Highlights Spring-Summer 2011

SPRING SUMMER 2011

A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNAE, PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LAUREL SCHOOL

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We welcome the opportunity to enhance the gardens surrounding the main building at Lyman Circle. If your plans include a visit to the garden center, perhaps you might add an item from the following list to your order. If youre willing to do so, and willing to donate it to Laurel, well pick it up and plant it with loving care as a part of the Schools master landscaping plan.

The most important aspect of the landscape design plan for the Lyman Campus is to create a reflection of the Laurel girls, their activities and their spirit. The master plan includes flowering shrubs that predominantly bloom in the spring and fall. In addition, there are plants and trees that create winter interest, raised vegetable garden beds, perennial cutting gardens, an herb garden, outdoor classroom spaces and several greenhouses.

2011 Landscape Design Wish List

# NEEDED TYPE & SIZE1 Eastern Dogwood 71 Ilex atlenucita 5 gal 301 Purple Filbert 5 gal3 Magnolia Virginiana 65 Blue Prince Holly 365 Viburnum 369 Mountain Laurel 5 gal 1811 French Lace Wegelia 5 gal11 Oakleaf Hydrangea 5 gal12 Green Wave Taxus 2414 Mountain Fire Pierus 5 gal 24-3016 Potentilla fruticosa (white) 3 gal 18

For more information, or to arrange for a pick-up, please call Deborah Farquhar Jones, Director of Development & External Affairs, at 216-455-3027 or contact via email at [email protected]. With your help, well beautify Lyman Circle, one Oakleaf Hydrangea at a time!

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SAVE THE DATE!MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011

MAYFIELD COUNTRY CLUBPlease join us for the fifth annual Laurel Athletic Booster Gator Golf Outing. The proceeds from this exciting event will directly benefit Laurels scholar athletes, both in Middle and Upper School.

Our field is limited, so please secure your spot by sending in your check as soon as possible. Your check is your confirmation.

For further information about the Golf Outing, please contact Seth Kushkin at 216.455.3049, or email Seth at [email protected] or contact John Velotta at 216.581.7444, extension 17, or email John at [email protected].

Winner will be chosen on Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Laurel School Athletic Booster Golf Outing. Winner need not be present to win.

TO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS: Contact Seth Kushkin at 216.455.3049 or email Seth at [email protected] ONLY 150 RAFFLE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!

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MESSAGE FROM ANN V. KLOTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4At Laurel, we have long been interested in cultivating girls voices. This issue of Highlights is dedicated to Finding Ones Voice.

LIFE AT LAUREL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6From the classrooms to the basketball court, get caught up on the happenings at One Lyman Circle and beyond through early April.

PASSPORT TO THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Laurels commitment to global communication begins in the Primary.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Five Upper School girls share the invaluable lessons learned through their Protg projects.

VOICES RAISED IN SPEECH AND DEBATE . . . . . . . 22Finding ones voice pays off for Laurels forensics program.

ALUMNAE NEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CLASS NEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

IN MEMORIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

[ ON THE COVER ] Chinese teacher Emma Forquer with Third Graders Emily Nicholls and Camille Kovach

[ NEW LOOK, SAME GREAT CONTENT ] Yes, Highlights has a new look and size. We hope you like it. This issue covers events and activities through early April. Look for extensive coverage on Alumnae Weekend, Commencement and other end-of-the-year celebrations in the Annual Report edition which will publish in early fall.

HEAD OF SCHOOLAnn V. Klotz

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRSDeborah Farquhar Jones

EDITORJulie Donahue 79, Director of Alumnae and Communications

ASSISTANT EDITORCaroline Kruse, Director of Community Relations

CLASS NEWS EDITORMaegan Ruhlman 03

DESIGN AND LAYOUTKimberly Torda

PHOTOGRAPHYJulie DonahueStephen CromptonRoger MastroianniKimberly Torda

PRESIDENT, ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONLynnette Jackson 93

CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEESAnne Conway Juster 80

SUBMIT CLASS NEWS UPDATES AND ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE:866.277.3182e-mail: [email protected]

Highlights is published two times a year by Laurel School for its alumnae, parents and friends. We are interested in your opinions and welcome letters to the editor. E-mail [email protected] or send letters to:

Julie Donahue Laurel School One Lyman Circle Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122

Laurel School is an independent day school for girls, Kindergarten through Grade 12, with coeducational programs for three- and four-year-olds. We are proud to be an inclusive and equitable school community, and we actively seek a diverse student body and faculty without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, handicap or dis-ability, or sexual orientation.

MISSION STATEMENTTo inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world

CORE VALUESIn a community of learners, Laurel girls are courageous, ethical and compassionate, ready for the complicated world they will inherit.

WWW.LAURELSCHOOL.ORG

All photos are identified left to right unless specified.

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A Comedy Tonight for Cordelia Orbach 13, Katie Norchi 12, Abby Veres 14, and Pauline Varley 11 in the spring musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.


I love walking through the Dining Room and hearing whats on the minds of the Primary or touching base with Middle Schoolers as they line up outside my office before a field trip (Im not sure they are supposed to talk when they are lining up, but I am always happy to see them and chat with them a bit). In the corridor of the Upper School, there are always girls ready to fill me in on the details of their lives and lessons or to ask or answer a question.

The rise and fall of conversation, laughter and ideas animate the halls at Laurel. I connect the contemporary voices of girls I know back through the generations: young women reciting Brownings My Last Duchess, or acting in the Senior Play or rehearsing for Song Contest; girls conjugating verbs and solving equations and offering solu-tions to problems. In my own work in drama and English, I am interested not only in what my students say but also in what they omit or choose not to say and why. Writing in 1927, the year Mrs. Lyman broke ground for the school building here in Shaker Heights, Virginia Woolf suggests that women need money and a room of their own in order to create works of art. I would add that girls and women also need to believe that what they want to say has value and that someone will be listening.

The audience and the speaker are two sides of a seesaw, ideally balanced. I speak, you listen. Your listening makes

my speaking public, forces me to stand and deliver, moving from the comfort of my bedroom to the public forum of the classroom or the Chapel. Perhaps you, too, saw this years Oscar-winning film The Kings Speech and felt, vicariously, Lionel Logues pleasure in helping King George speak with more confidence. The Kings stammer diminished because Logue listened intently, valuing the monarchs feelings, memories, and frustrations, and be-cause Logue offered technical helpbreathing, slowing down the rate of speech, tongue twisters that increased flexibilityin a supportive but demanding way. Logue was a wonderful teacher; his expectations were high, his ego not part of the equation. The King, unaccustomed to mere mortals, finally trusted Logue and himself enough to commit to the work and get better at delivering the speeches he loathed but his role required.

At Laurel, we have long been interested in cultivating girls voices. Carol Gilligans earliest work, In a Different Voice, focused our attention on voice in girls and urged us to attend to the phenomenon of Middle School-age girls losing their voices. Faculty emerita Rosaneil Schenk built a drama and speech program on articulate speech. Laurel, in many ways, is shaped around this concept that young women must use their voices in order to fulfill their promise and to better the world. Purpose makes us braver, particularly if it is our job to persuade someone else of our convictions.

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finding your voiceAT FIRE DRILLS, I AM KNOWN AS A FEROCIOUS ENFORCER OF

SILENCE, GLARING AT THE GIRLS AS THEY COME DOWN THE

STAIRS, DEMANDING QUIET. IT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT I DO NOT

WISH TO HEAR THEIR VOICES. AT ALL OTHER TIMES, I AM DEEPLY

INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THEM, URGING THEM TO GIVE

VOICE TO THEIR FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, QUESTIONS.

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Our recent triumphs in speech and debate suggest that, for many girls, bold and articulate statements come, after practice, with ease. Yet, recently, when I asked my Ninth Graders to memorize a poem by heart and stand and say it with expression and fluency, many were tense, anxious about performing in public, nervous about memorizing the lines and reluctant to be too expressive for fear of looking weird. What a contrast to the Primary School girls who delivered the poetry and music of the Harlem Renaissance with total commitment earlier this spring. Why is it that the older we grow, the more self-conscious and fearful of judgment we become, even in the safe space of this remarkable school?

Perhaps we send an array of confusing messages: use your voices, but be careful not to be too loud, too strident. Know when to modulate, when to squelch your own desire to participate so that another student might have a chance to offer her opinion. Have your voice, but be respectful. Collaborate, but dont dominate the conversation. Dis-agree but do so respectfully, civilly. Learn the rules of civil discourse. Dont give voice to gossip or spread rumor. Tell

the truth but be tactful. Remember the power of words. Dont talk dur-

ing Chapel or during Fire Drills. Speak up. Keep silent. Be brave. Be quiet.

The dissonant cacophony reminds me of being lost in an enchanted forest with no clear path to follow. Language

and contradictory cultural norms lead us deeper into

the woods but, paradoxi-cally, only clear think-

ing and well-chosen words can help us

find our way out once again.

Perhaps before we can leave a trail of pebbles, we have to be courageous enough to identify the contradictions we faceas girls, women, teachers.

There may be no straight path through the woods; there will certainly be twists and turns and obstacles. There is a time to speak and a time to keep silent, and part of growing up is learning the difference. Perhaps that is why,

though I love the frequent conversations I have with girls of all ages, I am relentless at fire drills. I want our girls to understand that some situations require us to move away from what is natural and assume a decorum we may not feel, to practice behavior that runs counter to our inclination. It is in those instances when we feel least like ourselves that we may more deeply appreciate a world in which a childs duty to be seen and not heard is no longer the prevailing view.

At Laurel, girls know we value their thoughts and opin-ions and feelings, that we want them to speak their minds, that we are committed to helping them ask questions, frame debates, argue with passion and conviction. To cultivate voice is to nurture confidence and competence, to foster in a girl the belief in her own power, to teach that using her voice on her own behalf or on behalf of others, she has the opportunity to change the world, one word and action at a time.

In this issue of Highlights, we give voice to faculty, students, alumnae. I thank them for sharing their stories with us. By listening, we learn as much as we learn by speaking.


At Laurel, girls know we value their thoughts and opinions and feelings, that we want them to speak their minds, that we are committed to helping them ask questions, frame debates, argue with passion and conviction.

Student Artists Shine at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers recognized 17 talented students from Laurels sophisticated visual arts program. The Herb Ascherman Award for Photography was given to two studentsboth Laurel girls! A panel of local professional artists and art educators selected winners from over 1,000 entries from schools throughout the region. It is remarkable for a school and arts program of Laurels size to be recognized with 28 awards. Laurel winning artists are:

Rebecca Griesmer 11: Gold Key and Herb Ascherman Award for Photography; Miranda Orbach 11: Herb Ascherman Award for Photography, CIA Recognition Award, Portfolio Gold Key Award, two Gold Keys; Lauren Hipple 11: Portfolio Gold Key Award, Silver Key, two Honorable Mentions; Jenna Bailey 12: Gold Key; Honorable Mention; Alyssa Holznagel 11: Gold Key; Sophie Schwartz 13: Gold Key; Emily Chamberlin 12: Silver Key; Tiffany Els 11: two Silver Keys; Molly Farkas 11: Silver Key; Delaney Feighan 14: Silver Key;

Megan Opatrny 11: Silver Key, Honorable Mention; Emily Richards 11: Silver Key; Madeleine Balogh 12: Honorable Mention; Melissa Chieffe 11: Honorable Mention; Anna Orlando 12: Honorable Mention; Grace Robbins 12: Honorable Mention; Danielle Slater 11: Honorable Mention.

The Alliance also recognized writer Abby Napoli 12 with a Silver Medal for a short story.

Four Head to Speech and Debate Nationals

For the first time in Laurel School history, the Speech & Debate Team sent qualifiers to the National Forensic League Finals in three different events!Congratulations to national qualifiers Ann Dunn 11 and Alex Kruse 11Public Forum Debate, Sarah Kuczmarski 11Congressional Debate and Anne Meeker 12Original Oratory.

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work of 27 student artists, and included a life-size faade painting taken from one of the girls original scale drawings.The museum opening was a culmination of the first trimesters focus on individuals, institutions and groups in which the girls interviewed community members to gather information on institutions in our area, including Laurel School, brought in weekly news articles about museums and other institutions to discuss, and used nonfiction books and the Internet to research institutions and their museum topics.

Some of the Scholastic Art Award recipients: (Back row) Tiffany Els 11, Alyssa Holznagel 11, Jenna Bailey 12, and Rebecca Griesmer 11 (Front row) Lauren Hipple 11 and Miranda Orbach 11

Some of the Scholastic Art Award recipients: (Back row) Tiffany Els 11, Alyssa Holznagel 11, Jenna Bailey 12, and Rebecca Griesmer 11 (Front row) Lauren Hipple 11 and Miranda Orbach 11

The National Tournament took place in Dallas, June 13-18.

In addition, Laurel claimed first alternate slots in three events: Congratulations to Kiran Kawolics 11Original Oratory, Tannaz Rowshanbakhtfardian 11International Extemp, Rachel Anderson 13United States Extemp. We also had one second alternate: Congratulations to Anne Jordan 11 Original Oratory.

In other Speech and Debate news, Laurel Seniors Kiran Kawolics, Sarah Kuczmarski and Sonja Postak have been named Academic All-Americans by the National Forensic League (NFL). To be named an Academic All-American, a student must have earned a minimum of 750 NFL credit points through participation in interscholastic speech and debate competition, must maintain a GPA of at least 3.7 on a 4.0 scale, and must have received an ACT score of 27 or higher or an SAT score of 2000 or higher.Students also must demonstrate outstanding personal character and leadership and must be recommended both by their school and their speech and debate coach. Fewer than one percent of students competing in speech and debate nationwide are named Academic All-Americans.

BREAKING NEWS FROM NATIONALS: Anne Meeker finished in the top 30 in the nation with her original oratory Sincerely Yours! Way to go, Annie!

Future Diplomats Dominate Junior Model UN Competition Twenty-two Seventh and Eighth Grade Laurel students were among more than

200 local students who participated in the Fifth Annual Junior Model United Nations Competition at John Carroll University. The Laurel girls crafted position papers, honed oral speaking skills and plotted com-petition strategy in the weeks leading up to the competition. And their preparation paid off ! During the Junior Model UN, Laurel girls competed in teams of two on seven United Nations Committees, which were responsible for pushing their delega-tions to pass resolutions by collaborating with other countries in a real-world simula-tion of actual United Nations issues.

Not only did Laurel garner 18 out of 30 of the total honors awarded, five Laurel girls, including Sloane Hammerman 16, Rebecca Brichacek 16, Amy Sinnenberg 16, Marisa Ippolito 15 and Hannah Lauster 16, received the coveted Gavel award, presented to the top participant in each of the seven delegations.

In addition to individual awards, Laurel dominated the team awards. Receiving excellent commendationsMarisa Ippolito 15, Veronica Jones 16, Hannah Lauster 16, Raegan Burke 16,Ivy Kasper 15 , Amy Sinnenberg 16; excellent designationEmily Moore 15, Rebecca Brichacek 16; superior awardJayne ODwyer 15, Grace Murray 16,

Hayley Donohue 16, Julianne Beg 16, Elizabeth Murphy 15, Sabrina Downey 15, Kaleigh Shupp 16, Sloane Hammerman 16; honorable mentionMisbah Lokhandwala 15, Michelle Delaney 15.

Nine Win Awards at Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair

Six Upper School and three Middle School students were among the 614 participants in the Northeast Ohio Science and Engi-neering Fair (NEOSEF).Congratulations to the following Laurel students for their hard work and performance: UPPER SCHOOL: Sam Peachey 13: Honorable Mention in Chemistry Grades 9/10 for Blue Bottle Chemistry Demonstration; Anamika Veeramani 14: Honorable Mention in Health/Medicine Grades 9/10 for Combating Bioterrorism: Determination of Minimum Pathogen concentration for Rapid, Accurate, and Efficient Detection of Bioterror Agents; Samantha Basch 12:3rd Place in Behavioral Science 11/12 for Eat Your Veg-gies: A Nutrition Study using Statistics and Behavioral Economics; Clea Newman 12: 2nd Place in Math/Computer Science 11/12 for A Model for Optimizing Wind Power Utilization under Electric Utility


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Dorogi 11:2nd Place in Health/Medicine 11/12 for Correlation Between Donor Heart Weight and Patient Survival Rate; special awards from American Statistical Association and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute; Kristen Nemeth 12: 2nd Place in Physics 11/12 for Behavior of Oobleck and Silly Putty: Household Non-Newtonian Fluids: How do these fluids affect the impulse an object endures on impact?; special award from Cleveland State Univer-sity Dept of Physics. MIDDLE SCHOOL: Anna Zipp 16:3rd Place in Physics; Rebecca Brichacek 16: 2nd Place in Engineering; special award from An-

tique Automobile Association; Leigh Ann Fairley 15:1st Place in Chemistry; special awards from American Chemical Society, Cleveland Chemical Association, Iota Sigma Pi, William R. Sweet Family, and invitation to participate in a further competition based on a written paper. Power of the Pen This just in our Middle School Power of the Pen program continues to garner results! Laurels Seventh Grade team won the 2nd place trophy (out of 37 schools participat-ing) at the regional writing tournament held at Hudson Middle School. Laurel was the only school to have all six writ-ers on its Seventh Grade team qualify for the regional tournament. Eighth Graders

Sabrina Downey and Elizabeth Murphy won 3rd and 5th place trophies respectively. Elizabeth also won a Best of Round 2 award (meaning she was judged as having written the best paper out of 120 written in a given round) and won an honorable mention for Round 3. The two teams took 2nd place in the overall sweepstakes.

EDITORS NOTE: Seventh Graders Caroline Werner and Hannah Lauster and Eighth Graders Elizabeth Murphy and Sabrina Downey competed in the state tournament. As Highlights was going to press we learned that Hannah Lauster was recognized as one of the top 50 writers in the state and Sabrina Downey was Third in the state! Great job ladies!

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the floor of the House of Representatives, honoring students who participated in the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee and congratulating the 83rd National Spelling Bee Champion, Anamika Veeramani 14. The resolution recognized the importance of education and was introduced and voted on in a House Session that aired live on C-SPAN.

Head of School Named Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction

Ann V. Klotz was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).A role model to pupils, Ms. Klotz was nominated by Junior Samantha Basch for outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence in the classroom. Student members of NSHSS have the opportunity to nominate the educator who has made the most significant contribution to their academic career.The Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction award recognizes

teacher role models who have made a lasting difference in their classroom by encouraging students to strive for excellence.

Cum Laude

Each year, up to 5% of the Junior Class and up to 10% of the Senior Class (5% of whom can be elected their Junior year) are inducted into the Cum Laude Society based on their grade point average. Longtime Upper School history teacher Tim Connell was the guest speaker at the induction ceremony held this spring for the honorees and their families. Congratulations to new inductees: Angel Chen 11, Melissa Chieffe, 11, Martha Gilchrist 11, Alison Leddy 11, Miranda Orbach 11, Sarah Ridge 11, Carolyn Weltman 11, Denise Zou 11, Sam Basch 12, Emma Freer 12, Tabitha Gillombardo 12, Charlotte Austen Hartwell 12, Kristen Nemeth 12, Emily Orr 12, and Rory OShaughnessy 12. Members of the Class of 11 who were inducted as Juniors are: Amanda Block, Allison Dorogi, Sarah Immerman, Megan Opatrny, Emily Richards, Greta Riebe, Ellen Rogers and Pauline Varley. Pauline also was recognized as our Phi Beta Kappa Award recipient.



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Junior Jenna Bailey was invited to the White House to celebrate International Womens Day thanks to her role as a teen advisor to the United Nation Foundation Girl Up campaign. Jenna became involved with Girl Up as a result of her trip last summer to the Olevolos Village in Tanzania. The Olevolos Project is a partnership with Passport, Laurels Global Education Initiative that encompasses semester-away and exchange partnerships with schools and communities around the world, as well as curriculum grounded in global awareness. While at the White House, Jenna had the opportunity to tour 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and to listen to inspiring speakers.But the highlight of her visit was greeting and hugging First Lady Michelle Obama! Jennas story was featured locally on FOX-8 News and in the Sun Newspaper. Ann V. Klotz Takes to the Airwaves! Head of School Ann V. Klotz shared

her thoughts about Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on Around Noon on WCPN 90.3, Clevelands NPR station. Having previously been a guest expert on To Kill A Mockingbird, Ms.Klotz was invited back for another edition of the Around Noon book club and joined host Dee Perry, Case Western Reserve Universitys Rhonda Williams and Cleveland State Universitys Lolita Buckner Inniss to discuss a controversial new edition of Mark Twains classic.

Laurel STEM Program Featured in Cleveland Magazine

An article on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs in the March issue of Cleveland Magazine featured Licia Kovach, Chair of the Science Department, Larry Goodman, Director of Strategic Programming, and Junior Kristen Nemeth. Also featured were Laurels Passport Program to Tanzania and our students engineering project building a playground for the children of the Olevolos Village.

Kindergarten Students Get Ink and Photo Op!

In lieu of traditional valentines this year, Julie Haylors kindergarten class made trees as a service project to benefit the oncology floor at Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital. The story and photo were featured in the Sun Press.

Two NewsChannel5 McDonald Student Athletes of the Week!

Senior Greta Riebe and Junior Alexis Guy were each named McDonald Student Athlete of the Week on WEWS NewsChannel5 this winter.NewsChannel5 (the ABC affiliate) honors athletes each week who set examples in the classroom, on their team and in the community.

Greta recently was honored as one of10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Alexis, a team captain of the varsity basketball team, averaged 23.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.

Kindergarteners with their Valentine treesJenna Bailey 12 (left) and a Girl Up friend at The White House

Greta Riebe 11, one of 10 Exceptional Scholarship Athletes is honored by AT&T

Laurel Girls Skate to a 3rd Place Finish The Laurel High School Figure Skating Team competed for a state title in the 2011 Ohio High School Team Figure Skating Championships at Thornton Park Arena, finishing in 3rd place.In the six years that Laurel has competed in this State Championship, the team has come in third place five times and finished first in 2007. Two Swim Team Juniors Compete at States For the third time in as many years, swim-mer Sarah Litt 12 represented Laurel School at States! Sarah swam the 100-yard

butterfly in the 2011 State Division II finals held in Canton, Ohio, on February 25 and finished 14th in the State, after finishing 4th in districts. Fellow Junior and diver Emily Matohs 8th place finish in the districts led her to the State Division II diving finals in Canton on February 23 where she finished 23rd.

Academic All-Ohio Athletes Congratulations to the thirteen Laurel Athletes who were named Academic All-Ohio, an honor bestowed on Varsity return players who carry a 3.5 GPA or higher. In golfEmily Ettinger 11, Lauren Hipple 11, Alison Leddy 11,

Emily Liptow 11, Sarah Ridge 11 and Greta Riebe 11. In field hockey Martha Gilchrist 11, Tabitha Gillombardo 12, Chelsea Jackson 12, Katherine Gilkeson 12, Maureen Mentrek 12, Victoria Mintz 12 and Nina Mastroianni 13.

Hoop ActionGator style!

The Laurel Gators ended their season with a fantastic 14-7 record and were the sectional champsthe first time in a decade that they have captured this honor! Team captain and Junior Alexis Guy was elected to the third-team in Division III for the all-Ohio team.

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Perception is one of the many things that differentiate people. Photography allows me to emphasize what I believe is important and to share my perceptions with others. I am able to express the emotions I feel by angles, lighting, filters, or zooming, focusing in on what I see, whether I am in Honduras, working with North Star girls, traveling with my family, or simply taking a portrait of my friends.My camera is a looking glass into how I see the world, and it freezes my emotional perception at a decisive moment.

Lauren attended Advanced Young Digital Photographers at Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine. The 10th annual Mills Photography Exhibition was held on March 16.

Special thanks to Katies family for their continued support and to Renee Psiakis, Fine Arts Department Co-Chair and Upper School Photography teacher.

Renee Psiakis, Ayla Peacock 11, Mills recipient Lauren Hipple 11, Ann V. Klotz and proud father Richard Hipple

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Guestsparents, alumnae, parents of alumnae, faculty, staff and friendsstrolled through vignettes of Laurel through the decades, browsed the many outstanding silent and live auction items andsavored delicious food by Sammys Catering. Capping off the evening was live music and dancing with Afterthought & TheNuSoul Band.

Thanks to all its supporters, this years event, co-chaired by Jamie Belkin 83 and Mebby Klein Brown 65, raised more than $80,000 for the Laurel community.


ROW ONE (L TO R): Co-chairs Mebby Klein Brown 65 and Jamie Belkin 83 with Head of School Ann V. Klotz; Cari Richer Ross 85 (background) checks out the plethora of silent auction items; ROW TWO (L TO R): Jim and Vicki Bell; Katerina and David MacGregor; ROW THREE (L TO R): Abby, Maegan 03 and Rob Ruhlman; The Atrium was aglow; ROW FOUR (L TO R): In the spirit of the evening are Henry and Sally Weaver Chisholm 54 and Mebby Klein Brown 65; Heather Diemer Havre 86 and her husband, John; Cathy Dwyer LoPresti 65 with Jeff and Ce Sinclair.


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LAURELS PRIMARY WORLD LANGUAGES PROGRAM

Young Learners Discover, Explore and Experience. As the world becomes a global village, the abil-ity to communicate with one another increasingly is essential. And whether it is in Spanish, French, Chinese or English, Laurel girls are ready. Empower-ing girls to be global citizens begins in the Primary where students gain exposure to and comfort inter-acting in three world languages: Chinese, French and Spanish. The World Languages Program allows stu-dents to engage in language study that is meaningful, contextualized and rich in cultural relevance.

What makes the Primary World Language program at Laurel distinctive? The basic framework for start-ers as it immerses students in Kindergarten through Second Grade in the three languages (once a week for each language) in an integrated curriculum that is tied to social studies. For example, when Kinder-garten students learn about the rainforest in their Primary classroom, the Chinese class will focus on the rainforest in China, the French class will look at the Congo River Basin and the Spanish class will ex-plore animals of the Iguazu region of South America.

This emphasis on immersing the students in the tar-get language develops both a familiarity with and a confidence in functioning in the target language. As Second Grader Maggie Hatch explains: It feels like were actually in that country. Its not our classroom; its the country. Our classroom is France. Everybody is speaking that language. This is Franceor Spain or the country of whatever language were learning. Third Grader Elizabeth Thompson agrees, I feel like Im actually learning a language that I can speak.

During the Third Grade year, students, having had significant exposure to all three, choose either

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Chinese, French or Spanish for a longer sequence of study through the rest of Primary and Middle Schools. They have the option to add Latin in Seventh Grade, as well as another language in Upper School.

WHY LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE?The answers are quite simple and backed by research.

Research indicates that learning a second language early on helps students develop critical-thinking skills, enabling them to think more creatively and to have better problem-solving abilities (e.g., Bamford and Mizokawa, 1991).

Studies further suggest that students who receive regular instruction in a second language outperform their monolingual peers on standardized tests.

These results indicate that learning another language enhances a students understanding of English and her other academic skills (The College Board SAT, 2003; Curtain & Dahlberg, 2004).

And, students who speak more than one language may have greater career opportunities down the road. Certainly bilingualism and multilingualism promote richer cultural understanding but they likely will prove to be economically advantageous, as well. When these students enter the workforce, they will be able to communicate effectively and to display higher degrees of flexibility and acceptance of other viewpoints. Not only will this allow them to promote multiculturalism in the United States, but the girls will find themselves better prepared to work in social, economic or political spheres abroad. (Carreira & Armengol, 2001).

Christina Crouch 99 teaches French to Eliza Schwarz 23 and Veda Palomo 23 and their classmates.


[By being able to speak another

language] We can help others and

thats kind of helping the world.

Everybody will help everybody and

thats helping the world; helping the

environment; teaching somebody. If

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other people.

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FULFILLING MY PROMISE:

CONVERSATIONS WITH LAUREL GIRLS

Laurels mission statement to inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world fuels everything we do. If learning another language helps reinforce the Schools commit-ment to service learning and encourages students to engage in interactions beyond Lyman Circle, Primary girls realize the signifi-cance of having more than one language in ones academic arsenal.

[By being able to speak another language] We can help others and thats kind of helping the world, notes Maggie Hatch 21. Everybody will help everybody and thats helping the world; helping the environment; teaching somebody. If we teach somebody, she can teach other people. And, U.S. State Depart-ment take note! Budding diplomat Elizabeth Thomas 20 adds, It helps make peaceif we were doing something (in a crisis), we would be able to keep everything calm by speaking the other language.

From Emily Nicholls 20 perspective the benefit extends beyond work-related opportunities: We can be friends with people from other countries, because when I think of friends, I think of people I can communicate with.

While the recent wake of national budget woes has led to cuts in many foreign language programs, Laurel remains firmly commit-ted to World Languages, so much so that it has added additional resources to create the Primary World Language curriculum. Through a well-articulated K-12 model, each student has the opportunity to obtain mastery and fluency in at least one world language by the time she graduates.

For Maggie, Elizabeth, Emily and all other Primary students, language proficiency translates into flexible thinking and a broader worldview. Laurel School recognizes that one critical component of preparing students for the 21st Century is helping each girl develop the skills she needs to engage in a fully global society and encouraging every student to find her voice, whether in Chinese, French or Spanish.

WORKS CITED:

Benefits of Early Language Learning. andut (Foreign Language Learning

Grades PreK-8, Center for Applied Linguistics). Aug, 27, 2010. Web. 8 Dec. 2010.

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AMANDA BLOCK 11

I have always known that there was something different about the arts. My parents enriched my sister, Ali 08, and me from a young age, by taking us to the theater and museums and by enrolling us in ballet and music classes. I also began playing the flute at the age of seven and have always been extremely involved in the performing arts, but it was not until my Sophomore year, during my World History II course, that I truly discovered my great appreciation of the visual arts world.

Our teacher, Mr. Connell, integrated artwork from the periods we studied. It was then that I felt a greater connection to the visual arts and a desire to learn more about the field. I learned about the different styles and forms of art and the way artwork is a reflection of the historical events and values of each era. We studied hundreds of painters and sculptors and their works. I found myself drawn into art history, wanting to pursue more.

Inspired to learn more about each artist and his or her work and time period, I decided to research internship opportunities at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA); however, I was disappointed to learn that CMA allowed only college students to become interns. I contacted Dr. Larry Goodman, Director of Strategic Programming, to see if he knew of any other Cleveland-area opportunities for me in the field of art history. In just a few weeks, Dr. Goodman had contacted CMA, and despite my age, the Museum allowed me to ap-ply for the internship. After completing the application process, I had

an interview. By the end of the interview, I learned that CMA had decided to give me a position as an intern! Without Laurels support, I would not have had the opportunity to intern at CMA last summer.

I worked in the Department of Performing Arts, Music and Film, and my responsibilities involved office work, outreach, archi-val work, meetings, and assisting with the VIVA! & Gala Series, and the museums annual Solstice Party, an extravaganza attended by thousands. Over the course of my internship, I learned so much about arts managementI never realized how much organization goes into one performance because I was usually the one perform-ing or attending, not planning, the event!

I especially enjoyed the archival work because I was able to learn a lot about CMAs history. I also had the incredible opportunity to take a full tour of CMAI saw where paintings are stored in the Museum when not on display. I even stood right next to a Monet! In addition to learning about arts management, I learned about a typical offices needs, event coordination, troubleshooting, behavior in the workplace, and the general behind-the-scenes life of a museum.

Having known forever that I want to be involved in the arts, I have considered professional careers in both music and dance; however, until recently, I had not considered a career in art history and museum work. Thanks to Laurels Protg program, I was able to explore this career possibility. I now know that I am passionate about art history, and I am dedicated to the arts community and its prosperity.

Amanda Block has played the flute since the age of seven and was awarded one of the top three prizes in the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association Young Artist Competition last fall. She will attend the University of Chicago in the fall where she will continue to play the flute.

We know that making connections and constructing knowledge within a global context is vitally important to girls. Laurels

curriculum is made more robust by the many learning opportunities beyond the classroom. Protg is Laurels signature Upper School program that links a students interests and passions with real-world experience through internships, research assistantships in medical science labs or social science research facilities or independent research projects where a student designs her own research and is mentored by a professional. We asked five of the many girls who have participated in Protg to share how it has enhanced their Laurel experience.

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MAUREEN MENTREK 12

I take three AP courses. I play two sports. I am active in Model UN, student government and Green Key. My cross-town commute starts every morning at 6:27 a.m. sharp. I am a Junior at Laurel, and my life is hectic, to say the least. Like many other Laurel girls, I was surviving on only four hours of sleep per night. So it was surprising to neither my friends nor my family when I told them that I had approached Dr. Goodman and Mrs. Melissa Rogers about designing a summer research internship to study sleep at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Sleep Disorder Center as part of the Protg Program.

When I began my project last July, all I knew about sleep was that I personally did not get enough of it. I reported to work on the same day that a group of doctors were scheduled to begin their fellowships (and I am sure that many of them were a bit confused when they encountered what appeared to be a 16-year-old fellow in their midst). Since sleep medicine is a rather obscure medical sub-specialty, I felt surprisingly comfortable because they appeared to be nearly as uninformed as I was.

However, lets just say that after a month and a half of immer-sion in my Protg project, I was anything but uninformed. In fact, had you seen me during the summer months, odds are I diag-nosed you with some obscure, scary-sounding sleep disorder. My transformation from a relatively ignorant-about-sleep teenager to what is tantamount to a female Doogie Howser, began with a two-week series of didactic lectures on everything from major sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy, to common

treatments of those disorders, to Clinic billing protocols. Throughout my experience, I was offered a first-hand opportuni-

ty to observe every aspect of the professional life of a specialist at the Sleep Disorder Center. Not only did I attend lectures, but I learned how to score and interoperate the electric firings of brain neurons with PSGs, worked on the Quality of Life Epilepsy Study, went on both sleep and neurological clinical rounds, and even participated in a sleep study of my own when I was invited to test the Clinics newest sleep toy, the Watch PAT. My Protg project culminated in a presentation of my research to a group of my own peers and Laurel faculty. Following my presentation, I even met with Dr. Lisa Damour, Laurels consulting psychologist and Co-Director of the Center for Research on Girls, regarding the possible integration of my research into a sleep hygiene unit in our Lifeskills course.

All in all, my opportunity to work through Protg resulted in one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. I learned so much not only about sleep, but also about myself. My internship inspired me so much that I am now interested in pursuing a career as a doctor. I want to be the person to whom a patients trust is given in order to improve her quality of life. Whether those prob-lems arise from issues with sleep, epilepsy, or medicine in general, I want to be the person who changes liveswho saves lives. Protg opened my eyes to the fascinating word of medicine. But perhaps most importantly, I learned that regardless of the amount of time I must commit to my activities, or the amount of homework I have due the next day, sleep is important and is not to be forgone. I am still a Laurel girl. But now Im a Laurel girl who gets a healthy amount of sleep! Maureen Mentrek looks forward to her Senior year at Laurel and a good nights sleep!

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During the summer of 2009, I drove to a house tucked away in a development in Chesterland. I spent several hours a day working in the basement.

The basement of the house contained the office spaces of Toby and Melanie Maloney, two vice-presidents of mental_ floss magazine. I spent my weeks learning the ins and outs of the magazine, both the print and online components. mental_ floss is a bi-monthly national magazine that was founded in 2001 by two Duke University graduates. Ive been very passionate about journalism throughout high school, so I looked for Protg projects that would help me learn more about magazine journalism.

Throughout that July, I watched as the hectic maga-zine production schedule unfolded. I contacted each edi-tor on staff, including the two founders, so I could better understand how a magazine is created. I worked primarily with the business side of the publication, as Mr. Maloney

was the Vice President of Business Development. I helped him seek out potential advertisers with the magazine, and I also assisted with putting mental_ floss onto Facebook.

I did research for the magazine, helped with subscrip-tions, created a spreadsheet for magazine demographics and assisted with choosing the next months magazine cover. I also folded a lot of T-shirtsmental_floss has a complete line of hilarious shirts and books to comple-ment the magazine and website. I took several home!

As part of my internship, I also wrote an article for men-tal_flosss website about crazy college essay prompts, which eventually got syndicated to CNN.coms Living section. It was really cool to see my byline on a national website!

My Protg project was a great experience, and I was able to apply a lot of my mental_floss experience to my work on The Gator Byte, Laurels online magazine that I founded as a freshman. From learning about customer ser-vice to meticulous fact-checking, my internship cemented my desire to become a journalist.

Katie Naymon is the founder and editor of Gator Byte, Laurels online magazine. She will attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall.



The Survey Says: Cleveland State University

ABBY ROSENBLUM 11

During the winter of my Junior year, I knew I wanted to take part in a Protg project in order to gain some expe-rience in the workforce and explore one of my passions, but I was not sure what area I wanted to study. After considering my love of mathematics and analyzing information, I decided to pursue a project in political science.

Last summer I worked at Cleveland State University in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. I was given the assignment to construct a survey instrument that would measure CEO confidence in the economy and to build several different panels of questions that probe different areas of public policy con-cern as it related to American manufacturing: capital access, labor quality, and issues related to international competition and supply chain management.

In order to complete this task, I had to first do much research. This included reading books on information graphics and looking at previous online business surveys. I then created many drafts to eventually produce a final version. After the final version of the

survey had been created, I dedicated a great deal of time to using an online survey tool in order to correctly format the questions to create a design that would be straightforward and user-friendly.

At that point, my time at Cleveland State ended, though the survey would eventually be sent to the head of the Ohio Manufacturing Association (OMA) and distributed to its members. The answers were analyzed in the College of Urban Affairs to determine what types of businesses were successful and why they were succeeding. This information is useful in helping Ohio create thriving companies that would be able to help our economy prosper.

Not only did I thoroughly enjoy this experience, but also I learned more than I could have ever imagined. I was exposed to so much information about our economy that cannot solely be learned from reading the news. I also learned the best way to effectively ask questions, because if the survey was in any way unclear, it would not be successful. In addition, I learned how to use a survey tool. Through this internship, I not only gained a wealth of knowledge from the project, but also from mentors who were there to guide me.

Abby Rosenblum, a member of the Laurel figure skating team, received silver level recognition from the United Figure Skating Association this spring. She will attend Brandeis University in the fall.

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TANNAZ ROWSHANBAKHTFARDIAN 11

For my Protg project I worked at the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. My lab director, Bela Anand-Apte, had been working on a project she was looking to publish. The main objective of the project was to determine if Ephrin A2, a peptide ligand that serves as a receptor for specific proteins in the body, was increased in Timp3 knock-out mice. These are mice that are genetically altered so that their bodies do not produce Timp3, an inhibitor for angiogenesis which is new blood vessel growth from pre-existing blood vessels. Timp3 prevents new blood vessel growth and genetically altering the mice so that they do not produce Timp3 means that tumors and blood vessels grow more rapidly in the mice.

If we can track the levels of Timp3 in the body and control those levels, that could lead to further develop-ment in finding treatment for tumor growth and cancers. I was asked to run the major tests for this project and report the results at weekly lab meetings. I also got the opportunity to plate cells as well as observe the surgeries that my lab mentors performed.

During my time in the lab, I was taught to run protein lysates in order to prepare the tissue samples that would be tested. I then prepared the samples and was taught to use them in running westerns, which is a technique used to detect proteins in a tissue sample through a process known as gel electrophoresis. The rest of the westerns were run, washed, and developed by another intern and me in the lab. During the washes of the western plates, the

protein was covered in Ephrin A2, which would show the amount of protein in each organ that was tested. Once the washes were complete, the westerns were developed on film. The films were checked to make sure equal amounts of protein were used in each blot. Once they were confirmed to be equal, they were then presented to Dr. Anand-Apte at weekly lab meetings.

Often times, the westerns had to be re-run due to measurement errors or malfunctions of the western gels. This could be frustrating since each western took about three days to complete. However, the frustrations and complications of the process allowed me to understand the persistence and patience that is needed to work in a lab. I truly learned to appreciate the amount of work and thought that goes into completing a research project. Overall, I enjoyed the time I spent working in the lab and am thankful that they allowed me to do much of the work on my own. Not only did I gain experience with lab technique, but I could perform and understand the reasoning behind the tests that were run.

Luckily, the results found were accurate and corre-sponded to those that we were expected to find. There-fore, after some more tests that I will run during my Senior project, Dr. Anand-Apte will be ready to publish our findings. My fellow intern and I will be co-authors on her published work! Our findings will allow other researchers and doctors to make further progress in understanding the bodys response to angiogenesis.

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by Caroline Kruse, Director of Community Relations

Its a typical Saturday morning for Laurel Senior Alex Kruse

she rolls out of the warmth of her bed at 6 a.m., slips on a

skirt and button-down shirt, runs out the door with her heels

and an overstuffed binder in hand. There is hardly anyone

on the road. As she drives to her destination, she repeats

arguments and obscure facts aloud. She arrives at the

tournament site where a sea of familiar faces greets her.

These are her comrades and her competition, and each

Saturday from October to March this is her weekend ritual

as a member of Laurels Speech and Debate team.


Once the tournament begins, Alex and her Public Forum partner, Senior Ann Dunn, who are both National qualifiers, join two other debat-ers from another school and a judge in a small classroom. The students cordially shake hands and take their seats on oppo-site ends of the room. For thirty minutes they argue both sides of an issue and try to convince the judge that they have the winning argument. This debate dance will go on for four, five sometimes six rounds, each time facing new opponents. Alex proudly proclaims she wouldnt want to spend her weekends any other way: The adrenaline rush, nervous energy, and power that comes from knowing both sides of a controversial issue so thor-oughly excites mewhether the issue be affirmative action, political lobbying or cyberbullying.

For Junior Anne Meeker, also a National qualifier, its the weekly oppor-tunity to meet and eventually befriend students from other schools that keeps her engaged. At speech, youre thrown together with the kind of kids who get up at ridiculous hours on their Saturdays to be a part of an academic teamcrazy, certainly, but really awesome kids, she explains.Its very, very rarely that I ever met someone at speech whom I didnt like; actually, I can honestly say that I met most of my best friends there. Espe-cially in Original Oratory, my event for

two years, friendships form so quickly because we show a side

of ourselves that we would usually keep hidden in other kinds of competition, through writing a speech on a topic we care about and presenting it to almost complete strangers. To really do it well, you have to be totally, openly, nakedly sincere, which is something we dont do often.

Laurels Speech and Debate pro-gram is considered one of the best and brightest in the countryhaving earned membership in The National Forensic Leagues (NFL) 100 club, placing in the top 10% of NFL chapters nationwide. This year the team sent 17 girls to the State Tournament and four girls qualified in three different events for the National Tournament, taking place in Dallas, Texas, in June. So its hard to believe that the program was started a mere seven years ago by Speech & Debate Head Coach and Laurel Science teacher Rich Kawolics. When I began teaching at Laurel, I was struck by the brilliance of the Senior Speech concept, but also realized that speech at Laurel could be so much more, he explains. I was aware that speech and debate could be an extracurricular, and

frankly a bit surprised that a school of Laurels stature did not have a program. In Mr. Kawolics first meeting with then new Head of School Ann Klotz he told her he wanted to start a speech and debate program. Ms. Klotz offered to fund the program if Mr. Kawolics would agree to lead itand the Laurel Speech and Debate program was born.

Laurels Forensic program has evolved over the past six years and the most vis-ible change is in numbers; in the first year there were 18 members and 3 qualified for states. This year, the team had as many competitors at states as were on the entire team in 2005. In 2010-2011, nearly 50 girls or 20% of the Upper School par-ticipated in speech and debate. Another change is the events the team now focuses on. Early on the team had its greatest suc-cess in Public Forum debate and Oratori-cal Interpretation. But today, Laurel is the strongest Original Oratory school in the district, with four state qualifiers (the maximum) in each of the last two years. I think our Middle School Power of the Pen program, as well as the excellent teachers in the English department, are largely responsible for that. We also have grown a very strong Lincoln-Douglas

The adrenaline rush, nervous energy, and power that comes from knowing both sides of a controversial issue so thoroughly excites me...

Eleanor Werner 14 and partner Jane Morris 12 practice the finer points of Pub-lic Forum debating with national qualifiers Ann Dunn 11 and Alex Kruse 11.

Kiara Vincent 11 competes in Oratorical Interpretation


debate contingent and have become one of the strongest Extemporaneous Speak-ing schools in Cleveland. We have two state qualifiers each in International and US Extemp this year, says Mr. Kawolics.

Beyond the Saturdays spent partici-pating in tournaments, the girls put in hours researching and prepping, writing speeches and cases and practicing with coaches and teammates. Its a huge com-mitment and most of the girls estimate they dedicate around 15 additional hours each week to the program. Then there are the state, district and national tourna-ments which Anne Meeker describes as, incredibly long, grueling, nerve-wracking, heartbreaking, but occasionally joyous. But for girls on the Speech and Debate team like Anne, the experience is incredibly empowering and rewarding. I hardly recognize myself, after three years of speech, she asserts.Beyond the abil-

ity to speak articulately in publicwhich Im reminded very often is an incredibly valuable skillI also learned what it means to have a voice, and to use it.

Sophomore Megan Zupon credits speech and debate with expanding her ability to think and express herself and so much more. Being in Original Oratory has helped me realize the passion and power in writing, and has guided much of my academic life in terms of the classes Im taking and colleges Im interested in, she explains. I dont think Id be the same person without forensics. Its such a fantastic environment socially and aca-demically, and it really is, in my opinion, the best glue between classes, interests, schools, countiesand even statesyou can find.

Rich Kawolics believes that the personal confidence and conviction that Laurel students develop through speech

or debateare critical assets that they carry with them into whatever life they choose. I am certain that before long, he predicts, Laurel Speech and Debate will count among its alumnae any number of attorneys, doctors, business leaders, teachers, authors, researchers, and performers.

But for Laurel girls there are some additional perks. I love speech and debate because it gives us time to social-ize with boys in an intellectual way, admits Sophomore Claire Rundelli. But thats only one reason, speech and debate really prepares you for life by giving you amazing public speaking skills and social skills.It always has a new or exciting expe-rience to offer and there are so many new friends to be made. I definitely think that getting up early on a Saturday is an easy thing to do if it means that I can partici-pate in this wonderful program. n

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O R I G I N A L O R AT O R Y Anne finished in the top 30 nationally with this original speech, excerpted below

So, I have this pet peeve.... (I)ts rampant insincerity. And its everywhere. For most people, this would have just become a rant. For me, well sometime last summer, it became a speech. Heres how it happened:I wrote most of my first draft, but I didnt have any ideas for

an opening, so I just picked a flashy, slick, attention-grabbing

gimmick and sent it to my coach. The next day, I got an email backeverything okay except intro. So, I went bigger, flashier, wilder.... A month and a half and fifteen drafts later: dont hate me, but its still not there. I was annoyed.... And thats when it hit me. I was writing a speech about how sincerity is dying out because were too concerned with what other people expect to hear from us, and everything I wrote was completely insincere.... To remember as a people how to mean what we sayhow to be sincerefirst we need to realize how others expectations affect us. We then have to figure out why were not being brought up to be sincere, and ultimately to recognize sincerity when we are lucky enough to find it.

Id like to introduce you to an unfortunately little-known character here in the West. His name is Vladimir Pomerantsev. In 1953, his essay On Sincerity in Literature (1) was published in a Russian journal, detailing a disappointing phenomenon in Soviet writing after the Bolshevik Revolution. The phenomenon? Characters in Russian literature spoke as soullessly as one


ludicrous miner who exclaimed I really want to use the lengthened bore-holes! I wish my day off would end sooner!(1) All characters were ideal communist comrades, all conflicts resolved, all emotions boxed and bottled and stacked on library shelves like soup cans in a warehouse. In writing what they thought criticscontrolled by the oppressive governmentwanted to hear, these writers locked themselves into molds, and Pomerantsev said it best: Things fit the mold when there are no particular thoughts or feelings.(1) However, according to the Literary Encyclopedia, after the publication of this essay, the Russian government, and therefore critics, began to relax control of literature and art. With that newfound freedom, literature blossomed.(2)

But beyond literature, and oppressively unimaginative governments, why are we not sincere? I think one of the biggest reasons has to be that without anything to communicate, theres nothing to be sincere about. Without clear thought, theres nothing to communicate, therefore, no sincerity. Educational psychologist Dr. Jane Healy raises the argument that we dont think clearly anymoreand arent raising our children to, eitherin her book Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Dont Think and What We Can Do About It.(3) Her basic argument is that the complexity of our thoughts depends on the complexity of the language we use... the amount of language ability developed is directly linked to the amount of time spent in conversation. However, busy parents and overworked teachers tend to enforce the idea that children should be seen and not heard. Teachers then struggle with nice, complacent students who cant articulate a coherent thought to save their lives....(3)

So that explains our inability to articulate complex thoughts with any degree of sincerity, but not all sincerity requires complex, abstract thought, or even words at all. Last summer, I suddenly realized I should be doing some community service.... So, I filled out my application and went to Hattie Larlham, a home for children with profound mental retardation and developmental disabilities.(4).... I went in to Hatties to play piano for Carol, one of the residents I knew from when I was little.... (a) few songs in... this kid, who hardly ever reacts to anything, responded. She kicked her feet and beat her rattle in time with the music, all with this grin on her face. It was incredible. And what made it so special was that Carol wasnt afraid to show how she felt.... Maybe it was so sincere because she never learned to fear the rejection, the heartbreak, and the pain we hide from.

I think what it all comes down to, what really hides behind all the layers of barbed wire and broken glass we all surround ourselves with is freedom. Our Russian friends werent sincere

because they didnt have the freedom to say what they felt; kids without the ability to understand what theyre thinking dont have the freedom to articulate it, but Carol was sincere because she had the freedom of never being bound by social constraints.... Ursula K. Le Guin once said: Freedom is not a gift given, but a choice made.(5) Its a difficult choice, and one that I cant ask anyone to make.

There are so many hoops we make ourselves jump through before we say something sincere because we all know how much easier it is to speak only from behind layers of words we only mean a little bit of.... Feeling and expressing emotion are inextricably

related; by forgetting how to do one, we eventually forget the other as well. How can you possibly expect to recognize sincerity in someone else when you dont know how to show it yourself?... (When) I find my humanity. I get this rare glimpse of the person I want to be.... For me, at least, this is freedom.

So, maybe I misspoke earlier when I labeled this just a pet peeve, because it is something so much greater than that. At the root of sincerity is everything beautiful about humanityour self-expression, our freedom. I can stand here and plead until the world ends, but when it comes to overcoming others expectations, raising our children to think clearly, finding the freedom and the courage to move beyond our societal constraintsto seeing true sinceritythats in your hands.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY(1) Pomerantsev, Vladimir. On Sincerity in Literature. SovLit.com. SovLit.com, 1953. Web. 5 May 2010. .(2) Cornwell, Neil. Soviet Literature--The Thaw. The Literary Encyclopedia. The Literary Dictionary Company Limited, 20 July 2005. Web. 11 Sept. 2010.(3) Healy, Jane M. Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Dont Think and What We Can Do About It. New York: Touchstone, 1999. Print.(4) We Are. Hattie Larlham: services for people with developmental disabilities. Hattie Larlham, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2010.(5) Le Guin, Ursula K. The Tombs of Atuan. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks-Simon and Schuster, 2001. Print.

Kiran Kawolics 11, Megan Zupon 13 and Anne Meeker 12

ROW ONE (L TO R): Power women who rock take the Senior Class to first place!; Runners-up the Juniors sing a Laurel-ized version of The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music!

ROW TWO (L TO R): Classmates Lois Mueller Roulston 50, Barbara Peterson Ruhlman 50 and Kay Weidenthal Boyd 50 remembering their own class song contest days!; Casey Anderson 08 and Emily Wirtz 08 catch up with Larry Goodman, Director of Strategic Programming.; Facing a difficult deliberation are song contest judges Noreen Wilson 77, Jamie Taylor 02 and Mebby Klein Brown 65.

ROW THREE (L TO R): The Freshman in their first outing pay tribute to music through the decades.; The Sophomores present their spin on Disney hits.

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The prize in contention is nothing more than bragging rights but each year the excitement builds in the Upper School the days preceding Winter Break as classes rehearse (and rehearse) for the highly anticipated Class Song Contest, which immediately follows the Alumnae Holiday Luncheon. This years bragging rights may have been claimed by the Senior Class but all classes proved themselves worthy competitors and songmistresses!

GatheringsJOLLY OLD ENGLAND!

In December, the Alumnae Association held its first international alumnae and friends reception with a traditional English tea at The Goring Hotel in London. (For those royal wedding watchers, yes, the very same hotel that the Middleton family used as home-base during the wedding festivities in April.) Alumnae as well as parents of alumnae living in London and the UK enjoyed water-cress sandwiches, tiny treats and tea while Ann V. Klotz shared with them news about Laurel today. Prior to the tea, the 2011 Distinguished Alumnae Committee, chaired by Leslie McCormack Gathy 84 and comprising women from the UK and France, met to deliberate about this years nominees. Read full coverage about the two women selected, Kathryn Hellerstein 70 (Distinguished Alumna) and Tiffany Laufer 91 (Young Alumna of Distinction), in the next issue!

TOP: The 2011 Distinguished Alumnae Committee: (Back row) Jennifer Wilham Stott 89, Anne Conway Juster 80 ex-officio, Leslie McCormack Gathy 84, chair, Alice AuWerter Leader 65 and Lynnette Jackson 93 ex-officio (Front row) Judith Hamilton Marie 51, Carol Madison Graham 74, Ann V. Klotz ex-officio and Hillbre Ferguson Hill 45.

MIDDLE: Leslie McCormack Gathy 84 with Patrick, Jackie and Alexandra Haighton 86 at The Goring Hotel

BOTTOM: Mary Pollock 04 with Anne Conway Juster 80; Head of School Ann V. Klotz with Penny Stout-Hammar69 after a visit Penny arranged to the Godolphin & Latymer School, a fine girls school in London.


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Inspired by New Years Resolutions, the Young Alumnae Committee hosted a January event FINANCE 101: IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR THOSE IN COLLEGE, JUST OUT OF COLLEGE & IN THEIR EARLY EARNING YEARS. Local alumnae Carey Jaros 96 (on budgeting), Emily Davis 89 (on real estate and owning vs. renting), Mary Farrell 88 (on financial planning, college loans and other debts) and Heather Roulston Ettinger 79 (on its never too early to save, especially for retire-ment) shared their expertise. Thanks to this wonderfully educational and interactive event, alumnae left feeling informed, powerful and capable, knowing exactly how to start taking their financial lives into their own hands.

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WINE TASTING

A Wine Tasting event in late January at the American Wine School, in Beachwood was the perfect way to combat winters chill. Mari-anne Frantz, a certified Wine Educator and Advanced Sommelier, educated 20-some alumnae about the growing process of grapes, how to pair certain wines with certain types of food, how climates contribute to differences in wines, and how tannins effect the strength and deepness of red wines. Along with learning a thing or two about wine, we enjoyed a relaxing evening catching up with old friends and making some new ones, too!

TOP (CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT): Marlana Strange 96, Noreen Wilson 77, Janer Danforth Belson 68 and Marissa Strange 97

BOTTOM (L TO R): Ann Boughner 78, Sue Dwyer 79, Michael Anne Johnson 64 and Tina Tricarichi 79

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MAKE AND TASTE

As a follow-up to last years Health and Wellness Expo, the Alumnae Association presented Make and Taste, an Evening with Jane Esselstyn RN at a local Whole Foods Market in March. Jane, daughter of Ann Crile Esselstyn 53, promotes Health Care is Self Care and shared her knowledge of and recipes for a healthy plant-based menu. A sold out audience of alumnae and guests eagerly took notes and then prepared delicious and healthy food.

Co-chairs Martha Walter Royan 71 (left) and Heather Chisholm Evans 80 (right) with presenter Jane Esselstyn (center)

FOURTH ANNUAL RESTAURANT ROLL

What began four years ago as a progressive dinner sampling the finest that independent restaurants had to offer has grown into an annual rite of spring! This years Cleveland location Little Italy. Over twenty alumnae gathered for a girls night out, starting with appetizers at Washington Place Bistro and ending with dinner and dessert at Michaelangelos.

CLOCKWISE (L TO R): Classmates from 1996 Jen Jackson, Sara Wolfe Hobbs, Jessica Lampros Wilson and Audrey Aponte used the restaurant roll as a preamble to their 10th reunion.; Ronda Mourad 94, Shannon Sweeny Davis 89 and Vikki Anderson Patacca 82; Barbara Smith Martien 42 and Nancy Wykoff Sharp 43

MOCK COLLEGE INTERVIEWS

Also in March, just prior to Spring Break, the Alumnae Board sponsored its traditional College Mock Interviewing Workshop for the Junior Class. The brainchild of Amy Stephens 84 and Lynnette Jackson 93, this workshop has imparted invaluable advice to Laurel girls as they enter the college process. Lynnette Jackson 93 interviews Clea Newman 12

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Student OutreachSOPHOMORE CAREER DAY

Some of the hostesses and presenters at the Annual Sophomore Career Day, presented by the Alumnae Association: (back row) Emerald Mavridis Velotta 85, Jane Husni Easly 84, Kay Carlson 84, Cari Richer Ross 85, Mary Garner Ganske 77 (front row) Sandhia Varyani 91, Hilary Rule 78, Emilie Collens Illson 69 and Jamie Taylor 02.

SENIOR CLASS STRESSBUSTER

In March, the Student Outreach Committee rolled up their sleeves, tied up their laces, and took girls from the Class of 2011 to Freeway Lanes in Solon for a fun afternoon of cosmic bowling for a Senior Class Stress Buster. With first semester finals over but college decisions and AP tests looming, the seniors needed some stress-free hours to play, socialize and unwind. Once the lights dimmed and the cosmic strobe started flashing, the sound of girls (both young and more seasoned!) laughter filled the air. Whether celebrating strikes and spares or lamenting the occasional gutter ball, it was an enjoyable afternoon spent with our soon-to-be-newest alumnae!


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In March, when the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Japan, our thoughts turned to those members of the Laurel community in that country: Kitty Shively Kohno 54 and Akiko Yamaguchi Kitamura 70 and their families and the students and teachers at our sister school in Iwate Jyoshi. Thanks to the power of the Internet we learned that all were safe and that a new friendship between Laurel women from different generations was born out of adversity. What follows are excerpts from the email correspondence between the Alumnae Office and Kitty and Akiko.

From: Julie Donahue Sent: March 18, 2011 To: Kitty Shively Kohno 54 and Akiko Yamaguchi Kitamura 70Subject: Concerned Greetings from Laurel

Dear Kitty and Akiko,Ever since last Friday, as we have watched the news of the unfolding and unimaginable forces of destruction that began with the earthquake, we have worried about you, your loved ones and our friends at our sister school in Iwate Jyoshi. From here at Lyman Circle, it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of the suffering and the challenges your country has faced, and continues to face, as the photos and news reports come in. It is our sincerest hope that you and your families have been spared. Know that our prayers and thoughts are with you and your countrymen. Adversity is the foundation of virtue. Our hearts are with you. Julie

From: Akiko Kitamura Sent: March 18, 2011

Dear Julie,Thank you very much for your email. It is very encouraging to have friends far away in Cleveland who are concerned about us and send sympathy.

I live in the suburb of Tokyo, and my family and our house are all safe and well. I was in the city center on the 5th floor of a building that afternoon. It was the biggest quake I had ever felt in my life and we ran down stairs to evacuate. In the city center there are many high-rise buildings but fortunately I saw no collapse or damage, nor things falling down. People came down from the 20th- or 30th-floor, gathered on the ground, watching buildings sway like trees blowing in the wind! We were very scared.

Fortunately, soon after, I found out my husband and son were safe and I felt very much relieved. Public transportation stopped at once after the first quake, so I could not go home that day. I stayed overnight at a hotel and reached home the next morning.

I know we are in a volcanic country with frequent earthquakes but had never imagined such a big one would hit Japan. We face critical troubles of nuclear power plants, too. Aftershock quakes still occur in different places. A week after the quake, relief activities have started to proceed. I have received emails to inquire about the safety of my family and me from several classmates of 70. I appreciate their heartfelt messages and prayers and feel we can move forward with the support.

Thank you very much. Love to Laurel,Akiko Kitamura (Class of 70)

From: Kitty Kohno Date: March 21, 2011

Dear Julie and Laurel Community,It surely was wonderfully comforting to hear from you, dear friends. Thank you all for your prayers and kind thoughts during these difficult days in Japan. First of all, please know that my husband and I, as well as all of our family members in Tokyo, Chiba and Yokohama, feel very blessed because we all are safe and unharmed by the events of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear disasters in Fukushima. The Japanese people are persevering, working together, and surely they will succeed to rise up from the rubble and the tragedy seen around the world on TV today.

This was a three-day national holiday weekend in Japan in honor of the spring equinox, but many people seem to want to stay inside their homes where they can feel a little safer from radiation and possible strong aftershocks. They havent yet forgotten the fearful feeling night before last when we had a rather strong aftershock. Aftershocks bring back the unforgettable, vivid images and feelings many of us had during the violent earthquake. It was certainly a wild ride on the twenty-ninth floor of our apartment building, and I think it is impossible to forget, even though we are so fortunate and thankful to be safe from the disaster, albeit somewhat effected by shortages and rationing of items such as bottled water, rice, and other staples which we gladly deal with now. The lobby and hallways of our building are rather dimly lit, and the escalator from the lobby to the second floor also is not in operation in order to conserve electricity, but the elevators are still running, and we are thankful for that. The Concierge has told us that most of the foreigners residing in our apartment building have returned to their own countries. But a big part of my heart is with Japan, so my husband and I are happily here where we will do our best to help in whatever ways we can. We will keep in touch.

With gratitude and love,Kitty Kohno

From: Kitty KohnoSent: March 22, 2011To: Akiko KitamuraCC: Julie Donahue

Dear Akiko-san,During these difficult days following the earthquake in Japan, Julie Donahue

and the Laurel community have been in close touch with you and me. What a comfort that has been! We are not only fortunate to be safe from all the harm and destruction in Japan, but we are also truly blessed to have experienced life and education at Laurel School. In that sense, we are already sisters. It is my sincere hope that we will have a chance to meet very soon and become good friends. In fact, I feel like we already are!

We must keep in touch, and when the aftershocks from the earthquake become less, lets make a plan to meet.

From your new Laurel friend,Kitty Kohno

From: Kitty KohnoSent: March 24, 2011

Dear Julie,Thank you so much for sending Akikos contact information and bringing the two of us together. We have been emailing to each other, and already she seems like my new sister. So far we have not been able to meet because we are waiting for the aftershocks to settle down before venturing out very far from our homes. We do plan to meet just as soon as we are sure that the trains are very safe and the Tokyo tap water is safe to drink again. Probably we live about a little over an hour train ride apart now. But ironically, when my husband and I first arrived in Tokyo nearly ten years ago, we lived only about fifteen minutes from each other, and I often used to shop at the grocery store in Akikos neighborhood. By coincidence, the great earthquake has brought two Laurel girls together and we have a long, long friendship to look forward to I believe.

Thank you again for everything.

Love from,Kitty Kohno

From: Kitty KohnoSent: April 14, 2011

Dear Julie,Today the Lyman CircleNewsletter was waiting for me when I opened my computer early this morning. I enjoyed reading it from start to finish and looking at the lovely photos, too. What a coincidence because today Akiko and I had our very first meeting and spent the entire day until late afternoon enjoying the cherry blossoms in Setagaya, Tokyo and chatting over lunch about our treasured Laurel days, our families, and our lives. Ive attached the photos we took today so you can see what a happy day it was for us! Thank you for giving Akiko and me this opportunity to know each other and become very good friends. Were looking forward to the time when we can visit Laurel someday.

With love and gratitude,Kitty Kohno

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ae Marion Weiner Halle 36 of Beachwood, on November 14, 2010. Marion joined Laurels Class of 1936 as a Sophomore and was a loyal supporter of Laurel whose longtime volunteer service included being a leadership agent for the Annual Fund, serving on the Distinguished Alumna committee and being a reunion planner. She is survived by her daughter, two sons, nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Kathryn Kay Blair Herndon 36 of Cleve-land, on March 14, 2011. Kay met her late husband, Charles, a doctor, while serving in England as a Donut Girl for the American Red Cross during WWII. Kay was injured during the invasion of Normandy, suffering burns from an exploding stove. However, she remembered her service fondly and continued to help people and causes the rest of her life. She is survived by two sons, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Suzanne Brookhart Harrison 37 of Cleve-land Heights, on January 5, 2011. She attended Vassar College and the University of California, Berkeley. After the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Sue opened a day nursery for preschool children so their mothers could work in factories to help the war effort. She went on to be the Secretary of the Day Nurs-ery Association and an Assistant Director of the Mather Day Nursery. A member of the Childrens Council of the United Appeal, the Childrens Council of the Welfare Fed-eration, and numerous committees for the Junior League, Sue received the Outstand-ing Volunteer Fundraising Award by the National Society of Fundraising Executives, as well as the Edward F. Meyers Outstanding Trustee Award for her fundraising service

for Beech Brook and the Judson Retirement Community. Sue was a founding member of the Prentiss Society and a member of Legacy for Laurel. She is survived by daughters Mary Harrison Lansing 63 and Virginia Harrison Knight 66, her son, six grand-children, two step-grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Nancy Seaton Dornbos 41 of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., on June 4, 2010. Nancy gradu-ated from Smith College and had a very active career, working for the Pentagon in Military Intelligence at the end of World War II, as well as working at Northwestern and the University of Chicago. She received Volunteer of the Year for her service to the Brevard Symphony Orchestra South Guild. She belonged to the Embroiderers Guild, was a founding member of the Space Coast Smith Club, and sang in her church choir. She is survived by five sons, a daughter, sixteen grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Ann Doug Douglas Ondocsin 42 of Plano, Texas, on January 29, 2011. Laurels Student Government President during her Senior year, Ann attended The College of Wooster and then worked for a time as a Laboratory Technician at the Rochester General Hos-pital. She enjoyed gardening, reading, and golfing in her spare time and was a member of the Pennsylvania Womens Golf Associa-tion. Ann was a Prentiss Society member and is survived by her husband, two sons, her daughter, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Suzanne Quay Kelley 45 of Chagrin Falls, on November 12, 2010. She attended The Col-lege of Wooster. She was an accomplished knitter instructing others, as well as creating and selling her own designs, a guide at the Toledo Museum of Art and an active member in her church. Sue enjoyed working with plants and floral arrangements, serving as the President of the Sundial Garden Club many times. She played golf and tennis in her spare time. Sue is survived by her hus-band, three sisters, three sons, eight grand-children and two great-grandchildren.

Agnes San Veach Brooks 46 of Baltimore, Md., on October 8, 2010. She graduated from Sweet Briar College with a degree in Art History. While living in Cambridge in the late 1960s, San helped her husband run the Cambridge Corporation, a collaboration between Harvard and MIT, focusing on de-veloping the community of the city. When they retired to a family home in Ripton, Vt., San became a dog breeder, focusing on different training and feeding techniques to improve a dogs quality of life. She was also a volunteer librarian. She is survived by two sisters, three sons and a daughter.

Henrietta Hank Gale Kraus 46 of Cleve-land, on December 2, 2010. At Laurel, Hank was a former Class President and a source of much amusement for classmates and friends, writing witty and entertaining stories about her family. She attended Hollins College. She is survived

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