The Packer Parent Association Excellence in Teaching Chair
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The Packer Parent Association Excellence in Teaching Chair Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats his year the Parent Association takes to our outstanding teachers—after all, Tits first steps toward realizing a long- they are Packer's greatest asset. As we time dream of establishing an endow- work toward raising the funds for this ment to recognize Packer's exceptional goal, the Parent Association has estab- faculty. The Parent Association is proud lished a special subcommittee, chaired to announce the creation of the Packer by Packer parent Deborah Marks, to Parent Association Excellence in solicit input from the Packer community, Teaching Chair. Envisioned as a year- including parents and teachers, and to long position of honor, it will be structure the necessary criteria for the bestowed annually to recognize teachers nomination and selection of the hon- who have demonstrated excellence in orees. This endowment will be formally instructing and inspiring our children. transferred to Packer and implemented Our goal for the next two years is to after we successfully complete our raise $150,000 as an endowment for this fundraising efforts for this special gift. Chair, ensuring our on-going commitment www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise i Letter from the Packer PA President Dear Friends, I am delighted and proud that the Parent Association is dedicating its major fundraising efforts over the next two years to endowing the Parent Association Chair for Excellence in Teaching. We believe that Packer’s real strength is its teachers and are honored to recog- nize them. The participation of numerous people is required for a successful evening of this magni- tude. Many thanks to the trustees, parents, past-parents, alumni and friends who pur- chased tickets to this event and continue their support by buying auction items. Thanks also to the many donors as well as the Packer faculty and staff who have helped through- out. Special heartfelt thanks to a wonderful, hardworking committee chaired by the incredible Margaret Leung and Michele Newman. I hope you enjoy the evening and the reason we’re all here. Sincerely, My fifth grade teacher, Barbara Carol Lieb Himes Winthrop, was the first teacher Parent Association President to recognize me as a thoughtful, creative person. She gave me self-esteem and confidence during those critical middle school years. Allison Conway Carey ’75 ii www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise Evening Program An Evening in Paradise Saturday, February 12, 2005 Entertainment by The Moonlighters 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Silent Auction, hors d’ouevres, wine, beer & cold beverages Wine Tasting with Chris Shipley Beverage and Wine Director of 21 Club and Packer Parent Island Cocktails prepared by Dave Wondrich Expert mixologist and Packer Parent at the center Tiki Bar 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sumptuous Tropical Buffet Dinner by Edward Youkilis Packer Parent and Proprietor of Edward’s Restaurant and Packer Parent 9:00 p.m. Live Auction & Dessert Auction check-out and pick-up opens. $10,000 off Tuition Raffle Drawing at the conclusion of the live auction. You need not be present to win! www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise iii Best Wishes to our Friends at Packer from Dr. Joy Hudecz and her staff Brooklyn Heights Office: Medical Arts Building 142 Joralemon Street, Suite 6B Brooklyn, NY 11201 Park Slope Office: 805 Union Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 Telephone: 718.625.2299 Auction Categories Category Page Art 1 Beauty & Fashion 3 Bling Bling 5 Chairs 7 Culture 9 Dining Out 11 Entertainment 13 Events 15 Exclusively Packer 17 My Packer teachers taught me not Food & Wine 21 just how to write, but to believe Home Décor 23 that with hard work I could be a good writer, to stand for what I Internships 25 believe in and to voice my opinion Services 27 (no matter the opposition to it). They also first opened my eyes to Sports 31 archaeology and the ancient world. Vacation 35 I am still amazed at how much I remember of what I learned at Packer and how much I still use it. Mali List Mayer ‘91 www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise v Legal Terms and Absentee Bidding Conditions of Sale for All Auction Items Absentee Bidding • All winning bids must be fully paid for Can’t make the festivities in person? No and lots removed promptly. problem! Enter a sealed bid using the form • All items and gift certificates must be enclosed, pick one up in Packer’s front hall used between February 13, 2005 and or print one from the web site and return to February 13, 2006 unless other restrictions Packer PA no later than 2/11/05. The are noted. Dates and times of some items terms and conditions given below apply to are subject to mutual convenience of both all sealed bids: the donor and the buyer. • Sealed bids for the auction will be • Estimated dollar values are not warranted accepted on or before 5:00pm on Friday, by Packer or the Parent Association for tax February 11, 2005. The name of the sealed purposes or to establish fair market value. bidder will remain anonymous. • Please consult with your tax professional • An auction official will bid on behalf of for any determination of tax deductibility. each sealed bidder in both silent and live • Neither Packer nor the Parent Association auction. shall be liable for any occurrence resulting • The bidder is obligated to pay the full from the use of auctioned items and servic- amount of the bid, regardless of the next es. highest bid for both silent and live auctions. • Winning bidders are responsible for any • In all other respects absentee bids are personal injury or property damage they or subject to the same rules and regulations their guests may incur or cause to any as ordinary bids. home or property donated to this auction. My English teacher inspired me at Donors are not liable in any way for any Forms should be delivered to Packer Packer and continues to inspire me injury to any person or any property c/o Packer PA or e-mailed to: every time I see her. I wrote a damage. [email protected] and story for one of her classes for [email protected] which I received wonderful praise. Though I never took the story any further, I never forgot how her No later than February 11, 2005! encouragement helped build my confidence in writing. Anastasia Yatrakis Thanopoulos '92 v i www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise Live Auction Items Page Item 1 Ken Rush Vermont Oil 1 TAR BEACH Original Lithograph by Faith Ringgold 3 Sarah Jessica Parker Dress from Sex in the City 7 Child's Antique Chair circa 1870 7 Three Antique Miniature Sterling Silver Chairs 9 Museum of Modern Art sans the Crowds 13 2005 Video Music Awards 15 Movie Critic’s Private Soiree 15 Only in New York I: Christmas in Rockefeller Center 15 Only in New York II: 2005 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 17 Chez Packer Head Chef 25 American Globe Theatre Production Internship 31 Summer of Cyclones Tickets 31 Opening Day: NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox 32 Nolan Ryan Autographed Baseball 32 Mike Piazza Autographed Baseball 32 Cause It’s Root Root Root for the Home Team . 35 Walt Disney World Vacation 35 Rolling Links in Ireland www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise vii BROWN HARRIS STEVENS 100 Seventh Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 LIBBY RYAN Licensed Real Estate Broker Specializing in civilized and discreet real estate transactions 718.390.4103 [email protected] Art 101 Court Stenographer 110 TAR BEACH Original Lithograph 120 Laura Newman Watercolor This incredible "Court Stenographer" pho- by Faith Ringold This beautiful framed watercolor must be tograph is of the one who heard it all … "I will always remember when stars fell seen to be appreciated! Packer parent Martha Stewart, guilty or not? The photo down around me and lifted me up above Laura Newman is an award-winning painter first appeared in Fortune Magazine and is an the George Washington Bridge". That’s who has had solo shows at the Bellwether 11" x14" artist print. The photographer is how artist and writer Faith Ringold begins Gallery and group exhibits at The Brooklyn award-winning Greg Miller, renowned for her beautiful, best selling picture book Tar Museum and The New Museum, NYC. experimenting with the 8 by 10 camera and Beach. You can purchase a numbered litho- Donor: Laura Newman using it on photo assignments. graph based on the book, a vividly colored Estimated Value: $800 Donor: Greg Miller & Alix Colow "quilt painting" signed by the artist. Minimum Bid: $400 Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: PPOW Gallery Minimum Bid: $500 Estimated Value: $4,500 Minimum Bid: Live 105 Ken Rush Vermont Oil As noted in the January issue of Art in 115 Hand Embroidered Indian America, acclaimed Packer art teacher Ken Wall Hanging My Packer experience was of sin- Rush has an eye for landscapes. For nine One of the most pleasing and best-known gular importance in my academic months, he works with our children but as forms of folk art in Bengal is Kantha, or the and social development. I had mar- soon as the calendar turns to June, he flees embroidered quilt. Like Western quilting, velous teachers, who provided the to Vermont where he captures the ever Kantha typically uses existing textiles and nurturing I sorely needed. My Math changing scenery. This one of a kind origi- reimagines them, turning them into objects teacher made it obvious that girls nal oil painting does just that. Vermont Study of rare beauty.