ALUMNI MISSION The purpose of this Association shall be to serve the alumnae/i and Princeton Day School, to perpetuate the ideals and friendships formed there and at its predecessor schools, Miss Fines School, Princeton Junior School for Boys and Princeton Country Day School, by providing opportunities to establish beneficial relations and communications between them. PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES John P. Hall, Jr., Chairm an Deborah Sze Modzelewski, Vice C hair C. Treby McLaughlin Williams ’80, Vice Chair Jack Z. Rabinowitz, Treasurer John M. Peach, Secretary!Parliamentarian ONTENTS Barbara Griffin Cole ’78 Patrice Coleman-Boatwright Judith R. Fox, Head o f School P r in c e t o n D a y S c h o o l J o u r n a l Julia Penick Garry ’77 Marilyn W. Grounds Volume 39, Number 2 • FALL 2002 Daniel J. Graziano, Jr. Brooke R. Gunn Joseph H. Highland Donald J. Hofmann Jr. From the Head of School Raman Kapur Nancy Weiss Malkiel Edward E. Matthews Come Into Our Garden Andrew M. Okun Robert H. Olsson ’78 Harvesting Knowledge in the Lower School Garden Marc J. Ostro Rev. Carl D. Reimers Jr. PDS Honorees Ruthellen S. Rubin Menachem Sternberg Drawing Connections to the Past 8 Penny B. Thomas Elaine Torres-Melendez 9 John D. Wallace ’48 Baker Field Dedicated James W. Wickenden Robert N. Wilson Visions o f H ope Elizabeth C. Dilworth, Trustee Emerita Betty Wold Johnson, Trustee Emerita Reflections on 9/11 from Samuel W. Lambert III, Trustee Emeritus a Photojournalism class 2002-2003 ALUMNI BOARD Robert H. Olsson ’78, president Kate Chimacoff ’04 Jamie Phares Jacobson ’80, vice president Alumni Awards Nomination Form Philip E. Clippinger ’83, treasurer Newell Thompson ’82 ex officio From the Alumni Association President John C. Baker PCD ’62 Carol Katz Connolly ’77 Elizabeth Bylin Cook ’90 Memories of Alumni Weekend 02 Louis Guarino ’79 Judson R. Henderson ’92 Sandra Kimbrough ’81 Princeton Day School Class of 2002 Livia Wong McCarthy ’77 Katie Poole ’71 Miss Fines School Class Notes Courtney L. Shannon ’88 Linda Maxwell Stefanelli MFS ’62 PantherWear ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT Andrew C. Hamlin, Director o f Advancement Ann M. Wiley ’70, Associate Director o f Development Princeton Country Day School Class Notes 25 Stephanie J. Briody, Director o f Alumni Relations Kathleen Troy, Assistant Director o f the Annual Fund Ann e Marie Russo, Director o f Communications Princeton Day School Class Notes Colleen Mote, Associate Director o f Communications Danielle Nutt, Administrative Assistant to Directors In Memoriam o f Alumni Relations and Annual Fund Jenna Hilton, Database Administrator Dolores Wright, Administrative Assistant to Annual Report 2001-2002 41 Director o f Advancement FALL 2002 JOURNAL Alumni Weekend ’03 Schedule of Events Editor: Anne Marie Russo Associate Editor: Collen Mote D esigner: Maria Kauzmann, MK Design ON THE COVER: Members of the Class of 2002 at the annual Last Hurrah gathering hosted Annual Report compiled by: by the Alumni Board on August 14, include, seated, from left: Jon Rotberg, Alex Sussman, Ann Wiley ’70 and Andrew Hamlin David Ostro, Michael Kassler-Taub, Izaak Bray, Alex Stanko, Ariana Stahmer, Julie Wilson, P rinted by Garrison Printing Company Kelly Carr, Stefanie Dursin, Graeme Blair, Johanna Dickson, Sarah Fort, Thomas Bohnett, To e-mail the alumni and development Dan Crosta, Sarah Maloney, Nate Smith, Jacob Widlitz, Amy Perlman, Ryan Dreher. Stand­ staff, use the following format: ing, from left: Erica Lanni, Michael Rosen, Bob Grannatt, Scott Schaub, Rich Burby, Dan first initial last [email protected] (no spaces). Mykytyn, Grant Schmucker. Laura Gosnell. Chris Palsho, John Patteson, Dorian Batt, Michael Sieglen, Elif Sen, Nate Halpern. Andrea Swaney, Rebecca Bramlett, Sarah Elmaleh, Ari Paul, Princeton Day School complies with all federal Dan Anderson, Greg Myers, Michael Fragoso, Bill Caulin, Jimmy Patrick, Ian Bezar, Parker and state laws prohibiting discrimination in its Curtis. Inset photos, from left: Kelly Carr, Shanique Streete, Katie Babick, Ryan Dreher, Sarah admissions, employment and administrative polices. Fort, Graeme Blair, Sarah Maloney and Thomas Bohnett. Cover photos by Anne Marie Russo FALL 2002 • PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL • 3 FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOl ow that I have completed my first year as Head of PDS, I have seen and experienced its value for students, and am beginning to understand how the people here touch one another’s lives in lasting ways. I hear about it at regional reunions and other alumni gatherings. So many of you have told me how much you look forward to each issue of the Journal to catch up with friends and learn more about what’s going on at the school. Our Annual Report is published in this issue of the Journal. Thanks to the generosity and support of our alumni, parents and friends, the Annual Fund reached a million- dollar goal for the second consecutive year. On behalf of the trustees, I wish to thank all of those whose continued generosity helps support our school. In the following pages you will see how our faculty continues to bring ideas into our classrooms through innovative curricula, and instruction that creates an exciting learning environment. Lower School students learned the science and the satisfaction of planning and planting a new garden on campus. They also discovered the pleasure of sharing the harvest with others. A Middle School humanities class project, “PDS Honorees,” allowed students to integrate technology in the classroom. Their work, a collection of stories about people in our community whose contributions made a difference in shaping the lives of others, is on display on our school Web site and in this issue of the Journal. Finally, in this issue, a gallery of images taken by Upper School photojournalism students in the weeks following September 11, 2001, illustrates how they found strength and solace in recording the serious realities of an increasingly complex world. Beyond the classroom, our faculty and trustees are deeply involved in planning for the school’s future, specifically what we hope to accomplish in the next five years. Some items under focus are arts, athletic and library facilities, how to support and recruit outstanding teachers, the uses of technology in our work, and how best to develop classes of students with broad-ranging interests and talents without undue consideration of financial circumstances. We take enormous pride in our school. The challenges going forward derive from sustaining and extending excellence. I am grateful for the ways in which our commu­ nity of alumni, parents and friends step forward to help Princeton Day School be the best school it can be. /O 4 • PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL • FALL. 2002 hile other schools students were sharp­ ening their pencils and gathering school supplies, PDS Lower School students were beginning to pick ripe tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables off the plants many of them started from seed in the classroom. One child stood in the bright sun eating a plum tomato while her class­ mates picked cucumbers and squash in nearby garden rows. The new Lower School garden developed last spring under the direction of LS Sci­ ence teacher and curriculum coordinator Aaron Schomburg, with the Ostro Grant In Support of Interdisciplinary Education, gives every grade in the Lower School the opportunity to foster interdisciplinary learning. Stu­ dents work in the soil and write in journals about their garden discoveries. “It’s a great teaching tool and working in the garden builds character,” said Mr. Schomburg. The Lower School faculty hopes to take the garden from seed to harvest each year, with children planting the seeds harvested from each crop. But never forget - the garden is a miraculous place...’ - William Joyce, The Leaf Men LS science teacher Aaron Schomburg helps third graders record their garden discoveries in journals. Insets photographs of caterpillars, eggs, larvae and insects found in the adjoining butterfly garden were taken by LS science teacher Tara Quigley, who developed a “Good Bugs/Bad Bugs" picture guide as a garden- side reference tool. Harvesting Knowledge in the Lower School Garden FALL 2002 • PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL • 5 PDS Honorees Drawing Connections to the Past Middle School Students May Margaret Fine Colross Miss May Margaret Fine was the founder A house was built in the year 1799 in Discover the Heroes & and the first head of Miss Fine’s School Alexandria, Virginia and named “Belle Air”. Heroines o f PDS which opened in 1 899. It was a school for The second owner of the house, Jonathan the sons and daughters of professors Swift, used to visit a small village in Ireland ut of the study of Greek history and teaching at Princeton University. Origi­ named Kulros. Mr. Swift chose to change collecting words in a “word bank” nally this school was a school for boys and the name of his new home from “Belle Air” evolved a Middle School humanities girls, but it changed later on and only girls to “Colross” in honor of that village. writing project called “PDS Honorees,” a were allowed to attend past 3rd grade. During Colross’ rich history, it served as collection of brief biographies about some Princeton Country Day School opened in a hospital during the Civil War, was part of the heroes and heroines of our school. 1925. The boys went there after grade 3. of the under ground railroad, and was MS Humanities and computer teacher Paul In 1965 Princeton Country Day School once wagered and “lost” in a game of Warms wanted to bring PDS history home and Miss Fine’s School merged to form cards by its gambling owner. to students. “It’s important to remember Princeton Day School. The wings of the house were added those who gave so generously and enriched Miss Fine was a lively spirited person.