2021-2022 Annual Report on Philanthropic Support

ANNUAL REPORT ON PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

20212022 OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

MV SUPPORT: BY THE NUMBERS

NOV.

29 93

3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

$21,015

Amount raised at 3rd Annual 2022 MV Golf Invitational

Gifts received on Giving Tuesday 2021

47

Golfers at the 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

83

Gifts received honoring current faculty

16

Sponsors at the 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

MV Fund 2021-2022 at a Glance

44th Annual Auction

$39,275 $209,493

Proceeds from the 44th Annual Auction (April 2022)

$20,390

Amount raised from exclusives at the Auction, such as parking spots, Boosters package, and student-produced artwork

Amount raised for ‘Raise the Paddle’ campaign at Auction (benefitting the Millennium Theatre)

890

$332,000

487

8

Gifts to the MV Fund

Donors to the MV Fund

160

51

Alumni donors to MV Fund

Donors to the ‘Raise the Paddle’ campaign

58

193

Percent of current parents who donated to MV Fund

Tickets sold to the event, including sponsorships

Amount raised for the MV Fund

Age of youngest donor

112

Number of firsttime donors

1946

Class year of oldest alumni donor (Joan “Nan” Miller)

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GIVING THANKS FOR YOUR PASSIONATE SUPPORT Dear Friends of Maumee Valley, With the dawn of a new year, we are now approaching an unbelievable milestone: our 140th anniversary. While the girls-only school established by the Smead sisters bears little resemblance to today’s Maumee Valley Country Day School, we are nonetheless part of a continuum of local private education extending to 1884. We also are making preparations to celebrate, also next year, our 90th anniversary at our Reynolds Road location.

MISSION

Maumee Valley Country Day School cultivates an inclusive community of intellectual excellence where learners creatively explore their passions and boldly inspire positive change in the world.

VISION

We also have flourished for another reason: the passionate devotion demonstrated by generations of MV graduates and their families. Experiences and memories formed on campus continue to positively guide lives, and with that impact has come lasting gratitude. No example is more telling of this appreciation than the voluntary financial support provided to us each year. In this Philanthropic Report, we share that generosity with the Maumee Valley community. Our ability to transform students’ lives would not be possible without ongoing support from hundreds of alumni and other supporters.

On behalf of generations past and those yet to be transformed on campus, we thank you for believing in our mission. Our future remains bright and our path lit by the support and encouragement of so many.

Personal. Experiential. Global.

With thanks and admiration,

GUIDING PRINCIPLE

Lynn D. Casto Head of School

We create an environment of freedom and responsibility to Think. Speak.

Explore. Choose. Connect. Be you.

STATEMENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

At Maumee Valley, we recognize and embrace our responsibility to foster an inclusive, equitable, safe, and respectful community. We cultivate a community in which students, faculty, staff, and families feel genuinely welcome and are encouraged to learn from, with, and about one another. We honor the uniqueness of each individual and embrace diverse backgrounds, values, learning styles, and points of view to build a strong inclusive community.

At Maumee Valley, we want all community members to know: We see you. We hear you. We value you. mvcds.org advancement@mvcds.org

ADMINISTRATION Lynn Casto Head of School

2022-2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Diana Block ’91 President Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich Vice President Vallie Bowman-English Vice President Andy Weiner Treasurer Areka Foster Secretary

EMERITUS TRUSTEES Ann Stranahan Georgia Welles

DIVISIONAL HEADS

Lower School (PreK-Grade 3): Michelle Thomas Middle School (Grades 4-8): Erik Graham Upper School (Grades 9-12): Stephanie Harman (interim)

DEPARTMENTAL LEADERSHIP

Rob Conover Director of Athletics Christopher Holinski Director of Advancement Michael House TRUSTEES Director of Enrollment Alan Bannister Management Tyler Boehm ’01 (representing Maumee Valley Alumni Council Jim Kirtland Rita Jaessing Brauneck ‘68 Director of Finance and Lex Hultquist (representing Operations Maumee Valley Parent Association) Kevin Merrill Dr. Raj Kattar Director of Marketing and Adam Levine Communications Clifford (Cliff) Oberlin, III Reanne Young Reema Ridi Director of Diversity, Equity, Nazarene Tubman Siyuan (Sy) Zhang ‘10 Inclusion, and Belonging

MAUMEE VALLEY PARENT ASSOCIATION

The MVPA supports and complements the mission and philosophy of Maumee Valley Country Day School through volunteer service, parent education, and community building. MVPA strives to actively involve and communicate with the entire parent community.

Lex Hultquist President

2022-2023 ENDOWMENT FUND TRUSTEES

Dr. Joel Gorski, Chair Carter Bayer ‘10 Michael “Mike” Briley ‘63 David A. Cohen ‘81 William “Bill” Foster ‘81 Bradford “Ford” Koles Jr. ‘82 Richard Newcomb ‘64 Patty Wise

M AU M E E VA L L E Y C O U N T RY DAY S C H O O L

Commencement 2022 was a joyous day for Ny’Asia Mathis ’22 and other members of her class.

Our longevity and prosperity has always been fueled by a simple philosophy: eschewing convention and embracing change. This approach has allowed generations of students, families, and faculty to form bonds to each other as well as this place. Our philosophy mirrors the country day school movement itself, which took the rigor and camaraderie found among the best boarding schools in the East and applied them to settings outside of cities. Coupled with our focus on a student’s mental as well as physical well-being, it becomes clear why we have thrived as an alternative approach to education.

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DONOR HONOR ROLL From auction donations and estate gifts to national days of giving, hundreds of Maumee Valley friends provided financial support to this institution during the 2021-2022 fiscal year (July-June). While each gift is acknowledged and appreciated privately throughout the year, we take great pleasure in sharing those names publicly in our Annual Donor Honor Roll. We are grateful to every alumnus, parent, friend, teacher, business, and student who supported Maumee Valley Country Day School. There are many worthwhile choices when it comes to supporting nonprofit institutions. And so we are deeply grateful to the individuals and businesses listed in the following pages for choosing to support us as we pursue our mission every day.

$25,000 and up

Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. Trust Company Family Offices Ameriprise Financial Mr. Marc Savage and Mrs. Kimberly Edwards Mrs. Margaret Eldred Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glowacki Dr. and Mrs. Joel R. Gorski, Ph.D. Mr. Christopher Kiehl and Mrs. Diana E. Block ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Doug Liedberg Mrs. Karen P. Lundholm Mr. John Mason

$10,000 to $24,999

Buckeye Broadband Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, N.A. Morgan Stanley Students for Other Students Mr. Thomas L. Ashley Mr and Mrs. John Bearss Mr. and Mrs. Ford B. Cauffiel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaser Mr. and Mrs. Todd Dapkus Mr. Tim K. Foster ’83 and Mrs. Areka Foster Dr. and Mrs. Steven S. Gale Glaenzer Family Fund Mr. Bradford S. Koles ’82 and Dr. Katherine L. Koles Mr. Scott Parry ’78 and Mrs. Frances Stranahan Parry ’78 Mrs. Barbara Reed Mr. Gary Whitacre and Ms. Bonnie R. Rankin Mr. Harold H. Salverda Mrs. Georgia Welles Mr. Andrew Weiner and Ms. Sarah Crane

$5,000 to $9,999

Friends of Maumee Valley Vortex Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Advance Cleaning Contractor’s, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC Ridis Management LTD Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dewire Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frasco Ms. Dana Pienta Mr. and Mrs. Thamin Ridi Mr. Frederick Schwier and Mrs. Priscilla Lamb Schwier ‘57 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wolery HaoXin Yu

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$2,500 to $4,999

Entelco Foundation Dana Corporation Fidelity Charitable Blackbaud Giving Fund McIntosh Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Maram Alnsour Mr. Michael Anspach ’04 Mr. Chad Baker and Ms. Eileen Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Erik Blake Ms. Rita Jaessing Brauneck ’68 Dr. and Dr. Shawn Brown Mr. Keith Casto and Mrs. Lynn D. Casto Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Deichert III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drew Mr. and Mrs. Jay Griffith Dr. Edward Handyside and Dr. Lisa Handyside Mr. Ted Mize and Mrs. Kimberly Denis-Mize Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Prater Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rankin Mr. Thamin Ridi and Mrs. Reema Ridi Mr. Todd Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stranahan ’53 Mrs. Margaret F. Walbridge Mr. Alex Winney Mr. Robert Yustick and Mrs. Amy Yustick

$1,000 to $2,499

KeyBank Communica, Inc. Genoa Bank KMG Fiduciary Partners, LLC Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A. Whitacre Logistics, LLC Erie Chapman Foundation Bessemer Trust Company Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Mrs. Melissa Amonette Ms. Cathy Baer ’73 Mrs. Brenda Baker Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bannister Dr. and Mrs. Garett A. Begeman Mr. Frank S. Bell, Jr. ’55 Katie Bell-Ryan ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Boissoneault Dr. Klaus Friedrich and Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich Mr. and Mrs. Emre Y. Celik ’94 Mr. Michael Evanisko and Mrs. Cynthia S. Evanisko ’71 Mr. Byron S. Choka and Mrs. Kathleen Sabin Choka ’75

Mr. Dennis Degnan Hon. Geoffrey deWolfe and Mrs. Rebecca Beres deWolfe ’64 Mr. Daniel Dona ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Chris A. Dorrance Dr. and Mrs. Hossein El Gafy Dr. and Mrs. Amar N. Goyal Mr. Stephen Hankins ’81 The Honorable and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Helmick Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hennon Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Holinski Mr. and Mrs. David Hultquist Mrs. Marjorie M. Hutton Mr. Karl Irons ’68 Mr. Dean P. Kasperzak ’76 and Mrs. Patrice Spitzer Dr. and Mrs. Rajendra Kattar Betsy Sabin Kelsey ’73 and Reeve Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kirtland Mr. Karlis J. Krisjanis Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan B. Launder Dr. David A. Lindsley and Mrs. Ann C. Lindsley Mr. Michael C. Smith and Ms. Monica MacAdams ’67 Mr. Dmitriy Musatkin ’06 Mr. Rick Newcomb ’64 Mr. Cliff Oberlin III and Mrs. Lisa Oberlin Mr. Brian Oliver and Dr. Alison Oliver Mr. Ajay Joshi and Dr. Maneesha Pandey Dr. Philip Wong and Dr. Nancy Parquet Dr. and Mrs. Jaydutt B. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Pipatjarasgit ’89 Mr. Brian Nupp and Ms. Tanya Pipatjarasgit Nupp ’95 Mrs. Meredith Morse Prime ’62 Dr. and Mrs. William Rachwal Mr. Lamson Rheinfrank ’58 and Mrs. Sally Rheinfrank The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Mark K. Robinson ’77 Mr. Peter A. Sears and Mrs. Cary Hank Sears ’57 Dr. Yasmin Sidiq Dr. Rebecca Skinner Green Mr. Carter Smith Mr. and Ms. Michael Song Mr. Jon Stainbrook ’83 Dr. Richard W. Steketee ’68 and Dr. Kathleen L. Irwin Mr. Adam W. Uhlman ’98 and Mrs. Mikaela Van Kley Uhlman ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Deke Welles Jr. ’70 Ms. Stephanie White ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Wright Mr. Siyuan Zhang

Class Year

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953

Giving Percentage

0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 7.7% 0.0%

$500 to $999

Note: Alumni participation consists of tax-deductible cash gifts or pledges to the MV Fund, Annual Auction, and special events from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Class percentages based on living and countable members of each class.

Class Year

Giving Percentage

Class Year

Giving Percentage

Class Year

Giving Percentage

Class Year

Giving Percentage

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

16.7% 47.4% 7.7% 26.9% 17.4% 7.1% 0.0% 11.8% 16.1% 6.3% 14.0% 4.8% 2.5% 9.8%

1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

12.2% 11.5% 15.1% 14.0% 12.5% 9.8% 2.8% 10.8% 15.8% 13.0% 7.7% 7.7% 12.1% 5.6%

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

9.4% 4.8% 16.3% 4.8% 9.1% 2.8% 1.9% 14.0% 6.8% 7.3% 2.4% 7.1% 10.3% 4.8%

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

5.4% 5.0% 10.8% 9.1% 2.4% 13.6% 0.0% 6.7% 2.4% 5.3% 6.8% 3.0% 5.3% 6.1%

SJS Investment Consulting, Inc. The Andersons Jupmode SSOE Group Mitchell Family Foundation Job1America Equity Trust Company Mr. Steven Ashley ’70 and Ms. Rebecca Eaton Mr. Michael Baker ’01 and Ms. Michelle Scott Mr. Carter Bayer ’10 Dr. Ron Birnbaum, M.D. ’89 and Ms. Lisa Zwerling Mr. and Mrs. James E. Black II Mr. Tyler Boehm ’01 and Ms. Jaimi LeessBoehm Mr. James Bowers ’59 Mr. J. Matthew Buchanan and Dr. Renee Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Burke Mr. Robert W. Burnett and Mrs. Dale Shelton Burnett ’65 Kris Campbell Mr. Timothy Castor Mr. and Mrs. Channing E. Cecil Ms. Lena Ciminillo Mr. Robert Conover Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crowl ’58 Ms. Nanette David Ms. Sara Tasker Elwell ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Euton Mrs. Gwen Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gladwell Ms. Melanie Gross ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Michael House Mr. and Mrs. Kee Jueng Ms. Katie Junga Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kaatz Mr. and Mrs. Adam Karakas Mrs. Loreen Kendricks

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Latta Dr. Audrey Bohnengel Lee ’64 and Dr. Edger Lee Mr. Valdis Lenss and Mrs. Katherine L. Lenss ’03 Mr. Adam Levine and Mrs. Amy Levine Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lloyd Dr. and Mrs. Judy and Dean Ludwig Ms. Angie Mabbitt Mr. Stephen Martindale and Mrs. Christine Hankins Martindale ’59 Mr. Paul McCraven and Dr. Cynthia Hall McCraven ’78 Ms. Elizabeth M. McNerney ’76 and Mr. Donald S. Bell Mrs. Nan Parfet Miller ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Miller Dr. and Mrs. Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore Mr. and Mrs. Brad Nietz Ms. Bonnie Olson Dr. Michael Nagel and Ms. Shelly Orenstein Dr. James R. Patrick Ms. Ann Sanford The Saneholtz Family Mr. James J. Secor ’69 and Mrs. Christine Robinson Secor ’69 Mr. Blake S. Stoddard and Mrs. Weezie Foster Stoddard ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Sullwold ’71 Ms. Michelle Thomas Mr. and Ms. Ryan Thompson Mr. David Tracy Mr. Charles Harris and Ms. Nazarene Tubman Mr. Robert Dryfuse and Dr. Corrie Voss Mr. Man Zhang and Ms. Fei Li Mr. Michael Zhao and Mrs. Xin Tian Mr. and Mrs. Darius Zolnor Dr. and Mrs. David Zucker

Class Year

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Giving Percentage

7.1% 0.0% 4.2% 1.9% 0.0% 5.8% 2.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 1.8%

$250 to $499

Dana Corporation Foundation Verizon Foundation Edward Jones Spengler Nathanson PLL The Forensic Pathologists LLC LaPlante Real Estate Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company Channel Education Foundation Coyle Funeral and Cremation Services Mr. Dominic Adams Dr. Paula Apostolou Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Edgar V. Avila Dr. Tiberiu Avram and Dr. Raluca Avram Mr. and Mrs. John J. Baker Mr. James Birr ’61 Mr. Alan D. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Boeschenstein ’84 The Honorable Ian English and Mrs. Vallie Bowman-English Mr. Lincoln Boyle Dr. Peter Burgi and Dr. Mary Hutton Burgi ’79 Mr. Gustavo Caillaux and Ms. Priscilla Casalino Mr. Richard Calcamuggio Dr. & Mrs. Todd Carpenter (Janney Bretz ’80 ) Dr. Joseph M. Collaco ’92 and Mrs. Aarti Shah Mr. and Mrs. David F. Cooper Mr. Dean J. Conway Dr. and Mrs. Arjun Das Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Dawson Dr. Eric Dolgin ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Dreher ’90 Ms. Bridget Faricy-Beredo Mr. Prashant Varshney and Dr. Anu Garg Dr. Amira Gohara

M AU M E E VA L L E Y C O U N T RY DAY S C H O O L

Give me an M! Give me a V! Class participation to the MV Annual Fund in 2021-2022

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DONOR HONOR ROLL (cont.) $250 to $499 (cont.)

Mr. Erik Graham and Ms. Brooke Schlageter Graham Dr. and Dr. Boley J. Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Grinberg Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Griffith Mr. Kevin Harman and Mrs. Stephanie Harman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris (Susie Draper ’51) Dr. Muhannad Heif and Dr. Jomana Al-Hinti Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herr Mr. Michael V. Herrmann and Mrs. Terri L. Herrmann Mr. and Mrs. Brad Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hultquist Mr. and Mrs. Ian Hunter Mr. and Mrs. William Hutton Jr. ’75 Mr. James Jachimiak and Ms. Rachel Stewart Mr. Erik G. Johnson and Mrs. Cecilia Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kaatz Mr. and Dr. John R. Kiely Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Krueger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kurek ’73 Mrs. Ann Langefeld Ms. Rachel LeSage ’06 Mr. Henry D. Light and Mrs. Angelica Didier Light ’67 Ms. Krista Lujan Dr. and Mrs. Karl Luketic Mr. and Mrs. Andy Lyke Ms. Kathleen Mick Mrs. Mary Miller Dr. and Mrs. Scott Miller ’72 Dr. and Mrs. Pratik S. Multani ’84 Mr. Andrew Newby and Ms. Kristin Kiser Dr. and Mrs. Mike Orra ’99 Dr. Rajiv Parinja and Dr. Vaishali Sinha Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pribis Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Rodriguez Ms. Lynne Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Sean Savage Dr. Andy Schocket and Dr. Deborah Schocket Mr. and Mrs. James Scigliano Mr. Niraj Shah ’99 Mr. Doug Smith and Mrs. Jana Smith Dr. Brian H. McCorkle and Dr. Gail Steketee ’67 Ms. Susan Stewart Ms. Rachel Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Stiles Mr. and Dr. Steven Summers Mr. and Mrs. Frank & Wednesday Szollosi Mr. Kenneth Thompson and Mrs. Jenny Thompson Ms. Sarah Weisman Trosch Mr. Dean VanVorhis and Mrs. Michelle Kranz Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Vincent ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Warner ’54 Mr. Dustin Watkins and Mrs. Sherrie Watkins Mr. and Mrs. John Waweru Ms. Patricia A. Wise Mr. and Mrs. Neil Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Brent W. West ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Zajac

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Up to $249

The Anderson Foundation Owens Illinois, Inc. Maumee Valley Parent Association Merck Foundation Network for Good RBI Insurance Agency Kona Ice GE Foundation MVCDS- Muslim Student Association Dr. Abeer Ahmed and Dr. Ehab Eltahawy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ahmer Mr. Todd Ahrens Mr. and Mrs. Barton Alexander ’69 Ms. Suzy Alfahham Ms. Sara E. Alloy Mr. Mark Alpert and Mrs. Lisa West Alpert ’80 Ms. Joyce Anagnos Esq. ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Elliot J. Anderson ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Anderson Ms. Sherry J. Andrews Dr. Sonny Ariss and Dr. Laila Ariss Ms. P. Kate Arnos ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Arthur Mr. Robert Augustyniak and Mrs. Jill Augustyniak Mr. Jetahn N. Avery and Mrs. Olla Goodwin Avery ’98 Mr. Bruce Baer ’72 Mrs. Judy Ward Baer ’62 Mr. and Mrs. John Baker Dr. Bruce Bamber and Ms. Kathleen Davis Mr. Michael Barthold ’65 Ms. Jenny C. Barthold Dr. and Mrs. Arunkumar Baskara Mr. Julian C. Beatty-Duarte Dr. Charles Beatty-Medina and Ms. Eloisa Duarte Mr. Michael A. Beck Mr. Gabriel A. Begeman Mr. and Mrs. Jessica J. Bernard III Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Biebesheimer Mr. Kevin Bigenho and Mrs. Sarah Bigenho Dr. and Dr. Abraham Birnbaum Mrs. Carole Broer Bishop ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Black Ms. Rachael Blair ’95 Mr. Gary Boehm and Ms. Bonnie J. Blankinship Dr. Susan Blaser, M.D. Ms. Heather Blaze Ms. Heidi Bleyer Mr. and Mrs. Eric James Bocian (Gail E. Sullivan ) Mr. Andrew Naprawa and Mrs. Jessica E. Bohl ’98 Ms. Roberta C. Bowers ’61 Ms. Mariana E. Brandman Ms. Mallory Brazeau Mr. John Shaw and Mrs. Micheline Brewer ’89 Mr. Charles Brown Ms. Diane Brown Ms. Colleen Browning Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Buckenmeyer Mrs. and Mr. Cartledge Mr. Thomas Castillo

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Mr. Zhitie Chen and Ms. Qi Zhang Mr. and Mrs. Mingjian Chen Mr. Fan Zhang and Dr. Yiwei Chen Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Cohen Mrs. Linda Thomas Collins, Ph.D. ’58 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Connelly Mr. Jason Cooper ’97 Ms. Becca Cragin Ms. Carol Cragin Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Cubbon ’74 Mr. Krists Culkstens and Mrs. Lauma Culkstena Ms. Linda Cunning Ms. Moriah Cunning ’10 Ms. Sue Dampier Mr. Johnny Garcia and Ms. Alexandra Dane Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Daugherty Mr. E. Al DeLuca Mr. and Ms. Yuepeng Deng Ms. Diane Denis Rev. and Mrs. Mike Denman Ms. Sarah Dias Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Amjad Doumani Mr. John Dowling and Mrs. Sara Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Dreher Ms. Karen Goldberg Driggs Mrs. Bittin Foster Duggan ’86 and Mr. Bryan Duggan Mr. Landon Dunn and Mrs. Holly Schweitzer Dunn Ms. Terry Eggen Ms. Mary Anne Eggen Ms. Susan Elliot Dr. Ehab Eltahawy and Dr. Abeer Ahmed Dr. Per F. Broman and Dr. Nora A. Engebretsen-Broman Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Eriksen ’70 Mr. Michael Esten Mr. John-David Ettore and Mrs. Sarah Ettore Dr. and Mrs. Jason Evans Mr. Richard Eyster ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fine ’66 Mr. David Finkbeiner ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Carleton S. Finkbeiner ’57 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fish Mr. Benjamin Fisher Ms. Kate Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Russ Mylander Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ford Mr. Theodore M. Foreman, Jr. Mr. Truth M. Foreman Mr. Stephen V. Foster ’57 and Mrs. Kay Rathbun Foster ’58

Ms. M. Christine Jauregui ’91 & Mr. Mitchell Hanley Dr. Tammy Jechura ’84 Mr. Marc Johnson Ms. Cameron Jones ’85 Dr. Mandar Joshi and Mrs. Muna Joshi Ms. Elizabeth Joyce Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Julius Mr. and Mrs. John Juvinall Mrs. Mehrnoosh Kaffashi and Mr. Meysam Haghshenas Mr. Jerry Kapp Jr. ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Heather and Dan Karns Mr. Nihal Kattar ’13 Mr. and Mrs. James Baker Mr. Ben Kenny and Mrs. Linda Williams Mr. Tai Maki and Ms. Kathryn Kerner Mr. Nasr Khan Mr. Robert R. Khan Dr. Mark Burton and Mrs. Nancy Kistler Burton ’72 Ms. Kathryn Klein ’96 Mr. Ryan Knight ’88 Ms. Heather Knight Mrs. Rebecca Knorek Mrs. Victoria Koelsch Mr. Todd Rebori and Dr. Emily Koelsch Koelsch Rebori ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Ted Koupal Mr. and Mrs. John Lafferty (Cynthia Hutton ’55) Mr. Nicholas Lake and Mrs. Lauren Lake Ms. Helen Lambert Ms. Michelle LaRock ’93 Dr. Joel A. Lebovitz Dr. Bonnie Shelton Ledbetter ’52 Ms. Colleen Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Adam Levine Mr. and Mrs. Jose R. Lima Mr. and Mrs. Chia-Jen Liu Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lord ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Will Lucas Ms. Laurie G. Lyell Ms. Sara Lyke Dr. Hongzhi Ma and Dr. Meng Chen Dr. Tracey Mabrey ’81 Mr. David Macannuco and Mrs. Shawn Donaldson Macannuco ’85 Mr. David Maguiness and Mrs. Karen Kuehnle Maguiness ’76 Ms. Chantelle Marshall ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Todd Marti Mr. Christopher Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jerome McCary Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCauley Mr. John McNerney Jr. and Mrs. Kim Clark Mr. Joseph So and Mrs. Melanie Mendiola-So Ms. Amanda Metzger Ms. Lise Middleton Mr. and Mrs. Brad Miehls Mr. and Ms. Steven Miller Mr. Timothy Lane and Dr. Wendy Miller Mrs. Elizabeth B. Millhon Mr. Jerry C. Millhon Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Millhon Dr. and Mrs. Gagan Mirchandani Mr. Andrew Moebius and Mrs. Renee Moebius Mr. William S. Moore Mr. Toby Moore and Mrs. Stephanie Moore

Mr. Gary Morgenroth ’72 Mr. Scott Morrin and Mrs. Tara Morrin Mr. Jeff Muler and Ms. Andreia Mahler-Beilis Mr. Daniel Mumford Dara R. Musher-Eizenman Mr. Jeff Myers ’80 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Myers Ms. Sonya Naganathan Mrs. Kendra Haddad Neter ’90 Mrs. Sara Emerson Niles ’86 Mr. Anthony Oberhaus and Mrs. Kelsy Grefe Oberhaus ’03 Mrs. Erin Ohls Mr. Ray Okdie and Ms. Lauren Winters Ms. Grace C. O’Leary Miss Quinn Oliver ’26 Miss Harper Oliver ’32 Miss Avery Oliver ’28 Mr. Keith Farris and Ms. Patricia Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Brent Parent Mr. Adam Parker and Mrs. Addy Rothman Parker ’09 Ms. Terri Parker and Mr. Terrance Chatman Mr. Stephen Parry ’07 and Mrs. Heather Beck Parry ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Paskvan Mr. and Mrs. Jaimin Patel Dr. and Mrs. Hosea Payne Mr. Bill Peltonen and Mrs. Cyndi Rhuland Peltonen ’72 Ms. Kathy L. Peters Mr. and Mrs. David Pienta Dr. and Mrs. Mahesh Pillai Mr. Poom Pipatjarasgit ’17 Mr. Miguel Alvarez and Ms. Maria Pita Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Pesin Mr. Dave Poeppelmeier Mr. Dustin Prater and Mrs. Emily Prater Ms. E. Hydie Ralston Dr. Shirley Rayport Ms. Katherine Redd Ms. Caroline S. Redmon Mr. Brent Reed and Mrs. Margaret Reed Mr. Allen J. Reilly and Mrs. Lynn Foster Reilly ’79 Mr. Don Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Todd K. Richards Mr. Stuart Riddell and Mrs. Emily Riddell ’55 Dr. Matthew Riethof and Mrs. Melissa Dosick Riethof ’89 Ms. Imani Roach Mr. and Ms. Joel Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson D. Robinson IV Mrs. Susan McAuley Rodgers ’55 Ms. Ana Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rorick Ms. Virginia Rothman Mr. Sean Royer Dr. Brent Rubin & Mrs. Ricki Rubin & Family Mrs. Sally L. Russ Dr. Joshua Buckner and Mrs. Jody Russ Ms. Ashley Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Bhupesh Saini Mr. and Mrs. Randall Samborn ’75 Mr. and Mrs. William Scharf ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Derek Schoepf Dr. and Mrs. Adam Schweickert Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schweitzer Ms. Holly Schweitzer Dunn Mrs. Maida I. Sehgal

M AU M E E VA L L E Y C O U N T RY DAY S C H O O L

Mrs. John W. Foster Mr. John Fowler Ms. Maya Francisco ’20 Mr. James E. Funk and Mrs. Julie L. Funk Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Galbraith ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Christian Geisel Mr. David Gensler and Mrs. Elizabeth Gensler Ms. Sally Gladwell Dr. Elizabeth L. Glanville, Ph.D. Mr. Bruce L. Glover and Mrs. Lou Ann Glover Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Goldberg ’76 Mr. Mark Goldman Mr. Carlos Gomez and Mrs. Catalina Sierra Mr. Matt Good and Mrs. Gretchen LeBoutillier Good ’89 Dr. and Mrs. Willard P. Green ’55 Mr. Bret Green and Mrs. Emily Green Mr. & Mrs. David W. Greenberg ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Neil E. Greene Mr. and Mrs. David T. Hallenbeck Mrs. Sallie Hancock Mrs. Joan Hankins Mr. and Mrs. David Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hardman Mrs. Sally Harms Mr. and Mrs. Brian Harris Ms. Leila N. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martorana Mr. Derek Harrison and Mrs. Samantha Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hedblom Mrs. Jennifer Heidtman-Ziegler and Mr. Nathan Ziegler Mr. Sachin Hejeebu ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Matt Heyrman Ms. Holly Dombkowski Hillyer ’96 Mr. Christopher Hoag ’94 Mrs. Michelle Holinski Mr. Dennis J. Holman Ms. Lisa J. Holman Mr. and Mrs. Luke Honan Mr. Joshua Smith and Ms. Danielle Hooven Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Huger Mr. and Mrs. Don Hulbert Ms. Nagwa Hultquist Ms. Ruth Hutton ’76

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DONOR HONOR ROLL (cont.)

Up to $249 (cont.)

Mr. Ryan Semnani Dr. Sameer Sharma ’89 and Dr. Ruchira Varshney Mr. Douglas Shelton ’61 Mr. Charles Shoudt Ms. Megan Sieberg and Ms. Lisa Frances Mr. Daniel Siegel ’90 Mr. Eric Sills and Ms. Sandra Kosek-Sills Ph.D. Mr. Douglas Skaggs and Ms. Annaliese Steele Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Slotterbeck Ms. Georgette Small Mr. and Ms. Gavin C. Smith Mr. Jeffrey C. Smith ’69 and Mrs. Susan Frost Smith ’68 Ms. Vicki C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lou Snelling Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas B. Solomon Mr. Mark Bailey and Ms. Laura R. Sowatsky ’84 Ms. Hannah Spengler ’08 Mr. Josh Spiegel and Mrs. Rachel Spiegel Mr. Neal Spureon III and Mrs. Kara Ford Spureon

Ms. Jessie Stailey Ms. Lynda Starks Mrs. Hope Stevens Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Stewart ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Dillon F. Stoddard Mr. and Dr. Dixon Stoddard ’12 Ms. Kaylou Stoddard ’15 Mr. and Mrs. John Suhrbier ’57 Ms. Pamela Summons Mr. Marty Sutter Dr. Abdel Tal and Dr. Zeina Tal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tam Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tanner Mr. and Mrs. Roger Thierry Ms. Carolyn Tompsett Mr. and Mrs. Ian Toner Dr. Nazarene B. Tubman Mr. Michael K. Turner and Mrs. Janet Readus Turner ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Tuschman ’62 Mr. Vagish Vela and Dr. Kristen Rudisill Vela Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Verner Mrs. Sue Vinocour JD PhD ’67 Mr. Jin Qian and Mrs. Jasmin Wang Ms. Susan Ward Ward ’62

Ms. Dakota Waters Dr. and Dr. Steve Weingarden Ms. Jackie Wells and Ms. Elizabeth Wells Mr. and Mrs. Reginal Wheeler Ms. Paige Willey ’12 Mrs. Marilynn Willey Dr. James C. Willey ’70 and Dr. Elisabeth James Mr. and Mrs. Tony Williams Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winter Mr. and Mrs. Jewel S. Woodard ’77 Mr. Byron Wynn Mrs. Rebecca Wynn Mr. Ralph McManus and Mrs. Yiting Xia Mr. and Ms. Binwei Yang Qiyue Ying Dr. Osama Zaidat and Dr. Sabreen Owais Mr. Mike Zerner ’72 Hui Zhang Mr. and Mrs. Tongli Zheng Mr. and Mrs. David H. Ziegler II Mr. Steven Zima Mr. and Mrs. Ali Zrien

IN HONOR/IN MEMORY

Many donors choose to honor someone by name when making a gift.

Those in honor of and in memory of donations are listed below: In Memory of Adrienne B. Byars Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Julius Mr. Marc Savage and Ms. Kimberly Edwards In Honor of Anderson Jachimiak Ms. Susan Stewart In Memory of Anita Baker-Blocker Mrs. Brenda Baker In Memory of Barbara Reed Mr. Todd Ahrens Mr. and Mrs. James E. Black II Ms. Diane Brown Ms. Mary Anne Eggen Ms. Terry Eggen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hardman Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Krueger, Jr. Lise Middleton Mrs. Elizabeth B. Millhon Ms. Patricia A. Wise In Honor of Carleton S. Finkbeiner Mrs. Nan Parfet Miller ’46

In Memory of Colleen Sieberg Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Jessica J. Bernard III Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hennon Mrs. Karen P. Lundholm Mr. Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit ’17 Ms. Heather Knight In Memory of Craig Jacobs Ms. Patricia A. Wise In Honor of Dave Villarreal Mr. Daniel Dona ‘93 In Memory of David R. Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dewire Mr. and Mrs. David K. Welles Jr. ’70 In Honor of Dean P. Kasperzak Mr. Michael R. Barthold ’65 In Memory of Deborah Chapman Mr. and Mrs. James E. Black II

In Memory of Cathy Sisco Ms. Patricia A. Wise

In Honor of Fred L. Deichert Mr. Michael R. Barthold ’65 Dr. Michael Nagel and Ms. Shelly Orenstein

In Memory of Charles F. Lundholm Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hedblom

In Honor of Hannah Mosiniak Dr. Joshua Buckner and Mrs. Jody Russ

In Memory of Charles P. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lord ’83

In Memory of Howard Driggs Ms. Sue Dampier

In Memory of Charles Sprandel Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hedblom

In Memory of Hugh D. White Mr. Frank S. Bell, Jr. ’55

In Memory of Chip Hankins Mr. Stephen M. Hankins ’81

In Memory of Janet A. Moore Mr. William S. Moore

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In Memory of Jason Thomas Donna and Tony Gladwell Paul and Marsha Moore In Memory of Jefferson D. Robinson The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Mark K. Robinson ’77 In Memory of John Eldred Mrs. Margaret Eldred In Memory of Jonathan W. Krueger Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frasco In Memory of Marilynn Willey Mr. Jeffrey C. Smith ’69 and Mrs. Susan Frost Smith ’68 In Memory of Marjorie M. Hutton Ms. Ruth Hutton ’76 Dr. Shirley Ferguson Rayport In Honor of Michael Bohl Mr. Michael R. Barthold ’65 In Honor of Moriah R. Cunning Ms. Linda Cunning In Memory of Nancy Buccilli Anonymous In Memory of Prudence Lamb Mr. Peter A. Sears and Mrs. Cary Hank Sears ’57 In Memory of Rob Gish Ms. Patricia A. Wise In Honor of Steven Ashley Mrs. Nan Parfet Miller ’46 In Honor of Thomas Cambisios Mr. Daniel Dona ’93

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Giving Tuesday breaks record with $50,000 in donations

Thanks to alumni, families, and friends, Maumee Valley had a historic Giving Tuesday campaign Nov. 29. The school received more than $35,000 from 188 gifts. The generosity allowed the school to receive an anonymous $15,000, pledged to us if we met fundraising goals. The $50,000 total goes toward the 2022-2023 Annual Fund, which has as its theme: Together Be: Bold, Passionate, Change, You! “Thank you to those who shared links, sent email reminders, and reminded classmates,” said Brian Oliver, director of annual giving and parent engagement who oversaw the campaign. “Thanks also to the Alumni Council and MVPA who helped us get the word out. Most importantly, a special thank you to the donor who challenged us to have a record day,” he added. “It brought us all together in support of our great school.”

Giving Tuesday is a vital part of our annual philanthropic efforts, Mr. Oliver said. The initiative helps the school with its 2022-2023 MV Fund campaign in many ways, especially by reaching our participation goals: 9 percent alumni and alumni parents and 60 percent current parents.

GIVING TUESDAY 2022:

BY THE NUMBERS

188

$15,000 14

48

Anonymous matching gift earned

Donors who were current students

42

24

20

6

Total gifts

First-time donors

41

Gifts through Venmo (new option this year!)

1

Alumni donors

Percent increase in parent participation

Promotional sandwich board worn

Donors who are alumni parents

Gifts in memory of Chef Joe Prince (passed away Nov. 23; pictured at left below)

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If you have not yet given, we hope you will join those who made a difference during Giving Tuesday and at other times throughout the year with an MV Fund gift.

You can make a donation online at mvcds.org/giving. If you have already given, thank you again.

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WEATHERVANE SOCIETY The Weathervane Society at Maumee Valley honors individuals who have supported the school’s mission by including a gift in a bequest, life insurance provision, or other estate plan. Through imagination and strategic charitable planning, donors are helping to ensure a positive future for Maumee Valley students and faculty. The school offers several giving strategies to maximize tax advantages and financial flexibility: • Bequests, retirement accounts, and other testamentary gift plans can be simple to set up and allow donors to maintain access to assets.

• Life-income gifts provide donors and/or their loved ones with an income for the duration of their lives or for a specific number of years.

Did you know?

• More than 115 individuals are members of the Weathervane Society. Their commitments total more than $8 million in support to Maumee Valley.

• Planned gifts provide meaningful support to the school while helping donors achieve personal and financial goals.

• By harnessing passions through gift giving to MVCDS, donors can make a lasting impact on the people and places important to them.

• Charitable lead trusts can be used to transfer assets to a charitable organization with a significantly reduced tax liability.

• Retirement plans (IRA, SEP, 401(k), 403(b), ESOP, etc.) allow donors to name Maumee Valley as a primary or contingent beneficiary. Such designations may allow donors to make a larger gift than anticipated because income and estate taxes are not imposed when plan assets are distributed to the school. A retirement account’s plan administrator (the company that manages the account) can help donors designate MVCDS as a primary or contingent beneficiary on the plan’s beneficiary form.

• Life insurance policies that have substantial cash surrender value can be donated if they are no longer needed for their original intended purpose.

Naming MVCDS as the sole or partial beneficiary of a life insurance policy may allow donors to make a substantial gift at little or no cost.

Weathervane Society 1715 South Reynolds Road Toledo, OH 419-381-1313 mvcds.org

To learn more, contact Christopher Holinski, director of advancement, at cholinski@mvcds.org or visit mvcds.giftlegacy.com.

Members of the Weathervane Society H.L. Thompson, Jr. Family Fund Mr. Mark Alpert and Mrs. Lisa West Alpert ’80 Ms. Joyce Anagnos Esq. ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Armstrong ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Armstrong (Page Stranahan ’77) Mr. Thomas L. Ashley ’41 Mr. Michael Barthold ’65 Ms. Joan Bayer Mrs. Margery Todd Bell ’32 Mr. Frank S. Bell, Jr. ’55 Mr. and Mrs. David Beverstock (Katie Foster ’80) Mr. and Mrs. James E. Black II ’73 Mr. Gary Boehm and Ms. Bonnie Blankinship Mrs. Helyn Bolanis Mr. John Shaw and Mrs. Micheline Brewer ’89 Dr. Nancy Carroll Mr. Carl White and Mrs. Kathy Carroll Mrs. Linda Thomas Collins, Ph.D. ’58 Mr. Ronald Cowie ’88 Ms. Rowena L. Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Louis Maranaro (Peggy Davis ’81) Ms. Elizabeth C. Davis-Hepker ’72 Dr. William Dehoff and Mrs. Sara Jane Dehoff Ms. Caroline D. Dickey ’30 Mr. & Mrs. William Edelen ’52 Mr. Michael Evanisko and Mrs. Cynthia Smith Evanisko ’71 Mr. Harry Falconer ’55 Mr. Jeffrey Fantle

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Ms. Martha Wolfe Farmer ’44 Mr. Charles R. Ford ’68 Mr. Stephen V. Foster ’57 and Mrs. Kay Rathbun Foster ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Foster ’79 Mr. Tim K. Foster ’83 and Mrs. Areka Foster Mr. and Mrs. William R. Foster ’81 Ms. Juliet France ’29 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glowacki Miss Harriet Hamilton ’24 Mr. Bruce M. Hankins ’53 Mr. Stephen Hankins ’81 Ms. Sharon Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris (Susie Draper ’51) Mr. and Mrs. William Hutton Jr. ’75 Ms. Rebecca Kasperzak ’76 Mr. Dean P. Kasperzak ’76 and Mrs. Patrice Spitzer Ms. Betsy Sabin Kelsey ‘73 and Reeve Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Kistler ’69 Mr. and Mrs. John Lafferty (Cynthia Hutton ’55) Mrs. Prudence Hutchinson Lamb ’23 Mr. George F. LeBoutillier ’63 and Mrs. Stephanie Girard LeBoutillier ’63 Mr. Richard J. MacAdams Drs. Robert and Eleanor McCreery Mr. Charles McKelvy Jr. ’48 Mr. Jerry C. Millhon Mrs. Martha Briggs Ohl ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Orser Mr. Scott Parry ’78 and Mrs. Frances Stranahan Parry ’78

Mrs. Dorothy R. Peckinpaugh ’23 Ms. Roberta Pei ’74 Mrs. Barbara Reed Mr. Lamson Rheinfrank ’58 and Mrs. Sally Rheinfrank Mr. Carter Smith Ms. Elizabeth Smith ’44 Dr. Brian H. McCorkle and Dr. Gail Steketee ’67 Mr. Blake S. Stoddard and Mrs. Weezie Foster Stoddard ’82 Mr. Stephen Stranahan ’53 Mrs. Virginia S. Stranahan ’22 Ms. Abbot Stranahan ’83 and Mr. David Ward Mr. and Mrs. Duane Stranahan ’48 Mr. Seksom Suriyapa ’84 and Ms. Susan Shrader Mr. Paul Sutherland ’64 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Sutherland, Jr. Mr. Joseph H. Swolsky ’69 Ms. Martha Lee Vinnedge Taylor ’71 Ms. Mary Anne Terry ’33 Mr. Jules L. Vinnedge ’66 Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ward ’67 Mrs. Georgia Welles Mr. and Mrs. Deke Welles Jr. ‘70 Mr. and Mrs. Brent W. West ‘77 Ms. Leah Whitaker ‘00 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Wright ’57 Mrs. Margaret Terry Yaryan ’33 Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Yordan (Christine Donnelly ’67)

Remembering Maumee Valley

LOVE OF NATURE CARRIES ON WITH ESTATE GIFT Thomas R. Deupree, a former MV teacher and head of the Middle School, loved nature and the outdoors so much that he left the world of teaching and educational leadership to open a landscaping business. The Deupree family well understood his love for the outdoors and educating children.

And upon his death, the Deupree Family Foundation made a gift to Maumee Valley of $50,000 to support the Forest School-inspired education program in the Lower School (PreKindergarten through 3rd Grade.)

This gift is shaping learning in two ways: for today’s students, with the purchase of a Yurt to foster a love of outdoor learning, and for tomorrow’s students and faculty through creation of an endowed fund for future initiatives.

“This gift helps us enrich our curriculum by creating even more outdoor and hands-on experiences for students in PreKindergarten through 3rd Grade,” said Michelle Thomas, head of the Lower School. “In the future, we expect the gift to continue supporting our programs by giving our faculty opportunities to further their expertise and to apply that knowledge in our classrooms.”

Mr. Deupree was no stranger to the country day school philosophy, having attended Cincinnati Country Day School (CCDS) in his Ohio hometown.

Following in his father’s footsteps, he attended Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1962. Mr. Deupree worked for Citibank in New York for a year before returning home to serve in the Ohio National Guard.

He and wife Nikki, who preceded him in death in 2015, married in 1964.

“Through her I became interested in teaching,” Mr. Deupree recalled in a post he shared as part of the 50th reunion of his CCDS class.

Mr. Deupree arrived at Maumee Valley Country Day School in 1964, and served as both a teacher and later head of the Middle School. He and his wife and two children lived on a farm in Pemberville.

He left Maumee Valley in 1974 and bought a tree nursery near their home.

Later, Mrs. Deupree became interested in antiques, with an expertise in folk art, and Mr. Deupree joined her in the business. He became a widely respected folk art dealer. They moved to Suffield, Conn., in the early 1970s, and remained there until becoming Florida residents in 2010. He retired from the antiques business and bought another tree and landscaping business.

Mr. Deupree’s love of the outdoors extended beyond gardens and forests to waterways. A lifelong canoeist, he became closely involved with Camp Kooch-iching and later the Cincinnati-based Camping and Education Foundation. He had traveled by canoe as far north as the Chantrey Inlet, a bay on the Arctic coast of Canada.

To learn more about making a lasting impact, contact Christopher Holinski, director of advancement, at cholinski@mvcds.org.

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“I got discouraged with teaching in 1974, didn’t think I was making a difference,” Mr. Deupree shared with CCDS classmates. “I headed grades 6-8, watched them change as they moved through high school. As it turns out, I did make a difference, but I was slow to see it.”

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44TH ANNUAL AUCTION U P D AT E Better Together ... Again! 44th Annual Auction delivered fun, financial support Below, left and right: Rusty and Kelly Wright; Dr. Anu Garg and Amanda Metzger

Rachel and Michael Freeman, Ron and Linda Wolery, and Bonnie and Mark Olson

Below, left and right: Annie and Tommy Pipatjarasgit ’89; Ewart & Melissa Skinner Green

Sarah Crane and Andrew Weiner (treasurer on the Board of Trustees)

The 44th Annual Auction was a memorable event by every measure, as it raised nearly $210,000 and brought the MV community together as no other event does.

The amount included more than $39,000 from the “Raise the Paddle” initiative, which this year focused on upgrades to the Millennium Theatre, which opened in 2002. Those upgrades are nearly complete, and include repainting the lobby and replacing its carpeting and lighting, and replacing carpet throughout the 300-seat venue.

“The transformation is nothing short of amazing,” said Brian Bozanich, the director of theatre at Maumee Valley. “The upgrades have made this showcase venue sparkle even more.

The Millennium Theatre has and will always be a place where the MV community gathers to celebrate.”

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Arturo and Ellen Rodriguez, Dhawi and David Pienta, and Tanya Pipatjarasgit ’95 and Brian Nupp

“The success of the auction was only possible through the tireless efforts of our chair Rachel Freeman and the strong committee supporting her,” said Lynn Casto, Head of School.

“The event is not only a fundraiser, but also a celebration of our community and superb students, families, teachers, and staff.”

The committee and Maumee Valley Country Day School would like to thank the event’s many corporate and individual sponsors: Platinum (Marc Savage & Kim Edwards, Whitacre Logistics LLC, and Buckeye Broadband); Gold (Andrew Weiner/ Morgan Stanley); Silver (Ridi’s, Ford ’82 and Lee Koles, and Maneesha Pandey and Jay Joshi/The Forensic Pathologists LLC); and Bronze (Ohio Pain Center, Linda & Fred Deichert, Rita Breakneck ‘68, Communica, Savage & Associates, Dana Pienta, Key Foundation Fund, Stephanie White ’79, Areka & Tim ’83 Foster, and Katie Bell Ryan ’64).

Save the date: The 45th Annual Gala is Saturday, March 18.

It will be chaired by Diana Block ’91. Stay tuned for more information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities.

Communica, Inc. Dana Corporation Morgan Stanley SJS Investment Consulting, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. SSOE Group Advance Cleaning Contractors, Inc. KMG Fiduciary Partners, LLC The Andersons Owens Illinois, Inc. Buckeye Broadband Coyle Funeral and Cremation Services Mr. Dominic Adams Mrs. Melissa Amonette Mr. and Mrs. Robert Augustyniak Mr. and Mrs. Jetahn N. Avery Mr. and Mrs. John Baker Mr. Chad Baker and Ms. Eileen Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bannister Mr. Carter Bayer Dr. and Mrs. Garett A. Begeman Ms. Katie B. Bell-Ryan Ms. Rachael Blair Mr. and Mrs. Erik Blake Ms. Heather Blaze Mrs. Jessica Bohl Naprawa Mrs. Vallie Bowman-English and The Honorable Ian English Mr. Lincoln Boyle Dr. Shawn Brown and Dr. Kim Brown Mr. Matt Buchanan and Dr. Renee Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Burke Mr. Richard Calcamuggio Kris Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Keith Casto Mr. Timothy Castor Ms. Lena Ciminillo Mr. Robert Conover Mr. Krists Culkstens and Mrs. Lauma Culkstena Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Deichert III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dewire Ms. Sarah Dias Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drew Dr. Charles Beatty-Medina and Ms. Eloisa Duarte Mr. Marc Savage and Ms. Kimberly Edwards Mrs. Margaret Eldred Ms. Bridget Faricy-Beredo Mr. and Mrs. Tim K. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frasco Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freeman Mr. and Mrs. James E. Funk, Jr. Mr. Johnny Garcia and Ms. Alexandra Dane Mr. Prashant Varshney and Dr. Anu Garg Mr. and Mrs. Christian Geisel Ms. Sally Gladwell

Dr. and Mrs. Joel R. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Amar N. Goyal Mr. Erik Graham and Ms. Brooke Schlageter Graham Mr. and Mrs. Jay Griffith Ms. Melanie K. Gross Dr. Edward Handyside and Dr. Lisa Handyside Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Harman Mr. and Mrs. Brian Harris Mr. Derek Harrison and Mrs. Samantha Harrison The Honorable and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Helmick Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hennon Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herr Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Herrmann Ms. Gayla Hicks-wheeler Mr. Brad Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Holinski Mr. and Mrs. Luke Honan Mr. Joshua Smith and Ms. Danielle Hooven Mr. and Mrs. Michael House Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Huger Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hultquist Mr. and Mrs. Ian Hunter Mr. James Jachimiak and Ms. Rachel Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Erik G. Johnson Ms. Cameron L. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Adam Karakas Mrs. Loreen Kendricks Mr. Christopher Kiehl and Mrs. Diana Block Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kirtland Mr. Andrew Newby and Ms. Kristin Kiser Mr. Todd Rebori and Dr. Emily Rebori Mr. Bradford Koles, Jr. and Dr. Lee Koles Mr. Karlis J. Krisjanis Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Latta Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan B. Launder Ms. Rachel LeSage Mr. and Mrs. Adam Levine Mr. and Mrs. Doug Liedberg Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lloyd Dr. Dean and Mrs. Judy Ludwig Ms. Krista Lujan Ms. Sara Lyke Ms. Angela Mabbitt Mr. Christopher Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jerome McCary Ms. Amanda Metzger Mr. Ted Mize and Mrs. Kimberly Denis-Mize Mr. Toby Moore and Mrs. Stephanie Moore Mr. and Mrs. Brad Nietz Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Oberlin III Mr. Brian Oliver and Dr. Alison Oliver Ms. Bonnie Olson Ms. Suzan Orra Mr. Keith Farris and Ms. Patricia Osborne Mr. Ajay Joshi and Dr. Maneesha Pandey

Dr. and Mrs. Jaydutt B. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Jaimin Patel Ms. Kathy L. Peters Ms. Dana Pienta Mr. and Mrs. David Pienta Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Pipatjarasgit Ms. Tanya Pipatjarasgit Nupp and Mr. Brian Nupp Ms. Maria Pita and Mr. Miguel Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Prater Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pribis Dr. and Mrs. William Rachwal Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rankin Mr. Gary Whitacre and Ms. Bonnie Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Thamin Ridi Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Rittenhouse Mr. Joel Roberts and Ms. Renee Cavallario Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Rodriguez Mr. Vagish Vela and Dr. Kristen Rudisill Vela Ms. Jody Russ Mr. and Mrs. Bhupesh Saini Ms. Lynne Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Sean Savage Mr. and Mrs. James Scigliano Dr. Yasmin Sidiq Dr. Rebecca Skinner Green and Mr. Ewart Skinner Mr. Todd Smith Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smith Mr. Jon Stainbrook Anneliese Steele Ms. Susan Stewart Ms. Rachel Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Drew Stiles Mr. Blake Stoddard and Mrs. Weezie Stoddard Mr. and Mrs. Frank & Wednesday Szollosi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tam Ms. Michelle Thomas Mr. Ryan Thompson and Ms. Gina Gueli Mr. David Tracy Ms. Nazarene Tubman and Mr. Charles Harris Mr. Robert Dryfuse and Dr. Corrie Voss Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Watkins Mr. and Mrs. John Waweru Mr. Andrew Weiner and Ms. Sarah Crane Mr. and Mrs. Brent W. West Ronald and Linda Wolery Dr. Philip Wong and Dr. Philip Wong Mr. and Mrs. Jewel S. Woodard Kelly Wright Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yustick Mr. Jason and Mrs. Ruth Zajac Mr. Man Zhang and Ms. Fei Li Mr. Michael Zhao and Mrs. Xin Tian Mr. and Mrs. Darius Zolnor

Want to volunteer or learn more about the 2023 Gala?

Contact Christopher Holinski, director of advancement, at cholinski@mvcds.org.

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Thank you to all the alumni, parents, and other supporters who donated to the 44th Annual Auction:

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ALUMNI NEWS

COUNCIL FOCUSED ON REBUILDING CONNECTIONS MVCDS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’S ALUMNI COUNCIL 2022-2023 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Tyler Boehm ’01 President

Melanie Gross ’91 Vice President

Grace O’Leary ’16 Secretary

MEMBERS

Nihal Kattar ’13 Mark Goldman ’84 Sachin Hejeebu ’15 Linnea Johnson ’13 Tanya Pipatjarasgit Nupp ’95 Brent West ’77 Jewel Woodard ’77

As president of the Alumni Council for the past year, it’s been my pleasure to get to know alumni from all different years and all over the world and to learn about their lives and accomplishments. In turn, I’ve often been asked about the Council and our work. Alumni want to know who is on the Council, how we’re selected, and what work we do. Here’s a quick primer.

The Council is a group of 10-15 alumni who work to build engagement and connection between former students and Maumee Valley. In addition to hosting events throughout the year, we also vote on the annual Alumni Awards. All alumni are eligible to join the Council and we add new members each year through a nomination process. If you’re interested in joining, we would love to hear from you.

We are excited to announce that MVCDS and the alumni office are back traveling again this year after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. These in-person activities are so important in strengthening connections between alumni and Maumee Valley. In fact, we’ve already had a couple of great events this school year. Thank you to everyone who attended the Fall Tournament & Reunion Weekend Sept. 16-18 and the alumni reception in Chicago Sept. 20. Be on the lookout for an alumni event in a city near you.

I had the pleasure to be back on campus in May for the 87th Annual Smead Luncheon and Alumni Awards Presentation. Congratulations to our honorees: Zeba Khan ’99, Alumni Achievement Award; Jessica Bohl Naprawa ’98, Alumni Service Award; Susie Draper Harris ’51, Alumni Lifetime Dedication Award; Stephen Foster ’84, Alumni Parent Dedication Award; and Dr. Vin Gupta ’01, Young Alumni Award.

While we’re excited to get back to in-person meetings, we’re also continuing the online events we started during the past two years. These Zoom events have been a major success in connecting alumni from all around the world and fostering connections between alumni of different ages. For example, the Council last spring hosted a “Fireside Chat” focused on legal careers. In a panel moderated by Melanie Gross ’91 and Alec Schoepf ’22, attorneys Miriam Gohara ’90 and Rishi Sehgal ’98 shared their personal journeys and pearls of wisdom with an audience of alumni and current students. Look for announcements shortly on upcoming events that will highlight career paths and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We’re also pleased to announce the launch of MVCDS Connect, our professional networking group that we plan to grow in a major way this year. This online platform is an opportunity to connect with other alumni to seek jobs and advice or offer student mentorships. Think of it as a LinkedIn for our Maumee Valley community.

Do you have ideas on how to increase alumni engagement between alumni and MV? Send me your ideas and I’ll share them with the Council.

Tyler Boehm ’01 (tyler.boehm@gmail.com) Alumni Council President 310-866-6796 P.S. We’re starting the nomination process for next year’s Alumni Awards. Do you know alumni doing great work professionally or in service of the MV community? Anyone can submit a nomination, so please send us your ideas.

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ALUMNI NEWS Below: This happy group from the Class of 1982 included (from left) Michelle Morgan, Weezie (Foster) Stoddard, Robert McCreery, Kimberly Bruggemann, and Alexandra DeRosa.

FALL TOURNAMENT & REUNION WEEKEND 2022 The annual Fall Tournament and Reunion weekend was a big hit, as alumni from many decides (and especially those from years ending in 2’s and 7’s) returned to campus to watch Hawk teams (soccer, field hockey, and cross country) in action and reminisce with former teachers and classmates.

The Sept. 16-18 celebration began with an opening Friday reception on the Bluestone, followed by more dinners, brunches, and photo opportunities throughout the weekend.

Middle: Celebrating 50 years since graduation were members of the Class of 1972: (from left) Bill Hart, Cyndi Peltonen, Betsey Davis, Trina Joyce, Bruce Baer, and Annette Wallace.

Bottom: Enjoying the Saturday alumni dinner downtown from the Class of 1982 were (from left) Bradford “Ford” Koles Jr., Weezie (Foster) Stoddard, Richard Mitchell, Michelle Morgan, Robert McCreery, and Michael Barnes.

Sharing a laugh at the Fall Reunion were Robert McCreery ’82 and Jewel Woodard ’77.

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Check mvcds.org/alumni for details about 2023 activities.

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ALUMNI NEWS

PAR EXCELLENCE Annual golf outing supports scholarships The 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational was another hole in one, as alumni and other supporters helped raise $21,000 to support student scholarships. The Oct. 11 event took place at Stone Oak Country Club and included 47 golfers and 16 sponsors. Thank you to Baker Law for being our Presenting Sponsor. Chad Baker and wife Eileen Sullivan have generously supported the outing for three consecutive years. The Bakers are parents to John ’16, Natalie ’18, and Jack ’24.

Thank you also to the events many other supporters: Reception Sponsor - The Savage-Edwards Family; Beverage sponsor - Advance Cleaning Services, Inc.; Raffle Sponsor - RBI Insurance Agency; and Practice Green Sponsors - Transforming Technologies, Spengler Nathanson, and Clark Schaefer Hackett Business Advisors.

Lastly, thanks to members of the event’s organization committee. In addition to Mr. Baker, members were Alan Bannister (member of the Board of Trustees), Ryan Buckenmeyer, Keith Casto, Rob Conover, Jim Kirtland, and Brian Oliver.

3RD ANNUAL

MV GOLF INVITATIONAL:

BY THE NUMBERS

$21,015 47

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Amount raised at 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

Sponsors at the 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

Golfers at the 3rd Annual MV Golf Invitational

Top: Milton Carswell Jr., coach of the MV golf team and PGA Golf Pro at Stone Oak Country Club, and MV’s Christopher Holinski listen as Chad Baker welcomes golfers. Right: Mr. Baker and wife Eileen Sullivan.

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ALUMNI NEWS

Getting & Giving Back Alumni Lifetime Dedication Award: Susie Draper Harris ’51 Her engagement with Maumee Valley spans four generations starting with her mother Margrett (Tookie) Wells Draper, who graduated from the Smead School.

Her sister Dorma Draper Bun was class of ’53; son Walter was class of ’79; and grandchildren Addy and Sam Rothman were classes of ’09 and ’11. Although her daughter Gingi did not attend MV, many will remember Mrs. Harris’s years of service in the Lower School as a teacher for the 3rd and 4th Grade students where she was better known as “Ms. Rothman.”

She was involved in the founding of Maumee Valley’s Alumni Council and has always been a champion of volunteerism and a supporter of the Maumee Valley mission.

Alumni Service Award: Jessica Bohl Naprawa ’98

Celebrating Alumni Achievement: Smead Luncheon honors 5 at MV’s ‘Oscars’ Excellence took center stage last spring as Maumee Valley hosted the 87th Annual Smead Luncheon and Alumni Awards Presentation. The May 6 event honored five alumni for their professional achievements and service to the school.

Also honored was Gracie Stough ’24, the recipient of the Smead School for Girls Scholarship Award. “I am very grateful and honored to have been chosen as the recipient of this award,” Gracie said. “Maumee Valley is a wonderful environment that offers amazing experiences and provides many opportunities, which have helped me grow over the past two years.”

After college, Mrs. Naprawa worked and lived in New York until she and husband Drew decided to move back to the Midwest to be closer to family while raising sons Henry ’28 and Harper ’28. After the boys enrolled at MV, she became re-engaged with her alma mater and has been an incredible volunteer and community leader. She co-chaired two of the last three Auctions, bringing new ideas and renewed enthusiasm to a very tough assignment.

She has an undeniable creative streak that has shown up in her contributions to student projects, MV spirit wear, and art in the Annual Auction. Mrs. Naprawa also has served as president of the MV Alumni Council and Alumni Council Representative to the Board of Trustees.

Alumni Parent Dedication Award: Stephen Foster ’84 In addition to being a “Lifer” and MV graduate, Mr. Foster was also an MV parent from 1996 to 2021. During this time, and even still, our community was the beneficiary of numerous projects involving him. Sometimes, he was leading a Winterim project or teaching students furniture building. Other times, he was supporting the theater department with elaborate sets. He designed and built the

Young Alumni Award: Dr. Vin Gupta ’01 Dr. Gupta is a pulmonary/critical care physician and a professor at the University of Washington. His research has focused on several important issues in global public health. He holds an active commission as a major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Medical Corps, where he serves as a deployable critical care aerospace physician with the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. In his current role as principal scientist at Amazon, Dr. Gupta provides clinical and strategic leadership to the company’s internal and external COVID-19 response work. He received a bachelor of arts from Princeton University, a medical degree from Columbia University, a master’s in international relations from Cambridge University, and a master’s in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a regular health policy contributor for national media outlets, including MSNBC, CNN, “Meet the Press,” “CBS This Morning,” and The New York Times.

Alumni Achievement Award: Zeba Khan ’99 Ms. Khan is the deputy opinion page editor at the Pulitzer Prize-winning The San Francisco Chronicle. She is also on the board of The Op-Ed Project, a social venture committed to ensuring a diverse range of voices are heard in the nation’s public media platforms. A talented writer, her op-eds and essays have been published

by The Washington Post, CNN, and TIME, among others. Before her journalism career, she was a community activist.

Recognizing her faith community was the least likely religious demographic to be registered to vote, in 2008 she launched Muslim-Americans for Obama, the only grassroots organization to mobilize Muslim-American voters in support of the Obama campaign. For her work, she was recognized as a 2009 Muslim Leader of Tomorrow by the American Society for Muslim Advancement and as a leading Muslim American figure by the Obama White House. A Fulbright student scholar, she received her master’s in international affairs at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) and a joint BA/MA at The University of Chicago.

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The annual alumni favorite—Get Back, Give Back Day—took place Nov. 22, during which current students and alumni came together to celebrate community as a sendoff to the Thanksgiving break. The gathering in the Blakey Resource Center included updates specific to each school presented by students, as well as the singing of MV classics such as “Auto Song” and “Turkey Dinner.” Returning alumni led the assemblage in a performance of the alma mater. In addition, returning members from the class of 2022 had lunch with Upper School students.

high school lockerroom remodel, led a class that built the Lower School common area furniture, and helped build the many COVID-19 desks used when in-person learning resumed.

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Mr. Chapman (back row), with honoree Alex Ni ‘24 (to his left), hosted a lunch for nearly a dozen seniors during his campus visit. At right: Mr. Chapman shares his wisdom with an assembly of Upper School students.

Paying it forward: Eric Chapman ’61 bestows Renaissance Award

Among the many wonders of our school are the unbreakable bonds alumni have to Maumee Valley. The memories and friendships formed on campus are among the most meaningful in their lives. So it’s no surprise that so many return to share their time and support the next generation.

One such alumnus is Eric Chapman ‘61.

After a multifaceted career as an attorney, TV star, film artist, business leader, and minister, he established an endowed scholarship named the Renaissance Student Award. It acknowledges an Upper School student who shares his entrepreneurial drive and renaissance spirit.

Mr. Chapman returned to campus in November to speak at an Upper School assembly and honor the 2022 award recipient: Alexander Ni ’24.

Alex’s artwork was recently displayed at the Focus Art Show, where his “Baroque StillLife” painting received the Toledo Museum of Art Scholarship Award. He’s a leader of the MV Art Club and participates on both the track and basketball teams.

He also plays

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bass guitar with a student-led group on campus and gives $5 haircuts to Dayal House students. (He must be pretty good, since they keep coming back!) He hopes to be a doctor like his father in China.

Productions, a video production company. His work is in the permanent collection of the Newport Art Museum, Boston Public Library, and Maumee Valley Country Day School.

Ron Cowie ’88 exhibits photography at Wolfe Gallery

Learn more about the exhibit at mvcds.org/wolfe.

Maumee Valley welcomed back Ron Cowie ’88 for an exhibition of his photography at the Wolfe Gallery. The show, open through Feb. 28, is titled “Retrospective Conversation” and features works from the past 20 years celebrating creativity and visual poetry.

Mr. Cowie has used a camera to process the world as it is, and how he wishes it to be. The pieces chosen for the exhibition reflect that philosophy. “This collection is a demonstration of restless curiosity, rambling poetics, and murmured prayer,” he said. “It is a conversation with the divine.”

Mr. Cowie lives and works in Rhode Island, where he owns Oyster Farm

Getting involved: Calling all alumni Maumee Valley alumni can participate in school activities in many ways. Here are a few opportunities: Regional gatherings: Attend or help to plan and encourage attendance at regional gatherings for alumni, including receptions, networking luncheons, and college gatherings.

Reunion Committee: Reunion committee members are responsible for working with the alumni office to help plan their class’s reunion program, find “lost” classmates, and encourage attendance at reunions. Committee members are essential to creating a great reunion experience. To help plan your reunion, please contact alumni@mvcds.org.

Alumni Speaker Series: The Alumni Speaker Series connects current students with alumni. If you would like to take part, please contact alumni@mvcds.org.

Mr. Cowie (left) and a piece from the exhibition.

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Join MVCDS Connect MVCDS Connect is a new online platform that brings Maumee Valley Country Day School alumni together for easy searching and connecting. Users can post jobs and internships and offer support to the community if you are willing to help/ mentor others. Join today to:

Visit mvcdsconnect.com to learn more and start connecting.

demonstrate donors’ impact on current students and faculty.

Gratitude served at Leadership Luncheon

• Advance your career and professional interests with help from other alumni.

Maumee Valley was pleased to welcome members of its Leadership Society back to campus Oct. 15. The Society recognizes alumni and friends who annually give more than $1,000 to the school. This year’s event was hosted by Diana Block ’91, president of the Board of Trustees.

The lunch is reimagined each year to

Attendees heard from seniors Hera Yang and Eli Marx about how the opportunities at MV are reshaping their Upper School experience. Hera discussed her residency at Dayal House and student leadership positions and Eli spoke of transformative experiences gained through Intensives. In addition, Kate Fleming, who serves in both a faculty role and as co-director of College Counseling, discussed the Global Leadership Program and how it enhances the educational experience at the Upper School.

• Advise and mentor others in the Maumee Valley community.

• Expand your professional network (beyond just your class).

• Stay in touch with fellow alumni.

Windy City Reunion The alumni office brought the Hawk Nation flag to Chicago on Sept. 20 to update alumni about the school’s progress and to share memories. Sharing the moment were (from left) Lynn Casto, Head of School, Marck Bailey, Grace O’Leary ’16, Randall Samborn ’75, Eli Kaufman ’11, Max Kaufman ’13, Laura Sowatsky ’84, Christopher Holinski, director of advancement, and Peter and Mary (Hutton) Burgi ’79.

MVCDS seeks a highly organized individual with exceptional communication and time-management skills to become its next director of alumni relations and special events. This person is responsible for implementing and assessing strategies to engage alumni, parents, and other constituencies. The director also organizes, coordinates, and directs all special events for all constituencies and works closely with the admission and development functions to serve and support their needs. If interested in the position or know someone who is, visit mvcds.org/careers to view the job description.

Welcome, Morgan Siler!

The Maumee Valley advancement office is happy to welcome Morgan Siler as database manager & events assistant.

She joined the office in mid-2022 and is responsible for the management of donor and alumni records as well as special events through the alumni office. Before joining MV, she worked with the local nonprofit Veterans Matter as a national housing advocate and fund development assistant. She also has worked with Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.

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MV seeks director of alumni relations and special events

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Calendar of Events

We hope to see you at these and other upcoming events.

Jan. 31

Through Feb. 28

NYC Alumni & Friends Reception at the Harvard Club. RSVP at mvcds.org/alumni

Maumee Valley welcomes back Ron Cowie ’88 for an exhibition of his photography at the Wolfe Gallery. The show features works from the past 20 years celebrating creativity and visual poetry. Mr. Cowie has used a camera to process the world as it is, and how he wishes it to be. The pieces chosen for the show reflect that philosophy.

Feb. 28 D.C. Alumni & Friends Reception at the offices of the Rockefeller Group.

RSVP at mvcds.org/alumni

Feb. 24-25 “James and the Giant Peach Jr.,” the Middle and Lower School musical.

Millennium Theatre

March 18 Get ready for the 45th Annual Gala (a change in name from the traditional Auction). The theme is “Wild For MV” and the Saturday evening event takes place at The Toledo Zoo. Like to volunteer? Contact Christopher Holinski, director of advancement, at cholinski@mvcds.org.

April 20-23 “A Wrinkle in Time” student production.

Millennium Theatre

May 5 88th Annual Smead Luncheon & Alumni Awards Presentation recognizing alumni excellence and service to Maumee Valley

Stay informed about all upcoming alumni and advancement events at mvcds.org/alumni

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