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features 4 New Upper School Schedule 6 Technology Vision 8 Strategic Plan—Halfway There 10 Sonya Newenhouse ’84, Ph.D.

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WINTER 2015 The Acorn is published by the Marketing and Communications Department of North Shore Country Day School three times a year for alumni, parents, grandparents and friends. Its goal is to connect our school community, celebrate recent accomplishments and capture the essence of life and learning at North Shore.

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TOM’S LETTER

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ACADEMICS

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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EVENTS

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FA C U LT Y

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BOOK LIST

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LIVE AND SERVE

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ARTS

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AT H L E T I C S

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DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

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ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

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HOMECOMING REUNION WEEKEND

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P H O T O S F R O M O U R PA S T

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CLASS NOTES

Tom Doar III Head of School

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On the front cover Talia Smith ’19 celebrates Homecoming 2014 .

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“We remain a school that puts students first, a place where people matter and where the full development of each and every student is a priority. Yet change is a constant— as our students’ needs change so must the School.”

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CH ANG E I S CONS TA N T S I NCE 1919 As we reach the midpoint of North Shore’s 95th year, plans for our 100th anniversary in 2019–2020 are advancing. Three years ago when we began conversations about our Centennial, the 2019–2020 school year seemed a long way o¤ and now, while we have ample time to prepare, time seems to be going quickly. As our planning moves forward, so does the School.

One of the things that those closest to the School are most proud of is that while we remain committed to the values our founders adopted in 1919, we haven’t stayed the same and don’t plan to going forward. Yes, North Shore is North Shore.

We remain a school that puts students first, a place where people matter and where the full development of each and every student is a priority. Yet change is a constant—as our students’ needs change so must the School.

This issue of the Acorn highlights just a few examples. The update on our 2012– 2016 Strategic Plan details our ambitious agenda. (See story on page 8.) Thanks to the work of very talented faculty and sta¤, much has been accomplished, a number of initiatives are underway and still others on the near-term agenda to be addressed.

A key priority is the e¤ective stewardship of our resources. While we are well funded and have had unprecedented philanthropic support, positioning North Shore to thrive in a very competitive educational market and providing our students with an excellent academic experience including a wide range of educational opportunities and access for all students to those resources, is

a significant challenge. We are fortunate that the School is in a strong position with a record-high enrollment of 530 students this year.

I’m very pleased with the new Upper School schedule that will be implemented in 2015–2016. (See story on page 4.)

Thanks to the leadership, energy and vision of the faculty and sta¤ committee, the new schedule will greatly benefit our students and teachers. It will also further position us as a leader in education— being responsive to current research in the ways in which students learn best.

Another accomplishment this year has been the expansion of our academic technology program throughout the School. Students in grades 6–12 are now part of a 1:1 iPad program that allows for subject- and course-specific technology integrated through a well-curated group of apps, greater di¤erentiation of instruction and feedback to students by faculty, and the introduction of digital etextbooks in most subjects. The Lower School technology program is shifting gears toward coding and design, and the early results are both impressive and inspiring. More information on these new programs can be found on page 6.

Finally, I call your attention to the Alumna highlighted in this issue on page 10. Sonya Newenhouse ’84 Ph.D. is someone we can be proud to call our own.

Her drive and dedication to sustainable living is admirable. Her entrepreneurial spirit a testament to her family and I’d like to think, partially cultivated by her experience at North Shore.

Junnah Quraishi ’23 , Tom Doar

1 Samuel Rosen ’ 26, Nathan Smith ’ 26

Ava Felty ’ 26, Thomas Carlino ’ 26 2 Mazeed Oluewu ’ 19 3 Lexi Shultz ’ 26 4 Meredith McCabe ’ 19

Alana Jackson ’18 , Elise Adu ’17

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Michael Querio, Xander Mitchell ’15 , Skip Wiltshire-Gordon ’15 , Justin Savin ’15 6 Ian George ’ 21, Jesse Reinhard ’ 21, Sam Roszak ’ 21 7 Andrew Blechman ’15 , Reed Ettelson ’28 , Sam Reategui ’15

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A New Upper School Schedule E N H A N C I N G W H AT W E D O A S A S C H O O L r a di t iona l high school schedul es typically include six classes and a free block each day that meet for about 45 minutes with five minutes passing time between classes. This model has been used since the early 20th century and is what North Shore’s Upper School continues to use to this day.

But that is about to change. A new Upper School academic schedule will be implemented in the fall of 2015–2016 that is in keeping with research about how students learn best.

IMPETUS FOR CHANGE

“Thirteen months ago, the decision was made to modify the Upper School schedule based on the School’s commitment to foster a student experience that more fully embraces key points in North Shore’s Strategic Plan,” explains Lynsey WollinCasey, co-chair of the scheduling committee, and assistant head of Upper School and Upper School French teacher. “The goal is to support meaningful academic engagement, inquiry-based and experiential learning, and a more balanced and healthy school experience.”

RESEARCH AND DESIGN

Lizzy Gi¤en, the other committee co-chair, and associate director of College Counseling and Upper School English teacher, says “The early phase of the project involved extensive research. The committee collected, analyzed, and considered research focused on best practices for teaching and learning in combination with e¤ective use of time. Committee members interviewed every Upper School faculty member and met with students from every grade to gain insights about our current schedule and ideas for improvement.”

SCHEDULING COMMITTEE’S CHARGE Members of the committee also visited A six-person faculty committee* was six independent schools in New York, New charged with designing a new schedule Jersey and Georgia that had recently gone that would: through a similar schedule change process to learn from their experience both in • Support academic ambitions in alignment terms of process and outcomes. A number with the Strategic Plan. of students and faculty members accompa• Leverage the power of strong relationships— nied committee members on these trips, student-to-student, student-to-teacher and which proved to be highly valuable. teacher-teacher—to maximize individual NEW SCHEDULE growth and personal development.

After completing their research, the • Support North Shore’s commitment to committee then worked throughout the provide students with a multi-faceted, healthy spring to design the new schedule and and balanced high school experience. delivered their proposal in June 2014 to Head of School Tom Doar, who reviewed the schedule with Upper School Head Dave Potter and Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean Chris Boyle. “The group fully endorsed the new schedule in early September, which enabled us to share details of the schedule with faculty, trustees, students and parents in October,” says Lizzy.

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The Upper School faculty and administration will devote significant professional development time to the academic schedule. Particular focus will be on best practices in teaching each discipline within longer blocks, and constructing and guiding experiential education opportunities. In addition to the professional development taking place on campus, some faculty and administrators will attend city term’s highly regarded Teaching For Experience workshop in the summer of 2015.

“In 2011, we reopened our Upper School building after a complete renovation and transformation,” explains Chris. “We designed the classrooms, gathering spaces, studios and study areas knowing that the environment plays a very important part in student learning.

We are now modernizing the schedule to leverage our learning model.”

North Shore is grateful to the Edward E. Ford Foundation for a $50,000 grant that led to the development of the new 21st Century Scheduling Model, and to those in the School community who contributed an additional $50,000 in matching grants.

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Longer class periods allow students to practice and develop skills and strive to understand and analyze material on a deeper level.

The extended class periods provide teachers with more flexibility to plan and design a range of learning experiences.

P R E PA R I N G F O R C L A S S

Students will have fewer classes to prepare for each evening and more time during each school day to complete work, which should result in a more manageable school week.

7- D AY R O TAT I O N

Each block meets 4 times during the 7-day rotation, at a different time throughout the cycle. This provides structured variety and evenly distributes the class time lost to early dismissals throughout an athletic season.

COMMON WORK PERIOD

The C W P is a dedicated time each day for students to connect with their teachers or advisor to discuss questions and concerns, or upcoming labs, papers or projects. All students and teachers are free during the C W P.

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During each 7-day cycle there is a late start beginning at 9 a.m.

This is a concerted effort to allow students to gain more rest in line with research about teenagers’ need for sleep. Because each day of the 7-day cycle begins with a different academic block, students who have a free block during the first block of the day may not need to arrive until 9:15 a.m.

SNACK AND LUNCH

Lunch for Upper School students will begin at 1:20 p.m. instead of the current 12:40 p.m. start time. To help students navigate the later lunch, a 10 -minute snack time is scheduled each morning at 10:15 a.m. when students will have healthy snacks provided by the School.

COMMUNITY TIME

The schedule includes a 45 -minute block each day dedicated to community time, wellness and performing arts. This block incorporates Morning Ex, advisory, community gathering, town meetings, P.E . , health and a new performing arts time once each rotation for students to gain additional rehearsal opportunities.

E X P E R I E N T I A L E D U C AT I O N ( X ) D AY S

Because hands-on, experiential learning is important, each semester will feature several X Days. These programs are academic in nature and add value to the curriculum whether out of the classroom on field studies, or on campus with a distinguished guest, or in other extended demonstrations of learning.

“The goal is to support meaningful academic engagement, inquiry-based and experiential learning, and a more balanced and healthy school experience.” lynsey wollin-casey *SCHEDULING COMMITTEE B R I A N F R E D E R I C K Mathematics Department Chair and Upper School Mathematics Teacher L I Z Z Y G I F F E N (Co-Chair) Associate Director of College Counseling and Upper School English Teacher K Y L E J O N E S Physical Education Department Chair and Physical Education Teacher J U L I A M A C H O L L Performing Arts Department Chair and Upper School Theatre Teacher J O A N R Y D E R Upper School Chemistry Teacher LY N S E Y W O L L I N - C A S E Y (Co-Chair) Assistant Head of Upper School and Upper School French Teacher

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“THE NEW TECHNOLOGY P R O G R A M S , E S P E C I A L LY THE 1:1 PROGRAM, BUILD O N T H E R E L AT I O N S H I P S A N D C O L L A B O R AT I V E S P I R I T T H AT N O R T H S H O R E VA L U E S , A N D A C T U A L LY H A V E THE ABILITY TO ENHANCE T H I S PA R T O F T H E N O R T H S H O R E E X P E R I E N C E .”

C H R I S B OY L E A S S I S TA N T H E A D O F S C H O O L AND ACADEMIC DEAN

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“A S FA R A S D I G I TA L D E V I C E S G O , T H E I PA D L E N D S I T S E L F W E L L T O C O L L A B O R AT I O N — T H E R E I S N O S C R E E N T O H I D E B E H I N D, I T I S V E R Y P O R TA B L E , A N D A L L O W S S T U D E N T S T O E A S I LY G R O U P T O G E T H E R A N D C O L L A B O R AT E .”

Photo of Alex Nickel ’16 by Katie Winslow ’16 during Art in the Open City.

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Jeff Shaw demonstrates programming to the 1 st grade.

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T E C H N O L O G Y E X PA N D S T H E STUDENT EXPERIENCE “North Shore has always been a school that places personal educational experiences at the forefront of learning for our students. By fostering strong relationships between students, teachers, coaches, administrators, alumni and parents, the School sets itself apart as a community,” says Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean Chris Boyle.

Some may think technology is counter to that personal approach. But not at North Shore. Here, new technologies have the ability to expand students’ educational horizons while providing a new avenue to peers and teachers. In the School’s 2012– 2016 Strategic Plan, North Shore commits to “implement teaching and curriculum innovation by optimizing academic technology.” With a diversity of devices and theologies of classroom technology available, North Shore was careful to invest in those that invite personal connections when rolling out the iPad 1:1 program in the Middle and Upper Schools, and the Creativity, Collaboration and Coding ( ccc ) program in Lower School, in 2014.

iPads 6 –12 At the start of the 2014-2015 academic year, all Middle and Upper School students received his or her own personal learning tool—iPad—to bring to class, to customize with apps and etextbooks, and to bring home each night for homework and research. The “soft launch” occurred during 2013–2014, when 8th and 9th graders were given iPads.

“We realized the importance of introducing a new technology program that didn’t separate students from their teachers and classmates, but built new lines of communication,” Chris explains. “The new technology programs, especially the 1:1 program, build on the

relationships and collaborative spirit that North Shore values, and actually have the ability to enhance this part of the North Shore experience.”

Access to Technology Director of Library and Educational Technology Lane Young notes, “Students already had access to technology—North Shore had to find a way to address that and bring technology into the educational landscape in a way that makes sense.

We gravitated toward the iPad because it gives faculty and students access to technology that isn’t computer-based and they might not have access to otherwise. iPads are multi-functional (for example, it also serves as a camera), lighter than a textbook and are easily updated. The iPad is not technology for its own sake, but is really a useful tool that is easily integrated into the classroom.”

Upper School Academic Integrator Katie Kirsch says, “iPads make it easy to provide di¤erentiation of instruction— new apps come out daily and teachers are finding ways to incorporate them into their classes—but the heart of how we ‘do’ North Shore learning is still centered around the student-faculty relationship.

As far as digital devices go, the iPad lends itself well to collaboration—there is no screen to hide behind, it is very portable, and allows students to easily group together and collaborate.”

Integrating the Three Cs The 1:1 program is not the only exciting way in which technology has become integrated into learning at North Shore.

The Lower School is in its first year of a curriculum redesign bringing a computer science focus with three c s—creativity, collaboration and coding. While there is very little technology used in jk and sk (North Shore recognizes the American Pediatric Societies recommendations

for screen time for young children), Lower School Academic Integrator Je¤ Shaw explains, “We are looking to add coding opportunities in grades 1st–5th, and Lego robotics will be a significant part of what we do with the technology.

As always, creative activities are the cornerstone of technological learning.

“Right now, 1st graders use iPad apps for coding that allow young children to string together a series of commands to set an object in motion or trigger an action of some kind. It’s a way to learn key concepts of coding, like sequencing and troubleshooting, without having to work directly with code. We’re also planning to have students create programs for our two new robots, Dash and Dot. In 5th grade, we’re exploring 3d design and printing and looking for ways they can use that knowledge to solve design problems, such as, what could we make that might help a person with disabilities?”

In Upper School, students are engaging with other forms of technology as well as iPads. For example, in “Art in the Open City” art classes visit green spaces in Chicago and use digital devices to capture images and sound recordings.

The personal connections that are a hallmark of a North Shore education have not su¤ered or been replaced by the use of laptops, robotics or other interactive technologies. Teachers and students know that not every class project or space requires the use of technology (the cafeteria, for example, is a technologyfree zone) and students are still collaborating in the “V” or in the library—they just might have an iPad open instead of a book or notebook or laptop. What these new programs provide is the opportunity for more student-centered teaching and di¤erentiated instruction, empowering students and giving them a voice in their education.

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ST R AT EGIC PL AN— “O V E R T H E L A S T 2 0 Y E A R S , North Shore’s consistent commitment to strategic planning has served the School well through disciplined analysis and forward thinking,” reflects Head of School Tom Doar. “North Shore’s approach to institutional advancement requires significant collaboration among administrators, faculty and Board but has measurably strengthened the School’s programs, facilities and fi nancial positioning.

“As the School reaches the half-way mark of 2012–2016 Strategic Plan, we have made a great deal of progress. All of the initiatives have gained traction to varying degrees, which is no small task when remaining focused on ‘doing school’ today, tomorrow and the days after that, and while keeping an eye on the changing dynamics of schools and education.

“The following is a quick glimpse of our accomplishments and areas of focus currently taking place.”

STUDENT EXPERIENCE Students are the reason we are here. We make a commitment to be mindful of how kids experience school—examining relationships that shape their development, the schedules and pace of work, and the delivery and content of the curriculum.

I N V E S T I N FA C U LT Y Critical to good schools are good teachers.

Their expertise in and out of the classroom is critical to the success of our students and our school. We value their many talents, styles, perspectives and voices, and are dedicated to supporting them with the resources and pay they deserve.

Align Curriculum During 2014 –15 and Develop New Faculty Recruitment

Maps, cataloging and analyzing the JK –12 academic program for alignment with standards in areas such as academic technology, global citizenship, and equity and justice.

and Hiring Plan Adopted in the fall of

Committee work was completed in 2012–13 and 2013 –14 . Shifts are being made to increase cross grade level student collaborations with a focus on curricular linkages.

New, More Balanced Academic Schedules

After more than a year of research and analysis funded by an E.E. Ford Foundation grant, a new Upper School schedule will be implemented in 20 15 –16. (See story on page 4 .) The Middle and Lower Schools will complete similar processes and launch new schedules during the same time frame.

Research to Examine and Measure Student Progress Survey and measurement mechanisms are in place and the framework for ongoing analysis is almost complete.

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Curriculum and teaching methods should always be evolving to stay current and relevant and to prepare each students for the next steps in their educational journey.

Seek Curricular Consistency and Coherency An outgrowth of curriculum

20 15 –16, faculty will complete Curriculum

JK –12 th Grade Community Programing

TEACHING AND CURRICULUM

2012 and revised annually since, a new

Recruitment and Hiring Plan includes moving up the timeline for most faculty searches, sourcing candidates from a wider network, and prioritizing the ongoing diversification of our faculty.

Build on Faculty Evaluation Program and Institute a Merit Pay System

A Merit Pay system linked to the faculty evaluation program is being developed during 2014 –15 .

Invest Strategically in Professional Development Shifts in the allocation of professional development funds has begun with greater percentages going to strategic priorities.

Redefine Employee Benefit Program Initial peer group analysis and benchmarking has begun. A targeted emphasis in this area during the 2014 –15 school year will result in recommended changes by January 20 15 .

mapping, faculty will examine the JK –12 curriculum for sequential coherency during the 20 15 –16 year.

Support Academic Departmental Leadership Under the Academic Dean’s leadership, the Department Heads’ roles have been elevated with clearly defined roles and responsibilities in areas such as faculty evaluation and professional development.

Optimize Academic Technology Starting

in 2013 –14 , the Lower School began to revamp the academic technology instruction emphasizing coding, design thinking and innovation. A major 1:1 iPad Program initiative was launched in grades 8–9 in 2013 –14 and expanded to grades 6 –12 in 2014 –15 . (See story on page 6 .)

H A LFWAY T HE R E SCIENCE PROGRAM Our goal is to build a future-oriented and challenging science program that leverages inquiry-based classes and authentic research opportunities that prepare and inspire students to engage in challenging college sciences, and further develop their passion for science.

Invest in Faculty, Technology and Equipment The Scientist-in-Residence position was added at the start of 2013 –14 . A departmental proposal for technology/equipment acquisition will be developed in 2014 –15 .

Implement Best Practices in Curriculum and Pedagogy Curriculum and pedagogy

have evolved in all divisions based on best practices research. New courses, including environmental science, engineering, and advanced independent research have been added in the Upper School.

Create Co-Curricular Programs in the Lower and Upper School An after-school

Science Club is in place for Lower School students. Participation in science competitions has been added in the Upper School.

Develop and Nurture Key Partnerships

Starting in 2013 –14 , the identification of and beginning stages of work began with individuals in research, medicine, engineering and science industry to engage and collaborate with our students.

BRING “LIVE AND SERVE” TO LIFE Believing that embodying our motto “Live and Serve” in the 21st century requires students to have advanced global citizenship and cross/multicultural knowledge and skills, we will develop curriculum and programming that supports a schoolwide global curriculum enhanced with community partnerships, hands-on experiences and a revitalization of our commitment to diversity.

Develop Institutional Best Practices for Global Programming and Connections

Capitalizing on the work accomplished over the last four years, significant work was done in the spring and summer of 2014 to lay the foundation for the program’s development during the next 5 years.

Create a Chicago Partnership Program

On the foundation of other parts of the strategic plan, work will begin in January 2015 to develop this program linking key signature curricular and co-curricular programs to cultural, scientific, community, educational and entrepreneurial partners in Chicago. Doing so will enable North Shore students to increasingly utilize Chicago as a stage and laboratory for their learning. Concrete progress is a priority for 2014 –15 academic year. A Middle School co-curricular program has been developed and is being initiated during 2014 –15 .

Revitalize the School’s Diversity Plan The new Director of Diversity has brought focus and energy. Meaningful progress was made during the 2013–14 year, and with clear plans and priorities in place for the 2014 –15 school year, a diversity strategic plan should be prepared by spring of 2015 .

F I N A N C E S A N D FA C I L I T I E S As we near our 100th anniversary, we will honor our past and prepare for our future by investing wisely to preserve the School’s landmark campus and financial foundation.

Shift Budget Management to Reflect Full Enrollment This will be a key emphasis

for 2014 –15 .

Strengthen Financial Aid and Scholarship Program An initial review is complete and a

plan is being developed. Initial conversations with the Finance Committee began in the late fall of 2014 .

Determine a Proactive Debt Strategy

Various options have been considered, with a plan to set a strategy by spring of 2015 .

Continue Oversight of Facilities and

Develop Global Citizenship Scope and Sequence Curriculum standards are being

developed for inclusion in the faculty’s curriculum map work.

Campus Master Plan A strong plan and oversight in place, and mechanisms exist to address needs.

Harness Resources to Address Strategic

Integrate Upper School Civic and Outdoor Ed, Interim and Senior Service Programs

Outdoor Ed/Civic Ed programs have evolved significantly in the last two years, while the Senior Service Program is viable and strong.

The new schedule provides the opportunity for greater integration of these programs and additional work will be completed during the spring and summer of 2015 .

Plan Needs Strategic financial analysis

is a priority for 2014 –15 . Planning for the Centennial Campaign is ongoing.

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Driven by Passion and an Entrepreneurial Spirit S O N Y A N E W E N H O U S E ’ 84 , P H . D .

“Being the daughter of immigrants is part of my entrepreneurial spirit.”

The NewenHouse prototype in Viroqua, WI is the 25 th certified passive house built in the U.S.

Sonya Newenhouse ’84 describes herself as a “serial eco entrepreneur.” “I keep learning new things, discovering what I want to be when I grow up, matching my passions with my talents.” And with her latest endeavor she is nearly there, having built a sustainable home and living near the farm where her parents and siblings (Yan ’76 and Astrid ’78) family spent weekends in southwest Wisconsin.

One look at Sonya’s resume and there is no doubt that her description of herself is right on target. She is founder and president of NewenHouse; founder and president of Community Car, llc ; founder and former president of Madison Environmental Group, Inc.; and founder and former executive director of WasteCap Wisconsin. The common thread is that all of these organizations were created to move sustainability forward.

So what fuels someone with such passion and drive to create startup businesses? “Being the daughter of immigrants is part of my entrepreneurial spirit,” Sonya answers quickly. “My parents came to the U.S. from Finland and the Netherlands and both started their own businesses. My mother, Christina, had a physical therapy practice and my father, Henk, had an educational film company and later linen retail stores with my stepmom Linda. At the dinner table we often talked business and my father would even take me to meetings so I could learn about running a business.”

At 11 years old she sold tomatoes at the Ravinia farmers’ market that her father started. “North Shore also instilled exploring new interests through extracurricular opportunities and encouraged development of the whole person.”

Sonya attended Michigan State to major in hospitality and restaurant management. Through a Mortar Board honorary service project she got deeply involved in creating a recycling policy for the University. That was a turning point.

She went home at spring break and told her parents she was more interested in environmental science than hotel management. “Needless to say, they were pretty shocked,” she laughs, “but after a good talk about my new passion they were supportive.”

She graduated from Michigan State and identified the University of WisconsinMadison as having a top-notch environmental science program. There she received her master’s and PhD from the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies.

“Looking back, the nature of my grad school program was connected to my North Shore experience. They were both interdisciplinary and encouraged me to be well rounded. I remember being required to play field hockey and loving it. We were also required to be in chorus. Mr. Allison was wonderful and so were his blueberry muªns,” Sonya remembers.

Her first job in grad school was as an environmental analyst for Wisconsin Power and Light, developing a recycling program. Next, she landed a contract to start a nonprofit, WasteCap Wisconsin, to help businesses reduce and recycle.

“Working during college was helpful because I needed to pay for school, and it increased my network and gave me a lot experience outside of school.”

“I always knew I wanted to start my own business,” admits Sonya. So, after earning her PhD she started Madison Environmental Group, a boutique sustainability consulting company—one of the first in the country. “The company grew and five years into it I became interested in transportation issues when I learned that driving less is the most important individual action to reduce pollution and gas emissions.”

Not knowing about transportation didn’t stop her. She looked at what fit her skills and interests, researched car sharing, received a feasibility study grant, found investors and today the company has 1,000 members and 13 cars. “We provide a¤ordable access to cars, renting them on an hourly basis, while reducing pollution. Small businesses can make a di¤erence,” she says, smiling.

After learning about the car industry and scientists’ goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050, Sonya set out to start a business that is scalable, allows her to be a mom, and matches her lifestyle with her environmental passion.

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“ B E I N G O P E N T O N E W WAYS O F D O I N G T H I N G S A N D H AV I N G T H E M O T I VAT I O N T O M O V E FO R WA R D I S F U N A N D R E WA R D I N G .”

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“ I H A V E C R E AT E D T H E T I M E A N D S PA C E T O G A R D E N , C A N P R O D U C E F R O M M Y G A R D E N , K N I T, R E A D A N D T R A V E L W I T H M Y FA M I LY C E C I L A N D A D D I S U ( 7 Y E A R S ) .”

Sonya with her son Addisu and husband Cecil.

In the research and design phase That company, NewenHouse— of NewenHouse, Sonya built a prototype, a business creating homes for the future a three-bedroom, two-bath, furnacethat are 80% eªcient—is in the r&d free, 970-square-foot home. She and her phase. The company will begin selling family moved into it in 2011 and last year plans for one-, two- and three-bedroom survived the coldest winter in 30 years. models in January 2016. The kits will “The house performed beautifully and include detailed plans, a specification maintained temperatures between and material list, a site-specific energy model, plans for an edible landscape, con- 68–86 degrees. This is impressive as the house uses only 1,300 watts to heat— sulting during the building process, and the equivalent amount of energy as a membership to an online community. single hair dryer!” It is the 25th certified The homes are furnace-free, passive house built in the U.S. and constructed with 18-inch thick double walls highly insulated with dense pack the 2nd in Wisconsin. cellulose (recycled newspaper), triple Like diversity and the woman’s pane windows and doors, and feature a movement, Sonya believes the environstate-of-the-art ventilation system. Sonya mental movement is here to stay, but describes the business as an “intersection still has a long way to go. “It’s not a of the green building movement, small trend. Helping the earth can be overhome movement and sustainable whelming for some and often people lifestyle movement.” All house plans don’t know where to start. Start by readwill be less than half the size of the ing and learning from friends. I feel average American home, ranging that if you have the health and resources, from 600–1,200 square feet. it’s negligent not to prepare for a sustainable future. I’m trying to help the environment in a positive way using my research and business skills.

Photos: Rebecca Eby

Fortunately I learned more marrying Cecil Wright who is deeply engaged in organic food systems. It’s cultural.

Being open to new ways of doing things and having the motivation to move forward is fun and rewarding.

Just has Sonya has designed her career and her house, she has also designed her life. “I have created the time and space to garden, can produce from my garden, knit, read and travel with my family, Cecil and Addisu (7 years).” She also enjoys o¤ering tours of their home and even rents out a room for guests to spend a night.

Contact her at 608.220.8029 if you want a tour.

When asked how ironic it is that her name matches her destiny, she says, “Some people start to look like their dog.

I’m becoming my last name.”

Inhabitat.com passive house.

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Upper School students take a break on their Interim Week trip to France.

Interim Week

New Classes Being Offered

Students and teachers look forward to one week in November when regular classes are replaced with an in-depth learning experience. Whether staying on campus, traveling within the local area or venturing farther away, students are immersed in a single topic for the week. At least once in the four-year high school career, students must participate in one community-service program.

Interim Week 2014 included trips to France, Budapest, Puerto Rico, New York City, Kentucky Red River Gorge and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Locally, students chose from topics including animal shelters, Chicago art, performance theory, suitcase theatre for educational outreach, bilingual tutoring, classes at Old Town School of Folk Music, Chinese culture, St. Vincent de Paul Center volunteering; race, gender, sexual orientation and social class in sports; and sewing children’s clothes to donate.

Two new Upper School elective science classes are being o¤ered for the 2014– 2015 school year. Environmental Science is a semester-long introductory course that surveys key topic areas including the application of scientific process to environmental analysis and interrelationships of the natural world. Topics of study include ecology; energy flow; ecological structures; earth systems; and atmospheric, land, and water science. Students will use this core knowledge to identify and analyze environmental problems and will use case studies to examine solutions to realworld problems. Students will collect and analyze data, explore case studies and conduct hands-on investigations and fieldwork.

In October, students took several trips to the Skokie Lagoons to conduct chemical tests to compile a water quality index score for this portion of the Chicago River.

Mark Hauser from Friends of the Chicago River guided the students in testing and discussed their results. A second trip to the Lagoons allowed students to collect, sample and identify macro invertebrates.

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provides a picture of the health of the ecosystem in terms of biodiversity and pollution tolerance. Students found all kinds of larvae—including damselflies and dragonflies—and even an invasive Asian shrimp Advanced Open Science Research/Lab is a semester or year-long course designed for second-semester juniors or seniors to introduce them to the demands and satisfaction of authentic, rigorous scientific experimentation that aligns with collegelevel courses. In partnership with a faculty mentor and, in some cases, local contentarea experts, students generate a research question, conduct a literature review, develop a hypothesis, collect and analyze data, and present their original research.

Topics currently being investigated are circadian rhythms on yeast and the ability of cell cycles to replicate; how the color of the environment and even paper a¤ects learning; and the how mental toughness is developed through participation in athletics and how it translates to success in other stressful situations.

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The Center on Wrongful Convictions Representatives from Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions were invited into Middle School Humanities and French Teacher Susan Schinleber’s 8th grade English class to speak to her students in October.

The purpose was to help students recognize that racial injustice and systemic inequities described in To Kill a Mockingbird are not things of the past.

Many of the challenges facing Tom Robinson in the 1930s southern United States continue to this day.

“Students were mesmerized and visibly moved by their visitors’ stories,” said Susan. Her hope is that they will be “inspired enough to want to go out and make the system work better in the interest of justice and fairness for all.”

Judy Royal, a sta¤ member at the Center since 2002 and a graduate of Northwestern’s School of Law, has been involved in the Center’s public education e¤ort as well as assisting in the representation of Center clients.

LeRoy Strange served 19 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Accused of murder at the age of 34, he spent 1 1/2 years in the Cook County jail and, following his conviction and sentencing, 17 years on death row. Thanks to the work of the Center, he has now been exonerated and lives in Chicago close to his daughter and her family.

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School designed the simulation for students of all ages. The topic will focus on Rwanda, as well as negotiation, conflict resolution and communication skills. Students research and prepare in class in advance of the simulation.

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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution This year, the 8th grade class is participating in two simulations with Wendell Phillips Academy High School. The first experience was held on in November at Wendell Phillips in Chicago, and in the spring their students will visit North Shore for a second simulation.

North Shore 8th grade students are working with Phillips Academy 9th grade honors social-studies students on a simulation activity titled One Village, Six People: Workable Peace: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide in Post-Colonial Africa.

2 Middle School students at Phillips Academy High School 3 Maria Herrle ’17 at a vet clinic for Interim 4 Richard Austin ’18 at the Old Town School of Folk Music for Interim 5 Kayleigh Robertson ’15 and Emma Flannery ’17 in Puerto Rico for Interim

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accomplishmen t s Documentaries on Tibet James Robinson ’15 became interested in Tibet when he was in the 4th grade.

It started when he noticed a dotted border on a map of the world’s countries. By the time James was in 6th grade, he had created his fi rst documentary. His interest grew and during a year of homeschooling in 2010–11, he spent 3–4 hours per day writing. “Although I’ve outgrown the perspective explored in much of that work, it formed an important foundation for understanding Tibet’s complex history and the clashing perspectives that defi ne it,” he said.

Currently, James is editing footage for a 45-minute documentary entitled Imprisoned Perspectives: The Struggle for Tibet. The project is based on over 40 interviews conducted in India during the summer of 2013, and throughout the U.S. during the summer of 2014.

“Tracking down interviewees has required breaking down barriers of culture, social hierarchy and age. It has required carefully crafting emails so that recipients might be interested enough to meet with a high school student, and has tossed me into unexpected circumstances: eating lunch at Subway with the former Prime Minister of Tibet, being waved into the center of a circle of over a hundred dancing Tibetans and abandoning lists of prepared questions when an interviewee opens an unexpected window.

While humbling, the process has also been surprisingly liberating. For while our society tends to value appearances in front of the camera, I believe you can see more from behind one, blurring rather than sharpening one’s identity.”

Learning Russian Rachel York ’15 was so determined to learn Russian that she searched, discovered, applied and received an all-expense paid National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship. Funded through the U.S. State Department, the program enables high school students interested in learning “critical” languages to travel to countries where they are spoken.

Languages such as Arabic, Chinese and Russian are important in today’s world are not as accessible in high school.

Last summer, Rachel was sent to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, and stayed with a family for 6 weeks.

During that time, she and 30 other American high school students were immersed in the Russian language classes and the local culture.

“Connecting with people from all over the world and di¤erent cultures is so interesting and exciting,” says Rachel.

“I loved being able to see another part of Europe—one that not as many people visit.” She is continuing to take Russian classes at Oakton Community College several nights a week. Rachel also speaks French and is interested in learning Polish, Hebrew or Hungarian—so she and Nori Kiss ’15, the exchange student to North Shore last year who lived with Rachel’s family, can have conversations in Hungarian.

“It’s also really interesting because Russia is in the news a lot right now and I’m very interested in studying international relations.”

Immersed in Ukrainian Culture In 1999, Olena Lymar’s ’15 family moved to the U.S. from the Ukraine.

With them they brought their culture and traditions. Her father is an ordained priest at the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and they live in Ukrainian Village. “Growing up, I had to be a role model because my dad was the priest. Now I really enjoy it,” she says.

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Before arriving at North Shore for 11th grade, Olena attended a Ukrainian school in New Jersey from grades k to 10. Part of her education focused on the culture, history and arts of the Ukraine. She and her family “write” or decorate Easter eggs every year, and she is currently taking beading classes at the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art in Chicago.

Last summer, Olena was chosen to be a representative to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Youth Leadership Conference in Minneapolis. “That was a turning point. I realized that I really wanted to be more involved in the church and felt my connection to ‘Live and Serve’ through North Shore.”

In addition, she spends her summers as a sta¤ aide at the church’s camp in Pennsylvania, has been a Sunday school teacher, helps cook church dinners, prepare for fundraisers, sings in the church choir, and chants vespers with her mother every Saturday night at church.

Middle School Model United Nations In November, the Middle School Model United Nations team participated in the Northern Illinois Model UN at the Chicago History Museum. The following students were a part of this year’s team, representing the following countries. Winners of special awards are also noted.

rachel block ’19 Antigua and Barbuda; nikki chakravarthy ’19 Honduras; tejas chakravarthy ’19 India; gavin cotter ’19 Colombia— Special Award: Outstanding Negotiator;

maeve devereux ’21 Greece; sebastian isasi ’20 India— Special Award: Outstanding Writer;

mazeed oluewu ’19 Argentina; and mark sirazi ’20 Argentina.

James Robinson ’15 (Photo: Cara Starnbach) Easter eggs decorated in traditional Ukrainian style.

Rachel York ’15 (second from left) with her Russian family.

Olena Lymar ’15 (left) with her family and bishop.

events 2014 Homecoming / Reunion Weekend Homecoming at North Shore never fails to rekindle connections among alumni and their beloved alma mater and classmates, students, teachers, sta¤ and parents. This year seemed even more meaningful than ever. Over 300 alumni participated in reunions and special events held October 10 and 11.

On Friday, Rick MacArthur ’74, this year’s recipient of the Francis R. Stanton Recognition (see story on page 32), engaged with students in the classroom.

The annual Homecoming art gallery opening featured the diverse works of faculty and sta¤, and the reception of alumni and faculty allowed for mingling and conversation.

Saturday featured a school update with Head of School Tom Doar, followed

by Rick addressing alumni, parents of alumni and faculty about the lasting impact of his North Shore education.

Facuty members Michael Querio, Julia Macholl and Kate Puccia provided a presentation on “The Arts.” Campus tours for alumni were led by students. It was a beautiful fall day for Raider athletes and fans, featuring a little Raiders field hockey clinic, alumnae vs. varsity field hockey games, boy’s soccer, volleyball and football. Alumni class parties were held at various locations throughout the evening.

Cathy Durning, Steve Edwards ’52, Nancy Golden Fahlstrom ’70, Grace Flickinger ’12, Tom Flickinger, Je¤ Foreman ’80, Bob Geraghty ’65, Virginia Caspari Gerst ’60, Katie Freiburger, Hall Healy ’59, David Hines ’81, Stacy Hunt, Harley Hutchins ’60, Elizabeth Ingram ’82, Joan Palm Johnson ’57, Lance Johnson, Dan Killian ’05, Ciara McDonagh ’90, Patrick McHugh, Any Meyer ’00, Esra Mitchell, Melissa Mizel, Jeanne Morette, Scott Olson ’79, Sarah Geist Rosen ’86, Rebecca Andeou Sabri ’86, Hilary Bishop Scott ’96, Jeannie Lea Scully ’63, George Smith iii ’81, Du¤ Stevenson, Susanna Ver Eecke, Alice Pirie Wirtz ’49

Patrick McHugh, athletic director, volunteered during the connectathon in honor of a number of people at North Shore and others in his life including alumni. “I like connecting with alums. They are truly the ones who tell us how we are doing. I especially love speaking to members of classes in the late 1950s and early 1960s…Everyone I get to talk to in those classes about the school usually raves about the influence the School had on their life or at the very least has some great story. These stories have become quite sustaining to me.”

Fall Connectathon

Reunion Annual Giving

Reunion Annual Giving contributions are still being accepted and can be made up until the fiscal year ends on June 30, 2015.

Thank you to Reunion Annual Giving Chairs:

karen block ’09 5th Reunion

rachel cahan ’04 10th Reunion

kate hutchins kletzien ’99 15th Reunion

katie whittlesey comstock ’94 20th Reunion

heather axelrod oliver ’89 25th Reunion

david brown ’84 30th Reunion

scott olson ’79 35th Reunion

henry newman ’74 40th Reunion

bruce blair ’69 45th Reunion

nick babson ’64 and bill hinchliff ’64 50th Reunion

hall healy ’59 Thanks to the dedicated alumni, parent, faculty and sta¤ volunteers who made calls and wrote notes during the Annual Giving fall connectathon. Their outreach helped keep alumni, parents and friends informed and connected. The generous support from all who pledged or made a gift this year is greatly appreciated.

Annual Giving benefits all students and teachers.

Many thanks to the enthusiastic volunteers who helped make it all possible: Annie Aggens ’88, Bill Ake ’88, Gretchen Ake, Lisa Altenbernd, Kelsey Andersen ’06, Heidi Avedisian, Lisa Baccich, Jay Bach, Bruce Blair ’69, Dan Bloedorn ’87, Heather Ramsey Campbell ’63, Chris Charnas ’83, Sarah Cody ’04, Erica Conlon, Michael Creatura ’11, Jim Davis ’64, 18

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mary pick hines ’49 and john roberts ’49

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Reunion Annual Giving launched in July.

Congratulations to the class of 1949 for outstanding support of Annual Giving and the ’49 Scholarship fund in celebration of their 65th Reunion with 68% participation, led by Reunion Annual Giving Co-Chairs Mary Pick Hines ’49 and John Roberts ’49. Special recognition was given during Homecoming weekend to members of the class with vip seating and concessions during the football game. Honorable mention went to the classes of 1964 (50th Reunion) and 2009 (5th Reunion) for number of classmates participating.

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dick golden ’44 70th Reunion

john howard ’39 75th Reunion

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Science Teachers Jen Pfannerstill and Annie Collins

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Lunch in the Loop The November 20 Lunch in the Loop program sponsored by the Alumni Board and held at the Union League Club in Chicago focused on “Science: Process and Progress at North Shore.”

The featured speakers were Science Department Chair and Lower School Science Teacher Annie Collins and Upper School Science Teacher and Scientist-in-Residence Jen Pfannerstill.

In addition, Head of School Tom Doar gave attending alumni, parents of alumni, current parents, former faculty and trustees an update on the School.

The spring Lunch in the Loop will be held on April 16, 2015.

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Diane Gavin and Donnelly Caestecker

Ludovic Comeau and Maude Toussaint-Comeau

It was illuminating to learn about NSCDS’ approach to teaching science to younger and older students—great presentation!

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facult y Faculty Profile: Julia Macholl P E R F O R M I N G A R T S D E PA R T M E N T C H A I R A N D U P P E R S C H O O L T H E AT E R T E A C H E R

Q . What was your early experience in the performing arts?

A. I was an extremely shy kid, but when I started playing violin, music became my voice. I became comfortable performing in front of people because I was presenting the “violin’s music” and was focused on the “violin’s sound”— it wasn’t just me up there. Over time this built my performance confidence. In high school, I took a risk and auditioned for a summer community theater production of Peter Pan. The director was also the director at my high school, Niles West. He was very kind, encouraging and proud of my performance—and I was bitten by the “drama bug.”

you think you want to be a Theater Teacher?” It made me realize there was a theater education-major at Illinois State, which was unique at the time.

I ended up as a theater ed, English ed and communications ed major—while keeping my foot in the acting realm as well. I had a great experience and was exposed to the ways theater can be used as an educational tool for all ranges of learning.

their new interest in performing arts— it’s a pleasure to watch students who thought they would never be in an audition setting blossom. Students can be their own worst enemy. I can believe in them and tell them that a character is there, but they’re the ones who have to take on the part and own it. It’s good to see when that comes together and happens for students. More than anything, I want to encourage students to give themselves a shot and take risks.

Q. How do your performing skills help you engage students in the classroom and vice versa?

Q. What kind of projects are you currently involved in?

A. You have to get students outside their

A. I’m always preparing for the next

heads and get them into the world of the character. When I ask them to put themselves out there in a classroom exercise I am right there with them doing the same activities. We have a lot of discussion about these experiences, what it feels like to be uncomfortable, to push yourself, how to do it better next time—it’s a great experience for the students and it really drives my energy as a performer. That, to me, is the beauty of being an artist within the education system—you’re constantly growing and constantly influenced by the student actors.

audition season. I’ve been doing a lot of film recently, but I really love the stage!

I recently got an agent and have done Q . What is your favorite kind of theater? a few commercials for Studio 41, Intel A. Because I love singing and dance, and a corporate video for Walgreens. In my heart truly lies in musical theater and the summer of 2013, I was the narrator comedy. After high school and college, for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor I wanted to become active in the Chicago Dream Coat for Theater Nebula in Palatine. theater—getting to know people in both Since then, I have performed in the world community and professional theater compremier of the comedy The Man with No panies. Continuing to audition and stay Opinions with the same company. I peractive as an artist is really important to formed at Stage 773 in the city; I had the me, not only to fulfill my own passion, role of Beth in Little Women and Vivian but it also helps me to see what the indus(the hard lawyer who doesn’t like Elle) try is doing and to bring that back to my in Legally Blonde, the Musical. As an actor, students. Those insights can help give Q. What have been some of your favorite I like having the ability to play a range of them a roadmap to being successful. experiences working with student actors? characters. That is what I encourage North Shore students to do as well. I also enjoy Q . How did you transition into teaching?

A. The best experiences are when a student who thought he or she could never working with North Shore’s band string A. When I was in high school we went section once a week spending time with be a lead, gets a part, gets hooked, and to the Illinois High School Theater festival lands three leads in a row. Or hearing the students and my first love, the violin. (where I still take North Shore students students who put o¤ their performing every other year) and I distinctly rememarts requirement with such anxiety say, ber a workshop they o¤ered called “So “I wish I’d gotten involved with theater freshman year” who go on to pursue a c o r n · Winter 2015 21

facult y Professional Development Not only do our students enjoy learning, so do our faculty. Whether enrolling in workshops, trips or continuing-education courses, or using their expertise to lead training sessions, our teachers stay current and energized to bring their experiences back to the School and their classrooms.

Frank Dachille, Upper School history department chair and history teacher, attended the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education’s Teaching the World Religions Seminar.

Matthew Cherner-Ranft, 5th grade assistant teacher, and Laura Hsieh, Upper School art teacher, attended isacs ’s New Teacher Workshop.

Beatrice McKenna, Upper School French teacher, attended an ap French Workshop in Madison, WI .

Susan Schinleber, Middle School

humanities teacher and French teacher, attended The Shakespeare Institute at the University of Cambridge in England enrolling in five classes that met for two weeks.

Sarah Walsh, Middle School humanities

teacher, and Camille Dominguez, Middle School math and science teacher, traveled to Turkey in July courtesy of a grant from North Shore’s Global Program. Over the course of eight days, they visited many of Turkey’s rich cultural sites, including Troy, Ephesus, Hieropolis, the Temple of Aphrodite, the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sofia. Trips to Gallipoli, Selçuk, Istanbul and Cannakale rounded out the experience for the teachers, who fell in love with not only the country and its people, but also with the food. Their visit coincided with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, so Camille and Sarah quickly grew accustomed to the 4:30 am call to prayer that echoed from the mosques.

Since their return to North Shore, Camille and Sarah have been sharing their experiences with students and faculty, and plan to create curricula based on the learning they did there.

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Cristy Athas and Jen Watson, both 1st grade teachers, attended the weeklong Responsive Classroom training in Chicago. The four-day course o¤ered research-based strategies that lead to engaging academic instruction, better classroom management and positive learning communities.

Pam Whalley , head of Lower School;

La Vina Lowery, head of Middle School; Sue Downing, director of finance; Dave Potter, head of Upper School; Lynsey Wollin-Casey, assistant head of Upper

School and French teacher; and Chris Boyle, assistant head and academic dean, attended the Kellogg School of Business Leading Successful Schools program.

This three-day program provided leadingedge theory in leadership, strategic vision, the art of decision-making, and communications, and the opportunity to share best practices and challenges.

Brian Posner, Upper School math teacher, attended an ap Statistics Workshop in Chicago.

Ship Safford, Upper School history teacher, attended an ap US History Workshop in Vermont.

Noteworthy Jen Pfannerstill, Upper School science

teacher and scientist-in-residence, recently led a workshop sponsored by the National Math and Science Initiative on using biological stories to construct scientific explanations for 100 ap biology teachers in Alabama, and also traveled to Cleveland to present a session on assessment- and project-based learning in ap biology at the National Association of Biology Teachers annual conference.

Barbara Sherman, Upper School learning specialist, was accepted to present her education research addressing what creates barriers to learning and what systems support learning at the American Educational Research Association Conference in April 2015. She also earned her doctorate in education with emphasis on Education Leadership and Curriculum and Social Inquiry from National Louis Kathy McHugh, Upper School English University in the summer of 2014. In teacher, and Maria Elena Centomo, May 2015, Barbara will present a paper at Middle and Upper School Spanish teacher, the International Congress of Qualitative attended the Facing History and Ourselves Inquiry at the University of Illinois, Holocaust and Human Behavior Course Urbana, addressing the critical compothat explored how history is shaped by nents of designing multicultural hatred, indi¤erence, and denial, as well as by caring, compassion and responsibility. curriculum and the importance of developing cross cultural understandings Educators examined the range of choices and competencies. that led to the failure of democracy in Germany and ultimately to the persecution of millions of Jews and other targeted groups.

book l is t When asked, “What was the last good book you read?” North Shore faculty and sta¤ responded enthusiastically.

Jeff Shaw

Emily Denesha Lower School Reading Specialist

Anne Marie Dall’Agata

Lower School Academic Integrator

The Martian Andy Weir

The House Girl Tara Conklin

Le Premier Homme Albert Camus

Becky Corrigan Upper School Science Teacher

Lou Kinder Upper School English Teacher

Rachel Nagler Director of Diversity

Divergent Veronica Roth

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou

Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Karen Cunningham Senior Accountant

Ship Safford Upper School History Teacher

Winder Holeman Lower School Spanish Teacher

All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr

The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson

The Last Days of the Incas Kim MacQuarrie

Maureen Wilde Annual Giving Coordinator

Kate Puccia Art Department Chair and Upper School Art Teacher

Vinny Cousineau Upper School Math Teacher

The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin Jen Pfannerstill

Upper School Science Teacher

The Violinist’s Thumb: And other Lost Tales of Love, Ware, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code Sam Kean Emily Fardoux

Librarian

I’ll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson Irene Kearney

Communications Associate

Islands in the Stream Ernest Hemingway Keith Sklar

Middle School Art Teacher

Christine Ritchey

Lock In John Scalzi

Middle School Learning Specialist

Where Things Come Back John Corey Whaley

Linda Kiracibasi

Long Life: Essays and Other Writings Mary Oliver

Barbara Castilla Upper School Spanish Teacher

Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese

Susan Schinleber Middle School Humanities and French Teacher

The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson

Drea Gallaga Upper School English Teacher

Written In My Own Heart’s Blood Diana Gabaldon

With Liberty and Justice for Some Glenn Greenwald

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America Jon Mooallem

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales Margaret Atwood Lower School Music Teacher

Middle School French Teacher

Sharon Dole Administrative Assistant to the Head of School

Mama Day Gloria Naylor Cassandra Hiland Upper School English Department Chair and English Teacher

The Hundred-Year House Rebecca Makkai

Jim Leesch

Middle School Math and Drama Teacher

Katie Kirsch Upper School Academic Integrator

Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi Lauren Marica Development Assistant

The Goldfinch Donna Tartt Alyssa Dudzik

Senior Kindergarten Teacher

Dark Places Gillian Flynn

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Every fall, the Parents’ Association sponsors a Book Fair with proceeds benefiting the School’s Hall Library and classroom libraries. This year, the event raised $5,000. Students, parents and teachers enjoyed browsing and shopping the fair’s extensive collection of something for all ages and interests.

Once again, the Lower School used Halloween as a chance to “Live and Serve,” this year collecting more than double what they did last year—over $1,000.

Since 1950, unicef has raised money through small donations to provide children in need with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.

For 17 years, North Shore’s Upper School has collected gifts and food for families in need through the Northwestern University Settlement House holiday-assistance program. This year was no exception.

Students, faculty and sta¤ sponsored 13 families including children and parents who otherwise could not have a¤orded these special gifts and necessities. In addition to collecting toys, clothing, household items and food, Lower School Music Teacher Linda Kiracibasi organized a faculty/sta¤ collection of Jewel grocery stickers that were redeemed for pots and pans to donate to families.

Play for the Cure North Shore’s field hockey team once again participated along with other local teams to “Stick It To Cancer.” The team raised $343 selling t-shirts and baked items to benefit the National Foundation for Cancer Research. In the afternoon, they defeated Francis Parker 7–2.

Winter Clothing Drive

The Upper School Community Service Club sponsored a gently used winter clothing drive to donate to Refugee One, an organization that helps refugees fleeing war, terror and persecution to build lives No-Shave November of dignity in the Chicago area. In total, they collected 35 coats, 1 earmu¤, 2 snow Xander Mitchell ’15 organized a team pants, 7 scarves, 6 hats, 12 gloves and of more than 20 Upper School students, Hurricane Relief 1 pair of boots. faculty and sta¤ to participate (although Rachel Olatunji ’21 was so moved by only 10 are pictured) in No-Shave the hurricane that hit Cabo San Lucas November. The group raised $510 to Illinois Food Depository in September, that she organized a bake donate to the American Cancer Society. sale with help from her Middle School The Parents’ Association is organizing Participants included Upper School classmates and raised $295 for the Relief a number of “Live and Serve” projects students Will Curren ’15, Maurits for parents. The first one was an outing Fund. “My family and I have been going Hondmann ’16, Patrick Lanctot ’15, to the Northern Illinois Food Depository to the Bungalows since I was a baby Will McClanahan ’15, Xander Mitchell ’15, in Park City, IL , where 12 parents packed and we love it there! I was devastated to Michael Morette ’15, Gus Murray ’15, hear about the hurricane and wanted over 15,000 pounds of food and learned Ves Nanov ’16, Cooper Ochsenhirt ’16, to do something. I hope the money about the organization.

Ike Pratt ’17, Sam Reategui ’15, Gordie from the bake sales helps the families Rohrbach ’15, Justin Savin ’15, Ian who lost their homes.”

Talty ’15, Mike Valenti ’16, Skip WiltshireLurie Children’s Hospital Gordon ’15 and Danny Young ’15.

Annie Collins, science department chair Faculty participating were Tim Curren, and Lower School science teacher, ran 1 Winter clothing drive Vinny Cousineau, Brendan Kerrigan, the Chicago Marathon on behalf of 2 The field hockey team supported Brian Posner, Michael Querio, Art Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago Play for the Cure.

Jessen ’70 and Kyle Jones.

3 B A C K Faculty and staff Brendan Kerrigan, raising $1,615.80. She ran the marathon No-Shave November is a web-based, in 4 hours 18 minutes beating her Kyle Jones, Tim Curen, Brian Posen, non-profit organization devoted to growing previous personal best by 3 minutes.

Michael Querio, Art Jessen ’70 . cancer awareness and supportive funds F R O N T Students Patrick Lanctot ’15 , which go toward preventing the disease, Xander Mitchell ’15 , Skip WiltshireCommunity Garden saving lives, funding research, educating, Gordon ’15 , Will Curren ’15 , and aiding those fighting the battle North Shore has entered a new community Cooper Ochenhirt ’16 partnership with The Episcopal Church 4 Annie Collins with her family of St. James the Less in Northfield. The after the Marathon.

Church started a community garden three 5 Tom Pratt ’18 works in a community years ago.

A vacant adjacent lot was garden during Civic Ed. converted into 16 raised garden plots. To 6 Ian Talty ’15 and Skip Wiltshire-Gordon ’15 date, volunteers have harvested more than with gifts for Settlement House families. one ton of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, 7 Lower School students trick yellow squash, peppers, onion, beans and or treated for U N I C E F . carrots and donated all to the Northfield Food Pantry. The 9th grade Civic Ed program held in September helped clear brush, mulch and weed the garden.

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arts Yellow Boat In October, the Upper School performed The Yellow Boat, a dramatization based on the true story of David and Sonja Saar’s son, Benjamin, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died in 1987 at the age of 8 of A I D S -related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin’s buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings.

(The Yellow Boat, ©Dramatic Publishing)

Community Creatives The fall gallery exhibit, “Community Creatives: A celebration of imaginative objects crafted by North Shore Country Day School faculty and staff,” opened in the Almquist Gallery Homecoming weekend. The show featured artwork, crafts, photos, quilts, jewelry, furniture, collage, poetry, scarves, sculpture, painting, calligraphy and clothing.

Destin Teamer ’17

Barbara Castilla, Spanish teacher

Hannah Lumberg ’15

Clare MacCarthy ’17, Rachel Hayes ’17, Emily George ’17, Cameron Speta ’16

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Elizabeth Savin ’21

Talia Smith ’19

Megan Trott ’16

Becky Winkler ’25 Katherine Culp ’23

Katie Kirsch, academic integrator Brian Cook ’16

at hl e t ics Fall 2014 Sports Season Wrap-Up From preseason trips and conditioning programs, to competitive schedules and continued drive and determination, it was an outstanding season for the Raiders. North Shore student athletes performed with skill and sportsmanship. While some teams rebuilt and developed their programs, others went on to have record-breaking seasons.

Fall All-Conference 2014 C R O S S C O U N T R Y Kayla Robinson ’15 , Tommy McHugh ’17 F I E L D H O C K E Y Rachel Gordon ’16 , Mackenzie Nolan ’15 ,

Debbie Newmark ’15 , Camille Scheyer ’16 , Tala Glass ’16 , Reese Formolo ’16 S O C C E R Ben Potter ’16 1st Team, Cameron Macpherson ’15 1st Team, Alex Karmin ’15 1st Team Goalkeeper, Will Lawler ’16 2nd Team, Andrew Conlon ’17 2nd Team, A J Formolo ’16 2nd Team G O L F Andrew Belchman ’15 , Sam Reategui ’15 , Will Madigan ’17,

Charlie MacVicar ’16 , Andrew Miles ’16 T E N N I S Catherine Hayward ’16 Honorable Mention, Cara Bondurant ’16 Honorable Mention, Caroline Abrams ’15 Honorable Mention, Megan Trott ’16 Honorable Mention, Claire McCarthy ’15 Honorable Mention V O L L E Y B A L L Katie Winslow ’16 , Kathryn Revord ’17 Honorable Mention I S L P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R B OY S S O C C E R Ben Potter ’16 I S L P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R F I E L D H O C K E Y Mackenzie Nolan ’15 I S L C O A C H O F T H E Y E A R B OY S S O C C E R

Kyle Jones, Dave Potter, Jeff Richey, Erik Nava, Gabriel Leggott I S L C O A C H O F T H E Y E A R B OY S G O L F

Joe Bosco, Jay Bach, Cy Oelerich

Cross Country The girls’ and boys’ cross country teams had record seasons in every way. The roster was a record size of 24 members.

The boys’ team fi nished the highest ever, 3rd, at the Independent School League (isl) meet. The girls’ team tied their highest ever at the isl meet fi nishing 4th. At the Regional meet both girls’ and boys’ teams had their highest fi nish, and for the fi rst time both qualified for the Sectional meet in the same year.

At the Sectionals, despite all 7 boys and 7 girls running their personal best times, both teams failed to qualify. Kayla Robinson and Tommy McHugh each ran the 2nd fastest times for a North Shore athlete ever on the Lisle course and came within seconds of advancing as individuals but did not advance. Though ending just short of advancing our fi rst girl since 2010 or our fi rst boy since 2006 or our fi rst team in history to the state meet, the team took solace in the best combined girls’ and boys’ team and individual performances ever.

Field Hockey The field hockey team started the season in early August when 18 members of the team traveled to Leelanau, MI for a team camp. Led by seniors Stephanie Chandler ’15, Annie Kroll ’15, Debbie Newmark ’15, Mackenzie Nolan ’15, and Kate Roever ’15, the Raiders had an amazing season, and earned their rank as isl Champs, fi nishing 13–2–1 overall. The team scored a big win over Lake Forest Academy and an exciting come-from-behind 2ot tie during Homecoming weekend versus Latin.

The team lost to New Trier in the State Tournament.

Football Varsity football began the season by forfeiting three games based on an anticipated low roster count. Captains Michael Morette ’15, Danny Young ’15 and Jonathan Segal ’15 rallied their classmates and were able to gather more players so they could adequately compete this year. The lone victory was a 34–0 win at Christian Liberty Academy.

While the record indicates they were not the most competitive team in the conference, the values our players demonstrated will permeate into their adult lives.

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Kayla Robinson ’15

Mackenzie Nolan ’15

Golf The varsity golf team wrapped up another successful year on the links, defending their title as conference champions for the ninth year in a row and fi nishing second in the state tournament.

Members of the varsity golf team were Andrew Blechman ’15, Ethan Cantor ’18, Rachel Cantor ’16, William Dart ’18, Nick David ’15, Zach Doerge ’17, Patrick Lanctot ’15, Charlie MacVicar ’16, Will Madigan ’17, Drew Miles ’16, Peter Miles ’18, Sam Reategui ’15, Brent Rolfes ’16 and Daniel Viellieu ’15.

Soccer

Sam Kayser ’15

Sam Reategui ’15

The Raider soccer team had a recordbreaking year. The season started with a preseason trip to England and ended in the Regional Final on pk s. The Raiders set a new school record for 13 wins in a season while playing its toughest schedule. Big wins included Morris High School (2 a), Keith School, Francis Parker and Latin School. The highlight of the season was an overtime goal with two minutes remaining in the game against U-High by Braden Adamson-Tate ’18 to clinch the Raiders’ fi rst ever isl Conference Title.

Tennis The girl’s varsity tennis team had a very successful season this fall, ultimately placing third in the isl tennis championship. Due to the performance of Caroline Abrams ’15, Claire McCarthy ’15, Megan Trott ’16, Cara Bondurant ’16 and Catherine Hayward ’16 in the Sectional tournament, four varsity players (Caroline Abrams, Cara Bondurant, Claire McCarthy, and Megan Trott) were one round away from qualifying for the State tournament.

The overall season record was 11–4.

Ben Potter ’16

Volleyball The volleyball team worked hard this year.

They came out of the gate strong having the best start in the last five years, going 4–0. The talent of this group really shone through numerous times throughout the season during matches like Willows Academy and University of Chicago Laboratory School. The team defended their title of Regional Champs again against Chicago Waldorf and went on to the Sectional semi-fi nal where they were defeated by Newark High School.

Claire McCarthy ’15

Katie Winslow ’16

dis t inguished gues t s Mary Ann and Rory Finlay Receive Foster Hannaford Recognition On October 22, 2014, North Shore’s Board of Trustees hosted the annual Hannaford Recognition Event to acknowledge leadership donors to Annual Giving 2013–2014, Heritage Society members (those who have designated North Shore in their estate plans), and this year’s Hannaford Recognition recipients, Mary Ann and Rory Finlay.

This recognition is named in honor of Foster Hannaford who served as a member of the Board of Trustees for 48 years and as a Trustee of the School Foundation for 35 years. It was initiated in 1985 and is conferred annually upon a person or persons who demonstrate distinguished service to North Shore Country Day School.

Head of School Tom Doar presented the following to Mary Ann and Rory Finlay.

“North Shore’s commitment to community and to family has always been vital to the School’s essence. The Finlay family, in many ways, defines that essence. As a family, their thoughtful involvement and level of engagement at North Shore has been exemplary. They contribute meaningfully and add value. They lead, they follow, they complement, they support. Mary Ann and Rory seem to implicitly understand the range of elements that make ‘good education’ and then always act in a way that advances the agenda for all— students, teachers, parents and alumni.

“Their three children—Sarah ’05, Emily ’07 and Will ’10—are wonderful contributors and leaders as well—all have the thumbprint of a Finlay. The Finlays share their unique talents in music, drama, athletics, service and academics, which serve as a community example.

“Mary Ann and Rory have ‘lived and served’ North Shore through their combined service on the Board of Trustees, Benefit Board (formerly Woman’s Board) and Parents’ Association. They are each bright and aware, and o¤er energy and

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Harold H. Hines Jr. Visiting Fellow commitment, contributing significantly Patrick Meier, Ph.D., director of Social in all areas of involvement. Together, Innovation at the Qatar Computing they touch every base, adding value, Research Institute, was this year’s Harold connecting with others and raising the Hines, Jr. Visiting Fellow on October 27. level of discourse.

While on campus, he talked with Upper “Mary Ann—as a leader with vision and Middle School students in their and awareness—served as President classrooms and at Morning Ex. of the Parents’ Association, President He is a “digital humanitarian” who of the Benefit Board, Co-Chair of the specializes in developing “Next Generation Auction, Parent Grade Chair and Lower Humanitarian Technologies” for early School Steering Chair. Stepping up crisis warning, humanitarian response each time came naturally to Mary Ann, and resilience in partnership with several seeing the need and responding to the humanitarian organizations. Patrick call. Her guidance, example and leaderis also the author of the widely read blog ship inspired fellow parents to actively iRevolution and of the forth-coming book engage in volunteerism for the School, Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data which is critically central to the vibrancy is Changing the Face of Humanitarian of North Shore. She supported and Response. He previously co-founded and encouraged volunteers and Board memco-directed Harvard’s Program on bers, all with confidence that the job Crisis Mapping and Early Warning and would get done, knowing the School served as director of Crisis Mapping at and/or students would be advanced.

Ushahidi. Patrick is also the co-founder “Rory’s career experience spans the of the International CrisisMappers world and his knowledge and expertise Network and of the Digital Humanitarian in global marketing, brand identity and Network. He has a Ph.D. from The sales raised the level of strategic focus Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and helped the School to articulate its a Pre-Doc from Stanford and an M.A. strengths and distinctiveness. He is from Columbia University. a creative problem-solver and facilitator.

The Harold H. Hines, Jr. Visiting During the Upper School construction Fellowship is an annual event in memory project, as the dialogue with our neighof long-time Board of Trustees member bors became increasingly complex, Rory Harold Hines. Mr. Hines provided excepwas tapped to facilitate. With remarkable tional leadership to North Shore and was skill and awareness, he was able to conpresident of the Board from 1971–1973. The nect, engage, listen and respond with Fellowship annually brings to campus a a presence and leadership that led to an distinguished individual who articulates ultimate solution that served both our the School’s motto, “Live and Serve.” neighbors and the School. Amazingly, his intuition and kindness helped make good neighbors of all.

1 Michael Larsen, Carrie Scharbo, “As good communicators and listeners, Jennifer Larsen, Tom Doar Mary Ann and Rory have supported the 2 Traci Lumberg, Esra Mitchell School as active volunteers and financial 3 Emily ’07, Mary Ann, Rory, Will ’10 Finlay, supporters of Annual Giving, Capital Tom Doar, Jim Lumberg Campaigns, Auctions and events; served 4 Susan Canmann, Jeannie Miles alongside fellow parents at Phonathons; 5 David Hines ’81 , Patrick Meier attended and engaged in school and and Mary Pick Hines ’49 alumni events; and have opened their home to welcome international students.

“Simply put, when there’s a need, the Finlays are there…however broadly defined or idiosyncratic. They are role models to all, friends to many, and will always be members of our North Shore family.”

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Rick MacArthur ’74 met with Middle and Upper School students during his day visit to campus.

Rick MacArthur ’74 Receives Stanton Recognition During Homecoming Weekend October 10–11, Rick MacArthur ’74 received the 2014 Francis R. Stanton Recognition—given annually to an alumnus/a whose life work exemplifies the School’s motto “Live and Serve.”

Rick met with Upper, Middle and Lower School students on Friday to share his thoughts and ideas as a writer, publisher and human rights activist. At Saturday’s award presentation, he reflected on many of his North Shore teachers and paid particular tribute to and recognition of the lifelong impact of his former North Shore English Teacher Frank Wallace who was present during the Homecoming Weekend.

The following is a transcript of the Stanton recognition presented by Alumni Board President David Hines ’81.

“After graduating from North Shore in 1974, Rick attended Columbia University and graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in history.

He began his career as a reporter and continues to be a writer while running Harper’s Magazine, publishing books and advocating for press freedom and human rights.

“Rick is president and publisher of Harper’s, the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in America. He is also an award-winning journalist and author.

He initiated the foundation-sponsored rescue of Harper’s Magazine in 1980. Under his stewardship, Harper’s has received numerous awards, including 17 National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest recognition.

Before joining the magazine in 1983, he was an assistant foreign editor at United Press International and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Bergen Record, Washington Star, and Wall Street Journal.

In 1993 he received the Mencken Award for best editorial/op-ed column for his New York Times exposure of Nayirah

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Karen Cassiday, Ph.D. Addresses Anxiety al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador’s daughter who helped fake the Iraqi baby-incubator atrocity in the propaganda run-up to the first Gulf War. “In 2008, Rick published his third book, You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. His two monthly columns, covering a broad range of topics from politics to culture, appear in the Providence Journal and, in French, in Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper. Those writings were collected in a book, L’Illusion Obama, that was published in France and in Quebec in 2012.

“Rick founded and serves on the Board of Directors of the Death Penalty Information Center and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center.

Along with members of his family, he founded Article 19, the International Center on Censorship, based in London, and in 1989 he initiated and helped organize the pen/Article 19/ Author’s Guild rally for Salman Rushdie.

He is also on the Board of Directors of the Author’s Guild, and he is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.”

In October, Karen Cassiday, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens and adults, who has conducted extensive research into anxiety and is widely published, spoke to parents on “Recognizing Anxiety: Facing and Overcoming Fear.”

Her presentation, sponsored by North Shore’s Parent Ed Committee, o¤ered science-proven practical strategies for changing the way parents think about themselves, their parenting and their children to help avoid the accidental mistakes that set parents and their families up for anxiety and worry.

Her remarks inspired parents to refocus parenting e¤orts on cultivating good humor in the face of challenges, living with equanimity in the face of uncertainty and teaching children to be e¤ective rather than happy.

Chip Donohue, Ph.D. and Digital Age Wellness North Shore’s Parent Ed Committee hosted Chip Donohue, Ph.D., Director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at Erikson Institute, for an evening presentation and discussion on October 7. He talked about “Digital Age Wellness Creating a Positive Media Ecology at Home,” and reflected on ways digital tools have become integrated into the lives of children, parents and families. Chip also discussed common concerns about the intersection of healthy child development, learning and children’s media, and will share key findings from recent children’s media research about digital media. He is a foremost expert on the use of digital media and learning in childhood.

a lumni connec t ions Wisconsin Regional Gatherings— Milwaukee and Madison On November 7, two alumni and friends gatherings were held. A luncheon in Milwaukee hosted by Harry ’61 and Barbara Bulger Drake ’66 at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin, and a cocktail reception at Coopers Tavern in Madison. Both events offered the opportunity to connect and hear about North Shore today.

Lynn Olson Gilchrist ’56 and Tom Garver ’52

Jay Bach, Pam Winston Christensen ’61 and Harry Drake ’61

Sonya Newenhouse ’84 and Francis Stanton ’73

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a lumni connec t ions Homecoming/Reunion Weekend— Alumni Everywhere!

“O’er the fields of waving purple”…North Shore Alumni attended a wonderful Homecoming /Reunion Weekend seeing friends, former faculty, touring campus and attending special events and programs. Alumni were excited to be back and seeing the School in action.

Jill Witte Dillon ’69 remarks, “Whenever visiting the school, I am reminded of what an exceptional place and time it was and continues to be.

I am grateful for the memories and for the multi-decades of friendships that resulted from that time.”

Class Reunions Homecoming /Reunion Weekend was action-packed for alumni, parents of alumni, students and faculty offering ways to connect and enjoy time together at special events, programs and games. Reunion classes included: 1939 , 1944 , 1953/54 , 1959 , 1964 , 1969 , 1974 , 1979, 1984 , 1989 , 1994 , 1999 , 2004 and 2009 .

Katie Drerup, John Howard ’39

Davis Chin ’99 , Kate Hutchins Kletzien ’99 , Erika Kondo ’99

Matt Berman ’79 , Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 , Scott Olson ’79

Class of 1984 . B A C K Berni Ai Kuo, Will Mecklenburg, Karen Slater Haynie, Billy Marrinson, Matt Leibowitz, Brock Fowler,

Beth Conrad Billings, Peggy Weisenberg Mulvihill, Caroline Williams Cerrone, Mitch Tyson. F R O N T Eric Kaplan, Katie Geyer Young, 34 Arla Medvin Silverstein, Peter Banos, Josie Saltoun, Sonya Newenhouse

Ginger Bensinger Sonnenschein ’44 , Dick Golden ’44

Bill McCluskey ’39 , Tom Doar

Al Fisher, Joanne Brew ’64 , Kathryn Wilsey Lerch ’64 , Keith Lerch

Class of 1969 . F R O N T Cathy Askow Thompson, Alice Marshall Vogler, Mim Geraghty, Jill Witte Dillon, Anne Searle Bent,

Martha MacLeod Flanders. B A C K Dick LeBolt, John Leimert, Larry Marder, Bruce Blair, Bill Berry, Doug Severson

Class of 1974 . Henry Newman, Steve Smith, Jack Vilas, Rick MacArthur

Class of 1964 . Phoebe Pettingell, Jamie Reidy, Judy Drake Berkowitz, Neil Levin, Ben George, Jan Miller Kahler, Barney Carrington, Holly Potter Fromm, Marnie Paul, Doug Cooper

Joan Hauser Gately ’49 and Norman Ferris ’49

a lumni connec t ions 2014–15 Children/Grandchildren of Alumni

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Colin Norton (Christine Griffin Norton ’87 ) Owen Linback (Laura Gorman Linback ’86 ) Razaan Ghazi (Rashid Ghazi ’85) Lachlan Getz (grandfather Bert Getz ’55 ) Hugo Hines (David Hines ’81 )

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F I R S T ROW Gabriel Rosen (Sarah Geist Rosen ’86 ) Cece Norton (Christine Griffin Norton ’87 ) Dixie Oelerich (Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87 ) Thomas Scott (Hilary Bishop Scott ’96 ) Samuel Rosen (Sarah Geist Rosen ’86 ) Margo Ake (Bill Ake ’88 ) Abby Ferdinand (Ben Ferdinand ’86 ) Bronwyn Wood (Andrew Wood ’90 ) Lottie Ake (Bill Ake ’88 ) Daisy Stone (Jennifer Stone ’82 ) Alex Scott (Hilary Bishop Scott ’96 ) S E C O N D ROW Allie Charnas (Chris Charnas ’83 ) Ben Rosen (Sarah Geist Rosen ’86 ) Hadley Ake (Bill Ake ’88 ) Buckley Oelerich (Cy ’89 and Molly Shotwell Oelerich ’87 ) Anna Ristic (Lisa McClung ’87 )

Jibraan Ghazi (Rashid Ghazi ’85 ) Cassidy Healy (Denis John Healy ’91 ) Margie Blair (Bruce Blair ’69 ) Oscar Hines (David Hines ’81 ) T H I R D ROW

Katie Karmin (Peter Karmin ’83 ) Haniya Ghazi (Rashid Ghazi ’85) Julia Doyle (grandfather Neil Flanagin ’48 ) CJ Charnas (Chris Charnas ’83 ) Will Lawler (grandmother Janet Musselman Ley ’36 ) Thomas McDowell (Molly Ingram McDowell ’80 ) DJ Healy (Denis John Healy ’91 ) Tori Blair (Bruce Blair ’69 ) Ella Ristic (Lisa McClung ’87 ) T O P ROW

Alex Karmin (Philip Karmin ’80 ) Brendan Doyle (grandfather Neil Flanagin ’48 )

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Save the Date! October 2– 3, 2015 2015 Reunion Committees Forming CLASS OF 2010

CLASS OF 1970

Will Finlay Sammy Gray

Jim Golden Betsy Perkins Hill

CLASS OF 2005

CLASS OF 1965

Ashleigh Cross

Bob Geraghty

CLASS OF 2000

CLASS OF 1960

Alexis Contreas Vondran

Peter Darrow Bruce Everett Virginia Caspari Gerst Jean Wright Haider Harley Hutchins Vicki Jackson Jill Treishman Nesbit Mitzie Fraker Wynkoop

CLASS OF 1995

Pending CLASS OF 1990

Peggy Smith Co¤ee Ciara McDonagh CLASS OF 1985

Rashid Ghazi Lisa Paul Renaud Tracy Bach Vogel

Bert Getz

CLASS OF 1980

Pending

Je¤ Foreman Molly Ingram McDowell Lucy Sievers CLASS OF 1975 & 1976

Tony Blumberg Charlie Ingram

CLASS OF 1955

CLASS OF 1950

CLASS OF 1945

Pending CLASS OF 1940

John Wilson

If you wish to be on your class reunion committee, contact Director of Alumni Relations Nancy Green Whiteman ’71 , 847.881.8848 or email nwhiteman@ nscds.org

pho t os from our pa s t “A picture is worth a thousand words” and tells an important and interesting story. If you can identify any of these photos, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Nancy Green Whiteman ’71 , 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093 , nwhiteman@ nscds.org or call her at 847.881.8848 .

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1970s

Louise Konsberg Noll ’40 reported, “My Elizabeth Jacobs Boyle ’53 reflected, Jim Golden ’70 wrote, “I accompanied oldest great-granddaughter Sarah is a “North Shore was a superb time for me— my dad (Dick Golden ’44 ) to his 70th high school junior and looking at colleges. all-time great teachers, fine friends, reunion this fall. Really enjoyed being Hard to believe. I spent two weeks with excellent sports program, also music. back on campus. The remodeled Theatre my daughter Penny in Cozenovia in And the incomparable P.D. Smith— and Upper School are truly fantastic. the fall and she will be coming here How many heads of school actually make Looking forward to my class of 1970s for Christmas.” it their business to pay attention to and upcoming 45th reunion!” to know each and every student?”

Sallie Welsh VanArsdale ’40 writes, “we are still enjoying retirement community life in Sarasota: lots to do here. 1940 types—stop by if you travel this way.”

Jim Beck ’60 emailed, “winters are spent Sam Earle ’42 announces his first greaton the yacht the “Ptarmigan” in Antigua grandson, Connor Evans Earle was born and Barbuda.” on April 6, 2014.

Liz Ames ’61 reported, “ Harry ’61 and Bill Jacobs ’43 writes, “After 50 years of Barbara Bulger Drake ’66, Panny Mitchell living on Hillside Road in Crystal Lake King ’61 and I got together in NYC for we moved to Woodstock, IL about 8 miles a wonderful lunch in May. Unfortunately, north. We now live at Hearthstone Mary Sperling McAuliffe ’61 and husband Communities for independent-living Jack couldn’t attend this time but it looks advantages. Still healthy!” as though we may be meeting yearly.

Walter Goldstein ’71 wrote that he and Tim Wallace ’45 reports, “gave a talk Jim ’62 and Mary June Newman Bob Jordan ’71 , who were Raider soccer at my 65th Harvard reunion—they co-captains in 1971, met up in August Howe ’63 are retired but busy in many finally wanted to know something for a hike in Glacier Park. ways living in New Hampshire. They about agriculture.” have 5 grandchildren.

Betsy Nachman ’74 was not able to Wendy Smith Buchen ’47 went on a trip attend the class of 1974 reunion Ned Lawson ’64 reports, “Becki and in August from Vancouver, BC to Jasper, but sent a message to her classmates.

I completed a two-month-long sailing Alberta with her two sons, daughter “Hello Classmates! I don’t know if you trip to Maine and back this summer.” and son-in-law. remember me; I was in your class Susan Restin St. John ’68 is “working only for senior year. I was very happy weekends in our tiny beautiful eclectic among you all. It was a restful year bookstore that sells tons of books socially and a fascinating year every day for beach people! So fun, academically. I wish each and every as a retired teacher.” one of you well! I do wish I could be Anne Searle Bent ’69 was featured on nbc there; but I’m a preschool director local news for her work in creating Anne’s in Berkeley and it’s a busy time Home and Porchlight Counseling Services of year.” to support sexual assault survivors. www.porchlightcounseling.org

1960s

1950s

Deborah de Peyster ’69 reports she and

Meta and Byron Campbell ’51 visited North Shore during the summer, toured the campus and enjoyed seeing the renovated spaces.

Suzanne Mack Blecker ’52 attended her granddaughter’s wedding held in Barrington, IL in November.

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her husband “live in a beautiful state (New Hampshire) and enjoy every aspect of it including during the summer staying on a lake as often as possible! We also have both children living in our town which is a surprise treat! Don’t know how long it will last but it is something we never dreamed would happen so we are happy. One is a reporter for the newspaper and the other is involved in the beer business. Both my husband and I still work but not as often nor as hard.

Soon it will be full retirement!”

1980s

Tom Marshall ’81 connected with North Shore about the student who was coming from Bulgaria for this academic year at nscds . He reported Veselin Nanov “is bright and engaging, ambitious, and supremely excited about joining the nscds community this fall as an assist scholar.” Tom gave an update, “I spent around a decade working as an education journalist. I wrote for a couple of newspapers in New England, covered national education reform for five years at the

1990s St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and did some writing on higher education in Eastern Europe for nbc News and the Hechinger Report. After a few years out on the international school circuit since the early ’90s, when former Head of School Dick Hall provided a gracious introduction that led to my first overseas job at another school in Brussels, I met my future wife, Shary, (a Texan) at the Shanghai American School. These days we’re both working in Sofia, Bulgaria; she is director of teaching and learning at the Anglo-American School of Sofia, where our daughter Olivia is an incoming 7th grader, and I am faculty development coordinator at the American College of Sofia down the road. Since returning to my roots as an educator, I have kept one foot in journalism, serving as a regular contributor to The Learning Network at The New York Times, a blog for teachers and students. All credit for this belongs to my great English teachers at nscds —Bill Briggeman, Roger Shipley and especially Eunice Jackson—who took an underachieving 9th grader and showed him that great writing isn’t just something you find in a library.”

Ashley Hemphill Netzky ’91 is chair of the

Julia Price ’10 coached North Shore’s

Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation in Chicago.

jv Field Hockey team last fall.

Nicole Rousseau ’91 has a new position

as associate professor at Kent State University in Kent, OH .

2000s Sara Bernstein Graham ’03 is now curriculum resource teacher at Punahou School in Honolulu, HI .

Brielle Collins ’03 and Molly Whiteman ’03 had a mini-reunion visit in Chicago this fall. Molly started a new job in December as a social worker for University of Elizabeth Ingram ’82 reports, “In addition to my job at Business Technology Partners, Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, WI . llp in Deerfield where I am the director Gjyze Milla Hoxhaj ’06 wrote, “So glad of client services, I have been volunteering to hear nscds is doing well. I look back in the er at Evanston Hospital as the on my years there, fondly!” liaison between the hospital sta¤ and the patients/family.”

Aaron Regunberg ’08 won his primary election in the fall in Rhode Island to Beth Conrad Billings ’84 emailed, “My serve as a State Representative in daughter is in 10th grade and we are Providence. hosting a young woman from Norway as an exchange student for the year.

Emily Keyser ’09 coached North Shore’s I have started teaching knitting classes jv volleyball and Middle School soccer again, this time at a local yarn shop teams last fall. in Lakewood, OH .”

Mick Reedy ’09 is attending medical school at the University of Iowa.

Alex Silets ’87 will be inducted into Chicago’s Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame A correction to information listed in the for her wttw Documentary Out and Summer Acorn: Liz Goslin ’10 graduated Proud in Chicago. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, with a minor in social and economic justice. Elizabeth was also recognized as a Public Service Scholar by unc-ch at graduation.

Madeline Tank ’11 is a double major in psychology and Spanish at Amherst College. She earned a number of postseason honors in her senior field hockey season beginning with a First Team All-NESCAC selection followed by a First Team All-Region honor as she helped guide the Je¤s to a 12–4 overall record.

The 2014 co-captain put together an impressive senior campaign in which she led the team in goals. She was most recently named nfhca Division iii All-America Third Team. She is currently in her final season on the Women’s Ice Hockey team, where she also serves as co-captain.

Eric Anderson ’11 is a double major in computer science and mechanical engineering at Yale University. He is also a member of the varsity sailing team.

Alex Appelbaum ’11 is majoring in

psychology at Loyola University, New Orleans. She has led numerous research studies on campus. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, where she has held various leadership positions and is in several service clubs on campus.

Sam Bagheri ’11 is majoring in mechanical engineering and business at Illinois Institute of Technology.

He has a job in the admissions oªce that entails heavy programming and developing reports.

Quinnita Bellows ’11 is majoring in theatre and dance at Grinnell College where she also serves on the student educational policy committee for theatre and dance majors. She is also involved with the black student organizations and has recently brought speakers to campus.

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cl a ss not es Natalie Binns ’11 is an organizations studies major with an emphasis on Marketing at the University of Michigan.

She works with SHEI Magazine (fashion magazine), the Michigan Advertising and Marketing Club, and is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She worked for two years at an Ann Arbor music venue that brought in world-renowned dj s, which allowed her to interview and photograph artists and have her work featured on the SHEI website. She spent last spring in Barcelona, Spain and worked at Mediavest in NYC over the summer.

Byeong Chan (Luke) Lee ’11 is at the University of Pennsylvania and “took 2 years of leave to complete my obligatory military service in Korea and am now back on the campus! I haven’t declared my major yet, but I’m thinking of majoring in either biology or chemistry. I’m currently involved in community service fraternity and Korean percussion ensemble.”

Harry Metz ’11 is a finance major in the Business School at Georgetown University.

Last year he was appointed Chairman and ceo of the Student Investment Fund, an organization he has been involved Michael Creatura ’11 is majoring in history with since freshman year. The student run fund invests approximately $900,000 on with a business minor at Northwestern University. He was a four year member behalf of the school endowment. He will of the marching band and the equipment be moving to New York after graduation manager the last three years. He served where he will work for Morgan Stanley as President of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in their Investment Banking Division. fraternity, and currently serves on its Peter Milling ’11 is studying chemical executive board. He is also a member engineering at Rice University. He is of the nscds Alumni Board. currently studying abroad in Singapore.

Jake Gordon ’11 was a baseball standout Riley Mostrom ’11 is a communications and named to the Jewish Sports Review major and theater minor at Loyola All-America Team as well as chosen for Marymount University. She served on the the first team at Lawrence University last Executive Board for Lambda Pi Eta the year during his junior year. The team was communication studies honor society and made up of players from ncaa Division last year was accepted into Alpha Sigma ii and iii and the naia . He led Lawrence Nu, the national Jesuit Honor Society. She with a .400 batting average to go along is involved with a service organization on with nine doubles, one triple, one homer, campus. She has held internship positions a team-high 30 runs scored and 14 runs at Nickelodeon, cbs , and nbc . batted in. Jake, who was the lone player from a Wisconsin school to be selected, Sarah Traisman ’11 is double majoring piled up a school-record 54 hits in in drama and psychology at Vassar 33 games this season and had 16 multiCollege. She has been involved in numerhit games. This was Jake’s third postous productions on campus and is part season honor in 2014. He also earned of two comedy troupes, the Vassar College All-Midwest Conference North Division Improv Troupe and a sketch comedy honors and was a d 3baseball.com group. She aims to pursue a career in acting after graduation.

All-Central Region selection.

Adam Griffin ’11 is a double major in

Honors Psychology and Kinesiology with a focus in Sports Medicine. He is a certified yoga instructor and teaches on campus. He currently serves as the president of the mental health club on campus, and has spent the last two years as a Rice Health Advisor. As a senior he is responsible for coordinating the campus-wide program. This past summer he participated in Rice’s selective “Summer Mentorship Experience” program working for a non-profit out in San Francisco. He has recently been named a finalist for the prestigious Watson Fellowship.

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Peter Vertrees ’11 is attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to which he was awarded a merit scholarship.

Caroline Whitmore ’11 is majoring in

human and organizational development at Vanderbilt University. As part of her major she completed a semester long internship in the development department of counseling non-profit in Nashville called Daystar Counseling Ministries.

She is also involved in a campus ministry called the Navigators, a member of Chi Omega, and works with First Friends, a program that builds relationships between American and international students at Vanderbilt. She spent last summer studying in China.

Colan Biemer ’12 is studying computer science with a focus in game design at Drexel University. He worked at OmegaBase for his first co-op experience and is currently interviewing for a second co-op . He has designed an App that is available on the App store and has been a part of the Drexel University Entrepreneurial Game Studio and is involved with tech week in Philadelphia and where he most recently worked on Cira Center project.

Alex Bergman ’12 is majoring in pre-

physical therapy at the University of Minnesota where she is also a member of the varsity tennis team competing in the big 10 Conference. She has been volunteering at the hospital on campus and enjoys the many resources Minneapolis has to o¤er.

Emma Colman ’12 lived in Berlin this past summer where she studied German language and history through a Sarah Lawrence program. While back on campus at Sarah Lawrence she has been working for the Poet Laureate of Brooklyn and Emma has recently had two poems published in the Crab Creek Review. Emma is returning to Germany to study in Mainz this spring at a German University.

Kim Kahnweiler ’12 is an economics major at Bowdoin College where she is a member of the field hockey team.

This season she was named First Team All-NESCAC and First Team All-Region as she helped lead the Polar Bears to a 19–3 overall record and a return to the National Championship game. She was named to the All-Tournament team and recently selected to the nescac All-Academic Team. She will spend next semester studying in Sri Lanka.

She spent last summer as an intern at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management and will return to work at Goldman again next summer.

Aleda Deuble ’12 is studying education

and Spanish at Colorado College. She has enjoyed the many opportunities of the block program including a recent course set at cc ’s campus in Cretonne, CO focused on the cultural and linguistic diversity in the San Luis Valley. As a part of the course she worked with elementary and high school ell students. She is also involved in her sorority and numerous volunteer events on campus.

George Eisner ’12 is studying marketing in the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. He has traveled abroad twice, first to Italy and Ireland, where he met with various executives and employees at companies such as Yahoo and emc . He spent the summer in Hong Kong, interning for Hilton’s Procurement Department. He has enjoyed his time at osu and the many opportunities available on campus.

Cassi Formolo ’12 has a dual major in elementary and special education at the University of Wisconsin. She is working on her certification to teach grades 1–8.

She has enjoyed her classroom practicum experiences at an elementary school in Madison. She is also coaching gymnastics at the Badger Gymnastics Academy and a local Madison high school.

Ben Goren ’12 is majoring in history

at Northwestern University. He is very involved in sports radio and blogging about nu athletics.

Jake Kann ’12 is majoring in economics

with a concentration in Chinese at Denison University. He is spending the spring in Shanghai. On campus he is involved with the Big Red Fitness Club and is now Crossfit certified.

Danny Schur ’12 is majoring in Spanish with a minor in Italian studies at the University of British Columbia. He spent the past summer in Italy studying language and culture and has plans to spend a semester in Spain. He is the president of the Spanish club on campus, and last year was a student ambassador for the exchange organization.

Stephen Smith ’12 is a double major in

Chinese and economics. In February, he will travel to China to teach English for four months. He is working as a boxing coach under ex-world champion Jesse James leija and trains the San Antonio Spurs. In August, he founded a mental health app called nocd , designed to innovatively treat people with ocd using smart watch and smart phone technology.

Emily Vasiliou ’12 is a double major in political science and Islamic studies at Boston College. She is an editor for the Middle Eastern Journal Al-Noor. She is also involved in Smart Women Securities, a financial club for business-oriented women. She has explored the financial industry through summer internships

and has worked for Morgan Stanley,

mfs . She will be working with Congress Asset Management in sales and trading this summer. She is a member of the varsity sailing team.

Tess Weiner ’12 is a double major in

cognitive science and French at Rice University. She has been involved with Nourish International, a student-led club that raises money and awareness and partners with a grassroots organization in a developing country to devise and carry out a sustainable development project during the summer. This past summer Tess spent a month working with the Rural Agency for Sustainable Development in Nkokonjeru, Uganda analyzing and ameliorating the sanitation system in the village of Wabiduku. She is currently spending the year in Paris, France taking classes at the Sorbonne.

Amanda Tazioli ’12 is a double major in

cinema and communication at Denison University. She is a member of the improv comedy group and has participated in a number of productions through Singer’s Theatre Workshop. She has a show on Denison’s radio station and is a member of Delta Gamma Fraternity, where she has held several leadership positions.

She studied abroad in Bath, England last summer.

Becca Slotkin ’14 is enjoying Vassar a lot

and is part of Vassar College’s comedy troupe.

Larry Aggens

Engagements Ashleigh Cross ’05 to Brandon St. Peters

Marriages Wick DeYoung ’99 to Kristina Amarantos

June 28, 2014 Catharine Kleiman Bell ’79

to Bill Bartholomay August 25, 2014 Meera Sinha ’02 to Nate Rennicke

October 11, 2014 Ginger Scully ’90 to Greg Kidwell December 6, 2014 Charlie Doar ’03 to Anita Rackovan December 20, 2014

Carl Anderson ’14 helped North Shore’s

football coaching sta¤ this past fall.

Former Faculty & Staff In November, former art teacher Arnor Bieltvedt and his wife Leah’s third child Gus was born.

Larry Aggens, former business manager at North Shore from 1955–1965, was on campus this fall to witness the removal of a special 50-year-old tree that had become diseased. When Larry worked at the School, two students and he unearthed what was then a small pine tree so it would not be destroyed during the Mac Gym construction project. They planted the tree at the top of the circle drive. It was watered every day by students and survived. To commemorate the history of the tree, tree surgeons cut several “cookies” from the tree; one for Larry and the other for the School. Some of the tree branches were used for the Homecoming bonfire on October 10.

Natalie Gela, Naomi Hattori ’02 , Katie Rooney ’02 , Meera Sinha ’02 , Jaime Powers Freeman ’02 , Becca Dubnow, Emily Fitz-Gerald Prozeller ’02

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cl a ss not es Births cassandra marily barry and michael william barry August 27, 2014 David and Kristen Gardiner-Barry ’91

alexander keepers smith September 4, 2014 Jennifer and Thomas Smith ’89

eleanor kay fleek October 14, 2014 Ryan and Emily Smith Fleek ’00

selah susannah plimpton November 12, 2014 Stacy and David Plimpton ’88

charlotte eloise kehoe November 20, 2014 Katie and John Kehoe ’88

In Memoriam eric nelson August 27, 2013 Husband of Barbara Nevins ’70

dewitt “dee” davis iv ’53

alice rapoport

john oliver paull

August 1, 2014 Stepmother of Laura Sachs ’01

October 6, 2014 Husband of Barbara Brown Paull ’49

john n. foster ’53

lurena w. button

August 2, 2014

October 7, 2014 Mother of Kathy Button Bell ’76

marion ware August 7, 2014 Mother of Sherryl Ware Griffin ’62 , Bonnie Ware Stepan ’65 and Marianne Ware Maltman ’71 , Mother-in-law of Roger Griffin ’60 , Grandmother of Michelle Atwater ’85 , Christine Griffin Norton ’87 , Jorie Stepan ’92 , Jamie Maltman ’04 , Nell Maltman ’05 and Clare Maltman ’07

suzanne warner kenly ’41 August 13, 2014 Mother of Margot Kenly ’67 and Geff Kenly ’70 , Sister of Dorothy Warner Sills ’38

wendy tuthill August 20, 2014 Husband of Jim Tuthill ’65

September 24, 2013

lee b. keating

mason b. taylor ’74 January 19, 2014

August 28, 2014 Father of Thomas Keating ’00

charles b. ban ’66

kurt b. karmin

April 24, 2014

david luick ’53 May 24, 2014

victor h. lane iii ’51 June 2014

lester rosen June 13, 2014 Father of Alison Rosen-Vogel ’83 and Jordan Rosen ’87

katheryn mccauley dole July 18, 2014 Mother of Kathy Dole Elmer ’71 and Margery Dole Fuller ’74

arthur dole iii August 23, 2014 Father of Kathy Dole Elmer ’71 and Margery Dole Fuller ’74

henry w. abelmann July 21, 2014 Father of Tom Abelmann ’75 , Jonathan Abelmann Borg ’80

and Mary Abelmann ’83

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September 1, 2014 Father of Kenneth Karmin ’79 , Philip Karmin ’80 and Peter Karmin ’83 , Father-in-law of Beth Kaplan Karmin ’80 , Grandfather of Max Shafer ’08 , Ben Shafer ’11 , Sydney Shafer ’14 , Alex Karmin ’15 and Katie Karmin ’17

henry c. “skip” wood, jr. ’68

mary allen madsen ’59 October 26, 2014 Sister of Ruth Allen Hopfenbeck ’49

jeanne hiney stibolt October 28, 2014 Mother of Tom Stibolt ’67, Bob Stibolt ’72 and Nancy Stibolt Schultz ’73

michael o’brien October 20, 2014 Husband of Polly Goodrich O’Brien ’41

nancy o. victor November 7, 2014 Mother of Carolyn Victor ’67 and John Victor ’69

doreen kelly November 17, 2014 Wife of Tom Harris ’63

arthur d. “bud” goodrich ’38 November 28, 2014 Brother of Polly Goodrich O’Brien ’41

michael e. elisha ’80 November 30, 2014 Brother of Lynn Elisha Hansen ’74 and Bob Elisha ’77 , Sister-in-law of Jody Turley Elisha ’77

h.c. donald mccluskey ’39 December 12, 2014 Father of Donna McCluskey ’73

September 3, 2014 Brother of David Wood ’70 , Stepbrother of Rick Fall ’62

frances boal corrington ’49 September 5, 2014 Wife of Dick Corrington ’49 , Sister of Lesley Boal Setzler ’54

robert h. whittlesey

Upcoming Events Alumni & Friends Regional Gatherings with Head of School Tom Doar

New York City, Cornell Club February 24

September 16, 2014 Father of Katie Whittlesey Comstock ’94 and John Whittlesey ’96

Boston, Algonquin Club February 26

robin benson davis ’60 September 18, 2014

Union League Club, Chicago April 16

thomas a. silberman

Grandparents’ Day

September 18, 2014 Father of Peter Silberman ’76

steven r. schulman ’69 September 27, 2014 Brother of David Schulman ’74

Lunch in the Loop Program

May 8

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Check the upcoming athletic schedule or your favorite teams scores.

Tell a neighbor or friend interested in the School about the campus tour module featuring student voice-overs.

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Watch school videos.

Browse YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Pinterest posts.

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Athletics Campus News Calendar Campus Map Directory

Listen to North Shore students singing the School song—and much, much more.

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