Emergence: The MVS Magazine 2022-23

Cover:Produceandflowersfrom theMVS Zorniger Environmental Laboratory

TheMiami Valley School

2022-2023Boardof Trustees

RadhaReddy '90,President

Rick Stover,VicePresident

SteveHarlamert,Treasurer

Keri Brown Kirschman,Secretary

John Bommer

Stephen Chambal,Ph.D.

Shelley Dickstein

Kimberly Jarvis

Vincent Lewis

Scott MacDonald

DavidMontgomery '90

EX-OFFICIO

Sanjeeth Pai

Michael Roediger

Mark Shaker

LolaSignom

Tiffany Taylor Smith

Tracey Tomme

Elizabeth F.Cleary,HeadofSchool

TRUSTEESEMERITI

BruceP.Bedford(dec.)

Matthew O.Diggs,Jr.

JuliaD.Hobart

DougJenks'87

GeorgeH."Sandy" McConnel

Kenneth E.Nutter (dec.)

Molly Treese

Jonathan G.Verity

Mary RitaWeissman

FROM THEEDITOR

Tyler Benedict '09 Director of Marketing& Communications

Thethemeof thisyear'sEmergenceis"Nourishing Community,"afittingreferencetothemanynew school initiativesaimedat strengtheningthemental,physical, andemotional wellnessof MVSconstituentsand reinforcingthebondsof fellowshipthat holdus together? bondsthat weretested,but not broken, duringthestrainof aglobal pandemic Guidedbyour 2021-2025strategicplan,ElevatetheVision,MVSis advancingitscoremissionof educatingself-sustaining learnersandcompassionateglobal citizens.Youcan readmoreabout wellnessinitiativesat MVSonpages 6-14

Inthisissue'sAlumni Profile(page45),MVS' Associate Director of Alumni & CommunityRelations,Stephanie Yenn,spokewithRaychel Santo'10about her career in foodsystemsresearch.Thethemesof thisinterview dovetail nicelywiththeschool'sownendeavorsto improvefoodserviceat MVSthroughanextensive renovationof theTruslow Commons,whichwill include theconstructionof MVS' first-ever full scaleproduction kitchentoproducedailymade-from-scratchmealsfor studentsandstaff (page9) Theissueswhichpreoccupy theTruslow Commonsteamincludenutritional value, sustainability,accessibility,andcultural inclusivity? all of whichcanbefoundinRaychel'sworkaswell,onafar grander scaleandimpactingmyriadpopulations Inher career asafoodsystemsresearcher,Raychel livesthe MVSmissionof compassionateglobal citizenshipand lifelonglearning

Onemoment inRaychel'sinterview stoodout tome:her descriptionof how shesecuredher first internshipat JohnsHopkinsUniversityasafirst-year student Raychel hadbecomeawareof JohnsHopkins' Center for aLivableFutureasanincomingundergrad,andshe reachedout totheCenter toask if theyhadaposition availablefor her toget involved That ledtoher becomingaresearchassistant asafirst-year,andit was thefirst stepinacareer at JohnsHopkinsthat continuestothisday. Thisstory,tome,demonstratesa quintessential trait of MVSalumni:theconfidenceand agencytonot onlytakeownershipof one'sownlearning, but alsoinitiateandnavigateimportant conversations withprofessors,colleagues,andother potential mentors inmoresenior roles

At TheMiami ValleySchool,studentsaresecureinthe knowledgethat their teachersarehelpers,guides,and essential resourcestowardsachievingtheir goals The storiesof somanyMVSalumni beginwithoneor two influential facultymemberswhoshowedthestudent

what waspossible andencouraged themtonurture, develop,andshare their talents For Raychel,biologyteacher Dr Ashwi Birdi wasinstrumental infurtheringher goalsasa youngresearcher,whileEnglishteacher Dr Barbara Clearyencouragedher togrow asawriter andaspiring journalist.For me,Englishteacher Rachel Moultonwas anessential influenceonmyownjourneyasacreative writer,andI still look back fondlyonhow sheadvised meduringmysenior year independent Immersionin fictionwriting DuringmyowntimeinDr Cleary's class,shenot onlyshowedmehow toimprovemy academicgrammar andstyle,but alsogavemethe opportunitytobreak intopublishingasco-editor in chief of thestudent newspaper Phloem&Xylem Andso thecyclecontinues.Mentorshipisapowerful thing,for adolescentsandadultsalike,andMiami ValleySchool studentsareskilledat seekingguidancefromthose aroundthem

Perhapsnow youareenvisioningyour ownfaculty mentors(andif youaren't,indulgeme,will you?).These devotededucatorsdeserveeverytributewecangive, andtherearemanywaystomakeyour gratitudeknown: throughreconnectingat afuturealumni event,either virtuallyor inperson;throughawrittentributeor phonecall;or throughagift giveninhonor of your favoriteteacher or program Youmight evenbethinking about how youcanpayit forwardandbecomeamentor yourself? inthat case,youmight consider our Rambassadorsprogram(detailsonpage85).If this letter hassparkedanyreflectionsinyou,I'll ask for your indulgenceonceagain:dropmealineat tyler benedict@mvschool comandshareyour faculty mentorshipstory Withyour permission,wemight just publishit inafuturealumni magazinetoinspireothers andshareyour mentor'slight

Best,

Ninth gradestudentssing theAlmaMater during Convocation

MVSHOPESQUAD OFFERSPEER-TO-PEER MENTALHEALTH SUPPORT

Acommittedgroupof studentsisleadingthewayinanew student support initiativeat TheMiami ValleySchool

Duringthe2022-2023school year,a new student organizationhas emergedtoupholdtheMVScore valuesof kindnessandgrit andto promoteoverall mental wellnesson campus:thefledglingupper school HopeSquad,ledbyupper and middleschool counselor Aaron Lopezandmadeupof 22students acrosstheupper school grades. Studentswerenominatedtotake part intheHopeSquadbytheir peersandfacultymembers

WhiletheMVSHopeSquadwas formedthisyear,itsrootsliein conversationsthat startedduring the2021-2022school year.Student leaders,mindful of themental healthchallengesposedbythe COVID-19pandemic,approached Headof School ElizabethCleary, Director of School Counseling ChristieKemper,andother school administratorsfor aseriesof meetingspertainingtostudent wellness.At thesametime,the MVSstrategicplan,Elevatethe

Vision, namedstudent wellnessasa keycomponent of buildingMVS' future.Bothstudent andadult leadersresolvedtotryout new strategiestocontinuetostrengthen MVS' school culture Onenew initiativethat cameout of these meetingswastheformationof a school HopeSquad

HopeSquadisanational peer-to-peer mental healthsupport program,withspecificemphasison suicideprevention HopeSquad membersreceiveeducationand traininginpeer interventionaswell asself-care.Currently,the organizationoperatesin41U.S. statesandoneCanadianprovince, servingover 1,600schools

MVSHopeSquadstudentshave attendedregular trainingmeetings duringthe2022fall semester,and anMVSdelegationattendeda statewideHopeSquadConference onNovember 8

Amiddleschool HopeSquadisalso

intheworks,withthegroup gatheringfor anintroductory meetingduringthefall semester andwill meet moreformallyduring thespringsemester todetermine protocolsandbegintheir training ChristieKemper,Director of School Counseling,commented,"Inthe future,I envisionrobust Hope Squadsinbothmiddleandupper schoolsthat planeventsthroughout theschool year,promotestrategies for goodmental health,andmodel appropriatewaysof takingcareof yourself "

Dr.Blair Munhofen,Director of Upper School,toutedtheHope Squadstudentsandfacultyleaders for their hardworkandpraisedthe benefitsof theprogramfor the school,commenting"Thisisagreat programfor MVStobepart of aswe continuetoupholdthesafeand supportivelearningenvironment that makesour school special."

FACULTY& STAFFRECEIVETRAININGIN

YOUTH MENTALHEALTH FIRSTAID

Inthefall of 2022,all upper and middleschool faculty,aswell as cross-divisional staff, participatedinYouthMental HealthFirst Aidtraining throughtheMontgomeryCounty Alcohol,Drug,andMental HealthServicesBoard (ADAMHS) Thetraining,which wasfacilitatedbyMontgomery CountyADAMHS representativesandsupported byMVSschool counselorsAaron LopezandChristieKemper,gave attendeesessential skillsin identifying,understanding,and respondingtosignsof mental illnessandsubstanceuse disordersinyouthandprovided resourcestoconnect themwith appropriatecare

Director of Upper School Blair Munhofencommented,"The YouthMental HealthFirst Aid experienceprovidedusadults withimportant techniques and sharedvocabularythat wecan usetohelpthestudentsinour care"

WhileYouthMental HealthFirst Aidtraininghadbeenonthe counselingteam'sradar prior to theonset of theCOVID-19 pandemic,thenationwide increaseinteenmental health concernsafter COVIDprovided animpetusfor thecounseling teamtomovewithrenewed purpose

"Withthistraining,wewantedto besuretogivethefacultyand staff inmiddle& upper school as

manytoolsintheir toolboxas possible,"saidKemper,who servesasMVSDirector of School Counseling."Quiteoften, teachersandother staff who workwithyoungpeopleare unsureof how tobest respond whenstudentscometothemto sharepersonal struggles Youth Mental HealthFirst Aidoffers thoseworkingwithteenssome redflagstolook out for,language tousewithstudentsthat might bestruggling,andstepstotake movingforwardtobest support thestudent of concern This workshopwasawonderful opportunityfor adultsinour communitytocometogether and learnacommonlanguagetofeel moresecureandconfident in workingwithour students"

MVSemployeesleveragetrainingfromMontgomeryCountyto makeapositiveimpact.

Faculty andstaff membersundergoYouth Mental Health First AidTraining

TRUSLOW COMMONSRENOVATION ENTERSNEW PHASE

InNovember 2021,TheMiami ValleySchool announcedplansto renovateandenhancetheupper school'sTruslow Commons. Preparationsfor theproject began inwinter 2021-2022withthe conveningof student andadult focusgroupstocollect the impressionsof theschool communityabout their hopesand dreamsfor anew space Theproject gatheredimportant momentumin April 2022,whentheannual "Fund theNeed" paddlecall at theMVS GalawasdedicatedtotheTruslow renovation That endeavor and othersnettedapproximately $300,000tosupport project launch costs

Thenext phaseof theproject came whenMVSretainedtheservicesof of KZF Design,aleading architecturefirmheadquarteredin Cincinnati KZFcreatedconcept designsfor thespaceencapsulating thecommunity's"wantsandneeds" for aredesignedspacebasedonthe findingsof focusgroupsandother constituent interviews.Basedon theserenderings,KZFandMVSare

currentlyworkingtogether to createdetailedschematicdesigns andbiddocuments,whichare essential next stepsfor whenthe school beginstosolicit bidsfrom contractorsandfinalizetotal project costs

Asfar asfundingtheproject,the next bigpushwill comewiththe 2023Galapaddlecall,whichwill be focusedonfundingtheproduction of theredesignedspace's full-servicekitchen,whichwill feed over 500studentsandemployees eachday Thisfull-servicekitchen, thefirst inMVS' history,isan essential enhancement for MVSto staycompetitivewithother schools intheregion.

"Our goal istoraise$500,000 duringthe2023paddlecall to support theconstructionof thenew kitchenandthecreationof a healthyandculturallydiversemeal servicethat isaffordablefor all MVSfamilies,"saidDirector of Advancement Heather Leppla "Our prioritiesincludemakingsurethat thisspaceisfunctional,inclusive,

andwelcomingfor our whole community"

After the2023Galaisconcluded, next stepsfor theproject include conveningafundraisingcommittee toleadandsupport future fundraisingeffortsfor thenew Commonsaswell asabuilding committeetosupport thebid processandconstruction.The advancement teamhasalsosecured theservicesof anexperiencedand highlysuccessful grant researcher tohelpidentifyother sourcesof funding

"Ideally,wewouldgotobidinlate springor summer of 2024," said Leppla "Fromthat point,we'd hopefullybeabletoaward constructioncontractsandexpand fundraisingtothegreater MVS communitybyDecember 2024or January2025,andif all goeswell, welook tobreakgroundthat spring."

Conceptual drawingby KZF Design showingapotential vision for the redesignedCommons

Anupdatedtimelineistakingshapefor enhancementstothiscommunityspace.

TheTruslow CommonsinNovember 2022,asseenfromthespace'sstage.Withtheopeningof theStuart & Mimi RoseTheater in2016,theTruslow nolonger hoststheatrical productions,andthestagenow holdstabletennis,foosball,andapianofor studentstouseduringfreeperiods

Concept drawingbyKZFDesignshowingapotential visionfor theredesignedcommons,featuringavarietyof seating, full-servicekitchenandservery,andlivingwall

Planfor thefirst floor of theredesignedCommons,withfull-servicekitchenontheleft sideof thedrawing Abuildout of the existingupper school galleryhallwaycanbeseenat thetopof theplan

MVXLAUNCHESWITH WINTERIN YELLOWSTONEEXPERIENTIALPROGRAM

Inthesummer of 2022,MVS announcedthelaunchof Miami ValleyExtension(MVx),a wide-rangingnew endeavor to harnessthepotential of online andhybridlearningandoffer new educational opportunities for theMVScommunity The programlaunchedwithtwo distinct branches:onlinetest prepandsubject-areatutoring for students,andagrown-up versionof Winter in Yellowstone,oneof themost popular upper school Immersionsfromthe2021-2022 school year Recentlyretired upper school facultymember AlanBouchardwastappedto headtheprogramastheschool's inaugural MVxAdministrator, andBouchardwouldalsoserve asleadteacher for theadult

Winter inYellowstonetrip,arole healsooccupiedfor the2022 upper school Immersion

Thenineadult participantsin theMVxWinter inYellowstone program,whohail fromaround thecountry,begantheir studies inNovember.Thegroupwill participateineight weeksof hybridin-personandonline classesbeforedepartingfor YellowstoneinFebruary2023 Whileinthepark,theMVx participantswill takepart in myriadecological experiences not opentotouristsastheyhike, ski,andsnowshoetheir way throughAmerica'sfirst national park

"Most peoplenever get tosee Yellowstoneat thetimeof year that we'regoing," saidBouchard

"We'regoingtoseethe ecosystemof thepark inawhole different light andhaveup-close interactionswithwildlifethat arejust amazing."

"Immersionasastandalone entityiscompletelyunique,and myexperiencewithall of my Immersionsduringupper school arewhat directlyshapedmeand guidedmeintowhat I amdoing today,"saidErickDeVore'06, whoisamember of theWinter inYellowstonecohort."Those Immersionsallowedmetofind mypassionandlearntomakea livingthroughmypassionasa composer I saw thisopportunity for anadult Immersion,andI knew I couldn't missit."

Anew initiative,Miami ValleyExtension,offersinnovativeonlineprogrammingfor alumni,parents, students,andother communitymembers

MVxWinter in Yellowstoneparticipantsmeet for thefirst of several hybridclassesbeforetheir February trip

MVSSPEAKERSERIESPROVIDES COMMUNITYENRICHMENT

AkeyinitiativeinMVS' new strategicplan,ElevatetheVision,is thedevelopment of anew Speaker Seriesfor MVSthat highlightsboth local andnational expertsintheir field,providingdiverseknowledge andenrichment for not onlythe MVScommunity,but alsothe Daytonregion

Buildingupontheframeworkof previousspeaker events,suchasthe MVSParent Enrichment Series, Director of Marketing& CommunicationsTyler Benedict andHeadof School Elizabeth Clearyconvenedanew MVS Speaker SeriesCommitteeduring the2021-2022school year.This committee,whichincludedfaculty andstaff fromall four divisionsof theschool,workedtogether to solicit andvet nominationsfor speakerstovisit MVS Bythespring of 2022,afive-event slatehad beguntotakeplace

Duringthefall semester of the 2022-2023 school year,theSpeaker

Serieskickedoff withastandbyof MVS' parent enrichment programming:TheBirds,TheBees, andEverythingInBetween:Howto Have"TheTalk. " Inthisworkshop withhealthteacher Kristin Freeman,caregiversof childrenof all agesgainedvaluabletoolsand resourcestonavigatechallenging conversationsabout sexuality, growth,anddevelopment at all stagesof life

InNovember,MVSfacultyandstaff memberspresentedapanel titled HowtoSucceedinHighSchool Aimedat providingstudentsand parentswithadviceonhow tomake themost of highschool academically,socially,and emotionally,thispanel included MVSsenior HannahMarlowe'23; Director of Upper School Dr Blair MunhofenP'35,'36;Director of CollegeCounselingLindseyRoeth; Director of AthleticsReggieJames P'37;veteranupper school teacher JonGraetzP'09,'11;upper school counselor AaronLopez;upper

school learningsupport specialist CynthiaBraccini;andmoderator Tyler Benedict '09 Thegroup fieldedquestionsabout thecollege process,upper school course expectations,athleticoptions, copingwithacademicstress,and how tomakethemost of extracurricular opportunities

Thespringsemester will bringa new phasefor theSpeaker Series, withaslateof presentersdrawn fromoutsidetheMVScommunity OnFebruary9,filmmaker and professor Frederick Lewiswill visit MVStospeaktothecommunity andscreenhisacclaimed documentary,PaulLaurence Dunbar:BeyondtheMaskat The NeonMoviesindowntownDayton. Thisfilm,whichcoversthelifeand legacyof thefamousBlack Daytonianpoet,hasbeenhonored witharegional Emmyawardand hasbeenshownaroundthecountry OnFebruary21,theschool will host itsinaugural WomeninBusiness

Kristin Freeman,MVSfaculty member andcertifiedsexuality educator, presentsat thefirst Speaker Seriesevent of theschool year

After facingchallengesduringthepandemic,anew-lookMVSSpeaker Serieshas returnedfor the2022-2023 school year

andEntrepreneurshipPanel at MVSfeaturingfour outstanding femalebusinessleaders:Candace Dalmagne-Rouge;Danielle EdwardsP'32,'35;Linty John-VargheseP'19,'23,'27;and Jenell Ross'88 Moreinformation

oneachof theseremarkableleaders canbefoundontheSpeaker Series website:

wwwmvschool com/speaker-series

The2022-2023Speaker Serieswill concludeonMay2witha presentationbyArjun Ponnambalam,asenior investigator at theWorldBank,intendedto

provideaview of what theWorld Bankdoesandhow it affectsthe worldeconomy.Ponnambalamisa former student of Headof School ElizabethClearyandagraduateof DartmouthCollege,Georgetown UniversityLaw Center,andthe HarvardKennedySchool of Government Hehasservedasa longtimegovernanceand anti-corruptionspecialist aswell as aformer Special Inspector General for AfghanistanReconstruction. Thespringof 2023will alsobetime for theSpeaker Seriesteamtobegin finalizingthespeaker slatefor

2023-2024 "Onegoal we'vehad whilebuildingthisseriesistoset our eventsat least ayear in advance,"saidHeadof School ElizabethCleary."Wewant tomake surethat webuildastrong infrastructurefor continued excellencefromtheSpeaker Series andworkfar enoughaheadthat we cancontinuetoattract excellent regional andnational speakersto theMVScampus."

Campus News

Storiesfrom aroundtheschool for thecurrent academicyear.

TheZorniger Learning Treeilluminatedin the Cleary Gallery

MVSTOPSBESTSCHOOLS RANKINGS

Yet again,MVSwas#1 inDayton,alongsideahandful of other accolades.

Thisfall,Pittsburgh-basedschool review siteNichereleasedtheir 2023Best Schoolsrankings,with MVSearningtophonorsasthe#1 overall highschool intheDayton regionaswell asthe#1privatehigh school and#1privateK-12school. MVSalsoearneddistinctionas Dayton?s#1school for STEM programs,#1school for college preparation,and#1privateschool for best teachers

NichecompilesitsBest Schoolslist basedonacademicandstudent life datafromtheUS Department of

Education;teacher salariesand rankings;racial andeconomic diversity;andsurveysfromNiche users,amongother metrics

MVSalsoearnedrecognitionfrom the2022Greater DaytonNonprofit AwardspresentedbyDayton Magazine,winningtheBest Gifted EducationAward This accomplishment brought congratulationsintheformof a proclamationfromtheOhioHouse of Representativesand RepresentativeTomYoung,who wrote?Thisisaremarkable

achievement,andit providesan ideal timetohonor theexceptional workdonebyTheMiami Valley School?All thoseassociatedwith TheMiami ValleySchool,including itsheadof school,ElizabethF. Cleary,havedistinguished themselvesasdiligent anddevoted ambassadorsfor theorganization, andtheymerit praisefor reminding usof thedramaticdifferencethat initiative,integrity,and perseverancecanmakeinour society.?Congratulationstothe entireMVScommunity!

NEW ECPLAYGROUND DEDICATED IN MEMORYOFCOLEMAN LYNN WRIGHT

Theenhancedplaygroundspacewill brightenthelivesof earlychildhoodschool studentsfor yearstocome

OnSeptember 10,duringHomecomingWeekend,MVSdedicatedanenhancedplaygroundspaceonthe earlychildhoodschool'scampusinmemoryof ColemanLynnWright '30 Thisnew equipment includes climbingstructures,hills,slides,andastonehonoringColeman Coleman'sparents,TerenceandDanyelle Wright,aswell ashissister Sydney'28,werepresent tocut theribbonofficiallyopeningthespace.MVS thankstheWright familyfor continuingtohonor Coleman'slegacyandloveof playthroughtheir support of thisproject,whichwill benefit countlessearlychildhoodschool studentsover manyyears.

Membersof theWright family cut aribbon todedicatetheaddition tothe Coleman Lynn Wright Memorial ECPlayground

Childrenenjoythenew playgroundequipment at thededicationceremony ECstudentsstandontopof theplayground'snew turf hill,with new slideinthebackground

NEW FACES

Introducingnewfacultyandstafffromthe2022-2023schoolyear.

StephanieBrooks,USEnglish

StephaniejoinsMVSfromSinclair CommunityCollege,wheresheservedina varietyof positions,includingAdjunct Professor of Sociology,Professional Development Coach,andEnrollment Specialist Sheholdsabachelor?sdegreein EnglishLiteraturefromtheUniversityof Daytonandmaster?sdegreesinApplied Behavior ScienceandEnglishLiteraturefromWright StateUniversity She completedanadditional graduatecertificatefromBowlingGreenState UniversityinInstructional DesignandTechnology,andsheispursuingaPhDin Rhetorics,Communication,andInformationDesignfromClemsonUniversity.

Tracy Conn,MSMathematics

Aspart of anAir Forcefamily,Mrs.Connspent 15yearslivingandteaching aroundthecountryandaroundtheworld.ThisincludedstopsinOkinawa,Japan, theUnitedKingdom,Massachusetts,andGeorgia.ShejoinsMVSfromSt.Luke School inBeavercreek.ACentervilleHighSchool graduate,TracyholdsaBA fromMiami UniversityandanMAT fromGeorgiaStateUniversity Tracyenjoys travelingandspendingtimewithher family,includingarecent campingtripto theBadlandsinSouthDakota Shealsopossessesanadventurousspirit andhasa passionfor hiking,scubadiving,plants,anddogs(corgisandborder collies)

Brittany Crowe,Kindergarten TeachingAssistant

BrittanygraduatedfromBowlingGreenStateUniversity,earningabachelor?s degreeineducation Brittany?sspecializationisin special educationK-12,full spectrum Shefell inlovewithteachingafter seeingher brothersstrugglein school havingdyslexia.Brittany?sgoal istohaveapositiveimpact inthe classroomandmakelearninginclusiveandfun.Brittanyissoexcitedtojointhe MVScommunityandhasdescribedthemoment shegot thephonecall welcomingher totheMVSteamas?lifechanging!?ThisisBrittany?sfirst year full timeintheclassroom,andsheisexcitedtobeapart of anamazingteamand school

BrookeEschete,Fifth Grade

Brookeissohappytobepart of theMVScommunityandall that it hastooffer its students.Sheearnedabachelor'sdegreeinElementaryEducationfromthe Universityof Louisianaat Lafayette,andthisyear will mark her sixthyear inthe classroom Brookehasexperienceteachinggrades3,4,and5 Brooke?sfavorite thingsabout teachingaregettingtoknow her students' interestsandcontinuing tolearnwiththemeveryday WhileBrookehasadeeppassionfor mathand science,sheisalsoanavidreader duringher freetime!Shealsoenjoyswalking andplayingwithher dogswhenever shehasachance

Simon Fink,StringsEnsemblesDirector & First GradeTeachingAssistant SimonFinkcomestoMVSfromHouston,Texas HeisoriginallyfromChapel Hill,NorthCarolina.Simonholdsa Ph.D.inMusicCompositionfromthe Universityof Chicagowithaminor fieldinComputer Music.Healsohasa Bachelor'sdegreeinmusicfromRiceUniversity.SimonservedasOrchestra Director at theVillageSchool inHoustonfor threeyears,wherehecreateda composition/songwritingprogramandmanycreativeperformanceopportunities for students Hisfocusisonbuildingcollaborativeensembles,andhe?sabig proponent of studentscreatingtheir ownoriginal music Healsoplayedfiddle, mandolin,andbanjoinafolk/bluegrassbandfor manyyears!

NatalieJackson,MSMathematics

NataliejoinsMVSwith6+yearsof teachingexperiencein1st through8thgrades, most recentlyat DECA(DaytonEarlyCollegeAcademy) ALouisville,Kentucky, native,Ms JacksonpossessesaBS inMathematicsfromCentral State UniversityandanM A inEducationfromGrandCanyonUniversity It was clearlyevident duringher visit tocampusthat Nataliemakesmathaccessibleto all andcultivatespositiverelationshipswithstudents.Weareexcitedtowelcome Natalieasamiddleschool teacher andadvisor!

ReggieJames,Director of Athletics

ReggiecomestoMVSwithanMAinCoachingandAthleticAdministrationand fiveyearsof experienceasanAthleticDirector at Pioneer Academy,an independent school inNew Jersey.At Pioneer,Reggiebuilt theathleticsprogram fromscratchandbrought teamstonational competitioninonlyfour years? all without havingagymoncampus!Reggie?sreferenceswereglowingabout his professionalism,hischaracter,andhisrapport withathletes,coaches,and parents Theyalsomentionedhishistoryasatrackathlete,hisskillsin networking,andhisbackgroundinhumanresources,businessmanagement,and coachingwouldbegreat assetsinthisrole Learnmoreabout ReggieandtheMVS athleticsdepartment onpage38!

JacobLouttit,MS/USMathematics

Mr JasonLouttit returnstohisnativeOhioasamiddleandupper school math teacher teachingGeometry,GeometryHonors,andMultivariateCalculus.He holdsabachelor'sdegreeinMathematicsandamaster'sinMathEducation,both fromTheOhioStateUniversity Hebeganhisteachingcareer asafaculty member at ColumbusStateCommunityCollegeandTheOhioStateUniversity Whileat OSU,Mr Louttit supportedstudentsdirectlyviatheMathematicsand StatisticsLearningCenter In2018,Mr Louttit transitionedtoindependent schoolsandtaught coursesrangingfromGeometrytoCalculusat ThePrairie School inRacine,Wisconsin Heiseager toreturntohisBuckeyerootsandshare hislovefor mathwithMVSstudents.

DavidMcAvoy,USEnglish

Dr.DaveMcAvoybringsadistinguishedcareer inacademiaaswell asleadership of experiential learningprogramstoMVS.After completinghisbachelor'sdegree inEnglishandHistoryat theUniversityof SouthFlorida,heearnedhismaster's andPhDdegreesfromIndianaUniversity.For 15years,hetaught coursesin professional writing,composition,communication,filmandmediastudies, literaryanalysis,andcultural studiesat IndianaUniversityandlater at Miami University'sregional campuses Most recently,heservedastheGlobal Learning Coordinator at Miami UniversityinOxford Inthisposition,hecollaboratedwith facultytofacilitatedomesticandinternational experiential learningprograms Heisexcitedtomarryhispassionfor teachingwithexperiential learningat the highschool level at MVS.

KatherineMcGrail,MSEnglish

KatherinejoinsMVSafter completingher master?sdegreeinTeaching& CurriculumDesignfromMichiganStateUniversity. Withdual bachelor?s degreesinEnglishandEducationfromtheUniversityof Dayton,Mrs.McGrail spent four yearsteachingmiddleschool at St.LukeSchool inBeavercreek and fiveyearsservingasadigital advertisinganalyst at Reynolds& Reynolds Mrs McGrail andher familyareexcitedtoreturntotheDaytonareaafter spendingthe last few yearsinColoradoSprings Inadditiontoteaching,Katherineenjoys hiking,adventureracing,baking,andspendingtimewithher husbandanddog

KyleMercuri,MS/USFrench

KylepossessesaBAinFrench& German(Wright State) andanMAinFrench (Universityof Cincinnati),andspent thelast year livingandteachingin Bordeaux,France. He'sveryexcitedtosharehisloveof theFrenchlanguage,as well bothFrenchandFrancophoneculture

Audrey Miller,USEnglish

Ms.AudreyMiller bringsmorethantwodecadesof Englishteachingexperience toMVS.Sheholdsabachelor'sdegreeinMassMediaCommunicationfrom DenisonUniversityaswell asamaster'sdegreeinTeachingfromMiami University Shehastaught inbothpublicandprivateschool settingsinthe Daytonarea,andshehasledavarietyof student programs,rangingfrom partnershipswithMuseMachineandadvisinganimprovclubtocoachingspeech anddebateandevensoftball Shelooksforwardtobringingher prodigious electiveofferingstoMVSinsupport of our Englishdepartment'scommitment to provideanarrayof electiveoptionstoour students.

Sonali Mohan,USPhysics

Havingjust completedher master'sdegreeinPhysicsat MichiganTech,Ms. Sonali Mohanjoinstheupper school facultyasour new physicsteacher.Whileat MichiganTech,sheservedasthePresident of theWomeninPhysicsclub She holdsabachelor'sdegreeof technologyinmechanical andautomation engineeringaswell asamaster'sdegreeinengineeringphysics,bothfromthe GuruGobindSinghIndraprasthaUniversityinDelhi,India Shehasconducted researchintogamma-rayandblackholedetection

Jeff Payne,ECTeachingAssistant & MSPerformingArts

Jeff Payneisapassionateandengagingpreschool teacher withover 11years experience.Jeff studiedtheater anddanceat HopeCollegeinMichiganandhas anextensivebackgroundinperformance Hehasdirectedandchoreographedfor manylocal andregional theaters,schools,anddancestudiosincludingTurnOut DanceAcademy,Beavercreek HighSchool,TownHall Theater,andDayton Playhouse Whennot intheclassroomor inthetheater,Jeff enjoyshiking,swing dancing,andspendingtimewithhiswife,Rebeccaandtheir two-year oldson, Rowan

Elizabeth Pietras,First Grade

ElizabethPietrasandher familyrelocatedtoDaytonfromtheChicagoareathis past winter ElizabethreceivedaBS inAnthropologyandSociologyfrom VirginiaCommonwealthUniversityandaM EdinEarlyChildhoodSpecial EducationfromVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.Shehasworkedwithlower school studentsinbothVirginiaandinItaly.Elizabethandher husbandhave threechildrenages6to21.Their twodaughtersarebothmedicsintheAir Force Reservesout of Wright Pattersonandarepursuingnursingdegrees.Theyalso haveasonwhowill start kindergartenat MVSinthefall Elizabethenjoys running,reading,traveling,cookingandgardeningwithher husband,and whatever interestsher childrenarepursuing,whichcurrentlyincludesoccer, biking,anddinosaurs

Nathan Shields,USHistory

AnativeDaytonian,Mr.Shields?professional classroomteachingemphasizes inquiriesthat aredirectlyrelevant tostudents?lives.Nathanhasadeeppassion for makingadifferenceinthelivesof youngpeople:heservesastheYouth Advisor for theDaytonUnit of theNAACP,hehascollaboratedwithother teachersasamember of hiscurrent school?spositiveschool climatecommittee, andhefoundedtheFIRE!!LiteraryJournal for highschool students Heholds Bachelor?sandMaster?sdegreesinSocial ScienceEducationfromWright State University Hehastaught at ThurgoodMarshall STEM HighSchool since2016, andhehasalsoservedasanassistant instructor inmartial artssince2007.

JoeSmith,Director of Facilities

JoecomestoMVSfromCarroll HighSchool,whereheservedasDirector of Buildings,Grounds,andMaintenancebeginningin2014.Joehasadegreein electro-mechanical engineeringfromSinclair CommunityCollegeandadegree inOrganizational LeadershipfromWright StateUniversity. Joehasawiderange of experiencesincludingmanufacturing,engineering,qualitymanagement,and healsohasadeeploveof reptiles!Heservesasagreat support totheFacilities andCustodial teams,aswell astoeachandeverypersononcampus

AlyssaStark,USWorldCivilzations

AlyssaStark holdsBachelor?sandMaster?sdegreesinAnthropologyandHistory, respectively,fromWright StateUniversity Whileworkinginthearchivesat Wright State,shediscoveredher loveof history:?I hadthejoyof watching students,visitors,andgenealogistsbecomeoverwhelmedashistorycamealive aroundthemintheformof documents,photos,andmore.?After graduateschool, AlyssaservedasDirector of HistoryandEducationwiththePrebleCounty Historical Society Shefelt calledtoteach,and,for thelast year,shehasservedas along-termsubstituteteachingworldhistoryandhumangeography Her positive energy,desiretocollaboratewithateam,andgenuinecarefor studentsare readilyapparent at MVS

Michael Wilson,Community Technology Facilitator

Mikehasanimpressiveandvariedcollectionof experience,withtitlesincluding (but not limitedto):market researcher,legislativeaide,communityorganizer and volunteer,publicrelationsmanager,andwebdeveloper Mikehasadegreein UrbanAffairs/UrbanPlanning,andheinstallsLinuxdistributionsonthe weekendfor fun Mikewrites,?I amextremelygrateful tojoinawonderful team andstaff I look forwardtoworkingwithandassistingeveryonewithvarious projectsandtechnical issuesaroundcampus?

First GradeTeachingAssistant - CandiceYoder

CandiceYoder andher familymovedfromPhoenix,Arizona,totheDaytonareain 2019,whichisalsowhentheyjoinedtheMVScommunity.Candicehasdegreesin MarketingandCommunicationsfromArizonaStateUniversity. Shespent many yearsworkingintheoil andgasindustryinFairfax,Virginia,andHouston,Texas, asaMarketingAnalyst,Financial Analyst andCommunicationsSpecialist. After marryingher husband,Matt,andrelocatingtoPhoenix,Arizona,Candicedecided toput her corporatecareer behindher andbecomeastay-at-homemother toher threeboysandtofocusonphilanthropicwork Whilestayinghomewithher boys, Candicecontinuedtoutilizeher skillsworkingasavolunteer for non-profit organizationsthat focusonthewell-beingof childrenandprovidesupport to foster/adoptivechildrenandfamilies.Asafirst-gradeteachingassistant,sheis excitedabout theopportunitytoaddvalueandsupport tothefirst-gradeteachers andstudents!

NEW PLACES

Thefollowingfacultyandstaffmembershavetakenonnewroleswithin theschoolduringthe2022-2023schoolyear.

Jason Oliver hassteppedintotheroleof MVSDirector of Technologyafter servingasCommunityTechnologyFacilitator since2015.Prior tohiscareer at MVS,JasonservedasaDatacenter Engineer at ReynoldsandReynoldsand Director of Technologyat RidgevilleChristianSchools.Jasonisafanof Star Warsandall thingsDisney!

Jennifer DrakeisMVS' new Registrar andDatabaseCoordinator for Academic TechnologyPlatforms Last year,Jennifer workedat MVSinthelower school, servingbothasafirst gradeteachingassistant andalong-termsubstitutein3rd grade Jennifer hasaBSinBusinessAdministrationandanMSinFamilyand HumanDevelopment Shebringsprior experienceasaTechnologyCoordinator whileworkingat WoodfordCountySpecial EducationAssociation.

ChristieKemper remainsinher roleasDirector of School Counselingandshifts intoanew roleastheprimarycounselor for theearlychildhoodandlower schools after tendingtothemiddleandupper schoolsinthepast year Incomingschool counselor andformer upper school Englishteacher AaronLopeztransitionsinto theMS/USschool counselor role Sheisexcitedtobeback intheECandlower schoolsteachingFriends& Caringclasses,supportingstudentsandcolleagues, andadvancingthegoalsof social andemotional wellnessat MVS.

Aaron LopezbecameMVS' middleandupper school counselor in2022after servingfor sixyearsasanupper school Englishteacher.Aaronobtainedhis master?sdegreeinschool counselingat theUniversityof Daytonin2022,andhe alsoholdsaBA inEnglishTeachingfromtheUniversityof NorthernIowa Asa school counselor andfacultymember,Aaronhasbeeninstrumental indesigning andmaintainingarobust upper school advisoryprogramaswell asservingasthe advisor for MVS' first-ever HopeSquad(seepage7) Aaronisalsoactiveinthe local theater scene,directingandactinginnumerouscommunityproductions.

Robin McIntyrereturnedtoteachingkindergartenat MVSafter astint teaching first grade RobinholdsaBachelor of ScienceinEarlyChildhoodEducationwith anElementaryadditional qualification Shehasmost recentlyobtainedaMaster of ArtsdegreeinElementaryEducationwithanemphasisonreading Both degreesarefromSoutheast Missouri StateUniversity Robinislicensedtoteach PK-3throughtheOhioDepartment of Education.Her goal istoseechildrennot onlysucceedacademically,but alsotoeducatethe"wholechild" inorder tohelp thembecomecapable,caring,andconscientiousindividuals.

After servingasanupper school History& Social Scienceteacher since2015, Lindsey Roeth assumedofficeasMVSDirector of CollegeCounselingduringthe 2022-2023school year.Lindseyholdsamaster?sdegreeinArabStudiesfrom GeorgetownUniversityandabachelor?sdegreeinHistoryandInternational RelationsfromtheUniversityof Dayton ADivisionI collegeathlete,she competedoncrosscountryandtrackteamsat UD Prior tojoiningtheMVS facultyin2015,Mrs Roethtaught inBeirut,Lebanon,wheresheleveragedher backgroundinArabic,International Studies,andHistory

CeramicBowl

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MVSANNOUNCESHIRINGOFEIGHTH HEAD OFSCHOOL

InAugust 2022,current Headof School ElizabethF Cleary announcedthat the2022-2023 academicyear wouldbeher last at MVSasshepursuedother professional opportunities. RadhaReddy'90,President of theBoardof Trustees,convened asearchcommitteeco-chaired bytrusteesandcurrent parents KimJarvisandKeri Brown Kirschman,withthecommittee membershipcomprisedof parents,trustees,andalumni parents Theschool alsoenlisted theservicesof thesearchfirm Educators' Collaborative,with DougJenningsandAndré WithersservingasMVS' dedicatedsearchconsultants

Thecommitteereviewed dossiersof numerouscandidates fromtheUnitedStatesand abroadbeforenarrowingthe fieldtotensemifinalistsfor virtual interviews.Fromthat pool of highlyqualified independent school leaders, threefinalistswereselectedfor

on-campusvisits,wherethey met withawideswathof MVS constituents:faculty,staff, leadership,students,current and former parents,andalumni.On December 9,2022,Dr.Reddy announcedthat theBoardof Trusteeshadunanimously selectedDavidLong,Assistant Headof School at TheGalloway School inAtlanta,asTheMiami ValleySchool'snext leader.

Over hislongcareer in independent school education, Mr.Longhasalsoworkedat LouisvilleCollegiateSchool, whereheservedasUpper School Deanof Students,Department Chair,Assistant Headof Upper School,andfinallyHeadof Upper School.Hebeganhis career at SewickleyAcademyin Pittsburghasanupper school historyteacher

Mr LongholdsaBA inHistory andSecondaryEducationfrom GroveCityCollege,anM A in US HistoryfromDuquesne University,anM.Edin

Administration,Planning,and Social PolicyfromHarvard University,andiscurrently enrolledtoearnhisDoctor of EducationDegree(Ed.D.) in LeadershipandInnovationfrom ArizonaStateUniversity His doctoral dissertationfocuseson thehiringandretentionof facultyandstaff of color in independent schools.Heandhis wifeClairehavethreechildren, agesnine,seven,andfive Mr.Long'snext visit toMVSwill beFebruary24-25,whenheand Clairewill attendtheMVSGala Learnmoreabout DavidLongin theinterview onthefollowing pages.

DavidLong,currentlyAssistant Headof School at TheGalloway School inAtlanta,will assumeofficeinJuly2023.

MEET DAVID LONG

What wasyour initial motivation toget into education?

Tobeginwith,I wasfortunateto grow upinahouseof educators.My dadwasaprofessor of dental medicineat theUniversityof Pittsburgh,andmymomwasan elementarylibrarian Seeingthe impact theyhadupontheir students reallyinfluencedme I remember beingout withmydadonetimein London,England,of all places,and oneof hisformer studentscameup tousandtalkedabout how amazing mydadwas.AndI thought to myself,"what acool thing,tohave someoneseekyouout totell you how muchtheyappreciatedwhat youdidfor them "I wantedtohavea career whereI wouldmakean impact onpeopleinthat way.

What doyou enjoy most about workingin education?

Threethingscometomind.First,I lovetoseekidsgrow andthriveand becometheir best selves,whether asanadvisor,acoach,aclassroom teacher,or anadministrator Second,I?vehadamazing relationshipswithsomany colleaguesthroughout mycareer It?sajoytoworkwithteacherswho arekid-centeredandwhoare alwaysreadytotacklechallenges together I?velearnedalot from manyincredibleeducatorsand mentors Andthethirdthingisthat at independent schoolslikeMVS, weoftenhavestudentscomeback tovisit whenthey?reincollegeor after they?vegraduated.There?s nothingthat warmsmyheart more

thanwhenI get totalk toagradand hear what they?redoing,or what they?restudying,or somethingthat remindedthemof myclass.It goes backtothat storyabout mydadin London,whereyouseehow muchof animpact you?vehad Becausewhen your studentsareteenagers,they don? t alwaystell youthat!

What wasyour first teaching joblike?

Myfirst teachingexperiencewasat SewickleyAcademyinPittsburgh, whichisasmaller independent school.I hadnever reallyheardof independent schoolsgrowingup.I went tothepublicschool inmy neighborhood,andI hadsome friendswhoattendedCatholic schools,andthat wasreallythe extent of myeducational landscape asakid I reallydidn? t know what I didn? t know.

I went off tocollege,asmall liberal artscollegecalledGroveCityin northwest PA,andoneof myfirst memoriesthereisthat I did incrediblypoorlyonmyfirst paper for ahistoryclass.I wasn? t readyto writeincollege. Now,I wasanA andBstudent inhighschool,I was compliant,I didn? t get introuble, andsotheykindof just pushedme along I wasnever reallychallenged toexpandmyhorizons,andsoI just kindof skatedthrough,andI didn? t know anythingdifferent.It wasn? t until mycollegeexperiencethat I realizedthevalueof thingslike

formingrelationshipswithmy professors,small classes,andsoon I got myundergraduatedegreeat GroveCityinhistoryandsecondary education Then,I went onto graduateschool at Duquesnefor my master?sinUS History,andduring that timeI startedlookingfor teachingjobs.Andafriendof mine said,?Hey,there?sthisschool called SewickleyAcademythat?slooking for asocial studiesteacher?I remember walkingonthat campus, asimilar campustoMVS,and thinking?Wherehasthisbeenmy wholelife?!?SoSewickleytook a chanceonmeout of gradschool I hadgreat mentorshipall theway through,andonceI saw what independent schoolscoulddo,I knew I wantedtohavemycareer there And,moreover,I wantedmy childrentobethere,becauseI wantedthemtohavethat educational experience

What did you learn at Sewickley?

I wastherefor nineyears,sort of my formativeteachingyears. Ultimately,what I realizedwasthat I lovetoteach,I lovetoadvise,I love tocoach,but I alsosaw opportunitiestohaveabigger impact inaschool settingthat I wantedtoexplore SoI went tothe Headof School there,amannamed HamClark.I?vehadsomany different mentorsthroughout my career,but Mr.Clark reallystands

MVS' incomingHeadof School joinsTYLERBENEDICT '09 totalkabout hispassionfor independent schools,hisexcitement about MVS,andhis professional journey.

out inmymind I toldhimI wanted togobackandget mymaster?sof educationinadministration,andI toldhim,?I?mgoingtoapplytoPitt or Duquesne,what doyouthink?? Andhelookedat meandsaid, ?David,whywouldyouapplythere whenyoushouldbeapplyingto HarvardandColumbia??Hepushed metothinkdifferentlyabout myself andencouragedmetothinkbigger SoI didget intoHarvard,andI got myM.Ed.,andI cameback and taught at Sewickleyfor threemore years.That experiencehelpedmeto seethepossibilitiesthat wereout there,andI foundmynext jobin administrationwhenI became Deanof Studentsat Louisville CollegiateSchool

What wasyour experiencelike at Collegiate?

I wasat LouisvilleCollegiatefor 11 years,whichwereyearsof incrediblegrowthprofessionally andpersonally Again,I hadgreat colleaguesandmentors,including Brad[Davies],whowastheHeadof Upper School andaboys?soccer coach,andJames[CallerozWhite], whowasHeadof School.I wasDean of Students,thenI becamethe historydepartment chair,thenI moveduptobecomeAssistant Head of Upper School,andfinally,Head of Upper School I hadno experiencewiththeschool or the cityof LouisvillewhenI appliedfor thejob,andI didn? t know how long I?dstay,andit just turnedout LouisvilleCollegiatewastheright placetobe.Soyoucouldsaythat if Sewickleywasmyformativeyears asateacher,LouisvilleCollegiate wasmyformativeyearsasan administrator And,importantly, LouisvilleCollegiateisalsowhereI met mywifeClaire

Yes,very important!Onething we?vetalked about before,and somepeoplemight not know,is that Clairetaught at MVSearly in her career I wasin her first eighth gradeEnglish class

Yes!That washer first teachingjob out of undergrad It?sfunnyhow whenI cametoCollegiate,I was thinking?Oh,I?ll trythisplaceout,I don? t know how it?ll go,?andthen suddenly,fast-forward,elevenyears andthreekidslater.It?samazing.

When you wereat Collegiate,

did you haveit in your mind that your ultimategoal wastobea head of school?

That?sareallygoodquestion Claire andI wereactuallyjust laughing about this,becauseI went back and lookedat oneof thepapersI wrote whileI wasat Harvard,inabout 2001or 2002.Andinthat paper,I writeabout how mydreamwasto beadivisionhead.AndI got there! At first,I didn? t haveaspirationsof school headship,but what was interestingisthat onceI becamea divisionheadat Collegiate,I hadthe samerealizationthat I didat Sewickley:therearewaystohavean evenbigger impact at aschool,to makeadifferenceall thewayfrom Pre-K throughgrade12.AndJames CallerozWhitewasgreat about nurturingthat aspiration He encouragedmetodotheNAIS AspiringHeadsProgram,whichI recommendfor anyone Youdon? t havetobeaheadof school if youdo that program,but it doesshow what it wouldbeliketohavethejob. Thenext link in thechain,then, isbecomingAssistant Head of School at Galloway?

Exactly,I got theopportunityto cometoGallowayinAtlantaand becometheAssistant Headof School,anddogreat worklike helpingtocreateaPre-K through12 experiential learningprogram.SoI wasabletostart experiencingthat schoolwideimpact.

What excitesyou about coming toMVSand assumingtheHead of School role?

I?vebeenfortunatetoseealot of independent schools,bothinmy owncareer andalsogoingon accreditationvisitsandthingslike that,andthefirst thingthat getsme excitedabout MVSisthat it istruly oneof thethought leadersin independent schools.Thingslike theImmersionMethodandthe learningphilosophythat MVSwas foundeduponiswherealot of schoolsaretryingtogotoday And yet,we?vebeendoingit at MVSfor over 50years!It?sreallycompelling for methat thisschool wehavein Dayton,Ohio,canbealighthouse school for othersandisreallyonthe forefront of whereeducationis heading That?shugefor me The other piecewasjust thinkingabout

myownprioritiesasaneducator andaparent,andmybelief inthe child-centered,whole-child approachthat wehaveat MVS, alongsidetheexperiential learning andimmersivepiece.I know that?s what myownchildrenneed,and that childreningeneral will thrive intheMVSenvironment and becometheir best selves

What aresomethingsthat you hopetoachievein anew school setting,and what?syour approach togettingtoknow a new school community?

Myfirst goal istoget toknow the communityaswell asI can:faculty, staff,students,families,alumni, everyone Youcantalk about what a communityislikeandwhat it values,but youhavetoexperience everythingfirsthandtoreally understandit.I'mlookingforward tomeetingwithpeople,hearing their stories,andlearningabout whyMVSisspecial for them That's probablythemost important thing whenit comestobuilding connections

Thesecondpiecefor meistogaina deeper understandingof how MVS runs:what theoperationsarelike, what arethetraditions,what arethe thingsthat areimportant tothe school,andsoon BecauseI needto beabletosharethestoryof the school reallyearlyon,whether it?s withfamiliesor community partnersor anyoneelse.I want tobe abletoconfidentlysaytothose people,assoonaspossible,?Thisis whoweare,andthisiswhat wedo? What that meansinpracticeis listeningfirst,insteadof speaking asmuch,andaskingthoughtful questionstolearnmore It means findingout people?sinterestsand meetingpeoplewheretheyare And it meansleadingbywalkingaround andbeingvisible,whether it?sat an event after school or inthecar line inthemorning.I workthecarpool hereat Gallowayonceaweekjust to sayhi tofamilies It?sgoingtobe reallyimportant that peopleget to seemeout there,becausethat?swho weareat MVS

How can theMVScommunity support you asan incoming Head of School?

I thinkthefirst thingisjust to understandthat I don? t know

everything,andsoI'll need everyone'shelpasI learnabout the communitythroughthose meaningful conversationsand sharingof stories.Therearealot of eventsandtraditionsthat makeup lifeat MVS,andI don? t presumeto know everythingabout themuntil I get achancetobetheremyself and learnfromyouall Andtheother thingthat I?daskisjust patienceasI trytouploadall thegreat thingswe doandall thethingsI learnabout thecommunity?anytimeyoutake onanew job,it?skindof like drinkingfromafirehoseinthe beginningwithall thethingsto learnandprocess

What aresomethingsthat you liketodooutsideof school life?

It might soundalittlecliche,but I lovebeingadadandbeingwithmy kids.If wehaveachancetodo something,we?regonnado something,whether that?sriding

bikes,or coachingtheir sports teams,or takingthemtoaDayton Flyersgame?just enjoyingtimeasa familyinwhatever waywecan.I?m someonewhoworksreallyhard,but I alsotrynot totakemyself too seriously,andI trytomakesurewe havefuninwhat wedo Andthen for me,I just reallyliketotrynew things,whether it?sgoingtoanew restaurant or checkingout anew park.Exploringbringsmealot of joy.Clairewaspokingfunat melast night becauseI alwaysusethis Cervantesquote,that ?thejourney ismoreimportant thantheinn? Becauseit?strue,right?It?sabout thegettingthere That?swhat brings mejoyinlife,isthoseexperiences that weget tohavetogether

That?sagreat sentiment I?m surethere?ll benoshortageof peoplewith recommendations for thingstoexplorein Ohio

I can? t wait!

How old areyour children?

Nine,seven,andfive.Calebwill be infifthgradenext year,Bennett will beinthird,andVirginiawill bein kindergarten They?realready excitedabout thenew adventure andwhat it will beliketolivein Dayton,andthey?vebeenasking somegoodquestions.We?reexcited tocomeback totheschool in Februaryasafamilysotheycansee MVSthewayClaireandI haveseen it,andof courseClaireandI are excitedtoattendtheMVSGalaas well andcontinuetomake connections

We?reexcited towelcomeyou back!Isthereanythingelsethat you?d likeour readerstoknow about you?

If there?sonethingI want all our communitymemberstoknow,it?s just that ClaireandI areabsolutely thrilledtobejoiningthis community It?sabenefit that she?s taught at MVSandknowswhat an MVSeducationlookslike,andwe?re lookingforwardtoit not just becauseI havetheopportunitytobe Headof School,but becauseour kidsaregoingtohavethe opportunitytothriveinthis amazinglearningenvironment We can? t wait todiginandget toknow peopleandbeinvolvedand everythingelse,becauseweknow how great MVSis.We?resoexcited. We?reall excitedtowelcomeyou! Thanksfor takingthetimeto chat Absolutely.Seeyousoon!

TheLongfamily (left toright):Bennett,Caleb,Virginia,Claire,andDavid.

Spotlight On PerformingArts

From musicalsandplaystochoirsandensembles,MVSperformingarts groupshaveshinedover thepast year.Herearesomehighlightsfrom recent shows.

Photo:HannahKirschman'25singsasolowithArsNova,MVS'popacappellagroup.

ArjunJain'26 andCharisJarvis'23 performwiththeupper school jazzband

EmmaMyers'29 sings"Part of Your World" asAriel inThe LittleMermaidJr,theFall 2022 middleschool musical

JayMinor '25 andMiaFlorkey'23 inGhostlight,theupper school play

ElaineSchumm'27 performsadancewiththemiddle school PerformingArtselective

KyleSemmelroth,MVSmusicteacher,conductsthemiddle school jazzband

ArsNovastrikesaposeduringtheir performanceof SammyRae's"JackieOnassis"

Fourthandfifthgradechoir sings"I CanSeetheLight," fromDisney'sTangled

ZoeyDavell '27 playsFlounder inTheLittleMermaid

Fourthandfifthgradeconcert bandshowsoff their skillsat theWinter Concert

EraInglis-Nela'27 withmiddleschool stringsensemble HollyCook'29 performsasolowithEliteBeats,themiddle school acappellagroup

VexNiteros'26 andBrookeLee'25 act asstagecrew andFoleyartistsduringGhostlight

RyleighWatts-Manuel takesher bow asUrsulainTheLittle Mermaid

MadisonCoffee'25 performsVivaldi's"L'Inverno" with upper school stringsensemble

Sebastian(Michael McCallum'29)andensemblesing"Under theSea" duringTheLittleMermaid

NoraMartinezRojas'25 andMiaMasic'24 performatap dancewiththeupper school PerformingArtsclass

Middleschool jazzbandtrumpet section

Cast andcrew of Ghostlight,October 2022

Spotlight on Athletics

Photo:JimmyDiehl'23takesafreekickfor theRams.

MEET REGGIEJAMES

What wasyour own journey like asascholar-athlete?

Well,I got intosportsasakid becausemygrandparentsjust wantedtoget meoff thecouch! Theyput meineverything: basketball,baseball,football, wrestling,karate,but noneof it reallystuck.Finally,my grandmother tookmeout tothe trackandsaid?Just gorunwith thesekids?Andthecoaches realizedthat I wasgood,andI wasn? t gettingtired,andI was keepingupwitheveryone Sotrack becamemysport

What wasthenameof theteam or clubthat you joined?

WillingboroTrack Club,whichisin myhometown,Willingboro,New Jersey At that time,at least,it was oneof themost successful track clubsinthecountry Therewasa point from1992to2006wherethe clubwasundefeatedintrack meets; I wasonfour statechampionship winningteams.

Wow?what wasit liketobepart of aprogram likethat?

It wasfunny,becausewhenI wasin mylast coupleyearsof highschool, gettingrecruitedbycolleges,alot of coacheswouldask me?Wherehave youbeen?Whyhavewenever heard of youupuntil now??Andit was becauseall thekidsinfront of meat WillingboroTrack Clubwereso goodthat theywereall going Division1for college,andsowere thekidsinfront of them,andsoon, soI hadtorunJV![Laughter]

It?slikein theNFL,whereyou

havesecond-stringrunningbacks from Alabamaor wherever gettingdraftedin thefirst round. Exactly,it wassuchadeepprogram AndI lovedbeingpart of theclub Wewouldtravel everyyear for nationals,whichwasabig attraction.That wasusuallydown southor ontheWest Coast.Tome, it meant that oncesummer came, I?dalwaysbetraveling,seeingnew places,andexperiencingthingsI hadn? t hadthechancetoexperience before Plus,it didn? t hurt that we weresuccessful!Myfirst year running,wewereAll-Americansfor our relay,andI kept progressingand gettingbetter.I fell inlovewiththe sport,andI havelifetimefriends fromthat clubthat arelikebrothers What wasyour high school experiencelike?

I went toBurlingtonCounty Instituteof Technology,whichwas acompetitiveschool whereyouhad totakeanentrancetest andyouhad topickamajor tospecializein.At thetime,I wasinterestedindoing computer science,andI got computer certifiedinhighschool, studiedprogramming,all that good stuff But thethingwas,BCIT didn? t haveatrack program SoI was doingall mytrack stuff outsideof school Likethisyear at MVS, Ashley[Ohlemacher ?23] committedtotheUniversityof Minnesotafor rowing,whichwe don? t offer at theschool,soshewas participatingat theclublevel for DaytonBoat Club Alot of my classmatesat BCIT didn? t know I wasthisbigtrack guy Theyheard about medoingcrosscountry,

becausewehadacrosscountry teamandwewontheschool?sfirst crosscountrychampionship.But unlesstheywereinthetrackand fieldworldthemselves,nooneat school knew anythingabout my indoor andoutdoor track career WhentheyheardI wasgetting offersfromcollegeprograms,they werelike,?Wait,what isit that you evendo?!?[Laughter]

Wheredidyou endupgoingfor college?

I went toKeanUniversityin Elizabeth,NJ.I got mydegreein businessmanagement,andI wasa captainontheir track team My planhadalwaysbeentoget my degreeandthenpursuemybiggoal of goingtotheOlympics Tomakeit all thewaytothat level isso difficult for track.Youhavetobein thetopthreeinthecountryinyour event.After college,I signed professionallywithAdidas,soI was runningwithAdidasGardenState TrackClub,andI startedtryingto makealivingandbalancemylove for track withbeingfinancially stable,whichmost peoplecan? t do just throughrunning.I workedin HRfor about eight years,andI was helpingout coachingwithsome AAUclubs I endedupgettingabad kneeinjury,andthat wasthe catalyst for metoconsider coaching full-time

Wheredidyou get your first coachingjob?

Myfirst bigjobwasat Montclair StateUniversity.I appliedfor their headcoachingpositioninitially,but I didn? t reallyhavealot of

MVS' new Director of Athleticssits downwithTYLERBENEDICT '09.

experience,sotheyhiredadifferent guy But heneededanassistant,and theygavehimall theresumesof the peoplewhohadappliedfor thehead coachposition.Andit turnedout thisguyknew mybrother Justin throughfootball,andhecalled Justintoseewhat I wasabout,and Justinvouchedfor meprettyhard, soI got thejob!I went back to school for mymaster'sdegree,andI now havetwomaster's,onein athleticcoachingand administrationfromConcordia UniversityIrvineandonein educational leadershipfrom WilliamPatersonUniversity That set meupfor thenext thing,which wastolookfor ajobasadirector of athleticsat ahighschool Myfirst jobout of mymaster'sprogramwas at Pioneer AcademyinWayne,New Jersey,whichisaPreK-12 independent school witharound 376kids

What wasit likeat Pioneer?One of thebigthingsI know from our conversationsbeforewasthat the school didn? t even haveagym on campusat that point

That'sright!I wasPioneer's first-ever AD,andit wasmy first-ever ADjob.But their administrationsaid,wewant youto leadthisprogram,andwe?rewilling tosupport yousoyoucanbe successful Sothefirst challenge wastoimagine,wheredowego,and how canwebuildit fromtheground up?I imaginedit beingaripple effect,buildingcommunity awarenessfirst,sowecouldget statewideawareness,andthen national awareness Alongwiththat camealot of trial anderror,anda lot of networking I hadtoget into thecommunity,meet peoplewith different ideas,andbuilda professional networkof other

athleticdirectorsandseewhat their processwas Wewereabrand-new program,soweweren? t affiliated withtheNJSIAA[New JerseyState InterscholasticAthletic Association],andoneof our first big decisionswastofigureout if it benefitedustojointhat state organizationor goindependent Theother part of thepuzzlewas figuringout what sportswewanted tooffer that wouldfit our budget andalsohaveprebuilt interest alreadyinthestudent population. Andbasedonour analysis,we figuredout that our mainsports weregoingtobesoccer,basketball, andvolleyball,andwecouldoffer thoseall thewaydownthrough lower school,andwecoulddo programsfor bothboysandgirls.

You endedup nationally ranked for boys?basketball at onepoint, correct?

Yeah,Pioneer wasrankedfor high school boys?basketball nationally, andthat wasprobablyour peak programcompetition-wise Our highschool boys?soccer teamalso got tobeoneof thetopprogramsin our region.Andthat wasjust infour years' timeonthejob!It wasagreat learningexperienceandshowed what wecoulddowithour potential

What excitesyou about the opportunity at MVS,now that you?vebeen herefor alittlebit? Well,it doesn? t hurt that here,the campushastwobasketball gyms! [Laughter]But really,it?sthefact that there?ssomuchpotential at thisschool.Just likeat Pioneer, MVSisaveryacademicallydriven institution,sowe'realreadystrong inthat regard I seeMVSasthekind of school that hasall thelittlethings inplacetosupport averysuccessful

athleticprogram Andat MVS,you haveathleticteamsthat are established,not just startingfrom scratch.We?vehadbothrecent and historical successingolf,andboys? andgirls?tennis,andtrack.Now,it?s amatter of tryingtokeepthings progressingwhereweneedthemto goandmovinginadirectionwhere wecanput ourselvesinthe spotlight locally,statewide,even nationally.And,onapersonal level, MVSisagreat school for myson, Kai,who?sinEC1thisyear.

What aresomethingssofar this year that you?dliketohighlight?

Oneof thebest thingsabout our sportsteamsright now at MVSis that evenat thehighschool level, we?reveryyoung,wewon? t belosing alot of our athletestograduation thistimearound.And,at themiddle school level,wehavealot of talent beingdevelopedtocomeup.Inour younger grades,thereareathletes doingsportsinsideandoutsideof school,playingonclubteams,being part of alocal program I alsothink we?vegot great coachesonstaff Andnumbers-wise,we?reseeinga lot of goodresults,better thanwhat we?veseeninthepast?I just got resultsfromour secondswimmeet of theyear,andwe?vebrokena wholehandful of school recordsat thispoint intheseason Our participationnumbersareup,tothe point wherewehavesomethinglike 35%of theschool participatingin sportsduringthewinter season, almost 150kids.I thinkwe?reina placewherewiththeright commitment,great thingscan happen

Awesomenews Thanks,Reggie! Mypleasure GoRams!

Goalkeeper JiyaRamdeo'26 preparestoclear theball against LegacyChristian

Middleschool golfer NikBuerk'27 watcheshisshot during aCYO matchat WGCGolf Course

AndreasLemus-Joshi '26 lookstoturnthecorner duringaboys' varsitygame

Upper school girls' tenniscelebratesarunner-upfinishat theMVTCACoaches' Cup

TanishaPallerla'23 playsher approachshot at OHSAAgirls' golf districts

Theupper school crosscountryteamposesafter theTroyTwilight Meet

SophiaPaul '26 preparestoswimat theBellbrook Invitational

AndrewHolzinger '23 surgesforwardinthebreaststroke

KatelynSmittle'25 linesupbehindthestartingblocks

AlanaWright '26 looksfor ateammate

NoahBarnard'25 showsoff hisnew-lookMVSawayjersey

AshleyOhlemacher '23 signsher letter of intent torow crew at theUniversityof Minnesota

KeshavRamdeo'31 securestheball duringalower school basketball game

JuliaHernandezVenerdi '23 drivestothehoop

Arshbir Dab'26 splitsthedefenseversusNewton

Alumni Profile

RAYCHEL SANTO '10 discussesher journey in foodsystemsresearch with STEPHANIE YENN.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Can you tell mealittlebit about your timeat MVS?

Yeah!I cametoMVSasajunior inhighschool,soI wastherefor twoyears I grew upinthe Daytonarea,andI startedout at Bellbrook HighSchool I was feelinglikeI wantedtochallenge myself moreinhighschool,and mymomhappenedtoworkwith AnneGriffith'shusbandEd,and Annewasabiologyteacher at MVS.So,that?show myfamily foundout about theschool ComingtoMiami Valleywasan incredibleexperience.I remember doingawalkthrough daybeforemyfirst dayat school, andI just felt anotable difference I remember feeling likekidsat MVSwerebeing treatedalmost likecollege students,withtheabilitytogoto classesasweneeded,having breaks,havingalot more freedominour academic choices It wasagreat all-around

experienceintermsof getting challengingopportunitiesand pushingmyself innew ways.I just lovedit fromthestart

Wasit difficult tocomein duringyour junior year,later in your high school career?

Tosomeextent,yes,but not in everyway.Therewerefewer peopleat MVS,andit wasalot moreclose-knit It felt likeyou reallydidget toknow most peopleprettywell,andeveryone wasverycomfortableinhaving youjointhem

What wereyour Immersions duringyour junior and senior year?

Mysenior year,I went toTurkey, andI think it wasathree,maybe two-weekadventure.It wasn? t thefirst international tripI had beenon,but it wasdefinitelythe first tripI?dtakenwhereI was trulyexperiencinganother culturerather thanjust looking for recreation Duringthat

Immersion,wekept ajournal, whichI actuallyfoundagain whenmymomwasmovinga coupleyearsago I openedit up andwasjust readingthe reflectionsonall our different experiences,thedifferent things wesaw That wasanincredible thing Andmyother Immersion waswhenI workedasanintern at theDaytonDailyNews At the time,I wasinterestedinbeinga journalist,andI wantedtoget a senseof what it waslikeand what theday-to-daynormswere I?vefound that?stheamazing thingabout Miami Valley,is that even if that wasn? t your Immersion,but just somethingyou were interested in,thereare peopleat theschool that are goingtoconnect you with the peopletomakesurethat you can explorethat passion. What areyou currently doing for your job?

RAYCHEL SANTO '10 sharesher professional journeytobecomingaProgramOfficer infood systemsresearchat JohnsHopkinsUniversity withSTEPHANIE YENN

I?mafoodsystemsresearcher andProgramOfficer at the Center for aLivableFuture (CLF),whichisanacademic center basedat theJohns HopkinsBloombergSchool of PublicHealth Our workcovers research,policy,advocacy,and education,primarilyfor graduatestudents.At thepolicy interface,I primarilyworkon local,state,andregional policy, but I havecolleagueswhoalso workat thefederal level We workonavarietyof issues relatedtofoodsystems: promotingaccesstohealthyand sufficient food,addressingfood insecurity,andalsolookingat different concernswith agricultural production

Abigpart of myroleisrelatedto climatechangeandthefood system,not onlyintermsof how what weeat andhow weproduce our foodaffectsclimatechange, but alsohow climatechangewill affect our foodsupplyinthe future

I?vealsodonesomeworkrelated tourbanagriculture,everything fromthepoliciesthat support growersinurbanfarmsand gardenstothepotential concernswithcontaminantsin soil andhow growerscanfollow best practicestoensurethey don? t get exposedtotoomany contaminantsof concern

Another part of myworkat the local andstatelevel issupporting foodpolicycouncils There?s actuallyonethat weworkwithin theDaytonarea,the MontgomeryCountyFood EquityCoalition.Thesegroups bringtogether peoplefrom acrossthefoodsystemtotalk andwork toaddressfoodsystem challengesintheir communities Afoodpolicycouncil might work

tochangezoninglawstosupport urbanagriculture,or tobringin grocerystores,or theymight try tochangethefoodsthat are beingprocuredbylocal schools or hospitalsor government agencies Really,theytackle whatever issuesarisethat are important tothecommunitythat they?reserving.

Our roleat theCenter for a LivableFuture,andsomethingI spendabout half mytimedoing, ishelpingcoordinatethese councilsacrosstheUS, essentiallysharinggood practicesandlearningfromeach other.Alot of theworkisbased onnetworking Theother half of mytimeisspent onresearch. That?salot of work and alot of hatsyou?rewearing.How did you get intothisfield?

Well,it startedwithaninterest inhealthyeating,andmaybethis isoneof those?What didMVS dofor you??moments,becauseI first startedgettinginterestedin foodsystemsissueswhenI came toMVS.Myjunior year,wehada summer readingassignment for thewholeupper school where wehadtoreadonebooktogether, andthat year thebookwas Animal,Vegetable,Miracleby BarbaraKingsolver.That was thefirst introductionI hadto thinkingabout whereour food actuallycomesfrom.I hadnever experiencedgrowingmyown food.Eventhoughmy grandparentshadafarm,it felt verydistant,andseparatefrom myexistence.That ledmeto readMichael Pollan?sOmnivore?s DilemmaasI kindof went down therabbit holeof thinkingabout whereour foodcomesfromand understandingthe interconnectednessof our food system.Andthen,whenI went to

JohnsHopkinsfor undergrad,I continuedonthistrendof learningmore,andluckily,there wastheCenter for aLivable Futureright there.

Asfar asgettingstartedat the center,I reachedout,asan incomingfreshman,tosomeone at theCLF,basicallyasking?Hey, doyouever haveanyinternships that I coulddo?" Andsure enough,theydidhavearesearch assistant position,SoI started workingasaresearchassistant asafreshman,andthenworked at thecenter for theentiretyof myundergraduatecareer I came ontoworkfull timefor about oneyear after I graduated,thenI went abroadanddidmymasters, andthenI cameback and continuedworkingat theCLF full time.

Wheredid you doyour masters?

I went toCardiff University,in Wales.It wasaFulbright experiencethroughtheUS-UK Fulbright Commission.It was perfect,becausetheCardiff UniversitySchool of Geography andPlanninghadjust started offeringadegreeinFood,Space, andSociety,whichwas specificallyfocusedonplanning andgeographyrelatedtofood systems.Thinkingabout it now, it reallyfeelsliketheright match at theright time,becauseseveral of thefacultywhowerethere whowereleadingthat program havesinceleft,andthey?ve changedtheir offerings Soit was oneof thoseamazing coincidencesintermsof what I waslookingfor inanopportunity andaprogram

Hearingabout that,and the wholeJohnsHopkins experiencebeforethat,it

really feelslikeyou were meant tobeheredoingwhat you?redoing.

It isfunnytothink about the journey,andfollow thechain I mean,I might not havestartedat all if I hadn? t pickedupAnimal, Vegetable,Miracleback in2008, youknow?I don? t know whenI would?vecomeacrossthat book inanother context,andit just happenedtobeasummer readingassignment.

I told Barb[Cleary] that we would behavingthismeeting, and sheremembersyou asa studentsand sendsher love. Werethereany specificMVS faculty membersthat you remember encouragingyour exploration in health,or in your experiencesin general?

I developedclosebondswith several teachersat MVS Dr Clearywasdefinitelyoneof them,becauseshereallyhelped grow mywritingskills.I wasthe editor of Phloem&Xylem,the school newspaper,duringmy senior year,whenI thought I might gointojournalism AndI thinkthisiswhat?sinterestingin general whenyoulook back on your school experience,because asastudent inhighschool,I didn? t realizethefull rangeof opportunitiesthat couldexist in termsof writing Asakid,you haveavisionof theseboxes,like, "what doyouwant tobewhen yougrow up,"andinyour head theoptionstendtobethingslike doctor,or lawyer,or journalist,or author.Thereareparticular buckets,or it seemsthat way whenyou?rethat age.At thetime, I didn? t reallythink about the intersectionbetweenscience andwriting But alot of mywork todayheavilyinvolveswriting, becauseI writealot of academic

manuscripts

Theother facultymember I workedreallycloselywithwas Dr.[Ashwi] Birdi,especially whenI tookAPBiology I usea lot of thoseskillstoday,becauseI sit at thisintersectionof the natural sciencesandthesocial sciences.Wecollect alot of quantitativedata,andwethink about that datainmultipleways, connectingit tobiology,earth science,publichealth,andsoon, all kindof tryingtofindthat line that connectstoour essential question:how canweeat sothat it?sbetter for peopleandbetter for theplanet.

Wehavetobalancealot of different variables:what arethe nutritionimplicationsof different dietarychoices,what aretheimplicationsfor food safety,andfor greenhousegas emissions,landuse,water use, pesticideuse,andsoon.But someof thosefundamental tenetscomeright back tothe basicsof what youlearnedin highschool,whether it?sbiology or English.

Sittingherelisteningtoyou,I think it?ssointerestingthat AnneGriffith and her family wereinstrumental in your comingtoMVS,becausenow Mrs.Griffith isour Director of Environmental Sustainability,and she overseesour school greenhouseand gardensand everything She?sbeen workinghard on alot of things,sherecently helped MVSsecureanew grant from Montgomery County related torecyclingand reducing food waste,and she?sbeen honored by thisorganization called Dayton Regional Green for her work on

sustainability at theschool

Oh,wow,I hadnoideathat she wasdoingthat!That?sgreat work.

What would you chooseas your favoritepart of your job?

It?shardtosay!I lovethepeopleI workwith I think oneaspect of myactual jobthat I really appreciateistheprocessof producing,finding,and synthesizingexistingevidencein academicresearch,andthen translatingthat intosomething that?srelevant for ageneral audience,whether it?stochange policyor educatekey influencers Kindof servingasa bridgebetweentheacademic communityandthegeneral public.

Oneexamplethat standsout is relatedtourbanagriculture. Thiswasback whenI wasdoing mymaster?s,but I wasstill workingremotelypart timefor theCenter,andSenator Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] was,andstill is,thechair of theUSSenate CommitteeonAgriculture, Nutrition& Forestry

At that point intime,theSenate wasintheprocessof negotiating theNational FarmBill,whichis actuallyupfor renegotiation soon But at that time,the committeewasdebating whether toincorporate legislationtosupport urban farmingandurbangrowing,and Sen Stabenow wantedto understandwhat theevidence actuallysaid

Soweendedupsynthesizing maybe150researchstudiesand comingout withthekey takeaways That wasareally rewardingexperience,andthe

Senateendedupusingour analysistohelpwritetheUrban AgricultureAct of 2016. And? thisisafunnystory? my cowriter onthat article,who's alsomysupervisor at thecenter, isanMVSalum

What?!You?rekiddingme I can't believethishadn't come up yet!

Yeah,her nameisAnnePalmer ['81]!She'stheDirector of Practiceat CLF.Weonlyfound out webothwent toMVS becauseshewasreviewingmy resumetowritea recommendationletter for my Fulbright application Like,what aretheoddsthat bothof us wouldhavebeenMVSalumnae, andthenendupworking together andnot evenknow it until I wasgettingreadytodomy master?sprogram Wow!

Yeah!But Annewastheonewho assignedthat literaturereview to meandworkedonit withme So that?soneexampleof aproject I reallyenjoyed

Another onewedidmore recentlywasrelatedtomeat alternatives.Youmight'veheard about plant-basedmeat alternativesandcell-basedmeat, especiallyrecentlybecauseone formof cell-basedmeat wasjust approvedbytheFDA Advocates for meat alternativessaythey're better for theclimate,they'll reduceanimal suffering,they couldpotentiallybebetter for healthdependingonwhich product you?relookingat,andso on Andsoweneedtocritically examinewhat theresearch actuallyshows,andwhat questionsstill remain Sothat?s another project that I findreally fulfilling,bringingtogether the different piecesandthenturning it intosomethingcohesivethat

peoplecantakewiththem

Soareyou apicky eater becauseof all this knowledge?

[Laughter]I wouldsaythat I try toeat accordingtowhat I?ve learnedthroughresearchand what thesciencesuggests,but I alsorecognizethat therearealot of factorsthat influencewhat individualseat that arebeyond their control.Thingslikepolicies that affect what thingscost, whether they?reaccessibleor available,thetimethat wehave inour daytocook foodor preparesomething.Thereareso manydifferent aspectsthat influenceour individual decisions,andsoalot of our workat theCLFistryingto changethepoliciesandthe environment andthesystems aroundustomakeit easier to makehealthier choices,or more sustainablechoices.

On that note,how doyou feel thingsaregoingnowadays when it comestoyour work? I imagineit ebbsand flows. Yes,it definitelydoes.Thereare dayswhentheworkfeelsreally overwhelming.For example, sometimesmycolleaguesandI will bereadingadocument from 15yearsagoandwesay,gosh, thesepeoplearemakingthe exact sameargumentsthat we are,wehaven't movedforwardat all!But thereareother times whereI look aroundandseethe changesintermsof general awarenessof theseissues,of foodandclimateinparticular

Here'sanexample:back in2015, mycolleaguesandI startedan assessment lookingat if some individual weretoshift their diet inacertaincountry,what would that meanfor healthandother

environmental outcomes?And wepresentedsomepreliminary researchat theCOP21UN

ClimateChangeConferencein Paris,whichwasthesame conferencethat producedthe ParisAgreement

What exactly went intothat?

TheParisAgreement was basicallyadeal wherecountries cametogether tomakedecisions aroundtheir commitmentsto reducinggreenhousegas emissionsandtokeepglobal warmingtowithin15to2 degreesCelsius Socountries madecommitmentstothat from their variousperspectives,and that wasall happeningwhenwe werethere However,verylittle discussionwashappening aroundfoodsystemsand climate,evenwhenthefood systemasawholecontributes about athirdof greenhousegas emissionswhenyouconsider fromproductionall thewayto consumption,includingthe transportation,thedisposal,and waste

Yeah,absolutely

Right,it'smorewell-knownnow, but at thisconferencein2015,it washardlybeingdiscussed And therewerealot of reasonsfor that Therewerecultural reasonsor concerns.People don? t want totell peoplewhat to do At that point intime,and evenstill today,it'salot easier to talkabout energy,or changing thegrid,or somethingmore removedfromthesevery personal aspects Therearealot of emotionsandcultureand heritagetiedupinour food We understoodall of that at thetime, but still,whenwewereat COP 21talkingabout foodand climate,it wasarelativelynew

topic,or at least arelatively untouchedone

Anyway,fast-forwardtothis November,andthey?renow upto COP27,whichwasat Sharm el-SheikhinEgypt.I wasn? t there,but thisyear?sconference hadawholedaydedicatedtofood systems.Thingsarehappening, andthingsarechanging Injust sevenyears,thefieldhasbecome verycrowded

Soit?sexciting,andit?satotally different experience,because now,insteadof just tryingtoget foodsystemsontheagenda, we?rethinkingokay,what area arewegoingtocarveout?What isgoingtomakeour work different,or wherecanweadd value?That?sagoodproblemto have.

Socirclingback,then,what?s an important thingor takeaway that you got from TheMiami Valley School?

I appreciatedtheindividualized

attentionandsupport that we hadtodeveloptheskillsfor thingswewereinterestedin. Duringthisconversation,I actuallyrememberedI wasalso interestedinresearchat MVS I wasinterestedinjournalism first,but I wasalsointerestedin research,andI saidthat toDr Birdi.Shehelpedmeget set up withasummer volunteer experienceat alabwhenI wantedtoget that hands-on physical experience It wasvery muchawet lab,soit was different topicallyfromwhat I?m doingnow,but it helpedme understandwhat it lookedlikein practicetobedoingresearch.So that exampleshows how? buildingonthe individualizedattentionwithin classesandeverypart of the educational journeywithin MVS? it showshow MVS teachersarereallyalways workingwithyou.Speakingjust for myself,I think that attention

andthat opportunityhelpedme togrow alot inpiecingtogether what I wasinterestedin. What keepsyou occupied outsideof your professional life?

Well,right now alot of my personal lifeisspent withmy husband,Homer,andour two wonderful children,Hypatiaand Helaine Webought our first housethisyear,sowemoved recently,andit?sbeena whirlwindof atime.But it'salso beenalot of fun I will sayI've beenprettyconsistently involvedingardening.I was involvedwithacommunity gardenat Hopkins,andnow we'reexcitedbecausewe're buildingabackyardgardenat our house.

Another passionproject that I've beenworkingon,on-and-off,is onpublictransit advocacy. BeforeI hadmyfirst daughter,I tookatransportationadvocacy course,whichwasledbya communityorganizationherein Baltimore.Aspart of that class, theygaveusanassignment:to comeupwithanissuethat we wantedtochangerelatedto transportation.It couldbe somethinglikeaddingabikelane or fixingatrafficpattern.Somy project wasthat I wantedto encourageJohnsHopkins affiliatestotakepublictransit moreregularly Therearealot of universitiesthat alreadydothis, whether theysubsidizepublic transit passesfor their affiliates or theyjust maketransportation freealtogether Andwhenyou thinkabout it,therearealready barrierswithpublic transportationintermsof just learningwherethetrainsor busesgo,whereyour stopis,and soon.Therearealot of learning

Raychel presentsat COP21in Paris

curves But fromaclimate perspectiveandfromanequity perspective,it?scritical that we incentivizetransit through different means.Thisproject is onewaythat wecanuseour institution?spower,beingthe largest employer inMaryland,to put ahugeinvestment intoour publictransportationsystem.It hasn? t cometopassyet,but there aresomeconversations happeningwithintheuniversity administrationnow

We?restartingtoget more research,too.Wegot asurvey out for thefirst timethat started askingaffiliateshow theywere gettingaround Then,if weoffer anincentivedowntheroad,we canmeasurethebeforeandafter andseeif it changesbehavior So

that?sasidevolunteer project that I?vebeendoingbecauseI believeverystronglyinit. Asyoucantell,climateisavery important issuefor me And that?ssomethingI feel likeI also startinglearningabout inhigh school:thecrisisthat we?re facingandtryingtofindwaysto tangiblyaddressit inour lives,so it?snot thisoverwhelming doomsdayscenario,but instead animpetustoask ourselvesif therearewayswecan continuallyworktoimproveour system.Aretherewayswecan makeourselveshealthier and morefulfilled,whilealso addressingsomeof theselarger concerns?I think thereare,and I'mhappytobeworkingtowards that

How did you meet your husband,if you don? t mind sharing?

Not at all? wemet through mutual friendsinBaltimore He wasintourbangardeningin BaltimoreCity,andhewas workingonsustainability efforts,andsoobviouslyour pathscrossed Weknew each other beforeI went abroad,and thenwereconnectedwhenI movedback.We?vebeentogether fiveandahalf yearsnow

I feel likewhenI cameto Baltimore,I wasn? t intendingto put downrootshere,but it just kindof endedupthat way,and it?sbeenareallyfunand interestingjourney

Thankssomuch for sharing your journey with us.And keep up thegood work!

RaychelSanto'10isaProgram Officer attheJohnsHopkins Center for aLivableFuture, whereshehasworkedinvarious rolesfor thepast12years.She currentlyleadstheCenter?snewly formedFoodSystemsand ClimateFocusAreatoadvance moresustainabledietsandfood production,equitableand resilientfoodsystems,and climatemitigationpractices.Her researchhasbeenfeaturedin mediaoutletsincludingtheBBC, DeutscheWelle,TheGuardian, Popular Science,TorontoStar, andVox.

StephanieYennistheMVS AssociateDirector ofAlumni and CommunityRelations.Shewould lovetotalktoyouaboutyour journeyaswell!Stephaniecanbe reachedat stephanie.yenn@mvschool.com.

Raychel andfamily

Celebratingthe Classof 2022

In May 2022,theMVScommunity gathered tohonor aremarkablesenior classat Dayton'shistoricVictoriaTheatre.

CELEBRATINGTHE CLASSOF2022

"Likeyou,all mylife,I havebeen advisedontheimportanceof paying attention,not onlyintheclassroom, but inlife Infact,it wasoneof my father?smost frequent bitsof advice.?Don? t forget tolook up,?he wouldsay.?Younever know what youwill see!?Andwhenyouare5? 2,?likeme,that isimportant sometimes!

Byageseven,lookinguphelpedme becomeawatcher of thesky.Using myfather?stelescopeI observed the sunrise,thesunset,thenight sky, andlearnedtheplanetsandthe constellations Later inlifeI was mesmerizedbymyfirst experience seeingtheNorthernLightsoutside Fairbanks,Alaska,observing galaxiesbeyondour ownat Kits Pittsjust outsideTucsonArizona, watchingamoonriseover theGreat Wall inChina,or watchingJupiter andVenuscomedesperatelyclose just recentlyhereinOhio

Now,myfavoritenatural wonders tolook upandobservearenot only cometsor shootingstars?but birds Amazingcreaturesthat act as emissariesfromtheplanet itself,

sendingusessential messages about our environment Eventhose famoussonsof Dayton,theWright Brothers,tookinspirationfrom birds,observingtheair flowingover thecurvedsurfaceof their wings, understandingthat wingscreate lift,andthewings?abilitytowarp andturninmidair allowedbirdsto practicecontrolledflight The Wright Brothers,too,understood thepower of lookingup

Oneof themost beautiful natural phenomenayouwill ever seeisthe convergenceof starlingsswooping acrosstheskyusuallyat sunset If youhaveever seenthis,it is mesmerizing Evenbetter? it hasa reallycool name.It iscalleda ?murmuration,?awordthat tellsus about thesoundstarlings' wings makewhenthousandsarefluttering together

Onephotographer describesa murmurationasanevent where there is'Nofollower,noleader, birdsseeminglyblownbywindand theunpredictable' Theyare individualswiththeir ownpower andtheir ownabilitytofly,but also

anabilitytomovewiththeir flock Andsoit iswithall of you.Likea flockof songbirds,migratingby night,tappingintothemagnetic fieldof theearth,youhavetraveled longdistances,callingtoeachother over thethousand-milejourney, remainingtogether andyet also remainingtheindividualsthat you are.Alongtheway,youhavegiven eachother strength.Youhave watchedeachother?sbacks.You havesharedinformationand providedadvicetoenhanceeach others?lives Inspiteof apandemic inyour recent educational years threateningtoisolateyoufromeach other,youstayedtogether,eachof youstrivingtowardyour owngoals whilehighlysensitivetotheneeds of others.

Youhavealso beenaforcefor connectionat MVSthisyearleadingyour sportsteams, academicclubs,andthestudent bodyingeneral throughtough games,challengingprojects,and personal hardships Everydayinthe upper school beginswithyouonthe stage,leadingMorning

TheClassof 2022singstogether during graduation

Anexcerpt fromHeadof School ElizabethCleary'scommencement address.

Announcements,lookingout at boththeyounger studentsandthe facultyandstaff,settinganexample andsettingthetonethat youcare for eachother andothers.And here?stheproof:Theclassof 2022:

- Performedover three thousand hoursof communityservice,

- Arrangedfor giftsfor new facultyandsenior advisors

- Heldmeetingswithme,Ms Kemper,andMr Lopez about carefor student mental health,

- ServedasTAs inyour classes,

- Ledclubsandsportsteams,

- WerenamedLeukemia& LymphomaStudentsof the Year,

- spokeat TEDxYouth@Dayton andsomuchmore.

This,I wouldargue,iswhat it meanstoliveincommunity:to noticethat weareapart of somethingbigger thanourselves andtoshareour giftswiththe world

Intheyear 1623,beforethe inventionof thetelegraph,the telephone,theInternet,or even Canvasannouncements,thepoet JohnDonnefromhisMeditations XVII sharedhisthinking that 'No

manisanisland,entireof itself; everymanisapieceof the continent,apart of themain.'

Andevennow,400yearslater,the most successful companiesinthe worldhaveprovedhimright and affirmedour essential humanneed: tobeconnected.

Haveyouever lookedupGoogle?s missionstatement?It is'to organizetheworld'sinformation andmakeit universallyaccessible anduseful.' Instagram's??'To captureandsharetheworld's moments.' AndFacebook?s:'togive peoplethepower tobuild communityandbringtheworld closer together '

Soyousee,connectionmatters. Themissionof our school isto challengestudentstobecome compassionateglobal citizens,and theonlywaytodothat istoseethe humanityinothers.Archbishop DesmondTutu,aNobel PeacePrize winner knownfor hiswork asan anti-apartheidandhumanrights activist,onceshared?Myhumanity isboundupinyours,for wecanonly behumantogether?

Soasyoumoveonintothenext phaseof your life,remember tolook up,toseeyour connectionswith other humanbeingsnomatter whereyouareintheworld Andin theprocess,besuretothank people

alongthewaywhohelpedyouget there Your parentsfor raisingand believinginyou,your teachersand coachesfor guidingandcounseling you, your friendsfor beingpresent for youduringthedarkandsunny days,andall thoserandompeople whojust appearedseeminglyout of nowhereandsaidtheright thing,on theright day,at theright time Seniors,whenyouleavetoday,like starlingsmovingthroughair,life will sendyouinnew,unknownand unpredictabledirections But asyou ascend,remember that youwill be intricatelyboundtothepeoplehere at MVS,andwetoyou.

Todayyouhavebeengivenwings that will allow youtosoar intoyour future Andevenif youencounter a moment whenall seemschaotic aroundyou,remember that thereis balanceandorder tobefound amongthosewhomyoulove.Those sixor sevenof your nearest neighbors,whohelpyouoptimize thebalancebetweenthegroupand theindividual Baseyour movementsonthosetrustedfriends andfamilytokeepyousafe,and harnessthepower withinyou.

Sotakeflight!I wishyouabeautiful andsafejourneyandsomuchluck alongtheway"

ElizabethF.Cleary,HeadofSchool DeliveredMay27,2022

A starlingmurmuration in Germany

Classof 2022 AT A GLANCE

Total students 33 Student/faculty ratio 5:1 National Merit 15% of the class of 2021 was recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Program as finalists, semi-finalists, and commended scholars

Highly Selective 58% of seniors were admitted to a college with an acceptance rate below 50%.

2022Admissions: By TheNumbers - 307applicationsto142colleges - Average9.3appsper student - Early admit rate:72% - Overall admit rate:56%

Regional Distribution of Graduates

58% 42% 27% 73%

will attendprivate institutions will attendpublic institutions will remain in-state will matriculate out-of-state

Students don't just come here. Here,theybecome. CollegeAcceptancesandMatriculations

Namesinbold indicatecollegestowhichmembersoftheClassof2022will matriculate.

Universityof Akron

ArcadiaUniversity

ArizonaState University

Barnard College

BostonCollege

BowlingGreenState University

University of Bristol

(UK)

Butler University

Universityof California-Davis

Universityof California-SantaCruz

CentreCollege

ChaminadeUniversityof Honolulu

University of Cincinnati

Clark University

ClarksonUniversity

Universityof Colorado

Universityof Connecticut

Dartmouth College

Universityof Dayton

DenisonUniversity

University of Denver

DePaul University

Drexel University

Earlham College

Elmhurst University

ElonUniversity

Emerson College

Emory University

University of Florida

GeorgeMasonUniversity

GeorgeWashington University

Universityof Georgia

Hobart & WilliamSmith Colleges

Universityof Houston

IndianaUniversity

IthacaCollege

Universityof Kentucky

KenyonCollege

LoyolaUniversity

Chicago

Macalester College

Miami University

University of Miami

MichiganStateUniversity

Universityof Nevada-Las

Vegas

Universityof New Hampshire

NorthCarolinaA& T StateUniversity

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

University of Notre Dame

NovaSoutheastern University

OberlinCollege

Occidental College

TheOhioState University

OhioUniversity

OhioWesleyanUniversity

PennsylvaniaState University

Universityof Pittsburgh

PurdueUniversity

RhodesCollege

Rochester Instituteof Technology

Rose-HulmanInstituteof Technology

RutgersUniversity

SanDiegoStateUniversity

Universityof San Francisco

SarahLawrenceCollege

School of theArt Institute of Chicago

Sewanee:TheUniversity of theSouth SimmonsUniversity

SmithCollege

Universityof South Carolina

Universityof South Florida

StonyBrook University

SUNY-Albany

SyracuseUniversity

TheUniversity of Tampa

TempleUniversity

TheUniversityof Tennessee

Universityof Toledo

UnionCollege

Universityof Oregon

Vassar College

Universityof Vermont

VirginiaCommonwealth University

Wheaton College-Massachusetts

WhitmanCollege

William& Mary

Universityof Wisconsin

WittenbergUniversity

TheCollegeof Wooster

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wright StateUniversity

Universityof Wyoming

Xavier University

AlainaMartin '22embracesaclassmatein theVictoriaTheatrelobby

Headof SchoolElizabethClearypresentstheClassof 2022

ZainahAl Maita'22 speaksat thecommencement ceremony

Graduatingseniorswithteacher Dr Ashwi Birdi

Matthew Brenner '23

THEMVSANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022

FROM THEBOARD PRESIDENT

Dear MVScommunity, How timeflies!Wearemorethanhalfwaythrough thisacademicyear!Withtheveil of thepandemic lessheavy,I havehadmanyopportunitiestowalk thehallsandseethejoythat iscreatedeachdayby our students,facultyandstaff.ThisistheMVSI know andlove!

Manyexcitingthingshavehappenedthisyear,and manymorearestill tocome.First of all,onbehalf of theBoardof TrusteesandHeadof School Search Committee, I wouldliketo,again,thank all of you whoparticipatedintheeffortstohireour next Headof School,DavidLong. Throughthisprocess, I haveseenanenergizedlevel of engagement,not onlyfromour internal community,but alsofrom alumni far andwide,aswell as emeritusmembers of our community? alumni parents,trusteesand belovedretiredschool leaders I hopetoseethis momentumcontinue

TheBoardcontinuestoactivelyoverseethehard workbeingdonebyour facultyandstaff to implement our strategicplan,ElevatetheVision. Now,aswegear uptostart Phase2of theplan,I am especiallyexcitedfor the2023Galapaddlecall to continuetosupport theTruslow Commons RenovationProject,whichwasannouncedtothe communityat the2022Galaandwhichyoucan readmoreabout onpage9of thisyear?smagazine

Thisproject will allow for thegrowthof our upper school andprioritizethewellnessof our upper school students,whoareour student leaders. Without their ambassadorship,our school would not havethefinereputationit hasearned

Other initiativeswhichhavemadegreat stridesare effortstohireamorediversefacultythat mirror thediversityinour student body,effortstoforge stronger relationshipswithlocal organizationsin

order toenrichtheeducationof our studentsand alsotocultivaterelationshipsthat will developnew revenuestreamsfor theschool,andeffortsto createanew PortraitofanMVSGraduateinorder tomoreclearlydefinethecurricular and extracurricular needsof our studentsgoing forwardintothe21st century.Welook forwardto continuingtoupdateyouontheprogressof these andother strategicinitiativesat theschool.

TheBoardremainsheavilyfocusedonitsfiduciary responsibilitytotheschool. Livinginan environment of escalatinginflationisachallenge for usall.However,despitetheseheadwinds,hard workisbeingdonetodesignabudget that will prioritizefaculty/staff salaryincreasesand academicdepartment budget increases,aswell as ensuringasurplusinour operatingbudget to protect thelong-termsustainabilityof our beloved school.

Asthefollowingpageshighlight,MVScontinuesto betuition-dependent,asarenearlyall independent schools.Tuitionalone,however,onlyfulfillsabout 82%of our operatingbudget Wecontinuetobe indebtedtothosewhograciouslysupport our missionthroughtheir generousphilanthropic support.

Finally,I want toextendspecial thankstoour dedicatedBoardof Trustees,toHeadof School ElizabethF.Cleary,andtothefacultyandstaff who giveof themselveseverydayto"challengeyoung peopleof promisetobecomeself-sustaining learnersandcompassionateglobal citizens"

Sincerely,

Dr.RadhaReddy'90,P'22,'24,'27 President,MVSBoardof Trustees

FINANCIAL REPORT 2021-2022

TheBoardof Trustees,financecommittee,andleadershipteamof TheMiami ValleySchool continueto focusonlong-termsustainabilitybymakingfinancial decisionsthat balancethecurrent needsof the school withthelong-termexpectationsof revenuesandexpenses Theschool primarilyreliesontuition revenue,net of financial aidandscholarships,toretainour dedicatedfaculty;maintainour facilities; providebenefitsandprofessional development;fundthecostsof our academicprograms,student experiences,andeducational initiatives;andfundadministrativecoststooperatetheschool.Theschool identifiesmajor facilityneedsandestimatedcoststhat canbefundedthroughoperational proceeds,cash balances,or debt.Duringtheyear endedJune30,2022,theschool replacedHVACunitsintheupper school ErvinJ.Nutter ScienceWingandtheupper level of theStudent ActivityCenter (SAC),investedin laptopcomputersfor facultyandstaff,andreplacedflooringinclassroomsandbathrooms

Whilenet tuitionrevenueisthemost significant sourceof fundsfor theschool,tuitiondollarsaloneonly support approximately82%of theschool?sannual operatingexpenses Bothannual givingandrestricted giftsenricheverypart of theschool Theschool reliesonannual fundraisingeffortsaswell astheannual draw fromour school?sendowment tosupport everydayoperationsaswell asimprovementsfor thefuture Most importantly,thesefundsbridgethegapbetweentuitionandthefull cost of educatingachild For the year endedJune30,2022,unrestrictedfundraisingproceeds,whichincludedgiftsmadetotheAnnual Fundandnet proceedsfromtheMVSGala,represented4%of school operatingrevenues.Theannual draw fromtheschool?sendowment provided3%of school operatingrevenues.Theschool?sendowment balance was$807millionasof June30,2022

Thankyoufor choosingtoinvest inyour child?seducationat TheMiami ValleySchool andfor your generousphilanthropicsupport,whichallowsustofulfill andadvanceour missionandprovidean exceptional educational experiencefor students

Sourcesof OperatingFunds2021-2022

Useof Funds2021-2022

MVS VOLUNTEERS

"Never doubt that a small groupof thoughtful, committedcitizenscanchangetheworld;indeed, it'stheonlythingthat ever has."

- Margaret Mead

MVSisbeyondgrateful tothedozensof dedicatedvolunteerswhoselflesslygivetheir timeandtalentstomakean important impact inour school community.Likethefar-reachingimpact of theAnnual Fund,thededicatedworkof our incrediblevolunteerscanbefelt throughout all areasof campus,impactingeverystudent ineverydivision. Thank youtotheparents,grandparents,alumni,alumni parents,faculty,andstaff whogoaboveandbeyond!

VOLUNTEERSPOTLIGHTS

Lisa Elliott Shoup '88

2022-2023 Parent AssociationPresident

Mylovefor MVSisrootedinsomanydifferent things. I remember sittinginmy AmericanHistoryclassasafreshmanat Denisonandbeingcomplimentedby myprofessor onmywillingnesstosit inthefront row andoffer myopinionsin class I'mcertainthat thewarmthandencouragement of myteachersat MVS inspiredmetobeconfident intheclassroomandtrust that I couldcontribute meaningfully(evenasafreshmaninaclasscomposedmostlyof older students)

I remember MVSasaplacewhereI felt alot of freedomfromstrict policiesand proceduresthat myfriendswhoattendedpublicschoolshadtoendure I loved Immersion,theopportunitytobeinsomanydifferent clubsandbeingableto playasport without fear that I would"becut"duringtry-outs

Mychildrenhavehadsuchanamazingeducationat MVS.Carolineand Margaret arethrivingintheir respectiveacademicsandextracurriculars Most of all,theyhavedevelopedfantasticconnectionswiththeir teachersandpeers I can't imaginehavingthemeducatedanywhereelse,andneither canthey!

I volunteer at MVSbecauseI know theimportanceof givingback toa communitywhohasgivensomuchtomeandmychildren.Weareasmall school andreallybenefit fromthegiftsof timeandtalent that our parent communitycanoffer us

Kim Anzek

Lower School VP, Gala Silent AuctionChair

I havebeenvolunteeringat MVSfor several yearsinavarietyof ways. Our first year at theschool,I got acall tohelpout withthe annual gala'ssilent auction What startedasmakingafew phone callshasexpandedintomeheadingupthesilent auctionfor the past threeyears Additionally,I workedasaGradeRepfor several yearsfor theParent Association,andamcurrentlyavicepresident for theLower School withtheParent Association

I thinkvolunteeringinthesedifferent areashashelpedmeandmy familytobetter becomeapart of thecommunityandbuildlasting friendships I alsothinkit hashelpedmetobetter understandthe inner workingsof theschool andseealittlebehindthescenesof all thefantasticpeoplewhoworktirelesslyfor andwiththeschool If another parent isinterestedingettinginvolved,pleasereachout to agraderep,thePApresident,or theAdvancement team. Thereare somanywaystobeinvolved.Whiletheneedsaregreat,thefunyou haveintheprocessisevengreater!

2022 GALA HONOR TRADITION, SPARK INNOVATION

TheMiami ValleySchool hostedits34thannual fundraisinggala,?Honor Tradition,Spark Innovation!?onFriday, April 22,2022,at theDaytonArcade Raisingnearly$450,000for TheMiami ValleySchool,thegalacontinuestobe recognizedasoneof thetopfundraisingeventsintheDaytonarea,allowingMVStocontinuetoprovideexceptional academicandextra-curricular programming

WITH GRATITUDETO OUR GALA FUNDING PARTNERS

PRESENTING FUNDING PARTNER

RhondaChambal,IrongateRealtors

DINNERFUNDING PARTNER

Dr.Shalini Annamraju,ACEDermatology, Laser & Cosmetics

GALA SUPPORTERS

Dr BarbaraCleary

MiddletownManagement

Wright & Schulte,LLC

HONORTRADITION, SPARK INNOVATION FUNDING PARTNERS

Dr LintyJohn-Varghese,LyonsDental SusanStrong& Dr.BobPohl

ADDITIONAL THANKSTO

AgapeMedia,DaytonArcade,DaytonArt Solutions, DaytonBusinessJournal,OregonPrinting Communications,RichTasteCatering,Tender Mercy

GALA CO-CHAIRS

Matt andKristinHerder

Dr ShobhanVachhrajani & JennVachhrajani

SILENT AUCTION CHAIR

KimAnzek

LIVEAUCTION CHAIR

DanielleHowardEdwards

MARKETING& COMMUNICATIONSCHAIR

Andrew Hyatt

FOOD & BEVERAGECHAIR

MonicaHyatt

VIP EXPERIENCECHAIR

ShannonSheltonMiller

DECORCOMMITTEECHAIRS

RyeWalsh& JennVachhrajani

TommyBalaj '16 EvelynBoettcher

'15

GALA VOLUNTEERTEAM

ChrisDeLaCruz'09(withmicrophone),TommyBalaj '16, andCoraCeipek'15serveastheevening'sMCs.

AjayandNital Patel maketheir bid

SusanStrongandJeffreyCaldwell '15hit thedancefloor

CELEBRATING LEADERSHIP DONORS

For almost 60years,TheMiami ValleySchool has benefitedfromthegenerousinvestment of countless supporterswhobelieveinandsupport our mission The RoseCircle,namedinhonor of philanthropistsand stalwart MVSsupportersStuart andMimi Rose, celebratethesedonors,past andpresent.

TheRoseCircleisanopportunityfor parents,alumni, andfriendstojointogether torecognizethat givingback doesmatter anddoestransformlives Thisselect group of donorssupportsMVSwithannual leadershipgiftsof $10,000or more.

TheRosesandtheother foundingmembersof TheRose Circle,JimandJannieBrown,JoeandKristenBrown, andPete'77andKimZorniger,havegivengraciously timeandagaintoour school andhaveencouraged otherstodothesame,aswitnessedbytheir generous example.Theimpact of their leadershipgiftsappear in everycorner of our campus:intheclassrooms,the theater,thelibrary,theathleticfields,thegreenhouse, andgardens For all of their support,weareextremely grateful

Ingratitudefor thecommunityof generousleaderswho believeinTheMiami ValleySchool?smissionand

potential,membersof TheRoseCirclewill receivethe followingbenefits:

1.Auniquegift of artworkcreatedbyanMVSstudent

2 Namerecognitiononamonitor intheClearyGallery (optional / at donor discretion)

3 NamerecognitionontheMVSwebsiteandinthe Annual Report (optional / at donor discretion)

4.Yearlydinner celebrationfor all members

5 PrivateVIPreceptionbeforetheannual MVSGala andAuction

6.Exclusiveofferingsthroughout theyear

Wehopeyouwill consider becomingamember of The RoseCircle Your donationincludesmembershipfor twelvemonthsor thedurationof your pledge.Tolearn more,pleaseemail Heather Leppla,Director of Advancement:heather.leppla@miamivalleyschool.org.

Withyour support asaRoseCirclemember,webelieve wecanaccomplishour courageousplansfor thefuture Let?sbebravetogether andcontinuetotransformlives at MVS.

Duringthe2021-2022school year,thegenerosity of RoseCircleleadership donors brought amazingopportunitiesfor MVS:

- LaunchingtheTruslowCommons Enhancement Project,acapital initiativethat will expandandtransform thecurrent Truslow Commonsintothe school'sfirst-ever full-scaleproduction kitchen,whichwill nourishstudentsand employeeswithmade-from-scratch mealsdaily Thisproject will alsoadd moreclassrooms,offices,andmeeting spacestoincreaseenrollment and programmingcapacity,aswell asinstall anupper school Makerspaceandlarge dininghall topromotewell-beingand belonging.

- Theschool'simportant diversity initiativeswill continuetoexpandand focusonhiringfacultyof diverse backgroundsandexperiences.Wewill

continuetosendstudentstotheStudent DiversityLeadershipConference (SDLC),aprovensuccessfor studentsto gainperspectiveandknowledgeinthis area

- Our visionfor Alumni Support is comingtofruitionthroughthe successful launchof MVSConnect,an onlinealumni networkingplatformthat allowsMVSalumni toupdatetheir informationandconnect withfellow alumni andmentorsintheir professional fields.

- TheMVSSpeaker Serieshighlights expertsinrobotics,computer programming,STEM-relatedfields, current events,andthearts.

leadership giving

movesMVS forward.

Your investment inyour school'sfutureis alreadymakingthedifference.

Generousdonationstoexistingand new scholarships providepathwaysfor familiestoattendMVSandaccessto dreamImmersiontripsthat financial aidalonecouldnot support.Thesegiftsprovidelife-changingopportunitiesto someof MVS' most giftedandtalentedstudents.

PerformingArtsareenhancedbygiftswhichcreate moreopportunitiestobringinexpertsliketheDayton Philharmonic,aswell asintegratingstate-of-the-art musical instrumentsandequipment alongsidenew arrangementsandrightstoanarrayof sheet music.

Leadershipgivinghastouchedevery corner of campus fromnew equipment & playspacesintheearlychildhood school,tonew materialsandcreativestudent seatingin classrooms,toanenchantingNatureNook ina previouslyunusedcorner of theschool library.

WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS: THANK YOU!

TheMiami ValleySchool isdeeplygrateful tothefollowingindividuals,families,organizations,corporations,and foundationswhohavecontributedgiftsof impact tosupport theAnnual Fund,special events,endowment,restricted needs,capital projects,andother fundingprioritiesof theschool

Their collectivesupport haselevatedMVS?successesinall areasof campuslife,for thedirect benefit of previous, current,andfuturestudents.

ConsecutivegivingisdeeplyappreciatedandtrulymakesadifferencebetweenanMVSthat getsbyandanMVSthat thrives Consecutivegiversaredenotedbyanasterisk(*) next totheir name

All givinglevelsaredeterminedbycumulativepaymentsasof June30,2022andonlyincludethosewhogaveinthe 2021/2022fiscal year

LEADERS($25,000+)

Mr TomBecker andMrs AnnBecker

Dr Daniel BraunlinandDr Jeri LynnBraunlin*

Mr.StephenP.Chambal,PhDandMrs.RhondaChambal*

Dr ThomasCookandMrs KarenCook*

Mr Matthew Herder andMrs KristinHerder

Dr ShobhanVachhrajani andMrs Jennifer Vachhrajani

Mr NormWeissmanandMrs MaryRitaWeissman*

FOUNDERS($15,000-$24,999)

Dr AnanthAnnamrajuandDr Shalini Annamraju

Mr.GregoryBenedict andMrs.LisaBenedict*

Ms Jenell R Ross'88*

Ms SusanStrongandDr Robert Pohl*

Mr Mark Shaker andMrs MarthaShaker*

PATRONS($10,000-$14,999)

Mr JamesR Arnett Jr andMrs DainaArnett*

BattelleAlwaysGiving

Dr BarbaraA Cleary*

Dr PradeepGujjaandDr Prakruti Jambula*

Mr.StanleyKatzandMrs.SusanKatz*

Mr Christopher Meyer andMrs KellyMeyer*

Dr RizwanPashaandDr LisaR Vantrease

Mr AjayPatel andMrs Nital Patel

Mr Dereck Pristas

Mr RichardSchulteandDr ValerieSchulte

Dr SanjuVargheseandDr LintyJohn-Varghese

Mr Michael Wright andMrs Jennifer Wright

THE1964 SOCIETY ($5,000-$9,999)

Dr AshfaqAhmedandDr AfshanAhmed*

Mr.GregoryBillhardt andMrs.MelanieRose-Billhardt*

Dr.BruceBuerk andDr.RadhaReddy'90*

Mrs MelindaNutter-CouchandMr HarryCouch*

Mr EricDavisandMrs Lori Davis

Ms LashawnaHampton

Mr.SteveHarlamert andMrs.DayanHarlamert*

Dr.Robert Hunter andDr.Rachel Hunter

Dr SteveJainandDr PriyaJain*

Ms AllisonB Janney'77

Dr RanulfoLemus-OlaldeandDr NinaJoshi '85*

Mr.RobLampeandMrs.AnneLampe

Mrs.KatherineMcCallum'96*

Mr JonathanNutter '98

Mr SteveRajotteandMrs MichelleRajotte*

Mr MarkShaker andMrs MarthaShaker

Dr.ParasramRamdeoandDr.SeemaSharma*

Mr.TerenceWright andMrs.DanyelleWright

Mr Matthew Yoder andMrs CandiceYoder

Mr Andrew Ziehler andMrs DessineZiehler

Mr PeteZorniger III '77andMrs KimberlyZorniger*

BENEFACTORS($2,500-$4,999)

Lt Col JohnBommer andDr SharonBommer*

Dr.JithendraChoudaryandDr.KavithaChoudary

Mr.NicholasGerakines

Mrs K-AnnHarry

Mr RichardHeyman'79

Dr DavidKirschmanandDr Keri BrownKirschman*

Mr.ArunKori andDr.MamtaKori '94*

Mr.ToddLeventhal andMrs.GabrieleLeventhal

Mr Vincent LewisandMrs WendolynLewis

Mr JeffreyLightner andMrs RebeccaLightner

Mr Wei LiuandMrs Lanmei Lin

Ms.AnnMcDonough

Dr.JeffreyMikutisandMrs.SusanMikutis

Mr N Blair MunhofenIII,EdDandMrs AustinMunhofen*

Dr TimothyPetersandDr KristyZechiel*

Dr BurtonSaidel andMrs AliceSaidel

Dr.ReginaldSequeiraandMrs.EmalynnSequeira

Mr.Rick Stover andMrs.TawnyaStover

SPONSORS($1,000-$2,499)

Mr Robert Albrecht andMrs SherryAlbrecht*

Dr.Patrick AllanandDr.Sahar Abouchahine-Allan*

Mr Michael ArmstrongandMrs KarenArmstrong

Mr Patrick Arnold

Ms Nikki Arnold

Dr GlennBurnsandDr CassandraBurns

Ms.ElizabethF.Cleary

Mr ThomasDunifonandMrs LynneDunifon

Mr JohnEyandDr ElizabethEy*

Ms MicheleConwayGaudet*

Mr DavidM Giles

Dr.Robert GrossmannandMrs.SusanGrossmann*

Mr DavidHainesandMrs LindaHaines*

Maj CassidyHelregel andMrs MichelleHelregel

Mr GregoryJackson

Dr BradleyJacobsandDr CassandraMilling

Mr.MartinJarvisandMrs.KimberlyJarvis*

Dr MohammadKabir andDr UrmeeSiraj*

Mr ShonLogueandMs NehaRichter

Dr Benji MaruyamaandMrs AimeeMaruyama*

Dr Neal DevMehanandMrs MariaJ Mehan

Mr.Robert NewsockandMrs.NoraNewsock

Mr Daniel O'Connor andMrs NicoleGianuglouO'Connor*

Mr EricPachmanandMrs Summer Pachman

Mr P Michael Penn

Mr JamesPickensandMrs KourtneyPickens

Mr.Scott Poznanski andDr.StaceyPoznanski

Mr PatrickPrzyborowski andMs DeborahSpiegel*

Mr GeraldRichardsonandMrs ClareceRichardson

Mr Michael Roediger

Mr RalphSchwartzandMrs FranSchwartz*

Mr.Michael Sosebee'98andMrs.JessicaSosebee*

Mr Matthew Suber andMrs CaitlynSuber '09

Mr AdamS Weissman'06andMrs ChristyWeissman

Mr Robert WillsonandMrs EricaWillson

Mr Michael WillsonandMrs MarthaWillson

SUPPORTERS(UP TO $999)

Mr Scott Adams

Dr.NajeebAhmedandMrs.ArshiyaAhmed

Dr Pani Akuthota

Ms EmilyAlbrecht '14*

Mr JonathanA Albrecht '19

Dr JoshuaAmbrosiusandMrs GabrielleAmbrosius*

Anonymous

Mr BrianAnzek andDr KimberlyAnzek*

Mr Scott J Arnovitz'75

Mr Matthew Arnovitz'78andMrs ElaineArnovitz

Mrs RebeccaAtamian'03

Dr.Daniel AtkinsandMrs.KarenAtkins*

Dr EseogheneAyisireandMrs OmotoluAyisire*

Mr TravisBaldwinandDr RebeccaClarke

Mr JesseBarhorst andMs ChristinaHardnick

Mr DavidBarnesandMrs JoyceBarnes*

Ms.KathleenBechert

Mr Christopher Becker andMrs KwanaJones-Becker

Mr NathanBeckmanandMrs Jennifer Beckman*

Mr NathanBenedict '11andMs EmilyBenedict '11

Mr Tyler Benedict '09*

Mr.JoshuaBernaandMrs.DevinBerna

Mr JeremyBettman'18

Dr Amarjeet Birdi andDr Ashwi Birdi*

Mr G JonathanBoecklingandMrs RebeccaBoeckling*

Ms MarionBoeger

Dr.AaronNielsenandMrsEvelynBoettcher

Mr JeffreyBohrer andMrs KellyBohrer*

Ms JuliaBonifield

Boonshoft Museumof Discovery

Mrs Margaret Booze

Ms KenEshaBooze

Mr.AlanBouchardandMrs.SaraBouchard

Mr Michael Boyer andMrs SamanthaBoyer*

Mr Neil Braccini andMrs CynthiaBraccini

Mr MorganBrazie

Mr LarryBrazie

Mr.DonBrenneman

Mr TomBreretonandMrs AmyBrereton

Mr JakeBrereton'06

Mr CharlesBrereton

Dr RobinA Buerki '02

Mr.MarcusLoweryandMs.LaToyaBurns

Dr GeorgeG BurtonandMrs JeanA Burton

Ms RebeccaButler

Mr JeffreyL Caldwell II '15

Mr Peter CammandDr AnneCamm*

Dr.Li CaoandMrs.XinhongGu

Mr AlanG CardonaandMrs MylaC Cardona-Jones*

Mr MarioCarrilloandMs DarleneWaite*

Mr LonnieCarter andMrs KellieCarter

Dr.StevenCartwright andMrs.PatriciaHeffron-Cartwright*

Mr.GlenCebulashandMs.Rachel Stanzione*

Ms CoraCeipek'15

MamMbyeChamandDr SatangNabaneh

Dr Jit-Tat ChenandDr AledaChen

Dr.StephenChenowethandMrs.DeniseChenoweth*

Mr.StefanChinovandMs.EmilyTrick*

Dr Michael ChooandMrs Sheryl Choo

Mr DennisCleary'92andMrs KarinaJohansen

Mr Matthew Cleary'91

Dr.WilliamA.ColeJr.

Mr.JamesColemanandMrs.DonnaColeman

Mr JonConradandMrs MichelleConrad*

Mr MikeConroyandMrs MaureenConroy*

Mr AlexCortezandMs Jennifer Mueller

Ms.DorothyCrawford-Smith

Dr.GarryCrossonandDr.KenyaCrosson*

Mr QiuDai andMrs YiXinYu

Mr BrianG Dannemiller andMrs JulieA Dannemiller

Mr ArmondC DarbyandMs LonieJ Meyer

DaytonMetroChapter BHS

DaytonBusinessJournal

Mr JamesDeneault andDr MelanieTomczak*

Mr LanceDetrick andMrs JoanneDetrick

Mr RossDettmer andMrs AnneDettmer*

Dr KatrinaDillon

Ms.CaseyB.Dlott '03

Mr MarkDlott andMs DaleGoldberg

Mr BenjaminDrakeandMrs Jennifer Drake

Mrs AngelaDrake

Mr AaronDrayton

Dr.JayDritzandDr.MicheleDritz*

Ms JulieDube'*

Mr ChadDuff

Ms TammyDuff

Dr DavidDuncan'74andMrs AnnaDuncan

Mr.AaronDunifonandMrs.SaraDunifon

Mr SeanDwyer andMrs NicoleDwyer

Dr KevinEdwardsandMrs DanielleHowardEdwards*

Mr Michael EdwardsandMrs RebeccaEdwards

Mr AaronEechaute-LopezandMrs JordanEechaute-Lopez

Ms.LeslieEl-Shedraway

Mr Robert Elliott

Mr ThomasElmer andMrs PamElmer*

Mrs PatriciaMcElwee

Mr.PeteErosandMrs.KimberlyEros*

Mr.BryanErtsgaardandMrs.MelissaErtsgaard*

Dr AaronEversandMrs EricaEvers*

Mr WesEwingandMrs HayleyEwing

Mr NicholasFantaci andMrs Tayler Fantaci

Mr.Robert FatherleyandMrs.JulieFatherley

Mrs.CathyFenn

Ms MariaFerraro

Ms LaurineFerreira

Mr DaveFillinger

Mr.Robert L.Flavin

Ms.ChauntelleFolds

Mr StephenFout andMr BradSullender

Mr StephenM Frankenberg

Mr Michael FreemanandMs KristinFreeman

Mr.DavidFriedmanandMrs.IrisDavisFriedman

Mr.LouisFroelich'01

Ms AubreyFrost '05

Mr GregoryD GallivanandMs JadeM Molina

Mr Robert GartzkaandMs KathieJohnson*

Mr.Andrew GarvicandMrs.LisaGarvic

Mr.StephenB.GeldermannandMrs.CarolynGeldermann

Mr Robert GeorgeandMrs Jennifer George*

Ms AnnaGerhardinger

Dr HeathGilbert andMrs Rachel Gilbert

Mr Bill GlissonandMrs AnneGlisson

Mr.TedGoldenberg'96andMs.AliciaGoldenberg

Ms NityaKumar Goyal

Mr JonGraetzandMrs PamelaGraetz*

Ms ChelseaR Grant '07

Mrs JoanGrayson

Dr.Donnell GregoryandDr.LaToyaGregory

Mr EdGriffithandMrs AnneGriffith*

Mr JohnGrunenwaldandMrs CaraGrunenwald

Mr Tyler Guernsey

Mr KevinHallinanandMs LindaHallinan

Dr.FranklinHandel andMrs.ReneeRubinHandel*

Dr Stuart HanleyandMrs MelindaHanley

Dr StephenHarlanandMrs MarlaHarlan*

Mr ZachariahHastingsandMs TonyaHood

Mr DavidHemmandMrs EliseHemm

Mr.DavidHenderson

Mr AlfredHennig'70

Dr JamesHensel andMrs MariaHensel

Mr MarvinHernandezandMrs LindsayBecker

Ms.AriannaHernandez

Hon.BruceA.Heyman'75andMrs.Vicki Heyman

Mr Michael Hill andMs AnneHardesty

Mr LeeA HitchenandMs MeredithA Lohbeck

Mr JeffreyHoffmanandMrs Casi Hoffman

Mr.Derk HornandMrs.LisaHorn

Mrs.BetsyM.Hughes*

Mr BradHughes'90andMrs CatherineHughes

Mr Andrew Hyatt andMrs MonicaHyatt

Mr JayInglisandMrs JudithInglis

Mr.NazimIspahi andMrs.KaterinaIspahi

Mr.RichardJacobsandMrs.Janet Jacobs*

Dr andMrs Michael Jaffe

Mr JervisS JanneyJr

Dr DonaldB JentlesonandMrs JaniceE Lepore-Jentleson

Mr.JimJohnsonandMs.KathrynLamme

Ms.SarahJones*

Dr IonJuvinaandDr ShahlaHosseini

Mr BrandonR Katz'03andMs Terri Donofrio

Ms LisaKeane

Mr.TerryKelchandMrs.BrendaKelch

Ms.ChristieKemper

Mrs HeikeKennel*

Mr KrisKildal andMrs JennyKildal

Mr Jeff King

Ms KathyKissinger*

Mr.EricKissinger '05*

Mr LarryKlabenandMrs MarilynKlaben*

Mr JeffreyKmuchaandMrs MarieZaremba-Kmucha*

Mr KennethKrochmal andMrs JaniceKrochmal*

Dr Michael Laidlaw

Ms.KristenLaidlaw

Mr BryanLakatosandMs RobynCase*

Ms LaTonniaLandon-Moorer

Mrs CarrieLauterbach

Mr RyanJ Law andMrs DianaR Law

Mr.EvanLaytonandMrs.SarahLayton

Mr Phil LepplaandMrs Heather Leppla

Dr Stuart Levitt andMrs NinaLevitt

Mr JoshuaLewis'91andMrs EmilyUhler Lewis'91

Mr AndyLewisandMrs CaitlinLewis'03*

Mr.JeffreyLewisandMrs.MalloryLewis

Dr B BenjaminLowryM D

Mr Matthew Ludwig'09*

Mr JonathanLuuandMs NhuUyenNguyen

Dr.JohnLyman*

Mr.DanLyonandMrs.YolandaLyon*

Dr Christopher LyonsandMrs CathaLyons,Esq*

Dr Scott MacDonaldandDr ElizabethMaimon

Mr JohnMaderaandMrs LaurenM Madera'99

Dr.VarunK.Mahajan,DABRandDr.MonicaMahajan

Mr.Daniel Malarkey

Mr Emil MammadovandMrs Keniul Mammadova

Mr DennyManningandMrs JoyManning*

Mr AndreManuel andMs KasandraMaxwell

Atty.StephenMarloweandMrs.AmyMarlowe*

Ms.TriciaMarteney

Mr TroyMartinandMrs YvonneMartin*

Col Michael XydakisandLt Col AngelaMasak

Ms PaigeMatteson

Mr.NormanMayneandMrs.TerryMayne

Mr.JasonMcCulloughandMrs.AnnaMcCullough

Mrs PatriciaMcElwee*

Mr RyanMcEwanandMrs DokiaMcEwan*

Mr ZacharyW McIntyreandMrs RobinN McIntyre

Dr.MindyMcNutt*

Mechanical ContractorsAssociationof Greater Dayton

Mr Michael Meiser andMrs Toni Meiser

Dr Michael Mendenhall andDr LisaMendenhall

Mr AronneJ Merrelli '95

Mr DavidMerrelli andMrs Janet Merrelli

Mr.TomMeyer andMrs.DianeMeyer

Dr Patrick MezuandMrs MariaMezu*

Rabbi JoshuaMikutis'06andMrs AnnaMikutis*

Dr Daniel Miller andMrs JaneMiller

Mr Scott A Miller

Ms.ShannonMiller

Ms AshleyMiller

Dr AnthonyM MomineeandDr NicoleM LaSelle

Mr DavidH MontgomeryJr andMrs MaryMontgomery

Dr AllenMooreandMrs DeboraMoore*

Mr.JamshidMoradmandandMs.Jennifer Mesaros*

Dr Alexander MorisonandMrs Heather M Glasgo

Mr MartyMossandMs KathySchneiderman

Mr Rick Mount andMrs LuraMount

Mr NicholasMunhofenandMrs Janet Munhofen

Dr.BrianMurrayandMrs.DorothyMurray

Dr ChrisMyersandDr TiffanyMyers*

Mr RossNewtonandMrs PerlaMontelongo

NoonOptimist Clubof Centerville*

Ms.MonicaOakes

Mr.AdamOakes

Rev Dr Luther Oconer andMrs MarionOconer

Mr JasonOliver andMrs DeeDeeOliver

Mr SanjeethPai andDr AhnaPai

Dr.SwapnaR.Pallerla

Ms.ZoeParaskevopoulosandMr.DavidUrfer

Ms SheelaPatel

Mr JayeshPatel andMrs ShilaPatel

Mr JosephPaul andMrs JuliePaul

Mr.Alexander PaxtonandMrs.BrittneyPaxton

Ms.TheresaPearson*

Dr Bert PetersonandDr Janet Peterson*

Ms KaraPeterson

Mr Earl PollockandMs GeorgiannaParisi

Dr.NicolasPotkalitskyandMs.SophiaHubbell

Dr.EvanPreisser '89*

Mr JamesPristasandMrs BethPristas

Mrs AdrienneE Pristas

Dr ThomasRakandMrs AndreaRak

Ms.DeannaRau*

Mr.Michael RheaandMrs.LynnRhea

Mr Daniel RichardsonandMrs DeborahRichardson*

Mr JimRichter,Sr andMrs JulieRichter

Mr MarkRife'86

Mr DavidN Riley

Mr.EvanRoberts'73*

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WHY WE GIVE

For everyfamilythat hasbenefitedfromanMVSeducation,thereisauniquestory.Sinceour very beginningalmost 60yearsago,wehavethrivedbecauseof thegenerosityof countlessalumni,parents, grandparents,faculty,staff,andfriendswhohavechosentogivegenerouslytosupport MVSstudentsin countlessways

Every gift isimportant.Howwill YOUmakeyour markat MVS?

Youcancreateascholarshipendowment that opensdoorstoachievement andsuccessfor adiverse student body,ensuringthat financial barriersnever slow academicinquiry,imaginationor drive.Youcan boost thedepartment that changedyour life,helprenew andreimagineour facilities,or buildrobust undesignatedfundsthat allow MVStoquicklymeet challengesandembraceopportunities.Youcanmakea gift tosupport theextracurricular activitythat youloved,andthat will helpother studentsfindtheir own uniqueplacesasMVSstudents

Findyour inspirationinthestoriesbelow!

"Now morethan ever,I understandandrecognizethecritical roletheMiami Valley School playsin preparingthenext generation for leadership,compassion,andunderstanding As a'first generation' graduateof MVS(classof 1980),andparent of twoMVSgraduates,I still usethetools,skills,and worldview pioneeredby MVSwhen it wasfoundedin the 1960s.I can think of nobetter legacy of MVS' curriculum and dedication tothevalueof experiential learningthan my children,whohavegrown tobelife-longlearnerswith a compassionatededication tomakingtheworldabetter place"

"Wearegrateful toMVSfor providingagreat educational environment for our children andwewouldliketocontribute tothiscommunity.

It iswith agrateful heart that wegiveour contribution to MVS"

"Our daughter Edie?shorizonsarecontinually broadenedand brightenedby her timespent at MVS.WedonatetotheAnnual Fundasaway toprovideextrasupport tothefaculty andstaff whowork sohard tocreatethisamazingenvironment for all thestudentsevery day "

Wei Liu & Amy Lin P?26,?32,?34- Donorssince2020

Dan & NicoleO?Connor P?32- Donorssince2018

Sam Staley ?80,P?12,?15 - Donor since1986

Sam at thenorthern endof theSeaof Galileein Israel

Wei andAmy with Yuyan '26,Ariel '32,and William '34.

Nicole,Edie'32,andDan O'Connor

Dr Jeffrey Mikutis& Mrs Susan MikutisP?06,?12 - Donors since1993

"MVShasbeen apart of our family for almost 30 years? both of our children,Josh andAmanda,werelifersandwere nurturedandinspiredby thevaluesof theschool Philanthropy hasalwaysbeen acorevaluefor us,andwe wantedtofindaway togiveback tothecommunity that has given usall somuch.Weareafamily of readers,soagift tothe library wasaperfect match.Our hopeisthat theNatureNook will inspirefuturegenerationsof MVSstudentswith alovefor readingandlearningabout thenatural world Wehopethose studentswill grow with theMVScommunity andseek to nurtureit in thefuture"

Michael & JessicaCochran P'24 - Donorssince2018

"Asan engineer myself,I want schoolstoprovidehigh-quality STEM experiencestotheir students TheMVSRoboticsTeam isan excellent opportunity for high school agedyoungadults toexploreSTEM subjectsandpotentially afuturecareer

My son,Ethan,hasthrivedin theFIRST roboticsprogramsfor many years,andhavingthenecessary resourcescan makeor break theexperienceof ateam I hopetheupper school opportunity resultsin growth intothemiddleschool where theinterest in STEM can blossom tocreatestrongrootsfor the upper school teams."

Norm & Mary RitaWeissman P?01,?04,?06- Donorssince1997

"Wecouldnever repay MVSfor what they havedonefor our children andby extension for how MVShasenriched our lives. What wegiveisall wecan dotoat least attempt togiveback so that MVSwill continuetoenrich our communities?children andtheir familiesaswehavebeen enriched Wearesoexcited about how theimmersion methodhasevolvedandbeen woven intothefabricof all levelsof MVSthrough new initiativeslike MakerSpace"

KatieNutter McCallum ?96,P?24,?29- Donor since1996

"Comingfrom afamily of philanthropists,I wasraisedto understandthat you takecareof thepeoplewhotakecareof you. TheMVScommunity isafamily andit?sthepeople, particularly thefaculty,that inspiremetogive.

I seedonationsusedin multipleways,in particular, professional development andfacilities Our teachersare providedwith opportunitiestoenrich their knowledgeand bringit back totheclassroom toimproveteachingmethods, bringnew ideas,andtoengageandchallengestudents.Our environment can havealargeimpact on our thoughts,feelings andactions.From thegyms,aturf field,andan art studio,toa stage,labrooms,andacafeteria All providespacesanditems for our faculty andstudentstoencouragesocial engagement, interaction andlearning

My hopeisthat alumni know how important it istodonateto theschool sothat programs,classesandexperiencesthey had asastudent at MVS,can continuefor futuregenerations

I try toemphasizethefact that it isnot how much they donate, but that they donate,even if it isjust alittlebit,it all addsup."

Dr Jeffrey Mikutis,AmandaMikutis'12,Susan Mikutis,AnnaBennett,andJoshuaMikutis'06

Ethan Cochran '24

andMichael Cochran

Katie,Michael '29,and Josephine'24

Dr Dan Braunlin & Dr Jeri Lynn Braunlin P?02,?06- Donorssince1988

"Our daughtershaveexcelledat MVS,andthey continue!Theeldest,Susan ?02,an emergency physician andtheyoungest,Kathryn ?06,isan assistant professor of nursingat Vanderbilt University

Asparents,Jeri andI quickly realizedwhy theMVSwasthebest educational opportunity for our daughters.Wemadethecorrect decision! Both arelifersat theschool.Thisiswhy wecontinuetodonatetoour school, andtoour new addition,therenovatedTruslow Commons."

Ajay & Nital Patel P?26,?29- Donorssince2018

"Wesupport the[Truslow Commonsrenovation] becausethestomach hasa direct connection tothebrain,sowhat you put in iswhat you get out We believeit?sextremely important for kidstoeat nutritiousfoodin grade school.That iswhen their brainsdevelop themost andhealthy eatinghabits createdearly will carry over intoadulthood.Lunch isafavoritetimeof the day for many kids It?swhen they engageandsocializewith their friends whileeating It?swherethey?remost relaxed They forget their worriesfor those30 minutesandtruly enjoy themselves Thestudy spacein the cafeteriawill allow them todojust that "

Bob& Sherry Albrecht P?14,?19,?22- Donorssince2011

"MVSpreparedour children for collegeandlifebeyondour expectations andwebelievethosethat camebeforeuswhoprovidedfundingsupport to MVSpavedtheway for us Webelievetheonly thingyou really ?keep?iswhat you giveaway.GivingtoMVS(tothelimitedextent of our budget) isthebest way for ustoreturn thefavor andpay it forwardfor futuregenerationsof MVSstudents."

Lt.Col.John Bommer & Mrs.Sharon Bommer,P'30 - Donorssince2017

"TheMiami Valley School isofferingour daughter auniqueandvalued opportunity toachieveandgrow through exceptional Immersion experiencesandtherigor of theeducational programs Our daughter enjoys goingtoschool daily andishappy totell usabout her day upon returning home.Our interactionswith theteachersandadministratorshavebeen impeccable.In addition,weenjoy themany opportunitiesandforumsthat MVSallowsparentstosupport theschool?sprogress.Therefore,weare ?All-In?becauseof thevaluethat MVSbringstoour daughter?seducational growth,character-building,andtalent development Wehopeour giftsto theschool will continuesupportingtheuniqueexperiencesthat makeMVS such aspecial place"

Dan at the2022MVSGala

Ajay,Niam '29,Nital,andMaya'26

Julianne'22,Jonathan '19,Sherry, Bob,andEmily '14

Sharon,Harriett '30,andJohn

Dr.MarketaWills'91- Donor since2011

"My parentswereaguidingforcein my educational journey They both felt almost "miseducated" by their segregatededucational circumstancesandwerevery alignedon wantingsomethingdifferent for me.The story that I'veheardisthat my dadaskedmy mom to "findout wherethedoctorsandlawyersin Dayton sendtheir kids'causethat'swheremy baby isgoing' My mom somehow discoveredMVSandtherest is history I am grateful for thesacrificesthey madeby investingsomuch intomy education Whilethe commutetoandfrom school waslong(I bussedan hour each way from the3rdgradeon - shout out Denny Manningandcrew!),I will never regret makingthe journey every day!

Somuch of whoI am today isbecauseof thespecial MVScommunity in which I grew,learnedandbecame Andtothisday,I continuetobeavoraciouslearner.At MVS,I gainedtheconfidencetoSPEAK MYTRUTH given my involvement in plays,speech anddebate.I gainedtheconfidencetoDREAM BIG,given my exposure toimmersivelearning Aboveall,I gainedtheconfidencetoSOARbecauseI learnedhow tobounceback even higher when I dofail, duetothesupportivenurturanceI receivedasayounghuman by thecaring administration,faculty,andstaff at MVS

I am proudtotiemy legacy tothat of MVSthrough givingby openingdoorsfor futureeager learnerswhomay comefrom economically disadvantaged partsof our Dayton community.I?m especially proudof my little cousinswhoareMVSstudents!

Philanthropy andgivingback ismy biggest flex "

Tom & Amy Brereton P?03,?06,?13- Donorssince1975

"After many years,Amy andI continuetosupport MVS becauseof theprofoundimpact theschool,itsfaculty, anditsculturehadon thedevelopment of our four children:Rebecca,Jake,Charlie,andEmma.Today they arebroad-thinking,engaging,successful,and happy adults Indeed,thefoundation for thepeople they havebecomewaslaidat MVS In partnership with theschool,wegavethem 'giftstolast alifetime,' andwe couldnot bemorepleased Thereisan oldadage: 'Givingisnot just about makingadonation,but making adifference.' Our giftsarecontinuingtohelp'makea difference' in thelivesof theMVSstudentsof today, andtomorrow."

In amultitudeof ways,each year at MVSisformative TheBrereton Family hopesthat therecognition that their awardprovideswill inspirea10th gradestudent with potential tofacetheacademic,intellectual,and social challengesof their final twoyearsat theschool with confidenceandgrace In addition,wetrust that thismaturation will portendacollegeexperiencethat ispositiveandfruitful.

THE BRERETON FAMILY AWARD OF DISTINCTION

Tom Brereton,Amy Brereton, JakeBrereton '06,Brigid Brereton,EmmaBrereton '13,CharlieBrereton '13,Rebecca Atamian '03,Jack Atamian,E J Atamian,andEli Atamian

CLASS NOTES

Talvin Wilks'80 earnedravereviewsfor TheTill Trilogy,whichhedirectedat theMosaicTheater CompanyinWashington,D.C.TheTill Trilogyconsists of threeplaysbyIfaBayeza(TheBalladofEmmettTill, Benevolence,andThat Summer inSumner) which grapplewiththe1955lynchingof Emmett Till andthe murder'saftermath InJanuary2023,PingChongand CompanyannouncedTalvinwouldjoinitsArtistic LeadershipTeam

MingTsai '82,celebritychef andTVpersonality,joined thecast of Netflix'snew iterationof IronChef, subtitledQuest for anIronLegendTheshow will premiereonJune15

Jennifer Chun '94,afashiondesigner,wasrecently profiledinElleafter thelaunchof her new sustainability-focusedline,"Uniformed" Jennifer workswithKoreanartisansandusesrepurposedand deadstockmaterialsandnatural dyestocreatethe garmentsintheKorean-inspiredline

Mandy Gutmann '03wasnameda2022Notable WomaninSportsbyCrain MandyisanExecutiveVice President for Communications& CommunityRelations at BSEGlobal,whichincludestheBarclaysCenter,the BrooklynNets,theLongIslandNets,andNetsGC

Kristin Mann '03andhusbandAaronStephenson

welcomedtheir sonFinnDouglasMannStephensonin June2022.

JakeBrereton '06 andBrigidMcCarthyBreretonwere marriedinBigSky,MT,onSeptember 23,2022

Tyler Greenwood '06 andTravisGreenwood P'06, '09,werehonoredbytheDaytonBusinessJournalat the 2022Best of DaytonAwards.Their business,The GreentreeGroup,wasnamedDayton'stop family-ownedbusiness

NicoleGunasekera'07wedAlecMacdonell on September 24,2022.ThecoupleliveinBoston, Massachusetts,whereNicoleworksastheDirector of theVitiligoClinicandDirector of theSkinof Color Programat BrighamandWomen'sHospital

Christopher Call '08marriedJuliaHochberginSan Diego,CA,onMay15,2022 Thecoupleresidein Lakeside,CA.

Chelsea(Powell) Grant '08andher husbandAaron welcomedtheir secondchild,ArtemisRuthGrant!

Holly Griffith '08earnedher MFAinTheatre DirectingfromTheLir Academy,TrinityCollege, Dublinin2022 Sheisnow theArtisticDirector of CorribTheatreinPortland,Oregon

Madison Kretzler '08earnedher doctoratein electrical engineeringfromCaseWesternReserve Universityinthespringof 2022.

RheaBeckett '09 curatedthenew art exhibition"All Together"withBlack Artist ResearchSpace(BARS),an art curatorial collectivethat presentscollaborations betweenartists.BARSgrew out of Rhea'sMFAthesis workandcanbefollowedonInstagram @blackartistresearchspace."All Together,"aconvening of contemporaryBlackwomenartists,wasonview at theMartinLuther King,Jr Memorial Libraryin Washington,DC,fromJune15-August 28,2022

Tyler Benedict '09 andfiancéeSamanthaWilliams announcedtheir engagement inJune2022.

Kathleen Howard '09 graduatedfromtheUniversity of Texasat Arlingtonwithadegreeinsocial work She hasrelocatedtoCincinnati andisworkingasasocial worker at theYWCAbeforeenteringgradschool to pursueamaster'sdegree.

AlexisTerzian '09 andRobert McGrelliswelcomed LailaGraceMcGrellisonDecember 4,2022

Milan Patel '09 announcedhisengagement toKatie Slucter inJanuary2022 Thecoupleresidein Columbus,OH

JanaePoppa-Noonan '09 marriedSeanNoonanon April 2,2022.ThecoupleliveinSarasota,FL.

JamesBrown '10 andhismother,JannieBui Brown P'10,'12,'14,announcedthereleaseof TheSacredWeb Tarot Deck insummer 2022,featuringartworkby Jamesandawrittenguidebook byJannie.Thedeckwas acquiredbyHarperOne,animprint of HarperCollins, andpublishedinOctober 2022.

Sarah (Edwards) Brennan '10 andhusbandSean welcomedtheir daughter EmmaFrancesBrennanin August.

Kinnari (Patel) Kennedy '10 andhusbandWill welcomedVeeraPatel KennedyonSeptember 15,2022 ThecoupleresideinVirginia,whereKinnari worksasa urologist

Destiny (Carpenter) Shade'10 andhusbandZach welcomedLucaMichael ShadeonJanuary18,2023

Jyotsna(Sharma) Bernet '11andhusbandBrian welcomedtheir daughter SofiaNatashaBernet on November 11,2022.

Elizabeth Burgan '11andspouseNikitawelcomed their first child,MishaAlexander Burgan,onOctober 29,2022.

Sarah Caughey '11wedGrant CareyonJuly16,2022, inRoscommon,Michigan

Laurel Cooney '11wedAndrew GillihanonAugust 13, 2022

CarolineEy '11graduatedfromtheUniversityof Virginia'sDardenSchool of Businessin2022.She worksasaSenior Manager of GrowthOperationsat Toast,arestaurant point of saleandmanagement company

Joely (Barber) Byron Fitch '11earnedher MFAin poetryfromtheUniversityof Idahothisspring.Sheis

currentlypursuingaPhDincreativewritingat the Universityof Cincinnati.

Zach Kurdin '12 recentlystartedanew jobat NASCAR,servingastheSenior Manager of Ticket Operationsat DarlingtonRaceway

Asheev Patel '12 wedwifePoojaonApril 16,2022,in Cincinnati,OH

RobTate'12,knownprofessionallyasSarob,gavea freeconcert at Dayton'sLevitt PaviliononJuly16,2022.

AriannaYanes'12 matchedat HarvardMedical School andwill pursueaMohssurgeryfellowshipat MassachusettsGeneral Hospital

Jack Badgley '14 andAshley Trout '15announced their engagement inNovember 2022

Matthew Cole'14 marriedhiswifeKatyonApril 9, 2022,inHiltonHead,SC.

Leah Jean Griffith '14,knownprofessionallyasLeah Jean,releasedher first full-lengthalbum,Creaturesin theRoom,inDecember 2022 Streamthealbumon SpotifyandAppleMusic!

Conner Imbody '14 wasawardedthe2022Citizenship Awardfor VolunteerismbytheLeukemiaand LymphomaSociety Congratulations,Conner!

Ishan Paranjpe'14 wontheDr.HaroldLamport Biomedical ResearchPrizeat theIcahnSchool of Medicineat Mount Sinai inMarch2022 Heearnshis MDthisyear fromMount Sinai andwill goonto residencyat StanfordUniversity

OnJune2,Evan Staley '14 premieredanew documentaryshort filmonYouTube.Thefilm,titled BorntoAdapt,focusesontheMendocinoMovement project,whichsupportsandencouragestrail running for disabledindividuals

Levi Weiss'14 hasearnedhisMaster of Sciencein EducationdegreefromtheUniversityof Dayton.He worksat RuskinElementarySchool inDaytonasan interventionspecialist

Jeremy Ahner '15marriedCourtneySmithsonon September 3,2022.SistersKristen Ahner '18and KathleenAhner servedasbridesmaids.

Jeffrey Caldwell '15andCharlesWheeler '15 earneda2022Spark AwardfromtheDayton& Miami ValleyBetter BusinessBureaufor their work withtheir company,TumbleLLC.TheSpark Awardsrecognize businessowners35andunder,or businessownersof anyageoperatingfor lessthanthreeyears,who demonstrateahighlevel of character,generatestrong companyculture,areauthenticabout their mission,and connect withcommunity

CoraCeipek '15andTommy Balaj '16 announced their engagement inJuly

Lillian Dunning'17attendsIndianaUniversity's Robert H.McKinneySchool of Law.

Casey Gossett '17acceptedanew positionasa full-timegeologist workinginCincinnati

LanaKatai '17isteachinginTaiwanasaFulbright Scholar.

Brandon Blurton '18hasenrolledat theUniversityof Florida'sLevinCollegeof Law

RishaAnnamraju '18graduatedfromtheUniversity of SouthernCaliforniain2022,whereshestudied publichealthandwasaPresidential Scholar Shealso servesastheCommunityEngagement & Grant Coordinator for DellaPennaMotorsports' Next Gen Foundation

RiyaAnnamraju '18 graduatedfromtheUniversityof Pennsylvania'sWhartonSchool of Businessin2022 withadegreeineconomics Shewill beginher career as ananalyst at KKR& Co

Jordan Hunter '18graduatedfromtheUniversityof Glasgow in2022.InAugust,heacceptedanew roleat theGlasgow Guardianandnow servesasaSenior Editor for thepaper

Avery Woodruff '18enteredanacceleratedMaster's of ScienceinNursingprogramat theUniversityof Cincinnati.

MollieLyon '19 earnedEarlhamCollege'sBobHaines Prizeat their 2022SpringAwards.Theprizeis presentedtojuniorsdoingexceptional workin Earlham'smanagement program.Shealsoearnedthe MVPAwardandTeamworkAwardfromtheEarlham Women'sLacrosseProgram Molliehasalsobeen acceptedintotheArtBoundInitiativefor thespring term,aprogramdesignedtohelpstudentslaunchtheir career inthecreativeindustries

SatyaMorar '19 presentedat theEighthAnnual AcademicInterventional RadiologySymposiumat the

Universityof MarylandinSeptember 2022 Healso recentlyearnedanacceptancefor ane-poster displayat the35thAnnual International Symposiumon Endovascular Therapyin2023

JosephineRose'19 acceptedasummer positionasa MusicManagement InternwithJayStreet Management,LosAngeles,CA Shecurrentlyattends theUniversityof SouthCarolina

JuliaFreeman '20 ismajoringinbiochemistryand molecular biologyat WakeForest University,witha minor increativewriting SheisalsoactiveintheKappa AlphaThetasorority

SumeraSandhir '20 playsvarsitysoccer for Case WesternReserveUniversity.Thisseason,her team finishedsecondintheNCAADivisionIII national championship,notchedanundefeatedregular season, andset anew NCAAD-III tournament scoringrecord thisyear

JanineQuigley '20 spent her summer workingfor DenisonUniversity'sInvestment Office,helpingto managetheschool'sendowment whilelearningabout thedifferent investment strategiesDenisonusestokeep theuniversityfinanciallyhealthy

AdinaWeiss'20 wasrecentlyelectedpresident of the DenisonUniversitychapter of KappaKappaGamma SheisalsoinvolvedinDenisonUniversityHillel,where shehasservedasco-president aswell asShabbat chef Ben Conrad '22waselectedtotheExecutiveBoardof theOhioStateUniversityclubsailingteam.

IN MEMORIAM

JAMESCOLEMAN

MVSmournsthepassingand honorsthememoryof James Coleman,whopassedawayonMay 9,2022 Jamesworkedat The Miami ValleySchool for 22years, servingasamember of the custodial staff andeventually Director of Facilitiesduringhis tenure.

Headof School ElizabethCleary writes,"AnyonewhoranintoJames inthehallsknew himasagracious andgenerouspersonwhowould alwaystrytohelpwhenhecould. Hetookgreat prideingettingthe school readyeachyear for classes andmanagingthecomplexitiesof facilityneedswithasmileand willingnesstosupport all of us In all of myencounterswithhim,no matter what wasgoingon,he showedakindheart." MVSextends itsdeepest condolencestoJames' familyandlovedones.

ROY DAVIS

TheMiami ValleySchool wassadto learnthat RoyB Davis,former art teacher at theschool from 1971-1978,passedawayon November 4,2022.Duringhis tenureat MVS,Roywasavibrant andenergeticmember of the community,bringingasignature senseof whimsytothefledgling school Notableexamplesincludea spontaneous"Cat intheHat Day" in 1972,whenRoyplaced"mountains" of materialsfromtheart roomona tableinthefront hall alongwith sciessors,paste,somestaplers,and asignproclaimingtheoccasion, invitingtheunplanned constructionof headwear by studentsandteachersalike Dr.BarbaraClearyremembers leadinganImmersionwithRoy called"ApproachingAbsurdity," whichwasfocusedonabsurdist art andliterature,duringwhichRoy created"bizarre"opportunitiesto expressthemissionof thecourse, suchasgoingtoausedjukebox

store,puttingcoinsinall the machinesat once,andwritingwith that cacaphonousbackground

BorninJunctionCity,Kentucky, Roywasthesecondchildof RoyB Davis,Sr andMarguerite Schroeder Thefamilylivedin BowlingGreenandLouisville beforemovingtoDayton,Ohio Roy servedtwoyearsintheNaval Reserve,thengraduatedfrom Universityof Daytonandwent onto Pratt Institute,Brooklyn,New York, for hismaster'sdegreeinArt Education

Roytaught art inOhioandNew Jerseyandservedasdeputy director at theMontclair Art Museumbeforereturningto Kentuckyasdirector of university art galleriesat MurrayState University

For thelast 25yearsuntil heretired in2018,Royfoundedandoperated Bert & Bud'sVintageCoffins,a uniquecustomcoffinandurn businessknownfor itsclever slogans- "Don't becaught dead without one"and"Weput thefun backinfunerals."

Withhisquick senseof humor,Roy madeeverydaylifeawork of art He and hiswifeConniehostedannual Christmaspartieswhereguests toastedtohisuniqueChristmas trees,includingatreeinawood chipper,onemadeof porkchops andmanymore

Inhisfamilyobituary,hisloved oneswrite,"Roywill be rememberedandcherishedasa kind,creative,andcharmingfather, husband,andfriendwhovalued ideasandthepeoplewhocreated them "

SUSAN DAVIS

TheMiami ValleySchool wassadto learnof thepassingof SusanDavis onDecember 13,2022.Susanwas themother of JakeDavis'29and JoeyDavis,andtheaunt of SamanthaJacobs'21,LucieJacobs

'24,EzraJacobs'29,NoahWaldman '15,ZoeWaldman'17,andOscar Waldman'21

Susanwasagraduateof Dayton's Hillel Academy,theUniversityof Michigan,andTheOhioState University'sMoritzCollegeof Law Shewasanattorneyfor SonyMusic andWarner MusicGroupinNew YorkCityfor 12years,whereshe met her husband,Rich.

MVSextendsitsdeepest condolencestoSusan'sfamilyand lovedones

RICHARD "RICK" GRANT

TheMiami ValleySchool wassadto learnof thepassingof Richard Grant III onSeptember 21,2022 Rickwasaformer MVSBoard President,MVSalumni parent and grandparent,andlongtimefriendof theschool

Rick,anativeDaytonian,wasborn onMay10,1939 Hegraduatedfrom ShattuckSchool inFaribault,MN, in1957,attendedCarnegieMellon University,andservedintheUnited StatesArmy Rick enjoyedhislong career andthefriendshemadeat ReynoldsandReynolds,wherehe retiredasVicePresident, International Division

Rickwasapillar of thelocal communityandenjoyedthe camaraderieof friendsat The Miami ValleyHunt andPoloClub, MoraineCountryClub,andTheBuz FuzClub Hespent 84summersat HigginsLake,Michiganconnecting withlovedones,sailingantique woodenboats,andplayingfiercely competitivegamesof chanceand skill.

Rickwasquietlyphilanthropicand avoidedthespotlight ?supporting hisowninterestsaswell asthoseof hisfamily Inhisfamily'sobituary, hislovedoneswrite,"Rick'ssteady presenceandquiet lovewere comfortscherishedbyall of his familymembers."

Rickissurvivedbyhiswifeof 58

years,Mimi;daughter,Liz(Charlie) Schroeder '84;grandchildren, Kingsley(Rachael) Schroeder '10 andThieleSchroeder;and great-grandson,DeweySchroeder.

JUDEKORTMEYER

MVSmournsthepassingand honorsthememoryof Jude Kortmeyer,who passedawayon June2after ahard-fought battle withbraincancer.Judeattended lower school at MVSuntil the 2021-2022school year,whenhe andhisfamilymovedtoColorado for medical treatment

Dr ShobhanVachhrajani,anMVS parent,alsohappenedtobeJude's doctor hereinDayton,andShobhan andhiswifeJenncaredfor Jude withrespect andlove,both professionallyandpersonally Dr Vachhrajani writes,"Judeandhis parents,JesseandLeah, exemplifiedtheMVSspirit andour corevalues Asacommunity,I know MVSprovidedinvaluable support tothemandfor that,they areeternallygrateful."

Inlieuof flowers,theKortmeyer familyhasrequesteddonationsbe madeinJude'snametotheCanine Copilotsprogramat Dayton Children?sHospital.Thisprogram

greatlybenefitedJudeduringhis treatment

MVSoffersitsdeepest condolences toJude'sfamilyandlovedones

ELLEN SMITH

TheMiami ValleySchool wassadto learnthat EllenSmith,longtime lower school art teacher andfine artschair,passedawayonJanuary 14,2023.Ellenworkedat MVSfor over 30years,from1971-1995 A kindandpassionateeducator,Ellen wasknownfor inspiringher studentstobecurious,explore,and seethegoodinall things When interviewedfor TheMiami Valley School:1956-2003,ARetrospective, Ellen'sformer studentsrecalled eatinglunchwithher,aswell as makingmasksof their faceswith plaster andpaint (alongstanding project for all lower school students)

Outsideof theclassroom,Ellenwas anaccomplishedartist inher ownAnavidpainter,sculptor,and potter,Ellenwasanactivemember of theArt Leagueof HiltonHead, SC,whereshemovedafter retiring fromMVS Her extendedfamily remembersher asanexceptional pinatamaker,Halloweencostume designer,Christmasornament

inventor,andclogpainter

Intheir familyobituary,Ellen's lovedoneswrite,"Ellen'sartful love of lifeandupbeat naturebrought joy tofamilyandfriendsfor decades Never shyabout offeringher opinionandstubborntotheend, familyandfriendsknew theywere loved.Toleranceandacceptance wereher superpowersandagift that encouragedeveryonesheknew toshow upasexactlywhotheyare"

Ellenissurvivedbyher loving husband,Warrenandtheir three children,JudyBlahut,Amy WilliamsandDavidSmith,aswell astheir spousesandpartners,Greg Blahut,Gilbert WilliamsIII,and AlisonBetty Ellenadoredher eight grandchildren,SydneyConnor and her husbandDoug,EllenWilliams, AudreyCappelenandher husband Sebastian,Gilbert WilliamsIVand hiswifeMeghan,Andrew Smith, JuliaBlahut,OwenSmith,andRex Blahut Shealsodeeplyloved,held, andplayedwithall four of her greatgrandchildren,Gilbert WilliamsV (2years),WarrenConnor (1year), JosephineCappelen(1year),and EugeneWilliams(8months).

Twilight view of theMVScourtyard

THE LAST WORD

by Elizabeth F. Cleary, Head of School

I tookthisphotographfiveyearsagoat myhomeinMassachusettsduringthewinter of 2018,whenI learnedI would beservingasMVS' seventhHeadof School.I hadreceivedthismugasawelcomegift,andI havekept it inmyoffice ever sinceasareminder of that moment andthejoyit brought.

I havealwaysfelt that leadersserveintheerainwhichtheyaremeant toserve That wascertainlythecasefor me I amproudtohaveservedduringthistimeintheschool?shistoryasthefirst womanHeadof School I amespecially proudof theaccomplishmentswerealizedtogether Weledasymposiumoncivil discourse,createdanew strategic plan,wroteanew parent partnershipdocument inpartnershipwiththeparent?sassociation,renewedanannual speaker series,andcommittedtocomprehensivediversitytrainingprogramfor employeesthat hastouchedall aspectsof school life.

Wealsoinvestedinpeople Wepromotedfromwithinanew Director of Environmental Sustainability,anew Director of CollegeCounseling,anew School Counselor,anew Director of MarketingandCommunications,anda new Director of Technology. Wealsohiredanew AssociateDirector of Alumni & CommunityRelations,anew Director of Advancement,and,most recently,anew Director of Athletics.Duringtheselast fiveyears,wealsotook stepstosupport thewell-beingof theentireschool community,hiringMVS?first full-timeschool nurse,aCampus SafetyManager,andatrained,full-timeHumanResourcesmanager.Other initiativesincludedcreatinganew pilot programfor avirtual "arm"of MVS?TheMiami ValleySchool Extension(MVx)

I wishtothankall theMVS facultyandstaff,whoinstormyweather navigatedaonce-in-a-lifetimepandemic, facingpersonal andprofessional challengeswenever couldhaveimagined.Now,aswemoveout of that era,MVSis luckytohavetalentedfaculty,staff,parents,andstudentswhoendeavor everydaytoliveuptotheschool'sinspiring missionof buildingself-sustaininglearnersandcompassionateglobal citizens.

Since1964,TheMiami ValleySchool hasexistedwithacommitment toprovidingthechildrenof Daytonwiththe best educationinthecity.WhenI depart MVSfor mynext professional opportunityat theendof thisyear,I will leavemanythingstohelpinthetransitionincludingthismugasagift for mysuccessor,passingonthetorchof leadershipandmysincerehopefor thesuccessof theschool inthenext chapter of itshistory.

Sincerely,