DCD Fall 2018 Bulletin

THE INNOVATION ISSUE

The Bulletin • Fall 2018

Mission Statement Dedham Country Day School •Provides to each child a unique educational balance of challenging academics, arts, and athletics; •Embraces an inclusive, interdependent community of students, teachers, and parents that fosters trust and encourages children to take risks; •Creates independent, resilient, lifelong learners through engaging, developmentally-based teaching designed to meet varied learning styles; •Inspires students to become caring, ethical members of the larger world by emphasizing thoughtful citizenship and respect for self and others.

Diversity Statement At DCD, we define diversity as an umbrella term that includes race, gender, age, ethnicity, culture, nationality, sexual orientation, social and economic class, physical and learning differences, and religion, as well as other characteristics that contribute to each individual’s full identity.

We strive to provide a multicultural education, which celebrates the diversity of our community and the larger world. At DCD, respect permeates all aspects of school life.

We want children to learn to understand and value multiple perspectives, identify and reject stereotypes and prejudices, and work for equity and justice. Dedham Country Day is strongly committed to ensuring a sense of community in which every member is safe, valued, and treated with dignity. We believe that a broad range of experiences and viewpoints enhances learning and enriches life.

Admissions Inquiries should be submitted to Emilie Liebhoff, Director of Admissions and Assistant Head of School Dedham Country Day School 90 Sandy Valley Road Dedham, MA 02026 Tel: 781.329.0850 Web: www.dedhamcountryday.org

Head of School Allison D. Webster Director of Admissions and Assistant Head of School Emilie Liebhoff

In This Issue

Director of Communications Leslie Bowen

THE INNOVATION ISSUE

Manuscript Editor Kathryn Sargent

Innovation Comes to Life at DCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Director of Advancement Charles S. Rudnick

Contributing Writers Kevin Bowen Leslie Bowen Hilary Rochelle Allison Webster Class Notes Abby Ackerman Design Jason Fairchild, Truesdale Group Photography Leslie Bowen Kristie Gillooly Dean ’02 John Leith Kate Reardon Hilary Rochelle Charles Rudnick Sue Shirley Dee Tran Printing Recycled Paper Printing, Inc.

Just Imagine: New Fund

Supports Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Innovation Grant Funds New Approach to Community Service. . . . . . . . . . . 7

AnnualReport 2017–2018

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On Campus

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Dedham Country Day School Chooses a Mascot: The Hawk!

New Trustees Join the Board DCD Welcomes New Faculty and Staff Can You Walk in a Senator’s Shoes?

Diversity Conference: Middle Schoolers Explore Diversity, Identity, and Voice

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Closing Exercises

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Sports Roundup

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Alumni Association

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Alumni Profile: Roger Cheever ’57 Alumni News and Events Class of 2018 Summer Barbecue New Alumni Summer Internship Program

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Class Notes

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Summer Soirée Remembering Jim Bower

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The Adams Lab was renovated this fall thanks to the Head’s Innovation Fund (see special feature on Innovation)

Front Cover Photograph of Robotics Mini-term by Hilary Rochelle Inside Cover Photograph of Renovated Adams Lab by Dee Tran

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INNOVATION ClosingExercises Innovation Comes to Life at DCD

By Allison D. Webster

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s a native Bostonian, and one who loved Boston’s to function with an innovative mindset is one of the key waterfront even when it was in a far grittier location sensibilities we will need to thrive in our changing world, both than it is today, I was exasperated to walk under a as individuals and as a school, and it’s been a critical outcome banner declaring the Seaport the “Innovation District.” I’m of a DCD education since long before the term came into vogue. not sure how people in Kendall Square feel about the name, You’ll see we’ve embraced the term for our new fund, the let alone the East Boston immigrant community or the South Head’s Innovation Fund, since it is a fund at DCD that enables Boston fishermen, all of whom have been living lives that teachers, staff and administrators to identify innovations that can required ongoing innovation for generations. Is nothing or strengthen our school and implement these projects or changes. nowhere in our current time spared the label innovation?

Given the ubiquity of the term, it is worth defining how the While I’ll persist in using the term “Seaport” (and Boston term “innovation” comes to life at DCD and why we embraced Garden for that matter), the sentiment and goal of the Seaport’s it. Innovation is not a skill in itself, but rather a combination of rebranding are not wrong. Wired Magazine called “innovation” skills and behaviors that can be developed in their component the most overused – and the most important – word of the parts. While there are too many to innumerate in detail in decade, and I agree one article – whether it is among the most describing academic New 3D printers bring student ideas to life. important. Without skills or mindsets – question, developing there are a few worth our collective capacity highlighting given the

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way DCD is uniquely able to cultivate these skills.

Essential to the innovative mindset is the capacity to take risks and tolerate uncertainty and failure, something DCD teachers value and teach. Our biology does not help us with the task of tolerating risk, since we are hardwired to search for signs of danger, and our bodies and mind react in visceral ways to uncertainty and perceived “danger.” But we can develop our ability to take risks and increase our tolerance for uncertainty.

The physiological systems that are triggered when we are anxious were designed to protect us from far more primitive threats (charging mastodons), and we can temper these through new experiences. For example, Jia Jiang’s charming TED talk tells the story of his 100 days of rejection. He challenged himself to take on more rejection as a way to increase his capacity to take risks and be undeterred by the fear of “no” or failure. He asks for a “burger refill” at a burger joint, asks for donuts served like the Olympic rings, and asks a stranger if he can plant some flowers in the stranger’s backyard. What Jiang learns from the experience is that getting rejected is not such a

fearful thing after all, and in fact being bold often leads to more success than one might anticipate (he gets his Olympic donuts, for example). Students at DCD live a similar experience to Jiang in that they are regularly asked to take risks and – while they may fail – time and time again they are still standing.

They learn that they can grow from whatever went awry or succeeded.

Meaningful innovation occurs when the innovation allows for better meeting the needs of a group or individual, or somehow improves the lives of people. The ability to imagine how things might be improved for someone requires empathy and the capacity to envision things from another person’s perspective.

Building a child’s empathy is done in a multitude of ways at DCD and often in our humanities classrooms. A number of Innovation Fund grants awarded this summer focused on this part of our curriculum, from training for teachers at Columbia University to development of a Digital Storytelling art elective to the further development of our “Double English” class for students who do not take a world language. Our newly appointed service-learning coordinators, Colleen Hultgren and Dan Balk, participated in a week-long training where they learned how to engage students in identifying and meeting the needs in their community. DCD has been involved with Harvard’s Making Caring Common Project since its start, and

A student tends to plants in the tower garden.

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INNOVATION our program includes many of the strategies identified at Harvard for teaching empathy: empathize with children and model empathy for others; make caring for others a priority; practice empathy; expand a child’s circle of concern in developmentally appropriate ways; and help children develop self-control. In all of these ways we teach empathy, a defining component of any innovator’s mindset.

Perhaps one of the most significant ways that DCD cultivates an innovative mindset in children is by creating an environment with a high level of emotional safety. DCD has a scrappy and nimble 115-year history of building a school from extraordinary component pieces and coming together in extraordinary ways as a group. Many things make this so, but I wonder if the sense of community and emotional safety that children and adults feel at our school is the most profound of these. Dan Coyle, author of The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, writes about the important of emotional safety signals. Students or groups need to be held to high standards in order to achieve, and when these high standards are coupled with unwavering love and support, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. A few of our Innovation Fund grants focused on topics related to the emotional safety in our community: work on our advisory curriculum in the middle school; redesigning our Adams Lab space to better facilitate collaboration; and SEED training for faculty who will run a year-long group for DCD faculty and staff about the ways identity shapes learning and a sense of place. Our culture of kindness, along with our ability to talk openly and honestly with each other, fuels innovation on campus, since children and adults feel the emotional safety they need in order to be bold and explore new ideas.

I hope you enjoy reading more about innovation at DCD in the pages ahead, and that you can spot the elements of risk-taking, empathy, and emotional safety in the stories of innovation. At the same time, you’ll read about some of our important traditions. Children need both the capacity to envision and create something new and the ability to sustain traditions that are meaningful in their adult lives.

You’ll see the roots of both of these capacities in this edition, and as always, I’m grateful to lead a school that is so profoundly right for the children we have today and for the adults they will become in the future.

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Head’s Innovation Fund COMPLETED INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS IN PROGRESS Curricular Enhancements and Professional Development • • • • • • • • • • • •

Creation of seventh-grade “Double-English” curriculum Development of a class for Horizons/middle-school arts on wearable technology Purchase of AR Sandbox for science and technology curriculum Development of a Digital Storytelling class Review and revising of middle-school advisory curriculum Food sustainability curriculum development with support of new indoor tower garden Creation of “Genius Hour” with grade 5 (kids focusing on an area of personal interest) Enhancement and modification of social studies program in grade 4 to include more cultures Development of human-rights curriculum for grade 3 Further work with Writing Workshop and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Enhanced integration of science into the first-grade curriculum Training of SEED leaders and implementation of group at DCD (25 teachers/staff)

Programming and Tools for Well-Being • Summer training for new service-learning coordinators and support of development of that program • Development of auditory processing assessment for grades 2-4 • Teacher training and curricular coaching on mindfulness tools for classrooms

Technology, Facilities, and Outdoor Space • • • • •

Redesign of the Adams Lab with more flexible seating and projection capabilities New features in the Adams Lab including Vinyl Cutter, Padcaster and Spheros Addition of robotics into middle-and lower-school curriculum with LEGO EV-3 Mindstorms Expansion of the nature space outside Huntington House Creation of a mural led by three eighth-grade students

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Just Imagine: New Fund Supports Innovation

By Leslie Bowen

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hen you think of innovation, technological advances may come to mind.

But, in fact, innovation can happen in any field or discipline and can take many different forms, as the first round of innovation grants given to faculty and staff at DCD illustrate (see sidebar).

A new take on the school’s motto, Learning Is a Way of Life, the Head’s Innovation Fund was created and funded by last year’s 8th grade parents as their parting gift to the school to give the head of school more flexibility to fund projects that are not specifically in the budget and to support innovation on campus.

Innovation is defined in many ways in the current educational landscape. George Couros, author of the Innovator’s Mindset, defines innovation as anything that is new and better. MerriamWebster defines innovation simply as a new idea or method.

Stephen Shapiro, author of 24/7 Innovation: A Blueprint for Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Change, defines innovation as “staying relevant.”

At DCD, as described in the grant application materials, “We’re defining innovation as the application of ideas that are new and useful in the evolving process of fulfilling our mission.

The fund will support projects and new learning that allow us to reflect upon and further develop the curriculum, systems, or methods we use to achieve our goals and to encourage innovation through collaboration among faculty and staff.”

Innovation grants are meant to be broader in scope than traditional professional development, not only funding attendance at a workshop or conference, but also encouraging collaboration among faculty. Additionally, the fund covers the

cost of purchasing materials and provides $125 per diem.

The goal is to find projects that will allow for a period of experimentation rather than add to the overall operating budget of the school.

DCD has spectacular faculty, and the Innovation Fund gives me a way to harness the creativity and generativity of DCD's teachers,” said Head of School Allison Webster. “As a school, we are now more nimble in our ability to put the great ideas of teachers and staff into action. They now have the resources they need to experiment, learn, and engage in the ongoing process of building the most relevant and engaging program possible. Because of the strength of our teachers and the generosity of the fund, we now have both great ideas and the capacity to implement them to the benefit of kids.”

Fifth-grade teacher Joanna Bemis used her innovation grant to establish a “Genius Hour,” inspired by Google and now practiced in classrooms globally, for students to explore their own interests.

“Basically, I give my students one class period a week to explore any topic of their choosing,” she explains. “So far, we are off to a great start!” Projects have included creating songs on their Chromebooks, designing video games, experimenting with Slime, and researching wild animals around the world.

Lynne Mayard and Beth Conners created an assessment of auditory processing that can be used in grades 2 through 4 to supplement the auditory-comprehension subtest given on the ERBs. Derived from many sources, the test provides additional information on a student's auditory discrimination, processing, memory, and comprehension. Designed to be given to the whole class at one time, it is an easy, short, and fun method of assessment.

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INNOVATION Ruth Gow and Kate Reardon received an innovation grant that covered the cost of purchasing 15 EV3 robotics kits, which are intended to provide a class set (up to 30 students) for robotics projects and replace our outdated NXT LEGO robotics sets.

“The dream is to try to create a robotics-based project for grades 5 through 8, beyond the middle-school robotics club that happens over six weeks during the winter term,” said Ruth. “This year, I will be designing a few weeks of robotics projects to fit into the eighth-grade curriculum on speed, velocity, and acceleration, and hope to find ways to offer projects for the other grades in the future.” Ruth also attended a three-week summer robotics conference at Tufts to learn about EV3 and gain ideas, designs, and strategies for creating robotics projects.

These are just a few of the projects funded in the first round of grants designed to enhance curriculum, provide professional development opportunities, develop well-being programming, purchase new technology, and improve our facilities and outdoor space. Funds also supported summer training for the new service-learning coordinators (see article next page), expansion of the nature space outside the pre-kindergarten classroom, and development of a food sustainability curriculum that included purchase of a new indoor tower garden, among many other projects. Funding for each of the projects varied, from tech resources in the thousands of dollars to covering three days of work for less than $400. A second round is scheduled for next summer, and what they will fund will depend on what teachers apply to do, but the trend is toward cross-grade collaborations.

Board Co-President John Connors, a major donor to the fund, concurred with Allison on the importance of having funding to support teachers in finding innovative ways of reaching students and improving the learning experience. “Our teachers are the source of the magic that happens at DCD every day,” he said, “and with the Innovation Fund dollars, we are able to invest in our teachers so they can learn new things. The Innovation Fund is a unique AllisonWebster idea that creates a pool of dollars that work differently than annual, capital, or endowment dollars. They are direct-to-teacher dollars that have immediate impact on the teaching, learning, and the overall energy of the school.”

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We Do...Coding!

In science and technology class, second graders have been learning about programming using LEGO WeDo educational toolkits designed to introduce younger children to coding and robotics.

As a first step in the design process of building a robot, each student had to identify the different tasks it might complete, including movements, reactions, and sounds. Students also spent time together as a group talking and thinking about possible real-world applications for their robots, like electric cars with the ability to “see” when on the road with other cars and pedestrians.

Students followed a set of instructions for building their electric self-driving cars and used the LEGO iPad app to program the cars to complete a series of tasks. They set up simulations of real-life situations to test out their robots, for example, creating a pedestrian cross-walk at an intersection. Once their basic designs were complete, they had a chance to customize their creations!

In addition to being a coding exercise, the lesson gives students practice in reading and following instructions, experience working collaboratively, and confidence in making their ideas come alive.

—Hilary Rochelle

Wearable Tech Comes to DCD! A new arts course was available to DCD middle schoolers this fall – Wearable Tech. Made possible by a grant from the DCD Head’s Innovation Fund, the class combines creating, collaborating, and coding. Students have access to a wealth of materials for their projects, from circuits, LEDs, conductive tape, and batteries to fabric, needles, and thread. The class is utilizing educational packages from Arduino’s Little Bits and Express Circuits, along with MakeCode.com, to program their pieces to light up in different patterns and colors, make sounds, detect motion, or go on and off in a variety of ways.

It’s fascinating to see how students are combining low-tech and high-tech materials to create their original designs. In addition to working on their own projects, they are sharing design ideas, lending a helping hand with a needle and thread, figuring out together how to efficiently use circuits, and giving advice for code debugging. Examples of some of the projects are light-up sneakers, a sensor on a shirt that detects motion and then sounds an alarm, a light-up dog collar, and a wearable button with colored lights.

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Innovation Grant Funds New Approach to Community Service

By Leslie Bowen

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iddle-school history teacher Dan Balk and third-grade teacher Colleen Hultgren are taking DCD’s outstanding, awardwinning community-service program in a new direction, one that puts the emphasis more on what students can learn than on what they can give.

As recipients of a first-round innovation grant, Dan and Colleen attended a weeklong conference this summer held at the Carey Institute for Global Good and led by Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., as they sought to gain new ideas for DCD’s community service programming.

Kaye, the author of The Complete Guide to Service Learning, blends advisory and service learning in her approach, seeing service learning as part of the curriculum. Instead of focusing on projects as a form of char- Middle-school students load Thanksgiving “baskets” for delivery to local families. The food drive is coordinated in conjunction with the Dedham Youth Commission and the Noble and Greenough School service-learning program. As part of their Innovation Grant, DCD faculty ity, she advocates for creating experiService-Learning Co-coordinators Dan Balk and Colleen Hultgren will be looking for ways to enrich programs like these to make them more ences for students in which they build relationships and learn leadership skills, student driven. Photo by Hilary Rochelle as Dan explains. “The conference was incredible,” he said. “I would not feel as “We’d like to enrich the program,” said Dan, “make it more prepared without taking this course.” student driven, choosing which organizations to serve based on As Dan and Colleen undertake this shift in focus as faculty student interests and talents to make the experience more enjoyservice-learning co-coordinators, they will be referencing much able and meaningful for them and, afterwards, reflecting and of the content presented at the conference, shifting our existing building on it so it’s not just a one-time effort.” community outreach program into a service-learning experience With this new approach, he said, “we are going to let students for students. choose what they want to do, make the phone calls, get out into In their joint presentation to faculty, Colleen shared Kaye’s the world, see where there’s a need, and decide what is impordefinition of service learning as “a teaching method where tant to them.” guided or classroom learning is applied through action that Noting prior efforts to support such organizations as Cradles addresses an authentic community need in a process that allows to Crayons and Birthday Wishes, both focused on helping homefor student initiative and provides time for reflection. It differs less or low-income people, or the Thanksgiving food drive from other types of community service or volunteer work to provide meals for local families, he said it’s important for because the education of students is always at the core.”

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INNOVATION students to ask themselves, “Is this the best way? Is this what they want most?”

In doing research and interviewing people about what’s important to them toward identifying a need, students can meet important learning goals. They also gain social skills in the process of making phone calls, writing emails, asking teachers for help, communicating with classmates, and making announcements at lunch. Reflection can involve a survey or just an informal conversation.

Dan said he thinks the middle-school students are ready for this. There are differences, of course, among children’s capacities at different ages. For now, Dan will be focusing more on middle school, Colleen on the younger students. With younger kids, they said, it will be important to give them more preparation, to give them a context for what they’re doing, to understand who it is they’re helping and why, for example, in the days leading up to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

They look forward to working with the lower-school teachers and considering whether there are any ways that more learning goals can be met by expanding service projects into deeper, longer-term experiences.

“We have the kids longer in the day,” noted Colleen, who foresees a number of different ways to build service learning into the curriculum. Using the focus on immigration in third grade as an example, she suggested that in language arts, students could find the roots of words that come from different languages, or in social studies, interview an immigrant about the experience of coming to America or learn about and document the contributions of immigrants to their communities.

“Teaching empathy and generosity is as important as building academic skills,” she said, “and we want the experience to be fun and engaging for our students.”

Dan and Colleen will continue to rely on DCD’s active group of parent volunteers for support in running the program. “It’s great that we have a community-service program and that it’s a big part of our school,” said Dan. "We already have a good thing going. We are teaching our kids to be good citizens and kind, thoughtful people.”

Faculty Service-Learning Co-coordinator Colleen Hultgren helps students load Thanksgiving “baskets” into a van. Tweny-five bins were collected and delivered to families as a result of for this year’s food drive. Photos by Hilary Rochelle

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Head’sReport

AnnualReport 2017–2018

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AnnualReport 2017–2018 AnnualReport One of the remarkable things about DCD is the way the school seamlessly combines a strong sense of tradition with an innovative mindset.

DCD doesn’t shy away from trying new ideas to advance its mission of providing each child a unique educational balance of challenging academics, arts, and athletics. We take seriously our motto, “Learning Is a Way of Life,” applying it to faculty and staff as well as to students.

This blend of strong core values and forward thinking was on full display this year with the launch of the Head’s Innovation Fund, a brainchild of the parents of the Class of 2018, who decided to create the fund as their EighthGrade Parent Gift. As described in more detail elsewhere in this Bulletin, the Innovation Fund empowers faculty and staff to make a difference through a wide range of creative undertakings, and it’s already having an impact.

All of the Innovation Fund projects support the school’s

child-centric model while envisioning new ways to engage and enrich our students. That the fund was conceived and created by parents is strong testament to our community’s belief in DCD’s mission and, equally important, in its faculty and staff to execute that mission.

Further evidence, if needed, can be found in the ongoing support among parents, alumni, past parents, and grandparents for the DCD Annual Fund. As the report on these pages shows, the Annual Fund exceeded its 2017–2018 goal and reached very impressive levels of participation, including 100% participation by faculty and staff for the ninth year in a row!

We are deeply grateful for the support DCD receives from so many on an ongoing basis. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration with all of you during the year as we continue our work nourishing DCD’s time-honored traditions and standards of excellence, while encouraging the innovation that is critical to staying current in today’s world.

—Charles Rudnick, Director of Advancement

2017-2018 Giving By Constituency

2017-2018 Income Other Fundraising Endowment Income Camp and Extended Day Other Fundraising Annual Fund and Endowment Income Other Contributions Camp and Extended Day Annual Fund and Other Contributions

Tuition and Fees Tuition and Fees

Other Program Expenses

2017-2018 Expenses Instructional and Athletic Expense

Physical Plant Other Program Expenses Instructional and Athletic Expense Administrative Expense Physical Plant Administrative Expense Financial Aid

Financial Aid

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ALUMNI 145 donors $33,629

CORPORATIONS 3 donors $2,223

FOUNDATIONS 7 donors $30,656

FACULTY AND STAFF 80 donors $6,335

CURRENT PARENTS 202 donors $444,481

PAST FACULTY AND STAFF 5 donors $325

GRANDPARENTS 60 donors $41,598

PAST PARENTS 58 donors $49,729

FRIENDS 8 donors $3,700

Salaries and Benefits Salaries and Benefits

Head’sReport

Leadership Giving 2017–2018 Willow Tree Circle

$25,000 +

Anonymous vv Joyce Bacardi v Jack and Eileen Connors v John and Larisa Connors v Tim and Suzanne Connors v

Bell Tower Society

Steven Fallon and Karen Bacardi v Arnold Hiatt and Marcia Morris v Matt and Sheila Hiatt vv Lisa Hooe John and Susanne Joyce vv

Tim and Elaine Mann vv George and Carrie Pantazelos v Skip McKee and Meg Reynolds v Arch W. Shaw Foundation Chris and Karen Sullivan

The A.M. Fund v The Connors Family, LLC Doug Watson and Susie Hunter vv

Aidan and Katherine Riordan v Roger ’57 and Jane Cheever v

Rodney and Melissa Lukowski v Jay and Jodi Feeney v Mark Epker and Erin Keith Epker ’86 vv

Mike and Kristen Cloonan Bill and Kim Dadasis vv

Jason Hotra and Kelly Honohan v Steven Ma and Athena Li

Bill and Allison Mankivsky Ashley and Linda Shih vv

Charlie Baumeister and Kathryn Novicki ’85 Curt Burmeister and Suzanne Ibbeken vv John and Megan Dyer Chester Hedgepeth and Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth David Hoffman and Kathy Odomirok-Hoffman vv

Ralph and Claire Jaeger Will Klebenov ’83 vv Lyle and Michelle Knight Peter and Vivian Kolovos Jay and Julie Layden v George and Carole Maalouf Adam McDaniel and Emily Tynan McDaniel ’93

Stuart and Marie Nagode vv Brendan O’Dwyer and Cate Tynan O’Dwyer ’90 v Dennis and Julie O’Rourke vv Charles Rudnick and Ilyse Greenberg v Erik and Robin Sjostrom King Yao and Shirley Woo v

Charles S. Gazarian Bill and Pam Holding vv Neil and Gretchen Kalvelage Jonathan ’93 and Kristen Keith Christine Marc Scott and Melissa Murphy Naimish and Radhika Patel

Malin Pinsky and Kristin Hunter-Thomson ’95 vv Greg Previte and Colby HunterThomson Previte ’91 vv Stephen and Lucy Tshuka Yanni Tsipis and Kristin Kara ’91 Jake Upton and Dena Silver Upton v

$15,000 – $24,999

Chris ’94 and Whitney Cheever P.J. McNealy and Rosemary Reilly

1903 Society

Includes all cash-in leadership gifts made during the period of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018 including gifts to the Annual Fund, Thrive campaign, and the endowment.

$10,000 – $14,999

Steven and Tracy Angeli v John and Lisa Capone

Founder’s Circle

$5,000 – $9,999

Ed Anderson and Linda Cabot Gigi Anderson Noelle Anderson Edward and Angela Ahn v Angel Foundation Rob Aranow and Pat Profeta vv David and Honoria Ayles vv

President’s Roundtable

$2,500 – $4,999

Michael and Laura Arends vv Ned and Sandy Bigelow vv James and Beth Bisson Mark and Christine Burns Ben and Ange Cavallo David Clark and Parsons Witbeck Clark ’74 vv

Centennial Club

Joe Cuccinelli and Melissa Crowe Meredith Barron Driscoll ’94 v Adam and Amy Farber Marshall Felix and Gwenn Miller Jeff and Christine Freyermuth Chris and Ashley Fuqua v Georgiana Gallagher

$1,903 – $2,499

Jeff ’66 and Elizabeth Barnes vv Tom and Denise Beaudoin vv Tim and Sue Caponigro Nevin and Kristine Chitkara vv Jeffrey and Daria Cho

Stephen Cochran ’80 and Katie Really Cochran ’82 vv Alicia Distler Cathy Hall Lawrence Herman and Sara Runnels

Jason Peterson and Lee Mumford Peterson ’86 v Stuart Pyle ’80 Anthony Ross v Kathy and Ross Sherbrooke v

vv 10 years or more consecutive giving v 5–9 years consecutive giving (d) Deceased

Mark and Nicole Solimini Square Inc Bettina Toner Nate and Liz Vinton Andy Stromberg and Allison Webster

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2017–2018 AnnualFund 2017-2018 Ambassadors Ashley and Linda Shih, Co-Chairs Pre-Kindergarten Lyle and Michelle Knight Adam and Annmarie Landry Charlie Baumeister and Kathryn Novicki ’85 Evan and Katie Ouellette

Kindergarten Chris Cheever ’94 and Whitney Cheever Sarah Macri Jake and Katie McDonnell Gregg and Jennifer McGuirl

Grade 1 Dan Burch and Tricia Balatico Burch Michael and Katie Cocchi Jonathan ’93 and Kristen Keith Martins Lans and Kate McNeil Scott and Melissa Murphy Michael and Laurel Schnitman Stephen and Lucy Tshuka

Grade 2 Mike and Kristen Cloonan Chester Hedgepeth and Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth Rodney and Melissa Lukowski

Grade 3

Current Parents Tom and Lisa Lynch vv

Grade Four

Michael and Laura Arends vv

Steven Ma and Athena Li

Jonathan and Coni Adams

Steven Fallon and Karen Bacardi v

Skip McKee and Meg Reynolds v

Steven and Tracy Angeli v

Zhipeng Cao and Xia Tang

P.J. McNealy and Rosemary Reilly

Steven Fallon and Karen Bacardi v

Stephen Cochran ’80 and Katie Keally Cochran ’82 vv

Cary and Deija Nevins v

Jimmy and Jocelyne Bourji v Tom Burke and Katie Wakeley v

Tim and Suzanne Connors v

David Hoffman and Kathy Odomirok-Hoffman vv

Jeff and Christine Freyermuth

Mark and Kristen Overman George and Carrie Pantazelos v

Jeff and Christine Freyermuth

Chris and Ashley Fuqua v John and Mildred Geraghty v

John Pavlos and Carolyn Norton

Jason Hotra and Kelly Honohan v

Steven Perry ’85 and Sharisse Cail Perry vv

Grade Seven

Ben and Mary Leder vv Adam and Annmarie Landry v Tim and Elaine Mann vv

Bob and Hilary Rochelle vv

Wally Massenburg and Carolyn Flanagan-Massenburg

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Mike and Marie Cairo Frantz Cazeau and Bernadine Hanson

Doreen Cummings Alicia Distler

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Dmitri and Julia Volfson

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Lewis and Elaine Gage v

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Cathy Hall Jason Hotra and Kelly Honohan v

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Lantigua and Steffi Hartwell Oris Bryant and Dawn Fitzhugh Bryant Doug Macri Sarah Annie Bugeau ’88 Bill and Allison Mankivsky

Tim and Sue Caponigro

Andy and Lisa Mims v

Julie and Doris Catlin

Brian ’95 and Alix O’Connell v

Brian Clay

Mark and Kristen Overman

Bill and Jill Creevy

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John and Ellen Curran v

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Bill and Kim Dadasis vv

Michelle Salfity v

Adam and Amy Farber Andy and Christine Ferrara Matt and Sheila Hiatt vv Jonathan and Christina Joseph v

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Edward and Angela Ahn John and Lisa Capone Mark Epker and Erin Keith Epker ’86 Jay and Jodi Feeney Bob and Ellen Volpe

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Curt Burmeister and Suzanne Ibbeken vv

Dave Dupie and Sarnia (Scoop) Etienne-Dupie

Curt Burmeister and Suzanne Ibbeken Bill and Allison Mankivsky Jake and Dena Upton Elizabeth Ward ’77

Michael and Laura Arends Stephen Cochran ’80 and Katie Keally Cochran ’82 Chris and Ashley Fuqua Dennis and Julie O’Rourke John and Jessica Peters

Will and Kendra Adams

John and Larisa Connors vv

Tom Burke and Katie Wakeley Jeff and Christine Freyermuth Aidan and Katherine Riordan Mitch and Jaclyn Strominger

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Mark and Naomi Rounds v

Charlie and Carla Ko Peter and Vivian Kolovos P.J. McNealy and Rosemary Reilly David Hoffman and Kathy Odomirok-Hoffman Steven Perry ’85 and Sharisse Cail Perry Erik and Robin Sjostrom

Kevin and Sheila Quinn v

Ashley and Linda Shih vv Erik and Robin Sjostrom Jeff and Shannon Taylor Rob Thacher and Erica Fletcher v Jake and Dena Upton v Elizabeth Ward ’77 v

Peter and Vivian Kolovos

Julie and Doris Catlin Chris and Ashley Fuqua v Stephen and Yanli Gagnon Mark Gronemeyer and Melanie Guerra ’86 Robert Hargrove Ralph and Claire Jaeger Susanne and John Joyce vv Trevor and Andrea Keohane v Neil and Christine Village Kimball ’85 Jay and Julie Layden v George and Carole Maalouf Gregg and Jen McGuirl Steve and Barbara Nye v Jason Peterson and Lee Mumford Peterson ’86 vv Alex and Tracy Porteleki Ginel Sanon and Elsie Ambroise Vivian Song Mitchell and Jaclyn Strominger

Grade Three Gary Belizaire and Angie Bresca Laurence Bloom and Stephanie Pearl Mark and Christine Burns Ben and Ange Cavallo Mike and Kristen Cloonan Joe Cuccinelli and Melissa Crowe Richard Emmons Marshall Felix and Gwenn Miller Lewis and Elaine Gage v Laura Gibbs Cathy Hall Erin Hartford v Debbie Helen Neil and Gretchen Kalvelage Adam and Annmarie Landry v Dennis and Julie O’Rourke vv George and Carrie Pantazelos v John and Jessica Peters Aidan and Katherine Riordan v Rob Thacher and Erica Fletcher v Jake Upton and Dena Silver Upton v Greg Volmar and Zakia Chrysostom

Adam and Annmarie Landry v

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Michael and Laurel Schnitman

Steven Fallon and Karen Bacardi v

Chirag Shah and Stephanie Schulte

Tom Burke and Katie Wakeley v

Ashley and Linda Shih vv

Julie and Doris Catlin

Stephen and Lucy Tshuka

Chris ’94 and Whitney Cheever Mike and Kristen Cloonan Jaime Galva and Lucero Diez Chris and Seneca Francione Rick and Michelle Freniere Matt and Meghan Glenn Christopher Hall Chester Hedgepeth and Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth Richard and Tamar Irving Trevor and Andrea Keohane v Rodney and Melissa Lukowski Christine Marc Cindy Martinez Corey and Kristine Matthews Jake and Katie McDonnell Andy and Lisa Mims v Brian ’95 and Alix O’Connell v Evan and Katie Ouellette Jonathan and Melissa Rutherford Michael and Laurel Schnitman David and Amy Starmer Dave Ulrich and Margaret Robertson

Kindergarten Jonathan and Coni Adams Sandeep and Alisa Akkaraju Brian Blackman and Lisa Palmer Kevin Canty and Tamara Blake-Canty Chris ’94 and Whitney Cheever Jeffrey and Daria Cho Ken and Heather Crowley Doreen Cummings Nestor and Dayana Escobar Dana Chamberlain and Carolyn Flynn ’89 Rick and Michelle Freniere Stephen and Lauren Gogolak Lawrence Herman and Sara Runnels Phil and Christine Holden v Keon Holmes and Jennifer Jenkins Jonathan ’93 and Kristen Keith Lyle and Michelle Knight v Justin and Danielle Kreger Adam and Emilie Liebhoff Sarah Macri Jake and Katie McDonnell

Mike and Lindsay Wands

Gregg and Jen McGuirl

Grade One

Jonathan and Melissa Rutherford

Bharat and Sweta Agrawal

Thomas and Jessica Sawyer

Kenny Allen and Sharon Perkins-Allen

David and Amy Starmer

Dan Burch and Tricia Balatico Burch

Hugh and Dimy Thai

James and Beth Bisson

Nate and Liz Vinton

Zach and Liz Blume William and Siobhan Claflin Michael and Katie Cocchi Doug and Christina Eisenstein Cathy Hall Erin Hartford v Lesley Strang and Alicia Horwitz Jason ’94 and Alice Indelicato Jie Jing and Man Zhuang Jonathan ’93 and Kristen Keith Martins Lans and Kate McNeil Fathalla and Noha Mashali Gregorio Matos and Margaret Pimentel Gregg and Jen McGuirl Scott and Melissa Murphy Charlie Baumeister and Kathryn Novicki ’85 Evan and Katie Ouellette Kimberly Pelletreau and Nicole Barbuto Alex and Tracy Porteleki Aidan and Katherine Riordan v

Thank you for your gift to the 2017–2018 Annual Fund! Along with the strong participation of 95% of our current parents and 100% of our faculty and staff, your support enabled us to exceed our $625,000 financial goal.

Your gift had a direct and immediate impact on every DCD student’s school experience.

Because tuition alone does not fully cover the cost of educating our children at DCD, your Annual Fund contribution helped to bridge the gap and maintain DCD’s exceptional learning environment. Through your support, you demonstrated your commitment to ensuring that DCD can continue to provide our children with the tools and rich opportunities that are essential to their developing into the best possible versions of themselves.

A special note of appreciation to the Annual Fund Ambassadors – our fellow parent volunteers – who did the real work. Your tireless efforts are the reason that the Annual Fund achieved such impressive results.

With much appreciation for your support and generosity,

Keith and Cristy Nemeskal

Pre-Kindergarten

Ashley and Linda Shih 2017-2018 Annual Fund Co-Chairs

Jake Brodsky and Renee Houle Kevin and Jamie Connors Matt and Meghan Glenn Geoff Gouvalaris and Megan Whelan Chester Hedgepeth and Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth Allen Hwang and Supriya Rao Ralph and Claire Jaeger Trevor and Andrea Keohane v Martins Lans and Kate McNeil Vincent ’95 and Liz Marino Charlie Baumeister and Kathryn Novicki ’85 Evan and Katie Ouellette Chirag Shah and Stephanie Schulte Mark and Nicole Solimini Stephen and Lucy Tshuka

Photo by Sue Shirley

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Alumni 1930s Ralph Lowell ’35 vv Gordon Pettengill ’36 vv Bill Mayo-Smith ’37 vv Henry Keene ’38

1940s Lucy Lowell Grimm ’40 vv Tom Loring ’42 vv Alfred Bigelow ’43 vv Louisa Perkins Porter ’46 vv Toby Baker ’47 vv Dick Flood ’47 vv Phyllis Jackson Mills ’47 vv Ted Reese ’48 vv

1950s Ben Baker ’51 vv Martha Damon Marshall ’51 v Charlie Woodard ’51 vv John Woodard ’52 vv John Coburn ’53 vv Margot Cushing ’53 v Ted Russell ’53 vv Charles Ladd ’54 v Edith Stebbins Sweeney ’54 vv Terry Cunningham Maloomian ’55 vv Katy Hamlin Zappala ’55 vv Hope Baker ’56 v Roger Cheever ’57 v Liz Valsam Hunter ’57 vv Jenny Hamlin Russell ’57 Tim Jackson ’58 vv Linda Mixter Woodard ’58 vv Eleanor Motley Richardson ’59 vv

1960s Bob Frazee ’62 vv Hilly Hamlin ’62 v George Motley ’64 Louise Riemer ’65 vv Jeff Barnes ’66 vv Chris Grant ’66 vv

Cilla Williams Bercovici ’67 Nick Grant ’68 vv Ted Wales ’68 v Jeff Barker ’69 vv Sara Pierce ’69 Betsy Bucklin Reddy ’69 vv

1970s Zander Grant ’70 vv Megan Hall ’70 vv David Herrick ’70 vv Jonathan Stone ’70 Dan Pierce ’71 Parsons Witbeck Clark ’74 vv Thaddeus Herrick ’74 vv Robin Kenny ’75 vv Peter Nash ’75 v Matt Pierce ’75 Holly Goldsmith Starr ’75 Mackenzie Goldthwait ’76 vv Amy Sargent Swank ’76 Tom Nash ’77 v Elizabeth Ward ’77 vv Susan Carlson Kirk ’78 Margaret McKelvy Speranza ’78 v Nancy Sarkis Corcoran ’79 vv Kim Gorton ’79 Elizabeth Pyle Handler ’79 vv Lisa Hooe ’79

1980s Laura McKelvy Basanese ’80 Jim Bride ’80 Stephen Cochran ’80 vv Melinda Gray Kerslake ’80 Stuart Pyle ’80 Will Ross ’80 Char Joslin ’81 Katie Keally Cochran ’82vv John Ferrante ’82 Will Klebenov ’83 vv Sam Pierce ’82 vv Russell Pyle ’83 vv

Erica Indelicato Wood ’83 vv Odile Weissenborn Gordon ’84 v Christine Village Kimball ’85 Kathryn Novicki ’85 Steven Perry ’85 vv Erin Keith Epker ’86 vv Melanie Guerra ’86 Laura Keally Heywood ’86 Kevin Meagher ’86 Lee Mumford Peterson ’86 vv Jen Bigelow Williams ’86 Jordan Hall ’87 vv Lisa Perry Harrison ’87 v Nick Jackson ’87 Joe Perrotto ’87 Annie Bugeau ’88 Edie Carey ’88 Tricia Crowley ’88 vv

1990s Cate Tynan O’Dwyer ’90 v Alex Keally ’90 vv Robin Woodard Westerberg ’90 Anne Elefterakis ’91 vv Colby Hunter-Thomson Previte ’91 vv Katie Cochran Delaney ’92 vv Mike Fine ’92 Beth Woelfel Harvey ’92 Sally Jackson ’92 Hilary Smyth Wirtz ’92 vv Perrin Lawrence Hicks ’93 v Jonathan Keith ’93 Emily Tynan McDaniel ’93 Hilary Watts Wieczorek ’93 vv Chris Cheever ’94 Meredith Barron Driscoll ’94 v Jason Indelicato ’94 vv Scott Peak ’94 v Kristin Harrison ’95 Kristin Hunter-Thomson ’95 vv Brian O’Connell ’95 v Nick Crocker ’96 Megan Rothwell Saia ’97 vv Susannah Jackson Sullivan ’97 v Billy Duffey ’98 Whitney Hunter-Thomson ’98 vv Charlotte MacAusland ’98 Thomas Wright ’98 vv

2000s Kristie Gillooly Dean ’02 Chris Mercurio ’02 v

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Alanna Monahan ’05 Audrey Grant ’06 v Andrew Beaudoin ’07 vv Gigi Anderson ’08 Sarah Jane Devins ’08 Lily Grant ’08 v Will Harrington ’08 Bernadette Howard ’08 vv Quincy Nichols ’08 v Mickey Alperin ’09 v

2010s Noelle Anderson ’10 Josie Linell ’10 Grantland Nichols ’10 v Yemi Olorunwunmi ’10 Carly Alperin ’11 v Tracy Alperin ’11 v Maddie Ayles ’11 v Waverly Jackson ’11 v Allee Ayles ’12 Sarah Binda ’12 Mollie Devins ’12 Zack Nagode ’12 Brenna Chitkara ’13 Elliot Nichols ’13 Lindsey Quinlisk ’13 v Jack Shaughnessy ’13 ZeeZee Canning ’14 Julia Cochran ’14 Holden Corcoran ’14 Madeleine Jordan ’14 Wil Linell ’14 Jacquie Nagode ’14 Patrick Shiel ’14 Caroline Hoffman ’15 Kyia Jackson ’15 Aidan Kelly ’15 Jenny Lynch ’15 Kate Shaughnessy ’15 Brady Chitkara ’16 Charlotte Jordan ’16 Melina Kapourelakos ’16 Audrey Linell ’16 Kelsey Lynch ’16 Alfie Rudnick ’16 Connor Smith ’16 Charlie Volpe ’16 Alex Hiatt ’17 Emma Hoffman ’17 Owen Nagode ’17

Nine of 18 parents who are DCD alumni gathered at the annual meeting on October 25, left to right, Kristin Kara ’91, Elizabeth Ward ’77, Stephen Cochran ’80 and Katie Keally Cochran ’82, Erin Keith Epker ’86, Lee Mumford Peterson ’86, Steve Perry ’85, Jeff Baker ’88, and Chris Cheever ’94.

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Parents of Alumni Mark and Kathy Alperin vv

Debbie Harrison vv

Ed Anderson and Linda Cabot vv

Jeff and Beth Harvey

Rob Aranow and Pat Profeta vv

Pam Herrick vv

Richard and Beverly Armour vv

Bill and Pam Holding vv

David and Honoria Ayles vv

John and Beth Howard vv

Jeff ’69 and Ruthie Barker vv

Colleen and Kurt Hultgren vv

Jeff ’66 and Elizabeth Barnes vv

Arnold and Ros Hunnewell vv

Tom and Denise Beaudoin vv

Liz Valsam Hunter ’57 vv

Andy and Joanna Bemis vv

Gerard and Paula Indelicato vv

Ned and Sandy Bigelow vv

Tim ’58 and Susie Jackson vv

John and Katie Binda vv

Mark and Lexi Jackson vv

Kevin and Leslie Bowen vv Jim (d) and Kathleen Bower vv

Tom Johnson and Carol Gordon-Johnson v

Jake and Barbara Brown vv

Jim and Sally Joslin

Nate and Abigail Buffum vv

Henry and Andrea Kara

Lev and Cathy Byrd vv

Linda Keith vv

Chris and Brooke Cabot vv

Tobin and Margaret Kelly vv

Tim Carey vv

Stan and Mary LaRonde vv

Bill and Jenny (d) Chamberlin vv

Rob and Weezie Lawrence vv

Roger ’57 and Jane Cheever v

Ned and Janet Lawson v

Nevin and Kristine Chitkara vv

John and Brenda Leith vv

David and Patty Cochran vv

John and Ashley Linell vv

Patrick Collins and Christine Ramsdell vv

Ralph and Joan Lowell vv

Mike Kendall and Alida Coo-Kendall vv

Larry and Terry Maloomian

Stephen Corcoran and Nancy Sarkis Corcoran ’79 vv

Martha Damon Marshall ’51 v

Rob and Molly Cramer vv

Lynne Mayard vv

Bill and Maureen Crowley vv Helena D’Angelo vv Bob and Patty Dempsey vv Jim and Mary Jane Devins vv Bob and Cathy Doucette vv Jody Emery v Winston and Elizabeth Emmons vv Mike and Lisa Falkson vv Steven and Karen Feinberg vv Kathy Felcon vv Dick and Sally (d) Flood vv Gene and Karen Flynn v Edie Forrester vv Sara Foster vv Betsy Games vv Susan Aborn Glaser vv Bill and Carolyn Glass Kim Gorton vv Mike and Karen Gorton vv Peter Gow vv Zander and Carol Grant vv Lucy Lowell Grimm vv Julie Hagan vv Liz Hall

Shawn and Mary Ellen Maloney vv Vinny and Betty Marino

Larisa and John Connors made cotton candy at the Fair. Photo by Hilary Rochelle Tom and Sue Shirley vv

Charlie ’51 and Rosie Woodard vv

Caroline Swan vv Scott and Donna Swanson

John Woodard ’52 and Linda Mixter Woodard ’58 vv

Amer and Rania Tabba v

Dr. and Ms. R. John Wright

Marjorie Taylor v

Doug Watson and Susie Hunter vv

Arold Theodore and Dona Joseph

Frank Yeomans

Ned and Elise Watts vv

Lois Young

Estelle Weedon

Betty Young

Judy White vv

John and Abby Yozell vv

Jon and Deb White vv

Larry and Nancy Zoller vv

Fathalla and Noha Mashali Nancy Mayo-Smith Stephen and Janice McCourt vv Keith McCown and Sandra Einsel vv Matthew McGuire and Jessica Porter

Bellringers Gifts of $25 or more from alumni who are 25 years old or younger

Suzanne McNulty vv

Mickey Alperin ’09 v

Waverly Jackson ’11 v

Mark and Barbara Millen

Noelle Anderson ’10

Melina Kapourelakos ’16

Hugues and Ulla Monestime

Gigi Anderson ’08

Aidan Kelly ’15

Jim Mumford vv

Allee Ayles ’12 v

Audrey Linell ’16

Mary Mumford v

Maddie Ayles ’11

Wil Linell ’14

Stuart and Marie Nagode vv

Andrew Beaudoin ’07

Josie Linell ’10

Cary and Deija Nevins v

Sarah Binda ’12

Jenny Lynch ’15

Dan and Jan O’Connell vv

ZeeZee Canning ’14

Kelsey Lynch ’16

Muffy Oates v

Brogan Chitkara ’19

Elliot Nichols ’13

Joseph and Marguerite Perrotto

Brenna Chitkara ’13

Grantland Nichols ’10

Chris Perry and Diane Lewis vv

Brady Chitkara ’16

Quincy Nichols ’08

Bill and Perry Phinney vv

Sarah Jane Devins ’08

Yemi Olorunwunmi ’10

Jim and Diana Pinola

Lily Grant ’08 v

Lindsey Quinlisk ’13 v

Margot Pyle vv

Will Harrington ’08

Alfie Rudnick ’16

Walter and Judy Quinlisk vv

Alex Hiatt ’17

Jack Shaughnessy ’13

Buck and Jane Rothwell vv

Emma Hoffman ’17

Kate Shaughnessy ’15

Dana Rowan and Janice Kelley Rowan

Caroline Hoffman ’15

Patrick Shiel ’14

Angelo and Sandy Scaccia

Bernadette Howard ’08 v

Connor Smith ’16

Mark and Barbie Shaughnessy vv

Kyia Jackson ’15

Charlie Volpe ’16

Ross and Kathy Sherbrooke v

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Angel Foundation

Prudential Matching Gifts Program vv

Arch W. Shaw Foundation

Sherbrooke Family Charitable Trust vv

Carl Abrahamson v

Mary Ellen Maloney vv

BNY Mellon

Slade Gorton and Co., Inc. vv

Erin Albert

Laura Martinez

The A.M. Fund v

Dan Balk v

Lynne Mayard vv

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston vv

Jody Barron vv

Maura McCarthy

IBM Matching Gifts Program v

The Connors Family, LLC

Joanna Bemis vv

Meaghan McLoughlin

Nelson Mead Fund vv

Pam Binder v

Karen McPherson

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Wellington Management Company, LLP v

Leslie Bowen vv

Scott Miller

Jim (d) and Kathleen Bower vv

Tom Nash v

Nate Buffum vv

Cary Nevins

Stephanie Chiari v

Kate Nichols

Duane Claussen vv

Jack O’Donnell vv

Brian and Janet Bates

Neville and Thelma Lake

Gerry Clifford vv

Katie Ouellette

Charles Gazarian and Jocelyn Hess

Brian Moreland

Kevin Coakley and Pamela Senese vv

Hasel Patel

John Gifford and Laurie Baker vv

Bill and Sonia Valentine vv

Signe Pereira vv

Tilia Klebenov Jacobs v

Alexandra Ward vv

Christine Ramsdell Collins vv

Jim Pinola

Alexander Johnson

Beth Connors

Cheryl Price v

Sarah Crofts vv

Pete Rapelye vv

Meaghan Daniels

Sarah Goff Raslowsky v

Kristie Gillooly Dean ’02

Kate Reardon

Grandparents

Claudia Dolan

Hilary Rochelle vv

Joyce Bacardi v

Vinny and Betty Marino

Diane Carter Duggan vv

Elinor Ross v

Ferdinand and Eresvita Balatico

Martha Damon Marshall ’51v

Rick Edie vv

Jane Rothwell vv

Ann Benedict

David and Deborah McNeil

Bini Egertson vv

Charles Rudnick v

Rob and Randee Blume

James and Lorenza Miller

Winston Emmons vv

Megan Rothwell Saia ’97 vv

Renard and Cynthia Charity

Jim Mumford vv

Marge Farquharson vv

Bob Santry

Roger ’57 and Jane Cheever v

Mary Mumford v

Kathy Felcon vv

Gail Schnopp vv

Hee-Sook Chung v

Richard and Suzanne Murphy

Ali Fernandes v

Kathy Sherbrooke v

Ray and Tina Clark

George and Nancy Nicholson v

Elaine Gage vv

Sue Sherman vv

Robert and Fran Clay

Judy Ouellette

Sue Shirley vv

Jack and Eileen Connors v

Hytho Pantazelos

Elisa Sidoli vv

Bea Coutts v

Jerry and Marge Peterson v

George Silvestri vv

Tom Crowe

Chester and Sandra Piacentini

Maureen Simonson

Thomas Cummings

Josef and Martha Porteleki Jo Rochelle

Susan Aborn Glaser vv Ruth Boydon Gow vv Lucy Lowell Grimm 40 vv Julie Hagan vv Jen Haines-Butler v

Friends

The Baupost Group L.L.C. vv

Alyssa Rothwell Sinclair vv

Bennie and Veronica Davis

Carla Haith

Valerie Snow

Stan and Barbara Davis

Sandy and Patty Ross

Liz Hall

Wendy Soutsos

Joe and Magda Eppich

Mitchell and Rosalie (d) Rudnick v

Bo Harrington

Kathy Suchma vv

Andrew and Margaret Ferrara

Sam and Barbara Salfity

Erin Hartfordv

Caroline Swan vv

Jim and Janet Field v

John and Courtney Sjostrom

Betsy Partridge Heald vv

Michelle Tarkulich

Ted and Sherry Fletcher v

Nick Steffey

Phil and Christine Holden v

Mike Tempesta

Gene and Karen Flynn v

Skip and Lucy Stinson

Lisa Houck vv

Nick Thacher vv

Arnold Hiatt and Marcia Morris v

Robert and Jean Taylor

Colleen Hultgren v

Rob Thacher vv

Ginny Gage v

Nick and Sally Thacher vv

Tim ’58 and Susie Jacksonvv

Ellen Tretter vv

Matt and Nancy Huber

Dave and Patricia Ulrich

Mark and Lexi Jackson vv

Sonia Valentine vv

Dave and Sunny Ibbeken v

Budge and Kyle Upton

Jonas Jeswald

Alexandra Ward vv

Gerard and Paula Indelicato vv

Mary Ann Vinton

Allison Webster

Andrea and Henry Kara

Jocelyne Volmar

Deb Sturtevant White vv

Ed and Marylu Kauder

Barbara Volpe vv

Kitt Wilson

Linda Keith vv

Andy and Liz Ward

Charlie Woodard vv

Cheng-Chi and Jean Ko v

Duk and Helen Woo Jeff and Linda Young

Lisa Kaplan Cathy Kemmerer Karp Kelly Griffin Kennedy vv Meredith Laban Kylie Lacerda

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Frank Yeomans

Steven and Anita Liebhoff

Brenda Leith vv

Lois Young

Jim and Barbara Madison

Emilie Liebhoff

Bill Youngs

Ashley Linell vv

Nancy Zoller vv

vv 10 years or more consecutive giving v 5–9 years consecutive giving (d) Deceased

Every effort has been made to ensure these lists of donors are accurate and complete. If your name was inadvertently omitted or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement Office.

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Book Fair

Birthday Book Donors Donors to DCD’s Birthday Book Program celebrate their child’s birthday by making a gift to the library.

Mike and Kristin Cloonan

William and Elizabeth Mims

Kevin and Jamie Connors

Daniel and Janet O’Connell

Joseph and Jodi Feeney

John and Eileen O’Keefe

Marshall Felix and Gwenn Miller

Evan and Katie Ouellette

Chris and Seneca Francione

Steve Perry ’85 and Sharisse Cail Perry

Matt and Meghan Glenn

Jason Peterson and Lee Mumford Peterson ’86

Geoffrey Gouvalaris and Megan Whelan

Rita Reilly

Mark Gronemeyer and Melanie Guerra ’86

Aidan and Katherine Riordan

Charlotte and David Hatcher

Michelle Salfity

Will and Kendra Adams

Deborah Helen

Thomas and Jessica Sawyer

Alisa and Sandeep Akkaraju

Lawrence Herman and Sara Runnels

Chirag Shah and Stephanie Schulte

Charlie Baumeister and Kathryn Novicki ’85

Matt and Sheila Hiatt

Erik and Robin Sjostrom

Jason Hotra and Kelly Honohan

Mark and Nicole Solimini

James and Beth Bisson

Richard and Tamar Irving

Vivian Song

Brian Blackman and Lisa Palmer

Neil and Gretchen Kalvelage

Rob Thacher and Erica Fletcher

Jonathan and Melissa Rutherford

Laurence Bloom and Stephanie Pearl Jonathan ’93 and Kristen Keith Jacob Brodsky and Renee Houle Justin and Danielle Kreger

Stephen and Lucy Tshuka

Curt Burmeister and Suzanne Ibbeken Joseph and Julie Layden Timothy and Susan Caponigro John and Kathleen McDonnell

Dave Ulrich and Margaret Robertson

Doris and Julie Catlin

King Yao and Shirley Woo

Martins Lans and Katelyn McNeil

Gifts in Kind

Yanni Tsipis and Kristin Kara ’91 Michael and Lindsay Wands

Photo by Leslie Bowen

The Annual Paperback Book Fair, co-chaired by parent volunteers Kelly Honohan and Sharisse Cail Perry, raised $2,136.

Class of 2018 Student Gift

Kevin Bowen

Scott and Liss Murphy

Mark and Christine Burns

Chris and Ashley Fuqua

Joe Cuccinelli and Melissa Crowe

Adam and Emilie Liebhoff

Curt Burmeister and Suzanne Ibbeken

Skip McKee and Meg Reynolds

Jason Hotra and Kelly Honohan

Charles Rudnick and Ilyse Greenberg

Lyle and Michelle Knight

Sysco Boston LLC

Jay and Julie Layden

Tex’s BBQ

John Leith

Roche Bros. Supermarkets

The Class of 2018 raised $1,276 by doing chores around the house and having a big bake sale before the holiday assembly. Half the funds raised went to purchasing a drone for photographing the campus and half went to support the new mascot, the hawk.

ChristopherAhn

Nyla Johnson

Nytayah Bugg

Jack McNealy

Julia Capone

Gunner Peterson

Giovanni Clark-Bascom

Corey Predella

Aimée Coleman

Abigail Riordan

Mary Connors

Oliver Riordan

Jeff Jonathan Delva

Nicolas Rodriguez

Halden Dyer

Vijay Sherring

Molly Epker

Nicholas Strymish

Jayne Feeney

Caroline Sullivan

Eli Gow

Adam Tabba

Maeve Haggerty

Audrey Volpe

Sophia Hiatt

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Eighth Grade Parent Gift Thanks to the efforts of Co-Chairs Matt and Sheila Hiatt, the parents of the Class of 2018 raised a total of $178,000 to create the Head’s Innovation Fund.

Edward and Angela Ahn

Matt and Sheila Hiatt

Sharon Canty

Tom Johnson and Carol Gordon-Johnson

John and Lisa Capone

P.J. McNealy and Rosemary Reilly

Trelane Clark

Jason Peterson and Lee Mumford Peterson ’86

David and Fadie Coleman

Peter and Lisa Jae Predella

John and Larisa Connors

Aidan and Katherine Riordan

Patrix and Annette Delva

Edward and Madeline Rodriguez

John and Megan Dyer

Neil and Yoshika Sherring

Mark Epker and Erin Keith Epker ’86

David and Deborah Strymish

Jay and Jodi Feeney

Chris and Karen Sullivan

David and Ruth Gow

Amer and Rania Tabba

Bryan and Debbie Haggerty

Bob and Ellen Volpe

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Gifts to Endowment DCD Endowment $54,000

Anonymous Georgiana Gallagher

Financial Support for Horizons/ DCD Students $5,000

Angel Foundation Ed Anderson and Linda Cabot Georgianna Anderson Noelle Anderson

Herrick Fund for Professional Enrichment $200

Established by a gift from Harry Herrick, Headmaster of DCD from 1963 to 1981, a permanent endowment fund that produces income to support initiatives for the professional enrichment of DCD faculty members Pamela Herrick Thaddeus Herrick ’74 and Linda Ebaugh

Susanna Lea Klebenov Fund

Thrive 2015 Unlimited Challenge

Established in 1981 by the Klebenov family following the sudden death of Susanna, a member of DCD’s Eighth Grade for just a few months, to provide financial support to DCD students

Joel and Sue Sherman

$6,100

Will Klebenov ’83

$100,500

Doug Watson and Susie Hunter

Thrive. The Campaign for DCD. $1,229,499

Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

David and Honoria Ayles

Duncan Pyle Endowment Fund

Jack and Eileen Connors

$1,650

Joyce Bacardi John and Larisa Connors

A fund established by the Pyle family in memory of Duncan ’82, to be used at the discretion of the school Elizabeth Pyle Handler ’79 Russell Pyle ’83 Ross and Kathleen Sherbrooke Estelle Weedon

Tim and Suzanne Connors Steve Fallon and Karen Bacardi Jay and Jodi Feeney Arnold Hiatt and Marcia Morris Rodney and Melissa Lukowski Dennis and Julie O’Rourke George and Carrie Pantazelos

Nick Thacher Leadership Fund

Charles Rudnick and Ilyse Greenberg

$17,665

Chris and Karen Sullivan

Established to honor Nick Thacher for his leadership of DCD from 2004 to 2016, a permanently restricted discretionary fund to support educational initiatives, faculty professional development, curricular innovation, stipends for faculty, and other initiatives

The Connors Family, LLC

Mark and Kathy Alperin

Established by the school in 2001 upon Pat’s retirement from DCD to provide financial support to middle school students

Tim and Barry Thacher Doug Watson and Susie Hunter

Patrick M. Tynan Scholarship Fund $5,050

Adam McDaniel and Emily Tynan McDaniel ’93 Brendan O’Dwyer and Cate Tynan O’Dwyer ’90 Estelle Weedon

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Georgiana Gallagher

Rev. Lisbeth Hall

Russell Pyle ’83

In honor of Dr. Jack Gallagher

In loving memory of Rev. Lyle G. Hall Jr.

In honor and memory of Duncan Pyle ’82

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Donor Profile: Benjamin Cavallo DCD’s Baseball Field Renovated to Honor a Grandparent It’s a great time to be a Boston Red Sox fan! DCD really got into the spirit this year, with students wearing Red Sox gear to school and belting out “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” together at lunch on opening day of the World Series. And after the series concluded with a win for Boston, construction started in earnest on DCD’s own baseball field at the entrance to campus!

It would have made Benjamin Cavallo smile to know that the school’s baseball field was being renovated in his honor. Benjamin, the grandfather of fourth grader Sam Cavallo, was an avid Red Sox fan and baseball historian who passed away on July 2, 2018, at the age of 90, just three months shy of his 91st birthday and another World Series victory for the Red Sox. Although he missed this year’s game, “he got three of them,” said Sam’s father Ben. It was Sam’s idea to renovate the baseball field, said Ben. “We wanted to do something to remember my father. Sam thought it would be a good idea to make some improvements to the baseball field at DCD.” The project is a fitting tribute to the elder Cavallo. A successful entrepreneur, Ben Sr. founded C&S Insurance in 1959, an organization he helped lead for more than All three generations of the Cavallo family are passionate Red Sox fans, pictured 50 years before passing the business on to his son Ben showing their team spirit at the World Series game against the Astros last year: Jr., Sam’s father. But his true passion was baseball. He clockwise from top, Ben Cavallo Jr., Ben Cavallo Sr., and Sam Cavallo, a fourth was a member of the Society of Baseball Research, an grader at DCD. Photo courtesy of family organization dedicated to the preservation of baseball history, and he served as director of the BoSox Club of Sam spoke at his grandfather’s funeral in July, writing Boston, the official Red Sox fan club. his remarks himself and practicing “It was his way of relating to them before speaking at the funeral. people,” said Ben. “It had a big “We didn’t make him do “Sam and my father were really impact on his life and was kind of a it and gave him every close,” said Ben. “We didn’t make family thing. We’re all big baseball fans. A lot of my relationship with opportunity to back out. him do it and gave him every opportunity to back out. I credit my father was baseball related.”

I credit DCD’s initiative DCD’s initiative in public speaking Because of his father’s BoSox Club in public speaking that that he was able to do it. We’re so affiliation, Ben and his father he was able to do it. ” proud of him. It’s not something I traveled around together with the could have done when I was nine.”

Red Sox in 1988, going to Toronto, “Baseball was a big part of my Milwaukee, Detroit, and Baltimore, staying with the team father’s success. We feel fortunate, too, and a lot of that is and even watching batting practice from the dugout. For his because of my father. It’s great to pass on a little of that, to father’s 90th birthday, the three generations traveled to the be good citizens and contribute.” fourth game of last year’s series against the Houston Astros.

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Dedham Country Day School Chooses a Mascot: The Hawk!

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DCD Head of School Allison Webster (left) gets up close to a live hawk during a special assembly on June 5 to celebrate the announcement of the school’s new mascot. At right is Jim Parks of Wingmasters, who rehabilitates injured birds.

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fter 115 years, DCD finally has a school mascot: the red-tailed hawk! These strong, swift, powerful birds are native to the DCD campus and can frequently be seen flying overhead or perched on the top of a pine tree. We can now be sure they will call Sandy Valley home for all the years to come.

The outcome of the voting over two months was announced at the DCD Olympics on Friday, June 1. Votes came in from alumni and past parents as well as current parents and children. Beginning in March, the Mascot Committee opened up the process by asking for suggestions from the entire DCD community. The lunch room here at DCD was abuzz with mascot chatter and excitement as children shared their favorites with each other and speculated on the winner as the deadline for the announcement approached. The hawk came in first as the most suggested mascot in two of three rounds of voting. After narrowing it down to four possible mascot choices, and casting 690 votes in all throughout the

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process, the hawk emerged as the final winner.

Children sported keepsake wristbands after the announcement at the Olympics and were excited to begin cheering for the hawks. Then on Tuesday, June 5, they had a chance to see a live hawk up close during a special assembly with Jim Parks of Wingmasters, learning much about the hawk and other birds of prey who are native to the DCD campus and surrounding area.

Jim, a licensed raptor rehabilitator, introduced students to four birds of prey: the American Kestrel, the Barred Owl, Screech Owl, and of course, finally, a Red-tailed Hawk, who happened to have been found nearby at the junction of routes 109 and 128 and whose birthday nearly 20 years ago was June 1, the same day DCD announced the hawk as its mascot!

Noting the similarities between students and their chosen mascot, Head of School Allison Webster said, “Hawks are patient, they work hard, but once in the sky, they have fun soaring, and though they may go away for a period of time, they always return home.”

Students were excited this fall to cheer on the DCD Hawks. Go Hawks!

DCD Announces the Hawk Scholarship!

New for the 2019-2020 academic year, DCD’s Hawk Scholarship has been created for highly motivated middle-school student applicants who embody the values of DCD’s mission. This very selective, merit-based opportunity recognizes new applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic, athletic, or artistic promise and a desire to make a meaningful contribution to the community at DCD. DCD’s Hawk Scholarship is an award of up to $12,000, which results in a straight reduction of tuition for one academic year. Hawk Scholarships will be renewed annually, contingent upon the student maintaining good academic standing and demonstrating a positive contribution to the school, which will be determined at the sole discretion of DCD. The Hawk Scholarship is open to all applicants, regardless of financial need. This merit-based grant is awarded to candidates based solely on the strength of their application and eligibility. If a family is eligible for partial financial aid and has a student who has applied for and received the Hawk Scholarship, they may combine this merit based grant with any need-based assistance granted to reduce tuition even further.

This new merit-based scholarship takes its name from DCD's newly installed school mascot, the red-tailed hawk. After 115 years without a mascot, the red-tailed hawk was chosen based on voting and input from the entire DCD community including, students, alumni, teachers, administrators, and parents. Head of School Allison Webster often notes the similarities between students and our new mascot. It's a very fitting name for DCD's new merit-based scholarship.

To learn more about the Hawk Scholarship and applicant eligibility please visit the Admissions page of the DCD website.

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New Trustees Join the Board

Ashley Shih has been a DCD parent since 2008. He has nearly 25 years of experience as a strategy consultant and investment professional. Most recently, Ashley was a principal and managing director of Investor Group Services (IGS), where he worked on behalf of private equity clients in a variety of industries. Prior to IGS, Ashley was director of corporate development at Harbour Group, a leveraged-buyout firm; a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group; and a process design engineer with Amoco Oil Company. Ashley holds an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago and a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on the DCD Finance Committee since 2017, and he and his wife, Linda, have been class parents and annual fund ambassadors and for the past two years have been serving as annual fund co-chairs. The Shihs live in Natick with their four children, Emily (’17), Amanda (’17), Caroline (Grade 6), and David (Grade 2).

Mervan Osborne currently serves as associate head for student life at St. George’s in Newport, Rhode Island.

As a founding faculty member and head of school at Boston’s Beacon Academy, Mervan has helped provide hundreds of Boston-area students with a challenging year-long academic program in preparation for application to New England independent high schools.

For 11 years prior to Beacon, Mervan taught English and drama courses; led diversity initiatives; and coached football, basketball, and baseball at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also served as a resident tutor for “A Better Chance” in Massachusetts and was a member of “Teach for America’s” founding corps in Compton, California. From 2011 to 2015, he served on the Cambridge School Committee. He has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Trinity College and a master of fine arts degree in film production from Boston University and has also completed graduate coursework in education at Lesley University.

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DCD Welcomes New Faculty and Staff

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Left to right, Gio Acevedo, Program Director, Horizons; Autumn Andrade-de Leon, Spanish, Grades 4-8; Caroline Scheibe, Music, Pre-K–Grade 2, and Choral Director; Kyle Sminkey, Lower School PE and Middle School Athletics; Caiti Pina, PE, Grades 4 and 5, and Permanent Teaching Substitute; Joi Simpson, Help Desk Coordinator; Sarah Walsh, Science Teacher and Grade 7 Advisor; Sean Reardon, Extended Day and Middle School Arts Teacher; Katie Ouellette, Special Assistant to the Head of School; and Joan Abramson, Interim School Psychologist through October 2018. Missing: Dee Tran, Middle School Photography and Film Teacher.

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Can You Walk in a Senator’s Shoes?

by Hilary Rochelle Recently, DCD eighth graders experienced what it’s like to be a U.S. senator during their visit to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, where they participated in the Senate Immersion Module. The institute simulates the legislative process during which a bill gets turned into a law and a president’s nominees for cabinet offices are confirmed. During their visit in the full-sized replica of the senate chamber, DCD students acting as senators were tasked with addressing the Affordable Care Act. Advanced preparation for the day involved reviewing a brief of the Act and understanding the role and requirements of a senator.

Upon taking their seats, students were given a tablet that identified them as a particular senator from a particular state and designated their party affiliation.

They were given some background on constituent, party, and senator views with Clockwise from top: Eighth graders visited the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate to engage in the Senate respect to the current bill in front of them Immersion Module (SIM) and learn about the legislative process; using tablet technology, students are assigned their senator role; the activities take place in a replica of the Senate chamber; students are sworn in as senators; a student or stance on regulations. Students had delivers a floor speech before the final role call vote. Photos by Charles Rudnick to consider this information materially important during the caucus and voting phase of the morning. It was a great lesson in how senators need to balance differing perspectives along with what they believe as individuals.

After moving into smaller committee meetings, they discussed and tackled specific issues related to the Act. In this process, they learned how senators create alliances and use the filibuster. Reconvening as a full senate, the students were required to share written statements developed by the individual committee groups before the full vote was taken. Though junior members of the senate because of their age, DCD students held their own among the group of older students from Lowell High School’s Debate Club, Politics Club, and AP U.S. History class. This went beyond the classroom experience to bring their civics unit in U.S. history to life.

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On Campus Diversity Conference: Middle Schoolers Explore Diversity, Identity, and Voice

By Hilary Rochelle

Addie Mims, Caroline Shih, and Rory Taylor

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n Saturday, November 10, DCD hosted the 2018 AISNE Middle School Diversity Conference drawing 300 students from grades 5 to 8 from 35 independent schools throughout New England. It was a day of connection, camaraderie, and discovery as students moved between 17 different workshops and came together as a larger group for two special keynote sessions and shared meals.

The theme of this year’s conference, “Use Your Voice,” enabled students from many different backgrounds, ethnicities, and orientations to explore the many different strands that define diversity, culture, and identity and to reflect back on their own stories and how they might activate their own voice.

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such an impactful event, DCD faculty and staff worked closely with AISNE, the Association of Independent Schools in New England, to plan and lead a meaningful and robust day for middle-school students. Upon registering for the conference, students were able to choose two workshops to attend during the day, including “Identity and the Arts,” “Voice Yourself: An Introduction to Screen writing,” “Let’s Salsa,” “All of Who I Am: LGBTQ+,” “Finding Your Voice: Adolescents and Activism,” “Let’s Cook: Examining the Hungry Planet,” or “What Do You Think? Bias, Perception and Influence Through Media and Advertising,” to name a few.

Shantae Edwards, social entrepreneur, empowerment speaker, and impact coach, captivated the students with her own story during the first keynote session of the day. ZeeZee Canning, DCD Class of 2014, and Ben Khan, both interdisciplinary artists, led the second keynote session sharing how

they are using their voice through multimedia and art in a production project that combines technology, film, and the stage.

The conference wrapped up with an opportunity for students to come up and share some thoughts and impressions from the day. The adults at the conference were astounded by the length of the line that formed at the front of the room of eager students wanting to share what they had taken away from the day. For some, the day was about connection and feeling a part of something bigger, and for others, it was a day to be with kids “just like them.”

DCD eighth grader Matthew Volfson stepped up to the microphone, so taken with all that he had learned and with the new connections he had made.

Reflecting on his experience upon returning to school after the weekend, he said, “This conference really opened my eyes to what we can do even as kids and helped me to see that there are others with similar ideas to mine.”

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Clockwise from top: DCD fifth graders Haley Medley, Tiana Sandefur, Alyssa McGuirl, and Nehemiah Sanon; Maia Pantazelos, Summer Perry, and Abby Rochelle; Arts Director Kevin Coakley demonstrating raku technique, ZeeZee Canning ’14, one of three keynote speakers, Middle School Head Nate Buffum; DCD seventh grader Cameron Yao and eighth grader Jonathan Oliveira. Photos by Hilary Rochelle

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Closing Exercises

Address to the Class of 2018

By Gunner Peterson ’18

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could see myself ten years ago in the butterfly tent in pre-kindergarten, fascinated by the beauty and intricacies of these magnificent insects. Granted, I probably would have described them as “cool” at the time, but as I look back on these bugs, they mean so much more. Perhaps, they made such an impression on me due to the way they imbedded themselves in my time here at DCD. From learning about these creatures in science class, to our very first pre-kindergarten play “The very hungry caterpillar,” in which we transformed from caterpillars to butterflies. However, that transformation would not arrive until years later.

You don’t normally see butterflies in groups; they make their own paths and travel to new heights.

This sense of individuality is especially prominent in our class, every obstacle we surpass, every idea, every action we take creates individuality within ourselves. In this

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sense, every person on that stage is real. Obviously, they are human and smarter through the experiences we have at DCD, but there is something so much more important within these experiences that teaches us not what to think, but how to think as individuals, as people. In this society, things are rarely new. Some things may seem that way but usually large quantities of regurgitated material, of ideas different enough to feed the human need for progress but different enough so that people aren’t scared.

However, we aren’t those people.

This school has helped harbor a sense of thinking uncommon and unparalleled. We don’t open our text books every day and read a passage only to take a test on it later to see how well you’ve “learned” the material. We as a school and as a class have learned about ourselves just as much as we have learned about anything else.

As many of you know, the butterflies must enter a chrysalis before they can transform. In that same way, our class has formed our own chrysalises and found ourselves and became stronger people because of it. A perfect example of this is the class Facing History and Ourselves. In this course, we make connections to our own lives and find our own identity. In this way, we are learning how to take our education to the next level and to find learning opportunities within our own experiences. That brings me to a particularly fond memory in the class. In early spring, I came

across a learning opportunity in the class in the form of Fortnite. I assume, many of you know what Fortnite is, as it was a very popular video game this year. Anyway, as we were in discussion about this video game, a rumor arose that Fortnite was shutting down. Of course, that news brought widespread panic into the classroom. However, Mr. Thacher turned that moment to a teaching moment (after, of course, jokingly telling us we weren’t going to get our diplomas), where we checked our sources and discovered that this could all be linked back to a fake tweet that was created and that Fortnite wasn’t in fact shutting down. In the mass relief that followed, I came to a realization: we are all living in learning moments. Whether it be a historical event, a scientific discovery or even just a new book you picked up, living and learning go hand and hand. I guess you could say, learning is a way of life. Now, obviously this philosophy is widely explored at DCD, but it is not often that I have reflected upon it. These learning opportunities, combined with a sense of individuality and knowing yourself, create a drive and ambition

The Class of 2018 Left to right, front row, Eli Gow, Corey Predella, Gunner Peterson, Audrey Volpe, Nytayah Bugg, Maeve Haggerty, Sophia (Sophie) Hiatt, Halden Dyer, Jayne Feeney, Adam Tabba, Christopher Ahn, and John (Jack) McNealy; back row, Eighth Grade Advisor Rob Thacher, Margaret (Molly) Epker, Giovanni (Gio) Clark, Julia Capone, Oliver Riordan, Mary Connors, Abigail Riordan, Jeff Delva, Vijay Sherring, Nyla Johnson, Caroline Sullivan, Nicolas Rodriguez, Nicholas (Nick) Strymish, Aimée Coleman, and Eighth Grade Advisors Ruth Gow and Brenda Leith.

to do something that you are passionate if we all acted perfect then we would about and to learn more about that all be the same, so perhaps acting passion. And it is through that passion perfect is not the ideal. No, we are and that ambition that one wanders not perfect but perhaps our different off the beaten track of monotonous intricacies make us work together even life onward to better things. And sure, better. We definitely have taken some sometimes you may be the only one amazing actions as a group, such as who understands and you may even when we walked out to protest all of fail, but as wise the recent attacks Latin teacher in schools, but it Mr. Harrington “We are all living in learning was not because once said we were likemoments.” “yolo.” minded. Often And butterflies are finally, we come to now, after the alone, but during the Monarch butterfly metamorphosis, and finding ourselves migration, butterflies fly in large within our chrysalises we come to groups. And now, it is the beginning of now when we have sprouted wings our migration onward to high school and are ready to leave together. That and beyond. Onward we will toil word: together, is a powerful one. You through life using the energy we have see, we as individuals are able to be so gratefully gained by the marigolds together through this community while of knowledge provided by DCD. still acting separate from one another.

Together as individuals, balanced, I am not going to lie to you all and connected and whole. say that these actions are perfect but Photographs by Kristie Gillooly Dean ’02

“Knowing you, Class of 2018, you have big plans for the next four years. On Wednesday, our seventh graders shared that in your class, they see future presidents and CEOs, professional athletes and inventors.

But remember that these plans won’t be reached in one big step. Small goals next year will be the ladder you climb to success. While longterm goals give you a sense of where the finish line is, set some smaller goals to help you along the way.”

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Award Winners Left to right, Caroline Shih received the Dietsch Prize, from thirdgrade teacher Lynne Mayard. The Dietsch Prize for Kindness, Curiosity, and Love of Learning is awarded annually to a Lower School student in honor of Alice Dietsch, a DCD faculty member from 1930 to 1976. Mary Connors received the Charlotte Lowell Award for Friendliness, Kindness, and Unselfishness, awarded annually since 1927 in memory of Charlotte Lowell, 1918–1927.

Oliver Riordan received the Lisa Sutherland Award for Excellence in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts, given annually in memory of Lisa Sutherland, 1960–1975.

Class of 2018 Secondary Schools ChristopherAhn Nytayah Bugg Julia Capone Giovanni Clark-Bascom Aimée Coleman Mary Connors Jeff Jonathan Delva Halden Dyer Molly Epker Jayne Feeney Eli Gow Maeve Haggerty Sophia Hiatt Nyla Johnson Jack McNealy Gunner Peterson Corey Predella Abigail Riordan Oliver Riordan Nicolas Rodriguez Vijay Sherring Nicholas Strymish Caroline Sullivan Adam Tabba Audrey Volpe

Philips Academy Andover The Woodard School Westwood High School Concord Academy Dana Hall School Noble and Greenough School Noble and Greenough School Dana Hall School Noble and Greenough School Milton Academy Belmont High School Miss Porter’s School The Rivers School The Ethel Walker School Buckingham Browne & Nichols Milton Academy Beaver Country Day School Middlesex School Philips Exeter Academy Noble and Greenough School Westwood High School Newton North High School Dexter Southfield School Xaverian Brothers High School Milton Academy

Departing Families Recognized Left to right, starting top row at right: Chris Ahn with parents Edward and Angela and sister; Nytayah Bugg with mother Sharon Canty and father Craig Bugg; Aimée Coleman with parents Fadie and David; Maeve Haggerty with sister Annabel ’15 and parents Debbie and Bryan; Audrey Volpe with brother Charlie ’16 and parents Bob and Ellen; Gio Clark-Bascom with mother Trelane Clark; Eli Gow with parents Ruth and David and brother Arlo ’16; Nyla Johnson with parents Thomas and Carol Gordon-Johnson and brother Jabari ’08; Corey Predella with parents Peter Earl and Lisa Jae; Vijay Sherring with parents Neil and Yoshika and brother; Nick Strymish with parents David and Deborah and brother Samuel ’16; Adam Tabba with parents Amer and Rania and sister; Halden Dyer with parents John and Megan and siblings; Caroline Sullivan with parents Chris and Karen and siblings Jillian ’21, Caitlin ’15, and Maeve ’12; Julia Capone with parents and brothers Chris ’16 and Matthew ’16; Jeff Delva with parents Patrix and Annette.

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Class of 2014 Colleges Rebecca Barnes University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Mimi Cabot Tulane University Georgia Cabot University of Richmond ZeeZee Canning New York University Julia Cochran Elon University Isabella Collins Columbia Univesity Holden Corcoran Georgetown University Sara Falkson Dartmouth College Connor Glynn Trinity College Elizabeth Harrity Texas Christion University Teresa Huckaby Bowdoin College Madeleine Jordan Trinity College Evan Landry Northeastern University Wil Linell St. Lawrence University Colin Mann Trinity College Mira Mashali Boston University Jacqueline Nagode Quinnipiac University Michael O’Connell St. Lawrence University Patrick Shiel Bucknell University Arianna Sougarides Providence College Maggie Swanson Middlebury College Marianna Tsoumbanos Providence College

Photographs by Kristie Gillooly Dean ’02

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Graduation Candids

1. Graduates in the receiving line 2. DCD says farewell to Coach Mike Tempesta 3. Jack O’Donnell and Elisa Sidoli celebrate 20 years 4. DCD says farewell to Signe Pereira, Gail Schnopp, who celebrated 30 years of service, and Claudia Dolan 5. Carl Abrahamson celebrates 20 years 6. Lee Mufmford Peterson ’86 presents diploma to son Gunner, the class speaker 7. Patches tells graduates, “Everything is going to be okay.”

8. Family members enjoy the ceremony 9. Alison D. Webster, Head of School 10 Corey Predella exits the gym after graduation 11. Board Co-President John Connors

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SportsRoundup Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse

This season, the varsity team consisted of 14 seventh and eighth graders. Thank you to the seventh graders who joined the JV team to complete rosters and add their experience and skill. A big thank you to Megan Fuqua for playing goalie for 73 saves on 173 shots (42%).

She showed tenacity in net and had one of the best clears we saw this season, regularly hitting the restraining line with her throw! Glad she is returning next year. Capping the season was a game against Beaver that showed everyone demonstrating incredible improvement both individually and as a team. —Deb White

Girls’ JV Lacrosse

This spring, the JV girls’ lacrosse team finished with a 1-6-2 record. While we only came away with one win, our team was six goals short of finishing with a winning record, a testament to the many close games we played this year.

Throughout the season, we had a rotating roster as we were often splitting the seventh graders along with Emma McNealy and Brynn Bryant with the varsity roster. For our girls, it was a fun season of learning the basics of lacrosse, and we look forward to getting back on the field again next spring!—Bo Harrington

Boys’ Lacrosse This year’s boys’ lacrosse team displayed endurance, skill, and tenacity on its way to an impressive record of 8 wins and 2 losses.

The team played with no substitutes on the bench often against much bigger teams. Help came on two occasions in the form of fifth graders Teddy Epker, Willy Connors, and Jack Knight, as the team faced off against Fay and Fessenden, which also included fifth graders.

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like to thank all members of the team for their commitment and their competitive spirit this spring. It was a pleasure to coach them and to see their steady improvement out on the field.—Kevin Coakley

Varsity Baseball Despite an unfortunate number of indoor practices and rained-out games at the beginning of spring, the team had a fantastic season. In practice, the team worked hard on baseball skills and learned strategies that would lead to success in games. Led by captains Max and Bryan, the team competed impressively, finishing the season with a winning record of 5-4! Finishing the season with a great win at Derby was a great way to end the season!

The team felt great about its improvement, performance in games, and all of the fun they had along the way. Coach Rudnick and I greatly enjoyed working with the team and look forward to coaching many of the boys next spring.—Dan Balk

JV Baseball JV baseball, or 6th grade varsity baseball, as our team liked to be called, had a great season this year. We had a lot of kids with experience playing baseball, but I believe our success had more to do with their mindset and attitude. We practiced with the varsity team, and each day, our players competed and wanted to get better with no complaints, finishing with a record of 8-2. Our team outscored our opponents this year 90 to 34, averaging 9 runs a game. Against Chestnut Hill, our team hit 5 doubles in a row in the first inning leading to a 12-0 win. We had 37 extra-base hits this year, 25 doubles, 8 triples, and 4 home runs! —Mike Tempesta

The 2018 girls’ softball season was one filled with victory, defeat, and a lot of fun. We had a winning season with 8 wins and 5 losses. Most memorable was our come-from-behind win against Derby. Down 6-3 in the last inning, we rallied and scored 6 runs to win 9-6. Many girls stepped up as pitchers and catchers, two positions that are crucial in softball and can make or break games. Luckily for us, talent was not lacking in these departments and these ladies contributed greatly to the team’s victories! —Megan Rothwell Saia ’97

Tennis This was a successful season for the DCD tennis team. The twelve-member team consisted of seven eighth-grade boys and five seventh-grade boys. Led by captains Ethan Rosensweig and Oliver Riordan, the team had plenty of leadership and experience.

Highlights of the season include victories over Nobles, Thayer, Fenn, and Beaver. Each player worked hard in practice on improving parts of their game, whether serve, net play, forehand, or backhand. The team finished with an overall record of 8-3 with everyone winning several matches whether playing singles or as part of a doubles team. Coach Shirley and I enjoyed our time working with the boys this spring and look forward to what lies ahead in the spring of 2019!—Mark Jackson

Photographs by John Leith

Team Records

Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse 4-7 Coach: Deb White Captains: Jayne Feeney, Abigail Riordan Girls’ JV Lacrosse 1-6-2 Coach: Bo Harrington Boys’ Lacrosse 8-2 Coaches: Kevin Coakley, Bob Santry

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Varsity Baseball 5-4 Coaches: Dan Balk, Charles Rudnick Captains: Max Nye, Bryan Mann

Boys’ JV Baseball 8-2 Coach: Mike Tempesta Softball 8-5 Coaches: Cheryl Price, Megan Rothwell Saia ’97 Captains: Aimee Coleman, Mary Connors, Molly Epker Tennis 8-3 Coaches: Mark Jackson, Andrew Shirley ’05 Captains: Ethan Rosensweig, Oliver Riordan

Awards Coach’s Award Most Improved

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Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse Jayne Feeney Catherine Ross Girls’ JV Lacrosse

Emma McNealy Elena Ferrara

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Hugh Geraghty Jay Caponigro

Boys’ Varsity Baseball Bryan Mann Owen Connors Boys’ JV Baseball

Alex Landry Quinn Kelly

Softball

Nytayah Bugg Molly Epker

Mary Connors

Tennis

Chris Ahn Eli Gow

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Alumni Association

Alumni Profile

Life Is a Journey: An Interview with Roger Cheever ’57 Recently Nick Papps ’95 had a chance to sit down with DCD alumnus Roger Cheever ’57 to talk about Cheever’s time at DCD and the effect of that experience on his life over the years. The video, edited for length, was featured as part of this year’s annual meeting on October 25. Those fortunate enough to see the interview thought it well-worth sharing a few out-takes in print with the greater DCD community.

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eflecting on his journey, opened by pointing out that when his family moved from their farm where he’d been raised in Dennis up to Dedham, DCD was not on the first stop in his

schooling “I was first enrolled in a school that was a great deal of fun but wasn’t very helpful. It was a place where I wasn’t achieving anything. It was a fill-in-the-blanks type of learning. I wasn’t challenged or encouraged to express myself, never given assurances I could take risks, or examine my feelings about things. You moved from A to B to C without deviating without reflecting on other possibilities.”

Cheever’s parents soon saw the problem and enrolled him at DCD, a decision that led to an experience he describes as “transformational.”

“I know people often don’t believe me when I tell them I was shy as a kid. But I was. DCD changed that. It brought about a big change in my life. It allowed me to do things I never would have dared. While my other school taught me good penmanship and gave me a scripted curriculum, it never gave me the chance to take risks.”

Asked how this change came about, Cheever cited the rich opportunity for growth and exploration at DCD. “For the first time I shared a classroom and classes with a single group of classmates. For the first time I was able to play organized sports and participate in extra-curricular activities. I began to realize academics were interesting and fun, to enjoy the camaraderie of team sports, the importance of learning to trust people.”

“One great memory I have is of my classmate Frank Owen, a gifted athlete who could throw a pass like no one could, he could put it right there. I think back on that

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feeling of trust I had playing football with him, knowing I could turn and trust the ball would be there right there falling into my arms.”

“It sounds simple, but it wasn’t. I had a long distance to travel. If DCD hadn’t taken the steps it took with me, I believe I would never have come out of my shell. Before I had felt quite alone, had never felt there were people at the school there cheering me on, but at DCD that changed.”

Cheever remembers one day when it all seemed to come together.“I was riding my bicycle up the hill on my way to school. It was a spring day, and I felt an incredible sense of liberation and freedom.”

But it was only after leaving DCD that he came to realize the value of that experience. “It was when I graduated that I realized how far I had come. I had been given the building blocks. I had developed confidence in myself. I had learned as a student to step forward and to learn things at deeper levels. I had the important experience of working collaboratively with others.”

“I was lucky,” said Cheever, noting things could have worked out differently, that he was most fortunate in finding his way to DCD, that the burden of failure lies not with the individual. “If in your life you didn’t have the possibility to feel you were empowered to take step forward in a meaningful way, the fault would not be yours, it would be the fault of your circumstances, a family situation, a school experience that lacks nurturing and support. If schools today don’t do that, provide support, encouragement, holding students accountable, they will not bring out the full potential of students.”

Cheever moved on to Milton Academy after DCD, then Harvard, and Cambridge University. Graduating, facing

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the prospect of conscription like many of his classmates, he volunteered, serving in the Navy for three years and four months, serving three tours in waters off Vietnam.

“That required taking on lots of responsibility,” he points out. “I worked with people I had never met before, people from all different backgrounds and walks of life, steering an aircraft carrier carrying four-thousand men on board.”

Cheever postponed going back to school after completing his service, instead taking the time to travel across the globe on his way home from Vietnam.

Back home he returned to his studies at Harvard and Northeastern Business School and formed a company with a few friends. Here, too, he cites the value of his experience at DCD. “I honestly believe life is a journey. Each step is important. You encounter things and you ask, does this look interesting? What is the potential good side? What is the potential bad side? It’s the way you grow. It took me two decades to decide who I was and what I wanted to do.

It was never a straightforward line. Never a straight track to law or med school.”

“I was always appreciative of DCD for encouraging the over-the-edge steps I took. It’s sad if an individual never has a chance to really test their abilities. Taking steps, even if they’re wrong, prepares you to take on responsibilities later on. You don’t always win, you don’t always lose, usually it’s something in between. It’s like when building your blocks, you need to identify something that would be meaningful to you and find people to work with you who share the enthusiasm and make the work fun.”

“Often, I fear people try to go out too fast, jumping ahead. But life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. Often

circumstances make them think that the wisest course is just follow what the books says. It’s not enough to just say, this is what I’m going to do, to say, I’m going to be pre-med, you need to be willing and perceptive enough to know that you’re choosing because you want to make a change. You have to bring heart and soul along with right energy and attitude and all you learned in school to these choices.”

It is this same energy and spirit that Roger Cheever brings to his work every day as a Development Associate at Harvard, working at things, he suggests he would never have dreamed possible those first days at DCD. And though on his journey, Cheever has spent more years at Harvard and Milton than at DCD, DCD remains his favorite.

“I graduated in 1957 and the values I learned haven’t changed; they are about community, doing right thing with classmates and peers, working hard, playing hard, being a good citizen, having good listening skills and strengths.”

Cheever draws great satisfaction in seeing these same values passed on to the third generation of Cheevers at DCD. “I’ve got two grandchildren now at DCD,” he says.

“And I love the way the school makes grandparents feel important. I love returning to DCD with Chris and the grandchildren, to see them going through same things as I did, from the jungle gym to the plays. We all wear our DCD hats, me, Chris, and the grandchildren. Being there with them brings it back, reminds me that it was not so long ago I was that young boy riding that bicycle up the hill.”

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Class of 2018 Summer Barbecue

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efore heading to their new schools this past fall, our most recent graduates and their parents gathered for an informal end-of-summer barbecue with faculty members, and were welcomed as members of DCD’s Alumni Association.

Left to right, starting from top row: Nyla Johnson, Nytayah Bugg, and Adam Taaba; Vijay Sherring, Jack McNealy, and Nicolas Rodriguez; Aimée Coleman and Halden Dyer; Aimée Coleman, Maeve Haggerty, Sophie Hiatt, and Audrey Volpe; ); Adam Tabba and his mother Rania chat with Middle School Head Nate Buffum; New Class Reps Audrey Volpe and Vijay Sherring; Head of School Allison Webster speaks to the class (holding the Liebhoff family’s dog, Rosie). Photos by Leslie Bowen 38

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CD welcomes applications for its new Alumni Summer Skills Internship, an opportunity for DCD alumni currently in Grade 9 through sophomore year of college to gain valuable work experience in an educational setting over the summer.

Following a pilot program conducted over the summer of 2018 (see sidebar testimonial of Alfie Rudnick ’16), the school decided to make the internship an ongoing position, with the goal of helping young alums develop skills and obtain workplace experience.

Participants will have the opportunity to structure a summer that focuses on one or more of the following areas of the school: Advancement (development, event planning, communications, alumni relations, marketing), Admissions, Horizons (summer learning program for kids from low-income families), Early Education (working with head of DCD’s primary school), Facilities

(helping with summer projects and maintenance), Technology Integration (incorporating technology into the classroom), and Head of School’s office.

DCD is looking for a commitment of 15 hours per week for a six-week period starting mid- to late June 2019.

The configuration of days, hours, and start/end dates will be determined with each student once he or she has been accepted into the program. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the internship will include a modest stipend.

Application Procedures To be considered, a student must currently be a high-school student or college freshman or sophomore.

Applicants should be DCD graduates or have attended DCD for at least three years.

Interested students should request an application form from Kate Nichols, DCD’s Director of Alumni Affairs, at knichols@dcds.net.

Applications are due March 25, 2019.

Please direct any questions to Kate Nichols at the email above or at (781) 915-2562.

Join us in Boston for our

Winter Warmer Alumni Event at Central Wharf Co., 160 Milk Street, Boston Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Central Wharf, located in Boston’s financial district, is the perfect spot for reconnecting with fellow DCD alumni over drinks and hors d’oeuvres after work. We look forward to seeing you!

RSVP by February 14 to Kate Nichols, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Affairs, knichols@dcds.net.

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his past summer, I worked at DCD as the Alumni Intern, a position created for alumni who want experience working in different fields. The DCD Alumni Internship Program is tailored to the alums’ specific interests, meaning they can do anything that interests them.

I worked predominantly for Kate Nichols in the Advancement Office, helping her with different projects for the Annual Fund and other department priorities. One of my projects was to do research on the new DCD families and use the different DCD databases to update that information. Database experience is a valuable skill to have when I look for full-time jobs, and I got that experience this summer. But more importantly, I learned some of the skills required to be a non-profit’s fundraiser. Being familiar with non-profit fundraising techniques is fantastic experience if I want to work with non-profits later in life, something I would love to do.

For a few days, I worked for Phil Holden in the Facilities Department. Those guys in the Facilities Department work so hard all year long, and I was more than happy to lend a hand to the people who do so much to keep the campus pristine. Working with them gave me a new appreciation for everything they do for DCD. Overall, this summer internship has provided me with experiences that I couldn’t get anywhere else. I learned about the inner workings of the school that has given me so much, and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to give something back in return.

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Class Notes 1930s Catherine Martinez Moses ’39 writes, “All’s well here in Naples, Florida, and I love where I am! Life at Bentley Village is the best! Nice people, lots to do, even a great little golf course, and they really look after you with independent, assisted living and a Care Center.”

1950s Martha Damon Marshall ’51 writes, “Three of my grandchildren are currently at DCD. Third generation! Still the same encouraging, exemplary, educational environment.”

1960s Cilla Williams Bercovian ’67 writes, “I’m continuing to work as a math specialist, PS-6th, at Sacred

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Heart in Greenwich, CT, having received my Ed.D. from Northeastern in 2014. Yahoo!. Married, two children, one dog, life is a gift!”

1980s

Monique Tello ’86, who received the 2017 DCD Alumni Award, just published her first book, Healthy Habits for Your Heart: 100 Simple, Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure and Maintain Your Heart’s Health. She says it’s “an evidencebased, behavior change-focused diet and lifestyle book for the general public, heavy on the psychology and research, but written in the easy going style of a magazine article.”

It already has a five-star review on Amazon!

John Boynton ’88, and his wife Elise, welcomed Bennett John Francis Boynton to the world on August 25, 2018.

1990s It was a DCD reunion of sorts during graduation ceremonies at Babson College on Saturday, May 19, 2018, with three members of the DCD community receiving degrees: Alumni Chris Rothwell ’95 and Pete Jackson ’03 married Molly Heus on July 28, 2018, in Shelter Island, New York. Classmate George Howland ’03 officiated the ceremony.

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Top: Liam Lester-Curtis Hamm born on September 26, 2018, to Danielle Hamm ’99; Bottom: Bennett John Francis Boynton born on August 25, 2018, to John Boynton ’88 and his wife Elise

Nick Papps ’95 along with DCD Librarian Marge Farquharson’s son John Farquharson, who worked for a time as a DCD camp counselor, all received their MBAs. Small world!

Andrew T. Chadie ’98 joined The Bulfinch Group as a Financial Advisor in September 2018.

Danielle Hamm ’99 gave birth to a little boy, Liam Lester-Curtis Hamm, on September 26, 2018.

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2010s Waverly Jackson ’11 ran the half marathon in Aoraki, New Zealand during her semester abroad.

Abby King ’13 a sophomore at Connecticut College, received the school’s 2018 Most Improved Player in field hockey.

Sara Falkson ’14 received

Heus on July 28, 2018, in Shelter Island, New York. Classmate George Howland ’03 officiated the ceremony.

Independent School League MVP honors and All-Scholastic and ISL All-Star recognition by the Boston Globe for her play in field hockey for Nobles during the fall 2017-18 season.

She was also named to the NEPSAC Field Hockey Class A All-Tournament Team.

Katie Adams ’06 was recently

Tess Huckaby ’14, a freshman

Left to right at the engagement party for Katie Adams ’06, Henry Howard ’07, Nadia Duryea ’06, Katie, and Cassie Goode ’07.

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Pete Jackson ’03 married Molly

Tim Carman ’03 has launched a fundraising campaign to support the recording and production of his debut album “Tim Carman & The Street 45s.” The album is made up of ten original tracks he composed with inspiration from groups like The Meters, Lettuce, and Fela Kuti.

Additionally, a portion of all funds received will be donated to the The Music and Youth Initiative, a Bostonbased organization that provides music classes for underprivileged kids. He writes, “I really cherished my time at DCD and feel so fortunate to have learned from all of you.”

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engaged to Edward Donovan. They are planning a September 2019 wedding.

In attendance at their engagement party were Henry Howard ’07, Nadia Duryea ’06, and Cassie Goode ’07.

at Bowdoin College, was named an EIL All-Star her senior year at Beaver Country Day School by the Boston Globe.

Patrick Kearney ’09 beat two opponents on November 6 to secure the Massachusetts state representative seat in the 4th Plymouth district. At 23, Kearney will be the youngest representative serving in the State House.

Waverly Jackson ’11 ran the half marathon in Aoraki, New Zealand during her semester abroad.

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Faculty News Erin Albert, DCD school psychologist, and her husband, Peter, welcomed Sophie Ella (6 lbs., 5 oz.) to their family on July 29, 2018. She is receiving lots of love from big sisters Bryn (6) and Margot (3).

Former classmates Isabella Collins ’14, playing for Columbia, and Sara Falkson ’14 for Dartmouth, caught up with each other at a game this fall.

Kate Shaughnessy ’15, a senior at The Rivers School was named an ISL All-Star in girls’ hockey by the Boston Globe for her play during winter 20172018.

Sarah Crofts (2002-2007) began a new position in June as project manager at the Leapfrog Group, a company that plans and produces marketing communications for educational, healthcare, cultural, and advocacy organizations.

DCD Director of Events Kylie Lacerda and her husband, Bob, welcomed a son, Mason Donald Lacerda, on October 16, 2018. He weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz., and was 21” long. He joins big sister McKenna.

Top: Sophie Ella Albert, welcomed by sisters Bryn and Margot, daughters of Erin Albert and husband Peter; Bottom: Mason Donald Lacerda, the son of Kylie Lacerda and husband Bob.

Madi Weber ’15 received the Coaches Award in varsity field hockey at Thayer Academy this fall.

Molly King ’16 received the Most Valuable Player Award in varsity field hockey at Thayer Academy and ISL Honorable Mention for her play during the fall season.

Sergei Tourian ’17 received “The Anastasia Troubalos Scholarship” at the Honors Convocation at Brimmer and May School on June 8, 2018. The scholarship is given to a student in the Upper School who “has an excellent academic record and loves the Brimmer and May School.” Sergei was also the recipient of an “Academy Award” for “Total Immersion in Art” and has been admitted to the Creative Arts Diploma at Brimmer and May. 42

William Tobin Sousa Wagner, son of Laura Sousa Wagner.

Violin and chamber music teacher in the Private Music Program, Laura Sousa Wagner, welcomed a baby boy on December 7, 2018. William Tobin Sousa Wagner was born at 10:19 a.m. and weighed 6 lbs., 2 oz., and was 18.5” long.

A focused initiative bringing speakers, films, and discussions to the community to support our collective goal of ensuring that children grow balanced, connected, and whole — Dedham Country Day’s core values in educating children.

Visit DedhamCountryday.org for more event details and registration.

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Wianno Club Gathering Alumni, former and current parents gathered this summer at the Wianno Club on the Cape.

Left to right, clockwise from top left, Trustee Christine Freyermuth, former Head of Middle School Pete Rapelye and his wife Janet; Steve Cochran ’80, William Ross ’80, Sarah Ross-Bailly ’82; Kristin Keith, Frank and Julie Keally, and Linda Keith; Patty and David Cochran; Donn and Eileen O’Connell, Meghan O’Connell Kmetko ’93, Mark Epker, and Erin Keith Epker ’86; Paula Indelicato, Linda Keith, and Eileen O’Connell; George and Carole Maalouf with Head of School Allison Webster. Photos by Leslie Bowen 43

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In Memoriam Barbara Barnes, mother of Jeff ’66 and grandmother of Madeline ’12 and Rebecca ’14, passed away on September 3, 2018.

Benjamin B. Cavallo, the grandfather of Sam Cavallo ’23, passed away on July 2, 2018 (see article on page 21).

Sally Flood, wife of Richard T. Flood Jr. ’47 and mother of Richard

T. Flood III ’70, Samuel E. Flood ’74, and Katherine Flood Fritz ’79, passed away in September 27, 2018.

She was an honorary member of the Corporation.

Lewis “Lew” Gage, father-in-law of PE teacher Elaine Gage and grandfather of LJ Gage ’21 and Patrick Gage ’23, passed away on July 19, 2018.

Wieslaw “Jack” Kowalski, father of Chris Kowalski ’02, passed away on May 20, 2018.

Elizabeth (Betts) Barker Malo, mother of

Janet Barker ’63, Grant Barker Jr. ’65, and Jeff Barker ’69 and grandmother of Katherine Barker ’06 and Ellie Barker ’08, passed

away on September 19, 2018. She was a past trustee and honorary member of the Corporation.

Tia Moir Andrew, the mother of Ronald

Moir ’66 and David Moir ’68 ’15

and grandmother of Molly Moir passed away on October 18, 2018

Rosalie Abloe Rudnick, mother of Director of Advancement Charles Rudnick and grandmother of Natalie Rudnick ’19 and Alfie Rudnick ’16, passed away on November 17, 2018.

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Jim Bower, second from left, at the groundbreaking for the Rand Gym with, left to right, Board Chair Winston Emmons, Maurice Rand, father of Michael Rand, for whom the gym is named, and Phillip Ladd, chair of the capital campaign.

Remembering Jim Bower

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’d like to take a moment tonight to celebrate the life of Jim Bower. Jim was the head of DCD for fifteen years, from 1981 to 1996. He passed away after a short illness on October 16th. There are six faculty members here tonight who worked with Jim during those years. This is just one of the many ways that his legacy is alive and well at DCD. Jim led DCD in a different time — one faculty member, for example, reminisced about Jim, clad in tweed jacket and bow tie, smoking his pipe throughout their job interview. Yet most of what I’ve heard about Jim sounds like the DCD of today. According to the faculty and staff who worked with Jim, he had a deep appreciation for children at each developmental stage, and he acted with kindness towards every person he encountered, giving them his full, undivided attention. Jim was deeply appreciative and in awe of the way DCD’s faculty and staff built such an ideal environment for kids, and his faith in people – children, families, and faculty – instilled an energy and optimism in our whole community.

Jim and I connected a couple of years ago when I became Head of School. Our first lunch was a lovely one in Providence, Rhode Island, at a restaurant near Brown University, his alma mater, where we had lots of uninterrupted time for conversation.

In addition to many great stories about DCD, he shared his enthusiasm for the sixth graders he was currently teaching at the St. Miguel School for at-risk urban boys in Providence. The next time we met for lunch, it was in the Lawrence Room at DCD, at his suggestion. I sat with Jim while he ate a hot dog (it was special lunch in honor of a Yankees/Red Sox game that night) and chatted with the third, fourth and fifth graders at his table — clearly elated. He continued to love children, and love our school, for all of his days.

I’ve heard from faculty how powerful Jim’s belief in them was – and it was clear from our lunch that day that his delight in people of all ages never waivered.

Jim will always be remembered fondly at DCD – the values he lived and promoted within our school still resonate today.

—Excerpted from remarks by Allison Webster at the Annual Meeting on October 25, 2018

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Alumni Summer Skills Internship See page 39 inside for more information. For students in ninth grade through sophomore in college.

Contact Kate Nichols, 781.915.2562.

Friday, May 3

Campus Tours 4:30 p.m. on campus Please contact us if you’d like a tour of the campus with a current student.

Alumni Reception 6:00 p.m. on campus Alumni from all years are invited to join us as we announce the 2019 recipient of the DCD Alumni Award. We extend a special invitation to graduates of years ending in “4” and “9” to join us on this occasion to celebrate their class reunions.

Saturday, May 4 68th Annual DCD Fair 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Bring the whole family for a day of fun-filled activities.

Alumni Association Lunch 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Enjoy lunch on DCD! Bring your family and visit with fellow alumni and their families at the Fair.

We invite members of the Class of 2015, who will be heading to college, to join us for special recognition and to receive a gift from the Alumni Association.