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– The mission of The Barstow School is to promote sound scholarship and to give symmetrical development to mind, body and character.

Welcome

From the Head of School

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Dear Barstow Friends, elcome to the 2013 issue of The Barstow School Magazine, and welcome to one of the busiest school communities I have ever had the pleasure of overseeing. We are active and engaged every single day in all divisions, as we

continue to prepare our enthusiastic learners for their futures.

Our focus this year – for students of all ages – has been our desire to continue

our development of a globalized learning community. What is that? It is an environment in which the method and structure of instruction is more varied and richer in content and technology than ever before in Barstow’s history. How do we make a globalized learning community? It is a process through which we

equip our children with the tools and skills to navigate the real world in real time.

In this magazine you will see articles explaining the three core components of globalized learning. We have put iPads and iPad minis in every Lower School student’s hands; we have created a Hybrid Learning Consortium; and we have established a school in China to have a bricks and mortar presence with Barstow curriculum in a new area of the world.

My abbreviated thoughts on these topics are thus: 1. Children and technology go hand in hand – kids are very intuitive regarding technology. Online classes are a critical supplement to our curriculum and teaching and will prepare students for their tertiary experience

Head of School Shane Foster, Barstow's 17th head of school, has led the community since 2008.

where online learning is becoming the norm.

2. We have, in Barstow’s extraordinary history, always participated in global outreach efforts, particularly with China.

3. Lastly, Barstow has always been an innovator, not a follower. While other schools may choose to copy or utilize existing programs, Barstow has chosen to excel by creating innovative programs that generate the educational opportunities for our children.

All of our initiatives take time and energy to implement, and I am grateful for the help of many faculty, parents and alumni in diversifying Barstow. Please feel free to contact me and let me know how you would like to participate. Maybe you can teach an online class, or have ideas about technology or travel. I am eager to involve the entire Barstow community in realizing our goals.

Best regards,

Shane A. Foster head of school shane.foster@barstowschool.org

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Around Barstow News in Brief

Upcoming Events

Broadcast Center Expands TV Production

Second Annual Mind. Body. Character. 5k.

Thanks to generous donors

October 5, 2013

who gave to last year’s Fund-a-

The second annual Mind. Body.

Need project and to the work

Character. 5k. at Barstow features

performed during the summer,

a 5k run/walk, a one mile kid's

the Barstow Broadcast Center

fun run and a wellness expo

is now operational! The new

with information and demon-

center has significantly upgraded the school’s video

strations by sports medicine and

production and broadcast capabilities. The studio and

rehabilitation specialists from St. Luke's South Hospital.

control room have been renovated, equipment installed

Barstow's own Nurse Bonney will offer flu shots. After

and cable run to the gym and the auditorium for live

the race, participants will be treated to a feast presented

feeds. Enrollment in the btvn class has increased,

by Fresh Grill. Register today at sportkc.org or visit

and more Lower and Middle School students will be

www.barstowschool.org/5k for more info.

involved both on camera and behind the scenes in production. In regard to athletics, Director of Digital Literacy Sean Holmes said, “By the end of the year, our broadcast of athletic events will rival Metro Sports.”

Brady Legler ’07 Exhibits in Embry Gallery Opening reception – October 18, 2013 Barstow's Embry Gallery will host a one-man show of the

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Barstow Garden Adds an Orchard

work of Brady Legler. The show

As an expansion of the Barstow

opens October 18 at 6 p.m. with

Garden program, an orchard

a free open house reception

has been planted on the

and runs through November 15.

northeast corner of the school

Legler reinterprets nature and everyday objects such

campus. Director of Barstow

as geometric shapes in a style that is uniquely elegant.

Gardens Sarah Holmes has

From his beginnings in graffiti art, Brady has since

done an outstanding job of leading the effort to create

branched from out from “temporary art” to highly

the new orchard. Barstow partnered with The Giving

sought-after paintings. His color palette is bright and

Grove, a local nonprofit that harvests excess produce

vibrant, with bold textural elements and unexpected

from community and school gardens to distribute at

color combinations. He paints a world flowing with

local food pantries. Planted by middle school students,

vital energy. Brady’s work has been seen in Elle Décor

the 26-tree orchard includes apple, pear and plum

and the New York Times. He is now launching his high-

trees. Students are gaining hands-on experience in

end diamond jewelry line in New York, Los Angeles and

sustainable gardening, food sources and nutrition while

the United Kingdom, and he has started a handmade

serving the food bank network of Kansas City.

wool/silk rug company out of Nepal.

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Around Barstow

Play It Forward Auction Series

Mark Twain Lecture Series

Online Auction – Dates TBA, fall 2013 Children's Auction – February 21, 2014 Auction Evening – March 8, 2014

Dates TBA: Oct. & Dec. 2013, Feb. & Apr. 2014

Play It Forward. At Barstow everyone

series of lectures on Mark Twain:

wins! Barstow's annual fundraising

Seasons in the Life and Works of

event now features three

a Missourian in the “Territory.”

exciting ways to participate.

Dr. Roark researches crime,

The Online Auction presented

punishment and gender performance in nineteenth-

by The Barstow Alumni Board

century American literature and culture, and specifically

consists of three sessions of online bidding open

in the works of Mark Twain and antebellum writers.

to the entire Barstow community. The Children's

He earned a Ph.D. in this field in spring 2013. Dr. Roark

Auction, designed for families and children, boas

has taught at the University of Missouri–Kansas City,

ts food, games and prizes for all ages. The adult's

The Art Institute of Kansas City and is beginning his

fun Auction Evening is the traditional auction

eighth year at The Barstow School. Dr. Roark is currently

event highlighting student service projects in addi-

revising a book manuscript – a process that influenced

tion to a silent auction, raffles, Fund-A-Need and fun!

the four lectures in this series. Stay tuned to Barstow for

Visit www.barstowschool.org/auction2014 for more info.

further details on dates and times.

Barstow English teacher Dr. Jarrod Roark will deliver a

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From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees

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reat things are happening at Barstow! It’s easy to say that as both a Barstow parent (Taylor ’12 and Preston ’15) and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Why? Simply, we are blessed with an outstanding and supportive community of

alums, parents, faculty and staff. Personally, I’m fortunate to be surrounded by a very talented and diverse group of Trustees who put “Barstow first” in so many ways.

Today, the school is enjoying record enrollment and finding that many grade levels now need to be closed to ensure that we meet our low faculty-tostudent ratio objectives. This is because of the outstanding leadership of our head of school, Shane Foster. Barstow is differentiating itself in many ways, and it’s important that we remain open minded to the school’s endeavors.

Allowing ourselves to easily highlight the school in the marketplace will allow us the opportunity to grow upon our own successes – leaving a strong foundation for years to come. Examples of differentiation include our new Hybrid Learning Consortium, the Global Education Program and Kansas City’s very first 1:1 iPad program in the Lower School, just to name a few.

Combine this with the school’s successes in athletics, arts and academics, and you can easily see why the school is clearly blazing a path in the Kansas

Jim Schwartz is the Chairman and ceo of npc International, Inc., the world’s largest franchise operator of Pizza Hut restaurants.

City market.

Moving forward, your Trustees are focused on key objectives that support the school’s overall mission, “to promote sound scholarship and to give symmetrical development to mind, body and character.” We do not forget

that “it is about the kids!” You will see continual development of Barstow’s unique approaches to differentiation in the future while all the while keeping the school fresh, vibrant and state-ofthe-art. But frankly, we could not be successful without your continued support either trusting us with your child’s education, your time or your financial support (or all of the above!).

My personal thanks to all of you!

Jim Schwartz barstow board of trustees chairman

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School Leadership

2012–2013

Photo by Todd Race

Board of Trustees

Seated—Susan McGee ’76, Pete Lacy ’88, Jim Schwartz, Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 and Amanda Morgan ’94.

Standing—Wendy Marvin, Bill McCollum, Tom Whittaker ’83, Andy Funk ’98, Shane A. Foster, Whitney Sunderland, Doug Dockhorn ’82, Jenny Waldeck ’90 and Richard English. (Not photographed—Quinton Lucas ’02, Lisa Mirabile and Bill Zollars.)

2012–2013 board of trustees

2013–2014 board of trustees

executive committee

members

executive committee

members

Jim Schwartz

Tom Bash*

Jim Schwartz

Susan Belger Angulo ’76

chairman

Andy Funk ’98

chairman

Richard English

Pete Lacy ’88

Quinton Lucas ’02

Pete Lacy ’88

Quinton Lucas ’02

vice chairman

Wendy Marvin

vice chairman

Wendy Marvin

Doug Dockhorn ’82 treasurer

Amanda Morgan ’94 secretary

Richard English member-at-large

Tom Whittaker ’83 member-at-large

Bill Zollars

Bill McCollum Susan McGee ’76 Lisa Mirabile Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 Dr. Whitney Sunderland Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90

ex-officio

Bill McCollum

Doug Dockhorn ’82

Lisa Mirabile

treasurer

Lisa Prophete

Amanda Morgan ’94

David Seay

secretary

Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79

Andy Funk ’98

Dr. Whitney Sunderland

member-at-large

Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90

Tom Whittaker ’83

Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86

member-at-large

Shane A. Foster head of school

ex-officio

Bill Zollars

member-at-large

Shane A. Foster

member-at-large

head of school

* Deceased

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Higher Learning in

The Lower School

iPads have become a staple in the Lower School, such as in this vocabulary lesson in Mallory Forst's kindergarten classroom.

Text by Todd Nelson

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walk through Barstow’s Lower School is a sensory experience: walls covered with art, the strains of music wafting through the air, laughter emanating from classroom and common areas, sunlight streaming through skylights and

windows, and comfy reading nooks in every classroom. While learning in Lower School may look and feel very different than in years past, today’s Lower School experience still embodies Mary Barstow’s mission for her school: to promote sound scholarship and give symmetrical development to mind, body and character. >> Todd Nelson is the assistant head of Lower School at The Barstow School. In addition to his administrative duties, Todd has a passion for art, which he taught for 13 years. Outside of school, you're likely to find him on his mountain bike or spending time with his family.

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Photo by Todd Race

Lower School

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teachers and peers to have in-depth

and three oversized touch screen

arstow has long been a

discussions and ask questions about

televisions. These technological

technological innovator, early

content they have already explored

additions allow teachers and

independently.

students to expand their learning

to adopt cutting edge technology

The Lower School iPad program

to enhance student learning. The

to all corners of the globe. Lower

Lower School is the latest division

helped Barstow students to com-

School students take “virtual” field

to diffuse the newest innovation by

municate and compete in the

trips online and communicate

incorporating a 1:1 iPad program. Barstow brought iPads to the Lower School in fall 2012.

“We started the school year with 120 iPads on mobile carts,” says Head of Lower School Judith Yount. “We quickly learned that wasn’t and teachers exploded with creativity.” In January 2013 an additional 200 iPad minis were purchased, giving every child

Photo by Todd Race

nearly enough. The students

in the school, from preschool through grade 5, their own iPad. Barstow is the only school in

This fall, Shannon Hellebusch's prekindergarten class harvested the first pumpkins from the Early Childhood outdoor classroom gardens.

the region to have individual iPads

worldwide ePals–Smithsonian

with students in partner schools

for students in Lower School.

Invention Challenge, with six

around the world.

The iPads support Barstow’s goal

Barstow fourth graders winning

of individualizing learning for every

awards in the international com-

student. Already we have seen the

petition and the entire grade level

iPads used to create flipped class-

bringing home the coveted Thomas

room environments, where students

Edison Award for the high number

watch videos, listen to teachers

and quality of entries for young and

region, specific curricular enhance-

explain introductory content, and

talented inventors.

ments have been added. In addition

participate in other preview activi-

In addition to the iPads, Lower

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o ensure that Barstow's Lower School experience is

the best elementary education in the

to Spanish language study in kinder-

ties for the next day’s assignment

School now has Apple TV in

garten through grade 3, students in

on their own time. This allows

every classroom, wireless enabled

fourth and fifth grades can choose

students to use their time with

projectors in every classroom

to study Spanish or Chinese as their

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Lower School foreign language. Lower School

opportunities that are linked to our

Extended Care program, Lower

music curriculum has also expanded

classroom curriculum,” says Early

School students can choose classes

in acknowledgement of the current

Childhood Team Leader Danica

ranging from lego WeDo robotics,

research on the cognitive benefits

Love. “Children are able to observe

to hip-hop dance.

of instrumental music instruction.

and engage with the plants in an

Beginning in third grade students

ongoing basis as they observe the

now have weekly guitar instruction.

life cycle of a plant.”

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ince 2007 Lower School student enroll-

ment has increased by 15 percent, while maintaining a classroom cap of 17 students. In addition to an increase in the number of students enrolled in Lower School, more families are choosing to remain at Barstow.

Several grades in Lower School have 100 percent retention,

Photo by Todd Race

Olivia is one of 122 new students who started at Barstow in August 2013. Improved student retention and new enrollees have increased Lower School enrollment 15 percent since 2007.

The Early Childhood outdoor

grade chose to return for the next school year.

This growing attraction of Barstow’s Lower School, coupled with an emphasis on helping students transition from

classroom provides opportunities

students explore and expand

Lower School to Middle School has

for our youngest learners to explore

their literacy skills, Barstow has

led to an expansion of the fifth grade

their world, make observations and

added Jolly Phonics to the literacy

this fall. Barstow now offers four

interact with their environment

development toolset. This phonics

classrooms in grade 5. The expanded

through the use of musical instru-

program coincides with Barstow's

grade gives students a stair step, or

ments, a stage for dramatic play,

mission because it draws upon

scaffold, into the self management

easels for painting and drawing, and

brain-based learning theory to

required in Middle School.

three gardens.

blend kinesthetic and aural learn-

“The Early Childhood teachers continue to expand the vision of an outdoor classroom where children have meaningful learning

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To help early childhood

meaning all families in the

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What’s next? “The sky’s the

ing into students’ acquisition of

limit,” says Judith Yount. “Right now

letter names and sounds.

we’re reinventing the idea of class

Learning continues even after the closing bell rings. In Barstow’s

field trips. Look for ‘expeditionary journeys’ in the near future.”

The Future of Learning:

Photo by Todd Race

Barstow OPens ONLine

Tori Ball '13 was one of the first Barstow students to participate in Hybrid Learning Consortium classes. Here she reviews discussion posts from her online Introduction to Business class.

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Text by Sarah Hofstra dding AP Psychology to the course offerings in Barstow's Upper School has long been a wish of students and faculty alike, but finding the appropriately credentialed instructor and time in the school day have proven difficult barriers to

overcome. Enter Andrea Gartman, Barstow admissions counselor with a Master of Psychology and a passion for education. Appropriately credentialed instructor­—check! But how to make the schedule work? Between student activities, full course loads and a full time job for the instructor, the hours of 8 am–5 pm were booked. Or were they? >>

Sarah Hofstra is the Director of the Hybrid Learning Consortium. In her eight years at Barstow, Sarah taught first and third grade. She has a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in Technology and Learning from Michigan State University.

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Hybrid Learning “One of the beauties of teaching

the foundation of successful educa-

“Independent schools like

online is that students and teachers

Barstow are at the forefront of

tional practices with the 21st century

don’t have to have schedules that

innovative teaching and learning,”

digital skills needed to keep up with

coincide,” says Gartman. “We can all

says Director of Hybrid Learning

the quickly changing higher education and professional world.

Online learning is common in higher education, and is

"Independent schools like

quickly spreading through k–12

Barstow are at the forefront

schools. Eight states already

of innovative teaching and

require online classes for high

learning. But we must work

school graduation. However, classes taught in hlc are dif-

collectively to enhance

ferent than many of the online

opportunities for our students,

learning opportunities currently

expanding and deepening

available. Not only are Barstow’s Photo by Todd Race

learning experiences."

Sarah Hofstra's graduate work in Technology and Learning led directly to the launch of Barstow's Hybrid Learning Consortium in 2012.

own quality teachers receiving the professional development and ability to create their own courses, but the hlc maintains a maximum of 17 students per class. These small class sizes keep the deep connections between

learn on our own schedules.”

Sarah Hofstra. “But we must work

students and faculty, which has

AP Psychology is just one

collectively to enhance opportuni-

long been a hallmark of the Barstow

example of how and why Barstow

ties for our students, expanding and

experience. There is no lack of rigor

began offering online courses

deepening learning experiences.”

in hlc courses, either. For example,

in 2011 and created the Hybrid

in the first semester of offering AP

Learning Consortium (hlc) in 2012.

and China to schools in Florida and

Psychology, half of the students

The hlc is a collective of inde-

Wichita, students in hlc classes

earned 4s or 5s on the College Board

pendent schools conceived of and

work collaboratively with peers

AP exam administered at the end of

executed by Barstow, offering 25 on-

from around the world. Barstow’s

the course.

line courses to students in member

own talented teachers, selected

schools, globally. The consortium

teachers from consortium schools

is spreading. hlc teachers and

grew to six schools in just one year,

and carefully interviewed experts in

administration are invited

with many more poised to join in

the field are instructors in the hlc.

speakers at three national confer-

the 2013–2014 school year.

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From as far away as Australia

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The hlc’s online classes combine

Word of the hlc’s success

ences, including the International

Hybrid Learning By The Numbers Association of k–12 Online Learning (iNACOL). In addition, the first annual hlc Symposium, Building an Online Learning Community for Collective Success. was hosted on Barstow’s campus in June 2013.

Attendees and speakers from seven states addressed the research and best practices in online learning and integrating technology. The symposium also provided workshops for

Hybrid Learning Consortium

2012 Hybrid Learning Consortium founded 25 Courses currently offered 6 Member schools 4 Countries represented 4 Continents represented

educators from Barstow and other attending schools to collaborate and

Who is participating?

share experiences.

Barstow alums can become part of this exciting new educational

The Barstow School Kansas City, Mo.

Gymnasium Lohbrügge Hamburg, DE

venture, no matter where you may live. If you are a passionate educator or a content area expert in your field, you can apply to be an online

Shorecrest Preparatory School St. Petersburg, Fla. The Barstow School of Huizhou Huizhou, CN

The Independent School Wichita, Kan.

instructor. If you have school-aged children, they can enroll in hlc courses in addition to their regular

Hybrid Learning Consortium member schools map as of August 15, 2013

Launceston Church Grammar School Launceston, AU

school course load. If your alumni children are attending an independent school other than Barstow, hlc membership for the school would be an opportunity as well.

Or perhaps you have relationships

For more information about the Hybrid Learning Consortium, contact Director of Hybrid Learning Sarah Hofstra at hybridlearning@barstowschool.org or 816-277-0337.

with international schools and educators that would benefit from partnering.

Barstow, always at the forefront of innovative education, continues to pave a path for students to prepare for the future.

www.hybridlearningconsortium.org /HybridLearningConsortium

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How to Make A

Cold Room Warm Barstow in China

The southern China city of Huizhou is home to The Barstow School of Huizhou. A delegation of Barstow administrators and teachers visited the site in February 2013.

Text by Mark Luce

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o much depends, in teaching, on being able to read a room. These clues, physical or audible, help teachers understand how to tailor their approach in order to be effective. Over the years, such skill becomes innate, it’s not something

we even consciously think about. We react, kids follow.

Except when they don’t. >>

Mark Luce teaches Upper School English and Art History. He serves as English Department Chair and Director of Humanities.

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On a Saturday morning on the

as I thought I was.

There were uncomfortable silences,

23 floor of a nondescript skyscraper

But as I gave my introductory

but gradually the students started

in Shenzhen, China this past March,

remarks about how we approach the

speaking up. Smiles emerged, even

Boston-based Cambridge Consulting

Humanities at Barstow and looked

a wheelbarrow full of international

hosted a school fair. These fairs

around the room – I got nothing in

laughter when a young man queried

attract thousands in this modern city

return. I was working, as comics say,

“Did William Carlos Williams drink

of more than 15 million, as Chinese

an extremely cold room.

beer before writing this?” That

rd

parents increasingly look to remove

At one point during this opening, I looked for a familiar face. I caught

their children from the drive and

question led to another, “Why did William Carlos Williams write this?”

My response was automatic.

grind of Chinese state education.

This means sending their chil-

“I don’t know.” In the study of

dren either overseas or trying to

literature we don’t care what

find a private school in the area.

the author intended, what he

In order to show what exactly

or she meant, I continued. I

we do at Barstow (and look to fill

pivoted back to the phrase that

our remaining slots reserved for

I ban for my own students, “I

Chinese students), I was asked to

don’t know why Mr. Williams

teach a short lesson.

wrote this, I just care how you

So I chose what I do every year for the sophomores: William Carlos Williams’ short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow.”

It goes like this: so much depends upon

respond to the poem, what you

Video stills coutresy of Kellye Crockett

Photo courtesy of Sarah Hofstra

Global Education

a red wheel barrow

get out of it.”

And with that, the demonstration was done.

A fellow American sitting next to me, Lars Ojukwu, who works for Cambridge Director of Humanities Mark Luce leads a discussion on “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams in China.

over and said, “They have never

glazed with rain water

Headmaster Shane Foster’s eye, and

beside the white chickens.

little help, please. I am dying here.”

never had someone translate what I

heard a teacher say ‘I don’t know.’”

gave him my best disguised “Um, a He simply gave a knowing grin.

Perhaps it was because I have

Consulting immediately leaned

Thanks, man.

So I did what I do in the class-

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ver the spring and into the summer, dozens of par-

ents, students and former students

was saying. Perhaps it was because

room. I forged ahead and taught.

have asked me, their doubts written

I speak too fast. Perhaps it was

A student volunteered to read the

clearly on their visage, “We are

because I am not as culturally savvy

poem, and I started to ask questions.

opening a school in China?”

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Yes.

them employees whose kids need

China as a number of schools have

We could talk about global

to be taught. Or we could talk

expressed interest in partnering

positioning in the marketplace, how

about how The Barstow School of

with us. Will this all work?

China and other countries repre-

Huizhou actually works: Our part-

I don’t know.

What I want to speak to Photo courtesy of Shane Foster

is how we respond to these changes. As anyone who has graduated from Barstow knows, our teachers specialize in skepticism. But they also possess passion, innovation and creativity. And an education that privileges critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication in writing and speaking should be something we want to export.

But how, the grumblers

Open house visitors tour classrooms at The Barstow School of Huizhou before new students arrive for the 2013–2014 school year in Huizhou, China.

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grumble, does this help my student here in Kansas City?

sent opportunities to explore our

ner OVO Schooling of China has

As Mrs. Barrett-Browning so

innovation in online education and

procured a space and now enrolls

famously said, “Let me count the

our holistic approach that teaches

students; our partner Cambridge

ways.” First, established Barstow

students (wherever they are from)

Institute of International Education

campuses in other locales create

the hallmarks of success in Western

provides consulting advice and is

the potential for study abroad in

education. We could talk about the

responsible for expenses related to

a different context. Students who

need for new revenue streams in

our teachers. Our instructors teach

would travel abroad for a couple of

order to help keep tuition costs here

a curriculum based on the one we

weeks or for a semester would be

at Barstow in check. We could talk

teach at Barstow. Barstow gets

getting instruction that would be

about the Special Economic Zone in

tuition for each student enrolled.

an intellectual sibling to what they

Huizhou, and the lack of an inter-

Thus, we have no expenses – only

receive at Barstow. Or, let’s think

national school there. How multi-

long term benefits. In short, we

about cultural exchange – sixth

nationals from Germany, Britain,

provide our expertise and receive

graders in China and at Barstow

Korea, the States and countless

revenue that flows back into the

working together on geography

other countries will take advantage

Kansas City campus. There are plans

projects on their iPads, or trading

of these locations, bringing with

to explore further partnerships in

lines from the Bard via Skype and

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Global Education then sharing blog entries. We just

teachers are dedicated; and our

school should have never let in boys.

created the possibility of students

alumni have gone on to rewarding

Plenty thought we’d close just years

from Huizhou coming to Barstow

lives and careers. So, why would we

after moving to a giant field on State

for summer programs. We just

even mess with China?

Line Road. You see, perseverance,

added exponentially to our

creativity, dedication and the

already innovative Barstow

willingness to push ourselves

Hybrid Learning Consortium.

And if the educational benefits are not compelling enough, our Kansas City campus

have helped build Barstow.

"While these new opportunities

While these new opportunities

carry the anxieties of a cold

carry the anxieties of a cold

room, they also carry promise

benefits financially from this

room, they also carry promise and innovation.

and innovation."

arrangement.

I don’t know what the future

We could of course just

holds for The Barstow School of

keep doing what we’re doing.

Huizhou. I do know that while

Our enrollment is at an all-time

Because that’s who we are. Mary

visiting the school – while it was

high; our student body gets

Barstow probably shouldn’t have

under construction – I saw a red

increasingly more diverse and

started a school for girls in Kansas

wheelbarrow.

they perform incredibly well; our

City in 1884. Others would say the

That was enough for me.

Why China? Why Now? A Timeline of Barstow's History in China 1979 A group of 26 Barstow students, faculty and alumni travel to China to forge a relationship with a sister school in Shanghai.

1986 Junior Gina Beck is awarded first place for her Chinese essay in the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation contest.

1980

1984 Barstow receives a grant for teaching Chinese language from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Robert Demeritt is hired to chair the Chinese language program.

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1990 Robert Demeritt is one of seven individuals designated as a Carnegie-Mellon Fellow to establish national norms for teaching Chinese at the secondary level. Once norms were established, standardized placement exams and AP tests were developed.

1990

1988 Gina Beck travels to Beijing to present her essay, read in Chinese, at the Third International Symposium on Sino-American Journalism.

Barstow opens a partner school, The Barstow School of Huizhou, in Guangdong Province.

2000

2010

2010 Plans begin in earnest to enroll Chinese students in Barstow through an ongoing and formal process.

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The Barstow School Class of 2013 on graduation day, May 20, 2013.

With Appreciation...

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utstanding donors created outstanding results for our 2012–2013 school year! Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, alumni, parents of alumni and friends who contributed gifts to the Annual Fund and

other projects last year. I am also grateful to our new Annual Fund Parent Advocates who helped spread the word that there is no single gift more important than a gift to the Annual Fund. Your giving, including that to the 5k Run/Walk and to the iAuction, helped strengthen and sustain the extraordinary opportunities of a Barstow

Pat Oppenheimer director of development

education. I am pleased to see parent and grandparent participation on the rise, and I look

Thank You! 2012–2013 annual fund

With your support we exceeded our 2012–2013 Annual Fund campaign goal of $600,000 by raising $709,051.

Thank you for your generosity!

forward to what we can achieve in the years ahead.

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2012–2013 Donor Report Photo by David Riffle

Financial Information 2012–2013 Revenue

Major Improvements

2012–2013 Expenses

2012–2013 Tuition 81%

• New Barstow Broadcast Center

Wages and benefits 58%

• Driveway improvements Academics 13%

• iPads and iPad minis for Lower School

Facilities and food 13%

Other earned revenue 13%

• Solar panels to generate electricity

Fundraising and endowment interest 6%

• Guitars for instruction in the Lower School

• An orchard to enhance the Barstow Garden

Administration 6% Debt service 5% Capital improvements 5%

Who Gives?

Constituent donors by percentage of all Annual Fund gifts

Parents 33% of all gifts (39% of solicited group)

• New recreation area for Middle School

• Online classes for Upper School

Alumni 27% of all gifts (13% of solicited group)

Trustees 1% of all gifts (100% of solicited group)

Foundations 15% of all gifts

Grandparents 3% of all gifts (14% of solicited group)

Parents of alumni 8% of all gifts (14% of solicited group) Corporations & businesses 7% of all gifts

Others 7% of all gifts

Armillary Society

iAuction

2012–2013 Donor Report. Thank

Armillary Society donors have given to The Barstow School in each of the last five years or longer. The Armillary Society exemplifies the culture of philanthropy at Barstow, and we thank you!

you to everyone who responded

Annual Fund

Our annual auction took the form of a festive, fun evening on the Barstow campus. In this document, donors who contributed to the “Fund Our Mission” project of the Barstow Broadcast Center are also included in this listing. The auction benefits the Annual Fund.

to the call to make a charitable

Barstow is grateful for all gifts made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 directed to the Annual Fund. Donations to the Annual Fund support operations of the school and ensure our continued excellence in education.

Donor Report key to symbols

The following pages contain the

contribution to Barstow. >>

Specific and Capital Gifts

5K Sponsor

It is with gratitude that we acknowledge donors who have made a donation to support a specific need at the school. We are also thankful for our donors who made capital campaign pledge payments. Donors for the year 2012–2013 are mentioned here.

We are grateful to the sponsors of our first annual Barstow School Mind.Body.

Character. 5K. Run/Walk and Wellness Expo. With their support, we attracted everyone from serious runners to young children crossing a finish line for the first time.

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2013

Tree Day One of Barstow’s most treasured traditions is Tree Day. Generous gifts to Tree Day keep our campus beautiful and sustainable.

In place for decades, this tradition provides a special way to honor or remember someone.

Booster Club Sponsor Corporate sponsors of the Barstow Booster Club provide funding for the club’s support of our student athletes, coaching staff, trainers and athletic programs.

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Donor Report Donations received between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 Standards High Society $50,000 and above Anonymous Mr. and Ms. Charles L. Bacon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars

1884 Founders Society $25,000 – $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fox

The Jackson Family Mr. Ethan Jackson ’05

Dr. Max G. Jackson

Mrs. Martha Lay Kaaz ’57

David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation Mr. James M. Kemper, Jr. Morgan Family Foundation

Mr. Chad King and Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morgan

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Morgan

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rock

Second Century Society $10,000 – $24,999 Elizabeth Hart Anderson and Judson Woods ’13

Anonymous Barstow Booster Club

Barstow Parents' Association

Dr. David Dockhorn ’80 and Dr. Michelle Dockhorn

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanson

Mr. John W. Jordan II

William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank Trustee Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’59 and Mr. James T. Lacy* Miller-Mellor Association

Mrs. Anne Norquist Patterson ’61 and Mr. Craig W. Patterson

Mrs. Anne Potter Russ ’78 and Mr. Norbert Russ Mr. and Mrs. James K. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Don Walsworth, Jr. Walsworth Publishing Company

Ada K. Brann Society $5,000 – $9,999

Anonymous Bank of Kansas City

Mr. and Mrs. Brad W. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Butch

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Coker

Mr. Steve Crossette ’79

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dusselier

Hosfield Benefit Services, LLC

Mr. Brent Walz and Mrs. Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86

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Mr. Chad King and Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Anand Kuppuswamy

Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92 Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 William C. McGowan Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. McGowan

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers

Mpress Norquist-Robinson Foundation

Ms. Denise Osment

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Prophete

Dr. and Mrs. William O. Reed, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William Rosenthal

Mid-America Retina Consultants Mr. and Mrs. James Stinson

Mr. Blaine Tucker and Dr. Nereyda Nunez Tucker

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wilson

Richard H. Sears Society $2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous Dr. Stewart Babbott and Dr. Cecelia Babbott Dr. and Mrs. Chris Bagby Northland Bone and Joint Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barnett Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brooks, Jr. Mr. Joel Brous ’88 and Mrs. Carrie Brous Mr. Douglas Dockhorn ’82 and Mrs. Stephanie Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Craig Evans Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fenaroli Mr. Andrew Funk ’98 Mrs. Anne Thompson Gartner ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Gerson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Grabowsky Mr. Sean Hart ’87 and Ms. Katie Hart Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kanan Michael and Susan Ketchmark Mr. Mitchell Krasnopoler and Ms. Susan Cohen Dr. Phillip J. Lucido and Dr. Mary Lynne Lucido Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Frank B.W. McCollum Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. McCreight Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy McNeive Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III

key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased

Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor

Tree Day Gift Faculty Donor Trustee Donor

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Mr. David Neihart ’79 and Mrs. Wendy Neihart ’79

Mrs. Annabel Fisher Nutter ’49 and Mr. James B. Nutter

James B. Nutter & Company Mr. and Mrs. Tom Olson

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Pierson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Terrence E. Putney

Reed Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Reed Mr. and Mrs. Piyush S. Sampat

Schultz Foundation

Mr. Norman C. Schutlz Mr. Brock A. Shealy and Ms. Lori A. Kallaher Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sims Dr. Peter Tadros and Dr. Deanna Tadros

Mr. and Mrs. John Top

Mr. John Waldeck and Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76 Mr. Thomas Whittaker ’83 and Mrs. Loren Whittaker

Barstow Society $1,000 – $2,499 1215 Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Kansas City

Ms. Suzanne E. Allen

Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews Anonymous (2) ARAMARK Facilities

Aristocrat Motors Dr. Jay T. Backstrom

Ms. Sara Bacon ’08

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Ball

Ball's Food Stores Mr. Thomas Bash* and Mrs. Janet Bash Big Biscuit Restaurants Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bray

Mr. Grant Burcham and Mrs. Wendy Hockaday Burcham ’80

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Christifano, Sr.

Dr. Ingenue Cobbinah Mr. and Mrs. Feilim Coyle

Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson

The Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Douglas Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey

Mr. Gregory A. Dunn and Ms. Kim S. Summers

Elsberry Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Elsberry

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Elyachar

Mr. and Mrs. Richard English Mr. and Mrs. John Felton Mrs. Marguerite Peet Foster ’43*

H.O. Peet Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Shane A. Foster Fry Orthodontic Specialist

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2013

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Frye Ms. Henrietta Gates ’68

Ms. Cynthia Gibson ’66

Gunnard and Charlotte Johnson Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75

Mr. David Hall and Mrs. Laura Hockaday Hall ’83

Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Hawley

Hen House Markets Mr. Thomas Higgins and Mrs. Paget Gates Higgins ’59 Mr. Kristopher Hisle and Mrs. Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87

Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 Husch Blackwell, LLP

J.B. Reynolds Foundation

Mr. R. Philip Bixby ’72

Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Bixby III

Mrs. Kay Bixby-Haddad ’67

Mrs. Nancy Bixby Hudson ’70

J.E. Dunn

Jenkins and LeBlanc

Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knief

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knoflicek

Dr. and Mrs. Parvesh Kumar

Lacy & Company

Mrs. Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lashbrook

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lopatofsky

BillSoft, Inc Mr. and Mrs. John Maiale

Dr. Timothy Martin ’81 and Dr. Janice Martin

Mrs. Georgette Carkener McConnell ’61

Mr. David Mombello and Mrs. Laura Mombello ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Murphy

Northland Bone and Joint

NPC International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence O'Brien

Ms. Pat Oppenheimer Mr. John Passanisi and Dr. Carrie Grounds

Dr. and Mrs. Amar Patel

Mr. and Mrs. Karthick Pattabiraman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothhaas

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sanders

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Scott J. Orange, LLC

Scott-Hollar, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Seay

Mr. and Mrs. Zachary H. Shafran

Dr. Paul Sheeran and Dr. Marita Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Scot Snyder

Mrs. Laura Riss Stanford ’74

Stinson Morrison Hecker

Dr. Jacob S. Stueve and Mrs. Marianne Swaney-Stueve

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Donor Report Barstow Society continued Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sunderland

Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Dr. and Mrs. Frank Totta Mrs. Elinor Tourtellot ’61

Piersol Foundation, Inc. Ms. Kirby Upjohn ’66

Mr. and Mrs. James Velghe

Mrs. Sherrard Wallingford

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Weaver

Dr. Janet M. Williams

Dr. Jarrod Williams

Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Yagan

Mr. and Mrs. Wei Zhu

Knights Society $500 – $999 Mr. Daniel Abitz and Mrs. Diana Johnson Abitz ’75

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andracsek

Anonymous (2) Mr. Christopher E. Beal

Drs. Ravi and Mala Bhagat

Mr. and Mrs. George Birt

Mrs. Kara Kessinger Brittingham ’83

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bruennig, Jr.

Mrs. Jill Stewart Bunting ’61

City Thrift

Class of 1962

Class of 1972

Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61

Mr. Aidan F. Coyle ’12

Mr. Roy G. Crooks

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. DePew

Mr. Guilherme Doretto ’99

Dr. and Mrs. Do Doretto ’72

Mrs. Melissa Smith Elliott ’57

feng boutique

Mr. Jim Francis Mr. Rob M. Franz ’97

Jonathan Freiden and Rebecca Dragon-Freiden Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City

Barbara and Gene Funk

Mrs. Lathrop M. Gates

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Georgie Mrs. Barrie Carter Gibby ’66

Mrs. Barbara Gillen

Global Tank Leasing Gould Evans Associates

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Guthrie

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Hamann

Mr. Tim Harkins and Ms. Lori Schelm

Institute of International Education

Mrs. Alison Bartlett Jager ’68

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Dr. Bradley R. Jenkins and Dr. Jill Jenkins Mr. Cliff C. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kahl

Mrs. Jane Kanan

Mr. and Mrs. Lance Kilgore

Mr. James K. Lacy ’86

Ms. Kim Lacy

Joseph Lenart, Jr. and Renee McGhee-Lenart

Mrs. Anne Victor Lopez ’86 and Mr. Joe Lopez

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lubow

OCI Resources, Inc. Mr. Quinton D. Lucas ’02 Mr. Chucker Luetje and Mrs. Susan Bernstein Luetje ’88

Dr. and Mrs. Craig Lundgren Dr. Edward J. MacInerney

Mrs. Sue Welsh Macintosh ’61 and Mr. Robert C. Macintosh

Dr. and Mrs. H. Edward Martin

Dr. Kevin D. Martin ’74

Mr. JoZach J. Miller ’80

Dr. Gary E. Mombello

Mr. and Mrs. David Pursell

Ms. Jill Ingram Reynolds ’74 Mr. and Mrs. David Ripp

SAGE Dining Services, Inc

Dr. Paula Sanders ’73

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Schenken

Ms. Jane Scott and Mr. Al Lillioien

Ms. Heather Sherman ’84 and Mr. David Fandel

Dr. Brian D. Sippy ’85

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Smith

Summit Gastroenterology

Superior Lexus Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Tharp II

Dr. and Mrs. Rangarao Tummala

Mrs. Karen Van Voorst Turner ’53

Mr. Gerald Wyckoff and Ms. Cynthia Sharpe

Donors up to $499 Mr. Jeffrey Abbas and Ms. Rhona Alter

Mr. Mark Adams Mrs. Virginia Holter Alexander ’57 and Mr. Bill Alexander Mrs. Lauren Allison Mrs. Carolyn Ammon and Dr. Joe Hannah

Hannah Orthodontics Mr. Tremell Anderson

Mrs. Dee Dee Shelden Arnold ’55

Mr. and Mrs. Evert Asjes III

key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased

Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor

Tree Day Gift Faculty Donor Trustee Donor

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Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2013

Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cobb Mr. Ryan S. Colerick ’92 Dr. Linda M. Collier Mrs. Diane O'Brien Collings ’64 Mrs. Katherine Caldwell Conely ’54 Mrs. Gloria Snyder Cooper ’43 Country Club Bank Mrs. Laurence Coventry Mrs. Linda White Cowan ’57 Dr. David Cramer and Mrs. Jennifer C. Bailey Mrs. Megan Bubb Cribb ’98 Ms. Kellye Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cross Mr. Art J. Crumm Mrs. Megan Culver Mrs. Heather Cwach Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dalen Mr. John Dallaire Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel Dr. Scott Dattel and Mrs. Karin Dattel ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Heywood H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Fabio de Andrade Mr. Raghuveer Dendi and Ms. Aruna Konreddy Mr. Benjamin A. Denzer ’11 Mr. Paul P. Denzer and Ms. Sue Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Steven DeZeeuw Mr. Bruce Dickerson Mrs. Kenya Torrance Donohue ’53 Mr. and Mrs. John K. Douglas, Sr. Mrs. Vicki Benson Douglas ’59 Mrs. Lindsy Myers Douglass ’92 and Mr. Mitchell Douglass ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Duckett Mr. and Mrs. Dan Durig Mr. and Mrs. Keith Durwood Ms. Alexa Dusselier ’12 Mr. Gregory V. Dusselier ’75 Mr. and Mrs. David Dyer Alliance Equities Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eckley Mr. and Mrs. John Edelman Mr. Michael R. Edwards Mrs. Heather Holter Ellis ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Captain Emily Eschbacher ’96 Mr. and Mrs. James Estes Dr. William Evans ’77 Mrs. Janet Close Ewert ’58 The Honorable and Mrs. Arthur B. Federman Ms. Audrey Federman ’96 Ms. Carla Federman ’00 Ms. Barbara Ann Smith Ferris ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Finn Mrs. Myra Lou Terry Fitch ’54

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Donor Report Donors continued Mr. Kenneth Fligg, Jr. Mr. Joe Fox ’04 and Mrs. Hannah Fox Mr. and Mrs. Don Francis Mrs. Luanne Armsby Francis ’45 Mr. William Frank and Ms. Kay Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Larry B. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Franz Ms. Norma Frazier Friends of the Kansas City Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gabler Mrs. Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 Mrs. Jean Snyder Garschagen ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Gartman Mr. and Mrs. Jim Georgie Ms. Ruth K. Gieschen Mrs. Georgina Stayton Goetz ’43 Mrs. Meg Truog Grandcolas ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gratwick II Ms. Sally S. Gratwick Mr. Trey Gratwick ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Captain Gray

Mrs. Cheryl Wilhite Greene ’73

Ms. Renee Grigg

Ms. Danna R. Weddle and Mr. Adam Groden

Mrs. Eva Gryszowka Mr. Jeff Gueldner

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Guilliam

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Guldin Major Cary M. Gum-Costa ’81

Dr. Sanjaya Gupta and Dr. Wendy Hulsing

Mrs. Susan Hodges Gurley ’66

Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Gustafson

The Medtronic Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rick Gutman

Ms. Crystal Hairston

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hall Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52

Mr. and Mrs. Jes M. Hansen

Ms. Ashley P. Harper ’88 Mrs. Susan Harper Mrs. Phyllis Rahm Hart ’55 Ms. Mandy Hatfield

Mr. Kelly Hattan Mrs. Lynn Sutherland Heitman ’70

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hellebusch

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hellebusch Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Henry

Mrs. Marsha Herdliska Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Herwig

Mrs. Marcia Hannon Hill ’60

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hill Mrs. Mallory Hilvitz

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Mr. John Hoel ’80 Mrs. Margaret Porter Hoel Ms. Sarah Hofstra Mrs. Donna Thomason Holcombe ’72 Mrs. Betty Branson Holliday ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Dick Holzrichter Mrs. Jean Welsh Honan ’57 Mr. Mark Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Horne Mrs. Alexandra D. House ’03 and Mr. Josh L. F. House ’03 Ms. Emily Huffman ’81 Mrs. Mignon Russell Hughes ’51 Mrs. Nathalie Haren Hughes ’79 Mr. Ryan Humphry Mrs. Kristin D. Hurt ’00

Ms. Anne Hyvrard Mrs. Beth P. Ingram Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jaax Mrs. Janette Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jalbert Mr. and Mrs. Ron Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jones Ms. Leigh Jones-Bamman ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Joseph Amb. Barbara Hanson Karahadian ’56 Mrs. Leslie Swinney Kase ’77 Ms. Charlotte Keith Mrs. Lea Marker Keller Mrs. Phyllis Hauck Kerr ’55 Dr. Aaron Ketchell Mrs. Jean Kiene ’60 Mrs. Caroline Elton Kill ’89 and Mr. John Kill Mrs. Sheila Kilpatrick Mr. Robert Kingsland Mr. Aaron Kivett ’99 and Mrs. Amanda Kivett ’99 Mrs. Mary Kay Thompson Knorr ’54 Mr. Bob Kohler Mrs. and Mrs. Dale R. Korneman Mr. James D. Korneman ’93 Mr. and Mrs. James Krause Ms. Shana Krol Mr. John Charles Krueger and Mrs. Carol Davis Krueger ’79 Michael and Kimberly Krutz Mrs. Bridget Moran Kukuk Mr. Sanders Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Marc Lang

key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased

Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor

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2012–2013 Donor Report Mr. and Mrs. Edward Larkin Mrs. Cindy McCollum Larson ’89 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mrs. David Launder and Mrs. Blythe Brigham Launder ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lawlor Ms. Debbie Lawrence Mr. Nate Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Leach Miss Daria N. LeGrand ’13 Miss Kaya J. LeGrand ’11 Mrs. Carolyne Lehr Mr. John Leiter and Mrs. Maribel Asher Leiter ’45 Mr. and Mrs. David LeMoine Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lenz Mr. Dennis Lloyd and Mrs. Kay Reeder Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Love Mr. Mark Luce and Ms. Jennifer Copeland Dr. Leah Luckeroth Mrs. Beth Haren Lynch ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lynch Ms. Marilyn Macaluso Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacInerney Dr. William Mack and Dr. Marian Mack Dr. Colin MacKenzie and Dr. Rhea Pimentel Mr. John W. MacLaughlin ’77 Mrs. Sarah Smith Malino ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Swede Malm Mrs. Donna Manley Mrs. Lynnly Busler Marcotte ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Martin Mr. Kevin W. Martin ’03 Ms. Melissa L. Martin ’12 Ms. Amanda Jean Marvin Ms. Rebecca C. Marvin ’12 Ms. Mandy Maubach Mr. and Mrs. David Maurer Ms. Amy McCarthy-Phillips ’69 Mrs. Sarah Walsh McClanahan ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. McClinton, Jr. Ms. Ann McCray ’78 Ms. Sharon McDonald Ms. Alicia M. McElroy Drs. Flin and Mary McGhee Mr. Arnold McMann Mrs. Carol Mosman McNeer ’63 Mr. Craig A. McPherson ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Brian McRae Mr. Mark Melchior ’81 Ms. Molly Melchior ’87 Mr. Mason Menninger and Dr. Lisa Menninger Mr. George Mensch Mrs. Mary Mitchell Merrill ’63

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2013

Mr. Brian Michael Mrs. Cynthia Sanders Milani ’66 Mrs. Barbara Buesking Milledge ’58 Mrs. Judy Field Miller ’59 and Mr. John Miller Mrs. Pamela Thomas Milner ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr. Ms. Kristi Mitchell Mrs. Janet Nelson Moore ’70 Mrs. Pam Moore Mrs. Betsey Belisle Moreland ’56 Ms. Elizabeth Moss-Evans ’65 Mrs. Rozzie Hargis Motter ’58 Mr. Greg Killinger and Ms. Sarah Mountford Mrs. Kerri Nelson Mulligan ’85 and Mr. Joe Mulligan Dr. and Mrs. Sere S. Myers, Sr. Ms. Sue Nagy Mrs. Mona Neighbors Ms. Anna M. Neihart ’08 Mr. Jim Leroy Neihart ’06 Ms. Anellen Neill Mrs. Daly Jordan O'Brien ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Brien Mrs. Jennifer O'Dell Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Onyszchuk Mrs. Barbie O'Toole Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Ozar Ms. Jennifer Padberg and Mr. Shawn Hollon Mr. Douglas W. Pagan ’89 Mrs. Mary Lou Pagano Mrs. Georgette Stanley Page ’42 Ms. Letitia Papish Mr. Charlie Parekh ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Jean Michel Pasqualini Molly Hill Patten ’92 Mrs. Linda Katz Patterson ’62 and Mr. Curt Patterson Ms. Heather Paxton Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Payne Mr. and Mrs. Zane Peavey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Penn Mr. Michael Petty and Mrs. Linda Petty ’82 Mrs. Jan Gambrel Phillips ’53 Mr. Paul Pickard and Mrs. Lisa Luth-Pickard Ms. Gail Powell and Mr. Perry Ray Mrs. Mary Jo Powell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Presko Mr. Nick Presko Mr. Jason Press ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Prier Dr. and Mrs. Lyle Pursell Mr. Paul Raccuglia ’99 and Mrs. Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99 Mr. Todd Race

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Donor Report Donors continued Mrs. Joyce D. Rainey Mr. Bill Raney ’88 Ms. Rian Ray ’12 Mrs. Jeanne Redick Mr. Scott Redick ’85 and Mrs. Kathleen Redick Mrs. Page Branton Reed ’73 and Mr. Bruce Reed Mrs. Jean Baumgardt Reichenbach ’70 Ms. Deborah Reichman ’70 Dr. Michael and Dr. Kirsten Reilly Mr. David L. Rein, Jr. and Ms. Jane Rosenthal Mrs. Barbara Rahm Reno ’55 Ms. Beth E. Reynolds ’06 Mrs. Anne Butler Rice ’86 Mr. Christopher Richardson Ms. Carol Ripp Mr. Jay Rivard ’81 and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rivard ’81 Dr. Jarrod Roark Ms. Jeannie M. Roberts Ms. Merideth Rock ’09 Mrs. Joan Purdy Roney ’42 Ms. Eleanor Changho and Mr. Eudivigio Roxas Rubin Brown Mrs. Joannie Rudkin Mr. Jonathan Rudnick Mrs. Joyce Ruisch Mrs. Janet Redheffer Russell ’42 Mrs. Anne Rutter Prof. Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox and Mrs. Monique Rydberg-Cox Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Salazar Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Schellhorn ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Todd Schmidt Dr. Alan Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schneider Mrs. Cathy King Schultz ’96 Mr. Craig M. Schultz ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Schwegler Mr. and Mrs. Bob Seay Mrs. Catherine Sharp Seidlitz ’42 Drs. Stan ’73 and Kathy Shaffer Mrs. Judy Shaper ’63 The Peter and Amy Shapiro Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Ms. Trasi Taylor Sharp ’81 Ms. Melissa Shellito Mr. Peter Shemitz and Ms. Flora Winitz Mrs. Kelly McCarthy Sherman ’78 and Mr. James Sherman Mr. Andy Shimamoto Dr. Bruce Short and Dr. Mary Jane Short Mr. and Mrs. Mark Short Mrs. Debbie Sieck Ms. Cynthia Gregg Sifers ’56

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Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sittenfeld Mrs. Kathy Lawrence Siuda ’59 and Mr. Roger Siuda Ms. Deborah Smith ’70 Mrs. Katie Kessinger Snapp ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Snow Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Spann ’73 Ms. Elisabeth M. Spencer ’79 G. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Alok Srivastava Mrs. Deborah Benish Stanford ’61 Ms. Jana Starkweather Mrs. June Wolf Steahlin ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Don Stelting Mrs. Allison Stewart

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sykes Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sykora Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Talge Mrs. Gail Taliaferro Mrs. Sue Twyman Targett ’58 Mr. Steven Taylor Signature Logo Embroidery Mr. Fred Thiel Mr. and Mrs. Craig Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thomas Mrs. Marti Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Matt Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Don Thompson Mr. Timothy Thompson ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Thorp Mr. Matt Thurman and Dr. Rachael Thurman Mrs. Lisa Tillema Mrs. Stephanie Stubbs Tinsley ’62 Ms. Catherine A. Trenton ’80 Mr. Frederick Truog and Mrs. Susan Rosse Truog ’59 Mrs. Sarah Green Tulp Ms. Kymber Umana Mrs. Margaret Sutton Valentine ’61 Ms. Kristin R. Van Voorst ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Terry VanDyke Mrs. Shelli Veatch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Vinsant

Dr. Sandra Stell Stites ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Don Stohr Mr. Jeff Stoll Mrs. Shirley Hayman Sudduth ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Hal Swaney

key to symbols Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Specific/Capital Gift * Denotes deceased

Auction Gift 5k Sponsor Booster Club Sponsor

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2012–2013 Donor Report Ms. Patricia Vollman

Mr. and Mrs. Mehul Vora

Mrs. Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54

Mr. Peter Vrooman ’88 and Mrs. Kenyon Vrooman

Mrs. Virginia Raymond Wagner ’56

Mrs. Elisa Sader Waldman ’85 and Mr. Stuart Waldman

Ms. Farrah Ali Walker ’94

Mr. Ethan P. Walz ’22

Mr. Spencer A. Walz ’17

Mrs. Jennifer Warren

Mrs. Mimi Fitch Wayne ’79

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weltner

Mr. Nicholas Welty

Mrs. Jane White Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Whitfill

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wieseler

Advanced Aesthetics

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Parent Advocates

Mr. Chad Williams and Dr. Jeannie Williams Mr. Chad Williams Mrs. Jeanne Dodds Williams ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Wittman Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff Mr. Robert L. Woodbury Mrs. Cynthia Brannock Wright ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Purd Wright Mr. and Mrs. Darush Yazdani Mr. and Mrs. John Young Mr. and Mrs. John Yount Mrs. Joan Gregg Zacher ’59 Ms. Lisa Zahn Mrs. Joanna Zauchenberger Ms. Lindsay Zimmerman Mrs. Jody Dail Zimmermann ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Edison Zorn

nnual Fund Parent Advocates are volunteers who encourage other parents to support Barstow’s Annual Fund.

We are grateful to our 2012–2013 advocates who served as a powerful team in our fundraising efforts. Due to their work, parent participation in giving was up and we exceeded our $600,000 Annual Fund campaign goal by raising $709,051.

2012–2013

Parent Advocates

Thank you to all our parent advocates and thank you to all our donors!

Seated—Mark Yagan, Tara Georgie, Michelle McNeive and Amy Felton.

Standing—Susan McGee ’76, Dawn Evans, Kris Carlgren, Leigh Hamann, Brian Georgie, Janet Yagen, John Felton, Wendy Marvin, Alana Estes, Anne O'Brien, Pete Lacy ’88 and Marienne Brown.

parent advocate committee Marienne Brown

Amy Fox

Quinton Lucas ’02

Anne O’Brien

Molly Callahan ’92

Brian and Tara Georgie

Janice Martin

Lisa Prophete

Kris Carlgren

Sarah Guthrie

Wendy Marvin

Anna Brauckmann Raccuglia ’99

Kim Coker

Leigh Hamann

Carol Mathews

Jim Schwartz

Steven and Michelle Dunn

Krista Knoflicek

Susan McGee ’76

Nikki Sims

Laura Egan

Pete Lacy ’88

Michelle McNeive

Jenny Waldeck ’90

Alana Estes

Renee Lenart

Lisa Mirabile

Tom Whittaker ’83

John and Amy Felton

Vicki Lopatofsky

Amanda Morgan ’94

Mark and Janet Yagan

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2013

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Alumni Community Harper – grade 9, and Finnegan – grade 5,

Dear Barstow Alumni...

I

love Barstow! I pick them up almost every day – they are always happy and positive about a

am delighted to lead the Alumni

‘great day’.”

Board through another year of excel-

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lence at Barstow. As always, the school is an energetic, innovative, warm and nurturing

Susan Belisle Archer, Jan

Wyman Lane and Linda Katz Patterson, the

home for students, families, staff and alums.

class of ’62 enjoyed a fantastic 50th reunion!

If you are already connected to the school on

Starting with a dinner at Susan’s house, then a lunch and tour at the Barstow campus, and

a regular basis, please increase your engage-

culminating with a tri-school dinner with

ment by participating in any of our offerings

Pem-Day and Sunset Hill alums – it was a

and school activities. If you have not been in touch with Barstow lately, please reconnect – you are always welcome at Barstow! You

fun-filled weekend.

Elisa Waldman ’85 barstow alumni board president

can follow the Barstow Facebook page (Barstow School est 1884), watch the daily btvn newscast on your computer or smartphone (sign into the website, www.barstowschool.org), or attend an Alumni Board meeting.

This year, the Barstow Alumni Board is pleased to be chairing the school’s first online auction. By offering the auction online, we hope that alums from around the world will find an easy way to connect and give back to Barstow. The auction will feature many items provided by your classmates, showcasing our talent and expertise. Stay tuned for auction details!

If you have not yet experienced what Barstow has to offer, find out today! Please contact me or Anne Russ to learn out about the countless ways to become involved in the Barstow community.

Mary Kay Thompson Knorr writes, “Proud of our class of ’54

giving! Keep it up!” Olive Beaham Lansburgh

Elizabeth Moss Evans reports, “Twelve grandchildren now, ye

gads! I’m still working in Chicago and living in Nashville, Tenn. I’d love to meet any of you in Chicago or come to Nashville for some southern hospitality and lots of music.”

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Barrie Carter Gibby was on hand to present the Fall Art Show in

the Embry Gallery, “An Art Retrospective of Bess Carter.” Barrie’s mother, Bess, taught art at Barstow from 1966–1974 and tutored multiple generations of eager students. The show was on display in the Embry Gallery during October 2012.

Lea Marker Keller tells us, “I’m still living in St. Francis, Kan., and

diligently working to maintain our quality of life in a community that supplies you urban

Do you have news to share? Please forward class notes to anne.russ@barstowschool.org.

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dwellers with wheat, corn, beef and milk.

Always applying for grants, and working

Lucia Williams Amsden has

through community foundations to help

written a book, “Breaking Eggs:

subsidize economic/community development

Finding New Meaning with Chronic Illness.”

efforts for this community of 1,200 and a

says, “She had a fine time introducing Myra

It is a spirit-filled and practical guide for

county of 3,000. We appreciate the money

Lou ’54 (Terry Fitch) and Arey ’54 (Thompson

anyone dealing with chronic illness. She

sent from Johnson County, e.g., to help sustain

Baas) to ranch life in Oregon!”

is living happily in rural New Mexico with

our schools. My years at Barstow will always

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With the able leadership of

her husband, Tim. She can be contacted

be a part of who I am, and am grateful for

Francie Miller Borden tells us she’s

at her website, www.newmeaning.info.

that opportunity. My four grandchildren are

been teaching now for 43 years!

Susan Rosse Truog – “My grandchildren,

within 2.5 hours and 1 son has returned to St.

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Alumni Community Francis, following his BS degree to farm and

flunked retirement and is working with a

daughter has taken a job in Washington,

ranch. Husband Tom’s chronic Lyme disease is

technology company. Daughter, Kim (42!)

D.C. at Meridian, a non-profit international

improving and I am still working part-time in

lives very happily in Portland, Ore. Dog, KC,

program facilitator. My youngest daughter is

the school district, and grounds keeper for the

is a three-year-old rescue – lovely disposition

at the University of Rhode Island, studying

farmstead. Life is good! Lynnly Busler stopped

but behaviorally challenged! Best wishes to

for her Marine Biology degree, when not

by to see me! Others would be welcomed on

all ’67ers.”

planning a dive with Dad. My new email

their way to Colorado or…”

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Courtenay “Pi” Seidlitz Williams reports, “We’re living outside

Boston. I’m teaching ESOL classes. Bob has

Alumni Board 2013–2014 executive committee

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address is Terry@tdtsit.com.

Dr. Paula Sanders – “I’m still at Rice University and just

celebrated my 25 year as a faculty member th

here. I’m Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

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Cary Gum Costa comments, “Thanks to the Barstow

instructors and staff for continuing to do a

and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral

fantastic job with the students. I love reading

Studies. Looking forward to seeing my

about all the accomplishments. All the best!”

classmates at our 40th reunion in May!”

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Kevin Martin writes, “In October of 2011 my wife, Carolyn, and I

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Dr. Jordan Metzl helped victims of Hurricane Sandy by

encouraging New York Marathon runners

Elisa Sader Waldman ’85

went to Machu Picchu and Cuzco, Peru for

to carry supplies to those in need on Staten

president

hiking. In October of 2012, I climbed to the

Island. For a link to an article, visit http://

top of Mount Kilimanjaro. I’m not sure if

www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-04/new-

I will ever top that, but I have learned that

york-marathoners-run-to-help-in-storm-

adventure travel is easier while we are young!”

ravaged-staten-island.html

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Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99 vice-president and president-elect

Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87 nominating chairman

members Molly Callahan ’92

Stef Watson McCurdy writes, “The big news in my family

this year is that I have two daughters who

Boyd Morrison’s latest book, “The Roswell Conspiracy” is

quite the page-turner. This is the latest in

Toby Goosetree ’99

are engaged! We have one still in college at

his Tyler Locke Adventures series. You can

Brigetta Schwegler Fortin ’88

K-State, and one of our engaged daughters

find out more about this talented author at

Lynn Sutherland Heitman ’70

just moved to Bowling Green, Ohio for

www.boydmorrison.com. Marc Solomon

Anne Victor Lopez ’86

graduate school.”

is Freedom to Marry’s National Campaign

Kevin Martin ’03 Sara Masner ’06 Mike Matula ’89 Craig McPherson ’02

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Director, who was awarded this year’s Terry Taylor says, “I retired from

Congressman Gerry E. Studds Visibility

our Companies after 25 years

Award! Read a Q&A with Marc about what

of being one of the Managing Partners at

it means to be a visible advocate: http://bit.

Kerri Nelson Mulligan ’85

the end of 2012, now filling my time with

ly/WPdaMt.

Cathy Trenton ’80

personal pursuits. I am staying on the Board

Toby Truog ’87

of the Roland Park Country School for a

ex-officio members

few more years (where Gordon Lenci was

Pat Oppenheimer director of development

Anne Potter Russ ’78 alumni and fundraising officer

Laura Mombello ’87 development staff administrator

Headmaster), where I am on the Executive

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Margot Gray Evans and her husband, Tim, have welcomed a

son, Captain Gray Evans on August 2, 2011.

Committee and head up the HR Committee.

Margot owns CORE:FORM – a pilates/

Otherwise, I am working on my Instructor’s

gyrotonic studio in Lawrence, Kan. Elliot

Certification in scuba and will be working

Royer and Nora (Clemons) Royer says “We

on building homes in Maine and Florida.

celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary

Never said retirement would be relaxing (no,

in July, and along with Nate, 7, and Erin,

I haven’t changed). My wife retired last year

3, welcomed Annabel Lee to the family on

after 27 years at Bank of America. My oldest

August 15, 2012. We are excited to move from

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Alumni Community Kansas City to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Iowa area in December for my (Nora’s) new job as an acute care and trauma surgeon and

In Memoriam Condolences to the families of Barstow friends we’ve lost in the past year as of August 15, 2013.

clinical assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Iowa.”

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Nicholas Kinports, founder of Lonelybrand, will join

E. Lee Thomason, mother of Donna

Jacqueline Collins Sigler ’42, mother of

Thomason Holcombe ’72 — July 15, 2012.

Mike Sigler ’72, Andrew Sigler ’75, and Eric

Mary Teater Vincent, former faculty member — August 1, 2012

HY Connect as vice president, director of social media. Read the article at www.bizjournals.com/ chicago/news/2013/02/26/hy-connect-acquireslonelybrand.html.

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David Cagle ’76 — August 6, 2012 Carl I. Brown, father of Julianna Brown Lyddon ’83 and father-in-law of Jim

Virginia Breden Kelley, mother of Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 — October 8, 2012 Peter Gerson, father of Liz Gerson

Brown Cray ’04, Jordan Brown ’03 and

Hjalmarson and Jim Gerson ’78

Taylor Brown ’07 — August 10, 2012

— October 10, 2012

Susan Fisher, former faculty member

James T. Lacy, husband of Lois Dubach

— August 20, 2012

Lacy ’55, and father of Kim Lacy, Jim Lacy

Congratulations to Craig McPherson on his election

House District. Jennifer Short was featured in the Kansas City Star. Jennifer is a teacher at Center Middle School and her art students designed ornaments for the Missouri tree

Virginia P. Atwater ’41, sister of Nancy P. Kaul ’38 — August 21, 2012

Washington, D.C. last year. Additionally, Jennifer was honored for her work at a reception by the Center School District board last November.

Alice Sebree Crooks Platt ’38, mother of Marion Crooks Ligon ’76, and grandmother

Agnes Low Gurley ’30 — August 27, 2012

of Whitney Crooks 2008 — March 28, 2013

Robert Parks Vrooman, Sr., father of Halli

Joan Heller Frey ’59 — April 8, 2013

Vrooman ’78, Vicki Vrooman Petersen ’79, Bobby Vrooman ’83, and Peter Vrooman ’88

Joan Swarthout Wahlstedt ’47, Mother

— September 25, 2012

of Amy Wahlstedt ’79 and Wendy

Turner ’85 — Oct. 1, 2012

our own Barstow Television

Network being interviewed. She spoke at our Cum Laude ceremony in January, and we held a coat drive for the school where she teaches. Great interview! Here is the link: youtu.be/xhIZnOjJuA8.

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Haley Hannah joined the touring group of Flashdance!

Haley will be in the ensemble and will travel now through May of next year.

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Sydney Ayers writes that she is graduating from Dartmouth

in 2013 with a B.A. in Art History. For the 2013–14 year, she has been awarded the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship.

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Wahlstedt ’77 — April 30, 2013 Laurette Lamme McInnes ’43 — ­ May 28, 2013 Marguerite Peet Foster ’43 — ­ June 7, 2013

degree in May. She is currently pursuing an

Erin Ryan can be found on

Taylor Lacy 2024 and Maren Lacy 2027

Louise Riss Wells '50 — August 25, 2012

Brown University with an MFA

acting career in New York City.

Kendall Hart Lacy ’92, and grandfather of — October 20, 2012

Mark K. Talge, brother of Carrie Talge Lauren Lubow graduated from

’86, and Pete Lacy ’88, father-in-law of

Christine “Pat” Brower ’36 — August 23, 2012

in the national Christmas tree display in

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— October 7, 2012

Lyddon ’80, and grandfather of Ashley

Representative in the newly drawn 8th State

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Elizabeth Mulford deGroff ’35

McFall on October 13, 2012 in

in November to be the Kansas State

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Beatrice Mulford Schiff ’40, sister of

Melissa Rhyne married Jeremy

Olathe, Kan.

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Sylvia 'Non' Cagle, mother of

Sigler ’83 — October 2, 2012

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Shane Rudman was part of Drury University’s Division II Men’s

Basketball National Championship team.

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Becky Marvin hasn’t been too distracted by her studies at Yale to

forget about Barstow or baking pies!

Upper school students performed Godspell in the Raymond B. White Auditorium October 25–27, 2012.

key administration Shane A. Foster head of school

Judith Yount associate head of school/ head of lower school

Liz Bartow head of upper school

Kate Bradley head of middle school

development office Pat Oppenheimer director of development

Anne Potter Russ ’78 alumni relations & annual fund officer

Lori Kallaher volunteer & special events coordinator

Laura Mombello ’87 development staff administrator

magazine staff Anne Potter Russ ’78 editor

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contributors Kellye Crockett Sarah Hofstra Lori Kallaher Mark Luce Laura Mombello '87 Todd Nelson Pat Oppenheimer Todd Race Anne Potter Russ ’78

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