Fall 2013 Global Exchange

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Early Learning Center Opens With Familiar AIS Faces

Special edition: 2012-2013 AIS Annual Report

Global ExchangeT H E A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E O F AT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

AIS Global exchanGe / 2013

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2012-2013DEB SUDBURY, CHAIR

NEIl JoHNSoN, VICE-CHAIR

KEVIN o’HAlloRAN, TREASURER

MEMBERSCHARlIE BoSTwICK SCoTT BRITToN

wENDY ClARK VERNA ClEVElAND

CHI ColBERg CHRISTIAN FISCHER

MARC FlEURY JIM HARVEY

wENDIE HAYlER RolAND JoHN

FADlo KHURI CRISSY KlAUS

BETH KYTlE ‘98 DENNIS loCKHART

CHRIS lowE TRISH MARCUCCI

MIKE MCCARTHY lARRY MoCK

CECIlE NozIERE DAN REARDoN

FRANK THoMAS BENNY VARzI

ANDREw wHITNEY EMIlY wIllINgHAM ADAIR

lAURA wINCHESTER

EX OFFICIOKEVIN glASS, HEADMASTER

gERRY HUll, TRUSTEE EMERITUS

olgA PlAUT, TRUSTEE EMERITA

RoY PlAUT, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

MoNIqUE SEEFRIED PH.D., TRUSTEE EMERITA

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONHEADMASTER KEVIN glASS

HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PATRICK HURwoRTH

DEpuTY HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL/HEAD OF uppER SCHOOL JEFF HolCoMB

DEpuTY HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL/ HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL JENNIFER wEYBURN

HEAD OF uppER pRIMARY SCHOOL AlAIN PoIRAUD

HEAD OF LOWER pRIMARY SCHOOL DUSTY FRETwEll

DEpuTY HEAD OF pRIMARY SCHOOL CHRIS THoMAS

HEAD OF CuRRICuLuM & pROFESSIONAL DEVELOpMENT RACHEl HoVINgToN

HEAD OF DEVELOpMENT STEwART lATHAN

HEAD OF ADMISSION, FINANCIAL AID & MARKETING REID MIzEll

HEAD OF OpERATIONS AND FINANCE PAUl SAEgER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICEANNuAL FuND MANAGER KATHRYN BANKS

SpECIAL EVENTS AND ALuMNI RELATIONS COORDINATOR NATAlIE KEEN

DEVELOpMENT DATAbASE MANAGER MANDY gEE

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMuNICATIONS CoURTNEY FowlER

MANAGER, DIGITAL COMMuNICATIONS & DESIGN lAURA STIDHAM

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4 Message from the AIS Board Chair and Headmaster

Around AIS

6 Early learning Center Debuts

9 Approaches to learning: The Heart of Middle School

10 Design Joins Core Subjects in the MYP

12 Photo Story: If These walls Could Talk… Sandy Ferko’s office

14 Retirements: Diane Dear, Kathryn Turman and Christiane Box

Staying Connected

16 Alumni Class Notes

19 2012/2013 Reunions

21 Settled in Seattle

Final Word

22 Congratulations, Class of 2013

24 Honors Assembly 2013

25 Colleges and Universities

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Early Learning Cener Debuts, Page 6

EDITORCoURTNEY FowlER

CONTRIBUTORS CARINA Box ‘04

MAggIE DozIER

lAURA STIDHAM

KATHRYN BANKS

PETER METCAlF

JENNIFER wEYBURN

DAwN HAwKINS

SANDY FERKo

KEVIN glASS

DEB SUDBURY

AllEgRA PoRTER ‘09

TRICIA & BIll HIRSCH

JUTTA SCHlICKER-MARTINEz

AlExANDRA zDoNCzYK ‘13

JAY DENSlow

JENNIFER RUPPEl

DESIGN bYTwEET DESIgN

ON THE COVER: CHIARA VISCoNTI DI MoDRoNE-PERVANAS

‘95, ANToNEllA PERVANAS ‘27, MARTINA

STREIDINgER PARKER ‘94, PATRICK PARKER

‘24, VERoNICA PlAUT MCDANIEl ‘97, lANA

MCDANIEl ‘27

All material, except where specified, copyright Atlanta International School, 2013. All rights reserved.


his year was a great one at AIS! Our community of learners and families grew with the opening of the AIS Early Learning Center in the Alex Horsley Building in August, launching our long-awaited full-immersion programs in 3K and 4K

French, German and Spanish. Long an aspiration of the school to open an immersion pre-K program, we exceeded our enrollment target for the ELC during year one, and anticipate bringing the ELC to full capacity in the next academic year. We expect the learning benefits of this program to be significant for the school in that students will be jump-starting their language acquisition journey with two full years of immersion which will allow them to access our inquiry-based learning in 5K and beyond at a higher level. Given the interest in the ELC program, we will continue to educate our community and prospective families that 3K is the main entry point for our Primary School Program. Last fall, we also completed the first joint three-program (PYP, MYP and DP) re-authorization visit for the IB. All three programs were successfully reauthorized and received positive feedback from the IB visiting teams. In Secondary School, we launched the new schedule, which increased curricular contact time in general as well as increased IB-DP Math time by 33% and IB-DP HL Science time by 16%. The new schedule additionally offers expanded time for the arts and afforded the opportunity to launch Design as a core course. This past year, we also successfully piloted the new Faculty Appraisal System with a group of faculty in Secondary School. The appraisal system, already in progress within the Primary School, has been implemented school-wide for 2013-14. When fully implemented, the new appraisal model will be a tool for continued professional growth and ongoing development of our excellent faculty based on defined professional standards. The system will allow for multiple inputs including peer, self, supervisor, student and parent feedback. The school continued its focus on ever-improved financial and risk management and upgraded facilities and maintenance staffing and programs. The Board has remained committed to budgeting within reduced tuition increases, the lowest in over a decade at AIS. Like many other schools, AIS is walking the tightrope of balancing pressures on tuition, attempting to maintain the affordability of the school for many of our families and continuing to finance and realize the school’s longstanding, mission-driven commitment to financial aid. While the school has effectively reached its enrollment capacity, we continue to believe that through careful financial stewardship we can navigate the competing concerns of ensuring continued qualitative improvement in our programs, improving our financial aid offerings and showing restraint in tuition increases. To that end, the Board and development team are focused on growing additional financial aid funds through the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program. As a refresher, the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program allows taxpayers to direct a portion of their state tax liability to a private school at no cost to the taxpayer. The team worked to identify and approach C corporations and taxable trusts, which are allowed to direct a much larger portion of their state tax payments to the school through this program. Other private schools have sourced over $1 million dollars annually through this program and AIS is working hard to find the individual, corporate and trust taxpayers who can help us reach this level of funding. The needs in our community are great in the financial aid area, so we ask your kind assistance in helping us find non-tuition sources of financial aid funding. Turning to other non-tuition revenue sources, we are also striving to improve membership in our leadership giving society, The 1984 Club, as well as ways to increase

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participation by former parents, friends and trustees of the school. A planned giving push to fund an endowment, establishment of relationships with additional foundations and corporate donors and solidifying the relationships we currently enjoy with foundations and corporations were also areas of interest and focus.

Finally, and most importantly, we come back to what brings us together as a community--our wonderful students. We would like to wish a warm congratulations to our AIS Class of 2013! Our graduation ceremony on May 24 was a heart-warming and memorable occasion for our students, families, faculty and community to celebrate the accomplishments of these graduates. At 81 students, it was the largest graduating class in the history of AIS. They have chosen to attend over 45 different colleges and universities in the US and internationally. The class included graduates who were admitted to multiple Ivy League and top ten schools, prestigious British universities such as Oxford and who received full-ride scholarships to Bard College (POSSE Scholar), Washington University in St. Louis (Stamps Scholar), Bennington College (Presidential), Vanderbilt University (Ingram) and Northeastern University (Presidential Scholar). Two students were also named Foundation Fellows at the University of Georgia; the list could go on and on! Our graduates also achieved a 96% pass rate on the IB, which is remarkable indeed considering the worldwide pass rate of 79%. We are so proud of all our graduates who validate through their service, accomplishments and lives the dedicated work of this school and its tremendous faculty. As always, we are honored to serve the community which has given so much to us. Walking down the halls, visiting with our students, observing our dedicated faculty and chatting with our community are all reminders of the great work done every single day at AIS. It is a special place which deserves the best efforts of all of us. With sincere thanks and warm wishes for our community,

Deb Sudbury Kevin GlassBoard Chair Headmaster

Financial aid tax cRedit Update!We want to thank all of you who participated in the Financial Aid Tax Credit in 2013. Through the generosity of parents, alumni, grandparents, C-corps and friends, nearly $500,000 was raised this year alone for the school’s financial aid program. Since AIS began participating in this program in 2008, an incredible $1,239,879.75 in total has been raised in support of financial aid at the school.

The $58 million cap was met in May for the 2013 tax year. PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION THIS FALL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN 2014!Please visit www.aischool.org/taxcredit for more information.


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This past August, a long-anticipated dream became reality when Atlanta International School opened the doors of its new Early Learning Center (ELC) in the Alex Horsley building, launching a full-immersion preschool program in French, German and Spanish for three- and four-year-olds.

The cognitive benefits of early language acquisition are without question. “Studies have repeatedly shown that second-language learning increases critical thinking skills, creativity and mental flexibility in young children,” explains Headmaster Kevin Glass. “The ELC will produce ‘graduates’ who are better language mod-elers for non-native speakers in our dual-immersion Primary pro-gram, thereby eventually resulting in raising all levels of language acquisition, literacy and learning outcomes at AIS.”

Construction began on the new facility, located on Peachtree Av-enue and across from the Adair Art, Science and Design building, in the fall of 2011. Named in honor of the school’s founding head-master, the Alex Horsley building is a one-story, residential-scale facility built to EarthCraft specifications. Horsley and his family were able to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony before his death in December 2011.

By Courtney Fowler, Global Exchange Editor

“The ELC follows the IB-PYP curriculum, which is delivered through a play-based inquiry program,” explains Maria Voutos, ELC Coordina-tor. Voutos, a trilingual veteran educator, came to AIS last year from St. Andrews International School in Bangkok, Thailand. “The ELC is truly a happy place to be, where all children are celebrated and their successes honored. Most of the children in the ELC have come to believe that learning a second (or third or fourth!) language is a normal part of 3K and 4K.” The ELC, which is overseen by Lower Primary Head Dusty Fretwell, ended its first school year with 35 students enrolled in 3K and 54 students enrolled in 4K.

While sending a child to preschool for the first time can be an emo-tional experience for most parents, it was even more so for Veronica Plaut McDaniel ‘97, who was one of the first students to ever enroll at Atlanta International School. Her daughter, Lana, was in the first group last fall to enter the ELC as a 3K Spanish student.

“Walking into those doors at the Alex Horsley building last August felt unreal! My parents (AIS founders Olga and Roy Plaut) came to witness the first day of school, and I held back tears the whole time,” says McDaniel. “My pride in my parents’ efforts at this place continues to grow as I see all the people’s lives they continue to touch,

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including ours now as parents. Lana comes home wanting to know how to translate everything into French and German and plays make-believe games by going on a plane to India and China, meanwhile understanding why we have to pick up trash on the beach when people around us are not being principled! I have fond memories of AIS as a student, and as a teacher here, I enjoy striving to help open up the world around us for our students. But, I never could have imagined how much my own child could benefit from this warm place!” McDaniel, a teacher and coach at AIS, and husband Mark hope that younger son Mateo will be joining his sister at AIS in the coming years.

Lana was not the only child of an alum in the inaugural ELC group this past fall. Asher Hawkins, son of Trace ’93 and Emily, joined Lana in the 3K Spanish track. And, Antonella Pervanas, daughter of Chiara Visconti di Modrone-Pervanas ’95, was in the first group of 3K students in the French track. Chiara and her husband, Angelos, moved with Antonella and younger daughter Verde back to Atlanta from Italy last summer.

“Many years later, to be back at AIS as a parent is both a surreal and amazing experience. Although the school has changed significantly, the feel of the place as a nurturing and dynamic community is as present as ever,” says Visconti-Pervanas. “I am proud that my daughter has started

her scholastic life at the ELC, especially since it was founded on the vision of Mr. Horsley, a man who was also a very present and influential part of my academic life. I always marvel at how things seem to come full circle in our lives, and nothing is more telling of this then having Antonella happily thriving at AIS today!” Modrone-Pervanas is newly appointed to the AIS Board of Trustees as the alumni representative, a role that Trace Hawkins held for many years.

Lana, Asher and Antonella were actually preceded as the first alum child at AIS by Patrick Parker, son of Martina Streidinger Parker ’94 and Mason Parker, who started at AIS as a 4K student in the German track in the fall of 2011.

“I think it’s wonderful that alums are now sending their children to AIS,” says Sandy Ferko, head of counseling. “It’s a real testimony to their teachers and the experiences they had at AIS as students. I hope someday my own grandchildren will come to AIS!”

Trace Hawkins ‘93 and Asher Hawkins ‘27

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CLASS OF 2027 (3K)Nadia ArefLino BartoloLeela BasoleSarah BisbisJael BookerAnna Porter BrodnaxDwayne CarterLilo CassimatisMikey Falco-FurnadLily FloydMicaela GianellaAlex GoetzAlex GoldsmithEve GordonAlexa GrossmanUtshaho GuptaAsher HawkinsMaya JoshiAna Sofia Keber-DiazRobert KottkeAdrian LytleNolan McClenaghanBenjamin McCormackLana McDanielAntonella PervanasNymah PieperAnthony ReznickAnouk Robbiani-PauleteBella Rodriguez

Victoria SaigalEva SchoenJosh SmithMaanav VatsAurora WilliamsTala Zein

CLASS OF 2026 (4K) Everett AbbensettsAmelia AdlerMaiya BoydTessa BrinsonJames ChambersTeah CharkawiNico CheeksLiam ClaytonLeif CunninghamCameron DavoudiJulius DecoufleBenoit DellyGianmarco Di PelinoSofia DiazLilya ElchahalJoelle ElchamiAmelie FrancoisOscar Garcia-IdeLilly GlassJohn GreeneDennis GuanLeah GuessEmma Guillot

Zara HendriksenOlivia HerndonHayley HuskenLouise KyleAdelaide LockwoodPatricia Lopez-AlvarezTomas Mathias PiwowarczykHamilton MeadowsMalia MerrittTheo MichelMcLeod MisnerSascha MoffittGonzalo Molina GarciaSophie Moreira-ChauvelChloe MorrellKolby MossNathaniel OnasanyaDaniela PalatchiZachery PembertonAngela PiquinAnisa PrempehJadon RajagopalZoe ReeceLucas RogersAustin RolleyArman SharifTiago SmithAbigail StarksWes WinburnMeyline SzczepanskiElea Weimer

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Editor’s Note: According to the International Baccalaureate Organization, the core of the Middle Years Program (MYP) features five contexts for learning that “provide the main focus for developing the connections between the disciplines, so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated, coherent whole.” They are: Approaches to Learning (ATL), Community and Service, Health and Social Education, Environments, and Human Ingenuity. The below article focuses on the first context; more information can be found by visiting the IBO’s website at www.ibo.org.

Succeeding in middle school can be a daunting proposition, particularly for grade 6 students. Students switch classrooms each period and juggle the expectations of at least nine teachers. How can students stay afloat? Fortunately, the key idea of Approaches to Learning is woven into classes and advisory, and it helps students. In fact, Approaches to Learning (the abbreviation ATL suits us well here in Atlanta) started as a key concept in the IB Middle Years Program and has expanded to be fundamental to all three IB programs (grades pre-K-12).

Approaches to Learning (ATL) provides avenues of support for our newest Middle Schoolers and sets the standard for students taking ownership of their learning. It puts each subject’s skills and content into a reflective context for students. Students are frequently asked to consider these key questions: “How do I learn best? How do I know? How do I communicate my understanding?” By using ATL as a common thread for the classes and advisory periods, students gain a sense of ownership, responsibility, and empowerment over their learning.

ATL is at the core of the IB Middle Years Program. Learning Specialist, Jessica Packman highlights the importance of this skill strand: “ATL specifically identifies and nurtures the brain structures behind learning. Without ATL, optimal learning will not occur.” The explicit focus on learning skills ensures that they are directly taught and practiced in a purposeful way -- not simply leaving mastery of these skills to chance. Teaching these skills is crucial to students’ success. As Darren Rollins, history teacher, points out, “I have more success with students when I give them a path or structure to learn something.” In fact, each subject group collaborates to document strategies and materials to give students those paths to unlock the subject’s content and skills.

Though students may think that language classes are the main venue to exercise their communication muscles, ATL reminds students and faculty alike that being “fluent” is key even in the more quantitative subjects. Math teacher Kelly Chiapetta emphasizes the need to teach communica-tion in math: “Especially in math, communication is important. It’s not only about obtaining the correct answer, but it’s also about finding strate-gies to draw conclusions.” ATL ultimately prompts teachers and students to think of the necessary organization, collaboration, communication, information literacy, reflection, problem solving, and thinking skills to be successful not only as middle school students, but as lifelong learners.

Naturally though, no two students learn alike. As Packman notes, ATL helps students to form “individualized ideas and stretched cognition.” Students will ultimately each find their own answers to the central questions that this skill strand poses. The International Baccalaureate Organization’s focus on educating the whole child is apparent in its description of ATL, stating that the aim is to create “lifelong learners who have been explicitly taught the skills of effective thinking and learning, from information processing to managing emotions” (“Approaches to Learning”).

While it’s important that grade 6 students, and all secondary school students for that matter, know how to evaluate electronic sources, they also must grow in their ability to navigate relationships with peers and adults. These social/emotional aspects of ATL get significant attention in the Middle School advisory program. Throughout the 6th grade, students consider their identities as individuals as well as their ability to be a member of a team, especially at large events like Aqua Vitae and Field Day. In addition to in-class and advisory reflections, student-led conferences “are a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect on the key ATL questions. This allows them to ‘own’ their learning,” according to Kath Gregurke, Head of English and 7th grade advisor. Teachers and parents watched in awe and admiration as students led their own conferences, leading a reflection on their strengths and weaknesses as learners and setting goals for the rest of the school year.

Despite the many changes the incoming 6th graders face, ATL provides an overarching skill focus from 6th to 10th grade. 6th grader, Claudia Beroukhim, affirms the power of ATL saying that reflecting on her learning helps her to “know when I need to ask for help. In this school, you have to do a lot more critical thinking, applying, and evaluating. It’s helpful for your teachers to know that maybe you’re not used to writing and explaining. But I’m getting a lot better now.” There are many people ready and willing to help to help those incoming 6th graders. As Julia Chen, another new 6th grader, points out, “This (middle school) is totally new for us. We are testing the water.”

Each year of the MYP will certainly bring new challenges, but the continued emphasis on ATL helps keep students focused on becoming a better learner…equipped to not just survive but thrive.

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“appRoacheS to leaRninG”: the Heart of Middle School

By Jennifer Ruppel, MYP Coordinator, and Jennifer Weyburn, Head of Middle School

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In response to recommendations from previous International Baccalaure-ate school reviews, AIS has introduced Design as a full IB MYP subject. Taking its place in the curriculum alongside other core subjects such as English, Mathematics and Science, Group 8 Design consolidates the school’s offerings and brings it into line with other IB schools around the world.

Essentially a course in problem-solving, students develop their skills in researching, generating of creative ideas, manufacturing and evaluating.

Following the design process, students are encouraged to work indepen-dently towards the solving of a design brief. Communication skills are of the utmost importance as students gather and interpret information and data before sketching potential design solutions. The design process encourages students to follow an iterative approach to problem-solving that is just as applicable in Mathematics, the Sciences and any of the many other subjects students study across the curriculum. In fact, this year grade 10 students have been trained to apply the design process when attempting their personal project.

Fields of study for this year’s personal projects range from toy making and multimedia to electronics and consumer products. Cross-curricular links will enable students to make strong connections with their other studies; in some situations, students are able to draw on their own cul-tural background and tap into a rich community that furthers enhances the design experience

This past year, the design faculty were invited to participate in a trial of the new IB MYP Design syllabus. This was a great opportunity for students and teachers alike to have input into the shaping of the new curriculum and trial of the new syllabus. Very few schools around the world are given this honor, and it is a tribute to the reputation AIS has within the IBO. In addition, John Davenport traveled to The Hague to assist with the development of curriculum support materials for international distribution to teachers.

The Adair Art, Science and Design Center provides an outstanding environment in which to foster creativity. Specialist faculty have been recruited from around the world to assist students in their explorations into both the digital and product design strands of this course.

By Peter Metcalf, Design Technology Teacher

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The grandson of Jacques Cousteau, legendary conservationist and co-devel-oper of scuba technology, Philippe Cousteau was inspired from childhood to become an explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate.

In a speech to AIS Upper School assemblies this spring, Cousteau explained that he aims to build upon the legacy of his family - plus use new avenues, like his show “Going Green” on CNN - to transform environmental conser-vation by engaging young people to change the present and the future.

As Cousteau said, we are all connected, no matter where we live, and all of our choices have consequences. He urged us to choose not to procrastinate on this issue before it is too late and to make an effort to minimize our environmental impact. His suggestions included eating lower on the food chain, examining what we consume and how we consume it, and educating ourselves and others about environmental problems.

-Alexandra Zdonczyk ‘13

AIS’s Mock Trial team followed up a top-five finish in the prestigious Empire City Mock Trial Invitational competition last October with a different sort of adventure: a front-row seat to Hurricane Sandy. The team’s trip home was delayed several days by the historic storm’s arrival in New York City, which they watched safely from the same Brooklyn Bridge hotel that served as headquarters for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Upper School students rode the “Harlem Shake” wave earlier this year to a new record in visits to the school’s YouTube channel: 12,326 views as of August, to be exact. The AIS eagle mascot and other costumed Upper Schoolers took over the ASD lobby in February to stage the AIS version of this popular Internet meme. To see it, please visit www.youtube.com/AISCommunication.

mock tRial team rides out Hurricane Sandy in NYC

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if these walls could talk: Sandy FeRko’S oFFice By Laura Stidham, Manager, Digital Communications & Design

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For a time capsule of Atlanta International School’s student body, look no further than Sandy Ferko’s office. Every inch of her office is covered in mementos from her tenure as a counselor at AIS. Every one has a story to tell…

Photos wallpaper her cabinets so her family will always feel nearby.

The Class of ‘95 filled Plaut Plaza with sand, water, palm trees and gold fish—thus Plaut Pond was born. They made sure to hang a sign courtesy of the Class of ’95 with their signatures.

International flags left behind at senior graduation events parade their way into a permanent residence in Sandy’s office.

Sandy keeps collages from all of her Model United Nations trips with students: (top to bottom) University of Virginia 2008, Dublin, Ireland 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2011, Duke University 2004, Duke University 2005.

Alums love to send teddy bears to Sandy. There is even one from the family of a kindergarten student when Sandy was the only counselor at AIS as well as a uniquely squeaky lop-sided doll from Rudi Waldscheutz ’95.

In loving memory of Vivien Mai, Class of ‘05 Vivien passed away in his sleep during his freshman year at college. This painting was one of Vivien’s and was given to AIS, in his memory, by his parents.

Graham Belton, Class of ’06, gifted Sandy with a tribal statue while working in Mali with the U.S. Peace Corps.

Travis Stabler, Class of ’99, slam dunks in the old gym. Supposedly the first slam dunk at AIS—or at least the first captured on camera.

Paul Seefried, Class of ’01, wanted to leave his own “slam dunk” by giving Sandy his certificate from the Goethe Institute of Excellence in the Study of German.

As a prank, the Class of ’97 placed flyers on windshields all over campus as well as the local grocery store bulletin board:

ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT LOST!!!Last seen somewhere around the Rose and Crown Pub in Buckhead.

NAME: SANDYHEIGHT: 5’6”HAIR: ash blondeCAR: Champagne Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight

If you see our grandma, please call (404) 841-3848 and ask for Dorrita. We LOVE you grandma!

Class of ‘02 Francisco Martin-Rayo’s Winning the Minds: Travels Through the Terrorist Recruiting Grounds of Yemen, Pakistan, and the Somali Border.

Ohio State is Sandy’s alma mater. Class of “She’ll Never Tell”

Decorative Chinese artwork depicting the Year of the Ox from Sandy’s first trip to China in 1997. She escorted AIS students to the Model United Nations which was held at Beijing International School while Alex Horsley (AIS founding member and former headmaster) was headmaster there.

The silver dog tags are a souvenir from the Broadway production of Miss Saigon and an overall memento of her first trip with students to New York City in 1995.

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Diane deaR Primary School, English

To Diane Dear:

I’ll never forget being a lion tamer. I was amazed that at the young and fragile age of six, I was allowed the opportunity to wield a whip and boss around my lion-clad peers. But with great power comes tremendous responsibility – and to be honest, just a tiny bit of fear. I was a very rambunctious child I know, but even though I feigned courage, I was in reality very anxious and nervous about getting on stage. You were there for me when I felt like the cowardly lion, weak at heart. Thanks to you and your many words of encouragement, I quite literally walked into the lion’s den a few days later with a sense of higher purpose... and without wetting my pants.

A few years later, sixth grade I think it was, our class went to Europe. You were there with us and our French group in France. One day, on the snowy ski slopes of Albertville, I’d had a little too much of falling over myself. I wanted to quit, and was very near crying when you found me, sprawled across the ground, with a bad attitude and a missing ski. After I made it abundantly clear that – no, I didn’t want to try again – you took me inside to the cabin for a warm cup of hot chocolate. I’ll never forget sitting in those big plush chairs across from you, cradling my mug and surveying in safety the outside scene of my tumbling peers. You made me feel so much better, mollifying my wounded pride with words of encouragement – just like you had all those years ago. Somehow, you knew exactly what to say, and I felt imbued with the courage to try again. And so I did: rather unsuccessfully, but happy nonetheless. I can’t tell you how much that moment meant to me.

You always had a word of encouragement for me, even when I was in high school and far away from your classroom. Each time I saw you, I felt like the small child I had been all over again: safe and warm.

When I think of my time at AIS, I get a flood of emotion that is like hundreds of tiny colored memories. My time with you shines very brightly among them. I have come far since then, but it is due to those early memories, made with you among others, that I am who I am today. You and the other preschool teachers worked magic, cultivating my confidence even when I didn’t think it stood a chance! Thank you. I will never forget you for that.

I am sad to hear of you’re leaving AIS, sad for those who will not have the opportunities to learn from you as I did. I feel extremely lucky to have been at AIS when you were, and particularly lucky to have been under your gentle tutelage during such a fragile time in my life.

I hope that your next adventure is as exhilarating and as full of love as you made mine!

In love, admiration, and gratitude, Allegra Porter ‘09

Kathryn tuRmanSecondary School, English

Dear Kathryn,

Well, it’s hard to imagine a teacher who has impacted Jeremy, Alex and Derek more than you over the course of our 25-year tenure at AIS. Although they never aspired to be writers or journalists and certainly didn’t graduate from high school English as your valedictorian, their success today in their continuing education and careers can be directly traced back to Dr. Turman’s dreaded critical analysis IB papers. Captain Hirsch may never understand Shakespeare, but you can feel great pride in knowing that not only did he recently graduate from the most highly competitive program in the United States Air Force, he earned the Distinguished Graduate Award for Weapons School in part due to a paper assigned over the six- month course. Unfortunately, none of us have top secret clearance capability

to read his paper on unidentified aerial vehicles (UAVs), but believe it or not, he earned top grade and is now published. Amazing how it all works when they get a chance to write about their passion!

Meanwhile, Alex is now in her third year of law school and has been a TA for her writing professor for over a year. Turns out she has a talent for writing briefs concisely and accurately. Both are greatly appreciated by the Assistant Attorney Generals and Judges for whom she has served. The girl really knows how to study, analyze and write!

Last, but never least, Derek still hasn’t recovered from having to get through Midaq Alley, but we are sure he will be fine once he begins engineering helicopters for the Army. After a year of college English, he maintains that at least one of his high school papers could have been an “A.”

So, as you see, long lives Dr. Turman across the oceans and throughout the ages. Bill and I truly appreciate all that you and so many other teachers have given to our children. After helping to raise hundreds of our AIS kids, we wish you, Diane and Christine many happy years of a well-deserved retirement.

All our best, Tricia and Bill Hirsch (Parents of Jeremy ‘01, Alex ‘03 and Derek ‘12)


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The end of the 2012-2013 school year also marked the end of an era at AIS, as longtime faculty members Diane Dear (22 years of service), Kathryn Turman (13 years of service) and Christiane Box (23 years of service) retired. The three were honored and celebrated at an end-of-year event, where many tributes to each of them were shared. The letters below – one from a student, parents and a teacher – reflect the love and esteem in which these longtime teachers are held in the AIS community:

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Christiane boxSecondary School, German

Jeder hat in tiefstem Dank derer zu gedenken, die Flammen in ihm entzündet haben.-von Albert Schweitzer

How do you say good-bye to a retiring member of our faculty who has helped shape AIS through her 23 years of service? And how do you adequately acknowledge someone who, in many of our minds, has reached iconic status? I had to ask for a double extension on my deadline to attempt an answer to this question with this article, and I am still struggling with how I can do her and her countless contributions to the school justice with mere words. Mine won’t do. I had to consult a dictionary - multiple times.

First entry looked up: Icon. The very first definition that came up read as follows: A religious icon is defined as a supreme personality of godhead. Sticking to the realm of mortals, we are left with a supreme personality. Well, this is a promising start and can surely serve as one adequate descriptor of Frau Box. Anyone who meets her is undoubtedly left with the impression of just having met a strong personality, someone truly special, someone they will not easily forget, someone who, in the shortest of conversation, has pushed them to be just a little bit better, just a little more knowledgeable, just a little more reflective, just a little more open-minded, just a little more caring. Yes, Christiane Box does embody the IB learner profile, and I am sure she has lived and shared it long before its theoretical inception.

When Patrick Hurworth coined the indelible phrase of “Christiane, the icon,” he must, however, have an even more far-reaching interpretation in mind. So, it is back to the dictionary for me: icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i.e. a name, face, or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities.

Evidence of the significance that Frau Box has for AIS is all around us: engaged students, who are thriving; colleagues, who are seeking her advice and guidance; a library stocked with current German books and accompanying reviews; the Sunshine Club that celebrates and empathizes with the significant events in our faculty’s lives; thousands of dollars raised for the Bethania Orphanage through her German Cake Sale; the 100% marker for faculty contribution to the annual fund drive; the validation of the students’ work through the annual Senior Lunch. As German Subject Leader and first language coordinator of the Secondary School, she laid the groundwork for much of our successes in groups 1 and 2, and it is exemplary of her devotion to AIS that the first time I met her was when she came to my husband’s little start-up business right after our move to the US to lobby for his contribution to the Spring Benefit!

All of this commitment did not go unnoticed. In 2011 the faculty chose Christiane Box as the recipient of the prestigious ECIS award. This distinction clearly communicated the school’s appreciation for her “significant and noteworthy contribution to the promotion of international education and understanding”, the fact that she “has proven to be an exemplary citizen by exhibiting personal integrity, ethical professional practices, high personal expectations, a positive attitude and demeanor toward others”, and that she has “contributed above and beyond normal obligations” while demonstrating “the ability to excel at inspiring and leading others.” (Citations from European Council of International School)

At the heart of a teacher’s world, however, lies his or her work with the students in the classroom. Christiane Box has been an extraordinary educator. As a non-native speaker of English, I was about to call her a great pedagogue, until I had the good sense to consult the dictionary one more time, and found that in English this “false friend” connotes an educator who is pedantic, strict and stiff, and therefore describing the exact opposite of her teaching style! Since I obviously cannot rely on my own portrayal of Frau Box as a teacher, I once more consulted an expert: Dr. Richard Leblanc of York University, who in 1998 published certain requirements for good teaching that adequately describe her approach to her craft:

GOOD TEACHING is as much about passion as it is about reason. It’s about not only motivating students to learn, but teaching them how to learn, and doing so in a manner that is relevant, meaningful, and memorable. It’s about caring for your craft, having a passion for it, and conveying that passion to everyone, most importantly to your students. GOOD TEACHING is about listening, questioning, being responsive, and remembering that each student and class is different. It’s about pushing students to excel; at the same time, it’s about being human, respecting others, and being professional at all times. GOOD TEACHING is about humor. GOOD TEACHING is about caring, nurturing, and developing minds and talents. It’s about devoting time, often invisible, to every student. It’s also about the thankless hours of grading, designing or redesigning courses, and preparing materials to further enhance instruction. GOOD TEACHERS practice their craft not for the money or because they have to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to. Good teachers couldn’t imagine doing anything else. (THE CORE Association for Experiential Education Schools & Colleges Professional Group Newsletter, Spring 1999, Vol. 2, # 1)

Frau Box not only lived these principles of good teaching in her classroom, but shared them freely with us, her colleagues, challenging and guiding us towards the same standards. Her students surely recognized her efforts on their behalf. One of them chose her as his STAR teacher, the one educator who inspired him the most and was most instrumental on his path to becoming an outstanding high school student. Countless testimonies of alumni sharing memories on the occasion of her retirement also give testimony to the lasting impact of her lessons in their lives.

With Frau Box’s retirement, AIS has to say good-bye to a great educator, an engaged and caring colleague, a committed member of our community. In addition, in her years at AIS, Christiane Box had continued to serve as a strong voice linking us to the roots of the school, reminding us of where we come from and how to live our mission true to the intentions of the founders. It is up to us to carry it on, all of it - I know she will be watching!

So, how do you say good-bye to a friend, colleague and mentor if you really are not prepared to see them go? Well, you don’t. We thank her for all she has done, wish her the best for a retirement filled with happiness and new adventures, and simply say:“Tschüs, Christiane, we will see you around!”

Jutta Schlicker-Martinez

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Alumni Class NotesAT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

CLASS OF 1993FELINA LERCH is married with three children and lives in Reno, Nevada.

CLASS OF 1995

LALEH KHADIVI lives in San Francisco. Her book, The Walking, the second in a trilogy, was published this spring. She credits the teachers and classes at AIS for her “knowledge and love of literature and history” and with helping her begin her journey as a writer.

NATALIE LERCH bAN recently joined the faculty at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

CLASS OF 1996

NICKI bENNETT met her husband, Thom-as, in Ethiopia, and later worked with him in the Congo and Afghanistan. They married in 2011 after finishing a two-year mission in Pakistan. After a stint at UN headquarters in New York, they moved to South Sudan in early 2012. Nicki works on humanitar-ian coordination with the UN, and Thomas works for the European Commission’s hu-manitarian aid department. They both adore their work and living in Juba.

JASON LERCH is a scientist in the neuroscience and mental health program at the hospital and faculty in the department of medical biophysics at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children. He conducts research in childhood mental health disorders (autism, ADHD, etc.) and brain imaging methods.

CLASS OF 2001DuDEN YEGENOGLu is with the US State Department. She is the economic of-ficer in the US Embassy in Bamako, Mali.

CHANTAL(DAY) and NIC MALTA-bEY are the proud parents of two sons, Julien and Sebastien.

COREY pRAY lives in Austin, Texas and works as a Petroleum Storage Tank Inspector for UT Arlington, contracted with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

DAVID RuECKEL lives in Munich, Germa-ny and has recently started a new job with Catella Real Estate, a German Investment Manager with a Swedish parent structure.

LISA HERbRECHTSMEIER married Jan Frederic Eger in Germany this summer. AIS classmates COREY pRAY and SACHAbERKMAN flew over for the occasion.

Marine Captain CHRISTINA HAYES graduated from The Naval Academy and, 12 years later, has recently transitioned from being captain in charge of a unit in Okinawa, Japan, to the role of operations officer for the squadron, which is com-prised of three companies. Her squadron is considered frontline should action escalate in Korea.

bObbIN SINGH got married in December to his wife, Julia, in her hometown of Oahu, Hawaii.

CLASS OF 1998

NINA bOx and fiancée Frank Seeburger were joined at a party in their honor by AIS alums RApHAEL pINTO, JOSH GuNNEMANN, VALENTIN LEMOINE, TOMER WOELz, KEVIN ROMAN and ALEx WALLACE.

ROb RAVILLEand wife Megan welcomed a daughter, Adelaide, who paid a visit to Ms. Ferko at AIS. Her dad and classmate RObERTCHESTNuT came along.

CLASS OF 1999REED THODESON recently began his new job as a Social Media and Communi-cations manager for www.SimplePart.com, an online start-up that creates online retail sites for car dealership parts departments. He has had the opportunity to run ad campaigns and marketing promotions using social media for dealerships across the country.

JON COOpER is pursuing an MBA atthe University of Pennsylvania’s WhartonSchool of Business, where he met up withANDERS pETERSEN ’95.

CLASS OF 2000THADDEuS KEEFE has opened 1Kept, a Buckhead restaurant offering “a new blend of American Cuisine and southern influences.”

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CLASS OF 2003ALExI pIASECKI has recently finished her practical experience position at the CDC and will be moving to Cameroon in September where she will be serve as a Peace Corps volunteer for 27 months. She will be working with the Ministry of Health and acting as a Community Health Educator where she looks forward to applying the skills and tools she has learned these past two years at Rollins School of Public Health (Emory University) in the field.

WHITNEY WILSON has joined the Corcoran Group in real estate sales in New York City.

Members of the Class of 2003 visited Philadelphia recently to visit CARLA WEEKS; their trip included a tour of Anthropologie headquarters (Carla’s employer) as well as a visit to a corn field! The group included GRETA MODESITT, ELIZABETH CASE NERGEN, ANDREA MOORE, CARLA WEEKS and ALExI PIASECKI.

CLASS OF 2004CATIE WARNER completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and is doing a pediatric residency in New York City next year. She wants to special-ize in pediatric dermatology and hopes to complete her dermatology training in Philadelphia after she leaves NYC.

ALEx HIRSCH is starting her third year of law school at the Charlotte School of Law. Her brother, JEREMY ‘01, is in the U.S. Air Force, while DEREK ‘12 plays baseball and is in ROTC at Wofford College.

CLASS OF 2008ETHAN LYLE recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Harvard University. He just started his new job at the law firm Ropes & Gray LLP in their Practice Development branch. In the time after graduation and before the start of his current job, Ethan worked with a small startup company called Become A Leader, Inc.

MATAN KATz is in China working on his Master’s Degree in Trade and Business.

LAuREN OLENS taught in China for a year, followed by visits to Japan and Brazil.

OLIVIA JONES has finished her degree at the University of Kent with Upper Second Class Honors in Business Administration and French. The graduation ceremonies were at Canterbury Cathedral. She plans to live in London.

CLASS OF 2009EMIKA IJuIN works for the civil engineer-ing consulting firm, Walter P. Moore, where she does project management and civil site design. She is currently located in Houston but will move to the Austin office in 2014.

ASuRupI GuRuNG graduated from John Carroll University and starts a Master’s in Nursing with emphasis in midwifery in St. Louise this summer. She came to AIS from Nepal.

KATRIN TRIETSCH gave birth to her daughter, Martha, on March 28, 2013. She and her family live in Germany.

CLASS OF 2005JAMES bRINDLEY is working for the UN in Uzbekistan. He works as a communications assistant and editor for United Nations Development Programme and Children’s Fund’s country offices. He also does related work for the Asian Development Bank and a local NGO. He has had the opportunity to draw on his THIMUN experience when organizing MUN events in the country.

EMILIA HERMANN will attend Harvard University this fall to pursue a Master’s in Public Health before returning to the Unversity of Pennsylvania to complete medical school.

CLASS OF 2006GRAHAM bELTON completed a Master’s Degree at Georgia Tech this spring before embarking on a month-long trip to Camer-oon with the organization, Engineers With-out Borders. He will begin work in early fall with Schlumberger, an oil company, with whom he will eventually work in Ravenna, Italy.

CLASS OF 2007Marine Lieutenant ANDRE pARREIRAserves on the same base in Okinawa, Japan, as CApTAIN CHRISTINE HAYES ’01.

NICO HAWLEY-WELD spent this year working as a math and science instructor and is now building infrastructure to support tech startups and

social enterprise in Victoria, BC, Canada. He starts a master’s degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois this fall, as a Jonathan Baldwin Turner Fellow, focusing on sustainable in-novation in food, energy, waste/recycling, and manufacturing.


NAMAN KANAKIYA has been accepted to the Emory University School of Medicine and will start this fall.

ADAM DINDORF graduated from university last November and officially has a BA in Theatre & English Literature. His parents, former AIS teachers Tom and Gaynor Dindorf, and brother James are enjoying Leipzig International School.

EMILY RObEY-pHILLIpS will begin her final year at Georgia Tech this August. She spent this summer in D.C. working for Congressman John Lewis as part of a special program that covers all living and travel expenses for an internship with the federal government. Emily has also been awarded the Boren Scholarship for spring 2014 at the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy & State Service, in Moscow. She studied there in 2011 and is excited to return next year.

ANuSHA STHANuNATHAN and AuDE bROOS, who just finished Michigan and UPenn respectively, took a backpacking trip to Ecuador before they each work in Chicago and New York respectively.

ADRIEN pELLERIN received rave reviews for his role as “Philip” in Mauritius, his last play this spring before graduating from Rice University.

CLASS OF 2010

DIxON ADAIR helped Atlantans herald the Year of the Snake, having been invited to co-emcee the 2013 “Spring in Atlanta” Chinese New Year Gala Performance on February 11, 2013. He was flown from DC to Atlanta by the Association of Chinese Professionals for the weekend of practice and performance.

is the final amateur category before turning professional. In addition, Oliver races for the University of Colorado at Boulder; his team placed second in the nation at Collegiate Division 1 National Championships in Ogden, Utah.

CHARLIE GEDDES took a skydiving jump while in Argentina this summer.

CLASS OF 2012

GILES GEDDES, pATRICK KIESSLINGand JuLIA LANCASTER ‘11 interned at Porsche North America this summer, during which they had a lunch date with Sandy Ferko.

CLASS OF 2013

bRICE WILLIAMS spent the week after graduation in Guhawati, India working for Operation Smile.

ARI LEVINSON graduated with honors from New York University.

CLASS OF 2011ARSALAN AKHAVAN remains busy at NYU with academic classes, a minor in producing and his work in studio, which recently culminated in a Script Analysis project involving a 20-minute cut as the protagonist of a play (Ralph from “Awake and Sing!” by Clifford Odets) in addition to scenes from plays by Moliere, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare.

ARIANA FAbIAN is double majoring in anthropology and French at Hendrix College. She participated in programs in France and India and visited Spain during her summer break.

NEEMA EbRAHIM-zADEH, a student at Stanford University, spent the summer in a Biomedical Optics program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge.

JONATHAN OLENS is a student at Syracuse University. After a Birthright trip to Israel, he interned at WSB-TV in Atlanta this summer.

SAxON bARTSCH won the Atlanta Hedge Fund Challenge and a prize of $10,000 in scholarship monies this spring. He beat 50 other teams from Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State and UGA. The teams were comprised of one to three graduates, doctorate or undergraduate students in any degree program (Bartsch was a team of one). The Atlanta Hedge Fund Challenge (AHFC) is a regional competition between student teams at Emory, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia in which a panel of hedge fund managers chooses the best investment idea.

OLIVER FLAuTT currently races for the Lupus Racing Team, an elite amateur bicycle racing team that is dedicated to raising aware-ness of the autoimmune disease and increas-ing funding through the Lupus Foundation of America. Oliver is a Category 1 racer, which

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STOP LEFT PHOTO (l to r) Anna Wilner ‘09, Amelia Zuver ‘09, Kirsten Wenz ‘11, Pan Nimmanonda ‘09

TOP RIGHT PHOTO (l to r) Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh ‘11, Andrea Pava ‘10, Dasha Vzorov ‘11

BOTTOM PHOTO (l to r) Dixon Adair ‘10, Friend of AIS, Chris Rutte ‘10, Joanna Palmer ‘10

In attendance at the reunion: Ciara O’Halloran ’09, Alia Reid ’09, Annie Farrell ’09, Eve Laurent ’09, Adrien Pellerin ’09, Ana Buling ’09, Julius Gebhard-Koenigstein ’09, Rocio Elise Brandau ’09, Dixon Adair ’10, Rana El-Nahas ’10, Christoph Koehler ’10, Joanna Palmer ’10, Tatiana Manidis ’10, Victoria Hampton ’10, Christina Rutte ’10, Julia Lancaster ’11, Neema Zadeh ’11, Jonathan Olens ’11, Guilmerme Silva ’11, Sam Jactel ’11, Lindsey Sanborn ’11, Manon Audibert ’11, Hannah Melville ’11, Amy O’Halloran ’11, Kirsten Wenz ’11, Shakeem Grohmann ’11, Dasha Vzorov ’11, Paolo Fornasini ’11, Ana Paula Shelley ’11, Ryan Kristensen ’11, Anastasia Owen ’11, Oliver Flautt ’11, Alia Moussly ’11, Anton Gebhard-Koenigstein ’11, Elliott Fretwell ’11, Emerence Lodise ’11, Arthur Marques ’12, Anna Zuver ’12, Maura Fitzpatrick ’12, Derek Hirsch ’12, Michael Sandmeir ’12, Libby Porter ’12, Alex La Palme ’12, Amelia Perry ’12, Giles Geddes ’12, Steven Holzapfel ’12, Nadine Marfurt ’12, Sydney Proctor ’12, Constance Noziere ’12, Theresa Schmidt ’12, Michael Pierce ’12, Inye Nosegbe ’12, Alejandro Garcia ’12, Giselle Fernandez ’12.

winter 2012/13 Reunion Atlanta Young Alums


(l to r) Olivia Jones ‘08, Lizzie Huntley ‘03, Cassie Huntley ‘07, Sashi Leff ‘07

(l to r) Sandy Ferko, Fran Burlingame ‘97, Arun Wiita ‘98, Alice Blanco Jaitla ‘97

(l to r) Aria Curtis ‘06, Kate Mischaikow ‘06, friend of AIS, Alexandra Panzer ‘04

(l to r) Florian Raff ‘98, Sandy Ferko, Paige Turbeville ‘97

(l to r) Brittany Pavon ‘05, Eden Smith ‘05, Emilia Hermann ‘05, Aria Curtis ‘06

(l to r) Afrooz Family ‘06, Kevin Glass

winter 2012/13 Reunion London

winter 2012/13 Reunion San Francisco

winter 2012/13 Reunion New York

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On a sunny day in February, six members of the class of 2004 con-vened near the Space Needle for brunch and a photo opportunity. Ms. Ferko had recently learned that 10% of our graduating class had settled in Seattle and wanted to know why so many of us moved to the opposite site of the country. Here are the answers from the group, which included Carey Rosser, Sinan Sutcu, Ellison Fidler, Philipp Witte and Stephan Prockow.

Why did you move to Seattle?Carey: I moved to Seattle because, after a six-year long distance rela-tionship, I decided it might be time to move in with my husband.Sinan: To work at xbox.Ellison: I moved to Seattle to work for the Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit (www.cascade.org) and to live outside of Georgia.Philipp: After graduating with my Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2010, I was debating between getting my PhD and going into industry. I decided to apply to several jobs to determine what opportunities were available. Ultimately I accepted a job offer with Boeing in Seattle through their accelerated hiring program. Now I am working as a structural design engineer on the new AT (Advanced Technology) winglet of the 737MAx.Carina: I moved to join my boyfriend (who works with Philipp at Boeing). Working at Deloitte Consulting, I was able to request an internal transfer which allowed me to change cities and also move to the Human Capital Service Area where I help other companies develop training programs and materials.

How long have you been in Seattle?Carey: I would like the record to reflect that we were here first! Even though I didn’t move out here full time until 2012, we’ve been here since 2010.Sinan: Almost three years.Ellison: I’ve been in Seattle since June 2012.Philipp: I have been in Seattle for almost two years now.Carina: I moved to Seattle in September 2012, but I currently spend more time in Florida due to a work project.

What is your favorite restaurant in the area?Carey: I don’t know. I like a lot of places. I don’t really think I have a favorite.Sinan: Capital GrillEllison: Hmmm...I really like the taco truck in Ballard, but I’ve had a lot of tasty pho around too.Philipp: My favorite restaurant in the area is List. List has an unbeat-

able happy hour with half-off entrees, and there are usually interesting people to talk to at the bar.

Carina: I have to say Portage - a small French restaurant in Upper Queen Anne with amazing service and impeccable food!

How do you like to spend your weekends in Seattle?Carey: I spend my weekends doing dog training, skiing, hiking, build-ing things in the back yard, going to Canada, grilling a wide range of NW seafood (and then eating it...)Sinan: Taking walks with my corgi, Buster, and being lazyEllison: Busy! I’ve been seeing a lot of music, been to a number of muse-ums (although I try to hit those up on Thursdays!), played in a lot of parks, volunteers with some people, and I started joining some boys in a park for pick-up soccer games on Saturday mornings. Philipp: During the summer I spend my weekends hiking and kayaking, and during the winter I spend them either skiing or snow-shoeing.Carina: I enjoy being home instead of in a hotel, catching-up with friends I’ve not seen during the week and occasionally skiing or taking a walk near one of Seattle’s many bodies of water.

What is your favorite spot in the city?Carey: The library at the top of the federal court house, because it has the best view in town. Unless it’s foggy and then it just has the same view as everywhere else.Sinan: The entire city is very scenic. Literally breathtaking views every-where!Ellison: I really like the Fremont Peak Park. It’s got this amazing view of the locks and a tiny bit of the Sound and at sunset you can see the sun dip behind the mountains and all the lights come on in Ballard. I’ve volunteered for a few work days there and those are fun too. For such a great spot, it’s super tiny, so it’s kind of hidden!Philipp: My favorite spot in the city is probably the Elliot Bay Terminal Trail along the Seattle waterfront.Carina: I enjoy taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island and walking around its adorable downtown shops and parks.

Anything else to add…?Carey: If anyone gets arrested in Washington, feel free to give me a callSinan: NopeCarina: It has been wonderful having members of the classes of ’04 and ‘05 (Arianna Gutierrez, Lamya Khoury, Brian McElhaney, Catie Warner) come visit. Let us know if you’re in town!

Editor’s Note: Carina is still awaiting Stephan’s answers.

Settled in SeattleBy Carina Box ‘04

Seattle-living class of 2004 members (l to r) Ellison Fidler, Stephan Prochow, Carina Box, Carey Rosser, Sinan Sutcu and Philipp Witte.


The 81 members of the Class of 2013 had an extremely successful year, matriculating at 47 different universities in the U.S. and abroad and earning an impressive $7.6 million in merit scholarship money, not including HOPE scholarship funds.

Of the 81 graduates, 37 will attend 15 colleges in the Southeast, including 20 students who will remain in Georgia to take advantage of the HOPE scholarship programs at UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Of the remaining graduates, 26 enrolled in 21 universities North

and West, and 17 enrolled in schools in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Sweden and The Netherlands. Two are taking gap years. The list of schools to which the students are matriculating appears in following pages.

In keeping with AIS commencement tradition, this year’s graduates are listed with their countries of affiliation:

conGRatulationS, class of 2013

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Amelia Midori AbeCanada, Japan, USA Marc Leopold AlbersBrazil, germany Anisa Mercedes AminIndia, UK, USA Clémentine Marie Christine AndréFrance Norman Stefan ArroyoCuba, germany, USA Ekua Awotwighana, Nigeria Julia Grayson barringerUK, USA zinka bartolekCroatia Alexandra Therese birkbeckUSA, Vietnam Marie boudardBelgium, France, Vietnam Leah Elizabeth braceyCape Verde, USA Oliver Douglas branchUSA Asha Ililanga CampbellJamaica, USA Hugo CapFrance Jenny Y. ChangTaiwan, USA Emily Elizabeth CohenCosta Rica, USA Coralis Colón-VegaPuerto Rico, Sweden, USA brian Davies CookUSA Sarah Marie DarradjiAlgeria, USA Anaïs de potesta de WaleffeBelgium, USA urvashi Atul DeshmukhIndia, USA Niklas Gabriel Dorschgermany Christopher Ferandelguatemala, Mexico, USA Louise Sarah Charlotte ForbesUK Emily Louise FordeUK Aaron zhu FreedmanUSA Hannah Mei FreedmanChina, USA

Lorenzo Jose González- LamassonneColombia, USA Mathias T. Guenthergermany, Turkey, USA Connor Joseph HaganUSA McKenzie Leigh HaganUSA Mohammadullah HassanAfghanistan Jeremiah George HassettNetherlands, USA Julia Allison HenryJamaica, USA Owen L. HillTaiwan, USA Naomi Holzapfelgermany Ashton Morrison ImberUSA Sarah Raphaëlle JactelFrance, USA Shea Lynne JohnsonCanada, USA Christopher Nicholas JordanBrazil Yeon Joo KimSouth Korea Sloane Amalie KleneUSA Ekaterina KoposovaFinland, France, USA Nia Marie LassiterUSA Clara Marie Lefort-Le CorvecFrance Samuel Alexander LevineIsrael, USA Tristan David Alexandre LitréPhilippines, USA Samuel baden LockeUK, USA Olivia Jeanne-Marie LodiseFrance, USA Marin LučićCroatia Kate Victoria MaddoxUK, USA Imogen Carole Martin Australia, USA Ivanna Martinez-GonzalezMexico, USA Myrtil Nioka MitangaDR Congo, germany, USA

Sara Salam Ayanaw MucheEthiopia, USA Tegan Rose OglesbyUK Sevana Chanel OhanianArmenia, USA Anastasia philbrookgreece, USA Miles David ReardonUSA Dorothy Helen RécabordeFrance, USA Nina Alexandria RiggioItaly, USA bridget Elizabeth SchillingUSA Julia Gabriella Elisabeth Schlichtgermany Sarah Katherine SchmittUSA Nicolas Affonso SeidlerBrazil, germany, USA Sydni Mariah SessionUSA Karl Ludwig Konstantin Seussgermany, USA Shreya Harshad ShahIndia, UK, USA Alejandro Guillermo ShelleyMexico, Puerto Rico Nichole Augusta SmithHaiti, USA Olivia Marie SoultzUSA Maximilian David Sprottgermany, England

Helen Martin TuggleUSA plamen plamenov ValkovBulgaria, South Africa Leila Kristiana VarziIran, USA Lucien Jehan patrice VialaFrance Elizabeth Kelley WealUSA Ellenor Kate WhitfieldUK brice Fletcher WilliamsColombia, South Korea, USA Catherine T. WoosterUSA Alexandra Noelle zdonczykArgentina, USA

conGRatulationS, CLASS OF 2013!


DEPARTMENTAL AWARDSGroup 1: First language leila Varzi

Group 2: Second languageClementine AndreKenzi Hagan

Group 3: Social SciencesConnor Hagan (Economics)Marin lucic (History)Amelia Abe (geography)

Group 4: Science Alexandra zdonczyk

Group 5: mathematics Brian CookBrice williams

Group 6: the arts Aaron FreedmanSarah Schmitt

thespian award Connor Haganlorenzo gonzalesTristan litre

Group 8: technology Jack CohenMatias Ferandel

national art honor Society award Naomi HolzapfelImogen MartinNina Riggio

national choral award leila VarziBrice williams

John philip Sousa band award Sloan Klene

national orchestra award Aaron Freedman

Quincy Jones musicianship award Myrtil Mitanga

Jones day mock trial Scholarship Sarah Stebbins

maggie baillie memorial award James Schweigert

Scholar athlete awards Alexandra zdonczyklucien Viala

aiS Service award Ekua AwotwiHelen RecabordeTegan Madden oglesbyNina Riggio

STATE & NATIONAL RECOGNITIONclass of 2012 Valedictorian Alexandra zdonczyk

class of 2012 Salutatorian lucien Viala

Georgia merit certificatesClaire AdairAnna Benkeserliam Simkins-walkerKesha Kanakiya

Governor’s honors Recognition Matias FerandeKesha Kanakiya

barnard college book award Sophie Archer

barnard Stem Tammy VuPham

brandeis book award Neeki Memar

bryn mawr college president’s book awardCharlotte goguillon

columbia university book award Keanu Mitanga

dartmouth college book award Marina Brand

emory university book award lizzy Sandlin

harvard book award Claire Adair

hendrix college book award Ana Ioachimescu

Johns hopkins book award Anna Benkeser

new college Junior Scholars award lydia KatrinElizabeth Abe

new college Stem Matei DanRaja Khuri

Rensselaer polytechnic institute award liam Simkins-walker

Rochester institute of technology awards Anna BenkeserKesha Kanakiya

Syracuse university book award Sabena quan-Hin

university of pennsylvania book award Caroline Hutchinson

Vanderbilt university Robert penn Warren award leila Yavari

Wellesley college book award Kesha Kanakiya

yale book award Sarah Stebbins

Journal cup Alexandra zdonczyk

eciS awards for international understanding Robin Boudard (Middle School)Brice williams (Upper School)Alan Preis (Faculty)

aiS honoRS aSSembly 2013

“The faculty of AIS believes that the successful completion of any worthwhile endeavor is reward in itself, that there is intrinsic value in each experience which students should perceive as the reward for a job well-done. Therefore, AIS participates in very few outside awards programs but encourages each student to work to accomplish the most that he/she can.”

-From the AIS ProfileCongratulations to the following students recognized at this year’s assembly:

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UNITED STATESAgnes Scott CollegeAmerican Academy of Dramatic ArtsAmerican University*American University of ParisAppalachian State UniversityAuburn University*Babson College*Baldwin-wallaceBard College*Barnard College*Bates CollegeBelmont University*Beloit UniversityBennington College*Berklee College of Music*Berry College*Birmingham-Southern College*Boston College*Boston University*Bowdoin College*Bradley UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrigham Young University*Brown University*Bryn Mawr College*Bucknell University Butler UniversityCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaCalifornia State University, long BeachCalifornia State University, Monterey BayCarleton CollegeCarnegie Mellon University*Case western Reserve UniversityChestnut Hill CollegeClaremont McKenna*Clark UniversityClemson UniversityColby CollegeColgate University*College of Charleston*College of the AtlanticCollege of wooster*Colorado College*Colorado State UniversityColumbia CollegeColumbia University*Connecticut CollegeCooper Union*Cornell College*

Cornell University*Dartmouth CollegeDavidson College*Denison University*DePaul University*DePauw UniversityDickinson CollegeDominican UniversityDrexel UniversityDuke University*Earlham CollegeEckerd College*Elmhurst CollegeElon University*Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityEmerson College*Emmanuel CollegeEmory University*Eugene lang College: The New School*FlaglerFlorida A&M University*Florida Institute of Technology*Florida International UniversityFlorida Southern CollegeFlorida State UniversityFordham University*Franklin and Marshall CollegeFranklin w. olin College of EngineeringFurman University*george washington University*georgetown University*georgia College and State University*georgia gwinnett Collegegeorgia Institute of Technology*georgia Perimeter College*georgia Southern University*georgia State University*gettysburg Collegegoucher Collegegrinnell College*guilford CollegeHampshire CollegeHarvard UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeHaverford College* Hendrix College*High Point UniversityHillsdale CollegeHofstra University

Howard UniversityIllinois State UniversityIndiana State UniversityIndiana University at BloomingtonIowa State UniversityIthaca CollegeJacksonville University*John Carroll University*Johns Hopkins University*Kalamazoo CollegeKennesaw State University*Kenyon CollegeKettering UniversityKnox Collegelafayette Collegelake Forestlawrence Universitylehigh Universitylewis & Clark College*louisiana State University*loyola University Chicagoloyola University New orleans*lynn University*Macalester CollegeManhattan MarymounatMassachusetts Institute of Technology*Mercer University*Miami University, oxfordMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddlebury College*Millsaps CollegeMontana State UniversityMount Holyoke CollegeNew College of Florida*New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music*New York School of Interior DesignNew York University*North Carolina State University*Northeastern University*Northern wyoming Community CollegeNorthwestern University*oberlin College*occidental College*oglethorpe Universityohio State Universityohio wesleyan Universityoregon State University

colleGeS & uniVeRSitieS 2009-2013 acceptances*Schools at which 2013 graduates enrolled


oxford College of Emory University*Pace University, New York CityParsons: The New School for Design*Pennsylvania State University, University ParkPitzer College*Point ParkPomona CollegePortland State UniversityPratt Institute*Presbyterian CollegePrincetonProvidence CollegePurdue Universityquinnipiac UniversityReed College*Regis UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island School of DesignRhodes CollegeRice University*Rochester Institute of TechnologyRollins College*RutgersSacred HeartSaint louis UniversitySaint Mary’s College*Salve Regina UniversitySan Francisco State UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySarah lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art and Design*School of the Art Institute of Chicago*School of Visual ArtsSewanee: The University of the SouthSimmons CollegeSkidmore CollegeSmith CollegeSouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern Polytechnic State University*Spelman CollegeSt. John’s College*St. John’s UniversitySt. olaf CollegeStanford University*State University of New York: Stony BrookStetson UniversitySuffolk UniversitySwarthmore College*

Syracuse University*Temple UniversityTexas A & M UniversityThe Art Institute of AtlantaTowson UniversityTrinity CollegeTrinity UniversityTufts University*Tulane UniversityUnion CollegeUnited States Military Academy*United States Naval Academy*University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California: Berkeley*University of California: Davis*University of California: IrvineUniversity of California: los Angeles*University of California: MercedUniversity of California: San DiegoUniversity of California: Santa BarbaraUniversity of California: Santa CruzUniversity of Chicago*University of CincinnatiUniversity of Colorado: Boulder*University of ConnecticutUniversity of Delaware

UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE THE US australiala Trobe University*University of Melbourne*

belgiumUniversite Catholique de louvain*

canadaBritish Columbia, Concordia*, HEC Montreal, King’s, Mcgill*, ottawa*, Toronto*, Universite de Montreal, Universite de quebec a Montreal*, waterloo, western ontario

englandAcademy of Art, Bath,

Birmingham, Bristol, Central School of Speech and Drama, East Anglia*, Edinburgh, European Business College: london; Exeter, Imperial*, lSE*, Kent, Kings, leeds, lIPA*, Manchester, Newcastle*, oxford*, Southampton, Surrey*, University of the Arts:london; UCl, UwE, York St John’s*, York*

FranceSciences Po*, Universite de Versailles Medical School*, Universite Paris V-Descartes

GermanyEuropean Business College:Munich; Erlangen*, Hochschule Deggendorf*, Jacobs University: Bremen*, Karlshochschule International University*, Technische Universitat Muenchen, Universiteit Mannheim*, Universitat Karlsruhe

irelandTrinity College Dublin

israelTechnion*

italyUniversita Bocconi*

netherlandsErasmus*, Internationale Hogeschool Fysiotherapie*, Rijksuniversiteit groningen*, University College Utrecht, University of Amsterdam

northern irelandqueen’s College Belfast*

ScotlandDundee, Edinburgh, St. Andrews*

SpainEuropean University Barcelona, University of Seville*

SwitzerlandSt. gallen

WalesCardiff, glamorgan, Swansea*

colleGeS & uniVeRSitieS 2009-2013 acceptances cont.*Schools at which 2013 graduates enrolled

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annual Report / 2012-2013

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2012-2013

henever I tell people that I raise money for a living, the reaction is always the same. The usual response is, “Oh. You’re a… fundraiser. There is NO WAY I would do your job.”

I typically answer by saying that there isn’t a better job in the world! I get to work with amazing people—parents and students, trustees and companies, teachers and alumni—from all over the globe, who are bright, passionate, caring, and generous. And, all of them love this incredible school and its wonderfully diverse and vibrant community. It’s truly a dream job! Indeed, AIS is a great place, and 2012-13 was a great year for giving to it! Through the hard work of volunteers and the Development Office team last year, we were able to raise, in total, an astounding $1,859,009 for Atlanta International School. It was a record year, and we are so grateful to all the parents, alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, parents of alumni, grandparents, friends and organizations who supported the school.

There are many ways to make a financial contribution to the school, but our primary source of gifts is through our Annual Fund. Those unrestricted dollars are so valuable because they make up the nearly 10% of the school’s operating budget that tuition doesn’t cover each year. In the past five years, we have made significant headway in raising total contributions and participation in the Annual Fund—nearly doubling our total from the 2008-09 school year. One of the most significant ways we’ve been able to increase our giving total is by growing our 1984 Club, AIS’s leadership giving society (Annual Fund donors who contribute $1,984 or more). These 161 donors were responsible for 85% of the total dollars raised last year.

Equally important—and on the rise—is our rate of participation in the Annual Fund both from parents and alumni. Last year, 72% of our parents participated in the annual fund, representing a 20% increase from just five years ago. Alumni participation is increasing as well, with 18% of our alumni giving to the Annual Fund in 2012-13. Of course, I won’t be satisfied until we reach 100% for both groups. 2013-14 could be our year!

One of the most significant changes in the last five years is the emergence of Georgia’s Financial Aid Tax Credit program. Through the generosity of parents, alumni, grandparents, C-corps and friends, nearly $500,000 was raised this year alone for the school’s financial aid program. Since AIS began participating in this program in 2008, an amazing $1,239,879.75 in total has been raised in support of financial aid at the school.

Thank you again for making it easy to tell people I have the best job in the world, and for making AIS one of the best schools in the world. Atlanta International School wouldn’t be the same without your support and generosity. We are profoundly grateful.

Stewart Lathan

Message from the diRectoR oF deVelopment

W

STEWART LATHANDirector of Development

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OpERATING ExPENSES

Salaries and Benefits $15,612,793 70%Buildings and Grounds $1,265,624 6%Depreciation and Amortization $1,859,625 8%Administrative $1,958,404 9%Educational Materials and Supplies $1,546,320 7%

Total Expenses $22,242,766 100.0% Remainder $793,355

OpERATING REVENUE

Tuition and Fees $21,000,149 91%Charitable Contributions (net) $1,206,225 6%Other Income $524,403 2%Auxiliary $305,344 1%

Total Revenue $23,036,121 100.0%

2012-13 GIVING Unrestricted Restricted Total Annual Fund $818,552 $25,250 $843,802 Spring Benefit (gross) $283,050 $146,800 $429,850

$1,101,602 $172,050 $1,273,652

2012 FINANCIAL AID TAx CREDIT: $389,416

Financial RepoRt2012-13, ENDINg JUNE 30, 2013

REVENuE

Auxiliary 1%

Other Income 2%

Tuition and Fees 91%

Charitable Contributions 6%

ExpENSES

buildings andGrounds 6%

Depreciation andAmortization 8%

Administrative 9%

Educational Materials and Supplies 7%

Salaries and benefits 70%


atlanta international School / 2012-2013 annual Fund

The Annual Fund is the most important fundraising effort at AIS. All contributions raised through the Annual Fund go directly into our operating budget to help fill the gap between tuition revenue and our operating expenses. The worthwhile investments help support all areas of the school-from faculty salaries to financial aid to day-to-day classroom programs. To accomplish the goals of the Annual Fund, it takes the support of the entire community: parents, trustees, faculty and staff, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents and friends. In 2012-2013, more than $800,000 was raised in unrestricted monies.

AIS Parent participation increased to 72% in 2012-13, with two grades in each division winning pizza parties for the highest parent participation. In Primary School, Grade 2 (89%) and Grade 5 (82%) came out on top. In Secondary School, Grade 7 (82%) and Grade 11 (83%) fought hard to reach the top in a very close Secondary School competition. This year, over 79% of our parents participated either by giving directly to the Annual Fund or through their participation in the Spring Benefit. Faculty and staff and the Board of Trustees held their long-standing tradition of 100% participation.

In 2012-2013, there were 161 members in our leader-ship giving society, The 1984 Club, named in honor of the year the school was founded. Their gifts raised 82% of the unrestricted monies for the Annual Fund.

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board Development Committee ChairChristian Fischer

Annual Fund ChairsWendi McAfee Terri Proctor

1984 Club ChairsLinda BrunerSusie CoganShefali Patel

parent Division ChairsPrimaryAlex Curtis

SecondaryConstance & George Heery

Faculty ChairsEarly Learning CenterLuz Forero

Lower PrimaryMarie Luce Van Asten

Upper PrimaryDiane Dear

Secondary SchoolChristiane Box

parent VolunteersBrad BaerJuliane BeitenCarolin BinderTherese BirkbeckStephanie Brun de PontetHeidi DeringerMary Beth DrummondAnita Elchahal

Marlo ElchahalTrace HawkinsMary JohnsonRichard MacKelfreshDawn MichelLisa MohrKim NottinghamSusannah ParkerDeslie QuinbyEleanor RatchfordTheone RutledgeChristina Smedley Lucy SotoStephanie Strong-WrenDeb SudburyStefan TerwindtLeslie ThomasRoxanne Varzi

Alumni Class AgentsMihkel Allpere Lisa Box Carina Box Marlys Brothers Laetitia Butler Brianna Carbonell Megan Doyle Caroline Geiger Cate Hilenski Cassie Huntley Eva Imbsweiler Arvand Khosravi Beth Kytle Fasil Muche Ciara O’Halloran Amy O’Halloran Rodrigo Ortiz GomezPaul Seefried Thomas Striedinger Martina Striedinger ParkerCorley Thomas

A special thanks to our parent and alumni volunteers who cheerfully give their time to make phone calls and write notes with personal enthusiasm:

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Founders’ Council ($20,000+)Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. BranchMr. & Mrs. John R. CharmanMr. & Mrs. Christian FischerMrs. Marianne Halle

Ambassadors’ Society ($10,000 – $19,999)AnonymousDr. Mark F. Baucom and Dr. Anne BaucomMr. & Mrs. Robert Cain, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. DoyleMr. Marc J. Fleury & Ms. Nathalie Mason-FleuryMr. & Mrs. James W. FloydDr. Peter Z. Guan & Ms. Vivian WongMr. & Mrs. Gerry G. HullDr. Nicholas Hume & The Reverend Dr. Janice J. HumeMr. & Mrs. Neil R. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Christopher W. KlausMr. & Mrs. Willis E. Lowe IIIMr. & Mrs. Dean W. MorrisMr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’HalloranDr. & Mrs. Manish PatelMr. Mark PerkinsMr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr.

Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd SchüttlerMr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane KamenzMr. Charles E. Taylor & Ms. Lisa Cannon TaylorMs. Chiara Visconti di Modrone- Pervanas ‘95 & Mr. Angelos PervanasMr. & Mrs. John O. WinchesterDr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Ms. Cynthia Fleck

Consuls’ Circle ($5,000 – $9,999)Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham AdairMr. & Mrs. Patrice AndreDr. W. Perry Ballard IIIMr. & Mrs. Scott P. BrittonMr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley GibersonMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. ColbergMr. & Mrs. Miles R. CookMr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Ms. Michelle T. Caruso-DecoufléMr. & Mrs. Thomas DimitroffMr. & Mrs. Kevin DottsMr. & Mrs. Brian G. DysonMr. James A. Harvey & Dr. Lilia Cuesta Harvey

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. HaylerMr. Derk Hendriksen & Mrs. Rebecca MessinaMr. & Mrs. Roland H. JohnMr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-KetzesMr. & Mrs. Stéphane Leudet de la ValléeDr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer CulleyMr. & Mrs. Gilbert Madrid, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Darren MarshallMr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthyMr. Peter McKenney & Ms. G. Penny McIntyreMr. & Mrs. Mark F. PadillaMr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-SmithMr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez PlautMr. & Mrs. Daniel D. ReardonMr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth FisherMr. & Mrs. Edward RiekerMs. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. MargolisMr. Todd Schaffner & Ms. Amelia Pane SchaffnerMr. & Mrs. Rhett L. TurnerMr. Brent Yamaato & Mrs. Joyce Pascual Yamaato

Shutze Guild ($1,985 – $4,999)Anonymous (2)Mr. Cal Abel & Mrs. Bree PattilloMr. & Mrs. Lang AdlerDr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette ChengDr. & Mrs. Kelly J. AhnDr. Farooq Ashraf & Dr. Bernadette Wang AshrafMr. Brad Baer & Mrs. Tosha HaysDr. & Mrs. Demir BaykalMs. Dana R. BentataMr. & Mrs. Charlie BostwickMr. & Mrs. Alan BoxMr. & Mrs. Wayne BradleyMr. Thomas Brown & Mrs. Danielle Drapeau-BrownMr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown IIIMr. & Mrs. W. Andrew BrunerMs. Mary Ann CarbonellDr. Jack Chen & Ms. Angela HsuDr. & Mrs. William H. Cleveland IIMr. & Mrs. Milo S. CoganMr. Glenn Cohen & Mrs. Lynn Pattillo CohenMr. John R. Couvillon & Dr. Jacqui FischMr. & Mrs. Douglas CrawfordDr. & Mrs. Dan DanMr. & Mrs. James P. P. DirrMr. Antonio Dozier & Mrs. Nicci Mackey DozierMr. & Mrs. James A. Dunlap, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Alec N. ElchahalMr. & Mrs. Safwan A. ElchahalDr. & Mrs. Mikhael ElchamiMr. & Mrs. P. Foster Finley, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. FloydMr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. DeringerDr. & Mrs. Tim FoxMr. & Mrs. James W. GeddesMr. & Mrs. Kevin J. GlassMr. & Mrs. Patrick F. GoguillonMr. & Mrs. Arun GoreMr. Jackson A. Hale & Ms. Kay VermeulenMr. & Mrs. Harold M. HawkinsMr. & Mrs. Matt HerndonDr. & Mrs. Scott IsaacsMr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de Pontet

Mr. & Mrs. Steven JacobsMr. & Mrs. Bruno G. JactelMr. Rick Jernigan & Ms. Nelda MaysMr. & Mrs. Neil JohnstonDr. Dimitrios Karmpaliotis & Dr. Ioanna KosmidouMr. & Mrs. Umesh K. KhaitanDrs. Fadlo & Lamya KhuriMr. & Mrs. Ravi KumaraswamiMs. Martha Kytle ‘98 & Mr. Zeb ChandlerMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. N. LitréDr. Richard C. Lodise & Dr. Valerie J. JagiellaMr. & Mrs. Sherwin LoudermilkDr. & Mrs. Matthew J. MazzawiMs. Kim T. McEverMr. Iain McLaughlin & Mrs. Caroline McLaughlinMr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. MichelMr. Philip Mills & Dr. Jill MillsMr. Nicholas Misner & Dr. Alienor GilchristMr. & Mrs. Bradley L. MitchellMr. Lawrence E. Mock, Jr.Ms. Lisa MohrMs. Starr MooreMr. & Mrs. Neil MorrellDr. Thinh Nguyen & Dr. Han C. PhanMr. Per B. Normark & Ms. Cynthia A. PriceMr. & Mrs. Eric NoziereDr. Babatunde Onasanya & Ms. Carolyn SalasStacey Cunningham & Richard K. ParadiesMr. & Mrs. Chris ParkerMr. Pablo Perella-Berdun & Ms. Paula HolfeldMr. Dominique Petitgenet & Mrs. Sylvie DardoiseMrs. Amy Pham & Mr. Thomas VuDr. & Mrs. James ProctorMr. & Mrs. David ReilingMs. Catherine ReimerDr. & Mrs. Matthew M. RichardsonMr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane SchleiferMs. Remedios RodriguezDr. Juan M. Sarmiento & Dr. Patricia YuguerosMr. & Mrs. Marcus SchmidtMr. Benjamin C. Schüttler ‘08Dr. & Mrs. Robert SlosbergMr. Chee K. Tan & Ms. Lan T. ChiemMr. & Mrs. Stefan J. TerwindtMr. Philip A. Theodore & Ms. Beth LanierMr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas IIIMr. & Mrs. Mark ToweryMrs. Jane S. TurnerMr. & Mrs. H. Benny VarziMr. & Mrs. Dennis WagnerMr. Robert C. Watkins III & Ms. Stewart LathanMr. & Mrs. James Wayt, Sr.Mr. D. Andres WeaverMr. & Mrs. David A. WilkeMr. Alan Wilson & Mrs. Moira WilsonMr. & Mrs. Albert Woodroof IIIMr. Miguel Yelos San Martin & Ms. Patricia JaniotMr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen

total Giving contribution Formula(Contributions made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013)

To fully acknowledge the valuable – and often times multiple – contri-butions our supporters make, this formula is used by the Development Office to calculate each donor’s total giving contribution and is used to determine membership in our leadership gift society, The 1984 Club.

Gifts of Cash or Securities to Unrestricted or Restricted Annual Fund

+ Matching Gifts from employers*+ Special Event participation (less any goods or services received)**+ Special Event item purchases (less the fair market value)+ In-kind gifts for the school’s operations (according to fair market value)+ Auction item donations (according to their original fair market value once they are sold)

= Total Giving Contribution for the year

* Individuals must give a minimum of $1,984 personally in order to receive Spring Benefit tickets. ** Your Annual Fund pledge is a separate commitment from any Spring Benefit participation.

Every effort has been made to include all contributors and to verify the correct listing of donor names. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly, we apologize and would appreciate notification.

AIS annual GiVinG JUlY 1, 2012 - JUNE 30, 2013

= Development volunteer


Anonymous (57)Mr. & Mrs. Ty AbbensettsDr. & Mrs. Sadique Abdul-MateenMr. & Mrs. Haruo AbeMr. Alex I. Acker ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Evan AdlerMs. Mariela AguileraMs. Kimberly AguirreMr. Karim Ahmad & Mrs. Pia Sabharwal AhmadMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AibelMr. & Mrs. Peter AlbersMr. & Mrs. Greggory AlbrightMs. Dagmar AlexanderMr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel AlibakshMr. Devin M. AllenMr. Márcio Amazonas & Ms. Natália FerreiraMrs. Charlotte AmelotMr. John AmosaMr. & Mrs. David AnbariMr. & Mrs. Bradley S. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Paul AndersonMr. Christopher AndersonDr. Vinicius C. Antao & Dr. Germania A. PinheiroMr. & Mrs. Chris ArcherMs. Andrea M. ArenaMs. Rosemary Armstrong & Mr. Jay BurtonMs. Juliette N. AssiMr. & Mrs. William AtkinsonMr. & Mrs. Ron G. AubeMs. Edith P. Aubin & Mr. Dmitri G. ChtchekineMr. & Mrs. Philippe A. AudibertMr. & Mrs. Opher AviranMr. Kweku AwotwiMr. & Mrs. Eric BakerMr. Daniel C. BakerMs. Sharan K. Bal ‘05Dr. Victor Balaban & Dr. Jamie WeismanMs. Sarah BallewMr. Stan Ballman & Ms. Christiane BuehlerMr. & Mrs. Mark BalteMrs. Kathryn Banks & Mr. Jeff BanksMr. Kirk A. BarnettMr. Felipe Barral-Momberg & Ms. Gioconda Secchi-RossiniMr. & Mrs. C. Keith BarringerMr. Peter G. Barrio & Mrs. Elena BarrioMr. Michael Bartolo & Dr. E-A GouldMs. Lisette BartonMr. & Mrs. Michael S. BartschLouisa & Armando BasarrateDr. Rahul C. Basole & Dr. Anita P. BasoleDr. & Mrs. Peter S. BauerDr. Raymond F. Beach & Ms. Genette Ashby-BeachMr. & Mrs. John BeadlesMr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale IIIMr. Douglas Beebe & Ms. Tijen Cirig

Mr. & Mrs. Stefan BeitenMr. & Mrs. Blair N. BeltonMr. Gerard P. Benech & Dr. Irene BenechProf. & Mrs. Paul BenkeserMrs. Raelis BerggrenMr. Alexander V. Berman & Ms. Margarita Shaulova-BermanMr. Gabriel Z. Bettsack ‘00Mr. Saurav Bhandary ‘12Mr. & Mrs. Noorudin BhanvadiaMr. & Mrs. Brooks W. BinderMr. & Mrs. Douglas E. BirkbeckMs. Kristin A. BirknessMrs. Beatriz BironMr. Jawad Bisbis & Mrs. Nawal AquacharMr. & Mrs. David BishkoMr. & Mrs. Gilles Bloch-MorhangeMr. & Mrs. Andreas BoedenauerMr. & Mrs. Troy BohanonDr. George Bokuchava & Dr. Nino DoijashviliMr. C. Philip BolinMr. Kevin Bolin & Ms. Laurel-Ann E. DooleyDr. T. Christopher Bond & Mrs. Nicole A. BondMs. Kristina J. BondDr. Angelo Bongiorno & Dr. Elisa RiedoMr. & Mrs. Jamal BookerMr. David T. BorlandMr. & Mrs. Thierry BorraMr. Christophe Boudard & Mrs. Thi Thu Thao TranMr. Floyd Bowman & Mrs. Christine Dorsey-BowmanMs. Carina A. Box ‘04Ms. Lisa Box ‘01 & Mr. Shawn HoekstraMs. Nina F. Box ‘98Mr. Gerald BoydMs. Laura BranamMr. George G. Branch ‘04Prof. Oliver Brand & Mrs. Claudia H. BrandMr. Anthony J. Braniff & Ms. Heidi Baltes-BraniffMr. Gregory M. Braunfeld ‘03Mrs. Ianna Reid Briggs ‘95 & Mr. Jack BriggsMr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. HowardMr. & Mrs. William K. BrodnaxMr. Kallem J. Brooks ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Anthony BrooksMs. Marlys Brothers ‘92 & Mr. Gordon RowcliffeMr. & Mrs. Trevor A. BrownDr. & Mrs. C. B. BrunerMr. & Mrs. Stephen R. BryantMr. Christian Burkhardt & Mrs. Ainhoa Merlos San EmeterioMrs. Fran Smith Burlingham ‘97 & Mr. Kevin BurlinghamMs. Laetitia H. G. A. Butler ‘12Mr. Harvey S. Cain & Ms. Michelle WilliamsMs. Lisa N. CalderonMs. Khes Muse CaldwellMs. Capiz Calloway ‘98 & Mr. Forrest HasbrookMr. & Mrs. Ricardo CampbellMr. & Mrs. Jean Y. CapMs. Brianna R. Carbonell ‘05

Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell ‘06Mr. Selman Careaga & Mrs. Ana P. LetayfMs. Kelly E. Carstens ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Ewout CasseeDr. Dimitri Cassimatis & Mrs. Sudie Nolan-CassimatisMr. Humberto Castillo & Ms. Janet M. TirpakMrs. Nadine J. ChamseddineMr. Pablo Chapa & Mrs. Barbara Quiroga-ChapaDr. Zack Charkawi & Dr. Shereen Timani-CharkawiMs. Susan L. ChaseMrs. Tiphaine ChauvelMr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. GutierrezMrs. Kelley ChiappettaMr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton, Jr.Mr. Francisco Cline & Ms. Anali Cabrera ClineMr. & Mrs. Kevin CohenMr. David ColeMrs. Helga B. ColellaMs. Anna K. Collura ‘05Mr. Manuel B. CondeMr. Cameron Connerty ‘05Lt. Col. & Mrs. John ConwayMr. & Mrs. James E. CooneyMs. Yanaëlle CornezMr. & Mrs. German E. CorreaMr. Scott V. Correale & Ms. Shannon DawsonMr. & Mrs. Gregory A. CoxMs. V. Lane CoxMs. Chantal Credolawson-DarrasMr. Timothy Cronin & Ms. Veronica KirkMr. Gustavo A. Cueto & Dr. Katia Castillo-CuetoMr. & Mrs. James B. CummingDr. Christopher R. Cunningham & Dr. Solveig A. CunninghamMr. & Mrs. C. Brent CurrieMr. & Mrs. Arthur C. CurtisMr. & Mrs. Hamid DaftarianMr. Robert L. DaleMr. Thierry Darlis & Ms. Elyse Bashman-DarlisDr. & Mrs. Mounir DarradjiMr. John DavenportMs. Candice L. DavisMs. Monica De LeonMs. Dorothy A. De LormeMr. & Mrs. Ludovic de Potesta de WaleffeMr. John Deacon & Ms. Caroline Makokha-DeaconMr. Dennis DeanMr. & Mrs. Clark H. DeanMr. Geoffrey Dear & Mrs. Diane M. DearMs. Ruth A. DeardenMr. & Mrs. J. Antonio DelCampoMr. & Mrs. M. Hans DellyMs. Regina Deloatch-RatliffMr. Alberto W. Dent & Mrs. Alejandra DentMr. Stanley G. DeShazoMr. & Mrs. Eduardo A. DiazMr. Michael E. Diaz & Ms. Glianny FagundoMr. Garry DinnermanMr. & Mrs. F. Rogers Dixson, Jr.Ms. Elizabeth A. Dobbs

Ms. Raquel G. DominquezMr. & Mrs. Johannes DorschMr. Robert P. Doster ‘05Mr. Sean G. Dougherty ‘98Mr. Kourosh H. Doulkhani & Mrs. Linda DoulkhaniMr. & Mrs. George DowlingMs. Alexis DoyleMs. Margaret S. DozierMr. Richard A. Driftmeier ‘00Mrs. Dagmar DroegeMr. & Mrs. Eric DrummondMs. Claire M. Duggan ‘06Mr. Rodolfo P. Echeverria & Mrs. Maria L. GimenezMr. & Mrs. Eric J. EdeeMr. & Mrs. Jacques EdwardsMr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak AldashiMr. & Mrs. Helmut EichhornMr. Todd EichhornMr. Khaled El Dokani & Mrs. Karima AbrouteMr. & Mrs. Markus EngelMr. & Mrs. Stefan ErdmannMr. Paul M. EscalanteMr. & Mrs. Mauricio EscotoMr. Bijan Esmaeilzadeh & Mrs. Sara EsmaeilzadehMs. Jessica EspadasMrs. Rocio FabbriniMs. Jodi FeldmanMr. & Mrs. Rene J. FerandelMr. & Mrs. Mark FergusonMrs. Sandy FerkoMr. & Mrs. Rodolfo FernandezMs. Beverly G. FetterMs. Juliana Finch ‘00Ms. Karen Flanders-ReidMs. Johanna M. Fleisch ‘01Mr. Marcos Flores & Mrs. Peluchi FloresMiss Pauline E. FlorschProf. & Mrs. Nicolas FlorschMr. & Mrs. Peter D. R. ForbesMr. & Mrs. Paul J. FordeMs. Luz E. ForeroDr. & Mrs. Nino R. FornasiniMr. & Mrs. Jason FossMs. Courtney FowlerMs. Jessica FrankDr. Lorin J. FreedmanMr. & Mrs. Geoffrey FretwellMs. Rosa FreyDr. & Mrs. Ronald P. FrigonMs. Shayda L. Frost ‘05Ms. Maria GalindoDr. & Mrs. Lionel GallMs. Kim Gallagher-ValeriMr. Ezequiel Galotti ‘04Mr. & Mrs. Mark GambardellaMs. Arielle Garber ‘01Mr. Humberto Garcia-Sjogrim & Dr. Lucienne IdeMr. Marsal Gavalda & Mrs. Jiaxing WengMr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. B. GayraudMr. Thomas Gebhard & Ms. Bettina KoenigsteinMr. Marco G. C. Gentili & Mrs. Eva M. JohanssonMs. Catalina D. GhercioiuMr. & Mrs. Anthony GillettMr. Levent Giray & Ms. Deniz Oktar-Giray

AIS annual GiVinG / annual Fund JUlY 1, 2012 - JUNE 30, 2013

Atlanta International School sincerely appreciates those individuals who have generously supported the Annual Fund. Donors listed here made gifts to the 2012-2013 Annual Fund between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

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Mr. & Mrs. Willi GoetzMs. Akriti GokulMr. & Mrs. Adam GoldsmithMs. Victoria E. Gómez PatiñoMr. Carlos Gonzalez & Mrs. Cristina BondolowskiMr. Rafael A. Gonzalez Caloni & Mrs. Elizabeth Gaubeka GonzalezMrs. Lina Gonzalez CastroMr. & Mrs. Robert GordonRachel L. GordonMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. GoudieMr. & Mrs. Mark A. Gould, Jr.Prof. Arash Grakoui & Dr. Holly HansonDr. Damien Grattan-Smith & Dr. Ashley HayesMr. Joseph S. Grayman & Ms. Maureen B. McNamaraMr. & Mrs. Paul D. GregorMs. Kathryn GregurkeMs. Mirjam Grunenfelder ‘05Ms. Tina GuessMr. & Mrs. Benjamin GuillotMr. & Mrs. Stephan GüntherMr. Bharat Gupta & Ms. Tiyash BandyopadhyayMr. & Mrs. Vladimir GusavacMs. Arianna A. Gutierrez ‘05Mr. Arndt HafeleMr. Woodrow A. Hall & Dr. Glennda M. HallMs. Afrah HamedMr. Peter Hamer-HodgesMr. & Mrs. Travis Harper, Sr.Mrs. Terri HarringtonMs. Valerie HartmanMrs. Brenda F. HashamMr. & Mrs. Mohammad HassanMr. & Mrs. Lewis E. HassettMr. Trace C. Hawkins ‘93 & Mrs. Emily HawkinsMrs. Jennifer Haynes-GreeneMr. & Mrs. George T. Heery, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. HeightonMr. & Mrs. Clemens HeinriciMr. & Mrs. Ryan HendricksMr. & Mrs. Dayton L. Henry, Sr.Ms. Emilia A. Hermann ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. HermannMs. Nici HerzMs. Erika HibbertMs. Michelle HibbertMr. & Mrs. Greg HiebertDr. & Mrs. Marco HiltyMs. Alexandra J. Hirsch ‘03Mr. & Mrs. Stuart H. HoffmannMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. HolcombMs. Tiffany HollandDr. & Mrs. Edgar HolmannMr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr.Mr. & Ms. Arthur HovagimianMs. Rachel E. HovingtonMs. Mattie W. HowardMr. & Mrs. Dean HowellMrs. Lynn-Anne HuckMr. Greg HucksMr. & Mrs. Geoff HuittMr. Tyler J. Hume ‘98Mr. Maximilian A. Hunt ‘08Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. HuntleyMr. Patrick Hurworth & Mrs. Karen HurworthMs. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06

Dr. Maka ManjgaladzeMr. Robert J. Light & Ms. Yupha VatcharapijarnMs. Anna Lima ‘05Ms. Sabrina Wood LlenzaMr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. LockeMr. Dennis P. LockhartMr. & Mrs. Reid LockwoodMr. & Mrs. Michael LohmannMr. & Mrs. Robert LongMr. Armando Lopez-Fernandez & Dr. Elisa Alvarez-GarridoMr. & Mme. Franck LoubrieuMs. Meredith Lowe ‘09Mr. & Mrs. Carlos LugoMs. Sara Luttrell ‘04Mr. Stephen E. Lyle ‘08Dr. & Mrs. Nathan LytleMr. Stephen Macauley & Ms. Luz SotoMr. Richard MacKelfresh & Dr. Jamie MacKelfreshMr. & Mrs. John P. MacMasterMr. & Mrs. Nicholas MaddenMr. & Mrs. Tony MaddoxMr. & Mrs. Michael J. MahoneyMr. Walid Mahran & Ms. Maria GalindoMr. & Mrs. Daniel MaldonadoMs. Fay L. MannDr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine DekleMs. Trish Marcucci & Mr. Tom SheeranMr. Markus Marfurt & Ms. Petra Blickisdorf MarfurtMrs. Helen Marquès ShayneMr. & Mrs. Neil MarshallDr. & Mrs. Alexander M. MartinMiss Imogen C. MartinMr. Robert L. Martin & Ms. Sally V. NichollsMs. Carol MartinMr. Marco A. Martinez-Obregon & Ms. Ana Maria GonzalezMs. Priyanthi MarzoratiMr. & Mrs. Massoud MatinfarProf. Hiram Maxim & Ms. Caroline RumleyDrs. Erwin & Sabine MayrMr. Mauricio Maza Fernandez & Mrs. Maria A. ScarazziniMr. & Mrs. John C. McAfeeMr. Michael J. McCann & Ms. Chutirat MeetongpunMr. & Mrs. David McCarneyMr. & Mrs. Sean McClenaghanMr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormackMr. & Mrs. John McCuskerMrs. Veronica Plaut McDaniel ‘97 & Mr. Mark McDanielMr. & Mrs. Michael W. McDanielMs. Myra McElhaneyMr. & Mrs. Mitchell H. McGirtDr. Bernard McGuinness & Dr. Úna Casserly McGuinnessMr. & Mrs. John J. McNallyMs. Marguerite McQuire ‘98Mr. Colin Meadows & Ms. Zora FooteMr. & Mrs. R. A. MedrzyckiMr. & Mrs. Iain MelvilleMr. & Mrs. Asghar MemarMr. Charles Mendels & Ms. Elaine RosenblumMs. Glenys MendezMr. & Mrs. Randy G. MerrillMr. Alfredo M. Mesa &

Mrs. Elizabeth B. IrbyMr. & Mrs. Douglas IsraeliteJoran & Inger JensenMr. & Mrs. Bjorn E. JensenMr. & Mrs. Harlyn A. JerroldMr. & Mrs. Marvin JimenezMr. & Mrs. Lonnie M. JohnsMr. & Mrs. Brian JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Derrick JohnsonMs. Lydia JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew R. JonesMr. & Ms. Marshall JonesMr. Clarkson Jones & Ms. Laura E. StevensonMs. Vicki L. JonesMr. & Mrs. Charles R. JordanMr. & Mrs. Glenn G. JordanDr. & Mrs. Robert L. JosephDr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. SuranaMr. & Mrs. Kirit KanakiyaMr. & Mrs. James M. KaneMr. & Mrs. Cetin KaraMr. & Mrs. Thierry KartochianMr. & Mrs. KC Gazi KasikciDr. Susan KatrinMr. Leopoldo Keber & Mrs. Maria C. DiazMs. Deborah A. KernMr. & Mrs. Rohan KerrMr. & Mrs. Aamir K. KhanDr. Reza Kheirandish & Dr. Shabnam MousaviDr. & Mrs. H. Jean KhouryMr. & Mrs. Jeff KilpatrickMr. Doo Hwan Kim & Mrs. Bog Hee SeoMs. Kelly KingMr. Robert Klenberg & Dr. Ming YangMr. & Mrs. James KleneProf. Nikolay E. Koposov & Prof. Dina R. KhapaevaMs. Martha E. KorgiMr. & Mrs. Christoph KoslowskiMr. & Mrs. Karl KottkeDr. Gregg Koval & Ms. Linda HeavisideMr. & Mrs. Michael KoziolMr. & Mrs. Johannes KremsMr. Benjamin I. Kubaryk ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Frank KyleMr. & Mrs. Ethan LacombeMrs. Jennifer LagrangeMs. Karen LamassonneMs. Karin J. Lancaster ‘11Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. LangerMr. & Mrs. Brian E. LassiterDr. & Mrs. S. Robert LathanMs. Stacey M. Lathem ‘04Mr. & Mrs. Alan LeBlancMr. Stephane C. Leblois ‘05Mr. Christian W. Lefort & Mrs. Christine S. Le Corvec-LefortMs. Heidi E. LeithleiterMr. & Mrs. Jean-Marc LemaitreMr. Valentin D. Lemoine ‘98Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. LeopoldDr. Elliot L. Levine & Dr. Rosana S. LevineDr. William C. Levine & Dr. Sunisa LevineMr. Jacob Levinson ‘05Mr. Michel E. Levisse & Mrs. Florence A. LevisseMr. Jeffrey C. LevyMrs. Leonie C. Ley-Mitchell & Mr. Jonathan N. MitchellMr. Levan Lezhava &

Mrs. Elizebeth K. EllisonMr. & Mrs. Jean-Luc MichelMr. & Mrs. Eric MikanMs. Stacey MilholinMr. & Mrs. William K. MillkeyMr. & Mrs. Mark MitchellMr. Jason B. Mitchell ‘12Mrs. Reid P. Mizell & Mr. Bernard van der LandeAbeer MoannaMr. & Mrs. Joshua K. MoffittMs. Françoise MonierMs. Juliaette J. MooreMs. Jessica MoreheadMr. Gerrit Mörking & Dr. Rosa M. E. PohlDr. Edwin C. MosesMr. Rodrigo Tobar de la Fuente & Ms. Vanenka MosqueiraMr. & Mrs. Cory MossMr. Ayanaw MucheMs. Adele G. MuirMs. Martina Mustroph ‘04Mr. Jake I. Nadjmazhar & Mrs. Petra CermakovaMrs. Ina Nagel-SchweigertMr. Gokul NairMr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura SpeakeMr. Alok Nath & Dr. Sharon NathMr. & Mrs. Dustin NaughtonMs. Eva NemetiMs. Camilla NordinMr. Edmund Nosegbe & Dr. Clare BabinoMr. & Mrs. Prescott L. NottinghamMr. & Mrs. Felipe M. NunezMr. & Mrs. Paul E. Nystrom IIIMs. Silvia ObispoMr. & Mrs. Thomas E. O’BrienMs. Ciara O’Halloran ‘09Mr. Mikael Öman & Mrs. Ana Maria Barona-ÖmanMr. & Mrs. Hasan OrlovicMs. Ilse OrtegaMs. Caryn OxfordDr. Yesim OzbarlasDr. Roberto Pacifici & Dr. Monica RizzoMs. Jessica L. PackmanMs. Alana PadillaMr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara BrockwayMr. Seung-Joon Paik & Ms. Youn Young ChoiMr. Sabetay Palatchi & Mrs. Jennifer Gold PalatchiMr. Johannes G. Palsson & Ms. Hyeyoung KimMs. Alexandra E. A. Panzer ‘04Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. PanzerMr. & Mrs. Keith D. PardyDr. & Mrs. Shatul ParikhMr. Joon Bum Park ‘05Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata PatelMr. & Mrs. Pankaj D. PatelMr. Thomas Patton & Dr. Jenelle Foote-PattonMr. & Mrs. Denis G. PellerinMr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina AlazrakiMr. & Mrs. Douglas PendergastMr. Tomás Pérez-Zafón & Dr. Courtney G. PérezMs. Rian A. Perry ‘02


Mrs. Karen B. PetersMr. Mark Peterson & Ms. Sophia Herbert-PetersonMr. Laurent Petit & Mrs. Isabel CarrionMr. Serge Petitpre & Ms. Martha Petitpre-HarrisMs. Christie Pettitt-Schieber ‘05Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan PalasisDr. & Mrs. Torsten M. PieperMr. Raphael J. Pinto ‘98Mr. Bruno Piquin & Ms. Giugliana PessagnoMr. Pawel Pliszka & Mrs. Renata CichockaMr. Monte G. Plott & Ms. Patricia G. EtheridgeMr. & Mrs. Michael L. PoffenbergerMr. Alain E. Poiraud & Ms. Carine Poiraud-BoutonDr. Catalin N. Popescu & Dr. Andreea PopescuMr. John A. A. Porter ‘04Ms. Katherine A. Porter ‘09Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy AxtellMr. & Mrs. David PorterMs. Dianne PotdevinMs. Viviane M. PowellMr. Alan Preis & Mrs. Kate PreisDr. Maxwell Prempeh & Dr. Ngina JemmottMs. Jenny PriceMr. Joerg Holzapfel & Mrs. Elke Putzek-HolzapfelMr. & Mrs. Douglas QuinbyMr. Amir Rahbar & Ms. Farima MostofiDr. Vivek Rajagopal & Dr. Melissa BabcockMs. Rachel K. Ramsay ‘06Mr. James W. Ratchford ‘12Dr. Alfonso E. Rea & Ms. Jennene Cheshire-ReaDr. Charles Read & Dr. Shilpa Vyas-ReadMr. & Mrs. Stephen M. ReamsMr. Alain Recaborde & Ms. Jean H. TerrellMr. & Mrs. Wesley M. ReeceMr. Rudolph ReeceMs. Grace RembertMr. Michael Reschauer & Ms. Amair MarquesMr. Vitaly Reznik ‘01Mr. Mark Reznik & Dr. Inna TrakhtenbergConsul General Hermano Ribeiro & Mrs. Isabel Villa-Lobos Telles RibeiroMs. Alessandra RibeiroMr. James E. Rice & Ms. Eva C. GilMr. & Mrs. John P. RichardDr. & Mrs. Daniel RichardsonMr. & Mrs. Werner S. RichterMr. & Mrs. Enrique SanchezMr. Brian W. Robertson ‘05Ms. Brooks RobeyMr. Brandon Rogers & Dr. Melissa King RogersMs. Victoria Rokhlin ‘04Ms. Cheryl RolleyMr. Darren L. RollinsMr. & Mrs. Horacio RomeroMs. Dina RosasMr. & Mrs. Damon A. RoseDr. Joseph M. Rosenfeld & Mrs. Esther S. RosenfeldMr. Juan C. RozoMrs. Jennifer RuppelMr. & Mrs. Christopher R. RutledgeMr. & Mrs. Shrikant V. SabooMr. & Mrs. Rohit Saigal

Mrs. Nancy J. SainvilMr. Jorge Salas & Ms. Berenice ChellewMs. Stella SalazarMr. & Mrs. Andrew SalisburyMs. Carmen SamanesMs. Ashley B. Sanders ‘05Rev. Allan Sandlin & Ms. Gretchen NagyDr. Jean-Louis M. G. Sankale & Dr. Jyothi RengarajanMs. Maria SarmientoDr. Jodok Schaeffler & Ms. Carmen LehnerDr. Richard A. Schieber & Dr. Barbara J. PettittDr. & Mrs. Alfred Schlicht IIIMr. Ricardo M. Martinez & Ms. Jutta Schlicker-MartinezMs. Gabriele SchlumpbergerDr. Thomas J. Schmitt and Dr. Melinda WhartonMr. & Mrs. Mark T. SchoenMr. & Mrs. Dale SchroederMr. & Mrs. Giso SchroederDr. Benjamin Schwartz & Ms. Cheryl KeshnerMr. Thomas E. SchwartzMr. & Mrs. Jumbe SebunyaMs. Gioconda Secchi-RossiniMr. Paul Seefried ‘01Hon. Cons. Gen. Ferdinand C. Seefried & Dr. Monique B. SeefriedMr. & Mrs. Christoph SeidlerMr. & Mrs. Douglass P. SelbyMr. & Mrs. Hatem Sellami IIMr. Thad B. Servi & Ms. Barbara VazquezMr. & Mrs. James H. SessionMs. Urmilla SethuramanMr. & Mrs. Harshad ShahDr. & Mrs. Cameron ShahabDr. Mohammad Sharif & Dr. Marjan MalekMr. Eric Shashoua ‘99 & Mrs. Marguerite ShashouaMr. Robert Shaw-Smith & Dr. Geraldine HigginsMr. Thomas C. Sheeran & Ms. Anna P. MarcucciMrs. Chinequa ShelanderMr. & Mrs. Juan R. ShelleyMs. Hannah O. Shore ‘09Ms. Catherine Hibben Silvo ‘04Mr. & Mrs. Josh M. SimonMr. Jason A. SimonsMs. Mayte Simpson & Mr. Aristides J. BreneMr. & Mrs. Kaizer SirajMr. & Mrs. Raymond N. SlaterDr. Oteal SloanMs. Eden M. Smith ‘05Dr. Gregory S. Smith & Dr. Dominique SmithMr. & Mrs. Scott J. SmithMr. & Mrs. Wesley SmithMr. & Mrs. James T. SnoddyMr. & Mrs. Bradley SoultzDr. Panagiotis Sparis & Dr. Ioanna SkountzouMr. Travis J. Stabler ‘99 & Ms. Marta Polo ‘98Mr. & Mrs. John StablerMrs. Andrea Q. StangenbergMr. & Mrs. Erik H. SteavensMr. & Mrs. Roland A. Stebbins, Jr.Mrs. Kathleen SteffenMr. Stan Steingold & Ms. Jolie Fainberg

Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. SteinworthMr. & Mrs. Cristian E. SteleaMr. & Mrs. Colin D. StephensonMr. & Mrs. Winburn E. Stewart IIIDr. Bruce S. Stiftel & Dr. Janet E. KodrasMr. Michael Stith & Mrs. Tia Alvarez-StithDr. M. Christine Stock & Dr. Stuart R. StockMr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-StreichenbergerMr. Joseph Strong & Ms. Florence WetterwaldDr. Wei Sun & Ms. Meiqing ZhangMs. Brittany M. Pavon Suriel ‘05Prof. & Mrs. Nikolay SuslovMr. & Mrs. Matthew SussmanMr. Turner Swicegood ‘05Mr. Idriss G. Sylla ‘05Mr. David Szczepanski & Ms. Muriel A. S. DezoteuxMs. Alexandra SzilagyiMr. & Mrs. Colin C. TamsettMrs. Linde M. Rickert Tassell ‘00Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. TauscheMs. Sarah H. TaylorMr. & Mrs. Bjarne TellmannMs. Stefanie D. TesslerMr. Cornelius W. Thomas ‘05Mr. Chris ThomasMs. Alyce W. Thompson ‘03Mr. Matthew S. Thompson & Mrs. Myrna Antar-ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Guerry R. Thornton, Jr.Ms. Mary E. ThurlowMrs. Lisa B. TobinMr. & Mrs. F. Edward Toledano IIIMr. Jerome Tracy Tolochko ‘04 & Mrs. Robin TolochkoMr. William T. TompkinsMr. & Mrs. Immanuel TrieaMs. Katrin Trietsch ‘04Mrs. Paige W. Davis Turbeville ‘97Mr. John Turman & Dr. Kathryn L. G. TurmanMr. & Mrs. Robert H. Turner IIIMs. Kerstin L. ValdesMr. Jose Valdivieso & Ms. Sue WooldridgeMr. Dominicus Van Asten & Mrs. Marie-Luce R. Van Asten-LeratMs. Kristine Y. Vanijcharoenkarn ‘05Dr. Atul VatsMs. Poonam Chawla VatsDr. & Mrs. Steven B. VaughnMs. Reni Vaughn & Ms. Pier N. WestmorelandMr. Sergey Verba & Mrs. Svetlana UspenskayaMr. & Mrs. Didier M. VialaMr. & Mrs. Larry VickersMr. Lawrence P. Vickers & Mrs. Amparo Mantilla-VickersMr. Adolfo Villagomez & Ms. Veronica RoldanMr. & Mrs. Detlev von PlatenMr. & Mrs. Terence A. WaitesMr. Hanjiao L. Wang & Mrs. Lily ZhaoMs. Chuan WangMs. Catherine A. Warner ‘04Mr. Robert J. WarrenMr. Isaac T. WashingtonDr. & Mrs. Michael WasserfuhrMs. Gina Waters

Ms. Margaret S. WattsMr. Keith I. WealMr. & Mrs. Timothy P. WeeksDr. Rasmus Wegener & Dr. Cornelia WegenerMs. Ursula WeibertMs. Margaret M. WeichertMs. Michelle WeilMr. & Mrs. Harald WeimerMr. Yamba-Yamba Mitanga & Ms. Herrad S. WelpDr. Bruce G. Weniger & Dr. Paungthip Boonperm-WenigerDr. & Mrs. Milton H. Werner, Ph.D.Mr. & Mrs. Hal West IIIMrs. Susan A. WeyburnMs. Jennifer Weyburn & Mr. Garrett KyleMr. Mark H. Whitfield & Ms. Kim L. IrelandMr. Mark Wietecha & Mrs. Marcelle B. DeCuirMr. Arun P. Wiita ‘98Dr. & Mrs. Joseph K. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. J. Todd WilliamsMr. Jan J. Williams & Dr. Karen R. MillsMr. M. Elliott Williams & Ms. Tiffany M. MawhinneyMs. Anne WilliamsMr. & Mrs. John R. WilsonMs. Abasiemek WilsonMr. G. Harm Winkeler & Ms. Andrea Winkeler-SlaatsMr. & Mrs. Stefan H. WitteMr. & Mrs. Tin Choi B. WongMr. & Mrs. Brian A. WrenMr. Mark Wright & Mrs. Sara YeglinMs. Jie WuMr. Michel xhauflair & Mrs. Charlotte AmelotMr. & Mrs. Navid YavariMr. Jeffrey L. Yeates & Dr. Becky BrockMs. Lara Yegenoglu ‘05Mr. Guran Yet & Ms. Ozben Iyigun YetMrs. Hong YiMr. & Mrs. C.J. YoungMr. Armand Zakarian & Ms. Zoya DimitrovaMr. & Mrs. Thomas ZallerMs. Elena ZapicoMr. & Mrs. Kouros ZarrabiDr. Ramsey Zein & Dr. Abeer MoannaMrs. Ning ZhangMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Zigan

AIS annual GiVinG / annual Fund cont.

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Grandparent GiftsMr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale III Grandparents of Aubrey J. Bohanon

Mr. C. Philip Bolin Grandparent of Amanda R. Bolin

Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Bruner Grandparents of Maisie P. Bruner, Wesley S. Bruner & William P. Bruner

Lt. Col. & Mrs. John Conway Grandparents of Connor S. Cohen & Sofia C. Cohen

Mr. Stanley G. DeShazo Grandparent of Makaio D. Mendoza

Mr. & Mrs. George Dowling Grandparents of Charlotte G. Huck

Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Grandparents of William S. Cogan & Finn D. Cogan

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Grandparents of Lily C. Floyd

Mr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr. Grandparents of Sascha L. Moffitt & Lucas N. Moffitt

Ms. Mattie W. Howard Grandparent of Chase Summerlin

Joran & Inger Jensen Grandparents of Zacharias E. Jensen & Victoria Jensen

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kyle Grandparents of William W. Kyle

Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Grandparents of Gray Mollenkamp & Bonnie C. Watkins

Ms. Juliaette J. Moore Grandparent of Aubrey J. Bohanon

Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Grandparents of Sativa M. Patel & Josh-Pablo M. Patel

Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Grandparents of Lana B. McDaniel

Mr. Rudolph Reece Grandparent of Zoe M. Reece

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Schroeder Grandparents of Maria C. Schroeder

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond N. Slater Grandparents of Amelia B. Williams

Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Grandparents of Andrea J. Tausche & Charlotte A. Tausche

Mrs. Jane S. Turner Grandparent of Alessandro R. Turner

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Vickers Grandparents of Matthew L. Vickers

Matching Gift Companies & FoundationsAMB Group, LLCBank of America FoundationBNY Mellon Charitable Giving ProgramCisco Systems FoundationThe Coca-Cola FoundationColonial Hill FoundationGannett BroadcastingGE FoundationThe Home Depot FoundationKimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc.Microsoft CorporationMorgan Stanley Smith BarneySunTrust Bank Atlanta FoundationTime Warner FoundationUBS Foundation USA Matching Gift ProgramWells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

Honor & Memorial GiftsIn Honor of Christiane Box Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01 Ms. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06

In Honor of Lynn Pattillo Cohen Ms. Adele G. Muir

In Honor of Diane Dear Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01

In Honor of the parents of Mrs. Julianne Heighton Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Heighton

In Honor of Robert & Jan Kottke Mr. & Mrs. Karl Kottke

In Honor of Waytus Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Lassiter

In Honor of Kathryn Turman Ms. Lisa F. Box ‘01 Mr. Stephen E. Lyle ‘08

In Memory of Alex Horsley Anonymous Mrs. Dorothy W. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. John E. Varner III

In Memory of Katie Kegel Mr. Anthony J. Braniff & Ms. Heidi Baltes-Braniff

In Memory of Mike Marcucci Ms. Trish Marcucci & Mr. Tom Sheeran

In Memory of Janis B. Mitchell Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes

In Memory of Ali Mousavi Dr. Reza Kheirandish & Dr. Shabnam Mousavi

In Memory of Marie Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas III

In Memory of Walker Willingham Ms. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. Margolis


2012 Apogee DonorsMr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham AdairDr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette ChengMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AibelMr. & Mrs. David AnbariMr. & Mrs. Paul AndersonMr. & Mrs. Mark L. AnthonyMr. & Mrs. Philippe A. AudibertMs. Nicole BarbeeLouisa & Armando BasarrateDr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne BaucomDr. Raymond F. Beach & Ms. Genette Ashby-BeachMs. Kristin A. BirknessMr. & Mrs. Troy BohanonMr. & Mrs. Charlie BostwickMr. & Mrs. Alan BoxProf. & Mrs. Oliver BrandMr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. HowardMr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown IIIMr. & Mrs. W. Andrew BrunerMr. Harvey S. Cain & Ms. Michelle WilliamsMr. Humberto Castillo & Ms. Janet M. TirpakMr. Vinay Chandra & Ms. Nandini V. NaiduMs. Candace ChapmanMr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James E. CooneyMr. & Mrs. Arthur C. CurtisMr. Thierry Darlis & Ms. Elyse Bashman-DarlisMr. & Mrs. Kevin DottsMr. Ravi Durairaj & Dr. Anissa Durairaj

Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. DysonMr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak AldashiMr. & Mrs. Mark FergusonMrs. Sandy FerkoMr. & Mrs. Christian FischerMr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. DeringerMs. Luz E. ForeroMr. & Mrs. Brad ForrerDr. & Mrs. Tim FoxMs. Jessica FrankMr. & Mrs. Andreas FritzDr. Henry FryshMr. Marsal Gavalda & Mrs. Jiaxing WengMr. & Mrs. James W. GeddesMr. & Mrs. Kevin J. GlassMr. & Mrs. Mark A. HaylerMr. & Mrs. Greg HiebertMs. Annalee HigginbottomMs. Tiffany HollandDr. & Mrs. Edgar HolmannMr. James E. Honkisz & Ms. Catherine BinnsDr. Eric A. Hunter & Dr. Susan AllenMs. Eva R. S. Imbsweiler ‘06Mr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de PontetMr. & Mrs. Harlyn A. JerroldMr. & Mrs. Roland H. JohnMr. & Mrs. Neil R. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. William JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Kirit KanakiyaMr. & Mrs. James M. KaneMr. & Mrs. William H. KeeterMr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes

Drs. Fadlo & Lamya KhuriDr. & Mrs. S. Robert LathanMr. & Mrs. Michel E. LevisseMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. N. LitréMr. & Mrs. Michael J. MahoneyMr. & Mrs. Andrew C. ManidisDr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine DekleDr. & Mrs. Matthew J. MazzawiMr. David McCarneyMr. & Mrs. Randy G. MerrillMr. & Mrs. Dean W. MorrisMr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura SpeakeMr. Per B. Normark & Ms. Cynthia A. PriceMr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’HalloranMr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara BrockwayDrs. Jagdish & Hemlata PatelMr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-SmithMr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina AlazrakiDr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan PalasisThe Physicians’ Spine & Rehabilitation Specialists of GA, PCMr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez PlautMr. Alain E. Poiraud & Ms. Carine Poiraud-BoutonPorsche Cars North America, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. David PorterDr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy AxtellThe Quikrete Companies, Inc.Dr. & Mrs. Keith C. RazianoDr. Alfonso E. Rea & Ms. Jennene Cheshire-ReaMr. & Mrs. Daniel D. ReardonMr. & Mrs. Daniel RedwineMr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth Fisher

Dr. Marcus Remmers & Ms. Jaquelinne Contreras GarciaMr. & Mrs. John P. RichardMr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane SchleiferMr. Daryl RolleyMs. Cheryl RolleyMr. Darren L. RollinsDr. & Mrs. Shahrokh RouhaniMr. & Mrs. Christopher R. RutledgeRev. Allan Sandlin & Ms. Gretchen NagyMr. & Mrs. Sumeet SanghaniMs. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd SchüttlerMr. Robert Shaw-Smith & Dr. Geraldine HigginsMr. & Mrs. Valery ShverMs. Maria O. SmithMr. & Mrs. Tom SmithMr. & Mrs. James T. SnoddyMr. & Mrs. Jay A. SteinworthMs. Joann StiefelMr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-StreichenbergerMr. & Mrs. Colin C. TamsettMr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane KamenzMr. & Mrs. Stefan J. TerwindtDr. Anjum Ullah & Mr. Robbie KenneyMs. Reni Vaughn & Ms. Pier N. WestmorelandMr. Theodore Wadley & Ms. Regina ImbsweilerDr. & Mrs. Michael WasserfuhrMs. Gina WatersMr. & Mrs. John O. WinchesterMr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen

Financial aid TAx CREDIT

Through the Financial Aid Tax Credit, eligible citizens may redirect a portion of their Georgia tax liability to support financial aid for the school of their choice. Since 2008, the Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship program has provided AIS with over $1.1 million in financial aid funding. These funds compose a significant portion of the AIS financial aid budget, supporting students who dually qualify under the state guidelines and the school’s need-based qualifications.

By re-directing your taxes (up to $2,500 filing jointly or $1,000 filing single), you will receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit at the state level against your Georgia income tax liability while providing scholarship assistance to incoming AIS students who are currently enrolled in public schools. C-corporations and trusts with a tax liability can redirect up to 75% of their state tax liability. The Georgia General Assembly recently increased the Financial Aid Tax Credit Scholarship cap to $58 million, encouraging S-Corporations and LLC partners to donate a $10,000 per year. As a result of these legislative changes, the AIS community has benefited from a significant increase in financial aid funding. This year alone, the AIS community has donated over $500,000 through the tax credit program.

In the school’s efforts to take full advantage of this innovative program, AIS has partnered with Apogee Georgia School Choice Scholarship Fund. Your donation to Apogee will allow you to redirect your taxes and benefit students at AIS. Participation is open to anyone who pays Georgia taxes.

Thank you to the following individuals who made contributions in 2012 to benefit Atlanta International School:

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Class of 1992 AnonymousMs. Marlys G. Brothers Mrs. Korrin JohnsonDr. Victoria C. Plaut Bartlett

Class of 1993 Mr. Trace C. Hawkins

Class of 1994Anonymous

Class of 1995Mrs. Ianna BriggsMs. Chiara Visconti di Modrone-Pervanas

Class of 1997Mrs. Fran B. Burlingham Mrs. Veronica P. McDaniel Mrs. Paige W. Turbeville

Class of 1998Ms. Nina F. Box Ms. Capiz K. Calloway Mr. Sean G. Dougherty Mr. Tyler J. Hume Ms. Martha E. Kytle Mr. Valentin D. Lemoine Ms. Marguerite McQuire Mr. Raphael J. Pinto Ms. Marta Polo Mr. Arun P. Wiita

Class of 1999Mr. Eric Shashoua Mr. Travis J. Stabler

Class of 2000Mr. Gabriel Z. Bettsak Mr. Richard A. Driftmeier Ms. Juliana Finch Mrs. Linde M. Tassell

Class of 2001Anonymous (2) Ms. Lisa F. Box

Ms. Johanna M. Fleisch Ms. Arielle Garber Mr. Vitaly Reznik Mr. Paul Seefried

Class of 2002Ms. Rian A. Perry

Class of 2003Anonymous Mr. Gregory M. Braunfeld Ms. Alexandra J. Hirsch Ms. Alyce W. Thompson

Class of 2004Ms. Carina A. Box Mr. George G. Branch Mr. Ezequiel Galotti Ms. Stacey M. Lathem Ms. Sara Luttrell Ms. Martina Mustroph Ms. Alexandra E. Panzer Mr. John A. Porter Ms. Victoria Rokhlin Ms. Catherine H. Silvo Mr. Jerome J. Tolochko Ms. Katrin Trietsch Ms. Catherine A. Warner

Class of 2005Mr. Alex I. Acker Ms. Sharan K. Bal Mr. Kallem J. Brooks Ms. Brianna R. Carbonell Ms. Kelly E. Carstens Ms. Anna K. Collura Mr. Cameron Connerty Mr. Robert P. Doster Ms. Shayda L. Frost Ms. Mirjam Grunenfelder Ms. Arianna A. Gutierrez Ms. Emilia A. Hermann Mr. Benjamin I. Kubaryk Mr. Stephane C. Leblois

Mr. Jacob Levinson Ms. Anna Lima Mr. Joon Bum Park Ms. Christie Pettitt-Schieber Mr. Brian W. Robertson Ms. Ashley B. Sanders Ms. Eden M. Smith Ms. Brittany M. Suriel Mr. David T. Swicegood Mr. Idriss G. Sylla Mr. Cornelius W. Thomas Ms. Kristine Y. Vanijcharoenkarn Ms. Lara Yegenoglu

Class of 2006Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell Ms. Claire M. Duggan Ms. Eva R. Imbsweiler Ms. Rachel K. Ramsay

Class of 2008Mr. Maximilian A. Hunt Mr. Stephen E. Lyle Mr. Benjamin C. Schüttler

Class of 2009Ms. Meredith Lowe Ms. Ciara O’Halloran Ms. Katherine A. Porter Ms. Emily A. Robey-Phillips Ms. Hannah O. Shore

Class of 2010Mr. Michael A. Phillips

Class of 2011Ms. Julia Lancaster

Class of 2012Anonymous (2) Mr. Saurav Bhandary Ms. Laetitia H. Butler Ms. Nadine Marfurt Mr. Jason B. Mitchell Mr. James W. Ratchford

alumni DoNoRS

Alumni participation in the 2012-2013 Annual Fund set a new AIS record. Over 18% of the alumni com-munity made a contribution to the school. The support of our alumni demonstrates their belief in the school and the education they received during their time at AIS.

More than 100 gifts were made to the alumni Annual Fund this year. A competition was held in the month of March to determine which class could reach the highest rate of participation. The class of 2005 triumphed once again with 40% class participation, resulting in a prize pack of tickets to an exclusive event at the Atlanta Steeplechase and some AIS gear.

AIS is proud to host a myriad of events throughout the year for alumni, including the annual Back-to-School picnic, local, regional and international reunions and holiday gatherings.

It has become an AIS tradition for each graduating senior class to give a Legacy Gift to the school. The gift is divided into two different initiatives: the Legacy Scholarship and the Legacy Gift. The 2013 Legacy Scholarship award went to Estella Dieci ’14, who traveled to China with her father to study at Jilin University in Jilin China.

The Legacy Gift Committee decided to purchase benches for the Early Learning Center. The new benches will be located outside the entrance to the ELC. They will provide a much needed area for parents and students to gather.

The AIS community would like to thank the Class of 2013 for their generous contribution back to AIS.

AIS leGacy GiFt

Marc L. AlbersClementine AndreZinka BartolekAsha I. CampbellHugo CapCoralis Colón-VegaAnais de Potesta de WaleffeNiklas G. DorschLouise S.C. ForbesEmily L. FordeAaron Z. FreedmanHannah M. FreedmanLorenzo J. Gonzalez-LamassonneMathias T. GüntherJeremiah G. HassettJulia A. HenrySarah R. JactelShea L. JohnsonChristopher N. JordanSamuel A. LevineTristan D.A. LitréOlivia J. M. LodiseImogen C. MartinMiles D. ReardonDorothy H. RecabordeSydni M. SessionLudwig K. SeussShreya H. ShahOlivia M. SoultzLucien J. VialaEllen K. WhitfieldAlexandra N. Zdonczyk


SpRinG beneFit 2013

We have travelled to Thailand and back, and we must say that the journey was simply… magical! On April 20, 2013, Atlanta International School brought Thailand to our little campus in the heart of Buckhead. Guests enjoyed the sights, sounds, taste and even the landscape of Thailand. The AIS Theatre Department wowed the audience with a moving and memorable performance that included singing and a live musical performance; the highlight was senior Connor Hagan’s silk dancing from the ceiling in the middle of the crowd. It was a tremendous way to kick off a spectacular evening! We even had classical Thai dancing to open and close the night. It truly was a night to remember in Spring Benefit history.

The Spring Benefit began in the late 1980’s to support AIS’s mission of providing the increasingly global Atlanta community with an outstanding independent school. All proceeds from the Benefit contribute towards financial aid scholarships, faculty development programs and continued preservation of the historic campus buildings.

This year’s Spring Benefit netted more than $300,000 for Atlanta International School. A truly remarkable element of this fundraising effort was the $150,000 we raised during the Stand & Pledge campaign for financial aid. Our amazing journey to Thailand would not have been possible without the time, talent and resources of our devoted Spring Benefit Council. We give enormous thanks to Myrna Antar, Scott Britton, Linda Bruner, Lorraine Charman, Lan Chiem, Marcelle DeCuir, Vickie Gore, Roane Loudermilk, Tracie Slosberg and Yupha Vatcharapijarn.

Passport to thailand

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AIS RECogNIzES THE gENERoSITY oF oUR coRpoRate SponSoRS

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

bronze Sponsors

Friends of AIS

In-kind DonorsAnonymous Agave RestaurantAlfredo’s Italian RestaurantAli Rahimi for Mon AtelierAlliance Française d’ AtlantaAntica PostaMarchesi AntinoriArtiko Stones, LLCAtlanta BalletAtlanta Botanical GardenAtlanta FalconsAtlanta Food & Wine FestivalAtlanta History CenterAtlanta International SchoolAtlanta OperaAtlanta Shakespeare CompanyAtlanta SilverbacksAtlanta Symphony OrchestraAuto ZoneBabcock DermatologyBarefoot MountainBarking Hound VillageBarnsley Gardens ResortsMr. Felipe BarralBarron London SalonRay Beach & Genette Ashby-BeachMs. Lucie BehrendtMr. Nathaniel Ben-HaiemBhojanic RestaurantBill Packard’s Magic Man EntertainmentBits & PiecesBlabla KidsBonefish Grill

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie BostwickMr. Wayne BradleyClaudia BrandBroadway in AtlantaBrookhaven Children’s DentistryBuckhead PizzaBuckhead UniformsBuild-A-Bear WorkshopCablik Modern DwellingsMr. Harvey Cain & Ms. Michelle WilliamsCantinetta Antinori RestaurantCarithers Flower ShopCarova RentalsCason PhotographyCenter for Puppetry ArtsMr. & Mrs. John CharmanChattahoochee Nature CenterMr. Jim Cheeks & Ms. Wendy GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Jeff ClarkCobb Energy Performing Arts CenterCoinstarConsul General of France in AtlantaCracker BarrelCreative Discovery MuseumCypress Street Pint & PlateDarden’s Delights, LLCMr. Seth Deitchman, Financial AdvisorDelta Training Department/ Douglas IsraeliteDick’s Sporting GoodsDiggin Active Inc.Doc Chey’s Noodle HouseDonlan & Greenbaum’s New York PrimeMr. & Mrs. Scott DozierMs. Maggie DozierDrybar

European School of MusicMr. & Mrs. Rudy FernandezFernbank Museum of Natural HistoryFestivity BoutiqueMs. Beverly FetterMr. & Mrs. Jim FloydFlywheel SportsFogo de ChaoFoot LockerFour BeansMs. Dusty FretwellFrolic BoutiqueMrs. Kim Gallagher ValeriSusan & Mark GambardellaMr. Marsal Gavalda, PhDGeorgia GrilleGerman Consulate GeneralMr. & Mrs. Kevin GlassGoethe-Zentrum/German Cultural Center AtlantaGorilla SacksGourmet InnovationsGymboree CorporationHair Brain SalonHanson Bay CompanyMr. George Heery & Mrs. Constance HeeryMarshall Herskovitz, The Bedford Falls CompanyHigh Museum of ArtHigh Range Photography, Mr. Ian LockwoodMr. & Mrs. Stuart HoffmannMs. Monica HollmanMr. Patrick HurworthInside CNN Studio Tour


InterContinental Buckhead AtlantaIQ FitnessMr. & Mrs. Scott IsaacsAlex & Elisa JerroldJohnny RocketsLonnie JohnsMr. & Mrs. Neil JohnsonJulie Bee’sJust the Thing!Helen KaminskiUmaesh & Kavita KhaitanKidcraftMs. Philippa KingsleyKramer Portraits, New YorkLa TagliatellaMs. Karen LamassonneLaser QuestLearning RxLittle Bangkok: Thai & Chinese CuisineLocal Three Kitchen & BarTony LockeDr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer CulleyM Crowd Restaurant GroupMa Cuisine by AdelineMarie De George Design, Fashion, Interiors & ArtMariott Conference ResortMarketing InspirationsMarquis Boutique Hotel & SpaImogen MartinMs. Priya MarzoratiMassage Heights BuckheadMax Lager’s Wood-fired Grill & BreweryMetrotainment CafesMichael C. Carlos MuseumMilton’s Cuisine & CocktailsMobile Laser Tag of GeorgiaMr. Andres Naranjo & Dr. Laura SpeakeNava Sen SpaNeurosport Physical TherapyNorth Georgia Canopy ToursNothing Bundt CakesNourishMs. Joyce O’BrienMr. & Mrs. Kevin O’HalloranMr. Roberto Pacifici & Ms. Monica RizzoAnita Pandey, DMDPanera BreadDr. Shatul ParikhPasso a FrentePatrick W. Sola PortraiturePeachtree Hills Animal HospitalChiara & Angelos PervanasKaren PetersPike NurseriesMr. Alain PoiraudDr. Maxwell Prempeh & Dr. Ngina JemmottPublix Super MarketsMr. Robert PullumMs. Deslie QuinbyR. Jean ArtRachel Lipson GordonRain Asian FusionRatana Men’s SalonRegal Entertainment GroupSalon NextSara Speert PhotographyThe Schaffner FamilyDaniela SchmidtSchool of RockSea Glass Fine ArtShane’s Rib ShackMr. Daniel Shubert Jr. & Mrs. ShubertSix Flags Over GeorgiaSmart Glass JewelrySony Computer EntertainmentSouthern Sitters & NanniesSports Boosters

Spring Benefit CouncilSprong Childrens ShoesJay Steinworth & GM VoicesStudio Movie GrillTaco MacMr. & Mrs. Chuck TaylorThai Chili Authentic Thai CuisineThaicoon & Sushi BarThe Big KetchThe Cook’s WarehouseThe Fox TheatreThe Framers on PeachtreeThe Georgia AquariumThe HoneybeeThe Inn at SerenbeThe Melting PotThe Mosquito Authority of Metro AtlantaThe Ritz-Carlton, BuckheadThe VarsityThe Westin Buckhead AtlantaThe Westin Peachtree PlazaThomas Fallon PhotographyMr. & Mrs. Guerry ThorntonTin Lizzy’s CantinaTotal Wine & MoreMr. & Mrs. Rhett TurnerU.S. National Whitewater CenterMs. Saisamorn UferUncle Maddio’s Pizza JointUniversal Tennis AcademyForough VakiliMr. & Mrs. Didier VialaVis-a-Vis The SalonMr. & Mrs. Detlev Von PlatenMs. Maria VoutosWalt Disney WorldMr. & Mrs. James WaytTip & Bruce WenigerWhistling Girl PhotographyWhite Oak Kitchen & CocktailsWhite Salon & SpaMs. Anne WilliamsWilly’s Mexicana GrillBen “Bean” WorleyYard House RestaurantsMr. & Mrs. Navid YavariYoga CollectiveYoung Chefs AcademyMs. Emma ZiganZoo Atlanta

Stand & pledge DonorsMr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham AdairMr. & Mrs. Lang AdlerMr. & Mrs. Peter AlbersMr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel AlibakshMr. & Mrs. C. Keith BarringerDr. & Mrs. Peter S. BauerMr. Kevin Bolin & Ms. Laurel-Ann E. DooleyMr. & Mrs. Alan BoxDr. & Mrs. Thomas P. BranchMr. & Mrs. Scott P. BrittonMr. Selman Careaga & Mrs. Ana P. LetayfMr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley GibersonMr. & Mrs. John R. CharmanMr. James C. Cheeks & Ms. Wendy C. GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. CookMr. & Mrs. Douglas CrawfordDennis DeanMr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Ms. Michelle T. Caruso-DecoufléMr. & Mrs. Thomas DimitroffMr. & Mrs. James P. P. Dirr

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. DoyleMr. & Mrs. Eric DrummondMr. Rodolfo P. Echeverria & Mrs. Maria L. GimenezMr. Todd EichhornMr. & Mrs. Christian FischerMs. Karen Flanders-ReidMr. & Mrs. Michael D. FloydMr. & Mrs. James W. FloydMr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. DeringerMs. Graciela FreciaMr. & Mrs. Mark GambardellaMr. & Mrs. Kevin J. GlassMr. Carlos Gonzalez & Mrs. Cristina BondolowskiMr. & Mrs. Arun GoreMr. Joseph S. Grayman & Ms. Maureen B. McNamaraMr. & Mrs. Stephan GüntherMr. Trace Hawkins ‘93 & Mrs. Emily HawkinsMr. & Mrs. Harold M. HawkinsMr. Derk Hendriksen & Mrs. Rebecca MessinaMr. & Mrs. Gerry G. HullMr. Robert Ivanier & Mrs. Stephanie Brun de PontetMr. & Mrs. Derrick JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew R. JonesMr. & Mrs. Charles R. JordanDr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. SuranaMr. & Mrs. Thierry KartochianMr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-KetzesMr. & Mrs. Christopher W. KlausMr. & Mrs. Ravi KumaraswamiDr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer CulleyMr. & Mrs. Sherwin LoudermilkMr. & Mrs. John P. MacMasterMr. & Mrs. Darren MarshallMr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthyMr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormackMr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. MichelMr. & Mrs. Dean W. MorrisMr. & Mrs. Keith D. PardyDr. & Mrs. Shatul ParikhDr. & Mrs. Manish PatelMr. & Mrs. Jonathan Paton-SmithMr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina AlazrakiMr. & Mrs. Douglas PendergastMr. Mark Peterson & Ms. Sophia Herbert-PetersonMr. Dominique Petitgenet & Mrs. Sylvie DardoiseDr. Charles Read & Dr. Shilpa Vyas-ReadMs. Remedios RodriguezMs. Cheryl RolleyMr. & Mrs. Mark T. SchoenMr. Benjamin C. Schüttler ‘08Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd SchüttlerMr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane KamenzMr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas IIIMr. & Mrs. F. Edward Toledano IIIMr. Adolfo Villagomez & Ms. Veronica RoldanMr. & Mrs. Detlev von PlatenMr. Mark Wietecha & Mrs. Marcelle B. DeCuirMr. & Mrs. John R. WilsonMr. & Mrs. Navid YavariMr. Guran Yet & Ms. Ozben Iyigun Yet

2013 Spring benefit CommitteeCouncilMyrna AntarScott BrittonLinda BrunerLorraine CharmanLan ChiemMarcelle DeCuirVickie GoreRoane LoudermilkTracie SlosbergYupha Vatcharapijarn

VolunteersDarcie AdlerAngel AnbarideLille AnthonyFelipe BarralJulie BarringerStephanie BellMarsi BostwickCarolina BranchPetra CermakovaTim CroninIsabel CotoMarcy CowanJennifer CulleyRoxana DanShannon DawsonAngeline DimitroffEllen DottsCarrie DoyleMary Beth DrummondBeth FernandezAshley FloydJim FloydLuce FournierDeniz Oktar-GirayStefani GlassRamona GoetzDawn HawkinsLili HarveyConstance HeeryLinda HerndonCarol HoffmannMartina JohanssonElisabeth JordanHyeyoung KimVeronica KirkKaren LamassonneAnita LeopoldSusanna LockwoodSagar LonialLaura MadridKaren MalagaLaurie MarionInge MarshallCaroline McLaughlinDawn MichelJill MillsKaren MitchellJennie OdomDeslie QuinbyAmy RichardsonRuth RiekerKristin RinkDenise RobertsReme RodriguezAmelia SchaffnerDenice SmithLaura SpeakeMorgan StewartJennifer TerwindtLeslie ThomasAlice TurnerAmparo VickersTip WenigerDawn WernerDavid WilkeLisa YoungLara Zaller

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Executive Council President Dawn Hawkins

President-ElectSusan Mitchell-Ketzes

SecretaryJennene Cheshire-Rea

TreasurerJames Session

School Representatives ELCBree Pattillo

Lower PSRon Carmichael

Upper PSSophie Michel-Alibaksh

Middle SchoolGeraldine GoguillionEllen Dotts

Upper SchoolDavid WilkeLynne Abe

Committees

Ambassadors Cheryl Rolley

Arts Alliance Heather Triea

Parent ProgramsLinda Pak Bruner

Sports Boosters Shannon DawsonCarrie DoyleKim Valeri

WorldFest Veronica KirkTim Cronin

Development Liaison Tracie Slosberg

NourishRobyn Bishko

Cultural Clubs Amigos Silvia NystromAmparo Mantilla

Asian Culture Club Roya Memar

Ensemble Anne Clotilde Seuge

Deutsch Connection Sabine Mayr

HarambeeLeslie Thomas

PARENT oRgANIzATIoN MESSAgE FRoM daWn haWkinS, PRESIDENT

I read an article recently on education in America and the fact that, as our cultural landscape continues to evolve in the classroom, our schools must learn to truly embrace multi-cultural collaboration. It discussed the ways that cultural differences-values, traditions, languages, racial attitudes-are natural barriers that can only be overcome if the greater school community is united in a common sense of purpose. And that sense of community can only be built through open and respectful communication, grounded in a common purpose and inclusive of all stakeholders.

I loved a couple of things about this article, one being that AIS has been growing, nurturing and thriving in this landscape for more than 25 years. We are so lucky to be part of this truly global community with its incredibly diverse cultural representation, all striving to enrich the experience of our children and families here at AIS. It’s what drew us to the school as a family. It’s messy, but oh so beautiful.

The other thing that struck me was that the words used throughout this article - “collaboration”, “communication”, “community”, “inclusiveness”-are all included and are the core of the Parent Organization mission. Every parent or guardian is a part of the Parent Organization (PO). We all work to create an inclusive environment where we can foster a strong sense of community as we honor one another’s cultural perspectives. We strongly encourage every parent to participate, because we believe that the strength of our community is built from collaborative efforts of the parent body as a whole.

It was another busy year for our community, as parents and students dealt with many changes such the opening of the ELC, new school schedule, revised carpool and security protocols. These transitions were successful because we have a collaborative community that openly communicates and has a common sense of purpose. And this collaborative community is nurtured by our continued deliberate focus to enhance the experience of our families by looking for new ways to make personal connections: connections with families in each grade; connections between new families and the school; connections with fellow members of our diverse community across the grades.

Our room parents and grade representatives led the charge by creating multiple opportunities to make connections within the grade for students, parents and families. I hope you were able to attend a parent social and engage in conversation with fellow parents about challenges and experiences that your children or you are facing. Or perhaps your grade’s families gathered together at one of the wonderful multi-cultural events put on by the PO during the year. What better way to get to know the new families in your grade than to pull up a picnic blanket at the Back-to-School Picnic or at WorldFest?

Our Family Ambassador program continued their efforts in embracing our new families as they came into our community. It can be overwhelming to step through the doors of AIS, and we strive to make sure that the transition is as smooth as possible and that every new family is connected to someone that helps both parents and students successfully navigate those first days and months at the school.

Our Culture Clubs and Booster Clubs create many wonderful opportunities to make connections that showcase the incredibly rich fabric of our community. WorldFest is the premiere cultural event and arguably the biggest celebration and best presentation to the greater Atlanta community. Where else can you spend an afternoon immersing your senses in the tastes, smells, and traditions of 30 or more countries? Over 300 parents, faculty and staff worked together to make WorldFest 2013 a success. All of our Culture Clubs are important contributors to community life, tirelessly bringing specific cultural events to the school, including German Christmas Market, Persian New Year, Jazz in Black and White and La Kermesse, just to name a few. Our Sports Boosters and Arts Alliance committees bring passion and commitment to the continued development of our sports and arts programs. From Spirit Nights to the 10x10 Art show, these groups bring our entire community together to make connections across grades and language tracks and celebrate AIS beyond the classroom.

Many new faces joined our veteran volunteers this year. These folks from all areas of the school and all corners of the globe greatly enrich the AIS experience for our children and our families, and I feel truly honored to have been part of this collaboration that is the fabric of our community.


STRATEgIC PlAN RepoRt caRd

Total Enrollment - 981

ENROLLMENT

• Primary School: 533 • Middle School: 244 • Upper School: 313

STuDENT RETENTION• Primary School: 87%• Middle School: 94%• Upper School: 94%• Number of Nationalities of Student Body: 60

FACuLTY

• Number of Full-time Faculty Members: 156• Number of Part-time Faculty Members: 7• Number of Staff Members: 54• Average Tenure of Faculty: 17 years of total teaching experience, 8 years at AIS • Number of Nationalities of Faculty Members: 34• Attrition: 15%

TuITION

• Primary (3K-4): $19,652 • Middle (5-8): $21,362• Upper (9-12): $22,434

FINANCIAL AID• % of AIS students receiving Financial Aid: 14%

ACADEMICS

Participation in IB Program• PYP: 100%• MYP: 100% • IBDP: 100%

TESTING SuMMARY:

IB• % of AIS students attempting full IB Diploma: 100%• % of AIS students earning IB Diploma: 96%• Average AIS IB score: 33• % AIS students earned a bilingual IB Diploma demonstrating native-level abilities in two or more languages: 41%• % of all IB candidates worldwide attempting full IB Diploma: 48%• % of students worldwide earning IB Diploma: 67%• World average IB score: 32

SAT• Critical reading average (native speakers of English): 652• Math average: 648• % of Class of 2013 receiving National Merit honors: 12%

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS FOR CLASS OF 2013 (81 STuDENTS)

• 81 AIS graduates representing 42 nationalities• 81 students enrolled at 45 different universities• 15 students enrolled at universities abroad• 1 student taking gap year

ExTRACuRRICuLAR

Athletics• 67% of all 9th-12th and 85% of all 6th-8th grade students participate in extracurricular athletics, competing on 36 different teams.• AIS teams have qualified for numerous state tournament competitions and have won two, with eight individual State Champions and two “Coach of the Year” awards.Theater• The AIS Theatre Department hired an additional teacher to its program in 2012-13. Simon Bell joined the department from London, England, with a background in Physical Theatre & Devising. • AIS Theatre continues to be recognized internationally with its partnership with the International Schools Theatre Association. • AIS again achieved recognition at the Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre, receiving nine nominations. The Theatre Department stages two Upper School productions and one Middle School production per year, in addition to grades 11 and 12 IBDP theatre showcases.• 60% of the Upper School students and 40% of the Middle School student body participated in some way in the 2012-13 Theatre Season, with continued support from parents, faculty and alumni. 50 students of all-ages performed at the annual Spring Benefit fundraiser celebrating Thailand. Senior Connor Hagan wowed the crowd with a performance on silks. Visual Arts• The Visual Arts Department worked in conjunction with the Arts Alliance to create a new signature event called the 10x10 show. More than 80 teachers, students, faculty and parents created art for the community to view and purchase. Music• The Department of Music, with four full-time and two part-time faculty members, serves the needs of over 900 students in grades 3K-12 with a full offering of academic music classes, music performance ensembles, and an extensive afterschool private music lessons program.• In the Primary School, ensembles in chorus and orchestra are offered. • In the Middle School, AIS offers a choir, string ensemble, and a concert band.• At the Upper School level, ensembles are offered including three different choral groups, a concert band and orchestra.CAS• CAS stands for “Creativity, Action, Service.” It is required of all students in grades 6 – 12 and for the IB Diploma. • There are 39 CAS groups at AIS, working with organizations locally, nationally & internationally.

ALuMNI

• 1,075 alumni who currently live in 22 countries around the world. • The average age of our alumni is 26 years old.

ACCREDITATION

• AIS is accredited by CIS, AdvancED, SAIS. We are an IB World School.

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our missionTo meet the challenges and opportunities of our interdependent, fast-changing world as responsible citizens, young people require flexible intellectual competence, self-discipline, and a global outlook. To achieve these goals, they need rigorous academic preparation and a passion to become the best they can be. To thrive in and contribute to this world, they must have a solid sense of self and respect for others—as individuals, as members of a group, as citizens of their nations, and as members of the global community. Extraordinary individuals will be called upon to shape the 21st century. The mission of Atlanta International School (AIS) is to develop such individuals.

To fulfill this mission, AIS commits itself to the following goals:– to sustain and grow the exemplary level of teaching and learning that has earned it a world wide reputation for excellent standards in international and multilingual education within the framework of the International Baccalaureate; – to develop each child fully by helping each one to live our core values: the joy of learning and purposeful effort as well as mutual respect and understanding in a diverse setting; – to maintain an optimal size and composition of faculty and students to maximize the opportunities for learning and shared understanding that are necessary for a healthy community;– to help shape and improve local and global communities through the committed participation of its multilingual students, alumni, parents, faculty, and staff.

our core ValuesWhat We believe Is Fundamentally ImportantWe believe that encouraging each student to discover the intrinsic joy of learning and purposeful effort will help each one to set and achieve high academic standards. Furthermore, we believe it is vital to nurture mutual respect and understanding among all members of our commu-nity. Together we cultivate a spirited sense of hope in human potential. We believe the diversity of our community provides an extraordinary opportunity to enable our students to communicate, create, and collaborate in order to build a peaceful future.

The joy of learning and purposeful effort We want our students to experience joy in their intellectual, physical,social, and emotional development. At AIS we will create a safe, stimulating educational environment, promoting the wonder and curiosity that motivate a student to explore learning in and beyond the classroom throughout life. We believe that achievement derives from sustained, purposeful effort and that our potential is best developed by learning to think critically, debate confidently, and push our limits. Ours is a community that nurtures and celebrates disciplined and myriad intelligences, and we approach teaching with the expectation that every student will be successful.

Mutual respect and understanding in a diverse community We believe that every human being is valuable and deserves respect. We further believe that respect springs from understanding and that the best way to understand others is by learning to see the world from other points of view. Since each language reflects the values, history, and way of thinking of those who use it, learning another language is a particularly effective means of understanding and respecting others. We believe that a cohesive community of students, faculty, staff, and parents from many backgrounds—socio-economic, ethnic, racial, linguistic, national, and religious—provides an ideal setting for the development of respect and understanding and helps prepare students to thrive in a diverse, interdependent world.

AIS non-discrimination StatementAtlanta International School practices a full non-discriminatory policy in all school-administered programs and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or gender preference in all of its admissions, educational and employment policies, programs, and practices.


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Fall 2013 Global Exchange