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List highlights Collegiate’s biggest achievements of 2019 The following list is from the State of the School letter Dec. 3, 2019.

I am constantly reminded of how thankful I am to serve as Head of School at Topeka Collegiate.

Each year, I gain a stronger understanding of what this community means to the city of Topeka, our families and — most importantly — what it means to our students.

In turn, I can’t even begin to describe what this community means to me, as a mother and as a member of the leadership team. I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve.

As we look back on 2019, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what is most important — the activities and accomplishments that matter. As such, I put together a “Top Ten List” of Topeka Collegiate’s outstanding achievements.

These are the activities that should make all of us proud to be lifelong Eagles.

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Designing “Beyond the Book” experiences Where else do students get

Topeka Collegiate eighth graders visited Hawaii in 2019 as part of their ecological studies.

to go to Hawaii to bring their oceanography research to life? This year’s eighth graders were thrilled to experience the Big Island — and now they have memories for a lifetime!

At Topeka Collegiate, we weave powerful learning experiences into every classroom curriculum. And while it is certainly rare that a ‘field trip’ goes all the way to Hawaii - every single excursion is designed to enhance learning.

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ticipating in a public reading of the Constitution of the United States, our students have participated in thirteen field trips in the first half of the school year. We’ve also hosted, on average, one guest speaker per week to visit our campus and share their real-world experiences with our students.

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Hosting significant community events on campus Which brings me to one of our most recent Beyond the Book experiences: hosting Sonia Manzano. For the

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2019-2020 school year, we’ve created community events that encourage courageous conversations and increase our understanding of topics related to diversity.

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That’s why we invited Sonia Manzano to Topeka Collegiate earlier this month. She is best known for her role as “Maria” on Sesame Street.

She spoke to 175 attendees from the community and shared her story of growing up in the South Bronx and as one of the first Hispanic characters on television.

Laying the foundation for a lifetime of scholarly achievements So why do these Beyond the Book experiences and community events matter? They are examples of how our approach at Topeka Collegiate is different than other schools in the area. As an independent school, we have the flexibility to focus on what inspires lifelong curiosity, a passion for learning and promotes personal achievement. And recent news has highlighted that our approach truly makes an impact!

The next morning, she presented to 150 Topeka-area students. The success of these presentations shows how Topeka Collegiate continues to be a gathering place for intellectual conversations and civic engagement.

We were thrilled to report that in 2019 Topeka Collegiate alumni represent 57% of National Merit Semifinalists in the Topeka area. This number is disproportionately high when you consider that our alum-

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ni make up just 2% of graduating seniors. A total of seven students were recognized this year as National Merit Semifinalists or Commended Scholars.

Additionally, fifteen Topeka Collegiate alumni were recognized as Kansas Honor Scholars.

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Helping students understand and value the Core Competencies Just as the name implies, our Core Competencies remain at the “core” of everything we do here at Topeka Collegiate. In 2019, we found new ways to bring these competencies front-of-mind for our community.

First, on Facebook, we update our cover photo each month to highlight the monthly competency. Second,

our new Academic Dean, Mr. Michael Flax, is spending time each month hosting a discussion with students about the meaning of each competency and inviting the students to discuss why these competencies are valuable to our success.

As always, Middle School students continue to focus on a particular Core Competency during their morning meeting time. And our Lower School students continue to study complementary concepts such as Fairness, Responsibility, and Citizenship.

These Core Competencies are another example of how we are going Beyond the Book to help our students prepare for a rapidly-evolving world.

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Challenging our students to pursue academic excellence You won’t be surprised to hear that Topeka Collegiate students excelled in 2019 competitions. Take a look ...

third. Elizabeth Fecteau

Topeka Collegiate’s MATHCOUNTS team took sixth at State in 2019.

placed third in the Junior Individual Documentary category. Jaiden Wen’s website earned a second place finish, and Abby Boyd’s website placed first.

Mridula Boopeshkumar and Aditi Nimishakavi earned second place in the Junior Group Website category.

MATHCOUNTS The team placed second at the Chapter Competition and sixth at State.

Abhinav Velagandula placed first at the Chapter Competition and ninth at State. Thomas Schmidt placed third at the Chapter Competition, and Rishi Sandir placed seventh.

History Day Nationals Elizabeth Fecteau and Charlie White each finished first at State in their respective categories and had the opportunity to advance to Nationals at the University of Maryland, College Park in June. Elizabeth created a documentary entitled: “Saving Wild Horses: The Story of Mustang Annie” and Charlie wrote a paper called: “Slavs on the Slab: An Investigation into the Tragic Loss of Slavic Religious Practices at the Hands of the Triumphant Missionaries of Christian Europe.”

District History Day Seven students placed in this competition. In the category of Junior Historical Papers, Alexis Brosa placed second and Charlie White placed

SUMday Math Competition Five eighth-grade students placed in the Top 10 on the Number Sense test and four placed in the Top 10 on the Geometry Test. Additionally,

one eighth grade student placed first on Number Sense and second on Geometry. Another placed third on the Geometry test. Two sixth graders placed in the Top 10 on the Number Sense test and four placed in the Top 10 on the Geometry test.

Five fifth graders placed in the Top 10 on the Number Sense test and four placed in the Top 10 on the Geometry test. Of those students, two earned second and third place on the Number Sense test, and two students placed second and third on the Geometry test. One fourth grader placed in the Top 10 on Number Sense, and four placed in the Top 10 on the Geometry test.

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Sharpening our focus on Social-Emotional Learning While there are so many critical professional development topics for our faculty, there is one topic we prioritized for 20192020: social-emotional learning.

The well-being of our students continues to be equally important to their academic achievements.

Our investment in social-emotional learning is a reflection of this priority.

Our faculty members are using a website called Rethink Ed to access timely resources on social-emotional learning. Videos, printable lesson plans and other materials are available to assist faculty in incorporating social-emotional lessons from the CASEL framework into their curriculum. We’ll augment these online tools in the future with in-per-

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son speakers and by reading UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.

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Building confidence on stage At Topeka Collegiate, we believe that an appreciation for the arts is crucial to a well-rounded school experience. While we provide many forms of arts education, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the frequency of which we come together to enjoy live performances by our students. We take pride in the fact that by the end of the school year, every student will have the opportunity to perform.

The Fall semester was full of impressive school-wide assemblies. The fourth graders acted out the story of a former bully and shared strategies to overcome bullying. The fifth graders made us laugh as they shared many epic excuses for not completing their homework. The second graders entertained us with a western-themed performance and the third graders inspired us to overcome our fears.

Our Fall semester traditions also featured choir performances. We enjoyed a spooky Halloween Assembly, a heart-warming Grandparents/VIP Day Assembly for over 210 guests, and we hosted a festive holiday performance in December.

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Promoting service through the Nancy Perry Day of Caring Did you know Topeka Collegiate is the only local school to participate

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Mr. Park’s fourth grade class performed an anti-bullying production this past fall.

in the United Way of Greater Topeka’s Nancy Perry Day of Caring?

On Sept. 20, 2019, nearly 40 middle school students served alongside more than 1,000 volunteers from the area, who served on 65 different projects across the capital city.

toric Site. They also learned about the importance of contributing to their community and strengthened their teamwork skills.

We’re proud that our students were the youngest group of volunteers. It’s part of how we fulfill our mission to promote ‘responsible citizenship’ through a commitment to ‘humanitarian ideals.’

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“It’s lots of fun,” Aliyah Griffith said. “I’ve never done anything like this, never built any tables. It was definitely a new experience.”

At this year’s event, our students did more than build 11 wooden picnic tables for the Ward-Meade His-

This is just one of three service learning days planned during the school year.

Increasing our visibility in the community As the only independent school serving the region, it is vital that community leaders and potential families understand the unique educational experience we’re providing right here in Topeka, Kansas.

That’s why we recently restructured the Admissions position and added a communications component. In June 2019, we welcomed our new Director of Communications and Admissions,

Brittany Crabtree, to the leadership team.

As a result, we’ve implemented a strategic marketing plan to increase Topeka Collegiate’s visibility in the community. The “ABC’s of Topeka Collegiate” social media campaign is an example of how we are using social media to educate potential families and celebrate what makes Topeka Collegiate so special.

We launched the campaign with “A is for Academic Excellence” and are continuing to post all year long.

Please be sure to “like” our Facebook page and celebrate with us!

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Generous Donors We will end the “ABC’s of Topeka Collegiate”

social media campaign in 2020 with “Z is for Zap the Gap!” As I come to the conclusion of this Top 10, it seems fitting to go back to this concept.

that make sure every student has the opportunity to experience an exceptional Independent school education, regardless of their finances.

As you know, tuition alone cannot cover the many things that we do here at Topeka Collegiate. The activities and strategies listed go well beyond the basic costs of running a school.

There are so many supporters and donors that help us be the best we can be as a school. On behalf of myself and the leadership team, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

What we do – the outstanding education that we provide – is thanks to the generosity of our donors.

Every person who participates in the “Fun Run” fundraiser, helps us make our Beyond the Book experiences happen.

Please feel free to contact me any time. I’d love the opportunity to chat with you and personally thank you for your support of Topeka Collegiate.

Sincerely,

And it’s our scholarship donors

Dr. Lyn D. Rantz Head of School

Topeka Collegiate’s 2019-2020 Leadership Team

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Practicing what she preaches Former teacher volunteers to teach kids about sharing, caring

there being a large group in attendance, and several of the attendees began presenting at local public schools and Topeka Collegiate. Unfortunately, the Center of Peace and Justice dropped their sponsorship and over time all of the other facilitators stopped visiting schools. Topeka Collegiate is the only school Jane Greene continues to visit.

For the past 24 years, Jane Greene (alumni parent, past board member and former faculty member) has volunteered her time and talent to share the Green Circle program with Topeka Collegiate third graders.

Green Circle, a program created in 1948, teaches students lessons of caring, sharing, kindness and inclusion.

“It presents beautiful scenarios for discussion of feeling ‘inside the circle and outside the circle,’ how it feels when you are treated kindly and unkindly and how others would want to be treated,” Greene explained.

A simple green felt board and large circle, representing a “circle of caring and sharing” set the stage for Jane’s discussions with students. Multicolored human figures, also made of felt, help the students visually see the impact of someone feeling included or excluded from one’s “circle of caring and sharing.”

“I think my favorite part is talking about skin color in the segment where we discuss how we are all different. I ask students to look around the room and find someone with the exact same

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Former teacher and board member Jane Green has volunteered to share the Green Circle program with Collegiate students for the past 24 years.

skin color. Two students come to the front of the room, pull up their sleeves and place the underside of their arms together. It’s never a match and I have them sit down,” said Greene. “After several attempts I then ask the students, ‘how many people would be in your circle of caring and sharing if you only had people with the exact same skin color in your circle?’ The answer is one, themselves.”

Teaching Green Circle began with Topeka Collegiate school founder, Susan Garlinghouse (“as so many wonderful things do” — Jane added!). The Center for Peace and Justice sponsored a program at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library to train educators to teach Green Circle. Jane recalled

“Jane has been an impactful role model to my students because she really listens to them,” said Marilyn Kido, third grade teacher. “She spends a lot of time asking about their feelings when we feel included and when we feel excluded.

She shows them how many times our actions are affected by our feelings. She does an amazing job of sharing how our actions and emotions are connected.”

Green Circle is another tool that students can add to their character trait base and Social-Emotional Learning.

“Personally, (teaching Green Circle) has been very gratifying. I walk down the halls at Topeka Collegiate and older students will greet me warmly, remembering Green Circle,” Greene recalled.

“I’ve run into high school students who recognize me as the person that taught Green Circle. Each year I hope the class will have a meaningful experience, and I leave each session wondering who may have had more fun, me or the students.”

Thank you, Jane, for your dedication to Topeka Collegiate and our students!

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Director of Operations bids farewell Jane Tilghman announces her retirement from Collegiate After 27 years as Topeka Collegiate’s Director of Operations, Jane Tilghman shares her plans to retire in July.

Jane began working at Topeka Collegiate in 1993, when the school was located in Pauline.

What started out as a part-time job, quickly became a full-time passion for Tilghman, who has served under six Heads of School during her distinguished career at Topeka Collegiate.

“It is impossible to summarize in a few sentences the joy working at Topeka Collegiate School has brought me,” Tilghman said. “I don’t believe there could have been any other career that suited me quite so well.”

She is grateful for the colleagues she has worked with over the years — many of whom she considers close friends.

It is these relationships that have had a profound impact on Jane’s time here at Collegiate. She has loved working with numbers, and she has certainly enjoyed the

Director of Operations Jane Tilghman began working at Topeka Collegiate in 1993. The highlights of her nearly 30-year career include building relationships with her colleagues and getting to know hundreds of students and their families.

children she has watched grow up over the years.

Collegiate. Jane is excited for the school’s future.

“I have had the wonderful privilege of getting to know hundreds of students and families during my career,” said Tilghman. “Our alumni leave Topeka Collegiate with the confidence to go out and make a difference in the world.

They have accomplished incredible things, and they will continue to do so.”

Congratulations, Jane, on a wonderful career. From all of us at Topeka Collegiate, we hope you enjoy a well-deserved retirement!

And although Jane isn’t exactly sure what retirement will bring, she makes it clear that she wants to stay connected with Topeka

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Class of 2015 senior portraits — Harun Khan and Maha Kyasa not pictured.

Oh, the Places They’ll Go 2015 Topeka Collegiate grads share their plans for 2020 & beyond 1. Myah Berryman Gap Year

7. Gouri Kallanagowdar University of Missouri-Kansas City

13. Matt Mahan McPherson College

2. Angel Elliott University of Kansas — Lawrence

8. Harun Khan University of Kansas — Lawrence

3. Amelia Fager University of Kansas — Lawrence

9. Korbin Kido Ottawa University

14. Jack Mickelsen Naval Academy Preparatory School — Newport, Rhode Island

4. Kai Glashausser Amherst College — Massachusetts

10. Maha Kyasa University of Kansas — Lawrence

5. Max Harrison Gap Year

11. India MacDonald University of Kansas — Lawrence

16. Adriana Stewart University of Colorado — Boulder

6. Tanushree Jadhav University of Kansas — Lawrence

12. Kiana Magee University of Kansas — Lawrence

17. Baker Valley University of Kansas — Lawrence

15. Jack Ramsey Dixie State University — St. George, Utah

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Congratulations, Class of 2019 Standing and seated, first row: Ewan Thompson Topeka High Lydia Etzel Topeka High

Elizabeth Fecteau Topeka High

Abby Boyd Washburn Rural High School

Alexis Brosa Topeka High

Rishi Sandir Washburn Rural High School

Kalanise Swindell Topeka High

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Standing, third row:

Chloë Wolgast Washburn Rural High School

Taylor Rantz Shawnee Heights

Aidan Morrison Topeka High School

Abhinav Velagandula Washburn Rural

Perry Payne Topeka High School

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Thomas Schmidt Topeka High School

Jordan Garvin Shawnee Heights High School

Noah Valdivia-Mendez Topeka High

Janea Johnson Topeka High School

Madisyn Vobach Topeka High School

Rose Sorrenti Washburn Rural Laura Beatty Topeka West Dylan Foster Hayden High School

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Susan H. Garlinghouse Humanitarian Award

Debra Pakaluk Award

Head of School Award

Abby Boyd

Rose Sorrenti

Taylor Rantz

Thomas Schmidt

The longest-standing award at TCS is named for the first Head of School. It is presented to a student who has intellectual curiosity, respect for excellence, a love of nature, enjoyment of athletics, imagination, gentle humor and wit, compassionate concern for others and a desire to make the world a better place.

An award presented to a student who has made significant contributions to the community, provided service to improve humankind and demonstrated an innovative approach to addressing community needs, an ability to lead and a legacy of positive change.

Named for a former science teacher at TCS, the award was given to a student who is a lifelong learner, curious about humanities and science, who takes pride in his or her work and goes well beyond what is required; a student who “demonstrates cheer and humor, acceptance and kindness.”

Established in 1990, the Head of School award honors a student who exemplifies “leadership, scholarship and service.” The recipient is decided by the Head of School with significant input from staff.

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Departmental Awards 2019 Noah Valdivia-Mendez Art Department

Leadership Award

Character Counts Award

Class Address

Abby Boyd

History Department

Cholë Wolgast

Madisyn Vobach

Perry Pane

Laura Beatty

The Leadership Award is given to a deserving student in Leadership Club.

Presented to the student who best exemplifies these six pillars of character: caring, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, citizenship and fairness. The recipient is nominated by Middle School students.

The Class Address award is presented to the student who delivers the Class Address on behalf of the Class of 2019 at graduation.

Language Arts Department

Cholë Wolgast

Latin Department

Abhinav Velagandula

Mathematics Department

Madisyn Vobach Music Department

Alexis Brosa

PE Department

Abby Boyd

Science Department

Abby Boyd

Spanish Department

Dylan Foster

Technology Department

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1997 Benjamin Bammes lives in Pearland, Texas, with wife, Stephanie, and four kids, Elliott (11), Parker (8), Cora (6), and Zoe (6). Last summer, his family vacationed to the Smoky Mountains. He is the Director of Research & Development at Direct Electron, a company in San Diego that develops and manufactures high-performance scientific cameras for electron microscopy. Ben frequently travels to collaborate with academic research labs in the US, Glasgow (Scotland), and Cape Town (South Africa). He was invited to provide training on electron cryomicroscopy at Stanford University, and he presented his work at international research conferences in Hong Kong and Portland, Oregon.

Ben was awarded three new research grants from the US Department of Energy, his first grants as a Principal Investigator. Just this year, he and his team are busy launching at least three new products (their most in one year). Benjamin is employed part-time as an Associate Pastor

by LifePoint Church in Pearland.

He writes the curriculum for small groups, preaches 6-8 times per year (videos of his sermons are available at http://youtube.com/bbammes), and plays electric guitar on the worship team.

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living in Olathe with his wife and 10 year-old daughter. They recently moved from Prairie Village, and their new home in Olathe has some land for their two German Shepherds to play on. Nathan has been working in St. Louis, a week on and then a week off, over the past 2 years despite living in KC. He is working between two hospitals in St. Louis as an intensivist (critical care medicine).

“It is a lot of time away from home but when I am off, I am truly off, and can spend time with my family,” Nathan said.

Lisa Hauser lives in San Francisco with her husband, Eric. She was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. Lisa and Eric have two dogs, one of whom is a “career change” from Guide Dogs for the Blind, a non-profit for which Lisa is a weekly volunteer.

Maria Maldonado is living in Houston, Texas, and began a new job last year working as a clinical social work therapist at the Trauma and Grief Center at Texas Children’s Hospital. “I feel really lucky that I am able to be part of two new initiatives for our clinic.” Maldonado said.

“The first is supporting trauma informed mental health initiatives and services in Puerto Rico. The second is initiating a mobile unit that provides therapy to students at their school, thus reducing barriers in accessing

care.” Last March, Maria gave a presentation at the International Association for Women’s Mental Health in Paris, France. She also wrote a couple of chapters for a book that she co-edited with her father, titled “Clinical Handbook for Transcultural Infant Mental Health.”

Jenny Preece is a sign language interpreter in Utah. Some of her most memorable and impactful assignments have been signing in a cadaver lab, college level history classes, which included World History and US History, traveling with the Weber State University lacrosse team and a three-year MSW program with one deaf student. “If there was such a thing as a PhD in general education, I would have earned it a long time ago through Weber State University and Utah State University,” Jenny said. Outside of the postsecondary education system, Jenny has had the privilege of interpreting at the state capital, and during a c-section and a birth. “There is no greater honor

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than to be allowed to witness such life-changing moments for the members of the deaf community.

I am humbled every time,” Jenny explained. Jenny’s husband recently quit his job so he could focus on their business fulltime.

Her daughter Amelia is 8 and Jenny says she is a lot like her.

She wants to try everything and wants to be with everyone. She pinches herself every time Amelia has a birthday because inside Jenny still feels 19. Owen is 6, in Kindergarten, and what one would expect from a six-year-old boy.

Jax is 3 “going on 30 and ‘I know everything’,” Jenny joked.

2001 Sarah Bellows-Blakely currently lives in Berlin, Germany, with her French husband and English Cocker Spaniel dog. Sarah earned her PhD in History in 2017 and is now a historian on the faculty at the Freie Universität of Berlin, where she supports doctoral candidates, teaches the odd MA class, and procrastinates on her scholarly writing. Sarah is both thankful for and blames History Day for her choice in careers. In their free time, Sarah, Clément (the husband), and Ripley (the dog) enjoy hiking in nearby forests, swimming in lakes, and exploring Germany. In the past year, Sarah has also started watercolor painting and cofounded a romance novel book

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club. Sarah loves keeping in touch with fellow Topeka Collegiate alumni and hopes anyone passing through Berlin will feel free to get in touch.

Shruti Challa was married to Patrick Ekeruo in San Francisco two years ago. They had a lively Indian-Nigerian wedding complete with drums, dancing and a white horse. They recently bought a home in Berkeley where they enjoy eating street food and interior design. Shruti has also continued her entrepreneurial journey. She was part of the leadership team at Rocket Travel that sold their company to Booking.com in 2015, and more recently joined Sonder, a $1B next-gen hospitality company, to run revenue and marketing. She and her husband enjoy investing in aspiring tech founders, most recently backing some frontier technologies like supersonic planes and lidar/radar for autonomous vehicles.

Kate Gardener is an adjudicator for the Department of Labor in Topeka. Her husband, Abe, has been a police officer for the past 14 months. Their son Jon will be 11 in October, daughter Amelia will be 3 in November, and they are expecting a new baby in late August.

2002 Adam Coulon began working

at Hypergiant as a software developer to pursue a career in the space and artificial intelligence industries.

Amelia Maxfield is living in Philadelphia where she works as a staff attorney for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. This year, she traveled to five countries and adopted a rescue dog named Bea Arthur.

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Jordan Carter is currently clerking for U.S. Magistrate Judge James O’Hara in the District of Kansas. She is serving as a Topeka Collegiate board trustee and was honored to give the commencement speech for the class of 2019. She lives in Lawrence with her fiancé, Topeka Collegiate alum Nick Gitto ‘06, and their black lab, Otto. Three of her bridesmaids are fellow Topeka Collegiate graduates: Christina Wissman (Gitto) ‘03, Celina Garay ‘03, and Chandler Surrency (Maxon) ‘03.

Katherine (Kathy) Heflin was awarded the NHSC (National Health Service Corps) Scholarship this fall. The NHSC Scholarship is a competitive national award given to clinicians who are committed to working in underserved communities after graduation — and who have shown a clear commitment to that end in their past work. This scholarship will cover all of her medical school expenses at Dartmouth Geisel Medical School.

Once she completes her residency, she will be placed in a clinic of her choice that serves high-need populations, which is why she chose to attend medical school.

Megan Reynolds is in her sixth year of teaching K-12 Spanish and 6th Computer Applications at Flint Hills Christian School in Manhattan, Kansas. For the first time this year, she is teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture. Students in her HS Spanish classes take proficiency exams at the end of each year as qualifiers for Seal of Biliteracy — outside recognition of their language abilities! They have awarded seven Seals in the last two years. As of January, Megan assumed the position of Chapter President, Webmaster,

and Poster Contest Coordinator for the Kansas Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Outside of Spanish, she served as a technical director for school programs and productions, and has a student Tech Team that she trains to help run various events during the year.

Megan’s theatre degree doesn’t go to waste as she also coaches forensics events for the Fine Arts Festival in March, hosted by Cair Paravel Latin School, directs high school students in VBS over the summer, and she recently accepted an Interim Production Assistant position at University Christian Church where she has volunteered on the Worship/ Tech team for over 10 years. If she finds some free time, she spends it with her dog Diego, performing any way she can, or tinkering around in video production and other pet projects. “I’m never bored that’s for sure!” Reynolds explained.

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Austin Gideon currently resides in Kansas City and is a Partner at Five Elms Capital, a growth equity firm investing in fast-growing software

businesses. In 2019, he became an uncle to his nephew, Banks, and was selected as a recipient of the Ingram’s 20 in Their 20s award.

Austin is a board member for a number of Five Elms’ investments as well as Silver Lake Bank. In his spare time, Austin enjoys hiking (most recently last fall near Duluth, MN on the Superior Hiking Trail with his brother, Nick Gideon ‘08), golfing, cooking, and fishing.

Since earning her masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh in 2017, Tess Wilson-Gay worked as a public librarian, primarily focusing on workforce development and community engagement. However, in September of 2019, she left Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for a new position! As Community Engagement Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Middle Atlantic Region, Tess supports health literacy programming in libraries through trainings and funding. She works with public libraries and nonprofits in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, finding creative ways to promote reliable health information resources and education in their spaces. This job also allows her to travel around the country teaching and presenting at various conferences, which makes for some fun adventures (in fact, she wrote this on a plane to Nashville!). Even though she’s moved on from public library outreach, she continues to volunteer at the Allegheny

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County Jail, where she presents interactive storytimes to visiting families. She’s also part of a United for Libraries taskforce focused on engaging younger generations in library interest groups, with a book forthcoming in the summer of 2020.

Her writing can also be found in the online supplement to True Stories of Censorship Battles in American Libraries. Outside of her library work, Tess teaches bookbinding classes at a local makerspace, leads online privacy workshops with the Library Freedom Project, offers mentor/mentee trainings with The Mentoring Partnership, and serves as an urban eco-steward for her local park. On a rare free weekend, she tries to get outside and enjoy the hills and valleys of Appalachia. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a dog, a cat, and way too many books.

2005 Bondy Kaye is in the final year of his doctoral candidature at Queensland Universe of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He is the editorial assistant for Media Industries Journal and a research fellow in the Digital Media Research Centre in the Faculty of Creative Industries. Bondy completed his master’s Degree at Kansas State University in 2016, researching digital music aggregation companies. In 2015, he released an original album with his band, Parallel Path. Unfortunately, the band broke up when he moved to

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Australia in 2017. He has presented work at conferences in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Last summer, he was selected to attend the Summer Doctoral Program hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University. He met his partner, Zin Mar Myint, while he was pursuing his master’s degree at K-State. They were married in November 2016 in Topeka, then again in January 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar, then again in June 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico.

She is also working toward her PhD at QUT. Bondy has a weekly call with Daniel Lessenden and Robert Hamilton, his two closest friends in the world whom he met at Collegiate in Mrs. Young’s Pre-K and then Mrs. Rose’s 3rd grade. “I would have never imagined I’d be living in Australia with a partner from Myanmar doing a doctoral degree, but if anything Collegiate definitely put me on this path,” Bondy said.

are living and working in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ellen McGivern completed her master’s degree in Art Administration from Seattle University in June 2019. She is in the process of looking for jobs.

2007 Jonah Freed is a Case Manager at Kovler Center Child Trauma Program in Chicago. He will pursue a master’s degree in Social Work starting in the fall.

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2006

Sjobor Hammer and Nathan Budge were married in New Orleans on March 31, 2019. They

Kaitlin Hannigan married Clayton “Grizz” Smith (a southern gentleman who transferred to Kansas with GM from Louisiana) on August 28, 2018. They had a small ceremony at the courthouse. On November 10, 2019 Kaitlin and Clayton had a beautiful unity ceremony and

wedding reception at Willows Bend.

In attendance were Brooke (Rahn) Leahy, Phyllis Hoyt, Debra Fisher, and Paula Huff, who helped out with day-of coordination. Kaitlin is balancing most of her time between working for Taggart and Associates and finishing up her degree at the University of Kansas in psychology and women, gender and sexuality studies. She and her husband live north of Lawrence on a wooded property off Lake Dabinawa.

Maura McGivern completed her master’s degree in International Business in 2018 from the University of London. She is an email marketing producer in London for an online luxury goods company called NET-A-PORTER. Anika Reza spent one semester teaching conversational English at the Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. She is taking a gap year between her job and law school, which she plans to attend this fall. Prior to teaching at the university, Anika worked for one year in the refugee resettlement department with AmeriCorps at Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. She taught refugees English as a Second Language (ESL) and Cultural Orientation classes. She also worked on Paul Davis’ congressional campaign in Lawrence.

2009 Riley Mickelsen is in her third

year of medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Riley completed her family medicine and pediatric rotations at Stormont Vail and had the opportunity to work with Topeka Collegiate current parents Dr. Gotru, Dr. Muppalla and Dr. Othman. Riley will apply for OBGYN residencies this fall.

Luke Miltz lives in Roeland Park, Kansas. He graduated in May 2017 from Baker University with a bachelor’s degree in International Business, minoring in Spanish.

Right out of college, he spent two years working in the Admissions Office at BU, traveling across Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska recruiting prospective students.

While employed at Baker, Luke completed his Master of Business Administration, graduating in 2019. Luke currently works in marketing for Netsmart, a software company in Overland Park, KS. He is an active alumni volunteer on the Board of Trustees for his fraternity and at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Lenexa, KS. Looking ahead, Luke has recently begun the ordination process in the United Methodist Church and plans to attend seminary at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary outside Chicago, IL. Devin Rot is a student at Washburn University, pursuing a degree in Archaeology. She is considering a minor in Psychology.

Devin has been a full-time quality

assurance specialist at Envista Credit Union for the past five years.

Natalie Shinn works at Hill’s Pet Nutrition at the corporate office as a Consumer Affairs Agent.

She looks forward to growing her career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and is grateful to all those who have helped her on her journey thus far.

She adopted two golden retrievers, Ryder and Giselle, who became parents to 11 golden retriever puppies on December 27. “This experience taught me so much and it is one that I will forever be grateful for having,” Natalie Shinn said. “All 11 puppies found their fur-ever homes ranging from Arizona and Colorado to Chicago and Florida.”

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Megan Anderson is in her second year of law school at The University of Chicago Law School.

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internship at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division where she worked primarily on fraud cases.

This summer, she will be at Jones Day in Chicago. In Megan’s free time, she plays on the law school dodgeball team and choreographed the school musical!

Alec Berryman graduated from the University of Kansas in Spring 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. He has worked as a Process Engineer for Futamura in Tecumseh, KS for the past year and a half. In this role, he helps design, optimize and monitor continuous chemical manufacturing processes. In addition, he supports environmental and process safety projects. Last year, Alec had the opportunity to travel to Houston for a Relief Valve Design course and to Charlotte for a Process Safety Management course. Alec hopes he will have the opportunity to travel to his company’s sister plant in the United Kingdom this year. Alec resides in downtown Topeka and enjoys exploring the downtown restaurants on weekends or traveling to Kansas City to hang out with friends.

Caty Field resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where she works at the Missouri Housing Development Commission. She administers two

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state grant funding programs for homeless prevention. Caty enjoys traveling as much as possible, taking full advantage of having friends spread across the states.

Maria Kingfisher is in her final semester at Washburn University. In May, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature, “shout out to Mr. Mac and Mrs. Moyer,” Maria added. She is working as a manager at Thornton Place, an independent living facility for seniors. “It’s a true pleasure to get to work with people who have countless stories,” Maria shared. “All of my residents are special to me, and I love to be of service to others.”

Austin McClure graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Accounting. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Accounting, also from KU. He will finish with his master’s degree in May and will begin studying for the CPA exam. Beginning in September, Austin will work as an auditor at a public accounting firm.

He has completed three internships with this firm and has enjoyed his experience. “I have to give Mrs. Hoyt all the credit for making numbers so much fun to work with,” Austin said. He still sees several Topeka Collegiate alumni around campus, older and younger than those in his graduating class. Austin notes that he can still recognize almost everyone who attended Topeka Collegiate when he sees them on campus. In 2018, Austin completed

his first full season on the NHRA circuit and finished 23rd in the country in his class out of 1,028 other racers. He traveled to Phoenix, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Chicago to race in 2018.

Alexandra Millhuff graduated from William Jewell in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She also finished a 13-year-long career as a competitive swimmer and was recognized as a Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award recipient for having a 4.0 GPA as a student athlete. She also earned the GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award for maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA as an athlete. Following graduation, Alex worked as an assistant chemist for MRIGlobal, a research organization in Kansas City.

She worked in the pharmaceutical lab, where she monitored the stability of antineoplastic drug candidates using various chemistry techniques for ongoing projects funded by the National Cancer Institute. After working at MRIGlobal, Alex decided to go back to school to pursue a career as a physician. She is a first year medical student at Kansas City University of Medicine and

Biosciences. She is the director of the school’s student-run clinic, as well as the first year representative for KCU’s surgery club.

Sahil Rattan graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California, where he majored in Economics and Finance. After graduation, Sahil worked in investment banking focusing on mergers and acquisitions for large technology companies at Deutsche Bank in San Francisco. Now, Sahil works for a Private Equity backed software company called Termsheet.com, which he cofounded. Termsheet.com helps streamline workflow for real estate professionals in San Francisco.

When he’s in Topeka, Sahil loves catching up with Topeka Collegiate classmates Alec Berryman ’10 and David Gernon ’10.

Ashley Smith married Connor Gannaway in December 2018.

They had a beautiful ceremony at Dogwood Canyon and enjoyed a honeymoon in St. Lucia. They adopted Max, their St. Bernard, in November 2018. Ashley worked as a RN at Advent Health Shawnee Mission on the PCU on a PRN basis. In January, Ashley accepted a full-time job at Children’s Mercy.

Ashley and Connor bought their first house in Overland Park in July 2019. They enjoy owning their own home and working on house renovation projects as time allows.

2011 Elena Blum is pursuing a degree in Psychology, working to ultimately become an educator or zoo keeper.

Elena is currently completing an internship with the Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center in the education department. Elena is a docent for the Topeka Zoo and helps plan their fundraisers each year. Elena has worked in the Extended Day program at Topeka Collegiate for the past five years, and she is very active in the theatre community. Most recently, she participated in “We Will Rock You” at Topeka Civic Theatre. This is her second mainstage show at TCT. Skyler Dykes graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May with a degree in Music and French and minors in Political Science and Business. As a senior, Skyler was one of 13 students selected for the 114th class of UNL’s top senior

honorary, The Innocents Society, and served as the organization’s President.

Skyler has also served as President of the Fine and Performing Arts College’s Student Advisory Board, a Senator on Student Government, and Vice President of the University Honors Peer Mentoring Program.

Upon graduation in May, Skyler plans to work in Education and Community Engagement at Omaha Performing Arts, the largest arts nonprofit in the state of Nebraska.

Skyler will also remain active in statewide arts advocacy efforts, currently serving on the Board of Directors of Nebraskans for the Arts and as the coordinator of UNL’s annual Rally for the Arts.

Grayson Manley graduated from Baker School of Nursing in May and started working at Stormont Vail Behavior Health as a RN in July.

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Grayson plans on attending Doctor of Nursing Practice School to obtain her nurse practitioner degree, but for now she is just enjoying her nursing career.

Her daughter, Ryan, is four, and they are “enjoying school-free life.”

family in 2018. She studied Spanish and had the opportunity to travel.

In October, Mariella was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Honors Nursing Society at The University of Kansas. Mariella finished her last semester of nursing school and will begin a position at Children’s Mercy on 5 Henson/Hall, which is a general medical/surgical unit.

2012 Cheyenne Kahler is working toward a degree in International Business from the University of Kansas. She works fulltime at an online retail store in Lawrence where she has been employed for the past four years.

During track season, Cheyenne coaches Track and Field at Hayden High School. During her first year, she coached long jump and triple jump, and now, three years later, she coaches distance. Cheynne married Colton Roemer on May 1. Cheyenne’s sister, Alexis Kahler ’13, and classmates Elena Blum ’11 and Savia Pettinella (T) were bridesmaids. Two out of the three of Cheyenne’s Great Danes served as ring bearers on her big day.

Mariella Kennedy spent a semester in Sevilla, Spain, living with a host

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Micaela Magee completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in three years, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Business. In August 2019, Micaela moved to Florida to attend a Clinical Psychology doctoral program at the Florida Institute of Technology, where she will complete her Psy.D. in 2024.

Anneleise McEvoy graduated Cum Laude from Washburn University in December 2019. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Mass Media with an emphasis in Public Relations and a minor in Leadership. During her time at Washburn, Anneleise completed three transformational experiences two in leadership and one in the creative category. She was a campus activity director for two years of her college career. The highlight of this position was when Washburn

flew Anneleise and her peers down to Dallas, Texas, for a week to book acts to come to campus. She completed three internships: one at the Topeka Country Club as their social media intern, one at Advisors Excel as their special events intern, and one at the Stormont Vail Events Center as their marketing intern.

She enjoyed staying active in her sorority Delta Gamma for all fours years and served as their Director of Public Relations for a year, Vice President of Programming for a year, and Vice President of Member Education for a year. She was a member of two honor societies — Mortar Board and Gamma Sigma Alpha. She was also a part of Washburn’s Bods in PR. Anneleise received two awards during her time at Washburn University. The Who’s Who Award is a program that honors outstanding campus leaders for scholastic and leadership achievements. The True Blue Bod Spirit Award is given to a student who has contributed time, energy, support and spirit to an organization, its members and Washburn University. Anneleise serves as an intern for both

Advisors Excel and the Stormont Vail Events Center while searching for a fulltime PR career.

Laura Nicolae graduated from Harvard in May 2020 with a degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus in Economics. This year, she captained Harvard’s national Federal Reserve Challenge team (a macroeconomics competition team) for the third time and placed 2nd at nationals. This summer, Laura will be moving to New York City to work in macroeconomic research in the financial industry.

Sage Pourmirza proposed to his girlfriend Sam Buesing in August 2019. They are planning an October 2020 wedding. Sage graduated

with a degree in Political Science from Washburn University. He is involved in “We Will Rock You” at Topeka Civic Theatre. Sage will begin Law School at Washburn University in the fall.

Mira Ram graduated from Dartmouth College this spring, majoring in Psychology and Digital Arts. As an undergraduate, she worked as the Chief of Staff at Dartmouth’s Digital Applied Learning and Innovation Lab. She has contributed to novel research on octopus cognition with two pending publications. Additionally, she recently launched two different mental health-oriented mobile applications, where she served as the sole designer. As a result of her research and project work across psychology and design, Mira has been a four-time Neukom Scholar. In the fall, Mira will begin working toward her master’s degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Digital Arts at Dartmouth. She hopes to concentrate her coursework and research in graphical processing and virtual reality.

Jordie Schwerdt graduated with Honors from UCLA this spring with a bachelor’s degree in Psychobiology. She has been a member of the UCLA dance team for three years. This season, they were featured on Inside Edition, Spectrum News, and they performed live on the Kelly

Clarkson show. Jordie is a four-year member of the Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer club, which raises money for pediatric cancer research. She also organized a fundraiser to purchase supplies for the NICU at Mattel Children’s Hospital. Jordie plans to apply to nurse practitioner programs this May, in hopes of becoming a pediatric or neonatal nurse practitioner.

Neha Tripathi is a senior at the University of Colorado — Boulder studying psychology and mathematics. Her post-graduation plans include marketing and management.

Neha is currently a marketing intern at Spine West, a physiatry practice in Boulder.

Her extracurricular activities include being the captain of CU’s Classical Indian Dance Team (CU Abhinaya) as well as being a board member and founder of CU NYAGI, a university organization dedicated to providing ultrasound training to local healthcare workers in developing countries. On the

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weekends you can probably find Neha hiking the Boulder Flatirons, skiing down the Rockies, and of course, dancing.

2013 Adam Cole is a junior at Mizzou.

He spent Spring ’19 as the sports editor for The Maneater, the student paper at Mizzou. Adam spent the summer in Omaha, working on the breaking news and online desks for the World-Herald. When he returned to Columbia, and he began working for the Columbia Missourian as a sports reporter, covering high school football. During spring semester, he worked for the Missourian’s sports section once again, but as a features and enterprise reporter. Adam is the Vice President for the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) at Mizzou since Fall ’19. Adam is on track to graduate in Spring ’21 with a degree in Journalism and an emphasis in Magazine Writing.

Isabel Huckins graduated from Washburn University this spring with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology.

An internship with the Topeka Police Department is planned for this summer. While at Washburn University, Isabel founded the first multicultural sorority at Washburn — Washburn University Associate Chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. She is the community service chair in her sorority, and she has also been on

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the Dean’s List or President’s List every semester of college. She’s also a member of the Criminal Justice Association at Washburn and a member of Gamma Sigma Alpha, an honor society on campus. Isabel’s daughter, Evelyn, is two-yearsold, and she hopes to enroll her in preschool when she turns three. In the fall, Isabel will begin earning her master’s degree at Washburn, studying Leadership and Communications.

She hopes to secure a job with the KBI or Topeka Police Department, while working toward her master’s degree. In March, Isabel spoke at a national conference about police reforms in Atlanta. She’s a dedicated volunteer in the community, logging approximately 150 hours.

Job Kemp is working at UPS and Greenridge Recreation Center in Roanoke, Virginia. He plans to go back to school in the near future to earn his bachelor’s degree.

Noor Kyasa transferred to the University of Kansas this year.

She is acclimating to a new school system and environment. Noor is involved in the Muslim Student Association club at KU, and she plans to join the KU Rock Climbing club. She is majoring in Biology, specifically a Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology major. In addition to school, she volunteers for triage at the Mercy Health Free Clinic in Kansas City.

Joe McGivern is a junior at the University of Kansas studying

Business and Marketing. He is employed with the KU Athletic Department.

2014 Edward Baker is a sophomore at Washburn University majoring in Computer Information Sciences.

Luke Dingman is a sophomore at Kansas State University studying Psychology. He is on the K-State Honor Roll and maintains a 3.6 GPA. Luke is enjoying being enrolled in more classes centered around his major this semester.

He works part time at Freddy’s in Manhattan and was promoted to supervisor last semester. “I have the added responsibility of management,” Luke said. Next year, Luke plans to take a year off of school to focus on working, saving money and finding his passion. “I love learning about psychology, but I want to reevaluate if that’s what I want my career to center around,” Luke explained. “I am interested in other things, such as law and film, but I am not sure yet where I plan to go or what I plan to do.”

Duncan Gabel is taking classes at Washburn University. He will eventually transfer to Kansas State University to obtain his bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Drew Mahan is a sophomore at the University of Kansas, studying

Civil Engineering. He has already learned four

different programs used by engineers in the field. He is searching for a summer internship that will allow him the opportunity to use some of these programs and experience what type of work environment he can expect when he graduates. He is part of KU Young Democrats and several environmental advocacy groups.

In his spare time, he is involved in basketball and soccer leagues in Lawrence.

Ryan Reza is a sophomore at the University of Kansas. He is pursuing a double-major in Political Science and Global and International studies with a minor in Spanish.

Ryan is the Vice President of the KU Young Democrats and Secretary of State for Kansas Young Democrats. He recently

launched his state-wide campaign for President of the Kansas Young Democrats. On campus, Ryan coordinates heavily with advocacy groups such as Planned Parenthood and Sunrise Movement for KU Young Democrat-related issues, campaigning on climate action and women’s rights. He is the chief field organizer for a number of democratic activities on campus including voter registration efforts.

He also volunteers at the local homeless shelter.

Amber Schmidt is a sophomore at Florida Southern College, earning a BA in Music with a double concentration in Voice and Piano. After earning her undergraduate degree, she plans to study Ethnomusicology in graduate school. Amber hopes to spend a few weeks in Taiwan this summer, learning about music and culture.

In addition to classes, Amber is singing and writing pieces for the campus a cappella group called the Mocappellas, and she performs in the operas on campus. She continues to serve during breaks by going on mission trips to assist with hurricane relief.

2015 Myah Berryman is taking a year off of studying and working full-time at Wolfe’s Camera Store in downtown Topeka. She will attend Washburn University in the fall, where she plans to study

Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Forensic Science.

Angel Elliott is a freshman at the University of Kansas where he is pursuing a degree in Strategic Communications with a minor in Business. He received multiple academic scholarships and a Presidential Scholar Award to the University of Kansas. He is part of KU’s multicultural scholar program and enjoys seeing his Topeka Collegiate classmates on the KU campus. During Angel’s junior year of high school, he took an entrepreneurship class and became heavily affiliated with the organization Youth Entrepreneurs.

He created an entire business model, as well as projections for a medicinal marijuana dispensary based out of Turlock, California.

His business plan won the schoolwide competition, and he competed at state, where he pitched the idea to judges “shark-tank style.” He earned a second place finish and a prize of $900. Angel was the senior class treasurer for Topeka High’s link crew, he took video production for two years of high school and occasionally made appearances on the morning report. Angel studied multimedia and became proficient with Adobe products and learned how to code his own websites through 501’s TCALC program.

Angel received superior honors nearly every semester of his high school career and joined Mu Alpha Theta (mathematics society). Angel maintained a weighted GPA of 4.3

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and graduated in the Top 5% of his class in May 2019.

Amelia Fager is a freshman at the University of Kansas, majoring in Interior Architecture and Design.

This is a brand-new program at KU, and Amelia’s graduating class will be the second with this degree.

Only 30 students were accepted into this prestigious program. Amelia graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 2019. She was a member of the swimming and diving team all four years. She took French and traveled to France with her class. She was in AP studio art her junior and senior year of high school, was a Blueprint medalist from 2017-2019, a 2018 Purchase Award winner, a Scholastics 2018 Gold Key winner, a 2019 Silver Key winner, and a three time Scholastics 2019 Gold key winner. She helped curate an art exhibit at the Sabatini Gallery and earned art scholarships to both McPherson and Baker University.

Kai Glashausser is a freshman at Amherst College in Massachusetts.

While he has not yet decided on a major, he is considering a double major in Physics and French. He is studying Astronomy, Music and French. This past fall semester, he played piano in a jazz combo, and this semester, he plays percussion in orchestra. Kai graduated from Washburn Rural High School in May 2019 with an International Baccalaureate diploma. During his senior year, he was involved in

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National Honor Society, was the president of Math Club, and played piano in Jazz Band. He also played guitar in Pep Band and guitar in Pit Orchestra.

Tanushree Jadhav is a freshman at the University of Kansas, majoring in Chemical Engineering with a pre-med path. She volunteers and shadows a cardiothoracic trauma surgeon at Truman medical center in Kansas City, and volunteers at the Lawrence Humane Society. She is currently working to build a non-profit organization that will take medical professionals around rural areas in third world countries where medical supplies and staff are limited to administer vaccinations. Tanu graduated from Washburn Rural High School in May 2019. She was voted “most likely to solve world hunger,” by her classmates and received an ACT award for receiving a score higher than 32.

Korbin Kido is a freshman at Ottawa University. He received an athletic Men’s Basketball Scholarship and a Dome Academic Scholarship to Ottawa University.

Korbin recently finished his first basketball season, playing guard.

Korbin plans to major in sports management, and he will have an opportunity to attend a two-week Seattle Vans camp this summer to shadow and learn about career opportunities. During his senior year at Topeka West High School, Korbin was nominated for Winter

Royalty and was a citywide winter sports candidate. He was the captain of the basketball team his senior year and an honorable mention all-state starter for two years.

India MacDonald is a freshman at the University of Kansas where she is pursuing a THeatre Performance major and Spanish minor. India made her KU theatre debut in The Wolves and just recently performed in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. India graduated from Topeka High School in May 2019 where was heavily involved in theater. India performed in 13 shows, was the stage manager for two musicals, emceed SRO her senior year, was the President of the Topeka High School Thespian Troupe #210 for two years and Vice President for one. India was the President of the National English Honors Society for one year and Secretary of Gender and Women’s Issues Club. She was also on Honor Roll all four years of her high school career. She received the Martha Herrick Theater Scholarship, a scholarship from the International Thespian Society for performance, a National Honor Thespian Award and a scholarship to Nebraska Wesleyan.

Kiana Magee is a Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology major with a Psychology minor through the University of Kansas Honors program. She joined the Delta Delta Delta sorority at KU and is involved in Chemistry Club.

Kiana volunteers weekly at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in radiology and in the Emergency Room.

Jack Mickelsen is attending Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, Rhode Island.

He will be a Plebe at the Naval Academy next year with the hopes to commission as a Marine ground officer in 2024. Jack graduated from Topeka High School in May 2019.

He was involved in National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, the Battalion Commander in Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (MCJROTC), Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (MCJROTC) and commander of the armed drill team (MCJROTC).

Matt Mahan is a freshman at McPherson College in the Auto Restoration program. He is minoring in Business and currently looking for summer internships.

During first semester, Matt completed a sheet metal class and is currently enrolled in an engine rebuilding class. Matt enjoys taking a Model T to car shows, including the Model T Winter Clinic.

Matt recently purchased a 1963 Studebaker Lark to fix up at school.

He graduated from Topeka High School in May where he took auto shop for all four years. This sparked an interest in auto restoration.

Matt played varsity soccer for three years and was goalkeeper all four years of high school. He was a team manager for the girls’ soccer team

his junior and senior year and participated in German club.

Ana Stewart attended the University of Colorado — Boulder for one semester before returning to Topeka in December. Ana is considering a career as a tattoo artist, but for now she is pursing selling art pieces, getting into art shows and galleries in a part-time freelance approach.

Baker Valley is a freshman at the University of Kansas where he is majoring in Business Administration and received a Chancellor’s Scholarship. He is an International Baccalaureate diploma recipient from Washburn Rural High School. During his senior year, he was the Vice President of National Honor Society, the senior student council class president, and played tennis for WRHS.

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Coral Aboud is a senior in the International Baccalaureate program at Washburn Rural

High School. As part of her IB requirements, Coral voluntarily completed a tree mural in the Topeka Collegiate library. Coral taught an art Summer Adventure, and she plans to teach two this summer.

Irene Caracioni is a senior at Topeka High School. She has been involved in Debate and Forensics for the past four years. This year, she is the President of Debate and Vice President of Forensics. This past summer, she held an internship at the State Legislature and one at Loud Light Nonprofit. Irene is the all-school treasurer for Student Government, president of Math Club, and a member of the Scholars Bowl team. She is also the President of National English Honors Society, a member of National Honor Society, and a member of Topeka High’s swimming team. She’s a four-year honor roll recipient, a Kansas Honor Scholar (Top 5%) and a Governor Scholar (Top 1%). Last year, she received Board of Education ACT Score Recognition. Irene is a National Merit Finalist, a National AP Scholar, and an Academic All-

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American for the past two years. Irene plans to pursue a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics at the University of Kansas.

Sydney Frederick is a senior at Topeka West High School. She dances for the Westsiders and is on Topeka West’s diving team. Sydney is a Kansas Honor Scholar (Top 5%) and a member of the National Honor Society. This summer, she volunteered at Alex’s Lemonade Stand during Midwest Lemonade Days at Hy-Vee. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation helps fund pediatric cancer research. Sydney plans on attending Emporia State next year where she hopes to study Pediatric Nursing.

Jacob Gernon is a senior at Topeka High School. He’s involved in Student Government, National English Honor Society, National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, a math society. Jacob is a Kansas Honors Scholar and a Kansas Governor’s Scholar (Top 1%). He helped cofound the Topeka

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Youth Commission in July 2018.

It’s a youth-advocacy organization that seeks to create a two-way partnership and collaboration with youth and adults. Youth retention and spreading awareness about youth issues is TYC’s main focuses.

Since its founding, they have hosted a gun violence youth town hall with the mayor, a voting registration drive, a Grub Crawl (tour of downtown restaurants), and a youth on organizational boards training event. Jacob plans on taking a gap year in Lyon, France, to participate in a French-immersion program.

Christopher Hargreaves is a senior at Topeka West High School where he plays varsity basketball and throws the discus during track season. Chris was nominated for homecoming king his senior year, and he plans to attend Kansas State University next year.

Cooper Hochard is a senior at Topeka High School. During his time at Topeka High, he has played soccer for four years, basketball for one year, tennis for three years and bowling for three years. He is

involved in Future Business Leaders of America, Mu Alpha Theta (math society), National Honor Society, and Link Crew, a mentorship and leadership program that assists freshmen students. Cooper is also involved in Debate, Forensics and Robotics. Cooper has earned a spot on Topeka High’s honor roll every semester throughout his high school career. This year, he was named a Kansas Honor Scholar (Top 5%).

He earned All-League Academic Team recognition for soccer and attended the KCI Invitational in Debate. Cooper received a Morrison Scholarship from Wichita State University where he will be attending in the fall. He plans to study Aerospace Engineering.

Aditi Malay is a senior at Washburn Rural High School. She is involved in Debate and Forensics, Tennis, National Honor Society, and the Mental Health Club, of which

she is a co-founder. Outside of school, Aditi plays the piano, does Bharatanatyam, an Indian Classical Dance style, participates in the Youth Form at Family Service and Guidance Center and is the co-chair of the government subcommittee with the Topeka Youth Council.

Ethan McCart is working on his Electronic Engineering degree. He is attending Bellingham Technical College in Washington. This oneyear degree will allow Ethan the opportunity to join the workforce right away and gain real-world experience in the field.

Malcolm Lathrop-Allen is a senior at Topeka High School. An injury caused him to miss his senior soccer season, but he was healthy enough to participate in swimming this year. Malcolm was a captain of his swim team and an all-centennial league academic. Malcolm plays baseball for Topeka High. He plays first or third and had one of the highest batting averages last season.

He earned second team all-city and all-league honors. Malcolm is a Governor’s Scholar (Top 1%) and a Kansas Honors Scholar. He’s involved in National Honor Society, the

political science club, Mu Alpha Theta (math club), the bracelet-making club, and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). Malcolm received a perfect 36 on his ACT during his junior year of high school. Although Malcolm is currently undecided on the college he will attend next year, University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Williams and Bowdoin are top choices on his list.

Ethan Payne is a senior at Topeka High School. He is a Kansas Honor Scholar and a member of National Honor Society. Ethan played soccer for Topeka High and received an all-league first team mention his senior year and a first team allacademic award during his junior and senior soccer seasons. Ethan qualified for state for the past three years in swimming. During his senior year, he qualified in two individual events and two relays. He received a second team all-league mention and first team all-city recognition.

Nathan Swaffer will graduate from Topeka High where he is the Editor-in-Chief of Topeka High’s

student newspaper, The World, and works on the staff of the THS Morning Report broadcast. He has accepted admission into the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Kansas for next fall and received a Jayhawk academic scholarship.

He also received the Topeka High School Dean Smith Scholarship and a Topeka High Tower Award. He is a two-time Kansas Scholastic Press Association state qualifier in sports writing, finishing first in regionals in 2020 and third in 2019. Nate was a four-year varsity letter-winner as a keeper for the Trojan soccer team, receiving Centennial League AllAcademic honors as a junior and a senior and All-League Honorable Mention in his final season. He earned a spot on the THS honor roll all eight semesters and earned an academic letter.

2017 Lukas Brennan is a junior at Topeka High School. He is a member of Link Crew, a mentor and leadership program to assist freshmen and put on school events throughout the year. Lukas earned honor roll recognition every semester at Topeka High, and he is involved in soccer, swim team, and baseball.

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Xavier Harrison is a junior at Topeka High School where he is ranked third in his class. He is a member of Mu Alpha Theta (honors math society), the National English Honors Society and Link Crew.

Xavier has received high honor roll recognition every semester at Topeka High. Xavier is a part of the Morning Report, Topeka High’s morning news announcements, and he plays on Topeka High’s bowling team. He joined the school’s film club and participates in the technical aspects of theater. Most recently, he was the lighting designer for the show Clue.

Jude Wiley is a junior at Topeka High School. He is on the varsity bowling team, bowling an average of 165 per game. He is a member of GSA at Topeka High, which meets twice a month, and he enjoys rescuing every animal he finds.

2018 Adrianne Caracioni is a sophomore at Topeka High. She is heavily involved in debate, where she has earned advancement to state each year. Adrianne is involved in Scholars Bowl, soccer, and she played basketball for Topeka High her freshman year. Adrianne is a part of American Field Service, an international youth exchange organization, Going Green Club, Student Government, Women and Gender Issues Club, Conflict, Compromise and Political Culture Club, and the Topeka Youth

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Commission, housed within the Greater Topeka Partnership.

Kathryn Githinji is a sophomore at Lake Forest Academy in Chicago where she participates in three varsity sports: swimming, basketball and soccer. She was named Athlete of the Year — Freshman Girl. Kathryn enjoys community service at Feed my Starving Children. She is a member of Women in STEM Club and Future Medical Leaders of the World.

Kathryn is on the Athletic Advisory Committee and Dorm Council. She is a Student Facilitator and a Student Ambassador. She participates in the Global Youth Leadership Institute, which is a three-year high school leadership program that fosters global pluralism and environmental care. As part of the program, Kathryn spent a summer week sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. Students used collaborative leadership to work as a community.

As part of a yearlong study on Russia: Revolution and Resurgence, Kathryn spent two weeks in Russia with her school learning about Russian heritage, culture, language, history, and politics. The Global Leadership trip provided experiences to build on classroom learning and continue developing empathy, critical thinking, self-reliance, and global perspectives.

“This experiential learning program helped us interact with Russian teenagers at their school. We visited a prep school located in Moscow that focuses on International relations.

It was awesome to meet one of their volleyball coaches, a former Olympic athlete.” Kathryn loved St. Petersburg,

which is home to the State Russian Museum, housing iconic works

by Kandinsky, and the Mariinsky Theatre, which hosts opera and ballet.

She flew to Kazan and learned about history and economics. “We took the high-speed train to Moscow and explored the city, Red Square and the Kremlin. Russia is a beautiful country with majestic architecture and welcoming people.”

Elena Pacioianu is a sophomore at Topeka High. She is involved in tennis, band, Topeka High’s drumline, Scholars Bowl, theatre, Tri M (Topeka High’s music honors society), Medical Club and Mu Alpha Theta.

Luxanna Sands is a sophomore at Topeka High School. She plays varsity soccer and is involved with Topeka High’s step team. Lux is a member of AVID, a college preparatory elective, and she has earned a spot on honor roll each semester.

Om Watson is a sophomore at Washburn Rural High School in the pre-IB program. He participates in Scholar’s Bowl and is a member of Chess Club.

2019 Laura Beatty is a freshman at Topeka West High School. She is involved in West Spirit Club, marching band and she was on the girls’ freshman basketball team this year. In the fall, Laura had an opportunity to visit Topeka Collegiate

and speak to Middle School students about her transition to high school.

Abby Boyd is a freshman in the preIB program at Washburn Rural. She is involved in Forensics, Debate, Model UN, Renaissance Club and Younglife.

Abby is a member of Washburn Rural’s dance team, the Dancin’ Blues, and she is a competitive dancer at the Dance Factory.

Alexis Brosa is a freshman at Topeka High School. She is currently No. 1 in her class with a GPA of 4.571. Alexis earned a spot on the high honor roll and planned to play soccer this spring. She is taking French and Spanish this semester.

Lydia Etzel spent the first semester of her freshman year at Topeka High before transferring to Washburn Rural for second semester. At Topeka High, Lydia played volleyball and was a cheerleader. Lydia is enjoying her experience at WRHS. She is involved in Circle of Friends, a club for students with intellectual and development disabilities. She plans to try out for the WRHS cheerleading team this spring, and she participates in Younglife and Surge.

Elizabeth Fecteau is a freshman at Topeka High School. She plays the alto saxophone in concert band and marching band, and she recently went to district and state.

Elizabeth hopes to take part in

Topeka High School’s swim team.

Outside of school, Elizabeth is involved in youth court.

Dylan Foster is a freshman at Hayden High. He played for the freshman basketball team this winter.

Aidan Morrison is a freshman at Topeka High School. Aidan played soccer for the high school this fall, and he enjoys attending Topeka High basketball and football games.

Aidan is an honor roll student and he maintained a 4.0 GPA during his first semester in high school. He is also involved in a club called Study Hall and Mahomies.

Perry Payne is a freshman at Topeka High School. He was the starting centerback for the JV soccer team this fall, and he was a member of the high school’s swim team, participating in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke.

Taylor Rantz is a freshman at Shawnee Heights High School. She played volleyball and basketball for the Lady T-Birds this year.

Rishi Sandir is a freshman at Washburn Rural High School in the pre-IB program. He participated in soccer this fall, and takes several honors classes.

Thomas Schmidt is a freshman at Topeka High where he is in the top of his class and on honor roll.

Thomas participates in scouting and is working toward his Eagle Scout.

He played defender on Topeka High’s JV soccer team and plans to play club soccer this spring. He is involved in theater at Topeka High and at Topeka Civic Theatre. He did tech for Jasper in Deadland at Topeka High and is involved in Topeka High’s thespian troup. Thomas participated in Frozen Jr. at TCT, and he volunteers for Acting 2, a theater class after school.

In addition, Thomas is also a member of Topeka’s robed choir.

Rose Sorrenti is a freshman at Washburn Rural in the pre-IB program. She played tennis this fall and is involved in World Cultures Club. Rose loves to bake and is taking a meal management class where she has the opportunity to cook and bake.

Madisyn Vobach is a freshman at Topeka High. She earned a spot on honor roll first semester. She’s in advanced Spanish and taking design and art. She is fourteenth in her class out of 430 students and can been seen cheering in the student section at almost every sporting event.

Cholë Wolgast is a freshman at Washburn Rural. This summer, Chloë had the opportunity to attend an Interlochen camp. She was surrounded with artists like herself, and this opportunity opened her eyes to many kinds of art and changed the way she views her own work.

Chloë is involved in the National Arts Honors Society, and she says Topeka Collegiate prepared her well for the homework and presentations that go along with high school.

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Boldly Going Where No Auction Has Gone Before 2018-2019 Board Members Brandi Wells Board President Alison Hill Langham ’86 Vice President Susan H. Garlinghouse Secretary Karen Linn Treasurer Stacey Beatty, PhD Heather Birkbeck Kathy Damron Heather Morrison, MD Dave Sandir John Sorrenti Laura Stephenson, PhD Anita Valdivia Matt Vaughn, PhD Pete Vobach Robin Wolgast Dr. Lyn D. Rantz Head of School

Topeka Collegiate Auction Chair and Development Committee Chair dressed in theme for the Star Trek-themed auction.

Fund, Auction benefit Collegiate students The theme for the 2018-19 Annual Fund was “Soaring to Success: Imagine. Inspire.

Invest.”

Thank you to all who helped us soar!

Thank you for inspiring our students, faculty and staff with your generosity.

The Topeka Collegiate Community gathered together in April to build a Universe of Possibility for our students at Topeka Collegiate. This auction theme was certainly “out of this world,” and an evening of fun and philanthropy was enjoyed by

all who attended our 2019 Celebration Auction.

Highlights included creative videos and photos by Auction Chair Brandon Haberman and a special duet of “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical Hamilton performed by Joshua Svaty, Topeka Collegiate parent and emcee, and Matt Vaugh, Topeka Collegiate parent and board member.

Thank you to all who bid or served as volunteers for this year’s auction celebration.

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Honor Roll of Contributions Recognizing donors who supported Collegiate’s Annual Fund Soaring Eagle Council $10,000 and above Anonymous (2) Sandra and Peter Beak Jaya and Shekhar Challa Susan and Kent Garlinghouse Redbud Foundation American Eagle Council $7,500-$9,999 Golden Eagle Council $5,000-$7,499 Chaitanya Are Jett and Tim Elmer Founders’ Council $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous Heather and Pat Birkbeck Steven Blum and Judith Corkum Brandi and Rich Wells Alison Hill Langham ‘86

Zap the Gap $1,500-$2,499 Anonymous Dawn and Bernard Brosa Jill and Dusty Gary Karen and Andrew Linn Lyn and Micky Rantz Jessica Shepherd

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Jane and Richard Tilghman

Melissa and Jared Elliott

Matt and Laura Vaughn

Angela and Ekwensi Griffith

President’s Council $750-$1,499 Karli and Tom Alderson Shayna and Adam Anderson Stacey and Bob Beatty Dina and Channing Cox Jane and Russ Greene Glenda Herl and Mark Scheid Sam Nimishakavi and Swapna Mamidipally Shelley Pittman Priya and Dave Sandir John Sorrenti and Jen MacLeay Leslie and Luke Spellmeier Sri Suravarapu and Lalitha Rayavarapu Kimberly and Josh Svaty Pete Vobach and Mende Barnett Jill Williams Maban and Jack Wright Head of School’s Council $500-$749 Anonymous Jodi and Todd Boyd Balaji Datti and Sree Bandaru Stacey and Derrick Dawson Brittny Elder

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Sunil Gotru and Samantha Muppalla Sandy Hazlett Briana Jackson Ellen and Stuart Lamoreaux Salah Najm and Youmna Othman Scarlett and Brian Newell Martha and Dick Patterson Penny and Ed Plamann Lori and Brad Rupp Laura Stephenson Rebecca Thurman Anita Valdivia Jeremy Wangler and Michaela Saunders Dora Wen Terri and Chris Williams Anne and Brian Wilson

Benefactors’ Council $250-$499 Anonymous Lisa and Jason Austin Leroy Bahr Taylor and Derek Bremer Eva Brown Yun and Jim Butler Kelsey Culver Kathy Damron Robert DuBois

Ralph Fahnestock Tionna and Brandon Haberman Tiffany and Derek Harrison Jennifer Hopper Mindy Johnson Tabitha and Ryan Johnson Dung Le and Dang Nguyen Shannon and Stuart Little Mary Loftus and Glenn Freeman Krista and Daniel Nosker Todd Payne and Kelly Magerkurth Dianne and James Pyles Ellen Safier Megan and Justin Stowe Julie and Toby Wegner Young Hoi Willingham

Friends’ Council $50-$249 Anonymous (5) Alesia Arnold Kim Baker Ruth and Gene Bammes Ashley Beason-Manes Mark Bernal Kelley and Jason Berryman Michelle and Mark Bettis Chin and Chris Boiteau Don Boyd Elena Blum Rebecca Bonilla Preeti and Ashishkumar Chauhan Caleb Davis and Mary Beth Rader Pooja and Sumer Dhir Jaime and Tony Frederick Angie and Troy Frendle Chuck Frost

Kimberly Gibson Glashausser Family Mary Frost Joanne Harrison Allison and Jared Herl Pat and Keith Hooper Gloria and Jerry Johnson Karen and Dave Kapusta-Pofahl Crystal and Ron Kiely Leslie Land Marjorie Lathrop Brooke and Jeff Leahy Brian Littrell Tyler Luea Dennis Mahan and Tracey Goering Daniel Martin Ana and Shannon Miller Mary and Seth Moler Tally Moore Melanie and John Mullican Jennifer and Gene Owen Ken Park Lara and A.J. Rivera Tammy and Shaun Schmidt Hartej Sethi and Priti Duggal Kay Siebert Kevin Simons Alex Smirnov and Stephanie Heston Cara Snyder Julie Spencer Demetria Swindell Jeanyne Tangari Rachael Thompson Ashley and Jonathan Tyler Katrina Van Aalst Mukthiswar Velagandula and Radha Pulluru

Pat and John Welborn Kelly White and Jessica Karns Nichole Wilder Kate and Tim Willingham Lizzi and Grady Woodruff Chris Yorke ‘98 Blake and Rob Zachritz

Associates’ Council $1-$49 Mary Kate Baldwin Denise Barnett Myah Berryman Jay Carter Wyatt Croney Jenise Dixon Jeanne Ertmann Wayne Heumann and Stephanie Ralston Andrea and Kevin Holland Melanie and Brian Kayser Marilyn Kido Elian Mota Trina Perez Megan Petty ‘95 Samantha Crow Quist ‘95 David Zlotky

Giving Tuesday Tom Alderson Kim Baker Elena Blum Glenda Herl Phyllis Hoyt Briana Jackson Mindy Johnson Nick Krug

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Samantha Muppalla

City Glass and Mirror

Nichole and Jeremy Goodwin

Laura Nicolae ‘12 Sandy and Don Peterson Jane Tilghman Matt Vaughn Dora Wen Chris Williams

Dina and Channing Cox

Jane and Russell Greene

Gail Franklin

Tionna and Brandon Haberman

Susan and Kent Garlinghouse

Kathleen and David Heit

Angela and Ekwensi Griffith

Bridgette and Michael Hooper

Tabitha Johnson

Briana Jackson and Craig Scheve

Karen and Andrew Linn

Kathy Jackson

L&J Building Maintenance, LLC. Mary Beth and Jim Marchiony Lyn Rantz ServiceMaster (Patty and Kevin Nocktonick) Julie Spencer Jane Tilghman Valley Self Storage Brandi and Rich Wells

Mindy Johnson

Memorial Gifts Board of Trustees Susan Garlinghouse Susan Buder Horan Memorial Fund Brad Garlinghouse Mark Garlinghouse Matt Garlinghouse Meg Garlinghouse Susan and Kent Garlinghouse Kim Garlinghouse-Jones Susan Horan Garlinghouse Scholarship Fund Brad Garlinghouse Mark Garlinghouse Matt Garlinghouse Meg Garlinghouse Kim Garlinghouse-Jones Lanny Moyer Mary Loftus Scholarship Fund Mary Powell and Craig Yorke Dick Patterson Scholarship Fund Mary Powell and Craig Yorke In-Kind Gifts Kim Baker

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Professional Development Fund Karli and Tom Alderson Ruth and Gene Bammes Stacey and Bob Beatty Heather and Pat Birkbeck Elena Blum Steven Blum and Judith Corkum Rebecca Bonilla Eva Brown and Meredith Williard Megan and Mike Burgess Nicole Cabral Wyatt Croney and Ariel Garrett Kathy and Whitney Damron Maggie and Ken Doll Melissa and Jared Elliott Brenda and Gary Flanagan Susan and Kent Garlinghouse Kristy and Justin Gilbert

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Ellen and Stuart Lamoreaux Vanessa Lamoreaux Alison Hill Langham ’86 and Brian Langham Karen and Andrew Linn Brian Littrell and Page Jones Jean MacLeay Meef and Tom McBride Sara McBride Martha and Dick Patterson Lyn and Micky Rantz Kavitha and Seshu Rao Cheryl Rios Mary Rios-Crump Lori and Brad Rupp Security Benefit Alex Smirnov and Stephanie Heston Ariel Smith and Chris Escalante Megan and Justin Stowe Kimberly and Josh Svaty Jane and Dick Tilghman Anita Valdivia Stephanie and John Valley Laura and Matt Vaughn Pete Vobach and Mende Barnett Jeremy Wangler and Michaela Saunders Julie and Toby Wegner

Brandi and Rich Wells Terri and Chris Williams Anita and Larry Wolgast

Founders Fund Richard Davis Auction Underwriters Karli and Tom Alderson Alesia Arnold Lisa and Jason Austin Ballet Midwest Ruth and Gene Bammes Ashley Beason-Manes Best Western Wichita North Stacey and Bob Beatty Kelley Berryman Michelle and Mark Bettis Heather and Pat Birkbeck Mary Lou and Jim Birkbeck Blackbird Espresso Bar and Bistro Elena Blum Board and Brush Topeka Rebecca Bonilla Don Boyd Jodi and Todd Boyd Taylor and Derek Bremer Dawn and Bernard Brosa CAGE Gymnastics Calhoun’s Jewelers Capitol Federal Jay Carter City Glass & Mirror, Inc. Barbara Conant CoreFirst Bank Cortez Transportation

2018-19 Annual Fund & Auction Leaders Annual Fund Co-Chairs Chris Williams

Auction Chair Brandon Haberman

Class Captains Karli Alderson, Stacey Beatty, Dawn Brosa, Stacey Dawson, Maggie Doll, Vanessa Lamoreaux, Karen Linn, Kelly Magerkurth, Julie Spencer, Michaela Saunders and Jeremy Wangler, Julie Wegner, Anne Wilson

Auction Steering Committee Karli Alderson, Kim Baker, Megan Burgess, Melissa Elliott, Mindy Johnson, Natalie Kelly-Kindred, Matt Vaughn, Julie Wegner, Terri Williams, Josh Svaty

Cosmosphere SpaceMuseum Dina and Channing Cox Wyatt Croney Crooked Post Winery Kathy Damron Darting Basketball Academy David Zlotky Photography Richard Davis Stacey and Derrick Dawson Denison State Bank Devlin’s Wine and Spirits Dog Day Afternoon Maggie and Ken Doll Barbara and Spencer Duncan Duck Donuts Eagle Auto Wash Melissa and Jared Elliott Jett and Tim Elmer Mary and Noel Etzel Exploration Place Ralph Fahnestock

Fit Body Boot Camp Jaime and Tony Frederick Glenn Freeman and Mary Loftus Jennifer and Cody Foster Friends of the Topeka Zoo Gamers HQ Pere Garlinghouse ’00 Susan and Kent Garlinghouse Ariel Garrett Jill and Dusty Gary Genesis Health Club Jeremy Goodwin Sunil Gotru and Samantha Muppalla Great Move Team, Kristy and Justin Gilbert Angela and Ekwensi Griffith Brian Green, Allstate Insurance Matt Grubb Christina and Terry Haag Tionna and Brandon Haberman Hamilton, Wilson and Hendrickson

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Orthodontics Hazel Hill Chocolate Hill’s Pet Nutrition Kathleen and David Heit Heritage Bank Phyllis Hoyt Paula Huff Jan Irby Briana Jackson Jaegers Paintball Jaegerz Laser Tag Mindy Johnson Kansas Ballet Academy Kansas Children’s Discovery Center Kansas City Royals Kansas City Zoo Beth and Dan Kelly Ken Doll Photography Kyoto Restaurant & Sushi Bar Keslie and Scott Lake Ellen and Stuart Lamoreaux Alison ’86 and Brian Langham Marjorie Lathrop Lava Yoga Dang and Dung Le Karen and Andrew Linn Brian Littrell and Page Jones Lower Plumbing, Heating and Air Tyler Luea Ana Miller Mary and Seth Moler Morningstar’s Pizza Heather and Jared Morrison Moxy Hair Studio Mullican Family New Health and Anti-Aging Clinic Paint Therapy Uncorked

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Ken Park Sandy and Don Peterson Amanda and Matt Pfannenstiel The Pink Suitcase Shelley Pittman Polo Custom Products Potwin Pottery Prairie Glass Studio Pur-O-Zone Radiance Medical Spa Kavitha and Seshu Rao Jenalea Randall Lyn Rantz Michelle Rantz Susie and Dave Rantz Rupp Urology Clinic Dave Sandir Security Benefit Hartej Sethi and Priti Duggal Kay Siebert Silver Dollar City Stagg Hill Golf Club Alexander Smirnov and Stephanie Heston John Sorrenti and Jen MacLeay Leslie and Luke Spellmeier Laura Stephenson Julie Linn-Stevens and Kyle Stevens Megan Stowe Strathman Sales Summers, Spencer & Company, PA Supersonic Music Kimberly and Josh Svaty The Tasteful Olive, Liz Coleman Tevis Architects Rachael Thompson Rebecca Thurman

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Jane and Dick Tilghman Topeka Civic Theatre Topeka Pizza Urban Salon Anita Valdivia Laura and Matt Vaughn Vaughn Pediatric Dentistry Pete Vobach and Mende Barnett Julie and Toby Wegner Brandi and Rich Wells Dora Wen Westar Energy The Wheel Barrel Kelly White and Jessica Karns Nichole Wilder Jill Williams Martha Williams Terri and Chris Williams Wolf Construction Robin and Steve Wolgast Lizzi and Grady Woodruff The Yoga Room

Corporate and Community Partners Ballet Midwest Brian Green, Allstate Insurance Capitol Federal City Glass & Mirror, Inc. CoreFirst Bank & Trust Cortez Transporation Denison State Bank Devlin’s Wine & Spirits Hamilton, Wilson and Hendrickson Orthodontics Heritage Bank Kansas Ballet Academy Kansas Children’s Discovery Center

Ken Doll Photography New Health and Anti-Aging Clinic Polo Custom Products Rupp Urology Clinic Schendel Lawn & Landscape Security Benefit Strathman Sales Summers, Spencer & Company, P.A. Tevis Architects Topeka Civic Theatre Vaughn Pediatric Dentistry Westar Energy Wolf Construction

2018 Fun Run Supporters Lisa Austin and Angela Griffith Co-Chairs Brandon Adams Karli Alderson Kristine Aldrich Pam and Ken Alexander Eman Haddad and Moe Ali Diane Allen Brenda Anderson Shayna and Adam Anderson Chaitanya Are Brad Austin Diana and Norman Austin Ellen Austin Lisa Austin Owen Austin Leroy Bahr Kim Baker Denise Baldwin Connie and Bill Barnes Sandra Beak Stacey Beatty Joan Becker Barbara Bedwell

Nancy Bell Shannon Bell Christine Bennett Jess Beren Kelo Berkstresser Karen Bettis Michelle Bettis Kristi Billinger Heather and Pat Birkbeck Mary Lou Birkbeck Chin and Chris Boiteau Vijayakumar Boopeshkumar Don Boyd Timberly Bowers Sue Brandyberry Derek Bremer Jolene Bremer Katarina Bremer Patti Brockman Blake Brosa Dawn and Bernard Brosa Irene Brosa Eva Brown Randall Burkhardt Timothy Butler Nathan Carter Denise Catacutan Preeti Chauhan Angie Clatterbuck Barbara Conant Jenny Conant Meaghan Conant Julie Cook Jessica Crossman Kerry Crotinger Kelsey Culver Lori Culver Seth Daniels Jess Danner Balaji Datti Beth Davis Camille Davis

Haley and Jason DaVee Lisa Deghand Nora Derrington Tori Deters Pooja Dhir Sherraine Dickerson Maura Dingman Gwendolyn Dixon Jenise Dixon Rachel Dodd Maggie Doll Priti Duggal Brittny Elder Rebecca Elias Cindy and Richard Elliott Melissa and Jared Elliott David Enos Tim Etzel Pamela Ferrell Danielle Fischer Gail Fisher Emily Foley Jennifer Foster Jaime and Tony Frederick Janine and Greg Frederick Amy and Howard Freeman Angela Frendle Dave Friedl Charles Frost Julie Frost Mary Frost Susan Garlinghouse Debra Gary Jill Gary Kristy Gilbert Tracey Goering John Goodwin Nichole and Jeremy Goodwin Andria Graham Jeff Graham Heather Gray Carrie Greenwood

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Erin Grice Analisa Griffith Rosanne Haberman Tionna Haberman Bill Hageman Payce Haley Lesli Hammang Derek Harrison Tara Harrison Tarah Haynes Barbara Hazen Jo Anne Heckard Melvena Heisch Claudia and Dennis Heller Heather Hemphill Allison Herl Glenda Herl Marais Herl Linda Heston Stephanie Heston Linda and James Histand Sean Hitchman Liza Hoffman Audrey Hohman Miller Jennifer Hopper Reita Horning Kathy Hortenstine Poppa Hortenstine Stacy and Ron Horton Rob Hostler Machael Huddleston Barbara and Scott Hughes Jeff Hughes Alice Jackson-Wright Nakita James-Phillips John Jeffrey Chris Johnson Gerald Johnson Tabitha and Ryan Johnson Catherine Jones Jody Jones Karen and Dave Kapusta-Pofahl

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Jessica Karns Beth and Dan Kelly Natalie Kelly-Kindred Stacy Kennedy Steven Keyser Karla and Daniel Kindred Theresa Knapp Shirley Kralik Jean Kraybill Mary Kraybill Carol Krebiehl Patsy Kremer Louise Krug Veronica Krug Nicholas Kubota Jill Kunzelman Christine Lafond Angel Lai Keslie and Scott Lake Ellen Lamoreaux Vanessa Lamoreaux Leslie Land Meagan Land Sharon and Mike Land Betsy Larsen Marjorie Lathrop Natasha Leadon Adriana Leadon-Baird Brooke Leahy Renea Leahy Janice Lees Amy Leiker Neva Lenz Eric Levin Rae Lewis Fred Liggett Christine Lind Karen and Andrew Linn Brian Littrell Shannon Littrell Adam Lochmann Austin Lochmann

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Judith Lochmann Kathleen Lohr Ronald Luea Tyler Luea Chris MacDonald Shelly Mackey Kelly Magerkurth Tyler Mark Anna Matthews Jeremy Marks Roy Marks Alexandra McCants Emilie McClellan Shelle and Michael McCoy Barbara McGinnis Debra McGlohon David McKay Janis Mckinney Lori McMillan Cecilia McQuiller James McQuiller Regina McQuiller Michelle Melson Mock Janet Merkle Ana Miller Debra Miller Lynn Miller Aly Mitchell Shirley and Gene Moherman Donald Moler Mary Moler Tally Moore Jared Morrison Samantha Muppalla Janet Murphy Patty Murphy Nikki Myles Melody and Geoff Nelson Sam Nimishakavi Dang Nguyen Gay and Rick Norris Doug North

North Family Krista Nosker Daphne Nusz Diane Oakes Leona and Robert Ober Laura Odom Mary Olison Youmna Othman Linda and Eugene Owen Kathy Paslay Lyndia Patton Charles Peckham Connie Peckham Trina Perez David Peterson Mary Peterson Sandy and Don Peterson Danny Phelps Amanda Pfannenstiel Kim Pfannenstiel Patricia Pfannenstiel Ed Plamann Vera Pofahl Stacy Polzar Lovica Pourmirza Kalyan Pydipati Diane Pyles Chris and Lou Rahn Robyn and Tim Raile Stephanie Ralston Kavitha Rao Jenalea Randall Ronald Ransome Susie Rantz Lara Rivera Brandon Robinson Karolyn Roles Lori Rupp Breanna Rutschman Panna Sandir Rachel Sawyer Mark Scheid

Joseph Schmidt Kevin Schmidt Tammy Schmidt Joyce Schreiner Katy Schwinghamer Scott Shannahan Jessica Shepherd Martha Sides Alison Smith Ashley Smith Craig Smith Jeri Smith Alisa Snavely John Sorrenti Emily Soza Leslie and Luke Spellmeier Jean Spink Leah Stafford Leann and Bill Stephens Julie and Kyle Stevens Justin Stowe Sherry Stowe Sheryl Strathman Saira Sufi Ravikanth Suravarapu Sri Suravarapu Kimberly Svaty Cedric Swindell Ciara Swindell Demetria Swindell Carla and Virgil Swisher Lucinda Talbert Paula Taylor Eunice Thompson Rachael Thompson Amanda Thurman Katherine Thurman Rebecca Thurman Kathy Tibbits Jane Tilghman Susan Tilghman Judy Timmons

Kendra Tinsley Rhonda Trahan Melanie and Craig Trapp Anita Valdivia Marie Valdivia Geraldine Vanover Karen Vaughn Eric Vivier and Maggie Hagerman John Volk Lisa Volk Tim Volk Edward Wangler Sarah Washburn Cynthia Warren Nancy Warren Julie Wegner Brandi Wells Jackie and Charles Welsh Sheryl White Chris Williams Jill Williams Michelle and Michael Williams Scott Williams Katherine Willingham Anne and Brian Wilson Jennifer Wilson Emily Wolf Robin Wolgast Kristin Wong Linda Woodruff Jack Wright Mary Zachariasen Mary Zeller We have made every effort to include all donors who have made gifts. If we have omitted your name in error, please accept our sincerest apologies.

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$219,601

$62,494

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Collegiate Facilities

Instruction Costs

General Expenses

Celebration Auction

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Hiring and retaining faculty and staff

Funding education for TCS students

Maintenance and upkeep of the grounds

Classroom, supplies and technology fees

The school’s administrative costs

Planning and hosting annual fundraisier

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$480,112

$358,367

$234,606

$59,549

$26,859

$20,357

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1. Eighth Grade Model UN 2. Second Grade Apple Valley 3. Third Grade Worm Dissection 4. First Grade Fall Festival

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5. Seventh Grade Assembly 6. Fifth Grade at Brown Vs. Board 7. Sixth Grade Assembly 8. Third Grade Rain Forrest 9. First Grade Heart Dissection 10. Eighth Grade in Commons 11. Fourth Grade Wax Museum 12. Second Grade Rocket Launch

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