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Stern Center for Language and Learning Annual Report - FY17 September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017

Message from the President Message from the President

It is always a great pleasure and privilege to share Another FY17 collaboration, which we are proud to have another year’s accomplishments through this Annual played a leadership role, is the Early Childhood Summer Report. We kicked off FY17 with an Annual Meeting Institute held at Castleton University. Fourteen different celebrating collaborations, punctuated by an energizing Vermont institutions partnered to present 11 different Keynote by guest speaker John Abele, Founder of Boston courses at significantly reduced cost to early care and Scientific. An important message of this presentation education professionals. Both our BUILDING BLOCKS FOR was that collaborations don’t just happen – they need LITERACY® (BUILDING BLOCKS) and Trauma of Poverty to be designed and curated so that joint work, reflecting courses were offered. mutualism and reciprocity, results. We are proud that this was the year we were able to share exciting outcome BUILDING BLOCKS soared this year with a generous gift data from our collaborative project with the Orange to Champlain College from donors supportive of our North Supervisory Union (ONSU) that exemplified these collaboration to develop a three-credit online course. goals. Since the Stern Center was founded, we have We hope to launch in the Spring of 2018. In addition, demonstrated our commitment to elevating teacher we were pleased to receive another family foundation’s expertise on behalf of learner success. Core services in continued support of our bringing BUILDING BLOCKS evaluations, instruction, and communication services training to state Head Start Association professionals. have built a foundation integrating language, literacy, and social emotional development. Celebrating our Another innovative collaboration was the result of a gift 34th year at this Annual Meeting speaks to the parallel from philanthropic partners to develop a handbook on journey we have been on with brain science. social learning for teachers and parents. This guide will be a valuable resource in schools and homes. This year, the publication of texts such as “Language at the Speed of Sight” by Mark Seidenberg inspired us We continue to enjoy our collaboration with the Larner to consider how we might transform organizationally College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. to address the call to action following over 30 years Students may elect a month-long elective rotation at the of scientific research. I subsequently developed a Stern Center during their senior year of medical school. concept paper describing this innovative collaboration Pediatric psychiatry fellows also spend three months opportunity, which was presented to the Board of here on a school rotation, once again underscoring how Directors in April 2017. A draft Transformation budget was language and literacy intersect with social emotional approved in July of this year. Next year at this time we development. will be reporting the results of our foundation year. Organizations are all about people and we take great FY17 continued to strengthen our core services. One of pride in ours. Sincere thanks to our dedicated staff and the most anticipated expansions was the inauguration of Board as well as our generous donors and friends. Most eLearning so that our customized Stern Center instruction of all, we thank the students and teachers from whom can be available to any student, anywhere. We were we learn as we teach. We look forward to continuing most grateful to receive a private family foundation to support collaborations that will yield change for the grant to reduce eLearning costs for new students and future of organizations and the success of all learners. anticipate growing in this area. We have also extended remote access to Stern Center Professional Learning opportunities.

We made the hard decision to close our Upper Valley Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D. office since we could not offer a complete array of Stern President Center services to our students given staffing limitations. We strategically elected to focus on one site especially now that we will be embarking on a transformative initiative. We will continue our services to the area in Professional Learning and through eLearning. We also remain actively engaged in our National Science Foundation partnership with Dartmouth College. Board of Directors

Will Billings, Chair Jamie Brandon Suzanne Cronkite Tim Corley Ann DeMarle Christopher Economou Ruthann Hackett Katie D. Halsey Eve Pratt Hoar Ellie Kenworthy Bud Meyers, Ph.D. Justin Molson Tim Neiley Jon Pizzagalli Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D. Maureen Post Stephen Richards Patrick Thornton Brian Till

Honorary Board of Directors Bernice Stern, Chair Eugene Cenci Governor Howard Dean, M.D. Governor James H. Douglas Lewis R. First, M.D. Sarah Gray Gund John M. Hoehl Arthur Kreizel Governor Madeleine Kunin Senator Patrick Leahy G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D. Joan Martin Eugene E. Richards III Stern Center for Language and Learning Governor Peter Shumlin 183 Talcott Road, Suite 101 Ann L. Smallwood Williston, VT 05495 Peter Stern, M.D. www.sterncenter.org | 800-544-4863 David Stifler, M.D. Barry Stone Because All Great Minds Don’t Think Alike

4 A Collaborative Model of Success

Year 1 School Improvement Coaching

Year 2 T•I•M•E for Teachers™ trainings

Year 3 Orange North Supervisory Union Orton-Gillingham Classroom Educator Orange North’s 4-year collaboration with the Stern training with school year- Center is an excellent example of quantifiable long practicum improvements in student performance made possible by applying the science of teaching. A longitudinal study conducted by the Orange North Year 4 Supervisory Union showed impressive gains in K-5 Orton-Gillingham Classroom Educator student outcome data following our district-wide training for new teachers Professional Learning program for teachers. District and those from the leaders and teachers using TRACK MY PROGRESS consolidation as well as assessments report notable improvements across Orton-Gillingham Associate Level training school achievement literacy measures. for special educators and classroom educators One striking indicator of this success is that there were no referrals for reading-based special education at Williamstown Elementary School “Our students’ phonemic for the 2015-16 school year, a first for the school. awareness and understanding of language is amazing. Our “It has been a privilege to instructional language is consistent and precise, and our work with strong leaders teachers’ confidence has never and teachers to create a been greater.”

culture for student success.” ~ Jamie Kinnarney, Principal Janna Osman, M.Ed. Williamstown Elementary School Stern Center VP for Advanced Learning and Director of the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence

Collaborations don’t just happen. They need to be designed and curated. (John Abele, Founding Chair, Boston Scientific; in a keynote address at the Stern Center Board of Directors Annual Meeting; October, 2016)

5 Impact

“...research suggests that, among school-related factors, teachers matter most. When it comes to student performance on reading and math tests, a teacher is estimated to have two to three times the impact of any other school factor, including services, facilities, and even leadership.” (RAND® Education; www.rand.org, September 2012) Brewster-Pierce Memorial School

Private anonymous donors contributed $50,688 The teachers and principal noted to support our Brewster-Pierce Memorial School impressive improvement in the numbers partnership. The first two years of this three-year of students meeting or exceeding grade Professional Learning initiative focused on advancing teacher knowledge in mathematics. level expectations in math. They have We are currently working with school leadership adapted new school-wide practices as to transition the focus of the Professional Learning a result of this collaboration with Stern training from mathematics to literacy. Center experts.

Boys and Girls Club of Burlington

Teachers reported increased Rich Tarrant Jr. and Tracy Appleton Tarrant contributed knowledge, skills, and $13,160 to fund the collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington. The project is designed in partnership confidence using new with the Club’s educational team. The objective of the assessments to target student project is to strengthen the foundational literacy skills of needs in the after school their core teachers and in turn increase elementary and middle school student success. program.

We are now better able to match our instruction specifically to each student.

Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center

Stern Center staff provided 1,134 hours of Gains made by Woodside students instruction to students enrolled through the in reading and math significantly Woodside school. While it is challenging to surpassed comparative national data quantify, preliminary results indicate notable progress in both math and literacy skills for for similar students. Woodside students students whose stays exceeded 90 days. showed from 5 to 12 month gains Professional Learning workshops were offered based on only 5 months of instruction to the staff and faculty at Woodside as well as ongoing professional coaching and mentoring. delivered and coached by Stern Center experts.

6 “Our goal was exceeded; this professional development helped us to become more sustainable in our educational components.”

MARY ALICE MCKENZIE Past Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington

“Because most of what goes on in reading is subconscious: we are aware of the result of having read something—that we understood it, that we found it funny, that it conveyed a fact, idea, or feeling—not the mental and neural operations that produced that outcome. That is why there is a science of reading: to understand this complex skill at levels that intuition cannot easily penetrate.”

(Seidenberg, Mark; “Language at the Speed of Sight”; p. 304; 2016) 7 Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence offers extensive Professional Learning opportunities for educators, including structured literacy, social cognition, and executive function.

$101,177 Professional Learning Grant Awards $ 9,823 Instructional Underwriting Organizations that Received Cynthia K. Hoehl Grants in FY17

$111,000 • Barre Supervisory Union Total Awards • Burlington High School Through donor designated endowment funds, the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence • Chittenden East Supervisory Union awards grants to educators for Professional • Early Childhood Summer Institute at Learning services and partially underwrites the Castleton University cost of multi-hour direct instruction. • Malletts Bay School

Examples of Professional Learning • Orchard Valley Waldorf School

Impact on Teacher Knowledge: • Orleans Northwest Supervisory Union

• Orton-Gillingham Institute Associate Level Course • Rutland Central Supervisory Union Swanton Elementary School teachers showed • Shelburne Community School a pre/post gain of 49% to 83% on content knowledge. • Vergennes Union High School

• TIME for Teachers™ Comprehensive Course • White River Valley Supervisory Union Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union teachers showed a pre/post gain of 54% to 88% on content knowledge. 67 Cynthia K. Hoehl Awards were granted for multi-hour instruction and Professional Learning opportunities.

8 Service Impact & Innovation In FY17, recipients of Stern Center Direct Services and Professional Learning resided in the following states and/or Vermont towns. = Stern Center Reach

33 171 out of 50 states Vermont Towns

786 411 Professional 252 Instruction 136 Evaluation Learning Communication Students Clients Participants Services Students

Learning from a Upper Valley Webinars Distance, Anywhere Live & Prerecorded

The dedication, time, Our West Lebanon office The Stern Center provides online and experience of our closed in August 2017 offerings to suit Professional Learning instructors have yielded and we bade farewell needs, including webinars, workshops, a successful start to and gratitude to our and full-day courses. Participants can our new method of wonderful instructors. choose from a variety of topics and deliverability! As an indication of how watch from the comfort of home. valued our instruction is, Current topics include: Red Flags for Thanks to a generous donation, we some of the students who Preschool Language Development, were able to reduce the cost of were seen in the Upper Promoting Social Skills, and BUILDING eLearning instruction to new clients Valley are registering for BLOCKS modules. Some webinars and by 45%. The reduced rate of $49/hour online services for the courses are available as recordings for families allowed us to schedule upcoming school year. available any time, while others can new students, including some from the be attended live via GoToMeeting on Upper Valley. designated dates.

“This was one of the best professional learning courses I’ve ever had.” PARTICIPANT AT BUILDING BLOCKS WORKSHOP 9 Philanthropic Impact

$1,215,445 Total Raised

Ann A. Mergens Foundation

We received a generous $35,000 endowment gift from the Foundation in memory of Neil Shapiro. Neil was an inspiration to students, parents, and The Morris and Bessie colleagues during his six years as an instructor at the Stern Center. Altman Foundation The Jack and Dorothy We are indebted to Peter and Margie Stern for their enduring support. In FY17, they made $395,750 in Byrne Foundation philanthropic commitments to our organization. This includes a three-year $300,000 landmark investment The Foundation contributed $25,000 in expressing their confidence in the organization’s Bold unrestricted funds in support of our mission to Transformation initiative; an important goal of the help all kinds of learners succeed. Transformation will be to extend teacher expertise to increase student success. Deborah Schapiro & Lou Polish

Deborah and Lou recognize the vital Bernice and Milton importance of social learning in the lives of students of all ages. Their generous gift Stern Foundation towards development of a Social Learning Lesson Plan Manual will allow us to share a The Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation Board key resource with teachers everywhere. generously approved an unrestricted $150,000 grant. We are grateful to the Foundation for their unwavering Kelsey Family Foundation commitment to our organization and its mission to enrich the lives of learners by helping them reach their We secured a $5,000 grant from the Kelsey full potential. Family Foundation in support of the Trauma of Poverty Community Collaboration. Partners include, the Vermont Family $59,215.00 $235,475.00 Unrestricted Network, Vermont Federation of Families $546,200.00 Scholarship for Children’s Mental Health, Committee Restricted Program on Temporary Shelter (COTS), Spectrum Restricted Operations Youth and Family Services, Prevent Child Endowment Abuse Vermont, and the Sara Holbrook $138,025.00 Community Center. The goal of this initiative is to identify training needs related to trauma and poverty in high risk populations and $236,530.00 to explore the impact of high poverty on Vermont children. 10 “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” NELSON MANDELA

Tribute to Dr. Charles Poser’s Legacy

We are privileged to be the recipient of a $100,000 gift from the estate of Dr. and Mrs.Charles M. Poser. Dr. Poser (1923-2010) was an internationally renowned neurologist, expert in multiple sclerosis, and champion of medical-educational partnerships. He was a mentor and extraordinary friend to Stern Center President Blanche Podhajski.

Dr. Podhajski described Dr. Poser as a charismatic leader, gifted neurologist, and passionate teacher. We are grateful to the Poser family and honored by Dr. Poser’s enduring commitment and support of our mission and the learners we serve. Charles M. Poser MD The Turrell Fund The Turrell Fund supports organizations that help disadvantaged and financially challenged youth. We Through collaboration received a $51,000 grant to present workshops for early education professionals in Vermont and New Jersey. with New Jersey

The grant also supports our partnership with Building Bright Performing Arts Center Futures to help identify regions where we can improve student literacy by delivering Professional Learning (NJPAC), participating seminars to early care and education professionals. artists improved their

literacy instruction knowledge by almost 45% and reported an increase in their professional expertise due to the BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® curriculum.

11 Innovate, Impact, Inspire BUILDING BLOCKS Online

Champlain College’s Emergent Media Center and the Stern Center are collaborating to bring the first 3-credit BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY Online course to early education professionals around the globe. Thanks to a major grant from Peter and Margie Stern, this effort is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2018. EMERGENT MEDIA CENTER AT CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE A $125,000 grant from an anonymous family foundation was secured to continue expansion of our Head Start BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® (BUILDING BLOCKS) training program. Boon Philanthropy founder, Sinclair Sherrill, has been instrumental in brokering these funds. This is the third round Henry Sinclair Sherrill Peggy Price, M.Ed. Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D. of support (totaling nearly $750,000) from this Stern Center Boon Philanthropy Stern Center philanthropic partner. Thanks to this renewed funding, the states of Vermont, Maine, and Washington Head Start Associations have Boon Philanthropy already begun training, and funds are available to deliver this specialized training We thank Boon Philanthropy for their program to additional states. advocacy on our behalf and relationship with various donors to support the growth of BUILDING BLOCKS. The grant also provides funds to enhance the BUILDING BLOCKS program’s accessibility Boon Philanthropy founder, Henry Sinclair through digital and interactive technological Sherrill, Director of the Orton-Gillingham applications. Institute at the Stern Center, Peggy Price,

and Stern Center President, Blanche Podhajski were guests on Don Winn’s podcast The Washington State Head Start “Cardboard Box Adventures.” Their focus Association’s three-day Professional Learning was on the importance of explicit language conference included BUILDING BLOCKS, instruction. which received enthusiastic reviews.

Vermont Head Start Association (VHSA) Four of seven regions completed training in FY17; the President of VHSA and all seven regional directors are very enthusiastic partners in bringing BUILDING BLOCKS to early educators in their programs 12 Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont Department of Neurosciences Fourth Year Rotation

Colette Oesterle, a fourth-year medical student, spent a four-week rotation through the Department of Neurosciences learning about the © DARTMOUTH COLLEGE differential diagnosis of learning disorders.

Colette found her rotation helpful not only in terms National Science of her future practice but also with respect to her own children who are learning to read. Foundation Grant

Adolescent and Pediatric A Collaboration Psychiatry Fellowships with Dartmouth College

Dr. Sara Pawlowski, was one of two pediatric A research collaboration between psychiatry fellows who worked with us this Dartmouth College’s Reading Brains year. Under the supervision of Dr. Julia Molson, Laboratory and the Stern Center has been Dr. Pawlowski participated in multidisciplinary extended for the upcoming school year. evaluations with our a team approach, addressing We are seeking 10 more students and 16 a wide range of concerns from language to control group participants to complete the literacy to emotional and behavioral functioning. study. The focus of the grant is to measure positive brain wave changes resulting We also welcomed Dr. Winston Chung, a second from the Stern Center’s explicit reading year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow, interventions. who ended his rotation with a presentation on state-of-the-art medications for the treatment Learning Evaluations of anxiety and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Through a variety of Who would benefit from an evaluation? evaluation options, our experienced team evaluates An evaluation may be successful in identifying a adults to determine their student with… Disorders (ADHD). personal learner profiles.  Learning style differences, including gifted Students learn to better learning styles understand their strengths  Specific learning disabilities, including and challenges for the dyslexia, language‐learning disabilities, and academic demands of medical non‐verbal learning disabilities school and other health  Attentional difficulties, including attention professions. deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)  Social or adaptive behavioral problems, including autism specific differentiated diagnosis  Neurological handicapping conditions

About our Professional Team

Our Instructors, coaches, and evaluators have a wealth of knowledge and experience Immediate Assistance Program working directly with health professionals throughout their programs at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. providedprovided by by thethe What is the Stern Center? SternStern Center Center for for Language Language and and Learning Learning

The Immediate Assistance Program for Health Professionals,The non‐profit Stern Center forprovided Language and Learning is dedicated by to learning for all as we recognize that all great minds don’t think alike. In incollaboration collaboration with with the The Stern Center is committed to helping individuals identify their LarnerLarner College College of of Medicine Medicine the Stern Center in collaboration with the Larner Collegelearning strengths ofand needs Medicine, as well as to finding solutions that allow everyone to learn. Through evaluations, instruction, professional learning, and research, children and adults learn about themselves and are better equipped to reach their full potential. More information may assists medical students and other health professionalsbe found atas www.sterncenter.org they. learn to manage the increased demands of advanced level reading,www.sterncenter.org writing, 183 Talcott Road, Suite 101 1 Oak Ridge Road, Unit 9B Williston, VT 05495 West Lebanon, NH 03784 math, studying, and test taking. 802‐878‐2332 | Fax 802‐878‐0230 603‐276‐3165 | Fax 603‐653‐5606

13 Scholarship Program

The following scholarships were awarded to learners, who without the Endowments Funds generosity of others, would not have • Charles Bartlett Scholarship the financial means to receive needed • Eileen Bonner Botjer Memorial educational services from our expert Scholarship educators. • Leslie Watson Botjer Memorial Scholarship In Memory of Leslie Watson Botjer • John Connell Scholarship • Ursula Crews Memorial This year, we bid farewell to a dear Scholarship member of the Stern Center family, • T. Peter Doremus Jr. Memorial Leslie Watson Botjer. To honor Scholarship Leslie’s legacy and pay tribute • William Cameron Hagedorn to her remarkable service on the Memorial Scholarship Stern Center Board of Directors, • Katie Doremus Halsey Scholarship Peter and Margie Stern established • Herbert L. Martin, M.D. Memorial the Leslie Watson Botjer Memorial Scholarship Scholarship. During her Board • The Podhajski Family Scholarship tenure (2010-2017), Leslie chaired and/or served on Development, • Humbert L. Riva, M.D. Memorial Human Resources, Special Events, and Scholarship Scholarship Committees of the Board. She was a dedicated • Neil Shapiro Memorial Scholarship educator and had worked internationally with students • Smallwood Family Scholarship from preschool to college. Leslie’s passion for learning and advocacy for early childhood education was FY17 Annual Scholarships exemplary. We honor Leslie’s memory in perpetuity by annually awarding the “gift of learning” to a deserving • Michael Allen Annual Scholarship student through this special scholarship. • Friends of the Stern Center Scholarship Scholarship Highlights • Pat Greene Memorial Scholarship • Kusiak Family Scholarship Adult • Dr. John LeConche Memorial Scholarship Communication Services 12 $15,557.25 Evaluation 30 $30,158.76 • Lucy’s Scholarship Academic Instruction 20 $11,514.50 • Blanche M. Podhajski Memorial Scholarship Adult Total 62 $57,230.51 • Paul Post Memorial Scholarship Child • Paul Toomey Memorial Scholarship Communication Services 18 $13,622.88 • Lester Wallman, M.D. and Evaluation 52 $44,920.17 Elizabeth Wallman Academic Instruction 71 $63,373.28 Memorial Scholarship Child Total 141 $121,916.33 • Stevenson H. Waltien Jr. Memorial Scholarship Grand Total 203 $179,146.84 • Patricia M. Zyber Memorial Scholarship 14 Inspiration

Thomas Leavitt, President & CEO Suzie Crews and The event planning committee prepared Northfield Savings Bank Bob Crews (Board Chair Emeritus) appetizers and created beautiful flower arrangments for guests to enjoy. Leaders Signature Event

Over 100 guests joined us for our inaugural Signature Benefit Event. This special event was hosted by the Stern Center’s founding supporters, Peter and Margie Stern. Many thanks to the Corley and Post families for their generous challenge grant, our corporate sponsors Northfield Savings Bank, Michael Jager, Creative Principal of Solidarity From Left to Right: of Unbridled Labour, and our Michelle Szabo, Program Manager extended Stern Center family, Stern Center we exceeded the goal of Kris Hoffman, Principal $100,000, raising $106,575 Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center for our need-based Peter and Margie Stern, Supporters and Scholarship Program. Signature Benefit Event Hosts

Diane Meyer, Grant Writer Stern Center Laughter for Learning The Laughter for Learning Benefit Event raised$10,742 in support of the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence. This was the third consecutive year for this special collaboration between the Stern Center, Vermont Comedy Club, and professional comedians Kate James, Andrew Knox, Ben Rameaka, and Steve Waltien. The effort is rooted in a deep relationship between Steve Waltien and the Stern Center. His late father was committed to the Stern Center’s mission and served as Board Chair. The quartet of improv comedians, including Steve’s wife Kate, has remained dedicated to offering their talents pro bono to help raise funds Nathan Hartswick for teachers and learners through the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute Co-owner of Vermont Comedy Club for Excellence. We are delighted that this annual event will continue in FY18. 15 Thank You For Your Support

Bob & Suzie Crews Christopher & Susanne Davis Haviland & Dolores Smith Visionary Circle Irene DeVivo Staige Davis & Sarah Spink Paul & Brenda Stephens $100,000 & up Forever Endeavor Software Frank & Ducky Donath David Stifler & Mary Allen Stifler Katie & David Halsey Peter Thomas Doremus George & Ann Till Anonymous Paul & Ellie Kenworthy Bronwyn Dunne Katherine Toomey The Morris & Bessie Altman Klifa Club Argie & Peggy Economou Michael & Val Toomey Foundation Joan Martin Richard & Barbara Flyg David Usher The Estate of Charles & Joan Poser Hilary Maslow Google Matching Gifts Program Lee & Ann Van Voris Peter & Margie Stern Oakland Foundation David & Anne Hauke John Vogel & Judy Music Bernice and Milton Stern Gerry & Peggy Shapiro High Five Foundation Richard & Susan Werman Foundation Susan Scheu Woodworth Huron Consulting Group Gerald & Jaclyn Kaminsky Stephen Kiernan Cheryl & Nelson LaFrance Founders Circle Ambassador Circle Main Street Landing $100 -$249 $25,000 - $49,999 $1,000 - $2,499 Arthur Margolin & Kenneth Kahn PEDS ONE Anonymous (5) Chris & Margaret Abajian Anonymous Anonymous Matt & Pat Pellegrino Robert & Heather Bailey The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Leslie & Bob Botjer Tim & Faith Rushford Chris & Stephanie Bastek Foundation Tim Burke & Laurie Caswell Burke Todd Sarandos & Dana Valentine William & Marilyn Bastek The Corley Family Megan & Greg Cluver William Schubart & Kate Robinson Claire & Jerry Beecher Ann A. Mergens Foundation Graeme & Allie Connell Schubart Margie Berger Bill & Maureen Post Suzanne & Thomas Cronkite Michael & Mary Scollins Joseph & Andrea Bergstein Rich Tarrant Jr. & Tracy Appleton Barry & Laura Dagan Michael & Marjie Stern Ellen Bessette Tarrant Ann DeMarle & Jim Reda David & Laura Stiller Richard & JoAnn Bianco Chris & Jan Gannon Barry & Carol Stone Tina & Joseph Bissonette GE Foundation Julie Thayer Gerry & Sam Bloomberg Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum Brett Walker Linda C. Boardman President’s Circle The Hampton Foundation Lynda S. Waltien Scott & Carol Boardman $10,000 - $24,999 Elizabeth Hazen Julie Bonanno Sam Hoar & Eve Pratt Hoar Brickliners Hoehl Family Foundation Gerald & Virginia Hornung Nicole Carignan & David Raphael Mount Philo Fund of the VT Hypertherm HOPE Foundation $250 - $499 Adelbert & Nancy Carpenter Community Foundation Jeanne E. Jenkins Michael & June Carrera Paul Post Fund of the VT Sara Doremus Johnson & Star David & Carol Angus Eldon & Ann Carvey Community Foundation Johnson Christina Gay Atkin Nancy & Ralph Casazzone Blanche Podhajski & Ken Kreiling KeyBank Foundation Randy & Robin Bertrand Pam Clark Deborah Schapiro & Louis Polish Ed & Brynn Kusiak Scott & Lori Brown Greg & Lynn Cluff Peter Swift & Diana McCargo Todd Lockwood Jay & Leslie Capoccia David & Cathleen Cohen LORD Corporation Cedar Wood Natural Health Ctr. Richard & Rose Colletti M. Kraus & Company Geno & Tammy Cenci Helen Lynne Collins Stephen & Emily Magowan John & Kathryn Connell Kathleen L. Colman Director Circle Robert & Polly McEwing Jack & Marion Crews Edwin & Nancy Colodny $5,000 - $9,999 Michael Metz & Denise Shekerjian C. Russell de Burlo Sally Conant H. Bud Meyers & Ruth Farrell Christopher Economou Ann Corley Will & Pam Billings Eric & Jane Molson Mary & Tom Evslin Paul & Paula Costello The Carmel Hill Fund Hilary & Pete Mooney Nick & Marilyn Fasano Paul & Nancy Cotton Turrell Fund Steve Mundell Mitch & Kim Fleischer Phyllis Crews The Gottesman Fund Tim Neiley & Ellen O’Brien Tim & Melissa Frost Robert & Niva Donahue Bill Gottesman & Debra Lopez Janna & Donny Osman Luis Gomez & Jennifer Harrison Joel & Priscilla Dube Gottesman Jon & Jenn Pizzagalli Valerie & William Graham Peter Erly & Heather Briggs Sarah Gray Gund Remo & Donna Pizzagalli Al & Barbara Gross Patricia R. Farnham Nathan Hartswick & Natalie Miller Don & Sandy Rendall Hark, Inc. Lewis & Sandy First The Kelsey Trust of the VT Rene Bloch Foundation Donna Austin-Hawley & Gary Paula Flaherty Community Foundation Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Hawley Fusun Floyd Justin & Julia Molson Interfaith Projects Adam & Sonell Knudsen Flying Pig Bookstore Northfield Savings Bank Michael Shapiro & Kim McManus William & Laura Lacy Donald & Suzanne Foss Foundation Debra Stenner & Keith Mintz The Kelly & Walt Levering Fund Jim & Liz foster Emmett & Judith O’Connell Robert Stern Allen & Bonnie Reid Martin Seth & Megan Frenzen People’s United Community George & Carol Terwilliger Chip Martin & E. Barrett Shaffer Milton & Carolyn Frye Foundation Patrick Thornton Mark & Debbie Mast David & Peggy Gelinas Dolores Podhajski LeConche Ed & Jill Wilkens Maureen & Jim McFadden Richard & Jennifer Gibbs Lili Ruane Thomas & Ellen Wilkins Peter Miller Thomas & Marianne Graceffa Ann Logie Smallwood Elizabeth Woods Minuteman Press Barbara Greenwald Ann and Frank Smallwood Fund of Kenneth Zyber Geoff & Kate Molson Steve & Ruthann Hackett the VT Community Foundation Tish & Susan Mooney Charles Hall Lisa Steele Virginia R. Neiley Chip & Mary Hart Vermont Comedy Club Neuberger Berman Stacia Heath & Family Deb & Bob Olsen James & Mary Ellen Hebert $500 - $999 Peregrine Design / Build Philip & Joan Hoff Robert & Patricia Phillips Steven & Lisa Arms Tom & Maggie Holmes Advisor Circle Patricia Pizzagalli The Big Wood Foundation Richard & Nancy Kalt $2,500 - $4,999 Clinton & Marilyn Price Peter & Peggy Briggs Andrea Kelly & Laura Ramirez Paul & Joanne Reiss Gene & Ann Cenci Joanie Kemsley William & Gail Savage Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation Citizen Cider Peter Kreisel Stephen Scheu Robert Barrie & Melissa Farrall John & Barbara Coates Harlan & Linnea Lachman

We thank all those who made gifts supporting all kinds of learners. If we have inadvertently omitted any names, we apologize and ask you to contact us with the correction. This listing includes donations received during FY17: September 1, 2016-August 31, 2017. Marshall & Donna Land David Adams & Jeanne Art & Mary Hamlin David Halsey & Family Larner College of Medicine at Greenblatt Recille Hamrell Sara Doremus Johnson & Star The University of Vermont Sidney Harmon & Karen Lynch- Gloria Heininger Johnson Patrick & Marcelle Leahy Harmon Daniel & Susan Hudson Paul & Ellie Kenworthy Thomas & Denise Leporati Carol Hinkel Sara Huff Stephen Kiernan Scott Lollis Peter & Joyce Klinkenberg Hortense Hunter Justin & Julia Molson Gemma Lyons Amos S. Kornfeld Michael & Giovanna Jager Jon & Jenn Pizzagalli Peter & Isabella Martin Alan & Jane Lane Gina Kells Blanche Podhajski & Ken Kreiling Thomas & Doris McCullough Jack Long & Delight Wing Matthew R. Kerschner William & Maureen Post Jacqueline McGlenn Theresa MacDonald Anne Knowlton Don & Sandy Rendall Angela McLean Robin Madonna Souder The Family LaChance Haviland & Dolores Smith Diane Meyer Christine Maloney & David DeBoy Brian & Tasha Lansbury Ed & Jill Wilkens Fred & Linda Milanovich Ted Marcy & Kim Hornung-Marcy Ray & Charlotte Leary Madeline Miles Donald & Jennifer Martin Dorothy S. Leech ELAINE HAZELETT Jon & Agnes Milne Patrick & Jill McCaffrey Martin & Barbara LeWinter Christine Maloney & David DeBoy Glenn & Sylvia Mitchell Patricia McDonald Charles & Genevieve Lotz Ron & Jerry Morishige Duncan & Belle McDougall Joan Madison BEN LACHMAN Thomas & Fern Murtagh Betty F. McGill Joan Mathews Gerry & Peggy Shapiro Susan Noto George & Mary McGrath Jonathan Mishcon Michael O’Brien Lou McLaren & Randy Gates Katharine Montstream JOAN MARTIN Barbie Parker Donald & Susan Miller Barbara Moore Thomas & Doris McCullough Simon & Pia Pearce John & Roberta Morrison Jane Nathan Deb & Bob Olsen Paul & Dorothea Penar Alice Outwater Caitlin Niland Frederick & Janis Peyser Rose Pels Nancy Nugent Carol Lee Phillips Greg & Diane Peters Corinne Nye JON & JENN PIZZAGALLI Patricia Pizzagalli Peter & Leigh Phillips Nancy Post Joan O’Brien Dan Johnson & Lisa Pizzagalli Peggy Price Lorraine & Robert Olsen Matthew Plasse Stephen Richards Marcia Perry PODHAJSKI FAMILY Laurie Quinn & Pete Sutherland Mary Selby Garth & Clara Peterson Ken Kreiling Harry Reindel & Addie Hall Katharine Shepherd & Bern Terry Jenn Piette Patrick Robins & Lisa Schamberg Jackson & Marissa Strayer-Benton Donna Poulin BLANCHE PODHAJSKI, Ph.D. Andrea Rogers & R. Avery Hall Don Stugart Patricia M. Pratt Sally Conant Mark Saba & Karen Paul S. Taylor & Patricia Stugart Allie Provost Barry & Carol Stone Seventh Generation Foundation Michelle & Dave Szabo Gay Regan Chris & Judith Shaw Chris Szarek Ellen Page Reid GENE & JULIE RICHARDS Joseph & Margaret Sheehan Rup & Patricia Tandan Karen Rogers Sam & Claire Wool Ellen Sides Patricia Thimm Alfred & Maggie Rosa Patty Spence Jo-Anne Unruh & Kenneth Anna E. Rosse BERNICE STERN Grace W. Sweet Kramberg Beatrice Samuelson Jane Yusen Ben & Debbie Taggard Thomas & Susan Weaver Peter & Gayle Shaw Frederick & Betsy Tegatz David White Norm & Betsy Silcox MICHAEL & PETER STERN Frederick Tiballi Benjamin Williams & Elizabeth Nicky M. Stange Arthur Margolin & Kenneth Kahn Paul & Eileen Toretta Case Tracy Stein Carolyn Turner & John Hanagan Shaun Stephens PATT & MARK STUGART Elizabeth Twomey Jessica A. Stoehr Anonymous (6) James & Bonnie Wallman Eliane Strip Robert & Barbara Ailleo Ruth Wallman Doris Thompson Up to $50 Robert & Heather Bailey Leigh & Mary Karen Wheeler Brian Till Chris & Stephanie Bastek Sam & Claire Wool Stefanie Waite Anonymous (2) William & Marilyn Bastek Scott Yeager & Christine Packard Diane & William Wessel Natalie Albers Richard & JoAnn Bianco Walter & Jane Yusen Kathryn Wilson AmazonSmile Foundation Robert & Ursula Bodnar Marion Zyber Charles & Mary Ann Wolf American Online Giving Jay & Leslie Capoccia Foundation Adelbert & Nancy Carpenter Gian Piero & Victoria Anelli Nancy & Ralph Casazzone $50 - $99 Edward & Janet Austin Gifts in Honor of: Maria Ciardiello Joan Balfe Robert & Niva Donahue Iris Berezin The names of those being honored Nick & Marilyn Fasano Anonymous (3) Laura Bonazinga-Bouyea appear in BOLD CAPITAL letters and Richard & Barbara Flyg Michael & Marion Abajian James & Carol Bouyea are followed by the names of those Richard & Jennifer Gibbs Kathy & Saul Agel Sandy Boyer who made the gifts. 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We thank all those who made gifts supporting all kinds of learners. If we have inadvertently omitted any names, we apologize and ask you to contact us with the correction. This listing includes donations received during FY17: September 1, 2016-August 31, 2017. EDWARD R. WILKENS, Ed.D. CHARLES M. POSER, M.D. Foundation Supporters: Jon & Jenn Pizzagalli Jackson & Marissa Strayer-Benton David & Peggy Gelinas Blanche Podhajski & Ken Kreiling Thomas & Ellen Wilkins Eliane Strip Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation Bill & Maureen Post AmazonSmile Foundation Ben Rameaka WOODWORTH FAMILY PAUL POST American Online Giving Mary Selby Stephen Scheu Nancy Post Foundation Melody Shaw Bill & Maureen Post The Big Wood Foundation Shelburne Farms The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Solidarity of Unbridled Labour ELEANOR (CHRIS) PRATT Foundation Peter & Margie Stern Gifts in Memory of: Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum The Carmel Hill Fund Twincraft Skincare Shawntae Stillwell Turrell Fund Vermont Comedy Club The names of those being The Gottesman Fund Steve Waltien remembered appear in BOLD The Hampton Foundation Ed & Jill Wilkens CAPITAL letters and are followed HUMBART L. RIVA, M.D. John & Barbara Coates High Five Foundation by the names of those who made Hoehl Family Foundation the gifts. NEIL SHAPIRO GE Foundation The Gerald & Virginia Hornung LESLIE WATSON BOTJER Tim Burke & Laurie Caswell Burke Martha R. Fraser Family Charitable Fund The Morris & Bessie Altman Sara Gebo Hypertherm HOPE Foundation Foundation Al & Barbara Gross The Kelsey Trust of the VT Robin & Randy Bertrand Harlan & Linnea Lachman Community Foundation Tim Burke & Laurie Caswell Burke Ann A. Mergens Foundation The Kelly and Walt Levering Fund Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum Gerry & Peggy Shapiro KeyBank Foundation Blanche Podhajski & Ken Kreiling Joseph & Margaret Sheehan Ann A. Mergens Foundation Peter & Margie Stern The Morris and Bessie Altman Barry & Carol Stone Foundation PAUL TOOMEY Ed & Jill Wilkens Mount Philo Fund of the VT Katherine Toomey Community Foundation Michael Toomey E. ANNE CORLEY Northfield Savings Bank Ann & Lee Van Voris Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum Foundation Oakland Foundation URSULA CREWS LESTER & ELIZABETH WALLMAN Paul Post Fund of the VT Christina Gay Atkin Kathy & Saul Agel Community Foundation Helen Lynne Collins Brian & Sherrill Crabtree People’s United Community Angela McLean Jack & Marion Crews Foundation Michael & Mary Scollins Phyllis Crews Rene Bloch Foundation Julie Thayer Bob & Suzie Crews Seventh Generation Foundation James & Bonnie Wallman Patrick & Jill McCaffrey Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Interfaith Projects MARY DUFFY Stevenson Waltien, Jr. Ann and Frank Smallwood Fund of Lynda S. Waltien Anonymous the VT Community Foundation Thomas & Ellen Wilkins Bernice and Milton Stern JEAN FOSS Foundation Donald Foss Patricia Zyber Fusun Floyd Donald & Jennifer Martin In-Kind Donations: PAT GREENE Madeline Miles Ellen Bessette Robin Madonna Souder Elizabeth Hazen Randy & Robin Bertrand Blanche Podhajski & Ken Kreiling Will & Pam Billings Kenneth Zyber Leslie & Bob Botjer MELISSA JEWETT Marion Zyber Brett Walker Spare Time Entertainment Laurie & Tim Burke CONNIE KRUEGER Gene & Ann Cenci David & Cathleen Cohen Corporate Supporters: Tim & Shelly Corley Nini Crane Brickliners Christopher & Susanne Davis JOHN LECONCHE, Ph.D. Cedar Wood Natural Health Bronwyn Dunne Dolores Podhajski LeConche Center Patty Durham Citizen Cider Fiddlehead Brewing Company HERBERT L. MARTIN, M.D. Flying Pig Bookstore Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum Scott & Lori Brown Forever Endeavor Software Nathan Hartswick & Natalie Miller Wylie M. Brown Peregrine Design / Build Donna Austin-Hawley David & Peggy Gelinas Google Matching Gifts Program Michael & Giovanna Jager Chip Martin Hark, Inc. Kate James Joan Martin Huron Consulting Group Bob & Betty Jones Thomas & Doris McCullough Klifa Club Paul & Ellie Kenworthy Deb & Bob Olsen LORD Corporation Andrew Knox Patricia Spence M. Kraus & Company Lake Champlain Chocolates Paul & Brenda Stephens Main Street Landing Stephen & Emily Magowan Minuteman Press Keith & Lucy Marston MARION MCEWING Neuberger Berman Justin & Julia Molson Robert & Polly McEwing PEDS ONE Hilary & Pete Mooney Vermont Comedy Club Northfield Savings Bank BLANCHE M. PODHAJSKI Andrew Pearce Bowls Irene DeVivo Jenn Piette

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20 Financials Statement of Revenue and Expenditures1

All Funds for the 12 months ended August 31, 2017

Unrestricted & Temporarily Permanently Total Scholarship Funds Restricted Funds Restricted Funds Revenue Evaluations $565,465 $0 $0 $565,465 Instructional Services $901,137 $0 $0 $901,137 Communication Services $209,262 $0 $0 $209,262 Professional Learning $537,433 $0 $0 $537,433 Other Services $59,989 $0 $0 $59,989 Subtotal Services $2,273,286 $0 $0 $2,273,286

Scholarships ($179,147) $0 $0 ($179,147) Contributions & Grants $368,323 $782,730 $59,235 $1,210,289 Other Income $41,526 $395,000 $0 $436,526 Discounts & N/C ($22,556) $0 $0 ($22,556) Reallocations for Program $200,000 ($200,000) $0 $0 Services Funded by Grants $198,952 ($307,207) $0 ($108,255) Total Revenue $2,880,384 $670,523 $59,235 $3,610,142

Expenses Salaries/Wages $2,077,121 $0 $0 $2,077,121 Benefits $422,678 $0 $0 $422,678 Supplies/Postage/Copying $116,998 $18,788 $75 $135,861 Facilities $267,519 $0 $0 $267,519 Marketing $30,151 $3,000 $0 $33,151 Spcl Events/Prsntatns/Mtgs $7,225 $1,378 $0 $8,603 Staff Development/Training $18,763 $15,037 $0 $33,800 Travel $35,998 $6,648 $0 $42,647 Financial/Legal/Audit $32,082 $0 $0 $32,082 Miscellaneous $8,678 $0 $0 $8,678 Transfers T/F End TRNA ($62,000) ($145,000) $207,000 $0 Misc - Program Related $53,447 $0 $0 $53,447 Overhead Recovered/Charged $0 $0 $0 $0 Total Expenses $3,008,660 ($100,150) $207,075 $3,115,586

Increase/(Decrease) in Net ($128,277) $770,673 ($147,840) $494,556 Assets before Reallocations for Capital Reallocations for Capital - - - -

Increase/(Decrease) in Net ($128,277) $770,673 ($147,840) $494,556 Assets

1 | All figures represent unaudited financial results

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