The Meadows School Honor Roll of Donors, 2016-2017
A YEAR ON SCHOLAR LANE
TABLE OF CONTENTS Our Mission, Our Philosophy ..................................................................................................3 A Letter from Our Head of School and Board Chair ...........................................................4 Strategic Planning Statement: 5-Year Plan.......................................................................... 6 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 8 A Year on Scholar Lane...........................................................................................................10 Impact........................................................................................................................................30 Financial Report......................................................................................................................31 Our Donors ...............................................................................................................................32 Endowments............................................................................................................................40 Thank You.................................................................................................................................42 Board and Administration.....................................................................................................43 2
OUR 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.
OUR 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. 3
DEAR MEADOWS FAMILY, Since our founding in 1984, The Meadows School has built a well-earned reputation for offering both a rigorous, college preparatory education and the kinds of extracurricular activities that support the development of well rounded students. Our academic program and other offerings are unique to The Meadows, as no other school in the region can tout the successes we have seen over the course of the past three decades. TMS is also unique in that it is entirely funded by parents and supporters. Without you, none of the things that make The Meadows School so special would be possible. Each year, we take the opportunity to publish and circulate The Meadows School Honor Roll of Donors. This publication provides insight into how the school is doing in its fundraising, how your generous contributions are spent, and most importantly, allows us the valuable opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks for all that our supporters’ generosity allows us to do. The past fiscal year has been another remarkable one for The Meadows community. Looking back, we find it truly amazing just how much our students and staff pack into just ten months. We genuinely hope you enjoy taking a look at this issue of the Honor Roll, which details just a handful of things our community has engaged in each month of the past year. 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 2016-17 Annual Fund. Moreover, 61% of the School’s parent body, comprising the majority of 535 total donors made the Annual Fund a philanthropic priority. Thank you! 4
In closing, we urge all the members of our community to continue to support The Meadows School. Your donations make the difference between offering a good program and a great one. Our ongoing academic success, our ability to offer scholarships to families with need, and our ability to continue to place students in the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world are in your hands. Our graduates are poised to change the world because of your ongoing support. Sincerely,
Jeremy B. Gregersen Head of School
Hon. Douglas W. Herndon Chair, Board of Trustees
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STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT: 5-YEAR PLAN
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he Board of Trustees of The Meadows School is charged, in part, with the long-term health and welfare of our school. This requires us, in consultation with our administration, to evaluate constantly what we are providing to our students and families, both currently and prospectively in the future. Our motto, “In Pursuit of Excellence,” carries with it a mandate to improve and strengthen our school whenever and however possible. As such, the Board embraces the responsibility of staying current on trends and advancements in education, both globally and locally, and acting alongside our administration to position appropriately our school to best serve our students and families. As a Board, we affirm our support of the School’s need to evaluate, and respond appropriately as needed, to shifts brought on by changes in educational technology, local offerings, student needs, and other realities. In considering and undertaking potential enhancements and the development of the School’s next Strategic Plan, we have established five guiding principles that will inform and shape the decisionmaking process for The Meadows School. These principles are as follows.
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THE MEADOWS SCHOOL WILL: Respect and Adhere to its Time-Honored Educational being integral to the School’s educational philosophy Approaches and that concept must carry forward with the students as • Curriculum: The core curriculum in our Beginning and they transition through Middle and Upper School as well. Lower Schools takes as its model the traditional, literacyTherefore, curricula that encourage entrepreneurship, and numeracy-based Cobbley program. This program problem solving with others in mind, service to the provides an exceptional foundation for the classic liberal community, and research into shared challenges should arts educational experience offered in grades 6-12. The be prioritized. programs for our Middle and Upper Schools focus on a • Building: One’s education does not belong to oneself classical, liberal arts-based approach to providing our alone. Academic spaces should create opportunities students with a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills. for collaboration, shared information, and shared Any future curricular shifts will seek to enhance, and not experiences. detract from, these established and proven models. Embrace Global Citizenship and Diversity • Building: New spaces will serve to enhance the School’s • Approaches to curricular development should embrace foundational curricular mission not dilute it. the global nature of 21st century life and prioritize Inspire an Ongoing Love of Learning in All Members of opportunities for multicultural experiences and exposure the School Community to diverse of points of view. Whether it’s through the use of • Curriculum: Promoting a lifelong love of learning is a technology, the fostering of partnerships with schools and vital part of the School’s mission. We want consistently organizations worldwide, or, where financially prudent, to create in our students an appreciation for what it through travel, the School should always seek to provide means to be knowledgeable and educated and a desire students with the opportunities to inform their individual to learn constantly. The School’s approach to curricular world views as much as possible. enhancement should promote individual academic • Building: The School’s appreciation for diversity in its integrity and curiosity in all forms of oral and written community should also continue to be reflected though presentations. It must also provide opportunities for its recruitment and hiring processes and through its students to learn and research independently, thereby scholarship and exchange program opportunities. helping students and teachers to approach learning for Invest in Sustainability its own sake while also recognizing the need for students • Curriculum: The Meadows School has always strived to appreciate working collaboratively where appropriate. to prepare its students for higher academic pursuits. Finally, the School recognizes that the promotion of a love Doing so means preparing students for the myriad of of learning is impossible outside of a nurturing, serene, challenges their futures will bring. Any enhancements and safe environment. To this end, promotion of a love to our curriculum should provide students with the of, and respect for, learning will take place with the safety necessary knowledge and skills to succeed long term, and wellness of students playing a central role. regardless of their chosen field of higher academic study. • Building: A love of learning on an individual level does Our educational foundation must be both durable and not rely solely on the traditional classroom model; rather, flexible and thus skills, such as critical thinking, creativity, it is created within the whole of an institution. All spaces and collaboration, should be prioritized over rote considered should inspire, and provide opportunities for, memorization and solely content-based instruction. independent exploration, support and academic, athletic, • Building: The School’s responsibility to its various or personal growth. communities is two-fold: first, buildings should be Understand Education as an Outward-Facing Proposition built utilizing construction methods and materials that • Curriculum: Instilling in students the strong understanding make responsible use of energy and resources; second, that a quality education carries with it a responsibility buildings should be constructed and arranged, where to one’s self and one’s community is a core part of the possible, in a way that makes them malleable and able School’s mission. Starting at the Beginning and Lower to shift functions over time. School level, the School encourages good citizenship as
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everal decades ago, before there was a Barder Hall, a Peccole Center for the Arts, a Creel Field, or the hundreds of trees that line our campus, there was a small street that served as the entry point to The Meadows School: Scholar Lane. Nearly thirty years later, the area around that small street has grown and expanded with businesses, restaurants, and shops, and The Meadows has flourished into the thriving community we know today. But beyond the buildings and landscaping that make our campus so beautiful, it is the people who inhabit these spaces that make TMS special. So much happens in a year on Scholar Lane: learning, teaching, competing, drawing, painting, singing, dancing, acting, innovating, creating, discovering. Here, we invite you to take a look back at the 201617 school year. The activities and events in the following pages are made possible by your generosity: our parents, students, grandparents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends. Thank you for your support and enjoy the trip down Scholar Lane.
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he Meadows has a long history of fostering the development of musical skills, and our program provides students with a wide range of opportunities to demonstrate their expanding musical engagement. Our curriculum also promotes the understanding and appreciation of many different types of music by both performers
AUGUST 11 New 9th & 10th grade orientation
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and listeners. Most students in grades K through 12 are enthusiastically involved in extracurricular music-making. Students eagerly join The Meadows Singers, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Pep Band, Elite String Ensemble, Handbells, or Encore Performance. All groups perform several times throughout the year, both at School and
AUGUST 12 Open House
AUGUST 13 Fall Sports practices begin
elsewhere in the city – for their classmates and for the community. In August, forty-two TMS students across all four divisions performed for Virtuoso Travel Week at the Bellagio Hotel. The orchestra was accompanied by the Las Vegas Philharmonic and performed two pieces arranged by orchestra director Mrs. Denitza
AUGUST 15 First Day of School
Larsen. The audience was comprised of over 2,000 people from 50 countries. The student orchestra received a standing ovation from the international audience and a personal thank you letter from Mr. Albert Herrera, vice president of Virtuoso Headquarters in New York City.
AUGUST 19 All-School Assembly
AUGUST 19 Picture Day
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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 2 Welcome-Back Barbecue
SEPTEMBER 4-9 10th & 11th Grade Class Trips
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xperiential learning is a process through which students develop knowledge, skills, and values from direct experiences outside a traditional academic setting. These experiences through The Meadows encompass a variety of activities including internships, service learning, and field trips. Well-planned, supervised, and assessed experiential learning programs can stimulate academic inquiry by promoting interdisciplinary learning, civic engagement, career development, cultural awareness, leadership, as well as other professional and intellectual skills. In September, students in 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grades left campus for Schoolsponsored class trips to bond, explore, engage, and integrate their classroom learning experiences. Middle School students
SEPTEMBER 16 Lower School Program
SEPTEMBER 9 Freshman Fun Day
traveled to California for Pali Camp and Astrocamp trips. These experiences present a different type of learning for TMS students. Our Middle Schoolers learn to overcome fears and work together and support each other. The sophomore class ventured to our nation’s capital to see monuments, meet lawmakers, and witness government in action. Part of the core curriculum for tenth graders is U.S. History and American Literature, and this trip provides enrichment to the classroom experience. A dominant part of the junior year is college exploration. To this end, the eleventh graders traveled to Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic regions for tours of universities. These high school trips use the alreadyestablished themes of the respective classes to set the tone for the year.
SEPTEMBER 23 Kindergarten Night
SEPTEMBER 27 All-School Pancake Breakfast
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OCTOBER 7 Fall Festival
OCTOBER 10-15 Homecoming Week
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he Meadows School maintains that education carries with it an obligation to community, and we strive to instill this concept in our students. The School’s service program is designed to give students an understanding of the importance of contributing to the larger community, establishing a lifelong pattern of community activity, and providing opportunities for service. The Meadows’ various honor societies and graduation requirements all maintain community service standards. Further, a commitment to serving the community is firmly established in our mission. Since 2004, the students of the Lower School have participated in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF,
OCTOBER 19 Lower School Parent Play Day
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OCTOBER 19-20 Upper School Production of Macbeth
the Halloween-themed campaign that strives to improve the lives of children all over the world. Ms. Brennan’s fifth-grade class coordinates the program annually, tallying the money after the trick-or-treating is done. Later in the year, the entire School commemorated Founders’ Day with an AllSchool Day of Service. Every student from Beginning Schoolers to seniors participated in a meaningful activity that improved the School, the community, or the world. Students wrote letters to servicemen and women overseas, cleaned around campus, volunteered at food banks, and befriended senior citizens all in honor of the School’s founders and its mission.
OCTOBER 21 Senior Night
OCTOBER 31 Halloween
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NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 4 Make-A-Wish Children’s Night for Charity
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NOVEMBER 17 Meet the Mustangs
NOVEMBER 17-18 Middle School Production of Little Women
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he Meadows School has quite a number of cherished traditions and events -- both expected (commencement exercises, Homecoming, reunions) and unexpected (pumpkin donating and the Long Blue Line). Behind each of these annually-recurring events is a central theme that comes up time and again with TMS: here you’ll find a collaborative and affirming community, where students spur one another to achieve and accomplish their personal best. In November, one of our longest standing traditions is celebrated the day before Thanksgiving -- Grandparents Day. Grandparents from all divisions begin their day in the Upper School Common for breakfast and then enjoy musical and theatrical performances in the Peccole Center for the Arts. Students in grades kindergarten through 12 entertain the packed audience, including a special medley of turkey songs from the kindergarten class. Following the show, grandparents receive flower turkeys and join their grandchildren for a tour and pictures in the classroom.
NOVEMBER 22 Middle School Art Show Opening
NOVEMBER 23 Grandparents Day
NOVEMBER 26 Alumni Football Game
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DECEMBER
DECEMBER 2 Middle School reads to Beginning School
DECEMBER 8 Meadows Mentors Holiday Party
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t the center of The Meadows’ program is the written word. Writing and reading well are the keys that open all doors, and all TMS graduates leave the School armed with powerful tools of selfexpression, including academic prose, research, and creative writing. TMS students can say with confidence who they are and where they are going. Beyond honing their language skills, Meadows students learn to use language in the real world, to express thoughts and emotions, to exchange ideas, to entertain, and to persuade. In December, Middle Schoolers were inspired by the written word to make a difference in the world. As eighth grade students completed a close reading of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, classroom discussion
DECEMBER 11 Meadows Orchestra performs at The Smith Center
DECEMBER 9 All-School Holiday Assembly
centered around some characters’ lack of empathy. This discussion reinforced some of the Middle School assembly and advisory themes of acting through kindness. Students took these lessons to apply empathy in a modern, real life situation through participation in a special opportunity that Kiva, the world’s first online lending platform, offered to the class. Students had 15 twentyfive dollar loans to award to people around the globe. Students browsed the micro-loan applicants’ photos and stories and decided where their money might do the most good. As the students discussed the people whose lives can be changed with small amounts of money, they made the connection between literature and modern life.
DECEMBER 13 Kindergarteners visit Nellis AFB
DECEMBER 16 End of First Semester!
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JANUARY T he Meadows encourages each student to become a productive and compassionate member of the increasingly global society of the 21st century. As global citizens, we expose our students to cross-cultural learning in various ways: international trips, foreign language study, and presentations of holiday traditions from around the world. Students are immersed in
JANUARY 10 Strings Concert
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diverse cultures and customs that promote a lifelong curiosity for international exploration. Every January, kindergarten and 5th grade students embrace the Chinese culture with a Chinese New Year celebration. This nearly three-decade-old tradition started in 1988, when the two kindergarten classes paraded through the halls of the school singing “See
JANUARY 14 TMS participates in the Nevada Regional Thespian Competition
JANUARY 26-28 All-School production of Seussical
the Dragon Come.� At that time, the dragon head was made from a 5-gallon ice cream tub with round cardboard circles connected by garland representing parts of the dragon body. In 1996, the celebration expanded and kindergarten and 5th grade students dressed in red and yellow and took the parade to the Fremont Street Experience, which included a large, custom handmade dragon.
JANUARY 28 TMS participates in FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament
In 1997, the venue changed to the current location in the Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace. Today, students dress in authentic red and yellow outfits and parade through the School and the Forum with a custom-designed dragon made in Hong Kong. Students sing Chinese songs and recite traditional Chinese poetry, celebrating the Chinese culture.
JANUARY 29 7th Annual Poker Tournament
JANUARY 30 Chinese New Year Parade
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FEBRUARY 1 Festival of Art Opening
FEBRUARY 10-11 TMS competes at the Golden Desert Invitational
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articipation in athletics provides many opportunities to round out a Meadows education. Starting in Lower School, students receive physical education several times a week to better the mindbody connection. Sports are introduced in an age-appropriate way that translates to more competitive play in the higher levels. As students progress into Middle and Upper Schools, a greater emphasis is placed on specific skills. In conjunction with the Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association (NIAA), the athletic department sets policies and procedures that govern the spirit of competition at TMS. These policies and procedures require parental support, which is achieved through
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FEBRUARY 11 MathCounts Team Places 3rd at Regionals
FEBRUARY 10 All-School Spirit Night
proactive communication. Athletic traditions are created and maintained through hard work and dedication to the program. Student-athletes and their families are an integral part of building this type of tradition at TMS. In February, TMS celebrated the hard work, dedication, and spirit of three people integral to The Meadows athletic program with the inaugural Hall of Fame induction. Kari Gregory ‘03, Jeff Hutzler, and Linda Richardson (athlete, coach, and friend of TMS athletics, respectively) were honored during the All-School Spirit Night in front of a packed house. The accomplishments and service of these individuals helped shape the athletic program at The Meadows.
FEBRUARY 14 2nd Grade Valentine Bake Sale
FEBRUARY 22 Dragonflies Program on NYC
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MARCH MARCH 3 TMS invited to recognition of Nevada Speech and Debate Day
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MARCH 4-5 TMS competes at the University of Southern California debate tournament
MARCH 4 TMSPA Summer Camp Expo
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rama at TMS offers students the chance to learn the art of theatre in ways both practical and intellectual. The program stresses attention to detail, the strengthening of the power of observation, the development of empathy, and the use of language to explain, persuade, and describe. Theatre succeeds only when every participant supports the larger effort. Students design lights and sound and work with a costumer on wardrobe, hair, and makeup. In March, students participated in the State Thespian Competition at Liberty High School. Thirty students performed from the Middle and Upper Schools in individual events including solo musical, duet musical, monologues, duet scenes, and group scenes. Of the over 800 Nevada high schoolers who competed, twenty-four received perfect scores; five of these came from The Meadows. In addition, nearly half of TMS competitors received superior scores, qualifying them for the International Thespian Conference.
MARCH 8 Middle/Upper School Band Concert
MARCH 15 Butterflies Class Program
MARCH 23-24 Upper School production of Almost, Maine and Love/Sick
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APRIL 4 Middle School Art Field Trip
APRIL 5 Meadows Singers Performance
APRIL 19-25 Band and Orchestra Trip to Iceland
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anguage and culture are inseparable. At TMS, the study of world languages balances the learning of grammatical rules and syntactical structures with the ability to communicate effectively and comfortably with people from other cultures and traditions. Through the use of literature, fine arts, media, history, geography, and different world views, students develop an appreciation of cultural diversity along with their facility to read, write, and converse in another language. April was an exciting month for world languages at The Meadows. The National Spanish Competition and National French Contest results were published and proved to be successful for TMS students. Our Spanish students earned 225 honors. These exams are the largest of their kind in the United States and attaining an honor is very prestigious. Our French students also fared well in their exams. All students in French 2, French Film, and AP French Language and Culture earned a national award, including two perfect scores.
APRIL 25 World Languages Honor Societies Inductions
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APRIL 28 Lower School Program
APRIL 30 Academic Awards
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MAY MAY 5 Fiesta Carnival
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MAY 11 Kindergarten Fashion Show
MAY 11-12 Middle School Production of Legally Blonde Jr.
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n 1991, three young women walked across the stage, received their diplomas, and became the first graduates of The Meadows School. Today, TMS graduating classes are more than 20 times the original, but the impact and meaningfulness to the seniors and their families is just as special. On May 27th, sixty-five Meadows students became Meadows alumni. The members of the class of 2017 were accepted to 136 distinct colleges and universities, received over $5,075,000 in renewable academic scholarships, and matriculated to schools in 19 different states, plus Washington, D.C. These graduates represent the best of TMS. These young men and women exemplify our mission: independent thinkers who love and respect learning; compassionate and productive members of a global society. They are the products of a Meadows education ready to leave their marks on the world.
MAY 22 All-School Senior Celebration Assembly
MAY 26 EVE
MAY 27 Commencement
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ach year, hundreds of alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and students join together to give back to TMS. While TMS parents contribute most of the total dollars to the Annual Fund each year, Mustangs of all affiliations have progressively rallied their support, empowering TMS to make an indelible positive imprint on the world. Over the past two years, faculty and staff giving has reached 100% participation, and our parent donors have increased by more than 15%. 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.
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At The Meadows we are developing leaders who know how to ask better questions, think critically, consider more perspectives, and collaborate effectively. TMS 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. Total Donors: 535 Total Raised for 2016-17 Annual Fund: $424,640
ANNUAL GIVING 2% Faculty, Staff
53% Parents
5% Parents of Alumni
2% Students, Alumni
9% Trustees
18% Grandparents
11% Businesses, Foundations, Organizations
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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
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
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 Reverend Robert I. Truesdell Memorial Fund trip for students; 3) faculty educational enhancements in established in 1992 by Board of Trustees First Vice President the science discipline; 4) Science Department equipment Ric Truesdell and his family in memory of his father, Reverend Robert I. Truesdell- income is to be used for Hazel S. Goldmark Memorial Music/Drama/Art campus beautification Scholarship Fund established in 1991 by members of the New York County Nat Hart Scholarship Fund Medical Society Auxiliary in memory of their friend, and by established in 1989 by The Meadows School to honor friend Board of Trustees President Carolyn (Mrs. Oscar) Goodman and distinguished Nevadan Nat Hart and her sister, Virginia (Mrs. Philip) Koehler in memory of their mother, Hazel S. Goldmark - income is to be used to Jack A. Richardson Memorial Fund reward excellence by students in artistic disciplines established in 1993 by Board of Trustees member William A. Richardson and his family in memory of Jack A. Richardson, Cara Lee Goodman ‘91 Merit Science Prize Fund husband, father, and grandfather, and patron of The established in 1991 by Virginia (Mrs. Philip) Koehler in Meadows School honor of her niece, Cara Lee Goodman ‘91, a member of the School’s first graduating class - income is to be awarded Isabelle J. Holman Faculty Professional Growth Fund annually to the outstanding female science student in the established in 1986 and named in 2008 in honor of senior class Isabelle J. Holman, former Lower School Director- income is to be used to provide opportunities for professional William and Gertrude Richardson Memorial growth for faculty members Scholarship Fund established in 1991 by Middle and Upper Schools Director Barbara A. Schick Memorial Scholarship Fund William H. Richardson, Jr., and family members in memory established in 1986 in memory of Barbara A. Schick, a of their parents, William and Gertrude Richardson - income Trustee of The Meadows School - income is to be used to is to be used to provide student scholarship provide scholarship support to students demonstrating academic promise and/or achievement Amanda and Stacy Darling Memorial Scholarship Fund established in 1993 by the Darling Family in memory of their LeOre Cobbley Master Teachers Fund daughters Amanda, Meadows School kindergarten student, established in 1987 by Dr. LeOre Cobbley, Founding and Stacy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas student - income Headmistress, to acknowledge on an annual basis is to be used as an annual scholarship for a student from outstanding performance and leadership of individual the Class of 2005 as the student passes through successive faculty members grade levels to graduation and thereafter to the general scholarship fund Ruvo Family Scholarship Fund established in 1991 in honor of Larry Ruvo to provide financial aid for worthy students
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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
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
G.C. (Buck) Blaine Scholarship Endowment established in 1996 and created to provide tuition support for financial aid students Do Stiver Tennis Award Fund established in 1997 by Fran and William Lummis in honor The Deborah K. Swissman Loyalty and Spirit Award of their friend, Do Stiver - income is to be awarded annually established in September 2009 by her husband, Dr. Neil to the most improved tennis player from the Upper School Swissman, her children Megan Swissman Buikema ’94, Joshua Swissman x’91, and by her friends and family to Eastlick Family Endowed Leadership Prize honor and recognize her 25 years of participation in and established in 1997 by Board of Trustees member Barbara devotion and service to the creation of The Meadows School Stout in honor of her parents, Lillian and George Eastlick - income from this endowment will be awarded annually - income is to be awarded to a graduating senior who has as tuition credit to a rising freshman who is a continuing demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities throughout student and who best personifies the embodiment of the his/her Meadows School experience pursuit of excellence in all facets of character, academic effort and achievement, loyalty, spirit, devotion to and Binion Family Fund enthusiam for the School established in 2008 by Phyllis and Jack Binion in honor of their grandchildren, Katie O’Neill ’97, Kellie O’Neill ’99, T.J SDB Foundation and Sarah D. Barder General Fechser ’97, and Fancy Fechser ’99 - income is to be used to Financial Aid Fund support the general operating fund established in 1995 and created to provide tuition support for financial aid students Leona and Roy Potts Memorial Patriotic Prize established in 2003 by Jeanne Kurvers and her brothers, SDB Foundation and Sarah D. Barder Annual Richard and Steven Potts, in memory of their parents, Leona Operations Fund and Roy Potts - income is to be distributed in the form of a established in 1995 and created to support annual operating U.S. Treasury Bond to a graduating senior who has exhibited costs of the School exemplary patriotism, citizenship, and love of country 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 a 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
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. Howard Quam Memorial Scholarship Fund of 3.5, and at minimum, has competed in or participated in established in 2000 by Lester and Crystal Quam in memory two different sports in each year for four years of Lester’s father, Howard Quam - income is to be used to provide student scholarship
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2016-2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION
Board of Trustees
Administration
Douglas W. Herndon Chair
Jeremy B. Gregersen Head of School
Matthew B. Becker Vice Chair
Sara A. Carlson Director, Beginning School
Archibald C. Rufty, Jr. Secretary
Shana V. Marek Director, Lower School
David A. Straus Treasurer
Brian P. Siegel Director, Middle School
April L. and Matthew B. Becker Janet E. Kofkin and Donald E. Buchanan, M.D. Louis J. Castle II Jaime M. and Matthew C. Chilton Vrushali G. and Girish H. Daulat, D.O. Michelle E. and Ike Lawrence Epstein Nazanin A. and Joshua S. Ford Emily A. and Ross C. Goodman Carrie F. and Douglas W. Herndon Kelly A. and Brian K. Iriye, M.D. Emily S. and Michael J. Novick Deana Bergquist McGraw and John M. McGraw Laurel J. Andrew and Victor Onufrieff Linda R. Richardson Diane B. and Archibald C. Rufty, Jr. Bradley J. Sher David A. Straus and Heidi S. Straus Terri E. and Roland V. Sturm Patricia G. and Richard W. Truesdell Founder and Trustee Emeritus Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman Trustee Emeritus bestowed July 1, 2006
Dana C. Larson Director, Upper School Charles A. Newman Director, Student Life Jack G. Concannon Interim Director, Athletics Samantha G. Atkinson ’97 Director, Advancement Melanie M. Orton Director, Business & Finance Bret L. Peterson Director, Facilities Ronald R. Sandlin Director, Technology Dr. LeOre Cobbley Founding Headmistress 1913-1997
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Copy by Samantha Robbins Atkinson ’97 Design by Jilliene Jaeger ’09 Photography by Jilliene Jaeger ’09, Carol Cali, The Meadows School Students Edited by Abby Hilson
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