The Connection

Connection WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

2020-2021 IN REVIEW

featuring STRATEGIC INITIATIVES and CLASS OF 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Head of School ........................ 3

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Our Year in Review .................................... 4

A Year to Remember

Celebration of Learning ......................... 12

YEAR IN REVIEW

Honor Rolls .................................................. 10

Honors Day ................................................... 14

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CLASS OF 2021

Celebration of Excellence

Beyond the Classroom ............................ 16 Class of 2021 ................................................ 22 From the Board of Trustees ................ 26 Our Strategic Initiatives ........................ 28 Faculty Updates ......................................... 36

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FACULTY UPDATES

Arrivals and Departures

From the Alumni Board ........................ 38 Alumni Spotlight ....................................... 39 Mentor Day ............................................... 40 AlumniConnect ......................................... 42

THANK YOU! To our contributing writers, fellow faculty and staff, and the entire Collegiate community for submitting articles and pictures to make this magazine possible. Enjoy!

EDITORIAL STAFF Kathy Rukes ’99 // Director of Enrollment Management Katie Gunzelman ’07 // Assistant Director of Development & Communications Bethany Phelps // Advancement Services Coordinator Photography // John Pair, Charlie Ramseyer, and many more!

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dear Wichita Collegiate School Family, Welcome to our Summer 2021 Connection Magazine.

In the following pages, you will have the opportunity to read about our amazing 2020-21 school year, as well as learn about some exciting ways we are moving the school forward in the coming years.

As a community we rose to the challenge of a global pandemic, and through a lot of hard work by a tremendous team, we have been able to provide our students with as close to a normal year as possible by remaining in person and open all year.

Many of the pages you will read in this magazine are devoted to our new set of Strategic Initiatives. These plans will help us strengthen our school in a multitude of ways and ensure that we deliver on our vision of inspiring students to lead lives of impact.

Throughout the past year, the strength and resilience of the Collegiate community has inspired all of us.

On the pages that follow are but a few examples of all that is unfolding on our campus as we fulfill our mission and in doing so prepare our students in a way that is unparalleled in our region.

Looking to next year, our long legacy of academic excellence will be further enhanced by new additional support for learning. We will implement a new program developed to positively impact the health and wellbeing of all in our care. We will find new ways to provide outreach and service to our community, and we will look for new ways to “tell our story” effectively to the community at large. Finally, we will also investigate how we can improve and update our campus facilities to ensure that we are most effectively supporting our students It’s an exciting time for Collegiate and one that we will all enjoy together. When we decided on the theme of “Spartans Thrive Together” for this year, we did not know how true that statement would become. It has been an extraordinary year, and thank you to everyone who helped the community make it so for our students.

Sincerely,

Nathan Washer Head of School

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Our Year in Review

Collegiate has prepared me most through relationships with teachers. I know I can succeed in college because I’ve done it here.

Whatever the future holds, I’m very excited for it.

Luke Swan, Class of 2021 4

At Collegiate they support you when you want to do something different. They showed me everyone has different talents, and it’s what you do with those that makes you special.

Alexa Do Orozco, Class of 2021

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There’s a culture of success around this school, and I think it helps us so much. Students can see in the community what they want to achieve through role models and parents.

Mark Hourani, Class of 2021

2020-21 HIGH HONOR ROLL Middle and Upper School 5th GRADE

Evelyn Aberle Rima Ajwad Tanya Ali Vivienne Bartel Remy Blanchaert Lydia Brittain Natalie Gallagher Jude Issa Amir Khicha Maxwell Livesay Michelle Mangan Natalie Nichols James Nolan Torsten Overman Maya Sabouni Annie Sharp Blake Sprole Lucy Voloch Julia Walenta

6th GRADE

Rahstin Amirani Campbell Arneson Charlie Basinger Maddox Drumright Lunden Esterline Alegra Fazio Ethan Gould Eric Hechenberger Eloise King Scarlet Lacey Landon Langston Joshua Lee Kalyn Lichty Charlie Ling Jackson Lukic Avik Maharaj Carson Malaise Graham Miller Clara Monahan Reide Rasberry Jackson Rukes Sophia Santo Ben Shackelford Aman Sharma

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Zaryn Thompson Max Timsah Dalton Turpin James Weimar Reese Wilborn

7th GRADE

Carter Chance Lara de Carvalho Shelbie Emerson Jennah Fayziev Lucy Gehrer Charlie Gentile Ellie Howell Shaad Issa Carlyle Johnson Julian Johnson Acacia Knight Jaden Lichty Ethan MacKenzie Claire Marquardt Brian Mattar Ezra Meyers Sara Mines Anne Marie Olson Jaden Parker Ella Pearson Joshua Pfeiffer Charlotte Pigg Trip Porter Hayan Raffi Alex Richardson Clare Schupbach Sadhakshi Sivaraman Maddie Ternes Elizabeth Timsah Isaac Vanderburg Khloie Villagomez Natalie Walenta Cooper Winters Chloe Zhang

8th GRADE

Anthony Barrera Macy Beran Aacia Burnette Aubrey Collignon

Laney Conrad Shouvik Dev Tatum Downing Carter Drumright Diana Eldika Clare Finan Jack Grace Omar Hamada Roman Hourani Sabrina Hunt Arman Issa Dahlia Issa Ryan Khalife Harry Ling Nathan Lynch Will Meyer Cooper Miller Ishani Nagabhushan Samantha Ngunjiri Aidan Nguyen Kate Shepherd Tristan Sprole Will Strecker Hannah Ternes Liliana Varchavtchik

9th GRADE

Omar Al-Tabbal Monica Bagai Yazan Bakdash Sara Jane Crosby Avery Eloffson Karley Forsyth Sky Fujinuma Mason Hart Price Johnson Rahul Madhavan Paul Mines Wambui Ngunjiri Thomas Olson Ayaan Parikh Robby Rasberry Tyler Rice Erin Rolfe Phoebe Ross Conner Schupbach James Shackelford

Sia Sharma Darcel Thompson Kalie Villagomez Haley Walston Alex Wunderlich Evan Yang Derek Yang

10th GRADE

Vivi Baughman Tatum Bhargava Jude Cunningham Dakota Dart Joyita Dev Nasseem Eldika Aden Fayziev Michael Goldberg Katherine Grace Yumino Kada Joey Kotkin Shelby Lair Yimei Lin Tyler MacKenzie Saad Malik Cj Meyer AJ Nagabhushan Kinsey Nichols Carson Phelps Maya Rai Chiara Ramdani Natalie Reece Adam Sandid Erihana Vincent Brandon Zhang

11th GRADE

Samuel Agustin Madeleine Albert Haley Allen Lily Conrad Charlie Dunne Mark Feng Nicholas Grabon Ella Graham Henry Greco Tyler Gwyn Malak Hamada

Daniel Hechenberger Christopher Henry Andrew Highbarger Allie Kavalauskas Sharon Mabasa Emily Mallard Rebekah Miller Marisol Munoz-Morales Anthony Nabbout Ivy Newman Charlie Nolan Allison Prater Ryder Walsh Sabrina Wilson

12th GRADE

Sabaa Ahmed Ayah Al-Tabbal Phoebe Babst Aidan Bhargava Sarah Chocron Gwyneth Cunningham Addison Dart Michael Fair Omar Farhoud Tara Glass Paige Henry Leah Issa Alex Jiang Eley Johnson Celine Khalife Faith Kotkin Sydney Miller Noah Moufarrij Sonya Murphy Phillip Pfeiffer Harun Raffi Grant Ramsey Isabel Schmaltz Connor Sweetman Allison Tee Emma Truxal Alessandra Vedder Lauren Walters Jackson Wunderlich Sophie Yoakum

2020-21 HONOR ROLL Middle and Upper School 5th GRADE

Graham Allen Noah Barbier Sophia Bennani Blake Dudley G Farha Isabella Fernandez Liam Finan Olivia Gehrer Paige Hart Nirvaan Kulkarni Liam McKnight Sadie McNulty Michael Nabbout Courtney Olson Lizzy Olson Hadley Porter Jett Riley Evelyn Ritchie Kingston Romero Jacobi Salyers Finley Viljanmaa Grace Voloch Max Walters

6th GRADE

Langston Ahmad Laith Al-Sukin Mason Bond Jena Campbell Logan Clay Clayton Garcia Chloe Haag Eli Hay Lelo Koshak Evan Lynch Cameron Reilly Timmy Ritchie Karim Sandid Lucy Shepherd Grace Teal Ozzie Thorpe LJ Varchavtchik

7th GRADE Ali Al-Sukin

Maddie Babb Amelia Blackman Avery Compton Michael Dobbs Reghan Eck Cameron Estes Sarah Kennedy Lad Oborny Melanie Reece Devin Ritchie Ana Rogers Jareim Roland Sam Taylor Peter Todorov Grier Wiltse

8th GRADE

Cooper Arneson Drake Beran Cameron Cadena David Chege Chloe Dart Nico Enegren Jamie Haan Beth Henshall Julia Herrman Colton Jenkins Ingrid Lampton Tristan Leddy Cassilda Njeri Langley Overman Elise Powers Lana Sandid Harrison Simon Camden St. Germain Ward Weimar

9th GRADE

Pete Agustin Elijah Allen Jack Babb Anabelle Babst Jace Campbell Madeline Carpenter Samuel Cline Isabella Flores

Addison Goree Gracie Gwyn Amelia King Liana Maksoud Aden Meyers Lucas Ranney-Brown Keisuke Takahashi Chloe Turpin Ragen Turpin Abby Walston Natalie Walters Brett Wetta Christina Zakharia

10th GRADE

Gerald Albert Brett Black Hyemin Choe Olivia Davis Grace Dickerson Pj Enegren Wesley Fair Conner Jones Hayden Malaise Emma Mantovani Jaden Mitchell Trudy Smith Michaela Strecker

11th GRADE

Zayd Bakdash Cameron Brown Eleni Chapas Sabrina Chappell Drew Charbonneau Marion Gibson Thuc Tam (Annie) Hua Madison Kemnitz Jaeyun (Jimmy) Kim Byron Knight Grace Lee Breckon Meares Emily Meister Ellie Munds Hannah Powell Aiden Sprole

Maya Torres Annie Turpin Faizal Valiandi Ashtun Villagomez Brandon Voloch Joshua Wilhelm Jayda Williams

12th GRADE

Rithika Chary Jacob Chugg Blake Clay Lucy Cox John DeVore Tally Flamini Hannah Hecox Hyeonjin “Stephanie” Lee Maddy Mairs Josh Mallard Caitlin Mattar Ally May Iain Moufarrij Aaliyah Muthoni An (Teresa) Nguyen Milo Nguyen Ethan Pham Lindsey Post Luke Swan Reagan Varenhorst Serena Zakharia

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Celebration of Learning

HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD Jack Grace & Hannah Ternes

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.

HEAD OF SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP CUP Class of 2027 (6th Grade) with a class average of 92.3%

HEAD OF SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP CUP is presented to the class with the highest grade average. This year’s cup was presented to Alegra Fazio who had the highest average in the 6th grade class (pictured on page 3).

SHAFER DART MEMORIAL AWARD Carter Drumright

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 Kate Shepherd

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

2020-21 ACADEMIC DISTINCTION

Students with a average GPA of 96% or above

5TH GRADE Evelyn Aberle Rima Ajwad Vivi Bartel Remy Blanchaert Jude Issa * Amir Khicha Natalie Nichols

James Nolan Torsten Overman Maya Sabouni Annie Sharp Blake Sprole Lucy Voloch Julia Walenta

Reide Rasberry Jackson Rukes Sophia Santo Ben Shackelford Aman Sharma

6TH GRADE Sophia Santo Communication Max Timsah Creativity Eric Hechenberger Critical Thinking Lucy Shepherd Collaboration Langston Ahmad Character

Carlyle Johnson Communication Anne Marie Olson Creativity Carter Chance Critical Thinking Charlotte Pigg Collaboration Brian Mattar Character

8TH GRADE

7TH GRADE Carter Chance Lara de Carvalho Charles Gentile Ellie Howell Shaad Issa Carlyle Johnson Jaden Lichty Ethan MacKenzie

Lucy Voloch Communication Tanya Ali Creativity Julia Walenta Critical Thinking Evelyn Aberle Collaboration Rima Ajwad Character

7TH GRADE

6TH GRADE Alegra Fazio * Eloise King Scarlet Lacey Landon Langston Kalyn Lichty Clara Monahan

5TH GRADE

Brian Mattar Sara Mines Anne Marie Olson Hayan Raffi * Madeline Ternes Khloie Villagomez Natalie Walenta Chloe Zhang

Aiden Nguyen Communication Maric Archibald Creativity Hannah Ternes Critical Thinking Tatum Downing Collaboration Kate Shepherd Character

8TH GRADE Aubrey Collignon Laney Conrad Shouvik Dev Tatum Downing Carter Drumright Diana Eldika * Clare Finan Jack Grace Omar Hamada Sabrina Hunt Arman Issa

Harry Ling William Meyer Ishani Nagabhushan Sam Ngunjiri Aidan Nguyen Kate Shepherd Tristan Sprole Willard Strecker Hannah Ternes Liliana Varchavtchik

* Students with the highest average GPA for their grade.

GOLDEN C AWARDS

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UPPER SCHOOL

Honors Day HEAD OF SCHOOL CUP Class of 2024 with a class average of 90.26% HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD Harun Raffi & Sarah Chocron “I DARE YOU” AWARD Sam Agustin & Allie Prater FORREST C. LATTNER ENDOWMENT AWARD Sharon Mabasa & Sabrina Chappell WCS MATH AND SCIENCE AWARD Allison Tee COLLEGIATE HUMANITIES AWARD Sabaa Ahmed MANDY SHOAF MEMORIAL AWARD Luke Swan JACK C. CHESKY LEADERSHIP AWARD Jakob Hansson WCS WORLD LANGUAGE AWARD Connor Sweetman ELSIE NIETHAMMER NAFTZGER SCHOLARSHIP (PERFORMING ARTS) Gwyneth Cunningham FAY FAMILY FRENCH AWARD: LEVEL I Phoebe Ross FAY FAMILY FRENCH AWARD: LEVEL II Carson Phelps FAY FAMILY FRENCH AWARD: LEVEL III Nasseem Eldika FAY FAMILY FRENCH AWARD: AP FRENCH LANGUAGE & CULTURE Chiara Ramdani

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2020-21 HIGHEST SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE 9TH GRADE Yazan Bakdash Avery Elofsson Karley Forsyth Sky Fujinuma Mason Hart Paul Mines Wambui Ngunjiri Ayaan Parikh

11TH GRADE Tyler Rice Erin Rolfe Phoebe Ross Conner Schupbach James Shackelford Sia Sharma Darcel Thompson Evan Yang

10TH GRADE Tatum Bhargava Dakota Dart Naseem Eldika Aden Fayziev Michael Goldberg Katherine Grace

Tyler MacKenzie Cj Meyer AJ Nagabhushan Kinsey Nichols Carson Phelps Adam Sandid

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY INDUCTEES

Lily Conrad Nick Grabon Ella Graham Malak Hamada Christopher Henry

Allie Kavalauskas Sharon Mabasa Charlie Nolan Ryder Walsh Sabrina Wilson

12TH GRADE Sabaa Ahmed Ayah Al-Tabbal Phoebe Babst Sarah Chocron Gwyneth Cunningham Alex Jiang Faith Kotkin Sydney Miller

SENIOR INDUCTEES Ayah Al-Tabbal Alex Jiang Celine Khalife Faith Kotkin Isabel Schmaltz Connor Sweetman Ale Vedder Jackson Wunderlich

Noah Moufarrij Philip Pfeiffer Harun Raffi Allison Tee Ale Vedder Jackson Wunderlich Sophie Yoakum

JUNIOR INDUCTEES Lily Conrad Ella Graham Malak Hamada Allie Kavalauskas Emily Mallard Sabrina Wilson

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Beyond the Classroom

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What I appreciate most about Collegiate is that you get the chance to do everything, which helped me learn I wanted to do something in the athletic field professionally.

Eley Johnson, Class of 2021

I have appreciated the expectation of excellence from every student here.

No matter how well you do, they’re always pushing you to do a little better and give a little more.

Noah Moufarrij, Class of 2021

I appreciate how much the teachers care about you.

The teachers here take a special interest in us doing well and succeeding. I’ve really appreciated that.

Ben Voloch, Class of 2021

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Congratulations!

WCS

CLASS OF 2021

Students from the Class of 2021 will be attending ... 38 SCHOOLS in 19 STATES, WASHINGTON D.C., and 4 COUNTRIES.

MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS

IN-STATE

AL, AR, CA, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, NC, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT + WASHINGTON DC + ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, GERMANY

OUT-OF-STATE

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS 3 FINALISTS // 4 COMMENDED

GRADUATES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY  Arizona State University  AUBURN UNIVERSITY  Barnard College  BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BELMONT UNIVERSITY  Beloit College  BETHANY COLLEGE  Carnegie Mellon University  Citadel Military College of South Carolina  CLEMSON UNIVERSITY  Coffeyville Community College  Colorado School of Mines  COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY  COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY  Creighton University  CUNY Bernard M Baruch College  CUNY Brooklyn College  DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE  DORDT COLLEGE  Drake University  Drexel University  DUKE UNIVERSITY  Elon University  Emporia State University  Florida State University  Grand Canyon University  Gustavus Adolphus College  Hofstra University  Hollins University  INDIANA UNIVERSITY  Iowa State University  JACOBS UNIVERSITY  John Brown University  Kalamazoo College  KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY  KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY  King’s College London  Long Island University Brooklyn  Louisiana State University  LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO  Luther College  Marshall University  McGill University  Michigan State University  Mills College  Missouri Western State University  NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI  Newman University  North Park University Northeastern University  Northwestern University  Occidental College  Ohio University  OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY  PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY  Pepperdine University  PURDUE UNIVERSITY  RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE  SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY  Smith College  Southern Methodist University  STANFORD UNIVERSITY  Syracuse University  Taylor University  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY  TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY  THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA  THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  The University of Manchester  THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA  UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY  University of Arizona  UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS  University of British Columbia  University of California, Berkeley  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS  University of California, Irvine  University of California, Los Angeles  University of California, San Diego  UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE  University of Colorado Boulder  University of Colorado Denver  University of Denver  University of Hawaii at Manoa  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS  University of Kentucky University of Maryland  University of Massachusetts Amherst  University of Michigan  University of Missouri  University of Missouri - Kansas City  University of Nebraska  UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL  University of Northern Colorado  UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA  University of Oregon  University of Pittsburgh  University of Rochester  University of South Carolina  University of Toronto  UNIVERSITY OF UTAH  University of Washington  University of Wisconsin  Valparaiso University  Vanderbilt University  Washburn University  WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY  William Jewell College  Xavier University [ SCHOOLS ATTENDING ARE DISPLAYED IN BOLD ]

WCS Sabaa Ahmed

CLASS OF 2021

Summa Cum Laude

Ayah Al-Tabbal Summa Cum Laude

Phoebe Caroline Babst Summa Cum Laude

Aidan Elizabeth Bhargava

Gwyneth Pearl Cunningham Summa Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Addison O’Neil Dart John Ross DeVore

Nick James Hermann

Magna Cum Laude

Sophia Marie Brake

Michael Elijah Fair

Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

John Wesley Hermann

Alexandria Marie Do Orozco

George Christopher Bunting

Paige Michelle Henry

Magna Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction Leadership Academy Distinction

Hannah Rae Rebekah Rose Hecox

Leadership Academy Distinction Summa Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Omar Farhoud

Mark Basil Hourani

Leadership Academy Distinction

Leah Lorraine Issa

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Lixing “Alex” Jiang Summa Cum Laude

Zach Lewis Burgess

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Eley Christine Johnson

Abbie Patricia Grace Carpenter

Talia Flamini

Celine Khalife

Rithika Chary

Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Clay Alexander Gagnon

Sarah Flora Chocron

Tara Jae Glass

Summa Cum Laude National Merit Commended

Jacob Brett Chugg Cum Laude

Blake Michael Clay Cum Laude

Lucy Barbara Cox

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Magna Cum Laude

Summa Cum Laude

JoonHak Kim Cum Laude

Faith Brady Kotkin

Charles Thomas Goree

Summa Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Skylar Katherine Haag

Hyeonjin “Stephanie” Lee

Leadership Academy Distinction

Magna Cum Laude

Jakob George Hansson

Minsoo “Eric” Lee

Madeline Jo Mairs

Phillip James Pfeiffer

Joshua Ryan Mallard

Ethan John Pham

Cum Laude

Leadership Academy Distinction

Finn Joseph Marino Caitlin Bassam Mattar Magna Cum Laude

Ally Elaine May Sydney Anne Miller

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Iain Nazih Moufarrij Summa Cum Laude National Merit Commended

Noah Nazih Moufarrij Summa Cum Laude National Merit Finalist

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Lindsey Anne Post Cum Laude

Harun Syed Raffi

Summa Cum Laude National Merit Finalist Leadership Academy Distinction

Grant Miles Ramsey

Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Finnegan Michael Ross

Leadership Academy Distinction

Isabel Martha Schmaltz

Jackson Ross Taylor Allison Xin Tee

Summa Cum Laude National Merit Finalist

Emma Elizabeth Truxal Magna Cum Laude

Kobe D’Andre Turner Elizabeth Reagan Varenhorst Cum Laude

Alessandra Manoylova Vedder Summa Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Benjamin John Voloch Lauren Hope Walters Magna Cum Laude

Ashton Tate Winter

Sonya A. Murphy Magna Cum Laude

Summa Cum Laude National Merit Commended Leadership Academy Distinction

Aaliyah Shiko Muthoni

Jad Toan Shaheen

Johanna Lin Yang

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Cum Laude

An Ngoc Thi Nguyen

Luke David Wilfred Swan

Sophie Kate Yoakum

Cum Laude

Tien Hung Nguyen Magna Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude Leadership Academy Distinction

Connor Noah Sweetman Summa Cum Laude

Jackson Paul Wunderlich National Merit Commended

Magna Cum Laude

Serena Christie Zakharia

FROM THE BOARD Dear Wichita Collegiate Community, It’s an honor to write to you as Chairman of the Board of Trustees as we celebrate our 2020-21 school year in review and look ahead in the following pages to the next five years and beyond. Thank you to our entire community for such a successful and stellar year. We truly thrived as a school, and we proved that we thrive best together. It is a privilege for me to be associated with the best private school in Kansas and its world class administration and staff.

I am proud of the role the Board of Trustees played in guiding and supporting our school, especially during this past year. Keeping WCS safely open for the full school year while most schools in the nation were closed was a challenge, and our board, administration, staff and students took personal responsibility and were up for the task.

Through hard work and tenacity, the administration and staff showed their passion for our students by striving to provide an almost normal atmosphere throughout the year.

Looking forward to the future, I am pleased with the work done by the Board of Trustees to develop, direct and monitor the 2021-2026 strategic plan. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank every member of the Board of Trustees for their strong commitment and diligent work throughout the year on behalf of our school. They each bring a unique skill set to our board, and their collective group efforts will ensure the strategic and financial sustainability and continued success of Wichita Collegiate School.

Each year brings an opportunity to celebrate members rolling off the Board and to welcome new members, and this year is no exception. This year’s departing member, Kathie Dakhil, has been integral to many of the Board’s functions for the last nine years, specifically as the Development Committee Chair for the past three years. Kathie has tirelessly supported the work of development staff and helped to set and then break records for dollars and donors raised. In her three years as Development Chair, she assisted in raising nearly $1.5M for our school for the Collegiate Annual Fund Effort.

This year, she donated to and volunteered for our inaugural Spartan Bash and played a key role in raising more than $187,000. In addition, she and husband Dr. Shaker have left an indelible mark on our school and impacted its littlest learners through the beautiful Dakhil Family Early Childhood Building. Kathie’s gifts of time, talent, and treasure are unparalleled.

Her greatest joys, though, are her children and grandchildren: Deanna (Tyler) Ternes ’96, Chris (Charese) Dakhil ’98, Laura (Bradley) Monahan ’00, and Dan (Kristen) Dakhil ’02; Hannah ’25, Madeline ’26, Clara ’27, Ava ’29, Emma ’29, Lila ’31, Benjamin ’32, Henry ’32, Milo ’32, Ellie ’34, Simon ’34, Vivian ’34, Reese ’36, and Madison.

Kathie, thank you for your incredible leadership of and service to Wichita Collegiate School!

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I am pleased to announce three new Trustee appointments.

Kate Taylor will return to the Board after a 13-year hiatus, and Morgan Wilson Overman ’96 and Deanna Ternes ’96 will be new to the Board in the 2021-22 school year.

Kate Taylor has been committed to WCS since her daughter Bailey’s first day of class in 1995. Bailey graduated with the Class of 2009, but Kate’s grandchildren, Ryan ’30 and Samuel ’26, have helped keep her connected to the school. Kate previously served as a Trustee from 1999 to 2008, sitting on the Finance and Facilities Committee as well as the Development and Executive Committees and establishing the Taylor Faculty Development Fund in 1997 with husband Dan to supplement professional development. Kate has also been active on the boards of Exploration Place and the Kansas Humane Society.

Morgan Wilson Overman ’96 is a “lifer” of Wichita Collegiate School and married to fellow Class of 1996 member Logan.

Morgan and Logan have two children, who are current students of WCS - Langley, a rising freshman, and Torsten, a rising 6th grader. Morgan has been active on the WCS Alumni Board since 2011 and has served as both President and Vice-President. She has been a key contributor to the success of various Mentor Day programs and served on the 50th Anniversary Committee. Morgan is also active in the Wichita community, serving on boards of Giving the Basics, Mark Arts, and Wichita Country Club. She is a realtor with Reece Nichols and loves the challenge and energy of the real estate market. Morgan is excited to bring her knowledge of the WCS community to the Board from both the alumni and parent perspectives.

Deanna Ternes ’96 is excited to have the opportunity to give back to the school that has given her and her family so much joy. A proud alumna of Collegiate, she and husband Tyler have their four children enrolled here in 9th, 8th, 5th, and 2nd grades. When she is not at a WCS athletic or fine arts event, Deanna serves as the associate chief of the Via Christi hospitalist group, taking care of hospitalized patients while they are ill. Deanna is proud to have earned her undergraduate degree from The University of Kansas, and her medical degree from The University of Health Sciences in Kansas City. She completed her internal medicine residency here in Wichita with KU.

2020-2021 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ♦♦♦ Basil Hourani, Chair Sharol Rasberry, Vice Chair Sheryl Nolan, Treasurer Raffaele Fazio, Secretary Suzie Ahlstrand Raul Brito ’76 Kathie Dakhil Angela Fox Julie Gentile Corey Johnson Mike Miller Caesar Naftzger Kevin Nichols Meredith Olson John Rolfe Christina Hourani Shuart ’99 Jared Sprole Bill Voloch

Kate, Morgan, and Deanna, welcome and welcome back to the WCS Board of Trustees!

I hope our entire Collegiate community enjoys a restful and rejuvenating summer vacation and returns in August ready for a great school year. Thank you for entrusting your children’s education to the Wichita Collegiate School and for your continued support.

Sincerely, Basil Hourani Chairman, Board of Trustees 27

OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

2021-2026

The year 2020, with all of its challenges, also brought about the need for Wichita Collegiate School to create a Strategic Plan to guide us in the next five years.

Nathan Washer’s transition to Head of School in 2019-20 served as the perfect opportunity to learn from our stakeholders about where we should be headed as a school. “I received a great deal of feedback from parents, faculty and staff, alumni, and grandparents, which coupled well with formal surveys to our community to create the bare bones of what we as a school would focus on moving forward,” Washer said.

While we had feedback to learn from, we needed a team dedicated to bringing that commentary to life through a formalized plan. The Board of Trustees served as a natural pool of leadership to do just that, so a subcommittee was formed and led by Christina Shuart ’99. “Our goal was easy to define from our mission statement: to inspire students to be the best versions of themselves.

From the beginning, we aimed to create a plan that is student focused and promotes academic excellence; that would help us make sure each student has the tools to become the best version of him- or herself,” Shuart said. “When you break this down, though, to students ranging in ages from 2 to 18 with so many different interests and individual strengths, achieving that goal becomes more 28

complicated. We looked at past WCS strategic plans, feedback from surveys and specific teams of staff members, and trends and research in education to formulate the plan.”

The Strategic Plan Committee then laid the plan out to the greater Board before delving deeper into the nuts and bolts. As Chair of the Board, Basil Hourani was integral to gaining consensus across the board and ensuring the plan truly aligned with everyone’s hopes for the future. “It became clear that the most important piece for everyone was a focus on academic excellence and on financial sustainability, particularly on building our endowment,” Hourani said. “In addition, we wanted to achieve an education of the whole person for our students, and one that is customized to each student. Not all kids learn the same way, or have the same objectives.”

The final result is something of which we as a staff and board are very proud. “I’m thrilled about having put together a clear message of who we are and what we as a school are here to accomplish,” Shuart said.

Each of the goals in the plan has a multitude of corresponding tactics that are clearly articulated and measurable to best assess progress across divisions and departments “This plan sets Collegiate apart from other institutions. Our focus on whole-student education; on increasing our efforts around diversity, equity, and inclusion; on recognizing individual learning styles and meeting students where they are with their unique capabilities - our plan dictates the importance of those initiatives and I’m excited to see us execute it in the next five years and beyond,” Hourani said.

We appreciate your willingness to engage with us in this process and pledge to work diligently to uphold this plan for continued excellence at Wichita Collegiate School.

OUR MISSION.

We exist to inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.

OUR VISION.

We empower all students to lead lives of impact by partnering with our students, faculty, families, and community.

Our Student Portrait

Who is a Spartan?

♦♦ I am resilient

♦♦ We are determined.

♦♦ I am constantly learning.

♦♦ We explore new ideas.

♦♦ I am creative.

♦♦ We are open to change.

♦♦ I am solving problems.

♦♦ We experiment, fail, and try again.

♦♦ I am compassionate.

♦♦ We are inclusive.

♦♦ I care about my community. ♦♦ We lean on and support each other. ♦♦ I am uniquely talented.

♦♦ We challenge each other to be better.

Every one of us is different ... Together we are Spartans.

Academic Excellence Strategic Initiative #1

Foster meaningful and engaging academic experiences that develop needed skills and qualities for every student.

STRATEGY 1 Attract, develop, and support exceptional faculty, administrators, and staff.

STRATEGY 2 Deliver outstanding instruction that is learnercentered.

STRATEGY 3 Create and align a relevant and challenging curriculum that prepares students for the future they will encounter.

Our goal from the beginning was to create a plan that is student focused and promotes academic excellence, while ensuring each student receives a well-rounded experience that is unique to each individual. ~ Christina Shuart ’99, Strategic Planning Committee Chair 30

We learned our community wants the whole education - not just an academic education but an education of the whole person. ~ Basil Hourani, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Facilitate students’ capacity to grow their mental, social, and physical well-being.

STRATEGY 1 Develop and implement a whole school character education program that teaches students how to identify and take action in regard to their own social, emotional, and physical needs.

STRATEGY 2

Student Health

Provide resources to ensure healthy relationships and boundaries among all constituents.

STRATEGY 3 Grow our community’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by developing a plan that involves all constituents.

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Brand Identity

Strategic Initiative #3

Ensure all stakeholders understand our identity in order to attract students, talent, and support.

STRATEGY 1 Establish the Collegiate brand that clearly articulates the school’s identity to all constituents..

STRATEGY 2 Develop a marketing plan to attract students, families, and support for the school.

STRATEGY 3 Make Collegiate a destination for talented educators and staff.

STRATEGY 4 Establish and build upon meaningful relationships in the community that lead to increased support.

Ensuring all constituents know our identity allows us to tell our story, which in turn will lead to our continued success into the future. ~ Nathan Washer, Head of School

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Proper planning requires goal setting and strategizing to ensure that the next five years at the school are productive and position ourselves to continue to be a thought leader among private schools in the country. ~ Christina Shuart ’99, Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Grow financial sustainability by incorporating best practices in fiscal management for independent schools.

STRATEGY 1 Determine optimal enrollment for Collegiate in terms of long term financial sustainability.

STRATEGY 2 Develop a multi-year plan that ensures adequate financial resources through diverse income sources.

STRATEGY 3 Develop a multi-year plan that effectively stewards our resources through sound budget processes and expense controls.

Financial Sustainability Strategic Initiative #4

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The Board wants to see Collegiate teach each child as he or she learns, so we want to create an environment in which each child has an individualized and continually updated digital learning profile. ~ Basil Hourani, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Enhance campus and infrastructure to align with the vision.

STRATEGY 1 Assess current campus and infrastructure and how sufficiently it serves the needs of our community and aligns with our vision for the learning outcomes of our students.

STRATEGY 2 Develop a campus master plan to respond to needed improvements to existing campus and infrastructure.

STRATEGY 3 Implement a campus master plan to respond to needed additions to campus and infrastructure.

Campus

Enhancements Strategic Initiative #5

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Our Covenant of a

Collegiate Educator

THE FACULTY AND STAFF BELIEVE: ♦♦

that each WCS student possesses a natural curiosity and desire to learn;

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that, by understanding and supporting each student’s individualized learning style, we are committed to helping every student fulfill their full potential;

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that our responsibility is to “educate” by drawing out and encouraging all students to acquire the personal knowledge and wisdom needed to lead a fulfilling life;

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that we are most effective when demonstrating our own curiosity and joy in learning in our interactions with students;

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that we need to continually improve ourselves through active learning.

AS EDUCATORS WE WILL DEMONSTRATE DAILY: ♦♦

our intense desire to learn and grow in wisdom;

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our belief in the power of learning to change a life;

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our ability, willingness and commitment to helping students with various learning styles;

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our commitment to apply the knowledge we’ve acquired;

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the values that guide us in the acquisition of knowledge and skills: integrity, humility, intellectual honesty, self-discipline, and tolerance and respect for others;

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our responsibilities to provide feedback and reinforcement for our students’ quest for personal knowledge;

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active support of colleagues;

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our role as mentor and role model to students at all times.

THE FACULTY AND STAFF WILL: ♦♦

be committed to the mission of the school;

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conduct all affairs of the school with integrity and lawfully;

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understand and build relationships with students, families and colleagues for the mutual benefit of everyone;

♦♦

treat others with dignity, respect and sensitivity at all times.

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FACULTY & STAFF

Departures Thank you to these educators for their dedication and service to Wichita Collegiate School!

BARBARA BURCHAM 32 YEARS OF SERVICE

JAN NICODEMUS 31 YEARS OF SERVICE

CORENE RAMSER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE

AMY REISNER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE

LISA SCHOOLER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE

CYNTHIA KOEPSEL

19 YEARS OF SERVICE

DEBRA DENNILL 16 YEARS OF SERVICE

SUZANNE SCHWARZ

16 YEARS OF SERVICE

JOAN SIEFKES MOORE ’84 9 YEARS OF SERVICE

CASSANDRA TIMKO

7 YEARS OF SERVICE

STEPHANIE KRUSE 4 YEARS OF SERVICE

LAURA DOVE

1 YEAR OF SERVICE

SARAH GARCIA 1 YEAR OF SERVICE

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New Faculty & Staff Positions The Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Innovation will implement the strategic initiatives outlined in the Collegiate strategic plan, with a particular focus on continuous improvements in teaching and learning methods, creative and innovative classrooms, curriculum alignment, effective use of new and emerging technologies, and an atmosphere of constant growth and professional development for faculty. We are thrilled to welcome Amber Celestin as she takes on this new position. With seventeen years of experience in education, Amber began her career as an elementary teacher, then spent the past ten years working in higher education as the Director of Student Success and Retention at Bethel College.

To further support our students, we have hired three Learning Specialists, who will also serve as student advocates and liaisons by being in contact with parents, teachers, and support staff on a regular basis. They will make recommendations for effective strategies to be used by teachers as well as recommend outside services to parents when appropriate.

In addition to being responsible for the management of screenings and formal testing for all students, the Learning Specialists will coordinate and initiate all necessary paperwork for students seeking accommodations for standardized testing. The Learning Specialists will also strive to ensure that student transitions are smooth between grade levels and the four interdisciplinary levels of the school.

AMBER CELESTIN

HEIDI JO GALLAGHER

“I’ve heard so many great things about the faculty here; I’m excited to get to see these talented teachers in action and start working together to bring even more innovative learning experiences to our students.”

“The opportunity to create relationships with our students’ parents and dive deep into the resources at our school to maximize their student’s success may be what I’m most excited for in this new position.”

SHANNON FLACK ’99

SARAH GRUETTER

“I am excited to use my experience with learning different students in a new role to meet more students and help teachers with new ways to work with not just learning different students but all students.”

“I can’t wait to help our students become more successful in a classroom environment and to help our teachers develop strategies to better meet the needs of students who learn differently.”

Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Innovation

Middle School Learning Specialist

Early Childhood and Lower School Learning Specialist

Upper School Learning Specialist

Our new STEAM Coordinator, Joe Gehrer ’02, will help teachers integrate all elements of S(science), T(technology), E(engineering), A(arts), and M(math) into their current curriculum, as well as teach various courses in the Lammers Innovation Lab that will introduce students to computer science, fabrication, digital literacy, video production, electronics, robotics, and design theories. By working with Early Childhood and Lower School teachers to find ways to get students excited about STEAM Mr. Gehrer will be the bridge, helping our youngest learners on campus be ready for the advanced courses offered in the Upper School Innovation Lab.

JOE GEHRER ’02

STEAM and iLab Coordinator

“I am extremely excited to take on this new role at WCS, giving kids the time and space to be creative, where they can learn by doing and feel the reward and satisfaction of creating something tangible with their own hands.”

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FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD

Proba te dignum. As a student, I didn’t really understand what that meant. Yes, I could translate it.

However, to me, it wasn’t anything more than an often-repeated phrase and powerful ending to a great school song. It means something to me, now.

President Elect Mallory Jones Farha ’01

As a nation, we are suffering from distrust, anger, and division. We had a full year of COVID, enormous social justice issues, and deadly riots – even inside of our Capitol Building. In many ways, we are a divided nation.

Past President Matt Maloney ’94

However, within the Collegiate community, there is unity, and we are thriving.

President Doug Coe ’04

Board Members Trey Anderson ’05 Jeff Boone ’94 Christine Estivo ’11 Brooke Stokley Finan ’92 Regis Fox ’04 Adam Kennedy ’00 Amy Johnson ’07 Katie Hill Leiding ’04 Mariah Moxley ’10 Morgan Wilson Overman ’96 Rob Ramseyer ’02 Rebecca Rolph ’94 Spenser Schooler ’13 Jeff Walenta ’98 Van Winter ’05 Faculty Representatives Jack Stewart ’13 Amy Cunningham Former Faculty Representative Sarah Jervis Out-of-State Members Amar Shah ’02 Blaine Schultz ’89 Honorary Members Randy Love ’67 Randy Storms ’74

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Dear Collegiate Community,

• The faculty, staff, and advisors designed and united around a first-rate plan to keep our students in school and safe all year long. I haven’t seen another organization, big or small, navigate the pandemic as well as WCS did. Our leadership team proved itself worthy.

• Parents and grandparents sacrificed, gave, and served more than ever before – even when opinions differed.

They proved themselves worthy.

• Over one thousand alumni raised their united voices on behalf of current and future students, and many are now working to further elevate the quality and effectiveness of our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. On top of that, alumni giving was at an all-time high this year.

They proved themselves worthy.

Though we do not all see eye to eye on every issue, we are united. We remain fully committed to the common mission to “inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.”

Though what few Latin skills I once had are long gone, I understand what our school motto means better than ever before.

Director of Alumni & Parent Relations Lisa Schooler

I am so proud to be part of this community, and I challenge all of you to continue living our motto and proba te dignum.

Director of Development Joan Siefkes Moore ’84

Doug Coe, Class of 2004 Alumni Board President 2020-2021

Head of School Nathan Washer

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Blake Webster ’98

Blake Webster, Class of 1998, is a self-proclaimed lucky man, splitting time between his home state and the sunshine state where he directs and produces Carpool Karaoke. Just this last year, Blake snagged an Emmy for Best Outstanding Short Form Variety Series for Carpool, and got to do so from the comfort of home in Independence, KS, with his wife Laurel and their three children.

Blake and his family had been living in Los Angeles since 2003, but decided in 2017 to relocate to Independence to be closer to family. “Some of my colleagues probably thought I was insane. After the pandemic hit, maybe it wasn’t so crazy,” Blake shared. They still have an apartment in LA, where Blake stays when he heads back out to California for work.

Blake appreciates his roots in Kansas and gives credit to Collegiate for inspiring him in his professional endeavors. “If it weren’t for Gary Buettgenbach and WCS, I never would have ended up

where I did. I cannot tell you how much I believe that. When I was at Collegiate, I was lucky to be in Gary’s class when a brand-new Avid video editing system arrived, and a group of us THRIVED with that new technology and started the Video Magazine tradition that would lead me to a life of film and comedy.”

“I remember ALL the teachers playing along, putting on a wig for a sketch or allowing me to stay and edit until 2:00 a.m. if needed. I’ll NEVER forget the thrill of the entire Upper School filing into the auditorium to watch what a small group of us had worked so hard on - it was like getting my own movie premiere! To this day, I still go back and look at those video mags. When I won the Emmy this last year, one of my very first thoughts was, ‘Thank you, Gary B!’ I’m a lucky man!”

We feel lucky to have Blake as a member of our Wichita Collegiate community. Thank you, Blake, for sharing your story and love of WCS with us!

If you want to follow Blake on his adventures, check him out on Instagram at @websterblake and watch Carpool Karaoke on Apple TV.

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ALUMNI

Schooler and the Board turned it into a positive and were able to match seniors specifically with professionals in Wichita and from coast to coast and around the world.

Sixty-nine of the 75 mentors are alumni themselves.

“Going virtual opened up so many doors and connections to occupations that don’t exist in Wichita,” Schooler said.

Mentor Day Embrace rituals and traditions in times of transition!

Marsin Alshamary, WCS Class of 2009, shared incredibly apt advice for the Class of 2021 at this year’s Mentor Day Breakfast.

Mentor Day poses an opportunity each February for WCS seniors to connect with professionals in the Wichita workforce in their desired fields of study. It’s a perfect glimpse into a potential degree or career path ahead of college and a great networking opportunity.

While COVID-19 made a typical breakfast unmanageable, WCS couldn’t let this three-decades-long tradition slip by for the Class of 2021 as students move closer to one of their first big life transitions. Lisa Schooler, Director of Alumni & Parent Relations, worked closely with the WCS Alumni Board to connect our 75 seniors with mentors. Instead of viewing the need for virtual vs. in-person as a negative,

MENTORS // SENIORS

Sara Zafar ’01, Title IX Coordinator, Wichita State University Student: Sabaa Ahmed

Cana Wilson Mize ’05, Associate Attorney, Robinett King Student: Rithika Chary

Emily Agan Porter ’96, President, Havas Formula Student: Ayah Al-Tabbal

Chris Varenhorst ’05, Software Engineer, Lingt Student: Sarah Chocron

Grace LeMaster Banach ’12, Physician Assistant, Cardiovascular Consultants of Kansas Student: Phoebe Babst

Katie Wetta ’16, Mechanical Engineer, Ardent Mills Student: Jacob Chugg

Tommy Curtin ’98, Headmaster, Our Lady of the Rosary School Student: Aidan Bhargava Lindsay Anderson Brittain ’98, Manager of Social Work Department Case Management, Ascension Via Christi Student: Sophia Brake JK Dillehay ’02, President/ Orthodontist, Dillehay Orthodontics Student: George Bunting Brett Sweeney ’01, Assistant County Attorney II, Butler County Attorney’s Office Student: Zach Burgess Barbara Schoenhofer Heikkila ’85, Actor/Teacher/Choreographer/ Director, San Diego Musical Theatre/ Independent Contractor Student: Abbie Carpenter

Galen Fowler ’87, Owner, Toka Technology, LLC Student: Blake Clay

Marsin Alshamary ‘09 served as the keynote speaker and, herself, Zoomed all the way from Baghdad, Iraq.

Alshamary is currently a research fellow with the Brookings Institution working on American foreign policy in the Middle East. She shared her experiences and insights with wit and humor while senior students ate breakfast and listened in via Zoom. In addition to her call for us all to embrace traditions now more than ever, Alshamary shared the following advice: ♦Never ♦ let injustice cripple you. ♦Be ♦ kind and understand everyone has a struggle you may not see. ♦Discover ♦ your comparative advantage and never apologize for using it. ♦The ♦ best use of your knowledge is to spread it and share it with humanity. ♦Embrace ♦ failure, take time to grieve it, then find humor in it and seek out advice to be better.

Markus Phox ’13, Associate Wealth Advisor, 6 Meridian Student: Michael Fair

Josh Glaser ’08, Physical Therapist, Advanced Physical Therapy Student: Paige Henry

Blake Jablonski ’10, Natural Gas Trader, Koch Energy Services, LLC Student: Omar Farhoud

Sam Beren ’15, Analyst, Lagoda Student: Jack Herrman

Lauren Davis Kirk ’09, SpeechLanguage Pathologist, USD-259 Student: Talia Flamini Preston Jones ’97, Vice Chief of Staff, Chief of Surgery, Director of Orthopedic Services, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Student: Clay Gagnon

Marielle Schultz ’94, Supervisory Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations Student: Lucy Cox

Karla Selmon Callender ’85, Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, The American College of Financial Services Student: Tara Glass

Matt Combs ’93, Musician/Producer, Matt Combs Music Student: Gwyneth Cunningham

Brandon Scheer ’04, Owner/ Orthodontist, Shine Orthodontics Student: Charlie Goree

Holly Messamore Montgomery ’05, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Associates in Women’s Health Student: Addison Dart

Heidi Holton ’11, Middle School Counselor, Wichita Collegiate School Student: Skylar Haag

Heath Misak, Mechanical Engineer, Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. Student: John DeVore Hayley Jansson ’07, Orthopaedic Surgeon, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Student: Alexa Do Orozco

Blaine Schultz ’89, Global Alliances Sales Manager, NetApp Student: Jakob Hansson Chad Remley, Regional Director, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Becky Elder ’70, Head of School, Northfield School of Liberal Arts Student: Hannah Hecox

Chris Wilton ’94, Project Manager/ Site Superintendent, Castle Rock Construction Company Student: Nick Herrman Sanjay Khicha ’91, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Wichita Surgical Specialists Student: Mark Hourani Amy Sprole, Co-Owner & Managing Partner, Plastic Surgery Center, PA Student: Leah Issa Alex Sappok ’00, CEO, RaySecur Student: Alex Jiang Kate Pilgreen ’01, Athletic Director, Notre Dame de Sion High School Student: Eley Johnson Matt Conrad, Plastic Surgeon, Matt Conrad MD Cosmetics and Reconstructive Surgery Center Student: Celine Khalife Scott Stokdyk ’87, Visual Effects Supervisor, Freelance Student: Joon Kim Austin Peterson ’01, Private Equity/ Business Management, Golden Spike Capital/Carlson Products Student: Faith Kotkin

With those words still in mind, seniors left breakfast to meet with each of their mentors (mostly virtually).

Seniors and mentors alike thoroughly enjoyed the day and appreciated the opportunity to connect with the school and one another.

“I just wanted to let you know how very impressed I was with my mentee,” Tracy Gardner ‘00, Head of Label Licensing & Partnerships at TikTok, wrote.

“He was extremely well spoken, polite, and clearly had done his homework on TikTok. Great to see the Collegiate tradition of excellence continuing.”

“Thank you for asking me to be a mentor this year,” Linda Bean ‘92, Chief Medical Officer at the Community Health Center of SE Kansas, wrote.

“I really appreciate that WCS has continued this program - it is such a benefit. WCS continues to be such a wonderful school with so many opportunities for our students!”

“Thank you so much for putting Mentor Day together,” Johanna Yang ‘21 wrote. “I so enjoyed my time and the connections I have made are invaluable!”

Thank you to Alshamary and the 75 mentors for making WCS’ 31st Annual Mentor Day a success and a tradition worth continuing!

Courtney Cotter Huang ’96, Marketing Director, Upfield Student: Eric Lee Jordan Carney Wipperman ’07, Global Product Line Manager, Payless WorldWide Student: Stephanie Lee Will Messamore ’02, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kansas Orthopaedic Center Student: Maddy Mairs David Trombold ’71, Upper School Science Teacher, Wichita Collegiate School Student: Josh Mallard Aeramy Paulseen Porter ’93, Financial Planner & Partner, Paulseen Financial Group Student: Finn Marino

Linda Multhaup Bean ’92, Chief Medical Officer/Family Physician, Community Health Center of SE Kansas Student: Noah Moufarrij Rachelle Bingaman Colombo ’97, Executive Director, Kansas Medical Society Student: Sonya Murphy Lauren Hutchinson ’14, Development Assistant for Individual Giving, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Student: Aaliyah Muthoni Robert McIntyre ’07, CEO & Chief Scientist, Nectome Inc. Student: Milo Nguyen Jamil Malone ’04, Senior Analytics Analyst, Emprise Bank Student: An Nguyen

Danielle Estivo ’11, Veterinarian, Skaer Veterinary Clinic Student: Caitlin Mattar

Steven Stokdyk ’85, Attorney & Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP Student: Philip Pfeiffer

Stephanie Turner ’93, Real Estate Broker & Athletic Trainer, Century 21 SGR/Self-employed Student: Ally May

Marcus Kater ’01, Radiologist, Kansas Imaging Consultants Student: Ethan Pham

Bobby Rasberry ’94, Entrepreneur, RKS Ventures, Inc. Student: Sydney Miller Ahmed Alshamary ’15, R&D Software Engineer, Ridgeline International Student: Iian Moufarrij

Larry Graham, Radiologist, Kansas Imaging Consultants Student: Lindsey Post Chris Dakhil ’98, Oncologist, Cancer Center of Kansas Student: Harun Raffi

David Morse ’01, Center Leader, Phoenix Aviation Academy Student: Grant Ramsey Doug Coe ’04, Attorney, Legacy Legal, LLC Student: Finn Ross Tyler Roush ’96, District Judge, State of Kansas Student: Isabel Schmaltz

Ben Hawley ’04, Otolaryngologist, Mid-Kansas Ear, Nose & Throat Associates Student: Reagan Varenhorst Wade Bainum ’89, Chief of Bail Division, Harris County Public Defender Student: Alessandra Vedder

Ryan Stuckey ’96, Orthopedic Surgeon, Fondren Orthopedic Group Student: Jad Shaheen

Matt Maloney ’94, Sr. Assistant District Attorney, Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office Student: Ben Voloch

Tracy Gardner ’00, Head of Label Licensing & Partnerships, TikTok/ Bytedance Student: Luke Swan

Natalie Schwarz Grevelink ’93, Physician Assistant, Boston Dermatology and Laser Center Student: Lauren Walters

Sarah Dorsett Cusick ’14, ESL Teacher, Andover Public Schools Student: Connor Sweetman

Heather Rogers, Owner/Physical Therapist, Summit Physical Therapy Student: Ashton Winter

Matt Thiel ’95, Senior Structural Engineer, Black and Veatch Student: Jackson Taylor

Andrew Elkouri ’12, Software Engineer, Amazon Student: Jackson Wunderlich

Andrew Neel ’07, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck Student: Allison Tee

Michael Lies ’94, Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State Student: Johanna Yang

Kristin Marhaver ’00, Coral Biologist & TED Senior Fellow, CARMABI Student: Emma Truxal

Laura Patterson ’96, Vice President, College Nannies, Sitters & Tutors Student: Sophie Yoakum

Traci Hill, Owner, Wiebusch Physical Therapy Student: Kobe Tuner

Logan Overman ’96, Associate General Counsel Transactional Management, Koch Industries Student: Serena Zakharia

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Ann Zitterkopf ’89

Jessica Meister Berger ‘03

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Save - the Date

Lexi Malkin ’00

Regan Sherwood ‘11

22nd Annual WCS Golf Classic Friday, August 13, 2021 9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start Crestview Country Club Register at: bit.ly/2021WCSGolfClassic

Looking for Class Notes? Check out AlumniConnect to see the latest happenings of former classmates.

To learn more, read below and visit:

HTTPS://ALUMNI.WCSKS.COM/

EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE

The purpose of the Alumni Network is to streamline all alumni news, communication, events, fundraising programs, photos, and more. This platform creates a centralized location for alumni, current/retired teachers, and parents of alumni to stay connected in every season of life. By syncing with LinkedIn & Facebook, the account info is constantly up-to-date. Check out Ways to Stay Involved to learn more.

UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

We care about what’s going on in your life! Verify your personal and family info, city, education, employment, preferences, and more, so that others know how to reach you. A network of nearly 2,400 alumni is at your fingertips in a secure, online directory. In addition to graduates, parents of alumni and current/retired faculty and staff can also connect.

GROUPS // EVENTS

Gathering former classmates together should be fun and easy to do. Learn more about how to plan a reunion under the Events tab on the main menu. We are excited! And looking forward to joining your class year’s reunion.

CAREERS // MENTORSHIPS SHARE NEWS AND PHOTOS

You are a lifelong member of the Collegiate community and are always welcome to participate in school and alumni initiatives. The new Alumni Mentor Program is a wonderful way for alumni to share their talents and skills with one another, and to more deeply engage the broader network of WCS alums. Check out more info on AlumniConnect and browse Career Center on the homepage to learn more about jobs and internships through your WCS network.

WCS is proud of our alumni base and excited to build stronger and stronger relationships with our alumni community. Share your photos, career updates, family news, and more through Alumni Connect, and browse others’ updates in the “News & Updates” section from the homepage. We look forward to getting and staying in touch!

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