The Dwight School Foundation's 2013-14 Annual Report

Annual Report 2013 – 2014

Foundation and School Leadership 2014-15 Foundation

Board of Trustees

Susan Kessler, Chair Libby Callaway Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Hege Eriksen Gary Fuhrman ’79

Alumni Council

Parents Association

Peter Timmins ’90, President

Stefani Langel, President

Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96, Vice President

Sarah Cole, Vice President, Timothy House

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, President Emeritus

Winnie Parnes, Vice President, Bentley House

Scott Hefler ’97 Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Sharon Feldman, Vice President, Franklin/Anglo House

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

Sandrine Droumenq, Events Coordinator

Sibile Marcellus ’01 Blain Namm ’97

Ann Ferguson, Deputy Events Coordinator Aileen Bruner, Treasurer

Michael Kalnick

Fabiana Portolano ’97

Marie Lippman

Jessica Salzer ’05

Suzanne Barbero, Secretary

Reza Sarbakhsh ’00

Meridith Hill, Communications Coordinator

Doug Naidus Drew Pizzo

Dwight School

Senior Leadership

Ravi Singh

Stephen Spahn, Chancellor

Shiv Vasisht ’95

Blake Spahn ’89, Vice Chancellor

Peter Timmins ’90, Ex-Officio

Kirk Spahn ’95, Chairman Dianne Drew, Head of School

Stefani Langel, Ex-Officio

Eric Dale, Head of Middle and Upper School

Advancement Office

Martha Hirschman, Head of Lower School and Chair of Admissions

Susan Beyrle, Parent ’07, Director of Development

Chris Allen, Director of Early Childhood Division

Caroline Axelrod ’03, Director of Annual Giving

Matthew Gonzales PhD, Associate Head of Middle and Upper School

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05, Director of Alumni Affairs and Benefit Coordinator David Chung, Development Associate and Database Manager

Ronald Posner, Associate Head of Lower School Linda Fussell, Associate Head of Early Childhood Division Alicia Janiak, Associate Head of Early Childhod Division

ECD Parents Association

Cassey Morales, President

Laura Charecky, Co-Vice President and Event Coordinator Zainab Akbar, Co-Vice President and Event Coordinator Jennifer Seshadri, Treasurer Jill Erlichman, Secretary Communications Office

Audrey Miller, Creative Director Laurie Silbersweig, Editorial Director Elizabeth Rindner, Associate Director of Communications Emily House, Junior Graphic Designer Chase Freeman, Communications Assistant

Table of Contents

3 Letter from the Chancellor

and Head of School

6 Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Board Chair 8 Summary of Financials 10 Annual Giving 14 International Society 17 Dwight Supporters 22 Current Parent Annual Giving 31 Class of 2014 Senior Gift Donors 38 Alumni Annual Giving 44 Faculty and Staff Annual Giving 46 Parents of Alumni, Friends,

Past Faculty and Staff, and Loved Ones Annual Giving 49 Capital Giving

50 Spring Benefit

61 In-Kind Donors

and Volunteers

64 Parents Association 67 Board of Trustees

Dwight’s Three Pillars in Action

Personalized Learning. Igniting the “spark of

Community. Giving back together, page 5

Global Vision. Connecting students across our

Personalized Learning. Providing one-on-one

Community. Cheering each other on, page 29

Global Vision. Spanning the globe, page 37

Personalized Learning. Nurturing student talent,

Community. Supporting our families, page 43

Global Vision. Sharing different perspectives,

genius,” page 4

attention, page 21

page 42

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campuses, page 13

page 63

Letter from the Chancellor and Head of School

first school in the Americas to offer all four IB programs from preschool through grade 12.

Expanding learning opportunities for all students is always a priority, and we couldn’t be more delighted to continue on this path with the launch of a new faculty professional development initiative, “The Culture of Innovation.” Crafted to extend our use of educational technology and design thinking, this two-year faculty training grant will help our students take intellectual risks, explore, and experiment; and we have The Dwight School Foundation to thank for graciously backing this Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight, $95,000 professional development grant.

We are pleased to reflect on a year in which Providing our world-class faculty with the abilDwight introduced exciting new learning op- ity to continue their quest for knowledge is also a portunities for students and the School’s own priority, which The Foundation supports eagerly “spark of genius” continued to shine brightly. every year through professional development Illustrating both is the authorization we received grants mostly for graduate studies and advanced last spring to offer the International Baccalaureate IB training. Faculty members bring this learning Career-related Program (CP), which integrates back to the classroom, directly benefiting our IB courses with those focused on a potential students and community in untold ways. career path, equipping students with experience Dwight’s faculty and students are truly privileged to secure an advantage in the competitive global to be the beneficiaries of your generosity. On their marketplace. The addition of the CP has behalf, we are deeply grateful to The Foundation earned Dwight the distinction of becoming the and its Board of Trustees, chaired by Susan Kessler

(Parent ’10 and ’14); the Annual Fund Committee, under the leadership of Trustees Marie Lippman (Parent ’15) and Drew Pizzo (Parent ’15 and ’18); the Senior Gift Committee, chaired by Susan Kessler; the Spring Benefit Committee; the Alumni Council, chaired by Peter Timmins ’90; the Parents Association, and all the volunteers who dedicate their time to raise critical funds in support of Dwight. The marked increase in participation, Benefit attendance, and the number of gifts received this year is quite significant and totaled more than $1.7 million. We couldn’t be more proud to have this measure of support from you.

Dwight is more than a school; it’s a family that gathers together to nurture the “spark of genius” in every child. Thank you for making this priceless gift possible.

Fondly, Stephen Spahn Chancellor, The Dwight Schools Dianne Drew Head of School, Dwight School

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Personalized Learning

Dwight is dedicated to igniting the “spark of genius” in every child. Faculty tap into the individual strengths and interests of students, instilling greater confidence as learners and equipping them to “reach for the stars” inside and outside the classroom.

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Community

Community service is deeply embedded in the traditions of both Dwight and the International Baccalaureate. Students are encouraged to make a difference by giving back to the community — whether across the globe or across the street in Central Park.

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Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Board Chair

Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight, On behalf of the Trustees of The Dwight School Foundation, I am delighted to celebrate a successful year of fundraising marked by our community’s steadfast commitment to ensuring that Dwight students receive a world-class personalized education and that faculty members have access to enriching professional development opportunities. Throughout the year — and underscored by the great turnout at our festive Spring Benefit — The Foundation’s tireless Susan Kessler

efforts were matched by your generosity to the Annual Fund. Those

dollars have translated into over 150 educational grants for faculty and financial aid to

to chart their own course for success. What makes all of this possible is your generosity, and we thank you.

In addition, we thank the growing number of energetic volunteers whose support, time, and energies help us to connect our constituents in meaningful ways to the School: The Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Annual Fund Committee, the Senior Gift Committee, the Spring Benefit Committee, the Parents Association, and the Alumni Council. Their efforts to build an engaging community help to bring more funds to The Dwight School Foundation.

spring. While on campus, both of my sons reaped the invaluable benefits of being a

Dwight is fortunate to have Stephen Spahn, who is now entering his fiftieth year in education, as Chancellor. His visionary leadership and passion for helping students find their special spark are unparalleled. I want to thank him, along with Dwight’s esteemed Head of School, Dianne Drew, and the superb faculty they inspire for their unwavering commitment to innovative education.

Dwight student. In the School’s great tradition of personalization, each one carved his

I look forward to another exciting year ahead and to your continued support!

own path for the future.

Warmly,

deserving students, which enhances our community as a whole.

I take great pride in being a member of the Dwight family, and now a parent of two alumni. My oldest child graduated in 2010, followed by his younger brother just last

The Dwight experience is truly unique; the School is a special place, where children discover and develop their singular “spark of genius” … a place where they are encouraged and mentored by the finest IB faculty … and a place where they are empowered

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Susan Kessler (Parent ’10 and ’14) Board Chair, The Dwight School Foundation

Three Pillars of the Dwight Community

A Dwight world-class education rests on three pillars: Personalized Learning We focus on developing each student’s unique “spark of genius.” Whether connecting a student with an exceptional mentor, designing tailor-made enrichment, crafting a special study abroad opportunity, or providing a novel program or tutorial, Dwight goes out of its way to recognize and foster each student’s gifts and talents.

No two student’s journey is the same.

Community We inspire and educate our students through leadership training to improve their communities. Dwight students undertake service projects locally and internationally, and produce written reflections to demonstrate their learning and impact. Dwight students are prepared to serve their communities wherever they go.

Global Vision We encourage students to see challenges from a global perspective. Our students interact with peers and faculty from 40 countries, follow the rigorous International Baccalaureate curriculum, select from a wide array of world languages, and travel abroad for service projects, athletic competitions, and student leadership conferences.

Dwight is the flagship campus and founding member of The Dwight Schools, which includes campuses in London, Seoul, Shanghai, and on Vancouver Island.

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Summary of Financials DWIGHT SCHOOL FOUNDATION FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenues and Gains

2012-13

Contributions Gifts of Stock Interest and Dividends Realized and Unrealized Net Gain on Investments In-kind Contributions Other Income

$1,805,611 $1,763,183 $0 $125,486 $314,411 $313,938

Total Revenues and Gains

$49,106 $15,000 $0

$68,249 $43,860 $3,000

$2,184,128

$2,317,716

Expenses

2012-13 2013-14

Support to Dwight and ECD

Student Financial Aid

Faculty Professional Development

Other Enrichment Items Other Development Office Expenses

$2,250,000 $450,000 $419,865 $770,639

$1,900,000 $264,402 $0 $848,224

Total Expenses

$3,890,504

$3,012,626

Spring Benefit (Net)

Net Income Foundation Net Assets as of 6/30

-$1,706,376 $9,176,177

-$694,910 $8,481,267

Other Contributions

2012-13

2013-14

Net Tuition and Fees $27,010,590 Contributions - Dwight School Foundation $3,119,865 Interest and Dividends $12,555

$30,805,714 $2,164,402 $2,630

DWIGHT SCHOOL FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenues and Support

Total Revenues and Support

Expenses

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2013-14

Human Resources Operating Expenses Occupancy Expenses Operating Taxes Capital Improvements

Total Expenses

$30,143,010 $32,972,746

2012-13 2013-14

$15,865,052 $9,553,838 $3,828,200 $259,312 $636,608

$16,436,120 $9,867,517 $3,889,004 $1,119,331 $1,660,774

$30,143,010 $32,972,746

The Dwight School Foundation Gift Support

Annual Fund*

Total Giving to Current Operations

Gifts for Capital Purposes

Total Cash and Stock Contributions

Total Non-Cash Contributions

Total Contributions

*Includes Senior Gift dollars and gifts of stock

Summary of Financials

Since 2004, The Dwight School Foundation has received over $22,000,000 in total contributions that has transformed the lives of students and faculty at Dwight School.

THE DWIGHT SCHOOL FOUNDATION’S HISTORY 2004-14 FISCAL YEAR

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

$441,315 $777,272 $781,187 $1,017,620 $1,208,176 $1,147,781 $1,233,268 $1,659,180 $1,131,443 $1,348,713 $1,421,898

$283,670

$321,418

$426.873

$537,275

$426,893

$316,212

$254,497

$0

$0

$91,898

$122,637

$0

$0

$155,820

$0

$0

$200,000

$0

$55,000

$1,400

$125,000

$3,000

$724,985 $1,098,690 $1,363,880 $1,554,895 $1,635,069 $1,663,993 $1,487,765 $1,714,180 $1,132,843 $1,565,611 $1,547,535

$0

$0

$344,541

$1,221,105

$746,351

$1,415,333

$1,513,333

$550,834

$724,985 $1,098,690 $1,708,421 $2,776,000 $2,381,420

$3,079,326

$3,001,098

$2,265,014

$670,000

$240,000

$150,000

$1,802,843 $1,805,611 $1,697,535

$0 $0 $0 $0 $435,000 $0 $0 $0 $6,500 $15,000 $43,860

$724,985 $1,098,690 $1,708,421 $2,776,000 $2,816,420 $3,079,326 $3,001,098 $2,265,014 $1,809,343 $1,820,611 $1,741,395

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Annual Giving

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Annual Fund Committee

We are extremely grateful for the following Annual Fund and Senior Gift Committee members for helping us raise over $1.4M, which directly impacts Dwight students and faculty.

Annual Fund Committee Co-Chairs

Marilyn Sanchez

Marie Lippman and Andrew Pizzo

Toni Seawright

Annual Fund Committee

Eric Segal and Karen Shoplik

Silvana de Aguiar

Humberto Serrano and Rosario Buendia

Suzanne Barbero

Jennifer Jones Sheppard

Rachel Bardhan

Julie Stratopoulos

Jennifer Cacioppo

Dagmar Trippen

Danielle Curi

Carolina Villamizar

David Garrity

Krystn Wagenberg

John Halpern

Senior Gift Committee Chair

Natalia Hatgis

Susan Kessler

Stefani Langel

Senior Gift Committee

James McKillop Cassey Morales

Felicia Levy Stuart Match Suna

Alena Paltina Patresse Phillips Lolita Ryklin

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Snapshot of Annual Fund Giving

ANNUAL FUND GROWTH 2012-14 2013-14

$1,421,898

2012-13

$1,348,713

2011-12

$1,131,443 $0 $375,000 $750,000

GIVING LEVEL*

NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT

International Society Level Presidents’ Circle: $50,000+ 6 Prime Ministers’ Circle: $25,000+ 9 Foreign Ministers’ Circle: $15,000+ 8 Ambassadors’ Circle: $10,000+ 13 Consul Generals’ Circle: $5,000+ 27 Diplomats’ Circle: $2,500+ 28 Founders’ Circle: $1,872+ 26 Dwight Supporters Sponsor: $1,000+ 52 Dwight Supporters Advocate: $500+ 62 Dwight Supporters Contributor: $250+ 62 Dwight Supporters Friend: Up to $249 211

*Includes gifts of stock.

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Total

$513,611 $240,000 $137,275 $129,970 $153,200 $78,800 $50,355 $53,338 $32,935 $16,790 $15,624

504 $1,421,898

$1,125,000 $1,500,000

CONSTITUENCY **

NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT

Trustees Current Parents – 12 Current Parents – 2s-11 Alumni Parents of Alumni Faculty Gifts Loved Ones and Friends

14 $248,861 31 $191,350 287 $943,809 62 $34,721 48 $240,906 98 $94,234 7 $89,400

Total

547

$1,843,281

**Donors are counted in all of their constituencies so the total will exceed the actual total.

Global Vision

Dwight students were joined by their peers from London and Seoul to perform a special concert, appropriately entitled “Tutti� (meaning together), at Carnegie Hall to celebrate the universal language of music.

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Presidents’ Circle

Foreign Ministers’ Circle

Anonymous (3)

Anonymous

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marron in honor of Connie Spahn

James and Jennifer Cacioppo

Chancellor and Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn

F.M. Kirby Foundation

Kirk Spahn ’95

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89

Susan and Peter Kessler

Prime Ministers’ Circle

Hyung and Susan Lee

$50,000+

The International Society recognizes those who have supported Dwight’s mission with leadership gifts of $1,872 or more to the 2013-14 Annual Fund.

One hundred and seventeen International Society donors supported The Foundation with gifts amounting to $1,303,211, 92% of total dollars raised. The Foundation thanks all members of The International Society for their generosity and commitment to Dwight.

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$15,000+

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

$25,000+

Eugene and Katharine Prentice

Donald and Madoka Duet

Ambassadors’ Circle

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

$10,000+

Sean and Katie Gallagher

The Cho Family

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79

Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

The Marc Haas Foundation

Kim Saperstein ’92

Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane

Ravi Singh

John and Mirinha Halpern

Daniel and Nanna Stern

Henry and Patricia Hay

International Society Leadership Donors Diplomats’ Circle

Radford Klotz and Shahnaz Batmanghelidj

Chris and Ingrid Innes

Mr. and Mrs. William Kohane

Kathy Jennings and David Gray

$2,500+

Olga and Igor Kroutoi

Guy and Samantha Kearsley

Anonymous (2)

Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III

Ali Khazaneh

Sara Blakely-Itzler and Jesse Itzler

Marie and Harley Lippman

Alexia and Daniel Klein

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Val and Min-Myn Schaffner

Felicia and Sander Levy

Richard Carey and Elizabeth Elder

Peggy Segal and David Topper

Angel and Cassey Morales

Herve and Karina Castella

David Solomon and Sarah Long Solomon

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Howard Solomon

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Adam and Judy Cohen

Consul Generals’ Circle

Henrietta Jones Pellegrini and Paolo Pellegrini

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Cumenal Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq

Anonymous

Jacqueline Pugh Sackler ’94 and Mortimer D. A. Sackler

William and Susan Abramson

Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim

Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto

Eric Semler and Tracy Chutorian Semler

James Kaplan and Amy Egger

Erhan Bahceci

Robert and Donna Shafir

Steven and Sarah Knox

BNY Mellon/Acorn Hill Foundation

Jay and Chevonne Silverman

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

Rosario Buendia and Humberto Serrano

Nick and Julie Stratopoulos

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

Chi and Alan Colberg

Marc and Sandy Taub

Sunjoo Lee

Jack and Metka Daly

Larry Ullman

Renee and Kurt Lichtman

The Edelman Family

Mr. Siu Kong Wong and Ms. Zhuoying Zhu

Luming Mo and Lingrong Chen

$5,000+

Michael and Pamela Dunn

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International Society Leadership Donors Young Explorers’ Circle

Andre and Diep Coste

Rommel and Lisa Nacino

Soubhi and Wafaa Debs

Erika and Scott Pintoff

($100+ Alumni from 2004-13)

Anonymous (2)

Sylvain and Adeline Desjonqueres

David Ackers ’04

Jay and Meg Axelrod

David Robinson and Liza Pon

Ferran and Ana Escayola Chris and Joyce Frost

Marat and Natasha Rosenberg

Jacob M. Cohen ’08

Susan Beyrle

Austin D. Haight ’07

Lolita Ryklin

Austin D. Haight ’07

Peter Timmins ’90

Jerome Bruhat and Fabienne Toussaint

Alexander and Vanessa Spiro

Matthew Grogan ’08

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Leah Carr and Eric Margules

Weber Lauh ’67

Robert and Susan Hays Stern

Ram B. Purovic ’14

The Wagenberg Family

James and Claudia Cesare

Neil and Ursula Masterson

Shan Sullivan and Caroline Arnold

Amy A. Tsoutsouras ’05

Lynn Wright and Scott Gordon

Seihoon Chu

Millicent McLaren

Mr. and Mrs. Juan Enrique Torruella

Benjamin Yudkovitz ’04

Nina Runsdorf Rafael and Pedro Salomon Michael Salzer Brett and Roberta Sirota

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Founders’ Circle $1,872+

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

The Hampton Foundation

The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Dan and Kim Kelleher

The Seshadri Family

The Charecky Family

$1,000+

The Kessler Family

Tom and Kathryn Speechley

Marc and Andrea Cohen

Anonymous (4)

Karsten and Heather Kibbe

Ken and Lori Squire

Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum

Jonathan Allen and Shelly Farmer Allen

Steven and Christine Kornblatt

Florian and Dagmar Trippen

Joseph and Dana Covey

Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96

Josef and Stefani Langel

Shiv Vasisht ’95 and Vail Weymann

Sandy Davis

Dr. Elliot and Alla Belenkov

Luc and Anne Lehericy

Maria Isabel and Facundo Vazquez

Juan, Victoria, and Diego Dayenoff

Ajay Bhumitra and Anita Mehta

Kari Loya and Ximena Allub

Greg Williamson ’97 and Katy Williamson

Alfredo and Alessandra Deza

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

Alon and Jennifer Markowitz

Vanessa Wilson

Richard Dickson ’86 and Family

Roseann Chin and West Chin

Stuart and Vicki Match Suna

Gary and Judy Clare

Brad Miles and Susan Duffy

Richard and Audrey Zinman in honor of Stephen Spahn

Jonathan and Christina Dever

Robert and Kettia Ming

Advocate

Joseph and Lucy Foy

Michael and Kitty Donnelly

Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff

$500+

Andrew Gluckman ’88

Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

Anonymous (9)

Richard C. Goodwin ’46

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

Steven Newman

Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves

Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar

Tim and Karen Gordon

David Reichenbaum

Madeline Armstrong

Michael Grant and Heidi Kutz

Rula and Omar Asali

Lyn and David Grogan

Caroline Axelrod ’03

Patricia Enright and Frank Grunberg

The Basmadjian Family

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Leonard and Olga Bidny

Laurance Kaufman and Melody Marcus

Michael and Kylie Brauer

Mitchell and Michelle Kessler

Paul and Heidi Brown

Alison and Basil Kolani

Chris and Aileen Bruner

Laura Kozelouzek

Sponsors

The Garcia Haddad Family Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Hill Taro and Nobumi Hornmark Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jacobs Michael Kalnick

Mr. and Mrs. John Reische Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rose David Rubin Barry Salzman

Mr. and Mrs. Hiroki Kanazawa

The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld ’75 Foundation

Fred and Heidi Kao

Ken and Elana Schwartzreich

D. Drew and Dr. A. Phan Evan and Mya Gluckman Dunlop ’92

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The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Michelle Leung

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Contributor

Nikolaos and Nicole Kiskinis

Tyler and Jeanne Sterck

Carolina Pinheiro Lopes

$250+

Tom Krouwer

Jason and Rebecca Todd

Bennett and Michelle MacDougall

Anonymous (14)

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Gregory and Nicole Treasure

Richard May, Franklin ’63

Genevieve Bernier and Joseph Martino

Noel and Christelle Labat-Comess

Jason and Jacky Wagner

The McEvoy Family

Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76

Rose and Perry LaMorte

Nanshu Yoshida

Mr. John Mitchell and Michelle Noviello

Mr. Elliot Bogod and Mrs. Valerie Kritsberg

Victor and Kelly Lee

Anne Zink and Guy Blachman

The Namm Foundation

Elizabeth Callaway

Leonard and Christina Li

Patricia Cervantes

Maarten and Ilse Maaskant

Friend

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Mirna Daouk and Adrien Vesval

Julian and Annie Sigal Medina ’93

Anonymous (23)

Julia and Sofia Reidbord

The Delamer Family

Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

The Abodo Family

Thomas and Janet Resele-Tiden

Beth Diamond and Christopher Trencher

Tsuruo and Akiko Mochizuki

Robert and Maria Abrahamsen

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rice

The DiMaria Family

Ann Myers and Bradley Steere

David Ackers ’04

The Rosengren Family

Michael and Patricia Dugan

Azra, Ismet, and Vedad Osmanovic

Richard Adago and Nina Keller

Mr. F. Scialom

Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy

Chris and Jennie Parker

Abigail Allen ’97

Anthony and Theresa Scotto

David S. Ettinger ’73

Mr. Timothy Rankin and Ms. Sharon Khoo

Chris Allen

Mei Shibata and Jun Shimada

Fouad and Diane Fakhouri

Aida Regjaj and Burim Regjaj

Katherine Ames ’06

Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal

Scott and Lauren Gaynor

Leah Reid

Nicholas Anastos

Paul Thwaite and Jacqui Dyer

Chip and Cristina Gibbs

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Romanoff

Nicole Arriaga

Scott Travers ’79

F. and C. Goerges

Goetz Schuermann and Katrin Adams

Wallace Arthur, Franklin ’49

Sebastian Vletter

Gillian Goodluck

Antony Scott and Judy Shen

Kyle Bakke

Irene Yi

The Hofstede Family

Gaurav and Sawako Shukla

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Alice and Chawki Zarari

Eleanore Kim and Sandor Hau

Yun Seon Song and Jeong Shim Lee

Arnold Barkman, Franklin ’59

$1.00+

The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Mario Barrera

Jacob M. Cohen ’08

Andrew and Melissa Goldstein

Fiona Imboden

Taylor Belcher ’05

Timothy and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Carol Manning Graham ’74

Courtney Inman

Mary Benton

Peter and Heike Cornelius

Thomas and Gina Gray

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Jaya Bhavnani

Linda D’Argenio-Cruz, PhD

Matthew Grogan ’08

Judith Jackson and Marc Hyman

Alexander Bilowitz ’03

Sandy Darzy

John and Keiko Guy

Stuart Jakub ’97

The Borgida Family

Pamela and Stephen Davis

Michael and Danya Haber

Amanda Jarm

Nancy Botwinik and Selman Sumer

George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin

Alistair Hamilton

Lauren Kane

Neil F. Brier

Veronica de Decca

Heidi Happ

Alan and Deborah Kaplan

Elliot Butler

Fernando and Leslie de Oliveira

Annette Harchik

Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Elizabeth Carey

Jacqueline Demarest

Betsy Harris

Brad and Ashley Katsuyama

Dave Casanave

Yee Ding

Ryan and Leslie Harter

Bibi and Majid Kermanshah

Dr. Elaine A. Chambart

Joe Dowling

Bruce and Sabrina Hecker

Gomaa Kholif

Karen Chernoff

Al Doyle

Elliott and Gail Hefler

Joshua Kigel and Dr. Ann Tilley

Louisa Childs

Ron and Jill Erlichman

Scott A. Hefler ’97

M. Klebnikov and A. Ourusoff

Carol Chisolm, Franklin ’79

Dianne and Buddy Flateman

Ian and Debra Hendler ’89

Juliette Kleinman and David Bershod

The Christgau Family

Paul and Julie Flanagan

John J. Hess, Franklin ’63

Petter and Carmen Kolm

David Chung

Stuart Friedman, Franklin ’73

Erin Heyneman

Katie and Chris Korhonen

Anthony Civorelli

The Futterman Family

Martha Hirschman

Shelby Korman

Bella Civorelli

David Garrity and Gianna McCarthy

Per and Caroline Hogberg

Cecilia Kuhn

Libby Clark

Joe Gelfand

Shawna and Christian Holzer

Monica Leardi, Franklin ’80

B.J. Cling

Laura Giraldo ’00

Emily House

Robyn Levinson

Ted Coburn

Luz Giraldo

Zaria Howell

Nicholas Lindner

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The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Woody Salvan

Stephen J. Lurie, Franklin ’74

Sorush Panahi

Jessica Salzer ’05

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

Jennifer Pasinetti ’90

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III

Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar

David and Laurie Pauker

Ellen Sayers

Paul A. Mass ’49

Susan Pelzer

Jacqueline Scalisi

Luke A. McDonald

Jose and Vanessa Pigatto

Esther Schott

Agata Medic

Sandra A. Plummer-Cambridge

Eric Segal and Karen Shoplik

Gerry Melody

Ronald Posner

Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82

Andy and Vicky Powell

Laura Miles and William Stein

Stephen Presti

Audrey Miller

The Pshenitsyn Family

Brian Mitchell

Eddie and Fatmira Purovic ’92

Matthew Moran

Ram B. Purovic ’14

Blain Namm ’97

Angela Raborg

Elaine Natalicchi

Rayna Rapp

Jerrold Newman

Martin and Johanna Rigg-Smith

The Lam-Ha Ngo Family

Lizz Rindner

Mamadou Niang and Fadhima Thiam

Randy and Marionette Rivera

Melissa Norman

Scott Roller

Paul M. Onish, Franklin ’64

Tavy Ronen

Jill and John Ortman Gregg A. Ostroff ’97

Mark and Miranda Lodato

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Mrs. Martha Seiver

Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller in honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10 Andrew and Jessica Stergiou Karen Suazo Amanda Dow Thompson Nora Thomson Gregory and Antigone Thorne Jennifer Tso and David Tsung

Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow

Amy A. Tsoutsouras ’05

Claire Sheehan

Jason Tsoutsouras ’03

Ben Shin and Susie Lee

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Randee and Albert Sigal

William and Anne Wagner

Laurie Silbersweig

Matthew and Alyson Waldman

Howard and Carol Silvestri

Barbara and Robert Wallner

Jaclyn Silvestri

Caroline Walsh

Rebecca Singer

Jessica Weiss

Emily Smith

Christopher and Jessica Whitney

Beverly Soares

Michael, Eleonora, and Charles Wiesenfeld

Olga Sobol

Mr. Tracy Thomas Williams, Franklin ’75

Enzo and Valerie Soderini

Stacey Wueste ’86 and Joe Davis

The Stabb Family

William and Jennifer Yu

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Elva Stamatakis

Benjamin Yudkovitz ’04

Heidi Rubenstein-Brethel

Natalie Standig

Violetta Zambetti

Personalized Learning

Our faculty oversee a personalized educational journey for each and every student. Students are empowered to take intellectual risks and believe in their own talent.

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Current Parent Annual Giving

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Preschool Parents Twos (Class of 2029) Anonymous (3) Genevieve Bernier and Joseph Martino Mr. Elliot Bogod and Mrs. Valerie Kritsberg Veronica de Decca Fernando and Leslie de Oliveira Ron and Jill Erlichman Thomas and Gina Gray The Garcia Haddad Family Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jacobs Brian and Alicia Janiak The Kessler Family

Jason and Jacky Wagner Anne Zink and Guy Blachman

Threes (Class of 2028) Anonymous (4) Leonard and Olga Bidny Juan, Victoria, and Diego Dayenoff The Delamer Family Michael and Patricia Dugan Chip and Cristina Gibbs John and Keiko Guy Michael and Danya Haber Ryan and Leslie Harter Kathy Jennings and David Gray Fred and Heidi Kao

Eleanore Kim and Sandor Hau

Brad and Ashley Katsuyama

Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff

Petter and Carmen Kolm

Angel and Cassey Morales

Victor and Kelly Lee

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Leonard and Christina Li

Chris and Jennie Parker

Bennett and Michelle MacDougall

Antony Scott and Judy Shen

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Andrew and Jessica Stergiou

The Pshenitsyn Family

Jason and Rebecca Todd

Mr. Timothy Rankin and Ms. Sharon Khoo

Jennifer Tso and David Tsung

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rice

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Romanoff

Angel and Cassey Morales

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Rafael and Pedro Salomon

Chris and Jennie Parker

Laurance Kaufman and Melody Marcus

Ken and Elana Schwartzreich

The Seshadri Family

Steven and Sarah Knox

Ben Shin and Susie Lee

Olga Sobol

Alison and Basil Kolani

Gaurav and Sawako Shukla

Nick and Julie Stratopoulos

Carolina Pinheiro Lopes

Ken and Lori Squire

Jennifer Tso and David Tsung

Steven Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Juan Enrique Torruella

Christopher and Jessica Whitney

Jose and Vanessa Pigatto

Maria Isabel and Facundo Vazquez

Mr. Siu Kong Wong and Ms. Zhuoying Zhu

Michael, Eleonora, and Charles Wiesenfeld

Nanshu Yoshida

Fours (Class of 2027) Anonymous (5) The Basmadjian Family Mr. Elliot Bogod and Mrs. Valerie Kritsberg

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Dwight Parents Kindergarten (Class of 2026) Anonymous (3)

Andy and Vicky Powell Randy and Marionette Rivera The Rosengren Family Rafael and Pedro Salomon Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia Tom and Kathryn Speechley

James and Claudia Cesare

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

The Charecky Family

Adam and Judy Cohen

Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

The DiMaria Family

Beth Diamond and Christopher Trencher

Ron and Jill Erlichman

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

Gary and Judy Clare

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

Fouad and Diane Fakhouri

Soubhi and Wafaa Debs

Joseph and Lucy Foy

The Futterman Family

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

The Garcia Haddad Family

The Garcia Haddad Family

Joseph and Lucy Foy

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Hill

Taro and Nobumi Hornmark

The Futterman Family

Dan and Kim Kelleher

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Sean and Katie Gallagher

First Grade (Class of 2025) Anonymous (7) James and Jennifer Cacioppo Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Current Parent Giving by Grade

David Garrity and Gianna McCarthy

Michael and Danya Haber

Noel and Christelle Labat-Comess

Per and Caroline Hogberg

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Hill

Martin and Johanna Rigg-Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Hiroki Kanazawa

Guy and Samantha Kearsley

Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia

James Kaplan and Amy Egger

Noel and Christelle Labat-Comess

Mrs. Martha Seiver

Dan and Kim Kelleher

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

The Stabb Family

Mitchell and Michelle Kessler

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Karsten and Heather Kibbe

Aida Regjaj and Burim Regjaj

Fourth Grade (Class of 2022)

Steven and Sarah Knox

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

William and Susan Abramson

Petter and Carmen Kolm

Marat and Natasha Rosenberg

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Erika and Scott Pintoff

Jay and Chevonne Silverman

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Mr. and Mrs. John Reische

Maria Isabel and Facundo Vazquez

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Martin and Johanna Rigg-Smith

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Gary and Judy Clare

Nick and Julie Stratopoulos

Mr. Siu Kong Wong and Ms. Zhuoying Zhu

Chi and Alan Colberg

Mr. and Mrs. Juan Enrique Torruella

Third Grade (Class of 2023)

Jack and Metka Daly

Anonymous (3)

Ferran and Ana Escayola

Second Grade (Class of 2024)

Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto

Sean and Katie Gallagher

Anonymous (4)

Chris and Aileen Bruner

Michael Grant and Heidi Kutz

William and Susan Abramson

Rosario Buendia and Humberto Serrano

Susan Guthart

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

James and Jennifer Cacioppo

John and Mirinha Halpern

Jack and Metka Daly

Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum

The Hofstede Family

Ferran and Ana Escayola

Taro and Nobumi Hornmark

Per and Caroline Hogberg

Joseph and Lucy Foy

James Kaplan and Amy Egger

Mr. and Mrs. William Kohane

Michael Grant and Heidi Kutz

Alison and Basil Kolani

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

Alice and Chawki Zarari

Anonymous (2)

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

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Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Hyung and Susan Lee

Rommel and Lisa Nacino

Sunjoo Lee

Alon and Jennifer Markowitz

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Neil and Ursula Masterson

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Luming Mo and Lingrong Chen

Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rose

Val and Min-Myn Schaffner

Marat and Natasha Rosenberg

Marat and Natasha Rosenberg

Eric Segal and Karen Shoplik

Mei Shibata and Jun Shimada

Mr. F. Scialom

Ravi Singh

Daniel and Nanna Stern

Gregory and Nicole Treasure

Fifth Grade (Class of 2021)

Sixth Grade (Class of 2020)

Anonymous (3)

Anonymous (2)

Michael and Kylie Brauer

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Richard Carey and Elizabeth Elder

Ajay Bhumitra and Anita Mehta

The Cho Family

Herve and Karina Castella

Andre and Diep Coste

Anthony Civorelli

Sandy Davis

Bella Civorelli

Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq

Joseph and Dana Covey

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

Jack and Metka Daly

Susan Guthart

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Soubhi and Wafaa Debs

Alexia and Daniel Klein

John and Mirinha Halpern

Jacqueline Demarest

Maarten and Ilse Maaskant

Shawna and Christian Holzer

Jonathan and Christina Dever

Kim Saperstein ’92

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Heidi Happ

Laura Miles and William Stein

Laura Kozelouzek

Per and Caroline Hogberg

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Olga and Igor Kroutoi

Bibi and Majid Kermanshah

Irene Yi

William and Anne Wagner

Seventh Grade (Class of 2019) Anonymous (6) The Abodo Family Manuel and Suzanne Barbero Roseann Chin and West Chin Yee Ding Michael and Pamela Dunn

Current Parent Giving by Grade

Eighth Grade (Class of 2018)

The Edelman Family

Tenth Grade (Class of 2016)

Anonymous (4)

F. and C. Goerges

Anonymous (6)

B.J. Cling

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Rula and Omar Asali

Peter and Heike Cornelius

Susan Guthart

The Borgida Family

Michael and Kitty Donnelly

Bibi and Majid Kermanshah

Sandy Davis

Donald and Madoka Duet

Ali Khazaneh

Michael and Kitty Donnelly

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim

Nikolaos and Nicole Kiskinis

Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler

Tim and Karen Gordon

Josef and Stefani Langel

Scott and Lauren Gaynor

Zaria Howell

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

F. and C. Goerges

Sunjoo Lee

Millicent McLaren

Andrew and Melissa Goldstein

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Brad Miles and Susan Duffy

Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Robert and Kettia Ming

Chris and Ingrid Innes

Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

The Lam-Ha Ngo Family

Cecilia Kuhn

Tavy Ronen

Barry Salzman

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Paul Thwaite and Jacqui Dyer

Kim Saperstein ’92

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

Gregory and Nicole Treasure

Brett and Roberta Sirota

Michelle Leung

Florian and Dagmar Trippen

David Solomon and Sarah Long Solomon

John Mitchell and Michelle Noviello

Ninth Grade (Class of 2017)

Elva Stamatakis

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

Anonymous (5)

Shan Sullivan and Caroline Arnold

Ann Myers and Bradley Steere

Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves

Amanda Dow Thompson

Henrietta Jones Pellegrini and Paolo Pellegrini

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Gregory and Antigone Thorne

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Herve and Karina Castella

Sebastian Vletter

David Reichenbaum

Patricia Cervantes

Lynn Wright and Scott Gordon

Julia and Sofia Reidbord

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Goetz Schuermann and Katrin Adams

Leah Reid

The Wagenberg Family

Thomas and Janet Resele-Tiden

Eleventh Grade (Class of 2015)

David Robinson and Liza Pon

Anonymous (5)

David Rubin

Erhan Bahceci

Nina Runsdorf

Dr. Elliot and Alla Belenkov

Lolita Ryklin

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

Val and Min-Myn Schaffner

Nancy Botwinik and Selman Sumer Jerome Bruhat and Fabienne Toussaint Leah Carr and Eric Margules Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Elva Stamatakis Marc and Sandy Taub

Seihoon Chu

Florian and Dagmar Trippen

Pamela and Stephen Davis

Sebastian Vletter

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim Chris and Joyce Frost Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane Alexia and Daniel Klein Radford Klotz and Shahnaz Batmanghelidj Luc and Anne Lehericy Marie and Harley Lippman The McEvoy Family Mamadou Niang and Fadhima Thiam Andrew C. and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

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Alexander and Vanessa Spiro

Community

Dwight captured the 2014 NYSAISAA Division B BoysTournament title in basketball, earning them a spot at the New York State Federation Tournament of Champions. School spirit was at an all-time high, from our littlest lions to our alums, cheering on our stellar athletes at Dwight’s new Athletic Center.

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Class of 2014

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Class of 2014 Senior Gift Donors

Twelfth Grade (Class of 2014)

Anonymous (3)

Gillian Goodluck

Robert and Maria Abrahamsen

Patricia Enright and Frank Grunberg

Richard Adago and Nina Keller

Henry and Patricia Hay

Madeline Armstrong

Bruce and Sabrina Hecker

Rula and Omar Asali

Susan and Peter Kessler

Paul and Heidi Brown Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Cumenal

Juliette Kleinman and David Bershod

Sylvain and Adeline Desjonqueres

Steven and Christine Kornblatt

Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Felicia and Sander Levy

Julia and Sofia Reidbord

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marron in honor of Connie Spahn

Jacqueline Scalisi

Stuart and Vicki Match Suna

Yun Seon Song and Jeong Shim Lee

Eddie and Fatmira Purovic ’92

Anthony and Theresa Scotto

Tsuruo and Akiko Mochizuki

Tyler and Jeanne Sterck

David and Laurie Pauker

Vanessa Wilson

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Class of 2014 Senior Gift

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Class of 2014 Senior Gift

Dwight School Dance Studio in Honor of the Class of 2014

Senior families raised $274,475* for The Foundation’s Annual Fund, earning naming rights to the Dance Studio in the Dwight School Athletic Center in honor of the Class of 2014. *Includes a matching gift of $83,125.

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Commencement 2014 The Class of 2014 was proud to hold their Commencement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on June 4, 2014.

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Class of 2014 Andrew Abrahamsen +*

Alexander Hagani +

Taji Phillips +*

Naomi Elise Adago +*

Kieran Hamilton

Ram Purovic

Madeline Armstrong

Michael Marwan Asali Giacomo Bauer Cidney Brown

Julian Hay

+ +*

+

Benjamin Hecker Audrey Hla

+

+*

Xinmian Huang

+

Nathaniel Brown

+*

Julia Reidbord +* +

Phelina Robinson + Georgina Salter +*

+*

William Kessler +*

Anthony Michael Scotto III + Dean Shamailov +*

Parker Burbridge +

Yea Jun Kim +

Jonathan Burton +

Peewee Kirkland

Sophia Conger +*

Luke Kornblatt +

Pierre-Louis Cumenal +

Alyx Levy +*

Dagmar der Weduwen +*

Jiasi Liu +

Marie Desjonqueres

Serena Marron +

Ayla Stern

Alan Patrick Dy +*

Mark Medine +

Giacomo Sumner

Lawrence Edelstein +*

Elsa Mejia Mordt +

Rose Match Suna +

Signe Randolph Ferguson +*

Madison Missett +

Flore Maria Jeannette van den Akker +

Shammiel Fleischer-Amoros +

Kaoruko Mochizuki +*

Brandon Wong

Lenna Frechen +*

Melissa Morano +

Linjin Xiao +

Eric Geller +

Mikala Nissen +

George Gospodinov +

Andrew Pauker +*

Jonathan Myers Gregory +

Dechen Penjor

Sasha Grunberg

Harrison Pergament +

+*

Koko Shimizu + Peter Smondyrev + Jun Seok Song + Alexandra Sterck

+ IB Diploma Recipients * National Honor Society

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Class of 2014 Acceptances and Matriculations American University

Columbia College Chicago

Georgetown University

Mount Holyoke College *

Arizona State University

Columbia University

Goucher College

Mount Saint Mary’s University

St. John’s University - Queens Campus

Grinnell College

University of New Hampshire

St. Lawrence University

Hampton University

New York University

Hollins University

Northeastern University

State University of New York at Cortland

Northwestern University

Cornell University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *

Curry College *

Indiana University at Bloomington

Dartmouth College

Ithaca College

The Ohio State University

University of Delaware

Johns Hopkins University

DePaul University

Johnson & Wales University

DePauw University

Krabesholm Hojskole

Pennsylvania State University

Temple University

Lafayette College

University of Pennsylvania *

Trinity College *

Lebanon Valley College

Pepperdine University

Tulane University *

Lehigh University *

University of Pittsburgh

Union College

Lesley University

Pratt Institute

Vanderbilt University

Loyola University Chicago

Providence College

Vassar College

Loyola University Maryland

Purchase College State University of New York

University of Vermont *

The University of Arizona

*

*

Connecticut College University of Connecticut

Bard College Barnard College

*

Baruch College of the CUNY Bates College Bentley University

*

Boston College Boston University * Brandeis University * Brown University * Bryant University Bucknell University

*

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art *

Dickinson College Drew University

*

University of California at Santa Cruz

Duke University

Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne *

Carnegie Mellon University *

University of Edinburgh (UK) *

Case Western Reserve University

Elon University *

Chapman University

Emerson College

Cheshire Academy *

University of Exeter

College of Charleston

Fairfield University

University of Charleston

University of Florida *

Clark University

Fordham University

Colby College

Franklin and Marshall College

Michigan State University (College of Communication Arts and Sciences)

Colby-Sawyer College

George Mason University

Colgate University *

The George Washington University

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Oberlin College

Parsons The New School for Design *

*

Drexel University

*

*

Pace University, New York City

University of California at Berkeley

*

*

University of Maine

Purdue University

Manhattanville College Maryland Institute College of Art

*

Rice University

University of Massachusetts, Amherst *

Rollins College

University of Miami

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Peter’s University

State University of New York at New Paltz Stetson University Stony Brook University Suffolk University Syracuse University *

University of Virginia Wake Forest University * Waseda University (Japan) * Washington University in St. Louis * Wesleyan University Wheaton College

Skidmore College

University of Wisconsin, Madison

University of Michigan

Smith College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Mitchell College

Spelman College *

University of York

The institutions with an * are those at which one or more Dwight students matriculated.

Global Vision

Dwight is truly a global community, with students and faculty representing over 40 countries. Dwight students learn to make cross-cultural connections, which informs their work and broadens their perspective.

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Alumni Annual Giving

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Alumni Giving

Dwight School Anonymous (2)

Carol Manning Graham ’74

David Ackers ’04

Matthew Grogan ’08

Abigail Allen ’97

Austin D. Haight ’07

Katherine Ames ’06

Scott A. Hefler ’97

Caroline Axelrod ’03

Ian and Debra Hendler ’89

Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96

Stuart Jakub ’97

Taylor Belcher ’05

Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Alexander Bilowitz ’03

Weber Lauh ’67

Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76 Jacob M. Cohen ’08 Timothy and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Richard Dickson ’86 and Family Evan and Mya Gluckman Dunlop ’92 David S. Ettinger ’73 Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79

Paul A. Mass ’49 Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82 Blain Namm ’97

The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld ’75 Foundation Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal Julian and Annie Sigal Medina ’93 Kirk Spahn ’95 Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89 Peter Timmins ’90 Scott Travers ’79 Amy A. Tsoutsouras ’05 Jason Tsoutsouras ’03 Shiv Vasisht ’95 and Vail Weymann

Gregg A. Ostroff ’97

Greg Williamson ’97 and Katy Williamson

Jennifer Pasinetti ’90

Stacey Wueste ’86 and Joe Davis

Enver and Fatmira Purovic ’92

Benjamin Yudkovitz ’04

Ram B. Purovic ’14

Carol Chisolm, Franklin ’79 Stuart Friedman, Franklin ’73 John J. Hess, Franklin ’63 Monica Leardi, Franklin ’80 Stephen J. Lurie, Franklin ’74 Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74 Richard May, Franklin ’63 The McEvoy Family, Franklin ’74 Paul M. Onish, Franklin ’64 Mr. Tracy Thomas Williams, Franklin ’75

Landmark Year Class Representatives 2013-14 Paul M. Onish, Franklin ’64 Jayne Levey Charles, Franklin ’73

The Franklin School

Eric Chernik ’83

Anonymous

Annie Sigal Medina ’93 Tierney Model ’03

Laura Giraldo ’00

Jacqueline Pugh Sackler ’94 and Mortimer D. A. Sackler

Andrew Gluckman ’88

Jessica Salzer ’05

Wallace Arthur, Franklin ’49

Richard C. Goodwin ’46

Kim Saperstein ’92

Arnold Barkman, Franklin ’59

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Alumni Council 2013-14

We greatly appreciate the support of the Alumni Council and its efforts to strengthen the alumni network.

Alumni Council 2013-14

Peter Timmins ’90, President

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

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Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96, Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, Vice-President President Emeritus

Sibile Marcellus ’01

Blain Namm ’97

Laura Giraldo ’00

Fabiana Portolano ’97

Scott Hefler ’97

Jessica Salzer ’05

Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Reza Sarbakhsh ’00

Greg Williamson ’97

Alumni Giving

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Personalized Learning

Student passions span the gamut and individual talents are nurtured on campus and throughout New York City. With the support of her teachers, Mary Duet ’18 recorded a song with Grammy Award-winning producer and Dwight parent Mikkel Eriksen.

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Community

In Dwight’s warm and welcoming community, students find the support and encouragement needed to thrive, grow, and “reach for the stars.”

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Faculty and Staff Annual Giving

Faculty and Staff go above and beyond to make sure every student at Dwight has a world-class education. We are grateful to the following individuals who contributed to the Annual Fund.

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Anonymous (4)

Sandy Darzy

Amanda Jarm

Chris Allen

Alfredo and Alessandra Deza

Lauren Kane

Nicholas Anastos

Joe Dowling

Gomaa Kholif

Nicole Arriaga

Al Doyle

Joshua Kigel and Dr. Ann Tilley

Caroline Axelrod ’03

D. Drew and Dr. A. Phan

M. Klebnikov and A. Ourusoff

Kyle Bakke

Joe Gelfand

Alison and Basil Kolani

Mario Barrera

Laura Giraldo ’00

Katie and Chris Korhonen

Susan Beyrle

Luz Giraldo

Shelby Korman

Jaya Bhavnani

Michael and Danya Haber

Rose and Perry LaMorte

Neil F. Brier

Alistair Hamilton

Robyn Levinson

Elizabeth Carey

Heidi Happ

Nicholas Lindner

Dave Casanave

Annette Harchik

Mark and Miranda Lodato

Dr. Elaine A. Chambart

Betsy Harris

Kari Loya and Ximena Allub

Karen Chernoff

Bruce and Sabrina Hecker

Luke A. McDonald

Louisa Childs

Erin Heyneman

Agata Medic

The Christgau Family

Martha Hirschman

Gerry Melody

David Chung

Emily House

Audrey Miller

Libby Clark

Fiona Imboden

Brian Mitchell

Ted Coburn

Courtney Inman

Matthew Moran

Linda D’Argenio-Cruz, PhD

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Elaine Natalicchi

Faculty and Staff Annual Giving

Melissa Norman

Rebecca Singer

Jill and John Ortman

Emily Smith

Azra, Ismet, and Vedad Osmanovic

Beverly Soares

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil Sorush Panahi Susan Pelzer Ronald Posner

The Stabb Family Natalie Standig Karen Suazo

Stephen Presti

Amanda Dow Thompson

Enver and Fatmira Purovic ’92

Nora Thomson

Angela Raborg

Amy A. Tsoutsouras ’05

Julia and Sofia Reidbord

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Lizz Rindner Scott Roller Heidi Rubenstein-Brethel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III

Shiv Vasisht ’95 and Vail Weymann Matthew and Alyson Waldman Caroline Walsh

Ellen Sayers

Jessica Weiss

Esther Schott Claire Sheehan

Michael, Eleonora, and Charles Wiesenfeld

Laurie Silbersweig

William and Jennifer Yu

Jaclyn Silvestri

Violetta Zambetti

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Parents of Alumni, Friends, Past Faculty and Staff, and Loved Ones

Anonymous

Heidi Happ

Nina Runsdorf

Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto

Elliott and Gail Hefler

Woody Salvan

Madeline Armstrong

Fiona Imboden

Michael Salzer

Jay and Meg Axelrod

Judith Jackson and Marc Hyman

Jacqueline Scalisi

Erhan Bahceci

Alan and Deborah Kaplan

Susan Beyrle

Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen

Eric Semler and Tracy Chutorian Semler

Sara Blakely-Itzler and Jesse Itzler

Susan and Peter Kessler

Robert and Donna Shafir

Elliott Butler

Tom Krouwer

Elizabeth Callaway

Susan von Kutzner and James Ferguson III

Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow

Leah Carr and Eric Margules

Howard and Carol Silvestri

Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar

Enzo and Valerie Soderini

Chi and Alan Colberg

The McEvoy Family

George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin

Audrey Miller

Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller in honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10

The Namm Foundation

Robert and Susan Hays Stern

Dianne and Buddy Flateman

Elaine Natalicchi

Larry Ullman

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Azra, Ismet, and Vedad Osmanovic

Barbara and Robert Wallner

Luz Giraldo

Sandra A. Plummer-Cambridge

Tim and Karen Gordon

Eugene and Katharine Prentice

Richard and Audrey Zinman in honor of Stephen Sphan

Lyn and David Grogan

Rayna Rapp

The Christgau Family Marc and Andrea Cohen

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Randee and Albert Sigal

Josef and Stefani Langel

Gifts of Securities, Matching Gift Companies, Foundations, and Charitable Trusts

Matching Gift Companies

F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Donald B. Marron Charitable Trust

GE Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. Louis Vuitton

BNY Mellon/ Acorn Hill Foundation The Namm Foundation

Merck Foundation

RJKB Family Charitable Foundation

Morgan Stanley

The Schaffner Family Foundation

Newedge USA, LLC

The Larry and Jane Scheinfeld ’75

Nomura Americas Foundation

Foundation

Select Equity Group Tiffany & Co

Foundations and Charitable Trusts

Louis P. Singer Fund, Inc. United Way

The Chutorian-Semler Family Foundation

Planned Giving

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

The Hampton Foundation Hecht-Levi Foundation Jewish Communal Fund

Securities Anonymous

Guy Kearsley Charitable Fund Anna Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

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Community

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Capital Giving We are deeply indebted to the following families for their gifts and pledge payments for capital purposes received between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. These generous gifts have been vital to The Foundation’s investments and expand opportunities for all Dwight students.

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79 Marie and Harley Lippman James and Marilyn Simons

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Spring Benefit A highlight from this school year was The Dwight School Foundation’s Spring Benefit, held at 583 Park Avenue.

More than 425 members of the community came together to support Dwight, netting $122,637 for student financial aid and faculty professional development. The elegant evening included our first sit-down dinner, DJ, dancing, and a video celebrating our wonderful faculty. A special thanks to our emcee, Dianne Drew, and our extraordinary Christie’s auctioneer, Hugo Weihe.

Benefit Committee Einat Ben Yosef (Timber ’28) Aileen Bruner (Jacob ’23) Karina Castella (Adrien ’17 and Sophie ’20) Christina Clark (Margaret O’Hare ’18 and Malachy O’Hare ’20) Elizabeth Elder (Thomas Carey ’21) Hege Eriksen (Elise ’21 and Selma ’26) Heather Faulding (Fuschia Steward ’21) Sharon Feldman (Emily Eidler ’16) Ann Ferguson (MacPhee Gleason ’25) Gina Gray (Teagan ’29)

Jennifer Jones Sheppard (Sydney ’17) Susan Kessler (Stephen ’10 and William ’14) Cecilia Kuhn (Marguerite ’16) Barbara Lincoln (Clementine ’28) Bernadette Mastrangel (Louisa Deyer ’25) Annette Molkenboer (Laetitia ’16) Morella Navarro (Pablo ’20) Natalia Newman (Hunter ’26) Roseann Repetti (Sebastian Chin ’19) Theresa Scotto (Anthony ’14)

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Spring Benefit Tiered Tickets, Faculty Sponsors, and Cash Donations Anonymous (3) Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie William and Susan Abramson Malka Alzayani Steven and Ann Berzin Leonard and Olga Bidny Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux Mr. Elliot Bogod and Mrs. Valerie Kritsberg Mr. and Mrs. Erik Boneta Phillip Burlinson Andrea and Juliana Cairone Richard Carey and Elizabeth Elder Herve and Karina Castella The Charecky Family Adam and Judy Cohen Chi and Alan Colberg Jack and Metka Daly Jonathan and Christina Dever Michael and Pamela Dunn Adriana and Reginaldo Ecclissato Jr. The Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald Foundation

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Carl Ehrnrooth and Maire Gullichsen-Ehrnrooth

The McEvoy Family

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler

Michael and Jessica O’Mary

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Paul and Julie Flanagan

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

David Reichenbaum

Chris and Joyce Frost

Melissa and Alvaro Rodriguez

Sean and Katie Gallagher

The Rosenberg Family

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Nina Runsdorf

Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Hill

Kim Saperstein ’92

Jason Kidd Foundation

Victor Schwartz, Franklin ’58

Dan and Kim Kelleher

The Seshadri Family

Susan and Peter Kessler

Alexander and Vanessa Spiro

Ali Khazaneh

Sally and Marshall Tycher

Mr. and Mrs. William Kohane

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Christine LaSala and Ellen Lipschitz

The Wagenberg Family

Ronald Lauder and Jo Carole Lauder

Ali Wambold and Monica Wambold

Weber Lauh ’67

Lynn Wright and Scott Gordon

Marie and Harley Lippman

Annik and Michael Wolf

Stuart and Vicki Match Suna

Rommel and Lisa Nacino

Spring Benefit

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Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

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In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

Canadian Island

Jenn Donovan

Anonymous (3)

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

Herve and Karina Castella

Dwight Early Childhood Division

Vinny Abbate

Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Dwight School

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CHANEL

Dwight School Athletic Center

Carlos Aldana and Tania Brito

The Charecky Family

Dwight School Parents Association

Chris Allen

West Chin

Dwight Summer Day Camp

Jane Ancona

The Christgau Family

The Edelman Family

Katie Andrews

Seihoon Chu

John and Bonnie Edelman ’89

Apple Core Hotels

CLC Cabinets

Estée Lauder Companies

Shane and Yvonne Armstrong

Jason Colodne

Faulding Architecture

Mike and Ioanna Bailey

The Concierge Group

Joel Feliciano Esq. and Diane Fernandez

Sara Beck

Contemporary Laser

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Bee in Motion

Joseph and Dana Covey

Flo’s Gardens

Genevieve Bernier and Joseph Martino

Jason A. Coy

Leonid and Anna Frants

Susan Beyrle

Culture Club

Oksana and Boruch Freedman

Frederick Bidigare

Jack and Metka Daly

FTF Design Studio

Blackstones

Vijay and Kamini Dandapani

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

DASHA wellness & spa

Gemini Cleaning Service

Mr. and Mrs. Erik Boneta

Sandy Davis

Daniel and Pamela Girardi

Doug Boxer ’91

Vasken Demirjian and Katerina Soukhopalova

GK Framing Group, LDT

Neil F. Brier

Design Within Reach

Grace Bay Club

Jerome Bruhat and Fabienne Toussaint

Diane Detalle

Thomas and Gina Gray

Chris and Aileen Bruner

DogDay Dog Walkers

The Grossman Family

Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

Laurent Guez and Philippa Serlin-Guez

Mitchell and Michelle Kessler

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

John and Keiko Guy

Susan and Peter Kessler

The Montrone Family

Guyomar Wine Cellars

Kiehl’s

Mountain Skills Climbing Guides

Nicole Hamilton

Steven and Elisa Klein

Marcin Muszynski and Katarzyna Zajder

Hamptons Baseball Camp

Mr. and Mrs. William Kohane

NARS Cosmetics

Karen Harris

Alison and Basil Kolani

NY Kids Club

Bruce and Sabrina Hecker

Cecilia Kuhn

Natalia Newman

Henri Bendel

L.RAPHAEL

Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Inc.

Martha Hirschman

Michael Lalicki

Mark Norell

Zach Horvet

Sunjoo Lee

NSR Nina Runsdorf

Su-Ling Huang

Ronit and Jonathan Leitersdorf

NVIT BLANCHE

Hudson River Orthoodontics

Lenny’s NYC

OC61 Salon & Spa Louise O’Connor Salon

Ivan Hull and Annabel Ingall

Leshem Loft

Ohara School of Ikebana New York Area Chapter

ING Financial Services Corporation

Lindseybelle

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Yigal Irani and Einat Ben Yosef

Marie and Harley Lippman

Orlo Salon

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Kari Loya and Ximena Allub

Ornatus Corp

Amanda Jarm

Macelleria

Pamela and Barry Ostrager

Jason Kidd Foundation

Marc Jacobs International, LLC

Out of Print Clothing

Jen Rudin Casting

Mark Morris Dance Group

Outwater Plastics Industries

Jillian Wright Clinical Skin Spa

Neil and Ursula Masterson

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Jennifer Jones Sheppard

Stuart and Vicki Match Suna

Palm Bay International

Bibi and Majid Kermanshah

Maybelline New York

Sorush Panahi

Kermanshah Oriental Rugs Company

The Mendoza-Luna Family

Parents League of New York

The Kessler Family

Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff

Winifred Parnes

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Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

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Perfect Smiles Orthodontics

Scott J. Aveda

William and Anne Wagner

Petras Interiors

Mrs. Martha Seiver

Jessica Weiss

Alexander and Maria Plokhikh

Ashley Sharik

Nicole Weldzius

Plush Fashion Styling

Claire Sheehan

West Chin Architects & Interior Designers

PR Newswire

Silvercup Studios

Wine In Due Time

Stephen Presti

Rebecca Singer

Marjan and Cyrus Yaraghi

PUBLIC Chicago

Ravi Singh

Izak Zenou

Enver and Fatmira Purovic ’92

Brett and Roberta Sirota

RARE Restaurant Group

Kezia Snyder

Reading in Preschool

SoulCycle

Relativity Media, LLC

Chancellor and Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn

Roseann Repetti

Joseph and Robin Sporn

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Spring Lake Day Camp

Lizz Rindner

Ishka Stanislaus, Anglo ’82

Brittney Robbins

Tyler and Jeanne Sterck

Morgan and Randie Rolontz

Vernon Steward and Heather Faulding

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Najib Succar and Chloe Zachmanoglou

Ruby et Violette Bakery

Tally Beck Contemporary

Dan Sabau

Marc and Sandy Taub

Safavieh Home

Sarah Taylor

Jessica Sarnicola

Amanda Dow Thompson

Robert Schagrin ’75

Gregory and Antigone Thorne

Scholastic

Tiffany & Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Schrager

Trista Coy Design

Zentertaining Alana Zussman

Spring Benefit

Step Up Plaque Purchasers

Raffle Winners

Ajay Bhumitra and Anita Mehta

The winners of the raffle are…

Jack and Metka Daly

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava (Dennis Danilov ’17, Steven Danilav-Lee ’22)

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Congratulations on winning one year of FREE TUITION to Dwight!

Andrew and Melissa Goldstein Mitchell and Michelle Kessler

The classes that purchased the most raffle tickets are...

Susan and Peter Kessler

Preschool 4s and grade 11!

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

Congratulations on winning a celebratory pizza party!

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark Tyler and Jeanne Sterck

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Foundation Trustees

Trustees gather with Connie Spahn at the Volunteer Appreciation Reception.

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The Dwight School Foundation and Dwight School In-Kind Donors and Volunteers In-Kind Donors and Underwriters

Emily House

John and Mirinha Halpern

Winnie Parnes

Ariel Hyatt ’89

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Amanda Dow Thompson

Alumni Rooftop Party

Fiona Imboden

Dr. Robert Klein and Elvira Klein

William and Anne Wagner

Doug Boxer ’91

Courtney Inman

Laura Kozelouzek

Spirit Day Volunteers

Annual Fund Committee Reception

Kayla Innes ’16

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Faculty and Staff

Paula Kutschera ’16

Sabastien and Claudia Milardo

Caroline Axelrod ’03

Sibile Marcellus ’01

Paolo Montrone and Susanna Molli

Chris Beddows

Audrey Miller

Doug and Tatiana Naidus

Neil F. Brier

Fabiana Portolano ’97

Marat and Natasha Rosenberg

Louisa Childs

Sofia Reidbord ’16

Vernon Steward and Heather Faulding

Libby Clark

Lizz Rindner

Van Tae Won and Sung A. Cho

Katie Connolly

Jessica Salzer ’05

Jim and Nicki Theodore

Brittany Dallal

Blake Spahn ’89

Julia and Sergey Velichko

Al Doyle

Kirk Spahn ’95

Steven Wilson and Jan Wysocki

Dianne Drew

Peter Timmins ’90

Host Families for Dwight London and Dwight Korea Students for Carnegie Hall

Dr. Matthew Gonzales

Robert and Maria Abrahamsen

Annette Harchik

Marie and Harley Lippman Artwork

Jonathan Levy ’98 Ofer and Sharon Levy Recording Booth

Kari Loya Reunion Day

Quentin Bailey ’15 Evelyne Baratelli ’16 Mary Benton Adrien Castella ’17 Lillian Chu ’16

Senior Class Fiesta Reception

Susan and Peter Kessler

Heidi Happ

Host Families for Dwight London Students

Richard Adago and Nina Keller

Emily House

Libby Clark

Ulrich Bartel and Christine Seidl-Bartel

Fiona Imboden

Denis Danilov ’17

Michael and Kylie Brauer

Filippo Berti and Laura Tenchio

Courtney Inman

Joe Dowling

Michelle Brock

Carlos and Patricia Cervantes

Sarah Krokey

Austin D. Haight ’07

Andre and Diep Coste

Asher and Michelle Edelman

Susan Lissim

Alistair Hamilton

Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq

Lisbet and Lars Hoie

Dominique Mas

Scott Hefler ’97

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

Thomas and Nicole Kelly

Agata Medic

Juan Hicks ’17

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Peter and Susan Kessler

Audrey Miller

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The Dwight School Foundation and Dwight School In-Kind Donors and Volunteers

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Jenna Oppedisano

Danya Haber

Jackie Chu ’15

Spirit Day Parent Donors

Sorush Panahi

Dorothy Howell

Matt Davis ’16

William and Susan Abramson

Ronald Posner

Samantha Kearsley

Zachary Goldstein ’16

Graham and Bo-In Arader

Stephen Presti

Laura Kozelouzek

Henry Hull ’17

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Lizz Rindner

Heidi Kutz

Amy Scheck

Jim McKillop

Marcus Kapoor ’18

Meena and Parvinder Chopra

Ashley Sharik

Margo Messinger

Jaskeerat Mann ’17

Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum

Amanda Dow Thompson

Stephanie Murray

Tabasa Ozawa ’16

Yee Ding

Emily Vargas

Lisa Nacino

Madeleine Reid ’15

Kat and Daniel Grollo

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Tatiana Naidus

Kate Runsdorf ’15

Grant and Helen Jeffery

Caroline Walsh

Raina Neidich

William Steere ’16

Violetta Zambetti

Lenka Olivier

Suzan Sumer ’15

Parents

Winnie Parnes

Andrew Sweren ’15

Mary Bradley

Martha Seiver

Joshua Sweren ’16

Michelle Brock

Chevonne Silverman

Adrien Verglas ’15

Aileen Bruner

Mark Stenberg

Nino Villamor ’15

Susan Buchbinder

Rob Sweren

Jessica Capiraso

Carolina Villamizar

Annabelle Vletter ’17

Patricia Cervantes

Lynne Webb

Elena Fontan Cosialls

Students

Jacqueline Demarest

Hunter Alves ’17

Sandrine Droumenq

Emma Watts ’15 Brett Weinstein ’15

Guy and Samantha Kearsley William and Julia Kohane Alison and Basil Kolani Guram and Irina Kurdevanidze Frank and Katharina Kutschera Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine Stephanie and Leo Murray Erika and Scott Pintoff Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia Jay and Chevonne Silverman

Kendall White ’15

Nick and Julie Stratopoulos

Alice Bahceci ’15

Other Volunteers

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Sachiko Eckert

Miki Belenkov ’15

Bill Imboden

Elizabeth Elder

Nicolas Brix ’15

Gary Sweeten

Global Vision

Dwight welcomed students from a Danish school for a cultural exchange that included a visit to Central Park’s Hans Christian Anderson statue, where they shared modern versions of the writer’s iconic fairytales.

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Dwight School Parents Association

The Parents Association plays a vital role in Dwight’s community-building efforts and educational objectives. It is the School and PA’s joint mission to build a responsible, global-minded community and ignite the “spark of genius” in every child.

2013-14 Dwight Executive Board Sharon Feldman, President Sarah Cole, Vice President (Timothy House) Winnie Parnes, Vice President (Bentley House) Stefani Langel, Vice President (Franklin/Anglo) Suzanne Barbero, Secretary Aileen Bruner, Treasurer Sandrine Droumenq, Event Coordinator Patresse Phillips, Safety Patrol Coordinator Meridith Hill, Communications Coordinator

2013-14 Officers/Committee Chairs

Kylie Brauer, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Timothy House) Tavy Ronen, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Bentley House) Henrietta Jones, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Franklin/Anglo House) Kylie Brauer, Halloween Parties Chair Suzanne Barbero, Lisa Nacino, Karina Castella, Bookfair Chairs Peggy Segal, Career Day Chair Sandra Baron-Alves, Jessica Capiraso, International Food Festival Chairs Mark Edelstein, Joint Schools Representative Mark Edelstein, BJ Cling, PIA Representatives Dagmar Trippen, Skating Party Chair

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Carolina Villamizar, Spirit Day Co-Chair Stephanie Murray, Spirit Day Co-Chair Jennifer Plank, Teacher Appreciation Week Chair Aileen Bruner, Thanksgiving Basket Event Chair Martha Seiver, BiBi Kermanshah, Uniform Sale Chairs Caroline Hogberg, Valentine’s Breakfast Chair

2013-14 Dwight Class Representatives 1A

1B

1C

2A

2B

3A

3B

4A

4B

5A

Jessica Capiraso Erika Pintoff Heather Kibbe Ronit Raphael Alice Zarari Angela Breckenridge Chevonne Silverman Dolores Garcia Samantha Kearsley Carolina Villamizar Sarah Malik Stephanie Murray Johanna Rigg-Smith Christelle Labat-Comess Judy Clare Katie Gallagher Mary Bradley Metka Daly Elizabeth Elder Helen Jeffery

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Michelle Brock Laura Kozelouzek Nicole Treasure Morella Navarro Angela Smith Sandrine Baraton Alena Paltina Annette Alvarez Pizzo Meena Chopra Sandra Baron-Alves Kathy Langhaus Henrietta Jones Pamela Paulis Manuela Blondiaux Paula Reidbord Christine Greenfield Kornblatt

2013-14 ECD Executive Board Meridith Hill, President Cassey Morales, Co-Vice President and Events Coordinator Michelle Rickert, Co-Vice President and Events Coordinator Jennifer Lehner, Treasurer Jill Erlichman, Secretary

2013-14 ECD Committee Chairs Clare Cheng, Nicole Bidmead, Nuala Riddell, Laura Charecky, Fall Festival and Book Fair Chairs Mindy Everett, Michelle Wijesinghe, Winter Wishes Chairs Amy Kessler, Rebecca Todd, Clothing Drive Chairs Barbara Lincoln, Valentine’s Breakfast Chair Zainab Akbar, Ellen Turi, Teacher Appreciation Chairs

2013-14 ECD Class Representatives K1 K2 K3 Blue Jays:

Red Robins:

Yellow Chicks:

Silver Elephants:

Brown Kangaroos:

Black Bears: White Rabbits: Orange Clownfish: Gray Dolphins: Copper Sea Otters: Green Sea Turtles:

Megan Schatz and Nuala Riddell Sarah Knox and Rachael Gaulin Hege Eriksen and Judy Cohen Sara Jacobs and Chloe Zachmanoglou (MWF) Genevieve Bernier and Sara Buckley (TTH) Amy Kessler and Audrey Train (MWF) Rebecca Todd and Stacy Reilly (TTH) Geidy Perez and Ken Jewel (PM) Jen Tsung and Gina Gray (MWF) Zainab Akbar and Fiona Paltridge (TTH) David Wang (PM) Barbara Lincoln and Soledad Bence (AM) Manisha Chopra and Maria Mora (PM) Clare Cheng and Elana Schwartzreich (AM) Leslie Harter and Jennifer Donovan (PM) Ernesto Iglesias and Julie Scher Emily Portnoy and Katy Cooperman Rich Forman and Olga Sobol Nicole Luterman and Louise Tonkin Amy Goffin and Suzi Mueller Nicole Bidmead and Mindy Everett

Parents Association

Members of the Parents Association celebrate at The Foundation’s Volunteer Appreciation Cocktail Party at the Cosmopolitan Club.

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Volunteer Appreciation Reception

The Dwight School Foundation hosted its annual Volunteer Appreciation Reception at the Cosmopolitan Club to acknowledge the following groups that play a critical role in supporting The Foundation’s efforts: The Dwight School Foundation Trustees advise and work in conjunction with the Chancel-

lor, Head of School, and The Foundation’s Advancement Office to think critically about how Foundation resources can positively impact the lives of Dwight students and faculty.

The Annual Fund Committee solicits gifts from members of the Dwight community to

provide support for student financial aid and faculty professional development.

The Senior Gift Committee solicits Annual Fund gifts from twelfth grade families and

helps identify a space to be named in honor of the graduating class.

The Parents Association welcomes and connects parents to the community, promotes

volunteerism, encourages attendance at school events, and helps address parent concerns to support faculty and build community spirit.

The Alumni Council and Class Representatives help identify and promote meaningful

ways for graduates to get involved with the School and stay connected with each other.

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Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees

We are extremely grateful for our Trustees’ leadership, guidance, and dedication to Dwight.

The Dwight School Foundation Board of Trustees 2013-14

Susan Kessler, Chair

Marie Lippman

Elizabeth Callaway

Doug Naidus

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Drew Pizzo

Hege Eriksen

Eric Semler

Ravi Singh

Gary Fuhrman ’79

Michael Kalnick

Shiv Vasisht ’95

Peter Timmins ’90, Ex-Officio, Alumni Council President

Not pictured: Sharon Feldman, Ex-Officio, Parents Association President

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Ways to Give

The Annual Fund is The Foundation’s most important fundraising effort and it is vital to the success of the school. There are many different ways you can make a contribution:

Cash - All cash (including check and credit card) gifts are fully

tax-deductible. Gifts can be made using the attached pledge envelope or online at www.dwight.edu/givingtodwight.

Securities - A gift of appreciated stock, which has been held for

more than one year, allows you to avoid the capital gains tax on the appreciation. It also qualifies you for an income tax charitable deduction based on the fair-market value of the stock on the date you make the gift.

Matching Gift - Matching gifts are an easy way to increase the

value of your contribution. If you and/or your spouse work for

a matching gift company, please obtain the necessary form from your personnel office and send it along with your gift to The Dwight School Foundation.

Make a Pledge - Pledges can be fulfilled with one payment or

multiple payments and simply need to be completed in full by June 30, 2015.

AmazonSmile - AmazonSmile is a way to support The Dwight

School Foundation every time you shop, at no cost to you. Every eligible purchase you make on AmazonSmile will result in a 0.5% donation to The Dwight School Foundation. Make Dwight your charity of choice by going to smile.amazon.com today.

For questions about the Annual Fund, please contact Caroline Axelrod ’03, Director of Annual Giving, at 646.400.0312 or caxelrod@dwight.edu.

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The Dwight School Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity that was established in 1969 to provide financial aid to Dwight students and professional development grants to Dwight faculty.

Founded in 1872, Dwight School is a private school offering the full International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

This report gratefully acknowledges gifts between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Names are listed as requested by each donor on the annual fund envelope. We have tried to ensure the accuracy of this report. If there are omissions or errors, please notify David Chung in the Foundation’s Advancement Office at 646.400.0313.

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