Winter 2015 DDEVEVIL’SIL’SADVOCATEADVOCATE Killion has served as superintendentKillion has served of WLCSC the since 2007. National Superintendent of Year the announced. be will In February, fly Killion will to San Diegowhere the American AssociationSchool of Administrato public education throughout United the States. andpolitical financial challenges for publiceducation. saidHe becomeKillion hasvigorous a ch in the fieldin the education!” of art values students the she works with and an has invaluable been influence in many their lives.of She’s a gem around her to work harder artists, and advocates, best the be mentors and committee members. Verna me alot about what it means an to be effective teacher of art,” Kincaidsaid. “She pushes me thosand Junior teacher art high Katherine Yoder Kincaid described as asupportive and helpful mentor. “S professional convention. providestrips field for her students, teaches workshops, exhibits student work, and has coordinated an In addition to Yoder art, teaches Advanced Placement History, Art coaches Academic the Super team, Bowl isart not simply away to pay bills; the it is away of life.” said Yoder’sLitsey dedication is inspirational. “Verna works tirelessly to improve her craft. For her, t Coopman praised also Killion for “ documentary the than $200,000to save five positions.teaching That is almostunheard-of an level of community support.” on to college,” Coopman said. “Before citizens voted insupport of additional rais funding, they tax maintainsperforming district its graduation rate of nearly 100percent and prepares 95percent the go who “His community leadership coalesced support for additional funding to ensure diverse this and high 2014 arts inschools.”arts a genuine concern for well-being the of her students, and is dedicated to keeping the nomination, Yoder described Emily Litsey as someone who,“has apositive attitude, Yearthe award for outstanding achievement ineducation. artistic and In service her teacher art School Verna Yoder Educator with Outstanding Art the Secondary of Education The Art Association of Indiana presented LafayetteWest Jr./Sr. High Outstanding ArtEducatoroftheYear Award Verna Yoder Honored withIndiana challenging circumstances. done an outstanding job of leading West Lafayette schools through economically Superintendents.School J.T. Coopman, IAPSS executive director, said Killion has Superintendent Scott Hanback, was chosen by Indiana the Association of Public Killion, was who nominated for award the by Tippecanoe Corporation School KillionRocky named has Indiana been Superintendent of Year the for 2015. Superintendent oftheYear Killion GetsNodforState Rise Above the Mark ,” highlights current which ampion for he taught rs ed moreed eaching e (765) 269-4007, [email protected] or(765) 269-4007,[email protected] donate online at www.wlsef.org/backpackprogram. To contribute to program, the contact Abby Weiderhaft, WLSEF administrativesecretary, at program.the We demand the even greater to be expect next year.” sponsor astudent week,” and home food send every says Shook. “Plus, is growing. need the Las With yearly program totaling donation expenses $18,000,Shook says every is greatly appreciated LafayetteThe Kiwanis Foundation also providedgrant a$1,000 theand Happy Hollow student council contr byoverwhelmed response.” the fundraising campaign and an Journal article inthe by &Courier reporter Mikel Livingston generated m “When we have community aneed, the answers inabig way,” says program co-coordinator Shook. Rachel “Recent parents, and community members. Westside’s Backpack Program by is run parent volunteers and supported entirely by grants and dona Approximately 80Westside students fend off hunger taking homeby backpacks stuffed with nonperishab Community RespondstoGrowing DemandforBackpackProgram Winter 2015 Both teamsBoth return excellent for look runners who continued success years inthe to come. there and, wow, you don’t know what to say.” come year back this and to We win. had some ups and downs year. this kind of …Iam still inshock. When it happens, y more proud of teams. both “It bit was of worth every it. bit Every of it,” said. Lewark “Afterlast ye Steve inductedCoach anewly Lewark, member of Indiana the High Track School and Field Hall of Fam for podium girls the take straight fifth the Devil year.Red a 17:08.8.Kristen Johnson Susan (37th), Bales Hubbard Rachel while was 15th, and (60th) Annie Covington helped (94th) the behindtookplace fifth former national champion Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka, who broke herown course re saw girls,podiumThe also the ranked sixth, by finishing third behind national powers Carmel and Avon. Laur charge victory. the to seal enough edge to Carmel. help Evan Devils Red the Johnson (41st), Dominic Patacsil made ala and also (44th) (50th) Cohen Williams,Cooper atop contender for individual the title, was third, and brother his twin Dylan’s 65t broke into tears. It was doves fly off, angels sing background the in thing.sort of It was just absolutel through my mind,” said. Cohen “When said Carmel was second they it was, for lack of abetter phrase, adream com “It sounds cliché, but it is hard to put into words what exactly was going announced. Championship second the place when team Course Cross was Country JakeSenior said he’ll Cohen never forget moment the at Lavern the Gibson beating two-time defending state champion Carmel by just points. seven hoistedlast they time top the trophy was 1964,and accomplished they it by crossed off a year-long goal winningby a state championship this fall. The The LafayetteWest boys cross country teamthe crossed finish line and Anniversary withStateChampionship Boys Cross CountryTeam Celebrates50th www.facebook.com/wlsef Like uson Facebook! delivered eachweek. backpacks arestuffed and that morethan80 Cathy Kastens,ensure Lisa MacDonaldand Co-chairs RachelShook, Backpack Program twitter.com/wlsef Follow uson Twitter! www. former Backpack A volunteer and co-chair Vera Weiser. t year 50students were enrolled in . “It costs $225each year to tions from Westside faculty, ar’s state was goal to the meet, ore than $13,000!We were y perfect.” h-place finish was just le food itemsle food each week. e, said he couldn’t be ibuted $2,000. cord by clocking ly a special ly aspecial en Johnson e true. I e true. ou sit te Foundation to Honor Distinguished Graduates with Wall of Pride An internationally renowned scientist, a former All-Star Major League Baseball player, an award-winning news show producer, a top-hit songwriter, and a renowned Broadway, film and television director each will be inducted as an inaugural member of West Lafayette Community School Corporation’s Wall of Pride. Westside graduates Philip Low, Bob Friend, Janet Tobias, Tom Kelly, and Tom Moore will be formally honored at a school convocation Friday, March 27. They also will attend a reception and have the opportunity to visit classrooms. West Lafayette Schools Alumni Association Co-chair Brad Cohen says the Wall of Pride was established to help honor the many successes of this school system. “We have so many amazing Alumni to celebrate,” Cohen says. “These are true leaders in their fields, be it locally, nationally, even internationally. They come from the arts, education, engineering, technology, law, business, athletics and so much more.” Cohen says current students will benefit immensely from the honorees’ insights. “The Wall of Pride is about the students today listening and learning from these outstanding individuals returning to their alma mater. It’s a priceless opportunity.” The Wall of Pride ceremony will be an annual West Lafayette Schools Education Foundation event. The foundation is accepting nominations for future honorees at www.wlsef.org/alumni.

Bob Friend Tom Kelly Bob Friend, who graduated A Purdue graduate, Friend Tom Kelly, who graduated from from Westside in 1949, pitched served as a player representa- Westside in 1967, is best known for for the Pittsburgh Pirates from tive for both Pittsburgh and the music he wrote with Bill Steinberg 1951-1965 after playing just the National League. After that generated hits for well-known pop one year of minor league base- retiring, he worked as controller music artists, including Pat Benatar, ball. He threw his final season of Allegheny County, Pennsyl- Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, The Bangles, with the New York Yankees and vania from 1967 to 1975. He REO Speedwagon, Whitney Houston, New York Mets. Nicknamed concluded his career working and Phil Collins. The recordings include “Warrior,” while playing foot- at an insurance brokerage, for five number-one singles on Billboard’s ball for the Red Devils, he was which he was named vice presi- Top 1000, including “Like a Virgin” the first pitcher to have a leading ERA dent. Friend lives in Pittsburgh, and has and “True Colors.” Kelly also received (2.83) while pitching for a last place been a three-time delegate to the Repub- 16 American Society of Composers, team. Friend led the National League lican National Convention. Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in starts each season from 1956 awards for top 50 songs. He was through 1958, innings in 1956 and inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of 1957, and tied with Warren Spahn for Fame in 2011. the National League lead with 22 wins Kelly first launched his music career in 1958. by playing weekend gigs with Purdue An All-Star for the Pittsburgh Pirates, students and Westside graduates Nick Friend holds their greatest number of Kildahl and Doug Livingston. He then pitching records, including the most played bass guitar and sang in several strikeouts, most games started and bands in the late 1960s and early 1970s. most innings pitched. He also was After moving to Los Angeles, he played one of only two NY Mets pitchers in Dan Fogelberg’s backup band. He to defeat Sandy Koufax. He shares the National League record with two All-Star Game victories (1956 and 1960), and lost the 1958 All-Star Game as a reliever. Friend also pitched in games two and six in the dramatic 1960 Yankee-Pi- rate World Series. “Can’t Get You Out of My Heart,” recorded by REO Speedwagon (co-written with Kevin Cronin), “Over the Edge,” recorded by REO Speedwagon (co-written with Gary Richrath), “I Don’t Want to Lose You,” originally recorded by his band i-Ten, Re- Recorded by REO Speedwagon, and other band members recorded two “I Drove All Night,” recorded by Cyndi albums in 1976 and 1977 under the Lauper, by Roy Orbison and by Celine band name Fool’s Gold. He also accom- Dion, panied Toto on their 1979 World Tour as a backup singer and rhythm guitarist, “I’ll Stand by You,” recorded by The Philip Low Pretenders (co-written with Chrissie and sang background vocals on the Toto An internationally renowned scientist, Hynde), albums Toto IV and The Seventh One. Philip S. Low graduated from Westside “I Touch Myself,” recorded by Divinyls In 1981, Kelly wrote his first hit song, in 1965 and came to Purdue Univer- (co-written with Christina Amphlett “Fire and Ice,” with Pat Benatar for her sity in 1976. He serves as the Ralph and Mark McEntee), Precious Time album. He then collab- C. Corley Distinguished Professor of orated with Steinberg on several other “Like a Virgin,” recorded by Madonna, Chemistry and Director of the Purdue hit songs. They also released their own Center for Drug Discovery—Biochem- “So Emotional,” recorded by Whitney istry. Low’s research, which focuses album, Taking a Cold Look, in 1983 Houston, under the band name i-Ten. on treating cancer and inflammatory “Cold Look,” recorded by Honeymoon diseases, has generated more than 50 Hit songs and the artists who recorded Suite, and patents and five drugs currently being them include: “Sex as a Weapon,” recorded by Pat used in human clinical trials. Most of “True Colors,” recorded by Cyndi Benatar. the research takes place at Endocyte, Lauper and by Phil Collins, Inc., which he founded at the Purdue Kelly says that while he was not a Research Park in 1995. Other companies “Alone,” originally recorded by his band standout student, he did appreciate founded by Low include PathoChip Inc., i-Ten, Re-Recorded by Heart and by the education he received at Westside. On Target Laboratories, Inc. and HuLow Celine Dion, “I must say that the average Westside LLC. “In Your Room,” recorded by The student was a cut above the average Bangles (co-written with Susanna bear,” Kelly says. “It was a small group, Low has received both of Purdue’s Hoffs), but a very intelligent and clever bunch; awards for outstanding research, an a friendly and safe bunch of kids to be NIH Merit Award, and several national “Eternal Flame,” recorded by The around. I was proud to be from West- and international research awards. He Bangles (co-written with Susanna side.” also has organized several international/ Hoffs), national conferences and chaired two “Screams and Whispers,” recorded by Gordon Conferences. Low has published REO Speedwagon (co-written with more than 380 articles, and serves on Gary Richrath), five editorial boards and several external advisory boards for major institutions. He also has presented more than 570 lectures on his scientific discoveries to audiences around the world. Low credits his Westside education for building the foundation for his current success. “Although I found my courses at WLHS to be quite difficult, I enjoyed them all and greatly appreciated the outstanding teachers that engendered in me a love for learning and exploring,” Low says. “I found Mr. Guy’s chemistry classes especially inspiring, and I am probably a chemist today because of his teaching.” Low says Westside wasn’t all work and shirt proclaiming that my first allegiance was no play, however. “I had a great time to the orchestra and not basketball. Coach participating in dance band, orchestra, Berberian simply stood their speechless and marching band, and basketball,” Low submitted to Howie’s demands.” says. “Because most of my close friends were involved in the above musical Low, who received a basketball scholar- organizations, we would often meet after ship from Brigham Young University, says school for jam sessions. We actually the dedication afforded by his coaches and became somewhat acceptable in playing teachers paved the way for his future. “I Dixieland music and even made a struggled with my courses in high school (my couple of recordings of our perfor- GPA was only slightly above a B average), but mances.” what I learned at WLHS prepared me very well for the subsequent academic challenges I was soon to face,” Low says. “In fact, Low says sometimes, extracurricular the further I went in my schooling, the easier I found it to be.” activities competed for his time. “When I was a senior, I remember practicing for the sectional tournament (I was the starting forward) at the same time that the orchestra was preparing for an important concert,” Low says. “Howie Howenstein marched into basketball practice and yanked me out by my

Tom Moore Tom Moore is and the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Drama Advisory Board. He also was an award-win- ‘night, Mother, for which he received presented with the Presidents Award ning director another Tony Award nomination for from the Stage Directors and Choreog- whose original Best Direction of a Play. Additional raphers Society. Broadway credits include The Octette Bridge Club production and Moon Over Buffalo. Moore says he fondly remembers his of Grease high school days when he got involved ran for 3,388 Moore also has directed several film with theater and starred in The Man performances. and television productions in addition Who Came to Dinner. “When I toured He also has to those for which he received Emmy the new high school a while back, I received nominations. They include Thirtysome- found it impressive and satisfying that Emmy nomi- thing, Cybill, Suddenly Susan, Picket the old high school had been totally nations for directing the hit TV drama Fences, Northern Exposure, Ally McBeal, absorbed into the center of the new series LA Law and ER, and the comedy Dharma & Greg, Gilmore Girls, Felicity, one,” Moore says. “The old had ceased series Mad About You. and Huff. Feature films include Return to exist in the service of something to Boggy Creek and an adaptation of greater. What could be better? The After graduating from Westside in 1961, ‘night, Mother, which was featured at the old theatre was in part now a wres- Moore attended Purdue University 37th Berlin International Film Festival. tling room. It’s sort of ironic, as I had where he earned a BA in Theatre in He also recently finished a documen- dropped out of wrestling to pursue the 1965. He then went on to earn a master’s tary, “The Flight Fantastic” which will theatre, which was painful at the time, fine arts from the Yale Drama School, play the Byron Bay Film Festival in but in retrospect, a good choice!” after which he launched his directing Byron Bay, Australia in March. Moore career with Loot at Brandeis University Recently joined the Yale School of and Oh, What a Lovely War! at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also directed the nostalgic World War II musical Over Here! which earned him a Tony Award nomination in 1974. Other critically acclaimed stage produc- tions directed by Moore include 1978 Broadway revival of Once in a Lifetime; Janet Tobias Janet Tobias, who grad- In 1995, she took a position as In 2002, Tobias joined Sawyer Media uated from Westside executive producer at New York Systems, a creator of Internet video in 1976, is an Emmy Times Television where she technology. She also continued to award-winning director/ supervised the production of a produce documentaries on a variety producer with 20 years’ foreign news show that reported of social issues through Sierra/Tango experience working for on a variety of issues, including Productions. One of the company’s ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, rape as a war crime in Rwanda. more recent productions is the movie Discovery, and MSNBC. That particular award-winning No Place On Earth, which features five Tobias launched her career as Diane piece appeared on Nightline. Tobias families that lived underground for 511 Sawyer’s associate producer for the TV then returned to ABC News where she days to escape the Holocaust. news magazine, 60 Minutes. There she developed and directed criminal justice In 2004, Tobias became a founding developed a variety of domestic and stories for Nightline, 20/20, World News partner of Ikana Health + Media, a international stories, from a portrait of Tonight, and Good Morning America. healthcare company that uses tech- the Japanese organized crime syndicate In 1998, Tobias served as an execu- nology, social media, and storytelling to Yakuza, to the abuse of boys in a Guate- tive with PBS, where she developed improve people’s health. She serves on malan orphanage. and produced programming and joint the boards of Healthright International, In 1989, Tobias helped Sawyer launch projects with ABC and Discovery. A Healthbuilders/Rwanda Works, and the Prime Time Live at ABC News. There four hour Frontline/Nightline series on East Harlem Health Outreach Partner- she produced/directed stories ranging the California juvenile justice system ship. She also is an adjunct assistant from investigations of alcohol abuse by won two American Bar Association professor of medicine in the department pilots, to the sex trade in Thailand, to silver gavels. In 2001, she launched Life of health evidence and policy at Mount a feature on the Kuwaiti royal family 360, an Emmy-award-winning Sinai School of Medicine, and research after the first Gulf War. In 1992, Tobias weekly PBS series that combined docu- professor of global public health in the diverted her news production career mentary pieces with dramatic and comic NYU Global Institute of Public Health to write a screenplay called The Volun- monologues. (GIPH). teer. It features a former member of the IRA who decided that the price of violence was too high. In 1993, she returned to the networks and moved into management at Dateline NBC. She also continued to produce/direct stories ranging from examinations of environ- mental damage by the oil industry in Ecuador, to a historical review of Soviet misinformation campaigns, to the murder of street kids in Rio De Janiero.

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Happy Hollow Embraces its Diversity and Dedicated Volunteers Happy Hollow has the good fortune to represent a microcosm of the world. Its 510 students represent five continents and speak 26 different languages. They practice various religions, celebrate a myriad of holidays, and enjoy different foods. They also have many things in common, including the desire to achieve academic success and be good citizens. To help students achieve academic success, 16 Purdue students work two-to- three times a week with struggling students in the areas of reading and math. Happy Hollow also benefits from a program called IMPACT (Influencing and Mentoring by Purdue Athletes with the Cardinal Tradition) through which Purdue athletes volunteer to be student mentors. Students and athletes may Save the Date eat lunch together, play at recess, read a book, or work on homework. Happy Hollow Principal Margaret Xioufaridou Psarros, says the students make lasting friendships. “KK Houser, one of last year’s volunteers, is playing for the next basketball in Europe, and some of the5th grade students who knew her as 4th graders write to her,” Psarros says. Another after-school program, QUEST (Quiet Uninterrupted Educational All-Class Study Table) has been in place for several years and relies on assistance from parents. Two or three adults work with 20 to 30 referred students on home- work. During school hours, students can take advantage of Homework Club, which features math intervention. A reading interventionist also works with Reunion! small groups of referred students on fluency and comprehension. Psarros says all of this extra support would not be possible without the help of dedicated volunteers. “It takes a village,” Psarros says. “Our global village is See you August 7! thriving, due in large part to the number of stakeholders involved.”

Save the Date! Mark your calendars for this year’s WESTSIDE STORY on March 28. A new venue, the West Lafayette Golf and Country Club (formerly known as the Elks) has been chosen for this year’s event, which will feature dinner along with both a silent and live auction. To purchase tickets online and begin bidding on auction items, scan the QR code on the left or visit wedoauctions.net/wlsef