september 2006 Newsletter The Idea of India For Whom the Buzzer Tolls Paul Chapman, Head of School Greetings from New Board Chair Robert Stein We are close to that exquisite moment in late August when the new school year begins. With the possible exception of some quaint provincial “school houses” in rural Wyoming or rustic Maine, the annual ritual no longer starts with a bell, but rather with the synchronization of electric buzzers in school rooms in tens of thousands of schools across the country. Kindergartners, truly the “new kids,” are primed for weeks or months, and stand anxiously at the school door, looking forward, sideways and backwards simultaneously, taking cues from their parents who are sometimes equally anxious. Compare them to the sophomores and juniors in high school, veterans of a decade or more of training, tests, successes, failures,

Paul Chapman in India with children at the Udavia School, south of Chennai tryouts, fallouts, performances, dances (Madras) on the Bay of Bengal. and romances. These seem more like This summer I joined the National Association of Independent Olympic swimmers, 10 toes curled Schools (NAIS) Delegation for Diversity on a ten-day journey to India. over the starting block waiting for the A group of 55 educators, we traveled there in search of a better under- starting gun, as they have for years Robert Stein standing of our schools’ common commitment to developing global now. For all of them, the oldest and citizens. In India we discovered a land of extraordinary contrasts, a the youngest, there are sartorial issues (Is the skirt too short? Or too country of 1.1 billion people, with a third living on under $2 a day, that long?), gastronomic issues (Do you need your lunch packed today or also is leaping boldly into the 21st century as a leader in technology, just a snack? Are you still only eating organic yogurt?), and relationship science and engineering. issues (Will he still be my friend?). The teachers, whether ready for their Led by NAIS Vice-President for Equity and Justice, our delegation debut or their twentieth year, have their classrooms tidy, their lesson included teachers from the K-12 spectrum, academic administrators, plans organized, and their new students’ names memorized. and school heads. In the course of our trip, we visited more than a Everything is set when that buzzer rings and our children begin the dozen schools, from elite international schools serving professional next chapter in their lives. families to public and private schools engaged in the education of In all the excitement and anticipation, it is easy to lose sight of India’s half a billion students. We were moved by our visits, for ourselves in this ritual. Our marriages are fraying or healing or tempo- example, to the Pardada-Pardadi School for Girls in the countryside rarily static. Our careers are blossoming, winding up, or are temporarily outside of New Delhi that seeks to break the cycle of poverty that sidelined. severely limits educational and social opportunity for young women, The concerns of first grade parents are so different from those and to a government school near the southern city of Madras that was of parents of six graders and even more so from the parents of high destroyed by the tsunami in December 2004. school seniors. For kindergartners, the school year brings the beginning Arriving in Mumbai just after the terrorist train bombings, we of separation, the beginning of the child’s spending most of his or her explored the brand new campus of Whistling Woods International, an time outside the family and outside the home, a time when institute for film, television and media arts and glimpsed the high tech parents begin to have less influence on their child’s vocabulary and world described by Thomas Friedman in his book The World is Flat. That behavior. For the parents of seniors, these are the last 12 months that same day we also visited the Neru Nagar slum, home to 50,000 people your children will be spending most of their time with you and at home, crammed into an area less than a mile and a half square, bordered by and by now, you have given up having much influence at all on either middle class apartment buildings on one side and a flying club on the your child’s vocabulary or behavior. In between are twelve years of other. Walking through the pock-marked, rain-soaked streets, we saw chaos, challenges and changes and opportunities for quick decisions, hundreds of people—merchants, laborers, medics, mothers, instinct, excitement, regret and hope. continued next page... continued next page... “The Idea of India” continued from cover... Message from the Parents Association and shopkeepers—all going about their daily business, but with many children present and few in school. The contrasts emerging from these Back to School. I think everyone looks forward to this time of visits could have not been more stark. year. For most of us, it feels like a new beginning. I hope my own students find that hopeful surge of energy and optimism, that Almost overnight India has captured our attention as an emerging, this year will bring them great teachers, interesting classes, many global superpower, an idea made visible in the cover story from Time friends on campus and new experiences in education. They prob- Magazine in June entitled “India, Inc.” In Madras, US Counsel General ably also hope for a renewed social life, not to mention the perfect Michael Owen described the resurgence of the Indian economy now back-to-school wardrobe (did I mention I have all daughters?). growing at 8% a year, fueled by the accelerated education of engineers I’m looking forward to my year as President of the Head Royce and scientists (in 2004 the country produced 200,000 engineers com- Parent Association. I have a great Board – some returning members pared to 70,000 in the US), and the outsourcing boom begun in the as seasoned participants, and some eager new parents. We all late 1990s that is helping to expand the middle class. He described the expect a great working relationship with administration, staff, and efforts underway to forge a new partnership between our two countries, teachers, and of course, with one another. During the summer, we evident in rapidly increasing trade, educational ties, and diplomatic have filled Association positions, prepared for the Back-to-School agreements like the nuclear technology accord approved by the US events, drafted handbooks and committee documents, planned House of Representatives while we were there. out future fundraising activities, and given a lot of thought to what In a lecture at the American Embassy School in New Delhi, Tarum might make this a stellar year. Tejpal, one of India’s most renowned and controversial investigative My personal priorities will be to enhance communication about journalists observed that for a thousand years, India has been on “the what’s happening on campus and beyond in the HRS community, wrong side of history, but now the wheel is turning.” The foundation and to increase parent participation and satisfaction with the Asso- of modern India was laid in the movement led by Gandhi and Nehru; ciation. On the wishlist: to better utilize electronic communications independent for half a century and a stable nation, India has joined and streamline the calendar function of the website. We also plan the US and the UK among the world’s great democracies. The “idea of to offer a slightly different structure of Parent Association meetings India” was expressed in the constitution of 1947, and the core values this year, and hope to see more of you in attendance. Please know in that visionary charter—democracy, secularism, social justice and that all the volunteers at Head Royce take on big responsibilities freedom—are ones that inspire us. Now India is working to build a truly based on a sincere desire to improve the School and community, multicultural society, one that embraces great diversity, of religion, and to get involved in our students’ education. I’m surely counting class, and culture. As one school principal noted, “heterogeneity is not on the support of all the parents to make it all happen. a choice, Indian culture walks into our classrooms every day.” We are still looking for committee chairs, development volun- For our School I hope my visit to India has some tangible benefits. teers, room parents and grade level coordinators, especially in the We are working on several projects to support communities in need Upper School, and we’d love to have YOU volunteer to help out! and to establish travel and exchange possibilities. This fall, we will And of course, all year we will ask for parents to step up to assist at expand the attention devoted to India in our history and English events big and small, on behalf of our students. I hope that when curriculum. The story of multiculturalism in Indian education can also you get the call, you’ll say yes! serve as an example for our own efforts to build a diverse community. And meanwhile, if we don’t call you – please don’t hesitate to And the “idea of India” can continue to inspire our hopes as we email one of us with an offer to pitch in! We will be happy to share prepare global citizens for the 21st century. the jobs. Here’s wishing you all a great school year! Paul Chapman Head of School Elizabeth Stumpf, President, HRS Parents Association

“For Whom the Buzzer Tolls” continued from cover... As a K-12 school, Head-Royce provides a broad community, not just of students, teachers, coaches and staff – but also a broad community of parents. If you are the parent of a 5th grader, don’t miss the opportunity to ask the parent of an 8th grader what 5th grade looks like three years later. If you are the parent of an 11th grader about to be thrown into the maw of Back-to-School Nights SAT preparation and college visits , befriend the parents of a 1st grader, and ask them about the first week of school. As parents, we have much Upper School: September 19 to share and learn from one another. The first day of school is a signal Middle School: September 20 to each of us as parents. When the buzzer sounds, we, too, have been Lower School: September 21 promoted. This year will be different from last, and we have much to Receptions 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Meetings 7:00 – 9:30 pm learn over the coming year from one another — and from our children.

Robert Stein Chair, Board of Trustees New Hires Strengthen Head-Royce Team We are pleased to introduce the new members of the faculty, LOWER SCHOOL FACULTY administration, and staff for the 2006-2007 school year. We Debra Carr will become our new First have assembled a talented group from a diversity of back- Grade teacher. Debra comes to us from grounds to enrich our professional team. the nearby Growing Light Montessori Each was selected after a careful search, typically conducted School, where she has been the head nationwide, and guided by search committees which screened kindergarten and first grade teacher. and evaluated the many candidates before a small group was She was highly recommended by our invited to campus for interviews. own Karen Bradley and Jen Brakeman, Please remember that as positions become available in any whose children attend the school. school year, openings are posted on the School’s web site, and Before Debra joined Growing Light, she the administration is always eager to hear your suggestions. taught at the Applegarden Montessori School in Oakland and at the Paul Chapman Debra Carr Head of School Midrasha East Bay Jewish Community High School. She has also directed an after school program and a camp for Jewish Community Services in Oakland. Raised in New ADMINISTRATION York, Debra received a B.A. in English and communications with honors from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in Early We are delighted this fall to Childhood Education from St. Mary’s College. welcome Carol Swainson as our new Head of Middle Ben Ladue has accepted our offer to School. Carol comes to us become new Grade 5 teacher. Since from the Sidwell Friends 1999 he has taught second and fourth School, a K-12 school in grade at the International School of Sao Washington DC, where she Paolo, The Escola Graduada, where he has served in a variety of worked with the University of Chicago positions for the past 12 Everyday Math Program and the years. Since beginning her Rubicon Atlas Curriculum Mapping work at Sidwell, she has program. He also coached the boys taught French, Spanish and softball team and led the adopt-a- American History and has school program in the Amazon jungle. Ben Ladue served as an advisor. At Previously he taught at the W.D. Hartley Sidwell she has had broad Carol Swainson Elementary School in St. Augustine, and Hastings Elementary in experience working on the Hastings, Florida. Raised in upstate New York, he received a B.A. in management of the school through committees on languages, men- elementary education from the University of North Florida and an toring, admissions and diversity. She developed the Sidwell Friends M.A. in curriculum and teaching from Michigan State University. School Puerto Rico Community Service Project, and for the past 5 years she has also served as the All-School Diversity Coordinator. We are pleased that Sarah Spencer Outside of the Friends School, she has worked as program director joins us as our new LS Counselor. for Global Works, organizing service and language immersion trips Raised in San Francisco, she attended to France. MacAteer High School, received a Very active in the arts, Carol has been an oboist for more than B.F.A. from California College of Arts, 20 years and has composed music for multi-media installations, and an M.A. in counseling psychology performance art and dramatic productions. Fluent in Spanish and from University of San Francisco. Sarah French, she also has a working knowledge of Italian and Arabic. has experience working with a variety Before joining Sidwell Friends School, Carol worked in several of Bay Area community organizations bilingual schools in Los Angeles with the Teach for America Program. working with youth of all ages. Most Raised in Virginia, she received a B.A. in Spanish and French recently, she has served as Teen Sarah Spencer languages from the University of Virginia. She also holds an M.Ed. in Program Coordinator with Club 18 of Social Foundations in Education from UVA. A non-stop learner, she the Jewish Community Center in San has been a frequent speaker at NAIS and the People of Color Francisco, and she has also been a Conference and has consulted with schools across the country marriage and family therapist intern with the St. Luke’s Women’s from the Carolina Friends School in North Carolina to the Chicago Clinic. Sarah brings expertise working with diverse populations and Lab School. a strong desire to work in an independent school setting. MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY Julie Beagle joins us as a long-term her B.A. in art history and studio art from Claremont McKenna, where substitute for the first quarter, filling in she played soccer and lacrosse. This year her special focus will be on for Howard McCoy, who is on leave from science, where she has extensive experience and training from her his position teaching History 8: Africa years at Saint Mark’s. and Latin America. A Head-Royce alumna, Julie graduated from Berkeley UPPER SCHOOL FACULTY High School and received a B.A. from We are happy to announce that Rachel Barnard College in history with a minor in Concannon ’96 is returning to her alma environmental science. She served as a mater as the new US Counselor. Since Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of graduating from Head-Royce, Rachel Guinea, West Africa, where she managed Julie Beagle ’99 received a B.A. degree in communica- reforestation and educational programs. tion studies at the University of Michigan She has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union and as an as- and worked several years in New York sistant teacher at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley. for Oxygen Media before returning to the West Coast where she has worked at Kenny Ewbank is a new member of the Head-Royce in summer school and as a Middle School math faculty. Raised in the Rachel Concannon ’96 substitute teacher and counselor. For the Bay Area, Kenny attended Loyola Mary- last several years, she has worked as a mount University in Los Angeles before school counselor, at Alameda High School and King Middle School in transferring to Georgetown, where he Berkeley, as well as at Planned Parenthood. Rachel just completed her received his B.A. in economics cum laude. M.A. in counseling at St. Mary’s College. During college, Kenny studied abroad in the Czech Republic, where he served as Jennifer Hu joins us to teach English. an English teacher for children and adults. Jennifer received her B.A. and M.A. from Kenny taught fifth grade for two years at Stanford University in English literature. the Rainbow Montessori School in Sunny- Kenny Ewbank Upon graduation, she joined the faculty vale. This year he is enrolled in Stanford’s of the Urban School, where she taught School of Education and expects to receive his M.A. in education with a English 9 and 12 and was an advisor for concentration in Policy, Organization and Leadership. the newspaper. She also taught Upper School English at Castilleja, including Petra Redfieldjoins us as a MS/US Learn- advanced placement electives. Interested ing Specialist. She is known to many in in the diversity movement, Jennifer has the HRS community as the mom of the participated in the NAIS People of Color Redfield family, but she has also spent Jennifer Hu and Asian Educators Alliance Conferences the last fifteen years working in the field and she will serve as our US Diversity Coordinator. She loves creative of special education. A graduate of UC writing, singing, and yoga and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Jennifer Berkeley with a degree in linguistics, she will teach English 9, 10 and 11. also has an M.A. in Special Education from Sonoma State University and a certifi- Bryce Hubner joins us to teach English 10 and 11 in Upper School. For cate in Educational Therapy. Petra was the past four years, Bryce has been teaching Humanities and World the founding coordinator of the Learning Petra Redfield and American Literature at Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont. He Center at the Branson School, worked also served as a dorm parent and as as a learning specialist at the Aurora School, and has practiced as an head varsity soccer coach and Alpine ski educational therapist. coach, a sport in which he achieved a top 500 ranking in the world as a slalom and Andy Sparks rejoins the faculty to teach downhill racer. Bryce taught English at Sixth Grade next year. After teaching Killington Mountain School and worked sixth grade at Head-Royce in 1997-99, in publishing and marketing. Bryce at- Andy “retired” to raise her family, and tended Bates College where he received Henry ’18 and Isaak ’16 are here now in a B.A. in English. In college, he studied Grades 1 and 3. Before she came our way, abroad in Germany and England. Bryce is Andy taught fifth grade at Saint Mark’s an avid backpacker and flyfisherman. School in San Rafael and with Charles Bryce Hubner Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington. Raised in the Northwest, she received Andy Sparks Mark Schneider ’00 will assume a part-time Presidential Inaugural Committee in 1992. Raised in Southern position in Upper School teaching History 9 California, she attended Boston University, where she received a and coaching . Mark graduated B.A. in International Relations/German. A competitive swimmer at from Northwestern University with a B.S. an early age, Jill now enjoys with her masters swim team. in journalism and philosophy and worked as an intern with Major League before returning to the Bay Area. This past Appointments for 2006-2007 year he has provided valuable assistance, Crystal Land will assume new responsibilities as Assistant Head of subbing in every division at the School School in additional to her work as Academic Dean. In her new role, and serving as assistant coach of the boys’ she will provide more leadership helping to coordinate faculty hiring, varsity basketball team. He has also taught Mark Schneider ’00 on-going departmental reviews, and in our Summer Enrichment Program. professional development. LOWER SCHOOL INTERNS As Assistant Head, she will work on special projects, help to enhance Zach Bernard joins us as a Lower School our School’s reputation and profile as intern. Raised in Connecticut, Zach attend- an innovative place for teaching and ed the Taft School before receiving his B.A. learning, and provide ongoing support in American Studies from UC Santa Cruz. for the daily operation of the School. During college, he began volunteering in Crystal has been at the School several elementary schools with the UCSC for 18 years during which time she Classroom Connection program. Since has held many key, leadership roles, graduation, he has worked as an assistant Crystal Land including Alumni Director, Publications teacher at Washington Montessori School Director, Admissions and Financial Aid Director, head of the Teacher in Connecticut, and as an assistant and Center, and English Department Chair, in addition to continually cultural room teacher at the Child Unique Zach Bernard teaching English in the Upper School. Montessori School in Alameda. In August, Crystal completed a master’s program with the Bread- STAFF loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Vermont. Martha Bauman was hired in January as the Campaign Director for the School’s Several members of the faculty will take on new responsibilities Building on Excellence Campaign. Martha next year as we open up leadership positions and leadership has 15 years of professional development opportunities. In this way, the faculty models for our students life- experience. She served as Development long learning as they take on new challenges. Director for Chabot Space & Science Center from 1999 to 2003 during which Middle and Upper School Advising Program time the organization completed and Molly Barrett: Grade 8 Dean opened its new $80 million state-of-the- Laura Galligan: Grade 9 Dean art Science Center. Prior to Chabot, Martha Saya McKenna: Grade 10 Dean served as Development Director for The Barry Barankin: Upper School Dean of Students Martha Bauman Oakland Zoo during the Zoo’s peak decade of major renovation and expansion. She also served as the Capital New Faculty Teaching Assignments Campaign Director for the Zoo’s $4 million environmental educational Holly Below: LS Technology Teacher facility that opened in 1999. Martha graduated from Michigan State Scott Clark: MS Technology Teacher University with a Bachelor of Arts in communication and is an alumna Marlene Sanders: LS Technology Support of Indiana University’s Center of Philanthropy Fund Raising School. Lauren Railey: Grade Six

Administrative Leadership Jill Friend Davis is our new Director of Barbara Gee expands her work by adding LS Assistant Director of Annual Giving, bringing a strong back- Admissions to the work she already is doing in MS admissions; ground in development, education and government. Most recently, Jill has worked Lea Van Ness will serve as LS Assistant to the Head, where she will as Director of Athletic Development at provide support in curriculum development; UC Berkeley. Previously, Jill served as the Andy Spear will become the new English Department Chair. Executive Director for The Catalog for Giving. She has worked in a variety of positions in governmental affairs, with former State Superintendent of Public

Jill Friend Davis Instruction Delaine Eastin and with the Board Welcomes New Trustees for 2006-2007

Daniel Chao returns to the Board after a three-year absence from the Scott Verges is an attorney with MBV Law School. Daniel is recently retired as the Chairman and President of LLP in San Francisco, where he specializes Bechtel China and a Senior Vice President of Bechtel Group, Inc. He had in real estate law, including purchases responsibility for Bechtel’s activities in and sales, leasing, financing, exchanges, Greater China. Daniel spent 28 years in cor- joint ventures and related transactional porate management, project development real estate matters. His clients include and finance, banking, equity investments, many of the largest real estate develop- and risk management. He established and ers, institutional lenders, and real estate managed Bechtel’s aviation, water, and investment trusts on the West coast. Scott infrastructure companies and worked on is a 1980 graduate of the Boalt Hall School numerous mega-projects including the Scott Verges of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong and where he was an associate editor of the California Law Review. He is the the privatized water distribution system in former Chairman of the Real Estate Finance Subsection of the State Bar. Daniel Chao Manila. Daniel holds a B.A. from Stanford Scott is also Adjunct Professor of Real Estate and Business Law at Mills University (Phi Beta Kappa), an M.A., College. Since 2003, Scott has been Vice Chairman for Alameda County M.A.L.D., and Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Health Foundation and also serves on its Board of Directors. Scott is and an Advanced Professional Certificate from New York University. He married to Cynthia Verges, a retired environmental litigator. They have is Chairman Emeritus of the California-Asia Business Council. Daniel one daughter, Sophie ’09, who is a sophomore this year at Head-Royce. and his wife, Lily, have three children, Jonathan ’10 and Elizabeth ’13. Daniel’s oldest child, Tamara, is a 2003 graduate of Head-Royce. Pardon Our Progress Jon Streeter is President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Northern Cali- fornia and the immediate Past-President of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Jon is a partner with Keker & Van Nest LLP. He specializes in complex commercial civil litigation. Jon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from Stanford University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law in Jon Streeter 1981. Jon has a long record of dedication to community and public service. He currently serves as an appointed commissioner on three governmental commissions. Jon is listed in Chambers USA’s directory of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Jon is also a member of the Board of Directors of SFJazz, a non-profit presenter of jazz music in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jon and his wife, Dorine Holsey Streeter, live in Berkeley with their two daughters, Lindsey ’08 and Hillary ’10, who both attend Head-Royce.

Elizabeth Obler Stumpf graduated from Hastings College of the Law, and prac- ticed for 25 years as house counsel for the California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, where she specialized in insurance coverage. She currently works for Farmers Insurance in Alameda, focusing on litigation support Initial groundwork for Phase I of the Master Plan began in June. Pictured for construction defect and personal injury above are photos of the site where the choral building once stood. cases. Elizabeth serves on the boards of Currently, workers are undergrounding utilities and preparing for construction of a new Campus Walk and Courtyard. A new library will be Elizabeth Stumpf the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the constructed in the space currently occupied by the Business Office and National Charity League. She has three daughters, two in college, and language classrooms. And a new World Languages Building, scheduled Clare ’08, is a junior at Head-Royce this year. to open in Fall 2007, will be built opposite the library on the southern hillside below Lincoln Avenue. Continue to check the Master Plan web site for construction updates: www.headroyce.org/masterplan Head-Royce Welcomes More Than One Hundred New Students

Previous School Follows Name Emeline Kong Valley View Elementary Clarisse Lau Hillcrest Elementary School Kindergarten, Class of 2019 Charltien Long Bentley School Luc Antonelli The Mulberry School Alexander Mangus Del Rey School Essemena Atherton Lakeview Preschool Rachel Mardjuki Carden West School Isabella Bolden-Monifa Grand Lake Montessori Alexander Martin-Ginnold Mills Children’s School Lee Camp Lakeview Preschool Rebecca Mayeda Thornhill Elementary Sophia Cavalieri Chatham Preschool Kiran Melnyk Bentley School Robindronath Chatterjee Duck Pond John Mistry Hillcrest Elementary School Jacob Epstein Lakeview Preschool Michael Nevin Burton Valley Elementary Elise Gee The Renaissance School Matthew Nomura Clark Pacific Academy Kira Gelbaugh Mountain Boulevard Learning Center Max Novak Bentley School Ryan Hall Ducks Nest Daniel Orenstein Chabot Elementary Annika Hoerner Lakeview Preschool Gabriella Perez St. Bernard Catholic School Linnea Hopkins-Ekdahl The Renaissance School Sarah Schwemberger St. Paul’s Episcopal Ellery Island Lakeview Preschool Sam Steuart Archway School William Jackson Treehouse Nursery School James Stoner Cragmont Jordan Kaye Lakeview Preschool Jason Wang Camille Killeen Linda Beach Cooperative Preschool Olivia Wilson Amelia Earhart Elementary School Sasha Liu The Lake School Chelsea Wirth The Renaissance School Michael MaNguyen Rockridge Montessori School Sydney Medford The Lake School Seventh grade, Class of 2012 Lukas Miller Bayside Montessori Erika Boeckling Bay Farm Elementary Liam Neal Bayside Montessori Chantal Chan Stanley Middle School Cara Plumhoff Gan Avraham Preschool Alexander Haddad Oakland Military Institute Joshua Redfield Chatham Preschool Gathoni Kamau-Devers Montera Wrenn Robinson Rockridge Montessori School Njeri Kamau-Devers Montera Hunter Settlemier Treehouse Nursery School Joonwhi Lee Park Day School Hadi Shanaa Bayside Montessori Daniel Newell Mulgrave School Samuel Shrestha Oakland Montessori Seretse Njemanze Adelante Spanish Immerson School Sydney Stewart A Child’s House Thomas Shi Montessori Family School Grace Talley Harold Jones Child Study Center Jamie Waldear St. Theresa School Nolan Thompson Duck Pond Samuel Thomson Temple Sinai Preschool Eighth grade, Class of 2011 Sofia Torriente Que Vivan los Ninos Preschool Minyoung Choi Rolling Hills Country Day School Phoebe Troup-Galligan Frog Hollow Nursery School Kaitlin Cooper Joaquin Moraga Claire Van Ness Highlands Preschool Kyle Filippelli The Academy Emily Wagner The Renaissance School Erin Katzoff Bentley School Samuel Watson Temple Sinai Preschool Yuji Miyaji Bentley School Elizabeth Woolard The Lake School Julia Musto Prospect Sierra Joshua Yost Lakeview Preschool Nnamdi Nwokoro Montera Renata Robles Orinda Intermediate School First grade, Class of 2018 Hayley Dennings Chabot Elementary Ninth grade, Class of 2010 Conor Neal Franklin Elementary Atticus Anderson-Kline St. Paul’s Episcopal Matthew Cameron Montera Second grade, Class of 2017 Nathan Chan Black Pine Circle Lowell Camp Havens Elementary Jonathan Chao Shanghai American School Skyler Liu Beach Elementary School Mary Creedon Prospect Sierra Chantal Davis John F. Kennedy School Third grade, Class of 2016 Michael Eidlin Jacob Spolan Prospect Sierra Tehiyah Day School Alexandra Ford Dorris-Eaton School Robert Gardyne Beacon Day School Fourth grade, Class of 2015 Selamawit Gebregziabher Beacon Day School Caitlin Otter John Muir-Berkeley Charlotte Horsey Alexis Popejoy French-American International Colonial Acres Mitchell Ito Bentley School Donovan Redd St. Lawrence O’Toole Hunter Jackson Ecole Bilingue (East Bay French American) Fifth grade, Class of 2014 Adam Keller Beacon Day School Maxwell Goldstein Windrush Jordan Kelley Ecole Bilingue (East Bay French American) Maurice Spolan Tehiyah Day School Sergio Klor de Alva Ecole Bilingue (East Bay French American) Jeremiah Kreisberg Prospect Sierra Sixth grade, Class of 2013 Katherina Kutter-Heinrich Berkeley Montessori School Alyssa Apilado Tom Kitayama Elementary Emma Leyden Berkeley Montessori School Rachel Bachman Montclair Elementary Elena Martin-Ginnold Julia Morgan School for Girls Jackson Barnett Hillcrest Elementary School Tyler Mitchell Zion Lutheran Jonathan Bianchini Glorietta Elementary Matthew Reif Seven Hills Pauline Blum Hillcrest Elementary School Ashleigh Rondon-Davis Alameda Community Learning Center Isadora Bratton-Benfield Montclair Elementary Rebecca Rosenthal Tehiyah Day School Timothy Campbell Havens Elementary Zoe Rothman Redwood Day School Elizabeth Chao Shanghai American School David Savage Bentley School Rory Chipman Franklin Elementary Andrew Schreyer Ecole Bilingue (East Bay French American) Michael Cohen Tehiyah Day School Eric Tam The Dorris Eaton School Forrest Cornwell Aurora School Elaine Truong Edna Brewer Middle School Ryan Diew Zion Lutheran Diana Valenzuela St. Lawrence O’Toole Nicolas Dorado Proctor School Allan Wan American Indian Charter School Robert Giesler Live Oak School Charles Howarth Thornhill Elementary Tenth grade, Class of 2009 Michelle Ito Bentley School Minjun Choi Rolling Hills Country Day School Non-profit Organization 4315 Lincoln Avenue U.S. Postage Oakland, CA 94602 paid Permit 2693 www.headroyce.org Oakland, CA

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Please join us for Head-Royce Day Sunday, September 10, 2006

10:00 am to 3:00 pm

10:00 – 11:00 am 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (at Middle School) (at the Jesse Becherer Diamond and Playing Field) Celebration of Feet First Walkathon to Benefit Heads Up Master Plan Groundbreaking > Coffee & Pastries 11:30 am – 3:00 pm > Student Performances Annual All-School Picnic > Ceremony

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To ensure we have generous refreshments for everyone, please call 510 531-1300, x2404 to give us your name and number of guests. You may register for the Walkathon only at www.headroyce.org/walkathon.