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Lyn Linke Witt is the owner of Market House in Rockville, Maryland. She works with clients who are downsizing and looking to sell and donate unwanted items.

1995

Catherine Sproul recently returned to New York City after a two-year stint in Seattle with L’Oreal. She has been working at L’Oreal since she graduated from business school in 2010. Since leaving home for college, Catherine has lived in five different cities and states. “I’m ready to stay put for a little while,” she writes.

1996

Thayer McGregor left her job at CNN in 2017 and is now home “spending glorious time” with her new son, Peter McGregor.

1997

Claire Simeone was selected as a 2018 TED Fellow, the first veterinarian to receive this distinction. She joined a class of 20 change-makers from around the world who delivered a talk on the TED stage in April in Vancouver. Claire is a conservation medicine veterinarian with The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, the world’s largest marine mammal hospital and education center. She studies how the health of marine animals informs and influences both human and ocean health.

2001

Christine Brown is engaged to Mike Stehel and plans to get married on September 15, 2018. Her sisters and fellow

Norwood alumnae, Alex Brown ’04 and Diana Brown ’06, will be bridesmaids.

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Mark Shesser founded a web-development business called Coldsmoke, which focuses primarily on helping e-commerce companies design and develop their online stores. Mark lives in Washington, D.C.

2003

Gianmarco Soresi, an actor and comedian, performed in November at the Bier Baron Tavern in Washington, D.C. The audience was filled with Norwood supporters, including

Michael Sidgmore, Alex Azzara, Genevieve Ryan, Mallory Polak,

Viveka Jahn, Mara Perman, and Kevin Huang.

Robert Parrish and his wife, Sarah, live in Falls Church, Virginia. He is a senior consultant at KCIC, a consulting firm that helps companies manage their product liability. Robert reports that he is still in touch with Andrew Baer, who is a social studies teachers at the Oakwood School in Greenville, North Carolina.

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Ari Opsahl and his wife, Harley, are the proud parents of Clark Vedder Opsahl. Clark was born on February 6, 2018.

2005

Braxton Cook is a professional saxophone player and recently played in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival in Rockville, Maryland. A graduate of Juilliard School, he has played alongside Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Jon Batiste, and Robert Glasper. Braxton and his newly formed band have released their debut album, Somewhere in Between.

2006

Sally Marx graduated from Amherst College in 2014, where she played basketball and was part of the 2011-2012 Division III National Championship team. She also volunteered with her teammates at “Amherst A Better Chance,” a national residential high school program that facilitates the recruitment and care of high-achieving students from underserved school districts. After graduating, Sally took a job with The Ben Barnes Group, a government affairs consulting firm, but soon left that job to work on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. After volunteering at the Brooklyn, New York office, Sally was promoted to national voter outreach and mobilization project manager.

2008

Grace Hansen-Gilmour

graduated from Harvard University with a major in French. She currently lives in Boston and works for TDC, one of the nation’s oldest nonprofit management consulting and research firms. A foundation programs associate, Grace

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1 Class of 2013 moms gathered at Norwood in February to assemble Valentine’s Day care packages for fi rst-year college students. Front row: Stephanie Suttle (Grant Suttle), Alicia Billings (Annie Brown), Susan Forman (Clayton Forman), Janice Hansan (Tommy Hansan), Deepika Prasad (Dilan Prasad). Back row: Lisa Campbell (Colin Campbell), Kate Latimer (Max Slaten), Lori Clogg (Jennifer Clogg), Sunita Iyer (Neelam Shaikh), Janie Haynes (Brendan Steuart), Mary Pat Alcus (Colin Alcus), Nicki Geifman ’83 (Sydney Geifman), Natalie West (Phoebe West), Hilde Kahn (Susanna Bradbury), Caroline DuPont (Colleen Carroll). 2 Ari Opsahl ’04 is the proud father of Clark Vedder Opsahl born February 6, 2018. 3 Claire Simeone ’97, a conservation medicine veterinarian, was selected as a 2018 TED Fellow. 4 Former auction chairs gathered for a reunion on November 8, 2017 at the home of Cathy Poston to share auction stories and Norwood memories. Front row: Michelle Bryan, Hunter Schoenfeld, Toni Marx, Mary Beth Connell, Cindy Klebano , Lynn Alexander, and Stacy Joseph. Back row: Tara Primis, Maralyn Marsteller, Cathy Poston, Betsy Turley (sitting), Tracy McPherson, Stephanie Johnston, Angie Marriott, Lisa Frulla, Wendy Landres, Liz Stephens, Yve Dinte, Mimi Kirstein, Sandra Gichner, Susan Bies, Kimi Murakami, and Leanne Gill. 5 Members of the Class of 2003 joined classmate Gianmarco Soresi at his stand-up performance at the Bier Baron Tavern: Michael Sidgmore, Alex Azzara, Genevieve Ryan, Gianmarco, Mallory Polak, Viveka Jahn, Mara Perman, and Kevin Huang.

provides support and program coordination for foundation clients and their grantee organizations in the arts and culture sector. Prior to joining TDC, Grace worked as a legal assistant in White & Case LLP’s International Arbitration group in Paris. She has also worked abroad for nonprofi ts in South Africa and Madagascar.

2009

Mikayla Harris graduated from Yale University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in American studies. Currently, she is living in New York City and works as a news associate for The Rachel Maddow Show at NBC News.

2011

Colin Witt is a junior at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, where he is studying entrepreneurial business with a minor in economic development.

2013

Zachary Harris graduated from The Potomac School last spring and is a freshman at Northwestern University.

2014

Maggie Atwood is a senior at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland where she participates in technical theater, various community service programs, and the Bokamoso Club (an exchange program with youth in South Africa). She traveled to Haiti on a school mission trip last year. Maggie was chosen to serve as a student fellow for the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), working with the education departments at Johns Hopkins and Harvard to conduct research to help

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1 Virginia Asher (left) and Ella Glassman, both from the Class of 2015, pose for a photo with Mr. Gould after their chapel presentation on their work for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 2 Raphy Conrad ’15, a junior at Bullis, is a member of the school’s varsity crew team. 3 Many former faculty and sta returned to Norwood on December 6, 2017 to attend a luncheon hosted by Matthew Gould. Front row: Nancy McGuire, Maureen Sievers, Molly Heylin, and Lynne Astrich. Back row: Mary Clair Steinbraker, Jay Roudebush, Jane Katz, Sandi Hannibal, Matthew Gould, Gary Lorenz, Jan Molnar, and Susie Rosenbaum. 4 Patrick Newcombe ’16 spent two weeks studying bird species at the Piro Research Station on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. 5 Norwood faculty congratulated alumnae, Nicki Ganti ’16 and Isabel Engel ’17, after their performance in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Potomac School. Left to right: Amanda Cannell-Boone, Emily Nichols, Nicki, Isabel, Devon Oviedo, and Stan Smith. 6 Class of 2017 alumni pose with Head of Middle School Michele Claeys after serving on a panel to discuss the high school placement process: Danielle Latham, Celia Johnson, Isabel Engel, Michele Claeys, Andrew Sojka, Jack Schoeb, Rania Chowdhury, and Emma Scielzo.

teachers improve their practices. Maggie writes, “I have learned about neuroscience and how it impacts teaching and learning. Last year, I traveled with a small group to Harvard and MIT, where we met with graduate students, and we also watched an MRI of a teacher’s brain.”

Harrison Smith was named the 2018 Potomac Youth of the Year by the Potomac Chamber of Commerce. This honor is given annually to a high school senior who resides in Potomac, Maryland, exhibits strong scholarship and leadership qualities, and uses his talents to help the community. Harrison is a senior at Landon School. He has worked with classmates to package meals to send to hungry people in other countries, put together Thanksgiving baskets for families in the D.C. metropolitan area, and assembled care packages for victims of natural disasters. Harrison also earned Landon’s 2017 Riddleberger Alumni Scholarship Award for the highest grade point average in the junior class.

Kate Whatley performed with the youth choir at the Choral Arts Society of Washington’s holiday concert at the Kennedy Center. The Choral Arts Youth Choir is quickly gaining attention as one of the fi nest youth chamber ensembles in the D.C. area. The ensemble, now in its third season, is comprised of “all-star” singers from area high schools. Kate is a senior at National Cathedral School.

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Virginia Asher and Ella Glassman returned to Norwood in February to share their work as candidates for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Student of the Year Campaign. Virginia and Ella spoke during chapel to the entire school community about the mission of LLS and their work to raise funds and awareness to fight blood cancers. Their team came in second in the Maryland campaign, raising more than $222,000 for LLS!

Raphy Conrad rowed as a novice on Bullis School’s newly formed crew team during the spring of 2016. In 2017, he became a member of the varsity team and won his first medal rowing in seat four of an “eight” in the Upper Merion Regatta near Philadelphia. Raphy continues to row with the varsity crew team this spring.

2016

Hannah Baltimore, Emma

Golden, and Charlotte Helmig, all students at Bullis School, were the winning team of the 2018 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Student(s) of the Year campaign for the state of Maryland. They raised over $228,000!

Lauren Cooke, a sophomore at Holton-Arms, loves being on the “It’s Academic” team— especially this year as it marked the first time that her team competed on air. They won their first game and made it to the playoffs, which is quite an accomplishment for a new team with no seniors. Lauren practices three times a week before school during peak season. She reports, “I can’t wait for our next season!”

Nicki Ganti and Isabel Engel ’17 performed in The Potomac School’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Several Norwood faculty members were in the audience and reported that Nicki and Isabel were fantastic!

Patrick Newcombe spent two weeks last summer researching the Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager and other rare birds at Osa Conservation’s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica. “It was thrilling to watch these endemic species in the rainforest. I’m inspired to expand the project this year,” he wrote. “The more we learn about the feeding and habitat requirements of the endemic birds of the Osa, the better we will be able to manage and restore conservation landscapes to increase their chance of survival.” Patrick wrote about his experience on the Osa Peninsula in a blog post for the American Birding Association. He is a Caroline D. Bradley Scholar and sophomore at Sidwell Friends School.

2017

Jonah Kaiser was seen around Norwood in March as he was doing a physical education internship under the guidance of PE teacher Chris Giles. Jonah is in ninth grade at The Field School.

Danielle Latham, Celia Johnson, Isabel Engel, Andrew Sojka,

Jack Schoeb, Rania Chowdhury, and Emma Scielzo returned to Norwood in the fall to speak with current eighth graders and their parents about the high school placement process. This alumni panel shared a lot of helpful information and answered many questions from students and parents.

Former Faculty News

The Norwood community was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Nancy Davis on January 25, 2018. Nancy was a beloved second- and third-grade teacher at Norwood for 16 years (1973-1977, 1985-1997) and also taught at other schools in the D.C. area, including Primary Day, Landon, and Concord Hill. Nancy was also a parent at Norwood, with husband Lowell Davis, to daughter Laura Davis Stifel ’92. The family asks that any donations in Nancy’s memory be made to any of the schools where she taught. A memorial service was held at Landon on February 10.

Sarah Barton Thomas, former K-8 technology integration coordinator, will be the new upper elementary division head at Trinity School in Atlanta beginning in July. For the past three years, Sarah has served as the middle school director at The Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Alumni Parent Reception

It was wonderful to see so many past parents gather on March 15, 2018 at the home of Matthew Gould and Charlotte Hartley to reconnect, share updates, and hear about the exciting happenings at Norwood!

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1 Rachel King, Robert Marsteller, Mark Cymrot, and Maralyn Marsteller 2 Carin Dessauer, Lisa Newcombe, and Bryan Newcombe 3 Cindy Buck, Anne Sidey, and Beanie Burr ’73 4 Anjali Calhoun and Aliya Poshni 5 Matthew Gould, David Good, and Jane Weiman Good 6 Karin Currie, Lynne Astrich, and Kenwyn Kindfuller 7 Binod Taterway, Neil Currie, and Thenthia Taterway 8 Bob Sievers, Maureen Sievers, Danny Korengold (former board chair), and Martha Dippell (former trustee) 9 Betsy Turley ’71 (trustee) and Kimberly Stephens 10 Andrea Markovitz and Liz Grube 11 Charlotte Hartley, Chip Heartfield ’64 (former trustee), and Linda Heartfield 12 Frank Dong and Matthew Gould 13 Eric West and Lynette Conrad 14 Matthew Gould, Gina Pack, and Michael Pack 15 Austin St. John, Sandra Gichner ’78, and Pat Bowditch 16 Brooks Brown, Elise Brown, Carol Ferrentino, and Andy Ferrentino 17 Brad Steuart ’73 (trustee), Peggy Steuart (former trustee), and Cindy Steuart (former trustee)

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