NEWS & NOTES 1971
Tania Taubes
“NCS shaped my values almost as much as my family. It taught me to put the needs of others before or on par with my own, to create a better world by knowing what to do and doing it. As I’ve said to my son, now 17, for years (echoing NCS), ‘If not you, who?!’” 1995
Kimberly Corwin Gray
(also CTT 89-98, CTT parent 07, NCS parent 08-14, staff 04-15) Kimberly is the new director of development at The Grammar School in Putney, VT, where former farm manager Mike Tholen now teaches 5th grade. 2005
Hannah Doan
In fall 2015, Hannah began teaching Spanish and coaching skiing at Northwood School in Lake Placid.
NCS STAFF Teresa Carey’s film One Simple Question was screened as the feature documentary at the 2015 Made-In-Michigan Film Festival. Her latest crowdsourcing venture, “Hello Ocean,” focuses on ocean science, conservation, and outreach in collaboration with a team of scientists and engineers. “Hello Ocean” is an Indiegogo campaign and was recently awarded the Patagonia Grassroots Environmental Action Grant. Liz Jordan and Nick Perry welcomed son Malcolm
Bodhi Elliott on September 21, 2015.
Lauren McGovern, our current NCS counselor,
attended a six-day Summer Institute for Educators at UC Berkeley this past summer. She reflects: “Mindfulness. Compassion. Gratitude. These ‘new’ buzz words are making significant waves in the education community and were the framework for the Summer Institute. The whole thing was an amazing opportunity to gather with other school professionals from around the country and around the world. The Institute is designed by The Greater Good Science Center, a research arm of the University to study the practices that lead to a meaningful (read: happy) life. The Institute ended with a special bonus – participants had a private screening of the film Inside Out at Pixar’s campus because a psychology professor and founder of The Greater Good helped the movie’s creators learn about how the brain and emotions work.”
Current NCS librarian Mark Richards and math teacher Matthew Beckwith-Laube presented at the New York Librarians Association Annual Conference this past October. Their professional development session focused on collaboration and was entitled: Creating Active Library Partnerships.
Carlyn Trout married Karl Miller in Lake Placid in
early June 2015. Several NCS faculty and staff attended the event. Carlyn and Karl have relocated to Virginia, where Carlyn is pursuing her PhD in agricultural education at Virginia Tech.
CTT FRIENDS C. Peter Crowe
CTT staff 45-46 “Began my first year as a horse counselor 70 years ago this June 25th. Any other staff of that year still on the green side of the grass?”
Terrance Roche
CTT 49-51 “Climbed Cascade last summer to see if I could do it again after 63 years. Found out that I could—barely.”
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