Connection: Impact Report Summer 2024

REPORT T C A P M I 024 SUMMER 2

Connection is published by the Office of Advancement.

On The Cover Front: Staring at the Sun has never been so much fun! As the entire campus poured outside to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, current 2nd grader, Caroline Hawley, makes use of her special eclipse-viewing glasses to take part in this rare cosmic anomaly.

Back: We Spartans are eternally grateful for everyone in our amazing community.

Contributing Writers Amber Celestin, Raffaele Fazio, Phoebe Hart ‘95, David LeVan, Katie Leiding ‘04, Kevin Mykel, Steve Naumann, Charlie Ramseyer, Kathy Rukes ‘99, Lalo Walsh, Nathan Washer Contributing Photographers Amy Cunningham, Monique Gaines, Steve Naumann, John Pair ‘92, Charlie Ramseyer, Kathy Rukes ‘99 Editorial Staff Phoebe Hart ‘95 / Alumni & Community Relations Coordinator, Katie Leiding ‘04 / Director of Development, Steve Naumann / Director of Marketing & Communications, Bethany Phelps / Advancement Services Coordinator, Charlie Ramseyer / Communications Coordinator, Jen Remsberg / Development Coordinator, Kathy Rukes ‘99 / Director of Enrollment Management, Sara Souraty / Admissions & Community Engagement Coordinator, Lalo Walsh / Director of Leadership Giving Mission Statement Wichita Collegiate School exists to inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.

Vision Statement Wichita Collegiate School empowers all students to lead lives of impact by partnering with our students, faculty, families, and community.

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Contents FEATURES 2 Letter from the Head of School

THROUGHLINES 34 Finding the Common Thread 36 Cultivating Critical Thinking 38 Fail. Learn. Persevere

4 Year in Review

14 Honor Roll

16 MS Celebration of Learning 18 US Honors Day

20 Beyond the Classroom 28 Class of 2024

32 Faculty and Staff

44 Collegiate Parent Association 46 Gifts that Keep on Giving 48 Spartan Bash

50 Campus Upgrades

40 Living Ethically

52 Mitchem Family Invests in Collegiate

42 Communicating Effectively

68 Alumni Board Highlights

54 Endowments

60 Thank you: Honor Roll of Giving 70 Mentor Day

74 Celebrating Coaches Gehrer and Fiegel 76 Alumni Class Notes

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL & BOARD CHAIR

Dear Collegiate Community, Welcome to our Impact Report for the 2023-24 academic year.

We hope this letter finds you excited about the upcoming school year and eager to explore this report detailing both our school’s and students’ amazing accomplishments over the past 12 months.

As Head of School and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, we extend a warm and heartfelt greeting to each of you as we mark the completion of our historic 60th-anniversary celebration of Wichita Collegiate School and embark on an exciting new academic year.

Your involvement is essential in building a vibrant school community.

Since its establishment six decades ago, Collegiate has been a shining beacon of educational excellence and community spirit.

This year, we will continue our efforts to ensure that each child in our care works towards mastering the skills required to be creative thinkers, learners who persevere, and students who live ethically and communicate effectively. In the following pages, you will see the myriad ways our students had the opportunity to exhibit these skills and essential Spartan characteristics.

Everyone who supports Wichita Collegiate is an important member of our community. We believe that when parents, guardians, teachers, and staff work together, we create an enriching and nurturing environment for our children to grow and thrive.

Throughout this past year, our community collaborated on and gathered at many events and activities that highlight the essence of our school. These occasions reinforced what it meant to be a Spartan, promoted a sense of fellowship, and illuminated a shared vision of our future. We encourage you to actively participate in our school’s events next year, as your involvement is essential in building a vibrant school community.

All who contributed to our school are recognized within this Impact Report, and we both give our sincerest thanks to every one of you for your vital support to WCS. Thank you for being an indispensable contributor to Wichita Collegiate’s history and its bright future. We are excited to share this Impact Report with you and wish you all a successful and fantastic start to the new school year!

Gratefully,

Nathan Washer Head of School

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Raffaele Fazio Chairman of the Board of Trustees

WELCOME NEW TRUSTEES

Dana Hensley We are thrilled to have Dana Hensley returning to campus after having served on our Board in the early 2000s. In addition to having served as WCS Head of Upper School for 7 years, Dana is the coauthor of the nationally known high school debate textbook Mastering Competitive Debate and was the founding coach of the debate programs at both Independent and Collegiate.

Dana graduated from the University of Kansas with a BS and MA from the School of Education.

After a stint in New York City, where she worked as a Recruitment Director for a Wall Street Law Firm (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft), she returned to Wichita, where she has been a dedicated community advocate and volunteer, serving on the founding Boards of Discovery Place Preschool, Cities in Schools (now Pando Initiative), and the Wichita Cancer Foundation. Other board experience includes the Junior League of Wichita (Past President), the CASA Board, the Arts Partners Board, the Hall Center for Humanities at KU Advisory Board, and Phillips Fundamental Learning Center, where she co-chaired their recent capital campaign. Most recently, in 2023-24, she chaired PFLC’s Public Policy Committee which worked with the State Legislature to officially recognize dyslexia as a learning disability in Kansas. She currently is a trustee for KU’s Endowment, serving on the Executive Committee.

In addition to being an alumna of Leadership Wichita and Leadership Kansas, she has been inducted into the Kansas Speech and Communication Association Hall of Fame. She received the Outstanding Volunteer award at the Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2021.

Dana is married to Bill Hensley and has two children, Jessica (WCS class of 1998) and Chad (WCS class of 2004). Jessica is a family practice attorney, and Chad is a litigation attorney. Both reside in the Wichita area.

Rob Stewart Throughout his life, Rob Stewart has had to be flexible and adapt, as demonstrated by the ranges of roles he has held to the different countries and states he and his family have called home. His professional experience spans the agricultural value chain – from partnering with farmers to working with retail stores.

He currently serves on the leadership team of Cargill’s North America Protein business as President of Strategy & Growth Ventures, where he develops strategy, executes mergers & acquisitions, makes investments in startups, and forms strategic partnerships that are shaping the future of agriculture. Rob graduated from Fort Knox High School, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture and a Master of Science degree in agricultural education, both from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment. Rob also earned his Master of Business Administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Rob’s first job out of college was as a high school agriculture science teacher, which was seminal to his long standing interest in ensuring teacher and student success. He is currently serving on both nonprofit and for-profit boards including the National FFA Board (member of the Executive Committee), MANRRS Board (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences), and several boards of Cargill portfolio companies. Rob previously was on the board for the Kansas African American Museum (TKAAM) and the Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters program, where he is actively serving as a ‘Big Brother’. He is a lifelong member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Rob and his family – wife Hallie, rising 8th grader Braylon, and rising 7th grader Cameron – moved to Wichita six years ago from Minnesota and are proud to be part of the Wichita Collegiate community. Born abroad in Germany but rooted in Mississippi, Rob was raised in a military family, has lived around the world, and considers Kentucky and Minnesota home.

FAREWELL AND THANK YOU!

Kevin Nichols Kevin provided invaluable service to our board for 9 years beginning his tenure in 2015. In that time Kevin served on our Finance & Facilities Committee and the recently formed Investment Committee. Kevin’s expertise in all things financial has been a tremendous asset to our school. We thank Kevin for all his service and support of Collegiate.

Kate Taylor Also retiring from the Board after 3 years of service is Kate Taylor. A grandmother of a current student, Kate came back to the board in 2021 after previously serving in the years 1999-2008. Kate provided our Advancement & Development Committee with invaluable advice and experience and we thank Kate for all her support for Collegiate over the years.

YEAR in REVIEW

YEAR IN REVIEW

1 Lower school students show Spartan Spirit while dancing at their weekly assembly. 2 Vocal Director, Matt Webber, leads the entire school in singing Dear Collegiate at the Opening Assembly held in the James Ockerman Amphitheater. 3 The first day of the school year is always a celebration, especially when you get to ride your bike through a tunnel of cheers and high-fives. 4 Upper school students participate in a service project that has them packing thousands of meals for the hungry. 5 We honor the newest class of Circle of Gold inductees with a special assembly and flowers in August. 6 The lower school music room is home to cheerful harmonies and adorable hand-holding circles.

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1 During Homecoming festivities, incorrectly answered trivia questions earn these seniors a face full of pie. 2 To celebrate the release of the wildly anticipated album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), the middle school is transformed into an immersive haven for all things Taylor Swift. 3 First-grade teacher, Kelsey Fulghum, is nominated by her students’ families to receive the KAKE News Golden Apple Award for teachers making a positive difference in their schools. 4 Homecoming weekend offers the opportunity to celebrate both our inaugural class of the Fine Arts Hall of Fame as well as our latest inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame, both of which include legendary and talented Spartans. 5 The annual vocal bonanza that is Broadway in Blue Jeans finds new ways to excite the audience every year.

6 Our 2nd grade science class helps keep the lower school garden flourishing.

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1 The Black Box Theater is infested with pirates during the 7th & 8th grade fall production of the hilarious Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen. 2 Although a relatively new event for our school, our Veteran’s Day assembly has become beloved by our whole school community. 3 Instrumental Music Director, Sam Hake, introduces the bands to the packed house at the Thanksgiving Concert. 4 Something always seems to be on fire in Scott Hawley’s science room and these 8th graders couldn’t be happier about it. 5 Middle school students give back to the community through a shoe drive for those in need. 6 Middle school’s annual “Stuff the Bus” gift donation initiative is another huge success.

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1 The upper school boys really wow the crowd with their moves during the winter pep assembly. 2 The middle school celebrates a snowy day at school with snowman-building contests for house points. 3 Churning butter by hand becomes a staple of the Kansas Day celebrations. 4 To get in the holiday spirit, lower school students join together for some serious caroling and sing-alongs. 5 A panel of students from the class of 2024 helps kick off Junior Journey for the class of 2025, giving advice and explaining the early stages of the college search and application process. 6 David LeVan and Rolesta Forrest get into the holiday spirit during the annual showcase of “ugly” holiday sweaters.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

1 Former faculty join us on campus for a wonderful morning of coffee, conversation, and reuniting. 2 As everyone gears up for another Chiefs’ Super Bowl appearance, the lower school STEM classes take the opportunity to show off their stadium designs to Head of School, Nathan Washer. 3 Continuing with the year’s theme of underwater musicals, the 7th and 8th grade production of The SpongeBob Musical is a tremendous hit. 4 A panel of recent WCS graduates returns to campus every January to share lessons learned and advice on transitioning from high school to college. 5 To celebrate Mitch Fiegel’s 600th career win, former basketball players, managers, and fans come out in droves to show support for their beloved coach. 6 Competition and camaraderie are rampant during the middle school “Battle of the Books.”

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1 You might be hard-pressed to find someone who enjoys performing and leading students more than Assistant Band Director, Derrick Hibler, seen here conducting during the 5th and 6th grade concert. 2 Survey data suggests that public speaking is the number one fear among Americans. Well, not here! Our students get opportunities to hone their presentation skills from an early age, whether it be in front of their class or the entire lower school. 3 First graders in Madeline Witherspoon’s Spanish class enjoy an activity in the quad that involves smashing colorful cascarones (eggs). 4 “Romping” is definitely a key part of this year’s early childhood “Read and Romp” celebrations. 5 This year’s 3rd grade Living Wax Museum includes a concert of the most eclectic combination of historic figures. 6 Even our biggest middle schoolers aren’t too old to climb the famed WCS playground’s Eiffel Tower.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

1 Children’s book author, Tammi Sauer, shares her personal story as well as some of her published works with our students during Young Author’s Day. 2 Featuring songs co-written by early childhood music teacher, Steve Elmore, and the students themselves, this year’s kindergarten program Behind the Nursery Rhyme is a hit. 3 During their culminating press conference, the 5th grade Mission to Space astronauts, engineers, and public relations officers present their discoveries and experiences planning and executing their mission. 4 After receiving the “Green School of the Year” award last year, we are now recognized as a “Green School of Excellence.” 5 During the 2024 total solar eclipse, Collegiate students and faculty can be seen all across campus taking in this wonder. 6 The 5th and 6th grade play Charlotte’s Web has everyone feeling “Humbled.”

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1 Seniors celebrate the end of their high school careers by diving down a giant sudsy slip-n-slide in front of the Upper School. 2 The 2nd Grade Antique Road Show features this “antique” touch-tone phone. 3 The 5th grade Freedom Trail project is an interactive way for students to demonstrate what they’ve learned in American history. 4 By partnering with NUMANA and The Outreach Program, our students prepare 22,464 meals for those in need. 5 A party in the quad seems like a great way to celebrate the last day of school. 6 Signing each other’s yearbooks is a great way to enjoy the beautiful May weather in the Bunny Hill Quad.

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HONOR ROLL

GRADE 12 Elijah Allen Mona Bagai Yazan Bakdash Avery Elofsson Isabella Flores Sky Fujinuma Isabella Galichia Mason Hart Rahul Madhavan Aden Meyers Mason (Paul) Mines IV Wambui Ngunjiri Thomas Olson Ayaan Parikh Robert Rasberry III Tyler Rice Erin Rolfe Phoebe Ross Conner Schupbach James Shackelford Darcel Thompson Chloe Turpin Karley Turrietta Forsyth Kalie Villagomez Iya Wakil Haley Walston Derek Yang Avi Yendru

GRADE 11 Macy Beran Aacia Burnette Sihyeon Byon Aubrey Collignon Laney Conrad Shouvik Dev Tatum Downing Diana Eldika Santiago Felice Jack Grace Omar Hamada Jalil Hemphill Julia Herrman Sabrina Hunt Arman Issa Ryan Khalife Jiwoo Lee Harry Ling Devin Longsworth Julia Longsworth

HIGH HONOR ROLL William Meyer Danniella Ngunjiri Andrew Porter Tristan Sprole Hannah Ternes Liliana Varchavtchik

GRADE 10 Heer Barot Carter Chance Lukas Cremin Lara Franco de Carvalho Reghan Eck Shelbie Emerson Jennah Fayziev Lucy Gehrer Charles Gentile Cora Hill Ellie Howell Shaad Issa Carlyle Johnson Madeline Kavalauskas Acacia Knight Caroline Kuglich Jaden Lichty Ethan MacKenzie Claire Marquardt Brian Mattar Ezra Meyers Sara Mines Anne Marie Olson Kai Pearson Joshua Pfeiffer Charlotte Pigg Hayan Raffi Clare Schupbach Sadhakshi Sivaraman Cal Solomon Ajitesh Srivastava Rachael Tee Madeline Ternes Peter Todorov Khloie Villagomez Cooper Winters

GRADE 9 Langston Ahmad Campbell Arneson Charles Basinger Alegra Fazio Ethan Gould Shivani Hebsur

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Ellie Kater Scarlet Lacey Joshua Lee Charlie Ling Avik Maharaj Jack McNary Graham Miller Clara Monahan Reide Rasberry Jackson Rukes Karim Sandid Sophia Santo Benjamin Shackelford Aman Sharma Grace Teal Max Timsah Nathaniel Toon Luiz Varchavtchik James Weimar

GRADE 8 Evelyn Aberle Ethan Acree Rima Ajwad Tanya Ali Remy Blanchaert III Olivier Chocron Mia Felice Isabella Fernandez Arwin Hill Jude Issa Amir Khicha Alisa Lin Jayden Mai Michelle Mangan Natalie Nichols James Nolan Elizabeth Olson Kingston Romero Kelsey Rooney Nicole Rooney Maya Sabouni Jacobi Salyers Annie Sharp Blakeslee Sprole Zaid Tabbal Lucy Voloch Julia Walenta

GRADE 7 Ahmad Abu-Awwad Brooks Bastian

Ava Blue Jonathan Chehab Caden Corrigan Jane Docking True Frederick Hudson Hoover Deema Issa Julianna Johnson Lanie Kater Mason King Allyson Kotkin Eden Lacey Collyns Livermore Colin Malla Keira Marquardt Ava Monahan Yasmina Mortada Natalia Nabbout Dex Naumann Emery Payne Owen Payne Watson Payne Natalia Saad Albert Saliba Giana Shuart Brylee Smock Braylon Stewart Stella Stone Whitney Teal Emma Ternes Katelyn Thompson Katarina Valdivia Ameer Wakil Maddox Wares Lockard Webb

GRADE 6 Lucas Alvaez Saville Amirani Genevieve Bartel Theodore Baughman Blaze Beran Reed Blanchaert Clemence Bradu Fisher Brane Madeline Cade Caden Cleveland Hudson Drumright Housten Esterline Juliet Farha Rory Farha Jude Joudi

Vivian Knowles Annabelle Lee Anaya Maharaj Theodore Moeller Charles Myers Saleem Nabbout Nicholas Phillips Wesley Rohr Nora Shuart Cameron Stewart Ria Tripathi Victoria Younger

GRADE 5 Salma Alsaleem Jasmine Atkinson Grace Bergquist Anniston Bhargava Matthew Chehab Scarlett Coffey Lila Dakhil Samuel Devlin Aya Eldika Evelyn Elkouri Isabel Elliott Lily Estephan Bailey Hall Jenson Hawley Harrison Hill Nadine Issa Ava Johnson Marco Laham Joanna Messamore Henry Michaelis Stella Moeller Naya Mortada Red Redford Sophia Ritchie Rami Sabouni Ava Scheve Ava Schmidtberger Yara Shahouri Hendrick Smock Emerson Sprole Ava Steckley Jack Streich Yusuke Takahashi Viaan Talreja Leon Tarbell Zane Thompson Kenzie Villagomez Dagny Winters

HONOR ROLL GRADE 12 Nicolas Adams Asa Ahmad Omar Al-Tabbal Jack Babb Anabelle Babst Madeline Carpenter Samuel Cline Sara Jane Crosby Addison Goree Gracie Gwyn Kaitlin Henry Price Johnson Samuel Pfeiffer Lucas Ranney-Brown Sia Sharma Keisuke Takahashi Abigail Walston Natalie Walters Brett Wetta Alex Wunderlich Christina Zakharia

GRADE 11 Isabella Alvaez Cooper Arneson Drake Beran Cooper Brown Cameron Cadena David Chege Chloe Dart Carter Drumright Nicholas Enegren Clare Finan Jaeden Flores James Haan Elizabeth Henshall Dahlia Issa Katriel Kadiri Ingrid Lampton Tristan Leddy Chae Moon Lee Nathan Lynch Cooper Miller Ishani Nagabhushan Langley Overman

Lana Sandid Ellen Schulte Harrison Simon Camden St.Germain Will Strecker Natalie Villars Zachary Voloch Ward Weimar Nicolas Zayat

GRADE 10 Ali Al-Sukin Delilah Banuelos Amare Batiste Parker Bennett Avery Compton Cameron Estes Allison Haan Julian Johnson Emma McDonald Brooke McKown Jaden Parker Alex Richardson Devin Ritchie Samuel Taylor Elizabeth Timsah Isaac Vanderburg Savannah Vess Natalie Walenta Corban Wiley Max Williams Grier Wiltse

GRADE 9 Laith Al-Sukin Rahstin Amirani Mason Bond Jena Campbell Logan Clay Maddox Drumright Lunden Esterline Elliott Hay Landon Langston Kalyn Lichty Evan Lynch Carson Malaise

Timothy Ritchie Zaryn Thompson Gavin Tuhro Dalton Turpin Carolina Villars

GRADE 8 Zayden Allen Vivienne Bartel Sophia Bennani Carolyn Cole Blake Dudley G Farha Olivia Gehrer Paige Hart Michael Nabbout Courtney Olson Torsten Overman Evelyn Ritchie Raelyn Ryun Hope Shepherd Sophia Timme Finley Viljanmaa Grace Voloch Omnia Wakil Max Walters Lilian Webber

GRADE 7 James Blackman Blaine Cole Sophia Cremin Jace Dalke Bronxley Esterline Robert Hoover Sawyer Konen Margaret Michaelis Camden Pearson Vivian Pigg Samuel Richardson Cooper Sayahnejad Jonah Widener

GRADE 6 Thomas Alderson Emery Bond Caroline Brane Taylor Chandler Marshall Cooke Genevieve Darrah Adeline Hill Rowen Howell Maverick Rolfe Ethan Rukes Maris Schwab Shodashi Sivaraman Cash Strain Adeline Viner Tayten Wenman

GRADE 5 Zoey Alter Warren Brady Mackenzie Coe Eden Dudley Mateo Felice Beau Flurry Henry Gaddis Noah Hake Helen Hawley William Hood Liam Kucharski Lauren Lewis Alexander Mangan Grace McFarlane Leanna Nabbout Raya Nabbout Jake Ndungu Milania Nguyen Amir Patel Priya Phillips Tyler Ragan Divette Rosas Nicolas Valdivia Brenlee Vincent Joanise Vincent Carrick Walker Ledger Wiltse

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD

Lucy Voloch and Kingston Romero HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARDS are presented to the 8th grade boy and girl who best exemplify the overall objectives of Collegiate Middle School. These students participate in many areas of student life such as academics, fine arts, and athletics with a sense of joy and commitment.

SHAFER DART MEMORIAL AWARD

Jacobi Salyers

SHAFER DART MEMORIAL AWARD is given in memory of Shafer Dart to an 8th grader who exemplifies Shafer’s qualities and outgoing, gregarious spirit.

ALICE VIRGINIA KNORR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Julia Walenta

ALICE VIRGINIA KNORR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD is given in memory of Alice to an 8th grader who represents a balance between academics, family, and social life. She should be someone who is warm, thoughtful, and considerate to her classmates.

HEAD OF SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP CUP

Class of 2031 (5th grade) - 92.8% HEAD OF SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP CUP is presented to the class with the highest grade average.

SPELLING BEE AWARD

Vivi Bartel

2023-24 ACADEMIC DISTINCTION STUDENTS WITH AVERAGE GPA 96%+ 5TH GRADE Salma Alsaleem, Grace Bergquist, Scarlett Coffey, Aya Eldika, Bailey Hall, Jenson Hawley, Harrison Hill, Nadine Issa, Joanna Messamore, Henry Michaelis, Naya Mortada, Rami Sabouni, Ava Scheve, Ava Schmidtberger, Emerson Sprole, Jack Streich, Yusuke Takahashi, Kenzie Villagomez

5TH GRADE

6TH GRADE

6TH GRADE, Saville Amirani, Genevieve Bartel, Reed Blanchaert, Caden Cleveland, Hudson Drumright, Housten Esterline, Juliet Farha, Jude Joudi, Annabelle Lee, Anaya Maharaj, Saleem Nabbout, Nicholas Phillips, Nora Shuart, Ria Tripathi, Victoria Younger 7TH GRADE Ahmad Abu-Awwad, Brooks Bastian, Ava Blue, Caden Corrigan, Julianna Johnson, Lanie Kater, Mason King, Eden Lacey, Collyns Livermore, Keira Marquardt, Ava Monahan, Yasmina Mortada, Dex Naumann, Emery Payne, Owen Payne, Natalia Saad, Giana Shuart, Brylee Smock, Stella Stone, Whitney Teal, Emma Ternes, Katarina Valdivia, Ameer Wakil, Maddox Wares, Lockard Webb

7TH GRADE

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8TH GRADE

8TH GRADE Evelyn Aberle, Rima Ajwad, Tanya Ali, Remy Blanchaert III, Mia Felice, Jude Issa, Amir Khicha, Jayden Mai, Michelle Mangan, Kingston Romero, Kelsey Rooney, Maya Sabouni, Annie Sharp, Blakeslee Sprole, Zaid Tabbal, Lucy Voloch, Julia Walenta

GOLDEN SPARTANS Golden Spartans are nominated by their peers each month for exemplifying the characteristics of our Portrait of a Spartan

5TH GRADE

6TH GRADE

7TH GRADE

8TH GRADE

Ava Scheve Scarlett Coffey Evie Elkouri Yara Shahouri Helen Hawley Eden Dudley Stella Moeller Gracie McFarlane

Rory Farha Vivian Knowles Lucas Alvaez Wes Rohr Juliet Farha Annabelle Lee Housten Esterline Maris Schwab

Emery Payne Lockard Webb Stella Stone Brylee Smock Emma Ternes Nick Davies Emma Nelson Giana Shuart

Tanya Ali Mia Felice Ethan Acree Torsten Overman Kelsey Rooney Paige Hart Olivia Gehrer Amir Khicha

GOLDEN C AWARDS

COMMUNICATION Emerson Sprole - 5th Fisher Brane - 6th Yasmina Mortada - 7th James Nolan - 8th

CREATIVITY Lila Dakhil - 5th Lucas Alvaez - 6th Sophia Cremin - 7th Alisa Lin - 8th

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE SEMESTER FALL SEMESTER

CRITICAL THINKING Harrison Hill - 5th Hudson Drumright - 6th Brooks Bastian - 7th Blakeslee Sprole - 8th

5th Grade Red Redford & Ava Schmidtberger 6th Grade Anaya Maharaj & Wes Rohr 7th Grade Julianna Johnson & Braylon Stewart 8th Grade Kingston Romero & Annie Sharp

COLLABORATION Ava Schmidtberger - 5th Caden Cleaveland - 6th Emery Payne - 7th Nicole Rooney - 8th

SPRING SEMESTER 5th Grade Jack Streich & Isabel Elliott 6th Grade Teddy Moeller & Taylor Chandler 7th Grade Stella Stone & Caden Corrigan

CHARACTER Evie Elkouri - 5th Vivian Knowles - 6th Braylon Stewart - 7th Courtney Olson - 8th

8th Grade Olivier Chocron & Michelle Mangan

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HONORS DAY

UPPER SCHOOL

HEAD OF SCHOOL CUP

Class of 2024 (12th Grade) with a class average of 90.1% HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD

Conner Schupbach & Wambui Ngunjiri "I DARE YOU" AWARD

Harrison Simon Tatum Downing FORREST C. LATTNER ENDOWMENT AWARD

Andrew Porter Aacia Burnette

WCS MATH & SCIENCE

Ayaan Parikh COLLEGIATE HUMANITIES AWARD

Darcel Thompson

MANDY SHOAF MEMORIAL AWARD

Erin Rolfe

JACK C. CHESKY LEADERSHIP AWARD

Paul Mines

WCS WORLD LANGUAGE AWARD

Sam Cline

2023-24 HIGHEST SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE 9TH GRADE

Langston Ahmad, Campbell Arneson, Alegra Fazio, Ethan Gould, Shivani Hebsur, Ellie Kater, Scarlet Lacey, Joshua Lee, Charlie Ling, Jack McNary, Clara Monahan, Jackson Rukes, Sophia Santo, Ben Shackelford, Aman Sharma, Grace Teal, Max Timsah, Nate Toon 18 | WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL CONNECTION

10TH GRADE

Lukas Cremin, Lucy Gehrer, Cora Hill, Carlyle Johnson, Caroline Kuglich, Jaden Lichty, Ethan MacKenzie, Brian Mattar, Ezra Meyers, Sara Mines, Anne Marie Olson, Charlotte Pigg, Hayan Raffi, Ajitesh Srivastava, Peter Todorov, Khloie Villagomez

STUDENTS WITH AVERAGE GPA 96%+

11TH GRADE

Aubrey Collignon, Shouvik Dev, Omar Hamada, Jalil Hemphill, Sabrina Hunt, Arman Issa, Jiwoo Lee, Harry Ling

12TH GRADE

Mona Bagai, Yazan Bakdash, Karley Forsyth, Sky Fujinuma, Wambui Ngunjiri, Ayaan Parikh, Tyler Rice, Erin Rolfe, Phoebe Ross, Conner Schupbach, James Shackelford, Darcel Thompson, Avi Yendru

I AM AWARDS TEACHER-NOMINATED AWARDS FOR STUDENTS WHO EMBODY THE ELEMENTS OF THE "PORTRAIT OF A SPARTAN."

I AM RESILIENT

9th grade - Ben Shackleford and Gavin Tuhro 10th grade - Corban Wiley and Carter Chance 11th grade - Ward Weimar and Jack Grace 12th grade - Sara Jane Crosby and Kalie Villagomez

I AM CONSTANTLY LEARNING

9th grade - Scarlet Lacey and Joshua Lee 10th grade - Cora Hill and Cal Solomon 11th grade - Hannah Ternes and Jalil Hemphill 12th grade - Mona Bagai and Thomas Olson

I AM SOLVING PROBLEMS

9th grade - Jackson Rukes and Maddox Drumright 10th grade - Ajitesh Srivastava and Julian Johnson 11th grade - Omar Hamada and Shouvik Dev 12th grade - Elijah Allen and James Shackelford

I AM UNIQUELY TALENTED

9th grade - McKenna Scheve and Zaryn Thompson 10th grade - Acacia Knight and Grier Wiltse 11th grade - Floyd Jones and Margaret Ulrich 12th grade - Isabella Flores and Keisuke Takahashi

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY

JUNIOR INDUCTEES: Aubrey Collignon, Shouvik Dev, Diana Eldika, Sabrina Hunt, Jiwoo Lee, Harry Ling, Liliana Varchavtchik SENIOR INDUCTEES: Avery Elofsson, Karley Forsyth, Sky Fujinuma, Wambui Ngunjiri, Tyler Rice, Conner Schupbach

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BEYOND the CLASSROOM

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

ACADEMIC TEAM + CLUB HONORS

SCHOLAR’S BOWL

PROBA TE DIGNUM @ WICHITA COLLEGIATE 1/16/24 -This fierce tournament puts each team into a best-ofthree game set with superior teams. While it is held at WCS, the Head Judges were retired coaches from AHS (Mike Boger), ACHS (Brent Ruggles), and Wichita East (Hall-of-Fame Coach: Dave Shelly). The 2024 field included Andover Central, Bishop Carroll, Independent, Newton, Wichita Collegiate, and Wichita East.

-Spartans earned a tournament-best record of 12-3 to take home 1st Place. *Collectively, the team correctly interrupted 47 questions on 54 attempts. Lead scorers were Ethan MacKenzie [SO], Hannah Ternes [ JR], and Conner Schupbach [SR].

[Competing Players: Conner Schupbach, Paul Mines, Rahul Madhavan, Hannah Ternes, Ethan MacKenzie, Shouvik Dev, Cooper Winters]

BLUE JAY INVITATIONAL @ GOESSEL1/20/24 -Collegiate defeated Bishop Carroll, Newton, and Wichita East in bracket play.

-Spartans went 9-0 to finish 1st overall.

-Ethan MacKenzie led all scorers with 410 points; he scored 220 of his points on successful interruptions.

[Competing Players: Conner Schupbach, Paul Mines, Hannah Ternes, Ethan MacKenzie, Shouvik Dev]

AVCTL CHAMPIONSHIP @ WELLINGTON 1/24/24 -This final event of the regular season determined both JV and Varsity Champions for our league.

-Varsity went 10-0 to earn first place. JV also went undefeated against the JV teams. *This is the 11th consecutive year that WCS has come home with the League Championship--go Spartans!

[Competing Varsity Players: Paul Mines, Darcel Thompson, Rahul Madhavan, Hayan Raffi, Shouvik Dev, Cooper Winters, ] [Competing JV Players: Isabella Alvaez, Lizzy Timsah, Caroline Kuglich, Carter Chance, Ajitesh Srivastava, Charlie Gentile]

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Collegiate went on to win its final five matches by an average of 83 points to take the title. The STATE CHAMPIONSHIP team was made up of seniors Conner Schupbach, Paul Mines and Rahul Madhavan, juniors Hannah Ternes and Shouvik Dev, and sophomore Ethan MacKenzie

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UPPER SCHOOL DEBATE

2 SPEAKER TOURNAMENTFor the first time in school history, and the first time statewide since 2003, the teams of Ayaan Parikh and Will Meyer, Sam Ngunjiri and Cassilda Njeri, Andrew Porter and Sam Brittain, and Ingrid Lampton and Elizabeth Timsah, all WON their quarterfinal rounds. At the conclusion of quarterfinals, our 4 teams in the 2-Speaker tournament were named Co-Champions!! Their impressive performance results in these 8 incredible students sharing in the state title.

4 SPEAKER TOURNAMENT 4-Speaker team of Charlie Gentile, Hayan Raffi, Colton Jenkins, Cooper Miller and alternate Max Timsah competed in the 4-Speaker tournament, compiling an 8-6 record and battling a tough field to come out in 3rd place at the end of the weekend.

DECA

STATE COMPETITION INDIVIDUAL ROLE PLAY EVENTS Cooper Miller – 1st place Principles of Finance Ayaan Parikh – 1st place Personal Finance Literacy Sadhakshi Sivaraman – 2nd place Principles of Business Management Ajitesh Srivastava – 10th place Entrepreneurship Elizabeth Timsah – 3rd place Personal Finance Literacy Iya Wakil – 8th place Marketing Communications

WRITTEN COMPETITIVE EVENTS Ayaan Parikh – 3rd place Start Up Business Plan Ajitesh Srivastava – 5th place Independent Business Plan Cooper Miller and Elizabeth Timsah – 3rd place International Business Plan Iya Wakil and Sadhakshi Sivaraman – 5th place Integrated Marketing Campaign Event HOSA

Biomedical Debate Team - 1st Place Ayaan Parikh, Rahul Madhavan, Hayan Raffi, Sky Fujinuma Creative Problem Solving Team - 2nd Place Jennah Fayziev, Ethan MacKenzie, Elizabeth Timsah, Peter Todorov Dental Science Jennah Fayziev - 1st Place Health Education Team - 3rd Place Avery Elofsson, Karley Forsyth, Aden Meyers Healthy Lifestyle Mason Hart - 1st Place Medical Innovation Team - 2nd Place Cameron Cadena, Shouvik Dev, Omar Hamada Medical Math Cameron Cadena - 1st Place Ethan MacKenzie - 2nd Place Medical Reading Darcel Thompson - 1st Place

Pathophysiology Hayan Raffi - 3rd Place Phlebotomy Shivani Hebsur - 2nd Place Physical Therapy Omar Al-Tabbal - 3rd Place Researched Persuasive Writing & Speaking Sadhakshi Sivaraman - 2nd Place

UPPER SCHOOL MATH

PITTSBURG MATH COMPETITION TEAM HONORS: Calculator - 1st Place Iya Wakhil, Rahul Madhavan, Avi Yendru, Mona Bagai Algebra Medley - 4th Place Elijah Allen, Tristan Sprole, Sihyeon Byon, Cameron Cadena Trigonometry - 4th Place Paul Mines, James Shackleford, Shouvik Dev, Sky Fujinuma Geometry - 5th Place Omar Hamada, Omar Al-Tabbal, Mason Hart, Mike Lee Algebraic Word Problems - 6th Place Yazan Bakdash, Jiwoo Lee, Harry Ling, Thomas Olson INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: Graphing: 10th Grade Hayan Raffi - 1st Place 11th Grade Mike Lee - 1st Place Sihyeon Byon - 2nd Place Jiwoo Lee - 3rd Place Algebraic Equations and Inequalities 11th Grade Jiwoo Lee - 2nd Place Katriel Kadiri - 9th Place 12th Grade Rahul Madhavan - 1st Place Avi Yendru - 3rd Place ALGEBRAIC WORD PROBLEMS 10th Grade Ajitesh Srivasta - 4th Place ALGEBRAIC SIMPLIFICATIONS 10th Grade Hayan Raffi - 3rd Place Josh Lee - 4th Place 11th Grade Shouvik Dev - 7th Place Harry Ling - 8th Place 12th Grade James Shackelford - 2nd Place Yazan Bakdash - 3rd Place GEOMETRY 11th Grade Sihyeon Byon - 1st Place Omar Hamada - 5th Place POTPOURRI

10th Grade Josh Lee - 7th Place Ethan MacKenzie - 4th Place 12th Grade Yazan Bakdash - 5th Place James Shackelford - 6th Place COMPUTATIONAL MATH 10th Grade Ethan MacKenzie - 2nd Place Charlie Gentile - 7th Place 12th Grade Omar Al-Tabbal - 4th Place Rahul Madhavan - 5th Place PROGRAMMING (BASIC) 10th Grade Ajitesh Srivastav - 2nd Place 11th Grade Shouvik Dev - 2nd Place 12th Grade Yazan Bakdash - 1st Place Sky Fujinuma - 6th Place Thomas Olson - 10th Place ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 11th Grade Ethan MacKenzie - 1st Place Omar Hamada - 2nd Place TRIGONOMETRY James Shackleford - 3rd Place FUNCTIONS 11th Grade Ethan MacKenzie - 1st Place Tristan Sprole - 2nd Place Cameron Cadena - 3rd Place 12th Grade Sky Fujinuma - 5th Place Rahul Madhavan - 8th Place COMPUTATIONAL MATH 11th Grade Mike Lee - 3rd Place Sihyeon Byon - 5th Place Jiwoo Lee - 6th Place MARATHON Paul Mines - 5th Place Mason Hart - 8th Place LOGIC AND SET THEORY Elijah Allen - 6th Place PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Ajitesh Srivastava - 3rd Place Avi Yendru - 4th Place Iya Wakil - 5th Place ANALYSIS Paul Mines - 1st Place Mason Hart - 7th Place NATIONAL FRENCH EXAM

LEVEL I: Mention honorable (Honorable Mention): Cooper Arneson – Mention honorable (Honorable Mention), 7th in the state

Charlie Basinger—Mention honorable (Honorable Mention), 5th in the state Ethan Gould –Mention honorable (Honorable Mention), 6th in the state Savannah Vess-- Certificat d’honneur (Honorable Mention) Lauréat National: (National Winner) Jackson Rukes--— Lauréat National médaille de bronze (Bronze Medal), 3rd in the state LEVEL 2: Mention honorable (Honorable Mention): Carter Chance-- Mention honorable (Honorable Mention), 10th in the state Jennah Fayziev-- Mention honorable (Honorable Mention), 8th in the state Lucy Gehrer -- Mention honorable (Honorable Mention) Shaad Issa—Mention honorable (Honorable Mention) Tristan Leddy—Mention honorable (Honorable Mention) Cooper Winters-- Certificat d’honneur (Honorable Mention) Lauréat National: (National winners) Jaden Lichty— Lauréat National: médaille de bronze (Bronze Medal), 4th in the state Ethan MacKenzie-- — Lauréat National: médaille de bronze (Bronze Medal), 6th in the state Jiwoo Lee--— Lauréat National: médaille d’argent (Silver Medal), 3rd in the state Julia Longsworth--— Lauréat National: médaille d’or (Gold Medal) & 1st in the state LEVEL 3 : Mention honorable (Honorable Mention): Isabella Alvaez-- Certificat d’honneur (Honorable Mention), 3rd in the state Aacia Burnette-- Certificat d’honneur (Honorable Mention), 4th in the state Lauréat National: (National winners): Hannah Ternes-- Lauréat National—Bronze Medal, 1st in the state Certificat de mérite: State recognition (top ten): Ryan Khalife-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—5th in the state Camden St. Germain-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—5th in the state Floyd Jones--Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—6th in the state Arman Issa-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—7th in the state Harry Ling-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—7th in the state Aubrey Collignon-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—8th in the state Langley Overman-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—9th in the state Dahlia Issa-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—10th in the state LEVEL 4: Certificat de mérite: State recognition (top ten): Phoebe Ross -- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)—1st in state LEVEL 5: Certificat de mérite: State recognition (top ten): Natalie Villars-- Certificat de mérite (Certificate of Merit)

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM

SPANISH 3 - HONORABLE MENTION Jaeden Flores Acacia Knight Joshua Pfeiffer Andrew Porter Ishani Nagabhushan Daniella Ngunjiri Cari Reagans Clare Schupbach Cal Solomon Rachael Tee Khloie Villagomez SPANISH 3 - BRONCE (BRONZE) CERTIFICATE Cora Hill Shivani Hebsur Ajitesh Srivastava Peter Todorov SPANISH 3 - PLATA (SILVER) CERTIFICATE Cooper Brown Kalyn Lichty SPANISH 3 - ORO (GOLD) CERTIFICATE Lara de Carvalho SPANISH 4 - HONORABLE MENTION Diana Eldika Nicholas Enegren Jalil Hemphill Devin Longsworth Cooper Miller Nicolas Zayat SPANISH 4 - BRONCE (BRONZE) CERTIFICATE Sabrina Hunt SPANISH 4 - PLATA (SILVER) CERTIFICATE Santiago Felice SPANISH 5 (AP) - BRONCE (BRONZE) CERTIFICATE Avery Elofsson Sky Fujinuma SPANISH 5 (AP) - PLATA (SILVER) CERTIFICATE Mason Mines SPANISH 5 (AP) - ORO (GOLD) CERTIFICATE Yazan Bakdash Samuel Cline JESTER AWARDS

WCS received 1 Nomination & 7 Region 1 Honors for Disney’s The Little Mermaid! Congratulations to everyone who was recognized!

Jester Nomination: - Lobby Display (Amy Cunningham) Region 1 Honors: - Supporting Actress (Phoebe Ross as Ursula) - Small Ensemble (The Mersisters)

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ACADEMIC TEAM + CLUB HONORS - Guest Set Design ( Jordan Slusher) - Guest Choreographer (Gavin Myers) - Stage Crew - Program Design (Amy Cunningham) - Lobby Display (Amy Cunningham) KSHSAA STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL

WCS Concert Band, Madrigals, Dynamics and Festival Choir all received “I” Superior ratings at the 3A State Large Group Festival KMEA ALL DISTRICT ORCHESTRA

SCKMEA DISTRICT ORCHESTRA Sophomore Peter Todorov- 5th Chair 2nd Violin Freshman Shivani Hebsur- 6th Chair 2nd Violin Senior Ayaan Parikh- 10th Chair 2nd Violin KMEA 1234A BAND

1234A SCKMEA DISTRICT BAND Senior Sam Cline - 1st Chair Tuba Junior Shouvik Dev - 1st Chair Oboe Senior Paul Mines - 2nd Chair Percussion Sophomore Carter Chance - 3rd Chair Baritone Freshman Joshua Lee - 3rd Chair Oboe Senior Mona Bagai - 4th Chair Trumpet Junior Arman Issa - 5th Chair Percussion Freshman Kalyn Lichty - 5th Chair Trombone Sophomore Charlotte Pigg - 5th Chair Flute Sophomore Cooper Winters - 10th Chair Clarinet Sophomore Claire Marquardt - 16th Chair Clarinet Sophomore Clare Schupbach - 22nd Chair Clarinet Freshman Charlie Basinger - Alternate Clarinet

SCKMEA MIXED CHOIR Junior Sihyeon Byon Sophomore Melanie Reece Junior Jiwoo Lee Alto 1 Alternate

KMEA 1234A ALL-STATE MUSICIANS Junior Shouvik Dev, 1st Chair Oboe Senior Paul Mines, 1st Chair Timpani Senior Sam Cline, 2nd Chair Tuba Senior Mona Bagai, 7th Chair Trumpet Sophomore Peter Todorov, 11th Chair 2nd Violin (All State Full Orchestra) Sophomore Cooper Winters, 18th Chair Clarinet Sophomore Carter Chance, Alternate Euphonium Freshman Joshua Lee, Alternate 2 Oboe SCHOLASTIC ART AND SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS

Rashtin Amirani 9, Honorable Mention Digital Art Maric Archibald 11, Honorable Mention, Digital Art Yasmin Bacci 11, Gold Key, Photography Carter Chance 10, Gold Key & American Vision

Nominee, Digital Art Isabella Flores 12, Gold Key, Mixed Media Jack Grace 11, Honorable Mention Photography Beth Henshall 11, Honorable Mention, Silver Key, 2 Gold Keys. Photography.

Jaden Lichty 10, Honorable Mention Photography Evan Lynch 9, Gold Key, Digital Art Clare Marquardt 10 , Honorable Mention Ceramics Langley Overman 11, Honorable Mention Photography Makenna Scheve 9, 2 Honorable Mentions, Gold Key, Digital Art, Drawing & Printmaking Ellie Schulte 11, Honorable Mention, Silver Key, Gold Key Photography Clare Schupbach 10, Honorable Mention Mixed Media James Shackelford 12, 2 Honorable Mention Photography Sadhakshi Sivaraman 10, Gold Key Photography Emme Strickland 9, Silver Key Photography Rachael Tee 10, Honorable Mention, Gold Key Digital Art Zaryn Thompson 9, 2 Silver Keys, Painting Max Timsah 9, Gold Key, Painting Gavin Tuhro 9, Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration Chloe Turpin 12, Honorable Mention & Gold Key, Photography Isaac Vanderburg 10, Honorable Mention, Photography Iya Wakil 12, Honorable Mention, Mixed Media Derek Yang 12, Honorable Mention Photography

MIDDLE SCHOOL Rima Ajwad 8, Honorable Mention, Portfolio Amir Kicha 8, Honorable Mention, Mixed Media Michelle Mangan 8, Gold Key, Mixed Media Corryn McDermott 7, Silver Key, Painting Raelyn Ryun 8, Gold Key, Mixed Media Albert Saliba 7, Silver Key, Mixed Media Annie Sharp 8, 2 Honorable Mentions. Mixed Media Adain Smith 8, Gold Key, Painting Brylee Smock 7, Honorable Mention, Painting Maddox Wares 7, Honorable Mention, Painting NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY EXAM (MIDDLE SCHOOL)

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS (PERFECT SCORE) 5th grade: Henry Michaelis Emerson Sprole Aya Eldika Nadine Issa Ava Schmitberger Isabel Elliott Rami Sabouni GOLD MEDAL WINNERS 5th grade: Scarlett Coffey

Ava Scheve Salma Alsaleem Dagny Winters Gracie McFarlane Naya Mortada Zoey Alter William Hood Sam Devlin Ledger Wiltse Hendrick Smock Tyler Ragan Priya Phillips Grace Berquist Zane Thompson Nico Valdivia 6th grade: Nora Shuart SILVER MEDAL WINNERS 5th grade: Jake Ndungu Bailey Hall Noah Hake Ava Steckley Henry Gaddis Crue Brady Yusuke Takahashi Jack Streich Carrick Walker Jasmine Atkinson Matthew Chehab Jenson Hawley Yara Shahouri Ava Johnson Harrison Hill Lily Estephan Amir Patel Joanna Messamore Liam Kucharski 6th grade: Annabelle Lee RIBBONS 5th grade: Mateo Felice Stella Moeller Viaan Talreja Sophie Ritchie CUM LAUDE CERTIFICATE 5th grade: Kenzie Villagomez LC Tarbell Beau Flurry Leanna Nabbout Joanise Vincent Red Redford Lila Dakhil Helen Hawley Thomas O’Sullivan Divette Rosas Fitz Skiliris Lauren Lewis Anniston Barghava Brenlee Vincent Milly Nguyen

6th grade: Adeleine Viner Gigi Bartel 7th Grade: Keira Marquardt 8th grade: Lucy Voloch LATIN EXAM

Congratulations to the following students on their National Latin Exam accolades.

GOLD SUMMA CUM LAUDE Ethan Acree Elizabeth Olson SILVER MAXIMA CUM LAUDE Lucy Voloch Annie Sharp MAGNA CUM LAUDE James Nolan Jude Issa Rima Ajwad Evelyn Aberle CUM LAUDE Amir Khicha Remy Blanchaert Maya Sabouni

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

ATHLETIC HONORS + CHAMPIONSHIPS

CROSS COUNTRY

Boys Team - 2nd at League, 3rd in Regionals, 11th in State Girls Team - 2nd in League, 4th in Regionals Alegra Fazio - AVCTL IV All-League, All-Region Ellie Howell - AVCTL IV All-League Dahlia Issa - AVCTL IV All-League, All-Region Max Timsah - AVCTL IV All-League Will Meyer - 4th Place State, League Champion, Regional Champion, 1st Team All-Metro, AVCTL IV All-League, All-State Team Mason Hart - AVCTL IV All-League Price Johnson - AVCTL IV All-League FOOTBALL

Asa Ahmad - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Linebacker, Wichita Eagle All-State Honorable Mention Linebacker, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Linebacker Cooper Brown - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Defensive Line, Wichita Eagle All-State 3A Team Honorable Mention Defensive Line, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Line, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Line, Sports in Kansas Non-Senior Top 100 Football players, All Metro 3rd Team Defensive Line Jacob Chappell - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Linebacker, Wichita Eagle All-State 1st Team Linebacker, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State 1st Team Linebacker, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Linebacker, Sports in Kansas Senior Top 100 Football players, All Metro 2nd Team Linebacker Hudson Ferralez - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Quarterback, Vype All-State Wichita Area, Kansas Football Coaches Association Class 3A All-State Team, Wichita Eagle All-State 1st Team Quarterback, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Quarterback, Sports in Kansas All-State 1st Team Quarterback, Sports in Kansas Senior Top 100 Football players, All Metro 2nd Team Quarterback Givi Gibson - Honorable Mention AVCTL IV All League Offensive Lineman Sebastian Hines-Turner - Honorable Mention AVCTL IV All League Wide Receiver and Defensive Back, Sports in Kansas Non-Senior Top 100 Football players Julian Johnson - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Running back, Wichita Eagle All-State 3A Team Honorable Mention Running back, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Running back, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Running back, Sports in Kansas Non-Senior Top 100 Football players, All Metro 3rd Team Running back Jaden Parker - Sports in Kansas Non-Senior All-State Football Team Honorable Mention Running Back/ 26 | WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL CONNECTION

Linebacker Lucas Ranney-Brown - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Offensive Lineman, Wichita Eagle All-State Honorable Mention Offensive Line, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Offensive Line, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Offensive Lineman, Sports in Kansas Senior Top 100 Football players Honorable Mention Offensive Lineman, All Metro 2nd Team Quarterback Harrison Simon - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Defensive Back, 2nd Team AVCTL IV All League Punter, Honorable Mention AVCTL IV All League Running Back, Wichita Eagle All-State 3A Team Honorable Mention Defensive Back, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Back, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Back, Sports in Kansas Non-Senior Top 100 Football players, James Shackelford - 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Wide Receiver and Defensive Back, Kansas Football Coaches Association Class 3A All-State Team Wide Receiver, Wichita Eagle All-State Honorable Mention Wide Receiver, KSHSAA Covered Class AllState Honorable Mention Wide Receiver, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Wide Receiver, Sports in Kansas Senior Top 100 Football players, All Metro 2nd Team Wide Receiver Tristan Sprole- 1st Team AVCTL IV All League Offensive Lineman and Defensive End, Vype All-State Wichita Area Defensive End, Wichita Eagle All-State 1st Team Offensive Line, KSHSAA Covered Class AllState 1st Team Offensive Lineman, Sports in Kansas All-State 1st Team Defensive End, Sports in Kansas Non-Senior Top 100 Football players 1st Team Defensive Line, All Metro 2nd Team Offensive Line Ward Weimer- Honorable Mention AVCTL IV All League Kicker Brett Wetta - 2nd Team AVCTL IV All League Wide Receiver and Defensive Back, Vype All-State Wichita Area Defensive Back, Kansas Football Coaches Association Class 3A All-State Team Defensive Back, Wichita Eagle All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Back, KSHSAA Covered Class All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Back, Sports in Kansas All-State Honorable Mention Defensive Back, Sports in Kansas Senior Top 100 Football players GOLF (GIRLS)

Margaret Ulrich - 321A STATE CHAMPION, 1st Team All-Metro 1st Team 321A State Golf TENNIS (GIRLS)

TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS Lara de Carvalho - 3A Singles STATE CHAMPION, 1st Team All Metro Singles Laney Conrad - 3A (Repeat) Doubles STATE CHAMPION, 1st Team All Metro Doubles Julia Herrman - 3A (Repeat) Doubles STATE CHAMPION,

1st Team All Metro Doubles Amelia Blackman - 5th Place State Singles, 3rd Team All Metro Singles Tatum Downing - 7th Place State Doubles, 3rd Team All Metro Doubles Langley Overman - 7th Place State Doubles, 3rd Team All Metro Doubles Entire Team - All Metro Coach Simon Norman - First Team All Metro VOLLEYBALL

Carlyle Johnson - 1st Team AVCTL IV All-League, 3rd Team All Metro Avery Elofsson- 1st Team AVCTL IV All-League Addison Goree - 2nd Team AVCTL IV All-League Kalie Villagomez - 2nd Team AVCTL IV All-League BASKETBALL (BOYS)

Asa Ahmad - AVCTL IV Honorable Mention All-League, Honorable Mention 3A All-State A.J. Batiste - AVCTL IV 2nd Team All-League, Honorable Mention 3A All-State Carter Drumright - AVCTL IV Honorable Mention All-League Sebastion Hines-Turner - AVCTL IV 1st Team All-League, 2nd Team 3A All-State, All Metro 2nd Team James Shackelford - AVCTL IV 1st Team All-League, AVCTL IV Defensive Player of the Year, Honorable Mention 3A All-State Mitch Fiegel - AVCTL IV League Coach of the Year BASKETBALL (GIRLS)

Julia Herrman - 1st Team AVCTL All-League Tatum Downing - Honorable Mention AVCTL IV AllLeague BOWLING

Boys Team - 2nd Place at Regionals, State Qualifiers Girls Team Caroline Kuglich - 10th place at State Tournament Mona Bagai - 15th Place at State Tournament SWIMMING (BOYS)

5-1A Team State Runners Up 1st Place - 200 Medley Relay (Karim Sandid, Nathan Lynch, Derek Yang, and Paul Mines) STATE CHAMPION 2nd Place - 200 Yard Free Relay (Luke Cremin, Paul Mines, Harry Ling, and Derek Yang) 5th Place - 400 Yard Free Relay (Luke Cremin, Harry Ling, Nathan Lynch, and Karim Sandid) Derek Yang - Athlete of the Meet, 5-1A State Meet, 50 Yard Free STATE CHAMPION, 100 Yard Butterfly STATE CHAMPION, 1st Team All-State Nathan Lynch - 100 Yard Breaststroke STATE CHAMPION, 4th Place 200 Yard IM, 1st Team

All-State Harry Ling - 4th Place 500 Yard Freestyle, 5th Place 200 Yard Freestyle, 2nd Team All-State Paul Mines - 6th Place 200 Yard Freestyle, 8th Place 100 Yard Freestyle, 2nd Team All-State Luke Cremin - 5th Place 500 Yard Freestyle, 7th Place 100 Yard Butterfly, 2nd Team All-State Karim Sandid - 8th Place 500 Yard Freestyle, 8th Place 100 Yard Breaststroke Coach Kamren Hall was awarded Coach of the Year at the state meet BASEBALL

Mason Bond - 1st Team All- League 2nd Base Jace Campbell - AVCTL IV MVP, 1st Team All-League 3rd Base, 1st Team All-League Pitcher, 3A AllState Honorable Mention Pitcher Carter Drumright - 2nd Team All-League Shortstop, 3A All-State Honorable Mention Middle Infield Maddox Drumright - Honorable Mention All-League Catcher Carson Malaise - 2nd Team All-League Utility Jacob Stehley - Honorable Mention All-League 1st Base, Honorable Mention All-League Pitcher Isaac Vanderburg - Honorable Mention All-League Outfield, Honorable Mention All-League Pitcher Brett Wetta - 2nd Team All-League Outfield GOLF (BOYS)

3RD PLACE TEAM FINISH AT 3A STATE TOURNAMENT Lunden Esterline - 3A STATE CHAMPION, 1st Team All-League, 1st Team All-Metro, 1st Team All-State, STATE CHAMPION Price Johnson - 2nd Team All-League Landon Langston - 12th Place at State Tournament, 1st Team All-League, 2nd Team All-State, 3rd Team All-Metro Timmy Ritchie - 2nd Team All-League Zach Voloch - 1st Team All-League TENNIS (BOYS)

3A STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS Carter Drumright/ Maddox Drumright - 3A Doubles STATE CHAMPIONS, 1st Team All Metro Sky Fujinuma and Rahul Madhavan - 9th Place in State Doubles

Charlie Gentile - 3rd Place at State singles, 1st Team All Metro Omar Al-Tabbal - 5th Place at State Singles, 3rd Team All Metro Coach Simon Norman - 2nd Team All Metro SWIMMING (GIRLS)

10th Place - 200 Yard Medley Relay - (Carlyle Johnson, Brooke McKown, Lana Sandid, Clara Monahan) 15th Place - 200 Yard Free Relay - (Clara Monahan, Lana Sandid, Brooke McKown, Carlyle Johnson) Carlyle Johnson- 10th Place 50 Yard Freestyle, 15th Place 100 Yard Backstroke TRACK & FIELD

GIRLS STATE RESULTS: Ellie Howell - 2nd Place 800m Savannah Vess - 10th Place 800m Alegra Fazio, Savannah Vess, Macy Beran, Ellie Howell - 8th Place 4x400m Savannah Vess, Alegra Fazio, Macy Beran, Ellie Howell - 2nd Place 4x800m BOYS STATE RESULTS: James Shackleford - 2nd Place 100m, 2nd Place 200m, 2nd Team All Metro Logan Clay - 3rd Place Discus Throw Timmy Ritchie - 4th Place 100 m, 2nd Place 400m, 2nd Team All Metro Julian Johnson - 8th Place Long Jump AJ Batiste - 6th Place 200m, 3rd Team All Metro Will Meyer - 13th Place 800m, 10th Place 3200m, 3rd Team All Metro Hudson Ferralez - 12th Place Javelin Throw Brett Wetta - 5th Place 110m Hurdles, 3rd Team All Metro AJ Batiste, James Shackleford, Timmy Ritchie, Peyden Chronister - STATE CHAMPIONS 4x100m, State Record Time of 42.36, 1st Team All Metro

CONGRATULATIONS Students from the Class of 2023 will be attending 33 SCHOOLS in 17 STATES, and WASHINGTON D.C.

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MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS

48% 52% IN-STATE

OUT-OF-STATE

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS 5 FINALISTS / 6 COMMENDED

AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, NC, NY, OK, PA, SC, TX, WA + WASHINGTON, D.C.

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CLASS of 2024 GRADUATES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY • Auburn University • BARNARD COLLEGE • Baylor University • Belmont University • Bethany College BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHICO • California State University Long Beach • Clemson University COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON • Colorado School of Mines • COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY • Columbia College Chicago • Columbia University Creighton University • DePaul University • Drexel University • DUKE UNIVERSITY • Emory University • FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY Friends University • Georgia Institute of Technology • HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE • INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON Johns Hopkins University • KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY • KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY • Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago • Loyola University Maryland • LYON COLLEGE • Missouri University of Science and Technology NEWMAN UNIVERSITY • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • Oklahoma Baptist University • Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Wesleyan University • Oregon State University • Oxford College of Emory University • PURDUE UNIVERSITY Rhodes College • Saint Louis University • Santa Monica College • Sarah Lawrence College • Savannah College of Art and Design Sonoma State University • SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY • STANFORD UNIVERSITY • Temple University TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY • Texas State University • The Evergreen State College • The Ohio State University • The University of Alabama THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN • TULANE UNIVERSITY • THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA • University of Arkansas UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN • University of California Irvine • University of California Los Angeles • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO University of California Santa Barbara • University of Central Arkansas • University of Central Florida • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA University of Colorado Boulder • University of Denver • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA • University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN • University of Minnesota Twin Cities University of Mississippi • University of Missouri Kansas City • THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA • University of Oregon • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA • University of Saint Mary • University of San Diego University of South Florida • University Of Southern California • THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA • The University of Virginia UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON • Washburn University • Washington University in St. Louis • Webster University • WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY

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+Nicolas Alford Adams

Jacob Allen Chappell

Joel Givi Gibson

+Asa Solomon Ahmad

Peyden Jacob Chronister

Gabriel Raposo Gorcos

+Omar Al-Tabbal

+Samuel Tayten Cline

CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Addison Gray Goree

**Elijah Michael Allen

+Sara Jane Crosby

Gracie Anne Gwyn

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Hayden Pierce Anderson

+Avery Dawn Elofsson

*Mason Stokley Hart

Jack Robert Babb

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Hudson Jack Pena Ferralez

**Kaitlin Constantina Henry

CUM LAUDE

Adelaide Brynn Fitzwater

+Price Jack Johnson

Monica Bagai

Isabella Elaina Flores

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Amelia Lyn Reusser King

+Yazan Bakdash

+Karley Rebekah Forsyth

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

*+Rahul Madhavan

Jace E. Campbell

**Sky Ryo Fujinuma

Madeline Alexandra Reeve Carpenter

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

+Anabelle Charlotte Babst

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Isabella Anna Galichia CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Liana Mary Maksoud CUM LAUDE

Aden Shai Meyers CUM LAUDE

*Mason Vernell Mines

+Erin Sanaa Rolfe

+Iya Noor Wakil

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Maya Marie Nabbout

+Phoebe James Ross

+Abigail Jane Walston

**+Wambui Ngunjiri

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

+Haley Joann Walston

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

+Conner Evan Schupbach

+Thomas Luke Olson

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

**+James Duncan Shackelford

*+Ayaan Parikh

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Sia Ninad Sharma

Yun Park

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Samuel Elliott Pfeiffer Lucas Alain Ranney-Brown CUM LAUDE

+Robert Edwin Rasberry III MAGNA CUM LAUDE

+Tyler Joshua Rice SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Keisuke Takahashi *+Darcel Olivia Thompson

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Natalie Marie Walters MAGNA CUM LAUDE

+Brett James Wetta CUM LAUDE

Alex William Wunderlich CUM LAUDE

+Derek Bryan Yang

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

+Chloe Ann Turpin

**+Avi Yendru

CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Ragen Kathleen Turpin

Christina Helena Zakharia

+Kalie Elle Villagomez

CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE * National Merit Finalist ** National Merit Commended + Leadership Academy Distinction

RECOGNITION

FACULTY + STAFF

At the conclusion of the year, the following faculty and staff were recognized for their contributions to our school.

YEARS OF SERVICE

5 YEARS: Amanda Booth, Heidi Holton ‘11, Bailey Horsch ‘17, Gisela Delgado, Terre Graham, David LeVan, Julianne London, Mimi Newman, Nathan Washer, Hans Widener 10 YEARS: Georgia Ahern, Elaine Ashbrook, Shanna Ahmad, Maricar Harris, Matt Webber 15 YEARS: John Bullinger, Grace Phillips, Victoria Ruffin, Kathy Rukes ‘99 20 YEARS: Cindy Johnson, Gaby White 25 YEARS: Troy Black 35 YEARS: Mitch Fiegel, Becky O’Hearn OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

PATHFINDER AWARDS

Steve Elmore, Original Songs for Early Childhood Productions Sherri Newlin, Mural for the Early Childhood Lindsay Paulseen, Potty Training Boot Camp Maisy Abdul, Meagan Hawley ‘99, Jamie Konen, Sherri Newlin, Pre-K Classroom Transformations and Innovative Instruction Ashleigh Hennessy, Amanda London, Theresa Naumann, Jena Simms, Sarah Tjaden, Patti Yetter, Lower School Collegiate Crew Program Sally Cavanaugh, Erin Lewis, Laura Reed, Stacy White, 3rd Grade Mini State Fair Project Ashleigh Hennessy, Women’s Fitness Program for Faculty & Staff Dylan Heath, 5th Grade Girls Basketball Meg Carte, Marilen Morales, Elevating Middle School Art

Masumeh Zarei

Junilda Farner

Kayla Bales

Sarah Tjaden

Meghan Smith

Ashley Hobart

Jenifer Pence, Implementation of New and Enforcement of Old Systems to Elevate the Culture of Upper School

Amy Cunningham

Rolesta Forrest

Jen Ragan, Revamping of the Math Curriculum

Charlie Ramseyer

Grace Phillips

Shawna Horsch, Whitney Stevens ‘08, RAMP Credit Card System

PROBA TE DIGNUM AWARD

Lori Primm

Danielle Gerstner ‘09, Maricar Harris, Anatomage Table Instruction

Shanna Ahmad, Jennifer Hearne, Heidi Holton ‘11, Amanda London, Mental Health Panel Jenn Arneson, Physical and Vaccination Clinic on Campus Phoebe Hart ‘95, Katie Leiding ‘04, Reengagement of Alumni Kathy Rukes ‘99, Viewbook

We wish the following faculty and staff all the best in retirement and thank them for their years of dedication and service to Wichita Collegiate School!

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DONNA BELL TERRE GRAHAM LORI PRIMM

WELCOME NEW FACULTY AND STAFF

Mackenzie Alvis

Beth Lichty

Danielle Smith

EC TEACHING ASSISTANT

KINDERGARTEN TEACHING ASSISTANT

PRESCHOOL TEACHER

Melesa Coffey MS LEARNING LAB

Ali McCartney US LEARNING LAB INSTRUCTOR

Angela Dooling 2ND GRADE TEACHER

Audrey Meisch

Winter Geyer

Marelby Mosquera Jensen

3RD GRADE TEACHER

US SCIENCE TEACHER

Jennifer Remsberg 5TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Nancy Rusanowsky 3RD GRADE TEACHER

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Dawn Harris

Katy Ryan

Jaimee Gwost

LS MUSIC TEACHER

Tina Hill EC TEACHING ASSISTANT

Kenzie Lebeda EC TEACHING ASSISTANT

Melissa Spitzig KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

US ART TEACHER

Brooke Greer

ADMISSIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

2ND GRADE TEACHER

Alanna Harryman PRE-K TEACHER

Sara Souraty

Samantha Taylor

Brandon Whipple US SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER

Bailey Wiebe 4TH GRADE TEACHER

Yangchen Zawadsky EC TEACHING ASSISTANT

1ST GRADE TEACHER

Michele Saul EC TEACHING ASSISTANT

Leticia Saviani PRE-K TEACHING ASSISTANT

Amie Leslie

Traci Sharp

READING SPECIALIST

LS TEACHING ASSISTANT

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FEATURE

FINDING THE COMMON THREAD: AN INTRODUCTION TO THROUGHLINES When I was eight years old, my grandmother taught me to crochet, and through this hobby, I’ve experienced the entire spectrum of the learning process. Clumsy at first but steadily gaining in skill, I dedicated countless hours to practicing and mastering the basics. As my abilities developed, I pushed myself to learn new stitches and attempt increasingly difficult patterns. I’ve taken on projects that were at times more than I thought I could handle, pushed through frustration, celebrated success, and continued to grow. Ultimately, I have found it fulfilling to start with a simple material, spend hours lost in the flow of the task, and end up with something beautiful and useful to show for my work.

These same elements of my evolution as a crocheter surface for me when I think of the concept of throughlines: here at Wichita Collegiate, we want to dedicate our time, energy, and passion to creating a transformative educational experience that is both beautiful and useful for our students. We want to provide opportunities that are filled with joy and challenge. We want students to experience and celebrate success while also embracing and pushing through struggle. We want every community member to strive to constantly evolve as a learner and as a human being.

Beyond the projects they do, the books they read, the accolades they earn, and the cherished memories they make, we want our students to become fully realized individuals, contributing members of their communities, and the absolute best versions of themselves.

Educational throughlines are the foundational fibers tying together every learning experience we design for our students. These threads are incorporated across grade levels and subject areas so that each individual class or lesson becomes part of a more cohesive whole, like separate squares coming together to form a complete blanket.

When the faculty began the task of identifying throughlines nearly three years ago, we centered our initial conversation around the book Creative Schools, where Sir. Ken Robinson shares his belief that “the aims of education are to enable students to understand the world around them and the talents within them so that they can become fulfilled individuals and active, compassionate citizens.”

We reflected on a Wichita Collegiate School education, highlighting the skills, traits, and experiences that we felt were key to helping our students deeply understand and fully explore themselves and the world. Through ongoing conversations and work together and in small groups, we have refined our collective thoughts into four throughlines that we believe are the key threads unifying this beautiful tapestry we’re weaving together for our students.

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By Amber Celestin

Thinking critically is an increasingly vital skill in a world where we are inundated with more information than ever before. We believe we should all be curious, open-minded learners who constantly examine and re-examine ideas in the pursuit of a better understanding of ourselves, each other, and the world.

To care about our community and each other, we must live ethically and with an awareness of the impact each individual can have in the world around them. We want to show up for one another as compassionate, collaborative community members.

Most things worth doing are difficult, and we grow the most when we persevere honorably through challenges. We chose the word “honorably” for perseverance because we wanted there to be a commitment to acting in the right way. We believe there is honor in carrying on when things are tough and in not looking for an easy way out or a means of shirking the challenge, but instead finding ways to learn and grow from every experience. We believe our school thrives when everyone embraces productive struggle, navigating whatever life throws at us with grit, integrity, and open hearts and minds.

Communicating Effectively has always been a hallmark of a Collegiate education. We want to develop our individual voices and the skills to confidently make those voices heard in meaningful ways while also building our active listening skills so we can learn from the voices of others. We will continue to provide opportunities to model and engage in civil discourse and the sharing of ideas and perspectives.

Next year, we’ll carry on with the work of highlighting our throughlines by intentionally intertwining them into all aspects of school life: we’ll display them in every classroom, infuse them into conversations with students, and develop written overviews of how each throughline comes to life in every division. And just as each new crochet stitch I learn opens up new possibilities in the kinds of projects I can tackle next, it is our hope that an intentional focus on these cross-curricular and cross-divisional throughlines will do the same for our students, helping them develop richer, more wellrounded perspectives and skill sets to prepare them for whatever challenges they want to take on next. I’m so excited to watch these threads strengthen around us every day, from Great Beginnings to senior year, as we continue weaving them into the fabric of our school and community, helping kids explore who they are and who they can become.

THROUGHLINES THINK Critically

• Cultivate curiosity for the sake of personal growth and problem solving.

• Examine and reevaluate ideas to improve understanding of yourself, others, and the world.

Students are intrinsically motivated thinkers with a drive to constantly learn and improve their understanding of others and the world.

LIVE Ethically

• Show compassion, empathy, and respect for others.

• Collaborate and contribute as a good citizen and community member.

Students listen to and learn from those around them and contribute to their communities in positive and impactful ways.

PERSEVERE Honorably

• Embrace productive struggle as an opportunity for growth.

• Approach challenges with discipline and resilience.

Students view struggle as an opportunity to grow and embrace the challenges that are presented to them.

COMMUNICATE Effectively

• Communicate clearly, carefully, and with confidence.

• Listen actively; seek to understand multiple perspectives and engage in discourse with civility.

Students engage in internal thought/reflection, conversations with others, civil discourse, and active listening to develop their individual voice and understand the voices of others.

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FEATURE

CULTIVATING CRITICAL THINKING:

HOW THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS PAVED THE WAY FOR STUDENTS TO CREATE THEIR DREAM SCHOOL AN INTERVIEW WITH JENA SIMMS, LOWER SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER, AND KAYLA BALES, LOWER SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY TEACHER

By Kathy Rukes ’99

Lincoln logs scattered across one table. Building blocks, popsicle sticks, and toothpicks on another. Benches papered by sheets of blueprints drawn out in crayon and markers, each marked with ideas and comments. LEGOs in varying states of build on another table. And throughout the room, seven- and eight-year-olds huddled together excitedly discussing their ideas.

During this past winter on any given Friday, a visit to the Cleveland Family Makerspace would have resulted in witnessing the above scene: animated 1st and 2nd graders teaming up to dream up their ideal school. Led by science teacher Jena Simms and technology teacher Kayla Bales, students were shepherded through the engineering design process as they were tasked with answering the following question: If they could design and build their dream school, what would it look like? In a recent interview, these master educators to reflect back on that project and share a bit more about the process, outcomes, and experience of their Dream School Project.

Please describe the Dream School project 1st and 2nd Grade students completed this past semester.

Beginning with a blueprint-style map of campus, students were able to grasp the space and resources available for the project. Facilitated discussions on what spaces were needed versus what additions were wanted led to dynamic brainstorming sessions. Students were then given the time and space to debate their proposals. Ideas included the addition of a sports complex, enhancement of our parking lots, and even building a separate Lower School enhancement building. One of the initial ideas was to build a road around the campus, eliminating all interior roads. They carefully considered walkways connecting buildings. Improving playgrounds was a top priority; students wanted more nature, shade coverings, and areas for kickball, soccer, and football.

With the vision of the school coming into focus, students were then divided into groups, tasked with designing specific spaces across campus: one group designed the road system, another focused on the playgrounds, and another on the enhancement building – each student contributing individually to the overall design, driven by their specific interests. Utilizing Seesaw, students tracked progress, reviewed designs from previous class periods, and found inspiration from other students’ ideas. The project culminated in each class proudly displaying a LEGO model of their design, complete with clear signage promoting each aspect of their very own Dream School.

In what ways did this project encourage the development of the Golden C’s: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, character, and curiosity?

By engaging in discussions to identify the school's needs and envision improvements, students exercised critical thinking skills, analyzing the feasibility and impact of their ideas. Dividing tasks, such as designing the road system, playgrounds, and enhancement buildings, required them to address specific challenges like traffic flow and playground safety, fostering collaborative problem-solving abilities. Examining the current layout and imagining a better version prompted students to reconsider how their environment could be more functional and enjoyable, promoting a mindset of continuous improvement.

encouraging them to ask more questions and delve deeper into the subject matter. As students walked around the school, they became more aware of their surroundings. We overheard them discussing how certain elements could be improved, such as moving a sidewalk or changing the shape of a building. This newfound awareness demonstrated their ability to critically evaluate their environment and think about practical changes that could enhance their school experience. Overall, the project fostered a dynamic learning environment where curiosity and a desire for knowledge thrived, while also encouraging students to observe and rethink their everyday surroundings.

As an educator, what were you hoping students would gain from this experience? Any surprises along the way?

Applying the Engineering Design Process helped students approach problems methodically, encouraging iterative thinking as they tested and refined their ideas. Working in groups and sharing their designs with other classes enhanced their appreciation for different perspectives and solutions, improving their communication and collaboration skills. Designing a dream school allowed students to use their creativity to envision innovative solutions, pushing them to think beyond conventional boundaries. Considering who would use the playground and how to ensure safety and enjoyment for all fostered empathy and a user-centered approach to design.

Overall, the project provided a comprehensive platform for students to develop essential skills and a deeper understanding of how thoughtful design can positively impact their community.

Additionally, exploring different solutions and seeing the diverse designs created by their peers further fueled their curiosity,

As an educator, we hoped students would gain a deeper understanding of collaboration, communication, and creative problem-solving from this experience. We aimed for them to see the practical applications of the Engineering Design Process and to develop a sense of ownership and pride in their work. By engaging in this project, we wanted students to enhance their critical thinking skills, learn to work effectively in teams, and appreciate the importance of considering different perspectives. Additionally, we hoped they would become more observant and mindful about their environment, understanding how thoughtful design can improve their daily lives.

We noted several surprises along the way – most notably the students' enthusiasm and engagement. One day, we heard a student say, "I like your design, but what do you think about adding a backdoor?" This comment reflected the civil discourse language we had taught them, and it was encouraging to hear them using it positively. It showed that they were not only applying their problemsolving skills but also communicating respectfully and constructively.

The students frequently discussed and debated their ideas, demonstrating an impressive level of maturity and critical thinking.

Their ability to integrate feedback and work collaboratively exceeded expectations, proving that they had truly internalized the skills and concepts we aimed to teach through this project. And who knows?

Perhaps one day we will see their ideas and designs reflected on our very own campus.

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FEATURE

REVAS BUSINESS SIMULATION: FAIL. LEARN. PERSEVERE

By David LeVan, Mitchem Chair of Entrepreneurship

TRIAL AND ERROR – AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, FAILURE – CAN BE THE BEST TEACHER. LEARNING AND ADAPTATION LEAD TO SUCCESS.

The REVAS business simulation is an online simulation where students, working in teams of three or four, create and grow small businesses in one specific industry, in our case, the hospitality industry. During each round of the simulation, the travel agencies make business decisions ranging from employee hiring and compensation to the agency’s product offerings and pricing strategy. The game then simulates consumer behavior and provides monthly financial results, which the teams then use to adjust their business strategies to compete against each other and improve their financial success.

In the REVAS simulation and in the real world, teams make mistakes and learn from them. Business strategies emerge and change. It is these adjustments after each REVAS round where student learning really happens.

For the students in the entrepreneurship unit of Principles of Economics, the results of the first round of selling in the REVAS business simulation were humbling. Nearly half the businesses lost money.

For some of the travel agencies, the loss was small, less than $1,000 on revenue of $100,000. One agency, overly optimistic about the market demand, offered too many travel packages and had to absorb the return cost of the canceled plane fares, hotel rooms, and preordered meals. A second business team, fearful of those return costs, offered too few travel packages, which left it unable to cover all of its operating expenses.

For other agencies, the loss was more profound. One team lost over $5,000. Driven by the desire to be the low cost leader, it sold one of its packages with a profit margin under 4%, making just $73 on a $1,900 holiday package. Another agency lost over $11,000 on $77,000 in lost sales by misordering every resource for each travel package it sold. It finished the round with no sales at all.

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meet a business’s demand projections? What is the ideal production level and selling price to maximize profit? How will competitors impact your sales? How will marketing impact consumer demand?

The REVAS business simulation introduces students to the reality that there are numerous and ever-changing answers to these questions.

The agency with the 4% profit margin in the first round of selling began the simulation with a focus on being the lost cost leader but took a significant initial loss with that initial strategy. The team adjusted its strategy during the simulation by focusing on lower production levels, higher quality product offerings, and a prestige pricing strategy with profit margins over 35%. In her reflection on the simulation, one member of this agency described this adaptability from her team, “What I have learned over the time of this simulation is that there is a lot of planning and constantly changing ideas in a business. What I discovered through this experience was to be comfortable with change and not afraid to adapt. This is necessary because the plan that is first made may not ultimately be the right plan…our changes benefited us for the better and taught me to never be set on the first version of anything you create. There is always room for improvement.” Her team, which began the simulation with the largest loss in her class, finished with the class’s highest net income.

Unfortunately, not all the agencies experienced success, even by the end of the simulation. The agency with the initial ordering errors and the $11,000 loss after the first round of selling had a couple of strong middle rounds and began to make profit; however, communication errors within the team in the final round caused another significant misorder which led to no sales of domestic travel packages with a total lost sale value of nearly $400,000.

This team’s total net income was less than a third of its competitors.

But even this repeated failure allowed an opportunity to learn.

This team struggled with effective teamwork and communication throughout the simulation. Reflecting on the struggle working with others, one member wrote, “I often neglected my team members’ ideas in favor of my own, creating a disconnect between me and the rest of the group, slowing our progress and inhibiting our team from functioning efficiently.” This team member, and hopefully all the

members of his agency, learned a valuable lesson in working with others.

The REVAS business simulation provides Collegiate students a realistic understanding of the challenges of starting and growing their own businesses. They experience success and failure each round, and through careful analysis, they learn from their mistakes. They adapt and learn.

The REVAS business simulation provides Collegiate students a realistic understanding of the challenges of starting and growing their own businesses.

- David LeVan As one student explained, “Any business model to survive must have as its key element a characteristic of adapting to the ever-present challenges of a changing market.” Growth mindset drives learning and is the heart of a successful business.

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FEATURE

LIVING ETHICALLY: A CASE STUDY FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT

JOYANN BRAKE, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT, SAT DOWN WITH MEGHAN SMITH TO DISCUSS THE GENESIS OF WHAT HAS BECOME A BENCHMARK PROGRAM FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

No one will challenge that Wichita Collegiate School is renowned for our college prep program and competitive prowess on and off the playing field - we are the #1 private K-12 school in Kansas for a reason. But as our world gets smaller and evermore connected, questions — What happens after graduation? How will our students be prepared for the world beyond the classroom?

What skills could they develop now that will help them be better global citizens? — have arisen.

The sixth-grade team, led by Meghan Smith, wanted to find a way for their students to gain perspective on the community level, but with global implications.

Joyann Brake: Would you start by telling us about the Community Impact theme in sixth grade, why you chose it, and how it came to be?

Meghan Smith: Our sixth-grade community impact theme is refugees and immigrants. It really came about in a beautiful, organic way when you [ Joyann] asked how we can make our students’ service projects more real to our kids. Our students were already doing projects to raise money to donate, but we wanted our students to fully appreciate the global perspectives that are right in our backyard.

In regards to the refugees themselves, we look at their stories and how they impact our world even closer, specifically, our home here in Wichita. These stories of immigrants are not just out in the world - they're here at Collegiate. As I learned that nearly a third of the kids in sixth grade are children from immigrant families or they are immigrants themselves, I started to realize there were opportunities here beyond merely discussing topics in class. In Global Studies class, we discuss culture, traditions, and current events, and I began to realize that I had a wealth of these resources in the students sitting in my room.

Global Gatherings is what started first. I had parents come in and share their stories of living in another country, their traditions, and their customs - the story of their journey of leaving their country and coming to the United States. The perspective they brought to our students on things like not having a 24-hour grocery store and the immediacy and beauty of the opportunities that the United States offers - I think many of our students take these things for granted if 40 | WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL CONNECTION

they’ve never lived anywhere else. As Global Gatherings grew, we would have parents come in several times throughout the year, and eventually, a larger group would spend the whole day with us.

That’s when our sixth-grade team started looking at this as something bigger - something we could make even bigger.

That’s when our community impact initiative began.

JB: This initiative has become so interwoven throughout the 6th grade curriculum. How did you get everyone on board?

MS: Everyone was so excited about the idea of expanding our students’ perspectives on refugees and immigrants that everyone really jumped right in. Joe Gehrer started reading stories of immigrant students in his literature class and then took them over to the Innovation Lab to create what would typically be found in a refugee camp. Suzanne Schwartz started looking at the data and statistics of refugee asylum seekers and the different categories of immigration and then turned her classroom into a store where the students could shop for much-needed items to donate to our local refugee community. Ashley Bowers jumped in and started finding these two-person poems and a way for kids to creatively write about the emotional side of being a refugee. Brian Finan brought things into the science realm by

experimenting with the kinds of cooking fuel and energy sources that could be used in refugee camps. In Earth Science, he started thinking about the reasons that people could have to go to a refugee camp or seek asylum. He and his students looked into natural disasters and how a community can be wiped out by a volcano, earthquake, or tsunami.

JB: As you’ve looked for ways to grow this initiative each year, how did you come to be involved with the International Rescue Committee (IRC)?

MS: For our very first Community Impact Day, we just decided to reach out to the IRC. I think there are only a few locations in the United States, Wichita seemed like an odd part of the country for this, but it turns out this is big place for refugees to be relocated. So we asked, “How can we help?” and they said, “Well, our refugees need clothing and basic household items. If you guys could provide that, that would be great.” For a while now, we had been doing root beer float sales as our fundraiser for giving back to the community, so it seemed natural that we put that money towards buying these specific things that the IRC had asked for. Each year, we continue to work with the IRC. We continue to shop for them. It just became a really impactful day for the kids to actually know what they were doing was for people in our community.

JB: Speaking of community, could you please share how you have expanded this initiative to include field trips to immigrantowned businesses?

MS: As we continued to learn about the immigrant community here in Wichita, we realized that we wanted to actually get out into it. We decided to visit some restaurants that were started by immigrants, refugees, or first-generation Americans. We took the students to Saigon Restaurant, where the owner talked to them about how starting this restaurant was his American dream. Not only did this give us a chance to get kids outside of their comfort zone and have food from different cultures, but they also were able to hear stories of these people coming over to the United States and starting a whole new life and seeing it as this great opportunity.

JB: This year you partnered with Minneha Elementary School. How did that come to be and how does it relate to the work you were already doing?

MS: We had a really wonderful opportunity that our vocal music teacher, Matt Webber, shared with us. His wife, Kimberly, works at Minneha Elementary School and told us about their “Newcomers Class.” We learned that when refugee students come into Wichita, they are placed in USD 259 schools across the city. For us to find out that Minneha, just 100 yards away, has a class of refugee students was amazing. I reached out to Kimberly, and she got me in touch with Jamie, the teacher for the newcomers class. She was thrilled to be able to have a group of students that wanted to care for her kids, talk with them, and provide necessities for them. We told her that in the past we've gone shopping for donations but wanted to know what else we could do. She said, that if we actually had our kids come bring these gifts themselves and let them spend time together, that would be so meaningful. I get goosebumps and a little emotional even talking about it now. It was a really amazing day for our kids, and I think just seeing the joy on everyone’s faces was the most incredible thing. Our students weren’t sure what to expect, so we talked to them before we went about just being themselves. The students at Minneha just wanted to play. They wanted to play just like any other kids. So that's what we did. We brought popsicles and played on the playground. We learned that many of these kids didn’t know what popsicles were, and so Jamie had to explain what we were bringing. To watch these kids eat popsicles was another eye-opening experience for our kids - to realize the things we can take for granted in the United States. At the end of the visit when we got on the bus and were saying goodbye to the kids, they were all waving and shouting. When we got off the bus back at Collegiate, one student in particular was crying, and we asked, “Are you okay? Did you hurt yourself?” No, she was that touched by the day and actually getting to meet the kids.

So it's really evolved from our sixth-grade team over the last five, six years into this beautiful project. I'm hoping that it continues to grow and we can continue to do it all throughout the year. It's not just a week of community impact for us. It is what drives the whole year.

In each class, everyone steps up to take a part of the theme to teach and to focus on.

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FEATURE

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

By Katie Leiding ’04 & Kevin Mykel

THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF WCS, ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF A COLLEGIATE GRADUATE IS THE ABILITY TO CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE, BOTH VERBALLY AND IN WRITING. THE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF OUR SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO BUILD THESE SKILLS INCREMENTALLY AND PROGRESSIVELY IN EVERY CLASSROOM. EXAMPLES OF THIS COMMUNICATION PROGRAM ARE MANY AND VARIED. The culminating example of this program is the Good Life Paper, which has long been a point of pride for our graduates. If you aren’t familiar with the Good Life Paper, it is the capstone project of our Collegiate experience and a large part of the Senior Humanities grade. The students spend the year in a multi-discipline examination of the nature of a “Good Life.” They finish the course by writing an extended (20+ pages) introspective paper, expressing their beliefs on this most human topic. The writing of the paper is followed by a session with a panel of well-respected faculty to discuss and defend their positions.

pupils are given numerous opportunities to develop these skills throughout the year, culminating in the Culture-Gram Project. This project tasks each child to create a poster that shares family photos and memories. Students are also invited to bring food special to their family to share with their classmates. The culmination of this project involves the four- and five-year old students presenting their work. Parents who attend their child’s Culture-Gram presentation over the years have been consistently amazed at the ability of these young students to discuss the family’s unique culture with confidence and insight.

KNOWING THAT THEY CAN TAKE ON A PHDSTYLE DISSERTATION AND DEFEND THEIR POSITIONS SENDS THEM INTO THE WORLD WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. EVERY COLLEGIATE GRADUATE SINCE 1994 HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT.

This Culture-Gram Project was developed at Collegiate after Mrs. Abdul and Mrs. Gallagher were able to attend a professional development opportunity in February of 2019, thanks to the generosity of our donors. They attended the Early Childhood STEM Conference at Caltech, and came home with many significant takeaways, including our now beloved Culture-Gram Project.

To take on something this significant requires years of building effective communication skills. Starting in preschool, our teachers lay the foundation, and as our students grow, our teachers layer in increasingly sophisticated skills. These are intentional, diligently laid-out plans that prepare our students to communicate effectively throughout their lives.

Our Early Childhood classrooms are filled with opportunities for children to lay the groundwork of these skills. One of the most visible is Show and Share, in which Preschool through Kindergarten students present an item to their classmates. They develop strong oral language skills, and their peers learn to listen and ask great follow-up questions. As they progress through EC, students transition from simple statements such as, “I have a blue truck, too!” to asking more complex questions such as, “Where did you get your blue truck?”

In Pre-K, high-level vocabulary is taught, and students are encouraged to be more precise with their language. Our young

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“At this developmental stage, it’s natural for children to be a little ego-centric. They are beginning to understand how to take the

We felt the Culture-Grams would be a great project to work toward in terms of public speaking, but that it also would help the children celebrate their unique family cultures.

- Maisy Abdul

perspective of others. This is a really special way for them to learn what is different about other families and what is similar.”

The teachers encourage each child to explore what is special about

their own family, from what meals they love to share together, to what holiday traditions they have. “What we’ve found is that even two families who are from the same place have different traditions, so it opens their eyes to what is unique about their family,” Mrs. Abdul says.

The students are so proud to share what makes their family special with their classmates, and they are all fascinated by the similarities and differences among their peers.

In the United States, public speaking is often ranked as the population’s number one fear. We applaud our little students who, year after year, excitedly count down the days until it’s their turn to stand up and present their Culture-Grams.

One child remarked on the last day of school this year,

“You know, Mom, I was really shy at the beginning of Pre-K. Now I’m not nervous to speak in front of my friends at all!”

The Culture-Gram Project is one step on the path to the Good Life for our students and has been a wonderful addition to our curriculum. It is also a great demonstration of how professional development opportunities provided to our teachers yield results for our students. When our teachers are able to learn, grow, and innovate, so too can our young Spartans. And so this early step is one our entire community, in essence, makes together as each small student stands up, tells their story and begins to consider their very own version of the “Good Life.”

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YEAR in REVIEW COMMUNITY BUILDING • Spartan Socials • Spartan Night • Sparty Zone at Home Varsity Football Games • Kindergarten & Lower School Field Day T-shirts • Middle School House T-shirts • Upper School Finals Survival Snacks • Concessions Allotments for Teams and Clubs TEACHER APPRECIATION • Teacher Birthdays • Annual Spring Teacher & Staff Luncheon • Teacher Grants • Favorite Things List • Teacher Appreciation Events Throughout the Year (stocking the lounges, coffee truck on campus)

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Allyson Teal, Kara Scott, Cara Payne, Becky McPherson, Gaylene Alderson, Ilex Gelpi, Alexis Kater, Jenna Marceau

CPA PROVIDES ALL OF THIS THROUGH THEIR FUNDRAISERS:

• Shirt Shack • Activity Passes • Concessions • Senior Activity Book Ads • School Supplies • Thanksgiving Program Reserved Seating • Poinsettia Sales/Holiday Market • Valentine’s Day Surprise • Garden Market • Give Back Programs (Box Top & Dillons) THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, THE CPA HAS CONTRIBUTED

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2023-2024 OFFICERS Ilex Gelpi President Gaylene Alderson Vice President Jenna Marceau Treasurer Alexis Kater ’01 Secretary Amanda Devlin Past President Directors at Large: Allyson Teal, US Cara Payne, MS Becky McPherson, LS Kara Scott, EC Phoebe Hart ’95 Staff Liaison

2024-2025 OFFICERS Gaylene Alderson President Carla Bingenheimer Vice President Jenna Marceau Treasurer Alexis Kater ’01 Secretary Ilex Gelpi Past President Directors at Large: Allyson Teal, US Cara Payne, MS Ashley Caro, LS Erica Ammar, EC Sara Souraty Staff Liaison

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GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

By Lalo Walsh

Our annual fundraising efforts, beginning the summer ahead of each school year and closing as the school year ends, are the lifeblood of our Fund for Collegiate. Year after year, the Fund for Collegiate supports both visible, critical enhancements and behind-the-scenes initiatives and investments that keep WCS a world-class institution.

Every spring, our Development Office works with our Administration and the Board Members on our Advancement & Development Committee to set our fundraising goals for the upcoming year. We fundraise to cover the necessities and aspirations of the following school year. These goals must take into consideration our fundraising history, our anticipated needs looking as far ahead as one to two years (and beyond), and the fact that a number of our expenditures will inevitably be unforeseen. It is these unanticipated or deferred maintenance expenses that we now save for and include in our annual fundraising goal; we call this new allocation within our Fund for Collegiate our “Rainy Day Fund.”

Here are just a few examples of how the Fund for Collegiate supported our students, employees, and campus in the 2023-24 school year:

TEACHER WISH LISTS

CAMPUS SECURITY

Every year, we receive numerous funding requests from teachers and coaches looking to purchase new programming and/or supplies and equipment in order to enhance our students' learning and classroom experiences.

Student, Faculty, and Staff safety is of the utmost importance to us, and the ongoing work of enhancing our campus security continues to be prioritized. This past year numerous updates and upgrades made to our campus security were afforded by donations to our Fund for Collegiate, including the acquisition and implementation of our new Visit U campus visitor management system and installation of NightLocks.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Our teachers and coaches aim to operate at the highest caliber in their field in order to best serve our students. Their continued education through either coursework or professional conferences allows them to elevate the education offered on our campus. Twenty faculty members were able to attend professional development conferences this past year thanks to your support through our Fund for Collegiate.

CLASS RETREATS & ACTIVITIES In recent years, the Fund for Collegiate has provided around $60,000 a year towards Senior Class Retreats & Activities such as Road Rally, Prom, After Prom, Senior Weekend, and the Senior Banquet.

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The WCS Day of Giving is the official kick-off to our annual fundraising effort, which raises money every year towards our Fund for Collegiate, benefitting our students, teachers, and school. Our 2023 Day of Giving took place on October 12 and was a campus-wide celebration raising $402,711.

FUTURE NEEDS

509 OVERALL NUMBER OF DONORS PARTICIPATING

Our Rainy Day Fund will need $6.3 million allocated to it over the next 5 years in order for WCS to cover anticipated deferred maintenance and campus needs.

76 NUMBER OF ALUMNI DONORS

Help us Buy the Bus! We need a bus better aligned with the caliber of our school and students, providing them greater reliability and comfort in their transportation to sporting events, field trips, and off-campus extracurricular activities.

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Mechanical equipment upgrades are needed across campus including upgrades to our fire control panels.

Both the Lair and Upper School kitchens need equipment upgrades.

Classroom & Division upgrades are needed across the campus requiring new furniture and flexible learning spaces.

We hope you join in on our next Day of Giving!

PLEDGE OR DONATE TODAY TOWARDS OUR DAY OF GIVING >

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ANNUAL GIVING

Bright, Bold &

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THIS YEAR’S BRIGHT & BOLD SPARTAN BASH TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 20, 2024 AT MURFIN STABLES AND CELEBRATED ALL THAT COLLEGIATE IS TODAY WHILE RAISING FUNDS FOR ALL WE HOPE IT CAN BE TOMORROW! IT TRULY WAS A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE, AS PROCEEDS OF THE BASH GO EXCLUSIVELY TOWARDS UNRESTRICTED FUNDING CRITICAL TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

“We feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity to have co-chaired the 2024 Spartan Bash. Reflecting on our experience, we can't help but be filled with pride and positivity. Our deep love for our school and community compelled us to take on this role knowing that by chairing the Spartan Bash, we were not only fundraising, but also fostering a sense of unity within our community.

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“Our experience was nothing short of exceptional; anchored by the first-class group of volunteers, donors, and sponsors who made the night a resounding success. We got to witness the smiles on the faces of staff, teachers, and parents alike. The energy that filled the air that night reinforced our belief in the power of coming together for a common cause.

“Lastly, the opportunity to work with close friends and make new ones made the job a true joy.

We are grateful for the opportunity, and are hopeful for the lasting impact it will have on our school and community!”

– Erin & Clark Moeller and Sarah & Shane Phillips 2024 Spartan Bash Co-Chairs

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THANK YOU

CAMPUS UPGRADES MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR DONATIONS UPPER SCHOOL GIRLS BATHROOM

A few years ago, our main Upper School boys bathroom had a leak which led to a renovation covered by our insurance company. Kathie Dakhil, grandmother to 14 current Spartans, turned 70 this year, and her birthday wish was to give our girls a new bathroom! The family came together to make this happen, and we are thrilled that our girls will enjoy a new bathroom in the fall, as will all our guests who come to our Upper School for events. The family also gave a gift to upgrade the boys bathroom flooring so that it matches what we put in the girls bathroom. We are so grateful to Kathie and Shaker Dakhil, Deanna ’96 and Tyler Ternes, Charese and Chris Dakhil ’98, Laura ’00 and Bradley Monahan, and Kristen and Dan Dakhil ’02 for this wonderful gift! Sherri Newlin, WCS Pre-K teacher, hand painted a special quote on the wall as a finishing touch.

ANATOMAGE

Collegiate became the first school in Kansas to receive the Anatomage Table with both the science lessons and the anatomy and physiology lessons. This incredible piece of technology was made possible thanks to a significant donation from an anonymous donor. This seven-foot table features 3D anatomy visualization, virtual dissection, and science lessons that takes complex science concepts and turns them into virtual experiments. This is often used in medical schools due to its innovative approach to anatomy and dissections, and our students have loved the hands-on approach to learning.

ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE FUND FOR COLLEGIATE

• Renovation and furnishing of our new Reading Specialist Room

• US Volleyball bags and nets

• Funding support towards US football expenses

• New Cheer floor mats

• US Basketball practice jerseys and travel suits

• Science materials for EC

• New 41” track hurdles

• Funding support towards new campus security cameras

• New classroom furniture in LS, MS, and US, where needed

• Digital Piano repairs for Mr. Elmore in EC

• Educational games for LS

• MS Wellness Wednesday funding

• Fresh paint in the US and MS hallways

• Funding towards Fine Arts instruction in the US

• Books for Mrs. Ralston’s 6th grade Literature Class

• and MANY MORE!

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2024

BLUE & GOLD DONOR CELEBRATION We were thrilled to host our donors at the Blue & Gold Donor level for a special cocktail party on the Chester’s Patio on May 14.

Donors at our Blue & Gold level made an annual contribution of $2,500 or more to support the philanthropic needs of our school.

SAVE THE DATE

2025 BLUE & GOLD DONOR CELEBRATION SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025

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PHILANTHROPY

MITCHEM FAMILY INVESTS IN COLLEGIATE

By Katie Leiding ’04

How can we help?

That’s the question Hunter and Mallory Mitchem brought to Nathan Washer, Head of School, and Katie Leiding ‘04, Director of Development, last fall. Their girls, Everleigh, 4th grader, and Blakely, PreKindergartener, thrive at Collegiate, and the Mitchems feel a deep appreciation to our teachers for the nurturing environment they create. They wanted to do their part to support our teachers and the Collegiate community as a whole.

When the Mitchems learned that we’d love to offer our students more course choices, particularly in the Upper School, they were all in and have committed to providing seed funding to expand our entrepreneurship offerings. This will include updates to our technology and innovation tools campus-wide and the salary of a Mitchem Chair of Entrepreneurship.

The Mitchems have a passion for entrepreneurship and exploring how it can be harnessed to solve society’s problems. They ask, “What if all our students knew how to channel their gifts and skills to change the world through an entrepreneurial mindset?”

David LeVan, current Upper School economics teacher, has been named our Mitchem Chair of Entrepreneurship. He will oversee enhanced connections with local businesses and industries, real world experiences, and an education model designed to unlock our students’ creativity and imaginations.

This fall, our middle school and upper school students will have more choices within the economics, entrepreneurship, and leadership realm.

In the Upper School, Principles of Economics will now be a fall semester class for freshmen, with both freshmen and sophomores taking it in the 2024-2025 school year as we transition it to a freshmen year offering. Spring offerings include Introduction to Entrepreneurship, a course designed to introduce students to

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an entrepreneurial mindset. Taking this course sequence earlier will provide a foundation for students to choose additional entrepreneurship offerings throughout their Upper School years.

In the 2025-2026 school year, we will hire an additional economics teacher to expand the department and the courses we can offer.

NEW COURSE OFFERINGS FOR OUR UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 2024-2025:

INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP PERSONAL FINANCE APPLIED LEADERSHIP AP MICROECONOMICS NEW COURSE OFFERINGS FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 2024-2025:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & PRODUCT DESIGN

This gift is a pilot in our hopes to fund additional programming and faculty positions, allowing our students to have more choices without increasing tuition.

Entrepreneurship has been woven successfully into many liberal arts programs, because both have a focus on problem solving and thinking creatively.

As Hunter says, “Entrepreneurship can encompass so many things, and we wanted to invest in this initiative to promote innovation and help provoke and put focus around the mindset and power that entrepreneurs bring to our world. It’s about pushing our limits, creating new markets, solving problems, enhancing technologies - all things that make our economies expand. We are excited to partner with phenomenal faculty like David LeVan to spread the Spartan impact, and we hope this brings energy around new ideas that fit within the strategic goals at WCS.”

HUNTER, MALLORY, EVERLEIGH, & BLAKELY MITCHEM

Hunter and Mallory Mitchem are local entrepreneurs. Their newest venture is focused on wellness with SweatHouz, a cold plunge and infrared sauna studio, opening in Wichita, Kansas City, and Chicago.

Nathan Washer believes this gift will help our students reach their potential, saying, “Our vision demands that we empower our students to lead lives of impact. The opportunity to equip them with the entrepreneurial skills necessary to improve our communities is one that we are all excited about. A gift like this from Hunter and Mallory Mitchem will help our students learn how to solve problems in the world that they will enjoy. There is nothing our kids can’t do without the right investment from us.”

“This gift is one of the largest gifts to Collegiate in a decade. I was so moved by the Mitchem’s clarity regarding the value of our faculty,” says Katie Leiding. “They don’t take our teachers for granted, and the fact that they want to help expand our faculty is really special. I can’t imagine a better return on investment than that!”

The hope is that this initiative creates and spurs more thought around different areas that could also use investment at Collegiate.

- Hunter Mitchem

NEW INNOVATIVE TOOLS THROUGHOUT CAMPUS FUNDED BY THIS GIFT:

MAKERBOT SKETCH LARGE 3D PRINTER, for The Cleveland Family Makerspace in Lower School ULTIMATE S7 PRO WITH ADVANCED MATERIALS AND UPGRADED LASER TO INCLUDE CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS, for the Lammers Innovation Lab in Middle School BAILEIGH PRECISION LATHE PL-1640 AND PROFESSIONAL LARGE FORMAT SIGN & VINYL PRINTER & CUTTER, for the Alumni Association iLab in Upper School FACILITY UPDATES FUNDED BY THIS GIFT:

Many of our Leadership Academy speakers present to the students in the TIMOTHY O’SHAUGHNESSY COMMONS, and this summer it received elevated technology that will enhance the speaker experience tremendously. We’ll have high-end video conference capabilities, interactive TV panels, and enhanced A/V. The ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM is being set up with these same high-end video conferencing capabilities so entrepreneurs around the world can conference into our classes. The classroom will be set up in collaborative pods to foster the type of work the students will be doing and the furniture and design choices were made with that in mind.

Hunter agrees, saying, “Giving to Collegiate has an endless return on investment.”

We can’t wait to see the potential that will be unlocked in our students due to this incredible gift. THANK YOU, HUNTER AND MALLORY MITCHEM!

Mallory adds, “There’s no better investment that you can make than investing in children. As parents, we all want our kids to have more opportunities than we had. We believe this is one way we can do that. We are excited to partner with the amazing faculty and do our part to support these students’ dreams.”

To learn how you can get involved in this program, or how you can support additional goals that enhance the Collegiate experience, please reach out to Katie Leiding at kleiding@wcsks.com.

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ENDOWMENTS

ENDOWMENTS

SECURING OUR FUTURE

Our endowment is a collection of investment accounts for Collegiate set up by generous donors that make an impact for both current and future students. The principal of the donation remains and grows over time. Funds are managed independently by investment professionals and our Board of Trustees sets an annual spending rate that ensures we see long-term benefits.

ENDOWMENT CATEGORIES

INDEXED TUITION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SPECIALIZED

A singular account that provides a stable stream of operational support to keep Collegiate thriving in perpetuity.

Unlocking the Collegiate promise to qualified students, regardless of their financial situation.

Ensuring our faculty and staff have continuing education opportunities to learn the latest and greatest educational methods to share with our students.

Providing funding for specific departments, programs, buildings, or awards that are dear to the donor’s heart and aligned with Collegiate’s long-term vision.

ENDOWMENT FAQ

GENERAL OPERATIONS

Could I create my own endowment?

Yes! Many donors who want to make a gift in the six or seven figures have chosen to create an endowment.

The Development Department and Board of Trustees are happy to have these discussions with our donors who dream of making a long-term impact at Wichita Collegiate School.

Can I give to an existing endowment?

Yes! Many of our donors choose to make a gift to support one of our existing endowments. Most commonly they choose to donate to either the General Operations Endowment or the WCS Alumni Endowment Fund.

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WCS FUND: General operating support (Board designated) $4,475,369 INDEXED TUITION ENDOWMENTS: 5,459,341

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Endowment funds like these help fill in the difference between the amount our indexed tuition families pay and our tuition rate. Donors who invest in these funds ensure the school stays financially whole from a tuition perspective.

SPECIAL PURPOSE: $2,606,329

R. DOUGLAS BRIDGES & HELEN FAY BRIDGES ENDOWMENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS Supports learning differences in the middle school and upper school

CHRIS DRAZEK MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT Supports the WCS band program and recognizes a senior for their contributions to the band program

THE SHOAF FAMILY MEMORIAL FUND

WCS ALUMNI ENDOWMENT FUND Still actively fundraise for this through the WCS Golf Classic

ADAM & ELLEN BEREN ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Supports extracurricular activities, and recognizes a senior annually at Upper School Honors Day

FAY FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Supports the French program and and recognizes top French students annually

MALONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

LANGREHR ENDOWMENT

BUNNY HILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Supports softball field

DAVE & KATHY ROBERTSON ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Supports Early Childhood Library

TOM BOETTGER MEMORIAL FUND

Supports special projects or indexed tuition

JENNY PAULSEEN ENDOWMENT AARON MELHORN ENDOWMENT

JACK C. CHESKY LEADERSHIP AWARD FUND

SHOAF BUILDING FUND

SHAFER DART SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND MEMORIAL AWARD

Supports maintenance of the Martha Shoaf Lower School

BUNNY HILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY SUSTAINABILITY ENDOWMENT

ALICE VIRGINIA KNORR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Contributes to the sustainability of WCS

FORREST C. LATTNER SCHOLARSHIP FUND

BUNNY HILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY TECHNOLOGY ENDOWMENT

MARY KOCH ENDOWMENT

Helps maintain infrastructure for technology needs

STADIUM ENDOWMENT FUND

KOCH INDUSTRIES ENDOWMENT

Supports maintenance of the stadium complex and field upkeep

RALPH C. “BILL” ROUNDS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

TOM DAVIS LEGACY ENDOWMENT Underwrites activities related to business, freedom, and personal character/ethics

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $1,424,860 BUNNY HILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RON MANN ENDOWMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MATTAR FAMILY ENDOWMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUDY BROSHEARS CLARK LOWER SCHOOL FACULTY ENDOWMENT NICK MADISON MEMORIAL FUND

TAYLOR FAMILY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FUND/TAYLOR PRIZE FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT EDWARD E. FORD FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT

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ENDOWMENTS

WCS MALONE ENDOWMENT RECEIVES ADDITIONAL $500,000 GIFT

By Katie Leiding ’04

In 1997, The Malone Family Foundation was founded with the goal of improving access to quality education for highly capable students who lack the financial resources to best develop their talents.

Dr. John C. Malone had been a recipient of a similar scholarship and dreamed of opening the door for other highly qualified students nationwide. The Foundation set a goal of selecting the top independent schools in the nation to each receive a $2,000,000 endowment to defray tuition and fees for gifted and talented students.

process, the lunch program, and many school sponsored trips, to ensure each of the Malone Scholars has the full Collegiate experience.

Our While the Malone Foundation has selected their final schools and is beginning to sunset their school has operations, to showcase their continued benefitted not just desire to impact students, the Malone Family Foundation gifted each of In 2008, Wichita Collegiate School was from this incredible their selected schools an additional proud to be chosen as the sole Malone School for the state of Kansas, donation, but also from the $500,000 in June of 2023 to further fund our endowments. We were following a rigorous selection network of the 50 selected thrilled to receive this additional process that examined academic to help us offer the Collegiate caliber; the quality of their staff; Malone Schools. The Foundation gift experience to more bright future excellent accommodations for Spartans. gifted and talented students; has set up a community of strong AP and enrichment programs; attention to the mutual support, encouragement, Collegiate is proud to be a steward individual student’s needs, of Dr. John C. Malone’s vision. and learning among the Malone We interests and talents; financial are grateful for this gift to strength and stability; a Schools, and our administrators bring more bright young minds to commitment to financial aid; and an Collegiate and are thrilled that this have regular meetings with impact economically, culturally, ethnically, will continue in perpetuity. and socially diverse population.

Wichita Collegiate School will be the other Malone Schools looking to identify two new Malone to learn the best ideas Scholars for the 25-26 school year.

To date, 21 students have attended you know a prospective student Collegiate due to the Malone Family happening across whoShould would benefit from this opportunity, Foundation’s generosity. This highly selective please have them contact Director of Enrollment scholarship for students in grades 7-12 provides the nation.

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Management, Kathy Rukes at krukes@wcsks.com.

We were able to catch up with a few graduated Malone Scholars recently.

We appreciate their reflections as they look back on their time at Collegiate.

Looking back, what was your favorite experience at Collegiate?

Could you share a story that might encapsulate or represent your time at Collegiate?

Who made the biggest impact in shaping your experience at Collegiate?

I think my day-to-day routine best represents my WCS experience! I would go to morning tutorials, attend classes, occasionally host a club meeting after school, go to tennis practice, and then attend musical/play rehearsals in the evening. I didn’t have to pick and choose what activities to participate in. Collegiate made it so I could do it all while thriving academically. My days were busy, but I enjoyed every minute of it and developed a work ethic I use every day. My favorite experience was attending the ISAS arts festival in Oklahoma City my senior year!

We performed songs from our fall musical, choral pieces, solos, and monologues.

We met students from other schools showcasing their art. The bus ride made for lots of fun memories. It was the perfect ending to my high school performing career!

I vividly remember being an 8th grader leaving all of my friends in my hometown of Mulvane for a school I knew little about and worrying about making new friends.

I quickly realized Collegiate is such a welcoming community and integrated me without a hitch. I developed a community that I truly felt a part of and supported me in countless ways. Fast forward to my senior year, I was so upset that I did not receive a scholarship to SMU and getting rejected from UCLA, two schools that I really wanted to go to. I remember being visibly upset during weights, and Coach Black saying to me, ‘It is their loss.’ The next morning I was sitting in the lunchroom and opened an email from Berkeley saying that I received an offer of admission. The Collegiate support staff rivals none and helped make me the person I am today.

- Sabrina Wilson, WCS Class of 2022, University of Kansas Class of 2026

- Trey Charbonneau, WCS Class of 2019, UC Berkeley Class of 2023

It’s difficult to choose just one person. As an athlete, Coach Black was more than my football coach; he was a teacher and mentor to me for four years. Mr. Ruhter’s passion for the classes he instructed was inspiring.

His lessons taught me how to visualize math, and as a result, played a major role in helping determine my path in college. I respected Dr. Misak’s ability to break things down bit by bit, which allowed me to learn quickly, while Mrs. Gruetter showed me what a grind math could be. She taught me that you’re not good at math once you understand it, but rather you’re good at math once it becomes second nature.

Ms. London made me a better writer by teaching me to pay attention to the details and dig deeper, skills I have applied in all aspects of my life. And from my initial campus tour of WCS my 8th grade year to announcing games with him through CSPN my senior year, Mr. Ashbrook was always a great mentor!

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ENDOWMENTS

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YEARS ENDOWMENT FUND

In 1994, the Alumni Board wanted to give Collegiate a special gift, worthy of 30 years of educating children.

They decided to create the WCS Alumni Endowment Fund. This fund grows year by year, and a percentage of the earnings are invested in qualified students who bring a desire to learn and a willingness to work hard, through our indexed tuition program.

Ensuring qualified students can attend Collegiate, regardless of their finances, has been an important part of Collegiate’s identity throughout our 60 years. By creating an endowment with this focus, they ensured this core value could carry on in perpetuity. They believed these students completed our community in a way that reflects not just our mission, but also represents our vibrant city and added to the overall student experience, preparing all our students for college and life.

Only four employees at Collegiate ever know who the beneficiaries of indexed tuition are, and we take our students’ privacy and dignity very seriously. However, there have been students over the years who feel comfortable sharing how they benefited from this support, including Askia Ahmad, class of 1996. His openness actually helped inspire the Alumni Board to create this incredible legacy for our school!

Joe Rothwell ‘70 was the Alumni Board President at the time of its creation. He recalls being personally inspired by Askia from the moment he stepped foot on campus. “Askia was instantly a Spartan, and we could all see the impact he was having on our community,” Joe says. “He fit so perfectly, and yet, he was a trailblazer in a lot of ways, too.

We felt like there was no greater gift the Alumni Board could give to Collegiate than to ensure more kids like Askia Ahmad could become Spartans.

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By Katie Leiding ’04

Many alumni have directed their giving over the last 30 years to this endowment, seeking to pay it forward to the next generation. Our alumni point out that these donations are both for the students who receive indexed tuition AND to enhance the student experience for the entire Collegiate community. Time and time again, we hear from alumni that their experience was enhanced by having friends with different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Chase Koch, class of 1996, is one of our alumni who credits these friendships with helping him become a better leader and person. He was in Askia Ahmad’s class and shared, “When Askia came to Collegiate, I was blown away by his work ethic and focus. He really valued the exposure to those who were business-minded at Collegiate, and he was here to put himself on a new path. The first business I ever started was actually with Askia. He worked at The Radio Shop and taught me how to wire up car stereos and build custom boomboxes. We started doing this for our classmates - it was a great little business!”

Chase continues, “Since childhood, the value Askia has added to my life has been significant, both personally and professionally. I am truly grateful to the leadership at Collegiate for ensuring that kids like Askia can attend Collegiate. He benefitted, sure, but we all benefited much more.”

When we asked Askia why he’s comfortable sharing that he received financial assistance, he says, “Well, I wasn’t always, but as I’ve realized the net Collegiate tuition I had to pay was a significant portion of my family’s household income, I feel nothing but pride. We worked hard as a family for this opportunity, and I knew at the time how lucky I was to be here. I loved sports, but I was willing to sacrifice playing basketball to spend more hours working to help pay my tuition. I knew my time in the classroom with this caliber of teachers was worth that sacrifice, even though I would have loved to continue playing. I knew what I was learning from my classmates and this community as a whole was worth every sacrifice.”

Askia has given back to Collegiate tenfold, and is the parent of two Spartans, Asa, who just graduated, and Langston, rising sophomore.

Askia’s wife is one of our beloved employees, Shanna Ahmad, who

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By Lalo Walsh Joe Rothwell ’70 looks surprised at the question. “What made us want to include Collegiate in our will? Well. . .it just never dawned on us not to.” To talk to Joe and his wife Devon Rothwell ’71 is to get real insight on what makes a Collegiate education so special. Devon taught math at WCS for 23 years, their children attended, and Joe served on the Alumni Board that established our WCS Alumni Endowment Fund.

ASKIA ‘96 AND SHANNA AHMAD AND CHASE KOCH ‘96 CHARLES KOCH, CHASE KOCH ‘96 AND ASKIA AHMAD ‘96

makes a huge difference in our students’ lives as the Upper School Counselor. Prior to Shanna’s employment at Collegiate, Askia was the Alumni Board President, and later a Trustee.

The Alumni Board has hosted the WCS Golf Classic for 25 years, with proceeds benefiting The WCS Alumni Endowment Fund. Many alumni have also made restricted gifts directly to this endowment over the years, and its total value is now over $1.3 million.

Askia is a common fixture at the WCS Golf Classic, sharing, “I try to never miss it. I may never know the students who are impacted by the fundraising done that day, but I know they are worth it, and our whole community is better because they are here. I have witnessed this on both sides, both as a student on indexed tuition, and as a parent whose kids’ friends are on indexed tuition. My sons have had a better childhood because of the great kids this program has brought to our school.”

If you are passionate about supporting this core Collegiate value, join us on September 27 at the 25th Annual WCS Golf Classic.

INDEXED TUITION Indexed Tuition is flexible tuition pricing based on a family’s specific financial situation. Collegiate follows a confidential process utilizing the Clarity Application to determine a family’s tuition level based on the information that families share in the application, which includes assets, income, expenses, and debts as documented by tax filings and W2 forms. Families applying for Indexed Tuition are required to complete this review each school year.

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OF OUR STUDENT BODY BENEFIT FROM THE INDEXED TUITION PROGRAM

This family has had a long standing love and appreciation for our school and its value. “Collegiate is a community asset,” Joe goes on to say, at which point Devon’s face lights up as she recounts the story of a past student whose life was transformed by her time at WCS, her attendance enabled through funding by the Alumni Endowment. It’s clear that both Joe and Devon regard Collegiate as being a unique and worthy component of our Wichita community–one which they intend to support in every way possible.

The Planned Giving that the Rothwells have arranged is through Collegiate’s 1963 Society, a program which includes options for bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, memorials, and charitable lead trusts as options for giving with substantial tax benefits for donors and their heirs. By choosing to include Collegiate in their will, the Rothwells plan to build upon the Alumni Endowment legacy they helped found. Devon and Joe are humble when they speak of their generous lifetime investment in WCS, which leads one to be all the more touched and inspired by the foundation they have laid; their gifts past, present, and future; and the vision they have for our school’s tomorrow.

To learn more about the 1963 Society and Collegiate’s Planned Giving Program, please contact Katie Leiding at kleiding@wcsks.com or Lalo Walsh at lwalsh@wcsks.com.

THANK YOU

HONOR ROLL of GIVING Thank you to the following donors who gave so generously to Wichita Collegiate School last fiscal year. All restricted and unrestricted gifts received between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, are reflected in the proceeding Honor Roll of Giving.

Dreamers $100,000+ Malone Family Foundation

Collegiate Parent Association

Torchbearers $50,000+ Kathie and Shaker Dakhil

Dreamers are donors who made gifts of at least $100,000 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Debra and David ’75 Humphreys

Doug Smock

Torchbearers are donors who made gifts of at least $50,000 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Anonymous

Visionaries $25,000+

Visionaries are donors who made gifts of at least $25,000 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

American Collegiate Society for Adapted Athletics

The Marty and Jenae Cornejo Family: Jess ’05, Clint ’08 and Bryce ’10*

The Francisco Family*

Jocelyne and George Laham

Steve and Naomi Anderson Family

Meredith ’98 and Michael DiPasquale ’98

Julie and Thomas Gentile

The Rothwell Family

Traci and Hamilton Hill ’94*

Sara and Tony Streich

Amy and Christopher Clevenger ’93

Presidents $12,500+

Presidents are donors who made gifts of at least $12,500 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Amanda and Tim Devlin, Henry ’33 and Sam Devlin ’31

Shannon and James Herrman

Alyssa Moeller

Mimi and Richard DeVore

J.P. Weigand & Sons Inc. Stacia and Michael McKnight

Oral & Maxillofacial Associates, LLC / Jessica and Chris Tarbell Drs. Blanchaert, Cole, Harris, Lichty Kate and Dan Taylor Jordan Phillips Julie and Kevin Turpin

Elizabeth R. Koch Foundation ’94 Yeni and Paul Enegren

Helen and Russ Meyer

Brynn and Tim Richardson

Aeramy ’93 and Tyler Porter

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HONOR ROLL of GIVING Proba te Dignum $7,500+

Proba te Dignum are donors who made gifts between $7,500 and $12,499 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Terra Alonzi

Corey and Jeff Johnson

Morgan ’96 and Logan Overman ’96

Anonymous

Alexis ’01 and Marcus Kater ’01

Lindsay and Bob Rasberry ’94

Angela and Todd Fox

Chandra and Brandon Knowles

Sharol and Bob Rasberry

Allison and Christopher Halphen

Rita and Bassam Mattar

Colby Sandlian

Danielle and Harrison Hill ’97*

Kelsey and Kevin Nichols

Leonidas $5,000+

Chandre Sarkar-Singhal and Nikhyl Singhal ’90* Deanna ’96 and Tyler Ternes Lisa and Zachary Thompson

Leonidas are donors who made gifts between $5,000 and $7,499 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Katie ’04 and Tony Leiding

Santucci Orthodontics

Christine and Steven Bacci

Goode Pool and Spa / Cassie and Joe Goode

Erin and Jon Lewis

Krista and Cory Shackelford

Terri Cusick-Wetta and Jim Wetta

Karen and Ken Heidebrecht

Mass Interact

Kristen and Dan Dakhil ’02

Dana and Bill Hensley

Patricia and Pasquale Mele

Charese and Chris Dakhil ’98

Morgan ’09 and Andrew Hourani ’09

Kathy and Mark Melhorn

Mica and Justin Elkouri ’01

Jamie and Joe Konen

Shannon and Mike Miller

Lalo and Jeff Walsh

Ilex and Michael Gelpi

Lana Hattar and Fadi Joudi

Laura ’00 and Bradley Monahan

Jessica and Youssef Yammine

Anonymous

Blue & Gold $2,500+

Melanie ‘95 and Garrett Simon ’95 Victoria and Mike Triplett ’92

Blue & Gold are donors who made gifts between $2,500 and $4,999 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Ashley and Tim Alexander ’99

The Carnahan Group

Brigitte and Alif Hourani

Lindsay and Brandon Paulseen ’96

Sofi and Matt Alexander ’97

Marjorie Subero-Diaz and Jose Cepeda-Brito

Patricia and Basil Hourani

Sarah and Shane Phillips

ICT Therapyworks, LLC / Rachel and Guy Pearson

Charlie and Rob Ramseyer ’02

Commercial Lawn Management of Wichita / Shannon and James Herrman

The Knapp Fund / Jared K. Sprole

Niki Smock

Jimmy Johns #932

Stephanie and Harvey Sorensen

Ellen and Justin Cooke

Sara and Taylor Lewis

Emie and Jay Stehley

Laura ’88 and Trey Cusick ’89

Beth and Jonas Lichty

Morley and Cameron Stalnaker

Farha Roofing

Melissa ’00 and Paul Mangan

Whitney ’08 and Mike Stevens ’96

Jennifer and Eric Fayziev

Sarah and Thomas McFarlane

US Engineering Juli and Bill Voloch

Amelia Sumerell Real Estate / Amelia and Marty Schlatter Erica and Chad Ammar Kelli and Steven Anderson Jennifer and Matthew Arneson Kim and Paul Attwater III ’79 Kelsey and Brandon Baker Jamie and Remy Blanchaert

Commerce Bank

Reece Nichols Real Estate

Karla and Raffaele Fazio

Midwest Billboards

Molly and Nate Birkhofer

Fee Insurance Group

Joanna Haddad and Ronnie Moussa

Walser Auto Campus

Aly and Alex Bollinger

Keli and Bob Gambrill III ’79

Nelly and Nassim Nabbout

Mary and Nathan Washer

Terri and Duane Bond

Courtney and Benjamin Hawley ’04

Sheryl and Andrew Nolan

Melissa and Brian Carduff ’94

Abby and Christian Hourani ’02

Meredith and Adam Olson

Wichita Vision Institute, P.A. / Dr. Reena Patel

Lillian and Randy Blue

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Spartan Leaders $1,000+

Spartan Leaders are donors who made gifts between $1,000 and $2,499 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Rozan Abu Yosef and Raid AbuAwwad

Raquel Mendonca and Max de Carvalho

HOTWORX / Crystal Wiley

Kelly and AJ Pickering

Interim Health Care of Wichita, Inc.

Kim ’88 and Keith Adams

Myra and Tom Devlin

INTRUST Bank

Shari Male Powers ’85 and Todd Powers

Rosa Lee and Mike Argotsinger

Erica Blackman Docking and Brian Docking ’97

Brooke and Andrew Jensen

Lindsey and Robert Ralston

Kelly and Matthew Keeler

Maggie and Christopher Reetz

Katrina and Sanjay Khicha ’91

Felicia and John Rolfe

Jillian and Andrew King

Barbara and David Rolph

Kim and C.J. Lett

Catherine and Michael Rooney

LS Industries

Ashley Caro ’03 and Derek Rose

Minni and Navin Maharaj

Salas Janitorial Service

Michele and Wade Marquardt

Susie and Frank Santo

Yoly Arends and Gonzalo Mendoza

Nataliya Biskup and Adam Schmidtberger

Gaylene and Joel Alderson Casey ’05 and Jason Allen Amy and Rob Babst / Metal Finishing Company Sola Salon / Niki Caro-Bakri ’08 and Austin Bakri ’08

Rachel and Jason Douglass Maury Edwards Rob Egan ’13 Suzan Tahir and Ali Elkharbotly Debbi and David Elkouri

The Popcorner / Kirsten and Kyle Bender

Maya and Fadi Estephan

Miriah and Zachary Blue

Katherine and Gregory Gherardini

Robin and Jed Bond ’96

Molly and Roarke Gordon

Jennifer and Ruse Brown ’03

Graf Electric, Inc.

Brooke and David Carpenter

Thomas Greaves ’07

CARSTAR Tiffany and Jerry Cattell

Maurice ’97 and Dru Evans

Dee and Mike Michaelis Midwest Kia Erin and Clark Moeller Robin and Harry Morris

Kim and Brandon Haag

Nathalie Bakhache and Philippe Nabbout

Maricar and Chris Harris Phoebe ’95 and Davin Hart ’94

Molly and John ’80 Shawver Christina Hourani Shuart ’99 and Blake Shuart Jennifer Skliris Hallie and Robert Stewart Donna and Kelly Stucky

Hatchett Devlin Automotive Group

Alexandria and Daniel NewmanMariotti

Emily and Justin Healy ’06

Sara and Aaron Nilhas

Desi and Ross Viner

Gita ’86 and Steve Noble

Kristen and Robert Wares

Ariadna Cordero

Christina Nicholas-Hentzen and Andrew Hentzen

Paulseen Financial Group

Wichita Surgical Specialists, P.A.

Brittany and Phillip Cox

Home Health & Hospice of Kansas

Cara and Eric Payne

Winona Van Norman

Kendra and Jon Cremin

Jill and Jeffrey Howard

Alexis ’01 and Cooper Phillips ’04

Marie Arana and Jonathan Yardley

Elizabeth Chandler-Vos Christyn and Tim Chappell Caitlin and Doug Coe ’04

Spartan Spirit up to $999

Susan and Dan Taylor, Jr.

Spartan Spirit are donors who made gifts between $1 and $999 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

3Pointe Restaurant Group - Slims Wichita, LLC

Jen ’89 and Jay Amato

Monica and Dustin Baalmann

George Benson

Anna and Lueke Anderson

Quincy Bachrodt ’20

Maisy and Sonny Abdul

Beran Concrete

Carl Anderson ’83

Rita and Wayne Bagby

Brandi and Matthew Agnew

Polly ’77 and Walter Berry ’76

Andover State Bank

Daniel Baker

Umber Khan and Ali Ahmad

Rae Ann and Lou Angelo

Jack Bales, Jr.

Sawsan Amireh and Moe AlHalawani

Anonymous (32 donors)

Kayla and Casey Bales

Pam and Clark Armor

Brittany and Jonathan Batzlaff

Sherri and Keith Alter

Elaine and Chris Ashbrook

Victoria Bay

Laine and Adam Alter ’02

Mallory Padilla and Akeam Ashford

BE Aesthetics

Ashley and Andrew Bowers

Yari Espino and Jose Alvaez

Tyla and Kyle Ast

Charline and Jim Beebe

Lucy and Kirk Bowers

Andrea and Eddie Amaro

Xuanna and Chadd Atkinson

Donna Bell

JoyAnn and Daniel Brake

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Denae and Duane Beville Carla and Jacob Bingenheimer Michelle and Troy Black Botanica, Inc.

HONOR ROLL of GIVING Spartan Spirit up to $999

Spartan Spirit are donors who made gifts between $1 and $999 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Perry Malzahn ’07 and Jason Brammer

Joy Darrah

Monique and Justin Gaines

Hoover Field

Raegan and Matt Brane

Debi and Tom Davis

Ashton and Trent Garman

Danielle and Darrick Hoover

Jan and Rich Davis

Jane and James Garvey ’67

Shawna and Kevin Horsch

Leslie ’83 and George Brett

Mark Davis

Bunny and Bob Broeckelman

Rebecca and Joe Gehrer ’02

Niall Horton

Jane ’85 and Rich DeGiacomo

Kelly and Benjamin Brophy

Jeannie and Mike Gehrer

Jad Hourani ’17

Ridgley Denning ’71

Stephanie ’97 and Nick Brown ’96

Thomas Gentile, Jr.

Mark Hourani ’21

Barbara Ann ’02 and Drew DeSousa

Jessica and Dylan Buettgenbach

George Lay Signs Inc.

Roman Hourani ’25

Carmen and Bart Dick

Sherry and Gary Buettgenbach

Danielle ’09 and Matt Gerstner

Anne Housholder ’98

Sylvia Orozco-Do and Pat D. Do

Elizabeth and Joshua Buffolino

Sumita Ghosh

Diana and Crosby Hudson

Brenda Stafford and Douglas Cline

Cathy Skaer and John C. Bullinger

Mzia and Robert Gibson

Grace and Danny Humsi

Jamie Kennedy Drendel and Dick Drendel

Anisha Patel and Shameer Gill

Hutton & Hutton Law Firm

Cameron Michaud-Drumright ’96 and Greg Drumright

Kelly and Grant Glasgow

Deedee James

Stacy and Josh Gould

Kris and Brian Johnson

Shannon Dudley

Nicholas Grabon ’22

Cindy and Jeffery Johnson

Adam Dudley

Katherine Grace ’23

Kansas Wesleyan University

Jessica and Daniel Durbin

Natalie Schwarz Grevelink ’93

Jennifer and Torian Keen

Rebecca ’70 and Philip Elder

Claire and Jordan Groskurth

Bekah ’20 and Ryan Kerr

Ronnie Elkouri, Jr. ’08

Amanda and Erik Grover

Key Construction, Inc.

Samantha and Andrew Elliott

Sarah and Kevin Gruetter

Leen Awad and Khalid Barakat

Jessica Emrick-Davies

Katie ’07 and Spencer Gunzelman

Erin and Jeffrey Kice

Christine Estivo ’11

Beth and Sam Hake

Katrin and Sebastian Klages

Danielle Estivo ’11

Jackie and Brandon Hall

Kaylea Knappenberger ’14

Abigail Clingan

AnaBelle and Adam Exline

Janet and Steve Hamous

Darlene and Ric Knorr

CM3

Diana and A.J. Farha

Ada Yang and Seong Han

Richelle Knotts

Carrie ’93 and Josh Cohen ’91

Genevieve and Chris Farha

Kara and Nick Hanna

Koch Siedhoff Hand & Dunn, LLP

Gina-Ann and Coley Cole

Junilda and Jim Farner

Renee and Robert Hanson

Cory Koch

J. C. Combs

Elizabeth Farr

Mason Hart ’24

Nancy and Jay Koch ’76

Kristin and Matthew Conrad

Alegra Fazio ’27

Janel Harting

Amanda Konecny

Kathryn Cooper

Doyle Finan

Marc Havener ’92

Leslie ’85 and Jay Kornsgold

Patricia D. Cooper

Laura and Troy Fischer

Sally and Dave Hawley

Missy and Daniel Kotkin

Debi and Brian Corrigan

Silvana Fiszel

Meagan Hawley ’99

Tracy and Bill Kuglich

Courtney Patton Interiors

Shannon ’99 and Joe Flack

Karen and Scott Hawley

Rita and Kirk Kuykendall

Sara Koch Crawford ’80 and Jim Crawford

Mac Foley

Jennifer and Chris Hearne

Mary Laham

Matthew Forrest ’19

Lisa and John Henshall

Jillian and Kevin Lamm

Janice Crowley

Rolesta Forrest

Alexa and Matt Hewitt

Tina Lask

Todd Crum ’80

Sharon Fox

Ayerianne and Derrick Hibler

Leah and David Lawrence

Angel Culver

Mindy and Regis Fox ’04

Bunny Hill

Martha and Tim Leaf

Amy and Brian Cunningham

Karen Pickens and Allen Frederick

Hinkle Law Firm LLC

Kenzie and Christopher Lebeda

Salem Cusick

Kelsey and Ryan Fulghum

Ashley and Levi Hobart

Tanya and John Leddy

Krystle and Justin Dalke

Susan and Brian Gaddis

Ronda Hoover

Winnie Yu and Ricky Lee

Jennifer Burgoyne Ryan Carbrey ’05 Martha Carey ’76 Sally and Matt Cavanaugh Amber and Brad Celestin Margaret Chang ’02 Cathy and Eric Chesky ’76 Melodie Christian Andrea and Travis Churchill Tiffany and Brett Cleveland Carrie Jablonski ’94 and Dr. Doug Cleveland

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THANK YOU

Spartan Spirit up to $999

Spartan Spirit are donors who made gifts between $1 and $999 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Joseph Lemon

Joan Siefkes Moore ’84

Eddi Porter

Heidi and Alex Sappok ’00

Jenny and Andrew Lester

Brecken and Gavin Morel

Jamie and Rob Powers II

Tiffany and Casey Lippoldt

Jill Poynter

Tammy Lloyd

Abby Boyd Morris ’14 and Hunter Morris ’12

Sapporo Japanese Sushi Restaurant LLC / Ai ming Li and Fan Lin

Shakira Logwood ’20

Kay and John Morse

Amanda London

Christine and Joash Mudalige

Lauren Messamore ’08 and Benjamin Prewitt

Ashley and Kenneth Louie

Kari Dodson and Santiago Munoz

Eman Qaki ’20

Valencia Lucero

Janet and David Murfin

Jennifer and Bradford Ragan

Kathryn Luenella

Sarah and David Myers

Ann and Rob Ramseyer

Mika and Rick Lyons

Chelsea and Khol Nanney

Glynda and Bob Reames

Elizabeth and Steve MacKenzie

Theresa and Stephen Naumann

Jacqueline Redford

Lynn Nguyen and Johnny Mai

Emma and Anthony Ndungu

Laura and Mike Reed

Devin and Charles Malaise

Holly Neal

Whitney and Clint Reitz

Josh Mallard ’21

Ellie Newlin ’12

Jen Remsberg

Jamil Malone ’04

Sherri and Tod Newlin

Phoebe and Tom Richardson

Matt Maloney ’94

Linda ’86 and Jon Newman

Aaliyah Gomillion and Luke Riches

Tara and Scott Manspeaker

Melissa and Lam Nguyen

Frances Rico

Jenna and Daniel Marceau

Linda N. Nguyen

Joley and Shawn Riley

Maria Kaponi and Bassem Matta

Diana Le and Ma Nguyen

Nathan Riley

Connie and Kurt McAfee

Alberta and Bernie Nichols

Lee and Ed Ritchie

Bethany and Jon McConnell

Lindsey and Austin Noble

Mary Ann and Joey Ritchie ’04

Laura Wingate-Shinkle and Zac Shinkle

Anne and Mike McCoy

Suze Anne and John Norton

Carolyn and Patrick Ritchie ’02

Forrest Short ’13

Hang and Michael McDaniel

Jennifer and Erik Obermueller

Ryan Roberson

Emily and Jerry McDonald

Susan and James Ockerman

Tiffany and Scott Rohr

Stacia Robinson-Shrestha and Supreme Shrestha

Carly and Branden McLaughlin

Tim O’Malley

Becky Rolph ’94

Colette Shuart ’33

Heidi and John McNary

Hannah Osland ’16

Elaine Simmons

McPherson College

Kelly and T.R. Overman ’93

Alejandra Pizarro-Rommann and Trent Rommann

Rebecca and Jeff McPherson

Melissa Quintero and Joe Owston

Katie and Scott Rosell ’05

Jena and Derrick Simms

Aaron Meadows

P.E.O. Chapter EI

Alexander Rosell ’07

Tom Smith

Alison Meeth

Martine Padilla

Patty and Jeff Roskam

Meghan and Jim Smith

Katie and Will Messamore ’02

Christine and John Pair ’92

Jamee and Michael Ross

Ashley and Matt Smith

Shannon Michaud

Courtney and Robert Patton

Thomas Roulston

Danielle and Andrew Smith

Mid-America Orthopedics

Christy and Vince Paul

Victoria Ruffin

Lindsey and Grant Smith

Rachel Payne

Byron Ruhter

Alba and Mike Smith ’84

Stephanie and Heath Misak

Jenifer Pence

Kathy ’99 and Brad Rukes

Tiffany Steckley

Katie and Jeremy Mitchell-Koch

Jane and Vince Perla

Arlene and Kermit Rust

Susie Steed

Katie and Luke Monro

Briana ’01 and Austin Peterson ’01

Ana and Matt Ryan

Saul Steffen

Holly ’05 and Phil Montgomery

Jackie Peterson

Sage Dining Services, Inc.

Debbie Willsie and Dude Stewart

Joni and Brock Monty

Bethany Phelps

Samar Kazan and Wissam Saliba

Nicole Perry and Andrew Stifler

Carolyn Moore

Carson Phelps ’23

Vanessa and William Salyers

Barbara K. Stokley

Janae and Jamie Miller

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Jill ’93 and Barry Preston

Jennifer and Kelley Sayahnejad SC Medical / Jennifer and Spencer Christian ’05 Kendall and Chip Schellhorn Makenna Scheve ’27 Sam Schlatter ’20 Gary Schmitt Hayley ’12 and Patrick Schwindaman Kara and Brandon Scott Anessia and Joe Scott Tara and Joseph Scribbins Amar Shah ’02 Ghenwa and Shadi Shahouri Shefali and Nick Sharma Teresa and Keith Sharp April ’05 and John Shellhouse

Deion Simms ’18

HONOR ROLL of GIVING Spartan Spirit up to $999

Spartan Spirit are donors who made gifts between $1 and $999 to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

Jessica Stone

Rae Thompson

Jill and Joel Walker

Wichita Vision Institute, P.A.

Scott Stone ’86

Kendall and John Thurlow ’04

Sarah and Andy Walston

Ashley and Sean Wiltse

Christina and Ryan Strassburg

Jeanne Tiller

Jemmima Wanjau

Sara and Van Winter ’05

Jamie Stratton

Mouna and Ned Todorov

Nick Ward

Ashley and Benjamin Winters

Whitney Stratton

Ann Tran

Mitch Watson

Kathy and David Winters

Karen and Kevin Strecker

Amy and Bobby Treanor

Tricia and Jay Weimar

Madeline Witherspoon

Debbie and Craig Streich

Courtney and Charles Twietmeyer

Jill and Josh Weir

Brooke Withrow ’14

Kan Tang and Xiao-Ming Sun

Jennifer and Robert Vanderburg

Michelle Welch

Rosemarie Wood

Georgia Sutton

Clare Vanderpool ’83

Drew Westfahl

Kathy and Jim Woodsmall

Shannon ’79 and Phil Taggart

Heather and Luiz Varchavtchik

Gaby and Sean White

Rozan Abu Yosef

Diala and Goerge Tannoury

Erica and Hanale Vincent

Barbara and Steve White

Galina and London Younger

Raymond M. Taylor ’11

Jennifer and Jim Vincent

Thomas White

Sara Zafar ’01

Lynnsey and William Theademan

Matthew Vos

Kristin and Brian White

Lucy Thomas

Mimi and Tony Wakim

Stacey White

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THANK YOU

GIFTS in KIND 3Pointe Restaurant Group - Slims Wichita, LLC Action Tents & Party Rental

Caitlin and Doug Coe ’04

Evie and Alec

Izzy’s Soiree

Collegiate Parent Association

Farha Roofing

Jacob Liquor Exchange, LLC

Nicole and Brian Collignon

Mallory ’01 and W.G. Farha

Jamie Stratton

Shanna and Askia Ahmad ’96

Kristin and Matthew Conrad

Karla and Raffaele Fazio

Jessica Emrick-Davies

Amy Sprole

Kendra and Jon Cremin

Four Sixes Ranch

Randy Cooper Fine Jewelry

Andover Family Dentistry

Angel Culver

Angela and Todd Fox

Jimmy Johns #932

Apex Outdoors

Amy and Brian Cunningham

Mindy and Regis Fox ’04

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Pam and Clark Armor

Kathie and Shaker Dakhil

Jody Galichia

Corey and Jeff Johnson

Ascension Via Christi Clinic

Charese and Chris Dakhil ’98

Rebecca and Joe Gehrer ’02

Lana Hattar and Fadi Joudi

Auburn Wine & Spirits

Deka Lash

Jeannie and Mike Gehrer

Chandra and Brandon Knowles

Kate Pepper and Charles Baughman

Aleksandra and Jocelyn Devilliers

Julie and Thomas Gentile

Rita and Kirk Kuykendall

The Belmont

Carmen and Bart Dick

Katie ’07 and Spencer Gunzelman

Jocelyne and George Laham

Amy and Brock Beran

Dillehay Orthodontics

Allison and Christopher Halphen

Jenny and Andrew Lester

Aly and Alex Bollinger

Doug Smock

Maricar and Chris Harris

Sara and Taylor Lewis

Botanica Inc

Douglass Investment Group

Sally and Dave Hawley

Tiffany and Casey Lippoldt

Il Primo Espresso Caffè

Dress Gallery

Danielle and Darrick Hoover

LodgeWorks, L.P.

Meg and Jim Carte

Nicole and Allan Dunne ’91

HOTWORX

Love of Character

Sally and Matt Cavanaugh

East Wichita Dentist

Patricia and Basil Hourani

Lyndon’s

Amber and Brad Celestin

Mica and Justin Elkouri ’01

Courtney ’96 and Lung Huang

Minni and Navin Maharaj

Cathy and Eric Chesky ’76

Cathy and Steve Elmore

ICT Eye, LLC

Melissa ’00 and Paul Mangan

Chester’s Chophouse

Yeni and Paul Enegren

Innovative Vein

Mark Arts

The following donors gave a gift to Wichita Collegiate School during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, but did not wish to be listed by giving category.

Shanna and Askia Ahmad ’96

Heidi Holton ’11

Debbie and Bill Messamore

Megan St. Clair

Meg and Jim Carte

Bailey Horsch ’17

Mallory and Hunter Mitchem

Mamba and Doug Tibbals

Barb and Peter DeVries

Virginia Kehoe

Tammy and Kevin Mykel

Kimberly and Jorge Trinchet

Brooke ’92 and Brian Finan

Cindy and Ron Koepsel

Becky O’Hearn

Louise and David Trombold ’71

Kristin and Patrick Freed

Sasha and Mike Kuchinski

Grace and Eric Phillips

Kimberly and Matt Webber

Terre Graham

Amanda and Jason Leger

Lori and Jerry Primm

Danielle and Hans Widener

Jodie and Dylan Heath

Karen and David LeVan

Shelby and Jason Ramsey

Masumeh Zarei

Ashleigh and Sean Hennessy

Sarah Tjaden and Nolan McDonald

Renee and Merle Shofner

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Mary Washer Designs

Morgan ’96 and Logan Overman ’96

Catherine and Michael Rooney

Kate and Dan Taylor

Massage Envy

Alexandra and Hap Palmer

Kathy ’99 and Brad Rukes

Deanna ’96 and Tyler Ternes

Rita and Bassam Mattar

Cara and Eric Payne

Russ Redford

Ulrich Art Museum

Stacia and Michael McKnight

Alexis ’01 and Cooper Phillips ’04

Ryder Walsh ’22

US Engineering

Meddy’s

Sarah and Shane Phillips

Juli and Bill Voloch

Shannon and Mike Miller

Kelly and AJ Pickering

Nataliya Biskup and Adam Schmidtberger

Stephanie and Heath Misak

Pink Saloon

Erin and Clark Moeller

The Popcorner

Judy and Ted Moeller

Shari Male Powers ’85 and Todd Powers

Janet and David Murfin

Pure Barre

Tammy and Kevin Mykel

Jennifer and Bradford Ragan

Theresa and Stephen Naumann Sherri and Tod Newlin

Charlie and Rob Ramseyer ’02 Rana Razek

Kelsey and Kevin Nichols

Sharol and Bob Rasberry

Sheryl and Andrew Nolan

Winnie Yu and Ricky Lee

Gretchen Klug-Oborny and Gary Oborny

Carolyn and Patrick Ritchie ’02

Olive Tree

Rob Egan ’13 Felicia and John Rolfe

Meredith and Adam Olson Omnicut Motivational Fitness

Alejandra Pizarro-Rommann and Trent Rommann

Priscilla and Gerry O’Shaughnessy

Joanna Haddad and Ronnie Moussa

Ghenwa and Shadi Shahouri

VORNADO

Shelter Salon

Annie and Pat Walsh ’00

Renee and Merle Shofner

Lalo and Jeff Walsh

Christina Hourani Shuart ’99 and Blake Shuart

Barbara and Steve White

Sign Gypsies Todd Slawson ’79 Specs Optical, LLC SPLURGE! Magazine

Gaby and Sean White Danielle and Hans Widener Yaya’s of Wichita Younger Energy Company

Karen and Kevin Strecker Sara and Anthony Streich Susie Steed Nicki and Richard Swan Charlo and Joseph Talbot Tanganyika Wildlife Park Jessica and Chris Tarbell

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES We appreciate our donors who utilize their employers’ matching gift programs to benefit our school.

If your company offers this, please consider naming Wichita Collegiate School as a recipient.

Bank of America Matching Gifts - Brandon Haag Morgan Stanley Wealth Management - Rob Ralston State Farm Companies Foundation - Angela Fox Textron - Keith Sharp & Gonzalo Mendoza UBS Matching Gift Program - Kevin Nichols

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ALUMNI BOARD

ALUMNI BOARD HIGHLIGHTS WCS GOLF CLASSIC was held Sept. 29 at Crestview Country Club. The net of $21,000 was donated to the Alumni Endowment Fund. This golf tournament has become a tradition for many Spartan grads, current parents, and other community members. It provides important support to the WCS Alumni Endowment Fund.

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ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT

Regis Fox ’04 PAST PRESIDENT

Mallory Farha ’01 BOARD MEMBERS

Casey (Baker) Allen ’05 Niki Caro-Bakri ’08 Dan Dakhil ’02 Heidi Holton ’11 Amy Johnson ’07 Bekah (Harris) Kerr ’20 Kaylea Knappenberger ’14 Matt Maloney ’94 Abby (Boyd) Morris ’14 Mariah Moxley ’10 Alexis (Christian) Phillips ’01 Haley (Cusick) Schwindaman ’12 Van Winter ’05 OUT-OF-STATE MEMBER

Amar Shah ’02 FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

Amy Cunningham ALUMNI RELATIONS COORDINATOR

Phoebe (Stokley) Hart ’95 DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Katie (Hill) Leiding ’04 HONORARY MEMBERS

Randy Love ’67 Randy Storms ’74

CLASS REUNIONS AT HOMECOMING Many alumni reconnected at Homecoming in late September. They enjoyed a BBQ tailgate, a winning football game, and finished the night with a social at YaYa’s Euro Bistro. Reunion classes hosted private dinners on Saturday night.

DAY OF GIVING Spartan Alumni showed their support of our beloved Alma Mater on WCS’s annual D.O.G. in October.

ALUMNI PANEL Twelve recent grads came back to campus to meet with an audience of parents, speak to the US students in grade level groups, answer questions, and give advice.

MENTOR DAY PROGRAM Alumni Board members poured their time and energy into pairing the senior class up with mentors for this meaningful event in February. Several Alumni Board members served as mentors, and many other board members helped secure amazing mentors for the senior class so they could have the best experience possible.

CLASS OF 2023 CARE PACKAGES In the spring, the Alumni Board mailed a little treat to the newest members of the WCS Alumni Association along with a note from a former teacher to brighten their day.

SENIOR SEND OFF The Alumni Board hosted a breakfast for the senior class prior to the all school pep rally where senior class members announced their college decisions and were cheered on by the entire campus.

RANDY STORMS ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD This year’s Alumni Board President, Regis Fox ’04, presented this honor to a deserving recipient, Mallory Farha ’01.

ALUMNI GIVING Regis Fox ’04 also presented a check to Head of School Nathan Washer at graduation which represented every dollar donated by alumni throughout the 23-24 school year from a variety of fundraising efforts (including the WCS Golf Classic, the Day of Giving, US gym renovations in honor of Coach Mitch Fiegel, and the Spartan Bash). The total given to WCS by 152 alumni was $447,788!

Joyita Dev ’23, Allie Kavalauskas ’22, CJ Meyer ’23, and Sai Satvik Kolla ’23 were 4 of the 12 alumni who gave their time on a January morning to share some wisdom with our Upper School students during the Alumni Panel.

Director of Development, Katie Hill Leiding ’04, accepts Alumni Board Member Dan Dakhil ’02’s gift on the Day of Giving.

Alumni Board member and Associate at Hutton & Hutton Law Firm, Kaylea Knappenberger ’14, served as a mentor to senior Sia Sharma.

RANDY STORM ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD

By Phoebe Hart ’95

Mallory was a “lifer” and attended Collegiate from Kindergarten until graduation. In addition to being a great Spartan tennis player, she was known for being a kind and friendly face in the halls. Mallory attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in mass media interpersonal communications. Mallory is an esthetician and owns her own business, Farha Aesthetics.

Mallory is also a current Collegiate parent to two Spartans. She and her husband, WG Farha, are the proud parents of rising freshman, G, and rising 7th grader, Juliet. Her favorite pastimes are playing pickleball and tennis and watching her kids play sports.

Mallory is extremely active and involved in the WCS Alumni community. She has served on the Alumni Board for 15 years, even serving alongside Randy Storms ’74 in her early years, the cherished alumnus for whom this award is now named. Mallory served as the Alumni Board President for two years Mallory Jones Farha ’01 and has taken the leadership role of chairing the Mentor Day committee for countless years. Her connections in the Wichita community make her an asset to the Alumni Board and this senior class, as she has helped make many connections and has also helped secure amazing mentor speakers for our Mentor Day program. She always has great ideas and knows when fellow Collegiate grads are doing something interesting.

In addition to her tremendous help with our Mentor Day program, Mallory has also helped with other important Collegiate events including the WCS Golf Classic golf tournament which raises funds for tuition assistance and the WCS Alumni Endowment Fund. She has been instrumental in the success of the Spartan Bash, serving on the committee all four years, and Chairing the Silent Auction in 2023.

In addition to her volunteer work at Collegiate, Mallory is involved with Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Phillips Fundamental Learning Center.

Mallory Farha is someone who others find very approachable and easy to talk to. She is always ready to greet fellow Collegiate alumni, parents, and students with a warm smile. When asked to help out in any way, Mallory’s response is yes. Mallory is a great example of what service looks like. Thank you, Mallory, for your incredible service to Wichita Collegiate School!

WCS Alumni visit with Nicole ’13 and Natalie Farha ’11 after their message to the US students

2023 WCS Golf Classic: Alumni Board President, Regis Fox ’04 with this year’s winning team: Clarke Carnahan ’03, Packy Ritchie ’02, Logan Overman ’96, and Spenser Christian ’05

MENTOR DAY

MENTOR DAY

JAMES CHUNG ’84

One of Wichita Collegiate School’s signature traditions is our annual Mentor Day Program. For 30 years, Collegiate seniors have been paired with a professional in their area of interest. After hearing from a distinguished alumni speaker, the students and their mentors spend a day or more together.

By Phoebe Hart ’95 The Alumni Board is thrilled to host this event and spends many hours matching seniors with mentors who would be a good fit both professionally and personally. Students, mentors, board members, and staff leave this special morning feeling inspired and hopeful.

This year, we welcomed James Chung ’84 back to campus to deliver the keynote speech at the Mentor Breakfast. James is the founder of Reach Advisors and the co-founder of StratoDem Analytics. He traveled from Boston, MA to share his remarks with our seniors and mentors. Bunny Hill introduced James Chung and shared her memories of the young student she met when he arrived at Collegiate his junior year. She said, “It was easy to see promise in his bright aura…As I watched James in action, I knew I was seeing something very special.”

Mr. Chung’s talk highlighted four lessons learned from one of his business ventures: 1) many future jobs will be automated and may not exist in the future–winners are preparing for that now; 2) academic and industry conferences can be significant accelerants; 3) don’t underestimate the value of learning to scan the landscape of relevant academic papers; and, 4) engagement with mentors can be a major accelerant in your career.

Mr. Chung acknowledged that WCS students put in a great deal of effort to achieve their goals. He noted not all college students have had a similar experience, and WCS kids are coming into college ahead of many of their peers. “You are the beneficiaries of a phenomenal

Look for a mentor who repeatedly sends the ladder back down.

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education at WCS. Make sure to send the ladder back down in the future so that others can experience that environment, too. Bring others along.“

Be the person leading through the change vs. the person change happens to.

The following day, we welcomed two other alumni to campus, Nicole ’13 and Natalie ’11 Farha to speak to the entire Upper School student body. Nicole and Natalie shared their journeys after they left Collegiate’s halls. Both are physicians who have trained at the Cleveland Clinic. Natalie and Nicole shared many lessons they both learned while at WCS and beyond including: no one will know you like your WCS community, mentorship is the key to success, focus on something that you can take with you (such as a talent, a skill, or a hobby), you don’t have to agree with someone to be friends, and hard work is important but so is wellness.

We are so grateful to and proud of these three distinguished alumni who gave back to their alma mater and connected with our upper school students and seniors. They have certainly proved themselves worthy.

SCAN TO VIEW A CLIP OF JAMES CHUNG’S INTERVIEW SHOT AND PRODUCED BY SENIOR WAMBUI NGUNJIRI AND HER MENTOR: FILMMAKER MARC HAVENER ‘92.

LAURA MONAHAN ’00 AND AYAAN PARIKH

LOGAN OVERMAN ’96 AND JACE CAMPBELL

GEORGE LAHAM, MASON HART, HUNTER MITCHEM, AND DAVID LEVAN

WAMBUI NGUNJIRI AND MARC HAVENER ’96

BUNNY HILL AND JORDAN HULL ’14

ASA AHMAD SPENT THE DAY WITH DR. ROB RAMSEYER ’02 AT FRIENDS UNIVERSITY

TIEN HUYNH, ROBBY RASBERRY, ASKIA AHMAD ’96, AND HUDSON FERRALEZ

CHLOE TURPIN HAD AN EXCITING DAY WITH DR. HOLLY MONTGOMERY ’05 AND EVEN GOT TO WITNESS A DELIVERY!

DRS. NATALIE ’11 AND NICOLE ’13 FARHA

MENTORS & SENIORS Chris Hagan, Owner Architectural Engineer, Hagan Construction STUDENT: NICK ADAMS

Askia Ahmad ’96, Managing

Dr. Rob Ramseyer ’02, Vice

Kevin Nichols, Senior VP

President of Athletics and Strategic Expansion, Friends University STUDENT: ASA AHMAD

Tony Streich, Managing Director-

Director, Leadership Development, Stand Together Foundation STUDENT: HUDSON FERRALEZ

Investments/Financial Advisor, Nichols Investment Group- UBS Wealth Management STUDENT: ADELAIDE FITZWATER

Business Development, Koch Equity Group STUDENT: OMAR AL-TABBAL

Gabriel Wilson, Program Director of Game Design, Shocker Studios STUDENT: BELLA FLORES

Dr. Heath Misak, Technical

Jordan Hull ’14, Director

Fellow/Advance Product Development, Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. STUDENT: ELIJAH ALLEN

Shane Phillips, Real Estate Broker,

Reece Nichols South Central Kansas STUDENT: HAYDEN ANDERSON

Markus Phox ’13, Associate Wealth

Advisor, 6 Meridian STUDENT: JACK BABB

Jeff Cody, Interior Designer,

Ferguson Phillips STUDENT: ANABELLE BABST

Aswini Kona Ravi, Senior

Research Engineer Advanced Virtual Engineering and Testing Labs, NIAR STUDENT: MONA BAGAI

Dr. Bassem Nabbout, Pediatric

Neurologist, Ascension Via Christi STUDENT: YAZAN BAKDASH Logan W. Overman ’96, Deputy

General Counsel, Commercial Koch Industries STUDENT: JACE CAMPBELL

of Operations, Justin McClure Creative STUDENT: KARLEY FORSYTH

Navin Maharaj, Director

of Disruptive Technology, Koch Industries STUDENT: SKY FUJINUMA

Dr. Katie Rosell, Neurologist, Neurology Consultants of Kansas STUDENT: ISABELLA GALICHIA

Dr. Tyler Panko, Chiropractor, ICT

Muscle & Joint Clinic STUDENT: SAM CLINE

Joe McDowell, Education Specialist, Sedgwick County Zoo STUDENT: SARA JANE CROSBY Dr. Will Messamore ’02,

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Austin Nordyke, Chief of

Assistant District Attorney Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office STUDENT: GABE GORCOS

Allison Grace ’93, Vice President & CFO, Andover State Bank STUDENT: ADDISON GOREE Avery Elofsson, Chief Attorney of

the Economic Crime Unit, Office of the District Attorney STUDENT: GRACIE GWYN

Matt Wallace, Software Engineer,

Flint Hills Resources STUDENT: PRICE JOHNSON

Dr. Danielle Estivo Schwant ’11,

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Northridge Veterinary Clinic & Rehab Center STUDENT: AMELIA KING Dr. Ryan Livermore

Orthopedic Surgeon/ Sports Medicine Physician, Mid-America Orthopedics STUDENT: RAHUL MADHAVAN

Kaylea Knappenberger ’14,

Associate, Hutton & Hutton Law Firm STUDENT: SIA SHARMA

Packy Hanrahan, Professional Bowler STUDENT: KEISUKE TAKAHASHI

Staff for Industry and Defense Program, NIAR STUDENT: PAUL MINES

Justin Turner, Automation and Robotics Project Coordinator, NIAR STUDENT: DARCEL THOMPSON

Stella Hankins, Fashion Illustrator and Designer, Bella Bonita Designs STUDENT: MAYA NABBOUT

Dr. Holly Messamore Montgomery ’05, OBGYN,

Marc Havener ’92, CEO,

Bobby Wesley, CEO & President, OMNICUT Motivational Fitness STUDENT: RAGEN TURPIN

Justin Healy ’06, Director, Koch Equity Development STUDENT: THOMAS OLSON

Kasey Throgmorton, Manager of Regional Operations, Living Exhibits, Inc. STUDENT: KALIE VILLAGOMEZ

Resonate Pictures STUDENT: WAMBUI NGUNJIRI

Laura Dakhil Monahan ’00,

Matt Maloney ’94, Senior

Dr. Joel Alderson, President, Southcentral Pathology STUDENT: KAITLIN HENRY

Therapist, Hinge Health STUDENT: PEYDEN CHRONISTER

Clinical Social Worker STUDENT: ADEN MEYERS

Dr. Joel Alderson, President, Southcentral Pathology STUDENT: YUN PARK

LS Industries STUDENT: GIVI GIBSON

Brock Beran, President,

Dr. Caleb Wolters, Physical

Jennifer Reid, Licensed Specialist

Paul Enegren, CEO/President,

Clare Vanderpool ’83, Newberry-

Beran Concrete STUDENT: JACOB CHAPPELL

Ward Law, LLC STUDENT: LIANA MAKSOUD

Executive Director, Cancer Center of Kansas STUDENT: AYAAN PARIKH

Hunter Mitchem, Co-Founder & CEO, 6G Holdings STUDENT: MASON HART

Award Winning Author STUDENT: MADDIE CARPENTER

Jessica Suhr ’98, Attorney at Law,

Joe McDowell, Education

Specialist, Sedgwick County Zoo STUDENT: SAM PFEIFFER

Tony Leiding, President, Trenton

Agri Products LLC. STUDENT: LUCAS RANNEY-BROWN

Tien Huynh, Partner, The G1 Group

STUDENT: ROBBY RASBERRY Dr. Chad Corrigan, Orthopedic

Trauma Surgeon, Advanced Orthopedic Associates, Director of Orthopedic Trauma at Wesley Medical Center STUDENT: TYLER RICE

Brian Marcum, Artistic Director,

Music Theatre Wichita STUDENT: ERIN ROLFE

Molly Gordon, Federal Prosecutor, Department of Justice STUDENT: PHOEBE ROSS Pat Strathman, Director/Station

Manager, ESPN Wichita STUDENT: CONNER SCHUPBACH

Dr. Vincent Santucci,

Orthodontist, Santucci Orthodontics STUDENT: JAMES SHACKELFORD

Associates in Women’s Health STUDENT: CHLOE TURPIN

Dr. Mariah Moxley ’10, General Dentist and Practice Owner, Moxley Family Dental STUDENT: IYA WAKIL Jeff Best, Associate Vice President/

Landscape Architect STUDENT: ABBY WALSTON

Clare Vanderpool ’83, Newberry-

Award Winning Author STUDENT: HALEY WALSTON

Annie Friesen, AmericaCorps

Vista, Bartlett Arboretum STUDENT: NATALIE WALTERS

Dr. Caleb Wolters, Physical

Therapist, Hinge Health STUDENT: BRETT WETTA

Kasey Throgmorton, Manager of Regional Operations, Living Exhibits, Inc. STUDENT: ALEX WUNDERLICH Rebecca Martin, Retired Supervisory Senior Resident Agent/ Federal Law Enforcement Marielle Schultz ’94, National Program Manager, Homeland Security Investigations STUDENT: DEREK YANG Dr. Michael P. Varenhorst,

Vitreo-Retinal Specialist, Vitreo-Retinal Consultants STUDENT: AVI YENDRU

Dan Dakhil ’02, Managing

Director Private Banking, CrossFirst Bank STUDENT: CHRISTINA ZAKHARIA

SENIOR SENDOFF Senior Sendoff is such an amazing highlight of the year. Our seniors are sent off in style by the entire school who shows up to voraciously cheer on the soon-to-be graduates.

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CONGRATULATIONS

COACH MIKE GEHRER

We are proud to share that our retired coach, Mike Gehrer, was inducted into the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in January 2024, becoming one of only 18 coaches in the state to receive this honor. This prestigious honor celebrated his 16 years of coaching baseball, including more than 200 wins, 8 Final Four appearances, and 6 state championships.

Collegiate was thrilled to also recognize Coach Gehrer this spring, retiring his #27 jersey in honor of his incredible impact in baseball and beyond at WCS. Coach Gehrer created our baseball program in 1992, and over his distinguished career he created a culture of teamwork, respect, and resilience. He inspired countless athletes, teaching them not just how to win on the field, but how to approach life with integrity and determination.

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UPPER SCHOOL GYM RENOVATED IN HONOR OF COACH MITCH FIEGEL’S 600TH CAREER WIN On February 9th, more than 60 former boys basketball players joined Coach Mitch Fiegel on the court to celebrate his 600th career win.

Coach Mike Gehrer took the microphone and surprised Fiegel with the announcement that a few of his former players and their families had privately donated funds to renovate the Upper School Gym, and officially name the court the Mitch Fiegel Court.

These alumni were motivated to ensure Coach Fiegel was celebrated for what he’s done in their lives and to give current Spartans a gym that fills them with pride. Hamilton Hill ’94 gave a lead gift to the project. He shared, “Coach made a huge positive difference in my life.

Thirty years after my last time playing for him, I still think about the lessons he taught us day after day.”

One of the greatest blessings of my life, and of so many others’ lives, was getting to play for Coach Fiegel.

- Hamilton Hill ‘94

Many of our other WCS legendary coaches were part of this special evening, with Coach Dave Hawley saying, “More than any other adult male in their lives, Coach Fiegel taught my boys great lessons of life, even when they didn’t necessarily want to learn them.”

Coach Kevin Reed agrees, and shared, “Our son, Kendall, learned valuable life skills as a member of Coach Fiegel’s team. There is no question that Coach had a powerful positive impact on Kendall’s development as a person. Julie and I value that well above the athletic success he was fortunate to experience.”

Coach Mike Gehrer helped lead the fundraising efforts, saying, “I came to WCS during Coach Fiegel’s second year and was immediately captivated by his passion and commitment to making our boys basketball program a winning program. It was not only about winning, but also about raising young men to be responsible to Family, TEAM and Community.”

We are excited to continue this legacy this fall with our refreshed gym. We hope you’ll join us for a volleyball or football game!

Coach Fiegel took the microphone to thank everyone for their support, and shared that he has been inspired by the teachers at Collegiate for the last 35 years. His dream was to create a boys basketball program that matched the level of excellence he witnessed in every classroom on our campus.

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ALUMNI

CLASS NOTES

Raymond Podrebarac ’76

Samara Taher ’95

Morgan (Wilson) Overman ’96

Raymond took an early retirement after an injury at work. He is pictured here with his goat, Belle.

Samara Taher MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Chicago, Illinois, has achieved the Degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the national medical association representing nearly 127,600 family physicians, residents and medical students. The degree was conferred on more than 250 family physicians during a convocation on Saturday, October 28th, in conjunction with the AAFP's annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Morgan was recently elected the President of the Wichita Country Club Board. She is the first female president in the club’s 125 year history.

Marc Havener ’92 Marc recently produced KU Endowment's latest video, helping launch their $2.5 billion capital campaign, titled "Ever Onward." The commercial earned six Kansas City ADDY (Advertising) Awards. Marc is the owner of Resonate Pictures, a boutique production company dedicated to helping businesses craft messages that resonate with their audiences.

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Laura (Patterson) Kilian ’96 Laura Patterson married Marshall Kilian on August 11, 2023 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They reside in Texas. Laura was thrilled to share this special day with several childhood friends from Collegiate, including bridesmaids Deanna Dakhil Ternes ’96, Morgan Wilson Overman ’96, Elizabeth Knorr Counts ’96, as well as having her brother, Ryan Patterson ’92, walk her down the aisle.

Lacy (Coleman) ’95 and Ryan Francisco ’96, Tracy (Gardner) ’00 and Anthony Francisco ’00, Melanie (Zepick) ’00 and Tory Demarce The new Larcher’s opened this spring in Happiness Plaza, next to The Belmont. It offers all day breakfast, lunch and dinner with a coffee shop and full service bar. It also has grab-and-go items in their local specialty market and offers catering.

This is an homage to the original Larcher’s, which was a grocery store and staple for more than 60 years in Wichita. It was started by the greatgrandfather of Lacy Francisco ‘95 and Kelly Novascone ‘97.

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Logan Moore ’09 Mallory Farha ’01 Mallory opened her own business called Farha Aesthetics in Wichita, KS.

Chad Hensley ’04 Chad has moved back to Wichita with his wife Karina and 15 month old son, Adam.

Chad was an attorney in New York and is now working at Martin Pringle.

Holly (Messamore) Montgomery ’05 Holly is celebrating her 5th year as an obstetrician at Associates in Women's Health in Wichita. She has three children who all attend WCS - Michael in grade 4, Aaron in grade 2, and Maddie in Preschool.

Logan married Cheyenne on April 20, 2024.

Cheyenne is from Louisiana, but the couple met while he was doing residency in Florida.

They currently live in Dallas while Cheyenne is finishing her fellowship in Pediatric ENT, but plan to move back to Jacksonville, Florida, where much of their family now lives. Logan plans to continue working as a PICU nurse while Cheyenne becomes an attending doctor at Nemours Children’s Health. They are so excited for the future!

Amy Johnson ’07 Rachel (Rice) Bennetch ’05 Rachel will be playing the role of Mary Poppins at Casa Manana in Fort Worth, TX!

Amy was recognized as a 40 Under 40 Recipient in 2024. Amy is a Community Affairs Manager at Koch Industries.

Elyse (Bigler) Jablonksi and Blake Jablonski ’10 On May 13, Elyse and Blake opened the first and only rhythmic cycling studio in Wichita, We Ride, at 2300 N Greenwich Rd #400 (Next to Meddys). After Covid, the Jablonski's decided they were ready to bring something different to Wichita. Elyse had been working as a PA but decided to change gears. They wanted to bring the experience of rhythmic cycling to Wichita as a different way to spread health, fun and community. Elyse and Blake are so excited to bring this concept to the Wichita area and cannot wait to give back to a community who gave so much to them.

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ALUMNI

CLASS NOTES

Hayley Schwindaman ’12

Jack Stewart ’13

Katie Wetta ’16

Hayley will be moving to the Lower School to teach 1st grade in the fall, and her husband Patrick is still working with Fidelity. Millie (3) will be starting her second year of school in All Day Preschool at WCS. We welcomed Violet to our family in November of 2023 and cannot believe she is already 7 months old!

Sarah and Jack welcomed little Sophia Marie in September of 2023! She brings so much joy to them and all those around her. They are beyond grateful for the gift that she is!

Katie got engaged to Clifton Molak. Their wedding will be in May of 2025. Katie works in software development, and Cliff is a fellow in Interventional Radiology at Tampa General Hospital. They are looking forward to moving back to Wichita next year!

Caroline (Crosby) Sledge ’15 Sophie Beren ’13 Sophie married Dr. Eli Cehelyk on May 26, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA, the city where they met and fell in love while attending The University of Pennsylvania. They are now moving to North Carolina where Eli will begin his ophthalmology residency at Duke. You can see more from the wedding on Sophie's Instagram @sophieberen.

In April of 2023, Caroline married Camp Sledge. They moved to Covington, Louisiana where Caroline began practicing as a physician assistant in the emergency department

Caroline Engle ’16 Caroline was recently promoted to Senior Associate at leading New York government strategy and lobbying firm CMW Strategies with a specialty in tech start-ups, transportation advocacy, trade associations, and non-profit campaigns.

Maddie (Reed) Schuchardt ’19 Maddie is currently living in Dallas, TX and is in her second year of pursuing her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy at Texas Woman’s University. Maddie married Carter Schuchardt on May 19, 2024 who she met during her senior year at Baylor University.

They will be in Dallas until December of this year, and then they will pack up and move to Northwest Arkansas where Carter will begin working at Walmart’s Headquarters in an accounting finance development program!

Addison Squires ’19 Addison is finishing up her first year of optometry school at the University of Houston College of Optometry.

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ONCE A SPARTAN, ALWAYS A SPARTAN

Bekah (Harris) Kerr ’20

Aidan Walsh ’20

Maddy Mairs ’21

Bekah got married to Ryan Kerr (from Wichita Trinity, works for Reece Nichols) on February 3, 2024! Bekah works for Young Life.

Aidan graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Princeton University's School of Engineering.

Having completed four years as part of the university's ROTC program, upon graduating, Aidan was commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the US Marine Corps where he hopes to serve as a Cyberwarfare Officer.

Maddy has been selected as the Wing Commander for her Air Force ROTC program at Kansas State University for the Fall semester of 2024. The Wing Commander is the cadet in charge, responsible for overseeing the well-being and operations of the entire detachment. She will serve as a role model for over 60 cadets, represent the entire detachment and uphold its standards while ensuring smooth execution of training, events, and day-to-day activities within the wing. Maddy received command of the wing at her Pass in Review ceremony and was promoted to the rank of Cadet Colonel and will wear this rank until she commissions into the United States Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Victoria Lyczak ’20 Victoria will be pursuing a PhD in Management at the University of Notre Dame.

Brooks White ’20 Brooks White got engaged to Allison Morton in Turks & Caicos in November of 2023. They will get married on November 23, 2024.

Brooks works for ONEOK and Allison is a kindergarten teacher in the Jenks School District. They both live in Tulsa.

Brett Black ’23 If you are a Collegiate alum or have news of one, please share with us for future Connection editions. All news can be emailed to phoebehart@wcsks.com. High quality/resolution photos are appreciated for printing purposes. Don’t forget to follow and engage with us online.

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Brett was named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Freshmen Baseball Player of the year. As the league's top freshman, Black was stellar on the mound for the Falcons, ranking third in the KCAC with a 2.79 ERA along with 58 strikeouts and a 1.19 WHIP to also receive third-team AllKCAC honors.

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Save the Date WCS GOLF CLASSIC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 CRESTVIEW COUNTRY CLUB 1000 North 127th Street East, Wichita, KS

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HOMECOMING OCTOBER 4-5, 2024

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ONCE A SPARTAN, ALWAYS A SPARTAN Join us on campus for these Homecoming events and more!

Friday, October 4, 2024

• 5:00 PM - Alumni Family BBQ in the Lair Family Center Connect with alumni and faculty before the game.

• 6:45 PM - National Anthem Join the Madrigals at Jamie B. Coulter Stadium.

• 7:00 PM - Homecoming Football Game Cheer on the Spartan football team at Shawver Field.

• 9:00 PM - Spartan Social Join fellow alumni and Collegiate community members at Chester's Chophouse Patio.

Saturday, October 5, 2024

• 9:00 AM - Bunny Hill’s Lit Club • 10:00 AM - Tennis with Coach Dave Hawley

• 9-11:00 AM - Open Play on the EC Playground • 11:00 AM - Campus Tours • 1:00 PM - Pick-up Basketball with Coach Fiegel

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• Class Reunions - coordinated by class representatives. Reunion years are: 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 * Contact Phoebe Hart at phoebehart@wcsks.com if you would like to plan your reunion.

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