2017-2018 Honor Roll of Donors
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able of Contents Our Mission and Philosophy ................................................................................................. 1 A Letter from Our Head of School and Board Chair ......................................................... 2 Strategic Plan ........................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 6 A Look Back .............................................................................................................................. 7 Financial Report .................................................................................................................... 21 Impact ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Our Donors ............................................................................................................................. 23 Named Endowment Funds ................................................................................................. 29 Board and Administration ................................................................................................... 32
Mission
The Meadows School develops in its students a love of, and respect for, learning—inspiring them to seek knowledge independently and preparing them for higher academic pursuits.
The School maintains high standards and seeks to instill in its students the concept that education carries with it an obligation to self, family, and community. It encourages each student to become a compassionate and productive member of the increasingly global society of the 21st century. The Meadows School admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to the students of the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin.
Philosophy
Successful education requires a three-way partnership between students, teachers, and parents. Successful education is most readily accomplished in an environment of serenity, where good manners and good citizenship are expected.
Successful education is the product of having a Master Teacher in every classroom who “teaches to the top,” that is, keeps the brightest student in the class fully challenged while providing a pathway to success for every student. Successful education results from financial resources being directed to the maximum degree possible towards the classroom and ancillary educational activities.
Dear Meadows Family, The Meadows School has completed 34 years delivering on our mission of service to the community, love of learning, and development of 21st century skills. Our intense academics and dynamic extra-curricular programs foster inventive problem solving, shaping expert students and citizens who enact positive change in the world. We are pleased to present The Meadows School Honor Roll of Donors and to express our sincerest thanks for your continued support of the School, our programs, our faculty, and our students. While this publication is a look back on the accomplishments over the past year, we also use it to look to the future, which is why we have included a copy of the Strategic Plan adopted by the Board of Trustees last year. This plan will guide our goal setting and spending priorities for several years to come. We are often asked how the Annual Fund dollars support the School. In these pages you will see the direct impact your gift makes on the students of the Meadows. Without support from our parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty, and friends, we would not be able to do the things that we do. While tuition dollars are allocated to the classroom, Annual Fund dollars help
fund all of the extras: arts, athletics, debate, trips, professional development, and faculty recruitment. These are the things that set us apart from other schools in our region, making TMS the truly remarkable place it is today. We are humbled to be called upon to serve an institution like The Meadows School, where once again the Board of Trustees, Alumni Board, TMSPA Board, and the entire faculty and staff supported the 2017-18 Annual Fund. Moreover, 61% of the School’s parent body, comprising the majority of 525 total donors, made the Annual Fund a philanthropic priority. Thank you! We greatly appreciate all you have given this year, and we encourage you to continue to make The Meadows School a part of your philanthropic efforts. The Annual Fund dollars you contribute have allowed students and faculty to fulfill The School’s mission. For this, we thank you. Sincerely,
Jeremy Gregersen Head of School
Matt Becker Chair of the Board
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The Meadows School The Meadows School Board of Trustees, in order to safeguard the School, its financial sustainability, its enrollment, and PROGRAMS
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Excellence in a Foundational & Relevant Educational Program
Best-Practices in Governance
To ensure that we deliver on the historic academic mission of our school, interpreted in the light of the current and future needs of our students, we will:
To ensure that the school conforms to best practices in governance, we will:
• Continue to focus on academic excellence as the hallmark of a Meadows education. Continue development of innovative skill sets in our students, including: critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership development through a program of experiential, investigatory, and interdisciplinary approaches to learning. Continue to consider standardized testing as an important indicator of our success, and develop additional measures of success to which we will hold ourselves accountable. Assure that the academic leadership of the school continues to find the right balance between classic educational approaches and our desire to be innovative within the context of our traditional values. Continue to support the growth of a broad range of top-flight extracurricular programs. Support the development and implementation of social, emotional, and character education initiatives.
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Work with our head of school to implement a regular cycle of goal setting and evaluation, assuring that the board speaks with one voice. Review and update as necessary our statements of Trustee responsibilities and expectations, with particular attention to NAIS’s Principles of Good Practice. Ensure that we are in compliance with our own requirements regarding conflict of interest and confidentiality statements. Review board composition and operations with particular attention to: • Balancing terms, recruiting skill sets. • Ensuring a balance of new perspectives and institutional memory. • Reviewing and streamlining the board committee structure as well as the size and composition of the board based on work to be done. • Determining if the board and the school would benefit from some perspectives outside of current and past parents. Review, streamline, and update as appropriate board by-laws. Assure that our new trustee orientation includes information on the roles and responsibilities of trustees, the board, and the administration, along with the challenges of being parent-trustees.
Faculty Excellence To assure that our students continue to be led and inspired by the best faculty, we will: • • • •
Continue the founding aspirational goal of having a master teacher in each and every classroom on campus. Continue to fund, and encourage faculty to take advantage of, the best professional development opportunities available. Work to fund the established endowment to provide for continuing professional growth and development of the faculty. Continue to benchmark salaries both locally and nationally in order to compete for the world’s finest faculty members.
Strategic Plan 2018 its physical plant, adopt the following Strategic Plan, to be considered for revision annually and updated as necessary. STORIES
Telling The Meadows School Story
graduates that uniquely prepare them for success in school, work, and life. Identify what we do best, and the students and families to whom that does To better differentiate TMS in Southern Nevada; replace and does not matter. Direct our admissions efforts to making sure that antiquated and inaccurate perceptions families who value what we do have accurate understanding of the with current and aspirational ones; access to and benefits of a Meadows School education. guide our program with a clear • Empower our current parents and alumni with the SPACES understanding of who we language and tools to explain “the Meadows difference” Top-Flight Facilities are and our commitment to those whom to their friends and the external community. we serve; and foster continued long-term • Examine and update as appropriate, our To ensure that The Meadows School’s physical sustainability in our school populations foundational documents that identify our mission, facilities fully support our students, faculty, and the and financial security, we will: values, focus, culture, and identity. program of the school, we will: • Ensure that the messages about our • Demonstrate our mission to school are few, compelling, and consistent; • Be attentive to the needs of students and educators in prepare students for success in whether speaking to prospective families, considering enhancements and additions to the physical the world they will inherit and prospective donors, current families, the campus and its technological infrastructure. lead by affirming our commitment colleges to whom we send our graduates, or • Create long-range financial models of budgets for construction, to academic excellence paired the Southern Nevada community at large. maintenance, and operation of an enhanced physical campus. with our commitment to support • Develop and fund the execution of a • Conduct feasibility studies to determine the various means of social, emotional, and marketing plan to define and communicate funding the facilities enhancements we seek. character development. our identity, our value proposition, our • Continue to explore the possible addition of state-of-the-art • Identify and articulate the uniqueness and our pride by building out and science and arts facilities with an eye toward planning characteristics of TMS students and professionalizing our communication efforts. for the School’s 35th anniversary. •
Preparation for a Diverse World To give our students the best exposure to the diversity of thought, perspective, and backgrounds that they will encounter for the rest of their lives; in order to deliver on our mission of producing citizens well-suited to find success in an increasingly globalized world, we will: • • •
Articulate the imperative of diversity in our school for the academic, social, emotional, and character development of our students. Define for ourselves what is realistic in terms of a diverse student population and diverse faculty for our school at this place and time. Develop and implement specific plans to achieve the kind of diversity in our student and faculty populations that we believe will serve our mission.
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If you think the Honor Roll of Donors, The Meadows School’s Annual Report, is a year-end accounting of the donations we have received and a listing of people who have made those donations, you’d be right. It’s a place to find financial charts, lists of endowments, and those who have given to the School. But it is also a place to reflect on the past year and to find stories and photos that show the impact that your donations have on the students, families, alumni, and faculty of The Meadows. In this report you will read about the many ways your Annual Fund dollars help TMS. Beyond the normal classroom activities, the Annual Fund supports all of the extras: the Lower School trips to the fire station, the 11th grade college trips, the concerts, the art shows, the plays, the 18 varsity sports teams, and the 16 Good Citizenship Programs. In short, these extras turn The Meadows from a good school to a great school. We hope our Honor Roll of Donors provides some insight into the countless ways that The Meadows School works every day to provide the best education in the region in a safe learning environment for your children. We
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hope you will continue to support the School through time, talent, and treasure. And we hope you know how much we appreciate all you do. Enjoy!
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The Meadows School Campus sits on
40 Acres of
donated land
from The Howard Hughes Corporation
80% of all Lower School and all Middle and Upper School academic faculty have an advanced degree. Nationwide searches are conducted for all new hires. 8
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The Beginning School puts on five programs a year, each with a specific theme. These programs give students an early introduction to public speaking, movement, and singing.
Every Halloween, the Lower School Kindergarten classes donate pumpkins to UMC Children’s Hospital. 2017 marked the 25th consecutive year of this service project.
The Middle School’s competitive science team placed second in the “World of 7 Billion” video contest to raise awareness of world hunger. Their video short, “What a Waste” serves as a public service announcement for ways to combat food waste. 10
100% Since the first graduating class of 1991,
of Meadows alumni have been accepted to 4-year colleges and universities.
UPPER SCHOOL GRADUATES CONTINUALLY EARN RENEWABLE
The class of 2018 received over
$6 Million as part of their college acceptance packages.
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE MILLIONS EVERY YEAR. 12
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) gives out the Award of Excellence to the program in the association that best exemplifies success in academics, athletics, and sportsmanship every year. For 17-18, The Meadows received this honor for the fourth consecutive year.
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A TASTE OF ATHLETICS
FALL
The Girls Tennis team won the State Championship for the third consecutive year. The Varsity Volleyball team took home a State Championship, with Coach Stephanie Heller receiving Coach of the Year honors.
FALL
The Boys & Girls Bowling teams won the State Academic Championship.
The Varsity Golf team won the State Championship by 35 strokes.
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visual arts
Student artwork is featured in every academic building in the School.
Every year, Middle and Upper School students compete at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and at the Regional, State, and International Thespian Competitions.
Meadows Singers and musicians perform on campus and off campus all year long. Some highlights have included Downtown Summerlin, the Smith Center, and the Nokia Arena.
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ALL
SCHOOL
EVENTS The Meadows hosts several all-school events throughout the year including the Pancake Breakfast, assemblies, Homecoming, Fall Festival, and Fiesta de Mayo.
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Reasons
Give
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS TO GIVE, BUT HERE ARE OUR TOP 10: 1. COMMITMENT
5. MISSION
Giving percentages serve as the measure by which corporations and
Your TMS Annual Fund contribution reaffirms your commitment to
foundations rate involvement from parents, alumni, and faculty as an
The Meadows and its mission.
endorsement of the vision of the School. Participation from alumni and families is a reflection of the satisfaction level of experience gained from a Meadows education.
6. THREE DECADES The TMS Annual Fund helps The Meadows prosper every day and continues our proud 34-year legacy.
2. EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY The Meadows strives to attract and retain caring, motivated,
7. TAX DEDUCTIBLE
outstanding faculty who are the best within their chosen field and
Since TMS is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, your TMS Annual
who focus on the academic growth of each student.
Fund donation is tax deductible under federal law.
3. FINANCIAL AID
8. LOVE FOR THE MEADOWS SCHOOL
Fifteen percent of the student body will receive some type of
The Meadows has given so much to you and your family. Your TMS
financial aid this year. The Meadows School is responding to the
Annual Fund gift allows you to show your love in return!
continued need for assistance by families and is dedicated to making TMS as competitive as possible in admitting the most academically qualified students, regardless of their financial status.
9. INVESTMENT Your TMS Annual Fund gift ensures that The Meadows School will be around for years to come, enabling it to educate future academically
4. STUDENT LIFE
able and ambitious students in Las Vegas.
Some of the areas that depend on support from the TMS Annual Fund include innovative academic programs, art and athletic
10. MAKING A DIFFERENCE
programs, professional development for faculty, school technology,
One student educated at The Meadows can positively impact the
and much more. The dollars raised from the TMS Annual Fund are
lives of thousands.
carefully used where they will have the greatest impact for the good of the School and our students.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Revenue Tuition & Fees
95.5%
Annual Fund
2.8%
Auxiliary Programs
1.0%
Investment, Interest, & Other
0.2%
Student Activities
0.4%
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Expenses Personnel Total
Facilities Total
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Athletics Total Personnel
Technology 67.2% Total
Facilities
11.5%
Academic Total
Financial Aid Total
Administrative Total
Auxiliary Programs Total 1.7% Transportation Total Athletics
Advancement Total
Technology
1.7%
al t, Inte tmen Inves Tot ther nd O rest a
Academic
6.0%
Advancement
1.5%
Financial Aid
6.0%
Auxiliary Programs
0.8%
Transportation
0.7%
Administrative 3.1%
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every gift matters
Each year, hundreds of alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and students join together to give back to The Meadows. While our parents contribute most of the total dollars to the Annual Fund each year, Mustangs of all affiliations have progressively rallied their support, empowering us to make an indelible, positive imprint on the world. Over the past five years, faculty and staff giving has reached 100% participation, and our parent donors have increased by more than 25%. More and more alumni have recognized the opportunities powered by Annual Fund generosity and are proudly embracing their role as our next generation of philanthropic leaders. At The Meadows, we are developing leaders who know how to ask better questions, think critically, consider more perspectives, and collaborate effectively. Meadows students learn how to succeed even when they are outside their comfort zones. When you support The Meadows, you help keep our mission alive by helping our students pursue excellence every day.
2017-2018 ANNUAL FUND TOTAL DONORS: 525 TOTAL RAISED: $452,844 22
Named Endowment Funds Rickie and Mort Orzen Student Grant Established in 1991 by the Orzens, Meadows School faculty members income is to be awarded to a Middle or Upper School student who, through academic achievement and good citizenship, has demonstrated qualities which typify The Meadows School student. Alexandra Crockett ’92 Scholarship Funds (2) Established in 1992 by the George Crockett Family in honor of their granddaughter, Alexandra Crockett ’92 - income is to be used to provide scholarship to two students who would be unable to attend The Meadows School without such help, and whose character and motivation merit special encouragement and support. Reverend Robert I. Truesdell Memorial Fund Established in 1992 by Board of Trustees First Vice President Ric Truesdell and his family in memory of his father, Reverend Robert I. Truesdell- income is to be used for campus beautification. Nat Hart Scholarship Fund Established in 1989 by The Meadows School to honor friend and distinguished Nevadan Nat Hart.
Jack A. Richardson Memorial Fund Established in 1993 by Board of Trustees member William A. Richardson and his family in memory of Jack A. Richardson, husband, father, and grandfather, and patron of The Meadows School.
Marilyn “Micki” Waller Memorial Scholarship Athletic Fund Established in 1989 by her friends in her memory - income is to be awarded to a student who achieves both academic and athletic excellence.
Isabelle J. Holman Faculty Professional Growth Fund Established in 1986 and named in 2008 in honor of Isabelle J. Holman, former Lower School Director income is to be used to provide opportunities for professional growth for faculty members.
Dr. Carl Goldmark, Jr. Memorial Science Discretionary Fund Established in 1991 by Board of Trustees President Carolyn (Mrs. Oscar) Goodman and her sister, Virginia (Mrs. Philip) Koehler in memory of their father, Carl Goldmark Jr. M.D. - income is to be used for one of the following: 1) need or merit scholarship for a student exhibiting exceptional aptitude for or interest in science; 2) special science-related trip for students; 3) faculty educational enhancements in the science discipline; 4) Science Department equipment.
Barbara A. Schick Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 1986 in memory of Barbara A. Schick, a Trustee of The Meadows School - income is to be used to provide scholarship support to students demonstrating academic promise and/or achievement. LeOre Cobbley Master Teachers Fund Established in 1987 by Dr. LeOre Cobbley, Founding Headmistress, to acknowledge on an annual basis outstanding performance and leadership of individual faculty members. Ruvo Family Scholarship Fund Established in 1991 in honor of Larry Ruvo to provide financial aid for worthy students.
Hazel S. Goldmark Memorial Music/ Drama/Art Scholarship Fund Established in 1991 by members of the New York County Medical Society Auxiliary in memory of their friend, and by Board of Trustees President Carolyn (Mrs. Oscar) Goodman and her sister, Virginia (Mrs. Philip) Koehler in memory of their mother, Hazel S. Goldmark - income is to be used to reward excellence by students in artistic disciplines.
Cara Lee Goodman ‘91 Merit Science Prize Fund Established in 1991 by Virginia (Mrs. Philip) Koehler in honor of her niece, Cara Lee Goodman ‘91, a member of the School’s first graduating class - income is to be awarded annually to the outstanding female science student in the senior class. William and Gertrude Richardson Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 1991 by Middle and Upper Schools Director William H. Richardson, Jr., and family members in memory of their parents, William and Gertrude Richardson - income is to be used to provide student scholarship. Amanda and Stacy Darling Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 1993 by the Darling Family in memory of their daughters Amanda, Meadows School kindergarten student, and Stacy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas student - income is to be used as an annual scholarship for a student from the Class of 2005 as the student passes through successive grade levels to graduation and thereafter to the general scholarship fund.
Harold Kleinman Memorial Fund Established in 1994 by Kathleen Chilton and Brian Chilton in memory of her father, Harold Kleinman income is to be used to provide student scholarship. G.C. (Buck) Blaine Scholarship Endowment Established in 1996 and created to provide tuition support for financial aid students. The Deborah K. Swissman Loyalty and Spirit Award Established in September 2009 by her husband, Dr. Neil Swissman, her children Megan Swissman Buikema ’94, Joshua Swissman x’91, and by her friends and family to honor and recognize her 25 years of participation in and devotion and service to the creation of The Meadows School - income from this endowment will be awarded annually as tuition credit to a rising freshman who is a continuing student and who best personifies the embodiment of the pursuit of excellence in all facets of character, academic effort and achievement, loyalty, spirit, devotion to and enthusiam for the School. SDB Foundation and Sarah D. Barder General Financial Aid Fund Established in 1995 and created to provide tuition support for financial aid students.
SDB Foundation and Sarah D. Barder Annual Operations Fund Established in 1995 and created to support annual operating costs of the School. Laura B. Goodman Senior Scholarship Art Prize Established May 7, 2004, in memory of Laura B. Goodman, renowned artist and paternal grandmother of Cara Lee Goodman ’91, in her memory by her son, Oscar B. Goodman, her daughters, Erika Goodman and Lona Livingston, and by other members of the family, friends, and members of The Meadows School - income is to be awarded annually in the form of a U.S. Treasury Bond to the graduating senior who seeks to pursue an art education in college. Sarah and Eugene Creel Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 1995 by Board of Trustees member Allan H. Creel and his sister, Susan Keys, in memory of their parents, Sarah and Eugene Creel - income is to be used to support general scholarship. Howard Quam Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 2000 by Lester and Crystal Quam in memory of Lester’s father, Howard Quam - income is to be used to provide student scholarship.
Carolyn G. Goodman Scholarship Fund Established in 1997 by the Board of Trustees of The Meadows School and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to honor Founding President Carolyn G. Goodman for 15 years of distinguished leadership - income is to be awarded to worthy students in need of financial assistance. Do Stiver Tennis Award Fund Established in 1997 by Fran and William Lummis in honor of their friend, Do Stiver - income is to be awarded annually to the most improved tennis player from the Upper School. Eastlick Family Endowed Leadership Prize Established in 1997 by Board of Trustees member Barbara Stout in honor of her parents, Lillian and George Eastlick - income is to be awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities throughout his/ her Meadows School experience. Binion Family Fund Established in 2008 by Phyllis and Jack Binion in honor of their grandchildren, Katie O’Neill ’97, Kellie O’Neill ’99, T.J Fechser ’97, and Fancy Fechser ’99 - income is to be used to support the general operating fund.
Leona and Roy Potts Memorial Patriotic Prize Established in 2003 by Jeanne Kurvers and her brothers, Richard and Steven Potts, in memory of their parents, Leona and Roy Potts - income is to be distributed in the form of a U.S. Treasury Bond to a graduating senior who has exhibited exemplary patriotism, citizenship, and love of country. Class of ‘97 Scholarship Fund Established in 2007 by the Class of 1997 in honor of their ten-year reunion - income is to be awarded to a graduating senior who demonstrates the following: 1) exceptional academic record; 2) varsity athletics for two years; 3) involvement in organizations; 4) determination, character, and extracurricular pursuits outside of The Meadows School environment. Shaila Daulat Scholarship Established in 2013 by Dr. Girish Daulat in memory of his mother, Shaila Daulat - income to be awarded to a female senior of extraordinary character and conduct who has maintained a minimum four-year combined weighted G.P.A. of 3.50, and at minimum, has competed in or participated in two different sports in each year for four years.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
2017-2018 Board of Trustees
Administration
Douglas W. Herdon Chair
Kelly A. Iriye Secretary
Jeremy B. Gregersen Head of School
Matthew B. Becker Vice Chair
Bradley J. Sher Treasurer
Sara A. Carlson Director, Beginning School
Mr. Matthew B. Becker & Mrs. April L. Becker Dr. Donald E. Buchanan & Mrs. Janet E. Kofkin Mr. Matthew C. Chilton & Mrs. Jaime M. Chilton Dr. Girish H. Daulat & Mrs. Vrushali G. Daulat Mr. Ike Lawrence Epstein & Mrs. Michelle E. Epstein Mr. John H. Falb & Mrs. Joanna M. Falb Mr. Joshua S. Ford & Mrs. Nazanin A. Ford Mr. Douglas W. Herndon & Mrs. Carrie F. Herndon Dr. Brian K. Iriye & Mrs. Kelly A. Iriye Mr. John M. McGraw & Mrs. Deana B. McGraw Mr. Justin M. Michaels ’99 & Mrs. Stacie T. Michaels ’98 Mr. Victor Onufrieff & Mrs. Laurel J. Andrew Mr. Archibald C. Rufty Jr. & Mrs. Diane B. Rufty Mr. Bradley J. Sher Mr. Roland V. Sturm & Mrs. Terri E. Sturm
Shana V. Marek Director, Lower School Brian P. Siegel Director, Middle School Dana C. Larson Director, Upper School Jack G. Concannon Director, Athletics Richard A. Anderson Director, Business & Finance Samantha G. Atkinson ’97 Director, Advancement Bret L. Peterson Director, Facilities
Annual Fund Ambassadors
Ronald R. Sandlin Director, Technology
Jaime Chilton Naz Ford Josh Ford Terrance Holmes Brian Iriye Kelly Iriye Tracy Lewis Stacie Michaels ’98
Dr. LeOre Cobbley Founding Headmistress 1913-1997
Justin Michaels ’99 Christine Ramenofsky James Ream Suzi Schnell Jeff Schnell Alison Verdirame Bart Verdirame
Founder and Trustee Emeritus Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman Trustee Emeritus bestowed July 1, 2006
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