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The Leadership Issue SUMMER 2017 NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL connections BALTIMORE, MD 5204 Roland Avenue THE MAGAZINE OF ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL Baltimore, MD 21210 PERMIT NO. 3621 connections THE ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL COUNTRY PARK ROLAND SUMMER 2017 LEADERSHIP ISSUE connections ROLAND AVE. TO WALL ST. PAGE 6 INNOVATION MASTER PAGE 12 WE ARE THE ROSES PAGE 16 ADENA TESTA FRIEDMAN, 1987 FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Roland Park Country School Community, Leadership. A cornerstone of our programming here at Roland Park Country School. Since we feel so passionately about this topic we thought it was fitting to commence our first themed issue of Connections around this important facet of our connections teaching and learning environment. In all divisions and across all ages here at Roland Park Country School — and life beyond From Roland Avenue to Wall Street graduation — leadership is one of the connecting, lasting 06 President and CEO of Nasdaq, Adena Testa Friedman, 1987 themes that spans the past, present, and future lives of our (cover) reflects on her time at RPCS community members. Joe LePain, Innovation Master The range of leadership experiences reflected in this issue of Get to know our new Director of Information and Innovation Connections indicates a key understanding we have about the 12 education we provide at RPCS: we are intentional about how we create leadership opportunities for our students of today — and We Are The Roses for the ever-changing world of tomorrow. We want our students 16 20 years. 163 Roses. One Dance. to have the skills they need to be successful in the future. To this end, this feature of Connections showcases some of the fundamental characteristics that define leadership: 02 WITHIN THESE WALLS Leadership involves passion and curiosity. An example of this United by a shared love of dance and the experiences at A snapshot of what’s been happening around campus is revealed in our cover story centering around the leadership RPCS that shaped all of them as women, this event provided journey of Adena Testa Friedman, 1987. In January of this opportunities for dance to communicate the continuity and 18 SENIOR PROFILES year Adena was appointed President and CEO of Nasdaq, and evolution of tradition. As they gear up to graduate, these are four seniors to follow! in doing so she became America’s first female exchange CEO. Having internalized the message at RPCS that “you can be One’s leadership potential evolves over time and requires hands 20 ALUMNAE STORIES anything”, Adena’s leadership journey is one that reveals a on learning and real world experiences. As we head into the Spotlighting three remarkable women woman whose natural inquisitiveness and passion for learning summer here at RPCS, we are so excited to have over 40 girls RPCS has sent out into the world emboldened her to move courageously in the pursuit of her placed in local and national internships! With the launch of this dreams. new leadership initiative for current juniors going forward, we 22 CLASS NOTES are thrilled to see our girls connect their classroom learning with Leadership comes in many forms here at RPCS. As you will see experiences in fields such as medicine, graphic design, journalism, 97 LEGACY PHOTO MCCAULEY BOWL in our focus on Lexi Orlinsky, Berit Ginsberg, Rebecca Mathew, law, finance, engineering and many more. We are so thankful and Rebecca Sereboff, four seniors from the class of 2017, to our alumnae hosts and mentors, as well as parents and RPCS 100 MCCAULEY BOWL leadership is first and foremost about a girl identifying where community members who helped our first cohort of RPCS interns she can make an impact and utilizing her problem-solving to find these placements. We look forward to continuing to partner skills to create positive changes. The stories of these girls with our larger RPCS community for future placements and as we reveal young women who united their passion for learning in grow and connect this initiative with other leadership experiences CONNECTIONS is published annually for the Roland the classroom with opportunities for local, national and global for our students. Park Country School community. leadership. HEAD OF SCHOOL: Caroline Blatti In closing I would like to express a special thank you to all of EDITOR: Emily Cooke, Director of Strategic Leadership involves a commitment to innovation and the you for your support in my first year as the RPCS Head of School. Communications courage to harness one’s imagination to create an exciting From our faculty and administrators, to our parents, alumnae, Dani Kell Steinbach, 2004, Director of Digital Media vision for the future. In our feature on Joe LePain, our Director students and staff, you have welcomed me with open minds Communications of Information and Innovation, we learn about Joe’s vision for and hearts. Your leadership in this area means so much to me. a cutting edge Innovation Lab as well as his ability to blend his I thank you for being such thoughtful, gracious and committed Kristen DeMarco Rickard, 2002, Associate Director of Communications skills in technology and innovation with a strong commitment ambassadors for RPCS and sharing in my enthusiasm for a to prioritizing the concept of empathy with our students. bright, exciting future for our wonderful school. Missie Dix Mack, Director of Alumnae Relations Katy Spencer, 1993, Associate Director of Alumnae Leadership is a dance — at times — and very often it involves I look forward to our continued journey together here at RPCS. Relations / Archivist diverse groups of people coming together to create something Sarah Cody, Communications Associate that is familiar and unique all at once. Our focus on our Roses Sincerely, Repertory Dance Company reunion from this year showcases Quinlin Porter, External Programs and the intersection of leadership and the arts for over 20 years. 18 Communications Associate / Photographer alumnae Roses and one alumnae teacher joined with current DESIGN: Josephine Bergin, Redstart Creative Roses to perform in a way that transcended time and space. COVER PHOTO: Adena Testa Friedman, 1987 by John Caroline Blatti Dean Photo Head of School WITHIN THESE WALLS I AM NOT AFRAID, I WILL BE BRAVE HEALING WITH ART In solidarity with two second grade students who are cancer survivors, the Class of 2027 organized a donation drive for our Lower School community. The girls collected almost 300 art In December, the RPCS Varsity Basketball supply items including crayons, colored pencils, team had the honor of meeting 10-year-old paint, stickers and coloring books, and personally SHARING THE GIFT OF MUSIC Lilly Plocharz through the B+ (“Be Positive”) PIAGETIAN THEORY delivered the donation to the Maryland Proton Heroes Program at the Diamond State Classic Treatment Center. On December 13, 2016, the RPCS Semiquavers, directed by Lisa Tournament in Delaware. Battling a genetic As part of their lessons on childhood cognitive development, AP Psychology students The initiative was student-led. At the beginning disorder affecting the central nervous system visited the Kindergarten class just down the hall for an active, hands-on learning Diver, 2006, traveled to Washington, DC, to perform at a holiday of the school year, RPCS second grade teachers called Neurofibromatosis, Lilly inspired our session. The Psychology students studied Jean Piaget’s four stage theory of cognitive reception hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady tasked their students with creating and organizing student-athletes with her bravery, resilience, and development. They put this learning into practice by completing a series of Piagetian a service-learning project. From the types of Michelle Obama at the White House. contagious smile. Her spirit is reflected in her Conservation Tasks regarding number, length, liquid, mass, and area with the items they would collect, to the recipient of the personal motto: I’m not afraid, I will be brave! Kindergarten students. What started as an educational moment for the AP students, As a former Semiquaver from the Class of 2006, the experience was very special for current donations, the students decided as a group how to also quickly became a shared community connection between some of our oldest and RPCS Performing Arts Department Head and Semiquaver Director Lisa Diver: The team said goodbye to Lilly after the organize and execute the project. youngest RPCS students. tournament ended, but Coach Scott Buckley “For over 60 years, the Semiquavers have been provided amazing opportunities. I was knew his team’s connection to Lilly wasn’t over. fortunate to have two years in the ensemble as a student at RPCS. Now as an employee, I With the help of her parents, Coach Buckley have the immense pleasure of working with and learning from an incredibly talented and and the team coordinated a surprise trip for remarkable group of ladies each and every day. Lilly to come to RPCS to sit on the bench next DEMYSTIFYING Watching as the President and First Lady shook hands with every single Semi, asking their to her REDS teammates as they played a game name, and thanking them for coming, was inspiring. Regardless of one’s political affiliation, in January. CODE kindness can so often be overlooked. The fact that two of the busiest individuals in the Senior Jeydah Johnson recognized what the world stopped to greet us is a moment that I know won’t be soon forgotten. There is a great RPCS Middle Schoolers participated in Hour of friendship with Lilly meant to the team: “This deal of good in the world. Code, a program designed to expose students experience gave us a sense of responsibility. to coding and broaden interest in computer The Holstee Manifesto is something I read to the girls before every major performance.
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