Founding Trustees Honored for Progressive Vision
The 50th anniversary flag and logo were also unveiled. “When you were driving to school this morning, did any of you notice the new banners on the street and light poles?” Pergande asked. “We have a new logo that was specially created for the 50th anniversary.” Prince added: “We hope you enjoy all the events we have planned for you and that you are excited to be part of our yearlong celebration.” For the latest information on the yearlong celebration, visit the 50th anniversary website at fwcd.org and click on FWCD Celebrates 50 Years. The site is full of interesting historical articles that are refreshed monthly, fun Falcon Facts and information about the latest anniversary events. Students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni can all share their own FWCD stories and photos by emailing memories@ fwcd.com. Memories and photos will be part of a 50th anniversary digital scrapbook.
Cynthia Rimmer Prince ’87 raises a stuffed rat that she pulled from the 25th anniversary time capsule as Frasher Hudson Pergande ’81 and Evan D. Peterson, head of School, look on. Students in Sharon Foster’s (H’05) classes remember this taxidermy project well.
Photo credit: Sharon Ellman, Ellman Photography
Service Awards The following members of Fort Worth Country Day’s faculty and staff were honored for their years of service at the School’s annual Founders’ Day celebration: 35 Years Sharon Hamilton Dr. Suzanne Lewis 30 Years Dr. James Aldridge
Christine Derber, new Thomas M. Ryan Chair for Distinguished Lower School Teaching and current Lower School music director, and Jack Noble White, first music teacher at FWCD and author of the School’s alma mater, posed following the Founders’ Day event that kicked off FWCD’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Photo credit: Sharon Ellman, Ellman Photography
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25 Years Karen Curella Barbara Meyers 20 Years—Club Viginti Initiate Debbie Eastwood Denver Edmunds Alison Robinson Edwena Thompson
15 Years Holly Clifford Esperanza Elizondo Melodee Halbach Aimee Jenkins Jerry Mahle Stacy Sanford 10 Years Carrie Cheng John Cordell Tiffini Crum Brian Farda Kevin Ford DeAnn Hall Aaron Hoover Terri Hutton Chuck Kraus
The Founders’ Day celebration continued into the evening on March 6. The Landreth Family— Bill ’67 and Gail Widmer Landreth ’69, Angie Landreth Butler ’96, W.A.’01 and Regan Landreth, and William Landreth ’03—served as chairs of the Trustees Reception, which was hosted on campus in the Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center. Current and former Trustees were invited back to campus to kick off the School’s 50th anniversary celebration. The event honored FWCD’s 15 Founding Trustees, as well as past members of the Board of Trustees, for their vision and commitment to education. “Fort Worth Country Day has come a long way since its 25th anniversary,” noted Evan D. Peterson, head of School. “Twenty-five years later, I can say Country Day continues to grow and lead the way in
Head of School Evan D. Peterson and Board of Trustees President L. Russell Laughlin honored Priscilla Holland Johnston, Patricia Honea Schutts, Betty Claire DuPree McKnight and Paul Leonard, four of the School’s 15 Founding Trustees.
independent education. Today, we are on the cutting edge of education for the 21st century. Today we lead, we don’t follow. Today, Country Day is known as a national leader in independent education. “We are a school that cares,” Peterson
10 Years continued Molly Risewick-Zeno Claire Robin Ginger Robinson Mike Vincent Al Wamsley Five Years Ann Blair Gaby Booth Alessandra Carrasco Kay Cody Maria Garcia Denis Heinrichs Judy Lee Mandy Lofquist Renee Pierce Sharon Sorensen
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continued. “We care about education; we care about success, but, first and foremost, we care about people.” The evening was extra special because four of the School’s 15 Founding Trustees were present. Priscilla Holland Johnston, Patricia Honea Schutts, Betty Claire DuPree McKnight and Paul Leonard were present to mark the celebration. McKnight drafted the letter to Peter A. Schwartz, headmaster of Pembroke Country Day in Kansas City, asking him to serve as head of FWCD. L. Russell Laughlin, current Board president, and Frasher Hudson Pergande ’81 and Cynthia Rimmer Prince ’87, 50th anniversary co-chairs, also addressed the nearly 150 current and former Trustees who attended the event.
Former chairs of the Fort Worth Country Day Board of Trustees celebrate the launch of the School’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration. Pictured are Stephanie Burk ’77, Bill Landreth ’67, Kathleen Stevens, Mark Hart, John Stevenson, Randy Gideon, Bill Meadows, Tori Adams H’10, Scott Kleberg, L. Russell Laughlin and John Roach.
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To read more about the founding and creation of Fort Worth Country Day, read “FWCD School Archives Uncover a Treasure” on page 42 and visit fwcd.org/50 and click on FWCD History for Peter Schwartz’s full manuscript. FALCONER
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