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1. The annual Blue Dog Parade. 2. Orientation Day: from left to right Laurel ’29 and Conor ’28 Madden with mom Kara Anne Zarchin and Sarah Tamsen and Chris Gray with Sawyer Gray ’23 3. Football practice using the new tackling dummy. 4. Bizarre & Extreme Day: Sierra Cortes ’20 and Morgan Clarke ’20 5. Lower Schoolers spent the day replanting the flower boxes next to Lower School Street. Pictured here: Bennett Maguire '27.

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6. The Butler family got a new puppy this spring and Logan was prominantly featured in Rumsey's social media channels with photos around campus and the hashtag #whereislogan? 7. First day of School 2019 8. Director of Lower School Rob Brenner and Primes Teacher Willow Brenner P’14, ’17, ’19 9. A successful day fishing in the pond: William Wang '23, Noah Young '22, Garrett Rossini '23 10. Fire Prevention & Safety demonstration by the local Washington Fire Department. Piper Romaniello '27 tries on the safety vest. 11. Peter Dyball '27 and a frog from Lower Pond.

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12. The annual Ancient Egyptian Banquet in Mrs. Saxe's classroom. 13. Celebrating and saying goodbye at the end-of-year car parade on campus. 14. Samantha Kaufman ‘20 and Ava Qin ‘22 received medals for the All Tournament Team at the Rick Spooner Volleyball Classic Tournament. Also pictured are co-coaches Marisa Mastrianno '02 and Ali Spooner '90 Linley P'23 with Athletic Director Jay Przygocki P'00, '03 15. IVth Form science class modeling phases of the moon with Oreos, Sawyer Gray '23 and Dashiell Hessler '23

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16. Upper School Holiday Concert 17. Rumsey Circle Parents Association assembling cookie boxes for the faculty and staff. 18. Lincoln Bernardin '24 at the Lower School Checkers Tournament 19. The Million Bottle Cap Challenge is underway! 20. Studying in the Treasure Island classroom, Josh Smotroff '20 and Morgan Clarke '20.

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21. An Upper School Airband group performing in The MAX. 22. Tang Soo Do grading. 23. On Seibert Field getting ready for the Blue Dog Run.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

greg warner P’17

In May of this year, Greg Warner was appointed Chair of the Rumsey Hall Board of Trustees. He joined the Board in 2017 and during his tenure has served as Vice Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Chair, Finance Committee Chair, Search Committee Co-Chair, and as a member of the Investment Committee.

Mr. Warner is President of Ingleside Investors, an investment holding company based in New York City. Prior to that, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in their New York, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles offices. He attended the University of California, San Diego, where he received a B.S. in Engineering, and The Wharton School, where he received an MBA. He serves on the boards of several companies as well as the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, where he heads the Investment Committee.

"We are at an important moment in Rumsey’s history and I couldn’t be more excited about our next chapter."

Mr. Warner’s daughter, Amanda, was a Rumsey boarder from the fall of 2015 through the Spring of 2017 and is currently a freshman at Villanova University. He has three other children: Haley, a junior at Northwestern University, Brooke, a junior at The Spence School in New York City, and Jack, a fifth grader at Collegiate School in New York City. Greg and his wife Leslie have a home in New Preston about 10 minutes from campus and they love spending as much time as they can in Litchfield County.

“I am honored to serve Rumsey in the capacity of Board Chair.” Mr. Warner commented. “The many changes the School has endured over the past few months have presented seemingly endless challenges, and I have been deeply impressed with how Brooke Giese and the rest of the team have come together to step up and meet them. We are at an important moment in Rumsey’s history and I couldn’t be more excited about our next chapter. The opportunity to bring in a new Head of School presents a rare opportunity to build on the incredible foundation that has been built over the past 120 years. The search process is off to a great start, and the Board is confident Rumsey will find a dynamic leader with new ideas, who also appreciates how important it will be to retain the elements that make Rumsey the amazing place it is today.”

BOARD NEWS

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john fauster P’19 John Fauster lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan with his sons Jack (Rumsey ’19, New Hampton ‘22) and Charlie (Grosse Pointe South ’24). After starting his career in investment banking in Chicago, John moved to Detroit in 1998 to start his equity investment company that focuses on buying undervalued “critical commodity” companies. John graduated from Hillsdale College with a double major in English and History and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. John enjoys tennis, golf, running and spending time outdoors.

suzanne blaicher P'23, P'23 Suzanne graduated from Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and entered the publishing world at Construction Data Corporation, a regional lead service for contractors, eventually managing four publications in the Northeast region as Senior Editor. After ten years at CDC, Suzanne and her husband shifted gears to purchase a John Deere dealership in Wall, NJ where she worked the parts counter, inventory, service writing, and did some IT work with HR on the side! Moving to Litchfield, CT to purchase a local Chevrolet dealership was their best transition ever with their two children Kate and Matthew. Suzanne is actively involved in the Litchfield community as a member of the Litchfield Country Club, the Litchfield Garden Club, and is a personal fitness trainer and group exercise instructor at Litchfield Hills Fitness.

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monica volgelstein P'14, '19 Monica Illich Vogelstein, mother of David '14, Natalie, and Matthew '19 served as a Trustee for six years as well as serving as the Fall Benefit Chair for the past several years. She is currently an Advisor to the Board of Trustees. Rumsey Hall is very fortunate to have had Monica's generous support and dedication for these past six years! Thank you!

dennis fulling p'16, '16 Rumsey Hall bids farewell to Trustee Dennis Fulling after completing six years of service and support to our School and Board. Because of Dennis’s understanding of the needs of Rumsey Hall and willingness to share his time, he served on the Endowment Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, and the Investment Committee, which he was Co-Chair. Thank you Dennis for your involvement and leadership, and thank you to your children Michael and Patrick, and to Julie for sharing you with Rumsey Hall.