MAGAZINE 2012 EXPANDING THE COMFORT ZONE P2 Willing to Risk Failure | P4 Bragging Rights P14 Miss T @ 40 | P41 Honor Roll of Donors TAKING A STAND AGAINST BULLYING In October, which is designated as National Bullying Prevention Month, Salem Academy students united against the growing issue by creating t-shirts with slogans such as “The Cycle Ends Here” and “Spread Love, Not Hate.” The bright orange shirts, the color for the national awareness program, were seen throughout the campus as students wore them in solidarity with those who have been victimized by all sorts of bullying. “Bullying is an epidemic in all schools. Many people don’t realize the different forms of bullying and/or the long lasting effects it has on victims,” says Salem Academy counselor Jenny Orr, who spearheaded the project. “I did this project to educate the students about the different aspects of bullying, as well as empower them to stand up to bullies.” The girls’ project caught the attention of a local television news program and was broadcast on the morning show of the FOX affiliate, WGHP. –MICHELLE MELTON; PHOTOS BY MEGAN RATLEY ON THE COVER: At Salem Academy, a diverse group of girls from across the nation and around the world 13 live together in a community that is nurtured by faculty and staff. Among them is Mary Lorick “Miss T” Thompson, who for the last 40 years has guided generations of young girls through the challenging years of high school. As the assistant head of school and dean of students, Miss T has encouraged her students to expand their comfort zones, to try new experiences and be open to the unfamiliar, which has often led to discovering unknown gifts. On the campus, she has helped create an environment of respect, honor and kindness while reminding every student that Salem Academy is not just a school; it’s a home away from home. You are invited to celebrate "Miss T" at 40, P14 –MICHELLE MELTON; PHOTO BY ALAN CALHOUN OUR MISSION: Salem Academy pledges to retain and nurture those values which encourage each student to take risks, show integrity, and discover her passion as she sets out on her own journey. 26 DEPARTMENTS FEATURES 2 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 5 AP SCORE SUCCESS 24 COURTSIDE WISDOM EMBRACING THE FEAR FACTOR Salem Academy students out-perform on the Celebrating the life and leadership of Katherine College Board’s AP exams Anne Workman A’65. 4 MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL BRAGGING RIGHTS 11 BY THE NUMBERS 26 MUSIC TO MEDICAL RESEARCH Salem] Academy is exceptional, and the numbers Music major Justin Rawley A’87, C’91 uses Salem- 8 TAG ROOM TIDINGS say it all! learned skills in cutting-edge research. Award-winning Yearbook, p. 9 Drama Queens, p. 9 14 “MISS T” @ 40 27 20 QUESTIONS Purple or Gold?, p. 10 For the last four decades at Salem Academy there Meet our 2012 Scholars Legislative Leader, p. 10 has been one constant—Mary Lorick “Miss T” Welcoming New Faculty and Staff, p. 12 Thompson, Assistant Head of School and Dean of 34 SO MANY REASONS WHY Chair Library Opens, p. 13 Students. WE LOVE SALEM 28 ALUMNAE NEWS 18 DOCUMENTING AMERICA Recognizing Excellence: Alumnae Awards, p. 29 Amanda James A’07 is going where the stories Events Gallery, p. 32 make a difference in people’s lives. “Salem Academy 36 GIVING 20 HOLDING COURT Remembering Two Beloved Salem Like so many Academy graduates, attorney Alice gives me a Supporters, p. 37 Morrison Tolin A’97 discovered her career passion as a Salem student. global 38 IN CLOSING | YOURS TRULY FREEZE-FRAME, 1972 22 STRENGTHENED BY FRIENDSHIP perspective” The deep friendship forged at Salem Academy 41 THE 2011-2012 HONOR between Rolonda Watts A'77 and Shannon White ROLL OF DONORS A'77 has lasted the test of time and distance. 34 Reason No. 17 President's Message As a student once told me, now I, too, tell students that Salem Academy is the safest place in the world to take a walk on the risky side. - Susan E. Pauly Embracing the from experience that the life of the mind to create chemical reactions in labs and is also a life full of feelings, some of which new works of art in studios; to balance “Fearare ‘dangerous’ Factor” and unpopular. The most formulas in their heads and balance their powerful of these feelings is fear of failure. bodies in PE class; to stretch physically, Not a day goes by that we do not encourage socially and intellectually and to direct, students to embrace failure as a vital part of debate, dance, synthesize, solve and their academic journey. sinnggg! The need to protect one’s image is For more than two centuries, women 2 • Magazine 2012 2 • Magazine strong in all of us. Yet self-protection is the at Salem have learned to embrace risk. antithesis of academic life. The great opera The amazing success stories of Salem Salem Academy may be lovely, but it star, Beverly Sills, spoke of the importance alumnae that are celebrated in these pages is not all "peace and tranquility." Our lush of risk when she warned that we “may be remind us all that accepting the ‘fear green lawns, arching shade trees, curved disappointed if we fail, but we are doomed factor’ in life is what puts us in a position walkways and historic buildings create an if we don’t try.” Each semester as the weeks to realize our true potential and achieve environment that is a treat for the eyes go by, the faculty guide students to explore our dreams. After all, it is what comes and a balm for the soul, but nevertheless, more unfamiliar material and to think even after fear that matters most. The actress beyond all that beauty lies risk. more deeply and creatively. Throughout life, Mary Pickford noted that any of us can That is exactly how it should be. At our students will confront new information have a fresh start at any time, for the the Academy we are passionate about the that must be mastered, and so in every thing we call failure is “not falling down, intellectual life of students, and we know discipline we challenge them. We urge them but staying down.” I was reminded of this BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charles A. Blixt, chair; Winston-Salem, NC Leigh Flippin Krause C‘85, vice chair; Raleigh, NC D. Wayne Burkette, treasurer; Pfafftown, NC Anna McCoy Smith C‘98, secretary; Winston-Salem, NC Winifred Currie Ballenger C‘74, Roanoke, VA Lisa Herron Bankoff C‘73, Atlanta, GA Deana Bass C‘95, Alexandria, VA Elizabeth Copeland Becher A‘58, Winston-Salem, NC Mary Martha Whitener Beecy C‘88, Charlotte, NC Robiaun L. Charles, Austin, TX L. Duane Davis, Winston-Salem, NC Mary Maples Dunn, Cambridge, MA Rodgeryn R. Flow, Winston-Salem, NC McDara P. Folan III, Winston-Salem, NC Ginger Renick Griffin, Greensboro, NC Ann Stone Hanes A‘71, Winston-Salem, NC Sallie Craig Tuton Huber C‘68, Newton, MA Stephen G. Jennings, Panora, IA PHOTO: SALEM ARCHIVES Martha Riggs Lowry A‘79 C‘91, Winston-Salem, NC Jennifer Reinhardt Lynch A‘77, High Point, NC truth once when a student stopped to talk did not know she could do; and may she Martha Johnston Manning A‘73, Winston-Salem, NC Chi-Chi Ziglar Messick C‘89, Winston-Salem, NC with me about Salem’s historic hazard: our fall down (just a little) on her journey William H. Petree Jr., Winston-Salem, NC “Fear Factor” charming but infamous brick sidewalks. toward standing up. William R. Phillips, Winston-Salem, NC S. Margaret Pike C‘94, Winston-Salem, NC “President Pauly,” she explained, As a student once told me, now I, Academy 3 • Salem M. Elizabeth Rader, Cincinnati, OH “when you finally fall face down at too, tell students that Salem Academy Rebecca Hewit Rauenhorst C‘74, Tampa, FL Salem—and you will—no one will laugh is the safest place in the world to take Nancy Taylor Sumner C‘69, Raleigh, NC Ramon Velez, Pfafftown, NC at you because at Salem, we all fall down.” a walk on the risky side. After all, there Wallace C. Wu, Winston-Salem, NC The years that students spend with us is always someone here to pick you up, are a unique opportunity to practice the dust you off, and point you in the right TRUSTEES CONTACT INFORMATION: Salem Academy and College Board of Trustees art of falling . not failing, just falling. direction. That direction would be the Inspector’s House/Office of the President And so, as we celebrate the arrival of this future—the place where our current 601 South Church Street new semester and a new calendar year, I students will someday shine, serve Winston-Salem, NC 27101 send out fond wishes to each woman at and make a better world, just like the Salem: may she feel the gentle, insistent remarkable alumnae who preceded them. Introducing “Walking Together” pressure from our faculty who know well An occasional sojourn by the president of Salem that guiding a student out of her comfort Safe travels, Academy and College on the topics of educating women, leadership, contemporary culture, and zone is the greatest gift we can bestow; inspiring individuals to be agents of positive may she find herself at the end of the change. semester filled with healthy pride, the kind Join the Conversation www.susanpauly.com that comes from achieving that which she Susan E. Pauly, President Headmaster's Corner PHOTO BY BLACKHORSE I love bragging about Academy Along with the optimism, however, comes a certain amount of girls, because they give me so toughness.