduated from UNC’s MD-

the United States.”

2004

big brother Henry. Meredith is

State field hockey team open their

Brooke Matson writes, “I

least Brazil; five have made it to

environmental projects. Christie

Richmond to support local

1998 Hallie Brost ’21, and Hallie’s Ohio

Virginia. All have made it to at

Hoover Goerold and Laura

second son Mason Carroll on Nov.

Henry ’35 to see Libby’s Senior,

at a discount price in Blacksburg,

he writes.

Foundation for a Greater

Education since 2017.

Toby Long took Libby ’33 and

rented to them a nice townhouse

2006 Maverick Costin McGeorge was born on Aug. 15 to parents Jeannie Costin McGeorge and Greg McGeorge ’01. He was welcomed by proud older siblings Rory ’35, Ki ’37 and two-year-old Dean.

2007

Anderson Kirby. I enjoy getting also in the Triangle area!” Brooke Stallings Humphrey and husband Joe welcomed their daughter Eliza Brooke Humphrey on June 19, 2023.

2009 Caroline Rayner celebrated the release of her first poetry book, The Moan Wilds, in May 2023. Published by Shabby Doll House, The Moan Wilds consists of one long poem. Ocean Vuong says, “Steeped in the hybrid and maximalist tradition of C.D.

Berkeley Robins McQuiddy

Wright, Bernadette Mayer and

and her husband, Scott, welcomed

Alice Notley, The Moan Wilds

Carter Robins McQuiddy to the

nevertheless forges a path so

family on Aug. 8, 2023.

inimitable it becomes the very thumbprint of its author, which to

Eric Barley writes, “After

me is the crowning achievement

more than 10 years in Colorado,

of any book worth its salt. Here

my family and I made the move

Rayner has produced an indelible

from Denver to Raleigh. We’re

and unforgettable voice, full of

looking forward to being back

heart, intelligence, hunger and

east and reconnecting with

a wildness that shakes us into

Cougars in the area!”

new, hallucinatory order. In other words, it’s awesome.”

Lindsay Haw McLaughlin and her husband Collin and daughter

Elizabeth Mason married

Maddi moved back to Richmond

Michael Foster at Historic

after spending the past six years

Tuckahoe on Sept. 29, 2023.

in Fort Worth, Texas. “I have been named Director of Admissions at The Steward School and I am thrilled to join the Spartan

1. Peter Hopewell ’91 and other Collegiate alumni got the chance to see Peter’s son Jack star in the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Norfolk. Pictured from left to right: Anya Schwender ’94, former math teacher Jeanette Welsh, former French teacher Christiane Rimbault, Jack Hopewell, Jill Witty ’94 and Ravenna Evarts ’28. 2. Hallie Brost’s ’21 Kindergarten buddy, Libby Long ’33, visited Hallie to watch her Ohio State field hockey team open their season at Lehigh University. 3. Bryson Powell ’98 had fun catching up with friends over Easter weekend. The classmates enjoyed being together while their children played. 4. Several Collegiate graduates and parents seeded the Conserve the Future Fund at Community Foundation for a Greater

Richmond to support local environmental projects. Christie Thalhimer Silverstein, Katherine Thalhimer Adamson ’96, Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt ’94, Ann Markel Samford ’72, Jim Klaus ’82 and Graham Evarts P ’28 ’33 serve this committee-advised fund.

9. Maverick Costin McGeorge was born on Aug. 15 to parents Jeannie Costin McGeorge ’06 and Greg McGeorge ’01.

5. Collegiate alumni Warren Hunter ’01, Jeff Dunnington ’01, Hunter Powell ’01 and Brock Saunders ’02 enjoyed catching up last spring.

10. Berkeley Robins McQuiddy ’07 and her husband, Scott, welcomed Carter Robins McQuiddy to the family.

6. Meredith Hurst Marschke ’02 and husband Ken welcomed their second son Mason Carroll.

11. Brooke Matson ’07 graduated from UNC’s MDPhD program in 2020 and married Matthew Tucci on Nov. 12, 2021, in Chapel Hill.

7. Seth Lotts ’02 helped his former interpreter, Rahmat Khan Sail, extract 15 of his family members from Afghanistan. 8. Members of the Class of 2003 enjoyed an evening of fellowship at the Commonwealth Club. Pictured from left to right: Critter Morgan ’03, Will Allen ’03, Noah Greenbaum

’03, Jeff Mullen ’03, Jack Parrish ’03, Reilly Marchant ’03, and Richard Cullen ’03.

12. Brooke Stallings Humphrey ’07 and husband Joe welcomed their daughter Eliza Brooke Humphrey. 13. Caroline Rayner ’09 celebrated the release of her first poetry book, The Moan Wilds, in May 2023.

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8 1. Alex Newsome ’10 and Kelli added a new addition to the family in February. Alex completed nine years of Army service in May and started a new career with Nucor Steel as a Project Engineer. 2. Ann Cameron Barr ’10 and her husband Matt welcomed son Julian in July. 3. Cabell Willis ’10 married Victoria Busse, of Memphis, in Washington, D.C. 4. Walker Surgner ’11 and Will Banning were married on Nov. 19, 2022, in Richmond.

5. Alden Conner Gregory ’12 got married this October. Pictured with fellow Collegiate 2012 alumni from left to right: Katie O’Connor ’12, Charlie Whittaker ’12, Alden Conner Gregory ’12, Maura De Grijs Simpson ’12, Corey Malone-Smolla ’12, Sarah Romer and Will Hart ’12. 6. Guido Scruggs ’14 has been nominated in the Forbes “30 Under 30.” 7. Cindy Spratley ’15 and Will Cavin were married on Saturday July 23, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia. 8. Emily Bland Burkitt ’15, daughter of Laura Bland and Michael Bland ’83, married Hunter Burkitt at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.

9. Cristina Muncy ’17, Anne Miller ’16 and James Londrey ’16 transitioned into clinical care in their third year at the VCU School of Dentistry. 10. Evan Justice ’17 was called up to the MLB Colorado Rockies on Aug. 25, 2023. He made his pitching debut against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. 11. Scotty Ruth ’22 and other Cougars reunited in Athens for the UGA versus USC football game.

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2010

2015

Alex Newsome writes, “Kelli

Cindy Spratley and Will

and I added a new addition

Cavin were married on

to the family (Kennedy) in

Saturday July 23, 2022, in

February. I completed nine

Richmond, Virginia.

years of Army service in May, and I started my new career

On Sept. 23, 2023, Emily

with Nucor Steel as a Project

Bland Burkitt, daughter of

Engineer this past June.”

Laura Bland and Michael

IN MEMORIAM Our condolences are offered to these members of the Collegiate family.

Bland ’83, married Hunter Ann Cameron Barr and her

Burkitt at First Presbyterian

husband Matt welcomed son

Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Julian in July.

The reception was held at the Country Club of Virginia. Many

On a rainy Friday afternoon in

Collegiate alumni were there to

April, Cabell Willis married

celebrate, and a great time was

Victoria Busse, of Memphis,

had by all.

These notices were received as of Oct. 10, 2023. This In Memoriam section is taken from printed obituaries, which may be edited for space. Please contact our office if the information is incomplete. The information included is compiled from our database, which is continually updated. To submit a condolence, email spark@collegiate-va.org.

in Washington, D.C. at Christ Episcopal Church, Georgetown. Evans Richards ’11 stood as the best man and fellow Cougars Wes Butler, West Cuthbert, Logan McCann Scott Newton ’12 and Rob Spratley also attended the celebration. The newlyweds are moving to Argentina for the next two years.

2011

2017 Evan Justice was called up to the MLB Colorado Rockies on Aug. 25, 2023. He made his pitching debut against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards Aug. 26, 2023 in front of many Cougars! Cristina Muncy, Anne Miller ’16 and James Londrey ’16 transitioned into

Walker Surgner and Will

clinical care in their third year

Banning were married on

at the VCU School of Dentistry,

Nov. 19, 2022, in Richmond.

where they will begin to help

Collegiate alums Kate

create healthy and beautiful

Surgner ’17, Morgan

smiles for their patients. They

Baggesen, Georgia Beazley

all stand together as friends

’17, Reeves Surgner ’14 and

since Kindergarten.

Tucker Surgner ’19 were all part of the wedding party. Matson Roberts and his wife Elizabeth welcomed their first child, Katherine “Kaki,” in May.

2012 Congratulations to Alden Conner Gregory for getting married this October.

2014

2022 Scotty Ruth writes, “Cougars reunite in Athens for the UGA versus USC football game.”

Maryann Cartabiano,

Douglas Chapman, father of

grandmother of Jessica

Stuart Chapman Roberts ’77

Buseck Poole ’06, Jaclyn

and Mason Chapman ’84, and

Buseck Davis ’07, Nicholas

grandmother of Chap Roberts

Buseck ’09 and Victoria

‘12, Tyler Roberts ’14 and

Buseck ’12, died June 7, 2023.

Mason Chapman ’22, died July 6, 2023.

George “Ron” Grubbs Jr., husband of Kim Gentil ’72,

Halford Hayes, a former

and brother-in-law of Kenneth

teacher at Collegiate, died

Gentil ’68, Stevens Gentil ’70

July 7, 2023.

and Dorothy “Boo” Gentil ’72, died June 12, 2023.

B. David Peck, father of Dan Peck ’85, Mitchell Peck ’87,

Rita Liles, grandmother of

Joshua Peck, father-in-law

Claudia Eck ’15 and Cole

of Suzanne Kitces Peck ’96,

Eck ’17, died June 12, 2023.

grandfather of Rachel Peck ’25 and Sophia Peck ’28, died

Mary Louise Rosypal, mother

July 8, 2023.

of Manya Rosypal Saunders ’93 and Alexa Rosypal von

Robert Deal, father of Robert

Dohlen ’96, died June 12, 2023.

Deal ’87 and Michelle Deal Lewis ’89, died July 17, 2023.

Kathleen Hefty, sister of Brendan Hefty ’96, died

Cora Salzberg, mother of

June 29, 2023.

David Salzberg ’90, died July 19, 2023.

Sam Graham, grandfather of Emily Graham Teeter ’00

Shelley Birnbaum, mother of

Guido Scruggs has been

and Carter Graham Holt ’03,

Zach Birnbaum ’07, died

nominated in the Forbes “30

died July 2, 2023.

July 22, 2023.

Under 30.”

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IN MEMORIAM

CONTINUED

Thomas Bondurant, father of

and grandfather of Ben Pace ’22,

John Pender, grandfather of

the competitive camaraderie of

Leigh Bondurant Babaian ’98

Malcolm Pace ’24, McCullough

Emily Beggerow ’26 and

high school athletics. He leaves

and Ginnie Bondurant Price,

Campbell ’21 and Randolph

Chason Beggerow ’28, died

behind a lasting impact on

grandfather of Mac Price ’35 and

Campbell ’24, Liv Randolph

Sept. 4, 2023.

alumni, faculty and staff, the

Gracie Price ’37, died

’28 and Mac Randolph ’31, died

July 26, 2023.

Aug. 14, 2023.

Richmond community and earned Dan Bartels, former STEAM

widespread respect from other

Coordinator and Robotics program

independent schools.

Melvin Roach, grandfather of

Robert Hill, husband of

leader and father of Izzy Bartels

The lives he transformed

Jacob Herring ’21, died

Nancy Thomas Hill ’52,

’22 and Dylan Bartels ’29, died

through his wisdom, care and

July 31, 2023.

died Aug. 20, 2023.

Sept. 6, 2023.

support are what will live on in

Robert Withro, husband of

Barbara Sauer, grandmother

Malcolm Christian, father of Mike

Margaret Patterson Withrow

of Ben Sauer ’08, died

Christian ’73, Bill Christian ’78

Henry Valentine, grandfather

’59, died Aug. 3, 2023

Aug. 27, 2023.

and Beth Christian Miller ’80,

of Assistant Athletic Director

and grandfather of Liza Miller

Bart Farinholt, died Sept. 21, 2023.

his memory.

Eric Jacobson, father of Leif

Richard Shannon, father of Jane

’18 and Christian Miller ’22,

Jacobson ’98, died Aug. 4, 2023.

Shannon Newman ’78 and

died Sept. 6, 2023.

Beverley Shannon Crosby ’83,

Elizabeth Seaman, mother of

Carter Pollard, sister of Marion

grandfather of Sydnor Newman

Georgene Kaufman, grandmother

Mary Seaman Sarkes ’80 and

Smith Chenault ’62, died

’07, brother of Patsy Shannon

of Oliver Rader ’33, died

Katherine Seaman ’82, died

Aug. 5, 2023

Blair ’47, and uncle of Charlie

Sept. 16, 2023.

Oct. 4, 2023.

Blair, died Aug. 29, 2023. Richard Reynolds, father of Anne

Robert Sandford, grandfather of Bo Morano ’21 and Ted Morano

Doris Thompson, mother of Upper

Reynolds Robertson ’77 and

’23, Aug. 6, 2023

School science teacher Leigh

Katherine Reynolds Barsness

Thompson, died Aug. 30, 2023.

’78, died Sept. 18, 2023.

of Marshall Agee ’07 and Tyler

Douglas Monroe Jr., grandfather

Dennis O’Toole, grandfather of

Agee ’09, and great grandfather

of Reilly Monroe ’02, Taylor

Katherine O’Toole ’25, died

of Beckett Agee ’36 and

Monroe ’05 and Molly Monroe

Sept. 19, 2023.

Katherine Page Agee ’37,

McDonald ’08, and great-

died Aug. 12, 2023.

grandfather to Read Monroe ’34,

Beth Tracy, former Lower

Larkin Monroe ’36 and Robbie

School music teacher for 38 years

Monroe ’36, Aug. 31, 2023.

and mother of Bart Tracy ’04,

Frederick Jarratt, grandfather

Van’Meshia Proctor, employee

died Sept. 19, 2023.

of Collegiate’s transportation department, died Aug. 12, 2023. Garland Campbell, father of

Thomas Smith, grandfather of Elizabeth Seward ’25, died

Charlie McFall, former Athletic

Sept. 3, 2023.

Director and father of Martha Gray McFall McKinney ’94

employee Carroll Campbell, died Aug. 14, 2023.

Nancy Dykers, mother of

and Chuck McFall ’98, died

Patricia Dykers Koenig ’72,

Sept. 21, 2023.

Malcolm Randolph, father of

A. Woods Dykers ’74,

Olivia Randolph Waters ’87,

Thomas M. Dykers ’77 and

a celebration of life in Coach

Margaret Randolph Pace ’90,

Jane Dykers Kauder ’81, died

McFall’s honor. Always placing an

Beverly Randolph Campbell

Sept. 4, 2023.

emphasis on sportsmanship and

’92 and Malcolm Randolph Jr.,

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In November, Collegiate held

kindness, Coach McFall embodied

ALUMNI Elizabeth “Bette” Robertson ’61 Margaret Street Heflin ’65 David Hull ’67 James Pollard ’69 John Butterworth IV ’72

Remembering Daniel Bartels By Jay Macdonald ’22

Former TORCH 5804 team member Jay Macdonald ’22 reflects on the life and influence of the late Middle and Upper School STEAM Coordinator and Robotics Program Leader Daniel Bartels.

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y first time meeting Daniel Bartels was during the 2017 steamwork robotics season kickoff. It was a weekend. I was there because my father and I heard there would be free food in the library. I had no idea that it was a robotics event; I just knew there was free food. I walked in, a young, wide-eyed Middle Schooler, and Bartels walked up to me and asked who I was and why I was there, to which I responded, “I heard there was food.” Bartels laughed and told me I could eat all the pizza I wanted if I helped out and read some rules for the new robotics game. And so that’s what I did. I like to say that Bartels saw me that day and grabbed me and designated me as a “robotics kid.” I adopted that designation proudly. Now, I don’t remember the year when this happened, but one Saturday morning, with the main crew for TORCH, I walked into the lab to work on the robot and Bartels was already there, which was not uncommon. However, he was wearing very similar clothes to what he had been wearing the day prior, and all the whiteboards in the room were filled with equations and Greek letters, and an episode of Stranger Things was on the projector. I proceeded to ask, “Bartels, what are you doing?” He replied, “Someone last night published their work related to energy data, so I stayed here and started plugging it in to some of my favorite black hole equations, and I’m getting some pretty interesting stuff.” You could say that we were all shocked by what he just said, but also it did not surprise anyone. I think about that memory quite a bit. In that moment I knew that I got to hang out and spend time with one of the coolest people on the planet. That memory of Bartels is really something special to me. As it has been said before, Bartels was not afraid to not only be himself, but also be the best version of himself. Whenever I try to tell my college friends about the person he was, I always start with that story. At that moment, I knew that he was just entirely different, but I also desperately wanted to be him. Like, how cool is it to even have “favorite black hole equations” and the ability to use and manipulate them and understand them? The memory really shows who he was and who he loved to be, and I strive to imitate him.

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When I was a student at Collegiate, I took Bartels’s engineering class twice, and, not including the hundreds and hundreds of hours I spent with him on the robotics team, I got plenty of teaching from him. He was always, with rare exception, investing in the future of science and STEM. While hard to believe, robotics was never his top priority; it was the people helping build the robot. He was always invested in who was going to be there long after he was gone. He was always so eager and open minded when it came to projects or ideas, and he always made sure that if someone wanted to participate they got their chance. He helped students grow ideas into real working prototypes and mechanisms, and he helped kids get excited about what they wanted to do. He truly had mastered what it meant to teach.

I give almost all credit to Bartels when it comes to what I want to do in college and professionally. If it was not for the FIRST Robotics program, the TORCH program at Collegiate and Bartles himself, I highly doubt that I would have pursued engineering in college. Bartles made STEAM look cool and fun, and he gave me a role model that I could look up to. He challenged me, helped me and left me alone when I needed to figure it out on my own. Before I joined TORCH, I wanted to be a chef, which I think should tell you all you need to know. During my time on the robotics team, I helped us win the four blue winners banners, which now hang in the robotics lab. I spent hundreds — if not thousands — of hours in that lab, cafeteria or external space working on the robot. I have countless memories and mental souvenirs from the team and from that space in the North Science building. Bartels was the team. He was that space — crowded, cramped, messy, intriguing, inspiring, curious, mysterious, bright, inviting, loved. When I look back on my time with the team, I find myself missing that space more than anything else. In that space, I was important, I was somebody, I was a part of something, I was made smarter and I was liked. Bartles made that space into a safe haven to really nerd out with people. I think about the late nights we were rushing repairs or trying to quickly prototype something, or playing late night music while quietly doing all the work that needed to be done. I remember setting up the pit to practice for competitions, or cursing out everyone while hurting myself trying to wire the robot. It was my favorite place on campus, and it was all thanks to Bartels.

“ While hard to believe, robotics was never his top priority; it was the people helping build the robot. He was always invested in who was going to be there long after he was gone.”

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Cougie, couched within the infamous green-and-gold bathtub used for Ton of Coins and waiting for the parade of students to stop by with their cups of change, celebrating Collegiate’s annual coin drive that was held in October.