CRMS Magazine Winter 2023-24 (22-23 Impact Report)

IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2022-23

Letter from the Board of Trustees President

For 70 years, Colorado Rocky Mountain School has been fulfilling John and Anne Holden’s vision of teaching young people with an enthusiasm for learning and a spirit of adventure.

While circumstances have certainly changed across the past seven decades, the fundamental mission, values, and philosophy of a Colorado Rocky Mountain School education—what I like to think of as the “CRMS DNA”—has not.

Today, as it was when I was a student, the core of the CRMS education is community and connection. A community where individuals feel they are welcome, supported, and belong. A sense of connection with one another that is authentic and personal, not one reliant upon devices and social media. When a student feels part of a community and connected with others, they will be more receptive to challenges and willing to push themselves beyond where they feel safe or comfortable. It is in this space where true growth happens.

Today, CRMS continues to embody the Holdens’ innovative approach to education and, organizationally, the school is in the strongest position it’s ever been. My colleagues on the Board of Trustees are engaged and passionate stewards of the school’s governance. Our enrollment figures are steady, meeting optimal enterprise size year over year. The long-serving faculty provide consistency and reliability. And our endowment ranks in the top five nationally for boarding schools with 200 or fewer students.

However, as strong as these indicators are, this is no time for complacency. In a constantly shifting and increasingly competitive independent school marketplace, we must continue to invest in our people, our programs, our facilities, and our endowment. This spring, the Board of Trustees prioritized improvements to the Barn and the Bar Fork that will better serve our community and create more opportunities for students to connect with their teachers and one another.

This 2022–23 Impact Report is a testament to the hundreds of individuals who share my conviction and passion for the mission of Colorado Rocky Mountain School. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I cannot understate how grateful we are to everyone listed in the following pages for their generosity and support of Colorado Rocky Mountain School. Without your dedication and commitment, Colorado Rocky Mountain School would not be in the position it is today to serve our students and continue to fulfill the Holdens’ vision for educating young people prepared to positively impact their world.

Sincerely,

Stan Wattles ’80

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2023-24 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Stan Wattles ’80, President Margaret (Mags) Miller ’90, Vice President Peggy Corcillo P’19, ’21, ’21, Treasurer Ravi Venkateswaran ’69, Secretary Eric Alden P’03 Chris Babbs P’88 Sean Bierle Garett Bjorkman ’06 Ellen Brooks P’23 Brian Davies P’19 Alicia Dewey P’22, ’26 Luke Falcone ’11 Mike Flax ’63 Emma Juniper ’03 Peter Louras, Jr. P’00 Dan Martinez ’77 Andrew Menke Johnny Richardson ’70 Cory Ritchie ’92, P’20 Ken Wanko P’24, ’26 HEAD OF SCHOOL Jeff Leahy | jleahy@crms.org

MISSION STATEMENT

Colorado Rocky Mountain School cultivates a learning environment in which students discover their potential to excel as individuals, contribute to their communities, and thoughtfully participate in the world we share.

VALUES

Respect Responsibility Excellence

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Mark Bell | mbell@crms.org DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL GIVING Tim O’Keefe | tokeefe@crms.org ALUMNI & PARENT RELATIONS MANAGER Danika Davis | ddavis@crms.org DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Shawn Gerum | sgerum@crms.org MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Beth Smith | bsmith@crms.org

Colorado Rocky Mountain School 500 Holden Way Carbondale, Colorado 81623 970.963.2562 | www.crms.org The CRMS Impact Report is published annually by Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

Cover photo: Dr. Jim Gaw ’64 working with student Caleb Imhoff ’25 in the chemistry lab COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

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Letter from the Head of School

Recently, I have been giving a lot of thought to how uncertain the future must feel to our current group of students at a time in their lives when so much is already taking place. The last few years have been turbulent and the world appears to be changing rapidly. Perhaps every generation encounters these moments where so much that was firm in our lives starts to untether, where the landscape we are traveling lacks the familiar markers. In the case of our teenagers, there seems to be a greater need for Colorado Rocky Mountain School than ever before, and under the current circumstances, we have a program that serves as a place where they can feel connected and valued, and in turn, supported in their growth and well-being.

While I remain confident that the skills that we provide for our CRMS students will continue to serve them well, I am increasingly interested in the attitudes that we are developing through our diverse and multifaceted program. As our students navigate their lives, they will encounter opportunities, challenges, and likely some discomfort. During their time at CRMS, they are given opportunities to practice how they will respond and confront these circumstances, and the outcome of this work is to develop the attitudes that will enable them to use the very skills we are teaching. These experiences not only offer personal growth for each student, but also the benefit of bringing value to their communities.

By having an attitude that does not shy away from what lies ahead, students are positioned to shape the learning environment for everyone on campus. When students actively participate in classrooms and bring their energy and enthusiasm to sports, work crews, and their daily lives, they are enhancing the experience for everyone. When John and Ann Holden envisioned the CRMS program, they wanted students to leave prepared to live a full and fulfilling adult life. While this outcome can take on many forms, one essential piece in the minds of the Holdens was that a student’s work and attention would be directed beyond themselves.

Because, “When we are serving others we can forget ourselves, our worries, our fears, and frustrations.”

As always, I want to thank all our donors for your generosity. You make the Holdens’ vision possible and provide the valuable resources that allow our faculty to teach our students these valuable attitudes.

Jeff Leahy

Head of School

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C R M S

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Reunite with classmates and faculty at Alumni Weekend, June 14-16, 2024 www.crms.org/alumni-weekend

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Tuco Williams ’26 in the shop during his woodworking Interim.

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2022-2023 School Year in Review

You helped make last school year an incredible success! Thanks to your support, CRMS students and faculty completed a year of learning that included challenging academic classes, outdoor trips, sports competitions, and a healthy campus community life.

OCTOBER

DECEMBER

Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine speaks on campus

Students showcase their work during winter visual and musical art show

Here are some highlights from the 2022-2023 school year:

AUGUST Garden harvests 14,000 lbs of organic produce for Bar Fork dining hall; beekeeping program starts

NOVEMBER 2022 Alumni Weekend welcomes alumni & faculty back to campus Oystermeister climb

JANUARY Family Weekend welcomes hundreds to campus for classes, meals, Coffee House concert, and OysterBASH auction 52 new students complete 10-day Wilderness orientation

SEPTEMBER

School breaks Giving Tuesday record with over $56,000 raised for programs in one day!

16 experiential Fall Trips engage students while biking, climbing, canoeing, kayaking, and backpacking 6

Full-day ski days on Wednesdays get community out on mountains

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FEBRUARY

Two-week Interim offers on- and offcampus experiences including trips to Mexico, Bahamas, southern U.S. and southwestern U.S.

Climb Team: Boys Varsity & JV and Girls JV Place 1st at State Championships

MAY

Bennett Jones ’23 receives Western Slope Conference Swimmer of the Year Award

Seniors complete 3-week learning projects from Carbondale to Kenya

Nordic skier Lucy Ingham ’24 wins Avery Mathieu ’04 Memorial Award

Makai Yllanes ’23 wins a prestigious Park Scholarship to Ithaca College

APRIL

JUNE

MARCH

Premiere of drama production “On Earth as it is in Hades” written by faculty member Olivia Pevec

Nordic skiers Nina Villafranco ’25 and Ben Oldham ’24 compete at Junior National Championships in Alaska COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

16 Spring Trips get students and faculty out backpacking, kayaking, biking, hiking, and climbing in the desert Southwest

58th Annual Scholarship Work Day mobilizes 135 student, faculty & parent volunteers working at 12 community sites, raising funds for CRMS scholarships

44 members of the Class of 2022 celebrate graduation with family and friends

[HS]2 summer program kicks off 17th year with 75 students on-campus for five weeks Alumni, families, and CRMS community bring 2022–23 CRMS Annual Fund to a close, raising over $855,000 to make all of these achievements possible!

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2022-23 By The Numbers

178 Students

53% 47%

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100%

States

College Acceptance

Boarding Students

Day Students

9

84

Countries

Students Receiving Tuition Assistance

United States of America

Bhutan

China

Vietnam

Kyrgyzstan of students awarded scholarships and/or financial aid totaling $3 million

Germany

8

Hong Kong

Mexico

Brazil

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Forging “Beasts” Sasha Fielder ’26

Your support encourages students to reach for new heights Sasha Fielder ’26 could have taken his love of learning to any boarding school in the world.

He chose Colorado Rocky Mountain School because its values align with his: love of learning, optimism, and being outdoors-focused.

“CRMS offers a lot of amazing opportunities that other schools don’t have,” explains Sasha.

“The small class sizes and close relationships with teachers also appealed to me.”

At CRMS, faculty members Dan Pittz and Matt Bowers have motivated Sasha even more both in and out of the classroom. “Dan is super funny and really good at Spanish. He has inspired me to take my Spanish learning to the next level.” Sasha also cites Dan’s extensive travels throughout the Spanish-speaking world as bringing a richness to the classroom.

Fully immersed in boarding student life, Sasha also connected with faculty member Matt Bowers. “Matt was my biology teacher, dorm parent, and mountain bike coach last year. He has inspired me in lots of ways that someone who was only my classroom teacher couldn’t.”

Sasha has always been curious about the world and how it works. Since elementary school, he’s tried his hardest and challenged himself.

This summer he read Annihilation in English, Harry Potter in French, and some of Mujer de Luz in Spanish. “I love learning and love telling people about my experiences and helping them through what I know.” His teachers agree, saying that Sasha is always “completely psyched” for whatever intellectual pursuit is in front of him. Dan Pittz even called Sasha “an academic beast.”

Not every student will be the “academic beast” that Sasha Fielder is. Yet, with your support, faculty have the tools they need to ignite students’ passions—whether academic, artistic, athletic, or personal.

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In Her Own Words Maya Menconi ’23

In her graduation speech, Agenda co-president Maya Menconi ’23 reflected on what the school’s mission means to her and how it has shaped the person she is now: Dear Present Me, Advice is a subjective thing, who knows who wields the power of it, as it is dispersed arbitrarily, and often I find it in the most unexpected places, like an 18-year-old chick who may not really know what she’s talking about. I will say this though, I hope you live in harmony with this world.

I hope you treat everything around you as an equal, as a partner, as a companion. After you walk across the grass today, remember the millions of years where it has covered the ground, how it holds the moisture that filtrates through the soil that stretches down and down until it becomes rock and bone and shell. Do you hear the layers beneath us now, how they compress and crumble and eventually melt into a molten core at the center of a one planet in the universe of millions.

Who will you be when you step off this lawn seniors of CRMS? What will be your burning core and how will it change the world in every minuscule way possible? Here today sits 40 of 7 billion people, with funny hobbies and 500word essays that tell the world little of who they really are. Here today sit 40 people who have been taught to care about what matters and who have the grit, the passion, the love, and the strength to impact every day they are alive.

Your future starts now. How will you let it shape you and how will this allow you to shape the world?

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Out of Her Shell Pippa Spaan ’25

Your support gives students opportunities to try new things and discover their potential Pippa Spaan ’25 has come out of her shell at CRMS. She admits she tends to be more reserved and not very outgoing. Like many new students, Pippa was scared that she wouldn’t fit in.

Yet when Pippa entered CRMS she made a resolution to be more outgoing and try to get to know everyone. She was met by a community who wanted the same: dormmates invited her to their dorm rooms to hang out.

Returning students took her into their groups.

Caring dorm parents and faculty inspired her to get more organized and think more broadly about future possibilities. Pippa has grown a lot and caught the attention of friends and faculty. She won the 10th Grade Community Award in 2023. The faculty annually awards this recognition to four students who embody selflessness, respect, responsibility, and excellence within the CRMS community.

At the presentation of that award, her advisor Volker Krasemann noted, “Pippa has been the center of our advisee group starting with our first community dinner, when she tried to bring my five random advisees together, to get to know them, find common ground between them and make connections. This is what she does, and she always brings her best self to our meetings and dinners.”

For 70 years, CRMS has helped students discover their passions and realize their potential.

Small class sizes, caring faculty, challenging outdoor experiences, and rich artistic expression allow students like Pippa to experiment with new opportunities and push themselves into new territory. Even in her first year, Pippa tried new things. “I tried climbing for the first time and loved it. Ended up climbing the whole year! I also tried backpacking and was surprised to learn that I ended up loving that too.” Pippa adds that she will be a dorm head and give cross-country running a go in the fall.

“I want to keep going through life trying as many new things as I can. I feel like at CRMS that’s a very common theme. Everyone is trying new sports, trying new things in classes, going on different trips.”

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Teaching Excellence Eliot Taft

Supporting faculty professional development improves student learning experience Lifelong enthusiasm for learning and intellectual growth are essential to the CRMS experience, for both students and teachers.

Since 2019, Eliot has taught American Literature and AP English at CRMS, but over the summers he fans his love of literature into flame through a Master’s program at Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English. Donors to the Annual Fund help make Eliot’s experience and other professional development opportunities possible.

This summer Eliot studied American naturalist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau.

“My professor was the toughest yet,” he says, “but she gave me lots of positive feedback and was so kind in the process.” Eliot wants to carry that challenging kindness to his students. “I’ve been doing a lot of reading and writing and love being a student. I’ll use my experience as a student to enhance my teaching this year in some great ways.”

Eliot’s love of learning stems from his parents, both high school teachers, and his travels. He recently spent three weeks in Belize interacting with four distinct cultures. “Next summer I will take classes at Bread Loaf’s Monterrey, California campus. In my final year, I will finish at their Oxford campus. Thanks to CRMS donors, I can apply my experiences as a student to enhance students’ learning at CRMS.”

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Making Good Boys Better Stephanie Kassels ’97 Decades later alumni glean from their CRMS experience to make the world a better place

Stephanie Kassels ’97 works to bring up the next generation of boys as co-director of Camp Belknap in New Hampshire. The 120-year-old camp along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee started with the goal “to make good boys better.” The camp provides transformative experiences for hundreds of boys each summer. Stephanie leverages her experience from nursing and Colorado Rocky Mountain School in the camp environment through caring connections, hard work, and embracing challenges for growth.

At CRMS Mark and Jeanne Clark got to know her well as her Wilderness leaders. “I learned a lot about myself through the challenges CRMS presented,” she says. “Mark and Jeanne cared about me as a person and helped me flourish.”

For many alumni, those caring relationships are the single most important things they take away from their experience at CRMS. Stephanie is no exception. She reflects those caring qualities as she interacts with campers.

Belknap, like at CRMS, encourages hard work.

Campers clean toilets, set tables, and work in the kitchen. They are responsible for keeping themselves and their cabin clean—every day.

Stephanie faced adversity at CRMS and the Kassels encourage resilience at Belknap. For Stephanie that typifies life at CRMS and Camp Belknap. “Growth happens in the midst of challenge and when you are uncomfortable.”

The connections between CRMS and Belknap don’t stop there. Stephanie hired fellow CRMS grad Kayla Manzanares ’96 to run the health center and staff. Kayla finished her second summer at the camp in 2023 and hopes to be back next summer.

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2022-23 Financials At-A-Glance Income

Other Income & Interest $92,741 Endowment Draw $256,532 Philanthropic Giving $1,728,149

INCOME

TOTAL $12,382,787

Tuition & Fees $10,305,365

Please note: Figures do not include gains or losses on investments or gifts to the Endowment.

Expenses

Instructional Programs $507,824

Food Service $369,103

General & Administrative $749,149 General Institutional & Facilities $1,354,329

EXPENSES

TOTAL $11,355,438

Salaries & Benefits $5,641,033

Financial Aid $2,734,000

Endowment

Board Designation $10,484,730

Restricted $14,194,616

ENDOWED FUND SUMMARY

TOTAL $37,563,468

Unrestricted $12,884,122

$37.5 M Total Endowment Funds, helping ensure a bright future for CRMS

Please note: These numbers are "unaudited" as of June 30, 2023 since we have not finalized the 22-23 audit.

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IMPACT REPORT 2022-23

2022-23 GIVING Who gave to CRMS?

1041 members of the CRMS community supported the Annual Fund & other fundraising initiatives in 2022-23

Trustees & Former Trustees 5%

Foundations 4.1%

Current & Former Faculty & Staff 6.8% Friends, Businesses & Organizations 20.3%

DONORS

Alumni & Their Families 38.9%

Current Families 25%

CRMS can offer its extraordinary educational programs only with the support of families, alumni, trustees, and philanthropists like you.

Thank you!

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What you gave to

[HS]2 Summer Program 33.7% Capital Projects 5.4%

FUNDS

Where your donations go

$2,093,995

Annual Giving & Special Events 44.6%

Endowment Giving 16.3%

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Cornerstone Circle

Recognizing lifetime contributions over $100,000 as of June 30, 2023 SOPRIS CIRCLE $1,000,000+

Tom* & Noël* Congdon The Draper-Ferry Family Mary Whitford Graves ’60 Margot & George Greig Ted Hepp* ’61 & Regula Aregger Garland & Mollie Lasater Charitable Fund at the North Texas Community Foundation Jane B. Pettit Foundation Thomas Sullivan ’17, Tim & Jane Sullivan, The Sullivan Family Foundation Lynde B. Uihlein ’63, The Brico Fund, Lynde B. Uhlein Foundation Anonymous

CRYSTAL CIRCLE

$500,000–$999,999

Geary Atherton ’68, William Knox Holt Foundation David Bonderman & Laurie Michaels Elisabeth Brehmer* ’55 John & Laurel Catto, Alpenglow Foundation Tony* ’58 & Bernadette* Cherin Gates Family Foundation Joshua Max Simon Charitable Foundation Harald* & Patricia* Pabst The Yates Family (John & Charlotte Yates, Cynthia Yates Price ’72 & Lester Price) Anonymous (2)

FOUNDERS CIRCLE $250,000–$499,999

Todger & Shannon Anderson Martin Carver Ruth Turnquist Carver Crystal Trust David Douglas ’67 Paul & Grace duPont Engbring John Fullerton Frederic C. Hamilton, Jr. ’73, The Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation

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Jill & Curtis Kaufman The Louras Family The North Star Charitable Foundation Anthony* ’55 & Teressa Perry Ilsa Perse ’66 Margot Ritz ’75, Ritz Family Foundation, Larsen Fund Virginia Touhey ’74, U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Anonymous (4)

BAR FORK CIRCLE $100,000–$249,999

John Robert Alden Foundation Alpine Bank Boettcher Foundation Emily T. Allen, Linda P. Allen and F. Towne Allen Charitable Gift Fund, The Boston Foundation Chelsea Congdon & James Brundige, The Denver Foundation Kay Brunnier, Pascal Shirley ’99, BKS Family Charitable Foundation George & Anne Bunting Eric* & Mary Calhoun John* & Susanne Clark John ’75 & Virginia Collett David* & Emma Danciger Katharine Dumont* Susan Dumont May Duncan* Jamie & Maurice Emmer Lee Ann Eustis*, Honorary Alumna ’68 Lance & Letitia Farrell Michael ’63 & Jane Flax, Flax Family Foundation Edward E. Ford Foundation Erika Glazer ’75 Chris Guenther Vinod Gupta Anne McNiff Gwathmey ’78 Mary W. Harriman Foundation Mary Ann & James Harris Gary & Judy Havener

Sharron Hunt Nicholas Kukulan ’68 Michael & Martha McCoy Veronika & Ron Miller Heidi & C.J. Morton ’84, Guardian Scholars Foundation David Newberger Bruce ’69 & Connie Ourieff Bill Parzybok ’61 Evelyn Petschek ’68 Ramelle Cochrane Pulitzer ’68 Maury & Elaine Radin Philanthropic Fund at The Jewish Foundation of Memphis Dorothy Reed ’68, Thendara Foundation The Grace Jones Richardson Trust Cory Hardie Ritchie ’92, The Foresight Fund at the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation John* & Lydia Schweppe Melvin & Bren Simon Charitable Foundation George* & Patti Stranahan, The Needmor Fund Brett & Jamie Suma The Tang Fund John T. Watson*, John T. Watson Trust, University of Colorado Foundation Stan Wattles ’80, The Howard Bayne Fund Sharon Ann McCulloch-Wells & John W. Wells Endowed Fund of The North Texas Comunity Foundation Francis Whitaker* J.W. & Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation Hui Xie & Huilu Dai Anonymous (2) * deceased

If your name is listed incorrectly or omitted, please contact Mark Bell, Director of Development at (970) 963-7220 so we can correct our error. Thank you!

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The Holden Circle The Holden Circle honors those donors who have designated Colorado Rocky Mountain School in their estate plans. When you make a gift through a bequest or estate plan, you make a difference in the lives of CRMS students—now and in the future. To learn more about how to join this visionary group of alumni and donors, please contact Mark Bell, Director of Development at (970) 963-7220.

These Holden Circle Members are leaving a legacy for generations to come: Towne Allen ’69 Carol Baily ’69 Ralph Beck ’73 Katharine Bradley Bennett ’67 Inez Black Emily Bray ’75 Chris ’93 & Heidi Bromley Chelsea Congdon Brundige Barbara Buchanan ’65 Bonnie Holden Carter ’58 Beach Clow ’77 Sherri Draper Katherine Dumont* William Dumont* ’57 Lee Ann Eustis*, Honorary Alumna ’68 Patricia Fender* Michael ’63 & Jane Flax Dutton & Caroline Foster Andrew Gould ’60 Katherine Gould-Martin ’61 Mary Whitford Graves ’60 Anne McNiff Gwathmey ’78 Lee Hall ’83 Beth Finder Harris ’60 Bradford Havice ’58 Erin Hayne ’95 Ted Hepp* ’61 Louis Jaffe ’64 Steve & Karen Lynn Keith Karen Kidwell ’72 Amy Kilham ’69 James Koons ’72 Starr Lanphere* ’60 Jeff & Amanda Leahy Lynn Bradley Leopold ’60 Margaret Lewis Marian “Lolly” Lewis ’69 Mary Crouch Lilly* Christopher Link* ’74 Ralph & Lynda Lipe Sam & Pete Louras Sean McEvoy ’83

Suzi McKinley ’96 Beth Caldwell McNiff* ’63 Peter McWhinney ’78 Jan & Amos Melendez Mary Wilmer Mills ’72 Loulie Molloy Bill* ’60 & Lorna Moore Wick Moses* ’66 Sandra Mowry James Nagel ’73 Virginia Newton Malott Nyhart ’68 I.V. Pabst ’69 Katherine Paddon ’80 Bill ’61 & Becky Parzybok Anthony Perry* ’55 Ilsa Perse ’66 Cynthia Yates Price ’72 Ramelle Cochrane Pulitzer ’68 Lisa Raleigh Frank Reynolds ’87 Cory Hardie Ritchie ’92 Barbara O’Neil Ross* Rob ’58 & Aly Sayre Colin Bunnell Schieck ’78 Susie Schlesinger ’68 John Schubert ’74 John Schweppe* Sara Bunn Shifrin ’77 Jonathan Siegel ’71 Angela Skene, Summer Alumna ’64 Pat Stein Spitzmiller* ’60 John Stickney ’57 Virginia Touhey ’74 L.J. Verplank* Lynda Walters ’80 John T. Watson* Stan Wattles ’80 Tad Whitaker ’94 Ashley Whittaker ’89 Anonymous (2)

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individuals or couples have included CRMS in their estate plans

* deceased

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YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL FUND IMPACTS EVERY STUDENT The CRMS Annual Fund inspires support from our community to enhance the people and programs of Colorado Rocky Mountain School and elevate the student experience.

CRMS challenges each student to forge character, resilience, and confidence as they develop the inner resources to lead a fulfilling life.

By supporting the Annual Fund, you make these experiences possible and help provide students with the foundation they need to succeed as graduates.

In 2022-23 you Created Extraordinary and helped exceed our Annual Fund goal by raising $855,761.

2022-23

Annual Fund Leadership Gifts The following donors made an Annual Fund gift of $1,000 and above during the 2022-2023 fiscal year: Thank YOU for your generous support!

OYSTERS

BARN

Heidi & C.J. Morton ’84, Guardian Scholars Foundation Thomas Sullivan ’17 & The Sullivan Family Foundation

Alpine Bank Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Tate & Marcia Bowers Althea Brimm Ellen Cherin Nick Cherney & Tricia Eagling Mark & Jeanie Clark The Draper-Ferry Family Evan Eustis Liying Fan & Yang Zhang Stephen Fitzpatrick ’66 Janny Goss Benjamin Hindman ’02 Leslie Hallowell Bill ’60 & Lorna Moore The Louras Family Evelyn Petschek ’68 Bill Savage, Jr. ’71 John Stickney ’57 & Lee Beck John & Sarah Villafranco Anonymous (4)

$50,000+

RED HILL

$25,000-$49,999

Bush Helzberg Jamie Helzberg Stan Wattles ’80, The Howard Bayne Fund Anonymous

ROARING FORK $10,000-$24,999

John Robert Alden Foundation Geary Atherton ’68, William Knox Holt Foundation Emily T. Allen, Linda P. Allen and F. Towne Allen Charitable Gift Fund, The Boston Foundation Garett Bjorkman ’06 & Christine Bjorkman Frederic C. Hamilton, Jr. ’73, The Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation Ilsa Perse ’66, Cambridge Charitable Gift Fund Ramelle Cochrane Pulitzer ’68 Cory Hardie Ritchie ’92, The Foresight Fund at the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Margot Larsen Ritz ’75, Larsen Fund Brett & Jamie Suma Thendara Foundation Lynde B. Uihlein ’63 Zhijie Zhang & Hong Ji Anonymous

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$5,000-$9,999

Elliot & Caroline Norquist Mark & Shelly Saltzman Philanthropic Fund Jenna & Wilson Scanlan Pat Spitzmiller ’60 Sam Tripp ’97 J.W. & Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation Kelly Zhang & YiQiang Hu Anonymous (2)

ADOBE

$1,500-$2,499

Jane LeCompte Anderson ’66 Warren Anderson ’69 David & Ellen Brooks City Market Gretchen Cole & Craig Corona Carol Craig Carolyn & David DeAre Reilly Dillon ’86 Brian & Lisa Flynn Tam & Simon Galbraith Jim ’64 & Khara Gaw Adam & Katie Goldsmith LOG HOUSE Foster Goss ’94 $2,500-$4,999 Janine & Ralph Gunning Lurong & Peter Hope Todger & Shannon Anderson William Anschuetz ’74 Donald & Kelly Austin & Sarah Kemme, Kemme Chris & Nancy Babbs Family Foundation Erin & Douglas Becker Jeff & Amanda Leahy James & Elizabeth Bramsen Betsy Cabot, The Edmund and Betsy Lynn Bradley Leopold ’60 Doug Lewis ’69 Cabot Charitable Foundation Amy & Michael Nolan FirstBank Kai Peterson & Bethany Card Mary Whitford Graves ’60 Stephen & Linnea Peterson Hamill Family Foundation William Ross ’95 Langdon Hill ’81 Barry ’61 & Elaine Schrumpf Susan Meiselas ’66 Adelbert & Margaret Spaan Thomas Moebius & Oriana Bier-Moebius Tsuguaki & Akiko Takahashi

Virginia Touhey ’74 L.J. Verplank Joetta Thomas Williams

HOGAN

$1,000-$1,499

Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s International Realty Aspen SavATree (FKA Aspen Tree Service, Inc.) Shelley Babicka ’90 Bob Baratt & Marcy Baratt Sara & Eric Berry Craig & Bonnie Bjorkman Scott Blau ’73 Melissa Moyer Bowers & Lee Bowers Scott & Betsy Bowie Joel Cantor & Shannon Spellman Ruth Turnquist Carver Ning Chen & Wei Jiang John ’75 & Virginia Collett Aimee & Antony Cullwick Brian & Andy Davies Carol Davis Thomas & Suzanne Deardorff Deluxe Corporation Nicole DeWolf David Dorman & Gudrun Granholm Dutton & Caroline Foster George & Ann Hackl Bradford Havice ’58 Darrell Hogan & Marilyn Cossey Ann Hopkinson Heiko & Stephanie Jaekel Eliza & Nathan Kerr Nick Kukulan ’68 Joshua Lange ’93 EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Edward Lenkin Ralph & Lynda Lipe IMPACT REPORT 2022-23

Sean McEvoy ’83 Suzi McKinley ’96 Christi McRoy ’62 Andrew & Jennifer Menke Laura Friedberg Miller ’71 Mags Miller ’90 Mary Wilmer Mills ’72 Shelby & Thomas Morgan Wick Moses ’66 Sandy Mowry Kate & Kevin O’Hagan David Oberman ’72 Jaime & Jason Olden Bill Parzybok ’61 Karen & Eric Peirson Ronald Phaneuf & Jimmie Benedict Mike Phillips Andrew Reeves ’80 Tony Rizzo & Nina Romano R.J. Paddywacks Kathryn & Dominick Romano Dennis Sanders & Lauren Blank Franklin Seiberling ’63 Rhett Tatum ’02 & Jennifer Tatum Jonathan Thomas ’72 Sonya & Jason Turner Melissa Verplank ’79 Nicholas Walker ’74 Priscilla Wells Alexis White ’20 Nicholas Wirth Lan Xue & Zhizhen Jiang Anonymous

Current Families

by Grade CLASS OF 2023 61 % Participation

Brad & Diana Baetz Buz Baetz Emma Balderson Matt & Simone Berry Rich & Laureen Bohadik Ellen & David Brooks Kristine Cisco Carol Davis Craig & Hinton DeJong Tracy Farmer Nikki & Micah Goldstein Bush Helzberg Jamie Helzberg Lurong & Peter Hope Francie Jacober Jennifer & Robert Jones Maggie Jones Ellen Lerner

Dominique McLerran & Geoffrey Feldesman Erica & Timothy Murray The Oppenheimer Family Nicole & Devin Padgett Alison Patricelli Keith Pike & Maureen Brennan Sara Pike Tony Rizzo & Nina Romano Kathryn & Dominick Romano Mark & Lauri Rubinstein Christopher Rupp BJ Schmidt & Christina Schwab Scott & Laurel Tesoro William & Lauren Voorhees Anne White Catherine White Joe & Casey White Aimee & Luis Yllanes

CLASS OF 2024

Amy & Michael Nolan Jennifer & Kayo Ogilby Julie Oldham Nelson Oldham Jenny & Bryn Peterson Stephen & Linnea Peterson Scott Picard & Tammy Pfeifer Dan Pittz & Lauren DeAre Amanda Prentiss Paul & Susan Prentiss Juan Quiroga & Laura Alvarez Mark & Ellie Roberts Scott & Jennifer Scherer Janet & James Shanley Sloan & Beth Shoemaker Yun Fei & Cindy Wang Kenneth & Stacey Wanko

CLASS OF 2025 86% Participation

Brad & Diana Baetz Buz Baetz Donald Austin Sr. Donna & Jude Baker Donald & Kelly Austin The Barnedt Family Douglas & Erin Becker Eric & Sara Berry Paul Bermingham & Julie Case Françoise Clottes Anne & Todd Cerrone James & Elizabeth Bramsen Ning Chen & Wei Jiang Mike & Monica Brinson Molly Cherney & Stacy Reed Lisa & John Canova Nick Cherney & Tricia Eagling Gretchen Cole & Craig Corona Darrell Hogan & Marilyn Cossey Antony & Aimee Cullwick Antony & Aimee Cullwick Danika Davis Kara Gallagher & Kenneth Thomas & Suzanne Deardorff Rosenberg Carolyn & David DeAre Misty Groves Benedict & Liying Fan & Yang Zhang Peter Benedict John & Linda Gage Janine & Ralph Gunning Anne Gardon & Johan Greyvensteyn Darren Habel Adam & Katie Goldsmith David Harvey ’74 Louisa Goldsmith Iryna Harvey Tiziano & Enrica Gortan Sarah & John Hassell Theresa Hayes Gretchen & Carlos Hernandez Bush Helzberg Mala Htun ’87 & Douglas Turner Jamie Helzberg Riley & JP Hutchens Julie & Wayne Huthmaker Julie & Wayne Huthmaker Lee Ingram & Laura Smith Audrey & Darren Imhoff Francie Jacober Tai Jacober ’95 & Molly Jacober ’94 Stephanie & Heiko Jaekel Ashley & Robert Jansen Tommy & Kira Kearsey Kimberly & Chad Jenrich Kearns & Valery Kelly Andrew & Katie Karow Eliza & Nathan Kerr Sean & Bridgette Kelly Andrea & Thomas Lairson Jonathan & Lisa Lowsky Tamara Levin Shelby & Thomas Morgan Patricia & Corey McLernon Kevin & Kate O’Hagan Fred McLoota & Jaime & Jason Olden Melissa Mills McLoota Amanda & Brenden Petersen William & Jeanne Mills Kai Peterson & Bethany Card Thomas Moebius & Rebecca Ronald Phaneuf & Jimmie Benedict Bier-Moebius Brad Nelson & Ann Brumby Mark & Lauri Rubinstein 83% Participation

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Christopher Rupp Leslie & Thomas Russell Ashley Smith Adelbert & Margaret Spaan Shannon Spellman & Joel Cantor Fran Sterling & Keith Hay John & Sarah Villafranco Priscilla Wells Anne White Shannon Woodman Lan Xue & Zhizhen Jiang Kelly Zhang & YiQiang Hu

CLASS OF 2026 89% Participation

Lee Bowers & Melissa Moyer Bowers Tate & Marcia Bowers Karen Bradshaw Greg & Mary Bright Hannah Burnes Kam & Michael Davies Danika Davis Carolyn & David DeAre Alicia & Jason Dewey Tracy Farmer Adrian Fielder & Cécile Bladier Fielder Lisa & Brian Flynn John & Linda Gage Tam & Simon Galbraith Cory & Sean Glackin Candice Good Foster Goss ’94 Janny Goss Lee Ingram & Laura Smith Zhijie Zhang & Hong Ji Alan Kokish & Diana Keyser Michelle & Brian Lazar Chunrui Li & Yimin Wen Brett Malcolm Heather & Jared McDermott Thomas Moebius & Rebecca Bier-Moebius Amy & Michael Nolan Scott Picard & Tammy Pfeifer Dan Pittz & Lauren DeAre Jenna & Wilson Scanlan Ashley Scofield Frank & Nancy Scofield Karyn & Nathan Simmons Brett & Jamie Suma Sonya & Jason Turner Kenneth & Stacey Wanko Catherine White Joe & Casey White Joseph Williams & Ana Goncalves Nicholas Wirth

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Annual Fund Alumni By Class CLASS OF 1954 Ford Sayre CLASS OF 1955 Michael Mechau CLASS OF 1957 Donald Pratt John Stickney CLASS OF 1958 Bonnie Holden Carter Bradford Havice Robert Sayre Rick Shapiro CLASS OF 1959 Arius Hopman Anonymous CLASS OF 1960 John Chase Ursula Goodenough Andy Gould Mary Whitford Graves Lynn Bradley Leopold Bill Moore Dan Roberts Robert Rymer Pat Stein Spitzmiller CLASS OF 1961 Joanna Ganong Beachy Katherine Gould-Martin Lansing Palmer Bill Parzybok Barry Schrumpf Judy Beil Vaughan CLASS OF 1962 Charlie Babbs, Summer ’62 Arthur Hughes Ingrid Blaufarb Hughes Christi Mueller McRoy Helen Muller Katie Fanshawe Rosenberg CLASS OF 1963 Martha Whitford Barss David Davenport

David Durrance Mike Flax Franklin Seiberling Lynde B. Uihlein

David Steven Anonymous

CLASS OF 1964 Ellen Clark Anderson Suzanne Ringer deLesseps Julia Forbes Jim Gaw CLASS OF 1965 Barbara Buchanan Terry Frost Graedon Adele Hause, Honorary Alumna ’65 Timothy Shelton David Strouse CLASS OF 1966 Jane LeCompte Anderson Bart Chapin, III Stephen Fitzpatrick Susan Meiselas Wick Moses Ilsa Perse Priscilla Wearin Wagener CLASS OF 1967 Brad Ansley Steve Barru Stan Gibbs Joan Ham Keith Klovee-Smith Celia Metcalf McVicker Kathy Lovett Moritz David Nutt Emily Rosenberg-Pollock Patricia Shelton Harry Van Camp CLASS OF 1968 Geary Atherton Sam Chapin Nick Kukulan Kit Muller Evelyn Petschek Ramelle Cochrane Pulitzer Dorothy Reed Toni Shorrock Rupchock

CLASS OF 1969 Towne Allen Warren Anderson Carol Baily Leighton Davenport A.O. Forbes Mary Kuntz-Cote Doug Lewis Marian “Lolly” Lewis Lise Bearwald McCarthy Wendy Morgan Jeff Smith Ravi Venkateswaran Melanie Wyler Anonymous CLASS OF 1970 Gina Berko Michael Brandon Carol Fisher Virginia Sher Ramadan Johnny Richardson Frances Soverel John Woodin CLASS OF 1971 Charles Carrington Kristin Harding Dubick Lisa Foster Raymond Geis Catherine Wyler Hayden Risto Lappala Laura Friedberg Miller Jim Ostrem Marj Perry Bill Savage Jonathan Siegel Kim Stacey David Thomson David Wyler CLASS OF 1972 Barbara Bahnson Kate Goldsborough Robert Kleinbaum Brian LaHaye

Mary Wilmer Mills Benjamin Niles Debra Nilsen David Oberman Jonathan Thomas Alex Whitaker Anonymous

CLASS OF 1973 Ralph Beck Peter Bennett Thomas Bingham Scott Blau Patricia Crawford Brewer Eirene Hamilton Frederic C. Hamilton, Jr. Debra Lente-Jojola Thomas Mitchell James Nagel David Parker Ron Powell Dominique Shelton Richard Stibolt Heidi Wade Ely White Robert Woessner CLASS OF 1974 Kim Anker-Paddon William Anschuetz Ellen Boswell David Harvey Hannah Laufe Casey Moore Jeff Platt John Schubert David Tanner Virginia Touhey Nicholas Walker CLASS OF 1975 Mila Brooks Brenner John Collett Sigrid Bredenberg Flor Harry Heafer Margot Ritz Jillian St. Jacques Suzanne Stewart Clark

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$2.73 M

members of the CRMS community supported the Annual Fund & other fundraising initiatives in 2022-23

donors have given faithfully to CRMS for 10 or more consecutive years

amount of scholarship or financial aid given in 2022-23 to 47% of our students

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IMPACT REPORT 2022-23

CLASS OF 1976 Amy Blackstone Nellie Bracker Douglas Carman Stephanie Donovan Michael Preston Gregory Stewart Tim Whitley Anonymous CLASS OF 1977 Timothy Kinzler Daniel Martinez Walter Salas-Humara Matthew Von Der Ahe CLASS OF 1978 Amy Daggett Nick Lenssen Peter McWhinney Kevin Sink Julie Deutsch van Overbeek CLASS OF 1979 Judi Craven Brett Hall Jones Sally Koenig Kent Matricardi Melissa Verplank CLASS OF 1980 Tracy Ehrhardt Massa Anne Eldridge Andrew Reeves Preston Root Lynda Walters Stan Wattles Ted Williams CLASS OF 1981 Langdon Hill Patrick McDermott Anonymous CLASS OF 1982 Katherine Bennis Eric Brown de Colstoun Leila Gass Lisa Clearlite Giacalone Nina McKee Pleasant McNeel Thomas Newhard CLASS OF 1983 Abe Geasland Lee Hall Ann Hodel Nelson Jay William McCall Sean McEvoy Michelle Peterson Daniel Piburn Brie Stranahan

Julie Urvater Joseph Van Wyk

CLASS OF 1984 Jennifer Hendrick Lowe C.J. Morton Shawn Striegel Yolandra Gomez Toya CLASS OF 1985 Jeff Bunting Melody Chamberlain Devon Daney Kevin Lynch CLASS OF 1986 Ivan DeWolf Reilly Dillon Anonymous CLASS OF 1987 William Grosvenor Mala Htun CLASS OF 1988 Jessica Babbs Alan Eldridge CLASS OF 1989 Katharine Bill Andrea Marsh CLASS OF 1990 Shelley Babicka Paolo Bacigalupi Karen Zeder Blaschke Amanda Dworski Mags Miller Chris Santacroce Jessica Soza Anonymous CLASS OF 1991 Hardy Griffin Jay Marling Daniel McNamara Kari Towle Stinehart CLASS OF 1992 Kevin Clarke Rachel Pritzker Cory Hardie Ritchie CLASS OF 1993 Michelle Smith Bonfils Thibeault Chris Bromley Justin Dragonas Zoe Foster Gadgil Joshua Lange CLASS OF 1994 Foster Goss Molly Jacober SaSaDi Boothe Odunsi Joseph Starnes

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CLASS OF 1995 Tai Jacober Hanni Keyser Erin McClain Ray Elisabeth Montoya William Ross CLASS OF 1996 Bryan Ezra Claire Jacobs Suzi McKinley Patrick Robinson Parker Stephenson CLASS OF 1997 John Czechowicz Erik Jeffries Stephanie Goehrig Kassels Angela Thibaut Terry Sam Tripp CLASS OF 1998 Bensen Loveless Ariel Ross CLASS OF 1999 Samuel Perry Mari Rosen CLASS OF 2000 Ariel Fisk-Vittori Caleb Gaw Forest Jacober Morgan Jacober CLASS OF 2001 Margaretta Bruegger Emelie Piper CLASS OF 2002 Benjamin Hindman Rhett Tatum Jason Zuker CLASS OF 2003 Mia Gaw Emma Juniper CLASS OF 2004 Ross Dillon CLASS OF 2006 Garett Bjorkman Forest Mannan CLASS OF 2007 Katie Fales

Tory Garling Eunsong Kong

CLASS OF 2008 Jade Bath CLASS OF 2009 Elli McKinley Meg Schumacher Robert Wagner CLASS OF 2010 Jared Carlson Courtney Chan Ethan Cranmer CLASS OF 2011 Luke Falcone Peyton Heitzman CLASS OF 2012 Riley Addington Thorne Warner CLASS OF 2013 Josh Carter Michaela Craig CLASS OF 2014 Alex Woodman CLASS OF 2016 Shiva Carter Forrest Doherty Anonymous CLASS OF 2017 Andres Rivera Thomas Sullivan CLASS OF 2018 Megan Leahy Emily Wiley CLASS OF 2019 Anonymous CLASS OF 2020 Nicole Peirson Alexis White CLASS OF 2021 Zack Furer Finn Leahy CLASS OF 2022 Merritt Baldwin Maia Dewey

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Annual Fund ALUMNI FAMILIES

Parents & Grandparents

Eric & Deborah Alden Todger & Shannon Anderson Chris & Nancy Babbs Barbara Bahnson ’72 Rhett & Ruth Baldwin Bob Baratt & Marcy Baratt Jim Bell & Ruth Thompson Margaret Bender Sarah Bennett Patti Bernard & Collier Weiner Betsy Bingham-Johns Craig & Bonnie Bjorkman Alan Black Jerred & Rita Blanchard Scott & Betsy Bowie Althea Brimm Mike & Rebecca Bromley Chelsea Congdon & James Brundige Ruth Turnquist Carver & James Schmidt Mark & Jeanie Clark Charles Cook Peggy Corcillo & David Pietsch Allen Cranmer Tim Cunningham Brian & Andy Davies Jack & Melanie Davis Cliff Deveny & Sandy Deveny

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David Dorman & Gudrun Granholm Sherri Draper & Will Ferry Heather Dresser Olivia Emery & Michael Hassig Kendra Erickson & Rick Knapp Mary Lou Faddick Cedric & Jennifer Fischer William Fontana A.O. ’69 & Janice Forbes Dutton & Caroline Foster John Foulkrod & Georgia Chamberlain Alfred & Denise Friedrich Michelle Friedrich William & Lori Gavette Jim ’64 & Khara Gaw Markus & Claudia Geier Teri Gelineau David Goin Jonathan & Dana Gottsegen Mary Whitford Graves ’60 Margot & George Greig Mitch & Tara Haas Diane Hackl & Jeff Crane George & Ann Hackl Eirene ’73 & Timothy Hamilton Kelly Hart Adele Hause, Honorary Alumna ’65 Helen Hill Ann Hopkinson Julie & Dave Howard

John & Diane Hutchins Valentino & Bianca Kie Dolores Kleinman Karen Kunawicz Suzanne Lavin Robyn Lawry & Warwick Mowbray Helen Leahy Jeff & Amanda Leahy Edward J. Lenkin Lynn Bradley Leopold ’60 Ralph & Lynda Lipe Peter Louras, Jr. & Sam Louras Monroe & Aimee Luther Charles & Heidi Lynch Diane Madigan Julia Marshall Thisha McBride Penny Meyer David Miller, Jr. & Mollie Miller John & Georgie Morgan Sandy Mowry Charles & Pamela Nathan Virginia & Rick Newton Elliot & Caroline Norquist Carrie O’Sullivan David Oberman ’72 Bob Olenick Bill Parzybok ’61 Jess & Nina Pedersen Karen & Eric Peirson Marj Perry ’71 & William Fales Mike Phillips Fred Potenziani & Michele Pelletier Renee Ramge Don Reed & Sue Reed Dorothy Reed ’68 Sam & Francesca Rehnborg George & Nannine Reynolds Cory ’92 & Ryan Ritchie Lisane & Jim Rogers Mary Belle Royer Mark & Shelly Saltzman Phil Settles & Jeanne Brako Patricia ’67 & David Shelton Beth Smith Leon Smith & Kathleen Dailey Bob & Susan Snead Elizabeth & Walter Soffer Jim & Mary Stokes Gordo & Liz Stonington The Sullivan Family Foundation Siouxzy Sundheim Steve & Carolyn Sutton Tsuguaki & Akiko Takahashi Harry Teague

Karin Teague Patricia & Craig Thom Daniel & Janis Tuerk Tom Turnbull Brian Vaughan & Jane Mason Edward & Pamela Vaughan L.J. Verplank Heidi ’73 & Paul Wade Brian Wexler Daniel & Debra White Brigitt A. Widmer Julie & Peter Wiley Carolyn & Greg Williams David & Kristin Winoker Dave Yaffe & Christie Northrop Anonymous (2)

CURRENT TRUSTEES Eric Alden Chris Babbs Sean Bierle Garret Bjorkman ’06 Ellen Brooks Peggy Corcillo Brian Davies Alicia Dewey Luke Falcone ’11 Mike Flax ’63 Emma Juniper ’03 Peter Louras, Jr. Dan Martinez ’77 Andrew Menke Margaret (Mags) Miller ’90 Johnny Richardson ’70 Cory Ritchie ’92 Ravi Venkateswaran ’69 Ken Wanko Stan Wattles ’80 CURRENT & FORMER FACULTY & STAFF James Ames Chris Babbs Mark Bell Peter Benedict Sara Berry Elizabeth Bingham-Johns Chuck Boothby Matt Bowers Betsy Bowie William Brown David Brudzinski Mark Clark Danika Davis Marian Dines Molly Dorais Nancy Draina IMPACT REPORT 2022-23

Arthur Forbes Henry Foster Darryl Fuller Lori Gavette William Gavette James Gaw Shawn Gerum Diane Hackl Adele Hause Heath Hignight Katie Hyman Molly Jacober Diane Kapaun Micki Kibler Beth Krasemann Volker Krasemann Suzanne Lavin Amanda Leahy Jeff Leahy Terry Lee Diane Madigan Ryan Margo Heather McDermott Michael Mechau Andrew Menke Margaret Miller Charles Moses Elliot Norquist, Jr. Matt Norrdin Tim O’Keefe Jennifer Ogilby Kayo Ogilby Annie Oppenheim Nicole Padgett Monica Perez-Rhodes Alex Perkins Rachel Perkins Olivia Pevec Lindsay Pfaffmann Dan Pittz Renee Ramge Donald Reed Marlin Rhodes Robert Rosati Noah Sakamoto Dennis Sanders B.J. Sbarra Phil Settles Ashley Smith John Stickney Gordo Stonington Siouxzy Sundheim Stephen Sutton Jo Wescott Joe White Julie Wiley Carolyn Williams Tracy Wilson Aimee Yllanes

CRMS BUSINESS PARTNERS PROGRAM Colorado Rocky Mountain School cherishes the relationships it builds among its students, families, faculty and the community. The CRMS Business Partners Program recognizes the value local, regional, and national businesses offer to the CRMS community, providing businesses with an opportunity to support one or more fundraising events at the school with a single gift each year.

Please join us in recognizing FirstBank and Alpine Bank for supporting the new CRMS Business Partners Program.

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FOUNDATIONS & FRIENDS Abbott Laboratories Adobe John Robert Alden Foundation Kimberly Alire Jeri Allen Amazon Smile America Endowment Foundation Sue Anschutz-Rodgers The Aspen Chapel Gallery The Austin Memorial Foundation Charlie & Patricia Babbs Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Linda Bates The Howard Bayne Fund Carole Begg Family Jim & Laura Begg The Benevity Community Impact Fund The Alan F. Black Charitable Fund Eric Blanke BNY Mellon Charitable Gift fund The Boston Foundation Rebecca Boyd The Brico Fund Betsy Cabot, The Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation Ellen Cherin City Market Colorado Gives Day Carol Craig Crowdrise/PayPal Charitable Giving Fund CyberGrants SPV, LLC Deluxe Corporation Nicole DeWolf Diana DiMara EJL98 Charitable Trust Evan Eustis Eversource Energy Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Free Will Impact Fund Give Lively The Grace Jones Richardson Trust

Greater Twin Cities United Way Leslie Hallowell Hamill Family Foundation The Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation William Knox Holt Foundation Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Johnson Charitable Gift Fund Richard & Mary Kemme Foundation Larsen Fund Daniel Lustick Anne & Bob MacLean Morgan Stanley Giving Impact Fund Harvey & Catherine Moses Scholarship Fund Angela Munson Susan Noble Norquist Robinson Foundation Drew & Bonnie O’Keefe The Oregon Community Foundation The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Carol Parr The Phaneuf/Benedict Family Trust The Prentice Foundation, Inc. Rory & Judith Rehbeck Revel Bikes Susan Rowland Nancy Rubovits Schwab Charitable Fund Peggy Shults The Sullivan Family Foundation Thendara Foundation Susan Tischler Trane Technologies Jolene Trujillo Vanguard Charitable Read & Charlotte Vawter Chris Viscardi Joetta Thomas Williams Josh Wolman J.W. & Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation Anonymous

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Annual Fund Gifts In Honor/ In Memory ANNUAL FUND In honor of A.O. Forbes ’69 Morgan ’00 & Forest Jacober ’00 In honor of Adele Hause Martha Whitford Barss ’63 In honor of Al Chase, Nigel Peacock, Jacqui Paris, Ken Hause, Elliot Norquist, & Steve Bunnel John Schubert ’74 In honor of Alex Perkins Alex Woodman ’14 In honor of Andrew Gardner Tory Garling ’07 In honor of Anne & Martin Fuller Raymond Geis ’71 In honor of Bobby Campbell William Grosvenor ’87 In honor of Charlotte Jossman Mike ’63 & Janie Flax In honor of D A (Rusty) Booth Mary Kuntz-Cote ’69 In honor of D A Evans Ann Macy Shelley ’69 In honor of Dave Meyer Andres Rivera ’17 In honor of Dick Herb Michael Brandon ’70 In honor of Donald Beene Ansley Brad Ansley ’67 In honor of Dutton Foster Jonathan Thomas ’72 Julie Deutsch van Overbeek ’78 Stan Wattles ’80, The Howard Bayne Fund

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In honor of Dutton Foster & Gordo Stonington Melody Chamberlain ’85 In honor of Dutton Foster & Joe Frank A.O. ’69 & Janice Forbes In honor of Ed Rubovitz Emily Rosenberg-Pollock ’67 In honor of Flo and Ted Rickard Robert ’60 & Marilyn Rymer In honor of all those who believe the outdoors profound David Goin In honor of Gavin & Keegan Barnedt ’25 Darrell Hogan & Marilyn Cossey In honor of Gene Hebert Johnny Richardson ’70 Ravi Venkateswaran ’69 Peter McWhinney ’78 In honor of Gene Hebert & Mark Clark Abe Geasland ’83 In honor of Gene Hebert, AO Forbes, Jim Gaw, Mark Clark Jessica Soza ’90 In honor of Gene Hebert, Fritz Erzinger, Roger Paris David Thomson ’71 In honor of Gene Hebert, Roger Paris Scott Blau ’73 In honor of Gene, Adele, Jess, Jesse, Maureen Rich, John Locke…and more.

William McCall ’83 In honor of George Eustis Samuel Chapin ’68

In honor of Georgia Sean McEvoy ’83 In honor of Ginny McGinnis Catherine Wyler Hayden ’71 In honor of Graham Austin ’24 Janet & James Shanley In honor of Hilda Bejarano, Steve Maxwell, Frank Froelicher, Steve Sutton, Bob Campbell, Nancy Babbs, and A.O. & Janice Forbes Andrea Marsh ’89 In honor of Lynn Pulford, George Weber, A.O. Forbes ’69, & Mark Clark Rhett Tatum ’02 & Jennifer Tatum In honor of Jack Snobble Virginia Sher Ramadan ’70 Kim Stacey ’71 Barbara Buchanan ’65 In honor of Jackson Turner ’22 Kendra Erickson & Rick Knapp In honor of Jeremy Wolf Heather Dresser In honor of Jerry Wooding Nick Lenssen ’78 Judi Craven ’79 Tim Whitley ’76 In honor of Jessie Boyce Gunnar Sachs ’90 In honor of Jill Williams ’65 Kris ’71 & Marc Dubick In honor of Jim Gaw ’64 Daniel McNamara ’91 Ethan Cranmer ’10 In honor of Jim Gaw ’64, Mark Clark, Adele Hause, Muffy Ritz, Gene Hebert, & Sandee Arndt ’57 Leila Gass ’82

In honor of Jim Gaw ’64, Mark Clark, Gene Hebert, Chris Babbs, & Steve Sutton Reilly Dillon ’86 In honor of Joe Frank Pat Stein Spitzmiller ’60 In honor of John Holden Michael Mechau ’55 In honor of John Holt Robert Sayre ’58 Bill Parzybok ’61 In honor of Jossie & Mary Barry ’61 & Elaine Schrumpf In honor of Julie Wiley Simone & Matt Berry In honor of Kayo Ogilby Maia Dewey ’22 In honor of Ken Hause Jillian St. Jacques ’75 Matthew Von Der Ahe ’77 Jeff Platt ’74 Kelley Cooper ’76 Dominique Shelton ’73 In honor of Kerry & Hal Hardy Griffin ’91 In honor of Laurie H. Anne Eldridge ’80 In honor of Lee Ann Eustis Nick Kukulan ’68 In honor of Len Wechter Jennifer Hendrick Lowe ’84 In honor of Leonard Jian Family Brajness Lan Xue & Zhizhen Jiang In honor of Lori Rominger Kari Towle Stinehart ’91 Elisabeth Montoya ’95

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In honor of Mala Htun ’87 Helen Muller ’62 In honor of Mark & Jeannie Clark Nelson Jay ’83 In honor of Mark & Vanessa Bearwald Lise McCarthy ’69 In honor of Mark Clark Devon Daney ’85 Patrick McDermott ’81 Jay Marling ’91 Kevin Lynch ’85 Katharine Bill ’89 In honor of Mark Clark & AO Forbes ’69 SaSaDi Boothe Odunsi ’94 In honor of Mark Clark & Katie Scott John Czechowicz ’97 In honor of Mark Clark & Rich Furze Lee Hall ’83 In honor of Matt McLoota ’24 William & Jeanne Mills In honor of Nigel Peacock & Wells Kerr Jonathan Siegel ’71 In honor of Nigel Peacock, Wick Moses ’66, Dutton Foster, Ken Hause, & Steve Bunnell Ely White ’73 In honor of Nita Bunnell, Dutton Foster, Adele Hause, Ken Hause, Rich Furze, Steve Bunnell, Jacqueline Paris, & Roger Paris Kent Matricardi ’79 In honor of Pippa Spaan ’26 Priscilla Wells In honor of Rich Furze Courtenay Murphy ’81 Tracy Ehrhardt Massa ’80 In honor of Ritchie Furze, Ken Hause, & Caleb Bach Kevin Sink ’78 In honor of Rob Stein Moneeka Settles ’86 In honor of Roger & Jackie Paris, Joe Frank, and Wes & VV Horner Celia McVicker ’67 In honor of Roger Paris David Nutt ’67 Richard Stibolt ’73 Charles Carrington ’71 In honor of Roz Perry Joanna Beachy ’61 In honor of Sandee Arndt ’57 Melissa Verplank ’79 Michelle Peterson ’83 In honor of Scarlett Kerr ’24 James & Elizabeth Bramsen

In honor of Stanley Steve Carmichael Daniel Piburn ’83 In honor of Susanna Block ’73 Catherine Wyler Hayden ’71 In honor of Ted Rickard Lynn Bradley Leopold ’60 In honor of the faculty & staff at CRMS Rhett & Ruth Baldwin Karin Teague Thomas Newhard ’82 In honor of The Jacober Legacy at CRMS Francie Jacober In honor of The Stricker Family Mary Wilmer Mills ’72 In honor of Tracy Wilson & B.J. Sbarra Eliza & Nathan Kerr In honor of Tracy Wilson, AO Forbes ’69, Lynn Pulford, Eric Krimmer, Darryl Fuller, & Jeff Leahy Riley Addington ’12 In honor of Viola Gortan ’18 & Vittoria Gortan ’24 Tiziano & Enrica Gortan In honor of Wick Moses ’66 Mary Wilmer Mills ’72 In memory of Catharine Kim Woodin ’81 Leila Gass ’82 In memory of Daniel J. Brimm III Althea Brimm In memory of Jack Real Suzanne Lavin In memory of Jeffrey David Tuerk ’90 Daniel & Janis Tuerk In memory of John Holden Bob Maclean In memory of Junki Yamakawa ’17 Emily Wiley ’18 In memory of Lee Ann & George Eustis Evan Eustis Leslie Hallowell In memory of Maggie DeWolf Nicole DeWolf In memory of Ned Cabot Betsy Cabot, The Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation In memory of Rolleen Stricker Suzanne Stewart Clark ’75 David Davenport ’63 Ursula Goodenough ’60 Terry Frost Graedon ’65 Jim ’64 & Khara Gaw In memory of Sandra Cannon ’79 Sally Koenig ’79

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In memory of Sandy Ramsey ’61 Barry ’61 & Elaine Schrumpf In memory of Scott Hutchins ’03 Peggy Shults Carole Begg Family Eric Blanke Angela Munson Jim & Laura Begg Jeri Allen Daniel Lustick Linda Bates Chris Viscardi Carol Parr Jolene Trujillo In memory of Suzanne Bornstein Louisa Goldsmith In memory of Theodore R Williams ’68 Joetta Thomas Williams In memory of Tony Cherin ’58 Ellen Cherin Andrew & Jennifer Menke In memory of Vanessa Bearwald ’73 Lise McCarthy ’69

ENDOWED FUND In honor of Rowan Wolfson ’26 Raymond Shone, Marianne & Albert Figen Foundation In honor of Wick Moses ’66 & Marc Grandbois ’80 Christopher Hassig ’05 [HS]2 In honor of Akayla Jeffrey Colt In honor of Annie Oppenheim Anastasia Kahan Aliza Green Peggy & David Tanner In honor of Garland & Mollie Lasater Susan Aspinall Block David & Barbara Chase Samuel & Linda Winn In honor of Helen Ward Obermeyer Gary & Laura Lauder In honor of Mala Htun ’87 Esther Assenso In honor of Nick Favaloro Betsy Danziger Anne Favaloro In honor of Zamaris Jeffrey Colt In memory of Giggles on the Grand Canyon Madison Stebbins

Family Weekend Each year during Family Weekend, the OysterBASH silent auction raises funds for the school’s Arts and Active programs. Thank you to our business sponsors, underwriters, auction item donors, and all of the parents, alumni, and friends who bid on (and won) silent auction items. In 2022 OysterBASH raised $50,401 for the Arts and Active programs.

2022 SPONSORS CRMS BUSINESS PARTNERS Alpine Bank FirstBank OYSTERBASH SPONSOR Pete & Sam Louras COFFEE HOUSE SPONSOR Erin & Doug Becker GLASSBLOWING SPONSOR R.J. Paddywacks Pet Outfitter, Eric & Sara Berry MUSIC SPONSOR Joel Cantor & Shannon Spellman SILVERSMITHIING SPONSORS Kathryn Romano Nina & Tony Rizzo COFFEE SPONSOR Dos Gringos Burritos LIGHT SPONSOR Six Productions STEWARDS Gella Sutro & Audrey Immhoff, Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s International Realty Kate & Kevin O’Hagan Margaret & Adelbert Spaan FRIENDS The Flynn Family Janine & Ralph Gunning Andrew & Jennifer Menke Amanda Prentiss Sonya & Jason Turner Ana Goncalves & Joe Williams

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58th Annual Scholarship Work Day In 1965, CRMS students initiated Scholarship Work Day to help make a CRMS education available to others, regardless of their economic status. In 2023, 135 student, faculty, staff and parent volunteers worked at 12 sites throughout the Carbondale area in partnership with local non-profits and homeowners to raise over $33,250 for CRMS Scholarships & Financial Aid. EVENT SPONSOR Heidi & C.J. Morton ’84, Guardian Scholars Foundation CRMS BUSINESS PARTNERS Alpine Bank FirstBank PATRONS Aspen Tree Service, Inc. Bethel Party Rental Black Hills Energy Elliot & Caroline Norquist

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STEWARDS Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s International Realty Avalanche Ranch Cabins & Hot Springs Double Diamond Moving & Storage Holy Cross Energy Pacific Sheet Metal, Inc. FRIENDS A4 Architects, LLC ANB Bank Aspen Solar Inc. Bighorn Consulting Engineers Carbondale Car Care, Inc. Mr. Vac Cleaning & Restoration Division 7, Inc. PROJECT PARTNERS ACES at Rock Bottom Ranch Aspen Valley Land Trust Carbondale Arts Colorado Mountain College City of Glenwood Springs Dooley Creek Farm Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Seed Peace Strang Ranch

Gifts In-Kind Thank you to the following individuals and businesses who donated items or services in-kind to CRMS during the 2022–2023 fiscal year.

Ace Hardware Acoustic for A Change Aspen Skiing Company Avalanche Ranch Cabins & Hot Springs Dylan Baker ’25 Kylie Baker ’25 Gavin Barnedt ’25 Keegan Barnedt ’25 Nathaniel Bates Bay Equity Home Loans Peter Benedict & Misty Groves Benedict Bethel Party Rentals Gavin Bohadik ’23 Botany Houseplant Shop Penelope Brabeck ’23 Bristlecone Mountain Sports Isla Brumby Nelson ’24 Carbondale Clay Center Sebastian Case ’25

Nick Cherney & Tricia Eagling Leo Chrapla ’23 Comfort Inn & Suites Daisy Cullwick ’25 Megan DeNev Wussow Dos Gringos Burritos Sherri Draper & Will Ferry Tim & Gigi Durand Element Hotel Basalt-Aspen Bryan Ezra ’96 Luke Falcone ’11 Fiore Salon Tyler Fischer ’23 Lisa & Brian Flynn Martin Gerdin ’11 Glenwood Vaudeville Revue Reid Goldstein ’23 Klara Greyvensteyn ’24 Wren Groves Benedict ’25 Campbell Habel ’25 Grace Hassell ’25 Adam Hoefel ’22 Honey Butter Hotel Colorado Mala Htun ’87 & Douglas Turner Craig Huffman Photography Ellis Hutchens ’25 IMPACT REPORT 2022-23

Inspirato For Good Tashi Jackson ’22 Molly Jacober ’94 & Tai Jacober ’95 Max Jiang ’25 Evie Kelly ’25 Sean & Bridgette Kelly Greta Kenyon ’22 Aisha Kuban ’23 Graham Lewis ’63 Ambar Linares Egger ’23 Jimmy Lou ’23 Nathan Lovett & Laura Guccione Persia Lovett ’23 Cameron Luther ’22 Alivya Malcolm ’26 Joao Malzoni Almeida Ribeiro ’23 Aubree McAllister ’23 Eden McClellan ’22 Patricia & Corey McLernon Andrew & Jennifer Menke Enrico Minoli & Katerina Lavidas Thomas Moebius & Rebecca Bier-Moebius Campbell Morgan ’25 Hayden Murray ’23 Amy & Michael Nolan Nelson Oldham The Oppenheimer Family Osmia Organics Wheeler Padgett ’23 Mace Perrin ’22 Olivia Pevec Ronald Phaneuf & Jimmie Benedict Phat Thai Tammy Pfeifer & Scott Picard Skylar Picard ’24 The Pullman Red Hill Animal Health Center Ursula Reed ’25 River Valley Ranch Golf Course Roaring Fork Valley Co-Op Emma Roberts ’24 Barbara Ross Tanner Rubinstein ’23 Taylor Rubinstein ’25 Emmanuel Ruiz ’23 Lila Russell ’25 Jacob Sam ’24 San Juan Bee Supply Sadie Shoemaker ’24 Wyatt Smith ’25 Sopris Chiropractic Priscilla Spaan ’25 Spokeasy Bike Cafe Isaac Sterling ’25 Sure Thing Burger Sweet Coloradough Scott & Laurel Tesoro

Gelek Tshering ’23 Zander Turner ’25 Village Smithy Grayson Voorhees ’23 Johnathan Waterman Quinn Weisenbacher ’24 White House Pizza Woody Creek Distillers Emily Zhang ’22 Henry Zhu ’22 Jay Zimmerman ’25

Program Volunteers PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS Thank you to those who volunteered a generous amount of their time and talents during the 2022-2023 school year.

Eric Alden Laura Alvarez Kelly Austin Chris Babbs Brad Baetz Donna Baker Jude Baker Dennis Barnedt Erin Becker Sean Bierle Garett Bjorkman ’06 Ben Bohmfalk Melissa Moyer Bowers Karen Bradshaw Katie Brimm ’06 Ellen Brooks Ann Brumby Scarlett Carney ’24 Anne Cerrone Gretchen Cole Peggy Corcillo Stewart Corona ’24 Jeff Crane Daisy Cullwick ’25 Maia Cullwick ’24 Brian Davies Hinton DeJong Alicia Dewey Patricia Eagling Luke Falcone ’11 Adrian Fielder Mike Flax ’63 Brian Flynn Lisa Flynn Kara Gallagher Enrica Gortan Resa Hayes Anne Hodel Audrey Imhoff

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Molly Jacober ’94 Emma Juniper ’03 Tommy Kearsey Brian Lazar Michelle Lazar Pete Louras, Jr. Dan Martinez ’77 Jared McDermott Arn Menconi Maya Menconi ’23 Andrew Menke Mags Miller ’90 Brad Nelson Amy Nolan Jaime Olden Jason Olden Nelson Oldham Wheeler Padgett ’23 Caitland Peterson ’25 Ayana Pevec-Brown ’92 Tammy Pfeifer Amanda Prentiss Juan Quiroga Brad Randel Johnny Richardson ’70 Cory Ritchie ’92 Tim Sampsel Jennifer Scherer Margaret Spaan Ron Speaker Sonya Turner Ravi Venkateswaran ’69 Sarah Villafranco Kenneth Wanko Stacey Wanko Stan Wattles ’80 Ann White Makai Yllanes ’23

CAPITAL & ENDOWMENT GIFTS Thank you to all who have contributed to capital projects and endowed funds.

CAPITAL & SPECIAL PROJECTS David Douglas ’67 Flax Family Foundation Jeff & Amanda Leahy Tim & Marina O’Keefe Brett & Jamie Suma FORGING THE FUTURE, PRESERVING THE PAST CAMPAIGN Renee Ramge AVERY MATHIEU MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP James Mathieu DUMONT NATIVE AMERICAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Susan Dumont GLENN RILEY COOPER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Anne McNiff Gwathmey ’78 JAMES E. GAW NATIVE AMERICAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP The Carrie Bowman Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation Kelsey Freeman ’12 Tess Freeman ’09 Christopher Hassig ’05 Cole Pietsch ’19 JOHN & ANNE HOLDEN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Edward Maynard ’59 PATERSON SHANZER ENDOWMENT Fonda Paterson ROLLEEN STRICKER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Andy Gould ’60 UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND Garett Bjorkman ’06 & Christine Bjorkman David Douglas ’67 John & Mary Lou Flynn Raymond Shone, Marianne and Albert Figen Foundation

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Program Enjoys 17th Summer at CRMS Annie Oppenheim, [HS]2 Program Director

[HS]2, CRMS’s dynamic high school summer program, serves first-generation college-bound students. The program thrived during its 17th summer session in Carbondale.

This year’s 71 Scholars hailed from public and charter schools in Fort Worth, Denver, New York, and New Orleans.

Of the scholars served, 45% identify as Hispanic or Latino, 48% as Black or African American, and 7% as multiracial.

As always, [HS]2 offered rich and exciting programming throughout the summer. Academically, students immersed themselves in experiences ranging from Geometry to BC Calculus and coding to college counseling. Third Year scholars took a biomedical engineering course with two doctoral students from Purdue University. Outside of classes, scholars enjoyed rock climbing, kayaking, silversmithing, ceramics, gardening, and more. [HS]2 also provided unique activities in collaboration with Aspen Ski Company, Aspen Words, Aspen Physics Center, and 5Point Film Festival. It has been rewarding and affirming for students to enjoy Roaring Fork Valley experiences beyond the CRMS campus.

If you visit campus during the summer, you will find a CRMS overflowing with joy, curiosity, and excitement. We are grateful to be a part of the CRMS family and look forward to more summers of invigorating learning.

[HS]2 Donors

by the numbers:

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270+

91%

[HS]2 students have graduated since 2009

of [HS]2 graduates have completed college in 4-6 years (as of 2020 study)

$50,000 - $99,999 John Fullerton Gates Family Foundation Mary Ann & James Harris Gary & Judy Havener Mollie & Garland Lasater Charitable Trust of the North Texas Community Foundation The North Star Charitable Foundation Sharon Ann McCulloch-Wells & John W. Wells Endowed Fund of The North Texas Community Foundation Anonymous $10,000 - $49,999 Haydn Cutler, Jr. Walker & Joan Friedman Hemera Foundation Robert & Soledad Hurst, Hurst Family Foundation The Melony & Adam Lewis Advised Fund at Aspen

Community Foundation Mary Potishman Lard Trust Pritchard Foundation R4 Foundation Rainwater Charitable Foundation Rosalyn Rosenthal The Tang Fund Anonymous

$5,000 - $9,999 John Robert Alden Foundation Garett Bjorkman '06 & Christine Bjorkman State of Colorado, Parks & Wildlife The Congdon Family Fund Fred & Frances Davies Mitzi Davis & William Davis The Denver Foundation The Kingsberg Foundation Susan Lodge Navias Family Foundation Anonymous

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$1,000 TO $4,999 Susan Aspinall Block David Dowler The Laura & Gary Lauder Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation Suzi McKinley '96 Clint Parsley & Alex Albright Evelyn Petschek '68 Kit & Rob Rohn Virginia Touhey '74 Tad Whitaker '94 Samuel & Linda Winn Anonymous $500 - $999 Laura Alvarez & Juan Quiroga Chris & Nancy Babbs Mark & Jeanie Clark Annie Drapeau Jewish Communal Fund Jake Marston Katie McCormack Fonda Paterson Juan Quiroga & Laura Alvarez Lisanne & Jim Rogers Peggy & David Tanner Anonymous $100 - $499 Marcia Banegas Betsy Bingham-Johns David & Barbara Chase Jeffrey Colt Rick Colt Will Colt Peggy Corcillo & David Pietsch Sam Critchlow Betsy Danziger Nathaniel Drucker Anne Favaloro Mabel Gardner Aliza Green Grossman Family Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation

Morgan Henderson Richard & Carolyn Herb John Lund Katherine McKee Virginia & Rick Newton Annie Oppenheim Jaymie Oppenheim Michael A. Pavlis Marisol Sanchez Reed Schultz Zoe Shea Amy Shoemaker Amanda Toledo Barrios [HS]2 '15 Ravi Venkateswaran '69 Tess Winebaum Pete Wyman Anonymous

UP TO $100 Dania Ahmed Esther Assenso Stefano Cruz Zoya Dalessandri Liliana Diaz Caren Duane Meghan Duff Shawn Gerum Thomas Hyde Anastasia Kahan Morgan Karow '22 Kendall MacRae Dave & Shannon Meyer Nick Pavlis Maria Rivera Katharine Rohn Joel Sanchez Madison Stebbins Olivia Tabah Mary Ellen Treadway Emily Uniman John Wyman Aimee & Luis Yllanes

“Due to this program I’ve not only grown and matured by myself but I’ve grown with this amazing community. Life has blessed me by being here, there are so many ways life could have pushed me but it led me here. Before the program, I was a very shy and quiet person but now I speak to be heard and take risks in life. I hiked Ajax even though I have never hiked. I dipped into the Crystal River. I did white water rafting. [HS]2 helped me grow in a way I didn’t think was possible” Marely A., [HS]2 Class of 2025

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The Holdens: A Legacy of Generosity Mark Bell, Director of Development

John and Anne Holden’s drive west in 1953 was the beginning of a legacy that would stretch across generations and impact the lives of thousands of young people. The Holdens founded Colorado Rocky Mountain School, investing all of themselves into realizing their dream of what the school would become. But even they knew they could not undertake this alone and would rely on the dedication and investment of others.

John Holden recognized the role of philanthropy in the success and future of CRMS. In February 1957, he first solicited all 35 of the school’s alumni to donate, noting the importance of alumni giving percentages as a marker of a school’s overall health. Later that same year, he asked parents of current and former students to give in support of planned capital improvements, explaining that: “The school was founded on the principle that capital expenditures should come from contributions to keep the tuitions down in order to attract as wide a range of students as possible.”

—John Holden, October 1957

This foundational principle continues to inform our philosophy about the role philanthropy plays in the school’s financial model. Over the years, philanthropy has been responsible for everything from closing budget gaps to the historic exchange of the Bar Fork property; making possible the Jossman academic building, and expanding access to a CRMS education through financial aid.

The Holdens knew their vision could not be realized without the generosity and support of others. Today, each of us has the opportunity to follow in the Holdens’ footsteps and leave our own legacy at CRMS whether it’s supporting people and programs by giving to the Annual Fund, improving our facilities, and maintaining our campus with capital gifts, or ensuring the school’s future viability with donations to the endowment.

Thank you to everyone who generously supports CRMS and allows our dedicated teachers and staff to educate our students and create opportunities for them to thrive.

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2023 Alumni Weekend

Alumni gathering in the Bar Fork

Julie Urvater ’83, Sherri Duncan ’73 & Debbie Lente-Jojola ’73

Over 70 graduates and their families descended on Carbondale in early August for the 2023 Alumni Weekend.

Alumni enjoyed rafting, mountain biking, hot springs soaking, campus tours, receptions, and an old-fashioned Barn Dance complete with a live band. Thanks to Thomas Mitchell ’73 for spearheading the Class of 1973’s 50th Reunion and the Barn Dance.

HERE’S WHAT A FEW OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE WEEKEND:

Jeanne & Mark Clark

Nelson Jay ’83, Jay Jackson & Joe Van Wyk ’83

1980s alumni

Friday reception attendees

“Pieces of a puzzle that takes shape in the teen years fall into place at these reunions. Thank you!”

“The best time, wonderful memories with great friends.”

“My heart is full when I see this extraordinary school continuing to thrive. Long live CRMS!”

Thomas Mitchell ’73, Thomas Bingham ’73, Nat Cooper ’73 & Anne Leibold

1990s alumni

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2024 Alumni Weekend JUNE 14-16, 2024!

Alumni mountain bike crew

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Josh Lange ’93, Chase Carter ’93 & Justin Dragonas ’93 31

A LIFETIME OF LEARNING, FLOURISHING, AND CONNECTION