(MS)2 2018 Outreach Program Report

PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2018 OUTREACH PROGRAM REPORT

MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

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OUR MISSION Founded in 1977, the (MS)2 program advances diversity in the STEM fields by cultivating the mathematical and scientific abilities of underrepresented high school students of color.

WHO WE SERVE African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American students from across the United States live and study on the Phillips Academy campus for three consecutive summers.

WHAT WE TEACH This transformative program challenges students with a rigorous curriculum in math and science, provides vital college counseling services, and teaches important literary, life, and social skills.

81% of (MS)2 scholars report improved study skills

94% of (MS)2 scholars report improved math proficiency

91% of scholars report being satisfied or very satisfied with their (MS)2 experience

Visit www.andover.edu/ms2 to hear directly from our scholars about (MS)2 and its impact on their lives.

2018 (MS)2 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Marking the program’s 41st summer, 112 (MS)2 scholars lived and studied on the Phillips Academy campus for five weeks and were supported by 32 faculty and staff. A 5:1 student–faculty ratio enabled individualized attention and enhanced full immersion in this transformative program, which focused on the following goals.

CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT SCHOLARS. Students attended six hours of classes each day and completed three hours of homework each night—all in a caring environment designed to boost STEM competency and self-confidence.

PROVIDE REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES. During a visit to Beyond Benign, an organization that promotes green chemistry, (MS) scholars learned firsthand how sustainable science 2

DIANNE DOMENECH-BURGOS Director

solves real-world problems. Representatives from companies such as LexMar Global, MIT Veterinary Research, and MITRE Corporation also met with students at the annual (MS)2 career fair.

Born in Lawrence, Mass., to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic,

FOSTER CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONS. (MS) runs concurrently with Andover’s

Dianne Domenech-Burgos understands the

Summer Session, an academic enrichment program that draws 550 young people

challenges first-generation college students

from around the world. Students in these two programs shared dorm rooms, dined

face. The only one in her family to graduate

together, and enjoyed the same social events, deepening their day-to-day contact

from college, she holds a BS degree in

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with diverse ideas and perspectives.

electrical engineering and a master’s degree

Cultural Sharing, an annual student-run (MS)2 performance, enabled students to

principal and current Phillips Academy math

express their culture, their history, and the struggles they face today. Through this event,

in education. A former Lawrence High School instructor, Domenech-Burgos is committed

they also learned more about one another—and created bonds that will last a lifetime.

to placing underrepresented students

TAP THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS. Scholars partnered with two other Phillips

of color on the path to fulfilling careers

Academy outreach programs, exploring the challenges of first-generation college

in STEM.

students with the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers and writing and performing spoken word poetry with Andover Bread Loaf.

2018 (MS)2 SCHOLARS

$ 100 %

of students received full funding for their (MS)2 experience,

3%

Multiracial/ other

35%

Hispanic/Latinx

31%

African American

31%

Native American Scholars came to campus

59% females

including travel expenses *self-identified

from 11 U.S. cities and

41% males

Native American reservations in 7 states 1

Paola Mendoza, (MS)2 Class of 2018

FEELING STRONG, LIKE YOU BELONG Leaving her family and friends in Texas for a distant New England boarding school in 2016 wasn’t easy for Paola Mendoza. Today she is thankful she had the courage to embrace “the opportunity of a lifetime.”

“Phillips Academy was like a whole different world,” she says. “The relationships I formed through (MS)2 were just incredible. Everyone wanted to get to know each other, to share perspectives and experiences, to create a family bond— because that’s what this program is all about. Feeling strong and feeling like you belong.”

Those connections helped Mendoza navigate high academic expectations.

“The program was very hard,” she says. “Learning how to work and study collaboratively was invaluable.” Her favorite memories: physics labs, finally “getting it” in math class, making friends from around the world, and learning more about the ethnic values of her peers at Cultural Sharing performances.

Mendoza, who describes her final (MS)2 summer as “the best five weeks of my life,” received an award for outstanding scholarship and character at graduation.

She is a QuestBridge finalist and plans to attend a highly competitive college.

LEON HOLLEY

(MS) Biology Teacher since 1982 2

“Drawing more students of color

KARINA HERNANDEZ-GUARNIZ, (MS)2 ’96 (MS) College Counselor 2

“After my first summer as an (MS)2

CEDRIC JIMMIE, (MS)2 ’18 Winslow, AZ

“I can hardly believe how great

to STEM careers—that’s a really

student, my teachers back home

my (MS)2 experience was. Back

noble mission. It’s why I got

noticed I was more outspoken,

home, I felt like I was really

involved and why I stay. One of

more confident. That changed me.

smart, but I’d never worked as

my early students—her family

Senior year I struggled to fill out

hard as I did these past three

didn’t have running water, and she

all the paperwork and financial aid

summers. I learned to ask

couldn’t count on electricity. Today

forms for college. Now I help other

questions and how to manage

she’s an aerospace engineer. She’s

first-gens navigate that process—

my time. Going out of my

designing airplanes! These kids

even after they graduate from

comfort zone made me grow.

are overcoming obstacles that

(MS) . The kids are so eager and

(MS)2 gets you thinking about

I never had to face.”

appreciative.”

all that you can become.”

Holley is an instructor in biology and

Hernandez-Guarniz is associate director

Of Navajo/Shoshonie descent, Jimmie

department chair at Phillips Academy.

of college counseling at Phillips Academy.

was a leader of the Native American

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segment of Cultural Sharing.

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From HIGH SCHOOL to COLLEGE to CAREERS n (MS)2 2011–2017 scholar average n National Center for Education Statistics

99%

37%

97%

35%

(MS)2

National Average

(MS)2

National Average

NATIVE AMERICAN

100% 23% (MS)2

BLACK or AFRICAN AMERICAN

National Average

HISPANIC or LATINX

Immediate College Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

100%

of (MS)2 students are offered college counseling and financial aid advice from PA’s Office of College Counseling

92%

of (MS)2 students report feeling prepared for college

1,300+ (MS) alumni 2

are engaged in diverse professions

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More than of our scholars qualify for a PELL Grant due to family incomes below $50,000

83%

of (MS)2 alumni survey respondents report earning an undergraduate degree

ROCKET SCIENTIST AUDIO ENGINEER ACCOUNTANT FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST PEDIATRICIAN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FIELD ENGINEER RESEARCH ANALYST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL CEO RESEARCHER ELECTRICIAN ATTORNEY EPIDEMIOLOGIST REGISTERED NURSE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER DENTIST PRINCIPAL MAYOR SPINE SURGEON AND MORE… 3

We are grateful to our many donors, whose generosity makes the (MS)2 program possible.

Corporations and Foundations Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America Walter Alva Sherrill Memorial Trust

Individuals Donald B. & Elizabeth B. Abbott Emily E. Adler ’12 Theodore Y. Alevizos ’88 Adrian K. Almquist, MD, ’64 & Sally Rae K. Almquist Fernando R. Alonso Ruben J. Alvero ’76 & Karen Koski, MD Cherish C. Anderson, (MS)2 ’03 Patrick A. Aquino Angele J. Arthur, (MS)2 ’95 Olamide G. Babatunde ’09 Sharyn Bahn Lynn H., (MS)2 ’80 & Carey Baldwin Rachel R. Bayly ’80 Robert & Millicent B. Baysmore Diana G. ’05 & Evan A. Beard Jesus Beltran, (MS)2 ’95 & Larissa Eisenstein Alexandra Bernadotte Louis M. Bernieri P’96, ’10 Alvin Black III, (MS)2 ’00 Calvin W. Blackburn III, (MS)2 ’87 & Cheryl Blackburn The Bonilla Family Brian C. ’90 & Tess Bradford Jonathan D. Bram ’83 & Susan Sarnoff Bram P. David Bramble, (MS)2 ’93 Trenille M. Brewer-Moore, (MS)2 ’94 Theodore D. Burke ’78 & Theresa A. Smith Daniel J. ’98 & Lillie Burkons Gary G. ’73 & Emma J. Campbell P’06, ’09 Gary G. Cao ’07 Nathaniel M. Cartmell III ’69 & Suzanne Pettus Cartmell P’06

Diego J. Casas, (MS)2 ’10 Lisette G. Casas, (MS)2 ’18 Rowland W. Chang, MD, ’68, P’02, ’05 Christina E. Chaplin ’00 Julia G. & Edward Ciciora Shannan Clarke Christopher D. Cleveland, (MS)2 ’80 Gregory D. ’79 & Linda D. Cleveland Kenneth N. ’81 & Paula Cline Chanelle A. Coble-Sadaphal, MD, (MS)2 ’98 David M. Coit ’04 Elizabeth Walker Compton ’66 & Harvey R. Peterson Jonathan B. Conant ’66 & Emily Randall Conant P’09 Gabriel Cordero Fuentes ’12 Robert Corwin & Kathleen Corwin P’17 Ryan W. Coughlan ’02 Jared A. Crooks, (MS)2 ’06 & Veneka Chagwedera Darrayl D. Cummings, (MS)2 ’03 Sufia S. Dadabhai ’97 Ian L., PhD, ’87 & Vicky W. Davis Kojo O. DeGraft-Hanson ’05 Heather Desvarieux Edwin F. Diaz II ’07 Ruben Diaz ’84 & Sun H. Hur-Diaz Nicholas J. DiStefano ’14 Steven J. DiZazzo P’95 Dianne Domenech-Burgos Michael T. Doster, (MS)2 ’92 Maurice D. Dunn, (MS)2 ’10 Anna Schneider Durham ’78 & Michael D. Durham David W. Durkee ’78 William E. III & Christine Dwyer P’11 Charles M. ’70 & Christine Eccles Ashley Echols, (MS)2 ’02 Patricia H. & George H. Edmonds P’79, ’82 Ashleigh M. Eldemire-Poindexter, (MS)2 ’04

Marion Badoian Emmanuel ’54 & Constantinos B. Emmanuel, PhD Edwin Escobar & Anny Candelario Escobar Kelleesa A. Ewing ’83 Mahir A. Fadle, (MS)2 ’94 Michael P. Famiglietti Jr. ’93 Constantine Farmakidis ’96 Patrick J. & Karen J. Farrell P’08 Michael P. & Judith Jones Fitzmaurice P’05 Aaron J. Flanagan ’94 & Elizabeth Rankin Victor F. & Jacqueline L. Fleury P’20 Veronica Flores Jelani R. Floyd ’07 Christal-Joy P. Forgenie, (MS)2 ’95 Jerry Foster & Marie Shaffer P’84, ’86, GP’12, ’22 Lisa M. Foster ’84, P’12, ’22 Peter V.R. Franchot ’66 & Anne Maher P’03 Daveed D. Frazier, MD, (MS)2 ’81 Martell R. French, (MS)2 ’01 Beth Friedman Amy M. Galvin ’02 Michael Garcia, (MS)2 ’86 Dawne Gaskin, (MS)2 ’82 Peter A. ’68 & Lan V. Gegenheimer Sydney Henriquez Glover ’56 & J. Denis Glover Yauvana V. ’97 & Chris K. Gold, MD Pedro Gonzalez Joseph W. ’54 & Hon Mai Goodman Marc M. Graham, (MS)2 ’90 Randall W. ’61 & Nancy B. Graves Samantha S. Gray ’11 Stephanie D. Greene ’09 Nichole L. Griffin, (MS)2 ’98 James F. Grillo, MD, ’66 Gregory G. Guevara, (MS)2 ’01 Zalika T. Guillory ’01 Sarah K. & Geoffrey D. Gund P’89, ’04

Susie Goodwillie Stedman ’59

PUTTING OUR FUTURE IN GOOD HANDS “After years of supporting (MS)2 from afar, I had the honor and privilege to actually meet and spend time with some remarkable (MS)2 alumni and current students last summer,” says Susie Goodwillie Stedman ’59. “Nothing could give me more hope—or confidence—that our future is in good hands! I love Phillips Academy for many reasons but am proudest of its commitment to (MS)2. With our generous support, these students will flourish.”

Stedman knows a thing or two about the struggles faced by people of color.

Inspired by MLK’s March on Washington in the summer of 1963, she joined the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights and became executive assistant to Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women. During 1964’s Freedom Summer, she worked in Mississippi to help ease racial tensions.

An Abbot Academy alumna, Stedman is one of the newest members of the (MS)2 Advisory Council.

Kristina J. Halona, (MS)2 ’95 Bruce F. Hamilton ’88 Henry H. Hammond ’54 Jessica Harms & Robert L. Heath Shi Roh Harrington ’81 & John Harrington Daniel K. Harris ’05 Deidre R. Harris, (MS)2 ’87 David H. & Roselle S. Heckendorn P’17 Elizabeth Hilgenberg Heminway ’54 Julia Galaburda Henderson ’97 & Andrew S. Henderson ’97 Karina E. Hernandez-Guarniz, (MS)2 ’98 & Angel Guarniz Jennifer Herrera, (MS)2 ’90 Nancy Stone Heymann ’44 Tamara Jones Hicks ’81 & Paul Hicks Aloysius J. & Lillian Hobausz P’79, GP’13 Kayah S. Hodge, (MS)2 ’16 Sophia G., (MS)2 ’89 & Charles E. Holder Kameel R. Holmes, (MS)2 ’94 Brian C., (MS)2 ’87 & Monica Hooker Bernice L. Howse-Middleton, (MS)2 ’95 Joseph S.C. Hsieh & E. Mei Shen-Hsieh, MD, P’83, ’84, ’89 Karen L. Humphries Sallick ’83, P’14, ’17 Oriekose E. Idah ’11 James E. ’73 & Evelyn P. Jackson P’10 Rhonda S. Jeffrey, (MS)2 ’98 Sondra E. Jenkins ’70 Tyrone R. Johnson, (MS)2 ’89 Wallace A. Jr. & Cynthia A. Johnson P’20 Frank S. Jones ’46 N.L. & Sarah C. Joseph P’00 Tiffany D. Joseph, PhD, ’00 Stanley J. Kaczynski P’94 Emmett B. Keeler ’58 & Shan Cretin Jonathan Keidan ’92 Margaret Foster Keller ’89 & Jeffrey B. Keller Kathleen Kennedy ’93 & Dave Goodman Stephen K. Kim Suzanne Dampier King-Irwin ’71 & Hank Irwin Kathleen Kinney, (MS)2 ’82 Sarah A. Kline ’01 Nicholas P. Kochakian ’15 Michael J. ’94 & Amy Koehler Hilary J. Koob-Sassen ’93 Anjali M. Krishnamachar ’13 Mollie Lupe Lasater ’56 & Garland M. Lasater Jr. ’56 P’86, GP’17, ’20, ’21 Cato T., MD, & Cynthia J. Laurencin P’18 Laura K. Lee ’11 Dr. Christopher J.W.B Leggett ’78 & Denise Cleveland-Leggett William M. Lewis Jr. ’74 & Carol Sutton Lewis Erin B. Liotta ’00 Thomas P. Lockerby & Kathleen J. McCrickerd Sean M. Logan & Joy St. John Michelle S. Lopez, (MS)2 ’88 Sandra L. Lopez-Morales ’97 & Erik Morales Kent J. Lucas ’84 Eleanor Coneeney Lyons P’78, ’81, ’83, ’89, GP’11, ’14 Owiso A. Makuku ’86 Charles P. Malone John J. Manier Temba T. Maqubela & Vuyelwa M. Maqubela P’03, ’06, ’11

Francisco X. Marin Anne & Scott A. Marino P’19 Noreen A. Markley ’73 & Maynard L. Timm P’11 Andre L. Marshall, (MS)2 ’94 Rocio N. Cardenas Martin, (MS)2 ’01 Victoria Rice Mathis, (MS)2 ’99 & Andre Mathis J.C. Mauricia Josh ’78 & Alexandra S. McCall Lisa K. McCall, (MS)2 ’95 David J. McGrath III, DVM, P’07, ’11 Kristen Pfeifle Medak ’94 & John D. Medak Thomas T. ’75 & Jane Meredith Christopher L. ’66 & Elizabeth H. Moore P’95, ’99 Elias J. Morales Liana E. Morales Jacqueline & James Moses P’19 Demond W. Moy, (MS)2 ’98 Madison C. Murphy ’16 Fatuma Mustefa Yizza I. Narvaez, MD, (MS)2 ’01 Nimota F. Nasiru, (MS)2 ’04 Thuan T. Nguyen ’97 Dionne A. Nickerson, (MS)2 ’95 Christopher K. Norman, (MS)2 ’83 Kevin O. Olusola ’06 David A. Othmer ’59 & Maureen Barden Adebayo A. Owolewa, (MS)2 ’99 John G. Palfrey & Catherine A. Carter P’21 Malcolm E. Palmer ’89 & Monica Benton Palmer David Z. Pan P’21 & Shaoling Zhu Jeffrey Z. Pan ’21 Beth Parsons Marcelina Pedraza, (MS)2 ’92 David A. Penner & Rachel Kleckner Penner P’86, ’88 Marlena K. Montanez Penta ’99 & Paul A. Penta ’99 Alejandro Perez, (MS)2 ’91 Casey Perine Jr., (MS)2 ’84 Sarah E.S. Perkins ’88 & Kwabena K. Nuri Jamila Burgess Perritt, MD, (MS)2 ’95 Jessica V. Pierce ’99 Lionel O. Pittman Jr., (MS)2 ’02 Arnold, (MS)2 ’86 & Lisa Principal Sariah Y. Principal, SSA ’17 Lisa Mitchell Prysock, (MS)2 ’92 & Darrius Prysock Sandra Quintero, (MS)2 ’08 Annie F. Lux Radecki ’98 & Ryan Radecki Sky Dawn Reed, (MS)2 ’01 Susan Fox Reepmeyer ’61 & William Vincent Reepmeyer Jorge L. Reyes, (MS)2 ’98 Stacie I. Ringleb, PhD, ’93 & Mark Schoenenberger Lisa A. Robb ’80 Evelyn Roberts Stephen M. & Lori Rodriguez Sue D. Rodriguez-McLean, (MS)2 ’95 Thea C. Rossman ’15 Lee A. Rotenberg ’05 Barbara Gibson Roth-Donaldson ’51, P’84 & Franklin Donaldson Adrienne H. Sabety ’07 E. Theodor Sack ’02 Donna Sanabria, (MS)2 ’87 & Lewis Vande-Pallen Sr. Maria Sanabria Shayna L. Sanderson ’08 Nicholas E. Schoeller ’18 Edgar H. Schollmaier

Karen L. Seaward ’68 & Mark Mench William R., MD, ’78 & Marianne L. Sellers Kimberly Settle, (MS)2 ’92 Nicole K. Shadeed, SSA ’98 Cara, (MS)2 ’08 & Christopher A. Shannon, (MS)2 ’08 Winifred Johnson Sharp ’54 & Joel H. Sharp Jr. ’53, P’81, ’90 Desiraé N.P. Simmons ’01 Kelly L. Sinclair ’03 Kevin S. Sinclair ’01 & Kerry Sinclair Janice N. Skipper J. Xavier Smith ’22 Marcus A. Smith ’12 Katherine B. Solimini Joshua W. Sommer, SSA ’73 & Sheilaugh R. Sebastian Rebecca Sommers Watchara Sornwanee ’16 Jose A. Soto, (MS)2 ’01 Nicholas C. Spitzer ’60 & Xiaoping Wang Anna C. Stacy ’13 Deborah L. Stahl-Hannam ’80, P’17 Susan Goodwillie Stedman ’59 Margot L. Stiles ’95 James L. Stripling ’62 & Mahala Yates Stripling Isabel Stuart George S. Swope Jr. ’68 & Margaret L. Andrews Sumayah Taliaferro, (MS)2 ’93 Mariamwit Tamerat, (MS)2 ’00 Eric B. Tang ’85 Oscar L. Tang ’56 Gustavo E. Tavares ’09 Luinis Tejada Jr. ’08 Aba N. Temeng ’06 Thameka N. Thompson ’05 Catherine K. Tice ’79 Perrin B. Tingley ’78 & John Gray Smalley P’11 Kevin Tsosie Lyle Tsosie, (MS)2 ’98 Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds Jr., (MS)2 ’95 Herbert M. Turner III & Annette E. Turner P’18, ’20 Aisha T. Tyus, (MS)2 ’94 Lewis ’58 & Diane Van Amerongen Barry J. Vanderable, (MS)2 ’01 Leah ’92 & Michele L. VanMore Nicholas J. Vantzelfde ’97 & Lauren Erb Paul D. Voorhees ’06 Celia and Steve Voorhees ’72, P’04, ’06 Derek X. Walker, (MS)2 ’87 Vincent J. Walker ’83 Hunter D. ’00 & Jennifer Washburn Kimberli M. Valentine Washington ’93 & Rensley Washington Jr. Robyn L. Weisman ’83 James W. Wells Jr., MD, ’63 & Patricia Will Wells, MD Mona D. Wheeler, (MS)2 ’86 Benjamin P. White Jr. Salena Whitfield, (MS)2 ’96 Malcolm H. & Carolyn S. Wiener P’11, ’19 Cally Sherman Williams ’60 & Francis D. Williams Geary R. Woolfolk, (MS)2 ’83 Joseph Wroblewski Winston W. ’78 & Julia Wyckoff P’12 Lori A. Yarvis ’78 & Sturtevant Tice Burr Patricia Yen ’09 Carolyn M. & James P. Zimmer P’17, ’20

Donor list reflects gifts received from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. P = Parent(s) of Phillips Academy student or alumnus/a GP = Grandparent SSA = Summer Session alumnus/a

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(MS)2 (MS)2 ADVISORY COUNCIL Molly Keller ’89, Cochair Burlington, WI Donna Sanabria, (MS)2 ’87, Cochair New York, NY Lynn Harth Baldwin, (MS)2 ’80 Flower Mound, TX Jesus Beltran, (MS)2 ’95 Cupertino, CA Judith Davis Carroll, (MS)2 ’80 Atlanta, GA Daveed Frazier, (MS)2 ’81 New York, NY Kristina Halona, (MS)2 ’95 Chandler, AZ Malcolm Palmer ’89 Byfield, MA William Schultz ’79, P’06, ’09, ’12 Atlanta, GA Susie Goodwillie Stedman ’59 Westport Island, ME Nicholas Vantzelfde ’97 Boston, MA

“I graduated from (MS)2 feeling so empowered— both as a woman of color and as an intellectual.

I’m ready to face the world and make my mark on it because of the experiences I had at (MS)2.

A PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH A PUBLIC PURPOSE Phillips Academy’s four educational outreach programs—

I know that my (MS)2 ‘family’ is there for me and rooting for me.”

—Cyprene Caines, (MS) 2 ’18 Brooklyn, NY

Mathematics & Science for Minority Students, the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, Andover Bread Loaf, and PALS—have long served as resources for students and teachers locally, nationally, and worldwide.

Photos: Gil Talbot, Carolyn Zimmer, and Diamond Gray

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