Très Bien 2021

Très Bien Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

Perspectives Fall 2021

Très Bien [ Volume 30 ] 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 EXTERNAL RELATIONS Davies Bisset DIRECTOR of INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Annmarie Benedict Pagliano ’89, P’24’27

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Campus and Athletic Highlights

14 Campus Photos by Season 20 Graduation 2021 24 AASH Winning Essays: Cecilia McKeigue ’27 and Catelyn Hickey ’27 26 Student Psalms: Mia Balboni ’24 and Lily Doherty ’24

PERSPECTIVES 34 Students: Maya de Luis ’21, Alexandra Fernand ’22, Emma Nero ’23, Gabriella Hernandez ’24, Middle School: Sophia Beaver ’25 and Nora Joyce ’25, Athletics: Jane Bresnahan ’23 and Caroline Kelley ’22 40 Alumnae: Mary Lou Cavanaugh ’80, Lily Durbin ’17, Elaine Purcell ’05, Cassie Ramos ’02

28 The Making of Virtual Vespers 32 Making Virtual Personal in Admissions 33 Senior Projects

DIRECTOR of ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Clare Martin DIRECTOR of DEVELOPMENT Elena Loukas P’05 DIRECTOR of COMMUNICATIONS Katy Dandurand CONTRIBUTING WRITER and PHOTOGRAPHER Amelia Cordischi CONTRIBUTING WRITER Elizabeth Gallagher ’99 PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Richins Photography www.adamrichins.com miller studio boston www.millerstudiophoto.com DESIGN Dan Beard Design PRINTER Journeyman Press

Front Cover: A Grade 7 cohort learning space from the 2020-21 school year Back Cover: English teacher Andrew Silvasy leads a class outdoors

This page/Facing page: An Upper School class gathers for class in the front of the school

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A R OU ND C A M P US ALUMNAE 48 Reunion

ANNUAL REPORT 57 Annual Report

CLASS NOTES 50 Class Notes 56 In Memoriam

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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, Perspectives is the theme of this issue of Très Bien magazine. You will hear from our students and alumnae as they reflect on a year that, despite its challenges, proved to be illuminating in many ways. We became adept at technology that was new to both students and teachers. We were innovative in both the ways we used our campus: classes met in 15 different outdoor learning spaces, from the library terraces to Linden Lane to the Olmstead (Clover) Garden.

In addition to being creative with use of space, our teachers also showed tremendous creativity and resourcefulness with their teaching, using new methods and skills acquired to help our students excel under the unusual circumstances we were all facing. As a school we were bold in our decision to have all students on campus for the 2020-21 school year under the safety of cohorts, masks, and weekly COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty, and staff. In June, our efforts culminated in no community spread of the virus and a beautiful graduation for the Class of 2021 in the Sunken Garden.

We began the 2021-22 school year filled with hope and the knowledge that, as a community and with God’s love, we will continue to adapt and adjust with the mission of a Sacred Heart education, as always, our guiding light.

Sincerely,

Sister Barbara Rogers Headmistress

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Campus Highlights: In the Classroom and Beyond Cor Unum: One Heart At Newton Country Day, Chapel is held weekly, with readings and reflections given by students, faculty, and staff members. During the 2020-21 school year, in response to social distancing guidelines, Upper School Chapel was reimagined with the launch of Cor Unum.

Director of Campus Ministry Sara Milone introduced Cor Unum, the Latin translation of One Heart, to the Newton community saying, “Although we are in different classrooms around campus, we remain, always, one Newton Country Day School community, one Sacred Heart family. Each week we will gather in a new way to listen to the Gospel, to bring our prayers before God, to build a stronger community, and a stronger relationship with ourselves, with each other, and with God.” During Cor Unum, students were asked to view their cohort as a community comprised of young women with different stories, different backgrounds, and different ways of relating to God. Although each member is different, they all share in the common connection of being Daughters of the Sacred Heart.

Cor Unum began each week with cohorts watching a live stream from the Chapel, led by Milone and student volunteers. After an opening prayer and Gospel reading, students journaled about reflection questions based on the Scripture and theme of the week.

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directed back to the live stream for the closing, which included the Our Father and a closing prayer.

Newton’s Latinx Affinity Group Joins Local Schools for Fundraiser Newton’s Latinx affinity group OLAS (Organization of Latin American Students), in partnership with Latinx groups at Winsor School, Dana Hall School, Roxbury Latin School, and Fontbonne Academy, launched a t-shirt fundraiser, “Unidos por Centroamérica.”

Unidos por Centroamérica (translated to United for Central America) raised money for the non-profit organization Food for the Poor, which provided emergency relief for Central America following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Eta and Iota.

“The fundraiser came together through the friendships we have created with other

Latinx students across various independent schools,” said OLAS co-heads Sarah Henao ’21 and Aamaya Guzman ’21. “We wanted to support a cause that we all felt passionate about and thought we could help advocate for at our schools. As we researched as a group what organization we would like to donate to, we discovered Food for the Poor.

We fell in love with their mission and plan for hurricane relief through training and agricultural sustainability in countries such as Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.”

The t-shirt, designed by a junior from Winsor, highlighted Central America’s countries, includes the national flower of Nicaragua, and hands that represent unity.

“We do not have a specific fundraising goal,” Henao and Guzman added. “Our main focus is to create awareness about the topic.

Over the years, we have learned the importance of service and bringing light to topics that we feel are important.”

SERVICE While service opportunities looked a little different during the 2020-21 school year than in previous years, Newton’s commitment to Sacred Heart Goal III: a social awareness which impels to action remained.

NCDS Gives to Local Food Pantry

OLAS T-shirt

In October 2020, Newton Country Day donated food items for distribution to families through the Centre Street Food Pantry (CSFP), a non-profit that provides families with consistent access to nutritious food with acceptance and dignity in Newton and in seven surrounding communities.

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meet the critical nutritional needs of families experiencing hunger and food insecurity in the Newton community,” said Director of Community Service and Religious Studies Department Chair Mark Potter. “Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for food has more than doubled at the Centre Street Food Pantry, just down the street in Newton Centre.”

Advisory groups in the Upper School and TAG/homerooms in the Middle School filled grocery bags with specific foods appro-

priate for families with children. Students signed up to contribute items for the food drive that included granola bars, cereal, homemade cards, and activity items. Earlier in the month, students reflected on how an attitude of generosity is the end of a Sacred Heart education, guided by a quote from Life at the Sacred Heart: “a Sacred Heart education aspires to make you open-eyed, alert to the needs of others, generous and courageous in service.”

NDCS delivered 70 bags to the Centre Street Food Pantry. In February, Middle School students donated an additional 56 bags of food to CSFP after holding a food drive for their Kids Club Food Drive program, which helps food insecure children in the local community. The Kids Club gives children extra food for breakfast and lunch, as well as snacks. Kids Club bags give children easy access to food that helps them grow and learn. CSFP, located less than one mile from Newton Country Day, gives out 100 bags (to 100 children) every two weeks.

“What I enjoyed most about this service project was knowing that we were able to help our community,” commented NylahRene Andrade ’25. “It is always good to know that your community is able to support you, especially in times of need. It is important that we all do something good out of the kindness of our hearts.”

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Mr. Robert Mylroie, Dr. Mark Potter, Mr. Ryan Murphy, and Ms. Rebecca Krier load a van with donated food for the CSFP

Chrysanthi Grover ’25, Nylah-Rene Andrade ’25, and Maggie Sullivan ’25 loading donated food for CSFP into a NCDS van for delivery

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Middle School co-presidents Sophia Beaver ’25 and Nora Joyce ’25 knew they wanted to start the school year with a service opportunity for the entire Middle School. After learning about Storytime Crafts, the duo organized a book drive to benefit children in the Boston area.

Storytime Crafts is a non-profit organization with a grassroots literacy initiative dedicated to creating diverse book-rich environments for children that promote the joy of reading. It was founded with the goal of uniting communities to encourage inclusive childhood literacy opportunities.

Storytime Crafts is dedicated to amplifying the voices and stories of diverse children’s authors and directing literacy resources throughout communities.

“We both thought that a book drive to collect culturally rich children’s books could be a way to spread awareness of the social injustices in our world today,” said Joyce.

“Donating books to Storytime Crafts and helping my community is important because I know that I am making a difference in the lives of children who do not have as much as I do. It is something that helps those most in need and makes me happy knowing that I am doing something to help the world become a

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better place.”

On the last day of the book drive, the collection bins were overflowing with donations.

In total, the Middle School delivered more than 150 collected books to Storytime Crafts.

“It was amazing to see how Storytime Crafts helped to spread awareness to our Middle School community, and at the same time is soon going to help so many children learn to read and build confidence in themselves,” Joyce concluded.

Cradles to Crayons In the spring, students in Grades 9 and 10 participated in in-person service at Cradles to Crayons in Newton.

Continuing Service During Advent Season The Christmas Basket Service Project is a tradition that Upper School students look forward to each year. During Advent, advisory groups collect food, gift cards, and toys to donate to the Harbor Point community through Sister Joyce of Project Care and Concern. Girls have always enjoyed not only collecting items for a specific family in need, but also writing positive messages of hope in home-made Christmas cards.

Last year, as a combined Middle and Upper School effort, students were invited to participate in a revised version of the project.

Gifts cards of any denomination to Star Market, Stop & Shop, Target, or TJ Maxx were donated by Newton families. In total, NCDS raised nearly $19,000 in gift cards for Project Care and Concern.

A long-standing Advent tradition in the Middle School is teaming up with students from St. Sebastian’s to help families experience the love and joy of Christmas through St. Patrick’s Parish in Lawrence. For over 30 years, Middle School students have spent December collecting gifts for children and teenagers. NCDS 8th graders would then host an afternoon event with St. Sebastian’s 8th graders to organize the collected gifts and learn more about the community in Lawrence from Father Paul O’Brien. Last year the Middle School still participated in the “Spirit of Sharing” project, although it looked a little different.

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to send warm jackets, toys, and other gifts through the registry, gifts that Father Paul would typically deliver to children’s homes

by Christmas Eve. In an email, Father Paul wrote, “In the midst of these difficult times in Lawrence, Saint Patrick Parish continues to be a thriving community of faith. Each Sunday, more than 600 people turn out for outdoor worship. Each day, the Parish’s Cor Unum Meal Center serves hundreds of meals on a to-go basis. Your past Spirit of Sharing contributions have transformed the experience of Christmas for thousands of children here in Lawrence.”

Service Committee Raises Money for Sacred Heart Schools in Uganda In early spring, the Service Committee organized three fundraisers to raise money for our Sacred Heart sister schools in Uganda.

Between two jeans days, a bake sale, and contributions from the Economics Committee, over $4,000 was raised to fund scholarships at these schools. The initiatives were led by Service Committee co-heads Katherine Erler ’21 and Caroline Linton ’21.

“We had a lot of support from our committee moderator Ms. Ruane and Director of Dining Services Mr. Connor to make sure this bake sale was safe,” explained Linton. “Service Committee members baked for a cohort in their grade to limit interaction. Each girl wore a mask while baking.

Committee members left the baked goods outside of the assigned cohort so that there would be no interaction between separate cohorts.”

Linton and Erler were very happy with how successful the fundraisers were and outreach has been, and both are grateful to the members of the Economics Committee for their significant contribution to the fundraiser for the schools in Uganda.

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from a Hearth volunteer, who said the residents love hearing from everyone and that the cards are a great way to connect with the community,” Linton added. “Our committee members are dedicated to educating their peers and helping people.”

AP Computer Science Takes a Virtual STEM Field Trip, Meets with Stephanie Evans Peart ’98 In December, during Computer Science Education Week, students in AP Computer Science took a virtual field trip to Boston Dynamics, an engineering and robotics design company.

Students were able to remotely drive “Spot,” a mobile robot designed for sensing, inspection, and remote operation, through a variety of terrains. This included walking over piles of rocks, climbing up and down stairs, and navigating along narrow ledges. The engineers in the lab challenged the girls to make Spot fall down to see how Spot “rights” himself, which allows them to collect data that will continue to make Spot better. The girls also had conversations over Zoom with the eight engineers involved in Spot’s development, six of whom were women.

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“The opportunity to drive Spot was really cool, but my favorite part about the experience was the girls’ ongoing exchange with the engineers,” commented AP Computer Science teacher Martha Haddad. “It was clear how genuinely interested the engineers were in our girls, their questions, and their interest in computer science. I think our students reminded the engineers of themselves in high school, except we were a class of eight girls in AP Computer Science, and when the engineers were in high school, many were the only woman in their computer science and robotics classes.”

AP Computer Science also met virtually with Stephanie Evans Peart ’98. Peart is a Director in IT for Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies. As a Global Digital Business Technology Leader, she provides leadership, technology strategy, and direction for the on-going development of the J&J Medical Device Global Digital Strategy and Customer Experience.

After her exposure to computer science at NCDS, Peart earned a BS in Computer Science at Rutgers University.

She then went on to Johnson & Johnson’s Information Management Leadership Program, where she participated in three eight-month rotations through each of the company’s sectors: Medical Devices, Consumer Health Products, and Pharmaceuticals. These rotations helped clarify for Peart her preference for finding ways to leverage digital technology to solve critical business problems. With the support of Johnson & Johnson, she went on to earn an MS in Management of Information Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from NYU Stern School of Business.

After describing her educational and professional journey, students had the opportunity to ask Peart questions about her career. She explained that while most of her experience is with Java, a majority of languages share a lot of the same concepts.

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ners to “get in there and solve problems,” as well as using technology to help the organizations reach their business goals. She noted that her background in computer science, along with her people skills, allows her to explain to her business partners what and how the technology team is developing or remediating to meet the business needs.

Student questions eventually transitioned to favorite memories of Newton and traditions like Congé. Peart shared her great fondness for NCDS and how she feels lucky to have attended the school for eight years. “I loved the culture, the friendships, and the retreats.

I hope that my daughter will attend a Sacred Heart School near us,” she said.

NCDS Celebrates the Lunar New Year

Poetry Contests Writers from Grades 9-12 submitted poems to the annual Upper School Poetry Contest for the theme “Be the Light.”

First Place “They Say”

by Janay Lesley ’22 Second Place “I Memorized the Pledge of Allegiance”

by Charlotte Bizup ’23

Model UN Participates in Virtual Harvard Model UN Nineteen Upper School students attended the 68th annual Harvard Model UN Conference (HMUN) January 28-31. The conference theme was “Informed Action in Times of Crisis.” Committees focused on issues of social justice including human rights, the future of genetic engineering, and equity with respect to COVID-19. Zoom and document platforms were used for committee sessions, while webinars were used for the opening and closing ceremonies, the cultural extravaganza, and lecture events.

In addition to the conference being virtual, preparation for Newton’s Model UN committee members was also all done online.

This group of students took this additional challenge in stride.

“In anticipation of the Model UN conference this year, I had expectations that the experience would be less rewarding than the in-person conference,” said first year Model UN member Emily Ansteth ’24. “To my surprise, it was a great experience, and all of my fellow delegates made it engaging and challenging. Our Model UN committee heads at NCDS prepared us very well so that we would be as confident as possible going into HMUN.” At the conclusion of the conference, Eizabeth Lesher ’22 received an Honorable Mention in the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, representing Yemen on the topic of present day concentration camps.

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six workshops with our guest artists over Zoom. Students’ final performances were recorded and used as a part of the Virtual Festival of the Arts video.

Third Place “Lumen Sulpiciae”

by Fengrui He ’23 On February 12, the NCDS community celebrated the Lunar New Year, The Year of the Ox. During homeroom, students learned about Lunar New Year before enjoying a special lunch modeled after a Lunar New Year reunion dinner. Girls also received red lunch bags for good luck filled with fortune cards, bookmarks with “Year of the Ox,” a Chinese Zodiac, and a sticker to wear on their masks.

Students in Ms. Zhao’s Chinese classes created a video with New Year messages for students, faculty, staff, families, and friends of NCDS.

NCDS Hosts Artists in Residence Program Newton Country Day’s Artists in Residence Program, focused on slam poetry and co-sponsored by the Theatre Department and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, kicked off on Monday, April 27. Through May 20, Poet Laureate of Boston Porsha Olayiwola, Austin Poetry Slam Champion Andre Bradford, and 2018 Natick Poetry Slam Champion Beth Aarons ’89 performed and hosted a Theatre Intensive program for interested Upper School students. Those who choose to participate in the Theatre Intensive learned to write, edit, and perform their poems during

Honorable Mentions “The Birth of the Firefly”

by Grace Connelly ’22 “Rose Colored Glasses”

by Evelyn Dunne ’23 “Abuse from the Dead”

by Caroline Kelley ’22 “Toil in the Grounds of American Soil”

by Natalie Pearl ’24 “The Vote”

by Kaelea Severino ’24

Six Upper School Students Recognized with Computer Science Awards Six Upper School students were selected from over 4,200 applicants to receive a National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC). Since 2017, students at NCDS have received 25 AiC awards.

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as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for postsecondary education. Each recipient will receive recognition and prizes; induction into the AiC Community of nearly 20,000 technical individuals; access to resources, scholarships, and internship opportunities; and more.

“It is so rewarding to watch our computer science program grow and to continually see our students recognized for their interest and hard work in the study of computer science,” said computer science teacher Martha Haddad. “This year is especially exciting because eight students took on the challenge of studying AP Computer Science A.” The NCWIT Award for AiC honors students in Grades 9-12 who self-identify as women, genderqueer, or non-binary for their computing-related achievements and interests as part of an effort to encourage a diverse range of students to choose careers in technology.

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Students Receive 28 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Newton students were honored by the 2021 Scholastic Writing Awards, earning a school-record 28 Scholastic Writing Awards, made up of four Gold Keys, seven Silver Keys, and 17 Honorable Mentions.

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 students in grades 7-12. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

Gold Key Grace Connelly ’22 – Short Story: Cotton Candy Ice Cream Grace Freyermuth ’23 – Short Story: The Curse of the Sun God

Genevieve Jobson ’22 – Flash Fiction: Conscripted Lauren Leong ’23 – Journalism: Addressing Racial Prejudices in Health Care Silver Key Chloe Coenraets ’22 – Flash Fiction: Dress Abigail Connon ’21 – Critical Essay: Rise of Rock Julia Cressotti ’23 – Short Story: Bright Night Sky and The Misadventures of Circe the Demigoddess Grace Freyermuth ’23 – Personal Essay & Memoir: Little Fish Genevieve Jobson ’22 – Flash Fiction: Shuttering and Short Story: Diskarte Honorable Mentions Charlotte Bizup ’23 – Personal Essay & Memoir: Beating a Failure Chloe Coenraets ’22 – Poetry: Cutting Ties Grace Connelly ’22 – Poetry: Come Together Sarah DeSisto ’22 –Personal Essay & Memoir: Dread

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Emma Hatem ’23 – Short Story: Riding the Waves Elizabeth Hayes ’22 – Poetry: Ode to the Button Fengrui He ’23 – Personal Essay & Memoir: Wheels of My Family Sarah Henao ’21 – Personal Essay & Memoir: The Knightly Gazette, featuring the War on Computers Genevieve Jobson ’22 – Poetry: Red Sniper Annie Kelley ’23 – Short Story: The Return of my Son Caroline Kelley ’22 – Poetry: Marilyn Diptych, Short Story: My Letter Home, and Flash Fiction: Scuffed Wedding Ring Emma Nero ’23 – Poetry: The Persistence of Memory and Ode to the Glo Fish Avery Woolbert ’21 – Science Fiction & Fantasy: If Computers Write Our Stories Delaney Woolbert ’23 – Poetry: The Woes of Wollstonecraft

• Capture one sure sign that spring is arriving • Add your photo to this slide deck • Return often to see how other ninth grade students are noticing changes to the biotic world around them!

SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS Gold Key Ivy Song ’26 - Drawing & Illustration: Converse Silver Key Ivy Song ’26 - Drawing & Illustration: Berries

Biology Classes Practice Mindfulness with Signs of Spring In April, the Class of 2024 created a mindful biology photo journal following the prompt “Tell me it’s spring without telling me it’s spring.” The students took a “mindful moment” to step outside their classroom and take a photo to contribute to the class-wide project on Google Slides.

In addition to taking photos, students were given the following instructions: • Quietly observe the subtle seasonal changes around campus • What do you hear? What do you see?

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Independent Research Students Excel at Virtual Symposium, Fair From February 23-26, Newton Country Day held its first Science and Engineering Virtual Symposium. Eleven Upper School Independent Research students presented their projects, over Zoom, to a panel of judges from the scientific community, including NCDS parents, past parents, and alumnae.

Additionally, NCDS had its largest representation at the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair in school history with all 11 Independent Research students advancing to the virtual competition.

Forty-seven people served as either interviewing judges, meeting one-on-one with students over Zoom, or as general judges, asynchronously reviewing student video presentations and papers. Judges submitted feedback on the projects through a Google Form located on a dedicated project webpage. All Newton parents were given access to view the students’ projects, adding to the community feel of the symposium. A benefit of the event

being completely virtual was the opportunity for students to engage with alumnae who are not local to Newton.

“It is so important for our young researchers to meet women in STEM careers who have literally walked through the same hallways as them,” said Science Department Chair Dr. Rebecca Sen. “Conversing with our alumnae judges allows our students to see the broad scope of opportunities ahead of them in STEM fields.”

“It was just an incredible experience and opportunity,” commented symposium judge Rochelle Williams-Belizaire ’00. “Thank you for your amazing support of these young, female, driven scholars. I am very impressed.”

For their projects, participants were required to submit a paper, a Google slide deck, and a 5-10 minute video. Each student researcher engaged in two Zoom interviews, lasting between 15-20 minutes, to discuss her project.

“Independent research, while a long process, is overall a fabulous and educational experience,” noted Gabriella Hernandez ’24. “The opportunity to study a subject you are passionate about, with some guidance, is remarkable.

The virtual interviews were extremely helpful.

To have heard from professionals about a topic they are interested and informed in was an incredible opportunity. While I already had a passion for marine biology, this project made me consider the specific aspects I’m interested in and helped to deepen my love of the ocean and the science surrounding it.”

“My favorite part about the research process was being able to take something I was curious about outside of school and dive into it with the support of my faculty mentor and the entire Science Department,” said Molly Heeney ’21, whose project was titled “Factors Contributing to Spartina Alterniflora Recession in Tidal Salt Marsh Areas.” “Being able to connect with parents and alumnae was such a rewarding experience. Not only did they offer great feedback on my project, but they also gave incredible insight into their journey with science and the endless paths I could go down in the future.”

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in a row. “Through my research, I learned that it is an understudied medical field that has many emerging and novel chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments still in early clinical trial testing. Studying combination therapies has really interested me because lung cancer accounts for about 25% of all cancer cases and still can be considered an understudied aspect of medicine. I plan to continue this project next year and analyze how some of the combination treatments I studied this year affect patients.”

Following the symposium, students submitted their projects to the Massachusetts Region V Science and Engineering Fair. The regional fair was an asynchronous, virtual event. At the conclusion, eight NCDS projects were recognized.

these obstacles, these young women have remained ignited by the prospect of scientific discovery, they have persisted through these difficult circumstances, and they have learned a tremendous amount about their topic of interest. Needless to say, we are extremely proud of these impressive young women.”

Student Honored with STEM Fellowship Gabriella Hernandez ’24 was awarded the Hafize Gaye Erkan First Republic Fellowship. Hernandez is one of 10 ninth grade students in the first class of Erkan Fellows through the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS).

The Hafize Gaye Erkan First Republic Fellowship Program fosters STEM education, leadership, and career paths for promising young women. Through a uniquely holistic approach, the Fellowship focuses on developing young women into lifelong learners and transformational leaders of character. In addition to receiving grants and STEM educational opportunities, Erkan Fellows will participate in a mentorship program that includes academic counselors, business professionals, and executive leaders. This year-round engagement program will include career development and educational activities.

“Hernandez worked tirelessly this year as she researched the potential impacts of

PROJECT CATEGORY First Place Elizabeth Lesher ’22 Third Place Emily Addona ’22 Honorable Mention Isabella Adarme ’24 Nora Grimes ’24 Molly Heeney ’21 Gabriella Hernandez ’24 Anjali Reddy ’24 PROPOSAL CATEGORY Honorable Mention Mallie Hickey ’24 “We are so grateful to our judges, who provided thoughtful, supportive, and constructive feedback to our students,” said Dr. Sarah Webster, Director of the Independent Research Program. “The students made revisions to their presentations before submitting them to the Regional Science and Engineering Fair. All 11 projects advancing to the State Fair, the most we have sent in at least 13 years, is a remarkable achievement in any year, but amazing in the midst of a year filled with the challenges of a pandemic.

“The various restrictions caused by the ongoing public health crisis certainly presented numerous challenges for our student researchers,” Sen concluded. “In the face of 10

Gabriella Hernandez ’24, Science Department Chair Dr. Rebecca Sen, and Kyra Prats ’09

Nora Grimes ’24, Science Department Chair Dr. Rebecca Sen, and Alexa Riobueno ’12

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mining in the deep sea for her Independent Research in Science project,” said Dr. Rebecca Sen. “She was recognized for her hard work and sophisticated data analyses with an honorable mention at both the Regional and State Science and Engineering Fairs. She takes every opportunity to enrich her knowledge and experience in STEM fields, and she embodies Sacred Heart Goal

II - a deep respect for intellectual values.

We are absolutely thrilled that she has been awarded the Hafize Gaye Erkan First Republic Fellowship. Hernandez’s passion and talent for scientific research, her ability to ask unique scientific questions, and her commitment to excellence show us all that the future of scientific research is incredibly bright.”

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 Fengrui He ’23 Elizabeth Lesher ’22 Silver Medal (Maxima Cum Laude) Meghan Gavin ’24 Anna Rauseo ’23 Rebecca Simen ’22 Magna Cum Laude Emily Addona ’22 Catherine Ellis ’22 Caroline Kelley ’22 Cum Laude Julia Cressotti ’23 Delia Duggan ’21 Delaney Woolbert ’23

Grade 7 Latin Award Winners Lucy Jordan ’26, Addison Winchenbaugh ’26, Katie Mingle ’26, Ivy Song ’26, and Carmen Walters ’26

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.

Summa Cum Laude Ludovica Melodia ’25 Maxima Cum Laude Luisa DeMatteo ’25 Elizabeth Kfoury ’25 Abigail Goodman ’25 Ivy Song ’26 Magna Cum Laude Sarah Brody ’25 Elsa Cressotti ’25 Katie Mingle ’26 Addison Winchenbaugh ’26 Cum Laude Gabriella Bogart ’25 Lucy Jordan ’26 Carmen Walters ’26

2020 and 2021 Upper School Latin Award Winners

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Grade 6 Students Give Original Speeches In Grade 6 English class, students researched, wrote, and presented original speeches based on Sacred Heart Goal III: a social awareness that impels to action. Topics this year included climate change and animal endangerment, pandemic challenges and resilience, prejudices and stereotypes, and women in sports. Each speech was followed by 10 minutes of discussion led by the orator.

One way King was able to bring her love of music to the Civil Rights Movement was by becoming involved with Freedom Concerts.

Freedom Concerts were held in support of the Movement, with music, art, and spoken word used to inspire and cultivate a sense of community. King both organized and performed at the concerts with her love of art at the forefront of her quest to help change the world.

After viewing a performance of King singing “We Shall Overcome,” which was considered the “song of the moment” and a

History Month, the amazing history made in this past election, or something connected to the global pandemic, you can share a song, dance, or even a painting.”

The result of the many talented Middle School students was a 23-minute video filled with inspiring song and dance. Abigail Unger ’25 sang “Not Alone” by Darren Criss. “I chose the song because it talks about getting through hard times together as a community,” Unger explained. “I feel that we should try to love each other. This song also conveys the message that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.”

The Middle School’s celebration of Black History Month also included honoring local Black women, including Representative Ayanna Pressley and her journey to becoming the first Black woman to represent Massachusetts in the United States Congress. In addition, the Goal IV Forum contained a weekly feature of notable musical performances from Black women throughout history. Musicians highlighted included Leontyne Price, the first Black woman to star as a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera; singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist Nina Simone; and life-long advocate for civil and women’s rights “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin.

Middle School Students are Finalists in Statewide Literature Competition

Jordan Martin ’27 delivers a speech about multicultural representation in school curricula

central theme during the Civil Rights Movement, each student was asked to reflect on her personal “song of the moment” to contribute to an inspirational playlist that became a Freedom Concert playlist on Spotify.

In conjunction with the celebration of During the Freedom Concert video Black History Month, and learning about announcement, Middle School co-president Coretta Scott King’s use of music and art in activism, the NCDS Middle School curated its Sophia Beaver ’25 explained that student and faculty-submitted videos could showcase own Freedom Concert.

Students learned about King’s connection a song, dance or piece of art that speaks to this moment in history. “Whether it’s our to Boston as she studied Music Education celebration of Black History month, Women’s at the New England Conservatory of Music.

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Three Middle School students were recognized by the Letters About Literature statewide competition. Run by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, the competition is for the girls to write a letter to the author of a book that changed their perspective on life.

Nicolette Liu ’26 and Tessa Murphy ’26 were finalists, and Ava Perri ’26 was a semi-finalist.

In 2019, Elsa Cressotti ’25 was a state finalist and Analise Kretsedemas ’25 was a semi-finalist in the competition. Cressotti’s award was especially exciting as the author Elly Swartz, author of Finding Perfect, heard about her letter and wrote back to Cressotti.

Had it not been for the pandemic, Cressotti would have been invited to the State House to receive her award. English Teacher Michael Rosovsky noted, “This was very exciting and the highest achievement yet for an NCDS student.”

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On the Field and Court While Newton Country Day athletes did not participate in formal athletic seasons, Middle and Upper School students had the opportunity to take part in sport-specific skills and fitness-based practices in the fall, winter, and spring.

With safety as our top priority, in November, Upper School “teams” participated in scrimmages against Winsor School and Dana Hall School. The Eastern Independent League (EIL) planned the scrimmages as a way to provide an opportunity for healthy competition and a positive game-like experience for students. Newton’s participation in these scrimmages was predicated on safety protocols as well as school and state guidelines.

In the spring, in addition to participating in sport-specific skills and fitness-based practices, Middle and Upper School once again scrimmaged against EIL schools.

“It was great to see the athletes back on our playing fields, courts, and on the water,” said Director of Athletics Kimberly Southall.

“Seeing the girls outside in all different corners of campus was energizing; they were playing volleyball in the Sunken Garden, playing basketball on outdoor courts, and dancing and erging in the back parking lot. The girls’ enthusiasm, and dedication, all while adapting to new rules, protocols, and different spaces, was impressive. The athletics seasons were very different but will be some of the most memorable — it reminded me of why athletics is so important for the mind, body, and especially for the community. Our athletes came each day with positive energy and truly found joy being together and playing the sport they love.”

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Graduation NEWTON COUNTRY DAY’S 141ST GRADUATION CEREMONY was held in the Sunken Garden on Thursday, June 3. The families of the 64 graduates of the Class of 2021 gathered under the tent to celebrate the hard work and dedication of the senior class.

After the procession into the tent, Headmistress Sister Barbara Rogers welcomed everyone before introducing Class President Eliza Sullivan ’21. Sullivan gave the Invocation before the Mary Quinlan Salutatory Address was delivered by Ella Lesher ’21.

Acknowledging that the Class of 2021 showed great resilience and sacrifice, not only over the past year but through all of their years in the Upper School, Lesher said, “Courage is not always taking a risk or making a bold move, sometimes it’s just the voice in the back of your mind as you fall asleep saying, ‘try again tomorrow.’ My classmates are the reason I believe in the goodness of people. They’ve shown me it’s true that we rise by lifting others. Just as a candle loses nothing in sharing its light, I’ve seen the beauty in selflessly supporting one another. We each have a unique way of making others feel seen, heard, and loved.

This light that we’ve shared is so great that I’m certain it will remain here long after we leave, illuminating the pathways of friendship and community for years to come. I am so grateful to be a part of this brilliant class and can’t wait to see what the future holds for these insanely talented, loving, generous, and strong people around me.”

Following Lesher, assistant physician in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rachel Rosovksy P’16’21 delivered the Graduation Address. Rosovsky spoke candidly about her time working in the COVID-19 wards at MGH. In her speech she shared what she learned about herself during this time, as well as something she coined “pandemic driven” courage and confidence.

“Facing the challenges of senior year during a world-wide health crisis could not have been easy for you, right? It demanded resiliency,” Rosovsky noted. “Maybe your best friends weren’t in your cohort. Maybe your teacher couldn’t figure out how to work the Cleartouch or the Owl. You got through it. Here you are.

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“Perfection does not exist, and if you are striving for only that, you’re going to miss out. It is partly through my struggles that I have become a better teacher, role model, colleague, boss, friend. So, when you do something wrong or make a mistake, don’t become defensive or beat yourself up, rather - look at them as opportunities - how can you grow from them and be a better, and more compassionate person.

“A challenge that I have dealt with throughout my career, and maybe one you can relate to, is that I struggle with my inner critic. Recently, I gave a talk to the Centers for Disease Control. I give speeches all over the nation, even international, but this was the CDC at the height of the fight against COVID-19. I spent hours writing and preparing and right after I gave the talk, I was elated. You know that sensation when you feel you are on top of the world? That was exactly how I felt. I even heard the director of the CDC thought it was awesome. And, guess what? The very next day, as I was mulling over that talk, I started to question and doubt myself. There was my inner critic trying to take over. I talked with a friend who once said to me, you sometimes need to change the channel in your head. So, my message to you is be kind to yourself and to try not to let your inner critic have airtime; I am still learning how to do that.

“You are going to have times in college, and throughout the rest of your life, when you will feel overwhelmed; you don’t have to struggle by yourself. You have a beautiful community of people at NCDS; you have amazing friends and support. Don’t lose touch and make the effort to reach out to them.

Always remember the people and resources available to you. NCDS has given you the tools - the courage and confidence ... to go after your dreams, make mistakes and learn from them, quiet your inner critic, be kind to yourself, and lean on your supports. And level the playing field. I hope you all find joy and gratitude every day.” concluded Rosovsky.

After the conferring of the diplomas, Alice Husson Prize recipient Gabriella Ciccolo ’21 took the stage to thank the faculty and staff.

“There’s a common belief that in challenging times, we find the best in people,” Ciccolo began. “The idea is that difficult circumstances often encourage us to both look to and offer our neighbors unrivaled companionship, a listening ear, and small moments of happiness.

While this may sound like a romanticized idea, I’ve never seen anyone embody this notion as powerfully as the teachers and staff at Newton Country Day have and do. This year has been taxing (to say the least), but the steadfast compassion and support that we’ve received from our teachers are the reasons we’re standing here today.”

Director of Student Life Katherine Spelman then distributed prizes before Avery Woolbert ’21 delivered the Janet Erskine Stuart Valedictory Address.

Woolbert told the crowd of highlights from the Class of 2021 during each of their years in the Upper School, noting retreats and traditions. “Senior year we were challenged to preserve our community in the face of physical separation,” she said. “One memory I will never forget was our last day of class, when we gathered as a grade on the Upper Field and stood in a circle, singing along to Hannah Montana, many of us with tears in our eyes as we took in that moment, surrounded by our friends and basking in the many memories of this school we love so dearly. As I was writing this speech, I couldn’t help but recognize how we ended our four year journey in the same way it began: gathered in a circle, united through the community we worked so hard to forge, develop, and preserve.

We are a class of 64 individuals, but in those moments, we were one.

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school. We are recognized for our individual gifts, but also for our identity as a class. We are empowered to be artists, scientists, athletes, and authors. We are called to be courageous teammates and confident leaders. We are NCDS graduates and Sacred Heart sisters.

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After the Sacred Heart Goal Awards were distributed, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Christopher Kelly P’05’07’12’16 delivered the closing prayer. Families then joined their graduates for photos as they were welcomed into our alumnae community. u

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1 1 From back, Left to Right: Sarah Henao ’21, Melina Mourmoutis ’21, Sesen Gidey ’21, Kaelene Young ’21, Paige Derenzo ’21, Katherine Shea ’21, Megan O’Brien ’21 2 Isabelle Forcier ’21, Nora Brown ’21, Sesen Gidey ’21, Rheanna Patterson ’21, Jacinthe Marlow ’21, Emily Naughton ’21 3 Anna Hennessey ’21 and Tenley Noonan ’21 4 Rheanna Patterson ’21 5 Assistant Physician in the Department of Hematology Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rachel Rosovksy P’16’21 6 Aamaya Guzman ’21 7 Caroline Linton ’21 and Jaed Jean Michel ’21 8 The Class of 2021 9 Gabriella Ciccolo ’21, Ella Lesher ’21, Avery Woolbert ’21 10 Emma Rohrer ’21 and Nora Brown ’21 11 Sara Glynn ’21 and Schuyler Awtrey ’21 12 Ana Maria Batten ’21, Kelsey Popeo ’21, Jacqueline Dowdle’21

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American University

College of the Holy Cross

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Assumption College

Howard University

University of Rhode Island

Bard College

University of Illinois, Chicago

University of Richmond

Boston College

Indiana University, Bloomington

Rollins College

Boston University

Ithaca College

Sacred Heart University

Bridgewater College

Lehigh University

Saint Anselm College

Brown University

Loyola Marymount University

Saint Joseph’s University

Bucknell University

Loyola University Chicago

Saint Louis University

California Institute of Technology

Loyola University Maryland

Saint Michael’s College

Carleton College

Louisiana State University

Salve Regina University

Case Western Reserve

Macalester College

University of San Diego

Catholic University

University of Maryland, College Park

University of San Francisco

Chapman University

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Santa Clara University

College of Charleston

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Scranton

Clemson University

University of Massachusetts Boston

Seton Hall University

Colby College

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Skidmore College

Colgate University

McGill University

Southern Methodist University

Colorado College

University of Miami

St. Lawrence University

University of Colorado, Boulder

Miami University, Ohio

Stonehill College

Connecticut College

University of Michigan

Swarthmore College

University of Connecticut

Michigan State University

University of Toronto

Davidson College

Middlebury College

Trinity College

University of Delaware

University of New Hampshire

Trinity College, Dublin

Denison University

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Tufts University

University of Denver

North Carolina State University

Tulane University

Eckerd College

Northeastern University

Union College

Elon University

Northwestern University

Vanderbilt University

Emory University

University of Notre Dame

Vassar College

Fairfield University

Oberlin College

University of Vermont

Fordham University

Ohio State University

Villanova University

Georgetown University

Olin College of Engineering

University of Virginia

George Washington University

Pennsylvania State University

Wake Forest University

Georgia Tech

Pepperdine University

University of Washington, Seattle

Gettysburg College

University of Pittsburgh

Washington University, St. Louis

University of Guelph

Princeton University

Wellesley College

Hamilton College

Providence College

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Hampton University

Purdue University

Wheaton College

Haverford College

Queen’s University

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Quinnipiac University

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Graduation 2021 Sixty-four members of the Class of 2021 received diplomas, academic prizes, and Sacred Heart awards. They follow a 141-year tradition of Sacred Heart education in Boston.

Four-Year Goal Awards Goal I: A personal and active faith in God – Nora Brown ’21 Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual values – Emma Rohrer ’21 Goal III: A social awareness which impels to action – Gabrielle Rosovsky ’21 Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value – Summer Ryan ’21 Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom – Natalie O’Brien ’21

Eighth Grade Awards Sophia Beaver ’25 and Nora Joyce ’25 were presented the Catherine Baxter, RSCJ Award, given to the student(s) who best exemplifies the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools.

Elizabeth Kfoury ’25 was presented the Trudy Hennessey Award, given to the student who exhibits good sportsmanship and a positive spirit in all aspects of her life.

Hope Moriarty ’25 was presented the Alice Husson, RSCJ Award, given to the student who demonstrates qualities of generosity, service, courtesy, and responsibility.

Elsa Cressotti ’25 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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Sacred Heart Prizes and Awards St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Prize is presented to the graduate who exemplifies the spirit and values of Sacred Heart education. – Avery Woolbert ’21 St. Philippine Duchesne Prize is presented to the graduate who demonstrates a spirit of steadfast purpose and the courage of her convictions. – Aamaya Guzman ’21 Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ Prize is presented to the graduate who holds the highest cumulative average for four years. – Avery Woolbert ’21 Mary Quinlan, RSCJ Prize is awarded to the graduate who holds the second highest cumulative average for four years.

– Ella Lesher ’21 Alice Husson, RSCJ Prize is presented to the graduate who holds the third highest cumulative average for four years.

– Gabriella Ciccolo ’21 Pamela Donovan Prize celebrates determination.

– Olivia Winchenbaugh ’21 Virginia Schumann, RSCJ Prize is presented to the graduate who demonstrates devotion to the mission and tradition of Sacred Heart education. – Ana Maria Batten ’21 Sarah Jones, RSCJ Prize honors a graduate with a deep spiritual commitment to the School. – Kaelene Young ’21 Clare McGowan ’45, RSCJ Prize is awarded to a graduate for her interest in the world. – Caroline Linton ’21

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AASH Middle School Essays Two Middle School students won the top spots in the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart (AASH) Middle School “Heart in Motion” national essay contest. Cecilia McKeigue ’27 placed first in the national contest, and Catelyn Hickey ’27 placed second.

“Reading the words that the students wrote was inspiring enough, but having just heard them read their pieces brought my understanding to a whole different level,” said (former) Director of Middle School Peter Badini. “The strength of conviction and the power of their confidence are a

testimony to all the Sacred Heart students that have preceded them and a clarion call to all who will follow.”

“In the classroom and community, we often ask the girls to reflect upon and take action on a specific Goal in focus; when a student embodies all Five, of their own accord, it is quite remarkable,” added Religion teacher Caroline Hurley ’13. “We could not be more proud of both students, their example of courage and confidence, and the inspiring words they shared. I’d like to think our Founding Mothers would recognize both students’ ‘hearts in motion’

as beautiful contributions to our Sacred Heart community.”

The prompt for the essays was: Just as St. Madeleine Sophie and St. Philippine knew civil unrest and public health crises, we now find our world facing similar challenges. In which of their values do you find strength, hope and inspiration to be a change agent that will help heal the discord and division in our daily life? What are you doing to put your “Heart in Motion”?

Below are excerpts from the prizewinning essays.

Cecilia McKeigue ’27 The 2020-21 year has been filled with challenges that have taken us all by surprise.

In the past decades, others have also seen our world’s tragedies in their lifetime and have overcome them by using qualities such as courage and confidence, qualities we find ourselves in need of today. Courage and confidence are qualities that also require strength.

To have courage and confidence in not just yourself but your actions as well is an example of this strength. When St. Madeleine Sophie Barat began the Society of the Sacred Heart, she needed to have an enormous amount of confidence in what she was starting because she knew that it would require many risks, sacrifices, and even the rest of her life. When St. Rose Philippine Duchesne first brought the Society of the Sacred Heart to America, she needed to also have a large amount of confidence in her bold decision, for just like Madeleine she was also risking so much, including not even being able to see her homeland ever again!

Today, we find our world facing many similar challenges that St. Philippine and St. Madeleine lived through. They both have accomplished and done so much for our world, and I believe that the Society of the Sacred Heart greatly proves and reflects on their accomplishments. When Madeleine and Philippine were still establishing and working in the Sacred Heart Society, they didn’t just have Faith in God, but also had Faith in themselves. If they didn’t, then I am positive that today the Society of the Sacred Heart would be very different or maybe not even exist!

True, they didn’t always have the courage and confidence they required. In truth, Philippine had a large sense of self doubt and often considered herself a failure, yet many other people both today and in her time praise her for her hard work and accomplishments. St. Madeleine most certainly also faced self doubt and discrimination very often when establishing the Society of the Sacred Heart. Yet it was also St. Madeleine who said: “Courage and

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confidence! I cannot repeat this war-cry too often. We should make it our support in our life of conflict.” We must also be courageous and confident so we can move forward with our lives and surpass this pandemic.

When St. Madeleine and St. Philippine were creating the Society of the Sacred

Heart, they did not only create the society so they could just help their own time, they created it so their dreams can be fulfilled in our present time. They have inspired me and many other Sacred Heart students to work hard and to make their hard work pay off. They have also inspired me to have

courage and confidence so I can follow the path God has given me and accomplish my dreams with my head held high. God willing, I believe that if we as a society can have strength, gratitude, hope, courage, and confidence, then we all can follow God’s path for us and gain a brighter future. u

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of the Sacred Heart. Something I could use right now is her bravery. With this global pandemic, it seems like everything we have to do is harder. Wearing masks all the time, not being able to play with friends normally or even come together as a community for all our traditional events, make taking that step forward each day difficult. If Madeleine Sophie was here she would stand up and tell us not to give up. Madeleine Sophie’s words are inspirational to me during this time: “The Spirit is always speaking to us deep in our hearts, if only we listen.” At Newton Country Day School, we get to see St. Madeleine Sophie on a stained glass window to look to and pray in our amazing chapel; she is a great role model for me and my classmates.

One of St. Philippine’s characteristics that inspires me is her compassion. She left behind a life of wealth to dedicate herself to charity work. Later she eventually joined St. Madeleine Sophie to start the Sacred Heart Schools. In my school, we have a hallway dedicated to St. Philippine. It’s called the Duchesne Hall which has many pictures of her. I know she would help anyone who is in need and we are taught to follow her values at NCDS. She shows her love for God and helping others in this quote “How truly blessed we shall be if at the price of even

very great sacrifices we shall have made God known and loved by one more soul!”

The examples of St. Madeleine Sophie and St. Philippine set my heart in motion to give back. I have been trying my best to give back to others and make lemonade out of lemons during this pandemic. For example, I have donated to food drives, donated clothes, cooked meals, and baked treats for my elderly neighbors. My sister and I have invited our neighbors to little picnics outside of our apartment building to share food and keep them company. I also have been spending time reading articles about how to help people in need. I pray for God to watch over these people, ask him to bless them, and for me to continue to find ways to give back. I am so grateful for all my gifts, my family, and my school community for encouraging me to be my best self, be grateful, and give back. u

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Waves by Mia Balboni ’24 Every second as the world orbits the sun You build yourself up and then crash Turning yourself back into foam so another replica can replace you People love and cherish you They watch and hope for you to arrive Yet I would rather have a steady pool of water I do not seek for your restless, uneasy, savage green rollercoaster You are not my higher power; my gravity; my way of life You are a nice story, lesson, and image for people to adore Yet I am not one of those people: I am not a water person I am not a believer in your life jacket saving ways I respect how hard you work to recollect shattered pieces of life and turn them into sea glass; a beautiful and gentle masterpiece So yes, sometimes I will dip my feet into your world; but your current is not strong enough to pull me in Your foam is not white and bubbly enough to intrigue me Nor your great animals that swim about and rely on you for life I am me And You are you Maybe crossing paths isn’t the best option, but I’ll wait and watch your waves crash from afar

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Beach Psalm by Lily Doherty ’24 The sand calms my nerves I feel like all of the stress that I have blows away with the breeze God, the beautiful scene that you have created There is a warm glow as the sun shines from above It shines with beauty and grace to heat the summer day I know that you are with me, God, when I see the waves splash against the shore Thank you for giving us the beautiful creatures that call the ocean their home Each grain of sand could not represent the gratitude I possess When I look out for miles and scan the horizon I think of all the wonders that are before me I also think of how they are all wonders of God The seaweed that rests just above where the waves hit the shore The fish that swim freely in the sea The rocks that coat the ocean floor The unique shells that lay hidden in the sand All these features are created in your image, God I am filled with joy, happiness, and thrill There are so many emotions that can describe how wonderful I feel On a warm summer day at the beach God, you provide so much The beach is just one of those glories in my life Thank you, Lord

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The Making of Virtual Vespers Each Advent season, the Newton Country Day community comes together for the Middle and Upper School Vespers Liturgies. These services are the culmination of the dedicated fall semester efforts in music, dance, and oratory in a sacred observance. In 2020, with COVID-19 protocols in place, faculty and staff members were faced with the task of reimagining the tradition, while evoking cherished memories.

Under the guidance of Head of the Upper School Kathleen Scully Hodges, an all-star team was assembled to create a virtual Upper School Vespers that families could watch together at home on the school’s YouTube channel. Performing Arts Chair Tyler Turner, accompanist Monique Byrnes, Communications Media Specialist Amelia Cordischi, Father Terry Devino, Instrumental Ensemble Director Brandon Hagan, Head of Campus Ministry Sara Milone, and Dance teacher Ashlie Swallow directed, and assembled, the virtual version of the honored tradition.

As with all aspects of the 2020-21 school year, health and safety remained a priority while filming the liturgy. Moving the indoor portions of the liturgy from Boston College’s Trinity Chapel back to its original location, the NCDS Chapel, ensured that proper precautions were taken for participant health and safety, including regular sanitizing of the sanctuary.

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Milone took charge of organizing readers from the senior class. Recognizing the need for prayer during this difficult year, she worked to modernize the reflections to include recognition of the impact of COVID-19, the lives lost during the year, progress made in the fight for racial justice, and prayers for teachers and staff. Throughout the recording process, Milone noted that she enjoyed “listening to the students’ proclamation of the timeless message of hope and joy found in the Scripture readings. In a time of physical distancing, I was consoled by the prayers inviting me to draw near to the God who draws near to us. The student lectors joyfully proclaimed the Advent/ Christmas message of hope and assurance of God’s presence among us.”

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during the performances. “We purchased upgraded equipment, including microphones and lighting, in order to get the highest quality and most realistic video possible,” she noted. “I also evaluated each location to figure out how to highlight each student and the space, including how to create movement in the dance pieces.”

The arts portion of the program was particularly challenging because of the implementation of new state and national guidelines regarding school music groups.

Hagan coordinated weekly outdoor in-person rehearsals for the musicians. Students were spaced 10 feet apart as they practiced carols like “Veni Veni, Emmanuel,” which was very apropos. Hagan explained, “It is a favorite carol played every year at Vespers. It is somber, yet hopeful, and I think the

students really connected with that and brought that energy to their performance. They recognized that while this year would be different, there was hope coming right around the corner. It was a perfect message for the season of Advent.”

For the recorded portion, Hagan provided specially designed facemasks that allowed students to play their instruments from behind their mask.

At the time of filming, singing was not permitted inside. Taking appropriate precautions, Chorale, Schola, and the accompanist were moved to the outdoor terrace and Sunken Garden. Spaced six feet apart and wearing traditional black, singers were able to remove their masks and sing familiar Vespers songs including “Night of Silence/Silent Night.”

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singing, which Turner then compiled into a single audio file. Having the students submit individual audio recordings also allowed Turner to give students direct feedback, which he hopes to incorporate into future teaching.

In years past, Swallow choreographed classwide dances, but with COVID-19 protocols it was not possible to have all 12 dancers in the Chapel at the same time. Instead, she divided the class into four small groups. While Swallow rehearsed with one group in the chapel, the other three groups worked outdoors. This set-up provided the opportunity for students to be both choreographers and performers, requiring a lot of responsibility, conscientiousness, and imagination from the dancers. “Every day I walked out of class feeling overwhelmed with gratitude for my students,” Swallow said. “The senior class deeply understood that they were working towards something larger than themselves.”

Filming the dance performances inspired lots of creativity among the team, including brainstorming ways to capture the magic of “Night of Silence/ Silent Night,” the poignant moment when students, faculty, and alumnae come to the altar of the chapel to sing. “We knew in order to achieve this that the visual would have to be more than students sitting still,” Swallow continued. “Stillness reads differently on film than it does on a stage. We purchased large purple flags for the students to dance with on the

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Lower Field at dusk while the song played in the background. Against the backdrop of the warm glow of the school, the flags were expansive and majestic.

As the dancers raised the flags and ran towards the school, we are reminded of angels flying. To me, it felt like hope.”

Whether it was singing, dancing, or playing an instrument, Turner noted that being filmed provided students with the unique opportunity to develop an understanding of what communicated the best in a recorded format.

“On film, students realized that they were no longer able to hide their performances in the midst of a large group,” Turner noted. “Developing courage and confidence in all students to be comfortable on camera was necessarily embedded in the adapted curricula we taught in the arts.”

One thing to note is that this feat was accomplished in a shortened timeline. With so many unknowns, the team was unsure of how long the students would remain in person and what changes the CDC and Commonwealth would make to their guidelines. Preparation that would normally take place over six weeks was condensed into three.

Byrnes shared that the experience taught her, “Adaptability, resilience, and growth in the midst of change.”

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pitched some crazy ideas to them, and they were always whole-heartedly on board. ‘We should record a drone shot of all the seniors at sunset. Can everyone stay at school until 5 p.m. to make that happen?’

They showed up in barely-above-freezing weather, and we got the shot. This reminded me how much our performers value the tradition and experience of Vespers, and I loved seeing that passion emulate from our students.”

The finished piece brought the NCDS community together like never before and captured the sentiment of this revered tradition. “I knew the video had been meaningful to our community when I heard about families gathering to stream the performance and watch together,” Turner shared. “Enriching that spirit of togetherness and love during the Christmas season by honoring a long-standing

tradition for the NCDS community was especially meaningful to me, and I believe this speaks to the success of the final product.”

Turner, and the entire team, extends “a heartfelt thanks to our students, families, administration, and support staff. Our students were eager to create a virtual offering that honored the Vespers tradition. They were extremely flexible and passionate throughout the process. Our families trusted us to keep their students safe during this project. Having spent much time reviewing COVID-19 guidelines and protocols, we are thankful that our families trusted us to design an adapted experience that still left a meaningful impression on our community.”

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“Enriching that spirit of togetherness and love during the Christmas season by honoring a long-standing tradition for the NCDS community was especially meaningful to me, and I believe this speaks to the success of the final product.” – PERFORMING ARTS CHAIR TYLER TURNER

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Making Virtual Personal in Admissions

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Independent school admissions is all about making personal connections. It’s about applicants and their families touring schools, poking their heads into classrooms, and chatting with students and faculty in the hallways. It’s about crowded open houses, shadow days, coffees, and panels. It’s about coming to a basketball game or to the musical to get a sense of the school community. At Newton Country Day, it’s also about running into Sister Rogers in the lobby, unexpectedly seeing a familiar face from soccer or elementary school, and making friends with one of the two school dogs. So what do you do when a pandemic closes your campus to visitors? How do you make these vital connections— from a distance?

Knowing that the 2020-21 admission season would be far different from prior years, the admission team quickly began planning virtual events and other creative ways to connect with families. Working with the Communications Department, we created a Virtual Visit: Get to Know Newton page on our website, with videos, virtual tours, and examples of virtual classes from our distance learning term the previous spring. Every family who filled out an online inquiry form received a phone call from a member of the admission team, during which we were able to ask and answer specific questions and begin to build a relationship. Since we weren’t seeing families in person, we decided to use “snail mail” to maintain contact. Each potential applicant received a series of four specifically designed NCDS postcards: one as an invitation to our virtual Open House, one from her interviewer, one from a current student, and one from the Director of Athletics. Once an application was received, the student was sent an NCDS string bag, and in the winter, everyone received an NCDS highlighter, along with a list of NCDS highlights.

From what we heard, our applicant pool LOVED getting mail.

Our next challenge was figuring out how to translate our very successful in-person admission events into a virtual format. Typically we start out the year with several parent-only coffees, which give prospective parents a chance to chat with current parents, faculty members, and school administrators.

These coffees are informal yet informative. Other important events on our admission calendar include our Annual Open House, held each year on the first Sunday in November, and a January Curriculum Night. While we all would have preferred that these events take place on campus, they worked surprisingly well on Zoom. We were also able to add a few new events in this virtual format: a current parent panel and a student life panel, to replace opportunities typically found on campus.

Interviews all took place over Zoom this year, and we discovered that there were actually some advantages to interviewing remotely. Families didn’t have to worry about traffic or the weather, and it was easier for working parents to Zoom in without taking as much time away from work. Out of town parents were also able to participate. We found that our applicants were often more comfortable being interviewed at home. Sometimes we were shown a project or photo that was nearby, or a family pet (or sibling) would appear unexpectedly. And everyone was patient with the technical glitches that occasionally occurred.

Happily, by March we were able to invite accepted families to tour campus (and pick up an NCDS t-shirt) in person while our current students were on vacation. We also had a few virtual events (NCDS Bingo, anyone?) so that our accepted students could interact with future classmates and faculty. Finally, we were able to host welcome events for our newly enrolled Middle and Upper School students outside on campus on two beautiful days in May. While it looks as though the 2021-22 admission season will be much closer to normal, we plan to continue with some of our successful pandemic initiatives. However, we look forward to having prospective families on campus as much as possible, walking through our buildings, observing classes, and seeing for themselves what makes NCDS unique among Boston area independent schools. u

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Senior Project Program: Passion Projects In lieu of our traditional Senior Projects, the Class of 2021 submitted proposals for a “passion project” of their choosing, with an emphasis on speaking to one or more of the following transcendent values: beauty, truth, justice, compassion, and goodness. The seniors were encouraged to select a “passion project” that they were excited to explore and develop. Students were posed with the question “How can you use your own skills and interests to contribute to an increase in one of these transcendent values in our world?”

Students were directed to choose projects that would: • Feel satisfying, worthwhile, and fun.

• Energize them, during a year that has felt draining at times.

• Allow them to pursue a passion, perhaps something they don’t typically have enough time for during their busy school year.

• Give them individual choices.

• Push them to think deeply about how they might choose to live a life that adds beauty, truth, justice, compassion, and/ or goodness to our troubled world.

• Keep them motivated and working hard.

• Help build community when they share their projects.

At the end of the semester, the students made formal presentations of their projects to the community, which included a slideshow about their process and reflections on their success at reaching their goals. Each complete project was evaluated by two different members of the NCDS community and were accessed via a Google Site. Judges watched a 10-minute presentation video created by a student, viewed their supporting documentation, and filled out a Google Form score sheet using a rubric. Projects included:

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Cross-Country Meet Manager “Comprising over 7,000 lines of code and a substantial database, my web app can set-up, run, and score a cross-country meet from start to finish, dramatically improving the existing, paper-based process. This app can serve the public by allowing coaches to plan and host races through a streamlined, automated process that will save and update all important data (i.e. participating runners, results, personal records, and league standings). My Meet Manager app is hosted publicly online, and is available free of cost for any coach or league that wishes to use it.”

- Avery Woolbert ’21 Coming to America “I chose to make a podcast. I interviewed people who have immigrated to the United States of America. I started this because I’ve always enjoyed hearing stories of my own family’s journey here, but over the past few years I have come to realize that not everyone’s experience is the same. In my interviews, I chose to focus on topics like expectations versus reality and culture shock.

For the privacy of my guests, I only used their first names.” - Rheanna Patterson ’21 Internship with Middlesex County District Attorney “Justice looks different for everyone. Everyone has their idea of what is fair. With prior knowledge from my earlier Juvenile Justice Summer Service Program, I learned first hand from people all throughout the justice system the effects and ways of improving it.

During the Summer Service Program, I was introduced to people (judges, previously incarcerated people, ministers, and people affected by violence) and heard first hand accounts. During my internship, I was able delve deeper and able to witness the court’s side of the system.” - Nora Brown ’21

tomatoes, and snow peas. Along with creating my garden at home, I decided to volunteer with a local organic farm near my house twice a week. For six hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I was at the farm— transplanting snap peas, weeding flower beds, laying compost, packaging seedlings, etc.” - Emily Naughton ’21 Poetry in Action “When brainstorming topics for my passion project, I was most inspired by Goal III of our school ‘A social awareness which impels to action.’ Using one of the core values of Newton Country Day School as a starting point, I am proud to present my collection of poems relating to topics of social justice...

The value that my passion project is most relevant to is justice, as I aimed to use my voice through poetry to highlight some of the many injustices of the world, creating a new artistic perspective while calling others to action.” - Tenley Noonan ’21 South Boston Catholic Academy “It was not always easy working in a K1 classroom; each student has a different personality, and kids definitely will always tell you the truth, whether you want to hear it or not. Throughout the past few weeks, I have worked in a K1 or K2 classroom with the entire class, as well individually with a student when they were having a rough day.

I helped with letter and number worksheets, brought them on multiple bathroom trips, played with them during recess, and listened to their hilarious stories (which was definitely my favorite part).” - Riley Sullivan ’21 u

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Student Perspectives Maya de Luis ’21 People always talk about the hardships of COVID-19, but I want to focus on the good. I think that one of the best things that happened last year was the cohorts. I’m obviously biased, but the senior cohort 12-5c in Room 46 was definitely the best! I started every day smiling and I ended every day sore from laughing so much. When the eight of us began to hear back from colleges, we created a college wall where we put up all our letters and celebrated the acceptances, and mourned the rejections, together.

From helping each other with difficult physics homework, to brightly decorating our room with Lord of the Rings memes and fuzzy worms, to providing COVID appropriate snacks for everyone, such as carefully individually wrapped cookies, our cohort created a space where we could be ourselves around each other and always have a good laugh.

Although no one expected the 2020-21 school year to look as it did, I believe that NCDS made the best of a difficult situation. Unlike other schools across the United States, we were fortunate to be in school all year. In the end, I’m very grateful for the teachers, parents, and fellow classmates who made it possible for us to be in school and have a good time.

If I ever have to live through a pandemic again, I would want to live through it like I did at NCDS— with courage, confidence, and sisterhood.

Maya de Luis ’21

Alexandra Fernand ’22 This unexpected year allowed me to create unexpected friendships. Knowing that my junior year was going to be in cohorts with the same people left me with some reservations. Would I like my cohort?

Would it be awkward? What if we don’t get along?

These thoughts filled my mind with each step I took in the building until I arrived in Room 328.

(But) Room 328 quickly became a place full of laughter and comfort. Throughout the ups of cohort dinners at the Cheesecake Factory, loud card games, laughing at embarrassing Zoom moments, and the downs of stressful AP Chem tests, never-ending final projects, and threats of quarantining, going through junior year with the five other people in my cohort was a blessing. The cohort spaces allowed me

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and countless others to develop friendships with the most unlikely of people. We were in different friend groups, had different interests, and we played different sports, but still, I was able to form deep bonds with people I would have never have expected to sit and have conversations with.

Last year forced me to push the limits of my comfort zone and actively engage in conversations with people that I may not have considered close.

Last year was anything but traditional, but I’ve learned to go with the flow and accept any difficulties that may come my way.

Emma Nero ’23

I remember the first day of the school year so vividly—the new rules about bathrooms, hallways, staircases, and classrooms made my home of four years seem eerily foreign. I will never forget the intimidating half-faces and the unsettling silence that greeted me when I entered my assigned cohort space for the first of many, many times last year. The 202021 school year brought an array of challenges to the NCDS community. The many obstacles and unfamiliarities imposed by COVID-19 restrictions made each and every student, faculty, and staff member step outside of their comfort zone in some way.

As time went on, and we got more accustomed to the new spaces and regulations, my classmates and I made the most of every offering provided for us, rather than dwelling on the things we were missing out on. Although safety restrictions altered the way some of our school traditions and activities looked, NCDS’s strenuous efforts to make the best of these unpredictable obstacles helped me and my peers take advantage of just as many, if not more, opportunities than we had previously. I was able to continue my participation in the volleyball and basketball programs, I tried golf in the spring for the first time, and swam competitively outside of school nearly every day. I was also able to take part in my second year as a member of the Service Committee,

where we made an impact by writing cards to those marginalized by the injustices of the pandemic. The NCDS community refused to let change prevent us from continuing the progress in our academic, social, athletic, and extracurricular lives we had made before COVID-19 came into play.

In my cohort, our nearly identical class schedules allowed us to cultivate one of the most supportive and motivating environments I have experienced in my time at the school. Through sticky-note countdowns, shared study guides, and food celebrations, my eight peers and I backed each other through the days we spent together; we celebrated each other’s successes and reassured each other through challenging assignments. After countless arrivals to my assigned space, sometimes monotonous but more often exciting, I had the pleasure to see how far our now close-knit cohort community came from that daunting, and almost comically silent, first day. I think I speak for most of the community when I

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“In my cohort, our nearly identical class schedules allowed us to cultivate one of the most supportive and motivating environments I have experienced in my time at the school.”

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“The school and faculty worked tirelessly to make this school year feel more normal to the students. I do not think the student body, myself included, will ever manage to thank them enough.” – GABRIELLA HERNANDEZ ’24 admit that we underestimated our strength and perseverance at first: we not only surpassed our lofty goal of one month of in-person learning, but developed and challenged ourselves throughout each of the months we didn’t expect to spend together. All in all, I can confidently say that I found myself just as, if not more, involved in school and extracurricular commitments as I had been in normal times thanks to NCDS’s effort and offerings last year.

Gabriella Hernandez ’24 It is safe to say the school year was less than ideal for most students. Some of the struggles included Zooming into classes, staying distanced, not participating in activities, and wearing masks to school.

But NCDS had it far better than most. The school and faculty worked tirelessly to make this school year feel more normal to the students. I do not think the student body, myself included, will ever manage to thank them enough. I Zoomed into more classes than my peers because I doubled up in math and took a higher language course. So I had only two in-person classes with my peers. Despite this, I can confidently say that I am now friends with every member of my cohort. My cohort quickly became a safe space, where I felt like I could be myself without being judged. The number of inside jokes in our cohort (and probably all of them) is slightly worrisome. Every morning, getting to school with this group of ninth grade students playing cool math games built a close community. I hope next year I will be able to stay good friends with all of these young women.

Originally a stressful class, French soon became one of the courses I enjoyed the most. Honors French IV consisted of one ninth grader (me), one sophomore, two juniors, and one senior. At first, I was terrified to be in a class with only upperclassmen. While French was a challenging class, it also became one of my favorites. Despite being with only older girls, they never ignored me or treated me differently and were some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. When we

began to go outside for class, it gave me a chance to get to know them, and with such a small group it was pretty easy to talk with everyone. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn with these girls, and I can’t wait to get to know them better next year!

Committees were always an aspect of the Upper School that I admired in Middle School, and they did not disappoint. I was a part of the Robotics Committee, and like the rest of the committees, we met over Zoom on Monday evenings. We were a small group that focused on the ideas of robotics, some coding, and women in the science field. Being in a group with others who are passionate about the same subject as you is always fabulous. I felt so lucky to be a part of the robotics community. All the girls in robotics were super nice and always made the hour as fun as possible despite the restrictions. I learned so much from this committee and had tons of fun (especially when we played Among Us). I can’t wait for another year of robotics!

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MIDDLE SCHOOL: Sophia Beaver ’25 and Nora Joyce ’25 The spirit of Newton Country Day is what you see, feel, and can be a part of each day at school.

Walking down the halls, you see girls learning and working hard together, bringing out the best of each other. You hear students encouraging and believing in one another and telling each other, “You can do this!” You see girls studying for tests and working on difficult math problems together. You might even leave the classroom with a donut in your hand from the homeroom breakfast that morning. Blue Silver Induction and Field Day are not the only days that you experience the competitiveness of the school colors, but also when you see a math class divided by color playing a review game for a test, or when you hear girls trying to convince their friends that the blue team is better. You recognize girls striving to live out the Five Goals of the Sacred Heart every day. You feel grateful for the community around you because of the support, comfort, kindness, and joy that it brings you. That is the NCDS spirit.

There were many changes that the pandemic brought to school life at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Classrooms looked different for the Middle School because they were in the Martin Center and Arches Gym. The school day changed from switching rooms and classmates

for each subject to remaining in one classroom with the same cohort each day. There were many aspects of our life both inside and outside of school that created challenges for us to overcome, and sometimes we just wished the pandemic could end and we could go back to normal life. It was not just us feeling this, however, it was what the entire world thought. We realized we could not end the pandemic completely, but we could make the most out of what we did have as a school community.

Two things that with no uncertainty we did have were our beautiful campus and our lasting school spirit. We took advantage of our entire campus: learning, playing, eating lunch, taking breaks, and making memories outside. A silver lining was discovering places outside of the classroom where we really enjoyed spending time and can continue to do so. I am sure that we will continue to sled down the hill behind the Martin Center in trash bags on snowy days long after the pandemic is over. Secondly, we carried our school spirit with us through the uncertainty of the year. It is what kept us going when days were difficult. We were there to support one another. Inside and outside, you could find girls working hard together to become the best version of themselves in all aspects of their lives, striving to become women of courage and confidence and inspiring others to do the same.

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ATHLETICS: Jane Bresnahan ’23

Athletics at Newton Country Day have always been an important part of student life. Last year, however, they served to be much more than the average after-school activity. In late August 2020, when hearing about the new COVID-19 protocols, my first thought immediately went to sports, not because I was worried about games, or any competitive aspects, but because I wondered if I would still be able to be a part of the tight-knit NCDS sports community. Spending time with the field hockey, hockey, and lacrosse girls were some of the highlights of my freshman year, and I hoped that the incoming freshman would be able to have the same experience. To no one’s surprise, the teams did not disappoint.

I entered sophomore year sad, knowing I would not be able to have the normal year I was hoping for, but being on the field hockey team was one of the few places it felt like COVID had not affected as much. Though we were all masked and socially distanced, being on the field blasting music, cracking jokes, dancing, and cheering each other on while playing the sport we love made it feel as if it was a normal year again. I couldn’t have been happier to find the winter sports season, ice hockey, would be just like field hockey. Though we were put in separate locker rooms, the second I stepped on the ice with all the girls, my mood was immediately lifted, and we found the perfect balance between skating 38

and goofing around. Lacrosse was no different. The energy, enthusiasm, and love that each girl brought onto the field was unmatched.

One day we were playing another team that was very talented, and going into the fourth quarter we were losing. Our team aimed to score one goal by the end of the game. To our surprise, we ended up scoring four. The last goal was a crazy trickshot made with two seconds left by one of our ninth graders.

After the buzzer went off, we all ran screaming and hugging each other like we had just won the Olympics even though we lost because we were so proud of how every one of us played. I think that experience represents the heart of NCDS sports because it’s easy to have fun when things are going your way and you’re winning. I think a team’s true colors show when they are losing, or not at their best, and I say confidently that that day was the highlight of my NCDS sophomore year.

ATHLETICS: Caroline Kelley ’22 Last year, one of the many changing aspects of everyday life was athletics. Although participating in athletics was different from years past, it was nonetheless fulfilling, exciting, and always one of the highlights of my day. Regardless of the circumstances, the soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams came together to showcase immense talent, comradery, and resilience.

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Going into the school year in September 2020, many aspects of daily life were altered, but soccer became a truly enjoyable part of my day. I could spend quality time with people from my grade and other grades whom I did not interact with during school. Practice became more than just workouts and drills, but instead a real bonding experience. Much of 2020 was spent inside with limited groups of people, but the soccer field became a place of inclusion and teamwork, most notably in our scrimmage against Dana Hall. We came together to embody what NCDS athletics stand for: sportsmanship and love. On the field, we learned from our mistakes, knowing there would always be someone behind us when we fell down, and that teammate was ready to help us back up. Steadfast support from coaches and reassuring cheers from the sideline fueled each player to be their best self on that field. Regardless of whether we won or lost, the scrimmage was a time of joy where the restrictions of COVID-19 did not hold us back, but instead propelled us to use what we learned from the unusual year and be teammates of determination and strength.

In the winter, unpredictable weather that ranged from sunny, to rainy, to snowy did not stop the basketball team from displaying hard work at Cold Spring Park. Surely, playing basketball on an outdoor court was an adjustment for every player, most of us accustomed to gym floors, but playing outside was a time for us to think outside the box and play games and drills to the best of our ability, regardless of what was below our feet. Like soccer, basketball quickly became a place of true comradery and skill-building. We worked on form shooting, passing drills, partner dribbling, and even moved on to play 5 vs. 5 scrimmages. These drills, although adapted to follow social distancing guidelines and protocols, were just as challenging and engaging as past years, reminding every player on the court that we all have to give 100% in practices, even if there are no games ahead of us.

Since there were no games, the purpose of the season was completely shifted. In years past, we may have set goals to beat certain teams or accomplish certain milestones in games, but this year, we were playing for each other. We showed up each day with our coaches and teammates to continue the momentum of the program and to not only grow as relentless players, but also people. In a time of growth and struggle, the basketball team’s love and adaptability prevailed.

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once so daunting in the fall. Full field sprints with masks were, quite literally, taken in stride, as each athlete faced and fought adversity, both mentally and physically. Lacrosse is a game of communication and creativity, and we learned quickly that wearing masks did not mean that we did not have to speak up and talk on the field. Unlike the fall and winter, the spring was filled with almost weekly scrimmages against other schools, and the teams had to work as a unit to create cohesive plays and strings of collaborating players in hopes of achieving a win. A highlight from the season was one that so wonderfully embodies the resilience of the athletes as the light at the end of the tunnel was in sight. The last practice of the year, we looked back on the season that was filled with so much teamwork and connection. Finally, the mask mandate during play was lifted, and with that, our spirits. Throughout the season and all the restrictions, the team spirit did not dampen, and in those final moments we could see more than just the smiling eyes of a teammate, but instead their whole face. That practice reminded us of all years past, but as we felt closer and happier than ever, we did not forget what the challenges of this year taught us. We were reminded in that moment that, not only on the field but in life, there are always obstacles and challenges. Coming together and combining individual skills to benefit a common goal is a rewarding and beautiful experience.

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Lily Durbin ’17 began her senior year at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) knowing that things would be different. With COVID-19 in full swing, Durbin expected some changes to her life on campus and to the curriculum in her final year of college. She wasn’t wrong. Everything from class time to design materials was in short supply, but after spending months turning challenges into opportunities, Durbin’s year ended with a call from Vogue magazine.

Senior year in the fashion design program at RISD culminates in a “thesis collection” consisting of five looks (reduced to four last year), which seniors work on throughout the year. Fans of the long-running Bravo show “Project Runway’” would recognize the format. Students work individually and collaboratively on this all-encompassing final project.

From inception to runway, student designers have ultimate freedom developing their thesis.

“However you want to approach it — what you’re trying to achieve with the collection, what you’re trying to communicate; it’s all up to you,” said Durbin.

Durbin began giving initial thought to her thesis collection early on in the pandemic. This thought process led her — atypically early in her career as a designer — to question the purpose of her craft. As she went through a period of discernment about her art, asking if it really mattered in the face of so much suffering, she realized what she had of course known for years — ­­ that art matters. Art heals.

“In the early pandemic, with so much death and ending and change, it seemed that people really just did want to create little things that brought joy, happiness, and beauty; or even a little entertainment!” she noted. The proliferation of DIY projects from breadmaking to home improvement inspired Durbin “to create something that made people think but also had an element of beauty that was reassuring,” she said.

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“My family and I were working out a lot in early quarantine because there wasn’t much to do. Working out alone for the first time in my life, I noticed the absence of others looking at me. I thought about why I work out, and why I was trying to alter my body; even why I chose to wear what I wore when working out,” explained Durbin.

Acknowledging that exercise is also healthy and that the endorphins created by physical activity help combat anxiety, Durbin added “there is also this idea of wanting to sculpt my body to be something for someone else or just to be looked at.” As she told Vogue, “[My thesis collection] ‘Spectator Sport’ is a direct combination of the Elizabethan era and athleisure as simultaneous forms of ‘performance wear.’ It’s absurd, but so is our current fitness movement.”

Durbin’s 10th grade study of the Elizabethan era, led by Dr. Laura Baines-Walsh, was the seed from which her thesis idea grew. “My friends and I joke that we reverted back to our high school selves in early pandemic, and that was true for me as I started to reflect on a research paper I wrote on Queen Elizabeth I and the way she used her clothing as spectacular political power and propaganda — which she had to do as a woman. I ended up coming back to that because it brought me joy to research, visually and intellectually.”

Compounding the challenge brought by her thesis idea was the reality that COVID-19 transformed a collective experience into a pursuit that was far more isolating than intended. “I wasn’t able to see a lot of my classmates’ collections. There are 20 of us, and it’s a really intimate process. We know each other’s strengths and weaknesses so well, and we learn from and draw on each other in the studio.”

The lack of shared studio time led Durbin to an appreciation for the community of artists that bring a collection to light. “Fashion is not an individual pursuit because there are so many pieces to

what you are doing: taking photos, having people model your work, graphic design elements, teachers and their input. This is an extremely collaborative industry as a whole because it encapsulates many different parts of art and design into one thing.”

Among the most challenging of Durbin’s pandemic circumstances was the sparsity of materials needed to bring her thesis idea to fruition.

“It was a real challenge to find materials. That, plus the isolation, pushed me to be more creative and sustainable. I tried to grab whatever was in reach and make it beautiful and make it fit into the story I was trying to tell,” she said.

As it turns out, many of these “make it work” moments resulted in incredibly unique and interesting design elements that made Durbin actually favor those looks in her collection that she started off fearing would not come together. “I was looking everywhere online for ripstop material,” explained Durbin. “It’s really lightweight and papery with a waterproof finish on it. It’s a sport material and I wanted to use it to make a dress, a jacket, and a pair of shorts.The thing about fashion is that you get this vision in your head [and it’s hard to deviate.] Often, finding the right materials is already a challenge without a pandemic!”

Durbin was not able to find the ripstop material she needed for her designs by looking in all the usual places. She ended up reaching out to a local rainwear company who had exactly one roll of ripstop left, “in a terrible color blue,” Durbin laughed. “People say you can’t really dye ripstop but I tried it over and over again and I was finally able to dye it into the exact colors that I had envisioned in the first place a black and dark green.”

That very piece is now Durbin’s favorite look of the entire collection. In addition to illustrating her thesis well, the piece represents creativity, unexpect-

“Fashion is not an individual pursuit because there are so many pieces to what you are doing: taking photos, having people model your work, graphic design elements, teachers and their input. This is an extremely collaborative industry as a whole because it encapsulates many different parts of art and design into one thing.” – LILY DURBIN ’17 FA L L 2 0 2 1

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edness, and persistence. It was something that Vogue took note of, and the magazine included Durbin’s collection in its article “Meet the Top Graduates of RISD’s Class of 2021” (June 21, 2021).

Reflecting on her thesis collection and pandemic year, Durbin noted, “The collection as a whole is a representation of my thought process during early quarantine. I am not done with ‘Spectator Sport.’

I’ve thought about moving on, but I don’t think it’s resolved for me yet. Things have slowed down, and I have the luxury to keep thinking about it and keep making things that I feel inspired by because of that thesis. I’m not ready to let it go. I will at some point.

But not quite yet.”

Durbin is now well on her way to begin her fashion career in the professional world, as she recently accepted the position of assistant womenswear designer at Thom Browne, a New York City-based menswear and womenswear brand.

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The Summer of 2020 will forever be remembered by many as the “pandemic summer.” For Elaine Purcell ’05, it was the summer that she and her business partner Adrienne Nickerson secured $3.2 million in seed funding to launch their startup, Oula.

Located in Brooklyn, NY, Oula is a selfdescribed “modern maternity center,” the mission of which is to “create a new standard for pregnancy, where all people have the support they need to thrive before, during and after birth.”

Oula is a hybrid model. Pregnant women and new mothers can be seen in their clinic for prenatal and “fourth trimester” care or on Oula’s online platform for virtual coaching. Oula patients also have the option to deliver with a midwife for low risk pregnancies or an obstetrician for higher risk pregnancies.

“Birth is cultural and that is a wonderful thing,” said Purcell. “We need to have respect for people who want to give birth in different ways and not judge them for it. We support patient choice and autonomy and trust that patients know their bodies best. We treat the whole person and celebrate birth as a life-changing event with an all-encompassing, holistic approach.”

Prior to launching Oula, Purcell spent a decade in healthcare and developed the idea for Oula before COVID. She spent years on the executive teams of major healthcare companies, such as CareMore Health and Privia. She and Nickerson met while working at Deloitte as senior healthcare consultants for the firm’s healthcare strategy and operations business.

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“Birth is cultural and that is a wonderful thing. We need to have respect for people who want to give birth in different ways and not judge them for it. We support patient choice and autonomy and trust that patients know their bodies best. ” – ELAINE PURCELL ’05 Purcell’s interest in maternity care catalyzed her entrepreneurial spirit as it became harder for her to ignore the growing body of “knowledge and data telling us that the USA is doing a terrible job at maternity care,” she noted. “Maternal health is a leading indicator of overall economic and societal wellness of a country. The United States’ maternal mortality rate is on par with Kazakhstan and Lebanon. When you marry that with the cost of maternity care, it makes no sense. In New York City, it costs on average $18,000 to deliver a baby.”

Characterizing more traditionally American OBcare as somewhat patriarchal and didactic, Purcell believes maternity care should instead be collaborative.

She and her team maintain that maternity care should be a team effort, where the patient is a powerful force in her own treatment and not just acted upon by others who assume that they know best.

Purcell cites statistics showing that “there is a lot of paternalism in maternity care and mistaken belief that more intervention produces better results, which it doesn’t.” The brunt of poor maternity outcomes is borne disproportionately by women of color. “Women of color in New York City are 12 times more likely to die giving birth than are white women,” she said. “Maternity care is treated as a narrow set of clinical needs, whereas my business partner and I realize that it is so much more than that — it is a life-altering event with psycho-emotional needs and impacts. Our system doesn’t focus on how women feel before, during, or after giving birth. Our system is just interested in checking the boxes.”

In 2019, with these statistics in hand and a desire to offer a better solution, Purcell and Nickerson decided that it was time to revolutionize maternity care, starting in New York. They worked on Oula’s launch and were ready to pitch investors with, as she noted, “just myself, Adrianne and our slide deck,” when the pandemic hit —“the very week that we set out to fundraise.”

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funding of $3.2 million was ambitious, but Purcell was adamant that a digital health solution alone was not going to work. “We knew we needed a brick and mortar,” she said.

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clinic in Brooklyn in February 2021, and with its Series A funding, plans five additional clinics, the locations of which are currently being considered.

“I think there are a ton of tailwinds because we are in the midst of a healthcare reckoning with regard to how the healthcare system fails us on a human level. At Oula, we are ultimately trying to bring that humanism back to healthcare.”

“That humanism” — that system of thought centered on people rather than checklists — is something that Purcell credits Newton Country Day School with fostering. “[At NCDS], I was part of the Peer Education program, and I absolutely loved it,” Purcell said. “There was something about mentoring young women about healthy choices and having those conversations early on that help you grow up as a woman.”

Of her experience with Peer Education, Purcell

explained, “It helps you think about what it means to be a woman and make choices about your body.

When I went to undergrad, I honed in on public health as an extension of my work in Peer Ed. I started thinking about this big question: ‘How do you drive population health changes?’ Purcell adds she truly believes that “there is a way to do good while also simultaneously driving profits, as long as you keep a central mission in mind.”

Purcell and her team keep the mission top of mind as they build the business. “We are not building a widget here; we are empowering women to bring life into this world and helping them achieve that.” A big part of that help is a birth model with a focus on midwifery. Purcell cites statistics that show less clinical births accompanied by midwives are associated with better outcomes. “Even Kate Middleton was delivered by a midwife,” Purcell said with a laugh.

Purcell remembers fondly the mission-centric nature of her Sacred Heart education. Sometimes that mission seeps in when you least expect it. “The first midwife we hired on our team — which is a pretty pivotal role for us — was a teacher and member of the admissions department at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton in California.” Purcell noted. “She quoted parts of the Goals in her correspondence to me. I thought ‘I have to hire this woman!’ We are cut from the same cloth, and she gets what we are trying to do. We are not just any business. We are in the business of delivering babies, and it’s really important that we find someone who is culturally aligned.

“With our Series A funding almost ready to close, we have a waitlist for patients now,” said Purcell. “We are still primarily focused on OB care today, but we plan to start expanding into gynecology and mental health in the near future.”

In April 2021, Oula’s first patient was delivered by the Sacred Heart midwife Purcell hired. That patient’s name was Elaine Purcell and her son, Francesco Delle Side. “Yes, we were Oula’s first patient!” she exclaimed. In many ways, the pandemic year turned out to be Purcell’s busiest and most productive yet.

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Cassie Ramos ’02

Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, Cassie Ramos ’02 was already busy. She and her husband are the full-time working parents of two young children, and Ramos is the Lead Global Mobility Partner for Immigration at Biogen. “I manage the entirety of Biogen’s immigration program. We handle every employee who needs work authorization globally,” Ramos explained.

Biogen has offices all over the world, with its US headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. and its international headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. “I also work with affiliate offices in 16 other countries. I make sure foreign nationals have work authorization and that even those who aren’t foreign nationals have the right to work,” said Ramos. Currently, her biggest project is the establishment and Cassie Ramos ’02 implementation of cross-border work policies — something she started creating before the pandemic, but that has taken on new layers of complexity since then.

The business of creating cross-border work policies for an international biotech company became much more challenging in a COVID-19 world. First,

there was the problem of employees stuck in countries where they did not want to be quarantined. “[At the start of the pandemic] I was doing a lot of remediation — trying to figure out how to get people across borders all over the place,” said Ramos. “For the most part governments were understanding, although interestingly the United States was not as much, so we did scramble with a couple of those cases.”

More recently, Ramos is addressing brand new issues in response to novel expectations about remote work. “We have a number of people in situations where, say, they are French nationals who traveled to the Switzerland office pre-COVID-19 but now actually want to work from France. So that throws corporate tax and employment law issues in the calculus of whether or not we can make this work,” Ramos described. “It’s up to our team to figure out what other countries’ rules are and how they apply to our policies at Biogen. It’s definitely an interesting time!”

An immigration lawyer with several years of “big law” law firm experience, Ramos is no stranger to the relentless grind and demands of legal work. “After

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“One thing I do say a lot in my house when my kids are afraid of trying something for the first time is ‘We are people of courage and confidence!’ I have certainly taken that with me.” – CASSIE RAMOS ’02 years at a big firm, I took an in-house contractor role in order to manage part of a corporation’s immigration program. When the gig was up, and I went back to a firm setting, albeit a very small firm, I was crystal clear that I actually did not want to practice in a firm setting anymore,” she said. “Working in a firm was just not conducive to my life as a new parent.”

Now on the client side, Ramos felt an immediate shift with work-life balance, but her pre-pandemic schedule was still all-consuming. “When I came into this [current] role [at Biogen], it was a five day per week in-office job. That was the expectation, as with a lot of us. My boss was very understanding about family life, so while I was finally able to prioritize things like daycare pickup at a reasonable hour, pre-pandemic life was still nonstop,” said Ramos.

When COVID-19 hit, Ramos was forced to pause the harried pace of work and family life. “The pandemic taught me to create boundaries,” explained Ramos. “Truly for me, that evolution started by being on the client side of things. At the firm, there was an expectation that you always need to be available. As a client, I get it now! If I am asking you for a call at a certain time, if you’re not available — that’s okay; just offer me a different one. Together, we will get it done.”

Ramos mentors other young attorney moms who want to transition out of firm life. Her advice to them is to create your boundaries and stick to them. It’s an empowering message. “By saying you want to be available, and pretending you have no other demands on your time in order to further your career, you’re not doing yourself any service; you’re killing yourself in order to meet a need that isn’t there. There really is a difference between needs and wants.”

Differentiating needs from wants is something Ramos has spent much of the pandemic doing when it comes to caring for her children while also working from home. “It’s definitely a balance. It’s hard to be on Zoom calls when kids have immediate needs, and you have to hope that others are understanding. I’ve talked to my kids about the difference between wants and needs — maybe you want me to do something for you

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For Ramos, a silver lining of the pandemic is that she feels more balanced than burnt-out. “I’ve been thriving in my career; I have the flexibility to do my job when I am most productive and because of that I have renewed my passion for running, for example.

I can start my day with a run, which gives me the energy for a full day of work. I can pick up my kids and give them my attention until bedtime, and then I log back on in the evening to finish up. That’s the boundary that works for me,” she said.

Reflecting on what NCDS lessons she takes with her in the day to day, Ramos smiled and said, “One thing I do say a lot in my house when my kids are afraid of trying something for the first time is ‘We are people of courage and confidence!’ I have certainly taken that with me.” Not surprisingly, given Ramos’ deft ability to manage several demands at once, she credits Sacred Heart Goal V with teaching her how to have agency over her own time. “Personal Growth in an atmosphere of Wise Freedom,” quoted Ramos.

“Your time is yours. It’s yours to fill with the needs and the wants.”

Mary Lou Cavanaugh ’80

Mary Lou Cavanaugh ’80 is always running toward her next goal. As the Senior Vice President at Fidelity Investments’ Family Office Services, her clients are families whose multi-generational wealth is managed by Fidelity. Cavanaugh leads a team of professionals who maximize the relationship between the firm’s functions and the goals of these clients. In short, her attention is necessarily on both asset growth and productive relationship dynamics.

It may come as no surprise that this investment professional, specializing on family wealth strategies, is herself one of six children. What may come as a surprise, is the way she and her siblings were raised.

“I had a Dad who was an OB/GYN, and his respect for women was unparalleled,” said Cavanaugh. “In

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my family, there were three girls and three boys, and expectations were identical. Boys did the dishes, and girls took out the trash - it was about whose turn it was, rather than the nature of the job itself. My father told me that women are stronger than men and to not ever forget that. He told me that women are leaders, and that has lived in my head since I was a child.”

The concept of women as leaders is a thread that runs through Cavanagh’s upbringing and education and one she now illustrates through action. She credits Newton Country Day School with feeding her love of learning at the outset. “I am a huge fan and loyalist to Sacred Heart,” said Cavanaugh. “I am forever indebted and grateful to the school and the foundation it provided me. At Sacred Heart, I was encouraged to think freely, creatively, and to take ownership over my education and experiences.”

Cavanaugh went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in History from the College of the Holy Cross, where she found a similar ethos. “Affter graduating from Holy Cross, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do. It was 1984, and in the workplace the doors open to women were different from the doors open to men,” Cavanaugh explained. “If you wanted to go into financial services as a woman, you were going in as an admin. I took the first job I could get, which was work with annuities at a big insurance company.”

That first job gave Cavanaugh the opportunity to develop a career growth strategy that she has applied ever since - trying to determine a future need and being in the right place to serve that need. In other words, running toward the next demand. “I didn’t love the annuities work, but I did like being part of a big organization. I worked hard and searched within the organization for what I wanted to do next. I moved towards opportunities that I saw as interesting.”

Cavanaugh eventually transitioned into investments, to the broker-dealer world, and sales. “I made my way by putting myself out there, taking risks and being ok with being uncomfortable. I learned the power of networking in my 20s, and I would say to today’s 20-somethings that building that network is incredibly necessary, despite how daunting and exhausting it may feel at the outset.”

The next stop on Cavanaugh’s professional journey was at a very large financial institution, where she encountered a challenge that led to a valuable awakening. “All of a sudden, I found myself in a toxic environment where my values did not align with the values and mission of the people surrounding me,” said Cavanaugh. “I realized that I needed to be with people who share my fundamental values of respect,

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and so I jumped and, for the first time, ran away from something rather than running toward that next opportunity. I went to a company where I managed the marketing team. The people and work were fulfilling, the company was just too small.” The distinction between running away rather than running toward helped Cavanaugh clarify her path. “When Fidelity came knocking 21 years ago, I knew that this is where I wanted to be and where I could see myself learning and growing on a long term basis.”

Cavanaugh is wary of oft-used sports analogies, but the parallels between her strategy and that of Wayne Gretzky are just too aligned to ignore. “At Fidelity, I wanted to be where the puck was going, not where it had been,” she said. “To this day, I anticipate the needs around me and try to serve them.” Cavanaugh wants to do this as much for the company as she does to satisfy her own intellectual curiosity, in part because of her relationship-minded approach to work. “People put their faith in me; clients, colleagues. I want to come through for them.”

Crediting “family, faith, and education,” Cavanaugh noted “Sacred Heart was a safe environment in which to explore, to question, to fail, and to build self-esteem.” She was encouraged to embrace who she was at Newton. Cavanaugh values the ability to learn over the condition of knowing, and this principle remains a key ingredient of her success. “There are things that you have innate in yourself that make you qualified for a job, and then there are things that you learn. Failure is your friend. I have taken swings that didn’t work out. The secret is to learn and move toward the next goal. And I guess as the youngest of six kids, I’ve had to be scrappy all my life!”

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ALUMNA E

Reunion 2021 On Thursday, April 15, Newton Country Day School hosted Reunion 2021 via Zoom, with over 200 alumnae attending the virtual event. From Massachusetts to California, Washington to Germany, alumnae from around the world reconnected. Following a warm welcome and school update from Sister Rogers, attendees participated in a class to make “The Congé,” this year’s signature cocktail/mocktail. Alumnae joined breakout rooms for the opportunity to share life updates and catch up with classmates. Several classes reminisced on their time at NCDS until nearly midnight. Although Reunion was celebrated virtually, alumnae were able to gather, laugh, and share in the community that will always keep them connected.

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Mary McCue Susan Harkins Reagan

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Susan English Jennifer MacMillan McCartin Marilyn Martin Parker Cristine Kelly Thomsen

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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).

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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.

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REUNION COMMITTEE Work with Alumnae Relations to create enthusiasm and encourage classmates to attend your celebratory reunion. Engage in a healthy competition with the other classes: Who will have the highest attendance and fundraising participation?

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

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

Questions? Email alumnae@newtonSH.org or call (617) 244-4246.

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

Class of 1990 Catherine Muldoon clmuldoon18@gmail.com

Class of 2010 Angelica Aquilino aquilino.ange@gmail.com

Class of 1951 Beatrice Sullivan McDevitt beegee8@gobi.com

Class of 1991 Ann Marie Boole McCormick mcboole@yahoo.com

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

Class of 1955 Janet Phillips Connelly jwconnelly6@verizon.net

Renata Merino renatabregstone@yahoo.com

Class of 2012 Andreya Cybriwsky Acybriwsky@gmail.com

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

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

Walda Keohane Walda.Keohane@csafinancial.com

Class of 2005 Allie Kroner Barron aekroner@gmail.com

Class of 1986 Janice Ciolfi Doyle douglas.doyle@comcast.net

Class of 2006 Athena Davos apdavos@gmail.com

Class of 1987 Suzanne O’Halloran Suzanne.OHalloran@gmail.com

Class of 2007 Genevieve Nave Murphy genevieve.nave@gmail.com

Class of 1988 Elizabeth Devin West lizdwest@gmail.com

Class of 2008 Melanie Cybriwsky mcybriwsky@gmail.com

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Mairead McAuliffe mcauliffemairead@gmail.com

Grace Tricomi gtricomi@mac.com

Claudia Durbin durbincg@gmail.com

Class of 2014 Nora DeSimone ndesimone2@gmail.com

Marlendy Elysee emarlendy@gmail.com

Mayte Martinez-Alvarez maytencds@gmail.com Megan Rogers mrogers157@yahoo.com

Kathleen Hurley khurlz21@gmail.com Delia Levine delialevine@icloud.com

Andrea Soto andreasoto915@yahoo.com

Margaret Mahoney margaret.mahoney17@gmail.com

Mary Kate Warner supersoccerplayer12@gmail.com

Caroline Moffatt moffattcarolineb@gmail.com

Class of 2013 Catherine Burbage catburbage@aol.com

Class of 2016 Cecilia Barreto cecilia4797@gmail.com

Ashley Monahan aemonahan5@gmail.com

Emma Corcoran emmaecorcoran@gmail.com

Elizabeth Connor econnor1017@hotmail.com

Stephanie Fox stephfox@comcast.net

Sarah Duehren sduehren15@gmail.com

Elizabeth Greene elizabethagreene@me.com

Madeleine Forti mforti2@elon.edu

Caroline Hurley churley21@gmail.com

Sophia Franchi sophiefranchi@gmail.com

Hana Ryan hanatryan@gmail.com

Elizabeth Hurley lizzy62442@gmail.com

Anna Gildea annagildea@gmail.com

Kelsey Sweeney sweeneykh@comcast.net

Victoria Husser vhusser24@gmail.com

Alessia Hughes alessiahughes97@gmail.com

Maria Tarazona Guzman tarazonamaria99@gmail.com

Kelsey Sullivan kelseysullivan830@gmail.com

Madeline Lanciloti mlanciloti@gmail.com McBride McDevitt mcbride_mcdevitt@yahoo.com Katherine Schneeberger kschneeb17@gmail.com Emily Strachan emilygstrachan@gmail.com

Grace O’Connor grace.oconnor1999@gmail.com Sochia Reardon sochiareardon17@gmail.com Vienna Roche viennaroche28@gmail.com

Bridget McAuliffe brm97@comcast.net Katherine McGee katherinemcgee11@gmail.com Abby Rosovsky abbyrosovsky@gmail.com Daniela Soviero dsov24@gmail.com

Meredith Sullivan meredithsullivan2013@gmail.com

Class of 2017 Liz Daskalakis liz.daskalakis@gmail.com

Emily Thompson emthomps594@gmail.com

Sarah Devlin sdevlin17@gmail.com

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Class Notes Newton Country Day reserves the right to edit, format, and select all materials for publication. This includes photos that do not appear because of low resolution. Due to the long lead time for Très Bien, we refrain from publishing news about pregnancies.

Class of 1950 Catherine O’Keeffe writes, “Having missed our 70th reunion last year, a few members of the Class of 1950 got together once we were all vaccinated and COVID-19 restrictions had eased. We met at Barbara (Smith) Hernberg’s house and, after a delicious lunch, spent the afternoon laughing and reminiscing about our days at Newton. There were five of us: Franny (Pearson) O’Leary, Anne (Ronan) Kane, Pudgy (Malone) Quine, Kay (MacLellan) O’Keeffe and Barbara (Bosey) Smith Hernberg (the hostess of the event). It was a very special day and wonderful to see how we still share the same values and warm camaraderie that we had all those years ago.

Personalities never change! We plan to have another reunion in the fall.”

Class of 1951 Elisabeth (Betty) Curtin Crowley writes, “This has been a tough year for all of us, but I refused to let too much grass grow under my feet. Despite the fact that I had to suspend substituting in K-5 during my 18th year, I continued making my ‘Happy Books,’ picture books for Alzheimer’s patients. They are going like hot cakes to nursing facilities, hospitals, and private persons. I wrote a poem about the last 12 months which was printed in our weekly town paper and then reprinted on bookmarks for distribution by Scituate Community Christmas to the whole town. Keep smiling, everyone, and pray for the end of this virus. Please remember the victims in your prayers. God bless.”

In a note to Penny Kickham Reilly on July 7, Betty writes, “I am in the funeral choir at St. Mary’s and today we sang a burial Mass for Margaret (Peggy) Knapp Galvin, who died in April. After the Mass, her daughter, who lives here in Scituate, 50

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Her daughter, Kathy, gave the eulogy, and it appears that Peggy was pretty much blind for several years before she died, but she gave the impression that her mother was feisty up until the end.”

Penny Kickham Reilly writes, “It is hard to believe 70 years have passed since our graduation from Newton Country Day. Our 70th year was also a memorable one. Although we were not able to be at the school, there was a Zoom event. Two from our class participated: Mary Jane Sullivan, RSCJ and Mary Chisholm Sullivan. Mary Jane is well and still in Albany, NY. She is happily at Avila, an independent living retirement community. Her good friends keep her very busy. She sounded wonderful. Her sister Brenda Sullivan Geishecher ’58 lives in Dedham, Mass. and keeps her connected.”

Mary Chisolm Sullivan, a very upbeat lady, keeps busy with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She is still in Falmouth, Mass. and sounds the same. Her sister Patricia (Pat) Chisholm, Ph.D ’47 is well and wrote a book. Mary’s 16-year-old granddaughter was featured in Boston Magazine as a rising political activist. She keeps in touch with Sheila Mahoney and Maureen Cortelli Sheehan, who are both fine.

News from Sheila Mahoney who lives in Methuen, Mass.: Her teaching at Suffolk University ended due to the pandemic and its consequences. She keeps in touch with Maureen Cortelli Sheehan, Mary Chisolm Sullivan, and Neili Heffernan O’Dell ’50.

All is well.

Addie O’Keefe McMurrer is well and living in Missoula, MT. She is with her daughter Elizabeth in a new apartment with a view of the mountains. Although she fell, hurting

her already bad back, and is somewhat confined, her voice is clear and sound. She was in the flower business and still sews and knits. Her knit shop in Osterville, Mass. was a great success before she moved to Montana. She loves it there and has never regretted leaving the Northeast.

Bea Sullivan McDevitt lives in Greenland, NH. Betty spoke to her and she sends her best wishes to her classmates and friends.

I was unable to reach a number of our classmates but keep hoping. We have lost three since our 65th: Shirley Thurmond Stanley, Peggy Knapp Galvin, and Betty Ann Reilly. Your scribe is well and functioning.

I am still at St. Sebastian’s and playing golf.

Great-grandson Jack Steven Joyce was born on August 7 weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. He joins his two and a half year old cousin Thomas Boyce Cataldo. Please keep in touch.

Class of 1953 Maura O’Neil Stimpson writes, “Ed and I now live in Naples permanently, as Ed was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and making the change to go back to the Cape is too upsetting for him. I went to the Cape the first week of August to see my family that I had not seen since COVID began. Our first great-grandchild’s name is Brooks Stimpson Vydria, born on July 12, 2021. I send my love to all.”

Class of 1956 Mary-Louise Sieracki Nash writes, “I moved to the Knickerbocker Senior Apartments in Bay Village, Ohio to be near my daughter, Moira, who lives in Avon Lake, Ohio. I am very happy in my new home.”

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the joy of ‘GDDD...Grammy Driving Duty Days,’ shuttling my eldest grandson Robert (15) back and forth from his home in Whitingham, Vermont, down to Franklin County Technical School in Massachusetts.

Next year I will do the same for Robert and his brother William (14), who was also accepted at Tech. Love being ‘Grammy Pammy’ to my seven grandkids! Hugs to all, especially those classmates with whom I attended Newton since first grade.”

Class of 1961 Nancy Philpott Cook writes, “My 49-yearold son and his lovely wife just gave me another granddaughter, Norah Elise Cronin. They also have an adorable 2-yearold son, Dylan.”

Class of 1960 Gwendolyn Hoeffel writes, “Greetings from Albany, NY, where I have been assisting elderly RSCJ since Fall 2017. I returned permanently to the USA from Japan and resided in NYC for three years full of re-entry experiences. I apologize for on and off contact. Daily life does take over,

and COVID changed everything. I hope and pray that everyone has kept safe and well. I had started to visit Deirdre Gavin at Belmont Manor’s Alzheimer’s unit. Now her daughter, Kristen, keeps in touch. Lolín (Dolores) Menéndez and I keep in touch, and I enjoyed her visit to Newton in June. I hope for news from a good number of us.”

Kathleen Capo O’Keeffe writes, “So sad to have 60 years go by without a meeting. Now 61 years and time to say hello to everyone from my class. A great school then and now.

I am fine, exercising, playing sports year round, enjoying our life on Cape Cod.”

Class of 1966 Cathleen Shortsleeve Miller writes, “Bill and I downsized this year. We sold our large house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. and bought a condo in Osterville. We love the simplicity of the new lifestyle and, now that the pandemic seems to be subsiding, we look forward to doing some traveling and also to spending more time with our grandchildren. Hope to see you all at a Boston luncheon one of these days!”

Class of 1972 Denise Finn-Rizzo writes, “COVID-19 has assuredly changed many of our lives, and now is time to celebrate our resiliency. Just when I thought I was seeing the light at the end of a long and rewarding 45 years as a nurse and family nurse practitioner, the pandemic spun me around in a different direction. I can honestly say that the past few months, initially pushing Moderna and Pfizer vaccines into any arm I could find and now evaluating patients in the Post COVID Clinic, have provided me with a true sense of accomplishment and an appreciation for the work of my colleagues.

I thought I would be out the door. Not yet!”

Class of 1973 Gail Callahan Hueber writes, “We welcomed our first grandchild, Colette Rose Hueber, in December! Her Godmother is Abigail Hueber ’05. Great aunts include Catherine Callahan Blount ’69, Karen Noonan Hueber ’73, and Barbara Bent Miller ’68.”

Class of 1976 Mary McCue writes, “The Class of ’76 had a terrific reunion coordinated by myself and Sue Harkins Reagan. Helped along

by Zoom, it was also attended by Kate Fitzpatrick Barnico, Margot Hintlian Block, Joanne Caruso, Trisha Judge, Lisa McLaughlin, Leona McCarthy Sinkus, Deb Sullivan Stone, Laura Neville Toner, Cathy Cahill Towle, and Sue Watson.

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Deirdre Gavin Hager ’60 and Gwendolyn Hoeffel ’60, RSCJ were able to enjoy a pleasant visit together while Gwendolyn was in the Boston area. They even managed to capture a selfie.

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Susie Hays writes, “I am planning to have lunch with Jean Marie McCormick, Cathy Mannix, and Glenna Bourgeois Gelineau at the end of June up at the Cape and then fly the next day to visit Janie Murphy in Sea Ranch, California. I am semi-retired, working more than I thought I would, but that was a good thing during the pandemic.

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Class of 1982 Cathleen Gardetto writes, “I started a new position at Johnson-Lancaster Associates in Taunton, Mass. after losing my previous position at the start of pandemic. I took the time not working to take care of my health and recently faced a fear head on by skydiving in Aruba. I would love to reconnect with classmates!”

Class of 1985 Walda Keohane writes, “Because we missed our 35th Reunion in Spring 2020, I hosted a Boston waterfront rooftop gathering for my class on Saturday, July 10.

Attendees were Cindy Recchia Graff, Lisa Connaughton Shuley, Kathy Genova, Lisa Gault Jaynes, and Laurie Sullivan O’Rourke. The sun came out, and we had a gorgeous evening of reminiscing and much laughter!”

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Class of 1986 Susan English writes, “Our 35th reunion was a great success. We had a good portion of the class in attendance. After learning about a little mixology, we had a class breakout Zoom session that went on for at least an additional hour. It was so nice to see smiling faces and catch up with friends.

I also had the experience of being an NCDS mom this year. I can safely report that NCDS is still raising them with confidence and courage! My daughter Katie Martinez ’21 graduated with the Class of 2021 in the Sunken Garden in June. She is off to Fordham University in NYC in the fall to study business at the Gabelli School.”

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1 1982: Cathleen Gardetto skydiving in Aruba 2 1985: Kathy Genova, Lisa Gault Jaynes, Cynthia Recchia Graff, Laurie Sullivan O’Rourke, Walda Keohane, and Lisa Connaughton Shuley 3 1988: Heidi Trainor and her dog Bella 4 1986: Susan English’s daughter Katie Martinez ’21

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join her husband there. They lived there in 2008 and are happy his work has brought them back.

munity, Blazin Babes, will be focusing on helping women scale their businesses in the startup world.”

Heidi Trainor has been working on advocacy for survivors of complex trauma. She is active in groups committed to increasing access to safe, stable housing and full access to communities of their choice. Heidi is dedicated to raising awareness of the prevalence of implicit and explicit bias experienced by those who are living with psychiatric diagnoses. Her companion during the pandemic has been her cockapoo Bella, who is teaching her about love, patience, and the importance of keeping a dog’s mind busy to avoid destruction of running shoes (ha).

Heidi enjoys writing poetry, running and finding new trails to explore with her pup.

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Class of 1990 Caitlyn Mosher Ellis writes, “After eight years at the Alzheimer’s Association as Director of Corporate Initiatives, I left to become the Executive Director of Find The Cause Breast Cancer Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding the science behind breast cancer prevention.”

Kristen Doyle writes, “We moved to Northeast Ohio at the end of the year, and we have a new dog named Brock!”

Class of 2001 Libby Maxwell Tashman writes, “I’ve moved (yes, again). You can find me by the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Virginia. We love the small town feel and the friendliness of the country. Come visit!”

Class of 1998 Duffy Markham Danish writes, “Husband Michael, son Eddie, and dogs Carmella and Augie moved to Norfolk, VA in May where I accepted the position of Sailing Director at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. Eddie (five), is taking after mom and playing ice hockey in the Hampton Whalers recreation league, sailing at Norfolk Yacht, and will attend Saint Patrick’s Catholic School in the fall. Michael is the new commanding officer of the USCG Finance Center. The whole family races mountain bikes, and I am still co-owner of the women’s cycling team, Pink Siren Sports.”

Kristen Doyle ’94 and family

Class of 1991 Renata Merino writes, “I am happy to report that I live in Evanston, Ill. with my two children ages 12 and 14. I am a newly single mother and have dedicated the last three years to re-investing in myself, my kids, and my career. I have transitioned from Latina serial entrepreneur to investor and am proud to announce that I am launching a venture capital fund investing in female founded startups in the health and wellness space. Grateful to have invested early on in my career with 20 years as an operator, investment banker, and a merit based scholar from The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, I am taking full advantage of my education, network, and experience to launch my fund. I am grateful to NCDS for having provided me with the girl power strength and capability to believe in myself and to have had the bravery and grit to get through a challenging time in my life. I am excited to invest in women and through my women’s networking comFA L L 2 0 2 1

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On September 30, 2020, Kate Kreinbring welcomed her second son, William David Halli on her grandmother’s birthday. His big brother James, now four years old, has been an amazing helper and loves making William laugh. William was born during the pandemic and did not meet many people in his early months of life, but has finally been able to meet some family and friends and has been sociable with everyone he’s met so far.

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Class of 2006 Athena Davos writes, “My husband Stephen and our nearly two-year-old son, Christian, welcomed our youngest boy on July 3. His name is Evangelos (Evan) George Davlantes.”

Class of 2007 Samantha Attenborough writes, “My husband and I have recently bought a house and moved to Columbia, Maryland.”

Genevieve Nave writes, “On March 2, 2021 I welcomed my newest baby, Elijah Edward Murphy! He was baptized at Saint Mary of the Hills Church in Milton in April and is a wonderful addition to our family!”

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Class of 2008 Meleney Cybriwsky writes, “I am working on a Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management at MIT via EdX. In September 2020, I moved to Seattle, Wash. with my husband.”

Kaibeth Pena-Cruz Cruz-Philippe started a new job as Contract Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD). She also purchased a home in 2020.

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1 2002: PJ Foster Lurvey’s daughter Lillian 2 2003: Katharine LiVolsi and her husband Chris welcomed baby James on February 23, 2021. 3 2008: Elaine Coates and her husband, Mike Egbert, welcomed their daughter, Oonaugh Tracy Egbert, on March 16, 2021. Oonaugh was baptised on June 12, 2021 with Amanda Russo as Godmother. 4 2004: Liz Riley and her husband Kenny Melillo welcomed their third daughter in June 2020. Kelsey Ann Melillo joins her sisters, Riley (born October 2015) and Kendall (born July 2017) 5 2006: Athena Davos and family 6 2007: Samantha Attenborough and her husband 7 2007: Genevieve Nave’s son Elijah

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Class of 2009 Keiani Gomes was a member of the graduating Class of 2021 from Salem State University with her Master’s in Occupational Therapy.

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intimate (and COVID conscious!) ceremony and had a few of my NCDS friends present! We got married on Church Island on Squam Lake in New Hampshire.”

Alexandra Cleary Pouso writes, “In August 2020, I relocated with my now husband from NYC to Charlotte, NC. We love it and

look forward to starting our lives here. We got married in Vero Beach, Fla. in December 2020 with a small group of family and friends, including my Maid of Honor Jacalyn Reed ’11. This coming December, one year later, we will celebrate, again in Vero Beach, by renewing our vows in front of many family members and friends, followed by a big party! A lot to look forward to in the months to come.”

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1 2009: Emily Coombs married Brian Waddell on May 14, 2021 in Boston. They recently relocated to Portland, Maine where Emily is practicing Labor and Employment law at Verrill Dana 2 2010: Nicole Hatton Nickerson and her husband 3 2011: Emily Chabot MacCormack married Terry MacCormack on June 5, 2021 on Nantucket. The two met on Governor Baker’s 2014 campaign. Maggie Berkeley, Katie Freeman, Mari Corcoran Egan, and Erin Chabot Abbott ’05 were bridesmaids 4 2010: Kayla Fedorowicz, Kelly Freeman, Nicole Hatton Nickerson, Tessa Pulaski, and Kristina Petitti at Nicole’s wedding 5 2011: Alexandra Cleary Pouso and her husband

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In July, Delia Levine ’17, Laura Sullivan ’17, Nellie Adams ’17, and Margaret Mahoney ’17 got together.

Class of 2012 Mairead McAuliffe was admitted to the New York State Bar and began working as an associate at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Class of 2013 Caterina Castellano is excited to start an MBA this fall at the MIT Sloan School of Management as a Dean’s Fellow and Forté Fellow and explore opportunities at the intersection of technology and social impact, especially in education. She has worked at State Street Corporation in Boston since 2017 and is currently an Assistant Vice President in Enterprise Data Services.

Emily Strachan became engaged to Patrick Kelley McLaughlin. Their wedding will take place in September of 2022.

Class of 2018 Riley Connon writes, “Though I am just down the road, I am so happy to have chosen BC as I still am so close to NCDS. To put it simply, without NCDS, I have nowhere where I would be. From amazing student teacher relationships, to 60 girls I can still rely on as sisters, I am so lucky to call NCDS home. I miss the warm feeling I used to get walking through the arches. NCDS is home. Forever.

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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

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2020 - 2021 Annual Report Board of Trustees Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk, M.D. ’01 Devin Condron P’22 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’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 C. Phelan HA’67, P’94’96’98

2021-2022 Parents’ Association Officers

New Board Member Devin Condron P’22

Devin Condron is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he leads a Private Wealth Management team. He returned to Morgan Stanley in 2012, where he began his career in the late 1990s.

Prior to returning to Morgan Stanley, Condron spent seven years as a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group.

Devin received a Bachelor of Administration from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He currently serves on the Board of the Fessenden School in Newton and for Crossroads for Kids in Boston. Devin has five children: Riley ’22, Brennan, Finn, Hayden, and Emerson.

Devin and his wife Erin live with their family in Wellesley.

Key to Abbreviations AM CSH DO GP HA MC NC P

Atherton/Menlo Park Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich Duchesne College, Omaha Grandparent Husband of an Alumna Manhattanville College Newton College Parent

Ellen Kelley P’22’23, President Matt Cressotti P’23’25, Officer Kristina Hatem P’23, Officer Rossanna Hennessey P’21’23’25’28, Officer Deirdre O’Kelly-Lynch P’13’20’22, Past President

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October 2021 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, particularly during this pandemic year. The strength of the School in meeting the challenges of COVID-19 is a tribute to the entire Sacred Heart community.

We report with deep gratitude that collectively alumnae, parents, and friends supported the School with more than $3.6 million in gifts. The 2020-21 Annual Fund raised over $1.8 million in essential, unrestricted support that was used for tuition assistance, faculty development, and operating costs.

Christopher J. Kelly P’05’07’12’16

This year’s Très Bien Auction went virtual and delighted all who logged on with charismatic faculty hosts and videos of life on campus. The exceptional auction co-chairs re-imagined our signature fundraising event and brought our community together to generate more than $450,000, including meeting the Fund-a-Need goal of $150,000 in support of the School’s weekly COVID-19 testing program.

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. This year, Class of 2021 parents contributed more than $270,000 to provide both faculty development funds as well as a full scholarship for four years to enable a student to explore her full potential at Newton Country Day School.

As I wrote to parents in June, this past school year will certainly be memorable for the challenges overcome, lessons learned, and, perhaps most importantly, a shared optimism for the future. It is my hope that our communal experience furthers the bonds forged among our School, alumnae, parents, and dear friends. The sacrifice and commitment exhibited by the community to support our students’ education during this health crisis inspires and lights our way forward.

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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2020-2021 Annual Fund Committees 2021 Senior Family Fund Committee: Co-Chairs: Kate and Mike Ascione P’21’22’27 Robin and Jim Hunt P’21 Committee: Maria Teresa de Lasa Batten and Richard Batten P’15’18’21 Lisbeth and Brett Burns P’20’21 Jo Channis P’21’22 Molly Diggins and Mark Duggan P’21 Mary and Denis Dowdle P’19’21 Michelle and Brendan Glynn P’19’21’23 Rossanna and Adam Hennessey P’21’23’25’28 Holly and Rich Linton P’21’27 Vasilios Mourmoutis P’21’22 Carolyn and Ken Sullivan P’12’16’21 Angela and Chris Winchenbaugh P’20’21’26 Kelly and Jeff Woolbert P’21’23

The Ascione Family

Annual Fund Committee: Jamie Balboni P’24 Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk, M.D. ’01 Liz Greenwood ’79, P’14 Trustee Ellen Harrington ’77 Andy Hatem P’23 Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90, P’22 Jim Kelley P’22’23 Megan Kelly ’07 Josh Levine P’17’18’20 Eileen McAuliffe P’12’16 Trustee Maura T. Murphy ’99 Annmarie Pagliano ’89, P’24’27 Amanda Power ’07

The Hunt Family

Senior Family Fund Despite a challenging year, our girls are forging ahead with their courage and confidence fully intact. As Chairs of the senior family fund, we cannot begin to express our gratitude to the senior families for their generous contributions during this very uncertain year. Your generosity will enable Newton to provide interesting and innovative professional development that will allow our teachers to remain competitive. However we are so very proud that the majority of our funds will provide a scholarship to a worthy young woman to explore her full potential at Newton Country Day School. Thank you again to our committee and to all the parents who were a part of this journey this year. It will be one our class certainly will not forget!

Mike and Kate Ascione P’21’22’27 Jim and Robin Hunt P’21

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The Annual Report July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 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, 2020 – June 30, 2021.

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

† Deceased ♦ Falcon Society

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 2006-10: $1,000 Class of 2011-15: $500 Class of 2016-21: $100

1880 Club ($50,000+)

Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ascione Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin Trustee Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Trustee Jill and John Hayes

1926 Club

($25,000 - $49,999) Mr. Charles J. Brucato Christopher and Rachel Busby Mr. and Mrs. Terry Carleton Trustee Devin and Erin Condron Marybeth and Peter Connolly

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Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly Katherine Leland ’56 Trustee Demond T. and Kia Martin Mr. Gerard M. Martin Mark and Nancy Mulligan John V. and Kathleen Ryan Murphy ’67 Trustee Maura T. Murphy ’99 Kevin Parker and Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Greg T. Poulos Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Woolbert

Barat Club

($10,000 - $24,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Keith Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Andrade Mr. John E. Ansteth and Ms. Andrea DiFabio Ansteth Brad Baker and Marielle Bohan-Baker Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk ’01 and Nathan Blecharczyk Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Burns Sean and Brandi Cantwell Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cavallo Mary Louise Cavanaugh ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Clair Mr. and Mrs. Matt Cressotti Mr. John W. Farrell and Dr. Carmen R. Bozic Mr. and Mrs. Don Fornes Mrs. Nancy Q. and Mr. Craig B. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hanson Trustee Ellen M. Harrington ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem Adam and Rossanna Hennessey Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt III Mr. Gerald R. Jordan Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce Rick and Anna LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. Trustee Timothy S. Meckel Jennifer A. Nassour O’Brien-Oldham Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pengue Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo The Daniel Quirk Family

Trustee Robert and Deborah Reardon Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Rioux Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Souza Mr. and Mrs. Jed Swan Mr. and Mrs. David I. Wakefield Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wallace, Jr. Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss Mr. Hao Zhu and Mrs. Liya Ji

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

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett Michael and Jamie Balboni Chris and Alaina Barletta Boston Private Bank Mr. Kenneth Bradley and Ms. Waipeng Lee David Bresnahan and Maura Mullowney Bresnahan ’88 Ms. Joanna Chanis Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Christian Enrique and Jessie Colbert Dr. Daniel Curran and Mrs. Katie Connelly Curran ’92 Dr. Jean Kwo and Dr. Javier de Luis Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. John DeSisto Deborah and Timothy Diggins Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. Dowdle Molly Diggins and Mark Duggan Portia and Chris Durbin Mary Ellen Eagan ’71 Francesca Eastman ’68 Joseph and Tracey Flaherty FLIK Independent School Dining The Estate of Joanne Flynn ’62 † Mr. Timothy Gavin and Dr. Cara McLaughlin Gavin Charles and Tina Grant Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 Anne and Charles Hajjar Susie Hays ’77 Mr. Frank Hemm and Ms. Odette Schweitzer Andrew and Carrie Hickey Joanne Hidaka and Benjamin Niedermeyer Joseph and Kathryn Hinderhofer Kathleen Scully Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Hoppe Mr. Frederic Huber and Ms. Barbra Watson Mr. and Mrs. Reid Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Kilcoyne, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Knopp TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lee Kenneth G. Lyons and Anne Sullivan Lyons ’58 Francis and Mary Mahoney Colleen Smith Mateo ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. McKay Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mingle Andrew † and Carolyn Morey Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis Kelly Murphy ’03 Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch Mr. Scott Page and Ms. Gail Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Randolph C. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo Quirk Auto Dealerships Ms. Julia A. Reilly † Mr. Sean C. Rush Mr. Ronald E. Schafer and Mrs. Anna Kuznetsova-Schafer Mr. Joseph Skorski and Ms. Barbara Kohler Mr. Chenhui Song and Ms. Bei Guan Mr. and Mrs. Ted Straub Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan Carroll Donahue Swan ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester Katie and Joe Terino Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vander Vort Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Venanzi Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner Lainie and Jay Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White Mr. Xuemei Yang and Ms. Zhixiong Yang Mr. Liang Zhang and Mrs. Yang Yu

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Anonymous Mr. and Ms. Burton F. Abel Sloane and Chris Awtrey Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bianchi Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bilezikian Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 Mr. and Mrs. René Canezin Edward and Susan Coburn Michael and Maryellen Collins Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon, Jr. Mr. Robert Cunjak and Ms. Susan Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Daly Elizabeth and Jay Derenzo Mr. and Mrs. James DeSisto Gregg and Cara Donovan Mr. David M. DuBard and Mrs. Deirdre Giblin Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Dunphy Susan C. English ’86 and Francisco J. Martinez Gregory and Joan Flynn Terry and Frank Foster Mr. David J. Gaudian and Ms. Elizabeth O’Brien Ms. Anne C. Geraghty ’77 Victoria Grant ’09 Ms. Ellen K. Hannan ’74 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hauser Mr. Fangli He and Mrs. Meijun Xu Mr. David Hirsch and Mrs. Amy Fallon Shelagh Kavanagh Tom and Sheri Kelly FA L L 2 0 2 1

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher4% LeeGrandparents Mr. and Mrs. Chi Keung Liu 13% Dennis and Vivienne Maguire Past Parents Kathy and Peter Markell Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Maskell Gregory and Patricia McGauley Mrs. Holly McGrath Bruce ’79 Dr. and Mrs. James F. McIntyre Sandra and Patrick McKeigue Mr. and Mrs. John K. Moninger Mercedes Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey Mark and Pat Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prucher Valerie and Tony Rizio Barbara Rogers, RSCJ Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky Mr. Adam M. Schlichtmann and Dr. Gabrielle Schlichtmann Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Brendan W. Sullivan Trustee William and Mary Supple Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas ’56 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tranter Mr. Mario Turco and Ms. Laura Fleming

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5% Past Trustees

6% Alumnae

33% by Fiscal Year 2021 All Giving Parents 43% Constituency (Excludes Capital) Trustees

2% Grandparents 2% Friends 5% Past Trustees

43% Trustees

9% Past 6% Alumnae Parents

33% Parents

Village Bank 2% Grandparents Debby 2%Oakes FriendsWhitney ’59 9% Past Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Winchenbaugh Parents

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

Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Anil and Amy Adyanthaya Dr. Nezam Afdhal and Dr. Clare Tempany-Afdhal Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Agular Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Anderson Patricia M. Annino ’74 Laure Aubuchon ’67 James and Suzanne Bandanza Mrs. Maria de Lasa Batten and Mr. Richard Batten Elizabeth Galligan Bixenman ’04 Mr. Norman Boucher and Dr. Helen Boucher Christopher and Eve Bould Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brody Terri Healey Brogan Jill Carlson ’08 James E. Cavallo and Nicole R. Abair Erica and John Ciccolo Anne and Jeff Cimini

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Mr. Joseph Clark and Dr. Kathleen Greco-Clark Alix Decker Clemente ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Condron Dan and Tricia Conley Kerryn Doherty Connolly ’01 Mr. Brian Connor and Ms. Michele O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cronin Ann Williams Cully ’60 Toni Walsh Curry ’68 Ed and Mary Dailey Steven and Alrie McNiff Danielczyk Dr. Richard Dapra Susan Giroux Dee ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. DeRubeis Mr. Jason DeVito John DiGiovanni and Anne Mulroy DiGiovanni ’84 Jean D. Donahue Ms. Pamela Drouin Stephen and Patricia DuFour Gayané and Tom Ebling Kevin and Joanne Ecclesine Carol Smith Fachetti and Mark Fachetti Mr. and Mrs. Brian Falahee Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farinacci Diana Mill Fay ’62 Peter and Michelle Fay Randelynn and David Ferrero Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Filipski Mr. Michael Fondo Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Freyermuth Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fujimoto Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gallagher, Jr. Mr. Paul Gallagher and Ms. Christine Albertelli Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giangrasso Dr. and Mrs. James Goodman Jorge A. Grajeda and Eva Gerena Edith Graham Grandy ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Munish Grover Thomas and Erin Guden

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Mr. Gordon Gund Mrs. Amy Habib Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hall Dr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Heeney Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Heffernan Margot Hintlian ’76 Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells Lisa Gault Jaynes ’85 and Chris Jaynes Ms. Barbara Jordan Mr. and Mrs. James R. Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Don and Yvonne Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Kelly Amy and Robert Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keyes Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong and Dr. Judy W. Cheng Dr. Brian Labow and Dr. Stephanie Seminara Robin Pare Lagace ’77 Mr. William J. Lanciloti, Jr. Mr. Tuck Leong and Ms. Tram Vo Lise Aubuchon Letendre ’70 Joshua and Ellen Levine Mr. Guoan Li and Mrs. Wenxing Wang Lauren Phelan Lipscomb ’98 Mr. Jingmin Liu and Dr. Shuyan Geng Ronald and Elena Loukas Malcolm and Colleen Love Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Lutz Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lynch Tony Lyons and Sheila Ryan Dr. and Mrs. John J. Mackey Heather and Jim Magliozzi Mark and Kate March Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Marks John and Eileen McAuliffe Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCann Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McCormack Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick Krysia Chart Miller ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Justin H. Monahan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Montgomery III Michael and Mary Moriarty Mrs. Margaret Morton Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Mulka Robert and Jean Mulroy Mr. Kelley G. Murphy and Ms. Sandra J. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Musto NCDS Angel Wings Faculty Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. O’Neill Eleanor O’Connor ’72 Linda Hogan O’Connor ’61 Kirsten and Espen Odegard Alison O’Donnell ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. O’Donnell Terry and Kathy O’Donnell Annmarie R. Benedict Pagliano ’89 and Jeffrey Pagliano Susan and Robert Parente Carol Sawyer Parks ’57 Mr. and Mrs. David Parmele Mr. and Mrs. Jim C. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Steve Popeo Bob and Debbie Power James and Cathleen Rafferty Marianne W. Reynolds ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rivers Dr. and Ms. Joseph Rizzo Barbara Rogers, RSCJ Mike and Fran Ryan Leonard and Lee Samia Stephen and Bessie Seiler Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Shea Gary and Anne Simon Mr. Morad Sitt and Dr. Angelique Uhlmann Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Smith Mr. John Sousa Pinky Spencer Staley ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sussman Barbara Kirby Sutphin ’71 Edward Toland and Lynne Cogavin Toland ’85 Ted and Sue Touloukian Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern Mr. and Mrs. Brian Walsh Mr. Brian Ward Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover Mark and Sarah Williamson Theodore Wolfstich and Christina Wallace Wolfstich ’94 Mr. and Ms. Allen Wong Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Mr. Costa E. Zahos and Ms. Krishna A. Butaney Mr. Yuankai Zhang and Mrs. Haihua Wu Isabella Zhu ’21

Faithful Donor Society

Consecutive Giving of 5 fiscal years and above Anonymous Mr. Burton Abel Nellie Adams ’17 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Ms. Doreen Amato-Ledoux Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Anderson Patricia M. Annino ’74 Mr. John E. Ansteth and Ms. Andrea DiFabio Ansteth Bob and Janice Arsenault TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ascione Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett Samantha Attenborough ’07 Laure Aubuchon ’67 Rosemary Sullivan Avery ’64 Sloane and Chris Awtrey Brad Baker and Marielle Bohan-Baker Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Chris and Alaina Barletta Dr. and Mrs. George L. Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barrett Allie Kroner Barron ’05 Jim and Lorraine Barry Melissa Barry ’96 and Lindsay Stephenson Sheila McIntire Barry ’62 Mrs. Maria de Lasa Batten and Mr. Richard Batten Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Beam Ann Bagdonas Bergstrom ’64 Maggie Berkeley ’11 Diane DiGiovanni Berman ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bianchi Mrs. Doreen Bilezikian Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bilezikian Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bisson Elizabeth Galligan Bixenman ’04 Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk ’01 and Nathan Blecharczyk Anne Grayson Bohan ’87 Boston Private Bank Mr. and Mrs. Norman P. Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Boucher Martha Collins Bourassa ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Braccia Jane Brady ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Brennan Bright Funds Foundation Cara Giudice Brill ’03 Alexandra Messina Broderick ’61 Terri Healey Brogan Nancy Viano Brown ’63 Phillip Brown and Sheila O’Keefe Mr. Charles J. Brucato Mrs. Holly McGrath Bruce ’79 Peggy and Dave Bryant Susan Costello Bryant ’66 Eileen Egan Burke ’55 Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Burns Alicia Savage Cain ’84 Margaret Driscoll Callen ’58 Mr. and Mrs. René Canezin Mr. and Mrs. Terry Carleton Deborah Carroll ’67 Janet Carroll Donelan ’67 and Dr. Matthias Donelan Mr. and Mrs. James K. Carroll James E. Cavallo and Nicole R. Abair Mary Louise Cavanaugh ’80 Ms. Joanna Chanis Hannah Chory ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Clair Alix Decker Clemente ’71 Caroline Cloonan ’15 Edward and Susan Coburn Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Cole Michael and Maryellen Collins Trustee Devin and Erin Condron FA L L 2 0 2 1

Dan and Tricia Conley Janet Phillips Connelly ’55 John P. Connelly and Cathleen M. Shea Madeline Connelly ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Connon Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors Jack and Joan Corbett Ann Fulton Coté ’49 Rosemary Monagle Cottone ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Matt Cressotti Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cronin Lauren Basile Crowley ’02 Tom and Donna Cullinan Ann Williams Cully ‘60 Dr. Daniel Curran and Mrs. Katie Connelly Curran ’92 Colleen Curry ’94 Toni Walsh Curry ’68 Mrs. Elizabeth Curtin Dennis Czech and Katrina Iserman D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects Ed and Mary Dailey Steven and Alrie McNiff Danielczyk Dr. Javier de Luis and Dr. Jean Kwo Susan Giroux Dee ’72 James and Amy Delaney Mary Delaney ’12 Denise DeLorey ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. DeRubeis Erin DeSimone ’11 Nora DeSimone ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Michael DiFabio Mr. John Dolan and Ms. Tish Kennedy Dolan Mrs. Eleanor Domina Catharine-Mary Donovan ’51 Gregg and Cara Donovan Mr. and Mrs. John L. Donovan Maggie Dougherty ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. Dowdle Elizabeth Doyle ’07

Madeleine Drouin ’07 Mark Duggan and Molly Diggins Meghan Arsenault Dunham ’07 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dunne Claudia Durbin ’17 Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin Gayané and Tom Ebling Mrs. Dawn Egan and Mr. Andrew Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ellis Shaun Erickson and Alicia Phelan Erickson ’94 Allison Fachetti ’10 Carol Smith Fachetti and Mark Fachetti Elizabeth M. Fahey Meredith Falzone ’03 Dianne Wheeler Faro ’83 Trustee Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Mr. John W. Farrell and Dr. Carmen R. Bozic Diana Mill Fay ’62 Liisa Fetig ’07 Virginia MacLellan Fettig ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Filipski David and Michele Fitzgerald Ms. Laurie Fitzpatrick FLIK Independent School Dining Gregory and Joan Flynn Joanne Flynn ’62 Mrs. Michael Foley Mrs. James F. Foley ’66 Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marian Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Folz Ms. Veronica Forde Terry and Frank Foster Mr. Ponce D. L. Gaines and Ms. Doris Morales Rich and Kym Gaissl Elizabeth Gallagher ‘99 Peter and Meg Fahy Galligan ‘74 Christi Gannon ’02 Jim and Francine Gannon Karen Ganong ’88

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Mr. David J. Gaudian and Ms. Elizabeth O’Brien Andrea Krasker Gavin ’89 Mr. Timothy Gavin and Dr. Cara McLaughlin Gavin Trustee Anne C. Geraghty ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giangrasso Mrs. Nancy Q. and Mr. Craig B. Gibson Kate Gibson Carey ’06 Trustee Frances M. Gimber, RSCJ Lucille Saccone Giovino ’53 Mr. Eugene X. Giroux Chet and Kathy Gladchuk Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn Mrs. Nancy Graham Jorge A. Grajeda and Eva Gerena Edith Graham Grandy ’64 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Jeremy and Oluyinka Green Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gustafson, Jr. Margaret McMurrer Haberlin ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Haddad Kristen G. Hager ’88 Anne and Charles Hajjar Eleanor Carr Hanlon ’55 Ms. Ellen K. Hannan ’74 Trustee Ellen M. Harrington ’77 Mr. John C. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem Gary and Jill Hatton Nicole Hatton ’10 Anne Hayes ’63 Mr. and Mrs. David Christian Hayes Trustee Jill and John Hayes Susie Hays ’77 Gabrielle Giangrasso Hazard ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Heffernan Adam and Rossanna Hennessey Paula Fanning Herbert ’63 Molly Herlihy ’07 Barbara Smith Hernberg ’50 Joanne Hidaka and Benjamin Niedermeyer Joseph and Kathryn Hinderhofer Kathleen Scully Hodges

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Gwendolyn Hoeffel, RSCJ ’60 Nancy Edmondson Hogan ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holland Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Hoppe Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt III Caroline Hurley ’13 Kathleen Hurley ’17 Richard and Arlene Iannella Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix Dr. Pasi Janne and Dr. Karen Cichowski Kathryn Holland Jarvis ’09 Joannie Jaxtimer ’71 Lisa Gault Jaynes ’85 and Chris Jaynes Mrs. Barbara Jenkins Dr. Ilse Jobson Mr. Gerald R. Jordan Ms. Margaret Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Joyce Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce Mark Jrolf and Teresa Myers E. Leonard Kane and Anne Ronan Kane ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Clare and David Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kapples Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kavanagh Shelagh Kavanagh Alana Keane ’12 Keane Fire & Safety Equipment Company, Inc. Robert and Loretta Keane Don and Yvonne Kearney Enya Kearney ’16 Trustee Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr. Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly Maria Heilbron Kelly ’73 Megan Kelly ’07 Tom and Sheri Kelly Daniel and Julie Kenary Judith Bauer Kent ’61 Maureen O’Donnell Kent ’54 Mrs. Katherine Killilea Dr. Brian Labow and Dr. Stephanie Seminara

Robin Pare Lagace ’77 Mrs. Katie Hinderhofer Lambrecht ’10 Ruth Gardner Lamere Timothy and Jan Lawlor Kimberly Lawton ’09 Rick and Anna LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lee Katherine Leland ’56 Martin and Elizabeth Lempres Mr. John Leonardi and Dr. Ellen Miseo Mr. Larry L. Lesher Lise Aubuchon Letendre ’70 Carrie Phelan Leto ’96 Delia Levine ’17 Joshua and Ellen Levine Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr Lauren Phelan Lipscomb ’98 Katharine LiVolsi ’03 Ms. Paula Lombardo Ms. Mary P. Loscocco Ronald and Elena Loukas Vanessa Loukas ’05 P.J. Foster Lurvey ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lynch Stephen F. and Margaret Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lyons ’58 Mr. Tony Lyons and Ms. Sheila A. Ryan Helen Gilbane Macdonald Grace MacLellan ’57 Heather and Jim Magliozzi Joan Magnetti, RSCJ Judith Maguire ’61 Francis and Mary Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mahoney, Jr. Margaret Mahoney ’17 William and Mary Mahoney Mr. William Mahoney Marion and Gerald Mahony Mark and Kate March Kathy and Peter Markell Elia Capone Marnik ’60 Paul and Nancy Marshall Mr. Gerald M. Martin Peter and Katherine Martini Graham Masiiwa and Ntonhle A. Kekana Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Maskell Colleen Smith Mateo ’08 Amy Donovan Matthews ’87 and John W Matthews Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews III Maria Maughn ’73 Bridget McAuliffe ’16 John and Eileen McAuliffe Mairead McAuliffe ’12 Kathleen DeMello McClaskey ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McCormack Ann Marie Boole McCormick ’91 Robert and Judith McDonough Walter and Eileen McDonough Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. McEvoy Gregory and Patricia McGauley Ann Sullivan McManus ’55 Trustee Timothy S. Meckel Rhonda Raffi Meegan ’71 Melania Cybriwsky Meleney ’08 K.J. Marshak Meline ’66 TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Mr. and Mrs. James Mellowes Trustee Enuma Menkiti ’97 Krysia Chart Miller ’72 Reverend Todd Miller and Dr. Ashley Duggan Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell Emily Hinderhofer Moncton ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Montgomery III Ms. Marieta Y. Montoute Jean Bradley Mooney ’52 Faith R. Moore Ms. Julette G. Moore Andrew † and Carolyn Morey Mary Kay Yeager Morris ’72 Meg and George Morrissey Brooks and Patricia Mostue Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis Mark and Nancy Mulligan Mercedes Mulligan Robert and Jean Mulroy Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey John V. and Kathleen Ryan Murphy ’67 Mr. Kelley G. Murphy and Ms. Sandra J. Powers Kelly Murphy ’03 Mark and Pat Murphy Trustee Maura T. Murphy ’99 Terry and Gail Murphy Jennifer A. Nassour Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Naughton III NCDS Angel Wings Faculty Katherine Neuberger ’12 Constance Neville ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo Gia Nicolazzo ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Noonan Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes Andrea O’Brien ’72 O’Brien-Oldham Charitable Trust Meghan O’Connell ’06 Linda Hogan O’Connor ’61 Kirsten and Espen Odegard Alison O’Donnell ’98 Janice and Joseph O’Donnell Terry and Kathy O’Donnell Akin and Adeola Ogungbadero Alison and Katilin O’Keeffe ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch Anne Celeste O’Rourke ’70 Olivia Packenham ’10 Madison Sargis ’10 Mr. Scott Page and Ms. Gail Sullivan Annmarie Benedict Pagliano ’89 and Jeffrey Pagliano Kevin Parker and Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 Carol Sawyer Parks ’57 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Parsons, Jr. Sheryl Ann Percy Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Phelan Claire Picken ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pifko Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo Marie Gauthier Portner ’72 Nijole Ivanouskas Potts ’80 Amanda Elizabeth Power ’07 Mr. Robert E. Power Bob and Debbie Power FA L L 2 0 2 1

Rose E. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera Phillip Pulaski and Elizabeth Donnelly The Daniel Quirk Family Quirk Auto Dealerships Mr. Michael Racette and Ms. Maura Murphy James and Cathleen Rafferty Maggie Powers Ragosa ’65 Cassie Jeremie Ramos ’02 Mr. Yves Raymond and Ms. Celine Gregoire Jane Kinnealey Reardon ’75 Trustee Robert and Deborah Reardon Penny Kickham Reilly ’51 Mackenzie Colgan Reinoso ’04 Marianne W. Reynolds ’74 Patricia Doyle Reynolds ’87 Mr. John Riley and Dr. Joan Riley Richard and Kathleen Riley Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rivers Alexandra Rizio ’02 Valerie and Tony Rizio Camile Rodriguez ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Rush Mr. Sean C. Rush Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ryan Ms. Margaret F. Ryan Mike and Fran Ryan Paula Ryan ’73 Katie Schneeberger ’13 Stephen and Bessie Seiler Mr. and Mrs. Orr D. Shepherd Kasthuri Sivalogan ’11 Luxshmi Sivalogan ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Siva Sivalogan Ray and Arlene Smith Jamie Smith ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Smith Sulpicio Soriano and Carmen Perez

Carol Murphy Springer ’54 Pinky Spencer Staley ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. R. Newcomb Stillwell Deborah Sullivan Stone ’76 Barbara M. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Brendan W. Sullivan Carly Sullivan ’16 Catherine Sullivan ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan John and Cathleen Sullivan Eileen and John Sullivan Kelsey Sullivan ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sullivan Mary Jane Sullivan, RSCJ ’51 Theresa Sullivan ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sullivan, Jr. Susan Flynn Sundstrom ’68 Trustee William and Mary Supple Carroll Donahue Swan ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson Christine Thornton ’87 Ted and Sue Touloukian Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Treacy, Jr. Ms. Lisa Tucker Ms. Eileen Tye Robert Tyler and Ellen Kinnealey Tyler ’77 Mr. William F. Tyler United Way Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern Thomas B. Vawter and Anne E. Hadley Mr. Miguel Vega and Dr. Mariela Paez Ann Vogel ’60 Mr. and Mrs. David I. Wakefield Mark Warner and Susan Ferren Warner ’81 Barbara Thomits Wedge ’94 Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss

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Nancy Madden Leamy Katherine Leland Agnes Sullivan O’Brien Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas

Class of 1957 Mary Ann McDonald Barry Ellen Mahony King Grace MacLellan Ellen Sullivan McNamara Mary Jo Ginty Neish Carol Sawyer Parks Deirdre O’Brien Ulbrich

Class of 1958 Margaret Driscoll Callen Nancy Edmondson Hogan Anne Sullivan Lyons

Class of 1959

Madeline Westover ’15

Class of 1951

Maeve Westover ’14

Betty Curtin Crowley Catharine-Mary Donovan Penny Kickham Reilly Mary Jane Sullivan, RSCJ

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover Debby Oakes Whitney ’59 Daniel and Joyce Williams Meghan Cronin Wilson ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Winchenbaugh Theodore Wolfstich and Christina Wallace Wolfstich ’94

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Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Woolbert

Anne Walker Brooks Virginia MacLellan Fettig Jean Bradley Mooney † Alice Burns Scanlan

Catherine Doyle Wysoczanski ’05 Yumi Yasutake ’96 Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan ’00 Margo and Charles Yie

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

Class of 1945 Eunice Ford Williams

Class of 1954

Eleanor MacLellan, RSCJ

Carol Healey Hanley Susan Keane Maureen O’Donnell Kent Carol Murphy Springer

Class of 1949

Class of 1955

Ann Fulton Coté

Eileen Egan Burke Janet Phillips Connelly Susanne Robinson Gutierrez Eleanor Carr Hanlon Ann Sullivan McManus

Class of 1947

Joan Slattery Donaldson

Class of 1950 Barbara Smith Hernberg Anne Ronan Kane Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe

Class of 1956

Frances Pierson O’Leary

Mary Egan Boland Joyce Dwyer

Maureen Malone Quine

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Class of 1960 Kathleen O’Keeffe Capo Ann Williams Cully Gwendolyn Hoeffel, RSCJ Elia Capone Marnik Ann Vogel

Class of 1961

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Yu-Phelps

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Jane Kelliher Babcock María Caminos-Medina † Pamela Tosi Hodgkins Suzanne Gauthier Milot Debby Oakes Whitney

Alexandra Messina Broderick Mary Powers Gallagher Judith Bauer Kent Judith Maguire Linda Hogan O’Connor Pinky Spencer Staley Carroll Donahue Swan

Class of 1962 Sheila McIntire Barry Jane Brady Diana Mill Fay Joanne Flynn † Melena Robinson Huffman

Class of 1963 Nancy Viano Brown Sheila Curtin Cail Anne Hayes Paula Fanning Herbert Constance Murphy Hughes Christine Messina Mullen Natalie Choate Starr

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Class of 1964 Rosemary Sullivan Avery Ann Bagdonas Bergstrom Lillian Hodges Carty Alicia Guedes Franzosa Virginia Toomey Gignoux Edith Graham Grandy Judith LeBeau Mathilde Guedes McCoy Christine Bruguière White

Class of 1965 Lacey Gallagher Cronin Lynn Shanahan Knecht Ann McArdle Maggie Powers Ragosa

Class of 1966 Pat Barton Susan Costello Bryant Virginia Sughrue Crowley Jean Igoe Foley Maryann Ward Leary Katherine May Pam Casey McCormick K.J. Marshak Meline Emily Woodcock Templeton Mary Gay Ryan Tobin

Class of 1967 Laure Aubuchon Martha Collins Bourassa Deborah Carroll Janet Carroll Donelan Edith Duggan Garrison Kathleen Ryan Murphy Katherine Hickey Parcels Anne Duffey Phelan

Moira Ryan Dougherty Jean Crystal Dornhoeffer Gromer Lise Aubuchon Letendre Kathleen DeMello McClaskey Anne Celeste O’Rourke Laura Bean Redmond Catherine Cummings Stewart

Class of 1971 —50th Reunion— Mary Stewart Cancian Paula Carens Alix Decker Clemente Mary Ellen Eagan Joan Feeney Suzanne Mulrenin Harfenist Barbara Lange Hartwell Joannie Jaxtimer Janice Mogan King, D.V.M. Rhonda Raffi Meegan Lee Ann Metcalf Miller Basia Chart Randolph Carroll Regan Barbara Kirby Sutphin PJ Collins Taylor

Andrea O’Brien Kimberly O’Connor Eleanor O’Connor Marie Gauthier Portner

Class of 1973 Lee Anne Arslan Lise Anne Boutiette Doreen Crotty Karen Noonan Hueber Maria Heilbron Kelly Maria Maughn Paula Ryan

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

Class of 1975 Class of 1972 Laurie Chapman-Bosco Christine de Lacoste-Azizi Susan Giroux Dee Martha Keefe Dowd Krysia Chart Miller Mary Kay Yeager Morris Marylove Hearty Moy Constance Neville

Denise DeLorey Susan Kelley Myers Jane Kinnealey Reardon

Class of 1976 —45th Reunion— Margot Hintlian Deborah Sullivan Stone

Class of 1968 Candia Curtin Barry Janet Blue Cotter Toni Walsh Curry Francesca Eastman Anne Murray Griffin Christina Mathers Maureen McGee Susan Rowe Morison Susan Flynn Sundstrom Marilyn Goodman Valles

Class of 1969 Mary Keefe Mary Ann Dorgan Strang

Class of 1970 Edith Choate Joan Altobello D’Orsi FA L L 2 0 2 1

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Class of 1977

Class of 1983

Class of 1988

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

Dianne Wheeler Faro Erica Gulino Fiore Margaret Warwick Rolo Hannah Dray Vokey

Elizabeth Kavanagh Berke Elizabeth Kelleher Boonisar Maura Donelan Bresnahan Karen Ganong Cristin McNamara Geraci Kristen G. Hager Annie Elcock Jessup

Class of 1984

Class of 1978

Alicia Savage Cain Christine McMann Berry Anne Mulroy DiGiovanni

Diane Connolly Brunett Rosemary Monagle Cottone Deborah Lee Schuh

Class of 1985

Class of 1979 Maryanne Tierney Askwyth Liz Haughey Greenwood Holly McGrath Bruce

Class of 1980 Mary Louise Cavanaugh Nijole Ivanouskas Potts

Class of 1981 —40th Reunion— Joanna Kelley Eastman Donna McNamara Sheetz Susan Ferren Warner

Class of 1982 Kristin Steinkrauss Blount Martha Lawler

Diane DiGiovanni Berman Marie O’Sullivan Cox Lisa Gault Jaynes Laura Iacoviello Koch Kara Brannan Murphy Lynne Cogavin Toland

Class of 1986 —35th Reunion— Kristin Coppola Susan C. English Rosamond Kane Jennifer Campbell Northrop Marilyn Martin Parker

Class of 1987 Anne Grayson Bohan Allyson Bradley Dillmeier Amy Donovan Matthews Patricia Doyle Reynolds Christine Thornton Nicole Deragon von Dohlen

Class of 1989 Beth Powers Aarons Jennifer Cavan Andrea Krasker Gavin Annmarie R. Benedict Pagliano

Class of 1990 Tara Graves Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce Catherine Muldoon

Class of 1991 —30th Reunion— Ann Marie Boole McCormick

Class of 1992 Marianne Martin Burke Katie Connelly Curran Ellen Mahoney

Class of 1994 B.G. McNamara Bigelow Kristen Doyle Castree Colleen Curry Alicia Phelan Erickson Bree Sullivan Evarts Holly Bennett Jackson Barbara Thomits Wedge Christina Wallace Wolfstich

Class of 1995 Gabrielle Giangrasso Hazard Sarah McRell Meeghan Piemonte Peirce

Class of 1996 —25th Reunion— Melissa Barry Taylor Shields Biggers Anne Poling Byers Kathleen Bligh Driscoll Emily Cunio Duffy Carrie Phelan Leto Marion McNamara Elizabeth Sprague Miller Amy Alexander Ryan Meghan Cronin Wilson Nelly Coleta Xavier Yumi Yasutake

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Class of 1997 Amanda Wilson Liljedahl Trustee Enuma Menkiti Felicia Joseoh White

Class of 1998 Wendy Brown Duffy Markham Danish Maggie Dougherty Meta Ann Cushing Ela Anita Handy Lauren Phelan Lipscomb Alison O’Donnell Stephanie Evans Peart Allison Smith-Lord Rosefort Mary Dawson Taylor

Class of 1999 Joan Cullinan Elizabeth Gallagher Trustee Maura T. Murphy Michele Scarlata

Class of 2000 Sarah Joaquim Aldridge Mariana Carrera Anne Flynn Curry Cristin Van Heest McArdle Elizabeth Yearwood Morgan Jacqueline Cummings Singleton

Class of 2001 —20th Reunion— Trustee Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk Kerryn Doherty Connolly Mary Hodges Ndidi Menkiti Elizabeth Maxwell Tashman

Class of 2002 Roisin Hopkins Cahill Lauren Basile Crowley Christine McMahon Cullinan Christi Gannon Alessandra Colia Hashemi P.J. Foster Lurvey Abigail O’Donnell Cassie Jeremie Ramos Alexandra Rizio Allison Tahmoush

Michelle Martini Kelly Murphy Danielle Richards Amanda Russo Casey Stanton Witchger

Class of 2004 Elizabeth Galligan Bixenman Brittany Borders Sandra Brown Kate Herlihy Aderinsola Okenla Emily Simon Pfeifer Mackenzie Colgan Reinoso Jane Sarno Sullivan

Class of 2005 Allie Kroner Barron Vanessa Loukas Avery Rizio Catherine Doyle Wysoczanski

Class of 2006 —15th Reunion— Kate Gibson Carey Sarah Curran Gordon Kira Henderson Alexandra H. Joyce Meghan O’Connell Catherine Sullivan

Class of 2003 Cara Giudice Brill Meghan Doherty Erin Doyle Meredith Falzone Katharine LiVolsi Vanessa Mahoney FA L L 2 0 2 1

Class of 2007 Samantha Attenborough Mila Buckner Elizabeth Doyle Madeleine Drouin

Meghan Arsenault Dunham Liisa Fetig Daisa Guilarte Molly Herlihy Megan Kelly Ann Corbett Kovach Cathleen Kenary McKeating Emily Hinderhofer Moncton Genevieve Nave Jennifer O’Brien Amanda Elizabeth Power Camile Rodriguez Dr. Raminta V. Theriault

Class of 2008 Christine Begley Christine Brienza-Meekins Jill Carlson ◊ Maria-Ines Carrera Kiki Dolan Emily Giudice Colleen Smith Mateo Melania Cybriwsky Meleney Erin O’Donnell Katilin O’Keeffe Cara Stuka Theresa Sullivan Gemma Yie

Class of 2009 Emily Coombs Victoria Grant ◊ Kathryn Holland Jarvis Kimberly Lawton Elizabeth White

Class of 2010 Angelica Aquilino

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Allison Fachetti Kelly Gilliland Nicole Hatton Katie Hinderhofer Lambrecht Stephanie Maskell Olivia Packenham Ashley Piemonte Madison Sargis Bianca Vitale Anna Yie

Class of 2011 —10th Reunion— Maggie Berkeley Emily Chabot Hannah Chory Alexandra Cleary Madeline Connelly Erin DeSimone Alexandra Grant Bridget Kostigen Caitlin Nilles Meredith Quirk Jacalyn Reed Kara Ryan Kasthuri Sivalogan Jamie Smith Jacqueline Sullivan

Class of 2012 Lane Bandanza Kathleen Barrett Mary Delaney ◊ Miriam Drouillard Kathryn DuFour Katherine Kaplan Alana Keane ◊ Mairead McAuliffe Katherine Neuberger Kelsey Sullivan

Class of 2013 Rachel Albanese Monica Barton Katherine Beam Catherine Brennan Elizabeth Foley Caroline Hurley Madeline Lanciloti McBride McDevitt Kate O’Kelly-Lynch Olivia Pierce Alexa Riobueno-Naylor Katie Schneeberger Luxshmi Sivalogan Meredith Sullivan Maddy Supple

Class of 2014 Jane E. Bisson

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Nora DeSimone Christina Fitzgerald Grace Fotiades Sarah Jackson Nicole Macedo Gia Nicolazzo Megan Nilles Jessica Smith Caitlin Stadtler Maria Trachy Elizabeth Van Flandern Maeve Westover

Class of 2015 Caroline Cloonan Djonita Cottrell Emily Ix Krissy Saraceno Gabriella Vitale Madeline Westover

Class of 2016 —5th Reunion— Cecilia Barreto Molly Barrow Christine Conley Elizabeth Connor Alexandra Curley Nicole Folan Caroline Gibson ◊ Aoife Gilvarry Enya Kearney Sarah Kelleher Katherine Kimball Bridget McAuliffe Kaleigh O’Connor Abigail Rosovsky Carly Sullivan

Class of 2017 Nellie Adams Claudia Durbin Kathleen Hurley Delia Levine Margaret Mahoney ◊ Claire Picken Grace Stoddard Elizabeth Warner

Class of 2018 Hannah Brogan Maria Levine Victoria Lynch ◊ Emma Montgomery Caroline Rush Claire Van Flandern Nina Weiss Kathleen Westover

Class of 2019 Lexi Cavallo Megan Lee Katherine Levangie Katie Mahoney ◊

Class of 2020 Abby Coburn Olivia Czech ◊ Eliza Durbin Sophia Gaines Makhamahle Kekana Teresa Levine Jane March Johanna Matthews Katelyn McGauley Ally Montgomery Ella O’Kelly-Lynch Elizabeth Weiss

Class of 2021 Claire Abele Margaret Ascione Ana Maria Batten Nora Brown Carly Burns Alexandra Childs Gabriella Ciccolo Corinne Clair Abigail Connon Carolyn Curtin Maya de Luis Isabel de Luis Paige Derenzo Jacqueline Dowdle Delia Duggan Katherine Erler Elizabeth Figge Isabelle Forcier Sesen Gidey Sara Glynn Aamaya Guzman Molly Heeney Sarah Henao Anna Hennessey Elizabeth Hoppe Ella Hunt Jaed Jean Michel Carly LeBlanc Ella Lesher Caroline Linton Juliette Love Alina Lynch Jacinthe Marlow Katherine Martinez Emily Miller Melina Mourmoutis Niamh Mulligan Emily Naughton Tenley Noonan Natalie O’Brien ◊ Megan O’Brien Sidney Parker Rheanna Patterson

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Sarée Payne Kelsey Popeo Presley Privitera Lucia Ramnarine Emma Rohrer Gabrielle Rosovsky Summer Ryan Katherine Shea Riley Sullivan Eliza Sullivan Sophia Swan Olivia Winchenbaugh Adrienne Woo ◊ Avery Woolbert Kaelene Young Isabella Zhu ◊

Parent Donors Anonymous (10) Mr. and Ms. Burton F. Abel Ms. Tanairi Acevedo Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Adarme Anil and Amy Adyanthaya Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Agular Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Mr. and Mrs. Keith Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andrade Mr. John E. Ansteth and Ms. Andrea DiFabio Ansteth Mr. and Mrs. Theophilus Arokiaraj Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ascione Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aslett Sloane and Chris Awtrey Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Baisley Brad Baker and Marielle Bohan-Baker Michael and Jamie Balboni Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bardinelli Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barrett Mrs. Maria de Lasa Batten and Mr. Richard Batten Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beaver Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bilezikian Dr. Joseph Bizup and Dr. Annmarie Caracansi-Bizup Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Boucher 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 Mr. and Mrs. Randy Brogen Phillip Brown and Sheila O’Keefe Ms. Sharyon Brown Mr. Charles J. Brucato Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Burns Dr. Michele Burns Ewald Christopher and Rachel Busby Sean and Brandi Cantwell Mr. and Mrs. Sean E. Capplis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cavallo Ms. Joanna Chanis Mr. and Mrs. Fuk S. Chow Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Christian Erica and John Ciccolo

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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Clair Edward and Susan Coburn Enrique and Jessie Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Condon, Jr. Trustee Devin and Erin Condron Chris and Mindi Connelly Marybeth and Peter Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Connon Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cooney III Mrs. Sandra Cosby Ms. Kelly E. Cramer 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 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Curtin Dr. Walid Dagher and Dr. Viviane Nasr Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Daly Dr. Javier de Luis and Dr. Jean Kwo Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Deal Mr. Michael E. DeGeorge and Ms. Linda R. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. John DeMatteo Mr. and Mrs. Paul DePriest Elizabeth and Jay Derenzo Mr. and Mrs. James DeSisto Mr. and Mrs. John DeSisto Mr. Jason DeVito

Perspectives from the 2020-21 Parents’ Association “It was no surprise to me that our wonderful NCDS community found ways to make sure our Parents’ Associations’ traditions could continue in a virtual forum. Parent volunteers answered the call to help whenever we asked. Our ability to work together as a community, even during a global pandemic, is what makes NCDS a special place!” — 2020-21 President Deirdre O’Kelly-Lynch, daughters Kate ’13, Ella ’20, and Sabdh ’22

During Advent, tie blankets made by Newton families were delivered by the Parents’ Association in appreciation for the dedication and commitment of the School’s faculty and staff.

“NCDS often reminds me of a sailing vessel, laid down on a keel of the Five Goals.

No matter how soundly built, any vessel needs a determined, vigilant crew to guide her through treacherous seas. 2020-21 showed us that the ‘crew’ of our vessel can truly weather any storm while shepherding our precious cargo. Witnessing our families rally to craft every ‘crew member’ a tie-blanket was a testament to the strength of our community.” — ­ Board Officer Matt Cressotti, daughters Julia ’23 and Elsa ’25 “2020 was a trying year but the tireless efforts of the NCDS families to support and encourage each other shined through. The silver lining for our girls was that Goal IV was in the forefront and although our community looked different, the bonds of friendship were never stronger.” — Board Officer/2021-22 President Ellen Kelley, daughters Caroline ’22 and Annie ’23 “During the challenging 2020-21 school year, working with Deirdre, Matt, and Ellen on the PA board, and with the many parent volunteers who helped us put together virtual events, helped me continue to feel part of the NCDS community.

The year ending with the ability to hold graduation in person emphasized how grateful my family and I are to have the wonderful NCDS community of families, faculty, and staff in our lives.”—Board Officer Rossanna Hennessey, daughters Anna ’21, Abigail ’23, Alivia ’25, and Afton ’28

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. DeVito 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 Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Dunphy Dr. Mustafa I. Ecemis and Dr. Esin Sile Ms. Dawn Egan and Mr. Andrew Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ellis Susan C. English ’86 and Francisco J. Martinez Drs. Daniel and Anita Erler Mr. and Mrs. Brian Falahee Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farinacci Trustee Donna Farrell and Mr. Charles Jobson Mr. John W. Farrell and Dr. Carmen R. Bozic Peter and Michelle Fay Ms. Maude Fernand Randelynn and David Ferrero Ms. Laurie Fitzpatrick Joseph and Tracey Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folan Mr. Michael Fondo Mr. Sean Fontes and Ms. Toiya Taylor-Fontes Mr. and Mrs. Don Fornes Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Freyermuth Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fujimoto Mr. Paul Gallagher and Ms. Christine Albertelli Mr. David J. Gaudian and Ms. Elizabeth O’Brien Mr. Timothy Gavin and Dr. Cara McLaughlin Gavin Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn Ms. Evelin Gonzalez Ms. Linette Gonzalez Dr. and Mrs. James Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon Jorge A. Grajeda and Eva Gerena Tara Graves ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Mark Grover Mr. and Mrs. Munish Grover Thomas and Erin Guden Ms. Denise R. Guzman Mr. Mario R. Guzman Mr. and Mrs. Steven Haddad Anne and Charles Hajjar Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hall Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Hatem Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hauser Mr. and Mrs. David Christian 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 Andrew and Carrie Hickey Mr. David Hirsch and Mrs. Amy Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Hoppe Mr. Frederic Huber and Ms. Barbra Watson Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt III Dr. Pasi Janne and Dr. Karen Cichowski Mr. Sirio Jansen and Ms. Ana Sanchez Diana

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Lisa Gault Jaynes ’85 and Chris Jaynes Mr. and Mrs. Jacob JeanMichel Mr. and Mrs. Reid Jordan Mr. and Mrs. James R. Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Joyce Trustee Susanne Connors Joyce ’90 and John Joyce 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. Kevin J. Knopp Dr. and Mrs. Philip A. Kretsedemas Mr. Sergiy and Ms. Yulia Kudinova Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong and Dr. Judy W. Cheng Mr. and Mrs. Lance LaFave Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Lange Rick and Anna LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lee Mr. Tuck Leong and Ms. Tram Vo Mr. Larry L. Lesher Ms. Sharon K. Lesher Mr. Guoan Li and Mrs. Wenxing Wang Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chi Keung Liu 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 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lynch Mr. Tony Lyons and Ms. Sheila A. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacDougall Dr. and Mrs. John J. Mackey Ms. Vanessa Mahoney ’03 Ronald Marlow and Alison Carter Marlow Trustee Demond T. and Kia Martin Mr. and Mrs. Juan Carlos Martinez Amy Donovan Matthews ’87 and John W. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCann Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick Mr. John A. McGrail and Ms. Geraldine A. O’Hagan Dr. and Mrs. James F. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. McKay Sandra and Patrick McKeigue Trustee Timothy S. Meckel Dr. Tommaso Melodia and Dr. Violetta Ravagnoli Reverend Todd Miller and Dr. Ashley Duggan Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mingle Mr. and Mrs. Justin H. Monahan Mr. and Mrs. John K. Moninger Ms. Marieta Y. Montoute Trustee Lisa and James Mooney III Ms. Julette G. Moore Andrew † and Carolyn Morey Michael and Mary Moriarty Dr. Vasilios Mourmoutis Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Mulka Mark and Nancy Mulligan Mercedes Mulligan Robert and Jean Mulroy

Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey Mr. Kelley G. Murphy and Ms. Sandra J. Powers Mr. and Mrs. TJ Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Musto Jennifer A. Nassour Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Naughton III Mr. and Mrs. David P. Nero Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Noonan Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. O’Neill Mr. Andrew and Suzanne † Obenshain Mr. Andrew O’Brien and Ms. Michelle Consalvo Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. O’Brien Kirsten and Espen Odegard Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. O’Donnell Akin and Adeola Ogungbadero Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch Annmarie R. Benedict Pagliano ’89 and Jeffrey Pagliano 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 Perri Mr. and Mrs. Randolph C. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo Mr. and Mrs. Steve Popeo Mr. and Mrs. Greg T. Poulos Jay and Gina Powers Ms. Jeannine Privitera Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Privitera Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prucher Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rauseo Mr. Yves Raymond and Ms. Celine Gregoire Ms. Manjulatha V. Reddy Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Riffe Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Rioux Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rivers Dr. and Ms. Joseph Rizzo Margot and Thomas Rohrer Ms. Barbara Rose Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky 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. Morad Sitt and Dr. Angelique Uhlmann Mr. Joseph Skorski and Ms. Barbara Kohler Mr. Chenhui Song and Ms. Bei Guan Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Souza Sara and Robb Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Stanton 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

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Très Bien Auction The 2021 Très Bien Auction was one for the books! Since 1974, the auction committees have developed and fine-tuned the planning for this event…but 2021 was very different. Co-chairs Julie Mulvey P’19’23, Jill Pengue P’22, and Grace White P’24 faced the daunting task of creating a virtual event. Along with the support of their dedicated volunteers, they faced the challenge with extraordinary energy and creativity. While parents were unable to gather in person, entire families participated and enjoyed this year’s auction from the comfort of their homes. The 2021 Très Bien Auction morphed into a live streamed YouTube production with more than 1,000 views!

In addition to the participation of students, faculty, alumnae, and friends, the production benefited from the talents of our own Director of Constituent Relations Brittany Borders ’04 as emcee. Auctioneers included history teacher Dr. Laura Baines Walsh, science teacher Mr. Brett Schusterbauer, and former Head of Middle School Mr. Peter Badini. They engaged guests with their light-hearted humor while encouraging everyone to take out their phones and bid high for a wide variety of exciting items. The offerings included exotic trips to Chile and Hawaii; an Icelandic adventure; diamonds and jewelry; golf outings; a Trek Verve electric bike; a Backyard Fun Package and so much more. This year’s Fund-a-Need covered a portion of the cost for weekly COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty, and staff. The school is truly grateful for the generosity of our Sacred Heart community, which wholeheartedly supported the auction. It was a smashing success, raising more than $450,000.

Former Head of Middle School Peter Badini

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Director of Constituent Relations Brittany Borders ’04

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Katie and Joe Terino Edward Toland and Lynne Cogavin Toland ’85 Ted and Sue Touloukian Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tranter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Treacy, Jr. Ms. Ingrid P. Trench Mr. and Mrs. Jason Tsanotelis Mr. Mario Turco and Ms. Laura Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Unger Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vander Vort Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Venanzi Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner Lainie and Jay Wagner Mr. and Mrs. David I. Wakefield Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wallace, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron E. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Brian Walsh Mr. Errington Walters and Dr. Monica Chavez Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover Mr. and Mrs. Patrick White Mr. and Mrs. Landen Williams Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Winchenbaugh Theodore Wolfstich and Christina Wallace Wolfstich ’94 Mr. and Ms. Allen Wong Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Woolbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington Mr. Xuemei Yang and Ms. Zhixiong Yang Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Young Karen and Casey Young Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Yu-Phelps Mr. Costa E. Zahos and Ms. Krishna A. Butaney Mr. Liang Zhang and Mrs. Yang Yu Mr. Yuankai Zhang and Mrs. Haihua Wu Mr. Hao Zhu and Mrs. Liya Ji

Parents of Alumnae Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Mr. and Mrs. John Addonizio Dr. Nezam Afdhal and Dr. Clare Tempany-Afdhal Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Anderson Michael and Angela Aquilino Bob and Janice Arsenault James and Suzanne Bandanza Chris and Alaina Barletta Mr. Ary Barreto, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George L. Barrett Jim and Lorraine Barry Mrs. Maria de Lasa Batten and Mr. Richard Batten Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Beam Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bisson Kristin Steinkrauss Blount ’82 Stephen and Eugenia Bodenlos Mr. and Mrs. Norman P. Boucher Mr. Thomas E. Breen Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Brennan Terri Healey Brogan Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Brown, Jr. Peggy and Dave Bryant Chantal and Bob Buchanan Daniel Burke and Marianne Martin Burke ’92 Mr. and Mrs. John Canavan Dr. and Mrs. David Cancian Mr. and Mrs. René Canezin Mr. and Mrs. Terry Carleton Janet Carroll Donelan ’67 and Dr. Matthias Donelan Mr. and Mrs. James K. Carroll James E. Cavallo and Nicole R. Abair Anne and Jeff Cimini

The Founders’ Society Leave a Lasting Legacy The Founders’ Society recognizes those who have designated Newton Country Day as a beneficiary in their estate plans.

Planned gifts of all sizes provide an enduring financial foundation for the School and ensure that future generations of Newton Country Day School students receive a transformative Sacred Heart education.

A planned gift may remain anonymous, however, please inform the School of your gift intentions so that we can thank you and enroll you in the Founders Society!

For more information about the Founders Society, gift planning and including Newton Country Day in your estate plans, please contact Annmarie Benedict Pagliano ’89, Director of Institutional Advancement, (617) 244-4246 x4888 or apagliano@newtonSH.org, or visit https://www.newtoncountryday.org/give/planned-giving.

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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Clair 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 Mr. Brian Connor and Ms. Michele O’Connor Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors Jack and Joan Corbett Tom and Donna Cullinan Mr. and Mrs. James Curley Michael and Kate Curry Dennis Czech and Katrina Iserman Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Dalton Steven and Alrie McNiff Danielczyk Ari and JoAnn Daskalakis James and Amy Delaney Irene J. Denty Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. DeRubeis Deborah and Timothy Diggins John DiGiovanni and Anne Mulroy DiGiovanni ’84 Mr. John Dolan and Ms. Tish Kennedy Dolan Mr. and Mrs. John L. Donovan Moira Ryan Dougherty ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. Dowdle Carolyn and Stephen Doyle Ms. Pamela Drouin Bill Duffy and Edna May Stephen and Patricia DuFour Portia and Chris Durbin Trustee Michael and Julie Durbin Bill and Paula Ebben Gayané and Tom Ebling Kevin and Joanne Ecclesine Dr. Carol Facella Carol Smith Fachetti and Mark Fachetti Mr. John W. Farrell and Dr. Carmen R. Bozic Dr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ferrone, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Filipski Steve and Peg Fischer David and Michele Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fitzpatrick Gregory and Joan Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Folan Mrs. Michael Foley Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marian Ryan Terry and Frank Foster Mr. Ponce D. L. Gaines and Ms. Doris Morales Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gallagher, Jr. Peter Galligan and Meg Fahy Galligan ’74 Jim and Francine Gannon Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giangrasso Mrs. Nancy Q. and Mr. Craig B. Gibson Dan and Susan Gilliland Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilvarry Mr. Eugene X. Giroux Chet and Kathy Gladchuk Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Glynn Howard and Kim Goldman Charles and Tina Grant Jeremy and Oluyinka Green Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 Anne Murray Griffin ’68 Ms. Denise R. Guzman

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Gary and Jill Hatton Trustee Jill and John Hayes The Hession Family Joanne Hidaka and Benjamin Niedermeyer Joseph and Kathryn Hinderhofer Kathleen Scully Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holland Mr. Albert A. Holman III and Ms. Susan P. Stickells Elizabeth I.V. Hunter Mr. Bernard Husser and Ms. Heidi Lake Richard and Arlene Iannella Trustee Robert and Kathleen Ix Mr. Gerald R. Jordan Ms. Margaret Jordan Mark Jrolf and Teresa Myers E. Leonard Kane and Anne Ronan Kane ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Kane II Clare and David Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kapples Shelagh Kavanagh Colleen and Gerry Kavanaugh Robert and Loretta Keane Don and Yvonne Kearney Trustee Christopher and Shirley Kelly Kathleen M. Kelly Tom and Sheri Kelly Daniel and Julie Kenary Mr. John T. Kerrigan, Jr. Susan C. Kovacs Dr. Brian Labow and Dr. Stephanie Seminara Ruth Gardner Lamere Mr. William J. Lanciloti, Jr. Ms. Martha Lawler ’82 and Mr. Richard Ropelewski Timothy and Jan Lawlor Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lee Martin and Elizabeth Lempres Mr. John Leonardi and Dr. Ellen Miseo Theodore and Jane Les Joshua and Ellen Levine Ms. Paula Lombardo

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Mr. Chenda Long and Ms. Sopheara Chiek Ms. Mary P. Loscocco Ronald and Elena Loukas Stephen F. and Margaret Lynch Ron and Barbara MacLean Heather and Jim Magliozzi Dennis and Vivienne Maguire Francis and Mary Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mahoney, Jr. Stephen and Sally Mahoney William and Mary Mahoney Mr. William Mahoney Marion and Gerald Mahony Mark and Kate March Reverend Jean Marchant and Mr. Ronald Hindelang Kathy and Peter Markell Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Marks Paul and Nancy Marshall Mr. Gerard M. Martin Peter and Katherine Martini Graham Masiiwa and Ntonhle A. Kekana Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Maskell Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews III Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Maxwell John and Eileen McAuliffe Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McCormack James McDermott and Sharon Bazarian Robert and Judith McDonough Walter and Eileen McDonough Gregory and Patricia McGauley Ellen Sullivan McNamara ’57 Trustee Timothy S. Meckel Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Montgomery III Mr. and Mrs. James F. Mooney III Faith R. Moore Michael Moran and Kathleen Farrell Meg and George Morrissey Brooks and Patricia Mostue Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Mulvey

Mark and Pat Murphy Terry and Gail Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Naughton III Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nicolazzo Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Nunes Agnes Sullivan O’Brien ’56 Kimberly O’Connor ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Brien T. O’Connor Terry and Kathy O’Donnell Mrs. Joanne O’Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Kelly-Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah O’Sullivan Mr. Scott Page and Ms. Gail Sullivan Susan and Robert Parente Kevin Parker and Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 Nicole and Geoffrey Parsons Sheryl Ann Percy Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Phelan Thomas and Catherine Piemonte Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Popeo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo Bob and Debbie Power Rose E. Powers The Daniel Quirk Family Mr. Michael Racette and Ms. Maura Murphy James and Cathleen Rafferty Mr. and Mrs. Andrés E. Rapela Trustee Robert and Deborah Reardon Richard and Kathleen Riley Valerie and Tony Rizio Mr. Michael Rosovsky and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Rush Mr. Sean C. Rush Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ryan Mike and Fran Ryan Richard Sabin Linda Sabo Leonard and Lee Samia Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schneeberger Mr. and Mrs. Jorge A. Schuhmacher Stephen and Bessie Seiler Gary and Anne Simon Mr. and Mrs. Siva Sivalogan Ray and Arlene Smith Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Smith Sulpicio Soriano and Carmen Perez The Spellman Family Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stadtler III Mr. and Mrs. R. Newcomb Stillwell John and Cathleen Sullivan Eileen and John Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sullivan, Jr. Trustee William and Mary Supple Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson Ted and Sue Touloukian Ms. Lisa Tucker Robert Tyler and Ellen Kinnealey Tyler ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern Thomas B. Vawter and Anne E. Hadley Mr. Miguel Vega and Dr. Mariela Paez Henry and JoAnne Vitale Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wallace

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Mrs. Claire I. Nauta, Elmhurst ’69 Mrs. Janice T. Panoff, Elmhurst ’64 Mrs. Rosemary Pariseault, Elmhurst ’70 Jane Gilbane Petzold, Elmhurst ’58 Alicia Sullivan Quirk, Elmhurst ’59, Newton College ’63 Sally Lodge Randall, Elmhurst ’70 Ms. Julia A. Reilly, Elmhurst ’59 Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, Elmhurst ’70, Manhattanville College ’74 Nancy E. Rogers, Elmhurst ’74 Sally J. Rogers, Elmhurst ’68, Manhattanville College ’72 Mrs. Ann E. Runyeon, Elmhurst ’71 Andrea Sarrasin, Elmhurst ’72 Catherine Arapoff Struve, Newton College ’63 Barbara M. Sullivan, Eden Hall ’57, Manhattanville College ’61 Mrs. Mary Patricia Verde, Elmhurst ’69, Maryville, St. Louis ’73 Mary LaBonte White, Newton College ’50 Ms. Christine R. Wilmot, Prince St., Rochester ’68

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Mr. Brian Ward Mark Warner and Susan Ferren Warner ’81 Michael and Barbara Waters Trustee Edward and Susan Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Westover Daniel and Joyce Williams Mark and Sarah Williamson H. James and Betsy R. Wilson Jeffrey Wright Margo and Charles Yie

Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart Diane Natal Angelone, Elmhurst ’64 Dr. Lorna A. Avila-Rocha, Elmhurst ’72 Sloane Stephens Awtrey, 91st Street ’87 Maria Theresa de Lasa Batten, Greenwich ’83 Emilie A. Benoit, Elmhurst ’68 Susan Hansell Bianchi, Manhattanville College ’59 Catherine Hardy Bobzien, Elmhurst ’64, Newton College ’68 Helen Whamond Boucher, Greenwich ’82 Nancy M. Bowdring, Newton College ’57 Mary Cornelia Ryan Carroll, Elmhurst ’57 Ginny Holmes Carroll, Elmhurst ’69 Maryjane Mulvanity Casey, Newton College ’59 Elizabeth Walsh Choquette, Elmhurst ’57 Kate Chute, Newton College ’68 Mary McKeon Connelly, Newton College ’64 Dulcey Heffernan Connon, Greenwich ’86 Mary Louise Cooney, Elmhurst ’66 Sandra Lane Cross, Elmhurst ’64 Jean Dunsmuir Donahue, Prince Street ’52 Elizabeth M. Fahey, Elmhurst ’70, Manhattanville College ’74 Barbara J. Flannery, Elmhurst ’70 Joan Garrity Flynn, Newton College ’73 Anne Higgins Foley, Rosary-New Orleans ’69

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Joanna Budenz Gallegos, Elmhurst ’64 Moira Donnelly Gault, Newton College ’60 Mary O’Donnell Gilbane, Elmhurst ’68, Newton College ’72 Ann Colgan Gillis, Elmhurst ’52 Trustee Frances M. Gimber, RSCJ, Atherton/Menlo Park ’51, Manhattanville College ’55 Mary Elizabeth Gooding, Elmhurst ’74 Julie Lombardi Goulet, Newton College ’69 Kathleen MacLellan Gregg, Kenwood-Doane Stuart ’68 Mrs. Nancy-Jane Conlan, Elmhurst ’64 Patricia Becker Hanley, City House-St. Louis ’51, Maryville, St. Louis ’55 Barbara Coveney Harkins, Newton College ’70 Claire M. Hart, Elmhurst ’60 Sally A. Healy, Newton College ’60 Kathryn McDonough Hinderhofer, Newton College ’73 Rosemary Roche Hobson, Newton College ’60 Jane Hauseman Hogan, Clifton ’61, Newton College ’65 Blanche Hunnewell, Newton College ’60 Joanne O’Connor Hynek, Greenwich ’55, Newton College ’59 Patricia Kalberer, Elmhurst ’69, Newton College ’73 Trustee Nancy C. Kehoe, RSCJ, Schools of the Sacred Heart ’55, Duchesne ’65 Julie Joyce Kenary, Woodlands ’80 Alexie M. Knapp, Elmhurst ’72 Johanna Ferry Laadt, Elmhurst ’70 Elena Spagnoulo Loukas, Newton College ’74 Helen Gilbane Macdonald, Elmhurst ’70 Sister Joan Magnetti, RSCJ, Manhattanville College ’65 Kathy de Sano Mahoney, Elmhurst ’64 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 Mrs. Margaret Morton, Sacred Heart-Montreal ’71, Manhattanville College ’75

Mr. Burton Abel Ms. Doreen Amato-Ledoux Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Vital Andrade Dr. Elita Balakrishnan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Barrett Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict Mrs. Celeste Betjemann Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bianchi Mrs. Doreen Bilezikian Mrs. Mary Anne Boulger Mrs. Marta Bozic Mr. Paul Bracciotti and Mrs. Maria Dye Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Burns Mr. and Mrs. William Busby Mr. Hiro Butaney and Dr. Edna Butaney Mr. and Mrs. John Buxton William Cantwell Mr. and Mrs. James Cavallo Mr. and Mrs. David Chow Mr. and Mrs. James Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Condron Mr. and Mrs. Winston Conn Mr. and Mrs. David Connelly Janet Phillips Connelly ’55 Mrs. Mary Connelly Ginny and Peter Connolly Trustee Emeritus John and Eileen Connors Dr. Mary Costanza Mrs. Elizabeth Curtin Ed and Mary Dailey Dr. Richard and Jean † Dapra Mr. and Mrs. Chris DeSisto Mr. and Mrs. Michael DiFabio Mrs. Elaine Doherty Mrs. Eleanor Domina Mrs. Cheryl Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunn Dr. and Mrs. William Elkins Mr. and Mrs. Brian Falahee Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Farley TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Ferrero Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ficco Mrs. Maggie Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Folino Mrs. Fern Folz Ms. Veronica Forde Mrs. Anita Fritze Dr. and Mrs. William Gault Mrs. Jean Gibson Mrs. Maureen Gilligan Dr. Maurice Goldman Mrs. Nancy Graham Ms. Theresa Ann Grover Mr. Gordon Gund Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gustafson, Jr. Mrs. Amy Habib Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Hanley Mr. John C. Harrington Mrs. Joan Hart 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 Mr. and Mrs. Ron Jaynes Mrs. Barbara Jenkins Dr. Ilse Jobson Ms. Barbara Jordan Mrs. Ann Kavanagh Lawrence and Susan† Kavanaugh 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 Ellen Mahony King ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kremers Mrs. Honey Kurtz Mr. Bill Lovett Mr. and Mrs. John Luber Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lyons, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MacDougall Mr. Gerard M. Martin Mr. Robert Matherwiez Mrs. Laurie E. McCarthy Mrs. John McCooe Mr. and Mrs. William McCullough Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McGinnes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKeigue Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Mehm Mrs. Barbara Mikolajczak Mr. and Ms. Jack Moninger Mrs. Joan Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy Agnes Sullivan O’Brien ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Gene O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Brien Catherine MacLellan O’Keeffe ’50 Carol Sawyer Parks ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pifko Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popeo Mr. Robert E. Power Mr. John Riley and Dr. Joan Riley FA L L 2 0 2 1

Mrs. Eileen P. Roche Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers Ms. Margaret F. Ryan Dr. Jonathan Salewski and Dr. Carol Salewski Mr. Nic Skorski Mr. John Sousa Reverend and Mrs. Robert Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spayne Mrs. Lonnie Standish Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Swan ’63 Dr. Robert Touloukian and Reverend Janice Touloukian Ms. Eileen Tye Mr. William F. Tyler Mrs. Mary Ellen Udelson Mrs. Anne Wagner Mrs. Judith Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. George Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson Mr. and Mrs. C. Joseph Williams

Friends Mr. Hunter Boesch Mr. Francis E. Crowley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Will Davenport Reverend Terrence Devino Ms. Carol Doherty Mr. David M. DuBard and Mrs. Deirdre Giblin Mr. Kevin Dutt Ms. Ellen F. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Katherine Flaherty Ms. Sarah J. Foley Rich and Kym Gaissl Ms. Sydney Galletly Mr. Dan Gillis Bill Hulseman and Jonathon Brown Mr. James Jeschke Ms. Laura Johhnson Mr. Donald Lahey Ms. Giuliana Loukas Mrs. Lisa Loukas Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Lyne Ms. Laura MacNeill Mr. James Maxeiner Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwell Ms. Anne McBride Ms. Cassie McKinnon Ms. Nancy Rogers and F. Paul Mooney Caitlyn Mosher Lauren Mullen NCDS Angel Wings Faculty Ms. Nicole P. Noel Janice and Joseph O’Donnell Ms. Katherine O’Donnell Christie Papazian Mr. Phillip L. Petree Religious of the Sacred Heart Ms. Lydia Rivera Mr. and Mrs. James Rosater Mr. Greg Ross Mr. and Mrs. Justin Ross

Ms. Kerry Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Alan Schutz Ms. Janice Simoneau Bob and Leslie Turner Mrs. Dorothy Wade Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Yamartino Nicholas and Andriana Zachariades

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.

Macy V. Abel ’27 Mr. Burton Abel Nellie L. Adams ’17 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Margaret Ascione ’21 Linda Hogan O’Connor ’61 Schuyler Awtrey ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Stephens Brita Carhart and Peter Badini Ms. Ellen F. Fitzpatrick F. Alexandra Messina Broderick ’61 Christine Messina Mullen ’63 Gloria Brown Ms. Sharyon Brown Carly Burns ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pifko Hailey G. Cavallo ’23 Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Andrade Meah S. Cavallo ’28 Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Andrade Flora Colbert ’25 Mr. Paul Bracciotti and Mrs. Maria Dye Annie E. Cronin ’23 Ms. Eileen Tye Caitlin A. Cunjak ’27 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunn

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Megan O’Brien ’21 Mrs. Celeste Betjemann Presley Privitera ’21 Ms. Doreen Amato-Ledoux Ms. Jeannine Privitera Julia M. Rapela ‘16 Mr. and Mrs. Andrés E. Rapela Barbara Rogers, RSCJ Helen Gilbane Macdonald Mrs. Nancy Q. and Mr. Craig B. Gibson Pamela Tosi Hodgkins ’59 Anne Hayes ’63 Sally J. Rogers Ms. Christine R. Wilmot Steve and Peg Fischer Mr. Phillip L. Petree Art Greenwood and Liz Haughey Greenwood ’79 Bob and Leslie Turner Maddy Supple ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lynch Nelly Coleta Xavier ’96 Joao J. Xavier Constance Donahue Mr. Daniel Nemmers Ms. Laura Johhnson Mary Katherine Donahue Gwendolyn Hoeffel, RSCJ‘‘60 Emily M. Falahee ’28 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Falahee Mr. Charles Jobson Dr. Ilse Jobson Elizabeth Foley ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folan Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marian Ryan

Kathleen Scully Hodges Mr. Phillip L. Petree Bob and Leslie Turner Meredith I. Huber ’25 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson Ella G. Hunt ’21 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hunt, Jr. Kristen L. Keefe ’88 Irene J. Denty Carly LeBlanc ’21 Mr. Burton Abel Ella Lesher ’21 Mrs. Ann Kavanagh

Ashley Folz ‘22 Mrs. Fern Folz

Dr. Nancy B. McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Lyne

Sharon Gallagher ’69 Mary Ann Dorgan Strang ’69 Joan Gannon Mrs. Frank Runyeon II Margaret Gaudian ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Brien Robin M. Hall ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hall Teresa M. Hamilton ’26 Mrs. Mary Anne Boulger Silvia T. Hernandez Mr. Donald Lahey

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Elizabeth J. Monahan ’25 Mrs. Maggie Flaherty Jane C. Mostue ’05 Brooks and Patricia Mostue

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, RSCJ Alicia Savage Cain ’84 Priscilla Leahy Blue ’44 Janet Blue Cotter ’68 Mr. Maria Bonano Sandra Brown ’04 Greg Brooks Anne Walker Brooks ’52

Trustee Maura T. Murphy ’99 Mark and Pat Murphy

María Caminos-Medina ’59 Susanne Robinson Gutierrez ’55 Pamela Tosi Hodgkins ’59

Karen Naylor-Riobueno Mr. and Mrs. Michael Worthington

Janet N. Cella ’69 Maryann Ward Leary ’66

NCDS Faculty Mrs. Judith Wagner

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

Tenley E. Noonan‘‘21 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lyons, Sr.

Katherine S. Cullinan ’04 Jane Sarno Sullivan ’04 TRÈS B IEN M AGA Z IN E

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Michael Curtin Candia Curtin Barry ’68

Colleen D. Graves Tara Graves ’90

Mary Lou Daly Mrs. Mary Patricia Daly Verde

Llura Gund Mr. and Mrs. Lauris Holloway

Jean Dapra Dr. Richard Dapra

Mary Lou Crowley Hainsworth ’62 Sheila McIntire Barry ’62

Mary Davin ’66 K.J. Marshak Meline ’66 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Hugh Hart Mr. and Mrs. Gene O’Brien

Edward de Sano Kathy de Sano Mahoney Maura Barry DeVito ’94 Jim and Lorraine Barry Melissa Barry ’96 and Lindsay Stephenson Taylor Shields Biggers ’96 Colleen Curry ’94 Ms. Laura MacNeill Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKeigue Janice and Joseph O’Donnell Ms. Katherine O’Donnell Ms. Kerry Ryan Edward Donahue Ms. Laura Johhnson Mary Ethel Downey ’52 Jean Bradley Mooney ’52 † Michael Duffy Edna May and Bill Duffy Constance Feely Michael and Mary Moriarty Marjorie O’Neill Ferren ’52 Ari and JoAnn Daskalakis Donna McNamara Sheetz ’81 Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwell Ms. Janice Simoneau Mr. and Mrs. Brien T. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Yamartino Mrs. Dorothy Wade Joseph & Elaine Ferrone Gabrielle Ferrone Thomas ’56 Francis J. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kelley, Sr.

Juan Carlos Heilbron Maria Heilbron Kelly ’73 Charles Hodges Kathleen Scully Hodges Gabrielle Husson Nancy M. Bowdring Ralph Kammermeier Mr. Hunter Boesch Mr. Greg Ross Mr. and Mrs. Justin Ross Mr. and Mrs. Alan Schutz Mr. James Jeschke Mr. and Mrs. James Rosater Anne and Jeff Cimini Kathleen M. Lannan ’68 Toni Walsh Curry ’68 Kenneth A. Lessing Mrs. Thomas C. Angelone Catherine Hardy Bobzien Sandra Lane Cross Mrs. Juan M. Gallegos Mrs. Tom Griffith Mrs. Robert C. Panoff Karen A. Lord Beth Powers Aarons ’89 Maria P. Lovegreen Mrs. Raymond J. Pariseault III Kathleen Lovett Mr. Bill Lovett Margot Bruguière Martin ’57 Christine Bruguière White ’64

Ellen “Polly” Reynolds Meckel ’75 Madeline Connelly ’11 Erin DeSimone ’11 Ifeanyi Menkiti Ndidi Menkiti ’01 Stephanie Messina ’71 Christine Messina Mullen ’63 Captain and Mrs. Michael Moretti Ms. Kathleen Moretti Barbara J. Muldoon Catherine Muldoon ’90 Frank Mulligan Mercedes Mulligan Jack Murphy Mrs. Joan Murphy James O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Gene O’Brien Mimi O’Hagan Mary LaBonte White, Newton College ’50 Maureen O’Halloran, RSCJ ’70 Reverend Terrence Devino Mrs. Katherine Flaherty Kathleen DeMello McClaskey ’70 Mr. Sean C. Rush Catherine Cummings Stewart ’70 Alice R. O’Neil ’54 Susan Keane ’54 Maureen O’Donnell Kent ’54 Grace MacLellan ’57 Margaret Power Mr. Robert E. Power Helen Ryan Mary Cornelia Carroll, Elmhurst ’57 Gail A. Sousa Mr. John Sousa Maurice Tempany Dr. Nezam Afdhal and Dr. Clare Tempany-Afdhal

Joanne Flynn ’62 Susan Flynn Sundstrom ’68

Eleanor D. Maskell Sheila Curtin Cail ’63 Jean D. Donahue Peter and Katherine Martini

Isabel Gallagher, RSCJ Joan Slattery Donaldson ’49

Jane F. McArdle ’62 Ann McArdle ’65

Erin Van Flandern Cecilia Barreto ’16 Christine Conley ’16 Nora DeSimone ’14 Caroline Gibson ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Rush Elizabeth Van Flandern ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Van Flandern

Nancy M. Galvin Deirdre O’Brien Ulbrich ’57

William A. McCarthy, Jr. Mrs. Laurie E. McCarthy

Mary Elizabeth J. Westbrook ’70 (Mizzy Boyle) Laura Bean Redmond ’70

Julia Goldman Dr. Maurice Goldman

William A. McCarthy, Sr. Mrs. Laurie E. McCarthy

Debby Oakes Whitney ’59 Ms. Nicole P. Noel

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Jean Wright Jeffrey Wright John R. Yeager Mary Kay Yeager Morris ’72

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.

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Bank of America Matching Gift Program Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program Bright Funds Foundation Eversource Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC IBM Corporation Merrill Lynch Pfizer, Inc. Raytheon Company State Street Matching Gift Program The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Tufts Health Plan Foundation

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Corporations, Foundations, Organizations and Trusts Florence V. Burden Foundation D]Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects Edelstein & Company, LLP FLIK Independent School Dining FMC Technologies, Inc. Greenhaven Turf Care Jackson Walnut Park School Land Design Associates O’Brien-Oldham Charitable Trust Sawyer Charitable Foundation Slaggie Family Foundation United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley UVAS Foundation Whoofdale Foundation William A M Burden & Co. LP Your Cause, LLC

Comella’s Restaurants Community Boating, Inc. D. Muzzioli Associates D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects Dexter Southfield Dream Spa Medical E. A. Davis Dunkin’ Edelstein & Company, LLP F. E. French Construction Inc. Fessenden School Figge Florals Firat Education Flexifabrics, LLC FLIK Independent School Dining FMC Technologies, Inc. Glynn Hospitality Group Greenhaven Turf Care Hair Bella, Inc. Isabel Harvey Corporation Jackson Walnut Park School Keane Fire & Safety Equipment Company, Inc. Land Design Associates Lark Hotels Lauren’s Nails Lexington Plumbing The Linden Store Local Motion MD Management Maguire Plumbing and Heating Company Needham Driving School Osterville Needlepoint Shop Quirk Auto Dealerships Raw Vintage Salt Boutique ScrubaDub Car Wash Shine Show Mobile Detailing Signal Graphics Printing Situate Chair Company Tonneson & Co. Village Bank Warrior Ice Arena

Auction 2021 Corporate Donors APDerm Avail Parent Coaching B.C. Tent Bigelow Oil Boathouse Sports Boston Private Bank Build City Wide C. Pizzano and Son Caitrin Dunphy Photography Camp Cody Catholic Memorial Citywide Contracting

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Thank You! 2020-21 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.

Jackie Agular John Aljamal Megan Anderson Parimala Arokiaraj Mike and Kate Ascione Cecilia Barreto ’16 Katherine Barton Richard Batten and Maria Teresa de Lasa Batten Val Beaver Nancy Bilezikian Laura Benedict ’95 Annmarie Caracansi-Bizup Grace Bizup ’20 Lauren Kattany Black ’96 Trustee Elizabeth Blecharczyk ’01 Caroline Boucher ’17 Virginia Braccia Karen Bradley Maura Bresnahan ’88 Caroline Brogen Sharyon Brown Jacklyn Burgo ’01 Brett and Lisbeth Burns Rachel Busby Sandra Capplis Maria-Ines Carrera ’08 Diane Cavallo Joanna Chanis Herman Chang Hafsa Chaudhry Hannah Chory ’16 Alex Cleary ’16 Marybeth Connolly Kaitlin Counihan ’06 Matt Cressotti Lauren Cronin Alex Curley ’16 Steven Danielczyk Amy Delaney Eileen DeSisto Caroline Diggins ’16 Cara Donovan Denis and Mary Dowdle Mark Duggan and Mary Diggins Ann Marie Dunne Claudia Durbin ’17 Mary Ellen Eagan ’71 Susan English ’86 Gianna Famolare ’14 Cathy Farinacci Laura Fleming Karlyn Folan

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Colleen Folz Christine Freyermuth Christie Fujimoto Brendan and Michelle Glynn Linette Gonzalez Sarah Goodman Amanda Gordon Jeremy Green Jessica Griffin ’97 Elizabeth Grimes Athena Grover Erin Guden Lara Gund Anne Hajjar Susan Reagan Harkins ’76 Kristina Hatem Beth Hayes Adam and Rossanna Hennessey Emily Hession ’14 Mary Hoppe Jim and Robin Hunt Joannie Jaxtimer ’71 Michele Joyce Yvonne Kearney Michelle Keyes Tara Kfoury Donna Kilcoyne Christine Knopp Raymond Kwong Andrea Lange Jennifer Langley ’91 Euna Lee ’16 Waipeng Lee Larry Lesher Carrie Phelan Leto ’96 Rich and Holly Linton Jamie Liu ’14 Melissa Lynch Karen Lutz Amy MacDougall Amy Matthews Kia Martin Jennifer McCartin ’86 Christina McCormick Mary McCue ’76 Rhonda Raffi Meegan ’71 Ndidi Menkiti ’01 Kyan Meyers Toni Moninger Laura Monteil Marieta Montoute Doris Morales

Carolyn Morey Mary Moriarty Ellen Murphy Gia Nicolazzo Rio Nomoto ’08 Kate O’Brien Liz O’Brien Kaleigh O’Connor ’16 Deirdre O’Kelly-Lynch Marilyn Martin Parker ’86 Tricia Parmele Genesis Pena-Cruz ’06 Jill Pengue Claire Picken ’17 Kyra Prats ’09 Toni-Ann Privitera Manju Reddy Alexa Riobueno-Naylor ’13 Kristina Rivers Avery Rizio ’05 Abby Rosovsky ’16 Jennifer Shea Esin Sile Arthur Simen Kasthuri Sivalogan ’11 Tina Souza Laurie Stanton Bernadette Stewart ’06 Ken and Carolyn Sullivan William and Coretta Tam Libby Maxwell Tashman ’01 Clare Tempany-Afdhal Vita Theriault Cristine Kelly Thomsen ’86 Manuela Toro ’10 Sue Touloukian Allison Tracy ’06 Megan Tranter Kim Tsantonelis Angelique Uhlmann Charles Wagner Suzanne Wakefield Katy Wallace Grace White Elizabeth White ’09 Rochelle Williams-Belizaire ’00 Sarah Williams Chris and Angela Winchenbaugh Jeff and Kelly Woolbert Karen Young

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From the Archives Have you been back to Newton Country Day since your graduation day? Do you still talk about your Blue Silver skit theme? Did you sign your name underneath the floor in the Movement Studio?

We want to hear from you! Submit your old photos, artifacts, and memories from your time at Newton Country Day to alumnae@newtonSH.org so that we can share them with your classmates at your next Reunion!

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Do you know any students who might be a great fit for Newton Country Day? We value recommendations from our alumnae and current families who have experienced what NCDS has to offer. The Admission Office is eager to welcome prospective students throughout the 2021-22 admission season.

Please share your recommendations with us directly by emailing admissions@newtonSH.org or send prospective families to the admission section of our website. We look forward to meeting future members of the NCDS community!

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