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Huning CastleFranz Huning
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Albert Simms
Manzano Day SchoolTwigsWinter 2004
Joy in Learning Since 1938
1 Headlines
2 65 Years at Manzano Day School
4 ¡Viva la musica!
7 Giving
8 Thank You
10 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
12 Joy in Teaching
14 Honoring Friends
15 Advancement
16 Calendar
17 Alumni Feature & Summer Session
Manzano Day School, founded in 1938, is an independent,non-sectarian, non-profit elementary school providing innovative, child-centered education in a setting where Joy in Learning is celebrated. Our mission is to develop creative, self-confident problem-solvers, ready to contributeto their changing world.
Contact Us
Internetwww.manzanodayschool.org
Phone505-243-6659
fax 505-243-4711
AdmissionMadonna Prokopiak
Director of Admissionand Financial Aid
505-243-6659
Head of SchoolNeal Piltch
505-243-6659
Board of TrusteesGay Bernitsky
President
Contents
“There is no more
important mission
than to provide
the best foundation
of education for
the youth of future
generations.
Manzano has done
this and much more!”
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HeadlinesIn the course of a day how many people does one meet who areolder than 65? How many institutions are at least the same age?My guess is not a lot in either category. As most people are aware,a 65th birthday is a special occasion!
Manzano Day is completing its 65th year as the only IndependentElementary School in Albuquerque. It is a milestone that we areproud of for many reasons. There is no more important missionthan to provide the best foundation of education for the youth of future generations. Manzano has done this and much more!
There have been constant themes to our school over the years. We believe in providing the opportunity for an excellent education.We have believed and continue to believe in Joy in Learning forour students. We further believe that we must prepare children to become life long learners so that they may go on to use theireducation to become assets to society. Manzano Day School has followed all of these beliefs during its 65 year history.
As you read this issue of Twigs think about the role our school hasplayed and continues to play in our community. No other school in our community can match Manzano Day School’s record as an independent school for over 65 years. Yes, we are proud of what we have accomplished, but recognize there is always room foradjustments and improvement.
Without a doubt, the greatest strength of Manzano has been thepeople who have worked so hard to create the school that nowexists. I am proud to say that it is still people that make us as special today as we were 65 years ago!
Manzano Day School, 65 years and going strong. Many thanks to all who have helped us in the past, and especially to the Simms family who founded the school,to those who are currentlysupporting us, and to those who will in the future. Happy Birthday Manzano Day School!
Neal PiltchHead of School
Sixty-five years ago, a seed was planted –the commitment to create an outstanding,independent elemen-tary school. In this,our anniversary year,we celebrate ourschool’s tremendousgrowth, our traditionof academic excellence,our diverse studentbody, and the teacherswhose joy in teachingmakes Joy in Learningpossible.
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65 Years at Manzano1882 Franz HuningThe hacienda and 700 acres of landwere purchased from FransicanFriars by Franz Huning, a Germanimmigrant and pioneer merchant, in 1882. As his general store in Old Town prospered, he added west and north wings, forming acourtyard, and named the house La Glorieta which means bower or arbor.
La Glorieta, at the heart ofManzano Day School and on theNational Register of Historic Places,was built around 1662 by Don Diegode Trujillo as the Trujillo Casa DelEstancia, El Bosque Grande. DonDiego was born in 1612 in MexicoCity, and came to New Mexico in 1641 as a soldier. The building’soriginal size and shape are not
1938-1942Manzano’s vision and mission todayare consistent with its original offerings in 1938 of “high scholastic standards, individual instruction,music, arts and crafts, speech,health and character training, out-of-door program of supervisedgames and folk-dancing, lunch andrest if desired.”
Manzano Day School was founded in 1938 by Ruth Hanna McCormickSimms, an Illinois Congresswomanwho moved to New Mexico uponmarrying Albert G. Simms, also aone-time Republican U.S. Housemember. She founded the school out of a deepinterest in Albuquerque’s culturaland educational life. Mrs. Simmswanted her daughter and other children to have the opportunity toreceive a superior education.Housed originally in historic HuningCastle near our present location at the corner of Central and 15thStreet the school moved to its present site in 1942.
Photos:Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms,founder of Manzano Day School
(Right) Huning Castle, originalhome of Manzano Day School, located at Central and 15th Street
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o Day Schoolknown, because it was partlydestroyed during the Pueblo Indianrevolt in 1680. The family fled to El Paso and returned in the late1690s to rebuild the hacienda.
La Glorieta served as headquartersto Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. A giant cottonwood,planted in the 1800s by FranzHuning, once shaded the Placita. It was the source of legends.Confederate soldiers butchered cattle in the patio causing ox bloodto nourish the tree. It was also said that desperados were hangedfrom its branches in the early days.Although it survived more than acentury and its trunk grew to a 16'circumference, the old cottonwoodsuccumbed to disease and had to be cut down in 1984.
Huning later moved into HuningCastle and gave La Glorieta to hisdaughter, Clara, as a wedding present.Clara married H.G. Ferguson, alawyer, politician, and Territorialdelegate to the U.S. Congress. They had four children all of whomwere reared in La Glorieta. Two ofthose children, Harvey and Erna,became well known authors.
Generations of Manzano familiescherish the history that La Glorietaimparts to our school community. Elizabeth Westerfield was the first headmistress and served theschool for 28 years.
Few places in Albuquerque exemplifythe history, charm and serenity of New Mexico as does Manzano.The history of Manzano resides inthe children who have beenenriched by the school. Since 1938,Manzano has been true to its mis-sion to develop the whole child as a creative, self-confident problemsolver, who is ready to contribute toan ever changing world. Althoughthe school grows each year with new children, new technology, andnew materials, Manzano Day Schoolalways keeps the well-being of children at its core.
Manzano Day School has been located at 1801 Central since 1942.
Photo:(Above) Children reading at thebase of the giant cottonwood thatonce shaded the Placita.
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PerformancesNutcrackerGood Apple Singers perform The Nutcracker to a packed audiencein the Sunset in December 2003. Congratulations to Ms. Loomis, Ms. Butterfield and Ms. Powers-LaRue for a wonderful production.Many thanks to all of the parentvolunteers.
¡Viva la musica!
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Photos:Flowers, Arabian Dancers,Sugarplum Fairies, Russian Bakers,Mice, Chinese Teacup Dancers,Soldiers, and Candy Canes, filled the stage for this special performance of The Nutcracker.
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Photos:Winter Concert performance by 4th and 5th grade chorus at Simms Auditorium.
(Left) Manzano Day SchoolAll-State chorus membersjoined students from manyother schools in New Mexicofor a concert in Las Cruces.
Highlights of Music & Performing Arts
• 1st grade production, Charlotte’s Web, through coopera-tion amongst 1st grade faculty, music and P.E..
• 2nd grade Spring Program
• 3rd, 4th and 5th Chorus performsa concert mid-year.
• 4th and 5th grade Chorus performs a full-scale Musical each spring.
• 4th and 5th grade Chorus has been privileged to sing with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestrafor six Holiday Pops concerts and performed at the NMSO’s Fifth on the Fifth concert held at the Journal Pavilion in July.
• 29 of our 4th and 5th grade students were selected to performwith the All-State Choir in Las Cruces this year.
• We have sung for hospitals, nursing homes, and Noonday Ministries as community service projects.
Photo:First Grade performsCharlotte’s Web in the Sunset
¡Viva la musica!
Manzano Day School Annual Fund Proceed Designation
Over the years, Manzano has been able to greatly improve our campus as the result of proceeds from the Annual Fund Drive. Among other things, we have been able to accomplish many objectives for the school and strengthen the school’s curriculum, faculty, program, and facilitiesthrough the Annual Fund Campaign, such as:
Professional development for our facultyCarpet in 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade classesIntegration of the F.A.S.T. reading program into our curriculumEquipment demands resulting from the integration of technology
into our curriculumLa Glorieta repairs: foundation, stucco, roof work, walkways, fountainClassroom improvements & expansions: sinks, computers,
updated softwareCreation of our playing fieldSchool vehicles for field tripsNew boilerOutdoor drinking fountainsPlayground equipmentFaculty bathroomsFenton Ranch improvements and maintenance including:
new carpeting, bunk beds, furniture for the great room, new kitchen cabinets, and new flooring for the dining room. Other outside improvements were made as well.
New phone system, including voice mailSunshade over the lower school basketball courtPhase I Playground Expansion: 2 large new toys Phase II Playground Expansion: completed
In order to maintain the special nature of our school with its excellent educational program, small class sizes, and outstanding faculty, we count on your participation.
Manzano’s Exciting Future!
Ready, Set, Grow! The board oftrustees and administration aremoving ahead with exciting plansfor campus improvements. In aseries of articles, those plans will be presented to keep you informedand involved.
Over the past two years Manzano’sstudents have benefited from theremodeling of the lower schoolclassrooms, the construction of the“OAC” and the building of theEnrichment Center. Each of theseadditions to our campus hasimproved the quality of the educa-tional experience for our students.
What is coming next? We are in the midst of both raising money(Yes, you will be asked to help!) and developing architectural plansfor the largest and most importantpart of our vision for Manzano's students: the multi-purpose building. With input from parents,the concept is clearly defined andaddresses our most important needs including additional class-rooms; a larger, more modernlibrary; an airy, light art classroom; a more functional music room and a large cafetorium, suitable for both meal service and communitygatherings.
Our plans progress each day. Infuture articles we'll explore the features and benefits of each spacein the multi-purpose building, andhow campus security, traffic flowand play areas will be developed tokeep us a safe, joyful and effectiveschool.
Giving
Photograph by Brent Jones, 5th Grade
Thank you to the following parents,trustees, faculty, staff, and friendswhose unrestricted cash gifts(received as of February 2004) to the Annual Fund 2003-2004enable Manzano Day School to continue to provide Joy in Learningfor its students.
Katie AbbottStewart & Vivian AhnLeo & Jocelyn AllenJ.R. & Deborah AllisonMargaret AndersonAOH FoundationEarnest Arko & Barbara LebeckJames & Cynthia ArndellJeffrey & Rebecca AshinPhilip Askenazy & Wendy HansenChuck & Arlene AtwoodLarry Ausherman & Amy SproulRon & Sue BacaDonna BachichaEbbie & Sheri BaghaieAndrew BarvaGrant & Karroll BauerCharles & Terrie BaumgartMark Becher & Marcia WillisSteve & Ann BeddingfieldRoy & Lynnae BensonDebra & Kirk BentonTony & Beverly BernitskyDavid & Gay BernitskyShahram & Gina BiazarJeffrey BlaugrundBoeingThomas & Cynthia BonafairRobert & Yvonne BovinetteThomas & Kate BrennanLaura BriggsRandy BriggsJudith BrillmanJanet BrodyJohn & Suzette BrooksDouglas & Sarah BrownDuane BrownMartha BrownDavid Buckley & Laura SaavedraJames & Mary Alice BurchAmy ButterfieldSteve Cabaniss & Julia FulghumBrian & Kathy CaffreyLouis & Eva CalderaMichael & Catherine CastroWilliam & Karla Cates
Dean & Rhonda ChavezJoseph & Jeannette ChavezFrank CloverIrvin & Lucille CohenRobert & Catherine CohenJeannine & Curt ComstockDavid & Carole ConleyLoyal & Reba ConradGeorge & Lyndee CookStephan & Angela CorbettDeanna Cornejo-PattersonSharol CornellOrlando & Shawn CorreaCharles & Caroline CoutretAlbert & Rita CovenMitchell Coven & Nancy KlionEric & Denise CramerJonathan & Joyce CusterRobert & Gerry CusterDaniels FundCharles Daniels & Randi McGinnMark & Dora DerzonMichael & Linda DesjarlaisDavid & Cindy DriscollRichard Duarte & Stefanie Pecos-DuarteEdward & Jean DuffySheila DuffyJeffrey Dunkelberg & Kimberly LeslieAndrew Eales & Leslie TrillingAndrew Edwards & Loretta FentonTerry Edwards & Denise FlignerGary & Janice EisenbergThomas Elder & Linda ByrdDeborah & George EmenyMark & Jane EpsteinKenneth & Berlinda ErasGlen Ewing & Miriam KomaromyKevin Ewsuk & Jill GlassEdward Farquhar & Janis FinelliJames & Connie FasanellaGail FeldmanCameron Ferrante & Liz McGrathStanley Flagel & Cindy KnallJerry & Connie FleischerRuss & Peggy FoosMerlinda & Henry ForemanElizabeth FosterSam & Susan FrantzeskosNicholas Freygang & Jean RosenthalDaniel & Elena GallegosStephanie GarciaDenny & Connie GentryDouglas & Montine GibbonsMaryellen GibbonsKlaus & Lynette GiesenBruce Glaspell & Viviana Cloninger
Thank YouThings to Know• Donors are recognized by letter
upon receipt of a gift. Lists
of Annual Fund donors are
periodically printed in the
Friday Bulletin and are listed by
gift club in the Annual Report,
which is published in the fall.
• Donors giving over $100 to the
Annual Fund will have their
names placed on our Honor Wall
at the entrance to the school.
• Gifts can be made anonymously.
• Manzano Day School is a 501(c)3
non-profit educational institution
and as such, all contributions
are tax-deductible according to
IRS regulations.
• Manzano operates on a fiscal
year from July 1 through June 30.
• Visa, Mastercard, American
Express, and Discover cards are
all accepted.
Ways to Give• Cash, Check, Credit Card
• Matching Gifts
• Real Estate
• Bequests
• Stock
• Gifts In-Kind
• Insurance
• Trusts
Gift Clubs$10,000 an more Founder’s Circle*
$5,000-$9,999 Trustee Circle*
$2,500-$4,999 Headmaster’s Circle*
$1,000-$2,499 Faculty Circle*
$500-$999 Benefactor’s Circle
$250-$499 Sponsors
$249 or less Supporters
*Donors in these gift clubs will be
invited to a Donor Appreciation dinner
hosted by the Board of Trustees.
Miguel & Ana GomezGary & Elena GoodmanGary Gordon & Terri Giron-GordonLarry & Nedra GordonBerto & Barbara GorhamJames Graf & Diane SouderJerry & Susan GreeneDavid & Kathy GreenStephen & Lydia GriegoBrian & Beatriz GronertTom & Leigh GrowneyThomas GrowneyDaniel & Suzanne GutierrezMichael & Connie GuyEd Haddaway & Barb ForshayDennis & Carol HainseyPatrick & Ann HalterMark & Tessa Hampden SmithJames Harding & Susan KellieJames & Judy HarrisMichael Hart & Mareth WilliamsMark & Jennifer HartmanAndrew & Lisa HebenstreitKaren HeerschapPaul Helman & Stephanie HoroschakMartin Hickey & Mary CunnaneDennis & Marianne HillH. & Linda HinirchsHoneywellHong & Pei HouRuss & Eileen HowellRick Hudson & Susan McLendonEdward & Linda HuiDave Hubbard & Sharon HumphreysFrank & Dorothy HusseyMichael & Monica HusseyIntel FoundationChristopher & Teri JillsonFrank JoachimDavid & Carol JonesJerry & Geri JonesLouise & Don JunickDorothy KargLaura KeckKevin & Katherine KellyRobert & Theresa KellyRoberta & Adrienne KerrGlen & Clara KilcupKinney Agency/Bart & Jerri KinneyJoel & Liz KirschnerStephen Kleban & Michelle Baca KrogerLarry & Loretta LevyOrlando & Kelley LeybaLibit FamilyJohn Linder & Margaret ChaffeySusan LindnerJohn & Donna LianskyFloyd & Susan LopezEugene & Phyllis LoubierJerry & Patrice LovatoMichael & Julie LowenbergJoe MaestasPaul Maestas & Denise Armenta-MaestasPatrick & Debra MarianoBen & Shelley Markham
Jerry & Victoria MartinThomas Martin & Cynthia PhillipsDavid Martinez & Chaoming TingRobert & Anne Marie MartinezMichael & Cathy McConnellNancy McDonaldThomas & Diana McEnnerneyElizabeth McGrathRichard & Peggy MegginsonGary & Ellie MillerJoel Miller & Lisa MondyDebra MontanoDominic & Carla MontoyaMichael Murphy & Deb Jensen-MurphyJeffrey Myers & Vickie WilcoxPeter & Annie NashJonathan Nimitz & Lisa KindrickPhil & Erin NoelDebbie NorrisGreg Ogawa & Diane Harrison OgawaCharles & Jane OlsenSalome & Mary OteroTerri & Anthony PachelliPatrick & Elizabeth PalmerRussell & Jen ParkerHitesh & Bhartiben PatelStephen Patrick & Suzanne CarlsonPerformance Software Solutions, Inc.John Pietz & Nancy JosteNeal Piltch & Rhonda LoosPNM FoundationWayne & Vicki PollackDavid & Winona PooleMary PooleSudhakar & Arti PrasadJohn & Eve PriceMickey & Madonna ProkopiakBryan Query & Catherine Davis-QuerySammy & Inez QuintanaMark Raby & Barbara Blewett-RabyJuno & Julia RabyJudson RaviAnthony Reeve & Jacquelyn Montoya-ReeveJacqueline ReidJeris ReidBeth RiceKathleen & Bernie RimshaCres Rivera & Melissa Deaver-RiveraDennis Rivera & Alicia GutierrezTim & Regina RizekDavid & Ruthie RobbinsNancy Anderson RobertsJim & Tracey RobertsJames Rodriguez &
Deborah Dorman-RodriguezKeith & Virginia RolleyAshley RothmanRandall Royster & Maria Griego-RabyKathleen SanchezKen & Anne SaponMark & Cynthia SavageScott & Joanne SchiaborAngela SchimbergWilliam Schmidt & Sandra TillerWilliam Scott & Bonnie PaisleyTimothy & Scottie Sheehan
Jerry & Jackie ShihDavid & Sylvia ShirleyTerry & Barbara ShirrodDavid & Patricia SiegelMaggie SimmsPaul & Ellen SkrakKevin & Tracy SmallBiu & Debbie SoJames Spigel & Dinorah GutierrezCharles Springer & Molly BellMichael & Magda StevensBruce & Shari StewartWilliam & Leslie StoddardWm. Stoddard Construction Inc.Karl & Angela StorchTargetDonald Tennent & Nancy KirkwoodClaudia TescheJohn Thal & Debra Romero ThalChuck Thurik & Sally SteeleTim & Lorraine TourvilleLou Trost & Elaine PapafrangosJason & Kelly TrujilloJerry & Cindy TrujilloJeffrey & Sylvia TsaoEdward & Shauneen UnisEdward & Qinuo Van DykJeffrey & Karen VinyardAlfred & Hilary VoldenCarter & Julia WalkerBill Wallace & Mary ConradThe Walter Henry Freygang FoundationJeffrey Ward & Miriam Ramos WardDaniel & Kelly WascherChris & Ann WehrWells Fargo FoundationWilliam & Janislee WieseBruce & Lorna WigginsJames Wilkie & Susan AndrewsMichael & Janet WilliamsDavid & Susan WillisBryce & Barbara WillmanWm. Stoddard Construction Inc.Alan Zampini & Janet StephensonKenneth Zintak & Ann SpencerRoss Zumwalt & Cheryl Willman
Your participation in the AnnualFund makes a difference in thelives of Manzano Day School students!
You can make your Annual Fundpledge now and pay by June 30.Pledges can be paid with a check,cash or credit card. All donors over$100 will be listed on the HonorWall at the entrance to the school.
If you have any questions about the Annual Fund, please contactClara Kilcup or Sheila Duffy in the Development Office.
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Photos:(Above Right) Winning team:New Mexico Bank & Trust Team,
Tom Bohlman, Bob Grimmett, Jeff Luthy, and Brad Marsh.
Golf Tournament
Photos:(Clockwise from top) Clara Kilcup,Director of Development and eventorganizer; Golf carts ready for players; Golfers Bob Grimmett and Jeff Luthy enjoy lunch before thetournament; Golfers Kevin Kelly and Tim Tourville prepare to play,Charlie Wilkinson at the post-tour-nament reception.
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Great Golf, Great Good, andGreat Prizes for a Great Cause!The 3rd Annual Manzano Day School Golf Tournamentwas a success! On Tuesday, September 9, over 100golfers turned out to the UNM Championship Course(South) to complete 13 holes before the lightening stormarrived. We are proud to announce that the New MexicoBank & Trust foursome of Jeff Luthy, Rob Grimmett,Brad Marsh, and Tom Bohlman were the big winners!Each player received a $120 gift certificate to the UNMPro Shop.
Many thanks are due to all who made this event possible!First, we are especially grateful to George Trujeque and the UNM Championship Golf Course staff for theuse of their fine facilities and their expertise.
We are most grateful to our Corporate Sponsors: Rudy’sBar-B-Q, Pitre Buick Pontiac GMC Hummer, Coca-ColaBottling of Albuquerque, Santa Fe Springs, CreamlandDairies, Frank’s Supply Company, and Wells Fargo Bank.
Many thanks are also due to our Golf Committee: Juno Raby, Tom Growney, Gary Sanchez, Charlie Wilkinson, and Cres Rivera, Tournament Director.
Thank you to our volunteers! We could not have been so successful without: Ana Gomez, Michelle Weh-Thulin,Tracy Small, Brian Caffrey, Curt Comstock, Vickie Pollack, Peggy Valencia Megginson, Linda Hui, Deb Allison, Julie Sanchez, Cindy Pease Babel and PegConn and Silke Powers from the Albuquerque Academy.
Thanks to the entire community of sponsors, players,prize donors, underwriting donors, and in-kind we wereable to contribute over $18,000 to the Maggie SimmsWings Endowment.
Mark your calendars for Friday, September 10, 2004! Our Fourth Annual Manzano Day School GolfTournament will be held at the University of New MexicoChampionship Course host to several NCAAchampionships. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch. The shotgun start will be at 1:30 p.m. Awardsand a reception immediately follow the tournament.
PlayEnter as an individual or put your own foursome together.The cost of the tournament is $150 per person.
Be a Hole SponsorYour name or organization will receive signage at one of the greens if you decide to sponsor a hole for $200. We hope that may of you will become hole sponsors.
Lend a HandFor those who would like to volunteer during the tournament, please contact the development office. We always welcome and appreciate the help of our volunteers!
We look forward to seeing you on the course at theFourth Annual Manzano Day School Golf Tournament.Should you have any questions, please contact ClaraKilcup or Sheila Duffy in the school’s development office at 243-6659 ext. 111 or 106.
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Physical Education Teacher of the Year
Manzano’s own Pam Powers-LaRuehas been selected as the 2004Southwest District AAHPERDPhysical Education ElementarySchool Teacher of the Year. Pam wasselected from candidates from New Mexico, Nevada, Utah,Arizona, California, Hawaii, Guam,and Europe. She is now eligible forselection as the national AAHPERDPhysical Education ElementarySchool Teacher of the Year to beannounced at the national meetingin April, 2004. Good luck to Pam on the national award and congrat-ulations for leading in the southwestdistrict.
Joy in Teaching
Eins, Zwei, Drei:Orff In Austria
This story begins seven years ago inthe old music room at Manzano DaySchool. Amy Butterfield had beenhired as a new music teacher forpre-k - second grade under thementorship of the 3rd - 5th grademusic teacher, Louis Loomis. Ms. Loomis’ teaching methodologyincorporates the Orff-Schulwerkmusic program: a total approach tofostering creativity and conveyingmusical knowledge and skills.Students use their voices to speakand sing and their bodies to moveand dance. In keeping with MDSJoy in Learning, this methodologyis dedicated to the belief that learn-ing about music — learning to singand play, to hear and understand,to move and create — should be anactive and joyful experience.
After seven years of teaching experience and various trainingcourses, workshops and conferences,
Ms. Amy happily found that shewas the 2003 recipient of theMDSPA Teacher Fellowship Award.This award allowed her to travel to Austria to study for one week atthe Orff Institute in Salzburg withpeople from around the world. Ms. Amy says, “I was able to fulfilla dream of studying in a placewhere Mozart, Beethoven, andcountless musicians had trod.”
The 2nd Grade Spring Program,performed Thursday, March 4,2004, was inspired by Ms. Amy’sparticipation in the Orff-SchulwerkInternational Night, at which 13countries presented and taught asimple children’s folk song, nativeto their country.
Her Salzburg experience was theprologue to another chapter in herlife.
“Seven years ago, I neverwould have imagined thatsuch a dream could andwould become a reality.I am extremely grateful tothe MDSPA for fundingthe Teacher FellowshipAward, MDS facultyand administration whoprovide tremendoussupport, and my friendsand family for theirunconditional love.Vielen Danke!”
— Amy Butterfield
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Second Grade: Field trips to SantaFe to the Museum of Indian Artsand Culture one snowed out, theother rescheduled to March 10.We’ll begin working with digitalcameras in March. Students make alist of chores they do at home, actthem out while a friend takes snap-shots, and they use the snapshotsas a reference tool for a painting.
Third Grade: Congratulations, toall of the third grade students! Theyexhibited their artwork at KathySanchez's Silver Sun Gallery onCanyon Road in Santa Fe. Studentsevenly shared in the monies earnedfrom the sale of their work; theVisual Arts Dept. benefitted fromthe sale of work by more matureartists exhibiting their work in the gallery. The Visual Arts Dept.used some of the funds to purchasetwo Canon S50 Powershot digitalcameras with some funds left overto be applied to the upcomingtabletop fountain project.
The third graders also benefit froma PNM Earth Study Grant: WaterIs Life. The students are creatingtabletop fountains which double as habitats for Rosie Minnows. The PNM grant generously fundsthe pumps and micaceous clay forthe wells. Mama's Minerals is giving us a discount on the pumps.Rocky Mountain Stone donated over100 pounds in marble and slate.Tracy Small and Loretta Levy usedtheir muscles and hauled the stonedown to MDS. Eight parents have
signed up to help in the studio withthe making of the fountains.Thank you to everyone for support-ing both the Silver Sun exhibitionand the "Water Is Life" project.
Fourth Grade: The students are finishing their Built Environmentunit. They used paper, board, andtape for the Tower Challenge whichrequired them, within a set amountof class time, to build structuresthat were sturdy, stable, and aesthetically-pleasing. They will begintheir studies of Classical Egyptianart and architecture in March.
Fifth graders launched into theirexciting Spanish and Art Retabloproject with Santero John Jimenez.He is from Santa Fe, and is aretired school teacher with 37 yearsof classroom experience. He hasquite an impressive biography inthe area of retablos, both makingand teaching. He is also a docent at the Spanish Colonial Arts Museumin Santa Fe. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to go on the field trips to Santa Fewith us.
What’s Springing Up in the Sunset Art Studio?!
Dr. Annie Nash HonoredDr. Annie Nash, Visual Arts at Manzano Day School, is one of 5% ofAmerica’s teachers who will be honored in 2004 with a Who’s Who AmongAmerica’s Teachers Award. She was nominated by Melissa Gutierrez, aMDS alumna, and a student cited for academic excellence herself.
Dr. Nash is a finalist for the YWCA’s Women on the Move award whichwill be decided on April 1, 2004. Dr. Nash was nominated, throughPNM by two Manzano parents.
Manzano Day SchoolDonor Appreciation Dinner
A Donor Appreciation Dinner washeld on Saturday, November 22,2003. The event, with 75 people inattendance, was held at the TanoanCountry Club. It gave Manzano DaySchool the opportunity to thankmany of its generous supportersand friends. Mrs. Calvin Horn washonored for being a long time friendand benefactor of the school withher late husband.
The Horn family has been veryinvolved with the school since the1960’s. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Horngenerously donated Fenton Ranchto Manzano in 1974. Fenton isManzano's eight acre ranch, locatedin the Jemez Mountains, whichplays a fundamental role in theschool's environmental studies program. Ruthie Horn Robbins,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horn, still sits on the Board of Trustees of Manzano Day School.
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Highlights of the invaluable support provided by the Horn family:
1965 After headmistress Elizabeth Westerfieldhad announced the closing of Manzano DaySchool, Calvin Horn stepped in to chaira newly formed Board of Trustees. It was his first of 19 years on the Board.
1974 Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Horn generously fundedthe purchase of Fenton Ranch for ManzanoDay School.
1984 The Horns contributed to Fenton’s renovationwhich added a great room and dining roomand modernized the rest of the house.
1985 For their pivotal role in the school’s history,Manzano bestowed its first “Good Apple”award to Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Horn.
Longtime Friends and BenefactorsMr. & Mrs. Calvin Horn
Fenton Ranch
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Horn1985
Honoring Friends
Tom Brennan, a current MDS parentand founding partner of Zircle, LLC,generously hosted a reception in his home to present Manzano DaySchool to the greater Albuquerquebusiness community. Several community leaders shared theirunique perspective about Manzanoand it’s role in our community.
Eva Caldera, a current parent,spoke about the EducationalConsideration impacting their families decision to relocate toAlbuquerque. Chris Leinberger, President of the Historic District ImprovementCorporation, spoke about howManzano, and schools in general, fit into the strategy for revitalizingdowntown Albuquerque. Finally,Tom Growney, current MDS par-ent and President of Tom GrowneyEquipment, spoke on our school’smission from the perspective of analumnus, current parent and Boardof Trustee member. The eveningwas full of dynamic discussionabout Manzano and about economicdevelopment in our growing city.
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Advancement
Photos:(Above left to right) Neal Piltch, Tom Brennan, Mitch Coven; ChrisLeinberger; Diane Harrison Ogawa,Eva Caldera, Gay Bernitsky
Photos:(Left) Cindy Bonafair, and Cathy &Mike McConnell; Carter Walker & Mrs. Calvin Horn; Larry andDeke Willard
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CalendarEVENTS
March 18 Grandparents’ Day
March 22-29 Spring Break
April 9 Good Friday – school closed
April 19-21 Science Fair
April 25 Spring Fiesta at Cliff’s
April 30 Alumni Luncheon (MDS Class of 1997 & 2004)
May 2 Good Apple Award Celebration
Brunch at the Albuquerque Country Club
May 12 Volunteer Luncheon
May 21-23 Musical
May 27 Last Day of School
May 28 Commencement
June 7 Summer Session Begins
July 16 Summer Session Ends
August 15 New Families Ice Cream Social
August 18 Welcome Back Coffee
August 19 First Day of School
September 10 4th Annual Golf Tournament
Bus Service From NE Heights
As we start the 2004-05 school year, Manzano Day School will havepoint-to-point bus transportation fromHoffmantown Church to Manzano DaySchool! We have a brand new schoolbus purchased by Manzano Day Schoolwith a driver who is a Manzano DaySchool employee. This bus is a 71 passenger bus with lap and harnessbelts installed.
Please spread the word to anyone youknow who would be interested in having their child attend ManzanoDay School but may have hesitatedbecause of the drive. We do not currently have the pricing structurecompleted, but that will be forthcomingto all our current parents interested in the service next year.
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Alumni Feature“As an individual of diverse
lineage, my parents sought an
educational environment that
would support my academic
and social development.
Manzano embraced the
multicultural lifeways of the
Southwest in such a way that
my peers and I held a common
purpose to learn from one
another while respecting our
differences.
To this day, I credit Manzano
Day School for assisting me in
developing my strong sense
of passion for learning.”
Chenoa “White Dove” Bah “WomanWarrior” Stilwell-Jenson, MS
Class of 1982
Summer Session 2004June 7 – July 169:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. daily
Manzano Day School welcomes MDS students and students in the community to our 14th year of exciting and enriching summer school experiences.
Children’s Workshop Ages 3 1/2 to 5Students must be 3 1/2 and potty trained by April 15, 2004
Learning Wheel Ages 6 and 7Students must be 6 years old by May 15, 2004 Voyagers Ages 8 and 9Students must be 8 years old by May 15, 2004
Extended Day Childcare available
For more information, please contact:Debra Montano, Operations Coordinator & ContactPhone # 243-6659 Ext. 124 or Direct Line 244-0439Email: [email protected]
Merlinda Foreman, Program Coordinator Email: [email protected]
Manzano Day School1801 Central Avenue NWAlbuquerque, NM 87104www.manzanodayschool.org
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