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The Class of 2011

Looks To The Future

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Annual Report 2010-2011

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College Acceptances for the Class of 2011 American University Auburn University Boston College Boston University Brown University Canisius College Catholic University Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design Chestnut Hill College Clemson University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Denison University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Duquesne University East Carolina University Elon University Fairfield University Florida State University Fordham University Franciscan University of Steubenville Franklin and Marshall College Gardner-Webb University George Mason University George Washington University Gettysburg College Goucher College High Point University Hofstra University Hood College Indiana University

James Madison University La Salle University Lafayette College Lebanon Valley College Liberty University Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Lynchburg College Manhattan College Marist College Marquette University Marymount University McDaniel College Miami University Mount Saint Mary’s University Parsons The New School for Design Pennsylvania State University Philadelphia University Providence College Radford University Roanoke College Rollins College Rosemont College Saint Joseph’s University Saint Michael’s College Salisbury University Savannah College of Art and Design Smith College St. Mary’s College of Maryland Stevens Institute of Technology Syracuse University Towson University Trinity College

Tulane University University of Alabama University of Arizona University of Colorado University of Dayton University of Denver University of Georgia University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park University of Miami University of Mississippi University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Ottawa University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of Texas University of Vermont Ursinus College Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Washington College West Virginia University Xavier University York College of Pennsylvania *As of June 1, 2011

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Gretta Buckley, Fiona Giblin Editorial Interns

Jason Quick Art Director

Kathy Ely Justin Gordon Meg Mayo Wendy Steck Merriman Suzi Montes de Oca Stone Photography Betsy Young Photography

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Maureen K. Appel Headmistress

Suzi Montes de Oca Director of Development

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Director of Annual Fund

Michele Rathbone Director of Special Events & Parent Programs

Shannon Pitcher Van Why (’97) Assistant Director of Student Life & Alumnae Relations

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Mr. Casey Aiken Mr. Daniel Dean Mr. Paul Dell’Isola Mr. Robert Dinkel Mrs. Anne Easby-Smith Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. Sean Glynn Mrs. Karen Hess Mr. Howard Hill Mr. Paul (Rocky) Kern Mrs. Mary McCann Mrs. Suzi MacDaniels Mr. Brett MacInnes Mrs. Janice Obuchowski Mr. Pete Plamondon, Jr. Mr. Ignacio Sanchez Mr. Tom Sanders Mrs. Chantal Santelices Ms. Mary Shields Mrs. Kathie Williams Every effort was made to be as accurate as possible in these pages. Should you have questions or comments, please write to hccommunications@holychild.org. © 2011 Connelly School of the Holy Child

TRADITIONS Blue/Gold Game Day; Spirit Week; Holly Ball; Prom; Ring Day

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29 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS: OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Ballet star turns; fencing on the national scene; a White House Christmas.

WE ARE FAMILY Middle School Mother’s Day workshops;

Fashion Show; Father-Daughter Breakfast; Fathers Club Outings; Grandparents Day; Mother-Daughter Breakfast; In Memoriam

2010-2011 Board of Trustees Mr. Patrick J. Caulfield, Chair

NEW CHAPTERS Sending our girls to the next level: MS Closing, Baccalaureate, Graduation.

HC TAKES ON THE WORLD Schools in Belize; Paris in

springtime; Jamaican service; Ghana alumna

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32 ATHLETICS A double banner season; sports award banquet; soccer Academic All-Americans and DC United coach; college-bound players; All-ISL team, and the rest of our thirteen sports and PE highlights.

18 SERVICE Supporting Haiti; Thanksgiving baskets; diaper drive; WMSG lock-in; St. Jude’s; Best Buddies; Alumna Santa Project

20 FINE ARTS Creative expression is alive and well at Holy Child; read all about Fine Arts Month, our dynamic musical duo, concerts, dance, and the Middle School circus.

26 ACADEMICS IN ACTION: IN SCHOOL Chemistry with boys; English students on PBS; robotics lives; Shakespeare in action; Holocaust survivor speaks; Ellis Island, here and there; Spanish & French on fire; civil rights live.

FACULTY NEWS Learning about ADHD; Barbara Meyer, two decades’ strong; Elsbeth Fager in Austria; faculty recognitions

39 HC ALUMNAE Note from new president; reunions; don’t miss events; stories on Hess, Short, Rojas, and Kane families; our biggest Class Notes section ever.

52 ANNUAL REPORT—2010/2011 Financials, donors to Annual Fund and additional scholarships; volunteers.

60 VOLUNTEERS Parents Association and Fathers Club reps; Fathers Club revival; book club

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DEVELOPMENT Tiger Trot; Fall Classic; Mayfield Market; “A Night With Neptune” Gala

64 MYSTERY PHOTO Last year’s winners, this year’s quiz. ON THE COVER: Emma Gonzalez (right) and Meagan Glynn enjoying the big day. ABOVE: (from left) Shey Van Bruygom, Ingrid Gooch, Marina Alessi, and Catherine Bouyat; Carly Soistman at playday; seniors Kelly McCann and Luci Giorgio.

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n the occasion of our 50th Anniversary and the Society’s Mission Effectiveness visit, which will take place next spring, it seems fitting that we focus on the life of our foundress, Cornelia Connelly. No matter how many times I have heard or read the biography of Cornelia Connelly, I am inspired! Yet, I must confess that it has taken me years to fully appreciate her courage and faith. The truth be known, I have taken issue with some of her actions. A visit to several websites featuring commentaries on Cornelia’s biography shows that I am not alone in my questioning. Yet, who are we to judge? In fact, commentary without an understanding of the social, political, and religious context of the 19th century is simply not fair and I suspect this is where some of her critics and I have fallen short. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to join Holy Child colleagues from around the world to study the life of Cornelia Connelly. Among the presenters was Judith Lancaster, SHCJ, a recognized expert on the story of her life. After days of listening, reflection and discussions, I finally had the courage to ask questions that I had for years: “How could Cornelia leave her children? Was it neglect that caused her son John Henry to fall into a vat of boiling sugar? Did Pierce abuse her? Why did she obey him when he said he wanted to become a Catholic priest?” Having spent most of my career in education as headmistress of a school for young women, some of Cornelia’s actions were certainly not actions which I would expect of our graduates! After a more in-depth study of Cornelia Connelly’s life, it became clear to me that I had failed to appreciate Cornelia’s actions in the context of women’s rights, or more accurately, the lack thereof in 19th-century England. Cornelia’s children were sent to boarding schools upon her separation from Pierce. This was a privilege at that time, for only the upper-class was educated. It may have been best for them and it may have been a way to protect them from Pierce, who certainly showed signs of instability. As for John Henry’s accident, there have been numerous accounts, but a study of events surrounding Cornelia’s life show that she was grieving the loss of her daughter, Mary Magdalen, who died only two months prior. There is every reason to think that she might have been suffering from depression. And finally, as for Pierce, I keep looking for his redeeming qualities and always come up short. One can only imagine being married to a man who subjected his wife to his whims. Enough said about Cornelia’s life story. What we as a Holy Child community have in common is our belief in her philosophy of edu-

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cation. Cornelia’s Book of the Order of Studies in the School of the S. Holy Child Jesus may well have been her most significant contribution to education. Cornelia emphasized learning based on explanation and understanding, rather than rote memorization. In the 1850s, Cornelia believed in education that stresses teaching understanding versus “teaching to the test.” Long before educators of the 21st century recognized the need for emphasizing the moral, physical, and intellectual growth of each student, Cornelia was an advocate for a “solid education.” What we know as a Holy Child education is synonymous with learning based on understanding, critical judgment and genuine enjoyment of intellectual and spiritual pursuits.1 During this anniversary year, I hope that you will join us as we celebrate the life of Cornelia Connelly and give thanks for her philosophy of education. Together, let us continue the legacy of Cornelia Connelly and pray for the vision to educate young women for the 21st century. Please join us at our 50th Anniversary Mass on October 2 at 11:00 a.m., where our celebrant will be Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Cardinal Emeritus of Washington. Maureen K. Appel Headmistress

Rosanne. Cornelia Connelly’s Innovations in Female Education, 1846-1864. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008

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The Fine Art of Learning AS WE ENTER another school year here at Holy Child, especially our 50th anniversary year, I can’t help but reflect on what a profound impact Cornelia Connelly had and continues to have in the world of education today. Our founder spent several years in Rome, and she learned to appreciate more than just the standard disciplines in education. Cornelia spent many of her days rubbing elbows with intellectuals, and was touched by the power of the fine arts. The high school world today is ruled by standardized tests, with a rash of companies making money with claims of raising test scores. This is dangerous ground, one without care for a deep understanding of material or the development of the entire student. The focus is on the wrong goal: what students can produce on the test. The first items cut from the budgets are the arts and physical education. Sadly, educators are not paying attention to research on the positive effect fine arts has on teens. If they were, fine arts budgets would be doubling! Cornelia Connelly felt fine arts should be a core part of the curriculum. We are proud that fine arts education is still a pillar of our curriculum. These classes push a student out of her comfort zone; in that moment of discomfort and self-discovery, a hidden talent comes to life. In art class, a student acquires a skill set not taught in other disciplines. They learn creativity, persistence, problem-solving and numerous ways of thinking. From creating houses in art class to

theater stage managers, a student is encouraged and challenged to complete tasks on their own, exercising their ability to find solutions. But these skills do relate to testing; research indicates a correlation between art students and improved test scores. A recent study completed in New York City has illustrated a direct correlation between art students and higher, timely graduation rates. There is also evidence pointing to increased school attendance and positive self-esteem. Just as Cornelia discovered in Rome, the fine arts are to be valued and appreciated. As you’ll see in these pages, we expanded our Fine Arts Week into a Fine Arts Month. Our opening night reception, with students serving as docents, featured performances by vocalists, instrumentalists and a production by our freshman speech class. A week just didn’t do it all justice. Each year, I am so impressed by the artistic talents of our Holy Child students. I love roaming the halls looking at their artwork and attending all of the performances—dance, vocal, and instrumental. One of the most important things we can do for a student is to give her as many opportunities as possible to strengthen her self-esteem. How did Cornelia figure this out without high-priced research or a standardized test? Though we’ll never know, it’s important for us to carry on her legacy and provide an arts-rich environment. It’s just a bonus that we reap the benefits as well as the girls. See you in April! Teri Boragno Head of the Upper School

The Middle School, Out and About THE BUS LOADED up that November morning,

and we headed off to Baltimore for our field trip. Bagged lunches in hand, radio blaring, everyone talked excitedly all the way up I-95. No, this wasn’t the students—in fact, they had the day off from school. It was the entire Middle School faculty! What was our excitement? We were headed to the National Middle School Association’s Annual Conference. We split up when we hit the sprawling convention center, to cover as much ground as possible. We attended workshops on technology, counseling, curriculum, skill building, leadership and even celebrations. We learned how to create effective Web pages as well as exciting science lessons. We heard about the significance of our role as mentors in our students’ lives. We discussed the many changes going on in the minds and bodies of young adolescents, and got clues into different learning styles and structuring lessons to address them. We searched for a glimpse of keynote speaker, Cal Ripken, Jr.; we even shopped for comfortable “teacher shoes” in the exhibit hall. The bus ride home was just as noisy, as we shared all that we had heard from workshops and in conversations with our peers. In fact, some of the most effective lessons or events of the past year— the Mother’s Day workshops, the seventh-grade unit on Winslow Homer, the eighth-grade debate about drilling rights—were direct results of discussions on that bus. There’s a reason the girls clamor for field trips, and it’s not just to get a break from classes. These trips are important, and will continue to be a significant part of the Middle School curriculum. It’s not only for the knowledge gained, but also for the camaraderie forged through

the experience (not least of which happens on the bus). The sixth grade’s trips to the Air and Space Museum, the Folger Library, and the Maryland Science Center; the seventh grade’s excursions to the (very wet this year) St. Mary’s City, Mount Vernon, and Antietam; and the eighth grade’s trips to Ellis Island and Echo Hill Outdoor School are the stuff of fond memories as well as great learning. The yearly mentions in our Closing Ceremony speeches are evidence that these are significant moments in a student’s Middle School experience. For the coming school year, we’re exploring trips to Martha’s Table to witness the direct results of our sandwich making, to Annapolis to experience the beginning of our state’s government, to the National Building Museum, to even more concerts and plays. There are so many opportunities for experiential learning in our area, it’s hard to choose where to go next! And the faculty field trips continued this summer as well. I traveled to England to learn more about Cornelia Connelly and to see where our Holy Child schools began. Ms. Craig and Sra. Wealton-Mailander explored northern New Jersey to plan an even better trip for the eighth grade to Ellis Island. Ms. Fager, our Middle School band director, headed to Vienna, Austria, experiencing some fantastic music. I would encourage everyone to follow the Middle School’s example: Get out and about and experience all that our region (and our globe!) has to offer. You’ll have a lot of fun but, more importantly, you will find you learn important things about your world as well as yourself. Mary Hopkins Head of the Middle School Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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schoolnews Hot Hot Lunches OUR POPULAR LUNCH lady, Diane Boragno, lets no holiday go by without a celebration on the lunch line. Whether green pasta on St. Patrick’s Day, stir-fry for Chinese New Year, or fajitas (complete with sombreros and salsa—both music and the dipping kind) for Cinco de Mayo, “Lunch B” makes mealtime fun, month in and month out. The girls don’t even mind the healthy additions of a salad/fruit bar and vegetables with every entrée, and their parents are thrilled that they’re actually eating a solid meal, because it’s delicious. (Thank you, Vignola’s Catering.) Look out for a new ordering system this fall, making it even easier to chow down—with a smile.

Leaping From the Page IT STARTED OUT as a fun art class project, and blossomed into a family fashion statement. Last year, Ms. McClave’s sixth-grade art class created designs in the style of Lilly Pulitzer prints (and subsequently got noticed on the Lilly website for their efforts). One enterprising mom followed up on a tip from another teacher to get her daughter’s design made into fabric. Thanks to www.spoonflower.com, Caroline Stricker’s mom, Laura, had enough to create Easter dresses for herself, Caroline, and her sister, as well as cotton canvas that was transformed into a tote bag and pencil case. Next up are silk bowties for dad and brother. So nice to see our Middle School artwork out in the world! 4

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Prom, Pretty Please? NATURALLY, THEY BOTH were “mortified,” as only teenage girls could be…but both also were secretly pleased, and said “Yes” to their unique prom invites. Senior Tess Williams’ date went very public, with a giant Jumbotron ask; K.T. Prominski merely had to endure a “Tiger Times” poem during Homeroom in the Gym. At least it was better than a text. www.holychild.org

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Author Gwendolyn Heasley with librarian Sarah Stonesifer and interested student Ingrid Langer.

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Cornelia Connelly Slept Here AFTER MEETING FOR the past three years in the American home of the Society to develop lessons on our founder’s life, the Cornelia Connelly Curriculum Committee finally got to visit the wellspring of Cornelia’s philosophy. The culmination of their work was to visit the Society’s archives in Oxford, England, and the Holy Child School in Mayfield. Standing in front of Cornelia’s tomb at the school, are (front row, standing): Sister Eileen McDevitt, Kathleen Lynch (Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit, NJ), Jennifer Whitt (School of the Holy Child, Rye, NY). (front row, seated): Martha Crowley (Holy Child Academy, Old Westbury, NY), Beth Dorr (Mayfield Junior School, Pasadena, CA), Catherine Stuart (Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, PA). (back row, standing): Anne Wood (Holy Child Academy, Drexel Hill, PA), Joanne Ainsworth (Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit, NJ), Mary Hopkins (our own Head of the Middle School), and Mary Mansell (Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena, CA).

Home Sweet Gingerbread Home ABOUT A DOZEN girls had a sweet time at one of the

Gala’s “sign-up parties,” provided so graciously by Monica Dean (mom of Meg, ’12). Who knew that sprinkles and gummies could create such architectural beauty, or that our girls could make candy work so hard in support of sugar-coated dreams?

IT WAS A lunch to remember when author Gwendolyn Heasley stopped in to the library for a brown bag chat session with both Middle and Upper School readers. They were sharing reactions to Heasley’s first novel, Where I Belong, and her own launch as a Young Adult writer. Heasley worked as a literary agent in New York before publishing her book, which chronicles the life of a young New York fashionista whose life is forever changed when she’s shipped off to live with her grandparents in Texas. The girls could relate well to stories of the recession, major life changes, and how writing can be fun— especially when you actually get published! (Heasley’s working on novel number two now.)

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Middle School Closing

ON A VIBRANT June morning, matched only by their bright floral dresses,

the eighth grade class said goodbye to Middle School in a touching closing ceremony. The scripture passage/theme for this year was “A sister is a better defense than a strong city, and a friend is like the bars of a castle.” The speeches, beginning with that from Middle School Student Council president Melissa Barrios and three others who were chosen to build on the theme, told of amazing friendships and important lessons learned. Katelyn Danco captured it best when she said, “What is evident is that when we care more about each other’s successes than our own, whether on the soccer field, in math class, or at a dance, we become a group of sisters, a family that can rival the strongest city.” Mrs. Sarah Willging, who is retiring after nine years teaching at Holy Child, echoed those thoughts as well in her remarks, including how much she has learned from waves of amazing students. 6

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Middle School “sisters”; Anna Jorgensen and Caitlin O’Berry; Aoife Magner, with parents Mary and Brendan.

Scholarship Awards The Mary Pat Siemien Award Aoife Magner The J. Robert Walsh Award Megan McCreary The Head of School Award Katie Cynkar

The Holy Child Scholarship. CeCe Garner The Mary Kosch Scholarship Jeanne Ryan

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CLASS OF 2011 GRADUATION CEREMONY, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

Senior Citizens The Class of 2011 Graduates FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011, shone on this spirited class as they followed in the footsteps of their forebears, dressing in the library, strolling out on campus for their portrait before they headed off to the official commencement. This followed the other graduation week traditions: The mother-daughter breakfast, complete with yearbook signings, and the Baccalaureate Mass and Alumnae Association induction, where school nurse Cindy Gillette (’79) spoke to the girls as the Distinguished Alumna of the Year. The graduation ceremony itself, back at Our Lady of Mercy, was a touching tribute to the girls and the school, with the seniordominated Vocal Jazz Ensemble delivering their final performance. Alumna Martha Nguyen (’95), legal counsel for the FDA and the

first of four sisters to graduate from Holy Child, delivered a compelling speech that spoke of Holy Child as a “sacred space.” “Something transformative happens here,” she said, noting that her class is full of leaders in their professions, with more than a quarter achieving their field’s highest academic level. “Like my classmates and me, you’ve been primed for greatness.” She challenged the students to be hard workers; she challenged them to be advocates, to use the voice (like the one she “found” at Holy Child) to speak out for others; and, in invoking major personal challenges in her life, she challenged them to believe, in God and in what God has given us. She left them with the empowering quote, “The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But what the world needs most are dreamers who do.” Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Graduation Awards The Student Council Award: Maria Leyva

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The Award for Leadership in Christian Social Action: Melanie Mikus & Jessie Ely

The Prize for General Academic Excellence: Sarah Allen

The Karen Elizabeth Noonan Award: K.T. Prominski

The Cardinal Hickey Award: Tiffany Kudiwu

The Cornelia Connelly Award: ZZ Krebs & Patty Yoritomo

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Alumnae Association Award: Maddie Brown & JoJo Hess The Sr. Connie Craig Award: Monica Rizkalla & Carol Lucarelli The Mary C. Crivella Prize: Luciana Giorgio Cosenzo

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Days to remember: (left page, from top right) Graduates stroll the campus; Student Council president Kelly McCann gives the thumbs up; Jessie Ely, class president, summed up the year in her speech; Kate McCormick beams with Katie Tkac; getting ready in the library with classmates (from left) Jasmine Walton, Alex Guntle, Alexa Yarish, Tricia Lynch, Meg Tedder, Tiffany Kudiwu, Carol Lucarelli; Luci Giorgio, with family; Colleen Chiaramonte with parents Jenny and Fran at Baccalaureate Mass. (This page, from top right) Shannen Quinn and Brynn Raffensperger process into church; Sarah Falk celebrates with 2010 grads Kaela Jeffers and Brynn Mayo; Emma Gonzalez with joyful parents; inspirational keynoter, alumna Martha Nguyen; a radiant Katie Schwartz.

A Blue Wave Excerpts of the graduation speech by senior class president, Jessie Ely: “At freshman orientation, the gym was transformed into a sea of blue. That first day, we were just young kids at the beach, screeching with delight at the new, unexplored waters. But, we were not yet brave enough to go in past our ankles. Even more important than the natural talents we brought were those we developed over our years at Holy Child. Our academic talents flourished: I know those students with goggle marks on their foreheads will become excellent surgeons someday. So, teachers, thank you for pushing us to do the impossible and believing in us even when we didn’t believe in ourselves. We now know the undeniably exquisite flavor success can bring. We have mastered the art of working as a team on the sports field, and as a class. We now understand how to celebrate victories humbly and walk away from defeats with new knowledge and even more determination. We eventually learned to hold hands with everyone in our class as we jumped the waves. When confronted with seemingly insurmountable challenges, our classmates were always there to lift us up and over. Even when riptides tried to pull a few of us out to sea, we came together and somehow man-

aged to beat the odds of Mother Nature. Finally, as seniors, we, the Class of 2011, are no longer swimming in the sea, we are the sea: A sea of blue that will forever remain a part of Holy Child. A wise teacher used to remind me before each and every Holy Child sports game: This is a great opportunity. Today we take on the world. Today, we have the opportunity to do everything. Holy Child has taught us to take on what seems impossible. Somewhere along the way those gangly and awkward sixth graders, those energetic and nervous freshmen, transformed into mature, and, perhaps somewhat restless, young women. Somewhere along the way we learned how to win Spirit Week. And most importantly, we learned to become ONE…to become the class of One One. We are the ones that showed up and we are the ones who stayed. We may not have all the answers, but we do have each other. Today we venture out apart from one another, but always a part of Holy Child. And as we journey out deeper and deeper into this vast blue sea, we must let go of each other’s hands and learn to swim on our own. But, in the words of Winnie the Pooh: ‘Promise me you’ll never forget me. Because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.’ ” Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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traditions Making friends, fun, and lifetime memories

Clockwise from top: The Gold Team huddles up; Hannah Gessler, Casey Dell’Isola, and Claire Bruno sporting colors; the seniors nailed the blue game day victory with a fourth quarter “powder puff football” touchdown, but the gold team, led by co-captain K.T. Prominski (left), secured the final cup with a last minute rally, with Luci Giorgio, Sarah Allen, and Anabela Estevez on the last leg of the academic relay team in “It’s Academic.”

A Golden Victory THE YEAR STARTED with Blue once again surging into the lead

on the October Blue/Gold games day, thanks to a senior victory in the powder-puff football contest. And Blue was leading through the year, with sandwiches and tag days and more keeping them at the head of the pack. And then, the diaper drive came along, with giant Gold boxes overflowing, moving that team closer to the top. But it came down to a single question in the schoolwide “It’s Academic” competition to give GOLD the championship. Who knew that the currency of France would shift the tide!

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Clockwise from top left: Dani Dell’Isola drums up enthusiasm for the pink sophomore color effort, but the juniors’ Big Fat Green Wedding took the cake— and the prize—for best group day. The seniors won the week with teamwork and had an inspired “entrance.” Disney Day brought out creativity aplenty, such as the “Barbies”—Annie Virostek, Sophia Abshire, and Katie Rose Marvin—and the day’s winners, Katrina Dzyak and Meg Dean as characters from Tron.

The Big Bang of Spirit Week! Once again, it turned into the best week of the year. The seniors set the tone with their unique Avatar “entrance,” then wrapped up the win at the end, bolstered by their senior citizens and musical chairs/game expertise. But the Big Fat Green Wedding made the biggest splash for the juniors on Group Day, and Disney Day delivered some great characters from all grades. The orange crush of the Middle School had their best showing ever. Creativity reigned throughout the week, and the colors bursting from the gym made a wonderful explosion! Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Dancing Machines THE GYM TURNED into the Tiger Creek Ski Lodge for the wintry

Holly Ball (thanks to the senior decorators), complete with snowy pine trees and Christmas lights. The juniors returned the favor by creating a Hollywood scene for the Prom (taking the senior’s Spirit Week Hollywood stars theme as their cue); the dance was held again at the Marriott, with the game-filled post-prom there as well. The girls and their dates moved to the music with style, matching their fine looks!

Holly Ball rocked, just ask dancing queens Christina Crocker, Claire Nash, and Tess Williams; the setting even attracted a teacher, Mme. Pilkerton (center) with students (clockwise) Victoria Barry, Cathy Maier, Caroline Coppoolse, Meghan Carroll, and Meghan Amons. No evil was seen or heard, according to Henry Williams, Haley Williams or Molly Virostek. Softball players clean up well: Mel Mikus, K.T. Prominski, Kelsey Warren, Monica Rizkalla, Kelly McCann, Casey Gardella, Monica Llerena, and Jessie Ely.

Ring In the Year THE GIRLS WERE enthusiastic about receiving their rings at March’s traditional ceremony in the chapel. Alumna and school librarian Sarah Stonesifer reminded all of the history of the onyx symbol, and ring sisters, such as junior Taylor Barry and senior Monica Rizkalla, left, and junior Jasmine Squire with senior ring sister Ashley Terrell joined in to make it a very special day.

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Working Out with Mom CONNELLY HALL WAS a busy place on Friday, May 6, when the Holy Child Middle School invited mothers, grandmothers, and special guests to celebrate Mother’s Day with workshops and a luncheon. Students and moms participated in a varied selection of activities: they learned meditation, Tai Kwon Do, and yoga; created poetry and art about insects and nature; constructed photo booklets and experimented with Photoshop; made digital cartoons and movies, even played musical “Jeopardy.” The eighth graders organized and led these seminars, with the sixth and seventh graders and their guests becoming the “students” of the classes. Then all headed to the brightly decorated gym, where festive tables were set up along with a delicious buffet, served by kind fathers who had volunteered to help. After everyone had eaten their fill, three lucky winners went home with one of the mouth-watering prizes, from boxes of famous Georgetown Cupcakes to beautifully decorated cookies. As the day came to a close and the mothers began pulling out of the parking lot with their daughters, it was plain to see that these pairs had had a great day. The girls had especially enjoyed being able to give their moms the perfect Mother’s Day gift: a day full of laughs and smiles to share with their daughters.

Yoga was just one of the skills taught by the girls (seventh Grader Lauren Anastasi in class with mom, Cindy, center); other workshops dabbled in poetry and nature, taught by other eighth graders, including Erin Huebscher, Sallie Collamore, and Louisa Hurt. A beautiful lunch was enjoyed by daughters and moms (clockwise from front) Rose and Rachel Meima, Ella and Sally Sullivan, Cecile and Jane Paquette, Anastasia Furman with mom Tracy Schooling, Margarita and Kelly Tomon (mom and science department chair). Katelyn Danco, Annie Donatelli, and Melissa Barrios created photo holders.

—JEANNE RYAN, CLASS OF ’15

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Tigers Strut The Runway

THIS MAY, Holy Child once again launched the

A large group stepped up to model, including Fannie Benziger (left) and numerous Middle School students, along with some moms, such as Laurie Farr. The luncheon was time to chat, especially for freshmen Anna Brickman, Michele Moore, Marissa MacDonald, Sarah Horan, Lauren Keeley, and Greer Gingery.

new colors of spring onto the runway at the Chevy Chase Club Ballroom at the Annual Holy Child Mother & Daughter Fashion Show. The beautiful sunshine of the day was matched with the bright smiles of our models from every grade; this year featured the largest numbers of models and attendees ever. The opening reception, with its Chinese Raffle—featuring prizes from local retailers (such as Sports Extra’s lacrosse stick) and parents (Colleen Gardella’s ribboned bulletin board)—set the tone for the fun day. It was a delightful sight to look around the room, decorated with spring flowers and filled to near capacity, and see mothers, grandmothers, aunts and big sisters applauding for our beautiful models. They strolled the runway in the latest fashions provided by new and longstanding vendors: The Pink Palm, Luna, and Bella Vestiti, all of Bethesda; Lacy Couture Apparel of Rockville; and JMcLaughlin of Georgetown. We were also fortunate to have stylish moms walk the runway, as well: Melody Britt, Laurie Farr, and Mercedes Kavanagh closed the show with panache and flare in fashions from JMcLaughlin! Co-Chairs Karen Greene and Janelle Lynch thanked all the attendees, and especially our girls, for keeping the spirit of the day fun, lively and festive for us all. —JANELLE LYNCH, MOM OF HADLEIGH (’12)

Dads and Daughters Break Bread THE TRADITION OF the November Father-Daughter Communion Breakfast is a long one. This year, the Fathers Club took the reins, and enhanced this popular event even more. Mass, in our own chapel, was presided over by Rev. Richard J. Curry, S.J., a compelling speaker and engaging celebrant who is the founder/artistic director of The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, an international theatre arts-training institution for persons with physical disabilities. He also founded the Academy for Veterans of Iraq, dealing with lost-limbs and PTSD issues. In addition, at the breakfast in the gym that followed, the girls and their guests were fortunate to have speaker and Holy Child alumna Dr. Anne Charbonneau Cardile (’92) at right. This Notre Dame graduate and physician is the medical director of the Unity Health Care Clinic in the Community for Creative Nonviolence’s Federal City Shelter, one of the largest and most comprehensive facilities of its kind in the United States. As a student at Holy Child and in college, Anne explored volunteerism and ways to meet the needs of the underserved. Once again, a morning of quality time—and some throughtprovoking remarks—were enjoyed by all. —KATHY H. ELY 14

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Snow Fun With Dad THE FATHERS CLUB more than fulfilled their mission of supporting the school and providing numerous “bonding” opportunities for members and their daughters in its first year of reincarnation. A sampling of the social events included a fall skeet shooting outing and a tubing expedition to Whitetail Resort. Both the girls and dads had a sporting time at both. Just ask Ella Sullivan (’17) and dad, Paul, also a club officer. www.holychild.org

wearefamily In Memoriam THE HOLY CHILD COMMUNITY HAS LOST MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF FAMILY MEMBERS THIS PAST YEAR; PLEASE KEEP THESE SPECIAL LOVED ONES IN YOUR PRAYERS. Frank Ahmed, grandfather of Sonia Ahmed (’11) Katina Alahouzos, mother of former Board Chair John Alahouzos and grandmother of Alex Alahouzos Dedels (’99) Raymond Anselmo, father of Luisa Anselmo Rabe (’68), Rita Anselmo Whitler (’69), Helen Anselmo Justus (’72), Doris Anselmo Smith (’73), Gina Anselmo Wade (’76) and Inez Anselmo McCormick (’79) Timothy C. Bayly, MD, grandfather of Johanna Bayly Howe (’99) and Georgia Bayly (’02)

Prized Grands THEY BEAM WITH pride, stand in awe at the

complicated lessons, and generally have a lovely time getting to know the world of Holy Child. Grandparents and other special family members gathered for the pre-Thanksgiving holiday tradition, one of the more popular family days of the year. Charlotte Barry, graduating senior, welcomed her grandparents, as did a wide array of eighth graders, including Emily Travis (top right) and Marieagustina Fabara and Francesca Petrizzo.

Jackie Daley, aunt of Carolyn Hodgson (’07) George DeLany, Jr., son of Suzanne Oros DeLany (’71) Thelma “Tim” Edwards, mother of Debby Edwards Demaree (’74) and grandmother of Lizzy Demaree (’06) and Cat Demaree (’09) Robert Hanley, father of Shannon Hanley (’86) Gabriel Hanna, father of Gracie Hanna (’06) Gabriella Daley Klatt, cousin of Jessie Ely (’11) Robert-Claude Kudiwu, husband of Denise Kudiwu and father of Tiffany Kudiwu (’11) Roberta Sayre Laux, mother of Charlie Laux Widmark (’81) and grandmother of Lindsay Widmark (’14) James Thomas Lynn, grandfather of Kelly Wilson (’08) Gloria Mansilla, mother of Paula Mansilla (’13) James Stephen McAuliffe, Jr., grandfather of Madlyn McAuliffe (’10) and Chloe McAuliffe (’13) Anthony Mario Natelli, Jr., brother of trustee Mary Natelli McCann and uncle of Nicolette McCann (’13) Susan Nelson, Class of 1988 Patrick Kevin O’Connell, brother of Jean Lutes and uncle of Melissa Lutes (’13) Donna Oros, mother of Suzanne Oros DeLany (’71) Jeanne Pender, mother of Carol Pender Sinwell (’66), Maureen Pender (’67), Mary Beth Pender (’69) and Janet Pender (’74)

Breakfast for Grads ANOTHER ENDURING HOLY CHILD tradition brings moms (and the occasional

dad) and daughters together for a break from the craziness of graduation week. Yearbooks were scanned and signed, breakfast enjoyed, and summer and college plans shared with family and classmates. Mark Yarish, with daughter Alexa, blended right in with the crowd, as well as Tiffany and Denise Kudiwu, and Taylor and Darlene Baldwin.

Margaret Mary Ryan, Class of 1972, sister of Kathy Ryan Poe (’75) and the late Mary Sharon Ryan (’71) Clemencia Sacasa, mother of Clemencia Sacasa Corzo (’69), Luisa Sacasa (’72), Annie Sacasa (’74) and Fernanda Sacasa Howard (’75) Kay Schwartz, mother of Katie Schwartz (’11) Andrea Serena, Class of 1991 Rourke Sheehan, father of Mary Sheehan (’78)

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HCtakesontheworld CC: Would you go back again? SW: In a heartbeat. I plan on going back, but next time, with tools. I’m a handyman, and I saw tons of stuff I could fix, like the loose screws on the benches at Blue Creek School. I could definitely fix those. I also want to bring things that the Holy Child girls have collected; this time I brought some retired Holy Child soccer uniforms to donate to a school. The kids played a soccer game in them and were ecstatic. CC: Were you surprised your son chose such a path? SW: His grandfather was director of refugee services for Catholic bishops, so service is in his marrow. His entire university, John Carroll, is focused on service, so I wasn’t surprised that he went in this direction.

Believing In Belize IN MORE THAN three decades as Holy Child’s athletic director, Sheila Wooters has shepherded the sports programs and hundreds of athletes to great measures of success. What many do not know is that she also raised four boys along the way. Her third son, Matthew, 23, followed a calling to service, and volunteered for Jesuit Volunteer International (JVI) for two years in the poorest part of Belize doing Catholic sacramental preparation for twenty-two parishes. (He’s now teaching in inner-city Detroit.) This spring, Mrs. Wooters visited Matthew on-site, taking a six-hour bus ride down bumpy, dusty roads, to Punta Gorda, Belize, south of Belize City. She also volunteered her time in some of the parish schools.

CC: How has this experience changed you? SW: I was shocked to see so much happiness with so much poverty. It really makes me value what I have here so much more. We know there is suffering in the world, and we say we have difficulties here in Potomac. In reality, we have minimal difficulties, comparatively speaking. Everyone once in their life should have an experience like this. My next dream is to go to teach in the Holy Child schools in Africa for a month. Each person has the responsibility to make the world a better place. —INTERVIEW BY KELLY WHELAN (’10)

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CC: What was the first thing you noticed when you got off the bus in Punta Gorda? SW: Well, first, the horrible heat. Second, how incredibly happy the people were. They were so poor, had absolutely nothing, but were so happy. CC: What did you do when you were there? SW: We visited a lot of schools. The first thing that hit me was that every student was in absolute perfect uniform. They have nothing but their uniforms. As we were driving in, we saw women washing clothes in the river with rocks, scrubbing those uniforms. The uniforms have ties, with lines across them, one for each year the student is in. The schools are different, too, with scant supplies of paper, pencils. CC: Did you do any coaching while you were there? SW: Yes, Matthew took us to several schools. Often, he must drive down bumpy roads for hours to get to different schools. One that we visited in St. Peter Claver, St. Bernadine’s, was run by two women, Ms. Kathy and Ms. Marta; it had an after-school sports program for girls known as “Girls’ Club.” Coaching in Belize made me very sad. The field they have really isn’t a field; it’s a strip of grass behind the school that has huge potholes and cans strewn all over it. Dogs run freely on it. But, the most amazing thing was that the girls didn’t really seem to care that they were running between dogs and over cans in bare feet. We played Capture the Flag and Run Rabbit Run, and the girls still had their pristine uniforms on. 16

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SPRING BREAK TRIPS have long been a Holy Child tradition. This March, Casey Gardella (’12) found herself walking in the footsteps of her mom, Colleen Christmas Gardella (’87), along the same Parisian spots that Colleen visited on her school trip twenty-five years ago to the day. www.holychild.org

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Jamaican Houses SOME FAMILIES TOOK fun trips on Presidents’ Weekend. Three Holy Child girls also took a trip, but made it worthwhile for others as well. Annie (’15) and Maggie (’13) Donatelli, Becky Ward (’14), and family members (Mary Donatelli, Jack, Emma, Maury, and Wooly Devine (’79), and John Hollingsworth) joined more than three dozen other Americans in Jamaica last February in a home-building mission trip sponsored by Food for the Poor, the third-largest international relief and development organization in the nation. In two days, equipped with hammers, paint brushes, and compassion, the group completed the construction of thirteen double-unit homes. In 2010, numerous mother-daughter and father-son humanitarian teams had worked collectively to build and paint the Cockpit Basic School in the Cockpit District of Clarendon, Jamaica. This year, the group returned to the school, where they were warmly greeted by smiling students holding banners of thanks. Other activities included the preparation and distribution of meals to the homeless at a street-feeding initiative, walking the inner city streets of southwest Kingston to witness the harsh reality of life in a developing country, and to see firsthand the difference Food For The Poor projects make in the community, including a self-sustaining fishing village. “It is hard for most people to understand the word poverty until they come face-to-face with destitution in developing countries on a mission trip,” said Robin Mahfood, Food For The Poor’s President/ CEO. This year, more than half of the group was high school or

Global Connections “O, O, O, O HOLY CHILD,” we sang the last three

words in unison and harmony, not at all disappointed in the fact that the tune was completely different from the one we had sung numerous times, decades ago. The Holy Child spirit connected us with a bond that a foreign tune simply couldn’t break. It was this connection that drew us to Philadelphia this past June where, almost thirty-five years later, we were reunited with our headmistress, Sr. Michele Puma, on the occasion of her golden jubilee, and Sr. Joanne Sullivan, our English teacher and Christian service leader. As I was growing up in Ghana, West Africa, my mother shared many great stories about her life as a student at Holy Child College in Cape

college age. Our Holy Child girls brought with them a scarf to share their school spirit, with the crest stating our motto, “Compassion, Joy, Zeal. Actions Not Words.” As Becky Ward says, “We have so much, and they have nothing. It was a good feeling to give them something, especially a place for them to live. It really makes you feel good.” —KATHY H. ELY

Coast in the early 1950s. They instilled in me a strong desire to share in that experience, and in September, 1977, my family made the long, two-hour journey to drop me off as a freshman at her school, now called Holy Child Secondary School. As my mom recalled years later, I walked into my dormitory as though I had lived there all my life. Over the next seven years, I made my own memories and built lasting relationships with other young ladies. My younger sister tells me that after just one semester, my stories sold her into continuing the tradition. Much like Connelly School of the Holy Child here in Potomac, the students there range in age from 11 to 18; but Holy Child Cape Coast school is a boarding facility. Our school uniforms reflected our school colors, with yellow shirts and brown skirts. Outside of the classroom, we wore another set of uniforms called housedresses. And for mass on Sundays, we had still another set, a traditional Ghanaian attire that had to be made out of blue and white printed fabric. I recall my eighth grade year being the most difficult academically. We had

to take fifteen subjects, including French, typing and shorthand, agriculture, geography, vernacular (choice of a Ghanaian language), and home economics. The idea was to expose students to all these options so that at the end of the year, they would choose their electives for the following year. After graduation, I had the opportunity to travel abroad, but my grandmother was weary of releasing me into the care of a family she didn’t know. Mrs. Gadzekpo Fiadjoe, who was moving to Barbados, happened to be a HOPSAN (member of the Holy Child Past Students Association). When I mentioned this to my grandmother, her comment was, “Well, she must be a good person,” and she immediately gave me her blessing. About two years ago, I decided to explore the possibility of enrolling my daughter, Mary Frances, in Holy Child in Potomac. With myself and five relatives as members of HOPSA, I was very familiar with the quality of education and the opportunity for personal growth that came along with the Holy Child experience. I particularly loved the idea of teaching the girls to give of themselves. About halfway through the school year, I asked my daughter how she felt about being a student at Holy Child. “Mom,” she said, “I am home!” — REBECCA GUMBS (’84), MOTHER OF MARY FRANCES (’13) [THIRD FROM RIGHT IN PHOTO] Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Helping others, improving ourselves

Baskets For the Needy Mrs. Dale Cummings (at left) with some of her Service Buddies crew: Brooke Van Bruygom, Michelle Barry, Meagan Rock, CeCe Garner, Sallie Collamore, and Celine Corbie.

Butterflies for Haiti THE COLORFUL BUTTERFLIES showed up on the walls, windows and doors

of the Middle School in late spring. It was a visit from an alumna that spurred this activity, all to remind the girls to bring in items to help the less fortunate. Christie Anne Short (’96), teaches at St. Patrick’s, a local elementary school. But she is also administrator of the College of Educational Excellence in Haiti, a school that serves 500 students in grades K-12. Short talked to the “Service Buddies” about the lives of her Haitian students, and asked if they would help with a project she calls “Butterflies for Haiti.” (She sponsors this project through the Life Connection Mission, see story on page 41.) The girls were asked to rally their friends and collect items of clothing, toiletries, and gently used T-shirts for the needy children in the earthquake-ravaged country. In the days that ensued, the butterflies urged girls to bring in their items: the results overflowed four boxes, and the sale of red wristbands to benefit the school raised close to $100. It’s an uplifting feeling to see the girls, and one of the mothers, Julie Rock (who has traveled to Haiti with Short to help on the project), work to make this butterfly project take off. —SARAH WILLGING WITH KATHY ELY

THE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING giving project rolled out again this year, driven by the Middle School Service Buddies. The halls were overflowing with breads and sweet potatoes and other dinner staples, with more than fifty bags of food delivered to McKenna’s Wagon in Washington, D.C. for distribution to homeless families. Many volunteers and families joined in on the collection and delivery, among them (from Left) Elizabeth Agege, Lauren Tigani, Lilly McCormick, Melissa Barrios, Grace Kavanagh, Ella Sullivan, and Celine Corbie (in front). Sophia Absire and Annie Virostek also pitched in.

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Gold team, resulting in Gold boxes around the school overflowing with diaper packs. Katie clubs joined forces for Holy Child’s first-ever Pritchard, Brietta Haynes and Pernilla Mpasi Lenten Diaper Drive. Throughout the season, did a commendable job spearheading this all students were encouraged to give up a effort, which resulted in a monumental win soda or a Starbucks once a week or more, for the Gold team (a big push toward their and use that money to purchase a package eventual win). Robin Kramer, Layette Program of diapers to help mothers in need and their Coordinator for the Christ Child Society and newborns. More than 4,674 diapers were colHoly Child alumna (’76) said about the drive, lected to support the Christ Child Society’s “Mary Virginia Merrick, the founder of the Diaper drive volunteers (from left) Cara Geils, Jori Contee-Staten, Carly Layette program, distributing, via thirty-five Christ Child Society, always believed in ‘See Diffenderfer, and Colby Evans. area hospitals, packages that also include a need and fill it.’ The students at Holy Child clothing, a handmade blanket as well as important educational information exemplify this quote, as all of you helped fill the needs of others.” The stufor a new mother during the baby’s critical first year. This school-wide Blue/ dents look forward to making this a Holy Child tradition for years to come. Gold competition, as well as a homeroom contest, started strong with the —SUZI MONTES DE OCA

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Heros In Hospital Gowns EVER SINCE I volunteered at an inner-city

clinic in Washington, DC when I was a junior, I’ve been intrigued by hospital work. When I found out that St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital was in Memphis, and that my college, Rhodes, included it as part of their service program, I knew I had to volunteer. As we drove over to Danny Thomas Boulevard, I assumed that this service experience would be just like my others. But it was so much more than I expected. The children at St. Jude’s are truly inspiring. Although they have these life-threatening diseases, they are so strong. One of the kids I met there, Matthew, age five, is battling his second round of neuroblastoma. Although he’s been given eight months and is confined to a wheelchair, he wheels himself to other wards to tell his own made-up jokes to other patients. Eight-year-old Anna loves to play hockey. At St. Jude’s, battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), she can’t play the real thing, but beats any opponent on the Wii willing to step up to the challenge. Whenever I have a bad day, I think about the heroes I met there; despite how much they suffer, they are still happy and full of life. I am so happy that Holy Child instilled in me a love of service, and I look forward to volunteering at St. Jude’s throughout my college years. —KELLY WHELAN (’10)

An Overnight to Remember THE HALLS OF Connelly Hall were filled with

laughter as a large group of students from the Washington Middle School for Girls traveled to Potomac for a fun overnight of snack and games. Holy Child is planning more ways to support our sister school, and this is one of the more popular. It was the first sleepover for one lucky WMSG student, at center with Pernilla Mpasi, Meagan Glynn, Sophia Motta, and Hannah Gessler. The rest loved all the activities, which included some sports and crafts.

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Making Friends, Having Fun

THE CHRISTMAS TREE filled with ninety-eight names at Mayfield Market is just the beginning of a warm holiday season for some very deserving young girls. The Holy Child alumnae once again celebrated the season by supporting the girls at the Washington Middle School for Girls. This endeavor has been a favorite of alumnae for many since its inception in the 1980s. The Santa Project has helped make Christmas special for several groups over the years, ranging from children of El Salvadoran refugees to local families identified by Catholic Charities. Alumna Robin Marino Hoeymans (’86), who had worked at WMSG when it first opened, thought it would be great to have Holy Child’s Alumnae Association focus their efforts on our sister school; now it’s an annual tradition. When Holy Child alumnae receive a “call to action,” they always come through. More than fifty-four alumnae either picked up one of those ornaments or sent in a check, allowing each and every girl to snuggle up in her long fleece jammies in fun prints of polka dots, fun patterns or Dora the Explorer! The Alumnae Association is grateful to Robin and Connie Coakley Caulfield (’82), for their dedication over the past five years to this special Christmas project. —SUZI MONTES DE OCA

ONE OF THE enduring clubs at Holy Child,

Best Buddies holds social events throughout the year for challenged youth, who love coming to our gym (some are held at Mercy) for the annual Halloween Costume Party and winter Beach Party. The dancing, the crafts, the snacks and laughs, really do make “buddies” out of the girls from our school and friends throughout the region, such as Holy Child’s Juliet Halprin. Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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finearts Island Time The French Antilles came to Holy Child this March as Once on this Island, the spring musical, took over the gym. Gods of love and death, nature and water, vied over mortal men and women in this Greektragedy, Caribbean-style; the popular musical is an adaptation of the fairy tale, “A Little Mermaid,” though far from the Disney take. The story brought out the acting and singing talents of a wide range of Holy Child girls (and guest guys). Musical director Elsbeth Fager directed the entire production, with the solid back-up of a strong technical team, and numerous parents operating behind the scenes.

Our island characters included Katie Kress as Ti Moune (center top) and at left with Maddie Brown (as love interest’s mom, middle left); the four goddesses (from left) Nicolette McCann, ZZ Krebs, Anabela Esteves and Maria Leyva; and Ti Moune’s parents, Pernilla Mpasi and visiting actor Isaac Schiller.

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A Dynamic Musical Duo

Instrumentalists Maria Leyva (violin), Patty Yoritomo and Keania Cooper (clarinet), and Katrina Dzyak (saxophone) made beautiful music with and without the entire school chorus. Both Mrs. Whiteley and Ms. Fager take the girls to higher and higher musical heights.

THEY STAND PROUDLY at the edge of the

stage, exhorting their performers with hands waving wildly, sometimes stepping in at the piano to give a literal hand. Choral Director Ann Whiteley and Instrumental Director Elsbeth Fager have brought real sparks to our music department since they joined forces two years ago. Mrs. Whiteley, as some of our graduates can tell you, began at Holy Child as a notable language arts and social studies teacher in the Middle School. Students remember well her seasonal outfits and prized pink flamingo, as well as her exuberance in the classroom. Prior to arriving at our school, she taught music in Canada and was delighted to make the move to teach music both in the Holy Child Upper School and in the Middle School here. She took her writing/conducting skills to new heights along with the musical program at large. As ring leader and creator of the annual Connelly Music Circus, in which she weaves academic lessons into contemporary musical numbers for each of the Middle School grades, she soars along with the range of performers who didn’t know they had it in them. (Every Middle School student participates.) Meg Dean (’12), a key member of the tech crew for the last few years, says about

her: “I can honestly say that Mrs. Whiteley has a creative soul unlike any other at Holy Child. An all-around teacher, Mrs. Whiteley taught me American and Canadian history (for she is a proud Canadian and graduate of the University of Toronto), how to play the drums, and which outfits belong on her pink flamingo, Flo. Mrs. Whiteley has talent and jokes to spare, along with a dedicated and caring personality that serve to make her an irreplaceable member of Holy Child.” She continues with her experience with Elsbeth Fager, a bit more reserved but no less talented, who took over the spring musical along with the direction of the Instrumental Ensemble. “Ms. Fager is definitely one of the greatest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with in the performing arts,” Meg says. After struggling somewhat with the sound system during Once on this Island, she continues, “I was certain, had Ms. Fager not been exuberant in motivating me to keep going with persistent kindness and rallying words of encouragement, that I would have had a complete meltdown at the next sound glitch. She is truly an inspiration for musicians and thespians alike.” A musician herself (flute, piano, and more) and graduate of Bucknell University and the University of Georgia,

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Fager can often be found turning pages for international pianists, accompanying artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell at the Kennedy Center and other local venues. “She has infinite kind words to spare and her amiable personality makes her a great woman to work with.” So when those lilting strains float out of the music room, and audiences fly to their feet for those standing ovations, you’ll know that a talented duet was there making it all happen. —KATHY H. ELY WITH MEG DEAN (’12) Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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spring week celebrating art and music, drama and dance, has long been a tradition at Holy Child. But this year, for the first time, it grew into a month, allowing each discipline to have its own week-long spotlight. The best part was “Opening Night,” complete with an art gallery reception and docents explaining each of the visual projects. Plus, there was a sampling of the musical and dramatic presentations that would roll out later in April and a “Wizard of Oz” knock-off by freshmen speech students. Kudos to our artists of all disciplines, and the hard work of our Fine Arts department for mounting such an ambitious undertaking.

Opening night was a huge success, with the art gallery a popular browsing spot throughout the month of April. ZZ Krebs (with artist mom, Nizette, at top right) took the top prizes, with her Art IV signature “Z” and acrylic “Houses in DC” among her best works. Katie Matthews had a great example of “opposites” (top middle), and the Middle School shone with their sculptures. Meagan Glynn’s colorful landscape made a big impact; She also scored with a work selected to be in the annual Strathmore Congressional art show (which actually sold). Shannen Quinn captured Meagan in a pastel portrait. Senior Sarah Allen (top left) continued her role as piano virtuoso.

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Leaps of Faith DANCE IS AN integral part of the life of Holy Child, from a Phys Ed

rotation to recitals throughout the year, both on and off campus. This year’s Fine Arts Month featured a range of styles. Dancers (from left) Katie Pritchard, Sophia Motta, and Leila Ostria brought beauty and grace to the stage in a lyrical number; the varsity dance team (top) sparkled with some hip hop, while the Middle School (bottom) wowed with a jazz number, led in part by Avery Luck and Melissa McHenry. The dance studio is a prime rehearsal space to try out your moves (see B. Haynes et al move!).

Boys Night Out THE GONZAGA CHORUS, better known as the Eye Street Boys, came to campus to deliver their spirited numbers, in conjunction with the Holy Child Chorus and on their own. Gaby Walton (’14) broke out with a rousing number, “Seasons of Love,” foreshadowing the emergence of a new Vocal Jazz Ensemble.

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There’s Gold In Them Thar Girls THE THIRD ANNUAL Connelly Music Circus, 2011 edition, once again pulled out talents the Middle School students didn’t even know they had. Integrating the lessons of Ancient Egypt, the California Gold Rush, the Roaring Twenties, and numerous other historical gems with modern iTunes, each grade delivered entertaining musical numbers to rousing applause. Ann Whiteley reprised her role as writer/director auteur, and showed yet again that history doesn’t have to be stuffy.

The Middle School Circus rolled out numerous historic numbers, per grade: The sixth grade started the ancient journey in Egypt, with mummies (Grace Kavanagh) and Cleopatra (Anastasia Furman, with attendant Kaiya Robinson), and pyramid builders Rose Meima and Natalie Aresta-Katz (on bottom), Gena Witt and Elena Yeutter as tourists, and Sara Simmonds (top) as their guide; the seventh grade’s Wild, Wild West featured the Gold Rush 49ers and their mail order brides (middle right), including (from left) Lizzy Cornfield, Caroline Stricker, Kelly Russell, Kelsey Brigati, and Izzy Pfleiger (also in middle in photo above, flanked by Caroline Holmes and Isabelle Tyshing). The eighth grade rounded out the night acting out the Roaring Twenties, complete with suffragettes (Sarah Vermillion) and flappers.

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Collaboration, a class project and the culmination of the musical year, featured the Glee gals: Maria Leyva (top left), who wrote the story and the piece; the instrumental ensemble, with guest drummer K.T. Prominski; and Vocal Jazz, at their last performance: (from left) Katie Kress, Anabela Esteves, Mimi Leiter, Maria, ZZ Krebs, and Maddie Brown (in chair).

A Gleeful Performance I REMEMBER THE day we decided on the Glee theme for

Collaboration. I was talking to my friend Patty Yoritomo on the way home from school, and I remember suggesting, “We could do Motown. Glee did this really good cover of ‘Keep Me Hangin on...’ or we could do Beatles...there’s a really good Glee arrangement of ‘Hello Goodbye....’” And then, as if the thought occurred to us at the exact same moment, we both squealed “GLEE!” It was from there that the show came from an idea to fruition. I wrote the script, we picked music, and got to work. I wanted to do something different from previous years, something that people would remember. Although the musical revues we had done in past years had been great and showcased much of our school’s musical talent, I wanted to put on a show that would be both musically impressive and entertaining. My vision was for

Collaboration to be a mini-musical: a show that displayed musical as well as dramatic talents. The show was a live episode of Glee: the stage was our television and the audience our viewers. I’m still amazed that the Instrumental Ensemble and the Jazz Ensemble were able to put on such a fantastic show in such a short amount of time; everyone worked so hard. And thanks to everyone’s improvisational skills, we were able to compensate for our lack of rehearsal and stage time. Working with both ensembles was a real treat, and I am delighted that we could share some of our “glee” with our school and the broader community. —MARIA LEYVA, a fouryear member of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Instrumental Ensemble (violin), and a regular in school musicals, has headed off to Catholic University this fall.

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A Salty Reaction? YES, THERE WAS chemistry between the girls and

boys on those May afternoons, but all in the cause of discovering the unknown ion. The Upper School students at Holy Child and Landon had both been learning how to qualitatively analyze ionic compounds in the laboratory, and their respective teachers came up with a great “challenge.” Using a good working knowledge of solubility, equilibrium, and reactivity, the Landon AP Chemistry students traveled to Holy Child on May 9 to perform an analysis of an unknown salt in cooperation with the girls in Mrs. Place’s AP class. The pairs (one student from each school) gathered again a week later at Landon, in another Ms. Place’s class—Sacha Place, our teacher’s daughter! (It was her idea for the challenge; who knew we had such a dynamic scientific family duo in our midst.) The students were a model of collaboration as they identi-

fied two salts during their sessions, performing focused, logical, cooperative work to achieve a scientific goal. The teachers both noted the students’ impressive ability to communicate about chemistry and their open-mindedness about working with new lab partners. And the students got a kick out of it as well. Junior Julianne Pearson commented, “Combining the two chemistry classes was an incredibly fun and unique experience. I know we all thoroughly enjoyed working together with the other Ms. Place’s AP class, and I would most definitely hope to do something like it again!” —KATHY H. ELY, WITH SACHA PLACE

ling, featuring a brand new theater and Phylicia Rashad, known to most as Bill Cosby’s wife on the long-running “Cosby Show.” Mr. Wicker and Mrs. Tobey took a group of Upper School students to see an historical drama, Every Tongue Confess, in December; the play, set in “the backwater town of Boligee, Alabama during the summer of 1996, uses biblical allegory to examine familial relationships during a wave of black church burnings.” Six students were fortunate enough to be featured on PBS sharing their reactions to the performance as well as perspectives on race, tolerance and how to live in unity regardless of cultural differences. (There are also video interviews with Rashad and playwright Marcus Gardley.) The videos are still available on the www.pbs.org, under the Student Voices archive.

Robots March On A STRONG COMMUNITY of professionals and hobbyists alike has ripened its interest in uniting the childhood pleasure of Legos with tomorrow’s technologies. Holy Child has joined this movement with zeal; last year, a Middle School class provided the girls hands-on experience with Lego robotics. With the support of faculty and staff alike, these eager young minds have expanded upon their fascination with the engineering possibilities of robots and androids. Beginning with the tiny endeavors of piecing together the Lego set to resemble a robot’s structure, the girls (including Ren McFaden and Lily Morton) were eager to program and test their designs under the patient guidance of technology experts (and IT staffers) Justin Gordon and Juan Ramirez. These small tasks rapidly evolved into the highly technical, intricate feats of robots waltzing around the computer lab, chasing after balls, and performing what seemed to be gravity-defying gymnastics routines. (Take a look at these exploits on the HC Robotics webpage, www.youtube.com/hcrobotics, along with the jovial faces of the satisfied robotics team.) While software codes are indeed available online, offering outlines to be re-created and mimicked, the Holy Child girls yearn for more. Fostering their imaginations and visions as true engineers, these girls harnessed the codes, expanded upon the drafts, and created entirely new programs unique to HC Robotics. These creations include those of robotic sleigh-drawn carriages, robotic weapons, and flying objects propelled by robotic engines. Aspiring one day to participate in communal and even international competitions, HC Robotics will continue to challenge its students and foster intellectual freedom—and create engineers along the way. –KATRINA DZYAK (’12) 26

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Immigration Central

Surviving the Holocaust THE WORDS “rapt with attention” certainly applied as Mrs. Melitta

Stein spun her tale for the eighth grade students and their teachers as well as interested freshmen. In preparation for a trip to the Holocaust Museum, the 82-year-old Holocaust survivor shared her personal story of survival in stark detail. It was a striking lesson for the girls, as Mrs. Stein spoke of being taken as a 14-year-old, having no food let alone the latest shoes, not knowing if she would survive, losing her family members one by one. The girls (Becca Rizkalla, Colby Evans, and Marieagustina Fabara) were curious about her tattoed number, and she was glad to show them, giving witness, as she said, to an historic era that should never be repeated.

IN ANOTHER LIVING history project, the eighth grade simulated the Ellis Island experience, getting checked in as immigrants, experiencing the packing of all their belongings, the questioning, the “sick vs. healthy” declarations, and more. Then they physically went on their New York trip to see the real embarkation point and the Ellis Island Museum, made all the more real by their preparations.

Buen trabajo, bon travail! KUDOS TO OUR Spanish and

Shakespeare Comes to Life OUR STUDENTS LOVE fashion, even the

Elizabethan kind. Seniors Carol Lucarelli, Ashley Terrell, and Alexa Yarish get ready for their Shakespeare lesson. It was just one of the “acting out” segments of the year. Students made videos as Hamlet declaring “To be or not to be,” became Willy Loman, et al, from Death of a Salesman, did Beowulf updates, among others. Staff was warned that the yelling coming out of a classroom wasn’t real! Check out some examples on the website under Academics.

French students, who made a splash in two national exams this year. Approximately eighty-two of our girls took the National Spanish Exam, the first time we participated in this test sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Our students brought home two silver med- One of Sra. Meyer’s Spanish classes created a news show entirely in Spanish, complete with sports, promos, and anchor banter. als and one bronze, along with twenty-nine honorable mentions, a fine accomplishment. National Director Kevin CessnaBuscemi notes that “Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student…is very prestigious, because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with 140,373 students participating in 2011.” Our medal winners were Ashley Arcidiacono and Paula Mansilla (silver) and Julianne Pearson (bronze). Holy Child returned to the French Grand Concours after a seven-year hiatus. With 60 students participating, a dozen were awarded a Certifica de Réussite, achieving between the 50th and 75th percentile in the country. Luci Giorgio achieved a national ranking in the top 20 percent. Six students in the French 3 Honors, French 4 Honors and French 5 AP classes scored in the top 20 percent of the Maryland Chapter of the Association of American French Teachers, with four students in French 2 and French 3 Honors scoring in the top 25 percent. All of this recognition is a great honor for the students and their teachers. Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Civil Rights In Action TO MANY, it’s just a history chapter, with talk of marches and speeches and lives lived apart. But students from both the Middle and Upper Schools experienced up close many of the people and places of this great movement this past spring. Following a visit from youth pastor Rev. Richard Bowen to speak to our eighth graders, several students and teachers returned to his church, the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Site of numerous speeches from Dr. Martin Luther King during the sixties, the church President Obama and his family chose for Easter services, Shiloh holds a special place in the civil rights timeline…and for one eighth grader, Lauren Smith, whose family are members of the congregation. The two-hour service, full of joyous music with a visiting choir, was inspirational, but the welcome of the members was even better. Classmate Louisa Hurt said, “Everyone at Shiloh was welcoming, had a smile on their face, and some even hugged us. During the service, we were asked to stand up and introduce ourselves, which made us feel especially welcomed.” But the members of this year’s AP History class also experienced living history, as they uncovered a wealth of personal stories as they researched the civil rights movement in our own backyard, and actually added to the oral record of the time. (See related story by our librarian at right.) —KATHY H. ELY

Eighth graders Lauren Smith and Louisa Hurt, joined by Sarah Willging and Mary Hopkins, were thrilled to experience the historic church.

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The coffeehouse welcomed a strong slate of guests; Molly Virostek with interviewee Ruby Rubens, a social worker and civil rights activist; Sonia Ahmed got a real education from her 90-something, very knowledgable subject, Nina Clarke, a longtime principal who remembers the days of schools for blacks being burned.

Making History HISTORY CAN REPEAT itself: each year, the United States History students tackle the oral history project, an important part of the social studies core curriculum. This year, the AP U.S. History class focused their oral projects on the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery County and surrounding areas. As any Holy Child alumna can tell you, this year-long project involves heavy preparation, a mountain of research, and the difficult task of finding just the right someone to interview. Throughout the project, the students step out of their role of receiving information and become the one writing history–quite a switch! The students learned straight from their interviewees’ lives, delving into first-person accounts of school and workplace integration, political tensions, African-American communities, and also the struggle for African-American women during the tumultuous times. They discovered local teachers and young people who experienced segregation up close; even MS religion teacher Sarah Willging and her husband contributed their memories—both grew up and work in the area, and had very different experiences as students in local schools. Holy Child librarian Sarah Stonesifer aided the class from the preliminary research stage through finding an interviewee and analyzing the findings. “It is so impressive,” Ms. Stonesifer says, “that the students are able to encapsulate a slice of an era within an oral history project. I tried to emphasize the importance of what they’re doing; they are not only recording history, but becoming a part of history by participating in the process.” www.holychild.org

achievements Dancing in the Big Time BEING ABLE TO dance at the Kennedy Center is a

great honor that a lot of people don’t get to have. I was surprised when I got a part in the Joffrey Ballet’s 2010 production of the Nutcracker. The auditions were around Thanksgiving—I was pulled to the side in a group of about ten kids; we all had a feeling that we had parts. I got the part of a Mounted Mouse (part of the soldier battle scene). I got to meet many of the performers backstage and they were all very kind to all of the children. The backstage of the Opera House theatre is amazing. I never thought I would have the skills to be able to be on that stage. When I auditioned for Dance Theater of Harlem, I was nervous because I was really hoping to get in. I was very surprised when I got the letter in the mail and even more surprised when, later on in the year, I was moved up into Level II. I was honored to be a part of the pre-residency program with them. I got to meet Arthur Mitchell, Lorraine Graves, and Robert Garland. They are exceptional teachers and great people. They made classes fun and energetic. There was a culmination event in April, where all of the partici-

pants demonstrated what they had learned over the course of the program. My favorite part was when Mr. Mitchell gave us instructions and made us laugh. After DTH ended, I had to focus on my normal dance classes at Ballet de Volée in Rockville, MD. We were getting ready for our end of the year production, this year called On Wings of Wonder. I had a wonderful time performing my two pieces, an ensemble piece from Peasant Pas De Deux and a solo, a piece from Giselle. Everyone—even me!— was surprised at how good my solo was. The next step for me was getting a role with the Royal Danish Ballet, the third oldest ballet company in the world, this past June. I was cast to dance in the well-known masterpiece Napoli (The Fisherman and His Bride). When I tried out, they picked the girls that would fit into the costumes. I was picked because they needed tall girls and I was the tallest girl there. All I did was stand on the bridge in the third act and clap with the Danish children, but it was a fun experience, nevertheless. I got autographs from some of the dancers, talked with

them when we were leaving the stage, and totally enjoyed myself. I never knew that all of my hard work would eventually pay off, and that my skill would get me these amazing experiences. I am so glad that I have had the chance to be a part of these great ballets, and I look forward to expanding my dance resume in the coming year. —STEFANI MURRAY, (’16)

National Honor Society Scholars IN CEREMONIES FOR students and parents, a proud group of students lit their candles representing the

Class of 2011:

four pillars of the NHS (character, scholarship, leadership, and service); they signed the national registry signifying their allegiance with a select membership. Students shared experiences of giving to the community, of compassion and caring and academic prowess, both in the classroom and out. A giant nod goes to the juniors and seniors who achieved membership in this fine society, which also offers tutoring and runs the annual blood drive and daffodil sale during the year.

Sonia Ahmed (President) Sarah Allen Madeleine Brown Claire Bruno Jessica Ely Anabela Esteves Catherine Fielding Luciana Giorgio Cosenzo Emma Gonzalez Joanna Hess Nizette Krebs Maria Leyva Carol Lucarelli Grace Marra Katherine McCormick Melanie Mikus Margaret Pauliukonis

Kathryn Prominski Shannen Quinn Mary Schwartz Alexa Yarish Patricia Yoritomo

Class of 2012: Meg Dean Kathryn Dunne Katrina Dzyak Madison Glueckert Olivia Hussey Catherine Overly Julianne Pearson Katie Pritchard Meghan Rowan Rachel Thomas Molly Virostek Kelsey Warren

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Get The Point? THE STRIKING MASKS, the white uniforms, the elegant epées and foils of fencing have made their mark on the PE program for years. Rising senior Kirsten Alman, who started fencing as a sophomore, took to the sport immediately. In just months, she qualified for the Summer Nationals, the most competititive annual event in the United States, after taking a silver in the regionals. She keeps sharp by fencing year-round, practicing a minimum of four nights a week and competing most weekends locally and around the country. This past spring, she did us all proud by participating in the Junior Olympics in Dallas, Texas.

Presenting Liliana DRA. GRACIELA GARCIA, Upper School Spanish teacher, joined a prestigious panel this summer when she presented a paper at the national convention of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Her work, “Liliana Heker: crítica y ficción” (criticism and fiction), stood in high esteem along with that of the other two panelists, college professors. Way go, Dra.

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A White House Christmas HERE’S A NICE memento to hang in your house: a picture with the President. Sophomore Bridget Cahill, whose mom, Donna, works for the Department of Homeland Security, was lucky enough to accompany her mom to the White House Christmas Party, and has this nice souvenir of the moment. (The picture we didn’t take was of the Sidwell MS basketball team, which visited Holy Child the same week. It was fun to play against the president’s daughter, even if we did lose.) 30

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Salute our Scholar CONGRATULATIONS TO MIDDLE School Head Mary Hopkins,

who completed her Certificate of Study at the Kennedy Center’s Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) program. (The May awards ceremony, topped off with a performance of Follies, was just icing on the cake.) Now we have our own Arts Scholar in residence. www.holychild.org

facultynews Empowering Students and Teachers SUPPORT TAKES MANY forms at Holy Child, and often, working with students with ADHD comprises a big part of our work in the Academic Support Office. So it was a real joy for Shauna Kopit and Kathy Famulare to be able to take Jodi Sleeper-Triplett’s course, Coaching Teens and College Students with ADHD, this past summer. Sleep-Tripplett, the renowned author of Empowering Youth with ADHD, has more than thirty-five years of experience coaching students with ADHD, and her company, JST Coaching, trains ADHD coaches all over the world. Shauna and Kathy gained a greater understanding of the importance of coaching these students, with a focus on the whole person, and have learned many new strategies to bring to them in areas of organization, time management, and study skills help. They gained new insights into the latest research on the neurobiology of ADHD and how it affects all areas of a person’s life; they will share all with their fellow faculty members. “Understanding how our students learn,” says Famulare, “is important for how we approach empowering them with the tools they need to experience success.”

European Notes INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DIRECTOR Elsbeth Fager

enriched her musical knowledge this summer with a rich musical journey. She started out in Vienna, “the most musical city,” she says, where costumed Mozarts “were everywhere, advertising performances all over.” At opera houses, museums, and more than a few composers’ homes, she was immersed in musical history with actual artifacts and surroundings. Before heading to Italy and Greece (including “coffee with Verdi”), she strolled the countryside where Beethoven found his inspiration for his Symphony No. 6 Pastorale and even discovered a children’s book and the town of Hildegarde von Bingen, one of the first recognized female composers. Inspiring, indeed!

FACULTY PROFILE

Barbara Meyer:

Twenty Years and Counting YOU MAY KNOW her as Barb, Coach Meyer, Sra. Meyer… chances are, your paths have crossed. Meyer, head of Holy Child’s foreign language department and teacher of the highest level language courses as well as Humanities, is celebrating twenty years of teaching at the school. In addition to these tasks and coaching the JV softball team, she has worn many hats over her tenure, from student council and MOAS advisor to co-advisor of the NHS. She is a stalwart on the faculty, and a favorite among the students—who may fear her before they get into her tough classes but love her and her gifts when they leave. But you may not be aware of other things about her: Home: I grew up in Toms River, NJ, on the Jersey Shore; have also lived in Delaware, Maryland, and Madrid, Spain. Age: Old in body, young in heart and mind Professional Background: I currently teach AP Spanish, Spanish IV/V H, Spanish II and Humanities; I’ve taught Spanish at all levels, MS through 12th grade. I taught English when I lived in Madrid. Educational Background: BA, University of Delaware; Certificado, U of Madrid; MA, Middlebury College Hobbies: Reading, traveling, cooking, museums, organizing, being with my family Family: Married with two college-age children Most memorable moment at Holy Child: There are too many to name. Funniest moment in the classroom: Probably those clumsy ones when you back into a chair or the chalk (oops, dry erase marker) goes flying out of your hand. My favorite funny moments are when one of the girls says something innocently silly and the class breaks up. Favorite books: I’m an avid reader and like all kinds of genres, but prefer books that make me think. I tend towards suspense in my personal reading, and my reading-to-learn favorites are history and Latin American and Spanish literature. Favorite movie: Precious, a very powerful movie with great acting Latest Accomplishment: Redesigned the curriculum for the 20th-Century Humanities course to make it more media-centered and interactive. Why I Do What I Do: I love doing it. Teaching is such a dynamic, engaging career that gives you the opportunity to be always mentally involved and learning. Quote: Read, read, read! Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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athletics Seniors thrill to have a championship in their final game: (from left) Katie Tkac, Kate McCormick, Sarah Falk, Shannen Quinn, Casey Dell ‘Isola, and Brynn Raffensperger. Coach Sarah Aschenbach was equally happy at the high-scoring play of MVP, freshman Mary Claire Byrne. A lacrosse play day for local middle school teams was a big success.

A Double Banner Year IT WAS AN exciting spring for varsity sports, with both softball and lacrosse winning their divisions—the first time in school history that we double bannered in a single season! Both squads made it past strong opponents in ISL A, going all the way through the tournaments to appear in the championship games. Lacrosse beat GDS in

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a nail-biter, overtime contest, with freshman Mary Claire Byrne scoring four of the total six goals in the Bullis stadium. Softball had a strong showing into the final day, losing a heartbreaker to GDS on the Bullis field despite strong play by our mixed squad of veteran and freshmen players.

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Senior Jessie Ely, a three-sport varsity athlete for most of her Holy Child career, took home the top prize; freshman Katie Rose Marvin takes the coach’s award in tennis again.

Star Bursts IT WAS A stellar evening all around, celebrating the stars of all Holy Child

sports, in talent, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship. Close to 300 students, parents, coaches, and friends filled the gym at the reinstated Athletic Awards Banquet for a lovely dinner and support of the thirteen varsity sports and their players in the Upper School. Each squad selected one of their own for the Team Award; the Coach’s Award went to the player who exemplified the attributes most important to each leader. Top awards went to those students who have shown special qualities throughout the years (see below). Warm wishes went to all winners and their coaches, and that wasn’t just because of the extreme heat of the evening. It was a fine tradition to carry on.

Senior Mel Mikus (opposite page) was a fouryear starting pitcher on the team; junior Blair McFaden managed the third-base hot corner and was a hot hitter to boot. Center fielder K.T. Prominski (left) kept the champion team laughing and kept flyballs in check.

Renaissance Award

For participation on three sports and the dance team over the course of a year

Casey Gardella

Freshman of the Year

For all-around good attitude and performance by a 9th grader

Mary Claire Byrne

Unsung Heroine

For an individual who supports the programs in innovative ways

K.T. Prominski

Tiger Club Award

For sportsmanship, pride, and commitment to the athletic community

Melanie Mikus

Alumna Hall of Fame Erin Kemp

Class of 2001, current HC swim coach

Kosch-Craig Award

For the enthusiastic and dedicated sportswoman who is hardworking, exhibits leadership, and is respectful of Holy Child

Jessie Ely

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Chloe McAuliffe was the top scorer this year (and all-ISL); freshman Jessica Johnston stepped strongly into the goalie’s shoes after a senior injury; senior Natalie Parvizian added spurts of speed.

Smart On and Off the Field ONCE AGAIN, our soccer team has garnered national recognition by maintaining a team average GPA of 3.25 or higher (we were, in fact, closer to a 3.6 overall). Congratulations to our scholar/athletes of the 2010-2011 season! They showed their mettle on the field as well, garnering a winning season under the experienced leadership of Coach Malagari.

A Real Pro WE KNEW OUR coach was talented, but it’s

nice to see her recognized in the pro ranks as well. Varsity Soccer Coach Danielle Malagari was selected for the DC United Women squad, new to the league this year. Danielle had played for the now defunct Washington Freedom team. The United women gave the home town a good show, playing an undefeated home stand at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds in its premiere season this past summer.

Sticking Out Once again, field hockey showed its mettle under the direction of coach Joanne Engstrom. A team with strong veterans and surging freshmen scored a slew of goals, and made it another exciting season. Katie Tkac and Mary Claire Byrne won the end-of-the-season awards.

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Eileen Williams (left) continued her driving point guard role as a sophomore, while freshman Talley Britt brought a strong outside shot and stealing expertise to varsity. Defensive power Jessie Ely brought tenacity to her leadership role, fighting through numerous injuries.

Basketball DESPITE A STUMBLE in the middle of the season, varsity basketball once again finished strong, making it to the semi-final game in the ISL championship tourney. After beating Madeira twice in as many days, the Tigers put together a tough fight against rival St. Andrew’s, whom they had beaten during the regular season in a thriller in their gym. Although they fell in this final outing, it was an action-packed, exciting and winning season, another triumph for a veteran team under the leadership of Coach Jamie Ready.

College Bound CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order for senior Brynn Raffensperger (with parents, Paul and Julie), who signed her Letter of Intent early on to play lacrosse for Fairfield University in Connecticut. Brynn, who has excelled under Coach Sarah Aschenbach (right) and on club teams throughout her high school career, follows last year graduate Abby Sanders, who is diving for Fairfield. Other of Coach Aschenbach’s varsity players will also be breaking into the college playing ranks: Sarah Falk will be playing at Salisbury University and Casey Dell’Isola at George Washington University. In addition, Alexa Yarish will be playing soccer for Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania. Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Lapping It Up THE SWIM TEAM made a big splash this year, both in and out of the pool. The squad tied for 5th place in the ISL (out of 32 teams), two places higher than last season. Alexa Popera (second from left) once again distinguished herself, breaking more than one school record over the season, and winning the ISL All League spot for the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:11/60. (She’s joined by teammates with style Christine Crocker, Heather Lamb and Fannie Benziger in senior day picture.) Coach Erin Kemp (who was named to the HC sports Hall of Fame this year) was proud that her team earned the Scholar Team Award from National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America, Inc. (“NISCA”), which recognizes teams achieving high academic standards, based on the average cumulative grade point of the entire team. The Holy Child Swim and Dive Team, which received a bronze level award, was one of only two girls swim teams in the entire Washington Metro Area to receive a NISCA Scholar Team Award for 2011.

Volleying for Glory THE POPULARITY OF volleyball is increasing, so much so that this year, a freshmen team was formed to accommodate all of the interest. We had three sisters on the team again, senior Monica Rizkalla and freshmen twins Chella, and Becca (at right); excitement came on all fronts, especially with strong sets, often delivered by junior Kelsey Warren.

Riding High THE 2010-11 EQUESTRIAN TEAM enjoyed a very successful and action-packed year. Both the JV and varsity teams competed monthly against more than forty other teams at shows, winning many points for Holy Child. JV rider Sarah Holladay (’16) rode to victory at the Invitational show, winning top honors in her division for Holy Child. The team was captained by senior Katie Schwartz, who also won the Raskauskus Family Cup for high point rider. Holy Child fields the largest team in the Interschool League and will remain competitive in the coming year. Congratulations, Riding Tigers! (front row) Louisa Hurt, Sarah Holladay, Cat MacCormack, Hailey Nulsen, Ingrid Langer; (back) Aoife Magner, Anne Bolen (advisor), Ella Sullivan, Morgan Schmidt, Maya Whitaker, Bernie Coyle, Lizzy Cornfeld, Katrin Treichel, Anastasia Furman, Meredith Barber, Rose Meima

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Running Strong BOTH CROSS-COUNTRY and numerous

Love Those Tennis Players

track events continue to attract a strong set of athletes. Alex Guntle (with parents at her senior match) will be running for her college team at La Salle; Middle School athletes Rita Tomon and Sara Simmonds hope to run in her footsteps.

FRESHMAN KATIE ROSE MARVIN made it to the ISL final

match in the fall, the first time this has happened in more than twenty-five years at Holy Child! She fought a tough battle, eventually losing to Maret’s top player. Four girls actually advanced to the semifinals, another fine accomplishment for our tennis program; several lost by only single digits. Congratulations to Katie Rose, as well as Katherine Dunn, Jackie Brackett, and Maddie Glueckert.

All-League Players

Kudos to the players who were selected to the All-ISL teams in their respective sports: Basketball:

Soccer:

Melanie Mikus and Eileen Williams

Chloe McAuliffe

Field Hockey:

Softball:

Katie Tkac; Anna Smith (Honorable Mention)

Blair McFaden and Betsi Micholas

Lacrosse:

Alexa Popera

Mary Clair Byrne, Casey Dell’Isola and Sarah Falk

Swim: Tennis: Katie Rose Marvin

The Sporting Life PHYS ED AT Holy Child is a

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Middle School Rules

Olivia Fanning and Laura Anastasi (playing soccer and basketball, respectively) were stand-out seventh graders.

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Five Decades and Counting...

Carrying on Tradition

Save The Dates WE LIKE SEEING YOU ALL, AND HOPE YOU’LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE CAMPUS EVENTS TO RECONNECT WITH OLD FRIENDS, FROM YOUR CLASS AND BEYOND.

Dear Alumnae: I hope you have come across this page as you discover the wonderful things going on at Holy Child. I think we can all agree that our school just gets better with age. This coming school year is a particularly special one for Holy Child as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary. This is the year to engage and celebrate your time here! As always, the Alumnae Association continues to serve as a great way for you to stay in touch with friends and classmates, meet and network with fellow graduates, and hear about the latest happenings at our alma mater. However, we cannot spread all of the good news if we cannot contact you, so please take the time today to ensure your contact information is up to date (visit the alumnae section of the website www.holychild.org). We also have a group page for all alumnae classes on Facebook, and I encourage you to join to receive updates and invitations as well as connect with former classmates. (The school will be launching its own “fan page” this fall, we hope you’ll “like” it.) Finally, make sure to share your news and ideas with your class representatives. We know our alums are doing some pretty special things and we would love to spread the word. As you know well, Holy Child alumJOIN US nae share a very special bond. Whether ON FACEBOOK FOR PHOTOS you graduated almost fifty years ago or just AND IN-SCHOOL AND POSTfive weeks ago, the Holy Child tradition is GRAD HAPPENINGS. FIND US AT one that you carry with you wherever you This tradition has taught us leadership, WWW.FACEBOOK.COM, SEARCH go. friendship, love, and respect. As a member FOR CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE of the Holy Child Alumnae Association, you can ensure that those values remain HOLY CHILD ALUMNAE. integral to the school’s spirit by volunteering at school events, engaging with your sister alums in the Association, and considering Holy Child as a recipient of your philanthropic financial planning. Thank you for your commitment and continued support! I look forward to meeting and hearing from as many of you as possible. Please do not hesitate to send your input and suggestions to me at jessi.frend@gmail.com.

BE OUR FRIEND!

HCalumnae

REUNION WEEKEND Saturday, October 1, 2011 Blue/Gold Games and Community Barbecue (day); Alumnae Reception (evening) Sunday, October 2, 2011 Anniversary Celebration Mass; brunch follows (His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick presiding) GOLF AND TENNIS CLASSIC Friday, October 21, 2011 MAYFIELD MARKET Saturday & Sunday, November 19 & 20, 2011 THE RETURN OF THE COLLEGE FRESHMEN Wednesday, January 4, 2012 BINGO Saturday, February 25, 2012 CAREER DAY April—date TBA TIGER TROT Sunday, April 15, 2012 SPRING GALA—“PROM NIGHT” Saturday, April 28, 2012 MOTHER-DAUGHTER FASHION SHOW Sunday, May 20, 2012

Sincerely, Jessica Williams Frend (’01)

BACCALAUREATE MASS/ ALUMNAE INDUCTION Thursday, May 31, 2012 GRADUATION Friday, June 1, 2012

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Coming Home

Holy Child Alumnae Are Reunited

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REUNIONS HAPPEN, sometimes spontaneously, with week-

ends at the beach or a random lunch, or carefully orchestrated to get all of those far-flung classmates back at school. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect with those Tiger alumna; you may find you have more in common now than when strolling the Holy Child halls.

Career Day

Homecoming Weekend

April—date TBA

Calling all alumnae! Do you remember being seventeen and wondering what you wanted to do with your life? Much has changed, but uncertainty about the future has not. This is your chance to share your experiences with the students. Maybe you took an unconventional path to your perfect job or you are still figuring it out; your story may point them in just the right direction. If you have any interest in enhancing our family of future alumnae, please contact Shannon Pitcher Van Why (’97) at svanwhy@holychild.org. 40

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The Perfect Fit IT WOULD BE an understatement to say that the Hess family has made its

mark on Holy Child. With all three of their girls now graduated from the school, Chuck and Karen Hess, who each served two terms on the Holy Child Board of Trustees, believe that it was the “perfect fit for our family.” Being on the Board of Trustees gave Karen and Chuck the opportunity to feel a part of everything that was happening at Holy Child. Karen was head of the Mission Effectiveness Committee and the Academic Affairs Committee, while Chuck was head of the Building and Grounds Committee. “It was an honor,” they both say, “to work with the dedicated staff, teachers, administration, and past and present parents.” Both could be seen regularly on the sports sidelines, at the Gala and most social events, with many friends throughout the community. Going to Holy Child gave three distinctly different sisters a common bond; a place where they would make their own lifelong friends, prepare for their different college experiences, and expand their individual talents. Katie (’99) (at left) played field hockey and lacrosse and was also a member of the environmental club. She went on to study biology at Susquehanna. Formerly with the EPA, Katie is now a professor of biology at Montgomery College. She and her husband, Rick, are expecting their first child in January. Nicki (’02) (at right) played soccer, basketball, and lacrosse and was a member of Best Buddies. She majored in psychology at John Carroll in Ohio. She now spends her days in the halls of her old school, working at Holy Child as a learning specialist. JoJo (’11), being the youngest, “basically grew up on the sidelines of Holy Child sporting events or racing through the halls after school hours.” When it was finally her turn to enter the Middle School, she was already well accustomed to the Holy Child community. JoJo, who brought her fashion sense to all events, also played field hockey and softball at Holy Child. She’s heading

Supporting Haiti IMAGINE CHILDREN GROWING up in a community without

public schools, a medical clinic, or garbage collection; who sleep on dirt floors in mud homes that lack electricity and running water; and whose parents make less than two dollars a day, cannot read, and die in their fifties. In rural Montrouis, Haiti, a poor village in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, closer to Holy Child’s campus than Austin, Texas, this imaginary world is a reality for many children. Responding to the call from Luke 12:48, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be required,” Christie Anne Short (’96) has worked tirelessly to serve the children of Montrouis. In addition to her day job here in Maryland, as a fourth grade teacher at St. Patrick’s Catholic School, she serves on the board of Life Connection Mission, a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities and hope for impoverished Haitian children and their families. Life Connection Mission provides education at the Mission’s school;

off to her first year at Gettysburg this fall. The Hess family has deep roots in the D.C. region—Karen grew up in Washington, while Chuck is from Bethesda; both graduated from the University of Maryland. They were drawn to Holy Child because of the friendly, comfortable atmosphere, which made them feel at home right from the start. After sending their three girls there, Karen and Chuck now cherish the school that was able to “recognize that Katie, Nicki, and JoJo each had different interests, abilities, and needs, and helped each one to reach her full potential.” While the Hess’s proclaim that Holy Child was the perfect fit for their family, one cannot help but realize that the Hess family was a perfect fit for Holy Child—giving back in many ways much of what they have received. —GRETTA BUCKLEY (’09), WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KELSEY ALBANESE (’09)

ministry and training for community leaders; medical and surgical support services; and food distribution in Montrouis. Christie Anne spearheads the Mission’s school sponsorship program, through which she matches families in the United States with children in Montrouis. Thirty dollars a month from each family–less than many of us spend on Starbucks–enables a child in Montrouis to attend school and receive books, supplies, a uniform, and a daily hot lunch. Through Christie Anne’s efforts, five hundred Haitian children have been sponsored by families in the United States. This spring, she enlisted the HC Middle School to help on the “Butterflies for Haiti” initiative. (See that story on page 18.) She travels to Haiti three times each year to meet the children in person, and says, “Nothing has brought me greater joy than seeing the smiles on the faces of some of God’s neediest children and knowing I have had some part of it. I recognize all of my success in the Mission is due to the tremendous support of my family, friends, and the St. Patrick’s Community.” You can find out more by writing to christieanne@lifeconnectionmission.org. —MARTHA NGUYEN (’95) Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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A Capitol Moment IT WAS AN inspiring scene when Ericka Rojas (’05) took to the dais at this year’s Gala; inspiring that an alumna has made so much of what she was given, inspiring that so many have made it possible for others to follow in her footsteps. As Ericka told the crowd, “I was born in Washington, D.C. to Edwin Rojas, a single father who immigrated to this country during the 1960s from Guatemala. My father dreamed that I, his only daughter, achieve the ‘American Dream’ to gain a higher education to pursue a respectable career— something that my grandparents [with her and Mrs. Appel at right] only dreamed of when they arrived to the United States almost 50 years ago. Working only down the road, my father hoped that I would someday attend Holy Child, as he knew the great impact an education within these walls had on the young women who had graduated. This dream of my late father, God rest his soul, was made possible, coupled with my good grades and his hard work, through donations to the financial aid fund, likely by many of you sitting here today. I thank you. “Holy Child was the foundation for my ability to succeed academically with honor. “I still consult to Cornelia Connelly’s ‘Actions, not words,’ in evidence from the first day I entered Holy Child. Especially welcoming was the friendliness towards my father, who was welcomed, just as I was, into the close-knit community. My friends’ mothers considered him one of their own. He attended every sports practice and game, and made certain he was available to help out with events that needed parent volunteers.” Ericka went on to detail her path following Holy Child; doublemajoring at Fairfield University (Political Science and History), minoring in five different subjects, and still graduating in three years. She studied abroad in Florence, Sicily, Ireland, and Nicaragua. Ericka emphasized not only her success, but that of others: “I am sure you are aware,” she said, “of how successful your daughter and her peers are today because of Holy Child. Where are my peers and I today? She is in Mali and Peru serving in the Peace Corps; she is working as a paralegal in the Department of Justice; she is a nurse at the

Georgetown University Hospital; she is in New York City working in media; she is graduating with a masters in Mechanical Engineering; and, I am working in the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee as the Chairman’s Assistant. Chairman Daniel K. Inouye, most senior Senator from Hawaii and President pro Tempore of the Senate, gave me an incredible opportunity to work directly for him.” (Inouye proudly sent a 50th-anniversary congratulatory note to the school for its fine work in educating young women.) “Every day when I walk through the pristine halls of the U.S. Capitol building, I remember past experiences, places, and people all of which have brought me to this point in my life. I know I am well-equipped for my future because of them. When you walk into the Appropriations Office, surrounded by the Italian frescos and the original British tiles set in place almost 200 years ago, there is a Holy Child coffee mug sitting on my desk. Although this tangible object seems so small compared to the great works of our country’s beginnings, the fact that there is a piece of Holy Child among the first objects one sees when entering one of the most influential offices in our country makes me grateful to have been blessed with being a part of the Holy Child community.”

Let’s Do Brunch THE SPRING ALUMNAE Brunch brought many years together at Columbia

Country Club, but the class of 2005 had a great showing (from left): Kiki Janssens; Katie Wilcox; Headmistress Maureen Appel; Ericka Rojas; Krista Montes de Oca; Maureen Easby-Smith. At right, Athletic Director Sheila Wooters (center) is joined by (from left) Kate Hannan (’99) and mom Kathleen Hannan, Johanna Bayly Howe (’99), and Kara Hannan McGinn (’97).

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At Peace in Peru I USED TO wake up every day at four. In the morn-

ing. Now, after living here for 22 months, the thirty crowing roosters that live next door have ceased to faze me; nor do the (and I use a euphemism here) “noises” that emerge from the butcher’s yard. (The butcher, who lives two doors down, also happens to be my host’s grandma.) A Peruvian’s favorite question to ask me is “Ya te acostumbras?” (“Have you gotten used to it yet?”) Despite never getting used to the mosquitoes and never seeing my thermometer drop below 90, I think I can say, yeah, I’ve finally gotten used to the place. Like the other two Holy Child alumnae that are currently serving, I joined the Peace Corps after graduating college from Miami University with a degree in zoology in 2009. From the time I received my invitation to the day I arrived at staging in Alexandria, Virginia, I had four-and-ahalf weeks to get myself Peace Corps-ready. That meant packing two bags with stuff to last me two years, regardless of whether I would be living at 14,000 feet up in the Andes or at sea level 3 degrees south of the equator. I ended up with the latter, landing in a town of a thousand Peruvians, surrounded by banana

fields, the second volunteer to come to this town, which has been battling the threat of HIV, a huge problem in the region. Any volunteer who has gone to a country not speaking the language can attest to how overwhelming it can be to be left on your own, the only foreigner in town (sticking out in a major way, in my case, with my pale white skin), and expected to make changes that will improve the lives of its community members. I don’t know one volunteer who can say they’ve found this job easy or what they expected because, honestly, there’s no way to even remotely anticipate what’s going to be thrown at you in your 27-month stay. The only thing I predicted correctly was that my bowels were going to give me an interesting time and I would have a very close relationship with the toilet, latrine, or field that my host family used. I could not have made a better assessment. I have befriended the parasite Giardia lamblia and had a run-in with Dengue fever. (This prompted my host family to rightfully propose the question, “Why did the U.S. government send someone so sick like you to come here”?) I may have been thinking the same thing then.

But now, I’ve managed to do some HIV work (thanks to President Bush’s PEPFAR initiative and Peru’s Ministry of Health). I’ve stalked way too many mothers in their homes only to make them listen to me go on and on with a health promoter about why burning your trash isn’t awesome, and I’ve taught some self-esteem and geography classes while trying to get my municipality to help me build a library (which is finally starting to get off the ground). However, if you had asked me six years ago as I was graduating from high school if I ever thought I would find myself living a life like this one, I would have laughed. From the time I was five, I was dead set on medical school and no one was going to derail me from my path. But, people (luckily) change and I found my priorities morphing as I was finishing college. Why not go out on that limb and take a chance? Who said there was only one way to grow up? I easily could have followed through with my med school applications and spent the next three years in medical school. But who knows if I would have ended up regretting my decision? Or maybe I could have gotten a job and for the first time in years, actually have four digits in my bank account. That may be considered “growing up” for some people, but I don’t think it was for me. I have learned a lot about myself over the past two years and discovered what I really want to get out of the next few years of my life. And I’m encouraging those who are reading this: never let yourself settle for something, because we are all extraordinary women who at the very least, have been blessed with an exceptional education. —LINDSEY KANE, CLASS OF ’05, VOLUNTARIA, CUERPO DE PAZ, SAN JUAN DE LA VIRGEN, TUMBES, PERU

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Suzi Montes de Oca (’74) and daughter, Krista (’05), flank schoolmates Kelsey (’06) and Katie Flynn (’08); Irene Firippis (’05) and Caitlin McCarthy (’05) in London last April; Emily Terry Lieginger (’00) with son, Charlie, and husband in Hong Kong; Massimilliano (Max) and Emma Garro, twins of Andrea Bozzolo Garro (’94).

A SPECIAL THANK you to the class reps

(who are listed, with emails, below each year) for helping us gather exciting news on their classmates. It’s been great to hear from so many of our alums this summer, and we’re hoping that even more of you will give us the skinny on what you’re up to. It’s easy to share your information, and find out about your old friends: either make it a habit to visit our website at www.holychild.org (click on alumnae at the top right) or stop in to our Facebook page (Connelly School of the Holy Child Alumnae) to share your news, check on reunions, and generally keep up with the Tigers (and Bears).

in the school in 1961. The reunion attendees especially remembered so fondly those dear sisters who taught the tradition of Cornelia Connelly; the sisters were called “Mother” then and certainly made the Class of 1966 feel like they were home. This class continues to live the SHCJ philosophy: seeing Jesus in all they meet with simplicity, humility, charity and joy. The Class of ’66 hopes to meet again at the Holy Child Reunion Weekend in early October.

Cathy Caspar Delahay: delahay01@gmail.com Congratulations to Patti White Radle, who was elected to the San Antonio Independent School District Board of Trustees, the school system’s policymaking body. Rosemary Howard Bergeron visited her son in Martha’s Vineyard this past summer. She is excited to celebrate her 50th class reunion from eighth grade at Our Lady of Lourdes in Bethesda in September. Frances Mader Harris enjoys visiting her four grandchildren in Montana. She and Patti White Radle recently reconnected via Facebook.

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Debbie Cronin Kissinger: dakissinger@verizon.net On Saturday, June 4, 2011, eight members of the Class of 1966 gathered for their 45th reunion at Rehoboth Beach. They shared stories, had some good laughs over old pictures and enjoyed sharing family brag shots. They are all amazed that their beloved Holy Child will be 50 years “old” this year! Where has all the time gone? They reminisced about choosing the school newspaper name, The Willow; designing the class ring; naming the school teams (we were bears and tigers back then); and gold and brown were the school colors. Holy Child had 43 girls 44

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Rosemarie Patane Dupy: mosarie@gmail.com Margie Walker Matthews: mwalkermatthews@me.com Amy Ryan Rued: amyryanrued@gmail.com

Linda Lebling Freitag: annaptags@comcast.net Gerry Kavanagh: Geraldine_a_Kavanagh@mcpsmd.org

Jamie Matthews, son of Margie Walker Matthews, as well as sister of Christine Matthews ’07 and Katie Matthews ’14, coaches the Washington Golf County Club swim team as well as the water polo and swim teams at Landon. Jamie Matthews and best friend Ryan Whyte started their own clothing company, Matthews Whyte East Coast Apparel. Check out their products at www. matthewswhyte.com.

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Suzi Hodson MacDaniels: suzimacd3@aol.com Mary Beth Pender: mbplaw@verizon.net

–SHANNON PITCHER VAN WHY (’97)

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Stephanie Fitzgerald McMahon Kaye came to town from Israel and several of us got together for lunch with her. She told us all about her life and converting to Judaism and moving to Israel. She runs seminars on the Holocaust now. Joan Regan Parrish is living in Seattle and is an owner of a coffee shop, where they roast their own beans. Kate Burke Walsh is starting her 5th year as headmistress of the Willow School in Gladstone, NJ, and loving it.

1970

Nancy Forbes Ephraim: NanCKE@aol.com

1971 *Reunion Year

Margot Culotta Norton: Mmctooth@aol.com Mary Anne Melo Conley, Eileen Casey Bujnoch and Margot Culotta-Norton held a 40th reunion for the Class of ’71 on September 10 at Mary Anne’s home. Sue Kester Puleo and her husband, Charley, will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in September. The couple, married a few months after Sue graduated from Holy Child, have three children: Jeremiah, Gina, and Leah. Sue serves as the Chair of the Dulles Area Association of Realtors. Margot Culotta-Norton is serving as Regent of the District 4 International College of Dentists. Her three children—David, Mark, and Meghan—are in graduate school.

Missy Asbill Attridge: Aattridge@verizon.net Not only did Tracy Pagenstecher Board’s son and daughter-in-law have twins last year, but Tracy and her husband, Jim, are on the move again. They have done stints in Houston, Boston, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City, and York, PA, is next. At least it gets her closer to her Maryland roots!

1974

Suzi Norris Montes de Oca: smontes@holychild.org Laura McCoy Anderson announces the birth of her first grandchild, Nicolas Amado Suncar, born on February 4, 2011 in Newton, MA. Linda Fadely works for the United Way of Calvert County as Development Director. Linda continues to hold her real estate license and works part-time for a local winery in Calvert County, Running Hare Vineyard, and serves as Chair of the Calvert County Tourism Advisory Commission. She has two children, Austin and Grace. Linda is very proud to report that her granddaughter Kaylah plays field hockey and lacrosse and just made All-County and SMAC (Southern Maryland Athletic Conference) 1st Team Defense as a junior. Mary Corcoran Knoll’s twin children, Mallary and Christopher, were co-valedictorians at their high school graduation this year and both will be attending Carroll College in Helena, MT, in the fall. Kathleen Farah Cahill’s daughter, Meghan, graduated from Virginia Tech this year. Nancie Groff Mackintosh’s daughter, Ashley, married John Carr at the Mackintosh farm on July 30, the same date Nancie and Andy married 34 years ago. Alicia Ryan Karanian is still working with Montgomery County Public Schools as a speech-language pathologist in a collabor-

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Laura Murdock Victorino (’78), with husband, Steve, and children Elizabeth, Caroline, Jonathan and Christopher; Liz Delahay (’04) and fiancé Tom Wojno; Jillian Geletka at her Pepperdine University graduation in Malibu; members of the Class of 2007 surround Diana Fiol Groom on her wedding day.

ative preschool setting working with special educators, physical and occupational therapists.

fighting to give voice to underrepresented communities and protect our most basic rights.”

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1976 *Reunion Year

Mary Hornish Kempf: mary.kempf@fcps.edu Suzie Stinson: patjoh104@earthlink.net Marie Betteley and her family are spending a wonderful year in Paris. Marie, a jewelry dealer, has found some interesting French antique and 20th-century gold jewelry in Paris. Marie’s children go to a French school in the neighborhood called 14th Arrondissement and are little Parisians. Cheryl Koenig Cox’s son Paul just graduated from North Carolina State University and will be attending University of Baltimore School of Law in the fall. Cheryl and her family have lived in the Raleigh, NC, area for almost 16 years. Cheryl is the program manager for a fitness center at a large corporation in Research Triangle Park.

Erin Teehan Boccia: Erin.Boccia@comcast.net Karen Carestia Crocker: KLCrocker2@verizon.net Mary Beth Allen Corbutt: fourcorbs@msn.com Jennifer Girardi McCloskey: Jennifer.McCloskey@em.doe.gov

1981 *Reunion Year

Casey Mooney: casey@caseymooney.com Carla Pappalardo: carlapappalardo@hotmail.com Darla Howard Ramirez: darla614@hotmail.com Charlie Laux Widmark: charlie.widmark@comcast.net Julie Dahut O’Connor and her husband, William, live in Frederick, MD, and have three children: Kathleen, a sophomore at Holy Cross College majoring in Latin and

Greek and a member of the crew team; Zackary, a senior at St. John’s Catholic Prep and a member of its hockey team; and Brendan, a seventh grader at St. Thomas More Academy and the vice president of his school’s student government.

1982

Connie Coakley Caulfield: pjcaul@aol.com Mary Treacy Novajosky: mt.novajosky@verizon.net Rosario Mira Vasquez lives in Chile with her three children, ages 20, 17, and 15. Rosario is enjoying spending time with her family, traveling, reading and horseback riding.

1983

Suzanne Hohman Matan: suzmatan@aol.com

1977

Shana Elliott: Shangelliott@aol.com Eileen Tehan joined the US Army as a captain, social work officer, stationed at Ft. Stewart, GA, with Social Work Services to help with behavioral health needs of active duty soldiers.

1978

Angela Withers: macsul@smart.net Laura Murdock Victorino is still living in northern California. With two daughters in college, Laura has a bit more time to focus on her two boys (actually three, counting her husband).

1979

Rita Wolford Devine: Rita.Devine@nih.gov Stephanie Joyce Farrell: stephaniefarrell@verizon.net Kathy McEvoy Kyne: Kathleen@softmed.com Jacqueline Berrien was sworn in as chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on April 7, 2010. President Barack Obama nominated Jacqueline on July 16, 2009 and said, “She has spent her entire career

Supporting Luca HOLY CHILD ALUMNAE gathered at the Love Luca event at Bethesda’s Barking Dog in February. The fundraiser was for Luca Marie, Katie Frieder Thomas’s (’01) daughter, who was born with a rare metabolic disorder. (Katie’s husband, Ian, donated part of his liver to Luca last December.) The outpouring of love and support from the Holy Child community was truly amazing, especially from the event sponsors (noted in boldface): (front row, from left): Erin Kemp, Laura Gordon Hoover, Katie Frieder Thomas, Anjanette Bizzarro Cottingim, Liz Walczy, Blair Buckland Todd, Becky Glickman, Kerry Shea, Jessica Hull Adams, Lisa Crivella; (back row, left to right) Jessi Williams Frend, Grace Easy-Smith Weisser, Katie Ryan, Laura Geldermann Sullivan, Annie Genevish Matanin, Tara Quinn Zancan, Melissa Villemarette, Laura Enkiri, Samantha Redmond Holmes, Kate Winborne, Lauren Batch, Ginny Garayta, Pamela Wade, Christine Hoover Meulemans. Lisa Todaro Thompson, also a sponsor, missed the picture! Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Bryce Coffee and Pierce Resler Coffee (’00) in Boca Raton, Florida, on their wedding day; Tiffany Thompson Violante (’97) and husband, Jared, with new baby girl, Lia Rose; Claire Easby-Smith (’07) with her parents, Bob and Betty Easby-Smith at her graduation from St. Mary’s College; Katie Dyer (’06) and husband, Matt Moreton.

1984

Ann Schiattareggia Kern: kern7808@verizon.net Ann Bouchard Kerrigan: krrgnnn@yahoo.com Catharine King Bruening lives in Frankfurt, Germany, with her husband, Marc, and their nine-year-old son, Carl.

1985

Carrie Bittman: cbittman@umd.edu Pam Burns: pamelab@pamshops4you.com Jennifer Ralston Kress: kress@comcast.net Liz Bouchard Legg: Leggmom@gmail.com Jen Ralston Kress’s daughter Katie ’12 had the lead role in Holy Child’s spring musical, Once on this Island, a highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” She is also a member of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble.

1986 *Reunion Year

Amy Beal: stella@seatryst.com Laura Pignone Baker lives in Central Pennsylvania just outside of State College with her husband, Eric, and three children: Kaitlyn, age 5; Ryan, age 12; and Cassie, age 10.

1987

Colleen Christmas Gardella: ccgardella@aol.com

1988

Kay Delahay Kalhorn: kaykalhorn@hotmail.com Barb Delahay Murray: barb_delahay_murray@hotmail.com Jennifer Bigelow Urgo: Jenbigs@aol.com

1989

Nathalie Okhowat: Nyokhowat@aol.com Andrea Brunhart Donalty continues to serve as a pediatrician on active duty in the Navy. She is stationed in Okinawa, Japan, but is looking forward to moving back to the States this fall. Her husband and four boys will soon be calling Washington State their new home.

1990

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Erin Dilley Bryer: erinbryer@verizon.net Stephanie Tomasso Chaconas: Stephanie.tomasso@gmail.com Margy Scarff Lourie: mslourie@comcast.net As a member of the Navy Reserve, Gabriele Brunhart Tsung is mobilizing to provide medical care at the NATO Role 3 Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. When she is not on duty with the Navy, she is still telecommuting and working as a nurse practitioner for the UCLA NeuroOncology research program.

1992

Alli Bigelow Lumpkin: allilumpkin@gmail.com Ann Aberbach Lindner and husband, John, live in Towson, MD. This past year, Ann has been working on keeping her teaching certificate up to date and preparing for the eventuality of returning to a high school social studies department. Ann continues to enjoy her time home with their three boys: Matthew, age 7; Timothy, age 5; and Andrew, age 3.

1993

Dillon Barnes Cox: Dilloncox@aol.com Alicia O’Hare Henneberry: Alicia.henneberry@microsoft.com Dillon Barnes Cox, her husband, Tom, and one-year-old son, Brady, moved from Potomac to Pacific Palisades, CA, last fall. Dillon has her own business as a fundraising consultant and is currently working with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She recently saw Brigita Slekys, who also lives in the Los Angeles area and is practicing acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Brigita is a single mom of Feliks, who turned two in February. This past summer, she was in training for a two-mile open ocean swim, from Hermosa Pier to Manhattan Beach Pier.

1994

Jessica Colburn: jesscolburn@gmail.com Joanna Smith-Ramani: joramani@gmail.com Andrea Bozzolo Garro has a holistic health coaching business. She helps busy families eat whole nutritious foods and enjoy them in the meantime. Andrea used her own experience as a doctor of physical therapy, a registered yoga instructor, a holistic nutritionist, avid runner, wife and mom of toddler twins to found Good Clean Health. Check it out at www.goodcleanhealth.com.

1995

Eileen Dwyer Breeze: dwyerei@yahoo.com Martha Nguyen: marthanguyen@gmail.com Jennifer Baumgartner married John Paul Royse on May 7, 2011, at The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, VA. Cecila Nin still lives in Canada with her husband, Simon, and three children. They had a baby girl on September 25, 2009. After taking one year off, Cecilia went back to work full time as the Cultural Heritage Coordinator for the City of Vaughan, and is juggling a very busy schedule. Cecilia also started teaching a Conservation and Preservation principles course part time at a local technical college, in their Interior Design program.

1996 *Reunion Year

Giselle Cruz Colavita: gisellecc@gmail.com Liz Dolan: lizdolan@access4less.net Kathleen Bellino Hickey: kbellino@vt.edu Amrit Saini Singh had her second child, Udai Pran, on March 28, 2011, and lives in Gaithersburg, MD with her family. Amrit teaches sixth grade at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.

1997

Kara Hannan McGinn: karamcginn@gmail.com Shannon Pitcher Van Why: svanwhy@holychild.org On April 22, 2010, Brielle Hopkins Hessman had her second child, Lilly Juliana. Next month, Brielle will begin a six-month detail as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the District of Columbia United States Attorney’s Office in DC Superior Court. Congratulations to Catherine Nguyen and her husband, Brian Kowalski, who had a baby girl, Scarlett Grace, on January 18, 2011. Congratulations to Tiffany Thompson Violante and her husband, Jared, who welcomed their first baby, Lia Rose, on November 21, 2010. Jean Zachariasiewicz has been living in Montgomery, AL since September 2010. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Myron Thompson, a federal district judge; this September, Jean moved to Austin, TX, to spend another year clerking, this time for the Honorable Fortunato Benavides, a judge on the Fifth Circuit.

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Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz (’98), Kate Everngam Muffels (’98), Meghan Everngam (’00), Sarah Stockdale (’00), and Laura Ingoldsby (’98) at Kate’s wedding; Matthew, Timothy, and Andrew, sons of Ann Aberbach Lindner (‘92); graduates from the Class of 2008—Elizabeth Easby-Smith, Lauren Phifer, and Colleen Warner—study abroad in Barcelona; Scarlett Grace Nguyen Kowalski, daughter of Catherine Nguyen (‘97) and Brian Kowalski.

1998

Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz: Catherine_albornoz@yahoo.com Alicia Araoz: poison6410@aol.com Graziella Bianchi: graziebianchi@aol.com Mary Frances Conley Williams: maryfwilliams93@gmail.com Lauren Colburn Ayers and her husband, Bob Ayers, happily welcomed their son, Cole Robert Ayers, on February 13, 2011. Mary Frances Conley married George Williams on September 3, 2010. Her bridesmaids included Holy Child friends Lauren Colburn Ayers and Katie Herman O’Brien. Mary Frances and George live in Washington, DC and Mary Frances works in visual design for Arhaus. Kate Connor and her husband, Joe DiBello, welcomed their daughter, Claire Elizabeth DiBello, on December 27, 2010. Kate, Joe and Claire live in Baltimore, where Kate is a General Academic Pediatrics fellow at Johns Hopkins University. Ann Larson Corcoran had a baby boy, Thomas Henry, on March 27, 2011. Kate Everngam married Chris Muffels on October 23, 2010 at Holy Redeemer Church in Kensington, MD. Bridesmaids included her sister, Meghan Everngam (’00) and Laura Ingoldsby. Kate and Chris live in Kensington and Kate works as a nurse in the Neurosurgery Department at Georgetown Hospital. Emily Sama-Miller married Ryan Miller on January 8, 2011 at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, and was pleased to share the day with maid of honor Hilary Sama (’01) and bridesmaid Emily (Dolan) Livelli (’98). Emily Sama-Miller is a researcher at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, DC, where she focuses on policy programs that serve low-income families. After four years in St. Thomas, Megan O’Leary relocated to San Diego, CA, where she is working as a writer and marketing consultant for several motivational speakers in the area. Her travels this year have taken her to Australia, South Africa and Costa Rica, although her most memorable trip was to her parents’ house for her first Thanksgiving at home in several years, with plenty of time to catch up with old friends from the class of ’98. Theodore (Teddy) James Oxendine was born on February 21, 2011 in Palo Alto CA. Kate Marcot Oxendine and her husband, Kevin, are moving back to the Washington, DC area this summer. Krista Kaczensky Sermon finally left her law career to fulfill her longtime dream of cooking food in exchange for money. She is currently the head week-night chef at The Moorings Bistro, a private restaurant near her home in Annapolis, MD. When she is not nourishing the hungry masses, she is feeding Temple Virginia, her oneyear-old daughter, and Matt, her husband of nearly seven years.

1999

Kate Hannan: katehannan@gmail.com Johanna Bayly Howe: jmkbhowe@gmail.com Analia Gonzalez Lowe welcomed twin boys, Sebastian and Lucas. Maureen Bixler Fancher’s firstborn is a baby girl, Molly Mackenna. Rebecca Herron Carey announces the arrival of her son, Ryan Patrick.

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Pierce Resler Coffee: pierce.r.coffee@gmail.com Jessica Dillon: Jessica.dillon48@gmail.com Meghan Everngam: mever01@gmail.com Lauren Adams currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She performs in New York with Onassis, an Upright Citizens Brigade house sketch team. Onassis is a Friars Club Improv and Sketch Competition finalist; its sketches can be viewed online at UCBcomedy.com. Lauren also has a Chapstick commercial that is running on Hulu from time to time and is represented by Stewart Talent here in New York. If you know anyone giving away parts on TV sitcoms, please contact her immediately! Pierce Resler Coffee got married to Bryce Coffee in Boca Raton, FL, in October 2010. Holy Child bridesmaids included Keagan Resler Lenihan (’98) and Jessica Dillon (’00); Lauren Adams (’00) was the soloist. Congratulations to Kristelle Harris Kambanis, who gave birth to Nikitas George Kambanis on February 27, 2011. Emily Terry Lieginger moved to Asia in August 2009 with her husband, Joel. They spent 18 months in Tokyo, Japan, where their son, Charlie, was born in July 2010. During their time in Tokyo, Emily was involved with several volunteer organizations, including the College Women’s Association of Tokyo and the Franciscan Chapel Center. In March 2011, Emily and her family moved to Hong Kong, where they are currently enjoying the local culture, cuisine and convenient travel within the region. Now living in Baltimore, Ericka Schafer Caslin and her husband welcomed their son, Dylan Caslin, born on January 19, 2011. Ericka is still riding and competing horses and works in Washington, DC, as the executive director of the Unwanted Horse Coalition (part of the American Horse Council, the governing body for all things equestrian). Lavanya Viswanathan, M.D., recently graduated from medical school and was promoted to the rank of captain in the U.S. Air Force. Lavanya moved to San Antonio to start her residency.

2001 *Reunion Year

Elizabeth McNamara Direnfeld: edirenfeld@gmail.com Grace Easby-Smith Weisser: grace.weisser@gmail.com Jessi Williams Frend: jessi.frend@gmail.com Anjanette Bizzarro Cottingim is living in New Albany, IN, and working as a financial analyst for a company that supplies food to hospitals and senior living facilities. Laura Gordon married Kevin Hoover in a small ceremony on October 15, 2010 at The Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at Georgetown Prep. They had a large ceremony and reception at Celebrations at the Bay in Pasadena, MD on October 16, where they were joined by many family members and friends. Abby (’05) and Caroline Gordon served as maids of honor and Lisa Crivella was a bridesmaid. Elizabeth McNamara, daughter of Anne Plamondon McNamara (‘74) married Jonathan Direnfeld on March 12 at the Women in the Arts Museum in Washington, DC. Elizabeth Wilson Boland was one of her bridesmaids. Jessi Williams Frend, Katy Shea Pagano, Katie Ryan, and Grace Easby-Smith Weisser also attended the celebration. The couple lives in Arlington, VA. Congratulations to Lisa Todaro Thompson and her husband, Marshall, who welcomed their new son, Ethan Marshall Thompson, on October 25, 2010. Katie Frieder Thomas and her husband, Ian, welcomed their first baby, daughter Luca Marie Thomas, in August, 2010. Luca underwent a liver transplant in December from Ian at Georgetown University Hospital and has been recovering ever since. Tara Quinn Zancan lives in Kensington, MD with her husband, Daniel Zancan. Tara teaches at Holy Cross Elementary School in Garrett Park and is Head of the Resource Program. Tara will be finishing up her master’s in Special Education this winter. Tara just returned from Ghana, where she taught for several weeks at Our Lady of Holy Cross School, a primary school founded by the Holy Cross Sisters. While in Ghana, she was able to travel to Cape Coast to visit Holy Child School.

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Jillian Bastow: jillian_bastow@yahoo.com Meg Bellino: megbellino@gmail.com Shannon Fitzgerald Grant: SLFitz5@gmail.com Kristin Liverman: Kristin.liverman@hotmail.com Aline Carvalho works in New York City at Goldman Sachs as an associate in the Finance Division. In August 2010, Celine Tobal began work at the National Center for Learning Disabilities as the Project Manager for the Response to Intervention (RTI) Action Network, where one of her main responsibilities is to organize a free Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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Linda Fadely (’74) texts with her granddaughter, Kayla, to communicate; Mary Frances Conley Williams (’98) with bridesmaids Lauren Colburn Ayers (’98) and Katie Herman O’Brien (’98) at her September 2010 wedding; Marie Esmee Sacha wearing a Holy Child headband in Annecy during Christmas, with her two children, Sacha and Esmée; Jessica Hull Adams’ (’02) wedding in October 2010.

online mentoring program for school and district leaders implementing RTI. She has really enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with Holy Child classmates this year. Arjumand Hamid works at the National Gallery of Art, in its Adult Programming Department. Arjumand and her husband, Hassan, live in Alexandria, VA and have become proud parents of their little girl, Jahanara Saleem. She was born on February 28, 2011 Katie Mackie received her master’s degree in Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production in October 2010 and is currently living in Stuttgart, Germany and working on a PhD in Agriculture, specializing in Soil Biology and Viticulture, at the University of Hohenheim. Christine Hoover married her college sweetheart, Chris Meulemans, in 2008. In 2009, she earned her professional certification in digital photography from the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, and opened Christine Meulemans Photography, LLC, a Northern Virginia-based boutique photography business specializing in maternity, newborn, child, and family lifestyle portraiture (www. christinemeulemans.com). Jillian Bastow married Rich-

ard Banks on June 18 at St. Aloysius Church in Washington, DC. Jessica Hull married Wade Adams on October 9, 2010. Jessica’s attendants included her sister, Ashley Hull (’04) as maid of honor. Her bridesmaid was Katy Shea Pagano.

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Liz Delahay: delahay8@gmail.com Lauren Kopit Egan: lauren.s.egan@gmail.com Jenny Fitzpatrick: jfitz747@aol.com Libby Walsh: elwalsh07@gmail.com Liz Delahay is engaged to marry Tom Wojno in April 2012. Liz is currently completing a master’s degree in Nurse Anesthesia at Georgetown University. Tom, a former New Yorker, is Vice President of Resource Development at America’s Promise in Washington, DC.

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Sad Goodbyes THIS YEAR, the Holy Child Community was devastated by the sudden loss of two of their devoted alumnae, Susie Nelson, class of 1988 and Maggie Ryan, class of 1972. On behalf of her class, Maria Gildea Selwood (’88) writes, “The Class of 1988 remains shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of our class- Maggie Ryan Susie Nelson mate Susie Nelson. All agree that Susie was a tremendously kind and caring person. Her kindness was matched only by her quick wit. At our 20th reunion, Susie showed up in the classic gold and brown HC uniform—and she looked fantastic! She was a dedicated mother to her beloved son, Jake, whom we’ll keep in our prayers along with the rest of her family. We’re so grateful to have known Susie and we’ll never forget her. Our hearts are heavy.” In remembering Maggie, Lisa Lanham Hall (’72) says, “Maggie had a real love for Holy Child and our class.” Tina Brenneman will miss Maggie’s friendship and guidance: “For many recent years, she was my spiritual mentor and friend, never too busy to lend an ear and help me think straight, and always positive, decisive and loving. She was a true leader.” Mary Ann Mangold Veirs speaks for the entire Class of 1972 in expressing how blessed they all were to have had Maggie as a part of their life at Holy Child. As Marlys Stupar Rixey says, “Maggie was the glue for our class, never letting us forget the times we shared.” 48

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Kathleen Boucher: Kathleen.boucher@gmail.com Liz Connor: liz.connor122@gmail.com Alicia Easby-Smith Barton: aesbarton@gmail.com Ashley Antonides graduated with a JD from Villanova School of Law in May 2011. She plans to practice national security or corporate law in the Washington, DC Area. In March, Christine Colburn completed her work on the first season of ABC’s Body of Proof. Christine is now the production secretary for Wes Anderson’s upcoming film, Moonrise Kingdom, filming near Newport, RI. Once this project is complete in July, she will finally be making the big move to New York and would love to connect with any and all involved in the production world there. Please contact her via christine.colburn@gmail.com. Clare Devine graduated from West Chester University in July 2010 with an MS in Sports Administration and has been the assistant field hockey coach at Villanova University since August 2010. Clara Nguyen has launched “Claranette,” a unique jewelry line evocative of ocean treasures artfully “netted” in tangled chains. The handmade necklaces, which feature vintage chains and semiprecious stones, were recently featured in the 2011 DC Fashion District Fashion Show and are sold online (www.claranette.com) and in a Washington, DC boutique. Liz Palka is moving on up in the world of television news! She started working at CBS affiliate WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, NC in September, 2010. Liz is still shooting, writing, editing and reporting all her own work. One of the biggest stories she covered so far was the deadly tornadoes that swept across North Carolina in mid-April. Amanda Thompson completed her 7th trimester last December at the National University of Health Services in Lombard, IL.

2005

Irene Firippis: irene.firippis@gmail.com Krista Montes de Oca: krista.montes@gmail.com Jenny Olszewski: jolszew2@umd.edu Ericka Rojas: ericka.lynn.rojas@gmail.com Katie Dyer married Matt Moreton at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington, DC on June 24. She married the same guy who brought flowers to her classroom on Valentine’s Day of her junior year at Holy Child. Maureen Easby-Smith just finished graduate school at Villanova with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Abby Gordon lived in Boston during the summer working for a business consulting firm and returned to New Orleans in August to finish her MBA at Loyola University in New Orleans. Meghan Karanian received her M.Ed. (special

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Nikitas George Kambanis, son of Kristelle Harris Kambanis (’00); Hagan Trees, Alli Tarka, Leah Grady, Liz Palka, Caroline Anderson, Maureen Boucher (all ’04) at Alli’s wedding shower; Tracy Pagenstecher Board (’73) with her son and daughter-in-law and grandsons; Swapna Bhatia (’07) at her graduation from the University of Maryland.

education, severe disabilities in early childhood) from the University of Maryland last May. She is working as a special education teacher in a preschool program for MCPS.

2006 *Reunion Year

Timi Abimbola: rotimi.abimbola@gmail.com Liz Vaghi: ecvaghi@gmail.com Ali Kanne is serving in the Peace Corps as an Environmental Management volunteer in the Andes of Peru.

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Claire Easby-Smith: ceasby01@saintmarys.edu Meghan Kane: Mekane@vt.edu Courtney Smith: Jsmith@americanmap.com Allie Williams: allie.williams.13@gmail.com Ashley Benson graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in Tourism Development and Family Studies. She spent her final semester interning at Holy Child in the Development Office, working on the Gala. She started working this summer for the company It’s Just Lunch in its Washington, DC office as a Personal Account Representative, i.e. “matchmaker.” Swapna Bhatia recently graduated from the University of Maryland with a communications degree and leadership minor. During her senior year, she worked for the University of Maryland’s Alumni Association in the Communications Department. Last summer, she interned at American Podiatric Medical Association in the Public Relations department and was been asked to return full-time this past summer. A varsity member of Hamilton College women’s lacrosse team, Sarah Bray set a program record with 47 assists in 2010. Sarah scored 29 goals and led the team with 76 points. She was first team All-America on a Hamilton squad that finished the season with a record of 21-1, and reached the NCAA championship game for the second time in three years. Sarah was selected to the 2011 Division III All-America team by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) on May 27. Claire Easby-Smith just finished undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Accounting. Jillian Geletka just graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, on April 30 with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Spanish. In order to pursue a career in fashion merchandising and marketing, Jillian will work as an Executive Team Leader for Target in the Los Angeles area. Allie Williams graduated from Ohio State University in June and will begin

her studies at Boston College in the fall, as she pursues her master’s degree in Education. Diana Fiol Groom married Capt. Kevin Groom of the US Air Force on December 18, 2010. Diana graduated cum laude from the University of Delaware last year. Abbie Handerhan presented her research on “JNK’s Involvement in Morphogenesis and its Effect on Gelsolin during Gastrulation of the Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus” during Senior Scholars’ Day at Susquehanna University. She graduated from Susquehanna University with a B.S. in Biology. Abbie was accepted to Murdoch University School of Veterinary Medicine in Perth, Australia and St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine in Grenada. She chose to attend St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine beginning in August, 2011. Lucy Boyce Kennedy recently graduated from Duke with double majors in Chemistry and French and a minor in Biology. She received top prizes from her major departments at graduation, the Analytical Chemistry Award and the French Award. She also received recognition from the athletic department for swimming more than 100 miles for swim team practice from February through April. While at Duke, she was the co-director of the Cancer Support Initiative for patients in the Duke Medical Center, she volunteered in the ER, shadowed a pediatric cardiologist, and was active in the Catholic Center (as an altar server, Eucharistic minister, and lay reader). Lucy will attend Vanderbilt University School of Medicine this fall. Julie Mayer graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor’s degree cum laude in Political Science and was elected to Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. Isabel Wallisch graduated from The College of Charleston with a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science and Spanish Language and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force last month. She moved to Spokane, WA with her dog, Paddington, to begin her career as a Logistics Readiness Officer.

2008

Shelby Benkert: benkert@mailbox.sc.edu Michele Guzman: mg9843a@american.edu Julia Murphy: jmurphy17@elon.edu Romina Nally: rnally1@umd.edu

speaks French, Swahili, and Latin. She studied Medieval Latin at Notre Dame this summer. Amelia is a history major, and rising senior at UNC. Lauren Phifer studied abroad in Rome last semester. Colleen Warner studied abroad in Belfast, Northern Ireland, last semester and will be interning at the Department of State and looking forward to her senior year at the University of Maryland. Rachel Karanian is a rising senior at Loyola University Maryland, majoring in speech-language pathology. She is also studying to become a yoga instructor and will have received her license in December 2011.

2009

Kelsey Albanese: albanesk@dickinson.edu Carolyn Hodgson: chodgson@udel.edu Kelsey Albanese traveled to Israel for five weeks this past summer. She also interned at Holy Child, along with Gretta Buckley and Katie Ring, helping the school prepare for the 50th Anniversary celebration. Lizzy Frank and Tessa Giagtzis are both studying abroad in Argentina next semester. Carolyn Hodgson had an accounting internship at Dyer & Associates. Annelise Moore studied abroad in China last spring semester. Sophia Sherry was on the women’s lacrosse team at Johns Hopkins this past year. Sarah Tareen worked at South Moon Under this past year.

2010

Kerry Bellino: kbellino@gmail.com Johanna Hernandez: hernjo01@gettysburg.edu Emily Nguyen was named to the Dean’s List at Catholic University of America, where she is a member of the swim team and is majoring in Media Studies.

2011

Maddie Brown: brownm10@highpoint.edu Jessie Ely: jessely14@aim.com JoJo Hess: hessjo02@gettysburg.edu Patty Yoritomo: yoritomo111@gmail.com

Elizabeth Easby-Smith, Madeleine Cantrel and Colleen Ring studied abroad in Barcelona last semester. Amelia Kennedy was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, at the end of last semester. This past school year, she received a research grant to study justice in Merovingian Gaul. She Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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annualreport Dear Holy Child Community, THIS YEAR, we celebrate the 50th

Anniversary of the Connelly School of the Holy Child here in Potomac. As you may know, we are part of the Holy Child Network of Schools throughout the U.S. and abroad. Those of you who were around for our 40th Anniversary (and there are many of you) are doubtlessly amazed by the positive changes to our school over that period of time. Our head of school, faculty, staff, board of trustees, and dedicated parents and supporters have committed themselves tirelessly to ensure that Holy Child Potomac is an enduring institution, which will serve our young women for the next 50 years and beyond. Thanks to them, it is, and it will.

We are especially delighted and honored that His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl and His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick will separately celebrate masses at Holy Child to commemorate our Golden Anniversary. Please join us at one or both. We could not have two finer leaders to launch us into the next fifty years. Your generosity keeps us strong and allows us to remain on the path of fulfilling our mission. Our Annual Fund, Gala, the Fall Classic, Mayfield Market, scholarships, and all of our other fundraising initiatives make sure we are financially healthy, and allows us to retain those students who need financial aid. Thank you so much for your gifts, in whatever form and whatever amount. You make Holy Child the unique, special place it continues to be for our precious daughters. Patrick J. Caulfield Chair, Board of Trustees

HOLY CHILD’S ANNUAL FUND is an extremely vital piece of the School’s fundraising pie. Supported by parents, alumnae, faculty and staff, grandparents,

parents of alumnae and many friends of the School, the Fund provides immediate support for necessities and enhancements that make Holy Child the extraordinary experience it is for all girls. Every gift makes a difference. Every girl makes a difference. And everyone who helped solicit gifts made a wonderful difference. Our special thanks to each of the representatives for their hard work in making this year’s Annual Fund a success. And special thanks to Monica and Dan Dean, Annual Fund Chairs, and Paul Dell’Isola, Chairman of the Development Committee, for their continuing support.

Financials 2010-2011 Expenses

Revenues* 13.1% Financial Aid $1,001,383

4.9% Investments and Auxiliary $412,976

21.7% Administrative $1,662,380

8.3% Other Fundraising $699,806 5.4% Annual Fund $454,400

18.7% Plant $1,434,137 46.5% Instructional $3,554,166

81.4% Tuition and Fees $6,857,813

*There is a significant gap between tuition and the cost to educate a student.

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Leadership donors meet and greet: (from left) Tom Sanders with Kathleen and Bob Dinkel; Cindy Anastasi and Allison Brigati; Maury Devine, Janice Obuchowski, and Chuck and Karen Hess; Tim and Mary McCann with Keith Mayo.

The Fund for Holy Child Cabinet Chairs Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean - Meg ’12 Current Parents Class of 2011 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lynch - Tricia ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Raffensperger - Brynn ’11 Class of 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gardella, Jr. - Casey ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera - Alexandra ’14 and Ashleigh ’12 Class of 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacCormack - Catherine ’13 Mrs. Kelli Magnarelli - Molly ’13 Class of 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern, III - Sarah ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Nabil Rizkalla - Chella ’14, Monica ’11, Rebecca ’14 Class of 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner - Aoife ’15 Class of 2016 Ms. Laura H. Phillips and Mr. Jared F. Cornfeld - Lizzy ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman - Carly ’16, Kendall ’18 Class of 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Meima - Rose ’17 Grandparent Chairs Mrs. Mary Kosch - Maddie Hopkins ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Ralston - Katie Kress ’12 Faculty Chairs Ms. Kim Buracker Mrs. Sharon Kenny Mrs. Ellen Kumm Mrs. Suzi Norris Montes de Oca ’74 Director of Development - Krista ‘05 Mrs. Anne Bolen Director of Annual Fund Alumnae Chair Ms. Giselle Cruz Colavita ’96 Alumnae Association Class Representatives Luisa Bogan Hill 1966 Debbie Cronin Kissinger 1966 Linda Lebling Freitag 1967 Gerry Kavanagh 1967 Pat Caspar Lysaught 1968 Suzi Hodson MacDaniels 1969 Mary Beth Pender 1969 Nancy Forbes Ephraim 1970 Mary Anne Melo Conley 1971 Margot Culotta Norton 1971 Rosemarie Patane Dupy 1972 Margie Walker Matthews 1972 Amy Ryan Rued 1972 Missy Asbill Attridge 1973 Suzi Norris Montes de Oca 1974 Annie Sacasa 1974 Karen Denison Clark 1975 Murphy Tuomey Wilson 1975 Mary Hornish Kempf 1976 Suzie Stinson 1976 Diane Stone Dyer 1977 Shana Elliott 1977 Marta Sanson Murphy 1977 Robin Witowski Kramer 1978 Jeremy Davis Lopynski 1978 Colleen Walsh O’Brien 1978 Angela Withers 1978 Rita Wolford Devine 1979 Stephanie Joyce Farrell 1979 Kathy McEvoy Kyne 1979

Sandy Stone Blasey 1980 Erin Tehan Boccia 1980 Carol Brault Bray 1980 Mary Beth Allen Corbutt 1980 Karen Carestia Crocker 1980 Jennifer Girardi McCloskey 1980 Kasey Kane Trees 1980 Casey Mooney 1981 Carla Pappalardo 1981 Darla Howard Ramirez 1981 Carmen Grafton Schwartz 1981 Charlie Laux Widmark 1981 Connie Coakley Caulfield 1982 Susan McCarthy Fitzgerald 1982 Mary Treacy Novajosky 1982 Suzanne Hohman Matan 1983 Ann Schiattareggia Kern 1984 Ann Bouchard Kerrigan 1984 Carrie Bittman 1985 Pam Burns 1985 Jennifer Ralston Kress 1985 Liz Bouchard Legg 1985 Amy Beal 1986 Robin Marino Hoeymans 1986 Kay Delahay Kalhorn 1988 Barb Delahay Murray 1988 Jennifer Bigelow Urgo 1988 Nathalie Okhowat 1989 Ingrid OrtegaFroehner 1990 Kate Sullivan Tyson 1990 Stephanie Tomasso Chaconas 1991 Margy Scarff Lourie 1991 Erin Dilley Bryer 1992 Ali Bigelow Lumpkin 1992 Dillon Barnes Cox 1993 Alicia O’Hare Henneberry 1993 Jessica Colburn 1994 Joanna Smith-Ramani 1994 Eileen Dwyer Breeze 1995 Anne Glynn 1995 Giselle Cruz Colavita 1996 Liz Dolan 1996 Kathleen Bellino Hickey 1996 Kara Hannan McGinn 1997 Shannon Pitcher Van Why 1997 Catherine Easby-Smith Albornoz 1998 Alicia Araoz 1998 Mary Frances Conley Williams 1998

Kate Hannan 1999 Johanna Bayly Howe 1999 Pierce Resler Coffee 2000 Jessica Dillon 2000 Meghan Everngam 2000 Jessi Williams Frend 2001 Liz McNamara Direnfeld 2001 Grace Easby-Smith Weisser 2001 Jillian Bastow 2002 Meg Bellino 2002 Shannon Fitzgerald 2002 Kristin Liverman 2002 Liz Delahay 2003 Caitlin Duignan 2003 Lauren Kopit Egan 2003 Jenny Fitzpatrick 2003 Libby Walsh 2003 Blair Bjellos 2004 Kathleen Boucher 2004 Liz Connor 2004 Alicia Easby-Smith Barton 2004 Irene Firippis 2005 Krista Montes de Oca 2005 Jenny Olszewski 2005 Ericka Rojas 2005 Timi Abimbola 2006 Lizz Vaghi 2006 Claire Easby-Smith 2007 Meghan Kane 2007 Courtney Smith 2007 Allie Williams 2007 Shelby Benkert 2008 Michelle Guzman 2008 Romina Nally 2008 Julia Murphy 2008 Kelsey Albanese 2009 Carolyn Hodgson 2009 Kerry Bellino 2010 Mary Jeanne Coyle 2010 Emily Durham 2010 Johanna Hernandez 2010 Alumnae Parent Chairs Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon, Jr. - Amy ’06 and Meg ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDaniels - Tara ’06

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Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. Sean Glynn Mrs. Karen Hess Mr. Howard Hill Mr. Paul (Rocky) Kern Mrs. Mary McCann

Mrs. Suzi MacDaniels Mr. Brett MacInnes Mrs. Janice Obuchowski Mr. Pete Plamondon, Jr. Mr. Ignacio Sanchez Mr. Tom Sanders

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Holy Child Society $10,000 and Above Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Caulfield Dr. Francis P. Chiaramonte and Mrs. Dorothy Chiaramonte Mrs. Janice Obuchowski and Mr. Albert Halprin Mr. and Mrs. David Straus

Trustees’ Society $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. John Alahouzos Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Attridge Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman Mrs. Gerry Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Doug Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Evans Ms. Patricia Farrell and Mr. Dennis Yee Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hess Ms. Lisa R. Kazor-Christovich Mr. Brett MacInnes Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams Ms. Elizabeth L. Young and Mr. John M. Benziger

Mayfield Society $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Masood Ahmed Mr. and Mrs. P. Casey Aiken, II Ms. Nancy Binnie and Mr. Marc Bastow Ms. Teri L. Boragno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Bulleit Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Cravath Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Ms. C. M. Devine Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. John F. Henschel Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Lennon Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDaniels Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Micholas Ms. Mildred A. Patterson and Mr. Marc Grossman Mr. William F. Peel, III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Petrizzo Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Dr. and Mrs. William E. Prominski Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio E. Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sechler Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Virostek

Leadership Society $1,500 to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Alessi Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Alman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George Bolen Mrs. Diane Boragno Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brigati Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dinkel Ms. Sinead Dinkel Ms. Siobhan B. Dinkel

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Blue and Gold Society $500 to $1,499 Society of the Holy Child Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aberbach Mr. and Mrs. Brian Abt Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mrs. Maureen K. Appel Ms. Debra A. Bowen and Mr. William A. Kehoe Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bratun Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Breland Mr. and Mrs. John P. Brown, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Philippe Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bryer Mr. and Mrs. James A. Butz Ms. Donna Cahill and Mr. James Cahill Ms. Carmen Cardarelli Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Celeste Dr. and Mrs. Francis P. Chiaramonte Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Collamore Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coughlin Col. and Mrs. Gerry Dean Rita Wolford Devine, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Barton Drummond Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dunne Dr. and Mrs. William R. Dzyak Dr. Shana Elliott and Mr. Richard Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farr Mr. and Mrs. Peter Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Frend Mr. and Mrs. Enos Fry Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Geils Mrs. Lisa Godfrey and Mr. Daniel Wagner Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goetzenberger Ms. Maureen Grant Mr. and Mrs. F. Gillis Green

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Patrons’ Society $100 to $499 Mrs. Jennifer Aitoumeziane Ms. June H. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Alfio F. Arcidiacono Ms. Sandra Aresta and Mr. Michael Katz Mrs. Karen Stradtner and Mr. David L. Banta Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Barry Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baumgartner Ms. Erin M. Boccia Ms. Maria Bonnemaison-Moore and Mr. Brooks T. Moore Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bouyat Mrs. Joan C. Brady-Rios and Mr. Augusto C. Rios Mr. and Mrs. Peter Breeze Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brigati Mr. John P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Buckingham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Budington Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burdeshaw Mr. and Mrs. William Burdeshaw Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Carlson Ms. Torie Carlson Ms. Donna Cedar-Southworth and Mr. Charles S. Southworth Ms. Hanja Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Clark Ms. Karen Clark Ms. Pierce R. Coffee Ms. Rosemary Collopy Dr. and Mrs. Robert Conley Mrs. Kathleen Cooney Porter and Mr. David T. Porter Mr. and Mrs. Romeleus Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Corbie Ms. Laurie E. Craft and Mr. Nicholas G. Lucarelli Mr. Bernard Cravath Ms. Nancy J. Culotta Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Mr. and Mrs. William Dahut Ms. Catherine Daly Mr. and Mrs. Selden L. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Brad Davis Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso V. de Lucio Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeGiorgi Miss Kristin DeGiorgi Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DeLaurentis Mr. and Mrs. James Devine Ms. Jessica E. Dillon Ms. Elizabeth Direnfeld Dr. Joan M. Donahue Miss Georgiana Donahue Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Keith Donson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dreux Dr. and Mrs. Anatoly Dritschilo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Economakis Ms. Lynda M. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Ms. Lesli Esposito

Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Esteves Ms. Meghan E. Everngam Ms. Nancy A. Fabara Ms. Linda Fadely Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Fairbanks Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Falcone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare Ms. Dagmar Farr Dr. Adrienne Farrar Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fassl Miss Irene Firippis Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Fletcher Ms. Susan Freericks Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra Mrs. Joan P. Gagliardi Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gardella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giaimo Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Gilak Ms. Trish A. Gilmartin Williams Mr. and Mrs. Luis A. Giorgio Mrs. Margaret H. Giovanni Ms. Dedie Giuliani Mrs. Nancy A. Glaeser Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Glueckert Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Goetzenberger Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gore Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grabias Miss Mary Katherine Green Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Greif Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Hadeed, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randall H. Hall Miss Johanna Hancock Mrs. Mary Hargrave-Berkowitz and Mr. Marc J. Berkowitz Ms. Joan Hayman Captain and Mrs. Peter D. Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Brian Henneberry Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hickman, IV Ms. Karen Hinton and Mr. Howard Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Krister Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hollenbeck, Jr. Mrs. Laura Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Ms. Darla Howard Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Howe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Ms. Deborah Huguely Ms. Mary Beth Hurley Dr. Karen J. Ivers and Mr. John F. Jaeger Mrs. Lois Johnston Mr. and Mrs. James R. Johnston Dr. Elizabeth Jones and Dr. William Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kahan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Kane Ms. Gerry Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kay Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kempf

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Friends of Holy Child up to $100 Miss Rotimi Abimbola Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Albornoz Miss Sarah Aldemeyer Ms. Jacqueline T. Appel Mrs. Alvin Aubinoe Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bandler Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bardenwerper Ms. Elvira E. Barrios Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Barry Ms. Alicia A. Barton Ms. Margaret Basham Ms. Mary L. Battiata Miss Fannie Benziger Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Biggins Ms. Katherine Booher Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Borell Ms. Christine Brady Ms. Nizette Brennan and Mr. Rockne Krebs Ms. LaTawnya S. Brown Miss Anne Buckley Ms. Kimberly Buracker Ms. Kara Buttimer Mrs. Joyce Byrne Mrs. Bridget Cahill Mr. and Mrs. Sean C. Cahill Mrs. Sandra Camp Miss Madeleine Cantrel

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Mikus Ms. Lisa Mitten Miss Krista Montes de Oca Ms. Maria Moraitakis Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mosimann Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mulheron Mr. and Mrs. George Nemcosky Ms. Elizabeth A. Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Brien Ms. Elizabeth O’Connor Mr. Mike Oligmueller Mr. and Mrs. Jean Orban Ms. Christy O’Rourke Ms. Christine Page Ms. Kerry Parker Ms. Mary Patsel Ms. Janet M. Pender Dr. and Mrs. Richard Perry Miss Victoria N. Petruccelli Mrs. Karen Bower and Mr. Joseph Pezzano Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pilkerton Mr. and Mrs. James Pinkston Miss Margaret Plamondon Ms. Jean Plummer and Mr. Charles Huber Mr. and Mrs. Ben Popera Miss Caitlin Quinn Mr. and Mrs. David Raff, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John Rauth Ms. Caroline M. Rerucha Mr. and Mrs. David Ridenour Ms. Karen J. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. David Ruddell Ms. Katie Ryan Ms. Ana Sacasa and Mr. Paul Harris Ms. Vesta Salehi Ms. Hilary Sama Mrs. Jessica Schierloh Mr. and Mrs. James Schroeter Mr. and Mrs. James B. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. John Serena Ms. Lauren Sims Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Smith Ms. Kathryn Smits Miss Margaret St. John-Dees Ms. Denise M. Stablein Ms. Jane Stenson and Mr. Charles Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Steuart Mr. Mike J. Stoll Miss Sarah Stonesifer Ms. Jenna Sutton Ms. Therese F. Talamaku Ms. Allison L. Tarka Ms. Mary Teather Dr. Jane B. Thigpen and Mr. James A. Thigpen Mrs. Katherine Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John Tomon Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Travis Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Vaccarezza Ms. Marisa B. Van Saanen Mr. and Mrs. Eric Van Why Mr. and Mrs. Neil Versteeg Ms. Stefanie Waite Ms. Colleen C. Wealton-Mailander Mr. Robert J. Weir Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Geoff White Mr. Stephen Wicker Mr. and Mrs. Don Wiggins Miss Kathleen Wilcox Ms. Rebecca Williams Ms. Jeanne Williams Ms. Michele L. Williams Mrs. Louise Witt Mr. and Mrs. J. Garry Wood Ms. Lauren M. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woods Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wooters

Board of Trustees Mr. and Mrs. P. Casey Aiken, II Mrs. Maureen K. Appel Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Caulfield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dinkel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easby-Smith Ms. Patricia Farrell and Mr. Dennis Yee Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hess Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDaniels Mr. Brett MacInnes Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCann Ms. Janice Obuchowski and Mr. Albert Halprin Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio E. Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo Santelices Mrs. Gail A. Tyus-Hill and Mr. Howard C. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams

Former Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aberbach Mr. and Mrs. Enos Fry Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Ms. Cathy MacFarlane Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McGarry Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Noonan Mr. and Mrs. David Straus

Faculty and Staff Mrs. Maureen K. Appel Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bandler Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baumgartner Dr. and Mrs. George Bolen Mr. Chris Boragno Mrs. Diane Boragno Ms. Teri L. Boragno Ms. Kimberly Buracker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeGiorgi Mr. Bo Duplinsky Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare Ms. Laura Gaiser Mrs. Graciella Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gillette Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kahan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kenny Mr. and Mrs. William Kopit Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kumm Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mayo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca Mr. and Mrs. George Nemcosky Mr. Mike Oligmueller Mr. and Mrs. Jean Orban Mr. Hector Orozco Ms. Christine Page Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pilkerton Ms. Jean Plummer and Mr. Charles Huber Mr. John M. Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rathbone Ms. Abby Root Mr. Barry Rosenberg Ms. Denise M. Stablein Miss Sarah Stonesifer Ms. Jenna Sutton Ms. Allison L. Tarka Mr. and Mrs. John Tomon Mr. and Mrs. Eric Van Why Ms. Colleen C. Wealton-Mailander Mr. Robert J. Weir Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Whitaker Mr. Stephen Wicker Ms. Sarah Willging Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wooters Mr. and Mrs. David Young

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Parents of the Class of 2011 (77% participation) Mr. and Mrs. Masood Ahmed Ms. June H. Allen Mr. and Mrs. John P. Brown, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Philippe Bruno Dr. and Mrs. Francis P. Chiaramonte Ms. Laurie E. Craft and Mr. Nicholas G. Lucarelli Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso V. de Lucio Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Esteves Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Ms. Trish A. Gilmartin Williams Mr. and Mrs. Luis A. Giorgio Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hess Dr. and Mrs. Fernando A. Leyva Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lynch Ms. Virginia M. Marra Mr. and Mrs. Brian McCann Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey McCormick Dr. Mawakani D. Mfwanani Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Mikus Dr. and Mrs. Kestutis J. Pauliukonis Dr. and Mrs. William E. Prominski Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Raffensperger Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Nabil Rizkalla Mr. and Mrs. James B. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Tedder Ms. Michele L. Williams Mr. Thomas Williams Mr. Mark A. Yarish Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Yoritomo

Parents of the Class of 2012 (89% participation) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Alessi Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Alman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bouyat Ms. Debra A. Bowen and Mr. William A. Kehoe Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Budington Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Bulleit Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Celeste Ms. Hanja Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Colin F. Clark Ms. Judith N. Costello Mr. and Mrs. Randy Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dunne Dr. and Mrs. William R. Dzyak Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farr Dr. and Mrs. Ali G. Ganjei Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gardella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Glueckert Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Hadeed, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hussey, Jr. Dr. Elizabeth Jones and Dr. William Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Mr. and Mrs. Wilson N. Llerena Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. MacDougall Mr. Frank T. McFaden Mr. and Mrs. George M. Nash Mrs. Janice Obuchowski and Mr. Albert Halprin Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Ms. Ileana Quintas and Mr. Thomas Brackett Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rowan, IV Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Serena Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Sobrino Mr. Mike J. Stoll Ms. Therese F. Talamaku Dr. Jane B. Thigpen and Mr. James A. Thigpen Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Troiano Mr. and Mrs. John N. Vassos Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Virostek Dr. Katherine E. Warren and Mr. James T. Warren

Parents of the Class of 2013 (82% participation) Mr. and Mrs. Alfio F. Arcidiacono Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bratun Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Breland Ms. LaTawnya S. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burdeshaw Mr. and Mrs. James A. Butz Ms. Donna Cahill and Mr. James Cahill Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Cassidy Dr. and Mrs. Francis P. Chiaramonte Mr. and Mrs. Romeleus Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Mr. and Mrs. Doug Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dreux Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Falcone Ms. Trish A. Gilmartin Williams Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo J. Gomez Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Greif Captain and Mrs. Peter D. Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Irving Mr. and Mrs. John F. Jessamy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric E. Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. List Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lutes Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacCormack Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. MacDougall Ms. Kelli Magnarelli Mrs. Heather A. Maier Mr. John B. Maier II Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McAuliffe Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCann Mrs. Rebecca F. Meissner Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Montooth Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Murray Dr. Teresa W. Nowogorska and Mr. John C. Langer Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Phifer Ms. Carla T. Sarmiento and Mr. Eduardo F. Simpson Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Steele Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Vaccarezza Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Van Bruygom Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Williams Mr. Thomas Williams Ms. Elizabeth L. Young and Mr. John M. Benziger

Parents of the Class of 2014 (80% participation) Mr. Marc Abshire Mr. and Mrs. Alfio F. Arcidiacono Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry Ms. Maria Bonnemaison-Moore and Mr. Brooks T. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Buckingham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Cassidy Ms. Donna Cedar-Southworth and Mr. Charles S. Southworth Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Cravath Rita Wolford Devine, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Economakis Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Fairbanks Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Geils Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goetzenberger Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Gutierrez Ms. Diane E. Hastings and Mr. Frank Panopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Horan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Horner Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hussey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern, III Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Kohler Mr. and Mrs. Gary LaPaille Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Lennon Mr. and Mrs. William C. MacDonald Ms. Ana Manchester and Mr. James Tucker Ms. Carla Marcolin and Mr. Edwin Geils Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Martinkovics Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Marvin Mr. and Mrs. James J. Matthews, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Micholas Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Ms. Maria Moraitakis Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Nulsen, III Ms. Consuelo Pachon Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Mr. and Mrs. Nabil Rizkalla Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sechler Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Signora Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Ms. Maria Umana-Marulanda Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Virostek Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Widmark Ms. Michele L. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Yoritomo

Parents of the Class of 2015 (100% participation) Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Barber Ms. Elvira E. Barrios Mrs. Joan C. Brady-Rios and Mr. Augusto C. Rios Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Collamore Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Corbie Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Mr. and Mrs. Philippe de Raet Mr. and Mrs. Doug Donatelli Ms. Nancy A. Fabara Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner, II Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Goodwin Mrs. Mary Hargrave-Berkowitz and Mr. Marc J. Berkowitz Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hickman, IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Jorgensen Dr. Jenifer A. Luck and Dr. Stephen C. Luck Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner Ms. Elizabeth L. McCloskey and Mr. Peter M. Leibold Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCreary Ms. Theresa P. McHenry and Dr. Mark A. McHenry Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeffrey O’Berry Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Pereles Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Petrizzo Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Steuart Mr. and Ms. Kevin Urgo Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Van Bruygom Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Vermillion Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter

Parents of the Class of 2016 (76% participation) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Barry Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brigati Mr. and Mrs. Barton Drummond Ms. Kathleen P. Dunleavy and Dr. Michael P. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fanning Ms. Cheryl Gannon and Mr. John Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Gilak Mr. and Mrs. John F. Henschel Mr. and Mrs. Krister Holladay Mr. Frank T. McFaden Mr. and Mrs. William L. Morton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pflieger Ms. Laura H. Phillips and Mr. Jared F. Cornfeld Mr. and Mrs. Dean J. Rock Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Stricker Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Tigani Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Travis Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Mrs. Mildred Webber Holmes and Mr. Christopher M. Holmes

Parents of the Class of 2017 (100% participation) Ms. Sandra Aresta and Mr. Michael Katz Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Carlson Ms. Karen Hinton and Mr. Howard Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. James Killen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Meima Ms. Tracy Schooling and Mr. Kevin Furman Ms. Karen J. Robinson Dr. Cara C. Simmonds and Dr. Albert C. Simmonds Ms. Jane Stenson and Mr. Charles Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. John Tomon Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whitaker Ms. Trish Whitcomb and Mr. Kevin Whitcomb Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Witt Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter

Alumnae 1966 Ms. Deborah Kissinger - Deborah Cronin Ms. Mary Patsel - Mary Connors Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sinwell Carol Pender

1970 Ms. Meg Davidson - Meg Nalls Dr. and Mrs. Barry Ephraim - Nancy Forbes Mr. and Mrs. James Pinkston - Anne McInerny Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith - Debbie Malone

1971 Mr. and Mrs. John Alahouzos - Diane Moore Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bardenwerper - Patricia Bates Dr. and Mrs. Robert Conley - Mary Anne Melo Ms. Mary Beth Hurley - Mary Beth Sim Ms. Patsy Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. McGrew - Monica Clark Dr. Margot Norton and Mr. Robert E. Norton - Margot Culotta Mr. and Mrs. Neil Versteeg - Julia Stetler

1972 Ms. Mary L. Grisley - Mary O’Donnell Ms. Cathy MacFarlane Mr. and Mrs. James J. Matthews, Jr. - Margie Walker Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scheld - Kathleen Lynott

1973 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Attridge - Missy Asbill Ms. Barbara McCabe - Barbara Dooley

1974 Ms. Mary L. Battiata Mr. and Mrs. Sean C. Cahill - Kathleen Farah Ms. Nancy J. Culotta Ms. Linda Fadely - Linda Canfield Ms. Dagmar Farr - Dagmar Torres Ms. Kathleen LaValle - Kathleen McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew V. Mackintosh - Nancie Groff Dr. Jane E. McInerny Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca - Suzi Norris Ms. Janet M. Pender Dr. and Mrs. John Rauth - Peggy Lane Ms. Jeanne Williams

1975

Mr. and Mrs. James Schroeter - Nancy Larsen Mr. and Mrs. William Tayman - Marie Clarke

Ms. Karen Clark - Karen Denison Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher - Maria Sanson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glover - Jeanne Foley Mrs. Lisa Godfrey and Mr. Daniel Wagner Ms. Cheryl Grandy - Cheryl Becker Ms. Elizabeth O’Connor - Elizabeth Rauber Mr. and Mrs. David Ridenour - Kathleen Stetler Ms. Murphy T. Wilson - Murphy Tuomey

1969

1976

Ms. Margaret Basham - Peggy Donovan Dr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan - Margo Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDaniels - Suzi Hodson Dr. Ruth Anne McCormick - Ruth Anne Osbourn Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Murphy - Jacqueline Franz Ms. Mary Beth Pender

Ms. Rosemary Collopy - Rosemary Donohoe Ms. Daniele Cronin-Tewes Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Donahue - Kathleen Culotta Mr. and Mrs. Keith Donson - Marilyn Patton Mr. and Mrs. William Falatko - Sandy Fegan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gore - Alicia Rebbert

1967 Ms. Catherine Daly Ms. Linda Freitag - Linda Lebling Ms. Gerry Kavanagh

1968

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1985

1998

2007

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress - Jen Ralston Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Levine - Deirdre Dowd Ms. Mary Teather - Mary McWhite

Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Albornoz - Catherine Easby-Smith Mrs. Keagan Lenihan - Keagan Resler Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Brien - Katie Herman Ms. Kathryn Smits - Kathryn Ellen

Miss Claire Easby-Smith Miss Riley Fisher Miss Meghan Kane Miss Erika Wright

1986

Dr. Shana Elliott and Mr. Richard Elliott - Shana Gaultney Ms. Ellen Janus - Ellen Ostronic

Ms. Ellen Katz - Ellen McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kelly - Ana Presentado Dr. and Mrs. C. Doyle Maull - Amy Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mulheron - Sondra Schiattareggia

1978

1987

Mrs. Karen Stradtner and Mr. David L. Banta Mr. and Mrs. Martin Green - Trish Norair Ms. Robin Kramer - Robin Witowski Dr. Catherine E. Theisen

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gardella, Jr. - Colleen Christmas Ms. Maureen Grant - Maureen McCormick Ms. Jennifer Johnson - Jennifer Abbey Mr. and Mrs. Don Wiggins - Susanne Brunhart

1977

1979 Rita Wolford Devine, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Farrell - Stephanie Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gillette - Cindy Comerford Ms. Dedie Giuliani Ms. Elizabeth B. McHugh Dr. and Dr. Dennis Stiles - Marie Tigani Ms. Sara M. Thompson Ms. Rebecca Williams - Rebecca Effer

1988 Ms. Fabiola Gallego Ms. Carrie-Anne Mosley Ms. Christy O’Rourke Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Selwood - Maria Gildea Mr. and Ms. Kevin Urgo - Jennifer Bigelow Ms. Stefanie Waite - Stefanie Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Geoff White - Kirsten Ingram

1989

1980 Ms. Erin M. Boccia - Erin Tehan Mr. and Mrs. Randy Crocker - Karen Carestia Mr. and Mrs. F. Gillis Green - Lynn Rickman Ms. Alisa Marino Ms. Jennifer Virnstein Moore

1981 Ms. Kara Buttimer Ms. Darla Howard Ms. Casey Mooney Ms. Caroline M. Rerucha Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Widmark - Charlie Laux

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Biggins - Anne Auger Mr. and Mrs. Brad Davis - Amy Dilley Ms. Allison Jacobs

1999 Mrs. Jennifer Aitoumeziane - Jennifer Meegan Ms. Christine Brady Mrs. Sandra Camp - Sandra Wakeley Ms. Rebecca Carey - Rebecca Herron Ms. Kathleen Hannan Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Howe, Jr. - Johanna Bayly Ms. Lisa Mitten Mr. and Mrs. David Raff, Jr. - Susan Decker Ms. Vesta Salehi Mrs. Jessica Schierloh - Jessica May

2000 Ms. Jacqueline T. Appel Ms. Pierce R. Coffee - Pierce Resler Ms. Jessica E. Dillon Ms. Siobhan B. Dinkel Ms. Meghan E. Everngam Ms. Kathleen M. Sullivan

2001 Ms. Katherine Booher Ms. Elizabeth Direnfeld - Elizabeth McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Frend - Jessi Williams Mrs. Laura Hoover - Laura Gordon Ms. Katie Ryan Mrs. Katherine Thomas - Katie Frieder Mrs. Grace Weisser - Grace Easby-Smith Ms. Christina Yee

1990 Ms. Torie Carlson - Torie Abbey

2002

1991

Ms. Sinead Dinkel Ms. Jennifer Kessler - Jennifer Faig

Ms. Carmen Cardarelli - Carmen De Las Casas Ms. Lesli Esposito Mr. and Ms. Gregory Lourie - Margy Scarff

2003

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bryer - Erin Dilley

Ms. Anais Cayo Ms. Caitlin Duignan Ms. Hilary Sama Ms. Lauren Sims Ms. Meghan Sullivan Ms. Michael Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Caulfield - Connie Coakley Mrs. Kathleen Cooney Porter and Mr. David T. Porter Mr. and Mrs. William P. Novajosky - Mary Treacy Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rowan, IV - Kris Cotton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Texido - Kathleen McCarthy

1993

2004

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox - Dillon Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Brian Henneberry - Alicia O’Hare Ms. Noreen Miyake

Mrs. Alicia A. Barton - Alicia Easby-Smith Miss Allison L. Tarka Miss. Lauren M. Wood Miss Katharine F. Yee

1994

2005

Ms. Laura Chap Ms. Jennifer Staff - Jennifer Sushinsky

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1996

Ms. Susan Freericks - Susan Koenig Ms. Deborah Huguely Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matan - Suzanne Hohman Ms. Elizabeth A. Nolan

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Breeze - Eileen Dwyer Ms. Martha Nguyen and Mr. Gregory Wright Mrs. Giselle Colavita - Giselle Cruz Ms. Catherine Greene

Miss Sarah Aldemeyer Miss Kristin DeGiorgi Miss Katherine Dyer Miss Irene Firippis Miss Katherine Hinkle Miss Lindsey Kane Miss Krista Montes de Oca Miss Caitlin Quinn Miss Ericka Rojas Miss Sarah Stonesifer Miss Kathleen Wilcox

1982

1984 Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Barber - Lisa Daniels Ms. Shannon Faucette - Shannon Kane Ms. Cathleen Fromm - Cathleen McCormick Mrs. Nancy A. Glaeser - Nancy Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern, III - Ann Schiattareggia Ms. Ann Kerrigan - Ann Bouchard

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1997 Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Borell Mrs. Kara McGinn - Kara Hannan Ms. Kerry Parker Ms. Marisa B. Van Saanen Mr. and Mrs. Eric Van Why - Shannon Pitcher Mr. and Mrs. Jared J. Violante - Tiffany Thompson

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2006 Miss Rotimi Abimbola Miss Elisabeth Crisafulli Miss Johanna Hancock Miss Kathryn Hilley Miss Tara MacDaniels Miss Megan Wright

2008 Miss Madeleine Cantrel Miss Georgiana Donahue Miss Anne Seton Easby-Smith Miss Margaret Plamondon

2009 Miss Anne Buckley Miss Victoria N. Petruccelli

2010 Miss Mary Katherine Green Miss Jenna K. Kane Miss Margaret St. John-Dees Miss Kelly A. Whelan

Parents of Alumnae Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aberbach Mr. and Mrs. Brian Abt Mr. and Mrs. P. Casey Aiken, II Mrs. Maureen K. Appel Mrs. Alvin Aubinoe Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baumgartner Ms. Maria Bonnemaison-Moore and Mr. Brooks T. Moore Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Buckingham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Byrne Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Carey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Caulfield Mrs. Gerry Coakley Mr. and Mrs. F. Hugh Collins Mr. and Mrs. Romeleus Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. William Dahut Mr. and Mrs. Selden L. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeGiorgi Mr. and Mrs. Sergio del Castillo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DeLaurentis Mr. and Mrs. James Devine Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dinkel Dr. Joan M. Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dreux Dr. and Mrs. Anatoly Dritschilo Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dunne Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easby-Smith Ms. Lynda M. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Falcone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Famulare Dr. Adrienne Farrar Ms. Patricia Farrell and Mr. Dennis Yee Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fassl Mrs. Anne Findley Mrs. Patricia Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Franceschini Mr. and Mrs. Enos Fry Mrs. Joan P. Gagliardi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giaimo Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grabias Mr. and Mrs. James G. Guidera, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Hadeed, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randall H. Hall Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hess Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hilley Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hollenbeck, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Horn Dr. Karen J. Ivers and Mr. John F. Jaeger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Kane Dr. and Mrs. John W. Karanian Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kay Dr. Adrianne P. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kempf Mr. and Mrs. William Kopit Mrs. Sherrie K. Kopka-Kennedy and Mr. J. Lionel P. Kennedy Mr. Louis M. Larson Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lindquist Mr. and Mrs. Wilson N. Llerena Mr. and Mrs. Victor N. Lopiano

Dr. and Mrs. Attila Lorincz Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDaniels Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. MacDougall Mr. Brett MacInnes Mr. and Mrs. William Manders Mr. and Mrs. James J. Matthews, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mayo Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McAuliffe Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McGarry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Meegan Mr. and Mrs. Duke Mercer Mr. and Mrs. Gus Montes de Oca Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norris Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Noonan Mr. and Mrs. William P. Novajosky Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Leary Ms. Mildred A. Patterson and Mr. Marc Grossman Mrs. Patricia J. Patton Mr. William F. Peel III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Petruccelli Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Phifer Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Plamondon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Potter Mr. and Mrs. R. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Quinn, Jr. Ms. Ileana Quintas and Mr. Thomas Brackett Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ralston Mr. and Mrs. John Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Roth Mr. and Mrs. David Ruddell Mrs. Mary L. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio E. Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo Santelices Mr. and Mrs. Casey Sattler Mr. and Mrs. Kim Sims Mr. and Mrs. Jack Singleton Dr. and Dr. Dennis Stiles Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Still Ms. Suzanne K. Stinson Mr. and Mrs. George Sushinsky Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson Dr. Monica Turner Mrs. Gail A. Tyus-Hill and Mr. Howard C. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vaghi, III Mr. and Mrs. John Vardaman Mr. and Mrs. John N. Vassos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Willmore Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Y. Woo Ms. Elizabeth L. Young and Mr. John M. Benziger

Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Barry - Victoria Barry 2013 - Charlotte Barry 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brigati - Molly Magnarelli 2013 Mr. John P. Brown - Madeleine Brown 2011 Mr. and Mrs. William Burdeshaw - Clare Burdeshaw 2013 Mrs. Joyce Byrne - Chiara Fargione 2008 - Katherine Byrne 2014 Mrs. Bridget Cahill - Bridget Cahill 2013 Dr. Francis P. Chiaramonte and Mrs. Dorothy Chiaramonte - Caroline Chiaramonte 2013 - Colleen Chiaramonte 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Clark - Madison Clark 2012 Mr. Bernard Cravath - Angela Cravath 2014 Col. and Mrs. Gerry Dean - Margaret Dean 2012 Mr. and Mrs. James Devine - Rebecca Ward 2014

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annualreport Mr. and Mrs. Louis Donatelli - Margaret Donatelli 2013 - Ann Donatelli 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ely - Jessica Ely 2011 Mrs. Hiroko Susan Enright - Sophia Motta 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Fletcher - Charlotte Benziger 2010 - Fannie Benziger 2013 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra - Caroline Henschel 2016 Mrs. Carole A. Gessler - Hannah Gessler 2011 Mrs. Margaret H. Giovanni - Mary Jeanne Coyle 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Glynn - Meagan Glynn 2011 - Katherine Glynn 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Goetzenberger - Lindsay Goetzenberger 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield, Sr. - Peyton Holifield 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins, Sr. - Madeleine Hopkins 2014 Mrs. Lois Johnston - Zoe Irving 2013 Mrs. Richard Kosch - Madeleine Hopkins 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Kress - Kaitlin Kress 2012 Mr. and Mrs. David Lamb - Heather Lamb 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Ed LaPaille - Grace LaPaille 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Linke - Georgena Witt 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marck - Catherine MacCormack 2013 Mrs. Shirley M. Mather - Elena Rios-Brady 2015 Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Mercer - Jenna Fairbanks 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Micholas - Elizabeth Micholas 2014 Mrs. Frank M. Mikus - Melanie Mikus 2011 Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mosimann - Maria Leyva 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Mudd - Emma Mudd 2014 Mrs. Anthony M. Natelli - Nicolette McCann 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norris - Krista Montes de Oca 2005 Mrs. Geraldine Novak - Jane Caldwell 2014 Dr. and Mrs. Richard Perry - Elizabeth Micholas 2014 - Maureen Perry 2008 - Kathleen Perry 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Popera - Ashleigh Popera 2012 - Alexandra Popera 2014 Mrs. John E. Prominski - Kathryn Prominski 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard T. Renzy, III - Rose Meima 2017 Hon. and Mrs. William Rowan - Meghan Rowan 2012 Mr. and Mrs. John Serena - Mary Serena 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Vassos - Erica Vassos 2010 - Allison Vassos 2012 Mr. John C. Whitaker - Maya Whitaker 2017 Mrs. Agnes N. Williams - Haley Williams 2013 Mrs. Louise Witt - Georgena Witt 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woods - Casey Annmarie Dell’Isola 2011 - Mary Danielle Dell’Isola 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Mel Wright - Catherine Maier 2013

Gifts in Honor of Lauren Wood - Network For Good Taylor Barry - Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry Maddie Barry - Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry Charlotte and Victoria Barry - Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Barry Molly Magnarelli and Kelsey Brigati - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brigati Madeleine Brown - Mr. John P. Brown Clare Elizabeth Burdeshaw - Mr. and Mrs. William Burdeshaw Clare Burdeshaw - Mr. and Mrs. William Burdeshaw Katie Byrne - Mrs. Joyce Byrne Bridget Cahill - Mrs. Bridget Cahill Madison Clark - Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Clark Annie Cravath - Mr. Bernard Cravath Annie Donatelli and Maggie Donatelli - Mr. and Mrs. Louis Donatelli Jessie Ely - Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ely Sophia Ann Motta - Mrs. Hiroko Susan Enright Fannie Benziger - Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Fletcher Caroline Foster Henschel - Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gadra Hannah Gessler - Mrs. Carole A. Gessler Meagan Glynn - Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Glynn Lindsay Goetzenberger - Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Goetzenberger Peyton Holifield - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holifield, Sr. Maddie Hopkins - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins, Sr. Zoe Irving - Mrs. Lois Johnston Heather Lamb - Mr. and Mrs. David Lamb Grace LaPaille - Mr. and Mrs. Ed LaPaille Georgena Witt - Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Linke Gabrielle and Monica - Mr. and Mrs. Wilson N. Llerena Catherine MacCormack - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marck Elena Rios-Brady - Mrs. Shirley M. Mather Jenna Fairbanks - Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Mercer Elizabeth Micholas - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Micholas Emma Mudd - Ms. Maria Moraitakis Maria Leyva - Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mosimann Megan Tedder - Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mulligan Nicolette McCann - Mrs. Anthony M. Natelli Jane Sanders Caldwell - Mrs. Geraldine Novak Jane Sanders Caldwell - Mrs. Geraldine Novak Betsi Micholas - Dr. and Mrs. Richard Perry K.T. Prominski - Mrs. John E. Prominski Katie Kress - Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ralston Megan Rowan - Hon. and Mrs. William Rowan Kaelynn Serena - Mr. and Mrs. John Serena

Maya Whitaker - Mr. John C. Whitaker Haley Williams - Mrs. Agnes N. Williams Gena Witt - Mrs. Louise Witt Dani Dell’Isola and Casey Dell’Isola - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woods Catherine Maier - Mr. and Mrs. Mel Wright

Gifts in Memory of Fred and Virginia Forbes - Dr. and Mrs. Barry Ephraim Mr. and Mrs. Francis McInerny, Ms. Karen Hill, Rev. Mother Mary Celestine - Mr. and Mrs. James Pinkston

Gifts In Kind Ms. Mari Bonnemaison-Moore and Mr. Brooks T. Moore Mr. Chris Boragno Mr. Bo Duplinsky Mrs. Janice Obuchowski

The Connelly Program A program providing a unique, progressive course of study for students who attain academic excellence through differentiated learning. Dr. Francis P. Chiaramonte and Mrs. Dorothy Chiaramonte

Neil T. Coakley Scholarship This fund was established especially for students accepted into the Connelly Program, designed for students who welcome the challenge of a strong academic program but have learning differences that compromise their ability to access curriculum in conventional ways. Mrs. Geraldine L. Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Rory Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Hall Martin

Mary C. Crivella Fund Mr. and Mrs. Barto Crivella and their family established the Crivella Fund as a memorial to their daughter, Mary. The Crivella Fund supports an extensive audio-visual collection and supplements book purchases for the library. Raymond E. and Naomi Dungan Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Crivella

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Mary Pat Siemien Scholarship

The Hispanic Scholarship has been established by an anonymous donor to provide a Holy Child education to a young Hispanic woman who shows academic promise.

The Mary Pat Siemien Award was established to be presented annually to the student whose own determination, dignity, honesty and humor echo the qualities Mary Pat embodied as an exceptional member of the Holy Child Class of 1977.

Mary Kosch Scholarship The Mary Kosch Scholarship Fund was established by Kathie and Mike Williams in honor of Mrs. Mary Kosch and her outstanding dedication and service to Holy Child. It is awarded to a rising freshman who has demonstrated a strong academic effort and a commitment to community service. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams

Karen Noonan Fund The Karen Noonan Fund was established to honor the memory of Karen Noonan, a graduate of the Class of 1986. Because of Karen’s desire to become a teacher, gifts endow a fund for faculty education and enrichment. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoeymans Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marino Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Noonan Ms. Dawn Noonan Ziemski

Jan Norton Scholarship Fund The Jan Norton Scholarship is awarded to a sophomore for her junior and senior years. The Fund was established by Mr. Forry Norton in memory of his daughter, Jan, who died unexpectedly during her sophomore year at Holy Child.

Weisbrod Scholarship The Weisbrod Scholarship is provided in memory of Sr. Mary Helen Weisbrod, an educator who inspired her students with the vision of Cornelia Connelly to “meet the wants of the age.” She instilled in her students confidence, trust and the value of service. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to her dedication to education and her sharing of the charisma of Cornelia Connelly. It is awarded annually to a current student.

Mrs. M. J. Siemien

The J. Robert Walsh Scholarship Fund At the request of Colleen W. Walsh (’78), the J. Robert Walsh Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in loving memory of her father. Each year this scholarship is awarded to a prospective 9th grader on the basis of academic merit and good character. Ms. Colleen Walsh O’Brien Freddie Mac Foundation

Catholic Youth Organization Tourney Artists Circle, LTD Chesapeake Dining LLC Devine & Fanning PA Vignola Gourmet LLC Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman Ms. Donna Cahill and Mr. James Cahill Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Caulfield Ms. C. M. Devine Rita Wolford Devine, Ph.D. Ms. Kathleen P. Dunleavy and Dr. Michael P. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Joel I. Falk Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Michael McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey McCormick Mrs. Rebecca F. Meissner Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeffrey O’Berry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Petrizzo Dr. and Mrs. William E. Prominski Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Vermillion Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Virostek Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

A Coakley Legacy WHEN YOU DRIVE onto campus, one of the first

things you see is the name of the turf field, the “Neil T. Coakley Stadium.” It’s a tribute to Neil Coakley, father of Connie (’82) and grandfather of Tierney (’10). Mr. Coakley served on the Holy Child Board of Trustees for eighteen years, and was a supporter of the school in numerous ways for decades. This year, Neil’s wife, Geraldine L. Coakley, formally established The Neil T. Coakley Scholarship. This fund was established especially for students accepted into the Connelly Program, designed for students who welcome the challenge of a strong academic program but have learning differences that compromise their ability to access curriculum in conventional ways. The family hopes that others are inspired to contribute to the fund so that additional students can be supported. Fall 2011 - Connelly Contact

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annualreport Planned Giving Mrs. Carole Bittman Mr. Steven Virostek

Grants Capital Partners for Education/ Sunrise Foundation James M. Johnston Trust

Tiger Club Tiger Club donations support Holy Child athletics throughout the year. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Alessi Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Anastasi Mr. and Mrs. Alfio F. Arcidiacono Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bratun Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Breland Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman Mr. and Mrs. John P. Brown, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Philippe Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Bulleit Mr. and Mrs. James A. Butz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Byrne Ms. Donna Cahill and Mr. James Cahill Ms. Donna Cedar-Southworth and Mr. Charles S. Southworth Ms. Hanja Cherniak Mr. and Mrs. Randy Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cynkar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dell’Isola Rita Wolford Devine, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dreux Mr. and Mrs. Barton Drummond Ms. Kathleen P. Dunleavy and Dr. Michael P. Lee Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dunne Dr. and Mrs. William R. Dzyak Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Economakis Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Ely Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Falcone Mr. and Mrs. Joel I. Falk Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farr Mr. and Mrs. James E. Frech Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gardella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garner, II Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Gessler Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Gilak Mr. and Mrs. Luis A. Giorgio Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Glueckert Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Greene Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guntle Ms. Diane E. Hastings and Mr. Frank Panopoulos Captain and Mrs. Peter D. Haynes Mr. and Mrs. John F. Henschel Ms. Karen Hinton and Mr. Howard Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Krister Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Horan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Horner Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Huebscher Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hurt Mr. and Mrs. David Joosten Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kern, III Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kress Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. William C. MacDonald Mr. Thomas M. Mack Ms. Kelli Magnarelli Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner Mrs. Heather A. Maier Mr. Mario A. Mansilla Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McAuliffe Ms. Elizabeth L. McCloskey and Mr. Peter M. Leibold Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey McCormick Mr. Frank T. McFaden

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Mrs. Rebecca F. Meissner Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Micholas Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Montooth Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeffrey O’Berry Mrs. Janice Obuchowski and Mr. Albert Halprin Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Overly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Petrizzo Ms. Laura H. Phillips and Mr. Jared F. Cornfeld Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Popera Dr. and Mrs. William E. Prominski Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Raffensperger Mr. and Mrs. Dean J. Rock Mrs. Anne Ryan Ms. Carla T. Sarmiento and Mr. Eduardo F. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Serena Ms. Cathleen E. Shannon and Mr. Ronald W. Watkins Dr. Cara C. Simmonds and Dr. Albert C. Simmonds Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Sobrino Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Soistman Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Stricker Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Tigani Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Toone Mr. and Mrs. Volker Treichel Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tyshing Ms. Maria Umana-Marulanda Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Vermillion Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Virostek Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Witt Mr. and Mrs. Clayton K. Yeutter Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Yoritomo Ms. Elizabeth L. Young and Mr. John M. Benziger

HC Parents and Student Volunteers 2010-11 Money pays the bills, but we couldn’t do what we do without the outpouring of time and effort put forth by our generous community. Bakers, envelope stuffers, managers or salespeople, we thank them for making all of our events and our school operations successful.

Middle School Room Mothers Fairleigh Killen Mary Magner Holly Soistman Amanda Toone Cynthia Van Bruygom

Upper School Room Mothers Judy Arcidiacono Joan Dreux Joan Evans Mary Fairbanks Kim Glynn Karen Greene Cindy Horner Mary Ellen Jorgensen Marilyn Keeley Ann Kern Janelle Lynch Beth MacDougall Beth McCann Kathleen McCormick Teresa Overly Consuelo Pachon Julie Raffensperger Shelly Richards Cathleen Shannon Liz Sobrino Tracy Tkac Donna Vaccarezza Betsy Young

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Faculty Appreciation Mildred Holmes (Chair) Julie Pfleiger (Chair)

Tiger Shop Rosemary Agege Cindy Anastasi Kellie Ballard Cary Buckingham Judy Arcidiacono Kristy Bulleit Sue Cassidy Mahdea Cooper Kimberly Cynkar Wooly Devine Mary Fairbanks Liz Garner Mary Ann Glueckert Lisa Henschel Veronica Jessamy Mercedes Kavanagh Farliegh Killen Liz McCloskey Leibold Jean Lutes Mary Magner Suzanne Matan Margie Matthews Amy Micholas Shield Montooth Carol Mudd Louise O’Berry Miriam Ostria Amy Peterson Julie Pflieger Mollie Prominski Carola Rizkalla Tracy Schooling Liz Sobrino Holly Soistman Donna Cedar-Southworth Laura Stricker Sally Sullivan Susan Thomas Amanda Toone Heidi Travis Cindy Troiano Donna Vaccarezza Mary Anne Virostek Lyn Witt Cristy Yeutter

Hot Lunch Patrice Brickman Tawnya Brown Maury Byrne Wooly Devine Kathleen Dunleavy Christine Drummond Laurie Farr Katie Horan Mary Ellen Jorgensen Helen Jorgensen Kristen Johnston Mercedes Kavanagh Susan Kohler Theresa Leyva Fairleigh Killen Suzanne Matan Margie Matthews Rebecca Meissner Beth McCann Teresa McHenry Susan Pereles Amy Peterson Kay Schwartz Holly Soistman Laura Stricker Cindy Troiano Gina Tyshing Cynthia Van Bruygom Cristy Yeutter Betsy Young

Carpool Welcome Breakfast Helen Jorgensen Kathleen McCormick

Mollie Prominski Cindy Troiano Cynthia Van Bruygom (Chair) Cristy Yeutter

Tiger Trot Al Arcidiacono Judy Arcidiacono John Benziger Mari Bonnemamaison-Moore Dan Dean Joe DeGiorgi Bart Drummond Christine Drummond Fiona Dunleavy Kathleen Dunleavy Jessie Ely Karl Ely Maria Fabara Mariagustina Fabara Nancy Fabara Jessi Williams Frend Tim Frend Gary Glueckert John Hollingsworth Caroline Holmes Chris Holmes Katie Horan Cindy Horner Selena Horner Virginia Hurt Kristen Johnston Tim Jorgensen Bunny Lamb Greg Lamb Mike Lee Peter Leibold Brian McCann Kelly McCann Liz McCloskey Rose Meima Steve Meima Gus Montes de Oca Brooks Moore Dan Pereles Susan Pereles Isabel Pflieger Robert Pflieger Gary Reguerin Barry Rosenberg Tracy Schooling Susanna Smith Alli Tarka John Thomas Laura Thomas Emily Travis Jeff Travis Helga Treichel Katrin Treichel Kelsey Warren Tom Warren Jim Weir Grace Easby-Smith Weisser Kevin Weisser Sue Whitaker Mark Yarish Clayton Yeutter Elena Yeutter Lee Yoritomo Sheila Yoritomo

Open House Cindy Anastasi Al Arcidiacono Judy Arcidiacono John Benziger LaTawnya Brown Sue Cassidy Dan Dean Monica Dean Miriam Dell’Isola Wooly Devine Diamantina Esteves Elizabeth Garner Jon Greene Sheri Gutierrrez

Diane Hastings Cheryl Hickman Carol Holladay Chip Hopkins Cindy Horner Virginia Hurt James Killen Brendan Magner Mary Magner Kelli Magnarelli Rebecca Meissner Janice Obuchowski Consuelo Pachon Laura Phillips Joan Rios Karen Robinson Kay Schwartz Jane Stenson Paul Sullivan Heidi Travis Cynthia Van Bruygom Trish Whitcomb Betsy Young

Fall Classic Danny Anastasi Al Arcidiacono Rich Gardella Liz Garner Mark Gessler Jon Greene Mary Ellen Jorgensen Rocky Kern (Chair) Jim Kress Casey McCormick Mike Micholas Mollie Prominski Tom Serena Donna Cedar-Southworth Kevin Virostek (Chair) Mary Anne Virostek Betsy Young

Sally Foster/Cookie Dough Laura Stricker (Chair) Trish Whitcomb

Grandparents Day Wooly Devine Cristy Yeutter

Mayfield Market Cindy Anastasi Judy Arcidiacono Sandra Aresta Kellie Ballard Debra Bowen Ali Bratun Monica Brewer Patrice Brickman LaTawnya Brown Ann Bruno Kristy Bulleit Nancy Burdeshaw Maury Bryne Sue Celeste Carol Corbie Kimberly Cynkar Miriam Dell’Isola Rita Devine Michele Diffenderfer Joan Dreux Christine Drummond Kathleen Dunleavy Diamantina Esteves Nancy Fabara Anna Maria Falcone Laurie Farr Colleen Gardella Liz Garner Julie Gilak Darby Gingery Kim Glynn Karen Greene Rebecca Gumbs Pat Guntle

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Mary Anne Virostek and Mollie Prominski pitch in for more than one Holy Child event, while dads Augie Rios and Kevin Furman serve the moms at the Mother’s Day luncheon.

Sheri Gutierrez Diane Hastings Lisa Henschel Cheryl Hickman Karen Hinton Marni Holifield Carol Holladay Katie Horan Cindy Horner Grace Huebscher Lisa Hunt Virginia Hurt Kristen Johnston Mary Joosten Helen Jorgensen Mary Ellen Jorgensen Grace Kavanagh Ann Kern Fairleigh Killen Susan Kohler Jennifer Kress (Chair) Bunny Lamb Isabel Llerena Jenifer Luck Jean Lutes Janelle Lynch Rachel MacDonald (Chair) Beth MacDougall Kelli Magnarelli Mary Magner Heather Maier Ana Manchester Carla Marcolin Suzanne Matan Liz McCloskey Kathleen McCormick Christina McCreary Theresa McHenry Rachel Meima Rebecca Meissner Sheila Montooth Bonnie Moore Brooke Morton Carol Mudd Janice Obuchowski Miriam Oster Consuelo Pachon Susan Pereles Amy Peterson Nicole Petrizzo Laura Phillips Mollie Prominski Colleen Quinn Julie Raffensperger Shelly Richards Joan Rios Karen Robinson Yvonne Russell Carla Sarmiento Tracy Schooling

Kay Schwartz Cathleen Shannon Susanna Smith Liz Sobrino Yolanda Spears Cathy Steele Jane Stenson Laura Stricker Sally Sullivan Theresa Talamaku Cathy Tedder Susan Thomas Kathy Tigani Amanda Toone Mona Toosi Heidi Travis Helga Treichel Cindy Troiano Donna Vaccarezza Cynthia Van Bruygom Joan Vassos Mary Anne Virostek Sue Whitaker Trish Whitcomb Jocelyn Witt Mary Gail Wolf Betsy Young

Mayfield Market Fathers Club Volunteers Al Arcidiacono John Benziger Brooks Burdeshaw Tom Burdeshaw Jim Cahill Bob Cynkar Dan Dean Bart Drummond Karl Ely Kevin Furman (Chair) Gary Glueckert Don Goodwin Jonathan Greene Albert Gumbs Dexter Gumbs John Hollingsworth Chris Holmes Tony Holmes Jim Hunt Kevin Jorgensen Tim Jorgensen Michael Katz Jack Kress Jim Kress Mike Lee Peter Leibold John Lynch Bill MacDonald Connor MacDonald William MacDonald

Tom Mack Leslie Martinkovics Jim Matthews Tim McCann Timothy McCann Thomas McCann Phillip McCann Bill Moore Jonathan Mudd (Chair) Jeff O’Berry Bill Prominski Augie Rios Tom Serena Paul Sullivan John Thomas Robbie Troiano Vincent Troiano Ron Watkins Tom Williams Clayton Yeutter

Father/Daughter Communion Breakfast Kathleen Dunleavy Anthony Falcone (Chair) Helen Jorgensen Ray MacDougall (Chair) Ana Manchester Jeff Leiter (Chair) Cathleen Shannon

Christmas Decorating Liz Garner Katie Horan Lean Lutes Cathy Steele Heidi Travis

Bingo Alumnae: Connie Coakley Caufield (’82) Robin Marino Hoeymans (’86) Amy Beal (’86) Kate Lee Clarke (’86) Parents: Al Arcidiacono Past Parents: MariAnne Hamilton-Cotter Faculty/Staff: Antonietta Pilkerton Chrissy Page Jenna Sutton Suzi Montes de Oca Teri Boragno Diane Boragno Shannon Van Why

Students: Amanda Arcidiacono Ashley Arcidiacono Sarah Allen Taylor Baldwin Charlotte Barry Maddie Brown Claire Bruno Caroline Chiaramonte Colleen Chiaramonte Casey Dell’Isola Daniela deLucio Jessie Ely Anabela Esteves Catherine Fielding Hannah Gessler Luci Giorgio Meagan Glynn Valeria Gomez Emma Gonzalez JoJo Hess Sofia Infante ZZ Krebs Tiffany Kudiwu Mimi Leiter Maria Leyva Carol Lucarelli Tricia Lynch Kelly McCann Kate McCormick Melanie Mikus Sophia Motta Ashleigh Murray Kelly Omotade Brynn Raffensperger Katie Schwartz Mary Schwartz Katie Tkac Shannen Quinn Shey Van Bruygom

Middle School Dance Cindy Anastasi Jared Cornfeld Christine Drummond Nancy Fabara Liz Garner John Henschel Chris Holmes Mike Lee Jenifer Luck Frank McFaden Joanie and Augie Rios Cindy Smith Fran Soistman Amanda Toone Heidi Travis Cristy Yeutter

Mothers’ Day Luncheon Jared Cornfeld Robert Cynkar Augie Rios Bill Whitaker

Prom/Post Prom Judy Arcidiacono Dan Dean Laurie Farr

Rich Gardella Colleen Gardella Gary Glueckert Mary Ann Glueckert Jen Kress Janelle Lynch Leslie Martinkovics Greg Smith Susanna Smith Liz Sobrino Ray Sobrino Yolanda Spears Susan Thomas Mary Anne Virostek

Gala Timi Abimbola ’06 Judy Arcidiacono Ashley Benson ’07 Ali Bratun Patrice Brickman Ann Bruno Hanja Cherniak Carol Corbie Jared Cornfeld Kimberly Cynkar Miriam Dell ‘Isola Wooly Devine ’79 Maureen Easby-Smith ’05 Nancy Forbes Ephraim ’70 Mary Fairbanks Nancy Fabara Laurie Farr Karen Hess Kiki Janssens ’05 Kristen Johnston Farleigh Killen Beth McCann Theresa McHenry Amy Micholas Krista Montes de Oca ’05 Linda Motta Laura Phillips Colleen Quinn Julie Raffensperger Liz Sobrino Theresa Talamaku Allison Tarka ’04 Helga Treichel Joan Vassos (Chair) Katie Wilcox ’05 Mary Gail Wolf Betsy Young

Fashion Show Laurie Farr Karen Greene (Chair) Mary Hopkins Mercedes Kavanagh Janelle Lynch (Chair Kathy Tigani

Graduation Volunteers Judy Arcidiacono Wooly Devine ’79 Mary Ellen Jorgensen Kelli Magnarelli Molly Magnarelli ’13

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Co-Presidents: Mollie Prominski, Cristy Yeutter Volunteer Coordinator: Mary Ellen Jorgensen Recording Secretary: Donna Vaccarezza Communion Breakfast: Anthony Falcone, Jeff Leiter, Raymond MacDougall Family Support: Anna Maria Falcone Fashion Show: Janelle Lynch, Karen Greene Gala: Joan Vassos Fall Classic: Rocky Kern, Kevin Virostek Mayfield Market: Jen Kress, Rachel MacDonald Prom Night: Colleen Gardella, Susanna Smith, Liz Sobrino, Al Arcidiacono Refreshments: Jean Lutes Ring Day: Shelly Richards, Pat Guntle Sally Foster: Laura Stricker Teacher Appreciation: Julie Pflieger, Mildred Holmes Tiger Shop: Mary Ann Glueckert, Mollie Prominski, Maury Byrne Tiger Trot: Susan Pereles Welcome Committee: Cynthia Van Bruygom

Parents Association 2011-2012

President: Cristy Yeutter Volunteer Coordinators: Cynthia Van Bruygom, Mary Ellen Jorgensen Recording Secretary/Family Support: Rachel Meima Communion Breakfast: Anthony Falcone, Sean Glynn Fashion Show: Laurie Farr, Janelle Lynch, Mercedes Kavanagh Gala Co-Chairs: Julie Pfleiger, Kathy Tigani Fall Classic: Rocky Kern and Kevin Virostek (golf); Mary Anne Virostek (tennis) Mayfield Market: Jen Kress, Rachel MacDonald Prom Night: Judy and Al Arcidiacano Refreshments: Carol Holladay Ring Day: Judy and Al Arcidiacano, Mary Ellen Jorgensen Teacher Appreciation: Julie Rock, Lyn Witt Tiger Shop: Mary Fairbanks, Courtnay Pecoraro Tiger Trot: Christine Drummond, Liz Garner, Bunny Lamb Welcome Committee: Kimberly Cynkar

Dads make hay (and grub) at lacrosse playday: (from left) Augie Rios, president Tim Jorgensen, Casey McCormick, Dan Dean, Paul Sullivan, and Ron Watkins.

Fathers United ALTHOUGH HOLY CHILD may be girls-only, it hasn’t stopped the school dads from banding together to create the Holy Child Fathers Club. (There had been an attempt back in the nineties, but it didn’t last for long.) The club was the brainchild of Tim Jorgensen, father of Anna (’15), who hoped to emulate the successful fathers organization he saw at his son’s high school, Gonzaga. Jorgensen saw the club as a chance to bring together fathers in a way previously unavailable to Holy Child dads, while also creating new and fun father-daughter bonding opportunities. And the dads certainly took to it. In its inaugural year, the Father’s Club boasted more than seventy members, drawing from all classes, Upper and Middle School. Focusing on building camaraderie among the school dads, the leadership planned events, such as poker parties, and casual meetings to hear from coaches and conduct business. It also sponsored November’s Communion Breakfast (see story in “family” section) and provided manpower for numerous HC events, as well as arranging a variety of fatherdaughter outings, from tubing to skeet-shooting. A storm cancelled the Washington Middle School for Girls service project, but it’s on the books for next year. Fundraising, to support the school (gala donation), the CYO tournament, and future club activities, came in the form of individual donations and sale of HCFC logo merchandise. The club hopes is building on its success with outreach to both new and existing school dads to add to the membership ranks; numerous outings and projects are in the planning stages, based on a survey sent out this spring. If the past is a predictor of future success, the Holy Child Fathers Club seems poised for even greater achievements in 2011-12. Visit its webpage (www.holychild.org/fathersclub) to see the calendar of club meetings and activities and learn more about membership. —DAN DEAN, FATHER OF MEG (’12).

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All Booked Up

Fathers Club 2011-2012

IT STARTED OUT as a whim (thank you, Meg Mayo), but a dedicated core of Book Club moms, led by a strong seventh grade contingent, kept the club going throughout the year. The successful start was a discussion of The Help (maybe we should all go see the movie together). Then the group explored an interesting array of titles, from Zeitoun (about a family’s experience during Katrina) to The Space Between Us (a tale of Indian women). One of the more interesting sessions circled around Galileo’s Daughter, a non-fiction work that many of the participants disliked intensely. It didn’t stop some fascinating exchanges, however, and caused many to go back and give the book another chance! Summer reading included A Paris Wife (Hemingway’s early years) and The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel. Can’t wait to hear the reactions. —KATHY

President: Tim Jorgensen Vice President - Events: Tony Horn Vice President - Meetings: Stephen Vaccarezza Vice President - Membership: Jim Cahill Vice President - Communications: Dan Dean Treasurer: Gary Glueckert Sports Team Liaison: Tom Williams

President: Tim Jorgensen Treasurer: Ron Watkins Secretary: Paul Sullivan At-Large: Al Arcidiacono At-Large: Kevin Furman Communications: Dan Dean Membership: Jim Cahill Sports: Tom Williams

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Raising money, building community

Run, Tigers, Run ON A CRISP fall morning, Holy Child kicked off its first annual 5K

road race, the Tiger Trot. Almost 200 participants competed on a picturesque course that wound through the local streets of Potomac. The runners, and numerous 1K walkers that joined in the fun, ended up at the finish line celebration on the new turf field. Several members of the Holy Child community took top awards, including first place finisher, Max Furman, who won with a time of 19:34. Proceeds from the race supported Holy Child and charity; a portion of the earnings were donated to the National Foundation for Cancer Research. Event chair Susan Pereles led the Tiger Trot committee through the intricacies of establishing a well-run, timed 5K competition. A committee of more than 50 dedicated volunteers, coordinated by Mary Ellen Jorgensen, Karl Ely, and Dan Dean, woke up before dawn to prepare for the School’s first 5K event. We look forward to making next year’s event even better!

TIGER TROT 2010 WINNERS First Place: Max Furman Second Place: Joseph Kenny Third Place: Michael Barry NEXT RACE: Sunday, April 15, 2012

More than 200 runners made the opening gun: Alumna Jessi Williams Frend (’01) crosses the finish line; headmistress Maureen Appel joins the running crowd with student Renata Guttierez; even the students pitched in (Francesca Petrizzo, Anna Jorgensen, Nora Leibold, head volunteer Sue Pereles, Gracie Pereles).

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Presently Speaking SHOPPING HAS DEFINITELY become a Holy Child tradition!

Seven years strong, and Mayfield Market just keeps getting better. The weekend before Thanksgiving, the school is transformed into a shopping bazaar, which brings close to a thousand people from the local community to our campus to get their holiday shopping started. Alumnae Paz Velasco-Galey (’82), Colleen Christmas Gardella (’87), and Abbie Handerhan (’07) were among the returning vendors, joining more than seventy other booths selling monogrammed clothing, jewelry, ceramic pieces, men’s and women’s clothing, unique accessories, stationery, original art, and handpainted items, including furniture, handbags and more. Lilly Pulitzer is always a draw: Meghan Kane (’07) was back with one of our top vendors, Preppy Pink Pony, while our own Laura Gaiser helped the Magners’ Lilly store, Life’s A Beach, bring pink and green gifts to its faithful customers! A white elephant sale, our own “Shabby Chic Boutique,” proved more popular than ever, and the luncheon café and bake sale provided something for everyone. Many thanks to the dads and sons who assisted with setup, tear down and parking the entire weekend, and co-chairs of this Fathers Club team, Kevin Furman and Jonathan Mudd. —SUZI MONTES DE OCA

Market leaders Jen Kress, Suzi Montes de Oca and Rachel MacDonald make it all happen; vendors, like alum Colleen Christmas Gardella, with sister Debbie Whyte and her Whytehouse Monograms, bring exciting shopping selections; and the tiger kids make it fun.

MAYFIELD MARKET 2011 Saturday, November 19 Sunday, November 20

Having a Ball at the Fall Classic A NEW AND improved Golf and Tennis Classic started the Holy Child “social

season” off with lots of great company, a fabulous venue for golf and tennis players, and an exuberant party for all, complete with a DJ and dancing. Bretton Woods Recreation Center played host to this enjoyable day, complete with picture perfect weather on this popular Friday date. Big team winners of the day for golf were: for 1st Gross: Stan Gelbaugh, Travis Benson, and Brian Sullivan; for 1st Net: George Nash, Dave Brigati, Danny Anastasi and Mike Morris. Mary Anne Virostek was the tennis winner, with Jen Kress as runner-up. Many thanks to co-chairs Rocky Kern and Kevin Virostek.

FALL CLASSIC 2011 Friday, October 21

Tom Fairbanks yucks it up with Keith Mayo and John Mayo, a brief respite from serious play; tennis players Jen Kress and Mary Anne Virostek starred on the court; Mary Anne’s husband, Kevin (center), co-chairs the event, started in honor of his father. It was the first year for the “Party at the Classic,” and lots of moms tore up the dance floor.

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Neptune Reigns SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING WAS the big winner during the Live Auction at Gala 2011, “A Night with Neptune.” The fun-filled gala evening, under the watchful eye of King Neptune, was without a doubt the best ever in attendance and money raised for the school. Held once again in the Holy Child gym, the event was stunning in every eye-catching undersea detail, from the glowing blue bar to the “coral” centerpieces. The Gala Committee, led by chair Joan Vassos, really outdid themselves, proving that a great committee can do great things.

Such an event wouldn’t be possible without a hardworking committee: (at bottom right) Joan Vassos (chair, center) is flanked by Live Auction chairs Julie Raffensperger and Patrice Brickman; (clockwise from top) happy attendees Helen and Tim Jorgensen (center) with Nancy and Tom Burdeshaw; the Horans get into the bidding; Sue Whitaker with one of her winnings; speaker and proud alumna Ericka Rojas with family and fellow Holy Child friends; Lorena deLucio with Gala decorating chair, Linda Motta.

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endnotes

Who Are You?

THE MYSTERY PERSISTS—Tell us which one of your smiling faces is in this picture, full of fun and “smarts.” HELP US! Write to hccommunications@holychild.org, with Mystery Photo in the subject line.

LAST YEAR’S WINNERS: Thanks to all of you who wrote back to tell us about last year’s mysteries. The winner for Photo A is Mary Beth Quinn Carroccio (’68) (beating Gerry by just hours!). She was the first to identify Chad Lash, Gerry Kavanaugh, Candy Edwards, and John Borger. But Gerry did identify that it was taken at the 1966 Spring Dance, in the “new gym,” with My Fair Lady as the theme. The winner for Photo B is Kay Delahay Kalhorn (’88); that picture shows (from left to right) Angela Howley (’87), Sr. Kathleen Roney (religion teacher), Monica McDermond (’88), Cathy McLenaghan (’89), Pat Richmond (’88), Stephanie Davis (’88), Ms. Margaret O’Neill (religion teacher), Cyndi Brady (’88), Christine Morley (’88), Kay Delahay (’88), Christina Baselga (’87), Lara Pelot (’87), Eileen Linaugh (’87), and Shannon Henry (’87).

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Mark Your Calendars

In addition to Mayfield Market, we have a host of other events, both social and to raise funds for our girls.

Blue/Gold Games

Spring Musical

Spring Fashion Show

Saturday, October 1

March 9 and 10

Sunday, May 20

50th Anniversary Mass

Tiger Trot 5K

Baccalaureate Mass

Sunday, October 2

Sunday, April 15

Thursday, May 31

Fall Classic

Annual Gala

Graduation

Friday, October 21

Saturday, April 28

Friday, June 1

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