Elizabeth Abelt, Kristoff Burrell ’19, John Troubh, Barbara Greene, Louisa Troubh
Lili Massac ’19, Timothy Church, Robbie Baitz
Special Events
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n March, Oliver hosted “What Works In Education – Lessons from Independent and Charter Schools” in conjunction with the National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA). Hosted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the event brought together key players from the charter school and independent school worlds. Oliver’s CEO David Allyn moderated the panel, which included Whitney Tilson, a Board member at KIPP NY and Oliver alumna Blanca Ruiz, Director of Leadership Development at KIPP. They were joined by Jim Best, Associate Head of the Dalton School, and George Davidson, Head of the Grace Church School. The panelists discussed best practices in their respective schools, as well as trends and pitfalls in educational policy and reform, before fielding questions from the audience.
“ We live in a country that sends the kids who most need a good school with good teachers to the worst schools with the worst teachers. We need to set high national standards, and instead of continually lowering the bar, we must continually raise it.”
~ Whitney Tilson
Oliver wrapped up a busy summer by hosting our first Scrabble for Scholars event. Over 40 guests came out to enjoy cocktails and spectacular water views at the home of Marshall Watson and Paul Sparks in East Hampton. Guests were also encouraged to challenge some of our Scholars to a friendly game of Scrabble, and were treated to moving remarks by Kristoff Burrell (The Governor’s Academy ’19) about his journey through Oliver. We would like to extend a special thanks to our hosts and to the members of our event committee!
“ What a wonderful event “Scrabble for Scholars” was! It was a great opportunity to really get to know our Scholars over the Scrabble board while overlooking beautiful Gardiner’s Bay in East Hampton”
~ Louisa Troubh, Trustee
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