Stone Ridge Magazine Summer 2018

SUMMER 2018

Stone Ridge magazine

Crossing Frontiers A publication from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

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Our Kindergarten girls concluded the year with project work on butterflies!

It was born in part from the prior project on birds through which the students learned that birds eat butterflies. The girls suggested that they plant flowers so that butterflies will come and then more birds will come to eat the butterflies.

This is the beautiful reasoning of our five-year old scholars!

The class turned their dramatic play into a butterfly house. The girls made butterflies, pretend nectar and fruit slices, and flowers that would be a part of a flourishing butterfly house. The students also planted flowers that had been researched to attract butterflies, and cared for butterfly larva in their classroom, studying and then eventually releasing them once hatched.

Our Little Hearts students benefit from The Project Approach, a series of teaching strategies that guides children through an in-depth study of a real world topic. We awaken their senses, curiosity, and wonder each day!

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This spring, Stone Ridge was recognized for a third straight year as a No Place for Hate (NPFH) designation by the Anti-Defamation League. During the banner presentation pictured below, Seth Gordon-Lipkin, ADL’s Washington, DC Education Director, noted that Stone Ridge was the very first school in the DC region to participate in the ADL NPFH program. NPFH is a program in which ADL works with schools to improve and maintain a positive school climate so that all students can thrive. Stone Ridge stands with other area schools in the region in a grassroots effort to fight against bias, bigotry, and bullying. This recognition demonstrates the dedicated diversity work carried out in our mission by our students, faculty and families.

Contents Stone Ridge Magazine

Summer 2018 Features

6 Graduation 2018 14 Celebrating Philippine 24 Goal III in Action 36 Alumnae Happenings & SR Connects 38 Reunion 2018 46 Class Notes 59 In Memoriam

THE STONE RIDGE MAGAZINE is produced by the Office of Marketing and Communications at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart for alumnae, parents, students, and friends of the School.

HEAD OF SCHOOL Catherine Ronan Karrels '86 DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Connie Shaffer Mitchell '92 VISUAL ARTS MANAGER & PHOTOGRAPHY Caitlin Myler Taylor '98 WEBSITE MANAGER Patty Lynch CONTENT MARKETING MANAGER Brenda Funk STAFF WRITER Carrie Tydings Please send any letters, comments, or suggestions to the editor, Connie Shaffer Mitchell '92, at cmitchell@stoneridgeschool.org.

On the cover: Genevieve DiBari '18, Stone Ridge Cross Country and Track & Field star

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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Crossing Frontiers.

Dear SR Community: We continue our celebration “Crossing New Frontiers,” our theme for the year-long bicentennial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne’s arrival in America, by remembering her courageous voyage and arduous work to spread the love of Christ and to open the first Sacred Heart school outside of Europe. And yet, we also celebrate our own frontiers crossed: Stone Ridge’s athletic program winning the Lewis Cup for the first time in our history, our growth of the Little Hearts program, our collaborative work in STEAM, our campus master planning to transform our learning spaces, and our interdivisional work on the academic program, to name a few.

Catherine Ronan Karrels '86, with 2017-2018 Student Body President and Vice President Janie Bell ‘18 and Catherine Spina ‘18, is recognized at the Feast of Madeleine Sophie Barat Mass for her ten years of service to the Network of Sacred Heart schools as Head of School at Stone Ridge.

In this magazine, you will see through images and stories how

artfully told Philippine’s story to prompt our emulation of her

our community of students and alumnae courageously cross

by “living more openly and discovering God within us, God

borders and boundaries in their daily work. At its core, Sacred

among us, and God around us.”

Heart education cultivates trailblazers with compassionate hearts. I am proud to witness what is happening in our

Chief Justice Roberts, father of Josie ’18, was our Commencement

community through the accomplishments and contributions

speaker. As he discussed the wonders and pitfalls of technology

of these intelligent, resilient, and determined women.

available to our 2018 graduates, he urged them in college simply to “set aside time each day to think about things”—a message

Complementing our celebration of Philippine’s work, this past academic year at Stone Ridge we highlighted Goal III of Sacred Heart education: A Social Awareness Which Impels to Action.

These pages present the highlights of that emphasis, with students growing in their prayerful lives and finding their passionate voices on many social justice issues.

resonant with our contemplative spirituality and Philippine’s spirit. He advised, “Do not read more, do not research more, do not take notes. Put aside books, papers, computers, telephones.

Think about what you are learning...You and the knowledge you have accumulated need some quality time together to get to know each other better.”

I am reminded of Philippine’s timeless insight that “strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which

In closing, I want to highlight two prominent speakers whom

we live.” As you read this issue, I hope you marvel, as I do,

Stone Ridge was fortunate to host this year, Maureen Glavin,

at all that Stone Ridge accomplishes each year in crossing

RSCJ and Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. of the United States

frontiers and blazing trails to transform the world as children

Supreme Court. You can read more here about how both

of the Sacred Heart.

eloquently addressed our community, echoing Philippine’s message of openness and contemplation.

Warm regards,

Sister Glavin, former Head of School at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, MO spoke to our students, parents,

CATHERINE RONAN KARRELS ‘86

faculty, and staff in February about the life of Philippine. She

Head of School

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Recognizing a combined 90 years of dedicated service to the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, the following faculty and staff were honored at the Feast of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Mass on May 25, 2018: 1 20 years: Dr. Michael Cavey, Susan O'Callaghan Davis '71, Pat Byers, and Lisa Zingone 2 25 years: Brenda Wendel and Kathryn Bonner Gillick '89 (with her daughter Ellie Gillick '30) 3 30 years: Dr. John Hogan (with his daughter Elizabeth Hogan '18) 4 35 years: Nancy Fazio

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Congratulations, CLASS OF 2018!

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Matriculation of 2018 Graduates Karina Bakalian · DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Elizabeth Haley · BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

Isabel Barnidge · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Arianne Hennis · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Jane Bell · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Elizabeth Hogan · SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE

Margaret Bellaschi · STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Katharine Hohman · TULANE UNIVERSITY

Lenora Blakely · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Madigan Holt · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Margaret Boland · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Theresa Howard · HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Ana Clara Borga · CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY

Hannah Hwang · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Kayla Bradshaw · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Rilei Johnson · ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY

Theodora Brophy · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Genevieve Klein · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Laura Brueggeman · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Sarah Knack · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Julia Burns · CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY

Julia Kushan · COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

Paula Burris · UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Carter Leahy · COLGATE UNIVERSITY

Mollie Carr · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Joyce Liu · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Gianna Catalano · FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY

Katherine Long · UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Gabriela Chambers · VIRGINIA TECH

Sophie Lovett · JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

Grace Christenson · BOSTON COLLEGE

Phaedra Manikas · VIRGINIA TECH

Ciara Collins · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Isabella Martinez · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Joanna Courtis · DICKINSON COLLEGE

Elizabeth Ann Mayer · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Cristina Cuervo Rengifo · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Casey McTague · DENISON UNIVERSITY

Olivia Cummiskey · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Cameron Morra · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA,

Sarah Davis · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

CHAPEL HILL

Elizabeth Delaney · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Wellysane Mouoyebe·Ndedi · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Jordan DeVeaux · TOWSON UNIVERSITY

Olivia Mullaney · TULANE UNIVERSITY

Stephanie Devine · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Claire Mullery · VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

Genevieve DiBari · POMONA COLLEGE

Josefina Muñoz Nogales · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND

Alexis DiZinno · FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Lauren Nixon · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Roxana Fassihi · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Tatiana Ortega · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Grace Fischler · CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Nina Osborn · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Brooke Green · HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY

Karleen Page · ECKERD COLLEGE

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1 Janie Bell offers the opening prayer Four Year Goal Awards were given to: 2 Jordan DeVeaux, Goal I 3 Grace Fischler, Goal II 4 Alexis DiZinno, Goal III 5 Madeline Rodgers, Goal IV 6 Joanna Courtis, Goal V 7 Cristina Cuervo Rengifo, salutatorian and recipient of The Parents and Alumnae Award 8 Maggie Valaik, recipient of The Citizenship Award 9 Isabel Barnidge, recipient of The Cardinal Award 10 Isabelle Vazirani, recipient of The Philippine Duchesne Award 11 Olivia Mullaney, recipient of The Barat Award, the highest Sacred Heart honor

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Meghan Phipps · HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY

Emma Sullivan · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Alexandra Pitts · DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Hannah Sweeney · UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Caroline Quinn · XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Sophie Szafranski · PACE UNIVERSITY NYC

Josephine Roberts · HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Briana Thompson · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Bridget Robey · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

Camille Toner · UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

Madeline Rodgers · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Kristin Turner · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Rachel Ruffin · SPELMAN COLLEGE

Margaret Valaik · UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Talia Scott · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Isabella Vazirani · TULANE UNIVERSITY

Katherine Shin · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Anna Volanth · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Katherine Shrout · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Anne Warburton · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Kayla Simpson · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Cathryn Willing · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Catherine Spina · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Julia Rose Winkler · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Elizabeth Stanislav · SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

Maya Young · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

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LET’S GO MAKE SOME HISTORY

Grace Christenson '18 Delivers Valedictory Address

Good morning faculty, staff, families, friends, and, most of all, Class of 2018.

teaching me the power and importance of radical misbehaviour­ —misbehaviour I hope you will continue to engage in for the rest of your lives.

I have spent the past week frantically googling speechwriting tactics, reading the timeless words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pericles, and I know what you’re thinking: the unofficial face binge-watching the West Wing in what proved of the honor board has really lost it, hasn’t she? to be a futile attempt to absorb the skills of After all, those of you who have known me—for everyone’s favorite speechwriters, Sam Seaborn fourteen years or four or two—know that I live by and Toby Ziegler. Somewhere in the midst of the rules—and I mean all of the rules. My kilt has this, I experienced a revelation. I realized I am never been that trendy, barely-there length; I’m supremely unqualified to give you, my incredibly actually quiet during the fire drills; and I think talented, highly successful 82 sisters, advice. I I’m the only person here who read every book realized that the system of for English class from cover equating success and the to cover. But, as Laurel The legacy we leave and the ability to impart wisdom Thatcher Ulrich famously history we will make—the said “well-behaved women with a grade point average constitutes an absurdity. love, peace, and joy that we seldom make history.” A Every one of you has already cursory review of the lives will spread throughout the succeeded in meaningful of the female giants upon world—are inseparable from whose shoulders we stand ways, be it conducting medical research, serving the unparalleled education reveals this to be true. our community, or helping Malala Yousafzai risked we have received here.

Stone Ridge win the Lewis her life speaking up for the cup. So, instead of trying to rights of girls to receive an advise you, I would like to thank you for teaching education. Hermione Granger broke into the me the most important thing I have learned in the Ministry of Magic to steal back the Horcrux. Rosa past fourteen years. Thank you, Class of 2018, for Parks said “no.”

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GRADUATION 2018 Brenda Wendel and Mary Tobias offer the closing prayer to the Class of 2018

I am proud to stand today among women who have already begun to misbehave.

Don't misunderstand me, though. I am not speaking about the moments when you ate four course meals in the slounge or expertly online shopped your way through class. I am speaking about when you acted on your conscience, pursuing what you know is right. I am speaking about when you fought to bring back brown bags. When you consistently responded to ignorance or hatred with education and empathy, unflagging as we stand and try again. We owe so much of in your efforts to improve our community. When who we are to the people here who helped to you walked out of class to honor victims of gun shape our hearts and minds. To the teachers who violence. When you decided to make our theme arrived early and stayed late, to the staff who kept Good Vibes, embracing a community of support our school both beautiful and functional, to the and rejecting the idea that seniors should be scary parents who enrolled us here and supported us on and intimidating. I am speaking about when you left our journey: I know I speak for all of us when I say school to advocate for causes you believe in. When that we are eternally grateful to you. you formed ideologically opposed groups and worked Class of 2018, 82 sisters The courageous footsteps hand in hand with one of mine, today we enter a of real and fictional another even though society new phase of our lives, one taught you to be polarized and women who misbehaved that will undoubtedly be close-minded. Well-behaved marked by our righteous in the service of justice women seldom make history. misbehaviour. Yet, even as and goodness have Misbehaved women often we leave these halls behind do. These moments of forged the path we us, I know that we will never misbehaving were some that be alone. The courageous now walk. made up history—our history. footsteps of real and fictional women who misbehaved The legacy we leave and the history we will in the service of justice and goodness have make—the love, peace, and joy that we will spread forged the path we now walk. Malala Yousafzai, throughout the world—are inseparable from the Hermione Granger, and Rosa Parks all passed unparalleled education we have received here. through the threshold we prepare to cross, and It was here at Stone Ridge that we learned to they have left behind for us invaluable advice. never forget that we are privileged and to always As you walk forward, radically misbehaving, know remember that we belong to a human family. that these great women of history, and the women We grew to understand the power of knowledge, surrounding you today, are always by your side. persistence, and collaboration. We became Know that once a Stone Ridge girl, women who, when we fail and fall to the floor, always a Stone Ridge girl. Know that do not look up for a hand reaching back to help I am forever grateful for you. Let’s go us, but around to see who we can carry with us make some history! www.StoneRidgeSchool.org | 9

GRADUATION 2018

CHIEF JUSTICE ENCOURAGES STONE RIDGE GRADUATES TO “BE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT”

by Kelly Seegers Sankowski '12, printed with permission from The Catholic Standard

After the 83 graduates of the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart’s Class of 2018 had walked up one by one to receive their diplomas on June 7, Catherine Ronan Karrels, the head of school, introduced “Josie’s dad” as the 2018 commencement speaker.

“Mr. Roberts is famous around Stone Ridge,” said Karrels, noting how he frequently attends plays that his daughter is performing in and “participates with joy in father-daughter field day,” which the school holds every year.

But outside of the Stone Ridge campus, John G. Roberts, Jr., is also pretty well known as the Chief Justice of the United States, said Karrels.

Roberts, who had previously embraced his daughter in a long hug after she received her high school diploma, said his first thought when writing his address was to reflect on how things had changed since he graduated high school in 1973.

As a refresher, he did some research on what was happening in that year, and found stories about intense partisan division in Washington, violence in the Middle East, a special investigation of the Watergate scandal, and John McCain being released as a prisoner of war from Vietnam. In the midst of all of that, he said, “Americans were captivated by a royal wedding in England,” when Princess Anne and Mark Phillips got married.So he decided not to talk about how things had changed.

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Marjorie Gillespie speaks at Graduation 2016

Chief Justice John Roberts addresses the graduating Class of 2018

much time worrying. “You will face lots of important choices in your life,” he said. “Some will turn out good, and some not so good.” But in the end, he told them “twists of fate” will determine more in their lives than the things that they can control.

Sociologists also say that Gen Z is less happy than generations in the past, but Roberts told them, “Happiness is a choice...There is a darkness in the world, but you are called to be children of the light,” he said.

The United States of America “is founded on happiness,” Roberts noted, before reading the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence, including the well-known phrase stating that all people are entitled to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” As a result, “you have a patriotic duty to be happy,” he joked.

He also warned the graduating students to “beware of the robots,” like artificial intelligence and big data. While advances in these technologies have done lots of good in the world, such as advancing health care, Roberts wanted to caution the students against allowing technology to alter the way they perceive the world.

“I don’t think robots will take over the world,” he assured them. “…I don’t worry that robots will start thinking like us. I worry that we will start thinking like machines.”

He noted how these technologies are embedded into so many different websites, so that people receive recommendations of what to read, watch and listen to based on what they have already read, watched, and listened to, and are also pointed toward people and ideas based on people and ideas they have already been drawn to.

This process, he said, has the possibility of resulting in an “oversimplification and narrowing contrary to individuality and creativity.” The way to respond to the increase of artificial intelligence in today’s society, he said, is to “ensure we develop and use real intelligence,” which means thinking, and not just gathering more information.

“Set aside time each day to think about things,” he said, encouraging them to put away their

books, phones and computers temporarily to just reflect on the information they have learned and what it means. “Acquiring more knowledge is less important than thinking about the knowledge you [already] have,” he said.

Doing so often requires solitude, which might be difficult since another trait of Gen Z is that they are in constant communication with others through things like social media, he said. Roberts encouraged the girls to save some time for being alone, even in the midst of the many things they will be invited to get involved in once they arrive at college.

Lastly, Roberts encouraged the young women to remember the “fortitude of the many women who came before you whose efforts ensured you would have opportunities they did not.”

Among those women he noted were Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice; St. Madeline Sophie Barat, who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart; and St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who brought the Network of Sacred Heart Schools to the United States.

Thanks to those two saints, the young women had the opportunity to attend the school from which they would “go forth today with diplomas to change the world,” Roberts said.

Chief Justice John Roberts with his daughter, Josephine '18

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GRADUATION 2018

1 SR Lifers: (back row) Mollie Carr, Kate Hohman, Briana Thompson, Cameron Morra, Annie Warburton, Tatiana Ortega, Ellie Stanislav, Phaedra Manikas; (front row) Talia Scott, Karina Bakalian, Roxy Fassihi, Grace Christenson, Cristina Cuervo Rengifo, Catherine Spina, Sophie Lovett, Welly Mouoyebe-Ndedi 2 Members of the Class of 1968 served as Graduation Marshals: Sara O'Neil Manion, Marina Chukayeff McCarthy, Tricia McWilliams Cleary, and Elisabeth Kirby Greissing 3 LS Teacher Lesley Sheldon with Mollie Carr, Theresa Howard, and Cameron Morra 4 Kate Hohman received her diploma from her mother, Kristen Hohman, member of the Board of Trustees 5 Maggie Boland and Mollie Carr 6 US teachers Lauren Brownlee and Barbara Beachler 7 Claire Mullery with her family 8 Valedictorian Grace Christenson with her grandmother, Grace Tamm Escudero '56, mother Nicole Escudero Christenson '87, and aunts Monique Escudero Kadnar '80 and Yvette Escudero '84 9 Ciara Collins, Gabi Chambers, Janie Bell, Kayla Bradshaw, Lenora Blakely, Laura Brueggeman, and Karina Bakalian 10 Catherine Spina with her mother, Maria Doultsinos Spina '87 and grandmother Evangelia Doultsinos 11 Elizabeth Haley with her sister, Kelleigh '16, and mother, Kristie Haley 12 Arianne Hennis and Caroline Quinn 13 Genevieve Klein with her sister Jackie Klein '22 14 Roxana Fassihi and her sisters Maryam '16 and Eliana '13

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GRADUATION 2011 GRADUATION 2018 • AWARDS AND HONORS VALEDICTORIAN · Grace Christenson SALUTATORIAN · Cristina Cuervo Rengifo FOUR YEAR COMMITMENT AWARDS Goal I: Faith · Jordan DeVeaux In Honor of Anne Dyer, rscj ’55 Goal II: Intellectual Values · Grace Fischler Goal III: Social Awareness · Alexis DiZinno In Memory of Mary Hogan Leslie ’64 Goal IV: Building Community · Madeline Rodgers Goal V: Personal Growth · Joanna Courtis THE CITIZENSHIP AWARD · Margaret Valaik THE CARDINAL AWARD • Isabel Barnidge THE PARENTS AND ALUMNAE AWARD • Cristina Cuervo Rengifo THE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE AWARD • Isabella Vazirani THE BARAT AWARD · Olivia Mullaney

S NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS Joyce Liu Katherine Shrout

ATHLETIC AWARDS BONIFANT-WILLSON AWARD FOR BEST ALLAROUND ATHLETE · Mollie Carr STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD · Elizabeth Delaney SPIRIT AWARD · Jane Bell SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD · Madeline Rodgers STUDENT-ATHLETE LEADERSHIP AWARD · Margaret Bellaschi KEVIN DUFFY GATOR STRONG AWARD · Genevieve DiBari DEPARTMENT AWARDS ENGLISH · Grace Christenson HISTORY · Margaret Bellaschi MATHEMATICS · Joyce Liu DR. LOUIS R. CANTILENA AND DR. AMY ROSE CANTILENA '04 SCIENCE AWARD · Rachel Ruffin THEOLOGY · Gianna Catalano THOMAS B. HOY PHOTOGRAPHY · Laura Brueggeman CERAMICS · Margaret Boland VISUAL ARTS · Josephine Roberts, 2017 Thomas B. Hoy Photography Award DRAMA · Elizabeth Hogan BAND · Briana Thompson HANDBELLS · Sophie Lovett CHORUS · Roxana Fassihi FRENCH · Genevieve Klein LATIN · Grace Fischler SPANISH · Isabel Barnidge STEM CERTIFICATE PROGRAM Rachel Ruffin Roxana Fassihi Kristin Turner Grace Fischler Arianne Hennis Isabella Vazirani Bridget Robey Anne Warburton

NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLARS Grace Christenson Cristina Cuervo Rengifo Isabella Martinez CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Isabel Barnidge Grace Fischler Margaret Bellaschi Genevieve Klein Mollie Carr Joyce Liu Grace Christenson Casey McTague Cristina Cuervo Rengifo Alexandra Pitts Elizabeth Delaney Rachel Ruffin Stephanie Devine Katherine Shrout Genevieve DiBari Elizabeth Stanislav Anna Volanth

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200 years 1818 2018

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne The Stone Ridge family, along with our 23 Sacred Heart sister schools in the Network of the United States and Canada, have come together to honor Philippine as one family with a myriad of celebratory activities this year.

We also celebrate the many Sacred Heart women in our lives today who, like Philippine, cross frontiers and make an impact in their communities.

Here are a few spotlights honoring the work of these alumnae.

To learn more about the celebrations of this Bicentennial Year, please visit www.stoneridgeschool.org/philippine.

"I have not the slightest doubt that Divine Providence, which has guided us to this country through so many dangers and difficulties will complete the work by hidden means, which seem to disguise God's way of helping, but which only make them seem more wonderful to those who follow him along the path of love."

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Philippine Duchesne, 1820, Letter to her cousin, Josephine

MAUREEN GLAVIN SPEAKS TO PHILIPPINE'S COURAGE Maureen Glavin, RSCJ, addressed our students at various assemblies and Ash Wednesday liturgies, our parents at evening gathering, and our faculty and staff at the February retreat for professional development. Her stories of Philippine’s calling and crossing were inspirational, and yet it was her challenge to each of us as children and educators of the Sacred Heart that call us to act in the footsteps on Philippine and in Christ. The excerpts below were taken from Maureen Glavin’s presentations to the community.

“We are celebrating the Bicentennial of Philippine not just for the sake of knowing our Sacred Heart history, which I do think is important, but to be inspired as we try to figure out how we want to live our lives today, and in our future.

I invite you to take some inspiration from her and from one quality in particular. Philippine was open—on every level.

I invite you to challenge yourself to be open in three areas.

God. Think of all the stories about the time she spent in silent prayer—this is why she was called “The Woman Who Prays” by the Potowatomi. Openness to that deep place inside us might be called a journey to God Within Us. Second, to be open to others. As we grow, we gain the capacity for expanded circles of connection and empathy with others: our mothers, our families, our friends, and then those who like us. Philippine was so open to others, she ached not only for the children of her home town, Grenoble, but for the Native American children in the New World, a place that was very different from hers. And during her old age, she ached for the children in far away places, in the Rocky Mountains further West, and China, and Japan.

Openness to those who are increasingly different might be called a journey to God Among Us. And finally, be open to the exterior world. Philippine did not talk much about this. Our Holy Father Pope Francis has. He wrote an entire paper about our openness to the exterior world. He wrote about an openness to all of Creation. Learn about the world, how it operates, how it evolved. Learn about matter and energy are related, what matter is made of, and how it became more complexly arranged over to time so that matter could be self-reflective once neocortexes were developed. Grow in your understanding of all this, as you do, you will become awed by the gloriousness, wondrousness, and mysteriousness of it all. In that Glory and Wonder and Mystery is God. Openness to understanding our universe might be called a journey to God Around Us.

This Bicentennial Year of Sacred Heart education in the Network, I invite you to make the choice to be wholeheartedly open of mind and heart.”

First, be open to that deep place within yourself. Being able to be quiet with yourself, to connect with who you are at your depth, brings you to a place where you and God are united.

This connection expand one’s trust, and thus one’s courage.

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Philippines in our community Brenda Anders Pring '89 From Public Affairs Executive to Medical Doctor and Advocate for Children’s Health In the mid 90’s, Brenda Anders Pring ‘89 was reading the health section of the New York Times and happened upon an article on the prevalence of heart disease among women.

Unbeknownst to Brenda, heart disease was the second leading cause of death in women at the time. Brenda, who was currently working in the Clinton administration as a staffer in the White House press office, was fascinated. Her own father had died from heart disease five years prior and her brothers had been told to watch their health and to have their hearts monitored on a regular basis, but nobody had given her similar advice.

During the next five years, Brenda continued her career in public affairs, eventually moving from the White House, to Press Secretary for Tipper Gore during the re-election campaign, back to the White House as a trade press spokesperson during Clinton’s second term and then to Lifetime Television as Director of Public Affairs. In her free time, she became more and more enthralled by medicine; reading articles and publications on health and finding them fascinating. She was so intrigued by medicine, the idea of perhaps one day becoming a doctor set forth in her mind. But Brenda had received a BA in French Literature at Smith College in 1993 – a course of study that did not include any science classes. To even consider medical school, Brenda would need to go back to take foundational science courses. Without really looking into it, Brenda assumed that it was too late in life for this type of career change.

Then, in 2001, while Brenda was giving career advice to a Stone Ridge student, the idea of becoming a doctor resurfaced. Could she perhaps pursue this dream? Did she have enough time to take foundational science classes and then attend medical school? After a little research, Brenda realized that while it would be a long haul, she certainly could do it.

“I looked at it this way,” explains Brenda, “I could always start taking the courses and if it didn’t work out then go back to my career in public affairs. But, if I didn’t take the chance then I might reach a point where my dream of becoming a physician really wouldn’t be possible. So, I decided to go for it.”

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Brenda Anders Pring '89

Once her decision was made, Brenda enrolled in Columbia University for three years of science, lab and math classes. After checking off that goal she was admitted to Harvard Medical School in 2005, and graduated in 2010 (she took one year off to have a baby). A move to Colorado for an internship and residency in pediatrics at Denver Children’s Hospital followed. Now, she is a primary care pediatrician in Boston, MA, working for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates-Atrius Health.

The chance to make a positive impact is why Brenda chose pediatrics. “I have always loved kids. The ability to make a difference early on and make an impact for their future is what drew me to pediatrics.”

Brenda’s day-to-day is seeing kids from morning

to Rwanda and Liberia with the Clinton HIV/AIDS

to night, which she loves. Equally rewarding is the

Initiative; to Banda Aceh, Indonesia with the United

work she does in health advocacy. Brenda sits on the

Nations Special Envoy on Tsunami Relief; and to

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee

Mississippi where she assisted with Hurricane

on Federal Government Affairs, which is made up

Katrina relief efforts. “I spent my first summer in

of pediatricians with knowledge and experience in

medical school with Partners In Health and the

federal advocacy. She trains pediatricians on how to

World Health Organization in Lesotho, working on

advocate for children’s health.

a public health awareness campaign to encourage citizens to be HIV tested.”

One of Brenda’s proudest moments was in 2013 when she testified to the state legislature in Colorado to extend dental benefits to pregnant women. “The oral health of a mother affects the health of the child,” Brenda explains. “If a mother has cavities, chances are those cavities will be spread to the child.” Thanks in part to her testimony, the state approved the bill.

Her work with the AAP Committee isn’t her first

Of her Stone Ridge years, Brenda mostly remembers the warm community, the relationships and friendships formed, and the call to social action. Helping others is a priority for Brenda, as her life’s actions have attested. In fact you could say she’s warm hearted, fearless and giving — a Philippine in her own right.

foray into social action as an adult. During medical school she worked with the Clinton Foundation as a

Brenda Anders Pring lives in the suburbs of Boston

member of the Foundation's international advance

with her husband Jason and their two children,

staff. She participated in relief work including travel

Anders (9) and Josephine (7).

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Philippines in our community

Mary Barr Daly '96 Charting Her Own Path

In looking back on her first few months on the job in the newlycreated

position

of

Opioid

Coordinator at the Department of Justice, Mary Barr Daly '96 describes the experience as a little bit like “drinking from a fire hose.”

A seasoned professional, Mary has had many years of prosecuting criminals in Virginia and New York, but her new position brings her back home to Washington and presents a new challenge: bringing an end to the opioid crisis.

Daly is tasked with reducing the supply of deadly opiates which would, in turn, decrease demand, and while she has taken some criticism for her tough-on-crime stance, Daly doesn’t take it to heart. As she says, “I’ve seen the reality of the crisis, and enforcement, if it’s done correctly, will decrease supply and subsequently reduce demand. That strategy should be applied with treatment and prevention tactics.”

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During her time at Stone Ridge, Mary was active with CORE group, vice president of her class, Mock Trial, swim team, and she especially enjoyed conges and the senior retreat for community building.

She credits Stone Ridge with providing a hugely supportive environment, surrounded by faculty who worked to challenge her but were constructive in their criticisms.

Mary Barr Daly '96 outside of her DOJ office

She remembers many faculty fondly: Hogan, Audilet, Keith, Sr. Reberdy and even as far back as middle school she credited Mrs. Tambasco and Mr. O’Hare with personally supporting her personal growth between 5th and 8th grade. Additionally, Daly and her sisters sang in Jr. Chorus in middle school and at the Shrine through high school, and she has maintained a relationship with Mrs. Fazio even as an adult.

What would success in her job look like? Daly says success in her mind would be to reduce the staggering numbers of drug overdoses in the U.S. According to the New York Times, fentanyl and other opioids accounted for more than 60,000 deaths in 2016, up 22% from the previous year. One unbelievable statistic says that one American dies every 9 minutes from a drug overdose. Daly says there are 119 opioid deaths a day in the United States.

As the Stone Ridge community honors the pioneer spirit of Philippine Duchesne and the bicentennial of her arrival in the United States, it’s easy to find parallels between Philippine and Daly as she charts a new path at the Department of Justice. Even though her task is daunting, she finds resilience in setting small goals and celebrating each small victory. One of her top priorities is to ramp up enforcement efforts in rural areas which have been hit particularly hard by the opioid crisis.

In the same way that Philippine’s faith and desire to serve others led her to the new world, Daly appreciates the way that Stone Ridge cultivates in its students a desire to serve one’s community. “Stone Ridge ingrained in me the desire to serve but showed me that there were many different ways to do that.”

She advises students to “find something you identify with.”

Daly encourages students to be a Philippinelike pioneer in their own lives and gives this advice: “Don’t be afraid to be yourself; don’t try to fit in to others’ expectations of you.

Don’t let failure or adversity demoralize you to the point that you don’t take risks.”

While she acknowledges that her new position presents unique challenges that have taken her out of her prosecutorial comfort zone, Daly recognizes that she has an opportunity to use her voice to further shed light on the opioid crisis and her office’s efforts to prevent more drug-related death and illness.

Her motivation is the devastation that opioid addiction leaves in its wake. Says Daly, “Every time a baby is born addicted to drugs or a family has to cope with a drug-related death, the terrible effects ripple through families and communities.” Tapping into her courage, strength and resilience, in the model of Philippine, will surely fuel her success at the Department of Justice.

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Philippines in our community Tylar Clark '14 Spotlight on Undergraduate Researcher of the Year 2018

In May, Tylar Clark ‘14 graduated with a B.S. in environmental science and technology and a B.S. with honors in chemistry from the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park and was named UMD’s Undergraduate Researcher of the Year. While attending UMD, she participated in a variety of research opportunities including computer modeling of biological structures, developing separation techniques for pharmaceuticals at the FDA, as well as using lasers in order to discern the behavior of chemicals at surfaces. She will attend Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in August to pursue her PhD in chemistry.

Tylar didn’t always know that she wanted to be a chemist. “As part of the requirements for the Stone Ridge Science Certificate program, I pursued my first research experience in high school when I was selected for the NIH STEP-UP (Short Term research Experience for Underrepresented Persons) program. I didn’t know any research scientists and had never worked in a research lab and applied on a whim to the program. The program was seeking applications from women and minority students. As fate would have it, I was selected and matched to work with a biomedical research scientist who is studying the causes of and treatments for epilepsy at the Georgetown University Medical Center. Here, I learned I enjoyed the practice of scientific inquiry and discovery and working in a lab. I also uncovered an untapped talent and skill for performing data analytics. I probably would not

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have given a career in scientific research any serious consideration if not for the STEP-UP and Stone Ridge Science programs.”

Each subsequent opportunity she received during her undergraduate years helped focus her research interests toward pursuing a PhD in chemistry. “I want to use knowledge acquired from these experiences, as well as from my dual degrees in chemistry and environmental health, to develop methodologies to account for and analyze, for example, the chemical composition of pharmaceuticals or the environment’s air, water, and soil.”

A recent project is in investigating the behavior of the chemical acetonitrile (ACN) at a silica surface. ACN is commonly used as a solvent in separations of biological molecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, and DNA. For this

Tylar Clark '14 is photographed with Dr. William Cohen, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies. Photo courtesy of Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research (MCUR).

Her memories of Stone Ridge include high caliber teachers. “I was in the science certificate program at SR and many of my science teachers were very intelligent, strong women. Altogether, I believe that Stone Ridge provided me a great support system and a lot of encouragement for me to pursue a career in science.”

reason, ACN’s properties at solid interfaces, such as that of silica, are of great interest. "At the University of Maryland, I worked in a physical chemistry lab and employed the use of Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation (VSFG) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, optical techniques using lasers, to study the behavior of acetonitrile/water mixtures at the silica-liquid interface."

Chemistry is both rewarding and challenging work for Tylar. “My favorite part is the feeling I get when I learn something I didn't necessarily expect about the experiment I'm conducting.

Science is not always predictable. The most challenging thing is when the results of the many trials of my experiments aren't consistent. Identifying the vast number of factors that may lead to inconsistencies can be not only difficult, but also very frustrating.

After all, scientifically sound and defensible results are reproducible.”

Tylar continues to live out the Goals by using the many opportunities afforded to her as well as her gained academic knowledge to help other young scientists. She volunteers as a mentor of freshmen entering her college at the University of Maryland College Park —College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS). The CMNS program is designed for minority students who may need additional help transitioning to college life and academics.

“It is important to me that I volunteer to mentor other students. I remember the nagging doubts of competence and intellect that I had of myself during my freshman and sophomore years of college. I questioned whether, as a black woman, I am good enough or smart enough to be a chemist, and whether I belonged in the chemistry department. I found mentors who helped me overcome my doubts and gave me the confidence I needed to succeed as a chemist. I, in turn, want to help others, especially women and minorities, develop the confidence and skills needed to pursue careers in the sciences. I have experienced the benefits of collaboration among diverse groups of people working in chemistry research labs. Although the science does not change, I realized the different approaches to problem solving brought by diverse individuals frequently yield more thorough analysis of results and insightful conclusions.”

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Philippines in our community GRACE FISCHLER '18 A dedicated scholar, competitive athlete and caring young woman, Grace Fishler ‘18 would rightfully be categorized as an example of a young Philippine ready to take on life’s adventures. With her new Stone Ridge graduation certificate in tow, she is headed to Cornell University this fall to study Mechanical Engineering.

While at Stone Ridge, Grace ran cross country and track and loved the team comradery. “Cross Country was one of my favorite activities at Stone Ridge and I loved how close we grew over the years,” explained Grace.

Grace soaks in knowledge voraciously and participated in many science competitions throughout her high school years. “I always found competitions exciting and a great way to apply what I actually learned in class. In particular I found Science Olympiad really enjoyable because I could explore other fields of science not mentioned as much at SR, like geology.” She was also in the Robotics Club because she liked building and testing SR’s robot.

Perhaps her most rewarding experience at Stone Ridge was her participation in Appalachia Service Project. “It's a great way to give back to the community and is the event I looked forward to most every year. We go to a different part of the Appalachian region and build porches, roofs, and more for low income families. We learn new skills with equipment like drills and circular saws, and we always bond with each other. It was truly a life changing experience for me.”

For Grace, and all of our 2018 graduates, we pray for continued growth in mind and spirit and we look forward to watching their fruitful Philippine-like journey.

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Philippines in our community THEO BROPHY '18 Theo Brophy ‘18 started in Grade 7 at Stone Ridge, and throughout her years here, she became increasingly active both in and out of school, playing varsity lacrosse (goalie), swimming, and a running cross country. During her high school years at Stone Ridge, she served as a Social Action Leader for Poverty and Homelessness, a member of the Campus Ministry board, and also as the co-leader of the Young Republicans Club.

Outside of Stone Ridge she worked with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) a Christian group for teenagers, at So Others Might Eat (SOME) in her spare time, and took part in the Medical Explorers program at Suburban Hospital.

One of Theo’s favorite classes was Honors Molecular Biology with Elizabeth Nuter because “[T]he field is constantly evolving and discovering more every day, and we were able to conduct many labs using research techniques that will help me with my research endeavors in college.”

Theo will be attending the University of Miami in the fall, most likely double majoring in Immunology and Microbiology as well as Anthropology.

According to Theo, “Stone Ridge allowed me to develop as a young woman. I feel prepared for the next step of my life due to the teachers, mentors, coaches, and teammates I've surrounded myself with these past six years. Stone Ridge has allowed me to become an independent thinker who is strong in faith and comfortable in my expression of it.” www.StoneRidgeSchool.org | 23

A Year of

Social Action

GOAL III—A SOCIAL AWARENESS WHICH IMPELS TO ACTION The school educates to a critical consciousness that leads its total community to analyze and reflect on the values of society and to act for justice.

The school offers all its members opportunities for direct service and advocacy and instills a life-long commitment to service.

The school is linked in a reciprocal manner with ministries among people who are poor, marginalized and suffering from injustice.

In our multicultural world, the school prepares and inspires students to be active, informed, and responsible citizens locally, nationally, and globally.

The school teaches respect for creation and prepares students to be stewards of the earth's resources.

who may come once a month on a Tuesday to receive the food. The food is meant to supplement what the clients can purchase at a grocery store and includes such basics as cereal, rice, pasta and sauce, canned soup and vegetables. Things that we take for granted, like toilet paper, are even given out—a basic supply that is not cheap.

Friends of the Food Pantry For years, Middle School students at Stone Ridge have been collecting food during Lent for St. Mark's Food Pantry in Hyattsville, MD. This year, the Student Council Leadership visited the pantry to get a firsthand look at how it’s run.

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While helping to fill some of the bags and getting a tour of the shelved-lined pantry, the girls asked questions of the pantry's volunteers. They learned that many of the clients prefer bagged dry black beans, instead of canned. Also, no matter the number of people in each client's family, they get the same amount of food. The visit to the pantry was enlightening to the girls. As Holly Keegan '22 stated, "Visiting the food pantry opened my eyes to both the need and kindness in our community."

It also served as an example of the positive effects of social action, "It was a great experience to see social action in action," Gigi Crafton '22 stated.

17 Minutes of Silence

Top, Upper School students represent the 17 victims of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Florida. Bottom, Middle School students particpate in a prayer service to recognize the victims.

In the spirit of Goal III, Stone Ridge supported the students and faculty in their choice to engage in the National Walkout on March 14, a peaceful act of protest, solidarity, and prayer on March 14, when members of the Upper School community, who chose to participate, congregated on the circle in front of Hamilton House. Students spent 17 minutes to read the names of the deceased from Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida. They engaged in prayer followed by a period of silence.

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A YEAR OF Social Action An Evening with Chef José Andrés The Stone Ridge community was grateful to host an engaging conversation with chef José Andrés, Stone Ridge father of Carlota '17, Inés '19, and incoming freshman Lucia '22, on May 16, 2018, for an audience of close to 250 people, which included alumnae, parents, and students.

As the Fathers Club leadership suggested when inviting fellow father José Andrés to speak, he is the perfect speaker for our community this year. This year, Stone Ridge celebrates the Year of Philippine, a woman of great strength, resilience, and determination as she immigrated from France 200 years ago to bring Sophie’s vision of the Society of the Sacred Heart to the Americas.

Stone Ridge has also focused the year on Goal III—A Social Awareness which Impels to Action— through a few concentrated service and awareness projects. Through his work as a chef and a servant leader, most notably acknowledged through his receiving the 2018 James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year award, Jose’s work embodies so much of Philippine’s spirit and Goal III of Sacred Heart education.

"Some of the biggest problems can be solved with the smallest gesture."

José Andrés

Fathers Club President Chris Mitchell with José Andrés, Catherine Ronan Karrels '86, and the three student leaders who served as interviewers: Elle Grenfell '19, José’s daughter, Inés '19, and Caroline Barry '19.

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A YEAR OF Social Action

Gators Beat Blood Cancer Raises Big Dollars for LLS Campaign During our year of focus on Goal III, the Stone Ridge community supported a team of Stone Ridge students as they formed "Gators Beat Blood Cancer" (GBBC) and fundraised for the 5th Annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Students of the Year fundraising campaign, in support of classmate Meaghan Kilner '20. Meaghan was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma last academic year at the age of 15. She completed an intense round of treatment in May. [At publication, Meaghan has been cleared of any evidence of cancer!] This Stone Ridge team united with 32 area independent and public schools in a fundraising competition to benefit LLS and the mission to cure blood cancer.

1 The Gators Beat Blood Cancer team 2 The Upper School community held a prayer service for Meaghan Kilner as she prepared to head into an aggressive 90-day treatment 3 Stone Ridge students at the LLS Gala

The Students of the Year Campaign celebrated a record breaking year in 2018, raising over $2,250,000 for the LLS. The Stone Ridge Gators Beat Blood Cancer team raised a total of $155,000.

Being a leader on the GBBC team changed Francesca Ciatto's '20 life and infused her with extreme empathy toward those suffering with cancer. Of her experience on the team, Francesca had this to say, "During the campaign, I genuinely changed as a person. I learned that the small bumps in my life are nothing compared to the terrifying mountains that are in the lives of those living with cancer. Stepping back from myself and my needs, I was given the opportunity to serve others in ways I didn't know were possible. I met so many people who shared very personal stories about their own battles with cancer. Many of these people put themselves in very vulnerable positions by describing how frightened and hopeless they felt during this time in their lives. I will forever be grateful for the stories and memories they shared with me."

The GBBC team was honored to attend the LLS Gala on March 3, 2018 to celebrate their fundraising efforts and to spread the word that Meaghan Kilner is the strongest Gator they know. Stone Ridge commends the GBBC team, for their efforts in raising awareness and funds for this endeavor: InĂŠs AndrĂŠs '19, Francesca Ciatto '20, Grace Yang '19, Olivia Yang '21, Alyssa Diess '20, Ellie Brewer '20, Meaghan Kilner '20, and Madeleine Sateri '19. www.StoneRidgeSchool.org | 27

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1 A scene from the Upper School spring musical, The Drowsy Chaperone 2 Middle School students take the theatrical stage in the spring play, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 3 and 4 MS Dance students perform at spring recitals, during which they exhibited pieces choreographed entirely on their own 5 Caitlyn Alexander? proudly displays work created in the Kindergarten's own Experiential Week

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ARTS at STONE RIDGE

Arts alive at Stone Ridge: Scenes from this year's Arts Festival Opening Reception included demonstrations by US Ceramics students, dance performances, and musical offerings by vocal and instrumental classes, along with a wide array of visual arts from all divisions

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STEAM at STONE RIDGE 1 US students participate in Earth Day activities, during which all Environmental SCGs and clubs offered the opportunity for students to make wildflower seed balls, learn about endangered animals, and other activities 2 MS math students in Giovanna Basney's class engage in a bit of spy thinking during an escape room activity, during which the groups had to employ methods such as using a black light to decode clues 3 LS students study the frequencies of sound with LS Science Teacher Beatrice Winter 4 PreKindergarten students were thrilled to welcome two hens to their outdoor classroom, which they were able to help care for and observe as part of their Project Approach study on chickens 5 and 6 MS students participate in the annual MS STEAM Competition, during which they utilized equipment built on their own, without parent assistance

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Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event.

Stone Ridge participated again this spring, as students in all three divisions explored basic elements of coding at varying levels of intricacy.

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1 Jordan Deveaux '18 received third place in the Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Magazine Essay & Short Story High School Contest for her short story "Invisible Crown" 2 and 3 Kathryn Yost '22, Rachel Nokku '22, and Lillian Wright '22 participate in the Middle School STEAM Competition 4 Julia Kushan '18 performs during the Art Show opening 5 Colleen Stroud '21, Sofia Laje '22, Hannah Sanghvi '21, Grace Ann Morrow '22, and Annabelle Lee '23 perform in the Middle School production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 6 Erin Barry '17 and Caroline Barry '19 demonstrate working on the ceramics wheel with Alessandra Ferguson '27 during the 2017 Art Show Opening

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As part of Dr. Katharina Matro's World History Renaissance and Reformation Unit, Grade 9 students analyzed a series of Protestant woodblock prints criticizing what Protestants perceived were the corrupt practices of the 16th century Catholic Church.

The lesson also asked them to consider the impact the printing press and printmaking had in general on the spread and impact of Reformation ideas. So that students would gain a better understanding of the process of printmaking, Art Teacher, Ms. Emma Cowan, taught them how to design, carve, and then print "wood cuts," protesting social and environmental issues that students cared about.

As part of her lesson, Ms. Cowan also reviewed the history of printmaking in the Renaissance, ranging from woodblock printing to engraving to etching.

Students made three to four prints, one of which they glued into their Interactive History Notebooks.

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“Like the athlete during training, practicing sport helps us to give our best, to discover our limits without fear, and to struggle daily to improve.�

Pope Francis

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SR ATHLETIC PROGRAM CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN ALL SPORTS Since 1986, the Independent School League (ISL)

being dominant in one or just a handful of sports; on

has been issuing the James W. Lewis Trophy, better

the contrary, you must be competitive in every sport

known as the Lewis Cup, to the overall athletic

and the Gators have shown that consistently."

champion of the league. For more than 30 years the League's most prestigious award has eluded the Blue

The trophy was presented to Stone Ridge during

& Gold, but not any longer.

the Spring ISL Athletic Director's meeting on Wednesday, May 22. The Award, which has the

Stone Ridge has been consistently excellent for the

following description shown below, also lists every

past several years. In fact, Stone Ridge is one of only

winner since 1986. Stone Ridge will be joining

two schools (the other being Georgetown Visitation)

the elite group, which totals only eight schools

that has placed in the top four in the ISL Lewis Cup

including Stone Ridge.

standings for four consecutive years.

After arriving at the Swamp in July 2014, Stone Ridge Athletic Director Jason McGhee set a goal for his team and the broader athletic program: to bring the Lewis Cup to Stone Ridge. He has served as a role model to his coaches and student-athletes in the "SR Way" and in goal-setting. The Lewis Cup is given in recognition of all sports. About this goal, McGhee explained, "I felt that setting the Lewis Cup Champion as our goal was a natural way to emphasize that every sport is relevant, and more important, that every studentathlete matters. No school can win the Lewis Cup by

JAMES W. LEWIS TROPHY PRESENTED

ANNUALLY

TO

THE

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LEAGUE OVERALL CHAMPION WHITTIER THE

IN

HONOR

LEWIS,

HOLTON-ARMS

OF

JAMES

HEADMASTER SCHOOL

OF

1969-1986

Jim Lewis enthusiastically supported the Independent School League because he believed that participation in varsity sports affords a unique opportunity to develope self-esteem, to learn the importance of teamwork, and to understand the value of good sportsmanship.

Highlights from a Winning Year Cross Country tied for 1st in the ISL Championships. The team won the MD Private School State Championships. Prior to this year, Cross Country hadn’t finished above 5th place in the ISL Championships.

Soccer had consecutive seasons in the ISL AA division. This year's team competed in the AA championship for the 1st time since 2003.

Field Hockey has had winning seasons, 25-6, for the past two years, appearing in back-to-back ISL championships. For the first time in the program’s history, the team finished 2nd overall for two consecutive years.

Ice Hockey lost one regular season and one postseason game. Both losses were to the eventual champion Archbishop Spalding. The team appeared in the MAGHL Championship for the first time in the program’s history.

Swimming & Diving finished 2nd in the ISL Championships, the highest finish since 2013. Additionally, the team finished 2nd at the National Catholics High School Swim & Dive Championships and 3rd at the Metro DMV Swim & Dive Championships (believed to be the highest in the program’s history!)

Varsity Lacrosse finished 3rd overall in the ISL AA division among three nationally and locally ranked teams. The team defeated nationally and regionally ranked Holton-Arms and Hockaday (TX) and received the 1st Washington Post Top 10 ranking since 2007.

Track & Field finished 3rd overall in the ISL Championships, their highest finish in the program’s history. The team broke four school records including the discus, high jump, 1600, and the 4X800 relay. In 13 out of 16 Championship events, members of this year's team finished in the top 5. www.StoneRidgeSchool.org | 33

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GATORS SIGN NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT Congratulations to our student-athletes who signed their National Letter of Intent. GENEVIEVE DIBARI ’18 will run at the Pomona College, ANA CLARA BORGES ’18 will head to Christopher Newport University to play tennis, ALI DIZINNO ’18 will head to Florida Institute of Technology to play golf, and TATI ORTEGA ’18 will play soccer at Northeastern. #GatorStrong

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1 Genevieve DiBari '18 and Ana Clara Borges '18

2 Ali DiZinno '18 3 Tati Ortega '18

ALL GATOR ON THE ICE THIS WINTER SEASON Stone Ridge Ice Hockey lost one regular season and one postseason game, both losses to eventual league champion Archbishop Spalding. The Gators appeared in the MidAtlantic Girls Hockey League championship for the first time in the program history, competing in a memorable game with Spalding. Forward Katherine Khramstov ‘22, who led the Gators with three goals and two assists in the final game, stated, “I’m super excited for four more years with this Stone Ridge team. We’ll get our championship.”

Mary Carpenter and the ice hockey team in action

Carpenter Coaches from the Heart Niya Cyrus ‘19, Managing Editor of The Here and Now

By Ms. Carpenter’s junior year at Colgate Imagine not being able to play your favorite sport just because

in 1997, the Women’s Ice Hockey team had

you were a girl. This is what it was like for Varsity Ice Hockey Coach

won their Title IX suit and had been granted

Ms. Mary Carpenter, mother of Anna Hasselwander ‘24, while she

equal opportunity and funding.

was a teen.

“They’d instituted off-ice lifting programs, secured additional Ms. Carpenter attended Stuart Country Day in New Jersey

ice time, fundraised for new uniforms and travel expenses, and

and was recruited to play club hockey at Colgate University in

hired a coach,” says Ms. Carpenter.

upstate New York.

Today, Colgate’s Women’s Ice Hockey is a Division I team, ranking Before the women’s hockey team at Colgate decided to challenge

#4 in the NCAA.

the school, they were not seen as a collegiate team and were not allowed to play at the collegiate level. In 1994, the female hockey

My focus as a coach is really about giving back to the sport I

players had no sticks, no uniforms, and no coach so the team

am passionate about and helping to foster the type of positive

decided to bring a Title IX lawsuit against the college.

experiences I had as a young player--both on and off the ice,” she says. “I coach hockey because I love the game and because

Title IX is the law that prevents discrimination on the basis of sex

I know what an incredible experience it was for me to represent

in education, including on college athletic teams.

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my high school and college at the rink.”

SCENES FROM THE SWAMP

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ALL-ISL ATHLETES RECOGNIZED FOR SPRING 2018 SEASON LACROSSE MOLLIE CARR ’18 MAGGIE BELLASCHI ’18

SOFTBALL KARLY PAGE CATE WILLING (Honorable Mention)

4 1 The Ice Hockey Team celebrates their win against Visitation in the Directors Cup Championship game of Gonzaga's Purple Puck 2 Maria DiBari '22, Middle School Swim and Dive 3 Maggie Bellaschi '18, Varsity Lacrosse 4 Karly Page '18, Varsity Softball 5 Shira Nash '19, Varsity Track and Field 7 Corey White '23, Middle School Basketball

TRACK & FIELD GENEVIEVE DIBARI ’18 (for both the 1600 and 3200)

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Alumnae Happenings

TRÈS BIEN BALL 2018

Très Bien Ball The annual Très Bien Ball is a celebratory formal dinner dance hosted by the Alumnae Association to honor the Fourth Academic class. The Très Bien Ball, founded in 1953, was created by combining the Stone Ridge Fathers Club graduation dance in 1946 and the Alumnae Association supper dance in 1949. This formal ball provides an opportunity for the students to be formally inducted into the Alumnae Association. The event is organized by an honorary committee, under the supervision of the Director of Alumnae Relations. This year, The Tres Bien Ball was held on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Georgetown University’s Hotel and Conference Center. Over 450 guests, including more than 25 Stone Ridge alumnae, celebrated the induction of the Class of 2018 into the Alumnae Association.

1 The Class of 2018 2 Stone Ridge alumnae guests

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The mission of SR Connects is to create professional opportunities for alumnae to network, foster business relationships, and continue their lifelong connection with Stone Ridge.

SR

Connects

SR Connects is engaging alumnae as: • Presenters in Middle and Upper School classrooms • Speakers at Middle and Upper School assemblies • Networking professionals at industry-specific roundtables • Hosts for the Job Shadow Program for the Fourth Academic • Speakers and site hosts for the Social Action program Stone Ridge encourages every alumnae to get involved! Please call or email Michael Anne Cullen ’95, Director of Alumnae Relations, at 301.657.4322, ext. 376 or macullen@stoneridgeschool.org

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1 LaToya Thomas '01, principal and founder of Brick & Story, spoke to the Upper School about her work in affordable housing, urban revitalization, and community development 2 Colleen McMahon '17, Cece Connelly '17, and Katie Brewer '17 helped answer questions about the college transition process during a Q & A session 3 Maria-Stella Gatzoulis ’86, Emily Kolakowski '99, Eleanor Alexander '05 and Melissa Eccleston Adelman '00 participated in the Fourth Academic Alumnae Career Panel with Grade 12 students, discussing their professional paths since graduation and how their experience at Stone Ridge had substantial impact on where they are now in their careers 4 Lucy Yost '05 spoke to the Upper School students about her work with A Wider Circle, where she acts as Volunteer Coordinator

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ALUMNAE Class Notes ALUMNAE CELEBRATE REUNION 2018 Every spring Stone Ridge welcomes alumnae back to campus for Reunion. This year, the festivities began with the 2nd Annual Legacy Reception, on the beautiful evening of Thursday, April 26, in Hamilton House. This reception gathers Stone Ridge and Sacred Heart alumnae families of many generations to celebrate their shared bonds. Reunion Weekend continued with individual class parties on Friday, April 27, and on Saturday, April 28, the Reunion celebrants were invited to campus for a special day classes, liturgy, and cocktails and dinner to follow. We are grateful for all of the alumnae who participated, and in particular, those class cheerleaders who helped increase our attendance.

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REUNION 2018 · Outstanding Alumnae Awards The Outstanding Alumna Award recognizes three alumnae who have made significant contributions to their community and/or profession.

Each of this year’s Outstanding Alumna recipients have demonstrated dedication to the Goals of Sacred Heart education, commitment to excellence in their life’s work, a loyalty to Christian values, and selflessness in service to others.

During the Reunion Celebration on Saturday evening, Stone Ridge recognizes a Golden Outstanding Alumna (50 or more years since she graduated), Outstanding Alumna (1149 years since she graduated), and a Young Outstanding Alumna (10 years or less since she graduated).

Suzanne Cook, RSCJ awards Madeleine Ortman '63 with the Stone Ridge Golden Alumna Award Recipient, with Catherine Ronan Karrels '86, Head of School

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MADELEINE SOPHIE ORTMAN ’63 MADELEINE SOPHIE ORTMAN ’63, a witness to the impact of Catholic education, has fully embraced the mission of Sacred Heart in her life’s work. Her mother attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City, and Madeleine graduated from Stone Ridge in 1963, followed

by Barat College of the Sacred Heart where she earned a degree in Sociology. She also holds a Master’s in Education Administration from the Catholic University of America. She was the Executive Director of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools from 2003-2013, and had previously worked for Independent School Management for over eight years. She also served as the Assistant Principal at Our Lady of Good Counsel School and Palotti High School.

For the 10 years that Madeleine served as Executive Director of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, she made significant contributions. She initiated the 22 schools of the Network to move forward as a group; she worked tirelessly with individuals who needed her expert assistance, flying to any school in the country at a moment’s notice to help a Head of School or a Board with any challenge; and she served as the face of Sacred Heart education to the broader world of Catholic and independent schools by attending national meetings of the National Association of Independent Schools and the Directors of Catholic Education. She enhanced the reputation of Sacred Heart schools among educators. Her legacy of devotion to Sacred Heart education will live on through all the lives she touched.

Madeleine is enjoying retirement serving as an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels and Delaware Hospice.

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BETSY HOY SHIVERICK '78 BETSY HOY SHIVERICK '78 graduated from Stone Ridge in 1978 and Mount Holyoke College in 1982. With a BA in History, she went to New York City to work on Wall Street as a currency trader for the next 21 years. In 2003, she retired, went to design school, and has been involved in various restoration and design projects ever since. She recently produced a documentary based on the photojournalistic career of her father, Tom Hoy. She also set up The Thomas L. Hoy Photography Award at Stone Ridge with her mother, Barbara, and sister, Christine Hoy Gosnell ‘79, to honor his love and support of photography. This award is given to a student who displays outstanding dedication and effort during her study of photography.

Additionally, she and her sister started an endowed fund, The Thomas and Barbara Hoy Fund, for faculty development at Stone Ridge.

Betsy has also been an active member of the Stone Ridge community, serving on the Board of Trustees, and more recently, Betsy Hoy Shiverick '78, Stone Ridge helping to launch and chair the newly founded Head of School Outstanding Alumna Award Recipient Advisory Committee. Betsy and her husband, Paul, have been instrumental in the philanthropic work of Stone Ridge, providing tremendous guidance, leadership, and financial support in the early phases of the Cor Unum, One Heart campaign—aiming to build the “heart” of campus with a new Campus Quad and Student Life Center.

Betsy continues to make significant contributions to her community by serving on the board of the Fresh Air Fund, NYC and of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, FL. She is a commissioner on the Architectural Commission of Palm Beach. Betsy and Paul have four grown children and reside in Palm Beach, FL and in Southport, CT.

Young Outstanding Alumna CHARLOTTE VITAK ’13

CHARLOTTE VITAK ’13 has taken her love for building community and is making a difference on college campuses and in businesses across the nation. She graduated from Stone Ridge in 2013, followed by the University of San Diego in 2017. It was during her sophomore year when she started the “My Story” program. My Story is a three-part storytelling program that delivers a direct and tangible experience with empathy, diversity, community building.

As Charlotte was going through her first year of college, she explained that she noticed many groups of students were separated from each other by labels. They all had a similar goal of improving the diversity and inclusivity of the campus, but no one was talking to each other: Men didn’t feel invited to Women’s Center events, white students didn’t feel invited to the Black Student Union events, Asian students didn’t feel invited to Chicano events, and the list goes on.

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1 Class of 2008: (back row) Stephanie Douglas, Bridget Hurley, Erin Zepp, Mary King, Sasha Goldberg, Haley Holden, Molly Deale, Kim Pulford, Elissa Goeke, Jennifer Ali, Caroline Spruill, Rachael Moss, Caitlin-Marie Ward, Carolyn Sloan, Allison Beatley; (middle row) Anne Musica, Kavita Goyal, Carolina Acevedo Pardo, Miranda Ossolinski, Tori Willingham, Mimi Mian, Lauren Stentz, Nida Vidutis, Caroline Chapman, Liza Beckler; (front row) Colleen Shaffer, Robyn Schwartzman, Meghan Ball, Emily Herring

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Please contact Michael Anne Cullen '95 at macullen@stoneridgeschool.org if you would like to become your class correspondent for the Stone Ridge Magazine.

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MARION WOOLLEY MATTINGLY is overjoyed at the birth of her great granddaughter Marion. She is the 5th generation of Sacred Heart Marions in her family.

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BUNNY CREMEN KEESHAN bunnykeesh@comcast.net On June 2, SUSIE KENNEDY BAXTER and RHODA ACKERSON WEYR joined 12 of their former classmates at a luncheon for the 60th Reunion Class of Newton College in Chestnut Hill, MA. There was a Mass and brunch on the Newton College Campus of Boston College. Susie lives in Rhode Island and Rhoda in Maine.

BUNNY CREMEN KEESHAN is still living in NH at Woodcrest Village, Assisted Living, and missing her husband of 59 years. She is slowly returning to better health. Her family visits often since she kept their house for them. Seven grandchildren are grown up, 15 to 28 with two graduating from college in May and one from high school in June.

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ANNE DYER, RSCJ celebrated her golden jubilee of final profession in Rome with her friend, Betsy Hartson, RSCJ and 12 of their classmates from other countries. They spent a week at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Villa Lante, in Rome in preparation for a glorious celebration. It also included an audience with the Holy Father. She then returned back to Nantucket where she still works full-time at the Nantucket New School.

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LIZ LANGDON TEASDALE lizzieteasdale@gmail.com What a treat to be in Washington in April for our 60th Reunion! The Stone Ridge Luncheon was attended by PAULA SCHEID BROWN, who is very active with her children and grandchildren and with their house in Maine; OLGA WILSON FAIRFAX, who lost her husband Carl this winter; SHEILA BURKE FLANAGAN, who is still living in Connecticut and is heading to Dublin for a trip with her husband Eamon; DIANA PYLE ROWAN, whose husband Joe died the beginning of April, and who was accompanied by her lovely daughter, Tori; and LIZ LANGDON

TEASDALE who talked about her recent trip to Costa Rica with her children and grandchildren.

Thanks to ADELE KEOGH CAHILL they had a lovely dinner at the Chevy Chase Club with Adele and her husband Bob hosting. KIT BERTHOLF NICHOLS joined them from Concord, MA. ROSEMARIE LEONARDO FRANKINO drove down from Philadelphia and headed back the next day for a concert that she was chairman of in her new retirement community. ALMA HARDY GATES and her husband Harry were there – there was a wonderful article about them in The Northwest Current titled A Palisades Life: the Alma Gates Story. OLGA HUTCHINS RUSSELL and her husband Bill came – looking healthy and wonderful and with a picture of a family wedding with A LOT of people in it! MARY HEARNE BERLINGER reports from Switzerland that a book was written about her father, John J. Hearne, who drafted the Irish Constitution. FRAN CALL reports from Mercer Island that she is very active and healthy. FRANCES NEE DARBY is living in Chapel Hill, close to her children. And ANN HIGGINS STRUMPEN-DARRIE was unable to come as she was going to a fabulous theater production that night.

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MARY WILLIAMS SCHALLER mnschaller@verizon.net UVA DE ARAGÓN traveled to Havana, Cuba to participate in the Havana International Book Fair. She was also a guest lecturer at several universities about the bilingual edition of her novel “The Memory of Silence Memoria de Silence.” Uva is extremely proud of her four handsome a d u l t grandsons.

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1 Four generations of Marions, including Marion Woolley Mattingly ‘47 with her new great granddaughter Marion 2 Olga Wilson Fairfax ‘58, Rosemarie Leonardo Frankino ‘58, Adele Keogh Cahill ‘58, Alma Hardy Gates ‘58, Kit Bertholf Nichols ‘58, Bob Cahill, Diana Pyle Rowan ‘58, Olga Hutchins Russell ‘58, Harry Gates, Liz Langdon Teasdale ‘58, Tori Rowan ‘58 and Sheila Burke Flanagan ‘58 enjoy dinner at the Chevy Chase Club hosted by Adele and her husband Bob

MEREDITH RYAN BURNS and her husband just returned from a two-week Caribbean cruise. They have five grandchildren.

The eldest grandson will turn 21 years old on Meredith’s 55th wedding anniversary.

MARY CHRISTINE CARPENTER is now living near Gettysburg, PA, though she recently visited the Washington National Cathedral on a day when classmate MARGY COLLUM was giving a tour. The two classmates had a wonderful mini-reunion.

MARGY WILKINS COLLUM is now fully retired, allowing her to spend more time giving tours at the Washington National Cathedral every Thursday. Early in 2018, she and her husband John visited India and Bhutan.

They have two granddaughters. Margy was surprised and thrilled recently when she found classmate MARY CHRISTINE CARPENTER among her tour group at the Cathedral.

LIBBY MILLER FITZGERALD and her husband Paul love living in downtown Lynchburg, VA. They enjoy biking on nearby trails and in May 2018, they toured Croatia for two weeks. Libby is very proud of her Hill City Keys Project, now in its fifth year, whereby decorated upright pianos are placed in public spaces to be played and enjoyed by all during six months of good weather. Libby joined the recent March for Our Lives in DC. She has six grandchildren 3 including twins.

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LYNNE HOLLAND has been living on Capitol Hill for over 40 years. Her career has always involved fashion and interior design.

Now retired after years of being an exhibitor at Eastern Market, she plays a lot of Pickleball.

She enjoys visiting her sister Elisa HollandMcCaffrey '69 as often as possible.

NANCY SCANLON MEYER and her husband Tom are living quietly in Cincinnati, OH. Nancy is very active in her book clubs and she loves to visit the Joseph-Beth bookstore there, which is a mecca for booklovers. She recently had lunch with SR classmate, MARY WILLIAMS SCHALLER, and they spent more time laughing than eating. Nancy also loves travel and is now planning their next trip.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ continues judging. In June 2017, she and her husband toured France and visited family in California.

She belongs to several book clubs and loves her three grandsons.

MARY WILLIAMS SCHALLER and her husband Marty spent 2017 downsizing and moving to Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield, VA. In January 2018, they cruised the southern Caribbean and are planning a trip to Harry Potter World in Orlando later this year. Mary is currently working on a murder mystery series. At last count, she has over 2.7 million romance books sold worldwide. Her new hobby is model sailboat racing. She has three grandchildren.

NANCY KNIGHT SMITH writes that her life is on even track. She goes to the gym, and walks a lot daily, regaining her strength and working on improving her back strength. Nancy’s joy is her only granddaughter. Nancy and her husband Mike now live in South Carolina.

JEAN ANNE MCALLISTER TAYLOR is still doing real estate. She enjoys traveling and recently has been to Disney World, Dominican Republic and the Canadian Rockies. Later this year, she has plans to visit Alaska. Jean has two granddaughters, one of whom lives with her.

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GLORIA SOLA the.canadian.ecuadorian@gmail.com MARTA GARAYTA ARNOLD and her husband Bob have been living in Miami, FL for several years where she has made friends and re-connected with other friends. Aside from being President of the Board of Directors for her condominium association, she and Bob

enjoy traveling, often with MARIA LUISA ALBARRAN ALBA and her husband.

Although retired from teaching math at public schools, PAIGE MCGUIRK LARSON still keeps up to date by supervising math teachers for the University of Colorado. Paige is the proud grandmother of 8 grandchildren, all of whom live within 45 minutes of Boulder.

She still enjoys playing tennis several times a week. Recently she met up for lunch with MADELEINE ORTMAN who was in Denver for her work.

Congratulations to our classmate, MADELEINE ORTMAN for being named a Stone Ridge 2018 Golden Outstanding Alumna, a very well deserved recognition.

If you wonder what JAN ROSETTA SCHOCKNER has been up to just go to her website (rosettasculpture.com) and click on Process, then “Stream of Life.” In 2009, Jan won a commission for City Creek Reserve Inc. in Salt Lake City, UT. She has posted a description with pictures of the process which follows the making of her remarkable sculpture from the competitive submission to final installation in 2012.

MITSY TRAYNOR SWEENEY and her husband Paul have down-sized and moved into a two bedroom apartment.

Three of her children are married with four grandchildren and last year she welcomed a great granddaughter! She enjoys her time with church activities and being part of her charismatic community.

four times a week and in February completed the challenge her studio held to take 28 classes in 28 days. She is giving serious consideration to beginning a training program in the fall to be a yoga instructor. She belongs to the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild, taking and teaching classes.

In December, she published her second book of poetry titled Invitations: Poems of Yoga and Meditation. It features poetry based on yoga poses and meditations that arise from them, along with her original illustrations and available through her (wavewaltz@aol.com). She recently won second place in a contest sponsored by the Delaware Press Association for a short story, "The Storm," that appeared last spring in the book Rehoboth Reimagined, a joint effort of the Writers Guild and the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society and Museum. In addition, she is in the draft stages of a novel, and hopes that next year at this time she will be able to announce its publication. She continues to credit Stone Ridge, and especially Mother Joan Kirby, for encouraging her to write.

KAY DEFRANCEAUX LEONARD and her husband Jack are doing well and say “Aloha” from the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. They are in the process of negotiating the sale of their gymnastics school on Kauai and then they will sell their home and move back to Maryland.

Their granddaughter Alicia graduated from college and her grandson Ryan from high school. She looks forward to seeing everyone at the 55th reunion.

RUTH COLUMBUS WADE Sends “aloha” and a photo of their goodbye lunch with SANDY THEUNICK as she said a hui hou to Hawaii.

In March of 2017, MARY CATHERINE WILKINS left her long term home in Virginia and moved to Palm Harbor, FL. She now lives close to her brother Tom and his wife Kathleen.

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ANNE CAREY annecarey@me.com ELISE GILLETTE elisegillette@gmail.com For two different design projects, JACKIE ALBARRAN was awarded the most prestigious award in Palm Beach, the Ballinger Award, for historically sensitive design from the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.

After our wonderful reunion, PATTY WALKER ARMSTRONG switched into mother of the bride mode to prepare for the September 2017 wedding of her daughter, Becky Walker Armstrong to Benjamin Tunney in Point Reyes, CA. It was a beautiful day, made all the more wonderful by the presence of classmate, intrepid traveler, and great friend, SUSAN KEHOE! NICKY MURPHY HOLLAND and her entire family spent Easter in Kyoto, Japan for the Sakura Cherry Blossoms.

HELEN BRIGGS MCNEAL retired as the Founding Executive Director of the California State University Institute for Palliative Care.

Helen and her husband Allen plan to sell their home in San Marcos and move to their home in Sedona, Arizona. They would love visitors!

CHRISTINE COFFEY RYAN’s daughter Missy had a beautiful baby girl this past year named Fiona.

MARIE ROBEY WOOD toured Spain with her son Brian last April. They had a great time.

Marie thinks Spain is a truly magical country!

In addition, she is enjoying being a regular contributor to the political blog “Maryland Matters.” Her two grandchildren, George, who just turned three, and Helen Marie, one, keep her busy. Finally, Marie is very grateful to her Stone Ridge friends who reached out to her and provided so much support when her oldest son, Pat Wood, 41, passed away June 2017.

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CARROLL CONNOLLY DUNN sepcd13@gmail.com MARY MARGARET DUGAN’s mother, MARY MARGARET MURPHY DUGAN ‘41,

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CARROLL CONNOLLY DUNN continues to split her time between Chevy Chase and Kiawah Island, SC. She gets to see a lot of MARY ELLEN SULLIVAN KYLE and MARY MARGARET DUGAN. This past winter, GAEL DOAR spent three months on Seabrook with her husband so they were able to play golf together. Carroll’s daughter, CATIE DUNN MEEHAN ’01 recently had her second child, another daughter, so it’s fortunate that Carroll gets to spend a lot of time with the girls as Catie’s family lives in Charleston, SC. She is encouraging all classmates to make an effort to attend the 50th reunion next year!

LISA WICK KAMINSKI’s husband Charlie died unexpectedly last April. She has just retired from her career in human resources and plans to stay in the Seattle, WA area where her daughter, Catherine, resides. Her son, Wick, recently relocated to Austin, TX and her son, Ian, remains in Los Angeles, CA. MARTHA DONNELLY returned to the US after living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for almost eight years. While there, in addition to playing a lot of tennis, she was heavily involved in water issues. She also led the Women’s March in 2017 with an attendance of 2,000. Martha’s daughter, Jodi Paci '01 gave birth to a son, Beckett, in December. They reside in the DC area and although Martha wants to be close to her first grandchild, she has opted to live in quieter Charlottesville, VA. She hopes to re-establish her landscape design practice by offering fine gardening support to homeowners. She welcomes all referrals!

MARY ANN RE is in her tenth year as Director of the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America. Her work focuses on the development of programs promoting Italian language and culture for teachers; scholarships and competitions for students studying Italian and a national award for excellence in teaching Italian. She also manages relationships with the Italian diplomatic community and serves on boards of several academic and cultural entities.

She was “knighted” in 2012 as a Cavaliere of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Italy recognizing her work in this area. Her husband, Jim, recently retired having worked in emerging technologies and network architecture.

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LIFFEY THORPE lives in Brooksville, Maine, teaching a bit and serving as Communications Director at the nearby town academy. Her husband, Peter Suber, directs Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication so they commute a lot between Maine and Cambridge. Liffey has become an avid genealogist, and was recently certified by the Board for Certification 1 Fiona, granddaughter of Christine Coffey Ryan ‘67 2 Marie Robey Wood ‘67 with her son, Brian Wood, in Madrid, Spain 3 the courtyard of the North End Palm Beach Florida house (originally designed in 1923 by Addison Mizner), renovated by Jackie Albarran ‘67, receiving the 2017 Ballinger Award 4 Becky Walker Armstrong, daughter of Patty Walker Armstrong ‘67, at her September 2017 wedding to Benjamin Tunney 1

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of Genealogists. Her eldest daughter, Molly, lives in Athens, Greece and is a very successful calligrapher with two best-selling books and a third on the way. Her younger daughter, Lillian, received her Masters degree from the Pratt Institute in art history. She works as an assistant to the Director at the Nancy Margolis Gallery in Chelsea, NY.

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LISA GORSKI KOWALSKI lisakowalski650@gmail.com ZIBBY BRADY ANDREWS retired as Head Mistress in July. She’s down-sizing, painting, and watching her granddaughter twice a week. It's not a far leap from early childhood administration to the direct care of the cutest little one-year-old on the planet! She doesn’t feel old and says retirement is awesome.

CAROLINE “CARY” MCSHERRY BLACK splits her time between Vero Beach, FL and Lutherville, MD. She is over the moon about her grandson Tucker, who will be 1 in May. She currently enjoys Jeffrey Archer stories and Barre Core class.

After 33 years, MARY PRATT BRANDENBURG closed her acupuncture practice in March 2018. She’s renamed retirement “revisioning” and is looking forward to what’s next remaining generative, writing (memoir, essays and poetry) and riding her new horse named Stash! In addition to having more time to visit friends and children and grandchildren.

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ELLEN DUGAN is thrilled about the birth of her grandson, Cullen McCabe Brown, born February 5, 2018 to her daughter Michael Anne Cullen '95 and Matt Brown. Ellen’s mom, Mary Margaret Dugan '41, passed away just after celebrating her 95th birthday.

JANE WELSH leads a quiet life in Hamilton, NY and is very happy and busy with friends and her 3 year old grandson, Johnny. She retired from the practice of law. Her daughter’s brewery, Good Nature Brewing which is also located in Hamilton is doing well.

CATHY LYNCH DEICHMAN lives on an island on the Connecticut coast and works as a historian at the Mystic Seaport, and on causes ranging from legal aid for immigrants to removing plastics from the ocean. She has four children, five grandchildren, an aging golden retriever, and a lovely and patient husband. Her mom, 93, lives on the mainland.

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JANE O’CALLAGHAN EDWARDS and her husband Bob enjoy the charms of Frederick, MD, with Brian Boru, their 12 year old Bichon-Shihtzu. Jane toured Greece and some of the islands last year and is going to England. She dedicated a book to her aunt and has started a book of her own poems.

KAREN HORSTMAN KAMERICK and her husband Tony moved from Bethesda to Venice, FL in February and love it. Tony plays golf and Karen plays bridge. They joined the Venice Yacht Club and are involved with the charitable foundation. They play Bingo at the bar on Tuesday nights.

LISA GORSKI KOWALSKI is back in CA renovating her house, working in San Francisco, traveling, and loving her Pilates Reformer classes. Come visit!

SUSAN LEE TREVISAN MAHAN’s daughter, Carrie Trevisan Corwin '01, lives in Montana and welcomed baby Judah Edward on April 18, 2018. Susan is staying busy with kids, grandchildren, her husband Larry and dog Lucy. She’s looking forward to more trips to MT.

JANE PERINI and her husband Wib Middleton moved back to Maryland to be close to family and their Buddhist center, after 18 wonderful years in Sedona, AZ. They will continue doing design, writing 1 Cullen McCabe Brown, grandson of Ellen and photography Dugan ‘70 2 Carrie Trevisan Corwin ‘01 for magazines, and Judah, daughter and grandson of books, websites and Susan Lee Trevisan Mahan '70 3 Jane advertising for their Perini ‘70 and her husband Wib Middleton business, Thunder 4 Johnny, grandson of Jane Welsh ‘70 Mountain Design.

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E L I Z A B E T H WALLACE runs an Airbnb in Takoma Park, MD and volunteers for ACLU Montgomery County, focused on civilian oversight of law enforcement. She still plans to launch a citizen science neuroscience experiment to the ISS.

ESTELLE NOONE enoone05@gmail.com ELLEN BARLOW lives in Bethesda, MD and is a somatic movement educator and therapist in both private practice and teaching at Elements Fitness & Wellness Center in Glover Park, DC. She has pursued healing arts wellness and preventative care practices since the 1980s. Her life is spiritually enriched by the practice of Centering Prayer. In early May, she ran into Gretchen Bank '72 at a gala in NYC. Ellen plans on attending the 50th reunion.

A legacy of public art in Charles Town, WV is being created thanks to the efforts of CLISSY FRIANT FUNKHOUSER. Recently, three public art pieces were installed in the town including an angel wing mural, two mosaic murals, and a painted piano. Clissy invites you to come for a visit and see the amazing artwork.

ESTELLE SCHUMANN retired after working for 40 years in the information technology sector as a government contractor in the DC area. She is exercising, counting her steps, learning to play pickleball, being of service, taking fun classes, studying up on Medicare, reading, gardening, relaxing, and planning trips. Estelle wishes all her classmates turning 65 this year a ‘Happy Birthday’ and hopes all will reach out to others in the class to return to Stone Ridge for the 50th class reunion in 2021!

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GRETCHEN BANK gretchenbank@yahoo.com GRETCHEN BANK completed her Master’s in urban planning and policy at Hunter College/CUNY in December 2017, and focuses on resilience planning strategies for coastal communities, while consulting for architecture and engineering firms on strategic marketing and communications. She recently visited the spectacular Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR with niece Kajsa.

MARY-LOUISE (LOUIE) TRACY COATES’ second grandson George Arthur (Gio) Wasielewski was born March 14, 2018, joining older brother Gretchen Bank ‘72 with her niece Kajsa

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Last fall, VIRGINIA HAGAN made an All Italian Shrines pilgrimage with friends to Rome, Monte Cassino, San 1 Louie Tracy Coates ‘72 Giovanni Rotondo, Siena, snuggles with her new grandson, Assisi, Padua, Gio 2 Virginia Hagan ‘72 with Florence, her sheepdog Birkie and Venice. She also attended her 50th eighth-grade class reunion at Little Flower School. Currently, she trains her year-old Shetland Sheepdog Birkie for agility competitions.

On May 12, the Catholic University of America awarded MARIA (MARY) SUAREZ HAMM a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Honoris Causa, for her work at Centro Tepeyac, a pregnancy crisis center serving the Hispanic community. Mary spent 18 years at the center, 15 as Executive Director.

PEGGY PLUNKET HYLAND sends greetings from Yukon, OK. After more than thirty years of work and family life in upstate New York, husband Brian began a new career in 2016 as Associate Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the Museum of the Bible in Oklahoma City. Peggy looks forward to showing classmates around.

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K A T H Y J O H N S T O N HUTTO Kathhutto@aol.com The Class of 1973 enjoyed a small, but fun-filled 45th reunion weekend with KATHY DANIEL, SUSAN MANFUSO FARIES, ANNE FOLEY, KATHY JOHNSTON HUTTO, MONICA MONTAG, MAUREEN O’HAGAN LOBB and MYRIAM SPRINGUEL

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We're already planning for our 50th in April 2023!

1 Susan Manfuso Faries ‘73, Kathy Daniel ‘73, Maureen O'Hagan Lobb ‘73, and Myriam Springuel ‘73; (back row) Kathy Johnston Hutto ‘73, Anne Foley ‘73, and Monica Montag ’73 2 Maureen O'Hagan Lobb ‘73, Kathy Johnston Hutto ‘73, Anne Foley ‘73, Kathy Daniel ‘73, and Monica Montag ‘73 3 Ann Bierbower Lally ‘73 and Maureen O'Hagan Lobb ‘73 at the Lobb's Cotton Gin Festival in Bostwick, GA, in November 2017 4 Shatzi Duffy ‘71, Katherine Johnston Hutto ‘73 and Mara Duffy ‘75 5 Ann Bierbower Lally ‘73 and her husband John celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in Florence, Italy (at Georgetown University's Villa La Balze in Fiesole)

JULIE BUNT lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and sends her warm and happy wishes to her Stone Ridge classmates.

She challenges those of us who knew her to recognize fellow classmates in the “Sixth Class” school magazine photo she sent.

KATHY DANIEL continues to spend her retirement traveling – most recently to China and Tibet with KATHY JOHNSTON HUTTO, followed by a river cruise on the Danube and Prague. Scuba diving in the Revigiallo Archipelago is up next. Her son is thriving as a computer science major at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

SUSAN MANFUSO FARIES spends her time between Potomac, MD and Manalapan, FL. She and her husband, Tom, love spending time with their children, step-children and grandchildren.

KATE FARNSWORTH continues to work for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as a regional advisor. Since last August, she is back heading the disaster response team in South Sudan. Kate’s husband, Getachew Diriba, retired from the United Nations and self-published on Amazon a book about Ethiopian agriculture policy and food security.

Beach. Her husband, Stephen, works as Chairman and CEO of DHR International. Their three children are all doing well.

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K A T H E R I N E JOHNSTON HUTTO loves living in Winter Garden, FL. Classmates 5 MOIRA FORSYTHE and MAUREEN O’HAGAN LOBB have visited. And Shatzi Duffy '71 and Mara Duffy '75 came to visit as well. Katherine had not seen Shatzi in over 40 years! Katherine’s husband Rick continues as Executive Director for Global Initiatives at Central Georgia Technical College. Daughter, Katy, is a Financial Aid Counselor at Columbia University’s Teachers College and son, Martin, will finish at the University of Pittsburgh this year.

COLETTE COOPER GODFREY’s daughter graduated from Dartmouth and lives in ANN BIERBOWER LALLY and her Boston, MA. Colette watched her run the husband John celebrated their 30th wedding Boston Marathon under horrific weather anniversary this year in Florence, Italy. conditions. Her son works as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Treasury Secretary and awaits MAUREEN O’HAGAN LOBB works for word from Harvard Law School. Colette the Veterans Administration in Atlanta, GA. spends her winters in Naples, FL and continues She and her husband Will enjoyed a visit to to play competitive USTA tennis. She and 1 and 2 Sierra Faries, granddaughter of Susan Manfuso Meredith are planning a Faries ‘73, and Sierra with her parents Tom and Tori trip to Japan this fall.

2 Kathy Daniel ‘73 and Kathy Johnston Hutto ‘73 THEO TUOMEY HAYES is very involved in civic association, historic district and zoning battles in Palm

1 Mary Suarez Hamm ‘72, receiving her Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Catholic University of America 2 Peggy Plunket Hyland ‘72 with her husband Brian

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MAUREEN DALY KELLY mdalykelly@verizon.net

1988 The Class of 1983 began their 35th reunion at the home of STEPHANIE FARR LENNON with a lot of laughter and memories, and an appropriate dessert

1979

JULIE DORMENT KENNON juliedkennon@aol.com GINA MARIA JOHNSON SCHULZ ginamariaschulz@verizon.net

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Yosemite recently. Their sons, William and Anthony, continue to thrive in the Atlanta area.

CARRIE MALIA TAYLOR carolantaylor@gmail.com

RENEE MEIER was recently promoted at CBS where she is a Special Projects Producer and has covered specials such as the Super Bowl, Pope Francis and President Carter. She continues to raise money to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

1980

JULIE TIBBITS SCHWAB reports that all is good in Charlotte, NC. Beau and Stephanie live in San Francisco with their one year old daughter, Sloane. Teddy is in Charlotte in real estate. She stays active playing golf and pickle ball and will be going back to La Terriere this summer. The chateau they inherited is on the market if anyone is interested!

1981

MARIA SHRIVER has been focused on her children and her media company. Her most recent book, I’ve Been Thinking…: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life, is on the New York Times bestseller list. She is also devoted to raising funds and finding a cure for Alzheimer’s.

ELIZABETH MALIA CALHOUN e@jbjamesbrown.com

XYMENA SOLANO lost her battle with cancer in September. Xymena was a trauma nurse, humanitarian, first responder, environmentalist, political activist, and animal lover. She was connected to many of us through her Facebook page where she chronicled her experiences with honesty and humor. We will remember—and continue to be inspired by—her enthusiasm, love of life, pride in her Colombian heritage, and her commitment to improving the world around her.

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MARY ELLEN RUFF maryellenruff@gmail.com

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KATHY JOHNSTON BLACKWOOD Kfbfallon@aol.com MONICA SHAFFER KARO monica.karo@me.com KAREN HUNTT MASON karen@karenhuntt.com YVETTE TRUJILLO ROSE roseyvette1@gmail.com PARIS KEENA SCOTT paris.mk@att.net KIM MARINELLI VREELAND kimvreeland@gmail.com

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EILEEN WILLIAMS ejohwill2@aol.com

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ANGELA BARBANO EMERSON emersonab2004@yahoo.com

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LASANDRA HAYES lasandra.hayes@bmhs.org

JULIE BUCKINGHAM CARTER carterbuck@aol.com KATHLEEN O’SULLIVAN HURLEY kathleen.a.hurley3@gmail.com ANNE CLARK CHRISTMAN anne.christman@verizon.net

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CHARLOTTE FORD BIRCH cfbirch@gmail.com

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MONICA MEGAN DALY 1megandaly@gmail.com IDA SMITH LUDLOW idamac@me.com ANN COTE HOFFMAN writes that at the beginning of June, the last of her three girls, Nina, will graduate from High School and head off to Illinois Institute of Technology to study Physics. Her oldest, Louisa, graduated from Cornell and lives in Manhattan and the second, Anna, lives at home while attending community college and working. Ann’s parents are still well and living close by. She hopes all classmates are doing well.

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MARGIE MCCENEY mmcceney@yahoo.com ANNE MARIE BOLER KIRLIN amkirlin@comcast.net DONNA DAMSKEY WILLIAMS and her husband received their most precious Christmas gift unexpectedly early this past season, when their son, Clinton Baxter Williams Jr., arrived on 12/8/17. He was 6 weeks early and weighed 3lbs 13 ounces. They are all doing great and Clint Jr is growing like a weed! Being a mother is a dream come true for Donna and they feel so blessed!

LAUREL HILFIKER MCCARTHY laurel@carrymeaway.com LAURA BAPTISTE and her husband Brian welcomed their daughter Bernadine May into the world this past January. Laura says, “Our daughter Rosalia couldn't be more excited to be a big sister!”

ALANA GUNRAJ acgdds1@gmail.com

MARCIA FORDYCE has three children: Ava (5th grade), Preston (3rd grade) and Colton (1st grade). She’s been married to P.R. for 12 years and lives in Vero Beach, FL. She left private wealth management to stay home with the children, focuses on their school now and serves as the parents association vice president. She and her husband host various types of fundraisers.

A L A N A GUNRAJ is still a practicing oral surgeon, for 18 years now.

She’s married to a fabulous Brit, Graham, who owns a CrossFit Gym in Bethesda. She is very active in the SR community as Chair of LSPAC/SRPA. Her daughter, Roxy is a lifer at SR in the 3rd Grade, 5 years there now

Xymena Solano ‘89, who lost her battle with breast cancer in September 2017

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and loves it! She plays lacrosse for MC LAX, Crossfits, dances, and plays the piano and violin.

CERECE RENNIE MURPHY is working on a new fantasy novel called The Wolf Queen and the third book in the Ellis and the Magic Mirror series. Her 10-year-old son Aryeh is headed to middle school next year and her 6-yearold daughter Skye is taking over the world in 1st grade. She and her husband of 13 years, Sekou, are loving the honor of watching them become the people that God has put them on this earth to be.

ALYSSA LOGAN RICKELS reports her son Andrew (19) has just finished his freshman year at Colgate University. Peter (16) is trying to find time in his busy schedule to get his driver's license. Caroline and Claudia (13) graduated from 8th grade and will head off to high school at The Germantown Friends School. She and her husband Mike are still happily plugging away at their jobs and enjoying life with their busy family.

ANGELA POWERS SNYDER is back to teaching pre-K, but for MCPS and loves it. She has 41 students this year and is having a blast.

Her oldest son, Scott, is done with his first year of college and continues to work at the new Clarksburg outlets. Justin is a rising junior and working toward his Eagle Scout and Laney is starting middle school this fall pursuing her love for lacrosse, swimming and cheer. Angela is an active volunteer serving on her HOA board and with her local AOII alumnae chapter.

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LESLIE NAUSER SCHRADER leslie.schrader@ ketchum.com

CHRISSY FITZPATRICK MANN and her husband Jeff welcomed baby number four on March 16, Madison Grace. She was 8 pounds 1 ounce and 21 inches! Hannah and Mackenzie are 2 and Landon is 6.

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COLLEEN QUINN colleen_quinn@hotmail.com 1993 SUZANNE SULLIVAN sully823@hotmail.com

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The class of 1998 had a blast at their 20th reunion! Special thanks to the 1998 reunion committee for all their help to get as many friends and classmates together to celebrate the reunion and with all their help on the class party -— ALLISON COHEN, CAITLIN MYLER TAYLOR, CRISTINA CURCIO BRANDALEONE, LALY NOVEY MURPHY, AND LAUREN JAMIESON JOLLY.

MICHAEL ANNE CULLEN and Matthew Brown welcomed Cullen McCabe Brown on February 5, 2018.

MEGHAN DE ANDRADE and her husband William Cannon welcomed daughter Elliott Marie on February 9, 2018. This year marks her seventh year in Seattle and as a senior video producer at RUN Studios.

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EGAN DUFOUR CANNON egancannon@gmail.com CAROLINE GREEN fittongreen@gmail.com

NILAM SANGHVI and her husband Stephen Fogdall welcomed their son Jacob Earl Thomas on November 12, 2017. Jake joins their lively household of two dogs and two cats! Nilam also was recently promoted to the position of Legal Director at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

1996

ELIZABETH SATTERLEE ERSENKAL esatterlee@gmail.com MARGARET COMSTOCK and her husband Alex welcomed James Michael Watkins on April 5. He joins his big brother Robert “Bob” who is 20 months. They still live in New Orleans, LA.

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INGRID SCHULTZ MALCHAK malchakia@gmail.com KATIE STULL kes_20895@yahoo.com

1 Cullen McCabe Brown, son of Michael Anne Cullen ‘95, born February 5, 2018 2 Jacob Earl Thomas, son of Nilam Sanghvi ‘95, born November 12, 2017 3 James Michael Watkins, son of Margaret Comstock ‘96 and her husband Alex 4 Chrissy Fitzpatrick Mann ‘97 with her husband Jeff, newborn baby daughter Madison Grace, daughters Hannah and Mackenzie and son Landon 5 and 6 Elliott, daughter of Meghan de Andrade ‘98, born February 2018; Meghan with her husband, William, and daughter, Elliott 2

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Last year MAUREEN HARKINS BETZ left her position as clinical director at SOME and now works as a psychotherapist in private practice, as well as with the Office of the Public Defender. Maureen, husband Ben, and sons Leo (5) and Julian (2) live in Silver Spring, MD and are Maureen Harkins Betz '98 with avid Nationals fans! Maureen two year old is pleased to stay connected son Julian, her to Stone Ridge through youngest of two her sister-in-law, Melissa Harkins, Stone Ridge Upper School's Director of College Counseling.

MARI FUJISAKI is working as a staff writer at the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese national newspaper and is currently stationed in Sendai, the city hit by tsunami in 2011. She is writing about local and national news, as well as following the changes in communities and the people after the huge natural disaster.

Her husband, Hiroki Koizumi, is also working in the same company as a colleague and is currently stationed in Fukushima, which is one hour away from Sendai by car. Mari gave birth to their first son, Kouta Fujisaki on April 4th, 2018. On maternity leave she is staying at her parents’ house in 5 Tokyo.

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The Class of 1998 celebrates its 20th Reunion: 1 Molly Glaser Roy, Maureen Harkins Betz, Daniela Villacres, Brenda Bartlett Pellicane, Christina Papagjika, Cydnee Welburn Rafferty, Katie Clad, Christy Bowles Spring, Sara Maclay Singleton, Ashley Rock, Lauren Jamieson Jolly, Michelle Gorman, Allison Cohen, Meaghan Quinn Fortier, Mary Kurry McCormick, Kathleen Iwasaki Alker, Cristina Curcio Brandaleone, Chrissy Bailly, Caitlin Myler Taylor, and Laly Novey Murphy 2 Brenda Bartlett Pellicane, Christina Papagjika, Cristina Curcio Brandaleone, Lauren Jamieson Jolly, and Ashley Rock 3 Kathleen Iwasaki Alker and Cristina Curcio Brandaleone 4 Molly Glaser Roy, Christina Papagjika, Beth Palian, and Brenda Bartlett Pellicane 5 Lauren Jamieson Jolly, Cristina Curcio Brandaleone, and Brenda Bartlett Pellicane 6 Cristina Curcio Brandaleone, Daniela Villacres, Chrissy Bailly, Sara Maclay Singleton, Allison Cohen, Meaghan Quinn Fortier, Mary Kurry McCormick, Ashley Rock, and Brenda Bartlett Pellicane 7 Caitlin Myler Taylor, Clarissa Sandoval, Meaghan Quinn, and Margaret Hallowell

MELISSA MILITANO ISAACS and her husband Seth welcomed twin boys Jack and Charlie to their family last September. Charlie is blessed to have PRIYA GHOSH AHOLA as his godmother. Older siblings Molly and Dylan are great helpers. Melissa recently left Fidelity Investments to become Senior Counsel at CyberArk Software. Melissa has lived in Massachusetts since graduating from Stone Ridge. She attended college and law school in Massachusetts, and has lived in Melrose, MA for the past 8 years.

ELIZABETH SHIELDS LANG is living in Carlsbad, California with her husband Greg and their two kids– Teddy, 11, and Sadie, 9.

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C H R I S T I N A PAPAGJIKA’s musical, Kinky Boots, celebrated its 5th Anniversary on Broadway in April. With eight productions now

playing around the world, Christina and her team will open their 9th production, a UK Tour this September. Christina also recently launched an organization with Mark Ruffalo called We Stand United which works to bring attention to important social and political issues impacting our nation, in an attempt to create positive change.

THEA AGAPE VASQUEZ LIM and her husband, Gabriele Barbati, welcomed their daughter, Eleanor Michela Barbati Lim, on December 13, 2017.

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KATHLEEN RUYAK TAYMAN krtayman@gmail.com SOPHIA CURCIO BEAULIEU and her husband Stephen welcomed their first child Diana Casanova Beaulieu into the world in March 2018. They and their dog Niyah reside in Vienna, VA. Sophia is a Cyber Security Project Manager at Raytheon. Before Diana's

1 Lauren Jamieson Jolly '98, Kendall Strang Unikel '04, Cristina Curcio Brandaleone '98, Kathleen Gurzo Smith '01 enjoyed themselves on May 5th celebrating the Kentucky Derby 2 Elizabeth Shields Lang '98 with her family 3 Melissa (Militano) Isaacs '98 with her family: son Dylan (5), husband Seth, Charlie (8 months), Jack (8 months), and Molly (7) 4 Eleanor Michela Barbati Lim, daughter of Thea Agape Lim ‘98, born December 13, 2017 4 5 and 6 Cristina Curcio Brandaleone '98 and Cydnee Welburn Rafferty '98 having fun with their little ones at the SR ceramics class and cheering on the Varsity lacrosse gators over reunion weekend 7 and 8 Mari 7 Fujisaki '98 with her husband and newborn son, Kouta

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arrival, Sophia celebrated with several of her Stone Ridge alumnae family and friends at her baby shower on January 20, 2018.

KATE MOSESSO is enjoying a new career as a marketing writer/editor at a Chicago law firm. In her spare time, Kate studies and performs sketch and improv at Second City and other Chicago theaters. She was thrilled that MARISA SELLINGER FISHER and CHRISTINE FREUND MCHUGH made it to one of her Second City shows!

ELIZABETH PEREZ REILLY, her husband Adam, and their four year old son Anthony welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Mary Elizabeth, on June 16, 2017. They have been adjusting to and loving life as a family of four!

Mary Beth loves laughing at and watching her big brother and exploring the world around her.

2000

DENISE MENAKER MYLER denise.myler@gmail.com JACQUE BOROWSKI married Aldo Pineda on May 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA. LUCIANA MASSARO, MARY 1 PEDEVILLANO, JESSICA WOLF O’SHAUGHNESSY and Rebecca Adler Holland '02 were in attendance. Jacque works as a paralegal in Los Angeles.

1 Mary Beth Reilly, daughter of Elizabeth Perez Reilly ‘99 2 Sophia Curcio Beaulieu ‘99 with her husband and daughter, Diana, born March 2018 3 Christine Freund McHugh ‘99, Emily Townsend Flowers '02, Kathleen Rice Lowenthal ‘99, Sophia Curcio Beaulieu ‘99, Christine Kettmer ‘99, Andrea Scalco Dingwall ‘99, Charlotte Walker-Said ‘99 and Cristina Curcio Brandaleone ‘98 at Sophia's baby shower

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1 to 3 The daughters of Denise Menaker Myler '00— Quinn Evelyn, born April 2017, and Addison Rose 4 Jacque Borowski ‘00 and her husband Aldo Pineda 5 Christina Kukelhaus Ryder '05, Laura Kukelhaus, Anna Kukelhaus Dynan '00 and Monica Kukelhaus Miller '97 in Zion National Park

ANNA KUKELHAUS DYNAN took a girls trip to Zion National Park, UT with Christina Kukelhaus Ryder '05, Laura Kukelhaus, and Monica Kukelhaus Miller '97.

DENISE MENAKER MYLER and her husband Devin welcomed Quinn Evelyn Myler into their family on April 22, 2017 joining big sister Addison. They currently live in Chevy Chase, DC and Denise will be celebrating 11 years this summer at her firm, OTJ Architects.

JOANNA BOGADO SANTIAGO and her husband Matthew welcomed their new son, Andrew Karant Santiago, on June 7 at 8:56am weighing 7 lbs 5 oz. They also have a threeyear-old daughter, Laila, and currently live outside of New York City.

2001

COURTNEY GREEN groovdiva@gmail.com JESSICA SIRI jessings@hotmail.com

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M I C H E L L E MAXWELL HERB and her husband are elated to introduce their daughter, Rylie 4 Josephine Herb, to the world. She was born healthy and happy on January 10, 2018.

ALICIA MICOZZI became a Certified Firefighter at the end of summer 2017. She just completed her Masters of Science in Environmental Sciences, with concentrations in conservation biology and wildlife, as well as environmental law and policy. She is co-author on three chapters that will appear in the new, sixth edition of a standard health sciences textbook, on Ethnomedicine, Shamanism, and Cultural Origins, Western Africa: MagicoReligious Traditions and Contemporary Shamanism, and Traditional World Medical Systems: Hawaii, South Pacific & Philippine Islands; Alaska & Pacific Northwest.

CAITLIN MILLER attended the wedding of RACHNA ARORA and Adam Seip in New Orleans on December 9, 2016! The fabulous wedding started out with a baraat through the French Quarter, where she and BRIDGET CAMPBELL, CATHERINE DAWSON THOMAS, and ALISON SMITH danced their way to the ceremony.

PATRICIA NOTARIO has moved to Billings, Montana with her family of now three handsome boys. Her youngest, Martin, was born July 2017. She is working as a general pediatrician at the Billings Clinic and has helped open the first pediatric complex care program in the state. She hopes over time to build partnerships across the region to provide excellent care to this population of children. Do let her know if you are ever in Big Sky Country!

LUCY PANZA is a graduate of New York University (2006) and Georgetown University Law Center (2011) and works as Counsel in the office of Senate Democratic Leader Charles REBECCA ADLER E. Schumer. She lives in DuPont Circle and married Michael Holland is lucky to have her family nearby in Chevy on November 10, 2017, in Chase, MD. Her brother and sister-in-law, Kate a small ceremony at the Mullen Panza ‘10 blessed the Panza family Fairmont Washington, with Lucy’s nephew, Julian Gregory, in July DC. 2016. She loves spending time with 1 to 3 Rachna Arora ‘02 and Adam Julian and enjoying the ever-changing Seip were married on December 9, landscape of restaurants and activities 2016 in New Orleans, where Bridget in Washington, DC. Campbell ‘02, Catherine Dawson

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JULIA MAGEE RIGOLAGE and her husband, Adrien and their daughter, June, welcomed their son, Enzo Harvey to the family January 28, 2018. Julia works as a nurse at Suburban Hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab and in a surgery center in Rockville. She and her family live in Kensington, surprisingly close to Stone Ridge.

1 to 3 Jennie Gehringer '00 practices law in Newport, RI, where she and her husband Dan enjoy flying their plane, as well as traveling to California to compete on The Wheel of Fortune

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CHRISTINA SCALCO and her husband, Jason, welcomed their second son, Dominic, on December 28, 2017.

CONNY MASLYAR WULFF welcomed son Harbor Gray into the family on February 9, 2018.

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BRIGID MYLER brigidmyler@gmail.com DANIELLE VREELAND daniellevreeland@gmail.com JULIA RUMFORD BETHUNE lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and new son Elliott, born February 12, 2018. She continues to work for Burt’s Bees on their cosmetics business.

ANNA DOCTORS started working for Amazon Web Services in 2017. She and her husband, John, welcomed twin girls, Olivia and Cecilia, in January 2018.

DAPHNE KIPLINGER started a new job last fall as the Creative Services Manager at the headquarters office of KIPP DC, and works across the 16 KIPP public charter schools in DC doing graphic design, video, and photography. She and her husband, Dave Steadman, welcomed their first child, Amos, into the world on April 7!

KARA-GRACE L E V E N T H A L graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine 1 Julia Magee Rigolage ‘02 with her daughter, June, and son, Enzo Harvey 2 Harbor Gray Wulff, son to Conny Maslyar Wulff ‘02 3 the sons of Patricia Notario’s ‘02, including Martin, born July 2017

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DANIELLE VREELAND lives in NYC with her husband, Michael Ventura and is the PR Director for Zac Posen. She recently joined fellow classmates DAPHNE KIPLINGER, MOLLY MCGUINNESS SAXON, and BAHAREH SARAMI in helping recruit alumnae to attend their 15 year reunion.

KELLY MORGAN WILDER recently joined the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in the Fish and Wildlife policy and planning program.

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ALEXANDRA MASCIUCH LEWIS alexandra.lewis713@gmail.com MONIKA LUABEYA monikaml@gmail.com VICTORIA CARRUTHERS and her husband, Sebastian Paraud welcomed their 1 Kara-Grace Leventhal ‘03 and her husband, Steve Guzowski, at Match Day in March 2 members of the Class of 2003 at James Hoban’s Bar on April 27, 2018

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MAURA COOPER GUZEK and her husband Rob Guzek welcomed their son, Robert "Robbie" Stephen Guzek, into their family on September 11, 2017. Maura currently lives in Doylestown, PA and loves being a mom to Robbie!

1 Blake Alexander Lewis, son of Alexandra Masciuch Lewis ‘04 2 Victoria Carruthers ‘04 with her two sons, newborn Maximilian and big brother Lucas 3 Robbie Guzek, son of Maura Cooper Guzek ‘04

ALEXANDRA MASCIUCH LEWIS and her husband Colin are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Blake Alexander Lewis, on July 17, 2017. They reside in Toronto, Canada. Alexandra is enjoying a year of maternity leave with Blake before returning to Baker McKenzie LLP where she works as an intellectual property lawyer.

Medicine. Brittany and her husband, Matthew, are thrilled to have 3 welcomed a daughter named Margaret (Maggie) in March, who joins their son Alexander, 3 years old.

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second son, Maximilian, in 2017. Big brother Lucas is overjoyed to have a partner in crime.

MICAELA MAZZARELLA mazzmc5@gmail.com MARY KATE FUNARI ABBADESSA works at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, collaborating nationally on improving pediatric sepsis outcomes. She is completing a post master’s Pediatric Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary Kate and her husband Matthew live outside Philadelphia with their son Christopher and wheaten Molly!

ELEANORE ALEXANDER is a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is working as an Associate Program Officer at the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She is proud to have just completed the DC National Women’s Half Marathon as a guide to a blind runner.

MARY BONNEY is Director of Production at Crypt TV, a digital horror company. She oversees all filming and loves being on set with all the blood and monsters! Mary also helped found a networking group for women in the industry and mentors several up and coming filmmakers. She still has lunch every weekend with her sister Kate Bonney '08.

KAREN FARRELL is a field organizer with VA Victory, the Democratic Coordinated Campaign, in Prince William County, VA, where she lives with her husband Dan, dog Brigid, and cats Sadie and Julia. She was honored to be the matron of honor at LAURA PANG LYONS' wedding in May! BRITTANY DYE JOHNSON is currently working as an emergency medicine physician at Novant Health/ UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center near Charlottesville, VA. She recently passed her emergency medicine board exams, becoming board certified through the American Board of Emergency

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MAGGIE COOPER KENNER works for Quotient Technology on the sales strategy and enablement team. She and her husband Richie recently bought their first home in Cincinnati, OH where they live with their two fur-babies, a cat and a Cavapoo.

LAURA PANG LYONS and Chris Hautman Lyons were married on May 5, 2018 at Liriodendron Mansion in Maryland. Their matron of honor was KAREN FARRELL and bridesmaids were ALYSON FALLER and MOLLY KESZLER. Classmates in attendance were MICHELLE HILL, GABRIELLA BARROW, AMRITA GOYAL-O’LEARY and SHANNON HOCHMAN. Laura is a government contractor (attorney and management consultant) at Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Chris is a research associate at Leidos/ NIH who recently obtained his masters in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.

ALEXANDRA MARCINIAK works for Goldman Sachs in London where she runs 1 Mary Kate Funari Abbadessa ‘05 with her husband Matthew and son Christopher 2 Brittany Dye Johnson ‘05 with her husband Matthew, son Alexander (3), and newborn daughter Maggie 3 Eleanore Alexander ‘05 at the DC National Women’s Half Marathon

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marketing for EMEA equity trading. She is also completing her MBA at Columbia and London Business School in a joint program between New York and London.

MICAELA MAZZARELLA lives in DC with classmate ANNIE CAMPBELL and works for Deloitte Consulting in their commercial Human Capital practice. She loves living so close to friends and family! Micaela especially loves spending time at her nieces and nephews.

CAITLIN O’CONNELL has received her law degree from Georgetown University and currently works as an associate at Ropes & Gray in New York City.

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1 Laura Pang Lyons ‘05 and Chris Hautman Lyons at their wedding with Karen Farrell ‘05, Alyson Faller ‘05, Molly Keszler ‘05, Michelle Hill ‘05, Gabriella Barrow ‘05, Amrita Goyal-O’Leary ‘05 and Shannon Hochman ‘05 2 Micaela Mazzarella ‘05 with nephew Rowan, youngest child of Alanna Mazzarella Hart ’00 3 Andrea Uku ‘05 4 Linda Pear ‘05 and her daughter Greta Takacs Pear, born December 24, 2017

LINDA PEAR and her husband Dan Takacs welcomed their daughter Greta Takacs Pear into the world on Christmas Eve. They adore being parents, and they especially love that she gets to join them everyday at Snapdragon Montessori School, the one room toddler school they run together in Cambridge, MA.

SUSAN WATKINS works as a Director of Customer Success at Contactually, a DC startup. When she’s not in the office, she’s teaching classes at District Pilates, a Reformer Pilates studio in DC. She loves having SR alumnae in her pilates classes!

SINTHA RAJASINGHAM received her Masters in Business Administration at Dartmouth. She lives in New York City with her dog, George, and works for Boston Consulting Group.

ALLISON BUTTS allison.butts@gmail.com

KATHERINE REDMAN earned her Masters in Nursing from Georgetown University and is working as a Family Nurse Practitioner for the Cincinnati Health Department. She is loving being a midwest transplant, especially since MAGGIE COOPER KENNER lives down the street!

MARY RUBINO is beginning her Masters in Business Administration in the Fall of 2018 at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania while continuing to work at Booze Allen Hamilton.

CHRISTINA KUKELHAUS RYDER is the Senior Brand Manager at Anthropologie, overseeing marketing for home, beauty and marketplace businesses. She and her husband, Nick, recently welcomed Dagny, a rescue border collie mix, to their family.

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KELLYN MAHAN kmahan88@gmail.com

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CLAIRE CLARK NOWLIN claire.nowlin@gmail.com CARA SULLIVAN sullivanc11@mail.wlu.edu AGNES SIBILSKI and Aaron Montgomery were married July 15, 2017 in Honolulu, HI. They recently graduated from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD and were promoted to rank of Captain (CPT) in the U.S. Army. They are moving to Honolulu to start their respective residencies at the Tripler Army Medical Center. Agnes will be a pediatrician.

LAUREN MCGLOCKTON SMITH married Jarron Smith, a consultant at Ernst & Young, on July 8, 2017. The couple met at the University of Pennsylvania where they both attended college, after which, they both attended ANDREA UKU has been living in NYC for Columbia University for graduate school. almost nine years now. She is the US Editor Lauren is currently an attorney with Skadden Arps in New York. The couple held their wedding at St. Dominic Catholic Church 1 Lauren McGlockton Smith ‘07 1 and reception at the National Museum of and her husband, Jarron Smith, on their wedding day Women in the Arts.

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ANNE ELISE DROZDOSKI adrozdoski206@gmail.com ELISSA GOEKE elizabeth.goeke@gmail.com 2

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STEWART hiked the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas of Nepal. Together they summited a peak of 17,769 feet.

ANNE ELISE DROZDOSKI graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on June 2, 2018, receiving her DO degree. She begins her Family Practice Residency at Penn State Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Reading, PA this July. Anne Elise continues to sing at church and has run several Philadelphia races over the past year.

ROBYN SCHWARTZMAN recently moved back to Durham, NC to start a new role as a quality engineer at a small medical device company. She is excited to be back in the land of the pines and to explore all North Carolina has to offer. She will also continue to serve excitedly as a member of Stone Ridge’s Alumnae Board from afar.

ERICA WASHINGTON graduated from NYU School of Law in June 2017 with her JD. After taking the North Carolina Bar Exam, she moved to Durham, NC, where she began working as a staff attorney with the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. Through the Center, Erica represents inmates on death row and works on initiatives aimed at eradicating the death penalty.

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SAMANTHA FIRSTENBERG s a m a n t h a . f i r s t e n b e rg @ gmail.com TAYLOR DOUGLAS moved to Brooklyn, NY last June to start her combined medical residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. She will complete her residency in 2022.

1 Dr. Anne Elise Drozdoski ‘08 in front of Philadelphia City Hall following her graduation from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 2 Alina Marty Chester ’08 and Christina Stewart ‘08 hiking the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas of Nepal

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CHEYENNE CURLEY cheyennecurley5@gmail.com

1 Bridget Hurley '08, Stephanie Douglas '08, Robyn Schwartzman '08, Taylor Douglas '09, and Christine Antoniou '10 at Stephanie and Taylor's graduate school graduation celebration 2 Elizabeth Gerber ‘10 and her brother while on vacation in Antelope Canyon, Arizona 3 Katie Suarez ‘10 in Africa working for Partners in Health 4 Maria E. Salvador ‘10

DANIELLA STANTON KANYER and her husband, Chad, are excited to announce the birth of their second child, a daughter, Camila Marie. Chad, Daniella, their two year old son Deacon and Camila now live in Texas, but travel back to DC regularly.

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MEGHAN CONLEY meghanconley6@gmail.com MARGARET CRILLEY margaretcrilley@gmail.com ELIZABETH GERBER lives in Washington, D.C. working for IBM as an infrastructure cybersecurity consultant for the U.S. Air Force; also leading IBM's Public Service Women's Networking Group. Elizabeth continues to be an avid tennis player, outdoors enthusiast, traveler (trying to chip away at the long bucket list), and regularly volunteers at S.O.M.E. which brings back many memories at Stone Ridge!

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SHAWN GANNON shawngannon3211@gmail.com COLLEEN ZORC colleenzorc@gmail.com CAMILLE CLANCY is currently completing a dual MPH/Physician Assistant degree at Northeastern University in Boston. She is scheduled to graduate August 2019.

KATHARINE FUNARI has completed her Doctorate in Optometry from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry while concurrently working on her Masters in Public Health. She has been offered a residency position in pediatrics, vision therapy and neuro-rehabilitation at The Eye Institute of Philadelphia for this coming year.

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TABITHA CORE tcore@elon.edu

MEGHAN QUINN graduated from medical school at the Uniformed Services University and is excited to stay in Bethesda to continue her training in psychiatry at Walter Reed. She is now a Lieutenant in the US Navy.

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KATIE SUAREZ was selected as a 2017-2018 Global Health Corps Fellow, sparking her to leave her private equity consulting role in Chicago for rural Rwanda to work for Partners in Health (PIH) as a Business Analyst for Clinical Operations. She is working directly with the executive director of PIH Rwanda to establish a strategic plan to double the number of midwives and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In her spare time, she volunteers with a sport-for-development

GRACE HEMMING began her college years with adventure. Traveling to Europe, she started her summer in Seville, Spain studying Spanish and then began her college studies in Rome.

She then went back to Northeastern University for her second semester and is currently back in Seville, getting college credits.

MADDIE SPARROW has brought her Callithump editorial skills to Duke, joining the staff for The Standard a multidimensional digital publication, as well as becoming a leader of Department Of a satirical magazine.

In addition, she has also been tutoring local elementary school children.

ABBY WEIMER took a gap year to work and travel to China, where she is studying Mandarin. In the fall, Abby will begin her studies at the University of Chicago.

KELLY FALVEY kaf4fa@virginia.edu

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LINDSAY BRATUN lindsaybratun@gmail.com ELLIE BLAKESLEE, a graduate of The Catholic University of America with a BA in drama, will begin studies in October in a twoyear MFA program in Collaborative Theatre Making at Rose Bruford College in London.

TYLAR CLARK reports that she married a fellow chemist and University of Maryland alumnus, Alfonso Winters, on May 26, 2018. They live in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, MD where Tylar is pursuing her PhD in physical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.

CHEYENNE CURLEY has spent the year learning how to navigate the ins and outs of Italian streets and travel. She spent her fall in Florence, interning and attending Italian language school. Now she is an Au Pair in Milan and continuing with her language studies. She will attend Wellesley College in the fall.

HELENA TORRES-SICLAIT embarked on a journey to Columbia, where she studied at Universidad de Los Andes and volunteered with impoverished Columbian children ages 2-9. Helena will attend New York University in the fall.

ELIZABETH BURDETT emburdett13@gmail.com

BRAEDEN LOVETT will be attending The Georgetown School of Medicine class of 2022.

MARIA E. SALVADOR completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy degree at Lynchburg College, VA in May 2017. She also completed her pre-DPT training from the same college in 2014. She is a staff physical therapist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC. She is also a Certified Athletic Trainer. She moved to Columbia Heights, DC this past summer.

nutrition NGO in her village and travels around Eastern Africa.

MEGAN LYDON mlydon@umich.edu

CAROLINE ZORC has spent the year in France studying at Institut de Touraine and experiencing French culture. She has travelled to many European cities and been visited by some of her classmates, including SOPHIA CIATTO, GRACE HEMING, and EMMA TOPERCER. Caroline will attend Notre Dame this fall.

1 Katharine Funari ‘11 2 and 3 Tylar Clark ‘14 and Alfonso Winters were married on May 26.

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Mary Margaret Murphy Dugan '41 Mary Margaret Murphy Dugan '41 served as a shining light for Sacred Heart legacy. Having been a lifer at 1719, Sacred Heart’s first campus in DC on

Massachusetts Avenue, NW, she was an advocate and supporter of the mission and of the wider Stone Ridge community. Her daughters and granddaughters followed her path in the Stone Ridge lineage, Mary Margaret Dugan '69, Ellen Dugan '70, Michael Anne Cullen '95, Mary Margaret "Cissy" Wells LeStrange '00, and Caroline Cullen Barker '06.

Mary Margaret continued to be involved at Stone Ridge through serving on the Alumnae Board for many years and being an invested grandmother as well.

She lived a long, active life with her loving family. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac, MD. She passed on May 2, 2018, at the age 95.

Born on April 1, 1923, a native Washingtonian, she was the only child of Mary Margaret (nee Cannon) and Edmund Murphy. For 53 years, she was the devoted wife of Joseph A. Dugan, MD who predeceased her. She attended Trinity College of Washington, DC. She is survived by her six children, Joseph A. Dugan Jr. (Kay) of Rockville, MD, Dr. Mary Margaret Dugan of Charleston, SC, Dr. Ellen Marie Dugan (Dennis) of Chevy Chase, MD, J. Timothy Dugan (Karen) of Rockville, MD, Michael P. Dugan of Boca Raton, FL, and Thomas C. Dugan of Manhattan Beach, CA, and by her 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Mary Margaret Dugan with her granddaughter Michael Anne Cullen '95, and daughters Ellen Dugan '70 and Mary Margaret Dugan '69

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In Memoriam

Notices as reported to the School as of June 1, 2017.

To notify the School of a death please contact Michael Anne Cullen '95 at 301.657.4322, ext. 376.

Stone Ridge extends our sympathies to alumnae, current families, and current faculty and staff who have lost loved ones.

K.C. BERRY

MARY CLARE JOYCE KOSCH

Brother of Kayla Berry '14 and Parker Berry '17

Mother of Mary Kosch Hopkins ’82

AGOSTINO SANTO BUTTINELLI, SR.

JAE P. LEE, MD

Father of Allegra Buttinelli ’01 and Mia Buttinelli Owen ’03

Father of Tania Lee Morris ‘85

LYNN SEARS BYANK

NORALYN LUMBRE

Grandfather of Kalil Mathura ‘23

Mother of Maria Kristina Lumbre ’11 and Marinella Nicole Lumbre ’16

MARY CAMPBELL CALDWELLSH

DAVID LYONS

Mother of Alison Caldwell Bliss ’02

Husband of Catharine Nicolaides Lyons ‘77

KATHLEEN LAUGHLIN CAMPAGNOLO

ANNE MCDONNELL-MARTIN

Mother of Ann-Casey Campagnolo ‘90

Former Lower School Faculty

AMY ROSE CANTILENA, MD ‘04

WILLIAM PATRICK MCINERNY

Sister of Caroline Cantilena ’10 and Anna Cantilena ’16

Husband of Jackie Wimsatt McInerny ’59

LOUIS R. CANTILENA, MD

JASMIN MARQUARDT NAWAB ’83

Father of Amy Cantilena ’04†, Caroline Cantilena ’10, and Anna Cantilena ’16

JOHN EDWARD NOLAN Father of Carol Nolan Klatt ’70

LYNN CHALMERS Mother of Jennifer Chalmers Balbach ’87

JOSEPH O’MALLEY Father of Julie O’Malley ’75

ALICE COULBOURNE Mother of Sandra Blakeslee, Upper School Faculty, and grandmother of Elnora Blakeslee ‘14

ELAINE O'SULLIVAN Mother of Kathleen O'Sullivan Hurley ’80; grandmother of Bridget Hurley ’08

LTG (RET) JOHN HOLLOWAY CUSHMAN Father of Constance Cushman ’64, Cecelia Cushman Bohannon ’65, and Kathleen Cushman ’67

LESLIE H. PIERCE, JR., MD

MARY MARGARET MURPHY DUGAN ’41

LAURA RICHARDSON ’68

Mother of Mary Margaret Dugan ’69 and Ellen Dugan ’70; grandmother of Michael Anne Cullen ’95, Mary Margaret Wells ’02, and Caroline Cullen Barker ’06

Sister of Amy Richardson ’72

CARL FAIRFAX

JOE ROWAN

Husband of Olga Wilson Fairfax ’58, father of Grace FairfaxSR

JOAN GALLAGHER Mother of Kimberly Gallagher O'Connor ’91 and Jackie Gallagher Conrad ’94; aunt of Lauren Irani Snocker ’92 and Kristin Irani ’88

ROBERT HOLLENSTEINER Grandfather of Alice Hollensteiner ’16, Katherine Hollensteiner ’21 and Mary Hollensteiner ’23

WILLIAM ELLIOTT HOMA Husband of Terri Loges Homa ’85

MARIA KAVANAGH Mother of Carol Kavanagh McGinley ’66, Patricia Kavanagh ’67, Maureen Kavanagh ’70, Kathryn Kavanagh Baran ’72, Mary Kavanagh Sherry, Anne Kavanagh Stroh (Barat College, SH) and Marcia Kavanagh Dodge† (Barat College, SH)

Father of Elizabeth Pierce ‘04

MARGARET-MARY BURGER ROSE ’65

Husband of Diana Pyle Rowan ’58

ELIZABETH SHEARMAN, RSCJ ‘46 XYMENA SOLANO ‘89 PATRICIA SULLIVAN Mother of Maureen Sullivan Kelly ‘91

JOHN SWAGART, JR. Husband of Suzy Swagart, Former Staff Member

KARIN STUEBBEN THORNTON Mother of Nalini Thornton Rogers ’77, Past Trustee

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