IMPACT REPORT Green Hedges School
2023–2024
HEAD’S GREETING
Dear Green Hedges Families,
The 2023–2024 Green Hedges School Impact Report aims to showcase the profound influence that philanthropy and the Green Hedges community have on our school. The joy our students experience daily is a testament to the passion and dedication of our educators and staff. This would not be possible without the generous support we receive from our donors.
As you read this year’s Impact Report, keep in mind that these moments of joy are made possible by the collective efforts of everyone involved. Green Hedges is committed to nurturing kind, curious leaders, and our educators play a crucial role in unlocking each student’s potential. Our faculty and staff benefit greatly from the unwavering support provided through classroom resources, school improvements, and professional development opportunities. This impact report illustrates how a single contribution can tremendously affect our community—whether by encouraging staff innovation or inspiring others to give, ultimately enhancing the Green Hedges experience for all.
Thank you for making a difference. Your support has helped us envision new possibilities for Green Hedges School, and for that, we are deeply grateful.
Sincerely,
Jennifer P. Bohnen, Head of School
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2023-2024
YOUR IMPACT 2023–2024
Through their generosity, the following donors directly benefited our students and teachers by contributing to the Green Hedges Fund. As the cornerstone of philanthropy at Green Hedges, the Green Hedges Fund supports every student, every day in the classroom, on stage, and on the athletic field. It is with tremendous gratitude that Green Hedges acknowledges the individuals listed on these pages.
ANNUAL FUND
FOUNDERS SOCIETY:
$10,000 AND ABOVE
Lisa Beaudoin
Carol Gideon (deceased)
Leyden and
Sammy Velasquez
Emily and Bill Yosmanovich
HEAD OF SCHOOL
SOCIETY:
$5,000 – $9,999
Jessica and Kevin Brandt
The Johnston Family:
Lindsey, Alex, Greyson, and Blake
Charene and Neil Potts
Lynn and Amer Saba
Cristina and Matt Tallent
1942 SOCIETY:
$2,500 – $4,999
Jenn and David Bohnen
Hind Benjelloun and Marc Foglia
Carole and Myron Boncarosky
Shamsah Dhala and Alnoor Jamal
Carla and Darryl Franklin
Nehal Gandhi and Ashit Vora
Lisa and John Gibb
Heather and Drew Howell
Tracy and Mike McCarty
Anna and Mike Shaw
Jessica and Ray Wadlow
Kathleen and Warwick Webb
GREEN & WHITE CLUB:
$500 – $2,499
Katie and Robert Barnett
Peter Barrett
Jeremy ‘98 and Tamica Biggs
Karl Bittner and Will Brenninkmeijer
Jenna Bythrow and Bill Gehrig
Pat and Jim Daly, in memory of Alex Daly
John Dowsing
Noel Doyle
Juanita and Ralph Draetta
Suzanne Edwards
Ramya Ganesh and Ganesh Krishnamoorthy
Kathy and Craig Gavin
Evie and Kenneth Gudorf
Carl Hutzler
Bronwen Lewis
Lisa R. Love-Shaw ’84
Taseen Mir and Tarique Zahir
Robin and Patrick Moroney
Wendy and Bucky Peterson
Rohini and Prem Pillai
Heather and Brad Pontz
Renee and David Priess
JooHyun Son and Min Kim
Anastasia and Shawn Swearingen
Xin Wan and Weiping He
Ann and Mike Wyborski
DRAGONS CLUB: UP TO $499
Anonymous
Ruth Bandler and Mark Raiffa
Julie and Samuel Barnett
Sabine and Andrew Bergwall
Aaron Cahn
Cassie Campbell ’17
Fallon Chase
Jinene Christian
Yolande and William Christie
Carrie and Mike Coogan
Stephanie and Joe Costello
Anne Craig
Christina and Greg Cullison
Gingy Dixon ’08
Kim Do and Tony Ngo
Daniel Donohue
Trish Dougherty
Bethany Douliery
Gloria Dugan
Kate Emmerson
Julie Erickson
Gwendolyn and Ralph Everett
Quinby and Ted Frank
Cara and Anthony Fratta
Elena Fratta
Crystal Golding
Wanda Green
Phillip Harris
Mary and Henrick Harwood
Ruth Hazel
Morgan Heill
Hilary and Todd Huse
Mary and Marc Hutchinson
Jacquelyn Ingersoll
Corey Ingham
Karen and Ryan Kaufman
Ardass Khalsa
Siri Khalsa
Kristin Kvasnyuk
Eleanor and Jay Lacklen
Carey Lavallee
Danielle and Phillip Lee
Jennifer and Phil Letowt
Crystal Lewis
Susan and Tony Lucas
Sejal and Darshan Makim
Abby Malmud ‘17
Tansy Matthews ‘91
Alicia McGuire
Rasheda and Scott McKinney
Patty Mills
Aya Mohamed and Ahmed Elsadig
Haley Murphy
Allison Nichols
Wendy and Jason Noker
Mary Lou Nugent
Blaire Osborn and Geoffrey Birchard
Urmila and Rohan Oberoi
Anne and Orrin Ochs
Nancy Osborne
Nancy Palacios
Rebecca Parkin
Deborah Pavlovich
Jessica and Jeff Pedersen
Ashley Potter
Nancy Powell
Yasamin and Amir Rasool
Marion Rhode
Elize and Michael Rijneveldshoek
Meghan Rogers
Angela Rovegno
Sholeh Sabeti
Laura and Mitchell Schwartz
Ranieli and Frederico Shinohara
Kristin and Chris Simons
Faezeh Tabyanian
Eileen Tallent
Paul Thayer
Stacey Vagoun
Katherine Vazquez
Vanessa Vick
Angie and Chris Walker
Heidi Warrington
Lydia Warshaw ’10
Ingrid Willenz-Isaacs and Barry Isaacs
Marcia and Fred W. Williams
Rendell Williams
Rachelle and Stu Work
Macy Young ’13
GIFTS IN KIND
Carl Hutzler
Liz and Ted Zagraniski
CORPORATE
GIFTS
Microsoft Corporation
Service Now
ALUMNI WHO GIVE
Jeremy Biggs ’98
Cassie Campbell ’17
Gingy Dixon ’08
Lisa R. Love-Shaw ’84
Abby Malmud ’17
Tansy Matthews ’91
Lydia Warshaw ’10
Macy M. Young ’13
DRAGON DASH SUPPORTERS
Dragon Dash is a yearly fundraiser held by students of Green Hedges. Students ask friends and family to support them by making contributions to their fundraising pages and then participate in a 15-minute fun run to raise money for the Green Hedges Fund. Thank you to families and friends who sponsored our young runners on their fun run!
Nichelle Ai
Jason Ai
Dan Bamba
Katie and Robert Barnett
Jane Beale
Wayne Beale
Olivia and David Bean
Kimberly Berents
Laura Conway
Emilie and David Cotter
Jennifer Dornicik
Will Drolet
Jessica and Kevin Brandt
Audrey and Brian Eversmann
Tony Fadool
Beth Feeney
Kristin Florin
Hind Benjelloun and Marc Foglia
Carla and Darryl Franklin
Elena Fratta
Anthony and Cara Fratta
Donna Freitag
Linda Frostic
Doug Gaibler
Kristie and Drew Gaibler
Alison Gaibler
Nehal Gandhi and Ashit Vora
Leo Garcia
Jenna Bythrow and Bill Gehrig
Colleen Gideon
Mary and Henrick Harwood
Zaiba and Zafar Hasan
Melissa and Douglas Hastings
Heather and Drew Howell
Anita Imm
Lindsey and Alex Johnston
Rachael and Slade Jones
Shazia Khan and Samir Kanani
Karen and Ryan Kaufman
Heather Kinkead
Karla and Juan Lacayo
Eric LaRoche
Michael Lazo
Christi Thorn Leggett and Chris Leggett ‘87
Crystal Lewis
Crystal and Frederick Liu
Yanming Liu
Jesse Llewellyn
Kassity and Tai Mai
Shawn McClosky
Daryl McCuiston
Jennie and Scott Melchior
Wendy and Jason Noker
Olga Norwood and Jason Stoner
Monique and Yahmin Norwood
Laura and Matthew Nugent
Jaie and Nikhil Oak
Urmila and Rohan Oberoi
Rebecca and Brian Orban
Sid Pandit
Rebecca Parkin
Gloria and Frederic Peikin
Nick Petersberger ‘23
Heather and Brad Pontz
Debbie Porzio
Margaret and Michael Porzio
Li Qu
Yasamin and Amir Rasool
Elize and Michael Rijneveldshoek
Lynn and Amer Saba
Julia Saba ‘22
Lea Saba ‘19
Linda and Jim Salazar
Carlijn and Rick Schrijner
Michael and Patricia Shaw
Jon and Jennifer Shore
Kent Simons
JooHyun Son and Min Kim
Samuel Stieferman
Venkat and Jayan Subramanyam
Anastasia and Shawn Swearingen
Daniel Thayer
Paul Thayer
Rebecca Mims-Velarde and Fred Velarde
Lindsay and Tom Velarde
Clark Wadlow
Zuie Wakade
Angie and Chris Walker
Robert Silver
Xin Wan and Peter He
Lindsay and Ryan Ward
Lynne and Robert Weaver
Cynthia Webber
Tina Williams
Jocelyn Williams
Hannah and Derek Woodley
Emily and Bill Yosmanovich
Liz and Ted Zagraniski
EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE FUND
The Equitable Experience Fund (EEF), established in 2020, aims to ensure that all students have the same opportunities and experiences while at Green Hedges. Grants from this fund will be offered to students by race/ethnicity and/or socioeconomic status in Montessori – Grade 8 to help cover non-tuition costs. Thank you to those who have donated this past year.
Lisa Beaudoin
Zaiba and Zafar Hasan
Heather Kinkead
Rebecca and Brian Orban
Damaris and Michael Stetzer
GROWING MINDS, BUILDING FUTURES CAMPAIGN
Green Hedges is grateful to the following donors who have pledged their support to the Growing Minds, Building Futures Campaign.
Peter Barrett
Lisa Beaudoin
Jeremy Biggs
Jenn and David Bohnen
Jessica and Kevin Brandt
Pat and Jim Daly
Shamsah Dhala and Alnoor Jamal
Gingy Dixon ‘08
Nehal Gandhi and Ashit Vora
Colleen and Craig Gavin
Lisa and John Gibb
Heather and Drew Howell
Carl Hutzler
Blake Kohn
Christi and Chris ‘87 Leggett
Karl Lotspeich and Dorothy CampbellLotspeich
Tracy and Mike McCarty
Taseen Mir and Tarique Zahir
Rohan and Urmila Oberoi
Charene and Neil Potts
Lynn and Amer Saba
Anna and Mike Shaw
Mayo Stuntz, Jr.
Lindsay and Thomas Velarde
Jessica and Ray Wadlow
Audrey and Dave Young
SPARKING JOY & THOUGHT
Each year, in the throes of winter, Green Hedges educators take a moment to reflect on their teaching. This crucial mid-year examination of practices allows them the opportunity to apply for a Summer Faculty Grant. These Grants are funded not only through generous donations and the Green Hedges Parent Association, but through parent dues that are wrapped into yearly tuition.
The Summer Faculty Grants originated in response to the community’s desire to support educators’ passions, ultimately enriching the educational backdrop of Green Hedges School. In recent years, staff and faculty have attended workshops that include cross-grade curricular planning, how to help students be culture creators in history and social studies, and even an initiative to enhance our library to serve the needs of the students and adults. This approach has allowed staff and faculty to participate in a range of enriching workshops and initiatives, all of which contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of the Green Hedges educational experience. All of these program enhancements that our educators bring back to Green Hedges wouldn’t be possible without the support of our parents and Parent Association. Thank you to each and every family who has helped to make it possible.
WHY WE GIVE
The Tallent Family
In the Fall of 2020 the Tallent Family joined Green Hedges School after a difficult experience with public education in the face of the pandemic. As they shared, “we’d been a public school family our entire life, we had never really thought of a private school until that moment.” After meeting other parents and our Head of School, Jenn Bohnen, the Tallents were hooked. “The school has felt like a perfect fit since the beginning and we’ve watched Owen embrace his love of learning, feel nurtured by the school and transform into who he’s supposed to be.” The Tallents credit Green Hedges’s faculty and staff for helping Owen find his true self, through athletics and the focus on art. The Tallents shared, “...the faculty and staff see each student for who they are and appreciate the gifts that child has without making them feel like they have to be part of the mold.” Now after 4 years, the Tallents are eager to continue to find ways to support Green Hedges’s mission through donations and volunteerism. The Tallents hope to see Green Hedges School grow in the future, thanks to the generous support of each and every person that has felt the school’s impact.
WHY WE GIVE
The Fratta Family
When the Fratta family first set foot on the Green Hedges School campus, it was before they had children of their own. After attending a Special Friends Day in the early 2000’s, they fell in love with the community and feel. Years later, the Frattas were searching for a school that felt right based on their son and the type of learner he was and re-discovered Green Hedge’s campus. Quickly they noted that the school felt like “an extension of family,” and continues to four years later. The Fratta family was struck by how special Green Hedges was in its support of who each student is, from a special artist study of Jon Bon Jovi (LivingonaPrayerwas a constant soundtrack at home per their son’s request) to focusing on exploring nature around them. The feel of family continued as the Frattas became closer to the community. Cara shares, “If we want our school to support our students and wonderful families, it takes a village and we need to be part of the family.”
The Fratta family continues to support Green Hedges by giving anything they can, from time to resources, and this extends to the Fratta Grandparents as well. The Fratta family shares that they hope to see Green Hedges grow and enhance its campus and community in the future and plan to be a part of the support system that does so.
The Next Evolution of the Green Hedges Board: Saying Goodbye and Welcoming the New!
LETTER FROM LISA GIBB, 2023–2024 BOARD CHAIR
Dear Green Hedges Families,
As my time as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Green Hedges School comes to a close, I feel a touch of nostalgia for the past and excitement for the future of Green Hedges. Watching the Class of 2024 paint
the shed—a tradition marking their GHS journey’s end —I’m tempted to bring my paintbrush and add my name to the shed in a private celebration of my treasured eleven years as a parent, volunteer, and Board Chair.
Becoming the Chair in the Summer of 2020 was a unique baptism by fire. I vividly remember the incredible creativity, resilience, and “can-do spirit” shown by staff, Trustees, and families. As a team, we navigated those unprecedented challenges together, refining our mission and holding steadfast to our core values.
Since 2020, we have followed the 2020–2025 Strategic Plan, “Our Vision of Wonder, ” to Lead, Invest, Design, and Connect, and have made giant strides toward realizing GHS’s potential. As we approach 2025, the School has accomplished many of the objectives
outlined in the plan due to the focus of the Board and the execution by the incredible GHS faculty and staff.
Thanks to the many years of sound financial stewardship, we have been able to bolster GHS’s financial stability and accessibility. We launched the Green Hedges Affordability Program (GHAP) and the Equitable Experience Fund (EEF) program to ensure families can access a Green Hedges education. In 2021, we welcomed the youngest learners to GHS as we expanded the Montessori program to include a two-year-old classroom.
Looking to redesign the campus to meet current and future programmatic needs, the Board updated the Campus Master Plan. More exciting milestones will come for this project, so stay tuned!
None of these achievements would have been possible without a solid partnership with Head of School Jennifer
Bohnen and the faculty and staff. They’ve shown not only strategic vision but also incredible execution and productivity throughout the process. We are blessed to have such a talented team.
Lastly, I’m optimistic about GHS’s future with leadership from incoming Chair Jessica Wadlow and the Board’s returning and new members. I’m happy to leave the Board in a better place than when I arrived, and not nearly as good as it will be in the future.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve and leave my mark at this delightful place for young people—and adults—of talent and promise.
Cheers,
Lisa Gibb, Chair, Board of Trustees
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2023–2024
CHAIR
Lisa Gibb
TRUSTEES
Jessica Wadlow (Vice-Chair)
Jeremy Biggs '98 (Treasurer)
Anna Shaw (Secretary)
Peter Barrett
Lisa Beaudoin
Jennifer Bohnen
Ex-Officio, Head of School
Jessica Brandt
Gingy Dixon ’08
Jacquie Ingersoll
Ex-Officio, Faculty Representative
Alnoor Jamal
Karl Lotspeich
Tracy McCarty
Ex-Officio, PA Representative
Taseen Mir
Neil Potts
Ashit Vora
THANK YOU FROM THE GHS STUDENTS
Green Hedges students thank everyone who has given time and financial resources to help enhance our mission.
Thank you to Sponsors of our 2023 Gala, Celebrating Our Stars . It’s our turn to celebrate you!
CORPORATIONS
Fairfax Mental Health and Wellness
Polaris Sponsor
John Marshall Bank
Orion Sponsor
Kalix Marketing Group
Castor Sponsor
Odin Feldman Pittleman
Castor Sponsor
Hanover Research
Draco Sponsor
Majestic Limo
Draco Sponsor
INDIVIDUALS
Jessica and Kevin Brandt
Patron
Heather and Drew Howell
Patron
Carl Hutzler
Patron
Taseen Mir and Tarique Zahir
Patron
Heather and Brad Pontz
Patron
Charene and Neil Potts
Patron
Lynn and Amer Saba
Patron
Save the Date for this year’s Gala: February 7, 2025
Our Mission
We inspire young people of talent and promise to develop clear values, a desire for wisdom, and an appreciation for all endeavors which broaden the mind and enlighten the spirit.