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Volume 16, Number 1 Fall 2006 On the cover: Contents Our entire school family gathered for the first all-school photo in almost 20 years. Photo taken by Lifetouch Photography. FEATURES

Greensboro Day School Mission Statement Greensboro Day School is a coeducational, college preparatory, nonsectarian 14 Meet Mark independent school for students of average to superior ability in grades TK-12. Its mission is and Linda to provide a challenging academic program in Welcome to GDS! The an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect, Hale’s have spent the enhanced by caring, imaginative teachers and last few months supportive parents, alumni and friends of the learning about their school; to develop individual potential by new home; now we get promoting involvement in a broad range of academic and nonacademic activities, in a a chance to learn more nurturing environment characterized by close about them. interaction between students, teachers, and a supporting staff; to provide programs which stimulate curiosity, promote lifelong learning, emphasize process as well as content, and 16 Journey across the which value the importance of honor, personal integrity, responsible citizenship, globe... and a respect for individual differences; and to with two recipients of the Brooks cultivate an appreciation for the broad ethnic, Sabbatical. Plus, learn more cultural, racial, and religious diversity of our about the woman who gave our school, community, nation and world. teachers this great opportunity. - adopted by the Board of Trustees, April, 1993

Greensboro Day School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, disability (to the extent that reasonable 28 Why I teach... accommodations are possible), or sexual Six GDS teachers answer the questions “Why I teach,” and “Why I orientation in the administration of its educational teach at Greensboro Day School”. policies, admissions policies, or any other programs administered by the school.

Stacy Calfo, Editor & Designer 34 Remembering Russell... [email protected] When Russell Britt ’97 died last year, he left a legacy of loving nature Mark C. Hale, Head of School and the great outdoors behind. Now, an endowment will help future [email protected] generations remember the things dear to his heart.

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37 Years – Our Community Welcomes Tradition and Change

Student Council president Shira Solomon '07 chimed in our 37th school year in August, and with it we embraced Dorothy Carlow Adam Freeman tradition and welcomed change. LS Physical Computer Help Following tradition, our senior class Education Desk Assistant, picked a kindergarten buddy for the LS Tech Support opening of school ceremony and the entire 909 members of our student body sang in chorus our Alma Mater, "Lo Hearts Behold." We also welcomed with open arms the changes our new faculty and staff Kelly Carraway Andrew Gaunt will introduce to us, and especially look US Spanish LS/MS Physical forward to an exciting first year under Education the leadership of Mark Hale.

Laura Drewicz Melinda Graham US History US Math

Shira Solomon ’07 rings the Lexi Eagles Kevin Graves chimes to start the school year. College Counselor LS/MS Physical Education

Margaret Mark Hale Farrell ’97 Head of School Kaliegh Oleynik ’07 and Leah US Science Peraldo ’19 are new buddies.

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Twenty-Five New Faculty and Staff

Holly Barnes Sabra Permar Daniel Silvers Hofbauer ’92 Kindergarten Property & Plant 5th Grade Assistant Assistant Services

Robert Mimms Anne Alspaugh Pamela Thaxton US History Pinkelton ’78 MS Learning 1st Grade Assistant Resource

Edo Mlatac ’97 Juliette Rosenthal Kimberly Trone Database Specialist US History LS Computer Lab Assistant

Jose Navarro Morgan Sharp Adam Ward Spanish all divisions LS Spanish Assistant Network Specialist

Stacey Olsen Eric Shilling Pam Wampler MS/US Math US Math 4th Grade Teacher

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Service Learning Makes a Difference Service Learning, which is a part of the curriculum as well as one of the core values of GDS, offers many volunteer opportunities for members of the GDS family. This program encourages students, faculty and staff members to become more involved in the Greensboro community through a variety of service activities. GDS is proud to partner with Jesse Wharton Elementary School (JWES) this year. Jesse Wharton has Sophomore Wins Volunteer over 960 students who represent a cross-section of our community: over 12% of their students are in the ESL Award (English is the Second Language) program – many of whom are immigrants that have just arrived in this Sophomore Philip Deutsch was named Guilford country; 40% of their students are African-American, County's Volunteer of the Week for his work with Well Asian, or Hispanic; and 30% of their students receive Spring Retirement Community. Well Spring's Director of free or reduced lunches. We are working on several joint Recreation and Well-Being, Jennifer Cunningham wrote enrichment opportunities for students at both schools as the following nomination letter to the Volunteer Center well as tutoring and mentoring programs. of Greensboro: This summer more than 30 GDS students volunteered at the JWES Summer School for ESL Philip Deutsch is a 15-year-old student at Greensboro Day students. In addition to volunteer time, GDS also School. He aspires to be a journalist someday. collected and donated school supplies as well as tennis He started volunteering in April 2006. Letters go out to our balls for the feet of classroom chairs. Last year, GDS 4th residents' families at random explaining the process of their graders recorded their favorite books on tape for family member becoming a Resident of the Month and if they students in the ESL program. This October, Jesse agree, Philip interviews their loved one and writes a Resident Wharton's 5th grade (150 students) joined the GDS 3rd of the Month article on them. Each article describes the through 5th graders for the Watoto Children's Choir resident's life as he or she tells it and can include special stories performance in our theatre. and life experiences. Other work in progress with JWES includes after This type of volunteer work seems to work well for Philip school tutoring by Upper School students, a lunch because he is a busy student. He interviews the residents after buddy partnership with Upper School students and school and on the weekends. He also calls the resident's GDS faculty, volunteering at the ESL Saturday School, families from his home (sometimes long distance) and writes hands-on learning kits for ESL students, science teacher the articles from his computer. When an article is finished he collaboration, computer teacher collaboration, and just emails it to me. So far, Philip has written three articles and quarterly meetings with faculty and administrators is working on 2 more. from both schools. I have been very pleased with the quality of Philip's articles. He is very talented writer for his age. It is exciting to see a young person find a volunteer position that fits so perfectly with his strengths so he is therefore successful in his endeavor Shattered Barometer and really makes a difference in the community. I would hope Marilyn Jones, Middle School Community Service that his story would inspire others in the community to Coordinator, parent Lee Williams, and student Andrew evaluate what their strengths are and find a way to use them to Regal ’13 challenged the Middle School students to raise benefit others. $212, ($1/student in the Middle School), in support of the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walkathon. After only one month of effort, more than three times this amount was collected. A barometer was hung on the wall of the Bengal Den to measure the donations and represent the "overflowing" generosity of our students and their families.

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Science Teacher Reaches for the Stars Upper School physics teacher Jeff Pluto occulted a star, Pluto's Regester spent ten days last June on an atmosphere doubled in thickness. The astronomical research expedition to goal of this expedition was to see if Australia, observing a stellar that trend has continued or reversed. occultation. An occultation occurs Regester and Dr. Eliot Young of the when one celestial object passes in Southwest Research Institute used a front of another. In this particular case, 14-inch portable telescope and CCD from the viewpoint of Australia and camera to make their observations New Zealand, Pluto was passing in from a farm located near Launceston, front of a faint star named P384.2 in the Tasmania. Three other teams from the early morning of June 13. Pluto has an collaboration were on the Australian Regester keeps a watchful eye on his atmosphere – thin in comparison to the mainland and in New Zealand. The telescope. Earth's, but substantial nonetheless. By entire event lasted less than two analyzing exactly how the star's light is minutes. Regester taught prior to coming to extinguished as Pluto's atmosphere The project is a collaboration of GDS. The project is funded by the passes in front of the star, the astronomers from the Southwest National Science Foundation and thickness, pressure and other features Research Institute in Boulder, NASA, in support of the New (such as possible clouds or haze) of the Colorado, the Lowell Observatory in Horizons probe that was launched atmosphere can be determined. Flagstaff, Arizona, and Wellesley earlier this year and will fly by Pluto in Between 1988 and 2002, the last time College in Massachusetts, where 2015.

GDS Announces Full Day Kindergarten Youth Leaders Abound at GDS Greensboro Day School has announced an evolution in the Each year, ten students are selected for Youth school's Kindergarten program. Beginning with the 2007 academic Leadership Greensboro's annual training year, the school's Kindergarten will begin holding full-day classes program. The participants for this year are: (8:15 - 3:00), the same as the rest of the school. Marty Buxton ’08, Demetra Schermerhorn ’08, The decision to move GDS' Kindergarten from a 1:00 p.m. to a 3:00 Lynn Clark ’08, Ginny Shogry ’08, Emily Lewis p.m. dismissal was made after months of research, study and ’08, Julianna King ’08, MaryParke McEachran discussion. This extended program will allow the school to offer ’09, Emily Mosh ’09, BJ Williams ’09 and Connor Kindergarten students an appropriately paced curriculum with Crews ’09. sufficient time for flexibility, individual attention, a sense of For the first time ever, the YLG Executive completion, time for unstructured play, and choice. A more slowly Council is made up entirely of GDS students: paced day will lead to less student fatigue and a more Mica Medoff ’07, Spencer Kuzmier ’08, Caroline developmentally appropriate flow of activity. Perkins ’08 and Michael McAdams ’07.

Additional Awards MS Artist on Display The following book awards were inadvertently left out of the Eighth grader Aubrey Hood had two pieces summer GDS Magazine awards listing: of art work selected by the Hemphill Library Sewanee Award (Excellence in Writing) Nicholas Grosman ’07 and Greenhill Staff for display in October. Her Randolph Macon Women's College Leadership Katie Cohen ’08 pastel titled "Follow Me" hung in a front Caltech Signature Award (science, math, tech) Megan Leong ’07 meeting room and a second pastel titled Middlebury Outstanding Liberal "Melting Ice" displayed in a quiet room towards Arts Performance Laura Hoxworth ’07 the back of the library. Wellesley Academic Achievement Award Emma Lepri ’07 Dartmouth Award, Academic Excellence Kaleigh Oleynik ’07 Washington & Lee (Commitment to Academic Excellence, Honor and Integrity) Sarah Dougherty ’07

Fall 2006 7 Campus News

GDS Boasts Forty-Nine AP Scholars

Forty-nine students earned the designation of AP Scholar Thirteen Greensboro Day School students qualified for by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 Program (AP) exams. These students took AP exams in May or higher on four or more of these exams. These students 2006. The College Board recognizes several levels of are: Matthew Fore ’07, Tanya Green ’06, Laura Hoxworth achievement based on student's performance on AP exams. ’07, Emma Lepri ’07, Hamilton May ’07, Sarah Rose Mosh Andrew Strong ’06 qualified for the National AP Scholar ’06, Kaleigh Oleynik ’07, Andrew Pinto ’06, Stephany Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5- Rayburn ’06, William Scotten ’06, Caitlin Smith ’06, David point scale on all AP exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher Walker ’06, and Sarah Whited ’06. on eight or more of these exams. Twenty-one students qualified for the AP Scholar Award Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least higher. Those students designated as AP Scholars are: 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five Ashley Avera ’07, Anna Bernhardt ’07, Paula Buzzi ’06, or more of these exams. These students are: Travis Cooke, Anna Cassell ’07, Andrew Daniel ’06, Patrick Dassow ’06, Margaret Gerhardt, Chelsea Lundquist-Wentz, Lea Luquire, Sarah Dougherty ’07, Alex Ellis ’06, Julia Gonzales ’06, Nick Kevin McDonald, Thomas Nading, Margaret Salinger, Grossman ’07, Anna Hurd ’06, Abraham Johns ’06, David Baker Shogry, Allie Standish, Kevin Steedle, Andrew Krantz ’07, Blair Latham ’07, Ariel Leath ’06, Megan Leong Strong, Caroline Tedder, Sarah Von Thaer, Jaron Wilson, ’07, Wendy Li n’07, Michael McAdams ’07, Kristin and Scott Wirth. All of these students graduated in 2006. McDonnell ’06, Blair Milam ’06 and Lindsey Stuckey ’06.

Kindermusik Convention Lepri Earns Spot on Orchestra Senior Emma Lepri has been chosen to represent Greensboro Day School as a member of the North Carolina Honors Orchestra. Auditions were held at this year's North Carolina Music Educators Convention. She performed with the orchestra at the Steven's Center in Winston-Salem on November 12. This is the highest honor a student can attain in the North Carolina All State program.

Students in Youth Orchestra Several students participate in the Greensboro Youth Orchestra program, sponsored by the 5th Grade Chorus Greensboro Symphony. Frances Dougherty ’10, Emma Lepri ’07 and Joseph Riley ’12 are all members of the Youth Orchestra. Riley is only a 7th Several Greensboro Day School music groups were chosen to grader and is already a part of an orchestra which perform at the Kindermusik Convention at the Koury Center on performs at or above the high school level. November 3. The 3rd and 5th grade Suzuki students, the 5th In other orchestra news, Elizabeth Dougherty grade chorus, the after-school Broadway Kids class and the cast ’14, Madhu Cornelius ’12, and Katie Rowlett ’12 of the Lower School musical Jungle Book all entertained perform with the Greensboro Youth Strings, convention-goers. conducted by Karen Collins, a teacher at GDS and Middle School Orchestra Conductor.

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Welcome to America

In October, we welcomed four enjoying all that our garden had to Ugandan visitors and two NC Zoo offer. visitors for tours of our gardens. Gin Additionally, Tinka John, UNITE Wall from the North Carolina Zoo (Uganda and North Carolina brought Professor Edward B. International Teaching for the Rugumayo, Chairperson of the Board Environment) and Tumwesigye of Trustees of Tooro Botanical Garden, Mohammed, art teacher from our and Director Sam Ssozi to GDS to sister school, Bigodi Secondary School, share their vision for growing plants traveled from Uganda to spend several that provide healthy food and weeks learning about our educational medicine for the Ugandan people. system, our gardening practices, and They shared about the culture and the to teach us about their lives and culture ethnobotany of many plants that can in their village. They were welcomed Mohammed taught our LS students how be found there and here in America. by UNITE teacher Valerie Vickers, and to make masks out of clay. The group also toured the Club Uganda President, Will Pugh ’08. permaculture garden, tasting and

Biking to Teach

Fourth grade teacher Peter Buxenbaum spent a week in October biking across North Carolina to teach his students about the state they live in. He rode 60-70 miles per day for 5-6 hours each day to complete his trek from Banner Elk to Emerald Isle. During his journey, Mr. Buxenbaum spoke to two of his students each day on the phone. His students asked him questions about the day's ride and then relayed what they learned to their fellow classmates. His journey was part of a state-sponsored trip and included 900 other riders. His opportunity was funded by the Parents' Association's Teacher Enrichment Endowment Funds program. He now uses his adventure to teach his 4th graders about the three regions of North Carolina – mountains, piedmont, and beaches. Buxenbaum biked over 60 miles per day.

Senior Goes to Washington Construction on Campus Senior Ashley Avera participated in the National Youth If you have driven north of campus you noticed extensive Leadership Forum on Law in Washington, D.C. Avera grading on the practice baseball field. Thanks to a generous prepared mock trials, Supreme Court simulations, law gift, our practice field is getting an overhaul to make it safer school visitations and classes. She also heard guest speakers for our team to practice. The new field will be level and including former Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, feature a state-of-the-art infield. and sat in on a murder trial and a drug trafficking trial. On the south end of campus, construction crews are busy Avera was one of 300 students chosen for the program building an outdoor classroom overlooking our learning through teacher recommendations or information provided pond. With the help of our Parents' Association, this new on voluntary pre-college surveys. space will give our classes a place to conduct outdoor experiments and more.

Fall 2006 9 Sports Report

Near Miss at a State Title

The 2006 varsity boys soccer Jackson Williams, and Dean team finished the season with a Pittman along with juniors Will heartbreaking 1-0 semi-final Seymour, and goalkeeper Ben loss to Charlotte Christian in Riedlinger kept the defense triple overtime after beating solid and only allowed 11 goals state powerhouse Charlotte in the last 14 games. Five Latin 3-2 in the first round. It players wrapped up all- was a great season for the guys conference honors with two on as they finished second in first team and three on second conference behind Wesleyan team. Charlie Pierce was a first with a 3-3 record including two team all-state player. wins over Christ School and a Greensboro Day School will win over eventual state The 2006 varsity boys soccer team look to go even further next champion Forsyth Country year but there will be some new Day. Overall the team finished faces with nine seniors leaving with a record of 12-6-2. us – Ian Ballantyne, Jackson Junior Charlie Pierce led the team in scoring with 14 Williams, Michael McAdams, Chris Kelly, Dean Pittman, goals and 12 assists with senior Chris Kelly right behind Robert Kaplan, Will Caffrey, Chris Panosh, and Scott him at 12 goals and four assists. Seniors Mike McAdams, Jackson will all be missed. – Coach Jeff Lochrie

Volleyball Rebuilding into a Great Program

This year was a building year, had a terrific season, culminating with introducing the girls to a different a spot on the all-conference team. coaching style and philosophy. We Kaitlin Smith '08 led the team in pass were fortunate to have a group of ratings and digs and also earned a spot seniors who could adapt to new on the all-conference team. Heather situations. Our future is looking very Waters '08, Taylor Floss '09 and bright with upcoming players for next Katherine Bernstein '10 were rock solid season. GDS has several players taking this year and are going to be primary their play to the next level by playing weapons next season. Junior Olympic volleyball. I feel The 2006 varsity girls volleyball team I cannot tell you how much I strongly that this team will get some enjoyed getting to know all three Carly's competitiveness, Lauren's much deserved recognition and teams and laying the foundation for a crazy and super-effective right side respect next season and forever more. successful program. My staff, from my hitting, Laura's net awareness, and There were five seniors this year: assistant coaches to my JV and Middle Anna's commitment to the team Liz Foster, Carly Gilmore, Lauren School coaches, made the transition for helped create an atmosphere of Howell, Laura Hoxworth, and Anna the girls very productive. The support excitement everyday. Bernstein. Their dedication and from the athletic department and the I did have many standout players. willingness to try new things set school in general has been Laura Hoxworth '07 was a great asset standards for the future players to overwhelmingly positive. across the net and off the court. She achieve. Liz's bubbly personality, – Coach Miche Franken

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Cross Country Runs Hard Field Hockey Builds Strength

The boys and girls cross It was another country squads both had great year for the solid campaigns this fall, Bengal field hockey and with a lot of youth on program. Not only each team, the future looks did the girls excel even more promising. on the field, but One highlight of the they also season that both teams volunteered their shared was the opening of time to help The 2006 varsity cross country team a brand-new campus cross organize and run The 2006 varsity girls field hockey team country course. Located our very successful just north of campus off Lake Brandt Road, the course starts and JV tournament to raise funds for the Center for finishes at the church and winds through rolling and wooded Women's Health & Wellness. They finished the season terrain. GDS runners Frances Dougherty '10 and Ryan Carty '09 at 12-6 and were ranked in the top five teams in the state are the current course record holders. all season. The team graduates four seniors: Megan On the boy's side, the young team got off to a rough start, but Leong, Catherine Stone, Tavish Williams and Andria after the first meet they went 5-4 for the rest of the season, Williams. However, with 16 returning players and a culminating in a 2nd place finish in the PACIS meet and an 8th solid JV program to draw upon, the 2007 Bengals look place finish at States, two places better than last year. Their final to return stronger than ever. record was 5-8. This year's team had 19 members. Of those 19, Five players were selected to the PACIS all- only one will be lost to graduation. By the end of the season, a conference team: Megan Leong '07, Katie Cohen '08, clear top three runners had emerged, consisting of sophomores Lucy Zuraw '08, Ginny Shogry '08 and Julianna King Patrick Nolan and Ryan Carty, and 8th grader Nathan '08; and two players were named to the all-state team: Vercaemert. Juniors Brad Johnson and Austin Lane, sophomore Megan Leong and Katie Cohen. – Coach Karen Buxton Nathan Tilley, and senior Griffin Roer rounded out the top seven runners at the state meet. Ryan Carty earned all-conference honors for the second year in a row, while Patrick Nolan was the top GDS finisher at states, earning 22nd place in a field of 105. Tennis Has Bright Future While the girls could not quite duplicate their success from last The girl's varsity tennis team completed a fun, year at PACIS and states, they improved as a team time-wise and competitive tennis season. We faced a difficult hope to continue that trend next year. Despite some significant schedule and while there weren't many wins this year, injuries to their projected #2 and #3 runners, the team achieved an the girls did a great job of coming together as a team excellent season record of 9-4. One team highlight was a 4th place and enjoying each other as well as the competition. We finish at the Guilford County Championship Meet. By the end of competed well and earned many individual wins in the season, due to a number of injuries as well as strong depth on singles and doubles. We will miss our departing the Middle School team, the varsity state team included three 8th seniors, Katherine Johnson and Ashley Avera. All of grade girls, Jennifer Delman, Katelyn Powers, and Kristen our players brought out a wonderful attitude and Stevenson. They were joined on the State team by freshmen exemplary sportsmanship this year. We have a young Frances Dougherty and Emma Park, and seniors Sarah team with a bright tennis future. Special thanks to our Dougherty and Mica Medoff. The girls finished the season as great assistant coaches, Paige Stout and Mitzi Ellis. PACIS runners-up and 7th at states. Over the course of the season, –Coach Peter Buxenbaum Frances Dougherty garnered a number of individual honors, including 5th place at the Guilford County Meet and 2nd place at the PACIS meet, thus earning all-conference recognition. She finished 16th in a field of 104 at the state meet. The 2006 It is important to recognize the contributions of coaches Bill varsity girls Welch and Lara Wittstadt, managers Jessica Oddono '09 and tennis team Emma Reidlinger '09, and captains Will Pugh '08 and Erin Collins '07. As a team, we also appreciate all the parents who provided snacks and cheering throughout the year. – Coach Tom Szott

Fall 2006 11 Head of School’s Study

My New Family

uring my first full faculty meeting in August, I asked the faculty “Why do you teach at Greensboro Day School.” DThey were very quick to respond: “My colleagues are great.” “I love the kids.” “GDS is a big family.” “I love the school.” “We are always a part of our students’ lives.” “The support we receive here is unlike any other school out there.” “I went to school here and wanted to come back.” “I’ve been other places. They just don’t compare to GDS.”

Our faculty members have a choice each year in returning to Greensboro Day School. And, each year they do just that. It is our close-knit community, our caring parents, our friendships among colleagues, and our eager learners, that bring our outstanding faculty back to us, year after year. It’s these same characteristics that attract new faculty – who are tops in their field – to our community. My job is to cherish these educators. To value what they do each and every day in the classroom and to advocate, encourage and cheer for them. We have a lot to cheer about at Greensboro Day School. From my travels to other schools, I strongly believe our program is better or equal to any independent school in this country. We are a first class school with first class people. When I think of developing the whole child, as we do at GDS, I organize my thoughts under the headings of head, heart and health. Here are some notes that I have written down during my first few months:

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Head: z The Sikh Next Door program promoting tolerance was z Over 55% of our faculty have advanced degrees; produced and shared nationally by GDS staff and z 75% of our Upper School students take at least one AP driven by GDS parents; course and their median AP exam grade is 4 out of 5; z All-school family movie nights, grandparent movies, z 65% of our AP students qualify as AP scholars (they Bengal Games, Green & Gold Day – all promote our have achieved at least a 3 out of 5 on three AP exams); community; z z Our 5-year college scholarship earnings total over At GDS, we teach service learning every day so our $59.9 million; students understand that helping a group of people z Our Student Support Services program enriches the doesn’t just mean raising money. experience of all students, whether academically challenged or gifted; Health: z z 75% of our Middle School students qualify for at least Over 84% of our Middle and Upper School students one section of the Duke Gifted and Talented Program, participate in athletics; representing the top 3% of students in the country; z Every Upper School student learns basic life-saving z Each year, ALL of our seniors are accepted into skills, including CPR, first aid and how to use the three outstanding colleges and universities across the Automatic Electronic Defibrillators located on our country. campus; z Teacher Enrichment Endowment Funds from our Heart: Parents’ Association enable faculty to expand their z We currently have 20 alumni teaching and coaching at horizons and earn continuing education; our school – proof that our community is always z We have a full-time school nurse who not only treats connected, even after graduation; the minor scrapes and cuts, but also teaches our z Our faculty lead service learning trips each year (past students about life-saving skills and more. trips include Honduras, Gulfport, Uganda and Chile); z Service projects include Habitat for Humanity, These notes are a mere sampling of everything our great partnering with Jesse Wharton, blood, food and school has to offer. We are a family at Greensboro Day clothing drives; School. With dedicated faculty, staff, students and parents, z Our partnership with programs such as UNITE and our lives are enriched every day inside and outside the Challenge 20/20 open global education doors to us as classroom. We need to continue what we do well, and strive our students communicate with their peers in Uganda to do even more. and Romania; z Extensive parent education opportunities help all of us prepare for the emotional roller coaster our children Cheers! may face as they grow older;

Mark C. Hale Head of School

Fall 2006 13 Meet Mark ... and Linda

Q: What was it about GDS that made you decide, “This is where I need to be”? A: GDS has such a strong emphasis on the development of the individual child. I was impressed with the mission statement where the importance of mutual trust and Not Mark... but rather his dog, Gwen. respect, caring, imaginative teachers and the development of individual potential is so clearly articulated. Many schools talk about how much they care about their Q: What’s it like having an Upper School student in the students, but at GDS I saw teachers really living it. house? Q: You’ve been here for four months, have you nailed A: I love it! Patrick brings a lot of energy into our lives every down your top priorities? day, and I appreciate his willingness to move across the A: My top priorities right now are getting to know the country and make new friends. With Patrick in the Upper community, program, students, teachers, administrators School, Linda and I get a real kids eye view of the school and parents, support and enhance their work and along with a new parent perspective. I’m impressed with understand the issues and opportunities that lay before us. teachers, the classes, the opportunities for learning and the warm reception that our whole family has received. Q: Do you have goals for GDS over the next five years? If so, what are they and how do you intend to reach Q: Your role as Head of School makes you a pivotal them? person between the board, faculty/staff, and parents. A: GDS is in a position of tremendous opportunity. The How will you maintain that delicate balance? school is on firm financial footing, it has a terrific A: Building trust is critical in keeping balance in an combination of dedicated veteran and newer teachers, the organization. Getting to know school leaders individually program is solid and the parents are very committed. My and working to understand each constituent group’s goals for the next five years are to make certain that we issues has afforded me the most success. I try to see each maintain an outstanding faculty, who have the resources situation from a different perspective so that I can they need to continue providing a topnotch program, understand how moving in a particular direction might adopt a campus master plan and raise the funding that affect the board, faculty/staff or parents. Utmost in my will grow our endowment and provide the facilities that mind is doing all that I can to enhance the learning and will keep GDS affordable and at the forefront of experience of the students. education. Q: Being Head of School is truly a 24-hour a day, 7 day a Q: In your previous job, you led a P-8 school. What are week job… how do you stay afloat? the biggest differences you have found between a P-8 and TK-12 school? A: I have an incredible partner in my wife, Linda. As a former head of school and assistant head herself, she A: The obvious difference is in the scope and size of GDS. I understands the challenges that I face and always really have to work to keep up with everything that is provides wise counsel. Patrick keeps me in touch with a going on. On the whole, I’ve actually found more student viewpoint, and I have an incredible support team similarities than differences. The challenges in in Gail, my administrative assistant, Tommy Webb and all determining the role of technology and understanding the other members of the administrative team. All these what is essential for children to know in a world where people, along with the time that I spend in quiet prayer the amount of information and the ability to access it each morning and interacting with the students, brings increases so rapidly are universal. The challenges that me energy and keeps me moving confidently through parents face in raising their children in such a fast paced each day. world and the issues that teachers face in meeting a greater diversity of student and family needs are also the same everywhere. 14 GDS Magazine Mark and Meet Linda Hale… Linda Hale Q: Where were you born? A: I was born in Fort Kent, Maine – almost in Canada. I grew up in a bilingual home speaking French. My mom is Canadian and dad is from northern Maine (French speaking part). Mom spoke only French to us and dad spoke English. Mom and dad are now retired and live in a home my dad built in Canada. I have a younger sister, Diane who lives in New Johnsonville, Tenn. and a younger brother, Paul, who lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut. We have an old English sheepdog dog, Gwen, and a tabby cat, Butler. Both have finally adjusted to the move.

Q: Where did you go to college? What did you major in? A: Lesley College, now known as Lesley University. My major was The Hale children: Patrick, in Education, specializing in special ed. a sophomore at GDS, and McKenzie, a sophomore at Q: What was your first job? Seattle Central A: My first teaching job was in Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Community College. public schools. My first assignment was a combination 1st/2nd grade bilingual class. My students were Spanish speaking, but I had a French background. I quickly learned basic Spanish and Q: What is the hardest part about being the Head of had my students confused as to whether I knew how to speak School? Spanish. I loved the school and taught there for 10 years in A: The education of our children is the most important grade levels 1-5. After 10 years of commuting one hour to my thing that we can give them. The hardest part of the school and the combination of the area getting very rough, I job is being confident that I am doing all that I can realized I needed to change and was hired as a 4th grade each and every day to provide our students a social teacher in a private school. With my special ed background, the environment and academic setting where they can principals/Heads of School would place the special ed students learn to be happy in their own lives and learn the in my classroom. I was also an Interim Head of School and an skills they will need to be productive, global citizens. Assistant Head of School for about 10 years at Charles Amstrong School, a private school for students with learning Q: We have some teachers retiring this year. What differences. will you look for in new teachers you interview for GDS? Q: What is your funniest Mark story? A: I hope that we will be able to attract new teachers A: Mark decided to clean out the gutters in our home in who have the passion and commitment that our California. Since the roof was high and steep, he thought it retiring teachers have had. We want to seek out would be better to clean the gutters in the dark so he couldn’t teachers who care first and foremost about the see how high he was. Unfortunately, the ladder fell and nobody children they are teaching, who know their subject could hear Mark screaming for help. He was stuck on the roof area and are committed to continuing to grow and so he decided to jump to a tree and climb down safely. develop as professionals. In order to do this, we will have to offer compensation packages and a teaching Q: What is your impression of GDS? environment that will attract the best teachers in the A: This is a warm community with committed faculty, staff, board country. and parents who care deeply for the school. The students participate in many of the activities the school offers, and Q: Outside of GDS you have hobbies… tell us more everyone is so welcoming. about them and do you find time to enjoy them? A: I’ve always enjoyed cooking, reading, and staying Q: Do you have any hobbies? What are they? physically active. I seem to pick up a new hobby in A: I love to cook, run, and walk my dog,. I would like to learn how each area I live. In San Francisco, I was an avid sailor, to play tennis, golf and ride horses. spending one night a week and weekends racing on the Bay. When I lived in Santa Fe, fly fishing and Q: What does the Hale family do on the weekends? downhill skiing kept me busy outside school. Since A: We relax, cook, work on building our new house, attend being in Greensboro, and thanks to a very Patrick’s sporting events and any GDS events, work out, and go encouraging Board President, I’ve dusted off my golf to movies. clubs. So, that may become my Greensboro hobby.

Fall 2006 15 Dr. Jean Brooks Physician,

Philanthropist...

Expanding Horizons

August 2, 1920 – June 17, 2006 By Tommy Webb Assistant Head of School

16 GDS Magazine r. Jean Brooks left her mark on many of us. She was the first woman to graduate from Bowman Gray School of Medicine; she was the first female gynecologist in Greensboro; she was the first of many significant areas in our community. A philanthropist of tremendous proportions, she Dcreated endowments at Greensboro Day School, UNCG, and Bowman Gray so that others could accomplish their firsts, as well. During her memorial service, Dr. Brooks was described as a Renaissance woman and a saint of many sorts with powerful qualities that included courage, commitment, humility, generosity, and devotion. All of those were certainly appropriate, but those of us who were blessed by knowing Jean would all agree that she was also very real in her life, down-to-earth in many ways. She and her husband, Dr. James Taylor Brooks, chose Greensboro Day School as the school for their two children, Helen ’80 and Jim ’77, back in the earliest days of GDS. And Jean Brooks continued to be involved with our School throughout her life. In the last decade she was a faithful member of the Headmaster’s Council where she listened to the current stories of our school, celebrating our progress. She decided that Greensboro Day School was a very important place to her and her family, and she made a commitment to a capital campaign with that in mind. She asked herself how she could make a difference, one that would continue to serve the school beyond her lifetime. The Brooks Sabbatical Endowment was designed to effect the professional development of teachers. I can recall the meetings with Jean Brooks and former We have been changed by Headmaster Ralph Davison as we were searching for the best definition for this fund. We talked about creating an award; we Dr. Jean Brooks and what discussed an endowment for faculty salaries and financial aid; but the topic that hit her interest was faculty development. she did with her life. How could her endowment stimulate teaching, the ingredient that she most appreciated about Greensboro Day School? The Brooks Sabbatical was created, encouraging research, writing, and unique cultural experiences. Each year our faculty is invited to dream about an exceptional professional and personal opportunity that would take the recipient miles away and encourage dynamic teaching. Former recipients describe their sabbaticals as “the opportunity of a lifetime; something I would not have done without this support; something to cherish forever; exploration of cutting-edge technology; a gift that changed my life.” All Brooks’ teachers agree that their teaching has been deeply and dearly impacted by this wise and generous lady. Born in North Carolina, Jean Brooks graduated from Duke before attending Bowman Gray. You might say she was thoroughly a NC product, but her impact was global. The Sabbatical she funded here has no boundaries – the purpose is to offer an experience that takes a teacher far away both literally and figuratively, a chance of a lifetime. We have been changed by Dr. Jean Brooks and what she did with her life.

Fall 2006 17 Kay and her husband, Charlie, watching the sunset in Santorini above the Aegean Sea.

Mt. Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples

A DOUBLE-GOOD The Trojan Horse Sabbatical

By Kay Zimmerman

Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia, Turkey

18 GDS Magazine hen I was growing up, there was a commercial for a world. It was also to Delphi that Oedipus came seeking gum whose catchy tune advertised it as a “double- ways to avoid his foretold fate, but it was on his journey fresh, double-good, double-mint” gum. So, with here that he actually murdered his father, thinking him to be apologies to our English professionals, that is how I an ordinary old man. One of my favorite parts of this trip would characterize my wonderful Brooks Sabbatical, was learning how the history, geography, mythology, and Wsince I was allowed to separate my grant into two parts over world religion all tied together, and remembering how two years. In October 2005, I was able to participate in my powerful storytelling is to the development of any culture. husband’s sabbatical trip to Greece and Turkey “in the Returning to Athens we stopped at the monument at footsteps of (the Apostle) Paul,” and I was also able to Thermopylae, whose name means “hot gates/springs.” realize my dream to see Ancient Troy. Then this past Here in 480 BC 300 Spartans and 600 men of Thespies under summer I spent two weeks in Italy touring sites of the the command of King Leonidas held off the entire Persian ancient Roman world. What a thrill this has been for me, army for three days. In the National Archaeological and how grateful I am for Dr. Jean Brooks’s generosity and Museum of Athens I saw actual spear points excavated from foresightedness, as well as to Greensboro Day School, for the battlefield! allowing me to do this. After Athens and the Peloponnese we took a 4-day cruise From the first day of our Greece trip, I was filled with a among the best known and largest of the Greek Isles. My sense of timelessness. Our modern hotel in Athens, which favorites were Santorini, also known as the “Pompeii of the stood in the shadow of the Acropolis, was built upon the Aegean” because of its earlier destruction by a volcano, and foundations of the Themistoclean Wall, a hastily-erected Crete, with its Minoan palace of Knossos. Dating from 3,500 fortification to protect Athens from the Spartans in 479 BC. years ago, this enormous palace/governmental complex was Even I had trouble really comprehending the common also home to Daedalus, architect of the labyrinth which held words old and big in light of the 5th century BCE Parthenon the Minotaur. Interesting facts that I learned here: the word and Erecthyeum, temples atop the Acropolis dedicated to labyrinth meant “house of the double axes.” Additionally, Athena and Poseidon. Highlights of Athens included the this palace had 1,500 rooms, most of which did not open Agora where we saw the Stoa of Attalus, perhaps the first onto a central hall, thus creating what we know as a shopping mall, the Panathenic Way, where chariots and labyrinth or maze. The actual chair which stood in the runners raced up the hill to the Acropolis, and the throne room, and from which King Minos administered Areopagus/Mars Hill where the Apostle Paul preached. A justice for the entire region, stands today in the Roman highlight of the city is the Temple of Zeus, largest of International Court of The Hague. My favorite port-of-call all temples in antiquity (the length of a football field from of this cruise was on the coast of Turkey at the modern town the zero yard line to the end of the other end zone. The of Kusadasi, also known as Ephesus. Once a bustling Parthenon was only slightly shorter in length.) We learned Roman port city of 250,000 people (we learned that one can how the huge marble blocks were cut and quarried nearby, tell the population of a Roman city from the seating capacity and on the slopes of the Acropolis we saw blocks with of its theater, which was designed to accommodate one- protrusions that looked exactly like huge Legos. Before tenth of a city’s population), it was an outstanding departing the city we visited the Olympic stadium built for commercial and cultural center, as well as a center for the the 1896 games, as well as the 2004 summer Olympic worship of Artemis. Her temple here was considered one of complex. the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Heading south into the Peloponnese we drove by Nemea, Turkey has always been at the crossroads of civilization; whose famous and fiercest lion was killed by Hercules as there have been 24 different civilizations which originated one of his 12 Labors, and whose vineyards have yielded here since 10,000 BC, beginning with the world’s oldest some of Greece’s best wine. Mycenae was the site of one of archaeological mound, Catal Huyuk, dating from 6,000 the most advanced civilizations of Ancient Greece, dating years ago. While a country of Muslims today, Turkey was from 3500 years ago. the “nursery” of Christianity (Asia Minor) and birthplace of Corinth was a city made rich by its position between the Paul himself. In Cappadocia we saw volcanic cone cities Ionian Sea and the Saronic Gulf, and its importance was also where early Christians lived and worshipped. We traveled due to its crafts, metallurgy, and ceramics. Delphi, home of past Gordia (the “Gordian knot” which Alexander the Great the oracle of Apollo, was known as the ancient center (the “untied” with his sword) and lunched at a caravanserai, omphalos, or navel) of the world, because Zeus was where Marco Polo himself could have stopped! We spent supposed to have let loose two eagles, one at the western only a little time in Istanbul, but we were able to visit the end of the world and the other at the eastern. Delphi was Blue Mosque and Haghia Sophia, two ancient and well- where they met. Engraved on its temple were two phrases known places of worship. Close to them both was the ellipse which have become synonymous with Western civilization: of the ancient Roman hippodrome, full of vendor stalls “Know thyself” and “Nothing in excess.” Site of the Pythian during Ramadan. How special it was to be in this ancient Games (named for the huge snake that had guarded the site crossroads during the Muslims’ holy month! In the evening before Apollo arrived), this town on the slopes of Mt. after sundown there was great festivity, music, and dancing Parnassos played host to outstanding athletes of the ancient in the streets, but silence fell dramatically at 11:00 p.m.

Fall 2006 19 My highlight on this trip was visiting the archaeological with a trip to Italy. This part enabled me to follow in the mound of Hisarlik, believed to be the ancient city of Troy. I footsteps of the Cornelii family, the subjects of our Latin couldn’t help but be impressed by the first and last scenes I texts in grades 8 through Latin II. The first week we spent in saw in Istanbul: long lines of ships waiting to pass through the area around Vesuvius, the infamous volcano that the Straits of the Dardanelles. It was exactly this strategic destroyed the ancient towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and position that made Troy an important city of antiquity. Stabiae in 79 AD. What a thrill to spend two full days in We had an amazing personal Turkish guide for our day Pompeii, walking everywhere even in the 90+ degree heat, trip; he knew that this was my passion, and he warmed to and being able to have a sense of the size and importance of the task immediately. He made sure that we covered every the city and those who lived, worked, and visited there. square inch of the walls, gates, and all nine cities piled upon Pompeii is the setting of the Cambridge Latin text that we each other! What an unbelievable thrill it was to touch the use in 7th grade, and I was able to visit the house of wall that sheltered Hector and Priam, and to stand on top of Caecilius, whose life forms the subject of our readings. We them where Andromache might have watched the body of saw baths he would have frequented, walked where he her husband being dragged seven times around the city. conducted his “banking” business, and imagined him Our sons laughingly asked if I had kissed the ground in watching plays in the large theater and gladiatorial contests Troy, and though I answered in the negative, there had been in the arena. Herculaneum was different; here a much tears in my eyes when I first saw it. There were almost tears smaller area is excavated, due to the fact that the modern again when we bade Bulent (our guide that day) farewell. I town of Ercolano is located on top of what would be ruins was not prepared for this young Turkish Muslim man to of the ancient town. However, this town is actually much give me his warm good-bye hug: another example that we better preserved than Pompeii, owing to the fact that it was are not so different after all. covered by volcanic mud – harder for archaeologists to hack One unexpected benefit from our travels was learning so through, but a much better “preservative.” Many buildings much about the current life and affairs in Turkey. We have their upper stories, and there are many excavation learned that the Turks themselves had several different tunnels still visible. opinions about the European Union, and whether We visited Cumae, the earliest Greek colony in the membership would be good for the nation. While Europe’s Western world, c.750 BCE, where the Ancients believed that population is aging, the average Turk is only 26 years old. the Sibyl lived, and whose advice the very earliest Romans Education in Turkey is still haphazard and lags far behind sought. We saw the opening of an enormous tunnel dug the Western systems, but youth there are hungry and through a mountain by engineers and slaves of the emperor desirous of improving their chances to compete on the Augustus, so he could move the entire Roman fleet through world scene. it quickly to the coast and avoid the army of Pompeii! An This past July I was able to complete afternoon trip took us to the lavish villa of Oplontis, which the second may have belonged to Nero’s second wife. Here are some of part of my the most beautiful ancient murals ever discovered. sabbatical Although only 1/4 to 1/3 of the villa is excavated (the remainder is still embedded in lava under a modern town), we saw a huge complex which included a swimming pool that – even partially excavated – was the length of a modern Olympic pool. Our week in Rome afforded us other unforgettable experiences. Most of you are familiar with the monuments and landmarks here, so I won’t recount all that for you, but there are three particularly “Big Deals” of this week that I would like to share. The first is simply being there, and having time to “soak up” the places where our

Kay with fellow Latin teachers in The Lion Gate of Porta Capena, the entrance to Rome Mycenae is the oldest on the Appian Way. monument architecture in Western Europe

20 GDS Magazine Western civilization continued (begun in Ancient Greece) civilizations to which our own owes so much. and defined itself. Rome, though it is now a huge city (3) The people. The more I travel and the longer I live, spread out over more than just those early seven hills, the more I realize that we are all alike, deep down, where it remains a walking city at its heart. Because we visited all the matters most. We may speak different languages, view sites mentioned in Ecce Romani, it is possible that some of issues from different sides, worship differently, dress our group’s pictures may find their way into the Prentice- differently, and eat different foods, but we all need to love Hall ancillary materials marketed to schools. Big Deal #2: and be loved, believe in some power greater than ourselves, my students and some of my colleagues know that I love and know that what we are and do truly matters. We are reading historical fiction dealing with ancient Rome, much more alike than we are different. particularly “who-dun-its.” Our first day in Rome, while (4) The idea of sabbatical itself. Though the root of the crossing a street at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, I cried out word is Hebrew, almost all of the world’s great religions when I realized that I was crossing a street mentioned in my share the concept and honor the practice of taking time current book about a circus driver in the first century where away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Two of the a murder occurred in a wine shop! books I read this summer are Wayne Muller’s Sabbath and Now for my third Big Deal: being in Rome during the Ned Hollowell’s CrazyBusy. Though approaching this issue World Cup finals gave us two unique opportunities. We from opposite directions, both books go straight to the crux watched the final match from inside the Circus Maximus, of the matter: without time apart, time to rest, change pace, greatest sports venue of the ancient world. 250,000 ancient reflect, and recharge our internal batteries, we cannot be Romans came here for more than 1,000 years to witness efficient, happy, or creative. That’s what summers do for chariot racing, and on July 9, 2006, we were part of a crowd teachers, and that’s what this sabbatical did for me. It was a of probably 100,000 there to see a modern equivalent. The time of rest, change of pace, and learning things that following night we returned to the scene, where we were in recharge my professional and personal batteries. I became a crowd of 1,000,000+ who saw the triumphant Italian team more in tune with the natural rhythm of life and nature. return. We were three people back from the bus bearing the Indeed, some of the most productive ideas come when we players and the gold World Cup itself! are not busy. We will always be better at whatever we do Now if you will permit me some reflections, I’d like to when we take time not to do it! As I return to work this fall share with you some ideas I have for incorporating all this with renewed energy, excitement, and the pure joy of in my teaching, and for life in general: teaching, may I be wise enough to remember that. (1) I added to my collection of slides and pictures to go What an enriching experience this sabbatical was for me. with every Latin unit I teach. I also snapped pictures of To return to my beginning metaphor, this was “double sculptures, mosaics, and murals that students can use as good, double fun, double learning: two treats in one! Via they research their Latin projects for Junior Classical League emails to the GDS faculty, staff, and my students I was able competition. Conversations with other teachers lead to share our experiences as we traveled. inevitably and wonderfully to new ideas and ways of Kay is the Middle School Latin teacher and a study skills teaching, and all of these will make me a more creative, teacher. Read more about the history of the towns she visited, by knowledgeable teacher. Personal growth is and should be logging on to the GDS Web site (www.greensboroday.org). Look an important component of any sabbatical. for the complete article in the downloads section of the Middle (2) The more things change, the more they don’t! We School News page. drank modern Italian wines from vintners who are reproducing ancient varietals mentioned by Roman writers. “Green” buildings are returning to a concept used by the ancient Romans in their bath complexes: air circulating under the floor to warm and cool buildings! There was such a sense of the timeless, the ancient, the splendor of

Left and above: Scenes from the World Cup celebration Italy.

Fall 2006 21 Under AFRICAN Skies

By Beverly Edwards eople who know me can only became available to the testify that I am seldom at a children of Kenya in 2003. Of loss for words. However, I course, for the Masai, is has am unable to find adequate been an even slower process. words to describe my time Truthfully, when I was with Pin East Africa this summer. As them, I did not despair over the the recipient of the Brooks dung covered homes or their Sabbatical, I was able to spend lack of clothes. Those things are ten days in Kenya and five days part of their culture. I longed in Tanzania. Those days changed for them to have access to clean my life. water and immunizations for I read the book Born Free by their children. Their children Joy Adamson when I was a girl need schooling and the means of eleven or twelve. It was then to grow up without disease. that I decided that a journey to The rest will come with time. Kenya would be on my list of My time traveling in and things to do in life. I had high around Nairobi proved to be Beverly’s journey to Africa included a chance to meet expectations for my time in East even more devastating. There natives in their villages. Africa, but this experience is a slum near downtown surpassed anything I had ever Nairobi called Kibera, and it is imagined. Being in the Serengeti and Masai Mara was like home to 800,000 people. There is no consistent source of being in a vast ocean, only instead of water there were miles electricity and no clean water. The human and animal waste of golden grass broken by one or two acacia trees. This huge runs in open ditches through the dirt streets. The “houses” tract of open plains that stretches across the border between are no more than pieces of tin or wood leaning against a Kenya and Tanzania has long been under strict no hunting wall or tied together. I saw a grandmother and a young laws. The animals have no memory of being hunted, so the child sitting not more than eight feet from the road. They vehicles that wind their way along the dusty paths are of seemed to not have the energy or will to move so they were little concern to them. They hunt, kill, eat, mate, sleep and motionless in the fumes from the vehicles and stench of the play as if all the humans with the cameras were invisible. garbage. I was overwhelmed by feelings of frustration and Consequently, on more than one occasion I could have put guilt. Where and how could I make even a tiny difference in my hand outside my window and stroked a lioness down the fate of these people. Luckily, our driver in Kenya, Simon, her tawny back. I saw three week old lion cubs whose antics has promised to get the name of a primary school. This will and sweet mews caused tears of pure wonder and an be my chance to give back to a county and its citizens that overwhelming desire to play with them. I reluctantly stayed broadened my perspective and touched my heart. in the van because my driver warned that the mama lions Now at home, if I am outside and can be very still, I can could “take my arm off with one swipe of their paws.” I hear the sounds of Africa. In my memory lies an endless saw cheetahs move with unbelievable silence and grace. I golden expanse that is home to the most spectacular saw magnificent giraffes that were twenty feet tall and creatures on Earth. All of this is part of me now and I am the always seemed slightly amused by our presence. Many better for it. Beside my bed is my travel clock that shows the days I would have to pinch myself to know I was not time in East Africa. I plan to be aware of this time and the dreaming, and my safari friends took as many pictures of people and places it represents until I walk again under me screaming or jumping or crying as they did of the African skies. animals. Every animal was more beautiful, more powerful, Beverly is a 3rd grade teacher and recipient of the 2006 Brooks more vicious and more wonderful than any photo could Sabbatical. possibly capture. I took over nine hundred pictures! Sadly, the human part of East Africa was not all beauty and majesty. True, the Masai, by choice live the way they have for generations beyond memory. To have the opportunity to meet them, visit in their homes, and talk with them was one of the main reasons I journeyed to Kenya. I found them to be just as curious about us as we were of them. The Masai are a proud but stubborn people. Their culture is very old and nearly unchanged. However, the conditions under which they have maintained their nomadic way of life are deplorable. Few are educated, and all are unhealthy. Government sponsored public education

Fall 2006 23 Around Campus

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OneAll I Really Acts Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

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Fall 2006 25 Around Campus

Green & Gold Day

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Find these and many more photos at the GDS Photo gallery. Log in to www.greensboroday.org and look under the School Life menu. Our pasword is bengal. Proceeds from picture sales benefit the Robert H. Demaree Endowment for Financial Aid. Fall 2006 27 Why I Teach... Why I Teach

Tim Martin 8th Grade Science

came to teach at GDS in the 1999-2000 academic year as a lateral entry, first time teacher. After 8 years in non-profit management with Habitat for Humanity of Greensboro, I was looking for a change. A friend had contacts, and GDS had a needI for a science teacher. After a whirlwind interview process (I accepted the job on the second day of the school year), I found myself standing in front of a class full of 8th graders. My job was to “teach Earth Science.” What an amazing opportunity! As someone with a lifelong passion for the out-of-doors, being commissioned with the task of teaching others about what I truly love seemed too good to be true. Now I had “professional” excuses for my hobbies of rock climbing, hiking, astronomy and weather, not to mention traveling to places where the earth has done amazing things! When I traveled to Washington in 2001 to visit Mt. St. Helens, learn mountaineering and climb Mt. Rainier, I had so much fun telling people my school (the Parents’ Association) sent me here to learn and play! Since then, my travels have taken me to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, and many other great earth science destinations. Much of the national paradigm of education seems to be focused on standards and testing. One of the strengths of GDS is that faculty are encouraged to be creative and try new things. In sharp contrast to colleagues at other institutions, I feel so fortunate for all the opportunities and for the academic freedom of designing my own curriculum. The opportunity for enrichment through professional development has come in many different ways. Time to attend and present at professional conferences is strongly encouraged if not expected. More recently, I have greatly appreciated the support and tuition sharing plan as I have been working on my Masters degree. Most importantly, the greatest asset of GDS is the faculty. I have the privilege of working with an outstanding group of colleagues on a daily basis. I know that while I am doing my best to engage students with the complexities of the weather or volcanoes, next door they are being challenged in developmentally appropriate algebraic concepts, down the hall they are producing amazing poetry, or learning new cultural perspectives in history or language. My classes have certainly developed as I have once again assumed the role as a student; both in my graduate studies and as a Suzuki cello student of our own Scott Walker. Some days, I wish I could go back and take a few more classes from the real experts in so many the fields…my colleagues.

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Gillian Goodman 4th Grade Teacher

hy do I teach? It is a question I am frequently asked. With a strong education and significant work experience, many wonder why I haven’t chosen a more “lucrative” career. I am sure my colleagues have similar persistent inquiries. WMany teachers show up before the work day officially begins, they leave long after the last child exits the classroom, and they often leave lugging piles of papers to grade, books full of the latest teaching techniques to plan creative lessons, and lists of parent contacts to make. Teachers are educators, confidantes, friends, nurses, coaches, advisors, and lifelong learners. So, why do I teach? Like most, it isn’t for the money. It is because I feel called to the profession. The experience of working with a child who has struggled for weeks with a math problem, or who has grappled with a complicated reading selection can be trying. When those same students finally cross the hurdle, it is a thrill like no other. The pure joy that children exude when they discover something new, when they realize their talents, when they believe that they actually CAN is like no other emotion. All of the challenges that teaching brings, all of the effort required to continually find new ways of engaging students, all of the diplomacy needed to effectively deal with frustrated parents, demanding administrators, and ever increasing expectations are worth watching the grin that crawls across a student’s face as they realize that they “get it.” That is why I teach. It is a job that allows me to feel the impact I have on the world every day. Why GDS then? The options for those who want to teach in North Carolina are endless. The drastic teacher shortage has opened several career paths for educators. Public schools pay well and they offer significant salary increases for advanced degrees, National Board Certification, and longevity. I began my teaching career in public schools and I still feel strongly that good public schools are essential to our collective success. My move to GDS was both opportune and purposeful. It is the best decision I have ever made. Not only am I respected as a professional, challenged to learn and grow as both a teacher and a person, and encouraged to teach the whole child, but I am part of a family – a family that asks about my day, that cares when I have lost or succeeded, that makes me laugh, and that holds me accountable. At GDS I am encouraged to innovate, to partner, and to plan for the future. I work hard, I laugh, I question, and I network. I wake up every morning excited to go to work, and I leave every day exhausted, but fulfilled. I am where I belong, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

Fall 2006 29 Trish Morris Upper School Math

y dad, a first generation European, didn’t place much stock in professional women. My securing a college education was questionable in his mind. I decided to compromise with him and got my degree in education. After all, he argued, I would also be off when my future children Mwould be on vacation. I found the “ham” in me liked putting on a show, being a salesman of ideas, organizing my thoughts and knowledge to present a clear and logical explanation, figuring out new ways to try to clarify a concept, witnessing a mind expanding, and a child gaining confidence. As a math teacher, I know that my students will never have to recite the “quadratic formula” after they leave my classroom, unless they’ve chosen to teach math. What I hope they’ve taken from my classroom is the value of organizational skills, the ability to attack a problem, the capacity to be able convey their knowledge on paper, and the faith that with persistence, they can be successful in learning math and become independent learners. Over the years my role as the sole authority in the classroom and giver of facts has morphed into motivator, cheerleader, coach, and student. Once students understand that I am committed to them, their physical well-being and safety, and their intellectual growth, they can trust me to support and advocate for them. My efforts on their behalf may not always feel comfortable to them. Initially a concept may seem just beyond their grasp. Ultimately our work together and an honest effort on their part will lead them to understanding and confidence in their ability. The beauty in teaching is that every year you get to start with a clear slate and new partners in this process and another chance “to get it right” this time. The challenge in teaching is finding the creativity to explain the material in enough different ways that all minds and learning styles are addressed. The father of two of my former advisees, a professional educator himself, once asked me in what other profession do the people you work with constantly stay the same age? Because of this fact, I don’t feel that I am as old as my birth certificate states. I am the student in the pop culture world of my students. In some classes I teach, their intellectual ability and potential is amazing and inspiring to me. Young people are savvy; you can’t put anything over on them. Your reasons for having them do or not do something have to be perfectly logical and reasonable. “Because I said so” does not cut it! They force you to stay real and honest. I am afforded all these challenges and a plethora of opportunities by teaching at Greensboro Day School. Having taught at five public high schools along the East Coast and in the Midwest in nine years, I never had the opportunity to establish roots in any one of those schools. When I started at GDS, I was not looking for a job and hadn’t planned to stay more than a semester. But here I am 23 years later and consider myself lucky to be part of this community. My colleagues are consummate professionals, love what they do, and, most importantly, they are my friends. I am financially and personally supported by the administration. When I have a new idea or vision, I am encouraged to pursue it. The facility in which I spend the greater portion of my days is clean, comfortable, promotes learning, and speaks to the well being of the people inside its walls. I am entrusted to know and teach important mathematical concepts that will promote further student learning and understanding. The academic freedom that my colleagues and I share encourages us to be creative and cooperate with each other in the development of our curriculums. I’ve had my guilty moments when I’ve felt that I needed to be working in a school without so many luxuries and with students who might need my abilities more than GDS students. Two reasons have kept me here. First, I feel as though I can influence students here who will have a better chance to make a difference in the larger world and touch more people than I could than if I went to the public system. And secondly, I’m not sure I’d be allowed to be the kind of teacher I am at GDS ,and I’d be less effective. The relationship I share with my students in the classroom is only part of our connection. Because we are a smaller community, I can get to know them better, understand what’s going on in their lives and what motivates them. I am allowed to show that I care for them, not only as my students but as young people that I can nurture beyond their intellectual capacity. Every child is a gift waiting to share the journey called education. In the end, a relationship has formed where we both learned some math and a lot about ourselves and each other. Having had my own sons attend GDS, I know that it does take a village… Isn’t that what life is all about?

30 GDS Magazine Carl Fenske 5th Grade Teacher

have to admit that teaching was not on my radar screen while I was a student at Guilford College. I studied biology and geology with the intent of becoming a forest ranger. But things don’t always work out the way that you plan. As a student at Guilford, I had been associated with a Scout troop as an assistant leader,I but in the fall of my junior year, I became a 21-year old Scoutmaster. Simultaneously, during the spring of my sophomore year, Barbara Blum, a woman with a vision of starting a youth soccer program in Greensboro, came to Guilford to recruit college soccer players to be coaches, and I volunteered. I fell in love with coaching. After I graduated, I became a park ranger at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. I thought that I had found what I wanted to do with my life, but things don’t always work out the way that you think. Although I was only there for a year, I realized that the part of the job that I enjoyed most was making presentations in schools and for school groups that came to the park. I began working toward earning my teaching certificate. Before I knew it, I was teaching and coaching in the Greensboro Public Schools. I chose to become a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in the lives of my students, in the community, and for our country. Although these were the naive ambitions of a rookie teacher some thirty years ago, they still ring true in my heart today. And I know that I have made a difference. One of the greatest “paydays” for any teacher comes when you are fortunate enough to see one of your former students, who is now grown with a family, and is a positive, contributing member of the community. I am most proud of one of our graduates who retired as a Naval aviator and commander. One of the greatest thrills for me as a teacher is to have the privilege of teaching and coaching the children of my former students and athletes. I affectionately call them my “grand-students” and that makes me a “grand-teacher!” It has been an honor and pleasure to serve our community and country as a teacher. In January of 1979, I was fortunate to be hired as a science teacher and soccer coach for Greensboro Day School. For the next twenty years of my career, I taught 6th through 12th grade science, spending most of my time teaching 8th grade earth science. I also taught biology, physical science, and helped developed the conceptual physics curriculum. I was the boys’ and girls’ head varsity soccer coach for ten years, before stepping down to coach the JV and Middle School boys’ soccer team, where I presently coach. When an opening on the 5th grade academic team became available in 1999, I decided that I was ready for a change. I applied for the position and the school decided that it would take a chance on me. Since then, I have enjoyed teaching all of the subjects to the 5th graders as a generalist, but I’m still the science resource for the team. When people ask me what I teach at Greensboro Day, I tell them who I teach. Greensboro Day has been like a family to me in many ways. Not only have I felt embraced by the school community, as well as many individual families, but I also met and married my wife, Linda, here in 1989. My stepson, Rob, attended GDS for 11 years and graduated in the Class of 2000. When I was diagnosed with cancer in 1993, the school community rallied around me. I often say that GDS is a not only a great place for students to grow up, but it has also been a great place for me to grow up. Greensboro Day School has terrific students, parents, and colleagues, and I have always felt respected by the GDS community and been treated as a professional. I have enjoyed my tenure as a teacher at GDS. Greensboro Day School has terrific students, parents, and colleagues, and I have always felt respected by the GDS community and been treated as a professional.

Fall 2006 31 Carol Williams 6th Grade Math

or most of my life I have been surrounded by the teaching profession. My mother, aunt, and grandfather were all teachers, and I remember watching my mother grade papers and discussing her classroom experiences. From an early age I had the desire to be a teacher. Since I began my teaching careerF at the age of 20, I have taught in six different states in grades ranging from 3rd to 8th, and I have never regretted my career decision. Teaching has always provided me with challenge and true enjoyment. Each day in the classroom, I experience the joy of watching students grow not only academically and mentally but also emotionally. As I facilitate and encourage the development of knowledge, I also learn so much from my students. Their questions and curiosity provide sparks that inspire learning for me as well as for them. Even after teaching so many levels, middle school remains my home in the world of education. The constant energy and the ever changing nature of middle schoolers keep me excited about my work. An unexpected benefit of my work in teaching has been the opportunity to work with other teachers, not only within Greensboro Day School, but also across North Carolina and the United States. I have been privileged to be a part of professional growth opportunities that have led me to educational leadership opportunities in both public and private settings. All of these experiences have made me a better teacher and have helped me appreciate the highly qualified and professional colleagues I work with at GDS. The teaching profession is a demanding one, but it is one that is important, fulfilling, and satisfying. I consider it not only a pleasure but also a privilege to spend my days working with students and making a difference in their lives.

The teaching profession is a demanding one, but it is one that is important, fulfilling, and satisfying.

32 GDS Magazine Jason Cheek Upper School Math y decision to teach came early in life, although I tried hard to suppress it at times. My first real inclination toward teaching came during the summer after 3rd grade. Since I was a self-proclaimed “know-it-all” at age eight, I truly believed that it was time to impart my knowledge to Mothers. My first student/victim: my younger cousin Nathan. After a short diagnostic test, I deemed Nathan unfit for school. He had so much to learn. I felt his parents had dropped the ball, and I was going to pick it up. Who else would teach him the skills necessary for success? For one summer, I made it my top priority to remediate my cousin. In a single afternoon, Nathan was lectured and tested on nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, multiplying three-digit numbers, and the names of the European countries and capitals. Over the course of the summer, he also was enlightened on the three branches of government, the parts of a plant, the solar system, a variety of spelling words, and the notes on a piano. Never mind that Nathan was only five, barely on the first rung of Piaget’s ladder. He could barely utter a complete phrase, much less a well- crafted sentence, complete with noun and verb. Was I the reason that Nathan was far more advanced than his elementary school classmates? Was it my expert tutelage that would eventually propel Nathan onward to success at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? (The answers to these questions seem obvious.) My passion for teaching was shaken when I tried the same thing with my younger sister, Lauren. While my cousin was a quiet and helpless participant, my sister realized at a young age that it was her right and duty to protest my teachings. Having my first real experience with an unruly and uncooperative pupil, I re-evaluated my life’s direction toward teaching. Maybe brain surgery would be easier. Throughout my high school years, I never gave teaching a serious thought. My eyes were focused on more glamorous and lucrative careers, like architecture or biomedical engineering. (To this day, I have no idea what is involved in biomedical engineering, but it still sounds impressive to me.) As I think back to those days in high school, I wish I would have allowed myself to think seriously about teaching as a career. Instead, I suppressed the thought of teaching, allowing many golden opportunities (such as the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship, among others) to pass me by. When I entered UNC- Chapel Hill in the fall of 1994, I listed myself as a Computer Science major. After completing three levels of calculus and my first course in computer science my sophomore year, I realized something: what good is all of this if I can’t show it to someone else? After some soul-searching, I walked over to the School of Education and picked up an application. I had decided what was important to me, and I was excited to be taking my first steps toward my future. Why do I teach? Here are the standard answers: I want to make a difference. I want to be a positive influence in the lives of students. I love helping others. I want to share my interest in mathematics with others (or history, literature, science, etc.) I never ever want to work during the summer. Although these answers may be standard, they are all true. I do want to make a difference, I do want to be a positive influence, I do like sharing my interest in mathematics and statistics, and I do want to help others. And I definitely want my summer vacation – I spend it with my family, which is extremely important to me. Why do I teach at Greensboro Day School? I believe that Greensboro Day School is truly the best educational opportunity around. I applied for and accepted a position here so that I could teach in an atmosphere of professionalism, honesty, and mutual respect. I am becoming a better educator because of the high standards that have been set by the teachers before me, and the support that I receive from the faculty and students. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kathy Davis for inviting me to consider a teaching position at Greensboro Day School. I would also like to thank Trish Morris, Louise Cornet, Cindy Stan, and Bob Satterfield for supporting me and continuing to make GDS a place that I want to come to work each day.

Fall 2006 33 RememberingRemembering

By Jane Gutsell and Frank Bowman Russell...Russell... ussell Britt ’97 loved families living on the Outer both nature and poetry. Banks, Zane Grey’s Tales of He was an old- Fishing Virgin Seas, and a special Rfashioned outdoorsman favorite Mark Kurlansky’s Cod: A and sportsman in the utilitarian Biography of the Fish That Changed tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, who the World. On a completely valued natural resources not only different note, Russell got a big for their practical uses, but also kick out of Eats Shoots and Leaves for their beauty. Russell was an by Lynne Truss. avid hunter and enjoyed Russell was an active member saltwater and freshwater fishing. of two important organizations, He particularly loved the areas the Outer Banks Preservation surrounding Lake Mattamuskeet Association and the Coastal in eastern North Carolina, Conservation Association, both providing habitat for many advocacy groups dedicated to species of wildlife, and the Outer June 29, 1978 – October 13, 2005 educating people in the Banks. responsible use of coastal areas. His appreciation of nature was evident in many of his Before his surgery in 2004, he began the challenging sport of poems and photographs. He also demonstrated his love of kayak-fishing and worked on the wording of state nature in biology courses, enriching classes for the other legislation for the new recreational saltwater fishing license, students by bringing his personal outdoor experiences into which will go into effect on January 1, 2007. class discussions. Particularly at home on the Junior During our last visit with him, Russell regaled us with Backpacking Trip in Frank Bowman’s group, Russell was in the story of his last great fishing expedition, the 2005 Ducks his element. He expressed dismay that other students did Unlimited Band the Billfish Tournament. The proceeds from not have strong connections with nature, and he wished the tournament, a charity event, were earmarked for everyone could appreciate nature as much as he did, preservation of wetlands in North Carolina, a cause in perhaps subconsciously hoping that this would allow other which Russell deeply believed. On the boat he chartered, students to better understand him. A man of strong “Bluewater,” he and friends won first place in the Sport Fish opinions, he was outspoken and passionate about them. category by catching two large wahoo whose combined In the spring 1997, Russell and a small group of students weight added up to first place. This result made Russell went with us to Oak Island for a weekend of marine studies very proud and happy. He had gone with friends from his and of reading and writing beach poems. We had a college days at Hampton-Sydney and had registered them wonderful time—Russell more than anyone—surfcasting, for the competition as his wedding present to them. With a shrimping, crabbing, clamming, walking to the pier, eating big smile, he showed us pictures of them at the weigh-in the food we had personally harvested from the marsh and station holding up the prize-winning fish. To the very end, the sea. Years later, Russell became quite a serious and Russell continued to do the things he loved. accomplished poet. His beach poem entitled “Peace” In honor of this exceptional young man, The Russell appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the GDS Magazine. Andrew Britt Endowment will provide opportunities for In addition to writing about nature, Russell loved to read faculty in all three divisions to enhance their connection to books about the outdoors. He often discussed books that he nature, allowing them to develop educational experiences had read and introduced us to authors he admired. As a in order to help their students find their own special young man he relished the books of outdoor humorist connections with nature, which meant so much to him. Patrick McManus; more recently he had been enjoying Russell died of cancer in 2005. The authors are two of Russell’s many books about the coast such as Rodney Barfield’s former teachers who currently teach in the Upper School. Seasoned by Salt, a history of the hardships endured by

34 GDS Magazine Russell Andrew Britt ’97 Fund Valuing the natural world. Promoting exploration and reflection.

Russell spent time on the campus of GDS every year of his life. He had an eclectic collection of friends, skills, talents, and interests. For our purposes here we will focus on his love of Nature. During his years with cancer the opportunities to be outdoors, friendships forged in wildlife pursuits, shared insights and information through writing, activism for Nature causes and mentoring novice outdoorsmen/women gave Russell strength, purpose, pleasure and peace.

As a part of the GDS family Russell made true friends of good educators who gave him opportunities to explore, understand, assimilate, and express ideas. He always kept in touch with these special people and enjoyed opportunities to be with them in laughter.

Therefore: Ñ To affirm that good teachers at GDS made a difference in Russell’s life and with the hope that the converse is true as well Ñ To affirm the unforeseeable impact prepared and enthusiastic teachers have on their students Ñ To affirm that teacher training opportunities are important for professional development Ñ To encourage enrichment opportunities that can impact the greatest number of students,

We believe Russell would appreciate that GDS offer opportunities to encourage and equip interested faculty to promote the exploration of the natural world and to coax creative expression.

The Russell Andrew Britt Fund will support an array of pursuits, including but not limited to: Ñ Nature related workshops for science, writing, art or photography teachers. Examples: A specialist in the physiologic importance of laughter A specialist in unique characteristics and importance of NC’s Pamlico Sound estuary and eco system An expert on the geology and environmental importance of the Outer Banks A poet or author Ñ Poetry and creative writing workshops or seminars for teachers Ñ Books and other materials in support of classroom activities involving nature or creative reflection Ñ Travel to an outdoor site by a class or an interest group for reflection or study Ñ Outside speakers whose interest and expertise are nature oriented. Such as education from: Green River Preserve The Outdoor Academy Chewonki Foundation The Center for Education, Imagination, and the Natural World

If you are interested in learning more about this fund, or wish to contribute to it, please contact: Michael Christopher Director of Development Greensboro Day School 336.288.8590, ext. 230 [email protected] Invest in GDS

Cumulative Giving Clubs The Board of Trustees of Greensboro Day School has established recognition levels for acknowledging the gifts of individuals and organizations. The Cumulative Giving Clubs signify monies given to the school over the donor’s lifetime. Founder’s Society Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. LeBauer ($250,000+) Mr. Mackey J. McDonald, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Armfield IV Helen and Charles McLendon Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Bell Sallie A. McMillion Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Everette E. Mills III Mrs. Margaret W. Brooks Novartis Corporation Dr. Jean Brooks* Sandy and Marshall Pittman Burlington Foundation Mr. Fred L. Proctor, Sr. Mrs. Frances M. Dillard* Mr. and Mrs. Paul Saperstein Cathy and Wes Elingburg Mr. and Mrs. G. Gregory Smith Mr. Joseph P. Gorrell* Margaret and Lanty Smith Guilford Mills, Inc. Mr. W. Roger Soles Mr. Charles Albert Hayes* Mr. and Mrs. William R. Soles, Jr. ’75 Hillsdale Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Stewart Miss Reita Hornaday* Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Stone III Mr. and Mrs. David R. Howard ’76 VF Corporation Jefferson-Pilot Corporation Judy and Len White Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Kaplan *Deceased F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Kathryn and Bobby Long Green Society Parents’ Association ($50,000-$99,999) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sloan Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Bauman Mr. H. Gregg Strader and Dr. Sara E. Stoneburner Mr. and Mrs. R. Ken Bowden Mr. and Mrs. David M. Worth Mr. F. Cooper Brantley *Deceased Mrs. A. L. Brooks* Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bryan, Jr. Gold Society Mr. Joseph M. Bryan, Sr.* ($100,000 - $249,000) Dr. and Mrs. D. Patrick Burney Mr. and Mrs. William F. Avera Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Caffey Mr. and Mrs. Quint M. Barefoot Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bates Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cheek Mr. and Mrs. W. Mente Benjamin Mr. Frederick L. Copeland Beverly and Ray Berry Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Lee Davis III Dora and Bruce Brodie Mr. Louis DeJoy and Dr. Aldona Wos Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Clark Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Dick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. M. Mark Cole Dillard Paper Company Cone Mills Corporation Dr. and Mrs. C. Richard Epes Dick Broadcasting Company Dr. Edward B. Gerhardt Dr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Davison, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Nigel T. Goodchild Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dunn, Jr. Carolyn and Joe Gorga Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Flynt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Gorrell Edward E. Ford Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hassenfelt Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Glass Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hemphill Ms. E. Jane Gorrell ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Bynum M. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Haynes G. Griffin Fred and Mary Marr Dillard Johnson ’75 Dr. Robert Groat and Mrs. Sandra Anderson Groat Babs and Sam Jones Susan Petty Harmon Candice L. Kime Berkeley and George Harris Barbara and Fred Kirby Mr. and Mrs. George W. Henderson III Lorillard Tobacco Company Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Holcombe Mr. Robert B. Luick* ICI Fibres Mrs. Carolyn S. Maddux Mr. Randall R. Kaplan and Ms. Kathy E. Manning Dr. and Mrs. James H. Maxwell Ellen and John Kavanagh Mrs. E. C. McCoy Merrill and Chuck Keeley ’81 Ms. Elizabeth T. McDonald Ronda and Kenneth Kornfeld Mr. Dalton L. McMichael* Mr. Joseph S. Koury* Ms. Gail B. Miller 36 GDS Magazine Invest in GDS

Ken Miller Hanes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrisette, Jr. ’75 Dr. Carlton M. Harris* Mr. and Mrs. Brendan L. Murtaugh Anne and Sam Hummel Mr. and Mrs. William V. Nutt, Jr. Zelle and John C. Jester III Dr. and Mrs. David B. Olin Mr. and Mrs. Wallace R. Johnson III Mr. and Mrs. L. Richardson Preyer* Ms. Jerrie R. Kasik Jane and Royce Reynolds Kay Chemical Company Mr. and Mrs. Garson Lee Rice, Jr. Mrs. Heidi Keeley Ann and Russ Robinson Melanie and Robert Ketner S D R Properties, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kleinman Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. C. Shogry Mr. and Mrs. William A. Klopman Mr. and Mrs. William B. Starr Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Konen Dr. J. Richard Steedle and Dr. Holly S. Chambers Randy Kritzer and Judy Frederick Mrs. Sydney J. Stern, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James D. Lawson Mr. John R. Taylor, Jr.* Dr. E. Joseph LeBauer Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Treleaven Dr. and Mrs. John D. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. Trone III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. McCarty Unifi, Inc. Mrs. Gail B. McGroarty Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Dr. Jeffrey Medoff and Ms. Debra Silber Mr. and Mrs. John T. Warmath, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Miller *Deceased Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mooney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Morris Lawndale Society Morrisette Paper Company ($25,000-$49,999) Dr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Murphy ABC Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Mitchell Oakley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ayers Mr. and Mrs. Mark O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. David K. Barger Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Osborne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Beach Mr. Cary Page Margaret and Bill Benjamin Mr. David F. Parker, Sr. Blue Bell Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David R. Patterson Sion A. Boney Martha and Rob Peddrick Booster Club Becky and Charlie Peters Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Burnett Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Peterson Carlyle & Co. Jewelers Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Poindexter Carolina Steel Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Presson Mr. and Mrs. William B. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rapp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Carson Dr. and Mrs. John L. Rendall III Mrs. Anna Lou Cassell* Mrs. Evelyn Rice Mr. and Mrs. William L. Cassell Dr. Edward Robinson and Dr. Pam Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Norman Samet John and Sally Dillard Cohen ’76 Mr. and Mrs. James S. Schenck III Lisa Scheer Cone and Ed Cone ’80 Drs. John and Coridalia Scott Dr. and Mrs. James J. Crossley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Shavitz Mr. and Mrs. C. Decatur Cunningham Gloria Silber Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Cunningham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Craig Siler Jo and Dave Delman Smith Richardson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Dick Mr. and Mrs. John K. Snider Mrs. Kathleen B. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strasser Edwin A. Preston Foundation Kimberly and John Strong ELS Marketing and Design, Inc. Mrs. Caroline N. Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Evans Teague Foundation Mr. Harry Falk ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Tewkesbury Ms. Orren Beth Falk Dr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Torney Mr. and Mrs. Jorman W. Fields Trone Advertising, Inc. First Union Educational Matching Gifts Kim and Robert Wainer Mr. Barry S. Frank Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Gilmore III Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Welchman Mr. and Mrs. Rick Gingher Charles H. Wilson and Judith R. Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Gioffre Sue and Jay Wink Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Gottsegen Zeist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William A. Granberry Gulf + Western Foundation Continued on next page Kay and Chip Hagan Fall 2006 37 Invest in GDS

Bengal Society The Florence Gould Foundation ($10,000 - $24,999) Cris and David Flynt A&D Environmental & Industrial Services, Inc. Flynt Fabrics, Inc AFTERDISASTER Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Fontaine Mr. and Mrs. David W. Allen Dr. and Mrs. Steven R. Fore American International Group Zan and Shawn Fortune Mr. and Mrs. Ken S. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. C. Allen Foster Carol and Fred Andresen Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Futterman Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Arbuckle III Mr. and Mrs. David Gambrell Mr. William J. Armfield III* Geneva Corporation Bank of New York Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Gessner III Mr. and Mrs. James B. Barber David Gilbert and Margaret Rowlett Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bardy Mrs. Annette H. Gingher Iris B. and Robert Barefoot** Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Gray Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Greene BB&T Greensboro Foundation Shari and Richard Beavers LauraDeane and Lawton Gresham Dr. Gustav Arthur Blomquist and Dr. Teresa Sue Bratton Mr. and Mrs. W. Shepard Griswold, Jr. Ms. Telfair S. Bowen Drs. Stanley and Nur Gryskiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Boylan Dr. and Mrs. Heinrich Gugger Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Brackbill Gilles F. Guillemette and Paula A. Stack Mr. and Mrs. Abe Brenner Guy M. Turner, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. George Breslow Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Haley Mr. and Mrs. Sydney P. Britt Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. F. Marshall Brown Nahomi and Jon Harkavy Mr. and Mrs. P. David Brown Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Harrington Mrs. Pamela P. Brown Ms. R. Ross Harris Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brumback Dr. P. Gregory Hayes Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bruning III Dr. and Mrs. Masoud S. Hejazi Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Ross F. Hemphill Mrs. Susan D. Calhoun Dr. and Mrs. James P. Hendrix, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. William Campbell Dr. and Mrs. Gary M. Henschen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Carlson Pat and Thomas Hickman Carter Foundation, Inc. Mr. Richard H. Hicks, Jr. Mr. Michael B. Cashwell Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hicks, Jr. Rebecca G. Cashwell Mr. Lawrence F. Himes Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cherry Julie and Richard Holderness Mr. and Mrs. Blake Clark Beth and Rich Holland Mr. and Mrs. Geoffry A. Clark James M. Hornaday* Mrs. Rachel G. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Houston Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Hoxworth Mrs. Bernice Cole Bob, Chris, William and Matthew Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cone Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Hull ’76 Mr. R. Cameron Cooke and Ms. Ann Ritter Mrs. Jackie Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Copeland, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Harold N. Jacklin Ms. Mary Lee W. Copeland ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Jennings Louise and Jay Cornet Dina and Burney Jennings David A. Crews and Elizabeth A. Eagle Marianne and Mike Johnson Luck and Davy Davidson Leigh McCoy Jones ’85 Herbert O. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Cranford A. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jose Antonio Diaz-Llaneza Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dixon, Jr. Dr. Lee Kasik Dr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Dixon Dr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Keating Mrs. Carol Cone Douglas Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Kelly Dr. and Mrs. John E. Dowler Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ketner Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dowtin, Jr. Mose and Doris Egerton Kiser Ms. Ada M. Eason Mr. and Mrs. Mose Kiser III Mr. G. Bayne Eason III Fran and Warren Knapp Mr. and Mrs. John G. B. Ellison, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Knox Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Neil Koonce Dr. and Mrs. Dale Thomas Finn Sally Gorrell Kuratnick ’75 Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Kusiak Dr. and Mrs. Otis N. Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Gary R. Kuzma 38 GDS Magazine Invest in GDS

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lane Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Queen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Lawson Joe and Tamara Sloan Rice ’90 S. Alexander Lawson ’99 Rice Toyota Dr. and Mrs. Samuel M. LeBauer RJReynolds Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Curtis S. Lemley Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Robinson II Mr. and Mrs. R. Glenn Lesley Mrs. Jamesanna D. Rogers Mrs. E. L. Lind Mr. Timothy D. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lineberry, Jr. Ms. Camilla S. Ruffin Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Lineweaver Dr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Russell III R.W. Lineweaver* Mrs. Frances W. Sanders Annabel Jones Link Mr. John Sarratt and Ms. Cindy Wittmer Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Livingston, Jr. Ms. Laura B. Schuster Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Longley Dr. Stephen B. Schuster Lynn and Kevin MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. John G. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Neil A. Macpherson Mr. and Mrs. Keith V. Sessoms Dr. and Mrs. Marc E. Magod Kelly and Buddy Seymour Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mann Dr. and Mrs. Mark T. Shapiro Alex Marhsall ’93 and Amanda Taylor Marshall ’93 Mr. Jasbir Singh and Dr. Rupinder Kaur Mr. and Mrs. James F. Marshall Ms. Lesley L. Sisk-Webb Mr. Andrew May and Mrs. Sara May Mrs. and Mr. D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. May Mr. and Mrs. James H. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John S. May, Jr. Snider Tire Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. May Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Snowberger Geri and John McComb Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. South Mr. and Mrs. James R. McCormick Southern Life Insurance Co. Terry and Patrick McDaid Mr. Gregory A. Stakias Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. McLendon, Jr. ’77 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Stanley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Walton McNairy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Starr Mr. and Mrs. Jon Wade Meadows Mr. and Mrs. James B. Staton III Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Steen Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Milam Mary and Louis Stephens Drs. David and Sally Miller Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Still III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stockdale II Laura and Tom Mincher Mrs. Genie Stone Mr. and Mrs. William G. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Karl G. Stonecipher Dr. and Mrs. Victor H. Morcos Dr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Stuckey Mr. David W. Morrisette ’78 Surgical Center of Greensboro Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Murray Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Swanson Mr. C. F. Myers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert V. Sypher, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. W. Ronald Neal John Templeton Foundation Doug and Carrie Sloan Norry ’89 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Thomas Novartis US Foundation Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Tilley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Nussbaum Dr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Truesdale O. Henry Hotel and Green Valley Grill Mr. and Mrs. Marshall A. Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Orlowsky United Guaranty Corporation Mrs. Rita J. Parham Dr. Douglas Waldruff Parkdale Mills Drs. Gurmukh and Sukhwant Walha Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. James F. Watts, Jr. Drs. Vincent and Melinda Paul Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Weatherly III Linda and Curt Perry Weaver Companies Mr. and Mrs. Kermit G. Phillips II Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Webb Holly and Lou Pierce Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Jeffrey and Allison Sloan Polish ’94 Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Wert Drs. Henry and Leigh Ann Pool Mr. Thomas L. White, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gregory Poole Nancy and Bevin Williams Mrs. Wanda G. Poole Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Winter Precision Fabrics Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Womble Mr. and Mrs. Britt A. Preyer Dr. and Mrs. David E. Worland The Julian Price Family Foundation Ellen and Robert Worth The Procton Family Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Yates Ann and Mac Pugh Mr. Thomas Carlton Younger, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Pulitzer Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Zuraw Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Queen *Deceased; *Robert Barefoot, deceased Fall 2006 39 Invest in GDS Still The simple way to Satisfyingly make a planned gift Simple...

“Well, for one thing, you are now,” (the Bengal chuckles in the background) “but for another, I want to finally close this bequest that we have been talking about for the past two years.” The Bengal eyes him from the corner of his eye and tries to show him a little tooth, which the little guy ignores. “I need you to be a leader in our new campaign. It’s called Creating 100 Futures.” “And this is important to me, how?” “Well, for one thing, by creating a bequest, you will make it ay back in the Fall of 2004, we peeked in on the possible for future children to attend the Day School who GDS Bengal and witnessed his frustration as he would not be able to otherwise.” tried to figure out how to make a Planned Gift to Wthe Day School. “And that’s important because …” As we left him he proudly told Mrs. Bengal that he was “Because we can have a direct impact on the future of our “purrr-fectly satisfied my darling” [with his discussions school and on the future of our city through our gifts. After with the development office about gift planning]. “They all, we can’t take our money with us after we are gone, so made everything sound satisfyingly simple.” making sure that it is used by the children of the future is After all of this time, we wondered if the Bengal still one of the best uses we can put it to.” thought that gift planning was simple and, if he ever did “Well, I can buy that, but it’s hard isn’t it?” anything about it. So, we take you now on this crisp Fall afternoon to the front “Not at all. All you have to do is fill out a codicil to your will door of the Bengal family den. A soft rumbling sound, naming GDS as a beneficiary and specifying an amount reminiscent of snoring can be heard coming from inside. from your estate. Have that codicil witnessed and notarized The strains of the GDS alma mater can be heard in between and you’re done. I have a form right here for you.” breaths. Confident that the Bengal is home, the little guy “Okay, if I agree to do it, can I go back to sleep?” rings the doorbell. “Without a doubt. But first, let me remind you that you will “Uh. Uh. Snfff. Splfttt. W-W-Who’s there?” the Bengal become a member of the Charles A. McLendon Founders sputters sleepily. Society when you create a bequest. Not only that, but this “It’s the little guy from the GDS development office.” year, in honor of that tall guy, Mark C. Hale who is our new “Go away!” Head of School, we hope to induct 100 new members into the Society. You will be one of them.” “Oh, c’mon Benge, wake up, it’s me!” “I’ll do it. Not only because it makes sense and it’s the right Giving in, the Bengal slips off of his comfy couch, goes to thing to do, but because I love GDS! Now, please leave the door and greets his old friend. (hint, hint) because I need to get more sleep!” “What’s up?” he says, allowing himself to crash back onto “Lo hearts behold our Green and Gold Mem’ries of …….” the couch.

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Bates Dinner Kathy’s Corner After Convocation on June 8, recipients of the Kimberly Susan Bates ’84 Memorial Scholarship and their families gathered for a special dinner with his year, I keep saying that our the Bates family. Kimberly Bates ’84 died tragically in a car accident in 1987 Alumni Association has, "come and several of her friends and family established a scholarship in her Tof age." It truly has been an memory. A rising senior is awarded the scholarship each year, and this amazing year. year marked its 19th year. Last year the Alumni Board The group who attended the dinner was composed of the Bates Family, restructured a bit to take us on new including sons Tony ’82 and Todd ’88, Kim’s classmates who established and adventurous paths. We decided to the scholarship including Lynn Callicott Baranski ’84, Charlotte Horner meet only five times each year rather Carerre ’84 and Missy Black Akin ’84 along with several members of the than every month, but the real change faculty and staff. is that we’ll meet two hours instead of The following recipients were present: Mark Dransfield ’89, Julie one hour, therefore allowing us more Bowers Murphy ’90, Rebecca Nadel ’93, Nic Brown ’95, Kara Medoff’s ’96 time to conduct business. We have parents, Grier Booker Richardson ’97, Jeb Brooks ’01, Morgan Diamond’s four new board members joining us – ’03 father, George Sondecker ’05, Jaron Wilson ’06 and Shira Solomon ’07. Danny Wright ’89, Kristin Kirkman- After dinner, Lynn spoke about the importance of establishing this Hall ’91, Catherine Houston Snarr ’86 scholarship to remember her friend, Kim. Each recipient also took a and Jeb Brooks ’01. Feel free to contact moment to reflect on how receiving this scholarship changed his/her life. our Alumni Board members with your At the end of the evening, a scrapbook with letters from each recipient and fresh ideas. They would love to hear pictures of them and their families was presented to the Bates Family. from you. We are also working to have a class agent and a class secretary for each class. This is going well and most classes have these positions filled. The agent and the secretary will help us remain in contact with you, and I’m sure that they will contact you soon. I hope that you received a packet from your alma mater. In it you found a letter mapping out the year from our Alumni Association President, Nate Conner ’92. You also found a guide for using our Web site effectively and a postcard to mail back to us with your information. Please take the time to fill out that card and return it. There are a Bates recipients gathered with the Bates lot of exciting plans underway for a family for a reunion. great Reunion Weekend. Back row (l-r): Jeb Brooks ’01, Mike Thank you for your efforts during Diamond, father of Morgan ’03, Jaron this past year. Our Alumni Association Wilson ’06, George Sondecker ’05, Mark is truly coming of age! Dransfield ’89, Nic Brown ’95, former Headmaster Ralph Davison, Tony Bates ’83, Louis Bates, and Todd Bates ’88. Front row (l-r): Debi Silber, mother of Kara Medoff ’96, Shira Solomon ’07, Lynn Callicott Baranski ’84, Joan Bates, Charlotte Horner Carerre ’84, Missy Black Akin ’84 and Grier Brooker Richardson ’97.

Right: This plaque was unveiled at the Bates dinner. It will hang in the Upper School.

42 GDS Magazine Danny Wright ’89 with his wife, Heather, and Lisa Doughten ’85 with our Dean of Students, son, Howell. David Gilbert. Alumni Service Award Distinguished Alumni Award The Alumni Service Award, established in 1991, The Distinguished Alumni Award, established in 1991, recognizes an alumnus or alumna whose dedication and recognizes an alumnus or alumna whose service to others loyalty to Greensboro Day School has resulted in and whose professional and personal accomplishments exemplary leadership and service to the school. This exemplify character, strength, responsible scholarship and year’s recipient is Danny Wright ’89. Here is an excerpt leadership for their community and country. This year’s from Wendy Lavine’s ’85, president of the GDS Alumni recipient is Lisa Doughten ’85. The following is an excerpt Association, presentation of the award: from Wendy Lavine’s ’85 speech: Principled. Courageous. Serious. Intelligent. During her time at GDS, Lisa was noted as a hard working Compassionate. Responsible. Kind. Honorable. student who was an excellent member of the varsity tennis Empowering. Conscientious. Moral. team. After her graduation Lisa attended UNC Chapel Hill These words were used to describe this year’s where she received her degree in International Studies. She recipient. Danny started his Day School experience with then received her Masters in International Relations from the Happy Waller, who recalls him with a broad smile and London School of Economics. she declared he was one of the sweetest students she From 1993 - 1998 Lisa worked throughout the former could remember. Every teacher mentioned how Yugoslavia for the United States Agency for International amazingly smart he was throughout his school years. Development’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance. In After graduation in 1989, Danny spent a year at St. this capacity, she assessed emergency needs, developed Andrews College in Scotland and then returned to responsive programs, and oversaw proper implementation Sewanee, the University of the South where he received to ensure critical relief supplies were delivered to refugees his undergraduate degree. Although he was accepted and other victims of the conflict. For her work, she was into law school, he realized he wanted to become an awarded the government’s award for "Extraordinary educator. After completing courses at UNC Greensboro dedication, commitment, and personal risks taken." he became a GDS faculty member before leaving in 2006 She then was a Senior Manager with International to pursue his MBA. Resources Group, where she managed multi-million dollar Danny has the distinction of being the only person at international contracts for the USAID, and traveled GDS to win soccer championships as both a student and extensively to disaster sites worldwide. a coach. When he was on the field, he was ready to give For the past 13 years she has coordinated the provision of 100% whether in play or practice. As a player, he always water, shelter and food to people suffering the consequences was a strong leader who was aware of the importance of of war, hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. She now teamwork. As a coach, he was the one the kids always serves as Senior Emergency Response Officer for the United wanted to play their best for. Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Rome-based UN In the classroom, Danny held his students accountable agency responsible for feeding 100 million of the world’s to high levels of excellence. Many commented that he hungry in 2005. Last year, she was deployed as Civil Military might be the smartest person they had ever met, and his Liaison in Thailand and Indonesia in response to the Asian passion for learning was infectious. Tsunami, and if that was not enough she was then sent to Last year, he addressed the class of 2006 as they were Washington, DC to coordinate the UN’s assistance to the US inducted into the Alumni Association, and his moving for Hurricane Katrina. speech embodied what honor is all about.

Fall 2006 43 Abraham Jones ’06 and Stephany Caroline Tedder ’06, Sarah von Thaer ’06 and Jason Woodard ’06, Ellen Easter ’06 Rayburn ’06 Lindsey Stuckey ’06 and Laurie Walker ’06 Senior Sendoff On August 11, 43 members of the class of 2006 gathered at GDS for a cookout and to bid farewell to the campus they called home for years. Fifteen faculty and staff were present to give hugs and best wishes to this group.

DC Gathering In July, Kathy Davis, Terri Obermeyer, and Jeb Brooks ’01 went to DC to visit three schools and learn DC-area more about their alumni programs. The highlight of alumni the trip was a gathering at Ginger Fay’s ’90 house. gathered Seven alumni and their families attended to catch up with their and reminisce. Thanks to Ginger and her husband, families. Ken, and her daughter, Charlotte, for their hospitality. Thanks to Thomas Roberts ’89, Amy Saperstein Herman ’90, Alex Marshall ’93, Amanda Taylor Marshall ’93 and Lou Cunningham ’85 for sharing their evening with us.

Mark your calendars... Class of ’01 Reunion Homecoming ’07 The class of 2001 will hold their five-year Homecoming is Friday, January 26. Along Reunion on November 24 at Cafe Europa in with the basketball games and the downtown Greenboro. The festivities will Homecoming court, there will be a begin at 8:30 p.m. Jeb Brooks, Jonathan hospitality room for our alumni and their Pugh and Kelly Robbins are organizing this families. Please plan to join us for friends, event and have already mailed invitations. food and fun. Stay tuned for more Make plans now to catch up with your information in the mail. classmates during Thanksgiving weekend.

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Updates 1988 David Kates is Chairman of the Foreign Language Department and the Director of the International Programs at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh. During Ravenscroft’s commencement, he was awarded the Qubain Chair in Teaching Excellence Award. He was recognized for his commanding classroom voice that brings his subject George Sondecker ’05, center, with his fellow Air Force cadets after completing to life, for his warm smile and affable his 5th skydive. personality that help him connect with his colleagues and students, for his steady leadership of the Foreign 1992 Rich Calhoun has been teaching Language Department and for his Claiborne Hancock started a physics and astronomy for the last six quiet yet steadfast determination and publishing company in New York City, years. He was married last summer to success in bringing International and is publisher and editor-in-chief of Katie Bishop. They are currently Programs and Global Studies to a place Pegasus Books. teaching at an international school of prominence at Ravenscroft. outside Santiago, Chile. Holly Barnes Hofbauer joined Karen Bowers Cotchett and sister Greensboro Day School as a 5th grade 1997 Julie Bowers Murphy ’90 own and assistant working with her former Margaret Farrell joined Greensboro operate a stationery company, Jack and soccer coach, Carl Fenske. Day School as an Upper School biology Lulu, sold in over 300 boutiques across and chemistry teacher. She is also the country. Julie designs all of the serving as co-sponsor of the products and Karen runs the day-to- 1993 Community Service Club. day operations. To find out more, visit Amanda O’Briant completed a www.jackandlulu.com. Masters of Science in Nursing at the Edo Mlatac joined Greensboro Day University of Virginia in Richmond. School as a school technology She is living in Durham, and working specialist. 1989 at the Women’s Birth and Wellness Dan McNairy is a teacher at an Center in Chapel Hill. alternative middle school in Bend, Ore. John Fields started a music promotions business in Greensboro. 1995 He was recently featured in the 1990 Anna McNairy Tuttle works at an Greensboro News & Record. Julie Bowers Murphy – see 1988 alternative high school in Mizzoula, Mt. She also is a leader for the Knowles Emily Burbine Rose is running in the Program. Richmond Marathon and the Dallas 1991 Whiterock Marathon in November and John White’s son, John White, Jr., was December respectively, to raise money chosen to play the part of Finn in six 1996 for the American Cancer Society. If she pilot episodes of an upcoming ABC Beth Meisinger earned her Ph.D. in meets her fundraising goal of $10,000, series called “Army Wives” that was school psychology from the University she will have raised over $21,000 in the filmed in Charleston. of Georgia. She is employed by the five marathons she raced. If you would Dallas Public School System. like to send a name of someone for her to run for, or if you would like to donate,visit register.charityrunner.org.

46 GDS Magazine Lynlee Thorne Wastie ’99 Clara Love ’94 and Grant Prigge ’94 were married in and her husband, Neil . the Virgin Islands. James Megliola, 2nd Marcy McKenzie is working on lieutenant in the US Army, reported to another independent movie, called Fort Benning, Ga for training. He will Anna McNairy Tuttle ’95 and her Half Nelson, about a crack addict inner- be deployed to Korea next spring. husband, Mason. city teacher that connects well with the students, but can’t get his life under control. 2003 1998 Charlie Stone is a senior at Princeton University and was one of 15 Jennifer Teague Columbo is living in Christian Anton graduated from the participants in the exclusive Gilder Rockville, Md. She has recently Physician Assistant School at George Lehrman Institute of American History become a real estate agent with Keller Washington University. He works at St. summer scholars program. At the Williams. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, which has a world-renowned heart center. Institute, Charlie and the other participants transcribed about 50 Carly Calhoun is a photojournalist previously unpublished manuscripts most recently based in Croatia and Dori Nelson is a 1st grade teacher at by Frederick Douglass for use in Bosnia. This summer, she began a four Pace Academy in Atlanta. classrooms across the country. To be month hike of the Via Alpina, an accepted into this program, he was European Union-organized trail Beth Girardi McCutcheon lives in identified as one of the best 15 history system linking all eight nations of the Augusta where she started nursing majors in the country. Alps. Carly’s pictures can be seen in school this fall. National Geographic. Lindsey Marshall recently graduated Nancy Calhoun is a senior at Colorado College majoring in geology. In June, Forest Michaels recently moved to from the Physician Assistant School at she and two other students mounted Chapel Hill. After finishing at NYU, George Washington University and is an expedition to climb Denali (Mt. and living in New York City, Forest has now working at Duke University McKinley), the highest peak in North returned to North Carolina to open a Medical Center in the Orthopaedic America. They spent 22 days on the yoga studio. Find out more at Clinic. mountain (12 of them pinned down by www.bluepointyoga.com. the weather at 14,000 feet) before 2002 reaching 19,500 feet (just short of the The class of 1998 is getting into the Ross Perkins graduated with a degree summit), when a blizzard pushed music scene: in economics from Duke University. them back. They were elated by the Katie Zimmerman, perfoms in New He was featured in the Duke Senior experience and proud to have raised York (www.katiezimmerman.com), Stories/Profiles of Engagement. While over $25,000 for the American Breast and Chuckie Scott produced a CD last at Duke, Ross was a member of the Cancer Foundation. Christmas (www.chuckiescott.com). basketball team. He is consulting with Accenture in Boston.

Fall 2006 47 Tommy Thornton’s ’88 children.

2005 Macyn, daughter of Ashley Troxler Clark ’97. George Sondecker made his 5th skydive and earned his jump wings at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. 1993 2006 David Egerton and Kathryn Pope were Sarah von Thaer was one of only four married on June 10, 2006 on Paradise Alice Jackson Coleman ’95 and her freshmen to make the club softball Island, Bahamas. Bridesmaids husband, Jim. team at NCSU, where she plays included Catherine Egerton ’89. The shortstop. best man was Ryan Gioffre and the groomsmen included Len Anderson, Beth Meisinger and Dan Draper were Beda Calhoun graduated from Adam Tilley and Bryan Jones ’94. married May 28, 2005. Colorado Rocky Mountain School and David and Katie live in Saint Louis. now attends George Washington University. After a semester in Sikkim, Molly Levinson and Joshua Wachs 1996 Tibet and Nepal, she developed an were married July 3, 2006 in Moran, Kara Medoff and Dov Barnett were interest in international affairs and Wyoming. married Aug. 20, 2006 in Aspen, according to her dad, she looks Colorado. The maid of honor was Mica forward to various protests in DC! 1994 Medoff ’07 and the junior maids of honor were Carmi Medoff ’10 and Clara Love and Grant Prigge were Gena Medoff ’12. Bridesmaids married June 10, 2006 in Trunk Bay, St. included Lisa Barry ’98, Dory Weddings John, Virgin Islands. The maid of Kornfeld, Kate Middleton and Sarah honor was Anne Haldeman and the Levinson Rothman. Groomsmen best man was Ross Van der Linden. 1987 included Ari Medoff ’99 and Sar Clara and Grant live in Shanghai, Medoff ’04. Kara and Dov commute Johnny Black and Betsy Howell were China. between Cambridge, Mass. and New married on May 27, 2006 in Hilton York City. Head. Bridesmaids included Missy Black Akin ’84 and groomsmen 1995 included Ben Fooshee. Harrison Alice Jackson and Jim Barr Coleman 1997 Akin ’18 was a ringbearer. Johnny and were married June 3, 2006 on her Chris Wetzel and Heather Hall were Betsy are living in Washington, DC. parents farm in Summerfield, NC. married June 3, 2006 in Greensboro. They reside in Bozeman, Mt. Bridesmaids included Leslie Wetzel Cave ’94. Best man was John Rendall Anna McNairy and Mason Tuttle were and groomsmen included Colin married June 10, 2006 in Mizzoula, Mt. Hickey and Chris Rendall. Chris and Groomsmen included Webb Heather live in Chicago. McNairy ’86 and Dan McNairy ’89. They live in Mizzoula, Mt.

48 GDS Magazine Liam, son of Amanda O’Briant ’93.

Jessica Davison Haverland’s ’92 Claire Bowers Jordan’s ’94 children. Tierney, children. daughter of Elizabeth Hronek’ 01. 1999 Kristin O’Neil and Jason Kristof were married June 10, 2006 in Greensboro. The maid of honor was Emily Hicks and bridesmaids included Haley Neal. Beau McIntosh and Craig Hassenfelt Groomsmen included Stephen O’Neil were married June 3, 2006 in ’02. Kristin and Jason live in Nashville. Greensboro. The maids of honor were Caleb, son of Katherine Meadows Fletcher Hassenfelt ’93, Xan Lynlee Thorne and Neil Wastie were Martin ’88. Hassenfelt ’95, Louisa Hassenfelt ’01 married Dec. 29, 2005 in Australia. Liz and Molly Hassenfelt ’03. Lloyd, former GDS teacher, was the Bridesmaids included Carly Calhoun maid of honor. Lynlee and Neil live at 1989 ’98, Melissa McIntosh Flanagan ’91, Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Carrie Sloan Norry and Doug Norry. and Jordan Kime ’98. Program Daughter: Kate Michelle Norry, March attendants included Marcie McKenzie 2000 15, 2006. Kate joins big brother Will ’98 and Kelly Robbins ’01. and big sister Emily. They live in Groomsmen included David Andrea Pate and Sean Fletcher were Bethesda, Md. Anderson ’96, Durant Bell ’98, Chris married Aug. 26, 2006 in Greensboro. Craven, Bradley Lowe ’92, Lee Bridesmaids included Anne Houston Dan McNairy and Carol McNairy. Son: Patterson ’96 and Carl Younger. The and Jacquelyn Stafford. Groomsmen Finn McNairy, Aug. 5, 2005. They live couple live in Greensboro and Craig included Phillip Taylor. Andrea and in Bend, Ore. teaches at GDS. Sean live in New York City.

1998 1990 Paul Schmidt and Susan Schmidt. Craig Hassenfelt and Beau McIntosh Births Daughter: Isabelle Mileva Griak – see 1997. Schmidt, Aug. 4, 2006. Durant Bell and Mary Katherine Varn 1988 were married Sept. 16, 2006 in Katherine Meadows Martin and Mike 1992 Charlotte, NC. Groomsmen included Martin. Son: Caleb Maglenn Martin, Lara McCulloch Moore and Mac Jon Bell ’90, Mathew Arbuckle, Beau May 26, 2006. They live in Greensboro. Moore. Daughter: Elizabeth Camryn McIntosh ’97, Copeland Cherry ’00, Moore, Jan. 2, 2006. Elizabeth joins big Carter Griffin, Allen Oakley ’97, Tommy Thornton and Wendy brother Ryan and big sister Kate. Matthew Taylor and Julian Thornton. Daughter: Georgia Elisabeth Middleton. Alexander Lawson ’99 Thornton, April 20, 2006. Georgia joins read at the ceremony. Durant and big sister Ruby. They live in Mary Katherine live in Greensboro. Birmingham, Ala.

Fall 2006 49 Paul Schmidt ’90 and his daughter, Isabelle.

Lara McCulloch Moore’s ’92 children. Carrie Sloan Norry’s ’89 children.

Jessica Davison Haverland and Chris 1994 1995 Haverland. Son: Jacob Greene Claire Bowers Jordan and Grant Katie Robinson Springer and Jacob Haverland, May 23, 2006. Jacob joins Jordan. Son: Calder Dixon Jordan, June Springer. Son: Michael Henry Springer. big sister Anna. They live in 18, 2006. Calder joins big brother June 24, 2006. Michael joins big sister Greensboro. Preston and big sister Bailey. They live Mia. They live in Austria. in Charlotte. 1993 1997 Amanda O’Briant and Elizabeth Ross Van der Linden and Brittany Van Ashley Troxler Clark and Eric Clark. Broyles. Son: Liam Henry Broyles- der Linden. Daughter: Sophia Elise Daughter: Macyn Gray Clark, July 14, O’Briant, March 15, 2006. They live in Van der Linden, Sept. 20, 2006. They 2006. They live in Greensboro. Durham. live in Charlotte. 2001 Elizabeth Hronek. Daughter: Tierney Kathleen Hronek, April 21, 2005. They live in Winston Salem.

Shirley Smith, July 15, 2006. She was Jon Fowler, June 28, 2006. He was the Memorials the mother of Carla Smith Jones ’83 father of Lori Fowler MacLeod ’93. and Jennifer Smith Adams ’86 and the Sybil Davis, June 13,2006. Long time grandmother of Cody Adams ’13 and Mary Lee Copeland, August, 2006. GDS faculty member. She was the wife Spencer Adams ’17. She was the mother of Mary of Vernie and mother of Jody and Copeland ’79 and grandmother of Jessica. Dr. Jean Brooks, June 17, 2006. She Will Copeland ’10. was the mother of Helen Brooks ’80 Natalie Carolyn Neal ’04, August 13, and Jim Brooks ’77, and the Betty Jane Tinsley, August 23, 2006. 2006. Natalie was the sister of Haley grandmother of Taylor Brooks ’18. She was the mother of Charles Neal ’99 and Casey Neal ’01 and the Tinsley ’81 and Margaret (Maggie) daughter of Ron and Mona Neal. Andy Oglesby, July 3, 2006. He was Tinsley ’78. the stepfather of Brett Herring ’07 and Ann Hunter Dortch ’76, March 6, Patrick Herring ’99. Claron Fenske, August 18, 2006. He 2006. She was the sister of Beth Dortch was the father of GDS faculty member Beswick and the stepdaughter of Ann Betty Geraci, July 31, 2006. She was Carl Fenske and grandfather of Rob Campbell Dortch. the mother of Maribeth Geraci Agle ’00. Hudgins ’78.

50 GDS Magazine Another Level of Commitment

ne of the single biggest indicators of how much a school can mean to a family is when Oalumni send their own children to their alma mater. When Shepard Griswold ’15 was ready for school, there was no question about where he would attend: GDS, which Will ’81, says was a decision that came down to one word: excellence. “For our family, this translates into the high caliber, experience and clear enthusiasm of a dedicated faculty, administration and parent body. It is a true team effort. We also value the outstanding resources, facilities and programs available not only to the students but to the entire family. We have fun and learn at GDS as a family by attending competitive sporting events, taking in a theatrical production, Green and Gold Day, Grandparent’s & Special Friends’ Day and of course taking advantage of the special parent education nights. There is so much Will Griswold ’81, with his son, Shepard ’15 and wife, Carrie. available for the taking at the Day School that the term ’enriching the whole child’ could be re-written to ‘enriching the whole family.’ We chose GDS for the spirit and sense of community. GDS is a large independent school serving the changing needs and interests of many families with children of different ages spread across a growing campus. That said, we do come together as a community at different times of the year for certain events, and it is those moments when I realize what a rich community we are growing into. We also chose GDS for what we call ‘the promise.’ When Carrie and I have the opportunity to be around GDS upper classmen, we like what we see: young men and women who are working hard, and are enthusiastically rising to the challenge. We see confident young adults who are encouraged to grow beyond what they think is possible and then achieve it. I see friends who will be close forever. ‘The promise’ of what can be for our son is the reason we chose Greensboro Day School.” Non-Profit Organziation Greensboro Day School US Postage P.O. Box 26805 PAID Greensboro, NC 27429-6805 Greensboro, NC Permit No. 636

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