Annual Report 1 2015-2016 UNIS Board of Trustees 2015-2016 H.E. Mr. Vijay Nambiar Dr. Virginia Roach Ms. Yvonne Tsang, P '21, P '21 Board Chair Chair, Academic Policy Committee Chair, Advancement Committee Chair, Executive Committee Chair, Trustees Committee Mr. Peter Sorrentino, P '23, P '23 Mr. Santiago Villalpando, P '21, P '25 Chair, Finance and Audit Mr. Michael Adlerstein Chair, Head Support and Evaluation Ms. Jane Camblin Special Representative of the Secretary-General Executive Director

Mr. Emmanuel Ago, P '26, P '29

Dr. Franck Barrat, P '19, P '28

Dr. Bornali Basu, P '14 Chair, Health and Safety Committee

Ms. Maria Luisa Chavez, '71

Mr. Felipe Dorregaray, P '23, P '26, P '28

Ms. Caryn Groce, '90

Mr. Hervé Houdré, P '25

Ms. Allison Karn, P '23, P '26 Chair, Buildings, Grounds and Security

Mrs. Alla Liberman, P '16, P '23, P '23

Mr. Jean-Victor Nkolo, P '24

Mr. Marc Powell, P '24 Chair, Strategic Planning

Mr. Manu Rana, '88 International School Honorary Trustees 2016 Mrs. Sylvia Fuhrman H. E. Mr. Ib Petersen H.E. Mr. Janis Mažeiks Lifetime Honorary Trustee Permanent Mission of Denmark Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNIS H. E. Mr. François Delattre H.E. Mr. Geir O. Pedersen Permanent Mission of France Permanent Mission of Norway Mr. Stéphane Dujarric '83 Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon H. E. Mr. Harald Braun H. E. Mrs. Lyutha Al-Mughairy Former Vice-Chair, UNIS Board of Trustees Permanent Mission of Germany Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman

Mr. Peter N. Greenwald H. E. Mr. George Wilfred Talbot H. E. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Former Vice-Chair, UNIS Board of Trustees Permanent Mission of the Republic of Guyana Permanent Mission of Pakistan Senior Advisor, Penzance Properties LLC H. E. Mr. Syed Akbaruddin H. E. Ms. Alya Ahmed S. Al-Thani Ms. Joan W. McDonald Permanent Mission of Permanent Mission of Former Executive Committee member, UNIS Board of Trustees H. E. Mr. David Donoghue H.E. Mr. Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mam- Former Director of Facilities, United Nations Permanent Mission of Ireland abolo Permanent Mission of South Africa H. E. Mr. Jan Kickert H. E. Mr. Sebastiano Cardi Permanent Mission of Austria Permanent Mission of Italy H. E. Mr. Román Oyarzun Marchesi Permanent Mission of Spain H. E. Ms. Bénédicte Frankinet H. E. Mr. Courtenay Rattray Permanent Mission of Belgium Permanent Mission of Jamaica H. E. Mrs. Sofia Mesquita Borges Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste H. E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota H. E. Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa Permanent Mission of Brazil Permanent Mission of Japan H. E. Mr. Yaşar Halit Çevik Permanent Mission of Turkey H. E. Mr. Liu Jieyi H.E. Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov Permanent Mission Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan H. E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of the People’s Republic of China UN High Representative H. E. Mr. OH Joon for UN Alliance of Civilizations H. E. Mr. Abdulaziz Alammar Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea Cooperation Council H. E. Ms. Samantha Power for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) H. E. Mr. Mansour Ayyad Sh. Al-Otaibi Permanent Mission of the United States Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait 3 Letter from the Chair, Board of Trustees I was present earlier this year at the graduation and solicitude towards our students. My thanks ceremony of our students in the General Assem- are also due to Executive Director, Jane Cam- bly Hall of the United Nations. This is a tradi- blin for her competent and stable leadership so tion, special to UNIS, and a joyous and inspiring crucial for UNIS in these uncertain times. To the occasion that brings together our community at faculty members, the administrative staff and the so many different levels. It provides the platform parents I owe a special debt of gratitude for their to assemble together students, parents, faculty, exemplary contributions to maintaining the con- staff, family and friends as we congratulate our sistent quality and standing of our school. I am graduates on their academic achievements and also grateful to my fellow members of the UNIS celebrate the unique experience it is to be a part Board of Trustees for their guidance and support of the United Nations community. This ceremo- to the larger UNIS family and to me, personally, ny also marks the end of the successful school as Chair of the Board. year illustrated in this Annual Report. Through all our efforts, we cannot but be deep- During the past year we have been able not only ly impressed by the amazing diversity, inclu- Even as I prepare to step down from the Chair of to articulate a larger vision for the future of the siveness, energy and compassion shown by our the UNIS Board of Trustees, I am aware that this School and bring it together in a Strategic Plan students at all levels. Their spirit determines the ceremony is a stirring reminder to us all of this that is rich and diverse but we have also been character of this institution. That it remains an- mutually rewarding relationship that we all cher- able to bring in a range of innovations in our cur- chored in and reflects the ideals of the Charter of ish and would like to see grow even further in the riculum as also in the articulation of the broad- the United Nations is both our heritage and our years to come. er goals and objectives of this great institution. pride. Earlier in 2016, we were privileged to stage an This is also the last year of the tenure of Secre- unprecedentedly successful gala at which we My very best wishes to all of you! tary–General Ban Ki-moon. Let me assure you, were honoured by the presence of some of the however, that both he and Mrs. Ban have a spe- Secretary-General’s most eminent ambassadors cial place for UNIS in their hearts. On your be- of goodwill. Their encouragement to the School In deep gratitude, half, I thank them most sincerely for their most was deeply inspirational. Vijay Nambiar valuable support and for their continued affection Chair of the Board of Trustees 4 A Message from the Executive Director

Dear UNIS Community:

UNIS is more than a school. It is our vision about best practices in 21st Century of a better world. Every day we work to education. make that vision a reality through our We are thrilled that the 2015-16 academic commitment to academic excellence, our year closed with some remarkable successes celebration of diversity, and our goal of in the area of philanthropic support for our graduating students who are inspired to be unique school. Over the past three years, an active force for positive change. giving at UNIS has increased 150% and At the center of it all are the faculty, students parent participation giving has more than and administrators, on both the Queens and tripled. These successes were a key reason Manhattan campuses, whose efforts bring that the E.E. Ford Foundation awarded our community one step closer to making us all closer to a more peaceful, sustainable UNIS a $50,000 grant to support our our shared vision a reality. I look forward to and compassionate world. They help ensure “Picture Justice Program”, a human rights our ongoing collaborations in strengthening that the values of the United Nations are photojournalism and theater program for and enhancing that shared vision for infused in every aspect of teaching and the next generation of activists and change- peaceful solutions to a better world. learning. makers. We are grateful to the entire UNIS It is your continued support and help that community for your support. This will allow UNIS to provide this level of support enables us to continue to provide engagement and excellence. To all of our the resources needed to improve our donors and supporters, whether you give programmatic offerings and to enhance your time, talent, treasure, or all three, we Warmly, our position as one of the world's leading are truly grateful. Jane Camblin international schools. And that enables Through your gifts, you are helping us to Executive Director UNIS to help shape the global conversation educate the next generation while moving

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UNIS Fund Mission Statement UNIS FUND MISSION STATEMENT

Gifts to the UNIS Fund make a tangible difference in the teachers we hire; the international curriculum, language courses and enrichment programs that we provide; and the art, drama, music and athletic programs we offer. Every measure of the advancement of UNIS is touched by your generosity. A donation to the UNIS Fund is one of the most important gifts you can make to our children in support of a better world.

MISSION DU FONDS UNIS

Vos dons au Fonds UNIS sont inestimables. Grâce à votre générosité, l’UNIS offre à votre enfant: de véritables éducateurs, un programme international

authentique, des cours d’enseignement et de perfectionnement en langues, des activités artistiques et sportives de haut niveau. L’excellence à l’UNIS se renforce grâce à vos contributions. Donner au Fonds UNIS, c’est offrir un précieux cadeau à nos élèves en vue d’un monde meilleur.

FONDO DE LA ESCUELA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS (UNIS) DECLARACIÓN DE LA MISIÓN

Las donaciones que recibe el Fondo de la Escuela Internacional de las Naciones Unidas se reflejan de manera ostensible en los docentes que contratamos; en el plan de estudios internacional, los cursos de idiomas y los programas suplementarios que cursamos; y en los programas de arte, teatro, música y deporte que ofrecemos. Su generosidad se aprecia en todos los aspectos del progreso de la Escuela Internacional de las Naciones Unidas. Una donación al Fondo de la Escuela Internacional de las Naciones Unidas es uno de los mayores regalos que se puede hacer a los niños para construir un mundo mejor.

6 7 We Gratefully Acknowledge and Thank Our Board and UNIS Fund Leadership 2015-2016 Advancement Committee UNIS Fund Alumni Ambassadors Board Advancement Chair: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rodrigues, Pat and Dawn 1967 Mr. Richard Van Dulken Yvonne Tsang Kiernan, Deirdre and M. Dominic Gurney, 1968 Ms. Inda M. Sechzer 1971 Ms. Marie-Helene Chatel Trustee Members: Mr. and Mrs. Jonas M. Englund, 1973 Mr. Philip Corradini Franck Barrat Dorian Lacombe and Estibaliz Rodriguez-Garcia, 1974 Mr. Alain Chesnais Caryn Groce Mr. and Mrs. Sebastien Baud, Mr. and Mrs. Craig 1976 Mr. Peter E. Bock Emmanuel Ago Hall, The Margetts Family, Dr. Kirsten Swinth 1978 Mr. Xavier Cabanne Felipe Dorregaray and Mr. Jocelyn Mason, Andrew MacNamara 1981 Mr. Neil Smith Maria Luisa Chavez and Lisa Lee Lum, The Marquez-Miles Family, 1982 Ms. Francesca Cook-Hagen 1983 Mr. Brad C. Deutsch Allison Karn The McElhinney Family, Mr. and Mrs. Waajid 1984 Mr. Andrew J. Brust Alla Liberman Siddiqui, Frank and Nicole Azzopardi, 1984 Mrs. Andrea Kane Jean-Victor Nkolo Mr. Adel Abdellatif and Ms. Patricia Chaves, 1986 Dr. Lance H. Brown Ex-officio Members: Erik and Patricia Detiger, 1987 Mr. Carl Haacke Vijay Nambiar Dr. Fatima & Soofian Zuberi 1989 Ms. Sandra Markovic Jane Camblin 1991 Mrs. Abena Bailey Roman 1992 Mr. Shawn F. Robinson Staff: UNIS Fund Ambassadors—Queens 1994 Ms. Marie-Claire Lim Moore Laura Heffron Anonymous (2), Aparna & Udai Tambar, 1995 Mr. Ahmed T. Elshami Chad Fairey The Ngai Family, Mr. Peter Kauffmann 1997 Ms. Joslyn E. Meier Angela Wang and Ms. Kara Hughes, The Gordon Family, 2000 Mr. Mohammed R. Elshaer The Nandkisure Family, Osnat and Alain Fetaya, 2002 Ms. Alexandra E. Brown UNIS Fund Ambassadors—Manhattan Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut, 2003 Ms. Katherine A. Huh 2006 Ms. Misha Baker Anonymous (2), Mr. and Mrs. Ali Agha, Oliver Chase and Rashmi Luthra, 2006 Ms. Nora Choueiri Bobby Berna and Alison Qualter-Berna, Anthony Shih and Yvonne Tsang 2009 Ms. Maya Kurien Mr. Kamal Sidhu and Ms. Anu Virmani Sidhu, Dr. M. John Matos and Dr. Carla Dersarkissian, Mr. Kaivan Shakib and Ms. Celine Armstrong,

8 The UNIS Fund Donors 2015-2016 Board of Trustees and Honorary Trustees Mr. Peter N. Greenwald Ms. Susan Enzer In alphabetical order H.E. Mr. Liu Jieyi Mr. Chad Fairey H.E. Mr. Vijay Nambiar H.E. Mr. Jan Kickert Ms. Laura Heffron Mr. Michael Adlerstein H.E. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Dr. Judith Honor Mr. Emmanuel Ago, '87 H.E. Mr. Oh Joon Ms. Maggie Lacsny-Jones Mr. Franck Barrat H.E. Mr. Román Oyarzun Marchesi Mr. John Nichols Ms. Maria Luisa Chavez, '71 H.E. Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa Mr. Stephen Roache Ms. Caryn Groce, '90 And 2 anonymous donors Mr. Salvador Uy,'83 Mrs. Allison Eden Karn Mr. Pascal Vallet Mrs. Alla Liberman Permanent Missions Mr. Jean-Victor Nkolo The Permanent Mission of Germany for Parents Association Executive Committee Mr. Marc Powell supporting German language studies and faculty Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Blau Mr. Manu S. Rana, '88 The Sultanate of Oman for supporting Arabic Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut Dr. Virginia Roach language studies Richard and Sabine Chalmers Mr. Peter Sorrentino The Government of Italy for supporting Mr. Shantanu Mukherjee and Ms. Shipra Das Ms. Yvonne Tsang Italian language faculty Mr. Philip Kazlowski and Ms. Patricia Finn Mr. Santiago Villalpando The People’s Republic of China for supporting The Benn and Gruszow Family And 3 anonymous donors Chinese language faculty Chhaya and Dushyant Joshi The Government of Spain for supporting Mr. Omar Qaiser and Ms. Asyah Khan Honorary Trustees Spanish language faculty Mr. Stuart Rosow and Ms. Amy Kuhn H.E. Mrs. Lyutha Al-Mughairy Karim Kuzbari '81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari H.E. Mrs. Sofia Borges Leadership Team Mr. Henk-Jan Brinkman and Ms. Carol Lutfy H.E. Mr. Harold Braun Ms. Jane Camblin The Margetts Family H.E. Mr. Sebastiano Cardi Ms. Shireen Appana The McElhinney Family H.E. Mr. Yasar Halit Çevik Mr. Jeremy Birk Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo d. Navarro H.E. Ms. Bénédicte Frankinet Dr. Topher Collier The Neve Family Mrs. Sylvia Howard Fuhrman Mr. Antoine Delaitre Michael Schubert and Maggi-Meg Reed 9 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith Judith Bassoul, '73 Robert E. Ford and Farha Aslam Nicholas and Helen Stephan Betsy and Paolo Bianco Michelle Fredj-Bertrand Magda Vakil and Nuno Cardoso Mr. Henk-Jan Brinkman and Ms. Carol Lutfy and Philippe L. Bertrand The Wijesekera Family Anne and Scott Budlong Leni Fuhrman, ‘66 and Charles DeFanti And (2) Anonymous Donors Hon. James Burke and Ms. Andrea Kmiotek Mrs. Sylvia Howard Fuhrman Jane and Roy Camblin Mr. Myles Gaythwaite and Ms. Atsuko Suzuki Staff Association Executive Committee Dr. John A. Carucci and Dr. Ingrid H. Olhoffer Mr. Joshua Goldfein and Ms. Yvonne Brown In alphabetical order John and Deborah Cavalier Ms. Caryn Groce, '90 Mr. Paul Aaron Mr. Tom Ceusters and Ms. Myra Riggs Michael and Nanette Guarda Mr. Juan I. De Rosa Richard and Sabine Chalmers Mr. Ben Hassett Mrs. Theresa Echevarria Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Chambadal Mr. Matthew Hebiton and Dr. Natalie Barnett Ms. Neda Esfan Mr. Victor Tzu-Ping Chao, '82 Ms. Laura Heffron Ms. Nadine Sébag Mr. Peter Cole Mr. Tom Horan and Ms. Kate Jacobs Ms. Patricia Smith Dr. Topher Collier and Mr. Christopher Reintz The Howard Bayne Fund Ms. Suzan Steinberg Mr. Alexander Cook, '84 Dr. Lidana Jalilvand and Mr. Saied Jalilvand And (3) Anonymous The Daneker Family Manjiree Jog and Viral Acharya Mr. Enrique Delgado and Ms. Maricruz Setien Drs. Braden Josephson and Sarah Church Leadership Donors ($1500 and above) Dr. and Mrs. Ronald P. DeMatteo Frank and Judy Keane In alphabetical order Erik and Patricia Detiger Mr. Muhtar Kent and Mrs. Defne Kent Anonymous (13) Dr. Christopher Dickey Pat and Dawn Kiernan Emmanuel Ago, '87 and Angela Tolosa and Ms. Claudia Wernick Philip and Nicole Kim H.E. Mrs. Lyutha Al-Mughairy Dr. Jeremy Dixon and Ms. Stella Song Will and Sarah King Mir Arif and Suki Kim The Dufour Family Mark Kopelman and Carla Mannino Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Averre Mr. Ignacio Fente and Ms. Cecilia Gonzalo Alex and Zina Kroner Frank and Nicole Azzopardi Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut Mr. Lamson Lam Franck and Vanessa Barrat Mr. Edmond T. FitzGerald and Mrs. Gretchen Mohr Lam The Bassili Family and Mrs. Jennifer K. Lynch 10 Mr. Campbell Langdon Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rodrigues Mr. Ken Cheng and Ms. Ursula Germann and Ms. C. Samantha Chen Mr. Stuart Rosow and Ms. Amy Kuhn The Gordon Family Mr. Alex Lee and Dr. Karen Weissman Drs. Jay T Rubinstein and Kathryn C Hall The Koiffman Family Ms. Janina Quint and Mr. David Leiber Mr. Kaivan Shakib Mr. and Mrs. William Rodrigue Nyama The Liberman Family and Ms. Celine Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Ian Rutherford Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Lichtman Mr. and Mrs. Waajid Siddiqui Aparna and Udai Tambar, '93 Dr. and Mrs. Peter Magaro Gavin and Louise Skinner Laurel and Peter West Ms. Lee H. Marshall, '85 Mr. Neil Smith, '81 and Ms. Margo A. Smith J1 Dr. M. John Matos Peter and Rachel Sorrentino Anonymous (3) and Dr. Carla Dersarkissian Mr. Marc S. Strachan The Annunziata Family John and Maria McEvoy, '83 and Ms. Almaz Estifanos Mr. Dehan Basnayake Dr. Agustin Melián and Dr. Jane Ko Oscar and Maaike Teunissen and Ms. Supriya Jagnanan Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiki Miura Anthony Shih and Yvonne Tsang H.E. Mr. Vijay Nambiar Craig and Elizabeth Tyndale Arvind and Nita Navaratnam Mr. and Ms. Piotr Uklanski The Neve Family Mr. Salvador Uy,'83 Dr. Weihong Ni and Dr. Jianming Sheng The Van Gaal Family Sean O'Brien and Elda Di Re Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt Ms. Alice Parekh Mr. Jun Hyung Yim and Ms. Hyea Won Kang Dipak and Hina Patel Dr. Marc Yland Minal and Sanjay Patel and Dr. Filoteia Noaghiul-Yland Mr. and Mrs. Eric Percher Dr. Fatima and Soofian Zuberi Dr. Anoop and Mrs. Sangeeta Prasad Mr. Omar Qaiser and Ms. Asyah Khan Queens Campus Current Parents Mr. Manu S. Rana, '88 and Ms. Lisa Henkoff In alphabetical order Mr. Shantanu Rana, '93 and Dr. Lina Rana JA Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Robinson, '92 Anonymous (1) 11 Oliver Chase and Rashmi Luthra Mr. Guang-Bin Zhou and Ms. Jin Di Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Echevarria J3 Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut Anonymous (3) Mr. James Hanneman and Mrs. Marina Ponti Mr. Nicola Baroncini and Ms. Nan-Oo Kyi Mr. Mamady Kourouma Oliver Chase and Rashmi Luthra and Mme. Bintou Toure Henri Dommel and Kamlita Reddy The Nandkisure Family Mr. James Hanneman and Mrs. Marina Mr. and Mrs. Gervais Ngyema Ponti Mr. Shantanu Rana, '93 and Dr. Lina Rana Mr. Peter Kauffmann and Ms. Kara Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Sukhbir Singh The Koiffman Family The Verma Family Mr. Jianjun Lyu The Was Family The Nahmias Family and Mrs. Alessandra- Giusepin Greceanu J2 Ms. Chloe Osborne Mr. Kevin Jones Anonymous (9) The Sharafi Family and Ms. Maritza Ollivierra-Jones Mr. Pascal Bijleveld Mr. Zun Tang and Ms. Niki Lee Mr. and Mrs. Radha G. Khatoria and Ms. Sophia Milosevic Bijleveld Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Young Mr. Bing Li and Ms. Zhaohua Zhang Dr. Alan D. Garely J4 The Mizukovski Family and Mrs. Adriana Krstic-Garely Anonymous (9) The Nandkisure Family Mr. Abdulla Gozalov Mr. Yazen Al-Saghiri and Mrs. Mona Bajbouj Dr. and Mrs. Peter K. Nelson and Mrs. Mariya Gozalova Mr. Pascal Bijleveld Mr. and Mrs. Sanjeev Palta The Hammer Family and Ms. Sophia Milosevic Bijleveld Mr. Bradley Siciliano Mr. Richard F. Ledee, Jr. Mr. Mohamed Chaynane and Mrs. Laura Evangelista and Mrs. Allison E. Karn and Ms. Naima Akesbi Mr. and Mrs. Ruchika Tyagi Anne C. Patin Mr. Ken Cheng and Ms. Ursula Germann Josh Weiss and Mariah Fredericks Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Ramanathan The Diyabanza Peterson Family M1 Mr. and Mrs. Balram Ramjit Henri Dommel and Kamlita Reddy Anonymous (9) The Sharafi Family Mr. Serban -Victor Greceanu Mr. Juan Altes and Ms. Maria Jose Alcaraz 12 As you read through our annual report, you will find many stories on what our students experienced last year, who they met and how they learned through their UNIS education. Whether it is students becoming active on issues like climate change or immigration, excelling in academics and athletics; each of these stories show why UNIS is a special place. UNIS Queens Makes International Waves in Math The excitement reverberating throughout the they're progressing, as well as how their UNIS Queens campus in late January was pal- peers are doing, and they race to become pable: "Did you hear?" One teacher asked an- first." When the 6th graders reached the other. "Yes, in the world! Our students," said top spot, nearly 5 million students world- another. The whispers, chattering, and yes, loud wide were participating in the compe- exclamations ringing in the usually quiet halls tition. The enthusiasm was catching, re- marked the importance of the accomplishment: members Selwanes. "The children would Sixth grade students in Nini Selwanes' scream and holler as the beat other op- math class had placed first in the nation and ponents. The celebration from them was second in the world in the global Mathletics simply beautiful!" competition. Not only is the online platform beneficial An award-winning online learning resource, for student learning, Selwanes has found, Mathletics offers students across the world it's also a way for her to easily keep track opportunities to interact with a digital and adap- of student retention and understanding. tive curriculum, as well as each other. "I'm able to see exactly where each stu- The ongoing challenges are designed as lessons dent is struggling, and provide additional and games for all levels of students from kin- help that's more targeted," she says. "That dergarten through high school. "The platform would be much more difficult in a typical assigns tasks that are linked to the concepts we class, where I may not know of any difficulties a great way to reach across borders and learn are currently learning in class," explains Sel- until the exam." from one another." wanes. The platform is also a great medium through After taking a break in February, students in the But perhaps most important for any math in- which to communicate with cultures from middle school resumed the competition back up struction: It's fun. "The children just love it!" around the world. "Math is of course a universal in March, and began defending their top title. says Selwanes. "They see their points and how language," Selwanes says, "and Mathletics is just

13 Tackling Issues of Migration, with Open Arms It all started with a UNIS grandma and grand- and magazine clippings, all depicting stories sketches of recognizable architecture in Syria, to pa. Living in Austria, they had seen first-hand covering the migration crisis. "The image of the help comfort those who had left," says Wulfman. the struggles of incoming refugees from Syria, children with their arms outstretched in a gesture The major lesson, however, delves deeper than and wanted to help. The link was their grand- of acceptance is just a beautiful metaphor," says an exercise in art. It's about empathy. "This cri- children, and her school, the Queens campus of Wulfman, "but that wasn't enough. I wanted the sis is difficult for adults to comprehend, let alone UNIS. Haley Wulfman, faculty art teacher, took project to resonate deeper, and reflect the visual children," says Wulfman. "But experiencing up the challenge. symbol of welcome as well as the material aspect things that are new and unknown is a universal- "The visual arts are a language we can use to of where these students come from." To date, 40 ly relatable theme. These images have the power connect with others, regardless of spoken lan- sketches have made their way across the Atlantic. to speak: It's the children's link to enact positive guage," she says. "Our students may be a world The Open Arms Project also has a crucial role change in the world, through messages of hope apart from the refugees struggling for a bet- to play in the students' art curriculum. "We've and relief." ter life in Europe, but through images we can been working on printmaking connect and communicate in a powerful way, and personal symbolism," says spreading messages of hope and welcoming." Wulfman. "The student s have Thus hatched the idea for the Open Arms been learning how symbols Project, an art program designed to provide an display identity, and they are so accepting environment and stories of belonging excited that their own symbols to refugees in Europe. The first pieces, designed now have an international by UNIS Queens fourth and sixth graders, were audience." In addition to sent to Austria, to be displayed on the walls of the personal markers on the refugee shelters. pieces, some students took to The two classes were instructed to create incorporating symbols refugees collages of themselves with open arms, as if would be familiar with, so as embracing the viewer. Then, to add another to create a sense of home and layer of meaning to the project, Wulfman asked belonging. the students to also incorporate newspaper "A few of the students included

14 Queens Track Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Anglesey Drs. Braden Josephson and Sarah Church The Annunziata Family Mr. and Mrs. Abdoul W. Kane and Field Success Dr. Satit Cheerasarn The Kaydin Family and Dr. Suganda Phalakornkul Alex and Zina Kroner On Thursday, May 26 the UNIS Queens Girls Leslie and Fabrizio Di Mitri Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Track and field team won the AIPSL Mr. and Mrs. Maznoon Elahi The Nahmias Family Championship meet with a total of 70 points, Dr. Alan D. Garely The Ngai Family with 10 schools competing.This is the first ever and Mrs. Adriana Krstic-Garely Mr. and Mrs. Gervais Ngyema track championship for the school! We are very Dr. Mahfujul Hasan Steven Plust and Liz Haberkorn proud of all the girls, as it was a great team ef- and Dr. Barnali S. Hasan Mr. Da-Hong Seetoo fort.Outstanding performances by Rea K. with Dr. Tunde Igaz and Mr. Gyorgy Meszaros and Dr. Margaret Chen-Seetoo 4 gold medals (100m, 200m, 4x100 & 4x400), Dr. Monique Jethwani The Was Family Alexi D. 2 gold medals, and Victoria W. 2 gold Mr. Peter Kauffmann and Ms. Kara Hughes Laurel and Peter West medals. Mr. Richard F. Ledee, Jr. M3 and Mrs. Allison E. Karn Anonymous (4) Dr. and Mrs. Peter Magaro Mark and Elfriede Abramson Mr. and Mrs. Rajesh Wadia Mr. Zviad Ashvil and Ms. Eva Canaan Hidekuni and Laura Yoshida Mr. Pascal Bijleveld Ms. Aifang Zuo and Ms. Sophia Milosevic Bijleveld M2 Mr. Rabindranath and Mrs. Suchismita Chatterjee Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. Sanjeev Palta Paul and Micheline Beaudry Anne C. Patin Mr. and Mrs. Abdoul W. Drabo The Diyabanza Peterson Family Ms. Deena Ellis Emer Herity and Andrew Radford Osnat and Alain Fetaya Mr. and Mrs. Balram Ramjit Mr. and Mrs. Steven Fruman David Smith and Lora Chang The Hammer Family Anthony Shih and Yvonne Tsang 15 The Fuchs-Varela Family Mr. and Ms. Dallin Fuchs Andrew MacNamara and Lisa Lee Lum Hidekuni and Laura Yoshida Mr. Alberto Garcia and Ms. Prado Nieto Ken P. Mak and Heakyung Chung M4 Michael and Nanette Guarda Mr. David Manela and Mrs. Jill van Berg Anonymous (6) Mr. Ben Hassett M. John Matos and Carla Dersarkissian Dr. Mahfujul Hasan and Dr. Banali S. Hasan Ms. Tina Imm Dr. Mohammad Reza Mohammadinia Demetrios and Olga Mihailidis Ms. Nana Taona Kuo and Ms. Tehmina Akhtar Mr. Da-Hong Seetoo and and Mr. Kieran Gorman-Best Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Neely Dr. Margaret Chen-Seetoo Steven Kang and Suzy Taekyung Kim The Pagan Family The Singer Family Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Kim The Petersen Family The Werther Family Mr. Lamson Lam and Mrs. Gretchen Mohr Lam Mr. Michael Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Wyleczuk Mr. Chungwon Lee and Mrs. Heuikyeong Jeon and Mrs. Kristi Schwindt Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Tie Jun Zhang Mr. David Lefer and Dr. Yvonne Lui Ms. Naila Roberts Dr. Anne Lhuillier Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rodrigues Manhattan Campus Current Parents In alphabetical order JA Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. Sebastien Baud Bobby Berna and Alison Qualter-Berna Tiffany and Paul Boydell Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Casado The Cathro Family Mr. and Mrs. Philipp Charwath Mr. and Mrs. Takashi Chino Mr. and Mrs. Michael Clark The de Dreuzy Family Mr. and Mrs. Travis Fleming 16 Dr. Stefan Równy Mr. Ignacio Fente and Ms. Cecilia Gonzalo The Knyphausen -Svensson Family The Shakdher Family Mr. Mario Giretti and Mrs. Rosangela Adamo Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Te Amo Mr. Kaivan Shakib and Ms. Celine Armstrong Mr. James Hanneman and Mrs. Marina Ponti Jeff and Dina Traugot Harsimran and Jasmeet Singh The Jacob Family Mr. Marc van Eijck and Dr. Jo-Ann van Eijck Nicholas and Helen Stephan Mr. and Mrs. Cheolsoon Jang Mr. Yan Vizinberg and Ms. Abigail Honor The Storaci Family Geraint Paul Jones and Valeria Carou Jones Mr. Thomas Werther and Ms. Suzan Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Andres Torres Mr. Andrew Kalashnik and Ms. Irina Ivleva Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Zarra Matthew and Giselle Wyckoff The Serrano - Klareskov Family J2 The Yohai Family Mr. and Mrs. Yoshimi Kono Anonymous (12) The Yokota Family Dorian Lacombe and Estibaliz Rodriguez-Garcia Mr. Paul A. Aaron, Sr. The Zhou Family Mr. Hua Li and Ms. Haoyi Chen Mr. and Mrs. Ali Agha The Zivanovic Family Mr. and Mrs. Xuesong Ma Emmanuel Ago, '87 and Angela Tolosa J1 Jaideep and Priya Malhotra Mr. and Mrs. Raja J. Akram Anonymous (17) Mr. and Mrs. Takashi Mashiko Mr. and Mrs. Ludovic Augendre Mr. Adel Abdellatif and Ms. Patricia Chaves Mr. Paolo Mastrolilli and Dr. Flavia Piazza Sami Badawi and Jennifer Wolfe Mr. Ahmad Al-Kudmani The McElhinney Family Dr. and Mrs. Olivier Bangerter and Dr. Nadya Alfaraidy Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo d. Navarro Mr. Gregory Batista and Ms. Hilary Stockton Frank and Nicole Azzopardi Mr. Tom Moore and Ms. Nuha Ansari The Butanavicius Family Mr. Dehan Basnayake The Ojeda Family Dr. and Mrs. D. Chamla and Ms. Supriya Jagnanan Dr. and Mrs. Markus Pallek Mr. and Mrs. Takashi Chino Andrew J. Brust, '84 The Pegas Family Mr. Scott Edgerton Mr. Tom Ceusters and Ms. Myra Riggs Mr. Omar Qaiser and Ms. Asyah Khan Elissa Edgerton Black Fungyin and Douglas Chen The Rocha Family Mr. Vallejo Gantner and Ms. Lucy Taylor Mr. Enrique Delgado and Ms. Maricruz Setien Mr. Jonathan Rosen and Ms. Kim Novick Mr. Alberto Garcia and Ms. Prado Nieto Dr. Jeremy Dixon and Ms. Stella Song Mr. Nishant Saxena and Ms. Sahebba Sabherwal Elizabeth and Jeffrey Hafter The Earls Family The Borges and Strohmeyer Family Mr. Ian K. Hochman Mr. and Mrs. Jonas M. Englund Rachel and Shuhrat Sulaymanov and Dr. Katherine A. Hochman 17 The Ishii Family Mr. Georges van Montfort Dr. and Mrs. Mark Lipkind Geraint Paul Jones and Valeria Carou Jones and Mrs. Hilda van der Veen The McElhinney Family Ms. Kathryn Kallison The Wijesekera Family Dr. and Mrs. Scott Nadel Mr. Nuri Kazakci and Ms. Sibel Selcuk Mr. Zal Dabhoiwala and Ms. Dilshad Marolia Mr. Gereltogtokh Natsagdorj Dr. David Kopman and Dr. Maria Castillo The Zivanovic Family and Ms. Batdolgor Chuluun The Lang Family Dr. Fatima and Soofian Zuberi Dr. and Mrs. Christian Nell Mr. Richard F. Ledee, Jr. and Mrs. Allison E. Karn J3 Josefine Svanberg Petersen Mr. Huanyu Liu and Ms. Hong Xiao Anonymous (22) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rodrigues The Marquez-Miles Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Abbott Nicholas and Helen Stephan M. John Matos and Carla Dersarkissian Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Averre Rachel and Shuhrat Sulaymanov The Moraga Family The Backbier Family Izabele Sunelaityte Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Naab The Behar Family Mr. Luigi Tedesco and Ms. Nicola Jackson Ms. Alice Parekh The Bendezu Rios Family Oscar and Maaike Teunissen Mr. and Mrs. Eric Percher Mrs. Crystal Blee The Vardanyan Family Andreas Ruckriegel and Raquel Wexler Tiffany and Paul Boydell Mr. Santiago Villalpando Mr. Robert Schwalger Andrew J. Brust, '84 and Ms. Marina Silberman and H.E. Mrs. Carolyn Schwalger John and Deborah Cavalier Mr. Michiel Vos The Schwesinger Family Ana Leah Dokianos and Ms. George and Seiko Shih Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dorelus Mr. Jurriaan Veth Gavin and Louise Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Liam Drumgoole and Ms. Mika Murakami Mr. Cheong Wah So and Ms. Wendy Lau Mr. and Mrs. David Fann The Wixon Family The Straus Family Mr. James Hanneman and Mrs. Marina Ponti Matthew and Giselle Wyckoff Ms. Erin Threlfall Mr. and Mrs. Masahiko Hata Hayato and Mari Yamaguchi Craig and Elizabeth Tyndale Mr. and Mrs. Cheolsoon Jang J4 Mr. David Valente Manjiree Jog and Viral Acharya Anonymous (16) and Mrs. Laetitia Borsu-Valente The Krüger-Klausen Family Mr. Ahmad Al-Kudmani Dr. Anne Lhuillier and Dr. Nadya Alfaraidy 18 Ms. Clorinda Cecilia Anicama Campos Mr. Hua Li and Ms. Haoyi Chen Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Averre Ken P. Mak and Heakyung Chung Dr. Genevieve M. Begkoyian Jaideep and Priya Malhotra Betsy and Paolo Bianco Dr. Agustin Melián and Dr. Jane Ko The Butanavicius Family Ms. Ann Morning, '86 The Doucet Family The Mourlot Family Mr. Ignacio Fente Mr. Jean-Victor Nkolo and Ms. Cecilia Gonzalo and Mrs. Jacqueline Rodin-Nkolo The Gazze and Gorisek Family Ms. Masumi Ono David and Sheila Gersten The O'Reilly Family Mr. Joshua Goldfein and Ms. Yvonne Brown The Pagan Family The Gray Family Mr. Bruce W. Park and Ms. Seungwan Lee Mr. James Greene and Ms. Jeannie Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Rick Puglisi Mr. Michiel Vos and Ms. Alexandra Pelosi Mr. Cyril D. Guerin and Ms. Paola Matarazzo The Purchese Family Mr. and Mrs. Weijiang Yu Deirdre and M. Dominic Gurney Mr. Omar Qaiser and Ms. Asyah Khan M1 Mr. Ian K. Hochman The Rocha Family Anonymous (10) and Dr. Katherine A. Hochman Andreas Ruckriegel and Raquel Wexler Mr. and Mrs. Ali Agha Hiroyuki and Mika Hattori The Taula Family Frank and Nicole Azzopardi Chulho and Ann Hyun Ms. Kirstie Thompson The Backbier Family Ms. Maria Kantamigu Mr. Douglas Tyler and Ms. Rie Kadota Michael and Ragna Bell Philip and Nicole Kim Craig and Elizabeth Tyndale The Benn and Gruszow Family Will and Sarah King Mr. and Mrs. Piotr Uklanski Bobby Berna and Alison Qualter-Berna The Labaune Family The Van Gaal Family Andrew J. Brust, '84 Mr. Campbell Langdon Mr. Georges van Montfort Fungyin and Douglas Chen and Ms. C. Samantha Chen and Mrs. Hilda van der Veen Erik and Patricia Detiger Katell Le Goulven and Matthew Schaefer Mr. Predrag Vasic and Ms. Jasmina Petricic The Din Family Ms. Alissa Levin Mr. Yan Vizinberg and Ms. Abigail Honor 19 Mr. John Duff The Talapessy Family and Ms. Christine Paterakis Mr. Norio Tomita and Mrs. Reina Tomita Mr. Scott Edgerton Mr. Jurriaan Veth and Ms. Mika Murakami Elissa Edgerton Black The Zietek Trondowski Family Mr. Edmond T. FitzGerald Mr. Thomas Werther and Ms. Suzan Steinberg and Mrs. Jennifer K. Lynch Mr. Stephen Wright and Ms. Nicole Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Masahiko Hata Mr. Haoliang Xu and Ms. Lei Zong The Ikli Family Dr. Marc Yland and Dr. Filoteia Noaghiul-Yland Frank and Judy Keane M2 The A. Kim Family Anonymous (16) The Lang Family Mr. Adel Abdellatif and Ms. Patricia Chaves Mr. Richard F. Ledee, Jr. and Mrs. Allison E. Karn Susi Belli and Adrian Alexander Mr. Bing Li and Ms. Zhaohua Zhang The Barton Family Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Haimo The Liberman Family The Bassili Family Mr. Matthew Hebiton The Margetts Family Betsy and Paolo Bianco and Dr. Natalie Barnett The McElhinney Family Mr. Blaine Bortnick and Ms. Andica Kunst Mr. Ian K. Hochman Dr. Thomas Meola and Ms. Judy Kang Anne and Scott Budlong and Dr. Katherine A. Hochman The Mizrahi Family Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Casado Mr. and Mrs. Abdoul W. Kane Mr. Shantanu Mukherjee and Ms. Shipra Das The Daneker Family Pat and Dawn Kiernan Gentaro Nakamura and Susan Henschel Dr. Christopher Dickey and Ms. Claudia Wernick Brian Lifsec and Marcella Rosen The Ortega Velásquez Family Mr. Anthony Drazan and Ms. Naomi Shohan The Loschky Gonzalez Family Mario and Suzanne Riva Mr. Mohamed Elnagar and Ms. Sharifa El-Okdah John and Maria McEvoy, '83 Mr. Geoffrey W. Rodkey and Ms. Dafna Sarnoff Mr. and Mrs. Nikolai Fraiture Ms. Arikha C. Moses, Ph.D. Mr. Yasser Sabra and Ms. Fatemeh Ziai Mr. Zhikai Gao and Ms. Yuhong Geng Dr. and Mrs. Christian Nell Gavin and Louise Skinner Mr. James Greene Mr. and Mrs. Rick Puglisi Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sole and Ms. Jeannie Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Sawardekar Peter and Rachel Sorrentino Deirdre and M. Dominic Gurney Mr. and Mrs. Waajid Siddiqui 20 Mr. Paul Sisson and Mrs. Katie Allen Ms. Maria Kantamigu Jeff and Dina Traugot Mr. and Mrs. Jared Smith Will and Sarah King Mr. Santiago Villalpando The Taheraly Family Karim Kuzbari '81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari and Ms. Marina Silberman Oscar and Maaike Teunissen Mr. Alex Lee and Dr. Karen Weissman Hayato and Mari Yamaguchi Mr. Roger Ullman and Ms. Renata Schiavo Dr. Agustin Melián and Dr. Jane Ko Dr. Marc Yland and Dr. Filoteia Noaghiul-Yland Dr. Hiroyuki Watanabe and Dr. Catarina Hioe Dr. Thomas Meola and Ms. Judy Kang M4 Daniel Wolfenzon and Rosa Comella Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiki Miura Anonymous (10) Mr. Guanglian Xie and Ms. Li Zou The Mizrahi Family Mr. Paul A. Aaron, Sr. Mr. Jun Hyung Yim and Ms. Hyea Won Kang Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo d. Navarro Ms. Marianne Amssoms M3 Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Naab Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bardouil Anonymous (12) The O'Reilly Family The Benn and Gruszow Family Mr. and Mrs. Ali Agha The Ortega Velásquez Family Mr. Blaine Bortnick and Ms. Andica Kunst The Suarez-Ameen Family Mr. Wesley Padasak and Ms. Gina Casella Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Blau The Amor's Family Dipak and Hina Patel Mr. Zviad Ashvil and Ms. Eva Canaan Dr. and Mrs. Markus Pallek Magda Vakil and Nuno Cardoso Dr. Anoop and Mrs. Sangeeta Prasad Drs. Ingrid H. Olhoffer and John Carucci Ms. Janina Quint and Mr. David Leiber The Doucet Family Mario and Suzanne Riva Mr. and Mrs. Elisaia Ms. Alice Ryckmans Clinton B. Fisher and Aviva Gerson Astrid and Michael Ryan David and Sheila Gersten Katell Le Goulven Ms. Pouran Ghaffarpour and Matthew Schaefer Mr. Joshua Goldfein and Ms. Yvonne Brown Mr. and Mrs. Mohammed Sherif Dr. and Mrs. Mark Lipkind Mr. and Mrs. Waajid Siddiqui Carl Haacke and Anna Wadia Stef Stevens and Maaike Arts Elizabeth and Jeffrey Hafter Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tancredi Chulho and Ann Hyun The Taula Family 21 The A. Kim Family Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Chambadal Mr. and Mrs. Olav Kjørven Mr. Enrique Delgado and Ms. Maricruz Setien The Labaune Family Mr. and Mrs. Liam Drumgoole Douglas and Yasemin Levine Peter and Julia Due Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Lichtman Mr. and Mrs. Elisaia The Durstine/Lipkind Family Mr. and Mrs. Neelamagam K. Eswaran The Mourlot Family Fabrizio Ferri and Micaela Giovannotti Gentaro Nakamura and Susan Henschel Ms. Juliet Fleming Ms. Masumi Ono Robert E. Ford and Farha Aslam Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pearson Michelle Fredj-Bertrand and Philippe L. Bertrand Lisa and Ian Plimsoll Monica Lawless and Scott Fuller Mr. Marc Powell and Ms. Caroline Dufresneago Chhaya and Dushyant Joshi Peter and Jozelyn Davis Mr. Geoffrey W. Rodkey and Ms. Dafna Sarnoff Mr. Bing Li and Ms. Zhaohua Zhang Erik and Patricia Detiger Mr. Eric A. Stone Ms. Aleksandra Markovic, '89 The Dickinson Family and Mrs. Marianna Vaidman Stone Dr. and Mrs. Indrakumaran A. Naidoo The Dicovskiy Family Mr. Salvador Uy, '83 The Ngai Family Mr. John Duff and Ms. Christine Paterakis Daniel Wolfenzon and Rosa Comella Dr. Weihong Ni and Dr. Jianming Sheng The Dwivedi Family T1 Minal and Sanjay Patel Mr. David E. Evans Anonymous (7) Mr. and Mrs. Vipul Patel and Ms. Jennifer Branche Mr. and Mrs. Marcello Arona Mr. and Mrs. Shankar Pawar Mr. Edmond T. FitzGerald The Asbury-Smith Family Dr. Anoop and Mrs. Sangeeta Prasad and Mrs. Jennifer K. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Lin Bai The Purchese Family Michael and Nanette Guarda Franck and Vanessa Barrat Mr. and Mrs. Balram Ramjit Mr. Roderick Kalberer Mr. Michael Bassman and Ms. Kim Cummings Mr. Carol Razafindrakoto and Ms. Elizabeth Maguire The Boie Family and Mrs. Hantamalala Rafalimanana Pat and Dawn Kiernan Mr. Henk-Jan Brinkman and Ms. Carol Lutfy Adam and DeAnnie Reeder Philip and Nicole Kim Hon. James Burke and Ms. Andrea Kmiotek Dr. Nicholas Schiff and Ms. Michelle Giuliano 22 Justice Breyer Offers Insights to UNIS 5th Graders It was quite a small space for such a high the small crowd and took his seat just before it, rather than elected ("Would you want someone profile guest, but the intimacy only heightened pushing the mic aside. His talk began simply to determine your fate based on popularity?" he the gravity of the moment. enough: "Do you ever get into an argument with reasoned.) "We're finally going to know what it's like!" your siblings, or with your parents?" he asked, Justice Breyer's parting message left the students exclaimed fifth grader Zakiyah N. "I want to to dozens of nodding heads and raised hands in with a bit of intrigue: Asked if he was current- know if he was ever nervous," chimed in her confirmation. "Now, most of the time, we find an ly working on any cases, he responded with neighbor Emma B. Seated cross-legged and agreement, but what happens if we can't?" "You a smile, "Absolutely, but I have to keep those squirming in anticipation, roughly 100 students go to court!" the chorus rang. a secret." Wondered conversations broke out packed into the Middle School lounge in March From there, Justice Breyer went on to describe the amongst the crowd, as the venerable interpreter 2016, waiting to participate in a possibly once- U.S. appellate system, questions of law, and the of the law took his leave. in-a-lifetime opportunity with a United States Justice confirmation process. On this Supreme Court judge. last point, he reached into his breast "We were looking at what it means to be pocket and pulled out a small and thor- courageous," says the event organizer and oughly-weathered copy of the U.S. Con- faculty member Marcella Rosen, referring to stitution—a "good little document," as her teachings on the civil rights movement and he described. "Everything we need to how change has been historically enacted in know about the nomination and con- this country. "That means going through major firmation process is right in here, and Supreme Court cases like Plessy v Ferguson and that's the only opinion I need," he said, Brown v Board of Education. It was a perfect sidestepping a student's question that time for Justice Breyer to come and speak to has become our students about their importance." It also rather politicized in recent weeks. helps that he has two grandchildren at UNIS. For the next 30 minutes, Justice Flanked by his two U.S. Marshalls (a real treat Breyer took questions from the group, for the students, who are inspired by their and touched on the more philosophi- bravery and service), the Justice moved through cal debate of why justices are appointed

23 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith Dr. and Mrs. Peter K. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Abdoul W. Kane David Smith and Lora Chang The Neve Family Mr. and Mrs. Olav Kjørven Mr. and Mrs. Jared Smith Sean O'Brien and Elda Di Re Douglas and Yasemin Levine Catherine and Tongchol Son Mr. and Mrs. Joâo A. Penido Mr. and Mrs. Christian F. Mahr The Taheraly Family Lisa and Ian Plimsoll Brian Lifsec and Marcella Rosen Oscar and Maaike Teunissen Ms. Janina Quint and Mr. David Leiber Ms. Aleksandra Markovic, '89 The Vardanyan Family Dr. Kirsten Swinth and Mr. Jocelyn Mason Dr. and Mrs. Peter K. Nelson Mr. Alex H. Wang and Dr. Lijin Liang Mr. Salvador Uy, '83 The Origuchi Family The Wijesekera Family The Fuchs-Varela Family The Presutti Family T2 Mr. Predrag Vasic and Ms. Jasmina Petricigormer The Purchese Family Anonymous (11) The Wijesekera Family Mr. Stuart Rosow and Ms. Amy Kuhn The Benn and Gruszow Family Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Zwerling Astrid and Michael Ryan Magda Vakil and Nuno Cardoso T3 Ms. Alice Ryckmans Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cargan Anonymous (6) Richard and Sabine Chalmers Mir Arif and Suki Kim Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Chambadal The Behar Family Erik and Patricia Detiger Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Blau Mrs. Julia Ferguson The Caruso Family Mr. Zhikai Gao and Ms. Yuhong Geng Antonie de Jong and Leslie Wade Mr. and Mrs. Masahiko Hata Dr. and Mrs. Ronald P. DeMatteo The Ikli Family The Dicovskiy Family Mr. Tom Horan and Ms. Kate Jacobs JoAnn Difede and Leslie Plaskon The Kejriwal Family Roger Duffy and Heidi Olson Mark Kopelman and Carla Mannino Guenther and Takelu Gross The Lin Family Frankie Lynn Harvey and Steven Buchman The Nakamitsu- Lennartsson Family Mr. and Mrs. Hideki Hayashihara Mr. and Mrs. Peter Neidecker Jea Young Huh and Young Hee Lim 24 Professor and Mrs. Virgilio Sacchini E. Spehar Michael Schubert and Maggi-Meg Reed Mr. Marc S. Strachan and Ms. Almaz Estifanos Michael and Karen Simon The Taheraly Family Mitchell Stein and Jennifer Krueger Stef Stevens and Maaike Arts Grandparents The Taula Family Mrs. Margaret J. Batista Ms. Amira Thoron Dr. Elizabeth Sackler and Mr. Will Harcourt-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwesinger Mr. Calin Tulpan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steinberg The Turner Family Mr. Roger Ullman and Ms. Renata Schiavo Faculty & Staff Mr. Robert Weingrad and Mrs. Nadine Sébag Anonymous (14) Mr. Guanglian Xie and Ms. Li Zou Mr. Paul A. Aaron, Sr. Jane and Roy Camblin T4 Ms. Karen A. Ager Mr. and Ms. Thiago Carvalho Anonymous (3) Mrs. Anne Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Casado Mrs. Susan Allbert and Mr. Michele Scaggiante Mr. Juan Altes and Ms. Maria Jose Alcaraz Mr. Bassem Charaoui '96 and Ms. Nancy Ibrahim Hon. James Burke and Ms. Andrea Kmiotek Ms. Mary Andrews Ms. Naomi Choodnovskiy Gilles Depardon and Kathryn Ogawa The Annunziata Family Dr. Topher Collier and Mr. Christopher Reintz Mr. Herbert Doyle and Mrs. Delia Arellano-Doyle Ms. Shireen Appana Ms. Anna Curatola Clinton B. Fisher and Aviva Gerson The Amor's Family Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Davison Dr. George L. Foltin and Dr. Jessica C. Foltin The Backbier Family Ms. Kiara Downey Ms. Judith Gross Mr. Zakaria Baha Mr. Herbert Doyle and Mrs. Delia Arellano-Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hassall The Barton Family Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Echevarria Mr. Michael Ibach and Ms. Sharmini Blok Michelle Fredj-Bertrand Mr. Mohamed Elnagar and Ms. Sharifa El-Okdah The Liberman Family and Philippe L. Bertrand, '84 & '83 Ms. Susan Enzer Minal and Sanjay Patel Ms. Claire Bourne Ms. Chrysanthi Fairchild The Ratmansky Family Kimxuan-Huynh Brezinsky Mr. Chad Fairey 25 Mr. Joseph Fasanello Ms. Paula Marra Ms. Carmen Rubio-Dominguez Patricia Flavin The Mourlot Family Mrs. Michele Sacharow Ms. Luz Maria Garcelon Ms. Phyllis Murray Mrs. Stefania Scotti Joy Garland Mr. John Nichols Ms. Angela Smith Mr. Richard Goldsmith and Mrs. Yari Bond Mrs. Caroline O'Neil Ms. Patricia Smith Ms. Leslie Gross Mr. Wesley Padasak and Ms. Gina Casella Mr. and Mrs. Jared Smith Ranu and Patricia Harding Mr. Martin Pardey Catherine and Tongchol Son Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hassall Ms. Pooja Patel Mr. Marc S. Strachan and Ms. Almaz Estifanos Ms. Laura Heffron Ms. Ligeia Perticone Ms. Vera Tatel, '00 Dr. Judith Honor and Mr. Ronald Kahn Mercy Rodriguez Ms. Sojourna Thompson Ms. Tiffany Hooper Mr. and Mrs Stephen Roache Erin Threlfall The Ikli Family Nader Rofagha and Neda Esfan Ms. Fotima Tukhtaeva Dr. Lidana Jalilvand and Mr. Saied Jalilvand Dr. Judith Honor and Mr. Ronald Kahn Ms. Diana Kearns Ms. Marissa Kane Douglas and Barbara Kennedy Dr. Ida Kummer and Dr. Bart Kummer Mr. and Mrs. Gray Kunz Maggie Lacsny-Jones and Herbert Lacsny Mr. Francois Le Bec Mrs. Michele Lessa Ms. Danielle Lewis Brian Lifsec and Marcella Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Mark Lipkind Honorable Frank Maas and Sidney Maas Ms. Deb MacRae 26 UNIS Students Take Center Stage at Paris Agreement Signing

Deep inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall, the students would witness the historic signing of the major climate proposal agreed upon by much of the world last November in Paris.

It was Friday morning, April 22, and the lobby of UNIS was already bustling—business as usual—except that it wasn't quite typical. Just 6:30 a.m., nearly 200 fifth and sixth graders squealed in excitement as they pulled on light blue t-shirts and scrambled to get into lines. "Your Promise, Our Future," read the message emblazoned on the back, and with little fanfare, they all departed the school, and in the early daylight made their way to 46th Street and 1st Avenue.

27 The Turner Family Mr. John Chang, '73 Ms. Nathalie Blachere, '86 Mr. Salvador Uy, '83 Ms. Maria Luisa Chavez, '71 Mr. Andrew J. Brust, '84 Mr. Pascal Vallet Mr. Philip Corradini, '73 Dr. Luis Centenera, '87 and Family Ms. Gina Voskov Ms. Frances Demoulin, '74 Mr. Christopher Chang, '83 Ms. Louise Wales Ms. Leslie Dornfeld, '75 Mr. Victor Tzu-Ping Chao, '82 Mr. Robert Weingrad and Mrs. Nadine Sébag Mr. Jay Friedkin, '75 Mr. Alexander Cook, '84 Mr. Thomas Werther and Ms. Suzan Steinberg Dr. Gerri Jones-Budd, '79 Mr. Milton Desillas, '81 Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Young Mrs. Defne Kent, '73 Mr. Drew Deutsch, '88 Ms. Robin E. Lawford, '79 Dr. Claudio Dicovskiy, '80 Alumni Ms. Karen Lee, '75 and Dr. Marcela Dicovskiy 1960's Dr. Daniel A. Leonard, '73 Kate Elliott, '81 Ms. Cathy Dorman, '66 Mr. James M. Mayer, '75 Mr. Matisse Enzer, '80 and Mr. John Frizell, '68 Ms. Kathy Pelles, '75 Ms. Kirsten Beuthin Leni Fuhrman, ‘66 and Charles DeFanti Mr. Eric S. Pollyea, '70 The Grodzins Fund Drs. Jay T Rubinstein, '77 and Kathryn C Hall Ms. Margaret Lerner, '66 Mr. Bruce Schackman, '76 Ms. Luz Gonzalez-Salcedo, '69 Mr. Josh Schimel, '75 Ms. Amy C. Wang, '68 Mrs. Silvia Castro Shannon, '71 1970's Ms. Analisa Therrien, '79 Anonymous (3) Mr. William Weinbaum, '78 Ms. Judith Bassoul, '73 Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, '74 Mr. Craig Beardsley, '78 1980's Ms. Bunny Benenson, '76 Anonymous (6) Mr. Peter E. Bock, '76 Mr. Philippe Adam, '88 and Ms. Keiko Sudani and Ms. Marilyn Neugebauer Emmanuel Ago, '87 and Angela Tolosa Ms. Katherine Burton, '75 Vairam Alagappan, '80 Mr. Xavier Cabanne, '78 Mr. Varun Bedi, '82 28 Rachel Marcus-Farrell, '81 Mr. Ian Fox, '86 Michelle Fredj-Bertrand, '84 and Philippe L. Bertrand, '83 Mr. Timur Friedman, '82 Nancy Super Gaba, MD, '83 and Michael M. Gaba Mr. Joshua Gold, '85 Carl Haacke, '87 and Anna Wadia Karim Kuzbari, '81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari Ms. Aleksandra Markovic, '89 Ms. Lee H. Marshall, '85 1990's Ms. Caryn Groce, '90 Mr. Daniel McElhinney Anonymous (1) Ms. Sonia O. Jairath, '92 and Ms. Michelle Gieri, '88 Mr. Ali Agha and Mrs. Asma F. Agha, '93 Ms. Anna E. Koslin, '94 John and Maria McEvoy, '83 Mr. Solon Barocas, '99 Ms. Uttara P. Marti, '99 Elizabeth Ngonzi, '88 Ms. Diana Becker, '94 Joslyn E. Meier, '97 Ms. Lisa Henkoff and Mr. Manu S. Rana, '88 Mr. Alexander Borisoff, '94 Mr. Shantanu Rana, '93 and Dr. Lina Rana Ms. Kumi Sato, '80 and Dr. Melanie Borisoff Mr. Shawn F. Robinson, '92 Mr. Rajeev Singh-Molares, '81 Dr. Gerri Budd, '79 and Mrs. Sandra Robinson Mr. Neil Smith, '81 and Ms. Margo A. Smith Mr. Bassem Charaoui, '96 Solade Rowe, '90 Mr. Sabir H. Taheraly, '88 and Ms. Nancy Ibrahim Nicholas Saunders, '97 and Mrs. Farida Taheraly Ms. Nicole V. Cramer, '98 Ms. Anna Sinelnikova, '96 Ms. Ann Morning, '86 Anoush d'Orville, '99 Aparna and Udai Tambar'93 Mr. Salvador Uy, '83 Mr. Eric Deinoff, '98 Gillian Todd, '93 Bernadette Uy-Santangelo, '84 Mrs. Begum Dinlenc, '90 Mr. Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, '97 Almaz Zelleke, '81 and Clay Shirky Ms. Liane Fisher, '96 Ms. Christina Gentile, '92 29 2000's Mrs. Sylvia Howard Fuhrman Mr. Philip Kazlowski and Ms. Patricia Finn Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Garduno Douglas and Barbara Kennedy Ms. Anna Friedberg, '00 Ms. Stephanie Gelb Ms. Kathryn King Mr. Jimmy Kunz, '07 Peter N. Greenwald and Nancy Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Gray Kunz Ms. Julie Kunz Peele, '04 Ms. Judith Gross Maggie Lacsny-Jones and Herbert Lacsny Arvind Navaratnam, '00 and Nita Navaratnam Mr. Mark Lenczowski and Ms. Britton Guerrina Mr. Richard F. Ledee, Jr. and Mrs. Allison E. Karn Mr. Nicholas Rofagha, '10 Ranu and Patricia Harding Mrs. Michele Lessa Ms. Aditi T. Sundaram, '14 Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hassall Honorable Frank Maas and Sidney Maas Ms. Vera Tatel, '00 Mr. Michael Ibach and Ms. Sharmini Blok Dr. Maureen A. Nash Elizabeth Varughese, '09 Dr. Lidana Jalilvand and Mr. Saied Jalilvand Don Nathan and Katharine King Mr. Amir Jamshed and Mrs. Virna Jamshed '83 H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Joon Oh Parents of Alumni Dr. Judith Honor and Mr. Ronald Kahn Lisa Denby and Ron Orland Anonymous(4) Mrs. Anne Alexander The Bachman Family The Balsmeyer Everett Family Mr. Henk-Jan Brinkman and Ms. Carol Lutfy Ms. Simonetta Ciottoli Mr. Henry Chan and Mrs. Elizabeth Lou Gilles Depardon and Kathryn Ogawa Mr. and Mrs. J. di Domenico Mrs. Begum Dinlenc Mr. Herbert Doyle and Mrs. Delia Arellano-Doyle Mrs. Susan Enzer Defne Erginler, '87 Ms. Carolee Fauth-Brooks Dr. George L. Foltin and Dr. Jessica C. Foltin 30 The Howard Bayne Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ali Agha Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Ragin, Jr. The Ratmansky Family In Honor Mr. and Mrs. Alessandro R. Repola In Honor of Dr. Alice-Ann Winner Nader Rofagha and Neda Esfan Dr. Luis Centenera and Ms. Mona T. Berland Mrs. Gail R. Gremse and Mr. David S. Rose In Honor of Mrs. Lea Ribeiro Mrs. Michele Sacharow Dr. Luis Centenera and Ms. Mona T. Berland Mr. Fernando S. Sanchez and Ms. Sandi DiMola In Honor of Ms. Maureen Overall Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simmons Mr. Ranu Harding and Mrs. Patricia Harding E. Spehar Honorable Frank Maas and Sidney Maas Mr. Marc S. Strachan and Ms. Almaz Estifanos In Honor of Mrs. Teresita Centenera Mr. and Mrs. Marti Subrahmanyam Dr. Luis Centenera, '87 and Family M. and Mme. Roland Süle In Honor of Ms. Sharon Tan In Honor of Mrs. Nini B. Selwanes Mr. Rangarajan K. Sundaram Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Chalmers Anonymous Mrs. Vasundara Varadhan and Mr. Srinivasa Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Conceiçào Ms. Juliet Fleming Varadhan In Honor of Mr. Rangarajan K. Sundaram In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Sylvester Rowe Ms. Elaine F. Yaniv Aditi T. Sundaram, '14 Solade Rowe, '90 In Honor of Ms. Smita Narula In Honor of Mr. Andreas Robbins Friends Mr. Matthew Hebiton and Dr. Natalie Barnett Ms. Maria Luisa Chavez, '71 Anonymous In Honor of Mrs. Sylvia Gordon In Honor of Margo McClung Mr. Eric Colin Bryant Anonymous Dr. Luis Centenera and Ms. Mona T. Berland Ms. Victoria Camblin Ms. Joy Garland Mr. Peter Cole Drs. Jay T Rubinstein, '77 and Kathryn C Hall In Memory Ms. Margarita Gonzales The Borisoff Family In Memory of Henry Ray Benjamin Ms. Tamara Kassabian Mr. Alexander Cook, '84 Ms. Julie Kunz Peele Ms. Clarinda Northrop The Deutsch Family In Memory of Mr. Kwame Ofori-Mankata The Nunez Reston Family William Weinbaum, '78 Ms. Tamara Kassabian 31 UNICER-PEDRAS Magda Vakil and Nuno Cardoso Vista Alegre Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations In Memory of Mr. Marcos Gonzalez Permanent Mission of Ms. Luz M. Gonzalez Salcedo '69 Gift In Kind Donors Japan to the United Nations In Memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Fox Agern Permanent Mission of Mr. Ian Fox American Summits the Republic of Korea to the United Nations In Memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Hough Natalie Barnet and Matthew Hebiton Permanent Mission of Mr. Christopher Doroszczyk Carroll Place Pakistan Mission to the United Nations and Ms. Bogusia Knysz City Winery Permanent Mission of In Memory of Ms. Ellen O. O'Neil The Cultural Services of the French Embassy Turkey to the United Nations Mrs. Caroline O'Neil Diageo In Memory of Ms. Jane E. Lerner Fayda Bakery Corporations and Foundations Ms. Cathy Dorman '66 Flik Hospitality Group ABM Ms. Margaret Lerner, '66 Mad Mac Macaron Alexander Wolf and Son In Memory of Randy Parnes Ms. Nydia Medina Alexion Ms. Katherine Burton, '75 Neuhaus Altman Foundation In Memory of Ms. Phyllis Schimel Bernard and Marjorie Nieuwenhuis Amazon Services LLC Mr. Joshua Schimel '75 Payne Whitney Mansion American Express Foundation In Memory of Ms. Rosalind Cutforth The Pekoe Group Apple Inc. Honorable Frank Maas and Sidney Maas Petite Abeille The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Starbright Floral Design Bank of America Mr. Marc S. Strachan and Ms. Almaz Estifanos Babson Capital 32 Barclays Capital McGraw Hill Financial Governments The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mizuho Permanent Mission of Germany Berens Capital Management, LLC Morgan Stanley Permanent Mission of the Republic BNY Mellon Network for Good of Korea to the United Nations Box Tops For Education New York Life Foundation Sultanate of Oman The Brim Fund Nomura America Foundation The Carlyle Group Pedras Credit Agricole The Pzena Investment Charitable Fund Diageo R. Baker and Son Industrial Services EE Ford Foundation Scott Mauro Entertainment Inc. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Staff Association of the United Nations Interna- First Republic Bank tional School The Ford Foundation Syska Goldman Sachs Target Gardiner and Theobald The Travelers Company Give Lively LLC Thinkaum LLC The Grodzins Fund TIAA-CREF The Howard Bayne Fund UBS HLW United Nations Federal Credit Union HF Universal Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program ING Charitable Giving Program The Walt Disney Company Foundation Impact Charitable Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Jana Partners LLC Wolf and Son The Japan Foundation The JP Morgan Chase Foundation Madison Park Group Merck Partnership for Giving 33 UNIS Gala and Soirée UNIS hosted two new fundraising events for the Safety; and legendary singer Stevie Wonder, youth admitted to Tut House through the Oliver school during 2015-2016 school year. UN Messenger of Peace. Mr. Wonder made it an Scholars Program and the Harlem Academy. absolutely unforgettable evening by performing On April 10, 2016, the Spring Soirée was held at some of his hit songs. Thank you to everyone who came together to the Payne Whitney Mansion. This party was a fun The UNIS Gala is our largest fundraiser that make our Spring Soirée and Gala a success! opportunity for parents, faculty, and staff to con- brings together parents, alumni, grandparents, Save the Date: Our 2017 UNIS Gala will nect and celebrate. Guests enjoyed the chance to faculty, staff, and friends to raise vital funds for be held on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at hear student and faculty chamber music perfor- the school’s general operating budget and for Guastivino’s. Tickets will go on sale in January mances, bid on auction items, and participate in the financial aid program for highly qualified 2017. magic tricks.

A few weeks later, on May 3, 2016, the school’s first Gala was held in the Delegates Dining Room at the United Nations. The fundraiser opened with a reception in the East Lounge hosted by H.E. Ms.Sheikha Alya Bint Ahmed Bin Saif Al- Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations and UNIS Honorary Trustee. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek were the Honorary Gala Co-Chairs. Joining them were special guests including Academy Award Winner Michael Douglas, UN Messenger of Peace for Disarmament Issues; Actress Michelle Yeoh, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador; Jean Todt, Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road

34 Honorary Co-Chairs Auctioneer Ms. Mary Andrews Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Mr. Hugh Hildesley Naomi Baigell and Greg Epstein Madam Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek Volunteers Mr. Gregory Batista and Ms. Hilary Stockton Celebrity Guests Mr. Viral Acharya Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut Mr. Michael Douglas Ms. Oluwaronke Ajayi-Obe Mrs. Kimxuan-Huyn Brezinsky Mr. Jean Todt Mrs. Laura Blau Mr. Joshua Goldfein and Ms. Yvonne Brown Ms. Michelle Yeoh Ms. Naomi Baigell Mr. Dan Brucker Mr. Stevie Wonder Mrs. Tiffany Boydell Jane and Roy Camblin Honorary Trustee Donors Ms. Patricia Finn Richard and Sabine Chalmers H.E. Mrs. Bénédicte Frankinet, Permanent Mr. Stephen Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Chambadal Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Ms. Karen Lerner Ms. Naomi Choodnovskiy H.E. Mr. Kai Sauer, Permanent Mission Mrs. Dana Szarka Meilands Ms. Anna Curatola of Finland to the United Nations Ms. Maria Migoya H.E. Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa, Permanent Ms. Madalena Parreira Mission of Japan to the United Nations Mr. Michael Ramos H.E. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Permanent Mission Dr. Helen Stephan of Pakistan to the United Nations Mr. Peter Smith H.E. Mr. OH Joon, Permanent Mission Ms. Margarita Velásquez of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Ms. Louise Wales H.E. Sheikha Alya Bint Ahmed Bin Saif Al Gala and Soirée In-kind Individual Donors Thani of Qatar to the United Nations Anonymous (12) H.E. Mr. Yaşar Halit Çevik, Permanent Dr. Babatunde Omilola Mission of Turkey to the United Nations and Ms. Oluwaronke Ajayi-Obe Gala Co-Chairs Dr. Mohammad Reza Mohammadinia Mrs. Trish Neve and Ms. Tehmina Akhtar Mrs. Magda Vakil Mrs. Susan Allbert and Mr. Michele Scaggiante

35 Dr. Lidana Jalilvand Mr. Gregory Batista and Ms. Hilary Stockton Ms. Marissa Kane Anthony Shih and Yvonne Tsang Pat and Dawn Kiernan Magda Vakil and Nuno Cardoso Dr. Michael King and Ms. Sophie Farigoul The Verma Family – Pediatric Dental Associates of Manhattan Ms. Julia von Boehm Mark Kopelman and Carla Mannino Mr. Carlos Corona and Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiki Miura Mrs. Valeska von Schirmeister – Playgarden – Keiko Kubota - Miura Ms. Gina Voskov Mr. and Mrs. Gray Kunz Mr. Sylvester Wojtkowski and Ms. Tamar Zinguer The Labaune Family - Gourmet Attitude Matthew and Giselle Wyckoff Mr. Mark Lahm The Yohai Family – Roey Yohai Photography Ms. Danielle Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Zarra – Cliff Young Ltd Ms. Paula Marra Gala and Soirée In-kind Business Donors Ms. Isabelle Dervaux Mr. and Mrs. Yves Michiels – BXL Zoute 92Y Camps Erik and Patricia Detiger – de Tiger Fine Jewelry Ms. Jackie Mirabel Absinthe Brasserie & Bar Ms. Amanda Dubois and Mr. Timur Kocak The Neve Family Air Portugal Nader Rofagha and Neda Esfan Mr. John Nichols Ark Restaurants Mr. and Mrs. Nikolai Fraiture Mr. and Ms. Thiago Carvalho AUrate New York Michael and Nanette Guarda Bobby Berna and Alison Qualter-Berna Axiom Learning Mr. Raj Gupta – Apple Seeds Beecher's Cheese Hanafi and Nadia Hadjeres Michael Schubert and Maggi-Meg Reed Bright Kids The Shorr Family – Dorie Hagler Photography Suzanne and Mario Riva – Follia & Carroll Place Calparrio Travels Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Harris Mr. Stuart Rosow and Ms. Amy Kuhn Camp Cody Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hassall Ms. Martine Saunier - Martine's Wines Chef Daniel Boulud and Daniel Mr. Ben Hassett – Ben Hassett Studio Mrs. Stefania Scotti Chef George Mendes - ALDEA Ms. Laura Heffron Ms. Sandra Sloan China Institute Dr. Judith Honor and Mr. Ronald Kahn Jenna Snyder-Phillips Chocolate Works 36 Cirque du Soleil - Paramour Le Parker Meridien The Community Language Program, Teachers Code Advantage Leite Culinaria College, Columbia University Colette Malouf, Inc. Loews Hotels The House in Gramercy Park Cricket Coleman Marshall Lin - Frederic Fekkai Soho Salon The London NYC Daryl Roth Theatre Mathnasium The Nomad Restaurant Deborah Miller Catering Moore Brothers Wine Company The St. Regis Hotel Istanbul Eclipsed New York City Football Club The Village Temple EngineRm Indoor Rowing Club New York Jets Tivoli Hotels and Resorts Equinox Newseum Turkish Airlines Esporão OXO Two New York Eva Qin Photography, LLC Pager UNICER PEDRAS Fencers Club Palm Bay International UNIS Music Department Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant Pestana Hotels Viacom International Media Networks Flik Dining Services Pretty Streets Botanicals Vista Alegre Fun Home LLC Public Design Commission W by Worth GK Framing of the City of New York W New York - Union Square Hotel Hedieh Rasteh, Amouro Jewelry R Baker & Son Waterside Swim & Health Club Hickey Freeman Tailored Clothing Rosanna Abruzzo in Tavola, LLC WeWork IACE-Italian American Committee on Education Roundabout Theater Company Instituto Cervantes New York Salon De Quartier Soirée Supporters InterContinental Mark Hopkins Sew Many Monograms Boutique by Demi Bufkin The Cultural Services of the French Embassy InterContinental New York Barclay Spy Museum Washington DC – Payne Whitney Mansion InterContinental New York Time Square Steve & Kate's Camp Mr. Matthew Hebiton and Dr. Natalie Barnett Italian Cultural Institute of New York Strand Book Store La Grenouille TAP Portugal Lai Hing Jewelry Taryn Laughlin Coaching Le Grand Triage: Fine Wine & Spirits Terme Čatež 37 Gala Sponsors Gala Vendors

Mr. Marc S. Strachan and Ms. Almaz Estifanos

Mir Arif and Suki Kim

38 Tut House Graduation 2016

His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, for diversity grow in strength from one- President of the 70th Session of the United generation to the next." Nations General Assembly encouraged Challenged and encouraged by world lead- everyone in the hall to "become an active ers UNIS is proud to send the class of 2016 and caring force in shaping a better world" onward on their journey as an ambassador by taking on the challenge of ensuring of change bringing about a better world. "that the values of tolerance, fairness, Congratulations and good luck. equality, justice, sustainability and respect

"UNIS is a school with a conscience. You live the values of diversity and tolerance every day" said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his commencement address at Tutorial House Graduation held in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Offering words of hope and encouragement the Secretary told the graduates "the class of 2016 will welcome being tested... I have no doubt you will tackle these challenges." Offering such a challenge United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said "A UNIS education is one of the great gifts a young person can receive. You have been privileged to be given one. The world will expect you to give of yourselves to others."

39 College Attendance of Classes of 2012-2016 (First number represents five year total; highlighted colleges and number in brackets represent the Class of 2016)

Colleges in the US Drexel University 2 Maryland Institute College of Art (1) American Musical and Dramatic Academy 1 Duke University 5 (2) Marymount Manhattan College 1 American University 2 (1) Elon University 4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Babson College 1 Emerson College (1) Middlebury College 1 Bard College 4 (1) Emory University 10 (3) Mount Holyoke College 4 (1) Barnard College 6 (2) Eugene Lang College 5 (1) New England Conservatory of Music 1 Bates College (1) Florida State University 2 New York Institute of Technology 1 Berklee School of Music 1 Fordham University 8 (2) New York University 38 (9) Boston College 4 Franklin & Marshall Coll. 3 Northeastern University 8 (1) Boston University 15 (3) George Washington University 18 (3) Northwestern University 3 Bowdoin College 1 Georgetown University 2 Oberlin College 2 Brandeis University 3 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1 Brown University 4 Gettysburg College 1 Occidental College 2 Bryn Mawr College 4 Hamilton College 5 Oxford College of Emory University 1 Bucknell University 1 Hartwick College 1 Pace University (1) California College of the Arts 1 Harvard University 2 Parsons School of Design 5 Carnegie Mellon University 1 Haverford College 1 Pennsylvania State University 4 Champlain College 4 (1) Harvey Mudd College 1 Pepperdine University 1 City University of New York: Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 Pitzer College 3 (1) Baruch College 3 (1) Hofstra University 1 Pratt Institute 1 Brooklyn College 1 Howard University (1) Princeton University 5 Hunter College 3 (1) Iona College 1 Providence College 1 Colby College 2 Ithaca College (1) Purdue University 3 (1) Colgate University 1 Johns Hopkins University 4 (1) Quinnipiac University 1 College of William & Mary (2) Lafayette College (1) Reed College 5 Columbia College Chicago 1 Lehigh University 1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 Columbia University 4 (2) Long Island University 1 Rhode Island School of Design 3 Connecticut College (1) Loyola Marymount University1 Rivier College 1 Cornell University 8 (1) Loyola, University of New Orleans 1 Rochester Institute of Technology 2 Dartmouth College 4 Lynn University 1 Rollins College 1 Dickinson College 2 Manhattan School of Music (1) Rutgers University 4 Drew University 1 Marist College (2) Saint Lawrence University 1 40 Salve Regina University 1 Univeristy of Rochester 2 (1) Sarah Lawrence College 5 (1) University of San Francisco 4 (1) Savannah College of Art and Design 2 University of Southern California School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2 (1) Film School 1 School of Visual Arts 4 University of Vermont 2 Simmons College 1 Univeristy of Virginia (2) Skidmore College 3 Vanderbilt University 1 Smith College 2 Vassar College 8 (1) St. Lawrence University 1 Wagner College 1 Stanford University 1 Washington University 5 (2) State University of New York: Wellesley College 1 Binghamton 1 Wesleyan University 6 (2) Fashion Institute of Technology 2 (1) Yale University 2 Purchase 2 Stony Brook 1 Universities Outside the USA Swarthmore College 3 Australia Syracuse University 3 Curtin University 1 Denmark Temple University 1 Queensland University of Technology (1) Copenhagen Business School 1 Trinity College 5 University of New South Wales 1 University College of Northern Denmark 1 Tufts University 2 Austria France Tulane University 3 Modul Tourism College 1 American University of Paris 1 Union College 1 University of Vienna 1 Ecole Superieure Internationale de Savignac 1 US Military Academy 1 University of Vienna Institute National des Sciences US Naval Academy 1 Institute for Film and Media 1 Appliquées de Lyon 1 University of California at: Belgium Prép’art Toulouse 1 Irvine 1 University of Leuven (1) Sciences Po 2 (1) Los Angeles 1 Canada Germany San Diego 1 Bishops University 1 Freie Universitat Berlin 1 University of Chicago 3 Carleton University 1 Humboldt University 1 University of Illinois 1 Concordia University 3 (1) Jacobs University 1 University of Maryland (1) McGill University 24 (3) University of Frankfurt 1 University of Massachusetts 3 Queens University (1) University of Hamburg (1) University of Michigan 6 (2) University of British Columbia 5 (1) Ghana University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 University of Toronto 3 (1) Ashesi University 1 University of Pennsylvania 1 University of Waterloo (1) 41 Iceland Taiwan University of Edinburgh 2 Reykjavik University 1 Ming Chuan University (1) University of Exeter 3 (2) Ireland United Kingdom University of Kent 5 University College Dublin 1 Aberystwyth University 1 University of Liverpool 1 Israel Kings College London 2 (1) University of Manchester 2 IDC Herzliya-Raphael Recanati Int’l School (1) London School of Economics 1 University of Newcastle 1 Japan Plymouth Unversity (1) University of Dundee 1 International Christian University 1 Regents College London 1 University of Nottingham 1 Waseda University 1 Richmond American University of London 1 University of Oxford 1 Korea Saint Mary’s University College, Twickenham 1 University of Royal Holloway 2 Kaist University 2 University College London 1 University of Saint Andrews 1 Malaysia University for the Creative Arts 1 University of Sussex 1 International Islamic University 2 (1) University of Aberdeen, 2 University of Winchester (1) Netherlands University of the Arts London 1 University of York 2 Amsterdam University College 1 University of Bristol 2 (1) Venezuela Erasmus University 2 University of East Anglia 1 Central University of Venezuela in Caracas 1 Leiden University College (1) University College Maastricht 1 University College Utrecht 2 Panama Florida State University 1 Paraguay Universidad Catolica "Nuestra Señora de Asuncion" (1) Portugal Univesidade Nove de Lisboa 1 Singapore Yale-NUS College (1) Spain Les Roches Hotel School 1 Sweden Linkopings University 1 Switzerland Les Roches Hotel School 1 University of Lausanne 1 42 One school, two addresses

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