Through the Arch - Summer 2013

U O GH R H T

The Arch

SUMMER 2013

A Summer of Music  Creating Innovators A Global View  A Community of Learners Commencement 2013  Reunion 2013

Shattuck-St. Mary’s Book of Remembrance

On April 29, the 103 members of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Class of 2013 and seven post-graduates took part in an annual spring tradition – the signing of the Book of Remembrance. Director of Institutional Advancement Lonnie Schroeder and Head of School Kathy Layendecker stood witness to the signing, assuring the students that when they returned for future reunions they would find their youthful signature preserved in perpetuity.

Dating back to 1931, the classic, oversized, hand-crafted Italian leather book has captured the names of those who have gone before. And, it is this very sense of one’s place in history that makes the book signing so compelling. Lonnie notes that “even the most skeptical or non-emotional of the students is touched when they take part in this unique tradition.”

There are plenty of blank pages for decades of future seniors. A spring rite of passage will endure.

Letters to the Editor . . .

I enjoyed the last issue of the Arch and I would like to make a few comments: First, the article about Gary Flakne’s letter to Victor Godfrey’s wife. Gary and I were roommates our senior year, Vic roomed with Ben Beale, and we lived on the 2nd floor of Breck Hall. We did have many interesting and great times together: from playing football to sweating Buzzy Below’s English class tests and all the memory work from Shakespeare’s plays. And, of course Vic’s tape recorder. The last time I saw Vic was at one of our class reunions and he, Gary, and I re-lived many adventures from the past. I won’t be seeing Vic any more, but I do see Gary whenever I get back.

Also, you had an article about students working for businesses in Faribault. The three students, Kevin Draeger, Melissa Biel, and Megha Gokals, were all interested in becoming veterinarians and working with horses. If they haven’t picked a college yet I would like them to consider Colorado State U. (CSU) in Ft. Collins.

I graduated from there in Animal Science and I live around 15 miles north of Ft. Collins. CSU’s vet school is rated as one of the very best vet schools in the nation and there is a special major in equine science…

And, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Father Doyle. He used to be associated with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Ft. Collins; the church I attend. He still looks the same except he’s getting a little gray topside.

Bill Way ’52 “Boy! That 1913 shot of the old Johnson Armory brought back memories! Countless formations for dinner, indoor tennis practice with Coach Pop Wheeler, Crack Squad initiations (ouch!) and performances (yeah!) and dances (sigh). How clear those images still are! Wow! My 75th is next year!

Is that possible?”

Dawes Potter ’39

2012-2013 OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, & ADMINISTRATION Officers The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior Honorary Chair

Ex Officio The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior Honorary Chair

Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62 Chair

Nick Stoneman President

Nick Stoneman President

Maggie Osterbauer ’03 Alumni Association President

Dan Gislason ’62 Vice Chair

CO-OPTED Kim Bakken Administrative Assistant

Anne Cosgriff ’87 Secretary 2014 Term Expiration Brant Barr ’73 Tim Church ’68 Kristin Dahl Mike Daley ’68 Elizabeth Sears Hager ’62 Perry Mead ’66 Rich Nicoll ’70 Kim Peterson ’67 2015 Term Expiration Anne Cosgriff ’87 Jack Dane ’75 Marc Davis ’66 Dan Gislason ’62 Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62 2016 Term Expiration Bill Brewster ’85 Dale Fuller ’51 Ted Hartley ’42 Bruce Mannes ’49 Craig McKinley ’70 Katherine Porter ’04 John Thomas ’74 Audra Watson ’87 Stephen Wendfeldt ’65 Claire Wittich ’05

TRUSTEE EMERITI Sharon Hoffman Avent ’64 Linda Stone Dasher ’56 Jack Fuller ’40 Hugh Wooldridge ’55 ADMINISTRATION Kathy Layendecker Head of School The Rev. Eva Cavaleri Chaplain Greg Engel Chief Financial Officer Lonnie Schroeder Director of Institutional Advancement Patty Travers Chief Operating Officer Amy Wolf Director of Communications

2013 SUMMER ISSUE Volume XXXVII, No. 2

CONTENTS Features SSM Innovation...........................................................2-3 A Global View.............................................................4-5 A Community of Learners...........................................6-7 SSM Soccer..................................................................8-9 SSM Golf.................................................................10-11 Alumni News Beating the Odds..........................................................30 Reunion 2013..........................................................32-39 Alumni Awards.............................................................40 Alumni Association......................................................44 School News Hockey News...........................................................12-13 Summer of Music....................................................14-15 STEM@SSM.............................................................16-17 Beyond the Yellow Ribbon............................................18 Commencement.......................................................19-25 SSM Productions.....................................................26-27 School News............................................................28-29 Board of Trustees.........................................................31 Get Connected..............................................................48 In Memoriam................................................................41 Class Notes..............................................................41-43 Employee Recognition.............................................46-47 Editor: Amy Wolf • awolf@s-sm.org • 507.333.1655 Design: Kari Tobin Contributing Writers: Amy Wolf, Ed Carpenter ’60, Lonnie Schroeder, Clay Paciorek Photography: Steve Cornish, Johnnie Walker, Amy Wolf, Paul Swenson, Kari Tobin, David Agerter ’68, and Alyssa Beyer, current parent Class Notes: Kim Bakken Proofing: Amy Gragg ’88 Shattuck-St. Mary’s School community, with its strong commitment to protecting human rights and dignity, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin in its admissions and scholarship programs, the administration of its educational, athletic, or other school programs, or its employment practices.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s School P.O. Box 218 • 1000 Shumway Avenue Faribault, MN 55021 • 888.729.4946 www.s-sm.org About the cover...

Graduation Ceremony photo taken by Boys Soccer coach Steve Cornish.

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As I write this, I am in the process of making a permanent move to Faribault with my husband, Glenn, following a year of transition during which our younger daughter completed her senior year of high school in Portland, Oregon. Now our family life will be centered in Faribault and home will truly be Kathy Layendecker, Harrington House on the ShattuckHead of School St. Mary’s campus. Even a busy summer such as this one offers the opportunity for reflection, planning, and lots of reading.

Nestled in my stack of books, and that of many of my SSM colleagues, is Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner, founder of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Widely distributed to our faculty and staff, the idea of a shared summer reading book was to guide a community-wide discussion around how adults can nurture a culture of innovation and risk-taking in order to best prepare students to make meaningful impacts on their local and global communities. This is a particularly timely topic as we enter our second year with the weCreate Center and as we further refine and expand the blended learning model that will help shape our School’s future and exemplifies our leadership in educational innovation.

In his book, Wagner writes: “The interest in and ability to create new knowledge and to solve new problems is the single most important skill that all students must master today” (Wagner 142).

It is no longer a radical idea to suggest that preparing students to simply score well on tests does them a disservice.

Instead, Wagner outlines how adults can support young people through collaboration, multi-

disciplinary learning, an orientation toward creating ideas, solutions, and products, encouragement of intellectual risktaking, and a strong emphasis on intrinsic motivation (Wagner 184). Certainly this is a tall order, one that requires thoughtful and deliberate dialogue within our community to inform our plans and decisions.

A SSM student writes and records his own music and organizes a benefit concert to help end human trafficking. A student collaborates with a student from another school and is selected to present at an international meeting in Turkey on the topic of how jellyfish can help solve a water shortage. A student volunteers to work with young Somalian women from the Faribault area and is awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship to study in Russia during the summer. These are all examples of the type of experiential learning Tony Wagner endorses in Creating Innovators and they are just a glimpse into the interesting paths our students are pursuing as we help them to think broadly and to challenge themselves.

Elsewhere in this issue you will read about faculty and staff members who are also challenging themselves through graduate level study in chosen fields of interest. Our neverending learning both individually and collectively are what make Shattuck-St. Mary’s such an exciting place to be, and a great place for students to learn and grow.

As my family and I begin our long car trek eastward, I have my stack of books nearby, including Creating Innovators, and am eagerly looking forward to our discussions when we reconvene for our 156th school year.

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A Global View from the Great Plains of Minnesota On April 24, 2013, the official ceremony to commemorate the partnership between Bayi School and Shattuck-St. Mary’s School took place in Beijing, China. Over 400 people were in attendance including government officials, U.S. Embassy representatives, the press, students, faculty, and prospective parents. Bayi School is well known in China as the alma mater of President Xi Jinping.

The event marked more than two years of ceremonial meals, give and take discussions, governmental hurdles, and seemingly endless challenges for President Nick Stoneman and Chief Operating Officer Patty Travers – both of whom were present to witness the successful culmination of their vision and hard work. As Nick reflected, “To share with the parents what we will be offering as an alternative to what they have available, to let them know that we will challenge their children while simultaneously fostering their interests and enriching their lives outside the realm of pure academia was incredibly gratifying at a deep and very personal level. The joy and beaming expressions I saw when they realized that their children could emerge as young people, not as test scores, is hard to even attempt to describe.”

Once the school partnership became a reality, the work to build a team of teachers began and it was essential to find a dynamic leader, ideally someone with close ties to the Beijing educational community. Shattuck-St. Mary’s was fortunate to have Roy Bergeson join the effort as the new Head of School (see bio). During July, the team was on campus to, as Nick Stoneman would say “drink the water” in Faribault, in order to transplant the SSM culture to the China campus. The SSM-Bayi team will have direct control over day-to-day operations of the school. Strategic guidance will be provided by SSM Faribault’s leadership team.

About Roy Bergeson Head of School, Shattuck-St. Mary’s - Bayi

Roy Bergeson grew up in Granite Falls, Minnesota. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, followed by Stanford University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History. Subsequently, Roy received his Master of Arts degree from Seton Hall University, with a concentration in Asian Studies.

A veteran of education with over 30 years of experience in independent school education and leadership, Roy has served in several administrative capacities at The Webb Schools of California, and was Head of the Upper School at Collegiate School in Manhattan, New York. He also served as a History Teacher and Co-Director of the International Program at Island Pacific Academy in Hawaii.

Roy has been dedicated to educational development in China for over ten years having taught at numerous Chinese schools, including Suzhou Middle School in Suzhou and Gezhi High School in Shanghai. Most recently, he was a Vice-President with Due West, an educational consulting firm in Beijing.

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Start-up Plans An Update Shattuck-St. Mary’s – Bayi (SSM-Bayi) will be a grade 10-12 school, with an AP orientation. Located on the same campus as Bayi High School - the newly formed school will offer a dual degree. The school is targeting highly-motivated students who are willing to cultivate themselves to the highest standard of not only academic excellence, but also social awareness, leadership ability, creativity, and athletic and artistic achievement. SSM-Bayi will open with 64 grade 10 students in the fall of 2013. With 250 applications received and an acceptance rate of roughly one in four students, the application process has not only been rigorous but competitive.

SSM-Bayi will be “a school within a school” located on the existing campus in Beijing. Bayi has renovated a portion of its facilities to bring them in line with the highest standards of Western education: smaller classrooms, abundant natural light, teaching technology such as smart boards, and wireless internet.

An English language curriculum based on the Faribault campus requirements will be offered along with AP classes based on student demand. Students will take at least three full years of History, Math, Science, and English/ESL, one full year of Performing and Visual Arts, and electives in other disciplines, including World Cultures or World Religions. In order to earn a Shattuck-St. Mary’s diploma, students must take at least one year of standard English classes after completing the ESL program.

Outside of the academic curriculum, students will also be required to serve 20 hours of community service per year, with at least 10 hours taking place off-campus, as well as give a “senior speech” to the entire school. The senior speech is a 4-6 minute speech delivered in English on a topic of the student’s choosing, deemed to have meaning or merit to the school as a whole, and presented in a public setting. Seniors must also take part in a senior leadership project.

The SSM-Bayi diploma will be accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), which currently accredits Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault. The opening day of school for Shattuck-St. Mary’s-Bayi is September 2, 2013.

Excerpts from Nick Stoneman’s speech from the April 24 commemoration ceremony: “As President of Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, it is a great honor to be here, on the campus of Bayi School to celebrate the launching of a shared vision for international education – a vision borne from over two years of collaborative and exciting work between two well established and respected institutions - Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, founded in 1858, and Bayi School, founded in 1947, and led by its dynamic and visionary educator, Principal Shen…

The world our students are growing up in today is fast paced, and rapidly evolving. Opportunities abound to grow, explore, evolve, and expand each in ways that were not possible as recently as a decade ago. As is so often shared, today’s high school students, upon graduating from college, will be taking jobs that did not exist when they entered the 10th grade. Furthermore, these students’ futures will not be confined to one community, one city, one region or one country. Their future has one resounding characteristic. It will be global.

The country of which these students are a part, China, is no different. It is a remarkable nation offering its citizenry remarkable opportunities. It is clearly a major player on the world stage – yet it is a very complex stage, demanding engagement across a whole host of issues and needs. Participation on this global stage will spawn great demand for leaders in medicine, in environmental stewardship, in commerce, in technology integration and development, in government and international relations, and in education, and so much more.

Producing leaders, ready and able to stand at the helm and take on these responsibilities and make a difference is a clear goal

of the international program. To this end, the international program will assure our graduates: • are intellectually challenged through participation in an elite and demanding curriculum led by highly qualified teachers • are connected globally and cognizant of the world stage of which their nation is a part • develop very strong Chinese and English language skills • celebrate their Chinese culture and heritage, while understanding and appreciating those of others • learn how to find unique solutions and approaches to the challenges that life’s journey puts before them, and have that distinct and enviable ability to marry one’s intellect with one’s imagination to transform ‘what is’ into ‘what can be’…

Participation in this dynamic program will be transformative for students. It is built on a commitment to the highest of academic standards. It expects active participation.

It fosters curiosity as an essential ingredient to learning. It sees collaboration as foundational.

It cherishes the Chinese culture of which the students are a part, and does so in the context of the global community within which their nation plays such a leading role.

Three years ago, a young man came to my office. His chosen English name is Gordon. He asked me if I would mind if he contacted his former school to see if it would be interested in working with Shattuck-St. Mary’s School on a dual degree program.

That former school was Bayi where he attended middle school.

Isn’t it exciting and so meaningful that the program we will be starting this fall, a program that will empower its students to lead and to make a difference, was initiated by the vision and imagination of a student, one who graduated from Bayi’s and, last year, from Shattuck-St. Mary’s School?

On behalf of Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, I want to close by saying how excited we are to work with the leadership of Bayi, and how committed we are to bring our strengths and experience to bear to collaboratively bring to life a program that will produce remarkable graduates for years to come.

Members of the Honorary Delegation included, from left, Zhu Kai, Deputy Principal of Bayi High School, Lin Hanying, Deputy Director of International Department of Bayi High School, an official from Education Commission of Haidian District, Alex Lu, Education Specialist, Public Affairs Department of the US Embassy, Patty Travers, Chief Operating Officer of Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Roy Bergeson, Head of School of SSM-Bayi, Nick Stoneman, President of Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Shenjun, Principal of Bayi High School, Yang Xiaochun, Chief of Europe Branch, International Exchange and Cooperation Department of National Education Ministry, Tao Hongjian, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Counselor, Tu Yongyong, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Haidian Education Commission, Chen Zhiwen, Chief Editor of Chinese Education Online, Zuo Gang, Chief Representative of UFEIC in China (University Foundation Education Instruction Centre)

The future looks very bright and ripe with potential – and that is very exciting indeed.”

A Community of Learners Teaching and learning are like Shumway’s red carpet and seniors – they are meant to go together. What seems rather unique about teaching and learning at Shattuck-St. Mary’s is the sheer number of teachers who are also students. The number of people taking graduate level classes has soared in recent years, thanks in large part to the School’s determined effort to support the faculty on this path. Of the 59 full and part-time faculty members at the School in 2012-13, 73% had completed or were working on an advanced degree. Last year alone, 21% of full-time faculty received funding for all or some of their graduate work, while on a cumulative basis 34% of our current faculty have benefited from the School’s support. Since 2005, SSM’s leadership has made it a priority to support the professional development of its full-time faculty through a tuition reimbursement program that incentivizes teachers to remain at SSM after the completion of coursework, assuming grades of B- or better are achieved. And, while the current program supports full-time teaching faculty, there are many others, including staff members, who are fully committed to expanding their horizons.

Here are snapshots of some of SSM’s community of learners.

Danika Bender Math Department Chair M.A. in Mathematics Education Western Governor’s University Completed first year

John Groess Middle and Upper School Math teacher M.A. in Mathematics Education Western Governor’s University Completed first year “ I am getting more experience with online learning and furthering my knowledge and expertise in mathematics. I love learning.” – John Groess

Andrew Bergdahl Upper School Math teacher M.S. in Mathematics Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana Started June 2013 “ SSM has been awesome financially and in terms of encouragement.”

– Andrew Bergdahl

John Blackmer Science Teacher and STEM Academy Director M.A. in Educational Leadership Concordia University, St. Paul, MN 2013

Jocelyn Simpfenderfer Upper School Math Teacher and Associate Dean of Student Life M.A. in Educational Leadership Concordia University, St. Paul, MN 2013

Matt Cavellier Director of Academic Innovation M.A. in English University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN Completed first year “ I am considering working towards a doctorate in English and perhaps teaching at the university level someday. Just the intellectual stimulation alone, though, has provided me an outlet to keep my mind sharp.” – Matt Cavellier

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Cale Politoski Sports Complex Assistant Manager Certificates of Arena Operations and Arena Management *Earned through the Ice Arena Institute of Management which is run by the Ice Skating Institute (ISI)

Certificates in Basic Refrigeration, Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operation, Ice Making and Painting Technologies * Earned through S.T.A.R. (Serving the American Rinks) which is a nationally recognized group sponsored

by USA Hockey and US Figure Skating

September, 2013 “Wanting to understand the complexities of maintaining great ice and a safe environment for our student athletes at SSM has made me further my education in this field. SSM and my participation on the MIAMA (Minnesota Ice Arena Managers Association) Board have aided in my continual education. ” - Cale Politoski

Bridgette Reuvers Middle School Administrative Assistant M.S. in School Counseling Capella University, an online institution Started the two-year program in January, 2013

Isabel Rodriguez Upper School Spanish Teacher M.A. in Educational Leadership Minnesota State University-Mankato Starting in September, 2013

Beth Trout Director of the Middle School M.Ed. in Educational Leadership Hamline University, St. Paul, MN 2008

Gordie Stafford Upper School English Teacher, Director of Girls Hockey Ph.D. in Performance Psychology San Diego University of Integrative Studies Four Year Process, Working on Dissertation

Molly Yergens Middle and Upper School Visual Arts Teacher M.Ed. in Art Education University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2011 M.F.A. in Visual Arts Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University 2013 “ My motivation to pursue the M.F.A. specifically was to continue to develop as a painter and to immerse myself in a community of like-minded faculty and students. It also helped me weave a productive studio practice into the context of my professional life as an educator.” – Molly Yergens

Andrew Garlinski Director of ESL M.A. in ESL Hamline University, St. Paul, MN Starting fourth and final year

“ I wanted to become a better teacher and help make our ESL program better.”

– Andrew Garlinski

Grace Watkins Jason Langevin Middle School Math Teacher M.A. in Educational Leadership Concordia University, St. Paul, MN 2010

Pre-Conservatory Music Program Director M.A. in Music Education (Instrumental) University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN Completing Fourth Summer, Writing Thesis

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S OCCE R N EW S

U18 Boys Soccer Development Academy Makes it to the

National Championship a goal for SSM. Created by the US Soccer Federation, the academy was designed to pit the best youth teams in the country against each other and develop elite soccer players and future national team members.

To achieve the goal of joining the Development Academy, the Sabres would need to show some perseverance. After being turned down for the academy in 2009, SSM would take another year to play teams in the Minnesota area and improve as a program before applying again. A year later in April of 2010, Shattuck-St. Mary’s was one of over 200 teams to apply and one of only two teams to be accepted into the top youth soccer league in the country.

Photo from U.S. Soccer Development Academy Facebook page

On November 13, 2010, Shattuck-St. Mary’s played its first ever game as a member of the US Soccer Development Academy. Less than three years later, on July 20, 2013, they took the field for the national championship game against the New York Red Bulls at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, TX. Of the 80 elite U18 teams that began the season last September, SSM was just one game away from being crowned champions. Ninety minutes weren’t enough to decide the game as the teams were tied at one at the end of regulation, but the Red Bulls scored with just five minutes left in the second overtime to win the title.

“What can you say?” Carter said to the Faribault Daily News.

“There were 78 other clubs wanting, desiring to be in our shoes on that Saturday night and our boys got there.”

During this past season, Shattuck-St. Mary’s U18 team finished first out of 26 teams in the Central Conference, sending them to their second straight academy playoffs. The Sabres won their group in Frisco, TX, beating out three other teams to advance to their first ever finals week. SSM returned to Texas for finals week in Houston as they matched up against teams from Massachusetts, Missouri, and California. A tie against the De Anza Force from Cupertino, CA in their final pool play game, combined with two wins earlier in the week, sent the Sabres to the national championship game.

As the book closes on the 2012-13 season and much of Shattuck-St. Mary’s senior class heads off to play at Division I schools, the future still looks bright in Faribault. For a team that accomplished so many first-time achievements this year, fans are left wondering, “What will they do next?”

Not only did they take the championship game into the waning moments, the 2012-13 season saw a record setting year for Shattuck-St. Mary’s. SSM won the conference title, earned a trip to finals week for the first time, qualified for their first ever championship game, and also had two players named to the all conference team while head coach Tim Carter was named national coach of the year.

The Soccer Center of Excellence began at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in 2005 with just 34 members. Eight years later, over 100 athletes make up the five teams in the program – three boys and two girls. Since the U.S. Soccer Development Academy was founded in 2007, joining the elite league was always Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Beyer

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Photo from U.S. Soccer Development Academy Facebook page

Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Beyer

Coach of the Year

Photo from U.S. Soccer Development Academy Facebook page

SSM’s Director of Boys Soccer, Tim Carter, has been named the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s U-17/18 National Coach of the Year for the 2012-13 season. It marks the first time a Shattuck-St. Mary’s coach has won the award in just the third year of the School’s participation in the Development Academy. Carter led his team to a 21-6-2 record during the 2012-13 regular season, on their way to winning the Central Conference and qualifying for their second straight Academy playoffs. Joining Carter earning post-season awards are recent graduates Andrew Kendall-Moullin ’13 and Michael Bajza ’13, who were named to the All-Conference team for the Central Conference.

Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Beyer

SSM’s Katriina Kuoksa ’16 Plays in Nordic Cup Katriina Kuoksa ’16 represented her home country of Finland at the Nordic Cup tournament, which was held in Iceland July 1 - 6. The prestigious girls’ U17 European tournament featured national teams from eight countries. Finland placed third, while Germany won the tournament in a 3-0 victory over Denmark.

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“What is going on in Faribault?”

As Shattuck-St. Mary’s Director of the Golf Center of Excellence Program, Mike Higdon, looked up at the leaderboard with his team at the FCWT Junior Golf Tournament at Purdue University last October, he heard a murmur spread throughout the crowd.

“That tournament at Purdue is when the eyebrows really started to raise. We had that leaderboard covered after day one. Everybody is looking up there seeing the kids’ names and where they’re from. All down the line it says, ‘Faribault, Faribault, Faribault…’ And they’re all asking, ‘What is going on in Faribault?’”

For Higdon, it’s been a jam-packed two years since the Golf Center of Excellence was founded. That first year in the fall of 2011, six golfers joined the program hoping to replicate the success produced by the ice hockey, figure skating, and soccer programs.

“I had no idea what to expect,” Higdon says. “I put a lot of faith in our students, they worked incredibly hard and took a huge leap in that first year.”

In year two, the program almost doubled in size and more than doubled in the success they saw. Higdon took his program of 10 golfers to nine tournaments in 2012-13.

Golf Center of Excellence Team Photo from Purdue Tournament

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They walked away from four of them with tournament victories, each one coming from a different golfer, and sent two seniors off to college with athletic scholarships from Division I programs.

It’s important to note that three of the tournament wins in 2012 came from students who had been at SSM for over a year. “Not only did we have new athletes, but we had success with those we had been working with for more than a year.”

Indoor Training Facility

Year three will provide even more change for the program as they get ready for the completion of a brand new indoor practice facility at the team’s golf course, The Legacy. The facility, to be completed in the fall of 2013, is outfitted with a 2,000 square foot putting/chipping green, a video swing and putting analysis room, as well as a team room and locker rooms.

G OL F N EW S Coach Higdon believes a new practice facility will support the program. “It will help our recruiting and what these students are going to be able to achieve. We want to give them the best opportunities so they can develop to the college level and hopefully the professional level as well.”

Nathan Zhao ’15

One of those golfers looking to make the most of his opportunities is Nathan Zhao ’15, who played in the 38th Junior PGA Championship in late July. Zhao was the first SSM golfer to participate in the prestigious tournament, which has seen past participants such as Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

where we are right now. As far as what we’ve been able to produce and what these students have accomplished, I’m pretty ecstatic.”

Coach Higdon believes the success of the first two years also validates the idea of a golf academy in Minnesota. “It proves that a program like this does work. It proves that a setting like this is beneficial to these golfers. If you surround them with good talent, good coaching, and good facilities, we can develop these students and help them play their very best golf.”

As Higdon reflects on the first two years, he says the program is right where he wants it to be. “I couldn’t ask for more than

SSM Post-Grad Camden Nierman One recent post-graduate from Shattuck-St. Mary’s and a member of the Golf Center of Excellence had a very unique opportunity earlier this year to play with one of the game’s best. After winning the annual Club Championship at his home golf course, the Estancia Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, Camden Nierman looked to defend his title against a new challenger, reigning Masters champion Bubba Watson. In a match play tournament, Nierman and Watson were on opposite sides of the bracket, but both advanced all the way to the finals and faced off head to head. Although Watson did beat Nierman in the finals, the memory of taking on the reigning Masters champion one-on-one is sure to stay with him for a long time.

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HOCK E Y N EW S

U16 Girls Win

National Title!

On April 7, 2013 the Girls U16 hockey team won the USA Hockey U16 Tier 1 national title against Assabet Valley (Mass.) with a final score of 4-3. This is the U16 team’s second title following its national championship in 2010. Congratulations to Coach Johnson and the U16 team on a great accomplishment!

Ready for the

Winter Olympics!

Amanda Kessel ’10

Brianna Decker ’09

Jocelyn Lamoureux ’08

Monique Lamoureux ’08

The 2014 Women’s Olympic hockey team selection process has begun.

Four former Sabres - Amanda Kessel ’10, Brianna Decker ’09, Jocelyn Lamoureux ’08, and Monique Lamoureux ’08 were selected for a team that will soon be finalized. Amanda Kessel was also this year’s winner of the prestigious Patty Kazmaier award. Congratulations girls! We can’t wait to watch Team USA this winter! Continue to watch for announcements of the Men’s 2014 Winter Olympic Team – you will recognize some former Sabres on that team as well!

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SSM Two Sabres Selected in 2013 NHL Draft The 2013 NHL Draft, held in New Jersey in late June, brought pride to SSM again! Two Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres were selected – Anthony Brodeur, a recent graduate from the Class of 2013 and Nathan McKinnon, who attended SSM for the 8th and 9th grade. Noted by the media as the NHL draft’s “most sentimental moment” was when Martin Brodeur announced the selection of his son for his team – the New Jersey Devils. It’s a thrill for the players and their families, but an equally huge thrill for the School, the coaches and all the people who love and support Sabre hockey. Congratulations!

Anthony Brodeur ’13 (Goalie) Essex Fells, NJ Attended SSM for four years.

Will play for the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL next season.

7th round, 208th overall New Jersey Devils

Anthony Brodeur ’13 (Goalie) pictured with dad, Martin Brodeur, who announced Anthony’s selection by his team, the New Jersey Devils

Nathan MacKinnon (Center) Cole Harbour, NS, Canada Attended SSM for two years.

No. 1 overall NHL Entry Draft Pick Will play for the Colorado Avalanche next season.

Former Sabre Hockey Players Return It is a summer tradition. Former SSM hockey players return “home” to help with the hockey camps. Part of the summer camp tradition is the daily counselor game – an informal – but still competitive – hockey contest that offers nothing more than bragging rights.

All of the 2013 hockey camps had a great turnout which kept counselors and staff very busy.

During the girls’ hockey camp, future Olympian Brianna Decker ’09 came back to play with the counselors at the end of the week. Before hitting the ice, she spent time signing many autographs.

Maybe these kids will someday be signing their own autographs for their biggest fans!

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Summer of Music The summer of 2013 was notable at Shattuck-St. Mary’s for its music. The Parade Field presentation of La Bohème on June 16 by the Minnesota Opera was the first act.

The second act was the 2013 e-Piano Junior Competition, held on campus July 5-11. Using the latest in music technology, this unique competition enables artists from around the world to record and transmit their audition performances over the Internet through the use of a Yamaha Disklavier. Virtual auditions by 60 pianists, age 17 and under, were held in nine different international locations in January and February, 2013. A total of 24 pianists from eight countries were selected for the live competition with 19 making the trip to Faribault to compete in person. Established in 2002 and held about every two years, this was Shattuck-St. Mary’s inaugural year as a presenting sponsor and host of the competition - a partnership that is expected to continue into the future. Dr. Alex Braginsky, a member of the University of Minnesota School of Music faculty, was a co-founder of the competition and serves as the current President and Artistic Director. He has been a master teacher to several students enrolled in Shattuck-St. Mary’s Pre-Conservatory Music Center of Excellence.

The finale? Catch a Rising Star – an evening celebrating the musical talents of SSM students and alumni - will be held on September 26, 2013 at the St. Paul Hotel. This festive event is an appropriate bookend to a rich, musical summer.

Presentation of “La Bohème” on the Parade Field

2013 e-Piano Competition Participants

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a r t S g n Catch a Risi What: A Gala Dinner and Concert featuring Shattuck-St. Mary’s current and recent stars from the Vocal Performance and Pre-Conservatory Music Centers of Excellence...award-winning performers who have sung with opera companies, played with professional orchestras, and who are pursuing their music with dedication and passion.

When: Thursday, September 26, 2013 s The evening begins with a 6 p.m. reception Where: St. Paul Hotel s Located in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota

For more information, contact Heather Hyslop, heather.hyslop@s-sm.org or call the Advancement Office at 1-888-729-4946.

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STEM@ SSM No STEMming the Tide at SSM!

Fayfield Hall is filled with so much potential we can’t keep it to ourselves! The STEM@SSM (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program opens doors to area young people by giving them access to our faculty, students, programs, and facilities. After first launching after-school and Saturday courses several years ago, a growing array of new opportunities have been developed to help boost STEM innovation to students of all ages, whether in Fayfield Hall, in schools, or even on site at local companies. It is the goal of STEM@SSM to serve as a regional hub for a wide range of STEM activities for students of all ages. There are both established programs in place and new ideas brewing. Here is an update.

Specialized Programs Few students in this part of Minnesota have access to the type of programs and courses that exist at SSM. Starting in 2011, the STEM@ SSM program began offering specialized courses on such topics as 3D Design & Printing, Robotics, Science Saturdays, and more. These activities keep Fayfield Hall hopping during many after-school hours, evening and weekend periods. They also allow students from the community to explore and develop expertise in aspects of STEM that are of most interest to them.

Summer Camps Summer can be a great time for STEM learning. The STEM@SSM program’s “Immersion Camp” philosophy allows students to register for an entire day full of activities from 9:00am to 6:00pm. This makes it easier for students to attend a full-day camp amongst their busy summer of activities. It also allows for students from distant communities to enroll for a single day. This summer’s Aqua Camp and Catapults Camp were each filled to capacity as students explored water quality and siege machine

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physics, respectively. A pair of Voltage camps in July allowed students to create and measure their own devices for generating and using electricity. Finally, our Imagineering Camps will fuse the science of our engineering program with our new weCreate Center as students add design thinking skills to their STEM repertoire.

Gifted & Talented

Programs for gifted and talented students in most Minnesota schools are fading away under budget cuts, presenting a unique opportunity for STEM@SSM. In its first year, this program seeks to connect high potential students with our own incredible students in various STEM, weCreate, and cultural activities.

Student Mentors

Initiated as a student volunteer program several years ago, the Student Mentors course (new in 2012-13) places SSM students directly into local elementary schools where they work alongside teachers to help promote math, science and literacy skills.

SSM Student Mentors rotate through special programming for under-performing and under-served populations as well as support students doing advanced work for their grade levels. The demand is high for SSM Student Mentors!

N ew in 2013-14: standards-based programs for classes

Every student deserves the chance to explore their interest in STEM and this next school year we will begin offering a pilot program that will allow entire classes from area elementary schools to spend a few hours in Fayfield Hall for a standards-based STEM program experience at little or no cost. This “testing of the waters” will help us to gauge how we can best assist entire grade levels in STEM education as well as expose more students to our programming possibilities.

Hometown Hi-Tech Tour

Making STEM real! Launched this past winter, arrangements were made for a visit each month to a different company so each could showcase its STEM specialty and allow students from all area schools, including SSM, to meet experts and learn more about their careers. These visits added important dimensions found only in the real world to our STEM@SSM programing, such as marketability, business models, legal issues, international competition, employee resources, technical hurdles, and practical innovation. With more companies asking to come on board, the Hometown Hi-Tech Tour will be back and expanding next year!

U nder Consideration several future possibilities: Renewable Energy House Challenge

We would like to bring STEM students from around the area for an entire week with the singular purpose of tackling a renewable energy house construction challenge in a real world setting. This is a simple challenge with many different facets: design, energy, conservation, materials science, environment, GIS mapping, construction techniques, landscapes, 3D and video technology, and more! Launching during the summer of 2014, this would ideally lead to an inter-scholastic STEM club charged with investigating and innovating real-world challenges found around the area.

Scholars Weekend partnership with the Bioscience Program

SSM’s Bioscience Program, under Dr. Maren LaLiberty’s leadership, already hosts several topic-based weekend events for high school students each year.

STEM@SSM plans to partner with those efforts to create another level of events for younger students concurrently during the weekends. Synergy in programming!

Teacher Outreach

In the next few years, STEM@SSM will expand into teacher outreach programming. Beginning with making presentations at a number of STEM teacher conferences already in place around the region, the ultimate goal would be the creation of our own specialized offerings.

STEM@SSM Program Pyramid

STEM Clubs

Energy House Challenge

Innovation Summer Immersion Camps

Hometown Hi-Tech Tours

After School & Weekend Courses

Develop Skills & Interest

Student Mentors

Gifted/Talented Group Visits

Teacher Seminars

Make Connections

Standards-Based Class Visits

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Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Faribault, Minnesota

www.faribaultbtyr.com

Faribault Beyond the Yellow Ribbon unites the community to support and build awareness for service members and their families.

In June, 2012 Faribault was named a “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” community during a proclamation event held at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Being designated a “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” community means that Faribault is ready and able to serve military service members and their families in a variety of ways.

The goal of serving military families was put into action in May when a group of local volunteers was organized to re-roof the home of veteran and Faribault resident Stephanie Johnsrud. Sergeant John Watson, who is an active member of the Faribault BTYR group said of the effort, “A lot of city leaders, a little bit of everybody came together.” Within just a few days, a new roof was in place.

Volunteers for Faribault-Beyond the Yellow Ribbon participated in the Memorial Day parade in downtown Faribault. They walked the parade route handing out postcards and pens to increase awareness for the organization. In addition, SSM’s Crack Squad and Wooden Soldiers drill teams participated in the parade, an annual tradition on Memorial Day, which typically kicks off SSM’s finals week.

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AWA R D S D AY AT S H AT T U C K - S T. M A R Y ’ S

You Make Us Proud!

T h i s y e a r ’s r e c i p i e n t s o f a w a r d s a n d p r i z e s . . .

Upper School Awards The Hauschild Senior Scholarship Prize....... Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 The Most Improved Senior Award........................Francis Spellman ’13 The Personal Achievement Award................................Jack Dudley ’13 The Good Companion Award........................ Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 The Plugger’s Prize...............................................Matthew McArdle ’13 The Cornelia Whipple Award..................... Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ‘13 and Megan Gonzalez ’13 The Spectator Prize............................................................Ty Leech ’13 The Joan Wait/Ellie Mae Dearborn Medal......................................Lauren Stepka ’13 and Shae Watson ’13 The Below English Department Prize.................................. Jack Dudley ’13 and Maggie Hausmann ’13 The Senior Leadership Award................................ Olivia Chan ’13 and Camryn Hellwarth ’13 The Poehler Mathematics Medal.................... Junyang (Alex) Chen ’14 The Mathematics Association of America Awards..............................Junyang (Alex) Chen ’14 and Yang Ding ’15 The Agerter Science Award............................ Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 The Rensselaer Medal Award............................ Guhan “Gary” Qian ’14 The Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award... Qiyan “Eric” Lu ’14 The Fenn Brothers Innovation Award...................... William Flotte ’14 The Bloom Memorial History Prize..............................Jack Dudley ’13 The Whitney Latin Prize............................Weixuan “Kristen” Chen ’14 The Below French Prize.....................................................Ty Leech ’13 The Mandarin Chinese Prize........................................Olivia Chan ’13 The Marthena Drybread Spanish Prize................. Gina Gilderman ’13 The American Sign Language Prize........................ Heather Mottau ’13 The English Mastery Award............................. Ruijia “Ricky” Wang ’15 The Performer of the Year Award............................. Lauren Stepka ’13 The Spotlight on SSM Award...................................Mark Prihodko ’16 The Newburg Silver Medal...........................................Jack Dudley ’13 The Anna Theopold Gold Medal........................Camryn Hellwarth ’13 Senior Honor Students Olivia Chan ’13 Maggie Hausmann ’13 Anna Peterson ’13 Lilly Derby ’13 Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 Broydon Stufko ’13 Kevin Draeger ’13 Heather Mottau ’13 Loi Vo ’13 Jack Dudley ’13 Senior BioScience Program Students Kevin Draeger ’13 Katelyn Gross ’13 Rosalind Russell ’13 Gina Gilderman ’13 Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 The Cum Laude Society Bailey Ciarmella ’13 Nadezhda “Nadia” Braun ’14 Andrew Farney ’13 Weixuan “Kristen” Chen ’14 Gina Gilderman ’13 Won Jin “Wayne” Choi ’14 Margaret Hausmann ’13 William Flotte ’14 Camryn Hellwarth ’13 Megha Gokals ’14 Chenyi Lin ’13 Sei Yoon “Jason” Oh ’14 Weixi Yao ’13 The Holsinger Sportsmanship Award.........................................Mika Nervick ’13 and Tyler Vesel ’13 The Zulfer Plaque......................................................... Cody Kuster ’13 The Shattuck-St. Mary’s Women's Most Improved Girl Athlete Award.....................................................Adeline Lust ’14 The Kramer Cup............................................................Kevin Beyer ’13 The Williams Cup................ Andrew Farny ’13 and Sydney Brickey ’13 The Tricker-Newman Award............................................ Karl Frisk ’13 The School Service Award.................................................Ty Leech ’13

The Elena Lizier International Student Award............. Petter Aasa ’13 The Charles B. “Bud” Wilkinson Award.................. Andrew Farny ’13 The American Red Cross Blood Services “Young Minds Change Lives” Scholarship................Gabrielle Biard ’13 and Kevin Draeger ’13 The Scanlon Award......................................... Laine Langenbrunner ’16 The Yale Cup.............................................................Megan DuBois ’15 The Derry Gardner Memorial Award.................. Megan Masterson ’15 The Wellesley Book Award................................ Kourtney Menches ’14 The Harvard Prize Book.........................................Nadezhda Braun ’14 The Cooley Award.............................................. Kourtney Menches ’14 The Yale Book Award................................................ Megha Gokals ’14 Bowdoin Book Award......................................... Shannon Blackmer ’14 The Princeton Plaque................................................Tyler Rockwell ’14 Bishop Kellogg Award........ Megan Gonzalez ’14 and Kevin Draeger ’14 The Upper School Fine Arts Awards The Wagner Dramatics Award......................................Jack Dudley ’13 The National School Choral Award.....................Cameron Cornish ’13 The National School Orchestra Award....................... Joseph Weng ’14 The John Phillip Sousa Band Award.............. Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 The Upper School Visual Arts Award..............................................Haoming “Charles” Wang ’13 The Upper School Dance Award............................Nadezhda Braun ’14 The Photography Award.........................................Taylor Salewske ’14 The Rosaur Award..................................................... William Flotte ’14 The Jay Wang Animation and Video Award........................................................ Ines Guanchez Mercado ’14

Middle School Awards Charles “Bud” Wilkinson Community Service Award............................................................Ryan Edquist ’16 The Middle School English Prize......................Ann Marie Jaworski ’16 The Janes Award................................................................ Leah Ray ’19 The Janes Award Honorable Mention.................................. Regina Najera ’19 and Emily Walker ’18 The Middle School Mathematics Prize........................... Sophia Gu ’16 The Middle School Science Prize........... Chae Ryun “Michelle” Kim ’16 The Middle School History Prize...................Anastasia Petropolous ’16 The Middle School World Language Prize.............. Chris Thatcher ’16 The Middle School Global Language Prize............Kei Sato Uehara ’17 The Middle School Performing Arts Awards Winds Ensemble Award................................... Chi Lok “Leona” Un ’16 Strings Award........................................ Hsuan Ning “Vivian” Weng ’16 Vocal Award................................................................ Wyatt Durbin ’16 Dance Award................................................................. Megan Ryan ’17 Drama Award.......................................................... Amanda Cooper ’18 The Middle School Visual Arts Award..................Khai “Kevin” Du ’16 The Most Improved Student Award............................Hanna Jones ’17 The Middle School Leadership Award Oona Elovaara ’19 Niko Karamanis ’16 The Bishop Kellogg Scholarship Prize........................ Megan Ryan ’17 The Dobbin Scholarship Plaque............ Chae Ryun “Michelle” Kim ’16 The Jenkins Cup......................................................... Iliana Alvarez ’16

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Commencement Shattuck - St. Mary’s

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Ty Leech ’13, Student Government President, introduced commencement speaker Ed Carpenter ’60, Past Chair, Board of Trustees “Now, it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce this year’s Commencement speaker. Not so long ago, he marched on these very grounds embodying the spirit, discipline, and community of Shattuck School. Entering in the autumn of 1956 and graduating in the spring 1960 with a manifest of accomplishments, this talented man has returned to devote his time and talents to our wonderful School. As Chairman of the Board of Trustees here, he worked closely with Mr. Stoneman and other trustees to turn visions into new programs and new buildings and committed his time and talents to help Shattuck-St. Mary’s be the very best School we can be. With gratitude, I am proud to introduce, Mr. Ed Carpenter, Shattuck Class of 1960.”

Commencement speaker, Ed Carpenter ’60, offered these comparative remarks to the Class of 2013 (excerpt): “As a student I completed my first experience here over 50 years ago. While there are many differences between your experience and mine, there are also many similarities.

We have walked the same sidewalks, we have eaten in the same dining hall, we have lived in the same dormitories and we have sat in pretty much the same classrooms.

We have shared the experience of a college preparatory boarding school— full schedules, dedicated teachers, demanding academics, dorm life, and the resulting personal relationships.

I now know that Shattuck provided me with much more than just a college preparatory education. I learned discipline, personal responsibility and initiative, organizational skills, the fulfillment that comes from accomplishment, the importance of personal relationships, and the value of an intense academic structure overseen by dedicated and motivating teachers. That’s what I missed at my first Commencement and what I want you not to miss at your Commencement.”

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­ A toast to the Faculty from Jun Ha “Rachel” Jung ’13 — “I am extremely honored to give this toast on behalf of Shattuck St. Mary’s class of 2013. We would like to thank all the faculties for providing us not only with knowledge but also with many essential life lessons. Your endeavor to impart the passion with all your hearts and soul has meant so much to us. Unlike those of other schools, many of us in Shattuck have formed a meaningful bond with you that has both changed and inspired our lives. So you deserve an extra gratitude for teaching us what is really important and meaningful in life. Now it is time for us to move on beyond the arch. We have learned and grown a lot under your arms and now we are ready to launch beyond your expectations.

So this day, we raise our glass for all your hard work and passion for teaching. Here is to all the teachers who have stayed with us throughout our high school years.”

­ A toast to the Parents from Matt McArdle ’13 — Parents have provided strength and support for us. They have sacrificed time as a family. Our parents have provided us with an opportunity that most do not get to experience.

We are grateful for the trust you have shown us, so that we can follow our dreams. Our parents have raised us up so that we can stand on mountains. We know our parents are always there when we need comfort, advice, and maybe some extra pocket change. Parents we want to thank you for everything you have done for us and giving us such a wonderful opportunity. So please join me in a toast to our parents. Please raise your glasses. Here’s to the parents.

­ A toast to the School from Olivia Chan ’13 — Shattuck is a beautiful school inside and out. On the outside, we have an alluring arch, beautiful brick buildings, and a gorgeous, well-maintained parade field. But the real beauty of this school comes from the inside, from the people within and what they have all given us. Shattuck has given us everlasting friendships with people from all over world. Shattuck has given us hopes, dreams, and even determination to a higher education for a better future. From the crazy cheers at hockey, soccer, and volleyball games, to standing ovations in Newhall Auditorium and the ice arena for the figure skaters, to watching the senior Honors and Bioscience students present their year-long research thesis - the support from within this school from our fellow classmates, faculty and staff has been incredible. When we all leave this place as SSM Alums tomorrow, we know that the next time we come back and visit, Shattuck will be here ready to welcome us with open arms. Shattuck has become a place that we can all call a home away from home.

College MATRICULATION

Arizona State University Augsburg College (MN) Babson College (MA) Bentley University (MA) Binghamton University (NY) Boston College (MA) Boston University (MA) Brock University (ON) Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Cornell University (NY) Georgetown University (DC) Dartmouth College (NH) Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) DePaul University (IL) Iowa State University Drake University (IA) James Madison University (VA) Erskine College (SC) Luther College (IA) Fordham University (NY) Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science Franklin College-Switzerland Mercy College (NY) Furman University (SC) Montana State University George Washington University (DC) New York University

North Carolina State University North Central University (MN) Northeastern University (MA) Northern Illinois University Pepperdine University (CA) Providence College (RI) Quest University (BC) Quinnipiac University (CT) Rhode Island School of Design Rutgers University (NJ) San Francisco Conservatory of Music (CA) San Jose State University (CA) St. Cloud State University (MN) St. Norbert College (WI)

Santa Clara University (CA) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Sarah Lawrence College (NY) University of North Texas Savannah College of Art & Design (GA) University of North Carolina-Wilmington Southern IL University-Edwardsville University of New Hampshire Temple University (PA) University of Portland (OR) Texas Christian University University of Rochester (NY) University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff University of St. Thomas (MN) University at Buffalo (NY) University of Tulsa (OK) University of California-Davis University of Victoria (BC) University of California-Los Angeles University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire University of California-San Diego University of Wisconsin-Green Bay University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Wake Forest University (NC) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Winthrop University (SC) University of Minnesota-Duluth

SSM 2013 PRODU CTION

TWELVE ANGRY JURORS The spring play was adapted from Twelve Angry Men, a 1954 television drama that was written by Reginald Rose and in 1957 made into a popular movie. In SSM’s version, seven of the jurors were women, but the plot remained unchanged from its original version. The jurors, sequestered in a room, are deliberating a murder. They move from a close to unanimous poll of “guilty” to a lack of consensus –through the questioning of one skeptical juror.

Conflict erupts as personal biases emerge – and a guilty verdict does not seem as easy and neat as it once did. As Director Milton Papageorge noted in the play’s program, “Since this play’s first production almost 60 years ago, it is its timelessness that has always struck me - - happily and sadly.”

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SSM 2 0 1 3 M IDDLE SCH OOL PRODU CTION

The

Audition The

The Audition ~ A Short Play By Don Zolidis

The Audition, by award-winning playwright, Don Zolidis, is a poignant yet whimsical story of what happens when adolescent actors are auditioning for their school’s theatrical production–in this case, A Chorus Line. Many of the characters are not at all familiar with the auditioning process itself, let alone aware that they’re trying out for a role in a Pulitzer prize-winning musical.

The Audition, a “dark” comedy, appealed to Director, Deb Stafford for a number of reasons, specifically the following: its reference to many of the trials and tribulations of the theatre, its witty humor, and appeal to all ages. She also wanted to give the students a memorable experience that they could use as a basis for future, theatrical endeavors. Due to last year’s successful production, the first of its kind at the Middle School, and because of the actors’ strong work ethic, dedication, and diligence, they decided to continue producing shows at this level and form a new tradition of theatre.

S C H O O L N E W S AT S H AT T U C K - S T. M A R Y ’ S

Don MacMillan Joins SSM as Director of the Upper School Don MacMillan joined SSM this summer as the Director of the Upper School. With 29 years of experience working with adolescents and their families as a teacher, coach, counselor, and administrator, Don brings a strong knowledge of and appreciation for boarding school life. Most of his career to date has been associated with the Hyde School in Bath, Maine, where he most recently served as its Head of School. In addition, he founded the Hyde Leadership Public Charter School of Washington, D.C. in 1999.

Don earned a B.A. in Psychology from Bowdoin College, an Ed. M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Substance Abuse and Addiction from Antioch New England Graduate School.

He will be joined at the St. James campus Knoll House by his wife Georgia and their two dogs. They have two daughters in their early 20s and their son, Wilson, will remain at the Hyde School to complete his senior year.

Bugil Academy

Nick Stoneman and Patty Travers visited Bugil Academy during their visit to South Korea in March. Bugil has a Global LearnSeungho Pi, Ed.D., Director, GLP Bugil ing Academy which is Academy and Nick Stoneman, SSM President similar to our Beijing model – an international high school within a larger school, where students take their entire curriculum in English in preparation for college in the United States.

The school’s visionary patron is Kim Seung-youn ’71, leader of Hanwha Corporation. The visit followed Bugil’s visit to SSM in February, when we shared exciting ideas on international education and teacher training.

SSM English Teacher Publishes Book The writing of T McKinley, an English teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary’s, is not new to the school community. In 2012, he wrote and directed the play, Rose Will Be Rose, which was inspired by the play, A Rose by Any Other Name. This last year, he wrote and staged an entirely original play, Fire and the Sword. Now, he has written and self-published a moving memoir that was prompted by his personal struggle with depression and by his brother’s suicide in 2009. In his book, Boy in the Ivy, T writes candidly about his childhood, his mental illness, and his journey towards personal healing with the help of his family and professional counselors. His writing is provocative and laced with humor, pulling the reader into his memories while also offering thoughtful self-analysis. Boy in the Ivy contains adult content and is targeted to the mature reader. The book is available online through Amazon.com.

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INEPO

OnYou Kang ’15 and her project partner from St. John’s Prep traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in May for the 21st International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO). They were awarded a Silver Medal for their project entitled “The Availability of Jellyfish for Solving Water Shortage.” Their Silver Medal award placed them in the top 20 of about 110 student projects selected from over 60 countries.

S C H O O L N E W S AT S H AT T U C K - S T. M A R Y ’ S

Maggie Hausmann brings Skating to MSAD As part of her Blended Learning internship, Maggie Hausmann ’13 combined two passions - figure skating and ASL (American Sign Language). She has been able to pursue both at SSM. ASL is offered to students from beginner to advanced levels. On March 14, the first of a series of ice skating lessons for students from neighboring Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) took place. Maggie recruited several expert skaters (Girls Prep hockey players) to join her in working with the students.

They were successful in helping the budding skaters build confidence on the ice. Skating magazine featured Maggie and her blended learning project in its May issue and offered this perspective from Maggie: “Sign language is truly beautiful because it gives people a way to express themselves physically and emotionally in a way that spoken languages cannot. I’m so happy I’ve been able to learn it and use it to share the beautiful language of figure skating.”

Nadia Braun ’14 Wins U.S. Department of State NSLI-Y Scholarship Nadezhda (Nadia) Braun ’14 was awarded the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Scholarship to study Russian this summer.

NSLI-Y offers overseas study opportunities for eligible high school students to learn less commonly-taught languages in immersion programs.

NSLI-Y was launched in 2006 as part of a U.S. government initiative. NSLI-Y seeks to “increase Americans’ capacity to engage with native speakers of critical languages by providing formal instruction and informal language practice in an immersion environment.” Nadia will serve as a citizen diplomat through her participation, while developing skills to be a leader in the global community.

Nizhny Novgorod, the city in which Nadia is staying, overlooking the point where the Oka and Volga Rivers meet.

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Beating the Odds In the last issue of the Arch, we profiled several alumni who have been successfully “beating the odds” in their physical health challenges. We asked for more stories and heard from Steve Crews ’59. Here is his amazing tale. We welcome more stories.

Please write to Amy Wolf, amy.wolf@s-sm.org.

It was in December, 2010, that I first noticed the weakness, but it was not until March that I did anything about it. By then I was experiencing dizzy spells that on a few occasions toppled me to the floor. So one morning, after nearly falling down, I teetered my way to the car and drove to the nearest emergency room.

“You drove here?” the doctor said, having determined that my blood-sugar count was a sky-high 625. “Well, you’re not going to drive back.” I was admitted and the next day’s CAT scan disclosed a tumor in the tail of my pancreas. It was pancreatic cancer, specifically, adenocarcinoma. I looked it up on the Internet and it didn’t look good. But unlike most pancreatic cancer sufferers, I had caught it in time for surgery.

Now, I had been told in the Army that I had a high pain threshold, a quality of which I was inordinately vain. No more. That operation was a humbling experience. Eight months of chemo and radiation followed, which I handled well – not even losing my golden locks. And happily, since that ended a year and a half ago, my cancer has been in full remission. My oncologist calls me a “rarity.” My daughter prefers “freak of nature.” Either way, I am blessed.

Steve Crews ’59

Meanwhile, in March of this year, after ten years of living apart, my wife and I agreed to get back together. Talk about miracles...!

The attached photos were taken during my bungee jump late last summer at Whistler, near Vancouver, Canada. This summer, my wife and I will be spending a month in France and Italy, where I plan on adding to my girth.

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The 2012-13 Board of Trustees April 25-27, 2013 Meeting James White ’52 was thanked by incoming Board Chair, Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62, and the Board of Trustees at their April meeting for his six years of service to Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Jim joined the Board of Trustees in May of 2007.

Similarly, Ed Carpenter ’60, retiring Board Chair, was thanked by his fellow trustees for his 10 years of service to the School. He joined the Board in September, 2003 and Abby Humphrey noted that good things had come from a “carpenter and a stone man” during the past 10 years.

As part of his commencement speech reflections to the Class of 2013, Ed had this to say about his time as a trustee: “I can tell you from my own experience as a trustee of this School that I have received much more than I have given—a multitude of new relationships, the satisfaction of meeting and overcoming challenges, and a sense of fulfillment in making a contribution to a worthwhile cause.”

SSM Board of Trustees, from left, Row 1: Elizabeth Sears Hager ’62, Ed Carpenter ’60, The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior, Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62, Lisa Westphal, Kristin Dahl Row 2: Nick Stoneman, Tim Church ’68, Brant Barr ’73, Anne Cosgriff ’87, Katherine Porter ’04, John Thomas ’74 Row 3: Perry Mead ’66, Jim White ’52, Dan Gislason ’62, Hugh Wooldridge (emeritus), David McClendon ’74 Row 4: Rich Nicoll ’70, Mike Daley ’68, Kim Peterson ’67, Steve Wendfeldt ’65, Jack Dane ’75, Marc Davis ’66

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Sharing Memories RE U NI O N 2 013

Class of 1963 celebrates 50 years, from left, Row 1: Margaret Below Arsenault Row 2: Marilyn Bliss Dissell, Mary Lou Wood Lamain, Mary Jo Triviski Weiland Row 3: Scott Lutgert, Frederick Quiel, Joan Ostrin, Janet Howard Hanson, Peter Bodman, Claricy Smith Row 4: David Agerter, Terry Disney Arch, Don Negus, Allen Fahden, Richard Manshardt Row 5: Holland Duell, John Oliver, Ronald Brescian, Dwight MacKay, William Ortmayer Row 6: Louis Hill, Leonard Mackling, David Farmer, Richard Skinner, Eric Dyrud, John Van Dyke, and Bob Niederhauser

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RE U NI O N 2 013

with Treasured Friends From left, John Fesler ’43, William Clark ’43, Frank Garner ’48, and John Dane ’43

Members of the Class of 1988, from left, Row 1: Amy Gragg, Fred Krahmer, Dan Brown Row 2: Sonja Johnson Moore, David Scott, Mike Kleinberg

Alwin Ehrhardt ’53 and Howell Fairbanks ’53

From left, Row 1: Peter Stroud ’78, Lara Riley Lord ’79, Tim Hanscom ’78, and Loren Crosby ’78 Row 2: Joe Rising ’78 and Mark Fenn ’78 Back: Larry Deutsch ’78

Members of the Class of 2003, from left, Front Row: Ken Rowe, Esther Agbaje, Maggie Osterbauer, Mark Carpentier Row 2: Ryan Merz, Tyler Chestnut, Zach Harbour Back: McLean Donnelly, Nick Schneider, Eric Vidrine Members of the Class of 1993, from left, Row 1: Beau Garrett, Matt Barkley, Tom Breuer, Liz Freeman, Aaron Wagner Row 2: Trevor Putrah, Hee Yun Lee, Rande Paquin Stanton, Lisa Kirkpatrick Gill, Johanna Gerbig Koparanyan Row 3: Jim Alauria, Mark Drake, Michelle Hayes, Heather Suffron, Nick Koparanyan

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Brothers, Dwight (Roscoe) MacKay ’63 and Doug MacKay ’68

Mary Schuster and retired faculty member Slade Schuster

From left, Front Row: Rosemarie Belschner, Gary Belschner ’68, Mary Henkel Row 2: David Gray ’68, Sarah Gray, Patrick Larkin ’68 Row 3: Tim Church ’68, Ann Fredrickson, Mike Daley ’68, Steve Bailey ’68, Cindy Bailey Row 4: Dough MacKay ’68, Maureen Murphy, Tim Gillin ’68, Martin Breaker ’68 Row 5: Terry Allen, Mark Allen ’68

Members of the Class of 1983, from left: Tracey Kloeckl-Jimenez, Christopher Ballard, Renee Powell, Diane Pierce Steffen, Lynda Field Schlukebier, Richard Oetting

Claricy Smith ’63 and Paul Thomas Smith ’95

Class of 1973, from left, Front Row: Jill Huggett Hadley, Marnie Weston Boivin, Anne Albertson Wenger, and Sarah Pearson Vollmer Back Row: Jim Pabst, Phil Trout, Brant Barr, Gordon Boswell, Buzz Nady, Carl Siegel, Steve Jones, Robert Webber, Not Pictured: Dr. Danniena Sun

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Shirley and Frank Garner ’48

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Class of 1963, from left: Allen Fahden, Rick Skinner, John Van Dyke, Bob Humphrey, and Scott Lutgert

Members of the Class of 1958, Tom Komatz, Ken Malvey, Ray Wiper, Burr Robinson, Dash Goff

Steve Cornish and Katharine Rademacher Lang ’90

Rosemary and Gary Belschner ’68 Eric ’03 and Courtney Vidrine

Tom Breuer ’93 and Aaron Wagner ’93 Laurin Wolf ’08, Jenna Frankenfield ’08, and Monique Lamoureux ’08 Charles Schaefer ’08 and Charles Agbaje ’08

Julie Pesta ’08 and Courtney Cavellier, SSM Director of Studies

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Beth Trout, Director of Middle School, Jim Pabst ’73, Phil Trout ’73, and Bobbi Sumner Kathryn Peirce Gervais ’86, Diane Pierce Steffen ’83, Lynda Field Schlukebier ’83, and Robert Wagner ’83

Richard Oetting ’83, Lauren Nguyen, Anna Kettering, and Dick Kettering

Marlena Fite-Luster ’96 and Fr. Henry Doyle

Members of the Class of 1994 Amy Horstman Cox, Rachel Bixler, Stephanie Bremer Campbell, and Kristen Treadway Koch

John Fesler ’43 and John Dane ’43

Scott Kramer ’58, David Gray ’68, Patrick Larkin ’68, and Bob Webber ’73

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2013 Old Shads Drill Dwight (Roscoe) MacKay ’63 leads the Old Shads

Members of the Class of ’68, Doug MacKay, Marty Breaker, Tim Gillin, Stephen Bailey, Tim Church, Patrick Larkin, David Gray, Gary Belschner Kneeling: Mike Daley and Mark Allen

Members of the Crack Squad, Dwight (Roscoe) MacKay ’63, John Oliver ’63, Doug MacKay ’68, Bob Niederhauser ’63 Mark Allen ’68

Class of ’63 Shads having a great time together. From left, Front: Richard Manshardt, Dave Farmer, Louis Hill, Holland Duell, Bob Niederhauser, Eric Dyrud, Ron Brescian, William Ortmayer, and John Oliver

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Monique Lamoureux ’08, Amanda Castignetti ’08, and Jocelyn Lamoureux ’08

Front: Maureen Murphy, Mike Daley ’68, Sarah Gray, David Gray ’68 Back: Mary Henkel, Patrick Larkin, Steve Bailey ’68, Cindy Bailey, Martin Breaker ’68, Mark Allen ’68, Tim Gillin ’68, Terry Allen, Doug MacKay ’68, Ron Belschner ’68, Rosemarie Belschner, Ann Fredrickson, Tim Church ’68

Kathleen Rogan ’10, Barbara Bilko ’08, Merry Mendoza, Spanish Instructor and World Languages Dept. Chair, Lauren Rogalsky ’08, and Julie Pesta ‘08 Charles Schaefer ’08 and Jocelyn Simpfenderfer, Associate Dean of Student Life

Front: Mary Lou Wood Lamain ’63, Tom Weiland, Mary Jo Traviski Weiland ’63 Back: Jocelyn Simpfenderfer, Faculty, Joan Ostrin ’63, Marilyn Bliss Dissell ’63, Meg Below Arsenault ’63

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Bobbi Sumner and Marlena Fite Luster ’96

Dave Farmer, Terry Disney Arch, Claricy Smith all from the Class of 1963

Rande Paquin Stanton ’93 and sons

Recent Grads Olivia Chan ’13 and Erin Olson ‘’13

Danniena Sun ’73 and Anne Albertson Wenger ’73 with their daughters

Maggie Osterbauer ’03 and Kathy Layendecker, Head of School

Barb Bilko ’08, Jenna Frankenfield, ’08 and Laurin Wolf ’08

Alumni Men’s Hockey players face-off for the annual Alumni game!

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Distinguished Alumni Awards A l umni Asso c iatio n

The Shattuck-St. Mary’s School Alumni Association presented its Distinguished Alumni Awards at its annual meeting on June 8. The awards are given to people who have provided outstanding service to the School or to their community and are reserved for those alumni who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their chosen occupation.

Service to the School

Class Agent of the Year

John Dane ’43 also received a Class Agent of the Year award from Director of Institutional Advancement Lonnie Schroeder.

This year, John Dane ’43 (back for his 70th reunion) was recognized for a long and storied career with Haldane Farm and Dane’s Dairy in Iowa City. John was also recognized for a lifetime of service to SSM. He was joined by Dr. Brant Barr ’73 (back for his 40th reunion) who was recognized for his medical career as an OB/ GYN and in particular for his volunteer work with the African Medical Mission in South Africa during the past seven years. Presenting the award to Brant was Phil Trout ’73 who noted that for Brant, “it’s not really important to be the best in the world, but rather to be the best for the world.”

Honorary Alumni

The Alumni Association also recognizes individuals who did not attend the School but who have been faithful to the institution. This year, two administrators were recognized – Nick Stoneman and Lonnie Schroeder, both of whom were given Honorary Alumni awards. Nick Stoneman (left) joined SSM in 2003 as Head of School and is currently the School’s President. He received a plaque from outgoing SSM Alumni Association Board President David McClendon ’74.

Lonnie Schroeder (above) has worked at SSM for 10 years and is currently the School’s Director of Institutional Advancement. She shared her honor with several alums from the Class of 2008.

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You’re Invited to join the Alumni Association Board

Every student who has ever attended Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, whether he or she graduated or not, is a member of the Alumni Association, an organization that began on June 18, 1879 by Harry Whitney, Class of 1871, for whom the Memorial Arch is named. It was his intentions then, as it is ours now, that all alumni would seek a closer contact with the School and its classmates. Is it time for you to take the first step to influence SSM’s future and serve? It is estimated that the Association has well over 6,000 members at this time. Volunteering your time and talent is an incredible way to contribute to your alma mater. The Alumni Board, which is the governing body of the Association, is now accepting nominations for membership onto the Board, to be elected to a two-year term by the Association during Reunion Weekend in June, 2014. Travel to and from campus is not a requirement. All we ask is that you have a willingness to serve your fellow alums and help direct the School on its successful mission.

The Alumni Board provides a channel for communication between the alumni and the School, and oversees the direction of alumni programs and actively works to support the Annual Fund. It works on planning events, such as Reunion Weekend, the annual all-school Hands Across Faribault (typically held in September), as well as planning local alumni gatherings in your city or state. It works closely with the Advancement Office to insure accurate and timely communication with alumni. If you’re prepared to give back to the ShattuckSt. Mary’s alumni community in a meaningful, hands-on way, or know of someone who might be, then we encourage you to express your desire to serve by sending an e-mail to the attention of Maggie Osterbauer, SSM Alumni Association President (alum@s-sm.org) or David McClendon, Nominating and Recognition Committee Chair (dmm0674@yahoo.com) today!

Nominations Welcomed

The Alumni Association is seeking nominees for Honorary Membership status, Class Agent of the Year award and the Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award. Honorary Membership is the Association’s way of recognizing outstanding service to the School by individuals who were not students at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. The Class Agent of the Year award, established in June 2010, is presented to those current Class Agents who have done an exemplary job in keeping their classmates aware of class news and updating the School with any changes to classmates’ contact information. The Distinguished Alumnus Award, the second highest award given by SSM, is reserved for those members of the alumni who have demonstrated the highest level of service and accomplishment in their careers, to their community or to the School.

Due to the nature of these awards, detailed supporting information should accompany the nomination(s). If you would like to recommend someone for either Honorary Alumni status, Class Agent of the Year or the Distinguished Alumnus Award, please send an e-mail to Maggie Osterbauer (alum@s-sm.org) or to David McClendon (dmm0674@yahoo.com) and include the reasons why your nominee should be so recognized. Nominations are welcome at any time during the year but must be received no later than March 31, 2014 to be considered for Reunion 2014.

Save the Date – Reunion 2014:

Thanks to everyone who helped make Reunion 2013 a successful and fun event! We will soon begin planning the next one, so please mark your calendars for June 5-8, 2014.

The Officers of the SSM Alumni Association Board

President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Osterbauer ’03 Vice President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David M. McClendon ’74 Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Silge Merz ’75

Committee Chairs and Members of the Executive Committee Alumni Nominating & Recognition. . . . . . .

Class Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Community Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fundraising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Regional Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

David M. McClendon ’74 Stephen Olson ’79 Nicole Willis-Grimes ’93 Tracey Kloeckl-Jimenez ’83 Jeff Collins ’72 Julia Komanecky ’97

Board Members:

Elinor Arnott Agustsson ’50; Mark Alpert ’60; John Baird ’62; Ruth Bankers ’97; Sara Whelan Benedict ’97; Claire Benton ’95; Kevin Blake ’79; Jeff Collins ’72; John DeHoff ’95; Heather Hawkins Fazio ’99; Lisa Boyle Girouard ’88; Bill Humleker ’69; Cynthia Leslie Johnson ’72; Tracey Kloeckl-Jimenez ’83; Julia Komanecky ’97; Tazio Lombardo ’99; Ken Malvey ’58; David M. McClendon ’74; Anne Silge Merz ’75; Christian Miller ’95; Michael Noel ’99; Stephen Olson ’79; Maggie Osterbauer ’03; William Pitte ’76; Emily Snell-Jordan ’97; Jessica Tychsen-Townsend ’00; John Van Dyke ’63; Ann Albertson Wenger ’73; Donovan Wiedmann ’97; Zach Wiegand ’00; Nicole Willis-Grimes ’93. * Names in bold print indicate new members elected to the Board in June 2013.

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Maggie Osterbauer Named President of the SSM Alumni Association Throughout the last ten years, I have had the privilege of crossing paths with numerous ShattuckSt. Mary’s alumni. Meeting these alumni is one of the things I have come to value most since I graduated from Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Being an SSM alumni allows each and every one of us the opportunity to go out and meet other alumni and share our experiences with them, which has provided the foundation for a common thread.

The relationships I formed while at Shattuck-St. Mary’s are unlike any other I have experienced. Although we may live miles apart, each time we see each other, it is as though only minutes have passed. This is why reunions are so important. It allows me the opportunity to return, remember and reunite with my classmates, at least every five years. Over the years, it is these friends and alumni that have become my extended family and will last for the rest of my life.

I am excited to take on the role as President of the Alumni Association, as I am passionate about connecting alumni with one other. This is an exciting time for the Alumni Board - we are actively trying to get our Regional Clubs committee up and running to help unite more alumni around the country and the world. We have a great group of alumni this year on the board and I am looking forward to working with all of them this upcoming year!

SSM From July 1, 2012, through June 30, 3013, Shattuck-St. Mary’s received over $6.5 million in financial support from parents, alumni, foundations, corporations (many through matching gift programs) and our extended family and friends. (Please note that these are unaudited figures.)

Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,474,000 Endowed Scholarships and Awards. . . . . . . . $1,090,000 Special Projects/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140,000 Annual Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 886,000

As you can see, this year the School benefited greatly from those individuals who remembered SSM through their wills, trusts and estate planning. Their legacies will far surpass their lifetimes as their philanthropy will endow scholarships, help to build and maintain facilities and fund an endowment that will create stability and security for the School’s future.

We are all sincerely grateful that those closest to the School believe in it enough to support it.

THANK YOU!!

Heather Hyslop ’84 Joins Institutional Advancement Staff

Heather Hyslop ’84 returned to her alma mater this summer as a member of the Institutional Advancement team. Following SSM she attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN, where she received a B.A. in Religion; later she also received a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Heather went on to work in boarding school admissions, college counseling and academic testing and served as a teacher, coach, and dorm parent in her fifteen years of boarding school work. For the past six years Heather has been running her own business as an educational consultant, guiding students and families through the boarding school and college admission process. She is an avid runner and enjoys time with her two daughters – Taylor, age 14 and Katie, age 11.

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Bowling @ Basher’s

The annual golf outing for faculty and staff was rained out this year. The silver lining came in the form of an amazingly fun time at Basher’s, Faribault’s local bowling alley. Who knew that a number of employees have hidden bowling talents or that a lefty-dominated team would end up earning the afternoon’s high score? We couldn’t resist sharing photos of our adult community having some fun together at the end of a successful school year. Enjoy!

2013 Employee Recognition

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35 years of service to SSM Marlyn “Doc” Schwanke Dick Kettering Brian Libby

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25 years of service to SSM Norm Tischer Larry Floren Beth Trout

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20 years of service to SSM Steve “Rooster” Erickson

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15 years of service to SSM Kim Bakken Cyndy Simer Shari VanDer Veen

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10 years of service to SSM Mark Bjoraker Lonnie Schroeder Brad Cohen Mike Dietsch

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5 years of service to SSM Dianne Lyles Patty Travers Dave Gerhart Terry Gardner Milt Sticha Jim Walker Brian Ellandson Jeff Zimmerman Jason Krogh Mark Olson Tanya Gordon Jennifer Bailey Tabitha Bailey Tim Goodwin Kristen Hayton Matt Inman Jason Langevin Greg Simons Grace Watkins Jane Hake Karma Sticha

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Employee Recognition At the end of each school year, and typically on the last night of scheduled faculty meetings, all SSM employees are invited to attend a finale dinner. At this event, those employees celebrating anniversaries of service are recognized. This year, we recognized the retirements of our plumber Roger Grobner and faculty member Cyndy Simer (15 years).

Cyndy Simer was recognized for 15 years of service to SSM and retired after the 2012-13 school year. Back: Beth Trout, Courtney Cavellier, Director of Studies, and Kathy Layendecker, Head of School

Front: Roger Grobner, Facilities Plumber retired after 21 years of service to SSM. Back: Patty Travers, COO, Greg Engel, CFO, and Kathy Layendecker

Beth Trout, Director of the Middle School, was recognized for 25 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Beth are Courtney Cavellier and Kathy Layendecker

Dr. Brian Libby was recognized for 35 years of service to SSM. He is pictured with Karen Scheel, History Department Chair, and Kathy Layendecker

Dick Kettering was recognized for 35 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Dick are Courtney Cavellier and Kathy Layendecker..

Recognized for five years of service to SSM are from left, front: Dianne Lyles, ASL, Kristen Hayton, Center for Academic Achievement, Tabitha Bailey, History, Jennifer Bailey, Mathematics, Patty Travers, Chief Operating Officer Back: Grace Watkins, Director of Pre-Conservatory Music, Jason Langevin, Mathematics, Tim Goodwin, Science, Mark Olson, Director of Technology Integration, Matt Inman, Science, Greg Simons, Science Not Pictured: Dave Gerhart, Terry Gardner, Milt Sticha, Jim Walker, Brian Ellandson, Jeff Zimmerman, Jason Krogh, Tanya Gordon, Jane Hake, Karma Sticha

Lonnie Schroeder, Director of Institutional Advancement was recognized for her 10 years of service to SSM. Pictured with her are left, Nick Stoneman, President, and right, Kathy Layendecker, Head of School.

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Consider becoming a Class Agent or Reunion Coordinator.

Are you looking for a way to reconnect with your classmates?

Would you like to get involved in Shattuck-St. Mary’s community?

Class Agents provide an important link between their classes and SSM. They assist the School in updating class rosters and locating “lost” classmates. They also share information about school events, local get-togethers, and news from campus and the current student body.

Each Class Agent decides how best to communicate with his or her class. Some write periodic class letters and/ or e-mails, establish a class group on Facebook, or use a combination of these methods. Some classes have more than one person sharing these duties. To be a Class Agent, one needs only to have an interest in helping classmates stay connected with each other and SSM. There are currently vacancies for Class Agents in the Classes of ’71, ’81, ’91, ’06, ’07, ’08, and ’11. Even if you think you cannot take on a long term Class Agent post, please consider volunteering to serve your class as a Reunion Coordinator. It has been shown that those classes with an involved Class Agent or a Reunion Coordinator (or both) have had more successful reunions with a higher turnout.

If you want to volunteer or have questions about being a Class Agent or Reunion Coordinator please contact: Lonnie Schroeder at lonnie.schroeder@s-sm.org or Stephen Olson at SMOlson.MSP@gmail.com.

Get Connected Online Networking Community Site

The Shattuck-St. Mary’s online Alumni and Professional Networking Community Site is a great way to stay connected! So don’t delay; now is the time – if you haven’t already done so – to register as a member of the Alumni Community and start connecting and networking with fellow SSM alums across the country and the world.

The School has uploaded all alumni information starting with 1930 through the present in the Alumni Directory. Alums are able to update their personal directory information through a link provided on the site. Once submitted, the updated information is sent immediately to the School’s Advancement Office, whose staff will update the School’s records.

The Alumni and Professional Networking Groups section of the Site aims to link alums with each other based on common professional backgrounds and interests, and is being set up to include an initial set of professional groups that mirror those contained in the School’s printed Alumni Directory, which is being updated this year. Eventually, the School’s Alumni Office also plans to include networking groups based on geographic location.

To get started, just click on “Alumni” at the top of the School’s website s-sm.org.

You will be prompted from there.

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Spectacular Stained Glass In late spring, Newhall Auditorium’s lights were dimmed – temporarily. The historic performance and meeting space was closed so that a transformation could begin. To the casual observer the reopened hall looks virtually the same. However, if you look up, you might notice the absence of the extensive metal rigging that once cluttered the upper rafters. A state-of-the-art sound and lighting system was installed in time for SSM to host the e-Piano Junior Competition in early July. The debut performance of the new equipment received rave reviews from the discriminating musicians and technicians associated with the prestigious international event.

One unexpected twist came during the construction process. The spectacular stained glass rose window that overlooks Newhall Auditorium was fully opened for viewing after the old rigging was taken down and the new system installed. Even with deadlines pressing, photos were taken to capture the unobstructed window in all its glory.

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The Class of 1963 gathered for their 50th reunion this year. If you don’t recognize who is who after 50 years, they are identified in our Reunion coverage on page 32.