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SABBATICAL in SOUTH AFRICA Volume 25 • WINTER 2012 Non-Profit Organization US Postage PAID Greensboro, NC 5401 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro, NC 27455 Permit No. 636 WINTER 2012 Volume 25 @GreensboroDay facebook.com/GDSBengals 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.” 4 GDS Magazine Winter 2012 5 CAMPUS NEWS 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.
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