Spring-Summer 2018 SaintSaint George’sGeorge’s Magazine TradeTrade Goods,Goods, StormStorm Gardens,Gardens, ScholasticScholastic Cup,Cup, && GraduationGraduation Saint George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 1 Contents Board of Trustees 2018-19 Duff Bergquist, Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, SSAINTAINT GGEOREORGGEE’’SS Financial Committee Chair Eric Cremers Magazine Jim Gunn, Investment Committee Chair 3 Head Lines Robert Hammett Pam Kohlmeier, Secretary, 4 Tiny Titans of Trade! Executive Committee Member > 3rd Grade Sells, Learns, & Gives Susan Legget, Governance Committee Chair 6 Storm Gardeners Linda Massman, Vice President, > 8th Graders Dig Sustainability Executive Committee Member 4 Genevieve Mann Morris, ’90, 8 The Olde Bard, Updated Advancement Committee Chair > Drama Does Three Takes on Shakespeare LeRoy Nosbaum John Roll 9 Up for Debate Kris Schulte > You Can’t Argue with Their Success Michael Senske, President, Executive Committee Member 10 Question the Answers 8 Sara Wolff > Being Smarter than Google 12 Jamie Tender, Head of School (ex-officio) 11 Scholastic Cup Overflows > Top 2B School in the State Saint George’s Magazine Graduation Special Section is published periodically for the Saint George’s School community 12 Faculty Address by the Advancement Office. 14 Student Address 22 John Carter 16 The Class of 2018 Publisher & Editor 18 Senior Awards Volume 22, Issue 2, Spring-Summer 2018 22 Faculty Goodbyes > Thanks to Eight Great Educators Postmaster send address changes to: 25 Campus Activities Office of School Advancement, 26 Trophy Time Saint George’s School, > How the Ball Bounced at State 2929 W. Waikiki Rd., 26 Spokane WA 99208. 28 Sprint to Finish > Spring Sports Reports 31 30 Alumni Profile > Philip Stanton ‘04 Gets Cooking SGS Mission 31 Alumni Class Notes Statement 32 Coming Events > Summer Camps & TEDxSpokane Inspiring Cover Photo: scholars, 8th graders stand On the Web athletes, and in the storm garden View the full Saint they created in George’s Magazine and artists to front of the added special features Middle School. online at serve and lead Photo by www.sgs.org/ others. John Carter. magazine t- 2 Saint George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 Head Lines Inspiring Confidence Dear Friends, garten to the accomplished seniors prepared Each June marks the end of the year for college. This year’s seniors included six while plans for the new school year take who began here in Kindergarten, joined shape. The 2017-18 school year was exciting along the way by 33 classmates to create the Dand memorable in so many ways (many of SGS Class of 2018, our newest alumni. We which are captured in this magazine), and we applaud their leadership, their service, and look forward to building on these successes their scholarship. We will long remember the for the next school year. special memories, or “moments” in the words In addition to all the great things that of graduation speaker Ryan Hayes (page took place in and outside the classrooms, the 14), which they have left as a legacy to Saint Jamie Tender, School completed its self-study and re-accred- George’s School. Head of School itation process required by the Northwest As- I would like to thank all of our teach- sociation of Independent Schools (NWAIS). ers for their dedication and commitment to This school improvement exercise allows us Saint George’s and their students. Be sure to to celebrate our strengths and identify areas read the special salute to our departing teach- of improvement that will help sustain SGS ers and the many lives they have impacted for another 63 years and beyond. while at SGS on pages 22-24. Saint George’s measures its success Have a wonderful summer! We look for- through our students’ school experience as ward to the 64th year of SGS when we will be well as their preparation for college and life. Inspiring the Confidence to Serve This year we had several opportunities to and Lead. hear firsthand from parents and students, Sincerely, both current and alumni, about their SGS — Jamie Tender, Head of School Saint George’s experience. Over and over, they shared Spring Gala brought the school community anecdotes about opportunity, confidence, together on May 5th community, and leadership. As a result of for an evening of their feedback, we developed the tag line, fellowship and fundraising under Inspiring the Confidence to Serve a tent at the nearby and Lead, to reinforce our mission and Kalispel Country Club. core values. We take great pride in celebrating the accomplishments of this school, its teachers, and our students. This year, Saint George’s captured the WIAA Scholastic Cup for the top school in the 2B classification statewide. This represents sustained success in athletics, activities, and academics throughout the year. It is a school-wide award and is indicative of the SGS student commitment to a well- rounded school experience. When examin- ing the results over the last 15 years, SGS is the most successful school in the state. Read more about all the accomplishments that went into earning this award on page 11. As a K-12 school community, we are fortunate to see our students grow in confi- dence from the littlest Dragons in Kinder- Saint George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 3 Lower School Activities TinyTiny TitansTitans ofof Trade!Trade! 3rd Graders Learn Lessons About Business and4 SaintPhilanthropy George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 Saint George’s 3rd graders start up and run funds for, creates a much deeper and more their own business each year. But sometimes enriching unit. We had fun!” said Denie. their products can get out of hand. Besides educating the kids on business “The favorite item was our homemade topics, Denie wanted to show her students Sslime,” said 3rd grade teacher Denie Inman. that they can help make a difference for those “Customers made a run for that table. in need. The 3rd graders looked at different However, it was not a hit with parents, charities and foundations to see which would including myself.” benefit the most from a donation of their Denie wanted the kids to apply the profits. The third graders’ teaching assistant business skills she was teaching them to help Ali Burns had previously taught the class Zanskar Blair, their company succeed. This included being about weather storms, particularly focusing on SGS Communications Intern effective marketers, so the students identified Hurricane Maria and its devastating impact on their target market to be 6-11 year olds. They the island of Dominica. Opposite: wanted repeat customers and needed to “This third world country was annihilated The 3rd graders’ figure out what products would do that, so and their two forms of income, agriculture and “Craft Quest” poster. they created a consumer survey for the Lower eco-tourism, were wiped out,” Ali explained. Below: Selling treats, the School to complete. After that, it was easy for the 3rd graders profits add up, and “Once we got the surveys back in, my to decide what their company wanted to focus a big “thank you” students compiled all the data and created on. After selling twice a week for three weeks, from the school they graphs for each category of products to help the students raised $800.42 and donated it to helped in Dominica. make specific product and ordering decisions,” help the students at a school called Orion in said Denie. Dominica. Oreos and Gummi Bears were the most “I was so proud of the passion in each popular snacks selling out every week, making student during this unit and how determined Denie go on numerous trips to Costco. they were to help make a change in someone The students chose to name their business else’s life,” says Denie. “Craft Quest” and decided to sell crafts like To cap off the students’ successful pinwheels, bracelets, origami and messy attempt to run their own business, they each homemade slime. independently wrote a business letter to their After this step, they created eye- parents, describing their experience, what they catching posters with slogans and made enjoyed, and what they learned. announcements to the school about their As 3rd grader Preston Sevigny wrote, “I mission and their pop-up shop. learned businesses need a really good cross “A few of my favorite parts of between supply and demand (equilibrium), so participating in Craft Quest were that we all that they don’t have too much product that got to work together as a team, and working no one wants, and not enough product that as a team is fun!” said 3rd grader Katie everyone wants (scarcity).” Schultheis. “Also working at Craft Quest helps Denie created and developed this business all of us know what a business is like.” unit with the hope of making a lasting impact During their business experience, the on her students, so that they are confident students went on a daylong field trip around enough to apply what they have learned to Spokane, hosted by three 3rd grade parents at other topics. One of those lessons includes three different real life businesses. First they becoming more caring, community- visited Gonzaga University, where they learned minded individuals and realizing that about different careers. Then the kids traveled you can make a difference. Even if to Washington Trust Bank to look at loans, you are in the 3rd grade. interest rates and the banking community. — Zanskar Blair, Lastly, they visited Europa Restaurant to learn Whitworth ‘19, how a small, local business is run. SGS Communications Intern “This field trip and our students learning firsthand about who and what they are raising Saint George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 5 Middle School Activities StormStorm GardenersGardeners 8th Graders Find Sustainability Takes Sustained Effort 6 Saint George’s Magazine Spring-Summer 2018 Active learning works best for Middle School Stella said, “We made permeable students, and one way Saint George’s puts this pavement in…class.