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SUMMER/FALL 2011

CONNECTIONS FEATURES

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Built for Learning

A look back at the 10 year anniversary of the Upper School, theater, and dining terrace construction projects.

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The Class of 2011 Commencement, matriculation, class photos, and awards.

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Homecoming

Alumni Reception, FallFest, Alumni Luncheon, and halftime festivities.

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Alumni

Class Notes and reunions.

Connections Summer/Fall 2011 Volume 33, Issue 1

CONTENTS 6

Message from the Head of School

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From the Board of Trustees

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Student News

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Faculty News

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Strauss-Patterson Grant

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Pattison Award

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Admission/Enrollment News

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Alumni Calendar In Memoriam

Cover: A photo of the Upper School building, taken from Shawnee Run Road, with the soccer fields in the foreground.

Connections is published by the Development Office of Country Day. Photos by contributing alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff.

Contributions are welcome: javensr@countryday.net 513 979-0234 Cincinnati Country Day School does not discriminate against any person in admission, employment or otherwise because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender, or age in violation of existing state or federal law or regulations.

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HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Members of the Country Day Community: After a spring of record-setting rain, Country Day marked the end of its 2010-2011 academic year on a glorious June evening. The ceremony opened with the traditional processional of faculty, trustees, and graduates who were piped in by a bagpipe and drum corps. The customary complement of speakers offered parting words to our graduates encouraging them to cultivate their sense of discovery, to take ownership for their learning, and to cherish the close friendships that emanated on our campus.

One of the more poignant parts of Country Day’s graduation ceremony occurs during the conferring of diplomas. Again this year, as the diplomas were awarded, Head of Upper School Stephanie Luebbers shared comments about each student that she and her faculty had prepared. The narratives were insightful, sometimes humorous, but always reflective of a student’s life at Country Day. I am proud that we have revived this tradition since it is a testament to an enduring and valued aspect of our culture. Our students, we like to boast, are known and nurtured; this defining characteristic is a hallmark of a Country Day education.

This issue of Connections includes a map indicating the breadth and depth of schools where our graduates will matriculate, with each student having found an institution that matches his or her strengths and passions. Notably, the Class of 2011 gained entrance to some of the most selective schools in a highly competitive climate. We are confident that our newest alumni are poised for the next level of academic challenges, and I have no doubt they will continue to distinguish themselves in the years ahead.

Each fall it is hard to top the excitement of Country Day’s homecoming and Fall Fest carnival. We always enjoy welcoming alumni to campus, and our students take great delight in the games and activities that span mechanical bull rides to a life-size Candy Land board game.

This year, we had the privilege of honoring Richard O. Schwab as our 2011 Distinguished Alumnus. Dick served as Country Day’s Head of Middle School for 21 years. He received a hero’s welcome by the large gathering that assembled in recognition of his inspired leadership.

Dick always gave us his very best, and it was a pleasure to honor his countless contributions that continue to shape the school we are today.

Following in Dick’s footsteps is Theresa Hirschauer, who agreed to make her role as interim Head of Middle School permanent. As expected, our community’s response to the announcement was most enthusiastic. Hirsch, in her do-it-all fashion, will continue to serve as Country Day’s Athletic Director.

Finally, I hope you will enjoy reading Merle Black’s retrospective look at the Upper School building project of a decade ago. Merle’s meticulous research involved reconvening many of the key players responsible for making our innovative and welcoming learning environment possible.

The building has served our students incredibly well by encouraging an education that fosters learning not only in the classroom but also by the conversation and advising that takes place in our wide, spacious hallways. We are grateful to the visionaries who brought to life a building that architecturally supports our mission.

Please enjoy our latest issue of Connections. We know distance makes it impossible for many of our alumni and past friends to visit campus, so we trust the stories within will give you a sense of the extraordinary people and the momentous events that make Country Day a remarkable place.

Sincerely,

Robert P. Macrae, Ed.D. Head of School

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Katherine H. Blackburn ’82

Amy L. Hanson

Jeanne Parlin

Christopher N. Bortz ’92

William B. Hardigg, III ’96

Charles A. Pettengill ’79

Kyle C. Brooks ’81

Lucy Haverland Joffe ’90

Stephen A. Schwartz ’80

Gary Cofer

Lori W. Jeffries ’90

Robin S. Sheakley

David F. Dougherty

Macy K. Kirkland

Hemella L. Sweatt-Duplechan

R. Foster Duncan

Robert F. Kistinger

Charles L. Thomas, III ’80

Julie S. Fleischmann, President

Mark E. Knue

Calvin Tregre Jr.

Jonathan B. Hall

Daniel Magarian

Gordon W. Wright ’85

Anne Maier

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NEW TRUSTEES GARY COFER Gary is Executive Vice President for the Global Manufacturer Practice at dunnhumbyUSA. He is responsible for overseeing global client relationships with consumer products manufacturers and brand owners, focused on building consumer loyalty for brands and retailers.

Prior to joining dunnhumbyUSA, Gary held a variety of sales and general management positions at Procter & Gamble around the globe, including 12 years in Asia. He retired in August 2009 as Vice President of Customer Business Development for North America.

serves as President of the Alumni Council.

Ben graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and a minor in government.

Ben is a 1996 graduate of Country Day. He resides in Mt. Lookout.

ANNE MAIER Anne is involved in the Cincinnati community with numerous charitable organizations. She has served as a member of the Zoofari Committee since 2008 and cochaired the event in 2010.

Gary is active in the community, supporting a variety of events at Country Day and as a Board Member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Michigan State University, where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

In addition to her work in the community, Anne volunteers extensively at Country Day. She serves as a CCDS Parent Ambassador to welcome new families to the Country Day community and has been a Parents’ Association representative. She also assists with fundraising efforts as well as devotes time to the school’s many community-building events.

Gary resides in Indian Hill with wife, Sylvia, and son Elliot, a junior at Country Day. His son Brian, a 2010 graduate of Country Day, is a sophomore at Indiana University.

Anne attained both her M.B.A. and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

BEN HARDIGG

Mrs. Maier resides in Indian Hill with husband Craig ’67 and children Avery ’13, Alexander ’15 and Taylor ’15.

Ben is an associate partner with Premier Planning Group assisting clients with comprehensive financial planning, investment counseling and management, retirement and estate planning, insurance, employee benefits and retirement plans, and business succession planning. Prior to joining Premier Planning Group, Ben was the founder of Search Funding, LLC that provides innovative fundraising strategies to help social causes. Prior to founding Search Funding, LLC, Ben was Vice President of Business Development of Market Precision Inc., a successful start-up based in Cambridge, MA. Working with hundreds of advertisers, Market Precision grew into one of the largest software-based ad networks in the country.

Ben is an active member of the Cincinnati Country Day School community and

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JEANNE PARLIN Jeanne, an Independent Brand Strategist and Marketing Consultant, is currently working as a Design Manager in Fabric Care for Procter & Gamble. Throughout her career she has led and managed brand design for global client businesses. In addition, she has worked as a Marketing Mom and MasterMind for Ipsos Understanding UnLtd. Prior to starting her own consulting business, Jeanne worked as a Brand Account Leader for LPK, an international design agency, building leadership brands.

Jeanne is active in the community as a volunteer for numerous Cincinnati Country Day School functions and events.

She is a family advisor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and has been involved in a variety of youth sports

coaching activities. She was also a longstanding member of Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees.

Jeanne graduated with Honors from Denison University with a Bachelor of Arts in both Communication and Spanish.

She resides in Indian Hill with her husband Graham, a 1994 graduate of Country Day, and children Emmy ‘24 and Sophie ‘26.

CALVIN TREGRE Calvin is a Partner with the national law firm Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. He has over a decade of experience representing individuals in complex litigation, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. Calvin practices in both state and federal courts. He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Calvin is involved in the community coaching youth sports, mentoring, tutoring, and volunteering with Election Protection. He is also a member of the board of trustees for the Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) program, serves on the Board of Governors for the Ohio Association for Justice, and has served on the boards of the Ohio Association for Justice and the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati. Calvin is also a Fellow of the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers and currently serves as a member of the CALL Steering Committee.

Recognized for his legal achievements, Calvin was named an Ohio Rising Star in the Ohio Super Lawyers and Cincinnati Magazine in 2009 and 2011.

He earned his Bachelors of Science from Xavier University of Louisiana and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Calvin, his wife, Ebony, and their children, Caleb ’16 and Salomé ’23, reside in Forest Park.

FAREWELL GOOD FRIENDS Country Day said goodbye to Sam Tumolo and Jean Corbus at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Sam spent 38 years teaching math in the Upper School, and Jean taught children in the Montessori program and Lower School for 22 years. Both had a tremendous impact on the lives of hundreds of Country Day students.

A gathering of students, alumni, teachers, parents, and friends attended the farewell party in May. The community expressed their appreciation for all that Sam and Jean mean to Country Day. Head of School, Dr. Robert Macrae, opened the festivities by thanking Sam and Jean. “Sam and Jean have given tirelessly of their talents and Country Day is a better place thanks to their inspiring work. They raised the bar for all who will follow in their footsteps.”

Upper School science teacher, Brock Miller, introduced Sam. Former Lower School teacher, Marge Rockwell, and Montessori teacher, Karen Healy, introduced Jean. Jean and Sam used the opportunity to reminisce about their teaching days and to thank the attendees for the outpouring of appreciation.

In an earlier letter to the community, Dr. Macrae said, “We are indebted to Jean and Sam for the many gifts they shared with their students and colleagues. We have grown as a school on the strength of their efforts.”

Good luck Sam and Jean. You leave Country Day a better place than you found it!

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STUDENT NEWS National Merit recognizes 10 seniors Stephanie Luebbers, Upper School Head, announced that six seniors were chosen to be National Merit Semifinalists and four seniors were recognized as Commended Students.

The semifinalists are: Audrey McCartney, Amar Mehta, Rebecca Miller, Michael Morgan, Nicholas Niedermeier, and Henry Pease. The commended students are Bradley Hammoor, Jonas Luebbers, Victoria Mairal-Cruz, and Adriana Ungerleider.

The semifinalists were selected based on their preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT) scores. The six CCDS seniors scored in the top 1% and are among the 16,000 students from 22,000 high schools named as semifinalists nationwide.

Approximately 1.5 million students took the PSAT last fall.

Of the semifinalists nationwide, 15,000 will be named National Merit Finalists and compete for scholarships worth more than $34 million. In the spring, approximately

Front: Jonas Luebbers, Audrey McCartney, Victoria Mairal-Cruz, Nicholas Niedermeier Back: Amar Mehta, Henry Pease, Michael Morgan, Bradley Hammoor Missing: Rebecca Miller and Adriana Ungerleider 8,300 of the 15,000 finalists will be notified they have been selected to receive college scholarships.

The commended students were presented with a Letter of Commendation from the

National Merit Scholarship Corporation at an Upper School Assembly. Out of 1.5 million who took the tests, only 34,000 or the top 5% are recognized as commended.

Fifty students honored by the College Board 43% of the 2011 and 2012 graduating classes Fifty students have been named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their outstanding achievement on the collegelevel AP Examinations taken in May of 2010 and prior. Nationally, only 18% of the 1.5 million students who take the exams perform at sufficiently high levels to earn the distinction of AP Scholar. The 50 students who earned the distinction represent 40% of the Country Day graduating classes of 2011 and 2012.

2011 AP Scholars

AP National Scholars: Granted to students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Kevin McSwiggen

AP Scholars with Distinction: Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams on full-year courses.

William Bismayer, Kathryn Black, Elizabeth Blackburn, Alyssa Breneman, Jules Cantor, Will Duncan, Lilly Fleischmann, Ilana Habib, Alanah Hall, Brad Hammoor, Claire Heinichen, Jamie Huelskamp, Jordan Komnick, Andrew McElhinney, Audrey McCartney, Alexandra McInturf, Kevin McSwiggen, Michael Morgan, Nicholas Niedermeier, Henry Pease, Cody Pomeranz, Baldur Tangvald, Kate Taylor, and Amanda Young AP Scholars with Honors: Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and

grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams on full-year courses.

Blythe Gross-Hutton, Kyle Kistinger, Victoria Mairal-Cruz, Mac McKee, Arjun Minhas, Joshua Motley, Tyler Spaeth, Anisa Tatini, and Gail Yacyshyn AP Scholars: Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams on full-year courses.

Emily Ashwell, Mitchell Cruey, Yichen Dong, Jamie Fisher, Michael Fitzgerald, Will Fritz, Ryan Galloway, Hee Jin, Ariana Knue, Alex Levinson, Timothy Macrae, Amar Mehta, Haleigh Miller, Robert Pierce, Hannah Stewart, Adriana Ungerleider and Gretchen Weigel

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Academics, the Arts, Athletics, Service Learning, Lower, Middle, and Upper School The accomplishments of our students and teachers are too numerous to list in Connections. However, we maintain an up-to-date archive of all of the news online. You can access it at www.CountryDay.net/go/news

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The chemistry students in Paula Butler’s class celebrate Mole Day each year by inviting Pre-K students to the Upper School to make tie-dyed t-shirts as a part of the Mole Day festivities.

The Lazarus sisters (Meg ’13 and Gertrude ’26) were able to participate together in Mole Day this year.

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FACULTY NEWS Paula Butler, US Science

Paula completed the final year of a 3-year term on the HSPI (High School POGIL Initiative) National Board as an associate editor, travelling to Lancaster, PA and St. Louis, MO for summer meetings.

With grant support from the Toyota Foundation, the HSPI group completed the process of writing, editing, and classroom testing more than 100 new POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) activities that will be published in 2012 for use in high school chemistry and biology classrooms. Paula also attended the ChemEd 2011 Conference at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in July; Paula was also a co-presenter for an introductory POGIL workshop.

Rob Baker, Director of Technology Greg Martin, Academic Dean Rob and Greg presented at Microsoft’s annual Innovative Educator Forum at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. They were chosen from a pool of 5,000 national applicants. In addition to sharing their ideas, attendees worked to create “learning excursion” lessons, integrating both recent technological advances and meaningful experiences from around metro-Seattle.

In addition they attended workshops led by educators from around the globe, Microsoft employees, and other leaders in the fields of technology and education.

The trip was funded by Microsoft.

Elvira Carillo, MS Spanish

Elvira joined 627 US Spanish teachers and 500 college teachers to score 123,000 Spanish Language exams at the Convention Center in Cincinnati. She cites this as a wonderful professional experience. She not only evaluated students’ performance, but she also had the opportunity to exchange ideas about teaching techniques, books,

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materials, and curriculum.

This summer, a group of 16 students and two parents joined Senorita Carrillo and Mr. Johnston on a trip to Portugal and Spain. The highlights of the trip included stops in Lisbon, Madrid, and Toledo.

Michelle Crinnion, US Spanish

Michelle (Chela) earned an All-Star Award from the Ohio Foreign Language Association for having a top-rated presentation at their 2011 conference. In the “Projects with Purpose” session she shared Spanish projects that introduce students to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) active in Latin America.

Teachers learned how to adjust traditional lessons to encourage critical and creative thinking about global issues. She has been invited to present at the 2012 conference.

Chela also spoke at the Crossing Over Symposium hosted by Cleveland State University’s Department of Modern Languages. She presented a paper entitled “El paisaje lingüístico y actitudes hacia el español: la aldea de North Randall, Ohio” (Linguistic Landscape and Attitudes toward Spanish: The Village of North Randall, Ohio).

The paper, part of her Masters course work, is a sociolinguistic study of The Village of N. Randall, a Cleveland suburb with a migratory population of jockeys and groomers from Latin America. Her research included a photographic inventory of the Linguistic Landscape (the commercial signage in the community), as well as analysis of the existing attitudes toward Spanish as a minority language.

Stephanie Dunne, School Psychologist

Stephanie completed graduate coursework in Educational Leadership at Miami University this past winter and spring and earned an additional licensure in Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development.

Mark Femia, Director of Drama

Mark has been working in the greater Cincinnati theatre community, having participated in one production, and gearing up for another. He recently lent his musical abilities to the regional premiere of the musical Next to Normal with Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati.

He played keyboards and piano and conducted a few performances of the band during the show’s sell-out run.

In the spring of 2012, Mark will direct a production of the musical Titanic, that will be staged with Cincinnati Music Theatre.

The show pays homage to the infamous “Ship of Dreams” and the passengers who were aboard that fateful voyage

in April 1912. The production will help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship’s journey. Titanic will be presented May 11-19, 2012 at the Jarson Kaplan Theatre in the Aronoff Center for the Arts. Mark recently worked with CMT on productions of 42nd Street, Chicago, Mame, Chess, and La Cage aux Folles.

Jan French, LS-MS Science Grades 3-5

Jan returned from Space Camp for Educators this summer with plenty of new teaching material. She was one of 200 teachers worldwide out of 1,000 applicants selected to attend the camp, sponsored and paid for by the Honeywell Corporation. The camp, recognized by Jan as “a fantastic experience,” included numerous activities that simulate space flight. “The coolest simulation was when I performed a spacewalk as part of a space shuttle mission. One tiny push off a wall sent me soaring.” She also bounded in a 1/6 gravity apparatus to simulate walking on the moon, and she spun in the multiaxis trainer in all directions to simulate the disorientation that astronauts experience in orbit. The Space Shot simulator launched her 140 feet straight up with 4gs and then allowed her to experience weightlessness for 2-3 seconds. The camp also included 25 hours of workshops to incorporate her experience in the classroom. Jan is leading a mini, after school camp this semester (grades 2-4) and will take a group of students to Space Camp next summer.

Jeanette Hecker, US Modern Language Department Chair

Jeanette organized a two-week trip to France through Vistas in Education. Nine US students (Hailey Connor, Sabrina Finn,

Caroline Gentile, Audrey McCartney, Brian McSwiggen, Nicky Niedermeier, Hannah Stewart, Sophie Weinstein, and Gail Yacyshyn) embarked on this adventure.

For the first nine days, each student had the opportunity to live with a French family in the Loire Valley. They were able to attend French schools, visit castles, taste real French cuisine and put their French language skills to the test. The last four days were spent exploring the treasures of Paris, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the macabre Catacombs. Mesdames Hecker and Kairet look forward to this trip becoming a Country Day US tradition.

Theresa Hirschauer, MS Head and Athletic Director

Theresa was named the Southwestern Ohio Athletic Directors Association (SWODA) 2011 Athletic Director of the Year. SWODA is comprised of 182 member schools. The association brings together athletic administrators from both independent and public schools in the Southwest district.

Mark Luebbers, MS English

Mark completed the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, one of the premier writing conferences in the country. Sewanee was founded by a grant from the estate of Tennessee Williams, and through its director, the poet Wyatt Prunty, and attending scholars such as Mark Strand, B.H. Fairchild, and Charles Martin, has become the centerpoint of a movement known as New Formalism.

Mark said, “I was pleased and honored to represent CCDS at the 22nd annual Sewanee Writer’s Conference. I gained some invaluable experience as a poet, critic, editor, and perhaps most importantly as a student.”

He continued, “I hope to be able to publish a sheaf of poems in a literary journal or magazine sometime this year, and I’ll be bringing my students along with me in the process, sharing the selections, rejections, revisions and hopefully acceptance along the way.”

Jane Mactaggart, LS Pre-k1

Jane received her master’s degree this summer in early childhood education from Capella University..

Dr. Jeremiah McCall, US History

Jeremiah recently published two blog articles on teachinghistory.org, the National History Education Clearing House. His first article details how to incorporate “Do I Have

the Right,” in middle school classrooms, though he does point out that it can be used by students in 5th through 12th grade courses of study. The game requires students to manage a law firm focused on Constitutional Law. His second post, a review of New York Public Television’s “Mission US: For Crown or Glory,” a game that requires students to assume the role of a young man during the American Revolution. McCall has been called upon to review games and help other educators implement them at a rising pace following the publication of his book Gaming the Past and his frequent appearance at academic conferences. He will speak about his work in January 2012 at the American Historical Association’s annual conference in Chicago.

To read a review on Gaming the Past, visit http://www.tcrecord.org/Content. asp?ContentId=16592

Tresonne Peters, LS 2nd Grade

Tresonne participated as a featured dancer in the Triumph Dance Company’s original production of the play, Prodigal.

It was her second season performance with the dance company, which is based at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The Triumph Dance Company was founded in August 2009 as part of the Freedom Center’s Music & Arts initiative.

Tresonne is also founder and co-director of Empty Vessels dance ministry at Allen Temple AME Church. In her native city of New Orleans, she was owner of the Starmakers School of Dance and a Saintsations dancer for the New Orleans Saints.

Breakthrough Cincinnati (formerly Summerbridge) celebrated it’s 19th anniversary of partnership with Country Day this summer. The dual mission of Breakthrough revolves around the founding principle of “Students Teaching Students.” The heart of Breakthrough is the six-week summer session, which is housed in the CCDS Upper School.

The Breakthrough faculty for 2011 included current and former CCDS students, Samantha Barney ’08, Timmy Macrae ’12, Cody Pomeranz ’11, Tyler Spaeth ’12, and Emma Weinstein ’11, teaching English, history, math, and science. They completed a rigorous application and interview process and were selected from a pool of nearly 120 candidates to join a staff of 28 teachers.

Breakthrough Cincinnati was also fortunate to have current CCDS teachers for the summer to support young faculty members; Fred Carey ’80 oversaw the history department while Deborah Floyd led the English department.

Administrative Team Theresa Hirschauer Named MS Head

In November, Dr. Macrae announced that Interim MS Head and Athletic Director, Theresa Hirschauer (Hirsch) will, become the permanent Head of Middle School.

“She is a natural for the position,” said Dr. Macrae. “Her can-do attitude and encouraging manner have served our students and their families well.”

Hirsch earned a B.S. in math from Brown University in 1989 where she led the soccer team to four straight Ivy League titles and two NCAA appearances. She was named Ivy Rookie of the Year, Ivy Player of the Year and set many Ivy records that still stand today.

Hirsch joined Country Day in 1990 as an 8th grade math teacher and assistant coach. She became the MS Athletic Director in 1995 and Country Day’s Athletic Director in 2001. This year Hirsch was named SW Ohio Athletic Directors’ Association Athletic Director of the Year, the Miami Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year, and the Division III Southwest District Private School Coach of the Year. She also has been a recipient of the School’s highest teaching award, the Pattison Award.

On the Nightstand Recommended reading by faculty...

Lower School teacher, Kathy Winter and Middle School teacher, Andrea Rogers, share suggestions for books they have read:

Kathy Winter

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Nothing Was the Same

by Kay Redfield Jamison Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez on CD for the southern dialect from the 1800’s Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow

Andrea Rogers

Donorboy by Brendan Halpin Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

by Thomas McNamee and 13 reasons Why By Jay Asher Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison Traveling Mercies by Anne LaMott.

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STRAUSS AND PATTERSON FAMILIES JOIN FORCES New Patterson-Strauss Summer Travel Fund At the request of the Patterson and Strauss families, Country Day combined gifts honoring Tony Strauss â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 and Bob Patterson in order to reach the CCDS Foundation minimum of $50,000 to permanently endow the grant. The funds, renamed the Patterson-Strauss Travel Grant, is supported by both the faculty leave pool and money earned on the endowment fund. The travel grants have been increased to $6,000 for each recipient.

Bob and Tony valued all matters thoughtful and deliberate and believed senior faculty should be encouraged to pursue those deeply felt and enduring intellectual concerns too often left unattended and unexplored. The goal of the Bob Patterson & Tony Strauss Faculty Summer Grant is to enable teachers to plan personal rejuvenation in the summers and to return to their classrooms in the fall with new energy, new ideas, and new experiences. In combining the two funds,

the Strauss and Patterson families and Country Day secure in perpetuity the Patterson-Strauss Faculty Summer Grant.

The lives of Country Day students have been forever changed by two teachers who were not only passionate about their students and about literature, history, athletics and music, but life itself.

Anna Hartle, Middle School English and Culture Studies

Krumlov. We then went south into Austria, visited the impressive Melk Abbey, the grandiose Schonbrunn Palace of the Hapburgs, and then ended the trip in enchanting Vienna. We ate Sacher torte, toured the magnificent State Opera House, visited museums, and even got a glimpse of the stately Lipizzaner stallions.

It was a fabulous trip for us both.

It was truly a dream to return to Europe, practice speaking the language, and see some of the Eastern part of Europe that was off limits when we had been there so many years ago. I return to Country Day, rejuvenated with new experiences to share with my students. We will forever be grateful to the Patterson and Strauss families for honoring Bob and Tony with such a wonderful gift for the faculty of Country Day.

My husband, Mike, and I used the generous Patterson-Strauss grant to take a two-week trip to eastern Europe.

We landed in Warsaw, Poland, and then traveled by train to Berlin, Germany where we met up with a Rick Steves tour group. After visiting the sights of the reunited city, we traveled by bus to Dresden, Germany, to see the miraculously rebuilt town. From there we went south to Prague, Czech Republic and spent several days marveling at the almost overwhelming architecture of a city that was never damaged by the bombs of war.

After a sobering visit to Terezin, the Nazi prison camp, we spent the day in the charming medieval town of Cesky

Anna Hartle and husband Mike at the Melk Abbey in Austria, overlooking the Danube River.

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Mike had spent time in Germany as a child when his father was stationed there with the military, and I had lived in Germany as an exchange student after high school and had studied German language and literature in college.

Paula Butler, Upper School Science Our travel to Scotland was a trip of a lifetime! With my husband, Andy, and 9-year-old son, Brian, we began our journey in London, where we spent a day touring Hampton Court, immersing ourselves in British history at the famous palace of King Henry VIII. We squeezed in a visit to the British Museum, Covent Garden, the bookstores on Charing Cross Road, and a night at the London theatre, seeing Phantom of the Opera. Brian’s favorite tour, without a doubt, was the Chelsea football (soccer) stadium. For the next part of our journey, we took the train to Edinburgh and spent our first night at Borthwick Castle, built in 1430 and a favorite haunt of Mary Queen of Scots. Over the next several days, we toured the city of Edinburgh, visiting its formidable castle and walking the Royal Mile. We noticed

many landmarks and references to famous Scottish writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, and J.K. Rowling. One of the nicest treats of the whole trip was catching up with Louise and David McCreadie, a former Country Day family, and their children.

Brian loved spending the day with his old classmate, Ben, as we visited Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. Finally, our journey took us north through the Scottish Highlands to the Isle of Skye.

The scenery was spectacular, ranging from peaceful lochs and walking trails winding through the valleys—to dramatic mountain peaks, shrouded by clouds, with the ocean nearby. The twelve days went by much too quickly. I was so grateful to receive the Patterson Summer Travel Grant, enabling me to enjoy a remarkable adventure with my family and to experience that sense of rejuvenation which Bob Patterson believed was so essential for teachers.

Paula Butler and son Brian ’20 take in the views of the Scottish Highlands near Glen Coe. (Inset) Brian with Ben McCreadie, a former classmate at Country Day, at the Linlithgow Palace outside Edinburgh in Scotland

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2011 LEE S. PATTISON DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD This award was created upon the retirement of “Mr. Pat” to honor teachers who emulate his commitment to students, colleagues, and Cincinnati Country Day School.

• Full-time members of the faculty throughout the three divisions are considered after completion of their first full year at the School.

• Recommendations are made by faculty members to the Head of School and the Division Heads who consult with one representative from the Board of Trustees and one from the Alumni Council.

• Each award recipient receives an annual stipend of $3,333 per year for three years, $1,000 of which is to be used to purchase equipment or teaching materials for the School or for a school directed project.

2011 Pattison Award Winners Paula Butler and Jan French Previous Pattison Award Winners 1989

1997

2004

Peggy Richardson

Tina Mangan

Kelly Hammond

Bob Patterson

Dan Wood

1990 Sam Tumolo 1991

1998

2005

Brock Miller

Anna Binkley Kennedy

Andy Speno

Anna Hartle

Libby Benton 1999

2006

1992

Valerie Gerber

Pat Dunn

Susie Lewis

Jack Myslik

Rick Van Nuys II

Bobbie Menter 2000

2007

1993

Jean Corbus

Howard Brownstein

Tim Dunn

Andrea Rogers

Marge Rockwell

Lois Rust 2001

2008

1994

Wesley Hogan

Casey Schnieber

Merle Black

Ully Marin

Kathy Winter

Janet Chahrour 2002

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1995

Beth Langenbahn

Elvira Carrillo

Brenda Craig

Carol Lichty-Smith

Peter Fossett ’80

Nancy Krody 2003

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1996

Joan Chezem

Nancy Fogelson

Dave Walsh

Jeanette Hecker Molly Murray Petre

Theresa Hirschauer

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2011 AWARD PATTISON

At the annual year-end Faculty/Staff Luncheon, Head of School Dr. Robert Macrae introduced the 2011 Lee S. Pattison Distinguished Teachers. Posing for a photo with Dr. Macrae are the award winners Lower and Middle School Science teacher Jan French and Upper School Science teacher Paula Butler.

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ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT COUNTRY DAY A Community Steps Forward

by Aaron B. Kellenberger, Director of Admission Student enrollment at Country Day continues its strong surge. In spite of the economic downturn that impacted many independent schools across the country, CCDS posted it’s second consecutive yearly jump in enrollment. Many factors can be attributed to this resurgence, but the Country Day community has been key.

With the economic downturn in the Fall of 2008, the impact was felt the following year. For the 2009-2010 academic year, returning student retention rose as did the

“...the power of our community is strong.” number of new students coming to the school. Rather than wait and hope that the economy would turn around quickly, Head of School Rob Macrae marshalled school administrators to put together plans and programs that would maximize enrollment opportunities while maintaining the high standards that CCDS is known for. The CCDS Board of Trustees, Head of School, and Admission Office launched a new school-wide initiative called Enrollment and Engagement with one purpose; to increase student enrollment. A group of Board members, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and students set-out to improve both new student recruitment and schoolwide retention.

In year one, Enrollment and Engagement meetings where held to generate new recruitment ideas and to encourage current parents to promote Country Day in the greater community. New recruitment ideas were implemented and

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parents were engaged in a “grassroots” campaign to bring friends, neighbors, and family members to campus to experience all that the School had to offer. Major initiatives included the development of a new scholarship program, formalized student and parent ambassador programs, recruitment videos and emails, and referral programs. During the year, a new subcommittee of staff, faculty, parents, and alumni was created to explore current marketing and branding initiatives and to gather research on what sets Country Day apart from the local competition.

In year two, Enrollment and Engagement meetings were held to explore the current data on student attrition, continue the work of the marketing subcommittee, and further promote the grassroots recruitment campaign. Major initiatives included the development of one-onone and group retention programs, partnership with a nationally known marketing and branding company, and qualitative research on why students had left the school over the past three years.

As the School heads into year three of Enrollment and Engagement work, the results have changed our School for the better. Total enrollment has exceeded 800 students for the first time since 2006-2007, new student recruitment has increased by 33% since 2009-2010, and student retention is at a five year high of 92.4%.

While there is not a single factor that can be attributed to this enrollment success, there is one overarching theme; the power of our community is strong. In fact, the partnership with our branding and marketing company told us one thing that we already knew. The Country Day Community is like no other, and when we work together as a community, we can achieve greatness.

AROUND THE CITY, STATE, AND EVEN ABROAD Have you ever wondered where our new students reside? The new students for 2011-2012 come from 39 zip codes all over the city, state and globe. (Through November 1st)

Loveland Indian Hill Montgomery Maineville Hamilton West Chester Mason Kenwood Sharonville Newtown Batavia Milford Hyde Park Pleasant Ridge Wyoming Mariemont Anderson Amberly Village Forest Park Anderson Twp. Middletown China Germany France Fairfield Lebanon New Richmond Cincinnati (City) North Avondale Oakley Clifton Mount Lookout Finneytown Springdale Symmes Township Colerain Township

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Built for Learning

A look back at the transformational nature of the 2000 building project

by Merle Black, US History Department Chair When entering the Upper School at Country Day, you move into a building whose space is generous and open with long staircases, broad perspectives, fly away ceilings, and plenty of natural light. The school’s hallways are wide with built-in benches that invite students and teachers to sit down to talk; our hallways are more than traffic corridors, rather they are places for extemporaneous exchange and collaboration. When not in class, students are welcome to go to the dining terrace for a beverage, a bagel, or an apple. In our classrooms, we are spared dropped Styrofoam ceilings; and, rather than metal desks and chairs soldered together, we have tables and swivel chairs on wheels. The roof and many of the oddly angled walls are asymmetrical— suggesting that this is a place where authority is decentralized—it is a place to breathe and to think—the big questions are still there to be answered.

...it is a place to breathe and to think...

While Country Day’s proclivity is to look forward, historians tell us it is a good thing to look back. After a decade of settling into our new facility, it makes sense to not only celebrate the individuals who took the lead in the school’s largest building project in its history, but to gain a deeper understanding of how the building was designed and how it works today. From the start, Charlie Clark, the school’s head master and the person who spearheaded and oversaw the project from beginning to end, insisted that the school’s mission— its educational values and objectives— dictate the architectural design. In selecting Michael McInturf as the principal architect, Country Day found an architect who matched the building’s design to the school’s educational principles and values.

Prior to moving to Cincinnati, McInturf was Project Architect for the Aronoff Center for Design and Art, selected for the 1991 Venice Biennale, and a winner of a 1993 Progressive Architecture Award.

McInturf also participated in the design of the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts at Ohio State University.

Teaming with GBBN architects, McInturf worked with Dr. Clark, the Board of Trustees, faculty, and students to design a building from the inside out. According to Board President Ron Tysoe, “McInturf

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understood the school’s programs and knew what it would take to execute the vision.” McInturf met with the school’s planning committee--an extraordinary group of board members, city business leaders, parents, alumni, and faculty. The members of this leadership group devoted countless hours to the design process. (see sidebar) The project’s capital campaign chairs were Craig Lindner and Ron Tysoe.

Tysoe credits the Board, “we hadn’t fundraised to that level before. The Board was responsible for getting it done by donating $12 million of the $20 million, led in large part by Craig and Frances Lindner.” Prior to beginning the capital campaign, the school in 1995 received an unexpected $1 million dollar gift from Bob Keeler in memory of his son, John Whitman Keeler. Jim Zimmerman acknowledged the serendipity of the unsolicited gift, “It got everyone excited about what we could accomplish.” Charlie Clark added, “As seed money, it clinched our moving forward on a capital campaign and a major building project . . . It also helped that the stock market began to soar.”

On Charlie Clark’s recommendation, the Board hired consultant Dr. John Seiler, a Harvard expert in program and design planning. Seiler conducted interviews initially with Board members, faculty, and students and then worked with McInturf to translate Country Day’s core educational principles into architectural renderings. To Charlie Clark’s credit, he was adamant that the school not yield to the temptation to do the building project in steps. According to Steve Vollmer, “Charlie was mission-focused.

He held a retreat to get buy in from the Board. Academics, the arts, technology, student life—everything was discussed.

The existing Strauss building did not have adequate commons space for students and faculty to interact.” Eileen Barrett commented, “Charlie Clark deserves a great deal of credit for getting it done.”

Well into the process the school’s planning committee delayed discussions about the building’s exterior. Clark and the Board wanted the interior space and overall design to evolve organically out of a clear understanding of the school’s educational philosophy. Tysoe recalls, “We were designing the building from the inside out. While for some the building’s exterior remains controversial, we understood you cannot do a programmatic design like this and put a brick façade on it.” As their work continued and the

“Building a Campus to Match Our Mission”

Upper School Lindner Arts Center Keeler Memorial Theater Alumni Commons Dining Terrace Campaign Goal: $20,000,000 Campaign Chairs: S. Craig Lindner ’73 Ron Tysoe Campaign Committee: Carmine Annibell Bill Bahl (Board President 1996-2000)

Eileen Barrett ’69 Agnes Boswell (Board Secretary)

Charlie Clark (Headmaster 1994-2004)

Richard Durand ’73 William Hopple Jr. ’39 Tad Lawrence ’69 Beth Levy Brad Lindner S. Craig Lindner ’73 Phillip Long Thomas Main Angus McPhie Phyllis MacDonald Mardie Off David O’Maley (Board President 2000-2003)

Jane Stewart John Stillpass ’74 Merrie Stillpass Ron Tysoe (Board President 2003-2006)

Stephen Vollmer (Board President 1993-1996)

Victor Weber James Zimmerman Architects: GBBN Michael McInturf

Campaign Chair S. Craig Lindner â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 (center) reviews architectural plans for the building project with Headmaster Charlie Clark (L), and Campaign Chair Ron Tysoe.

Clockwise from top left are renderings depicting an US Chemistry lab, the US Art Room, and a typical classroom.

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architectural renderings matched the school’s mission, it became clear that the building would break the mold of the standard, boxlike, straight corridor, ribbon windowed, grid-like, brick, public secondary school building. The McInturf design was distinctive, bold, forwardlooking, and structurally dynamic. The building’s design was innovative, and the Board was divided. The design’s naysayers and detractors, who thought McInturf’s renderings too radical, preferred a more traditional, classical, brick and ivy covered building. In addition, there was concern about possible cost overruns due to the complexity of the design. Of particular worry was the sweep of the metal roof conceived as a reiteration of the rolling geography of Indian Hill. The design’s more contemporary-minded advocates countered by referencing as a precedent the school’s building for the past forty years, the modernist International Style Strauss design.

McInturf’s multistory project required excavating a portion of the hill on which the Strauss one-story building stood. The

...the sweep of the metal roof conceived as a reiteration of the rolling geography of Indian Hill.

design’s backers referenced Frank Lloyd Wright’s maxim that a building should never sit on top of a hill, but instead adapt to the contours of the existing landscape.

Influenced by morphology, McInturf’s architectural edginess originates in part from studying the form and structure of animals and plants. Due to advances in computer software design, McInturf could explore the greater range of natural forms. However, McInturf, in turn, satisfied the more conservative voices on the Planning Committee by explaining that the fundamental structure of the building would be the ageless post and beam construction. The building’s walls would not be load bearing—the roof would serve as a light covering or sheath, and, since the walls were not load bearing, floor-to-ceiling windows would provide what John Dewey insisted is a prime requirement of education: natural light.

The interior design was a simple, columnar structure of repeated twenty-four foot bays with exposed interior roof trusses to support the building’s undulating, non-load bearing roof. The interior walls of classrooms and offices were dry wall construction, leaving a large part of the upper school open for future realignment

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and adaptation.

McInturf added that by the end of the meeting, “the tide began to turn when the building’s cost, including the metal roof with a 30 year warranty, was tagged at an industry standard of $130 per square foot.”

Despite the passage of years, the tenor of Charlie Clark’s voice rose as he recalled the pivotal Board meeting.

By meeting’s end, the Board had reached a consensus to back the McInturf design. Ron Tysoe had wisely invited Federated Department Stores’ New York based, chief design engineer, Carmine Annibell to the meeting. He delivered a persuasive case advocating adoption of the McInturf design, and cautioned that breaking it up into parts would dilute the building’s capacity to support the school’s educational program. Carmine concluded by saying, “The building just wants to be 97,000 square feet.”

Now that students, faculty, alumni, parents, and friends of the school have lived and worked in the building for a decade, it is fair to ask the twenty million dollar question: Does the building support and enhance Country Day’s shared pursuit of excellence in academics and the arts? As it is in the theater where stage sets serve as backdrops to actors’ performances, vital features of McInturf’s design go unrecognized, key structural features are taken for granted. The building’s environment, its topology, is for its users, a given. However, if you walk through the building with open eyes, cognizant that the building did not just happen, then what might have appeared as serendipitous correspondence between form and function is now understood as well thought out intention. We look down corridors, up staircases, inside classrooms and everywhere we find details and nuances of a mission-driven design. For example, the project’s planning committee debated at length, and in parallel with another transformative Clark initiative, the 1995-1997 laptop program and its byline “Anytime, Anywhere Learning,” whether an enclosed, traditional book-lined library was a design requirement. What for generations had been a school’s heart and soul was, according to the Planning Committee, fast becoming obsolete. With the entire building wireless and with the implementation of the laptop program, learning could happen anywhere on campus and at any time. Via the internet, students had access to more information of greater scholarly substance than any

traditional print-based high school library could provide.

For this reason, among others, Charlie Clark convinced the Board that the learning that occurs outside the classroom is as valuable as what is learned within the traditional classroom. Appropriately, then, the Planning Committee asked McInturf to pay particular attention to the design’s common spaces. The Board wanted a structure that would contribute to building community. Sophomore Douglas Tallmadge observes, “The classrooms form a U-shape around the commons, lining the wide corridors like a cloister, and the commons is the inner courtyard of the cloister.” Thirty feet above The Commons, over and above white hanging panels-suggestive of airborne kites--skylight ribbons cut across the sloping metal roof bringing light into The Commons.

Tallmadge adds, “Natural light makes students feel as if they are outside.” Each faculty member’s office has windows that look out on to a wide corridor or down into The Commons. The McInturf design rejects solid walls as hindrances not only to movement, but to perspective and vision. Hard pressed to find a single solid wall in the upper school, other than the entrance wall to the theater, McInturf’s design subverts the idea that windows proffer views between inside and outside, rather many of the school’s windows offer views from one interior space into another.

One of the most important architectural features of the building, of which the Strauss building had none, is broad and open stairways. Many of the school’s key stairways do not function simply as conveyances from one floor to another, but serve also as study and social ports of call. Youthful environments are improved by stairs; the benefit of adolescent kinetic activity throughout the day should never be undervalued.

Stairs introduce an element of drama and display the energy and vitality of our youth. The young love stairs, and so the building has staircases aplenty.

Sophomore Jessica Hall speaks about the

Left - the building under construction on February 25, 2000.

Right - On December 7, 1999, the Class of 2000 sign a beam that today holds up a portion of the roof over the dining terrace.

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Sophomore Tallmadge writes, “The Upper School Learning Center/Library is cantilevered out over the atrium with windows looking over the cafeteria and offers great views of the campus.” And yet, at the same time, the roof arches over the entrance, rising to an impressive height, and then folds downward providing a sense of refuge and shelter.

The McInturf design is a mix of open and cloistered space. While students congregate in The Commons, they also pursue their individual studies within the sequestered cubicles that line the quiet and private space on the third floor. unpredictable choreography—the informal study groups that assemble and dissolve within The Commons throughout the day, “The stairs provide places to hang out or study. The stairs at CCDS within The Commons are irregular in width, providing a place for students to relax with friends. It is a great way to connect

teaching is no longer the sole purview of adults. Students and teachers sit down together in the dining terrace, within the alcoves tucked away along corridors, and in accessible faculty offices, where learning beyond the classroom goes on throughout the day and into the early evening.

Charlie Clark has said that “the building’s design is such that within ten minutes of leaving a classroom you will see seventy-five percent of all who are in the building.”

with your peers.” Where most schools’ stairways become traffic jams between classes, Country Day’s staircases resemble more a marketplace or an agora. Today’s students in high school and college collaborate. By forming impromptu study groups, students are telling us that

In creating a built environment for Country Day students, McInturf capitalized upon that desire embedded deep within the human psyche for conditions of prospect and refuge.

... prepare students not only for college, but to tackle the challenges the human race will face in this next generation.

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Our guiding institutional ethos is to prepare students not only for college, but to tackle the challenges the human race will face in this next generation. The leaders of the building project boldly addressed the school’s future. Led by

Charlie Clark, Michael McInturf, Ron Tysoe, Bill Bahl, Craig Lindner and others already named, Country Day’s place as the preeminent pre-collegiate institution in Cincinnati was strengthened. Country Day was founded in 1926 by an earlier group of forward-looking, civic-minded, Cincinnati families, committed to building a school where academic excellence was the order of the day. Country Day has stood the test of time, and today it thrives because of the tireless and selfless work of individuals like Bill Hopple Jr., Steve Vollmer, Aggie Boswell, Mardie Off, Jim Zimmerman, Eileen Barrett, Gus McPhie, and Phyllis MacDonald. All of us at Country Day owe these individuals our gratitude. At the close of my interview with Jim Zimmerman, he offered words true for all seasons and in all times, “As you commemorate the building, we should all remember that Country Day is about the teachers and the students. Celebrate the building and that it is has worked out so well, but it is the teachers and the students who are Country Day.”

Opposite page (top) - the art studio, (center) the stage of the John Whitman Keeler Memorial Theater in the Blake B. Lindner Fine Arts Center (bottom) the Alumni Commons. Below - Upper Schoolers enjoy lunch on the dining terrace.

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THE CLAS

Photo - Front row: Ramona Weber, Alexandra McInturf, Alanah Hall, Kate Taylor, Kathryn Black, Gabrielle Richardson, Karis Kosar, Claire H Second row: Amanda Young, Alexis Victor, Jamie Huelskamp, Lindsay Dougan, Ilana Habib, Robert Park, Richard Abrahamson, Gretchen Third row: Trevor Yates, William Bismayer, Jules Cantor, Alyssa Breneman, Xiaoyu Xiang, Charles McKee, Gregory Dick, Cody Pomeranz, M Top row: William Fritz, Basil DeJong, John Wildman, Robert Pierce, Ryan Galloway, William Duncan, Alexander Meixner, George Drew, Wy Not pictured: Christopher Ferguson, Jin Hee, Jinkyung Kim, Mona Patel

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SS OF 2011

Heinichen, Emily Grupp, Baldur Tangvald, Jamie Fisher, Jordan Komnick, Elizabeth Blackburn Weigel, Lilly Fleischmann, Sara Swensson, Blythe Gross-Hutton, Erica Brackett, Kevin McSwiggen Michael Fitzgerald, Daniel Angus, Devin Sutton, Tyrique Wilson yatt Tiffany, Grant Hesser, Andrew McElhinney

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Richard Abrahamson

Daniel Angus

William Bismayer *

Kathryn Black

Elizabeth Blackburn *

Erica Brackett

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Ohio State University

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Colgate University

Dartmouth College

George Washington University

Lilly Fleischmann *

William Fritz

Ryan Galloway *

Blythe Gross-Hutton

Dartmouth College

Vanderbilt University

Dartmouth College

Connecticut College

Alanah Hall

Claire Heinichen *

Grant Hesser

Wesleyan University

Vanderbilt University

Ohio University

Jinkyung Kim

Jordan Komnick *

Karis Kosar

Andrew McElhinney

Alexandra McInturf *

Charles McKee *

University of California at Davis

Miami University

College of Wooster

Wake Forest University

Williams College

Washington and Lee University

Robert Pierce

Cody Pomeranz *

Gabrielle Richardson *

Devin Sutton

Sara Swensson

Baldur Tangvald *

Kate Taylor *

Wyatt Tiffany

Wake Forest University

Yale University

Spelman College

Xavier University

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Southern California (Cinematic Studies)

University of St. Andrews

Trinity University

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Alyssa Breneman *

Jules Cantor *

Northwestern Northwestern University University

2011 Matr

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Basil DeJong

Gregory Dick

Lindsay Dougan

George Drew, II

William Duncan

Christopher Ferguson

Jamie Fisher

Michael Fitzgerald *

Sewanee: University of the South

Miami University

Scripps College

University of Montana at Missoula

Dartmouth College

University of Cincinnati (Engineering)

University of Michigan

Tufts University

Emily Grupp

Ilana Habib *

Miami University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jamie Huelskamp

Hee Jin

University of California at Los Angeles

Smith College

riculation St. Andrews, Scotland

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Kevin McSwiggen *

Alexander Meixner

Robert Park

Mona Patel

Harvey Mudd College

Chapman University

Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine

University of Cincinnati

Alexis Victor

Ramona Weber

Gretchen Weigel *

John Wildman

Tyrique Wilson

Xiaoyu Xiang

Trevor Yates

Amanda Young *

University of Georgia

Dickinson College

Vanderbilt University

Hamilton College

University of Maryland

Drexel University

University of Cincinnati

Dartmouth College

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COMMENCEME

Dr. Robert P. Macrae, Head of School When I’m asked what makes the Cincinnati Country Day School’s Class of 2011 special, the answer, to me, is obvious; it’s that you have taken ownership for your learning and made this school yours. You’ve put your hearts and souls into every aspect of your learning, which in turn has made Country Day the transformational school that it is today.

To expound on the importance of ownership, I reach back to the birth of our country and the Declaration of Independence. In the declaration, Thomas Jefferson penned the historic phrase—“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—a concise expression of our unalienable rights as citizens of the United States. Jefferson’s famous phrasing was actually inspired by British philosopher John Locke. Locke theorized that “life, liberty and property” were the necessary ingredients for a democratic society. He believed that ownership not only provided incentive but also fueled the entrepreneurial fires that would lead to prosperity.

Jefferson seized on Locke’s idea, but he wisely realized that “the pursuit of private property” didn’t have quite the same poetic appeal.

To us, freedom and capitalism are so second-nature to our lifestyles that we take it for granted. Yet, the concept of citizen stakeholders is relatively new, even experimental in some parts of the world.

That’s because ownership can be messy, demanding, even downright exhausting. In schools, where students are encouraged to own their learning, teaching is considerably more challenging. Believe me, if it were easy, more schools would do it. That’s why we see most schools relying on standardized lesson plans and fill-inthe-bubble tests.

education.” It’s yours to determine its worth.

This year, our students were asked to describe, in their own voices, what constituted their “Country Day” day.

Their responses were heartfelt, insightful, powerful, and provocative. Their stories make compelling cases for the brand of intellectual entrepreneurship we, as educators, pride ourselves on. Let me quote some of the phrases that our seniors wrote on their cards.

“I can’t believe this is school. This is like discussing interesting topics with my friends and walking around the halls of my second home. I love it here.” “getting another dimension of learning”

“a lot of work, but a lot of fun” “learning from the best teachers around” “listening to the amazing ideas of my classmates”

“massive lab accident; barely any survivors; we’re not allowed to talk about it”

Graduates, your parents, grandparents, and teachers have also invested heavily in your education; however, they’ve been transferring their ownership stake to you in preparation for this day. I can think of no greater gift to inherit than an “excellent

Reading their accounts reflect the sense of ownership we promote at Country Day. It results in a level of commitment that can move even the most stoic of 18 year olds to tears when describing his journey to the underclassman, the next keepers

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In my meetings with seniors, they spoke about the ownership they feel in Country Day. One student recalled how empowering it was to be told that he would “inherit the school.” It was a light bulb moment, one that illuminated the important leadership role seniors play at Country Day. That clarion call made him realize that what Country Day could become, and by extension, what he would become, was in his hands.

Each member of the Class of 2011 can proudly stake the claim that “this is my Country Day.” Every one of you has a unique story of how this place has become your own.

You went to great lengths to protect, preserve, and promote the school you love—to leave it a better place than when you entered. This is the magic of ownership that Jefferson and our forefathers believed in.

Through ownership, we would have the opportunity to better ourselves and better our world.

But at Country Day, we purposely create a climate in which we expect our students to partner with us in their learning because the correlation between ownership and depth of learning is irrefutable. Students simply learn more when they play active roles.

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of the Country Day legacy. It can expose a raw emotion that comes with investing yourself so deeply that saying good-bye is more difficult than you could’ve ever imagined. It’s this degree of engagement that shatters superficial learning and takes a profound and more lasting hold that allows students to remain agile in their thinking, even as the world changes around them.

“feel the learn” And I don’t know who slipped this one in:

This lofty notion of ownership is the lesson I offer you today.

When you begin to care deeply about an institution or a cause, you’ll want to serve it. You’ll become subordinate to what matters most, and it comes full circle when you begin to live a life of service.

If you follow this path, you’ll not only be a better person, but you will have found the key to leading a happy life. I believe this is what Jefferson intended when he changed Locke’s words from “life, liberty and property” to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

As you proceed to the next level of your education and prepare to live and thrive in a free society, I challenge you to continue to take ownership for your learning. Own it and the future is yours.

Congratulations, our newest alumni, the Class of 2011.

ENT REMARKS Julie Fleischmann, President, Board of Trustees

I am honored to speak tonight. What an accomplished group of young people.

It has been a privilege and a joy to be connected to this wonderful class and their families for the past 16 years.

Bad news abounds these days – recession, debt, unresolved conflicts around the globe, the list goes on. Yet, I see unparalleled opportunity for people who are creative, resilient and tenacious. Yes, Class of 2011, I’m talking about you! This is an extraordinary time to be smart, innovative and brave.

Some of today’s most successful businesses, like Microsoft, were born in recessionary and difficult times. I have unwavering confidence in every member of this class because you leave here with the tools to navigate your journey. Notice that I say tools and not answers. At Country Day the acquisition of facts takes its rightful place as background to critical thinking, writing, speaking and innovating.

Because life doesn’t come at you neatly packaged with multiple choice answers.

And frankly, we cannot even provide you with a full set of the questions.

As you begin this journey into uncharted territory, I do have some advice or rather, I’m passing along guidance from two brilliant and resilient American explorers. In 1804, Lewis and Clark set out from Wood River, Illinois, and pushed through 8,000 miles of unexplored wilderness on their quest to reach the Pacific. Without Google Earth or a GPS, they had no idea how long their journey would take or even what obstacles awaited them. Sound familiar?

Lewis and Clark were guided by a love of discovery. Despite the expedition’s failure in their mission to find an all-water route to the Pacific, they’re celebrated for what they discovered along the way.

Graduates, you’ve been nurtured in an environment that prizes discovery and inquiry. For many of you, this process began years ago while crafting papermache globes or role-playing immigrants or conducting your own Constitutional convention. You’ve learned in science that even experiments gone astray can be surprisingly educational. More recently,

we’ve watched with delight as you made films, played new sports, tried stand-up comedy and breathed life into the school’s “My Day” Campaign. Your wondrous poetry and prose challenged our thinking.

Through your art and photography we experienced our world from unexpected angles. And we’ve thoroughly enjoyed your own special brand of mischief. What other class would dare try to negotiate with Sage Dining Service to prank the school on April Fool’s Day? Never relinquish your taste for adventure or your sense of humor.

In 1805, Meriwether Lewis climbed the eastern slope of the Continental Divide convinced that he’d see the fabled Northwest Passage – the all-water route

and Clark were driven by the desire to expand knowledge and further the cause of their country. They looked to their own dreams and talents for direction rather than following the crowd.

Graduates, Country Day has provided fertile soil for you to plant yourselves deeply in the work of knowing who you are. This community has asked you to be more than just the scholar or just the athlete, or just the performer or just the leader. The adults here have asked you to take healthy risks to discover your gifts and expand your self- knowledge. The world teems with possibilities for those who truly know themselves and follow their own dreams. If you have your heart in everything you do, you cannot lose.

We believe in you. We believe in your open hearts, your curious minds and your ability to persevere.

Remember us, remember this place and this day. Remember our loving thoughts and our steadfast confidence in you on those days when the future feels uncertain. You are the Cincinnati Country Day School Class of 2011, bound forever by a shared history and mutual respect. Remember us -- because we will never forget you.

to the pacific. Instead, he saw an endless range of mountains. Rather than be discouraged, Lewis and Clark adopted the motto: “Proceed on.” These are the same two words your hearts whispered when you were presented with the tremendous challenges of Honors Biology or AP History or Mr. Tumolo’s math assignments.

You galvanized your energies day by day in free bells and night by night at home.

And you collaborated with one another trusting, correctly, that two brains are better than one. You experienced that raw talent has its limits and that nothing, absolutely nothing, takes the place of tenacity. You take away a desire for excellence that must never diminish.

Living with passionate purpose is at the heart of any successful expedition. And what’s life but a grand expedition? Lewis

Photos: (Opposite page), Dr. Macrae presents a diploma to Sadie Swensson during the 2011 graduation ceremonies.

(Above), Julie Fleischmann, Board President, congratulates her daughter, Lilly as she moves across the stage to receive her diploma from Dr. Macrae.

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Athletic

(9th Grade Class Scholar) Brian McSwiggen

Kathryn Black, Will Fritz

Templeton Briggs Memorial Award

Alumni Award

(10th Grade Class Scholars) Holly Dayton, Caroline Gentile

Herbert M. Davison Award

(11th Grade Class Scholars) Audrey McCartney, Michael Morgan

Julius Fleischmann Memorial Award (12th Grade Class Scholar) Alyssa Breneman

Country Day Mission Awards Peter Levinson Memorial Award Timothy Macrae, Gail Yacyshyn

Country Day Award Baldur Tangvald

Scholastic

Cum Laude Society

Class of 2011 inducted in their junior year: Alyssa Breneman, Alexandra McInturf, Kate Taylor, William Duncan, Baldur Tangvald, Amanda Young Class of 2011 inducted this year: Kathryn Black, Lilly Fleischmann, Cody Pomeranz, Elizabeth Blackburn, Claire Heinichen Class of 2012 inducted this year: Bradley Hammoor, Michael Morgan, Anisa Tatini, Jonas Luebbers, Henry Pease, Gail Yacyshyn, Audrey McCartney

National Merit

National Merit Commended Students William Bismayer, Claire Heinichen, Kate Taylor, Elizabeth Blackburn, Charles McKee, Gretchen Weigel, Michael Fitzgerald National Merit Semi-Finalists Alyssa Breneman, Jordan Komnick, Cody Pomeranz, Jules Cantor, Alexandra McInturf, Baldur Tangvald, Lilly Fleischmann, Kevin McSwiggen, Amanda Young, Ilana Habib National Merit Scholarship Finalists Alyssa Breneman, Jordan Komnick, Cody Pomeranz, Jules Cantor, Alexandra McInturf, Baldur Tangvald, Lilly Fleischmann, Kevin McSwiggen, Amanda Young, Ilana Habib National Merit Scholarship Recipients Alyssa Breneman, Kevin McSwiggen, Jules Cantor, Baldur Tangvald

James A. Wright Sportsmanship Award Letterman Leadership Awards Jamie Huelskamp, Wyatt Tiffany

Shirley Heinichen Outstanding Female Athlete

David E. Laird Computer Science Award Alex Levinson

Extracurricular Awards

Joseph F. Hofmeister Scroll Award (Student Newspaper)

Elizabeth Blackburn

Cody Pomeranz, Amanda Young

J. David McDaniel Outstanding Male Athlete

Archive Award (Yearbook)

Robert Pierce

Fine Arts

Drama Award

Alyssa Breneman

Music Award – Vocal Richard Abrahamson

Music Award – Band Karis Kosar

Thomas D. Gettler, ’76 Creative Writing Award Jules Cantor

AWA

Ilana Habib

InWords Award (Literary Magazine) Ilana Habib

Robert Patterson Award for Poetry Alanah Hall, Kate Taylor

Patterson Award for Prose Charles McKee

Clement L. Buenger FISC Award Tyrique Wilson

Tony Strauss Service Learning Award Emily Grupp, John Wildman

Dance Award

Alyssa Breneman

Visual Arts Award

Ilana Habib, Baldur Tangvald

Departmental

Robinson-Bye Award in English Alyssa Breneman

Bausch & Lomb Science Award Henry Pease

Gordon R. Wright Science Award Kate Taylor

Lee S. Pattison History Award William Duncan, Cody Pomeranz

Academic Research Award Jonas Luebbers

French Award

Alexandra McInturf

Spanish Award William Duncan

Romance Languages Award Charles McKee

Ash Mathematics Award

Kevin McSwiggen, Kate Taylor

MIDDLE SCHOOL Charles F. Yeiser ’39 Scholar Award

Recognizes a new student with potential for high academic achievement, exhibits excellent citizenship skills, and are leaders in co-curricular activities.

5th Grade-Martha Foushee 6th Grade-Anna Geohegan 7th Grade-Ian Hayes 8th Grade-Pratiti Ghosh-Dastidar

The William H. Hopple, Jr. ’39 Award

6th Grade Class Scholars with the highest numeric grade averages.

Heman Duplechan, Hailey Spaeth

The Bobby Pogue Prize

7th Grade Class Scholars with the highest numeric grade averages.

Nathan Grant, Ian Hayes, Margaret Hodson

The Herbert Snyder Award

8th Grade Class Scholars with the highest numeric grade averages.

Elizabeth Grace, Pranav Madabhushi, Elizabeth Miller

The Ramsey Runyon Wright Award

The award goes to the 8th grade student who most exemplifies the humor and creativity of Ramsey Runyon Wright.

Marissa Beyette

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ARDS

The Dr. Charles F. Clark Character Award

5th GradeJohn Pettengill, 6th Grade-Kevin Pruis, 7th GradeMargaret Hodson, 8th-Grade Jacob Scheper

The Richard O. Schwab ’69 Middle School Award

The Richard O. Schwab Middle School Award is the Middle School’s highest award. It recognizes the boy and girl in each grade who exemplify the following qualities: positive attitude, dedication to school work and school activities, leadership, respect for others, and kindness to everyone.

5th Grade-Sachi Bhati, John Blang, 6th Grade-Grace Pettengill, Adam Ushpol 7th Grade-Davis McMaster, Emma Robitaille 8th Grade-Will Cohen, Danielle Wolf

Bill Hopple III ’71 presents Hailey Spaeth and Heman Duplechan with the 6th grade class scholar award, named after his father William H. Hopple Jr. ’39

The National French Contest

The following students who earned a national ranking on the Level 1 exam.

Elizabeth Miller, 1st Adam Baker, 8th Ryan Dougherty, 9th

The National Spanish Exam

The following students earned a national ranking.

Margaret Hodson, 1st Level 01 Pranav Madabhushi, 1st Level 1 Emma Robitaille, 2nd Level 01 Elizabeth Grace, 2nd Level 1 Nathan Albrink, 3rd Level 01 Jennifer Gonzales, 1st Level 1 Bilingual Sergio Zarate, 2nd Level 1 Bilingual

The Middle School Alumni Writing Contest 5th Grade-Arys Anderson 6th Grade-Sophie Hudson 7th Grade-Megan Naber 8th Grade-Marissa Beyette

Honorable mention 5th Grade-Jenna Macrae, Zach O’Brien 6th Grade-Holly Jacobs, Cait Ushpol 7th Grade-Ian Hayes, Emma Robitaille 8th Grade-Elizabeth Miller, Hannah Taylor

The MATHCOUNTS Competition

7th Grade, J’Quaan Waite 8th Grade, Adam Baker, Kevin Geohegan, Elizabeth Grace, Isabelle Hudson, Stephen Liao, Celia Macrae, Pranav Madabhushi, Elizabeth Miller, Connor Wiley

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LIFERS CLASS OF 2011 Lifers: Front row Alanah Hall, Kathryn Black, Karis Kosar, Claire Heinichen Second row: Alexandra McInturf, Jamie Huelskamp, Lilly Fleischmann, Sara Swensson, Gregory Dick, Cody Pomeranz, Baldur Tangvald, Elizabeth Blackburn Top row: John Wildman, Robert Pierce, Grant Hesser, Wyatt Tiffany

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HOMECOMING

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FallFest

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FESTIVITIES Alumni Reception

Halftime

Reunions

Alumni Luncheon

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ALUMNI LUNCHEON Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Jerrold Levin ’59

Jerry played both tennis and basketball.

He was state singles champion for tennis in 1957, and state runner up in 1958 and 1959. Jerry was winner of the Castleberry Award (team MVP) for three years and went on to become an All-American at Cornell University.

Nick Senter ’97

Nick achieved distinction in football, basketball, and track. He was captain of the track and basketball teams and recipient of the McDaniel Award (top male athlete). Nick was a track and field state runner up in the long jump. He qualified for the state track championships all four years.

Natalie Geier-Cohen ’01 Natalie was captain of the soccer and basketball teams. She was named to the All-State Soccer team. She was chosen Most Valuable Player for soccer and basketball and received All-District basketball honors.

Pat Allgeier ’88

Pat excelled in football, basketball and track. He was elected captain of the football team and achieved All-State football honors. He was chosen as a CCDS Iron Man winner and was a regional track and field qualifier in the shot put.

Top Row: Photos of each honoree after the luncheon. Below: Photos taken at halftime of the homecoming football game (L) Pat Allgeier ’88 was unable to attend the luncheon on Saturday so that he could coach his college team. (R) Dr. Macrae congratulated the members of the State Championship baseball team who were on-hand for the festivities. Bottom photos courtesy of Tom Lee ’71.

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Honoring the 2001 State Championship Lacrosse and Baseball teams

Distinguished Alumnus - Dick Schwab ’67 Presentation remarks by Head of School, Dr. Robert P. Macrae Earlier in my career, I served as the Head of a Middle School, and I will never forget my first parent meeting. Joining me on the podium was the school psychologist whose opening salvo was to ask the parents how many of them could vividly remember their middle school years. Very few raised their hands. The psychologist theorized that the middle school experience was such a train wreck that most people blocked the traumatic memories from their minds. Obviously, the psychologist and I hadn’t compared our notes before the parent meeting. Or more relevantly, I hadn’t consulted him before I accepted the job as the Head of Middle School.

I share this story for two reasons; first to be a good middle school head you need to roll with the punches and have a good sense of humor. Dick’s finely-tuned sense of humor is second to none. He understood its cathartic role in a middle school and used his wit often for its calming effect. Dick could defuse even the most difficult meetings by delivering a well-timed one-liner that would alleviate the tension, add perspective, and provide a much needed dose of healing power. If you can’t laugh of some of the quagmires middle schoolers find themselves in, you would surely cry.

The second reason I opened with my tale of woe is the sharp contrast it provides for what we at Country Day lovingly refer to as “Schwab-world.” Our Middle School, led by Dick Schwab for 20 years, was known as the utopian island that bridged our lower and upper schools. It was the perfect training ground for young and impressionable children to develop and grow in an environment that was not only caring, it was cool.

My first visit to “Schwab-world” was during the fall of 2003 when I was interviewing for the position of Country Day’s Head of School. I was escorted to Dick’s office for our meeting, where I was greeted by his two large and drooling dogs. Not what I expected.

During the interview, I remember several teachers interrupted our discussion to talk to Dick about various issues they were dealing with. Some even joined in on the interview! Again, not what I expected. But, by the time we actually got through our conversation, I had begun to understand first-hand the magic of “Schwab-world.” The constant ebb and flow in and out of Dick’s office was all part of the rhythm of life in his middle school.

His adoring faculty, students, and parents were his disciples; they were drawn to his positive energy, his Solomon-like decisionmaking, and his boyish charm. Dick had

this incredible way of drawing teachers, students and parents into his inner circle; he cared deeply about each and every one of them, and they, in turn, felt respected, valued, and loved. This symbiotic connection made his “disciples” fiercely loyal, and they would move mountains for Dick if he were to even mention the idea.

others. New doors opened to reveal unaccustomed opportunities.” It struck me how closely Dick’s words describe what it’s like for children as they pass through the volatile years of middle school only to emerge stronger and better prepared to tackle what’s next on life’s to-do list.

You don’t have to be intimately involved with education to realize that being a middle school teacher is one of the more challenging career choices a person can make. It’s demanding to teach children as they are finding their ways through the throes of adolescence. But the rewards, as Dick knows, are profoundly satisfying.

In pedagogical circles, teaching in a middle school has been compared to scotch. At first you try to get it down.

Then you get used to it. Then it’s all you order. Now I finally understand how Dick made it look so easy!

We owe much to Dick, particularly for his role in shaping the esteemed school that Country Day is today. He gave us his very best. And while we can never repay him for his steadfast devotion to educating our children and his inspired leadership, we are pleased and humbled to honor him as Country Day’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus.

When we announced our plans to honor Dick as this year’s Distinguished Alumnus, you can imagine the enthusiastic reaction we received from the community. We heard gushing responses from past colleagues, previous students, and from several of his Country Day classmates. I was particularly touched by an email from a classmate who remembered “Dickie” fondly for including him in his “inner circle.” He said Dick’s endorsement made all the difference and gave him a much needed “boost.” I am not at all surprised that even as a teenager, Dick instinctively lent his support to those who needed his attention. From these moving tributes, I have concluded that “Schwab-world” existed even before Dick became head of the Middle School.

On a personal note, I, too, learned a great deal from Dick. As a Head of School rookie, I couldn’t have asked for a better role model. Dick was patient and prescriptive in his ever so diplomatic way.

On occasions when Dick didn’t necessarily agree with my newfangled educational ideas, he would describe my initiatives by announcing to his faculty, “our young headmaster had decided…” Dick was a master of euphemistic language, a most desirable skill in our line of work. But I cannot overstate how incredibly helpful Dick’s wisdom and institutional knowledge were to me during our years at the helm of Country Day. Dick, thank you for your support, your leadership, and your friendship; I am a better Head of School today thanks to you and our years of working closely together.

In closing, I want to share a passage that Dick emailed me that I feel perfectly captures Dick’s positive spirit and unwavering optimism. He wrote: “I came through the storm. As familiar doors closed, I realized I needed to search for

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News about Tim Wollaeger: On a beautiful Sunday afternoon of lovely sunshine, warm temperatures and calm and warm waters, Tim Wollaeger successfully completed his 32nd consecutive La Jolla Rough Water 1-Mile Swim. However, unable to overcome an onslaught of new 65 years olds to the age group 65-69, Wollaeger slipped to 11th place, breaking his string of 3 top ten finishes. Although hoping to keep his string alive he is quoted as saying, “What a great day and I hope to keep coming back for many more years.” In 2013, Wollaeger will move into the 70-74 age group. A total of 403 men swam in the 50 and over heat.

HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND IRRITATE PEOPLE and/or to buy my logo merchandise. Please forward this website to your friends, contacts and kids 14 and above.

1981

Ruth Hund writes: My husband, son, and I will be taking a trip around the world starting August 1 through the first week in June. We will start touring Western North America, sleeping in the back of the truck. Then on to Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia (we'll fly to those places).

After a quick respite in Colorado for the holidays we will head to Tanzania where we will volunteer at a school for orphans and poverty-stricken children for three months. Then it is off to Europe which includes some French immersion in the Loire Valley of France. Folks can follow us on our blog at http://karlruthgeorge. wordpress.com/.

of icons and experiences of childhood that do not involve screens, batteries, or power cords. Each is "educational" in the sense that spending time with a child reading together and exploring the real world is and has always been just that, respite from the sea of "smart baby" apps and other products on the market.

I am a pediatrician and independent children's bookseller, and so this is both an area of expertise and particular passion for me. The blog with cover art is at babyunplugged.com.

Though expanded distribution is in the works, for now Baby Unplugged is available at select museum and other indie shops, bluemanateebooks.com, and in the Unplugged Box at bluemanateeboxes.com (another cool product, BTW - an eco- and brain-friendly new mode of gift giving for kids 3 and under).

This summer, Head of School, Rob Macrae, and Director of Development Eric Foushee, spent time visiting and hiking with Cindy and Tim Wollaeger ’62 near their home in La Jolla, CA.

All best to CCDS! John Hutton '86 (married to Sandy Gross '86, dad of Blythe Gross-Hutton '11. and Astrid Gross-Hutton grade 8) blue manatee children's bookstore and decafe'/blue manatee boxes/blue manatee press 3054 Madison Road, Cincinnati, 45209 513-731-2665 www.bluemanateebooks.com JohnSandy@bluemanateebooks.com/ www.bluemanateeboxes.com

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Mitchell Block writes: I am pleased to report that my documentary film POSTER GIRL was nominated for an Academy Award. Best Documentary Short Film.

1972

Tom Hauck writes: My new CD single "Media Madness" b/w "She's Bad" is now available on iTunes (search for Tom Hauck) and CDbaby.com.

Full-length CD dropped in October 2011.

This August several CCDS Alums and former SEAL team members were involved with an event held in conjunction with the Cincinnati Reds during a game.

The Cincinnati committee of the U.S. Navy SEAL Foundation (NSF) supports the families of fallen and critically injured SEALS. To date, they have raised more than $40,000 for this critical fund. Among those alums involved are David Callard ’82, Matt Sanning ’82, Andy Head ’82, Rob Roy ’84 and Will Kreidler ’87.

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1986

News about John Simon: Dr. John D. Simon was named Executive Vice-President and Provost for the University of Virginia. Dr. Simon had been serving as Duke University's Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. He received his B.A. from Williams College in 1979 and his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University in 1983.

1980

Daniel Barack writes: Please visit my website:www. irritatepeople.com to buy my book

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John Hutton writes: I wanted to pass along a link to a nice, recent article about a series of kids' books I have written called Baby Unplugged, featured in the July 11 print and Aug 11 online editions of Publishers Weekly. With apologies to Mr. Hofmeister, here is the link: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/bytopic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/ article/48312-bookseller-turns-publisherfor-baby-unplugged-line.html In short, Baby Unplugged is a celebration

Carla DeFonso Zack and her husband David welcomed daughter Victoria Ann on March 31, 2011. She weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz. and was 21.5 inches.

1990

Michael Strauss writes: I just moved from my role as a lawyer at the World Bank to be Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, working on international economic affairs for the Obama administration. It has only been a few weeks, but it is an intense, fun challenge.

CLASS OF 1971 The class of 1971 celebrated their 40th reunion in conjunction with their friends and former classmates from Hillsdale and CPS. The alums gathered at Ferrariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant in Madeira. Among those attending were Bill and Mary Hopple, Michael and Janet Pogue, Tom and Lockheart, Malcolm Dalglish and Judy Klein, Tom Lee, Jeff Spain, Laurie Acklen, Sam and Lowry, Carty and Sally Hall, Dick Geier, Brooks Jackson and Dick Westheimer.

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qualitative metrics for evaluating private equity managers and gained considerable experience constructing portfolios. Most recently, Karl was co-head of investments for Summer Hill Capital Partners in Cincinnati, co-managing a $1.1 billion diversified portfolio.

1995

President Williams and I, along with others who met with him during the selection process, believe that Karl will provide excellent stewardship of UC's endowment.

Please join us in welcoming Karl to the university.”

Jeannine Hall Gailey writes: I am living in the Seattle area with my husband Glenn and happy to announce my second book of poetry, She Returns to the Floating World, released July 2011 by Kitsune Books. This collection revolves around the history of Japan and America, and investigates the nature of transformation in Japanese folk tales and pop culture. You can order the book here (http://www.kitsunebooks.com/Gailey. html) or from Amazon.com. You can also visit my web site: www.webbish6.com.

Eric Plummer writes: I am happily married to Jen Plummer and I am working as the Admissions and Marketing Director at Courtyard at the Seasons. I enjoy all the Bearcat sports and the Cincinnati Reds!

1993

News about Karl Scheer: In September, Karl Scheer was appointed Chief Investment officer for the University of Cincinnati. From Sr. Vice President Robert F. Ambach’s press release, “On behalf of President Williams, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Scheer as the university's Chief Investment Officer, effective September 19, 2011. As a direct report to me, Karl will manage the university's endowment assets with the guidance, advice and oversight of the Investment Committee regarding policy strategic direction.

A 1997 graduate of Harvard University, Karl brings to UC a strong skill set and significant experience in managing endowment-style portfolios. Following graduation, Karl joined a healthcare and life sciences venture capital partnership in Seattle, Washington. Two years later, he joined a consulting firm that advised portfolio companies on operational and financing strategies. Karl next joined Russell Investment Group and its private equity arm, Pantheon Ventures, located in San Francisco, California. While at Russell and Pantheon, he worked with a team to develop quantitative and

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Susanna and Seth Schwartz had their second baby girl, Hannah Simone, on May 25, 2011. Sister Leah loves her sister.

1994 Chief Special Warfare Operator, David McDonald, Navy SEAL, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” (for valor) for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy.

His citation read in part: “Acting as an Assistant Team Leader for a Joint Task Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from June to October 2009, Chief Petty Officer McDonald displayed extraordinary tactical performance during the execution of numerous direct action missions that resulted in the elimination of enemy fighters and disruption of strategic enemy networks.

On July 8, 2009, he conducted a direct action mission against an enemy network facilitator with involvement in the capture of a United States service member. By his extraordinary guidance, zealous initiative, and total dedication to duty, Chief Petty Officer McDonald eliminated a threat to the assault force, reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.”

David lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Jessie, and twin girls. He has been a Navy SEAL since 1999.

News about Karen Lewis: Karen and her Female Team USA won 2nd place in the Dubai International Skydiving Contest held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from January 4 – 17, 2011. The USA Women’s Team won $15,000 and finished an average 1 point behind the Team from France. Karen is the Team videographer and flies above the 4-way team. To win, a team must complete as many formations getting 1 point per touch in 35 seconds of free fall, going 120 mph. Karen’s job is to fly above them and video their touches so they can count the score. She has to keep the four fliers in her camera frame at all times to have the round count.

Emily Roy writes: My husband, Steve Roy, and I recently had a baby girl, Charlotte Elizabeth, on November 17.

Jason and Daphne Jurgensen got together with fellow Country Day alums and babies. Pictured are Brooke Muhlhauser, Erin Weakley Fries, Lauren Waterbury Werner, Ashley Thaxter Marsh and Jaime Dineen Gleason.

Barrett and Adrienne Beech Eynon ’98 had a baby girl, Mimi, born February 2011.

CLASS OF 1986 The class of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 held their 25th year reunion in October at the Budev family home. Joining Ashish Budev for an evening of Skyline 3-ways and Graeter's were fellow classmates Koren (Moore) Kitagawa, Todd Alamin, Caryn Franklin, Beth Whiting, Jennifer Simpson, Ann (Cors) Gimbert, David Cashion, Stuart

Beraha, Mark Schlesinger, Roth Herrlinger, Andrea Sparks, John Hutton, Sandy Gross, Patrick Beers, David Frampton, Nana Khodadad, Ric Stewart, Kenny Mack and Betsy Winchester. Rob Macrae, Head of School, stopped by to visit and get a class photo.

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Arrianna â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96 and Steve â&#x20AC;&#x2122;95 Sacks welcomed baby Sadie Isabelle in July.

Sarah Johnson had a baby girl Theresa Marie January 26, 2011.

1998

News about Nick Sberna: Hadley Virginia Sberna was born on April 28 at 5:45 pm. She was 8 lbs., 2 oz. and 20 1/4 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great!

1999

Niklas and Kelli Braese welcomed new baby Charlie Lukas Braese, born September 27.

2000

Adam Morgan writes: Cameron Robert Morgan is here! He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and both Mom and baby are doing great!

Ben Sommers and Melissa Wachterman had son, Joshua Wachterman Sommers on March 16, 2011.

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2001

Emily Colston Clark writes: My husband Chad and I welcomed our beautiful baby boy, Wesley Barrett Clark into the world on June 15, 2011.

Alison Hontanosas ('01) married Derek Wheeler on October 29, 2011. They were married at St. Mary Church in Hyde Park with their reception at the Bell Event Centre. CCD alumni in the wedding party included Michael Hontanosas ('00), Matthew Hontanosas ('04), Pam Koncius Long ('01), Abby Lee ('98), Yasmine Noujaim Kloth ('01), and John Newman ('01). They spent their honeymoon in Ambergris Caye, Belize and currently reside in Norwood.

Megan Monroe is engaged to Gregory Smith and they plan to be married next year in Pittsburgh where they are currently living. Megan is in communications and Gregory owns a dog walking business.

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Alex Parlin writes: Gabrielle Marie Parlin arrived April 27 at 12:55 pm! She is happy and healthy weighing 7lbs., 15ozs. and is 21 inches long. Everyone is doing great and we are enjoying this special time!

Jacquelyn Beyer Lankford writes: I have a 14 month old, Griffin Daniels Lankford, born August 30, 2010. My husband Frank and I live in Atlanta and I work for Cumulus Media.

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CLASS OF 1996 The Class of 1996 celebrated their 15th reunion at Dutch's Bar and Bottle Shop in Hyde Park. Alums enjoyed getting together and reliving great times at CCDS. Ben Hardigg and Grace and Winborne Boyles were joined by Brandon and MJ Guttman, Trevor and Liz Baxter, Brad Jones, Ernest Walker, Adam and Ashley Marsh, Tamara Brown Moomaw and Shawnda and Mitchell Peterson.

The group plans on getting together again soon.

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Sarah Gerber married Mike Hughes on September 10, 2011 (9-10-11!). It was a beautiful sunny day in Chicago as the happy couple took their vows outside on the 16th floor terrace of the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Family and friends dined and danced the night away in the Grand Ballroom, an evening that was beautifully capped with the Navy Pier Fireworks and little cones of Graeters Ice Cream!

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2004

Mr. and Mrs. John "Bo" Hesser of Terrace Park are thrilled to announce the marriage of their daughter, Kristin Elizabeth, Class of 2003, to Blake Jenkins Horsburgh on July 16, 2011. The wedding took place in the Tea Garden at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Under blue skies, Kristin and Blake, with surprise wedding party members, Porter and Zeta, their dogs, tied the knot with much joy and happiness. Kristin was attended by nine bridesmaids, four of which were classmates from CCDS. Annie Barrett, Emily Geier, Erin Tapke and Emily Sberna were beautiful in their hot pink silk dresses.

A champagne reception immediately followed the ceremony on the East Porch of Grand Hotel, with dinner and dancing in the Grand Theatre following the Porch reception. It was noted that the dance floor was packed BEFORE the entree was served due to one upbeat song inadvertently played by the six piece band. Once the dancing really began, the dance floor had to be widened and very few were seated. Kristin and Blake elected to leave the reception by running through a "tunnel" of rose petal throwing guests, only to return to the reception for fear of missing out on any more fun.

News about Angelique Verbarg: Angelique was selected as Miss Southwest Ohio and competed in the pageant for Miss Ohio.

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Kristin and Blake honeymooned in their beloved Les Cheneaux Islands, where they met ten years ago. Kristin graduated from Ohio University with a BS in Education and an MS in Early Childhood Intervention Specialist. She is currently working as an Intervention Specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital's Perlman Center. Blake also graduated from Ohio University with a BA and then went to Siebel Institute of Brewmastery for an Associate Degree.

He is a Brewer at Rivertown Brewing Company in Cincinnati. The couple lives in Hyde Park with their two amazing dogs.

Clara Lindner Belden was married in Nantucket MA on September 5, 2010 to Wesley Belden. Many CCDS alums attended. They are left to right, Leslie Buechner, Julie Guttman, Kyle Hynden, Danielle Schneider, Anne Oblinger, Clara Lindner Belden, Caroline DeHaan, Jennifer Shad, Cara Grealis, Heather DeYoung.

Billy Bernstein writes: I am in the middle, hopefully middle, of my PhD in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. I just got back stateside from a 7-month stint in Finland conducting research in regards to energyefficient production through a position at the Tampere University of Technology.

News about Zachary Green: Zach has just finished a new film in LA called “The Scam”, film release date is to be determined. He plays the lead and narrates the film.

2005

News about Caroline Tatsuno: Caroline Tatsuno graduated from Tufts University, attended one year at New York City "City Year" program, and now is attending Grad School at New York City Bank School College of Education on a 2 year Fellowship.

Katelin Hansen '05 (née French) was awarded a 3-year NIH NRSA fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The purpose of the predoctoral grant (F31) is to provide support for promising doctoral candidates who will be performing dissertation research in scientific health-related fields. Her proposal is entitled 'miR132 regulation of neuronal plasticity, learning, and memory.' MicroRNA132 is a genetic molecule that is readily expressed in the brain, but its effect on cognitive capacity remains poorly understood. This project will examine the regulatory consequences of miR132 in neurons, and its role in facilitating learning and memory.

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CLASS OF 2006 Over 50 people attended the class of 2006 reunion including some CCDS faculty. The reunion was held over Thanksgiving Weekend at R.P. McMurphy's Pub in Hyde Park. Among those attending were reunion chairs Claire Bechhold and Elizabeth Oblinger, Deepika Govind, Emily Schreiber, Mollie Greenberg, Carter Woolsey, Elizabeth Ansell, Samantha Oyler, Shamonique Jones, Clay Masters, Farrah Edwards, Katie Bowman, Veronica Siverd, Ellen Loudermilk, Lee Lawrence, Megan Tysoe, Alice Podore,

CLASS OF 2001 The class of 2001 celebrated their ten year reunion on Saturday, November 26 at the home of Natalie and Matt Cohen. There were about 35 alumni in attendance and roughly 50 guests in total. The alumni had a great time catching up with old

friends, and they ended the evening with a viewing of their senior video from 2001 where they heard from some students predicting what they would be doing ten years later.

Reed Seward, Sadie Guttman, Erin Kapor, Megan Hunt, Rodger Davis, Jack Burchenal, Tyler Felous, Monica Foxx, Emma Lindner, Laura Brainer, Emma Mack, Kevin Dunn, Nabih David, Odin Tangvald, Lang Hoyt, Claire Stegman, Kathryn Appleton, Katie Spain, Chris Peck, Becca Adams. Among the faculty attending were Tim and Pat Dunn, Merle Black, Eldrich Carr and Kevin Koller.

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Elizabeth Oblinger writes: A group of CCDS alums gathered to celebrate Elizabeth Ansell’s birthday in New Canaan. Pictured are Alice Podore ('06) is on the bottom left with the sunglasses, I am right next to her, Jordan Ansell ('08) is to my right, then Elizabeth Ansell ('06), Erin Kapor ('06), Kevin Dunn ('06), Megan Hunt ('06), Claire Bechhold ('06), and then Sadie Guttman ('06).

Skidmore College Graduation: Pictured are Stephen Lento '07 and Lee Strasser '07 at their graduation from Skidmore College.

News about Xanni Brown: Her team, Radcliffe (which is Harvard’s women’s club team name), won the USA Rugby D2 Collegiate Women’s National Club Championship! They were clearly the fittest team in the final four, and it paid off for them in the second half of both the semi-finals and finals as their defense stifled the opponents from Western Washington and Notre Dame, and their offense capitalized on their opponents’ mistakes.

2008

Ellen Loudermilk and Eugene Cone ’05 are engaged to be married.

John Rabiner ’08 and Alex McInturf ’11 both at Williams College, visited with Upper School faculty members Pat and Tim Dunn after watching Williams-with Alex’s help- defeat Trinity 1-0 in women’s soccer. Brigid Dunn’08, who will graduate from Bates College in 2012, was there as well playing in the Williams Fall Classic golf tournament.

Allison Greenberg writes: I began a new job as a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Cincinnati Children's Clinical Trials Office. I'd been working as a research coordinator in Cincinnati Children's Allergy department with the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders since February 2009. In other and more exciting news, I recently became engaged on April 20, 2011 to Adam Licata.

Adam's originally from Toledo, OH, works as an IT consultant, and rocks my socks!

He proposed with a mariachi band in the Newport Aquarium, which was the most amazing and surreal and happiest day of my life.

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Xanni played an integral role for her team, scoring two tries in the round of 8 game vs Norwich two weeks ago, and another two scores in the final four game vs W. Washington on Saturday. She was stopped just a foot short of a getting a hat trick in the 80th (final) minute of the semi-final match after a stunning 40m runs. She then kicked 7 points for her team in the finals on Sunday vs Notre Dame (2 of 3 conversions and one penalty kick) and helped control field position with her tactical kicking.

2009

News about Emily Bower: WOMEN'S COLLEGE ROWING: Trinity (Conn.) sophomore Emily Bower was a member of the varsity eight crew that finished in sixth place at the Division III Rowing Championships at Lake Natoma (Calif.) It was the ninth straight year Trinity qualified for the NCAA Championship.

News about Joey Fritz: Joey Fritz ’10 helped the Amherst College men’s tennis team to its first ever NCAA Div. III title this weekend in Claremont, CA. Joey played fourth singles on the team as a freshman. Amherst won the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference) title earlier in May for the first time in many years. In October, Joey placed 5th in ITA Nationals.

Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Jerry Levin ’59 with son Chad ’85 and grandsons Jonathan and Andrew.

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ALUMNI CALENDAR January 29 Alumni Family Skate Party

2012 February 9 Winter Alumni Business Social March 3 CountryDate

Michael Auer Michael David Auer, beloved and dear husband of Kathleen G. (nee Boylan) Auer, devoted father of Ross Auer ’07, stepfather of Jeff and Jesse Robinson, passed away February 8, 2011 at the age of 51.

Al Bunis, Sr. Al Bunis, Sr. passed away August 25, 2011 at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife Ann and children Henry Bunis ’71, Al Bunis’75 and Catherine McDonough’82.

Eric Coulson George ’71 Eric Coulson George ’71 passed away on July 8, 2011 at the age of 58. He was the beloved son of the late Evelyn E. George (Coulson) and the late Judge Paul J. George. He is survived by his brother, Paul J. George and sisters Elaine P. George, Christina A. Kinney, and Deborah A. George.

May 3 Trustee Reunion

Chuck Drackett Chuck Drackett passed away March 26, 2011. He is survived by his wife Marjorie and son Charles M. Drackett, Jr. ’69.

June 8 Commencement

Charles Fleischmann III ’46 Charles “Skip” Fleischmann passed away March 2, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Blair, children, Burd Fleischmann ’72, Charles Fleischmann ’75, Louisa Fleischmann ’78 and Noah Fleischmann ’81 and seven grandchildren including, Lilly Fleischmann ’11, Matthew Fleischmann ’14, Eric Fleischmann ’19.

October 19-20 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Class Notes

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In Memoriam

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Carl H. Lindner, Jr. Carl Lindner passed away on October 17, 2011, at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife Edyth, sons Carl H. Lindner, III ’71, S.Craig Lindner ’73, Keith E. Lindner ’77, and grandchildren Stephen C. Lindner, Jr. ’97, Blake L. Thompson ’99, Corrine E. Lindner ’99, Clara Lindner Belden ’04 and Christine Lindner ’08.

Caroline McKay ’81 On June 21, 2011, Caroline J. McKay ’81 (nee Horwitz) passed away. She was the devoted wife of Timothy McKay, loving mother of Margaret “Maggie” and Ian McKay. She was the daughter of Harry and Jeanna (nee Segal) Horwitz and sister of Ruth Sara (Norm) Hart-Schneider ’78.

Louise Pattison Louise V. Pattison passed away on October 27, 2011. Louise was a former Country Day employee for over 30 years and was married for 61 years to Lee S. “Mr. Pat” Pattison. Even after the death of Mr. Pat in 2007, Louise remained interested in Country Day life and committed to preserving her husband’s legacy. She is survived by her son, Stewart ’71 and daughter Gerri.

ALUMNI COUNCIL Members Ben Hardigg ’96, President Prithvi Bhaskar ’00 Jody Brant ’87 Brook Bobbitt ’84 Matt Cohen ’01 Ronita Dean ’01 Richard Geier ’03 Lucy Haverland Joffe ’90 Erin Head ’93 Pam Koncius Long ’01 Holly Oblinger Mott ’95 Bree Murdock ’90 Alex Parlin ’97 Susanna Hinkle Schwartz ’93 Chalky Thomas ’80 Marjorie Vollmer Smyth ’97 Gordon Wright ’85 Tyler Wright ’01

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Country Day visits Chicago and Boston Alumni This summer, CCDS Director of Development Eric Foushee, staff, and faculty visited alums in Boston and Chicago.

In August, the Boston alums were treated to a Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians game at Fenway Park. About 45 alums and their families attended including Hub Burton ’72 and his family, Adam and Kerri Koncius ’96, Ben Sommers’96 and Melissa Wachterman ’96, Kathy Drew

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’79 and family, Wendy Drysdale ’82, Mark Lanier ’76 and family, Pam Long ’01, John Pepper ’87, Stacey and Craig Plummer ’89, Kyle Hynden ’04, Emily Roy ’95, Danielle Schneider ’04, Noah Fleischmann, and Lydia- Rundell-Gjerde ’86.

In September, 30 alums and past parents joined Eric Foushee, Director of Development, and Paula Brock, Alumni Director, for the Reds vs. Cubs game

(below). They met for a pre-party at The Cubby Bear bar for appetizers, drinks and fond memories of their days at CCDS. Among those attending were Becca Birkhead ’04, Susan Avril ’84, Dick Durand ’73, Sally Dwyer ’05, Emily Geier ’03, Vallie Geier Tapke ’05, Sarah Gerber ’02, Missy Greenberg ’80, Wes Hamilton ’01, Warren Harding ’93, Cacki Jones ’00, Cate Pancero ’00, Taylor Pomeranz ’04, Jennifer Shad ’04, Addison Woodward ’58, Valerie Gerber, and Dan Magarian.

Veena Sud ’85 nominated for an Emmy Outstanding writing for a drama series CCDS Alumna Veena Sud, Executive Producer and Writer of the AMC drama, The Killing, received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series this year. She was formerly Writer and Executive Producer for CBS’s Cold Case. Veena worked as a journalist in New York City before starting in television and is an alumnus of New York University’s Graduate Film and Television program.

Reflecting on her experience while a student at Country Day, Veena commented "It was in Mr. Voorhees freewheeling English lit classes where I fell even deeper in love with the written word and the possibility that I, too, might have a story worth telling.

Nothing in life beats the influence of a great teacher -- nothing."

ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL The Environmental Council works to evolve a spirit of environmental mindfulness throughout the CCDS community and to develop a core thread of environmental studies throughout the PreK-12 curriculum.

One way we are working to achieve these goals is through the Internal Grant Fund (IGF) program.

We received an anonymous gift that allows us to offer grants to students, faculty, and staff. IGF grantees are awarded $50-$1500 for projects that create an environmental ethic and/or connect students with living communities outside the classroom. Extra consideration is giving to projects that include partnerships among community members, affect the curriculum, and promote interdisciplinary lessons across divisions. The IGF program is a great way to grow environmental mindfulness because members of the community are empowered to turn their own ideas into reality.

2010-2011 projects included: Early Childhood Sensory Tables Montessori Bird Blind Trail Keepers Patterns Recognition on Reusable Shopping Bags Pre-K Beautification and Pathway Water Fountain Installation 2nd Grade Science Safari 3rd Grade Field Trip to Cincinnati Nature Center 4th Grade Field Trip to Cincinnati Nature Center Pattison Courtyard Garden Upper School Reusable Water Bottles

For more information about the Environmental Council’s programs and initiatives, contact: Dan Wood woodd@countryday.net 979-0395 Casey Schnieber schniebec@countryday.net 979-0302 www.countryday.net/go/EC

The Pattison Courtyard Garden

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COUNTRY DAY ANNUAL FUND The Annual Fund supports all aspects of the student experience. Your generosity infuses each day with possibility and without it Country Day would be a very different place.

As you think about your support of CCDS, we hope you will recognize the difference between the cost of a Country Day education and the value of a Country Day education.

Please consider a gift to the Annual Fund, visit www.countryday.net/go/ccds or contact Heather Kaufman, Annual Giving Director at (513) 979-0283 or kaufmanh@countryday.net.

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