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WINTER 2012 Volume 25

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SABBATICAL IN SOUTH AFRICA Volume 25 • WINTER 2012

On the cover: Internati onal Programs Coordinator and ESL Instructor Don Lahey encountered plenty of wildlife during his sabbati cal in South Africa. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mission Statement: Greensboro Day School WINTER 2012 develops the intellectual, Sandra Adams Paul Milam ethical, and interpersonal Lenora Billings-Harris Leigh Ann Pool foundati ons students need Patrick Burns Russ Robinson to become constructi ve contributors to the world. Marion Follin Jim Rucker ’82 Penny Graves J. Scott ’90 Greensboro Day School does not discriminate on the basis of Carrie Griswold Mary Scott race, color, creed, nati onal or AROUND CAMPUS Burney Jennings Robert Smith ethnic origin, disability (to Campus News page 5 the extent that reasonable Buster Johnson Adeline Talbot Sports Report page 12 accommodati ons are possible), Chuck Keeley ’81 Fran Tewkesbury (Chair) or sexual orientati on in the Photos page 14 Robert Ketner Nancy Vaughan administrati on of its educati onal policies, admissions policies, Kristen Magod Wes Watson or any other programs FEATURES Patt y McIvor Jack Whitley administered by the school. South Africa: Stacy Calfo, Editor A Land of Contrasts page 18 [email protected] GDS AIMS to Provide Greensboro Day School a World Class Educati on page 22 5401 Lawndale Drive ADMINISTRATION Greensboro, NC 27455 Service Learning 2.1 336.288.8590 Bringing the idea of service learning Fax 336.282.2905 Mark C. Hale, Head of School www.greensboroday.org into the 21st Century page 24 Tommy Webb, Assistant Head of School The Hard Knock Lesson of Facebook.com/GDSBengals Gail Isaacson Bernstein ’76, Assistant to the Head of School Facebook.com/GDSAlumni Entrepreneurialism page 26 Terry Buxton, Upper School Director Twitt er: @GreensboroDay Preparati on for College: Ed Dickinson, Middle School Director GDS Magazine is published Our graduates tell us how we measure up page 27 Gillian Goodman, Lower School Director three ti mes a year. David Gilbert, Academic Dean Third class postage paid at Pam Hemphill, Business Offi cer ALUMNI Greensboro, N.C. Anne Hurd, Director of Advancement Alumni News page 31 Robin Schenck, Director of Admission and Enrollment If you would like to add others Class Notes page 33 to our mailing list, please Alumni Profi les: Dana Smith, Director of Technology contact Leigh Munsey at 336.288.8590, ext. 233. Gerard Truesdale ’03 & Arturo McKie ’03 page 37 HEAD’S CORNER

Parent Feedback Speaks Volumes Hillsdale Fund Supports Campaign

Recently, I shared with the Board of Trustees the feedback we received from a survey our parents Marti n Boney ’85 remembers their two daughters, Louise and her older sister Betsy Boney took at the end of the fi rst school term. We received survey responses from over 300 parents, purposefully missing his ride Mead’75, started in 5th and 8th grades. The eldest Boney sibling – and across all three divisions the following questi ons received a 90% or bett er response of home from Greensboro Day Sion – was too old to att end Greensboro’s fi rst independent school, agree or strongly agree: School so that he could walk which opened with grades 1-8 that fi rst year. Younger son Marti n instead to his grandmother entered kindergarten in 1972. • The teachers in each division know their students well. Richardson’s Hillsdale Farm, up • The faculty and staff are caring and welcoming. Lake Brandt Road overlooking Even aft er their children were alumni, and Betsy predeceased him • The School provides an academically challenging curriculum for all students. the north side of the lake. in 1986, Si remained involved and proud of GDS and served on the • Specialist classes (art, music, P.E., computer, library, science, Spanish) enhance learning in Head’s Council unti l his death two years ago. GDS has benefi ted from the Lower and Middle Schools. In the early years of the last generous fi nancial support from the Boney family as well as from • Students have the opportunity to pursue their academic interests. century, while most other the Hillsdale Fund, the family’s philanthropic foundati on, named for • Students have the opportunity to learn in a variety of ways (projects, lectures, small branches of the Richardson the Richardson family’s beloved farm. The Fund was established in groups). family lived in town, Lunsford 1963 by members of the Lunsford Richardson family; Mr. Richardson • Students are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding of material learned in a and Margaret Richardson was the founder of Vick Chemical Company. Betsy Richardson Boney variety of ways (projects, essays, tests, experiments, etc.). raised their family north of the and Sion A. Boney, Jr. were part of the founding Trustee group of the • The School helps prepare students to become constructi ve contributors to the world (see page 24). Betsy and Si Boney city, “way out” Lake Brandt Hillsdale Fund, and Si Boney headed the Fund for many years. • The School clearly values a positi ve relati onship with the natural world (promotes sustainability). Road near a litt le crossroads community called Hillsdale, for which their working farm was In fact, the Boneys (and very oft en the Fund) supported every Clearly, in the eyes of those who responded, Greensboro Day School is doing an incredible job of educati ng our named. “My mother Betsy truly loved Hillsdale Farm,” recalls her fundraising eff ort – large and small – for the fi rst 40 years of the students (see page 27 for stati sti cs from our own graduates). Are there areas that indicated a need for improvement? daughter Louise Boney McCoy ’78. “That was home for her.” School’s existence. Of course there were! Just as students grow and learn, schools need to grow and learn as well. Areas of growth are somewhat diff erent in each division, but generally, improved communicati on, parent educati on and connecti ng In many respects, generati ons of GDS students share that love of Si Boney remembered the Day School in his Will with a nice bequest. learning to the real world scored in the 70-85% range. (See page 22 for more areas of focus for our school.) home with the Richardson-Boney family, since most of the School’s In support of the Generati ons Campaign, the Hillsdale Fund recently land once belonged to the extended family. In fact, Louise and made a generous grant to GDS to support the school they helped I would argue that no other PreK-12 school in the Triad would receive such positi ve accolades from a parent survey. Marti n’s father, founding GDS Trustee Si Boney, helped secure the to build. Greensboro Day School will name a classroom aft er Betsy At GDS, our faculty and staff work hard each day to provide the best educati onal opportunity in a caring environment, land on which the school was built 40 years ago. What is now 5401 Richardson and Sion Alford Boney to honor their many years of and I’m pleased that so many of our parents see and acknowledge it. Lawndale Drive, was in 1970, seemingly far north of the city of service and generosity to GDS. Greensboro. Greensboro Day School conti nues to be a leader in educati ng its students and providing them a place where they Founding parent Emma Poindexter shared a carpool with the can apply their knowledge, stretch their athleti c and arti sti c skills and be part of a community where caring teachers “Everybody thought the school was in the country, in the middle Boneys and remembers how faithful and supporti ve they both were encourage and support their ethical and academic growth. of nowhere,” laughs Marti n. “To us, it was just on the way to our of the school. “Si was at every meeti ng and Betsy and I spent many grandmother’s.” hours sitti ng in the bleachers watching Marti n and my son, Christi an, I am honored to lead an insti tuti on that not only values academics, but also values the character of each student. play basketball,” she recalled. “Betsy and I used to joke that we’d Our faculty members are a shining example of how to teach students not just to be ’book smart’ but also be ’life Greensboro eventually grew out to encompass Greensboro Day, and probably be sitti ng together in our wheelchairs in that gym watching smart.’ stops just short of what remains of Hillsdale Farm, much of which is GDS games.” sti ll owned by family. The Boney’s children, now among the family trustees of the Hillsdale Si and Betsy Boney were a founding family and strong supporters Fund, are pleased that this gift can perpetuate their parents’ legacy of GDS from the beginning. They believed that Betsy’s hometown, to GDS and that the school will name a classroom in their honor. where they married in 1954 and raised their family, should have Mark C. Hale a college preparatory school that off ered rigorous academics and The Boney children agree: “Mom and Dad loved Greensboro Day Head of School important ethical and moral foundati ons. In 1970, GDS’ fi rst year, School and would be so proud of the School’s success over the last 40 years.”

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Over Half-way to the Goal GDS Launches 4-Year-Old Program In February, we topped $3,500,000 toward our $7,000,000 goal The “Bitt y Bengals” class will begin each day at 8:15 a.m. with family-specifi c fl exibility for the child’s school day to end at either Last September, Greensboro Day School kicked off the Generati ons but there was a great deal of enthusiasm and confi dence 1:00 p.m. or 2:45 p.m. The inaugural “Bitt y Bengals” class will Campaign, to raise capital funding for a multi -phased master and so we decided to go for it. There is no perfect ti me for be limited to 12 students with a full-ti me teacher and assistant campus plan to transform the campus by reorienti ng the front a campaign launch, except when you have the confi dence providing a student-to-teacher rati o of 6-to-1. entrance from Lawndale Drive to Lake Brandt Road, building a new and enthusiasm. Now with this campaign, I detect that same Middle School, and creati ng a natural park-like central quadrangle. kind of enthusiasm and confi dence. It’s ti me go for it! “We are thrilled to embark on this new adventure at Greensboro Day School,” said Gillian Goodman, Lower School Director. Constructi on of the new entrance drive and tennis complex funded If you haven’t yet spoken to a capital campaign volunteer and want “Where else in Greensboro can young children benefi t from the by early lead gift s to the campaign, was completed in September. to learn more about the Generati ons Capital Campaign, contact combinati on of years of experienced teaching along with the Campaign volunteers have been soliciti ng current parents over the Director of Advancement Anne Hurd at annehurd@greensboroday. opportunity to att end concerts, plays and athleti c events without past fi ve months. Next phases of the campaign will include parents org, or 336-288-8590 ext. 235. ever having to get on a bus? Where else can they explore over new this year to GDS, alumni, alumni parents, friends of GDS, and 60 acres with trailed woods and a learning pond? We will now foundati ons and corporati ons. The public phase of the campaign is off er an array of early childhood experiences that includes expected to last at least two years. Beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year, Greensboro Day School will launch a new 4-year-old early educati on program. developmentally appropriate programming beginning at age 4 and conti nue seamlessly into our school-age classrooms.” The campaign name, Generati ons, is inspired by the generati ons of Families with children turning 4 by November 1, 2012 are GDS families who helped start the school, and build for the future. invited to apply for the School’s new “Bitt y Bengals” class. With Corrections its additi on, the School will now off er educati onal opti ons from Launching the new “Bitt y Bengals” class will also allow the School The campaign leaders are alumni parents Melinda and Jim Rucker We regret that we made the following error in the fall issue preschool through high school. to redefi ne its Transiti onal Kindergarten program into a full-day ’82 and Merrill and Chuck Keeley ’81. Honorary campaign chairs are of GDS Magazine: Junior Kindergarten. Like “Bitt y Bengals,” Junior Kindergarten GDS founders Emma and Clay Poindexter, Anita and Jim Schenck, will be designed to address the social and emoti onal needs of Myles Mansfi eld ’12 was left off the list of varsity boys’ In a safe and loving atmosphere led by highly-qualifi ed and Sarah and Jack Warmath. each child, while providing the skills needed to be successful the soccer players who were named to the Ravenscoft professionals, 4-year-olds will learn to build friendships, engage following academic year. “Leadership of any campaign is one of the most criti cal elements Invitati onal All-Tournament Team. in creati ve projects, develop important thinking skills and take in the success. Our campaign leaders, Jim and Melinda, Chuck part in guided explorati ons of the natural world on the extensive The following are correcti ons to the 2010-2011 Annual Report Junior Kindergarten is designed for those students who would and Merrill, have taken a leap of faith and have devoted many Greensboro Day School campus. Uti lizing the Day School’s published in the fall 2011 GDS Magazine. We apologize for benefi t from the gift of additi onal ti me before beginning hours to lead this eff ort to transform this school for the future,” experience in guidance, science, technology, the arts, and more, these omissions and are pleased to recognize and express our Kindergarten. Greensboro Day School’s Junior Kindergarten will said Fran Tewkesbury, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “On behalf “Bitt y Bengals” will give children the opportunity to explore their appreciati on to these donors. be a full-day program (8:15 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.) and will be limited of Greensboro Day School, and the Board of Trustees, I want to natural curiosity, enabling them to interact, questi on, connect, problem-solve, communicate and refl ect. to 16 students with a full-ti me teacher and assistant. Families thank our leaders for all of the many hours of meeti ngs, phone Annual Fund First/Parents of the Class of 2011: Martha interested in a half-day Junior Kindergarten class should contact calls, sleepless nights, and words of inspirati on they have provided and David Howard ’76, in honor of Ben Howard the school’s admissions department to discuss opti ons. to us thus far. We are where we are because of their hard work, “Following a number of years of in-depth research and thoughtf ul Alumni by Class/Class of 1976: Gail Bernstein increased her discussion, we are looking forward to enriching our program the campaign volunteers hard work, and our generous donors,” The “Bitt y Bengals” class will be taught by veteran preschool Tewkesbury added. gift to the Annual Fund First campaign by 110% or more. with a 4-year-old class,” Head of School Mark Hale explained. “Greensboro Day School has a proven record of off ering a teacher Emilee Transou. Transou holds a master’s in educati on from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has Donor Honor Roll/Former Trustees: Both Jackie and Steve nurturing educati onal environment along with a family-like setti ng Jim Schenck, who served as a board member for many years and taught at UNC-G’s Child Care Educati on Program as a Preschool Bell served on the Board of Trustees. where students can develop meaningful friendships with older Board Chair from 1971-1973, said the following about capital Teacher with 3, 4, and 5 year olds, and serves as an adjunct fundraising at GDS: students. We believe that providing the community with a high Parents’ Associati on In-Kind Sponsors/ Bengals, Boots & quality, child-centered 4-year-old program is part of our guiding professor for the Human Development Department at UNC-G, Bling: Schiff man’s Jewelers teaching a course on Preschool Curriculum to pre-service teachers. In the very beginning, there was a debate about whether principles and will best prepare young students to confi dently enter a more formal kindergarten learning environment.” Transou is currently teaching the Transiti onal Kindergarten at the to open the school less than a year aft er the fi rst meeti ng, Day School.

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Endowment Named 56 Inducted into the National Honor Society

for Roger Moore Fift y-six Greensboro Day School juniors and seniors were inducted into Jonathan Rogers, Hannah Rosen, Kathryn Smith, Christi ne South, the Nati onal Honor Society on November 17. All of the inductees have Elizabeth Tilley, Lindsay Tuck, Annie Wainer, Drew Wang, Harper an unweighted academic average of at least 87. Weissburg, Maggie Wilkinson, Spencer Williams, and Clayton Wilson. The Board of Directors of The Oscar and Mossie Teague Foundati on announced renaming of the Teague Endowment for Lati n Studies to The inductees were: (seniors) Sarah Bankhead, Tenesha Connor, A highlight of the inducti on ceremony was a speech from long-ti me honor Roger Moore upon his reti rement in December 2011 aft er 26 Molly Hurd, Mary Frances Jennings, Mary Talbot, Christopher Zammit; math teacher and alumni director Kathy Davis. Mrs. Davis recalled the years of service to Greensboro Day School. The endowment will now (juniors) Jenny Allen, Elise Ammondson, Shannon Arnold, Aditya Badve, fi rst class of NHS inductees at GDS some 30 years ago and said that be named the Roger Moore Endowment for Lati n Studies. Alex Boyko, McKibbin Brady, Madison Brantley, Caroline Brassfi eld, although each was certainly outstanding in scholarship, leadership, Caroline Cox, Justi ne Dassow, Artashes Davison, Andrew Dutch, Nick and service, a common thread for all was their strength of character. The force behind this honor is Tommy Teague, husband of Lower Fenger, Savannah Fox, Haley Gilmore, Sarah Carter Jessup, Courtney The good character of our students at GDS is what keeps her coming School Math Specialist Nancy Teague, and a longti me supporter and Key, Saad Khan, Judy Kim, Chandler King, Aleksa Kirsteins, Allie back year aft er year, Mrs. Davis told the assembled Upper School member of the GDS community. Tommy Teague is the vice president Kleinman, Wynne Kulman, Kenny Kunberger, Seonil Lee, Ben Magod, and parents. “I know that years from now, you also will be successful of the family foundati on. Caroline Magod, Carrie Melson, Gabrielle Merritt , Greg Mitchell, Tina adults, noted for your strength of character. I am proud of each and Quick Pic: Roger Moore Ni, Weldon Rose Nichols, Alex North, Mark Perry, Maggie Phillips, every one of you.” This fund was originally established at Greensboro Day School in 1994 Andrew Plotnikov, Andrew Regal, Marissa Reid, Madison Roehrig, In December, Roger Moore offi cially reti red aft er 26 years of with a gift from The Oscar and Mossie Teague, Foundati on, Inc., and service on our property and maintenance staff . Those of us named The Teague Endowment for Lati n Studies. Upon the reti rement who have been blessed to have Roger in our lives will miss his of Roger Moore, the Teague Foundati on’s Board of Directors has daily smiles and his kind words. requested a formal name change in honor of Roger Moore’s many years of service to Greensboro Day School. Since reti ring, Roger has been spott ed at the Litt le Four basketball tournament, Homecoming, and he’s been seen Th ree Students Earn Art Awards enjoying lunch in the cafeteria with friends. Always a Bengal! Since the mid-1990’s, earnings from this permanent endowment fund have encouraged the study of Lati n by providing funds for school- Three Upper School students earned honors sponsored travel to countries where Lati n is studied for GDS Upper at the Scholasti c Art Awards. Junior Aleksa School students who otherwise could not aff ord to parti cipate in such Kirsteins and senior Jameson Midgett each travel. The recipients have all been Lati n students who have att ained received two Gold Key awards. Senior Kyle New Upper School a least a level three in Lati n and who show parti cular interest and Supple received a Silver Key award. promise in the study of the language. In the event that Lati n is no longer Director Sought taught in the Upper School, the award will be given to a student taking Operated by the Alliance for Young Arti sts & a foreign language for travel related to the language being studied. Writers, the Scholasti c Art & Writi ng Awards Terry Buxton has announced he is stepping down recognize student achievement in the visual as Upper School director to return to teaching in Terry Buxton “Students, faculty, staff parents, board members and even visitors arts and creati ve writi ng. Annually, the Alliance the classroom. Buxton has led the Upper School have all been graced by Roger Moore’s presence on the campus,” said and its 81 Regional Affi liates review more than for 18 years. Teague. While his positi on has not been as part of the academic staff 100,000 submissions of art and writi ng by of the school, his opti misti c atti tude, encouraging words, and obvious creati ve teenagers from across the country. “Today, the Upper School stands as a shining capstone experience for concern for everyone around him have added much to the positi ve our students as they transiti on to the fi nest universiti es our country experience of all members of the School community. The other has to off er,” said Head of School Mark Hale. “We are grateful for members of the foundati on board of directors and I are very pleased Above: “Touchy” by Aleksa Kirsteins ’13 Terry’s leadership which has advanced the division to its present to be able to honor Roger’s service to Greensboro Day School in this Top Right: “Th rough the Fence” level, and know that our students will conti nue to benefi t from his way.” by Jameson Midgett ’12 knowledge and skills as a teacher at GDS.” Bottom right: “Green Village” Hale has formed a committ ee to conduct a nati onal search for a new by Kyle Supple ’12 Upper School Director to be in place this coming summer.

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Head’s List & Honor Roll: 1st Semester Upper School HEAD’S LIST 10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE HONOR ROLL Olivia Knox 12TH GRADE Students who maintain an Lexy Ackerman Jenny Allen Clark Ackerman Students who earn an Alex Kunar Sarah Bankhead Bengal Bites Tyler Aluisio Matt Lowe Jake Burns average of 90 with no grade Elise Ammondson Nicholas Beane average of 85 and no grade • Following their pumpkin decorati ng William Armstrong Brandi McLean Sydney Cone below 70. Shannon Arnold Matheson Brady below 70. contest, 8th graders donated the money Miranda Bachicha Kati e Ognovich Tenesha Connor Alex Boyko Hannah Brennan raised ($480) to the Mammography Karson Bankhead Emily Perkins Madhu Cornelius 9TH GRADE Jake Deslauriers Samantha Brookshire 9TH GRADE Scholarship Fund in honor of the Alyssa Altheimer Lauren Beane Andrew Dutch David Burick Nathan Barefoot Layton Schiff man Nathan Elsner Claire Burns Women’s Only 5K Race. Addy Anderson Jose Pablo Farias Jonathan Campbell Cassie Burroughs Caroline Schlosser Jacqueline Gravely Christopher Caff rey • Kati e Rowlett ’12 was accepted into Caroline Att ayek Nick Fenger Kendall Clark Addison Byrd Caroline Shaw Kim Hundgen Kevin Carty the Western Region All State Honors Lily Brown Jessica Hickey Morgan Cox Rachel Cano Joshua Siar Molly Hurd Jackson Clark Orchestra, 1st violin secti on, and Edison Kassi Browning Sarah Carter Jessup Dixon Crews Alex Fenger Tess Stark Fletcher Keeley Connor Cooke Lu ’13 was accepted into the Western Beau Burns Courtney Key Emily Crow Shepard Griswold Imani Starks Rob Kleinman Natalie Curry Region All State Repertoire Orchestra, Chandler King Taylor Curry Sarina Haghighat Nikos Tarasidis Ann Le Houillier Madi Caviness Elizabeth Dougherty Grace Williams Stephanie Lee 1st violin secti on. Paul Coady Quenti n Doutt Aleksa Kirsteins Chris Dalldorf Jonathan Hirsch Micah Zimmerman Sarah Lucas • 41 Middle School students parti cipated in Connor Dean Mary Glaser Allie Kleinman Charles Dick Scott Hollowell John Marti n the Nati onal Conference of Community Nich Duehring Aj Haggarty Wynne Kulman Carson DuBose Libby Knowles and Justi ce ANYDAY program. Lucy Dunham Rachel Hayes Seonil Lee Stephanie Hemphill Sam Kolls 11TH GRADE Gena Medoff Katerina Forbis Amina Khan Di Lu Hailey Jacob Kaitlyn Lingard Cody Adams Jameson Midgett • Eight GDS students and faculty members Annalise Graves Haley Klinger Reed Lucas Mary Frances Jennings Alyssa Mack Eric Anderson Evelyn Milford att ended the annual People of Color Sabrina Greer Sarah Lindsay Liebkemann Ben Magod Mary Stuart King Marion Macphail Aditya Badve Hayden Nault Conference in Philadelphia in December. Marco Basile Aerin Hickey Laura McGee Carrie Melson Allie Knowles Harrison North Amanda Ni McKibbin Brady • Ben Magod ’13, Caroline Brassfi eld Jesse Joyner Kit McGinley Gabrielle Merritt Jennings Kuzmier Alexander Paris Jonathan Petrinitz Caroline Brassfi eld ’13, Ellie Dougherty ’14, and Elise Sarah Kahn Matt hew McIvor Greg Mitchell Cameron Lemley Jessica Pusch Colton Pitt man Evan Burdett Ammondson ’13, along with faculty Carole Roman Tamara Monserrat Daniel MacDonald Olivia Register Addison Pugh Annabelle Kramme Gabriel Corbett member Eric Shilling went to New Eric Rosenbower John Morrisett e Sowmya Mangipudi Carleigh Roach Kenesha Raeford Alex Kroeger Caroline Cox Delhi for the 6th annual Community Mary Kathryn Sapp Tina Ni Rakesh Mitra Cameron Sharpe Julian Sampah Tom Kubitza Justi ne Dassow Development and Leadership Summit. Janse Schermerhorn Alex North Colleen Paterson Scott Taylor Rives Schiff man Mariana Lawrence Artashes Davison • Senior Cameron Lemley is a semi-fi nalist Alexa Schleien Xueyi Peng Haley Peck Spencer Vass Aqeelah Tarver Mary-Kathryn Midgett Chris Drusdow for the Coca-Cola Scholarship. He is the Zac Schner Maggie Phillips Kelly Pusch Mariah Warren Olivia Trone Ivy Ni Savannah Fox fi rst semi-fi nalist GDS has had in this Rachel Pfenning Rachel Schomp Andrew Plotnikov Wilson Roseman Kati e Watson Tori Warren Shivani Shah Haley Gilmore program in over 15 years. Caroline Pinkelton Andrew Regal Alex Rosenbower Kati e Wyatt Kaitlyn Webster Caroline Sherwood Romina Haghighat Jonas Procton Marissa Reid Kati e Rowlett Jake White • Senior Sowmya Mangipudi is an Emory Katherine Sipes Christi an Hairston Kayla Reardon Jonathan Rogers Edward Sapp 10TH GRADE Emily Wilder Scholar semi-fi nalist. Lauren Smir Jackie Jacobson Hannah Rosen Clay Sherrill Renee Anderson Christopher Zammit • Lower School teachers Beth Hopkins, Zoe Rosen Reid Smith Saad Khan Kathryn Smith Lindsay Stark Halie Biggs Kelly Sipe, Suzanne Billips and Crissy Julia Solomon Ethan Smith Judy Kim Christi ne South Mary Talbot Emily Bohrer Anderson along with counselor, Michelle Tyler Steen Caroline Spurr Jason King Kullen Clark Allie Tice David Stern Elizabeth Tilley Annie Tewkesbury Tyler Knauss Bosti an off ered courses to 35 area John Trenti ni Megan Stonecipher Lindsay Tuck Emily Walthall Julia Cook Kenny Kunberger preschool teachers, as part of GDS’ Kory Webster Natasha Stypa Annie Wainer Lauren Watson Noah Corbett Samuel Lankford Experts Program. The preschool teachers Emma Weissburg Tyler Sudbrink Drew Wang Astrid Wenseleers Gina Dick Caroline Magod earned conti nuing educati on credits for Rachael Wilson Clayton Swords Harper Weissburg Graham Wrenn Marilyn Dick Weldon Rose Nichols their parti cipati on. Jacque Ravenscroft Zax Tate Spencer Williams Ross Gaines • Fourteen seniors received special Will Riedlinger Christi an Taylor Clayton Wilson Matt hew Gasiorek recogniti on in the Nati onal Merit Grayson Thompson Taoran Yu Haley Harrill Madison Roehrig Ronata Rogers Scholarship Program, based upon their Pearce Veazey Clay Hawkins performance on last year’s PSAT exam. Angelica Warren John Hudgins Margo Schiff man • Physics teacher Jeff Regester was Max Weingold John Jennings Marco Sunol J.T. Terry awarded the 2012 Brooks Sabbati cal. Catherine Wright Jamie Kleckowski Christopher Tice Jordan Klinger

10 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 11 SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT Girls’ Basketball he long-standing traditi on of our winning swimming and against the UNC JV team in the Dean Dome… and won 95-89! basketball programs, along with the rising success of our Overall Record: 27-6 Twrestling program, makes for exciti ng athleti cs during the cold Following their undefeated conference acti on, the varsity girls’ team 2011 NCISAA State Runner-Up winter months. This year was no excepti on. earned the conference ti tle and, for the fi rst ti me in the history of girls’ 2011 PACIS Conference Champions basketball at GDS, they parti cipated in the state championship game. All-Conference: Ronata Rogers ’13, Khadejah Wilkerson ’12, GDS boasted a state championship at the end of the season thanks While they lost to Providence Day in the fi nal game, the team showed Tenesha Connor ’12, Caroline Spurr ’14 to an impressive boys’ swim team. Following their 14th straight PACIS they were an impressive force on the court. And, it looks as if the Conference Player of the Year: Ronata Rogers ’13 ti tle, they dominated the pool in the state tournament. Jonathan strength of our girls’ basketball program is here to stay: The JV girls’ All-State: Khadejah Wilkerson ’12, Ronata Rogers ’13 Rogers ’13 won the 100 meter backstroke, setti ng a new school record. and the 8th grade girls’ teams also went undefeated in conference MVP: Ronata Rogers ’13 Rogers also set a new record in the 200 meter individual medley. Eric play. Most Improved: Kim Hundgen ’12 Rosenbower ’14 won the 50 meter and 100 meter freestyle, breaking Best Off ensive Player: Khadejah Wilkerson ’12 the school record in the 100 meter freestyle. The 400 free relay team This season also marked some special athleti c awards for our students. Best Defensive Player: Tenesha Connor ’12 of Rogers, Rosenbower, Grayson Thompson ’14, and Jake Burns ’12 Senior Annie Tewkesbury was awarded the fi rst Molly Brenner ’05 Other Awards: Tenesha Connor ’12 was named to the Pizza Hut Invitati onal also set a school record. Award for her dedicati on to the GDS basketball program. Annie serves as the varsity boys’ team manager. The Molly Brenner ’05 Award will be All-Tournament team Our girls swim team exceeded expectati ons during the state tournament. given annually to a student basketball manager who exceeds coach’s Our relay teams —Shannon Arnold ’13, Caroline Brassfi eld ’11, Sarah expectati ons and shows extraordinary dedicati on to the School’s Jessup ’13, Olivia Johnson ’16, Sarah Lucas ’12, Kati e Ognovich ’14, basketball program. The award is named in honor of Molly Brenner Kaitlyn Webster ’12—fi nished in the top 12. Brassfi eld, Johnson, and ’05, whose enthusiasm and selfl ess dedicati on to the GDS basketball Boys’ Basketball Ognovich fi nished in the top 16 for their individual events. program led to her success as the varsity basketball manager at the University of North Carolina. Overall Record: 31-4 Starti ng the season with only fi ve wrestlers on the roster, the wrestling 2011 NCISAA State Runner-Up team quickly grew to 13. Unfortunately, injuries hampered the Bengals Senior Jonathan Campbell was named the Gatorade NC Soccer Player 2nd place 2011 PACIS Conference and left them with only six wrestlers able to compete at States. Five of of the Year, the fi rst Bengal to be named to this presti gious positi on. 2011 Pizza Hut Invitati onal Champions these wrestlers fi nished in the top six, earning GDS a 9th place fi nish. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athleti c excellence, All-Conference: Reggie Dillard ’13, Reed Lucas ’13, Jalen Ross ’12 Junior Griffi n Taylor earned the state runner-up ranking in the 106 lb. but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary All-State: Reggie Dillard ’13 weight class. Senior captain Nathan Elsner fi nished 3rd in the state at character demonstrated on and off the fi eld, disti nguishes Campbell MVP: Jalen Ross ’12 170 lbs, and Paul Coady ’15 fi nished 4th at states at 160 lbs. as North Carolina’s best high school boys soccer player. Most Improved: Quayshad Williams ’12 Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams brought thrilling excitement Matt hew Lowe, a sophomore and varsity lacrosse defenseman at Coach’s Award: Jake White ’12, Jawahn Alexandre ’12, Julian Sampah ’12 and plenty of records to the court. Boys’ coach Freddy Johnson set the Greensboro Day School was named as a 2012 Brine Nati onal High Other Awards: Jalen Ross ’12 was named the Pizza Hut Invitati onal MVP; North Carolina High School basketball wins record (including public School All-American and was selected to represent the Southeast JT Terry ’13 and Reed Lucas ’13 were named to the Pizza Hut Invitati onal and private schools) with his 819th career win on January 7. The Regional Team in the 2012 Brine Nati onal Lacrosse Classic to be held All-Tournament team boys’ team won the Pizza Hut Invitati ona for the 10th ti me, tying GDS in Boyds, Maryland June 30-July 3, 2012. Midfi elder Donnie Proper, with Dudley for the most tournament ti tles. The impressive season 8th grade, was selected to the Nati onal All Star Lacrosse Academy for earned them a 2nd place conference fi nish and shot at the state ti tle. the middle school level. And fi nally, wrestler Griffi n Taylor ’13, state Unfortunately, they lost to Ravenscroft in the fi nal game. A unique runner-up in the 106 lb. weight class, qualifi ed for the Nati onal Preps Wrestling highlight to the year: Our varsity boys’ basketball team scrimmaged Championship Tournament. 2011 NCISAA State Runner-Up: Griffi n Taylor ’13 All-Conference: Griffi n Taylor’13, Paul Coady ’15 Hannah Rosen ’13 Swimming MVP: Nathan Elsner ’12 Caroline Spurr ’14  Most Improved: Adam Schner ’16 Reggie Dillard ’13  Overall Season Record: Girls 7-3; Boys 9-1 Coach’s Award: Paul Coady ’15 Griffi n Taylor ’13  2011 Boys’ State Champions Other Awards: Griffi n Taylor ’13 qualifi ed for the Nati onal Preps 2011 Boys’ PACIS Conference Champions Championship Tournament All-Conference & All-State: Clark Ackerman ’12, Jake Burns ’12, Fletcher Keeley ’12, Jonathan Rogers ’13, Eric Rosenbower ’14, Grayson Thompson ’14, All-Conference: Hayden Nault ’12, Gabriel Corbett ’13 Cheerleading Conference Swimmers of the Year: Jonathan Rogers ’13, Eric Rosenbower ’14 MVP: Olivia Johnson ’16, Eric Rosenbower ’14 MVP: David Burick ’12, Sarah Bankhead ’12 Most Improved: Isabel Paris ’17, Sarah Carter Jessup ’13, Connor Dean ’15 Most Improved: Caroline Schlosser ’14 Coach’s Award: Elizabeth Tilley ’13, Chris Zammit ’12, Jake Burns ’12 Coach’s Award: Holland Robinson ’12 Other Awards: Jonathan Rogers ’13 was named a Scholasti c All-American

12 GDS Magazine Playing to almost full houses, this year’s 2 One Acts was a fun mixture of Briti sh sketch comedy. Some highlights of the “Monty- Python-esque humor” were the History of the Jape (a performance of various slips, hits, and pies in the face), sketches involving life and death (including a reluctant soon-to- be-born baby and a teenager actually dying of embarrassment), and sketches involving businesses (including an argument clinic, a homeopathic ER, and why it’s ’identi ty theft ’ rather than a bank robbery). The One Acts were co-directed by Debra LeWinter 1 and Paul Nguyen ’05. Photos by Molly Hurd ’12

3 4 1. Aladdin (David Chung ’16) and Jasmine (Anisha Sharma ’16) take a ride on the magic carpet (Morgan Winstead ’18) in the Middle School’s producti on of Aladdin, Jr., March 1-4. 2. The elaborate producti on featured dozens of students. 3. Jafar (Jeremy Akin ’16) is up to no good. 4. Genie (Jake Keeley ’16) put on quite a show. 5. Carpet (Winstead) and Abu (Sophie Dalldorf ’18) try their best to stay out of trouble. 6. Iago (Ayden Hochstein ’18) never got respect. 7. This year’s producti on included two female leads. Shreya Shah ’16 and Anisha Sharma ’16 shared the part of Jasmine, along side Chung’s Aladdin. More photos online at www.fl ickr.com/greensborodayschool.

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1. Justi ce Gardner ’19 in the black smith shop at Earthshine in Lake Toxany, NC. As part of their study of pioneers, 5th graders are divided into two camps, Cherokees and Pioneers, and must then learn how to live in harmony. 2. Maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky of the Greensboro Symphony spent an aft ernoon with our MS and US strings students. 3. Caroline Brassfi eld ’13 and Elise Ammondson ’13 get to know the “locals” while in New Delhi for the Community Development and Leadership Summit. 4. Upper Schoolers led Mrs. Poindexter’s 2nd graders through a guided walk of the campus nature trail as part of the Green Cup Challenge in February. Pictured here: Boone Pool ’22 and Andrew Regal ’12. 5. Caroline Bosti an ’20 as ’Cricket’ in the 4th grade producti on of Pinocchio. 6. Claire Lewis ’17 learns sign language during her MS acti viti es period. 2 3 This winter, MS students selected from special acti viti es to break-up the academic schedule: Photoshop, Indoor Sports, 1 Mathelp, Drop Everything and Read, Ping-pong, Chess, 1 Coupon Club, Aladdin, Jr cast and crew, and Etcetera (sign language). 7. Brodie Nishan ’19 as ’Humpty Dumpty’ in the 5th grade’s producti on of Through the Looking Glass. More 1. Things got a litt le hair raising in the Lower School photos online at www.fl ickr.com/greensborodayschool. science lab when 3rd graders learned about stati c electricity on the Van der Graaff machine. Pictured here: Ali Wallace ’21. 2. TK’ers studied Japan this fall. They even learned to eat sushi with chopsti cks! Pictured here: Eric Gladney ’25 3. 8th graders Kati e Glaser and 4 Caitlin Dibble are ready for the slopes during the Middle School’s Spirit Week. 4. Dozens of Upper Schoolers and faculty members showed their support for Breast Cancer Awareness month. 5. The varsity cheerleaders held a clinic for 3rd-5th graders in December. Our aft er- school programs have off ered several free sports clinics to introduce LS students to the athleti c opportuniti es available to them at GDS. 6. The 5th grade chorus performed several songs for veteran’s at Well Spring Reti rement Community on Veteran’s Day. 7. Kenneth 2 3 Deterding ’16 performs with music teacher Scott Walker during the MS talent show. More photos online at www. fl ickr.com/greensborodayschool. 5

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16 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 17 Clifton School

Quarry Heights School

Cape Point, South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: Thanks to the Brooks Sabbati cal I was able to fulfi ll a dream and spend Clift on School is one of Durban’s leading independent schools and a A Land of Contrasts three and a half weeks in South Africa, where I visited schools, worked primary reason for my visit to South Africa. Aft er spending several with teachers, students and administrators and experienced a taste of days observing classes at Clift on School and then team teaching By Don Lahey outh Africa presents a microcosm of the African South Africa’s rich cultural and physical beauty. My adventure began classes with Clift on’s faculty, I am convinced we made a good choice in in Durban, Africa’s largest port and home to Clift on School, absent my partnering with Clift on School for exchanges and future collaborati ve Internati onal Programs Coordinator conti nent. From the windswept Cape of Good ESL Instructor luggage aft er 26 hours of conti nuous travel. Instead of making the eff orts. I was truly impressed by the dynamic, interacti ve K-12 classes Brook Sabbati cal Recipient Hope to the sapphire blue of the Indian Ocean, journey from Johannesburg to Durban with me, camera, clothes, and that I observed. all the carefully selected gift s for my Clift on hosts were routed to Cape SSouth Africa off ers the visitor a wealth of art, culture, food, Town on the other side of South Africa. On that fi rst day, I learned how The most exciti ng lessons for me were the Middle School Language history, music, and peoples amid teaming citi es, undulati ng litt le one truly needs to live and be happy. Perhaps, this is the key to Arts classes, where the boys (Clift on School is a single gender school, survival in Africa? as are most of the independent schools in South Africa) were acti vely veldts, and much of Africa’s most spectacular scenery and engaged and focused on producing a fi nished product and concrete wildlife. An amalgam of former Dutch and Briti sh colonies The warm welcome I received from my Clift on School colleagues result by the end of each lesson. One parti cularly eff ecti ve lesson was more than made up for the absence of personal possessions, while a collaborati ve eff ort centered on writi ng and producing a persuasive whose history and collecti ve experiences mirror in many the warm soothing eff ects of Rooibos tea, a South African specialty I piece for commercial use. Upon fi rst entering the classroom I thought ways the American experience, South Africa remains a quickly came to appreciate, eased the weariness of jet lag. My very I was experiencing a fl ash back to the fl oor of the pre-1990s New fi rst day in Africa was one of the longest days of my life, a non-stop York Stock Exchange where bartering, cajoling, and papers were great experiment and a trove of untapped potenti al. With array of greeti ngs, meeti ngs, sightseeing, and invitati ons, but I would everywhere and the din nearly deafening. How could 18 boys make its eleven offi cial languages, rich cultural heritages and not trade that day for any other. I made a coterie of new friends that so much noise? Yet, what fi rst appeared to be chaos soon turned into very fi rst day whose faces underscore South Africa’s reputati on as the the vibrant hum of a fi ne tuned classroom where each boy in every tortured history, South Africa presents itself as a beauti ful Rainbow Nati on. group had a fi nished product to share with the class. In speaking with land of enormous contrasts. the teacher aft er the lesson, she confi ded, “It does get a litt le noisy

18 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 19 in here someti mes, but that’s to be expected from boys at this age. infl uence of the infl ux of Indian immigrants who make Durban the In striking contrast to the blight of human poverty that surrounds It took me a litt le while to get used to the racket, but now it doesn’t most populous Indian city outside of India. Nowhere is the Indian many South African citi es is the dramati c beauty of the South bother me. It’s what they learn from the lesson that matt ers.” From infl uence more pronounced than in the realm of gastronomy, namely African landscape. South Africa encompasses the enti re Cape the work I saw, the boys had learned quite a bit that day about good the delicious curries and spicy Indian delights Durbanites enjoy. Floral Kingdom, the smallest but richest of the world’s six fl oral persuasive writi ng, how to disti nguish fact from propaganda, and Home to Mahatma Gandhi for 21 years Durban also claims the kingdoms and a colorful treasure trove of more than 9,000 species most importantly how to work together. I plan to use ideas from disti ncti on of being at the forefront of South Africa’s long struggle of indigenous plants. A large number of these plants are endemic this lesson in my own teaching and I am delighted that some of our for the rights of people of color. It was in the Natal that Mahatma and occur nowhere else on earth. Many horti cultural plants such as Middle School teachers have expressed an interest in working with Gandhi formulated his philosophy of Satyagraha (fi rmness for truth) daisies, freesias, irises, lilies, and proteas have their origins in fynbos, Clift on’s Middle School on a future project. and began his non-violent movement for the rights of Indians in South Africa’s fi ne coastal bush. Equally impressive is the country’s South Africa. He later gained world-wide renown for the applicati on enormous variety of fauna, including what is commonly referred Oft en referred to by Durbanites as “the last outpost of the Briti sh of Satyagraha in the successful struggle for Indian independence. to as the “Big Five.” The “Big Five” refers to the African elephant, A traditional Zulu dance ceremony Empire,” Durban and the province of KwaZulu-Natal hold a wealth lion, Cape buff alo, leopard, and rhino that abound throughout of African and colonial history, two world heritage sites and the Although people of color now enjoy the full rights of South African much of South Africa. Through South Africa’s conservati on eff orts oldest game reserve in Africa. KwaZulu-Natal off ers an enchanti ng, citi zenship, the long legacy of apartheid has left South Africa a these animals roam freely in their natural habitat. KwaZulu-Natal’s spectacular, and utt erly capti vati ng array of natural beauty, including fragmented society, separated by what many economists believe to Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve alone now boasts a populati on a long gleaming coastline astride the Indian Ocean, soaring green be the world’s greatest disparity between rich and poor. South Africa of more than 2,200 White Rhinos, the largest number of this mountains in the Drakensberg, and rich game preserves that were is both a wealthy country and a very poor one. Its major citi es and endangered species anywhere in the world. Moreover, South once the private hunti ng grounds of King Shaka, southern Africa’s towns are modern and clean. Excellent health care and educati on Africa contains the oldest and largest game reserves in Africa, and legendary warrior. are available to those who can aff ord it, and the country’s animal a nati onal eff ort is underway to reclaim additi onal lands once used and land conservati on eff orts are emulated throughout the world. for grazing and farming and return them to their natural state. I am KwaZulu-Natal also provides a fascinati ng multi -cultural showpiece. In contrast to South Africa’s physical beauty and growing economic extremely grateful to the Brooks Committ ee for providing my family It is the traditi onal home of the Zulu people, whose lyrical language prowess, which is driven largely by the rising prices for and me the opportunity to visit a number of South Africa’s parks and is both highly expressive and integral to diamonds, gold, rare metals, and food that South preserves to study Africa’s rich natural heritage. the culture of a proud people. Durban, Africa grows in abundance, stand miles of teeming the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, readily shantytowns known as townships. Here, running In South Africa, one cannot escape the contrasts or the inevitable refl ects the city’s African heritage, water and basic necessiti es are scarce, schools questi ons that arise from such dispariti es. During my sojourn in Don at Cape Point Briti sh colonial past, and the overriding have litt le resources, in some cases not even a South Africa two essenti al questi ons conti nuously came to fore. single book can be found, and unemployment runs Can South Africa, a country beset with such diverse physical, social 40% and more. How can a nati on survive, let alone and politi cal landscapes develop a nati onal identi ty? And do South grow when so much of its populati on appears Africans have the social and politi cal will to transform their country largely ignored? into a truly democrati c society that includes, protects and values all of its consti tuencies? Certainly, these are the very same questi ons the United States and other democrati c nati ons have had to ask themselves and conti nue to ponder. Of course, South Africans will determine their future by the paths they ulti mately choose to tread. And what those paths will be now belong to present and future generati ons of all South Africans. In the meanti me, South Africa remains a dynamic work in progress, a nati on blessed with enormous cultural and natural beauty with lessons to teach that I look forward to sharing with students and colleagues at Greensboro  One of the many animals Day School. Don encountered during his Stellenbosch Wine Lands stay in South Africa.

Winter 2012 21 GDS AIMS to Provide a World Class Education AIM Summation

reensboro Day School (GDS) has a unique history as an AIM (The Assessment of Inclusiveness and Multi culturalism) was tools they need to be successful in the enti re world, not just in a Following is a summati on of fi ndings based on the results of the AIM independent school. Part of our diff erence has centered developed by the NAIS (Nati onal Associati on of Independent Schools) small part of it. Assessment. It is the belief of the AIM Coordinati ng Committ ee that Garound respect for, and interest in, developing a community as a comprehensive way to evaluate diversity, multi culturalism, almost all areas for focus fall within these categories. Ours is not of diverse learners, teachers, and families. When GDS was founded, equity, and justi ce in independent schools. The goals of AIM aligned Now that GDS has completed the AIM process, we have one the fi nal list. The next step is to distribute relevant materials to each the Greensboro community was (and remains) rich with various with diversity issues that GDS needed to examine in meeti ng document which includes most major aspects of our past and current senior administrator to read and absorb and begin working on acti on traditi ons, including Quaker and Jewish leaders, calling for a school our goals, identi fying needed initi ati ves, facilitati ng meaningful diversity acti viti es, and how consti tuents understand and feel about steps – some of which are listed below. This eff ort will be led by the that is also inclusive and multi cultural. Indeed part of our Mission dialogue, and more. these eff orts. Opinions were expressed, suggesti ons were made, and Head of School and reports will be made to him. Regular reviews of is to culti vate inclusivity and seek a larger representati on of cultural themes emerged, giving us what we need to design a plan specifi c to progress will be implemented. diversity. The overriding goal of building a diverse and inclusive learning the needs of our school. community at GDS is to enhance learning in a way that will prepare While GDS has a Mission Statement, Guiding Principles, and a our students for a twenty fi rst century world. This includes creati ng Currently each senior administrator has been assigned a secti on of Diversity Statement that emphasize the importance of an inclusive a welcoming climate that makes all its members feel valued and the assessment to study and review with an eye towards developing EDUCATION/COMMUNICATION • Implement various ways to emphasize diversity as a vehicle for a and diverse environment, and we have benefi tt ed from the hard respected. Projects such as AIM highlight the value of increased acti on plans, both short term and long term. Acti ons will refl ect world class educati on at GDS work of our Diversity Committ ee, we have never measured the racial, ethnic, gender, and cultural diversity and respect for all that the suggested areas for review which were determined by both the • Inform the GDS community about current diversity eff orts success of our eff orts. The Board, Faculty, and Administrati on at can be learned in a rich and varied community. The educati on that Discovery Committ ees and the online survey. For example, Tommy • Inform and partner with external communiti es to enrich ongoing GDS believe that the ti me is right to review carefully what we are we off er at GDS will be most producti ve if it takes place among Webb is currently addressing the issues raised in the area of Policy diversity eff orts cucurrently doing to enhance the quality of the educati on that we are people with diff ering social and economic backgrounds, as well as and Administrati on. That full report is 15 pages which includes notes • Provide training and educati on for faculty and staff , off ering our stustudents,dents, andand toto determinede what we must do going diff ering outlooks, experiences, and beliefs. Learning in such an and the fi nal report from the Discovery Committ ee as well as results administrati on, and parents regarding enhancing competencies foforward.rward. environment will give our students a world class educati on and the from the survey related to this parti cular area. He will work with others at GDS to review the materials and suggest areas for acti on. in multi culturalism and diversity • Create print materials addressing inclusion/diversity initi ati ves The goal is to have a rough draft of opportuniti es for acti on from for external informati on alalll 10 secti ons by this spring. That document will be reviewed by ththe AIM Coordinati ng Committ ee and the administrati ve team. The fi nal working document will provide directi on which will include the DOCUMENTATION wwhole school community from admissions to student life to faculty. • State clearly our goals for inclusion throughout campus FFor the fi rst ti me GDS will have a plan for furthering our inclusivity • Defi ne goals for curriculum growth in multi culturalism and aand multi cultural eff orts based on research, consti tuency opinion, diversity and data. • Track diversity acti ons and measure progress

Faculty and staff have already had opportuniti es to meet with the Coordinati ng Committ ee members to ask questi ons and gather feedback from informati on learned during the AIM process. Over 800 AREAS OF FOCUS FOR ACTION of our faculty, staff , parents, students, alumni and friends parti cipated These fi ndings are based on data collected. in the online assessment. In additi on, over 100 parti cipants served on • Address the issue of safety and a feeling of security for all - our 10 Discovery Committ ees. The Coordinati ng Committ ee began including those with diff ering beliefs, race, gender, sexual meeti ng in November of 2010 through August of 2011. This has orientati on and socio- economic status been an exciti ng and demanding process for our school community • Reach the Board goals of 20% student enrollment and 20% as we conti nue to fi nd ways to improve our campus in order to serve faculty – most consti tuents agreed that the leadership team and our students as they prepare to become constructi ve contributors faculty need to represent who we say we are to the world. • Establish coordinati on for all diversity and inclusion eff orts • Enhance programming for diverse alumni The AIM SUMMATION that follows is based on the results of our • Examine membership makeup of and training for members of community’s work. Thanks to one and all for support and input in the Admission Committ ee this process. • Address the assumpti on that athletes are treated diff erently • Create bett er support for new families and students while they Jean H. Davison, AIM Coordinati ng Committ ee Chair acclimate and conti nue to support through at least the fi rst year Class of 2022 classmates: Kyle Feinstein, Carolina Williams, Iman Starks, Melia Hopkins Winter 2012 23 So rather than spending ti me baking, Fift h grade student Harrison Tuck explained washing cars or other typical “fundraising” the goal for the project. “We are trying to endeavors, GDS created the Student recycle plasti c bags that would otherwise SERVICE Philanthropy Council as a means to provide go to the landfi ll. And we are hoping to stop needed funds for worthwhile programs. people from using so many plasti c bags in the future by distributi ng these cloth Led by Student Council Treasurer Andrew bags.” LEARNING Regal and made up of both student and faculty representati ves, the Student His teacher Natalie Contreras, said that the Philanthropy Council disperses Parents’ 5th grade could not have undertaken their Associati on grants to individual students, project without help from the Philanthropy student clubs, and classes to undertake Council. “We had a really wonderful idea, service learning projects. This fall, the but needed some help in implementi ng Council awarded over $1,500 to groups it,” said Contreras. “This grant moti vated that would leverage the funds to make a our kids and families to really go aft er their 2.1 diff erence in the Greensboro community. goals. These funds are helping us connect what kids are learning in our classroom to The Council met for the fi rst ti me in October, their lives at home.” reviewing six proposals and funding two. BRINGING THE IDEA OF The experience was an eye-opener for According to Regal, this proposal in many students. parti cular stood out because the 5th STUDENT PHILANTHROPY graders sought to leverage their grant “It is really interesti ng to see the huge award for greater results. In their fi rst week INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. varieti es of great ideas people have here alone, they collected over 45 pounds of at school. It was exciti ng to be able to help plasti c bags. Those bags were then used them jump start these great things and to enter Harris Teeter’s recycling challenge bring them to a higher level,” Regal said. which will award the school with the most e’ve writt en about 21st century educati on for the past few years as a directi on GDS is taking to bett er prepare bags $1,000. But the plans don’t stop there. The group looked at several proposals from Harris Teeter will return the bags to the our students for the future. The ’offi cial’ defi niti on of a 21st century educati on, as stated in Tony Wagner’s Global students in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Top: 5th graders sort over 45 pounds of plastic bags 5th graders so they can give them to some Achievement Gap, states that students today will need 7 key survival skills: W Schools. But two projects in parti cular collected in their 1st week. Bottom: Collection boxes Upper School students who plan to crochet stood out to the council members: The 5th encouraged Lower School students to bring in their them into sleeping mats that can be used • criti cal thinking and problem solving grade asked for a grant to produce cloth plastic bags. by the homeless. • collaborati on across networks and leading by infl uence bags to be dispensed to families in the • agility and adaptability Lower School, in order to replace plasti c and paper bags that are “I think this is really a great example of innovati ve thinking. The 5th • initi ati ve and entrepreneurialism used to carry groceries. The Spanish club asked for help to purchase grade could simply have collected plasti c bags for recycling. Or they food to be sold to Upper School students. The money raised from could have stopped at trading plasti c for the cloth bags. The 5th • eff ecti ve oral and writt en communicati on the food sales were donated to our sister school in Nicaragua. grade is really learning to think outside-the-box,” said Contreras. • accessing and analyzing informati on • curiosity and imaginati on “These two requests were selected because they were very thorough “This council is something very new at GDS, and has an unlimited in explaining what they wanted to do, and what they needed the potenti al,” Regal explained. “This council encourages students, But, how do we really teach these skills? At GDS, we let our students put their plans into acti on. One such example is the money for,” Regal explained. “They were also very aware of what groups of students, and even faculty to reach out to others, and Student Philanthropy Council. their next step was, and how to uti lize the money in the most want to do good in the world. It is also important that the GDS family effi cient way.” knows and understands that GDS wants to help you with whatever projects you decide to undertake, in any way it can.” Service learning is a core value at GDS. Rather than holding a bake sale to raise money to buy food to donate to organizati ons The largest project supported by the Council was a grant to the in need, we have taken a fi rm positi on that students learn by doing and getti ng involved. And while taking the cupcake 5th grade. The 5th grade students and teachers asked for $700 to That’s 21st century thinking. approach may be tasty, it does litt le to actually give our student the hands on approach of actually planning and organizing a support an idea to collect plasti c grocery bags desti ned for landfi lls. project that gives them the experience they need and the impact on the “cause” that they are championing. They are exchanging the plasti c bags for reusable cloth bags printed with GDS recycling logo.

24 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 25 Th e Hard Knock Lesson of Entrepreneurialism PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE: By Dan O’Brien, Assistant Upper School Director Our Graduates Tell Us How We s part of developing a 21st century curriculum, GDS is growing Schermerhorn is our program to encourage students with innovati ve ideas already thinking about Awho also want to back them with acti on. We want to help our how he might apply students grow into outside-the-box thinkers prepared to address a the lessons from his changing world. project. “One lesson Measure Up I learned is just how Sophomore Janse Schermerhorn’s project to market GDS-labeled hard it is to get word Vineyard Vines neckti es and tote bags is one such venture. out,” he explained. “I Schermerhorn’s quest to partner with Vineyard Vines to sell GDS have realized that I ti es has off ered him valuable lessons in entrepreneurialism. With a need to fi nd a way to keep reminding people plan to donate profi ts from his enterprise to GDS and Greensboro’s about the products. It is hard to keep people’s Newcomers School, Schermerhorn fi gured his venture would be an att enti on.” easy success. “I know a lot of people like Vineyard Vine’s clothing and By David Gilbert, Academic Dean have GDS pride,” he said. “I fi gured sports teams would like matching Schermerhorn’s ti e and tote bag project is sti ll school ti es for game-day dress and lots of people would want to show going strong. He will have the fi rst batch of ti es ow do we assess the eff ecti veness of a school’s college-preparatory program? Many people immediately off their associati on with GDS.” produced and delivered this spring, and he “hopes the product will generate more buzz ask about SAT scores. Our classes of 2008-2011 had median Verbal score of 610 and Math 650 (nati onal As with most entrepreneurs, Schermerhorn’s project has not gone Janse Schermerhorn ’14 and momentum.” average 505 and 515). But SAT scores, as an apti tude measure, do not present a very complete picture of exactly as expected. H So, what is next for Schermerhorn? He has lots student accomplishment. A broader measure might be the results of Advanced Placement testi ng. In recent years, In July, when he conceived the project, Schermerhorn thought it would of high school and college left , so the sky is the limit. But one thing about 90% of GDS graduates have taken at least one AP course with the median number being 4, and 80% of scores be easy. “I fi gured I would just go for it. I had high hopes that these is certain—thanks to his GDS project, he’ll bring with him a diversity were 3, 4 or 5, with the average score being 3.45 (nati onal average 2.95). would just sell really fast and felt that was all I needed to make this of experience that will help prepare him to be one of the innovati ve succeed,” he explained. While he has had several orders for neckti es leaders we’ll need to help navigate the ever changing world. For more and tote bags, orders for the Vineyard Vine products have been slower informati on, please e-mail [email protected]. What about success in college admissions? For the past four years our seniors have fi led over 200 applicati ons to than he anti cipated. colleges listed as “most competi ti ve,” which typically accept between 10% and 20% of their highly select applicant pool, and we have had a 33% success rate.

THE CHARLES McLENDON However, what we really want to know is how our students do once they are enrolled in college. We periodically get Founders Society feedback from colleges about the success of our graduates. UNC-Chapel Hill reported that 96% of GDS graduates complete their undergraduate degree at Chapel Hill in four years versus an average of 72% for all UNC-CH students. Put all of these stati sti cs together and we begin to get a more robust picture of a mature program that is serving a

Th e Charles McLendon Founders Society recognizes those individuals who have mamade diverse group of learners very eff ecti vely. But perhaps the most telling data comes directly from graduates. What do provisions for GDS in their estate plans. Such provisions may take the form of a bbequest,equest, they say about their experiences across the broad spectrum of colleges where they matriculate? the designation of GDS as a benefi ciary of a life insurance policy, the establishmentmen off a For moremore information charitable trust with GDS as the benefi ciary, the assignment of a title to a primaryary residenresidencee ababoutboutout planniplanninplanningng a gift to In a recent survey, we asked college-age alumni to give us feedback about the eff ecti veness of the GDS experience in or other planned gift arrangement. Gifts are designated or restricted according to the GreenGreensboronsboro DDay School, visit preparing them for college, and to compare their preparati on with that of their peers at their college or university. donor’s wishes. Most often, donors choose to direct planned estate gifts to the School’school’s wwwwww.greensboroday.org.greennsboroday.orgy.org permanent endowment, or to provide their own named endowment fund for a specifipe c What follows is a summary report of some of the fi ndings. We heard from about 26% of the 257 students who purpose. and see PPlannedanned GivingG graduated in the classes of 2007, 2008, 2009 (although somewhat less than 20% responded to all of the questi ons). underdererr SSupportSu rt GDS, Of the respondents 30% spent 13 years at GDS, 27% had entered in 9th grade, 15% had entered in Middle School, Membership in the McLendon Society is a special distinction, signaling the donor’s or ccontactntac AnneAnn HuHurd, understanding that the future of the Day School is a priority now in planning for the and another 15% had entered later than 9th grade. All but 4 had remained at the college they entered aft er leaving Directorrectoror oof AdvAdvancement,ancem ultimate gift upon their death. It is a lifelong commitment to the School’s future welfare. GDS – a good initi al indicator of appropriate preparati on on top of eff ecti ve college guidance. Because of the great variety of gift vehicles and giving opportunities available, donors can 33336-288-8590,36- 88 590, exext. 235.5. make a very personal statement about their care and concern for the children who attend the school. Winter 2012 27 Among the many questi ons posed, we asked them to rate the • With the ti me-management skills needed for of the respondents conti nued involvement in the arts in The following comments are selected from among 30 responses eff ecti veness of the GDS program in preparing them for their college success in my college (16% had some degree of college. given to the prompt, “Please list ways in which you feel your 88% experience in 13 diff erent dimensions. Responses used a 6-point Likert disagreement) and with the study skills and habits GDS experience prepared you signifi cantly bett er than many of Said their scale with choices ranging from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree needed for success in my college (12% disagreement) Asked about their involvement with the GDS athleti c your classmates were prepared for your academic experience competence in the at college.” (with no neutral midpoint on the scale). Overall 92% of responses – Among those who agreed, many chose to add program, over two-thirds of parti cipants felt a disti nct ranged between strongly agree and slightly agree and 49% were narrati ve responses citi ng their ability to manage the “sense of pride and/or personal worth” from being use of technology • I think GDS was harder in many ways than Davidson was strongly agree. Nine of this secti on’s 13 items had 75% or more of college workload relati ve to the diffi culti es they saw involved, and over 70% cited the development of was stronger for my freshman year. This year Davidson is probably the respondents marking Strongly Agree or Agree with the parti cular many of their classmates having. “interpersonal and other non-academic life skills” due than their peers harder, but I was well prepared in my study habits and aspect of preparati on, and that stati sti c climbs to 96% if we add the to their parti cipati on. Almost 50% have been involved in ti me management. I was used to spending lots of ti me slightly agree segment of responses. With the skills to research and write term papers, 14% organized athleti cs at their college. on homework and assignments while most students I had some degree of disagreement. Several students encountered here were not. 91% One hundred percent of the respondents agreed they were well added narrati ve comments to underscore this concern. I asked our graduates about online courses. Only about Agreed that they • The math background was my strongest take away from prepared with: Most of our graduates will have had only one major term 30% of the respondents reported having taken one or GDS academically. The problem-solving background • computer and technology skills needed for success in my college. paper during high school, and so it is not surprising that more online courses at their college. We expect this to were well-prepared created from the calculus, AP Physics, AP Stati sti cs and In a follow-up questi on, 88% said their competence in the use of some are feeling a need for more experience managing increase considerably over the next few years. Over the in math the lower-level mathemati cs courses that led up to each computers and technology was stronger or much stronger than such assignments. past two years we have begun making online courses of those classes has been relevant in business courses that of other students at the beginning of their freshman year. available to our students as a supplement to our standard I’ve taken here at UGA such as economics, accounti ng and fi nance. The skill set to read a word problem, dissect • the skills to analyze works of literature. Many respondents Finally, while 88% agreed they had the skills to work off erings. This semester we have nine students taking 88% the necessary informati on, and set up a way to solve the refl ected positi vely on their preparati on in reading, discussing and collaborati vely with other students, only 45% strongly courses ranging from Japanese and Mandarin to AP Agreed they analyzing literary works. agreed. Eff ecti ve collaborati on is recognized as a criti cal Computer Science and AP Macroeconomics. problem are all relevant in these courses and I believe can had the skills to be related back to these courses I took at GDS. • thinking creati vely when solving problems skill for the workplace of today, so we would want to • I believe that GDS taught me how to have good, solid have a stronger response here, and this is an area for One of the hallmarks of the GDS experience for our work collaborati vely academic relati onships with professors and to use your All but 1 or 2 respondents agreed they were well prepared: development in our Upper School program, especially students is the relati onships they form with their with others professors as a tool in order to do well academically. The • to meet the rigors of the academic demands of my college as we look at incorporati ng more project-based learning teachers. It is notable that, when asked to comment about intensity of the academic school work at GDS made me • with the skills to write eff ecti ve analyti cal essays into our courses. courses or teachers that had a signifi cant impact on them, know how to work and think once I got to college; many • with teachers who adequately challenged and stretched me the 27 students who responded to this questi on named of my peers had an easy ride throughout high school. I, 55% We know that about 90% of our graduates carry the 25 diff erent Upper School teachers and an additi onal 16 however, did not have an easy ride through high school skipped ahead in Asked whether they felt prepared to meet the demands of their fi rst results of one or more AP exams to college with them, Middle and Lower School teachers. While some teachers and my hard work in high school prepared me to work hard English literature college math course, 63% strongly agreed and only 4 respondents and 80% of the scores are potenti ally eligible for college were cited multi ple ti mes, the broad distributi on of in college. GDS also taught me how to advocate for myself (9%) expressed some degree of disagreement. In a follow-up questi on, credit or advanced placement. We asked graduates recogniti ons is a compelling testament to the quality of because of AP when I had questi ons/problems with a course. scores • I feel that GDS prepared me to go into class expecti ng to one-third of the graduates replied that their math prep was “much whether their colleges gave them advanced placement our faculty. work hard and ask questi ons if you have them. I feel like I stronger” than that of their classmates at college, and another 25% credits and found that nearly 40% of those who sat for the was much bett er prepared to write analyti c essays in both said “stronger.” Just over one-third said “about the same,” and only AP English language exam qualifi ed to skip 1 or 2 required I will be surveying our young alumni more regularly in the history and English courses and had a bett er understanding 2 respondents thought their math prep was weaker. In a typical courses in English compositi on, 55% skipped ahead in future, and I hope I will be able to elicit responses from 60% of thesis statements and how to eff ecti vely organize senior class we will have students in at least seven diff erent math English literature, and nearly all of the students who took a higher percentage of the graduates. We will conti nue said our arts papers. courses ranging from Foundati ons of Algebra III/Trigonometry through stati sti cs, calculus and European history skipped ahead to listen to and learn from our graduates as we strive to program gave • As many have said before, the Honor Code creates a Introducti on to Calculus, AP Stati sti cs and two levels of AP Calculus. at least one course in the respecti ve discipline due to ensure that the GDS college-preparatory experience is a community of trust and excellence that is undeniably Our goal with such a diff erenti ated program is that each of these achievement on the AP exam. clear value-added feature of our program. When I speak them a present at GDS. Students, including me, have always students fi nd the transiti on to his or her fi rst math course in college to to 8th-graders and their parents as they look ahead at sense of pride cherished the comfort and the community that come from be smooth, and that appears to be the case. We require all GDS students to take at least two arts joining our Upper School, I underscore that one primary the framework of honor. There are less worries about electi ves while in high school. In additi on, over 40% of our goal we have for them is that aft er four years in the Upper cutt hroat competi ti on or losing one’s possessions, as The largest number of disagreements occurred with the following students are involved in one or more arts performances School, they will proceed to college and fi nd that their each student is expected to do his or her own, and to do statements: during the year. When asked to refl ect on their experience college experience is a natural next step from their high it as well as he or she can. Cheati ng, especially, as it is so 70% present here at the university, was really a non-issue in the • To handle the social environment at my college (23% had some with the arts at GDS, two-thirds of the graduates highly school experience, not a quantum step. The current cited development majority of my courses at GDS. It is diffi cult now not to be degree of disagreement) – A number of these students commented valued the creati ve outlet that the arts program provided, feedback from our graduates gives me confi dence in of interpersonal able to enjoy that kind of freedom. on the small size of GDS and the limited diversity in our student and over 60% agreed that our arts program gave them asserti ng that. and other life skills body. “a sense of pride and/or personal worth.” Over one-third from our athleti c program

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want to share some good news Bengals on the Move... Kathy’s Iwith you. This is my 7th year as CORNER GDS Alumni Director. I’ve loved this job. When I refl ect on why I love it, one answer rings loud and clear — it’s because of you. I love spending ti me with our alumni. And, when I refl ect on what we’ve accomplished over the past 7 years, I’m truly amazed. There are too many changes and new initi ati ves to list but I will say right up front, none of these things could have ever been done without our hard working, dedicated alumni, especially the alumni board.

Another love for me is teaching. I met you fi rst as a teacher (and in many cases, your teacher). I’ve recently made the decision to return to the classroom full ti me. I’m doing this for two reasons. First, it’s ti me to have a new Alumni Director come in and take this exciti ng program to the next level and I want to be a part of that transiti on. I want to be on campus and available for the new director to answer questi ons and to guide them at the outset. My love for this program has in no way diminished, and I want to be sure what we have accomplished is as strong going forward as it is today. Second, our students are the source PROVIDENCE DAY SCHOOL HOSPITALITY ROOM of my energy. Everyday I go into the classroom and get On January 7, longti me teachers Kathy Davis, Cindy Stan and Tricia enjoyment from our students. I love it and I’m ready to Fish reconnected with Charlott e-area alumni when the Bengals played have it be my focus. Providence Day. Dillard Williams ’01, the Charlott e chapter leader, helped organize this event. Clockwise from top: Jon Olin ’91 and his sons; Carrie We will immediately begin a search process for our next Roth Baker ’95 and Angie Murphy Kinghorn ’96; Dillard Williams ’01 and Alumni Director and alumni will be well-represented on Jackson Williams ’07; Ross Van der Linden ’94 and his daughter the Search Committ ee. Please know that I look forward to working with you for the rest of this year and helping as needed in the future. This new directi on will give me the opportunity to teach the next generati on. And, who knows, I may get the chance to teach your children. Nothing would make me happier.

ATLANTA ALUMNI GATHERING WASHINGTON, D.C. ALUMNI GATHERING John Lineweaver ’81 hosted over 30 Atlanta-area alumni in his home in Jane Gorrell ’79 hosted over 25 alumni in her home in February. The event even included Stamey’s Barbeque from Greensboro. Georgetown in January. Pictured here: Frances Andrew Clockwise from top: Ross Perkins ’02, Sarah Cantrell Perkins ’02 and Mark Brayshaw ’93, Ralph Brabham ’95, Amanda Taylor Marshall Hale; Kate Pearce, Peter Pearce ’90, Amanda Furr Smith ’93 and Lee Boren ’93, Jennifer Shoemaker ’93, Brooke Marshall ’99, Leslie Anne Kleinhalter ’93; Tracey Fooshee ’91, Nancy B. Jester Westf all ’88 and Hummel ’94 and Kulbir Walha ’94 Caroline Fooshee; D.J. McDuffi e ’97, Traci McDuffi e, John Lineweaver ’81 Winter 2012 31 ALUMNI NEWS CLASS NOTES Distinguished Homecoming Games & Cookout 1979 1992 January 27 Jane Gorrell moved to Washington, DC in the summer of 2010. She is Susan Mann Flosi and Al Flosi. Son: Jonathan Robert Flosi, October 10, Alumni Award living in Georgetown and is working in the special events department 2011. Jonathan joins big brother, Peter. They live in Chicago. for Special Olympics, Internati onal. She spent three weeks this Every year during commencement, the Greensboro Day past summer at the 2011 World Games overseeing special events, Ericka Michelle Ellis-Stewart was elected to serve a four-year term in School Alumni Associati on presents the Disti nguished meeti ngs and parti es for VIP and Board members. Over 7,400 athletes an at-large seat on the Charlott e-Mecklenburg Board of Educati on in Alumni Award to the alumnus/a who best exhibits at parti cipated from 154 countries. November 2011. In December, she was elected to serve as the Chair of least one of the following qualiti es: the Board. Her professional experience includes creati ng preventi on- based programs for at-risk youth and building eff ecti ve public/private A. extraordinary service to the City of Greensboro, partnerships. the state of North Carolina, or the nati on B. extraordinary disti ncti on in one’s fi eld of 1 1980 specializati on or extraordinary service to society 2 Carolyn Kates Brown has a new book coming out this year from and corresponding tangible benefi t to fellow University Press of Mississippi. A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora citi zens 1998 4 Welty is a young adult biography about the Mississippi writer. Carolyn had access to the Welty family and their photographs and lett ers, and Beth Girardi McCutcheon and Ellis McCutcheon. Daughter: Eliza Cook We have recognized many outstanding alumni over worked closely with the foremost Welty scholar, Dr. Suzanne Marrs, McCutcheon, September 12, 2011. They live in Augusta, Ga. the past years. Please nominate a fellow Bengal who who wrote the extremely long and defi niti ve Welty biography published is making a diff erence in this world. You can even in 2005. Carolyn’s book is a 144-page biography intended for young Adam Paul was nominated for a Southeast Region Emmy Award in the nominate yourself! Email Kathy Davis at kathydavis@ adults and the general reader. It’s fi lled with photos and interesti ng Topical Documentary category for his show “Should the Fish Panic?”. greensboroday.org with a few sentences describing the appendix material, and also discusses visiti ng the Welty House in Adam is the owner of Catch Multi media and executi ve producer, host, alumna/us’ accomplishments. 3 Jackson, and the treasure trove of Welty papers and photographs that writer, director and salesman for Gillznfi nz Television. she left to the Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Class of 2006 2000 5-year reunion Samantha Rogers is the 2012 President of the Piedmont Associati on of Physician Assistants.

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 Carolyn Kates Brown ’80 wrote A Daring Life. 

In November, the Class of 2006 gathered at Graffi ti ’s Bistro 7 to celebrate their 5-year reunion. Ariel Leath, Chelsea Lundquist and Anna Hurd organized the event. Clockwise 1. Emily Burbine Rose ’97 and Kaitlyn Powers ’11 2. Alumni Board co-presidents, from top: Travis Cooke, Jason Woodard, Laurie Walker, Jay John Lineweaver ’81 and Elaine Alspaugh Fox ’80 3. & 4. Grier Booker Richards ’97 Marks; Megan Sudnik, Kristi n McDonnell, Sarah von Thaer, and Margaret Farrell Brown ’97 and their sons, Olsen and Noah. 5. Our grill masters, Amy Kirkpatrick; Margaret Gerhardt, Caroline Tedder, Jimmy King ’79 and Carter Davenport ’99 6. Wells Brabham ’90 and his daughter, Jonathan Robert Flosi, son of Susan Mann Flosi ’92  Anna Hurd Hayes 7. Steff ani McLean ’11 and Diana Nguyen ’11 32 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 33 CLASS NOTES CLASS NOTES

2001 2004 2007 Jennifer Ingold Asbill and Seth Asbill. Daughter: Lucelia Diane Asbill Haley Seymour and Vivek Vasuki were married in June 2011. Two Joanne Wong graduated from NC State in 2010 from the College (Lucy), December 7, 2011. They live in Knightdale, NC. ceremonies were held for the couple. The fi rst featured Indian traditi ons of Management. Aft er graduati on, she worked with the Briti sh in Mt. Pleasant, SC. The second was held in Greensboro. Leigh Kirby Council in Hong Kong as an Examinati on Service Executi ve. She was the maid of honor, and Whitney Marshall was a bridesmaid. The is currently employed as a Business Services Specialist at Encore couple now reside in Charlott e where Haley is a physician assistant Professional Services in Hong Kong, where she assists with the 2002 practi cing family medicine. start up of new internati onal businesses. Evans Boney founded a tutoring company (www.habartutoring.com), is in a movie, has completed an outline for a movie about the Cal Tech men’s basketball program, and is fi nishing his PhD in physical chemistry 2005 2008 at Cal Tech. For more about the movie, go to phdcomics.com/movie. Carrie Hagan and Will Stewart were married in Greensboro on Pender Sessoms was hired by the Greensboro Police Department In Greece, James Megliola ran the original marathon route Phidippides October 15, 2011. Maid of Honor was Jeanett e Hagan ’98 and and will start the academy in May. ran at the end of the war with Persia. He completed the run in 3:47. bridesmaids included Elizabeth Stewart ’07, Caroline Brantley, Molly James has also walked Hadrian’s Wall end to end. Brenner and Claire Thomas. Best Man was Grainger Stewart ’10 and groomsmen included Tilden Hagan ’02, Parker McAllister and William Taylor. Carrie and Will live in Greensboro. 2010 Ashlyn Needham was elected president of the Delta, Delta, 2003 Delta sorority at NC State. Elizabeth Kavanagh and Chris Newsome were married October 22, 2011 at the Greenbrier in White Sulpher Springs, W.V. The Matron of Honor was Mary Ellen Kavanagh Lowry ’95 and bridesmaids included Laura Litt le. Elizabeth and Chris live in Greensboro.

Meghan Chisnal Willis and Ben Willis. Son: John Brady Willis (Brady), December 10. They live in Chapel Hill, NC.

 Evans Boney ’02   Joanne Wong ’07 

(top right) John Brady Willis, son of Meghan Chisnal Willis ’03 (middle) Carrie Hagan Stewart ’05 and Will Stewart ’05 with their wedding party. Eliza Cook McCutcheon, (bott om left ) Elizabeth Kavanagh ’03 and daughter of Beth Lucy Diane Asbil, daughter of Chris Newsome Girardi McCutcheon ’98 Jennifer Ingold Asbil ’01 (bott om right) Haley Seymour ’04 and Vivek Vasuki

34 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 35 CLASS NOTES MEET SOME BENGALS!

Memorials Crossroads serves teens, plans to expand program Dr. Harry Wesley Coover, Jr., March 16, 2011. Grandfather of Warren Walters, January 9, 2012. Grandfather of Lynn Clark ’08 Kirsten Paul ’01 and Adam Paul ’98. and Chris Clark ’11. From noon to 4 p.m. every other Saturday from August through June, roughly 10 to 15 high-school boys att end Crossroads, which operates Rodney Browne, June 11, 2011. Grandfather of Alex Rosenbower Charlott e Jud, January 14, 2012. Grandmother of Austen Jud ’90. in space donated by Providence Bapti st Church on Tuscaloosa Street ’12, Eric Rosenbower ’14 and Kristen Rosenbower ’17. in Greensboro. Charles Keeley, January 17, 2012. Father of Chuck Keeley ’81 and Raouf Badawi, October 31, 2011. Father of Cherine Badawi ’94 Tyler Keeley ’82 and grandfather of Charlie Keeley ’11, Fletcher Truesdale and McKie recruit students by visiti ng high schools, and Christopher Badawi ’01. Keeley ’12 and Jake Keeley ’16. att ending educati onal events and passing out pamphlets at barbershops and other venues. Ansley Brown, November 24, 2011. Step-father of Chase Ferguson Gene Phillips, February 4, 2012. Grandfather of Will Phillips ’08 ’87 and John Ferguson ’89. and Maggie Phillips ’13, and father-in-law of faculty member Mary The fi rst 90 minutes of each program consists of tutoring or a talk Beth Phillips. by a guest speaker, followed by 90 minutes in the gym and then an Daily Arnold, November 27, 2011. Grandfather of Miranda hour of lunch and conversati on. Bachicha ’14 and Adriana Bachicha ’17. Lloyd Prontaut Sr, February 14, 2012. Grandfather of Scott Groat The curriculum focuses on topics related to educati on, with some of ’98, Brian Groat ’99, Lauren Groat Bulebush ’00, and Chris Groat the programming geared to all the students, and some of it tailored Abe Brenner, December 6, 2011. Grandfather of ’02. Class of 2003 classmates: Gerard Truesdale and Arturo McKie to each high-school grade. Matt hew Brenner ’03 and Molly Brenner ’05. William Hemphill, February 24, 2012. Grandfather of Will Hemphill Freshmen, for example, learn basic communicati on skills, including erard Truesdale ’03 and Arturo McKie ’03 started hanging Patrick Herring ’99, December 7, 2011. Brother of ’16, Stephanie Hemphill ’12 and Jennifer Hemphill ’09, and the eff ecti ve writi ng and proper speech, while sophomores learn about out together at age 3 and were schoolmates in middle school Brett Herring ’07. father-in-law of business offi cer Pam Hemphill. preparing for college. Juniors and seniors work on preparing their and in the 9th grade at Greensboro Day School. G college applicati ons and get advice on how to be successful in college. Helen Lineberry, January 4, 2012. Grandmother In both their families, they say, it was expected they would go to of Vere Lineberry ’89 (deceased) and Helen college and graduate. Patrick Herring ’99 Lineberry Houser ’91. Students also volunteer for community service projects, in part to help build their résumés and parti cipate in college tours led by “Our parents made it clear our educati on was not an opti on; it Truesdale, Crossroads’ executi ve director, and McKie, its program was a necessity,” says McKie, a 2008 graduate of the University of director. North Carolina at Charlott e who now works in Charlott e as a resolve applicati ons specialist for Emdeon, a health care company. Juniors, for example, focus on identi fying the kind of career they might want to pursue, fi nding a college that best fi ts their career Truesdale is a 2007 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He interests and visiti ng some of those colleges. holds a master’s degree in library and informati on science from N.C. Central University. He and McKie now are trying to give high-school “We talk about the importance of college readiness” throughout the students in Greensboro the lessons they received about the value program, McKie says. of educati on. Now, Crossroads wants to expand. In 2009, Truesdale and McKie formed “Crossroads: Pathways to Success,” a Greensboro nonprofi t that encourages young men to They hope to one day move to a larger facility that can handle succeed in high school and successfully pursue a college educati on. more students, hire tutors to teach the students one-on-one about writi ng and math, hire staff and possibly add programs in other The mission of the organizati on is to “develop young men into communiti es, Truesdale says. producti ve leaders of our community, stressing educati on, personal development and community service,” says John R. Rich, executi ve He says that he and McKie have covered most of the group’s costs director for investments at Oppenheimer & Co. in Greensboro and with their own contributi ons, and also have secured foundati on the all-volunteer nonprofi t’s treasurer. grants. Operati ng with an annual budget of roughly $12,000 to $15,000, For more informati on about Crossroads, please visit Crossroads has served 42 kids, including 12 that stayed with the www.crossroadspts.org. program all four years of high school. By Todd Cohen, Philanthropy Journal. Excerpts reprinted with permission. www.philanthropyjournal.com Many of the kids are enrolled in high schools that have mainly minority students or where a big share of the students are eligible for free lunches.