FENN: Summer 2017

Summer 2017

A Tribute to Lorraine Garnett Ward Derek R. Boonisar to Succeed Jerry Ward in 2018 Fenn’s Steadfast “Star” Shines for Thirty-Five Years

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FROM THE HEADMASTER

The clos e o f a s c h o o l y e a r

is by nature a time of nostalgia as we send our

promising new graduates filled with hope and gratitude off to the next chapter in their lives and our returning Fenn boys, brimming with energy and elation, off to their longawaited summer adventures. At this juncture, we look at once forward to the future that awaits Fenn boys and the School, as always inextricably intertwined, and backward to the days and months of the academic year that we leave behind. As I reflect on this past school year that has been filled with the ambitious efforts and growth of Fenn boys in their daily school lives, it’s clear that it has been a time of great endeavors for our school.

And in parallel, it has also been a year of painful loss for our school community, and me personally. Perhaps Dickens said it most aptly in reflecting, “It was the best of times and the worst of times.”

As always, Fenn is looking to the future and is engaged in the process both of preparation for our school’s reaccreditation assessment and of developing and executing some crucial strategic goals: • Our faculty and staff, complemented by trustees, parents and alumni, are engaged deeply in the process of assessing the strengths and weaknesses of Fenn as framed by the comprehensive and prescribed process of a self-study in preparation for our school’s reaccreditation assessment by the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE), which will occur this November. Fenn is fortunate to be anchored and inspired by the clarity and vitality of our mission: educating boys for secondary school and life and doing so broadly and deeply in their middle school years in a personal and caring community. This is our very purpose for existing as a school, informing the daily work of teachers who shape Fenn boys and galvanizing our trustees, parents, and alumni as they strive to serve our school.

In the self-study this year we examined and assessed Fenn’s curriculum, faculty and staff composition, teaching methods, administrative structure and practices, governance, communication, campus and facilities,

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admissions, constituent relations, fundraising, diversity and inclusion, student safety and well-being, and finances, supplemented by other relevant parts of our school both individually and in composite. To this broad landscape of Fenn, we applied a close and discerning lens to determine what should be preserved and deepened and what should be assessed further and strengthened. Our now completed self-study has advanced in significant measure our continual process of vital renewal. It will serve as the basis for the assessment that Fenn will receive from our accrediting association, AISNE, next year, complemented by the important conclusions, commendations, and recommendations that the Association will provide at the end of the review process in mid-year.

• The School, led by our stewards of Fenn’s present and future, the Board of Trustees, endeavors to realize in the shorter term some crucial strategic goals to ensure and sustain the strength of the School in its mission of educating boys in these transformative years of their lives. To that end, Fenn is striving to expand our endowment to continue to enroll talented boys from a range of socio-economic backgrounds; to support our teachers in their professional

Our vital school looks ahead with optimism, ambition, and gratitude. development through pursuit of graduate school, teaching institutes, and other enriching experiences to invest back into their classroom teaching; and to expand the educational program to include the infusion of design thinking and the deeper integration of technology into our curriculum.

In addition to enhancing our everessential endowment, the School will construct a new campus center by expanding the Connolly Dining Hall through additional seating and a new kitchen, developing a reimagined innovation lab to replace the current makerspace, and adding meeting and classroom spaces on a new upper level. All of this will come to fruition through the significant effort of completing a $20 million capital campaign that will this year be announced more formally and fully to the school community at large for its broad participation.

Looking ahead to the next decade and beyond, the Board of Trustees, following my notification to them in November of my intention to retire at the close of the 2017-2018 academic year, made the far-sighted and wise choice of selecting Derek Boonisar as the next headmaster of Fenn. Rooted in the rich culture of Fenn, dedicated to our school’s mission of educating boys, and experienced, talented, and skilled as an educator who has fully invested himself in serving Fenn these past twenty-two years, Derek is Fenn’s leader for the future who will carry the School forward in wise and crucial ways. A better choice than Derek Boonisar as the next head of Fenn could never be found.

And looking back, to early March, the passing of my wife, Lorraine, who was so deeply loved by so many across her almost twenty-four years at Fenn as a teacher, mentor, and spouse

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to me as headmaster, is deeply saddening. Her loss for our current Fenn boys, especially the senior class, whose members she closely advised and mentored, and for the extended school community has been hard and painful. Yet the outpouring of love, support, and remembrance of Lorraine from boys, faculty, staff, trustees, parents, alumni, and parents of alumni has been profound, manifested in dedications of remembrance on campus and in so many words of heartfelt gratitude, admiration, and love. It is not possible for me personally to find a means to adequately capture the expanse of the Fenn community’s support and remembrance of Lorraine nor to express my personal gratitude for all that has been offered in honoring Lorraine’s gifts as an educator and her lasting place in this community which she so deeply loved and served. I remain eternally grateful for the heartfelt and generous support of this caring and loving school community in this time of personal grief for my family and me.

But, in the most vital of ways, life goes on, boys grow and thrive, and our vital school looks ahead with optimism, ambition, and gratitude.

Indeed, it is in all of these ways and more “the best of times” for Fenn. This current edition of FENN, which was written and produced by our “retired” Director of Publications Laurie O’Neill as a generous response to our request, reflects the rich and full life of this school as we have lived it this past year and as we aspire to live it in the future. I hope you will take the time to share with us in the vibrance of Fenn by taking the time to read this latest edition of FENN, our school’s premier publication.

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EDITOR AND FEATURES WRITER Laurie O’Neill PHOTOGRAPHY Ellen Harasimowicz Laurie O’Neill Tony Santos Joshua Touster DESIGN Dan Beard Design

EDITORIAL BOARD Olivia Boger Derek Boonisar Anne Ames Boudreau Verónica Jorge-Curtis Bobby Nasson Jerry Ward COVER PHOTO Laurie O’Neill

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Developing Skills, Sportsmanship, and Comaraderie: Athletics at Fenn

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The 88th Annual Graduation Exercises

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News

Reflections: Fenn’s Steadfast “Star” Shines for Thirty-Five Years In Memoriam

FENN is published twice a year for alumni, parents, and friends of the School. Letters and comments are welcomed and can be sent to the attention of the FENN Editorial Board, The Fenn School, 516 Monument Street, Concord, MA 01742, alumni@fenn.org, 978-318-3525.

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Lorraine Garnett Ward Teacher, Mentor, and Friend, She Faced Her Illness with Grace, Humor, and a “Valiant Spirit” “Life teaches us, as cancer has taught me, how fragmented, temporary, and beyond our control much of it is. Life is an imperfect journey, at best, especially when it comes to raising our children.

However, it also gives us glimpses into the transcendence that seems to be lurking behind much of what we do when we love freely and do good work, making it possible for us to claim for ourselves moments of pure joy.”

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L OR R AIN E G A R N E T T WA R D

SEVERAL HU N D R ED F ENN S CHOOL A LU M N I ,

former and current faculty and staff, students and their parents,

members of the Board of Trustees, and members of the Ward family filled the Fenn meeting hall and spilled out into a white tent on the green on Saturday, May 6, to celebrate the life of Lorraine Garnett Ward.

Reflecting on her years as a high school student in Wakefield, Massachusetts, a college student at Mt. Holyoke, a class dean at Wellesley College, a teacher and wife of Fenn Headmaster Jerry Ward, and a mother of three sons, and at the time, grandmother to three boys, were former high school and college classmates, colleagues, friends, and family members. Also in attendance were members of Lorraine’s medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Surrounded by her family at her Concord home, Lorraine passed away peacefully on March 9. She was 67 and faced her illness with grace, humor, and a “valiant spirit,” said her eldest son, John.

Diagnosed in 2006 with Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, Lorraine’s prognosis was grim, but under the care of Dr. Jerry Younger and nurse practitioner Nancy Schaeffer at Mass General, she fought on, receiving treatment every three weeks for the rest of her life while remaining actively involved in life at Fenn.

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In addition to her husband, Jerry, Lorraine leaves her sons John, 37, James, 35, and Matt, 32, and their wives; five grandchildren; her brothers John Garnett and Steven Garnett, and her sister, Julie Garnett.

Throughout her long career as a teacher and mentor, Lorraine was known for her openness and empathetic nature and the deep and lasting connections she forged at the large, diverse public high school in Canada where she began her career, through her many years at Wellesley College, and in her work at Fenn both in the classroom and as a mentor to faculty and students.

When asked what was most important to her as a teacher, Lorraine once said, “A willingness to be open to others and to the paradoxes of being human in a world that can be so beautiful and so terrible at the same time.”

This year the yearbook was dedicated to Lorraine, and the Parents Association installed on the lawn

between the Lower School and the W.W. Fenn building a small garden featuring a delicate dogwood tree and a granite memorial that honors Lorraine for her “love of Fenn and gift for teaching” which “have forever shaped the community.”

Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Lorraine had humble, quintessentially American roots. Her father, Vernon “Tex” Garnett, a tall, soft-spoken Texan from the rugged hill country west of Austin, and her mother Gilda “Jill” Benedetto, a “pint-sized, first generation Italian spark plug,” according to Lorraine’s son, John, met while working in an army intelligence office in Paris during World War II. As the second child but first daughter of four children, Lorraine was “tapped to be domestic lieutenant and matriarch-in-training at a young age,” he added, which likely inspired the drive, strong will, and sense of duty that characterized her as an adult.

Lorraine’s childhood was spent immersed in her mother’s big extended Italian family. Even as a young girl she was encouraged to participate in the frequently “male-dominated and raucous” family debates on politics, religion, and history that were held over platters of steaming pasta served after Sunday Mass, said John.

Graduating as salutatorian of the class of 1967 at Wakefield High School, Lorraine had written for the school paper and yearbook, played the clarinet and guitar, ran several clubs, and was voted Most Ambitious and Most Likely to Succeed. A defining moment for her was

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when she was elected president of the school’s National Honor Society chapter by her peers, but the faculty moderator said that it would not be appropriate for a girl to hold this position.

Shortly after, Lorraine made a decision she would say was among the best of her life: she had earned early acceptance to and would attend Mt. Holyoke, where opportunities to use her voice and hone her leadership skills would be unlimited. She majored in religion, became fluent in Spanish, studied at Oxford during a semester abroad, and became a political activist. She treasured the close and lasting friendships she formed with many of her classmates, six of whom gathered to offer remarks and sing the college song at the memorial event.

After graduation, an urge for adventure led Lorraine to Canada

with two of her high school friends.

She earned a master’s degree in philosophy of religion from McGill University in Montreal, and a certificate in education from Cordova University. Lorraine began teaching English at Howard S. Billings Regional High School in Chateauguay, Quebec, where the student body was comprised largely of second generation Scotch Irish, French Canadians, and American Indians from the nearby Mohawk Reservation. Much of Lorraine’s work involved counseling underprivileged children born into alcoholism and poverty.

Lorraine’s experiences in Canada were the basis for a life-long commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

Her next stop was Boston University, where she had applied for a position in

the admissions department. During her first job interview, a knock sounded on the director’s door and in came a young assistant director of admissions and BU alumnus named Jerry Ward to ask his colleague conducting the interview a question and then to apologize for the interruption. It was there he saw Lorraine for the first time.

Soon after, Lorraine was hired, tasked with recruiting students from New England high schools and leading the admissions committees for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Basic Studies. Her responsibilities would require a close working relationship with Jerry, and a partnership budded and then bloomed into love over late night dinners and long conversations. They were married in January of 1979 at the university’s Marsh Chapel.

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While her first son, John, was a one-year-old, Lorraine began what would become a twenty-year career at Wellesley. After serving as head of house of Munger Dormitory for three years, she transitioned to the position of class dean, providing individualized academic and personal advising to hundreds of young women in the classes of 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2000. She held a writing lectureship, developed two new courses, designed the First Year Experience program, and won a teaching prize.

Throughout her years at the college, Lorraine “was fiercely loyal to her Wellesley ‘daughters,’” said Chris Bicknell Marden, a 1990 graduate. “She challenged us, asked probing questions, tried to learn where our hearts were, and then pushed us to grow.”

Pamela Daniels, a colleague and mentor of Lorraine’s at Wellesley, said that Lorraine made “every moment a teaching moment, and she always found the words to convince you that you could live up to her high standards and ideals, and to her belief and trust in you. She was irresistible.”

When Lorraine’s husband was appointed headmaster at Fenn, the partnership fueled by love, respect, and support they had forged early on was both essential and evident. As the spouse of the head, Lorraine served as the hostess for the greater school community of parents, alumni, and trustees, and when she left Wellesley in 2000, she worked as a volunteer in the Fenn development office and covered faculty maternity leaves.

and she was “a de facto mentor” to the

methodology, spirituality, architecture,

faculty, particularly to young teachers

and interior design, and even to

who were just starting out.

Hollywood celebrity news. A natural

Over her nearly twenty-four years at

storyteller, Lorraine was known for a

When a position opened, she began

Fenn, Lorraine filled her campus home

tendency to embellish and an inability to

teaching English and Social Studies and

with mementoes representing many

suppress her own laughter and delight

serving as a department chair.

countries and cultures, student artwork,

during her delivery, which often made

and fresh flowers. She was a voracious

it difficult for her to finish and proved

accessibility immediately drew both

reader whose tastes ran from Shakespeare

contagious to her listeners. “Her stories

students and colleagues to her, said Jerry,

and contemporary poetry to educational

were glorious, sometimes touching, and

Lorraine’s openness, warmth, and

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or experiences. As the boys shared their stories, she would be in the front row of the meeting hall, which is named for Jerry and Lorraine, reassuring each boy before he nervously took to the stage and beaming as he presented his talk.

In recent years Lorraine cherished spending time with her growing number of grandchildren, to whom she was devoted, walking her eldest to his bus or pushing the youngest in his stroller around campus and stopping to chat animatedly with teachers and students who crossed her path. On Friday often hysterical, and she enthralled us

sexualized society in which they live,

all,” her sister, Julie, said.

giving them the opportunity to explore

A long-time advocate of single sex education, Lorraine wrote in an opinion

freely what it means to be human.”

After her retirement from teaching

afternoons for a number of years until this winter, she invited ninth grade students to the headmaster’s house for cookies, poetry writing, and discussions about life.

piece that appeared in The Boston Globe

in 2011, Lorraine remained deeply

in 2006, “Good single sex schools allow

invested in the life of the school,

young people to release themselves

coaching the ninth graders as they

her favorite poets was Mary Oliver.

temporarily from the developmental and

prepared their Senior Reflections,

Below is an excerpt from “The Summer

learning differences between the sexes,

short speeches delivered to the school

Day,” which was read at the celebra-

and from the undue burden of the hyper-

community about memorable people

tion of her life.

Lorraine loved poetry, and among

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? summer

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Derek R. Boonisar to Succeed Jerry Ward in 2018 When Derek Boonisar visited Fenn to interview for a position on the faculty one February day twenty-two years ago, it was serendipitous that the finals of the W.W. Fenn Public Speaking Contest were being held in Robb Hall.

“I was astounded,” Derek says, “not only by the quality of the speeches but also by the fact that middle school boys could do this—stand up on stage and confidently present a memorized piece to a large audience.” This is a community, he thought, that he would like to join.

Derek joined the Fenn community the following fall of 1995 as a Latin teacher, advisor, and threesport athletic coach, and he has gone on to serve the School in many other roles. A native of Needham, Massachusetts, Derek earned a B.A. in English with a minor in classics at the University of Vermont, and an Ed.M. in administration, planning, and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has coached a variety of sports and activities at a number of summer camps, including Summer Fenn, Star Camps, and Tenacre School Day Camp.

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“Fenn is remarkable for how inclusive we are, in many ways, which allows boys to be open and honest about what matters to them.” – Derek Boonisar English was Derek’s chosen course of study because “I love to read and I have always had a keen appreciation for the written word,” he says. “I wanted to be a successful communicator and majoring in English offered a wide versatility on what I could do later.”

This spring, the Fenn Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Derek, currently associate head of school and head of the Upper School, Latin teacher, varsity hockey coach, and Senate advisor, as the next head of school, effective July 1, 2018. The Board made its decision after the Search Committee conducted a vigorous series of personal, in-depth interviews with Derek and collected feedback from various constituencies, both from extensive surveys and feedback forms and from many small group sessions with faculty and staff, trustees, alumni, and parents. The Search Committee consisted of nine trustees and four faculty and staff members, Tory Hayes ’02, Veronica Jorge-Curtis, Elise Mott, and John Sharon.

Chair of the Board of Trustees Jim Kitendaugh P’97, P’05 says Board members were “enormously impressed with Derek’s deep knowledge of Fenn and his understanding of the school’s culture, developed and honed over his twenty-two years of service as teacher, advisor, coach, director of Secondary School Placement [now called Secondary School Counseling], Upper School division head, and as assistant and later associate head of school.”

Jim praised Derek’s “commitment

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to middle school boys’ education, his outstanding ability to communicate with every part of Fenn’s diverse constituency, his excitement regarding Fenn’s future, and his ability to balance continuity and change.”

“Honored and thrilled” to be appointed, Derek says he is “brimming with excitement to steward this wonderful school.” As he prepares to assume leadership responsibilities next summer, “I am committed to concurrently preserving and growing Fenn’s culture and program to best position the School for ongoing success,” he says.

An alumnus of Noble and Greenough School, Derek had been teaching, advising, coaching, and assisting in admissions at Salisbury School in Connecticut for the two years following his college graduation, but he longed to return to the Boston area, and when he began investigating

openings, Fenn was the “first school to be in touch.”

Derek recalls with a smile where he was when he received the call that was to change the course of his career. While visiting friends in Vermont, Derek got a phone message that his mom, Kristen, had tried to contact him, leaving a message that “a Jerry Ward from Fenn” had called. And the rest is history.

Derek believes in Fenn’s mission, saying, “We have always been a school that provides success to a variety of boys and learners. And there is a steady stream of evidence that supports this.”

When he sees alumni at events or when they visit campus, Derek often asks them what it was about Fenn that was most important to them. The most frequent replies, he says, are along the lines of “We felt trusted by the adults there” and “Fenn allowed me to be myself.”

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Over the years Derek has observed that “every boy here learns a certain way and approaches material from a different angle.” He has also learned that one of the challenges of this middle school age group is that “We must try to convey to them that we trust them and that we appreciate them for where they are at this point in time in their intellectual, emotional, and co-curricular development.”

His primary responsibility as a teacher, coach, advisor, and administrator, Derek says, is to make sure that “each and every boy with whom I’m connected experiences happiness and success and builds confidence.” This “doesn’t mean a boy won’t feel disappointment and experience failure,” he adds. “In fact, teaching resilience is vital. I want our graduates to feel not only confident and supported, but also independent.”

“Jerry is one of the most admirable and inspirational people I have ever known.”

– Derek Boonisar

Attending independent schools, including Dexter when he was a younger student, helped inspire Derek to select independent school education as a career.

In fact, it was his former teachers, based

allows boys to be open and honest

year. He is in debt to his predecessor, he

about what matters to them.”

says, describing Headmaster Jerry Ward,

Having children—Caroline, 11, and

with whom he has worked closely for

on how influential they were, whose

Christopher, 9—has made Derek “so

many years, as “remarkable,“ and noting

counsel he sought, he says, when making

much more effective in my work,” he

that his contributions to the Fenn

that decision. “If I could be to young

says. When he speaks to Fenn parents, “I

community have been extraordinary.

people what these teachers were to me, I

realize they love their son and have his

“It is amazing to look around and

knew I would have a rewarding career,” he

best interests in mind. I know they are

internalize what Jerry has accomplished

says. Derek went on to serve as a member

motivated by that, and having my own

in both the areas of community life and

of the Board of Trustees at Noble and

children has provided that perspective.”

bricks and mortar.”

Greenough from 2012 to 2015.

He tries, he says, to treat the boys

Jerry’s “wisdom, even-handed

with whom he works “in the way I would

temperament, and vigor for the complex

Fenn is special. What “dawned on me

want my children to be treated by their

work of school leadership” have made

fairly quickly,” he says, is that “every

teachers and coaches.”

him an “outstanding head of school,”

Derek has long thought that

single student has a personal story

Derek’s wife, Liz, is a corporate

Derek declares. He is “one of the most

that is important. One of the luxuries

recruiter in the pharmaceutical industry.

admirable and inspirational people I have

we have here is that we are given

The family will move to campus from

ever known.”

the opportunity to learn every boy’s

their home in Sudbury next summer.

story and we care enough to do so.

Derek and his family are delighted

“I truly believe,” Derek adds, “that it’s true what they say: ‘Successful leaders

We need to sustain this effort.” Fenn

about his appointment, but he is

stand on the shoulders of those who

is “remarkable,” he adds, for “how

mindful of the work that needs to be

preceded them.’”

inclusive we are, in many ways, which

done during the coming transitional

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Around Campus Whether it was tinkering in the makerspace, flying out of All School Meeting to play baseball and lacrosse or just to toss a Frisbee and enjoy a snack, competing in speaking contests, treading the boards in Ward Hall during performances, marching in the Patriot’s Day Parade, researching their ancestors for the Cultural Heritage Project, building wind turbines in science class, taking care of campus recycling, learning about other countries and peoples at the Cultural Arts Festival, reading in a comfortable nook, or building furniture in the wood shop, Fenn boys were happily busy this late winter and spring, enjoying their classes and teams, their efforts in sustainability, diversity, and service learning activities, and ever engaging in the spirit of friendship and camaraderie.

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AT H L E T IC R E P O R T

Athletic Report From basketball, hockey, and wrestling to tennis, track and field, baseball, and lacrosse, Fenn teams showed grit, perseverance, and good sportsmanship. Among their accomplishments, varsity basketball won its tournament for the third straight year, track and field athletes enjoyed a record-shattering season, and varsity tennis ended the spring undefeated.

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Athletics at Fenn Develops Skills, Builds Sportsmanship, and Generates “Palpable Camaraderie” Fenn’ s mis s ion s ta tem en t

proudly begins with the declaration that the School “seeks to prepare

boys for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and integrity by offering a broad and challenging educational program.” Athletics, both intramural for younger boys and interscholastic for older ones, are an integral part of the breadth of a Fenn education. “They provide important opportunities for boys to develop skills and habits that will serve them well for the rest of their lives,” says Derek Boonisar, associate head of school, head of the Upper School, and a long-time coach at Fenn.

Boys, even Lower Schoolers, “learn skills such as teamwork, sportsmanship, competing hard, and resilience,” he adds, and “they develop habits including fitness, good nutrition, and the importance of rest and recovery.”

Athletics are a “great opportunity,” says Nat Carr, head of the Lower School and former coach of varsity football and lacrosse, “for boys to get to know each other, develop relationships, and spend time outdoors.”

Giving fourth and fifth graders the opportunity to play sports “gets them excited to join teams in the Middle and Upper Schools,” he points out.

Fenn’s coaches are all Fenn teachers, and many of them are alumni of the School. “We may be teaching them science but an hour later we are playing baseball with them,” Nat says. “This helps us become a more connected, closer community.”

Athletic Director Bob Starensier says that athletics “creates and builds character,” and that when playing sports, Fenn boys “work for something bigger than themselves.” A true team athlete, he says, “wants to win more for his teammates than he does for himself.”

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Jeff Trotsky ’06, who is an assistant director of admission and a science teacher as well as a coach, says he notes that Fenn provides “an opportunity and a place for every boy. Just as we teach for all different kinds of learners, we coach for all different kinds of athletes. We don’t run our programs only for top caliber athletes; we run them so that there is a place on a team for every student.”

Nat likes to tell the story of a recent graduate who, in Lower School, demonstrated a clear passion for the arts, excelling in music and drama. When the

boy became a ninth grader, his friends convinced this skeptical young man to try football. He developed a skill set and was a valuable team member, depended upon to lead warm-ups with his own clever call-and-respond chant, Nat says. “He surprised his peers, his coaches, and himself.”

It delights Derek “to see our boys active on a daily basis, running, throwing, catching, kicking, skating, shooting hoops, and tackling each other. These activities promote health and wellness,” he says.

It also makes him proud, Derek says, “to watch them or coach them myself as they represent their school, fight for each other, and respond to competition and adversity as friends and teammates.

These moments generate palpable camaraderie and unforgettable memories.”

Here are the winter and spring sports reports, which feature strong Fenn teams and particularly successful years for varsity basketball, which for the third time were crowned tournament champions, and for track, which experienced an “epic, record-shattering” season. The following round-up was prepared by Brenda Dupont, mother of Gates Dupont ’12.

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Winter Sports VARSITY BASKETBALL Varsity basketball (10-4) claimed the Fenn Tournament Championship for the third straight year, defeating Lexington Christian Academy in the tourney’s opening round and Fay School, 57-44, in the title game. “Winning the tournament was certainly a highlight,” said Coach Peter Bradley, “as was defeating Fay twice after losing to them early in the year.” Fenn registered wins against Groton twice this season, as well as claiming victories over St. Sebastian’s, BC High, Lawrence Academy, BB&N, and Shore. Fenn lost only once on its home court, a close contest in which the boys in blue and gold were edged by Xaverian, 45-39. Captains were ninth grader Ben Carbeau and eighth grader Stuart McCallum, both of whom showed great leadership ability. “Most pleasing was the way the team came together to play as a team as opposed to five individuals,” said Coach Bradley, who was assisted by Matt Ward ’00.

JV BASKETBALL JV basketball (7-7) was an exciting team to watch, especially in a January 20 overtime victory at Xaverian Brothers

School in Westwood. Eighth grader Nate Edwards-Roseney “was clutch” in the extra session, according to Coach Frank Crowley ’06. Edwards-Roseney, a big offensive contributor throughout the season, collected six of Fenn’s ten overtime points in the 42-32 win. The season spotlight also shined on two victories over archrival Fay School and a pair of wins against Carroll School. JV’s “best effort of the season,” said Coach Crowley, was a 42-36 victory at Belmont Day School on February 1. Fenn’s other win came in front of the home crowd against Pike School on February 15.

Despite a season-ending three-game skid, the team worked hard and played with enthusiasm. Freemon Romero ’04 assisted with the coaching duties this season. Captaining the team were Jameson Mannix, Owen Hickey, and Jack Folz.

THIRDS GOLD BASKETBALL The Thirds Gold basketball team (6-4) was led by veteran coach Tony Santos, who recorded his 200th coaching win on February 15. Coach Santos, who has coached Thirds for 32 years, reached the milestone in a 26-23 victory at archrival

Fessenden. “It was the best all-around game of the season,” he said. The Gold team rode a four-game winning streak mid-season, picking up a win at Fessenden at home, away victories against Park, and a home win against Shore. The Gold’s road game was particularly impressive as the team’s other two wins both came on the road, against Shore and Solomon Schechter.

“Defense was our strength and the team was very good at a variety of defensive schemes that kept the other teams off-balance,” said Coach Santos.

Captains were Brad Kelly and Duncan MacKenzie.

THIRDS BLUE BASKETBALL The Thirds Blue team (2-6-1) showcased its best work in the season finale at home against Rivers School, a 31-18 victory. “It was the culmination of our season and our best performance of the year,” said Coach Jeff Trotsky ’06. Blue’s other victory came in the season opener at Pike School. The team’s greatest strength was “our ability to have fun and play for each other,” said Coach Trotsky. “We were a young team, new

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to the game, but we were a close knit group and we worked hard and left it all on the court.” Team captains were Hans Toulmin and Sam Remondi.

VARSITY HOCKEY Varsity hockey (7-4-1) posted an impressive pair of shutouts over archrival Fay School this season: a hard-earned 1-0 road win and a 2-0 win at home. Fenn also accomplished another shutout against Dexter in the season-opener that was a rare scoreless deadlock. Other wins this season were registered on home ice against Catholic Memorial, Belmont Hill, Winchester Middle School, and Rectory. “We set out each day to work hard, improve, pull for each other, and have fun,” said Coach Derek Boonisar, who was assisted behind the bench by Jeff LaPlante and Ryan Miklusak. “We were led by excellent captains and veteran players,” said

Coach Boonisar, reflecting on the contributions of the captain, Ian Moore, as well as assistant captains Nico Bowden and Peter Nelson, all ninth graders. “We had some exciting newcomers, too,” he said. “Overall, we feel we accomplished what we set out to do.”

JV HOCKEY JV hockey (2-5) was a “very enthusiastic and well-disciplined team,” said Coach Jason Rude. Backed by strong goaltending from Byron Woodman and Finley Stevens, JV captured victories in the season-opener against Carroll and again at home against Park late in the year.

Offensively, Luke Swaim registered two hat tricks in the season, against Carroll and Dedham. “The skill level of our sixth grade players speaks well for the future of Fenn hockey in the years to come,” said Coach Rude, who worked the bench with coaches Paul Heinze and Tim Seston.

Noting that some of his players were enjoying organized hockey for the first time, Rude praised their progress, saying, “The team showed great sportsmanship and never gave up, even against varsity teams that were clearly bigger, older, and stronger.” Captains were Mikey Bean, Luke Swaim, and Tucker Winstanley.

VARSITY WRESTLING Varsity wrestling presented the largest team in Fenn history, with about thirty wrestlers in grades 7-9 participating. The team was led by a solid core of returning eighth grade wrestlers, including Max Winneg, Tommy Fitzsimmons, Cam Fries, Miles Berry, and Carter McCray.

“As coaches, we were impressed with the dedication and contributions of all of the wrestlers,” said Coach John Fitzsimmons, who worked with Coach Steve Gasper to guide the team. “It was a fun and rewarding season for all.”

Spring Sports VARSITY BASEBALL Varsity baseball’s (6-3-1) team composition was “unique from past years,” according to Assistant Coach Jeff LaPlante. The roster included two seventh graders, eleven eighth graders, and only one ninth grader. “The best part about the team was that everyone enjoyed the game, practicing and playing, and supported each other at all times,” he said. After tying BC High in the opener, Fenn won three straight by outscoring rivals Fay, Fessenden, and Middlesex by a combined total of 49-4. Fenn took second place in the New England Junior School Tournament, yet the season highlight was a no-hitter thrown by Captain Ben Carbeau in the season finale at Shore.

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JV BASEBALL JV baseball (8-2) “made steady improvements during the season, especially in hitting,” said Coach Tony Santos, who was assisted by Paul Heinze and Mike Rowlett. Pitching was this year’s team’s strength, with James Webster, Elias Turk, and Carter Sohn carrying the load. While two big victories over Fay dotted the schedule, Coach Santos identified the game against Dexter as another highlight: “It was tied, 2-2, in the bottom of the sixth, when Webster stole home plate for the walk-off win.” For Coach Heinze, there was “nothing better than seeing kids not rostered for a game asking/begging to play, or choosing to attend home games even though they wouldn’t be playing, but wanting to be there to support their teammates.” Co-Captains were Buck Lewis and Edward Myers-Rafferty.

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VarsitY lacrosse Varsity lacrosse (4-5) earned victories over Worcester Academy, Fay, Shore, and St. John’s Prep in a “hard fought season with stiff competition,” according to Coach Matt Ward ’00. In a game to remember, Fenn mounted a six-goal 4th quarter comeback against rival Fay, and after tying it up, Fenn won the game in overtime, much to the delight of the home crowd.

Seniors Riley Gustafson, defense, and Henry Peters, goaltender, “led by example all season with tenacious play,” said Coach Ward, who shared the sidelines with Jeff Trotsky ’06. Fenn took fourth place in the annual New England Junior School Lacrosse Tournament and finished the season with a hard-fought loss to Fay to drop below .500. In addition to Gustafson and Peters, Nico Bowden and Ian Moore also wore captain “C”s this season.

VarsitY tennis Varsity tennis (8-0-1) had a truly remarkable undefeated season, with the only tie coming against an otherwise undefeated Roxbury Latin squad. Fenn downed Concord Academy twice to start the season, followed by wins over Belmont Hill, Fessenden, BC High, St. John’s Prep, St. Sebastian’s, and Fay. “On a number of occasions, the boys battled back when trailing late in the matches,”

said Coach Rob Morrison. “They worked hard in practice, supported each other, and always acted like gentlemen on and off the court.” The team’s “excellent captains,” according to Coach Morrison, were Sam Barton, Alex Brown, and Peter Nelson, the only ninth grader on the varsity tennis roster. “They took turns planning and running practices each week.

They also stayed to watch every match to cheer on their teammates, even when it was long after they had completed their own matches.”

JV tennis A sporting group of seventh and eighth graders with varied tennis backgrounds yet a uniformly mellow vibe carried JV tennis (3-4-3) through “an upbeat spring of closely competitive matches,” said Coach David Sanborn. The team registered wins over Belmont Day, Pike, and Shady Hill. Miles Berry and Max Winneg held the top positions on the singles ladder, “relying on effective service, steady groundstrokes, and well-timed approaches to challenge opponents’ top guns.” Wes Kleiman, Adam Ewing, and Tim Hibben earned fine results at singles and played an extra set of doubles when the team was shorthanded. In their first tennis season, Ethan Mullen and Charlie Groome “forged a remarkable partner-

ship at #3 doubles, going undefeated in nine matches. They quickly sorted out a tactical chemistry, with Groome creating an aggressive net presence and Mullen retrieving and rallying calmly from the baseline,” said Coach Sanborn.

Captaining the team was Michael Lang. track and Field Track and field (15-0) enjoyed “an epic, record-shattering season,” said Coach David Duane, adding that the squad of thirty-five boys “was one of the most successful that ever has competed for Fenn.”

The team won first place in both the Fay Meet and the Fenn Relays. School records were set in the 50m, 100m, and 200m by Co-Captain Kyle Roshankish, a ninth grader. Another record fell in the 4 x 400 team relay, with Roshankish, Jesse Fernandez, Aroon Sankoh, and Co-Captain Hans Toulmin finishing in 3:45.7, marking the first Fenn mile relay team to register a time of under four minutes. In the 4 x 100 relay, Toulmin, Roshankish, Izak Murphy, and Duncan MacKenzie raced to a school record 48.6 seconds. The hurdle relay of MacKenzie, Co-Captain John Stewart, Alex Requadt, and Jake Sanders were Fenn record-setters. “We had great depth and talent in all events,” said Coach Duane, who was assisted by Frank Crowley ’06 and E.J. Fitzsimmons ’13.

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Hail and Farewell: 88th Annual Graduation Exercises Held on June 9 the 88th annual Fenn school graduation exercises on June 9 will be remembered in part for the sun that shined brightly after days of rain and despite an ominous forecast, and for the stirring performances by the Fenn concert band and treble chorus. it will also be recalled for the sixty blazered and boutonniere-wearing graduates-to-be as they ascended to the stage, beaming, to receive their diplomas, and for the recollections and appreciations shared by school president ian moore and Vice president nico bowden.

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“My memories of every teacher’s caring and devotion will exist forever.”

– Nico Bowden, ’17 Outgoing Vice President of the School

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Nico and Ian expressed gratitude for their teachers, with Ian noting that the faculty “encouraged us to be who we are and nothing less” and Nico saying, “While the rubrics and formulas and historical facts I learned here may vanish someday, my memories of every teacher’s caring and devotion will exist forever.”

As the Ward Hall bell tolled, twenty-two ninth and thirty-eight eighth graders processed from the hall to the New Gym, filling their seats to the rousing strains of a regimental march from Handel’s Il Scipione. During the graduation exercises and on Prize Day, held June 7, many students were honored for achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts, as well as for their character and citizenship.

Headmaster Jerry Ward offered a reflection for each eighth and ninth grade graduate, delivering the former

during a special evening celebration of the class earlier that week and the latter at the June 9 ceremonies. Jerry singled out each boy for his contributions to the School and for his unique qualities that ranged from curiosity about the world and service to others to achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. “All of this illustrates the transformative power of Fenn,” he said.

In their remarks, Nico and Ian referred to their affection for Lorraine Garnett Ward, wife of the headmaster and a former English teacher at Fenn, who, while fighting Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, continued to be involved with students, coaching them for their Senior Reflections and offering a weekly “Pen to Paper” poetry writing session at her home. Lorraine passed away on March 9 this year after an eleven-year battle with the disease.

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The Senior Class Gift will be a framed photo of Lorraine, which will join the photos of other iconic Fenn faculty members in Ward Hall. “She was an enormous part of our lives and we miss her every day,” said one of the presenters, Duncan MacKenzie, adding, “This photo will serve as a daily reminder of the remarkable person she was.”

Following their speeches, Nico and Ian installed their successors, handing next year’s School president, Jacob Chui, the cane given to Roger Fenn as a gift when Mr. Fenn served as the marshal of the Patriots’ Day Parade, and next year’s vice president, Nathan EdwardsRoseney, the gavel used to preside over the Fenn School Senate.

Diplomas in hand, the graduates processed out to a rousing rendition of the “The Raiders March (Indiana Jones Theme)” by John Williams and to cheering faculty and staff members who lined the paths in front of Ward Hall to bid them a personal farewell.

A Week of Celebrations The week-long graduation festivities included a special celebration of the

eighth grade on June 6, Prize Day on June 7, and a dinner for the ninth grade and their parents on June 8.

For the eighth grade event, Jerry welcomed guests to the meeting hall, telling the soon-to-be-graduates that they “have had a true presence in the class” and that he hoped they would “maintain the close connections you made here.” He provided a personal reflection for each graduating eighth grader, offering highlights of the boy’s Fenn experience and praising his special gifts and talents. Jerry then acknowledged with appreciation the students who will become Fenn seniors, reminding them that their ninth grade year “carries the theme of leadership” and that they will be role models for the rest of the student body.

Graduating eighth graders are technically members of the class of 2018, thereby becoming alumni of the class of which they were a part and which will graduate next spring.

Four students had been selected by their peers to address the gathering.

Associate Head of School and Head of the Upper School Derek Boonisar

Sam Remondi ’18

“I have changed, become better, and found myself during my time here at Fenn.”

– Sam Remondi ’18

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introduced the speakers after offering remarks about the class as a whole.

The middle school years “are not necessarily the most enviable time of life,” he said, drawing empathetic laughter from the audience. He went on to praise the entire class, saying, “As a group you not only adjusted to the increased demands of eighth grade, you thrived on them.” He noted that fiftyeight class members earned a spot on the Honor Roll in at least one trimester, fifty-nine played at least one varsity sport, forty-six performed on stage at some point, and thirty-eight participated in at least one community service event.

Sammy Agrawal ’18

Derek commended all of the boys for “the exuberance, inclusivity, respect, and patience you have had for one another, the support you have shown each other, and the joy you have felt in those moments which brought you together.” He told them, with a nod to the School’s four core values, that they showed honesty in difficult moments, respect for their classmates, empathy for one another, and the courage to try new things, using as an example that six teams of two ran for School president and vice president this spring. “In the spirit of Sua Sponte,” he said, “the Fenn experience has been

“What does a great school do? It makes you think from a different perspective, change your view on something, and question morality and society. I will remember the things that made me think and reflect.”

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in your hands and you have done well with it.”

Selected by their classmates to speak at the class celebration were two eighth graders who were to graduate that week and two rising ninth grade boys. Sammy Agrawal, an eighth grade graduate, talked about all he has learned in subjects including history and math, but noted that “although these things are important, what I will remember more are the things that made me think, and made me reflect,” including, he says, meeting Holocaust survivor Leon Rubinstein. He closed by saying, “I’ll take everything Fenn has given me as I move on and will fondly look back at my days here.”

Fellow graduate Sam Remondi offered an original poem in which he, too, recalled what he will remember most about Fenn, from “Telemachus and Odysseus to Huck and Jim to parabolas and quadratic equations.”

Sam said he “learned how to understand myself” as a Fenn boy and he drew a metaphor between attending Fenn and undergoing a metamorphosis like that of a cocooned caterpillar: “What has

emerged is gloriously different/A slew of newfound complexities/Shedding light on those crinkled wings/Not ready for flight quite yet.”

Nathan Edwards-Roseney, a rising senior, wished his graduating classmates well, urging them to “Keep thriving the Fenn Men way.” Nathan said he hoped the entire class would “keep our bonds and stay in contact,” and promised the graduates that “you will be remembered.”

Cam Fries, who will also continue at Fenn, described his class as “supportive of each other,” saying, “No one was ever left without a helping hand.” Cam exhorted his graduating classmates to “have an impact on your communities, be kind and compassionate, and embrace your future.”

Congratulations to all of the Fenn graduates and their families!

Ian Moore ’17

“I want to thank our teachers, who encouraged us to be who we are and nothing less.”

– Ian Moore ’17, Outgoing President of the School

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Awards and Prizes EACH YEAR, BEF OR E D IPLOM A S A R E A WA RD E D

at graduation, the headmaster presents, on behalf of the faculty,

six prizes that recognize in different ways members of the eighth and ninth grade classes for their exceptional character, effort, achievement, and growth, all vital elements of a Fenn education. The recipients, below, are chosen on the basis of recommendations and votes of the Fenn School faculty.

Faculty Prize (Fenn’s highest honor, which recognizes ninth graders for their character and involvement in school life): Nicolas Alan Bowden, Ian Michael Moore, and Kyle John Roshankish Lovejoy Prize (created in 1998 by Trustee Emeritus Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. ’51 for exceptional character, effort, and achievement to a student or students in the eighth grade): Samarth Sanjay Agrawal, Samuel Louis Remondi, and William Kimball Skelly

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Walter W. Birge III Prize for Philanthropy and Support of the Fenn Community (named for a former headmaster and recognizing ninth graders for their community service and helpfulness to teachers and peers): Owen Thomas Heaton Philip S. Burbank ’36 Prize (awarded by the teacher-coaches for generous and unselfish spirit that helped foster the success and self-esteem of their teammates): Benjamin Mark Carbeau, Dalton Riley Gustafson, Peter Herold Nelson, and Kyle John Roshankish

Dr. Samuel C. Fleming Memorial Prize (established by the class of 1965 on the occasion of their 25th Fenn reunion in memory of their classmate and friend, for perseverance in meeting academic challenges): Alexander William Brady, Alexander James Brown, Benjamin John Croteau, Owen Thomas Heaton, and Charles George Hutchinson Mark Biscoe Award (named for retired master teacher Mark Biscoe H ’95 P ’74, ’79 and given for personal growth and citizenship): Benjamin Mark Carbeau, Peter Herold Nelson, and Henry Francis Peters

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Other Awards and Honors Given on Prize Day and at Graduation Eleanor B. Fenn Modern Language Prize: Alexander William Brady and Ian Michael Moore

David S. Huston Band Award: Miles MacKinson Berry, Alexander Scott Requadt, and Max Henry Winneg

Alan S. Moats Mathematics Prize: Samarth Sanjay Agrawal, Nicolas Alan Bowden, and William Kimball Skelly

William O. Travers Writing Contest: Lower School winners were John Serafim Donovan (poetry), Mason Sy Malouf (personal narrative), and William Michael Simon (fiction). Middle School winners were Adam Robert Ewing (poetry), Owen Anderson White (personal narrative), and Maximilian Markolf Koehler (fiction). Upper School winners were Duncan Richard MacKenzie (poetry), Brendan James Regenauer (personal narrative), and Kyle John Roshankish (fiction.)

Lennox Lindsay Latin Prize: Samarth Sanjay Agrawal, Nicolas Alan Bowden, and Samuel Louis Remondi Millar Brainard Science Prize: Nicolas Alan Bowden and Ian Michael Moore P.G. Lee Memorial Prize: (given for outstanding determination, hard work, positive spirit, and cheerfulness to their athletic teams): Benjamin Mark Carbeau and Kyle John Roshankish James R. Carter III ’54 Prize for History and Social Studies: Nicolas Alan Bowden, Alexander James Brown, Alexander James Krusell, Duncan Richard MacKenzie, Ethan Patrick Mullen, Samuel Louis Remondi, and William Kimball Skelly

Joseph A. Hindle, Jr. Science Recognition Award: Benjamin John Croteau, Owen Thomas Heaton, Duncan Richard MacKenzie, and Samuel Louis Remondi Kirsten Gould Arts Awards: Owen Thomas Heaton (Visual Arts), Charles George Hutchinson (Drama), and Alexander Scott Requadt (Music)

Austen Fox Riggs Award (given in memory of Austen, a Fenn student from the class of 1955, to a Lower School student/ students who most resemble “Autie” in the helpful effort contributed in work and play): Oliver Omar Ali, Luca Steven Raffa, and Christopher Hans Scheibe Citizenship Prizes: (awarded by the faculty in consultation with students): Thomas Jae Donahue, Alexander George Murdough, Timothy Matthew Smith, and Luke Michael Waldeck (4th grade); Garrett Joseph Lanagan, Grayson Malitsky, and William Needles Wight (5th grade); Samuel Michael Lyons, Samvidh Aamod Modur, Aidan John O’Connell, Theodore Raymond Randall, Byron Ewart Woodman, Vivan Sen Das, and Forrest Peregrine Feist (6th grade); Ismael Calderon, Adam Robert Ewing, Michael Peter Lando, Nathan Bing Lang, John Buckner Lewis, David J. Min, and Timothy Jarvis Smith (7th grade); Camren William Fries, William Luke McCullen, Ethan Patrick Mullen, and Charles Hansell Toulmin (8th grade); Jack Ryan Folz and Jackson Fredrick Lippa (9th grade).

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Nicolas Alan Bowden

Sawyer Doggett MacDonald

Benjamin Mark Carbeau

Duncan Richard MacKenzie

Jasper George Goodhue Chartener

Ian Michael Moore

Benjamin Paul Ferrell

Jackson Dennis Morgan

Jack Ryan Folz

Izak Michael Murphy

Arthur Henrique Gonçalves

Peter Herold Nelson

Dalton Riley Gustafson

Henry Francis Peters

Owen Thomas Heaton

Kyle John Roshankish

Grayson Michael Hussey

Nathan Alexander Soukup

Charles George Hutchinson

John Patrick Stewart

Jackson Fredrick Lippa

Elias Rayden Turk

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Schools This Year’s Fe Acton-Boxborough High School 1 Arlington High School 2 Belmont Hill School 1 Brooks School 1 Boston University Academy 1 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School 1 Cambridge School of Weston 2 Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall 1 Commonwealth School 3 Concord Academy 8

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Samarth Sanjay Agrawal

Peter Folinsbee Cook

Edward Stephen Jelin

Nicolas Diego Martinez

Braden Cannon Aiena

Benjamin John Croteau

Shree Khanolkar

Stuart Daniel McCallum

Tyler Alexander Andujar

William Ronald Dean

Ethan Kondev

Carter Snider McCray

Samuel Rogers Barton

Thomas Arch Dekin

Alexander James Krusell

Ethan Patrick Mullen

Miles MacKinson Berry

Merlin Atherton Feist

Michael Hua Lang

Edward Aidan Myers-Rafferty

Alexander William Brady

Daniel Bernard Filipski

Theodore John Lisa

Peter Joseph Napoli

Alexander James Brown

Lucas Matias Garay

James Jerome Mannix III

Tyler Jackson Hammett Ory Benjamin Elias Pratt

r’s Fenn Graduates Will Attend Concord-Carlisle High School 5 Dexter Southfield School 2 Groton School 4 Holderness School 2 Hotchkiss School 1 Jackson Hole Community School 1 Lawrence Academy 2 Lincoln-Sudbury High School 1 Maynard High School 1 Middlesex School 3

Newton South High School 1 Northfield Mount Hermon School 1 Phillips Academy, Andover 2 Phillips Exeter Academy 1 Putney School 1 Rivers School 3 St. Mark’s School 7 Tabor Academy 1

Brendan James Regenauer Samuel Louis Remondi Alexander Scott Requadt Aroon Jamal Sankoh George Reily Bailey Scott, Jr. Matthew Hammonds Shields William Kimball Skelly Max Henry Winneg Justin Alexander Zukowski

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Class Notes 1951

Rusty Robb reports that his son Scott’s twins just graduated from Acton-Boxborough High School this spring. Courtney, co-captain of their cross country ski team, is off to Trinity College to major in political science and to pursue her passion for rowing, while Justin ’13, co-captain of Acton-Boxborough’s soccer team, is off to Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, to major in marine biology.

See photo below.

1952 REUNION We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1954 John Hall reports, “The past year has been very busy. In May, Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (where I got my Ph.D. in 1970) held a two-day get-together in honor of 50 years since the ‘real’ proof or smoking gun of global tectonics came with the observation that the magnetic anomalies of an Eltanin 19 profile across the southern ocean was symmetrical about the mid-ocean crest. Since there was already knowledge of the periodic reversal in the Earth’s magnetic field, this showed that the ocean was formed by spreading out from the central axis and that the age of the seafloor could be determined by modeling of the reversals. As lava cooled through 600C it took on the existing magnetic field.

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people who discovered the various facets of seafloor spreading and global tectonics were my classmates during my six years at Columbia. Then, in June 2016, GEBCO and the Nippon Foundation hosted a three-day event in Monaco. Up to now we’ve mapped only some 15% of the oceans, which cover 71% of the Earth. The meeting resulted in setting a date of 2030 for mapping the deeper parts below ~150m, and with a grid point every 100m or less. The funny thing is a mapping of the oceans only needs some $3.4 billion, a paltry sum wasted in one way or another every few days somewhere on Earth. Now it seems that sufficient progress might see the goal reached. Also last year we finally finished the mapping of our EEZ in the Med, and the Ministry put out a small poster with a view of the 27,500 sq km, and with our new research vessel R/V Bat Galim on the back. The hardest (shallow)

12,000 sq km were done with my system between 2000 and 2013, as I’ve reported in years past in FENN magazine. Last March I again came to the U.S. to present the poster on my latest project at the HYDRO-2017 hydrographic get-together in Galveston, TX. Basically, together with a grad student at the Hebrew University who is extracting the shallow depths (to 10m) from satellite imagery, I am building up a 100m grid from whatever charts and surveys that I can dig up, in the seas off fifteen of the countries that most people would prefer never to visit. This will keep me busy for the next few years.

So, as usual, I don’t fit into the usual news of my Fenn ’54 classmates who are changing addresses, playing golf, or visiting with classmates. Hope all is well now that spring appears to have come. I was at the University of New Hampshire in early April when suddenly there was 8” of snow on the ground.

Russ Robb ’51 with grandchildren Courtney and Justin ’14 and canine friend Marley

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Eric Vanderpoel ’57 takes a polar plunge

1957 reUnion Eric Vanderpoel writes, “Wow...Has it really been 60 years? It seems like only yesterday that we returned for our 50th reunion. I lived on Crescent Road in Concord 70 years ago. Our property abutted the Livingstons’ property. At the time they had a son who was five and a daughter who was three. I am very happily married to that girl, Marnie. Her older brother, Kipp, has two sons who both went to Fenn—Matthew ’04 and Thomas ’07. They are both great young men now. Marnie and I are still in Alexandria, VA, and I am enjoying retirement with a good helping of volunteer work and travel.

We head to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia with National Geographic this fall.”

1962 reUnion We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1967 reUnion We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1970 alumni class senator

Lindsay and Nicholas Leone ’79 with their three children

1972 reUnion We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1973 Jon Harris and Kim Bergner were married on October 10, 2016, at Shelburne Farms, VT, and are living in Weston. Peter Thomson shared the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award for Audio with reporter Ari Daniel for their series on cutting-edge climate change research in Greenland and Iceland. Peter is the environment editor at the daily Public Radio International program The World, based at WGBH in Boston. The award, presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, annually honors the best science journalism from around the world.

You can find the winning three-part series at www.sjawards.aaas.org/2016winners.

Charlie Denault cadenault@gmail.com

1971 alumni class senator Jamie Jones jbjones@seamanpaper.com

1975 Bill Barrett has been nominated by Governor Charlie Baker to a seat on the Massachusetts Superior Court bench.

A former assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, Bill is currently a partner at Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone in Boston, a firm specializing in trial law.

1977 reUnion We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1979 Nicholas Leone recently founded THEPRINCIPLES Company to help leaders design their life, work, and philanthropy.

He is pursuing a doctor of ministry in faith, work, and economics at Fuller Theological Seminary. The Leones have three children and live outside New York City. Tim Stetson reports that he met up with classmates Gus Bickford, Mike Spangler, Michael Lyne, Steve Fay, and Chris Miller ’78 at a gettogether in January.

1980 alumni class senator Jon Cappetta joncappetta215@comcast.net

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1981 In June, Charles Abelmann was appointed director of the University of Chicago

Laboratory Schools, which serve more than 2,000 students from nursery school through 12th grade. His appointment was effective July 1. Charles, who holds a bachelor’s degree in English and religion from Duke University and a master’s degree and doctorate in administration, planning, and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has served as head of school at Barrie School in Silver Spring, MD, since 2010.

1982 reUnion We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

George Panagakos ’83 and his daughter, Anya

1983 alumni class senators Andy Majewski amajewsk@fas.harvard.edu Scott Van Houten scott@vanhoutendesign.com

George Panagakos is still, after 26 years, a commercial photographer specializing in super yacht, marine, and hotel/resort photo, video, and virtual reality image making. He travels extensively and calls both Boston and Fort Lauderdale home. He also maintains a home in Greece with his brother and sister and gets back there fairly often, “usually to do maintenance and manage the bureaucratic demands on said home...A vacation would be nice! My almost-13-year-old daughter, Anya, is the light of my life.”

Jamie Kessler ’87’s three sons in a 2016 photo: (l to r) Natey (12), Theo (10) and Henry (14) (l to r) Peter Wieland ’84, Ted Bovey ’86, Nick Elfner ’85, and Nat Kessler ’86 at the Patriots AFC Championship game in January

Ambjorn Elder ’95 with wife, Mélodie Etxeandia, following their wedding in Paris

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1985 Alumni Class Senator Nick Elfner nelfner@hotmail.com

Dan Brotman received the David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine in March 2017. Dan, who is the director of the hospitalist program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, was recognized for his outstanding contribution to his colleagues and department. April was also a good month for Dan, who became engaged to Aileen McNamara.

1987 REUNION James Kessler writes, “As this June is 30 years since our Fenn graduation, I think back very fondly on those years growing up in Concord. Being a boy roughly 10 to 14 is a special time of life filled with fun, friends, learning, sports, music, growth, and did I mention sports?!?! My three boys are unfortunately not at Fenn but are rising 5th, 7th, and 9th graders in Brookline and playing on five sports teams and juggling four instruments. This past weekend was typical for this time of year with five soccer games, two baseball games, and a recital. It’s beyond exhausting for mom and dad, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world as this ‘Fenn age’ is like boy heaven. Far too soon they will be off to high school and life will get even more multidimensional with the teenage years and all of its complexities.

Hattie and I celebrated 25 years of our relationship and are entering our 20th year of marriage this year (not to mention my 21st year at Sapient) and, while I yawn with total exhaustion on this Monday morning, I wish I could freeze frame it forever as a father of boys in the Fenn stage of life.”

Jamie May is engaged to Melissa Nau. Grafton Pease and his wife, Julia, welcomed their second son, Oliver B. Pease, on June 2, 2017. Four-year-old Emmett is smitten with his little brother, who weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was born with a perfect Mohawk. Matt Root recently joined Integrated Eco Strategy, a construction consulting firm facilitating sustainable and regenerative building design and construction through engagement with the Living Building Challenge performance standard (www.living-future.org/lbc/). Matt lives in Concord with his wife, Candace, and three sons, and is currently going through the experience of implementing a partial deep energy retrofit on his own home.

Ian Armstrong and his wife, Becky, welcomed daughter Vivienne Austin Armstrong to their family on May 31, 2017. She was born at 12:59 p.m. Ansel Freniere is living in Brooklyn with his wife, Yuka Wea, their two-year-old daughter, and their son, Alaka’i Quinn Freniere, born August 7, 2016. Ansel works in information technology as a vice president for Morgan Stanley.

family on March 4, 2016. Ambjörn Elder writes, “I started off the year in the best possible way by getting married to my wife, Mélodie Etxeandia, at the town hall of the 13th arrondissement here in Paris where we live. I’ve sent along a photo of the two of us on the staircase in the ‘mairie’ just after the ceremony (see page 38). I have a small itinerant theater company called Caravelle Project, founded in 2015. Among our repertoire is Vagabonde des mers (Gypsy of the Seas), my adaptation to the theater of a travelogue by Swiss adventurer Ella Maillart, which will be performed again in June in a small Paris arts festival. My wife and I plan a move to the Boston area starting in September to pursue English-language acting work and to be closer to my parents. This will mark my Mélodie’s first extended stay in the United States and my return to New England after fourteen years abroad, first in the UK and then France.

I look forward to exploring Massachusetts again, renewing old ties, and getting reacquainted with America.”

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Breman Thuraisingham breman_t@yahoo.com

Jon Rosen married Katy Merritt on October 24, 2015, in a private ceremony at the St. Francis Yacht Club’s outstation on Tinsley Island, CA. Jon and Katy make their home in San Francisco, though they frequently find themselves pursuing a shared passion for travel (often by sailboat) in foreign lands.

Katy spends most days making house visits to special surgical patients, while Jon is semi-retired from the technology industry.

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Alex Zavorski zavorski@gmail.com

Alumni Class Senators Nat Heald nat.heald@am.jll.com

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James Southern JSouthern@Halstead.com

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Matt Berlin and his wife, Nina, welcomed a son, Theodore Berlin, to their

James McNamara jamers2000@gmail.com

John Jenkinson jfjenkinson@gmail.com Glenn Kasses gkasses@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Jon Belanger, who married Farah Nizam on May 14, 2016.

1997 REUNION Alumni Class Senator Nat Carr ncarr@fenn.org

Donny Belle and his wife, Rachel Schott Belle, welcomed their daughter, Elizabeth Ann Belle, to the world on April 8, 2017.

She was born at 9:39 a.m., weighed 8 lbs.

3 oz., and measured 19.5 inches. James Casby and his wife, Alexis, welcomed son Liam Casby to their family on July 18, 2016. Adam McKean was engaged to Carla Abruzzo on March 3, 2017.

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Alumni Events in Boston, Concord, New York City, D.C., and San Francisco Founder’s Night More than 120 alumni and alumni parents, current parents, and past and current faculty members gathered at the Downtown Harvard Club on April 5 for the third annual Founder’s Night to honor Roger C. Fenn, celebrate the founding of the School, and join in shared appreciation and love for the School. Offering remarks were Jerry Ward, Derek Boonisar, Sammy Agrawal ’18, and Gabe Arnold ’10.

Andy Boger ’90, Pete Nicholas ’85, Mark Biscoe H ’95, JK Nicholas ’82, Matt Boger ’89

Matt Carroll ’07, John and Lyn Carroll P ’03, Pete Carroll ’04

Founder’s Day On April 13 Fenn welcomed back alumni from 1940-1960 to celebrate Founder’s Day. Guests attended the School Assembly, got a bird’s eye view of the parade, and enjoyed a private luncheon with Jerry Ward.

Founder’s Day was established in 2005 and is celebrated each year on or near the date of Mr. Fenn’s birthday, April 19, 1895.

l to r: Jim Carter ’54, Jack Denny-Brown ’60, Russ Robb ’51, Spencer Borden ’57, David Hopkins ’52, and Ben Riggs ’59

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l to r: Aidan O’Connell ’20, Ben Riggs ’59, and Charlie Kessler ’20. Aidan and Charlie were the 2016 recipients of the Austen Fox Riggs Award; Ben is Austen’s brother.

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Washington, D.C./San Francisco/ New York City Receptions Fenn hosted regional receptions in each city in April to catch up with alumni and other members of the School community. The first stop was San Francisco, where a reception was held at the Hidden Vine, named one of “America’s Best Wine Bars” by Travel and Leisure. The following week it was off to D.C., where a reception was held at the historic Tabard Inn in Dupont Circle. Next, Jerry Ward and other Fenn staff members traveled to New York City to gather with more than forty alumni and parents of alumni at the art studio of Gabe Greenberg ’95.

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NEW YORK CITY RECEPTION

SAN FRANCISCO RECEPTION, l to r: Todd Baldwin ’02, Charlie Moore ’02, Will Howerton ’02, Jack Moore ’07, and Duncan Gillespie ’06

NEW YORK CITY RECEPTION, l to r: Harris Rosenheim ’92, Simon Keyes ’03, Jack Carroll ’03, and Charlie Wolff ’03

SAN FRANCISCO RECEPTION, l to r: Will Johnson ’06, Cam Baggen ’05, Eric Beaulieu ’05, and Graham Roth ’05

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networking With rob tod ’83 in boston On May 10, the Alumni Council once again hosted The Fenn Connection, this time at the Venture Café, which is in the Cambridge Innovation Center in Kendall Square. Guests heard from Rob Tod, the founder of Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, ME, about his career in the industry and sampled Allagash White and Hoppy Table Beer. After Rob’s remarks, attendees networked with others from within and outside their professions.

l to r: Matt Boger ’89, Jerry Ward, Jay Remington ’84, and Rob Tod ’83

alumni association breakfast More than 60 graduating students were welcomed into the Alumni Association on June 6 at the annual breakfast. Students heard remarks from Alumni Council members including current President Matt Boger ’89 on the meaning of being a Fenn alumnus and the opportunities that will be presented to them in the future. The soon-to-be alumni each received a Fenn tie to wear at graduation.

Council members in front row l to r: Matt Boger ’89 and Nat Kessler ’86; middle row l to r: Byron Woodman ’88, Jim Carter ’54, and Brian Davidson ’89; back row l to r: Jack Denny-Brown ’60 and Tory Hayes ’02

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Young Alumni Barbeque Alumni from the classes of 20132018 gathered for the annual summer BBQ at Fenn on June 12. The cookout gave alumni the opportunity to reconnect with each other and their former teachers.

Games, food and drink, and Fenn gear giveaways highlighted this always fun event.

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13, 2016, at the New England Aquarium.

The Class of 1999 was well represented, with Sean Melia and Greg Fincke serving as groomsmen and Phil Charm in attendance at the festivities. Pat’s brother, Tim Padden ’03, also served as a groomsman.

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George Carr gcarr4@gmail.com Matt Ward mward@fenn.org

Bill Weiss ’98 lands a beauty

1998 Alumni Class Senators Richard Connolly riconnolly@gmail.com Patrick Jones Patrick.jones.p@gmail.com

Brendan McGuire and his wife, Ann, welcomed the arrival of daughter Brynn Elizabeth McGuire on August 10, 2016. Brynn weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. and measured 19 inches.

Alan O’Neill has moved to Walpole, MA, and joined the Sage School in Foxboro, MA, in July 2017 as an associate director of admissions. He will report to their interim director of admissions this year and then will be moved into a directorship in 2018.

Sage enrolls between 150 and 160 students in grades pre-K to 8. Alan and his wife, Lauren, are expecting their second child at the end of June. Their son, Sean, just turned two.

Bill Weiss is running Boston sales for Island Creek Oysters and fishing every other minute.

Peter Leopold married Maia Raber on August 13, 2016, at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA. Rob Swift and his wife, Emily Moyer, welcomed son Rowan Swift to the world at 12:29 p.m. on February 18, 2017. Rowan weighed 8 lbs. and measured 21 inches.

Alumni Class Senator Jimmy Hall jkhall4@gmail.com

2002 REUNION Alumni Class Senators Will Howerton will.howerton@gmail.com Graham Jenkins grahamwjenkins@gmail.com Davis Rosborough davis.rosborough@gmail.com

Sean Covert will be attending Arizona State University in the fall. He writes, “I am officially Billy Madison.”

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Sam Takvorian stakvorian@gmail.com

Jack Carroll je.carroll10@gmail.com Bronson Kussin bronson.kussin@gmail.com Christian Manchester christian.d.manchester@gmail.com

Matt Bassett married Dr. Emma Somers at the Pierce House in Lincoln, MA, on July 30, 2016. Nat Kane is living in San Francisco and working as a staff attorney for the Environmental Law Foundation in Oakland, CA. He married Cynthia McMurry at Paradise Springs in the Sierra National Forest near Yosemite National Park on July 2, 2017. Pat Padden married Amanda Grillo on August

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Spencer Lovejoy slovejoy424@gmail.com Will Stone william.l.stone12@gmail.com Pete Valhouli-Farb pvalhoulifarb@gmail.com

Tyler Davis davist.boston@gmail.com Luke Rogers lucianjrog@gmail.com

Andrew Craig married Anna Claire on May 26, 2017. Roger Hurd lives in Manhattan and has been working for JLL Partners for two years. He’s planning to go to business school after one more year there.

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Mike Spiak mspiak06@gmail.com

Peter Stone became engaged to Jill Gramolini on March 4, 2017.

2004 Alumni Class Senator BJ Moriarty jmoriarty@jwcapitalpartners.com

Will Joumas wbjoumas@gmail.com Joe Rinaldo josepher715@gmail.co

Thomas Livingston is engaged to Natalie Bausback. They are planning a spring 2018 wedding in San Diego, CA. Thomas works at GLG Consulting in Boston and Natalie works at English First in Cambridge.

2008 Alumni Class Senators Dan Giovacchini giodan25@gmail.com Chris Walker-Jacks christopherwjacks@gmail.com JC Winslow jcwins16@g.holycross.edu

Matt Boone graduated from the University of Delaware in May 2016 with a degree in exercise science. He works at LifeBridge Health in northwest Baltimore, MD, as a rehabilitation assistant. Luke Flood received a bachelor of music degree in piano performance from UMass Amherst in 2016, where he won a top music student award.

He’s now pursuing his master of music degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory on a full scholarship. Nick Mirin joined the staff at McLean Hospital last summer as program coordinator for the Institute for Psychiatry in Technology.

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2009 Alumni Class Senator Thacher Hoch thachmo94@comcast.net

Scott Berkley received the 2017 Stolley-Ryan Prize in American Literature awarded by the Department of English and American Literatures at Middlebury College to the graduating senior “whose work in the department best reveals the greatest understanding of and appreciation for the issues central to the American literary tradition.” The history department at Yale University awarded Nick Stewart the Andrew D. White American History Prize for his senior essay “An Icon of Architecture and Empire: Trinity Church in the City of New York 1696-1699.” Christian Wesselhoeft spent the past year at the Imperial College London getting a master of science degree in computing (machine

learning) and working as an analyst intern at Cytora, a company that uses artificial intelligence to create datasets across economic, environmental, and social activity to provide insight into the questions that drive global economies.

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Nathaniel Sintros nathaniel1756@gmail.com

Alumni Class Senators Gabe Arnold ggbbe3@gmail.com Drew Coash dcoash@middlebury.edu

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Will Crowley wcc2ab@virginia.edu

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Gabe Arnold traveled to Jerusalem this past spring on a trip sponsored

by Connecticut College. Adam Reid graduated from Johns Hopkins University this past spring with a major in chemistry.

He is a budding pharmaceutical chemist

Thatcher Adams ’14, John Hart ’13, Shep Greene ’14, and George Littlefield ’14 at the St. Mark’s VI Form Dance

Carter Hochman ’12 fully decked out in his UMass Lowell soccer gear

and is seeking employment in the local biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry before perhaps heading to graduate school in a few years’ time.

Will Baxter will.baxter.1996@gmail.com Andreas Sheikh andsheikh21@gmail.com

Carter Hochman writes that he is entering his junior year at UMass Lowell and playing Division 1 soccer. The team ended its season ranked #4 in the nation. “I’m

Jonathan Tesoro in goal for Holy Cross’s varsity lacrosse

Garren LaPlante ’14 celebrates his graduation with his father, Jeff, Fenn’s director of technology.

(l to r) Chad Arle ’14, Alex Muresianu ’14, Jake Goorno ’13, Peter Blunt ’14, Daniel Kramer ’14, and Ryan Ewing ’14 at Middlesex School graduation in May summer

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Robotics Team Named World Championship Finalists Led by David Nguyen and Fenn classmates Rob Brower and Mark Morton, all class of 2015, and Dan Broun ’14, The Brainstormers (FTC 8644), a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team based in Lexington, were named Tech Challenge Division Finalists at the annual FIRST Championship in St. Louis at the end of April. During the international championships, which are like an Olympics for robotics teams, The Brainstormers had an extremely close match, with the team losing the best of three by only ten points. This was the team’s second trip to the FIRST Championships. Last year they were quarter-finalists.

Their accomplishment capped off an extraordinary year in which the team was named the Vermont State Inspire winner, both Vermont and Massachusetts State Robot Game Champions, and East Super Regional Division Finalists.

The Brainstormers hail from a num-

ber of regional schools, including Lexington High School, Concord Academy, Buckingham Brown & Nichols, Winchester McCall Middle School, and the International School of Boston.

Many of the team members started in the FIRST Lego League when they were nine years old, and their success has been a great underdog story. Over the past eight years the group experienced their first competition, in which they finished 64th out of 64 in a local contest. Through hard work, determination, and grit, the team made it to the championships at the FLL level and had an amazing run in this high school metal robot league, becoming one of a group of well-respected Massachusetts Worlds level teams. The World Championship represents the top few percent of all worldwide teams—more than 5200— competing.

The Brainstormers are known internationally for their educational YouTube

The 2017 World Championship Finalists, The Brainstormers, proudly show their awards. (First row, l to r: Rob Brower ’15, Sophia Arnet, Ethan Oliver, and Johanna Arnet. Second row, l to r: Ben Larsen, Cam Hofland, David Nguyen ’15, Dan Broun ’14, Mark Morton ’15, and August Pokorak)

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series on building good robot systems.

The series provides a resource for new and established teams and has had more than 60,000 views this season. A special moment for the team at the FIRST Championship was being thanked by the Russian team for the help that team received from the videos.

Outreach is a very important aspect of FIRST, and The Brainstormers have been working with BCYF (Boston Centers for Youth & Families) Menino, a program at the Boston Community Center in Roslindale, to develop robotics programs that will enhance existing STEAM education programing. Serving underrepresented communities of young people, BCYF Menino enables participants to give back to those who may not get the same opportunities as others. Their message that grit and hard work can result in success has been instrumental to the center’s fielding of its first FIRST Lego Team, called Robot Love, this year, and there are plans to expand the efforts to serve more children in the upcoming season.

The Brainstormers are always looking for more resources and mentoring help for their outreach activities in Boston, and if readers are interested in helping to provide underrepresented young people more opportunities in STEM, please contact The Brainstormers at brainstormers8644@gmail.com.

David’s younger brother, Andy, who is a rising Fenn seventh grader, captains his own FIRST Lego League team, Robot Revolution, which has been the second place robot performance winner in Massachusetts (out of 550 teams) for the past three years. Together these two teams are embarking on an outreach project this summer to help more young people in underrepresented communities succeed in robotics, offering a new howto video series.

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majoring in journalism, minoring in digital media, and holding down a 3.3 GPA.” Brendan Seifert will attend the University of Alabama next year. Jonathan Tesoro was the starting goalie for the 2017 lacrosse season at the College of the Holy Cross and was named that college’s Men’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Year.

2013 alumni class senators Jake Goorno jbgoorno@gmail.com Mitchell Groves mitchmgroves@gmail.com Reid Shilling rshilling97@gmail.com

Gavin Black is headed south to Wake Forest University in the fall. Max Cantara will attend Skidmore College. Jake Goorno will matriculate at Dartmouth College next fall. Fenn will be well represented at Northeastern University: John Hart will be studying engineering. He was accepted into the N.U.in program and will be doing his first semester in Greece. He will be joined at Northeastern by Mitchell Groves and George Littlefield ’14. Zack Lisman will enroll at the University of Virginia.

William Robertson has deferred admission to Hobart and William Smith Colleges until the fall of 2018. He will be playing junior hockey next year. James Sanderson is headed to New York State where he will attend Hamilton College. Reid Shilling will matriculate at Amherst College in the fall. During his freshman year at Tufts University, Gavin Tasker played in all 22 men’s varsity soccer games and was part of the starting lineup during eight matches.

2014 alumni class senators Chad Arle chad.w.arle@gmail.com Andrew Brown abrown.17@pomfretschool.org Ryan Ewing ryanewing99@gmail.com P.J. Lucchese pjlucchese@gmail.com Christopher Ruediger chris.ruediger3@gmail.com Cormac Zachar cormacz98@gmail.com

Thatcher Adams will attend Syracuse University in the fall. Chad Arle was given

Middlesex School’s Most Improved Runner Award for his strong performance on the cross-country team last fall. At his graduation in May, Chad was elected valedictorian of his class. He will attend Columbia University. Both Linc Berkley and Duncan Umphrey will be heading to Yale University in the fall. Duncan will be participating in the first year Directed Studies Program and also hopes to row on the Yale lightweight crew team. Peter Blunt and Nick Popov were honored for their outstanding effort on the Middlesex School varsity football team this past fall. The two seniors shared the William D. Alexander Lineman Bowl. Peter will be attending the College of the Holy Cross in the fall. Tony Brigiotta will cross the Atlantic to matriculate at Regent’s University London next fall. Andrew Brown will enroll at the University of Vermont. Joe Conroy captained the Concord-Carlisle High School wrestling team this winter. He’s headed west to the University of Arizona next year.

Hunter Corliss goes north to study at St. Lawrence University in New York State.

Matt Cunningham will be attending Fairfield University. Liam Early will join him in Connecticut, where he will study chemical engineering at UConn. Liam is working in the corporate entertainment area at Kimball’s in Westford this summer. Ryan Ewing and Daniel Kramer will enroll at Dartmouth College in the fall. Pipo Fitzsimmons will be studying criminal justice at UMass Lowell.

Richard Gallo graduated from St. Sebastian’s School as the class salutatorian and will attend Cornell University next year. Raef Gormley will be attending UMass Amherst.

Shep Greene heads south to the College of William and Mary in the fall. He, John Hart ’13, and George Littlefield took advantage of the woodshop at Fenn this spring and built a flat bottom skiff for their St. Mark’s senior project. It was finished just in time for graduation! George will enroll at Northeastern University, where he will be studying chemical engineering. Henry Griffin will be attending Washington and Lee University in Virginia. Nick Johnson will be relocating to Indiana next fall, where he will enroll at Purdue University’s College of Engineering in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Pennsylvania will welcome Leo Kafka,

who will be studying at Bucknell University, and Tom Kaye, who will be playing squash for Haverford College outside Philadelphia.

Garren LaPlante is heading south to Elon University in North Carolina. Ben Ludwick was recruited by many excellent Division 1, 2, and 3 schools last year for his academics and to play soccer. He ended up accepting an offer from Providence College in Rhode Island and will be playing NCAA Division 1 (Big East) soccer as a forward. Eddie Uong will join him in Providence as he matriculates at Brown University in the fall. Jackson Lyman and Alex Muresianu will stay in Massachusetts next year, with Jackson attending Endicott College in Beverly and Alex enrolling at Tufts University. Willie Page moves to the Big Apple, where he has been accepted to the Tisch School of Performing Arts at New York University. Reid Parisi will attend Washington University in St. Louis in the fall. David Perkins graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School with a certificate in engineering. After a gap year, he will attend the University of Pittsburgh in its undergraduate business school. In September, David is going to hike the Long Trail in Vermont. From October through February, he will be in New Zealand doing WOOFing, which is working on organic farms. If he ever returns from New Zealand, his plan is to hike the Appalachian Trail in its entirety starting in March and finishing in July. Staying closer to home, Alec Reiss and Chap Valpey will enroll at Boston College in

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the fall. Justin Robb is off to Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, to major in marine biology. Chris Ruediger is headed to Tennessee, where he will attend Vanderbilt University.

Cory Tibbetts graduated from Acton-Boxborough High School on June 2 and will be playing junior hockey this coming year.

Rohan Upadhyayula graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy this spring and will enroll at Northeastern University as a freshman and then go to Cornell University for his sophomore through senior years. Titus Wilson will be attending Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the fall.

2015 Alumni Class Senators Walker Davey daveybolts28@gmail.com Paul Michaud paul.michaud13@gmail.com Sid Modur Sidharth.modur@gmail.com Nick Schoeller nschoeller2@gmail.com Max Solomon msolomon19@groton.org Dylan Volman dhvman@gmail.com Ben Zide benjaminzide@gmail.com

David Nerrow, a junior at Boston College High School, performed in a 90-minute concert in the East Room of the White House on December 18 as part of the school’s Concert Choir. Johnny Xu was voted top all-around member of the junior class for “breadth of interest” by the senior class at Deerfield Academy.

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Owen Elton owen.elton@me.com

Sammy Agrawal asammy211@gmail.com

Sam Farley samn8r14@gmail.com

Nico Bowden nicobowden@gmail.com

Kevin Gao 666666kevingao@gmail.com

Charles Brookby cibrookby@gmail.com

William Locke wlocke2000@comcast.net

Ollie Cheever ocheever@gmail.com

Tad Scheibe scheibetm@gmail.com

Patrick Lessard will be working at a golf course in New Hampshire this summer. He is transferring to Holderness School in the fall. In May, Alex Tung attended the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Lincoln Center. Selected through a rigorous screening process, the Lexington High School jazz band was one of 15 finalists invited to New York for three days of workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, and performances. Alex was singled out for an outstanding soloist award and was given particular recognition by Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s managing and artistic director, who served on the panel of judges offering critiques to the finalist bands. Maeve Lien, Fenn’s former director of instrumental music, adds that Alex was also selected for the Massachusetts Music Educators’ Association Northeastern District Senior Jazz Band and the All-State Jazz Band and was a featured soloist with both ensembles. In addition, he was in the National Honor Band and was a semifinalist at the National Trumpet Competition.

(l to r) Sam Winneg and Patrick Lessard, Class of 2016, after a lacrosse game this spring

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Charlie Cribb auditioned in January for the Massachusetts Music Educators’ Association Northeastern District Junior Concert Band and was named first chair trumpet. As Maeve Lien, Fenn’s former director of instrumental music, explains, “This means Charlie was the best trumpet player in grades 7, 8 and 9 in his district!”

This regional honor band did a three-day festival and performance in March.

Former Faculty and Staff News Tom Beal, an English teacher at Fenn from 1979-1993, passed away on June 13, 2017.

Jim Carter ’54 recalls Tom as a “gentle, kind, and thoughtful man who was a lot funnier than he realized. He came to Fenn from Rivers and found a home here, where he was universally loved and respected. One of his greatest contributions to Fenn is today’s yearbook. Before he arrived, the yearbook was the third edition of that year’s Lantern,

Alex Tung ’16 at the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition

Alex Tung ’16 with Wynton Marsalis at the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition

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in the barn. The pace of life is good, and we are grateful for our health and our ability to continue the farming lifestyle.

Periodically, we visit Adam ’89, his wife, Kaye, and their three children on their farm in Trout Lake, WA, where they develop and promote sustainable farming practices.

It is a beautiful location, and they feel fortunate to have such Tom Beal, colleague and friend, who taught at Fenn from 1979 to 1993 a wholesome environment to raise a family. The big the School’s literary magazine. It included drawback as grandparents is having our a paragraph on each graduate, a summary grandchildren, one boy and two girls, of sports teams’ seasons, and a lot of poetry several thousand miles away. They grow and fiction. It was created by someone’s secso fast that every visit reminds us of how retary who typed up a lot of stencils, which much we are missing.” were run through the mimeograph machine by students and then collated by them. Tom taught the boys how to put together a very professional, hardcover yearbook, which was a vast improvement over the old yearbooks. I personally remember Tom always wearing a heavy tweed jacket, often with a sweater, even on warm spring and fall days, and in the winter he always wore a heavy winter coat. The third thing I will remember him for is the tattered old notebook (see photo) he carried with him everywhere— ASM, faculty meetings, lunch, department meetings—and everywhere he made notes of interesting, funny, odd, weird, or clever statements from faculty and students. These he would share with us at the end of the year’s Balloon Dinner, all in good fun. He was a wonderful colleague, a gentle, kind, and caring teacher, and a great asset to Fenn while he was here. He will be missed.”

Rob Gustavson’s daughter, Willa, graduated from Deerfield Academy in 2012 and Stanford University in 2016. His youngest son, Henry, has just finished his freshman year at Deerfield.

Peter Hyde and his wife, Julie, continue to busy themselves around Gateways Farm, a fourth generation farm in Julie’s family. Peter writes, “We no longer grow hydroponic tomatoes as a commercial crop in our greenhouse, but we are still boarding horses and currently have four

Jen Pineau Wilson is associate director of college counseling and associate director of diversity at McDonogh School in Maryland. Her oldest son, Colton, is in kindergarten there, and her middle son, Beckett, was just accepted for pre-K. Mac, the baby, will be two in June and is holding down the fort at home. Jen reports, “Home is new— we moved last spring to the oldest house in Federal Hill, built in 1796, less than a block from Baltimore’s inner harbor.”

Former Fenn faculty member Mitchell Stern retired from the Concord Public Schools in June after a 31-year career as a middle school math teacher. He also advised the middle school’s annual trip to Washington, DC, for 20 years, served as yearbook advisor for 25 years, and coached the girls’ softball team for more than a dozen years.

Former Lower School teacher David Taylor writes that he is currently teaching Upper School history at Citrus High School in Fontana, CA and that his wife, Janet, teaches junior high school students at a private school in San Gabriel, CA. They have two boys and two girls, three of them married. Jenna (30) lives in Seattle and is a full-time mother with a one-year-old son. “We see her quite often as she will either fly down to us or we up to her.” Their son Justin (28) lives on Martha’s Vineyard and is a general contractor. He was

married last summer on the island. Makenna (26) is married and living in Seattle and works in advertising. Joshie (20) is taking college classes and is a very good athlete. His girlfriend of four years has a famous brother, Jordan Lawlor, lead guitarist for the M83, who just finished a world tour. “It was great fun seeing them play at Coachella and other venues around LA,” David says.

Jim Hazeltine-Shedd writes: “A quick two cents on life after leaving Fenn, I taught at the International School of Belgrade while my wife and I were posted in Serbia. I completed my master’s degree in computer science during postings in Guatemala City and Quito, and then joined the Foreign Service (my wife has been an officer since 2006) as an IT specialist. My first posting was Lusaka, Zambia. I am now completing a tour in Paris, France. We are heading back to Washington, DC now after eleven years overseas.”

Robbyn Leventhal teaches fourth grade at Le Jardin Academy on O’ahu (where Luke Thompson teaches). She and her family, including two daughters, have been in Hawaii for three and a half years, loving the weather and the outdoors. Robbyn’s husband, Louis Moreau, is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Former social studies teacher Robbyn Leventhal with Jim Carter ’54 in Hawaii, where Jim and his wife, Jean, were traveling.

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Fenn’s Steadfast “Star” Shines for Thirty-Five Years Jerry Ward offered these remarks about Bob Starensier at the 2017 Years of Service Dinner.

WHIL E IT W A S WELL BEF OR E M Y TIM E

at Fenn, eleven years actually, I’m told a shy and hesitant young man

arrived on Fenn’s campus in 1981 for an interview. This teaching and coaching candidate had recently graduated from UVM when he came to Fenn to meet with Walter Birge, Arnold Klingenberg, Mark Biscoe, and others.

At the close of the day, after his interviews, this candidate headed down to our Fennway Park to watch a varsity baseball game. When the scheduled umpire didn’t show up, the candidate confidently stepped in to call the game and did so behind home plate with authority and verve. As the story goes, it was a close game and this substitute ump interpreted the strike zone and all close plays in the field to the home team’s advantage. At least that’s what I’m told. The rest, as they say, is history.

If there are legends in their time in independent schools, then Bob Starensier, aka “Star,” is certainly a legend here at Fenn, known by legions of alumni, parents of alumni, all Fenn boys, trustees past and present, and his colleagues across decades.

It seems that every one of those members of the extended Fenn community has his or her own Star story.

My introduction to Star came before I set foot on campus as a candidate for head of school. In preparing for my interview, I asked Henry Lane, the athletic director at St. Sebastian’s, where I was working at the time, if he had crossed paths with the Fenn athletic director. A legend himself at St. Seb’s (the hockey rink is named after him), Henry said, “Do I know him? Sure, I know him! He’s Bob Starensier, but I think he has a nickname of some kind. ‘Star’ or something like that. He’s a good guy and a bit of a character.”

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Not too long after, on a November evening in a trustee’s home in Concord, Lorraine and I met with a gathering of trustees, faculty, and alumni for cocktails followed by a conversation, which, I understood quickly, was really a group interview of me. I talked with the group for ninety minutes, covering every topic under the Fenn sun. As we were leaving, a young faculty administrator who had posed a couple of on-point questions in the conversation came up to me to say goodbye. It was Star, but I did not yet know I was in the presence of an emerging legend.

He graciously introduced himself and thanked me for my time. Then he looked me up and down, pointed at me, and said with tentative conviction, “You know. I could see you being headmaster at Fenn.”

I didn’t take it as an official job offer, but I did feel good about his compliment.

Since that evening, I’ve spent almost twenty-four years as Bob’s colleague at Fenn, and I’ve seen him affirm Fenn boys and colleagues and make them feel good countless times. I have to say, you haven’t lived Fenn life fully until you’ve seen Bob on the sidelines in soccer, baseball, or basketball, or in advisor group or

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Where Bob is present, he is present. Lorraine’s and my most up-close and memorable moments of seeing Star in action have been every year at the Eaglebrook New England Soccer Tournament, where the stakes are high for Fenn players.

In some years the magic has happened when Fenn’s skilled or scrappy team has captured the coveted trophy. In most years it hasn’t, even though there have been a number of heartbreakingly close bids. Through it all, Coach Star by turn has been field marshal, sports psychologist, cheerleader, and parent figure, affirming, cajoling, inspiring, admonishing, or consoling his charges.

It is the quintessential Star in the pre- and postgame huddles, finger and resolute chin in the air, commanding these young men to “Look at me! Now listen!” And indeed all eyes fall upon him and hearts and minds are tuned in.

Depending on the year, the game, and the match-up, the details of the script varies, but the essence of the message is rock-solid constant: “Do your best, behave like Fenn sportsmen, believe in yourself, leave nothing on the field, make Fenn proud, and be proud.” And for over thirtyfive years, Fenn boys have done just that.

But the playing field is not the only place where Star has helped to shape Fenn boys or touched the lives of colleagues.

Advisees know that as they start each day outside of his office, Star will proffer words of wisdom, dispense advice, and sometimes

issue directives to ensure they are holding up their end of Sua Sponte. Bob’s advisees know he will support them, even if it means hunting them down on campus to be sure they got in their missing assignment, showed up for a session of extra help, or went back to a teacher or classmate to apologize for bad behavior.

Whether a Fenn boy is being coached, advised, mentored, or taught by Bob, whether he’s a new boy, a Lower Schooler, or a senior, he knows in his heart that Star cares deeply about him, will go the extra mile and then some for him, and means business. And in that boy’s universe, Star is a larger-than-life figure whom he doesn’t want to disappoint. Even as they have moved beyond Fenn, there are scores of alumni who know that Star’s support

is steadfast, and that he is someone to go to when times are hard or confusing, and also when life is good.

For all those alumni, Star personally ensures that Fenn embodies the definition of what home is: the place you can go back to because they’ll always take you in. At this school that so many boys across the years regard as a second home is that constant Star waiting at the door ready with a hug, a cold Coke if you want it, and some encouraging words. And as so many of Bob’s colleagues across the years will attest, he has been and is there for them in the same ways. An open door, a sympathetic ear, and generous support are gifts that Bob so often has given to the adults of this community.

So the not so shy nor hesitant young man who came to Fenn in the spring of 1981 to seek a teaching job closed the deal at the end of that day as he stepped in to ump a game in the moment and signed on soon thereafter as a fledgling teacher, coach, and advisor. And as the years and decades passed, he became the legend known as “Star.” In the lives and education of the hundreds if not thousands of boys he has taught, coached, and mentored, and in the life of this community and this school called Fenn, that “Star” has shined with dedication and inspiration.

For all that he has offered Fenn boys and Fenn School, we salute Bob Starensier in his thirty-fifth year at the school he loves, to which he’s devoted his career and where he now serves as the respected senior member of Fenn’s faculty and staff.

Congratulations and Sua Sponte, Star!

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We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families of these Fenn graduates and friends.

Thomas P. Beal June 13, 2017 Fenn Faculty 1979-1993 Father of Tom Beal ’78 and Alex Beal ’82 Annette N. Brown March 3, 2017 Mother of Andrew Brown ’14 John “Todd” Crocker April 27, 2017 Father of Lee Crocker ’92 and John Crocker ’95 Laurie T. Dewey May 19, 2017 Mother of Reed Dewey ’76 Howard F. Elkus April 1, 2017 Father of James Elkus ’88 Martha H. Holland April 1, 2017 Mother of Dan Holland ’72 and David Holland ’74 Beverly J. Huston May 19, 2017 Wife of former Fenn faculty member Dave Huston Stepmother of Peter Huston ’70

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Willis C. “Bill” Kellogg May 31, 2017 Father of John Kellogg ’85 Bertha K. Kelner December 13, 2016 Mother of Stow Kelner ’71 Virginia T. Latham, M.D. April 21, 2017 Mother of Jim Latham ’77, Peter Latham ’79, Andy Latham ’80, Jon Latham ’83, and Win Latham ’86 Elisha F. Lee ’48 January 2, 2017 Brother of Dick Lee ’52, John Lee ’62, and Charles Lee ’63 Michael J. W. Logan ’57 July 22, 2016 Brother of Chris Logan ’62 Arthur G. Slade April 13, 2017 Father of John Slade ’80 Lorraine Garnett Ward March 9, 2017 Fenn Faculty 2000-2011 Wife of Headmaster Jerry Ward Mother of James Ward ’97 and Matt Ward ’00 Grandmother of James Peter Ward ’22

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For more information, visit www.fenn.org/homecoming.

Please join the greater Fenn community as we hold our 4th annual Homecoming! Festivities will include a 5K run, a varsity game, musical performances by the Trebles and Marching Band, kids’ corner, an alumni tailgate, and more. There will be something fun for people of all ages, so please bring your family as all are welcome!

Homecoming!

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Alumni Dinner

Friday, September 22, 2017 Mark your calendar and begin dusting off your Fenn gear in preparation for Fenn’s 2017 Reunion and Homecoming weekend! Alumni classes ending in “2” and “7” — it’s time to celebrate your reunion. Come reconnect with your former classmates during a cocktail reception and dinner on Fenn’s beautiful campus. Other alumni are more than welcome to attend the festivities to see old friends!

Congratulations William Halby ’86 & Peter Halby ’91 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients Will and Peter Halby own and operate Zeno Mountain Farm, a 501c3 non-profit. Zeno champions lifelong friendship and opportunity for people with diverse needs through projects such as art, film, and theatre. Zeno produces films that feature adults with and without disabilities and holds movie premieres in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and other cities throughout the United States.

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Parents of Alumni If this publication is addressed to your son, and he no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify the alumni office of his new mailing address (978-318-3525 or aboudreau@fenn.org).

Thank you!

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