HA Annual Report 2012-23

2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT

A MESSAGE FROM

The Board Chairman and Head of School “Education is the great equalizer.” – Horace Mann

On our 10th anniversary, we are proud of our accomplishments.

All graduating students have been accepted into rigorous secondary schools and earned scholarships averaging 90% of their tuition. We have successfully built a school that is committed to developing bright, motivated children whose potential might otherwise go unrealized.

Harlem Academy challenges students every day

Last year, the school received 167 applications

with the highest expectations for academic rigor

and more than 800 inquiries for only 35 spots.

and character development. Our students delve into

Today, one of our greatest challenges is meeting the

Shakespeare, build academic vocabulary, develop as

increasing demand for admission. In order to better

students of science, and hone critical thinking skills.

meet this need, our next 10 years will be marked by

They work alongside scientists, architects, poets,

two important milestones: the move to a permanent

and other professionals on real-life applications

campus and the establishment of an endowment

of classroom material.

to secure the future of the school.

Low-income and minority children lack access to

Thank you for making this transformational

our country’s greatest educational opportunities,

opportunity possible.

leaving them with severely diminished possibilities for economic mobility. In America, only 9% of the students at the top 120 universities come from the bottom 50% of the income distribution. Harlem Academy aims to overcome that fact.

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DAVID B. PETERSON

VINNY DOTOLI

Board Chairman

Head of School

PROGRAM

My son learns because he is happy at Harlem Academy. He looks forward to school. I see both academic and social progress in my son. He is a different child now.

HARLEM ACADEMY PA R E N T

We challenge high performers to reach even higher. Over the course of 8 years at Harlem Academy, a student will read 1,400 books, write for 3,000 hours, master mathematics through algebra I, and conduct hundreds of hands-on science experiments. Even with our extended day, we offer this at 66% of the cost per student of traditional NYC independent schools.

COST PER STUDENT

$40,616

$26,812 $21,360

NYC Independent Day Schools

Harlem Academy

NYC Public Schools

P R O G R A M H I G H LI G HT S All the World’s a Stage Our performance-based unit draws students into the works of Shakespeare. Acting out the lines gives access to the language and nuance for students in grades six, seven, and eight. In May, two teams competed at the Classic Stage Company’s 2013 Shakespeare Smackdown. Despite being the only middle school participants in the competition, one of our teams earned second place.

From Stonehenge to Warhol In the new art curriculum, lower school students explore a range of artists, mediums, and techniques through hands-on study. At each end-of-year art show, they act as docents of their own work produced in the styles of influential artists they have studied. Frequent visits to the Met connect classroom work to the art at the museum.

Examining Assumptions A new social issues reading and writing unit introduces grade-four students to critical analysis skills. They learn that text is not neutral by comparing authors’ perspectives and exploring issues of religion, gender, and culture.

A Focus on Academic Vocabulary The updated vocabulary curriculum incorporates the most effective teaching strategies: going deeper on fewer words, focusing on key academic words, and delving into shades of meaning. Students leave Harlem Academy with a better understanding of essential academic vocabulary and higher retention, positioning them for success in secondary school.

Trips and Academic Partners From astronomers and architects to actors and artists, a wide range of professionals supplement the classroom curriculum with advanced insights and practical applications of the material. A 3-day trip to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute also helps to broaden their horizons, as do regular visits to cultural resources around the city.

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R E S U LT S

2013 HARLEM ACADEMY G R A D U AT E

STUDENT PERFORMANCE - 2013 ERB-CTP4

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The average Harlem Academy student sees a 13 percentile-point increase on standardized tests during their first year at the school.

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Number of Students

When asked to reflect on how difficult high school is so far, I realized that there has never been a moment where the thought “I can’t do this,” crossed my mind.

From the very start of my high school career, I knew what I was doing. For once in my life, I was completely ready. I owe that confidence to Harlem Academy.

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20 - 29

30 - 39

40 - 49

50 - 59

60 - 69

70 - 79

80 - 89

90 - 99

National Percentile Ranking

English

Math

R E S U LT S H I G H LI G HT S 96% Above National Median 96% of Harlem Academy students outperform the median on the nationally standardized ERB-CTP4.

One-third scored at or above the 90th percentile in English, and half scored at or above the 90th percentile in math.

Class of 2013 Secondary School Enrollment

All Graduates Enrolled in College-Prep Programs In a community where only 15% ever go to college, 100% of our graduating students are in rigorous secondary schools, continuing to challenge themselves as they advance toward college and beyond.

BOARDING SCHOOLS

DAY SCHOOLS

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Chapin Riverdale York Prep

St. Jean Baptiste (2) PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Special Music School Burr and Burton Cardigan Mountain Holderness Hotchkiss

Class of 2013 Earned $280,000 in Annual Scholarships Students earned scholarships covering 90% of the cost of tuition. Seven of 10 students earned fullneed scholarships to attend independent day and boarding schools, two earned full-need scholarships to attend Catholic schools, and one earned a seat at a selective public school.

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O R G A N I Z AT I O N

A teacher must keep a student challenged enough so she will feel excited when she gets the assignment done. “It was hard, but I did it!” Now she will feel fearless.

GROWING DEMAND FOR ADMISSION

180

150

HARLEM ACADEMY TEACHER

120

A new admissions brochure, created with the support of the Taproot Foundation, is helping to attract a broader and stronger pool of applicants.

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60

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0 2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

Applicants

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

Admitted

O R GA N I Z ATI O N H I G H LI G HT S $2.6 Million Raised for Scholarships Individuals, foundations, and corporations gave nearly $2.6 million to the school. Thanks to this support, Harlem Academy was able to provide full-need scholarships ensuring every admitted student could afford to attend.

New Supporters Drive Event Growth The 2013 Spring Benefit was the most successful event in the school’s 10-year history, growing 60% from the previous year. More than two-thirds of the 330 guests were new supporters and saw the premiere of a video about the school donated by Granite Broadcasting Corporation.

Four Stars from Charity Navigator Harlem Academy received Charity Navigator’s highest rating for the second year in a row. We are one of only 15 private schools in the nation to earn the coveted four-star rating for fiscal responsibility, management efficiency, transparency, and adherence to nonprofit best practices.

Board Expands Bruno Bich, chairman of the board of the BIC Group, and Michael Toporek, managing general partner of Brookstone Partners, joined the Harlem Academy board of trustees.

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FINANCIALS

FINANCIALS

Harlem Academy has demonstrated financial sustainability and efficiency as the organization has grown over the course of the last 10 years. The school deeply appreciates the strong support of our donors, who provide 95% of source funding.

2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 S TAT E M E N T O F A C T I V I T E S

$223,761 $78,695 $346,815

$4,480,740

$401,766

$54, 271 $2 , 363, 332 $2 , 342 ,957

With more than three-quarters of the funding going directly to the program, Harlem Academy continues to be an excellent investment for our donors and partners.

SUPPORT AND INCOME

EXPENSES

Contributed Support Pledges Toward Future Operations Endowment & Capital Program Revenue Public Funding

Program Services Management Fundraising

REVENUES VS. EXPENSES

ASSETS ASSETS

Cash and Cash Equivalents Receivables and Long-Term Pledges

at Harlem Academy 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 T O TA L

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 T O TA L

$1,212,413

$978,707

$4,992,684

$840,192

Other Assets

$150,138

$163,198

Property and Equipment

$33,343

$94,706

$6,388,578

$2,076,803

T O TA L A S S E T S

$3,000,000 Events Organizations Individuals $2 , 500,000

Tuition & Fees Public Funding Expenses

$2 ,000,000

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 T O TA L

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 T O TA L

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

$105,563

$118,369

Deferred Tuition

$35,072

$25,304

Unrestricted

$1,208,741

$1,199,517

Temporarily Restricted

$4,959,407

$732,513

Permanently Restricted

$79,795

$1,100

$6,388,578

$2,076,803

LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

$1, 500,000

$1,000,000

T O TA L L I A B I L I T I E S A N D N E T A S S E T S

$500,000

$0 2005

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2006

2007

2008

2009

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2010

2011

2012

2013

DONORS

DONORS

$100,000+

Tsunami Foundation

Mr. Lewis W. Bernard

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rothfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edwards

Anonymous

Turner Construction Company

Brick Church

Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Schaps

Michael and Elena Patterson

Mr. and Mrs. Moe Fodeman

The Chapin School

Mr. Adam Schmidlin

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Peters

Elisabeth S. Golden

Columbia University Community Service

Mr. Thomas Selman

Mr. Joshua Press

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gray Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Randall Smith

RBC Foundation - USA

Lucia and David Greenhouse

Mr. Jeffrey Solomon

Mr. and Mrs. Vance Schipani

Vincent J. and Louisa S. Dotoli

Susquehanna International Group

Mr. John S. Squires and Ms. Katherine Seaton Squires

Audrey & Martin Gruss Foundation

BJ’s Charitable Gift Fund

Ms. Brenda Earl

Thornton Tomasetti Engineers

Ms. Patricia Yarberry-Allen

Ms. Sara T. Blakely and Mr. Jesse Itzler

E-J Electric Installation

Mrs. Marie Bosarge

Pippa and Robert Gerard

Braitmayer Foundation

Mr. Eugene Giscombe

The Carmel Hill Fund

Mr. Michael Glennon and Ms. Lucy Reed

Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Bich Mr. David B. Peterson

$ 1 0,0 0 0 - $ 1 9, 9 9 9

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps

The Actuarial Foundation

Robert and Laura Sillerman

$50,000 - $9 9,9 9 9 Altman Foundation Mark and Sarah Johnston Catherine and John Nathan The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Stavros Niarchos Foundation Tom and Sera Reycraft May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

Barnard School Foundation Mr. John Belizaire and Ms. Nilda Taveras

Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook EisnerAmper LLP Falconhead Foundation

Con Edison Ms. Susan DeVore

Mary and Peter Ganzenmuller

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hemmerdinger

Mr. and Mrs. John Hall

Ms. Valarie A. Hing and Mr. Ari Raisa

Mr. David Klafter

Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hyman

$2 0,000 - $49,9 9 9

Mr. and Mrs. David Lasry

The John Buck Company

Allen Family Foundation

Mike & Aly Levine

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Moran

Mr. Daniel Kabat and Ms. Catherine O’Dwyer

Arcadia Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morrow

Ms. Bucky Keady

The Catherine and Joseph Aresty Foundation

Rafael Viñoly Architects PC

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Larson

A.K. Starr Charitable Trust

Mr. Peter Arnold and Mrs. Colleen Arnold Tony and Regan Asnes John P. and Constance A. Curran Charitable Foundation Dana Foundation The Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation Michael and Holly Gray Harry Winston Hope Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William Koenigsberg

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Trillium Asset Management, LLC

Alan and Arlene Alda

Ms. Marlene Hess and Mr. Jim Zirin

Ann and Cameron MacRae

Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidlin

Ms. Lucia N. Musso

Cat MacRae Fund

Mr. Zach Schreiber

Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson

Henson and Susan Orser

Mr. Timothy Speiss

Mr. John F. Pritchard

The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund

Linda and Michael Purvis

$ 5,0 0 0 - $ 9, 9 9 9 Adam and Melissa Abelson Mr. Jay D. Bargmann and Ms. Cindy Potash Mr. Matthew A. Baxter

Mr. Jeremy Raccio and Ms. Sadia Halim Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rascoff Richard and Mildred T. Rhodebeck Fund Riverside Church

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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Allen Anonymous (2)

Anonymous Mrs. Norma K. Asnes

Mr. Alexander Bargmann Mr. and Mrs. George H. Beane

Mrs. Jane Bierwirth

Mr. and Mrs. Rodman W. Benedict

Mr. Christopher R. Clarke

Mr. and Mrs. L. Price Blackford

Ms. Anne Davenas and Mr. Jerry Brody

Mr. Jeffrey Bornheimer

Vinny and Traci Dotoli Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary

John and Petal Hwang Mr. Anthony Kontoleon Ms. Allison London Mr. and Mrs. John Massoni III Mr. David McCabe Mr. Joseph Negri

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hilal Natasha and Ori Hofmekler

Mr. Ernest Au

$2,5 00 - $4 ,999

Mr. Stephen J. Hilton

Sanofi U.S.

Hillary and Brett Thomas

Ms. Jill Hemphill

The Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation

Lincoln Fund

Edith Glick Shoolman Children’s Foundation

$1 ,000 - $2,499

Mr. William Mayer Mebane Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Serenbetz Family Foundation Inc.

Mr. Christopher Todd

Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Gwozdz

Hyde and Watson Foundation

Ms. Chris Hart-Zafra

I know the difference between right and wrong.

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

Ms. Kathleen Ventrella

I am bold and creative.

I take opportunities to lead.

I seek help when I need it.

Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison

The William Brown Foundation, Inc. Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp.

Mr. John Brus Dr. Sally Peterson and Mr. Michael Carlisle Ms. Faith Childs and Mr. Harris Schrank Pam Clarke Peter M. Collery and Alison Adams Ms. Anne Cook Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Cook

Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson

Ms. Robin Donath and Mr. Patrick McNeive

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Newberg

Mr. and Mrs. David Dorfman Mr. Robert R. Dyson

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Mr. and Mrs. Philip Howard Mr. Perry Jacobson Mr. John Jendras and Ms. Judith Paice Mr. and Mrs. John J. Jerome Larry and Stephanie Kahn Mr. Jack Kaufmann and Dr. Elizabeth Phillips Mr. William Kerr The Walter C. Klein Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Klores The Kurr Foundation Tess and Josh Lewis Mr. Win J. Ruml and Ms. Annie C. MacRae Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Magyar Mr. and Mrs. Gary Matthews Ms. Kari McCabe and Mr. Nate McBride Lizzie McCowen Mr. Douglas McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Tom Middleton

DONORS

Mr. John Miller

Ms. Kerri Winderman

Dr. and Mrs. Warren Harthorne

Ms. Joan Millspaugh

Ms. Catherine Wood

Ms. Vanessa Hartley

Vincent Mulford Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Ward Woods

Mr. Michael Heumann

Mr. John Hargraves and Ms. Nancy Newcomb

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Yelsey

Mr. Charles and Dr. Elizabeth Hibbett

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Young

Anne and Jacques Nordeman Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Donohue Mr. and Mrs. David Offensend Mr. Stanton Orser and Ms. Therese Joseph

Ms. Namphuong Hoang

$ 50 0 - $ 9 9 9 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Abend Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ascher

Mr. Cary Paik and Ms. Sylvia Won

Mr. Henry C. Barkhorn

Mr. Scott Payseur

Mr. Daniel Bauman

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Piscina

Mr. William Beattie and Ms. Evonette Aponte-Beattie

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Pope

Cyrille and Blandine Baudet

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Huban Ms. Mary Irving Ms. Susan Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kaplan Mrs. Dorothy V. Karrel Mr. and Mrs. John Kiernan Charles and Jane Klein Mr. David Kleinhandler

Mr. Steven S. Pretsfelder and Ms. Barbara Gochberg

Ms. Kim Blanchard

Mr. John Kranik

Mr. and Mrs. George Bunn

Sarah Lebowsky

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rafferty

Mr. Michael Capasso

Ms. Christine Lattanzio

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Renfrew

Ms. Vicki Chang

Ms. Marina Levin

Mr. Larry Ritzhaupt and Ms. Leigh Bonney

Mr. G. Moffett Cochran

Ms. Carolyn Wright and Mr. Edward Lewis

Gayle F. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rosenbaum

Mr. Andrew Codispoti Ms. Marguerite Conway Mr. Larry Cook

Ms. Kate Linker and Mr. Bernard Tschumi

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenstein

Ms. Patricia Cook

Mr. Matthew Lipman and Ms. Adriana Brunetto-Lipman

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rowland

Ms. Caryn Cosentini

Mr. Kenneth Lohsen

Mr. David Sadroff

Polly and Robert Daly

Madden & Warwick

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Samberg

Mr. Michael Del Nin

Mr. and Mrs. Pat Manocchia

Ms. Odile de SchietereLongchampt

Mr. Robert Dennen

Ms. Julie Mikla Kushion

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Dorsey

Mr. Marc Miller

Ms. Kate Schmidlin

Mr. James Dunning

Mr. Joel H. Moser

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Segal

Mr. James Epstein

Ms. Theresa N. Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. John Sharko

Gary and Mercedes Eustache

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nadosy

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Silberman

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Finney

Ms. Susana Namnum

Mr. Robert Silverman

Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Fisher

Mr. Thomas A. Newell

Mr. Howard Silverstein

Ms. Wendy Flanagan and Mr. Christopher O’Malley

Dr. and Mrs. Bart Nisonson

Richard and Sarah Silverton Ms. Taraneh Sohrab

Mr. Peter Foley

John and Patricia Olive

Spencer Stuart

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Foran

Mr. Paul Onderdonk

Mr. Charles Spero

Ms. Ella M. Foshay

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer

Mr. Michael Sztejnberg

Friends of Saturday Club

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pantowich

Mark Tashjian and Erin Kaufman

Mr. Daniel Gendler

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Pearlman

Mrs. Lara Thomas

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Goldberg

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waterman

Ms. Nicola Grant

Mr. Brian Welch

Ms. Helene D. Grossman

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wentworth

Ms. Lynne K. Halliday

Mr. Paul Steely White

Ms. Karen Hansen and Dr. David Melnick

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wildenstein

Gilbane Building Company

Mr. and Mrs. Scott I. Oakford

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Pennoyer Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Perez Ms. Mary Perry Mr. and Mrs. John Pile-Spellman Mr. and Mrs. David Portny

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DONORS

DONORS

Ms. Jodi Press

Barry and Barbara Dean

Mr. and Mrs. John Pantowich

Mr. Adam Alvaro

Ms. Holly Daley

Mr. Kenneth C. Gertsen, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

Mr. and Mrs. David Diefenbach

Park Avenue Elevator Designs

Ms. Jennifer Anagnos

Mr. Stephen M. Danuszar

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gill

Mr. Kevin Rodgers

Mr. John Dietsche

Mr. Ryan Parrish

Ms. Carolyn Angel

Mr. and Mrs. William Daughtrey

Ms. Lesley Gist

Mr. Robert Samuels

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ducommun

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pennoyer II

Anonymous (3)

Mr. Richard A. Dauman

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Glionna

Mr. Ray Ash

Ms. Marsha Davis

Ms. Karen L. Goldberg

Mr. and Mrs. David Dunlap

Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Pennoyer

Ms. Donna Ashe

Mr. Peter De Haydu

Laurie & Jeffrey Goldberg

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eberhart

Mr. and Mrs. William Plotch

Ms. Mary E. Baker

Mr. Chris DeAngelis

Mr. Craig Goodman

Mr. Scott Epstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Poser

Baking for Good

Ms. Marguerite DeClue

Ms. Jenya Green

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ferrer

Mr. Frederick Putnam

Mr. Stephen Balik

Ms. Denise Delisser

Mr. William Greenblatt

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flint

Ms. Elizabeth Pyne

Ms. Nancy Grimaldi

Mr. and Mrs. John Reinsberg

Mr. John P. Ball and Ms. Eileen Mitchell

Mr. Richard DePiero

Ms. Nancy Folger and Mr. Sidney Werkman

Mr. Aninda Dhar

Ms. Erika Groban

Ms. Andrea C. Ross

Ms. Donna J. Barone

Mr. and Mrs. Omar Diop

Ms. Lisa Gugenheim

Ms. Linda Rothschild

Ms. Kirsten O. Lundberg and Mr. Alex Beam

Ms. Anita Donath

Mr. and Mrs. George Hackl

Ms. Phoebe Donham

Mr. John Haegele

Ms. Sheryl Douglas

Mr. Thomas M. Hall

Mr. Joy Hurd and Ms. Emily Dubner

Mr. Robert W. Hammesfahr

Liz and Ed Schlotzhauer Mr. Matt Schmidlin Ms. Mary E. Schwinn Leslie and Gernot Senke Mr. Clay Serenbetz Mr. Robert K. Steel Mr. Timothy Stisser Ms. Elizabeth Stribling Ms. Michi I. Tashjian Ms. Edith Van Slyck Olivia and Benoit Verbrugghe Mr. Alan Washington Mr. Jonathan Wheaton Marion & Hap Whelpley Mr. Ryan H. Whelpley Ms. Kate R. Whitney

Ms. Claire Forte Ms. Anne Fuhrmann Ms. Jamie S. Gorelick Mr. Adlai Hardin Ms. Grace Harvey Ms. Gayle Helman Mr. Hermann Hesse Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hochman Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Howlett

$2 50 - $49 9

Mr. Scott Imhoff

Ms. Kristen Allen

Andrew and Eileen Johnson

Mr. Jean Pierre Altier

Tara and Christian Johnson

Mr. Thomas Barry

Mrs. John R. Johnston

Jackson and Rosanah Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kane

Will Bladt and Kate Collins

Mr. Thomas E. Klein

Ms. Lauren Rozbruch Ms. Bonnie Sacerdote Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scarola Stefanie and David Shaw Mr. Adam Sherazi Ms. Florence Sinsheimer Mr. Eric Steinhart Mr. Nino Tasca Mr. and Mrs. David H. Taylor Jr. Mr. Joshua Thomas United Way of New York City Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. West Mr. and Mrs. Robie White Ms. and Mr. Naquiesha Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Benedict Mr. Calvin Benjamin Mr. Joshua Birk Dana Birnbaum Mr. Henry Blackford Ms. Maureen Blair Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boahene Ms. Amanda Borlan Mr. Charles Boyd Dr. Octavia Brown Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bryan Mr. Harold I. Bryant Ms. Laine Bryce Caffe Bon Ms. Nancy Callahan

I treat others the way I wish to be treated.

I help without expecting anything in return.

I care for my school, family, and community.

Ms. Mary Callegher Alimayu Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Mats Carlston Mr. Michael Carr Mr. and Mrs. James Caruso Ms. Kathleen Cater Mr. Martin A. Cervone Mr. Anish T. Chamakala Mr. William Chan Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin

Ms. Sarah Bond Ms. Stephanie Chang Ms. Florence Clarke The Cobos Foundation Mr. Livy Coe Ms. Shelley Cole Mr. Aaron Cook Dr. and Mrs. Jay Damask

Mr. Cory Kushion Lillith & George Burner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lusman Ms. Barbara McKinnon

U P TO $ 2 50 Mr. Agwu A. Agwu Ms. Martyne Aime Ms. June Albert and Ms. Celeste Pagano

Faith and Dick Morningstar

Mr. Lester M. Alfred

Great Performances

Susan and Larry Alleva

Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn

Ms. Maria E. Almadin

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Mr. Jeffery Chazen Mr. Akhil Chopra Ms. Anndolyn Christie Mr. Michael Clifford Mr. James Cole Ms. Olivia Cothren Mr. and Mrs. Neil Craig Ms. Sharifa Crawford

Mr. Lawrence Handler

Mr. and Mrs. John Dullaghan Ms. Yvonne Durant

Ms. Kathryn M. Harth Mr. Charles Hazelcorn

Ms. Danielle Durso

Mrs. Marcia Hedborn

Mr. Oakley Duryea

Ms. Kerry Henderson

Mr. Nicholas Economidis Ms. Lynne Eisenberg Larry and Laurie Enos Mr. Erik A. Erk

Ms. Kamaria Herring Mr. and Mrs. Steve Higgins Mr. Jason Hoff Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howard

Mr. Stephen Farrelly Mr. Rafael Fernandez Graham and Kay Finney Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fischman

Mr. Hsiang Fu Hsu Ms. Karen Huebner Mr. Samuel Huhr

Mr. Richard Fisher

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Innamorato

Mr. Antoine J. Fletcher

Ms. Demetria Irwin

Ms. Julie L. Floch

Mr. J. Edward Jaeckle III

Ms. Susan Fludgate

Mr. D.J. Jaffe

Mr. Steve Fogel

Mr. and Mrs. James Jaffe

French Toast

Ms. Joyce S. Johnson

Ms. Monica A. Friedman

Just Give

Ms. Jessica Froimowitz

Ms. Mona J. Kahl

Ms. Jacqueline G. Fusco

Mr. Aaron S. Kaiser

Ms. Mindy Gabler

Jordan Katon

Ms. Meghan Gaffney

Ms. Batya Kaufman

Ms. Madalyn Gainey

Mr. Dustin Keitel

Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Galvin

Ms. Anisa Keith

Ms. Jean H. Gardner

Ms. Karen F. Kelly

Mr. Mark Gaston

Dr. William J. Kieffer

Ms. Jayne Geiger

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

Mr. Eric Gendal Ms. Dimitrina Genova

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Ms. Ellen Klyce

DONORS

Mr. Robet A. Koch

Ms. Ursula McCarthy

Ms. Phyllis Puccio

Lee C. Kojani

Ed and Kay McCrory

Ms. Vivan Pun

Alan and Marilyn Kravitz

Ms. Jean McDermott-Lucy

Ms. Janice Raiford

Mr. David Kravitz

Ms. Linda McLean

Mr. Steven Kreit

Ms. Stacy R. Meranus

Ms. Yvette Ramos and Mr. Scottie Garvin

Ms. Shpetime Kumbarce

Mr. John Merchant

Ms. Albina Kurayeva

Mr. Sean Merriweather

Lands’ End School

Mr. Carl Metzger

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Langan

Ms. Yekaterina Meytina

Albert and Margaret Lardizabal

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mezey

Mr. Michael J. Lawler

Mr. John Mikla

Ms. Amy Lee

Mr. Olaf Minge

Mr. Thomas Reagan Mr. Ira Reichmann Mr. Alex Ricardo Ms. Marnita Robertson Mr. Craig Roos Mr. Bruce Rosen Ms. Faye Rosen-Bzailian Mr. Neeraj Sahni

I make decisions that support my future.

I learn from my mistakes.

I don’t give up.* Mr. Elliot C. Lee

Ms. Cecelia Minton

Ms. Linda Salas

Mr. Jeffrey Lehman

Mr. Osende Monteiro

Ms. Tarsha Sanders

Mr. Thomas C. Lewis

Mr. Andres Moran

Ms. Lisa Santoniello

Mr. Aaron Li

Ms. Elvira Morton

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Savage

Mr. Paul Licht

Ms. Judith L. Moxley

Donna and Charles Schellaci

Ken and Lois Lippmann

Mr. Abdul Kareem Muhammad

Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley

Mr. Howard Liu

Mr. John Mullen

Ms. Colleen C. Schmit

Ms. Deborah Long

Ms. Samantha Murphy

Ms. Beverly M. Schwartz

John and Kathy Longeway

Network for Good

Ms. Gloria Scott

Mr. Michael Lopez

Dr. Stephen Nicholas and Ms. Ellen Sargent

Mr. Martyn Scrivens

Mr. Richard A. Luppy and Ms. Katharine M. Kasper Deborah and Patrick Madden Ms. Giovanna M. Magel Mr. Ed Manganiello Ms. Marguerite Mangin Mr. Glen Manjos Mr. Isaac Mansoura Mr. and Mrs. Peter Markham Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marston Claire and Cornelius Marx Nora and Marc Mazur Mr. James A. McBratney

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Oat Mr. Tony Orser and Ms. Janet Frankel Ms. Sheetal Patel Mr. and Mrs. David C. Patterson Ms. Tracy Pennoyer Ms. Aurelia G. Perkins

Mr. Eric Seyfried Ms. Merri L. Shaw and Mr. Bruce W. Carroll Ms. Chana E. Shawell Mr. Eugene Sheehan Ms. Jacqueline Sickora Ms. Marsha E. Simms

Ms. Jerrilyn Petito

The Warren J. and Florence Sinsheimer Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Vikki Phillips

Mr. Garry H. Smalley

Ms. Cathy Pitegoff

Ms. Belinda Smith

Mr. and Mrs. George Plunkett

Mr. Donovan Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Poissant

Ms. Pauline Smith

* Harlem Academy School Creed

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DONORS

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith William and Linda Snedeker Ms. Michèle Solá Ms. Penelope Sourbis Mr. Joseph Spota Mr. Jared Sprole

DONORS

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Yasenchak

I N ME MO RY O F C AT M AC R A E

Ms. Fannie Yu Wen Tso

Ms. Namphuong Hoang

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Strozier Dave and Linda Suitor Ms. Leith Talamo Ms. Leslie Talbot Mr. Samuel C. Tattersall

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zadek

Mr. Ian Torella Mrs. Michelle B. Tortusa and Mr. Tyrone Tortusa Carter and Todd Townsend Drs. Susan Tross and Steven Schutzer David and Nora Tulchin

IN HONOR OF JULIE MIKLA

Mr. Thomas Selman

Coach, Inc.

Mr. Adam Alvaro

IN HONOR OF L I VY M. CO E I V

Mr. Marc Garbar

Mr. Kevin Rodgers

Ms. Gayle Helman

Polly and Robert Daly

Ms. Sara Hinkle

Ms. Kerry Henderson

Ms. Caren Josephs

IN HONOR OF WILL A N D M AG G I E CO O K Mr. and Mrs. David Portny

IN HONOR OF C E L I A DI L LO N Ms. Olivia Cothren

IN HONOR OF R O B I N DO N ATH A N D PATR I C K M C N E I V E

I N HO NO R O F LAURA SI LLERM AN

Jordan Katon

The Simon & Eve Colin Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Batya Kaufman

Mr. Scott Imhoff

Ms. Julia Levy

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Klores

Mr. John Mikla

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morrow

Ms. Faye Rosen-Bzailian

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

Ms. Kristen Satterwhite Ms. Anna Vayneris Ms. Megan Winter Ms. Blanche Zelmanovich

I N M EM O RY O F M ACKI NLEY JO SI LLERM AN Arlene and Alan Alda Mr. Lewis W. Bernard

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pantowich

Ms. Faith Childs

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Twain

I N M E MO RY O F JOHN HEDBORN

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Urmy

Mrs. Marcia Hedborn

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Van Order

Vinny and Traci Dotoli

IN HONOR OF B O B PA R I S I

Ms. Cathy Pitegoff

Ms. Elizabeth Turner

The Chapin School

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fischman Ms. Ella M. Foshay

Benchmark Education Mr. Ed Cangialosi, Reparto Corse Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP Granite Broadcasting Corporation Harry Winston Hope Foundation Mr. C. Hugh Hildesley, Sotheby’s N. & S. America The John Buck Company Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP McBride & Associates Architects

Mr. Michael Carr

Mrs. John R. Johnston

Mr. Akhil Chopra

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hemmerdinger

Ms. Susan Johnston

Ms. Holly Daley

Natasha and Ori Hofmekler

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Markham

Mr. Richard DePiero

Ms. Karen Huebner

Mr. John Dietsche

Mr. Scott Imhoff

Ms. Erin Walters

Mr. Steven S. Pretsfelder and Ms. Barbara Gochberg

Mr. Steve Fogel

Mr. Jeffrey Lehman

Van Wagner Communications, LLC

Mr. Evan Waxman

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rascoff

Mr. Robert W. Hammesfahr

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Donohue

Mr. Clifford C. Wilson

Mr. Ed Manganiello

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Oat

Thornton Tomasetti

Ms. Jean McDermott-Lucy

Ms. Jerrilyn Petito

Turner Construction Company

Mr. Carl Metzger

Ms. Phyllis Puccio

Ms. Vikki Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rascoff

Mr. Alex Ricardo

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts

Mr. Neeraj Sahni

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenstein

Mr. Robert Walker

Mr. Kenneth Weissenberg Mr. Steele J. Weniger Mr. and Mrs. Todd K. West Peter Westbrook Foundation, Inc.

IN HONOR OF MICHAEL AND A LY L E V I N E Mr. and Mrs. Joe Samberg

Jan and Tad Ogden Mr. and Mrs. John Whitman Mr. Robert Wice Mr. Timothy Wicker Ms. Donna R. Williams Ms. Geraldine Williams Cliff and Louise Wilson

IN HONOR OF A N N MAC R A E The William Brown Foundation, Inc. The Garret And Mary Moran Family Foundation Anne and Jacques Nordeman

Mr. Eric Seyfried Mr. Eugene Sheehan Ms. Tracey Vispoli Ms. Erin Walters Mr. Robert Wice Mr. Timothy Wicker

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mr. George Sape Taproot Foundation Rafael Viñoly Architects PC

201 3 SPRI NG B ENEFI T AUCT I O N D O NAT I O NS Adair Inn

Ms. Linda Rothschild

American Museum of Natural History

Ms. Colleen C. Schmit

Anonymous

Ms. Beverly M. Schwartz

Ms. Carolyn Angel

Dr. Patricia Yarberry-Allen

Ms. Lucinda Ballard

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Young

Mr. Jay D. Bargmann and Ms. Cindy Potash

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zwerling

Malo and John Harrison Bob and Anna Irvine Mr. David Jeffer Mark and Sarah Johnston Ms. Bucky Keady Live Nation Ms. Becky MacGuire Ann and Cameron MacRae Annie C. MacRae Manhattan Theatre Club Morton + Hudson The New York Giants The New York Jets The New York Mets The New York Rangers The New York Yankees

Pierre Michel Salon

Mr. and Mrs. David Greenhouse

Lana and. Justin Walder

Ms. Isca Greenfield-Sanders

Mr. Peter G. Peterson

Ms. Nancy Callahan

Sarah and Friederich von Maltzahn

The Gedney Inn

Mr. Jeremy Raccio and Ms. Sadia Halim

IN HONOR OF M A R K J O H N STO N

Ms. Tracey Vispoli

Mary and Peter Ganzenmuller

Mr. Rodney Pope

Ms. Jamie S. Gorelick

Ms. Anna Vayneris

Jane and Al Fershing

Ms. Lisa Guggenheim

GI FTS I N KI ND

Mr. Ray Ash

Bill and Lill Van Order

Boticelli Portrait Studios

Mr. Baron Davis

I N HO NO R O F KRI S RO D GERS

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zwerling

IN HONOR OF J O H N PA N TOWI CH

Ms. Jeanne B. Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Bich

I N HO NO R O F B RET T AND HI LLARY T HO M AS

Mr. Craig S. Terboss Ms. Lauren Tomlinson

I N HO NO R O F JO HN SCHM I D LI N

Ms. Ellen Klyce

Ms. Ying Yu

Ms. Ruby Sprott Mr. Joel B. Steinberg

I N HO NO R O F PO LLY AND RO B ERT PENNOY ER

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Mr. Jeremy Raccio and Ms. Sadia Halim Mr. George Sape Mr. Richard Schaps Lisa and John Schmidlin Laura and Robert Sillerman SFX Entertainment Mr. Tim Speiss Hillary and Brett Thomas Van Wagner Communications Ms. Sydney Weinger

“In our Reason and Rhetoric course, we have Socratic seminars. We sit in a circle, debating a topic we read an article about and annotated.

It’s more like a conversation that has rules than a class.

The conversation bounces around. At other schools, students are the spectators.”

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H A R L E M AC A D E M Y B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S David B. Peterson, Chairman Tony Asnes Jay D. Bargmann Bruno Bich Pam Clarke Will Cook Vinny Dotoli, Ex-Officio Mary Ganzenmuller Valarie A. Hing Mark H. Johnston Ann MacRae Tom Reycraft Laura B. Sillerman Timothy Speiss Hillary Thomas Michael Toporek Alan Washington

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