VISIONSSUMMER 2020 LEADERSHIP David S. Smith, Headmaster Caryn A. Lasky, Assistant oe-Brown Northwood Academy, founded in 1867, is a Headmaster Ccomprehensive secondary institution offering the highest quality Matthew Skidds, Assistant curriculum of studies to the residents of Northwood, Strafford, and Headmaster surrounding towns. The State of New Hampshire certifies Coe- Brown Northwood Academy as a “public academy” with public BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019- school approval. Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is an approved CO high school and is accredited by the New England Association of 2020: AC Timothy Joslin, President Schools and Colleges. Students from the surrounding towns are 907 James B. Cullen, Vice President accepted on a tuition basis. Educational programs and opportuni- Nor Bunny Behm, Secretary ties are accessible to both traditional and non-traditional learners, ww Barbara Marshall Scannell ’79, Treasurer responsive to the diverse needs of an ever-changing community, Susan Ashley VISI and consistent with state and federal laws supporting the education Lori Bassett James Colburn, Past President of our youth. B. Lee Mason, Former Headmaster Carl Olsson The campus consists of Pinkham Hall and the main Academy Cheryl Peabody classroom building, Smith Hall, Soper Hall, Wiggin Hall Fine Arts Judith Sanderson, Past President Center, Science building, Colby-Pierce maintenance building, play- Wade R.D. Sauls ‘84 ing fields and woodlands. Roberta Stearns, Ph.D. ’57, Past President John Tuttle ‘94 The Academy is chartered by the State of New Hampshire and is John Wimsatt governed by a Board of Trustees, which meets on a regular schedule Sheri DeTrude ’73, Trustee Emeritus to conduct the educational and business affairs of the school. Duane Ford, Trustee Emeritus Robert Grant ’53, Trustee Emeritus The Board of Trustees has made a strong commitment to contin- William Lord, Trustee Emeritus ually improve curriculum and co-curricular programs to meet the needs of the individual student. DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH COMMITTEE: In order to insure a positive learning environment, the safety and John Tuttle ‘94, Chair health of the school community is emphasized. There is no place to James B. Cullen compromise these issues within the CBNA educational atmosphere. Cheryl Peabody Judith Sanderson Wade R.D. Sauls ‘84 The Academy has a traditional philosophy of the student learning Roberta Stearns, Ph.D. ‘57 environment. Within this philosophy, we do allow and encourage Rhoda Sommer, Director a variety of teaching and learning styles. There are many oppor- tunities available for students to expand upon during their daily Ta education. Timely completion of assigned work, consistent atten- Abo dance, and demonstration of humanistic qualities are expectations A L for students at Coe-Brown. CBN We are very proud of our faculty, staff, and students at Coe-Brown Top Northwood Academy. We have a faculty and staff dedicated to the Spo academic and social growth of the individual student. Spo

Editor: Rhoda Sommer Aw Associate Editor: Roberta Wallace Stearns ’57 Fac Designer: Coe-Brown Development Office Printing: RAM Printing ON THE COVER: The Senior Graduation Parade ended in CBNA student Visions is published twice a year for the parking where a drone piloted by Mr. Clauss took photos and film alumni, students, parents, and friends of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. during the graduation pep rally. For more photos and video visit us on Facebook and Instagram. 2 COE-BROWN NORTHWOOD ACADEMY 907 First New Hampshire Turnpike Northwood, New Hampshire 03261 www.coebrown.org | 603.942.5531

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About Coe-Brown Academy ...... Page 2 Faculty & Staff Retirements ...... Page 17 A Letter from Headmaster Smith ...... Page 4 Faculty Stepping Up in the Midst of a Pandemic ...... Pages 16, 17 CBNA responds to COVID-19 ...... Pages 5, 6, 7 Did You Know? ...... Page 18 Top Graduates of 2020 ...... Pages 8, 9 CBNA Theatre Through the Years ...... Pages 19, 20, & 21 Spotlight: Senior Scholarship Awards ...... Page 10 Golf! New Date ...... Page 22 Spotlight: Schools Accepting CBNA Seniors ...... Page 11 Development & Community Outreach...... Page 23 Awards and Recognition ...... Pages 12, 13, 14, 15 In Memoriam...... Page 24 Faculty & Staff Years of Service ...... Page 16 ent Coe-Brown Northwood @CoeBrownAcademy - and - @CBNAAthletics Coe-Brown Northwood on cbna_bears Coe-Brown Classmates Business #CBNABears #CBNAPride 3 A Letter from Headmaster

Dear Alumni and Friends of the Academy,

I certainly hope you and your families are doing well during this historic time. Our memories of the class and events of 2020 will live forever.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has certainly had a spring and summer like no other. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our faculty and staff for stepping into their roles as remote educators with a level of professionalism that represents the Academy’s commitment to excellence. I would also like to thank our students and their families for their dedication and determination during these past few months. It has taken all of us, working together, to navigate a completely new learning environment.

In this issue of Visions magazine, you will find an article detailing how we transitioned into remote learning, and how we successfully graduated 170 seniors in the most unusual but exciting way! You will also find recognition of our top seniors, artists, writers, thespians, and musicians. Unfortunately we did not have a spring sports season this year, but we recognized our seniors for their efforts in their chosen spring sports during their first three years. You can find many of our recognition videos and graduation videos on our Coe-Brown Northwood Academy YouTube channel at www.youtube.com or our Facebook page www.facebook/coebrown.com.

In our next edition of Visions, due out this winter, we will be featuring an alumni article about CBNA graduates who are working on the frontlines during the pandemic. If you are a frontline worker, or were deemed an essential worker, please contact our Director of Development, Rhoda Sommer, and be a part of the story. Her email is [email protected].

Sincerely,

David S. Smith, Headmaster, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Help us keep up-to-date with the amazing things happening in the lives of our CBNA graduates As you may have seen on the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy website, each year we create a series of publications and prgrams for our alumni and friends. We highlight our graduates’ accomplishments well after graduation and spotlight amazing talents and showcase services/programs they support within their respective communities. In addition, we announce marriages and births of children. We also take time to honor and celebrate those who have passed away. Our Development and Community Relations Office currently offer the following:

y Visions Magazine - two issues per year y Annual Golf Tournament y Homecoming Events y Donor Appreciation Luncheon y Alumni Weekend y Discounted products, services and event tickets

Please take a moment to update your alumni record or your child’s record with the Outreach Office. We realize that many families are opting for cell service over landlines and some prefer to receive our publications electronically. Please send updates for mailing address, land & cell phone numbers and email addresses to [email protected] or call 603-942-5531 X-186. For your conve- nience you may also complete updates online at www.coebrown.org/support-cbna.

y Full name (maiden & married y Mailing Address y Mailing Preference y E-mail Address name) y Alternate/Seasonal Mailing Address (print or electronic) y Home & Cell Phone

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To watch the full commencement, visit www.YouTube.com and search for our page named “Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.”

7 2020 TOP TEN GRADUATES

Evan Lentz Valedictorian

The Valedictorian for the class of 2020 is Evan Lentz, son of Lisa and James Lentz of Northwood. During his high school career Evan has been a class officer and a member of the student council. He has also been a member of the Math Team, National Honor Society, the French National Honor Society, and Project Search. Evan has been accepted to Northeastern University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the University of New Hampshire. He plans to attend Northeastern University with a combined major in Chemi- cal Engineering and Physics.

Hazel Dellario Salutatorian

The 2020 Salutatorian is Hazel Dellario, daughter of Amanda and Christopher Dellario of Nottingham. While at Coe-Brown, Hazel has been a member of Concert Band, Writing Center, Math Team and the Nottingham Computer Club. Hazel has been accepted to the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Simmons University, Colgate University, St. Francis Xavier University, Clarkson University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has elected to attend RPI in the fall to study Biological Neuroscience on a Pre-Med track. CLASS AT A GLANCE

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170 124 The percentage of this 49/51 12 year’s class that will Students participated The number of colleges be attending college The percentage of Students from this in the graduation and universities across in the fall. students attending year’s class will be ceremony for the the United States that 55% - Four year schools in-state colleges vs. entering the military Coe-Brown accepted CBNA’s Class 14% - Two year schools out-of-state upon graduation. Northwood Academy of 2020 graduates. 2% - Other Programs programs. Class of 2020. Apprenticeships & Certificate Programs 8 Codi Boheen Benjamin Brieger

Codi Boheen, daughter of Erica Boheen of Benjamin Brieger, son of Mike and Karen Strafford, has been a member of Brieger of Northwood, has been a National Honor Society, Health member of National Honor Society, Occupation Students of America (HOSA), Spanish National Honor Society, the CBNA the Writing Center, Peer Helpers, the Math Cross Country and Baseball teams and the Team, and the CBNA Swim Team. Codi CBNA Math Team. Benjamin has been has been accepted to the University of accepted to Bentley University, Bryant Uni- Connecticut, the University of Rhode versity, the University of New Hampshire, Island and the University of New England. and Endicott College. He will be studying She will be attending UConn in the fall entering the six-year Finance at Bentley University when classes resume in the fall. accelerated pharmacy program there. Lauren Curtin Addison Craven Lauren Curtin, daughter of Nancy and Addison Craven, son of Chip and Cathy Michael Curtin of Strafford, has been a Craven of Strafford, has participated as member of National Honor Society, Span- a member of the Math Team, Project ish National Honor Society, Peer Helpers, SEARCH, the Writing Center, Writing Center, Student Athlete National Honor Society, CBNA Today Leadership Team, Varsity Soccer and (school newspaper) and the Boys’ Varsity Basketball during her years at Volleyball team while a student at CBNA. CBNA. She has been accepted to Seton Addison has been accepted to Wake Forest Hall University, Sacred Heart University, Quinnipiac University, University, Bentley University, the University of Rhode Island, Worcester State University, the University of New England, the University of Vermont, and the University of New Clarkson University, and the University of New Hampshire. Hampshire. He plans to attend UNH in the fall to major in Lauren intends to study Occupational Therapy at UNH in the fall. Information Systems and Business Analytics. Hunter DeCota Shannon Jackson

Hunter DeCota, son of Jason and Kendra Shannon Jackson, daughter of Jack and DeCota of Strafford, has been a member Andrea Jackson of Nottingham, has been of the CBNA Baseball Team during his a member of National Honor Society, years at CBNA. Hunter intends to pursue a French National Honor Society, National career in construction and to continue his Art Honor Society, International Thespian employment at Ag Structures, L.L.C. after Society, Jazz Choir and the Writing Center. graduation. She has been accepted to McGill University, Wellesley College, Reed College, Brandeis University, Skidmore College, American University, Fordham University, and the University of New Hampshire. Shannon intends to study at McGill University in the fall, starting as a second-year student with a major in Linguistics and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies.

Mirah Johnston Katherine Messenger

Mirah Johnston, daughter of Izabella Lin- Katherine Messenger, daughter of Greg sky and Daniel Johnston of Nottingham, and Michelle Messenger of Strafford, has has participated in the Jazz, Women’s and been involved with the Varsity Soccer and Select Choirs, Concert Band, French Na- Varsity Softball teams, National Honor tional Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Society, International Thespian Society, Health Occupation Students of America and the Writing Center during her years (HOSA), the Writing Center, Peer Helpers, at Coe-Brown. Mirah has been accepted and the Student Athlete Leadership Team to Boston University with a full tuition scholarship and intends while at CBNA. Katherine has been accepted to the University of to study Vocal Performance at the BU College of Fine Arts and Connecticut, the University of New Hampshire, Worcester Poly- English at the BU College of General Studies. technic Institute, the University of Rhode Island, and Endicott College. She plans to study Biomedical Engineering at URI in the fall semester. 9 Spotlight: Graduating Senior Scholarships S

Each year graduating seniors have the opportunity to apply for scholarships through the school, clubs, and community. Above and beyond the scholarships given locally, our seniors received in excess of one million dollars in scholarships from their chosen colleges, universities, trade schools, and the military. This year’s scholarship recipients are: COE-BROWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS-Katherine Blake, Benjamin Brieger & Alexandra Wheeler

ANN E. HELMBOLDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP-Ethan Meeker

BARRINGTON AMERICAN LEGION POST 114 SCHOLARSHIP-Adeline Leifer &Madison Tortorella Lewis

BARRINGTON RECREATION DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP- Natalie Tate

BARRINGTON WOMEN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP-Celia Fogarty & Natalie Tate

BEAN HOLE BASH SCHOLARSHIP- Brianna Jackson

BRENDA LYNN AND ROBERT DALEY SCHOLARSHIP-Cole Hodgdon

CAMP YAVNEH EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP-Patrick Murray

CBNA FACULTY AND STAFF SCHOLARSHIP-Elizabeth Downer, Ashley Gatchell & Special Recognition: Nikki Frasca

CBNA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP-Lauren Best, Benjamin Brieger, Shane Cameron, Riley Colby, Celia Fogarty & Elizabeth Lib b e y

CBNA NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Blake & Adeline Leifer

DENISE ELLIOTT DENNETT SCHOLARSHIP-Hunter DeCota & Brianna Jackson

FIRST SEACOAST BANK SCHOLARSHIP-Mary Thoms

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA-Shane Cameron, Hailie Holland & Meskerem Wallace

GEORGE N. CATE SCHOLARSHIP-Christa Clery, Lauren Curtin, Seth Howard, Fiona O’Shea, Jacob Radwan, Daniel Strum & Meskerem Wallace

HARVEY LAKE WOMAN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Blake, Brianna Jackson, Brynna Meeker & Rylee Rogers

I AM COLLEGE BOUND-James Cirillo

JOHN AND GLORIA O’BRIEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP-Elizabeth Shultz

JOHNSON’S SEAFOOD AND STEAK SCHOLARSHIP-Mary Thoms

LEMON DROP SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Messenger & Matthew Messenger

NORTHWOOD FIRE-RESCUE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Blake & Jaden Boulanger

NOTTINGHAM FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP (ROBERT E. MCKENNEY MEMORIAL)-Alexandra Wheeler

PINKHAM SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Roach

RALPH “DUKE” SEAVEY JR. AND FRANCES SEAVEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP-Katherine Blake

RAYMOND AREA ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP-Lauren Best & Alexandra Wheeler

REMEMBERING JESSE CORMIER-Natalie Harris

STRAFFORD WOMEN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP-Riley Colby & Katherine Messenger

STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP-Addison Craven, Hayleigh McNeil & Anna Principato

SUNSET CATERING SCHOLARSHIP-Matthew Davis & Kathleen Roach

VFW POST 7217 US HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP-Emily Anderson

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA NH CHAPTER-Mark Sommer

UNITED STATES ARMY SCHOLAR FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETE AWARDS-Lauren Curtin and Riley Colby

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS: DISTINGUISHED FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETE AWARDS-Abigail Jerome & Jacob Radwan 10 s Spotlight: Schools Accepting CBNA Seniors ve Each year our graduating seniors apply to many colleges, universities, and programs. Here is this year’s list of osen all the post-secondary education programs to which our students were accepted:

Alvernia University Granite State Trades School Simmons University American University Great Bay Community College Skidmore College Appalachian State University Hobart and William Smith College South Plains College Assumption College Houghton University Southeast Lineman’s School Baylor University Husson University Southern Maine Community College Becker College Keene State College Southern New Hampshire University Bentley University La Salle University Springfield College Bloomsburg University Lakes Region Community College Stonehill College Boston University Lasell University Suffolk University Bridgewater State University Manchester Community College Susquehanna University Bryant University Merrimack College Unity College bb e y California State University-Long Beach McGill University University of Alaska-Anchorage Castleton University Michigan State University University of Buffalo Champlain College Montana State University University of Colorado at Boulder Christopher Newport University Motorcycle Mechanics Institute University of Connecticut Clarkson University New England College University of East London Clemson University New England Institute of Technology University of Maine-Farmington Coastal Carolina University New Hampshire Technical Institute University of Maine-Orono e Colby Sawyer College Northeastern University University of Massachusetts-Amherst Colgate University Northern Colorado College University of Massachusetts-Boston College of Charleston Northern Maine Community College University of Mississippi College of the Florida Keys Norwich University University of Hartford Colorado Springs University Nova Southeastern University University of New England Colorado State University Ohio State University University of New Hampshire Community College of Mesa Ohio Technical Institute University of New Haven Culinary Institute of America Paul Mitchell Beauty School University of North Carolina-Greensboro Curry College Piedmont College University of Rhode Island Dean College Plymouth State University University of Scranton East Carolina University Radford University University of Southern Maine East Stroudsburg University Reed College University of Tampa Eastern University Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute University of Tennessee Elizabethtown College Roanoke College University of Vermont Emerson College Quinnipiac University University of Wyoming Emmanuel College Sacred Heart University Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Empire Beauty School Saint Anselm College University Endicott College Saint Francis Xavier University Wellesley University Fisher College Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Wentworth Institute of Technology Florida Gulf Coast University Saint Louis University Western New England College Florida Keys Community College Saint Michael’s College Wheaton College Franklin Pierce University Salve Regina University White Mountain Community College Fordham University San Diego State University Worcester State University Georgia Southern University Seton Hall University &

16 11 Awards & Recognition

CBNA Students Representing 30 Works of Art Receive Statewide Recognition in Scholastic Art Awards 2020 The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Visual Arts Department is pleased to announce that sixteen students received recognition in The 2020 Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire – A Regional Affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. students from CBNA received five Gold Keys, eleven Silver Keys and fifteen Honorable Mentions. The Gold Key works continued on and competed in the national competition. In addition, all of the pieces from Coe-Brown were part of an exhibit in a statewide display this past winter at the Stockbridge Theater on the campus of Pinkerton Academy. Congratulations to all our artists. Gold Key Recipients

Emily Dallair Fiona O’Shea Fiona O’Shea Kiara Summers “Always Burning” “Crossing Yourself” “Burning” “The Birth of Sarah” - acrylic on canvas -oil on canvas -painting -color digital photography

Silver Key Recipients

Carolina Colley Carolina Colley Carolina Colley Carolina Colley “Losing Pieces” “Losing Pieces” “Losing Pieces” “Losing Pieces” - mixed media 1 of 4 - mixed media 2 of 4 - mixed media 3 of 4 - mixed media 4 of 4

Morgan McPhee Amelia Edmonds Morgan Burnap “Evil Heaven” “Nebulous” “Low Tide Sunsets” - drawing -digital color photography -digital color photography 12

Silver Key Recipients continued

Lillian Farley Gabes Hendershot Madeline Peabodymers “Reflective Cactus” “Before the Leaves Fall” “Hugo” -drawing -black & white digital photography -reduction block print

Fiona O’Shea Fiona O’Shea Emily Dallair Emily Dallair “Hyacinthe Apollo” “Blood Oranges” “Maddie 19” “Okay” -colored pencil -oil on canvas board - acrylic on canvas - acrylic on canvas

CBNA Students Scholastic Writing Awards - 2020 A number of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy students were recently recog- nized by the National Writing Project in New Hampshire through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. This is a remarkable achievement and milestone for young writers at CBNA who were mentored by English department faculty. A panel of writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected their work as being among the best works submitted by New Hampshire teenagers. Students are judged against other entries in the following categories: fiction, flash fiction, poetry, personal memoirs, persuasive essays, humor, science fiction and fantasy. Of the more than 700 submissions to The Scholastic Writing Awards that New Hampshire students sent this year, the following students from CBNA Emily Dallair were honored: “Ripple” - pen & ink on paper Silver Keys - Carrie Colley, Emily Dallaire, Colin Gier, Samara Kern, Emma Larson, John Zhang (2). Please turn page for Honorable Mentions - Hunter Adams, Seamus Baker, Rowan Carr, Carly Clemmer, Lily Bronze Key Recipients Dunagin, Nathaniel Ford, Allie McGuigan, Angelina Rene, Sydney Smith, Elizabeth Weiss (2). 13

National Recognition for CBNA’s Literary Magazine Paragon – Volume 22

Awards & Recognition continued

Honorable Mention Recipients Scholastic Art Awards continued

Alexis Call Alexis Call Natalie Groves Sragvi Nomula “Water” “Rusty” “Layers” “Braid of Flowers” - color digital photography - color digital photography - reduction block print - drawing

CBNA 1969 yearbook photo

Sragvi Nomula Madelynn Peabody Destiny Bartlett Blaisdell Jordan Trahant Gabs Hendershot “Blissful Summer Day” “Chai” “Internal Dialogue” “Colors of the Mind” “Terracotta Orange” - painting - color digital photography - black & white - drawing -reduction block print digital photography

Anna Principato Emily Dallaire Morgan Burnap “Gradient” “All Around Me” “Gradient Granite” - black & white digital photography - charcoal on paper - color digital photography

Misaki Kondrup Morgan Burnap Madelynn Peabody “Dragon Fly” “Tropical Water” - color digital photography “Tales” - color digital photography 14 - mixed media

Although they had to forgo their Spring Concert this year, we were very lucky to see these students and their peers perform at our Winter Arts Festival. Here are the 2020 Band and Chorus award winners.

The CBNA Music Department has awarded Hazel Dellario the winner of the John Philip Sousa Award and Mirah Johnston the National Choral Award. Both awards recognize these students for their superior musicianship, dependability, loyalty, and cooperation. Congratulations to Hazel and Mirah! Hazel Dellario Mirah Johnson The CBNA Music Department has awarded the Director’s Award for Band to Lauren Best and the Director’s Award for Chorus to Shannon Jackson. These awards are given to outstanding members of the ensemble who have shown great leadership throughout their musical career at CBNA. Congratulations Lauren and Shannon!

Lauren Best The CBNA Music Department has awarded Brianna Jackson the Shannon Jackson Unsung Hero Award for Chorus and Ruby Carr with the Unsung Hero Award for Band. This award is given to students who have influenced the music program with a positive attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary, and a commitment to excellence. Congratulations to Brianna and Ruby!

Brianna Jackson Thespian Awards Ruby Carr

Our thespian awards are given to seniors who have shown their dedication to theatre over their years at CBNA.

This year’s awards were awarded during a virtual awards program this spring. Congratulations to Madison Bowen, Patrick Helm, and Lauren Rose.

15 Faculty & Staff Years of Service as of 2019-2020 5 Faculty Stepping YEARS Up in the Midst of Jennifer Burns Sarah Fenerty Bethany Garboski a Pandemic!

Scott Goelzer in our science department saw an opportunity to help and spent many hours here at the Academy utilizing our 3D printers. Here is the story: Joel Kutyloski Cristy Short Scott saw an article about UNH’s Instrumentation lab printing face shields. Two of CBNA’s printers are capa- 10 ble of helping with this cause and we have a stock of YEARS PLA filament that was currently not being used. Scott contacted Shawn Banker who was coordinating Ryan Smith this effort at UNH and he was enthusiastic about get- ting more help with printing shield parts.

Scott got the process going and produced 21 parts in 20 the first week. Each part takes about 2 hours to print. YEARS They were delivered to UNH’s Olson Center and picked up by the Naval Shipyard along with other contributions. Always thinking about his students, Timothy Cox Diane Foster Elizabeth Lent Scott got to talk with some of the primaries at the pick-up and made some connections with the engineering staff for getting tours for his engineering 25 class this coming year. YEARS Ultimately, UNH provided 1600 visor bands to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The program utilized at Kenneth Samuel least 25 different printers that came from UNH cam- Haggett Struthers puses in Durham and Manchester across a wide array of departments and colleges, as well as several from area K-12 schools, private citizens and alumni. 30 CBNA produced 127 face shields with our two printers. YEARS

Kathleen Biery Heidi JoAnn Zylak Cleveland 40 35 YEARS YEARS Walter Damon David Smith Cheryl Wolf 16 Faculty & Staff Retirement 2020

Each year we celebrate faculty and staff Here is a photo of the shield coming off the printer, and a box of finished products headed to retirement with a dinner in their honor. We the Shipyard. would like to take a moment and recognize our retiring colleagues and wish them well!

Upon completion of the face shield project, Scott began printing ear savers. Paul Davis Elizabeth Lent 42 years 20 years

In our upcoming winter edition of Visions, we will be running a feature story on friends of the Holly Gahm Diana Foster Academy who worked to directly assist the 14 years 20 years public during the pandemic. Healthcare workers, first responders, and essential workers we would love to hear your story. Please contact [email protected] and be a part of our upcoming article.

Susan Murray 17 years

17 Did You Know? 4 26 Inter-Curricular Activities are offered Awards for Excellence and including: Future Business Leaders Achievement were given out by the of America (FBLA), Future Farmers of Board of Trustees. America (FFA), Family Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), and Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA). 3 Seniors received awards for 14 exemplary Seniors achieved attendance exemplary attendance all 4 years! for the 2019-2020 school year! 150 51 The number of cars that Seniors received scholastic participated in our Senior awards for achieving honor roll Graduation Parade. status all four years!

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or the past sixteen years, the Academy’s theatre program has been directed by Mrs. Elizabeth “Betty” Lent. Betty is retiringF this year and we thought it would be a good opportunity to learn about her experiences at the Academy as a teacher and drama director, and to explore the history of drama at Coe-Brown.

During the 152 years of Coe-Brown’s history our students have participated in dramatic arts. Our current collection of yearbooks go back to 1938 when the senior class performed the three-act play “Black Gold” on Thanksgiving Eve. Below is their yearbook write-up. ered A number of the sur-names of students Betty Lent 2000 ers performing in that play are still recognized rs of names in the Coe-Brown community & today! The students in 1938 also participated in a play exchange, having a students from Meredith perform at the ns Academy on December 3, 1938, and then the CBNA students went to Meredith on December 13 for their performance.

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The last play to be directed by Betty at the Academy was “Radium Girls”, and holds a special place in her heart. This show performed the weekend before campus was closed to students this spring. Betty felt that the students involved in the show were particularly dedicated, and presented a moving, real life picture of what factory work in the 1920s was like, along with the personal risks that that work presented to the workers and their families.

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Betty brought CBNA to state and regional theatre competitions quite often. We asked her to to tell us a little about those experiences:

“The experience of taking shows to the drama festivals is hard work for all of us, but exciting and rewarding. The benefit fore th students is tremendous. They get a chance to meet with like-minded students from across the state and the New England States, get feedback from experienced theatre educators, and have the chance to become better performers because of it. Plus, they get to see what other students in other schools are doing in their programs, so it gives them a broader view of the theatre world and the possibilities that it holds. We have landed in the top four productions in the state eight times in the past 11 years and represented NH at the New England Drama Festival five of those eight years. I am pretty proud of that.”

Betty said that believe it or not, through the years, her favorite class to teach has been Freshman Orientation. Teaching incoming 9th graders really gave her an opportunity to get to know a lot of the students as freshmen, not just the theatre students, so that she could better serve the school \popu- lation as a whole. She says: I also “discovered” some of my most talented theatre students in Orientation classes.”

In retirement Betty is ready to see where life takes her. She wanted to make sure to say how much of a privilege it has been to her to be among some of the most talented and dedicated colleagues and students that she have ever known. She has forged lifelong friendships with colleagues and with students that she will cherish. As Betty leaves Coe-Brown, Jennifer Moynihan, who interned at the Academy in drama will be taking the reins. Knowing the students and the level of excellence of our program will be a great asset for Ms. Moynihan. We are looking forward to the next chapter in the long successful Drama Department at CBNA.

On left: Betty is awarded the Commendation for Excellence in Theatre Education by Governor Sununu in 2019.

20 Former student Julia Sommer had the We asked CBNA teacher Kolby Hume her following to say about participating in thoughts on Betty’s retirement: the drama program during her time at CBNA: “I first met Betty ten years ago. I was teaching and assisting with the theatre company at my first school out of “I can vividly remember meeting Mrs. college, and she needed to borrow a laundry cart. Sharing of props in the Lent for the first time. It was the afternoon of auditions for the fall theatre world can get weird, so a vintage laundry cart solicitation wasn’t musical ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ and that morning I had woken out of the ordinary. We had done a musical in the fall that Coe-Brown was up with a terribly sore throat. I could barely even talk, let alone doing in the spring, she reached out, I facilitated, that was it. A stranger recite a monologue and sing. Everyone was waiting for auditions borrowed a prop, and I was polite and professional, I am fairly certain they to start in the Gerrish Gym. While Mrs. Lent was busy setting the returned it unharmed, end of story. space up, I found my chance to go and ask her what I should do about my vocal situation. It’s daunting enough to go right up to a “As that year came to a close and budget cuts forced me back into the job stranger, but I was also a new student who was only about a week market, Betty became not just a stranger to me but an advocate and then a into her sophomore year. My heart was pounding loudly in my colleague. When I was hired at Coe-Brown I was 24 years old. I was already chest as I made my way through the rows of foldable tables. Upon feeling stressed about teaching, and I had previously overcommitted myself reaching her, I told her I was worried about auditioning with a to working with a theatre company that felt like it was striving for broad- sore throat, and in response she looked at me and said, “Well, do way-level demands and expectations. I missed the art and the fun of it. it anyway.” When I was hired at Coe-Brown, Betty was the one responsible for bringing both of those things back to life for me, as she has for our students. One of “I don’t really remember the audition itself - other than the fact our earliest collaborations on a short, poetic piece called Aunt Leaf, drove that it was terrible - but I’ve never forgotten what she said to me home just how well we worked together. That production encapsulated our that afternoon. During the three years I spent at Coe-Brown I shared values about teaching students theatre. We worked collaboratively worked with Mrs. Lent a lot, both onstage and in the classroom. with our ensemble on the language, the sound, the movement and, most Most of what I learned from her can be summed up in those importantly, the story to create a piece of art that still stands as one of my words: “do it anyway.” She encouraged me to never be satisfied favorite productions that I have ever worked on. That experience was the with “good enough”, and refused to hear me say that I couldn’t dream, and we got to keep on living it. do something. Once she said to me that you never truly finish working on a play, you just put it aside for now - that was the “In the decade that I have been working with Betty, I have grown as much attitude in which she approached her classes as well. There was as any of the students who have passed through our program. For me, always more work to be done on anything, from reciting lines in Betty has been a colleague, friend, confidant, partner, and mentor. For our rehearsal to working on a project for tech class, or even hanging students, she has been a champion, a shoulder to cry on, someone who lights for a performance. She never treated us as if there were will challenge them and hold them accountable, and ultimately for many, a limits to what we could do. In her class I learned one of the most mother figure. She has given her time to Coe-Brown in a way that I know important lessons I’ve ever learned: if you approach your work we will not be able to measure up to. Her tireless work and selflessness has with an attitude of positivity and you keep an eye out for new been a driving force and a backbone of our company. We may have won possibilities, there’s really no limit to what you can create. awards (she will remind you that we have been NH representatives to the New England Drama festival 5 times in the last 12 years!) but the real pay “Mrs. Lent wasn’t just my teacher and director, she was also one off of Betty’s contribution to our program, and to Coe Brown as a whole, has of my biggest fans and most vocal supporters. High school can be been the hundreds of students who have found their voices through their difficult in a lot of different ways and by providing me a safe space work with her. to explore my interests she, knowingly or not, taught me the value of channeling frustration and anger into creativity. She helped “I wish we could celebrate her in a way that felt more fitting, but I hope that spark passions within me that I didn’t even know existed and am this will suffice for now. I am forever grateful that the stranger who needed a now continuing to pursue in college. If it weren’t for her I might laundry cart became my partner in crime. As many of her students will also never have discovered the things that matter most to me. There attest, I am the adult I am today because I had her in my life. I will treasure really isn’t any way to sufficiently thank her for all she’s our time together, and do my very best to continue to uphold what she has contributed to the lives of countless students just like me - so I always outlined as the most important things in theatre education during won’t even try - but to quote a song she knows quite well: the years ahead: be kind, work hard, and tell stories worth telling.

“Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.” “Congratulations, Elizabeth! I love you.”

1921 21 CBNA Paul Guptill ‘52 Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament 8AM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 - NIPPO LAKE GOLF CLUB BARRINGTON NH

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Tournament Mission TheThe purpose of tthehe “PaulPaul GuptiGuptillll ‘5522F Friendsriendsan andd FamiFamilyly Tournament” is to provide an opportunity for alumni and their family and friends, community members, and current students to come together for a day of reconnecting and making new friends. All funds raised from the tournament go to the betterment of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy and our students. Come enjoy a day of fun while supporting the Academy.

About the Tournament Perks, Prizes and Fun!

• $110 per person/$85 CBNA student rate • Amazing Hole-in-One Prizes including: • Early-bird registration deadline 8/21 - After 8/21, • $25,000 Grand Prize $135/$110 • 4K Ultra HD Smart TV • 18 holes with golf cart • Set of Callaway Irons & Woods • Registration begins at 7:30 am • $500 Visa Gift Card • Shotgun start at 8:00 am • On-Course Contests & Putt Shorteners • Scramble format • Putting Contest • Continental Breakfast • Great Raffle Prizes & Welcome Goodie Bag • Awards Luncheon: Steak Tip & BBQ Chicken Buffet Sponsorship opportunities available on the reverse side. For additional information please contact Rhoda Sommer at CBNA 603-942-5531 [email protected]. 22 Development & Committee Outreach

Regards from the Development and Community Outreach office. This issue looks a little different than our normal summer edition. We hope you enjoyed learning about all the ways the Academy adapted to remote learning and we were able to create a memorable graduation for our seniors. A big congratulations to all of our students, faculty, and administration who persevered through the challenges remote learning and best wishes to our graduates.

One of the big changes in our office was the postponement of our Paul Guptill ‘52 Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament. We are very excited to be Rhoda Sommer able to offer the tournament over our Homecoming Weekend in September. The tournament will be on Friday, September 11. On the left is our updated registration form. You can also go to www.coebrown.org/golf and register online.

As we have experienced for the first times in our lifetimes, a worldwide pandemic, we hear stories about alumni who are front line and essential workers. In our upcoming edition of Visions this coming win- ter, we will be running a feature story about our alumni and their experiences during this time. For any alumni questions or to contribute to future articles, please contact me at [email protected] or give me a call at 603-942-5531. Rhoda

In Memoriam We are also saddened to report the passing of the following members of the CBNA family:

Lillian (Young) Deely ‘51 Katie B Morrill-Cleary ‘99 Gilbert Graves ‘48 Griffen Neal ‘14 Beverly (Campbell) Tobin ‘50

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