Harlem Academy Journal, Fall 2016

HARLEM ACADEMY

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JOU RNAL Winter 2017

INSIDE

Middle School Puts a Twist on Othello

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Head of School Vinny Dotoli and trustees with the Class of 2016 at their graduation in June 2

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From the Head of School Fourteen years ago, a group gathered to try a crazy idea.

We were from different walks of life – educators, business people, philanthropists, parents, and community leaders.

But we all understood the same problem, and we all imagined we just might be able to solve it.

Bright students from low-income communities were slipping through the cracks of an education system focused on the extreme ends of the achievement spectrum. In New York City we have programs for students already testing in the 99th percentile, or students who are failing.

So what happens to promising low-income kids without the resources to reach their potential? By the time college rolls around, only 14% of the students at the top 160 colleges come from the bottom half of the income distribution.

This is where Harlem Academy has stepped in. We are raising the ceiling for promising, low-income children.

We give them the preparation they need to compete at the best schools in the nation.

Now they are conquering college, too. In this issue, I am proud to share an interview with one of our first alumni, who just started her freshman year at the University of Rochester. Our entire first graduating class finished high school in four years, and 92% are already enrolled in fouryear colleges. They, and all of the alumni coming up behind them are the proof – the dream wasn’t so crazy.

As always, I welcome your questions and comments. Please feel free to email me at vdotoli@harlemacademy.org.

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Yarelis, Taneyah, and Alvin at Exeter last summer. 27 Harlem Academy students were awarded academic or character-based scholarships to attend summer programs. Some focused on academics at elite schools including Exeter, Vassar, and Yale, while others attended traditional New England summer camps.

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Inside Harlem Academy

2015 -16 annual report

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18 Who We Serve 19 Realizing Potential 20 Where Are Alumni Now?

Out of the Textbook, into a Splint Sharing Model Programs College Bound: Catching up with Tara Eagan ‘12

11 So What Is a LASA? 12 Middle School Puts a Twist on Othello 14 In Conversation: LaShonda Davis, Lower School Director

16 New Teachers and Staff 17 Board Transitions

(5 year results)

22 Partnering With Families 24 2015-16 Financial Performance 26 Capital Campaign Donors 26 2015-16 Annual Fund Donors

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Out of the Textbook, into a Splint Should you find yourself stranded on a desert island choking on a coconut, or lost deep in the woods with a gash in your leg, you’d better hope that you’re with Harlem Academy students.

“Our human biology curriculum pushes them far beyond a typical middle school course with engagement around anatomy and physiology,” says science teacher Meredith Philbin.

“Most students don’t see this until high school or college.”

A semester-long emergency medicine unit brings the terminology to life and provides a real-world application.

Middle school students study protocols for city and wilderness environments and practice executing them in weekly rescue scenarios.

“Last week, we learned how to treat a bloody wound,” says Caden, an eighth grader. “Clean it and apply direct pressure first. Elevate the wound and keep the pressure as you apply a bandage. Then, only if it really keeps

“You never know when a lesson might spark a career.”

— Allison Duarte, Founding Middle School Science Teacher

bleeding, apply a tourniquet as a last resort.” Caden can also tell you when and how to use CPR, what to do if someone is in shock, and how to splint a fracture.

“The unit engages each student differently, drawing out their strengths and interests,” says Ms. Philbin.

“The kids who are into acting love playing the patient. The leaders like to take charge. We also have a lot of students attending wilderness camps in the summer, so they become more confident about navigating that world.”

This program was first developed by middle school science teacher Allison Duarte in 2012. “A key goal has been to bring doctors and scientists into our classroom to show students potential role models,” says Ms. Duarte. “You never know when a lesson might spark a career.”

“This is what happens when you make room for innovation,” says Head of School Vinny Dotoli. “If a teacher is excited to try something not already in the curriculum, we always take a look. We’re very intentional, asking ourselves how it will move the mission forward and connect to our educational philosophy, particularly related to skill development. If the answers are there, we run a pilot, track performance, and build on what we learn. It’s a big part of what makes Harlem Academy such an exciting place to teach and learn.”

Eighth Graders Kyle and Misa practice emergency medicine skills.

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Special thanks to the Harry Winston Hope Foundation, lead sponsor of Harlem Academy’s middle school science program. Thank you also to Con Edison for their ongoing support of our students’ science and technology education.

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Sharing Model Programs Two magazines recently accepted articles for publication that demonstrate Harlem Academy’s emergence as a model program within the education community.

• The AMLE Magazine for the Association for Middle Level Educators is publishing an article by history teacher Sean Robertson that highlights Harlem Academy’s use of primary documents as a best practice for exploring U.S. history.

• Principal Leadership, a magazine for school leaders, is publishing an article by head of school Vinny Dotoli focused on our morning coffee program as a powerful lever for meaningful collaboration with families.

As an independent school, Harlem Academy is positioned to develop and test innovative programming. It’s a role we embrace. We are constantly working to develop the best programming to support our students. Ideas to strengthen the curriculum go through rigorous testing and must demonstrate that they strengthen student skills and performance. When we prove they’re successful, we are intentional about sharing what we’ve learned with the broader education community.

These articles will reach a combined circulation of more than 50,000 educators, underscoring the growing impact we are having on schools and children across the country.

History teacher Sean Robertson builds critical thinking skills with primary documents.

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College Bound: Catching up with Tara Eagan ‘12 On getting out of her comfort zone and finding her stride.

Tara with her mother and grandmother at the 2012 Harlem Academy graduation.

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Harlem Academy’s first graduating class started college this year. Eager to see how our pioneering alumni were doing, we caught up with Tara Eagan at the University of Rochester.

Tara Eagan grew up in the South Bronx, and through fifth grade, attended a local charter school where she was at the top of her class. One day, the principal called Tara’s mom in to talk about finding an accelerated program that could better challenge her. That’s when they learned about Harlem Academy.

Tara joined the class of 2012 – Harlem Academy’s first cohort of graduates. Like most Harlem Academy students, Tara showed impressive academic growth, gaining 15 percentile points on standardized tests over three years.

By the time she graduated, she was at the 92nd percentile nationwide, respected by her teachers and peers for her focus and hard work. No one was surprised when she earned a scholarship to Grace Church School in eighth grade.

Four years later, as she packed her bags for the University of Rochester, we asked her to tell us about her journey.

The conversation centered on building confidence through accepting help and being open to new experiences.

“Jumping from Harlem Academy to Grace, it was different,” said Tara. “Harlem Academy was very socioeconomically diverse, racially diverse, religiously diverse, culturally diverse. When I came [to Grace], I wondered if I deserved to be there because I was just so different. I thought because I didn’t have as much money as everybody else, maybe I shouldn’t be there.”

That self-doubt held Tara back at first. But Tara’s advisor at Grace Church School worked closely with Tara’s family and Harlem Academy to help her work through her fears. Soon, she picked up her grades and forged meaningful friendships.

Ultimately, she came through stronger and more confident than before, and was grateful that she was able work through that experience in a safe, nurturing environment like Grace Church School.

“I promised that I would never do that to myself again,” she said. “I’m glad I came [to Grace], because now that I’m going to college – yes, it’s on a bigger scale, but I can go in with the attitude that I deserve to be there.”

Tara hopes that other students coming up behind her understand how valuable the lines of the Harlem Academy creed really are. “A lot of the students at HA are like me – they’re the first people to go to college in their families.

This is when you really, really have to ask for help.”

“I don’t want any students to feel like they don’t belong at university – like they didn’t work hard to get there. I learned this at Grace: wealth does not equal worth. You deserve to be here just as much as the person who’s paying full tuition.”

I seek help when I need it.

This line from the Harlem Academy creed was one of the core things Tara talks about internalizing as she moved on to high school. Grace Church School was a great place for her, but she faced her share of challenges, too. It quickly became clear that she would need to embrace her support networks if she was going to make the best of the opportunities ahead.

“Between Harlem Academy and Grace Church, she has so many people watching out for her. She needs to be so grateful for all these amazing people who really care about her and helped her to get where she is.”

— Tasha, mom of Tara Eagan

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Taking Initiative and Trying New Things

In addition to seeking out support, Tara talked a lot about the importance of taking initiative and getting outside of her comfort zone.

“You just have to try things, because it may work, it may not. Your experience may not be mine. But most of the time it can, and you can meet amazing people through that.”

“Coming to Grace, I wasn’t sure I was the writer type, but creative writing turned out to be one of my favorite classes here. And it’s something you bond over with other people.

Look at each other’s writing, edit it, and be like, ‘I just love your writing – you express so much here’. Something like that can create the tightest bond between you and another person.”

She tried modern dance at Grace, too, and despite being one of the only students who had never had dance lessons, ended up loving it.

“I didn’t know how to point my toes; I didn’t know what a plié was until I got there. But it didn’t matter if I was the best at it; it just really helped me let everything go when I was in the dance studio.”

So What’s Next?

Armed with practiced resilience and a positive approach to new experiences, Tara is ready to take on college.

She is planning to major in political science. “Ever since middle school, I’ve loved talking about politics. The political parties – where they stem from, and comparative politics with different cultures and countries… All of those things really interest me.”

“I’m thinking about minoring in African-American Studies, too, based off my Harlem Academy history class with Mr. Roberston,” said Tara. “It was my first class about civil rights, and it made me happy to be learning about myself – about my history and why I’m here. It pushed me to want to do more in college.”

And in her free time, Tara is motivated to get involved with campus initiatives, like the Student Organization for Caribbean Awareness, as well as continuing to pursue dance and creative writing.

We asked her if she would come back to this year’s annual Harlem Academy Alumni Holiday Party to share everything that she’s learned, she smiled widely. “Oh definitely! I loved doing that last year. I was happy that I was able to tell them a lot about my experience, because a lot of them are going to go through similar things. I’ll definitely come back.”

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of Harlem Academy’s first graduating class finished high school on time, and 92% are already enrolled in four year colleges Tara with her mother at her Grace Church School graduation in 2016.

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So What Is a LASA? Harlem Academy students know how to make an argument. Starting in sixth grade, they learn to identify the point they want to make and to articulate it clearly.

The result is that Harlem Academy graduates leave with a critical tool that helps them succeed in secondary school, not just in English, but other subjects, as well.

“Ms. Wood's LASA structure helped me write great argumentative essays and get high grades in my written homework. Even in history, I was ahead of my class.”

The foundation for this is a technique taught in our middle school English program called “Literary Analysis Short Answer” (LASA).

“The sky’s the limit,” says Ms. Wood.

“Graduates come back to me all the time saying, ‘I use it in Religion, I use it in History, I use it in Latin.’

Whatever they are writing – if they are making an argument, this structure and discipline works.”

When our graduates tell us something is working for them, we listen. Not only are we reinforcing this technique across our own curriculum, but Ms. Wood is turning her personal approach into a sharable resource that other educators can bring into their classrooms. Watch for that in the “For Educators” section of our website (and check out other resources that are already available).

“This is an incredibly useful skill,” says English teacher Whitney Wood.

“It’s a concrete method that kids can use to make a focused and arguable point around a piece of text. We start in sixth grade with simple, short-form arguments. We keep building on this with more complicated and longerform work, all the way through eighth grade.”

Each June, we survey our alumni, and ask them about how they are doing in high school, their preparation, and their challenges. And each June, comments about LASA show up again and again, like this one from Jose Mencia ’13:

7th Graders Yealie and Malik write LASAs using the Nikki Grimes novel Bronx Masquerade.

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Middle School Puts a Twist on Othello The students in Harlem Academy’s Shakespeare elective had a big act to follow when they set out to perform Othello last spring – their own. They had already claimed the top two places at the citywide ShakeSmack competition earlier in the year. How could they make their own mark with the performance?

Their work together grew into a contemporary update on the classic play. Through music, dance, and costume, they set out to make Othello relevant for young people in Harlem today.

“We learned that there’s always some place in a Shakespeare play where the Elizabethan actors did a dance,” said eighth grader Ariana. “When we saw the Classic Stage Company production, they did the party scene to Beyoncé music.”

They asked for permission to choreograph a hip-hop dance for their production. The answer from director Whitney Wood was, “Learn your lines first, then go for it.” Eighth grader Misa choreographed three different dances that incorporated all of the students. “Most of the moves were inspired by different hip hop songs and videos I’ve seen,” Misa said.

Ariana took on costumes. “I’ve been interested in designing for years, and Shakespeare kind of became my gateway into it. We reviewed each character’s personality throughout the script, and tried to have that come through in the costumes.

We did a lot of trendy military looks.”

Seventh grader Yealie and others took on the music, smoothing out scene transitions with pop and hip hop songs. “We thought, Okay, what is the mood in this scene? and about what songs would show that.” They ended up using Taylor Swift, Drake, and Lorde.

“We all added our own spice to it and made it fun,” said Ariana. “At the end, we felt like it really represented us – our time and place.”

Malik and Miles as Iago and Roderigo (above); Taneyah and Ariana as Desdemona and the Clown (below). The cast internalized hundreds of lines of Elizabethan English preparing for the 90-minute performance.

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The cast met outside of class to create dance scenes, just like the Elizabethans but adding their own spice.

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In Conversation

LaShonda Davis, Lower School Director

What inspired you to pursue a career in education?

I actually started out as a biology major in college, but then I volunteered at an alternative middle school in Philadelphia. It was amazing to see a school full of children who were illiterate. You’re talking about 18-year-olds in the fifth and sixth grade, and the school was really just a holding cell until they aged out. Who even knew something like that existed? As a volunteer reading teacher, I had to start with practicing kindergarten and pre-k words – the, and, she, it. And that was the moment. It was a really sad experience, and I had to do something. I said, “I’m changing my major.”

What is your favorite thing to teach?

Oh, it has to be reading. When I was a child, reading is how I would explore everything. One of my favorite books is one the fourth grade is reading right now – The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes. This was the first book I read where I said, “Whoa! This reading thing is deep! This is a big deal!” From then on I had this excitement about where you could go and the people you could meet and the things you could learn. So reading with kids now I can really connect with them on that level, and say “I know! My brain’s going everywhere too, I get it!”

What makes The Hundred Dresses a good read for fourth grade?

It deals with bullying from the perspective of the bystander. There’s a girl who’s watching someone else get bullied, and she never stands up for her. She likes the other girl, but she doesn’t have the courage to say, “Hey, that’s not right” to the bullies. Especially as our kids are getting older, it’s a situation that they find themselves in. So it’s pretty cool to have it there and have them grapple with it.

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Are there particular lines from the school creed that resonate with you?

“I choose to do what is right, even when it’s hard and no one is watching.” When we were writing that, I had a couple of kids in mind who were in secondary school, struggling with hard choices, especially at that weird, bumpy teenage age. Even in lower school, I’m already thinking what would I want them to keep in their brains as they’re walking through the halls of their dormitory? What do you want them to be saying to themselves? That’s the line that gives me goosebumps, because it’s all about you: something you totally keep for yourself – that no one else even knows is happening.

Why do you feel like Harlem Academy is a place where you want to be, and a place that you’ve chosen for so many years as your professional home?

This is what I tell teachers when I’m hiring: come here if you’ve ever wanted to just teach. You can provide students with top-notch, rigorous education, without the rigidity of other school environments.

We sit down in all different types of circles and give each other feedback. Your opinion is valued, whether you’ve been here for 2 months or 10 years. I don’t think that’s happening at other places.

Even in lower school, I’m already thinking what would I want them to keep in their brains as they’re walking through the halls of their dormitory?

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New Teachers and Staff Malynda Colvert M.A.T. Relay Graduate School of Education B.A. Barnard College Malynda teaches fifth grade math, history, and English at Harlem Academy.

She received her B.A. in political science from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her M.A.T. from Relay Graduate School of Education. In her free time, she enjoys binge reading science fiction and fantasy novels as well as doing anything related to the arts (singing, making pottery, etc). Her favorite book to read as a middle school student was Jane Eyre.

Eunice Lee M.Ed. University of North Texas B.S. University of Texas Eunice is the fourth grade lead teacher at Harlem Academy. She holds a B.S. in elementary education from the University of Texas and an M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Texas. In her free time, she enjoys running, hiking, volunteering, and eating chocolate. Her favorite books are Holes by Louis Sachar and Old Yeller by Fred Gipson.

Tia Clemons B.A. Penn State University Tia is the fourth grade associate teacher at Harlem Academy, responsible for leading science and physical education. She earned a B.A. from Penn State University - Harrisburg and has plans to return for an M.A. in special education. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, studying astrology, watching crime investigation programs, spending time with her niece and nephew, and trying new restaurants. Tia’s favorite childhood read is Happy Birthday, Moon

by Frank Asch.

John Branch, Development Fellow B.A. Bowdoin College John is the development fellow at Harlem Academy, where he helps the school meet its annual fundraising goals and manages the mentoring program. He also helps with the school’s communications. Outside of work, he enjoys writing, reading, studying urban policy, and watching baseball. John holds a B.A. in history from Bowdoin College. Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon has been an important book for him since day one.

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Board Transitions This fall, we welcomed David Salomon to our board of trustees. A managing member of East End Advisors, he brings a wealth of experience in organizational growth and change, nonprofit leadership, and financial management, along with a deep commitment to Harlem Academy’s mission. A resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, he serves on numerous nonprofit boards and investment committees, including the Brunswick School, Pomfret School, King School, and the Watson Institute for International Affairs at Brown University. From 2009 to 2015 he served as a trustee and chairman of the board at Year Up New York.

We also thank two trustees for a combined two decades of service as they step away.

Tim Speiss, a partner at EisnerAmper, joined the board in 2005 while the school was still in its infancy. For 11 years he brought an important professionalism to the school’s finance and business practices, positioning the school not just for who we were then, but with a vision of what we could become.

Pam Clarke, head of school at Doane Stuart, joined the board in 2007.

For 9 years she brought wisdom and experience to the development of the educational program and the challenges of running a school. She helped to shape a culture that put the mission at the forefront of decisions, while maintaining empathy and respect for all involved.

Both will continue to be involved as supporters and advisors.

Finally we acknowledge the loss of trustee Eugene Giscombe, an esteemed business and community leader, who passed away last summer. Gene was a longtime partner and adviser for the school. He was deeply committed to helping us build a permanent campus, sharing the school’s mission with friends and colleagues and engaging their help to move the school forward.

He will be missed.

New trustee David Salomon

Junior Board Ramps up Harlem Academy’s junior board is starting their second year of work to support the school. Already, the group has initiated a Career Day for students, advised on the school’s new website design, and conducted practice interviews for eighth graders starting the application process for secondary school.

They have also led three successful fundraising events to support scholarships, including a sunset sailing cruise (pictured at right) that included a beer tasting with Garrett Oliver, brew master for the Brooklyn Brewery.

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Who We Serve Harlem Academy drives opportunity for promising low-income children who might otherwise be left behind.

NYC Gifted and Talented Access

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Manhattan

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Bronx

In 90% of the districts Harlem Academy serves, no kindergarten students scored high enough to access the competitive citywide G&T programs (NYC DOE, 2016).

Source: NYC Dept of Education (2016)

No qualified applicants are turned away.

The median h o u seh o ld inco me fo r inco min g H arlem Academy families was

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o f s t u den t s need financial aid fo r m o s t o f t heir t u i t i o n .

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Realizing Potential We started the school year with 50% of students scoring in the top two deciles and ended with 72% of students in the top two deciles.

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Percentile Points

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Gain by incoming students on standardized tests in their first year

Additional gain for returning students in the same year

Percentile Points

Overall growth for the graduating class during their full tenure at Harlem Academy was 24 percentile points.

Class of 2016 Standardized Test Growth

+24 points

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Where Are Alumni Now? (5 year results) Secondary School Placements Include: Independent Day

Independent Boarding

Brooklyn Friends

Bard

Chapin

Church Farm (2)

Friends Seminary

Hotchkiss

Grace Church (2)

Kiski

Marymount

Lawrenceville

Professional Children’s

Northfield Mt. Hermon

Riverdale Country (4)

Peddie (5)

Spence

Purnell

Trevor Day

Putney

United Nations Int’l (2)

Rabun Gap

York Preparatory

Stony Brook (3)

Catholic

Public

All Hallows (2)

Software Engineering

Aquinas

American Studies at Lehman

Bishop Loughlin Cardinal Hayes (2) Cristo Rey

Arts & Craftsmanship Central Islip Humanities Prep

Dominican

Lower Manhattan Arts (2)

Iona Prep St. Jean Baptiste (4) St. Vincent

Manhattan Ctr. for Sci. & Math (2) Manhattan Village Special Music School

Westover

( ) Indicates total students enrolled if more than one.

SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACEMENT (5-YEAR)

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$42,713 Av erag e ann ual sch o larshi p earned by H arlem Academy g rad uat es at inde p enden t sch o o ls

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Other

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Selective Catholic & Public

60%

Independent Day & Boarding

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100% of students in our first graduating class (2012) achieved on-time graduation from high school this year vs. 56% of their peers in Harlem, the Bronx, and Washington Heights.

92% of students in this first graduating class are already enrolled in fouryear colleges, including Baruch College, Lehigh University, and University of Rochester.

Eighth grader Malik Figaro ’16 was recognized with honorable mention in the DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition for his research paper on GMOs, placing him in the top 1% of the pool of 9,000 competitors.

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Partnering With Families

E very family

contributes something to attend. Tuition is set on a sliding scale so no qualified child is turned away.

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Making the choice for my daughter to attend HA has been the most rewarding change in our life. We will forever be grateful for the wonderful experiences that she would have never experienced in public school. Thank you, thank you, thank you!�

Eighth-Grade Parent

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100%

Attendance Rate which is 60% fewer absences than in local schools.

of families attend parent/teacher conferences twice a year.

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Parents organize, cook, and serve a Thanksgiving feast every year for the entire school community. Parent volunteers managed 5 major school events, participated in admissions sessions for new families, and contributed in numerous ways to the life of the school.

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2015-16 Financial Performance Board Chair Introduction I am very pleased with Harlem Academy's financial results and stewardship of donor’s gifts.

Once again we exceeded our projections and also raised over $1 million in net proceeds from our Spring Benefit. In addition, we received the highest possible ranking as a “Platinum Charity” from Guidestar. Thank you for your support and confidence in what we do.

David B. Peterson Chairman, Board of Trustees

ASSETS ASSETS

2015-16 TOTAL

2014-15 TOTAL

$1,270,789

$933,033

8,564,122

10,359,947

286,584

222,254

10,926,456

10,275,065

$21,047,951

$21,790,299

2015-16 TOTAL

2014-15 TOTAL

$178,385

$145,322

54,690

47,567

3,108,848

4,463,848

Unrestricted

9,282,469

6,985,954

Temporarily Restricted

8,283,969

10,058,518

139,590

89,090

$21,047,951

$21,790,299

Cash and Cash Equivalents Receivables and Long-Term Pledges Other Assets Property and Equipment TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Deferred Tuition Loan Payable NET ASSETS

Permanently Restricted TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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Statement of Activities $447,159

E XP E N S E S $298,926

Program Services

Management

$3,404,351

Fundraising

$2,658,566

$388,542

$85,700

A N N UA L OP E R ATI O N S I N CO M E

$3,629,866

Annual Fund Support*

Program Revenue

Public Funding

*Includes unrestricted new gifts and this year's portion of previously committed multi-year gifts. $3,155,624

$85,700 $389,088

TOTA L N E W I N CO M E $858,697 $2,292,557 $3,976,817

Annual Fund Support

Commitments Toward Permanent Campus

Program Revenue

Public Funding

$2,643,332

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Thank You C a p i tal C am pai g n

A nn ual F u nd Gif t s

Harlem Academy extends tremendous gratitude toward the donors listed here for making possible the first steps toward a permanent home and the establishment of an endowment. The commitment and leadership they have shown help ensure the future of Harlem Academy and strengthen our ability to make a difference in the lives of our students and community.

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The Allen Family Foundation Anonymous (2) Tony and Regan Asnes Ms. Pam Clarke

Anonymous Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Dale and Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Mr. David B. Peterson The New York Community Trust-The Joan Ganz Cooney and Holly Peterson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps Robert and Laura Sillerman $50,000 -$99,000 Altman Foundation Arcadia Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Giscombe

Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook

Cat MacRae Fund

Mr. Robert Deutsch

Ann and Cameron MacRae

Friends of Bray Family Academy Mary Ganzenmuller and the AK Starr Charitable Trust Ms. Valarie Hing and Mr. Ari Raisa Mr. Perry Jacobson Mark and Sarah Johnston Mr. Jeffrey Kilimnick

Fairfield County's Community Foundation–Donor Advised Fund Tsunami Foundation–Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. and Family

Mr. Jeremy Raccio and Ms. Sadia Halim Tom and Sera Reycraft Richard Salomon Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Schaps Zach and Lori Schreiber Eric and Erica Schwartz Serenbetz Family Foundation Inc. Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation Hillary and Brett Thomas $10,000 -$19,999 Mr. Jay D. Bargmann and Ms. Cindy Potash BDO USA, LLP Mr. Jesse Itzler and Ms. Sara Blakely Mrs. Marie Bosarge Con Edison Deutsche Bank Trust Company NY Falconhead Foundation J. Christopher Flowers Hyde and Watson Foundation

$20,000 -$49,999

Jockey Hollow Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abelson

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marrus

Achelis and Bodman Foundations

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Anonymous

Mr. Matthew Lipman and Ms. Adriana Brunetto-Lipman

The Catherine and Joseph Aresty Foundation

The Cat MacRae Fund

Mutual of America

Tony and Regan Asnes

The Garrett And Mary Moran Family Foundation Ms. Lucia N. Musso Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nadosy Catherine and John Nathan Mr. Rohan Oza

Ms. Durga Mallampalli

Mr. Matthew A. Baxter

Mr. Bardia Mesbah

Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook

Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidlin

John P. and Constance A. Curran Charitable Foundation

Mr. Ryan Seacrest Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Selman

Dana Foundation

Paul Simon

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Randall Smith

The Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation

Turner Construction Company

Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Moran Catherine and John Nathan Mr. David B. Peterson Rafael Viñoly Architects PC Tom and Sera Reycraft The Reeves Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps Richard Salomon Family Foundation Robert and Laura Sillerman Mr. Timothy Speiss Hillary and Brett Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Toporek Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wolfe

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Evans Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Greenberg Traurig

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Andree Wildenstein & Roger Dormeuil Foundation Mr. David Windreich and Ms. Christine Hikawa

Harry Winston Hope Foundation Dr. Shirley A. Jackson and Dr. Morris Washington Mark and Sarah Johnston Legere Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Lasry Mike and Aly Levine Lincoln Fund

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$5,000 -$9,999 The Actuarial Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Aresty BJ's Charitable Gift Fund The Brick Presbyterian Church

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Mr. David Klafter and Ms. Nancy Kestenbaum

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eberhart

Pam and Jim Nadler Ms. Susana Namnum

Columbia University Community Service

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Larson

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edwards EisnerAmper

Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson

Cushman and Wakefield

Mr. Peter Martin

Mrs. John W. Espy

Mr. and Mrs. William Norberg

Ms. Robin Donath and Mr. Patrick McNeive

Lizzie McCowen

Mr. Peter Fallon

Anne and Jacques Nordeman

Mr. Chip Farrar

Stanton Orser and Therese Joseph

Vinny and Traci Dotoli

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Newberg

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ferrer

Mr. Brian Owen

Ms. Mikelle Fisher

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer

Michael and Elena Patterson

Ms. Wendy Flanagan and Mr. Christopher O'Malley

Mr. Scott Payseur

Mr. and Mrs. William Plotch

Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Fox

Mr. Rodney Pope and Mrs. Robin D. Stone

Mr. Thomas Fusco

Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Perez

Mr. and Mrs. Asad Rahman

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Geist

Mr. Elliott Rebhun

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gemus

Mr. Steven S. Pretsfelder and Mrs. Barbara Gochberg

Ms. Ruth Rhei-Rencricca

Pippa and Robert Gerard

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Renfrew

Mr. Larry Ritzhaupt and Ms. Leigh Bonney

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gillespie

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rooney

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rosenbaum

Mr. Michael Glennon & Ms. Lucy Reed

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rothfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scanfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Golden

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Russo

Mr. and Mrs. Vance Schipani

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Goodkin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ryan

Select Equity Group Foundation

Alyssa and Cliff Greenberg

Ms. Karen Snow

Ms. Clare B. Hawthorne

Theodore D. Sands & Caroline C. Herrick

Ms. Terri Sohrab and Mr. Fariborz Damanpour

Mr. and Mrs. John Hays

Mark Tashjian and Erin Kaufman

Mr. Hermann Hesse

Mr. John Brus The Carmel Hill Fund

Vincent J. and Louisa S. Dotoli Ms. Brenda Earl Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ganzenmuller Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Haim Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison Mr. Chris Hart-Zafra Ms. Jill Hemphill Ms. Marlene Hess and Mr. Jim Zirin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hyman Mr. Reaz Islam Mr. Daniel Kabat and Ms. Catherine O'Dwyer Klein Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. Peter Klosowicz Mr. John Massoni III Brian and Monica McGrath Mebane Charitable Foundation, Inc. Momtazee Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Newman H. Stanton Orser and Janet Frankel Orser Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson Linda and Michael Purvis Mr. and Mrs. John Pyne Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Janice and Chris Williams $2,500 -$4,999 Anonymous Mrs. Norma K. Asnes Mr. and Mrs. David Bell Mrs. Jane Bierwirth Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Blackford Ms. Deborah Brennan John R. and Dorothy D. Caples Fund Mr. Christopher R. Clarke and Ms. Gabrielle Pretto Peter M. Collery and Alison Adams Mr. and Mrs. Ron Delsener DPC Data Inc. Mr. Dean W. Ervin Mr. and Mrs. Shelly Finkel Mr. Stephen Gray Lucia and David Greenhouse Ms. Valarie A. Hing and Mr. Ari Raisa John Jendras and Judith Paice Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Jones Ms. Bucky Keady

Dr. Joyce H. Lowinson

Mr. Frank McGee Mr. and Mrs. David Offensend

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tytel $1,000 - $2 ,499

Mr. Eric Heller The Rev. C. Hugh Hildesley Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Hobbs Natasha and Ori Hofmekler

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Peek Ms. Margot Pitts

Mr. and Mrs. David Schwartz Ms. Lesley Sigall Mr. Michael T. Sillerman Mr. Max Sortino and Mrs. Essie Weingarten Spark Investment Management LLC The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Anonymous (4)

Alexandra and Philip Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Alexander, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jennison

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Allen

Mr. Steve Johnson

Mr. Nihat Altintas

Mr. Wylie Johnston

Mr. John S. Squires and Mrs. Katharine S. Squires

Mr. Ernest Au

Mr. and Mrs. David Juracich

Mr. William Strack

Mr. Yogesh Bahl

Mr. Adam Keil

Mrs. Jerome Tarnoff

Ms. Melissa Bank and Mr. Todd Dimston

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kirsten

Amy K. Taylor & Nelson Rockefeller, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barefield

Mr. Thomas E. Klein

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barry

Charles and Jane Klein

Mr. Conrado Tenaglia and Ms. Juana I. Libedinsky

Mr. John Belizaire and Ms. Nilda Taveras

Mr. Michael Kooper

Mr. Wayne Benjamin

Sally and Wynn Kramarsky

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bicks

The Kurr Foundation

Ms. Sofia Blanchard

Dr. William Lee and Dr. Hwa-in Lee

Mr. and Mrs. George Bunn

Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak

Mr. Christopher Burton

Ken and Lois Lippmann

Mr. Chris Bush

Mr. Kenneth Lohsen

Faith Childs and Harris Schrank

Mr. and Mrs. Dan London

Ms. Pam Clarke

Ms. Maureen Longeway

Mrs. Dupre C. Cochran

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Magyar

Ms. Patricia Cook

Ms. Kari McCabe & Mr. Nate McBride

Michael Maybaum, Executive Vice President, Cosentini Associates

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McCooey Jr.

Mr. Kwaw De Graft Johnson Barry and Barbara Dean Mr. Chris DeAngelis Ms. Susan DeVore Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dichter Mr. Jonathan Sobel & Mrs. Marcia Dunn

Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Marc Miller Mr. Craig Mineard Hector H. Mislavsky & Judy Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morrow A.J. and Roswitha Mueller

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Spreitzer

Mr. Christopher Todd Mr. and Mrs. John Usdan Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Warner Jr. Mr. Alan Washington Mr. and Mrs. Ryan H. Whelpley Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wildenstein Mr. Steven Winnert Ms. Catherine Woodard Mr. and Mrs. Ward Woods Wren Foundation, Inc. Dr. Patricia Yarberry-Allen Mr. Frank Zitz Mr. Jeffrey Zudeck & Mrs. Chari Tager $500 -$999 Anonymous (3) Mr. Brian Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Barkhorn

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Ms. Sarah Bond

Mrs. Tami Schneider

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Huban

Mr. Brian Avery

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bryan

Mary E. Schwinn

Ms. Karen Huebner

Ms. Katherine Aviles

Mr. Dale Burch

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Segal

Mr. Ben Ijalana

Ms. Irine Avlakhashvili

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Carroll

Mr. Hunter Serenbetz

Mr. Matt Jackson

Mr. Faisal Awwal

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Cook

Stefanie and David Shaw

Mr. J. Edward Jaeckle III

Mr. Alvin Azurin

Mr. John Corrigan

Mr. Daryl Shore

Tara and Christian Johnson

Ms. Elizabeth Bachman

Ms. Anne d'Avenas & Mr. Jerry Brody

Mr. Ralph Sinsheimer & Ms. Amy Peck

Mr. M. Haynes Johnston

Mr. Jake Baer

Dr. and Mrs. Jay Damask

Mr. Max Sinsheimer

Ms. Susan Johnston

Ms. Upasna Bahl

Ms. Kristen Fisher

Mr. Andrew Slater

Mrs. John R. Johnston

Mr. Santhosh Bandreddi

Mr. Michael Friedson

Ms. Sherri Stephenson

Mr. Samuel J. Kass

Mr. Brian Banschick

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Thornton

Ms. Beatrice Kernan

Mr. Robert Barysh

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Gillin

Ms. Edith Van Slyck and Mr. James Hammond

Mr. and Mrs. David Kleinhandler

Ms. Donna F. Bazley

Mr. and Mrs. Justin Waterman

Mr. David Kravitz

Ms. Aida Beauchamp

Ms. Sarah Labowsky

Ms. Mildred Bee

Mr. Jeremy Levine

Mr. Carmelo Bellia

Liz Neumark

Mr. Juan Belliard

Ms. Betsy Olsen

Ms. Lindsay Bellicchi

The Peddie School

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Benedict

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Pennoyer

Mr. Maurice Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Golann Mr. and Mrs. James Grant Dr. Alan R. Gwertzman and Ms. Valerie J. Artzt

Mr. Carlos Whitaker

Hampton Foundation

Ms. Lisa Woodward

Ms. Linden Wise

Mr. David Hermer Ms. Namphuong Hoang

$250 -$499

Mr. Timothy Horan

Mr. Lakshya Aeri

Mr. Robert Howard & Mrs. Robyn Stern

Ms. Karen Regan

Ms. Christina Bennison

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Joy Hurd

Mr. and Mrs. Josh Rosen

Mr. Blake Berman

Mr. Alexandre Barcinski

Mr. Nathaniel C. Hutner

Ms. Holly Sawyer

Mr. Marc Bernstein

Ms. Margaret Bearn

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Imhoff

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scarola

Mr. Robert Bernstone

Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Benton

Mr. Ross Jacobs

Ms. Laura K. Schembri

Mr. Michael Bienkowski

Henry and Margy Blackford

Mr. Benjamin Jendras

Ms. Kate Schmidlin

Mr. Nicholas Bird

Ms. Kim Blanchard

Mr. Douglas Karrel

Mr. Clay Serenbetz

Ms. Debra Bissoon

Mr. Kofi Boakye

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Katzenstein

Mrs. Kevin Shanley

Will Bladt and Kate Collins

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brenizer

Melissa and Andrew Komaroff

Shapiro Pertnoy Companies

Ms. Eloide Blanc

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Broadwater

Ms. Kathryn Lu

Mr. Andrew Short

Mr. Anthony Blasi

Ms. Karen Brody

Madden & Warwick

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sinsheimer

Mr. Oscar Bleetstein

Mr. Harold I. Bryant

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Malone

Mr. Mat Schneider & Ms. Karen Skolnik

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boahene

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burrows

Mrs. Kathy Mayer

Ms. Melissa Skolnik

Mr. Justin Bojarski

Ms. Daphne Car

Nora and Marc Mazur

Ms. Kate Smith

Mr. Anthony Bonadio

Mr. Darley Charles

Mr. Andrew Merinoff

Ms. Jaime Sneider

Ms. Holly Bounds

Mr. Livy Coe

Mr. Peter de F. Millard

Mr. Genen Soo-Hoo

Mr. Charles Boyd

Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham Cole

Mr. John Miller

Mr. Craig Stine

Ms. Kelly Breen

Mr. Darien Davis

Joan Millspaugh

Teachers College, Columbia University

Mr. Dean Brier

Mr. and Mrs. David Diefenbach

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Murstein

Mr. Gordon Toggweiler

Dr. Octavia Brown

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Drake

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nasser

Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Victor

Mr. Robert Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eil

Ms. Eliza Nordeman

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. West

Polly Bruckmann

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flint

Ms. Anne B. O'Malley

Ms. Kate R. Whitney

Ms. Mary Katherine Bryan

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flynn

Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pasqual

Ms. Nancy Folger & Mr. Sidney Werkman

Ms. Mary Perry

Up to $250

Ms. Lakisha Burke

Ms. Ingrid Gardner

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Petito

Mr. Jose Caiado

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Goldberger

Ms. Liza Abrams

Mr. Matthew Pearson & Ms. Molly Poag

Mr. Chris Calhoun

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grafstein

Mr. Erman Agirnasli

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Reid

Ms. Sandra Campbell

Ms. Jillian Griffiths

Mr. Mark Altherr

Ms. Meta Reycraft

Mr. Andrew Canovali

Mr. Dan Hanegby

Mr. Nitesh Ambastha

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

Mr. Bennett Capers & Mr. Seth Forman

Mr. Mark Hannon

Mr. Greogry Ammermann

Mr. Kristofer A. Rodgers

Ms. Maria Carrera

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrison

Anne and Stephen Andrade

Ms. Linda Rothschild

Mr. Bruce W. Carroll & Ms. Merri L. Shaw

Ms. Grace Harvey

Ms. Jennifer Andrews

Rubin-Henry Family Foundation

Ms. Chelsie Caruso

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Hauser

Anonymous (15)

Ms. Bonnie Sacerdote

Mr. Chris Cataldo

Mr. Kurt Hines

Mr. Matthew Ansel

Mr. Andrew Salzberg

Mr. Joseph Cattano

Ms. Stephanie Hoogenbergen

Mr. Artis Arnold III Ms. Blythe Austin

Ms. Carolina Centeno

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Ms. Kellye Chambers

Mr. Etim Edim

Mr. Benjamin Greer

Ms. Jessica Juliano

Mr. Charles Chantepie

Kathleen and James Egan

Mr. Matt Gregory

Mr. Mohamed Kaba

Mr. Sid Chary

Ms. Lynne Eisenberg

Mr. and Mrs. George Hackl

Mr. David Kagno

Mr. Robert Chen

Mr. Gary Eng

Mr. Thomas Haley

Mr. Guy Kamguia

Mr. Alan Chen

Mr. and Mrs. Ben English

Hand Family

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kane

Mr. Anthony Chin

Larry and Laurie Enos

Mr. Sajidie Hannah

Adi Kaner

Ms. May Chin

Mr. Jack Ervasti

Ms. Carolyn Harbaugh

Mr. Shyam Kapadia

Ms. Christine Chung

Gary and Mercedes Eustache

Mr. and Mrs. Luc Hardy

Mr. and Mrs. Dean M. Karrel

Ms. Dana Cistelecan

Ilya Fayer

Ms. Deirdre Harrington

Ms. Meg Kehan

Ms. Amanda Citron

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fazio

Mr. Jay Harris and Ms. Marcia Cohen

Mr. Ross Kelley

Ms. Virginia A. Cizek

Ms. Nicole Federico

Ms. Carrie Hart

Ms. Catherine Kells

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Clark

Mr. Anthony Feenick

Ms. Judith Harvin

Mr. Adrian Kemp

Mr. Dan Clay

Mr. Chris Fera

Michael and Barabara Hauser

Mr. John Kennedy

Mr. Chip Clingham

Mr. Richard Fernandez

Ms. Marie Hawkins

Mr. and Mrs. William Kerr

Mr. Jonathan Cohn

The Rev. John Finley & Mr. Stan McGee

Mr. Robert Healey

Kerrest Family

Ms. Aurélie Cole

Graham and Kay Finney

Mr. Sean Healy

Mr. Sumit Khatod

James Cole

Ms. Sharon Finston

Mrs. Marcia Hedborn

Ms. Mareill Kiernan

Ms. Claire Collery

Mr. Jonathan Fischer

Mr. Brian Hegarty

Mr. David King

Mr. Garry Collins

Mark and Bernice Fischman

Ms. Alexandra Henderson

Mr. Arch W. Horst & Ms. Kate P. Kirby

Ms. Sienna Combs

Ms. Mary Beth Fiske

Mr. Harold Henderson

Ms. Nicole Kirby

Mr. Aaron Cook

Ms. Amy Flyntz

Ms. Sarah Herr

Mr. Thomas Klaber

Ms. Lindsey Cooper

Mr. Dennis Forsman

Mr. Howard Hertz

Ms. Dana Klein

Ms. Jennifer Cordero

Ms. Claire Forte

Mr. Charles and Dr. Elizabeth Hibbett

Mr. Kevin Koenig

Ms. Emily Corzel

Mr. Tyrone Fowler

Mr. Matthew Higbee

Mr. Thomas J. Koffer

Mr. Peter Costantino, M.D.

Ms. Asia Fraser

Ms. Kimberly P. Hill

Mr. John Kolz

Mr. Justin Costello

Mr. Briggs Fraser

Mr. Haresh Hingorani

Mr. Mark Koontz

Mr. Ernest R. Cotter

Mr. Timothy Frazier

Ms. Christin Hinkle

Mr. Oleg Koriachkin

Mr. Michael Criscito

Mr. Jon Freda

Ms. Nkenge Ho-Shing

Mr. Peter Korzun

Ms. Laura Cruz

Ms. Camille Frederic

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman

Ms. Rebecca Kotkin

Ms. Natasha Dadlani

Ms. Amy Friedman

Ms. Molly Hogan

Alan and Marilyn Kravitz

Polly and Robert Daly

Ms. Lauren Gallagher

Ms. Lisa Holmes

Ms. Laura Krcmaric

Mr. Aunrie Dash

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ganson

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes Jr.

Ms. Maryanne Krizek

Mr. and Mrs. William Daughtrey

Mr. Andrew Garcia

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howard

Mr. Marcelo Krizman

Mr. Zachary Davis

Ms. Melissa Garcia

Mr. William Hughes

Mr. Nicholas D. La Rocca

Mr. Brandon Daye

Mr. Carlos Garza

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hunt

Mr. Mark J. Lalloo & Mrs. Mary Lalloo

Mr. Gilbert De David

Mr. Mark Gaston

Ms. Liz Huttner

Mr. Eric Lane

Mr. Ronald De Gier

Ms. Desiree N. Gayle

Ms. Christine Hwang

Ms. Sophia Lardiere

Ms. Julia Dean

Mr. John Geddes

Ms. Christina Idol

Albert and Margaret Lardizabal

Mr. Kenneth Deasy

Ms. Lisa Gerovich

Ms. Alexandra Idol

Mr. Jonathan Lash

Mr. and Mrs. Laurent Delly

Ms. Jessica Giacobbe

Mr. Yevgeniy Iofin

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lauria

Mr. Jaideep Desai

Mr. Russell Gilardi

Mr. Thomas Irwin

Ms. Katharine Lavino

Ms. Sonia Devarie

Ms. Michelle Gilliam

Ms. Meha Jain

Ms. Gracie Lawson-Borders

Mr. Sheel Dhande

Mrs. Bruce Gimbel

Mr. Ashok Jayappa

Mr. Jeffrey Lebovitz

Mr. David DiNanno

Mr. Joseph Girimonti

Mr. Karan Jhaveri

Ms. Amy Lee

Mr. Vamil Divan

Mr. Nathan Godwin

Mr. Neir Jhawar

Mr. David Lee

Mr. Owen Downes

Ms. and Mr. Marisa Goh

Ms. Andrea Jimenez

Ms. Michelle H. Lee

Mr. Matthias Doyle

Mr. and Ms. Dominic Goh

Mr. Ryan Johnson

Ms. Jennifer Lehrer

Mr. Terry Dugan

Ms. Lesette Gonzalez

Mr. William Johnson

Ms. Christina Leonetti

Ms. Jocelyn Dujua

Emily and Jeff Goodwin

Mr. Philippe Joly

Mr. Roland Lesterlin

Mr. and Mrs. John Dullaghan

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gordon

Mr. Chris Joneleit

Herbert Levy

Ms. Casey Dunn

Mr. Joshua Goren

Hettie Jones

Min Li

Mr. and Mrs. Morton Dunn

Mr. Akhilesh Goswami

Mr. David Jones

Mr. Scott Y. Liang

Mr. Oakley Duryea

Mr. Barton Green

Mr. Wesner Joseph

Mr. Sergio Liberman

Mr. John Dwyer

Ms. Hazel Green

Ms. Cheng Ju

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Mr. Jason Lindgren

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Murray

Mr. Tyler Raso

Ralph and Anne Smith

Mr. Jack Logan

Mr. Arthur L. Neal

Mr. Joseph Reda

Ms. Cheryl Smith

John and Kathy Longeway

Mr. Joseph Negri

Ms. Julia Reid

Ms. Joanne Smithwrick

Ms. Jaime Lorenzo

Mr. Jason Nelson

Ms. Shanice Reid

William and Linda Snedeker

Ms. Shifee Losacco

Dinny and Ned Nemacheck

Mr. Charles Reilly

Ms. Michèle Solá

Ms. Lauren MacIntosh

Mr. David Neugebauer

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reiser

Mr. Paul Somma

Deborah and Patrick Madden

Ms. Mimi H. Ng

Mr. Brandon Resnick

Ms. Serena Sondhi

Mr. Jason Mahabirsingh

Yufanny Ngui

Mr. Will Reycraft

Tanzie Spann and Dajona Bratton

Ms. Jessica Mandel

Carlas Nicholas

Mr. Thaddeus G. Reycraft

Mr. Justin Sperling

Ms. Susan Maples

Ms. Linda Noel

Mr. William Reynal

Mr. Paul Spina

Mr. Todd Marciani

Mr. Alan Norman

Ms. Sabrina Ricci

Ms. Ruby Sprott

Mr. Michael Marino

Mr. Neil Novello

Mr. Ben Riedel

Mr. Mark Squicciarino

Mr. Stephen Marks

Ms. Hilary Novik

Mr. Chris Rochester

Ms. Janice Stanton

Nancy and Les Marshak

Ms. Kristin O'Brien

Mr. Timothy Roepke

Mr. Joseph Stehr

Dr. and Mrs. John Marshall

Mr. Walter R. O'Connell

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard R. Ross

Mr. William Marshall

Ms. Christy O'Conner

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rothstein

Mr. Arthur J. Stock and Mrs. Barbara F. Stock

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marston

Mr. Timothy O'Hara

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rovegno

Mr. Juan Zamora & Ms. Yocasta Martinez

Mr. John O'Kane

Mr. Benjamin Rozyn

Ms. Anne Martyr

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Oat

Mr. Andrew Rubel

Claire and Cornelius Marx

Mr. Reginald Occident

Ms. Della Sabessar

Mr. Matthew Masso

Ms. Geraldine Ohara

Mr. Daniel Sacks

Mr. Brian Matarazzo

John and Patricia Olive

Miyo Saiki

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Matthews

Mr. Jonathan Ong

Ms. Constance Sailer

Mr. Mark Matulonis

Mr. Moshe Orenbuch

Mr. Justin Samra

Mr. John M. Mbiti

Mr. Joseph Orloff

Mr. William Saunders

Ms. Karen McBurney

Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn

Mrs. Harriet H. Savage

Ms. Elizabeth McCarthy

Ms. Renee Orser

Ms. Arielle Savino

Mr. Daniel McCoy

Mr. Nicholas Orser

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Scanlon

Ms. Erin McCutcheon

Ms. Linda Ortiz

Donna and Gary Schechter

Ms. Maura McFadden

Sudhakar Paramanandhem

Mr. Eric Schimmel

Mr. James McHale

Ms. Nora Parry

Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley

Ms. Elise McKenna

Mr. Emanuele Pascale

Mr. Joseph Schlusselberg

Ms. Barbara McKinnon

Ms. Anita Patel

Mr. Daniel Schuster

Ms. Erica McManaman

Kushal Patel

Ms. Andrina Schwartz

Mr. Greg McPherson

Mr. Shreyas Patil

Mr. Steven Schwartz

Mr. Thomas Meacher

Ms. Tiffany Patterson

Mr. John Scott-Martin

Mr. Ronald Meise

Ms. Aurelia G. Perkins

Mr. Robert Serenbetz

Mr. Adam Menkes

Mr. Victor Perkins

Mr. Lawrence Sexton

Mr. Andreas Metaxas

Ms. Melissa Peters

Mr. James Sexton

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mezey

Ms. Clare M. Peters

Parshu Shah

Lois and Herman Michael

Mr. Gokul Poduval

Mr. Matthew Shakespeare

Mr. Timothy Michel

Ms. Judith Polson

Mr. Mark Sharland

Mr. Cory Kushion and Mrs. Julie Mikla Kushion

Ms. Bonnie Pope

Mr. Gaurav Sharma

Mr. Fabien Modoux

Mr. Clayton Pope

Mr. Seth Shenkman

Ms. Jessica Porter

Mr. Arbin Sherchan

Ms. Jill Povol

Ms. Sara Shuler

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Powell

Ms. Ann Silva

Mr. Vladimir Poznyakov

Ms. Marsha E. Simms

Ms. Nicolette Puckett

Ms. Alice Simonds

Mr. Brendan Quinn

Ms. Molly Sinsheimer

Mr. David Rabuano

Mr. Rodney Sipes

Mr. Hari Raghavan

Mr. Dwight Skerritt

Mr. Evan Raine

Mr. Michael R. Slater

Mr. Adam Raleigh

Mr. Baldwin Smith

Faith and Dick Morningstar Mr. David Morris Ms. Linda Morris Ms. Elvira Morton Ms. Judith L. Moxley Ms. Mandy Moxley Mr. Thomas Mullooly Ms. Barbara Mulvee Mr. Mehmet H. Munzur

Manoj Sudhakaran Ms. Nora Suemeghy Dave and Linda Suitor Ms. Meryl Sullivan Mr. Sean Sullivan Ms. Diana Svoboda John Glick and Susie Symons Ms. Shimbi Takemori Mr. Samuel C. Tattersall Ms. Carolyn Taylor Ms. Cali Tendle Ms. Shirley Thomas Mr. Ander Thompson Mr. Mark Thompson Mr. Kenneth Thompson Mr. Herbert Thornhill Jr. Eren Tiryakioglu Mr. George Tisdale Tom and Deanne Urmy Serif Ustun Alan Van Order Bill and Lill Van Order Ms. Laura Vargas Ms. Stefania Verona Mr. and Mrs. Dan Viele Viet62 Mr. Krishna Viswanatha Mr. Stefan Voigt Ms. Claire Voisin Mr. Odis Von-Blasingame Ms. Alexandra Voskoboynikov Mr. Terrence Walcott Lana and Justin Walder Ms. Mary Kit Wallace Mr. Agu Walls Mr. Justin Waluch Mr. Clemens Wan Ms. Lily Warnke

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Mr. Demetrise Washington

In memory of Frances Todd

Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Washkowitz

Mr. and Mrs. George Hackl

Ms. Eliza Nordeman

Sagence Consulting

Anne and Jacques Nordeman

Sotheby’s N. & S. America

Ms. S.I. Weathers Ms. Emily Weber Mr. Matthew Weinman Ms. Leah Weintraub Mr. Kirk Welcome Mr. Peter Were Mr. and Mrs. Todd K. West Ms. Megan Whitehill Mrs. John Whitman Mr. Craig Wiele Mr. T.J. Wilkinson Mr. Ralph E. Williams Ms. Danielle Williams Ms. Patricia Willis Ms. Sara E. Wilson Mr. Phillip Winslow Mr. Christopher Wood Ms. Sandra Woodard Mr. Mandy Xu Ms. Alethia Young Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zadek Mr. Ross Zeifman Ms. Olivia Q. Zhong Ms. Luz Zorrilla

I n M em o ry In memory of John Hedborn

In honor and memory of Eugene Giscombe Mr. Robert Howard & Mrs. Robyn Stern

In honor of Alexander Munk

Mr. Marvin R. Shulsky

Spark Investment Management LLC

Zlokower Company Mr. and Mrs. Steele F. Stewart Jr.

In honor

In honor of Paul Sobel Mr. and Mrs. Morton Dunn Mr. Jonathan Sobel & Mrs. Marcia Dunn

Deutsche Bank U.S. Matching Gifts Program

Ms. Sandra Campbell

GE Foundation

Mr. John Geddes

Goldman, Sachs and Company

Ms. Gracie Lawson-Borders

Google Matching Gifts Program

Mr. William Saunders

Mutual of America

Ms. S.I. Weathers

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

In honor of Regan and Tony Asnes Mr. David Klafter and Ms. Nancy Kestenbaum In honor of Jay D. Bargmann & Cindy Potash J. Christopher Flowers In honor of Nancy Blackford Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brenizer Mrs. Dupre C. Cochran

In honor of Linda and Richard Schaps Shapiro Pertnoy Companies In honor of Laura and Bob Sillerman Mr. Robert Chen

In honor of Vincent A. Dotoli

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dichter

Will Bladt and Kate Collins

Mark and Bernice Fischman

Ms. Lynne Eisenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Imhoff

Ms. Michèle Solá

Mr. Adam Keil

In honor of Sydney Farrar Wren Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Oat Ms. Mary Perry Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

In memory of Daniel and Dorothy Karrel

In honor of Benjamin Jendras Ms. Virginia A. Cizek Ms. Judith Harvin

Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidlin

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In memory of Cat MacRae

Ms. Clare M. Peters

Ms. Namphuong Hoang Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Washkowitz

Ms. Elizabeth Bachman Mr. Arthur J. Stock & Mrs. Barbara F. Stock In honor of Mark Johnston

In memory of Donna Schecter

Ms. Susan Johnston

Mr. Gary Schechter

Mr. Steven S. Pretsfelder and Mrs. Barbara Gochberg

In memory of Mackinley Sillerman Ms. Irine Avlakhashvili Ms. Melissa Bank & Mr. Todd Dimston Mark and Bernice Fischman Ms. Karen Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Scott Imhoff Momtazee Family Fund

In honor of Evelyn and David Lasry Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jennison

Ms. Linda Rothschild The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. John Usdan Ms. Patricia Willis Dr. Patricia Yarberry-Allen In honor of Max Sinsheimer Mr. Ralph Sinsheimer & Ms. Amy Peck In honor of Alice Quinn Mr. Nathaniel C. Hutner

Gif t s in k ind Benchmark Education Columbia University Community Service Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Ms. Maureen Longeway

Ms. Juliana Gatt-Eichwald

Ms. Sara E. Wilson

HBO

In honor of Ann MacRae

Mr. Evan Raine

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brenizer

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

Charles and Jane Klein

H A R L E M AC A D E M Y

Mr. and Mrs. James Ross

In honor of the Longeway Family

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Petito

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Mr. Carmelo Bellia

Dinny and Ned Nemacheck

Ms. Christina Bennison

Con Edison

Mr. John Corrigan

Mr. Elliott Rebhun

In memory of Warren Kimber

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

In honor of Robin Stone and Rodney Pope

Melissa and Andrew Komaroff

Mr. Douglas Karrel

M at chin g Gif t s

In honor of Clifford Alexander

In honor of Valarie Hing

Mrs. Marcia Hedborn

Turner Construction Company

The Rev. C. Hugh Hildesley Mr. Thomas Piscina Rafael Vinoly Architects P.C.

Pfizer Foundation The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation UBS Matching Gift Program Walt Disney Company

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School Creed I am bold and creative.

I take opportunities to lead.

I seek help when I need it.

I am honest and reflective.

I choose to do what is right Even when it is hard or no one is watching.

I listen carefully.

I speak kindly.

I care for my community.

I make the most of each day.

I learn from my mistakes.

I don’t give up.

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