The Collegiate: 2018-19 Strategic Vision & Generosity Report

THE COLLEGIATE 2018-19 STRATEGIC VISION & GENEROSITY REPORT

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CON TENTS 10 | ACADEMICS 24 | THE ARTS 32 | REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE 36 | WELL-BEING & COMMUNITY 44 | CULTIVATION OF TALENT 52 | LEARNING SPACES 58 | DECADES TO COME 92 | ATHLETICS 2

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Your support remains essential Dear Norfolk Collegiate, I’m excited to share our continued progress as a community and as a school during the 2018-19 school year. It was another tremendous year, and I want to thank you for your continued support. Providing our students with an engaging, innovative classroom environment begins with you. Thank you for entrusting us with your child’s education.

As promised in our strategic plan, project-based learning is at the core of our curriculum, so equipping our faculty and staff with the appropriate teaching tools remains our primary focus.

The 2018-19 year was full of new initiatives—many of which are highlighted in the following pages. It was also a year for looking ahead and planning for an eventful 2019-20, one such initiative being our Learning to Elevate Action Program (LEAP), a robust and meaningful experiential learning opportunity launching this year for upper school students through their advisory curriculum. The program culminates in a week-long exploratory experience in February 2020. By the time they graduate, students will have confidence in their personal paths and future academics, as well as a deep appreciation for self-driven learning.

Project-based, real-world learning was made easier with several of our campus upgrades, including a newly renovated, state-of-the-art science lab, courtesy of a grant from the Beazley Foundation Inc. Lower school students also spent the year learning at our koi pond, a living lab with plants, aquatic animals, water filtration systems and so much more.

Students continue to support our community beyond Collegiate’s walls. From our continued partnerships with local companies through our Summer Internship Program—where 22 students worked with 19 community partners—to planting trees with Neighborhood Forest, we are continuing to make these connections a priority.

I’ve also enjoyed connecting with our alumni at our many events throughout the year. I continue to be impressed with their unique paths toward success. The support we receive from Oaks and community members is indispensable. Thank you for helping us surpass our fundraising goals again this year, allowing us to continue to invest in our students and their education.

I am immensely proud of the ventures, opportunities and accomplishments highlighted in this year’s magazine, and I’m looking forward to another year of continued excitement.

Sincerely,

Scott G. Kennedy Headmaster

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2018-19 ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORS PLATINUM ARDX COTTRELL CONTRACTING CORP. JONES PRINTING GOLD SUMMIT GROUP OF VIRGINIA TOWNEBANK SILVER THE BUDD GROUP FARMERS BANK JOHNS BROTHERS KIRVEN ORTHOPEDIC GROUP MATHAS FINANCIAL GROUP SPECIAL EVENTS VIRGINIA BRONZE McNAUGHTON ARCHITECTURE NORFOLK SPEECH & LANGUAGE SERVICES HART ELECTRIC

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2019-20 Administration

Scott Kennedy, Headmaster Cleteus Smith, Head of Lower School Dr. Catherine Thomson ’94, Lower School Dean Charlene Loope, Interim Head of Middle School Jill Archer, Middle School Dean of Students Anne Claud Claywell ’88, Head of Upper School Chris Tillson, Upper School Dean of Students Karen Grover, Director of Finance & Operations Judy Davis, Director of Curriculum & Instruction Ashley King, Director of Experiential Education & Community Engagement and Coordinator for Technology Integration Jon Hall, Director of Athletics Michael Kaplan, Director of College Counseling Nicole Pellegrino, Director of Development Sara Steil, Director of Communications Bob Roberts, Technology Coordinator

Faculty & Staff Melissa Adams Ellen Alt Dr. John Bain Julia Bannister Shannon Bartel Evan Benedict ’04 Kathleen Boettcher Garrett Booker Dr. Christopher Booth Wesi Boyer Cayte Brown ’08 Herbert Brown Jacqueline Burke Lynda Bynum Dana Carr Nelee Connors Paula Barclay Cook Jeanette Corey Mary Creekmore Kerri Darden Rick Davis Molly Dewitt

Jodi Dobrinsky ’88 Timothy Duvall Melissa Economou Claire Fornsel Cathy Francis Georgina Franklin Kathy Garris Megan Goldwasser Gina Gordy Aaron Gregory McKenna Grounds Sara Hahne Sarah Hammer Britney Hodge Dyanna Hornbaker Brendan Hoyle Ashlynn Humphrey Christie Huse Ashley James ’94 Michael Johnson Paige Kelly Taylor Kelly Jennifer Kenner

Rebecca Klein Lolita Kraft Debra Kraus Randy Ladkau Lauren Langley Ashleigh Lassiter Emily Lindale ’02 Susannah Lipchak Robyn Maus Mark McElhaney Michelle McNaughton Bobby Merryman ’10 Suzanne Montgomery Laura Morse James Moskowitz Nicole Mottinger Sarah Newman Val-Del Ortiz Kenyatta Osby Emily Pope Melissa Poppert Susie Potter Michele Purrington

Luke Reilly Amy Robb Bev Shore Nicole Skees ’06 Alexandra Snyder ’91 Meagan Starks Alan Stell Sarah Stradling Jamie Stump Barbara Sutelan Dr. Frank Thomson Christian Van Deven Kelly Verostic Gina Vitale Melinda Vooss ’87 Ling Wang Jan Weintraub Marleigh West Catherine Wright Helen Younce Rebecca Zborowski

Connect with Norfolk Collegiate through our social media pages on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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2018-19 YEAR IN REVIEW This is a publication of the Norfolk Collegiate Communications Office, representing highlights of the 2018-19 school year. For more news, events and in-depth stories about Norfolk Collegiate, visit NorfolkCollegiate.org/news.

Sara Steil Director of Communications Megan Goldwasser Communications Specialist Norfolk Collegiate Communications Office 7336 Granby Street Norfolk, VA 23505 ssteil@norfolkcollegiate.org 757.282.5308 Photography support provided

by Norfolk Collegiate faculty, staff, students and parents.

Athletic photography support also provided by Jim Morrison [www.jmwriter.com].

ADMISSIONS INQUIRIES Schedule a personal tour or consultation with our admissions office by contacting admissions@norfolkcollegiate. org or 757.480.1495. More information is available at www.NorfolkCollegiate.org/ admissions.

www.NorfolkCollegiate.org

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2018-2019 Board of Trustees Mr. Benjamin G. Cottrell V Chairman Mr. Scott G. Kennedy President & Headmaster Mr. Langbourne Williams Vice President Mr. Jeffrey S. Creekmore ’89 Treasurer Ms. Alison Carlsmith Secretary

Mrs. Dawn Bray Mr. William B. Brock Mr. Brian M. Clements Mrs. Pamela E. Crenshaw ’92 Mr. Kenneth L. Edmond Mr. Larry Flora Mr. Jamisson S. Fowler Mr. W. Taylor Franklin ’00 Mr. Marc A. Hrisko Mrs. Jill H. Layne Mr. Thomas E. Mathas ’83 Mr. Richard Meredith Jr. ’03 Mr. Thomas Minton III ’90 Dr. Sharon Reed Capt. Frank A. Rhodes IV Mrs. Kasey Rosen Dr. Barbara M. Sarris Mr. John F. Sawyer ’93 Mr. Andrew M. Schaubach ’92 Mr. Jeffrey M. Silverman Mrs. Trina Stewart Mr. William L. Taliaferro Jr.

HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Stanley G. Barr Jr. Mr. Gary D. Bonnewell Mr. Henry U. Harris III Mr. William W. King Mr. Frederick V. Martin Mrs. Betsy N. Mason Mr. Theodore A. Mathas ’85 Mr. Richard D. Roberts Dr. Ronald A. Stine

Operating Budget Summary July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 We appreciate each and every gift, and we thank you for your important role in creating a strong tradition of philanthropy at our school.

Thanks to the generosity and support of many individuals and families, Norfolk Collegiate is able to accomplish its mission to develop critical thinkers, doers and explorers through innovative, engaging instruction in an inclusive and supportive learning community.

REVENUE 48.1 22.3 Chart Title 1.3 0.3 10 18

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Tuition & Fees 89% Fundraising 9.8% Auxiliary Services 1.2%

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GIFT SUMMARY July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 2018-19 Annual Giving Totals

Cash Contributions Special Events Total Auction Golf Classic Fall Fair

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Instructional 48.1% General & Administrative 22.3% Auxiliary Services 1.3% Fundraising 0.3% Plant 10% Financial Aid 18%

$1,383,837 $1,177,762 $206,075 $163,849 $16,431 $25,795

RINGS OF LIFE PHASE III CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Gifts & Pledges as of June 30, 2019 $15,859,720 Center for the Arts $7,879,560 Endowment $7,980,160

MISSION STATEMENT Norfolk Collegiate develops critical thinkers, doers and explorers through innovative, engaging instruction in an inclusive and supportive learning community.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES We embrace our vision and fulfill our mission according to the following guiding principles: • Providing an excellent, broad-based educational foundation • Supporting students in an inclusive environment • Fostering close partnerships among students, faculty and parents • Grounding students in a strong value system • Engaging our community in lifelong learning ACCREDITATION STATEMENT Norfolk Collegiate is a Pre-K through Grade 12 independent school accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and AdvancED-SACS. Norfolk Collegiate admits qualified students without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, origin, age, sex or disability.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT The philanthropy report recognizes gifts made to the school between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.

Every effort has been made to compile as accurate a report of donors as possible. If you discover an error or omission, please accept our apologies and bring it to our attention.

TURF FIELDS & LIGHTS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Gifts & Pledges as of June 30, 2019 $2,366,003 7

THE OAK EXPERIENCE

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very effort, person and organization has a driving force, a plan brought to life by the love of the mission. At Norfolk Collegiate, our students come first; hence, the strategic plan we carefully crafted in 2015 drives our student-centered world.

The plan is a shared vision shaped by six pillars that propel our commitment to an innovative instructional program through 2021.

The plan was inspired by themes that emerged during the strategic planning process, giving us a solid foundation on which to move the school into the future.

Last year, these goals brought about incredible growth for our school. From the eighth-grade Mars colonization project to a student-run journalism conference to interactive panels in classrooms, innovation has touched every part of our campus.

This year saw similar growth because we were built on a foundation of engaging instruction that keeps pace with educational best practices. Most importantly, this plan has established solid, sustainable goals in each of the six categories and brought our teachers and administrators together to build up every aspect of our school.

We want to help each student pave a successful path that will define the rest of his or her life through a plan to enrich his or her learning environment. At Collegiate, we deliver a great education and even better experience, and we’re excited to continue to do so now and in the future.

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ACADEMIC INNOVATION Encourage innovative teaching and learning informed by current dialogue and research in education. Page 10.

REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE Provide learning opportunities through collaborative partnerships with organizations and institutions in our local community and beyond. Page 32.

WELL-BEING & COMMUNITY Cultivate a climate of personal integrity and well-being that engenders socially conscious thinking and respectful relationships. Page 36.

CULTIVATION OF TALENT Attract and develop diverse, exceptionally talented faculty, administrators and staff committed to the mission and academic initiatives of the school.

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LEARNING SPACES Update the campus master plan to reflect the quality and value of our innovative program.

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DECADES TO COME

Secure a vibrant and financially sustainable future. Page 58.

As you read through the magazine, you’ll notice several industry terms.

To strengthen your educational vocabulary, here are a few terms you’ll want to keep in mind: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING According to the Buck Institute, project-based learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem or challenge.

HANDS-ON LEARNING We believe hands-on learning means physical explorations of a topic, helping students to understand tough concepts and appealing to their different learning styles.

STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING Student-centered learning builds content knowledge and skills through student engagement as opposed to a teacher lecturing at a podium. Our teachers encourage group projects and pose problems for students to explore rather than merely presenting material through teacher-directed activity.

SERVICE LEARNING Service learning connects curriculum and classroom content to service initiatives outside the classroom.

REAL-WORLD LEARNING & EXPERIENCE Real-world learning means allowing our students to experience real-world problems, challenges and successes. This form of hands-on learning gives students the confidence and curiosity to continue to grow as citizen-scholars.

ACADEMICS Seventh Graders a Splashing Success Seventh grade students in Middle School Science Teacher Claire Fornsel’s Design Thinking class headed to Old Dominion University to compete in the Tidewater Model Water Tower Competition sponsored by the American Water Works Association Virginia Chapter.

The objective of the competition was to make participants aware of the importance of reliable drinking water and the rewarding opportunities available in the water profession. The competition did this by asking students to develop a functioning water tower just like water professionals do in the real world.

Prizes were awarded to the top three scoring teams with a top prize of a $75 Visa gift card for each member of the first-place team, $50 gift card for each member of the second-place team and $25 gift card for each member of the third-place team. Caroline Campbell ’24 and Julia Carlsmith ’24 were recognized for best reuse of materials, and Tony Kremenchugskiy ’24 and Grant Fowler ’24 placed second overall.

“My favorite part was when we presented the design to the judges because they told us how in depth our presentation was. The hardest thing was testing the water tower with water in it. It’s challenging to actually put the tower into practice,” said Caroline.

LEGO Robotics Back At It The LEGO Robotics team was back in full swing, and they started with a bang. The theme at this year’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League was INTO ORBIT, challenging young innovators to make long-duration space exploration easier for humans. In step with the theme, Collegiate’s team tackled the issue of firefighting in space and won a regional title, earning them a place at the state championship competition in Harrisonburg.

The two-day state championship was the largest LEGO Robotics competition in the nation. The team—comprised of students Marah Gordon ’22, Sarah Morrow ’23, Kenna O’Brien ’24, Austin Hrisko ’25 and Parker Howlett ’25 (Colin McGlynn ’25 was unable to attend)—entered day two of the competition in the top 12 in the robot design category. As the day progressed, they advanced to the top three in robot performance and ultimately took home first place honors in programming, a component of robot design, and third place in robot performance, a feat of which the team was really proud.

“I was really excited for the trip because I got to spend some good time with my teammates,” said Marah.

The team was at it again in June when they attended another FIRST LEGO League competition at Christopher Newport University, where they took first place in robot performance and second in robot design.

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Third grade students dress as figures from history during the school’s inaugural Biography Wax Museum. Shown are students (top row left to right) Isaac Grover, Lexi Lacsamana and Cleveland Jackson (bottom row, left to right) Giselle Stallings, Kennedy Howell and Will Schulte.

Inaugural Biography Wax Museum Is A Hit Students were proud to present the Inaugural Third Grade Biography Wax Museum on March 22 to the lower school community. There were 31 wax figures— students dressed as a public figure of their choosing—on display in the auditorium following weeks of research and discussion.

Students’ attention to detail was obvious. Louis Armstrong “air played” a toy trumpet while a hidden recording played behind his poster. Steve Jobs brought a “vintage” Macintosh computer. Marco Polo took special care to be sure his costume matched an engraving of the famous explorer from head to toe.

“I was Sacagawea,” said Ava Bannister ’28. “I learned she was a Native American explorer who traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition—and she did it with her baby on her back!”

“The displays, costumes and speeches were phenomenal, but what was most exciting was to see the students’ enthusiasm for the project they had completed and the information they could so capably and confidently share,” said Third Grade Teacher Michelle McNaughton.

After a writing a biography, illustrating a book, crafting short speeches, designing colorful posters and trifolds, finding appropriate props and dressing in costume, students were ready to be on display. Costumed third graders proudly stood by their exhibitions and shared their speeches with visitors. Museum goers were lucky enough to learn about individuals like Milton Hershey, Edgar Allan Poe, Blackbeard, Susan B. Anthony and Mother Theresa.

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Resources Bolster Classroom Activities for Students At Norfolk Collegiate, we place tremendous value on exploring school topics through alternative avenues, giving students the opportunity to grasp the subject matter in a way that’s meaningful to them. To support that philosophy, we craft our resource class curriculum (i.e. art, physical education, computer science) to enhance academic topics.

Whether it’s making a PowerPoint presentation for class in technology or creating a bibliography for a book report in the library, resource classes have so much to offer.

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The most obvious example of this integrated curriculum is the fourth grade Virginia Scrapbook project. Students spend several months digging deep into Virginia’s past, present and future, exploring facts, details and developments about the state in which they live.

“It’s a comprehensive, culminating project that has been a part of the fourth-grade curriculum since I was a student at the lower school many moons ago,” said Fourth Grade Teacher Ashley James ’94.

Each class supports a leg of the project: Math | Students create a historical population graph using census data.

English | Fourth grade puts their heads together to create a word cloud about Virginia, examining which words stand out and why.

Science Teacher Melissa Economou shows Joshua Taylor ’26 a specimen during science class.

History | Students create an edible map of Virginia out of dough they decorate like they would a cookie.

Technology | Students complete the Virtual Jamestown project, creating a thoroughly researched and formatted Microsoft PowerPoint presentation about the Jamestown settlement.

Library | Students select and research a famous Virginian, learning how they impacted the state or shaped the student’s upbringing.

Art | Fourth graders recreate the state flag and have projects to learn about the state bird (the cardinal), flower and tree (both the dogwood).

Cora Miller ’27 spreads butter on a piece of bread during Colonial Day activities.

Music | Students learn a traditional song from Jamestown and discuss its history.

PE | Fourth grade learns the Virginia Reel—a traditional colonial dance—to perform on Colonial Day. The project culminates with an immersive day dedicated to all things colonial. Students are encouraged to wear colonial dress to school where they play games, taste delicacies and even churn butter. They also take a trip to the Francis Land House.

“Cross-curricular instruction maximizes learning,” said Head of Lower School Cleteus Smith. “Concepts are more readily understood, and students have an easier time understanding the relationships between what they’re working on in class and its real-world applications. For our faculty, this type of environment cultivates collegiality and an appreciation for everyone’s expertise in their subject matter.”

Art Teacher Melinda Vooss ’87 works with Silas Hart ’30 on a project during class.

LEFT: Señora Hahne greets Hastin Shah ’27 with an activity before beginning the day’s lesson.

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From Collegiate to the Capitol Norfolk Collegiate’s Blue Crab Bowl team proved the first time can be the charm taking home first-place honors and a seat in the national competition during their first bowl competition.

The team—pictured on the left and comprised of Braeden Thomson ’20 (captain), Libby Snowden ’20, Austin Honey ’19, Kendra Honey ’21 and Carson Giocondo ’20—competed against 16 local high schools in February 2019 to test their oceanographic, environmental and policy knowledge. Under the guidance of Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Frank Thomson, the team won the event, making them state champs and qualifiers for the national competition in Washington, D.C. The competition was hosted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and consisted of six grueling rounds of nautical-related questions. The team felt particularly humbled being the only group to become state champions in its first attempt.

The team fell to the third-seed in the playoff round at nationals; however, they captured the eye of Congresswoman Elaine Luria who met with them before and after the match.

Eighth Grade is Paving the Way to Mars Eighth grade students were charged with creating a sustainable settlement on Mars in a three-part group project for Middle School Science Teacher Michael Johnson. With the help of Ashley King, coordinator for technology integration and experiential learning, Johnson asked students to develop three, distinct facets for the quarter-long research project: 1. Groups wrote papers illustrating their research and then held a peer review workshop to examine each other’s findings and provide feedback.

2. Students constructed creative representation of their colonies and had to prove the attributes that made it sustainable.

3. Finally, teams crafted presentations to defend their projects at a science-fair-like expo held for sixth and seventh graders, Collegiate faculty and staff, NASA experts, classmates and parents.

Groups did an (inter)stellar job explaining their creations during the expo, and it seemed they’d thought of everything. Some structures were spherically shaped to stand up to the planet’s unforgiving dust storms while other colonies had solar panels to power advanced laboratories and schools for the growing colonies.

“Students really took this prompt and ran with it,” said Johnson. “The way they synthesized their research with the creativity of their final product made me proud. I think they got a lot out of the assignment.”

Experts Dr. Matthew Simon and Dr. Phillip Williams design crafts and pods for long-distance space travel for NASA and were on hand to provide students with feedback.

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Advanced Placement Environmental Science® students assist alumni parent David Richards in creating a commercial for a soon-to-be-released app, CoastWise Environmental Science.

Innovation in Action & Academics WE integration allows students to give back to community while learning A core element of the Norfolk Collegiate experience is academic innovation. So when Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Frank Thomson learned about AP with WE at a College Board conference, he knew he wanted to introduce the concept in his Advanced Placement Environmental Science® (AP®) class.

What is AP with WE? AP classes allow students to pursue college credits within their upper school curriculum. WE adds an additional layer to their experience by introducing a service-learning component to those selected classes, with “WE”—for world experience—highlighting the community aspect of the course.

AP with WE provides additional opportunities for

students to branch out from their classroom lessons and apply them to local, national and global communities while working closely with their peers to address social issues.

“My class conducted a service project at the Weyanoke Sanctuary in Norfolk,” said Thomson.

“Students did surveys of vegetation, documented invasive species and removed them. It was a great way to take a closer look at native invasive species and understand how they affect our local biome.”

Students also volunteered with Concursive Corp.—a local app and software developer—and contributed data to help the company create the Sea Level Rise app for Wetlands Watch. David Richards, parent of alumni Alec ’10 and Bond Richards ’08, is the founder of Concursive. In addition to beta testing the app, students helped record information about king tides and cleaned up the Virginia shoreline.

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“I had no clue how to measure things like pH and turbidity and nitrate levels before this year. Learning how to do those things in the classroom is one thing, but being able to get in the ponds and put it into practice was how I really learned. I look at water differently now. All the hypotheticals are now a reality, and it changes your perspective for sure.”

Bailey Harkins ’20 | On his APES-WE experience

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SENIOR PROJECTS OF

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very year, seniors are challenged to turn their passions into projects completed throughout their final year at Norfolk Collegiate. Each student takes a unique approach; some build robots and virtual homes while others take on charitable pursuits. Regardless of the subject, these projects take students beyond the classroom to creative spaces of their own imagining. It’s learning experience that incorporates both real-worldexperience and project-based learning. Below are snippets from some senior projects and a look into what motivates our students.

ALLISON CASPER ’19 DESIGN SPACE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL “One day, I want to work as an interior designer, focusing on projects that help people who need it. I thought of St. Mary’s because my nana worked there, so it’s a special place to my family. I took the opportunity to learn CAD [computer-aided design] to mock up a living space for children with disabilities. I based my design on an existing room, and my grandfather helped me navigate it. It’s been a really rewarding project—I was so excited when I was finished with the final design!”

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LOGAN MICHELON ’19 REBUILT A 1971 SERIES 2A LAND ROVER “This particular Land Rover [named Oscar] has basically always been in my family. Five or so years ago, it broke down, and I thought this would be the perfect time to take it apart and rebuild it.

It was much more complex than just getting a new engine; a piston was shattered, the transmission was shot, and it needed a new transmission from an older model. It was tough, but it was a great chance to bond with my dad, who’s been part of the Rovers Owners Association of Virginia (ROVE) for most of my life. The goal was to drive the car to the Rovers at Wintergreen rally in April, and I did it!”

MAX GOLOVSKY ’19 CREATING A METHOD TO PREDICT PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURES “I dove into my AP Research project—looking at different techniques for protein secondary structures—and found there wasn’t a standard for predicting these structures.

A protein secondary structure is just a two-dimensional image of a protein structure complete with amino acids. Because there’s not a standard technique for comparing these structures, I decided to create one for academics and researchers to use.

This will help pharmaceutical development. Many skin cancers are caused by overactive bonding sites from mutations, and my library will help researchers more accurately find solutions and treatments.”

SENIOR PROJECTS BY STUDENT

RAVI PALAT ’19 COMPOSED SONG FOR NORFOLK COLLEGIATE CHORUS “I’ve studied music theory for several years but had never actually written anything. I made this a way to stretch my musical abilities. I started the project doing harmonic analysis of other pieces and then wrote a four-part chorale—an arrangement for soprano, alto, tenor and bass singers. My ultimate goal was to create a piece that followed the traditional rules of counterpoint. The piece is 12 measures long, repeats twice and is set to the text from the old Norfolk Collegiate anthem. The chorus sang it at our spring concert and at graduation.”

Gabby Allen & Calie Quinn | Journalism Conference Reagan Alsop & Kelsey Soskin | Powder Puff Football Game for CHKD Molly Beegle, Frances Pierce, Megan Silverman & Emma Wentworth | Susan G. Komen Fashion Show Maria Behling | Senior Drawings for 2019 Yearbook Selim Benis | Run a Half Marathon Tyler Berg | Build a Courtyard Picnic Table Chris Bunch, Thomas Chatman, Austin Fattizzi & Matthew Yoeun | Host the David Gayle Lacrosse Fundraiser Allison Casper | Design a Space for Children at St. Mary’s Hospital Ray Domena | Build a Guitar Amp Svenja Eugster | Create a Cross Country Vlog Vivian Fang | Print a Photo Album for Norfolk Collegiate Sam Fowler | Learn How to Cook Jake Georges & Matthew Wright | Build a Liquid-Cooled Computer for the MakerLab Maria Gilbert | Lead the Play Max Golovsky | Research Machine Learning-Based Protein Structure Prediction Atheena Gouviotis | Create a Collection of Essays: “The Burden on Youth & The Responsibilities You Give Them” Anabelle Groves | Paint 757 Purple with Samaritan House Shelby Hall | Support Operation Smile Clare Harbin | Exchange Cultures with Collegiate’s International Students Savannah Hart | Refurbish a Piece of Antique Furniture Abigail Hecht | Curate a Tidewater Art Exhibit Caylee Hirschfeld | Little Hats, Big Hearts Lexi Hirschfeld | Host a Lower School Sockhop Austin Honey | Host a Charity Basketball Game for Parkinson’s Disease Bobby Howlett | Run the Shamrock Marathon Sarah Kirven | Pajama Jams Jordan Laster, Jacob Roth & Hayden Verostic | Host a Norfolk Collegiate Golf Clinic Meg Lockhart | Create an Art Portfolio Emma Lu | Create Project Chess Jack Lyu | Create Tutorial Videos Mitchell Maguire | Choreograph the Upper School Spring Musical Logan Michelon | Rebuild a 1971 Land Rover Series 2 Peyton Murphy | Shadow a Plastic Surgeon Ethan Myers | Build a Patio for Waterman’s Museum Ravi Palat | Compose a Chorale Composition Alex Potter | Research Career Paths in the FBI Briana Powell | Host a Toy & Book Drive for a Homeless Shelter Parker Purrington | Arrange the School’s Veterans Day Presentation Chris Robertson, Justin Silverman & Maxwell Vooss | Start CJM Boat Waxing & Detailing Business Chris Sarris | Learn the Basics of Robotics by Building a Robot Lila Spurgeon | Co-Directing the Hurrah Players “13 The Musical” Rachel Sutelan | Researching the Self-Reported NCAA Violations in Colleges Ally Symmes | Host a Middle & Upper School Girls Lacrosse Clinic & Tournament Gabrielle Toomy | Host Aces for Alzheimer’s Anna Winn | Walk to End Alzheimer Carter Woods | Run a Half Marathon Victoria Xiang | Raise Awareness for Leukemia & Lymphoma Savanna Zhao | Create Portraits of My Teachers

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AP Research students explore primary research techniques in the hallway that houses the projects of the AP Research students before them.

AP CAPSTONETM

Program sees largest class of diploma candidates The first cohort of Coastal Virginia’s AP Capstone™ diploma candidates graduated from Norfolk Collegiate in 2017, and since then Collegiate has seen nealry 50 students graduate with the honor. Collegiate was the first school south of Richmond and remains the only independent school in Virginia to offer the prestigious program.

The program was introduced by the College Board to engage high school students in college-level independent research, communication and teamwork. The program is built on two foundational courses, AP Seminar and AP Research, that emphasize inquiry-based independent research, collaboration and communication as students investigate contemporary issues and problems from multiple perspectives. Students who successfully complete written theses and oral presentations and defenses of their original research receive either the AP Capstone Diploma™ or the AP Seminar and Research Certificate™. Here is a look at what our AP Research students delved into for their independent research projects: GABRIELLA ALLEN ’19 The news, the power of words, and Stephon Clark: a content analysis of news coverage of Stephon Clark in the United States

A content analysis was conducted to discern how different mainstream news sources in the United States reported on the case of Stephon Clark. This study analyzed disparities in positive and negative language among articles from major news outlets.

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REAGAN ALSOP ’19 The efficacy of specialized warm-ups on perceived knee pain in female varsity lacrosse players

This quasi-experimental study utilized the varsity girls lacrosse team to measure the effect of two different warm-ups on perceived knee pain. The goal of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of warm-ups on injury prevention in high school athletes.

COURTS BREEDEN ’19 The effects of sugar on the cognitive performance of high school students

A true experimental, double-blind study was undertaken to determine how sugar affects the cognitive performance of high school students.

ALLISON CASPER ’19 A study of color and taste perception among high school students

This project investigated how color affects taste perception in high school students. A quasi-experimental method showed that the color of lollipops affected the way high schoolers perceived the flavor of the lollipops.

MARIA GILBERT ’19 Video game character design and transportability in teenage girls

This survey-based study analyzed how character design affects the three factors of transportability in teenage girls.

MAX GOLOVSKY ’19 Comparing machine learning techniques for the prediction of protein backbone torsion angles

This study compares the accuracies of sliding window and static windowed methods for the prediction of protein backbone torsion angles. MUFOLD-SS, SPOT-1D and SPIDER3 were compared to determine their accuracy in predicting the effects of both long- and short-range interactions in the formation of protein backbone torsion angles.

CLARE HARBIN ’19 The effects of preschool pedagogy on closing the achievement gap for students in the United States

This research project utilized comparative analysis to ascertain which preschool pedagogy (Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio-Emilia) yields the highest rates of high school graduation and college matriculation. This study sought to determine which pedagogy might best close the achievement gap for students in the United States.

ABIGAIL HECHT ’19 The economic effects of public arts districts: a case study of the NEON District in Norfolk, Virginia

This research project was a case study of the NEON District’s impact on the economic growth of the Downtown and Ghent areas of Norfolk. This study examined the extent to which the NEON District contributed to the local economy by analyzing increases in annual revenue.

LEXI HIRSCHFELD ’19 The regulation of benzene and asbestos in school supplies in the United States versus Europe

This study is a comparative analysis of the differences in the regulation of benzene and asbestos in selected school supplies in Europe and the United States. It determined regulatory differences and revealed the possible health and legal issues related to school supplies containing toxic chemicals.

BOYANG LYU ’19 How phosphorus levels affect the conservation of seagrass in the Chesapeake Bay

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of high phosphorus concentrations on seagrass in the Chesapeake Bay. Through statistical analysis, the underlying correlation between the seagrass bed in the Chesapeake Bay and the annual phosphorus load into the Bay was investigated.

ETHAN MYERS ’19 An examination of the impact of technology used in the Crimean War on tactics in the American Civil War

A military observer’s report and an infantry tactics manual were compared in a historical analysis to understand why Civil War generals did not alter their field tactics to exploit new rifle technology. Due to undertrained soldiers, lack of necessary commands, and outdated tactics taught at the service academies, officers overcompensated in terms of firing range when using new rifle-muskets.

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Continued from page 19 RAVI PALAT ’19 A case study of vehicle emissions standards and carbon taxes in British Columbia

MARY TOOMY ’19 Effects of using technology an hour before bed on sleep: a quasiexperimental study on teenagers

JACOB ROTH ’19 LED street light filter design research

HAYDEN VEROSTIC ’19 The effects of time of day testing on the cognitive performance of high school seniors

This study investigated the effectiveness of carbon emission reduction policies in British Columbia by analyzing the trends in carbon emissions in the province from 1992-2016. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of hybrid approaches to emissions reduction, focusing specifically on carbon taxes and vehicle emissions standards.

A design research study was conducted to design a light filter for 150W and 200W LED street lights to combat the negative effects of artificial light on the natural circadian rhythm of humans. Three materials were analyzed to see which would be the most effective for the light filter portion of the LED street light filter design.

The purpose of this 15-night study was to compare teenagers’ sleep habits during nights with and without limitations on technology use an hour before bed. This experiment employed a quasi-experimental design that measured data from wearable sleep trackers and incorporated the survey responses of 19 teenagers.

A quasi-experimental method analyzed the effects of time of day on testing by having participants take the Wonderlic Cognitive Skills Test 15 minutes before and after school for a two-week testing period. The purpose of this study was to determine at which time of day Norfolk Collegiate seniors tested best.

CHRISTOPHER SARRIS ’19 Investigation into 3D-printed hybrid prosthetic arms as an alternative to full arm myoelectric prosthetics

MELODY WILLIFORD ’19 The effectiveness of Aura in reducing high-school students’ negative emotion severity levels

MEGAN SILVERMAN ’19 The effectiveness of marketing in grocery stores on consumers’ willingness to purchase organic produce

ANNA WINN ’19 Dietary interventions for adolescents with autism: a comparative analysis of gluten-free diets for better cognitive function and social skills

A combination of comparative analysis and design research was conducted to study 3D-printed hybrid prosthetic arms. This study was performed to complete a basic design of a 3D-printed hybrid prosthetic arm prototype with the potential to be used by the public after testing and adjustments to the design.

In this study, a two-week long survey was posted on Facebook to collect information on the effectiveness of marketing of organic produce in grocery stores. The goal of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of grocery store marketing of organic produce on consumers to suggest new ways for marketing teams to increase sales of organic produce.

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This quasi-experimental study employed self-reported survey research to determine the effects the mindfulness app, Aura, on reducing the negative emotions of high school students. The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of a new tool to help high school students reduce levels of stress, anxiety and depression.

This comparative analysis reviewed five different studies in which gluten-free diets were implemented by adolescents with autism. The purpose of this research was to analyze whether the gluten-free diet could improve symptoms, specifically cognitive function and social skills, in children with autism.

StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve & share humanity’s stories in order to build connections among people & create a more just & compassionate world.

Juniors Create History with StoryCorps Upper School English Teacher Molly Dewitt challenged her students to do more than just eat their share of turkey during the Thanksgiving break.

Students were asked to participate in the Great Thanksgiving Listen by interviewing an older family member about his or her life experiences and personal history.

said. “After hearing him speak, I saw an opportunity to interview him and create a unique story while acquiring valuable insight on his keys to success.”

The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement empowering people of all ages to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview using the free StoryCorps app. These interviews are then added to the StoryCorps archive of more than 75,000 interviews at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. To date, thousands of high schools have participated.

Jenny Kim ’20 conducted an interview with her mother in Korean, her native language. Jenny said her mother has always been a role model, and she inspires her to be a better version of herself every day.

Ashley Stack ’20 spoke to her grandfather, Bernie Weiss, “because he has had such an impact on my life and has molded me into the person I am today.” They talked about what it was like growing up in the middle of the 20th century.

Braeden Thomson ’20 spoke with Maia Donohue, co-director of 3 Day Startup (read more on page 32).

“I’d not originally intend to interview Mr. Donohue,” he

Skyler Tessler ’20 interviewed her grandmother, Beth Reshfesky, to preserve her thoughts and feelings “so she’ll always be with me.”

One of the questions Jenny asked was, “What is your happiest childhood memory?”

Jenny’s mother replied: “When I first learned to ski. I was in sixth grade, and it was so fun. I realized there was a sport out there I actually enjoyed, and I wanted to be an athlete. The first day I got a lesson, I was able to ski the most difficult ski course. After that, every winter I couldn’t wait to go skiing.”

Visit StoryCorps.org to hear their stories firsthand.

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CLASS OF 2019 GRADUATION AT A GLANCE

The Class of 2019 became the 57th class of graduating students when they walked across the stage in May. On May 1, they participated in Collegiate’s tradition of wearing the shirt of the college they planned to attend come fall.

Seniors Jake Georges, Maria Gilbert and Atheena Gouviotis reflect during the national anthem.

Seniors (from left to right) Maria Gilbert, Maria Behling, Ravi Palet and Ethan Myers sing songs together before the commencement ceremony.

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Seniors Calie Quinn and Brianna Powell enjoy a laugh together during commencement ceremony.

On May 24, Norfolk Collegiate graduated its 57th class of students. During the ceremony, the following students were recognized with awards for their efforts while at Collegiate.

Jessica M. Davey Caring Volunteer Award | Clare Harbin Amanda Allen Tignor Award for Industry | Courts Breeden Betty Slabe Award for Excellence in Art | Savannah Zhao Brad Face Award for Excellence in Speech and Communications | Lila Spurgeon Brian Slattery McCann Memorial Scholarship | Austin Doyle This award is presented to an underclassman.

Cameron Keene Award for Personal Integrity | Jordan Laster Ean J.R. Katz Award for Scholastic and Athletic Achievement | Jacob Roth Ernest L. Etheridge Award for Leadership and Character | Megan Silverman Felix F. Hardin Award for Scholarship and Character | Mitchell Maguire Francesca McCleary Award for Excellence in Foreign Language | Max Golovsky Helen M. Walker Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Student Government Association | Megan Silverman

Senior Max Vooss holds up his diploma after crossing the stage on May 24, 2019.

Henry Jerome Stockard Award for Excellence in Literature | Meg Lockhart James C. Wirt Award for Excellence in Calculus | Emma Lu John Morgan Allen Award for Unselfish Consideration of Others | Anna Winn Juliana Tazewell Porter Memorial Award | Braeden Thomson This award is presented to an underclassman.

Larry B. Swearingen Award for Athletics | Thomas Chatman Sandler Family Award for a Student Who “Most Nearly Lives by the NCS Seal”| Parker Purrington Townsend Oast Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award | Veronica Gross This award is presented to an underclassman.

William B. Huckenpoehler Award for Excellence in Statistics | Victoria Xiang Norfolk Collegiate School Award for Excellence in English | Gabby Allen Norfolk Collegiate School Award for Excellence in History | Samantha Fowler Norfolk Collegiate School Award for Excellence in Performing Arts | Ravi Palat Norfolk Collegiate School Award for Excellence in Science | Max Golovsky Norfolk Collegiate School Senior of the Year | Max Golovsky Headmaster’s Award | Gabrielle Toomy Norfolk Collegiate School Salutatorian Award | Jordan Laster Norfolk Collegiate School Valedictorian Award | Max Golovsky

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Soleil Sinois ’30, Claire Beznoska ’31 and Maggie Loney ’31 share the spotlight during the kindergarten and first grade’s production of “E-I-E-I Oops.”

Finn Rhodes ’28 and Robert Fornicola ’28 end a song in the second and third grade’s production of “Yee-Haw.”

Lights! Camera ! Action!

What better way for students to explore and discover their interests than to weave the arts through their core curriculum? Every Kindergarten through Grade 5 student at Norfolk Collegiate is cast in a musical spanning two grades during the course of the school year, giving him or her the opportunity to shine, grow and learn.

“I’m so lucky to see each student every week to better choose a musical that fits that student,” said Lower School Music Teacher Sarah Schulte. “Highlighting the students’ obvious talents is great, but finding those hidden talents they don’t often explore is even better.”

Students start with auditions, or as Mrs. Schulte calls them, “low key” auditions performed during class time.

These happen after Schulte has introduced the show in its entirety to her class, giving students time to get excited and prepare for different roles.

“I highlight and applaud the backstage crew just as loudly as my soloists. Every job is important and integral to the success of the show, and I make sure all of my students believe this, too,” said Schulte.

She believes the greatest confidence builder is preparedness, so students put hours into the performance, practicing at least twice a week until opening night.

It really is a community affair. Parents create costumes while the upper school set design classes build, paint and construct a majority of the sets. Even the school’s maintenance crew lends a helping hand. Preparing for the show doubles as a lesson on the power of community.

“I really liked getting to show my voice and my drama abilities,” said Bella Clements ’26. “Usually you only get to perform in group stuff like sports, but the [lower school musicals] let me be involved in the arts.”

“Theater is so cool,” said Schulte. “It’s every subject.

It’s math, engineering, English, history … I’m always so happy to use people’s talents to create something entertaining and meaningful.”

Left: Students Charlotte Hoyle ’26, Skyla Franco ’27 and Anya Beachy ’26 take center stage during the fourth and fifth grade’s production of “School House Rock Live, Jr.”

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Collegiate Makes Strong All-District Showing For weeks in advance, middle and upper school students rehearsed their scales, instrumental solos and sight-reading skills to audition for a few highly coveted spots in All-District Band, Chorus and Orchestra. Selected students participated in an intense, two-day clinic in January to prepare for a concert demonstrating their skills.

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Students Take the Stage in Poetry Competition Upper school students participated in the Poetry Out Loud competition that encourages students to learn about poetry through memorization and recitation.

The initiative’s ultimate goal? Help students master public speaking, build self-confidence and learn about literary history while exploring contemporary life.

Annually students participate at the school, regional, state and national levels. Students Clare Harbin ’19, Abigail Hecht ’19, Gabby Guirand ’22 and Aria Lawrence ’22 competed at Collegiate with poems they chose from the Poetry Out Loud anthology. Clare—who won her freshman year—won the school-wide competition; however, due to scheduling conflicts, Abigail took her place at regionals in February. She joined Gabby, who was first runner-up.

From there, Gabby advanced to states.

Students must have three poems prepared for the state competition. “I recited ‘I Sit and Sew’ by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson and ‘In Memoriam: Martin Luther King Jr.’ by June Jordan,” Gabby said. “When I first came across these poems, I gravitated towards them because of the unique aspects they each have. The poem by Jordan is very angular and lacks rhyme, rhythm and meter. The poem by Moore was the complete opposite, having a smooth flow to it and maintaining the same meter throughout.”

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Students Reflect on the Past with the Present For 11 years, Norfolk Collegiate’s students have participated in the Elie Wiesel Writing and Visual Arts Competition. The annual competition—named after Romanian-born Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel—is open to middle and high school students across Hampton Roads. The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater hosts the event annually, and students select the category they wish to enter to prepare a project around the topic of the competition.

Darby Foster ’23 was a third-place winner in the multimedia category and loved participating in the project.

“I submitted a video about what it’s like to be Jewish in 2019,” said Darby. I talked about how even though there was a lot of hate at the rally in Charlottesville in 2017, there was a lot of love from the local Jewish community, and that’s what we always need to be looking for.”

Winners were honored at the Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration—Yom HaShoah—on Wednesday, May 1, at Temple Israel in Norfolk.

STANDOUT SUBMISSIONS Collegiate saw several students take top spots and special honors in the junior division portion of the competition, including: POETRY Third Place | Finley McCashin ’24 Finalists | Sophie Mathas ’23 and Khamarri Boatner ’23 MULTIMEDIA Third Place | Darcy Foster ’23 VISUAL ARTS Honorable Mention | Adrianna Bievre ’23 Several students also were selected to display their artwork at the annual art show, including: Alaijah Kirk-Veal ’23 Sierra Butler ’23 Blair White ’23

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Humanities Series Dives Into Turbulent Times For the fifth installment of the Betty M. and William B. Jones Speaker Series, patrons journeyed to a time punctuated by assassinations, protests, rock ‘n’ roll and moonwalks. Experts explored the turbulent years of 1968 and 1969 and examined how they shaped the world in which we live today. The series was punctuated with live music, a movie screening and lectures on shifting cultures and technology. The series annually explores the arts, history and literature through illuminating, engaging sessions that look at societal events and their impact on the human experience.

This year’s events included: “The Summer of 1968: A Global View” Dr. John Weber, associate professor of history at Old Dominion University, contextualized distinct movements in these years and looked at the consequences of the successes and failures of 1968.

“The Covers of 1968 & 1969: Through Our Eyes” This art exhibition featured Collegiate’s upper school students’ interpretations of the art of album covers, concert posters and other genre released in 1968 and 1969.

“Yellow Submarine” The audience heard an opening narrative from English teacher Evan Benedict ’04 before seeing the remastered movie.

“Songs of 1968-69” Guests returned for a sing-a-long featuring local musicians Dan Pellegrino ’99, Jim Newsom and Nate Sacks.

“NASA Moon Walk” NASA engineer Richard Thompson spoke on the moon landing’s historic significance and provided insight into NASA’s upcoming lunar missions. Guests also enjoyed “Apollo 11: Celebrating 50 Years of Exploration,” an exhibit of images and artifacts from NASA missions.

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Middle & Upper School Art Teacher Emily Pope assists Stella Baccanari ’22.

Pope has been spending time outside of the classroom honing her skills creating still life paintings.

The Arts Outside of the Classroom We place tremendous value on continuing education for our teachers. Hearing about our art and music teachers pursuing their passions outside their classrooms is a gift to our students and our community.

Their talents and real-world experience enrich our Oaks education every day.

EMILY POPE MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL ART TEACHER In her spare time, Pope paints, typically with oil paint, but has been exploring the world of watercolors over the past year. She’s participated in craft shows in Hampton Roads—including Crafted VA—and focuses primarily on colorful still life.

“As a teacher and coach, it can be difficult to find time to create outside of school,” Pope said. “This year I had a goal to be more involved in the local art community.

I started sketchbooking daily, completed commissioned paintings and started a small business selling my artwork at craft shows. I love being involved in the arts community in Norfolk because there are so many talented and diverse artists here. The great thing about art is that it’s always changing and evolving.

Having a community I can seek advice and critique from is an essential part of growing as an artist and art educator!”

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BRENDAN HOYLE THEATER DIRECTOR & COORDINATOR OF MAKER EDUCATION Hoyle is a founding member of Plan B Comedy, an improv sketch and video group. They perform throughout Hampton Roads and serve as the resident comedy group at the Zeiders American Dream Theater, where they perform twice a month. He played the lead role in “Hand to God,” a colorful, irreverent puppet comedy produced by the Generic Theater. Altdaily Hampton Roads recognized him as the Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play in their Theatre Awards for his performance. He also directed “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Little Theatre of Norfolk in May 2019. When asked why he continues to further his career in the arts, he responded with a quote from author Kurt Vonnegut: “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

CHRISTIAN VAN DEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Van Deven plays the trumpet and serves as the vice president of the Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble’s (CBWE) board of directors. He typically plays five performances a year for the group and rehearses every Sunday.

“It’s just a great place to be able to play,” he said. “A lot of adults stop playing, so it’s a way to have an avenue to continue performing.”

For the last four years, when he’s not with the CBWE, he plays in the pit band for operas and musicals at Thomas Nelson Community College.

Director of Bands Cathy Francis directs students during a class.

Outside of Collegiate, Francis performs with the Virginia Wind Symphony and lends her talents to area theaters.

“It’s rewarding to play paid gigs every once in a while. The friendships and connections I’ve made there have been great.”

Van Deven also teaches marching band at Kellam High School, where he’s in charge of 80 student musicians. Every Saturday, the band participates in band competitions throughout Hampton Roads. He also volunteers with pit bands for Collegiate, Kellam and a few area colleges, where he works with students and occasionally professional musicians.

Van Deven also plays in the band, strings and chorus concerts put on by middle and upper school students.

CATHY FRANCIS DIRECTOR OF BANDS & FINE & PERFORMING ARTS CHAIR Francis plays the flute and piccolo for the Virginia Wind Symphony, which features guests conductors from across the nation.

Theater Director & Coordinator of Maker Education Brendan Hoyle shows sophomore Topher Francis a 3-D rendering of the Scribner Belltower during class.

“You want to be a part of this—or at least I’ve always wanted to be,” she said about the symphony, which practices every week.

“It’s a fantastic group. Last year, we traveled to Chicago and played at an International Band Conference.”

Francis is a member of the Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble with Van Deven, where she plays the flute. She is slated to be the group’s assistant conductor next season. She also plays with the Zaxom Flute Quartet and the Ensemble Ottavino, a piccolo concerto, at Bruton Parish Episcopal Church in Williamsburg.

Every year, Francis is a judge for the Lions of Virginia Band Music Scholarship Competition—a local scholarship competition. She was the music director for “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Little Theatre of Norfolk, a show directed by Theater Director and Coordinator of Maker Education Brendan Hoyle that ran May-June of 2019.

“If I’m out playing in the community, it makes me a better teacher,” she said. “I bring the real world of music to my students in their seats. Plus, it’s learning opportunity for me.”

Middle School Administrative Assistant Christian Van Deven, far left, performs in the pit band during the upper school’s production of “Mary Poppins.”

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Liz Hinton ’26 plays the violin during the lower school’s spring concert.

Art Teacher Cathy Wright assists Kyleigh O’Brien ’21 with her vase during her pottery class.

The cast of “Anything Goes” performs one of the musical numbers in tandem during the upper school spring musical.

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Middle school students wrap up their spring play, “All You Need is Love: A Journey Through the 60s.”

Kindergarten and first grade students perform a number during their musical, “E-I-E-I Oops.”

Parker Purrington ’19 performs a solo during the Spring Band, Strings and Chorus Concert.

Olivia Hohnholt ’20 and classmate Seth Smith ’20 share a moment on stage during the upper school’s fall play, “Murder on West Moon Street.”

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EXPERIENCE 3 Day Startup Entrepreneurship Program Gives Students 3 Days to Bring Ideas to Fruition In the fall, Maia Donohue challenged middle and upper school students and faculty to identify a problem, find a solution and create a way to share that solution with others. Donohue, keynote speaker, senior program manager and conference director of 3 Day Startup (3DS), was the impetus for this investigative problem solving.

3 Day Startup delivers intensive, hands-on entrepreneurship education programs to students and faculty at campuses across the globe. 3DS is a tested, proven model geared toward growing and developing students’ critical thinking skills across all disciplines.

Norfolk Collegiate hosted 3DS over several days in the fall, thanks to the generosity of the school’s Fund-An-Item donors at the Annual Auction. Students were given the framework to develop their ideas and work on them through their advisories and in smaller groups.

“I want to help break students out of their own mental boxes.”

Donohue said, “If I hear you love to write code, and that’s all you want to do, I’m going to encourage you to look at the sales side, interact with people and try to sell that code. If you tell me you only love the interaction side, and you’re great at pitching, I’m going to tell you to learn more about code.”

3DS returned in June for a three-day workshop at Old Dominion University for rising seventh graders through graduating seniors to aid students on their journey to entrepreneurship.

“We created an app called Simple Fit,” said Annabelle Baccanari ’24. “It helps the user pick out an outfit for any occasion. It also helps organize your closet and so much more with the clothes you already have.”

Left: Mackenzie Woodson ’22 presents the functionality of her team’s app, Simple Fit, which helps the user select outfits.

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They joined the ranks of 12,000 student entrepreneurs who have engaged in the program over the last nine years nationwide.

Students Receive Honorable Mention for Podcast Middle school students participated in the inaugural NPR Podcast Challenge—a new way for students to stretch their learning outside the classroom—creating podcasts about issues near to their hearts. The nationwide competition encouraged students in Grades 5 through 12 to create a single podcast episode to win a surprise grand prize and have their work on NPR. This was the first year NPR hosted a student podcast challenge, and they received nearly 6,000 entries. Three Norfolk Collegiate students, Meera Shah ’25, Riley Scott ’25 and Sarah Burton ’25, received an honorable mention for their efforts. Their podcast titled “Our Generation and the Future,” discussed the ways in which social media have shaped their generation.

“I think parents really need to be involved … in their kids’ social media,” said Sarah. “I have an Instagram, and my mom follows me. She checks my feed, she looks at it, and she looks at the people I’m following.”

“I think parents should be more involved,” said Riley. “[Parents] being involved with kid’s screen time shouldn’t have to mean taking it away.”

The competition encouraged students in Grades 5 through 12 to create a single podcast episode to win a surprise grand prize and have their work appear on NPR.

The girls hope that they can encourage their classmates to curate a positive social media environment for themselves and their friends.

Author helps students put ideas on paper In October, award-winning author Will McIntosh visited upper and middle school students to work on creativity and putting experiences, thoughts and actions on paper.

Middle school students were tasked with reading one of McIntosh’s books—“Watchdog”—over the summer. When they returned to school in August, each class had a different assignment associated with the book to spur conversation and encourage questions for McIntosh.

When the day finally arrived, McIntosh kicked things off with an assembly for middle school students. He said the place he routinely returns to for ideas is his memory. Some of his favorite memories helped him shape his book “Burning Midnight,” a story about people in search of and acquiring different-colored spheres that grant powers.

McIntosh also held Q&A sessions with upper school students in the Stanton Library before having a crash-writing course with middle schoolers in the Explore Room where he challenged them to create book-back descriptions for books they may want to write in the future.

“I like that he got us to take our own ideas and write them down on paper,” said Casey Newsome ’23. “I never thought about having to write a summary on the back of a book as an author. It was a cool experience.”

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Author Will McIntosh works with students during breakout sessions. McIntosh challenged students to create a book back for one of the books they may want to pen in the future.

Journalism Conference Returns Norfolk Collegiate’s Journalism Conference returned to campus this March thanks to Calie Quinn ’19 and Gabby Allen ’19, editors-in-chief of the school newspaper, “The Oak Leaf.” The half-day event hosted students and teachers from several area schools and speakers from Hampton Roads.

The symposium’s keynote speaker was Collegiate’s Communication Specialist Megan Goldwasser, who presented “Journalism in the Real World,” a presentation highlighting skills and experiences learned and executed since her time in journalism school.

Students then broke into small groups to work with professionals in nonfiction and feature writing, poetry, videography, design and pursuing a career in journalism.

“I wanted to produce a journalism conference at Collegiate to stress [to students] the importance of journalism in this day and age,” said Callie. “I got a lot of experience from this conference like stronger leadership and organizational skills. I feel like I’ve also improved my public speaking!”

“As editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, I thought there would be no better or more impactful way to share the importance of journalism,” said Gabby.

“Student journalism is an especially important presence in society. For me, the best part of the conference was the passion that came out of the students and their advisors.”

STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY: OAKS INTERN THROUGHOUT HAMPTON ROADS The summer of 2018 saw Norfolk Collegiate’s inaugural class of Summer Internship Program interns make an amazing impact on the Hampton Roads community. This summer’s participants—now including college-aged alumni—saw 22 students and alumni team up with 20 community partners in industries that ranged from interior design to entrepreneurship to fitness and medicine. Those participants included: CHANDLER REALTY INC. | Noah Alperin ’20 DOGTOWN | McKenzie Grigg ’20 ENVISION LEAD GROW | Sam Fowler ’19 GIRLS ON THE RUN | Sarah Philpott ’17 HAMILTON PERKINS COMPANY | PK Dawson ’18 LUCY WILLIAMS INTERIORS | Bren Coakley ’20 & Ella Bashara ’20 MEREDITH MANAGEMENT | Jake Reaghard ’20 MEYER FITNESS | Emmett Jefferson ’20 MIDNIGHT STATUS | Christopher Sarris ’19 NEIGHBORHOOD HARVEST | Libby Snowden ’20 NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY, DIGITAL MEDIA & PRODUCTION | Emily Myers ’20 NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOUTH SERVICES INTERN | Ashley Stack ’20 PENINSULA FINE ARTS CENTER | Cecilia Innis ’19 PLANNING OFFICE, CITY OF NORFOLK | Austin Doyle ’20 SENTARA, CARDIOVASCULAR SPECIALISTS | Brooke Rogers ’20 SENTARA, VASCULAR SPECIALISTS | Annabeth Carey ’20 & Will Frankenberry ’20 SPACE DESIGN GROUP | Allison Casper ’19 TASTE | Jack Wentworth ’17 WOLCOTT RIVERS GATES | Nolwen Andre ’20 ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER | Josh Reed ’20

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Left: Middle school students penned letter to members of the military thanking them for their service.

COMMUNITY Great Kindness Challenge Ripples Through Middle School The middle school proudly took part in The Great Kindness Challenge in February with 13,166,709 other students in 24,026 schools and 113 countries to support and continue to engender a positive, kind school community.

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This week-long event is a proactive, positive bullyingprevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement by challenging students to devote one week to performing as many acts of kindness as possible on campus. Students are given a checklist of 50 kind acts—things like “make a new friend,” “sit with a new group at lunch” and “be kind to yourself; eat a healthy snack”—and are encouraged to complete as many as possible before the end of the school week with the ultimate goal of showing their classmates and community kindness matters.

The week’s events began with students writing kindness cards. Each middle schooler was encouraged to write loving messages to teachers, coaches and fellow classmates. On Wednesday, they wore gold and yellow to brighten the hallways, and on Friday students decorated kindness rocks—ordinary rocks dressed up with positive phrases and wishes—to encourage their friends and themselves to stay positive and reach out to each other.

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Casey Newsome ’23, an inaugural member of the middle school’s Kindness Club, said she’s thrilled to contribute toward a positive school culture.

“Kindness is important,” she said. “It’s fun to do nice things for people, so I’m excited about all the kindness events our club is going to do this year.”

The middle school’s ongoing efforts toward an even kinder environment finished the month with several surprise acts and events demonstrating kindness.

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Spreading Love, Light With You Matter Campaign When Lower School Counselor Jan Weintraub saw an opportunity to bring the You Matter Marathon to campus during the holiday season, she seized it.

The brainchild of Cheryl Rice in 2016, the project aims to create and enrich positive connections among people and within communities. It encourages supporters to share business-card-sized notes that read, “You Matter” with friends, families and strangers. More than 70,000 people representing 70 countries throughout the world have distributed 500,000 cards with the goal of sharing 25 million cards by 2025.

Lower school students made a great dent in that number! Each student was given five “You Matter” cards, one to keep and four to give to anyone who might need a pick-me-up. They shared over 3,000 cards—many of which were shared with the broader Hampton Roads community.

“My winter lessons are all about gratitude and kindness,” said Weintraub. “I wanted to start a kindness contagion.

We’re always conscious of telling students ‘you matter.’ Now, they get to spread that love beyond our walls.”

Students Plant Oak Sapling for Arbor Day The lower school celebrated Arbor Day early on April 25 with a special nod to Norfolk Collegiate’s heritage. Students, teachers and staff planted an oak tree by the lower school field after participating in the 10th Annual Neighborhood Forest program, whose aim is to provide free trees to students. Collegiate parents who signed up through the program received a free tree to plant during the week of Earth Day, an effort in which many lower school families participated.

The initial idea of celebrating Arbor Day with a tree-planting came from Student Council President Bella Clements ’26. On the day of the planting, she had wonderful words to share with her lower school community. She graciously thanked faculty and staff for their support and reminded students the tree they planted would be there well after they left the lower school.

Each grade had the chance to help plant the sapling by shoveling dirt on its roots. They ended the ceremony with a special song from the pre-Kindergarten students.

The efforts were spearheaded by Third Grade Teacher Lauren Langley.

Langley arranged for all the teachers and students to be given tree saplings in support of Arbor Day.

Facilities Manager Ron Chupik holds the tree in place as lower school students plant it as part of the school’s Arbor Day celebration.

“This was a wonderful opportunity for our school to promote environmental stewardship for our community,” said Langley.

“Celebrating our Oak heritage and Arbor Day by planting an oak tree is something our school will never forget,” said Head of Lower School Cleteus Smith. “We love our planet and our school!”

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Local service members, including current parent Capt. Brad Rosen (front right), welcome students to the lower school for the Month of the Military Family assembly.

Collegiate Awarded Purple Star Designation Norfolk Collegiate’s lower school was one of four independent schools in Virginia and the only independent school in south Hampton Roads awarded the Virginia Purple Star Designation from the Virginia Department of Education this year. The designation is given to schools that have demonstrated a commitment to students and families connected to the military.

“Norfolk Collegiate takes great care to provide a welcoming and inclusive experience for all members of our school community. The award of the Virginia Purple Star Designation to the lower school affirms this and recognizes the ongoing dedication of faculty and staff to both understand and serve the unique needs of our military students and their families,” said Lower School Counselor Jan Weintraub, who was instrumental in the school’s recognition. “It’s a privilege to be able to deliver these services, and we are especially excited to celebrate our military community during the Month of the Military Child in April.”

To celebrate the designation and to honor its military families and children, Norfolk Collegiate

hosted a Month of the Military Child event on April 5 in the lower school auditorium. In attendance were several, distinguished guests, including: • Dr. Jill Gaitens, director for Central and Coastal Virginia (Military Child Education Coalition) • Christina Escalante, school liaison officer (Naval Station Norfolk) • Tiffany Johnson, school liaison officer (Naval Support Activity, Hampton Roads) • Karen Phillips, school liaison officer (Joint Expeditionary Base, Little Creek-Fort Story) • Terrilyn Williams, school liaison officer (Norfolk Naval Shipyard) • Kelly Beck, family resource specialist (United States Coast Guard Base Portsmouth) • Capt. Brad Rosen, Collegiate parent, commanding officer of Naval Station Norfolk To show support for military students and their families, Oaks also were encouraged to wear purple during the event.

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Giving Grows with Oak Ambassadors The fifth grade Oak Ambassadors embody what we love most about our Oak community: compassion, perseverance and gratitude. They assemble several Saturdays during the school year to volunteer with local organizations in need.

The brainchild of Head of Lower School Cleteus Smith, the Oak Ambassadors make up nearly 90 percent of the fifth grade. Tim Duvall, fifth grade teacher, spearheads the club as its sponsor. Students volunteer with organizations like the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, ForKids Thrift Store, Harbor’s Edge Retirement Community and more.

“The group is meant to highlight the value of giving back. They really learn how fortunate they are—in their education and day-to-day lives.

I love that they’re learning to be the good in the world.”

Tim Duvall, Oak Ambassador Sponsor and Fifth Grade Teacher

Students also raise funds for an organization of their choosing by kicking off their charitable season with a bake sale at the lower school, voting on which organization to donate their funds to at the end of the year.

Charlotte Hoyle ’26 gained much from her experience as an Oak Ambassador.

“I really liked going to the soup kitchen,” said Charlotte. “I loved helping people who needed food. When I saw their smiles, it made me feel really good. I think it’s important for fifth graders to keep doing this to help them learn how to be adults. It’s important to be kind to people.”

“My favorite trip was volunteering at the SPCA,” said fellow fifth grader Karina Lambrino ’26, who echoed Charlotte’s sentiments. “We weren’t just helping animals; we were helping the people who worked there to help the animals.

Learning selflessness is important.”

Service to Others. Service to Self.

In April, upper school students lent their talents to several places in need throughout Hampton Roads as part of their Upper School Day of Service.

Every year, students dedicate half a day to the service of others by volunteering with a local organization.

This year, students, teachers and administrators visited places like the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, First Landing State Park and Hoffler Creek to support, bolster or beautify the location or organization.

Junior Tyler Hamlin ’20 was inspired to continue his service learning project beyond this one-day commitment.

“I helped clear invasive species along the trails at Hoffler Creek,” he said.

“It honestly gave me an appreciation for the community I live in. It made me think more about conservation. I thought it was important to continue the work, so I went back and volunteered over the summer.”

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Students pause for a quick photo while sorting canned goods at the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia.

Middle Schoolers Break for Superheroes, Honor Council and More During Choice Time It’s not uncommon to find middle school students practicing yoga, working on international conflict resolution or digging into 3-D modeling systems on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Thanks to Choice Time, Norfolk Collegiate’s middle school students get to dive deeper into their interests and broaden their connections to their teachers and fellow students.

Every quarter, each teacher is responsible for sponsoring a Choice Time activity, some of which remain the same through the next quarter based on availability and interest. It’s not only a chance for students to do something different during the day, whether that’s free drawing or playing basketball or learning about superheroes, but it’s also an opportunity for bonding with classmates and teachers.

“Choice Time is one of the unique things about the independent school experience,” said Middle School Counselor Rawn Boulden. “Suddenly you’re not just looking at your teacher as a teacher, but as a person. He or she becomes a mentor outside of algebra or geography. It’s a great chance for students to see their teachers in a different light and connect with them.”

Teachers Erin Smyth and Garrett Booker teamed up to spend first quarter Choice Time with the Honor Council members.

“We worked on Honor Code trials and the ins and outs of how they work,” Booker said. “We ended the quarter by preparing a public service announcement to educate the student body on what plagiarism is, what causes people to break the Honor Code and strategies they themselves can use to prevent breaking it.”

“We watch superhero movies,” said Middle School Science Teacher Michael Johnson. “We analyze those films and then talk about the backgrounds of those characters. For example, we watched ‘Thor’ and then went back and studied the Norse mythology that helped develop his character. The kids get really into it!”

“It feeds their education’s growth,” Boulden said. “It’s the greatest brain break. These students are gearing up for high school, so having a break built in helps them learn how not to be overwhelmed. It’s the perfect break

Students TyJah Chapman ’23 and Nolan Russell ’23 practice their craft on the saxaphone. TyJah enjoyed being able to spend his Choice Time utilizing the band room to hone his skills.

to keep them focused for the rest of the day.”

Chailea Harvey ’24 had her eye on a third-quarter Choice Time activity since last year. “I’m really excited for cross stitching again this year with Ms. Smyth. It’s relaxing and actually pretty fun.”

Tyjah Chapman ’23 decided to spend time in the band room. “I’m in jazz band, and sometimes I needed extra help with my music, so this Choice Time activity made sense for me,” he said. “There aren’t many of us in there during Choice Time, so it’s like getting one-on-one instruction. It’s also a fun time to explore new instruments. Let’s say you play saxophone, but you’ve always wanted to try the drums—Mrs. Francis will help teach you!”

Teachers Cathy Wright, Emily Pope, Brenda Pidgeon, Brendan Hoyle and Mark McElhaney work on a group activity that highlights the important of diversity and inclusion.

Faculty, Staff Continue to Embrace Diversity Faculty and staff returned from spring break for a professional development day devoted to inclusivity, understanding and compassion with Jonathan Zur, president and CEO of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, VCIC. This was Zur’s second visit to campus to continue to cultivate a climate of inclusivity, an idea fostered by our strategic plan.

According to the VCIC’s website, they “develop leaders who work together to achieve success throughout the Commonwealth” via workshops, retreats and customized programs that raise knowledge, motivation and skills.

The morning was dedicated to learning the cycle of prejudice. Zur walked faculty and staff through thought experiments, testing their own—albeit unintentionally— preconceived notions about different people. It was a great way for everyone to re-examine their perspectives and think more inclusively.

Everyone finished the afternoon in small groups discussing microaggressions. According to Psychology Today, microaggressions are “the everyday verbal, nonverbal and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.”

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Jonathan Zur presents the cycle of prejudice during a professional development day.

After Zur explained some of the complexities of microaggressions, everyone anonymously wrote microaggressions they’d experienced on sticky notes on large pieces of paper. Next, groups retrieved one of the charts and spoke critically about the messages their colleagues had received, drawing similarities and comparisons.

“It was really enlightening,” Upper School Math Teacher Sarah Hammer said. “I learned a lot about my colleagues’ experiences, but it really made me think about the ways in which words and language affect my students. Whether that comes from a teacher or my students’ peers, I want to continue to make Collegiate a positive place to be. Learning happens in environments where people feel safe and their voices are heard. I’m really glad Jonathan was here!”

WELL-BEING & COMMUNITY

IN PHOTOS

Billy Claywell ’24 and Ayla Reddix ’24 compete in a rousing game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” as classmates cheer them on during an advisory activity.

Artharv Deshpande ’26 helps to sort clothes at ForKids as a fifth grade Oak Ambassador.

Classmates Giselle Stallings ’28 and Sanaa Harris ’28 play on the swings at the lower school during recess.

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CULTIVATION

Above: Fourth grade teacher Lauren Langley shows her students how to perform their experiment in the MakerLab. Langley became a National Geographic Certified Educator after taking part in “Why Communities Move,” a lesson to equip students to “consider the push and pull factors that cause groups of people or communities to move,” according to National Geographic.

OF TALENT Norfolk Collegiate believes a great education stems from great instruction. We value and uphold a standard of lifelong learning among faculty and staff that they engage on their own.

Here are just a few examples of the ways in which our lifelong learners pursue learning beyond the classroom.

MICHAEL KAPLAN DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

TAYLOR KELLY ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Kaplan traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he spent a week during the summer as an undergraduate student at St. John’s College for an immersive college experience.

Kelly spent several weeks in Togo, Africa, showing 35 middle school teachers ways to incorporate student-centered teaching tools.

“I love the philosophy of the Great Book Schools. I love the curriculum and the idea of local arts. Being there was an opportunity for me to soak up the college experience again and bring back some perspective for my students.”

“I spoke on project-based learning and student-led teaching. I encouraged teachers to think outside the box and discussed cross-class cooperative projects. I was also asked to speak on fitness and nutrition and introduced the idea of movement and brain breaks in class.”

LAUREN LANGLEY LOWER SCHOOL TEACHER

LAURA MORSE LIBRARY ASSISTANT

KENYATTA OSBY LOWER SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Langley became a National Geographic Certified Educator after taking part in “Why Communities Move,” a lesson to equip students to “consider the push and pull factors that cause groups of people or communities to move,” according to National Geographic.

Morse is enrolled in The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Library Media Specialist program. She coupled her full time work at Collegiate with the six-class program to add an endorsement to her teachering license.

After completing his Master of Education at Regent University, Osby spent the summer as an administrative intern with the university’s athletic department.

“I’m very curious to see how I can extend this lesson and possibly take the students to see Willoughby Spit in person.”

“I wanted to do this because it will give me the knowledge to give students more opportunities.”

“As an intern, I was responsible for assisting the athletic director in developing and implementing a plan to enhance the success of returning student-athletes.”

NICOLE PELLEGRINO, CFRE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

MELISSA POPPERT UPPER & MIDDLE SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER

DR. FRANK THOMSON UPPER SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER

Pellegrino attended the Virginia Fund Raising Institute (VFRI) Conference in Richmond. Their goal is to empower, energize and educate professional fundraisers in Virginia.

Poppert traveled to Galicia, Spain, to examine Spain’s La Convivencia period from the eighth century to 1492. She’s most passionate about the Jewish diaspora from Spain and conducted research on the expulsion of Christian prisoners by the Moors from Santiago de Compostela.

Dr. Thomson spent a week in Washington’s Olympic State Park studying the recovery of the Elwha River.

“Aside from learning from and connecting with like-minded professionals, I attended several sessions that contained pertinent strategies for improving our donor relationships.”

“The search for knowledge is exciting and invigorating. If one is passionate enough about the topic, it becomes a priority.”

“I’ve been able to bring back a lot of this information to my AP Environmental Science class. For their digital learning day in December, I’m planning to have them research sustainability efforts in the Elwha for a future project we’ll complete.”

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Faculty Recognized with Mathas Awards, Grants The Mathas Professional Development Grants were created in 2014 when Ted ’85 and Keryn Mathas expanded their annual donation to promote faculty growth in the areas outlined in the school’s Characteristics of Professional Excellence. The grants provide funding for professional activities that increase our faculty’s expertise in current best practices in their disciplines, project-based learning, technology integration and other identified areas of focus for the school. The grants also support faculty summer projects that will transform a program or area of the curriculum in a significant manner to be replicated across the wider school community. The following are this year’s funded projects: • Middle School Art Teacher Emily Pope researched and developed new course material for her digital photography and photo illustration course.

• Upper School English Teacher Amy Robb, Upper School Social Studies Teacher Aaron Gregory, Upper School English Teacher Ashleigh Lassiter, Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Frank Thomson, Coordinator for Technology Integration and Experiential Learning Ashley King and Upper School Dean of Students Chris Tillson developed Learning to Elevate Action Program (LEAP) training materials for upper school faculty and students.

• Lower School Teacher Dr. Catherine Thomson, Lower School Learning Resource Coordinator Nelee Connors and Lower School Teacher Robyn Maus developed training materials and instructional units to integrate phonics into our lower school curriculum.

• Modern and Classical Language Chair Shannon Bartel and Upper and Middle School French Teacher Susannah Lipchak received training in the TPRS method of language instruction in order to integrate the method into our French program while also training their peers in the instructional practice.

Mathas Awards for Professional Excellence, which recognize exceptional performance, were also presented during the 2018-19 academic year to the following individuals: • Lower School Spanish Teacher Sara Hahne • Lower School Third Grade Teacher Lauren Langley • Middle School English Teacher Jill Archer • Middle & Upper School Physical Education Teacher Luke Reilly • English Department Chair Amy Robb • Coordinator for Technology Integration and Experiential Learning Ashley King • Upper School Guidance Counselor Helen Younce

Hackney Award Recipients This annual award is presented to distinguished faculty members who exemplify excellence in the classroom and who influence other teachers to do the same. This year, the Jo Melchor Hackney and John H. Hackney Jr. Memorial Endowment Fund Award, which includes a stipend for professional development, was presented to Nicole Skees ’06, Emily Pope and Aaron Gregory for their outstanding work in the classroom.

Nicole Skees ’06 Lower School Recipient

Emily Pope Middle School Recipient

Aaron Gregory Upper School Recipient

Pre-K teacher Nicole Skees ’06 plans to attend the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s annual conference next fall.

Middle School Art Teacher Emily Pope will be in Austin, Texas, next summer for the Association of Texas Photography Instructors’ summer teaching institute.

Upper School Social Studies Teacher Aaron Gregory will travel to New York City for the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in January 2020.

FACULTYSPOTLIGHT TEACHER JUDY DAVIS Judy Davis, director of curriculum and instruction, offers salutatorian Jordan Laster a few last-minute words of encouragement prior to him delivering his graduation speech.

“When we toured the school, we were living in Washington, D.C., and were only in Norfolk for maybe 24 hours,” said Director of Curriculum and Instruction Judy Davis. “We saw four schools in those 24 hours, and this was going to be my boys’ fourth or fifth school since kindergarten. We wanted to follow their lead on which school they liked most.”

Davis’s husband, now retired from the Navy, was moving their then young family—including rising seventh grader Matthew ’04 and ninth grader Michael ’02—for the tenth time.

During their Collegiate tour, the family stopped by Frau Bale’s German class as she explained how gruesome the Grimm’s Fairy Tales were compared to their American counterparts, and the Davis boys were hooked. The family consensus was, “Everyone seems really smart, and everyone seems like they’re having fun together.”

For years, Davis volunteered to support the school in any way she could while teaching at Hampton University. In 2006, Davis officially came on board as an upper school English teacher—becoming the department chair by year’s end—and hasn’t looked back.

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“No matter how long I work and teach here, I will first and foremost be a grateful alumni parent,” said Davis.

“Our boys were incredibly well served by Collegiate.

They both discovered disciplines here that became their majors that became their careers.”

When asked why she feels so strongly about giving back to Collegiate, Davis said, “When you look at Collegiate, you can see how children are able to grow in their own ways, maybe even moving in places and directions they didn’t know they wanted to take. It’s a place that emboldens passions in a unique way.”

Her sons are the proof in the pudding. After hearing Frau Bale passionately explain the differences in German fairy tales and later traveling on a school trip to Germany, Michael went on to minor in German and major in international relations in college, eventually landing in the Foreign Service for 10 years and speaking numerous languages. Matthew developed his passion for art at Collegiate. Today, he’s the lead character artist at Nexon OC, all because he had teachers who encouraged him to follow his dream.

“We always told our kids, ‘If you find a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.’ It’s important for students to discover what they love, and Collegiate helps them to do so,” said Davis.

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Design Thinking Opens New Possibilities Design thinking is an approach to problem solving and creativity that draws on iteration, feedback and collaboration.

So when a handful of teachers and staff had the opportunity to dive into a grant-funded design thinking workshop put on by Old Dominion University’s Strome Entrepreneurial Center, they took it.

Upper School French Teacher Shannon Bartel, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Judy Davis, Design Thinking and Computing Teacher and Lego Robotics Coach Claire Fornsel, Coordinator for Technology Integration and Experiential Learning Ashley King, Lower School Teacher Lauren Langley, and Upper School Science Teacher Michele Purrington developed the foundation of Digital Learning Days, which were introduced for the 2019-20 academic year. The idea is to enhance technology instruction while also losing fewer instructional days to inclement weather or other circumstances.

“Design thinking permeates entrepreneurship and projectbased learning,” said King. “Everything we’re doing has foundations in design thinking, an ideology teachers are incorporating into instruction more and more. We want to learn and improve our community by doing, and this was the perfect opportunity.”

Shannon Bartel Upper School French Teacher

Judy Davis Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Claire Fornsel Design Thinking and Computing Teacher

Ashley King Coordinator for Technology Integration & Experiential Learning

Lauren Langley Lower School Teacher

Michele Purrington Upper School Science Teacher

Project-Based Learning with the Buck Institute Continuing the legacy of pushing students to succeed, Collegiate’s teachers engaged in three-day Buck Institute project-based learning workshops to keep themselves on the cutting edge of their profession.

Committed to student-focused teaching, Collegiate’s Academic Innovation Task Force strives to help faculty incorporate inquiry and project-based learning across the curriculum with a goal of training 100 percent of faculty in the Buck Institute’s “Gold Standard PBL” by the end of 2019.

These three-day workshops led faculty through the process of creating and implementing project-based curricula for students and projects in the classroom. Teachers design challenging problems and questions tied to skills students need to master in various units.

In July of 2017, teachers flocked to the upper school campus for the first Mathas Summer Project-Based Learning Institute featuring the Buck Institute for Education. In June of 2018, a second cohort of teachers participated. This summer the following individuals attended PBL 101 training with the Buck Institute.

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BUCK INSTITUTE TRAINED FACULTY & ADMINISTRATORS The following individuals attended PBL 101 and/or sustainment workshops with the Buck Institute in June 2019.

Ellen Alt Middle and Upper School Math

Jill Archer Middle & Upper School English

Shannon Bartel Modern & Classical Languages Department Chair

Garrett Booker Middle School Social Studies

Dr. Topher Booth Modern & Classical Languages

Herbert Brown Upper School Science

Chrisy Cooper Middle School English

Mary Creekmore Lower School Librarian

Judy Davis Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Tim Duvall Lower School Teacher

Claire Fornsel Design Thinking & Computing

Cathy Francis Director of Bands

Aaron Gregory Upper School Social Studies

Sarah Hammer Upper School Math

Brendan Hoyle Theater Director & Coordinator of Maker Education

Michael Johnson Middle School Science

Taylor Kelly Assistant Director of Athletics

Ashley King

Mark McElhaney Design Thinking & Computing

Laura Morse Middle & Upper School Library Assistant

James Moskowitz Upper School Social Studies

Sarah Newman Upper School Social Studies

Kenyatta Osby Lower School Physical Education

Emily Pope Middle & Upper School Art

Cleteus Smith Head of Lower School

Meagan Starks Modern & Classical Languages

Alan Stell Science Department Chair

Barbara Sutelan

Dr. Frank Thomson Upper School Science

Cathy Wright Upper School Art

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Coordinator for Technology Integration & Experiential Learning

Michele Purrington Upper School Science

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FACULTY REFLECTIONS W

ith a combined 131 years of service to Norfolk Collegiate, Brenda Pidgeon, Anne Curtis, Margaret Paul and Ahn Tran joined the ranks of retired pillars of the Collegiate community this summer. They’re woven into the fabric of our community and have established a wonderful foundation on which future Oaks will grow. While their leaving is bittersweet, Collegiate is a better institution because of their unwavering support. Here’s what they had to say about their time at Collegiate, and what their collegues and formers students had to say about them.

BRENDA PIDGEON | TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE ON HER CAREER “The best part has been watching these kids grow. I got to watch my own kids grow up here. The current graduating class [Class of 2019] was my first computer class cohort; before them, I was in the library.”

ON COLLEGIATE “I think the most important work Collegiate does is raise kids to be responsible adults. We prepare them for the real world in a really kind, nurturing way. On a smaller scale, here at the lower school, I think we really give them the tools to tackle any project or assignment that comes at them in middle school.

There isn’t something they’re faced with they can’t do because they’ve learned the fundamental critical thinking skills here at the lower school.”

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “Brenda has filled so many roles at Norfolk Collegiate over the years, and she has done so much for our kids! I still thank her when I see her for teaching my kids keyboarding; they are crazy fast at typing!”

Susie Potter, Former Parent and School Nurse

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AHN TRAN | MAINTENANCE 27 YEARS OF SERVICE ON COLLEGIATE “It’s a wonderful place to work, and the people here are so nice. I love everybody here. And I love the kids, too.”

ON WHAT HE WILL MISS “I will miss the people here, the kids and the place where I worked for 27 years.”

HIS FAVORITE MEMORIES “My favorite memories are with Mr. King. He hired me after I had moved from Vietnam. This was my first and last job when I moved to the United States.

Mrs. Alice Claywell was also really helpful. If I didn’t know how to do something, they were happy to give me directions.”

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “Mr. Tran is a talented musician who has dedicated his life to serving students. He was once a professor of philosophy, and while he may no longer be teaching the meaning of life, he has shown us the meaning of sincere kindness and dedication.”

Emily Wilson, Former Lower School Assistant

ANNE CURTIS | MATH TEACHER 42 YEARS OF SERVICE ON TECHNOLOGY “When I started in August of 1977, we had chalkboards and paper and pencils. It’s crazy how far we’ve come technologically.”

ON VALUES “I like integrating real-life values in all of my classes, even when I was teaching physical education. I’ll do some research and find a short, inspirational video about a person or thing I think students would find interesting. I try to find videos on kindness, empathy and compassion. Middle school is an important place to start learning those skills.”

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “Anne Curtis knows kids! She can read a student much better than we often give her credit for. She is able to work with whatever she is given and determine how to best reach each and every student.

I have enjoyed getting to learn from her the past few years.”

Rebecca Zborowski, Math Department Chair

“Ms. Curtis is the best”

MARGARET PAUL | REGISTRAR 42 YEARS OF SERVICE ON RETIREMENT “When I started, there were so many people who’d been here since the school opened, and they’d been here 30, 35, 40-plus years. And now I’m in their position!...In retirement, I plan to spend more time with my grandchildren and great-grandchild. I’m looking forward to having time to read a book instead of just a few pages, go antiquing and volunteer in the community.”

ON COLLEGIATE “Collegiate is a family. We just love the kids. We love working with them and helping them...The most important work Collegiate does is helping students become their own best versions of themselves.”

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “Margaret Paul has always been the steady calm I needed as my seniors made their way through the college maze. Always with a smile and eyes that showed she cared.”

Claire Fornsel, Middle School Teacher

“Part of what makes Norfolk Collegiate great!”

Kate Hawryluk ’08

“Anne has been such a joy to work with! When I first started teaching here she went out of her way to make me feel welcomed. She brings an amazing energy to the middle school. We will miss her so much!”

Emily Pope, Middle School Art Teacher

Philip Leavy, ’88

“She will surely be missed. What a wonderfully kind and decent person Margaret is. She was always polite, ready with a smile and would go out of her way to help people. She’s a true gem.”

Lisa Lain, Former Parent and Science Teacher

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LEARNING SPACES

Above: Students Louise Moskowitz ’32, Raelynn Campagna ’32, Savannah Burroughs ’32 and Lorelai McCoy ’32 discover the wildlife in the koi pond while teachers look on.

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Insects, Koi & Turtle, Oh My! Koi Pond Enhances Outdoor Learning Lab Experience First, we had hens and gardens to expand the learning opportunities for our lower school students. Now, thanks to the generosity of the Clements family, lower school students get to enjoy goldfish, koi and a turtle or two while learning in the Outdoor Learning Lab. In September, students gathered for a ceremony thanking the Clements for their generous gift.

“We’re so excited for the learning opportunity the koi pond creates for our lower school,” Lower School Science Teacher Melissa Economou said.

“Children are able to go out into this natural setting to experience and learn from the living environment right in our backyard.”

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Melissa Economou, Lower School Science Teacher

The pond is equipped with a natural filtration system—a man-made bog sits directly above the pond—allowing the water to be filtered and returned through means of a natural aquaponics system. Inside the pond live several goldfish, two of which are named after the Clements daughters Bella ’26 and Sophia ’30, koi and a turtle.

The Outdoor Learning Lab was established in 2016 to allow faculty to extend classroom lessons outdoors and provide students an opportunity to study in a non-traditional environment via meaningful experiences. The addition of the koi pond to the space will further those opportunities for our youngest students.

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“There is no better learning than organic learning that sparks students’ natural curiosity. It’s truly a beautiful thing to behold,” Economou said. “As an educator, I strive to foster that curiosity and then gently lead the learning toward asking questions and absorbing information. I feel very fortunate and blessed to have been given this amazing outdoor area for scientific discovery with my favorite young scientists!” u conomo Melissa E eah r e h c a e ,L nce T ghton ’30 hool Scie rman ’30 ia McNau Lower Sc O in g n ir a V V ts ry n n e e d H tu , s 0 ota ’3 e pond. shows Zayden M dlife in th , il 0 w ’3 e n th o Tills th ’30 nce Boo and Cade

Club Works to Enhance Sustainability Programs Imagine generating funds for Norfolk Collegiate just by being more environmentally conscious. This wonderful feat became a reality this year when Norfolk Collegiate’s Green Team participated in the Recycling Perks’ November Give Back Campaign and earned $500 from the local company to enhance the school’s sustainability programs.

How did it work?

Families in cities like Norfolk, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach registered for a free account with Recycling Perks.

After a certain number of families had established an account, the program awarded the school $500. Through the program, families are in turn able to earn rewards for recycling.

The effort was spearheaded by the upper school’s Green Team and Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Frank Thomson.

“The Green Team wanted to increase environmental and recycling awareness while also earning the school $500 to enhance our sustainability practices,” Thomson said. “It’s critical we do our part in the school as well as promote awareness in the community as solid waste (especially plastic) is overwhelming our landfills and finding its way into our oceans,” said Thomson.

Green Room: An Innovative Student Space Creating bold learning spaces that grow with our students and are as innovative as the curriculum is a key piece of our strategic plan.

So it was no surprise that the incorporation of a green screen room in the Stanton Library Learning Commons allowed students to create even more original projects.

The Stanton Library Learning Commons Recording Room was incorporated into the Stanton Library this year as a space for students to create podcasts, special broadcasts and videos. It was outfitted with professional recording equipment to aid students with making special projects for class.

Students have used the space to make videos, presentations and recordings in ancient world history, geography and health classes.

They’ve also used the space to participate in NPR’s National Podcast Challenge (read more about the competition on page 34) and senior projects.

“I’ve even seen students use the room as a quiet place to study together,” said Library Assistant Laura Morse. “It’s a rehearsal space for students practicing their lines before play auditions and somewhere AP literature students can practice reciting a poem before reading it in class. It’s really versatile.”

“I like that we can visit new spaces and look at the outside world while we’re still in school. And we can explore more things with our minds,” said eighth grader Izzy Seeman ’24.

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Students use the Stanton Library Learning Commons Recording Room for a class project.

FLIK Chef Amarin Reelachart shows students the proper way to prepare for their adventures in the kitchen.

Students Whip Up Flavors in Teaching Kitchen Eighth graders learned healthier ways to fuel their bodies in the FLIK Teaching Kitchen, a pop-up kitchen that allows students to explore conscious cooking that fits well with Collegiate’s innovative curriculum. For the eighth grade, FLIK’s Norfolk Collegiate Chef and Manager Amarin Reelachart and Registered Dietitian Ana Forte created a hands-on exercise to get students excited about being in the kitchen.

Students were challenged to make protein energy bites with several additional ingredients. They started with a base: oats, Rice Krispies and SunButter. From there, students paved their own energy-bite paths with an array of add-ins from dried apricots, raisins and sunflower seeds to dried mango, honey and chocolate chips (the crowd favorite).

Students carefully combined their concoctions before rolling them into easy-to-eat snacks. Many were surprised about how delicious their creations were.

The project made the students curious about other flavor combinations.

“I didn’t know SunButter had so much protein in it,” said Pierce Wynne ’23. “I liked the taste of [the bites] way more than I thought I would, even the bites without chocolate chips!”

Students create protein energy bites. They started with a base—oats, Rice Krispies and SunButter—and then paved their own energy-bite paths with an array of add-ins like dried apricots, raisins, sunflower seeds, dried mango, honey and chocolate chips.

The kitchen was inspired by a 10-year relationship between the Culinary Institute of America and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Compass Group North America (which owns FLIK) is a proud sponsor and founding member of the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, an invitational network of roughly 30, thought-leading organizations using teaching kitchen facilities to enhance personal and public health across medical, corporate, school and community settings.

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Upper School Biology Teacher and Science Department Chair Alan Stell demonstrates how to make a wet mount slide for Catherine Sarris’s ’22 cheek cells as classmate Lexie LeHew ’22 looks at her slides under the microscope.

Renovated Labs Mimic University Setting Norfolk Collegiate’s strategic plan gives us the distinct ability to shape our learning spaces around our students’ needs. When our science teachers expressed the need to bring two of the upper school labs into a more student-centered, technology-driven environment, we were eager to get started.

Thanks to the generosity of the Beazley Foundation Inc., the first of two laboratories was completed and opened in the fall 2018, and students quickly began using the lab in their anatomy, biology, AP biology, marine biology, AP Environmental Science and forensic science classes.

The lab was specifically designed to have every student facing the teacher while also facilitating the collaborative work of up to four students at lab stations.

In addition, stations were equipped with sinks and gas, and safety equipment was updated and streamlined, which also allowed for expanded storage and teacher prep space.

“We completely reconfigured the lab from it’s original design,” Science Department Chair Alan Stell said.

“It’s a really great space to work in because it was truly made just for us.”

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“We completely reconfigured the lab from its original design. It’s a really great space to work in because it was truly made just for us.”

Alan Stell, Science Department Chair

The space also includes an interactive panel—a multifaceted classroom tool that combines a whiteboard with Internet browser capabilities to expand instructor’s teaching surface (read more about the screens on page 57). In the lab, the screen can attach to a microscope to allow students to watch a teacher-led demonstration from their lab stations.

“The more independent a student is in the lab, the better he or she will be prepared for a university lab course,” said Director of Development Nicole Pellegrino, who played an integral role in securing the Beazley Foundation Inc. grant. “The direct impact of the improved configuration on the science curriculum itself has allowed more labs to take place in each course. With better storage, preparation space and updated technology, faculty are more focused on hands-on experiences, giving way to a stronger science curriculum.”

LEARNING SPACES

IN PHOTOS Teacher Nicole Mottinger watches as Charlotte Hilton ’29 moves words on the interactive panels during an exercise on the sounds of vowels.

Interactive Panels Support Hands-On Learning

Students enjoy the opportunity to study together on a nice day in the Harris Courtyard.

Technology is changing, and Norfolk Collegiate is embracing those changes to continue to support our students and prepare them for tomorrow’s unknowns. This year’s Annual Auction Fund-an-Item prioritized outfitting dozens of classrooms with interactive panels.

With a longer lifespan than any SMARTBoard or projector, the panels allow for an even more interactive and hands-on classroom. The panels are perfect for classes across all levels. From math to art to science classes, faculty are able to focus on student engagement and exploration as opposed to lecturing at podiums.

Chailea Harvey ’24 and Alya Reddix ’24 work to identify plants in the Harris Courtyard for a class project. Spaces such as this allow teachers to extend the classroom outdoors.

“We’re very excited to have these screens in our labs. It’s a game-changer in the way we teach. If I’m demonstrating a technique in dissection, I can display it on the screen and every student can see it really easily,” said Upper School Science Teacher Alan Stell.

“I love using the panels in my classroom,” said Second Grade Teacher Nicole Mottinger. “It gives my students the chance to work together.

They can all be at the board at the same time, so multiple students can work together. It supports so many learning styles. It’s an engaging way to bring my students closer to their learning.”

Brendan Hoyle, theater director and coordinator of maker education, works with Spencer King ’20 in the MakerLab.

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LEGACYSPOTLIGHT JOHN H. HACKNEY JR. Mr. John H. Hackney Jr. (1927-2019) has been part of the Norfolk Collegiate community since 1984, when his granddaughter, Cara Paige Oxenham ’96, entered the first grade. It wasn’t long before he and his wife, the late Jo Melchor Hackney, developed an appreciation for our small class sizes, dedicated teachers and high quality facilities.

Eager to inspire an enduring sense of responsibility and support, Hackney served on the Board of Trustees for 12 years. He was passionate about giving his loved ones an independent school education—his greatgranddaughter Paige McElhenie ’31 is in kindergarten—so it was his dream to create something special at Collegiate. This passion prompted him to commit the largest planned gift in the school’s 71-year history.

“The generously planned giving of John and Jo Hackney left a transformational impact on our school by elevating the entire program and mission and serving as a powerful example of unselfish giving and true philanthropy,” former Board of Trustees Chairman Gary Bonnewell said in 2012.

Hackney established The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H. Hackney Jr. Memorial Endowment in 2005 to support education programs for teachers. The fund provides three annual merit awards to one teacher from each division. The awards recognize excellence in teaching and allow the school to attract and retain talented educators. Each year, he looked forward to presenting deserving faculty their awards at graduation.

Recognizing that students are the heart of the school, he also earmarked a portion of his gift to create The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H. Hackney Jr. Scholarship Fund to enable highly motivated and deserving

Mr. John H. Hackney Jr. and his wife, Jo Melchor Hackney, valued Norfolk Collegiate’s small class sizes, dedicated teachers and student-centered facilities.

students the opportunity to receive a first-rate education at Collegiate.

The final part of his gift was directed to the school’s Meredith Center for the Arts, including our remarkable Hackney Theater. His endowment ensures a permanent source of support for the ongoing maintenance and upgrades to the center.

He often spoke about the value of education and wanted to leave our excellent faculty with the ability to grow and our students the opportunity to learn in buildings that further that education. Through his generous support, Hackney did exactly that.

LEFT: Lower School Science Teacher Melissa Economou shows Paige McElhenie ’31 Larry the Lizard. Paige’s great-grandfather, John H. Hackney Jr., dreamed of creating something special at Norfolk Collegiate, which prompted him to commit to the largest planned gift in the school’s history.

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70 YEARS OF

Retiring teachers reflect on innovation On the first day of school in 1948, Carlton Oaks School students and teachers walked into a very different schoolhouse than students do today. There were no computers to log into or whiteboards to clean. One constant throughout the school’s 70+ years is that a Collegiate education has always been steeped in academic innovation. This year we said adieu to some veteran teachers, yet before they left, we asked them to look back on their careers, some spanning more than 40 years, and recall how the school has grown. What was evident was that even 71 years ago, teachers and administrators were on the cutting edge of educational excellence—something we’ve continued to carry into the 21st century.

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1948

Handheld calculators were invented in the 1960s and introduced in the classroom a few years later.

1985

Personal computers were gaining in popularity, and Collegiate soon had a computer lab for students.

1950-1960s

Whiteboards were invented in the 1950s and were slowly marketed to schools in the 1960s to replace chalkboards in classrooms. It wasn’t until the 1990s that they became more commonplace in schools.

Filmstrips were all the rage, and they taught students about everything from animals to human health to physics. This was also the year the Educational Testing Service was formed, merging several national testing agencies and streamlining the college application process.

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1979

Registrar Margaret Paul began her 42-year-career at Collegiate. She recalls using a mimeograph machine to make copies. “We became very adept at cutting and pasting,” she said. “We needed to share information about colleges with all of our students, and doing that meant digging through the large handbooks they’d send us every year and creating easy-to-digest newsletters for students and parents.”

INNOVATION throughout Collegiate’s history.

2002

Showing video clips and movies via Synergy soon became all the rage.

“A synergy machine was essentially a hub connected to all the televisions in the school,” said Pidgeon. “Whenever a teacher wanted a movie shown, he or she would order the VHS, DVD or laserdisc in advance, and I’d play it from the Synergy machine, telling it exactly which classroom to play the movie in and at what time.”

2000s 1995

The Internet became a popular tool in business and classrooms.

Students and teachers began to reshape the classroom environment with this leading technology. One including Lower School Technology Teacher Brenda Pidgeon. Now retired, Pidgeon walked through Collegiate’s doors to better integrate technology in the classroom in 1999. She helped teachers send and receive emails and even recalls the computer games her students played.

2009

By 2009 social media had gained traction and on-demand information was more prevalent.

At Collegiate, transcripts and college applications were required to be in a digital format, making student accountability much more important. As a result, Naviance was added to assist students and their families in their college search.

SMARTBoards and Apple TVs were integrated into Collegiate’s classrooms.

2019

Interactive panels are now being installed and allow for more hands-on, in-class experiences. From conducting science labs in upper school anatomy to learning new vocabulary words in second grade, the sky’s the limit. The interactive panels were funded by the 2019 Fund-an-Item at the Annual Auction, and the hope is to introduce 24 panels throughout the divisions over the next five years.

2011

iPads were introduced to Collegiate’s classrooms. The middle and upper schools became 1:1 iPad schools, and students and teachers began to integrate instructional technology across the curriculum.

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FALL FAIR

Adam Musselmani ’29 tries his luck at the fishbowl toss in the grade-level games.

Kennedy Howell ’28 attempts to make a hole-in-one at skeeball.

Classmates Alexis Rivas ’24, Anastasia Wygant ’24, Izzy Seeman ’24 and Carleigh Thomson ’24 pose for a picture during Fall Fair.

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THANK YOU SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS PLATINUM ARDX Cottrell Contracting Corp.

Decker, Cardon, Thomas, Weintraub & Neskis P.C. Jones Printing Service Inc. Kirven Orthopedic Group P.C. Mr. Conrad J. Lautenbacher Mid-Atlantic Coatings Inc. LaTisha Owens Summit Group of Virginia Suntrust Bank TowneBank GOLD Dr. & Mrs. Stelianos A. Bredologos The Budd Group Farmers Bank Jeff & Wendy Gulley Johns Brothers Security Scott & Sharon Reed Terra Firma Norfolk Farm Market Lang & Lucy Williams Mathas Financial Group LLC Special Events Virginia BRONZE Mr. & Mrs. Michael Campagna Mr. & Mrs. Jay G. Demeter The Domena Family Firehouse Subs (NEXCOM) Hart Electric Marc & Kym Hrisko Anne & Tim Lockhart McNaughton Architecture Mr. Joseph Beck & Ms. Susan Meredith Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Philpott Greg & Kerry Robinette Jacob Roth ’19 The Snowden Family Dr. & Mrs. Charlie Williams Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy Norfolk Speech and Language Services Winn Nursery of Virginia Inc.

Lower School Physical Education Teacher Kenyatta Osby provides some sweet tunes during Fall Fair.

Lauren Meinhardt ’31 enjoys getting her face painted by a member of the upper school Art Club.

DONATIONS Gardens in a Flowerpot McDonald Garden Center Renee Smith Taylor’s Do It Center COMMITTEE CHAIRS Debbie Baynor | T-shirt Chair Melissa Meador | Prizes Chair Alyssa Russell | Games Co-Chair Kym Hrisko | Games Co-Chair Andrew Schaubach | Conessions & Logistics Chair Amy Stevens | Farmers Market Chair Barb Janovetz | Plants Chair Amy Woodson | Touch-A-Truck Chair

Alexander McEntee ’30 giggles as he exits the inflatable slide at Fall Fair. The slide was one of several inflatables for families to enjoy.

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ANNUAL AUCTION

Auction volunteers transformed the WattBaker Gymnasium and the middle school gym into the Wild West for the event.

Teacher Mark McElhaney and his husband, Alan Boring, dressed up as a sheriff and cowboy in support of this year’s auction theme.

Pictured (left to right) are parents Paula Ayers, Cara Oxenham ’96, and Austin ’07 and Christine Loney ’07.

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THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL AUCTION SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS DIAMOND AUCTION SPONOSRS Diamond ARDX Cottrell Contracting Corp.

The Franklin Johnston Group Jaffe, Caplan & Fleder Families Jones Printing Service Inc. S.B. Ballard Construction Co. PLATINUM C&M Industries Inc. Mr. M. David Jester Summit Group of Virginia The TitleQuest Companies TowneBank GOLD Cox, Kliewer & Co. P. C. Charlotte & Bryan Herndon Ocean View Fishing Pier Wynne Ford Volvo SILVER The Budd Group Core Assurance Partners Farmers Bank Johns Brothers Security Kirven Orthopedic Group P.C. Mathas Financial Group LLC Ted ’85 & Keryn Mathas Caroline McCarrtney McKenzie Construction Special Events Virginia Town Scapes LLC Lang & Lucy Williams Winn Nursery of Virginia Inc. BRONZE Vanessa Allen Sutherland & Elliot Wolf Always Clean Services Inc. Dr. Alan Banks Barbara ’83 & Robert Baxter BELFOR Property Restoration Benchtop Brewing Compamy Yoga 108 Robert ’80 & Betsy ’83 Given Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Hall Hart Electric The Hirschfeld Giancola Group - Merrill Lynch Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy McNaughton Architecture Susan ’78 & Joseph Meredith Norfolk Speech and Language Services George & Barbara Sarris The Short Family - Taylor ’86, Carrie, Bennett ’22 &

Faculty members Rebecca Zborowski, Charlene Loope and Brendan Hoyle pose for a photo during the silent auction.

Cooper ’24 Siska Aurand Landscape Architects Inc. The Smith Law Center/Brain Injury Law Center Levi & Susanna Thomson Robert & Thomasine Williams DONATIONS Abalon Pest Control American Boret Co. David & Lori Baccanari Dragas Homes Realty John Klinck & Eileen Hofmann Madison Jewelers Ted ’85 & Keryn Mathas Mrs. Alice Pellegrino Wood ’79 & Ellen Selig Drew & Amber Ungvarsky Rita Weiss A special thank you to Toyota Automotive for helping to secure the Toyota Corolla.

AUCTION PLANNING COMMITTEE Lori Baccanari Sondra Bashara Deniece Byrne, Raffle Tickets Chair Katrina Cantrell Ellen Carver Helene Clehr Jodi Dobrinsky ’88 Cynthia Dowd Jean Farrell

Amy Flora Selina Foreman, Silent Auction Chair Martha Franklin, Live Auction Co-Chair Emily Franklin, Live Auction Co-Chair Bug Gallagher Betsy Given ’83 Katy Harrison Courtney Hohnholt Jennifer Holt Kym Hrisko Susann Kennedy Jenny Lester ’92 Mary Lewis ’90, Lower School Donations Co-Chair Austin Loney ’07 Robyn Mathas Rochelle McCashin Aarynn McMahon Jennifer McMonagle Susanne Miller Theresa Newbill Tanya Saunders Ellen Selig, Decorations Chair Tera Shah Carrie Short Maryann Stampfli Amy Stevens Samantha Taylor Betty Thomas Susannah Thomson Becky Tillson, Lower School Donations Co-Chair Martha Trapani Anne Marie Wynne

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SPRING SPORTS FEST

Sarah Stonaker ’24 runs alongside her opponent to take control of the ball during the middle school girls soccer game.

Soleil Sinois ’30 participates in an lacrosse relay race during a break in athletic contests.

David Sawyer ’26 dribbles to the soccer ball down the field during a relay race with fellow Oaks.

Girls varsity head Coach Jon Hall chats with the girls varsity soccer team before taking to the field during Spring Sports Fest.

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William Henry Hoover ’26 runs with the lacrosse ball during one of the activities between games at Spring Sports Fest.

Lila Rosen ’23, left, readies to take control of the ball during the middle school girls soccer game during Spring Sports Fest.

Taryn Goodwin ’22, above right, kicks the ball past her opponent during the girls varsity soccer game.

Colton Miller ’29 attempts to beat out his fellow Oaks during a relay race between athletic competitions.

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GOLF CLASSIC

Bryce Adams, Chris Shore, Dr. John Bain and Alan Stell smile for the camera between holes.

Mark Batzel, a past parent and former Board of Trustees member, hits the ball at the annual Golf Classic at Bayville Golf Course. This was the final year for the Golf Classic.

Matt Hall, Vishal Shah, C.L. Wells and Bryan Thompson enjoy a moment between putts during the Golf Classic.

Rob Reper, Tom Brett, Jim Russo and Buck Russo enjoy a day on the links thanks to TASTE.

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THANK YOU TO OUR GOLF CLASSIC SPONSORS & GENEROUS DONORS DIAMOND ARDX Cottrell Contracting Corp.

Givens Group Inc. Jones Printing Service Inc. FRIENDS OF DR. JOHN W. BAKER Summit Group of Virginia TowneBank BEVERAGE CART SPONSORS The Budd Group Farmers Bank Johns Brothers Security Kirven Orthopedic Group P.C. Mathas Financial Group LLC Special Events Virginia The Baker & Trinder Families

Billy Callahan, Jim Vail ’82, Chris Kanter and Mark Batzel enjoy catching up over a game of golf while supporting Norfolk Collegiate.

HOLE SPONSORS Conrad Brothers of Virginia Inc. Eastern Virginia Medical School Hart Electric Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy McNaughton Architecture Norfolk Speech and Language Services Drs. Scott & Charlene Robertson The TitleQuest Cos. Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC Wynne Ford Volvo GOLF CART SPONSORS Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers Decker, Cardon, Thomas, Weintraub & Neskis P.C. S.L. Nusbaum Insurance Agency Inc. DONATIONS Dixon Golf Inc. VOLUNTEERS Julia Bannister Jodi Dobrinsky ’88 Taylor Kelly Scott Kennedy Jenny Lester ’92 Mary Lewis ’90 Mia Mathas ’18 Mary Peecie Nicole Pellegrino Bob Roberts Julie Ann Scaglione Sarah Stradling Jamie Stump

Alumni Johnny Beck ‘14, Rich Meredith ‘03, Pete Meredith ‘02 and parent of alumni Dave Corliss enjoy the camaraderie on the course.

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Head of Lower School Cleteus Smith participates in the fifth grade lesson on the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the United States.

Cumulative Giving: Capital Campaign & Endowment Norfolk Collegiate is proud to honor a distinguished group of individuals whose extraordinary generosity in capital and endowment giving demonstrates a commitment to the traditions of yesterday and the vision for tomorrow. All listings reflect cumulative capital and endowment pledges and gifts of $2,500 and above from all capital campaigns since 1986.

$2,500,000 & ABOVE

$250,000 & ABOVE

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Meredith Jr.

Cottrell Contracting Corp.

Taylor ’00 & Emily Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Henry U. Harris III John & Roz Klein John P. Maynard Family Foundation Meredith Realty Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Stanton

$1,500,000 & ABOVE Lenox & Fran Baker

$1,000,000 & ABOVE Mr. Frederick V. Martin Richard ’74 & Shaune Meredith The Roberts Family

$500,000 & ABOVE Beazley Foundation Inc. Edwin S. Webster Foundation Wendell & Martha Franklin L.M. Sandler & Sons Ted ’85 & Keryn Mathas Ed & Jan Reed Denise & John Wright

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$100,000 & ABOVE Anonymous Kenneth C. & Donna B. Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Stanley G. Barr Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Bonnewell William Calliott Robert ’74 & Neven Garris Martin & Karen Goldberg Mr. William W. Granger III Dr. & Mrs. George L.B. Grinnan Sr. Steven B. Hall ’81 & Robin Hall Putnam ’81 Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Peter & Lesli Henry Robert ’75 & Melissa Howerin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Kanter Walter ’73 & Jennifer Kelley Rick & Hays Kiefner Mr. & Mrs. William W. King Kevin & Kelly Larkin Michael & Anne Leanzo Sunshine ’79 & Tyler Leinbach Mr. Harvey L. Lindsay Jr. Tim & Anne Lockhart Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation Norman & Betsy Mason Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Massie Edward & Paula McCann Mrs. Ann Nusbaum Wendy & John Parker Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison III Leisa & Gary Rosso Robyn Reynolds Sacks ’80 Steven Sandler ’66

Mrs. Madelyn R. Sawyer Dwight & Jane Schaubach Mr. Jeff Silverman Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Stine Dr. & Mrs. Vasken Tenekjian Dr. David C. Waters Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Weaver Stephen Wohlgemuth & Holly Puritz Michael & Lydia Woodhouse

$50,000 & ABOVE Anonymous (2) Dale & Keith Bangel Harry Baylor ’79 Betty Bordner ’63 Roger & Rise Faith Dajao Chris & Anne Doyle The Estate of Peter M. Meredith, Sr. & Susan T. Meredith Ms. Stefanie Franklin The Givens Foundation J. H. Godwin III & Lauren J. Godwin Sandra & Howard Gordon Mrs. Carolyn B. Hall Mr. Ira B. Hall Helen McHardy Walker Memorial Teachers Fund Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Heretick Brick & Louise Hill Page ’81 & Teresa Jett Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy Dr. & Mrs. Christopher T. King Tom & Linette Klevan Barbara & Donald Lipskis Paul & Andrea Mahoney The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation Robert & Margo McFarland Meredith Construction Co., Inc Susan Meredith ’78 & Joe Beck Mr. & Mrs. W. Sheppard Miller III Thomas ’90 & Elizabeth Minton Mr. & Mrs. George T. Minton Jr. Will & Claire Moody Dr. Frank Morgan Mrs. Margaret Morgan Chuck & Greta Patty Louis F. & Prudence H. Ryan George & Barbara Sarris Shriver and Holland Associates Mr. & Mrs. J. Randolph Stokes TowneBank Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott Jr.

$25,000 & ABOVE Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Jon M. Ahern Stephen Ballard, Jr. & Family Katherine ’80 & Mark Batzel Jean & Harold Bell Frank & Sandy Bond Dr. Marshall S. Bonnie Joseph F. Bouchard Jerry & Judy Bowman Ashlyn ’80 & David Brandt Mr. Neal P. Brodsky Mr. & Mrs. John W. Brown Dana Carr The Carr Family

Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation City of Norfolk Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling Companies Dr. & Mrs. Donald Combs Linda & Claiborne Coupland Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Dailey Mr. & Mrs. William E. Dashiell Bobby & Leslie DeFord The Edward E. Ford Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jamisson S. Fowler Bob & Kim Gayle Robert & Denise Goldwasser Curtis & Mary Hall Dana & Tracy Harding Mr. & Mrs. William J. Harrington Virginia ’81 & John Hitch Jo Kell Inc. Mr. Martin J. Kelly & The Honorable Susan H. Kelly Tom Manser & Maria Urbano Tommy ’83 & Robyn Mathas Mr. & Mrs. Harold C. Mauney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John C. McLemore Mr. & Mrs. Augustus C. Miller Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moore Thomas H. Nicholson III Alan & Susan Nordlinger Mr. William W. Old Mr. & Mrs. Kent P. Porter Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Rashti Mr. & Mrs. David D. Richards Scott & Charlene Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Rosenblatt Roy Orthodontics Dr. Paul A. Sayegh Brad & Jennifer Smith Ms. Celia Stern Drs. Gordon & Kerri Stokes Charles & Barbara Sutelan Jeff & Jean Swartz John & Betty Trinder Drs. Robert Tupper & Karen Locke Walentas Foundation Ltd. Richard & Brenda Waters Lang & Lucy Williams

$15,000 & ABOVE Anonymous (3) Dr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Baker Michael & Jane Barclift James ’77 & Vickie Beale Jeff Bennett ’91 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Berenguer Mrs. Mary M. Chapman Anthony & Debra Cherry Michael ’88 & Anne ’88 Claywell Mr. & Mrs. David H. Corliss Corporation for Public Broadcasting Jeffrey ’89 & Mary Creekmore Merrill & Dee Dorman Mr. John L. Everton Larry & Amy Flora Tasos ’87 & Jennifer Galiotos Mrs. Laurie A. Gellman Dr. Michael D. Gellman Dr. Marc H. Glickman & Mrs. Laurie Feldman Mrs. H. Robert Graham Jr. Mrs. Didi Granger

Mr. Nathaniel T. Green II Mr. & Mrs. S. Earl Griffin Mr. George L. Grinnan Jr. Mr. Christopher D. Hale Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Hecht Leavitt Mr. Kenneth G. Hiatt Mrs. Yvonne Hiatt Takis & Linda Karangelen Vassilios & Heather Karangelen Mrs. Linda M. Kaufman Richard ’94 & Megan Kiefner Jill & Gary Layne Mabel Burroughs Tyler Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Mark J. McCarthy Meredith Realty Harrington LLC Miller Oil Co. Inc. Elsie M. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. John M. Murray NationsBank Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Perry Jr. Dusty & Ryan Rhodes Suresh & Lata Rijhwani John ’93 & Elisabeth Sawyer Melissa Natchus Silverman Jim ’75 & Elizabeth Smith Mr. Edward A. Stein Ann P. Stokes Mr. & Mrs. George H. Tatterson Jr. James & Lin P. Tomlinson Todd & Victoria Townsend Dr. & Mrs. Sabah S. Tumeh Jim ’82 & Mahala Vail Mrs. Patricia C. Whitehurst Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Wilson Dan & Judy Wood Mr. William E. Wood Jr. Neal & Missy Wright

$10,000 & ABOVE Anonymous (4) Steve & Barbara Ballard Mike & Michelle Bennett Mr. & Mrs. James H. Blassingham III Richard & Dawn Bray Dr. & Mrs. Ron Brodsky Patrick & Ann Brogan Joan & Stewart Buckle Mr. & Mrs. William R. Burnette Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Burton Central Fidelity Bank Julie & Ron Beck Mr. & Mrs. James G. Close Jr. Paula & Chris Cook Todd ‘86 & Robin Copeland Bob & Cathy Craft Capt. & Mrs. Michael D. Davis USN (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Rick Davis Mr. & Mrs. Byron H. Delavan Jr. Mr. Louis C. Eisenberg Reid & Harriet Ervin Frederick Foundation Inc. Caroline King Furr ’88 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Gamsey Mrs. Travis B. Garris Mr. Bruce H. Gilbert Dean ’72 & Ilene Goldman Mrs. Norma Granger Hampton Roads Recovery Center

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Mr. Joseph Haskell Bryan & Charlotte Herndon Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Heyl Dr. & Mrs. Ted Hughes James Camp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Jerry Kantor Ms. Barbara Kiley King Family Fund Randi ’82 & Bradford Klavan Mr. Robert M. Kralowetz Mr. & Mrs. Ron Kramer Dr. & Mrs. Willette L. LeHew Mr. Dennis T. Lewandowski Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Margolius Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Markey Mr. David Matson Robyn & Joe Maus Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McElroy McWaters Family Foundation Mid Atlantic Cardio Thoracic Surgeons Ltd. Greg ’94 & Beth Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. O’Connor Sr. Dr. & Mrs. William Lyle Oelrich Clint & Jean Oliver William & Norma Overton Mrs. Jane A. Pellegrino Mr. & Mrs. Hiram E. Perkinson Jr. Ms. Beverlee R. Peters Dick & Laura Phillips Mr. & Mrs. William A. Prince Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Ramsey Jr. Mrs. Juanita B. Reed Dr. & Mrs. Henry M. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Sanford Secretary Sovran Foundation Inc. Wood ’79 & Ellen Selig Mrs. Lois Shriver Simpson Builders Inc. Brook & Martha Smith Mr. Robert L. Stein Dr. & Mrs. Nabil T. Tadros H. Raymond Tahhan & Randa C. Dumet Dr. & Mrs. Paul R. Temple Ben & Anne Vanderberry Doris & Seeman Waranch Dr. James Watt Dr. & Mrs. Norman P. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Wiley Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Williams Mrs. Corinne L. Wood Mr. Thomas E. Wood Wood Vending Services Mr. & Mrs. William C. Wooldridge Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Zoeller

$5,000 & ABOVE Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Adler Mr. Ben Altshuler Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Anderson ARPR Inc. Azalea Inn Mrs. Martha P. Beale Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Beck Mr. & Mrs. Jon D. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Philip S. Belkov Mr. Martin Berger Mr. John B. Bernhardt Mr. Bruce T. Bishop

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Mr. James C. Bishop Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Bondurant III Mr. & Mrs. George H. Brown Mr. Hughes D. Burton Dr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Caplan Drs. Gregg & Karen Clifford Mr. & Mrs. David N. Cohen Conrad Brothers of Virginia Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Craig Neal & Karen Crawford Jeanie ’79 & Billy Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Davenport Mr. William B. de la Cruz & Dr. Gloria V. de la Cruz Ted & Molly Dey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Drinkwalter Jr. Dynamic Systems Integration Inc. Col. & Mrs. Edward B. English (Ret.) James & Jamie Farrell Richard & Mary Feckler First Virginia Bank Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Fortson III Mr. & Mrs. Marvin S. Friedberg Steve ’86 & Patricia Galiotos Mrs. Mary Gauthier Harold W. Gehman Jr. Lew & Amy Georges Mr. & Mrs. John S. Georghiou Deric & Wina Giddens Dr. & Mrs. Norman Goldin Mr. & Mrs. Edward Goldman Barbara & Allen Gordon Drs. James & Janet Gordon Mrs. James W. Gray Jr. Christopher Gross & Diana Blanchard Gross Dr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Hallstrom Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hardee Mr. & Mrs. Marshall P. Harrell Heritage Bank Mr. James R. Herndon Mrs. Betty W. Hoggard Michael & Wendy Holley Mr. & Mrs. James J. Izard II Mr. William C. Jeffries Mrs. Cornelia S. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. David H. Johnson The Honorable & Mrs. Jerrauld C. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Bob Jump Mr. & Mrs. William E. Kass Rear Adm. & Mrs. John T. Kavanaugh USN (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Keatley Mrs. Mary Keogh Carolyn & Jim Key Robert King & Sara Morris Mr. & Mrs. William E. King Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Klar Mr. Bruce Laderberg Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Laine Mr. & Mrs. Larry C. Land Ms. Vicky Lauder Mrs. Meredith Salb Lauter Mrs. Virginia T. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Page G. Lea Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Lee Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Levy Dr. Donald L. Levy Life Savings Bank

Mr. Josh D. Loney Drs. Barry & Louise Lubin Mrs. Katherine O. MacMillan Dr. Charles G. Maresh Mrs. Irene Mathas Mr. William H. Metzger Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Miller Drs. Harry & Ann Molligan Kevin & Susan Murray Toshihiro & Chiemi Nagasato Mr. William D. Nipper Norfolk Collegiate Lower School Nancy Horton Nusbaum ’81 Optima Health Mr. Gordon E. Parker Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Reymond G. Pascual Mr. Kenneth Phillips Mr. & Mrs. John F. Plomgren Michael & Susie Potter Dr. Drusilla S. Powell & Mr. Robert C. Powell Andy ’80 & Kathy Protogyrou Dr. & Mrs. Soundar Rajan Dr. & Mrs. Mallory Read Jr. Dr. & Mrs. George Rector Jr. Sharon & Scott Reed James ’83 & Sally Reeve Alan M. Salsbury Mr. & Mrs. Darryl P. Samsell Mr. & Mrs. Leon Sarfan Mrs. Janet Scott Dr. & Mrs. Albert P. Solomon Gerald H. Stein Chris & Kathy Stephanitsis E. Toles Summers ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Hubert E. Swecker Richard & Christie Sykes The Alison J. & Ella W. Parsons Foundation Ms. Robyn J. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Vincent G. Thomas II Tidewater Battery Co. Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Todd Caroline ’84 & Walter Tonra Mrs. Lucy B. Tyson Drs. Flaviano & Rosalina Uy Dr. & Mrs. Gregorio C. Uy Mr. & Mrs. Howard Webb Dr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Weireter Jr. Dr. Marshall A. Weissberger Drs. Jeffrey & Heather Wentworth Dr. Mervyn J. Wighting Mrs. Sunny Williams Mrs. Anna Kambetsis Wilson Mrs. Peggy M. Zedd Pete & Rosemary Zemanian

$2,500 & ABOVE Anonymous (3) Anne ’82 & Peter Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Adsit III Mr. & Mrs. Tatsuo Ando Dr. & Mrs. Hormoz Azar Mr. & Mrs. Nathan D. Benson Mrs. Margaret W. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. John Broderick Mallory Copeland Butler ’85 & Otis E. Butler III Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Carney Dr. & Mrs. Tejwant S. Chandi Mrs. Arlie H. Christian

Gifts to the Collegiate Fund allow Norfolk Collegiate to bring in experts, such as Tamara Wentworth, a master teacher consultant for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Math in Focus program, to work with teachers and students. The Singapore Math program is a research-based best practice adopted by Collegiate’s lower school to teach math concepts and problem solving.

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffry A. Clark Daniel ’80 & Linda Crain Pam ’92 & Lewis Crenshaw Anne Park Curtis Debra and Ronald Murphy Family Charitable Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Wayne M. Derkac Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Diffenbaugh Jodi ‘88 & Andy Dobrinsky Mrs. Barbara Dryer Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Elliott Mr. Robert Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Darryl F. Feldman Mr. Robert M. Finke & Mrs. Dawn M. Peters

Capt. & Mrs. Kevin K. Frank Fulton Bank Paul ’93 & Bobbie Galiotos Janet & Tom Grant Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Greene Dr. & Mrs. William T. Greer Jr. Barbara Hall Mr. & Mrs. William H. Halprin Mrs. Debra F. Hatch Sam & Jane Hedgecock Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Heely Mrs. Mary P. Heilig Mrs. Virginia P. Henderson Zena L. Herod

Dr. & Mrs. George C. Hoffman Mrs. Derrell Hudgins Beth ’84 & Brent Johnson Michael & Cynthia Jones William B. & Betty M. Jones Mrs. Susan L. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Elliot M. Juren Mrs. Cameron Keene Dr. & Mrs. George M. Kemp Ms. Brenda H. Kennamer Martha ’77 & Robert Kline Thomas C. Kyrus & Family Lafayette Investors, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John D. Laudenslager Rene, Sharon, Ginny & Kellan Lessard Mr. & Mrs. Errol G. Lewis Sharon ’76 & Thomas Lira Drs. Roberto & Rachelle Luna Bev & Bob Mann Mr. & Mrs. William J. Marshall Mrs. Monique Martone Charles H. McCoy Jr. A. Keith ’81 & Debra Miller Werner & Miller Doug & Jill Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Shurl R. Montgomery Mrs. Sharon H. Moran Mrs. Geraldine N. Nicholson David & Melanie O’Dell Drs. David & Karen Oulton Lex & Corrie Park Mr. Tim Parsons Mr. & Mrs. William J. Pidgeon Dr. & Mrs. Earl M. Pollock Molly Hubard Prindall ’80 Jon ‘89 & Tracie Pruden Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Pruden III Dr. Helen Roberts ’81 Hank & Martha Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Martin Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Roughton Schwab Fund For Charitable Giving Dr. & Mrs. Eric Schwartzman Mr. Samuel B. Segar Jr. Wayne & Ann Shank Phillip & Sharon Shanker Mr. & Mrs. Fred B. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. S.L. Sparrow Jr. Stephen ’78 & Laura Stackhouse Ann ’78 & Stephen Story Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert H. Sturtevant Dr. Beryl S. Sun & Mr. Joseph Wong Suntrust Bank Drewry Gresham Tatterson ’89 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Tonra Charlie & Jennifer Trapani Mr. & Mrs. John S. Tymoff Dr. William M. Waldrop Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Walker Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Ward Jonathan White & Shepelle Watkins White Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Weinstein Sally & Joel Weintraub Dr. & Mrs. David W. West The Wheat Foundation Matthew & Valerie White Mr. James A. Whitham Mr. & Mrs. T. Glenn Wilson Mr. Jay H. Zimmerman & Dr. Margaret C. Zimmerman

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DONORSPOTLIGHT SUMMIT GROUP OF VIRGINIA Parent, Board of Trustees Member and Donor Jeff Silverman, left, and business partner Mark Batzel, also a current parent and former board member, are proud sponsors of Norfolk Collegiate.

For years, Summit Group has been a dedicated annual special events sponsor. More importantly, they’ve been a group of supportive parents. Jeff Silverman, managing partner and board member, saw his twins Megan ’19 and Justin ’19 graduate from Collegiate this year after being here since Kindergarten. Fellow Managing Partner and former Collegiate Board Member Mark Batzel is proud father of Thomas ’17 and Natalie ’15 and husband to Kathy ’80.

“We want to do everything we can to help Collegiate and be part of the community,” said Silverman.

Having been a board member for 12 years, Silverman really understands the value of a Collegiate education.

“From day one, it’s been a warm, welcoming environment. We looked at a lot of schools for our kids, but we were struck by the lower school’s practice of meeting each student at the door every morning. The school really helps every child be his or her best, not a cookie-cutter idea of what the school wants. The best part is that Collegiate helps everyone become their best self without judgment—I think that’s really cool.”

When asked why Summit Group has been such a dedicated community partner, Silverman had a quick answer.

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“We understand tuition doesn’t cover everything Collegiate does and strives to do, and we want to ensure Collegiate provides a special place for Tidewater kids for many generations. Collegiate develops the future leaders of our community. We need to make sure that continues to happen.”

Philanthropy runs to the core of Summit Group. For their 20 year anniversary, the organization gave $20,000 to a handful of nonprofits in the area, Collegiate being one of them.

“From our receptionist to the partners, we make sure our culture is one that breathes life into our community.

Everyone here is on the board of a charitable organization, even our assistants. Every single person,” said Silverman, who is forever grateful for the opportunities Collegiate has afforded his children.

“They really believe in themselves,” he said. “When I look around at other private schools, I’m proud Collegiate does such a great job of avoiding cliques and judgement amongst classmates. What I think Collegiate does best is instilling confidence in every student, helping him or her know who he or she is and what he or she can accomplish.”

The Legacy of Diversity Fund was able to fund a plethora of new, diverse literary works in the Stanton Library for Collegiate’s middle and upper school students.

GIFTS TO ENDOWMENT FUNDS Investments in the Mission

Endowment funds are invested and generate income to support the school’s mission. Many donors choose to pay tribute to friends or loved ones by making gifts to Norfolk Collegiate in their honor or memory. We are grateful for those gifts and the people they celebrate who are now a part of our legacy of giving. These endowments grow over time and provide funds to be used for grants and scholarships each year.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

DAVID CAMPBELL GAYLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The David Campbell Gayle Memorial Scholarship Fund reflects David ’09 as it nurtures and supports the academic and athletic talents of selected students at Norfolk Collegiate. A meaningful tribute to his memory, this fund was created by combining all contributions from family and friends who were deeply touched by David’s life. With the blessing of the Gayle family, the combined donations were used to establish a fund to celebrate and recognize others dedicated to academic and athletic excellence. It is the family’s intent that this fund will continue to grow over time. Established in 2012, the fund is and will be used to provide scholarships for one or more rising seniors at Norfolk Collegiate who have demonstrated significant academic and athletic achievement.

DONORS Brad Atkins & Chris Waibel Atkins Gordon & Loukia Borrell Frank & Beth Campion Jane B. Friddell Bob & Kim Gayle Dr. & Mrs. George C. Hoffman Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy Jamie McLemore ’09 Mr. & Mrs. George H. Meier Steve & Gretchen Merryman Carter & Lisa Pettrey Tyler Smith ’16 David & Marta Smith Drs. Gordon & Kerri Stokes Dr. & Mrs. Jock R. Wheeler Reid Wilkinson ’16 Gordon Wolcott ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott Jr. Thank you to those who participated in or supported the David Campbell Gayle Lacrosse Tournament.

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THE CAPT. J.J. GEORGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MATH

This scholarship award was established in 2014 by Susan George in memory of her husband, former Norfolk Collegiate teacher Joseph J. George Jr., who passed away in 2011. This scholarship is presented to a rising ninth-grade student who demonstrates a commitment to the study of mathematics. The student must be highly motivated and passionate about mathematics and put his or her best effort into achieving success.

THE JO MELCHOR HACKNEY AND JOHN H. HACKNEY JR. MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND

This scholarship was established in 2005 in memory of Jo Melchor Hackney by Mr. John H. Hackney to be used to support faculty continuing education programs and to provide merit awards to recognize excellence in teaching.

BRIAN SLATTERY MCCANN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

This scholarship, established in 1994, is presented by the McCann family in memory of Brian McCann, a member of the Class of 1990. The award recognizes a returning Norfolk Collegiate student who exemplifies effort; is dedicated, hardworking and gives 100 percent; and exhibits a quiet nature, good qualities and motivation. It recognizes academic performance, participation in sports and school activities and service to the school and community.

DONORS Ningie Traylor Cacace Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. McCann

MEREDITH FAMILY MATH CHAIR

The Meredith Family Math Chair was established in 2010 by Peter Marshall Meredith Jr., Penelope Harper Meredith and their children, Anne Harper Meredith Lea ’97 and Peter Marshall Meredith III ’02. This endowed fund was created to allow the school to recruit and retain superior faculty.

Endowed chairs recognize our most distinguished teachers for their accomplishments and future teaching potential.

DONOR Mr. John H. Hackney Jr.*

PERRY & CAROL HAWORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

This scholarship is awarded to a junior or sophomore on the basis of academic merit.

Mrs. Grace Haworth gives this award in memory of Perry and Carol Haworth, her son and daughter in-law. Mrs. Haworth is the grandmother of Lorraine Haworth Garrison ’83, Daniel Haworth ’92, Rachel Haworth Welch ’00 and Bethany Haworth ’04.

LEGACY OF DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

THE MEREDITH FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Meredith Family Scholarship Fund was established in 1982 by Peter and Susan Meredith Sr. to provide scholarships for students of middle class families.

RICHARD & SHAUNE MEREDITH WRESTLING ENDOWMENT

Richard Meredith ’74 and Shaune Meredith established this endowment fund in 2012 to provide funds to Norfolk Collegiate’s wrestling program to attract, retain and recruit outstanding coaching staff.

Dream it. Make it a goal. Achieve it.

Twelve members from the Class of 2006 made their philanthropic dreams a reality when they established the Legacy of Diversity Endowment Fund at Norfolk Collegiate through the senior class Jefferson Challenge program to encourage a more diverse student body.

This fund provides financial assistance to foster learning, living and growing in a diverse atmosphere.

DONORS Michelle Fernander Dr. & Mrs. Dennis D. Gaskin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hohnholt Tyler Hudgins ’05 Aaron Shroyer ’10 Bruce & Trina Stewart

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TOWNSEND OAST JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

This award is presented to a rising junior or senior in memory of Townsend “T” Oast Jr., a 1979 graduate of Norfolk Collegiate. Criteria for this award include outstanding service to school and community and positive attitude and school spirit, all qualities that “T” possessed while a student. The recipient is selected by alumni and classmates of “T,” who established the scholarship in his memory in 1988.

DONORS Todd Curry ’79 Jeff Laibstain ’79

WILLIAM A. AND LUCILLE W. SAWYER SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The award was established in 1999 in honor of William A. and Lucille W. Sawyer by their son Frank Sawyer, the husband of retired lower school teacher Madelyn Sawyer. They are the parents of Norfolk Collegiate alumni Jeff ’90 and John ’93. This award recognizes exemplary citizenship, scholarship and athletic participation in a returning junior or senior.

Additionally, the fund supports faculty salaries.

DONORS Hampton Roads Community Foundation Mrs. Madelyn R. Sawyer

THE A. KENNETH SCRIBNER JR. AND SUE FAULKNER SCRIBNER HEADMASTER’S SEAT OF EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENT

The A. Kenneth Scribner Jr. and Sue Faulkner Scribner Headmaster’s Seat of Excellence Endowment, established in May 2005, provides our school the opportunity to reward and recognize Norfolk Collegiate’s “master teachers” who enhance the core of our campus’s intellectual community. It is through this fund we are able to ensure our students are learning in the most innovative and engaging settings from the most qualified and collaborative faculty members.

MICHAEL TAYLOE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Michael D. Tayloe Scholarship Award, established in 1990, is presented to a returning sophomore or junior who has contributed to student life at Norfolk Collegiate, is an “all-around” student with average to above average academic standing, is an athlete with a positive attitude, is a role model for other students and is involved in service clubs.

DONOR Meghan Kanter Dozier ’10

JULIANA TAZEWELL PORTER MEMORIAL AWARD FUND

As a tribute to her memory, the Juliana Tazewell Porter Memorial Award was created with the blessing of the Porter family. Thanks to the efforts of her family, friends and especially Dr. Pat Baker, a Collegiate parent of John ’02, Robert ’06 and Sarah ’12, this award is presented annually to a highly motivated rising senior.

Recipients will be inquisitive in nature with the intellectual curiosity to achieve superior academic performance and motivate other students, and be well-rounded and participate in athletics, the arts and other school activities. Recipients demonstrate care and compassion for fellow students, are responsible citizens with a commitment to school and community service, are respected by peers and handle themselves with poise.

DONORS Charles Braden ’10 Ryan Murray Cobb ’08 Woody Granger ’08 Wyatt Hill ’08 Christopher Klevan ’08 Dr. Frank Morgan Tyler Simpson ’08 Sarah Wolcott ’07

STUART WEINTROB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Established in 1994, this award is presented by the Weintrob family in memory of Stuart Weintrob, a member of the Class of 1997, to a returning student who exhibits Stuart’s qualities of courage, positive outlook, friendship and scholarship.

DONOR Irene & Joseph Weintrob

LOUISE MUNDY VERMILLION AWARD FUND

This scholarship award is presented to a returning Norfolk Collegiate student who demonstrates scholarship and character. Mrs. Vermillion began her career in 1958 at Carolton Oaks and taught math, history and English. She was responsible for establishing the humanities program in 1965. This scholarship is funded from an endowment established

by Mr. Roderick A. Mundy in honor of his sister for her commitment and dedication to the teaching profession. * Deceased

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Norfolk Collegiate has flourished and grown in educational offerings, extracurricular activities and facilities since its beginnings as the Carolton Oaks School due to generous donors. Pictured above is the first class of graduates.

Oak Heritage Society The Oak Heritage Society was established to recognize our friends who have chosen to include Norfolk Collegiate in their long-term gift planning or to establish permanently endowed funds. Members of the society have made provisions to support Collegiate through charitable trusts and annuities, retirement plans, bequests, life-income gifts, gifts of insurance policies or other forms of deferred giving. We acknowledge with gratitude the enduring legacy of these Oak Heritage Society members: Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brock Mr. & Mrs. W. Claiborne Coupland Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Garris Jr. Mr. John H Hackney Jr. * Ms. Toni B. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Kiefner Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick V. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Meredith Jr. Mrs. Francesa McCleary Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison III Mr. A. Kenneth Scribner Jr. *

Mrs. Nancy W. Spainhour * Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Stine Dr. & Mrs. Vasken Tenekjian

*Deceased

Norfolk Collegiate Educational Foundation The Norfolk Collegiate Educational Foundation was established in December 1997 for the sole purpose of providing educational assistance for academically qualified students to receive a quality education through an independent school. The Norfolk Collegiate Educational Foundation is proud to participate in two tax credit programs offered by the Virginia Department of Education: the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) and the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC). In addition, companies and individuals who pay Virginia state income taxes receive a state income tax credit equal to 65 percent of their donation.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

Mr. Mark Batzel Mr. Andrew Castellano Givens Transportation Mr. Wendell C. Franklin

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Mr. Creighton D. Holt Mr. James G. Hurley Jr. Mr. Howard Jordan Dr. Diane Maia

Mr. Paul H. Peck Mr. Louis Roth Mrs. Madelyn Sawyer Mr. Jeff Silverman

DONORSPOTLIGHT BILLY & BETH BROCK | GRANDPARENTS

Grandparents Billy Brock, left, and Beth Brock, right, enjoy a moment with their grandson Pierce Flemmer ’29, center. For the Brocks, the home away from home that Norfolk Collegiate has created for Pierce inspires them to give to the school.

Billy and Beth Brock were overjoyed the day Pierce Flemmer ’29 made them grandparents. Today, they’re grateful for the family they and Pierce have found at Collegiate.

Pierce began his journey at Collegiate in Kindergarten.

“I’ll never forget his first day,” said Beth. “As our daughter Jane [Pierce’s mother] said goodbye to him—he was hesitant but okay—she got to the hallway outside his (Cathy White’s ’87) classroom and became emotional. She knew he was in good hands, but it’s just hard to leave your baby. Mr. [Cleteus] Smith [head of lower school] saw this and took it upon himself to call her during Pierce’s lunchtime. He told her Pierce was just fine, eating and laughing and making friends. Where else is there that deep sense of caring and community?”

Billy, a first-year member on the Board of Trustees, echoed his wife’s sentiments.

“It’s such a family-oriented school,” he said. “We’ve

felt so welcome there as grandparents. With Cleteus at the lower school, I swear we get hugs every time we walk in the door!”

When asked what inspires them to give back to Collegiate, both agree it’s seeing Pierce so happy at school.

“Pierce has really become the center of our family focus, and it’s important to us to support those who support him so much,” said Beth. “Collegiate is shaping him to become a confident, honest young man who’s a good friend to others, and that’s what we all want...as parents, grandparents and teachers.”

The Brocks are committed to continuing a Collegiate education for decades to come. Their recurring contributions to the Collegiate Fund have allowed many students to attend Collegiate on scholarship, something the Brocks feel passionately about providing for more students in the future.

“Our grandson has a lot of love around him. Every child deserves that. It takes a village, and that’s Collegiate,” said Billy.

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Classmates Virginia McNaughton ’30, Lucy Boone ’30 and Quinn Burton ’30 get silly while exploring the outdoor learning lab.

Generous donors are one of the reasons Norfolk Collegiate is able to bring engaging spaces such as the Outdoor Learning Lab to our Oaks.

Collegiate Fund Donors Thank you for your generosity!

For 70 years, students have received a great education and an even better experience because of our generous donors. From providing outstanding academic and athletic programs and scholarships to equipping our teachers with the tools to provide our Oaks with a rich community environment in a technology-driven world, the Collegiate Fund supports the school’s most important needs, contributes to every part of the school’s operations and impacts every aspect of the student experience.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

FOUNDERS’S CIRCLE $10,000 & ABOVE Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Brian Clements Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin G. Cottrell V Ted ’85 & Keryn Mathas Andrew Schaubach ’92 Mr. Jeff Silverman

HEADMASTER’S CIRCLE $5,000 TO $9,999 Steve & Barbara Ballard Wendell & Martha Franklin Hampton Roads Community Foundation James M. Willcox Memorial Fund Leslie & Thomas Hix Marc & Kym Hrisko Thomas ’90 & Elizabeth Minton

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Scott & Charlene Robertson Laura & Lloyd Taliaferro

CAROLTON OAK’S CIRCLE $2,500 TO $4,999 Katherine ’80 & Mark Batzel Mike & Michelle Bennett Richard & Dawn Bray Alison Mathias Carlsmith Jeffrey ’89 & Mary Creekmore Larry & Amy Flora Taylor ’00 & Emily Franklin Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Guarraia Mr. & Mrs. Henry U. Harris III Harweb Foundation Clarke Hitch ’07 & Catharine Kappauf Sunshine ’79 & Tyler Leinbach Kate Ellis Marshburn David Lopez & Linda McCleish Lopez

Mr. & Mrs. W. Sheppard Miller III Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moore Ed & Jan Reed Sharon & Scott Reed Dusty & Ryan Rhodes George & Barbara Sarris John ’93 & Elisabeth Sawyer Jim ’75 & Elizabeth Smith Taylor Construction Lang & Lucy Williams

BELL TOWER CLUB $1,000 TO $2,499 Karen Bangel Alan Banks Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Bonnewell Michael ’87 & Tamatha ’87 Burton Linda & Claiborne Coupland Bill & Kaky Drury

Robert ’80 & Betsy ’83 Given Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Groves Sr. Scott & Carroll Lee Kennedy Jill & Gary Layne Bruce ’87 & Janet Lennon Jones John & Terry Lynch Norman & Betsy Mason R. J. & Margaret Morrow Mr. & Mrs. George Neskis Scott ’83 & Kelli Overton Dan ’99 & Nicole Pellegrino Charles & Anita Polen J. David ’76 & Pamela Rives Mrs. Madelyn R. Sawyer Alexandra ’91 & Craig Snyder Judith L. Tharp Levi & Susanna Thomson Jim ’82 & Mahala Vail Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Weaver Robert & Thomasine Williams

Denise & John Wright MIGHTY OAKS CLUB $500 TO $999 Marquis & Tanisha Alston Michael & Jane Barclift Ronnie & Lisa Boone Topher & Maria Booth Barbara Boyd ’74 Carl & Ardene Bunch Alan & Mandy Chap Michael ’88 & Anne ’88 Claywell Pam ’92 & Lewis Crenshaw Capt. & Mrs. Michael D. Davis USN (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Rick Davis Jay & Amy Demeter Tim & Teri Duvall Marie A. Finch Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Fowler Tom & Bug Gallagher Burr & Jennifer Henderson Mr. & Mrs. John Holt Jim & Pam Hurley Mrs. Patricia C. Jacobs Howard & LeAnne Jordan Mr. & Mrs. William W. King John Klinck & Eileen Hofmann Travis Levy ’93 Anna Fortson Logue ’94 Tom Manser & Maria Urbano Tommy ’83 & Robyn Mathas Don & Minnie Mathias Paul Matthews & Deborah Baynor Robert & Rochelle McCashin Robert & Margo McFarland Dr. & Mrs. Sunil S. Menawat Susan Meredith ’78 & Joe Beck Bob & Mae Obermeyer William & Norma Overton Tim & Amanda Polsinelli Bob Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison III Audrey Smith Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Stine David & May Scott Sutelan

ACORN CLUB $250 TO $499 Scott & Lori Alperin David & Lori Baccanari

Dale & Keith Bangel Maria McLemore Behan ’05 John & Jody Benedict Emily Bennett ’11 David Bonnewell ’09 Christopher & Katrina Butler David & Patricia Chase Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Cohen Paula & Chris Cook Frances Craig Jim & Annette Creekmore Anne Park Curtis Rad ’00 & Lindsay Davenport Bobby & Leslie DeFord Mrs. Ruby L. Dowd Randi ’05 & Trevor Dunlap Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Edmond Dean ’72 & Ilene Goldman David ’80 & Leslie Greenberg Mr. Paul Gregoire & Dr. Adelia Gregoire Christopher Gross & Diana Blanchard Gross Harris Teeter Inc. Bert & Anne Henderson Sam Hitch 12 Franklin T. Holloway ’82 Dale Christopher House ’82 Chris Hughes ’04 Brad Jones ’89 William B. & Betty M. Jones Charles ’87 & Katharine Lehew Mary Vail Lewis ’90 David & Charlene Loope Mr. & Mrs. William J. Marshall Kelly Martone ’87 Robyn & Joe Maus Ron & Kitty McLean Patrick & Aarynn McMahon Patty McMichael Val & Vincent Ortiz Cara Oxenham ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Poole Jon ‘89 & Tracie Pruden Eric & Laura Radspinner Richard & Jean Gray Rice Laura Moore Riddick ’07 Louis & Kerrie Roth Martha Ruggles ’78 S. L. Nusbaum Insurance Agency Inc. Ryan Samuel ’05 & Kali McFarland Samuel ’08 Jeffrey Sawyer ’90 David & Kim Siebert The Signorelli Family Michael & Ashley Snowden Sara Steil Catherine ’94 & Tyler Thomson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Thomson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Tillson Jr. Bob Turner Virginia Association of Independent Schools Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott Jr. Cathy Wright Ra & Sotheara Yoeun

SPIRIT CLUB $100 TO $249 Anonymous Eric & Jennifer Adams Dr. Muge Akpinar Elci Vanessa Allen Sutherland

Amazon Smile Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Archer Taraneh Azar ’85 & Michael Moody John Bain Barbara ’83 & Robert Baxter Kent & Lily Beachy Capt. & Mrs. Douglas Beaver Jarrett & Reece Beeler Oscar & Shannon Bejarano Frank ’04 & Brittany ’04 Bishop Wesi & Scott Boyer Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Breeden III Austin Brockenbrough ’92 Cayte Merryman Brown ’08 Ann Stuart ’89 & James Bugg III Mitch Burton ’04 Mallory Copeland Butler ’85 & Otis E. Butler III Brenton Buxton ’80 Joseph & Deniece Byrne Dr. & Mrs. William Callaghan Dana Carr Mr. Don Coqayohomuwok Chapman ’72 Ron Chupik Nelee & Charles Connors Garrett Crain ’09 Todd Curry ’79 John & Holly Dalton Sarah Doyle Meghan Kanter Dozier ’10 Justin Epstein ’85 Dr. Russell D. Evett Claire Fornsel & Ken Reichert Marion C. Foster Caroline King Furr ’88 Mr. Robert E. Gallagher Nick & Dana Garcia Megan Goldwasser Erik ’84 & Samantha Gordon Sandra & Howard Gordon Anderson Granger ’12 Aaron Gregory Mr. & Mrs. R. Bryan Grinnan III Karen & Nicole Grover Marc ’76 & Theresa Gutterman John & Pam Hair Curtis & Mary Hall Jon & Debbie Hall Virginia ’81 & John Hitch Leo & Mary Ellen Holland Bobby ’76 & Megan Howlett Mrs. Derrell Hudgins Bradley Jacobson ’91 Gary & Barbara Janovetz Rick & Kim Kahler Michael Kaplan Leigh Keogh ’92 Ashley King Patricia Laibstain ’83 Hunter & Meredith Larson Monroe & Kristen Lentz Jennifer Metzger Lester ’92 Michael ’02 & Emily ’02 Lindale Bev & Bob Mann Carl & Viola Mason Charles ’93 & Kathy McCoy Steve & Michelle McNaughton Henry Meredith ’11 Jessie Miller ’08 Julius ’76 & Jeanne Miller Bert & Linda Morrison Jason Mundy

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Mrs. Barbara Z. Murphy Thomas & Donna Marie Murphy Ruth Newberry ’96 & Patrick Barrineau Dr. & Mrs. William Lyle Oelrich Brad & Kotrina O’Neal LaTisha Owens Jeffrey & Beth Parker Jane A. Pellegrino Carter & Lisa Pettrey Mr. & Mrs. William J. Pidgeon Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Steve Poorman & Cara Scheffres Mr. & Mrs. Kent P. Porter Michael & Susie Potter Robert Powell ’09 Chris & Kim Reaghard Ronald & Brenda Redmond Dr. & Mrs. Bonnie L. Reshefsky Mr. & Mrs. Randy Ribaudo John & Amy Robb Chris Robertson ’19 Brad & Kasey Rosen Alan M. Salsbury Mr. & Mrs. Derrick D. Saunders Eric Schloss ’87 Ed & Jackie Scott Dr. Julian W. Selig Jr. Bev Shore Melissa Natchus Silverman Motjaba & Hedieh Sirjani Cleteus & Catherine Smith Stephen ’78 & Laura Stackhouse Eric & Amy Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Mac A. Stewart William Stonaker & Patricia Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Stubbs John & Arlinda Taylor Terry & Jeff Tessler Sandie ’80 & Stephen Thompson Jeff & Denise Tinkham Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Todd Tyler Trapani ’09 Drew & Amber Ungvarsky Liz Waters Scott ’91 & Abigail Weinstein Jan Weintraub Chris & Cindy Wilkinson The Williams School Thomas Wilson ’76 Dinky ’80 & Jimmy Winn Charlie & Amy Woodson Eric & Rebecca Zborowski

BLUE & WHITE CLUB UP TO $99 Melissa & Brady Adams Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Addison Hilary ’00 & Jeremy Alessi Gabby Allen ‘19 Reagan Alsop ‘19 Capt. & Mrs. Richard B. Alsop Ellen Alt Angie Lawrence Ashley ’92 Margaret Watt Baker ’91 David Banks & Marsha Whittier Parker Banks ’18 Stephanie ’88 & Randall Banks Tanya Banks Erika Bannister Julia Bannister Anna Baragona ’18

Shannon Bartel Rich & Kim Bartlett Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bashara Becky Baskins Rebecca Stone Beale ’81 Sarah Beck ’18 Molly Beegle ’19 Maria Behling ’19 Bryan Bejarano ’23 Kaylee Bejarano ’21 Evan Benedict ’04 Selim Benis ’19 Cody Bennett ’14 Mitchell & Candace Berg Tyler Berg ’19 Peter & Brenda Beznoska Mario & Angela Bievre Jermaine & Tameka Boatner Kathy Boettcher Grace Bonnewell ’12 Garrett & Laura Booker Rawn Boulden Hallsey Brandt ’12 Courts Breeden ’19 Gates Breeden ’16 Taylor Brock ’11 Anne Brockenbrough Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Brockenbrough Rachel Brodsky ’15 Herbert Brown Robert & Kelly Brown Chris Bunch ’19 Thomas & Jackie Burke Jackson Burke ’18 Matthew Byrne ’22 Missy Ungerman Callahan ’05 Peter & Marie Callo Daniel & Katie Campbell Fitz & Katrina Cantrell Allison Casper ’19 James & Sheri Casper Ms. Beverly A. Causey Mr. & Mrs. James S. Cazares Ian ‘91 & Tasha Chapel Thomas Chatman ’19 Dylan Cheek ’18 Tori Cherry ’17 Baodan Collins ’15 Alexandra Cook ’15 Mr. Charles E. Cook Ashley Cota ’13 Daniel ’80 & Linda Crain Melanie Crain ’12 Jingming Cui ’15 Mary Lou Cutter Kerri Darden Sammy & Tonya Davidson PK Dawson ’18 Molly Dewitt Ms. Dawn M. Dillard Jodi ’88 & Andy Dobrinsky Jordan Dobrinsky ’17 Noah Dobrinsky ’17 Ray Domena ’19 Cynthia Dowd Miles Edmond ’18 Mr. & Mrs. James M. Edwards Svenja Eugster ’19 Mrs. Carolyn M. Ewing Ms. Kasaundra Ewing Stephen Fan ’20 Miss Vivian Fang

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony T. Fattizzi Austin Fattizzi ’19 Michelle Fernander Dr. & Mrs. Wilson File Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fiorella Hunter Flora ’18 Reilly Flynn ’18 Thomas Forchas ’20 Sam Fowler ’19 David & Cathy Francis Georgina Franklin Kathy Frogosa Lt. Cmdr. & Mrs. Mark Gallagher Antonio Gao ’20 John Randolph Edwards Garris ’06 Laura Gayle ’16 Jake Georges ’19 Katie Georges ’17 Grace Georgo ’18 Grace Gilbert ’19 Brett Goldman ’18 Max Golovsky ’19 Devon & Daytesha Goodwin Gina Gordy Dr. & Mrs. T. Winston Gouldin Atheena Gouviotis ’19 Woody Granger ’08 John & Kirsty Green Jessica ’04 & Joshua Grippo Parker Gross ’18 McKenna Grounds Anabelle Groves ’19 Sara & Matthew Hahne Shelby Hall ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brian J. Hamilton Sarah Hammer Clare Harbin ’19 Derek & Clifford King Harbin Sebastian “Chuck” Hardy ’17 Katy Harrison Savannah Hart ’19 Abigail Hecht ’19 Evan ’87 & Victoria ’87 Hecht Lexi Hirschfeld ’19 Caylee Hirschfeld ’19 Jason & Michelle Hirschfeld Paul & Sarah Hoffman Max Holman Austin Honey ’19 Tristan How ’20 Barry ’83 & Cristy Howlett Bobby Howlett ’19 Brendan & Tara Hoyle Latonya Hunter Blair Hurley ’16 Christie Huse Josh Hutson ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery W. Hux Ashley ’94 & Christian James Lisa Renee Jennings Michael Johnson Bailey Jones ’16 Elizabeth Jones ’18 Jacquelyn Jones Hunter Kahler ’17 Taylor & Michael Kelly Carter Kennedy ’16 Layne Kennedy ’13 Mrs. Mary Keogh Dr. Felix M. Kirven & Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Smith Sarah Kirven ’19

Virginia L. Kitchin Rachel Klavan ’15 Rebecca Klein Mike Klinck ’15 Jason & Ashley Koonce Lolita Kraft Mrs. Irina Kvitko Jodi Laderberg ’08 Randy Ladkau Susanna Lai ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Laine Jeffrey & Lauren Langley Ashleigh Lassiter Jordan Laster ’19 McKenzie Layne ’12 Victor Layne ’16 Hunter Lee ’15 Maryliz Lentz ’16 Cameron Lewis ’18 Mr. Steven C. Link Susannah Lipchak Rachael Liu ’20 Meg Lockhart ’19 Tim & Anne Lockhart Emma Lu ’19 Grace Lyden ’21 Jack Lyu ’19 Mitchell Maguire ’19 Mia Mathas ’18 Ellie Maus ’18 Jack McCaffrey ’15 Laura McCarthy ’12 Mark & Alan Boring Ty McKay ’23 Jamie McLemore ’09 Carson McMonagle ’18 Chip & Melissa Meador Phil & Debbie Meadows Caroline Mears ’10 Elizabeth Mears ’08 Jay & Nancy Mears Bobby Merryman ’10 Steve & Gretchen Merryman Logan Michelon ’19 Suzanne Montgomery Laura Morse Mr. James T. Moskowitz & Dr. Antje Schwennicke Katy ‘06 & Jeremy Moss Nicole & Gregg Mottinger Peyton Murphy ’19 Ethan Myers ’19 Sarah Newman Morgan N. Nottingham ’21 Nancy Horton Nusbaum ’81 Autumn O’Brien Michael Ortiz ’15 Shelby Ortiz ’10 Kenyatta Osby Ravi Palat ’19 Elizabeth Laine Parker ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Eric S. Patterson Margaret Paul Mary Peccie Dr. & Mrs. T. Mark Peterson Bryson Pettrey ’18 Sarah Philpott ’17 Frances Pierce ’19 Damon & Nicole Pitts Tessa Pleijsant ’18 Emily Pope William & Melissa Poppert

Alex Potter ’19 Briana Powell ’19 Demetra Protogyrou ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Philip P. Purrington III Parker Purrington ’19 Calie Quinn ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Marc D. Rabinowitz Julie Wiley Ramsey ’88 Ahmon Reddix Luke Reilly Brooke Rogers ’20 Jacob Roth ’19 Judit Roth Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Rountree Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Rush Troy & Alyssa Russell Robert & Julie Samuel Christopher Sarris ’19 Kris & Sarah Schulte Emily Scott ’20 Paul & Patti Seeman Lex Selig ’15 Nick Selig ’17 Noah Siebert ’17 Justin Silverman ’19 Megan Silverman ’19 Nicole Pidgeon Skees ’06 Richard & Diane Smith Erin Smyth Mitchell Snyder ’24 Miller Solomon Paige Solomon Kelsey Soskin ’19 Tim Spooner ’18 Lila Spurgeon ’19 Sybil ’91 & Rob Spurgeon Nick & Maryann Stampfli Alan Stell Sarah Stradling Jamie Stump Paul & Dorothy Sullivan Rachel Sutelan ’19 Ally Symmes ’19 Hayley Tate ’15 Cabell Thomas ’14 Frank Thomson & Christina Cooper Kelly Enright Tiblier ’04 Chelsea Titi ’03 Capt. & Mrs. Richard J. Titi USN (Ret.) Craig ’88 & Shelagh Todd Gabrielle Toomy ’19 Anh Tran Kenny Tynes Mr. Christian Van Deven Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Van Orman Hayden C. Verostic ’19 Joseph & Kelly Verostic Maxwell Vooss ’19 Melinda ’87 & Scott Vooss Mr. Scott D. Waitzer Tara Walker Paige Walker ’04 Stacie Walls Beegle Brooke Walthall ’18 Ling Wang Irene & Joseph Weintrob Ms. Rita Weiss Emma Wentworth ’19 Jack Wentworth ’17 Alexandra Turner White ’11 Catherine ’87 & David White Susan White

COLLEGIATE FUND VOLUNTEERS We want to thank our volunteers for being the voices who champion the importance of annual giving to our school.

We are most appreciative of their commitment to and support of our annual giving campaign. One way our Collegiate Fund volunteers help is the phone-a-thon, an event that fosters positive relationships with alumni, parents and friends of the school.

PHONE-A-THON VOLUNTEERS Dawn Bray Alison Carlsmith Jill Layne Scott Robertson Barbara Sarris John Sawyer ’93

2018-19 DEVELOPMENT STAFF Julia Bannister Cayte Brown ’08 Nicole Pellegrino Jamie Stump

Mrs. Amanda White Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Charlie Williams Julie Merryman Williams ’13 Melody Williford ’19 Ms. Emily Wilson Anna Winn ’19 Gordon Wolcott ’09 Sarah Wolcott ’07 Carter Woods ’19 Matt Wright ’19 Neal & Missy Wright Victoria Xiang ’19 Matthew Yoeun ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Younce Lawrence Zeno ’88 Yufan Zhao ’19 Sophie Zhou ’18 Karen Kruger Ziselman ’80

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COLLEGIATE FUND

IN PHOTOS

Charlotte Hilton ’29 shows off an egg during a field trip to Back Bay Refuge.

Kendra Honey ’21 works her way to the top of the alpine tower during the Sophomore Trek in Suffolk. The trek is a day of teambuilding each sophomore class participates in off campus.

Aaron Mungo ’22 takes a moment to reflect after climbing the tower during the Freshmen Retreat.

The retreat is a teambuilding and bonding retreat for the freshmen class.

Tracie Barraclough ’20, right, holds a seine net during a science field trip. Off-campus trips such as this allow Oaks an opportunity to experience their class lessons firsthand in the real world.

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STUDENTSPOTLIGHT JORDAN LASTER ’19 “My mom always tells me the same story about my first day of Kindergarten at Collegiate,” said senior Jordan Laster ’19, pictured on the right. “She followed the bus to school, parked her car and walked right into Mrs. Phillip’s class. Mrs. Phillips [former Kindergarten teacher] told her she really didn’t need to be there. But looking back, it was really sweet that she was.”

A Collegiate lifer, Jordan served as student body president during the 2018-19 school year and was responsible for rallying his class to 100 percent class participation in giving to the Collegiate Fund. As much as he’s looking forward to starting his first year at Duke University in the fall of 2019, he’ll miss every aspect of his Collegiate life.

“My mom chose Collegiate because of the small class sizes and community feel, and I’ve stayed for the family I’ve made here,” he said.

The comfortable classroom setting made learning easy. Growing up in a smaller school environment also taught Jordan how to thrive and contribute to a community. He believes he wouldn’t have learned the intricacies of interacting with teachers, fellow students and the world around him in a different environment.

Jordan Laster ’19 served as senior class president and was responsible for rallying his class to 100 percent class participation in giving to the Collegiate Fund.

JEFFERSON CHALLENGE

“When I’ve toured colleges, I’ve noticed I’m one of the more comfortable students. I have no problem asking questions and introducing myself to new people. I think that comes from my Collegiate teachers encouraging self advocacy,” he said.

As senior class president, Jordan was

The reason he supports the school, he says, is because he wants to support future generations of Collegiate students.

on the importance of school philanthropy.

“I’ve always felt supported here, and I want the next round of lifers to have the same experience. They deserve it,” he said.

responsible for managing the Jefferson Challenge program alongside his fellow class officers. The purpose of the challenge is to engage and educate Oaks The students were challenged to raise at least $1,000 for the school through a series of fundraisers, with the benchmark fundraiser being the graduation yard signs.

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Special Gifts to the Collegiate Fund Many donors choose to pay tribute in honor of or in memory of friends or loved ones by making gifts to Norfolk Collegiate. We are grateful for those gifts and the people they celebrate who now are a part of our Norfolk Collegiate legacy of giving.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

Ellen Alt Dr. Muge Akpinar Elci

Molly Dewitt Grace Lyden

Jill Archer Ty McKay ’23

Kadin Ewing ’22 Ms. Kasaundra Ewing

Helena ’15, Parker ’18 & Lily ’22 Banks Mr. & Mrs. Randall Banks

Elliot File ’32 Dr. & Mrs. Wilson File

Ava Bannister ’28 Erika Bannister

Cathy Francis Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Callo

Sarah ’24 & Robbie ’27 Bartlett Rich & Kim Bartlett

Andrew Gallagher ’21 Lt. Cmdr. & Mrs. Mark Gallagher

Kaitlyn Baxter ’22 Barbara ’83 & Robert Baxter

Bryce Goodwin ’29 Devon & Daytesha Goodwin Carl & Viola Mason

Peyton Murphy ’19 Thomas & Donna Marie Murphy

Taryn Goodwin ’22 Devon & Daytesha Goodwin Carl & Viola Mason

Norfolk Collegiate Fine & Performing Arts Department The Williams School

Jake Green ’24 John & Kirsty Green

Kenna O’Brien ’24 Autumn O’Brien

Elena Grippo ’32 Jessica ’04 & Joshua Grippo

Carleigh Parker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Brockenbrough

Lennox Hamilton ’26 Brian & Janelle Hamilton

Margaret Paul Brad Jones ’89 Betty Jones Bruce Lennon Jones ’87

Molly Beegle ’19 Mrs. Stacie K. Walls Beegle Tyler Berg ’19 Mitchell & Candace Berg Claire Beznoska ’31 Peter & Brenda Beznoska Khamarri Boatner ’23 Jermaine & Tameka Boatner Gary & Debbie Bonnewell Miss Grace E. Bonnewell Garrett Booker Dr. Muge Akpinar Elci

Abigail Hecht ’19 Evan ’87 & Victoria ’87 Hecht Mrs. Victoria Edwards Hecht

Herbert Brown Ms. Cynthia Dowd

Cooper Pretlow Henderson ’27 Mr. & Mrs. Bert Henderson

Robert Chase ’22 David & Patricia Chase

Caylee ’19 & Ethan ’23 Hirschfeld’s Coaches & Teachers Jason & Michelle Hirschfeld

Anne Fennell Claywell ’88 Anna Winn ’19 Anne Curtis Ms. Sarah J. Doyle Jamie McLemore ’09 Sandie Baker Thompson ’80 Julie Merryman Williams ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Woodson Chris Davidson ’21 Sammy & Tonya Davidson

Rick Davis Ms. Cynthia Dowd

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Parker Howlett ’25 Mr. & Mrs. Barry T. Howlett Patrick Howlett ’23 Mr. & Mrs. Barry T. Howlett Hailey Hux ’20 Jeff & Delores Hux Samanatha Janovetz ’20 Gary & Barb Janovetz Emmett Jefferson ’20 Dawn Dillard

Sarah Kirven ’19 Dr. Felix M. Kirven & Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Smith Meg Lockhart ’19 Tim & Anne Lockhart Caroline Meador ’27 Chip & Melissa Meador James Meador ’29 Chip & Melissa Meador Carolyn Miller Mr. Todd D. Curry Jr.

Jack Poorman ’25 Steve Poorman & Cara Scheffres Dinari Redmond ’26 Ronald & Brenda Redmond Amy Robb Evan Benedict ’04 Ms. Cynthia Dowd Chris Robertson ’19 Justin Silverman ’19 Justin Silverman ’19 Chris Robertson ’19 Alex Snyder ’91 Craig Mitchell Snyder ’24 Sarah ’25 & Katie ‘28 Stonaker Mr. William Stonaker & Mrs. Patricia Wilson

Students perform a choreographed number for the spring musical, “Anything Goes,” on the Hackney Theater stage.

Gifts to the Collegiate Fund, no matter the amount, allow Norfolk Collegiate to continue to offer dynamic arts programming.

Sydney Sutherland ’27 Vanessa Allen Sutherland

Lynn Hale Betty Jones

Skylar Tessler ’20 Terry & Jeff Tessler

Susan Haworth Jennifer Metzger Lester ’92

Adam & Leanne Tharp Judith L. Tharp

Mrs. Sadie B. House Dale Christopher House ’82

Catherine Todd Thomson ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Stevens

Tiffany Jones Jacquelyn Jones

Spencer Tinkham ’11 The Tinkham Family

Henry Linkus The Rev. Justin H. Epstein

Clay Tinkham ’14 The Tinkham Family

Ann Martin Hallsey Brandt ’12

Doris Wilson Ms. Michelle Fernander

Hanna Grace Polen ’11 Charles & Anita Polen

Matthew Wright ’19 Neal & Melissa Wright

Billy Rector ’05 Dr. & Mrs. T. Mark Peterson George ’01 & Rachael Rector Michael & Deborah Via

Victoria Xiang ’19 Claire Fornsel

Larry Riggs Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Wilson

GIVEN IN MEMORY OF.....

David Gayle ’09 Cmdr. & Mrs. Francis J. Campion, USN (Ret.) John H. Hackney Jr. Nancy ’81 & Charles Nusbaum Ms. Cara Oxenham ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison III Richard Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Groves Sr.

Joe Rostov ’11 Liz Waters Michael Thorner Angie Lawrence Ashley ’92 Mary Keogh Mr. Robert J. Keogh Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Laine Jennifer Metzger Lester ’92 Kathy & Bill Marshall Betsy & Norman Mason Dr. & Mrs. William L. Oelrich

Elizabeth Laine Parker ’92 Jane A. Pellegrino Mr. Scott D. Waitzer Richard White Mrs. Melissa Adams Virginia Butler ’07, Hunter Kahler ’17 & Mary Pembroke Kahler ’20 Mr. Otis E. Butler III Dr. & Mrs. William Callaghan Brett Goldman ’18 Christopher & Diana Blanchard Gross Betty Jones Bonnie, Marc & Jesse Rabinowitz Sara Steil & Bryan Ward Cabell B. Thomas ’14 Michael Wimbrough ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Lehew James C. Wirt Mr. Todd D. Curry Jr. Mr. Travis C. Levy

GIFTS IN KIND.....

John & Holly Dalton Mr. Bryan Jackson ’94 Jones Printing Service Inc. Moe’s Southwest Grill Norfolk Farm Market Norfolk Tides Baseball Wood ’79 & Ellen Selig Smathers & Branson Special Events Virginia Mr. & Mrs. Brian Wynne

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Matching Gift Companies Norfolk Collegiate receives a huge boost from corporate matching gifts. Many employers have matching gift programs for which Collegiate qualifies. Please contract your employer to see if it has a matching gift program. This is a great way to maximize your generous donations.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Mr. Michael J. Fowler Mr. Kevin Larkin Mr. Richard Morrow Mrs. Cynthia F. Wilkinson

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Community partner programs allow you to support of Norfolk Collegiate while you shop.

HARRIS TEETER: Harris Teeter’s Together In Education program provides schools a chance to earn funds when you purchase Harris Teeter products. Simply link your VIC card to Norfolk Collegiate (#4794) through HarrisTeeter.com/Together-in-Education.

Then when you shop Harris Teeter brands, a percentage of the purchase will be donated to the school.

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Mr. George M. Rector ’01 Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program Mr. Paul S. Matthews GlaxoSmithKline Mrs. Maria E. Behan ’05 Humana Foundation Mr. Christopher Reaghard Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Mr. Michael J. Fowler SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Mrs. Carol H. Moore

Matching Gift Donors The following donors doubled their gift by taking advantage of their companies’ matching gift program. Thank you! Please contract your employer to see if your company has a matching gift program. This is a great way to maximize your generous donations.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

David & Lori Baccanari Gardens in a Flowerpot Jones Printing Service Inc. McDonald Garden Center Wood ’79 & Ellen Selig

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Alexandra ’91 & Craig Snyder Special Events Virginia Taylor’s Do It Center Terra Firma Norfolk Farm Market Winn Nursery of Virginia Inc.

AMAZONSMILE AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way to support your favorite charitable organization. Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Norfolk Collegiate.

Simply visit Smile.Amazon.com, select Collegiate to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. They will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation to the school.

BOX TOPS 4 EDUCATION Box Tops are changing to fit today’s shopper! It’s now easier than ever to earn rewards for Collegiate.

Traditional Box Tops clips are being phased out, but remain on many products.

Families may still clip Box Tops from participating products and turn them into the lower school for points. However, the program is going to an all digital format in coming years. If you see the new label on products, simply scan your receipt using the mobile app to earn eBoxTops®. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to your school’s earnings online.

Learn more at BoxTops4Education.com.

Image courtesy of Freepix.com

For more than 70 years, Norfolk Collegiate’s parents have been continuous financial supporters of the Collegiate Fund. The following numbers represent parent giving participation by class from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. Thank you for your dedication and support of our community.

52%

40%

67% First Grade

26%

Pre-Kindergarten

Kindergarten

35%

56% Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

51%

41%

32%

50%

Fourth Grade

Ninth Grade

10TH Grade

24%

11TH Grade

Second Grade

52%

12TH Grade

41%

Third Grade

31%

Eighth Grade

Grandparent Giving We are fortunate to have loyal, active and committed grandparents whose continued support is a source of pride for the entire school community. Many thanks to our grandparents who generously support the education of their precious grandchildren. Please contact the Development Office at 757.480.2348 to update grandparent contact information and ensure you stay in the loop with all the exciting activities at Collegiate.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Addison Ms. Karen L. Bangel Mr. David Banks & Mrs. Marsha Whittier Ms. Joan L. Barry Mr. & Mrs. Lee Baynor Mr. & Mrs. Randy Bolin The Honorable & Mrs. Richard S. Bray Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Breeden III Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brockenbrough Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Bush Mrs. Mary T. Cacace Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Callo Mr. & Mrs. James Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Chatman Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Clendining Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Connors Mr. & Mrs. Jonas A. Cosner Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Creekmore Mrs. Hope Davis Mrs. Bess P. Decker Mrs. Ruby L. Dowd Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. William R. Drury Dr. Russell D. Evett Ms. Joyce Farrell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fiorella Mrs. Marion C. Foster Mr. Frank Franco Mr. & Mrs. Wendell C. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Gallagher Mrs. Peggy G. Gatje Mr. & Mrs. R. Bryan Grinnan III Mrs. Florencia Gross Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Guarraia Mr. & Mrs. Bert Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Hix Mrs. Janet Hohnholt Mr. & Mrs. Leo Holland Mr. & Mrs. John Holt Mrs. Patricia C. Jacobs Ms. Audrey C. Johnson Mrs. Flora Jones Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jones III Mrs. Barbara B. Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Koonce Ms. Sandra Lane Dr. & Mrs. Willette L. LeHew Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Littman Mrs. Kate Ellis Marshburn Mr. & Mrs. Carl Mason

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Robbie Bartlett ’27 and his grandma enjoy a moment during the lower school’s Grandparents & Special Friends Day.

DID YOU KNOW? If you are 70½ or older, gifting all or a portion of the required minimum distribution (RMD) from your IRA account or inherited IRA can benefit your family and the mission of Norfolk Collegiate. By gifting a portion of the RMD amount you will not pay federal or state income tax on a direct transfer to Norfolk Collegiate; however, you will be making a difference in the lives of your grandchildren and other Collegiate students.

WANT TO LEARN MORE? Please contact Nicole Pellegrino, director of development, at npellegrino@ norfolkcollegiate.org.

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R. Massenberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Mathias Mr. Charles H. McCoy Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James R. McLean III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. McMonagle Mr. & Mrs. Charles McNaughton Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mitchum Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Morrison III Mrs. Barbara Z. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Dan O’Brien Mr. Denny Parker & Mrs. Kay Kemper Mr. & Mrs. William R. Pattinson Mr. & Mrs. G. Conoly Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Michael Polsinelli Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Poole Dr. & Mrs. Bonnie L. Reshefsky Mr. & Mrs. Randy Ribaudo Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Rice Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Rigby Mr. & Mrs. John A. Roane Mr. & Mrs. Victor Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Rountree Mrs. Margo E. Sarris Mrs. Madelyn R. Sawyer Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Schaubach Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Scheusner Dr. Julian W. Selig Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Stanton Dr. & Mrs. Mac A. Stewart Mr. William Stonaker & Mrs. Patricia Wilson Col. & Mrs. William Stormer Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Stubbs Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Sullivan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sutelan Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Sykes Dr. Judith L. Tharp Mr. & Mrs. James L. Thomson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Todd Dr. & Mrs. John S. Wagner Ms. Rita Weiss Mrs. Amanda White-Johnson Mr. & Mrs. George Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert Williams Mrs. Sarah Williams

PURCHASES MADE POSSIBLE BY THE 2018-19 LIBRARY FUND ONLINE BOOK SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions to online resources, such as Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, TumbleBooks and BrainPop, are made possible from the Library Fund.

Molly Mottinger ’31 looks for books in The Spainhour Family Library. Funds from the Library Fund help to bring new books for students to enjoy.

Library Fund The Library Fund received $1,750 from the lower school birthday book program to support the Spainhour Family Library.

All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

TumbleBooks is an online, animated book library for elementary-aged students featuring engaging stories and accompanying curricular materials. BrainPop also includes animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, concept

Melissa & Brady Adams Vanessa Allen Sutherland Paula Ayers Julia Bannister Kent & Lily Beachy Ronnie & Lisa Boone Dr. Stelianos A. Bredologos & Mrs. Kelly S. Bredologos Mr. Steven L. Brinker & Ms. Elizabeth Yusi Robert & Kelly Brown Christopher & Katrina Butler Brian & Amy Clements Andrew & Sue Collins Pam ’92 & Lewis Crenshaw Rebecca Day Taylor ’00 & Emily Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Brian J. Hamilton Burr & Jennifer Henderson Mr. Cleveland Jackson & Dr. Vera Roberts Jackson Mrs. Patricia C. Jacobs Ashley ’94 & Christian James Mr. & Mrs. James Judge Rick & Kim Kahler Jason & Ashley Koonce Jether Lacsamana & Brooke E. Calen

Kyle & Tinita LaFond Sandra Lane Jeffrey & Lauren Langley Michael ’02 & Emily ’02 Lindale David Lopez & Linda McCleish-Lopez Steve & Michelle McNaughton Chip & Melissa Meador Joe & Nancy Morgan Nicole & Gregg Mottinger Dr. & Mrs. Zattam Musselmani Mr. & Mrs. Ketan M. Patel Mr. & Mrs. William J. Pidgeon Dusty & Ryan Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Randy Ribaudo Dr. Adia Rivers Hailes John ’93 & Elisabeth Sawyer Mrs. Madelyn R. Sawyer Mr. & Mrs. Vishal M. Shah Dr. Amr Sheta Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Stallings Nick & Maryann Stampfli Col. & Mrs. William Stormer Richard & Christie Sykes John & Arlinda Taylor Catherine ’94 & Tyler Thomson Drew & Amber Ungvarsky

mapping and more. These resources are even shown in the classroom on SMARTBoards for an engaging literacy activity.

HARDBACK BOOKS All hardback books purchased for the Spainhour Family Library at the lower school come with a dedication plate honoring the birthday boy or girl.

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ATHLETICS

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Oaks Crushing It On and Off Fields Athletics—Especially Middle School— Are Growing by Leaps and Bounds Norfolk Collegiate has seen tremendous growth in the middle school athletics program in recent years. Not only is Collegiate attracting and retaining student-athletes, but those students also are participating in school plays, band, chorus, strings and even other sports.

“It’s an inclusive athletic environment. We make practices and feedback developmentally appropriate and invest a lot of time into our middle school athletes. We want them to find a passion for the sport they play.”

Jon Hall, Director of Athletics

Throughout the school year, well over 67 percent of the middle school student body participated in a sport. Middle school students had the option to participate in soccer, tennis, volleyball, sailing, cheerleading, basketball, lacrosse, developmental golf, baseball and softball.

Eighth grader Jackson Holt ’23 played soccer, basketball and lacrosse this year. “I learned a lot during lacrosse especially,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to be in sports because my parents were both college athletes.

Collegiate makes it fun.”

Focusing on technique, middle school coaches work with their student athletes to develop a strong foundation on which students can ascend to varsity play in the future. It’s not uncommon to see varsity coaches interact with middle school athletes during practices and before games.

OAK ATHLETICS

BY THE NUMBERS

107 Number of middle school students who participated in fall athletics—74% of the middle school.

97 Number of middle school students who participated in winter athletics—67% of the middle school.

88 Number of middle school students who participated in spring athletics—61% of the middle school.

Skyler Walton ’23 loves the camaraderie of it all. “I play field hockey and soccer,” she said. “I play to work with people of varying skill levels. We all learn from each other.”

LEFT: Members of the junior varsity girls volleyball team celebrate following a win.

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NORFOLK COLLEGIATE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE LONGSTANDING SUPPORT OF ITS PAST AND CURRENT FAMILIES. THE FAMILIES WE ARE HONORING— THE FRANKLIN AND MATHAS FAMILIES— HAVE SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL IN NUMEROUS WAYS THAT SPAN DECADES.“ SCOTT KENNEDY HEADMASTER

Turf Fields Officially Named The Franklin and Mathas families have been generous supporters of Norfolk Collegiate for many years. In September, the families—along with current parents and Board of Trustees members—gathered for an intimate ceremony officially dedicating the middle and upper school turf fields in their names.

“Norfolk Collegiate has been extremely fortunate to have the longstanding support of its past and current families,” Headmaster Scott Kennedy said. “The two families we are honoring—the Franklin and Mathas families—have supported the school in numerous ways that span decades.”

As the families looked on, their children unveiled the newly installed signage officially naming the turf fields—The Franklin Family Field and The Mathas Family Field—as student-athletes played behind them.

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ABOUT THE MATHAS FAMILY Irene and Tim Mathas began their journey at Collegiate when they enrolled their sons Tommy ’83 and Ted ’85. Irene served on the school’s Board of Trustees and witnessed its incredible transformation over the years. Tommy and Ted went on to become highly successful in their careers at New York Life Insurance Co., both having served on Collegiate’s Board of Trustees. Tommy sent his daughters Mia ’18 and Sophia ’23 to Collegiate, and the family’s legacy continues to thrive today.

ABOUT THE FRANKLIN FAMILY Martha and Wendell Franklin began their time at Collegiate when they enrolled their son Taylor ’00.

Wendell served on the Board of Trustees, and the couple continue their generous legacy through their four grandchildren—Zoe ’16, Caymus ’27, Colgin ’29 and Charlotte ’32. Taylor, whose children are Caymus, Colgin and Charlotte, serves not only as a leader in Hampton Roads but also at Collegiate, where he served as chairman of the board from 2015-19.

“We know their stories are far from finished at Collegiate,” said Kennedy, “and we are honored for their lead support of our fields, officially dedicated tonight.”

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ATHLETES WITH HONORS Student-athletes work hard throughout the year to be at the top of their game. Whether it’s maintaining their physical strength in the workout room or crafting their skills on the court, these student-athletes were selected by conference, state and regional coaches to represent their sport on an all-state or all-region level during the 2018-19 year.

Jackson Arnold ’20

Jordan Battle ’20

Thomas Chatman ’19

Bren Coakley ’20

Ray Domena ’19

TCIS Second Team Girls Volleyball

TCIS First Team Crew VISA All State Crew Sailing

Austin Fattizzi ’19 TCIS First Team Soccer VISAA Division II State Second Team Boys Soccer

TCIS Second Team Boys Lacrosse

TCIS First Team Soccer VISAA Division II State Second Team Boys Soccer TCIS First Team Boys Lacrosse

Svenja Eugster ’19 All TCIS Cross Country VISAA Division II All State Cross Country

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TCIS First Team Boys Basketball VISAA Division II First Team Basketball Virginian-Pilot All-Tidewater Second Team Basketball

Sam Beck ’21 VISA All State Crew Sailing

Molly Beegle ’19

TCIS First Team Girls Soccer VISAA Division I First Team Girls Soccer

Maggie Campbell ’22

Allison Casper ’19

All State Womens Skipper Sailing

TCIS Second Team Softball

Logan Gaskin ’21

Ava Georgo ’21

Taryn Goodwin ’22

TCIS All Time Shot Put School Record Breaker TCIS Shot Put Champion TCIS All Time Record Breaker Track and Field

TCIS Second Team Girls Soccer

TCIS Second Team Girls Soccer

Graham Fitzwater ’22

Monroe Forehand ’20

Clare Harbin ’19

Shelby Hall ’19

TCIS Second Team Baseball

TCIS Second Team Baseball

VISA All State Womens Crew Sailing

TCIS Second Team Field Hockey TCIS First Team Girls Soccer VISAA Division I First Team Girls Soccer

Tyler Hodges ’22

Nick Howlett ’20

Christian James ’22

Gina Leanzo ’21

TCIS Second Team Girls Basketball

TCIS Second Team Boys Lacrosse

TCIS Second Team Baseball

VISAA Division II All State Cross Country

TCIS Second Team Boys Soccer VISAA Division II Second Team Boys Lacrosse

Briana Powell ’19

Parker Purrington ’19

Chris Robertson ’19

Ellie Robertson ’21

Jacob Roth ’19

Juliana Selig ’22

TCIS First Team Skipper VISA All State Skipper Sailing

TCIS Sailor of the Year TCIS First Team Skipper VISA All State Skipper Sailing

TCIS First Team Girls Lacrosse VISAA Division II First Team Girls Lacrosse

TCIS Champion Wrestling VISAA State Runner Up Wrestling

TCIS First Team Doubles Girls Tennis TCIS Second Team Singles Tennis

Braeden Thomson ’20

Harrison Thomson ’22

Gabrielle Toomy ’19

Anna Winn ’19

Ella Worthy ’21

TCIS Second Team Boys Soccer

VISA All State Skipper Sailing

TCIS First Team Singles Girls Tennis TCIS First Team Doubles Girls Tennis VISAA Division II All State First Team Girls Tennis

TCIS Second Team Girls Lacrosse

TCIS First Team Girls Soccer

TCIS First Team Girls Basketball

Katie Sullivan ’21 TCIS First Team Girls Lacrosse VISAA Division II First Team Girls Lacrosse

Abe Musselmani ’20

Kyleigh O’Brien ’21 TCIS First Team Field Hockey

Matt Wright ’19 TCIS First Team Crew VISA All State Crew

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VARSITY ATHLETICS Jacob Roth ’19 prepares to flip his opponent during a wrestling match.

Ella Worthy ’21 stops her opponent from taking control of the ball during a girls varsity soccer match.

Annabeth Cary ’20 takes control of the ball during a varsity girls field hockey game.

Elijah Jones ’20 sweeps the ball past his opponents during a varsity boys soccer game.

Photos courtesy of Jim Morrison (jmwriter.com)

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Thomas Chatman ’19 blocks the ball from his opponent during a varsity boys basketball game.

Brianna Powell ’19 sails past her opponents during a varsity girls basketball game.

Bren Coakley ’20 prepares to score against Foxcroft School during a girls varsity lacrosse game.

Abe Musselmani ’20 runs past his opponent during a boys varsity lacrosse game.

Brooke Rodgers ’20 returns the ball while her teammate Kaitlyn Kaplan ’22 backs her up during a varsity girls volleyball game.

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ABOVE: Alumnus Mark Jamias ’13 is passionate about forging new foreign partnerships. In addition to being named a Presidential Management Fellow to the U.S. Coast Guard in Africa, Mark is also serving as the Coast Guard’s Foreign Visits Coordinator, monitoring foreign engagements across the service.

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FOLLOWINGPASSIONS Norfolk Collegiate has seen more than 3,000 students cross the stage and join the ranks of alumni. Their paths once they leave our halls are varied but continue to cross along their lives journeys. Below are a handful of alumni who are following their passions—and we’re taking note.

GORDON WOLCOTT ’09

JAQUI MCBRIDE LILLY ’90

Occupation | Attorney, Wolcott Rivers Gates

Occupation | Owner, Beach Gallery

PASSIONATE ABOUT | Supporting the Hampton Roads community, especially along its waterfront.

PASSIONATE ABOUT | Art

CHECK IT OUT | Wolcott is a fifth-generation attorney with Wolcott Rivers Gates. The firm represents clients in nearly every area of law. Gordon focuses his general litigation practice on personal injury, real estate and estate planning.

ERIC MORGAN ’00 Occupation | Manager, Event Operations-State Farm Arena and Atlanta Hawks PASSIONATE ABOUT | Managing event logistics for the busiest arena in the southeast and providing exceptional experiences for the fans.

CHECK IT OUT | Morgan, seen in the far left of the photo, hosted Michelle Obama in May 2019 as part of her Becoming Tour, which stopped at the State Farm Arena where he works as manager of event operations.

CHECK IT OUT | Lilly took ownership in July 2019 and is committed to upholding the quality of framing, service and relations that was established at Beach Gallery more than 40 years ago. Stop by and visit at 313 Laskin Road, Suite 104.

MARK JAMIAS ’13 Occupation | AFRICOM Regional Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, pictured at left PASSIONATE ABOUT | Forging new foreign partnerships, aviation and volleyball CHECK IT OUT | In 2018, Jamias was named a Presidential Management Fellow to the U.S. Coast Guard, where he advises service leadership on the security, political and economic developments in Africa. He executes bilateral meetings, head of state visits and large-scale Coast Guard events. As part of his fellowship, Jamias was detailed to the State Department’s Executive Secretariat and currently works on maritime security issues in the Department’s Bureau of African Affairs.

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ALUMNIUPDATES All alumni updates reflect news received from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

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1996

1982

2000

Barbara Boyd is working at the US Embassy in Baghdad as a biometric information technology systems administrator.

Allyson Benavides passed away in March 2019.

Bill Averett and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed their daughter, Emma, in September 2018.

Taylor Franklin was recognized for the second consecutive year as one of the top 100 leaders in Hampton Roads by Inside Business 2019 Power List.

2002

1985

Mallory Copeland Butler, above, hosted alumni Joey Swartz ’17, Megan Morford ’16 and Austin Beale ’17 at the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate’s (HRACRE) Summer Intern Program.

Sid Dobrin published a book titled “Fishing, Gone?: Saving the Ocean through Sportfishing.”

1988

Neil Waranch opened a restaurant called “Cowboy Neil’s” on Great Neck Road in Virginia Beach.

1994

Stefanie Sturdevant Griffey and her husband, Andrew, welcomed their third child, Boyd, in August 2018.

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Sarah Castleberry, above, and her husband, Neal Eike, welcomed their son, Huxford Hayes, in September 2018.

Pete Meredith married Andrea Weeks on Nov. 3, 2018.

John Stine and his wife, Krystal, welcomed their second child, Jack, in June 2019.

2003

Whitney Metzger Weireter and her husband, Brian ’00, welcomed their second daughter, Madeline, in April 2019.

2004

2006

Annie Ungerman Adsit and her husband, Sammy ’05, welcomed their second child, Caroline, in July 2018.

Taylor Etherington married Bryan Wade on Oct. 13, 2018.

Sylvia Macon married Konstantine Kastens Sept. 29, 2018.

Nicole Pidgeon Skees and her husband, Charlie, welcomed their daughter, Lyla, in April 2019.

Brittany Lee Bishop, above, accepted a position as an associate civilian personnel law attorney with the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command.

Bishop and her husband, Thomas ’04, also welcomed their son, Sammy, in July 2018.

Lydia Mathews married John Sullivan on June 29, 2019.

2005

Lindsey Goldwasser married Chris Gove on April 27, 2019.

Andrew Meredith married Haruka Murata on May 25, 2019.

2007

Berkley Braden graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education in May 2019 and is now working for Iassacson Miller in Boston.

Meredith Grinnan Deafenbaugh and her husband, Brad, welcomed their second child, Luke, in October 2018.

Blair Fine married Ian Kunkes on Oct. 13, 2018.

Katherine Farrell Griffin started her residency in family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University this summer. Her husband, Richard Griffin ’06, works as a firefighter paramedic for Newport News. They plan to move their home base to Richmond.

David Goldberg finished his residency at Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU, in June 2019 and is now an attending hospitalist at VCU. Laura Moore married Jeremy Riddick on Nov. 17, 2018.

Kseniya Benderskaya Myers and her husband, Scotty, welcomed their daughter, Savvy, in September 2018.

Taylor Hughes Gordon, above, and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their daughter, Harker, in September 2018.

2008

Danielle Blue started a new job in April 2019 as a senior accountant at Dragados USA Inc.

Missy Ungerman married Sully Callahan on Dec. 29, 2018.

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2009

Annika Jersild married Stephen Cosgrove ’09 on Feb. 17, 2019.

Cayte Merryman Brown and her husband, DJ, welcomed their second son William, above left, in September 2018.

Meghan Nelson Brown and her husband, Jason, welcomed their first child Harper in June 2019.

Rebecca Gowen married Edwin Wells on March 16, 2019

Alex Kopylova, above, married Sonya Linnea on March 23, 2019.

Jack Melcher married Ashton Newell on Oct. 14, 2018.

Erica Fenley Norfleet was honored as Teacher of the Year at Hickory Middle School.

Cat Beltz Roberts and her husband, Bobby, welcomed their second child, Perry, in June 2019.

Brandon Jones and his fiancée, Megan, welcomed their daughter, Lyla, above, in August 2018.

Claire Renn is working towards her master’s degree at George Mason University in arts management. She currently works at ARTSFAIRFAX as a development assistant and the National Endowment for the Arts as the event management and development intern.

Keith Wright, above, married Liz Reikow on June 29 2019.

Madison Santos Sciacchitano and her husband Alfonso moved to Guam.

Alysse Maynard married Mitchell Scripter on June 22, 2019.

Shelby Ortiz was the recipient of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students 2018 APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship.

Amelia Shoemaker, above, graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in May 2019 with a Master of Arts in luxury and fashion management and is now working as a trend and design designer at The Home Depot.

Allison Sinesi married Ed Nicholson ‘09 on May 18, 2019

Caroline Mears, above, graduated cum laude from Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2019. She returned to Hampton Roads and began her residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School in internal medicine in July.

Clare Parker graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in May 2019. She is currently a resident at the University of Colorado Denver Pediatric Residency Program at the Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Tyler Trapani, above, married Christie Orlando on Oct. 20, 2018.

Ellen Weintraub married Aaron Beck on Oct. 14, 2018.

Doran Carr West and her husband, Jason, welcomed twin boys, Kesten and Maverick, in October 2018.

2010

Mary Daniel married Tyler Romeiser on June 8, 2019.

Meghan Kanter married Graham Dozier on Sept. 15, 2018. Meghan was also promoted to brand manager at InterContinental Hotels Group® (IHG). She and her husband reside in Atlanta.

Dana Matthew married Jack Harris on March 23, 2019.

2011

Olivia Cullifer started working at the Norfolk IKEA in January 2019 as an interior designer.

Kevin Laderberg started a new job as project manager at CBRE Group Inc. in Atlanta.

Carter Petsos recently graduated from Sentara College of Health Sciences with a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree and will be working as a registered nurse at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Shaun Russell signed a contract with Forward Madison FC for the 2018-19 soccer season.

Stella Sacks is pursuing her graduate degree in social work at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Ashley Cota completed a contracted job with Odyssey Expeditions in the Caribbean Islands in which she took middle and high school students on 10-day catamaran tours of the islands. Ashley has since moved back to the Cook Islands.

Sara Weintraub, above left, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2019 with a master’s degree in bioethics and as a Doctor of Medicine. She is currently a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

2012

Hallsey Brandt started a new job as a client service associate at Envestnet Tamarac in Durham, North Carolina.

Melanie Crain graduated from Lynchburg University with a degree in physical therapy.

Sam Hitch graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2019. Sam resides in New York City and is a real estate private equity investor at Nahla Capital.

2013

Julie Merryman, above, married Jake Williams on Dec. 31, 2018.

2014

Alyssa Barnett married Alex Sisenstein on Sept. 1, 2018.

Emily Bashara welcomed her second child, Madison, in December 2018.

Mimi Hill is a cast member at Walt Disney World in Florida through the Disney Aspire Education Investment Program, an initiative that will cover 100 percent of Mimi’s master’s degree. She plans to pursue her dream of working with National Geographic as a research scientist.

Anya Kaszubowski accepted a new job as a junior graphic designer at Hager Sharp in Washington, D.C.

Danielle Campion, above center, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2019 with her master’s degree in speech pathology. Danielle now lives in nothern Virginia and works for a private practice.

Anyssa Reddix, above, was named a “Woman on the Rise” from the YWCA Hampton Roads Women of Distinction in March 2019.

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2015

Jessie Cavolt graduated from Mary Washington University in May 2019 with a degree in history. She is continuing her education at Salisbury University in Maryland, where she coaches field hockey.

Helena Banks graduated cum laude from East Carolina University in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in public health and a minor in business administration.

Rachel Klavan graduated from Virginia Tech in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in human development.

She will start nursing school at Virginia Commonwealth University this summer to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Demetra Protogyrou, above, graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in May 2019 with a degree in applied mathematics. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in operational research at North Carolina State University.

Meredith Perrine graduated from Virginia Tech in December 2018 with a degree in business information technology. She currently lives in downtown Richmond and is a business analyst at CGI Communications.

Rachel Brodsky graduated in May 2019 from Virginia Tech with a degree in civil engineering. She plans to pursue a master’s degree at Virginia Tech in structural engineering.

Michael Ortiz, above, graduated from Duke University in May 2019 with a degree in civil engineering with a concentration in structures and mechanics. Upon graduation, Michael received a commission from the Navy and begin flight school in Pensacola, Florida, in October.

Hayley Tate graduated from Virginia Tech in May 2019 with a degree in human nutrition, foods and exercise.

She will attend Appalachian State University in the fall to pursue a combined master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics.

Daniel Blue graduated from Duke University in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in computer science. He works for The Home Depot as a leadership development program analyst in Florida.

Mary Elizabeth Corliss graduated in May 2019 from Auburn University with a degree in communication disorders. She is pursuing her Master of Education in communication sciences and disorders from the University of Virginia.

2016

Lucas Brandt was a marketing and communications intern at LifeNet Health during the summer of 2019.

Tyler Smith spent her summer interning at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Richmond.

Victor Layne spent his summer interning at Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm that specializes in franchise/multi-unit businesses.

2017

Madison Doyle is spending the fall semester interning with Saturday Night Live in New York City, where she will work on “Weekend Update” with SNL writer and alumnus Scott Weinstein ’91.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT JOHN SAWYER ’93 “I have two, very clear memories of first grade,” said alumnus, current parent and board member John Sawyer ’93. “We were taking a spelling test in Mrs. Wirt’s class, and I couldn’t remember how to spell ‘boxes,’ so I stood up on my chair to look at the kid’s paper in front of me. Mrs. Wirt quickly reminded me that wasn’t allowed. I was a pretty good kid, so that stuck with me!”

Sawyer’s second memory was about his mom—former Collegiate fifth grade teacher Madelyn Sawyer— reminding him she’d know if he ever got in trouble before he did. He says he was a very well behaved student...during his lower school days.

Sawyer is a lifer, having spent his educational career at Norfolk Collegiate. Today, his sons, David ’26 and Will ’23, are looking forward to one day becoming part of the lifer club with their dad.

“Collegiate has always felt like home,” said Sawyer.

“Other than family and close friends, Collegiate is going to have the biggest impact on my kids’ lives.

So supporting the community and making sure they have the resources they need to do the great things they do—there’s nothing more important.”

Sawyer says his parents’ generosity with the school has inspired his own giving, but he feels it’s a no-brainer to give back to a community that took— and continues to take—such good care of him and his family.

“My upper-school German teacher Frau Bale was amazing; she was tough but fair,” said Sawyer. “She inspired my brother [Jeffrey ’90] to minor in German in college. He actually went on to work in Germany for a while. You never know where a Collegiate education is going to take you until you get there.”

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John Sawyer ’93, pictured with his wife, Elisabeth, and sons, David ’26 and Will ’23, is a current parent and Board of Trustees member.

Ultimately, Sawyer and his wife Elisabeth decided Collegiate was the right place for their boys because of the academics and tailored approach to education.

“The ability of the faculty and administration to challenge children at an appropriate level is amazing,” he said. “The culture and the sense of family you get as a part of the Collegiate community is priceless. Invaluable. As I sit here having graduated 26 years ago, I still hang out and do business with my friends from Collegiate. These are lifelong connections.”

Washington, D.C., alumni enjoyed catching up with classmates during a happy hour in December 2018.

Alumni Giving By Class All listings reflect gifts received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

CLASS OF 1972 – 8%

Class of 1980 – 9%

Class of 1984 – 2%

Mr. Donald M. Chapman II Mr. Dean S. Goldman

Mr. Brenton H. Buxton Mr. Daniel S. Crain Dr. Robert W. Given Dr. David N. Greenberg Mrs. Sandie Baker Thompson Mrs. Dinky Evett Winn Mrs. Karen Kruger Ziselman

Mr. Erik P. Gordon

Class of 1974 – 3% Ms. Barbara Boyd

Class of 1975 – 3% Mr. James L. Smith III

Class of 1981 – 5%

Class of 1976 – 10%

Mrs. Rebecca Stone Beale Mrs. Virginia Clarke Hitch Mrs. Nancy Horton Nusbaum

Mr. Marc D. Gutterman Mr. Bobby L. Howlett Jr. Dr. Julius S. Miller Mr. J. David Rives Mr. Thomas F. Wilson

Class of 1978 – 5% Ms. Susan T. Meredith Mrs. Martha A. Ruggles Mr. Stephen M. Stackhouse

Class of 1979 – 5% Mr. Todd D. Curry Jr. Mr. Jeffrey M. Laibstain Mrs. Sunshine Meredith Leinbach

Class of 1982 – 5% Mr. Franklin T. Holloway Mr. Dale C. House Mrs. Carroll Lee Coupland Kennedy Mr. James T. Vail

Class of 1983 – 9%

Class of 1985 – 8% Dr. Taraneh Azar Mrs. Mallory Copeland Butler The Reverend Justin H. Epstein Mr. Theodore A. Mathas Mrs. Cynthia Fansler Wilkinson

Class of 1987 – 15% Mr. Michael H. Burton Mrs. Tamatha Blekicki Burton Mr. Evan M. Hecht Mrs. Victoria Edwards Hecht Mr. Scott Lehew Mr. Bruce Lennon-Jones Ms. Kelly Martone Mr. Eric N. Schloss Mrs. Melinda Marcus Vooss Mrs. Catherine Park White

Mrs. Barbara Waters Baxter Mrs. Elizabeth Sellers Given Mr. Barry T. Howlett Ms. Patricia L. Laibstain Mr. Thomas E. Mathas Mr. Scott Overton

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Class of 1999 – 4% Mr. Tavis Meredith Mr. Daniel E. Pellegrino

Class of 2000 – 4% Mrs. Hilary Willson Alessi Mr. Rad C. Davenport Mr. W. Taylor Franklin

Class of 2001 – 2% Class of 1988 – 11% Mrs. Stephanie Littman Banks Mr. Michael G. Claywell Mrs. Anne Fennell Claywell Mrs. Jodi Bress Dobrinsky Mrs. Caroline King Furr Mrs. Julie Wiley Ramsey Mr. Craig Todd Mr. Lawrence S. Zeno

Class of 1989 – 8% Mrs. Ann Stuart Bugg Mr. Jeffrey S. Creekmore Mr. Brad Jones Mr. Jon E. Pruden

Class of 1990 – 8% Ms. Mary Vail Lewis Mr. G. Thomas Minton III Mr. Jeffrey Sawyer

Mr. George M. Rector

Class of 2008 – 13% Class of 2002 – 3% Mrs. Emily Elinsky Lindale Mr. Michael W. Lindale

Class of 2003 – 1% Miss Chelsea L. Titi

Class of 2004 – 11% Mr. Evan C. Benedict Mrs. Brittany Lee Bishop Mr. Frank Thomas Bishop Mr. Charles Mitchell Burton Jr. Mrs. Jessica Irwin Grippo Mr. Christopher A. Hughes Mrs. Kelly Enright Tiblier Miss Virginia Paige Walker

Class of 2005 – 7% Class of 1991 – 13% Ms. Margaret Watt Baker Dr. Ian J. Chapel Mr. Bradley J. Jacobson Mrs. Alexandra Parker Snyder Mrs. Sybil Smith Spurgeon Mr. Scott R. Weinstein

Class of 1992 – 15% Mrs. Angie Lawrence Ashley Mr. Austin C. Brockenbrough Mrs. Pamela Karangelen Crenshaw Mr. Leigh C. Keogh Ms. Jennifer Metzger Lester Mrs. Elizabeth Laine Parker Mr. Andrew M. Schaubach

Class of 1993 – 6% Mr. Travis C. Levy Mr. Charles H. Mccoy III Mr. John F. Sawyer

Mrs. Maria McLemore Behan Mrs. Caroline Ungerman Callahan Mrs. Randi Reed Dunlap Mr. Tyler M. Hudgins Mr. Ryan C. Samuel

Mrs. Cayte Merryman Brown Mrs. Ryan Murray Cobb Mr. William W. Granger Mr. Clifton Wyatt Hill Mr. Christopher Klevan Miss Jodi A. Laderberg Miss Elizabeth A. Mears Miss Jessie N. Miller Mrs. Kali McFarland Samuel Dr. John Tyler Simpson

Class of 2009 – 8% Mr. Gary David Bonnewell Jr. Mr. Garrett D. Crain Mr. Alexander Kopylov Miss Jamie McLemore Mr. Robert C. Powell Jr. Mr. Charles Tyler Trapani Mr. Gordon M. Wolcott

Class of 2010 – 7%

Class of 2006 -4%

Mr. Charles W. Braden Jr. Mrs. Meghan Kanter Dozier Dr. Caroline T. Mears Mr. Robert C. Merryman Miss Shelby N. Ortiz Mr. Aaron M. Shroyer

Mr. John Randolph Edwards Garris Mrs. Kaitlyn Kelly Moss Mrs. Nicole Pidgeon Skees

Class of 2011 – 5%

Class of 2007 – 5% Mr. John Clarke Hitch Mrs. Laura Moore Riddick Miss Sarah L. Wolcott

Miss Emily T. Bennett Miss Taylor E. Brock Mr. Henry W. Meredith Mrs. Alexandra Turner White

Class of 2012 – 10% Miss Grace E. Bonnewell Miss Ann Hallsey Brandt Miss Melanie L. Crain Mr. Anderson M. Granger Mr. Samuel S. Hitch Miss McKenzie D. Layne Miss Laura K. McCarthy

Class of 1994 – 5% Mrs. Ashley Whitehurst James Mrs. Anna Fortson Logue Dr. Catherine Todd Thomson

Class of 2013 – 5% Miss Ashley N. Cota Miss Layne E. Kennedy Mrs. Julie Merryman Williams

Class of 1996 – 4% Ms. Ruth E. Newberry Ms. Cara Oxenham

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Class of 2014 – 4% Mr. Cody L. Bennett Mr. Cabell B. Thomas

Class of 2015 - 23%

Class of 2019 – 100%

Miss Rachel A. Brodsky Mr. James Baodan Collins Miss Alexandra B. Cook Mr. Jingming Cui Miss Rachel H. Klavan Mr. Julian Michael Klinck Mr. Hunter M. Lee Mr. John P. McCaffrey Mr. Michael H. Ortiz Miss Demetra J. Protogyrou Mr. Camden A. Selig Miss Hayley E. Tate

Miss Gabriella M. Allen Miss Reagan K. Alsop Miss Molly C. Beegle Miss Maria C. Behling Mr. Selim Benis Mr. Tyler G. Berg Mr. Courts H. Breeden Mr. Christopher H. Bunch Miss Allison P. Casper Mr. Thomas E. Chatman III Mr. Raymond A. M. Domena Miss Svenja Eugster Miss Vivian Fang Mr. Austin G. Fattizzi Miss Samantha Fowler Mr. Jacob L. Georges Miss Maria G. Gilbert Mr. Maximillian Golovsky Miss Atheena Z. Gouviotis Miss Anabelle Groves Miss Shelby E. Hall Miss Clare Harbin Miss Savannah L. Hart Miss Abigail F. Hecht Miss Alexis M. Hirschfeld Miss Caylee E. Hirschfeld Mr. Austin J. Honey Mr. Bobby L. Howlett III Miss Sarah G. Kirven Mr. Jordan D. Laster Miss Margaret G. Lockhart Miss Emma Lu Mr. Jack Lyu Mr. Mitchell Maguire Miss Logan Michelon Miss Peyton A. Murphy Mr. Ethan J. Myers Mr. Ravi R. Palat Miss Frances M. Pierce Mr. Alexander W. Potter Miss Briana L. Powell Mr. Philip Parker Purrington IV Miss Calie E. Quinn Mr. Christopher S. Robertson Mr. Jacob Roth Mr. Christopher G. Sarris Mr. Justin G. Silverman Miss Megan Silverman Miss Kelsey L. Soskin Miss Lila J. Spurgeon Miss Rachel P. Sutelan Miss Allison F. Symmes Miss Mary Gabrielle Toomy Mr. Hayden C. Verostic Mr. Maxwell B. Vooss Miss Emma G. Wentworth Miss Melody R. Williford Miss Anna C. Winn Mr. Carter J. Woods Mr. Matthew J. Wright Miss Victoria Xiang Mr. Matthew Yoeun Miss Savanna Zhao

Class of 2016 – 13% Mr. Oliver Gates Breeden Miss Laura H. Gayle Miss Blair C. Hurley Miss Bailey K. Jones Miss Ann Carter Kennedy Mr. Victor G. Layne Miss Mary E. Lentz Miss Ann Tyler Smith Mr. Braxton Reid Wilkinson

Class of 2017 – 14% Miss Victoria A. Cherry Mr. Noah D. Dobrinsky Miss Jordan L. Dobrinsky Miss Katherine E. Georges Mr. Sebastian C. Hardy Mr. Hunter Copeland Kahler Miss Sarah M. Philpott Mr. Nicholas J. Selig Mr. Noah D. Siebert Mr. Jack M. Wentworth

Class of 2018 – 42% Mr. Parker C. Banks Miss Anna M. Baragona Miss Sarah Beck Mr. Thomas Jackson Burke Mr. Dylan S. Cheek Miss Princess’ Kayla Dawson Mr. Miles I. Edmond Mr. Hunter L. Flora Mr. Reilly A. Flynn Miss Grace F. Georgo Miss Brett M. Goldman Mr. Parker B. Gross Mr. Joshua Gray Hutson Miss Elizabeth L. Jones Mr. Cameron P. Lewis Miss Mia I. Mathas Miss Ellie G. Maus Miss Carson C. McMonagle Mr. Bryson L. Pettrey Miss Tessa S. Pleijsant Mr. Timothy R. Spooner Miss Brooke E. Walthall Miss Sophie Zhou

CONGRATULATIONS ...to the following members of the Class of 2015 for fulfilling their four-year pledge to their alma mater.

These alumni have donated to Norfolk Collegiate during last four years.

Miss Rachel A. Brodsky Mr. James Baodan Collins Miss Alexandra B. Cook Mr. Julian Michael Klinck Mr. Michael H. Ortiz Miss Demetra J. Protogyrou

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EVENTS & REUNIONS

Alumni gathered to participate in the annual alumni basketball game in the Watt-Baker Gymnasium in November 2018.

Photographed are (from left to right): Headmaster Scott Kennedy, Chris Klevan ‘08, Sam Stokes ‘08, John Stokes ‘07, Sara Weintraub ‘11, Vince Thomas ‘13, Jakeim Robertson ’18, Bobby Merryman ‘10, Noah Seibert ‘17, Tommy Christie ‘09, Wyatt Hill ‘08, Andy Blackman ‘10, Luke Seibert ‘14, Katy Kelly Moss ‘06, Hunter Flora ‘18, Tim Spooner ‘18, Josh Hutson ‘18, Cabell Thomas ‘14, Peyton Fancher ‘15, Jessie Cavolt ‘15 and Kristin Rempas ‘14.

Amelia Shoemaker ‘09, Annika and Stephen Cosgrove ‘09, Cayte Brown ‘08, Meghan Kanter Dozier ‘10 and Anna Fortson Logue ‘94 attend the Atlanta Alumni Reunion in November 2018.

Hannah Sacks ’13 (left) and Danielle Campion ’13 enjoy reconnecting with their former counselor and current head of upper school, Anne Claud Claywell ’88 (center), at the Oyster Roast & Taste of Collegiate.

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Headmaster Scott Kennedy, Briyanna Scott ‘08, Jessica Sutherland ’13, Hannah Sacks ‘13, Wes Host ‘10, Cayte Brown ‘08, Woody Marshall ‘12, Scott Lehew ‘87, Virginia Marshall ‘14 and Kira Jersild gather at the Richmond Alumni Reunion at The Graduate Hotel in August 2018.

Chandler Branton ’18, Ian Baskins ’17, Melanie Goosens ’17, Madison Doyle ’17, Elizabeth Jones ’18, Alexis McGurn ’16, Reilly Flynn ’18, Jordan Dobrinsky ’17, Liesel Abraham ’18, Allison Kesser ’16 pose for a photo during the On The Road Reunion: James Madison University.

Alumni gather at the On the Road Reunion: Virginia Tech.

Photographed are Jack McCaffrey ‘15, Nick Selig ‘16, Annie Gao ‘16, Blair Hurley ‘16, Gates Breeden ‘16, Rachel Brodsky ’15, Hayley Tate ‘15 and Grace Georgo ‘18.

STAY IN TOUCH If you have alumni news you want to share, send it to Cayte Brown ’08 at cbrown@norfolkcollegiate.org.

Ryan Russell ‘14, center, enjoys the camaraderie of his former teachers, Ashley King and Rebecca Zborowski, at the On the Road Reunion: University of Virginia.

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ALUMNIAWARDS Each year, Norfolk Collegiate’s Alumni Association presents outstanding graduates with alumni awards. These awards honor alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers and through their service to the community and school. The 2019 recipients were honored on April 19, 2019, in the Hackney Theater. Before they were presented with their awards, a panel of alumni, shown below, spoke to Collegiate’s upperclassmen about the importance of being engaged in the local community.

Alumni and current students gathered to honor Alumni Award Breakfast recipients in the Hackney Theater. Pictured are Alumni Service Award recipient Jodi Bress Dobrinsky ’88, Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient Jonathan Taylor-Fishwick ‘13 and Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Ellen Oast Keeter ’75.

JON TAYLORFISHWICK ‘13 Clinic Coordinator for La Clinica Esperanza through Eastern Virginia Medical School

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ANYSSA REDDIX ’14 Program Manager at Envision Lead Grow

JUSTIN SHAFER ‘99 Environmental Engineer at City of Norfolk

CHRIS WHITNEY ‘08 Acting City Planner III with the City of Norfolk

OAKSATHLETES We’re proud athletics are a core piece of many of our students’ experience at Collegiate. While focusing on healthy competition, student-athletes also learn teamwork, accountability and goal setting—skills that serve them well on the field, in the classroom, in their future workplaces and beyond. Below are our newest student-athletes who are competing at the collegiate level starting in the 2019-20 school year.

CLASS OF 2019

Soccer Christopher Newport University

RAY DOMENA

AUSTIN FATTIZZI

Sailing Old Dominion University

Soccer Randolph-Macon College

Swimming Sweet Briar College

PARKER PURRINGTON

CHRIS ROBERTSON

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