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THE M O N T C L A IR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY

Graduations 6t Commencement, A New Networking Opportunity, Alumni Awards and much, much more

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Angus and Mary Stuart Gephart: |^j Dedicated MKA Annual Fund supporters, parents of Alex Gephart ’06 and Charlie Gephart ’08.

When parents of alums Angus and Mary Stuart Gephart reminisce about MKA, they start with the month of September. “The Back-to-School Nights are some of our favorite memories of MKA,” says Mary Stuart. “We enjoyed meeting the teachers and hearing about their exciting plans for the school year - the MKA faculty has such a passion for learning.”

At their first Back-to-School Night in 2002, Angus and Mary Stuart saw the newly-completed Arts Wing at the Upper School. “We learned that it had been built with contributions from parents and alums, and while that project was done, we wanted to be a part of this wonderful tradition of generous MKA parents,” commented Angus. The Gepharts began donating to MKA’s Annual Fund their first year at the school.

Angus and Mary Stuart also started volunteering for MKA’s Annual Fund that first year, making calls at the Fall Phonathons to members of the MKA Community. The Gepharts’ philanthropic leadership at MKA has continued even after their childrens’ graduations, with Angus serving as Past Parent Chair for the 2010-11 Annual Fund.

“In giving now, as parents of Alumni, we feel that we are helping the current MKA students and the school just as our children’s education was helped by the donations of the parents who came before us,” reflected Mary Stuart and Angus.

As Past Parent Chair of the Annual Fund, Angus enjoys being able to keep in touch with so many past MKA parents, including the families who were involved in MKA’s Lacrosse Team. Both Gephart boys excelled at lacrosse while at MKA. Angus, a former lacrosse player at Gilman

School, has fond memories of engineering the MKA. Lacrosse Team’s first Spring Break trips to Baltimore, where MKA lacrosse players were able to practice and attend games at John Hopkins University, MKA Coach Paul Edwards’s alma mater.

Angus and Mary Stuart also praise MKA for preparing their children so well for college.

Alex Gephart ’06 was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant upon graduating from West Point in May, 2010. Since then, he has completed the Basic Officer Leadership Course and is currently participating in Army Ranger training. Charlie ’08, a senior at Williams College, is majoring in American Studies and recently studied in Australia at the University of Sydney. Both Charlie and Alex have been avid players of lacrosse in college and beyond, and Alex also recently served as a Graduate Assistant Lacrosse Coach at the U.S. Military Academy Prep School.

Besides staying connected to MKA, the Gephart parents lead busy lives. Angus manages the sales for Delphi Digital, a California-based company that he co-founded in 2007, as well as serving on the Executive Committee of Friends of Army Lacrosse and co-chairing the Strategic Plan Committee for the West Side Presbyterian Church.

Mary Stuart is working part-time for Ridgewoodbased Valley Hospital and volunteering for her church and community health initiatives; she will also serve as the 2011-12 Co-Chair of the Parents Fund Steering Committee for Williams College.

For more information, contact Erin Morales, Assistant Director of Development at emorales@mka.org or 973-509-7933.

The MKA Annual F und provides key financial resources for MKA’s outstanding educational program s. The support of the MKA Community for the 2011-12 A nnual Giving Campaign is deeply appreciated.

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Supporting MKA

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From the Headmaster

trustees news Welcomes & Thank You’s

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The End of an Era & A Lasting Legacy

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around mka A New Networking Opportunity________

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Primary School

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Tech Institute: How Teachers Learn

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Middle School

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Ethics Institute - A Community of Learners 14 Why Social Media in School

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Upper School

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student news Student Laptop Leaders

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2011 Senior Breakfast & Honorary Alums

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Cum Laude & Lifers

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May Term Moments

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The Headmaster is Pleased to Announce

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Graduations and Commencement 2011 : In Their Own Words

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Cougar Athletics

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The Class of 2011

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parent news Spring Fundraiser & Cougar Pride Day 34, 35

faculty news Faculty Shout-Outs

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Founders’ Cup 2011

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Retirements, Farewells & Welcomes______ 40 Bridging the Campuses: A Blauvelt Project 42 PHOTO CREDITS Doug Allen, Phil Cantor, Steve Frantz, Amanda Hirsh, David Hollander, Nick Kelsh, Debbie Kozak, Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Steve Tober

alumni news Letter from the President

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The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award

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MKA on the Road

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MKA complies with all state andfederal anti-discrimination laws.

2011 Athletic Hall of Fame

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MKA on the Fields

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Design: geministudio.com Printed on recycled paper

Class Notes

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When parents of alums Angus and Mary Stuart Gephart reminisce about MKA, they start with the month of September. “The Back-to-School Nights are some of our favorite memories of MKA,” says Mary Stuart. “We enjoyed meeting the teachers and hearing about their exciting plans for the school year - the MKA faculty has such a passion for learning.”

At their first Back-to-School Night in 2002, Angus and Mary Stuart saw the newly-completed Arts Wing at the Upper School. “We learned that it had been built with contributions from parents and alums, and while that project was done, we wanted to be a part of this wonderful tradition of generous MKA parents,” commented Angus. The Gepharts began donating to MKA’s Annual Fund their first year at the school.

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“In giving now, as parents of Alumni, we feel that we are helping the current MKA students and the school just as our children’s education was helped by the donations of the parents who came before us,” reflected Mary Stuart and Angus.

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Supporting MKA

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From the Headmaster

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trustees news Welcomes & Thank You’s

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The End of an Era & A Lasting Legacy

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around mka A New Networking Opportunity

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Primary School

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Tech Institute: How Teachers Learn

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Middle School

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Why Social Media in School

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Empowered Learning: 1:1 at the Upper School

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student news

Front cover photography by Nick Kelsh: Training to become Apple Certified Back cover: Cougar Pride Day welcomed MKA’s newest Cougars

Student Laptop Leaders

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2011 Senior Breakfast & Honorary Alums

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Cum Laude & Lifers

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May Term Moments

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The Headmaster is Pleased to Announce

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Graduations and Commencement 2013 In Their Own Words Cougar Athletics

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The Class of 2011

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REVIEW EDITOR Debbie Kozak, Director of Communications & Marketing

parent news

ASSISTANT EDITORS Debra Allen, Class Notes Secretary; Amanda Hirsh*, Development Associate; Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director; Judy Polonofsky, Director Special Events & Projects; Denise Wagner

faculty news

*Sincere apologies to Amanda, whose name was inadvertently omittedfrom the Spring 2011 issue

PHOTO CREDITS Doug Allen, Phil Cantor, Steve Frantz, Amanda Hirsh, David Hollander, Nick Kelsh, Debbie Kozak, Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Steve Tober

Spring Fundraiser & Cougar Pride Day 34, 35

Faculty Shout-Outs

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Founders ’ Cup 2011

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Retirements, Farewells & Welcomes

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Bridging the Campuses: A Blauvelt Project 42

alumni news Letter from the President

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The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award

45

MKA on the Road

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MKA complies with all state andfederal anti-discrimination laws.

2011 Athletic Hall of Fame

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MKA on the Fields

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Design: geministudio.com Printed on recycled paper

Class Notes

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Table Of Contents

Ethics Institute - A Community of Learners 14

2 from the headmaster Sim plicity can be a form of elegance: an id ea, a w ork of a r t, a solution or a p erfo rm an ce th a t is clear, compelling an d yet complex to enact o r im plem ent.

Books on leadership and management extol the power of simplicity in elevating or transforming organizations and the people in them. I must admit that I am intrigued by the challenge of implementing simple, yet demanding aspirations: here are four to which I have given a great deal of thought since coming to MKA six years ago: To be a school that does what it says To be the teachers our students require To use technology to improve teaching and learning To empower our students to become their best selves Great schools are places that have a worthy mission and fulfill it —they do what they say.

MKA’s Mission Statement is comprised of nine commitments that give daily meaning to the concepts in the School’s motto, “Knowledge, Vision, Integrity:” Knowledge: To cultivate a love of learning in each student To develop independent and autonomous learners To establish a foundation of academic excellence Vision: To engage each student intellectually and personally with the world To graduate students who will excel in college and in their lives beyond MKA To recognize complexity and value empathy Integrity: To strengthen each student’s intellect, character, and confidence

To promote each student’s full and active citizenship and leadership To secure a life-long sense of honor through academic, athletic, and artistic achievement A number of “engines” drive the School to translate its Mission Statement into action, but in particular, five aspects of the School’s structures for curricular management are most significant: the work of the faculty through departments and grade levels, the Academic Program Committees at each campus, the Pre-K-12 Curriculum Committee, The Faculty Professional Development Program which includes our unique Professional Growth Process, and the Educational Program and Policies Committee of the Board of Trustees.

A distinctive strength of The Montclair Kimberley Academy is the high degree of program innovation that is always underway, and by program I mean something far more dynamic than what can be read in a curriculum guide. I am referring to program content and to how faculty and students teach and learn. A school’s true curriculum is nothing more or less than everything that is taught and everything that is learned, both the intended and the unintended.

So, continually striving to be a school that does what it says is both an effort at strengthening institutional integrity and a daily discipline to refresh our familiarity with the school’s mission and our purpose, as professionals, for choosing to be at MKA. Our School is a wonderful and challenging place to teach, but it is not an easy place to work. In order to thrive at MKA, a commitment to one’s own professional growth and a constant push to be the teacher our students require have to be part of each faculty member’s second nature.

We are a full year in to our school’s 1:1 Laptop Learning Initative. The work and leadership of

faculty and students on technology integration have been exceptional. The planning of our Tom and Zandi Nammack join the ranks of MKA parents of alums with the graduation of their son Travers this year, following Educational Technology Team and the 1:1 Implementation Committee are responsible for a daughter Marion’s graduation last year. well and carefully launched initiative. I recently • Through both the Student Laptop Leadership read that a 21 st century education is not comprised Teams at Middle and Upper Schools, and the of skills that are new but includes an emphasis on student technology leaders who teach our teachers familiar skills and habits of mind that have risen to at MKA’s June Technology Institute, we have greater prominence in importance. Creative developed an enduring and growing collaborative problem solving, analysis and evaluation of relationship between students and faculty unlike information and sources of information, teamwork anything else in our school’s history. and the sharing of intellectual horsepower and insight are among the essential 21st century skills.

When accompanied by the content, discipline and written, spoken, and presentation skills instilled by an MKA education, the young men and women we graduate are ready for the challenges and opportunities of the finest colleges and universities at home and abroad.

Promoting the growth of our children and the happiness that comes with potential fulfilled are central and shared responsibilities of parents and schools. MKA’s commitment to the 1:1 program in technology reveals a great deal about the complexity and the power of that responsibility.

Years of planning, testing and research by those faculty, administrators, Trustees, and students who are and have been part of shaping MKA’s curriculum have resulted in a number of remarkable accomplishments which I would like to briefly enumerate:

Our work with over one thousand students each year is measured a little bit like the weather: there are the daily, seasonal and yearly reports - all of which are important forms of assessment and evaluation. Yet, it is the measure taken in the long term, the one that all of us who are adults can reflect upon when considering our own formal education, that brings me back to the fourth of those simple aspirations with which I began this letter, “To empower our students to become their best selves.”

Long after the details of any one day or year at MKA fade for our graduates, our School will have provided them with certain irreducible tools for engaging with the world: the knowledge to make their way, the vision to imagine their place in the world, and the integrity to lead lives of meaning.

Warmest regards,

• We have deepened our partnership with parents as we share information about the use of technology resources that cross boundaries between home, school and personal life for each of our students.

• We have achieved a level of technology “equity” for our students and faculty about which we should be proud: everyone who teaches and learns at MKA has equal and ubiquitous access to the same resources.

Thomas W. Nammack Headmaster

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trustee news Welcomes and Thank You’s

Evelyn McGee Colbert received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and attended the Circle in the Square Acting School. In addition to being a VP at Spartina Productions, Evie is an active member of the MKA Parents’ Association and a founding Board member of The Montclair Film Festival. She and her husband have three children who attend the school - a son in 4th Grade, a son in 8th Grade and a daughter who is a sophomore.

Tracy Higgins received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a law degree from Harvard University. A law professor at Fordham Law School for the past eighteen years, Tracy is also involved with the Montclair Art Museum and the Montclair Public Library. She has a son in 3rd Grade and a son in 5th Grade at MKA.

On b eh alf of the B o a rd , I w ould like to welcome new Trustees Evelyn McGee C olbert, T racy Higgins, Jo h n G affney an d Chim ing Tse.

Evelyn McGee Colbert

Tracy Higgins

John Gaffney

Chiming Tse

John Gaffney received a bachelor’s degree from The George Washington University and a J.D. and an M.B.A. from New York University. Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Solyndra, Inc., John was the Parent Co-Chair of the MKA Annual Fund this past year. He and his wife have a son who attends 3rd Grade at MKA, and he is also the parent of two former MKA students and a son who is member of the MKA Class of 2006.

Chiming Tse received a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is the owner of a farming enterprise in Argentina. He and his wife are the parents of three MKA students, boys in Grades 6, 8 and 11.

It is also with tremendous appreciation that we say farewell to three remarkable Trustees: Elisa Spungen Bildner for six years of service, Robert L. Tortoriello for eleven years of service and Philip McNeal for five years of service.

I would also personally like to thank retiring Advisory Trustees Anne Muenster, Michael Rodburg and John Weisel, who have contributed more to benefit MKA than can ever be sufficiently acknowledged. I am deeply grateful.

Elisa Spungen Bildner has served on the Board for six years in various roles, including 3 of those years as the energetic and dedicated chair of Student Life, as well as serving on the Executive, Educational Programs and Policies, Finance, Development, Enrollment and Strategic Planning Committees. As the parent of four MKA alums in the classes of 2002,2005, 2006, and, most recently, her youngest as a member of the class of 2011, Elisa’s sage advice and warm presence will be missed, and we wish the entire Bildner family well in the next stage of their lives.

One final transition is that of Alice Hirsh, past President of the Board of Trustees and the former Chair of every Board Committee, who moves to the role of Honorary Trustee. There are not sufficient words to express our gratitude for Alice’s work and wisdom, and we are thrilled that she has agreed to accept this new role -together with that of being grandmother to a new MKA Pre-K student this fall!

Bob Tortoriello has served on the Board for eleven years in numerous capacities, including four years as the Chair of the Development Committee and four years as the Chair of Strategic Planning, as well as service on the Committee of Trustees, Facilities, Buildings and Grounds, Finance, Bylaws, Enrollment and Faculty Compensation. The parent of MKA alums in the classes of 2002, 2004 and 2010, Bob’s loyalty, keen intelligence and indefatigable work on behalf of MKA would be hard to replace, so it is with great pleasure that I announce that Bob has graciously agreed to continue to work for MKA in the role of Advisory Trustee.

Michael V. Johnson President, Board of Trustees

Philip McNeal has been a member of the Board since 2006, serving as Chair of the Development Committee for the past three years, as well as serving on the Executive, Buildings and Grounds, Campaign Leadership, Finance, Investment Subcommittee and Strategic Planning Committees.

On the occasion of the graduation of his oldest daughter, we wish him and his family well and thank him for all he has done.

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trustee news DESTINATION MKA! COME HOME FOR HOMECOMING AND REUNIONS! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 -

T he E n d of An E ra

Celebrating the l ’s and the 6’s and honoring the DAA and Athletic Hall of Fame recipients.

SAVE T H E D ATE

This was a bittersweet Commencement for four MKA parents who have served or serve on the MKA Board of Trustees, as they watched the graduation of their youngest children, all of whom attended MKA since Pre-Kindergarten.

1-r: Andrew Wagner and mother Denise, Elisa Spungen Bildner and son Rafi, John Weisel and son Thomas, and Michael Frasco and daughter Sarah.

A Lasting Legacy On the day of the graduation of their youngest son Rafi from MKA, the Spungen Bildner family attended the formal dedication of the newly renovated and named Bildner Family Greenhouse at the MKA Upper School Campus, a project funded by a generous gift from the family. Elisa Spungen Bildner, a member of the MKA Board of Trustees for six years, and her husband Rob, are the parents of four MKA graduates, Elana ’02, Ari ’05, Eli ’06 and Rafi ’ll. As Upper School Head of Campus Dr. Flocco noted, “There has been no family that’s had a greater impact on classes and the life of the Upper School than the Bildners.”

In a short address, in which he acknowledged his family’s “deep appreciation for the superb education their children received at MKA,” Rob Bildner explained that it was their children’s interest in, and advocacy for, environmental issues,

and especially Rail’s particular dedication to organic and sustainable farming, that made their funding this project particularly apt. As part of MKA’s ongoing strategic commitment to facility upgrades that enhance student learning, the greenhouse will be used by Upper School students taking Science Research Fundamentals, Biology, Biology Honors and Environmental Science courses and by members of the Environmental Action Club.

around mka A New N etw orking O p p o rtu n ity On A pril 2 8 th , MKA held its first ever Alumni C areer N etworking event. The evening fo cu sed on the M arketing and Communications industries, and was the first networking event in a three-part series th at will continue to take p la c e into the summer and fa ll.

The “kick-off night” of the series took place in midtown Manhattan at the Houndstooth Pub, and brought together over 40 alumni ranging from the classes of 1970 to 2007 who work in a variety of professions, including Law, Medicine, Brand Management, Advertising, and Sales. Everyone enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they mingled and networked with one other and heard from a panel of distinguished alumni speakers including Susan Cole ’78, Brooke Travis ’97, and Jonathan Zweifler ’97. Sue is the President of William Morris Endeavor Marketing; Brooke is the Director of Brand Management, North America for Starwood Hotels; and Jon is a Partner and Associate Creative Director at Ogilvy New York.

Sue, Brooke, and Jon each spoke about their own career paths and their current positions, and fielded discussion questions from the audience, including how social media has changed the face of Marketing today and how to measure brand awareness. While the speakers each work in different capacities in the Marketing world, there are many common challenges that they face and threads that connect them; they even all share one client in American Express.

The discussion, fueled by our alumni speakers, was the highlight of the night, and the event overall was a great success with everyone who attended. Andrew Kyrejko ’05 said, “the kick-off night was a terrific example of how we can really leverage our vibrant alumni community to come together to exchange ideas, collaborate with each

other and connect people with new opportunities.

The turnout was fantastic, and I’m sure our ‘fireside chat’ with our distinguished speakers could have continued for another hour!”

We look forward to continuing our 2011 Alumni Networking Series with events focused on the Finance and Non-Profit sectors, respectively.

Please stay tuned for details!

The evening’s expert presenters, from 1-r: Susan Cole ’78, Jonathan Zweifler ’97 and Brooke Travis ’97.

I SAVE T H E D ATE Calling all on the West Coast!

MKA will be On the Road in San Francisco on Monday, February 6, 2012 - Details to follow.

Empowered Learning “MKA not only educates, it empowers.

Our 1:1 learning environment combines excellence in teaching, creativity in curriculum, and a highly personal, technology-enriched environment.”

Tom Nammack summarizing MKA’s new position statement.

It has now been exactly one year since MKA launched its 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative, and as will be seen in the following pages, it has more than lived up to its promise. In this issue, we will explore some of the highlights of the program at each campus, meet some of the students involved in the Laptop Leadership Group, read about its effect on faculty professional development and find out where technology may be leading us next.

1:1 at the Primary School Sue Tummarello, Science/Coordinator Educational Technology While personal laptops are distributed to grades 4 and up, the Primary School (grades Pre-K-3) enjoys an equally rich technological environment.

All students have access to laptops and/or iPod touches (and now iPads H see P 11) and their use is woven into the curriculum from the earliest years.

Shared responsibility and an individualized approach to learning and skill development empower the school’s youngest learners. Each child in 1st through 3rd grade has their own assigned laptop that they are responsible for throughout the year. In 2nd grade, teachers differentiate experiences for learners and assess next steps for the purposes of instruction by utilizing the apps on the iPod touches. Students receive practice and enrichment as they practice basic skills of numeracy and literacy using iPod touches.

around mka Students in Pre-K and K create individualized private profiles using “More Starfall,” an application that supports the development of child-directed experiences. This learning experience supports teachers’ assessment practice and helps to develop reading and language arts skills along the way, while students leam to navigate through a website independently.

The use of tools like Kidspiration, a software application, allows children to visually explore concepts, words or numbers. Students can easily edit and revise the pictures they make to tell a story. Whether it be learning about patterns or fractions, graphing 1st grade solid plastic waste data, creating personal timelines in 3rd grade or creating concept maps in all grades, this type of digital learning experience supports risk-taking and creativity.

Access to technology allows students to revise work and retain all stages of revision to be used again for further discussion and inquiry. 3rd grade science students use virtual software to collect data, develop scientific explanations, and they communicate their findings about crayfish behavior and habitat by creating a website in Weebly. In the classroom, students utilize technology to find answers to questions, organize and communicate their ideas. Students create final products in Keynote to show what they have learned throughout the Colonial Research Project.

At the end of the 2011 school year, several classes of 2nd and 3rd grade students were asked to answer questions about their learning and technology tools in a 1:1 environment. Their answers illustrate just how profound an effect the program has had, not only in the range of new and innovative educational tools it provides for teachers, but also in the development of individual and collaborative skills for MKA’s earliest learners:

How did using a laptop or iPod touch help you to learn?

“Creating and easily editing a timeline helps me to understand more about my history and understand my life better.”

“The iPod touch makes it easier to show all you learned; you just tap.”

“Using ideas from my teacher and friends in Moodle helped me improve my egg drop design.”

“Using data from Force Lab helped me to figure out which structure is strongest.”

“You can cut and paste to make your story better.”

How did using the laptop or iPod touch help you to share/show what you learned?

“The iPod touch helped me to compare fractions easily.”

“Using Moodle forums helped me to leam from my classmates.”

“Creating a website helped me to understand and remember what is important about a crayfish habitat.”

How is learning with a laptop or iPod touch different from not using one?

“You could show how you did it and what you understand on the iPod Touch or just pass it on.”

“If you make a mistake, you can edit your work and fix it easier.”

“Using Moodle let me see what other people were thinking.”

“On paper it doesn’t let you know how you did right away; the iPod touch gives comments, and it’s funner!”

around mka Tech In stitu te 2 0 1 1 : H ow MKA T e a c h e rs L e a rn K aren N ewman, D irector o f Curriculum and Professional D evelopm ent Picture this scene: The Middle School library full of 80 MKA faculty, administrators and members of MKA’s technology staff —with their laptops —eagerly anticipating becoming one another’s students for the day.

Faculty conferring with one another as they log into the new 2.0 version of the school’s Moodle course management program to explore and use it for their own learning.

Participants flagging down one of the eight student Technology Leaders who are present to share their expertise with their teachers, and provide them with candid student perspectives on the use of technology for learning. Everyone in the packed room engaged in animated conversation—not about laptops, but about learning.

Welcome to MKA’s Tech Institute, this year entitled “Empowering Learning.” A five-year MKA tradition, this four-day summer workshop annually promises participants that they will “learn by doing” and that they will leam from one another. Through their exploration of learning and of technology tools to promote it, participants not only leam new ways of using technology to support students’ learning, but they also leam to match the right kinds of technology tools to their specific learning objectives.

The frames for this year’s Institute - focusing on student engagement in thinking and learning were Asking Big Questions (days 1 and 2) and Constructing Meaningful Answers (days 3 and 4).

In Monday morning conversations, participants worked to distinguish the qualities of a compliant learner from those of an engaged learner. If we are looking to engage students in their learning, what does that really look like? How would an engaged

learner ask and attempt to answer questions?

How might technology enhance the student’s engagement—and so their learning?

This is not a disguised question about how computer games can assist with learning (though, most assuredly, they can in some circumstances); rather, it is about seeing the opportunities that technology offers for helping students to process their learning in ways that allow them to expand their thinking or to dig deeper. It is about finding tools that help faculty members to provide students with timely feedback on their work, and with a means of self-assessing their own progress and setting and tracking their own goals.

Tech Institute, the inspiration and legacy of former Director of Educational Technology Jenny Zagariello, is an effort shared and sustained by faculty, administration and students in concert.

This year’s Institute included not only the careful planning of administrators and members of the Technology department, but also the guidance of 10 classroom teachers representing all three campuses and six different departments. These facilitators planned formal workshops for participants and led informal sharing sessions of tips and tricks (time we’ve dubbed “Genius Bar,” appropriating the use of the term from Apple Stores). They also helped to shape “Open Space” sessions that were hosted by participants and facilitators alike on topics of special interest to them.

A full day at Tech Institute tends to fly by as faculty members tackle some of the greatest challenges of teaching well and leam new technology tools to promote the engagement of the learners in their classrooms. Participants are empowered not only through the ideas they encounter and the skills they practice each day, but also through the feedback they are asked to provide for the team of facilitators to review, in order to adjust planning for instruction and

learning the following day. Among the myriad of learning, this year’s Institute led to: • Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten teachers with plans for assessing students’ skill development when the students are learning on the new iPads, and their Primary School colleagues ready to teach with Pixie, a new software being introduced to promote students’ visual thinking and problem-solving.

• Middle School teachers equipped with new, engaging technology tools to promote students’ reflection in revising and editing their thinking and writing.

• Upper School foreign language teachers excited about using StudyBlue to promote students’ aural and written practice.

• Math teachers across campuses with plans for using the online Library of Virtual Manipulatives and with possibilities for students to develop their mathematical “voices” through collaborative work on Moodle forums to support more in-depth problem-solving practice.

• Student Technology Leaders with a new appreciation of the nuances of teaching well and a partnership with their teachers in refining the use of technology learning tools.

All in all, another engaging year at Tech Institute.

-■ . ! one 1 î ly e a r •on What Does the Future Hold?

The next stage in the 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative at MKA is the introduction of 30 iPads at the Primary School Library this fall, primarily for use

by Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten.

The design and functionality of these devices appear to be tailor-made for tiny hands and curious minds. Visual icons allow for exploration by pre­ readers, the iPad size is perfect for small hands, and through experimentation and play, MKA’s youngest students can leam the basic skills of computer navigation in preparation for using laptops in first, second and third grades.

From a teacher’s perspective, a tool that allows for individual experimentation also provides immediate opportunity for assessment and feedback and provides fascinating insights into a student’s thought processes. Engaging software for literacy and numeracy projects can complement more traditional classroom learning, and early information and media literacy research skills can be taught with the assistance of podcasts, videos and ebooks.

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Empowered Learning 1:1 at the Middle School Jenny Zagariello,former Director o f Educational Technology and Associate Director o f Curriculum and Professional Development Since the first gasps of excitement when Middle School students opened the boxes containing their new laptops last September, MKA’s 1:1 learning initiative has provided a powerful tool for teachers and students to continue to develop an engaging and successful learning environment at the Middle School. Standardization of hardware and software has made classroom strategies that used to be either impossible, or at the very least, inefficient, both doable and productive. Because access to content in a media rich, interactive environment is so fast and universal, teachers have been able to increase the time that students spend analyzing and synthesizing material, rather than just gathering it.

A critical component of the first year of 1:1 implementation was the collection of data from students, teachers and parents. Survey results from faculty and students report gains the areas of organization, communication, collaboration and feedback, all key components of an effective learning environment. Embedding technology tools in each of these components has allowed for a more sustainable learning environment that goes far deeper than a one-off project that showcases a student’s understanding of an aspect of technology ever could.

Teachers have always recognized the key importance of timely and targeted feedback, and laptops provide a smorgasbord of feedback options: Instead of class time in Band being spent on assessments of individual students’ skill development on an instrument, students use

PhotoBooth to record themselves completing a particular assignment, then emails the clip to the teacher who provides timely feedback outside of class time.

A writing teacher chooses to use the recording feature in MS Word Notebook, to provide ongoing audio feedback on students’ writing that allows students to revise their work throughout the writing process.

A science teacher provides feedback directly in a student’s Evemote notebook, an option that makes the logistics of frequent feedback much easier and enables the student to track his or her progress.

Teachers are using technology tools to provide new opportunities for student collaboration to both build and share knowledge in the classroom and beyond: Middle School history students work in teams to apply their understanding of the Preamble to the Bill of Rights to a social justice project they present to both the Middle School community and other schools in New Jersey. Technology resources such as Google Docs, Evemote, Moodle forums, and PowerPoint support them throughout the project.

Grammar students collaborate to create iMovies to teach younger students about comma usage.

As they consider appropriate content and format for their audience, they have to work with a team and use teacher feedback to develop real clarity about comma usage and how best to convey that understanding.

Science teachers use Quicktime Player to create a webcast to model the thinking process they use when analyzing a graph. A student can use the webcast to guide their own thinking as they analyze a graph they have created in Excel, and then share it with their lab partners to inform real time discussion of the results.

Standardized technology tools have provided new ways for students to focus on critical thinking in order to understand material and communicate their ideas.

The potential of technology tools for engaging students in authentic and relevant problem solving opportunities is unlimited:

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Math students increase their depth of understanding of ratio and proportion by using Geometer’s Sketchpad to measure the faces of celebrities to determine if the Golden Triangle is present. In comparing and discussing their findings, students deepen their understanding of the math concepts using content that is relevant and engaging.

After taking a virtual tour of the Prado, Spanish students use Keynote’s media and voice-over features to curate their own virtual tour of a work of art. They then share their understanding of the work they choose by presenting the Keynote to their classmates and publishing it in the Middle School newsletter.

Media literacy students use Photoshop and Flash animation software to create an ad. The process allows students to begin to develop a deeper understanding of marketing and entrepreneurship through managing the development of an authentic product.

In the space of one short year, the 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative has transformed the culture of the Middle School, both in and out of the classroom, providing students with innovative educational opportunities that enable them to grow in both confidence and abilities.

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And, indeed, teaching students the importance of honesty, fairness, and temperance, for example, remains an integral part of any ethics program.

More recently, however, a second and equally important component of character education has caught the attention of educators: “performance character.”1Performance character focuses on the skill set students need to succeed and excel, such as diligence and independent thinking. Moral character and performance character are the two essential halves of the greater whole which is character education, a concept which has had a significant impact on MKA’s Ethics Institute.

This year’s Ethics Institute was centered around the theme of community and citizenship, and the essential question which drove the week’s activities and discussion was “How do we create a community that empowers students?” As we considered the relationship between the individual and the community, we discussed the ways that MKA is a distinct community. With the understanding that character education involves the development of both moral character and performance character, we focused on the value which MKA places on developing in students the habit of inquiry and reflection, for this skill incorporates both aspects of character education

and is an essential element of life in the 21st century digital world. We modeled this habit throughout our four-day retreat through both individual and communal reflection. With the flexibility and accessibility that the 1:1 Laptop Initiative has offered us, we had the opportunity to integrate a number of different tools and strategies to enrich our reflection and discussion. Using such tools as the Moodle journal and Evemote, participants kept an ongoing individual log to record and keep track of their learning growth throughout the week. During communal reflections, participants contributed to an ongoing Google Doc, which enabled us to work collaboratively while also keeping track of the progress in our thinking.

As the week progressed, what became very clear to us all was how important it was for us to provide students with authentic opportunities for individual and community reflection. For truly authentic reflection experiences, the 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative allows students to become more engaged in this process, particularly because it provides choice: students are encouraged to integrate whichever tools will work best for them. Through this process of developing the habit of reflection, students are empowered to take ownership for the development of their own moral and performance character; as a result, they are better prepared to succeed in the digital world.

1Matthew Davidson and Thomas Lickona, “Smart & Good: Integrating Performance Character and Moral Character in Schools, ” Independent School 66.2 (Winter 2007), http://www.nais. org/publications/ismagazinearticle. cfm ?Itemnu mber= 149286&sn.ItemNumber= 145956

Wearing their Evemote T-shirts, members of the Student Laptop Leadership Group assisted with summer faculty development.

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William Sûtes, D irector o f Technology Why social media in school? In a lively classroom discussion, you would hope to see a class full of students with their hands raised, but how many hands can a teacher call on in a given class? How often does the topic or conversation change from one student to the next? How many students don’t even raise their hands? Social media gives students a whole new voice in the classroom and provides them with an audience beyond the walls of a classroom.

By using micro-blogging tools like Twitter (http://twitter.com) and Edmodo (http.V/www.edmodo) students can simultaneously contribute to an ongoing discussion, and their comments, observations and conversations can extend after class. A teacher can see a multitude of conversations taking place between all their students, then take a particular idea they find interesting and use it to develop a discussion.

Upper School Latin teacher Erica Budd and Middle School science teacher Amy Fossett both regularly use these tools in their classrooms.

Typically, the only people reading a written piece of work are the student author and their teacher.

Once handed in, feedback the student receives is limited to the grade itself and any teacher comments. A blog, however, allows student writing to be available to the world, with infinite possibilities for readership and feedback. Upper School history teacher Dr. David Korfage (a blogger himself) has been so impressed with the quality of the content of his student’s blogs that the best are published in ajournai available to readers on the MKA website. When someone takes the time to read something and leaves a comment on a student’s work, they have connected with what that student has to say - powerful recognition for a young author. Students can also see how many hits their piece got, how many visitors read it, how much time someone spent on the piece, and

how quickly they clicked on to something else (bounce rate).

“I f a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a thousand pictures, ” - Travis Warren, President WhippleHill Communications.

By using social tools like Flickr and YouTube, students have new channels for their voices to be heard. Both the MKA May Term Irish Studies program (http://irishstudies.mka.org) and The Cougar Call (http://cougarcall.mka.org/) —the Middle School newspaper - are good examples of how tools like Flickr and YouTube can expand an audience. Both provide students with the opportunity to use multiple forms of expression (blog, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube) to publish and share their work. Irish Studies May Term is a second semester senior level elective in which students study the Irish Famine, politics and migration before embarking on a two-week field study in Ireland. While traveling, students build a site with images, videos and written content about various areas they study. From 1999 to 2008, the site was kept within the school Intranet, blocked off from the public, but in 2009, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube and a blog were used to publish their work. To date, the blog has had visitors from over 17 countries; the YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/mkairishstudies) 46 countries; the Flickr Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/irishstudies/) images have been viewed over 22,000 times; and the program has over 480 followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com/irishstudies). When the students in Irish Studies speak, their voices are heard.

To prepare students for the rapidly changing world in which they live, schools have a responsibility to use social media, not only to enhance student learning, but also to teach students to use those tools in an effective and responsible way. By understanding the educational potential of social media, MKA teachers are able to give their students a powerful opportunity to have their voices heard, both in and out of school.

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Empowered Learning 1:1 at the Upper School Erica Budd, Technology and Faculty Development Coordinator, Latin Teacher At the Upper School, ubiquitous student access to the same technology tools has fundamentally altered the ways in which students can demonstrate their understanding across the curriculum. Over the past year, there have been many instances of projects and activities developing in a direction that would not have been possible prior to the 1:1 Implementation.

One striking example is the oral history interview project that all juniors taking Modem US History completed in the spring. This project is not new to the Upper School history curriculum. Each year, students interviewed two people, face-to-face, about a particular time period and then reflected upon their interviews. However, it was only the reflection that was turned in to teachers. What made this year unique and different was the fact that, as all students had a laptop with the same software, history teachers were able to capitalize on technological capabilities that previously weren’t possible. Each student recorded at least one interview using GarageBand and then exported the file and shared it through the website Voicethread. Having laptops has enabled the

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history department to record these interviews and create the beginnings of a digital library of firsthand accounts of the late 1960s. These interviews are going to make up a collection of primary source materials that will be available on the Upper School library website for subsequent classes of students.

Faculty and students alike have also been able to take advantage of other extremely useful applications, including Inspiration, iMovie, Evemote and Noodle Tools. Inspiration allows students and teachers to create a myriad of graphic organizers that provides them with an opportunity to visually represent their thinking. Providing students with an opportunity to organize their thinking in a less linear way can help them to see patterns and relationships between concepts and organize their understanding in ways that may be more meaningful to each student. In addition, the built-in templates can provide a starting point to help students see cause and effect relationships, sequencing of steps, comparisons and contrasts, just to name a few. For example, French 3 students used Inspiration to help them organize and demonstrate their understanding of pronorms, and their feedback was overwhelmingly positive about how using Inspiration’s graphic organizers had helped consolidate their understanding. iMovie has also been more widely used this year for class projects and assembly presentations, as all students have access to it. Students in an upper level Spanish class capitalized on this application’s versatility to create short movies to summarize their understanding of the themes of a novel.

Finding images, movie clips and writing a script to explain how the visual images demonstrated the main themes of the novel provided students with a creative way to make their understanding visible to their teacher and classmates.

Last year, one Upper School Laptop Leadership student became Apple Certified. This year, there look to be more. Students are being encouraged to pursue the self-guided training with the assistance of MKA’s certified technicians and Tech Department members Damien Barrett and Steve Frantz. Not only does Apple Certification provide students with a means to an income and career path, it also increases the ability to which some members of the Laptop Leadership team will be able to assist faculty and students on a day-to-day basis.

Evemote has also been widely used, because all teachers and students have premium accounts.

Students can keep their notes in Evemote, share their notebooks with their teacher and get timely feedback to maximize learning. Students can keep their research organized through the web-clipping tool to allow for more productive conversations with a teacher; time is not wasted searching for materials and instead the conversation can proceed more quickly to a synthesis of ideas because everything is organized and available in Evemote.

And finally, because every student and teacher had a laptop in class, the internet-based service NoodleTools could be utilized. Being able to explore the power of NoodleTools note cards both as a class, and while they were doing their individual research, helped 9th grade history students craft their pros and cons about Alexander the Great in a creative and dynamic way.

The 1:1 has provided opportunities for students and faculty to learn, create and demonstrate critical thinking skills in ways that weren’t possible one year ago. The possibilities for year two are even more exciting to anticipate.

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18 student news Getting to Know Som e o f the Laptop Leadership Students Much of the credit for the successful implementation of the 1:1 Intitiative last year was due to the work of 26 students in grades 5-12 who, as members of the Laptop Leadership Team and guided by the Educational Technology Department, tested hardware and software, offered technical support to both their peers and the faculty, trouble-shot technology issues and created apps and training materials to help students prepare for their “Driver’s Test,” required prior to receiving administrative rights on individual laptops. This leadership opportunity is open to students through an increasingly competitive application process; for the 2011-12 school year, only 50% were successful. Here we leam a little bit more about what attracted students to the program, as well as hearing about some of the most enjoyable and challenging aspects of the role from one graduate member and five other members of the group: Lance Barnard ’l l , Ryan Durando ’13, Kaila Fleisig ’14, Jillian Jones ’15, Maya Gujral ’16 and Jack LeCroy ’18.

Q. What interested you most in the Laptop Leadership Program?

Lance: I have been interested in computers since Pre-K. Teachers and students often asked me to assist them with their technology needs, so 1 thought I could use my computer skill set to help MKA through the laptop leadership program.

Ryan: I was interested initially in the idea that 1 would be able to teach other students as well as faculty about computers and technology, and that in the process of helping others I would also leam new things about computers myself. I’ve always had an interest in and a good understanding of technology, so this group seemed like the perfect venue to let that interest flourish, and my knowledge expand.

Kaila: I applied because I had a somewhat solid

understanding of technology, and I really wanted to incorporate it into the classrooms and into the students’ lives. The most enjoyable part is being able to leam from each other and teach each other things.

Jillian: I applied because I wanted to expose myself to the different technology that’s out there, with my friends. I wanted to be able to leam new things to help out my Jillian Jones fellow classmates whenever they needed me.

Maya: I wanted to have a chance to be able to influence what happened with the 1:1 Implementation, and to have an opportunity to work on it and be one of the leaders for the school.

Jack: I was really into technology. I wanted to make apps for the computers and get my own laptop.

Q. How has having a laptop changed your school life?

Lance: Since I write pretty slowly, having a laptop simply changed my entire academic career as my handwriting ceased to hinder my performance in school. While I did have a laptop prior to this program, the 1:1 program has been extremely valuable, as I no longer had to worry about compatibility between computers.

Ryan: School life for me in particular Lance Barnard hasn’t changed much, since I have been using a computer in school for quite some time.

Kaila: My daily life has become much easier; I have the calendar that is always up to date and I can receive mail to stay updated. It has kept me so much more organized than before.

Jillian: Our school life has changed so much since the 1:1 Laptop Learning Intitiative has started. I feel that I am so much more connected to my teachers, in the sense that I Ryan Durando could ask them a question that could be better understood through my computer.

Projects and papers have become easier to

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manage, with programs that previously wouldn’t have been available to us at home.

Maya: It is a lot easier to take more accurate notes, it’s easier to stay organized, and it is easier to get in touch with a teacher when you need help.

Jack: Writing class has become much easier. So has science and Info-Lit. In both, we used to have to write down everything. Now, we type a lot of stuff. Typing is much better than writing.

Q. Tell us about an application that you really like: Lance: One of the best applications included on our laptops is Evernote, a note-taking and organizational software that became increasingly helpful as the year went on. In addition to storing your notes in organized notebooks, Evemote Kaila Fleisig lets you take screen shots, record audio/video, store online sources and lets you access your notes from any computer (or even phone) from the Internet. These features proved extremely useful in almost every subject, especially my two history classes where I had to take many notes.

Ryan: The coolest learning tool I use is actually something most people use every day, but it is considered more of a distraction then a learning tool. Facebook, when you can stay focused, is an excellent way to keep everyone updated on a collaborative group project, and offers a host of features for group collaboration, including a Google Doc-esque document tool. In my final chemistry project last year, the class was set up as a company, tasked with producing soap. We used Facebook to share information and organize out-of­ class meetings in order to finish the project. Keeping all of the different Maya Gujral components of the project (marketing, research and development, production, finances,

etc.) organized onto one convenient Facebook page proved to be a very effective strategy.

Kaila: The coolest thing that I have learned is Evernote. Many students use it and it’s amazing for keeping subjects organized and for keeping diagrams. It helps so many students because it replaces the large Trapper-Keepers we all used to have. In biology, we took pictures of our diagrams with our laptops and saved them in Evemote then tagged them so we can easily find them.

Jillian: The most amazing new tool that I have learned to use everyday at school is Evernote.

Evemote allows us to take typed, visual, and audio notes during class and easily exchange notes with other students and teachers. The tool has become essential in the classroom, and I don’t know how I would keep my grades up without it.

Maya: I think it is being able to record things on Evernote. Tbu can record the whole class and take notes so that you do not miss anything: Jack: I think NoodleTools is great for learning. It helps us type notecards for our reports in Information Literacy, instead of writing notecards.

It also helps with organizing our bibliographies.

Q. What has been the most enjoyable aspect o f being part o f the Laptop Leadership Group, and what has been the most challenging?

Lance: One of the perks of being a Laptop Leader is that you get to try new software and hardware and give feedback on it before the rest of the school. I am admittedly a “techie” so the prospect of being able to test the latest and greatest in technology was always fun. As a Laptop Leader and Apple Certified Technician, people came to me with all kinds of technology related questions and I felt it was my responsibility to always know the answers to those questions, so staying up-to-date on technology was essential. As any MKA student will tell you, spare time is never easy to come by, so finding the time to do this was often challenging.

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A group of Laptop Leadership students attended a Prim ary School faculty meeting to give firsthand advice and insights into how Evernote could be used to help the faculty in their day-to-day working life.

Following student presentations and small group discussions, Brookside teachers were excited at the prospect of, among other things, creating audio notes with children’s voices for Back-to-School Night presentations and emailing them selves notes from wherever they might be.

Ryan: To me, the most enjoyable aspect of being in the group is that, with every step, I learn something new and useful about computers.

Whether it’s from another member of the Leadership Group, or accidentally through the process of helping others, 1 am constantly learning and improving my understanding of technology.

The most challenging things are some of the problems I am presented with by students. I’ve seen some of the most complex, messed up problems on laptops, and trying to solve them is always a huge challenge, and many times, I am unable to fix them. But ultimately, these are also the most intriguing problems, because they’re generally something I have never heard of or seen before in my experience, and the task of trying to solve them is rewarding.

Kaila: The most enjoyable part is being able to learn from each other and teach each other things.

I would say that the most challenging part is being patient and allowing the students and teachers to drive their computers as we try to guide them in the right direction.

Jillian: I think that the most enjoyable aspect of Technology Leadership Group is that I am playing around with computers with the help and guidance of my friends and a very fun and energetic faculty.

The most challenging role is being a good example to my fellow classmates in showing them how to use and maintain laptops in the most efficient way.

Maya: I really like being able to help my peers, but getting people to follow the rules without sounding too much like I’m looking down on them can be a challenge.

Jack: I love how we get to test new software before everyone gets it. It is fun to try new things.

I also love practicing making apps for the iPhone. I really want to make one and have it on the App Store I think it is really challenging to help everyone: students, and teachers in the school.

Q. What part of being a leader has meant the most to you?

Lance: Being one of the people the MKA community could rely on for any problems or questions.

Ryan: The thing that has meant the most to me about being a leader is that we don’t have one “leader” in the group, and a bunch of followers.

We are all leaders in our own respect, and to sit at a meeting and have a 5th grader teach a high school senior a few tips about his Mac is simply incredible. To know that my opinion and my knowledge is always welcome and often sought after by my peers is a great feeling, and being able to help a student solve a problem on their laptop is even better.

Kaila: The most important part, I would say, is being able to help people. Knowing that people understand that if they have a problem, they can come to me, is a really good feeling.

Jillian: To me, being a leader means being a better than average example to one’s peers, to lead them to do the right thing. I feel like this is what we are accomplishing in the Technology Leadership Group.

Maya: Being able to help the school and the 1:1 Program grow.

Jack: I really like being respected more, and having people know that I am good with technology. Last year, not many people knew that I wanted to get into Tech Leadership.

Honorary Alumni presenters Bart Lund ’78 and Kent Walker ’80.

2011 Senior B reak fast Welcomes S tudent an d H o n o ra ry Alums Following the feast and fun that opens Senior Breakfast on the Class of 2011 ’s last official day of school, the Alumni Council’s Honorary Alumni Distinction was bestowed for the second time since its inception last year. The recognition was created to honor those members of the MKA family who have made a significant, easily recognizable and direct impact upon MKA students. The recipient can be, or can have been, an employee in any capacity, and must have worked at school for a minimum of 10 years.

Welcomed as Honorary Alumni into the Class of 2011 were Upper School security expert Albert Rehus and past MA and MKA faculty member Robert Hemmeter.

Often the first point of contact for those arriving early at campus and the last for those leaving after late games or performances, A1 Rehus has been a beloved figure at the Upper School for well over a decade. He began his MKA employment as a parttime staffer in February of 1997, becoming a full­ time employee in September 1999. A former student recalls, “A1 was one of the most approachable and helpful staff members I can recall. Whether students needed blunt yet goodhearted counsel, help with just about anything, or just needed someone to encourage them to make it through final exams, A1 was their guy .... I’m quite sure that any alum who remembers him can’t imagine the Upper School without him.”

Robert Hemmeter was a beloved faculty member at Montclair Academy and MKA from 1962 until his death in 1990. Holding the positions of Dean of Faculty and Upper School History Department Head, in the words of an ’87 alumnus, “Bob embodied the MKA spirit and was a great influence in both the academic area and in athletics. In addition to, or in spite of, his easygoing nature, he expected a lot of students

student news and they wanted to do their best for him. He expected a high level of decorum and mutual respect from the whole MKA community.”

Combining this teaching style with his wonderful personality, Hemmeter made an emotional connection with his students. At no time was this more evident than upon Mr. Hemmeter’s passing, when a group of students wrote in big bold letters on the roof of the Van Brunt Field utility shed, “We love Hemmie.”

1. The traditional signing of the T-shirt that is a gift from the Alumni Council to the newest members of the Alumni Association.

2. A1 Rehus surrounded by his “guys.”

3. A former student and subsequent personal friend of Mr. Hemmeter’s, Bart Lund brought him to life, observing the glimmer in his eye and whimsical humor captured in the portrait that hangs in the Upper School Library.

student news Cum Laude 2 0 1 1 Twenty one seniors from the MKA Class of 2011 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society at a formal ceremony held at the Upper School on June 12.

The student inductees are: Ana Blinder, Alexa Burzinski, Sarah Cuneo, Kyle Duca, Julie Emra, Sarah Frasco, Lauren Friezo, Isabel Glusman, Polina Kasparova, Daniel Kwartler, Elese Lau, Marisa Lieberman, Andrew Lokker, Chris McEwen, Meredith Moran, Lauren Morisseau, Christopher Pepe, Brian Perlmutter, Lucia Randall, Andrew Wagner and Carina Wong.

MKA Lifers in the Class o f 2 0 1 1 Back row 1-r: Brian Perlmutter, Rafi Spungen Bildner, Andrew Wagner, Sarah Cuneo, Lance Barnard, Jack Strain, Chadd Mukete, Thomas Weisel, Matthew Wetzel Middle row 1-r: Rebecca Bolton, Alexa Burzinski, Meredith Moran, Becky Smith, Daniel Roses, Evan Russenberger-Rosica, Jennifer Kalkan Front row 1-r: Jessie Chase, Sarah Frasco, Tara Polizzi, Carina Wong, Natalie Lutz, Roma Desai Missing from photo: Lauren Friezo

Dr. Dana Holwitt, MKA Class of 1991, a nationally recognized surgeon at the Montclair Breast Center gave the address, in which she reflected on the ways that her MKA education had “armed” her with the skills to achieve excellence in life, to think analytically, and to never give up in the face of adversity. Appreciating her good fortune to have attended “this grand school on top of the hill,” Holwitt concluded her remarks by congratulating the inductees and extolling them to “Be proud that you represent the best of the best at MKA.” The Cum Laude Society, established in 1906, is modeled on the Phi Beta Kappa Collegiate National Honor Society and recognizes the scholastic achievement of secondary school students. It is the highest academic honor bestowed on members of the graduating class.

student news M ay Term M oments Interested in seeing the world?

How does interning at a girls’ school in Rwanda, building homes in Ecuador, working on a conservation project in the Galapagos, taking school-sponsored trips to Ireland or China, or blogging from a fashion house in Paris sound?

Thinking about a future career?

How about gaining teaching experience in a variety of classrooms, working on original film, photography, music, or sculpture projects, or interning in fields as diverse as politics, medicine, business or the media?

Want to help others?

What about volunteering with local organizations that help adults and children, national organizations that support human rights, or working on individual projects that support the environment?

These options represent just a small sampling of some of the remarkable May Term offerings and experiences that were enjoyed by MKA’s 105 seniors this past spring. At the end of their formal studies and as the culmination of their senior year, students spend a month participating in international or domestic trips, service learning initiatives, internships or individual projects of their choice.

To highlight just a few of the projects, Alexa Burzinski, Jill Karole and Lauren Morriseau tried “green” living firsthand as they share a yurt and use poetry as the medium to reflect on the enterprise (see yurtadventure.wordpress.com), Andrew Lokker and Conrad Makow designed and built robots that could walk, sense walls and identify colors; Carly Earle interned in a hospital in Philadelphia; Alexis Richards designed and created outfits for a charity fashion show; and Carina Wong took a series of photographic portraits of eight of her classmates.

With the freedom to pursue individual interests in real-world situations, May Term affords MKA seniors preparation for the challenges ahead, as well as some unforgettable memories. As posted by Jessie Chase on her blog http://w ordbyjessie.com , live from a m onth-long internship at APC in P aris, I It has been INCREDIBLE!”

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Senior Awards The Rudolph Deetjen Award fo r athletics and academic achievement: Kyle Duca and Kerry Fusco The Ethel M. Spurr Award fo r cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship: Lauren Morisseau The Marjorie Winfield Easter Award fo r sportsmanship, self-discipline, and behind-the-scenes service: Carina Wong The Robert C. Hemmeter Memorial Award fo r intellectual curiosity, love o f books and sports and enthusiasm fo r living: Christopher McEwen The Peter R. Greer Character Award fo r the habits o f truthfulness, honesty, kindness, and promotion o f mutual trust andfriendship: Elese Lau

Senior D epartm ent Prizes Barras Prize in English - Christopher McEwen Foreign Language Prize in French Meredith Moran Foreign Language Prize in Latin Brandon Wahba Foreign Language Prize in Spanish Justin Goldsman Nazarian Prize for Mathematics — Andrew Lokker William H. Miller Prize in Science - Sarah Cuneo Downsbrough Science Scholarship Lucia Randall Margaret Jenkins Osborne Prize for Excellence in Science - Andrew Lokker History Prize - Meredith Moran John Rabuse History Award Evan Russenberger-Rosica

Fine & Performing Arts Awards Visual Arts Jessie Chase and Andrew Wagner John Philip Sousa Band Award - Elese Lau Louis Armstrong Jazz Award - Andrew Lokker Vocal Award - Everett Glenn and Christopher Pepe Communications - Christopher McEwen Dance Award - Jessica Malat Marilyn Faden Award for Excellence in the Theatre Arts Drama - Sarah Cuneo and Lauren Friezo Musical Theatre - Alexa Adderley and Mikale D’Andrea Technical - Lauren Mazzeo and Carina Wong Health & Physical Education Prize Adam Fanslau The James D. Timmons Scholarship Sarah Cuneo The Bud Mekeel Memorial Scholarship Adam Fanslau 12th Grade Community Service Award Jennifer Kalkan Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award: Seth Bynum The A1 Staph Award - Kyle Duca 12th Grade Klein Awards - Jonathan Strain and Skylar Zlotnick Head’s Awards - Rephael Bildner, Sierra Cocoziello, Jillian Karole, Rebecca Smith, Thomas Weisel 12th Grade Avery Barras Scholar (All A’s) Polina Kasparova 12th Grade Mary K. Waring Scholars (A’s and A-’s) - Ana Blinder, Daniel Kwartler, Elese Lau, Andrew Lokker, Natalie Lutz, Meredith Moran, Brian Perlmutter, Lucia Randall Gold Award for Community Service Hours Michael High Silver Award for Community Service Hours Sierra Cocoziello, Jennifer Kalkan Bronze Award for Community Service Hours Julie Emra, Brandon Kwan, Amar Patel, Brian Perlmutter

Awards for U nderclassm en The MacVicar Prize: Casey Musicant, Edward Rosini, Allison Sweeney The Frank “Poncho” Brogan Memorial Scholarship: Nell Hryshko The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal: David Frankl The John Rabke Memorial Award: Kelly Wallace The Elizabeth O’Neil Feagley Creativity Award: Devon Geyelin Klein Awards Grade 11: Hallie Earle and Patrick Karole Grade 10: Carlie Till and Matthew Lane Grade 9: Gina Guccione and Elliot Furbert Faculty Scholar Awards Grade 11: Yanick Couture, Devon Geyelin, John Mallock, Lauren Martin Grade 10: Danielle Charpentier, Nicholas Pai, David Reading Grade 9: Elliot Furbert, Savannah Fusaro, Anna Lane, Kelsey O’Connor Gold Award for Community Service Hours Grade 11: Daryl Uberoi Grade 10: Puja Singh Silver Award for Community Service Hours Grade 11: Sarah Bradley Grade 10: Bridget Velez Bronze Award for Community Service Hours Grade 11: Jamie Buren, Krishna Gall, Jenny Osbun Grade 10: Danielle Charpentier, Olutola Ebunlomo

Mary K. Waring Scholars for 2010-2011 (A’s and A-’s) Grade 11: Zachary Friedman, Devon Geyelin, Nell Hryshko, Lauren Martin, Allison Sweeney Grade 10: Michaela Mclnerney, Emma Montoya, Jeremy Moses, Nicholas Pai, Jeffrey Smith Grade 9: Robert Borbone, Madeline Colbert, Margaret Dancy, Divya Dasani, Savannah Fusaro, Gina Guccione, Jacob Kleinbaum, Anna Lane, Alexander Levy, Nicholas Lokker, Kelsey O’Connor, Amy Parker, Lyndsi Ross-Trevor, Sydney Silodor Additional Accolades to Members of the Class of 2011 Congratulations to: Sarah Cuneo for receiving a National Merit Scholarship.

And to: Lance Barnard for receiving a Hunt Scholarship to Southern Methodist University.

Jessie Chase for being featured both in person and for her blog wordbyjessie.com in Seventeen Magazine’s August 2011 issue.

Lauren Friezo for taking second prize in the 2011 Theatre Project’s Annual Young Playwrights Competition.

Adria Spivack for receiving three Honorable Mention Awards in the New Jersey Scholastic Art and Writing Contest for her mixed media and artwork.

Avery Barras Distinguished Schlars for 2010-2011 (All A’s) Grade 11: Yanick Couture, John Mallock Grade 10: Danielle Charpentier, David Reading Grade 9: Elliot Furbert, Nadia Uberoi

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1It does not matter how old or new to MKA we are, because we have all come together as one.

We are close because of our experiences together, and stronger because of them as well. But most of all, we are prepared. We are prepared for whatever high school, and life after that, could possibly throw at us... We will always have our friendships. We will always remember how lucky we are to have been here together.”

Madison Rivlin, Middle School Closing Exercises.

ü * * W hat better way to live, than with “verve,” liveliness, chutzpah?

O ur lives today separate from each other, as we em bark on wildly different paths. Yet no m atter where we go, the best we can do is always carry with us joyousness__ O ur lives are not so much our accomplishments, b u t our attitudes.... We can’t be receptive to all of life’s possibilities unless we approach life itself with energy and spirit. Unless we awake in the morning and roll out of bed not with dread, but with excitement. And unless we possess a certain kind of love, a love for both the world and all who inhabit it. It is this love, paired with excitement and verve, th at enriches life. ^ ^ A ndrew W agner, C o m m en cem en t S p ea k er

around mka G rad u atio n s an d Com m encem ent 2011: In T h e ir Own W ords I finally realized that it is our individualism as a grade that makes us stand out. Each of us is just so different from one another.... Perhajps it’s 201 l ’s fierce determination and focus that drive our distinct individualism, for we dare to reach and we dare to accomplish. None of us even waited for college to begin to start carving our own paths. Yet, as concentrated as we are on our own ambitions, it’s safe to say that no one has lost the sense of community we have as a class. In fact, that unity is the driving force that allows each and every one of us to be brave enough to go after what we want.... You are all incredibly talented, intuitive and genuine, and it is an honor to say that I am one of you.”

Carina Wong, Commencement Speaker There are many footprints you are leaving behind you. We have much to thank you for and remember you by. Your funloving ways, your dynamic personalities, your creativity, your passion for learning. These are but a few of the ways in which you leave your legacy and for which you will be remembered in the years to come.”

Ginger Kriegel, Head of Primary School 44

We must kill our child selves so that we can be more responsible, and be ready for more strenuous challenges and tasks.... Without our egos interfering with our thoughts, we can do what we know to be right.... We must take what we have learned and use it to benefit our lives, and the lives of others in as many ways as possible. This will help us continue to grow, and make it a little easier to slay our dragons and achieve our nirvana.”

Drew Crichlow, Middle School Closing Exercises, reflecting on lessons learned in the 8th Grade Odyssey unit.

As with most things, you get out of this school what you’ve put into it. You’ve given your all to MKA - that goes without question.... As you have done here, take advantage of the opportunities life throws your way. You will be all the better for it. You leave us today equipped with the MKA education that has fostered the success of thousands of graduates before you. I am confident you will be no different.”

Dr. David Flocco, Head of Upper School I have experienced more joy this year 5 a s I walked through the Eighth Grade hall each morning, on my way to my post on car line, listening to them chat about an upcoming paper that’s due, laugh over some video they’re watching together on someone’s laptop, playing their guitars —2 or 3 strong on some mornings, just being eighth graders - more joy than I can truly explain to you.”

Dr. Randy Kleinman, Head of Middle School So this is where I will finish today, by not taking you for granted, but offering my thanks for your work and your friendship, certain in the knowledge that you have the capacity to lead lives of humility, grace and gratitude.”

Thomas W. Nammack, Headmaster

student news Cougar Athletics 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 1 Cougar A thletic Honors & Awards:

W in te r

Congratulations to Everett Glenn ’ll, Captain o f the Boys ’Fencing Team and recipient o f the MKA Winter Captain’s Award.

Boys’ Basketball Head Coach: Tony Jones (11thYear) Record: 22-5 Congratulations to the Team: SEC Independence Division Champions Stephen Bezer ’l l MKA Coaches Award Seth Bynum ’l l MKA Coaches Award; Honorable Mention All-Independence Div., SEC Kevin Goode ’l l MKA Coaches Award; 2ndTeam AllIndependence Div., SEC John Snow ’l l Achieved 1000 career points in a game at MKA! MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Independence Div., SEC; SEC Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game; Essex-Hudson All-Star Game; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Kieran Powell ’12 1st Team All-Independence Div., SEC Matthew Lane ’13 1st Team All-Independence Div., SEC Girls’ Basketball Head Coach: MaeOla Bolton (2ndYear) Record: 22-6 Congratulations to the Team: SEC Independence Division Champions Ashley Bishop ’l l MKA Defensive Player of the Year; 1st Team All-Independence Div., SEC Blair Landolfi ’l l MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Independence Div., SEC; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger

Kaitlyn Eda ’13 2ndTeam All-Independence Div., SEC Kayla Eda ’13 Honorable Mention All-Independence Div., SEC Alexandra Fotinopoulos ’13 MKA Coaches Award Boys’ Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (7thYear) Record: 6-4 Everett Glenn ’l l MKA Most Valuable Player Award; MKA Winter Captain’s Prize; 2ndTeam All-State Epee, Star Ledger; 2ndTeam All-State Epee, NJIFA; NJPrep State Epee Champion Jayson Kleinman ’13 MKA Coaches Award Ian Wilson ’13 MKA Most Improved Player Award Girls’ Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (7thYear) Record: 3-8 Claudia Carcamo ’13 MKA Most Improved Player Award Ice Hockey Head Coach: John LaGorce (1st Year) Record: 13-10 Congratulations to the Team: Mclnnis Cup Champions; 2011 Essex County “Team o f the Year”, Star Ledger Daniel Roses ’l l NJSIAA/Hobey Baker Foundation 2011 Character Award David Grillo ’12 MKA Coaches Award Alex Morse ’12 Honorable Mention Northern Conference, NJIHL; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Craig Schweitzer ’12 MKA Coaches Award

Mark Bowen ’13 Honorable Mention Northern Conference, NJIHL; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Edward Haracz ’13 2nd Team Offense Northern Conference, NJIHL; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Nicholas Picinic ’13 1st Team Defense Northern Conference, NJIHL; MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Boys’ Indoor Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (12thYear) Matthew Gregory ’12 MKA Coaches Dedication and Effort Award Billy Lennon ’12 MKA Coaches Performance Award Girls’ Indoor Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (12thYear) Hallie Earle ’12 MKA Coaches Performance Award; 3rd Team All-Essex County 200M, Star Ledger Dana Placentra ’13 2nd Team All-Essex County Pole Vault, ECCA; 2nd Team All Non-Public Pole Vault, Star Ledger

Lyndsi Ross-Trevor ’14 MKA Coaches Performance Award; 2nd Team All-Essex County Pole Vault, Star Ledger; 1st Team All Non-Public Pole Vault, Star Ledger Boys’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (3rdYear) Record: 4-5 Matthew Flint ’l l MKA Most Valuable Player Award; Honorable Mention All-SEC Jeremy Zak ’12 2ndTeam 500 Freestyle, All-SEC; 2nd Team All-Essex County 200 IM, Star Ledger Elliot Furbert ’14 MKA Rookie of the Year Award Girls’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (3rdYear) Record: 4-5 Alexa Burzinski ’l l MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 2ndTeam 200 Individual Medley, All-SEC; 1st Team All-Essex County 100 Fly, Star Ledger Joanna Zak ’14 Honorable Mention All-SEC

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I Wrestling Head Coaches: Neal Picillo (15thYear) Record: 0-15 Dominic Leone ’12 2nd Team All-Colonial Division, SEC Freddy Davis ’13 MKA Most Improved Wrestler Award

Spring

Congratulations to Ashley Bishop ’ll, Captain o f the Softball Team and recipient o f the MKA Spring Captain’s Award.

Baseball Head Coach: Ralph Pacifico (20thYear) Record: 16-12 Travers Nammack ’l l 1st Team All-Liberty Division, SEC; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger John Beck ’12 2nd Team All-Prep B Max Herrmann ’12 1st Team All-Liberty Division, SEC; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger; 3rd Team All Non-Public, Star Ledger Nicholas Masterson ’12 Honorable Mention All-Liberty Division, SEC; Honorable Mention All-Prep B Michael Sasso ’12 2nd Team All-Liberty Division, SEC; 2nd Team All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Robert Pannullo ’13 Honorable Mention All-Prep B

Softball Head Coaches: Jessica Sarfati (1st Year) Record: 3-22 Ashley Bishop ’l l MKA Most Valuable Player Award; MKA Spring Captain’s Prize; 1st Team All-Prep B; Honorable Mention All-American Div., SEC Gianna Bruno ’l l MKA Team Player Award Casey Musicant ’12 MKA Coaches Award; Honorable Mention All-Prep B Nadia Uberoi ’14 Honorable Mention All-Prep B Boys’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Congratulations to Paul Edwards (9th Year) named 2011 Waterman Division Coach o f the Year Record: 17-2 Congratulations to the Team: 2011 NJISAA Prep B State Champions; 2011 NJILL Waterman Division Champions; 2011 NJSIAA Non-Public B State Finalist; Finished 2011 season ranked #7 7 in Star Ledger Top 20 Kyle Duca ’l l MKA “Varsity Award”; 2nd Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; MKA W. Noll Klank Memorial Award; 1st Team All-Prep B; All-Waterman Division, Star Ledger

Jack Strain ’l l 1st Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; Waterman Division Player of the Year; 2nd Team All-State NonPublic, NJILCA; Academic AllAmerican, US Lacrosse; MKA Alumni Outstanding Teammate Award; 1st Team All-Prep B; All-Waterman Division, Star Ledger; 1st Team AllEssex County, Star Ledger; 3rd Team All-State, Star Ledger Patrick Karole ’12 1st Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; 2nd Team All-State Non-Public, NJILCA; 1st Team All-Prep B; AllWaterman Division, Star Ledger; 1st Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger; 1st Team All-Junior, Star Ledger Kyle Morris ’12 2nd Team All-Prep B Alex Morse ’12 2nd Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; MKA Groundball Award; 2nd Team All-Prep B; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Craig Schweitzer ’12 1st Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; 1st Team All-Prep B; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Jonathan Kingsley ’13 MKA Most Improved Player Award Matthew Lane ’13 1st Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; 1st Team All-Prep B; All-Waterman Division, Star Ledger; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger; 1st Team All-Soph/Frosh, Star Ledger Mark Phillips ’13 Honorable Mention All-Waterman Division, NJILL; 2nd Team All-Prep B; 3rd Team All-Soph/Frosh, Star Ledger

Thomas Fusco ’14 MKA Most Promising Newcomer Award Girls’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Fay Lonsinger (1st Year) Record: 10-10 Congratulations to the Team: 2011 NJISAA Prep B State Champions Kerry Fusco ’l l 1st Team All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-Freedom Div., NJIGLL; 1st Team All-Liberty Div., SEC; Essex County “All-Tournament” Team Skylar Zlotnick ’l l New MKA Record Holder with 247 career goals! MKA Most Viluable Player Award; MKA “Varsity Award”; 1st Team All-Freedom Div., NJIGLL; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team AllLiberty Div., SEC;Essex County “All-Tournament” Team Becky Smith ’l l Honorable Mention All-Liberty Div., SEC Tess Meyer ’12 MKA Coaches Award; 1st Team AllPrep B; 2nd Team All-Freedom Div., NJIGLL; 1st Team All-Liberty Div., SEC Allie Bond ’13 MKA Unsung Hero Award; Honorable Mention All-Freedom Div., NJIGLL; 2nd Team All-Liberty Div., SEC Jasmine Cole ’13 2nd Team All-Liberty Div., SEC Girls’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (12thYear) Record: 4-4 Hallie Earle ’l l New MKA Record Holder in 55, 100 and 200-meter events and with Sarah Bradley ’12, Danielle Charpentier ’13

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and Sarah Finn ’13 new 4x400 Relay record, 1st Team.All-Colonial Div., SEC; 1st Place 100MNJSIAA Non-Public B North Sectional Track & Field Championship', 3rd Team All-Essex County 200M, Star Ledger Sarah Bradley ’12 MKA Dedication & Effort Award Sarah Finn ’13 1st Team All-Colonial Div., SEC Dana Placentra ’13 New MKA Record Holder in Long Jump!

MKA Outstanding Track & Field Performance Award; 2nd Team AllColonial Div., SEC; 1st Place Pole Vault Essex County Track & Field Championship; 1st Place Pole Vault Relay Essex County Track & Field Championship', 3rd Team All-Essex County Pole Vault, Star Ledger; 3rd Team All Non-Public Pole Vault, Star Ledger Lyndsi Ross-Trevor ’14 New MKA Record Holder in Pole Vault!

MKA Outstanding Track & Field Performance Award; Honorable Mention All-Colonial Div., SEC; l s‘ Place Pole Vault NJSIAA Non-Public B Track & Field Championship; 1st Place Pole Vault NJSIAA Non-Public B North Sectional Track & Field Championship; 1st Place Pole Vault Relay Essex County Track & Field Championship', 2nd Team All-Essex County Pole Vault, Star Ledger; 1st Team All Non-Public Pole Viult, Star Ledger Boys’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (12thYear) Record: 3-4 Daniel Stern ’l l MKA Senior Dedication & Effort Award

1:lyear •on “Spotlight” School - MKA MKA’s 1:1 Implementation Initiative will be highlighted at the 2012 Lausanne Laptop Institute to be held in Memphis, TN next summer. The Institute, billed as “THE Collaborative One-to-One Conference for K-12 Professionals” is an international think tank for schools using and considering using laptops for learning.

Members of MKA’s technology and educational technology departments have been presenters in the past, and to be a featured “Spotlight” school is considered an honor in the field.

Billy Lennon ’12 1st Team All-Colonial Div., SEC Kieran Powell ’12 Honorable Mention All-Colonial Div., SEC Will Dudek ’13 2nd Team All-Colonial Div., SEC Elliot Furbert ’14 New MKA Record Holder in 400-meter event! MKA Outstanding Track & Field Performance Award; 2nd Team AllColonial Div., SEC Boys’ Tennis Head Coach: Val Azzoli (6thYear) Record: 5-15 Conor Breen ’l l MKA Coaches Award Brandon Kwan ’l l MKA Coaches Award Jason Kwan ’13 MKA Most Valuable Player Award Golf Head Coach: Jeff Beer (5thYear) Record: 11-5 Matthew Kraus ’l l MKA Outstanding Career Award; Team All-American Div., SEC John Mallock ’12 Honorable Mention All-American Div., SEC Stephen Piela ’12 MKA Most Valuable Player Award; ■ Team All-American Div., SEC; 1st Place NJ Prep B Golf Championship

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parent news The Spring Fundraiser

All T h a t We Love

This year’s PAMKA Spring Fundraiser “All That We Love,” held at the Pleasantdale Chateau on April 9, was a resounding success and proved conclusively that MKA is indeed much loved.

Under the expert and experienced leadership of parent event chair Diana Fennelly (returning to the position for the second time), “All That We Love” had something for everyone. Guests enjoyed the cocktail hour (complete with MKA-colored drinks and an MKA ice sculpture) while perusing a vast array of silent auction items displayed in seven categories: Art and Home, Cougar Spirit, Excursions, Entertainment and Experiences, Gourmet Wine and Dine, Indulgences, Kids, and Sports, Fitness and Health.

Dancing to a live band and hearing student performances from the Upper School Mastersingers and the Middle School Chorale set the scene for dinner and the excitement of the Live Auction, once again led by Sotheby’s auctioneer Hugh Hildesley. And, the drawing of the Tuition Raffle and a special Jewelry Raffle with the lucky tickets pulled by Zandi Nammack completed the evening’s activities.

This annual spring gala is PAMKA’s largest single fundraising event - the proceeds from which go to support MKA’s endowment, campus “Wish Lists” and the ever-popular Faculty Trust Grant opportunities. It is a huge undertaking that takes close to a year of planning and involves countless volunteers in tasks as varied as the solicitation of items and business ads to the wrapping and displaying of items, and from the inputting of data to the balancing of the final accounts.

“The event was a big success because of the generosity of MKA parents, friends, faculty and donors in the surrounding communities,” notes Fennelly. “This was a huge team effort, and everyone should feel so happy and so proud of all that we accomplished!”

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EAT. SLEEP. SPIRIT. Cougar Pride Day 2011 was another spectacular success as the weather cooperated and the crowds came out in huge numbers from all three campuses. Event Chairs Katie Dancy (wife of Peter Dancy ’82) and Stacy Ballen Stier ’81, together with their parent committee, organized a spirited day filled with sports, crafts, live music from student groups, amusements - including an inflatable joust, MKA Idol and lots and lots of food!

THE MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 2011 Alexa Adderley...............................................New York University Matthew Flint.......................................... University of Scranton Jonathon A shm aw y................................................................... Drew University Jon Franco.................................................. University of Miami Lance B arnard............................... Southern Methodist University Sarah Frasco...........................................Georgetown University Daniel B aum el........................................... University o f Rochester Savannah Freed......................................University of Michigan Stephen Bezer...................................................................... Lafayette College Kheri Freeman............................ George Washington University Alisha B h atia............................................. The College o f Wooster Lauren Friezo......................................... Wake Forest University Rafi Spungen Bildner.................................................................. YaleUniversity Kerry Fusco................................................................... AmherstCollege Ashley Bishop ............................................Loyola University, MD Devika Gadhavi.................................................................DrexelUniversity Ana B linder...........................................University o f Pennsylvania Anna Glaessgen.................................... University of Richmond Rebecca B o lto n ........................................................................Butler University Everett Glenn................................................................ LafayetteCollege Conor B re e n .......................................... Ohio Wesleyan University Isabel Glusman............................ Franklin College, Switzerland Gianna Bruno ..........................................................Wagner College Justin Goldsman..........................................University of Miami Alexa Burzinski.................................................................. Wesleyan University Kevin Goode........................................ Salve Regina University Seth B y n u m ............................................................................. VassarCollege Alexander Graves...........................................................BelmontUniversity Adriana Calandra................................................................. Fordham University Rose Green............................................... College of Charleston Thomas Calandra ..........................................Seton Hall University Rachel Grossman .............................................. Oberlin College Jessie Joan Chase................................................................. Fordham University Sal Guccione....................................................................LehighUniversity Sierra Cocoziello................................... University o f Puget Sound Michael H igh.......................................... Ramapo College of NJ Sarah C u n e o ........................................................................Princeton University Barrie Holtz ................................................... Boston University Mikale D ’A ndrea.................................................................... Lehigh University Jennifer Kalkan........................................ University of Scranton Roma D e sa i................................................University o f Rochester Jillian Karole................................................................. EmersonCollege Michael D eV ita........................................................................BryantUniversity Polina Kasparova............................................................ BarnardCollege Kyle D u c a ................................................................................. Colby College Matthew Kraus................................................................. RollinsCollege Carly Earle.............................................................................. Rutgers University Brandon Kwan........................................ Georgetown University Julie E m ra .................................................. University o f Michigan Daniel Kwartler.............................................................. ColgateUniversity Adam F anslau............................................................................ Drew University Blair Landolfi........................................ University of Rochester Isaac Finkel..................................... Pennsylvania State University Elese Lau.................................................... Wheaton College, IL

Brian Lem er..............................George Washington University Tara Polizzi............................................................... ProvidenceCollege Marisa Lieberman............................................................ UnionCollege James Pugel............................................... New York University Hayne Lim ..................................................... Lafayette College Lucia Randall................................................................. StanfordUniversity Andrew Lokker.................................................................. DukeUniversity Alexis Richards.................................University of Pennsylvania Natalie Lutz.................................................................VillanovaUniversity Daniel Roses ........................... Catholic University of America Conrad Makow.............University of California at Los Angeles Evan Russenberger-Rosica......................................... AmericanUniversity Jessica Malat..............................Marymount Manhattan College Gabriella Sem et....................University of Colorado at Boulder Danielle Martin................................................................ TrinityCollege Natasha Silodor ......................................... Muhlenberg College Lauren Mazzeo............................... The College of New Jersey Melissa Skolnick..........................Pennsylvania State University Bridget McCusker........................................................ BucknellUniversity Becky Smith ..................................................... Gordon College Christopher McEwen................................ New York University John Snow .....................................................Rutgers University Sydney McNeal ................................................. Boston College Adria Spivack................................ Carnegie Mellon University Lauren Menzies..........................Pennsylvania State University Matthew Staples ............................................ Tulane University Alexa Minion.................................................................. CornellUniversity Daniel Stem .....................................................................BostonUniversity Melissa Minton ..........................George Washington University Jack Strain......................................................................... BatesCollege Michael Mitrovic .......................George Washington University Sydney Thames......................................University of Maryland Meredith Moran ........................................ Princeton University Maya Topitzer.............University of California at Santa Barbara Lauren Morisseau.............................. University of Notre Dame Andrew Wagner....................................................................YaleUniversity Chadd Mukete.................................... Saint Joseph’s University Brandon Wahba.......................New York University Abu Dhabi Travers Nammack............................................ The Taft School Thomas Weisel..........................................University of Arizona Cristina N asti.......................................................... PhiladelphiaUniversity Jonathan Weng ............................................. Rutgers University Brittany Nauman ....................................

Tulane University Matthew Wetzel................................................................ LehighUniversity Amar Patel..........................................................................TuftsUniversity Carina Wong............................................. New York University Tamica Penn ................................................ Howard University Skylar Zlotnick................................................................ BryantUniversity Christopher Pepe..................................................... GeorgetownUniversity Claudia Pepe.....................................................Kenyon College Brian Perlmutter.......................................................... PrincetonUniversity

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faculty news F aculty Shout-O uts an d C ongratulations to: Upper School F&PA faculty member Nicholas Schutsky, who was one of only 15 New Jersey fine artists who was named a recipient of a prestigious 2011 New Jersey State Council on thè Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting. These highly competitive awards are based on independent peer panel review of work samples submitted, and the anonymous process is focused solely on artistic quality.

Tri-campus Music Director Randall Svane who has been commissioned by the Chamber Choir of Munich to compose a major work for the 10th anniversary commemoration of 9/11. His chorale work “Requiem for the Unknown” covers themes of war, loss, grief and reconciliation, and is scored for oboe, cello, soprano and tenor soloists, and choir. It will be premiered on Sunday, October 16 at the Prinzregenten Theater in Munich, an event sponsored by The American General Counsel In Munich.

Jenny Zagariello and Middle School Theatre Arts teacher Christian Ely, who represented MICA as the featured school at “Evemote for Schools,” an evening symposium for New York area schools hosted by Evemote in May. Former MKA Primary School Math and Science teacher and member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Rebecca Hayes, mother of India Hayes Larrier ’80, Mary Hayes McDaniel ’82, and grandmother of current student Sydney Larrier ’14, published her first novel, Private Cathay’s Secret. It tells the story of Cathay Williams, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Army as a member of the Buffalo Soldiers - the first all-Black military units after the Civil War. Written for a middle-school audience, Rebecca says, “It’s important for young people to realize the importance of their own inner resources in facing life’s challenges.” Still working as a substitute teacher, Rebecca can be reached at www. rebeccawords4all. com

MKA Third Grade teacher Dana Rose and last year’s long-term Primary School Librarian sub Holly Taylor-Fox, who had an article published in April’s edition of School Library Monthly that dealt with student understanding of community and class rules as a basis for learning about the writing of the American Constitution and ultimately, the study of the Preamble, a third grade Core Work.

Upper School Assistant Head of Campus and English teacher Stephen Valentine whose article K ‘The Professionalization of Independence: New Tensions and Opportunities for Independent School Teachers” was featured in the summer issue of Independent School magazine.

MKA’s Director of Technology William Stites, Director of Educational Technology

Upper School History teacher and Middle School Cross-Country coach R on W olfson runs toward the finish line of the Providence Marathon with his sons Jacob ’22 and Benjamin ’24. It was Ron’s 16th marathon and the boys’ first.

faculty news C ongratulations to U p p er School F oreign Language C h air an d F re n c h teach er Dr. M ichael “Doc” H ouston who was nam ed the recip ien t of the 2011 F o u n d e rs’ Cup fo r Teaching Excellence.

Presented annually by the Alumni Association, the Founders’ Cup is based on nominations from all MKA constituencies and honors a full-time faculty member who exemplifies the highest levels of teaching, as well as contributes to the well-being of the MKA community, both in and out of school.

A member of the MKA faculty since 1998, Houston has long been lauded as an exemplary teacher, advisor and role model to his students.

A lead organizer and chaperone of foreign studies trips to France and Quebec, he is also co-advisor to the Gay-Straight Alliance and is the Upper School Scheduler.

“Beloved” is not an adjective easily earned by faculty, but student support for Houston’s nomination, just some of which is transcribed below, demonstrates that Houston is indeed a beloved member of the Upper School faculty: “His intense passion and genuine excitement for the language and culture is contagious. He can make any student ecstatic about learning a new subjunctive phrase... I do not know one of his students who does not adore him as a teacher and as an adult to look up to.”

“I think that MKA should model its curriculum after Dr. Houston’s teaching ways.”

“He has taught me for two years at the Upper School, and during those two years he has inspired

me through language in a way that no other teacher has been able to do. In every class, he demonstrates his passion for the French language and this passion is felt by all of his students. He is also inspiring outside of the classroom. I know that his door is always open for me to talk to him, and I am always comfortable talking to him about problems.”

“Doc knows how to relate to students in a way that makes them love to learn. Doc can see the best in each individual and is an excellent teacher. Doc loves to teach, and it is through his love for the language that he makes us value it too.” It is hard to imagine words that better sum up the qualities of an ideal Founders’ Cup recipient.

faculty news W elcomes and Thank You’s

MKA bids a fond farew ell to fo u r re m ark ab le retirees: Middle School French teacher Anna Claudio retires after spending 33 years at MKA. During her tenure, she was the consummate team player and professional, teaching grades 4 through 12, including AP courses, advising, serving as interim Middle School Department Head, Coordinator of Foreign Language Exchange Trips, memberof the Campus Resource Team and 6th Grade Team Leader.

Middle School Assistant Librarian Julie Edelman retires after 30 years of service, during which time she worked with four Headmasters, five Heads of Campus, four Librarians and countless students and faculty at the Middle School, always willing to help any office or department needing an extra pair of hands.

Upper School Math teacher Boyd Hereforth, who came to MKA in 1988, retires after 23 years of service to MKA as a coach, advisor, club leader, number one sports fan and pep band member and devoted and dedicated math teacher who taught over 2,500 students during his MKA career.

MKA’s Director of Physical Plant Dennis Dudas retires after 20 years of service, during which time he oversaw and can take credit for countless facility upgrades on all three campus, including the construction of the Main Middle School Gymnasium, the Upper School Arts Wing, the Penick Lobby and Auditorium renovations and the turfing of fields.

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Says “farewell and thank you” to: Ricardo Arocha, Johnnie Bennett, Christina Dodge, Amanda Filioso (one year maternity leave), Barbara Haase, Laurie Lambert, Tony Lambert, Kristin O’Callahan, Matthew Philipose, Jennifer Pingeon, Elinor Takenaga and Helena Wullert.

And welcomes: Laurie Albanese —Upper School English Maria Arellano ^Middle School Dean of Students/English James Castelli - Director of Physical Plant Catherine Crowley-Delman - 5th Grade History Alison Currie ’04 - Upper School Science Rosemary D’Urso - Primary School Librarian Kristi Delfino - Middle School Spanish/French Nichole Foster-Hinds - Middle School Math Yuri Francis - Upper School Associate Director of Admissions & Financial Aid Catherine Gaynor - Middle School Science Peter Gaynor BMiddle School History Department Chair Andrea Gershwin - Associate Director, College Counseling Office Regina Henry -3rd Grade Dr. Tom Holt - Upper School Science Shanie Israel - 6th Grade English Dr. Suresh Krishnan HUpper School Mathematics Suzanne Oratio - Primary School Learning Specialist Andrew Prince - Upper School History/Ethics Sheila Pryor (whom we welcome back to MKA) —Kindergarten Reshan Richards - Director of Educational Technology Dr. Jeanne Tsai - Upper School Biology/Chinese Roger Walter B Upper School Spanish Laura Zimmerman - Middle School Science

Meet MKA’s new Director o f Educational Technology As Jenny Zagariello steps down from her role of Director of Educational Technology and Associate Director of Curriculum and Professional Development to assist MKA on a consultancy basis and serve as co-chair of the Middle School Science Department, MKA welcomes Reshan Richards as the new Director of Educational Technology. A graduate of Horace Mann School in New York, Columbia University (BA in Music) and Harvard University (Ed. M in Learning and Teaching), Reshan comes to MKA from The Town School where he was Assistant Director of Technology and a middle school math teacher.

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faculty news B ridging the Cam puses: A B lauvelt P ro je c t What must it feel like to be a four-year-old and see characters from your imagination taking shape in a published story, complete with your own illustrations? Or, to be an eighteen-year-old, and put into practice what you’ve learned about feminism in a 20th Century Women’s Voices English class by writing a fairy tale with a strong female lead?

Or, to be a teacher, interested in the active integration of ethics in a curriculum, who creates a unit of learning that can span each end of a Pre-K - grade 12 school? These seemingly disparate strands recently came together in a remarkable project at The Montclair Kimberley Academy Pre-K-12 independent school.

A Collection of Collaborative Twenty-First Century Fairy Tales was the brainchild of MKA Upper School English teacher Cindy Darling and Pre-K teacher Caylie Marden. Funded by a Blauvelt Professional Study Advancement Award that affords MKA faculty the opportunity to study, reflect and design curriculum grounded in developing students’ moral and intellectual habits, the pair spent last summer designing a project that not only focused on the study of honesty and confidence (two of MKA’s eight Character Standards), but also brought together a group of Upper School students (six seniors and one junior) with the school’s Pre-K class for mutual collaboration and inspiration.

The students worked on parallel but separate units in their respective classrooms and attended three collaborative meetings to anchor the project.

Upper School students analyzed language, behavior and plot in popular and lesser-known fairy tales in order to become sensitive to the ways that these tales incorporated messages about gender roles, then brainstormed ways that fairy

tale characters might speak and act differently to demonstrate modem values. Says Darling, “The girls looked forward to each collaborative meeting.

It was a chance for them to exercise their leadership skills in the context of both modeling ethical behavior and encouraging ethical content for the taleSl saw my high school students exhibiting kindness, patience, creativity and confidence as they ran their groups, those very qualities they were writing about with the Pre-K children.” Marden adds “The collaboration benefitted all students, and it was exciting to watch the exchange of ideas. The Pre-K students really respected the Upper School students and were not shy about voicing their thoughts and opinions.

We could see their confidence in themselves and their ideas.”

Marden’s Pre-K class spent two months studying fairy tales to learn about honesty and confidence, discussing questions such as “What is a lie?” in the context of Snow White, “Making good and bad choices” in Jack and the Beanstalk and Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, and “What is confidence?” in Beauty and the Beast and Lon Po Po (the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood). The students then began “making up” their own ethical fairy tale characters and thinking about the ways in which they could display their honesty and confidenceB characters such as Red who possesses magic water wings and Bella Rose who loves roller skating and is good at looking after animals. The students then divided into groups and shared their individual ideas to create one complete character for each group. It was then left to the students in Darling’s class to write original modem fairy tales about those characters, mirroring the traditional fairy tale formats and ensuring that honesty and confidence triumph in the end. The completed stories, including Princess Doctor Gabriella who overcomes obstacles to become a smart doctor, The Pumpkin Princess who leams that inner beauty is more important than outer, and The London Treasure where

friendship and not riches is the true treasure, were then returned to Pre-K for editing suggestions and illustration before being printed and bound in a single volume.

In late April, the MKA Primary School Library was the site of a huge writing celebration complete with a cake in the shape of a fairy tale castle - where parents and faculty joined the Pre-K students as the seniors read the fairy tales to the assembled audience. While Pre-K students were thrilled to hear how their characters had come to life in a published book, Marden was thrilled with the results of the entire project. “The process enabled our youngest students to achieve a new level of understanding,” she commented, “and they were able to put ideas together in a way that we’ve never seen before. I was awed by the depth of their ethical thinking. The children saw nuances and contradictions in characters that fueled an ethical debate where we ultimately realized that ethical values are not as simple as right and wrong, but also depend on the context.”

“Publishing the fairy tales as a collection allows the reader to see the commonalities as well as the variety within the tales, and really takes the Blauvelt Project to the next level.” Notes Darling, “When students see their work in a finished state and see the enthusiasm it generates from parents and teachers alike, they gain a sense of the power of their words and illustrations and can truly take ownership of their individual and collaborative contributions to the fairy tale unit.”

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alumni news L etter from the P re sid e n t Dear Fellow Alumni, I am happy to announce three new Alumni Council members who will each serve three-year terms commencing in September. Welcome to Amanda Englander ’04, Diane Ridley-White ’84 and Cari Roberts ’05, and thanks in advance to all for their help and enthusiasm in keeping alumni connected to our alma mater going forward.

In reviewing spring activities, I am in awe of the hard work of the Council and so appreciative of the support of the Alumni Office that helps make so much possible. Thanks to all on the Council who worked to make the May 25th Van Vleck Spring Social such a rousing success. The setting was lovely and the sense of camaraderie left everyone feeling nostalgic for his or her MKA days.

The 6th annual Klank Klassic Alumni Lacrosse Game on Saturday, June 4th was once again a huge success. The entire Klank family was on hand to celebrate Noll Klank’s life and legacy as a coach and dear friend to MKA. After an exciting game, a group of over 40 converged on Egan & Sons for what has become a much anticipated alumni & friends gathering celebrating MKA lacrosse.

Next stop was an Avon-by-the-Sea Jersey Shore alumni reception held on Saturday, June 18th.

Hosted by alumnus Bill Dioguardi ’76 and his wife, Esther, over 30 guests including alumni, Trustees, current parents and parents of alumni enjoyed a beautiful evening on the Dioguardi’s endless porch.

The first annual Alumnae Field Hockey Game was held on Van Brunt Field on Saturday, June 25th.

Alumni and current MKA players enjoyed a friendly match-up followed by a post-game picnic on the field with friends and family. Hopefully, this game will grow in numbers as more alumni

hear about the event and return each year.

June 28th was a perfect summer day for MKA’s Alumni Golf Day at Glen Ridge Country Club.

Seven groups of golfers enjoyed lunch on the terrace, 18 holes on the links and cocktails and dinner. Prizes were awarded at the evening reception, and there is talk of opening this day to the entire MKA community next June!

Many congratulations to all of our alumni award recipients this year - to our Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Sally Minard ’60, to our Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Frank Herrmann ’02 and Chisako Sugiyama ’05, and to Founders’ Cup recipient Dr. Michael Houston. Please remember to go online to the Alumni section of the MKA website www.mka.org to suggest names for future recipients.

Looking ahead, I hope to see as many of you as possible back for Homecoming on Saturday, October 22nd - it’s a great way to kick-off fall and the perfect opportunity to reconnect with friends and faculty.

Best regards, J. Kent Walker President, Alumni Association

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SAVE T H E D ATE Are you a member of the Class of 2010 or 2011?

Come back to the Cougar Dining Hall as a member of the Alumni Association for the Annual Young Alumni Winter Luncheon, Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

alumni news The 2011 D istinguished A lum ni A w ard In recognition o f her illustrious career in advertising and her dedication to numerous philanthropic causes, the MKA Alumni Council is p ro u d to presen t the 2 0 1 1 Distinguished Alumni Award to Sally M inard, K im berley Class o f 1 9 6 0 .

Growing up in Montclair, with a father and grandfather who both served in the New Jersey State Legislature and a mother who “always ended up running things” (including the PTA, Junior League, Garden Club and chairing a not-for profit social services agency in Newark), Minard developed an early understanding that “It was our obligation to share and to contribute.”

Returning to The Kimberley School in her junior year, after attending in kindergarten and first grade, she quickly made an impact on her class.

Sally was elected Student Government President (“Probably because I had no history and was noncontroversial!” she says modestly,) before going on to Smith College to study American History (where she was elected President of Student Government.) Minard remembers her TKS education as “rigorous, strong and exciting” and has fond memories of learning to play field hockey, (“a great new experience that was fun!”) the annual May Day celebration (“such a lovely thing”), “terrific teachers” and Kimberley’s legendary Headmistress Ethel Spurr, described

by Minard as “an absolutely fabulous leader and educator” in whose honor the Class of 1960 dedicated a Commencement Award as their Senior Gift.

Graduating from Smith at a time when “women knew they were going to work but there weren’t too many careers open to them,” Minard read David Ogilvy’s Confessions of an Advertising

Man. Advertising and the role of account manager seemed very appealing - but for the fact that New York agencies weren’t yet hiring women for that role. A summer internship with Scott Paper Company in Philadelphia (the result of winning the Scott Paper Company Leadership Award at Smith) led to a job in the company’s Media department. With the experience gained there, including collaborating with Scott’s New York advertising agencies, Minard was hired in account management for the New York firm, SSC&BHthe start of a 30-year career in the industry. “Young people had a great opportunity in advertising if they could deliver,” explains Minard. “It was possible to move up quickly.” From SSC&B, now LINTAS, Minard went to Lord Geller Federico Einstein, the agency perhaps best known for introducing the IBM personal computer with “Charlie Chaplin.” In 1986, Sally founded her own advertising/marketing company, Lotas Minard

alumni news Patton Mclver with three partners, all copywriters and no clients. Over 15 years, LMPM grew to bill 80 million dollars with 60 employees and blue chip clients such as the Hearst Corporation, NY Hospital, S.C. Johnson and Proctor & Gamble.

Having served as president of New York Women’s Agenda and Advertising Women of N.Y., Minard received a Matrix Award in 1998. The next fall, she left the private sector cold-turkey to devote her energies to public service and politics.

Minard’s. first foray into the world of advocacy occurred in 1981 when she and other ad professionals formed a volunteer pro-bono agency to promote passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. “When it failed in the last states needed for ratification,” says Minard. “I woke up to the fact that legislatures were representative of only half of their constituents. Since then, I’ve worked to help elect more women. When we reach 50-50, as nature intended, I’ll stop.” In addition to her political activism, Sally is a District Leader in the 73rd A.D. on the Upper East Side. Minard has also served on the boards of the American Red Cross of Greater New York, Loral Space and Communications, The New School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Institute of Reproductive Health and the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.

In 2008, Minard agreed to become President/CEO of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park LLC to fund and build the park, 37 years after it was announced by Governor Rockefeller and designed by Louis Kahn. The four-acre park, now under construction on Roosevelt Island, is dedicated to President Roosevelt’s vision of a world where everybody has the right to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. “When the park opens in 2012, we believe it will be to the East River what the Statue of Liberty is to New York Harbor.”

In addition to her public and private careers, * Minard has maintained a devoted family life, married to her “serial entrepreneur” husband, Norton Garfinkle, raising two “charming, intelligent and loving” children and now enjoying one-year old twin grandchildren. She feels fortunate to have had the life she has had. Minard says, “Montclair was a wonderful place to spend childhood, and The Kimberley School a fine launching pad for the rest of life.”

I NOM INATE Have you enjoyed reading about Sally Minard, Frank Herrmann and Chisako Sugiyama?

Who else is deserving of the Distinguished Alumni Award or membership in the Athletic Hall of Fame?

Make your nominations online at www.mka.org (Alumni Awards page of the Alumni section) or mail to Alumni Director Laurie McFeeley at 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042.

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1. l-r: Alison Thomas-Cottingam,’84, Cheryl McCants ’82, Bob Cottingham ’84, David McCants ’87, Kim Walker, Marc McCloud’79

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On April 1, members of BANI (MKA’s Black Alumni Network Initiative) held a reception at the Headmaster’s home to celebrate the group’s tenyear anniversary. BANI was established during the 2000-2001 school year to help support the academic and social growth of MKA students, serving as a resource for MKA’s African American students and parents, and organizing college visitation and career guidance trips in the Northeast. Over spring break, BANI volunteers chaperoned students on a trip to Cambridge and Boston, where they visited college campuses and discussed professional development opportunities.

Involved since the group’s charter year, and still volunteering,(1-3) are Paige Cottingham-Streater ’79 and alumni (and now current MKA parents) Bob Cottingham ’84, Alison Thomas-Cottingham ’84 and India Hayes Larrier ’80. Also chaperoning this year was Deborah Greene ’96.

W ashington, D.C Clyde’s of Gallery Place in Washington’s Penn Quarter was the perfect spot for old friends to meet for MKA’s April 7th D.C. Alumni Reception. A beautiful spring evening brought out some 40 guests, joined by Headmaster Tom Nammack and several current faculty and administrators visiting DC to chaperone the annual Junior class trip. A highlight of the evening was the showing of a short film edited and produced in 2010 by Academy alumnus Joseph Schubert ’52 (see Class Notes for more.) All left the reception feeling that MKA, Kimberley and Academy alumni share a rich history of teaching excellence. (4-6)

3. Sydney Larrier ’14, India Hayes Larrier ’80 and graduating MKA parent Joanne Glenn (seated) 4. l-r: Beth Kindler Lloyd-Thomas ’79, Joe Santarlasci and Betsy Stanton Santarlasci ’79 5. l-r: Johnny Chase ’05, Tom Mintz ’05, Sam Reisen ’05, Annelise Cohon ’03, Emily Goodman ’04 6. l-r: Faculty member George Hrab, Headmaster Tom Nammack, Donna Crews ’l l and Jeffrey Luk ’97

MKA is h o n o red to in d u c t two re m ark ab le alum ni to the 2011 A thletic H all of Fam e.

Frank Herrm ann ’02 Frank Herrmann ’02 embodies the ideal of the gifted scholar-athlete. A three-sport athlete, his time on the basketball court, football field and baseball diamond at MKA was graced by his stellar performances, matched only by his strength in the classroom.

Smart and agile on the basketball court, Frank joined an elite group of alumni who hit the 1,000point mark in 2001. In recognition of his junior year basketball play at MKA, Frank was named 1st Team Hills Division, CHC; 1st team All-Prep B, NJISAA and voted MKA’s Most Valuable Player. He was Team Captain in his senior year, was awarded the title of CHC Player of the Year, and was once again named 1st Team All-Prep B, NJISAA. Football, however, was Frank’s high school passion. During his senior year, he was Team Captain; 1st Team Quarterback Hills Division, CHC; 2nd Team Offense All-Essex County, Star Ledger; and 3rd Team Offense All-State Parochial,!

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In baseball, both at MKA and in Essex County, Frank quickly made a name for himself.

His 2002 team won the Colonial Hills Conference and the State Prep and State Sectional Championships, winning 25 games and ending the year ranked 17th in the state. That same year, Frank was 1st Team All-Prep B, CHC Player of the Year, 1st Team Pitcher All-Essex County, Star Ledger and 2nd Team All-State Parochial, Star Ledger. Spring 2000 found Frank’s MKA team Colonial Hills Conference Division CoChampions, with Frank named 1st Team All-Prep B in 2001 and 2002 and 1st Team Hills Division, CHC in 2000 and 2001.

As a result of these endeavors, Frank was recruited by some of the country’s finest colleges and universities, Harvard being his ultimate choice, where he was recruited to play both football and baseball, (eventually choosing not to play football due to academic demands.) As a junior, Frank went on to lead Harvard’s Baseball team to the prestigious Ivy League Baseball Title (throwing a complete game shut-out against Cornell in the first game of the championship.)

Frank was signed by the Cleveland Indians MLB team in 2005. “After five years of working my way through the minors, I debuted in Chicago on June 4, 2010, having spent the majority of the last two seasons pitching out of the bullpen for the Cleveland Indians major league affiliate,” he explains. According to baseball watchers, Frank remains an imposing pitcher “armed with a power sinking fastball that sits at 91-92 MPH and tops out at 94 MPH..., The key to Herrmann’s success is in his bulldog mentality and his intelligence in coming up with a good game plan to attack hitters.” His nicknames, “Frank the Tank,” and “The Herrmannator,” are ones he continues to live up to, and MKA is extremely proud to induct Frank Herrmann into the 2011 Athletic Hall of Fame.

Chisako Sugiyam a ’05 Chisako Sugiyama ’05 wrote the following in her yearbook: “With dedication and passion, a true champion will arise.” And she has lived up to those words, both on and off the tennis court.

to do it, but I knew I wanted to be remembered,” she said. Chisako got her wish, and will always be remembered, at both the University of Michigan and at MKA, as a champion.

To summarize the accomplishments of an extraordinary scholar-athlete like Chisako is a daunting task. Chisako’s high school years playing tennis at MKA found her a four-year letter winner at No. 1 singles; a three-time All-State selection and four-time All-County and All-Conference pick; NJSIAA singles champion in her junior season; two-time County and Conference champion, having been instrumental in the MKA Girls’ Tennis team’s winning the 2004 State Championship; two-time Player of the Year selection; Team Captain senior year; and going undefeated in her final two seasons. In addition, in her senior year, Chisako was ranked as high as No. 22 among high school senior peers.

Chisako’s success as a tennis player epitomizes the philosophy that, with dedication and passion, a champion can arise, and MKA is proud to induct tennis champion Chisako Sugiyama ’05 into the 2011 Athletic Hall of Fame.

Chisako’s dedication and talent as a tennis player resulted in her being recruited to play at the University of Michigan, where she was a four-year letter winner and two-time NCAA Singles Championship qualifier (in 2008 and 2009). She was named three times an All-Big Ten Athlete of the Week, and a Big Ten Athlete of the Week six times. She finished her career with a record of 104-45 in singles (67-23 dual match) and 98-45 in doubles (62-31 dual match), ending her career in college as Michigan’s all-time singles wins leader, ranked fourth on U-M’s all-time singles winning percentage list (.698).

The position of all-time “winningest” player came from Chisako’s constantly honing her game, despite having three coaches in three years while in college. She simply took and learned the best each mentor had to offer and ran with it. From the day she looked at UM for the first time, it was her dream to be remembered there upon completing her education and college sports career. “I didn’t know what I was going to do or how I was going

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Montclair On May 25th, over 65 alumni, faculty and friends gathered for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Alumni Council’s Spring Social, held at Van Vleck House and Gardens in Montclair.

It was a beautiful evening, and everyone enjoyed mingling and drinking special cocktails provided by Jason Grizzanti and Jeremy Kidde, 1996 classmates and co-owners of the Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery. The highlight of the night was a Tricky Tray, prizes for which were donated by members of the Council and included great winnings such as Mets tickets, a Day of Golf at the Glen Ridge Country Club and tickets to see Mary Poppins on Broadway.

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Avon-by-the-Sea MKA alumni and friends kicked off Summer 2011 at a June 18th Jersey Shore cocktail party in scenic Avon-by-the-Sea, hosted by alumnus Bill Dioguardi ’76. The Dioguardi home was the perfect spot for a terrific event. The weather couldn’t have been better, and gathering to chat about MKA then and now were alumni, current and past MKA parents and Trustees. (5-9) (If you’d be willing to host a regional MKA alumni reception, please contact the Alumni Office to discuss how we can help: 973-509-7939.)

1. l-r: Mrs. Simpson with Alumni Council members Jessica Simpson ’99, Jared Cook ’01 and Consuela Pyz ’01 2. ’96 classmates Jason Grizzanti and Jeremy Kidde 3. l-r: David Hughes ’76, Chris Brenner ’77, David Pinkham ’77 and current MKA parent Larry Duca ’79 4. l-r: Colleen Rabke Meyer ’96, Tashie Murphy Ludlow ’96, Lisa Gittleman ’93 and Juli Peterson Hibbard ’96 5. MKA Middle School History teacher Jessica Bishop ’04 and Laura Jackson ’05, who recently spent time back at MKA observing classrooms as part of her M.A.T studies.

6. Peter McMullen ’77, David Hughes ’76 and host Bill Dioguardi ’76 7. Hostess Esther Dioguardi and Lori Dewey Dioguardi ’79 8. Ira Wagner (parent of alumni Will ’06 and Andrew ’ll), Hilary Hoffman-Fandel ’76 (alumna and parent of Phillip ’06 and Henry ’06) and Raj Gona ’87 9. Joanne Langbein, parent of alumni Christian ’00 and Alex ’03, with son Alex

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MKA On the Fields Another great Klank Klassic Alumni Lacrosse Game took place on June 4th on Van Brunt Field. The 6th annual event that commemorates the life of MKA lacrosse coach William “Noll” Klank, was well attended and followed by the traditional post-game reception at Egan’s.

Noll’s wife Sandy, daughters Kristen (MKA ’95) and Tracey (MKA ’97), son Matthew, and their families were all in the stands cheering both the alumni squad and the 2011 varsity players.

Teams were once again “odd” graduation years versus “evens,” with the odds winning the day 9-5.

During halftime, Varsity Coach Paul Edwards addressed the crowd, celebrating the 2011 team’s stellar, record- breaking 17-2 record, Prep B Championship and historic run to the NJSIAA Non-Public State Championship finals. Michael Roth ’01 recalled Noll Klank’s strong character and spoke of the closeness and loyalty of the MKA lacrosse community. (1) On Saturday, July 25, MKA held its first-ever Alumnae Field Hockey Game, with recent graduates taking on current students. Alumnae players included Katie Arena ’10, Rose Green ’ll, Mallory McDonagh ’10, Lindsey Moran ’08, Meredith Moran ’ll, Lacey Silvano ’10, Jackie Wait ’11x, and Skylar Zlotnick ’ll, who were all excited to be back on Van Brunt field. Current students included Diana Arena ’13, Jasmine Cole ’13, Gina Guccione ’14, Olivia Haddock-Carter ’12, Molly Peek ’14, Sydney Silodor ’14, and Rebecca Strickland ’12. Also in attendance and playing were Coach Injoo Han, Assistant Coaches Megan Matson and Hilary Trevenen, and former varsity Head Coach Mamie McNany. Everyone enjoyed the game and post­ game party and had a great time seeing former teammates and coaches. (2)

Golf enthusiasts including alumni, current and past parents, faculty, administrators and guests enjoyed lunch, golf and dinner at Glen Ridge Country Club at MKA’s Tuesday, June 28th Outing. A perfect day for golf, everyone enjoyed both the course play and conversation over cocktails and dinner. I f you are a golfer and would like to come out and play with MKA, be on the lookoutfo r details about next year’s event in the Spring 2012 Review.

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1. Alumni players and 2011 team - still comrades after the Klank Klassic competition 2. Past and present field hockey players gather for their first contest.

3. Classmates Louis Gioffre ’72, Henry Talbot ’72, Billy Crawford ’72 and Erin Cuffe Crawford (KS ’74) at GRCC 4. Cheryl D’Alessandro McMullen ’77, Leah Healy ’77 and Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 at GRCC

Class Notes Editor’s Note The deadline fo r news fo r the FALL Review is June 1 and the deadline fo r the SPRING issue is January 1.

News can be submitted to the Alumni Office at any time on the back o f Annual Fund remittanctmnvelopes, via mail or email to the Alumni Director (lmcfeeley@mka.org), the Editor dkozak@mka.org or your Class Secretary. We keep ongoing files fo r each class and welcome photographs in digital or hard copy.

I f your class does not have a Class Secretary listed, please consider volunteering fo r the position! It is a great way to re-establish contacts with oldfriends, does not require a great deal o f time and is essential to the ongoing vitality o f the school.

Thank you.

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MKA sends its sincerest condolences to the family of Joh n G rah am , who passed away on March 8, 2011.

MKA sends condolences to the family of G erard “J e f f ’ P od esta on his May 16, 2011 passing. Jeff was a member of MKA’s Athletic Hall of Fame, honored for his tennis prowess, and charmed all at his 2007 induction. His son, Jeff Podesta, is also an MA alumnus. Grandson J o h n n y B orb on e is an MKA 2008 alumnus, and grandson B ob b y B orb on e is a member of the Class of 2014.

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MKA sends its sympathy to the family and friends of C h arlotte F itch , who passed away on April 30, 2011., Charlotte had long and deep ties to The Kimberley School, being the daughter of Miss Mary Kimberley Waring’s husband, Douglas Fitch. Upon Charlotte’s mother’s passing, her father married his first wife’s sister, Mary Kimberley Waring, and while she became Charlotte’s stepmother, Charlotte was always known as Miss Waring’s niece.

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MKA sends its deepest sympathies to the family of A u d rey A yers B u rgess. Audrey passed away on June 5, 2010.

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Mrs. James F.C. Hyde Jr. (Enid Griswold) 5402 Duvall Drive Bethesda, MD 20816-1872 passed away on March 1, 2011. Her brother, K en n eth H an au , Jr., graduated from Montclair Academy in 1945, as did her son B ill ’73. Helen’s son T im is an MKA ’75 grad, and K en (’79x) attended MKA for a time as well. Helen’s grandson, C on or ’l l , graduated in June. MKA sends its deepest sympathies to the entire Breen family.

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writes: John and I are fine; we are living a limited but good life with our six grands, two great-grands and have no complaints.

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MKA sends its deepest sympathies to the family of K ath erin e “K it” E aven son S an d ers, who passed away on January 28, 2011.

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wrote in: Practiced Orthodontics for 40 years in Princeton and South Orange, NJ. Avocation: celestial navigation, ocean yacht racing and chess.

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MKA sends its deepest sympathies to A1 P els on the passing of his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” V. Pels, on March 17, 2011.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to the family of R ich ard “D ick ” B en son , who passed away on January 22, 2011.

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Mrs. Alfred D. Williams (Joan Bayne) 15 Piper Road, Apt. K310 Scarborough, ME 04074 Summer Phone Number at Belgrade Lakes (May-September) is 207-495-2617 MKA sends its deepest- sympathies to the family of Iris F ox F lou rn oy, who passed away on January 16, 201M|p| MKA sends condolences to the family of S elin a H ird T aylor, who passed away on March 5, 2011.

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C harles H olm es checked in: Still on Valley Road, but in Lexington, KY. Leading discussions on Foreign Policy in Great Decisions booklet at Hunter Presbyterian Church. Celebrated our 50™ wedding anniversary in June 2010. Our children reside in California, Vermont and Brooklyn.

News from B ill H all in December 2010: So, for a whole year, I’ve been single again.

The song goes, “When I was single, my money she’d jingle.” Well, my wife, Annie, passed on in the depths of a great recession, so I can’t say the jingle is as brilliant now as it was years ago. But, life goes on, jingle or none. And, it was a good year, even though I missed my Annie.

The King Home, where I reside, has proven to be a great choice for me. I get all three meals every day here, and they are excellent.

The staff is professional and numerous programs are offered to keep one busy.

There’s a free afternoon movie three times a week, sing-alongs on the sixth floor thrice per week, lectures, parties, and trips to the theatre, etc.

To keep myself busy, I read the free Chicago Tribune every morning on my reading machine; I’ve also got a book on the machine that I am steadily reading, both fiction and non-fiction. And, on Ann’s old gambling (bridge) table, there’s always a jigsaw puzzle going. At 5:00 p.m., my cocktail hour starts martini in winter/ gin and tonic in summer.

Tough life, ain’t it?

Most of the guys here don’t travel very much.

Not old Billy! I did Big Sand Lake (Wisconsin), California and Alaska this past year, and I’m going to the Panama Canal and the Rhone River Valley next year. The Alaska venture was a highlight out of Vancouver, on the Statendam. Then, there was a bus and rail to McKinley State Park and Fairbanks. Jill and Chris were my caring companions on the Alaska junket. One of the most unusual adventures was panning for gold in Fairbanks. Jill now has a necklace made from the gold that the three of us found in our pans.

A final and unique comment should be made about the year 2010. It was the year we (Annie and I) had our first great­ grandchildren. A boy, Jackson, was bom to Katie and JefFAmbrosini, and a girl, Anna, was bom to Lindsay and Mike Graves.

Wouldn’t Annie have been proud of these additions to the family! I will close this personal report by saying we are all so lucky to be citizens of this great country! writes: As I write this on a cold winter day, with ice on the Thames River in Groton, CT, I am still on my feet without a cane and driving my car. In regular touch with P erry M in ton ’41x in California and C arl E isen. Carl hopes to make our 70 , and I will try to make it also. Hope the Bairds, Townsends and F ritz Von B ergen can make it.

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MKA sends deepest sympathies to the family of L ew is R ayn h am T ow nsend on his May 21, 2011 passing. Lewis was a devoted Class Agent and MKA supporter since his Academy days and he’ll be deeply missed.

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Mr. Richard L. Charlesworth 27 Whipple Farm Lane Falmouth, ME 04105

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sent in the following

update in May: and his wife, three daughters and spouses have just enjoyed a delightfbl week’s cruise to Bermuda. Sailing from Charleston, right near their Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina home, was most convenient.

Jim R itch ie writes that he and wife Ruth are still thriving in Santa Fe, and that he continues to spend time in Midland, Texas tending to his oil interests.

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D an E m erson and S am H a ll remain busy in Vero Beach retirement for most of the year, with golf still on the calendar. They always were among our Academy stellar athletes.

D an and his wife Pat, with C h u ck C h arlesw orth and Ann, had a delightful

evening reunion in Vero Beach in March They were joined by A lan D an forth ’44 and his wife Mallory, who have recently moved there.

C h u ck and Sandy Brown have completed plans to attend their upcoming 65th reunion at Princeton.

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Miss Lucile G. Mason 142 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042-2350 L u cile M ason writes: After 30 years of heading Mason Associates, my fundraising firm, I’ve decided not to continue writing grants directed to foundations and corporations to support educational institutions, arts organizations and horticultural entities.

Her sister, J a n et M ason (TKS ’48) retired from the editorial side of LIFE Magazine after thirty-five years of service and helped Lucile with fundraising for the past twenty years.

During that period, among other causes, they raised substantial funds for the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens.

Special thanks to S h eila F eagley Jam es for sending in the following news about her very worthwhile volunteer work through the years: For the past thirty years, I’ve been a docent at eight different museums, the last twenty in Hawaii at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Starting in August 2010, the Honolulu Academy of Arts began a program for soldiers with stress and brain damage, a Wounded Warrior program (called Warriors Looking At Art), funded by a generous trustee of the Academy of Arts. The soldiers

come from Tripler Medical Center, a major military hospital on Oahu, where there are many different ways to help healing.

I care about Wounded Warriors. It started with my father who was in the trenches in France during the First World War. Then, my first husband was killed in action in the Korean Conflict. My second husband had been a Marine pilot at Guadalcanal in the second World War, and my third husband was in the Navy. You can see how it is natural for me to want to participate in the Wounded Warriors Program in Hawaii.

Each group of the Warriors in the program has five sessions of three hours each at the Honolulu Academy of Arts; about seven to ten Warriors come, sometimes only men, sometimes with one to three women. Some are very young, in their late teens, most are in their twenties and thirties. They come with a social worker and a leader. They have a onehour tour of art with a docent (I am one of the docents), followed by a two-hour session with an artist in the Academy’s Art Studio.

In the studio, they have a hands-on experience making art: painting, drawing, watercolor, clay and printmaking.

The feedback the Academy gets says this program is a great success. The Warriors keep journals telling of their reactions to the tours, and the supervisor comments also. A highlight for me, as one of the docents, was the tour I gave where six of the seven Warriors (all the men, the seventh was a woman) gave me a hug and a kiss when they left. It certainly makes what we do for these “Warriors Looking At Art” worthwhile. A small thank-you for what they have given to us.

Since L u cile M ason (the Wonder Woman), who has been our Class Secretary lo these many years - much gratitude and thanks, Lucilq'A asked for a “good book”, I recommend the Unfamiliar Fishes ” by Sarah Vowell (The Americanization of Hawaii) MA

Mr. Edward S. "Ted” Olcott 23 Argyle Court Summit, N J 07901

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Mr. WinterfordJ. Ohland 39A Cambridge Court Lakewood, N J 08701-6225

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Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerome L.) 3970 Sepulveda Blvd., #403 Torrance, CA 90505 wittels@socal. rr. com

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A n n e F eagley W ittels writes: L eigh B errien S m ith sent a note with bits of news

of various classmates. She keeps in touch with P a t D riv er S h u ttlew orth - monthly by mail. She also keeps up with S u san A ilin g M iller, who emailed her at Christmas with the notation of having visited Pat last summer. Leigh has also been exchanging notes with P eg O d ell O verholser.

And Peg, who lives in Texas, has a son who lives close to me. She and I have met on a couple of occasions when she has been here for a visit, although last year it didn’t work out because of a calendar conflict I had. I’m hoping things will work out for a get-together this year - but of course news of that will not be available for this news segment. bless her heart, always has news of others’ activities, but she rarely writes of her own. My supposition is that she is still an active member of the garden club, still takes beautiful photographs, and still writes the occasional poem.

L eigh ,

My cousin H ayd en O ’N eil M A ’46 and I phone each other from time to time. He and his wife Pat seem to be doing well. And my sister S h eila F eagley Jam es T K S ’43 and I talk on a weekly basis. Rather than relate what she’s been up to lately, I suggest you read about it in her class news in this issue.

Jerry and I are still in pretty good shape. He is still enjoying tennis, still plays the clarinet with weekly practice with the band, and their several concerts during the year. My health is stable, and I continue with my many interests and hobbies; at the moment making afghans for two of o n younger nieces who are expecting babies in late July, and planning a program for one of our branch libraries for fall/winter on “Greeting Cards: When you really want to send the very best, you make it yourself.”

MKA sends its sincere condolences to the family of K ath ryn Teaze C lark , who passed away on March 28, 2011.

advises that he has started dialysis, but stressed that this is far better than his other choice. He seems in good spirits, but undoubtedly would enjoy a phone call.

B ob N eb erg a ll

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oldest Jason and wife Allison welcoming Nolan Edward Parnell in Summer 2010. Jane and Dick continue to travel to see relatives all over the country, and eagerly anticipated being with all of their crew on January 1, 2011 at a family wedding.

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Dr. Peter B. Lawrence 4802 Olympic Lane N #D Wilson, NC 27896-9148 writes: Another musical for which I wrote the book, “Twist,” played at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Based on “Oliver Twist,” it’s a multi-racial show set in New Orleans during Prohibition. It will open at the Pasadena Play house in June 2011 for 10 weeks.

W illiam B row n

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Mrs. David Hannegan (Louise Rudd) 49 Canterbury Lane Lakeville, CT 06039

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Mrs. Sibyl Lewis Lotterle P.O. Box 3254 Hayden Lake, ID 83835-8148 sibstoy@icehouse. net

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Class agent: Mrs. Richard Lewis (Audrey Maass) 4551 G ulf Shore Blvd. N, Apt. 804 Naples, FL 34103-4601 rdlew@aol. com MA

Mr. Rudolph Deetjen Jr. 12 Ledge Road, Cottage 74 Blue Hill, ME 04614 rudyandpatti@gwi. net C liff E van s is still in touch with his Academy classmates and sent along a joke to them about Bostonians, to which R u d y D eetjen humorously responded, "Looks like Cliff has been overexposed to Yankee heritage after so much California time!" Rudy also wrote in that he and his wife Patty celebrated their 50th anniversary on Bermuda at the Coral Beach Club with family members Leif and Christina Deetjen (who live in Maine near Rudy and Patty), and Cliff and K im D eetjen and sons Alex, 12, and Ben, 9, from Burlington, Vermont. Rudy also sent in a few pictures of his Academy and Kimberley classmates.

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sent in a winter 2010 letter with a few family updates. She remains involved with a Christian women’s group and her riding group, with whom she spent a wonderful weekend in Black Prong, an equestrian center on 250 acres in Bronson, FL. Her big news is that she and husband Dick are grandparents, her daughter Susie’s Jan e L ock w ood S covil

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Class Secretary and Reunion Chair: Mrs. Lloyd Marentette (Gail Robertson) 93 Glen Avenue, Llewellyn Park West Orange, N J 07052 writes: Our class is in close touch with each other. In G ail R ob ertson M a ren tette

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Mr. William B. Grant, 7330 Westmoreland Drive Sarasota, FL 34243 W illiam G ran t writes: Our Head Boy R ich ard H op k in s has written to advise

that he has reluctantly decided that it is time to part “with his mistress,” a 30-foot sailboat that has given him and his family much joy as they traveled up and down the East Coast.

He is also contemplating moving into a retirement community, but keeping their family reunion home in New London, NH. Now, if only your Class Agent could figure oiljhow to disconnect from his mistress (politics)!

Bunny and Bill Rowe at Cabbage Key near Boca Grande, FI.

Gail Robertson Marentette '51 and Rudy Deetjen '50 at Boca Grande, FI.

October, we had a 59^ reunion along with and his wife, Bunny, who came for his 6 0 ^ reunion at the Academy. I’m looking forward to seeing R u d y and Patty Deetjen in Boca Grande next month. We haven’t seen each other in fifty-two years! I think MKA draws more people from Llewellyn Park than my other independent school in the area. Kimberley was a wonderful school and I look back with many fond memories. Tom Nammack is a great headmaster of MKA - what a school it has become!

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MKA sends condolences to the family of R osalin d “L in d a ” C. H erb ert on her passing May 5, 2011.

MA John B arlow retired in 2003 after 40 years of practice in pathology and laboratory medicine. He enjoyed it very much. Wife Anne is active in social and women’s issues.

He has two daughters. Deborah is head librarian at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Karen is a mother of three, ages 18, 16 and 13. All are well. John says, “Montclair Academy gave him an enjoyable and excellent start to his education.”

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Mrs. Clark Moran (Martha Gilbert) 8011 StrauffRoad Baltimore, MD 21204-1834 mmoran@iopener.net Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue Ames, IA 50014-7302 csage@iastate. edu C h arles Sage received a nice note from Kimberley ’53 alumna Sally M axson Jones.

In it, she reflected upon her fond memories of M ik e E llin ger and Joe S ch u b ert, and her part in the drama productions featuring actors from both the Academy and Kimberley. Sally

Duke Johns, Paul McFeeley 76 and Joseph Schubert '52 in Washington

checked in with the Alumni Office in April to send her regrets at not being able to attend MKA’s Washington, DC regional alumni reception. She and husband David are very much enjoying living in a retirement community in Ashbum, VA. MA

was MKA’s special guest at its April 7th Alumni Reception at Clyde’s of Gallery Place in Washington, DC. Joe did a marvelous job of editing and converting an old 16mm film made during his senior year at MA entitled, “A Day at Montclair Academy.”

The film, shown during the gathering, chronicled a day in the life of Joe’s classmate and fellow senior D avid B attaglia, following him as he went about his daily routine at the Academy’s former Walden Place location.

Alumni viewers marveled at seeing icons like William Avery Barras and Claude Monson in action, teaching their classes. Watching the film, all were moved and gained a deeper understanding of what it means to be alumni of a school with a rich and varied history.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, prolific author and 1989 MKA Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, visited Headmaster Tom Nammack in May at the Headmaster’s residence on Lloyd Road.

The house was Fradkin’s childhood home, and Philip was pleased to show the place to his son Alex and daughter Cleo during his springtime visit to the East Coast.

P h ilip F rad k in ,

Philip’s recently published book, The Left Coast: California on the Edge, was a collaboration between Philip and son Alex, and has received rave reviews. The following is a brief snippet from a more extensive ForeWord Reviews article online: “The author refers to this serpentine-like beacon of culture as ‘the left coast,’ describing it as someone or

something that is different, strange, a bit noir, or liberal. Both the author and his son, Alex, a skilled photographer, know this terrain well.

When the elder Fradkin, a denizen since 1960, first explored the coast for his 1974 book California: The Golden Coast, assisted by his young son, he measured the pulse of a state that was already impossible to pigeonhole. Retracing their steps almost thirty-eight years later, they assign California ‘eight coasts,’ ranging from the northernmost ‘wild coast’ to the lightning rod ‘political coast’ in the south. The author wields a pen, memories of the past, and keen interviewing skills, while the artist presents breathtaking color photographs that capture the coast’s magic.”

Congratulations to Philip on his continued success!

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Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane Ridgefield, CT 06877-5604 G eorgia C arrin gton wrote: C Y M ann Treene and Bill had a long trip across the

country which they thoroughly enjoyed, seeing friends and family along the way. took a trip to Australia where she found herself during the earthquake, fortunately, not in the epi-center.

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Another traveler is V ick i W en d t W est-P eek.

She and her son Christian went on a fabulous Asian tour last year and chose South America this year, flying to Rio and ending in Santiago. They spent several days in each city at the beginning and end of their cruise.

V ick i did have all three sons with her for Christmas, as well as her three grandchildren, and she felt very “blessed.” writes that her kids came for Julian’s 83rd birthday in B arb ara H ob art V alb u en a

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Class agent: Mr. Sheldon Buck 51 Cornell Road Wellesley, MA 02181-7408 sheldon. buck@comcast. net MKA sends its condolences to the family of Josep h P erry R u d d ick , who passed away on June 15, 2011.

M ik e L u d lu m reported that he, O scar M ock rid ge and D a v e A th erton represented

the Class at the MKA reunion luncheon last October. Mike retired from NYU last December after 22 years, a career that included 30 years in broadcast radio and TV. His wife Melissa, is also retired.

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January and that was a wonderful time for all, lots of “food and fun.” Barbara stays active with many ladies’ groups: the Patriotic and Program Committees of the Colonial Dames, the book group at the Greenville Country Club, and the Residents’ Council at Cokesbury. Both daughters are still working, Vivian for Merrill Lynch in the Compliance Department, and Teresa for an office supply company in the Baltimore area.

“We had a lovely trip to Costa Rica in October and saw wildlife of all varieties.

Also had a week in Hilton Head this spring where we were able to catch up with friends from there and ones from Texas who joined us. The weather was miraculous...six days of sun and warmth! Now, it is crazy time for all the volunteer activities, from a one day housing repair program to being one of a six woman team leading our 105th church fair!

Thank heavens most of the six are 10 to 15 years younger!” checked in: Life is good. Donn now has 3 greatgrand children! We are living on Cape Cod full time. I am very busy with my flower arranging, entering flower shows and teaching.

F elicity F ergu sson M o rse W in n er

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Mrs. Cecily Wilson Lyle 432 Wright’s Neck Road Centerville, MD 21617 ceci@dvm.com

Mrs. Carol Barnard Ottenberg 1420 41st Avenue, E Seattle, WA 98112-3804 ottenbergc@aol. com

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checks in: With our 50™ year college reunions behind us, the big number for some is still 50, as in golden wedding anniversaries. J u lia S chou E stes and Harry (Marietta, GA) celebrated their 50^ in June, with festivities that included a scrap book with notes from old friends and former classmates. A n n deV ausney H allow ed and Bob celebrated theirs in August.

Mr. Lawrence Martin PO. Box 1058 Lexington, VA 24450-1058 martin@intelos. net Class agent: Mr. Robert Brower 131 East 6 6 ^ Street, Apt. 10C New York, N Y 10065-6129 rereadclassics@aol. com writes: Marilyn and I were delighted to host an informal class reunion at our home in Bethesda, MD on November 6, 2010. L arry M artin and Ellen came from Lexington, VA, G eorge G rosse and Helen from the Baltimore area, and C h ip D allery and Ginna from Philadelphia. Family news and recollections of “Montclair days” were shared over a luncheon which lasted into the afternoon. It was the first time some of us had seen each other since graduation 55 years ago! On a personal note, Marilyn and I will be returning this summer to tour European music festivals - this year the Salzburg Summer Festival, followed by the Lehar Operetta Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria.

During the rest of the year, we frequently visit embassy recitals and lectures in Washington.

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Mini reunion Class o f1955, hosted by Paul Nejelski.

C arol B arn ard O tten b erg

I enjoyed an evening with Ann and Bob last summer, along with C ath y K rebs S u iter ’64.

The Hallowells hosted us at their home and we had a great evening of reminiscing.

Simon and I spent a longer than usual Christmas on the East Coast, thanks to Blizzard 2010 which extended our stay by three days, until the planes got back on schedule. For us, it was mostly pleasure, looking at all that snow instead of Seattle’s usual cold rain. Aside from short trips - a birding and wildflower weekend in Eastern Washington and an outing to Victoria, BC -I we stayed close to home until our annual trek east to the Adirondacks and Maine, with a week at Isle Royale in northern Lake Superior along the way.

M ered yth C lark G rah am emails: We keep busy with the three grandkids going on 9, 10 and 12. They live close by so we get to visit a lot. I still teach ESL part-time at our local community college. It is a hard job to retire from since it is so much fun. We got to Hawaii this past January — a beautiful spot and much more crowded than when I studied there in 1962.

From N in i d e Jurenev: I might as well have a full-time job these days with all the . volunteer work I am doing. I am President of a neighborhood of over 3,000 people. We were getting robbed every day until I held a forum that made every branch of government responsible. We also have a fabulous Neighborhood Watch group. In addition, I was able to convince AT&T that we didn’t want a 55 foot cell tower less than 100 feet

from our bedrooms. I am busy with the Santa Fe Botanical Garden and Master Gardeners.

Twenty years of dreaming of a Botanical Garden here is coming to fruition. We have hired an internationally renowned landscape architect and, in time, will have beautiful site specific gardens full of our native plants, shrubs and trees. Lots of hard work, but definitely worth it.

John and I were too busy traveling last winter to even get out the 2010 Christmas letter.

L ilia E m eta z M cD onald:

B etsy H asb rou ck C ole emailed that she enjoys receiving and reading MKA news in the school magazine and The Cougar Chronicles email blasts. Her, news: “Bob and I have moved from CT after 47 years, and part of our hearts will always remain there.

We now reside in Little Compton, RI and Vero Beach, FL. However, we have just purchased a small apartment at Fox Hill Village in Westwood, MA. It is an outstanding retirement community, and since Bob has early Parkinson’s, this decision seems like a good insurance plan for the future. I keep up with various classmates.

G ail Z ab risk ie W ilson and I, along with our husbands of course, celebrated our 50th wedding anniversaries last summer.

And, speaking of Gail, we see a lot of A ubin Z ab risk ie A m es ’54 in the summer, as she has a house not far from ours. B etsy B eatty M atlack and I talk occasionally by phone, and most winters she and Lou travel to Vero Beach to visit mutual friends of ours. Lou is an outstanding chef and we are often treated to one of his delicious dinners. H en n y N elson S keen lives fairly close to Westwood and was extremely hospitable to us last fall, asking us to two events. I also keep in close touch with M arian M iller C astell. We have traveled with her and her husband over the years, enjoying a barge trip through the Burgundy wine country in France and renting a house in Tuscany together. MKA remains such a high point in my life and I always look forward to receiving the alumni news.

later reported that she attended a lecture in February in Vero Beach given by F lu ffy F ergu sson W in n er ’54. Fluffy did a demonstration of “Aft in Bloom,” a concept that she helped originate at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Very experienced flower arrangers are invited to come into a particular museum and do an arrangement that evokes the feeling of a certain painting or sculpture.

The two are then displayed together. This concept has become very popular, and is now a featured event at many art museums around the country, including the Vero Beach Museum of Art. B etsy

writes: I am still working and enjoying it! Bob and I also spend some significant time away, at which time our son, Rob, and our managers run the

company very well. Each year, we spend a month each in our Florida condo and our house in Maine. In 2010, we traveled to Greece and Portugal as well. Our three grandchildren, Oscar (8), Iris Hennin (7) and Morgan Souder (10 months) are keeping us entertained. emails: It has been a long hard winter, and thank goodness the snow is mostly gone. We broke up the long spell with a wonderful boat trip on the Amazon River in northern Peru. I loved all the birds, animals and other creepy things that live in this most unforgiving environment. The jungle is so dense, wild and beautiful.

kindergarten in Moscow, ID, and his sister Avery (9) in 4 ^ grade, are now snow skiing in Idaho without poles. His son Brad continues to run the small organic research vegetable farm project at Washington State University in Pullman, WA, which is about 20 minutes from their home.

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J a n e C raw ford L yons writes: It was great to see L in d a L ovell, B etsy H asb rou ck C ole and H elen N elson S keen at our Wheaton

50™ Reunion last year, and we missed you, J u lie H ed ges R ohrer.

is still selling residential real estate for Coldwell Banker in the Wyckoff office. It’s been an interesting ride in the recent market. When not showing homes, she’s playing bridge, enjoying family life, (especially their five grandchildren), and spending time with friends, especially lunches, dinners and conversations with M olla K ap lan R eisb au m

Joan n W eisser S alom on.

writes: Despite the economy, my entertainment business grew 50% in 2010. This year, I added balloon sculptures to the mix. I practice, practice, practice, then I stalk the town in search of children to give my practice pieces to. I love my job!

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updated the Alumni Office: Retired from private practice the Friday prior to attending my 50^ college reunion at Harvard in May 2010, which seemed to be an appropriate period of full­ time employment. Spent almost the entire month of October in Italy with members of Slow Food Northern NJ. Three weeks in Sicily and a week in Torino, eating and drinking with many delightful food and loine producers, and members of Slow Food Sicily.

Also enjoyed the Salon Del Gusto in Torino.

A n n e K in g F ran ges

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Mrs. Thelma “Tam ” Miller Knight 3001 Linton Boulevard, No. 201C Delray Beach, FL 518 tknightll 5@aol. com Tam K n igh t wrote to her classmates: Unfortunately, I do not have much to report to you all! It’s you all who bring me the “news!” Hopefully, I will receive more emails before the next issue, due out in Spring of 2012! ’Til then, I wish everyone well!

wrote: The only news I have is that I had another grandson, Land Robert Lynch, bom on November 28th to my son Philip and his wife Amber in Charlotte, NC. He joins his two older brothers, George, almost 6, and Thomas, 3, and brought my total number of grandchildren to eight. With my husband Duccio’s 12, that brings us to 20 all together!

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Otherwise, we are still back and forth between Rome and the U.S. My mother is still chugging along and will be 100 in June!

Duccio and I had a nice trip in early October to Barcelona for a meeting of the soup kitchen we work at here in Rome. This coming fall, it will be in Munich. Our choir group here sang in some wonderful concerts last year, including singing at a mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in early November. Quite an experience!

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Class secretary and agent: Dr Edward T. O ’Brien Jr 3376 F em cliffLane Clearwater, FL 33761-1411 eoblO726@msn. com

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Mr. Eric Jaeckel P.O. Box 20153 Boulder, CO 80308-3153 efjaeckel@hotmail. com

Mrs. Diana Bethell Little 1-K Buckingham Rd. West Orange, N J 07052-2703 littlecorp@verizon.net

Class agent: Dr. Lawrence Nazarian 29 Surrey Place Penfield, N Y 14526-1221 LFredN@aol.com

Our sincere condolences go out to L inda M ichele B ragg whose sister, P h yllis M ichele N ielsen ’60, passed away on February 23, 2011.

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checked in: He attended his 50™ college reunion in June 2010 at Williams College. His two grandchildren, Ellis (5), in

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Mr. Henry Agens 86 Eagle Rock Way Montclair, N J 07042-1629 kymelee@earthlink. net Mr. David Stroming 82 Halsted Drive Manchester, N J 08759 KStroming@aol.com

birthday.Van continues with about 38 years of volunteer service in Ballston, NY as an Advanced Critical Care EMT. This activity, which occupies most of his time now, appealed to him following his EMT service in the US Army. He (also enjoys volunteering with the Anthropology section of NY State Museum, having retired from management of both the Museum and the NY State Library.

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regretted that he was not able to attend the 50th Reunion of the Class of ’58, but he read with great interest the reports in the MKA Review of that wonderful weekend. He recalls with great pleasure having attended his 40th Reunion. Time has flown by too rapidly!

Gladly, Robert and his family did not suffer from the tornadoes that in recent weeks ravaged several of the southern states.

Robert reported that the storms hit from the western portion to the center portion of the state of GA. He and his wife, Sylvia, live at the mouth of the St. Mary’s River in Southeastern GA, very near the GA-FL state line and north of Jacksonville, FL, a little over 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.

Robert received his PhD in Psychology. He began his college studies with D ave B lack and W alt (Trey) K ipp, other members of the MKA Class of ’58, at the University of Vermont. He then transferred to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and finished up at the University of Mississippi. He reports that he did research for the Air Force in Mississippi, worked in Washington, D.C. and taught for 15 years in the Psychology Department at Georgia Southern University. Since retiring in 2000, he enjoys spending time with his family, golfing and occasionally consulting in psychology, for which he retains his license.

Robert and his wife, Sylvia, met each other in the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. They have two children and five grandchildren. Their youngest son went to GA Tech, played football, got an MBA at University of Colorado in Denver and is an Aerospace Engineer, involved in one or more shuttle launches. Their other son is a professional golfer in southern GA, coaches the team at South GA University Sid directs a golfing program in town.

Robert reminisced about the extremely cold winters in Edmonton, and the need to get the car battery out of the cold environment on many wintry nights. Some areas had electrical plug-ins to keep the engine block warm at night.

Van Ju d d reports that he and his wife, Janet, very much enjoyed a cruise to Tahiti during the last year. The trip was part of an Elderhostel excursion, to celebrate Janet’s

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Class secretary: Ms. Jarvis Reilly Nolan 15612 Via Marchena San Diego, CA 92128-4420 jarvisno@aol.

It’s a small, small world ...

Middle School Fine and Performing Arts teacher Christian Ely subscribes to The Wire 9 an English magazine about modem music.

The April 2011 issue featured an article by journalist Byron Coley, M A ’73, on “multimedia maverick” and 60’s avant-garde musician Charlie Nothing, M A ’59.

Imagine Ely’s surprise as he read “Charles Martin Simon (Nothing’s birth name) grew up in New Jersey and attended Montclair Academy (where he was two years behind the actor, Michael J. Pollard, and 14 years ahead of me.)” Nothing died in 2007, leaving a legacy of weird and wonderful musical experimentation and some unique “Dingulators” - guitar-like structures that he made out of recycled automobile steel. Visit www.thewire.co.uk to access the full article.

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Class agent: Mrs. Mary Anne Coursen Doty 21 Juniper Drive Queensbury, NY 12804 Our sincere condolences go out to the family of P h yllis M ich ele N ielsen , who passed away on February 23, 2011.

MA E ric S an d w all kindly heeded G eorge B le y le ’s request for news and sent in the

following: After college, I joined the Army and was fortunate enough to spend most of my tour in Germany. After I was honorably discharged from the Army, I joined Westinghouse and began an Information Technology career as a Junior Programmer. After a few years and a few job changes, I eventually worked my way into management positions. I then took a

job with BASF and worked there for more than 25 years in a number of upper management positions, primarily in the area of telecommunications. I retired from BASF in 2001, and have been enjoying my stock options, pension and 401k ever since.

I married Mary Ann in 1968 and we have three children - Eric III (40, unmarried), Christian (38, married with two children) and Kimberly (30, married and expecting her first). Since 1972, Mary Ann and I have lived most of the time in our home in Byram Township, NJ. We also have residences in the Poconos and in Florida. For the past few years, we have been spending more time in Florida because Mary Ann hates cold weather. Since retirement, I have been traveling to Europe quite often, having been there on average about once each year, mostly visiting Sweden. I also ride my Harley Davidson Road King and take two or three long trips per year. A few years ago, I traveled on my Harley from California back to New Jersey. I used to play a lot of tennis, but since my knee replacement in 2004,1 now mainly play golf. Some of my other activities and interests include scuba diving,J| reading (mostly fiction), attending plays in NYC, personal computing, college and pro sports, handyman jobs around the house and spending time with my grandchildren.

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Mrs. Winifred Sage Wilson 13819 Vidal Place, NE Albuquerque, NM 87123-4729 wmsw98@msn.com Class agent: Mrs. Suzanne Scanned Hardy 47 Bartlett Parkway Winthrop, MA 02152

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Mrs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769 Forest View Avenue Hillsborough, CA 94010 bcreed@truckerhuss. com checked in with the Alumni Office and told of plans in the works for a ’62 mini reunion in February.

Several classmates will once again meet at the home of S u san n e W ilson B risach in beautiful Amelia Island, Florida, reprising fun times had during a reunion gathering some years back.

M argaret A gen s M organ

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Dr. John J. Farrar P.O. 114 2069 Warren Creek Road Ovando, MT 59854 sharknose@starband. ne

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Mr. Bronson Van Wyck Arrowhead Farms 2141 Highway 224 East Tuckerman, AR 72473 writes: I am semi-retired from working in India on the eradication of illegal child labor in the work force. I still volunteer with the Veteran’s Administration.

While in Vietnam, I won a Silver Star as a Spec Ops Captain. I am enjoying being a grandfather to one month-old Zachary Schott Hodges.

D an iel H od ges

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MKA sends its deepest condolences to C arolyn S an d ers P izziru sso whose mother, K ath erin e “K it” E aven son Sand ers ’41,

passed away on January 28, 2011.

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John Benigno johnbenigno@hotmail. com

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Ms. Marilyn “Lyn ” Schultz Blackwell 3779 Center Road East Montpelier, VT 05651-4103 lblack@ezcloud. com kindly gathered news from

L yn B lack w ell

’65 classmates: K itty H aines:

I’m still living in Bermuda and

enjoying it!

C h eryl C alm en son G raff: Since the reunion, our family has grown. My husband Dennis and I have five grandchildren and one on the way. Our younger son Colby (35) and his wife Carey are now living in Plano, Texas, with their two little boys, soon to be three little boys, at the end of June. Our older son Glenn (40) and his wife Tracie live in Toronto near us, and have three children. Our daughter Samantha (38) has worked with me in real estate for the past 16 years. She also

has a web-based business of personalized gifts (www.sammygs.com) and ships all over) the world. Two years ago, my husband Dennis and I went on a cruise to the Greek Islands and Istanbul for our 40th anniversary.

It’s hard to believe we will be celebrating our 42nd anniversary in June. Everyday business, family and friends keep us busy. If anyone ever finds themselves travelling north of the border, be sure to contact me: cherylgraff@rogers.com. Hope everyone is well from the class of ’65.

G ab b y L each: I’m still working part-time, two days a week, as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. It’s going on 40 years. We moved upstate in 2000 to a very small town north of the Catskills. Our nearest neighbor is over a half a mile away and we are surrounded by 600+ acres of woods and rolling hills. We have about 50+ wild blueberry bushes producing, so at the end of a good season, our fingers are stained blue.

Jeff and I have been married 25 years. No kids. We enjoy the outdoors and nature around us. We are organic, trying to be selfsustaining. We hunt birds over our English setters and are very involved in sporting clays. It’s like golf with a shotgun. We travel around the Northeast and South to shoot and hunt. Jeff retired from his job as co-owner of a boatyard on the South Shore of Long Island. He and his brother still own the boatyard. So, before we moved up here, we did a lot of sailing locally and in the Virgin Islands. Naturally, you have some boats when you own a boatyard.

Our life is very simple and close to the land.

We live in a magnificent natural world that many never take the time to see. That’s it in a nutshell. Oh yes, we still skinny dip in our pond; you’re never too old.

I am still a school district superintendent in Anaheim (even have a Walt Disney School!), commuting Mondays and Fridays to and from my home in San Diego with my Golden Retriever and Yellow Lab. I hope we all make it to our 50th reunion!

E llen C urtin:

S usan W right: Jim and I are enjoying our home in Sunapee, NH, some miles south of Hanover, where we lived for over 30 years (Jim for 40).It didn’t take long to get used to a new life of more leisure. With great pleasure, I serve on the Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees and think often of Page Paterson, who was a student here; her aunt is a legend on campus, and Page’s niece was a student at Dartmouth. I’ve had good visits with Joan Vanderbeck Taylor who lives in Wilmington, DE, and I look up Kate Bonniwell whenever I’m in New York.

Fortunately, L yn S ch u ltz B lack w ell lives just up the Pike. I think it’s time for another reunion.

A n d rea Sp orer Sim on:

My daughter,

Christi, graduated from Harvard and is a budding actress. She is actually on camera (and not on the cutting room floor, as has happened with the other films in which she has so far worked) in Happythankyoumoreplease, Josh Radnor’s (of How I Met your Mother) independent film. She’s also gotten engaged to a very nice law school graduate who will be working in the entertainment field after he takes the bar this summer. No, I did not introduce them; they both grew up in Larchmont and reconnected. No wedding date has been set, as they are busy moving into their new condo in Williamsburg.

As for me, I am still at Scholastic Media, heading its Business and Legal Affairs and continuing to love what I do. We’ve got three pictures in play, at Sony, Dreamworks and Imagine, so if any one of them goes t® ' production, I’ll be very busy. Otherwise, it’s tending td our TV series and licensing business and speaking on industry p a n e ^ H This past year found us celebrating my mother’s 100th birthday and it was quite an event. A couple of years ago s S moved to be closer to me, M t still lives in her own apartment. She’s a very independent centenarian. My dad passed away several years ago.

I still have the wanderlust and spend my vacations travelling. This year, I’ll be in Istanbul for a wedding and later Paris for a family reunion. I haven’t been to Istanbul in almost 30 years (ugh, am I really this old?) and am curious as to the changes. If anyone is ever in Greenwich, please stop by.

Lyn S ch u ltz B lack w ell: I’m still living in the same old farmhouse we purchased nearly 40 years ago and loving our access to skiing and hiking. I’ve been busy marketing my book, Frontier Feminist: Clarina Howard Nichols and the Politics o f Motherhood, published by Kansas University Press last fall. Meanwhile, the grandbabies are multiplying. Son Scott and his wife had twin girls in December, so I now have four grandchildren, including three granddaughters!

Thanks to everyone who helped find new email addresses. As your class secretary, I need those updates whenever your address changes.

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efficiently. The sessions help in some conditions like ADHA, fibromyalgia, insomnia, migrants, chronic fatigue, OCD and PTSD to name a few. I am still living in Spartanburg, SC. Two of my four children are married. I still try to get to the beach, with Hilton Head being the destination more often than the “Jersey Shore.'’ • is living on Martha’s Vineyard and it’s not as quiet as one might expect. Retired from work, but working full­ time as a volunteer in conservation and town activities, keeps her days busy. Her husband, John Caldwell, still works full-time but remotely as a computer consultant to Customs and Border Protection in DC. This gets her back to DC for visits with classmate S usan R ich ard son B orch ard t. She and John travel whenever they can, having just returned from Southeast Asia. They celebrated their 10™ wedding anniversary this past July.

Terry A p p en zella r

J essa V ogt D aw son writes: We’ve had a very busy year. My daughter Erin and her husband, Paul Frazer, held a big wedding celebration in Sydney, Australia for Paul’s family and their little daughter, Kali, on January 2. My daughter Ali married Mark Gibson in July on the banks of the Stanislaus River in Dorrington, CA — with another East Coast ceremony and reception over Labor Day weekend. Then, on October 9, our third daughter Leslie married Ryan Weiss on a hill in San Francisco, while the Blue Angels flew over them during Fleet Week! Then Doug and I moved from Los Altos to Dorrington in the mountains, to a newly built house back down in Livermore, CA. Erin now lives in HoChiMinh City, Vietnam, Ali lives in Brooklyn and Leslie is in San Francisco.

Doug is now retired and we will be traveling a lot.

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Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick 70 Eastern Vista Sedona, AZ 86351-9085 fitzlaw@sedone. net Class agent: Mr. A. Craig Cameron 11 Bay Point Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32174-2203 ccameron@cameronhodges. com

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Ms. Margot Escott 1818 Imperial G olf Course Blvd.

Naples, FL 34110-1010 MKA sends its deepest sympathies to D eb orah S an d ers L ew is whose mother, K ath erin e “K it” E aven son S an d ers ’41

passed away on January 27, 2011.

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Class agent: Mr. Craig Perry 3467 Pinestream Road Atlanta, GA 30327 Craig.perry@rutherfoord. com Congratulations to M ich a el Y am ashita on his receipt of Wesleyan’s Distinguished Alumni Award at the University’s May 2011 Commencement. Mike was MKA’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient back in 1992, when his accomplishments as a world-class photographer led to his work gracing the world’s most demanding and prestigious publications. He continues to enjoy tremendous success and acclaim, still’ traveling the world as a master photographer pursuing his career with passion and perseverance.

Our sincere condolences go out to Jeffrey P od esta whose father, G erard P od esta, Class of 1935, passed away on May 16, 2011.

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Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 10 Knolls Road Williamstown, MA 01267 akalker@aol. com MKA sends its sincere condolences to the family of E lizab eth “ B etsy ” A p g a r N iles, who passed away on March 31, 2011.

Class agent: Ms. Kim Kolbe 38 Kent Drive Roseland, N J 07068-3707 MKA sends it condolences to H elen “H eid i” S an d ers B ryan whose mother, K ath erin e “K it” E aven son S an d ers ’41, passed away on January 28, 2011.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to T h an e B en son whose father, R ich ard “D ick ” B en son , Class of 1939, passed away on January 22, 2011.

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Mr. V. James Castiglia 3 Lark Lane Oak Ridge, N J 07438-9171 vjc@vjamescastiglia. com Class agent: Mr. Peter Webb Mile Slip Farm 48 Mason Road Brookline, NH 03033-2203 pwebb@winerbennett. com

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Miss Philippa Bowles 162 WoodruffAvenue Brooklyn, N Y 11226 bowlesphilippa@hotmail. com

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Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29 Free Union, VA 22940 bmw@freeunities. com

Reunion Chair: Mr. Anthony Vitale 10 North Wood Avenue, Apt. 601 Linden, N J 07036 Tony. Vitale@TVOD.com

MKA sends its sincere condolences to G eorge R ead on the death of his mother, Adele Read Kelly, who passed away on February 17, 2011.

T ony V itale

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Christine Hannon 97 North Street Northhampton, MA 01060-3213 channon@smith. edu MA

Dr. Edward A. Griggs Jr. 8 Yates Boulevard Poughkeepsie, N Y 12601 eagriggs@optonline. net

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Ms. Leslie Bryan 844 East Momingside Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30324-5223 lbryan@dsckd. com

had great success gathering news from classmates.

From Tony: My life seems to be led in scores.

The first 20 years of my professional life were spent in entertainment, managing nightclubs and comedians and being a radio announcer in Boston. After 4 0 ,1 found myself as a theologian for the Episcopal Church (now retired due to my liver transplant, but former Editor, Church Publishing Inc. —the official, “captive” publishing arm of the Church). Currently, I maintain the parish Website in my hometown (TrinityCranford.org, if you’re bored). writes: I hope to see you all in October. After a long run as an MKA parent, I’m finally done after 22 years. My twin daughters, Heather (Cornell ’05) and Lauren (University of Wisconsin ’05), will celebrate their 10th reunion with us. Daughter Carly is finishing her sophomore year at University of Michigan, majoring in Fine Arts. It is nostalgic, though, to drive by the Upper School and know that except for the new Arts wing, it was built while we were there.

A n d rew A b ram son

and his daughter Carly ’09 were featured in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Fighting Cancer Is Family Effort.”

The family started the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation in 2007, following Carly’s efforts to fundraise for breast cancer. Carly’s mother, and Andy’s wife, Lisa, was undergoing breast cancer treatments at Memorial SloanKettering when Carly made a key ring to give her as a gift. The key ring was so popular that Carly began making and selling them to support the hospital. Her efforts raised thousands of dollars, but the family wanted to do more. That’s when they formed the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation. Andy, the President and Chief Executive of Value Companies (a real-estate and property management firm in New Jersey), approached Dr. Larry Norton, the Deputy Physician-inChief for breast cancer programs and Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The foundation now supports Dr. Norton’s critical cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and other institutions. The majority of funds raised have come from various events, including golf and tennis tournaments, walks and fashion shows, and Carly, now a junior at the University of Michigan, still makes key rings for the foundation.

A n d rew

K evin B asralian writes: I completed 25 years of private practice at Hackensack University Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. My twin boys will start high school in the fall and my daughter Grace will be in the seventh grade. I am really looking forward to seeing my classmates after such a long time and renewing our friendships!

says: Ciao a tutti, I hope to be at the reunion as well. It is depressing that we graduated high school so long ago, but it will be fun to catch up on old times. I’ve semi-retired and work part time as a cardiologist. One of my hobbies has been to try and leam Italian, which I have been studying at Rutgers University. In May, I will take my fifth trip to Italy. My daughter, Catherine, is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health system. Son John is a financial control analyst for J.P. Morgan Chase.

B ob B en ign o

small textile company that produces warp knit fabrics for many end uses. We have 105 employees coming to work 24 hours a day, five and six days a week. It is hard to believe that an earthquake in Japan may reduce my automotive interiors business. Stay tuned to see how it works out. We are well capitalized, so it should not be an issue. Robert (22) is graduating from Hamilton College in May with a Philosophy/Religious Studies double major. He is thinking about DC for his next stop. Maggie (25) finished an internship at MOMA in New York as Assistant Curator.

Her show opened in February to great acclaim. She is now a resident of Brooklyn, looking for additional full and part-time experience in the art world.

G e o ff C lose writes: “You don’t stop playing because you get old. You get old because you stop playing ”. George Bernard Shaw. I started playing hockey when I was 40; now, 17 years later, still not very good. Best thing about hockey, rather than golf, is that when you whiff a shot, it’s ok to go ahead and hit somebody. You really can’t do that on a golf course. Daughter Virginia graduated from University of Vermont this past December.

After serving as an intern in the UVM Development office, she has accepted a position with Colgate University in their Development office. Geoff, Jr. is married and a high school math teacher at Xavier High School in Middletown CT. In addition, he is a defensive back and wide receiver coach for its Football Team, which won the Connecticut State Football Championships.

P au l C osen tin o is a stockbroker and lives in Richmond, VA. G u y D ella P en n a still resides in beautiful Sarasota, FL.

writes: I am serving as Executive Vice President and COO of the University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc., although I have so far avoided picking up a Southern accent (perhaps because I’m able to telecommute part time from my home in the Colorado Rockies). I actually celebrated my first 40th reunion last spring, when 35 of the 61 students who spent the summer of 1970 as AFS exchange students in India gathered for B ru ce D ow n sb rou gh

a weekend in Washington, kicked off with a luncheon at the Indian embassy — an incredible weekend. While planning to have an equally great time at our MA reunion in the fall, I am not looking forward to another reminder that it’s been 40 years! writes: I will also put our reunion date on my calendar and be sure to attend. I look forward to seeing you all there!

D avid F reed

Jon G old in g, who will be at thé reunion, writes: I have relocated to CA, where I am managing regulatory compliance and safety training for the support services staff at Stanford University Medical Center. My wife was also fortunate to land a position at the Stanford Medical School, where she writes grants for various research functions.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone this coming fall for our reunion. It was a while ago that we were all on campus together, so now since life progressed, we should have some interesting tall tales to tell. Fellas, don’t be square B- be there; we spent key formative years together. I think that it is fantastic that many of us are still in touch with each other.. .40 years later!

who will attend Homecoming, writes: I think I have made it every five years except the last reunion, which I just couldn’t do. Always a blast!

Joh n G u ttm an n ,

confirmed his Reunion attendance and writes: I am a full Professor of Mathematics at County College of Morris and a volunteer EMT for Cedar Grove Ambulance and Rescue Squad, as well as a member of Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) in Morristown, NJ. J e ff Jon es

writes: Life is good, but due to the economic downturn, my early retirement will be postponed for some time.

Kim and I have lived in Virginia Beach since 1989. We transferred here with Nestlé from NJ. We made the decision to stay in the area after several divestitures and still work at the same location, first under Sara Lee and now as Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA. I work in commodities, where we are responsible for W ilh elm “J o h n ” K ob u s

S teve B ob ella is a doctor at the Paramount Medical Group in Warren, NJ where his interests are listed as “guitar, kayaking, backpacking and literature of all genres.”

Joh n B ran d ow

is a lawyer and still lives in

NYC. writes: After running Fairystone Fabrics for the last 10 years, I was able to purchase it on March 6,2011. I now own a

Jim B ryan

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the purchase and logistics of green coffee for a major roaster. This has enabled me to travel extensively overseas.

On a personal note, Kinffiid I have adopted three teenagers. We’ve been advocates for children over the last 20 years and mentored many children during this time. I’m still active as member of our local rescue squad and as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. If our schedule permits, we may make it to the reunion. It would be great to reacquaint.

J e ff L evin is currently a tax partner in the New York Office of the international law firm, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP. His primary area of practice is international estate planning. Last October, Jeff had an article published in Estate Planning, a leading law journal on the subject entitled, in part, “Transfers to Foreign Trusts by U.S. Persons.” In 2009, Jeff was admitted as a member of STEP, The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, an international organization for estate planning practitioners.

writes that he’s continuing to globetrot with his medical research logistics company. He’s recently returned from meetings in Hong Kong, Santiago and Sydney, with side trips to Easter Island and Ayers Rock. “When I retire, I’m going to stay home for at least a year,” he says.

R ob L ip m an

P h il M an cu si-U n garo writes: I work for the Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta as a Senior Water Attorney. In addition to doing civil and criminal enforcement work and wetlands permit reviews, I am involved in Everglades restoration, water disputes between Georgia, Alabama and Florida, and Appalachian Coal Mining permitting. I have been with EPA for 22 years, worked at a private firm after law school, and worked as a biologist before law school.

Jon O lsson writes: Our daughter Emily is interested in the culinary arts and writes for a blog called Small Kitchen College (biggirlssmallkitchen.com). Our youngest daughter, Caroline, is on her high school rowing team, and last year her boat won a national championship.

writes: Tony —Good to hear the liver transplant is holding up. I hope the side effects of medications still give you a good quality of life. I think I’ll try to make the October 22 homecoming. My daughter Lisa just graduated from University of North Florida with Business Bachelor Degree after 10 years of night school. She is a manager at Orange Park Mercedes Benz; I’m really proud of her.

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S cott P u rvis lives in Longwood, FL and writes: Unfortunately, I doubt that I’ll be attending reunion. Eve and I are coming up on our 30^ anniversary in June. Both boys,

Ross (26) and Austin (23), live together in Orlando so we are very fortunate to get to see them both on a regular basis. Ross is a tattoo artist (looks like ZZ top) and is the sweetest person I have ever met in my life. He travels around the country doing guest spots, but is based out of a small boutique shop called Primrose here in Orlando. Austin just graduated from UCF (studied philosophy) and has started working with me in the web design business. For the past 15 years, I have been building web sites and auction platforms for numismatic clients. I also own and run the numismatic portal site: www.coinweek.com.

Eve is a realtor, but does a lot of volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity when she isn’t playing about with our three French Bulldogs. Life is good. Looking to buy a small farm in North Florida to retire on once the kids skip town!

M ich ael W o lff writes: For many years I have written about politics and media in a regular column in Vanity Fair and before that in New York Magazine. I am also the founder of Newser.com, the editorial director of Adweek, and a commentator on CNBC. I’ve written five books including, “The Man Who Owns the News,” a biography of Rupert Murdoch, and “Bum Rate,” a memoir of the early Internet era. I live in Manhattan.

Tony sadly reported learning of the passing of P eter R oth w ell in February 2005, after a battle with lymphoma. MKA sends its belated condolences to Peter’s family.

MKA sends its condolences to Joh n A p gar on the death of his sister, E lizab eth “B etsy ” A p g a r N iles, who passed away on March 31, 2011 .

MICA send its sincerest condolences to P eter whose mother, Adele Read Kelly, passed away on February 17, 2011.

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Ms. Barbara Flessas 140 Lorraine Avenue Upper Montclair, N J 07043 akisister@aol. com Ms. Deborah Peck, Esq. 128 Victoria Bay Court Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-5764 dcpll @hotmail. com Class agent: Mrs. Linda Finney Williams Box 1446 6 South Pasture Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 czarina@nantucket. net MKA sends its sincerest condolences to A lison R ead V illa, whose mother, Adele Read Kelly, passed away on February 17,2011.

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Class agent: Mr. Peter Perretti 86 East Bracebridge Circle The Woodlands, TX 77382-2542 perretti@sbcglobal. net

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Ms. Susan Read 38 College Circle Staunton, VA 22401-2375 MA

Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail Medford Lakes, N J 08055-1310 gregory. lackey@usps.gov Class agent: Mr. Thomas C. Galligan 504 Main Street New London, NH 03257-7818 tgalligan@colby-sawyer. edu MKA sends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of R ich ard G old b lu m on his September 21, 2010 passing. was elected to the Sedona Oak-Creek Unified School Governing Board last November. Zach and his family have lived in Sedona, Arizona for over six years; his two children are in the 7th and 8th grades in the Sedona school system. An avid believer that children receive the best education when their parents are involved, Zach ran his election for the school board on the platform of “more parent involvement.”

In Sedona, Zach and wife Jill own an art gallery that Zach runs. Jill is a wealth manager for Oppenheimer and Company.

After living in rentals during the real estate market’s peak and subsequent crash, they are now building a home in Sedona. Zach invites anyone visiting the area to look him up!

Z ach ary R ich ard son

MKA sends its condolences to B ill B reen on the passing of his mother, H elen H anau B reen ’41, on March 1, 2011.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to M alcom O ’H ara whose mother, Janice O’Hara, passed away January 10, 2011.

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Class agent: Ms. Erin Cuffe Crawford 102 Buckingham Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-2307 erincrawford@verizon. net

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MKA sends its sincerest sympathies to J effrey S tan ton , whose mother, Jean Cutting, passed away on April 4, 2011.

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Class agent: Mr. Paul Zukerberg 1790 Lanier Place NW Washington, DC 20009-2118 pzuk@speakeasy. net MKA sends condolences to T im B reen on the passing of his mother, H elen H an au B reen ’41, on March 1, 2011.

MKA sends its sincere condolences to Sally A p g a r on the death of her sister, E lizab eth “B etsy ” A p g a r N iles, who passed away on March 31, 2011.

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Mrs. Paul McFeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 238 Devon Road Essex Fells, NJ 07021 lmcfeeley@mka. org Class agent: Dr. Charles Read 1918 N. Daniel Street readca@gunet.georgetown. edu MKA sends its sincere condolences to Susan whose mother, Jean Cutting, passed away on April 4, 2011.

S tan ton ,

writes: Am having lots of fun with my new venture as owner/publisher of Natural Awakenings Magazine (Morris, Essex, Sussex and Union counties). It’s a guide to a healthier, more balanced life, with lots of information on natural health, personal growth and green living.

A n a G old R in con

C h arles “ C h ip ” R ead is the Director of Adult Critical Care Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. He recently dined with P eter A d am s ’77, his wife Diana and their eldest daughter at Kinkead’s in DC.

Many, many thanks to B ill D iogu ard i and family for their generosity and graciousness in hosting a spectacular MKA reception at their Avon, NJ home in June. Everyone in attendance had a ball! L a u rie and P au l M cF eeley hope all 76ers will return on October 22nc*to celebrate the class’s 35^ MKA reunion.

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Mr. Andrew Pedersen 1 Washington Avenue Rumson, NJ 07760-2013 andrewpedersen8@aol. com

Beth Kindler Lloyd-Thomas ’79, Joe Santarlasci ’79, Betsy Stanton Santarlasci ’79 and Headmaster Tom Nammack at MKA's Washington, DC Alumni reception in April.

Class agent: Mr. Robert Hubsmith 16 Warren Road Maplewood, NJ 07040-1814 robert. hubsmith@mountsinai. org MKA sends its sincere condolences to B ruce S an d ers, whose mother K ath erin e “K it” E aven son Sand ers ’41, passed away on January 28, 2011.

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Ms. Pamela Zeug 60 W. 57th Street, #15F New York, N Y 10019 pzeug@downinggroup. com Class agent: Ms. Jane Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown Road Kentfield, CA 94904-2711 janeburkhard@comcast. net In January, the Olympic Sailing Program presented R ick D oerr with the “Commercial Award,” one of seven US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics Awards given to the 2010 team members who achieved excellence in several different categories. The “Commercial Award” is presented to the athlete who has made an outstanding effort in support of the commercial and sponsorship activities of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics. Rick was a 2002 inductee in the MKA Athletic Hall of Fame. Commercial Director Dan Cooney wrote of Rick, “Rick and his entire team are especially good at team branding, giving feedback on our technical gear and giving good video interviews. Rick always goes above and beyond when asked in all ways on behalf of the team.” was named a 2011 Women of Power & Influence Honoree. This honor is given annually by the National Organization for Women, to exemplary women at the top of their career fields who have made their mark as role models for aspiring female professionals. As a 24-year-old bank loan officer, Melissa founded the Manhattan Mortgage Company, now the largest mortgage brokerage in the country with $3

billion in business. Melissa also serves as Governor of the Real Estate Board of New York, and has received several awards and honors, including the Builder of the Year Award from Habitat for Humanity and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Melissa was also MKA’s 2007 Distinguished AlumnS Award recipient.

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Dr. John Brink 1246 Beach Haven Rd. Atlanta, GA 30324-3842 drjack2020@aol.com Mrs. Carlos Ortiz (Shawn Mahieu) 2163 Gilbride Road Martinsville, N J 08836-2235 csaortiz@optonline. net Congratulations to B eth K in d ler L loyd on completing the National Marathon in Washington, DC in March and running 26.2 miles. Beth ran to benefit The National Brain Tumor Society in honor of her and J e ff K in d ler ’73’s sister, D ara K in d ler K au fm an , who passed away in February 2007 from a glioblastoma brain tumor. On Beth’s Facebook page created for the event, she shared the following words about her sister, “Dara’s strength in the face of T h om as

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Dr. Larry Duca ’79 celebrates with son Kyle ’l l at graduation.

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MKA sends its deepest sympathies to P am ela R u d d ick H old in g whose father, J. P erry R u d d ick ’54x, passed away on June 15,2011.

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Ms. Amy Felber Trapp 229 Cardinal Road M ill Valley, CA 94941-3618 amy@jhevents. com

Ken Breen ’79 with son Conor ’ll, wife Terri and younger son Liam at Connor’s graduation. adversity reminded me that we all have ¿r ,' light within us that helps us fight the most difficult challenges.” ‘Though much is taken much abides.’ Tennyson.”

MKA sends its sincere condolences to K en B reen on the passing of his mother, H elen H an au B reen ’41, on March 1, 2011.

Our deepest sympathies go out to G ard n er S em et whose father, Alan L. Semet, passed away on March 11, 2011

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Mary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court Chester, N J 07930 Mary_Cole@wellsfargois. com Class agent: Mr. George Reimonn, Jr. 199 Winter Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 George@cadso. com will run with Mayor Vic DeLuca for the two seats up for election this year on Maplewood’s Township Committee. The general election will be held in November. Maplewood Democratic Committee Chair Ian Grodman said that India’s “years of personal experience in community building both in Maplewood and greater Essex County will strengthen an already exceptional Township Committee’s ability to work on behalf of all Maplewoodians.”;; A winner of the Volunteerism Award and the Newark Literacy Volunteer Appreciation Award. India is very excited about her nomination and said, “I’m running because I truly love Maplewood and this community.”

In d ia H ayes L arrier

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3 0 th R E U N IO N O C T O B E R 2 2 ,2 0 1 1

Class agent: Mrs. Laura Itzkowitz (Laura Reisch) 37 Nottingham Road Manalapan, NJ 07726-1834 howardandkaura@optonline. net Reunion Co-chair: Janis Joseph janjoseph@optonline.net Reunion Co-chair: Bob Cunniff rcunnif@optonline. net

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Cheryl McCants 7 Holly Court Bloomfield, NJ 07003-3004 cmccants@eimpactconsulting.com Thomas Robbins 6 Bradford Terrace Newtown Square, PA 19073-190 checked in and said she and husband Joe are happily married and axe born-again Christians, as is her 86-year-old father.

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Ms. Maureen Towers Natkin 5 Riverview Road Irvington, N Y 10533 motowers@aol. com Class agent: Mr. Walter J. Davis 66 Oakwood Drive New Providence, NJ 07974 davisteam@comcast. net MKA sends its condolences to K ris H atzen b u h ler O ’C on n or on the passing of her father, Richard Hatzenbuhler, on May 20, 2011. Mr. Hatzenbuhler was an MKA Trustee and served as Treasurer during his tenure from 1982-1988. His granddaughter, K elsey, is a member of MKA’s class of 2014.

Our sincerest sympathy goes out to K evin W ilk in s, whose mother, Virginia Norton Wilkins, passed away on March 2, 2011.

MKA sends its deepest condolences to E lliot S em et, whose father, Alan L. Semet, passed away on March 11, 2011.

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Mrs. Jennifer Jones Ladda 110 Glen Rock Road Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 jjones@dmjadvisors, com Class agent: Mr. William Stone 99 Larch Road East Greenwich, R I02818-2205 bstone@outsidegc. com

MKA sends its condolences to Julia R u d d ick M ead e whose father, J. P erry R u d d ick ’54x, passed away on June 15, 2011.

Graduate Natasha Silodor flanked by proud parents Michelle and Dr. Scott Silodor ’82, sister Sydney ’14 and grandparents Francine and Jerry.

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Class agent: Mr. Jeffrey Schackner 1435 Lexington Avenue, Apt. 3E New York, New York 10128 jeffrey.schakner@citi.com

Ms. Susan Bartlett Rankin One Barbaree Way Tiburon, CA 94920 srankin@microsoft. com

Our sincerest condolences go out to F red erick S tan ton , whose mother, Jean Cutting, passed away on April 4, 2011.

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Ms. Sherry Ahkami P.O.Box 3187 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 shrin@sdspineinstitute. com Ms. Jennifer Remington-Knodel 44 Hamilton Drive East North Caldwell, NJ 07006-4629 jenremknodel@aol. com Class agent and reunion agent: Mr. Patrick Sweeney 1750 Scarlett Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15241-3140 p sweeney @ml.com Reunion Co-chair: Bruce Redpath bruce. redpath@rbccm. com Reunion Co-chair: Sherry Ahkami shirin@sdspineinstitute. com Reunion Co-chair: Paul Voltmer paul. voltmer@gmail. com Reunion Co-chair: Elyse Fenerty elfenerty@yahoo. com currently lives in Glen Ridge in a classic Victorian with his wife Jodi, whom he met at Emerson College and two daughters Ruby (9) and Phoebe (5). Life is filled with music, skiing and “the attitude of gratitude.” Brian owns and operates MB Productions (www.mbvideo.com), a video staging firm that provides large screen video projection, camera packages and switching systems for the special events industry. He is looking forward to the 2 5 ^ reunion.

B rian B rook s

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Class agent: Mrs. Hillary Johnston (Hillary Windolf) PO. Box 35 New Vernon, NJ 07976 hillaryjohnston@mac. com

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Mr. Louis Lessig 2009 Morris Drive Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 llessig@brownconnery. com Class agent: Mr. Josh Raymond 33 Oak Place North Caldwell, NJ 07006 jraymond@trenklawfirm.com Congratulations to C ari M cA sk ill who just received her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Voice Performance from the University of Michigan.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to G irard R u d d ick whose father, J. P erry R u d d ick ’54x, passed away on June 15, 2011.

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Class secretary and agent: Ms. Meredith McGowan Zengo 383 Middlesex Road Darien, CT 06820-2518 mczengo@aol. com Ms. Lorelei Muenster Leia9sioux@aol. com

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2 0 th R E U N IO N , O C T O B E R 22, 2011

Ms. Dara Marmon 52 Park Avenue, Unit 14 New York, NY 10016 wackohead@nyc. rr.com Class agent: Mr. Luke Sarsfield 105 Franklin Street, Apt. 4 New York, NY 10013 luke.sarsfield@gs. com Reunion Co-chair: Marci luliani Young marcella.young@jud. ct.gov Reunion Co-chair: Dara Marmon wachohead@nyc. rr.com D ara M arm on checked in with the following: M arci lu lia n i Y oung and M ich ele Sorce S ilverm an returned, tanned and

possibly rested, from their annual families’ vacation to Aruba. They make the pilgrimage every year with husbands and sons.

My Facebook pleas garnered a few responses!

M au d e H err M ailly wrote from New York state that her family grew by one last year; Aidan was bom in March 2010. He joins twins, Katie and Noah.

G en a (K u sselu k ) S cotto responded too, with a small missive: “Nothing’s changed here!

Living in Manhasset with three kids.” Gena lives on Long Island with her husband, Stephen and children, Charlie, Mikayla and Tommy. My thanks to Gena for writing.

News of any kind is news!

Alas, my friends are sacrificed to filling up white space. M arc H au ser and I caught up face-to-face, rather than email-to-email, when he visited NYC with his almost three-yearold daughter, Cecily, who he is learning how

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Mr. Dennis Rodano 14 Wayland Drive Verona, NJ 07044-2331 rodanod@verizon. net Class agent: Mrs. Lynne Y. Krest (Lynne G. Yellin) 7408 East Main Street Lima, NY 14485

From left to right, Michele Sorce Silverman ’91, Marci luliani Young '91, Niko Young, Jake Silverman and Anthony Young

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Many congratulations to author A n n MKA Class of 1990, whose second novel A Good H ard Look received tremendous advance publicity praise, including reviews in Library Journal and Booklist, a review in O The Oprah M agazine — as well as inclusion on that magazine’s summer reading lisL-r^, selection for the prestigious Indie N ext L ist P ick for July 2011, and a Five Star Review on Amazon.

N a p o lit a n o ,

Published by Penguin Press on July 7, A Good H ard Look is a fictionalized account of the life of the great American writer, Flannery O ’Connor. The story deals with the realities of life and relationships in the small southern town of Milledgeville, GA, where Flannery lived, wrote and died. Napolitano introduces an unforgettable cast of characters who, in the aftermath of one tragic afternoon, are all forced to look at themselves and face up to Flannery’s observation that the truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

beautiful, wholly original novel” writes Dani Shapiro, author of D evotion. “This is a book one wants to savor slowly for its language, but it is also a page-turner in the best sense of the word.”

Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief writes, “A Good H ard Look is not just a novel about an extraordinary American literary figure. It is an examination of how we can live our lives to the fullest.”

While fellow author Paula McClain {The Paris Wife) raves, “With uncanny insight and perception, Napolitano pierces the surface of her characters’ lives....W hat a superb book!”

Napolitano, who visited the MKA Upper School in 2004 following publication of her first novel, Within A rm ’s Reach, notes “As you can imagine, this is an exciting time in my life and one that I want to share with our MKA community.” More information can be found on her webpage at annnapolitano.com, and she invites alumni to contact her via email at or via twitter at @napolitanoann.

“I was transfixed and transported by this

to make balloon animals for. After some time with children’s books at Marc’s mom’s place, Marc and I discussed grown-up books over dinner, way back in April.

Ms. Tamar Safer 816 Chippewa Trail Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 tsafer5400@aol.com

S eth T raum , his wife, Lauren, and thenboys, Zach (7) and Jordan (5) meandered down from the Upper West Side to Murray Hill for the annual Easter Egg dye with my daughter, Veronica (also seven). This year, the children required no adult supervision.

Who knew you could dye three-dozen eggs in under five minutes?

Class agent: Ms. Anne Marie Verdiramo 302 Timberbrooke D riwe Bedmnister, NJ 07921 amverdiramo@gmail. com

I look forward to seeing everyone at our 20th (gasp) reunion in October!

S teven P estk a writes: Four kids now, $10,000,000; Changing poopy diapers -1 priceless! Steve and G en e M azo (and families) still getting together. Wish the best to you all.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to L u k e S arsfield on the passing of his father, Luke A. Sarsfied Jr. on January 15, 2011 and his mother Nancy Ann Sarsfield on June 21, 2011.

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Mr. Enrique Neblett 718 Ainsley Court Durham, NC 27713 enrique. neblett@gmail. com

S tacey H on sted t P olan sk yj informed the Alumni Office about the most recent addition to her growing family. Lindsay Kateryna Polanskyj was bom on April 20th, joining big sisters Cassie and Maddie and big brother Damian. Maddie enters Kindergarten at MKA this fall.

was selected to receive the ASH-AMFDP Award (American Society of Hematology - Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program) to conduct research on HLTV-1 adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

The results from her research may help to identify mechanisms of leukemogenesis and further efforts in the development of experimental therapeutics for patients with leukemia/lymphoma. Dr. Phillips was thrilled to be the recipient of the award, stating that “the support provided by ASH and AMFDP will give me protected time, funding, and career counseling that will advance my research and support my development as an academic hematologist.” Dr Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

A d rien n e P h illip s

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Mrs. Renee Ciccarella (Monteyne) 43 Veranda Avenue Little Falls, N J 07424 rmonteyne@yahoo. com Congratulations to R en ee M on teyn e on her marriage to Robert Ciccarella on March 19, 2011. They honeymooned in Italy where they had a private cooking class that was filmed for International TV. Class agent: Mr. Damien Vena 385 Grand Street, #L906 New York, N Y 10002 venad@yahoo. com

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Ms. Dana Fiordaliso Martin 102 East 9 ^ Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428-1504 dfiordalisomartin@gmail. com Class agent: Mr. Jason Awerdick jasonawerdick@gmail. com (pictured with George Hrab at MKA’s Alumni Cocktail Reception in Washington, D.C.) is the founder and partner of CRAFT | Media / Digital, whose mission is to provide comprehensive communication consultation and media, digital and print services for the political and issue industry.

CRAFT is the first company in the political consulting and services industry to marry B rian D on ah u e

traditional media and online media. writes: I am working at Goldman Sachs going on 13 ' years now. I have two wonderful daughters Brooke (4) and Ashley (2) who keep me very busy.

C an d ace M essin ger R ab in ow itz

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Brian Donahue ’94 andfaculty member George Hrab

15th R E U N IO N O C T O B E R 22, 2011

Ms. Tanya Barnes tbarnes@fas. harvard, edu Ms. Erica Hirsch 10 West 15th Street, #902 New York, NY 10011 ehirsch 77@yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 700 First Street, Apt. 17P Hoboken, N J 07030 ldv@fdumni.princeton.edu Reunion Co-chair: Juli Peterson Hibbard ju li_paige@hotmail.com Reunion Co-chair: Tashie Murphy Ludlow natashaludlow@hotmail. com Reunion Co-chair: Colleen Rabke Meyer redrabs 77@aol. com Hearty congratulations to L ee V artan. In April, Lee became Assistant Council to the Governor of New Jersey. In this role, he will advise the Governor on a broad range of policy issues, from education to healthcare.

He will also work closely with the legislature to advance the Governor’s agenda. and A d am D eS tefan o are still living in Caldwell with their two-year-old son, Jackson.

Ju lie P eterson H ib b ard and husband Jason welcomed their second child, daughter, Brooke Olivia on January 4, 2011. Brooke joins big brother Lucas, two, who was bom in November 2008.

E lizab eth M an gu m

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Ms. Sandra Tritt 29 Brookfield Road Montclair, NJ 07043 sandratritt@gmail. com Class agent: Mr. Alexander Holz 259 Bleeker Street, Apt. 27 New York, N Y 10014 alexbhlz@gmail. com Congratulations to D an B lake, the tenor saxophonist in the Julian Lage Group, who is featured on their new CD “Gladwell,” released in late April by Emarcy. “Gladwell” is the follow-up to their debut CD in 2009, “Sounding Point,” and was reviewed as a “Critic’s Choice” in the New York Times.

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Mr. John Garippa 8157 Madison Lakes Circle South Davie, FL 33328 oceanhut@aol.com Ms. Anna Labowsky 5 Highview Court Wayne, N J 07470-6271 annalabowsky @yahoo.com

Mitch Decter '94 and son Ryan class o f 2025, who joins sister Morgan ’23 at the Primary School this fall, attended an cream social at Brookside fo r incoming new students.

Class agent: Mrs. Jaclyn Latzoni Spedaliere 58 Burnham Parkway Morristown, N J 07960 jaclynlatzoni@yahoo. com After honeymooning in St. Lucia, N elli B ollettin o and Sean Fine both graduated with distinction from The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, DC on May 15, 2011, and Nelli was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society. Nelli and Sean are starting residency in Internal Medicine this June at Brown University in Providence, RI. MKA sends its deepest sympathies to A sh ley G riffin on the passing of her father, William Griffin, on March 22, 2011

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Sarah Love Vose was bom on April 30, 2011 at 4:30 a.m. to proud parents A b b ie L ove V ose and Tom Vose. She joins brother Benjamin Vose. Sarah was 7 lbs. 11 oz. and she arrived after a quick and peaceful delivery. Abbie is a physician at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.

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Ms. Lauren Moses laurenmoses3@yahoo. com

Antonella (Nelli) Bollettino ( ’00) married her medical school sweetheart, Sean Fine, on April 15, 2011 at The Madison Hotel in Morristown, NJ. Also in attendance were Antonella’s mother and retired MKA teacher, Linda Bollettino (not pictured), andfellow MKA grads Anna Labowsky ( ’00), Fran de la Torre ( ’00), Vikki Bollettino ( ’97), Lauren Hooper ( ’00), Jay Tobia ( ’00), Joette Harrison Nigro ( ’00), Jordan Fraser ( ’00), Lissa Bollettino ( ’94), and Enzo Bollettino ( ’87, not pictured).

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Erin Clubreth and Sam Hotchkiss were married May 28, 2011.

John and Donna Bruno enjoy the graduation o f their youngest daughter Gianna, with older children Jon ’02 and Jackie ’05.

and Sam Hotchkiss were married May 28, 2011 in Falmouth, ME. There were many MKA friends in attendance, including Erin’s bridesmaids, K ate K lim czak , S arah M iller, and Tory O ’K ane, Erin’s brothers A n d rew ( ’08) and M att ( ’05x), A ly M iller ( ’03), Evie Redmond, and classmates K ate B oard m an , G il K ru ger, and S tep h an ie P latt.

E rin C u lb reth

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10th R E U N IO N O C T O B E R 22, 2011

Ms. Dana Pisacane dana.piscane@gmail. com Class agent: Ms. Lindsay Braverman 340 East 34^ Street, Apt. 5A New York, NY 10016 Ibravermanl @gmail. com Reunion chair: Melissa Branco Bowman mbbowman@gmail. com Best wishes go out to J o sh u a W eissglass on his September 2011 wedding to Jam ie B urns ’04. Josh and Jamie started dating four years ago, but met as students at MKA. They join an ever-growing list of married MKA alumni!

Congratulations to D a n iel W eller on his marriage to Dr. Marissa Ferrazzo in March 2011. There were quite a few MKA alumni in attendance, as well as in the bridal party.

R icard o R ieth m u ller is a founding member of East 3rd Productions, a production company whose mission is to empower artists to create multidisciplinary work that communicates across social, cultural and political lines. Ricardo, a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, serves as director, performer and producer at East 3rd. He has directed a number of productions including The Weird Sisters and A Lasting Impression, and has produced all of the company’s theatrical and cinematic projects. This year, Ricardo will direct Strange Snow by Stephen Metcalf and References to Salvador Dali Makes Me Hot

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Class secretary: Mrs. Melissa Fortunato Slomienski 40 Holton Lane Essex Fells, N J 07021 fortunme@mac. com Miss Emily Santangelo 27 Woods Road Little Falls, N J 07424-2010 emilyannesantangelo@gmail.com Class agent: Mrs. Lauren Tortoriello Ertel lauren. tortoriello@gmail. com is living in Manhattan working on the Doubleclick Sales team at Google NYC. C elia C oh en graduated from University of Virginia Law School in May 2010 and is working as an attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Rioter & Hampton. She is living on Capitol Hill, a few blocks away from her sister, A b b y ’05.

Jess B lock

graduated in 2007 from Saint Peter’s College with a BA in Political Science, and in 2009 he earned an accelerated Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa as a Clinical Nurse Leader. He is currently living in Glen Ridge where he was elected Captain of the Glen Ridge Volunteer Ambulance Squad. He is also a staff nurse at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City on 3 Dazian Pavillion, the “VIP Unit” that is composed exclusively of private suites for celebrities.

J o e P oten zon e

C assie P en d ergrass is in her fourth year of teaching elementary school. She has her Masters in Reading and Literacy from Walden University and is now beginning a Doctoral program at Walden.

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Ms. Judith Ferreira 819 Clifton Avenue Newark, N J 07104-3211 jferreir@pratt. edu Class agent: Ms. Melanie Braverman 484 South Parkway Clifton, N J 07014-1243 mel. braverman@gmail. com wrote in March that she was leaving her position at the International Finance Corporation after 3 years. She writes: IFC has given me the incredible opportunity to gain global development finance experience, both as a Housing Finance Consultant out of Washington, DC, and more recently, in my role of two years as an FM Investment Analyst for the Caribbean Region based in the beautiful Trinidad and Tobago. I will be taking these experiences with me to the classroom as I pursue a Master of International Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in the fall.

D en ise S ark or

I hope to work in Africa one day, and maybe even be blessed to have a positive impact in my country of birth, Liberia. The professional foundation I received at IFC will certainly aid me on this path.

A m y T rain or

writes: I serve as an editor,

writer and PR manager for a custom publications firm near Charlotte. I spend my free time hiking in the mountains of NC and practicing taekwondo. I am currently a Is -degree Black Belt.

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Ms. Kate Santoro 333 River Street, Apt. 539 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Kate. santoro@gmail. com Class agent: Brendan McCaffrey 345 East 5 ^ Street, Apt. 1C New York, NY 10003 brendan. a. mccaffrey@gmail. com Congratulations to Jam ie B u rn s and Josh u a the alumni couple got engaged in July 2010 and were married in September 201. Their wedding was held at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park, NJ. W eissglass ’01;

is appearing on Broadway in the new musical “Baby It’s You!” The show chronicles the founding of Scepter Records, the 1960s label founded by Florence Greenberg (who helped discover the Shirelles, the Kingsmen, the Isley Brothers and Dionne Warwick). The musical stars Beth Leavel, Tony Award winner for “The Drowsy Chaperone,” and features pop hits like “Dedicated to the One I Love,” “It’s My Party,” “Louie Louie” and “Twist and Shout.”

The show opened in April.

Left to right: ’06 classmates Eli Bildner, Liz Miller and Alyssa Farrelly get together in China! the women of Ramapo College and is proud of her organization’s expansion.

Reunion Co-chair: Antonia Amico antonia@ride5mediagroup. com

Best of luck to W ill B oss as he begins dental school at NYU College of Dentistry this fall.

Reunion Co-chair: Jessica Del Vecchio jdelvecc@drew. edu

B ran d on U ran ow itz

Congratulations to A m an d a E n glan d er who edited the acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir, “Two Kisses for Maddy” by Matthew Logelin. In his acknowledgements, the author writes, “Extra special thanks to my editor Amanda Englander for pushing me to get this done and for not giving up on me when I missed each and every deadline.”

In September 2010, D agn ey C assella left the nonprofit world to join international marketing research firm, Harris Interactive, as the Senior Marketing Coordinator. Over the last few months, she has had the opportunity to put her marketing and branding skills to work managing Harris’s sponsorship of the Advertising Research Foundation’s 75th annual conference; launching a corporate blog; and developing numerous communication strategies for Harris’s brand and communication consulting group. While she could live without the periodic 60 hours work week, she is happy. More personally, Dagney is a loyal sister of Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity and has begun advising the Panhellenic delegation of AOII’s colony chapter at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

She is excited to give the gift of sisterhood to

MKA sends its sincere condolences to P eter N iles on the death of his mother, E lizab eth “B etsy ” A p g a r N iles ’68, who passed away on March 31, 2011.

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Mr. Manav Lalwani 132 Blue Heron Drive Secaucus, N J 07094-2391 201-617-5312 manav. lalwani@gmail. com Class agent: Mr. Edmund Kozak 17 Summit Street Glen Ridge, N J 07028 973-748-7016 e.g. kozak@googlemail. com Congratulations to B rian N olan who has accepted a new job at Renaissance Capital in Greenwich, CT as an IPO analyst.

C h ristop h er M cE n ean ey writes: Having the time of my life, but seeking regular work in Los Angeles.

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5th R E U N IO N O C T O B E R 22, 2011

Natalie Azzoli 60 Lloyd Road Montclair, N J 07042-1729 nat6888@aol. com Class agent: Ms. Angela McCaffrey 93 Rensselaer Road Essex Fells, NJ 07021 angelamccaffrey@aol. com

Reunion Co-chair. Victoria Schalk victoria.schalk@gmail. com W illiam W agn er’s article, “Egypt’s Youth in Revolt: For Love, Not Anger,” co-authored with Daniel Nikbatht, appeared in the February 22nd issue of The Huffington Post.

Will and Daniel submitted the article to the publication with encouragement from the Center for Self-Determination at Princeton, where Will is a Fellow. The Center is founded by the Prince of Lichtenstein, who hosted a two-day conference in March on the Middle East at a castle; various experts, military people and government officialsV were in attendance, and Will was among other graduate students invited to attend. Will also went to St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in early 2011 and gave a presentation to 100 people on Egypt and the uprising; just before he went on to speak, Mubarak’s resignation was announced!

E li B ild n er, M att C ulbreth ’05x, A lyssa F arrelly and L iz M iller gathered in China

to reminisce as they went bowling! Eli writes that he is currently living in Hong Kong, working on a project that aims to develop the social enterprise sector in mainland China.

He was previously in China researching rural entrepreneurship, and had the good fortune to pass through Beijing and get a chance to meet up with his MKA classmates. moved to Beijing in September 2010 after graduating from American University in May 2010. She has been teaching English to students of all ages, from eight to 35-years old while continuing to study Mandarin. She hopes to use her A lyssa F arrelly

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UVA defeated Maryland 9-7 in front of over 35,000 fans at Baltimore’s M&T Stadium on a scorcher of a day over Memorial Day Weekend.

Joh n D a n tz le r ’s Amherst

Captain Alisha Prytowsky '07 with Laura Placentra ’10 who is a freshman at UPENN University of California at Berkeley. was honored at Penn’s Class of 2011 Senior Day as an exceptional team leader. Of 12 areas measured and highlighted in the Senior Day Program documenting the 2011 season, Alisha’s name appeared “on top” in 10 categories.

Included among her accomplishments was her batting average of .378, her 33 runs, 42 hits, 5 home runs, 9 double plays, 4 triples and 20 walks, plus an on-base percentage of .507 and a slugging percentage of .667.

Congratulations to Alisha on a tremendous end to her college softball career at Penn.

A lish a P rystow sk y

MKA’s Tri-Campus Nursing Director Toni High is the proud mom ofgraduate Michael ’ll.

Mandarin for a future job either in Beijing or in the U.S. visited Bejing from Korea, where she is currently living, as did Tori O ’K an e ’02, while she was traveling through Asia.

L iz M iller ’06

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Mr. Brian May 22 N. Bayard Lane Mahwah, N J 07430 bmay88@gmail.com Class agent: Mr. Harry Raymond 120 Ridgewood Avenue Glen Ridge, NJ 07028-1121 raymond. harry@gmail. com graduated from Kenyon College in May 2011 and has accepted a job with JP Morgan Chase in New York in the corporate development program as a business analyst in private wealth management.

A ly E b er is starting law school this fall at

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Ms. Cara Placentra 125 Upper Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 placentra@bc. edu Class agent: Mr. Matthew Metzger 707 East Saddle River Road Ho-Ho-Kus, N J 07423 metzgemb@bc. edu

P eter N olan

Congratulations to R ob F ortu n ato and the University of Virginia Mens’ Lacrosse team on winning their 5th NCAA Division I National Championship on May 30th.

Transitioning to "Past Parents" are faculty members Jane and Ken Smith, seen here with their daughters Rebecca ’l l and Kimberly Marinella Baker ’00, son Danny and son-in-law Bill.

Football team has adopted a child suffering with a brain tumor through the Friends of Jaclyn program, which improves the quality of life for pediatric patients suffering from brain tumors and their families. Friends of Jaclyn pairs a child in need of love, support and friendship with a college or high school team based on geographic location and the child becomes an extension of the team that provides him or her with a loving support network. John is one of a number of MKA alumni at Amherst whose team has participated in the Friends of Jaclyn program; L eah C e r f’s ( ’09) and B rian M cF eeley ’s ( ’08) respective teams at Amherst also have adopted a child.

On April 26th, Class Agent M att M etzger hosted a dinner party at Boston College for fellow MKA alums. At the dinner were B rean n a Jon es, E lise M cM u llen , E rin F u rlon g, M att A lam ed a, F ran cesca B acard i and C ara P lacen tra. Everyone

had a great time and the alums, always looking out for MKA, joined together to make a donation to the 2010-11 Annual Fund. All at the dinner hope to continue the tradition of gathering in the future.

MKA sends its deepest sympathies to Joh n n y B orb on e, whose grandfather, G erard P od esta ’35, passed away May 16, 2011.

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Ms. Jane Stanton 240 South Mountain Avenue Montclair, N J 07042 jrs670@aim. com

Meredith Moran ’l l joins sister Lindsey as a member o f the Cum Laude Society.

Carina Wong (Class Agent) and Seth Bynum (Class Secretary) will keep the Class o f 2011 connected after graduation.

Class agent: Mr. Brian Purcell 89 Davis Avenue Bloomfield, N J 07003 prephockey98@aol.com On February 26th, D an a P aolu cci performed at the Palace Theater at Colgate University in a cabaret performance entitled “The Young and the Restless.” The theme of the show aimed “to reflect the struggles of youth and hope for the future,” and featured music from some of Broadway’s greatest musicals. Dana was heralded by The Colgate Maroon-News (Colgate’s student newspaper) for her standout performance in the much-applauded duet “Sorority Girls,” from the show “Glory Days.”

2008 classmates Matt Metzger, Rob Fortunato, Ed Bartleson, Myles Rudnick and Brian McFeeley at Egan ’s following the June Alumni lacrosse, game.

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Ms. Devon Barrett 109 Llewellyn Road Montclair, N J 07042 dlbarret@princeton. edu

Class secretary: Seth Bynum 32 High Street West Orange, NJ 07052 sefaref22@gmail.com

Class agent: Mr. Matthew Palmisano 51 Grover Lane West Caldwell, N J 07006 nbovals@att.net

Class agent: Carina Wong 9 Deer Trail Road North Caldwell NJ 07106 carinamwong@gmail. com

Kevin Clark ’10, a freshman at Dartmouth, wins the Sevens National Collegiate Rugby Championship.

71 I alumni news I review fa ll 2011

M arriages

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Renee Monteyne and Robert Ciccarella Alex Joerger and Martha Lieberman Antonella Bolettino and Sean Fine Joshua Weissglass and Jamie Bums Daniel Weller and Marissa Ferrazzo Erin Culbreth and Sam Hotchkiss Jamie Bums and Joshua Weissglass

March 19,2011 2007 April 15, 2011 September 2011 March 2011 May 28, 2011 September 2011

Charlotte Fitch Audrey Ayers Burgess John Graham Gerard Podesta Richard Benson Iris Fox Flournoy Peter E. Sloan Selina Hird Taylor Helen Hanau Breen Katherine “Kit” Eavenson Sanders Lewis Townsend Thomas Adair Kathryn Teaze Clark Rosalind “Linda” C. Herbert Phyllis Lockwood Hull J. Perry Ruddick Phyllis Michele Nielsen Elizabeth “Betsy” Apgar Niles Peter Rothwell Richard Goldblum

April 30, 2011 June 5, 2010 March 8, 2011 May 16, 2011 January 22, 2011 January 16, 2011 November 28, 2010 March 5, 2011 March H 2011 January 28, 2011 May 27, 2011 December 18, 2010 March 28, 2011 May 5, 2011 August 13, 2010 June 15, 2011 February 23, 2011 March 31. 2011 February 7, 2005 September 21, 2010

In M em oriam

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F aculty, F orm er Faculty, S ta ff and T rustees

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MKA BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2011-2012 P resident Vice P resident Vice P resident Treasurer Secretary

January 24, 2011 February 17, 2011 May 20, 2011 January 10, 2011

Harry Balfe Adele Read Kelly Richard Hatzenbuhler Janice O’Hara

Michael V. Johnson Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Timothy J. Bozik Steven C. Milke Denise G. Wagner

MEMBERS Joseph V. Amato Merrick G. Andlinger Kenneth W. Barrett Daniel B. Carson ’83 Evelyn M. Colbert Michael P. Friezo John T. Gaffney Marla M. Higginbotham Tracy E. Higgins Richard G. Jenkins ’77 Kathleen M. Logan Thomas W. Nammack Keith D. Phillips Karen L. Ross Jonathan M. Strain Chiming Tse Hank Uberoi J. Kent Walker ’80

HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Alice M. Hirsh Susan H. Ruddick Newton B. Schott, Jr.

India Hayes Larrier ’80 William Martini ’98 Cheryl McCants ’82, Secretary Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 A lum ni D irector

Erin Morales, D irector o f A nnual G iving

ADVISORY TRUSTEES Barry W. Ridings ’70 Robert L. Tortoriello David L. Turock MKA ALUMNI COUNCIL 2011 -2012

Alexandra Aldea ’95 Geoff Branigan, D irector o f D evelopm ent & E xternal A ffairs

Michael Braun ’01 Lindsay Braverman ’01 Jared Cook ’01 Mitchell Decter ’94 David DeMatteis ’95 Amanda Englander ’04 Clifford Finkle ’92 Angela Garretson ’94 Am anda H irsh, D evelopm ent A ssociate

Andrew Kyrejko ’05

Michele Mucci ’84 Thomas Nammack, H eadm aster Klaudia Pyz ’98 Cari Roberts ’05 Dennis Rodano ’87, Treasurer Katherine Santoro ’04 Jessica Simpson ’99, N etw ork Vice P resident

Jaclyn Latzoni Spedaliere ’00 Richard Stanton ’87 Martin Torjussen ’90 Lee Vartan ’96 J. Kent Walker ’80, P resident Jay Wecht ’83, Executive Vice P resident

ADVISORY COUNCIL Dan Carson ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Joshua Raymond ’89

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Tournaments as part of the MKA squad, or her conversations with Mr. Noble en route to and from fencing matches. India is thrilled that her daughter, Sydney, is currently fencing for MKA. The relationships that India forged with faculty members keep MKA close to her heart: history teacher Dr. Sinner, biology teacher Mr. Piersol (who gave India the lone surviving frog after a heating system accident killed all of the amphibians slated for dissection), and of course, Ken Gibson, who has become a close personal friend of India’s family.

“The teachers at the school helped me feel as though there was always someone who ‘had my back’. Today, I see those same characteristics in the teachers who instruct my daughter. I am thrilled to see that some of the teachers I loved are still heregMrs. Iverson, Mr. Hrab and Ms. Peterson, all come to mind.”

the M KA Annual Fund? continues to do, so much for me and my family, supporting l back what I have received. In this economy, it has not Feel that because MKA was always there for me and others, •k of this school continues.”

IShield of NJ, resides in Maplewood, NJ, with her husband, lale, 13 and Kendall, 9. She has been president of the ist five years, as well as an instructor aide for EMT courses v/uiv. -V>IU1WUU^, lllVJICt.is running for the Maplewood Township Committee, and - T.c?—------ -we wish her well in the November election.

The MKA A nnual F und provides key financial resources for MKA’s outstanding educational program s. The support of the MKA Community for the 2011-12 A nnual Giving Campaign is deeply appreciated.

For more information, contact Erin Morales, Assistant Director of Development at emorales@mka.org or 973-509-7933.

M arriages

1993 1995 2000 2001 2001 2002 2004/2001

Renee Monteyne and Robert Ciccarella Alex Joerger and Martha Lieberman Antonella Bolettino and Sean Fine Joshua Weissglass and Jamie Bums Daniel Weller and Marissa Ferrazzo Erin Culbreth and Sam Hotchkiss Jamie Bums and Joshua Weissglass

March 19, 2011 2007 April 15,2011 September 2011 March 2011 May 28, 2011 September 2011

Charlotte Fitch Audrey Ayers Burgess John Graham Gerard Podesta Richard Benson Iris Fox Flournoy Peter E. Sloan Selina Hird Taylor Helen Hanau Breen Katherine “Kit” Eavenson Sanders Lewis Townsend Thomas Adair Kathryn Teaze Clark Rosalind “Linda” C. Herbert Phyllis Lockwood Hull J. Perry Ruddick Phyllis Michele Nielsen Elizabeth “Betsy” Apgar Niles Peter Rothwell Richard Goldblum

April 30, 2011 June 5, 2010 March 8, 2011 May 16, 2011 January 22, 2011 January 16, 2011 November 28, 20 March 5, 2011 March 1,2011 January 28, 2011 May 27, 2011 December 18, 20: March 28, 2011 May 5, 2011 August 13, 2010 June 15, 2011 February 23, 201 March 31. 2011 j February 7, 2005; September 21, 2Cj

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MEMBERS Joseph V. Amato Merrick G. Andlinger Kenneth W. Barrett Daniel B. Carson ’83 Evelyn M. Colbert Michael P. Friezo John T. Gaffney Marla M. Higginbotham Tracy E. Higgins Richard G. Jenkins ’77 Kathleen M. Logan Thomas W. Nammack Keith D. Phillips Karen L. Ross Jonathan M. Strain Chiming Tse Hank Uberoi J. Kent Walker ’80

HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Alice M. Hirsh Susan H. Ruddick Newton B. Schott, Jr. ADVISORY TRUSTEES Barry W. Ridings ’70 Robert L. Tortoriello David L. Turock

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Andrew Kyrejko ’05

Jay Wécht ’83; E xecutive Vice P resident

ADVISORY COUNCIL Dan Carson ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Joshua Raymond ’89

Fencing + Faculty | | Family g MKA for alumna India Hayes Larrier ’80. A proud supporter of the MKA Annual Fund and also a member of MKA’s Alumni Council, India says, “I received a wonderful and complete education that served me well in college and beyond. More recently, I have seen students helped by alumni initiatives that have been fully supported by the administration.

Now, my own daughter has joined the MKA community, so the tradition continues.”

India started at MKA in the 4th grade. Her mother, Rebecca Hayes, had a long and distinguished teaching career at MKA - another tie for India and her family to the school. Some of India’s fondest memories of MKA are her involvement in fencing, starting in 8th grade and continuing through the Upper School, college and even into her post-college years. India says her fencing at MKA shaped who she is today. She will never forget winning the Santelli and State High School

Tournaments as part of the MKA squad, or her conversations with Mr. Noble en route to and from fencing matches. India is thrilled that her daughter, Sydney, is currently fencing for MKA. The relationships that India forged with faculty members keep MKA close to her heart: history teacher Dr. Sinner, biology teacher Mr. Piersol (who gave India the lone surviving frog after a heating system accident killed all of the amphibians slated for dissection), and of course, Ken Gibson, who has become a close personal friend of India’s family.

“The teachers at the school helped me feel as though there was always someone who ‘had my back’. Today, I see those same characteristics in the teachers who instruct my daughter. I am thrilled to see that some of the teachers I loved are still here - Mrs. Iverson, Mr. Hrab and Ms. Peterson, all come to mind.”

Why Give to the MKA Annual Fund?

India says it best: “Because MKA has done, and continues to do, so much for me and my family, supporting the Annual Fund is simply a small way of giving back what I have received. In this economy, it has not always been easy to continue the support, but I feel that because MKA was always there for me and others, I must do what I can to ensure that the good work of this school continues.”

India, a consultant for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, resides in Maplewood, NJ, with her husband, John and their three children, Sydney, 15, Arrindale, 13 and Kendall, 9. She has been president of the Maplewood Volunteer First Aid Squad for the past five years, as well as an instructor aide for EMT courses through Cathedral Health Care. Currently, India is running for the Maplewood Township Committee, and we wish her well in the November election.

The MKA A nnual Fund provides key financial resources for MKA’s outstanding educational program s. The support o f the MKA Community for the 2011-12 A nnual Giving Campaign is deeply appreciated.

For more information, contact Erin Morales, Assistant Director of Development at emorales@mka.org or 973-509-7933.

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