SMLS Gratitude Report 2020-21

2020-2021

GRATITUDE REPORT

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MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL NANCY RICHARDS

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GIVING: A YEAR AT A GLANCE

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MEET OUR DONORS

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ANNUAL GIVING

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LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY DONORS

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VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT

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T O TA L R A I S E D

MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL

Nancy Richards, M. Ed Head of School

As I reflect on the 2020-21 school year, I feel a great deal of pride and gratitude for our entire school community. While our students and staff adjusted to a combination of remote and in-school learning, our community demonstrated their confidence, generosity and appreciation through philanthropic donations to the school.

These donations provided our students with new learning opportunities, enhancements across the entire school, supported remote and in-person learning, and allowed us to stay nimble and adjust to the changing needs of the students and school.

Through it all, our Millies continued to thrive and demonstrate resilience and strength.

Through donations to our Head’s Initiatives fund, a number of enhancements were made possible such as new learning technology and devices, a large document printer, document cameras, maker carts, microscopes, assistive learning technology, sunshades and artificial turf in the Wonder Garden, resources for our Signature Programs and refurbishment of the Student Lounge, just to name a few. Our Student Financial Assistance fund totalling approximately $450,000 was awarded to 48 deserving students, and helps our school attract and retain talented students. All gifts continue to enrich our programming school-wide and benefit every Millie.

$296,966

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A A YEAR AT GLANCE

MILLIE FUND

GIFT DIRECTIONS 43% HEAD’S

INITIATIVES

38% 19%

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OTHER

On behalf of the students and employees of SMLS, I extend our sincere thanks to everyone who donated so generously to make all this possible.

I hope you enjoy reading this 2020-21 Gratitude Report in which we celebrate the commitment and generosity of our school community, and the difference it makes for each and every girl at SMLS.

With gratitude,

Nancy Richards, M.Ed Head of School

$61,239.70 CLASS OF 2021 BURSARY FUND

$1,470

AVERAGE GIFT SIZE

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MONTHLY DONORS

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DONORS

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS PARTICIPATION

NEW DONORS

100%

LEADERSHIP TEAM PARTICIPATION

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100%

2020-2021 DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

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MEET OUR DONORS THE JACKSON-BURIAN FAMILY

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A LASER FOCUS ON DELIVERING PROGRAMS THAT POSITION GIRLS FOR THE FUTURE

For Marguerite Jackson, supporting and empowering girls comes naturally. Marguerite challenged assumptions and crashed barriers in her professional career, and has an extensive background in supporting young people to reach their full potential. “Wherever young people are, I am interested in being part of creating environments where they will strive, thrive and have opportunities to be fully responsible and confident participants in their adult life. The SMLS environment exemplifies this.”

Marguerite is an active member of the SMLS community, and has been a member of the school’s Board of Governors for the past six years. Not only is she a committed volunteer, Marguerite and her husband Gary also support The Millie Fund. “Our charitable commitment is linked to a strong confidence in the SMLS leadership team, faculty and staff, and the Board of Governors, all of whom demonstrate a laser focus on delivering programs that position girls for the future. I am proud to support SMLS.” Marguerite’s granddaughter, Claire Burian, graduated Class of 2021.

Her daughter Sandra and her husband Tom - Claire’s parents - are also committed supporters of SMLS and contribute annually to The Millie Fund.

“We are delighted to financially support SMLS. In the years that Claire attended the school we watched her mature into a caring, thoughtful, confident young woman. We saw her strength and confidence grow each year. We know that SMLS’ approach has been a gift to Claire in her foundational years and we are so pleased that we chose SMLS. Our deep appreciation to all the SMLS staff.”

KATERINA WARREN

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PARTICIPATING AS A DONOR IS JUST A SMALL WAY I CAN SHOW MY GRATITUDE

“I am grateful every day to teach and learn at SMLS it’s as simple as that, and participating as a donor is just a small way I can show my gratitude.

I deeply believe that every student can learn and succeed limitlessly, and knowing that donating to The Millie Fund may serve a student to discover their limitlessness here is absolutely thrilling. It makes the decision to donate a joy, and I am grateful to do so.”

Katerina Warren Junior School Faculty

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MEET OUR DONORS

MADISON JUCHNIEWICZ GRADE 4

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IT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT I DONATED

CLASS OF 2021 BURSARY FUND

Giving to those in need is top of mind for Madison Juchniewicz. In lieu of presents to celebrate her eighth birthday, Madison collected money to donate to SMLS. “When her birthday was approaching, Madison and I discussed what we should do”, said her mother, Aurora. “She knows that she has more than she needs, and decided to collect money to donate instead of receiving more toys. She chose to give it to SMLS”.

Together with her teacher, they decided to use the money to purchase new novels for her Grade 3 class.

This wasn’t the first time Madison has donated to SMLS. She also donated her birthday money to SMLS the year before, and her Grade 2 Class used that money to create a Lego wall in the classroom. She regularly supports local toy drives as well.

This won’t be the last philanthropic act for Madison. She plans to continue supporting charities and giving her toys to local toy drives.

“It makes me proud to see the novels and Lego wall being used. I already have a lot, and I thought the school might need things. It makes me happy that I donated the money.”

Madison Juchniewicz

Grade 4

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We wish to thank the families of the Class of 2021 for collectively raising $61,239.70 to establish the Class of 2021 Bursary Fund. This fund will help attract and retain Millies and be a lasting legacy to our 2021 Graduates.

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I WANT MORE GIRLS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES I DID. DONATING TO SCHOLARSHIPS IS HOW I MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OLWEN BARROW DAVIES ‘58

Cherilyn Carson & Andrew Thornhill 

Henry Huang & Melody Liu

The Peters Family

Karen, David & Lauren 2021 Cornell

Marguerite & Gary Jackson

SMLS Alumnae Association

The Darling Family

Sandra Jackson & Tom Burian

The St. Cyr Family

Stephen & Larissa Hill The HogwoodSutton Family

Doug & Mary Ellen Jenkinson

The Hu Family

Brenda Mah-Madjar & Tibor Madjar 2020-2021 DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

David & Andrea Shemilt

The Tice Family Yinyan Zhang & Qingguo Huang 9

SMLS gratefully acknowledges our generous donors for their support of SMLS between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. We also thank our donors who chose to remain anonymous.

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ANNUAL GIVING Sponsor $10,000+ Robert Bell & granddaughter Isla Elbe ’29  The Xiao Fan Chuai Family The Cockwell Family  SMLS Parent Association   The Tice Family  Benefactor $5,000-$9,999 Toby Adams & Jacqueline Miller Angus & Kimberly Campbell Cherilyn Carson & Andrew Thornhill   Karen, David & Lauren 2021 Cornell  The Hogwood-Sutton Family   Doug & Mary Ellen Jenkinson   John & Elizabeth Lacey  Henry Huang & Melody Liu  Jennifer & Tom Scheuring  David & Andrea Shemilt 

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Associate $1,000-$4,999 Dr. Mary & Mr. Charles Alexander 

The Ali-Wong Family The Bai & Bao Family The Barton Family  The Bhargava Family The Borges Family Fiona Cao & David Xu Daria Cho & Gilbert Lai  Community Of The Sisters Of The Church Ontario Julie Cowan The Cristofaro Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Mississauga  The Darling Family  Cynthia & Robin Das  Emma Sitong Fan Family FIRST Robotics Canada Ian Gallagher Leslie Goodfellow  Julian Graham Simona & Sofie Guglietti Monica & Colin Hanson Hatch Ltd.  The Hawthorne Family The Hu Family  Rong Huang & Xiao Yang Victoria Hughes ‘01 & Matthew Hawkins ST. M I L D R E D ’S - L I G H T B O U R N S C H O O L

Sandra Jackson & Tom Burian  Christine Johnston  Catherine GOULDING ‘99 & Greg Jones Kelava Family The Lin Family Lucy Liu’s Family  Dr. Janice Lo ‘94 & Eric Choi Brenda Mah-Madjar & Tibor Madjar  Ms. Kun Miao & Mr. Tao Zhang The Peters Family  The Probst Family Brad & Kristin Read  Marlon & Davina Reid Nancy Richards & Ken Cluley  Rosentreter/Maguire Family Shannon’s Family Xueying Shi Yuan Shi & Zhe Zhou Julie & Gary Skene SMLS Alumnae Association   The St. Cyr Family  Shu Tan & Chang Tan

Mrs. Helen McDOUGALL Treble ‘50  The Ugwunze Family Hong Wang & Qing Wu Xinjing Wang & Wei Cui Xia Wei & Jinmin Liu The Xie Family Huoqin Xie And Jian Huang Family The Xu Family  Mrs. Zhifen Yan, Miss Xinyan Li & Miss Xinyi Li The Yu Family Yinyan Zhang & Qingguo Huang  Xiu Ling Zhou The Zhuang Family Supporter $500-$999 The Baeumler Family  Claire Barron Martha Jo Breithaupt ‘53 Lauren TRIBE Briens ‘87 James & Tanya Brown Julie Caty ‘85 & Jeff Roy Nicole Caty ‘88 Kathryn Champion Chen-Zhu Family Donna Cossitt  The Currie Family Hercules & Agnieszka Galang The Gatti Family Daniela MORRA ‘89 & Blake Hampton-Davies Stephen & Larissa Hill  Dongjun Jin The Jolly Family Beverly Jones ‘84 Kalinowski Mazzuca Family Lily, Frank And Annie Family Joy Liu’s Family Lisa Mathews 

A-C Mertei  Shaweta & Harpreet Roopra Sarah W. Scandrett  Kirsten Sonius & Daryl Kletke Carol Steven  Mrs. Lesley MAGILL Townend ‘83 Felicia IRETON van Nostrand ‘54 Harvey Wang & Yan Yang Aryia, Wei & Julia Wang Yichen (Emma) Wang Katerina Warren Barbara Webb  Anne-Marie Wilson  Brian Wilson The Wowkodaw Family Hua Xie & Wei Liang The Ye Family Yixin’s Family Ziqi Zheng Family Friend Up To $499 Lisa Armstrong Audra August  Carolee Awde Ashley Beatty Yuguo Chen Catherine R. Cherry ‘70 Sheila Cieply Collins  Carol SOMERVILLE Cooper ‘76 Sarah Corley ‘07 Melina Crosby Sharon WRIGHT Davidson ‘67  Olwen BARROW Davies ‘58 Kaitlin Davis Claire Decourcy & John Hollingshead Pat Dewhirst ‘62 Rob & Christa Dionne Brian Dittmer Joanne Fox Chantal Gionet

Vanessa Grant Mrs. Elizabeth Haeberlin ‘63 Marnie Helmy  Margot Holden ‘62 Amy R. Holland ‘89 Sandra Hutton  Gail Irvine Marguerite & Gary Jackson  Ms. Annie Jiang Tiffany & Steven Karan Alexandra Keay ‘77  Melody Kim’s Family E-A (Liz-Ann) WOOLLEY Lawton ‘80 The Lee Family Laurie Lewis  Joy Jiayi Li Jane & Christos Loulousis Tina Maio-Twofoot ‘03 Kimberly Marshall The Mittun Family Mollenhauer Family The Myles Family Alex Oakes ‘12 Clare O’Connor The Phoebe Family Denise Power & Ben de Bray Sarah REEVES ‘90 & Amelia Sims ‘24 The Rieger Family  Devon Rogers ‘03 Judy Ross Segun-Falade Family Hua Shi Robert Sims The Spraggs Family

2020-2021 DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

LEADERS CIRCLE 5+ YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING CLASS OF 2021

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Melissa Stolarz ‘12 Shari Taferner Lynda Tanaka Sarah Turner ‘03 Katharine Varaklis ‘15 Alanna Vickman Alexa Vogel ‘09 Cindy (Huayue) Wang Family Michele Whitcombe ‘14 Qian Yang The Kexin Hellen Zhong Family Staff Lisa Armstrong Audra August  Ashley Beatty Kathryn Champion Donna Cossitt  Melina Crosby The Currie Family Kaitlin Davis Claire Decourcy & John Hollingshead Brian Dittmer Joanne Fox Chantal Gionet Leslie Goodfellow  Marnie Helmy  Sandra Hutton  Christine Johnston  Laurie Lewis  Kimberly Marshall A-C Mertei  The Mittun Family Clare O’Connor Denise Power & Ben de Bray Brad & Kristin Read  Nancy Richards & Ken Cluley  The Rieger Family  12

Sarah W. Scandrett  Carol Steven  Shari Taferner Alanna Vickman Katerina Warren Barbara Webb  Alumnae The Baeumler Family  Martha Jo Breithaupt ‘53 Lauren TRIBE Briens ‘87 Julie Caty ‘85 & Jeff Roy Nicole Caty ‘88 Catherine R. Cherry ‘70 Carol SOMERVILLE Cooper ‘76 Sarah Corley ‘07 The Darling Family Sharon WRIGHT Davidson ‘67  Olwen BARROW Davies ‘58 Pat Dewhirst ‘62 Catherine GOULDING ‘99 & Greg Jones Vanessa Grant Mrs. Elizabeth Haeberlin ‘63 Daniela MORRA ‘89 & Blake Hampton-Davies Margot Holden ‘62 Amy R. Holland ‘89 Victoria Hughes ‘01 & Matthew Hawkins Beverly Jones ‘84 Alexandra Keay ‘77  E-A (Liz-Ann) WOOLLEY Lawton ‘80 Dr. Janice Lo ‘94 & Eric Choi Tina Maio-Twofoot ‘03 Alex Oakes ‘12 Devon Rogers ‘03 Sarah REEVES ‘90 & Amelia Sims ‘24

SMLS Alumnae Association   Melissa Stolarz ‘12 The Tice Family Mrs. Lesley MAGILL Townend ‘83 Mrs. Helen McDOUGALL Treble ‘50  Sarah Turner ‘03 Felicia IRETON van Nostrand ‘54 Katharine Varaklis ‘15 Alexa Vogel ‘09 Michele Whitcombe ‘14 Parents Toby Adams & Jacqueline Miller The Ali-Wong Family The Bai & Bao Family The Barton Family  The Bhargava Family The Borges Family James & Tanya Brown Angus & Kimberly Campbell Cherilyn Carson & Andrew Thornhill   Fiona Cao & David Xu Julie Caty ‘85 & Jeff Roy Chen-Zhu Family Yuguo Chen Daria Cho & Gilbert Lai  The Xiao Fan Chuai Family The Cockwell Family  Karen, David & Lauren 2021 Cornell  Julie Cowan The Darling Family  Cynthia & Robin Das  Rob & Christa Dionne Emma Sitong Fan Family Ian Gallagher

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. If, however, any errors or omissions have occurred, please accept our apologies and advise the Advancement Office at advancement@smls.on.ca so that corrections can be made.

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The Gatti Family Simona & Sofie Guglietti Daniela MORRA ‘89 & Blake Hampton-Davies Monica & Colin Hanson Stephen & Larissa Hill  The Hogwood-Sutton Family   The Hu Family  Henry Huang & Melody Liu  Sandra Hutton  Sandra Jackson & Tom Burian  Doug & Mary Ellen Jenkinson   Ms. Annie Jiang Dongjun Jin The Jolly Family Catherine GOULDING ‘99 & Greg Jones Kalinowski Mazzuca Family Tiffany & Steven Karan Kelava Family Melody Kim’s Family The Lee Family Joy Jiayi Li Lily, Frank And Annie Family The Lin Family Joy Liu’s Family Lucy Liu’s Family  Jane & Christos Loulousis Brenda Mah-Madjar & Tibor Madjar  Lisa Mathews  Ms. Kun Miao & Mr. Tao Zhang The Mittun Family Mollenhauer Family The Peters Family  The Phoebe Family The Probst Family Marlon & Davina Reid Shaweta & Harpreet Roopra Sarah W. Scandrett 

Jennifer & Tom Scheuring  Segun-Falade Family Shannon’s Family David & Andrea Shemilt  Hua Shi Xueying Shi Yuan Shi & Zhe Zhou Robert Sims Sarah REEVES ‘90 & Amelia Sims ‘24 Julie & Gary Skene SMLS Parent Association   Kirsten Sonius & Daryl Kletke The Spraggs Family The St. Cyr Family  Shu Tan & Chang Tan The Tice Family  The Ugwunze Family Aryia, Wei & Julia Wang Cindy (Huayue) Wang Family Harvey Wang & Yan Yang Hong Wang & Qing Wu Yichen (Emma) Wang Xinjing Wang & Wei Cui Xia Wei & Jinmin Liu The Wowkodaw Family Hua Xie & Wei Liang Huoqin Xie & Jian Huang Family The Xie Family The Xu Family  Mrs. Zhifen Yan, Miss Xinyan Li & Miss Xinyi Li Qian Yang The Ye Family Yixin’s Family The Yu Family Yinyan Zhang & Qingguo Huang  Ziqi Zheng Family The Kexin Hellen Zhong Family Xiu Ling Zhou The Zhuang Family

Parents Of Alumnae, Grandparents, Foundations, Companies And Friends Dr. Mary & Mr. Charles Alexander  Lisa Armstrong Carolee Awde The Baeumler Family  Claire Barron Robert Bell & granddaughter Isla Elbe ’29  Sheila Cieply Collins  Community of the Sisters of the Church Ontario The Cristofaro Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Mississauga  The Currie Family FIRST Robotics Canada Hercules & Agnieszka Galang Julian Graham Hatch Ltd.  The Hawthorne Family Rong Huang & Xiao Yang Gail Irvine Marguerite & Gary Jackson Alexandra Keay ‘77  John & Elizabeth Lacey  The Myles Family Brad & Kristin Read  The Rieger Family  Rosentreter/ Maguire Family Judy Ross Lynda Tanaka Anne-Marie Wilson  Brian Wilson

2020-2021 DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

LEADERS CIRCLE 5+ YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GIVING CLASS OF 2021

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CUMULATIVE GIVING LEADERS CIRCLE Robert Bell and granddaughter Isla Elbe ’29

The Di Risio Family

Issa Nicholas The Pocklington Family

Bot Construction Group

Kathleen, Jennifer ‘04, Sarah ‘07 & Daniel Ferguson The Forgione Family

Tracy, Britany ‘14 & Hugo Powell

Robert Glegg

Maritza & David Rice

The Hansen Family

SMLS Parent Association

The Kaczmarek Family

Nina Strait

Tracy & Randall Kodama The Kucey Family

Carolyn, Emily ‘08, Hannah ‘10 & Greg Taylor

Kim BARRETT McKenna ‘84 & Carli McKenna ‘20

Sara & Graeme Thomson The Voruganti Family

Colleen McMorrow, Brian, Laura ‘06 & Erin ‘09 Baker

The Willson Family

Margaret Burritt ‘38 Kearene & Philip Buxo Canadians Resident Abroad Foundation Cherilyn Carson & Andrew Thornhill  The Cockwell Family Dana Hospitality LP The Della Maestra Family The Dickison Family

SMLS gratefully recognizes our Leaders Circle donors who have supported SMLS with cumulative gifts of $100,000 or more, and our Legacy donors who have lovingly remembered SMLS in their estate planning.

LEGACY DONORS The Adams Family

Luz C. Iglesias ‘97

Joan KEMBAR Rogers ‘45

Margaret Burritt ‘38 

Maria Jelinek, Miss Lightbourn School ‘55

Jennifer Smith ‘87

Olwen BARROW Davies ‘58

The Rickards Family

Janet E. Stewart ‘60

VOLUNTEERS & COMMUNITY SUPPORT While the school year allowed fewer volunteer opportunities than usual, we are grateful to the dozens of volunteers who gave so generously of their time and expertise in support of our girls and school. Thank you!

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For further information please contact

Marnie Helmy, Annual Fund Director mhelmy@smls.on.ca | 905-845- 2386 ext. 225