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The Barstow School Leadership BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ALUMNI BOARD

William D. Zollars

Quinton Lucas ’02

CHAIR

Wendy Marvin

Amanda Morgan ’94 VICE CHAIR

Susan Belger Angulo ’76

CO-PRESIDENTS

Mira Mdivani

Anna Braukmann Raccuglia ’99

Sonal Patel

N OM I N AT I N G C H A I R

S E C R E TA RY

Scott Redick ’85

David Seay

Robert Rothhaas

TREASURER

Carmen Sabates ’77

Joel Brous ’88

Wendy Hockaday Burcham ’80 Thomas W. Butch Louis Christifano Andrew Funk ’98

Molly Callahan ’92 Patty Greenbaum ’06

Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Thomas Whittaker ’83 EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

Brooke Helmers Bremer ’90 Sara Masner ’06 Brent Neihart ’09 Shannon O’Brien ’87 Jason Press ’90

Shane Foster PRESIDENT & HEAD OF SCHOOL

Peter T. Lacy ’88 2016–2017

Photo: Todd Race

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Front row (left to right): Amanda Morgan ’94, Wendy Marvin, Susan Belger Angulo ’76, Thomas Butch, Bill Zollars (Chairman), Mira Mdivani, Louis Christifano, Sonal Patel Back row: Peter Lacy ’88, Joel Brous ’88, Scott Redick ’85, Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90, David Seay, Thomas Whittaker ’83, Rob Rothhaas, Quinton Lucas ’02

In this issue...

Welcome

Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alumni Events in Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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From the Head of School

Feature: CULTIVATING CHARACTER. . . . . . . . . .

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Dear Barstow Friends,

Alumni Profile: Birju Solanki ’03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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am always struck by the generous spirit of the

Alumni Profile: Isabel Lloyd ’14. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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time and resources to make our school, and our world, a

Gifts That Give Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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head of school in 2008, one of the qualities that drew me here was

Alumni Profile: Barbara Williams Kincaid ’67 . . .

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stand with each other in times of triumph and sorrow.

Alumni Weekend 2016 and 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Barstow’s very foundations. Mary Barstow taught her first

2016–2017 Donor Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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teachings today. As you read this magazine, you’ll learn how

Barstow on Bourbon Street Auction. . . . . . . . . .

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From building mobility devices for children with special needs,

Feature: FULL STEAM AHEAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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eye clinic for Kansas City’s underserved population, Barstow

Alumni Class Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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improve the human condition. I hope you enjoy learning more

Heritage Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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positive impact in the world.

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tree Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Barstow community. Your families give generously of your

stronger, more connected place. When I joined Barstow as the

the strong bond among students, both current and alumni. You This culture of service predates us all, drawing back to

students to serve their communities and we continue her our current students engage in service in all levels of the school. to supporting strangers in moments of crisis, to operating a free students and alumni use their knowledge, skills and passions to about how Barstow students and alumni continue to make a I look forward to seeing you on campus soon. As always, it remains a great day to be a Knight.

With warm regards,

Shane A. Foster PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF SCHOOL S H A N E . F O S T E R @ B A R S T O W S C H O O L .O R G

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

On the cover: Working with GoBabyGo!, the robotics team reengineered a Power Wheels car to give AJ increased mobility. Barstow’s robotics provided the foundation for a school-wide STEAM initiative. (Photo by Todd Race)

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Alumni Events

Dallas Alumni Reception

Alumni Lunch

Nick Earnest ’97, Austin Abitz ’11, Merrill Pierson Nunnally ’78, Polly Foster and President and Head of School Shane Foster

Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61, Laura Asper Mombello ’87, Beverly Evans ’68, Jean Welsh Honan ’57 and Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54

College Alumni Day Whitney Watts ’06 and Alex Short ’05

Tree Day

President and Head of School Shane Foster, Polly Foster, Wendy Aks ’90, Liz Casteel ’86 and Merrill Pierson Nunnally ’78

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Deb Hosfield Walz ’86, Spencer Walz ’17 and Brent Walz

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Andrew Lloyd ’15, Valerie Mombello ’16, Lizzie Mombello ’15, Nora Lloyd ’13, Sarah Epsten ’15, Max Cantu-Lima ’13, Lauren Fox ’15 and Jonah Elyachar ’15

David Dockhorn ’80, Robert Dockhorn, Kennedy Dockhorn ’17 and Beverly Dockhorn

Alumni Events

Alumni Holiday Party

Kevin Martin ’03, Patti Greenbaum ’06, Alex Blatt House ’03, Josh House ’03 and Lauren Carson Houts ’04

Alumni Director Ryann Galloway Tacha, Carrie Brous and Joel Brous ’88

Doug Peavey ’76, Ann McCray ’78, Richard Rush ’74, Martha Lally ’75, Diana Johnson Abitz ’75, Carmen Sabates ’77 and Scott Gyllenborg ’74

2016 Alumni Awards Scott Redick ’85 and Kathy Redick

THE MARTHA BELLE AIKINS SMITH ’19 AWARD

Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75

THE NANCY & ANN HATFIELD ALUMNA/ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD

Quinton Lucas ’02

THE ANNE POTTER RUSS ’78 ALUMNI LEGACY AWARD Cheryl Glasnapp Wright ’66, Nancy Garland Robertson ’63, Daly O’Brien ’63 and Kirby Upjohn ’66

Amanda Morgan ’94

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Barstow Feature

Cultivating

Character

by Lisa Tulp

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here do I fit in my community, and how can I make it better?” Those are big questions to ponder, especially for 3- and 4-year-olds just starting preschool,

but Barstow students begin developing an awareness that they are part of a

larger world—with a responsibility to others in it—from day one. Developing

the lifelong disposition for service and philanthropy is a cornerstone of the

Barstow education.

“If you look into a preschool class-

former Head of Middle School Kate

community and learning to interact

Bradley. They wanted service to be more

with their peers,” says Director of Lower

than time tracked on a log; they wanted

School Todd Nelson. “Those lessons are

it to be a transformative experience.

ripples that expand into opportunities

“We hope it’s integral to who they

for leadership and service throughout

are,” Bartow says. “Through meaning-

their years at Barstow.”

ful projects and interactions, service

Founder Mary Louise Barstow’s desire to promote the “symmetrical

Rose Caisley 2022 participates in a division-wide day of service by stocking shelves at a local food pantry. The middle school service learning program focuses on the development of empathy. (Photo by Scott Guldin)

the current service learning model with

room, you see students building their

isn’t just an afterthought; it’s part of their existence.”

development of mind, body and char-

That’s certainly true of Grace

acter” has evolved into a robust service

McGowan ’17, named Kansas Youth

learning program that encourages every

Volunteer of the Year by the Prudential

student to engage in volunteer experi-

Spirit of Community Awards. As an

ences that make lasting impressions—

eighth grader, McGowan founded

and continue throughout their lives.

Barstow’s Geaux Haiti Club and collected $8,000 to buy chickens for

EXPERIENTIAL SERVICE THAT

orphanages in Port-Au-Prince before

TRANSFORMS

her first of four service trips there.

“It’s about outcomes rather than hours,”

“I wanted to do something meaning-

says Director of Middle and Upper

ful for the people I would be meeting,”

School Liz Bartow. She helped develop

McGowan said. During the next five

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Barstow Feature

years, Geaux Haiti collected more than

boards. She says Barstow laid the founda-

$30,000, 700 pounds of peanut butter

tion for a lifetime of giving back.

and nearly 850 books for children in Haitian orphanages. On each of her

“Barstow offered me the opportunity

“I like doing good things for my school and being a leader. It’s kind of about making the world a better place.”

to pursue a myriad of experiences

trips, she spent time with the children

that I couldn’t find anywhere else. My

EMPATHY AND EXPERIENCES IN

she assisted. “That’s what makes all my

commitment now to stay civically

MIDDLE SCHOOL

hard work worthwhile.”

engaged in college has been cultivated

Two components inform the middle

from my experiences as a Barstow

school service learning program:

lifer,” she says.

exposure to a variety of opportunities and the development of empathy.

DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP IN LOWER SCHOOL

Those civic engagement experi-

and only doing things that are about

ences begin in Barstow’s early

them,” Bradley says. “When you teach

childhood classrooms, becoming

what it’s like to be in someone else’s

progressively deeper and more

shoes and give them opportunities to

varied each year.

“We start in lower school as

The Association of Fundraising

to provide lots of varied experiences so

second grade, students have

they remain engaged and curious. You

volunteer experiences outside the

want them to get that adrenaline rush

classroom. They learn about the

from discovering that what they do

life cycle of butterflies, then they

makes a positive impact on someone’s

tag butterflies in the wetlands to

life. It gives them the confidence to go

help scientists track their migra-

further and do more.”

During a student’s three years

part of student council, where

in middle school, they might help

they learn leadership is a service

biologists eradicate invasive weeds

toward their larger community.

at Shawnee Mission Park, work in a

We build a scaffolding toward

food bank, make improvements at a

greater involvement in grade 5 and

women’s shelter, learn what it’s like to

into middle school.”

live as a refugee during a trip to Heifer

Grade 5 students integrate service projects for nonprofit agencies such as Harvesters Community Food Network

International in Arkansas, or brainstorm and execute a project of their own.

Last year in her advisory, seventh

and Wayside Waifs into classroom

grader Brooke Dryden suggested

parties. They volunteer as morning

making bags from recycled t-shirts and

greeters, school ambassadors and men-

donating them to Uplift, an agency

tors to younger students. The variety of

that serves Kansas City’s homeless

Professionals named another

experiences—and the confidence they

community.

alumna its 2016 Young Fundraiser and

gain from helping others—prepares

Philanthropist of the Year. Lauren

them for the next level of service

felt empathy and pure happiness when

Bernard ’16 founded Barstow’s LEO

learning.

we saw pictures of the smiling people

Club, has volunteered with more than 50 organizations and sat on nine nonprofit

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do something for others, warm feelings just naturally rush in. Our job is also

a microcosm,” Nelson says. “By

tion. By third grade, they can be

AP® Environmental Science students test soil samples at Jerry Smith State Park for Missourians Doing Impact Research Together (MO DIRT). Their results are included in a statewide soil health database. (Photo by Sarah Holmes)

“We teach empathy because you want to get kids out of their own heads

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Mimi Wood, grade 3, served on the lower school student council last year.

“I think my classmates and I really

receiving those bags,” Dryden recalls.

“I know now that service to others is

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important because you never know

He is the 2017–2018 student body presi-

Not only does service foster ethical

when you might need help yourself.”

dent and through Barstow’s Earth Club,

reflection and global awareness, it also

he’s working to expand a school-wide

guides students toward a lasting enthu-

is that the students are the driving

“The cool thing about these projects

recycling program. “Even small changes

siasm for service that will enrich their

force behind them,” grade 7 English

can create a chain reaction that makes

communities through philanthropic

teacher Kelly Finn says. “By giving them

for larger change. I believe I’ll carry

work as adults.

the opportunity to take ownership of the project, we hope they build a deeper level of connection to the experience.”

INDIVIDUALIZED EXPERIENCES IN UPPER SCHOOL

Service learning becomes even more individualized in upper school. Students are required to complete 80 service hours by graduation, though most go above and beyond the requirement because they choose the experiences that are most meaningful and rewarding to them.

“At this point, they’ve developed leadership skills and they’ve learned about and understand empathy,” Bartow says, “So it’s time to independently look for experiences that are outside the

Grade 5 students often turn their classroom parties into service projects. On Valentine’s Day, they packed hundreds of sack lunches for children served by Harvesters — The Community Food Network. (Photo by Brooke Thompson)

norm.”

That’s apparent in the many student-directed service projects and

these principles of community service beyond Barstow and into my life.”

“We promote the idea of thinking about how you are changing the world,

clubs organized every year. During

and how you change your internal

2016-2017, students participated in

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projects that benefitted schools in India,

CENTURY CITIZENS

McGowan ’17 and Lauren Bernard ’16

connected them to pen pals around the

Research confirms Barstow’s philosophy

and Izzy Lloyd ’14 and Birju Solanki ’03

world, encouraged environmental field

that service and character development

are my hope. I want them to be able

work and supported local nonprofits

are crucial to a well-rounded 21st century

to look at someone in a wheelchair or

through mentoring, donation drives and

education. According to the global youth

someone who wonders where their next

hands-on service projects.

“To me, learning and improving one’s

ST

world,” Bartow says. “Alumni like Grace

service organization generationOn,

meal is coming from and make it their

proven benefits include leadership skills,

mission to help in some meaningful

self is pointless unless you are giving

real-world experience connected to

way. I want them to ask themselves how

back to the community or world in

academic subjects, a deeper understand-

they can make a difference in the lives

some way,” senior Ryan Mohamadi says.

ing of themselves, respect for others

of others and then stick with it. The

Mohamadi earned the Congressional

and guided practice in taking action as

longer they do, the greater impact they

Award Gold Medal for service in 2016.

socially responsible citizens.

will have.”

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Alumni Profile

An Eye for Service Birju Solanki ’03 pictured at the Kansas City Free Eye Clinic

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irju Solanki ’03 remembers volunteering at a breast

in their daily life.”

cancer fundraiser at Barstow in grade 7, even though at the time

encouraged volunteer work and a

he didn’t know much about the cause he’d chosen to support.

“I didn’t really know anybody with

breast cancer,” he says. “I hung out with

eye screenings and glasses to lowincome and homeless people.

social experience, but I also knew I was Nearly twenty years later, Solanki is

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Barstow education that reinforced the importance of community service gave him the confidence to turn his

volunteer-based nonprofit that provides

my Barstow friends and enjoyed the helping the community.”

Solanki says family values that

“Good eye care is a basic need,” he says. “We have two goals. One is a

vision for the clinic into a reality.

After graduating from Barstow in 2003, Solanki began the six-year medical program at University of Missouri–Kansas City. Three years in,

long-term goal of preventing blindness

he decided being a doctor “wasn’t the

still helping the Kansas City community

through a comprehensive, dilated eye

way I wanted to change the world,” so

as both his passion and his profession.

exam. The second, shorter-term goal

he earned a business degree instead.

He is co-founder and executive director

is to get everyone into a pair of glasses

Throughout college, he volunteered

of the Kansas City Free Eye Clinic, a

that needs them so they can fulfill tasks

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Alumni Profile

at UMKC’s student-run free clinic

looked down. We helped him get a

restructuring the board to oversee the

and at the Kansas City CARE Clinic.

quality prosthetic eye and it completely

next phase of the clinic.

He noticed a gap in vision care

changed his personality.”

services, so in 2008, at just 23 years

“I want this organization to be

During each monthly clinic, a few

sustainable for the future. We do a lot

old, Solanki co-founded the Kansas

patients will be referred to Truman

of the homeless eye care. That’s where

City Free Eye Clinic.

Medical Center for follow-up treatment.

we can make the most impact now, but

Volunteers have discovered cases of

we realize there are a lot of low-income

don’t understand why you would

“I have a lot of friends who said, ‘I

glaucoma and even eye cancers on the

folks all across the metro so we want to

decide to start something like this and

verge of robbing someone’s sight. More

revisit the idea of a mobile van. We’re

not have any other plan.’ It’s because I

frequently, the diagnosis is something

trying to balance our growth with the

had no fear at that point. At Barstow,

much simpler.

demand for services.”

we were encouraged to pursue

Along the way, Solanki has

different goals. We were encour-

received advice and assistance

aged to look beyond what’s already

from Susan Belger Angulo ’76,

out there.”

Director of Development for the Children’s Center for the

recruited ophthalmologists to

Visually Impaired. The two met

champion the project. UMKC

through the Lion’s Club, a service

residents offered to volunteer.

organization focused on medical

With the assistance of Dr. Milton

missions abroad and service here

Grin, the father of a former

at home.

Barstow classmate Ben Grin, they

“Susan is very active in the

conducted their first clinics at

nonprofit scene and she really

Grin’s Olathe ophthalmology

opened doors for me. She knows

practice. The demand for service

who to talk to and she has ideas

was so great that the Kansas City

and experiences that I’m still

Free Eye Clinic incorporated as a

trying to build.”

Photo: Lisa Tulp

Photo: Sophia Tulp

Solanki and his business partner

501(c)(3) within four months. Today, it operates out of Hope Faith Ministries, a downtown day center dedicated to meeting the needs of people experiencing poverty and homelessness.

“There is so much need here, right

Birju Solanki ’03 “I’ve seen the moment when

is the route he wanted to take was brave. That’s what our community is of faith to make it happen.”

they start crying because they can finally see clearly. The experience has been

Making that difference with just one

eye-opening for me,” he says.

Take, for example, the experi-

his degree that the nonprofit world

built on; seeing a need and taking a leap

in our backyards. This is where I can

ence with a visitor to the clinic who

does with the clinic,” Angulo says.

“Deciding while still trying to get

someone puts on a pair of glasses, and

make a difference, right here at home. person is huge.”

“I am in awe of what Birju

As the clinic’s only paid employee, Solanki puts his business degree to good use. He manages and grows

Solanki says he gained some of the confidence to take that leap while at Barstow.

“I got a great experience from Barstow. It prepared me for the world,

hesitated to look directly at volunteers

funding through grants and dona-

being around different and diverse

during his appointment.

tions, he develops and mentors

people. We were taught to think about

“He’d lost an eye,” Solanki recalls, “and he had a plain white glass eye that was sort of a place holder. He always

the clinic’s volunteer base and he’s

the community as a whole, not just

in the process of setting up an

ourselves, and to give back in whatever

electronic health records system and

way we can.”

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Alumni Profile

engineered to Serve MIT students Jennifer Hoffman and Isabel Lloyd ’14 (right)

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t’s impossible to pin a label on Izzy Lloyd ’14. She is an

Lloyd created in 2015, following the

aspiring engineer, a talented performer and a student leader. She

her freshman year.

is empathetic, intelligent and compassionate. The MIT senior and

founder of a nationally recognized nonprofit channels these attributes

suicides of two MIT classmates during “It was a big awakening for me just how sad people can be,” she says. “Then I noticed everybody coming together in a way that was very new and specific

toward a single goal: finding solutions that help people live their best

to the situation. Random people would reach out to the entire MIT community

lives.

and say, ‘I don’t care if you’re someone I’ve known for a long time or someone

“I am an extremely extroverted person. I thrive off my interactions with people and the ability to give others fulfillment. That definitely shines through

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in both my engineering goals and Tell Me About Your Day,” Lloyd says.

Tell Me About Your Day (TMAYD) is the mental health awareness initiative

I’ve never met, I’m here to support you.’”

“That mentality was beautiful, but it frustrated me that it took something so tragic to acknowledge we care

Alumni Profile

about one another in this way. As an

and art of critical thinking and Mr.

of people. You understand what they

engineer it’s my mentality that when I

Wood inspired me to see how engi-

need in their lives to make it better and

see something that could be so much

neers impact the world,” she recalls.

then you make that. I’m very driven by

better, I try to find a way to fix it.”

Lloyd began distributing wristbands on campus emblazoned with TMAYD, a

Lloyd also connected with a teacher who nurtured her creative side, appreciated the dichotomy between

people.”

That same philosophy drove Lloyd to create TMAYD, a decision that has

visual way to support people struggling

science and singing—and gave her the

impacted her life in some unexpected

with mental health issues.

confidence to pursue both.

ways. She’s met many professors, peers

“By wearing a wristband, people can

“Mr. Dickerson was so supportive.

and even the president of MIT as she

symbolically say ‘I have a stake in your

He helped connect me with the right

spread the word about her organiza-

life, even if you’re a stranger to me. If

voice teacher and pushed me to

tion. Still, some of her most memo-

you see me wearing this, I’m telling you that I care

“I wanted to become

about you.’ It can start an important conversation.”

an engineer because

The movement quickly caught on around

you can make things

campus. NPR picked up

that make people’s lives

the story. Within months, a dozen universities and

infinitely better.”

high schools, including Barstow, had launched TMAYD campaigns.

“It’s been a whirlwind.

Isabel Lloyd ’14

The next step is building a team and

perform in front of the class whenever I

rable encounters are the unexpected

making it sustainable, so I can continue

was going into an audition or competi-

ones.

to pursue my engineering degree and

tion. I gained a lot of confidence in my

“Last year, a guy came and set next

perform.”

ability to sing and perform because of

to me on the bus. He told me he’d been

Those are the other two passions in Lloyd’s life. She developed her love

him.”

Mr. Dickerson continues to cheer

feeling suicidal. I didn’t know him, but we ended up talking for hours. He’s do-

of both engineering and vocal perfor-

Izzy on at MIT, where she is a member

ing fine now. I’ve had so many people

mance as a student at Barstow. She

of the school’s oldest acapella group,

reach out to me.”

captained the award-winning Robotics

The Chorallaries. Last spring, she

team during her sophomore, junior and

found time to audition for her first

senior years. She also led the Chamber

college musical, landing the titular role

also learned to find balance in her own

Singers and Glee Club and performed

in “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

jam-packed schedule.

in every musical from grade 6 through her senior year.

“I remember thinking about how I wanted to have an impact on people.

Clearly, Lloyd enjoys getting

As she works to provide support for people around her, Lloyd says she’s

“Barstow prepares students very well

involved in a wide variety of academic

for college and the step-up in workload.

and extracurricular activities. Her

That being said, there are a lot of

latest activity was a summer internship

unexpected things you’ll encounter. My

I wanted to become an engineer

in concept design for Milwaukee Tool

advice is to learn to ask for the help

because you can make things that

Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

that you need; that’s the biggest skill to

make people’s lives infinitely better.

“The product design process has a

learn. We need to support each other. It

That mentality came from Barstow.

lot of human interaction, so if you’re a

can be as simple as saying to someone,

Robotics opened me up to the practice

good product designer, you talk to a lot

‘Tell Me About Your Day.’”

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Gifts That Give Back

BARSTOW STUDENTS CAN DO MORE AND BE MORE THROUGH YOUR GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

For independent schools like Barstow,

and alumni provide for the school’s

the Annual Fund is critical. With 80

curriculum, the arts, athletics, the build-

percent of the school’s revenue coming

ing and grounds, faculty development,

from tuition, your gifts to the Annual

technology and financial aid. Donors

Fund help support the remaining 20

can direct their gifts to one or more of

percent of Barstow’s operating budget.

these areas or make an unrestricted gift

Full participation in the Annual

to the school.

Fund by Barstow parents, grandparents

The visual and performing

arts program has expanded

ancement s ongoing learning and adv

ment provide Faculty professional develop for our teachers.

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atre.

to include lower school the

Barstow has always been the learning process.

rporating technology into

an innovative leader in inco

Gifts That Give Back

and programs Your gifts support curriculum s. ent stud ool sch

such as BTVN, STEAM and

dle and lower

core courses for upper, mid

e our campus

to be a ortunities for every student

m provides opp Barstow’s athletics progra participant not a spectator.

maintain and enhanc Annual Fund support helps buildings and grounds.

t needs

ct donations to the greates

efit from a Barstow

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Financial aid provides assista education.

school to dire Unrestricted gifts allow the of the school.

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Alumni Profile

Inspiring Minds Barbara Williams Kincaid ’67 (front left) pictured with her students

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s a Barstow lifer from the Class of 1967, “Babs” Williams had the opportunity to try a little bit of everything the school offered. She loved languages, so she studied French and

Spanish and joined the International Club. She loved the arts, so she sang in

community volunteer. She calls her Barstow education a gift from her parents—and considers her instructors and classmates an inspiration.

“My family has believed in education as a priority for decades,” Kincaid recalls, “and my classmates aspired to fields that

the Glee Club, performed in school musicals and acted with The Pretenders.

She played field hockey and basketball, and served as president of the Knights of Science Club. Truly, she exemplified Barstow’s commitment to the “symmetrical development to mind, body and character.”

Fifty years later, Barbara Williams

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her career as an award-winning instruc-

Kincaid applies the skill, knowledge and

tor at Southern Methodist University

disposition she learned at Barstow to

in Dallas, Texas, an attorney and active

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were traditionally closed to women of our generation.

Many wonderful Barstow teachers continue to inspire me as a university instructor today.”

Kincaid says her chemistry teacher, Minaruth Galey, awakened a love for math and science that prompted her to pursue a mathematics degree at SMU. Madame Clara Barnes infused colorful

Alumni Profile

examples of history, literature and

says. “They taught me to seek and follow

they raised their sons, Thomas and

culture into her study of the French

great leaders. Like my Barstow instruc-

William. She finds “huge joy” in her latest

language, inspiring her to study Spanish

tors, SMU President Gerald Turner and

role as grandmother—Thomas and his

as well.

recently retired Cox School Dean Al

wife, Elizabeth, adopted Mary Clare in

“When I bring Business Law to life

Niemi are models of excellence, service

2015 and little brother Sam last spring.

for my Cox School of Business students,

and integrity, continually inspiring me

In the community, Kincaid has

it is a way of following these fine

to demand nothing less from my own

served on the board of directors for the

examples.”

students.”

Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra and

AN ACADEMIC PATH

her students. One alumna of the SMU

After earning her undergraduate degree,

Class of 2005 said Kincaid’s law and

altar guild and as a lector. Service is a

Kincaid remained at SMU to add a law

taxation classes were some of her fa-

tradition that began with her family

degree and a Master of Laws, an ad-

vorite and most challenging. “I love her

Kincaid, in turn, inspires many of

vanced law certification that has global

maintains membership in the Junior League. She is also active in her church’s

in Kansas City and continues with her husband and children in Dallas.

credibility. Her diverse curriculum vitae

“My parents were involved in

includes corporate experience with

multiple aspects of the Kansas City

companies including Xerox and Marsh

community (Dr. Jarvis Williams served

USA. As an attorney and entrepreneur,

on the Barstow Board of Trustees) as is

she helped develop the Texas General

my brother Dr. Jarvis E. Williams. My

Counsel Forum, which provides

husband leads service projects for our

programs and resources to nearly 500

church both domestically and abroad.

in-house attorneys throughout the state.

Our sons, both Eagle Scouts, serve

She has taught classes at SMU’s Taos,

our church, their alma maters and the

New Mexico, campus and even taught

Dallas community in many ways along

group fitness courses at the school’s

with my accomplished daughter-in-law,”

Dedman Center.

Barbara Williams Kincaid ’67

she says. “I only follow their examples!”

career opportunities I have enjoyed are

passion for teaching,” Alexandra Dillard

home for decades now, she says Kansas

client service and education,” she says.

Lucie wrote of Kincaid in 2014. “She is a

City will always have her heart. She

role model to all business-minded and

remains connected to Barstow through

career-driven women.”

events like the alumni networking

“The constant threads to the many

Currently, Kincaid is a senior lecturer in the SMU Cox School of Business, where she develops and delivers MBA,

Though Kincaid has called Dallas

“I encourage all students to find

night in Dallas last February and her

BBA and business minor law courses. She

ways to infuse personal excellence into

50th class reunion in September 2017.

served as a Visiting Professor of Law at

every position along the way, ‘dream

Kincaid’s favorite memories of her years

Marie Curie Sklodowska University in

job’ or not,” Kincaid says. “I urge them

at the school include performing in Glee

Poland, lectured at Budapest University

to create opportunities that bring value

Club under the direction of Mel Bishop,

of Economics and Technology and taught

to their organizations through the

competing against athletic rivals, and

at SMU-in-Oxford. She has received the

application of individual strengths and

especially one longtime tradition that

Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award

passions. Good things come of this in

continues today.

and 16 Outstanding Instructor Awards—

unexpected ways.”

accomplishments and accolades that

“Standing with my classmates at the formal graduation with radiant-

would no doubt make Mrs. Galey and

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

in-white gowns and carrying red roses

Madame Barnes proud.

There are many good things in Kincaid’s

is hard to forget,” Kincaid says. “I had

personal life, as well. She married her

incredible Barstow classmates and

husband Sam 46 years ago and together

made lifelong friends.”

“I cannot overstate the many ways I learned from those instructors,” Kincaid

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Eric Simpson, Sydney Trethewey Isle ’96, Cathy King Schultz ’96 and Ed Schultz

Laura Asper Mombello ’87 and Anne Potter Russ ’78

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ALUMNI WEEKEND 2017 Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54, Barbara Christopher ’76, Barbie Rahm Reno’55, Kay LeBlanc and Joe LeBlanc

Alumni Weekend is for all Barstow alumni, not just those celebrating major reunions.

Photos: Todd Race

Register today for Alumni Weekend 2017! www.barstowschool.org/alumniweekend 2017 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, October 6 Ongoing

Campus Tours Embry Gallery Exhibit

10:00 am

Alumni Day Orator — Dr. Jennifer Smith ’87, Asociate Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina

Rick Gyllenborg ’76 and Kevin Jeffries ’74

Science and Medicine Symposium to follow

Members of the Class of 1986: Beth Morrison, Laura Drake Reed, Ann Robertson Holliday and Lynne Davis Boyle

1:20–3:15 pm

Go “Back to Class” Experience Barstow as a student again

6:00–8:00 pm

All-Alumni Cocktail Party The big event! All alumni are invited back to campus for a memorable night at the school. Current and retired faculty are invited to attend. This event will be on campus and free of charge.

Saturday, October 7 10:00 am 11:00 am–1:00 pm

Saturday Evening

Campus Tour Alumni Brunch Alumni, their families and friends are invited to a fun and casual morning at the school. This event will be held outside (weather permitting) and the playground will be open for your kids.

Individual Class Celebrations

Please visit www.barstowschool.org/alumniweekend for event details for the classes of 1977, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2007.

Tony Hernandez ’06, Liz Bartow, Melissa Backstrom Searle ’06, Leslie Davidson ’06 and former Head of Middle School Kate Bradley

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2016–2017 Donor Report

2016–2017 Donor Report DONATIONS RECEIVED AS OF JUNE 30, 2017

Standards High Society $50,000 and above

Second Century Society $10,000–$24,999

A.W. Baldwin Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bacon, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44* The Goppert Foundation Mr. Roscoe O. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars

American Dish Service Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews Abe and Anna Bograd Memorial Trust Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fox Francis Family Foundation Mr. David V. Francis ’76 and Mrs. Janis Francis P.G. Fry Properties, Inc. Mr. Paul Fry Ms. Colette Fry Williams Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hanson Mr. Brady Legler ’07 Miller-Mellor Association Mr. JoZach J. Miller ’80 Ms. Amanda Morgan ’94 and Mr. Chad King

1884 Founders Society $25,000–$49,999 David Woods Kemper Foundation Mr. James M. Kemper, Jr.* John T. Pierson Fund

Photo: Fish Kiss Photo

Amar & Soni Patel PARENTS OF AMARA 2024 AND ESHAN 2026

“B

arstow is one of our family’s top philanthropic priorities.

We give because we believe in the mission of our school, in the dedication of its teachers and in the profound impact a Barstow education will have on our children’s future. We know that the investment we make in Barstow now will be returned in more ways than ever anticipated.”

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Richard H. Sears Society $2,500–$4,999

Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists Dr. and Mrs. Amar Patel Sexton Family Foundation Mr. Burton Sexton ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Don Walsworth, Jr. Walsworth Publishing

Ada K. Brann Society $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Bergere Mr. Stephen Brodd and Ms. Gretchen Gregory Mr. Joel Brous ’88 and Mrs. Carrie Brous Mr. and Mrs. Brad W. Brown Mr. Grant Burcham and Mrs. Wendy Hockaday Burcham ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Butch Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61 Mr. Steve Crossette ’79 and Mrs. Susan Crossette Mr. and Mrs. Steven Dunn Mr. Francis Fitzpatrick and Dr. Amelia Fitzpatrick Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. and Mrs. JB Hodgdon Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’55 Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92 Lacy & Company Mr. and Mrs. Kasey M. Lobaugh Norquist-Robinson Foundation Mr. Craig Patterson and Mrs. Anne Norquist Patterson ’61 Drs. Vishal and Aradhana Pandey Mr. and Mrs. Donald Prophete Prophete Family Scholarship Fund Mr. Jason Press ’90 and Mr. Caleb Hartzler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Reiland Dr. Paul Sheeran and Ms. Marita Thompson Dr. Shelley King Theis ’71 Mr. Karthik Ventkataraman and Mrs. Preeti Chawla

Donor Report KEY TO SYMBOLS

Thank you to everyone who responded to

American Century Investments Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Trey Anton Arment Enterprises, LLC Mr. Daniel Arment Mr. Dennis Ayzin and Ms. Mira Mdivani Dr. Jay T. Backstrom Barstow Booster Club Mrs. Janet Bash Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bauman Mr. and Mrs. John A. Boyce Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brooks, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Brush Mr. and Mrs. Brad Buckner Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Carlson Elsberry Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elsberry Mr. and Mrs. Shane A. Foster Fry Orthodontics Specialists Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Fry Mr. Andrew Funk ’98 and Mrs. Emily Funk Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Groebl Mrs. Nancy Robertson Hart Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Hattan Mr. Thomas M. Henke and Mrs. Katrina Waldrop Henke 80 Dr. Bradley R. Jenkins and Dr. Jill Jenkins Jenkins and LeBlanc Dentistry for Children Mr. Arlan Koppel Mr. David E. Koppel ’05 Mr. Paul Koppel Mrs. Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54* Mr. Pat Malay and Dr. Rajya Malay Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. McCreight

Armillary Society Armillary Society donors have given in each of the last five years or longer.

Annual Fund

Auction Sponsor

Fund-Our-Mission

the call to make a charitable contribution to Barstow. >>

Endowment Gifts

Specific and Capital Gifts NOTE Gifts-in-kind of $2,500 or more are included in giving totals

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2017

Tree Day

Trustee

Faculty

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Richard H. Sears Society continued McPherson Contractors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McPherson Mpress Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III Mr. and Mrs. Todd Navrat Mr. and Mrs. Karthick Pattabiraman Imaginative Consulting Group Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Prier Putney Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terrence E. Putney Mr. Scott Redick ’85 and Mrs. Kathleen Redick Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothhaas Mr. Norbert Russ and Mrs. Anne Potter Russ ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Scurato Mr. and Mrs. David E. Seay Mr. and Mrs. Chad Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Spidle Dr. Peter Tadros and Dr. Deanna Tadros Mr. and Mrs. Billy Thomas Mr. John Waldeck and Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76 Dr. Detlef Wencker and Dr. Tania Burgert Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Whitehill Mr. Thomas Whittaker ’83 and Mrs. Loren Whittaker Mr. Jim Wu and Ms. Jessie Jiang Mr. Victor Zhang and Ms. Ching Cheung

Barstow Society $1,000–$2,499 AesthetiCare MedSpa Anonymous (3) ARAMARK Facilities Mr. and Mrs. Jason Betts Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caisley Dr. Jodianne Carter Dr. and Mrs. Louis Christifano, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Churchman Commerce Bank of Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dickerson Mr. Fabio Doretto ’01 Dr. Do Doretto and Mrs. Maria Spressao Doretto ’72 Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Blair Dryden Dr. Thomas G. Duckett* and Mrs. Ann Duckett Mr. Brian Everist and Mrs. Dody Gerber Gates Everist Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fenaroli Mr. and Mrs. James K. Fussell Mr. Heaton Robertson and Ms. Henrietta Gates ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Georgie Mr. Jonny Girson and Mrs. Jane Epsten Girson ’80

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Glasnapp Foundation Mrs. Cheryl Glasnapp Wright ’66 Mrs. Elizabeth LeBlanc Gray ’75 Dr. Sanjaya Gupta and Dr. Wendy Hulsing Mr. David Hall and Mrs. Laura Hockaday Hall ’83 Hallmark Corporate Foundation Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 J.E. Dunn Mrs. Alison Bartlett Jager ’68 Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Kesner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Krantz Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Krantz Leawood Family Care Mr. Ryan Lee and Mrs. Victoria Hoss Lee ’09 Mr. Quinton D. Lucas ’02 Mackech Jewels Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Luckie Dr. Phillip J. Lucido and Dr. Mary Lynne Lucido Mr. Daniel Lumma Dr. Tim Martin ’81 and Dr. Janice Martin Mrs. Georgette Carkener McConnell ’61 Dr. Sheila P. McMeekin Mr. J. Frederick McNeer and Mrs. Carol Mosman McNeer ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Abel Mojica Dr. David Moore ’87 and Mrs. Jann Stevens-Moore Mr. and Mrs. Lee Munsell III Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nadler Dr. Srinivas Nalamachu and Dr. Kali Nalamachu Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Norman Nuveen Investments Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Onyszchuk Mr. Andrew Osman and Ms. Deborah Feder Mr. and Mrs. Scott Renze Style Your Life LLC 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 Mr. Randall Root and Ms. Pin yin Chen Dr. and Mrs. William Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Steven Roth Ms. Carmen Sabates ’77 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Schellhorn ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Erich Schroeder The Norman C. Schultz Foundation Mr. Norman C. Schultz KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift

Specific/Capital Gift Auction Sponsor Fund-Our-Mission

Tree Day Gift Trustee Donor Faculty Donor * Deceased

More Lists and Info Online

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Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Simmons Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Simpson Dr. and Mrs. Ron Slepitza Dr. Robert Smith and Ms. Donna Southwick Mr. Michael Stack and Ms. Marydahna Nicholoff Mrs. Laura Riss Stanford ’74 Dr. and Mrs. Li Sun Mr. Michael Thiessen and Mrs. Nancy Embry Thiessen ’66 Mr. and Mrs. John Top Mrs. Elinor Tourtellot ’61 Piersol Foundation, Inc. Mr. Edward Tranin ’78 and Mrs. Amy Tranin Ms. Kirby Upjohn ’66

Mr. Tom Angulo and Mrs. Susan Belger Angulo ’76 Barstow Friends of the Arts The Robert and Dr. Phyliss Bernstein Family Foundation Mr. Robert A. Bernstein and Dr. Phyliss Bernstein Mrs. Lynne Davis Boyle ’86 Mrs. Mignon Goetz DeShon ’54 Mrs. Melanie McVay Di Leo ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. Dan Durig Mr. and Mrs. Keith Durwood Mrs. Melissa Smith Elliott ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Elyachar Mr. and Mrs. Christopher English Mr. Bradford Epsten ’82 and Mrs. Ginny Epsten

Mr. Chad Williams and Dr. Jeannie Williams Mrs. Joan Gregg Zacher ’59 Mr. Zengjian Zhang and Ms. De Cheng

Mr. and Mrs. James Estes Mrs. Janet Close Ewert ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Francis Ms. Cynthia Gibson ’66 Google Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Graves Mr. Sean Hart ’87 Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Hawley Mr. Trevor Heinzinger ’90

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

Photo: Todd Race

Greg & Barb Onyszchuk PARENTS OF ETHAN 2018 AND ZACHARY 2021

“W

e both come from families of educators and value tremendously the contributions the Barstow faculty make to our children’s educational journey. The quality of the teaching and the degree to which the faculty care about our children has enabled them to succeed academically and become good learners.”

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2017

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Knights Society continued

Ms. Jill Ingram Reynolds ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Justin Richter Mr. Jay Rivard ’81 and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rivard ’81 Mr. Rodger Rudkin and Mrs. Joannie Rudkin Mr. and Mrs. Piyush S. Sampat Mr. Allen Seiffert and Ms. Katherine Meredith Ms. Heather Sherman ’84 and Mr. David Fandel Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sherrow Mrs. Katherine Graham Spencer ’51 Mrs. Norma Stevens Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Ms. Donna Thomason ’72 Dr. and Mrs. James B. Trotter II US Bank Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John Herbst Dr. Susan Herzberg Mr. Donn Hess and Ms. Robin Henshaw Mr. Thomas Higgins and Mrs. Paget Gates Higgins ’59 Mrs. Lauren Carson Houts ’04 Ms. Emily Huffman ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Hughley, Jr. Mr. Jeffery Jackson and Mrs. Kellie McKinney-Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Josey Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knoflicek Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy and Dr. Madhuri Reddy Mr. Robert C. Macintosh and Mrs. Sue Welsh Macintosh ’61 Dr. Kevin D. Martin ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Watson Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Yagan

Dr. Kurt Metzl and Dr. Marilyn Metzl Dr. Boyd Morrison ’85 and Dr. Randi Morrison Dr. Elizabeth Morrison ’86 Mr. Brent W. Neihart ’09 James B. Nutter & Company Mr. James B. Nutter* and Mrs. Annabel Fisher Nutter ’49 Mr. Douglas W. Pagan ’89 Mrs. Kristen Pollack-Richards ’86

Donors up to $499 Mr. Ted Abele and Dr. Miriam Anderson Mrs. Charlotte Adelsperger Mr. Bill Alexander and Mrs. Virginia Holter Alexander ’57

Photo: Todd Race

Above & Beyond The Textbook AWARD WINNER CARRIES ON LEGACY OF BETSI BROOKS KRUMM ’90

A

ngela Guldin’s upper school students live the world history they learn. To understand ancient economic systems, they recreate a global trade

market. They write their own children’s books to explain the rise of religions and empires. They produce documentaries on subjects as varied as women’s rights in

Liberia to the history of chess.

Guldin uses project-based learning— projects and performances coupled with

for the beloved alumna who dedicated

reading and research—to give students a

her career to education and inspired

deeper classroom experience.

“Looking at teaching through this project-based learning lens helps me

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everyone around her. She passed away in 2003 after a battle with cancer.

Each year in Betsi’s memory,

focus on what I am teaching students

Barstow honors a faculty member who

to do,” Guldin says. “I see incredible

continues her legacy of excellence in

results. My students energize me.”

education. The recognition includes

She, in turn, inspires and encourag-

Upper School Social Science Teacher Angela Guldin

Brooks Krumm Faculty Award, named

a financial award from the endowned

es students and is an advocate and men-

Betsi Brooks Krumm Memorial Fund,

tor for her colleagues, as well. Those

generously established by Betsi’s family

attributes earned Guldin the 2017 Betsi

and friends.

More Lists and Info Online

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Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anderson Mrs. Dee Dee Shelden Arnold ’55 Mrs. Carolee Atha* Ms. Sydney E. Ayers ’09 Mrs. Arey Thompson Baas ’54 Mr. James Baker and Mrs. Janice Germann Baker ’65 Mr. Jack M. Balkin ’74 Ms. Elizabeth Bartow Dr. Jeffrey A. Beal ’72 Mrs. Melinda Lewi Beal ’54 Mrs. Suzanne Ryder Beatus ’71 Mrs. Harriet Begelfer Mr. David Beier and Ms. Jessica Herman* Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bening

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Caisley Ms. Molly Callahan ’92 Ms. Anne Sutton Canfield ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Brett E. Carlgren Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Carlgren Mr. and Mrs. Gary Carlson Mrs. Karen Welsh Carmody ’59 Mr. and Mrs. James Carter Mr. Hunter Chamberlain Mr. and Mrs. Jason Chanos Mr. Chuck Chionuma and Ms. Sara Orwa Mr. and Mrs. Ken Chipman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Christifano Ms. Lindsay Clark

Mrs. Merilyn Krigel Berenbom ’71 Ms. Allison Bergman and Mr. Charles Mader Ms. Lauren Bernard ’16 Mr. David A. Bernstein ’89 and Mrs. Christina Bernstein Mr. Chucker Luetje and Ms. Susan Bernstein ’88 Mrs. Rochelle Coleman Bevers ’54 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Beyer Mrs. Sarah Elliott Biles ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Blachly Mr. Andrew Black Ms. Rhayma Blake ’66 BNSF Railway Company Mr. John Boma and Dr. Susan Dahlin Mr. Robert Bonney and Mrs. Gay Lee Ludwig-Bonney Mrs. Marilyn Foster Borel ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bourke Mrs. Susan Bowers ’73 Ms. Kate Bradley and Mr. Toby Grotz Ms. Martha E. Brady ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brandt Mrs. Leota Brandt Dr. Walter W. Brayman and Mrs. Patricia Brayman* Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Breed ’57 Mrs. Diane Virden Brent ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brod Mrs. Kelsey Brost Mr. Clifford Brown III and Mrs. Toni Mann Brown ’65 Mrs. Charles Buffum III Ms. Emily A. Burcham ’15 Ms. Julie Byrne Ms. Ann C. Caffey Mr. David N. Cagle ’76 Ms. Kathy Cain

Mrs. Jan Clarkson Clayton ’80 Mrs. Prudence Lehaney Cleary ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clement Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cobb Mrs. Gayle Cockerham Mr. and Mrs. David Coleman Mrs. Diane O ’Brien Collings ’64 Dr. and Mrs. Adam Colombo Mrs. Katherine Caldwell Conely ’54 Mrs. Ann Dietrich Cooling ’71 Mrs. Amy Perkins Copaken ’82 Mrs. Linda J. Costlow Mr. Nick Cottini Mrs. Laurence Coventry Mrs. Linda White Cowan ’57 Dr. David Cramer and Mrs. Jennifer C. Bailey Crave of Kansas City Ms. Kellye Crockett Ms. M. Patricia Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Steven Culver Mr. Connor Curran Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dalen Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daniel Ms. Laura Mills Davidson ’86 Mrs. Anne Asper Davis ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Heywood H. Davis Ms. Martha A. Davis ’72 Dr. Raghuveer Dendi and Ms. Aruna Konreddy Mr. Benjamin A. Denzer ’11 Mr. Paul P. Denzer and Ms. Sue Bernstein Mrs. Denise Dreier Despars ’72 Mrs. Cecelia DeVico Mr. and Mrs. Willie Dixon Mr. Douglas Dockhorn ’82 and Mrs. Stephanie Dockhorn Mr. and Mrs. David Doskey Mrs. Vicki Benson Douglas ’59 Mr. and Mrs. John K. Douglass, Sr.

KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift

Specific/Capital Gift Auction Sponsor Fund-Our-Mission

Visit www.barstowschool.org/donorreport2017

Tree Day Gift Trustee Donor Faculty Donor * Deceased

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Auction 2017

LaissTez s Les Bons emp Rouler!

Mary Lynne Lucido, Soni Patel, Jill Jenkins, Ginger Rothhaas, Caroline John, Janet Yagan, Auction Co-chairman Jann Stevens-Moore, Kris Carlgen and Priyanka Sharma

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Cheers to the Barstow Auction Committee for creating a fabulously successful event in support of our school. Parents, alumni and friends of the school gathered at the Ritz Charles on February 25th to enjoy a New Orleans-themed party with a silent auction, live music, dinner and live auction.

Jann Stevens-Moore and Heidi Whitehill served as this year’s Co-chairmen. Proceeds from the evening provided support for the Barstow Annual Fund. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Auction 2017

Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90 and John Waldeck

Ethan Whitehill and Auction Co-chairman Heidi Whitehill

Associate Head of School for Campus Operations Chris English, Polly Foster, Lori English, and President and Head of School Shane Foster

Ernest James Zydeco Band entertaining Arina Lanis, Heidi Whitehill, Julia Smith and Yan Yan

Photos: Todd Race

Brian Georgie, Tara Georgie, Chad King, Amanda Morgan ’94 and Sharon McDonald

Robin Henshaw, Amy Graham and Christina Wu

Andy Funk ’98, Emily Funk, Stephanie Dockhorn and Doug Dockhorn ’82

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Ms. Norma Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bob Fuller Dr. and Mrs. Sean Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gabler Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Gall Dr. and Mrs. Sujit Gandhari Mrs. Claudia Kelley Gant ’70 Mrs. Irene Weingarten Garber ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Garcia Ms. Marguerite Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Josh Garry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Garry Mrs. Jean Snyder Garschagen ’61 Mr. Marvin H. Gates II ’73 and Mrs. Debbie Thompson Gates ’74

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eckley Dr. and Mrs. Ikechukwu Ekekezie Ms. Charlene Elliott Mr. Robert Ellis, Jr. Ms. Beverly Evans ’68 Ms. Annie Fairchild Ms. Maggie Fairchild Mr. Tayeb Fanaswala and Dr. Nelopher Hathiary Mr. Ronald Feder Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Fehrenbacher Mr. and Mrs. John Felton Ms. Kelly Finn Mr. and Mrs. Adam Fischer

Mr. and Mrs. David Genter Mr. Scott Genter Mr. and Mrs. Jim Georgie

Mrs. Myra Lou Terry Fitch ’54 Ms. Tabitha Pearson Ford ’61 Mr. Joe Fox ’04 and Mrs. Hannah Fox Ms. Amy Francis Mr. and Mrs. Don Francis Mrs. Luanne Armsby Francis ’45 Mr. William Frank and Ms. Kay Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Franz

KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift

Specific/Capital Gift Auction Sponsor Fund-Our-Mission

Tree Day Gift Trustee Donor Faculty Donor * Deceased

The Memory Project

A

llie Tappan ’17 looked at the photograph of the young Syrian refugee and felt an immediate connection.

“My initial thought was, ‘Man, this kid has to have seen some things.’ He had striking blue eyes, but didn’t seem to be looking into the camera, like he

that speaks to people and changes their views on the world.”

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Along with Hilvitz and Tappan,

teacher Mallory Hilvitz’s honors drawing

juniors NaYoung Kwon and Charnise

and painting class, Tappan created a por-

Anderson and sophomore Luke Daniel

trait of the 13-year-old for The Memory

also created portraits. Last spring, they

Project, a nonprofit organization that

witnessed the children’s joyous faces

connects American art teachers

as they received the artwork in a video

and students with global youth

provided by the charity.

challenged by violence, poverty and

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“I use my art to make a difference,” Tappan said. “My goal is to create art

was thinking about something else.”

As a student in upper school art

Allie Tappan ’17

kindness and global awareness.

“We saw genuine happiness,” Hilvitz

neglect. The rewards go both ways—

said. “They know someone was thinking

children in orphanages and refugee

about them and that they are valuable.

camps receive an original painting or

As for our students, this helped them

drawing of themselves, and Barstow

become more informed and involved in

artists get the opportunity to practice

the world around them.”

2016–2017 Donor Report

Mrs. Barbara Gillen Mrs. JoAnn Schooling Gillula ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Narasimha Gondi Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Eric Graham Mrs. Meg Truog Grandcolas ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gratwick II Greater Horizons Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Green Mr. Richard Green Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Greenbaum Ms. Patrice A. Greenbaum ’06 Mr. Phillip Greenbaum ’05 Mrs. Cheryl Wilhite Greene ’73

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Herzberg Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hesse Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Higgins Mr. Wyatt Hilkene Mrs. Marcia Hannon Hill ’60 Ms. Nicole Hill Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hill Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hilvitz Mr. Kristopher Hisle and Mrs. Deborah Dockhorn Hisle ’87 Ms. Sara Hjalmarson Mrs. Margaret Porter Hoel Ms. Sarah Hofstra Mr. John M. Holliday, Jr. ’83 Ms. Carolyn Hollstein

Mr. and Mrs. James Gregory Dr. Marilyn Gridley ’53 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Griffith Mr. Adam Groden and Ms. Danna Weddle Mrs. Ann Blackwell Gulick ’61 Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Mahoua Ray Dr. and Mrs. George Gura

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Holmes Mrs. Jean Welsh Honan ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Chris D. Horn Ms. Tracy Hudson ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hulsing Mr. and Mrs. Joe Huppe Mr. and Mrs. Scott Huppe Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hurst Dr. Kent Huston and Dr. Michelle Huston Mr. Victor Hwang and Ms. Christina Wu Ms. Anne Hyvrard Mrs. Beth P. Ingram Ms. Jessica Jackson Mr. and Mrs. James Jacob Mr. Alexander C. Johnson ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Ron Johnson Mrs. Barbara Jones Ms. Libby Jones Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jones Ms. Leigh Jones-Bamman ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jorski Mrs. Carol Durwood Journagan ’66 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kahl Dr. Barbara Kahn ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kanarek Dr. and Mrs. Rahul Kapur Amb. Barbara Hanson Karahadian ’56 Mr. Michael Karnoski Ms. Leslie Kase ’77 Ms. Charlotte Keith Mr. William Keith ’05 Mrs. Lea Marker Keller ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Darren Kennedy Mrs. Phyllis Hauck Kerr ’55* Dr. Aaron Ketchell and Ms. Marcia Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kieffer Mrs. Jean Titus Kiene ’60 Mr. John Kill and Dr. Caroline Elton Kill ’89

Ms. Lindsey Gurkovich Mrs. Susan Hodges Gurley ’66 Mr. John Gyllenborg ’72 and Mrs. Pamela Sutherland Gyllenborg ’72 Mr. Richard M. Gyllenborg ’76 Mrs. Ashley Haase Haith Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. David Haith Mr. and Mrs. Jason Haith Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hajdu Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hall Mr. Allan E. Hall and Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52 Mrs. Mary Beth Wilson Harkins ’58 Mr. Ronald D. Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Kent Harnett Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Harper Reverend and Mrs. Jim Harper III Ms. Katie Hart Mrs. Phyllis Rahm Hart ’55 Mrs. Patricia L. Hassan Ms. Jessica Hebenstreit Mrs. Annie Kasson Heck ’59 Ms. Elizabeth Heddens Mrs. Etta Heilman Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hellebusch Mr. James L. Helman ’78 Mrs. Nancy Lindsey Helmstadter ’48 Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Barnett Helzberg Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Henke Mr. and Mrs. Reber Herdliska

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Donors continued

Mrs. Elizabeth Latham Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mr. David Launder and Mrs. Blythe Brigham Launder ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence Mr. Jeremy Lay and Dr. Amy Lay Mr. and Mrs. Eric Layton Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Leach Mr. Josh LeBeau and Ms. Rachel Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehr Mrs. Heather Lewallen Mr. Robert Lieberman and Mrs. Linda Krigel Lieberman ’65 Mrs. Laura Knickerbocker Lloyd ’73

Ms. Jesica Kincaid ’05 Mrs. Mary Kay Thompson Knorr ’54 Mr. and Mrs. George N. Koepp Mr. Steve Koger ’86 Mr. Robert Kohler, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Koontz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Korneman Mr. James D. Korneman ’93 Mr. John Charles Krueger and Mrs. Carol Davis Krueger ’79 Mrs. Bridget Moran Kukuk Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lackey Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Ladwig

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Charnai Anderson

Grace Harkins

Morgan Boeh

Arizona State University

Zuhair Hawa

Matthew Bruce

Arizona State University

Lauren Hendrickson

Grace Coker

Gia Colon

Kennedy Dockhorn Joshua Dunn Ethan Ellis

University of Kansas

Kansas State University Drake University

DePauw University Cornell College

Elizabeth Ellis

William Jewell College

St. Lawrence University Rice University

University of Chicago

Vanderbilt University

Ellie Schneider

University of Southern California

Jeff Hollis

Princeton University

Emma Shapiro

Wesleyan University

Chuyue "Sophia" Huang

Blair Huxman Diego Gonzalez Jane King

Rice University

Santa Clara University Johnson & Wales University

Colorado State University

Nikhil Kuppuswamy

University of California, Berkeley

Thomas Langdon

Wake Forest University American University

Zachary Grabber Liuyinqi "George" Gu Reid Guemmer Emily Gustafson

University of Missouri Columbia

Allison Tappan

University of Kansas

Henry Goscha

University of San Diego

University of Arkansas

Ross Fitzpatrick

Saahith Gondi

Sarah Stack

University of Arkansas

Stephens College

Jessica Krech

University of Richmond

Amelia Smith Mariah Stewart

Stephanie Krutz

Jacob Gilyard

Mary Margaret Sims

Baker University

University of Kansas

University of Denver

Elon University

Joseph Holliday

University of Kansas

University of Missouri Columbia

Samantha Polese

University of Missouri Columbia

Elizabeth Rohr

Whitney Estes

John Fussell

Eli Pearce

University of Missouri Kansas City

Jonathan Felton

Megan Gannon

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Lincoln University

University of Central Missouri

Harper Truog

The University of Iowa

Patrick Velghe

University of British Columbia

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Spencer Walz

University of Southern California

Olivia Laub

Carleton College

Lena Wencker

Tulane University

Elizabeth Leach

Boston University

Connor Williams

University of California, Santa Cruz

Troy Workman

Pratt Institute

Yingxuan "Lynn" Lin

New York University

Samuel Wright

Arizona State University

University of Kansas

Thomas McConahay

Kansas State University

University of Washington

Katherine McCreight

University of Kansas

University of Denver Texas Christian University

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Rockhurst University

Aislinn McGonagle Grace McGowan

University of California, Berkeley Villanova University

Fan "Cheryl" Wu Saum Yazdani Xinyi "Mandy" Zeng Austin Zollars

University of Chicago University of Missouri Kansas City Les Roches International School of Hotel Management Chapman University

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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lockett Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lopatofsky Ms. Teresa Lorenz Mr. Mark Luce and Ms. Jennifer Copeland Dr. Phillip Lucido and Dr. Patricia Lucido Mr. Pejmon Mahobian Mr. and Mrs. Swede Malm Mr. and Mrs. Chad Markey Mr. and Mrs. Jess Markey Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Martin Ms. Amanda J. Marvin Ms. Sophia Mauro ’16 Mr. Albert Mauro, Jr. ’85 and Ms. Molly Dwyer Ms. Christina Payne McAllister ’87

Mrs. Jane Hanna Nicholas ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nichols Mrs. Daly O ’Brien ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Tom O ’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Edward O ’Connell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden Ms. Sharron O ’Neil Ms. Pat Oppenheimer Ms. Amanda O ’Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Steve Osman Mrs. Barbie O ’Toole Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Padberg Ms. Jennifer Padberg and Mr. Shawn Hollon Ms. Mary Lou Pagano

Mrs. Amy McCarthy-Phillips ’69 Mrs. Sarah Walsh McClanahan ’54 Ms. Ann McCray ’78 Ms. Alicia M. McElroy Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 Drs. Flin and Mary McGhee Ms. Claudia McKinsey Mr. and Mrs. Dan McNickle Ms. Molly Melchior ’87 Mr. George T. Mensch Merck Partnership for Giving Dr. Jamie Metzl ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Michaelis Mr. Gary D. Missildine and Mrs. Jo Meyer Missildine ’63 Mr. David Mombello and Mrs. Laura Mombello ’87 Ms. Elizabeth Mombello ’15 Dr. Gary E. Mombello Ms. Valerie G. Mombello ’16 Mrs. Janet Nelson Moore ’70 Mrs. Betsey Belisle Moreland ’56 Mrs. Rosalyn Hargis Motter ’58 Ms. Min Mou Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mulholland Dr. Christopher Mullis and Ms. Christine Boutros Ms. Jasmine Mundinger Mr. Charlie Mundy Ms. Fabiola Murillo-Yi Mrs. Kathleen Cushman Murphy ’86 Mr. Tyler Murray Ms. Sue Nagy Mr. and Mrs. Parish Neighbors Dr. Robert Neihart and Mrs. Jane Satterlee Neihart ’78 Mrs. Gloria Snyder Nelson ’43 Ms. Paige Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Todd Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Neuman Mr. and Dr. Charles Neumann, Jr.

Mrs. Georgette Stanley Page ’42 Mrs. Carole Paramore Mr. Charlie Parekh ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Parr Mr. and Mrs. Dilip Patel Ms. Cortney L. Patterson Mr. Curt Patterson and Mrs. Linda Katz Patterson ’62 Mr. Chuck Payne and Mrs. Hsiu-Hui Payne Mrs. Patricia Payne Mr. Brandon Pepin ’94 and Ms. Yayoi Domae Mr. and Mrs. William Perich Mr. and Mrs. Larry Perkins Mrs. Gale Gilbert Perll ’64 Ms. Dacia Peterson Mr. Michael Petty and Mrs. Linda Petty ’82 Mr. R. Jack Petty ’15 Ms. Allison Phillips Mrs. Jan Gambrel Phillips ’53 Mr. Paul Pickard and Mrs. Lisa Luth-Pickard Mr. Michael Pittman Mrs. Mallory Plungkhen Mr. Laurence Poisner Mrs. Andrea Poisner-Corchine Ms. Julie A. Porter Ms. Gail Powell and Mr. Perry Ray Mr. and Mrs. Igor Prerovsky Mr. and Mrs. Mark Presko Mr. and Mrs. Nick Presko Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Prier Ms. Helen Pyne Mr. Todd Race and Ms. Kendra Spahr Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Clark Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ramsey Mrs. Evelyn Rauen Ms. Rian A. Ray ’12 Mrs. Ann North Readey ’66 Mrs. Nancy James Redman ’67

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Donors continued Mr. Bruce Reed and Mrs. Page Branton Reed ’73 Mrs. Jean Baumgardt Reichenbach ’70 Mr. Donald R. Reinoehl ’76 Mrs. Barbara Rahm Reno ’55 Mr. Jack Renze 2028 Ms. Ariel Rhines Mr. Clifford Richards, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jarrod Roark Dr. Samuel Robertson and Dr. Nancy Garland Robertson ’63 Ms. Cynthia A. Robinson ’67 Mrs. Elizabeth Romano Mr. and Mrs. Don Roth Mr. Brian Rubaie RubinBrown Mr. Shane Rudman II ’10 and Mrs. Minka Foster Rudman Mr. Jonathan Rudnick ’84 Ms. Lauren Rueger Ms. Marcia Russ Ms. Erin E. Ryan ’05 Dr. Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox and Mrs. Monique Rydberg-Cox Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Sader Mrs. Debra Rubin Sadowsky ’72 Dr. Marilyn Sanders ’71 and Mr. Peter Adomeit Dr. Paula Sanders ’73 Mr. and Mrs. William Sant Mr. and Mrs. George L. Satterlee, Sr. Dr. Alan Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schneider, Sr. Mr. Craig M. Schultz ’85 Ms. Sydney Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Schwegler Mrs. Karen Seay Ms. Erica Seligson Mrs. Ann Goldman Shanklin ’67 Mrs. Judy Shannon Ms. Merle Sharpe Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Shore Dr. Bruce Short and Dr. Mary Jane Short Mr. and Mrs. Mark Short Mr. and Mrs. Scott Siebers Mrs. Peggy Siebert Dr. Martha Siegel Mr. Ken Simpson and Dr. Tiffany Simpson Mrs. Mary Denman Simpson ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sims Dr. Brian D. Sippy ’85 and Mrs. Karen Sippy Mr. Roger Siuda and Mrs. Kathy Lawrence Siuda ’59 Mrs. Julie Sloan ’77 Mrs. Susan Helzberg Sloman ’74 Mr. David Smart

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Ms. Deborah Smith ’70 Mrs. Janet Smith Ms. Julia Smith Mrs. Penny Weber Smith ’61 Ms. Emily W. Snow ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Snow Mr. Marty Snyder Mr. Michael Sokoloff and Ms. Rene Street Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Solomon Mr. W. Mark Spann ’73 and Mrs. Molly Susan Coole Spann Ms. Elisabeth M. Spencer ’79 Mrs. Caren Sprague Ms. Rachel Spratt ’86 Mrs. Deborah Benish Stanford ’61 Dr. and Mrs. Dusan Stanojevic Mrs. June Wolf Steahlin ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Herb Steffens Mr. and Mrs. Don Stelting Mr. Adam Stiles Ms. Lilly Stitt Mr. and Mrs. Greg Stonebarger Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sturgis Mrs. Shirley Hayman Sudduth ’56 Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Szluha Mr. John Tacha and Mrs. Ryann Galloway Tacha Mrs. Gail Taliaferro Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Taylor, Jr. Mr. Scott Taylor and Mrs. Cathy Jolly Taylor Mrs. Virgina Thiel Mrs. Marti Thomas Dr. Tyler Thomas and Dr. Srikala Subramanian Mr. and Mrs. Matt Thompson Mrs. Catherine Rush Thompson ’72 Ms. Miriam Thompson Mr. Matt Thurman and Dr. Rachael Thurman Mrs. Lisa Tillema Mrs. Lucy Keith Tittmann ’49 Ms. Chrystal A. Tonkin Mr. Frederick Truog and Mrs. Susan Rosse Truog ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tuchband Mrs. Lisa Tulp Mrs. Sarah Tulp Mrs. Karen Van Voorst Turner ’53 Mr. Paul Uhlmann and Mrs. Liz Bloch Uhlmann ’77 Dr. John Vadaparampil and Ms. Reema Sebastian Mrs. Margaret Sutton Valentine ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Terry VanDyke KEY TO SYMBOLS Armillary Society Annual Fund Gift Endowment Gift

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Mr. and Mrs. David Vasquez Mrs. Penelope Smith Vrooman ’54 Mrs. Virginia Raymond Wagner ’56 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Rod Walker Mr. Brent Walz and Mrs. Deborah Hosfield Walz ’86 Ms. Angela Wang ’81 Mrs. Mimi Fitch Wayne ’79 Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Chris White Mrs. Janet Gurley Whitman ’56 Mrs. Jeanne Dodds Williams ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williams, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Wilson

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Wolfsie Ms. Patricia Ernst Woo ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Wood Ms. Jo-Lynne Worley ’66 Mrs. Cynthia Brannock Wright ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Purd Wright Mr. Will Wurster Mr. David R. Yarnevich ’92 Mr. Tomoo Yokobori and Ms. Yan Yan Ms. Kristina Young Mr. and Mrs. John Young Mr. and Mrs. John Yount Ms. Bonnie Yowell Mr. Alan Zahniser and Dr. Catherine Madden Zahniser

Ms. Lynn Wilson Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff

Mrs. Joanna Zauchenberger Ms. Lindsay Zimmerman

The Next Generation Legacy Students Connect Barstow’s Past, Present and Future In 2016–2017, Barstow educated 62 legacy students. Legacy students are students whose parents, grandparents, or other relatives are Barstow alumni. We are proud that so many of our alumni choose Barstow for the next generation of their families.

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Back row: Emma Nunnink, Sam Dockhorn, Eric Wright, Tilo Mullis, Ethan Walz, Joey Holliday, Spencer Walz, Tyler Durwood, Henry Goscha, Emma Shapiro, Kennedy Dockhorn, Brian King and Janie King Fourth row: Jonah Girson, Francesca Mauro, Olivia Hawley, Emily Lopez, Lucy Hart, Zoe Brous, Sammi Matula, Harper Truog, Amelia Smith, Natasha Bisarya, Charlie Hisle, Andrew Lang and Logan Mulligan Third row: Ryan Lang, Zoe Moore, Sophie Brous, Phoebe Brous, Alex Hart, August Irwin, Noah Waldman, Abby Hart, Susanna King, Claire Redick, Betsi Waldeck, Clayton Mombello and Marc Matula Second row: Max Moore, Geordie Waldman, Owen Siebers, Layla Follett, Robert Waldeck, William Nunnink, Ali Luetje, Charlie Bernstein, Chad Luetje, Julia Luetje, Taylor Lacy, Maren Lacy, Chase Mulligan and Taylor Easterwood First row: Richie Lashbrook, Pier Lashbrook, Louie Bernstein, Sam Bernstein and Adam Luetje Not pictured: David Haith, Sydney Higgins, Diana Hisle and Peter Mombello

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STEAM Ahead

by Lisa Tulp

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he director slides his chair to the switcher and a camera zooms in on the anchor desk. BTVN, a broadcast produced entirely by upper school students, is on the air. In the

middle school elective “Curious Minds, Creative Minds,” students synthesize gaming, technology and teamwork to solve a breakout scenario. Even in a

prekindergarten room, budding scientists conduct an experiment—they

watch with wonder as an egg immersed in vinegar sheds its shell and develops into something new—before documenting the results in digital journals on their iPads. Each experience is part of Barstow’s expanding school-wide STEAM initiative.

What is STEAM? It’s an educational approach that uses science, technology,

There will always be mistakes; there will always be new things to learn.”

engineering, the arts and mathematics as access points to 21st century skills such as critical thinking, collabora-

In the early 2000’s, Barstow began

tion and problem solving. A STEAM

cultivating a cultural ethos that encour-

education produces students who take

aged faculty to embrace the rapid growth

thoughtful risks, engage in experiential

and development of technology in their

learning and trust their creative in-

classrooms. Early adoption of a STEAM-

stincts in a world increasingly powered

based curriculum began in earnest in

by innovation.

2003, when all Barstow sixth graders

“Innovation takes two things,” says

Robotics team members use their six-week build season to constuct a complete robot from a box of parts. (Photo by Todd Race)

THE SEEDS OF STEAM SUCCESS

received laptop computers, a first in the

Director of Middle and Upper School

region. As students in every grade became

STEAM Gavin Wood. “It takes skills and

increasingly fluent with computer tech-

it takes confidence. We want to build

nology, the program evolved to include

students who are technologically literate,

iPads for students in preschool through

that know some programming and some

grade 8 and student-supplied laptops

3D design and can use the tools that are

in the upper school. Physics teacher

available to them. Philosophically, we

Scott Daniel took on the additional role

also want to create confident students

of director of technology and began

who take chances and who understand

developing ways to harness the learning

that learning is never a static thing.

potential of technology devices.

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“That’s essentially when the integra-

and communicate to be successful,” he

WHY STEAM?

says. Those are the same components of

Georgette Yakman, founding re-

became across the board. You’d use it

a STEAM education now being applied

searcher and CEO at STEAM Education,

for researching your papers in English

to every subject area at Barstow.

says STEAM programs integrate all

tion of technology in the classroom

classes and in science classes. Students

“If you look at our art programs,

subject areas into an inquiry-based,

working on publications were early

our English programs, our science and

hands-on curriculum that aligns with

adopters,” Daniel says. “And then, of

math programs from lower through

what students will experience in college

course, there was robotics.”

upper school, they all use technology

and the workforce. This paradigm encourages students to actively seek out information rather than just receive it from a teacher. Since young people inherently know how to find information in a digital world, STEAM skills teach them how to figure out what the information means and what they can do with it.

Consider a Barstow grade 2 classroom where students comfortably incorporate technology across all subject areas. By scanning a QR code, they can link to a story being read aloud and follow along with a hard copy to improve reading fluency and comprehension. They watch math videos created by each of their classroom teachers

Students fuse art and engineering as they create sculpture inspired by the work of local artist Rita Blitt. (Photo by Todd Race)

and complete corresponding work differentiated to their skill level, all while checking in with their

If iPads and laptops were the sparks

classroom teacher as needed to progress

that ignited Barstow’s technological

for peer editing and peer review. Upper

on their individual learning paths. They

revolution, the robotics club was the

School English Department Chair

research ecological biomes and then

fuel that fired it. Members of Robotics

Mark Luce has a blog in which his

produce multimedia presentations to

Team 1939 quickly became technology

students write reflections on artwork

augment written reports. These dif-

leaders in the school as they engaged in

and publish it to the web. Upper School

ferentiated STEAM learning experiences

competitive robot design, construction

Social Science Teacher Angela Guldin

allow students to explore the concepts

and application. Daniel led the club in its

uses technology in her project-based

presented in class in more depth and at

early years.

learning approach in history classes

their own pace.

“You have so many different types

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extensively. Students use Google docs

where students publish books and

In middle school, students create videos to document and explain their science

of individuals on the robotics team all

make documentaries. We’re not doing

together, some that love to program,

these things just because we have the

project structure to judges; they show

some that love to design, some that

technology. Students are mastering the

how they conduct experiments and reach

love to build, some that love to problem

technologies to make sure they have

their conclusions. They use online re-

solve and present. They all have to

the tools they need to be successful and

search apps that allow for real time peer-

interact with each other and collaborate

ready for the world.”

to-peer and student-teacher collaboration.

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When author Jason Reynolds spoke to

create products, learn about intellec-

weekly STEAM classes. During the first

seventh graders about his novel, “All

tual property and patents, and see how

year, they tackled computer coding,

American Boys,” last spring, middle

creativity, collaboration and problem

programmed robots, studied the science

school English teacher Kelly Finn and

solving drive innovation.

of sound and applied engineering

Global Education Coordinator Ilsy Blachly worked with the technology department

“We’ll go through the engineering and design process, probably go through

concepts to construction projects.

“I always try to get something in their

to create a global classroom. They linked

some failures, then we’ll define the

hands that opens up a new window in

students from the German School of

problems and come up with solutions.

their mind or leads to an inspirational

Madrid into the live discussion through video conferencing software.

In each of these instances, students aren’t simply learning subject matter; they’re applying knowledge in new ways, resulting in authentic and meaningful education experiences.

“It’s not just having the device that gives our students an experience they can’t get anywhere else. We go beyond that in our classrooms,” Libby Latham says. She is Barstow’s technology integration specialist, a position created especially to support teachers and students as they incorporate technology into learning.

“What’s so cool about incorporating STEAM is that technology is everything to kids these days, but we

Lower school students apply the scientific method in the development of their own science projects. (Photo by Lisa Tulp)

can’t forget to teach the foundation of touching and building and creating.

It’s possible that one of these students’

moment,” Lower School STEAM Teacher

STEAM recognizes that. Barstow has

inventions, someday soon, could turn

Brad Buckner says.

created a balance of rigorous academics,

into the million dollar idea,” Wood says.

technology and hands-on learning. When

In Computer Assisted (CAD) and 3D

But STEAM education isn’t limited to a special class or electives. Wood

we combine those, the growth we see in

Design courses, students will create what

anticipates that inspirational moments

our students is exponential.”

Wood calls techno-art. They’ll use laser

will happen in every classroom, in every

cutters, compute gear ratios, practice

subject, for every student.

NEW DIRECTIONS AHEAD

During the 2017–2018 school year,

wiring and build motors to make kinetic sculptures. There are, he says, a lot of

“A proper STEAM program is not siloed in one place. All science classes,

STEAM will take Barstow students in

moving parts. “This is going to be hard. If

all math classes, all language and arts

new and different directions. Under

their piece doesn’t work, they’ll have to

classes are part of integrating STEAM

Wood’s direction, middle and upper

figure out why and fix it. The learning hap-

throughout our school. Instead of

school students are taking advantage of

pens not only in completing the product,

thinking we’re creating the people

several STEAM-specific electives, includ-

but also in going through the process.”

who will eventually do things that

ing two based on the maker movement.

Student inventors conceptualize and

Students in kindergarten through grade 5, meanwhile, will continue

change the world, I say let’s start now.

Why wait?”

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Burton Sexton ’96

“I

t was an easy choice to give back to Barstow. From gaining lifelong friends who inspired and challenged me, to the faculty who provided an invaluable education, Barstow enabled me to be the person I am today. I believe that current students, as well as future generations, will experience the same rewarding opportunities I did.”

Photo: Todd Race

East Coast Alumni Planning is underway for a gathering in your city.

Boston

New York

Boston — November 2017 New York City — November 9 at 5:30 p.m.

Washington, D.c. — November 2017

Stay tuned for details!

For more information, or if you’d like to see Barstow in your area, please contact Ryann Galloway Tacha, Alumni and Annual Fund Officer — ryann.tacha@barstowschool.org · 816-277-0415

Washington, D.C.

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On Commencement evening, Susan Truog proudly welcomed

her granddaughter, Harper Truog ’17, to the

alumni community. Susan is also pictured with her son, Harper’s father, Toby Truog ’87.

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The Class of 1961 gathered for their 55th Reunion in September

2016. Many thanks to Betty Ann Cortelyou for organizing!

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Dr. Barbara Kahn was inducted into the National Academy of

Sciences for her “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Kahn is an internationally renowned expert in the fields

of metabolism, diabetes and obesity. She has

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made critical discoveries in metabolic research, uncovering the complex mechanisms of insulin action, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

Her work has illuminated the understanding of the role that adipose tissue plays in blood sugar regulation and glucose homeostasis.

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The Class of 1976 celebrated their 40th Reunion during

Alumni Weekend 2016. Many thanks to Breck Anderson, Susan Belger Angulo, David Francis, Kim Jeffries, Bill LeBlanc, Stephanie

On Tree Day, members of the Class

Watson McCurdy, Susan McGee, Doug Price

of 1972 gathered to remember their

and Kristin Van Voorst for their efforts in

friend and classmate Nancy Trillin Koppel.

Left: Susan Rosse Truog ’59, Harper Truog ’17 and Toby Truog ’87 Top: Mike Sigler ’72, Caroline Davis ’72, Donna Thomason ’72, Arlan Koppel, Carol Engel Poppe ’72 and Pam Sutherland Gyllenborg ’72 Bottom: The Class of 1976 at their reunion

planning a successful and fun weekend!

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Tracy Kelley Carroll writes, “My oldest daughter, Alexys Carroll,

graduated from Glendale High School

in Springfield, MO. She delivered the commencement speech on May 11, 2017. I am so crazy proud of her!”

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Jay Holliday and his son, Joey Holliday ’17, both won the

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After winning the World Series, the Kansas City Royals visited the

White House. Marc Solomon was there and even started the “Let’s Go Royals” chant.

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The Class of 1986 celebrated their 30th Reunion during Alumni

Weekend 2016. As part of their celebration, the class dedicated a new armillary in the Senior

Physics Cup at the close of their respective

Circle in memory of their classmates, Lee Ann

senior years­—34 years apart.

Duckett Bell, Suzy England and Tyler Preston.

Dr. Gillian Chapman is the new Superintendent of Teton County School District in Wyoming.

Jamie Metzl has written a new book, “Eternal Sonata.” During Alumni Weekend 2016, he spoke about the science and future of genetics.

In the spring of 2017, ten Barstow students visited Beth Morrison at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Beth is Senior Curator of Manuscripts and gave them a behind the scenes look at medieval texts owned by the museum. Beth also served as

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Alumni Orator for Alumni Weekend 2016.

“Barstow has an incredible and long-lasting effect on my life and career almost every day” she told the students and alumni gathered.

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Jenny Thiessen Waldeck delivered a rousing charge to

the Class of 2017 during Convocation. She

advised them to embrace their last year, be the best version of themselves, thank their teachers, coaches and parents on a regular basis and remain mindful of the foundation they built over their years at Barstow.

Brooke Helmers Bremer, Jason Press and Stacy Chick Schleicher gathered in New York City for a mini reunion in July 2017.

Top: Marc Solomon ’85, Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon and Jeffrey Sosland Middle: The Class of 1986 at their 30th reunion Left: Jamie Metzl ’86 Right: Beth Morrison ’86

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David Yarnevich returned to campus in November 2016

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to speak to middle and upper school

students about his work at Google as well as imposter syndrome. David is the manager of a network engineering team and is responsible for infrastructure and technology deployments across North and South America.

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Former Obama White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is

now a political analyst for NBC News. Josh

will appear on both NBC and MSNBC.

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The Class of 1996 celebrated their 20th reunion in the fall

of 2016. Thanks to Mark Lewis, Chris Liu, Burton Sexton and Cathy King Schultz for ensuring their class had a memorable

Top left: Jenny Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Top right: Jason Press ’90, Stacy Chick Schleicher ’90 and Brooke Helmers Bremer ’90 Middle left: The Class of 1996 at their 20th reunion Middle right: David Yarnevich ’92 Bottom: The Raccuglia Family

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Christina Anderson was nominated by the 2017 Kilroy

List for her play “How to Catch Creation.” In addition, Christina was named the Interim

weekend.

Head of Graduate Playwriting at Brown

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Joseph Schmitz deployed as the

University.

Army’s 35th Infantry Division

Anna Braukmann Raccuglia and Paul

Medical Operations Officer in June 2017.

Raccuglia welcomed twins, Jacob and Olivia,

His responsibilities include developing,

into the world on August 23, 2016.

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coordinating and implementing a plan for health service support of more than 15,000 soldiers in Kuwait. When Joseph isn’t scuba diving or riding his Harley Davidson Fat Boy, he and his wife, Sara, enjoy spending time with their dog, Boomer.

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Top left: Baby Caroline, daughter of Brynn Chapman Ferraro ’01 Top right: Josh House ’03 and Don Stelting Bottom left: “The Green Lady,” a new book by Sara Kincaid ’02 Bottom right: David Franz ’05 and Mallory Selzer Vaughn ’05

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Brynn Chapman Ferraro and her

actually wrote her first novel-length work

husband, Chris, welcomed their

during her junior year at Barstow.

second child, Caroline Grace on May 4, 2017.

Caroline joins big brother, Chapman and the family is now a happy foursome!

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Scout Durwood has released a new album “Take One Thing

with Def Leppard, Queen Latifah, Tom Waits, Brian Setzer, the 19-track album intermingles a hysterical standup set taped at the underground

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Girls Basketball Coach. Josh has

taken over coaching duties from longtime

Off.” Produced by Dave Darling who worked

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Josh House is the new Varsity

coach and Director of Athletics Don Stelting.

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Many, many thanks to David Franz and Mallory Selzer

Vaughn for returning to campus as the

Alumni Presenters for Homecoming 2017!

Los Angeles club, The Pack, with songs “loosely

Ethan Jackson won a prestigious two-year

mapped over my life in New York,” says Scout.

Ph.D. fellowship awarded by Microsoft

Sara Kincaid published her first novel, “The

Research. Ethan studies computer science

Green Lady” in August 2016. Fun Fact: Sara

and will focus on mobility and networking.

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The Class of 2006 reunited for their 10th reunion during

Alumni Weekend 2016 and enjoyed a Royals game together. Many thanks to Patti Greenbaum and Sara Masner for organizing a great time!

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Patti Greenbaum and husband, Jordan Jurcyk welcomed baby girl Eloise “Lulu” Rosemary

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Greenbaum into the world on January 1, 2017.

Melissa Backstrom Searle and her husband, Jamie Searle, welcomed baby girl Story James into the world on January 22, 2017. She is their second daughter and joins big sister Nazra Corinne.

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Lena Hoober-Burkhardt writes “I graduated in May 2017 from

the University of Southern California, with a

Ph.D. in Chemistry. My research focused on designing and analyzing organic molecules for use in large-scale energy storage devices (otherwise known as batteries). These types of batteries would be useful in safely and efficiently integrating the intermittent supply of renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar, into the grid. In the fall of 2017, I

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Sam Glassberg’s band, Tennis System was featured on “Last Call

will be moving back to Kansas City to take a

with Carson Daly” on April 25, 2017. They

position as Assistant Teaching Professor in the

performed “Such a Drag.”

Top left: Patti Greenbaum ’06 and Jordan Jurcyk with Lulu Top right: The Class of 2006 Bottom: Eric Burkhardt, Ben Hoober-Burkhardt ’10, Lena Hoober-Burkhardt ’07, Sam Hoober-Burkhardt ’11 and Lori Hoober

Department of Chemistry at UMKC.”

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Michael Driscoll and Daniel

as a joke on a hot summer day, the project

Gargallo Woodhams have started

continues to grow. I’ve made more than 150

their own publishing company called Driscoll

pairings so far and have partnered with NYC

& Woodhams. Recently, they published

ice cream shops to make custom flavors for

Danny’s book “She Beyond Sun.” Friend and

newly released books.”

classmate Ben Denzer designed the cover art.

Ben has also been busy with his new project Ice Cream Books. In an interview with Grafik magazine he says, “About a year ago I started

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Harrison Rosenthal brought his baritone back to the Barstow stage

and performed in the one-act opera “Gallantry”

an Instagram account called @ice_cream_

for middle and upper school students.

books. I put ice cream on top of books and

Harrison is a senior majoring in journalism

photographed the melting results. Started

and public policy at the University of Kansas and is a member of the KU Opera Workshop.

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Left: “She Beyond Sun:” a collaboration between members of the Class of 2011 Below: Harrison Rosenthal ’13 Bottom: Kathryn Lundgren ’15

Kathryn Sloan has been recognized as a 2017 Athur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar in women’s soccer for her outstanding academic and athletic achievement. She is a senior forward at Louisiana Tech. Kathryn was one of 26 student-athletes from across the country in all divisions to be selected first team. She has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average and graduated in May 2017 with a degree in communication arts and design.

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Kathryn Lundgren visited Angela Guldin’s AP® Human

Geography classes as a guest speaker in

August 2016. She taught the class about

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sustainable development and her work on water systems in Ghana. She cites a water project in freshmen biology class taught by Dr. Caroline Elton Kill ’89 as the original

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inspiration for her interest in the global water crisis. Kathryn attends Case Western Reserve University.

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Congratulations to Lauren Bernard who was named the

2016 Young Fundraiser/Philanthropist of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (MO, Mid-America Chapter).

Sophia Mauro visited Josh Earnest ’93, former White House Press Secretary for President Obama at his office in the White House in October 2016.

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Valerie Mombello was accepted into the College of Veterinary Medicine Early Admission Program at Kansas State University. Val is one of 34 undergraduate students who earned this special opportunity

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to fulfill their passions for animal health.

Nargiza Negahban writes “I am working with College Works, a painting company that gives internships to college students to start and run their own businesses. I have a crew of professionally trained painters who will be painting houses. I am partnered with Sherwin-Williams so everything is insured, certified and has a guarantee. If anyone is interested, get in touch!”

What fun it was to cheer on Shea Rush and the Univerisity of North Carolina Tar Heels this season! Shea is pictured holding the NCAA South Regional Champion trophy before the Tar Heels went on to win the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball

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Jacob Gilyard won the DiRenna Award and was named the best

male basketball player in Kansas City in the

2016–2017 season. This is the second year in a row a Barstow student has won the

Top left: Lauren Bernard ’16 and members of the 2015–2016 Barstow Leo Club Top right: Shea Rush ’16 Bottom left: Sophia Mauro ’16 and Josh Earnest ’93 Bottom right: Jacob Gilyard ’17

prestigious award. Jeriah Horne ’16 received the award for the 2015–2016 season.

Tournament.

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The Heritage Society was established to honor donors who have left a legacy for The Barstow School through a bequest in a will, trust or other deferred gift. Members of this distinctive society are passionate about Barstow’s future and feel strongly about giving as a means of celebrating their experiences with the school.

OF THE 94 MEMBERS OF THE HERITAGE SOCIETY . . .

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Mr. Daniel Abitz and Mrs. Diana Johnson Abitz ’75 Mrs. Susan Belger Angulo ’76 Mr. George B. Ashby and Mrs. Rilye Semple Ashby ’48* Mr. James Baker and Mrs. Janice Germann Baker ’65 Mrs. Linde Lee Johnson Barber ’74 Mrs. Helen Ward Beals ’09* Mrs. Lee Ann Duckett Bell ’86* Mrs. Betty Brookfield Berol Mrs. Jane B. Bolton* Mrs. Beverly Pierson Bradley ’44* Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brown Ms. Carolgene Burd ’64 Mr. Charles A. Carter, Jr.* Ms. Betty Ann Cortelyou ’61 Mrs. Melanie McVay Di Leo ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dockhorn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Duckett Mr. Tom Dunn and Dr. Leslie Teel Dunn ’70 Mr. and Mrs. George D. Egon Mr. A. Daniel Eldridge* Dr. Eugene E. Fibuch* and Mrs. Annette Fibuch Mr. Fred Fisher* and Mrs. Louise Fisher* Mrs. Marguerite Peet Foster ’43* Mrs. Elaine Patterson French ’40* Barbara and Gene Funk Mrs. Anne Thompson Gartner ’44 Mrs. Dody Gerber Gates Ms. Joyce S. Generali Mrs. Martha Stout Gledhill ’19* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Goldsborough Mr. Scott C. Gyllenborg ’74 Mr. Allan E. Hall and Mrs. Elise Schmahlfeldt Hall ’52 Mrs. Judy Hart Mr. Irv Hockaday and Mrs. Ellen Jurden Hockaday ’56 Mrs. Betty Branson Holliday ’57 Mrs. Myrna Pratt Horne Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hudson Mrs. Josephine Hellings Huguenin ’31* Mrs. Quintanella M. Johnson Mr. George C. Jordan* Ms. Leslie Kase ’77 Ms. Janet K. Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Kessinger Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Kivett Mrs. Lois Dubach Lacy ’55 Mr. Peter Lacy ’88 and Mrs. Kendall Hart Lacy ’92

Ms. Martha Lally ’75 Mr. Sanders R. Lambert, Jr. and Mrs. Kelly Brent Lambert ’50* Mrs. Cindy McCollum Larson ’89 Mrs. Nancy Staley Laubach ’44 Mr. Gordon K. Lenci Mr. J. Robert Mackenzie Ms. Grace Madison* Mr. and Mrs. John Marvin Ms. Susan L. McGee ’76 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrow III Mr. David J. Neihart ’79 and Mrs. Wendy Ketterman Neihart ’79 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Osborn, Jr. Mrs. Rosalyn Osborn Ms. Betty Ann Patti* Mrs. Marguerite Munger Peet ’21* Ms. Lisa Pelofsky ’82 Mrs. Fern Pine* Mr. George W. Potter* and Mrs. Emy Lou Withers Potter ’46* Mr. Douglas M. Price ’76 Mr. David Reed* and Mrs. Astrid Reed Ms. Deborah Reichman ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Grant Ritchey Ms. Mary Judith Robinson ’57 Mrs. Jean Wight Rosahn ’35* Mr. Charles H. Sachs Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Schaumburg Mrs. Caroline M. Scofield Dr. Kathy Shaffer and Dr. Stan Shaffer ’73 Dr. Bruce Short and Dr. Mary Jane Short Mrs. Maye Wymore Sibley ’31* Mr. J. Michael Sigler ’72 Mrs. Miriam Babbitt Simpson* Mr. Thomas Staley* Mrs. Josephine Reid Stubbs ’25* Ms. Mary S. Sunderland* Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Sunderland Mr. Hoyt Thompson* and Mrs. Barbara Welch Thompson ’44* Mrs. Joan McGee Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Tuohy Ms. Janet E. Turner ’32* Mrs. Jennifer Thiessen Waldeck ’90 Mr. Maurice A. Watson ’76 Mrs. Georgia Berkshire Welch ’19* Mr. Raymond B. White* Mr. Scott Wolff ’76 and Mrs. Karen Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zollars * Denotes deceased

JOIN THE HERITAGE SOCIETY To find out how you can make a planned gift and join the Heritage Society, visit www.barstowschool.org/plannedgiving or contact Director of Advancement Pat Oppenheimer at pat.oppenheimer@barstowschool.org or 816-277-0414.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam Our condolences to the families of Barstow alumni and friends lost in the past year prior to July 1, 2017.

July 6, 2016 Father of Merilyn Tivol Berenbom ’71

Louise Scarritt Grove ’39; sistere of Elizabeth Adams Breed ’57; cousin of Ann North Readey ’66; aunt of Britton Adams ’97

August 5, 2016

August 25, 2016

Nancy Wilkinson Hawley ’46

William E. Pfeiffer

Daughter of Frances Shryock Wilkinson, a member of the Barstow Class of 1915

Father of Jan E. Pfeiffer-Rios ’73. Bill was a former trustee of the school.

August 10, 2016

August 27, 2016

Robert A. Babcock

Mary Lauterbach Wagner

Father of Laura Babcock Sutherland ’77 and Brooks Babcock ’80

Mary attended Barstow as a boarding student and was considered a beloved member of the Barstow Class of 1954.

Harold Tivol

August 10, 2016

Robert “Ribby” Woodbury

September 7, 2016

Father of Patricia Woodbury Miller ’65 and Susan Woodbury ’69

Rosemary Trelease Day ’43

August 20, 2016

Gladys Blue “Glady” Bayles

Patricia Parker Adams McConachie ’64

Mother of Martha Bayles Bacon ’69, Robert “Skip” Bayles ’73 and Christian Bayles ’75

Daughter of Elizabeth Scarritt Adams ’32; niece of Alice Scarritt Kelley ’34 and Ann

September 10, 2016

September 18, 2016

Gordon Taylor Beaham III Brother of Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54; uncle of Allen Wright; great uncle of Jared Wright ’12, Trevor Wright ’14, former student Owen Wright ’17 and Eric Wright, a member of the Barstow Class of 2020.

September 17, 2016

Jean Tanzey Bellemere Mother of Janice Bellemere Hamill ’65 September 23, 2016

William Clarkson, Jr. Father of Mary Lee Clarkson ’77, Jean Ann Clarkson Schrader ’77, and Jan Clarkson Clayton ’80. Bill was a former trustee of the school.

October 2, 2016

Lisbeth “Becky” Blattenberg Hosfield Mother of Deb Hosfield Walz ’86; grandmother of Spencer Walz ’17 and Ethan Walz, a member of the Barstow Class of 2022.

In Memoriam continues on page 46

Special Remembrance

Beverly Pierson Carmichael Bradley ’44

B

everly Bradley ’44 would not only

Beverly returned to Kansas City in

light up a room, but make sure

1972 and married Ellis G. Bradley in 1977.

that everyone in it felt valued and

She developed a career selling real estate

appreciated. Beverly passed away on

while at the same time volunteering

December 9, 2016.

extensively for causes about which

After graduating from The Barstow

she was passionate. For the March of

School, she attended Bradford Junior

Dimes, she founded the Gourmet Gala,

College in Haverhill, Massachusetts and

was chair of the opening gala for The

Connecticut College in New London,

Eye Foundation and a lifetime member

Connecticut.

of The Rose Society. Beverly always

Her leadership abilities had a

credited her parents and The Barstow

profound influence on both the commu-

School for developing a personal

nities of Kansas City and Indianapolis,

Indianapolis Museums of Art and was

foundation that allowed her to take on

where she resided with her husband Jack

instrumental in locating the new art

leadership opportunities. She served on

Carmichael for 23 years. Throughout

museum on the Lilly estate. In addi-

The Barstow School Board of Trustees,

her life, Beverly was a strong advocate

tion, she was a trustee of the Indiana

and in 1996, received the Alumna of the

for the arts. She was one of the original

University School of Art and a member

Year Award. Beverly, much admired and

three founders of the Alliance of

of the National Opera Committee.

loved, will be greatly missed.

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In Memoriam

October 3, 2016

January 13, 2017

April 4, 2017

Rev. Margaret Foster Ruth ’46

Kathryn Margolin Richter ’77

Olive Beaham Lansburgh ’54

October 16, 2016

January 16, 2017

Margaret Anne Baumgardt ’75

Robert Sloan

Sister of Jean Baumgardt Reichenbach ’70; Margaret Anne was predeceased by her mother Marjory Dickey Baumgardt ’41.

Father of Susan Sloan ’74, Jeff Sloan ’75 and Peter Sloan ’78

October 22, 2016

Dorothy “Deedee” Lucille Vickrey Watson

Madalene Morgan Olander Woodbury

Mother of Stephanie Watson McCurdy ’76

Mother of Tom O. Woodbury ’77, Carol Woodbury Raridon ’79 and Betsy Woodbury Cline ’80

February 10, 2017

October 29, 2016

Joseph Blake Exposito ’12 Son of Monique Exposito and Paul Exposito.

Brother of Broc Exposito ’09 December 9, 2016

January 28, 2017

Sally Dean Fitch ’57 Aunt of Stan Dean ’78, John Dean ’80 and Kate Dean Dunn ’81 February 15, 2017

John “Jay” Windsor III ’79 Brother of Paul Windsor ’80

Beverly Pierson Carmichael Bradley ’44

February 17, 2017

Aunt of Merrill Pierson Nunnally ’78; great aunt of Hillary Pierson-Eib’15; Beverly was a former trustee of the school

Mother of Ed Tranin ’78; grandmother of Emily Tranin ’16

December 10, 2016

Martha Edith “Edie” Sermon Selders ’57

Sally Turk Tranin

February 21, 2017

Anne Morse Cohen

Sister-in-law of Bebe Brookfield Selders ’70

Mother of Margo Cohen McKinnon ’77

December 13, 2016

February 22, 2017

Carlene Rose Neihart Mother of David J. Neihart ’79; mother-inlaw of Jane Satterlee Neihart ’78 and Wendy Ketterman Neihart ’79; grandmother of Jim Neihart ’06, Bryan Neihart ’07, Anna Neihart Lynch ’08, Brent Neihart ’09, and Braden Neihart ’13; Carlene was predeceased by her son, Carl William Neihart ’80 December 15, 2016

Catherine “Kate” Zimmerman ’66 January 3, 2017

Jane Miller Smull Mother of Sarah Smull Hatfield ’77 January 12, 2017

Margaret Carswell Lyddon Mother of James Lyddon, Jr. ’79; mother-inlaw of Julianna Brown Lyddon ’83

Nancy Trillin Koppel ’72 Mother of David Koppel ’05 February 24, 2017

Milton Charles Clarke Father of Laura Clarke-Steffen ’76, Virginia Clarke ’79 and Senoria K. Clarke ’81 March 5, 2017

Barbara K. Elliott Mother of Mary Elliott ’82 and Sarah Elliott Biles ’86 March 7, 2017

Phyllis Hauck Kerr ’55 March 27, 2017

Mary Martin Mother of Peter Martin ’77 and Paul Martin ’79 April 3, 2016

Jan Engstrand Redfearn ’59

Mother of Allen Wright; grandmother of Jared Wright ’12, Trevor Wright ’14, former student Owen Wright ’17 and Eric Wright, a member of the Barstow Class of 2020 April 8, 2017

Thomas Olofson Father of Chris Olofson ’88 April 10, 2017

Herbert VanDyke Davis Father of Cheryl Graves ’62 and Martha Davis ’72 April 19, 2017

Beth K. Smith Mother of Sarah Smith Malino ’63, Judith Smith ’66 and Deborah Smith ’70 April 15, 2017

Cheryl Ann Elliott Wilson Mother of Christina Payne McAllister ’87 April 20, 2017

Carolee Dreier Atha Mother of Diane Atha Harriman ’71; aunt of Denise Dreier Despars ’72, Emily Atha Boeshaar ’74, Dana Dreier Lamont (1974), Sally Atha Murguia ’76, Taylor Atha ’78 and Spencer Atha ’82 May 3, 2017

Barbara Shackelford Seidlitz ’40 Grandmother of former student Christina Drummond McVeigh ’88; Barbara was predeceased by her mother, Louise Hutt Shackelford ’18.

May 21, 2017

Dr. Thomas Duckett Spouse of Ann Duckett, former trustee, honorary alumna, and former development director; father of Tom Duckett ’88. Tom was predeceased by his daughter Lee Ann Duckett Bell ’86.

May 26, 2017

Olivia Marian Hansen Granddaughter of Nancy Tobin Williams ’65 June 9, 2017

Jonah Isaac Hartney Newman ’05 Brother of Patrick Newman ’01

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Barstow By The Numbers

Barstow Points of Pride ENROLLMENT

(2016–2017 School Year)

The mission of

304 Upper School 246

The Barstow School is “to

Lower School (Preschool–Grade 5)

720 Enrollment

promote sound scholarship

(Grades 9–12)

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

and to give symmetrical

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development to mind, body and character.”

ACADEMICS

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS

9:1 Student–teacher ratio

Residential distribution:

71% Avg class size:

16 % of faculty advanced degrees:

69%

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Congressional Award Gold Medals (2010–2017)

CLASS OF 2017 PROFILE Students in the class of 2017:

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“Lifers”: 18

(4% international)

ZIP codes represented:

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“Legacies”: 7

Avg # college acceptances

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per graduate

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31%

85%

5% international 10% unreported

Countries represented:

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From The Archives

“On Tree Day in the spring, the entire school assembles on campus to watch the oldest and the youngest student each place a spade full of earth at the roots of a new tree or shrub.”

— Cathrene P Gilbertson

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THE BARSTOW SCHOOL, THROUGH EIGHTY YEARS

oday Tree Day still holds a special place in the hearts

of Barstow students, faculty and alumni. Each spring, the whole school still gathers, as do alumni and friends of the school, to honor our

land, our history and our responsibility to the earth and each other. “Lifers” and the preschool class together place earth on a new tree to join the dozens on campus. As the sun shines brightly (for it always does on Tree Day) and the breeze blows, we pause from the hectic pace of life to pay tribute to the past, present and future of Barstow.

In addition to the ceremony, community members honor and memorialize their loved ones in the written program that accompanies the ceremony. Tree Day continues to connect our community with our beautiful campus, the place we call school and home.

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Photo: Todd Race

Above: Students gathered at the Cherry Street campus for Tree Day in the 1940s Below: Henry Goscha ’17, Louie Bernstein 2031, Tristan Anton 2031 and Emily Gustafson ’17

Haddie Schedler, class of 2025, greets her grandfather, Navy veteran William Perich, with a gift and a hug at the Veterans Day assembly on November 11, 2016. (Photo by Todd Race)

KEY ADMINISTRATION

Shane A. Foster PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF SCHOOL

Chris English A S S O C I AT E H E A D O F S C H O OL F O R C A M P U S O P E R AT I ON S

Judith Yount A S S O C I AT E H E A D O F S C H O OL F O R CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY

Liz Bartow DIRECTOR OF UPPER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL

Todd Nelson DIRECTOR OF LOWER SCHOOL

ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

Pat Oppenheimer D I R E C T O R O F A D VA N C E M E N T

Ryann Galloway Tacha A L U M N I R E L AT I ON S & A N N UA L F U N D O F F I C E R

Laura Mombello ’87 A D VA N C E M E N T A DM I N I S T R AT I V E A S S I S TA N T

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Kellye Crockett, Editor DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION & MARKETING

Todd Race, Layout and Photography DI R E C TO R O F P U B L I C AT I ON S & P H O TO G R A P H Y

Lisa Tulp, Writer C OM M U N I C AT I ON S C O O R DI N ATO R

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