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Table of Contents FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 COMMENCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 THE 2016 “GSB LIFERS”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MIDDLE SCHOOL CLOSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 LOWER SCHOOL CLOSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What is Milestones? Milestones is published annually by the Communications and Marketing Department to celebrate the graduating class at Gill St. Bernard’s School. The magazine also highlights GSB’s eighth and fourth grade students as they transition to the Upper and Middle School divisions, respectively. As a private college preparatory school that offers a pre-k through 12th grade education, Gill St. Bernard’s is also proud to recognize its annual “GSB Lifers” (graduating seniors who have matriculated at Gill for 12 years or more) in each issue of Milestones.
Gill St. Bernard’s Milestones magazine is published annually by the Communications and Marketing Department. Sid Rowell, Head of School
Kristen Armstrong
Tim Davis
Shannon Ludlum
Sarah Rowland
Allyson B. Daly, Director of Communications and Marketing
Tracey Goodson Barrett
Judy Dechent
Andrew Lutz
Margery Schiesswohl
Larry Bostian
Marilyn Dori
Derek Martin
Mark Signorelli
Macada Brandl
Solomon Fleckman
Takisha McCall-Sulton
Kerri Ann Small
Julia Britt
Tom Gilbert
Irene Mortensen
David Southerland
Ed Brown
Carolyn Giordano
Amy Newman
Michiel Stil
Paul Canada
Emilia Giordano
Kathleen O’Connor
Steven Summerer
Cover image by Becky Bedrosian P ’11 of Becky Bedrosian Photography. Additional photography in this issue also by Becky Bedrosian Photography and by GSB staff photographers unless otherwise noted.
Michael Cascini
Fernando Gomez
Lauren O’Leary
Meredith Swenson
Brittany Casser
Carrie Grabowski
Cynthia Orr
Noreen Syed
Christine Chan
Len Grabowski
Robert Ort
John Taeschler
Design by Vision Creative Group.
Michael Chimes
Claudia Hesler
David Pasquale
Irv Taylor
Jared Ciocco
Sarah Isusi
Sue Petrone
Kim Turse
Gerry Cirillo
Leo Janas
Sharon Poticny
Greg Washburn
Isabel Corbin
Allison Kochis
Eileen Procaccino
Gina Wendell
Fred Corona
Melissa Lewis
Candace Pryor-Brown
Michael Wendell
Gill St. Bernard’s School P.O. Box 604, St. Bernard’s Road Gladstone, NJ 07934-0604 908-234-1611 gsbschool.org facebook.com/gsbschool
Some freelance writing by Bill Thorndike.
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