Report of Giving 2019-2020

Report of Giving 2019-2020

Our commitment to the environment: dozens of solar panels supplying 80% of our power installed on campus this spring.

With Much Gratitude from the Development Director Dear Friends: What a year it has been! It began as a typical school year with the excitement of the first day of school for our students and teachers and ended with the entire community—parents, students, and teachers—becoming well versed in the intricacies of distance learning.

Even with three months of quarantine, isolation, and social distancing, our community stood up to challenges that we faced and finished the fiscal year well above our expectations.

Some of this year’s highlights include: ❖

Establishment of the Teacher’s Endowment with more than $200,000 committed from a dozen families.

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Virtual Spring Fling Auction that generated $28,000 for the Annual Fund.

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$15,000 donated early to meet the technology needs of distance learning.

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Donations totaling $320,421 for the Annual Fund, scholarships, Class of 2020 Gift, endowment, and capital.

Many thanks to all co-chairs, room parents, and volunteers who dedicated countless hours to assure the success of our events held on and off campus, including the Spring Fling Auction, Multicultural Dinner, and those sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) that bring families together for much fun and laughter.

My deepest gratitude to all of you for supporting The Country School through your generous donations, in-kind contributions, and time on campus. Our success is built from your philanthropy, kindness, and trust.

With much appreciation,

Nicole Cretella Burke Director of Development

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Great effort has been made to ensure an accurate and thorough 2019-2020 Annual Report of Giving. If you discover an error, please notify the Development Office 203.421.3113, ext. 115 or joanne.arrandale@thecountryschool.org. We apologize in advance for any omissions or errors. Thank you!

We celebrate donors who have had five or more years of consecutive giving at The Country School. Notation of these donors is indicated as follows:

5 to 9 years of consecutive giving

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10 to 19 years of consecutive giving

20+ years of consecutive giving

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2019-2020 ANNUAL GIVING Annual giving for 2019-2020 to The Country School encompasses all monetary gifts received during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 and continuing to June 30, 2020. Gifts include contributions to the Annual Fund, scholarships, endowment, restricted gifts, Class of 2020 Gift, capital, matching gifts, and fundraising events. We acknowledge all our supporters and sincerely thank them for their generosity.

Trustee Circle ($20,000 +) Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Wendy and Alan Higginson GP '19 Monica and Scott Laurans GP '24, '26, '29 Danielle and Robert Paolucci P '27 Schwab Charitable Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Head of School ($10,000 +) Rachael and Kevin Alford P '19, '22 S. Jeffrey Burt '61 P '00, '03 Carly and Matthew Callahan P '20, ’22 Felicia Cuomo P '16, '18, '23 and David Coletti P '16, '18, '23 Terese and Jason Howey P '14, '16, '19 Lauragene Lyons P '99 and Lee Katz P '99, '01 Rhode Island Foundation Heidi and Howard Rogers P '23, '25, ’28 Eliza and Matthew Sharp P '20, ’20 Bonnie Hiatt P '22, '22 and David Yuh P '22, '22

Outdoor Education is one of our Signature Programs that provides unique learning and leadership opportunities.

Founders’ Circle ($5,000 +) Richard Bassett P '18 John F. Burt '71 Mary Didiuk P '22, '24 & Andrew Duffy P '22, '24 Shayna Cunningham P '25, '26 and James Freeman P '25, '26

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Linda and Paul Dietrich GP '24, '28 Fresh Sound Foundation Melissa and Peter Ginz P '20, '21 and Henry '20 and Hayden ’21 Mary and Daniel Hally P '23, '25

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Spring S. Hollis P '23, '24, '26 Monika and Maxwell Laurans P '24, '26, '29 Lucy Foundation Montgomery Machine, LLC Robertson Foundation

Toby Scott '78 GP '18, '18, '22 and Timothy Scott GP '18, '18, '22 The Springriver Private Foundation Trust Anonymous

Leaning Tree Circle ($2,500 +) Alexion Pharmaceuticals Matching Gifts Program Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Cori and David Branco P '24 Natalie and Daniel Clare P '21, '25 Margaret Strange P '16 and Richard Croce P '16 Dunkin' Donuts

Joan and Christopher Hill GP '27, '29 Amy and Casey McGuane P '17, '22 Eileen and John Reach Jr. P '20, '22, '26 Adrienne and Greg Sharon P '21, '24 Lisa and Charles Sinclair P '24 Taco Pacifico LLC Kathleen and Christopher Zane P '10, '12, '14 Zane's Cycles

1955 Society ($1,000 +) Alissa and John Amara P '28, '29 Katie and Matthew Childs P '20, '22

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Sarah and Richard Colbert P '29 Sarah and Robert Croce GP '16

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Karen Cunningham Alicia Bromfield P '20, '23 and John Dusza P '20, '23 Jan Walzer P '11 and David P. Etzel P '11 Alina and Mark Filozov P '20 Liza and John Fixx P '06 Green Camel Properties Karen and William Hellenbrand GP '27, '29 Michelle and Gary Higginson P '19 Jennifer Jackson and Keith Hoffer P '11 Bernadette and Shaun Kim GP '23

Judith and Richard Lightfoot P '77, '80, GP '05, '07, '08, '10, '12, '12 Pamela and David Mulligan P '22 Renee and Patrick Perdue P '27, '29 Ellen Schnier P '20 and David Perrotti P '20 Kristen and Charles Robertson '01 Sheila and Jeffrey Salkin P '06, '08, '10, '16 Christy and Scott Stanat P '26, '28 The New York Community Trust Karen Ray P '18 and Brian Walls P '18

TCS Chorus performed with the Wallingford Symphony at Choate Rosemary Hall in December.

Blue and Gold Club ($500+) American Endowment Foundation Box Tops for Education Karen S. Rosenthal '85 P '20, '22 and Peter Burch P '20, '22 Terry R. Byrnes '60 and James J. Byrnes Debbie and James Cianciolo P ’99, ’02, ’06, ‘09 Maryann and Anthony Cuomo GP '16, '18, '23

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Helen and J. Sanford Davis P '70, '72, '74, GP '10, '10 Anne Hering P '27 and Anthony Dias P '27 Carolyn and Frank Dranginis GP '20, '22 Erin and Ryan Duques P '22, '24 Aisling and Richard Fearon Jr. P '21, '22

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Pamela and Martin Glasser P '09, '11 Selma Ahmed P '21, '22, '25 and Keith Goodman P '21, '22, '25 Melissa and Eric Hill P '27, '29 Allan L. Hollis GP '23, '24, '26 Kristine and Ray Iglesias P '21 Julie O'Connor P '24 and Peder Johnsen P '24 Stephanie and Philip Johnson P '08, '10, '18 Danielle Mihalko and Edward D. London '77 Gretchen Dressel-Matkin P '15, '18, '25 and Ryan Matkin P '15, '18, '25

Owl’s Club ($250+) AmazonSmile Foundation Alvin L. Bess '77 Nicole M. Burke P '21, '23, '25, '28 and Matthew Talmadge P '21, '23, '25, '28 Heather and Patrick Butler P '20, '24, '27 Daniel Calarco P '24 Karen Chiaia P '16, '18 Elizabeth Lightfoot '77 P '05, '07, '08, '12 and Nicholas Clements P '05, '07, '08, '12 Elizabeth and Brendan Coyne P '15, '18 Wendy and Alan Duques GP '22, '24 Nancy Hard Teresa and Glenn Edward Hartsoe Jr. P '02, '05, '11 Kathy Tsatsanis P '23 and Jeff Holway P '23

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Catherine and Victor McGrady P '14, '14 New Haven Chiropractic Group Phoebe and Douglas Schreiner P '20 Lauren and Ian Schwartz P '20, '22, '27 Jennifer and Tim Smith P '25 Teresa and Paul K. Sullivan Jr. P '15, '18, '18 Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Katharine and Harvey Treat Courtney Trotta P '20 YourCause, LLC

Louise and Evan Jackson P '14 Rachel Berwick P '20 and Warren Johnsen P '20 Joseph's Photography, Inc. Sang Kwok P '22, '25 and John Lee P '22, '25 Kaye and James Maggart GP '08, '10, '18 Joan Maloney P '28 Happy and Paul Marino P '20, '22 Darra and John Redding P '16 Holly and Sean Rotermund P '18, '22 Jane S. Shaw P '86, '90 Barbara and Richard Stahl P '99, '01, '03, '04 Susan Cayer Stout P '07, '11 and Robert G. Stout P '07, '11 Susan E. Strickler '65 Laury & Edward Walker P '93, (PreK-6), '99, ’06 Anonymous

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TCS Associates (up to $249) Annette and Todd Adams P '17 Tonya Hall P '21 and Emmanual Alia P '21 Christopher Ambrose P '21, '21, ’25 Karen Riordan Ambrose P ’21, ’21, ‘25 Catherine I. I. Arrandale '18 Joanne and Edward Arrandale P '14, '18, '18 John C. A. Arrandale '18 Barbara and Robert Ballard P '08, '12 Shannah and Gregory Balogh P '24 Sarah and Everett Barber R. Nathaniel Barrows '59 Sharon and Paul Barton P '92, '94 Kathryn and David Bonito Sr. P '21, '23 Leah L. Booth P '20 Laurie L. Bottiger Deetsie and Wil Bradford P '93, '96, '00 Helen L. Brown P '83, '88

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Michelle and Peter Brown P '21 Hilary E. Burt '03 Marjorie B. Calandrelli GP '25 Claudia Califano P '22, '26 Magdalena and Carmine Capasso P '21 Pamela and David Capece Adriana Castillo Alyson and Peter Cipollone Graeme B. Clements '05 Katherine Cahouet-Connolly '77 P '21 and Joseph Connolly P '21 Amy and Peter Cornell P '25, '26 Isabel and Felipe Cortopassi P '28 Joseph P. Coyne '15 Maggie E. Coyne '18 Susan and Dan Cross Karen and Peter Cummins P'94 Samuel Plant C. Dangremond '01 Jennifer Dattilo P '23, '25 Katie Davis and Gerald Davis '74 Clo and Stephen M. Davis '70 P '10 Debbie Young GP '22, '24 and John Duffy GP '22, '24 Maria-Paz Echenique-Johnson Terry J. Eddy '60 Jennifer Aghai P '30, '30 and Durward Firth P '30, '30 Meghan Flynn Clive and Christian Forestier-Walker GP '29 Giant A+ School Rewards (Stop and Shop) Diana and Gary Glassman P '04, '07, '09 Joel V. Glassman '04 Jordan Glassman '09 Kara L. Glassman '07 Joelle Goetz Caroline M. Gregory '06 T.J. Gresham '18 Michele and Matthew Griswold XI '81, P '11, '13

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Rebecca and William Halsey Daniel Hartsoe '05 Katie E. Hartsoe '02 Marie and Alex Hetherington IV, P '30 Carol and Gregg Hiatt GP '22, '22 Amy Schroeder P '21 and DeWayne Hiebert P '21 Jennifer and Jay Hornyak P '15, '17, '21 Caitlin and Christopher Hurtgen Tiffany Hustis '89, P '21 and Peter Hustis P '21 Faith and Craig Irwin P '05, '07 Valerie and Edward Keating P '15 Mary and Hugh Keenan GP '21, '23 Kerri and Kevin Kelly P '04, '07 Lynn and Frank Kling Linda and Barry Konet P '92, '98 Christine Wang P '22, '25 and Keith Kowalski P '22, '25 Blair and Brian Lachance Stacey and Kevin Lafferty P '21 Matthew Lagasse P '29 and Sarah Johnson P '29 Lands' End, Inc. Shari and David Lariviere P '25 Andrea and Christopher LaSalle P '29 Alexandria Leidt '09 Madie R. Leidt '12 Bethany Wood P '09, '12 and William Leidt P '09, '12 Margaret and Fred Leiss P '25 Sally Tucker-Levy and Robert Levy P '11 Carol Lewitt P '97, '99 Courtney Jaser and Andrew Lindgren-Robertson Kristin Awsumb Liu P '21, '23, '26 and Jared Liu P '21, '23, '26 Catherine and Kerry Lombard P '15 Martha and Donald Lord, Jr. Meg and Daniel Lyons Sally and George Mayer P '03 Amelia J. McCoy '76 Lexi McCrady

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Madeleine McGrath P '28 and Patrick McGahan P '28, '30 Nancy and Robert McGee P '04, '05 Alyson and Brett Merrill P '28, '30 Lorin and Jeffery Miller P '21 Pauline and Frederick P. Murphy, Jr. P '79 Linda and Mark Nedell P '25 Kari and Paul Nelson Stephanie Hart P '23, '26 and Rob Nelson P '23, '26 Daniel O'Brien P '29, '30 Mairead K. O'Brien P '21, '29, '30 Zeynep E. Omay P '30 and Sacit Bulent Omay P '30 Jennie and Robert Owens GP '25 Tina and John Pappas Linda and Lee Penn P '04, '08, '13 Virginia Freas Pereira '78 and Steuart Pereira Peter Perrotti Amy J. Peters Beatrice Phillips Kimberly and Michael Piagentini P'21 Bill H. Pike '67 Olga Sakharova P '21, '23 and Nikolai Podoltsev P '21, '23 Stephanie J. Purcell P '09, '10 R. J. Julia Booksellers, LLC Colleen Reichard P ’21 Peter Reichard P ‘21 Cynthia and Peter Richar Elizabeth Karter and Alexander Richardson P '11 Kim and Jesse Rinehart P '23, '23 Carol and Henry Robinson II P '74, '78 Grace and James Sachs P '22 Denise and Christopher Salafia P '18, '21 Esther Sanborn GP '23 Joann H. Sandler P '05, '09 Phillip H. Sandler '05 Sammy R. Sandler '09 Starr and Philip Sayres Jr. P '92, '96 Heike Hadrys P '23 and Bernd Schierwater P '23

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Qin Shen-Schultz P '23, '25 and Jonathan Schultz P '23, '25 Marina Scott P '24 Olafur W. Scott '23 Phineas J. Scott '18 Patricia and Brian Selfors P '18, '19 Alessandra C. Setaro '10 Nick P. Setaro '09 Shoreline Psychiatry LLC Pam and Robert Skelly P '96 Marianne Smith P '17, '20 Angela and Craig Stevens P '29 Mary L. Stock P '89, '91 Betsy and Frank Suatoni GP '19 Alexander M. Swain '61 P '89, '94 Lauren and Jeffrey Testani P '29

Frank Toscano GP '25 Maura and Jason Wainio P '18 Kathy and Christopher Wallack P '04, '06, 09, '09, '17 Lissa Loucks P '19 and Mark Warren P '19 Kathy and Prentice Weathers P '07, '09 Emily H. Webster Jean and Bruce Weiner GP '22, '24 Vicki and Ryan Wepler P '27, '30 Garrett S. Wilkes '05 McKenna Wilkinson Dani and William Woods '75 P '06, '06 Heidi and Frederick Worcester Jr. P '09, '11, '15 Suzanne Sliker P '19, '22 and Gerald Zigmont P '19, ’22

Girls’ Basketball brought home the Pine Point Tournament Trophy this year, beating the host team by three points in the finals.

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GIFTS IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS Gifts made in celebration of the important people in your life is an exemplary way to support The Country School and honor and remember someone special in your life. Thank you to our donors who have made these types of gifts in honor and/or in memory of the individuals listed below.

Edward Blatchford P '89, former Head of School (1987-1997) Helen Davis P '70, '72, '74, GP '10, '10 Faculty at The Country School th 5 grade teachers at The Country School Hannah '08, Sarah '10, and Wiley '18 Johnson David '04 and Catherine '07 Kelly Donald Meyer GP '20 Henry '23, Charlie 24, and Jimmy '26 Ogeneski Those who have suffered loss during this trying time

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TCS teachers infuse passion, creativity, and wonder into their classrooms each day to inspire, motivate, and encourage, their students to become lifelong learners both inside and outside of the classroom. Thank you, teachers!

TEACHER ENDOWMENT This year at our Holiday Program we were proud and thrilled to introduce a new endowment to our community—the Teacher Endowment, established through the overwhelming initial generosity of 12 families.

Our teachers represent the heart of The Country School. They are committed to child-centered learning, professional development, and living out the school’s Mission. It is imperative, therefore, that we offer competitive compensation to retain and attract the best faculty. And the Teacher Endowment allows us to do just that—to fund ongoing salary increases, provide continuing education, advance classroom resources to maintain an innovative learning environment, and create an inclusive and diverse community.

Thank you to our donors who made it possible to start an endowment of $215,000 that will fulfill the hopes and dreams of our educators.

Cori and David Branco P '24 Margaret Strange P '16 and Richard Croce P '16 Mary Didiuk P '22, '24 and Andrew Duffy P '22, '24 Dunkin' Donuts Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mary and Daniel Hally P '23, '25 Wendy and Alan Higginson GP '19 Monica and Scott Laurans GP '24, '26, '29 Lucy Foundation Danielle and Robert Paolucci P '27 Eileen and John Reach Jr. P '20, '22, '26 Rhode Island Foundation Heidi and Howard Rogers P '23, '25, '28 Schwab Charitable Toby Scott '78 GP '18, '18, '22 and Timothy Scott GP '18, '18, '22 Adrienne and Greg Sharon P '21, '24 Taco Pacifico LLC YourCause, LLC Anonymous

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During distance learning in the spring, PK teachers didn’t skip a beat. Beginning in Branford and continuing to Guilford, Madison, Centerbrook, and Middlefield, teachers decorated their vehicles with stuffed animals, magnets, and “We miss you signs” and drove by each of their students' homes —honking, waving, and cheering.

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2019-2020 ANNUAL PARTICIPATION Participation in the the Annual Giving Campaign is important not only for the donations that are received to help close the gap between tuition income and school expenditures, but also because it speaks volumes to the confidence and trust that our families, teachers, trustees, and community places in our ability to deliver a quality education that lasts a lifetime.

During the 2019-2020 school year, marked by months of immense uncertainty, stress, anxiety, and isolation, your generosity resulted in 469 gifts from more than 225 donors that totaled $309,435 in support of the Annual Fund, scholarship, Class of 2020 Gift, endowment, and capital. More than half of this total was donated by current trustees and parents, and roughly 16% from grandparents, 10% from parents of alumni, 8% from former trustees, 7% from foundations, and the remaining from businesses, faculty and staff, alumni, and other friends of the school.

Thank you to all our donors for another successful year in fundraising despite the challenges we all faced during the spring and final months of school. We deeply appreciate your love and support of our school.

Nearly Two Thirds of Current Families Contributed to the Annual Fund— Meeting the Average of Members of the National Association of Independent Schools  Participation for AF only 2019-2020: 7/20/2020

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FOUNDERS’ PROMISE FUND FOR SCHOLARSHIP Founders of The Country School firmly believed that the school should “create an open atmosphere for learning in which parents and teachers working together can help children realize their full potential." To this end, many donors have come together over the years to establish various scholarships and endowments so that all deserving students who demonstrate great promise both inside and outside the classroom could benefit from a Country School education.

In 2019-2020, nearly one in four of our students received support from our scholarship resources, which include: ❖

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Founders’ Promise Fund (FPF) for Scholarship, established in 2006 by Allee and Jeff '61 Burt P '00, '03 and their family FPF Endowment established in 2011 during the school’s 55th Anniversary David and Marcia MacLane Endowment for Scholarship established in 2012 by Duncan '64 and his wife JoAnn MacLane in honor of his parents Class of 2014 Scholarship Endowment established by the Class of 2014 during their 8th Grade year

Growth of Scholarship Endowment Total Endowment = $1,866,696

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We are especially grateful to the following individuals, companies, and foundations that have allowed us to continue offering scholarship assistance to our families.

Cori and David Branco P '24 Nicole M. Burke P '21, '23, '25, '28 and Matthew Talmadge P '21, '23, '25, '28 S. Jeffrey Burt '61 P '00, '03 John F. Burt '71 Graeme B. Clements '05 Elizabeth Lightfoot '77 P '05, '07, '08, ’12 and Nicholas Clements P '05, '07, '08, '12 Katie Davis and Gerald Davis '74 Dunkin’ Donuts

Fresh Sound Foundation Daniel Hartsoe '05 Danielle Mihalko and Edward D. London '77 Dunkin' Donuts Pauline and Frederick P. Murphy, Jr. P '79 Tina and John Pappas Cynthia and Peter Richar Carol and Henry Robinson II P '74, '78 Emily H. Webster YourCause, LLC

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GIFTS IN KIND As a non-profit organization, The Country School depends on the generosity of its present and past community to generate the income necessary to the operate the school. However, we also receive and welcome the many donations of goods and services that enrich the educational experience of students, improve the campus, and contribute to our auctions, fundraisers, and events. These contributions, although not monetary, benefit our operating budget because they allow us to use funds in other areas. Thank you to everyone who made these types of donations during the course of the year.

Alissa and John Amara P '28, '29 R. Nathaniel Barrows '59 Sondra and David Baseggio P '16 David Beecher Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc. Cori and David Branco P '24 Michelle and Peter Brown P '21 Karen S. Rosenthal '85 P '20, '22 and Peter Burch P '20, '22 Pamela and David Capece Adriana Castillo Katie and Matthew Childs P '20, '22 Elizabeth Lightfoot '77 P '05, '07, '08, '12 and Nicholas Clements P '05, '07, '08, '12 Connecticut River Quest Laura Miller-Cozean P '16 and Ronald Cozean P '16 Karen Cunningham Katie and Christopher de Chabert '78 P '18, '18, '22 Erin and Ralph DeBiasi P '29 Anne Hering P '27 and Anthony Dias P '27 Linda and Paul Dietrich GP '24, '28 Mary Didiuk P '22, '24 and Andrew Duffy P '22, '24 Maria-Paz Echenique-Johnson Liza and John Fixx P '06

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Meghan Flynn Frog Bridge Gymnastics Selma Ahmed P '21, '22, '25 and Keith Goodman P '21, '22, '25 Yvonne Grimes and Kevin Grimes Guilford Racquet and Swim Club Mary and Daniel Hally P '23, '25 Rebecca and William Halsey Harstans Jewelers Terese and Jason Howey P '14, '16, '19 Marissa Irwin '05 Stephanie and Philip Johnson P '08, '10, '18 Blair and Brian Lachance Shari and David Lariviere P '25 Monika and Maxwell Laurans P '24, '26, '29 Margaret and Fred Leiss P '25 Lele Sadoughi Madison Flower Shop and Garden Center Madison Racquet and Swim Club Catherine and Victor McGrady P '14, '14 Amy and Casey McGuane P '17, '22 Min and Mon Matt Murphy '98 Murphy Distributors

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Kari and Paul Nelson North Madison Wine and Spirits Gloria Pepin and Jacques Pepin R3 Fitness Red Top Sporting Goods Robertson Madison Qin Shen-Schultz P '23, '25 and Jonathan Schultz P '23, '25 Marianne Smith P '17, '20 Jennifer and Tim Smith P '25 Sonia Hale Finest Custom Institutional & Family Oil Portrait Angela and Craig Stevens P '29 Betsy and Frank Suatoni GP '19 Teresa and Paul K. Sullivan Jr. P '15, '18, '18

Lauren and Jeffrey Testani P '29 Thomas Portraits Timothy Pamment Salon Katharine and Harvey Treat True Bikram Yoga Kathy and Christopher Wallack P '04, '06, 09, '09, '17 Emily H. Webster Charlie C. Zane '12 Kathleen and Christopher Zane P '10, '12, '14 Ian C. Zane '10 Oliver C. Zane '14 Zane's Cycles Anonymous

8th Graders engaged in the Witness Stones

Coronavirus pandemic may have closed the

project to restore the history and contributions of

physical plant at TCS but learning continued

enslaved individuals in our local community.

online thanks to the dedication of our teachers.

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HERITAGE SOCIETY For more than a decade, the Heritage Society has existed for individuals and families close to The Country School to be able to leave a legacy to support our school forever. Creating planned deferred gifts is a tax-sensible way for people to take care of themselves and then take care of our school. Thank you to those individuals who have made gifts of this type to The Country School.

John DeFrancis P '58* David T. MacLane P '63, '64*

Starr E. and Phillip C. Sayres P '92, '96 Charles Twichell* 

*deceased

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ALUMNI GIVING Our alumni graduate when they are in their early teens; yet, they include The Country School in their philanthropy many years later. For this, we are grateful and thank you for your support!

1950s to 1960s R. Nathaniel Barrows '59 Terry R. Byrnes '60 and James J. Byrnes Terry J. Eddy '60 S. Jeffrey Burt '61 P '00, '03 Alexander M. Swain '61 P '89, '94 Susan E. Strickler '65 Bill H. Pike ’67 1970s to 1990s Clo and Stephen M. Davis '70 P '10 John F. Burt '71 Katie Davis and Gerald Davis '74 Dani and William Woods '75 P '06, '06 Amelia J. McCoy '76 Alvin L. Bess '77 Elizabeth Lightfoot '77 P '05, '07, '08, ’12 and Nicholas Clements P '05, '07, '08, '12 Katherine Cahouet-Connolly '77 P '21 and Joseph Connolly P '21 Danielle Mihalko and Edward D. London ’77 Katie and Christopher de Chabert '78 P '18, '18, '22 Virginia Freas Pereira '78 and Steuart Pereira Michele and Matthew Griswold XI '81, P '11, '13 Karen S. Rosenthal '85 P '20, '22 and Peter Burch P '20, '22 Tiffany Hustis '89, P '21 and Peter Hustis P ’21 Matt Murphy '98 2000s+ Samuel Plant C. Dangremond '01 Kristen and Charles Robertson '01 Katie E. Hartsoe '02 Hilary E. Burt '03 Joel V. Glassman '04 Graeme B. Clements '05 Daniel Hartsoe '05

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Marissa Irwin '05 Phillip H. Sandler '05 Garrett S. Wilkes '05 Caroline M. Gregory '06 Kara L. Glassman '07 Jordan Glassman '09 Alexandria Leidt '09 Sammy R. Sandler '09 Nick P. Setaro '09 Alessandra C. Setaro ’10 Ian C. Zane '10 Madie R. Leidt ’12 Charlie C. Zane ’12 Oliver C. Zane '14 Joseph P. Coyne '15 Catherine I. I. Arrandale '18 John C. A. Arrandale '18 Maggie E. Coyne '18 T.J. Gresham '18 Phineas J. Scott '18 Cooper Burke '21 Lucy Burke ’23 Olafur W. Scott ’23 Maddox Talmadge '25 Felix Talmadge ’28

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CLASS OF 2020 GIFT This year, families of graduating 8th Graders had a different vision to demonstrate their appreciation of The Country School and its teachers—establishing the Class of 2020 Endowment. Like all endowments, the strength of this gift comes from income that it will generate over the years to provide lasting support to the school. Thank you, Class of 2020 students and families.

Elliott Booth Tessa Burch Caleb Butler Catherine Callahan Christopher Childs Annabella Dattilo John Dusza Bina Filozov Henry Ginz

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Kai Johnsen Theodore Marino Luke Perrotti John Reach III Isabelle Schreiner Cooper Schwartz Alexis Vieau Mason Williams

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The Country School honors our students’ creativity, sense of wonder, and intellectual curiosity. Our integrated curriculum aligns rigorous academics with a commitment to character and leadership development. We nurture every student’s unique role in the community, empowering each to serve the common good. Graduates of The Country School face the future with confidence and an education that lasts a lifetime.

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