Très Bien 2020

Très Bien Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

Community Fall 2020

Très Bien [ Volume 29 ] Très Bien welcomes articles, news, and pictures.

Articles and letters may be edited for length. Très Bien is produced annually by Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart.

Correspondence and Change of Address Newton Country Day School 785 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 244-4246 alumnae@newtonSH.org HEADMISTRESS Sister Barbara Rogers DIRECTOR of INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Annmarie Benedict Pagliano ’89, P’24’27 DIRECTOR of ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Clare Martin DIRECTOR of DEVELOPMENT Elena Loukas P’05 DIRECTOR of ANNUAL GIVING Cynthia Nelson DIRECTOR of ALUMNAE RELATIONS Amanda Power ’07 DIRECTOR of COMMUNICATIONS Katy Dandurand MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST Amelia Cordischi PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Richins Photography www.adamrichins.com miller studio boston www.millerstudiophoto.com DESIGN Dan Beard Design

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Letter from the Headmistress

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Campus and Athletic Highlights

14 Vespers 2019 16 Sacred Heart Network Connections, Spotlight: Olivia Miller ’21 18 Graduation 2020

ALUMNAE 48 Alumnae Event Photos 51 Reunion Letter

CLASS NOTES

22 Chapel Reflection: Katelyn McGauley ’20

52 Letter from the Director of Alumnae Relations

24 Faculty Profiles: Melissa Bleakney and Dalvin Byron

54 Class Notes

30 Distance Learning Term: Goal 4 Forum

60 In Memoriam

32 Senior Legacy Project 34 School Event Photos

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ANNUAL REPORT 61 Annual Report

36 Students: Maggie Ascione ’21 Katherine Erler ’21 Elizabeth Kfoury ’25 Katelyn McGauley ’20 Megan O’Brien ’21 Sophia Beaver ’25 The Currans: Catherine ’26 and Grace ’27 The Jaynes: Lizzy ’22, Maggie ’22, and Kathlerine ’24 42 Alumnae: Erin Kelly Banta ’05 Ann Marie Boole McCormick ’91 Alumnae of Color Network

PRINTER Journeyman Press

Front and Back Covers: The Class of 2020 at Graduation

This page/Facing page: Rainbow over Newton Country Day

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schools of the sacred heart commit themselves to educate to:

a personal and active faith in God a deep respect for intellectual values a social awareness which impels to action the building of community as a Christian value personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom

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Dear Alumnae, Families, and Friends of Sacred Heart, “Courage and Confidence! I cannot repeat this war-cry too often. We should make it our support in our life of conflict.” - St. Madeleine Sophie Barat We often speak about courage and confidence at Newton Country Day, but 2020 has tested our resolve in ways that we couldn’t have imagined a year ago. Students, faculty, and staff transitioned to online learning, mask-wearing, and social distancing because of the pandemic, adjusting when necessary to ensure that the Sacred Heart education we all value continued, whether students were on campus or at home. That took confidence and trust in the ability of our teachers and students to adapt and be flexible in a time of great anxiety. Then, in May, the murder of George Floyd highlighted issues of racism and inequality in our country, which led to students and alumnae of color speaking out about their experience at Newton Country Day. That took great courage, and we thank all of them for sharing their stories.

The theme of this issue of Très Bien is Community. We drew on the strength of our community as we pivoted to our Distance Learning term last spring, where maintaining the connection between students and between students and faculty became a priority. We are grateful for the efforts of our students and alumnae in response to the pandemic, some of which are highlighted in this magazine. We also drew on the strength of our community when concerns about racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion led us to reexamine these painful issues at Newton Country Day. This work is just beginning.

Sister Barbara Rogers

I write this letter as we prepare to welcome our students and faculty back to campus. There is much uncertainty, but there has been a great deal of planning and hope for the upcoming school year. And with the courage instilled in all of us through the grace of God and the mission we share with all Sacred Heart schools, I have confidence that we will emerge stronger than ever.

Sincerely,

Sister Barbara Rogers Headmistress

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Campus Highlights: In the Classroom and Beyond Seniors Learn About Advocacy, Activism In September 2019, members of the Class of 2020 participated in a two-day advocacy and activism program. The group toured the State House, learned more about the Massachusetts Constitution, and discussed how the majority of laws that affect people on a daily basis are passed by state legislatures as opposed to Congress. On Beacon Hill, they met with Newton resident and State Representative Kay Kahn, the representative for the district in which Newton Country Day is located. The girls also had a private screening of the documentary “The Unafraid.” The film follows the lives of three DACAmented students in Georgia, a state that has banned undocumented and DACA students from attending the top five public universities and disqualifies them from receiving in-state tuition at any other public college.

“We wanted the students to see how advocacy and activism are related and yet different,” said History teacher Dr. Laura Baines-Walsh. “More importantly, we wanted them to start thinking about ways they can engage in both. We hope they will express their opinions to our elected officials, using a combination of advocacy and activism, and that they vote. It is only by using their voices on issues that are important to them that they can truly live out Sacred Heart Goal III.”

Talking about Empathy In October, Austin-based slam poet Andre Bradford, a.k.a. S.C. Says, performed for the Middle and Upper School. Through spoken word and his presentation titled Kintsukuroi: On Empathy and Other Things, S.C. Says touched on the importance of empathy and how it breeds compassion that can change the world. His prose covered

topics ranging from being mixed race to mental health awareness. After his performance, students had an opportunity to discuss what resonated with them and if they then thought differently about giving and receiving empathy. During our Distance Learning Term, S.C. Says recorded instructional writing videos for students.

Newton Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month The Upper School highlighted National Hispanic Heritage Month with a new speaker series titled “In Conversation With.”

Attorney and organizational psychologist Eneida Roman joined the girls for a discussion on leadership, service, and being a woman in power.

For over 15 years, Roman has been providing a breadth of legal services through the boutique legal practice, Roman Law Offices, she founded in Boston. In 2012,

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Aamaya Guzman ’21 and Eneida Roman

she co-founded The Latina Circle, also known as Amplify Latinx, a non-partisan, collaborative organization whose mission is to build Latinx economic and political power by significantly increasing Latinx civic engagement and representation in leadership positions across sectors. She currently serves on the HOPE National Taskforce, a team of Latina trailblazers tasked with increasing Latina leadership representation at every level of public service across the nation, and on the Advisory Boards of MassInc and Voter Choice Massachusetts. She also serves on Big Sister Boston’s Board of Directors and on Eastern Bank’s Board of Corporators. In 2018, Roman was appointed by Governor Baker to serve on the Workforce Training Fund Advisory Board.

The talk with Roman was moderated

by PRISM co-leader Aamaya Guzman ’21. Following the conversation, students met with Roman and enjoyed goûter that included tres leches, flan, churros, and Mexican hot chocolate.

“I want to encourage community and student leadership by ensuring every speaker we bring in as part of this series is interviewed by a student leader to build that student’s confidence with public speaking and interviewing skills,” said Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Jacklyn Burgo ’01. “I want to expose the girls to inspiring individuals who are leaders in their community, have overcome obstacles, and are change agents. I hope that the girls are so inspired that they seek mentorship from our speakers and feel compelled to become more

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involved in their local communities, or at the very least see issues from a different perspective. I hope that throughout the year, the girls see and hear from people who are Latinx, Black, Asian, and more so that we are continuously celebrating the people and cultures that have helped shape the American experience.

We are fostering the next generation of global citizens, so it is our responsibility that they see representation from all cultures during their time here.”

Nora Brown ’21 and Saree Payne ’21 collaborated on their submission depicting Mater as a powerful woman. To emphasize this, they drew her sitting in the Lincoln Memorial. They chose this location because of Washington, D.C.’s rich history of power, decision making, protest, and change. Their Mater is surrounded by influential women, both past and present, who exemplify Mary’s qualities, including Harriet Tubman and Greta Thunberg, and trees of lilies for “heart strength.” “The women gathered around Mater are from all backgrounds, time periods, and ethnicities to replicate the diversity in our world,” Brown and Payne shared in their artist statement. Their piece is framed by two banners: one reading courage and the other confidence.

“We chose to paint on a large scale so people would be able to see all aspects of the

Students Reimagine Mater Admirabilis In the fall of 2019, the Campus Ministry committee asked Upper School girls to create artwork illustrating how they imagine Mater Admirabilis might look like in 2020.

Two pieces of art stood out among the submissions received and were displayed outside of the Chapel.

Rebecca Simen ’23 was inspired by modern Israeli women for her piece. She drew Mary in comfortable jeans and a red t-shirt representing strength and courage, while guarded by the shade of a tree. Her head is wrapped in a scarf and adorned with a peacock feather for eternal life. Beside Mary is a bouquet of flowers commonly associated with her, including a lily for purity and a periwinkle for grace.

In her artist statement, Simen wrote, “In my drawing, she is resting against a tree with a book. I see students doing this a lot in Boston Common, and it looks so peaceful, like the perfect place to pray and enjoy the weather. The image of the Sacred Heart is carved into the tree behind her to show how she is connected to our school and how her faith is always a part of her.”

Rebecca Simen’s ’23 depiction of Mater Admirabilis

Nora Brown’s ’21 and Saree Payne’s ’21 depiction of Mater Admirabilis

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In January, the NCDS community celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Rat. The celebration included a video that Upper School girls put together for Sacred Heart School for Girls, our sister school in Taiwan. The program continued with a traditional lion dance presented by Calvin Chin’s Martial Arts Academy; lunch modeled after a Lunar New Year Reunion Dinner; games, and calligraphy lessons.

painting from far away,” Brown and Payne noted. In highlighting Mary’s strengths, they also highlighted their own. “We both have different strengths and wanted to showcase them.” Payne drew the people, and Brown used her favorite medium, watercolor, to add to the piece.

Students were encouraged to be inspired by these contemporary depictions and to work to embody Mater Admirabilis’ virtues.

Partners in Health Co-Founder Visits Upper School On January 9, Partners In Health (PIH) co-founder Ophelia Dahl spoke to girls in Grades 11 and 12 about her childhood, time spent in Haiti, her portrayal in Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, and Partners In Health.

By establishing long-term relationships with sister organizations in settings of poverty, Partners in Health strives to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them. They work in close partnership with local government officials and the world’s leading medical and academic institutions to build capacity and strengthen health systems. Dahl has served as chair of the board of PIH since 2000 and as executive director from 2001 to 2015.

The daughter of British writer Roald Dahl, she is a graduate of Wellesley College and the recipient of the Union Medal by Union

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In February, Middle School girls attended the AISNE Middle School Students of Color Conference at the Inly School in Scituate, accompanied by Saree Payne ’21 and teachers Emily Horwitz, Karen Bullock Beckett ’07, Jacklyn Burgo ’01, and Dalvin Byron.

Theological Seminary.

In preparation for Dahl’s visit, students in Religion 11: Christianity and Catholic Social Teaching, examined aspects of global poverty through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. They read and discussed Mountains Beyond Mountains, which features Dahl and PIH co-founder, physician, and anthropologist Dr. Paul Farmer working in rural Haiti. Girls reflected upon Farmer’s approach to treating his patients in Haiti, looking beyond their physical ailments to consider how economic, political, and social structures impact their lives. Students identified the ways in which PIH embodies the Catholic Social Teaching themes of the preferential option for the poor, the right to life and human dignity, and solidarity. Girls also read a 2017 New Yorker article about Dahl and watched clips from “Bending the Arc,” a documentary following the work of Farmer and Dahl in creating PIH 30 years ago.

When asked what word she has relied on in her life, Dahl noted the strength in accompaniment. “I am guided by the theme of accompaniment,” she said. “As an organization, we need to accompany each other,

as well as people we do not know. We think about how we accompany governments and individual patients. Accompanying someone does not have a start and an end time.”

Dahl encouraged the girls to get others to rally around causes they care about.

“When I wanted people to be interested in social justice, I needed to be good at relating what I had seen in Haiti. If you are passionate about something, tell people. Because you want to help, they will want to support you.

That is the key.”

In addition to Dahl’s visit, Boston-based Haitian artist Rocky Cotard visited Grade 11 Religion classes in December, ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the earthquake that ravaged the country, to teach the girls about the beauty and richness of the Haitian culture.

Jaed Jean Michel ’21, Gabriella Ciccolo ’21, Ophelia Dahl, Avery Woolbert ’21, Megan O’Brien ’21, and Molly Heeney ’21

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1 Carolyn Curtin ‘21 and Megan Raymond ‘21 at the annual Grade 11 Service Trip to New York City 2 Grace Yu-Phelps ’23, Lauren Leong ’23, Hailey Cavallo ’23, Emma Hall ’23 and their classmates baked 50 apple pies to donate to Community Servings for their annual Pie In the Sky fundraiser in November 3 In October, Grades 5 and 6 went to Honey Pot Orchards for the first part of a service project. With the apples they collected, they made treats in Wellness class to sell with proceeds supporting No Kid Hungry. 4 Members of the Class of 2023 made Christmas cards for residents of Hearth 5 Upper School girls prepared Christmas baskets for Project Care and Concern. 6 The Middle School hosted a bake sale with proceeds benefiting Hurricane Dorian 7 In December, Upper School girls volunteered at the annual Christmas in the City party, a festive gathering for children and families impacted by homelessness in the Boston area.

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Upper School Girls Recognized with Computer Science Awards The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) recognized 10 Upper School girls with Aspirations in Computing Awards. Each year, girls in grades 9-12 are eligible to receive recognition for their demonstrated interest and achievements in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post-secondary education.

2020 National Certificate of Distinction Isabel Grejada ’22 Marjorie Haddad ’22 Ella Lesher ’21 Maria Musto ’22 Gabriella Rosovsky ’21 2020 Massachusetts Affiliate Award Isabel de Luis ’21 Maya de Luis ’21 Elizabeth Lesher ’22 Avery Woolbert ’21

Members of the Agape Latte Planning Committee

Agape Latte Comes to NCDS

Poetry Contests

On February 13, Newton Country Day hosted Agape Latte, a faith and storytelling series in which adults in the community share stories from their own experience of faith and spirituality. Agape Latte was started by the Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College. After taking part in an Agape Latte at Boston College in November, girls involved in Campus Ministry decided to bring the exciting new offering to Upper School students at NCDS. “I love how Agape Latte fulfills Sacred Heart Goal I (a personal and active faith in God), in that it allows for students to hear and be in conversation about their faith in the 21st century,” commented committee member Abigail Coburn ’20. Carly Burns ’21 echoed Coburn’s sentiment, adding, “Agape Latte provides members of our community with ways to see our faith present in our everyday life and brings the community together through that. It highlights the idea of ‘modern day faith’ and how our own personal faith can really just be what we make of it.”

Writers from grades 9-12 submitted poems to the annual Upper School Poetry Contest with the theme “transformation.”

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Honorable Mention Chloe Coenraets ’22 for “Cutting Ties” Grace Connelly ’22 for “It’s What’s on the Outside” Julia Farber ’22 for “Unreliable” Liza Hayes ’22 for “White Building Room 918” Caroline Kelley ’22 for “Birds-Eye View” Third Place Anna Janne ’22 for “Isolation” Second Place Tenley Noonan ’21 for “Chameleon” First Place Amari Fontes ’22 for “Quarantine Bedroom Reflection”

2020 Massachusetts Affiliate Honorable Mention Elizabeth Jaynes ’22

Students Honored with Scholastic Art and Writing Awards The work of 10 Newton Country Day students was recognized by the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a non-profit whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent. The Scholastic Art and Writing program is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7-12. Submissions are reviewed by a panel of judges in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

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Gold Key Hannah Curran ’20 – Colored Pencil: Bingo Lady Silver Key Sophia He ’23 – Personal Essay: The River Makha Kekana ’20 – Acrylic Painting and Digital Text: We Call BS Caroline Kelley ’22 – Poetry: A Waterbottle’s Eternity Honorable Mentions Chloe Coenraets ’22 – Flash Fiction: Forgotten Grace Connelly ’22 – Poetry: Ode to the Pickle and Memoir: Chips Hannah Curran ’20 – Collage and Digital Text: Afro Beat and Digital Image: Astronaut Sophia He ’23 – Critical Essay: Reflections on Values of American High School Communities Genevieve Jobson ’22 – Personal Essay: The Metamorphosis of a Bookworm Alexis Joyce ’22 – Poetry: The Dutch East India Company Tenley Noonan ’21 – Poetry: Broken Doll

Hannah Curran ’20 Gold Key Winning Piece Bingo Lady

Sophomores Earn Commendation at Harvard Model UN Conference Nineteen Upper School students attended the Harvard Model UN Conference (HMUN) January 30-February 2. At the conclusion of the conference, second year committee

members Caroline Kelley ’22 and Elizabeth Lesher ’22 received a Diplomatic Commendation for their work in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the topic of Education Reform.

The four-day UN simulation asks delegates to step into the role of international decision makers, negotiate on major international crises, and craft innovative policy solutions. Partners Kelly and Lesher, representing Brazil, received the commendation for their ability to negotiate with a variety of people, participate actively, and present information in a professional manner.

“The conference was a great experience for me and my partner to apply what we have learned at school,” said Kelley. “I learned so much about collaboration and communication, whether it be thinking on my feet during a debate or talking to people from around the world about their perspectives.”

HMUN attracted more than 4,000 student delegates and faculty advisors representing high schools from over 57 countries.

Upper School students at HMUN

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Sophomores Recognized at Virtual State Science and Engineering Fair

Charlotte Aslett ’22 at the NCDS Science and Engineering Fair

Newton Country Day sophomores Charlotte Aslett ’22 and Elizabeth Lesher ’22 received Honorable Mentions at the 2020 Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Virtual Fair. The two students advanced to the state fair with their projects in scientific research.

Originally scheduled for the weekend of May 1, this year’s fair made adjustments so that it could be done virtually. “Traditionally, students can clarify their thinking through extensive question and answer sessions with each judge,” explained science teacher Dr. Sarah Webster. “This year, the students submitted videos of their poster presentations for the judges. In less than five minutes, they had to convey all the expertise acquired through months of work.”

Lesher, who placed first at the 2020 Massachusetts Region V Science & Engineering Fair as well as at the 2020 Newton Country Day Science and Engineering Fair, focused her research on “What Factors Increase the Risk of Contracting the Common Cold?” Through analysis of patterns in the data she collected, Lesher sought to identify risk and protective factors for the common cold. She collected data from 241 participants about their lifestyle, demographic, and genetic information. That data was then examined through four statistical tests; a chi-square test for independence, Cramer’s V strength test, a two-sample z-test for the difference between two proportions, and a t-test for the slope in least-squares regression. Lesher discovered that increased hours of exercise per day, more servings of fermented foods, and increasing age have the protective effects that decrease the risk of contracting the common cold.

Aslett placed third at the NCDS Fair with her project “Testing the Effects of Sucrose on a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s.” Aslett examined how an increase in sugar consumption, as a model for type II diabetes, could potentially increase a person’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. She tested the response of four genotypes of fruit flies to sucrose and water and examined the size of a Drosophila’s (fruit fly) eyes as a measure of the effects on the neurons of the eye. Aslett discovered that elevated sucrose levels increased the severity of the Alzheimer’s disease model.

Elizabeth Lesher ’22 at the NCDS Science and Engineering Fair

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Peer Ed Organizes Virtual Yards for Yeardley This year, the Upper School Peer Education committee reimagined the annual Yards for Yeardley with Yards for Yeardley: Social Distancing Edition. Yards for Yeardley is run in coordination with the One Love Foundation. One Love’s mission is to educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships. The organization was founded by the friends and family of Yeardley Love, a 22-yearold lacrosse player at UVA who was killed by her boyfriend during the spring of her senior year.

School closure due to COVID-19, and practicing social distancing, caused the NCDS community to get creative this year when adding up its yards. “Two years ago, students logged yards by running together on the Upper Field,” explained Fitness Director and Co-Moderator of Peer Ed Caroline Earle. “Last year we calculated ‘yards’ in different team lift exercises. This year’s virtual program really proves that ‘movement is movement is movement,’ and it is all for an important cause.”

For two weeks in May, Peer Ed co-heads Ainsley McCormack ’20 and Ella O’Kelly-Lynch ’20 invited Upper School students, faculty, and staff members to join in a “virtual MOVEment.” The goal was to move as a community, raise awareness about healthy relationships, and log 500,000 “yards” in Yeardley’s honor.

McCormack and O’Kelly-Lynch emphasized to the community that it was not necessary to leave your house to get involved, offering many ideas about how to log “yards” from home. Since activities could not be logged in person to members of Peer Ed, girls in Grades 9-12 received an email with a Google Sheet where they logged their distance (steps/miles/ meters) or time (minutes).

By the conclusion of the program, the NCDS community had logged over 2.5 million yards, far surpassing the goal of 500,000 yards.

Upper School faculty and staff received special recognition for logging the highest amount of yards as a group.

In a video thanking the community for its participation, O’Kelly-Lynch said, “We are so grateful.”

National Latin Exam Twelve Upper School students were recognized for their performances on the National Latin Exam.

Gold Medal (Summa Cum Laude) Sofie Cole ’23 Sophia He ’23 Elizabeth Lesher ’22 Rebecca Simen ’22 Silver Medal (Maxima Cum Laude) Emma Nero ’23 Magna Cum Laude Julia Cressotti ’23 Ashley Folz ’22 Lindley McEvoy ’22 Cum Laude Emily Addona ’22 Charlotte Aslett ’22 Katherine Delaney ’20 Delia Duggan ’21 Catherine Ellis ’22 Mairead Hayes ’20 Fiona Lyons ’22 Thalia Mourmoutis ’22 Grace Ryan ’20 Delaney Woolbert ’23

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National Spanish Exam Twelve Middle School students were recognized for their performances on the National Latin Exam. Students in Latin 7 took the Introduction to Latin exam and students in Latin 8 took the Latin 1 exam.

Silver Medal (maxima cum laude) Isabella Adarme ’24 Magna Cum Laude Maille Hickey ’24 Courtney White ’24 Cum Laude Emily Aslett ’24 Alana Smith-Farrell ’24 Achievement Certificate Julia Connolly ’25 Elsa Cressotti ’25 Isabella Sawicka ’25 Achievement Certificate and Ribbon Gabriella Bogart ’25 Sarah Brody ’25 Luisa DeMatteo ’25 Ludovica Melodia ’25

Silver Award Julia Hirsch ’25 Finlay McCormick ’25 Bronze Award Flora Colbert ’25 Lia Fitzpatrick ’22 Anna Janne ’22 Margaret Jaynes ’22 Moyosore Ogungbadero ’24 Honorable Mention Bridget Baker ’22 Kelly Cloonan ’21 Amari Fontes ’22 Avery Grover ’25 Emma Hall ’23 Robin Hall ’22 Sarah Henao ’21 Elizabeth Jaynes ’22 Katherine Jaynes ’24 Avery McKay ’22 Margaret Murphy ’24 Eliza Pollard ’22 Ava Rizzo ’25 Norah Sullivan ’24 Aislin Young ’24

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On the Stage

On November 14 and 15, the Upper School presented Mamma Mia!

On February 12 and 13, the Middle School presented Annie, Jr.

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On the Field and Court The fall athletic season came to a close with two Varsity teams reaching the Eastern Independent League (EIL) tournament, two undefeated Middle School teams, and nearly perfect Junior Varsity records.

Upper School Varsity Field Hockey placed 3rd in the EIL. The team made it to the semi-finals of the EIL Tournament before falling to Winsor.

They completed the season with an overall record of 8-5 and an EIL record of 8-3. Varsity Soccer placed 4th in the EIL and fell to Pingree in the EIL semi-finals. JV Field Hockey finished the season at 12-1-1; JV Soccer had a record of 11-1-1; and Junior Varsity Volleyball posted an impressive 13-1 record.

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Middle School Cross Country had an undefeated season with a record of 8-0 and won the Roxbury Latin Jamboree for the second consecutive year.

Junior Varsity Volleyball

In November, Olivia Czech ’20 and Katelyn McGauley ’20 were celebrated for continuing their athletic careers for Division I teams in college. Czech signed a National Letter of Intent to become a member of the Women’s Rowing Team at Georgetown University, and McGauley signed a Commitment Letter to join the Sailing Team at Boston College.

Middle School Cross Country

Varsity Basketball The Varsity Basketball team completed its first winning season in 10 years with an overall record of 9-8 and EIL record of 6-6. This year also marked the first time in six years the program defeated Portsmouth Abbey twice. The team out-rebounded opponents in 15 of 17 games, out-rebounding opponents by 160 total rebounds.

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Varsity Squash

In March, the Varsity Squash team won the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class D Squash Tournament for the first time in program history.

The team’s previous best finish was second place in both 2009 and 2010. As a team, NCDS was ranked #1 going into the tournament.

Each girl played individually through a bracket of 13 teams, which resulted in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th places. The team completed the regular season with an overall record of 10-3 and went 5-3 in league play.

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1 In February, professional dancer, actress, and singer Anica Scott-Garrell ’01 visited Newton to teach Middle and Upper School girls a dance sequence from the Disney Theatrical Production of The Lion King. Her visit to Newton was especially important during Black History Month as The Lion King uses dance elements mainly based in African movement with Modern Dance. Languages spoken in The Lion King are from Zulu. 2 Members of Campus Ministry attended Agape Latte at Boston College, where they saw alumnae Carly Sullivan ’16, Anastasia Kyratzoglou ’16, and Anna Clark ’16. 3 On March 3, juniors and seniors heard from Francoise Cattaneo ’16 and Lizzie White ’09 about their involvement in service, outreach, and accompaniment since graduating from NCDS at the annual Service Symposium. 4 Jamie Liu ’14, Elizabeth Van Flandern ’14, Emma Hartman ’19, Emily Hession ’14, Meghan O’Connell ’06, Avery Rizio ’05, Camile Rodriguez ’07, Olivia Green ’07 and Lizzie White ’09 served as judges for the annual Science and Engineering Fair in March. 5 In January, local and state elected officials spoke to the Upper School students. The panel included Massachusetts State Representative Kay Khan, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, and Winthrop Town Councilor-at-Large Tracey Geran Honan ’88 6 Winthrop Town Councilor-at-Large Tracey Geran Honan ’88. 7 In January, alumnae joined the Varsity Ice Hockey and Basketball teams for scrimmages at Daly Rink and the Martin Center. PHOTOS 8-10: The Science Department welcomed alumnae speakers in Anatomy and Physiology classes to talk to Upper School girls about their experiences in the medical field. 8 Minty Theriault, MD ’07 is an Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Tufts Medical Center and is currently on rotation at New England Baptist Hospital. She received her Bachelor of Science from Boston College, her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences from Tufts University, and attended Tufts University School of Medicine.

9 Liz Van Flandern, RN ’14 received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Fairfield University and currently works at New England Baptist Hospital in orthopedic specialties. 10 Alexa Riobueno-Naylor ’13 is a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, where she majored in Psychology and Sociology.

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Network Connections A unique opportunity for Upper School students at Newton Country Day is made possible through the International Network of Sacred Heart Schools, as girls may take advantage of academic exchanges that span the world. Available to students in grades 10-12, the Exchange Program promotes tolerance, maturity, and independence while fostering a global perspective.

OLIVIA MILLER ’21 During my exchange in both France and South Korea, the connections I made with others and everything I learned surpassed all expectations. Through the Network Exchange, I have grown in independence, confidence, and cultural awareness. In hosting an exchange sister, my family, friends, and I learned to see Boston in a new light. I got to be a tourist in my own city, and I noticed buildings and cultural norms that I usually walk by without a thought.

Going to France was the first time that I had been away from my parents for more than a week, and I had never spoken French for more than a class period. At the school in Nantes, the exchange coordinator had prepared a scavenger hunt for us one day. She gave us a packet of questions, some maps, and her phone number and instructed us to meet her for lunch. We had to learn to communicate with each other in a common language and find our way around a city we did not know well.

I made friends with other exchange students and with many of the French students, learning about similarities and differences between our lives. I explored my passion for everything French and learned to carry a conversation almost fluently.

With my next exchange experience in Seoul, I also quickly connected with my host sister and her friends and family. I found a love of Korean culture, K-pop, and trying new foods. My family in Seoul also gave me the opportunity to travel to Sokcho, a town on the opposite side of Korea. On this weekend excursion, I was able to see much of the beautiful Korean countryside and life in a town other than Seoul. I bonded with my new family while

learning about yet another aspect of Korean culture.

The Network Exchange has let me discover cultures and build a global network of friends.

Not only did I meet amazing students from both France and Korea, but I also made friends with other Network Exchange students from various states, Mexico, Spain, China, and South Africa.

My favorite memories are with the people I met, be that playing board games, walking through a park in France, sharing a meal with my family in Korea, or having lunch at school. The Network Exchange has expanded the boundaries of my global and personal understanding. I have formed lifelong connections with my exchange sisters and their families. With both of my experiences, I expected to make a good friend, but I found a true sister and I now have three families—one in Boston, one in Nantes, and one in Seoul. My appreciation for other cultures and human relationships grew immensely, and I would not have been able to explore such phenomenal cultures and relationships without the Network Exchange. u

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Olivia Miller ’21 and her exchange sister Seunguen at a palace in Seoul

“With both of my experiences, I expected to make a good friend, but I found a true sister and I now have three families—one in Boston, one in Nantes, and one in Seoul.” – OLIVIA MILLER ’21 16

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Graduation THE SUN SHONE BRIGHTLY on Thursday, July 30, as Newton Country Day held its 140th Graduation in the Sunken Garden. Practicing social distancing and adhering to all COVID safety precautions, families living in the same household celebrated the 59 members of the Class of 2020 in person, while extended family and friends watched a live-stream of the ceremony from home.

Following the procession into the tent, Headmistress Sister Barbara Rogers welcomed our guests. Class president Elizabeth Weiss ’20 gave the Invocation before the Mary Quinlan Salutatory Address was delivered by Grace Ryan ’20.

“We always told everyone that 2020 was going to be a special year, and, well, we were not wrong,” Ryan said. “A silver lining to the pandemic is the fact that no one would ever dare to dream of forgetting the Class of 2020.

Sisterhood is a term that the Class of 2020 has embodied. Our sisterhood is empathic. We have rooted for our classmates’, our sisters’, successes. We have counseled each other through our failures. Our sisterhood is hardworking.

We have striven for excellence in academics, in athletics, and in the arts. Most importantly, our sisterhood is resilient. We have taken the wins and the losses, and now, a global pandemic and financial collapse, in stride. The lessons we learned that created such a strong community here empathy, work ethic, resilience—will be critical to strengthening the various communities along the next stages of our lives.”

Following Ryan, Kate Merchant Snyder ’88, the Mayor of Portland, Maine, delivered the Graduation Address.

“This day marks a significant milestone, and you all deserve accolades. You have made it through Newton Country Day’s rigorous coursework, athletics, arts, theater, volunteer work, work-work, and I have to say, making it through high school in the age of social media ought to be recognized as the accomplishment that it is,” Snyder noted. “For all the benefits of news and information at our fingertips—I will tell you, I don’t think I would have done well with the pressures inherent in that realm.

I think it’s worth noting that it can be a stress point to manage—and that—in addition to all you all have achieved, endured, learned, managed and done to get to this day, that counts among the factors that make you all, your generation, unique and resilient.

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kid at home, to being an adult on your own.

The pathways are many. Sometimes this can feel intimidating. Please—I urge you—don’t be afraid of starting, and then starting again anew.

There’s great opportunity and value in giving yourself the chance to try, maybe succeed, maybe fail, and then evaluate what’s next. It’s not the failure you’ll regret as much as not trying.

“You are all women who possess the courage and confidence to respond generously, competently, and responsibility to the demands of your lives and to the needs of the world. These words—these NCDS principles —ring particularly true at this time. As eager as you may be to close one chapter and open another, please look around at your classmates, your teachers, this place. These people, and this place, they’re anchors for you. They’re special and they’re reliable. Do what you can to keep them close. Make efforts to keep in touch. Attend reunions. I can tell you, as time passes, you will be happy you did.”

After the conferring of the diplomas, Alice Husson Prize recipient Eliza Durbin ’20 took the stage to thank the faculty and staff.

Durbin noted that she and her classmates did not realize how much they would miss their teachers until the school needed to switch to its Distance Learning Term in March.

“As a grade, we only then discovered how much we rely on their daily presence,” Durbin said. “Our teachers truly believe that every single one of us has the capacity to do or be absolutely anything—or to decide the current realm of possibilities are not exactly what we want and encourage us to dream up a new future instead. The teachers convey to us, through their words and actions, that they respect us as capable young women, and I truly hope that we were able to show how highly we think of them, but, if we did not, I am happy to do this now.” Durbin went on to thank the teachers for giving her and her classmates the gifts of compassion, generosity, and confidence, before concluding, “The most amazing thing about our teachers is how much we mean to them. Each day,

teachers sacrifice their free time, their lunch, or their own work to help us. During distance learning, they always had our needs at the forefront and taught compassionately and effectively; they provided companionship and empathy when we needed it most.”

Head of the Upper School Kathleen Scully Hodges then distributed prizes before Faith Ellis ’20 delivered the Janet Erskine Stuart Valedictory Address.

Ellis began by expressing difficulty in trying to summarize her NCDS experience in one speech. “When I remembered that I would be doing this with the support of 58 of my favorite people in the world, it felt a lot less intimidating,” she said. “Like all of you, I have spent the last four months in my house. I’ve been thinking about the difference between a house and a home. I’ve realized that ‘home’ is really just people that wholly see, know, and love you, regardless of where you are or the physical structure around you. And that is exactly what the Class of 2020 is to me. It’s one of the best examples of Goal 4—the building of community as a Christian value—that I have in my life. We each made the choice, every day, to show up and be there for each other, to see each of our classmates for all that they are— the good and the bad—and embrace each other for who we truly are. Building a true community isn’t something that can be done with one big event or grand gesture—it takes small, consistent effort all the time. The result of that continuous hard work is a sisterhood: while we may occasionally disagree or bicker, we have each other’s backs no matter what and are empowered to be our truest selves because we know that we are seen and loved by friends we respect and value.”

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American University

College of the Holy Cross (14)

University of Pittsburgh (2)

Amherst College

Howard University (2)

Princeton University

Bates College (2)

University of Illinois

Providence College (8)

Boston College (8)

Indiana University (2)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Boston University (3)

University of Iowa

University of Richmond (2)

Brown University

Ithaca College

Roanoke College

Bucknell University (3)

Kenyon College (2)

University of Rochester

Carleton College

La Salle University

Saint Anselm College (2)

The Catholic University of America (4)

Lehigh University (3)

Salve Regina University (2)

Chapman University

Loyola Marymount University (4)

University of San Diego (2)

College of Charleston

Loyola University Chicago (2)

University of San Francisco

Clark University (2)

Loyola University Maryland (5)

Santa Clara University (6)

Clarkson University

Loyola University New Orleans

Simmons University (2)

Clemson University (2)

University of Maryland (2)

University of Southern California

Colby College (7)

Mass College of Art and Design

University of South Carolina (2)

Colgate University (4)

Mass College of Pharmacy

Southern Methodist University

Connecticut College (2)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (11)

Stonehill College (3)

Cornell University

University of Massachusetts, Boston (3)

Suffolk University

Dartmouth College (2)

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Temple University

Davidson College

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

The New School

University of Delaware

Merrimack College

Trinity College

Drexel University

Miami University, Oxford (4)

Tulane University (2)

University College Dublin

University of Miami (2)

Union College

Elon University (3)

University of Michigan (3)

University of Vermont (3)

Emmanuel College

University of Minnesota

Villanova University (8)

Fairfield University (6)

Mount Holyoke College

Virginia Tech

Fordham University (12)

The New School

University of Virginia (4)

Furman University

New York University (2)

University of Washington

Georgetown University (5)

Northeastern University (4)

Wake Forest University (6)

Gettysburg College

Northwestern University (2)

Washington University, St. Louis

Grinnell College

Norwich University

University of Washington, Seattle

Hamilton College (2)

University of Notre Dame (4)

University of Wisconsin, Madison (4)

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Pennsylvania State University (2)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Hofstra University

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Graduation 2020 Fifty-nine members of the Class of 2020 received diplomas, academic prizes, and Sacred Heart awards. They follow a 140-year tradition of Sacred Heart education in Boston.

Four-Year Goal Awards Goal I: A personal and active faith in God – Abigail Coburn ’20 Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual values – Caroline Labow ’20 Goal III: A social awareness which impels to action – Emma Wakakuwa ’20 Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value – Johanna Matthews ’20 Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom – Morgan Burns ’20

Eighth Grade Awards Courtney White ’24 was presented the Catherine Baxter, RSCJ Award, given to the student who best exemplifies the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools.

Abigail Guden ’24 was presented the Trudy Hennessey Award, given to the student who exhibits good sportsmanship and a positive spirit in all aspects of her life.

Kaelea Severino ’24 was presented the Alice Husson, RSCJ Award, given to the student who demonstrates qualities of generosity, service, courtesy, and responsibility.

Maria Luisa Castelo ’24 was presented the Sarah “Kiki” Niedermeyer Award, given to the student who shares Kiki’s qualities of faith, courage, and kindness.

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– Katelyn McGauley ’20 Virginia Schumann, RSCJ Prize is presented to the graduate who demonstrates devotion to the mission and tradition of Sacred Heart education. – Teniola Ogungbadero ’20 Sarah Jones, RSCJ Prize honors a graduate with a deep spiritual commitment to the School. – Grace Bizup ’20 Clare McGowan ’45, RSCJ Faculty Award – Katherine Spelman

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Chapel Reflection: Katelyn McGauley ’20 Homily inspired by Luke 6:36-38 Before I begin, I would like to read a prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is dispair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; And in it’s pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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From first grade to fourth grade I attended a small elementary school run by the Franciscan Sisters in Newton. I vividly remember reciting this prayer every morning between the pledge of allegiance and the morning announcements.

Although I did not fully understand the meaning of the prayer, I recited it every day and the words are still ingrained in my mind and on my heart. In fact, it was not until I visited Casserly House during my freshman year at NCDS that I truly was able to understand the prayer.

Spending time at Casserly House is truly one of the best parts of my week. I find myself looking forward to climbing into one of the school minivans with a handful of fellow students and a faculty member, making our way to Roslindale.

Casserly House is a non-profit agency in an economically and ethnically diverse area of Roslindale, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph 21 years ago. Physically speaking, it has a small footprint—all the programs are run out of the first floor of a three story home, in rooms that add up to a space smaller than Barat Commons. And yet this small footprint has a major impact in the community.

Each morning, Casserly offers English language ed-

ucation and employment services to recently arrived immigrants and refugees. In the afternoons, Casserly provides an Afterschool Program to the children of these same families.

Once you step through the door to Casserly House, you immediately feel you have become part of a tight knit community of love and trust. You might find the older kids laughing with each other over their homework, or hunched over a computer working on an online assignment, and there may be a half-dozen younger kids reading books or playing games together. This is the moment I find myself waiting for: stepping inside, it’s as if we check our differences at the door, and we greet each other as friends and equals —members of “a community of kinship,” as Greg Boyle might say, “that God might recognize.”

Even after four years, the feeling never gets old.

Once I say hello to all of the children at Casserly, I typically sit down to work with Jahaziel, a 3rd grade boy whose energy is larger than life and with a smile that brightens the room. But although no one would expect it now, Jahaziel wasn’t always so energetic. When I first met him during sophomore year, he was a shy kid in the corner of the room. He stayed away from the interaction between the rest of the students and quietly sat working on his homework. But over three years I have witnessed how Casserly House has given Jahaziel a place to be himself and show his bright personality. Last year when I went to Christmas in the City, a friend and I were painting the faces of some children sitting down for a meal, when all of a sudden I felt a pull on my shirt. I turned around and there was Jahaziel, along with his older brother, Abraham. They wanted us to meet his mother at the event. When I met her she thanked us for spending time with Jahaziel at the afterschool program, but in reality, I should have thanked her for sending Jahaziel to Casserly because watching his transformation from being a shy little boy to one with a bright and bubbly personality has been one of the most rewarding parts of my entire high school experience.

One of the gifts of Casserly House has been to experience the prayer of Saint Francis in a clearer way through the opportunity to love and to be loved, and the understanding of the reciprocity of service.

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My relationship with Jahaziel has brought this line from the Prayer of St. Francis to life: “For it is in giving that we receive.” And what have I given, really?

In the grand scheme of things, it hasn’t been very much: a few hours of my week each time I visit, a bit of patience and encouragement as I’ve worked with Jahaziel to complete his homework; and I hope I’ve given him the opportunity to know another kind and loving person who cares for him, who enjoys the fun we have when we’re able to spend time together.

But when I consider what I have received from my experiences at Casserly House, I’m surprised and somewhat humbled to discover that I may be receiving more from our encounters than Jahaziel is. I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that Jahaziel has given me the gift of my own humanity. He has taught me something fundamental about who I am, and what my values and priorities are. When I walk through the door at Casserly, I am no longer a student striving to fill a transcript with grades that demonstrate that I am “good enough.” In Jahaziel’s eyes, I am not someone who’s going to be judged by how I look, whether I’m wearing the right clothes, or what kind of car I’m driving. When I’m at Casserly House working with Jahaziel and the other kids, I find that I’m not the least bit interested in what I’m wearing to the Semi-formal. When I’m at Casserly, I’m just delighted to be connected—to see Jahaziel and to enjoy his good company; and also to be seen and to be loved for exactly who I am.

In today’s gospel passage, Jesus instructs his followers “Give and gifts will be given to you -- a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.” And, for me at least, thanks to Casserly House, I’ve experienced this to be true. With each visit, I grew more and more interested in that shy little boy sitting in the corner. I found myself wanting to work with him, to gently draw him out, to give him the confidence to do well in his schoolwork, to look other people in the eyes, to realize that it is safe to share himself with others, to laugh and to be himself in the company of others.

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moments that we could have used to strengthen our relationships with each other, were instead used to find materialistic items that we have been programmed to think will bring us happiness and joy.

Come to find out, that Semi outfit you bought for that one night in December in high school, doesn’t even compare to the value of the life long relationships you could have built during that time you spent shopping for it.

The families who send their children to Casserly House don’t have the financial means to buy unnecessary material items, so instead of preoccupying themselves with finding new things, they fill the holes in their hearts with relationships. This is what Jahaziel has taught me and has made my time at Casserly so worthwhile. Even though Jahaziel is not aware of how much he has impacted me, I think that’s where the Prayer of St. Francis and today’s gospel come together—all this grace has overflowed and been poured out onto me—on to all of us, at Casserly, because we are people committed to giving ourselves to others.

As we prepare our Christmas baskets next week, I challenge you to think of someone you have encountered that has made an impact on you, like Jahaziel has for me. Someone that you’ve given yourself to, only to be given back even more in return. For Juniors and Seniors, perhaps it is someone from your Hesed placement or the New York City trip; for other students, perhaps someone you have encountered on a service day. And as you decorate your baskets next week in advisory, think about that person, that Jahaziel in your life.

And as you think about giving of yourself by providing food and gifts for the family in Harbor Point, also think about the joy they would experience from receiving a personalized message of love and support from you. In addition, and perhaps more important, than the gifts we provide them, we have the opportunity to let them know that we see them, that they matter, and that there are people in the world who love and support them.

In a few moments of quiet reflection, I invite you to think about two questions.

• What relationships in your life have fostered a sense that “it is in giving that we receive”?

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Faculty Profile: Melissa Bleakney

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The daughter of two teachers, Science teacher, Academic Technology Department Chair, and Director of Distance Learning Melissa Bleakney was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine. Growing up she had a love of literature and science and enjoyed participating in sports and the performing arts.

Bleakney attended Catholic schools from preschool through graduate school. “One might say I have never left Catholic education,” she noted.

Bleankney left Maine to attend the College of the Holy Cross, where she studied Biology and Women’s and Gender Studies. She then went on to earn a Master’s degree in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, with a concentration in Education, from Boston College. She has always been particularly interested in the science of learning, and how social and affective processes impact learning, which she was able to explore in her capstone research. Matters of social justice, equity,

and inclusion have also figured significantly into her academic interests.

In 2004, Bleakney arrived at Newton Country Day as a Teaching Fellow - and never left. “I was blessed to call the legendary Mrs. (Mary-Louise) Coates my mentor teacher, and owe a great deal of gratitude to her for helping me discover teaching as my true vocation,” she said.

Middle School soccer coach, Upper School tennis and volleyball coach, and retreat and international trip chaperone are just a few of the titles she has held during her time at Newton.

Bleakney has taught in both the Middle and Upper School and has been at the helm of Science 5, Science 7, Science 8, Math 7, Biology, Independent Research in Science and Engineering, Ninth Grade Seminar, Anatomy and Physiology, and Psychology.

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“I served as the Ninth Grade Class Dean for 10 wonderful years and feel a special affection for the Classes of 2011-2020, who began their Upper School experiences in my care,” she said. “The transition to high school is an important and challenging time. Students grow immensely during that one short year, and it is remarkable to see their growth in confidence and skills, as well as how they come together to form a strong, cohesive identity as a class.

When some of those same students return as Senior Mentors to work with the incoming ninth graders, it is again astonishing to observe how each one has grown and what wisdom and positive examples she has to share.

“In addition to teaching, one of the most salient aspects of my professional work is my role as an Academic Advisor,” Bleakney continued. “ I cherish the opportunity to accompany each advisee through her Upper School experience. Whether celebrating their great successes or listening to and coaching them as problem-solvers, I am always impressed by their openness, tenacity, and great love for their classmates, teachers, and school.”

In recent years, Bleakney has transitioned into academic leadership roles as Academic Technology Department Chair, a member of the Future of Learning committee, and, this past year, in the new role of Director of Distance Learning.

When asked about her favorite aspects of Newton Country Day, Bleakney noted the bonds between teachers and students.

“The relationships that form at NCDS create a remarkably strong foundation for intellectual risk-taking and growth,” she said. “I strive to impart to my students that I have great confidence in them, especially when I am asking them to grapple with complex ideas and processes. I want them to believe that they can do this hard thing, because they can! And they do! I love breaking down a challenging concept into pieces that students can grasp or, even better, discover empirically. I love creating opportunities for students to help each other. Teaching and explaining are powerful tools for learning. I also love when my students ask questions that are so probing and current that they prompt me to do more research.

“Learning is a joyful enterprise, and, as a teacher, I get to keep learning about the subjects I find most interesting right alongside my students.” – MELISSA BLEAKNEY New Technology Welcomed Students Back to School Meeting Owls? Interactive Display Boards? Visual Presenters? When Newton students returned to campus in September, they may have felt as though they took a leap into the future – and indeed they did. While some schools were scrambling over the summer to acquire the latest technology needed to successfully manage hybrid and distance learning, NCDS was a step ahead – and ready to go when school began.

Despite the success of the Distance Learning Term, everyone was delighted when school began in September in person, on campus. Organized into cohorts, Middle and Upper School girls were strategically placed in one of 93 instructional spaces, created to ensure all students are six feet apart in class. Although NCDS welcomed all students back to campus, the classroom experience had to be accessible for everyone, as some students would be participating in distance learning, either short-term or long-term. It was also critical to prepare for a seamless transition should everyone be required to switch to distance learning.

The summer was spent equipping classrooms and reimagined teaching spaces with large interactive audio-visual high resolution Clear Touch Interactive panels or Epson smart projectors. Visual Presenters, containing a document camera and writing board, would help the teachers share content with their students. Less visible, but equally important, wireless network bandwidth, the electrical system, and network infrastructure were all upgraded, with new wireless access points installed.

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“Learning is a joyful enterprise, and, as a teacher, I get to keep learning about the subjects I find most interesting right alongside my students. I strive to weave the social justice mission of the school into my lesson plans, and I love when students discover a cause or an issue that impels them to action. I delight in how they express genuine curiosity and how it feels when the whole class struggles through really challenging thinking and finally arrives at the ‘Ah-Ha!’ moment.

Melissa Bleakney In recent years, I have had former students return to my classes as guest speakers.

These women, now burgeoning leaders in their fields, offer wonderful advice and powerful examples to the next generation of graduates. Today, I even have some former students that I am fortunate to call my colleagues.”

When Newton Country Day moved to distance learning in March 2020, Bleakney was called upon to lead the faculty through this new experience.

“I don’t think any of us will ever forget the experience of working together throughout the spring of 2020,” she said. “During the Distance Learning Term, our faculty and students demonstrated tremendous ingenuity and resilience.

Thanks to recent technology upgrades, and many months of research by the Future of Learning committee into best practices in education, we found ourselves in a strong position to implement new tools and strategies. My colleagues have never worked harder or in such challenging conditions, and I have never been prouder to call myself a member of this incredible faculty. We reached out to support each other and make sure no one felt too isolated. We helped each other problemsolve everything from curriculum to working

parenthood. Even though we were physically apart, none of us could have done this without one another’s support.

“I am also in awe of the strength and tenacity of our students, who demonstrated flexibility, trust, and confidence, at once finding themselves in a new and challenging situation and finding ways to remain motivated and, most importantly, to remain connected.”

The mother of two young children, Bleakney finds time to break away from technology and experience the joy in some of the things she enjoyed growing up. “I spend a lot of time playing outside, reading children’s literature, and creating at-home science experiments for the preschool age,” she said.

“I also enjoy reading, writing, hiking, running, and yoga. I love getting up to Maine to see my family and explore the beautiful natural resources there.”

While Bleakney’s role in advancing the technology that teachers and students use at Newton may have changed some practices and techniques, what makes Newton special remains.

“Advances in cognitive neuroscience and technology have changed what we know about how learning happens and what tools we can leverage in support of teaching and learning,” she explained. “It is exciting to see how teachers have integrated these tools into their instructional design. Even with an abundance of new tools and methods and a strong commitment to developing future-ready skills in our students, close personal relationships remain solidly at the core of our educational mission. I know that will never change. It is one of our community’s superpowers and remains deeply rooted in St. Madeleine Sophie Barat’s vision for how our graduates will continue to transform the world.” u

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Faculty Profile: Dalvin Byron Art teacher Dalvin Byron has always been surrounded by art and learning.

From an early age, Byron would accompany his mother and father to the Yale University and Choate Rosemary Hall campuses, where they taught literature and art history, respectively. While they taught, he would spend time absorbing the art collections and observing the architecture and nature of the Connecticut institutions. It was there that his interest in art was ignited, and he began to fill sketchbooks with watercolor and ink.

With each stroke of a paint brush, Byron’s passion for art grew. He found inspiration in the creative process and was enlightened as he discovered how art could be utilized to communicate and connect.

“Historically, I think it’s really fascinating to see how you can interpret the events of the world through the eyes of different artists,” Byron said. “If we are talking about contemporary art, I really like how that allows each individual person to sort of share their view of the world with other people. Art can be a tool of communication between people.”

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After graduating from high school in Baltimore, Maryland, Byron went on to study painting at Messiah University, just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

After graduation, Byron returned to Baltimore.

“I spent some time just purely trying to survive off making art, and that’s fine when you’re making art for yourself, but I find that I have more joy when I share the experience of teaching someone else how to create something with their own hands. I enjoy showing someone that art is not really this elitist exclusive thing, but that it’s pretty accessible if you’re willing to sit down and focus on one activity. It’s almost like a meditative act that can bring peace to someone, especially a student during the school day.”

He began teaching at Jubilee Arts, a non-profit organization that makes art accessible to at-risk youth in Baltimore communities. “Baltimore city public schools have a problem with underfunding in lots of areas, art is pretty much non-existent, so art education is dependent on non-profit organizations to provide that experience. I taught a lot of

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did this. I can’t believe I painting classes and I wore a can do this. Let’s see what lot of hats while there. I was we can do with the next primarily a painting and a project.’” drawing teacher, but for my Just like at Jubilee Arts, older students, I also helped Byron is able to support them with things like college NCDS students beyond and job applications,” Byron art. “I enjoy interactions explained. with the students and Working with the kids supporting them beyond at Jubilee Arts helped Byron the subject I teach. I see realize that, like his parents, that happening with a lot he had a passion for teachof my colleagues in the ing. He saw that his art could Upper and Middle School. serve as an educational tool It’s a really admirable thing to communicate and connect that the school really tries with students. to support each girl and “I really enjoyed see them independently supporting the kids with as opposed to a mass of my specific subject. It was students all together.” In an after school program, addition to his teaching, so after my classes ended Clarity, oil on panel by Dalvin Byron Byron has coached Middle they would still be around. I School cross-country and Middle School B2 think it was the little things, like helping them with basketball. job applications, explaining how college applications When Newton began its Distance Learning work, what to look for in a college you’re applying to, Term in March in response to COVID-19, Byron and supporting their interests. A lot of them played reimagined his lessons into step-by-step video sports, so if I could attend any of their games, I tutorials for the school’s Goal 4 Forum Instagram would. Being a mentor for people who need you was and webpage designed for students only. “For the one of my favorite parts of working there.” videos, I spent a lot of time seeing what other artists/ After a few years, Byron decided to pursue art teachers have done during distance learning. teaching at an academic level. “I knew I really Fortunately, I had also been teaching myself how to enjoyed teaching, but it was difficult trying to work create video content earlier in the year as I tracked in a city where arts are basically non-existent and the news about COVID-19. I found a way to teach schools are underfunded. I kept expanding my the skills I deem necessary for a quality art education search to where I was willing to work. I looked at independent schools up and down the east coast and while still making the videos entertaining and accessible. I tried to make the videos very similar some on the west coast. Then my parents reminded to the way I teach in person. Teaching people how me, ‘We started off our teaching careers in New to make art is really about interacting with the England, so why don’t you search there?’ That led person first, then the mediums. It’s always about me to a ton of schools in Massachusetts. Newton making sure that students feel like they can tackle Country Day really stood out to me.” the challenges I give them. It’s about creating a calm In 2018, Byron began teaching Introduction and supportive atmosphere that encourages the to Art (8th grade) and Art 1 (9th and 10th grade) creativity/uniqueness of each student. I’m happy to at NCDS. Whether it is through oil paint or pencil, say that my students enjoyed the videos and were Byron aims to make the complexities and challenges able to create some really lovely drawings to finish of art accessible to all those who come into his classroom, even if they have never picked up a brush out the academic year,” Byron shared.

In addition to the video tutorials, Byron also or sketched before. launched a virtual art gallery to showcase student “I say to the girls, ‘It’s going to be hard at first work and allow for peer critiques, “Teaching was and one day it will click for you, whether it’s in this difficult during distance learning because in-person class or the second class you take with me.’ It’s been feedback from a teacher and peers are essential really great to see a student go from ‘Okay, I don’t to the studio art experience. I created a Google think I can do this’ then ‘I’m going to try this’ to ‘I

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“I say to the girls, ‘It’s going to be hard at first and one day it will click for you, whether it’s in this class or the second class you take with me.’” – DALVIN BYRON Classroom “gallery” where I gave feedback to student work and where students also commented on each other’s pieces. Typically, a class would begin with all of my students viewing the tutorial video I had prepared for the week. Then I would answer any questions and let them know that my ‘office hours’ would last until the end of the day (for immediate feedback). The timeline for each drawing assignment was a week, so I was able to give feedback as it appeared in the Google Classroom gallery.”

Whether in the classroom or at home, Byron is always engaged in art. He is currently working on an untitled oil paint series that aims to blur the lines between painting and photograph.

“This series definitely started off as a technical challenge. I’d say the first few pieces were about really trying to render all the complexities of glass and transparency with paint. I’m starting to incorporate more objects into the still lifes that have more of a conceptual meaning behind them. I’m really interested to see how they evolve, having the glasses as the primary object to the glasses still being the focal point of each painting but including other

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Byron’s experience at Newton has helped him to see that his students not only benefit from instruction to create beautiful art pieces, but also from the life skills they acquire as they create, such as problem solving, critical thinking, and balance.

“Newton Country Day is a school that rigorously trains you and prepares you for a very intense career in college and beyond, and I think balance is very important. You can have 100% of your schedule be about intense academic training, and there certainly is an intensity to art, but it slows you down. Slowing down and mindfulness are incredibly important.” u

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Maintaining our Sacred Heart Community: Goal 4 Forum In late March, when Massachusetts schools were mandated to close due to COVID-19, administrators and teachers at Newton Country Day were challenged to think outside of the box. In addition to creating a class schedule for our Distance Learning Term, an important question lingered: How do we maintain the feeling of community while being physically apart?

The answer was the Goal 4 Forum, a place online for students to connect with each other, and their teachers, where content that they would encounter during a “regular” school day was posted. The Upper School Goal 4 Forum took the form of an Instagram account with access only given to Upper School students and faculty. The Middle School Goal 4 Forum was a website that students and their parents could explore together. Both platforms contained synchronous and asynchronous offerings that encouraged students to engage with Newton, outside of academics, while giving flexibility to take part in an extracurricular class at a time that was convenient for them.

“Faculty were hard at work preparing to move their courses online, ensuring that we could continue our deep pursuit of intellectual values, but the heart and soul of our school is rooted in the five Sacred Heart goals,” explained Director of Student Life and Upper School Goal 4 Forum moderator Kate Spelman. “How could we give life to those other elements that are so integral to a Sacred Heart education - our faith life, our commitment to social justice, our building of community, and our fostering of personal growth?”

“The beauty of a Sacred Heart education is that the joy of learning extends far beyond the classroom,” said Middle School teacher and Middle School Goal 4 Forum facilitator Elizabeth Foley ’13.

“Each girl’s experience is built around her relationships: with her teachers, with her classmates, with God, and with herself. As we transitioned into distance learning, we knew that some of the ways that we are able to help the girls cultivate these relationships would be more difficult, but all the more important. The creation of the Goal 4 Forum served as this virtual experience.”

“Faculty responded to the challenge of giving life to all elements of the Sacred Heart education with Anne Marie Carroll ’62, Rosemary Dwyer ’54, Elia ’60 alacrity andMarnik unbelievable creativity,” noted Spelman.

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“They created weekly art and cooking tutorials, engaged our community in music and prayer, hosted regular live dance and fitness classes, coordinated fun contests, led book clubs, and so much more. I was so impressed by my colleagues’ boundless energy and generosity in the midst of so much uncertainty.”

In addition to teachers in both divisions providing a digital version of activities that usually take place at school, the Goal 4 Forum also saw the inception of new initiatives.

“Middle School Head Peter Badini and Middle School Dean of Students Diane Popeo hosted weekly office hours virtually, and countless teachers came together each Wednesday for ‘Meetings at Mater,’ which re-created the round table in Mater Commons where Middle School teachers and students usually meet to share stories,” Foley explained. “English teacher Katie Holland Jarvis ’09 entered the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with students in the newly formed Hogwarts at Home book club; math teacher Alex Ebling shared helpful household hints with his Charming Chores video series; science teacher Camile Rodriguez ’07 and English teacher Emily Berardi hosted Falcon Feud (a Family Feud style game show between teachers in which students were asked the featured questions ahead of time and served as the studio audience).”

During the last weeks of school, a variety of special evening events were also offered. As a continuation of the year-long celebration of the passage of the 19th Amendment, Middle School students watched and discussed Hidden Figures together at their individual houses, popcorn in hand. Fifth and sixth grade girls assembled a talent show, for which each student pre-recorded her performance, and watched the show together over Zoom. Students in Grade 7 gathered around a virtual campfire for s’mores and ghost stories, which featured a surprise guest appearance by a Camp Hazen counselor who taught the girls the traditional Camp Hazen songs and dances.

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In addition to faculty members creating content, students were consulted about and encouraged to share ideas.

“Students loved being able to see and connect with each other over the forum,” commented Spelman. “Some of our strongest initiatives were those led by students, such as Yards for Yeardley and our daily announcements from Student Government. I look forward to engaging even more student voices in the future!”

“Consistent with our message of empowering girls, we encouraged the students to shape their experience and improve it for others,” Foley explained. “The Forums also became the home of stories about how students were serving their communities. It was also a place where students connected with girls from other grades. For example, girls in Grades 5 through 8 came together at the Virtual ASPIRE (our after school program) each day to talk, play games, and feel a sense of normalcy.”

“Students said that they loved the diversity of content, as it allowed them to ‘pick and choose’ what they needed on any given day,” said Spelman. “Many were grateful to have the opportunity to come together in prayer through weekly chapel services and Stations of the Cross. Others loved having art teacher Dalvin Byron guide them through a drawing tutorial. And many looked forward to the weekly Zoom fitness and dance classes hosted by Fitness Director Caroline Earle and our dance faculty. Other ‘fan favorites’ were wellness teacher Abigail Hueber’s ’05 healthy cooking tutorials on Wellness Wednesdays and the faculty “Two Truths and a Lie” and baby picture contests launched by

English teacher Ryan Murphy.”

“Parents were grateful, too, for the opportunity for their girls to connect with their classmates and teachers in a structured way that was less formal than their classroom time,” continued Foley. “To help limit the amount of time the girls were spending on screens, the balance on the Goal 4 Forum was crucial: to have live events, but also to have activities, such as theme days, crafts, and cooking, that the girls could do ‘off-screen’ and later share photos.”

Not only did parents and students appreciate the bonds reinforced through the Goal 4 Forum, teachers and staff members who also missed in-person connection appreciated the time “outside of the classroom” to come together. This was evident in the number of teachers who virtually attended optional events. Science and Latin teachers danced along with the girls in ballet classes, music teachers shared their trivia knowledge, and countless teachers stayed past the one hour allotted time to be with girls at Meetings at Mater.

“What became most clear during our distance learning term was how lucky we are at NCDS to take for granted all of the organic interactions which happen throughout the day,” Foley concluded. “We missed each other and were looking forward to all of the ways that we could creatively come together to connect, and the Goal 4 Forum was the perfect place! We all came to a deeper appreciation of the true meaning of Goal 4: a community can and must be built, regardless of the building we are in, and with the care and love of the people in that community, that is possible.” u

“Each girl’s experience is built around her relationships: with her teachers, with her classmates, with God, and with herself. As we transitioned into distance learning, we knew that some of the ways that we are able to help the girls cultivate these relationships would be more difficult, but all the more important. The creation of the Goal 4 Forum served as this virtual experience.”

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The Senior Legacy Project The Senior Project Program at Newton Country Day has been a tradition since 1972. The off-campus internship aims to assist the senior class in gaining experience outside of the classroom for their final month of senior year. With the transition to distance learning and stay at home orders implemented in March, it was no longer an option for the Class of 2020 to have an in-person experience. Faculty members brainstormed ways to reimagine the Senior Project Program so that it would still be meaningful. How could the senior class wrap up their remaining weeks as high school students while at home? The answer was the Senior Legacy Project.

The goals of the Senior Legacy Project were to have the students: • Work on a project that felt satisfying and worthwhile; • Give a sense of closure as senior year concluded; • Enable them to connect socially, share with their peers and the rest of the NCDS community; • Encourage them to reflect on their NCDS career, with a particular emphasis on the Five Sacred Heart Goals; • Give them a chance to document their feelings and thoughts about the historical moment in their lives; • Afford them the opportunity to explore a passion—new or old; • Allow them freedom in choosing the ways in which they could express themselves; and • Have a finished project that will truly be a legacy to NCDS—something that can remain in our archives forever, and something they will look back on decades from now with pride.

Using Book Creator, an online tool used to make ebooks, seniors were tasked with creating their own digital “book” that celebrated their experiences and growth throughout their time at Newton. Book Creator allowed students to express themselves using a variety of media: text, photography, art, video, and audio clips. While the majority of the book focused Anne Marie Carroll ’62, Rosemary Dwyer ’54,students’ Elia Marnikpast ’60 experiences as they related to on the

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the five Sacred Heart Goals, they were also charged with responding to the current historical moment, to pursue a new passion, and look to their future.

Similar to the Senior Project Program, students were supervised by a faculty advisor and were able to share and receive feedback from peers during breakout group meetings on Zoom.

Before starting their projects, seniors spent time reflecting on their experiences and growth over their years at Newton. Girls wrote in journals and paid particular attention to the prompted questions that elicited the strongest memories and inspired them the most.

Creativity was greatly encouraged among the girls when laying out their personal books. Each chapter reflecting on the five goals was meant to tell a different story about the students’ experiences. In her book “One Step Further,” Eliza Durbin ’20 wrote a poem to go along with her stories that reflected on the five goals. In Martina Albin’s ’20 book “A Journey Through Music,” she embedded a music video for a song that mirrored her feelings for each of her eight chapters, with commentary about each of the songs.

“I do not recall a time in my life when music wasn’t a part of my soul,” wrote Albin. “Anything that I am doing I am listening to music. Truth is, I could not imagine my life without music. Music is my life.”

Johanna Matthews ’20 chose video as the primary medium in creating her ebook. In her introduction video Matthews said, “I love the idea of leaving a piece of me behind at a place that means so much to me. Newton Country Day is really important to me, and I would not be the person I am today without it. I am excited to be leaving this with the school and showcasing who I am today because of Newton.”

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of the world as an opportunity to grow or learn something new. The assigned “passion project” could be something classically academic, but it did not need to be. Suggestions included taking an online class, researching an important issue, or learning a new language or instrument. The goal was not to master a new endeavor, but for their task to be a work in progress. Members of the senior class composed songs, honed their photography skills, rode bikes for hundreds of miles, made memory quilts, built treehouses, and painted for the first time.

Upon learning that Sister Rogers had journals (written in French) from a student at a Sacred Heart School that documented the response of her community during the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918, Emma Wakakuwa ’20 asked if she could translate some of the journal entries to English for her passion project. This task also allowed Wakakuwa to reflect on this moment in history.

“When I first saw the handwriting, I thought it was illegible,” Wakakuwa wrote. “But, as I worked through the entries, word by word, I actually got the hang of it. I was struck by the similarities from 1918 and 2020. Back then, they used the words ‘quarantine’ and ‘mitigate,’ which we are all too familiar with. The writer also casually journaled on November 11, 1918 that ‘les propositions faites par les Alliés à l’ennemi ont été acceptées.’ (World War I is over).

Even though this girl lived 100 years ago, during the first world war and a pandemic, I could still draw parallels to life today in America.”

In their final chapter, girls reflected on who they would be in the future. What do they imagine their roles will be in our rapidly changing world? What contributions do they hope to make? St. Madeleine Sophie hoped Sacred Heart graduates would feel challenged to transform the world; how will they?

“The future me would like to accomplish more than she’d ever imagined,” wrote Ambika Nair ’20.

“The Sacred Heart Network, and NCDS specifically, have given me so much confidence and strength in my abilities and capabilities to help change the world for the better. In the future, I see myself carrying on the NCDS spirit of community giving and social work.

Kelly Cloonan ’20 included a playlist of songs with her reflection for the future. “The songs are mostly inspirational,” she wrote.

“When I listen to them, I think about what my life might one day be like.”

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Students Building Community Maggie Ascione ’21 As a three-year member of the Service Committee at Newton Country Day, Margaret (Maggie) Ascione ’21 was looking for ways to continue her community service after the school transitioned to distance learning. After hearing about the non-profit Off Their Plate from a family friend who works at Massachusetts General Hospital, Ascione helped create a fund where high school students could donate a portion of the money that they would have been spent on an in-person prom to the organization.

“Off Their Plate began in March to connect restaurants to hospitals in many major cities,” explained Ascione. “Hospitals are given money to make meals for the many hospital staff each day. Off Their Plate was fundraising to help hospitals pay for the food.”

Wanting to help an organization have a meaningful impact on many people during the pandemic, Ascione reached out to Off Their Plate with a proposal.

“I told them about my idea of Prom To Plate; a fund for high school students to donate a portion of their money that they would have spent on prom.

I had a meeting over Zoom with the two women who helped to fund Off Their Plate, and they were so excited about my idea that they decided to host a virtual prom in honor of all the kids who would be donating money. We ended up raising over $11,000, which is amazing.

“I reached out to students in my grade and invited them to donate, as well as family and friends who live in the Boston area. I also contacted people in other cities where Off Their Plate is located, and it spread throughout many high schools across the country! Prom to Plate was featured on Katie Couric’s Wake Up Call newsletter and was also mentioned on Access Hollywood!”

In addition to Ascione’s efforts, Off Their Plate reached out to potential sponsors. Maybelline ended up being the major sponsor of the virtual prom.

“Maybelline asked me to find girls around New England who

could help with their Instagram stories and send in videos,” explained Ascione. “I asked NCDS students, and my family friends who live in different parts of the country, to participate. They wanted to have high school students to ask questions and get the word out about the virtual prom. Maybelline had three different hair, outfit, and makeup stylists answering the questions leading up to the prom on their Instagram story and then were also answering questions that were sent in via videos on the live stream of the prom as well.

“The most amazing part of this experience was meeting the women who work for and run Off Their Plate and learning that they were all volunteers who had other jobs at big companies like CNN,” continued Ascione. “I thought it was really incredible that they were starting a nation-wide organization while also having their existing jobs. I would love to work with Off Their Plate in the future!”

Grace Brucato ’24 After reviewing the Sacred Heart Goals with her TAG Team faculty advisor Katie Holland Jarvis ’09 this past April, one goal in particular really stuck out to Grace Brucato ’24. Goal III, a commitment to educate to a social awareness which impels to action, encourages our girls to give back to their communities through service. Brucato

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decided to fill her free time while staying at home by contributing to her community by making face masks. With fabric in hand, Brucato began to independently hand cut and sew masks for children.

“I bought about seven yards of fabric, all different, and cut them into rectangles and played around with it. I use hair ties to hold the masks on the ears and used a sewing machine I received a few years ago,” said Brucato.

Brucato focused her endeavour on making masks for local shelters. “I wanted to give them to shelters because I heard that it is harder for them to get masks and when they do they are usually disposable,” she said.

Brucato is also working on creating more to sell on Etsy with plans to donate 70% of the profits to the Black Lives Matter organization. When asked why she chose to support this cause, she said, “I chose to donate a portion of the profits to Black Lives Matter because in light of everything that has been going on, I really wanted to feel like I am helping on the right side of history.”

Katherine Erler ’21 When Katherine Erler ’21 received an email from Rosie’s Place, a shelter for women in Boston, asking their volunteers for mask donations during the COVID-19 crisis, she jumped in to help, with the aid of her sewing machine.

“I knew that most stores were sold out of masks,” she explained, “and surgical masks should be saved for health care providers. I have some sewing experience, so I thought making them would be the best solution. I volunteered at Rose’s Place last summer and loved the experience. I always wanted to go back, and since I can’t right now because of the virus, making masks is a way to help out and stay connected.

“I spoke to the volunteer coordinator at Rosie’s Place who said that they give out hundreds of masks a day to women and their families. She told

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me they do not have a specific number of masks needed; they just always need more.”

Interested in making it a community endeavor, Erler emailed other Newton Country Day Upper School students to let them know about Rosie Place’s need for masks. She also reached out to people outside of NCDS to see if they had time or materials to support her effort. Elizabeth Lesher ’22 replied that she could help and has shipped masks directly to Rosie’s Place. A family friend of Erler’s was also able to make masks, with Erler providing the elastics.

“Materials are sparse right now, so I have reached out to family friends and neighbors asking for supplies,” she said. “One donated extra fabric, another gave hair ties and all the elastic in her house, a former neighbor donated a sewing machine, thread, and fabric. My sewing machine is very old, and when the needle broke on it, a friend

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“Rosie’s Place is still in desperate need of more. I hope that more people in the NCDS community can make and donate masks. Even if you have no prior sewing experience, you can do it!” – KATHERINE ERLER ’21 had a new needle for me. A ton of people have come together to help me!”

Between Erler and Lesher, 60 masks were made in the spring and shipped to Rosie’s Place. Erler’s personal goal was to make between 50-100 and to continue to make more through the summer.

“Rosie’s Place is still in desperate need of more,” Erler concluded. “I hope that more people in the NCDS community can make and donate masks.

Even if you have no prior sewing experience, you can do it!”

Elizabeth Kfoury ’25 When Elizabeth Kfoury ’25 noticed her mom would come home from work with sore ears after long shifts at the hospital, she wanted to help. “I was a part of a conversation about how people’s ears hurt after a long day of working because the masks were too tight,” Kfoury said. “One of those people was my mother, who also often came home with red ears because of the need to wear a mask.”

Inspired, Kfoury enlisted the help of her younger sister to design and create straps that could secure a mask and take pressure off the ears by wrapping the elastics around buttons sewn to a headband.

“I make the straps by taking a cloth headband and sewing buttons onto it,” Kfoury shared. “I have found it easy to place the buttons parallel to each other on opposite sides of the headband and sew them on.”

Kfoury credits Newton Country Day for inspiring her to launch this project by encouraging kindness. “At NCDS I learned that it takes nothing to be kind to your peers, and that often you can find a way to do what you like in order to help other people,” she said. “It is important to give back because we should keep the community we live in as healthy as possible.”

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Katelyn McGauley ’20 On Thursday, May 14, Casserly House named Newton Country Day its star of the week for organizing an activity drive for its After School Program.

Members of the NCDS Service Committee have been volunteering at the Casserly House, a non-profit that provides learning experience and support service to the underserved, for years. Newton students typically assist the ASP students with their homework, play games, and participate in activities such as working in the community garden.

“When I realized that NCDS was going to miss its regular date to visit Casserly House in April, I reached out to their After School Program (ASP) director, Adrianna Corriveau, to inquire whether our students could be of help,” said Dr. Mark Potter, Chair of the Religious Studies Department and the Director of Community Service. “She informed me that they had moved ASP online in response to the physical distancing required by the City of Boston, and that they were reaching out to their students each day on Zoom. But, since the ASP students were at home, they lacked many of the school supplies, craft materials, workbooks, and educational games/ activities that Casserly House provides onsite.” Potter contacted Katelyn McGauley ’20, a weekly Casserly House volunteer, knowing she would jump on the opportunity to support the ASP students.

“I volunteered at Casserly House every Wednesday from November through the beginning of March,” McGauley explained. “I was fortunate enough to experience the benefits of having a meaningful relationship with many of the students there. When the Boston Public Schools announced their closure due to COVID-19, my mind immediately went to the children at Casserly and finding a way to help them.

Along with Dr. Potter and Adrianna Corriveau, I was able to put together the school supply drive. I have also been tutoring in the afternoons on Zoom with students to practice their reading skills.”

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iting volunteers. Corriveau reached out to each ASP student’s family to gently inquire about what they needed and wanted in terms of supplies and activities to make the quarantine experience more productive and enjoyable, and together they put together simple suggestion lists. The families gave permission to have shipments from Amazon sent directly to their homes. McGauley then matched each ASP student with an NCDS student who responded to her call for volunteers to purchase and send materials.

“Katelyn was extraordinarily sensitive and thoughtful about making sure the students received care packages that would be helpful educationally, but also help to make the shelter-in-place experience more enjoyable for the students and their families,” Potter commented. “She also emphasized equity with the NCDS volunteer, so that each care package would be relatively comparable to the packages received by other ASP students.”

In a thank you posted on its website, Casserly House wrote, “The thoughtfulness and generosity of the NCDS community truly brightened the day of so many! Staying at home for young kids brings many new challenges. These activities, games, and school supplies will help many of our students stay engaged and motivated in the coming weeks as they seek to finish out the school year while staying safe at home. We want to extend a huge thank you to McGauley and Mark (Potter) for organizing, and to all of the members of the NCDS community who have taken part in the fundraising efforts!”

Noting that the supply drive could not have been possible without the help of additional students, McGauley wanted to thank Maggie Ascione ’21, Kelly Cloonan ’20, Abigail Coburn ’20, Eliza Durbin ’20, Molly Heeney ’21, Sarah Henao ’21, Anna Hennessey ’21, Genevieve Jobson ’22, Juliana Kwon ’20, Alina Lynch ’21, Ally Montgomery ’20, and Eliza Sullivan ’21.

“At Camp Arrowhead, counselors spend a week with one camper helping them in any way they want or need,” O’Brien explained. “It was my job to allow each camper to have a real camp experience. By that, I mean they can participate in all the activities even if physically they usually cannot. Some of the things I helped with were keeping to the schedule, assisting with crafts, giving ideas, preparing for swimming, and being a friend.

“When I originally joined Skyline, I was asked to work with the dance classes,” she said. “After hearing about the art classes, I knew that was what I wanted to do. It combined two of the things I am most passionate about: art and working with people with disabilities.

“Skyline is broken up into three sessions: fall, winter, and spring,” O’Brien continued. “I was hired as the art teacher in the winter, teaching two one-hour classes a day. When everything closed because of the pandemic, I really wanted a way to

Megan O’Brien ’21: coffee filter butterflies and toilet paper roll animals

Megan O’Brien ’21 In the fall of 2019, Megan O’Brien ’21 began volunteering at Skyline Adaptive in Natick, a weekend day program for people with a range of disabilities that gives them an opportunity to interact with each other while participating in activities like bowling, dance, and art classes. The program is connected to Natick Recreation and Parks, which also runs Camp Arrowhead, a six-week day camp that is open to children and adults with disabilities, where O’Brien previously completed her Hesed project.

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stay involved. I reached out to my boss and asked if it would be possible for me to teach art classes over Zoom. She was super excited, so I planned a few crafts to get things started.”

O’Brien’s two classes were capped at five participants each. She designed her projects using materials that the artists could find around the houses, like toilet paper rolls and coffee filters.

“I made different toilet paper roll animals and coffee filter butterflies, and some other crafts with paper,” O’Brien said. “The crafts need to be relatively simple, adaptable for the different needs of the clients and made with materials that most people have accessible.”

O’Brien was able to continue teaching art classes remotely over the summer as a supplement for Camp Arrowhead.

“Camp Arrowhead was moved online and runs Tuesday through Friday,” she explained. “Separately, I teach art classes on Saturdays still under Natick Recreation and Parks.

“I love teaching the classes,” O’Brien concluded.

“I leave each class with a rush of energy and joy. Nothing makes me happier than seeing a client’s pride after completing a project.”

The Jaynes Sisters In this time of quarantine and social distancing, it is not unusual to feel isolated. Recognizing this relatable feeling, Elizabeth ’22 (Lizzy), Margaret ’22 (Maggie), and Katherine Jaynes ’24 found a way to bring their Boston community together through song.

Motivated by Sacred Heart Goal IV, the building of community as a Christian value, the three sisters collaborated with their neighbors to launch a neighborhood sing-along. Every evening at 7 p.m., neighbors gathered outside their homes to sing together to

music inspired by the current events.

“Most of the time the songs were about community, strength, or something that was currently happening,” shared the sisters. “For example, we sang ‘Lean on Me’ by Bill Withers, ‘All You Need is Love’ and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by The Beatles, and, when it was raining, we played ‘Dancing in the Rain’ and ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head.’ We found the sing-along helped to bring people together, and encouraged us to stay positive. We have some neighbors who have little kids, so we also played songs like ‘Wheels on the Bus,’ ‘Down by the Bay,’ and ‘Baby Shark’ for them.”

As the singing echoed through the streets, word got out and the sing-along grew in size. The sisters were excited to see the number of participants grow with each sing-along, connecting their neighborhood as never before.

Their mother, NCDS alumna Lisa Gault Jaynes ’85, P’22’22’24, said “The neighborhood sing-along was a great experience for our family. It was very helpful, especially in the beginning of the lockdown.

It gave us a chance to check in with neighbors we knew and make new neighbor friends. The girls were excited to help pick the songs.”

Each of the Jaynes sisters enjoyed a different part of the experience. For Katherine, it was the opportunity to utilize her time in a thoughtful way. “I was really excited when our neighbors told us about the idea of a sing-along because I was getting really bored in quarantine.”

Lizzy appreciated the joy it brought to the children in the neighborhood, “My favorite part was seeing the little kids get excited when we played the songs they requested,” she said.

Maggie was delighted to have brought the neighborhood together. “I was really happy to see the neighbors and socialize during quarantine.” u

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In March, Middle School students, in conjunction with the program Kids Print to Protect (KPP), made face shields to donate to healthcare workers.

Sophia Beaver ’25 and her brother made shields with the help of a 3D printer.

Catherine ’26 and Grace Curran ’27 made masks for healthcare workers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Alumnae Building Community Erin Kelly Banta ’05 While studying business at Columbia University, Erin Kelly Banta ’05 and her business school classmate Kelsey Brown struggled to decorate their small rented apartments with limited budget and space. Realizing the need for affordable accent pieces that make a statement, Banta and Brown launched Pepper Home, an affordable home design and textile company in 2018. Almost two years later, Banta and Brown are addressing an even more dire need: masks for essential frontline workers.

In March 2020, when COVID-19 cases were on the rise in Massachusetts and New York, Banta and Brown’s home states, respectively, were experiencing a lack of personal protective equipment resources for frontline workers. After speaking with healthcare professionals at local hospitals and clinics, Banta realized there was a huge demand for masks.

Megan Kelly ’07, Catherine Kelly ’12, and Newton Country Day classmates and friends wearing With the necessary masks from Pepper Home. fabric from Pepper Home already on hand, and a local production company followers for support in producing the masks. Banta on board for the project, Banta knew she had the asked individuals to make a donation of $25 or more flexibility and support to get masks to these essential to cover the cost of production and distribution, workers quickly. with Pepper Home taking zero profit. Banta was Banta sat down at her sewing machine at her blown away by the response and generosity. To date, Boston home with her mother and began prototypPepper Home has raised $30,000 and donated 5,000 ing the mask based on ideal designs provided by masks to hospitals including Boston Children’s Hoshospitals. She then brought those designs to OnPoint pital, Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Mass., and Manufacturing, which helped to refine the design Montefiore Hospital in Nyack, N.Y. and create the final products made with colorful One of the mask recipients was Vanessa Loukas custom fabrics. ’05, a nurse practitioner at South End Community She turned to her customers and social media Health Center. “Erin and I have been friends since

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the one thing that has stuck with our time together at NCDS,” said her the most is the drive that her Loukas. “Knowing I work as a nurse Sacred Heart education inspired. practitioner in community health, she “My desire to give back is 100% reached out to me at the beginning of attributed to the education we had the pandemic to offer support to my at Newton,” Banta shared. “A Sacred clinic through a donation of masks.

Heart education means incredible During a time of great uncertainty community and friendships. What and anxiety surrounding having it has done for me is it made me a enough protective equipment, the strong-willed, independent woman gesture from Pepper Home to send so who can think for herself and carve many beautiful cloth masks brought out her own path. Being a Newus so much joy and made those ton alumna has totally changed working during such tough times feel the course of my life. You have to appreciated and supported.”

Erin Kelly Banta ’05 be pretty brave to do things like When Banta was a student at start your own business or launch a project like this Newton, she participated in lacrosse, theater, Peer because it is scary, and you are up against a lot. You Ed, Committee of Games, Student Government, and have to believe in yourself.” service at sites including Bright Horizons. However,

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Ann Marie Boole McCormick ’91

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It was mid-March when Ann Marie Boole McCormick ’91 heard the news. Like many places around the world and country, Maryland would close schools to slow the spread of COVID-19.

While she sat at her desk at work processing the news, she could not help but think “What can I do?”

Driven by the Goals of the Sacred Heart, and Newton Country Day’s mission statement to “promote hope, zeal, compassion and commitment necessary to meet the challenges of a complex society,” McCormick, who lives with her husband Joe and 12-year-old twins Joey and Alex in Bethesda, Maryland, began to think of the individuals who would be impacted by the closures. She remembered working with Alex and Joey on sandwich-making events she ran for their class at school to support Martha’s Table, a local non-profit that provides food and aims to increase “access to quality education, health and wellness, and family resources” for families in the Washington, D.C. area.

She immediately picked up the phone and connected with the non-profit to figure out what their needs were and how she could help. “They were one of the first places I called to help, and I was surprised because I expected them to say they

wouldn’t take homemade items,” said McCormick.

“The virus was still somewhat unknown, as far as how you could catch it and what people could accept and not accept as donations. It was a really sad, desperate call. Throughout the years, Martha’s Table has organized sandwich making events, asking people to drop off sandwiches, specifically, every day. All of these events had been canceled because they are usually team-building, work/school events.

They did not know where the sandwiches were now going to come from.”

Knowing she could not fulfill the needs of Martha’s Table on her own, McCormick remembered that she had a substantial listserv of local neighbors, friends, and family that she could ask to help. “I had to be careful in how I communicated about the virtual event because I didn’t want anyone to think we were gathering as a group to make these sandwiches,” she explained. “I called it a Virtual Sandwich and Trail Mix making event. Families could make sandwiches or trail mix at their houses and then bring them to my house.” Within the first week, 445 sandwiches were dropped off on McCormick’s front porch.

As word got out, more people wanted to get involved. “My email distribution list kept expanding.

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“NCDS is where everything starts to come together. Where you start to become your own person. Where you really start to grow and recognize when others are in need. But also, how to bring others together — to make that impact and not do it alone.” – ANN MARIE BOOLE MCCORMICK ’91 kids going to do who can’t go back to the success week after week. More school and how will they eat lunch?’ people asked to be a part of it. I feel Before they put plans in place, that like it helped to bring a sense of was a motivating factor as well,” community in a time where people McCormick reflected. really felt isolated and helpless,” “NCDS is where everything McCormick said. starts to come together. Where you At its peak, McCormick’s start to become your own person. virtual sandwich making event Where you really start to grow produced 4,000 sandwiches in a and recognize when others are in week. Knowing this amount was need. But also, how to bring others beyond the needs of Martha’s Tatogether — to make that impact and ble, she saw this as an opportunity not do it alone.” to help other organizations in the Ann Marie Boole McCormick ’91 She is also grateful for the area that were struggling. sense of community that NCDS has provided. In “We started to overwhelm Martha’s Table befact, Stacey Murphy Crowley ’92 and her family cause they could not organize all the sandwiches in contributed sandwiches. McCormick’s sister, Debbie time or get them delivered accordingly,” McCormick Boole Smelko ’74 and other NCDS alumnae cheered continued. “I reached out to other organizations, her from afar. Some local Stone Ridge School of the explained what we were doing, and asked if they Sacred Heart families also participated in the event. would be willing to accept x number of sandwiches.”

As of June 25, McCormick had collected and SOME (So Others Might Eat) was grateful for the donated 28,192 sandwiches and 5,887 bags of trail mix, offer of support. as well as assorted cans of Spam, tuna, and bottles of McCormick did all of this while still working full water. She decided to pause the project to avoid burntime. “I had a lot of parents asking, ‘Can you explain out from participants, but plans to bring it back when to us how you are doing this? We don’t really underthe time feels right. “I miss it. It’s funny, the kids bring stand.’ There was just something in me saying you it up from time to time. I say, ‘I’m going to reach out to need to start this. I didn’t mind spending the time on Martha’s Table soon.’ I will pick a time when everyone weekends and the evenings, because it was keeping is somewhat back in their academic routine, whatever me busy and it was helping others. Even in high that might be for them, have a handle on it and are school, I was never the person to just do one thing.”

McCormick attended Newton Country Day from ready to maybe do another round or two,” she said.

Whether the project continues or not, McCorseventh grade through senior year. Those six years were filled with activities, including varsity soccer and mick looks back on it fondly. “It was a pretty special time. I have so many pictures, and I want to put volleyball, yearbook, theater, choir, and her senior together a video or a book because I don’t want to project at Tufts Floating Hospital. She credits her forget about it. I know I won’t, it was too significant.

NCDS experience with giving her the drive to start I don’t want to say it gave me a new sense of hope the sandwich-making project. for people and what they do for others because I’ve “I couldn’t have executed an event such as this always had that faith in people. It was eye opening without learning the confidence, the independence, how others could come together under so much and the motivation to help others. There was somestress and in a challenging environment and make thing in my gut that day, even though everybody was such an impact.” freaking out about what to do, asking ‘What are the FA L L 2 0 2 0

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Yasmin Francis ’13 and her mother Fatima Ali-Salaam ’83

Like many teachers preparing for this academic year, Summer 2020 was incredibly busy for Yasmin Francis ’13, a middle and high school reading teacher at Somerset Academy Charter School in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Melbey Flores ’13, a first grade ESL teacher at UP Academy Holland, a turnaround school within the Boston Public School system. In addition to navigating the new school year, these two former classmates have also been busy helping Newton Country Day launch our Alumnae of Color Network.

In June, Francis and Flores contacted the school expressing their desire to help co-found a program designed as a space for alumnae to connect, network, and engage in productive conversations with each other about racism and social justice issues in their daily lives.

“I was inspired to start the Network after speaking to my mother (Fatima Ali-Salaam ’83), who is also a Newton alumna of color, and learning about how few conversations had been happening among herself and her own classmates,” Francis shared. “As the George Floyd protests were happening, I wondered how I could connect with other alumnae and start a conversation about the experiences we had as minorities at NCDS. Having worked in alumni relations in college, I see the value and strength of this type of community not only for us as alumnae, but also for current students.”

The Network’s mission is to honor Goal III in continuing to promote an education in social awareness within the Sacred Heart community, to help guide conversations around current social issues, and to provide leadership and a sense of community among alumnae and students of color alike. “We hope the Network will provide the current young women of color at NCDS with the opportunity to connect with alumnae of color and give them a space to feel seen, honored, and heard,” said Flores.

Working alongside Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Jacklyn Burgo ’01 and Director of Alumnae Relations Amanda Power ’07, members of the Network will launch a mentorship program loosely designed off of the iMentor program. iMentor matches high school students with mentors of similar backgrounds as they navigate high school and prepare for college.

For Francis and Flores, both educators, “The mentor program is something we are both passionate about and is important because we would like to provide our current students and families with the support needed in whatever way possible,” they shared. For those who opt into the program, Newton’s initiative will match professional women of color with students of color beginning in Spring 2021.

“Mentorship is essential to the growth of our students as leaders,” said Burgo. “By offering students an opportunity to connect with alumnae who have gone on to work in different industries or serve diverse communities, we are providing

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“We hope the network will provide the current young women of color at NCDS with the opportunity to connect with alumnae of color, and give them a space to feel seen, honored, and heard.”

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– MELBEY FLORES ’13

students with the insight and coaching they need to follow these paths or create their unique journeys. The gift of mentorship is priceless so I’m thankful to our alumnae for stepping up. I am sure current students will be eager to connect.”

Alumnae and students will be matched for up to a year with virtual check-ins, goal setting initiatives, networking opportunities, and an introduction to the Alumnae of Color Network.

In addition to the development of the Alumnae of Color Network and student mentorship program, in an email sent in early September, the School shared these further steps to update the greater Newton Country Day community on how the School is productively engaging in conversations about race: • Faculty, staff, and trustees completed an IDI assessment (Intercultural Development Inventory) in August. As we await the results, we are discussing other ways to make the NCDS experience a more equitable one. Based on the results of the assessments, we will design enrichment experiences to meet our faculty and staff where they are and to help guide them along the spectrum towards multicultural understanding.

• Students, faculty, and staff will take the National Association of Independent School (NAIS) Assessment on Inclusion and Multiculturalism Survey. This survey is meant to serve as an institutional benchmark for how we can continue to improve the experiences of multicultural students and faculty and staff.

• A group of faculty and staff will take part in the AISNE Diversity Conference, which will be entirely virtual. Our participants will learn more about

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• Brittany Borders ’04 has rejoined our staff as our Director of Constituent Relations. Part of her portfolio is to design and implement Diversity and Equity initiatives specifically for Middle School students and their parents.

To support these initiatives, Newton Country Day created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Fund in the fall of 2020. Funds designated to the DEI Fund will go directly to expanding programming focused on social justice, anti-racism, equity, and inclusion, including speakers, training, and conferences for students and faculty and staff.

Because of the hard work and outpouring of support from alumnae like Flores and Francis, the Alumnae of Color Network officially launched in August 2020. “I hope that the Network is able to support the students, faculty, and administration in supporting and communicating with students of color,” said Francis. “Creating an official platform for alumnae of color to communicate with one another is so important, because it opens the line of communication when social change is happening and enables students of color to meet mentors who can say they share certain experiences and provide advice.” u

To get involved in the Alumnae of Color Network, and learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives at the school, visit newtoncountryday.org/student-life/diversity.

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Events Crew Celebration In October, the Athletic Department invited current crew team members, parents, parents of alumnae, and alumnae to the Martin Center to commemorate 10 years of the NCDS Crew Program. In addition to celebrating, the attendees shared stories and reminisced about their time on Newton crew. Sister Rogers and Head of Upper School Kathleen Scully Hodges recognized Coach Kate Spelman, who has remained a pillar of the program for the past 10 years.

Virtual Networking Event In the spring, alumnae were invited to join alumnae panelists Jill Carlson ’08, Kenzie Colgan Reinoso ’04, and Catherine Sullivan ’06 for a Virtual Networking Event. Panelists shared their professional backgrounds and trajectory of their careers and answered questions from the attendees.

Marisa Beney ’15, Krissy Sareceno ’15, inaugural 2010 crew team member Maddy Supple ’13, and Caroline Hurley ’13 celebrate 10 years of the Newton Country Day Crew Program

Caroline Moffatt ’17, Kathleen Westover ’18, Margaux Dowdle ’19, Caroline Diggins ’16, Cate Brown ’18

Jill Carlson ’08 Based in San Francisco, Carlson is an investor with Slow Ventures, where she puts money into early stage technology startups.

Prior to transitioning to tech, she worked on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs. She received her A.B. from Harvard University and her MSc from the University of Oxford.

Kenzie Colgan Reinoso ’04 Colgan Reinoso is a Vice President at Volery Capital Partners, an impact investing firm based in New York. Passionate about leveraging the capital markets to create social and environmental change, she has also worked for Work Capital and ImpactAssets, raising capital for both firms, and on the ground in East Africa making investments in the healthcare sector for The Acumen Fund. She has also held roles at New York Life/MainStay Investments and the Clinton Foundation’s Climate and Health Access Initiatives. She received her BA from Skidmore College.

Catherine Sullivan ’06 MBA Sullivan is the Director of Operations at Minds at Work, an executive coaching and training company in Boston. She also maintains a small portfolio of clients in her own strategy + HR consulting practice, focusing on businesses in the service, e-commerce and wellness/fitness industries. She received her BA from Denison University and her MBA at Northeastern University.

Coach Kate Spelman with the 2020 Crew Team that rowed at the Head of the Charles. Olivia Czech ’20, Charlotte Barton ’20, Kate Delaney ’20, Marjorie Haddad ’22, Molly Heeney ’21

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Dear Classmates, 2020 has been a momentous year for all of us! We celebrated our milestone reunions virtually in October, rather than on campus last May. While Zoom events are becoming more common, and are a wonderful way for us to reconnect, it is not the same as seeing each other in person.

We look forward to celebrating our reunion with our classmates on the weekend of April 30 - May 1, 2021.

When we return to the Newton Country Day campus, while the exterior may look the same, many changes have been made behind its walls — new athletic and wellness center; new library; new classroom furniture; and advanced technology and equipment. But whether we graduated in 1970 or 2015, there is an indescribable feeling that we all understand, that unites us whether we are thousands of miles away or at 785 Centre Street.

Reunions may come and go, but our classmates are together no matter where we are.

We are excited to extend this celebration for another year and to connect with the class years ending in 1 and 6 this spring!

Sincerely, The 2020 Reunion Committee

2020 Reunion Committee 1960 Gwendolyn Hoeffel, RSCJ

1990 Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce

1970 – 50 th Reunionn Moira Ryan Dougherty Joan Altobello D’Dorsi Karen Harvey Teeley

1995 – 25 th Reunion Gabrielle Giangrasso Hazard Elisa Rodriguez Lousia Williams West

1975 Denise DeLorey

2000 Sarah Joaquim Aldridge Meghan Carroll McMahon Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan

1980 Mary Louise Cavanaugh 1985 Marie O’Sullivan Cox Laura Iacoviello Koch

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Dear Alumnae, “Thank you all for making this year one for the books—I can’t wait to see what’s to come!”

That was the final line in my letter from last fall, and I had to laugh to myself, because no one could have ever imagined what was to come. It may have been easier for me to write this letter about how we all came together as a Sacred Heart community and overcame the challenges we faced this year. But this year was hard, and I do not want to overlook that.

This year allowed me time to reflect on what it truly means to be an alumna of Newton Country Day School. To remind myself that we share many experiences; as students, as people facing a global pandemic, and an anti-racism movement, but no one of our experiences is the same. I have had the opportunity to speak with and listen to alumnae who have shared stories from their time as students at the school, staying at home while working full-time and homeschooling their children or serving as essential workers. It has forced me to take a look at how we can be empathetic and supportive of each other.

Last spring I participated in a book club where we read Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead. In her book, Brown focuses on “empathy misses,” ways in which we often get it wrong when trying to be empathetic. As the group shared and discussed our personal

“misses,” it allowed me time to recognize the importance of connecting with a person rather than just feeling compassionate. As Brown highlights, empathy is a vulnerable choice, but it is a choice.

As we engage in conversations with alumnae, students, and our greater Newton Country Day community, we recognize the need for continued work.

I am grateful to our alumnae as they continue to educate, challenge, and support each other. Despite the hardships many have encountered and will continue to face, the one thing that remains strong is our affection for Newton Country Day. We must continue to focus on making ourselves better and our community stronger for generations to come.

Stay safe, stay well... you continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,

Amanda Power ’07 Director of Alumnae Relations

Get Involved!

ALUMNAE AMBASSADOR Serve as a connection between alumnae and the school. Connect with classmates about upcoming events and encourage participation and attendance. Support our fundraising efforts by calling or emailing classmates to ask for their philanthropic support for the school with a gift. Example: During the annual Giving Day, post on social media with school provided graphics, and contact classmates to participate by making a gift.

ALUMNAE OF COLOR NETWORK The Alumnae of Color Network was founded in August 2020 to create a space for alumnae to connect, network, and share with each other and the greater Newton Country Day community. The Alumnae of Color Network will offer opportunities to mentor current students in the upcoming school year.

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CLASS REPORTER Email, text, or use social media to collect news, updates, and photos to send to communications@newtonSH.org for the next Très Bien magazine. While updates can be submitted any time throughout the year, final submissions are due by late May (exact date announced each spring).

healthy competition with the other classes.

Who will have the highest attendance and fundraising participation?

CLASSROOM AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES Alumnae are invited to be guest speakers in a class or on a panel; to judge the annual Science and Engineering Fair, and to serve as evaluators at the Senior Project Symposium.

SPECIAL EVENTS Create networking opportunities and coordinate alumnae events with support from the school and the Alumnae Relations office.

REUNION COMMITTEE Work with Alumnae Relations to create enthusiasm and encourage classmates to attend your celebratory reunion. Engage in a

SENIOR PROJECT MENTOR Serve as a host and a mentor for a member of the senior class at your place of employment.

Questions? Contact Director of Alumnae Relations Amanda Power ’07 at apower@newtonSH.org or (617) 559-4731.

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Class of 1950 Frances Pierson O’Leary fran.oleary@post.harvard.edu

Class of 1991 Renata Merino Bregstone renatabregstone@yahoo.com

Class of 2011 Madeline Connelly madeline.connelly@gmail.com

Class of 2014 Nora DeSimone ndesimone2@gmail.com

Class of 1951 Beatrice Sullivan McDevitt beegee8@gobi.com

Ann Marie Boole McCormick mcboole@yahoo.com

Class of 2012 Andreya Cybriwsky Acybriwsky@gmail.com

Mayte Martinez-Alvarez maytencds@gmail.com

Class of 1955 Janet Phillips Connelly jwconnelly6@verizon.net Class of 1956 Joyce Dwyer joyce3dwyer@comcast.net Class of 1964 Alicia Guedes Franzosa a.franzosa@comcast.net Class of 1970 Joan Altobello D’Orsi joanad30@hotmail.com Class of 1974 Meg Fahy Galligan meggalligan@gmail.com Class of 1979 Elizabeth Haghey Greenwood lizgreenwood@verizon.net Class of 1983 Maryellen Donovan Jordan jordanmj@bc.edu Class of 1984 Joanmarie McAuliffe Lee Joanmarie@ad-vantageinc.com Class of 1985 Cynthia Recchia Graff cgraff@claremontins.com Walda Keohane Walda.Keohane@csafinancial.com Class of 1986 Janice Ciolfi Doyle douglas.doyle@comcast.net Class of 1987 Suzanne O’Halloran Suzanne.OHalloran@gmail.com Class of 1988 Elizabeth Devin West lizdwest@gmail.com

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Class of 1994 Bree Sullivan Evarts bree.evarts@gmail.com Class of 1996 Lauren Kattany Black leblack427@gmail.com Class of 1998 Melissa de Oliveira Smith melissadeo@gmail.com Class of 1999 Michele Connors Capoano michele.connors@gmail.com Sara Patey Intonato saraintonato@gmail.com Class of 2000 Sarah Aldridge Joaquim sarahaldridge@gmail.com Class of 2002 Christine Gannon gannon.christine@gmail.com Class of 2003 Joanne Gallahue jhgallahue@gmail.com Class of 2005 Allie Kroner Barron aekroner@gmail.com Class of 2006 Athena Davos apdavos@gmail.com Class of 2007 Genevieve Nave Murphy genevieve.nave@gmail.com Class of 2008 Melanie Cybriwsky mcybriwsky@gmail.com Class of 2010 Angelica Aquilino aquilino.ange@gmail.com

Mairead McAuliffe mcauliffemairead@gmail.com Kelsey Sullivan kelseysullivan830@gmail.com Class of 2013 Catherine Burbage catburbage@aol.com Emma Corcoran emmaecorcoran@gmail.com Stephanie Fox stephfox@comcast.net Elizabeth Greene elizabethagreene@me.com Caroline Hurley churley21@gmail.com Elizabeth Hurley lizzy62442@gmail.com Victoria Husser vhusser24@gmail.com Madeline Lanciloti mlanciloti@gmail.com McBride McDevitt mcbride_mcdevitt@yahoo.com Katherine Schneeberger kschneeb17@gmail.com Emily Strachan emilygstrachan@gmail.com Meredith Sullivan meredithsullivan2013@gmail.com Emily Thompson emthomps594@gmail.com Grace Tricomi gtricomi@mac.com

Megan Rogers mrogers157@yahoo.com Andrea Soto andreasoto915@yahoo.com

Marlendy Elysee emarlendy@gmail.com Kathleen Hurley khurlz21@gmail.com Delia Levine delialevine@icloud.com Margaret Mahoney margaret.mahoney17@gmail.com

Mary Kate Warner supersoccerplayer12@gmail.com

Caroline Moffatt moffattcarolineb@gmail.com

Class of 2016 Cecilia Barreto cecilia4797@gmail.com

Ashley Monahan aemonahan5@gmail.com

Elizabeth Connor econnor1017@hotmail.com Sarah Duehren sduehren15@gmail.com Madeleine Forti mforti2@elon.edu Sophia Franchi sophiefranchi@gmail.com Anna Gildea annagildea@gmail.com Alessia Hughes alessiahughes97@gmail.com

Grace O’Connor grace.oconnor1999@gmail.com Sochia Reardon sochiareardon17@gmail.com Vienna Roche viennaroche28@gmail.com Hana Ryan hanatryan@gmail.com Kelsey Sweeney sweeneykh@comcast.net Maria Tarazona Guzman tarazonamaria99@gmail.com

Bridget McAuliffe brm97@comcast.net Katherine McGee katherinemcgee11@gmail.com Abby Rosovsky abbyrosovsky@gmail.com Daniela Soviero dsov24@gmail.com Class of 2017 Liz Daskalakis liz.daskalakis@gmail.com Sarah Devlin sdevlin17@gmail.com Claudia Durbin durbincg@gmail.com

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Class of 1953 Maura O’Neil Stimpson writes, “Ed and I have moved to Naples, Florida to a community called the Wilderness. We love it here and hope to get to the Cape to see our family and friends. Peggy McMurrer Haberlin lives not far from me, but because of the quarantine, we have to wait to see each other.”

Class of 1958 Carolyn Hayes Slocum writes, “Peter and I have had a busy year traveling to Egypt and another trip to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Just finished before Coronavirus. In December we celebrated our 60th anniversary and 80th birthday with our four children and spouses, seven of our nine grandchildren, and two great grands for two weeks of fun. Hope all is well with everyone. Love to all.”

was repurposed to become a major food distribution site serving the entire city. The gym now serves as a food warehouse, from which drive-by food pickup is provided to the city’s many neighborhoods. An inflow of fresh food arrives from farms and other sources throughout Pennsylvania via semi-trailers to this large site. Salvation Army volunteers, and other community partners convert ingredients into meals for Salvation Army missions and other partners’ sites city-wide.”

player/watcher. She actually taught physical education at NCDS and served as an Alumnae President. She sadly passed on Mothers’ Day 2012 and is sadly missed! I donate monthly to the local food bank and continue my activities as the VP of our Board and active volunteer of the Northumberland County Animal Shelter.

Although we have been closed for adoptions, we have implemented procedures for people to select animals of interest and adopt via appointment. We have been fortunate to have many of our furry best friends adopted. For you Amazon Smile shoppers, consider the Northumberland County Animal Shelter as your charity! I am fortunate to have an acre of land on the water, with access to the lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, so I have been able to enjoy the great outdoors gardening as well as preparing and planting my small vegetable garden. Everything considered, all is well in the Northern Neck (NNK) of Virginia.

If you are ever in my area, please reach out.

Would love to see you!”

Aerial rendering: Salvation Army Kroc Center

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Class of 1966 Roberta Munce Nelson writes, “Still enjoying work as a registered nurse and keeping elder residents safe and free from the virus in an Alzheimer’s unit in Newburyport, Mass. Love living one block from the ocean with my two rescue dogs. The Atlantic is my front yard!

Still listing and selling real estate at a slower pace and donating dog food to food pantries for animals who also need to eat and give their owners comfort in difficult times. Try to get to my condo in South Carolina when I can, but not enough. My best to all.”

Class of 1969 Mary Keefe writes, “My architecture firm, MGA Partners Architects in Philadelphia, Pa., has been engaged with prominent institutions throughout the country for the past 30 years. In 2010, we completed a large, new community center for the Salvation Army in an economically disadvantaged Philadelphia neighborhood. This spring, in response to the pandemic, the Salvation Army Kroc Center 54

Worship service: Salvation Army Kroc Center

Class of 1973 Lee Anne Arslan writes, “During the COVID-19 pandemic, staying at home has been the norm with my two dogs, Harper and Barb-zilla, and talker (cat) Novak Djokovich (aka Djo). Djo was named by my Mom (Ruth Howe Arslan ’44) as she was an avid tennis

Meg Fahy Galligan writes “Our class notes reflect the state of everyone’s life during the height of the pandemic last spring. It was heartwarming to hear from so many with talk about setting up Zoom chats. Like many, Peter and I enjoyed having daughter Cori ’14 living with us and working remotely; Debbie Boole Smelko and Karen Quinn Regan worked from home; Eileen Heenan White took in her 93-year-old mom, her daughter living in London recovered from the coronavirus, and a son shifted to a backyard wedding; Marnie Reynolds continued to go to work, and her daughter Isabel Ruane continued teaching at NCDS, albeit remotely.”

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Sue Frawley Sullivan Petros Sue Frawley Sullivan Petros BSN, RN, CWOCN is a National Manager for the Wound Care Clinical Specialist Team with 3M’s Medical Solutions Division. Her team goes to health care facilities to teach doctors and nurses about wound care products for complex wounds.

A recent focus has been educating on preventing skin injury under masks and the PPE. Sue and her husband Jim live in Wellesley, Mass. and summer in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Her son Tim is a partner at Goulston & Storrs in Boston and lives with his wife and two sons (ages nine and 11) in Needham, Mass. Sue and Jim enjoy watching their grandsons play hockey and lacrosse. Daughter Sue also lives in Wellesley, Mass. after spending time in San Francisco. this difficult time. She is double boarded in psychiatry and adult medicine, and she is currently finishing her doctorate. With family in dentistry, Maura was also helping to access face shields for the MA Dental Association.

Marie Kirk Burke’s artwork was published in the Fall 2019 Très Bien magazine which focused on the Arts, and was well-deserved.

She has been teaching a painting class and volunteering to teach English to young women refugees as part of the Madonna Mission program, although on hold during the pandemic. Thankfully, her older sister recovered from the coronavirus. A silver lining was having their daughter, husband, and granddaughter living with them, and Marie continues to paint in her studio.

Deri Lutz and her husband Tim live in Benicia, Calif. (his home office) and Wakefield, RI. Daughter Aria lives in Rhode Island and teaches Special Ed; daughter Mallary lives in Brooklyn, NY working as a food stylist and a cook. Her career, however, was put on hold due to the pandemic and she moved home. Before retiring, Deri loved her job as a professional photogra-

pher for over 20 years, covering marathons and commencements, as well as weddings, family portraits/events. She worked as a part-time photographer for the Westerly Sun and freelanced for other local newspapers. She also enjoyed teaching photography at the Catholic boarding school Overbrook Academy in Warwick, RI. Deri is taking photographs while learning to do pottery and stained glass. An interesting tidbit: Deri’s NCDS Senior Project helped her figure out that she did not want to become a PT. Her NCDS advisor and panel were so impressed with her slideshow, they suggested she study photography. Deri followed their advice and attended photography school.

Cynthia Recchia Graff ’85, and I are a small essential business. We, Claremont Insurance, have been supporting our fellow local businesses on Broadway in Revere, Mass., and our customers who operate small businesses. Our clients include restaurants, hair salons, delivery services, and florists. The companies that we represent are joining in on the stay at home discounts, as well as special offers to our customers, who are in the healthcare industry. Zachary, my oldest son, a 2020 graduate of Tulane, was sent home like many in March. Before he left, he was able to complete his EMT certification and is starting work with a local ambulance company to join those on the front line.”

Tracey Geran Honan was elected as Councilor-At-Large to the town of Winthrop, Mass. in 2019. Amanda Skinner writes, “I Nadine Nelson Chmura writes, “My husband am still at Planned Parenthood of Southand myself are well. We took early retirement ern New England—coming to the end of and are enjoying being together. I would like my third year as President/CEO, and my to ask Ginny Murphy Vickers to contact me. first year as a member of the PPFA Board I want to thank her for something.” of Directors. One of the coolest things that has happened for me in the past year Class of 1987 was meeting one of my heroes, Gloria Melissa Hirshson writes, “I work for Zoll Med- Steinem, whom I had the opportunity to have ‘fireside chats’ with twice! Our work ical in Chelmsford, Mass. The company makes providing sexual and reproductive healthcritical ventilators and heart defibrillators. As a care is always essential, but in this time of technical writer, I am only one of many people the COVID-19 crisis we are seeing that doing my little bit to keep the company going, even more so. (Side note: In communities but I am glad to be a part of it.” across the country where access to Planned Parenthood has been reduced, they have Class of 1988 literally had to bring in grief counselors to Julia Recchia Bisconti writes, “My sister, support people seeking care who were being denied because of the state regulations.) In my two states—Connecticut and Rhode Island—we are partnering with other providers and hospitals to do our part to provide services that simply cannot wait and to provide other essential care that helps keep people out of emergency rooms and hospitals, making it more possible for the acute care system to have the capacity they need to Members of the Class of 1988 campaigned for classmate Kate Merchant Snyder, who

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care for people impacted by this global pandemic. I am super proud of the telehealth service we implemented which helps us also ‘flatten the curve’ by providing critical services, like gender-affirming care, remotely. Our advocacy work is centered on equity, including health equity, and making sure that the voices of people who are most impacted during a time like this—people of low incomes, people of color, immigrants, etc., the people who are already the most marginalized when it comes to accessing healthcare —are centered in policy conversations as we navigate the urgent moment and the long recovery ahead of us. We are also running a digital campaign to support the 2020 Census – make sure you complete your census response! In personal news, my husband and I bought a tiny, decrepit cottage last year and have spent the year DIYing it into a tiny, less decrepit cottage. It turns out that I find bringing loads of demo detritus to the dump really therapeutic!

Class of 1991 In Colorado, Governor Jared Polis started a volunteer task force, the COVID-19 Citizen Software Engineers. Their mission was to collect and mobilize around data collected about COVID-19 to address problems that need solving in Colorado and beyond. Gwen Gelsinon writes, “I was

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recruited to this task force. There are two groups under it that I am involved with: one is coordinating with technologies built by companies like Apple and Google to help track the spread of the virus. There are many groups building out solutions for this problem. We are trying to consolidate how that data is processed and ensure it’s privacy to make for more trusted and effective solutions. The second group is tasked with interviewing people on the front lines about the problems they are facing. We interview nurses, doctors, patients, etc. so that we might identify areas worth researching. We are looking for ways the Governor’s office might mobilize people to help with the problems they are experiencing. I play a very, very small part in this effort, but I am grateful for the opportunity to do something to help.”

Class of 1994 Kristen Doyle Castree and her family are working and schooling from home in New York City, social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis. Kristen is the Executive Director for an anti-poverty organization called A Place at the Table (apattusa.org).

She has two kids, (a daughter and son ages 10 and eight) who are very much looking forward to seeing their friends and extended family live sometime in the future!

Class of 1995 Laura Benedict Barnatt writes, “As a member of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Waltham, I have been promoting our self-developed DIY STEM programs that parents can do at home with their children who are distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have several experiments and STEM activities that the company has made public for anyone who is interested. Both of my children, Benedict and Lucia, have participated in several of the STEM activities at home. I also discovered that my new neighbor is a fellow NCDS alum! – Laura Norcross Godfrey ’93.”

Class of 2002 PJ Foster Lurvey was promoted to Senior Vice President at Colliers International, a commercial real estate firm, where she focuses leasing and sales.

Clara Inés Schuhmacher and her husband Daniel Edinberg welcomed Leonel Félix Schuhmacher Edinberg on June 28, 2020! Before heading off on parental leave, Clara had been deep in the trenches with COVID-19 impact mitigation at the neighborhood level in her role as Senior Vice President, Programs for the Dumbo Improvement District in Brooklyn: supporting the neighborhood’s businesses (90% considered “small”), artists, companies and residents through the launch of “hyperlocal Amazon” e-commerce platform; raising tens of thousands of dollars to buy family meals from Dumbo restaurants for Dumbo’s public housing residents and Title 1 School students; securing significant state funding for a WPA-esq program for opportunities for the creative community within the larger downtown Brooklyn area; and as one of a handful of neighborhoods participating in Mayor de Blasio’s pilot Open Streets program. She wants to give a special shout out to her corner of the NCDS community–Ali, Alex, Abby, Carolyn, Nina, Claudia, and Tavis–who have been an incredible source of support and inspiration, especially in these times.

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Erin Barret Linnoila ’07 Erin Barrett Linnoila writes, “I work as a registered nurse in the Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, but I used to work in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit there for many years before that. As this pandemic evolved, many nurses, physicians, and support staff at MGH, including myself, were asked to leave their usual place of work to help staff and open the “new” COVID-Intensive Care Units that were transformed from post operative recovery units and other general care floors. I was asked to work as an ICU nurse again and treat patients with COVID-19, which terrified me. Walking into a foreign work environment can be quite unnerving, and adding in a new role, new coworkers, and a pandemic, was a stress I have never experienced before. On my first shift there, the unit looked like the battle field of a war zone. There was chaos everywhere, as we were trying to care for patients who were so sick and so fragile, and we still had so much we did not know about this virus. I felt like I was living in some sort of twilight zone or terrible nightmare. But I quickly realized this was my new reality, and I had to make a choice to step up and be strong for my patients and for myself. Instilling courage and confidence in myself was the strength that carried me through this adventurous journey in the COVID ICU that became my new ‘home.’ I was truly amazed by how a group of strangers were able to come together to take care of some of the sickest patients I had ever seen and work together as a team. We were all in this together. As with any pandemic, there are beautiful success stories, but also stories of terrible sadness. Some days I feel angry, overwhelmed, saddened and defeated. And other days I feel strong, powerful, and proud that I helped save a life. It was wonderful to finally see these patients who were extremely sick recover and get discharged to the floors. Moments like these remind me of why I do what I do. Stepping out of my comfort zone and working on the front lines has been quite an adventure, but it has also been an amazing and truly rewarding experience. I am proud to be a nurse, and I applaud everyone who has stepped up to care for these patients and their families.”

Vanessa Loukas ’05 Vanessa Loukas is a Nurse Practitioner at the South End Community Health Center. She and her staff were in need of masks until she received a call from a classmate Erin Kelly Banta, founder of Pepper Home. Read more on page 42.

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1 2005: Allie Kroner married Owen Barron on September 21, 2019. They moved to Cambridge, Mass. in the Spring of 2020 2 2006: Lizzie Buchanan ’11, Ali Dudley Joyce ’06, Caitlin McDonough ’06, Mike Stewart, Bernadette Buchanan Stewart ’06, Vivian Buchanan Jablonski ’08, Jessica Walsh (NDCS Middle School alumna), Christina Roylance ’06, Lydia Yohannes Benson ’06, and Nicole Petitti ’06 at Bernadette Buchanan Stewart’s wedding in September 2019. The ceremony took place at St. Cecilia in Boston.

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Class of 2007 Genevieve Nave Murphy writes, “I had such a fun winter helping out with the NCDS Dance Team. It really brought me back! Coming back to NCDS was the most wonderful feeling, and I felt just as strong a sense of community as ever. Following the winter, with stay at home orders in place, working as a psychotherapist during this time has been so special. While it is heartbreaking to see the distress that many individuals are experiencing during this isolating and uncertain time, the silver lining in my work has been that mental health has really been having its moment.

I have heard people seeking mental health support tell me that they are feeling less stigma around seeing a therapist, or have had barriers removed with the availability of telehealth virtual sessions. Some people have told me that they even feel more comfortable opening up about challenging topics during virtual sessions. I love using my Sacred Heart education to bolster courage and confidence in those I help!”

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1 2009: Hafsa Chaudhry Cantwell ’09 married Sean Cantwell on August 17, 2019. Hafsa writes, “We were lucky to have so many NCDS friends celebrate with us!” L to R: Ellen Hurley ’09, Diana Homsy ’09, Lizzie White ’09 (bridesmaid), Kathleen McCoy ’09, Kyra Prats ’09 (bridesmaid), Katie Holland Jarvis ’09, Catherine Roy ’09, Tori Grant ’09, Elise Dubuque ’09, Katie Fischer ’09 2 2011: Megan Bruso Hurley ’11 with bridesmaid Lauren Henderson ’11. 3 2011: Megan Bruso Hurley married Chris Hurley (Boston College High School ’07) on New Years Eve in Boston, Mass. at The State Room. 4 2010: Angelica Aquilino ’10 married Gianmarco Rinaldi in Naples, Italy on September 17, 2019 (pictured Nicky Hatton ’10, Kayla Fedorowicz ’10, Stephanie Marano DuRocher ’10, Angelica Aquilino ’10, Elizabeth Alevizos ’10, Kristina Petitti ’10, Kelly Freeman ’10) 5 2007: Karen Bullock and Scott Beckett eloped on May 15 in the quaint one-road town of Wendell, Mass. Karen started her Master’s in Education at Boston College this summer. 6 2008: Jill Carlson ’08

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Meg Dalton ’12 Meg Dalton is a nurse at the Cleveland Clinic. She packed her bags to travel to Detroit as part of a group of nurses from CC who volunteered to help in hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases. She posted on social media: “Cleveland Clinic is thankfully well staffed during this Coronavirus pandemic. This enabled them to ask caregiver volunteers last week to assist on the COVID frontlines in New York and Detroit. Amazingly over 500 people volunteered. I was selected to be part of the first group to deploy. Thankful for the support of my family, especially my loving fiancé Michael Leone for watching the dogs and for allowing me to make this decision to help out my fellow nurses and their patients during this trying time. Even as things begin to open up, stay cautious, follow CDC and WHO guidelines, cover your coughs and sneezes and WASH THOSE HANDS!”

Class of 2008 Jill Carlson made the Forbes “30 under 30” list for finance. Jill is a principal at Slow Ventures, managing the blockchain portion of the $220 million fund. A former Goldman Sachs trader, Carlson was accepted to Oxford University, where she wrote one of the first academic papers on bitcoin. She worked as strategy lead at Chain (sold to Stellar) and co-founded the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit studying how people in the developing world use cryptocurrency and fiat money.

Class of 2012 Mairead McAuliffe writes, “In May, I graduated from New York University School of Law, earning my JD degree.”

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Hannah Nolan worked at a COVID-19 facility in isolation at a hotel in Revere, Mass. She graduated from Mass General’s Institute of Health Professionals PA program.

Jennifer Jordan Bullock ’16 and Caroline Gibson ’16 worked as nurses during weekly COVID-19 testing for students and teachers at Newton Country Day.

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Delia Levine ’17 Delia Levine writes, “Over the summer I worked as a Nursing Assistant at Franciscan Children’s Hospital. Ending my junior year with virtual nursing classes and having my pediatric clinical cancelled due to COVID, I was missing the experience and the connections that you build in a hospital setting. Franciscan Children’s provides a wide range of services including dental care, occupational and physical therapy, as well as cognitive behavioral therapies on the outpatient side, and also houses three inpatient units. In many hospitals, patients on ventilators can only be cared for in an ICU because of the high level of care the patients require. Franciscan Children’s is one of the few hospitals that cares for patients on ventilators outside of the ICU. I spent the summer working in one of the inpatient medical units. I cared for patients whose diagnoses I had only heard of in textbooks. I had patients with complicated cardiac disorders, VACTERL syndrome, neurological diseases like Tay Sachs, cardiac arrest related to complications from a liver transplant, traumatic brain injuries, anoxic brain injuries related to co-sleeping and sudden respiratory arrest, and premature infants with failure to thrive and stunted respiratory development. Before working at Franciscan’s, I had never seen a patient with a trach or a patient on a ventilator. At first it was a terrifying experience to see all of the machines and wires connected to little kids because they seemed so fragile and delicate.

I was quickly reminded how resilient children are. Underneath all of the tubing and all of the wires and machines, kids are still just kids. They love to play and laugh and smile and cause a little bit of trouble here and there. The hardest thing about working at Franciscans was trying to figure out how to talk about work. I had never cared for patients with such poor prognosis before, and I quickly found out how emotionally draining it is.

Unfortunately, a number of patients are there for long-term care either due to progression of their disease, or a traumatic brain injury resulting in very limited function. It is not easy caring for kids who you know are in pain and who will not get better, but we do our best to give them comfort and love. There are days when I felt like I could not do enough for my patients, but days like that happen.

We just do our best to get through the day. We ask for help. We remind ourselves that we went into this field for a reason. And we come back the next day ready to do it all again.”

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In Memoriam Nadine MacDonald Brown ’42, mother of Patricia Brown ’67 Clare Heffernan Shlora ’43, sister of Frances Heffernan Rooney ’44, great aunt of Samantha Heffernan ’22 Ann Marie McDonald MacLellan ’45 Dorothy MacLellan Croston ’48, mother of Kimberly Croston ’89, sister of Eleanor MacLellan, RSCJ ’47, Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe ’50, Virginia MacLellan Fettig ’52, and Grace MacLellan ’57 Susan McCauley Connolly ’49 Alice O’Neil ’54 Eleanor O’Connor Lynch ’56 Kathleen Sullivan Blake ’65, daughter of the late Catherine Ryan Sullivan ’37, sister of the late Moira Ryan Kelly ’63 Christine Sweetster Gable ’66, sister of Susan Sweetster Brenninkmeyer ’62 Mary Ellen McCormack Maddox ’67, sister of the late Catherine McCormack Runci ’64, Elizabeth McCormack Blackburne ’66, Carol McCormack Black ’75, and Patricia McCormack Thierno ’77 Maureen O’Halloran, RSCJ ’70 Stephanie May Messina ’71, sister of Alexandra Messina Broderick ’61 and Christine Messina Mullen ’63 Meghan Faria Martin ’00 Elizabeth Reader, Former Athletic Director TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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2019 - 2020 Annual Report Board of Trustees Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk, M.D. ’01 Michael Durbin P’17’20 Donna Farrell P’22’25 Frances Gimber, RSCJ, AM’51, MC’55 Ellen Harrington ’77 Jill Hayes P’15’17 Robert Ix P’15’18 Susanne Connors Joyce ’90, P’22 Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ, Ph.D., Sheridan Road ’55, DO’59 Christopher J. Kelly, P’05’07’12’16, Chair Demond Martin P’25’27 Timothy S. Meckel HA’75, P’11’24 Enuma Menkiti ’97 Lisa Mooney P’19 Maura T. Murphy ’99 Robert Reardon P’17’18 Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, Elmhurst ’70, MC’74 William Supple P’13 Edward Weiss P’18’20

Trustee Emeriti John M. Connors, Jr. P’90, GP’22 Kevin Phelan HA’67, P’94’96’98

New Board Member Donna Farrell P’22’25

Donna Farrell’s professional background includes corporate strategy and investment management. She was a portfolio manager for over a decade at Delta Partners, a Senior Manager of the Corporate Finance Group at Arthur Andersen, and has prior experience in various roles at the Pioneer Group, Frank B. Hall, and Braxton Associates.

Farrell has substantial volunteer experience in local school and community organizations, including fundraising, endowment building, and event management, as well as governance and trusteeship. She has served on the Board of the Epiphany School and has had extensive parent volunteer roles at the Chestnut Hill and Fessenden Schools.

A graduate of Wellesley College, Farrell also did Summer Language Intensive coursework at Middlebury College.

Farrell and her husband Charlie Jobson are parents of James, Charles, Genevieve ’22, and Fiona ’25.

2020-2021 Parents’ Association Officers Deirdre O’Kelly-Lynch P’13’20’22, President Matt Cressotti P’23’25, Officer Rossanna Hennessey P’21’23’25’28, Officer Ellen Kelley P’22’23, Officer Julie Durbin P’17’20, Past President

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October 2020 Dear Alumnae, Parents, and Friends, On behalf of Sister Rogers and the Board of Trustees, we thank you for your generosity and continued commitment to Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. The strength of the School is a tribute to the entire Sacred Heart community.

We report with great pride that collectively alumnae, parents, and friends supported the School with more than $3 million in gifts, as well as countless volunteer hours from our families and alumnae. The 2019-2020 Annual Fund raised more than $1.9 million to support tuition assistance, operating costs, faculty development, and many of the School’s programs that enrich the students’ academic and spiritual growth.

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The Senior Family Fund is a long standing tradition at our School. In honoring their daughter’s years at Newton Country Day, senior families work together to provide funds for a specific purpose each year. This year 100% of the Class of 2020 parents participated in raising more than $300,000, which allowed the School to complete the renovation of the Science and Engineering classrooms.

This year’s Tres Bien Auction surpassed its goal and became the most successful event in its 46-year history. Through the tremendous leadership of the co-chairs and the enthusiasm and commitment of countless volunteers, the School’s premier fundraising event generated more than $500,000. The contagious energy in the room was evident as parents raised their paddles for a Fund-a-Need, which will provide four years of tuition for a deserving girl.

Along with these successes we encountered challenges, one being the onset of the pandemic. In only a few weeks, the School’s excellent and committed faculty reimagined teaching and rapidly transitioned to Distance Learning in March. Several members of our community experienced unforeseen hardships, prompting us to create the Newton Country Day Relief Fund. This Fund provided the support necessary to continue advancing technology, offering tuition assistance to our current families, and addressing the needs of our community. As of June 30th, the Relief Fund raised almost $300,000.

It has certainly been an unprecedented year, but Newton is truly blessed to have continued support from such a philanthropic and loyal community. We thank you!

Sincerely,

Christopher J. Kelly P’05’07’12’16 Chair, Board of Trustees

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2019-2020 Annual Fund Committees 2020 Senior Family Fund Committee: Co-Chairs: Jill and Mike Fotiades P’14’20 Maura and Neil Glynn P’20’20 Committee: Lisbeth and Brett Burns P’20’21 Susan and Ed Coburn P’20’23 Virginia and Rob DeRubeis P’20 Julie and Mike Durbin P’17’20 Katrina Iserman and Dennis Czech P’20 Amy and Marty Kane P’20 Ellen and Josh Levine P’17’18’20 Tess Meyers and Mark Jrolf P’16’20 Doris Morales and PD Gaines P’20 Carolyn and Andrew Morey P’20’23’27 Stephanie and Bill Thompson P’18’20’23 Susan and Ed Weiss P’18’20

Parent Fund Committee: Jamie and Michael Balboni P’24 Joanna Chanis and Vasilios Mourmoutis P’21’22 Kristina and Andy Hatem P’23 Ellen and Jim Kelley P’22’23 Ellen and Josh Levine P’17’18’20 Eileen and John McAuliffe P’12’16

Senior Family Fund As Chairs of the Senior Family Fund for the Class of 2020, we want to thank all the families for their generous contributions. We are thrilled to report that we had a 100% participation in the 2020 Senior Family Fund. This year’s gift completed the renovations on the new Science Wing. Your commitment and support to the growth of the NCDS STEM program is so greatly appreciated. Although our daughters’ senior year was not what we all expected, it’s evident through the enthusiasm and participation, the love our daughters and families have for NCDS. Jill and Mike Fotiades P’14’20 Maura and Neil Glynn P’20’20

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The Annual Report July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Newton Country Day School is deeply grateful to the generous Trustees, alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, grandparents, and friends who support our current students, faculty, and programs. The following list recognizes those donors for their aggregate giving to Newton Country Day School from July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020.

Key to Annual Report Leadership Giving Levels 1880 CLUB $50,000 + 1926 CLUB $25,000 + BARAT CLUB $10,000 + DUCHESNE CLUB $5,000 + $2,500 + FOUNDERS CLUB BLUE & SILVER CLUB $1000 +

† Deceased ♦ Falcon Society ♥ Five Year Consecutive Giving

The Falcon Society The Falcon Society, indicated by a diamond in the report, recognizes young alumnae leadership gifts. Gifts of $100 or more qualify, depending on graduation year.

Class of 2005-09: $1,000 Class of 2010-14: $500 Class of 2015-20: $100

1880 Club ($50,000+)

Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Baker ♥ Mr. and Mrs. J. Terence Carleton ♥ Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors ♥ Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin ♥ The Estate of Joanne Flynn ’62 ♥ † Anne C. Geraghty ’77 ♥ Trustee Jill and John Hayes ♥ Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix ♥ Trustee Demond T. and Kia Martin The Estate of Ms. Julia A. Reilly †

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($25,000 - $49,999) Anonymous Mr. Charles J. Brucato ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Busby Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly ♥ John V. and Kathleen Ryan Murphy ’67 ♥ Dr. and Mrs. Raj Nair ♥ Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Woolbert ♥

Barat Club

($10,000 - $24,999) Anonymous (2) ♥ Kate and Mike Ascione ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk ’01 and Nathan Blecharczyk ♥ Dr. Carmen Bozic and Mr. John Farrell ♥ Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 ♥ Sean and Brandi Cantwell Christine Carona and Joseph Malarney ♥ Mary Louise Cavanaugh ’80 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Devin Condron Marybeth and Peter Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Matt Cressotti Dr. Javier de Luis and Dr. Jean Kwo ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. Dowdle ♥ Trustee Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Fotiades ♥ Dr. Shelley A. George Mrs. Nancy Q. and Mr. Craig B. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn ♥ Mr. Michael Glynn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Neil Glynn ♥ Trustee Ellen M. Harrington ’77 ♥ Mr. Gerald R. Jordan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Katherine Leland ’56 ♥ Francis and Mary Mahoney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McCormack ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. McKay Trustee Timothy S. Meckel ♥ Mark and Nancy Mulligan ♥ Trustee Maura T. Murphy ’99 ♥ Jennifer A. Nassour ♥ The Nolan Family ♥

Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes ♥ O’Brien-Oldham Charitable Trust ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo ♥ Trustee Robert and Deborah Reardon ♥ Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ryan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ryan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Schwartz Sara and Robb Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester Mr. and Mrs. Josaphat Tango ♥ Katie and Joe Terino Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vander Vort Mr. and Mrs. David I. Wakefield ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Winchenbaugh ♥ Mr. Hao Zhu and Mrs. Liya Ji

Duchesne Club ($5,000 - $9,999)

Mr. and Ms. Keith Anderson Dr. Donald Annino and Dr. Laura Goguen ♥ Mr. John E. Ansteth and Ms. Andrea DiFabio Ansteth Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett ♥ Michael and Jamie Balboni Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bilezikian Boston Private Bank ♥ Florence V. Burden Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Burns ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cavallo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke Edward and Susan Coburn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Cronin, Jr. ♥ Dr. Daniel Curran and Mrs. Katie Connelly Curran ’92 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. DeRubeis Mr. and Mrs. John DeSisto Deborah and Timothy Diggins Mary Ellen Eagan ’71 ♥ Francesca Eastman ’68 Gayané and Tom Ebling ♥ Joseph and Tracey Flaherty FLIK Independent School Dining ♥ Mr. Timothy Gavin and Dr. Cara McLaughlin Gavin Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Munish Grover Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem ♥ Susie Hays ’77 ♥ Dermot Healey and Mary Ellen Salter Healey ’59 ♥ TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

10% Investment Income 12% Total Annual Giving

3% Auxiliary Income

75% Tuition and Fees

Adam and Rossanna Hennessey ♥ Andrew and Carrie Hickey Joseph and Kathryn Hinderhofer ♥ Mr. David Hirsch and Mrs. Amy Fallon 3% General Kathleen Scully Hodges ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Hoppe ♥ 2% Auxiliary Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Hunt III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James R. Joyce 60%Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce ♥ Trustee Wages and Dr. Brian Labow and Dr. Stephanie Seminara ♥ Benef itsAnna LeBlanc ♥ Rick and Mr. Hongwei Li and Mrs. Min Liu Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. ♥ Mr. and3% Mrs. Christopher P. Lynch II ♥ General 11% Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lyons ’58 ♥ tructional 2% Auxiliary Mrs. Robert J. Malloy Mr. Gerard M. Martin ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Carmen R. Monks ♥ 60% Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Montgomery III ♥ Wages and 23% Kelly Murphy ’03 acilities Benef its Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch ♥ Mr. Scott Page and Ms. Gail Sullivan ♥ Kevin Parker and Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John R. Parsons, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pengue Mr. and Mrs. David Pergola Trustee Emeritus Kevin Phelan and Anne Duffey Phelan ’67 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rivers Mr. Ronald E. Schafer and Mrs. Anna Kuznetsova-Schafer Mr. Chenhui Song and Ms. Bei Guan Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Souza Mr. and Mrs. Ted Straub Carroll Donahue Swan ’61 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jed Swan Mr. Miguel Vega and Dr. Mariela Paez ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Venanzi Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White Annual Fund nd Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wynn, Jr. ♥ Unrestricted

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10% Parents of Alumnae

23% Facilities

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Operating Expenses 10% All Other Expenses

4% Investments

19% General & Administrative

86% Tuition and Fees

71% Instructional & Student Activities

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18% Relief Fund

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59% Annual Fund Restricted and Unrestricted

16% Former Trustees

46% Parents

10% Alumnae

10% Alumnae

17 Former

2% Grandparents

Relief Fund

By Constituency 9% Parents of Alumnae

16% Trustees

Anonymous Anonymous ♥ Sloane and Chris Awtrey ♥ 16% Chris and Alaina Barletta ♥ Former 1% Trustees EndowmentDan and Katherine Barton ♥ 46% Monica Barton ’13 u Parents tricted Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bianchi ♥ 10% Mr. Kenneth Bradley and Ms. Waipeng LeeAlumnae ted Terri Healey Brogan ♥ 2% Grandparents Holly McGrath Bruce ’79 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. René Canezin ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Christian Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Cloonan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Enrique G. Colbert Michael and Maryellen Collins ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon Jr. Dan and Tricia Conley ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Connon ♥ Mr. Robert Cunjak and Ms. Susan Dunn Ed and Mary Dailey ♥ Elizabeth and Jay Derenzo Mr. and Mrs. James DeSisto FA L L 2 0 2 0

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12% Parents

9% Parents of Alumnae

15% Trustees

3% Grandparents

48% Trustees 10% Alumnae

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By Constituency

1% Friends

17% Former Trustees

Molly Diggins and Mark Duggan ♥ Mrs. Dawn Egan and Mr. Andrew Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farinacci Gregory and Joan Flynn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Folz ♥ Terry and Frank Foster ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Freyermuth

36% Parents

9% Former Trustees 9% Alumnae

2% Friends 2% Grandparents

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fujimoto Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Ms. Hilary Glynn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Grimes Ms. Ellen K. Hannan ’74 ♥ Mr. Frank Hemm and Ms. Odette Schweitzer Mr. Frederick Huber and Ms. Barbra Watson

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Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Iwicki ♥ Katrina Iserman and Dennis Czech ♥ Dr. Pasi Janne and Dr. Karen Cichowski Amy and Robert Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Kilcoyne Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lee ♥ Dennis and Vivienne Maguire Kathy and Peter Markell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Maskell ♥ Colleen Smith Mateo ’08 ♥ u Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. McEvoy ♥ Gregory and Patricia McGauley ♥ Dr. and Mrs. James F. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. James Mellowes ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Morey ♥ Michael and Mary Moriarty Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis and Ms. Joanna Chanis ♥ Mercedes Mulligan Mark and Pat Murphy ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo ♥ Ben Niedermeyer and Joanne Hidaka ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Carl O’Connell Alison O’Donnell ’98 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prucher Marianne W. Reynolds ’74 ♥ Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky ♥ Mr. Adam M. Schlichtmann and Dr. Gabrielle Schlichtmann Mr. and Mrs. Orr D. Shepherd ♥ Trustee William and Mary Supple ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sussman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Swan ’63 Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas ’56 ♥ Mr. Mario Turco and Ms. Laura Fleming Clayton and Linda Turnbull ♥ United Way ♥ Village Bank Mr. and Mrs. Landen Williams Mr. and Ms. Allen Wong

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Mr. Xuemei Yang and Ms. Zhixiong Yang YourCause, LLC ♥

Blue and Silver Club ($1,000 - $2,499)

Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams ♥ Dr. George Addona and Dr. Terri Addona Anil and Amy Adyanthaya Mr. and Mrs. Chris Allen Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Anderson ♥ Patricia M. Annino ’74 ♥ Laure Aubuchon ’67 ♥ Ron and Carol Ayotte ♥ Dr. and Mrs. Brad Baker Jim and Lorraine Barry ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beaver Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict ♥ Elizabeth Galligan Bixenman ’04 ♥ Dr. Joseph Bizup and Dr. Annmarie Caracansi-Bizup ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bogart Mr. and Mrs. Norman P. Boucher ♥ Christopher and Eve Bould David Bresnahan and Maura Mullowney Bresnahan ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brody Phillip Brown and Sheila O’Keefe ♥ Lillian Hodges Carty ’64 Alfredo and Nuria Castelo James E. Cavallo and Nicole R. Abair Mr. Joseph Clark and Dr. Kathleen Greco-Clark ♥ Compass/Beyond Boston Properties Real Estate Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Condron Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cooney III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cronin ♥ Steven and Alrie McNiff Danielczyk ♥ Susan Giroux Dee ’72 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul DePriest Ann and Phil DeSimone ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James E. Doherty

Jean D. Donahue Gregg and Cara Donovan Joseph and Cathy Esposito ♥ Mark Fachetti and Carol Smith-Fachetti ♥ Diana Mill Fay ’62 ♥ Randelynn and David Ferrero Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Figge, Sr. Duncan and Marion Fisher ♥ Mr. Ponce D. L. Gaines and Ms. Doris Morales ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gallagher Jr. ♥ Mr. Paul Gallagher and Ms. Christine Albertelli Mr. David J. Gaudian and Ms. Elizabeth O’Brien Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giangrasso ♥ The Glynn Family Foundation Patrick J. and Anne T. Glynn Dr. and Mrs. James Goodman Edith Graham Grandy ’64 ♥ Jeremy and Oluyinka Green ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Grover Thomas and Erin Guden Mrs. Amy Habib Anne and Charles Hajjar Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hall Mr. Robert Harding and Mrs. Connie Bernard Pete Hart and Mimi Deignan Hart ’71 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hauser Mr. Fangli He and Mrs. Meijun Xu Mr. and Mrs. John P. Heffernan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Heffernan ♥ Dr. Volkjer Herrmann and Ms. Lori McNeill Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iannella ♥ Ms. Barbara Jordan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jordan John and Nancy Joyce ♥ Mark Jrolf and Teresa Myers ♥ E. Leonard Kane and Anne Ronan Kane ’50 ♥ Shelagh Kavanagh ♥ Don and Yvonne Kearney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr. ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Kelly ♥ Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong and Dr. Judy W. Cheng Robin Pare Lagace ’77 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Nadim Lakkis ♥ Mr. William J. Lanciloti, Jr. Mr. Tuck Leong and Ms. Tram Vo Lise Aubuchon Letendre ’70 ♥ Joshua and Ellen Levine ♥ Mr. Zhuang Li and Ms. Tong Liang ♥ Lauren Phelan Lipscomb ’98 ♥ Mr. Jingmin Liu and Dr. Shuyan Geng Ronald and Elena Loukas ♥ Malcolm and Colleen Love ♥ P.J. Foster Lurvey ’02 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lynch Mr. Tony Lyons and Ms. Sheila A. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacDougall MacDowell Company Heather and Jim Magliozzi ♥ Katherine Malloy ’97 ♥ Mark and Kate March ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Marks ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCann Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick Ms. Michaelene McFarlane Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell ♥ TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Maura and Greg Moffatt ♥ Robert and Jean Mulroy ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Naughton III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Obenshain Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’Brien Rosemary L. O’Brien ♥ John and Candy O’Connell ♥ Eleanor O’Connor ’72 Linda Hogan O’Connor ’61 ♥ Kirsten and Espen Odegard ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. O’Donnell Terry and Kathy O’Donnell ♥ Mr. John C. Owens Susan and Robert Parente Carol Sawyer Parks ’57 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. David Parmele Ellen Moloney Peebles ’52 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Popeo Jay and Gina Powers Quirk Auto Dealerships ♥ The Daniel Quirk Family ♥ James and Cathleen Rafferty Valerie and Tony Rizio ♥ Dr. and Ms. Joseph Rizzo Barbara Rogers, RSCJ ♥ Mr. Charles F. Rogers III Mr. Patrick Rogers Mr. Sean C. Rush ♥ Mike and Fran Ryan ♥ Stephen and Bessie Seiler ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Shea Mr. and Mrs. F. William Smith ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Smith ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William D. Smith Mr. John Sousa Pinky Spencer Staley ’61 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan ♥ Mary Thompson ’81 Ted and Sue Touloukian ♥ Ms. Lisa Tucker Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern ♥ Lainie and Jay Wagner Dr. Jason Wakakuwa and Dr. Kathleen Hogan ♥ Mr. Brian Ward ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover ♥ Debby Oakes Whitney ’59 ♥ Mark and Sarah Williamson Mr. Winston Woo and Ms. Zelia de Souza ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Margo and Charles Yie

Newton Country Day Relief Fund Since 1880, Newton Country Day has faced many challenges: world wars, depression, and hurricanes among them. Each time we have emerged stronger because of our Sacred Heart family.

In response to the recent crisis, the Newton Country Day Relief Fund was established. The School is grateful to all of the generous relief fund donors. Your gifts allow the School to support vital needs including: • Virtual platforms for community and spiritual growth • Resources for Distance Learning • Tuition Assistance • Assistance for struggling NCDS families Cecilia Barreto ’16 Jim and Lorraine Barry ♥ Melissa Barry ’96 and Lindsay Stephenson ♥ Sheila McIntire Barry ’62 ♥ Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict ♥ Jane Bisson ’14 Brittany Borders ’04 Cara Giudice Brill ’03 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Brown, Jr. ♥ Phillip Brown and Sheila O’Keefe ♥

Mrs. Timothy E. Bryan Peggy and Dave Bryant ♥ Chantal and Bob Buchanan ♥ Dr. Elizabeth Buckner Florence V. Burden Foundation Elaine Marie Burke ’60 ♥ Sheila Curtin Cail ’63 Ms. Marie Candiotti Mr. and Mrs. J. Terence Carleton ♥ Mrs. Dorothy Carrier

Newton Country Day Relief Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Adarme Diane N. Adjetey ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ascione ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bailey Michael and Jamie Balboni Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Mr. Ary Barreto, Jr. FA L L 2 0 2 0

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Deborah Carroll ’67 ♥ Lillian Hodges Carty ’64 Mrs. William J. Casey Jennifer Cavan ’89 Hannah Chory ’11 ♥ Alix Decker Clemente ’71 Mr. and Mrs. James Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Connelly Janet Phillips Connelly ’55 ♥ Marybeth and Peter Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Peter Connolly Emily Coombs ’09 ♥ Ms. Mary Louise Cooney ♥ Janet Blue Cotter ’68 D’Jonita Cottrell ’15 Mr. and Mrs. James Coughlin ♥ Doreen Crotty ’73 Mr. Francis E. Crowley, Jr. Margaret Sullivan Crowley ’51 Dr. Daniel Curran and Mrs. Katie Connelly Curran ’92 ♥ Peggy Cox Curran ’60 Mrs. Elizabeth Curtin ♥ Joan Altobello D’Orsi ’70 Ed and Mary Dailey ♥ Duffy Markham Danish ’98 Dr. Lauraine Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Richard de Lasa Batten ♥ Dr. Jean Kwo and Dr. Javier de Luis ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Deal Mrs. Arthur J. DeBlois III James and Amy Delaney ♥ Mary Delaney ’12 ♥ Irene J. Denty ♥ Caroline Diggins ’16 u Molly Diggins and Mark Duggan ♥ Lucie-Anne Dionne-Thomas ’65 ♥ Peter and Karen Ditto Joan Slattery Donaldson ’49 ♥ Catharine-Mary Donovan ’51 ♥ Maggie Dougherty ’98 ♥

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Elizabeth Doyle ’07 ♥ Madeleine Drouin ’07 ♥ Claudia Durbin ’17 Francesca Eastman ’68 Gayané and Tom Ebling ♥ Caitlyn Mosher Ellis ’90 Dr. Carol Facella ♥ Elizabeth M. Fahey ♥ Kathleen Farrell and Michael J. Moran Sandra Genere Feliz ’01 Liisa Fetig ’07 Virginia MacLellan Fettig ’52 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ficco Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Figge, Sr. Ms. Cara N. Fitzpatrick ’16 Ms. Frances Florencourt Ms. Elizabeth R. Foley ’13 Ms. Veronica Forde Terry and Frank Foster ♥ Paul and Christine Freeman ♥ Larry Furey Jim and Francine Gannon ♥ Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Laura Connelly Gearan ’93 ♥ Mrs. Francis D. Gillis ♥ Trustee Frances M. Gimber, RSCJ ♥ The Glynn Family Foundation Patrick J. and Anne T. Glynn Ms. Mary Elizabeth Gooding Mrs. Nancy Graham ♥ Ms. Tara N. Graves ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Grayson ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gustafson Jr. ♥ Mr. Robert Harding and Mrs. Connie Bernard Trustee Ellen M. Harrington ’77 ♥ Mr. John Harrington ♥ Ms. Claire M. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem ♥ Susie Hays ’77 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Heffernan ♥ Adam and Rossanna Hennessey ♥

Kathleen Scully Hodges ♥ Mary Hodges ’01 Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells ♥ Mrs. Dorothy Hoyt Gail Callahan Hueber ’73 Melena Robinson Huffman ’62 Ms. Blanche Hunnewell Caroline Hurley ’13 ♥ Kathleen Hurley ’17 Anne Carey Hurwitch ’65 Emily Ix ’15 u Libby Ix ’18 u Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix ♥ Dr. Pasi Janne and Dr. Karen Cichowski Mr. Sirio Jansen and Ms. Ana Sanchez Diana Dr. Ilse Jobson Ms. Barbara Jordan ♥ Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce ♥ E. Leonard Kane and Anne Ronan Kane ’50 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Susan Keane ’54 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kearns Mrs. Daniel Keefe ’69 Trustee Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ ♥ Catherine Kelly ’12 ♥ Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly ♥ Maria Heilbron Kelly ’73 Megan Kelly ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kelly Amy and Robert Kennedy Mr. John T. Kerrigan, Jr. Connie Kickham ’74 ♥ Mrs. Katherine Killilea ♥ Maria Kim ’16 Karen Kinnealey ’61 ♥ Allie Kroner Barron ’05 ♥ Ruth Gardner Lamere ♥ Mr. William J. Lanciloti, Jr. Kristen Roth Larimer ’02 Amy Lawler ’79 Judith LeBeau ’64 ♥ Ms. Euna Lee ’16 u Katherine Leland ’56 ♥ Mr. John Leonardi and Dr. Ellen Miseo ♥ Ms. Sharon K. Lesher Mr. Wilbur Lesher Delia Levine ’17 Joshua and Ellen Levine ♥ Maria Levine ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levine Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. ♥ Dan and Noreen Lombard Angelica Loscocco ’07 Ms. Mary P. Loscocco ♥ Ronald and Elena Loukas ♥ Malcolm and Colleen Love ♥ Christopher and Mary Lou Lovett Mr. and Mrs. John Luber P.J. Foster Lurvey ’02 ♥ Stephen F. and Margaret Lynch ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lyons ’58 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacDougall Eleanor MacLellan, RSCJ ’47 ♥ Dennis and Vivienne Maguire Susan Carey Maher ’90 Ms. Vanessa C. Mahoney ’03 TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Katherine Maloney ’67 ♥ Trustee Demond T. and Kia Martin Peter and Katherine Martini ♥ Mrs. Eleanor D. Maskell ♥ Andrew and Claire McAuliffe ♥ Bridget McAuliffe ’16 ♥ John and Eileen McAuliffe ♥ Ms. Anne McBride Mrs. Laurie E. McCarthy McBride McDevitt ’13 Maureen D. McGee ’68 Meghan Carroll McMahon ’00 ♥ Sarah C. McRell ’95 Karen Kiernan Mechem Caroline Moffatt ’17 u Mr. and Mrs. Justin H. Monahan Ms. Julette G. Moore ♥ Ms. Kathleen Moretti Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan ’00 ♥ Deborah C. Moriarty Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis and Ms. Joanna Chanis ♥ Mrs. Ann Mulligan ♥ Robert and Jean Mulroy ♥ Genevieve Nave Murphy ’07 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy Mrs. Roselle Dyer Neely ’59 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. David P. Nero Ben Niedermeyer and Joanne Hidaka ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo ♥ Kathleen and Michael Nilles ♥ Mr. Michael Norton Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Obenshain Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Brien Madeleine M. O’Brien, M.D. ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’Brien MaryAnn O’Hara and Maureen Hurley Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe ’50 ♥ Kaitlin O’Keeffe ’08 Mary E. Petteruti Olsen Sheryl Ann Percy ♥ Carmen A. Perez and Sulpicio G. Soriano ♥ Mrs. William A. Petzold ♥ Marie Gauthier Portner ’72 ♥ Amanda Elizabeth Power ’07 ♥ Bob and Debbie Power ♥ Mr. Robert E. Power ♥ Jay and Gina Powers Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera ♥ Cassie Jeremie Ramos ’02 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William Reid Marianne W. Reynolds ’74 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Riffe Valerie and Tony Rizio ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Rogers Ms. Barbara Rose Ellen Burke Ryan ’64 Hana Ryan ’17 u Stephen and Lori Scala Alice Burns Scanlan ’52 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Scarbrough ♥ Ronald Schachter Mr. Adam M. Schlichtmann and Dr. Gabrielle Schlichtmann Stephen and Bessie Seiler ♥ Mrs. Raymond B. Shlora ’43 Debbie Boole Smelko ’74 FA L L 2 0 2 0

Ray and Arlene Smith ♥ Society of the Sacred Heart Mr. and Mrs. Ted Straub Mrs. Catherine Arapoff Struve Mr. and Mrs. Brendan W. Sullivan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan ♥ Jacqueline Sullivan ’11 ♥ Susan Flynn Sundstrom ’68 ♥ Trustee William and Mary Supple ♥ PJ Collins Taylor ’71 Ms. Andrea Theroux Ralph and Lynda Tricomi Ms. Lisa Tucker Ms. Eileen Tye Mr. William F. Tyler ♥ Marilyn Goodman Valles ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vander Vort Ann Vogel ’60 ♥ Molly Wagner ’17 Natasha L. Walwyn-Robinson ’00 Margaret Warwick Rolo ’83 Barbara Thomits Wedge ’94 ♥ Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss ♥ Nina Weiss ’18 Maeve Westover ’14 ♥ Christine Bruguière White ’64 Mrs. Marc A. White Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White Debby Oakes Whitney ’59 ♥ Mark and Sarah Williamson H. James and Betsy R. Wilson Midge Connor Winkel ’58 ♥ Yumi Yasutake ’96 ♥ Margo and Charles Yie Karen and Casey Young Alison O’Keeffe Zebrowski ’08 ♥ Mr. Hao Zhu and Mrs. Liya Ji

Class Giving Class of 1943 Clare Heffernan Shlora †

Class of 1945 —75th Reunion— Ann Marie McDonald MacLellan Eunice Ford Williams ♥

Class of 1947 Eleanor MacLellan, RSCJ ♥

Class of 1948 Pat Kennedy Clarke ♥ Maureen Higgins O’Connell

Class of 1949 Ann Fulton Coté ♥ Joan Slattery Donaldson ♥

Class of 1950 —70th Reunion— Barbara Smith Hernberg ♥ Anne Ronan Kane ♥ Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe ♥ Frances Pierson O’Leary ♥ Maureen Malone Quine ♥

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Peggy Cox Curran Gwendolyn Hoeffel, RSCJ ♥ Elia Capone Marnik ♥ Ann Vogel ♥

Class of 1961 Alexandra Messina Broderick ♥ Judith Bauer Kent ♥ Karen Kinnealey ♥ Judith Maguire ♥ Linda Hogan O’Connor ♥ Helen Carey Raudenbush Pinky Spencer Staley ♥ Carroll Donahue Swan ♥ Lois Birmingham Wrightson ♥ Class of 1962 Sheila McIntire Barry ♥ Jane Brady ♥ Diana Mill Fay ♥ Joanne Flynn ♥ † Melena Robinson Huffman

Class of 1963 Class of 1951

Class of 1956

Margaret Sullivan Crowley Catharine-Mary Donovan ♥ Penny Kickham Reilly ♥ Mary Jane Sullivan, RSCJ ♥

Mary Egan Boland ♥ Katherine Leland ♥ Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas ♥

Nancy Viano Brown ♥ Sheila Curtin Cail Anne Hayes ♥ Paula Fanning Herbert ♥ Constance Murphy Hughes Denise Galvin Swan

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Class of 1964

Grace MacLellan ♥ Ellen Sullivan McNamara ♥ Katherine Norton Munch Mary Jo Ginty Neish Deirdre O’Brien Ulbrich

Rosemary Sullivan Avery ♥ Ann Bagdonas Bergstrom ♥ Lillian Hodges Carty ♥ Edith Graham Grandy ♥ Judith LeBeau ♥ Katheryn Hogan Mullaney Ellen Burke Ryan Christine Bruguière White

Class of 1952 Marjorie O’Neill Ferren Virginia MacLellan Fettig ♥ Jean Bradley Mooney ♥ Ellen Moloney Peebles ♥ Alice Burns Scanlan ♥

Class of 1958 Class of 1953 Lucille Saccone Giovino ♥ Margaret McMurrer Haberlin ♥ Marion Sullivan Lucy ♥

Margaret Driscoll Callen ♥ Ann Ferrone ♥ Nancy Edmondson Hogan ♥ Anne Sullivan Lyons ♥ Midge Connor Winkel ♥

Class of 1954 Rosemary Stuart Dwyer ♥ Carol Healey Hanley ♥ Susan Keane ♥ Maureen O’Donnell Kent ♥ Nancy Welch Ryan ♥ Carol Murphy Springer ♥

Class of 1955 —65th Reunion— Eileen Egan Burke ♥ Janet Phillips Connelly ♥ Eleanor Carr Hanlon ♥ Ann Sullivan McManus ♥

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Class of 1959 Jane Kelliher Babcock María Caminos-Medina Mary Ellen Salter Healey ♥ Suzanne Gauthier Milot Roselle Dyer Neely ♥ Dorothy Daly Voris Debby Oakes Whitney ♥

Class of 1960 —60th Reunion— Elaine Marie Burke ♥ Ann Williams Cully ♥

Class of 1965 —55th Reunion— Lucie-Anne Dionne-Thomas ♥ Anne Carey Hurwitch Maggie Powers Ragosa ♥

Class of 1966 Pat Barton Susan Costello Bryant ♥ Virginia Sughrue Crowley Jean Igoe Foley ♥ Maryann Ward Leary ♥ Katherine May K.J. Marshak Meline ♥ Cathleen Shortsleeve Miller Cathy Finnegan Shortsleeve Emily Woodcock Templeton Mary Gay Ryan Tobin TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Class of 1967

Class of 1973

Class of 1978

Laure Aubuchon ♥ Martha Collins Bourassa ♥ Janet Carroll Donelan ♥ Deborah Carroll ♥ Katherine Maloney ♥ Kathleen Ryan Murphy ♥ Katherine Hickey Parcels ♥ Anne Duffey Phelan ♥

Lise Anne Boutiette Doreen Crotty Gail Callahan Hueber Karen Noonan Hueber Maria Heilbron Kelly Maria Maughn ♥ Paula Ryan ♥

Diane Connolly Brunett Rosemary Monagle Cottone ♥ Jennifer Leahy Kim Deborah Lee Schuh

Class of 1968 Candia Curtin Barry Janet Blue Cotter Toni Walsh Curry ♥ Francesca Eastman Sheila Ryan Grandfield ♥ Christina Mathers Maureen D. McGee Susan Flynn Sundstrom ♥ Marilyn Goodman Valles

Class of 1969 Susan Moschella Beebe Mary Keefe Laura Murphy Kensington ♥

Class of 1970 —50th Reunion— Edith Choate Joan Altobello D’Orsi Lise Aubuchon Letendre ♥ Kathleen DeMello McClaskey ♥ Anne Celeste Aubuchon O’Rourke ♥ Catherine Cummings Stewart Mary Ellen Blouin Tuthill

Class of 1974 Patricia M. Annino ♥ Meg Fahy Galligan ♥ Ellen K. Hannan ♥ Connie Kickham ♥ Marianne W. Reynolds ♥ Debbie Boole Smelko Eileen Heenan White

Class of 1975 —45th Reunion—

Class of 1979 Holly McGrath Bruce ♥ Liz Haughey Greenwood ♥ Amy Lawler

Class of 1980 —40th Reunion— Mary Louise Cavanaugh ♥ Nijole Ivanouskas Potts ♥

Class of 1981 Mary Thompson Susan Ferren Warner ♥

Denise DeLorey ♥ Jane Kinnealey Reardon ♥

Class of 1982 Class of 1976 Mary McCue Deborah Sullivan Stone ♥

Class of 1977 Anne C. Geraghty ♥ Trustee Ellen M. Harrington ♥ Susie Hays ♥ Robin Pare Lagace ♥ Madeleine M. O’Brien, M.D. Ellen Kinnealey Tyler ♥

Patricia Gilgun Harnan ♥ Sarah Deignan Irato ♥

Class of 1983 Dianne Wheeler Faro ♥ Margaret Warwick Rolo

Class of 1984 Alicia Savage Cain ♥ Joanmarie McAuliffe Lee ♥

Class of 1971 Alix Decker Clemente Mary Ellen Eagan ♥ Suzanne Mulrenin Harfenist Mimi Deignan Hart ♥ Joanne Jaxtimer ♥ Rhonda Raffi Meegan ♥ Lee Ann Metcalf Miller ♥ PJ Collins Taylor Christine Bernhard Viegas

Class of 1972 Laurie Chapman-Bosco ♥ Christine de Lacoste-Azizi Susan Giroux Dee ♥ Krysia Chart Miller ♥ Mary Kay Yeager Morris ♥ Constance Neville ♥ Andrea O’Brien ♥ Eleanor O’Connor Marie Gauthier Portner ♥

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Class of 1985 —35th Reunion—

Class of 1991

Class of 1997

Jennifer Langley

Diane DiGiovanni Berman ♥ Cynthia Recchia Graff Lisa Gault Jaynes ♥ Kara Brannan Murphy Marie O’Sullivan Cox

Ann Marie Boole McCormick ♥

Katherine Malloy ♥ Trustee Enuma Menkiti ♥

Class of 1992

Class of 1998

Marianne Martin Burke ♥

Wendy Brown ♥ Duffy Markham Danish Maggie Dougherty ♥ Lauren Phelan Lipscomb ♥ Alison O’Donnell ♥

Katie Connelly Curran ♥

Class of 1986 Marilyn Martin Parker ♥

Class of 1993 Laura Connelly Gearan ♥

Class of 1999

Class of 1987 Anne Grayson Bohan ♥ Allyson Bradley Dillmeier Amy Donovan Matthews ♥ Suzanne O’Halloran ♥ Patricia Doyle Reynolds ♥ Christine Thornton ♥

Class of 1994 B.G. McNamara Bigelow Colleen Curry ♥ Alicia Phelan Erickson ♥ Holly Bennett Jackson ♥ Barbara Thomits Wedge ♥

Class of 1988 Maura Mullowney Bresnahan Karen Ganong ♥ Kristen G. Hager ♥ Christine Mahoney Smalley ♥

Elizabeth Gallagher ♥ Trustee Maura T. Murphy ♥

Christina Wallace Wolfstich ♥

Class of 1995 —25th Reunion— Gabrielle Giangrasso Hazard ♥ Sarah C. McRell

Class of 1989

Meeghan Piemonte Peirce ♥

Patricia Boyce ♥ Jennifer Cavan Andrea Krasker Gavin Annmarie Benedict Pagliano ♥

Class of 1996

Elisa E. Rodriguez ♥

Class of 2000 —20th Reunion— Sarah Joaquim Aldridge Cristin Van Heest McArdle Meghan Carroll McMahon ♥ Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan ♥ Natasha L. Walwyn-Robinson

Class of 2001 Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk ♥ Sandra Genere Feliz Mary Hodges Ndidi Menkiti Elizabeth Maxwell Tashman ♥

Melissa Barry ♥ Taylor Shields Biggers ♥

Class of 1990 —30th Reunion—

Class of 2002

Caroline Phelan Leto ♥

Caitlyn Mosher Ellis Tara N. Graves Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ♥ Susan Carey Maher

Anne Tracy Sullivan

Diane N. Adjetey Roisin Hopkins Cahill Lauren Basile Crowley ♥ Christine McMahon Cullinan Christi Gannon ♥ Alessandra Colia Hashemi Nina Kishore Katie Griffin Krauss Kristen Roth Larimer P.J. Foster Lurvey ♥ Cassie Jeremie Ramos ♥ Alexandra Rizio ♥

Marion W. McNamara Meghan Cronin Wilson ♥ Nelly Coleta Xavier Yumi Yasutake ♥

Class of 2003 Cara Giudice Brill ♥ Meredith Falzone ♥ Katharine LiVolsi ♥ Vanessa C. Mahoney Kelly Murphy

Class of 2004 Elizabeth Galligan Bixenman ♥ Brittany Borders Kate O’Connell ♥ Kenzie Colgan Reinoso ♥

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Class of 2005 —15th Reunion— Allie Kroner Barron ♥ Vanessa Loukas ♥ Cara McCue Moran ♥ Elaine Purcell Dianna Curry Walsh ♥ Catherine Doyle Wysoczanski ♥

Class of 2006 Kate Gibson Carey ♥ Stephanie Hayden Hyde Meghan O’Connell ♥ Génesis Peña-Cruz Lauren M. Solari ♥ Bernadette Buchanan Stewart ♥ Catherine Sullivan ♥ Allison Tracy

Class of 2007 Samantha Attenborough ♥ Erin Pepin Bare Siobhán Campbell Elizabeth Doyle ♥ Madeleine Drouin ♥ Meghan Arsenault Dunham ♥ Liisa Fetig Madeline M. Fiore, M.D. Molly Herlihy ♥ Megan Kelly Grace Lempres ♥ Angelica Loscocco Cathleen Kenary McKeating Emily Hinderhofer Moncton Genevieve Nave Murphy ♥ Amanda Elizabeth Power ♥ Camile Rodriguez ♥ Sheila Sullivan ♥ Raminta V. Theriault

Class of 2008 Maria-Ines C. Carrera ♥ Emily Giudice Colleen Smith Mateo ♥ u Melanie Cybriwsky Meleney ♥ Katilin O’Keeffe Theresa Sullivan Alison O’Keeffe Zebrowski ♥

Class of 2009 Emily Coombs ♥ Melissa Fiore

Class of 2010 —10th Reunion— Lauren E. Barrett Allison Fachetti ♥ Nicole Hatton ♥ Katie Hinderhofer Lambrecht ♥ Brianna J. Magliozzi Stephanie Maskell ♥ Olivia Packenham ♥ Madison Sargis ♥ Michela C. Valente Bianca A. Vitale

Class of 2011 Emily Albanese Maggie Berkeley ♥ Hannah Chory ♥ Madeline Connelly ♥ Erin DeSimone ♥ Myrna Jreige u Catherine Kapples Bridget Kostigen Stephanie Meckel ♥ Meredith E. Quirk Kasthuri Sivalogan Jamie Smith ♥ Jacqueline Sullivan ♥

Victoria Grant ♥ Kathryn Holland Jarvis ♥ Kimberly Lawton ♥

Class of 2012

Kathryn Mahony ♥

Lane Bandanza Kathleen Barrett

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Andreya Cybriwsky Mary Delaney ♥ Alana Keane ♥ u Catherine Kelly ♥ Mairead McAuliffe ♥ Katherine Neuberger Meaghan Rocha Teresa Soriano Kelsey Sullivan ♥

Class of 2013 Rachel Albanese Monica Barton u Elizabeth R. Foley Caroline Hurley ♥ McBride McDevitt Kate O’Kelly-Lynch ♥ Katie Schneeberger ♥ Luxshmi Sivalogan Maddy Supple ♥

Class of 2014 Jane Bisson Nora DeSimone ♥ Gianna Famolare Christina Fitzgerald Lucy Kapples ♥ Mairead Mederios Gia Nicolazzo ♥ Alessandra Saraceno Maria Trachy ♥ Maeve Westover ♥

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Class of 2015 —5th Reunion— Marissa Beney Caroline Cloonan ♥ D’Jonita Cottrell Jacqueline Ferrera ♥ u Anne Hentschel ♥ u Emily Ix u Krissy Saraceno Gabriella T. Vitale u Madeline Westover

Class of 2016 Cecilia Barreto Caroline Diggins u Cara N. Fitzpatrick Nicole Folan Enya Kearney ♥ Maria Kim Euna Lee u Bridget McAuliffe ♥ Carly Sullivan ♥

Class of 2017 Nellie Adams Claudia Durbin Kathleen Hurley Delia Levine Margaret Mahoney u Caroline Moffatt u Claire Picken Hana Ryan u Molly Wagner

Class of 2018 Hannah Brogan Libby Ix u Maria Levine Victoria Lynch u Emma Montgomery Nina Weiss Kathleen Westover

Hannah Curran Olivia Czech Katherine M. Delaney Julia DeRubeis Eliza Durbin Olivia Egan Faith Ellis Jade Esposito Miranda N. Fisher Caleigh Q. Fotiades Sophia Gaines Christina Glynn Deirdre Glynn Elizabeth Glynn Mairead W. Hayes Lucia Jrolf Katherine M. Kane Makhamahle Kekana Juliana Kwon Caroline A. Labow Tina Lakkis Teresa Levine Mycalea X. Lewis Jane March Johanna W. Matthews Ainsley R. McCormack Katelyn M. McGauley Marina E. McGuire Bridget Mitchell Benvenuta Monks Ally Montgomery Charlotte Morey u Ambika Nair Natasha Nicholas Claudia Nolan Teniola E. Ogungbadero Ella O’Kelly-Lynch Samantha Pierre-Louis

Grace E. Ryan Grace Smith Julianna G. Sylvester Mary Clare Tango Holly N. Thompson Alexandra Tucker Isabella Vega Katherine A. Wagner Emma C. Wakakuwa Elizabeth Weiss Alexandra Winchenbaugh

Parent Donors Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Adarme Dr. George Addona and Dr. Terri Addona Anil and Amy Adyanthaya Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Albin, Sr. ♥ Dr. and Mrs. John Aljamal Mr. and Mrs. Chris Allen Mr. and Ms. Keith Anderson Dr. Donald Annino and Dr. Laura Goguen ♥ Mr. John E. Ansteth and Ms. Andrea DiFabio Ansteth Kate and Mike Ascione ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett ♥ Sloane and Chris Awtrey ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bailey Dr. and Mrs. Brad Baker Michael and Jamie Balboni Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Dan and Katherine Barton ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beaver Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bilezikian Dr. Joseph Bizup and Dr. Annmarie Caracansi-Bizup ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Bogart Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Boucher ♥

On February 25th, to celebrate 100 days until graduation, 100% of the Class of 2020 made their first alumnae gift in support of the Annual Fund!

Class of 2019 Kaitlyn Bradshaw Lexi Cavallo Megan Lee u Emily Tyler

Class of 2020 Martina Albin Grace Annino Charlotte N. Barton Grace F. Bizup Lauren Burke Morgan A. Burns Macie C. Capplis Katherine Chang Kelly E. Cloonan Abigail K. A. Coburn

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Christopher and Eve Bould Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Braccia Mr. Kenneth Bradley and Ms. Waipeng Lee David Bresnahan and Maura Mullowney Bresnahan ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brody Phillip Brown and Sheila O’Keefe ♥ Mr. Charles J. Brucato ♥ Dr. Bernard Bunner and Dr. Elena Chekhova Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Burns ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Busby Sean and Brandi Cantwell Mr. and Mrs. Sean E. Capplis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll Alfredo and Nuria Castelo Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cavallo Mr. and Mrs. John Chang ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Fuk S. Chow Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Christian Erica and John Ciccolo ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Clair ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Cloonan ♥ Edward and Susan Coburn ♥ Mr. Christophe Coenraets and Mrs. Myriam Midy Mr. and Mrs. Enrique G. Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Matt Coldren Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Cole-French Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Devin Condron Chris and Mindi Connelly Marybeth and Peter Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Connon ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cooney III Mrs. Sandra Cosby Mr. and Mrs. Matt Cressotti Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cronin ♥ Mr. Robert Cunjak and Ms. Susan Dunn Dr. Daniel Curran and Mrs. Katie Connelly Curran ’92 ♥ Ellen Curran Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cutone Dr. Walid Dagher and Dr. Viviane Nasr Mr. and Mrs. Richard de Lasa Batten ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Deal James and Amy Delaney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John DeMatteo Mr. and Mrs. Paul DePriest Elizabeth and Jay Derenzo Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. DeRubeis Mr. and Mrs. James DeSisto Mr. and Mrs. John DeSisto Mr. and Mrs. James E. Doherty Gregg and Cara Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. Dowdle ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mike C. Doyle Molly Diggins and Mark Duggan ♥ Diana and Christopher Duncan Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dunne Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin ♥ Dr. Mustafa I. Ecemis and Dr. Esin Sile Mr. Andrew Goldstein and Ms. Dawn Egan Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ellis ♥ Joseph and Cathy Esposito ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ruslan Farber Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farinacci

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Trustee Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Dr. Carmen Bozic and Mr. John Farrell ♥ Peter and Michelle Fay Ms. Maude Fernand Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Ferreira Randelynn and David Ferrero Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Figge, Sr. Duncan and Marion Fisher ♥ Ms. Laurie Fitzpatrick Joseph and Tracey Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folan Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Folz ♥ Ms. Veronica Forde Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Fotiades ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Freyermuth Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fujimoto Mr. Ponce D. L. Gaines and Ms. Doris Morales ♥ Mr. Paul Gallagher and Ms. Christine Albertelli Mr. David J. Gaudian and Ms. Elizabeth O’Brien Dr. Shelley A. George Dr. Malick Ghachem and Dr. Erica Caple James Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn ♥ Ms. Hilary Glynn ♥ Mr. Michael Glynn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Neil Glynn ♥ Dr. and Mrs. James Goodman Jorge A. Grajeda and Eva Gerena ♥ Ms. Tara N. Graves ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Mark Grover Mr. and Mrs. Munish Grover Thomas and Erin Guden Mr. and Mrs. Steven Haddad ♥ Anne and Charles Hajjar Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hall Mr. Robert Harding and Mrs. Connie Bernard Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hauser Mr. and Mrs. David Christian Hayes ♥

Mr. T. C. Hayes and Mrs. Katherine A. Clair-Hayes ♥ Mr. Fangli He and Mrs. Meijun Xu Dr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Heeney Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Heffernan ♥ Mr. Frank Hemm and Ms. Odette Schweitzer Mr. Jhon J. Henao and Mrs. Olga M. Lopez Adam and Rossanna Hennessey ♥ Mr. Adrian Hernandez and Ms. Courtney Hernandez Dr. Volkjer Herrmann and Ms. Lori McNeill Andrew and Carrie Hickey Mr. David Hirsch and Mrs. Amy Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Hoppe ♥ Mr. Frederick Huber and Ms. Barbra Watson Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Hunt III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Iwicki ♥ Katrina Iserman and Dennis Czech ♥ Dr. Pasi Janne and Dr. Karen Cichowski Mr. Sirio Jansen and Ms. Ana Sanchez Diana Lisa Gault Jaynes ’85 and Chris Jaynes ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jacob JeanMichel Mr. and Mrs. James R. Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Joyce ♥ Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce ♥ Mark Jrolf and Teresa Myers ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Don and Yvonne Kearney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr. ♥ Tom and Sheri Kelly ♥ Amy and Robert Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keyes Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kfoury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Kilcoyne Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Philip A. Kretsedemas Dr. Jean Kwo and Dr. Javier de Luis ♥ Dr. and Mrs. John Kwon ♥ Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong and Dr. Judy W. Cheng Dr. Brian Labow and Dr. Stephanie Seminara ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Nadim Lakkis ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Lange

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Rick and Anna LeBlanc ♥ Mr. Tuck Leong and Ms. Tram Vo Mr. Larry L. Lesher ♥ Ms. Sharon K. Lesher Joshua and Ellen Levine ♥ Ms. Maxine L. Lewis ♥ Mr. Hongwei Li and Mrs. Min Liu Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. ♥ Mr. Jingmin Liu and Dr. Shuyan Geng Dan and Noreen Lombard Malcolm and Colleen Love ♥ Christopher and Mary Lou Lovett Mr. Vincenzo Lucibello and Ms. Iciar Garcia Ms. Betsy Ludwig Abdallah Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Lynch II ♥ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lynch Mr. Tony Lyons and Ms. Sheila A. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacDougall Ms. Vanessa C. Mahoney ’03 Mark and Kate March ♥ Ronald and Alison Carter Marlow Trustee Demond T. and Kia Martin Ms. Christine Marujo Graham Masiiwa and Ntonhle A. Kekana Amy Donovan Matthews ’87 and John W. Matthews ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCann Mrs. Heather A. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McCormack ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick Mr. John McDougall and Ms. Bette Ferris Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. McEvoy ♥ Gregory and Patricia McGauley ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. McGuire Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James F. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. McKay

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Trustee Timothy S. Meckel ♥ Dr. Tommaso Melodia and Dr. Violetta Ravagnoli Rev. Todd Miller and Dr. Ashley Duggan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Justin H. Monahan Mr. and Mrs. Carmen R. Monks ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Montgomery III ♥ Ms. Marieta Y. Montoute ♥ Ms. Julette G. Moore ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Morey ♥ Michael and Mary Moriarty Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Morrow Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis and Ms. Joanna Chanis ♥ Mark and Nancy Mulligan ♥ Mercedes Mulligan Robert and Jean Mulroy ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey ♥ Kelley Murphy and Sandra Forcier Murphy ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Raj Nair ♥ Jennifer A. Nassour ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Naughton III ♥ Mr. and Mrs. David P. Nero Mr. and Mrs. Savari Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo ♥ The Nolan Family ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Noonan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Obenshain Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Carl O’Connell Kirsten and Espen Odegard ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. O’Donnell Akin and Adeola Ogungbadero ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch ♥ Ms. Karen O’Malley

Kevin Parker and Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. David Parmele Mr. and Mrs. John R. Parsons, Jr. Dr. Phillip Pearl and Dr. Maria Pearl Mr. and Mrs. Jim C. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pengue Mr. and Mrs. David Pergola Mr. and Mrs. David Perri Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Popeo Jay and Gina Powers Ms. Jeannine Privitera Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prucher Mr. Yves Raymond and Ms. Celine Gregoire ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Riffe Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rivers Dr. and Ms. Joseph Rizzo Ms. Barbara Rose Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rupp Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ryan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ryan ♥ Monika Sawick and Maciej Sawick Mr. Ronald E. Schafer and Mrs. Anna Kuznetsova-Schafer Mr. Adam M. Schlichtmann and Dr. Gabrielle Schlichtmann Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Shea Mr. and Mrs. Orr D. Shepherd ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William D. Smith Mr. Chenhui Song and Ms. Bei Guan Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Souza Sara and Robb Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Ted Straub Mr. and Mrs. Brendan W. Sullivan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sullivan ♥ Paul and Kerry Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sussman Mr. and Mrs. Jed Swan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester Mr. and Mrs. Josaphat Tango ♥ Katie and Joe Terino Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson ♥ Ted and Sue Touloukian ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tranter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Treacy, Jr. Ms. Lisa Tucker Mr. Mario Turco and Ms. Laura Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Unger Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vander Vort Mr. Miguel Vega and Dr. Mariela Paez ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Venanzi Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner ♥ Lainie and Jay Wagner Dr. Jason Wakakuwa and Dr. Kathleen Hogan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. David I. Wakefield ♥ Mr. Errington Walters and Dr. Monica Chavez Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White Mr. and Mrs. Landen Williams Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Winchenbaugh ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Winn

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Très Bien Auction The 46th Annual Très Bien Auction was held on Saturday, March 7, 2020.

Faculty member Elizabeth Foley ’13 addressed the importance of tuition assistance for students. Generous donors supported the Funda-Need, which allowed the School to offer four years of tuition to one deserving student.

Thank you to the committee and countless volunteers who contributed to the Auction’s success! Parent co-chairs Marilyn Parker ’86, P’11’21, Susan Weiss P’18’20, Jill Pengue P’22, and Marisa Iwicki P’23 were dedicated and committed to creating a spectacular evening.

Auctioneers Joe Nolan P’10’12’15’20 and Marty Kane P’20, spirited Class of 2020 dads, rallied the crowd to raise their paddles. The Auction raised more than $500,000, making it the School’s most successful.

Parent co-chairs Susan Weiss P’18’20, Marilyn Parker ’86, P’11’21, Marisa Iwicki P’23, and Jill Pengue P’22

Jerry Martin P’85’86,’92,GP’11’20’21’24, Dan Burke P’20’24, Marianne Burke P’20’24, Mark Mulligan ’21, Nancy Mulligan P’21

Robin Hunt P’21, Matthew Connon P’21, Dulcey Connon P’21

Peter McKay P’22, Ann McKay P’22, Susan Wagner P’17’24, Charles Wagner P’17’24

Virginia Lynch P’21, Maura Glynn P’20’20, Julie Durbin P’17’20, Trustee Michael Durbin P’17’20, Neil Glynn P’20’20, Lisbeth Burns P’20’21

Sister Barbara Rogers and Elizabeth Foley ’13

Middle School Faculty Members

John Vander Vort P’23, Alison Vander Vort P’23, Lara Gund P’23

Auctioneers Joe Nolan P’10’12’15’20 and Marty Kane P’20

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Katherine Barton P’20, Janet Kwon P’20, Daniel Barton P’20, Sheila O’Keefe P’21, Philip Brown P’21, Doris Morales P’20, Ponce Gaines P’20, Amy Kane P’20

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Mr. and Ms. Allen Wong Mr. Winston Woo and Ms. Zelia de Souza ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Woolbert ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Mr. Xuemei Yang and Ms. Zhixiong Yang Karen and Casey Young Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Yu-Phelps ♥ Mr. Costa E. Zahos and Ms. Krishna A. Butaney Mr. Hao Zhu and Mrs. Liya Ji

Parents of Alumnae Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams ♥ Dr. Nezam Afdhal and Dr. Clare Tempany-Afdhal Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Albanese Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Anderson ♥ Michael and Angela Aquilino ♥ Cecilia A. Arce Carrera ♥ Bob and Janice Arsenault ♥ Ron and Carol Ayotte ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Baker ♥ Chris and Alaina Barletta ♥

Mr. Ary Barreto, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George L. Barrett ♥ Jim and Lorraine Barry ♥ James and Elizabeth Barry ♥ Paula K. Basile ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Beam ♥ Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Berkeley ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bisson ♥ Stephen and Eugenia Bodenlos ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Norman P. Boucher ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Bradshaw ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Brennan ♥ Terri Healey Brogan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Brown, Jr. ♥ Peggy and Dave Bryant ♥ Susan Costello Bryant ’66 ♥ Chantal and Bob Buchanan ♥ Dr. Elizabeth Buckner Mr. and Mrs. John Canavan Mr. and Mrs. René Canezin ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Terry Carleton ♥

The Founders’ Society Have you considered a planned gift? Join the Founders’ Society!

Legacy gifts — or planned gifts — provide the financial strength and security required for the School’s continued growth. By becoming a member of the Founders’ Society, you are making a sound investment in the future of NCDS while establishing an enduring connection to the School.

• Include Newton Country Day School in your will or living trust • Designate NCDS as a beneficiary of your IRA or retirement plan • Make NCDS the beneficiary of your life insurance policy To be part of the Founders’ Society, let us know that you have named Newton Country Day School as a beneficiary of a planned gift. Even if you wish for your planned gift to remain anonymous, please inform the School of your gift.

For more information about becoming a member of the Founders’ Society, please contact Director of Development Elena Loukas at eloukas@newtonSH.org or Director of Alumnae Relations Amanda Power ’07 at apower@newtonSH.org.

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Christine Carona and Joseph Malarney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James K. Carroll ♥ James E. Cavallo and Nicole R. Abair Ms. Janice Christo ♥ Erica and John Ciccolo ♥ Mr. Joseph Clark and Dr. Kathleen Greco-Clark ♥ Michael and Maryellen Collins ♥ Dan and Tricia Conley ♥ John P. Connelly and Cathleen M. Shea ♥ Mrs. Mary Connelly Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors ♥ Jack and Joan Corbett ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James Coughlin ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Cronin, Jr. ♥ Tom and Donna Cullinan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James Curley ♥ Michael and Kate Curry ♥ Meta Cushing Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Dalton Steven and Alrie McNiff Danielczyk ♥ Dr. Lauraine Davidson Irene J. Denty ♥ Ann and Phil DeSimone ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian Devlin ♥ Deborah and Timothy Diggins Peter and Karen Ditto Richard and Kristine Doherty Mr. John Dolan and Ms. Tish Kennedy Dolan ♥ Dr. Matthias Donelan and Janet Carroll Donelan ’67 ♥ Elizabeth Donnelly and Phillip Pulaski ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John L. Donovan ♥ Mr. David Duehren and Ms. Anne Murphy Edna May and Bill Duffy Ruth A. Durbin ♥ Gayané and Tom Ebling ♥ Ms. Remercie Edmond ♥ Dr. Carol Facella ♥ Mark Fachetti and Carol Smith-Fachetti ♥ Ms. Anita Fernandes Marjorie O’Neill Ferren ’52 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ferrone, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Filipski ♥ David and Michele Fitzgerald ♥ Gregory and Joan Flynn ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Folan Mrs. Michael Foley ♥ Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marian Ryan ♥ Ms. Kay Forde Terry and Frank Foster ♥ Paul and Christine Freeman ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Fucile ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gallagher Jr. ♥ Peter Galligan and Meg Fahy Galligan ’74 ♥ Jim and Francine Gannon ♥ Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Mr. Timothy Gavin and Dr. Cara McLaughlin Gavin J. Michael Gaziano and Anne Cadigan Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giangrasso ♥ Sean and Philomena Gildea ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilvarry Mr. Eugene X. Giroux ♥ Chet and Kathy Gladchuk ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Grayson ♥ Jeremy and Oluyinka Green ♥ Noreen and Robert Green ♥

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Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Bryan W. Harte ♥ Gary and Jill Hatton ♥ Trustee Jill and John Hayes ♥ Joe and Marianne Herlihy The Hession Family Joseph and Kathryn Hinderhofer ♥ Kathleen Scully Hodges ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holland ♥ Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Horne ♥ Gail Callahan Hueber ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iannella ♥ Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix ♥ Thomas and Amelie Gardella Johnson ♥ Mr. Gerald R. Jordan ♥ Ms. Margaret Jordan ♥ John and Nancy Joyce ♥ E. Leonard Kane and Anne Ronan Kane ’50 ♥ Clare and David Kaplan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kapples ♥ Shelagh Kavanagh ♥ Robert and Loretta Keane ♥ Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly ♥ Daniel and Julie Kenary ♥ Mr. John T. Kerrigan, Jr. Ruth Gardner Lamere ♥ Mr. William J. Lanciloti, Jr. Timothy and Jan Lawlor ♥ William Lawton Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lee ♥ Martin and Elizabeth Lempres ♥ Mr. John Leonardi and Dr. Ellen Miseo ♥ Theodore and Jane Les Mr. Zhuang Li and Ms. Tong Liang ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. ♥ Ms. Paula Lombardo ♥ Ms. Mary P. Loscocco ♥ Ronald and Elena Loukas ♥

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Stephen F. and Margaret Lynch ♥ Carolyn and Olavo Macedo Heather and Jim Magliozzi ♥ Dennis and Vivienne Maguire Trustee Francis and Mary Mahoney ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mahoney, Jr. ♥ William and Mary Mahoney ♥ Mr. William Mahoney ♥ Marion and Gerald Mahony ♥ Mrs. Robert J. Malloy Kathy and Peter Markell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Marks ♥ Paul and Nancy Marshall ♥ Mr. Gerard M. Martin ♥ Peter and Katherine Martini ♥ Mrs. Eleanor D. Maskell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Maskell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Maxwell Mary Mazzio and Jay L. Manson ♥ Andrew and Claire McAuliffe ♥ John and Eileen McAuliffe ♥ James McDermott and Sharon Bazarian Robert and Judith McDonough ♥ Walter and Eileen McDonough ♥ Ellen Sullivan McNamara ’57 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. McNeill ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mederios ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James Mellowes ♥ Jim and Sally Miller Maura and Greg Moffatt ♥ Trustee Lisa and James Mooney III ♥ Faith R. Moore ♥ Kathleen Farrell and Michael J. Moran Barbara and Joseph Morra ♥ Meg and George Morrissey ♥ Brooks and Patricia Mostue ♥ Mark and Pat Murphy ♥ Mrs. Maura Murphy and Mr. Michael Racette ♥ Terry and Gail Murphy ♥

Ms. Karen Naylor-Riobueno and Mr. Luis Riobueno ♥ Ben Niedermeyer and Joanne Hidaka ♥ Kathleen and Michael Nilles ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Ober ♥ John and Candy O’Connell ♥ Terry and Kathy O’Donnell ♥ Mrs. Joanne O’Halloran ♥ MaryAnn O’Hara and Maureen Hurley Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah O’Sullivan ♥ Susan Packenham ♥ Mr. Scott Page and Ms. Gail Sullivan ♥ Susan and Robert Parente Carmen A. Perez and Sulpicio G. Soriano ♥ Sheryl Ann Percy ♥ Trustee Emeritus Kevin Phelan and Anne Duffey Phelan ’67 ♥ John Philley and Diana Najarian ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo ♥ Bob and Debbie Power ♥ Rose E. Powers ♥ The Daniel Quirk Family James and Cathleen Rafferty Trustee Robert and Deborah Reardon ♥ Richard and Kathleen Riley ♥ Valerie and Tony Rizio ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Rothwell Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Rush ♥ Mr. Sean C. Rush ♥ Mike and Fran Ryan ♥ Richard and Jane Sabin ♥ Linda Sabo ♥ Stephen and Lori Scala Alice Burns Scanlan ’52 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schneeberger ♥ Stephen and Bessie Seiler ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Siva Sivalogan ♥ Ray and Arlene Smith ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Smith ♥ The Spellman Family Mr. and Mrs. R. Newcomb Stillwell ♥ John and Cathleen Sullivan ♥ Eileen and John Sullivan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sullivan, Jr. ♥ Trustee William and Mary Supple ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Thompson, Jr. ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Trachy ♥ Ralph and Lynda Tricomi Clayton and Linda Turnbull ♥ Robert Tyler and Ellen Kinnealey Tyler ’77 ♥ Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern ♥ Thomas B. Vawter and Anne E. Hadley ♥ Henry and JoAnne Vitale Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wallace Mr. Brian Ward ♥ Mark Warner and Susan Ferren Warner ’81 ♥ Ellen D. Warwick ♥ Michael and Barbara Waters ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Williams Daniel and Joyce Williams ♥ Mark and Sarah Williamson H. James and Betsy R. Wilson Lois Birmingham Wrightson ’61 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wynn, Jr. ♥ Margo and Charles Yie

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Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart Jane Reynolds Andrews, Elmhurst ’62 ♥ Dr. Lorna A. Avila-Rocha, Elmhurst ’72 Sloane Stephens Awtrey, 91st Street ’87 ♥ Catherine Hardy Bobzien, Elmhurst ’64, Newton College ’68 Helen Whamond Boucher, Greenwich ’82 Nancy M. Bowdring, Newton College ’57 Mary Ann Bryan, Elmhurst ’62 Margherita Cappelli, RSCJ, Elmhurst ’55, Manhattanville ’59 ♥ Ginny Holmes Carroll, Elmhurst ’69 ♥ Maryjane Mulvanity Casey, Newton College ’59 ♥ Elizabeth Walsh Choquette, Elmhurst ’57 Barbara Kelly Connelly, Newton College ’53 Mary McKeon Connelly, Newton College ’64 Dulcey Heffernan Connon, Greenwich ’86 ♥ Mary Louise Cooney, Elmhurst ’66 ♥ Jane Welch Cronin, Newton College ’52 ♥ Sandra Lane Cross, Elmhurst ’64 E. Berenice Hackett Davis, Elmhurst ’56, Newton College ’60 ♥ Maria Theresa de Lasa Batten, Greenwich ♥ Paula Pillsbury DeBlois, Elmhurst ’70 Jean Dunsmuir Donahue, Prince Street ’52 Elizabeth M. Fahey, Elmhurst ’70, Manhattanville College ’74 ♥ Margot Stickley Ferry, Elmhurst ’53 ♥ Jennifer Priory Figge, Stewart Country Day School Barbara J. Flannery, Elmhurst ’70 ♥ Joan Garrity Flynn, Newton College ’73 ♥ Anne Higgins Foley, Rosary-New Orleans ’69 ♥ Kay Forde, Sacred Heart Secondary School - Ireland ’78 Moira Donnelly Gault, Newton College ’60 Mary O’Donnell Gilbane, Elmhurst ’68, Newton College ’72 ♥ Ann Colgan Gillis, Elmhurst ’52 ♥

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Trustee Frances M. Gimber, RSCJ, Atherton/Menlo Park ’51, Manhattanville College ’55 ♥ Mary Elizabeth Gooding, Elmhurst ’74 Julie Lombardi Goulet Newton College ’69 ♥ Alice McLaughlin Grayson, Newton College ’64 ♥ Kathleen MacLellan Gregg, Kenwood-Doane Stuart ’68 Claire M. Hart, Elmhurst ’60 June Dolce Heffernan, Greenwich ’59, Manhattanville College ’63 ♥ Kathryn McDonough Hinderhofer, Newton College ’73 ♥ Jane Hauseman Hogan, Clifton ’61, Newton College ’65 Blanche Hunnewell, Newton College ’60 Joanne O’Connor Hynek, Greenwich ’55, Newton College ’59 Maureen Rabczak Johanson, Elmhurst ’68 Patricia Kalberer, Elmurst ’69, Newton College ’73 Trustee Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ, Schools of the Sacred Heart ’55, Duchesne ’65 ♥ Julie Joyce Kenary, Woodlands ’80 ♥ Johanna Ferry Laadt, Elmhurst ’70 Deborah M. Lodge, Elmhurst ’69 Elena Spagnuolo Loukas, Newton College ’74 ♥ Helen Gilbane Macdonald, Elmhurst ’70 ♥ Sister Joan Magnetti, RSCJ, Manhattanville College ’65 ♥ Jean Sullivan McKeigue, Newton College ’68 Karen Kiernan Mechem, Elmhurst ’66 Lynn Sullivan Moran, Elmhurst ’70 Kathleen Moretti, Elmhurst ’59 Carolyn Carey Morey, 91st Street ’91 ♥ Deborah Cooper Moriarty, Elmhurst ’65 Mary E. Petteruti Olsen, Elmhurst ’71 Jane Gilbane Petzold, Elmhurst ’58 ♥ Sally Lodge Randall, Elmhurst ’70 Ms. Julia A. Reilly, Elmhurst ’59 † Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, Elmhurst ’70, Manhattanville College ’74 ♥ Andrea Sarrasin, Elmhurst ’72 Catherine Arapoff Struve, Newton College ’63 Barbara M. Sullivan, Eden Hall ’57, Manhattanville College ’61 ♥ Mary LaBonte White, Newton College ’50

Mr. Burton Abel ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Altman Ms. Doreen Amato-Ledoux ♥ Dr. Elita Balakrishnan Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bianchi ♥ Mrs. Doreen Bilezikian Mrs. Lillian Bolton ♥ Mrs. Marta Bozic ♥ Mr. Paul Bracciotti and Mrs. Maria Dye Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bruno Thaire and Deborah Bryant ♥ Mr. Hiro Butaney and Dr. Edna Butaney Mr. and Mrs. John Buxton William and Ann Cantwell Mr. and Mrs. James Cavallo Mr. and Mrs. Leonidas Chanis Mrs. Antoinette Christo ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke Mr. and Mrs. James Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Condron Mr. and Mrs. David Connelly Janet Phillips Connelly ’55 ♥ Mrs. Mary Connelly Mr. and Mrs. Peter Connolly Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors ♥ Helen Curran Mrs. Elizabeth Curtin ♥ Janet Dadaian ♥ Ed and Mary Dailey ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Jose de Lasa ♥ Mrs. Stella Deal Mr. and Mrs. Michael DiFabio Mrs. Elaine Doherty Mrs. Eleanor Domina Mrs. Cheryl Donahue Mr. James Donovan ♥ Mr. Robert Durbin ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Ebling ♥ Marjorie O’Neill Ferren ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Ferrero Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ficco Mrs. Elena Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Folino Mrs. Fern Folz ♥ Mrs. Anita Fritze Mrs. Marlene Gagnon Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Patrick J. and Anne T. Glynn Mrs. Nancy Graham ♥ Mr. John B. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gustafson Jr. ♥ Mrs. Amy Habib Mrs. Alice Hall Mr. John Harrington ♥ Dermot and Mary Ellen Salter Healey ’59 ♥ Mr. and Mrs. John P. Heffernan ♥ Mr. William Hickey and Dr. Ann Porto Mr. and Mrs. William Hogan III Mr. and Mrs. Lauris Holloway Mrs. Dorothy Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt, Jr. Mr. Francis Iwicki and Ms. Kathleen Little Mrs. Barbara Jenkins ♥ TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Dr. Ilse Jobson Ms. Barbara Jordan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kavanagh ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Kelly ♥ Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kelly Mrs. Mary Kennedy Mrs. Frances Keyes Mrs. Katherine Killilea ♥ Mr. Wilbur Lesher Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levine Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lovett Mr. and Mrs. John Luber Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lynch ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lyons, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MacDougall Mr. Dave Maille Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Marini Mr. Gerard M. Martin ♥ Mr. Gilberto Marxuach and Ms. Marta Marxuach-Torros Mrs. Eleanor D. Maskell ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Willliam Matthews, Jr. ♥ Mrs. Laurie E. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McGinnes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKeigue Mr. and Mrs. Martin Morey ♥ Mrs. Ann Mulligan ♥ Mrs. Janet Murphy ♥ Mrs. Joan Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Gene O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Brien Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe ’50 ♥ Mrs. Madeline Picardi ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pifko ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo ♥ Mrs. Anne Power Mr. Robert E. Power ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William Reid Mr. John Riley and Dr. Joan Riley ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers ♥ Ms. Margaret F. Ryan ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Scarbrough ♥ Mr. and Mrs. William Schickel Ms. Barbara Smith ♥ Mr. and Mrs. F. William Smith ♥ Mr. John Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spayne Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Stephens ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Swan ’63 Ms. Eileen Tye Mr. William F. Tyler ♥ Mrs. Anne Wagner ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson Mrs. Susan Wettstone ♥

Katy and Marcus Dandurand Mr. James Devin Jr. Father Terrence Devino Mr. John Donahue Ms. Frances Florencourt Larry Furey Rich and Kym Gaissl ♥ Mrs. Virginia Griffin Bitzer Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jordan Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kearns Ms. Leah Kendall Ms. Sarah Kendall Mrs. Constance E. King Ms. Maureen Kunz Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Lyne Mr. and Mrs. Amit Mathrani Mr. James Maxeiner Ms. Anne McBride Ms. Michaelene McFarlane Maryanne and Kenneth Mignone ♥ NCDS Angel Wings Faculty Cynthia and Eric Nelson ♥ Mr. Michael Norton Rosemary L. O’Brien ♥ Janice and Joseph O’Donnell ♥ Mr. John C. Owens Mr. and Mrs. Jared Parker William B. Picotte Mr. Charles F. Rogers III Mr. Patrick Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Max Rosefort Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rudolph Mrs. Rosemary Ryan Ronald Schachter Mrs. Donna M. Sneider Society of the Sacred Heart Ms. Katherine E. Steven Ms. Joyce Sullivan Ms. Andrea Theroux Bob and Leslie Turner Ms. Jean Valin

Gifts in Honor of Honor Gift donations celebrate the life of someone special. Thank you to all those who have chosen to honor a friend, student, faculty or staff member, or alumna through a gift to the school.

Contributors are listed below the name of the individual who they have chosen to honor.

100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Jim and Francine Gannon Nellie L. Adams ’17 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Schuyler Awtrey ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Stephens Charlotte Barton ’16 Mrs. Lillian Bolton Morgan Burns ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pifko The Michael Carroll Family Ms. Michaelene McFarlane Ginny Carroll Elizabeth Foley ’13 Class of 2016 Cara Fitzpatrick ’16 Lily Deal ’23 Mrs. Stella Deal

Friends Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barrett ♥ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blackstone Ms. Marie Candiotti Mrs. Dorothy Carrier Mr. Walter J. Casey Mr. Will Casey Mr. Francis E. Crowley, Jr. FA L L 2 0 2 0

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Maureen White Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kelly

Gifts in Memory of Making a Memorial Gift is a wonderful way to remember an alumna or friend by contributing in a way that continues to give to others. These gifts offer a great show of respect to those who have passed. Listed below an individual’s name are contributors who have given in his or her memory.

Catherine Baxter, Manhattanville College ’50 Alicia Savage Cain ’84 June and William Bernhard Christine Bernhard Viegas ’71 Priscilla Leahy Blue ’44 Janet Blue Cotter ’68 Constance Duane Donahue Mr. John Donahue

McWilliams Women: Mary Rose ’42, Nancy ’44, and Clare ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Lyne

David Bobzien Catherine Hardy Bobzien, Elmhurst ’64

Janet Duffy Elizabeth Foley ’13

Isabelle Montoute ’19 Ms. Marieta Y. Montoute

Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll Deborah Carroll ’67

Elena M. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr.

Charlotte ’20, Catherine ’23, and Elizabeth ’27 Morey Mr. and Mrs. Martin Morey

Elizabeth Shawcross Cooney, Elmhurst ’32 Ms. Mary Louise Cooney, Elmhurst ’66

Elizabeth Foley ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folan

Newton College of the Sacred Heart Julie Lombardi Goulet, Newton College ’69

Margaret Crowley ’51 Mr. Francis E. Crowley, Jr.

Caleigh Fotiades ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke

John Owens Nicholas Jordan Hannah Lyons-Galoute

Mary Louise Crowley Sheila McIntire Barry ’62

Margaret Gaudian ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Brien Hannah Joyce ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Scarbrough Kate Kimball ’16 Mr. and Mrs. F. William Smith Carly LeBlanc ’21 Mr. Burton Abel Harold and Helen LaBonte Mary LaBonte White, Newton College ’50

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Presley Privitera ’21 Ms. Doreen Amato-Ledoux Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera Patty Rockensies Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Barbara Rogers, RSCJ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folan Ntonhle A. Kekana and Graham Masiiwa Ms. Deborah M. Lodge, Elmhurst ’69 Carol Shipken Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kelly

Ella ’21 and Elizabeth ’22 Lesher Mr. Larry L. Lesher Mr. Wilbur Lesher

Grace Smith ’20 Mr. and Mrs. F. William Smith

Hannah Maguire ’15 Dennis and Vivienne Maguire

Lydia ’18, Holly ’20, and Brooke ’23 Thompson Janet Dadaian

Michael Curtin ’62 Candia Curtin Barry ’68 Maura Barry DeVito ’94 Anonymous Jim and Lorraine Barry Melissa Barry ’96 and Lindsay Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blackstone Mr. Walter J. Casey Colleen Curry ’94 Mr. Jason DeVito Laura Connelly Gearan ’93 Janice and Joseph O’Donnell Mrs. Rosemary Ryan Francis J. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr. Joanne Flynn ’62 Susan Flynn Sundstrom ’68

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Isabel Gallagher, RSCJ Ms. E. Berenice Davis, Elmhurst ’56, Newton College ’60 Joan Slattery Donaldson ’49 Sarah Hays ’79 Susie Hays ’77 Charles Hodges Kathleen Scully Hodges Robert Hughes Father Terrence Devino Charles F. Jobson Dr. Ilse Jobson Ursula Kirk Trustee Frances M. Gimber, RSCJ Karen Lord Mr. Will Casey Mr. James Devin Jr. Mrs. Virginia Griffin Bitzer Ms. Leah Kendall Ms. Sarah Kendall Mrs. Constance E. King Ms. Maureen Kunz Mr. and Mrs. Amit Mathrani Trustee Enuma Menkiti ’97 O’Donnell & Tessitore LLP Rose E. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Max Rosefort Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Rothwell Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rudolph Ms. Katherine E. Steven Ms. Joyce Sullivan Ms. Jean Valin

Marilyn Quinn O’Brien, Elmhurst ’51 Mr. James O’Brien

Donald Warwick Margaret Warwick Rolo ’83

Rosemary Malone O’Brien O’Donnell ’41 Rosemary L. O’Brien

Esther A. Whalen, RSCJ, Manhattanville College ’45 Jane Reynolds Andrews

Mary O’Shea Ms. Kay Forde, Sacred Heart Schools ’78

John R. Yeager Mary Kay Yeager Morris ’72

Elsie Palmer Jane Bisson ’14 Edward F. Percy Sheryl Ann Percy Margaret Power Mr. Robert E. Power Nancy Jean Rabczak, Elmhurst ’72 Maureen Rabczak Johanson, Elmhurst ’68 Alphonse Recchia Cynthia Recchia Graff ’85 Timothy Ryan Mairead McAuliffe ’12 Vivian Searle, Elmhurst ‘45 Ms. Marie Candiotti Mrs. Dorothy Carrier Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kearns Ms. Andrea Theroux Gail Sousa Mr. John Sousa

Kathleen M. Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lovett

Erin Van Flandern Erin DeSimone ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Devlin Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern

Louise Lundgren, RSCJ Robin Pare Lagace ’77

Mary Everett Ward ’39 Maryann Ward Leary ’66

Birthday Book Donors Anonymous Mr. and Ms. Keith Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett Sloane and Chris Awtrey Michael and Jamie Balboni Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Christopher and Eve Bould Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Busby Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cavallo Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon Jr. Marybeth and Peter Connolly Mr. Robert Cunjak and Ms. Susan Dunn Helen Curran Dr. Walid Dagher and Dr. Viviane Nasr Diana and Christopher Duncan Trustee Ms. Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Duncan and Marion Fisher Anne and Charles Hajjar Mr. David Hirsch and Mrs. Amy Fallon Katrina Iserman and Dennis Czech Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Philip A. Kretsedemas Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. Dan and Noreen Lombard Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis and Ms. Joanna Chanis Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’Brien Kirsten and Espen Odegard Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera Dr. and Ms. Joseph Rizzo

Margot Bruguière Martin ’57 Christine Bruguière White ’64 Meghan Martin ’00 Joanmarie McAuliffe Lee ’84 Ellen “Polly” Reynolds Meckel ’75 Ann and Phil DeSimone Erin DeSimone ’11 Nora DeSimone ’14 Stephanie Meckel ’11 Trustee Timothy S. Meckel Marnie Reynolds ’74 Jacqueline Sullivan ’11 Ifeanyi Menkiti Ndidi Menkiti ’01 Mother Mary Jo Ginty Neish ’57

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Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Ted Straub Mr. and Mrs. Brendan W. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Venanzi Lainie and Jay Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Landen Williams Mr. and Ms. Allen Wong Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Mr. Xuemei Yang and Ms. Zhixiong Yang

Matching Gift Companies Generous companies often increase an employee’s charitable donations through a Matching Gift Program. Newton Country Day deeply appreciates those companies that have joined with our benefactors, and we thank the donors for linking their companies with us.

Adage Capital Management, LP Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Bank of America Matching Gift Program Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program The Benevity Community Impact Fund Boston Private Bank ♥ Citizens Bank Foundation Eversource Fidelity Foundation The Thomas and William Gilbane Foundation

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Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Merck Foundation Pfizer, Inc. Raytheon Company State Street Matching Gift Program Takeda Pharmaceuticals Tufts Health Plan Foundation

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations and Trusts The Baker Family Trust ♥ The Boston Foundation ♥ Bright Funds Foundation ♥ Christo-Tyrrell Insurance Agency, Inc. ♥ Florence V. Burden Foundation The Foley Family Foundation The Glynn Family Foundation Network for Good O’Brien-Oldham Charitable Trust ♥ O’Donnell & Tessitore LLP Sawyer Charitable Foundation Signal Graphics Printing ♥ United Way ♥ United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley UVAS Foundation ♥ WAITT- We’re All In This Together YourCause, LLC ♥

Auction 2020 Corporate Donors Angela Sun Consulting Arts Emerson Atlantic Sportswear B.C. Tent & Awning Co., Inc.

Belmont Hill Summer Program Bigelow Oil Boathouse Sports Boda Borg Boston The Boston Globe Boston Paddle/Charles River Canoe and Kayak Boston Private Bank Boston Red Sox Brattle Square Florist Burke Family Funeral Homes Busy Bee Florist Camp Cody Capo Restaurant Cappella Restaurant Charles Riverboat Company Compass/Beyond Boston Properties Real Estate D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects Daikanyama E.A. Davis and Company Edelstein & Company, LLP Erland Construction, Inc. Faber Rug Company F. E. French Construction Inc. Fessenden Summer Camps Firat Education FLIK Independent School Dining FMC Technologies, Inc. Franklin Paint Company, Inc. G20 Spa and Salon Glynn Hospitality Group Greentail Table Harrison Anglers Home Away from Home ADHC Inc. Hotel Commonwealth Isabel Harvey Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum John Owens Photography Keane Fire & Safety Equipment Company, Inc. Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Inc. Lark Hotels Lauren’s Nails Liberty Tree Distillery Linda Richards Furs The Liverpool Football Club The Local – Wellesley Restaurant Group Lower Falls Wine Company MacDowell Company Marlo Marketing Communications MD Management MY VIP Tour Needham Driving School New England Spas Ockers Company Olivia’s Bistro Peloton The Preservation Society of Newport County Quirk Auto Dealerships R. K. Construction Richard Joseph Hair Saffie Contracting ScrubaDub Signal Graphics Printing Tonneson & Company, PC Village Bank Williams Marston X1Boston TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

Thank You! 2019-20 Alumnae and Parent Volunteers We wish to thank all of the alumnae, parent, and past parent volunteers for their dedication, talent, and time throughout the year. Your participation helps make Newton Country Day School a thriving educational institution for our girls.

Jorge Adarme and Laura Montiel Amy Adyanthaya Megan Anderson Angelica Aquillino ’10 Kate Ascione Marielle Baker Michael and Jamie Balboni Athena Balouris-Grover Britt Bardinelli Cecilia Barreto ’16 Katherine Barton Elena Batten ’15 Val Beaver Elizabeth Kavanagh Berke ’88 Maggie Berkeley ’11 Nancy Bilezikian Annnarie Caracansi Bizup Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk ’01 Katie Bogart Maura Mullowney Bresnahan ’88 Sharyon Brown Brett and Lisbeth Burns Rachel Busby Sandi Capplis Brita Carhart Jill Carlson ’08 Marie Carroll Francoise Cattaneo ’16 Mary Louise Cavanagh ’80 Herman Chang John and Kabrina Chang Joanna Chanis Judy Cheng (Kwong) Shelby Chow Kristen Christian Ed and Susan Coburn Ashley Cole William and Colinda Cole-French Catrice Coleman Harry Condon Marybeth Connelly Mindi Connelly Dulcey Connon Michelle Consalvo Joyce Cooney Sandra Cosby Marie O’Sullivan Cox ’85 Matt and Tina Cressotti Lauren and Tom Cronin Daniel Curran and Katie Connelly Curran ’92 Ellen Curran Dennis Czech and Katrina Iserman Stewven Danielczyk Athena Davos ’06 Javier de Luis Zelia de Souza Charles Deal Denise DeLorey ’75 Donna DePriest Rob and Virginia DeRubeis Eileen DeSisto Cara Donovan Joan Altobello D’Orsi ’70 Moira Ryan Dougherty ’70 Mary Dowdle

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Elizabeth Doyle ’07 Mike and Marybeth Doyle Susan Dunn Anne Marie Dunne Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin Maritza Ebling ’08 Jane Ellis Bree Sullivan Evarts ’94 Cathy Farinacci Trustee Donna Farrell and Charles Jobson Michelle Fay Kayla Fedorowicz ’10 Paloma Ferreira Randi Ferrero Bette Ferris Marion Fisher Tracey Flaherty Laura Fleming Karlyn Folan Colleen Folz Veronica Forde Michael and Jill Fotiades Katie Freeman ’11 Christie Fujimoto PD Gaines and Doris Morales Iciar Garcia Shelley George Emily Giudice ’08 Hilary Glynn Michelle Glynn Neil and Maura Glynn Laura Goguen Sarah Goodman Olivia Green ’07 Elizabeth Grimes Bei Guan Xuemei Guan Erin Guden Lara Gund Steve Haddad Radoslava Hall Andy and Kristina Hatem Nicole Hatton ’10 Beth Hayes Chris Hayes Gabrielle Giangrasso Hazard ’95 Matthew and Polly Heeney Jhon Henao and Olga Lopez Adam and Rossanna Hennessey Emily Hession ’14 Tracey Geran Honan ’88 Mary Hoppe Robin Hunt Katrina Iserman Marisa Iwicki Bill and Mary Lou Jackson Joannie Jaxtimer ’71 Charlotte Jean Michel Sarah Aldridge Joaquim ’00 Kate Joyce Michele Joyce Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 Mark Jrolf and Tess Meyers Marty and Amy Kane Yvonne Kearney

Jim and Ellen Kelley Amy Kennedy Michelle Keyes Tara Kfoury Nina Kishore ’02 Laura Iacoviello Koch ’85 Myrtise Kretsedemas Allison Kroner ’05 Anya Kuznetsova-Schafer Raymond Kwong Jean Kwo Sally Lakis ’15 Mike and Andrea Lange Anna LeBlanc Waipeng Lee Larry Lesher Sharon Lesher Delia Levine ’17 Josh and Ellen Levine Holly Linton Jamie Liu ’14 Maggie Liu Noreen Lombard Colleen Love Melissa Lynch Amy MacDougall Kate March Trustee Demond and Kia Martin Amy Donovan Matthews ’87 Heather McCarthy Jennifer MacMillan McCartin ’86 Kathy McCormack Christina McCormick Liz McEvoy Mary Kay McIntyre Ann McKay Meghan Carroll McMahon ’00 Stephanie Meckel ’11 Tommaso Melodia Kyan Meyers Sarah Monahan Emily Hinderhofer Moncton ’07 Tom and Heidi Montgomery Cara McCue Moran ’05 Andrew and Carolyn Morey Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan ’00 Mary Moriarty Michael Morrow Laura Montiel Jean Mulroy Julie Mulvey Ellen Murphy Genevieve Nave Murphy ’07 Joseph Nolan Julie and Edward O’Brien Kate O’Brien Liz O’Brien Meghan O’Connell ’06 Geraldine O’Hagan Sheila O’Keefe Deirdre O’Kelly-Lynch Mariela Paez Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 Tricia Parmele Philip and Maria Pearl Valerie Peck

Jill Pengue Wendy Perri Annie Pickard ’15 Thomas Piemonte Gina Powers Jeannine Privitera Toni-Ann Privitera Carolyn Prucher Trustee Robert Reardon Mackenzie Colgan Reinoso ’04 Alexa Riobueno-Naylor ’13 Kristina Rivers Avery Rizio ’05 Joseph and Sarah Ionta Rizzo Eliza Rodriguez ’95 Margot Rohrer Barbara Rose Margaret Roylance Elaine Rupp Krista Ryan Jaclyn Sabo ’10 Ana Sanchez Monika Sawicka Jen Shea Tina Souza Sara Spalding Carolyn Sullivan Catherine Sullivan ’06 Kerry Sullivan Rebecca Sullivan Sheelah Sullivan Heather Sussman Alexis Swan Maryrose and Michael Sylvester Beth Tango Clare Tempany-Afdhal Katie Terino Raminta Theriault ’07 Vita Theriault William and Stephanie Thompson Sue Touloukian Megan Tranter Sarah Treacy Ingrid Trench Kim Tsanotelis Kelly Unger Elizabeth Van Flandern ’14 Emily Venanzi Charles and Susie Wagner Lainie Wagner Barbara Walsh Meghan Wang ’06 Trustee Ed and Susan Weiss Liz Devin West ’88 Louisa Williams West ’95 Elizabeth White ’09 Patrick and Grace White Rochelle Williams-Belizaire ’00 Sarah Williams Angela Winchenbaugh Michael and Kim Winn Anita Wong Jeff and Kelly Woolbert Janet Worthington Karen Young

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From the Archives Did it snow on your class retreat to Camp Chewonki? Do you perform at a Multicultural Night? Do you remember the cheers from a Homecoming pep rally? Did you help celebrate Newton Country Day’s 125th birthday?

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