2014-15 Annual Report

Annual Report 2014 – 2015

Foundation and School Leadership 2015-16 Foundation

Alumni Council

Parents Association

Peter Timmins ’90, President

Sandrine Droumenq, President

Susan Kessler, Chair

Reza Sarbakhsh ’00, Vice President

Aileen Bruner, Vice President, Timothy House

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, President Emeritus

Kylie Brauer, Vice President, Bentley House

Alejandro Filippa ’97

Amy Long Kanter, Vice President, Franklin/Anglo House

Board of Trustees

Libby Callaway Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71 Gary Fuhrman ’79 Michael Kalnick Daniel Klein Dave Lindsey Doug Naidus Drew Pizzo Kim Saperstein ’92 Ravi Singh Julie Stratopoulos Shiv Vasisht ’95 Peter Timmins ’90, Ex-Officio

Scott Hefler ’97 Aubrey Hodges ’99 Christos Katsiaouni ’97 Amy Landis ’93 Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74 Blain Namm ’97 Jessica Salzer ’05 Bruce Warshaw ’74

Ann Ferguson, Event Coordinator Fiona Paltridge, Deputy Event Coordinator Meridith Hill, Treasurer Martha Seiver, Secretary Judy Cohen, Communications Coordinator

ECD Parents Association Cassey Morales, President

Dwight School

Laura Charecky, Co-Vice President and Event Coordinator

Stephen Spahn, Chancellor

Zainab Akbar, Co-Vice President and Event Coordinator

Senior Leadership

Sandrine Droumenq, Ex-Officio

Blake Spahn ’89, Vice Chancellor

Advancement Office

Dianne Drew, Head of School

Susan Beyrle, Parent ’07, Director of Development

Eric Dale, Head of Upper School

Caroline Axelrod ’03, Director of Annual Giving

Ronald Posner, Head of Middle School

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05, Director of Alumni Affairs and Spring Benefit Coordinator

Martha Hirschman, Head of Lower School

Communications Office Louisa Childs Smaylovsky, General Counsel and Communications Coordinator

Chris Allen, Director of Early Childhood Division

Laurie Silbersweig, Editorial Director

Shelby Korman, Associate Head of Middle School, MYP Coordinator

Emily House Chase, Graphic Designer and Communications Associate

Chris Beddows, Associate Head of Lower School, PYP Coordinator

Kerry Tkacik, Communications Associate

Mark Lipari, Development Associate and Database Manager

Linda Fussell, Associate Head of Early Childhood Division Alicia Janiak, Associate Head of Early Childhood Division

Gina Gray, Treasurer Jill Erlichman, Secretary

Table of Contents

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and Head of School Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Board Chair Summary of Financials Annual Giving International Society Foundation Supporters Current Parent Annual Giving Class of 2015 Senior Gift Donors Alumni Annual Giving Faculty and Staff Annual Giving Parents of Alumni, Friends, Past Faculty and Staff, and Loved Ones Annual Giving Gifts of Securities, Matching Gift Companies, Foundations, and Charitable Trusts Capital Giving Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Volunteers Parents Association Board of Trustees Letter from the Vice Chancellor

A Culture of Innovation in Action 4

Sparking young minds

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Designing in the MakerSpace

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Dancing to their own beat

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Joining together

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Programming robotic bees

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Connecting our community

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Training abroad

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Making global connections

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Developing a global perspective

Letter from the Chancellor and Head of School

Year-in and year-out, we are grateful to The Foundation for providing student financial aid and supporting Dwight’s world-class faculty in their quest for knowledge through professional development grants. Thanks to these grants, faculty members continue their education or pursue opportunities that tap into their own spark of genius.

In so doing, they bring learning and inspiration back to the classroom to benefit students directly and enrich the entire Dwight community.

On behalf of our faculty and students, who are privileged to be the beneficiaries of The FoundaDear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight, tion’s generosity, we are deeply grateful to: The It gives us great pleasure to reflect on a year in Foundation and its Board of Trustees, chaired by which Dwight extended its long-standing tradition Susan Kessler (Parent ’10 and ’14); the Annual of igniting the spark of genius in every child while Fund Committee, under the leadership of Drew integrating innovation even more deeply into the Pizzo (Parent ’15 and ’18); the Senior Gift Committee, chaired by Marie Lippman (Parent ’15); fabric of our School. the Spring Benefit Committee, chaired by Karina We saw the launch of the “Culture of Innovation” Castella (Parent ’17 and ’20) and Ann Ferguson curriculum initiative, extending our use of educa- (Parent ’25); the Alumni Council, chaired by tional technology and design thinking to enhance Peter Timmins ’90; the Parents Association, led by teaching and learning for all. This exciting program Stefani Langel (Parent ’13 and ’17) — and to all has created challenging new opportunities for our the volunteers who dedicate their time and energies students to explore as never before and we thank to raising funds in support of Dwight.

The Dwight School Foundation for funding the Thanks to our community’s generosity, this was a two-year effort with a generous $95,000 grant. banner year in terms of Annual Fund and Spring

Benefit revenues, totaling more than $2.1M. Included was $182,000 for the Foundation’s groundbreaking Spark of Innovation Fund introduced at the very lively “Shake it Up!” Spring Benefit. This new fund is paving the way for students in kindergarten–grade 12 to tap into their imaginations and entrepreneurial spirits beyond the classroom.

They, along with faculty, can now apply for grants to develop ideas with real-world applications and introduce them to the marketplace. We couldn’t be more excited by the prospects…or more proud of the enthusiasm and support our community displayed when the fund was inaugurated.

Together, we are a family deeply dedicated to ensuring the success of every student on campus — and to sparking a better world through innovation for all.

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

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Personalized Learning

Through professional development grants from The Dwight School Foundation, Dwight faculty learn the latest techniques in personalized learning and curriculum development.

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Community

Dwight’s warm and vibrant community of students, parents, faculty, and alumni are connected through a shared desire to nurture the spark of genius in every child.

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Letter from The Dwight School Foundation Board Chair

Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight, As I enter my eighth year as a Trustee of The Dwight School Foundation, I am delighted to serve alongside such dedicated Board members, Foundation staff, and generous parents, alumni, and friends of Dwight who devote their time and resources to the initiatives of The Foundation.

Additionally, we thank all the volunteers who helped The Foundation reach new heights of success in 2014-15: The Board of Trustees, Annual Fund Committee, Senior Gift Committee, Spring Benefit Committee, Parents Association, and Alumni Council. Their efforts were key to garnering support for fundraising efforts and attendance at Foundation events.

This year, thanks to your support of the Annual Fund, we were able to fund upwards of 50 percent of all financial aid awarded to students and provide 168 educational grants to Susan Kessler faculty to pursue enriching professional development opportunities to bring cutting-edge knowledge back to benefit students. We also completed our twoyear funding effort of the STEAM initiative to integrate technology deeper into the classroom experience.

Dwight stands out among its independent school peers not only for providing a world-class IB education, attracting the finest faculty, and maintaining an unwavering commitment to personalized learning, but for having New York City’s longest-serving school leader in Stephen Spahn. He is a visionary who has devoted 50 years to Dwight. We benefit from the stability, consistency and unparalleled commitment Chancellor Spahn brings to personally mentoring each and every student, every day. He, along with Head of School Dianne Drew, and Vice-Chancellor Blake Spahn, make for a powerful team dedicated to ensuring the success of every child and their individual spark of genius.

The Board of Trustees announced the launch of the new Spark of Innovation Program at this year’s well-attended Spring Benefit in April. Now students and faculty can apply for monetary grants for innovative and creative projects that demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit and have real-world applications. As one-third of students today will create their own jobs, and top universities are already investing in bringing novel student work to market, Dwight is paving the way for younger students to take innovation beyond the classroom. We thank our community for supporting the launch of this worthy initiative and will keep you apprised of Dwight’s entrepreneurs as their inventions take shape.

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I look forward to another exciting year and thank you for your continued support.

Warmly, 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 Dwight embraces the individuality of each learner as no two students are the same. Dwight supports these student journeys through a robust academic curriculum and after-school program. Dwight makes it a priority to focus on and develop each child’s spark of genius. Whether connecting a student with an exceptional mentor, designing tailor-made enrichment, crafting a special study abroad opportunity, or providing an innovative program or tutorial, Dwight recognizes and fosters each student’s gifts and talents.

Community Dwight’s community is a family of diverse individuals whose collective goal is to build a better world. The power of our learning environment is enhanced by connecting and valuing the different contributions and talents of all members. Through unlimited service, leadership, programmatic, and scholarship opportunities, we inspire students to find their own unique paths to action.

Global Vision Dwight’s mission, vision and pillars extend globally across our network of schools and is supported by the International Baccalaureate ethos. Students develop a sense of themselves, as well as the world around them. Dwight opens students’ hearts and minds through challenges and opportunities, inviting students to build bridges with and between cultures. 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

2013-14

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

$1,763,183 $1,959,775 $125,486 $85,761 $313,938 $294,107

Total Revenues and Gains

2014-15

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

-$6,548 $84,600 $0

$2,317,716

$2,417,695

Expenses

2013-14 2014-15

Support to Dwight and ECD

Student Financial Aid

Faculty Professional Development

Other Enrichment Items Other Development Office Expenses

$1,900,000 $264,402 $0 $843,224

$1,200,000 $245,898 $0 $730,547

$3,007,626

$2,176,445

Total Expenses Net Income Foundation Net Assets as of 6/30

-$689,910 $241,250 $8,486,267 $8,727,517

DWIGHT SCHOOL FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenues and Support

2013-14

2014-15

Net Tuition and Fees $30,805,714 Contributions - Dwight School Foundation $2,164,402 Interest and Dividends $2,630

$35,266,666 $1,445,898 $8,070

Total Revenues and Support

$32,972,746 $36,720,634

Expenses 2013-14 2014-15

Human Resources Operating Expenses Annual Operating Contingency Capital Reserve

Total Expenses

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$16,436,120 $13,756,521 $1,119,331 $1,660,774

$18,409,800 $15,166,240 $1,461,086 $1,683,508

$32,972,746 $36,720,634

The Dwight School Foundation Gift Support

Annual Fund*

Spring Benefit (Net)

Other Contributions

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

168

faculty professional development grants awarded

curriculum innovation (16)

graduate studies (13)

ib training (43)

conferences and workshops (94)

STEAM and other (2)

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

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

2014-15

$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 $1,648,026

$321,418

$426,873

$537,275

$426,893

$316,212

$254,497

$0

$0

$91,898

$122,637

$332,412

$0 $155,820 $0 $0 $200,000 $0 $55,000 $1,400 $125,000 $3,000 $0

$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 $1,980,438

$0

$344,541 $1,221,105

$746,351

$1,415,333

$1,513,333

$550,834

$670,000

$240,000

$150,000

$80,000

$1,098,690 $1,708,421 $2,776,000 $2,381,420 $3,079,326 $3,001,098 $2,265,014 $1,802,843 $1,805,611 $1,697,535 $2,060,438

$0

$0

$0

$435,000

$0

$0

$0

$6,500

$15,000

$43,860

$51,000

$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 $2,111,438

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Annual Giving

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Annual Fund Committee

We are extremely grateful for the 2014-15 Annual Fund and Senior Gift Committee members for helping us raise over $1.6M, which directly impacts Dwight students and faculty.

Annual Fund Committee Chair

Senior Gift Committee Chair

Drew Pizzo

Marie Lippman

Annual Fund Committee

Senior Gift Committee

Danielle Curi

Alla Belenkov

David Garrity

Manuela Blondiaux

John Halpern Carolina Villamizar Krystn Wagenberg

Meena Chopra Mina Elahi Nina Runsdorf Sandy Taub Dagmar Trippen

22%

increase in Annual Fund revenues

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Snapshot of Annual Fund Giving

ANNUAL FUND GROWTH 2012-15 2014-15

$1,648,026

2013-14

$1,421,898

2012-13

$1,348,713

2011-12

$1,131,443 $0 $425,000

GIVING LEVEL*

NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT

International Society Level Presidents’ Circle: $50,000+ 8 Prime Ministers’ Circle: $25,000+ 7 Foreign Ministers’ Circle: $15,000+ 11 Ambassadors’ Circle: $10,000+ 18 Consul Generals’ Circle: $5,000+ 22 Diplomats’ Circle: $2,500+ 29 Founders’ Circle: $1,872+ 31 Dwight Supporters Sponsor: $1,000+ 54 Dwight Supporters Advocate: $500+ 40 Dwight Supporters Contributor: $250+ 52 Dwight Supporters Friend: Up to $249 172

*Includes gifts of stock.

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Total

$730,761 $185,000 $180,001 $188,182 $117,461 $82,500 $60,403 $56,003 $20,507 $14,180 $13,028

444 $1,648,026

$850,000 $1,275,000 $1,700,000

CONSTITUENCY **

NUMBER OF GIFTS AMOUNT

Trustees 17 $330,083 Current Parents – 12 53 $291,546 Current Parents – 2s-11 231 $997,090 Alumni 58 $67,025 Parents of Alumni 52 $243,747 Faculty Gifts 98 $10,493 Loved Ones, Friends, and Nonprofits 4 $275,707 Total

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$2,215,691

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

Global Vision

Dwight’s Varsity Boys Baseball team traveled to the Dominican Republic — the world’s center of baseball talent — for spring training this year.

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Presidents’ Circle

Foreign Ministers’ Circle

Anonymous (3)

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

$50,000+

Alice Gottesman

The International Society recognizes those who have supported Dwight’s mission with leadership gifts of $1,872 or more to the 2014-15 Annual Fund.

One hundred and twenty-six International Society donors supported The Foundation with gifts amounting to $1,544,308, 94% 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+

The Cho Family

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Francisco Freitas de Oliveira and Nadjara Barroso Paiva

Andrew and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Chancellor and Mrs. Stephen H. Spahn

Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane

Kirk Spahn ’95

Hyung and Susan Lee

Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89

Marie and Harley Lippman

Prime Ministers’ Circle $25,000+

Sean and Katie Gallagher Daniel and Kat Grollo Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen Pingjian Liu and Shaohong Ouyang

Val and Min-Myn Schaffner Daniel and Nanna Stern Marc and Sandy Taub The Yaraghi Family

Ambassadors’ Circle $10,000+

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

Alfredo and Theresa Pellas

Ezra and Marlene Field

Kim Saperstein ’92

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79

Ravi Singh

John and Mirinha Halpern

International Society Leadership Donors Diplomats’ Circle

Chris and Ingrid Innes

Andrew and Karyn Bhak

Susan and Peter Kessler

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

$2,500+

Alexia and Daniel Klein

Jack and Metka Daly

Anonymous (2)

Radford Klotz and Shahnaz Batmanghelidj

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim

Adhiya Badruddin ’15

William and Julia Kohane

Kathy Jennings and David Gray

Izzet Benadrete

Olga and Igor Kroutoi

Ali and Heather Khazaneh

Rosario Buendia and Umberto Serrano

Dean and Mara Landis

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Richard Carey and Elizabeth Elder

Nina Runsdorf

Henrietta Jones Pellegrini and Paolo Pellegrini

Herve and Karina Castella

In honor of Ashley Schoenthal ’07

Eugene and Katharine Prentice

Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Peggy Segal and David Topper

Adam and Judy Cohen

David Solomon and Sarah Long Solomon

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

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon

Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia

David and Sachiko Eckert

Marco Suazo and Isabelle Picco

Robert and Donna Shafir

Barbara and Jeffrey Frankel

Philip and Tina Vasan

Brett and Roberta Sirota

Mr. Alex Gendzier

Lachlan Wong ’24 and Chloe Wong ’27

Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

James Kaplan and Amy Egger

Consul Generals’ Circle

Julie and Nick Stratopoulos

Dan and Kim Kelleher

$5,000+

Larry Ullman

Richard and Susan Korchak

Anonymous

United Airlines NYC Half Marathon Donations

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

William and Susan Abramson

The Wagenberg Family

Luming Mo and Lingrong Chen

Caroline Arnold and Shan Sullivan

Annik and Michael Wolf

Angel and Cassey Morales

Chi and Alan Colberg

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International Society Leadership Donors In honor of Jacqueline Chu ’15

Erika and Scott Pintoff

Michael and Kitty Donnelly

Thomas and Janet Resele-Tiden

Anonymous (2)

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

David Robinson and Liza Pon

Jay and Meg Axelrod

Chris and Joyce Frost

Jonathan and Deborah Shane

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

Susan Beyrle

Austin D. Haight ’07

Tom and Kathryn Speechley

David Rubin

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

Steven and Sarah Knox

Lolita Ryklin

Jerome Bruhat and Fabienne Toussaint

Weber Lauh ’67

Chris and Aileen Bruner

Keith and Connie Lippert

James and Claudia Cesare

Neil and Ursula Masterson in honor of Eddie and Fatmira Purovic

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge Dr. Inna Post and Mr. Abraham Post

Michael Salzer Alexander and Vanessa Spiro Rory and Bruce Teitelbaum Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

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Founders’ Circle $1,872+

Lisa and Rommel Nacino

Samuel Chenillo and Cecilia Rebolledo

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

Joaquim Otero Pereira ’28

The Strong Family Foundation Peter Timmins ’90

Young Explorers’ Circle

($100+ Alumni from 2005-14)

Conner Boyd ’06 Matthew Grogan ’08 Austin D. Haight ’07 Jennifer Lee ’10 Jonathan Lee ’11 In honor of Ashley Schoenthal ’07

Stephanie and Juan E. Torruella

In honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10

Eelco Van De Stadt

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05

Arthur and Enzo Palaci Zani Mr. Jin Zhang and Ms. Yi Pan

The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Thank you to our 318 contributors who also made donations to the Annual Fund. Your gifts have transformed the experiences of our faculty and staff.

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Laurie and John Reische

Caroline Axelrod ’03

$1,000+

Michael Kalnick

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96

Anonymous (4)

Laurance Kaufman and Melody Marcus

Michael and Kylie Brauer

Jonathan Allen and Shelley Farmer Allen

Karsten and Heather Kibbe

Lynda Fuhrman Rovine ’83 and Josh Rovine

Erhan and Anna Bahceci

Steven Klein and Elisa Harris

The Basmadjian Family

Yerlan Kozhagapanov and Dana Omarova

Dr. Elliot and Alla Belenkov

Josef and Stefani Langel

Leah Carr and Eric Margules

Jonathan Lee ’11 and Jennifer Lee ’10

Bobby and Eleanor Cayre

The Lindahl Family

Gary and Judy Clare

Alon and Jennifer Markowitz

Dianne Drew and Dr. Alex Phan

Brad Miles and Susan Duffy

The Edelman Family

John Mitchell and Johanna Fiore

David and Randy Evans

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

Steven Newman

Stephanie Cohen and Erik Glover

Fernando and Leslie de Oliveira

Andrew and Melissa Goldstein

Benoit and Annabelle Papillard

Tim and Karen Gordon

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Advocate

Rosa Park and Andrew Hahn Meridith and Shannon Hill

Sponsors

Marie Rubin Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy Barry Salzman Lauren Braver Schiller ’94 Fabrice and Myriam Scialom

The Charecky Family Weixing and Jenny Chen Jonathan and Christina Dever Alfredo and Alessandra Deza Richard Dickson ’86 and Family

Yu and Mamiko Takasaku

Valerie and Eric Drath, Anglo ’88

Joe Tuana

Michael and Patricia Dugan

Bas and Helene Vletter

Luke and Bella Ennis

Shiv Vasisht ’95 and Vail Weymann

Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler

Erika and Seth Weinstein

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Ronald White and Stefanie Shelley

Paul and Julie Flanagan

Alice and Chawki Zarari

Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar

$500+

Sam Grant ’22 and Ben Grant ’24

Alexander and Maria Plokhikh

Anonymous (3)

Lyn and David Grogan

David and Cindy Reichenbaum

David Anstey

Warren and Kathleen Katz

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The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

The Kessler Family

Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76

Ann Myers and Bradley Steere

Nicholas Anastos

Lauren Lodato and Alessandro Garbuio

The Cervantes Family

Russell Nuce and Leane Brenes

Wallace Arthur, Franklin ’49

Richard May, Franklin ’63

Tim and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Azra and Ismet Osmanovic

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Carlos and Amie Menacho

Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq

Parisa and Vedad Osmanovic ’98

Arnold Barkman, Franklin ’59

Blain Namm ’97

Reginaldo Ecclissato

Jose and Vanessa Pigatto

Jennifer Barnett

Jurgen and Pam Paulis

Kathryn Eisberg

Ron and Emily Portnoy

Meghan Beard and Thomas Galati

Leah Reid

Fouad and Diane Fakhouri

Mr. and Mrs. Lachlan Riddell

Chris Beddows

The Rosengren Family

Diane and Buddy Flateman

Sophie Rovner ’29

Taylor Belcher ’05

Christine Seidl and Ulrich Bartel

Scott and Lauren Gaynor

Darlene and Jeff Sammon

Dr. Matthew J. Gonzales and Mr. Shawn T. Bible

Sarah and Gerald Bennett

Julian and Annie Sigal Medina ’93

Antony Scott and Judy Shen

Mary Benton

Louisa Childs Smaylovsky

Jaya Bhavnani

Jon and Carrie Stimmel

Elizabeth Billard

Robert and Valerie Tornambe

Jose Bonifacio

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05 and Eric Hahn

Conner Boyd ’06 Neil F. Brier Elliot Butler

Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal William and Elva Stamatakis Marian and Aaron Tenenbein Herve Tessler

Lynne Halliday and B. H. Barry Luis Arriba Hervas and Fatima Cadahia Casla

Florian and Dagmar Trippen

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Nanshu Yoshida

Reynaldo and Gloria Villamor

The Jansen Family

Friend

Martin Vogelbaum and Sarah Cole

Josh Kigel and Ann Tilley

$1.00+

Candace Cardwell

Elizabeth Callaway and Robert Carey

Jonathan Klein and Jill Graham

Anonymous (23)

$250+

Tom Krouwer

Dr. Mary C. Abdullah

Anonymous (14)

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

David Ackers ’04

Andrew H. Chait ’78 and Hedy Hartman, Franklin ’72

Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves

Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

Christine Allen

Emily House Chase

Bulent and Ozlem Baygun

Joan Muss ’69

AmazonSmile Foundation

Karen Chernoff

Contributor

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Richard C. Goodwin ’46

The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Terrence Christgau

Timothy Gragg ’09

Alison and Basil Kolani

Brian Mitchell

David Chung

Carol Manning Graham ’74

Katie and Chris Korhonen

Marcin Muszynski and Katarzyna Zajder

Anthony Civorelli

Thomas and Gina Gray

Shelby Korman

Elaine Natalicchi

Libby Clark

Matthew Grogan ’08

Iva Kusan

Jill and John Ortman

Peter and Heike Cornelius

Karen Guo

Cecilia Lacombe-Kuhn

Gregg A. Ostroff ’97

Jason and Trista Coy

Danya and Michael Haber

Monica Leardi, Franklin ’80

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Alexander Cunningham

Alistair Hamilton

Ms. Kyung Eun Lee

Sorush Panahi

Linda D’Argenio-Cruz Ph.D

Heidi Happ

Robyn Levinson

Winifred Parnes

Sandy Darzy

Annette Harchik

Nicholas Lindner

Jennifer Pasinetti ’90

Pamela and Stephen Davis

Sandor and Eleanore Hau

Mark Lipari

Sandra A. Plummer-Cambridge

George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin

Adrienne Hecker

Barry and Harriet Lipsitz

Ron Posner

The DiMaria Family

Elliott and Gail Hefler

Mark and Miranda Lodato

Stephen Presti

Al Doyle

Scott A. Hefler ’97

Stephen J. Lurie, Franklin ’74

Rayna Rapp

Claudia A. Egli

Ian and Debra Hendler ’89

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

Aida Regjaj and Burim Regjaj

Daniel Espinoza

John J. Hess, Franklin ’63

Sibile Marcellus ’01

Randy and Marionette Rivera

Samuel and Aleta Estreicher

Erin Heyneman

Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar

Scott Roller

Chase Freeman

Martha Hirschman

Dominique Mas

Jill Romero ’79

Linda Fussell

Michael Horvath

Paul A. Mass ’49

Tavy Ronen

Joe Gelfand

Elizabeth Hutton

James McKillop

Heidi Rubenstein-Brethel

Nancy Gershman, Franklin ’74

Fiona and William Imboden

K. Heather McRay and Joel Hodes

Glenn K. Rubic

Laura Giraldo ’00

Amanda Jarm

Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82

Jessica Salzer ’05

Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman

Diane and Gary Kaplan

Anne Metcalf

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III

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The Dwight School Foundation Supporters

Raymond Sanchez

Nancy Botwinik and Selman Sumer

Jessica Sarnicola and Ian Cohen

Amanda Thompson

The Schoenfeld Family

The Thorne Family

Esther Schott

Dean and Louise Tonkin

Ms. Jessica Schottenstein ’07

Audrey and Joe Train

Mrs. Martha Seiver

Jason Tsoutsouras ’03

Ashley Sharik

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Jonathan Shechtman ’03

Caroline Walsh

Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow

Adrian White and Tamara Jackson

Michael J. Sheerer, Anglo ’83

Michael, Eleonora, Charles, and Theodore Wiesenfeld

B.J. Cling Randee and Albert Sigal Laurie Silbersweig Howard and Carol Silvestri Jaclyn Silvestri Rebecca Singer and Nick Zhou Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Smith Beverly Soares The Stabb Family Natalie Standig Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller in honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10 Karen Suazo

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Jeremy Will Ms. Ellen Zimmerli Dmitri and Kate Zolotkovsky

Personalized Learning

What do you get when you combine one student’s love of music with a cigar box, a ruler, and a Dwight teacher’s personalized attention?

A cigar box guitar! In Dwight’s “MakerSpace”, students explore, design, and create things anew from everyday objects.

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Current Parent Annual Giving

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Preschool Parents

Lauren Lodato and Alessandro Garbuio

Twos (Class of 2030)

Angel and Cassey Morales

Anonymous (4) The Basmadjian Family

Sophie Rovner ’29

Sarah and Gerald Bennett

Antony Scott and Judy Shen

James and Claudia Cesare

Audrey and Joe Train

The Charecky Family

Fours (Class of 2028)

Stephanie Cohen and Erik Glover The DiMaria Family Luke and Bella Ennis Paul and Julie Flanagan Josh Kigel and Ann Tilley Darlene and Jeff Sammon

Anonymous Michael and Patricia Dugan Luke and Bella Ennis Ezra and Marlene Field Kathy Jennings and David Gray

Jon and Carrie Stimmel

Danya and Michael Haber

Alice and Chawki Zarari

Warren and Kathleen Katz

Threes (Class of 2029)

Alexia and Daniel Klein

Anonymous (3)

Ann Ferguson and Karina Castella, 2014-15 Spring Benefit Chairs

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Jonathan Allen and Shelley Farmer Allen

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil Joaquim Otero Pereira ’28

Fernando and Leslie de Oliveira

Ron and Emily Portnoy

Thomas and Gina Gray

Stephanie and Juan E. Torruella

Sandor and Eleanore Hau

Eelco Van De Stadt

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Michael, Eleonora, Charles, and Theodore Wiesenfeld

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Dwight Parents

Steven and Sarah Knox

James Kaplan and Amy Egger

Kindergarten (Class of 2027)

Alison and Basil Kolani

Dan and Kim Kelleher

Marcin Muszynski and Katarzyna Zajder

The Kessler Family

Steven Newman

Karsten and Heather Kibbe

Jose and Vanessa Pigatto

Steven and Sarah Knox

Ron and Emily Portnoy

Carlos and Amie Menacho

Mr. and Mrs. Lachlan Riddell

Erika and Scott Pintoff

Randy and Marionette Rivera

Laurie and John Reische

Dan and Kim Kelleher

The Rosengren Family

Julie and Nick Stratopoulos

Julie and Nick Stratopoulos

Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia

Stephanie and Juan E. Torruella

Dean and Louise Tonkin

Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89

Alice and Chawki Zarari

Ronald White and Stefanie Shelley

Tom and Kathryn Speechley

Third Grade (Class of 2024)

Lachlan Wong ’24 and Chloe Wong ’27

The Strong Family Foundation

Mr. Jin Zhang and Ms. Yi Pan

Yu and Mamiko Takasaku

First Grade (Class of 2026)

Second Grade (Class of 2025)

Meghan Beard and Thomas Galati

Anonymous

Anonymous (4)

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Jack and Metka Daly

Adam and Judy Cohen

Samuel Chenillo and Cecilia Rebolledo

David and Sachiko Eckert

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

Gary and Judy Clare

Sam Grant ’22 and Ben Grant ’24

Fouad and Diane Fakhouri

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Danya and Michael Haber

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley

Meridith and Shannon Hill

Laurance Kaufman and Melody Marcus

Sean and Katie Gallagher

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Anonymous (5) The Charecky Family Weixing and Jenny Chen The DiMaria Family Richard Forman and Katrina Bradley Meridith and Shannon Hill

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innovation fund launch exceeds budget by

Anonymous (3) William and Susan Abramson

80%

Current Parent Giving by Grade

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Fifth Grade (Class of 2022)

Sixth Grade (Class of 2021)

Benoit and Annabelle Papillard

Anonymous (2)

Anonymous (3)

Aida Regjaj and Burim Regjaj

William and Susan Abramson

Michael and Kylie Brauer

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Richard Carey and Elizabeth Elder

Lynda Fuhrman Rovine ’83 and Josh Rovine

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Yu and Mamiko Takasaku

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar Lachlan Wong ’24 and Chloe Wong ’27

Fouth Grade (Class of 2023)

Gary and Judy Clare Chi and Alan Colberg Jack and Metka Daly

The Cho Family Sandrine and Thomas Droumenq Daniel and Kat Grollo John and Mirinha Halpern

Sean and Katie Gallagher

Olga and Igor Kroutoi

Anonymous (5)

Sam Grant ’22 and Ben Grant ’24

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Chris and Aileen Bruner

John and Mirinha Halpern

Dean and Mara Landis

Rosario Buendia and Umberto Serrano

William and Julia Kohane

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Valerie and Eric Drath, Anglo ’88

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

Luis Arriba Hervas and Fatima Cadahia Casla

James McKillop

Neil and Ursula Masterson in honor of Eddie and Fatmira Purovic

Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

Luming Mo and Lingrong Chen

Lisa and Rommel Nacino

Russell Nuce and Leane Brenes

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Kim Saperstein ’92

Benoit and Annabelle Papillard

Fabrice and Myriam Scialom

James Kaplan and Amy Egger Alison and Basil Kolani Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia Mrs. Martha Seiver Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

Daniel and Nanna Stern

The Stabb Family

Ravi Singh

Seventh Grade (Class of 2020)

Dean and Louise Tonkin

Robert and Valerie Tornambe

Anonymous

Martin Vogelbaum and Sarah Cole

Arthur and Enzo Palaci Zani

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

Herve and Karina Castella

Kim Saperstein ’92

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Anthony Civorelli

Arthur and Enzo Palaci Zani

Andrew and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

Jack and Metka Daly

Ninth Grade (Class of 2018)

Tavy Ronen

Jonathan and Christina Dever Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy Heidi Happ Hyung and Susan Lee Alon and Jennifer Markowitz

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya Izzet Benadrete Andrew and Karyn Bhak

Rory and Bruce Teitelbaum Florian and Dagmar Trippen Joe Tuana Ms. Ellen Zimmerli

Peter and Heike Cornelius

Tenth Grade (Class of 2017)

B.J. Cling

Anonymous (4)

Michael and Kitty Donnelly

Jeffrey Alves and Sandra Baron-Alves

Kathryn Eisberg

Caroline Arnold and Shan Sullivan

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Mr. Alex Gendzier

Bulent and Ozlem Baygun

Eighth Grade (Class of 2019)

Tim and Karen Gordon

Herve and Karina Castella

Anonymous (6)

Alice Gottesman

The Cervantes Family

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Diane and Gary Kaplan

Reginaldo Ecclissato

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya

Richard and Susan Korchak

The Edelman Family

Bobby and Eleanor Cayre

Ms. Kyung Eun Lee

Daniel and Kat Grollo

Alexia and Daniel Klein

The Lindahl Family

The Jansen Family

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Ali and Heather Khazaneh

Benoit and Annabelle Papillard

James McKillop

Josef and Stefani Langel

Marc and Marcelle Rothenberg

Francisco Freitas de Oliveira and Nadjara Barroso Paiva

Peter Lee and Olga Bakhmat-Danilava

Francisco Freitas de Oliveira and Nadjara Barroso Paiva Winifred Parnes Val and Min-Myn Schaffner Jonathan and Deborah Shane Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

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Anonymous (4)

senior parents

tripled their giving from last year

Current Parent Giving by Grade

Brad Miles and Susan Duffy

Dr. Enrique Goytizolo and Silvana de Aguiar

Jurgen and Pam Paulis

Chris and Ingrid Innes

Rosa Park and Andrew Hahn

Cecilia Lacombe-Kuhn

Barry Salzman

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Kim Saperstein ’92

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

Peggy Segal and David Topper

John Mitchell and Johanna Fiore

Christine Seidl and Ulrich Bartel

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

Brett and Roberta Sirota

Ann Myers and Bradley Steere

David Solomon and Sarah Long Solomon

Henrietta Jones Pellegrini and Paolo Pellegrini

William and Elva Stamatakis

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Amanda Thompson The Thorne Family Bas and Helene Vletter

David and Cindy Reichenbaum Herve Tessler The Wagenberg Family

Annik and Michael Wolf

Eleventh Grade (Class of 2016) Anonymous (4) Luis Arriba Hervas and Fatima Cadahia Casla Michael and Kitty Donnelly Sharon Feldman and Alan Eidler David and Randy Evans Scott and Lauren Gaynor Andrew and Melissa Goldstein

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Current Parent Giving by Grade

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Community

First and third graders team up to program robotic bees — “BeeBots” — to complete a maze. They create lasting bonds, while having a lot of fun!

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Class of 2015

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Class of 2015 Senior Gift Donors

Twelfth Grade (Class of 2015)

Anonymous (6)

Chris and Joyce Frost

Jurgen and Pam Paulis

Christine Seidl and Ulrich Bartel

Adhiya Badruddin ’15

Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane

Alfredo and Theresa Pellas

Alexander and Vanessa Spiro

Erhan and Anna Bahceci

The Jansen Family

Andrew and Annette Alvarez Pizzo

William and Elva Stamatakis

Dr. Elliot and Alla Belenkov

Alexia and Daniel Klein

Alexander and Maria Plokhikh

Marco Suazo and Isabelle Picco

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

Jonathan Klein and Jill Graham

Dr. Inna Post and Mr. Abraham Post

Marc and Sandy Taub

Jose Bonifacio

Steven Klein and Elisa Harris

Leah Reid

Florian and Dagmar Trippen

Radford Klotz and Shahnaz Batmanghelidj

Thomas and Janet Resele-Tiden

Reynaldo and Gloria Villamor

David Robinson and Liza Pon

Bas and Helene Vletter

David Rubin

Erika and Seth Weinstein

Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Yerlan Kozhagapanov and Dana Omarova

Marie Rubin

Adrian White and Tamara Jackson

In honor of Jacqueline Chu ’15

Keith and Connie Lippert

Nina Runsdorf

The Yaraghi Family

Pamela and Stephen Davis

Marie and Harley Lippman

Lolita Ryklin

Dr. Mina Elahi and Dr. Joseph Salim

Pingjian Liu and Shaohong Ouyang

Val and Min-Myn Schaffner

Nancy Botwinik and Selman Sumer Jerome Bruhat and Fabienne Toussaint Leah Carr and Eric Margules

Class of 2015 Senior Gift

SATURN PAVILION

in Honor of the Class of 2015

18 W. 89th Street Rooftop

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In recognition of the senior class families and the effort of the Senior Gift Committee, which raised $291,546 for The Dwight School Foundation’s Annual Fund, Dwight’s newly constructed rooftop space, the SATURN PAVILION, will be dedicated in honor of the Class of 2015. This stateof-the-art 700 square foot addition will provide Dwight students with the perfect environment to pursue their passions.

The creation of the SATURN PAVILION is yet another milestone in Dwight’s continued efforts to foster the world’s next generation of innovative thinkers.

Class of 2015 Senior Gift

Global Vision

Exchange programs introduce students to new cultures, connect them in friendship, and prepare them to take on the world.

Before crossing the pond for their annual trip, New York fifth graders and their host buddies in London meet virtually.

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Commencement 2015 The Class of 2015 was proud to hold their Commencement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on June 3, 2015.

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Class of 2015 Bernardo Aidar +

Zoe Klein

Kaya Schaffner +

Adhiya Badruddin +*

Marcus Klotz +

Lawrence Shamieh +

Alice Bahceci

Leeza Lakhter *

Laurynn Smith +

Quentin Bailey

Myung In Lee +*

Tristan Smith +

Helena Bartel +*

Drew Lefkowitz +

Edan Sossen

Mikaela Belenkov +

Valentin Lehericy +

Gal Sossen

Pauline Blondiaux +*

Xinlu Li +*

Henry Spiro +

Jeremy Bonifacio

Molly Lippert +

Maxwell Orion Stamatakis +

Nicolas Brix +

Adam Lippman

Gabriel Suazo +

Antoine Bruhat +

Ziyi Liu +

Suzan Sumer +

Rishi Chopra +*

Chloe Margules

Andrew Sweren +*

Rebekka Christophersen +

Rodrigue Marthone

Jake Maxwell Taub +

Jacqueline Chu

Samantha McEvoy

Julius Trippen +

Seimi Chu +*

Moctar Niang +

Sydnee Tyree

Emma Curry +

Tessa Paulis +*

Adrien Verglas

Matthew Davis

Francesca Pellas

Rey Nathaniel Villamor +

Niki Elahi +*

Isabella Pizzo +*

Colette AimĂŠe Vletter +

Matthew Frost

Daniil A. Plokhikh +*

Rachel Warren

Oliver Guez +

Greta Post +*

Emma Watts +

David Haines +

Rodolfo Postigo +

Brett Weinstein +

Cassandra Salehi Hammerstad +

Madeleine Reid +*

Kendall White +

Rahul Hosalli +*

Mason Resele-Tiden +*

Jenna Wolf +

Omar Ibrahim *

Lena Robinson

Alexander Yaraghi +

Tom Jansen +

Theodore Rubin

Islam Zhumanov +

Olivia Klein +*

Katherine Runsdorf +

ThĂŠo Klein +

Eric Ryklin +

+ IB Diploma Recipients * National Honor Society

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Class of 2015 Acceptances and Matriculations

Adelphi University

American University *

The American University of Paris *

Amsterdam University College (Netherlands) Babson College * Bard College

Barnard College * Bates College

Binghamton University Boston College *

Boston University * Bowdoin College *

Brandeis University Brown University *

College of Charleston Colby College

Colby-Sawyer College

Concordia University (Canada) Connecticut College * Cornell University * Dickinson College Drexel University

Fairleigh Dickinson University * Metropolitan Campus Fordham University

Franklin and Marshall College

The George Washington University *

The Glasgow School of Art (Scotland) Goucher College *

Harvard University * Hofstra University *

Indiana University (Bloomington) *

Indiana University of Pennsylvania * Ithaca College *

Johns Hopkins University

Kings College London (UK)

Liverpool John Moores University (UK) * Long Island University, Post Manhattanville College *

Marymount Manhattan College McGill University *

Miami University, Oxford Mount Holyoke College

Elon University *

New York University *

Erasmus University College (Netherlands) *

Oberlin College

Emerson College

Northeastern University *

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts * The New School

Ohio Wesleyan University

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Purdue University

Queen’s University (Canada)

Rhode Island School of Design * Richmond University

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts *

Royal Holloway University of London (UK) Santa Clara University *

University of California, Santa Barbara University of California at Santa Cruz University of Chicago University College London * University of Glasgow (Scotland) University of Massachusetts, Amherst *

Sarah Lawrence College *

Savannah College of Art and Design School of Visual Arts *

University of Miami * University of Michigan * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Scripps College

Skidmore College *

University of Pennsylvania *

Stanford University *

University of Rochester

Smith College *

University of Reading (UK)

Stony Brook University *

University of Sheffield (UK)

Suffolk University *

University of Southampton (UK)

SUNY Geneseo *

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

SUNY Purchase

University of Toronto (Canada) *

Syracuse University *

University of Vermont

Temple University

University of Virginia *

Trinity College *

University of Warwick (UK)

Tulane University

Vassar College

University of Arizona *

University of Birmingham (UK)

Wake Forest University *

University of California Los Angeles

Wesleyan University *

University of California, Davis

Washington University in St. Louis *

University of California, San Diego

West Point *

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

Alumni Annual Giving

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Alumni Giving

Dwight School Anonymous (3)

Scott A. Hefler ’97

Jessica Salzer ’05

John J. Hess, Franklin ’63

David Ackers ’04

Ian and Debra Hendler ’89

Kim Saperstein ’92

Nancy Gershman, Franklin ’74

Caroline Axelrod ’03

Weber Lauh ’67

Lauren Braver Schiller ’94

Monica Leardi, Franklin ’80

Kevin and Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96

Jennifer Lee ’10

In honor of Ashley Schoenthal ’07

Stephen J. Lurie, Franklin ’74

Taylor Belcher ’05

Jonathan Lee ’11

Ms. Jessica Schottenstein ’07

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

Bruce B. Blau, D.D.S. ’76

Sibile Marcellus ’01

Jonathan Shechtman ’03

Richard May, Franklin ’63

Conner Boyd ’06

Paul A. Mass ’49

Scott J. Sigal ’95 and Tracy Sigal

Andrew H. Chait ’78

Julian and Annie Sigal Medina ’93

Kirk Spahn ’95

The Anglo School

Tim and Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Suzy Nachman Mercado ’82

Maryll and Blake Spahn ’89

Richard Dickson ’86 and Family

Joan Muss ’69

In honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10

Blain Namm ’97

Peter Timmins ’90

Parisa and Vedad Osmanovic ’98

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05 and Eric Hahn

Gregg A. Ostroff ’97

Jason Tsoutsouras ’03

Jennifer Pasinetti ’90

Shiv Vasisht ’95 and Vail Weymann

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79 Ms. Laura Giraldo ’00 Richard Goodwin ’46 Mr. Timothy Gragg ’09 Carol Manning Graham ’74 Matthew Grogan ’08 Austin D. Haight ’07 Matthew Haines ’72 and Francine Kane

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Jill Romero ’79 Lynda Fuhrman Rovine ’83 and Josh Rovine Jacqueline Pugh Sackler ’94 and Mortimer D. A. Sackler

The Franklin School Wallace Arthur, Franklin ’49 Arnold Barkman, Franklin ’59 Hedy Hartman, Franklin ’72

Valerie and Eric Drath, Anglo ’88 Michael J. Sheerer, Anglo ’83

Landmark Year Class Representatives 2014-15 Sue Levey, Franklin ’74 Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74 Blake Spahn ’89 James Thomashower, Franklin ’69

Alumni Giving

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Alumni Council 2014-15

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

Alumni Council 2014-15

Peter Timmins ’90, President

Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74

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Jyotsna Vasisht Bean ’96, Vice-President

Sibile Marcellus ’01

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71, President Emeritus

Blain Namm ’97

Scott Hefler ’97

Fabiana Portolano ’97

Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Jessica Salzer ’05

Reza Sarbakhsh ’00

Personalized Learning

Countless opportunities exist for students to explore their own passions. Encouraged to follow their own beat, dance students choreograph works for an annual showcase.

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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 (6)

Alexander Cunningham

Erin Heyneman

Dr. Mary C. Abdullah

Linda D’Argenio-Cruz Ph.D

Martha Hirschman

Christine Allen

Sandy Darzy

Michael Horvath

Nicholas Anastos

Alfredo and Alessandra Deza

Elizabeth Hutton

David Anstey

Al Doyle

Fiona and William Imboden

Caroline Axelrod ’03

Dianne Drew and Dr. Alex Phan

Brian and Alicia Janiak

Jennifer Barnett

Daniel Espinoza

Amanda Jarm

Chris Beddows

Chase Freeman

Josh Kigel and Ann Tilley

Taylor Belcher ’05

Linda Fussell

Alison and Basil Kolani

Susan Beyrle

Joe Gelfand

Katie and Chris Korhonen

Jaya Bhavnani

Laura Giraldo ’00

Shelby Korman

Elizabeth Billard

Dr. Matthew J. Gonzales and Mr. Shawn T. Bible

Iva Kusan

Neil F. Brier

Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman

Robyn Levinson

Elliot Butler

Timothy Gragg ’09

Nicholas Lindner

Candace Cardwell

Karen Guo

Mark Lipari

Emily House Chase

Danya and Michael Haber

Mark and Miranda Lodato

Karen Chernoff

Alistair Hamilton

Dominique Mas

Terrence Christgau

Heidi Happ

Anne Metcalf

Libby Clark

Annette Harchik

Brian Mitchell

Jason and Trista Coy

Adrienne Hecker

Elaine Natalicchi

Faculty and Staff Annual Giving

Jill and John Ortman

Natalie Standig

Azra and Ismet Osmanovic

Karen Suazo

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Amanda Thompson

Sorush Panahi

Amy Tsoutsouras ’05 and Eric Hahn

Ron Posner

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Stephen Presti

Caroline Walsh

Scott Roller Heidi Rubenstein-Brethel

Michael, Eleonora, Charles, and Theodore Wiesenfeld

Glenn K. Rubic

Jeremy Will

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Samuels III

Dmitri and Kate Zolotkovsky

Jessica Sarnicola and Ian Cohen The Schoenfeld Family Esther Schott Ashley Sharik Laurie Silbersweig Jaclyn Silvestri Rebecca Singer and Nick Zhou Louisa Childs Smaylovsky Beverly Soares The Stabb Family

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

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Anonymous (2)

Barry W. Gragg and Amanda Stulman

Dr. Mary C. Abdullah

Lyn and David Grogan

David Anstey

Heidi Happ

Jay and Meg Axelrod

Elliott and Gail Hefler

Erhan and Anna Bahceci

Fiona and William Imboden

Lynne Halliday and B. H. Barry

Stuart Irving and Stacey Keech

Mary Benton

Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Kellen

Susan Beyrle

Susan and Peter Kessler

Elizabeth Callaway and Robert Carey

Tom Krouwer

Leah Carr and Eric Margules

Josef and Stefani Langel

Terrence Christgau

Barry and Harriet Lipsitz

David Chung

Pingjian Liu and Shaohong Ouyang

Chi and Alan Colberg

Mark Mariscal and Lori Zabar

George P. Davison and Judith F. Rivkin

K. Heather McRay and Joel Hodes

Claudia A. Egli

Elaine Natalicchi

Hege and Mikkel Eriksen

Azra and Ismet Osmanovic

Samuel and Aleta Estreicher

Jurgen and Pam Paulis

Diane and Buddy Flateman

Christopher and Patresse Phillips

Barbara and Jeffrey Frankel

Sandra A. Plummer-Cambridge

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Eugene and Katharine Prentice

Tim and Karen Gordon

Rayna Rapp

John Mitchell and Johanna Fiore

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

Nina Runsdorf

Matching Gift Companies

The Gottesman Fund

Michael Salzer

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Hecht-Levi Foundation

Raymond Sanchez

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Jewish Communal Fund

In honor of Ashley Schoenthal ’07

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Louis P. Singer Fund, Inc.

Robert and Donna Shafir

GE Foundation

The Marc Haas Foundation

Ronald Shechtman and Lynne Meadow

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation

HSBC Bank USA

The Namm Foundation

Merck Partnership for Giving

National Christian Foundation

Neuberger Berman LLC

Phillip and Tina Vasan Charitable Fund

The Walt Disney Company Foundation

Saul and Eleanor Lerner Foundation, Inc

Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program

Schaffner Family Foundation

Randee and Albert Sigal Howard and Carol Silvestri Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Smith Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon Jacob Steinberg and Sari Miller in honor of Isaac Steinberg ’10

Foundations and Charitable Trusts

Marian and Aaron Tenenbein

AmazonSmile Foundation

Larry Ullman

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

Philip and Tina Vasan

BNY Mellon/Acorn Hill Foundation Inc.

Erika and Seth Weinstein

California Community Foundation

Nanshu Yoshida

The Dickson Family Charitable Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation

The Strong Family Foundation The Sybiel B. Berkman Foundation The Taub Family Foundation United Way Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Planned Giving Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Securities

The Fribourg Family Foundation

Anonymous

The Goodwin Foundation Goldman Sachs Gives

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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, 2014 and June 30, 2015. These generous gifts have been vital to The Foundation’s investments and expand opportunities for all Dwight students.

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79 Marie and Harley Lippman

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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 400 members of the community came together to support Dwight, netting $332,412 for student financial aid, faculty professional development, and the newly-announced Spark of Innovation Program. The elegant evening included a sit-down dinner, DJ, dancing, and a video showcasing the Spark of Innovation Program. A special thanks to our emcee, Dianne Drew, and our extraordinary auctioneer, Cate Smit.

Foundation Board Chair Susan Kessler (Stephen ’10 & William ’14)

Co-Chairs Karina Castella (Adrien ’17 & Sophie ’20) Ann Ferguson (MacPhee Gleason ’25)

Benefit Committee Bulent Baygun (Yasemin ’17) Mary Bradley (Cormac ’22)

Bernie Mastrangel (Louisa Deyer ’25) Annette Molkenboer (Laetitia ’16)

Annie Chen (Gabriella Fussner ’16)

Morella Navarro (Pablo ’20)

Elizabeth Elder (Thomas Carey ’21)

Sheila Patel (Asha Valliappan ’29 & Avni Valliappan ’29)

Hayley Foster (Jared ’18) Gina Gray (Teagan ’29) Heather Kibbe (Edel ’25) Cecilia Kuhn (Marguerite ’16)

Roseann Repetti (Sebastian Chin ’19) Mina Saquet (Carl ’18) Bianca Solorzano (Miguel Lucas ’29) Carolina Villamizar (Lucas ’24)

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Spring Benefit Tiered Tickets, Faculty Sponsors, and Cash Donations

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Anonymous (3)

Adam and Hayley Foster

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Patricia Abadie Capel and Laurent Abadie

Mr. Christopher Fussner

Alfredo and Theresa Pellas

William Abramson and Susan Buchbinder

Sean and Katie Gallagher

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Jonathan Allen and Shelley Farmer Allen

The Rodriguez Family

Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto

Antonio Paulo ’15 and Joao Arthur ’17 Kawase de Queiroz Goncalves

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya

Jacob and Sandra Jamron

Darlene and Jeff Sammon

Artur and Irina Baysara

Thomas and Nicole Kelly

Kim Saperstein ’92

Izzet Benadrete

The Kessler Family

Shanda and Jonathan Scibilia

Steven and Ann Berzin

Susan and Peter Kessler

Tejas and Akshie Shah

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

Athar and Suraya Khan

Nannette Sloan

Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire

Ali and Heather Khazaneh

Jon and Carrie Stimmel

Richard and Jodi Carroll

Radford Klotz and Shahnaz Batmanghelidj

Yu and Mamiko Takasaku

Herve and Karina Castella

Steven and Sarah Knox

Lori Taylor

The Charecky Family

William and Julia Kohane

Jason and Rebecca Todd

Annie Chen and Sanford Hausner

Kathy and Arthur Langhaus

The Tycher Family Foundation

Adam and Judy Cohen

Ronald Lauder and Jo Carole Lauder

Sally and Marshall Tycher

Crystal and Company

Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Michael and Patricia Dugan

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Derek and Danielle Wallis

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Marie and Harley Lippman

Eric and Tanya Weisleder

Ezra and Marlene Field

Madison Specs, LLC

Caesar and Monika Wyszomirski

First Republic Bank

Ricardo and Paula Melo

Michael and Nathalie Yavonditte

Paul and Julie Flanagan

Craig and Jacqueline Moffett

Joao Zani and Lilian Palaci

Nina Runsdorf

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Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

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In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

Big Daddy’s Restaurant

Christie’s, Inc

Anonymous (2)

Book Culture

Christine Malossi Yoga

Vinny Abbate

Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux

City Crab and Seafood Company

Aden and Anais, Inc

BMW of North America, LLC

Libby Clark

Dr. Dmitry Alexeev and Ms. Julie Averill

Erik and Eva Boneta

Clic Bookstore and Gallery

Debra and Dan Alpert

Fredric S. Brandt, M.D.

TCR - The Club of Riverdale

An Aesthetic Pursuit

Branded Restaurants USA

Jason Colodne

Jane Ancona and Richard Cohen

Neil Brier

The Concierge Group, LLC

Añejo, LLC

Breads Bakery

Cornerstone Reputation, LLC

apple seeds, LLC.

Corrie and Jeremy Broderick

Brittany Dallal

Applerouth Tutoring Services, LLC

Chris and Aileen Bruner

Dashing Diva

Nisha Bahri

Amy and Joshua Bubbs

Date Night Now by Sittercity

Alexandra Baldwin

Cantor Fitzgerald, LP

David Yurman - The Townhouse

Barbazzano, LLP

Michael and Jessica Capiraso

Dazzling Discoveries

Jennifer Barnett

Herve and Karina Castella

Soubhi and Wafaa Debs

Bulent and Ozlem Baygun

Eleanor and Bobby Cayre

DEFENDERS

James and Gabrielle Basora

Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas

Bea Restaurant and Bar

CHANEL, Inc.

Bee in Motion, LLC

Charlie Pratt Studio

Bella Luna

The Charecky Family

Kristy Benfante

Annie Chen and Sanford Hausner

Susan and Alex Bertram

Chess@3, LLC

Susan Boone Durkee, Mark Twain’s Lobster Pot Studio

Jaya Bhavnani

Chocolate Works

Duke’s Original Roadhouse

Frederick Bidigare

Terrence Christgau

Dwight School

325%

Vasken Demirjian and Katerina Soukhopalova Isabelle Dervaux Downtube Brewing Company Stef Duffy

spring benefit net revenue increase

Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

Dwight School Athletic Center

Thomas and Gina Gray

Liz Keever, Leadership & Change

Dwight School Communications Department

Jan Gura and Alan Pickman

Kefi Greek Cuisine

Dwight School Early Childhood Division

Nicole Hamilton

Dan and Kim Kelleher

Dwight School Math Department

Hands On! A Musical Experience

BiBi and Majid Kermanshah

Dwight School Parents Association

Betsy Harris

Kermanshah Rugs Gallery

Michelle and Asher Edelman

Donnell Heard and Donna Johnson-Heard

Amy and Jared Kessler

Kathyrn Eisberg

Hecht Tutors

Mitchell and Michelle Kessler

Ella Mitchell Photography

Adrienne Hecker

Karsten and Heather Kibbe

Elite Island Resorts

Henri Bendel

Kids at Work

The Estée Lauder Companies

Jazmin Hernandez

Jan-Christiaan Koenders and Elena Genovese

Equinox

Martha Hirschman

William and Julia Kohane

Ann Ferguson and Ken Gleason

Zach Horvet

Alison and Basil Kolani

Firmenich, Inc.

Su-Ling Huang

Kouzan Japanese Restaurant

Flo’s Gardens

Fiona and William Imboden

Cecilia Lacombe-Kuhn

Flywheel

ING Financial Services Corporation

L.Raphael

Nicholas Forker

Annabel Ingall and Ivan Hull

Paul Labrecque

Chase Freeman

Instituto Cervantes New York

Paul Labrecque Salon & Spa

French Institute Alliance Française

iPark NYC

Charles Lahti

Dorian and Gary Fuhrman ’79

Ivy Sage Education, LLC

Lauren Brooke, LLC

Mr. Robert Gay and Chelsea Steinberg-Gay

Jack E OHS NYC

Eirini Lemos-Maniati and Peter Hauge Berg

Jessica Ginsberg

Jenny Kaplan

Billy Lerner

Max Girombelli

Jonathan Adler Enterprises, LLC

Jenny Leshem

GK Framing Group, LTD

Julez Bryant, Inc.

Leshem Loft

Gotham West Market

Kate Tempesta’s Urban Golf Academy

Laurie Lewis

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Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

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Lincoln Square Steak

Rudolf and Annette Molkenboer

Daniel Presti

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Moncler USA

Paul N. Presti

Lindseybelle, Inc.

Mountain Skills Climbing Guides

Stephen Presti

Marie and Harley Lippman

Doug and Tatiana Naidus

Priceless Pet Services

Little Shop of Crafts

Pablo and Morella Navarro

The Proctor and Gamble Company

Live with Kelly and Michael, ABC Television, Inc.

NBC4 New York

PUBLIC Chicago Hotel

Brian Loesch

Negative Underwear

The Public Theatre

Looney Louie

New York Kids Club

Eddie and Fatmira Purovic

Tim Lucas and Bianca Solorzano

New York Road Runners

Angela Raborg

Luke’s Lobster

John Kang, NY Kids Golf School

Reading in Preschool

Ines Luna and Jason Cestero

Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark

Relativity Media, LLC

Lyndsey Lynch

On the Town

Roseann Repetti

Macelleria

Orchid Aesthetics Medical Spa

RF Health, Inc.

Madison Plastic Surgery

Oscar Blandi Salon

Lizz Rindner

Irene Mamiye

Barry and Pamela Ostrager

Brittney Robbins

Barbara Marks and James Garvey

Out of Print Clothing

Ruth Robbins, Senior Five O Clock Club Career Coach

Neil and Ursula Masterson

Ozlem Baygun Art

Tavy Ronen

Bernie Mastrangel and Dr. Timothy Deyer

Palm Bay International

Riverside Music Studios

McKay Williamson

Sorush Panahi

Riverside Symphony

Anita Mehta

Winifred Parnes

Michael Mendoza and Sofia Luna

Sheila Patel

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

Micro Kickboard

Masha and Gadi Peleg ’93

Safavieh Home Furnishings

Momofuku Milk Bar

Hugo Pineda

Jan Sage and Robert Dunphy

Moka Home, Inc.

Pinnacle Prep

Filiz Ozak-Sevil and Savas Sevil

Spring Benefit In-Kind Donors and Solicitors

Popo San Pascual

The Strugar Family

Rubens Salles

Sushi Damo

Kim Saperstein ’92

Taryn Laughlin Coaching

Julie Satur

Marc and Sandy Taub

Amy Scheck

Amanda Thompson

Stan Schnier

Top Level Chess

Ian and Tania Schrager

Robert and Valerie Tornambe

Lauren Schwab

Tri-State Medical

Scott J. Salon

Tucker by Gaby Basora

Kerri of Scott J. Salon

UrbanSitter

Nicholas of Scott J. Salon

The Vallés Family

Rachel Searles

Maribeth Vasconcelos

Martha Seiver

Vasken Salon

Ashley Sharik

Ingrid Villa

Rebecca Singer

Anne and William Wagner

Brett and Roberta Sirota

The Walt Disney Company

Michele and David Slifka

The Watermill Center

Tom Smith

The Yaraghi Family

Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Catering

The Yarn Company

SoulCycle

Michael and Nathalie Yavonditte

Souvenartebooks

You Should be Dancing…! Studios

Soyulla Artists

Jeffrey and Christina Zimmerman

Spring Lake Day Camp

Arthur Zinn ’81

Stacey’s Music Hub

57th Street Chiropractic and Family Wellness Center

Andrew and Jessica Stergiou

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The Spark of Innovation Program supports Dwight students (grades K-12) with monetary grants for innovative and creative projects that demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit, and have real-world applications. As one-third of students today will create their own jobs, and top universities are already investing in bringing novel student work to market, Dwight is paving the way for younger students to take innovation beyond the classroom.

We are extremely grateful to the following contributors for helping us raise over $182,000 for this exciting intiative.

Spark of Innovation Fund Donors Anonymous (4)

Alexia and Daniel Klein

Jonathan Allen and Shelley Farmer Allen

Dave and Jessica Lindsey

Jane Ancona and Richard Cohen

Michael Mendoza and Sofia Luna

Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto

Laura Miles and William Stein

Maxim Barskiy and Elena Barskaya Izzet Benadrete Philippe and Manuela Blondiaux The Charecky Family Samuel Chenillo and Cecilia Rebolledo Richard Clark Valerie and Eric Drath, Anglo ’88

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Pablo and Morella Navarro Michael O’Hare and Christina Clark Henrietta Jones Pellegrini and Paolo Pellegrini Roberto Garcia Quinoy and Laurance Haddad Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil Jorge Sanchez-Lara and Gabriela Alonso

Kathryn Eisberg

Daniel and Nanna Stern

Katie Gallagher

Rory and Bruce Teitelbaum

Andrew and Melissa Goldstein

Facundo Vazquez and Maria Turban

Susan and Peter Kessler

Michael and Nathalie Yavonditte

Community

Tenth grader, Calvin Solomon, uses his spark of genius in web design to connect students through “OurDwight,� a secure online forum. This innovation is building a greater sense of community for all.

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

We would like to acknowledge the following groups that play a critical role in supporting The Dwight School Foundation’s efforts: The Dwight School Foundation Trustees advise and work in conjunction with

the Chancellor, 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 Spring Benefit Committee organizes and promotes The Foundation’s largest

community event.

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 mean-

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

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

Libby Clark

Robert and Mary Bradley

Alumni Rooftop Party

Joe Dowling

John and Christine Brennan

Chase Freeman

Gary and Judy Clare

Cassandra Hammerstad ’15

Jack and Metka Daly

Doug Boxer ’91 Alumni Basketball Game

Dave Brown ’97 Emily House Chase Libby Clark Jason Coy Joe Dowling Chase Freeman Fiona Imboden Iva Kusan Scott Sigal ’95 Louisa Childs Smaylovsky Blake Spahn ’89 Kirk Spahn ’95 Emily Vargas Bruce Warshaw ’74 Artwork

Graham and Bo-In Arader Dr. Orrin Lippoff Charlie Masson ’05 Dr. Mike Solar Reunion Day

Scott Hefler ’97 Aniza Jahangir ’18

Daniel Deutsch and Galit Levy-Deutsch

Christos Katsiaouni ’97

Carl Ehrnrooth and Maire Gullichsen-Enhrnrooth

Iva Kusan

Ferran and Ana Escayola

Paula Kutschera ’16 Yunfei Liu ’16 Miranda Lodato Dr. Ian Lustbader, Franklin ’74 Audrey Miller

Aasmund and Lena Fodstad Boruch and Oksana Freedman Sean and Katie Gallagher Michael Grant and Heidi Kutz

Host Family for Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School Student

Dr. Timothy Deyer and Bernie Mastrangel Spirit Day Volunteers Faculty and Staff

Melissa Andolina Clara Argudo Chris Beddows Beth Carey Libby Clark Brittany Dallal Joe Dowling Al Doyle

Jonathan Guthart

Dwight School Athletic Center Staff

Susan Guthart

Chase Freeman

William and Julia Kohane

Laura Giraldo ’00

Louisa Childs Smaylovsky

Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

Luz Giraldo

Blake Spahn ’89

James McKillop

Molly Hagan

Kirk Spahn ’95

Raina Neidich

Peter Timmins ’90

Daniel and Fiona Paltridge

Senior Class Cocktail Party

Guennadi Pesselev and Alena Paltina

Marie and Harley Lippman

Jaime and Lola Robles-Gil

Senior Gift Committee Party

Marat and Natalia Rosenberg

Blain Namm ’97 Lizz Rindner Reza Sarbakhsh ’00

Marie and Harley Lippman

Ravi Singh

Alistair Hamilton Betsy Harris Sabrina Hecker Martha Hirschman Iva Kusan Miranda Lodato Agata Medic

Evelyne Baratelli ’16

Host Families for Dwight London Students

Helena Bartel ’15

Luidmila Bakhmat and Peter Simon

Frank and Grete Maria Thorbjornsen

Chiarna Morton

Mary Benton

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Robert and Valerie Tornambe

Heidi Mosser

Emily House Chase

Indrajit and Rachel Bardhan

Joao Zani and Lilian Palaci

Melissa Norman

Joseph and Robin Sporn

Audrey Miller

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

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Sorush Panahi

Elena Fontan Cosialls

Students

Other Volunteers

Hugo Pineda

Karen Harris

Yasmeen Asali ’16

Gary Sweeten

Stephen Presti

April Horton

Yasemin Baygun ’17

Spirit Day Donors

Lizz Rindner

Dorothy Howell

Bridget Brown ’16

William and Susan Abramson

Mario Santomassimo

Laurance Kaufman

Silvia Ciceri ’16

Graham and Bo-In Arader

Ellen Sayers

Kim Kelleher

Kate Cohen ’16

Manuel and Suzanne Barbero

Geoffrey Schenker

Suraya Khan

Emily Donnelly ’16

Meena and Parvinder Chopra

Rachel Searles

Will Kohane

Ellie Dyer ’18

Sarah Cole and Martin Vogelbaum

Ashley Sharik

Laura Kozelouzek

Chloe Gaynor ’16

Yee Ding

Laurie Silbersweig

Gary Langenhahn

Pauline Goerges ’16

Carl and Maire Ehrnrooth

Lori Taylor

Ronit Leitersdorf

Karina Goytizolo ’16

Kat and Daniel Grollo

Amanda Thompson

James McKillop

Rahul Hosalli ’15

Grant and Helen Jeffrey

Nora Thomson

Bernie Mastrangel

Kayla Innes ’16

Guy and Samantha Kearsley

Caroline Walsh

Lisa Nacino

Olivia Klein ’15

William and Julia Kohane

Sara Jo Wyllie

Yvette Pomerantz

Marguerite Kuhn ’16

Alison and Basil Kolani

Kate Zolotkovsky

Martin Rigg-Smith

Paula Kutschera ’16

Guram and Irina Kurdevanidze

Parents

Marionette Rivera

Sarah Langel ’17

Frank and Katharina Kutschera

Bulent Baygun

Helen Daun Rosengren

Maggie O’Hare ’16

Margo Messinger and Matthew Levine

Mary Bradley

Martha Seiver

Tabasa Ozawa ’16

Stephanie and Leo Murray

Roisin Branch

Russell Smith

Tessa Paulis ’15

Erika and Scott Pintoff

Angela Breckenridge

Susan Smits

Tatum Phillips ’16

Scholastic Culinary Services

Christine Brennan

Robin Sporn

Kate Runsdorf ’15

Shanda and Jonatha Scibilia

Michelle Brock

Laura Thierer

Laura Seripieri ’16

Jay and Chevonne Silverman

Susan Buchbinder

Valerie Tornambe

Chris Smits ’16

Nick and Julie Stratopoulos

Jessica Capiraso

Carolina Villamizar

Nino Villamor ’15

Sergio and Carolina Villamizar

Jenny Chen

Rachna Vyas

Zoe Vorisek ’16

Valerie Drath

Lynne Webb

Maxson Wagenberg ’16

Ann Ferguson

Nathalie Yavonditte

Emma Watts ’15

Global Vision

Timothy House students perform in a Cinco de Mayo extravaganza. Along with their international peers from over 40 countries, Dwight students learn to make cross-cultural connections starting in their earliest years.

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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.

2014-15 Dwight Executive Board Stefani Langel, President Sarah Cole, Vice President (Timothy House) Winnie Parnes, Vice President (Bentley House) Sharon Feldman, Vice President (Franklin/Anglo) Suzanne Barbero, Secretary Aileen Bruner, Treasurer Sandrine Droumenq, Event Coordinator Ann Ferguson, Deputy Event Coordinator Meridith Hill, Communications Coordinator

2014-15 Officers/Committee Chairs

Tavy Ronen, Ambassadors Committee Chair Meridith Hill, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Timothy House) Kylie Brauer, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Bentley House) Henrietta Jones, Ambassadors Committee Co-Chair (Franklin/Anglo House) Kylie Brauer, Halloween Parties Chair Karina Castella, Lola Garcia, Lisa Nacino, Bookfair Chairs Sandra Alves, Jessica Capiraso, Katie Gallagher International Food Festival Chairs BJ Cling, PIA Representatives Karen Gordon, Safety Patrol Coordinator Johanna Rigg-Smith, Skating Party Chair

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Carolina Villamizar, Spirit Day Chair Suzanne Barbero, Teacher Appreciation Week Chair Aileen Bruner, Thanksgiving Basket Event Chair Martha Seiver, BiBi Kermanshah, Uniform Sale Chairs Patresse Phillips, Valentine’s Breakfast Chair

2014-15 Dwight Class Representatives 1A

1B

2A

2B

2C

3A

3B

4A

4B

5A

5B

Sara Knox Stephanie Murray Judy Cohen Vicky Powell Kim Kelleher Heather Kibbe Jessica Capiraso Bernie Mastrangel Angela Breckenridge Katie Gallagher Lola Garcia Carolina Villamizer Samantha Kearsley Chevonne Silverman Amy Egger Martha Seiver Karin Boerkamp Louise Tonkin Judy Clare Fiona Paltridge Metka Daly Lisa Nacino

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Kylie Brauer Elizabeth Elder Morella Navarro Nicole Treasure Jonathan Guthart Amy Kanter Jacqui Dyer Barbara Warren Sandra Baron-Alves Nola Bonis Henrietta Jones Paula Reidbord Manuela Blondiaux Pam Paulis

2014-15 ECD Executive Board 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

2014-15 ECD Committee Chairs Clare Cheng, Amy Conlon, Rich Forman, Gina Grey, Bianca Solorzano, Fall Festival and Book Fair Chairs Eva Boneta, Mindy Everett, Winter Wishes Chairs Laura Thierer, Rebecca Todd, Clothing Drive Chairs Leslie Harter, Chloe Zachmanoglou, Teacher Appreciation Chairs

2014-15 ECD Class Representatives K1 K2 K3

Katie Brown and Olga Sobol Olga Chin and Rich Forman Tiki Barnes and Nathalie Yavonditte

Blue Jays:

Whitney Armstrong and Masha Peleg (MWF)

Rachael Goldstein and Alice Zarari (TTH)

Red Robins:

Jessica Reese and Jessica Stergiou (MWF)

Sarah Bennett and Monika Wyszomirska (TTH)

Yellow Chicks:

Julie Flanagan and Lucila Werthein (MWF)

Amy Chato Conlon and Kelly McWilliams (TTH)

Purple Parrots:

Claudia Carulla and Jill McCarthy (AM)

Nada Sarhan (PM)

Silver Elephants:

Angela Rinella and Rebecca Todd

Brown Kangaroos: Zorica Filipovic-Jewell and Geidy Perez Black Bears:

Amy Kessler, Audrey Train, and Chloe Zachmanoglou

White Rabbits:

Nicole Kelly and Jennie Rose

Gold Giraffes:

Gina Gray and Jennifer Tso (AM)

Shelly Farmer Allen and Kerry Merkt (PM)

Orange Clownfish: Keiko Guy and Kathleen Katz Gray Dolphins:

Leslie Harter and Heidi Kao

Copper Sea Otters: Clare Cheng and Stephanie Torruella Green Sea Turtles: Ashley Katsuyama and Joumana Verjee

Parents Association

Members of the Parents Association Executive Board gather for one of their monthly meetings on the Dwight School campus.

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Foundation’s Board of Trustees Trustees gather at the Volunteer Appreciation Reception.

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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 2014-15

Susan Kessler, Chair

Elizabeth Callaway

Paula Oppenheim Cope ’71

Hege Eriksen

Gary Fuhrman ’79

Michael Kalnick

Daniel Klein*

Dave Lindsey*

Marie Lippman

Doug Naidus

Drew Pizzo

Kim Saperstein ’92*

Ravi Singh

Julie Stratopoulos*

Shiv Vasisht ’95

Stefani Langel, Ex-Officio, Parents Association President

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

* As of May 2015

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Letter from the Vice Chancellor

Dear Parents, Alumni, and Friends of Dwight,

This Annual Report clearly showcases what a great year we’ve had — and our future looks even brighter!

As an alumnus, I have a unique opportunity to share my perspective of how far Dwight has come since the days when I was a student — and as Vice Chancellor, I am delighted to convey my pride that Dwight has since been recognized worldwide as a leader and a force destined to shape the future of education.

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When I walked the halls as a student, our curriculum was similar to that of other independent schools; we had yet to adopt the rich and engaging International Baccalaureate that Dwight embraces so strongly today. Similarly, at that time, our School reflected the local New York community, not the vibrant international student body that we celebrate now.

With the recent launch of the “Culture of Innovation” curriculum initiative, Dwight has been forging ahead with the integration of exciting new learning opportunities for students, while also carving out new rooftop spaces designed to spark creativity, known as the SATURN PAVILION and MARS PAVILION.

What has remained consistent and unwavering is Dwight’s dedication to igniting the spark of genius in every child. Indeed, we can trace our commitment to personalized learning all the way back to 1872, when our School was founded.

In addition, the introduction of the Spark of Innovation Program is inspiring students and faculty to apply for Foundation grants to transform their novel ideas and innovations into reality. Our commitment to nurturing student entrepreneurship extends from the classroom to after-school programs and beyond. We look forward with great enthusiasm to seeing our students tap into their infinite imaginations and ingenuity as never before.

As a student here, I had the benefit of receiving an education in which my interests and talents were nurtured, opening the door for greater learning both within and outside the classroom. The same is true for students today. Combining this core spark of genius philosophy with the academically rigorous IB and our international perspective, Dwight offers students the finest education available and the ideal preparation for success in today’s competitive global marketplace.

Warm regards,

Blake Spahn Vice Chancellor, Dwight School

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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

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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, 2016.

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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 Susan Beyrle (Parent ’07), Director of Development, at 646.400.0309 or sbeyrle@dwight.edu.

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.

This report gratefully acknowledges gifts between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015. Names are listed as requested by each donor on the annual fund envelope. Best efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of this report. If there are omissions or errors, please notify Mark Lipari in the Foundation’s Advancement Office at 646.400.0313.

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