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THE QUEST For families, alumni & friends of Quest Academy

FALL I 2014

We Answer To A Higher Authority: Our Peers Schools in the U.S., regardless of the age or grades they serve, complete an official review of standards and practices by their “governing” organization.

Public “School Report Card” →Pass/Fail  Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)  Grade level standardized tests in Math/ Reading/Writing administered in March for Grades 3-8  Percentage of students meeting grade level standards reported in late October  Student attendance & test scores  Meet AYP reported by State

Independent “Accreditation” → Commendations and Recommendations  Septennial accreditation  Measures how well the school’s fulfilling its mission and programs  Year One: surveys  Year Two: self study  Year Three: visiting team comprised of a Head of School, administrators, and faculty at school for three day observation  Year Four, Five, Six: Annual followup reports  Accreditation narrative report from “peer review”

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n the public schools, this is called the “school report card.” The name report card implies just what one might find inside: grades and attendance. After standardized test scores are collected and attendance is taken, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will use these quantitative measures and report back to the public school districts whether or not each individual school met or did not meet Annual Yearly Progress (AYP).

In the independent schools this process is “accreditation.” Quest Academy is accredited through the Independent Schools Association of the Central States or ISACS. The accreditation is an intensive and comprehensive look into how well the school is fulfilling its mission and programs. The unique and highly regarded qualities of an independent school are all part of the accreditation process. It is not about student test scores and attendance. It is all about analyzing how well we deliver the Quest Academy mission and programs. The accreditation is a process that culminates with the highest level of scrutiny: peer review.

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IN THIS ISSUE WE ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY REIMAGINE, REDESIGN, RECREATE OUR NEW FACULTY & STAFF QUEST ANNUAL FUND WELCOME BACK PICNIC WELCOME OUR NEW STUDENTS THE CLASS OF 2014 & 2010

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ALUMNI PROFILE

Meet Elisa Montalvo Quest Academy Class of ‘03 “Quest provided a flexible, tolerant and stimulating learning environment for me—a female-math-dorkartist who was almost two years younger than most students in the grade.”

The classroom was a sacred space that encouraged creativity and rigor in communicating understanding. I don’t remember the project content, but one example was in 7th grade Language Arts where we were given the freedom to demonstrate understanding of the subject matter in any medium. We could do the standard- write a paper, present a power point, explain a poster board- though one drew a complete comic book, others wrote and performed a song and someone even made a flash movie. I remember this project as a clear lesson in how ideas can be communicated effectively in many ways and how sometimes the most compelling methods require a bit of creativity and are as valid as what is considered “standard.”

Elisa Montalvo is a choreographer, dancer and quant who has been living and working in China for the past two years. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Chicago, Elisa worked on a project at an options trading start up company, where she developed models/strategies on how to trade gold using gold options as well as other benchmarks. Shortly after the project was completed, she was invited to choreograph and perform in China for six months. After finding her niche in Shanghai, Elisa decided to stay.

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In the Middle Kingdom, Elisa has had the opportunity to choreograph for China’s first two seasons of television show So You Think You Can Dance, China’s first season of Dancing with the Stars as well as perform in the finale of China’s Got Talent, Season 5. She has choreographed for brands including Sephora, Land Rover, Chivas Royale, and Martell for performances that have toured throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Inner Mongolia. Elisa is currently training contemporary dance company Jin Xing Dance Theater in Jazz and Tap and most recently commenced work with the Shanghai Disney Resort. You can learn more about Elisa and see videos of her choreography at ElisaMontalvo.com.

Loyola Academy (Class of 2007)

Dumbach Scholars, Art Club, French Club, Hispanic Youth Group, Kairos Retreat Leader AP Courses: Art History, Calculus, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics

University of Chicago (Class of 2011)

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics Concentration in Statistics Assistant Resident Head (RA) Deans List

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ALUMNI NEWS Brandon Igyarto, ‘98 Brandon currently resides in New York City. He married Elisa Cash in October 2012 and recently welcomed son Emerson Cash Igyarto into the world on September 18, 2014. Brandon is currently employed as Executive Director, JP Morgan Investment Banking.

Michael Igyarto, ‘99 Michael currently resides in New York City. He graduated NYU Law in 2012 and was admitted to the NY State Bar in 2013.

Michael is currently employed as Associate Attorney, Alston & Bird LLP, a Litigation and Trial Practice Group.

Annie Schuette Johnson, ‘99 Annie teaches Drama and Photography part-time at a homeschool co-op called H.E.A.R.T in Barrington. She stays busy by volunteering with the middle school ministry at church and doing freelance wedding, family, and newborn photography on the side. Annie and her husband, Wes, celebrated their five year anniversary this summer and are currently enjoying life with their seven-month-old, Josiah.

Tony Carr, ‘00 Tony completed his Master’s degree in Primatology this spring and was married to Rachel Liudahl this June on St. George Island, FL. They live in Richland, WA with her 5 year old daughter, Emma.

Carmen Aiken, ‘01 Carmen works as an Associate Director for CCS, a nonprofit fundraising and consulting firm. She completed her Master’s in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois-Chicago in May, focusing on the changing philanthropic landscape, engagement strategies for young professionals and these impacts on the nonprofit sector. She is based out of Chicago and continues to enjoy cycling, the live literature scene and has a piece forthcoming in the inaugural Best Experimental Writing 2014.

Charles Zange, ‘03 Charles is starting his last year at George Washington University in the Museum Studies MA graduate program. He currently works part-time with the Smithsonian, as well as the National Park Service. His focus is on collections management and museum digital technology,

including digital imaging and social media. He formerly worked with the Holocaust Museum on their film and video archives.

Bridget Carr, ‘04 Bridget married Steven Beck in August 2013. The two live in Jacksonville, FL where she attends Jacksonville University’s Master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology.

David Wickland, ‘04 David is currently in the Peace Crops serving in Lesotho, Africa. He is teaching high school math and science.

Patrick Hurst, ‘05 Patrick graduated from MIT this past June with a masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is now working as a software engineer at Google at the main headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Liza McIntosh, ‘06 Elizabeth (Liza) recently began a fellowship to start a PhD in English Literature at Columbia in NYC, while her brother Nate McIntosh recently began his freshman year at Johns Hopkins in Mechanical Engineering. This is all while the McIntosh’s have recently moved from the north of England back to the Chicago area.

Amelia Brackett, ‘06 Amelia was graduated cum laude in May, 2014, from NYU, with “Highest Honors” in History. In September, she accepted a job as a full-time research assistant at the Museum of the City of New York, and will be working on the museum’s new permanent exhibition. She plans to begin a PhD program in 2015, and currently resides in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Eric Hauser, ‘08 Eric has just begun his Junior year at Northwestern University. He is studying and plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. He had the opportunity this past summer to work for the Innovations and New Ventures Office at Northwestern, which fostered a growing interest in entrepreneurship and innovation. He is also in his third year as a linebacker on the Northwestern football team. He plans on continuing his success in academics and athletics, and exploring opportunities to get more involved in entrepreneurial work.

Austin McKee, ‘08 Austin returned from his year studying at Nagoya Gakuin University in Japan and is currently completing his senior year at North Central College in Naperville. He was invited to apply for a Fulbright Scholarship, and hopes to teach English in Taiwan after graduation, as well as work in international relations in Asia.

Zack Hebebrand, ‘10 Following a successful four-year tenure at Fremd High School, graduating as a Fremd High School Scholar and National AP Scholar, Zack has now begun his studies at

Northwestern University. He is thinking about majoring in Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences, a program that will give him the training needed to build and analyze mathematical models. He thanks his teachers at Quest Academy for building such a strong foundation and passion for learning and academic achievement.

Advith Chelikani, ‘11 After graduating from IMSA, Advith is now a freshman at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he is looking forward to majoring in computer science. Most of all, at Caltech, he likes the small class sizes and the close-knit community (this reminds him of Quest!) where every student gets to know each other. This summer he was busy completing an internship in downtown Chicago and playing and competing in table tennis tournaments, before heading off to California.

Congratulations to Frank Kasper, ’11 for achieving High Honor Roll at St. Viator High School.

Congratulations to Jack Badalamenti, ’13 and Marc Fournier, ’13 who recently began attending the Illinois Math & Science Academy (IMSA).

They have joined fellow Quest alumnus Max Kontorovich, ’11, while Advith Chelikani, ’11 and Han Lee, ’11 graduated from IMSA a year early and recently began their college careers.

Jack Badalamenti, ‘13 Jack went canoeing this summer in the boundary waters with his family and friends, while he is currently focused on his recent transition to IMSA. Matthew Benjamin, ‘14 Matthew started as a freshman at Stevenson High School this year. To acclimate himself to his new school he attended summer school and joined summer freshman football training. He currently plays football for Stevenson and is a member of the choir. He is doing well in all of his accelerated coursework.

He notes “Quest prepared me for challenging high school class work”. “I started at Stevenson not knowing how I would compare to others but now recognize how much I really did absorb at Quest!” Matthew’s high school transition has been smooth sailing!

Matthew Han & Matthew Benjamin heading off to Homecoming at Stevenson HS.

Please drop us a note to let us know where you are and what you are doing.

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Thanks to nearly 100 donors at our Night of All Knights Auction & Gala last spring, over $110,000 was raised for our Spot Auction 2014: Re-Imagine, Re-Design, Re-Create: Tomorrow’s Learning Environment Today.

This project was inspired by last year’s transformation of our Technology Classroom to what is now our cutting edge Innovation Lab, which was also made possible by the generosity of Spot Auction donors.

The funds raised this year were put to immediate use with the installation of LED lighting in the spring, while dry walling, painting and the installation of new carpet were accomplished throughout the summer weeks, and the flexible student furnishings and storage solutions were installed just before the new school year started.

In brief, every homeroom classroom was transformed and every student has benefited from this extensive project!

Please know that our aged student desks, etc. have new homes with St. Matthias Elementary School in Chicago and Bernice Childs Elementary School in Robbins, Illinois - a win-win for all of us.

Lastly, all Spot Auction donors will be recognized on a plaque to be displayed following our 2015 Night of All Knights Auction & Gala, as we hope to be able to finish what we started and transform our remaining classrooms and public spaces.

Thanks again to all donors who contributed to our more flexible, playful and vibrant looking school!

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Our New Faculty & Staff Dan Rezac/ Director of Academic Technology

Anais Oliver/ Pre-Kindergarten Assistant &

Early Learning Spanish Teacher

Colleen Djukic/ Lower School Art Teacher

Sofi Fedushchenko / Middle School Math Teacher

Krista Genovese/ Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Beth Sala/ Pre-Kindergarten Assistant Kelly O’Connor/ Institutional Advancement Assistant

Mick Johnson/ Middle School Assistant

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tative as compared to the quantitative public school report card. The analysis of the quality of an independent school is conducted by a team of “peers.” The quantitative school report card is a collection of identical data points from different schools – it is a standardized report.

ent with the school’s mission, and school improvement plans are rigorous and thorough.

members from various grade levels will meet to review Quest’s curriculum and programs. Each of these groups will be taking a deeper look into their area to Quest Academy is in year two of the sev- report strengths and reveal challenges. en-year accreditation which was initiated A second committee commences in the in spring of 2014 and will cluminate in winter and in a similar manner as the the Accredidation Team’s visit in the Fall first, will conduct an intensive review of of 2015-16 year. Year one is a self-study extracurricular activities, administration, year. A self-study, as you would imagcommunities and student services. The ine, is a full evaluation of what we have second committee groups will be comaccomplished at Quest Academy since prised of administrators, staff and other the previous accreditation and where our support personnel. The visiting team will priorities are for the short and long-term be provided with all documentation and future. reports from the self-study.

Similar to the more quantitative child’s report card and the qualitative parentteacher conference, the accreditation process allow us to reflect on successes, identify challenges and look at the entire school as an organization with numerous working parts as compared to the quantitative “school report card”. The visiting team, or “peer review”, receives documentation Director of Academic Technology from the school and visits Chromebooks the school to observe if NW-CTD acoustics iPads STEAM what we have documented is practiced and observable lighting blended learning and leaves with commeninstruments dations and recommendalobby redesign tion for the school moving learning walls forward.

proscenium stage curtain iMacs movable furniture

Professional Learning Communities

The visiting team will arrive in the fall of 2015 and is typically comprised of a Head of School, administrators, teachers and ISACS representatives - a panel of independent school peers from schools throughout the midwest. If the school being 3-D printer vinyl cutter To be accredited by ISACS, accredited is specialized West Campus sound system a school must present docsuch as Quest AcadEspañol Social Worker kiln umentation that supports emy’s mission is for and ensures financial integgifted children, ISACS Improvements since 2009 rity, operates independent will look to other gifted of other organizations, and schools to become part is certified as a non-profit of the visiting team.

501 (c)(3) organization. Schools must go Before we could embark on a self-study, They will be at Quest Academy for about through a financial audit on a periodic input from our constituents (from stuthree days observing classrooms, lunch basis. The accreditation is validation dents to parents of alumni) was sought periods, and conduct meetings with adthat Quest Academy has met over 50 to help provide feedback to get a fuller ministrators, parents, and Board memstandards as prescribed and detailed by picture of where we are. The objective bers. The visiting team is encouraged to ISACS as related to independent educaof the survey was to measure percepdrop in on lunch periods for informal tion best practice. Also reviewed are tions of Quest Academy (quality, image, conversations with our students, student principles of good practice in admissions performance, cost, loyalty), identificameetings, athletic events, etc. and employment are adhered to. It is tion of strengths and weaknesses, and required that surveys are conducted prior to discover opportunities for improved The result of this process is re-accreditato start of the re-accreditation process. relations between Quest Academy and its tion complete with commendations and This includes feedback from teachers, adconstituents. recommendations for Quest Academy as ministrators, Board of Trustees, parents, it moves to the next chapter of challenges, students (grades 5-8), alumni, and alumni In starting the self-study, also referred to successes and opportunities for growth. parents. as the writing year, two committees were formed. The first committee working in ISACS also looks for evidence that the the fall is comprised mainly of our faculty curriculum and programs are congruled by a steering committee. All faculty

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Quest Annual Fund ! e g n e l l a h c e h t Step up to

The Quest Annual Fund is our annual appeal to support the mission of Quest Academy. Like all independent schools, we rely on philanthropic funds to support our commitment to educational excellence.

By supporting the Quest Annual Fund you directly impact each student every day.

And of course, your support allows us to keep tuition costs as low as possible, while you have the opportunity to demonstrate your pride in Quest’s mission.

A Quest Trustee Family invites you to give to the 2014-15 Quest Annual Fund, while also offering a challenge to all current families.

This family believes so strongly in Quest’s mission and our community’s steadfast support of our school, they are offering to match the following 2014-15 Quest Annual Fund gifts up to $40,000 (the largest Quest Annual Fund gift in our school’s history!): •

Contributions from families that are new to Quest this year or were new to Quest last year: 2 to 1.

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Contributions by families that haven’t given to the Quest Annual Fund in two years or more: 1 to 1.

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Contributions by families that gave to the Quest Annual Fund last year get the increased portion of their gift matched over last year: 1 to 1.

Every Gift Counts!

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During her quantitative four years at U of C, Elisa frequently ventured downtown Chicago to simultaneously pursue her dance career. Elisa’s professional dance credits from 2007-2011 include performances with Beyoncé for Oprah’s Farewell Spectacular, Jennifer Hudson- American Idol winner, Aubrey O’Day from Danity Kane and choreographing for and performing with the Black Eyed Peas for the viral “I Gotta’ Feeling” flash mob.

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Welcome Back Family Picnic It was a perfect day for a picnic on the West Campus. We had well over 200 people in attendance. The food was delicious, the games and activities were fun. Best of all we had a chance to spend time with our Quest friends! Thank you to our volunteers, we can’t do these things without you!!

A special thank you to the many alumni that volunteered their time on a Sunday afternoon to be with us. The following alumni helped supervise bounce houses and the arts and crafts tables.

Jack Badalamenti, ‘13 Matthew Benjamin, ‘14 Mati Chaudhery, ‘14 Nathan Erickson, ‘13 Ryan Ford, ‘14

Colin Groh, ‘13 Matthew Han, ‘14 Eli Kluiszo, ‘14 Anna Markey, ‘14 Sanjay Roy, ‘14

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Our Before Dr. Narendra Narepalem and Mrs. Smita Das Riya Gr K Long Grove Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Grybash Luke Gr PS Palatine

Dr. Mitul Vakharia and Dr. Jennifer Vakharia Asha Gr PS Barrington

After

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fahey Andy Gr 6 Nell Gr 7 Will Gr 7 Arlington Heights

Mrs. Valbona Ceci Mr. Michael Borysiewicz Nathan Gr 2 Mount Prospect Mr. Michael Derick and Dr. Amy Derick Charlie Gr 1 Inverness

Students

Mr. Shikhar Gupta and Mrs.Twinkle Misra Palash Gr K Palatine

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hernacki Lucas Gr K Cary

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Janisch Charles Gr 6 Mount Prospect

Mr. and Ms. Peter Verros Constantine Gr K Georgina Gr PS Bloomingdale

Mr. and Ms. Anant Karandikar Chethan Gr 3 Jeevan Gr 6 Palatine

Dr. and Mrs. Salman Syed Hania Gr PK Zayd Gr 1 Palatine

Mr. and Ms. Jason Morgan Lila Gr K Naperville

Mr. Scott Mirsky and Dr. Grace Mirsky Lily Gr PS Bartlett

Bonjour Mr. W. Jun Mhoon and Ms. Tahjma Hall-Mhoon Josh Gr 6 Oak Park

Mr. Praveen Vavilala and Ms. Kali A. Kadimcherla Shreya Gr 1 Palatine

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Croll William Gr PS Barrington Hills

Mr. and Ms. Mark Dosier Rachel Gr 1 Long Grove

Mr. Yukun Du and Mrs. Xiang Sun Amelia Gr K Kildeer

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Fei Kevin Gr 6 Long Grove

Mr. and Mrs. Mandar Gaitonde Saanvi Gr PS Palatine

and Mr. Hari Kosaraju and Dr. Radhika Kosaraju Reshma Gr 3 Schaumburg

Mrs. Yelena Kazinsky Mr. Boris Kazinsky Aleah Gr 1 Arlington Heights

Families

Mr. Jason Osborn and Ms. Nicole Gattuso Jay Gr 2 Mae Gr K Woodstock

Mr. Kris Leschynski and Dr. Aneta Galary Lucas Gr 6 Mundelein

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kropp Teddy Gr PS Glen Ellyn

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lui Gabriella Gr 5 Deer Park

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Waddell Miles Gr K Arlington Heights

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Parthenis Peter Gr PK Sienna Gr PS Inverness

Mr. Mark Rafael and Mrs. Brandi Lakey Micah Gr PS Palatine

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yousfi Sohan Gr 1 Palatine

Mr. Suresh Kumar Dasagranthishanmugam and Mrs. Swarnalatha Murthy Siya Gr K Palatine

Mr. and Mrs. Mitesh Patel Eva Gr 2 Hoffman Estates

Mr. and Mrs. Yashesh Patel Rishi Gr PS Schaumburg

Mr. and Mrs. Girish Rishi Arjun Gr 6 South Barrington

Ms. Sandy Suh Kai Gr K Vernon Hills

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sul Noah Gr PK Barrington

Bienvenido

Mr. and Mrs. Gourang Patel Anya Gr PS Roselle

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arnold Elizabeth Gr 8 Josie Gr 6 Mettawa

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hebert Miles Gr PS Inverness

Mr. and Mrs. Anatoly Koshelev Kayden Gr PK Glenview

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rezac Rose Gr 5 Cary

Ms. Kathryn Sitartz George Bayliss Gr 4 Buffalo Grove

Mr. and Mrs. Frank White Simon Gr PS Wauconda

Ms. Sara Ryan-Lederer Vivian Gr PK Palatine

Mrs. Tania Donatelli Mr. Nathan Kinzinger Sofia Gr 7 Inverness

Dr. and Mrs. Dhaval Patel Devraj Gr PS South Barrington

Mr. and Mrs. Srinath Surapaneni Sanvi Gr 1 Sirah Gr PK Palatine

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THE CLASS OF 2014

Photo by Jim Martin, Photo by Robert

Dominic Scheerer, recipient of the Character Award 2014

Daniel Benedix

Buffalo Grove High School

Matthew Benjamin

Stevenson High School

Mati Chaudhery

Lake Forest Academy

Nicholas Curl

New Trier High School

Ryan Ford

Barrington High School

Arthur Gasey

St. Viator High School

Matthew Han

Stevenson High School

Rierson Johnson

Carmel Catholic High School

Elias Kluiszo

William Fremd High School

Oliver Mansfield

Deerfield High School

Matteo Marcheschi

Lake Park High School

Anna Markey

Lake Forest Academy

Matthew Nikolich-Wilson

Rolling Meadows High School

Anthony Passarelli

Carmel Catholic High School

Nathan Passarelli

Carmel Catholic High School

Carley Pierce

Carmel Catholic High School

Joel Roberts

Christian Heritage Academy

Sanjay Roy

JB Conant High School

Dominic Scheerer

Lake Forest Academy

Zari Scott

Carmel Catholic High School

Lincoln Skoien

William Fremd

Maxim Sochacki

Miami Country Day School (FL)

THE CLASS OF 2010 The colleges and universities these alumni are attending: Taylor Almeraz

St. Andrews University

Briggs Mroz

Villanova University

Libby Anderson

Cornell College

Morgan Mroz

Villanova University

Sanika Bhargaw

University of Southern California

Cameron Neath

Brown University

Natalie Brottman

St. Olaf College

Rob Nelsen

New York University

Gary Chen

New York University

Andrea Nicholson

Miami University of Ohio

Anna Deberry

Johns Hopkins University

Neal Overbay

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jonathan Durden

Purdue University

Mark Padron

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Max Farbman

Yale University

Nishal Patel

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Zachary Hebebrand Northwestern University

Samantha Pearsall

Brandeis University

Tyler Johnson

Wake Forest University

Kelly Polivka

Illinois State University

Sarah Kats

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Katherine Posdal

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Miranda Kessler

Elmhurst College

Damon Ranjbar

Cornell College

Daniel Kofman

University of Illinois at Chicago

Abigail Raymaker

University of Pennsylvania

Mack Lee

Princeton University

Suzanne Scott

University of Missouri

Samantha Levey

Rochester Institute of Technology

Emily Lugthart

Loyola University Chicago

Michael Torres

DePaul University

Josie Mitz

Coe College

Anushka Vazirani

University of California, Berkeley

Anna Winter

New College of Florida

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS November Nov 24 - 28 | MON - FRI Fall Break - NO SCHOOL

December Dec 03 | WED PSA Book Fair, Barnes & Noble 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Dec 04 | THU Band Concert 7:00 pm Dec 05 - 06 | FRI - SAT Quest Varsity Boys’ Basketball Tournament Dec 12 | FRI Madrigal Fest 7:00 pm Dec 16 | TUE PS - K Holiday Concert 8:45 am Dec 18 | THU Grade 1-5 Holiday Concert 6:30 pm Dec 22 - Jan 02 | MON - FRI Winter Break

Januar y Jan 9 | FRI Alumni Reunion 6:30 - 8:30 pm Jan 19 | MON Martin Luther King, Jr. Day NO SCHOOL

Madrigal Fest

Jan 8 | THU A to Z Auction Coffee 3:00 - 6:00 pm

Friday, December 12, 7:00 pm

Jan 21-22 | WED - FRI Quest Prep for Fifth Grade Parents Jan 26 - 30 | MON - FRI Music & Drama Informance Week, Grades K - 4 Jan 30 | FRI Ladies’ Night Out #2

You are hereby invited by our Lord and Lady to experience a magical evening of music, dancing, laughter, and a bit of mayhem. Join your fellow Questfolk in the Great Hall and sit amidst the flurry of his majesty’s performers - musicians, singers, dancers and the jesters.

If you are so inclined, feel free to wear a royal costume of your own!

Jan 31 | FRI Latin School Math Competition

THE QUEST ACADEMY MISSION Quest Academy provides gifted children with a challenging curriculum and a nurturing environment. Our program emphasizes sound character along with scholarship and creativity in both the academics and the arts. The Quest community values the individuality of each child and encourages each to strive for personal excellence.