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Board of Trustees 2018-19

Michael Senske, President, Executive Committee Member SSaintaint GGeoreorggee’’ss Linda Massman, Vice President, Executive Committee Member Magazine Pam Kohlmeier, Secretary, Executive Committee Member 3 Head Lines Duff Bergquist, Treasurer, 4 Executive Committee Member 4 Confident Graduates Eric Cremers > Alyson Galow ‘17 reports on... Jim Gunn Robert Hammett > Brooke Martin ‘17: The Internet of Things Susan Legget > Michael Thew ‘16: Outdoor Adventures Genevieve Mann Morris, ’90 > Allison Milbrath ‘16: Global Health Care LeRoy Nosbaum > Malinda Wagstaff ‘16: Opera 7 John Roll > Michael Metro ‘16: Research Kris Schulte Sara Wolff > Sawyer Spackman ‘15: Inclusion > Megan Corn ‘15: Space & Snakes Jamie Tender, Head of School (ex-officio) > Jamie Nord ‘15: Tribal Heritage > John Hatheway ‘15: Photo Ark 14 A Home for the Arts 8 Saint George’s Magazine > New Art & Music Building Planned is published periodically for the Saint George’s School community 15 Significant Contributions by the Advancement Office. > Annual Fund Progress 16 Fall Activities John Carter 16 Publisher & Editor > Climbing, Cockroaches & Big SGS Volume 23, Issue 1, Fall-Winter 2018-19 17 A Championship Season > Girls’ Soccer Raises Trophy Postmaster send > Volleyball, Boys’ Soccer & XC address changes to: 20 Returning Wisdom Office of School Advancement, > Recent Alumni Share Their College Insights 21 Saint George’s School, 2929 W. Waikiki Rd., 21 A Jewel of a Store Spokane, WA 99208 > Penn Fix ‘68 Closes the Family Business 22 Alumni News > Class Notes & In Memoriam 22 24 Alumni Events

SGS Mission Statement Inspiring scholars, On the Web athletes, and View the full Saint George’s artists to Magazine and added special features online at serve and lead Cover Photo: www.sgs.org/ Seven recent grads returned in Janu- - others. ary to share stories about college life magazine t (see Page 20). Photo by John Carter.

2 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Head Lines Building Confidence Dear Friends, while at SGS as part of their preparation for Happy 2019! The school-wide theme life. It is not uncommon to hear stories of for this year is Shaping the Future: Path students being overwhelmed at college; SGS Dand Purpose. In an effort to get away students seem to be well-prepared for the from students “checking the boxes” as they work load of college, have developed time- matriculate through school, we encourage management skills, and know how to explore them to incorporate the attributes from the new opportunities. (I refer back to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Learner attributes of the IB Learner Profile above.) Profile -- Thinker, Communicator, Principled, It continues to be a privilege to serve Jamie Tender, Reflective, Open Minded, Balanced, Risk Saint George’s School and work with our Head of School Taker, Inquirer, Caring, and Knowledgeable talented students and dedicated faculty and -- to become lifelong learners. When staff to provide the premier educational students are mindful and purposeful in their experience in Eastern Washington. Each individual approach to their education, we year brings successes and changes, and this see them better prepared when they leave year is no different. We are thrilled to be Saint George’s. embarking on a new building project to Working in alignment with this theme, replace the “temporary” Lower School Art and coming out of our marketing work last trailer with a new facility for Lower School year, we have adopted a tagline of Inspiring Music and Lower School/Middle School the Confidence to Serve and Lead. We Art, made possible by a generous gift from also have asked families, past and present, an anonymous donor. (See page 14 for more to share stories of how their children have details.) built their confidence through the SGS Saint George’s remains a treasure on the educational experience. It has been inspiring banks of the Little Spokane River. We look to hear stories of students leading from the forward to the remainder of the school year stage at the Lower School Friday morning and all that our students and community will meetings; generating Genius Hour projects accomplish between now and the graduation in the Middle School; and winning a State of the class of 2019! Championship or an Academic State Sincerely, Championship in the Upper School. These — Jamie Tender, Head of School type of experiences play out over and over during a student’s time at SGS. Stay tuned for testimonials to share with others that tell of the SGS impact on our students. Saint George’s students build confidence through academic, athletic and artistic pursuits, and we have heard from students that their level of confidence increases when they attend college. They often find themselves equally or better prepared than their peers for college study. At Saint George’s, we also believe in building skills Lower School Art Building to be of resilience. We hope students will have the replaced by a new ability to overcome obstacles and setbacks Art and Music facility

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 3 Confident Graduates ConfidentConfident GraduatesGraduates I finished my Spanish minor there were many Dragons out there with in- credible stories of their own, of much greater by studying abroad in Chile magnitude than simply studying abroad. After over the summer. It didn’t I gathered their various stories, I picked up on occur to me that it was one important theme: focus on what fills you Alyson Galow, with joy and pursue it with confidence. SGS Class of 2017 abnormal for a first-year 2nd year student at Please enjoy reading the following stories Carroll College in Helena, MT college student to finish a of Dragon alumni. It fills me with pride to studying Anthrozoology, Biology, Spanish minor or study abroad. help share these experiences and know that Over the last few months, I reached out the most recent graduates have been making to the last three years of SGS graduates to an impact on communities far beyond Saint hear their so-called “abnormal” experiences. George’s. After receiving the first response, I knew that — Alyson Galow ‘17

“It is crucial to ensure TheThe InternetInternet ofof ThingsThings that technology is At the forefront of technology, insight, and enables heightened personal utilized to strengthen, Brooke Martin worked for the Vice awareness through smart wearables.” rather than detract President of Internet of Things for T- Throughout her time as an intern, from, our relationships.” Mobile in Bellevue, Washington over the she was able to use her knowledge from summer in between her freshman and creating her own product iCPooch, a sophomore years at Stanford University. device that “served to improve the rela- Over the course of 12 weeks, Martin tionship that people have with their pets developed long-term business strategies, by allowing owners to video chat with marketing and distribution plans, and and deliver treats to their dogs through a new product concepts while working on mobile application.” Her prior experi- key corporate partnerships. ence of leading and developing a start-up As an intern for the Internet of helped her to think of ways to make the Things, every task Martin worked on creation of Internet of Things devices was in some way related to the growing more feasible and accessible for innova- network of connected devices – physical tors and developers. objects with digital connectivity and For Martin, it was an incredible integration to other devices. “This is experience to work for a large, technol- Brooke Martin, SGS Class of 2017 the technology that drives the concept ogy company. The experience did not 2nd year student at Stanford University in Stanford, CA of Smart Homes and Smart Cities, come without challenges though. Since studying Management Science, improves supply chain efficiency and she had never experienced this specific Engineering, Spanish

4 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Michael Thew, SGS Class of 2016 Outdoor Adventure 3rd year student at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL studying Michael Thew, an active outdoors- environment. The club Computational and Applied Math, Astrophysics man, developed his passion for nature in runs weekend trips his first years of high school. “The SGS throughout the year. “We Outdoor Club trips gave me great op- also host one-day events portunities to learn and challenge myself including bonfires at in the outdoor arena.” After experienc- The Point (a lakeshore ing the University of Chicago’s Outdoor beach), slacklining and Adventure Club, he decided the club hammocking on the needed to become more popular and less quad, and day trips to of a cliquey, climbing group. Thew was the Indiana Dunes.” The selected as the club’s president his soph- main focus is to include omore year and has since accomplished all students, whether they many of his original goals, including the have a background in the addition of a pre-orientation outdoor outdoors or not. With program for incoming freshmen. this wider emphasis on The Outdoor Adventure Club participation, Thew has “strives to generate excitement about brought over 200 students the outdoors” despite the urban campus into the club’s activities. and topographically limited Midwest Thew’s greatest goal will be reached this upcoming summer under the title “Phoenix Outdoor Program,” a pre-orientation trip for incoming industry before, especially at the corpo- “I am passionate freshman. When Thew was looking rate level, learning the vocabulary took about sharing my at different universities and colleges a couple of weeks of studying a work- knowledge and in high school, he noticed that many ing list of terms and acronyms. One of had this sort of option for incoming experience with her first challenges was “differentiat- freshman while UC did not. Once he others in hopes of ing between cellular networks such as was president, the Dean expressed the CAT-M, CAT-1, NB, and LTE, as well as sparking and University’s interest in expanding the understanding the way that each network expanding their school’s welcome to new students. With operates and the use cases that it serves.” appreciation for support from the University, Thew and By the end of the experience, it the Outdoor Adventure Club will be the outdoors.” became evident to Martin that she hosting a National Outdoor Leadership would one day like to be the CEO of a School Wilderness First Aid course “company engrained in the innovative throughout the summer for trip leaders industry, “ideally as an astronaut,” technology ecosystem,” whether it is her as preparation for a total of five pre- while keeping his love of the own company or an existing one. Her orientation trips to Phoenix, Arizona outdoors alive. passion for integrating technology with for incoming freshman. “My lifetime goal is to complete community is evident in her belief that Growing this urban yet outdoorsy the Seven Summits. Kind of a lofty “it is crucial to ensure that technology is club is only one of Thew’s goals. He goal, I know, but that's how I utilized to strengthen, rather than detract also hopes to work in the aerospace motivate myself.” from, our relationships with each other and our surroundings.”

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 5 Confident Graduates Global Health Care

In the last few years, Allison Milbrath has taken every opportunity that has called to her. She has traveled to Panama on a health brigade under the organization Global Brigades and through her university. She is a certi- fied EMT and has served her campus community for over a year. In a few weeks she will be finishing up a semester in Chile, wrapping up classes focusing on indigenous groups’ medical care. is something that occidental (modern) “If you can help and Milbrath’s experiences have given her a medicine doesn’t consider.” care for someone in a As an EMT on campus, Milbrath “more wholistic worldview.” difficult time, who's In Panama, Milbrath spent seven was introduced to the love of practicing days volunteering with Panamanian medicine, and it has been a rewarding to say you don't have medical professionals and setting up a experience to support her peers in such a the power to change free health clinic where people could direct way. “While we sometimes work in their world for the access consistent medical attention. The life-saving situations, a lot of the time we better?” student volunteers sorted and labeled are advising and comforting patients on medical supplies and then aided with what to do in situations that are really Above: patient care. While patients waited to be difficult for them.” She helps give an Allison with seen, often waiting all day, the volunteers extra push to college students, advising patients in hosted “charlas” or conversations for them to see higher medical professionals. Panama children and adults. Milbrath partici- She also is the go-to person for connect- Below: pated in a charla about the importance ing students to mental health resources EMT training of brushing your teeth and of good nutri- when they need help. at Santa tion. In between patient interactions in Millbrath is considering applying Clara triage, Milbrath learned about the most to nursing school after college. “I love common health complaints, regional the science of it, I love dealing health issues, and specific challenges and directly with patients, I love be- customs that create problems. ing able to make a direct, posi- In Chile, Milbrath has been travel- tive impact in people’s lives. ing within the country, learning about I want to help people, and I traditional medical practices. Her re- know that will lead me to a life search project explores the “intersection of joy and satisfaction.” She of traditional and occidental practices thinks that nursing will open Allison Milbrath on the reproductive health of indigenous up a lot of doors, including to SGS Class of 2016 populations.” She has talked to many health care administration or 3rd year student at different groups of people on what the travelling medicine. “I would Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA term “health” means to them as the actually love to use what I’ve studying Public Health, cornerstone of her project. The main learned about intercultural Spanish point she learned was that health is “not medicine in my practice in a trans-cultural, fixed concept, which some way.”

6 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Malinda Wagstaff, SGS Class of 2016 3rd year student at the Eastman TheThe PowerPower ofof MusicMusic School of Music in Rochester, NY studying Vocal Performance, Languages of the Repertoire, Malinda Wagstaff, a talented an outreach event, I sang a recipient of Arts artist on the stage in her time at Saint piece in German. I performed Leadership Program George’s and now at the Eastman School a translation of the piece Certificate of Music, had the opportunity to par- that I had done myself, and ticipate in the Harrower Summer Opera afterwards a couple from Workshop in 2018. Over the course of Germany came to discuss three weeks in Atlanta, Georgia, Wag- it with me. They were so staff and other singers worked on dance, touched to hear that I was acting, diction, and professional skills. treating the language with During the workshop, Wagstaff respect and really taking the practiced and performed in two full- time to learn it.” length operas, both works by Americans Wagstaff looks forward – “The Ballad of Baby Doe” by Douglas to performing for several Moore and “Little Women” by Mark years before becoming a voice Adamo. An additional program professor and earning the featured single scenes from various title of “master of pedagogy.” In a more “I hope to teach and shows. Wagstaff performed as Countess general way, she hopes to give back by inspire the next Charlotte in a scene from “A Little Night inspiring the next generation of artists generation of Music” and as the second spirit in “Die and develop programs where art serves performers, and Zauberflote.” the wider community. “I firmly believe Along with showcasing her practiced that music is for everyone, and I hope I also hope to talent through performances, there also to develop ways to bring more art to touch the lives of were master classes to sing for profession- communities where there is less music community members als who “have had successful careers in per capita.” through music.” the world of music.” Wagstaff worked “Music can help heal people one on one with W. Dwight Coleman, a who are hurting, and I want to use renowned baritone who has performed this power to make a difference.” across the nation. These opportunities will help her to grow as a performer, “developing new colors in my voice” and gaining more confidence for when she sings challenging music in the future. Wagstaff is passionate about opera because “people feel something when they watch a performance. Although the stories occasionally seem ‘over the top’ for people in our day, I think the richness of emotions is something we can relate to.” Above: Malinda in “A Little At Eastman, opera students take Night Music” several years of foreign languages, Right: With the including French, German, and music from “The Italian. “During one performance at Ballad of Baby Doe”

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 7 Confident Graduates FocusedFocused onon ResearchResearch && MentoringMentoring

Michael Metro has been pushing Michael Metro knowledge base of cancer research. “If SGS Class of 2016 the limits -- for his own education as well 3rd year student at Eastern Washington our simulation proves successful, it will as to help others succeed. For the past University in Cheney, WA studying allow for synthesis of tailored proteins Professional Chemistry, African two years, he has researched simulating History, Political Science which would prevent specific types of proteins, specifically a protein that may cancer.” be responsible for preventing cancer. Metro has also been involved in Metro’s research involves Protein Lead to Succeed, a program that provides ITPA 2J4E and uses the technique of sustainable solutions to the educa- molecular dynamic solutions or “three- tion crisis affecting at-risk youth. This dimensional theoretical simulation community service project inspired by of unknown reactions.” Through EWU professor George Duvall and his this process, a scientifically correct experience in the foster care system. In representation of the protein-nucleotide schools today, attendance of at-risk youth reaction – an atomic-level event – is is extremely low. Unfortunately, school virtually simulated on a computer. districts often do not have the funding to Since these reactions haven’t been aid these kids. thoroughly researched, Metro’s specific Lead to Succeed’s answer is for protein research is adding to the college students to mentor at-risk high Building Inclusive Communities

In his first year of college at the and their experience on the LGBTQ+ Sawyer Spackman University of Nevada, Sawyer Spack- floor there. Spackman’s reaction was SGS Class of 2015 4th year student at the man felt there was a lack of community immediate – “Why doesn’t UNLV have University of Nevada- within the on-campus residential life. It that?” – especially when the University Las Vegas, NV studying was “lacking the involvement and com- of Nevada is one of the most ethnically Hospitality Management, Higher Education, radery that I wanted from my four years diverse campuses in the United States. Student Affairs here.” Following his freshman year, he After eight weeks of research-based immediately got involved in the Housing proposals, outreach to other universities and Residential Life on campus, which with successful LGBTQ+ floors, and has both filled the void he felt as well as meetings with student leaders, personal opened many doors to other communal supervisors, and housing administrators, opportunities. One of those opportuni- Spackman was successful in gaining ties was supporting the LGBTQ+ com- approval for a LGBTQ+ floor at munity on campus. his own university. Today, the floor At a conference for College community is “a place for queer and Resident Assistants in 2016, Spackman trans students, along with their allies, to attended a session where other live together while sharing a common residential assistants discussed the experience – being non-heterosexual LGBTQ+ community at their university and/or non-cisgendered. The floor is a

8 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 “The greatest tool given to me was school students. Metro is helping determination. Despite the failures the program to gain public attention through social media outreach. I’m sure to experience, I’ll never quit.” Currently the program is helping students succeed at Rogers High School in Spokane. Through these two very different experiences, Metro has learned some valuable truths. The research in molecu- lar dynamics has opened his interest into a future of scientific research. Lead to Succeed has changed his perspective on what it means to help others and the best ways to do that. “Throwing money at deep societal issues simply isn’t effective.” He believes programs that approach the social in- justice engrained in our society through Michael and people to people action will be more EWU professor George Duvall sustainable in the long run.

space where people feel safe, supported, higher education and hospitality. “Through servant and empowered to live their true lives Specifically, he wants to continue “go- leadership, I’ve and grow into successful adults, post- ing to other schools and working with been more effective graduation.” them to promote diversity, inclusion, Spackman has since enjoyed watch- and social justice. I want to make sure and more engaged ing the students grow and learn through that everyone has an opportunity to with my students. those shared experiences. He has voice their voice, and rise to anything I think it’s a really observed that they support each other that they put their mind to.” powerful concept.” in ways other students don’t. “A student asked me if I knew any trans women that Sawyer and were looking for makeup. The student students from UNLV’s LGBTQ+ had no use for makeup anymore, but Residence Hall didn’t want to throw it away.” Throughout this experience, Spack- man has become more experienced and better equipped to work with any and every kind of student in a variety of settings. “I like the idea of serving my students, not just being the ‘superior’ or leader that you might expect.” His experience also helped him decide to change his major to focus on

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 9 Confident Graduates

One of the lab snakes at Cal Poly Studying Space & Snakes! San Luis Obispo From kidney stones in space to micro-physiological system in the body. poisonous reptiles on the ground, Megan This system “enables the proliferation Corn’s research activities have an air of of cells that mirror those in the human danger about them. body better than previous two-dimen- Sparked by a summer internship, sional systems.” The goal is to keep Corn spent three years researching kid- astronauts healthy and functioning for ney stones in astronauts at the University longer periods in space. of Washington. Due to the challenging Corn’s study of reptiles began after environment in orbit, astronauts often becoming intrigued by the subject in her have an increase in the concentration Genetics class. Her current research at of calcium in their blood as well as a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has focused general decrease in water intake. If an on epigenetic (physical characteristic) astronaut develops a kidney stone, which changes in rattlesnakes. “These have Beyond her research in astro- is a possible result of these changes in not been researched before and are naut logistics and desert creatures, their health, their mission is immedi- important to know for their adaptation what Corn really aspires to be is an ately terminated and they have to return and evolution.” OB-GYN. “Ever since I was a child to Earth as soon as possible. Corn’s Her other reptile research looks at I would say I want to be a baby doc- research helped lead to the development the effects of a hotter climate. “We keep tor.” After spending this fall study- of an “organ on a chip” that serves as a lizards in varying climates in the lab set- ing in Seville, Spain to improve her ting for an extended language skills, she hopes to prac- Megan retrieving period of time. Then tice in an area where her Spanish frozen kidney stone samples the lizards are put can aid in her patient care. Her love through heat trials for science and helping people will where they are heated someday combine to help people to their critical maxi- bring new life into the world. mum (when they are unable to flip them- selves over if placed on their back). The temperatures only vary by one or two degrees Celsius, so we are test- ing at what point they will begin to go extinct as the California Can this lizard desert temperatures survive as increase every year.” California’s deserts get Megan Corn hotter? SGS Class of 2015 4th year student at California “I am most Polytechnic State University- San Luis Obispo, CA studying passionate about continuously Biology with concentrations in Anatomy and Physiology, learning and pursuing my dream Biotechnology, Spanish of practicing medicine.”

10 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 PreservingPreserving TribalTribal HistoryHistory

Jamie Nord, a University of Red- is no requirement to consult with lands Anthropology student, has found non-recognized tribes. Museums must a passion for Native American Tribal make special requests to the Act’s relations with museums. She is working review committee when it comes to as a curator intern at the San Bernardino unrecognized tribes and their remains. County Museum, handling artifacts, in- Nord’s research will be looking cluding human remains. “I love to work for and recording repatriation claims on the collection inventory, because I get for human remains and sacred objects; to discover amazing objects that have just museum visits by tribal members; cer- been sitting in storage for years.” emonies performed on human remains Her senior honors project focuses at museums; collaboration between the on the relationship between Southern museum and tribes on tribal exhibits; California museums and non-federally and communication about the storage of recognized tribes and the Native human remains at museums. American Graves Protection Act. The Nord hopes to determine how the Act, passed in 1990, requires museums federal recognition of a tribe may affect to inventory their collections of human museums’ relationships with native remains and consult with federally tribes. Throughout this project, she will recognized tribes about them. There be interviewing leaders of unrecognized tribes and meeting Jamie Nord with local federally SGS Class of 2015 recognized tribes at 4th year student at the University of Redlands in Redlands, CA studying Anthropology, the SBC Museum’s Art History, Spanish Native American Heritage Day that she will help oversee. “I love to learn about ancient and contemporary cul- tures. After I go to grad school, I would love to be a Curator of Anthropology for a museum.”

“I get to discover Above: Jamie labeling, amazing objects examining, and photographing that have just been tribal artifacts sitting in storage for years.”

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 11 Confident Graduates SpeakingSpeaking toto EveryoneEveryone onon thethe PlanetPlanet

Self-portrait of John Hatheway shooting a sunset in the Nebraska badlands

The combination of John Hathe- photographed 8,500 of them. way’s love for the outdoors and his Sartore’s photos capture the Video “often floats to the surface of talent in the arts has led to a personal “intrinsic beauty and the harrowing people’s social media feeds,” so it has and professional goal of exciting people plight of animals in the modern world” been important to make it “a more about environmental issues. in a more emotional way than what integral part of The Photo Ark’s work.” Over the course of four months, we may find in textbook pictures or The project is reaching more and Hatheway was an intern to “The Photo scientific journals. His audience should more people by staying up to date in Ark.” The Photo Ark is a project “look the animals in the eye and fall in media, such as posting the videos that that was started over a decade ago by love.” This love at first sight is achieved Hatheway has made. National Geographic photographer by the simplicity of the photographs. Despite serious environmental Joel Sartore. It has grown into a The animals are photographed on black challenges, the changes he sees in lifelong commitment to “document the or white backgrounds, neutralizing any people makes the project worth it. In incredible diversity of life on this planet distractions. one example, Hatheway took a trip with before it vanishes.” It is estimated that Hatheway’s role was to organize Sartore to a wildlife rescue center. around 12,000 different species are in and produce short videos from the “The first thing I noticed when we human hands today; Sartore has already footage Sartore took during his shoots. arrived was that the veterinary nurses

12 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 “I am passionate about the visual communication of stories and ideas and how they can mend our broken relationship with the planet.”

John Hatheway, SGS Class of 2015 4th year student at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA studying Visual Communication Design

the environment with visual art and storytelling, “because they are languages that everyone can speak and under- and they do a great job of keeping stand. They’re things that everyone on the animals happy and comfortable. the planet can relate to.” stopped what they were doing to Accredited facilities do incredible For now, Hatheway wants people help ensure that Joel got the images work to ensure the longevity of species to hear the statement that Sartore gives he needed. I got the impression that in peril. It was fascinating to listen to to his audiences: “Make every decision they see Joel’s work as an effective way Joel dispel the negative myths about count, influence others, make it perma- of telling the world about the amazing zoos; he is one of their most enthusi- nent, think green, vote early, vote often, work that they do every day.” astic cheerleaders.” spend your money well, care, tell oth- Another impact that Hatheway Throughout his internship, ers, wake up the neighborhood. Is that witnessed was Sartore’s defense of Hatheway grew and learned in enough? Yes, it is. You bet it is. That’s zoological parks and aquariums. “Zoos multiple ways, leading to his more than enough. That’s plenty.” and aquariums often get a bad rap for interest in a future career in keeping them (animals) in captivity, but nature and wildlife docu- the reality is that these facilities are the mentaries. He hopes to On the Web only line of defense against extinction, combine his interest in Learn more about The Photo Ark and see some of John’s videos at - www.sgs.org/magazine t Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 13 School Improvements A Home for the Arts Last year, Saint George’s School received a very generous gift pledge of one million dollars from a donor who would like to remain Art Building History anonymous at this time. This remarkable gift signifies strong support The current Lower School Art building was moved for the school and is meant to sustain SGS into the future. The onto campus in the first month of my headship at SGS Ldonor’s vision includes: in 1985. We purchased the “portable” building from the 1. Support long term infrastructure and facilities improvement; Valley ESD for $2,000 and my first “crisis” as school head 2. Create community; was how to pay for the building and then how to pay to 3. Develop a philanthropic culture of support for Saint George’s. have it moved and set up. We desperately needed classroom The board and administration, working with the donor, have space since the “Learning House” (then grades K-3) was spread out in the old Learning House Buildings (formerly agreed to move forward with a building project to replace the existing the Davenport House garage and cottage) and 2nd and 3rd Lower School Art Facility. The Arts are one of the three pillars of the grades were being taught in the sun rooms of Davenport school’s mission. A new Arts Building is a key piece of the Campus House where the heat in the winter was “iffy.” Master Plan and will include: During that period the school was in deep financial 1. Lower & Middle School Art; difficulty and paying $2,000 for a then 20 year old building 2. Lower School Music; seemed liked a reasonable investment for an inexperienced head, not knowing that foundation, moving, and util- 3. A community gathering space/gallery. ity hookups would be an additional $8,000. With some This 3300 sq. ft. facility will be built in the vicinity of the sleepless nights and innovative re-budgeting we found the current LS Art Facility. Building is forecasted to start this spring with money, got the portable moved, and then a platoon of par- completion by the end of 2019. We do not have renderings of the ents descended to repaint, clean, and repair the portable. new facility at this time, but we will have them in time for the Spring We got it opened a few weeks after school started. We were Gala in May. Proceeds from the Spring Gala also will go towards so proud of that building because it was the first “new” structure on campus in almost 15 years and symbolized a supporting this building project. Look for more information about new period of hope and growth. this new facility as we get closer to construction. — George Edwards, SGS Head of School 1985-90 — Jamie Tender, Head of School

SGS Board Report: The Highest Quality Teachers Happy New Year! I hope that this magazine finds you Public Schools and the Spokane Education Association and your families enjoying a wonderful start to the New reached agreement on a contract in the fall of last year Year. that raised teacher’s salaries by an average of 13.3%. There are many factors that contribute to the quality This issue isn’t unique to SGS, as all independent of a Saint George’s education. These include our students, schools in the State of Washington are grappling with parents, facilities, staff, curriculum, and most notably the the same challenge. Please know that through our short quality and dedication of our teachers. As President of the term (annual) and long term budgeting processes, we are Michael Senske Saint George’s School Board of Trustees, I want to share a working diligently to address this matter. Our goal is to President, SGS Board of significant item we are working on at the mid-point of the ensure our ability to recruit and retain the highest quality Trustees 2018-19 academic year. teachers who deliver the high quality education that our The SGS Administration and Board of Trustees antici- families have come to expect from Saint George’s School. pated higher teacher salaries in the wake of the McCleary I am absolutely confident that these efforts, com- decision and took a proactive approach to the retention bined with our commitment to maintaining a positive and recruitment of our teachers by increasing salaries ahead and rewarding working environment for our teachers, of the 2017-2018 school year. That being said, the percent- will allow us to continue delivering an education that is age increase that we saw in the local public schools systems second to none in the greater Spokane area. exceeded our expectations. As many of you know, Spokane — Michael Senske, President, SGS Board of Trustees

14 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Advancement Significant Contributions Each year, the school is blessed by the generosity of our many friends, family and alumni. During the 2017-18 year, the SGS Ecommunity again demonstrated its energetic support. With this support we are able to offer an exceptional educational experience and unmatched extracurricular program to our students and families. These gifts demonstrate a high level of confidence and pride in the school, the program and the legacy of its great educators. The generosity demonstrated during the 2017-18 year continued an upward trend in giving. Donors made significant contributions to the School’s endowment, We were excited to also host our first both restricted and unrestricted, and to annual Alumni Dragon Day of Giving in the Annual Fund. During the Spring Gala October. We hosted two regional events we received gifts towards infrastructure in Spokane and Seattle, bringing together improvements on campus, including a alumni spanning several generations to not only show their support for Saint George’s, On the Web new Lower School playground, fencing View lists of Donors around the baseball field, and much-needed but also share in their memories of being to the Annual Fund replacement pipes to protect the campus’ a Dragon. This year we also created the and Endowment water supply. These gifts are significant as we Hall of Fame Legacy Club and Alumni Funds in 2017-18 at look long-term towards a sustainable future donor participation has doubled. We look www.sgs.org/ for Saint George’s School. We thank you for forward to continuing to host events that support t your on-going and visionary support! bring alumni together, including the Alumni - — Jamie Tender, Head of School Basketball Game in December and the Golf Tournament later this spring. We again had generous benefactors Annual Fund who created several annual challenges for our five-week Parent Drive, Giving Tuesday, 2018-19 Update and Alumni Dragon Day of Giving. These I am continuously floored by the have certainly inspired our community to Saint George’s community. From students, participate in our Annual Giving campaign. to faculty, to parents and alumni, Saint We are so thankful for your support George’s has a community that continues of the Annual Fund, but our community to come together to support our mission. gives back in a variety of ways that do not Because of our stellar community, the go unnoticed. Whether you volunteer at Power the Dragon Annual Fund is off to an a school event, attend a sporting event or amazing start! The 2018-19 Five Week Parent performance, or simply share your Saint Drive kicked off in October, and with four George’s story with a friend, your support classes at 100% participation, we also have makes a difference to this school. And for a new record of 84% parent participation that we are grateful. overall and counting. — Sarah Berentson, Annual Fund Director

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 15 Campus Activities

Clockwise from upper left: p “Celebration” – a musical by Tom Jones – filled Founders Theater in September with “cynical wisdom, wide-eyed hopefulness and compelling music.” u Lower School students dressed in their PJs and filled the Davenport House on Friday, January 4 to enjoy 2019 seconds of reading. u Climbers tread a rocky path during a three-day Outdoor Club hike to Harrison Lake in the North Idaho wilderness. q Spelling out the best school in Spokane on the floor of ESAC Gym after the fall Spirit Week Pep Rally. q Middle School Halloween costumes included these three dressed for a Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. t Lower School Science Day students got to study (and hold) giant cockroaches from Madagascar! p Alex Anderson executes a challenging passage in the climbing gym in Metters Gym this fall.

16 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Dragon Athletics AA ChampionshipChampionship SeasonSeason Saint George’s girls’ soccer head coach. When I was named head coach, I had so many feelings running through my mind. I Sdidn’t know if I should be nervous, happy, or scared. My first task was to gain the trust of the girls. I knew I would need that more than anything in order to get them comfortable with my coaching system. With strong team leadership coming from Maddy Christiansen, Lydia Bergquist, and Grace Harrill, I was able to focus on getting the team to trust the formation I State 2B Champion Dragons! wanted to run. The only way to make the transition that we made in one season was defenders to join the relentless attack. On to have full commitment from the girls that the rare occasions that our opponents slipped the team looks up to. After the team was on through our defense, the girl in goal was board with our overall season plan, I needed nothing short of unstoppable. Peyton Dixon someone on staff who knows the tactics of absolutely proved that the goal belonged to the game really well. Lucky for me, I was able her. She shut out seven teams, including to find Lindsay Wyss, whose ability to analyze Kalama in the State Championship. Our the game and connect with the girls was a midfield junior captain, Lydia Bergquist, blessing. scored 18 goals, with two of them in the state We had the team and staff that allowed semifinal and one in the championship. us to install a different style of play. But Lydia also had six assists; her strength and Grace in motion in order to achieve success, you must learn killer vision are unmatched. and grow from your failures. Our first Our two seniors, Abby Jones and Maddy couple games were not ideal and didn’t go Christiansen, took advantage of the gaps and according to plan due to the lack of a full attacked one-on-one when teams attempted roster. I could tell the girls were questioning to double up on Lydia in the midfield. how the possession style formation we were Captain Maddy Christiansen’s ability to find running was going to beat the other teams. the seams with her passes to girls on the run Once we had our full strength and the girls was exceptional. She set up 12 goals this understood their roles, all the pieces started year, including two corner kicks put past the to fall into place. Liberty Bell keeper in the state semifinal. The winning streak that we went on Abby Jones’ soccer IQ in the middle was Madie takes to finish the season was nothing short of on show the whole season. She found control extraordinary. Our defense was one of gaps in the defense time and time again, putting in six goals this season. Abby’s best Cambrie points the way the leading factors in our team’s success. for Abby Junior captain Grace Harrill stepped up contribution was her hold up play, waiting for from the back and put in two crucial goals the rest of the team to get up the field. in the semifinal and final games at State. With all of the skill we had front to Throughout the season, she also had the back, the one girl that always found a way to hard task of marking the other teams’ best put the ball in the net was Cambrie Rickard. players, allowing us to free up our other Continued on Page 18

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Anytime one of the girls had a chance to send her to goal on a breakaway, it was a no brainer. Cambrie had an incredible season, with 29 goals in 21 games. Fifteen of those came during a five-game stretch from the District Championship to the State Championship. Her amazing performance in Boys Soccer: State 2B Academic Champions the sub-regional against Tonasket, where she put in eight of our nine goals, was a game I Prescott and then drove to Yakima, slept on will never forget. That win set us up mentally the gym floor at Riverside Christian, and for our playoff push to the State title. woke up to play Riverside Christian the The success of this team was inspiring; next morning. We spent the night as a team we owe it all to our outstanding staff and our eating from a giant bag of pretzels, building athletes. Thank you to everyone who came forts out of gym mats, and just enjoying one out to support the girls in their triumphs this another’s presence. We learned a lot about year, and we look forward to getting out on ourselves as athletes and as friends. We took the pitch next year. some hard knocks in Prescott, getting beat — Logan Georgeadis, pretty handily, but then we bounced back Girls’ Soccer Head Coach the following morning to beat Riverside Christian in a shootout. In my ten years of coaching soccer Boys Soccer at Saint George’s, I’ve never had a team We knew going into this fall soccer quite like this one... we were truly a TEAM. season, it was going to be a season full of new Everyone had a role, and in order for us to faces and lots of changes and challenges. We succeed they had to play their roles extremely were not wrong! When you graduate ten well. They did that, and then some. seniors from a team of kids that had largely We lost out in our regional tournament played together since our back-to-back state to the eventual State Champions, Prescott, championships followed by the state runner a team we lost to 1-0. It was a hard way to up team, we all knew it would be a difficult end the season, as I truly feel our story was task to come together as a team. cut short this year with the playoff structure We had a few lumps and bumps and being what it was. As always, I am proud of some growing my boys and I’m proud to be a Dragon. pains, but we We are losing seniors Ethan Johnson also had some and Will Rieger. Ethan has been my starting pretty amazing keeper for three years... to say he will be hard moments, both to replace would be an understatement. Will on the soccer spent the last five years putting up with me field and off the since turning out as an eighth grader. I will field as a soccer miss his leadership, his play, and him as a family. One human being. Both of them have very bright of my favorite futures. memories was — Heidi Melville, Boys’ Soccer Coach when we took our epic road On the Web trip in the Dragon See photos from fall sports at teamwork yellow school www.sgs.org/magazinet on the SGS pitch bus to play in -

18 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Coaching a resilient team

Cross Country The Saint George’s cross country team endured a rollercoaster of a season. Zeniths included winning the Lakeside Invitational, being ranked 2nd in the State for the B’s, beating a number of GSL schools, and surviving long, grueling runs in the middle of Volleyball nowhere. The nadir involved watching a slow To say that this year of volleyball was Serious competitors attrition of our team with ultimately neither challenging would be an understatement. gender being able to field a full team at the The SGS volleyball team went 0-13 on the Regional meet to attempt qualifying for State. season. It was a year that no coach, or player, The talent of the few individuals we did hopes to experience. Regardless of lack of have was well displayed by the celebration wins, each and every player fought day in and of the rival cross country teams when they day out to get better. It didn’t matter what found out we were short of the necessary the score was, we were having fun and getting numbers. Their fears were well-founded, better! As a coach, I couldn’t be any more as three of our boys and four of our girls thankful and proud of the group of girls that qualified for State as individuals. In fact, all we had. four of our remaining girls were honored as The game that was the highlight of our members of the All-District team. season was at home against Kettle Falls. The ideal behind high school sports Volleyball is played until a team wins a total is that the work-ethic and discipline it of 3 games, best out of 5, with games ending requires will carry through to other aspects at 25 points, win by 2. After having already of students’ lives and last far-longer than lost 2 games, we were down 23-14 in the 3rd the fleeting glory of the medal stand. With game. Because of our never quit, always get that in mind, the hard work and dedication better attitude, we battled back! Freshman, shown the full season by Maggie McLaughlin, Beth Swartzwelder, served a total of 6 aces, Finley Wolff, Audrey Harrill, Kahlysta and our Dragon’s fought back to eventually McKethen, Jora Gleason, Stephen Ogden, make the score 24-24. Back and forth the Kai Jacobs, and Hunter Johnson should be game went, until finally Kettle Falls got the honored. And with a renewed emphasis on upper hand, making the final score 28-26. recruiting others to their ranks, our returning Despite the final score, the girls left that game team should shine brightly next year. feeling like winners, and the lesson to never — Josh Hayes, Cross Country Coach give up was solidified. Seniors Marceline Tang and Grace Cross Country runners and coaches Generous are leaders any team would be lucky to have. Selfless, determined, and resilient are words that only begin to describe the two. Their attitudes were the driving force behind our growth as a team and individuals. You would think that losing game after game would make for a season you would want to forget, but this team made each practice and game something to look forward to. Resilient is the word that sums up this year’s SGS volleyball team! — Chenise Peone, Volleyball Coach

Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 19 Alumni Feature

Ceci Bergquist ‘18 Returning Wisdom

Seven recent SGS graduates found time to Second, they told a room of parents return to campus on January 3rd to talk that taking International Baccalaureate (IB) about their college experiences with current classes pays off in college. Ceci found the students, faculty, and parents. experience of taking five final tests in one Alana Foster ‘17 SIt’s not like they haven’t been busy. Ceci week good preparation for Notre Dame, “and Bergquist ’18 is a finance major at University the Extended Essay was so helpful as practice of Notre Dame who volunteers with Ronald for all the writing you do in every class, even McDonald House. Alana Foster ’17 stud- math.” Madie’s IB courses at SGS earned ies comparative literature and media at St. her 10 credits at Montana and smoothed Andrews University in Scotland, where she’s her entrance into their pharmacy program. “doing a lot of writing in all my classes.” “The AP tests what you don’t know, while Noah Halliburton- Noah Halliburton-Link ’18 is a business the IB lets you show what you do know,” said Link ‘18 management major at Western Washington Caroline. “Having the IB diploma helped University where he’s helped remove invasive me convince professors to let me into classes species on campus. Caroline Hammett ’16 I wanted to attend.” sings in two choirs at Pepperdine University Third, they shared some surprises they and is a French and economics major. Kate found in college with 8th-10th graders. Most Tender ’18 writes for the newspaper at Wake said they were not allowed to use laptops to Caroline Hammett ‘16 Forest University, where she is in pre-med take notes in smaller classes. “I remember classes. Madie Ward ’17 is in the pharmacy it better by writing out notes,” added Kate. program at University of Montana and runs Living with your friends means making on the track and cross country teams. And the effort to find time and space to study, Isaac Werkman ’16 plays on the Columbia noted Caroline. Noah commented on the University football team’s offensive line when need to organize your time between classes. he’s not studying evolutionary biology. Participation grades can be a big part of your Kate Tender ‘18 So what wisdom did they share from grade – “I have a four-person seminar class, so their time in higher education? you can’t hide,” said Alana. Several of them First, they offered a room of current ju- wore college sweatshirts, but Isaac claimed niors and seniors advice on finding the right he could go a whole semester just wearing college. “Find a couple of things you are pas- clothes from the Columbia football program! sionate about and focus on those,” said Ceci, A special thanks to these confident

Madie “both at SGS and on your applications.” graduates who represent Saint George’s so Ward ‘17 Isaac recommended visiting schools to see well at universities around the world! if their culture is right for you. And Alana — John Carter, SGS Communications encouraged seniors to apply to international universities. “Visit the schools, because Isaac Werkman (right) explains the advantages of taking IB classes at the Alumni Forum sometimes it’s the ones you least expect that really appeal to

Isaac you,” she said, explaining how Werkman ‘16 she ended up in Scotland. “And remember to be nice and ask questions of the tour guides,” advised Caroline, “because they will remember you!”

20 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 Alumni Feature A Jewel of a Store Penn Fix ‘68 Dodson’s Jewelers, a fixture on Riverside and inventory a lot easier. And we’ve with artwork Avenue for 131 years, is one of Spokane’s done more volume with this one store by Caren longest running family businesses. So when than five of the six stores combined.” Furbeyre ‘74 Downer Penn Fix ’68 announced it would be When brother Barney Fix ’71 left closing in early 2019, the news made the front the business in 2008, Penn’s wife Debra page of the Spokesman-Review. But unlike brought her expertise, and Saint George’s many small stores that close their doors, connections, to Dodson’s. She was one of the Dodson’s is going out on top. first student teachers at SGS, teaching science “Last year we had our best year ever,” says under Gert Douglas and Robin Crain in 1986 Penn, who runs the store with his wife Debra before starting her career in the local public Schultz, “but it’s time to retire, and we can schools. Penn and Debra were married at control our own destiny.” Saint George’s, and eight members of the Fix Dodson’s famous clock Penn’s great-grandfather George Dodson family have attended the school. on Riverside opened the store in 1887 in the Crescent Penn himself was the first Athlete of Block now occupied by the Spokesman-Review the Year at SGS. “I did three sports – played building. After the fire of 1889, it moved baseball and ran cross country to stay in shape to the Mohawk Building further east on for basketball.” His senior year the Dragon Riverside and survived that building burning basketball team went 2-18, but Barney was down in 1914. Then in 1987, Dodson’s on the first SGS team to reach the State B moved across the street to its current location. tournament, and Penn returned to help Gary “We like to move about once every century.” Bumgardner coach the ’74 team that finished And what has kept the store prospering 4th at State. “Customers would come for this long? “Relationships are the most the tournament and stop in to shop and talk important thing,” says Penn. “My wife and I basketball,” he remembers. have relationships with customers, vendors, Art has been another continuing theme and even designers that we’ve sought out at Dodson’s, since the founder displayed Penn talking in Italy and Germany. It’s a very personal paintings for sale above the jewelry cases as with a business and we are intentional about what early as 1889. In 2010, the store held its first customer in front of we sell.” His great-grandfather also made show of artists and now boasts 3,500 square a poster three trips to Europe before World War I; feet of walls on two levels. The last big show showing some of the design houses he visited (and sent was in October for fellow SGS alumna Caren the store’s history postcards from) have the same locations today. Furbeyre ’74. “My wife and I grew up with art Dodson’s remained relevant to its and Debra serves on the board of the MAC.” customers by sticking to the family’s core While the business is closing, Penn still values: service, quality of merchandise, good owns the building and will stay busy. “I will values, honesty, and treating everyone equally do appraisals on estate jewelry, and I like to and with respect. They applied those same call contra dances,” says Penn. “I’ll also be values to their employees, who today number organizing the papers for an alternative public On the Web 10 but in the past have totaled as many as 100. school in Boston where I taught years ago.” See photos from the “Starting in 1959, we opened six stores in “Our kids are okay with closing the store Alumni Panel (opposite) four communities – Moscow, Coeur d’Alene, since both are earning Ph.D’s in other fields. and Caren Furbeyre’s art show at Dodson’s at Tri-Cities, and Spokane,” says Penn. But malls I guess you could say my children are too www.sgs.org/ became too expensive, “so we focused on one smart for retail work,” Penn says with a smile. magazine store in 2000 where we can control expenses — John Carter, SGS Communications t - Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 21 Olivia at the Alumni News IMECE Congress and Exposition in Pittsburgh 2014 Class Notes Olivia Bridston and two other Gonzaga University students designed and tested a system for measuring exposure to vibration when mineworkers are using jackleg drills. Their peer- reviewed research was awarded 1st Place Undergraduate Paper in the Student Safety Innovation Challenge sponsored The Biggs Family in Florence, Italy by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Safety Engineering, Risk and Reliability Analysis Division (ASME SERAD). Olivia presented the paper at the International Mechanical Along the Atlantic Engineering Congress and Exposition Coast of Portugal in Pittsburgh in November 2018. “This was a wonderful opportunity to gain Exploring Roman presentation experience and meet ruins in Bulgaria professional engineers from around the world,” she said.

1997 Paul Biggs moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017 and has taken advantage of European parental leave laws since their second son, Hugo, was born to road trip around Europe. “I run the 1994 Product Marketing team at a 200-employee Randy Larsen married Tiffany startup called Contentful that is based here in Love on October 7, 2018 and they Berlin, and it’s been a wild ride. I don’t speak are having fun blending their six German, but I’m taking classes, and it hasn’t children together in Ellensburg, WA. been a problem. Because the European Union After 15 years living overseas, he lets people move around freely, my team of 20 continues working with Engineering has only 5 Germans, with a handful of other Ministries International, a faith-based Americans, Irish, Brits, Lithuanians, Serbians, development organization providing Romanians, etc. so English is the common technical help for projects such as language. Alas, no French to practice what’s schools, orphanages, and hospitals in left of Maron and Madame’s teachings!” third-world countries.

1998 The SGS Class of 1998 returned with their families to campus on July 14, 2018 for a fun day of reunion activities.

22 Saint George’s Magazine Fall-Winter 2018-19 2002 Kudos to Lindsey Thomsen, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Seattle InIn MemoriamMemoriam Children’s Hospital, for turning into Andrew at his Dr. Meredith Grey of Grey’s Anatomy Phoenix condo fame for a day to help Savannah Miller, 1971 a girl with Down Syndrome, get through Dorothy Bracken brought grace an unpleasant procedure. Thomsen and dignity to her encounters with her becoming Savannah’s favorite fictional colleagues, friends, and family – and doctor was exactly what the doctor to her encounter in 2017 with ovarian ordered. The procedure went well and cancer. She passed away on August 21, hours later the only thing Savannah 2018. She had recently retired as the could talk about was how cool it was to Manager of Customer Communications meet Dr. Grey. at Puget Sound Energy, where she had worked for 30 years. She earned her BS in 1979 Savannah and Communications from Boston University Andrew Welch attended Lindfield Lindsey as Dr. Grey in 1975. Read more about Dorothy’s College in McMinnville, OR, where life and family at www.sgs.org/ he earned a bachelor’s degree in magazine. communications. After college Andrew went to work for Seattle TV stations KIRO, KCPQ, and FOX for 22 years, 1972 rising to the position of floor director Janine (Calkins) Carlson died in for KIRO TV’s news programs. In Coeur d’Alene, ID on October 12, 2018 2003, floor directors were replaced with her husband and two daughters by automated processes. Andrew by her side. She was born in Spokane, took advantage of a Washington State WA on May 22, 1954. Janine graduated retraining program to study Golf Course from SGS in 1972 and went on to attend Management and Design. Andrew left college at University of Washington before Seattle for sunny Phoenix, saying, “I may transferring to WSU to study pharmacy, as well be where they play golf all year 1962 where sitting in alphabetical order, she met long.” After working briefly at a golf The SGS Class of 1962 (below) the love of her life, Brent Carlson. Janine club, he decided he’d much rather play reunited in September 2017 for their 55th and Brent were married on July 7, 1979 the game than just work at the course. reunion at the Flying Arrow Resort at and not long after had two daughters, So that’s what he did almost every day Wallowa Lake, Oregon. Enjoying their Nicole and Keisha. Janine will be after his arrival in Phoenix until his complementary shirts and wine were remembered for her endless creativity, love untimely passing in January of 2018. (from left) Grant Witherspoon ‘62, of color, uproarious laughter, rosy cheeks, Read more about Andrew’s time at SGS Mick Heckathore (attended SGS from compassion for others, and admiration of at www.sgs.org/magazine. 57-62 but left just before graduating when nature. She loved being in the woods at his parents moved to Arizona), Chris the family cabin on Priest Lake and later Canwell ‘61 (brother of Kevin ‘62), near her home in Hope, ID. See more 1986 John Moulton ‘62, Ros Hill ‘62, and of Janine’s obituary at www.sgs.org/ Kevin Forsman died on July 26, Jim Dean ‘62. magazine. 2018 after a very courageous, hard fought battle with cancer. Born February 15, 1969 in Seattle, Kevin grew up in Spokane and attended Saint George’s School, graduating in 1986, and then attended The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. He was employed by CHI Franciscan Health for over 25 years. Kevin and Tori Aiken first met when they were classmates at SGS Middle School, and later fell in love in 1994 when they discovered they were working at the same company. They married November 9, 1996 in Spokane and relocated to Buckley, Washington soon after where they made their permanent home. Read Kevin’s complete obituary at www.sgs.org/ magazine.

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Alumni Events Soccer!Soccer! Alumni challenged the Boys JV team on Oct. 20 for their annual Soccer Match.

Basketball!Basketball! Alumni gathered in ESAC Gym on Dec. 23 for their annual Basketball Game.

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