THE BRIDGEA PUBL ICAT ION OF PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

PCDS prepares promising students to become responsible leaders and lifelong learners through an education that emphasizes intellectual engagement, independence, collaboration, creativity, and integrity.

Andrew RodinHeadmaster

James Calleroz White Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement

Gina BridgemanEditor/Writer

Katie ZinkDesign

Kelsey NealClass Notes

Judy McAdams & Carelie BisingerDonor Record

Largo PhotographyFeature Photography & Special Events

Other photography: Nancy Crase, Duke Photography, Scott Minard ’13, Desiree Ong, Gabi Ragsdale, Philip Rody ’13, Kimberly Saur, John Schupbach ’06, Teeraya Tomlin, Katie Zink, and PCDS student, faculty, alumni, and parent contributors.

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please email The Bridge at communications@pcds.org.

© 2012 Phoenix Country Day School. All rights reserved.

Cover: Upper School students Staley Lane, Edgar Ocampo, Jess Cohen, Bernardo Fonseca, and Mari-clare Rethore with Headmaster Andrew Rodin.

THE BRIDGEPhoenix Country Day School, Fall 2012

ContentsFEATURES

4 What I Liked About Graduation 2012 Lance Coon, English Department Chair & Upper School English teacher

10 Portrait of a Graduate Introduction by Andrew Rodin, Headmaster

12 20 Questions with Schweik Gina Bridgeman, Communications Director

16 Speech! Speech! Rachel Chanen ’11

24 Claudia Jazmin Nido ’13

32 Hall of Famers Gina Bridgeman, Communications Director

44 Transformed John Schupbach ’06, 2012 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

48 Where Are They Now?

DEPARTMENTS

2 Letter from the Headmaster

6 Graduation 2012

11 Upper School Year in Photos

14 Athletic News

19 Lower School Year in Photos

20 Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day

22 Academic News

26 Make a Difference Day

28 Yellott Grants

30 Middle School Year in Photos

36 Arts News

38 Beyond the Classroom

40 Outstanding Alumni of the Year

50 Class Notes

65 Annual Report on Giving

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It’s with great joy that I introduce you—the community of Phoenix Country Day School—to The Bridge, our new magazine.

The thought behind a magazine at PCDS is three-fold:

1. It’s important that our community hear about all the incredible things that are taking place here on campus.

2. It’s time to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of nearly a half-century of graduates.

3. This is the perfect opportunity to connect (or reconnect) our graduates and our entire community around their common affection for this wonder- ful school.

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER ● ● ●● ● ●

ANDREW RODIN, Headmaster

When we first started talking about a new publication, I told the Advancement Of-fice that I was most excited about the Class Notes. I know that I’m personally drawn immediately to the back pages of the maga-zines I receive from my own alma maters, curious to see pictures and read updates about my friends from way back when. I’m proud of the notes we’ve collected for this first issue, but please see this as my request to you, our alumni, to contact our alumni office to let us know how you’ve been; I promise that your classmates will appreciate that you reached out. Anxious might be a better word to de-scribe how we felt about choosing a title for this publication. Because the name The Bridge seems so fitting, it’s hard to believe

how much we struggled with the many pos-sibilities. We didn’t want it to be bland, like The Magazine, and we certainly didn’t want it to be too esoteric. (I admit that I offered The Talon as a possibility; it seemed like a good idea at the time!) For all of us, the bridge is so much more than a concrete and metal structure span-ning our east and west campuses. Built in 1990-91, the bridge was dedicated in me-moriam to Ann Hays Daley, mother of four PCDS graduates and a tireless volunteer for the School, and was the crown jewel of a joint project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that helped protect the School against dangerous floods. In a fortuitous turn, payment from the Corps for an ease-ment on the property to build a diversion

channel enabled the School to refill its cof-fers at a critical moment in our history. As a metaphor, the bridge speaks to each student’s coming of age—their jour-ney from Lower and Middle Schools to the Upper School. For our alumni, we hope it continues to transport them back to a time in their lives that brings fond memories. Bridges are all about connections, and it’s our goal to help all of you feel connected to Phoenix Country Day. So I hope you will find the time to sit back and enjoy this publication. Share it with your family. Show it off to friends and neighbors. And take pride in knowing that you continue to play a vital role in the connections our students make every day here at PCDS.

TrusteesBOARD OF

Larry ClemmensenPresident

Morrie AaronVice President, Finance & Investments, Treasurer

Samuel GarvinVice President, Advancement

Michelle HosmarVice President, Facilities Planning

Jahm Najafi Vice-President, Strategic Planning

Andrew RodinHeadmaster

Augustine Gomez ’99Alumni Association

Susan GreenfieldP.A President

Nicholas FirestoneAdam GoodmanGrant HillLarraine HoKwang-Wu KimWendy Selig-PriebChida TseCharlene Whitfill

Advisory TrusteesBeverly AxSusan Bansak Daniel DonahoeBennett DorranceSusan GarrityHerbert LouisDonald LobackNan MillerEllie Nolan

Frederick PakisW. Lee PiersonBernard RethoreNicholas SakellariadisJonah ShacknaiShoshana TancerGarth WiegerGay Wray

GraduationWHAT I LIKED ABOUT

2012

By Lance Coon, English Department Chair and Upper School English teacher

The class of 2012 made it official on Thursday evening, May 31. This was my 30th PCDS graduation—there have been 48 total—and these were my fa-vorite moments:

• THE REHEARSAL: Every year we walk through the ceremony with the seniors the morning of commence- ment. My favorite part is practicing standing up in unison, row by row, to line up for crossing the stage. There is always one who misses a beat, and by the end of the practice, the seniors are competing to be the row that gets it right the first time.

• THE WAIT: After their class portrait, the seniors waited in the Lower School library for the processional to begin. I went with them, partly for the air-conditioning, but mostly to enjoy the easy banter, the photo ops, and the sense of anticipation.

• THE PROCESSIONAL: Even though not all the seniors and the faculty know each other, I love the shaking of hands, the exchanging of hugs, the heartfelt congratulations, and the smiles.

• THE AISLE: I enjoy the procession with my colleagues, the aisle lined with parents, grandparents, siblings, and former students. I like to make eye contact with them, wave, and grin.

• THE SPEECHES: I particularly enjoyed this year’s speeches. Jack Phillips’s thoughts on the balance and tension between individuality and community represent both our greatest strength and our ongoing challenge. Rachel Rummel wittily asked for the unknown powers-that- be to grant her classmates the wisdom and strength to face all the challenges of the future. And Nicole Bassoff summarized the high school experience of her class with some aptly chosen numbers.

• THE ASSIST: When Nicole’s cap finally fell off during her speech, as she had predicted it would, Head- master Andy Rodin didn’t miss a beat, retrieving it for her while she finished her speech.

• THE TASSELS: I always like to watch how 58 accomplished teenagers, as they come down from the stage, manage to complicate the business of moving their tassel from one side to another, stepping into the photog-

rapher’s light, holding their diplomas right-side up, and smiling for the camera. It sounds simple, but it defi- nitely isn’t.

• THE CAPS: Apparently, the graduates couldn’t remember the exact cue to shout and throw their caps back over their heads. So the caps seemed to go in approximate thirds, one batch every time Mr. Phillips said “the class of 2012.”

• THE ROBES: After 90 minutes in full- length, black polyester robes, in near-record heat, returning the robes to their boxes in the Lower School workroom was a welcome relief. On the way, our line briefly crossed that of the new graduates returning to the library for the same purpose, so there was a brief final flurry of high fives and congratulations.

• THE DRIVE HOME: In the car after- ward, a mixture of relief at the end of a long year, pride in all the work done by everyone to get us all there, and a tinge of sadness, knowing that I will miss this remarkable group of young people.

“When Nicole’s cap finally fell off during her speech, as she had predicted it would, Head-master Andy Rodin didn’t miss a beat, retrieving it for her while she finished her speech.”

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Amy Aube

Case Western Reserve University

James Barranco

Franklin and Marshall College

Nicole Bassoff

Harvard University

Maxwell Baum

Syracuse University

Jehan Bista

University of Southern California

Nicole Burke

New York University

Lauren Chanen

Brown University

Lindsay Coda

Carnegie Mellon University

Alessandra Dagirmanjian

Boston College

Natalie Davenport

Kalamazoo College

Jeffrey Dempsey

New York University

Aida Duarte

Barnard College

Clare Fuller

Emerson College

Alexander Garner

Southern Methodist University

Elliot Goldberg

Drexel University

Katharine Gonzales

Southern Methodist University

Norma Gutierrez

St. Mary’s University of San Antonio

Kevin Heath

Harvey Mudd College

Allyn Hess

Southern Utah University

James Hobin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Devra Hock

Montana State University, Bozeman

Samantha Kaplan

University of Colorado, Boulder

Nimra Khan

Georgetown University

Rohit Kothur

University of Pennsylvania

Danielle Lee

Harvard University

Megan Lehrer

George Washington Univ., Honors College

Ryan Levinthal

ASU, Barrett Honors College

Sawyer Lincoln

Whitman College

Moises Lopez

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Benjamin Mattinson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brandon Mayhew

University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Frea Mehta

ASU, Barrett Honors College

Nicholas Meyer

Amherst College

Justin Morgan

DePaul University

Leah Motzkin

Yale University

Nathaniel Nearhood

Colorado College

Reid Price

Arizona State University

Kylie Prusak

University of Southern California

Alexa Roeper

Occidental College

Christine Rohacz

Santa Clara University

Rachel Rummel

Northeastern University

Alec Schnall

Loyola Marymount University

Claire Schollaert

Bowdoin College

Joseph Schornak

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Jessica Segal

Bates College

Tianna Sheih

Scripps College

Eric Showers

Stanford University

Eden Shuster

ASU, Barrett Honors College

Avery Silverman

Duke University

Zoe Simon

Harvard University

J. Barrett Stockslager

Southern Methodist University

Leah Stofko

University of Southern California

Catherine Swett

Amherst College

Sierra Treiman

Occidental College

Rachel Underhill

Boston University

Harrison VanDolah

St. Olaf College

Mikaela Verhein

Arizona State University

Konstantin Von Beringe

ASU, Barrett Honors College

06 | Class of 2012 Destinations

DESTINATIONS 2012 ● ● ●● ● ●

Art Department Award

Pauline Shongov

Rhode Island School of Design Award

Reid Price

Choral Award

Devra Hock

Band Award

Justin MorganReid Price

Strings Award

Harrison VanDolah

English Award

Leah Motzkin

English Award for Composition

Clare Fuller

History Award

Eric Showers

Salo Baron Prize

Natalie Davenport

Mathematics Award

Nicole Bassoff

Rensselaer Medal

Madeline Stern

Life Science Award

Nicole BassoffAlexa RoeperDevra Hock

Physical Science Award

Benjamin MattinsonAvery Silverman

Outstanding Science Achievement

Nimra Khan

Bausch & Lomb Award

Jacob Feder

Heritage Language Award

Paulina Moreno

Spanish Award

Jordan Cohen

French Award

Nicole Burke

Latin Award

Angelica Sisson

Mandarin Award

Whitney Fahnbulleh

Robert Hendrickson Community Service Award

Lindsay Coda

Eagle Awards

Katherine GonzalesNathaniel Nearhood

Athletic Department Prize

Leah StofkoNicole Bassoff

Most Outstanding Athlete Awards

Nicholas MeyerDanielle Lee

Margaret Madden Speech Prize

Rachel Rummel

Senior Prize

Benjamin MattinsonLeah MotzkinEric Showers

Galen Brewster Leadership Prize

Zoe Simon

Geoffrey D. Campbell Award

Konstantin von Beringe

Victor D. Feeney Prize

Nicholas Meyer

Faculty Prize

Nicole Bassoff

08 | Upper School Award Recipients

AWARDS 2012 ● ● ●● ● ●

Nicole Bassoff

Jehan Bista

Lauren Chanen

Kevin Heath

James Hobin

Rohit Kothur

Benjamin Mattinson

Leah Motzkin

Alexa Roeper

Rachel Rummel

Joseph Schornak

Eric Showers

Avery Silverman

Thirteen PCDS seniors (representing 22 percent

of the class) were named Finalists in the 2012

National Merit Scholarship Program. Of those,

11 received National Merit Scholarships. The

program is an academic competition for recog-

nition and scholarships for high school students.

More than 1.5 million students nationwide took

the qualifying test, the 2010 Preliminary SAT/

National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test,

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which served as an initial screen of program

entrants. Each year, those scoring highest in

each state are named Semifinalists. To become

a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstand-

ing academic record throughout high school, be

recommended by the high school principal, and

earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s ear-

lier performance on the qualifying test.

At our opening faculty meetings this year, we dedicated considerable time to talking about the most fundamental piece of our educational puzzle: our students—both current and former. While I recognize that there’s nothing revolutionary about the fact that a school was talking about its students, the conversation was particularly illuminating.

Our Upper Division has recently spearheaded an all-school effort to unearth just exactly what it is that sets a PCDS student apart. Over the course of the last 12 months, we have conducted interviews with every exiting senior and scores of alums. We have read relevant books and articles by acclaimed authors and experts in the field, including Tony Wagner, Thomas Sergiovanni, Joe Mur-phy, Ted Sizer, Robert Marzano, James Popham, Lawrence Summers, Malcolm Gladwell, and even John Irving. We have spoken at length to representatives from dozens of colleges and universities. And we have dug deep with our own faculty and staff. Below is what we came up with. We call it our “Portrait of a Graduate,” and I hope it rings true for you. -- Andrew Rodin, Headmaster

I am an individual.Where I come from, where I am head-ed, and the path I have chosen make me unique. I know things other people don’t know, and I have the courage to ask ques-tions others haven’t asked. I am proud of the things that make me different from others. I give myself permission to chase the things that challenge my mind and move my heart.

I am part of a whole.I am an individual, but I am not alone. I am curious about others. I acknowl-edge that my experience is valid but that it does not tell me everything I need to know about the world. I seek out opportunities to understand the

world outside of my experience. I am careful and compassionate, empa-thetic and effective in my communica-tion, in speaking and listening. I am not just tolerant of difference, I believe the diversity of human experience is its strength.

I know how to think.I am knowledgeable, literate, and con-versant in many subjects. I am proud of the things I know, but I joyfully ac-knowledge that there is much I don’t know. I am not ashamed of the limita-tions of my knowledge, because I love learning. I use what I know to learn what I don’t know. I seek to apply and prac-tice concepts and skills in new and orig-

I AM A GRADUATE OF PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.

GraduatePORTRAIT OF A

inal ways, and I am not afraid of failure. I ask questions. I look for patterns and connections among disciplines. Having learned what I’ve learned, I know that I can learn.

I am inclined to action.I solve problems with courage, ingenu-ity, resourcefulness, and dedication. I have made a difference in my community and I will continue to make a difference in the communities I join. I will use my education and my individuality to ben-efit someone other than myself. Because I know myself and I am curious about my world, I will identify an impact only I can make, and I will make it.

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Schweik20 Questions with

Paul Schweikher is into his 39th year at PCDS. He stands as close to the end of the graduation handshake line as a faculty member can get. Words like legend and icon come easily to mind. But how about chef? Father? Or bass guitarist? We played 20 questions with Schweik and learned a few things we bet you never knew.

by Gina Bridgeman, PCDS Communications Director

What was your first job at PCDS?I taught Comparative Political & Eco-nomic Systems to freshmen and U.S. History to juniors. I was chair of the history department—which consisted of two people.

What do you remember about your first day on the job?It was August 1974. I remember driving into the dirt parking lot, just a piece of desert, situated about where my office is now.

What words describe what PCDS was like in the 1970s?Laid-back, a desert oasis. There were coyotes in the wash! Really, it was quaint, like a family. The Upper School had only 79 students.

Do you have a favorite decade at PCDS?No, not really. I grew up with the School and each decade brought all kinds of stories and its own charm and contri-butions to my growth and the School’s.

How did you become the college counselor?It was sometime in 1976. I had done a little of that in my previous job and I was very interested in it, so I asked [Headmaster] Joel Monell if I could be Director of College Counseling. I was still teaching and department chair. There weren’t that many of us here then.

What part of your job do you like best?I love teasing out the stories kids have to tell about themselves as an intro-duction to the process. Helping them unlock that story and helping them tell it. And I love advocating on behalf of students.

What do you like least?In this college counseling/college ad-mission world today, I'm frustrated by an answer I most often give and one I most often receive: "It depends...” There are few yeses and nos in the college admission process and many shades of gray.

You went to Cornell. How many appli-cations did you complete? Three.

Which schools and why?Yale—it was dad’s alma mater. Colum-bia—no idea why. Cornell—no idea—no, wait. It was because the Yale ad-missions interviewer said, “Perhaps you might consider Penn or Cornell if you’re serious about the Ivy League.”

What were your SAT scores? Just kid-ding--nobody cares about SAT scores once you’re in college. If they did I wouldn’t be sitting here talking with you!

What words of advice would you give your 18-year-old self, applying to college?Relax. Trust your heart, your intuition. It’s cliché, but after hundreds of conver-sations in my office encouraging young persons, it’s the best advice I can give.

What’s a good day in your college counseling world?When I know I’ve helped a kid dig out his or her story and figure out how to articulate it. A good day is doing more listening to students than talking.

Let’s talk about the car-what year is it?1967—the best year of all. Any VW afi-cionado or mechanic will tell you that. But I bought it in ’81.

Will you ever get a new car?Absolutely not. Are you kidding? It will survive me.

If you had never become a teacher, what would you be doing?Reading…maybe I’d have put together a good, old-school bookstore. A comfort-able place to sit and read, occasional conversation. Or I would have been a VISTA volunteer. I enjoy doing good for someone else.

How do you feel about your daughter [Claire Tyra] teaching at PCDS?It’s great! She was a student here and now she’s come back [in pre-k]. It’s a wonderful opportunity.

Any words of advice for her?Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young said it best: Teach your children well.

What do you like to do in your free time? I’m a voracious reader. And a voracious watcher of college and pro sports on TV. I’d love to have season tickets for everything—pro baseball, basketball, football, and everything at ASU as well.

What is your secret wish?To be a simple but great chef. And to play bass guitar in a folk-rock band.

What is one of your best PCDS memories?I have a lot of them around softball—I’ve been a varsity softball coach for 36 of my 39 years here. In 1987, my team won the state championship, the School’s first AIA championship. It was definitely one of my proudest moments.

Schweikby Gina Bridgeman, PCDS Communications Director

ATHLETIC NEWS

SENIOR WINS AIA HONOR

Nic Meyer ’12 ended his high school athletic career with the state’s top honor. He was named the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Student of the Year, chosen from among all Arizona high school boys who play sports. Nic also was a finalist for the 1A-3A Scholar Athlete Award. He was honored at the AIA Champions Awards Luncheon at the University of Phoenix Stadium in May. Every year, the AIA recognizes outstanding Arizona high school students, teach-ers, coaches, officials, administrators, and schools for “outstanding achieve-ments, on and off the field, and ex-emplifying trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.” At PCDS, Nic played varsity soccer, baseball, and basket-ball, and was a member of the state championship basketball team. Nic now attends Amherst College.

Danielle Lee ’12, who never lost a race in her four-year high school career, was named Girls Swim-mer of the Year by The Arizona Republic. Starting with her fresh-man year, Danielle won eight individual state titles and holds seven individual PCDS records (50, 100, 200, 500 freestyle; 100 backstroke; 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley). She also holds Division I records in the 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, and 200 freestyle.

Danielle was named Swimmer of the Meet at the state champion-ships all four years she competed. She also won PCDS’s Most Out-standing Athlete Award in 2011 and 2012. PCDS swim coach Mike Maczuga, quoted in The Arizona Republic, attributed Danielle’s suc-cess to hard work, saying that she always showed a lot of talent, but “when she started to put the work into it, she took it to another level.” A four-time All-American, Dani-elle attends Harvard University.

The girls’ tennis team beat Miami 5-3 to successfully defend its Division III state championship and win its third state title in four years. Leah Stofko ’12 and Nicole Bassoff ’12, the 2011 state doubles champions in Division III, re-tained their title with a victory over Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian. PCDS tennis is coached by Jerry Keever.

VARSITY BASKETBALL WINS FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

GIRLS’ TENNIS WINS STATE DOUBLES AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: DANIELLE LEE ’12

14 | 2011-12 Athletic News

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For the first time in the 50-year history of PCDS, the boys’ varsity basketball team won the state championship. The Eagles captured the Division IV crown with a 49-29 victory over the Arizona Lutheran Coyotes. Team co-captain AJ Hess ’12 was named Small Schools Player of the Year by The Arizona Republic. AJ also was named to the 2011-12 All-Arizona Boys Basketball team, one of only five players chosen statewide.

During the season, AJ averaged 19.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. He became the School’s all-time leading scorer with more than 1,800 career points. Co-captain Nate Nearhood ’12 became the 2nd all-time scorer with 1,300 career points. Other player honors from The Arizona Republic included Division IV First Team for both AJ and Nate, and Honorable Mention to Nic Meyer ’12 and Alex Sylvester. Also honored by The Arizona Republic was varsity coach Shane Lewis, named Small Schools Coach of the Year. Coach Lewis led the team to a 31-5 record and the Division IV state championship in his third season. He also was awarded Division IV Coach of the Year by the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association.

OLYMPIAN VISITS PCDS

Phoenix Country Day School and the Marlins welcomed five-time Olympic medalist Greg Louganis to campus in September 2011 to run a three-day camp for divers from across the Valley. Louganis won back-to-back gold med-als in both tower and springboard div-ing events at the 1984 and 1988 Olym-pics. His ’88 win was well remembered after he hit his head on the diving board in a qualifying round. In 1995, Mr. Louganis came out as gay and HIV positive and became a role model for many. He then published his first of two books, Breaking the Surface, which remained number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list for five straight weeks.

HONORS FOR AJ HESS ’12In addition to several honors from The Arizona Republic, AJ also received rec-ognition from the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association. He was the ABCA’s unanimous choice for Division IV Player of the Year. Also, he and teammate Nate Nearhood ’12 were named ABCA Se-nior All-Stars for a game played at Mesa Community College in May.

GIRLS’ TENNIS WINS STATE DOUBLES AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAMEThe purpose of the PCDS Athletic Hall of Fame is to build tradition and recognize our outstanding athletes and coaches who have built a strong ath-letic foundation for years to come. Our goal is for the Athletic Hall of Fame to serve as a source of pride and tradition for our School and school com-munity. The next induction ceremony will take place in 2013.

Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees:

2011: 1981 Varsity Baseball, 2000 Girls' Basketball State Championship Teams2010: Kristina Simonds ’86, Erich Schweikher ’97, Sarah Engle ’01, Alex Ashby ’05 , Bob Hendrickson, Bob Kosower2009: Lynne Diethrich Jackson ’79, Jeremy Ringel ’95, Georgia Buelow2008: Billy DuMone '90, Courtney Lewis '00, Paul Schweikher

GIRLS’ SWIM CHAMPIONSThe PCDS girls’ swim team took first place at the 1A-3A Invitational swim meet held at PCDS last fall. The boys’ team finished fifth. Swim is coached by Mike Maczuga.

MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS WIN TITLESMountain Valley Athletic League cham-pions: 5/6 boys’ basketball team, under Coach Amp Lee, and the 5/6 girls’ soccer team, under Coach Jenn Hallas. Finishing in the runner-up slots were the 7/8 boys’ basketball team (Coach David Cureton) and our 7/8 girls’ soccer team (Coach Jenn Hallas). In addition, the 6/7/8 soft-ball team won the Great Hearts League championship, under coach Diane Jessen.

The 5/6 and 7/8 boys’ flag football teams were both championship winners in the Mountain Valley Athletic League. The 5/6 team defeated Tesseract; the 7/8 team defeated Rancho Greenway. Both teams were coached by Sean Newland and Patrick McHonett.

Mr. Louganis’s philosophy behind the camp is to give athletes and perform-ers the tools that will help them learn to trust their bodies and their muscle memory for peak performance. At the PCDS camp, he introduced partici-pants to yoga, meditation, dance, and visualization in order to teach the skills that he learned to rely on for his suc-cessful career as an athlete and beyond.

GOLF WINS REGION The PCDS varsity golf team, coached by Bob Hendrickson, won the 2012 Region Championship. Morgan Gonzales was the individual medalist with a final round score of 65. She finished 8 under par for the 2-day match, shooting a course record at Coyote Lakes Golf Course.

Martin Article

Speech! Speech!

The senior speech is an experience shared by every graduate of PCDS since 1990, one of the School's great traditions. Rachel Chanen '11 talked with the man who has steered the ship for 18 years –Dave Martin -- to find out why.

I sank into a chair in the library con-ference room alongside twenty of my peers on a hot May day—the kind you understand only if you’re from Arizona. We were there to interview a headmaster candidate—the third of three. In walked Andrew Rodin, and after the usual intro-ductions and formal questions, he turned the tables and began to question us. “If you come back here in twenty years,” he wondered, “what’s one thing that you would want to see the same?” This was perhaps the most striking ques-tion asked by any of the candidates. The first student answered emphatically, “Se-nior speeches have to be here when I come back.” By the time it was my turn, nearly every student had reiterated that thought. So, when all heads turned toward me I said, “Well, not to copy everyone else, but I have to agree. The senior speech pro-gram is what makes PCDS a community. I would be so upset if speeches were ever taken away.” What is it about the senior speech pro-gram that engenders such strong feelings in students? To help answer that question I sat down with Mr. Martin, the charis-matic, incredibly talented, genuinely car-ing history teacher extraordinaire. For the past 18 years he has acted as Senior Speech Coordinator, a multi-faceted job that puts him at the center of this cele-brated tradition. “My job is to determine the speech requirements—in consultation with the administration and faculty—to recruit faculty advisors, to set the dates and schedule the kids, to mediate disputes or controversial subjects, to collect the fin-ished product, and then to pass it along to the Upper School for binding.” He explained that every speech, once bound, is archived in the US library should stu-dents want to know what has been done in the past. The process begins in the fall with the schedule. Who doesn’t remember arriving at Mr. Martin’s classroom at some ridiculously early hour to sign-up for their desired speech date? That part alone helps make the speech an impor-tant rite of passage for seniors, and Mr. Martin believes in the value of that com-mon experience. “I think it’s important that a commu-nity have benchmarks and hurdles that every member of that community must weather,” he said. “It binds us together much closer as a community.”

Senior speeches began in 1990, when Head of School Margaret Madden in-stituted them as a graduation require-ment. In my four years in the Upper School, I heard over 240 senior speeches and delivered one. I heard speeches that brought tears to my eyes, both in laugh-ter and sorrow; speeches that inspired, speeches that infuriated me, and speech-es that made me think about my life and who I want to be. But the reason I loved sitting down during morning meeting to hear these speeches was that they made me feel as though I was part of some-thing larger than myself. A freshman who doesn’t even know the senior giving the speech feels connected to that person at the microphone. “Societies need these rites and pas-sages that every member goes through and passes on to the next generation,” Mr. Martin said. “The younger ones look at it, emulate it, and it becomes something to appreciate, to realize how important this really is. [To think] this is a tradition; I’m part of it. It is, in a way, its own graduation.” Hearing Mr. Martin’s words, I real-ized that being a PCDS student means more than getting into college or achiev-ing a high GPA. In those seven-to-nine minutes of a speech, being a PCDS student is more about articulating who you are, what you believe in, or what is important to you. At PCDS, it is some-times easy to feel as though things are out of your control. There are always the hyperbolic gripes in the hallways, such as “It’s not fair that everything I’ve worked for is ruined because of that one test.” But your senior speech is exactly that, yours. That unique ownership is at the heart of what Mr. Martin likes best about senior speeches. “What makes me feel the best is when a kid nails it like a performance,” he said. “Where a kid has really crafted the speech, worked on the speech, in-vested time and energy in it. And it may be a student who isn’t academically the strongest but, boy, the speech is their platform and they walk off smiling, beaming, happy.” Senior speeches give students a plat-form to prove themselves as more than academics, athletes, or artists. They prove who they are as people rather than the labels that high school sometimes forces onto them. That includes show-ing that they have the skills to face life’s

varied experiences. For example, when writing speeches, students must manage their time. Mr. Martin laughs about the rampant procrastination among seniors, revealing that “some of the speeches lit-erally get written or finished within thirty minutes of delivery.” Speeches also provide students the opportunity to interact closely with, and be accountable to, an adult, their speech advisor. And this is a position these adults take very seriously. Mr. Martin spoke of the honor the position brings, but also the pressure. The faculty advisor’s efforts exemplify perhaps the most affecting as-pect of a senior speech—the support stu-dents are given throughout the process. They are afforded an opportunity to see what the community values about them through the faculty introduction, and how much people care by the hugs and congratulations following the speeches. Most of all, students are able to see how their actions, words, and thoughts influ-ence their community. Many students experience a standing ovation, or con-versations about how their words caused their peers to think or gain a new per-spective. Senior speeches, for me, were a truly humbling experience, one that, as I described in my own speech, “makes us realize the strength and wisdom of the people who surround us.” So now I think I know why I love the senior speech program so much. I’ve re-alized that the speeches are more than just a graduation requirement, or simple words typed up hastily on a page. Senior speeches define PCDS, and in turn, be-come something that defines every PCDS graduate. We are connected by this unique, nerve-racking, and empowering experience that is the senior speech, and we will never want to let that go.

Rachel Chanen ’11 is a sophomore at Har-vard, where she plans to major in Psychology and minor in Global Health and Health Policy. She interned in the Office of Alumni Affairs last summer, where she worked on updating alumni records (contacting many alumni in the process) as well as interviewing Mr. Martin and writing this story. "Working closely with many familiar faces gave me a new apprecia-tion of everything PCDS has to offer," she says. This year Rachel hopes to study abroad and become involved in more public service and global health initiatives.

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Back row, left to right: Maki Fullerton (Middle School), Susan Crane (Upper School), Kyle Skolfield (Upper School), Joe Tamer (Middle School), Sara Wood (Lower School), Brian Mensinger (Middle School), Alex Holwerda (Middle School), Lauren Strohacker (Upper School), Lynn Quartermaine (Lower School)

Front row, left to right: Jennifer Cunningham (Middle School), Hallie Mueller (Middle School), Claire Tyra (Lower School), Kate Newton (Lower School)

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CLASS OF 2016 CELEBRATES 8TH-GRADE COMMENCEMENT

The 65 members of the PCDS eighth-grade class celebrated their commencement on Wednesday, May 30, in a ceremony attended by parents, faculty, and friends. Each member of the class received a certificate to commemorate their comple-tion of Middle School at PCDS. Eighth-grade students Iya Agha and Mala Bansal acted as emcees, presiding over the ceremony at Camelback Bible Church, across the street from PCDS.

After a welcome by Mort Dukehart, Head of Middle School, eighth-grader Stephanie Kay performed on the piano, followed by other musical performances by Jillian Gilburne, Freya Irani, Elle Miraglia, and Natalie Prieb, also members of the class. The student speakers, chosen by their classmates, were Anita Sheih, Tara Dugel, and Jason Greenfield.

This year brought a new tradition to the commencement ceremony, the presentation of the Middle School Award. According to Mr. Dukehart, this honor is given to the student who best exemplifies the philosophy of the PCDS Middle School. This year, Jason Greenfield received the award, and five students received Certificates of Merit: Tara Dugel, Sam Garvin, Jillian Gilburne, Oliver Marsden, and Anita Sheih.

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PCDS STUDENTS EXCEL ON LATIN EXAM

Ninety percent of Phoenix Country Day School students who completed the National Latin Exam in May received awards for their high achievement. This year, 78 PCDS Latin students (grades 7-12) joined over 150,000 students from across the United States and 13 countries to participate in this competitive exam. Students who scored well earned medals, certificates of achievement, and in some cases, scholarships. According to PCDS Latin teacher Robin Anderson, on average, 30 percent of students worldwide who complete the exam receive an award. The 90 percent achievement rate was a new high for PCDS. Of the 78 students who completed the exam, 70 earned awards, with 30 students earning the highest award possible. Besides Ms. Anderson, PCDS Latin teachers are Stephani Stephens and Rebecca Bernhardt.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH STUDENTS RANK HIGH

Many Middle School students participated in monthly math contests through-out the school year through the Continental Math League. Every Middle School student participated in the Math League Press contest in the spring. PCDS 6th-graders placed 13th out of 59 schools across the country and 2nd in the region. Eighth-graders placed 8th out of 48 schools across the country and 2nd in the region. The Middle School MATHCOUNTS team placed 4th at the chapter competition, and one student advanced to state competition.

FRESHMAN WINS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP IN GRAMMAR BOWL

Kyle Kinnie, a PCDS freshman at the time, finished among the final four contestants at the 2012 Arizona EGUMPP Grammar Bowl, winning a $5,000 scholarship to the college or university of his choice. Approximately 500 8th- and 9th-graders from around the state participated in the contest, with 23 competing in the finals at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix in April.

POLICY DEBATE TEAMS SHARE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Three PCDS Policy Debate teams, comprised of students Eric Showers ’12 and Frea Mehta ’12; Jehan Bista ’12 and current senior Nitya Agrawal; and current sophomores Sabrina Whitfill and Fallon Leyba, won the state cham-pionship in their division (schools with fewer than 1000 students) at a Speech and Debate tournament held in March in Winslow, Ariz. This is the 8th con-secutive year (and 10th out of the last 11 years) that a PCDS team has won the state tournament. For Eric it was a fourth state title, and the second state title for Frea, Jehan, and Nitya.

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS EXCEL AT MOCK CONGRESS

Nineteen PCDS students attended the Arizona Junior State of America (JSA) Mock Congress in Phoenix in October 2011. Out of approximately thirty pro-posed bills, only two passed both Houses of Congress, and both were written by PCDS students. April Curci and Andrew Garner passed a law regulating labeling foods in restaurants, and Lauren Chanen ’12 and Derek Chan pro-posed a bill on the morning-after birth-control pill. Several other delegates wrote bills that passed their respective houses but failed to win ratification.

According to JSA faculty advisor and History and Social Sciences Department Chair Dave Martin, PCDS students distinguished themselves at this conference of 200 students from Arizona and New Mexico. “They successfully defeated legislation, negotiated compromises, and essentially came to know first hand the difficulty of negotiating legislation,” he said. Megan Lehrer ’12 was named best speaker in the House of Representatives, winning a gavel for her efforts.

By Jazmin Nido ’13Phoenix Country Day School’s signature out-reach program, PCDS Project Excellence, has been in place for 26 years. According to its mission statement, its goal is to “en-rich, engage, and empower first-generation, college-bound students from local public schools and partnering organizations, and their parents, by providing resources and opportunities to encourage intellectual, cultural, and personal growth.” The program takes students in grades 4 through 12 from around the Valley and not only challenges them in ways their own schools can’t but ex-poses them to different things and prepares them to reach higher education. Students at-tend weekend workshops during the school year and a five-week summer session. On average, the program serves more than 150 students from 13 public school districts and partnering organizations annually.

Many of those students have gone on to apply and enroll at PCDS. One of the most successful is Claudia Gonzalez ’02. She grad-uated from PCDS and Emory University, with a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish Litera-ture. Afterwards, she took a one-year teach-ing fellowship at PCDS. While on the faculty, and for the following year, she worked with PCDS Project Excellence. She then spent a year in South Korea, teaching English as a second language. Ms. Gonzalez returned to Arizona, and graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in May. In August 2012, she joined the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (www.firrp.org), a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services to individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Arizona.

Ten years have passed since Ms. Gonzalez’s PCDS graduation, and she has done so much. But she looks back at the time she spent at PCDS with a smile.

Jazmin: What are some of the PCDS expe-riences that had the biggest impact on you?

Claudia: During my sophomore year, I went to San Francisco for the NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) Student Diversity Leadership Conference and I remember having such a great time. I learned a lot about myself and, during our peer-group sessions, I met some pretty amazing high-school students that I still keep in touch with. And I re-member having a nerdy-blast studying for a chemistry test that my roommate and I knew we had to take when we got back to PCDS! Also during sophomore year, I won the Latin Award. Those awards generally go to juniors or seniors, and receiving that award made me realize that all my hard work was worth it and that someone had fi-nally recognized it. It made me feel for the first time that I belonged at PCDS. Another special moment was when I decided to read my graduation speech in both English and Spanish because I wanted my parents to be able to understand what I was saying.

Jazmin: Do you have any advice for stu-dents in high school now?

Claudia: It’s so cliché but always follow your heart; be you! Anytime I did some-thing because I thought it would be the right thing to do since my peers were do-ing it, or someone else wanted me to do it but it never felt right for me, I didn’t have it in me and I didn’t do a good job. Take the fact that I’m going into immigra-tion law. Many people think it’s not a good idea because when you think “attorney” you think “money” and immigration law doesn’t have much money in it. But I am passionate about helping these people. There will be times when you will doubt yourself, like I did, but follow your heart! If only people listened to this piece of ad-vice more often.

Jazmin: You were a PCDS Project Excel-lence student. Tell us a bit about your expe-rience with the program.

Claudia: I’ve gone through every stage of PCDS Project Excellence, and I truly feel it is an incredible program. I do not know where I would be without it and the people who ran it and the people who cared. I first became a student, I believe, in 6th grade and then I went to the summer session and then the Saturday workshops, up until I was accepted at PCDS. Then I became an intern, then student intern (when you can no longer be a student in the program), and then lead intern. I worked on the sum-mer program for two summers while still at Emory, working with Melanie Sainz, the program’s director at the time. So it was very cool for me to get to see the program in a full circle, especially since I had been in classes and then got to see other people go through the entire program. It was very special to me, and I mostly do still keep in touch with the people I’ve met through Project Excellence.

Jazmin: Why you think this program is still so successful after 26 years?

Claudia: I feel it is a very sustainable pro-gram because it not only is a gifted pro-gram, it achieves its objective, which is to give students a better opportunity to get a higher education. Honestly, it would not have survived if the people who ran it did not care so much.

Jazmin Nido ’13 is a senior at PCDS. She has been an attendee of PCDS Project Ex-cellence for the past six years and is cur-rently co-teaching in the program’s Sat-urday workshops. Jazmin plans to study graphic design and animation in college next year.

ClaudiaA PCDS Project Excellence Success Story

A PCDS Project Excellence Success Story

Phoenix Country Day School stu-dents may be found almost anywhere lending a hand when needed, from tutoring peers and stocking shelves at a food bank to protecting our planet. Community service/service learning is an important part of a PCDS edu-cation, as students learn how to use their talents and skills for a greater good. In service learning, students share, in a formal way, with peers, family, or the local community, what they have learned about themselves from their community service involve-ment and how it may connect with what they have learned in school.

Monthly themes such as Back-to-School supply drives and holiday food drives guide all-school community service. Each division is free to be creative in developing its own unique activities. In Lower School, Sharing Tree has become an important an-nual tradition. Students bring a pres-

ent requested by a child and the Sal-vation Army distributes the gifts with a homemade card attached. Middle School students are encouraged to suggest community service ideas for the division. In Upper School, in ad-dition to division-wide activities, stu-dents are required to complete ten hours of community service in each of their four years.

Last year, Maria Nolasco, Assistant Director of Community Engagement, the office that coordinates community service and service learning at PCDS, compiled a list of the various forms of service in which our students were involved. The list included volun-teer hours at summer camps, serving food at homeless shelters, renovating villages and schools internationally, building and cleaning up trails for the National Park Service, assisting at hospitals, organizing back-to-school drives and delivering clothes, shoes,

and backpacks, leading religious edu-cation at students’ places of worship, organizing food pantries, book nooks, and furniture for refugee organiza-tions, and assisting in planning fund-raising events.

Every year, PCDS provides oppor-tunities for students to serve others. The largest of these efforts is Make a Difference Day. This all-school event, inspired by national Make a Differ-ence Day, took place at PCDS on Oc-tober 25, 2011. Several Upper School students organized the daylong effort while faculty and staff from all three divisions provided support, advice, and the necessary manpower for the day. Activities brought students to-gether across the divisions to work on projects to benefit others.

The entire Upper School spent some time off campus, volunteering with organizations such as Phoenix Head

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Start, St. Vincent De Paul, Ronald McDonald House, Lucky Paws Ani-mal Shelter, Interfaith Cooperative Ministries (ICM), and several Balsz District elementary schools. When Upper School students were back on campus, they worked with both Lower and Middle School students on sever-al projects that yielded great results:

• Students made 80 fleece blankets and decorated 240 pillowcases. These were donated to Crockett School in the Balsz District for their clothing/supply closet used by their families, many of whom are homeless.

• Students assembled 200 candy bags, donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital for Halloween.

• Students created dozens of ABC 123 books for young children, to be deliv- ered to the Mwereni Integrated School in Moshi, Tanzania; Nuestra Senora

del Carmen, a school for disabled chil- dren in Cusco, Peru; and children in the village of Chiliphua, Peru.• Students assembled 171 I Spy Bottles, donated to Phoenix Head Start.

• Students made more than 2,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, delivered to Waste Not clients.

• Students made more than 550 cards for soldiers that were shipped to Staff Sergeant Ian Sharp, PCDS Security Coordinator, who was serv- ing in Afghanistan. He shared them with his entire platoon.

According to Ms. Nolasco, students learned a lot that day but not in the traditional classroom sense. “The learning happened by students be-ing actively involved in activities that benefited those in need. It hap-pened when they viewed a documen-tary about students from around the

country reaching outside themselves. Learning happened when our stu-dents discovered their individual leadership skills while working with younger students, and as they listened to a speaker who told a personal story to show how one person can make a difference. And the learning contin-ued when students spoke about the day with their teachers, at home, or while using social media like Face-book with their peers.”

She praised the students who put together the day’s activities. “They understood that the day needed to go beyond just making things or go-ing somewhere and volunteering. It showed that PCDS is a school in ac-tion, fulfilling the idea of ‘a private school with a public purpose.’ ”

For more information about Community Ser-vice at PCDS, visit Community Engagement at www.pcds.org.

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“The real challenge in teaching lies in finding the way to ignite the spark of interest and enthusiasm in each student, and the real compensation lies in watching the spark grow into a flame as the student finds that learning can really be its own reward.”

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That quote, from John I. Yellott, who was PCDS headmaster from 1966-1972, appears in the School’s history book, Voices in the Desert. Mr. Yellott’s philosophy of seeking growth and improvement in the classroom in order to ignite a love of learning in students is the foundation of the endowment named in his honor.

Every year, funds are awarded from the Yellott Memorial Endow-ment to faculty who apply to complete research or develop projects with ongoing value for the School. Below are excerpts from the teachers’ proposals, providing a glimpse into the work that took place during the summer of 2012.

INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCE MANUAL FOR THE SECOND-GRADE CURRICULUM

Cindy Davis, Evelyne Macrodimitris: Currently the second grade does not use a textbook for social studies. We primarily teach about the seven continents, including information on the people, culture, and animals, as well as basic map skills. Our teaching goals have been accomplished by using teacher-made materials, books, and pertinent websites. The goal: To create a working manual for use by teachers and students, combining the best of these resources.

KINDERGARTEN MATH CURRICULUM RECONSTRUCTION

Lee Edwards, Jaime Sheridan: We feel it is important to empha-size more hands-on activities in addition to paper and pencil tasks when working with patterns, number concepts and operations, and time, money, and measurement. The goal: Develop a pro-gram that gives students a better sense of numbers and how they relate to everyday life.

WORLD HISTORY CURRICULUM REDEVELOPMENT

Judson Garrett: Primary sources provide a window into the past—unfiltered access to the record of artistic, social, scientific, and political thought and achievement during the specific period un-der study, produced by people who lived during that period. The goal: Reorganization of the curriculum in order to emphasize primary sources and seminar discussions, which are invaluable for developing critical thinking skills. Recognizing the opinions of others while articulating one's own is a necessary skill for his-torical analysis. Such reorganization will allow time for deep inquiry into the texts while simultaneously covering the second-ary historical accounts of the significant events in world history provided by the textbook.

ORGANIZATION AND STUDY TECHNIQUE PLAN FOR NEW STUDENTS & PARENTS

Chris Eriksen, Rebecca Bernhardt: Developmentally, fifth-grade students need assistance in order to be successful and to learn positive study habits when at school and at home. The goal: To help create active learners by developing a manual to help both students and parents in the areas of organiza-tion, long-term planning, effective use of assignment books, use of desk calendars, and design of an effective study space and time period.

DESIGN THINKING: PREPARING STUDENTS FORTHE 21ST CENTURY

Jenny Treadway, Liz Olson: Design thinking is a set of skills that prepare students to solve complex, cross-curricular, real-world problems by teaching effective ways of thinking and collaborating. By learning these skills students are able to solve problems confi-dently and creatively – traits that many in higher education and in the business world consider essential to success in the 21st cen-tury. The goal: Create a step-by-step design-thinking handbook to teach these skills.

STAGECRAFT ORIENTATION & CURRICULUM WORKBOOK

Keith Burns: Students in Theatre Arts classes and others who are committed to working in the shop on productions need to be trained. The goal: To develop a brief and intentional program/process to in-struct students in theatre shop work, safety, storage, terminology, and techniques. The program will cover the use of power and manual tools, safety requirements and procedures, shop contents and storage, and terminology for a basic understanding of theatre equipment and construction techniques.

“THEORIES OF JUSTICE” CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Judson Garrett, Matt Guthrie: We felt that the history department curriculum was lacking a direct encounter with moral philoso-phy, and that this dearth limited the students' ability to success-fully confront problems in a wide variety of areas. The goal: De-velop a new Upper School course, “Theories of Justice.” Major theorists from ancient, medieval, early modern, and contempo-rary schools of thought will be presented in order to both exam-ine the various theories of justice offered throughout history as well as develop the critical thinking skills of our students within their own understandings of justice.

CREATING AN INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC BOOK

Peter Flanagan-Hyde: The concept of the “flipped classroom,” using short (10-15 minute) video lectures, worked very well for my courses last year. The goal: To create an interactive eBook for Statistics, AP Statistics, and Calculus. The eBook would include video lectures that introduce curriculum topics, some text explanations, activities for stu-dents, and animated or interactive drawings and diagrams. It would be distributed free to students who have an iPad. The same content would be available for other students via pdf documents that would include links to the videos and interactive content online.

REORGANIZATION OF THE ALGEBRA II/TRIG & PRECALCULUS AB/BC COURSES

Sue Mazzolini, Stewart Pierson: It is important to view these courses within the context of the “big picture” of advanced mathematics. The goals: Establish essential learning objectives and goals for each course; redefine the scope and sequence of each course with an eye toward eliminating some of the overlap/review material in Precalculus AB/BC; create sample activities and assessments for each course.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR IN PHOTOS● ● ●● ● ● Time Capsule

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Time CapsuleThe PCDS Time Capsule, containing memorabilia from the School’s first 50 years, was buried as part of Blue and Gold

Homecoming Weekend festivities in October 2011. Lower, Middle, and Upper School students and faculty, staff, athletics, alumni, and the Parents’ Association all contributed items. Included were a PCDS 50th Celebration book, an MP3 player

containing the top 200 songs of 2011, athletic jerseys, and a class ring from 1965, the first PCDS graduating class.

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Close your eyes for a moment and picture this: the PCDS campus with no gym and no swimming pool— just one large field, about where the baseball field is now, and two out-door courts where com-petitive teams played volleyball and basket-ball. Those were the athletics and physical- education facilities when Georgia Buelow began teaching middle and upper school girls’ P.E. in 1973. So she knew there was a lot of room for growth for the young school’s athletic depart-ment. What she couldn’t have known was that a seemingly random encounter in a class-room would introduce her to the man with whom she would work to foster that growth over the next 30-plus years—and who would become her lifelong friend.

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by Gina Bridgeman, PCDS Communications Director

Bob Kosower came to Arizona while on sabbatical from teaching in Minnesota. The idea was for him and his wife, Jean, to stay for a year while Bob earned his master’s degree in secondary education. He met Georgia in 1978 when both were taking ASU graduate classes at West High School. Georgia knew there was a boys’ P.E. job open at PCDS. She suggested that Bob apply—and now when the two friends sit down together to reminisce, even that first job interview brings back memories. “I showed up for my interview in a green leisure suit with a yellow shirt,” Bob remembers. “With bell-bottoms,” Georgia interjects, as they both start laughing.

At first, Bob’s job was to teach both Middle and Upper School boys’ physi-cal education. He took the job thinking it would be temporary, and the rest is PCDS history–71 years of it if you combine the PCDS experiences of Bob and Georgia. In Bob’s first year, he and Georgia worked together to build the physical-education program. Then Bob was offered the Ath-letic Director’s position and became Geor-gia’s boss. How did she feel about that? “I was thrilled,” she says. "We had been working well together, and we both wanted to build this program." And they were building from the ground up. Bob’s office was tucked away in the current main-tenance storage area. (If you want proof, check the outside door that still says “Lock-er Room,” the tile floor from the old show-ers, and the sports photos that are still taped to the walls.) But that didn’t stop him from dreaming big dreams. “I had a vision for the athletic pro-gram, that we would get recognition in the state,” Bob says. “We stressed a commitment to the team, getting kids to realize that they could contribute. They began to have fun, and their par-ticipation grew.” The programs at PCDS continued to grow, and soon new athletics and P.E. staff were added. That included a young guy named Danny Majeski, who joined the staff in January 1981. Still, one giant piece was missing. PCDS had opened the

pool in 1974 but was still without a gym. And while the athletic program was gaining recognition with Independent High School state championships in baseball and boys’ tennis, it was tough to excel in basketball and volleyball without a gym. So in the fall of 1982, parents formed the first PCDS booster organization, with a long-term goal of raising money to build a gym. According to Bob, it took just under a million dollars to get it done. And both he and Georgia agree that when the gym opened in 1985, it was a turning point for the school. “We had some absolutely wonder-ful people on the board of trustees who worked hard to get the gym built,” Geor-gia says, “and the kids were so excited. This was their home court; this was where their pride was.” “All the kids used the gym, of course,” Bob adds, “not just for athletics but for P.E. It completely changed the P.E. program.”

Georgia continued to be an in-tegral part of that program. She coached softball, volleyball, basket-ball, and soccer. Over the years in P.E., she taught girls to play volleyball, flag football, soccer, softball, basketball, golf, badminton, swimming, diving, and the skills of track and field and ar-chery. And that brings her to perhaps the only negative thing you’ll ever hear her say about Bob. “He’s not a good archery teacher,” she says, and they look at each other and burst out laughing. It seems Bob was a few minutes late to teach archery on what is now the baseball field. The targets were set up along the west side of the field, and while Bob took a last-minute phone call in his office, the kids started without him. When he arrived at class, arrows were flying over the bushes into the neighborhood beyond.

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“We had been work-ing well together, and

we both wanted to build this program.”

“And that’s the last time we let him teach archery,” Georgia says, still laugh-ing about it. As you might have guessed, Bob and Georgia were also a strong team outside of PCDS. From 1980-83, they coached together at Phoenix College. Bob was head coach of the women’s basketball team, and Georgia was his assistant. She also babysat for all three of Bob and Jean’s children, including their youngest, Jaime, now a PCDS kindergarten teach-er. Georgia is also Jaime’s godmother. “I don’t know whether that shows how close we are or how old we are!” Georgia says. One thing you notice when Bob and Georgia get together is that they’re very modest—but they like to brag about each other. She’ll tell you that Bob played base-ball and was pretty good at it. In fact, he played competitively until age 46 and even played in the Men’s Senior League World

Series. But his career aspirations were to be a teacher and a coach. He coached both his 1981 and 1985 baseball teams to state championships. (The entire 1981 team was inducted into the PCDS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.) As Athletic Direc-tor for 32 years, he presided over several other championship seasons, as well. Bob will tell you that Georgia, too, was an excellent athlete. She was a na-tional championship softball player at Arizona State University and is a member of the Arizona Softball Hall of Fame. She also was inducted into the PCDS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. But her real pas-sions were coaching and teaching. She speaks fondly of the challenge of teaching P.E. to students of varying skill levels. “I liked responding to kids’ needs, to teach skills that were maybe completely new to them. The more-skilled kids could help each other, and I could spend time

with the strugglers. I loved doing that,” she says. At some point she realized that she wasn’t as competitive as she used to be, even as a coach, but she never grew tired of teaching, mainly because of what the job did for her. “The best part was the kids,” she says, “always the kids. Maybe I’d come to work tired or not focused, and that first class would come through the door and I’d get my energy immediately. It was so much fun.” As Bob and Georgia talk, they outline a philosophy for athletics that both have adhered to in their long careers.

“Number one, have fun,” Georgia says. “Number two, learn something new. And then by doing one and two, you be-come a better athlete.” Bob picks up the thread as though finishing her thought. “Our program has always been based on these ideas,” he says. That may be why he is so proud of the character awards PCDS has received, such as the AIA Blue Cup (for excellence in Pursuing Victory with Honor), AIA School of Distinction honors (for excel-lence in providing educational athletic programs to young people), and the Girls’ Athletic Program of the Year award. "Being active made our kids better students," he says, "and, I like to think, better people." Bob is in his 35th year at PCDS, now as Associate Athletic Director. He’s re-ceived the highest accolades, including induction into both the Arizona Inter-scholastic Athletic Administrators Hall of Fame and the PCDS Athletic Hall of Fame. After 36 years at PCDS, Georgia retired in 2010 and is busy and happy. She takes care of her mom and spends time with friends and family. She plays golf, rides her bike, goes to the lake with friends, and hangs out with other retired teachers. And she looks back with nothing but the warmest memories. “The school was wonderful to me. The support from parents was amazing, the kids worked hard and wanted to have fun—how could I look back and not say that was the best experience of my life?”

“Being active made our kids better students,” he says, “and, I like to think, better people.”

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENT WINS FILMMAKING AWARD

The Zaki Gordon Institute for Inde-pendent Filmmaking in Sedona named Scott Minard the Institute's "Emerg-ing Filmmaker" for 2012 last May. Through a national competition, this annual award is given to a student in grades 7-12 who demonstrates excel-lence and creativity in storytelling in a motion picture. Scott's entry, The Epic of Bob, was produced as a class project in the Upper School's Art of Digital Video course this semester. In addition to winning an HD digital video cam-era, Scott was honored at the Institute's yearly film festival during the Memorial Day weekend in Sedona.

STRINGS STUDENTS EXCEL

Four Upper School strings students were chosen last spring to participate in the Arizona Music Educators As-sociation regional music festival. They were Wynston Hamann (cellist); Fla-via Pajaro-Van de Stadt and Chelsea Wu (first violins); and Tianna Sheih ’12 (first violin). According to Maurine Fleming, PCDS strings teacher, hun-dreds of musicians auditioned in the western region. Chelsea and Flavia also were selected by audition to play in the 2012 All-State Festival of Performance Orchestra in April at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

ALUMNUS VISITS AFTER-SCHOOL ART

Phoenix-based artist and illustrator Sebastien Millon ’00 visited Lower School art teacher Michelle Gurnee’s Creating Characters art class last fall, part of the after-school Eagles' Wings art program. The students, in first through third grades, had the oppor-tunity to learn and create with a pro-fessional artist whose whimsical work served as a natural inspiration for the Creating Characters concept. Ms. Gurnee put the names of animals in a basket, and the students chose an ani-mal and had to characterize its image.

The class viewed Mr. Millon’s art be-fore beginning their own work. Their final project was an animal-character tower that was displayed outside the Lower School art room.

STUDENTS HONORED IN SYMPHONY ART CONTEST

Lower School students were hon-ored for the fourth year in a row for their entries in the Phoenix Sym-phony Orchestra's Paint to Music Competition. The annual contest,

presented in partnership with Young Arts Arizona, encourages students from around the Valley to create art-work inspired by particular pieces of music or themes. The theme of the competition, part of the symphony’s Arizona centennial celebration, was “Happy Birthday, Arizona!” and students’ work was inspired by Ari-zona landscapes.

The PCDS student-artists in grades 2, 3, and 4 saw their winning art-

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work displayed before the Symphony for the Schools concerts that their classes attended. Phoenix-area stu-dents had submitted more than 600 pieces of art, and, based on adjudi-cators’ recommendations, the top 67 pieces were chosen for display at the concerts. Winners were Alexandra Ashner, Sabrina Bailey, Greta Bind-ley, Elsa Jackson, GiGe Neck, Renat Robinson, Brierly Wand, and Bren-dan Zuieback.

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENT HONORED FOR ART & WRITING

Pauline Shongov won both Gold Key and Honorable Mention awards at the regional level in the National Scho-lastic Art and Writing Contest. Her Gold Key artwork, The Skeleton, went on to the national competition. Two of her stories –“The Caulfield Clock-maker” and “Yew and I: Trapped in a Wood Box of Mine”– were chosen for Honorable Mention honors among

more than 200 submissions sent by Arizona students in grades 7-12. The contest, sponsored by Scholastic and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Art-ists & Writers in New York City, is the nation's longest-running, most pres-tigious scholarship and recognition program for student achievement in the visual and literary arts.

LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN ART HONORS

Greta Bindley won first place in the kindergarten-grade 5 category in the Vessels of Hope art contest. Michelle Gurnee, Lower School art teacher, en-tered several pieces by her first- and third-grade students in the competi-tion. Judges were professional ceram-ic artists and professors of ceramics from ASU.

Greta’s winning ceramic piece will be on display for one year at the Cancer Treatment Center of America as part of the Creative Arts in Healing pro-gram. McKinley Paltzik won a second- place award. Honorable Mention went to Miles Sabeeh, Andrew Conomos, Darwin Harriss, and Claudia Sheridan. Middle School art teacher Melanie Sainz was honored in the adult catego-ry, receiving a third-place award.

STUDENTS SING WITH WESTERN REGIONAL HONOR CHOIR

Six PCDS students were selected by audition for the American Choral Di-rectors Association (ACDA) Western Regional Honor Choir, held in Reno, Nev., in March. More than 11,000 stu-dents from Arizona, California, Ha-waii, Nevada, and Utah auditioned. Chris Puglisi was selected for the High School Men's Honor Choir, one of only 100 singers chosen out of over 1,800 auditioners. Melissa Greenberg was named to the High School Wom-en's Honor Choir, one of 100 singers chosen out of more than 3,000 au-ditioners. Named to the Junior High Women's Honor Choir were Jillian Gilburne, Freya Irani, Elle Miraglia, and Natalie Prieb. More than 5,000 singers auditioned for this group, and 150 were selected.

The Upper School robotics team, Blue Tide, was honored with the Innovation

in Control Award (sponsored by Rockwell Automation) at the 2012 FIRST®

Robotics Competition (FRC) Arizona Regional, held March 23-24 at Hamilton

High School in Chandler. The team won the award for its inventive use of an

ultrasonic sensor to measure distances. In the competition, Blue Tide finished

8th out of 50 teams from four countries, including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and

the United States.

In addition to the team’s success, Avery Silverman ’12 was awarded the Steve

Sanghi Scholarship, a $16,000 prize awarded to an outstanding FIRST partici-

pant who intends to pursue a college degree in science, technology, engineering,

or math. Sanghi, a former PCDS parent, is president and CEO of Microchip

Technology, the organizing sponsor of the FRC Arizona Regional.

Ben Mattinson ’12 was honored in May with one of the highest individual

awards given by FIRST -- a national organization founded to inspire students’

interest and participation in science and technology – for his work on an eye-

tracking system that allows people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to

use eye movements to control a computer cursor to type and access the Inter-

net. The EyeWriterB 2.1 is an improved version of an eye-tracking system. Ben

received the FIRST Future Innovator Award at the opening ceremonies of the

FIRST Robotics World Championships, receiving a standing ovation from the

more than 10,000 FIRST supporters in the Edward Jones Football Dome in St.

Louis, MO.

According to FIRST, "This award recognizes creativity in effectively solving a

real-world, complex problem through the invention of a unique solution beyond

the requirements of the FIRST competition season and events." The award is

sponsored by the Abbott Fund and was presented by Jamey Jacobs (pictured

with Ben), vice president and general manager of Abbott Vascular. Competition

for the award was open to over 50,000 students from 2,343 teams, in 12 coun-

tries, competing in the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition. As the recipient of

the FIRST Future Innovator Award, Ben received a trip to meet with ONSET

Ventures, a venture capitalist firm in Menlo Park, Calif., for a real-world experi-

ence discussing his invention and possible business applications.

Heather Arguello, fourth-grade teacher, received a Master’s Degree in Edu-

cational Administration and Supervision from Arizona State University. She

graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA. Mrs. Arguello received a great

surprise at the ceremony when she spotted six of her students sitting in the

stands cheering for her.

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BLUE TIDE ROBOTICS WINS AWARD AT REGIONAL COMPETITION

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENT WINS NATIONAL ROBOTICS AWARD

PCDS FACULTY MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATOR EARN ADVANCED DEGREES

Assistant Head of School and Director of Advancement, James Calleroz

White, was awarded his doctoral degree in May from Arizona State University.

Dr. Calleroz White earned a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in the DELTA pro-

gram. DELTA is an acronym for Doctorate in Education, Leadership, Teach-

ing, and Administration.

Upper School English teacher, Sarah Driscoll, was named the 2012 recipient

of the Hemingway Foundation and Society's William P. Corrigan Fellowship

Award for the study of Hemingway and Cuba. With the award money, she

traveled to Princeton University last summer to study the relationship be-

tween Ernest Hemingway and Walter Houk, through Houk’s recently donated

personal collection.

In the two weeks leading up to winter break, PCDS seventh-graders collected

1,000 pounds of dog and cat food for the Empty Bowl Pet Food Pantry. The

non-profit organization’s mission is to distribute free pet food to those in need,

so pets don’t go hungry or become abandoned.

Seventh-grade teacher Desiree Ong explained, “Empty Bowl Pet Food Pantry

serves pets in the same way that food banks serve people. When families can

no longer afford food for their cats and dogs, rather than turn them over to the

Humane Society, the Pet Food Pantry supports families in need of meals for

their furry friends.” On the last day before the break, the seventh grade worked

together to bag the food in small portions for distribution to struggling families.

Mona Shahid from Pakistan was the second full-year junior exchange student

at PCDS under the U.S. State Department-sponsored AFS/YES Program for

students from countries with significant Muslim populations.

PCDS hosted a sophomore exchange student, Veronika Levintova, from the

Landfermann Gymnasium in Duisburg, Germany, for the 2011 fall semester.

Chinese exchange teacher "Stonex" Shi Sixiang came from our sister-school, the

Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School. During his two-month stay,

Mr. Shi taught the Mandarin language portion of the fifth-grade Exploratory

Languages program.

During spring break, 12 Upper School students, chaperoned by three faculty

members, visited our exchange school in Chengdu, China, for a 10-day stay

with host families to visit the school and tour local sights in Sichuan Province.

UPPER SCHOOL TEACHER HONORED WITH HEMINGWAY AWARD

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HELP FEED ANIMALS

HIGHLIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Leora Romney ’82 studied history and evolutionary science at the University of Arizona and then received a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. As a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times for over twenty years, Ms. Romney has covered pressing social issues such as Cali-fornia’s troubled mental health system. Her work as a jour-nalist has always shown a deep concern for the plight of oth-ers. Most recently, she covered the volatile Occupy Oakland protests and the subsequent police response. As an authority on the issue, she was featured on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation and asked to appear on MSNBC. Says fellow alumna Liz O’Brien ’81, “Lee is brave, brilliant and chooses to use her gifts to give disenfranchised citizens a voice.”

John Schupbach ’06 graduated in May 2010 with honors from Washington University in St. Louis, receiving a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering while also completing the pre-med track. What began as a plan to gain a global perspective on medicine before applying to medical school has turned into a labor of love as he volunteers in the urban slum of Faridabad, India, with the Squalor to Scholar Program. This charitable organization helps to provide at-risk children, who exhibit high potential, with educational opportunities that would be otherwise beyond their grasp. Mr. Schupbach's work is help-ing to bring care, literacy, and hope to this impoverished area. Mr. Schupbach is also a pilot, EMT, photographer, and writ-er. To read more about his work in India, see page 40.

The Phoenix Country Day School Alumni Association honored Leora Romney ’82 and John Schupbach ’06 as the Outstanding Alumna and Alumnus of the Year. Each year, the Alumni Association honors a graduate of the School who has distinguished himself or herself in community service, professional achievement, or service to PCDS. The two outstanding alumni chosen this year were honored at the Annual Alumni Party on Saturday evening, May 5. If you know someone who should be considered for this award, please contact Kelsey Neal, Director of Alumni Affairs, at kelsey.neal@pcds.org.

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RecipientsPAST

1990 Nick Sakellariadis ‘691991 Steve Talley ‘691992 Cleve Jones ‘721993 Robin Mullen Waldmann ‘721994 Carolyn Polson O’Malley ‘651995 Michael Pachtman ‘701996 Jim O’Connor ‘771997 Herman & Cathy Lewkowitz ‘791998 Anne Brook, Honorary1999 Fritz Henze ‘672000 Clarissa Simek Robinson ‘882001 Tom Kempner, Jr. ‘712002 Laurie Wray ‘802003 Barbara Jones Hirvela ‘702004 Peter Spiegel ‘88

2005 Arden O’Connor ‘962006 Joan Hay ‘672007 Ana Maria Lopez ‘782008 Rebecca Moran ‘952010 Kirstin Gormley-Ghaster ‘89 Margi Woods Brown ‘852011 Eric Felten ‘82 Matt Rollings Stanley Casselman ‘81 Jacques deLisle ‘78 Peter Spiegel ‘88 Apichai Shipper ‘87 Paul Wernick Rhett Reese ‘87

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TRANSFORMED

I once read a proverb that states,

“The mind cannot know what the eye

has not seen.” No matter how many

blog posts I write, photos I publish,

or presentations I give, I will never

be able to convey the physical, emo-

tional, and spiritual challenges that

my life in India. It is one thing to

visit an impoverished region for

a few weeks, volunteer in a com-

munity, and then board a plane for

home. However, it is an entirely dif-

ferent experience to spend nearly

half a year in disquieting hospitals

and gut-wrenching slums and to

live among hardworking souls who

sleep on dirt floors, cook their food

with dried cow feces, and feel re-

warded when they can afford pota-

toes to feed their children.

By PCDS Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, John Schupbach ’06

When I left the U.S. for India, I never expected to help care for more than 6,000 patients along-side nearly 50 physicians across 14 specialties in 11 radically different public and private hospitals; I never expected to seek and find deformed slum children or to help them ob-tain medical treatment for the first time. I never expected to start my own charity, Squalor to Scholar, or to enroll 36 destitute children in one of the finest private schools in their city. I never expected to become the adopted son of 12 Carmelite nuns or that a convent would become my second home. And, I never expect-ed that my blog would touch tens of thousands of people in more than 90 countries and become a source of opportunities and resources for an entire community.

On the night of my 24th birthday in December 2011, I flew out of my comfort zone – toward 1.25 billion people without knowing a single one of them and toward a culture that mystified me. I had chosen to embark on this five-month medical mission to India because I wanted to make a difference in the lives of others and learn something that I could not learn from the comfort of America. I had reached the fork in the road that plagues many recent college graduates and was not yet ready to decide my future path. To help find my way, I decided to do something bold and unorthodox. I chose India because its vast poverty, crowded cities, limited infrastruc-ture, and societal striations made me the most uncomfortable of any country I could imagine visiting.

India did not just help me find my path, it shattered my preconceived notions about life, ideals, and success. The Indian people even challenged my innermost beliefs and ethics–ele-ments of my identity that I never ex-pected would budge. Treating people with leprosy, polio, and tuberculosis; taking children from lives of illiteracy

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

The blog: www.johnschupbach.wordpress.com. Here you will find the en-tire story, including nearly 2,000 photos from the journey.

The website: www.squalortoscholar.org. Learn more about Squalor to Scholar, our many needs, and ways to donate or help. We are already educating 36 talented students from the slums but have hundreds more to educate through the years. Our emphasis is on the quality of education we provide and the capabilities of the students we produce.

If you have any fundraising ideas, speaking engagements at which I may present, connections/skills that would be of assistance to our mission, or any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me anytime at squalortoscholar@gmail.com.

and poverty to ones of hope and op-portunity; and tearing down rem-nants of the caste system by inspir-ing locals and foreigners from diverse backgrounds to understand how they can help one another are just a few of the experiences that have profoundly impacted my perspective.

I thought I was grateful for my PCDS education, but then I watched my six 10-year-old students wake up in the slums before dawn with smiles from ear to ear, wash themselves under communal hand pumps, and put on their pristine new uniforms

in preparation for the first day of school in their entire families' his-tories. I thought I knew what it felt like to help people, but then I met an impoverished man who brought his deformed daughter 600 miles on a 22-hour journey to find me for help. I thought I understood the resilience of the human spirit, but then I wit-nessed the indomitable courage of an 18-month-old boy named Manish who, despite living in a slum with a venous malformation engulfing half of his face, smiled and danced every time he saw me coming to take him to the hospital.

I did not know what to expect when I went to India. I had no idea where I would go, what I would do, or whom I would meet. All I had been told by my volunteer placement or-ganization was that a man holding a sign with my name on it would be waiting for me at the airport and that I would be working as a volun-teer in the medical field for the next five months. I had a water purifier, mosquito net, container of antima-larials, liter of Purell, 12 rolls of tightly compressed toilet paper, and enough doses of Imodium and Pep-to-Bismol to last the entire trip. The uncertainty was endless and anxiety stronger than I had ever felt.

The key ingredients for my jour-ney were not material, however, but mental. I went with a positive atti-tude, tolerant mindset, and desire to expand my horizons while improv-ing the lives of others. However, I could never have predicted that I would be rewarded so magnificently by people from nearly every stria-tion of society and would gain a unique and devout appreciation for what it truly means to be human.

My life will never be the same. I look to the future now with a com-pulsion to help people in the most meaningful ways imaginable. I now run Squalor to Scholar and Heal-ing the Hidden from my home in Scottsdale. I am applying to medi-cal schools throughout the United States and wish to become a leader in the fields of global health and health-care delivery to underserved populations. I will return to India this spring, and I urge you to please follow the blog now so you will re-ceive updates when I leave.

Many thanks to my loyal friends, loving family, and the PCDS com-munity for supporting our efforts and our dozens of precious students and patients receiving world-class education and healthcare for the first time.

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Anne Slovin ’05 - Chicago, ILInto the Woods role: Cinderella

Anne returned to Chicago recently (where she graduated from Northwestern in 2009) after a year in Paris, where she studied voice on a grant from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians. She sang the role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer at the Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in August, where she was awarded the prize for Best Female Voice. Last year she sang the same role with the Gilbert and Sul-livan Opera Company in Chicago's Hyde Park.

What comes to mind first when you remember Into the Woods? What I remember is how HARD it was. Music Man had its moments, and Pirates of Penzance was very demanding, but Into the Woods required mental gymnastics from everybody in the cast, and I thought we pulled it off beautifully.

Do you recall a specific moment from the show?I recall that I could never hold it together when Ross looked at me in our big serious confronta-tion scene and said, "I was raised to be charm-ing, not sincere." I always had to look into the distance at that moment, because I knew that if I looked straight at him I would laugh! I also remember learning how to trip and fall without hurting myself and getting pretty badly bruised.

Does it stand out as one of your better theater expe-riences? Oh, definitely. Into the Woods was already one of my favorite shows--my grandmother had taped the original cast performance when it aired on PBS, and we used to watch it together at her house. Honestly, thinking back on this production, I think I was just tickled pink to actually be performing in it. It was a bit of a dream come true, as cliché as that sounds. My experience in the musicals at PCDS set the bar awfully high for shows that came later, and I'm not sure that anything can quite top them.

The PCDS production of Into the Woods was a show of “firsts” for the School. It was the first time the choral and drama departments had attempted the sophis-ticated and notoriously difficult work of Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim. It was the first time drama teacher Keith Burns had directed a PCDS musical, working alongside music director and choir teach-er Brenda Schertenlieb. And it was the first musical production staged in Dor-rance Auditorium.

But perhaps the most remarkable fact about that 2004 production is that at least five cast members—out of a cast of 25—are now working professionally in theater. Keith Burns doesn’t find that hard to believe.

“It doesn’t surprise me with that show—I remember we had no casting struggles. Everyone was so strong.” But he adds that the fact that not just one or two but sev-eral cast members have gone on to such careers is exciting and encouraging.

“I love that it flies in the face of the pre-sumption that those careers are the ex-ception and out of reach for most people. It shines a light on the possibility that those kinds of creative, artistic careers don’t have to be a long shot.”

Brenda Schertenlieb, who was at the helm of 22 PCDS musicals, remembers the dedication both cast and crew brought to rehearsal and performance.

“There were so many really talented kids in the show. It was amazing for a school that size. And the musical was so impor-tant to them. They had such a love for it.”

Looking back, she says Into the Woods is one of her very best PCDS memories.

“It’s one of my all-time favorite shows. And that production was magical – every-thing worked. The leads were strong, the ensemble, and the adults that worked on the show—everybody worked together so well. It was a great team effort. And it was just so much fun! ”

So we thought it would be fun to catch up with some members of this talented cast and find out where they are now and what they remember about their PCDS Into the Woods experience.

Ross Bridgeman ’07 - Nashville, TNInto the Woods role: Cinderella’s Prince

Ross (who composed the PCDS alma mater) gradu-ated from Belmont University in 2011 and stayed in Nashville to pursue music. He has sung in sev-eral productions with the Nashville Opera, and will again appear with the opera next January in Cinder-ella. He’ll follow that with Big River at Studio Tenn in Franklin, Tenn. Last summer, he played the love-sick Dean in the musical All Shook Up at the Fort Peck Summer Theatre in Montana. And his band Mother Honey just released an album. Ross also has enjoyed work as an extra on the set of the new ABC drama, Nashville, shooting in the city this fall.

What comes to mind first when you remember Into the Woods? It was cool as a freshman to act alongside older students who I looked up to from previous years. Everyone just wanted to put on a great show, and welcomed me in even though I was new to high school. The whole experience made me think, "Man, if you can make a living having this much fun, sign me up!

Do you recall a specific moment from the show?Actually, the Upper School teaser. It was the first time we had an audience for any part of the show, and I got to do my scenes with Nick (Lupinetti), my stage prince brother. It was the first time I had got-ten serious laughs from an audience, and it was tre-mendously exciting. Does it stand out as one of your better theater experiences? I feel Into The Woods was my emer-gence as a performer because of the part--I was more than just Man #1! That made it one of the best, because it was one of the first. And at 14, I got to sing and act in a part long before I could ever do it in a professional theater. That's the beau-ty of a high school musical, and the reason it's an invaluable experience.

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Carolyn Daucher ’04 - New York CityInto the Woods role: The Baker’s Wife

Carolyn graduated from Penn in ’08 and says she’s “been tackling (or maybe 'wrestling with' is a better term) New York as an actress and writer.” In 2011 she appeared in the world premiere of Scared of Sarah at the New York International Fringe Festival. Earlier this year she kept busy with workshops of Honky! (Urban Stages) and The Asexual Love Story of Seth and Lucy (The Drawing Board NYC). Cur-rently she is working on the web series Stalking Ryan Gosling and “a full slate of terrible reality tele-vision for my blog, Bad TV for Embarrassed People.”

What comes to mind first when you remember Into the Woods? I loved being in the show and think of it often. When I do, what springs to mind is friendship and terror, in equal proportion. I'm not much of a singer and I thought Schert was to-tally nuts for giving me this wonderful, beautiful, difficult part. I remember being almost constantly at the edge of vomiting - but a whole cast of friends was there to distract me with their hilarity and tal-ent. [That show is] still a favorite in a sea of good PCDS memories.

Do you recall a specific moment from the show?Any moment of Charlie Lupica playing Jack is pret-ty much seared into my memory. He achieved this perfect mix of idiocy and endearment and I never stopped laughing.

Does it stand out as one of your better theater ex-periences? Strange to say because it was so long ago, and because so much has happened since, but Into the Woods is still one of my favorite ex-periences in the theater. I think it always will be.

Tori Jeans ’05 - Chicago, ILInto the Woods role: Cinderella’s mother

Tori Jeans graduated from Lake Forest College in 2009 with a degree in English, with most of her theater work extra-curricular. For two years she freelanced as a stage manager at such pres-tigious Chicago theaters as Steppenwolf Theatre and The Goodman Theatre. She now works as the Production Assistant (essentially a season-long Assistant Stage Manager) during the regular season at Northlight Theatre.

What comes to mind first when you remember Into the Woods? Mostly I remember crawling up and down a stool to get into my cutout tree to sing. I then remember falling off on the day of taping (the DVD), onto Ross and Anne, as they exited offstage behind the tree.

Do you recall a specific moment from the show?When thinking back on the show, I remember experiencing the passion and camaraderie of theatre. I remember the feeling of everyone working toward one common goal, some-thing that is not always experienced in other professions.

Does it stand out as one of your better theater experiences? Absolutely! I got to sing from a tree. Plus I remember my dress was awesome!

Katie Lupica ’07 - New York CityInto the Woods role: Cinderella’s stepsister

Katie is an Editorial Assistant at the play publish-ing company Samuel French, Inc. She graduated from Columbia University in 2011 with a double major in theatre and history. Since then she directed Portrait and a Dream at the New York International Fringe Festival, and was chosen for an “observership” through the national directors and choreographers union, with the director of the Broadway revival of Godspell. In September she worked as dramaturg on the U.S. premiere of Construction of the Human Heart at the Access Theater in New York. What comes to mind first when you remember Into the Woods? What has stayed with me has been the cast. It was such a close-knit group of talented, thoughtful kids, and I remember being so thank-ful to be part of it. I often experienced [PCDS] as a place where students were encouraged to think for themselves and find their passions and challenge their comfort zones. And the cast members of Into the Woods were some of the best examples of that. Do you recall a specific moment from the show?[Some other] memories are more general: driving home each night after rehearsal with my brother, Charlie, who was also in the show; warming up with the cast and trying so hard to learn all the har-monies; and learning and creating all the fun block-ing I got to do with my fellow "evil stepsister," Jamie Johnsen-Brigham, involving frilly bloomers and be-ing blinded by birds. Does it stand out as one of your better theater expe-riences? This show will always be one of my most memorable and cherished theater experiences. I was blessed to work on material I cared about with people I looked up to, learning new things from the challenges that arose along the way. You can't ask for much more than that at any level in this field.

Note: We know there may be others who should have been included in this story. If you are among them, please email gina.bridgeman@pcds.org and let us know about it. Thanks!

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1969VIRGINIA ANDERS writes, “I've been busy. I published a book through ama-zon.com in February. Joe's War: His Yor-ktown Letters Home, 1944 - 1945 is the culmination of my 20-year project to prepare my father's World War II letters for publication. I am also teaching at Phoenix College in the Success Center, English and writing.” 1

1971MATT LANSER sent “a picture of my wife Karen (right) and my daughter Carolyn (left); I’m in the middle. We celebrated our 37th wedding anniver-sary on June 5th.” 2

1973DORIAN (ELDER) KUPER writes “My husband Tom and I are engineering geologists and have moved to Helena, Montana from Portland, Oregon. Giv-ing up rain for sunshine and chilly win-ters is fine for us! We are still enjoying geology life - just spread it from Oregon to Montana!”

1976BARBARA BAXTER ANDRINO says, “I am living in Northern Virginia and working full time as a public health physician at the county Department of Health where I am at the forefront of the battle against various ills. I have a full house with 7 children and my hus-band of over 25 years. Our most re-cent family additions are my 2 young-est children, birth siblings we adopted from Ethiopia 5 years ago. My Amharic is still rudimentary but my Spanish is getting a lot of practice at my work. I do a lot of driving kids to things and watching their ball games. Greetings to all my former classmates, especially to my prom date, Peter!”

1977BRIT ETZOLD writes, “In early 2011, after 13 fun-filled years as an airline pi-lot for Northwest and Delta, I left Min-nesota and returned to the Northwest (Renton, Wash.). I now work for Boeing

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in the Puget Sound area (Everett spe-cifically) as one of two managers of Boeing's external global and domestic aviation safety efforts. My kids remain in Minnesota to finish high school, with the oldest daughter heading to Anchor-age in the fall to study marine biology."

1981STANLEY CASSELMAN had two paint-ings at Scott White Contemporary Art in La Jolla in their "Summer Group Ex-hibition," July 21 through September 8. [Inhaling Richter 11, 2012 65" x 65" (165 x 165cm) acrylic on canvas 4Inhaling Richter 14, 2012 65" x 65" (165 x 165cm) acrylic on canvas] 3

1982EDWARD SHANKEN has been named Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair of Ex-cellence in Art History at the Uni-versity of Memphis. This fall, he is teaching the class "Inventing the Fu-ture" using his book, Art and Electronic Media, as the course text. He and his wife, Dr. Yolande Harris, celebrated their daughter Jasmin's first birthday on September 19. Ed visited PCDS in March 2012 and delighted an au-dience of Upper School students and faculty with a talk in Dorrance Auditorium. 5

1983LAURENCE SCHREIBER says, “After 21 years as an investment banker, I finally took the leap and got out. I’m helping to run two tech start-ups, one based in the Midwest and the other in Singa-pore (and I'm having a LOT more fun). Daniela and I have been in Teaneck, NJ, for a long time. Daughter Raquel is a sophomore at Harvard; Adam is a freshman at Cornell (and a jock); and Sofia is in 10th grade.”

1985NICK ASHTON-HART is currently the Geneva Representative of the Com-puter & Communications Industry As-sociation (CCIA). Prior to that he was

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Senior Director for Participation and Engagement and Director for At-Large at the Internet Corporation for As-signed Names and Numbers (ICANN). He has been active in international policy development and intergovern-mental negotiations in various areas including sustainable urban develop-ment, intellectual property, and Inter-net governance. 6

SARAH MILLER is on the art depart-ment faculty at the University of Toledo. Fall 2011 she had a solo ex-hibition of mixed media painting, “Meditations,” in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. In May 2012 she was featured in a front-page story in the Toledo Free Press. This fall she has two exhibitions of mixed media works: a solo show at the University of Toledo (Eberly Center for Women) and also at the Wolfe Gallery at Maumee Val-ley Country Day. You can view her work at www.sarahsol.com. 7

JOHN SNEAD says that he’s “living and loving the dream in San Diego with my wife Carolyn and our two boys, Finn (13) and Whitney (11).” See the photo of the family at Yosem-ite National Park. 8

1986ELIZABETH (BETH) THOMSEN GREEN-BERG writes, “This past spring I was promoted to the position of Vice Presi-dent of Academic Affairs at Maine Me-dia Workshops + College. We are a cen-ter for photographers, filmmakers, and multimedia artists, offering programs for lifelong learning from our Young Artist Program for high school students to a low-residency MFA program. I of-ten reflect on the outstanding teachers I had at PCDS and the passion they had for teaching - it has been a tremendous influence in my life (though I bet none of them ever thought I would end up in the academic world)! And, like many of the faculty I had during my time at PCDS, I have now spent 22 years dedi-cated to the programs here.” 9

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1987CHRISTINE LANE BONANNO says, “I am still in the Phoenix area. My husband Tore and I have been married for 8 years, and have two fabulous kids, ages 7 and 5, that keep me very busy. After 13 years of running the reading program at Sun Canyon Elementary in west Phoenix, I’m back in the first-grade classroom, which I taught long ago. I am an avid runner and love to run half marathons.”

COLTON GRAMM, brother of PCDS third-grade teacher Kimberly Abbott, is a Talent Manager for Brillstein En-tertainment Partners. Colton's client, Tom Berenger, won the 2012 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Hatfields & McCoys. 11

APICHAI W. SHIPPER writes, “I have moved to Washington, D.C., where I serve as the Asia Regional Chair at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State. Basically, I super-vise the training of U.S. diplomats, who will be posted in all of Asia, on the his-tory, geography, economics, politics, re-ligion, arts, culture and social customs, and U.S. foreign policy in different Asian countries or regions.” 13

1989ROZ BOLGER ABERO says, “I was re-cently promoted to Vice President and Managing Director at the ASU Founda-tion. I live in Phoenix with my husband Inaudi and six-year-old son, Edu.” 10

1990SONIA ABHYANKER GODBOLE writes, “I am a physician at the VA hospital in Phoenix. I am happy that my son start-ed second grade at PCDS in the fall of 2012!”

PINAR TASHMAN KORZAY writes, “As an alumnus and current [PCDS] parent, I have a lot of exciting things happening. My daughter Sedona Korzay finished second grade at PCDS and will now study in Madrid, Spain, for one year. We will return to Phoenix and PCDS for fourth grade.” 12

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1993NICOLLE MUSCHINSKI says, “After teaching middle school science for five years, I went back to school for my PharmD degree. I have been working as a pharmacist for 5 years. The best part is that I get to work from home to take care of my family more and work on writing for children. I was married in 2010 to Rick Auck and we have a very active 15-month-old girl and an-other girl due October 4th." 14

1995JULIE LEVENBERG ZEMEL celebrat-ed her 10th wedding anniversary to Howard Zemel with her two sons, Noah and Ben, in Denver, Colo., on November 16. 15

1996LAURA FRIEDER HAZLETT writes, “I am the CFO of Athletics at UC Berkeley where I also oversee four sports (men’s and women’s tennis, men’s golf, and men’s soccer). My husband, Brett Ha-zlett, works in finance at Levi Strauss. We live in Berkeley with our daughter Olivia, who will be 5 in February.”

KONRAD LEE writes, “I quit my job at Lockheed Martin in 2009 to go to the University of New Hampshire law school. I just graduated, took the bar exam in Massachusetts, and I’m cur-rently working at EMC Corporation.”

1998MARNEY BINNS BOUGHAN says, “Last June, SCOTT SCHWARTZ '96 and I both graduated from Kellogg School of Management. We both re-ceived MBAs, and I also received a master’s in Engineering Management (MEM). I've attached a picture (from left to right: me, my husband Booth Boughan, Scott Schwartz, and his girl-friend Stephanie). We called ourselves the Frozen Eagles ... PCDS'ers reunit-ed in Chicago." 16

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of 1997-1999 who had a mini-reunion in May, thanks to JAY KAHN ’98 and his new bride, Lauren Thaler Kahn. Jay and Lauren had a gorgeous wed-ding at the Four Seasons in Scottsdale on May 19. The festivities kicked off at the rehearsal dinner with a visit from everyone's favorite mascot, the PCDS Eagle. As you can see from the pho-to, the Eagle was the hit of the party! The wedding guests included (in their custom-made PCDS T-shirts): DARREN RINGEL ’98, JORDAN KAHN ’99, MIKE KAHN ’99, ERIC SHOEMAKER ’97, JAY KAHN ’98, SARAH VIEH DWORKIN ’98, NATE DWORKIN ’98, MELISSA TOMI-NAC STEWART ’98, MIKE STEWART ’98, JONATHAN KRAUSE ’98, SOPHI JACOBS ’98, JANELLE PLAZA ’98, LAU-REN THALER KAHN, EMILY DELGADO GRAY ’98, ANAMAY MELMED CARMEL ’98. Emily's husband, Jack Gray, was the good sport who agreed to wear the Eagle costume. 17

1999CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK is on the air in Chicago as Brotha’ Fred on KISS FM, 103.5. 18

AYLIN TASHMAN KIM is looking for a school in Seattle for her three-year-old daughter, Azalea Tashman Kim, that can compare to PCDS. Until then, she will have to settle for driving around town with a PCDS bumper sticker. 19

SHARON LIPOVSKY says, “I walked the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain for three weeks...while 6 months preg-nant. My husband Colin and I are ex-pecting our first baby this September. Other fun news: I graduated last year from Georgetown's Executive Leader-ship Coaching program and have since been establishing my own practice. A fabulous year.”

2000GLEN GOODMAN has been awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship to study in Berlin. This will complete the other half of his research (following a Fulbright year in Brazil) for his Ph.D. in history.

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COURTNEY LEWIS MASON writes, “I am now the Associate Counsel for the Phoenix Suns. Prior to joining the Suns, I was the Legal Counsel for the Phoe-nix Coyotes. I married Richard Mason on May 12, 2012 at the Royal Palms...bridesmaids were my best friends and PCDS classmates ELIZABETH PERLA ’00 and KENDRA (DAVIS) KAPLAN ’00. 20

SEBASTIEN MILLON visited the PCDS Lower School last year to work with art teacher Michelle Gurnee and her stu-dents in the after-school art program. Se-bastian writes, “It was a blast! The kids are amazingly creative and talented…I like to think that I can inspire them a little bit, and they, without realizing it, inspire me (a lot)!” Sebastien works as an artist in a cartoon/comic style and runs his own company. Check out his work at www.sebastienmillon.com.

TIFFANY WESTLIE PONDELIK and her husband Miles welcomed a daughter, Cassandra Ellen Pondelik on June 27, 2012. Tiffany is currently working as a sommelier in New York and plans to graduate from the International Wine Center with her WSET Diploma of Wine and Spirits in 2013. 21

2001BRYANT GUFFEY is Chief Executive Of-ficer and co-founder of ZetrOZ. Bryant teamed with several others to form the company in 2009 while gaining his MBA at Cornell University. ZetrOZ launched its first veterinary ultrasound product, employing its patented miniaturization technology, in spring 2011. 22

GORDAN KRNJAIC writes, “I completed my Ph.D. in physics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and start-ed a research position at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics outside Toronto, Ontario.” 24

ASHLEIGH LEVINSON says, “I am cur-rently doing an ophthalmology residen-cy at the University of California San Francisco. I complete residency in July 2013. I will be applying this year for a vitreo-retinal surgery fellowship.” 23

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JOSHUA WRIGHT says, “My wife Me-lissa and I welcomed our first child, Caleb Marshall, on New Year's Eve, 2011. We live in Wickenburg, Ariz., about an hour northwest of downtown Phoenix, where I am the city manager. We recently moved back to the Val-ley after ten years in the Tucson area, where we both attended The University of Arizona and I worked for the mu-nicipal government in Marana.” 28

2002TED BLOSSER married Caitlin Burke on September 15, 2012. He writes, “We met in Scottsdale after college and were later set up by LISA KIRK-WOOD '02. Caitlin is a senior associ-ate at PricewaterhouseCoopers and I am an account executive at a Silicon Valley startup called Box. After a hon-eymoon in Taiwan and Bali, we live in San Francisco." Photo includes PCDS alumni EVAN DEMARK '02 (far right) and NINA SCHULZE-SOLCE is fourth from left (would have been '02 but she left in '00). 25

ADAM LEWKOWITZ writes, “In the last year, I've moved back from Bei-jing to NYC, got married to Alison Rosenberg, graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and am moving with Alison to San Francis-co for my residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCSF. If that weren't enough, I've become an uncle: JEN-NIFER LEWKOWITZ ABELSON '04 and her husband Ben are proud parents to Gabriela Leonore Abelson. 26 27

2003DANIKA COOPER says, “After graduat-ing from Washington University in St. Louis, I joined an architecture firm in Bombay. Three years later I was offered a teaching position at a design universi-ty where I spent two years teaching. I'm now at Harvard's Graduate School of Design where I am pursuing a Master of Design Studies.”

REID DAVIS writes, “I graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2010 and have since been practicing at Manatt,

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Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles. And I just got engaged to Christina Parrish, another attorney at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.” 29

CHERILYN GAIN (a former teaching fellow at PCDS) writes, “I got married last April in Phoenix and my husband and I are living in San Francisco, rid-ing the blissful waves since the hon-eymoon. I am teaching a combined 3rd- and 4th-grade class at a gifted school called Synapse in Menlo Park. It’s known for the way it incorporates emotional intelligence into the curric-ulum. It’s such a stimulating place to work--just like PCDS.” 32

YUKI KONDO-SHAH writes, “I just graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government with my mas-ter’s in Public Policy. I attended on a fel-lowship from the U.S. State Department and joined State in September as a For-eign Service Officer. I spent my summer working full-time with the Obama cam-paign in Arizona.” 30

VERONIQUE MILLON graduated from UCLA School of Law in May 2012. 34

JESSICA WEISER writes, “I married Avi Feller on March 18th, 2012, at the Phoenix Art Museum. I was thrilled to have 6 of my PCDS classmates there to support me. Next year, I will be pursu-ing my master's degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focus-ing on civic and moral education.” 33

2004CYNTHIA BENIN writes, “A bit of a fun fact is that CHARLIE LUPICA ’04 and I are both attending NYU School of Law. We finished our first year (phew!) and are enjoying spending time in NYC to-gether. I live in Manhattan and Charlie lives in Brooklyn with his sister, KATIE LUPICA ’07.

LEAH BLOOMBERG writes, “I gradu-ated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., and then moved back to Phoenix to begin a career as a pastry chef. I’m now working at the JW Mar-

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riott Desert Ridge Resort in the pas-try department. This past year I was sent to The Ritz-Carlton in Phoenix to work as an interim pastry chef, helping out with the busy December high tea. I also became a homeowner! I do en-joy my job very much, and PCDS gave me the confidence to not be afraid, to sink my teeth into whatever, whenever, wherever, and end up successful.” 31

CLAIRE BRANDON says, “I am current-ly pursuing my Ph.D. at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. I am specializing in modern and contempo-rary art and working toward being a cu-rator of 20th-century art." 35

ELIZABETH DIAS is working as a writer-reporter for TIME Magazine in Wash-ington D.C., covering national news and religion. Recently she reported cover-length stories on Trayvon Martin, Mitt Romney, and Rick Warren. She gradu-ated with a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in May 2011. 36

2005DANNY CURZON writes, “I got married on May 12, 2012, to my high school sweetheart, Kelsey (though she didn't go to PCDS), at my parents' house in Phoenix.” 38

JOHN KESTER attended Denison Uni-versity for bachelor’s degrees in Biol-ogy and Economics and Northern Ari-zona University for a master’s degree in Sustainable Communities. He is currently in a Ph.D. program in En-vironmental Dynamics at the Univer-sity of Arkansas, where he is a Distin-guished Doctoral Fellow. John is also a research assistant at The Sustainability Consortium, and helped put together workshops and facilitate member en-gagement at the group’s first member summit, held at ASU in October. 37

BRYAN MCLAREN works in the Envi-ronmental Sustainability program at Northern Arizona University. He re-cently completed an Ironman compe-tition in Canada. 39

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DANIEL SCARPACE says, "I recently completed an M.A. in Linguistics at the University of Illinois and am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Linguistics also at U of I." 41

ANNE SLOVIN returned to Chicago (where she graduated from Northwest-ern University in 2009) after a year in Paris studying voice on a grant from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians. In August, she was award-ed the prize for Best Female Voice at the Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, where she sang the role of Aline in The Sorcerer. 43

2006CHLOE BRANDON writes, “T. Andrew Charlton and I met as undergradu-ates at the University of Pennsylvania, where I was studying biology, was pres-ident of the Penn Pre-Vet Club, and a member of Delta Delta Delta. Andrew proposed to me at the summit of Pin-nacle Mountain in Little Rock, Ark., near where we bought our first home together. We plan to marry on Janu-ary 4, 2014, in Paradise Valley. An-drew works for Medtronic as a clinical specialist in pacemakers and defibril-lators. I am in my second year at the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in May 2015. 42

JOEL FINEMAN writes, “I recently moved to New York City from D.C. to take a new position at U.S. News & World Report. I worked for them in D.C. as well, but switched roles with the move. I also graduated from George-town University with my M.A. in Eng-lish this past May.” 40

2007ROSS BRIDGEMAN appeared this sum-mer in All Shook Up at the Fort Peck Summer Theatre in Montana. He also appeared in the premiere of an original musical, City of Light, outside Nashville, Tenn. His band, Mother Honey, re-leased an album this fall. 44

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HAL COHEN graduated from ASU in 2011 with a B.S. in Accounting and a Certificate in Writing. He is study-ing law at ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Hal writes, "I spend a considerable amount of my free time training with my parkour team, hiking and climbing out in nature, and get-ting involved within the ASU and Jew-ish communities." 45

ALEX DEBEUS teaches math at Sage Ridge School, a 7th- through 12th-grade prep school in Reno, Nev., where he is also Head Debate Coach.

DANIA GOLD teaches middle school art at BASIS Chandler. 46

GREER GOSNELL is at the London School of Economics working on a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics. Greer graduated in 2011 from the Honors Program at Loyola Mary-mount University in Los Angeles with a degree in Economics and Political Science. She plans to pursue a career in global environmental economics/development economics or the sustain-able food industry. 47

BLAKE LEWKOWITZ writes, “After graduating from Harvard, I accepted a position as Assistant Merchant at Ab-ercrombie and Fitch Corporate Head-quarters in Columbus, Ohio. I have been working here for 15 months and was recently promoted to Associate Merchant. In June, my fiancée, Vic-toria Pratt, graduated from Harvard, and I proposed. She is working at A&F Corporate in the role of Merchandise Planner. We will be married August 23, 2013, in Coronado, Calif.” 48

KATIE LUPICA is an Editorial Assistant at Samuel French, Inc., in New York City. In September she worked as dra-maturg on the U.S. premiere of Con-struction of the Human Heart at the Access Theater in New York. 49

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JARED NEUFER teaches math at the BASIS Phoenix school, newly opened for the 2012-13 school year in north-east Phoenix. 50

ANDRU ROYSDEN says, “In May, I graduated from the University of Ari-zona with a degree in Electrical Engi-neering. I then moved to Seattle, where I'm working for Microsoft as a Program Manager for Microsoft Office.” 51

2008YESENIA ARMENDARIZ writes, “I grad-uated from Lehigh University this May with bachelor’s degrees in En-vironmental Studies, Spanish, and Earth and Environmental Science. I will be pursuing my master’s in En-vironmental Policy Design at Lehigh over the next two years while working as a graduate assistant in the Office of Admissions. I served as president of the Spanish Club for four years and helped found a new student or-ganization, Latino Student Alliance. We played an integral role in making Hispanic Heritage Month recognized and celebrated on the Lehigh campus. I also helped bring Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority--the first multicultural greek letter organization in the nation--to the Lehigh campus. 52

MICHELE BARNHILL graduated with honors from Claremont McKenna College with a B.S. degree in Biology. In addition, she made the All-Confer-ence Academic team this past year. Michele is in her first year of study at Georgetown Medical School. 53

SAM DEBOLD graduated from the University of Notre Dame and is starting her first year at Texas Tech Medical School.

DANNI LIN graduated in May from Duke University, Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude with a Political Science degree. She started this fall at Columbia Law School. 55

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JESSICA NICHOLLS graduated from Hendrix College with a degree in Span-ish and was accepted into the Teach for America program. She teaches 2nd grade at Tallulah Elementary School in Tallulah, La. 56

SCHOONER SONNTAG is engaged to Emma Katz. 57

CAITLIN WILENCHIK writes, “I was in the Miss Arizona Pageant 2012, my first pageant, and received first-runner up. I have also been the Face of the Arizona Foothills Magazine this year. I graduated from the University of Ari-zona and am studying for the LSAT to attend law school next year. I am cur-rently Miss Paradise Valley, and will hopefully succeed in gaining the title of Miss Arizona USA, and then com-pete in the Miss USA pageant.” 58

2009BEN MURPHY, a senior at Pomona College majoring in geology and phys-ics, was named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for Excellence in Education, one of only two Arizona recipients of this prestigious award. The program provides scholarships to talented college students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics, or engineering. 61

2010HANNAH KEOGH says, “I had a suc-cessful finish to my sophomore year at the University of Arizona and spent the summer abroad in Segovia, Spain, while finishing my minor in Spanish. I also interned for CollegeFashionista.com. I am very involved in my sorority, Pi Beta Phi, and also serve UA by giving tours as an Arizona Ambassador.” 59

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2011RACHEL CHANEN writes, "Since graduating from PCDS, I've made a new, chilly home at Harvard College. But I couldn't stay away from PCDS for too long, so I interned in the Office of Alumni Affairs last summer. I also interned for an online fashion start- up, MIKEL. In August, I traveled to Beijing with the Harvard Summit for Young Leaders Conference, where I taught four classes of Chinese high school students about American holidays." 62

CHRISTINE STOCKSLAGER received the Faculty Choice Award for Excellence in Spanish at Texas Christian University in the spring. This annual award from the university’s Department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies honors overall ex-cellence in Spanish. 63

Do you have news to share? We are always excited to hear from you. Please send pictures and details about a graduation, a new job, a birth, engagement or marriage announcement, a recent trip, a new hobby, or a visit with another alumnus. Email your news to Kelsey Neal, Di-rector of Alumni Affairs, at kelsey.neal@pcds.org. We look forward to learning what you have been up to!

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GivingANNUAL REPORT ON

JUDY MCADAMS, Director Of Annual Giving& JAMES CALLEROZ WHITE, Director Of Advancement

“Apart from the ballot box, philanthropy presents the one opportunity the individual has to express his meaningful choice over the direction in which our society will progress.” - George G. Kirstein

THE ANNUAL FUND

The Annual Fund aims to make up

the difference between tuition dol-

lars received and the actual cost of a

PCDS education. It is the School’s top

fundraising priority. The Annual Fund

benefits every student every day in

every aspect of the PCDS experience,

and is vital to making PCDS the spe-

cial place it is for our students.

THE PHOENIX FUND

As participation in annual fund giv-

ing steadily increased, we wanted to

create an identity to bring our com-

munity together. We are delighted

to introduce our new name for the

annual fund, The Phoenix Fund.

Remember that the impact of your

donation to The Phoenix Fund

will be felt by current as well as

future generations of students. We

hope that if you haven’t already

contributed, you will consider doing

so this year. Your donation can, and

will, make a very real difference.

Gifts to The Phoenix Fund offer the

School maximum flexibility to cre-

ate, develop, and maintain a learning

and teaching environment that is sec-

ond to none and is clearly an oasis of

education here in the desert.

THE SAGUARO SOCIETY

Going forward, The Saguaro Society

will honor those donors who give con-

secutively for more than three years.

With your support, the School—

your school—continues to discover

the promise, inspire the journey,

and celebrate the achievement of

our students.

Again, thank you!

OUR DONORS

For over 50 years, our donors have responded thoughtfully and generously when asked for support. On behalf of the students and faculty at Phoenix Country Day School, thank you. Your gifts have touched every aspect of the School—the people, programs, and facilities that come together to create the transformative environment that is PCDS.

Last year was one of the most successful years ever at PCDS in every facet of school life, including a large percentage of National Merit Scholars, multiple state athletic championships, and state and national awards for the arts. So many of the accomplishments of our students and faculty have been made possible to some degree by the generosity of those who have given to the Annual Fund. This generosity has enabled PCDS to provide opportunities for our students that go way beyond what tu-ition alone can fund.

The level of excellence that Phoenix Country Day School has achieved reflects years of investment from generous and loyal supporters. We are extremely grateful to all those who have supported PCDS in the past because their generosity built a foundation of excellence. We are truly indebted to those who currently support PCDS because their support has enabled us to continue to move forward. And lastly, we are hopeful that current and new donors will continue to invest in a PCDS education be-cause they believe, as we do, that our future as an institution, and the future of the students we serve, will continue to get brighter.

Thank you for all you do to support PCDS.

With gratitude,The PCDS Advancement Office

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE - ($25,000.00 + )Jewish Communal Fund Kathryn & Thomas Kempner ’71Linda F. Noyes Charitable Lead Trust Linda Noyes Kate Portanova ’96 Zeb Portanova ’97 Clarissa (Simek) ’88 & Brian RobinsonBrandi & Michael MinorNajafi Companies Cheryl & Jahm NajafiMary Stoner & James Wendt

AQUILAE - ($15,000.00 + )Carol & Larry ClemmensenCole Capital Equity Fund AdvisorsThe Denver Foundation Shelby & Stephen Butterfield

ROUNDTABLE - ($7,500.00 + )AnonymousBeverly & Peter AxCentury Foundation Amy & Timothy Louis ’81Roger S. Firestone Foundation Jacqueline & Nicholas FirestoneLouis Foundation, Inc. Julie & Herbert LouisMary & Dennis Wise

PHOENIX SOCIETY - ($5,000.00 + )AnonymousCarrie & Morris AaronKathy & Lawrence BainJulia & Taylor BurkeHerman ChanenJeanne & Steven ChanenDonna & Douglas CurraultPatricia & Robert DettmerFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold FoundationLarraine Ho & Pravin DugelElizabeth Byrnes & Barton FaberStephanie & Adam GoodmanDonna & Stephen JohnsonJulie & Nick Sakellariadis ’69Stephanie McGillivray

EAGLE FELLOWSHIP - ($2,500.00 + )AnonymousWendy & Michael BeninatoPolly & Blair Bindley

Addison & Walt BrownStacy & Richard CooperKerry & Dirk CusslerThe Firefly Trust Andrew Norris ’81 Joan B. Norris Jonathan Norris ’77Rita & Samuel GarvinSheela & Mark GiraudoErin & Michael HamSC JohnsonDonna & David LorettaIrina & Marius NistorErin & Craig OlschanskyJoanne Shen & Robert OrtegaSarah & John PappasWendy & Laurel PriebSylvia Mamby & Brian PuglisiJulie & Vasif SabeehPenny & Robert SarverTracy & Marc SchwimmerNancy & Jason SingerMitzi Krockover & Jacque SokolovShoshana & Robert TancerMichelle & Adam TutonCharlene & Jim Whitfill

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE - ($1,000.00 + )AnonymousMaria-Goreth Fidalgo & Lishan AklogRebecca & Ken AllisonAnnaliza & Kenneth AnaemeTrisha Refo & Don BivensLinda Jorgensen-Bracher & G. Alan BracherTracy & William BrennanMistalene & James Calleroz WhiteJoo & David CantorPeter B. ClarkMaria & Joseph CooperDebora Tennant & Juan CorsilloSybil Francis & Michael CrowAngela & John DagirmanjianMisty Anne & Fabrice DechouxShelly & Mark DetmerCarol & Bill DeverEli Lilly & CompanyJacqueline & Nicholas Firestone Sally & Karl ForsterThe Mikita Foundation Noel & Joseph Garagiola, Jr.Susan & Thomas GarrityTheresa & Michael Gregory

Susan & Mark GreenfieldJeri & Jason HansonJackie & John Hayden ’82Henry Family Foundation Leslie & David LewisMichelle & Michael HosmarAlisa & Charles JostMary Beth & Andrew KentKwang-Wu KimJill & Burt KohlerCristina & Shane LewisToni & Don LobackJoyce & Dorsey LynchJackie & Brandon McDermottKate Groves & Warren MeyerJoan P. MillerMargaret & Steve MinardJeanne & Chad MiragliaVicki & Neil MotzkinJohn S. MuellerKelsey NealElizabeth OlsonClaudia & Shahram PartoviKathryn & Michael PetersColleen & Thomas PetersonTerry Switsky & Savas PetridesJames PfeifferDana & Peter PowellNancy Gonzales & Peter ReillyShirley Michels & Bernard RethoreBeverly & Michael RobertsLydia & Andrew RodinJeanne Wilcox & Joseph RodyLeigh & Brent RolandAlpa & Ashesh SanghviKelly Hsu & Charles SchronNatalia & Anthony SheesleySusan & Charles ShieldsEva Sperber-Porter & Mark SvejdaChris & Eric SwettMarcella & Fife SymingtonAnn TaylorAnne Mueller ThoitsJennifer TreadwayRenee & Chida TseMargaret M. TseStacy & Michael TuckerLisa & Brian H. WalshPamela & Michael WatsonEllen & Ian WhitmoreKimberly & Michael YueSheila & Michael Zuieback

GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

COMMUNITY CIRCLE - (UP TO $999)

Anonymous

Kimberly Abbott

Maha & Nabil Abou-Haidar

Jenifer & Ayad Agha

Ruth Bristol & Felipe Albuquerque

Ray S. Alderman, Jr.

Norma & Randy Allmon

Heather Arguello

Arizona Public Service

Jennifer Scudiere & Dominic Armato

Alex Ashby ’05

Stephanie & Jonathan Ashman

Patricia & Blair Ashner

Ilene Aube

Lyn Bacon

Smita & John Bailey

Nicole Barber

Jessica & F. David Barranco

Alison & Michael Bassoff

Riham & Ahmed Bedeir

Laura & Jeff Beraznik

Kristie & Gary Berg

David Biel ’01

Marie & Roger Bippus

Carelie Bisinger

Salma Jesmin & Amar Bista

Sarah & David Bodney

Brittany Bonfield ’06

Adrienne Bonnet

Elizabeth & Eric Borowsky

Gina & Paul Bridgeman

Karen & James Bruntz

Lisa Budinger

Lee Buettner

Toni & Al Burger

Susan & Richard Burnham

Kelly Butler

Barbara & Patrick Bzdak

Eduardo Caro

Jenny & Kevin Cherilla

Rebel Rice & Adam Chodorow

Wendy & Michael Cianci, Jr.

Lora & Nicholas Cogliani

Lauren & Jordan Cohen

Maileen & Mitchell Cohen

Lois Sayrs & Scott Cohen

Terry & Eric Cole

Deanna & Paul Conomos

Dell Taylor & Jerry R. Cook

Judy Mitchell & Lance Coon

Donna Corbett

Clint Corcoran ’03

Marlene & T. J. Corcoran

Mark Corliss

Carla Cose-Giallella

Elaine & John Crabb

Toni & Vincent Curci

Peter Curzon ’04

Yana & Igor Dashevsky

Michael Dean

Andrea Decker

Melinda & Thomas DeMark ’93

Deutsche Bank

Liz & Dan Dever

Jacqueline & Tim Dollander

Linda & Ira Drate

Kathleen & David Drewitz

Paula & Mort Dukehart

Sarah Vieh Dworkin ’98

Farah Sutton & Dan Eberhart

Lee Edwards

Beth & John Elardo

Christian Eriksen

Sadie Etheridge

Kai Etheridge

Sharon Mills & Bruce Feder

Katy & John Fielder

Katherine & Allan Flader

Maurine Fleming

Michaela Flynn ’06

Julia & Terry Forbis

Cynthia Fowler

Valeska French ’93

Jill & Michael Freret

Susan Funkhouser

Sandra & Guy “Tracy” Gamble III

Roy Gardner ’71

Joan & G. Kenneth Gates

Susan Gerhard

Yolanda Gilbert

Ronda & Adam Gilburne

Tom Giller

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Julie Grasso

Barbara & David Greenberg

Cindy Griffin

Ann Stanton & Robert Haddock

Dan Haddock ’06

John Haddock ’03

Nell Haddock ’99

Antoinette Hall

Beth & Curtis Hamann

Tammy McLeod & John Hamilton

Angela & Edward Harris ’88

Li-An Hsieh & Patrick Heath

Carrie & Barton Hechtman ’79

Kristin & Robert Hendrickson

Nancy (Volpe) ’74 & Lee Hinsley

Jeanel Hoagland

Kim & Phat Hoang

Mary & Sean Hobin

Adrienne Meredith & Brian Hoblit ’92

Michele & Bryan Huskey

Intel Matching Gifts

Jaki Ivins

Eric Jackson

Marilyn & Louis Jacobo

Michelle Rotman Jassem ’89

Nancy Best Johnston ’80

Jay Kahn ’98

Jean & Robert Kosower

Ann & Gary Lane

Ericka & Tim Larson

Arlene Y. Lassila

Tina Lassila

Nancy Laubach

Janelle Plaza Lederman ’98

Seth Leibsohn ’87

Courtney Lewis ’00

Leslie & Robert Lewis

Genevieve & Eli Leyba

David Linder ’10

Nancy & John Linder

Victoria & Steve Lindley

Julie & Gary Linhart ’88

Jeannie & Carter Lloyds

Elizabeth & Carsten Loelke

Vanessa Lee & Ian Lopatin

Evelyne & Aristotle Macrodimitris

Daniel Majeski

Kathy & Dick Malone

Ilene Manna

Debbie & William Martin

Thelma & Ernesto Martinez

Allison & John Mathews

David Matwijkow

Sherri & Robert Mayhew

Susan & John Mazzolini

Judy McAdams

Jessica & Patrick McHonett

Andy McKean

Katie McKean

Mary Kay & Dennis Meyers

Microsoft Giving Campaign

Leslie Milne

Betsy (Ryan) ’79 & Doug Miller

Lawrence Mills

Jane & Bobby Mirzaie

Serena & J. Andrew Montooth

Priscilla & Paul Moore

Kathryn & Kevin Murphy

Jennifer & Christopher Neck

Mary Helen Neck

Laura Neller ’02

Carol & Eric Neufer

Kelli Newsome

Sean Newland

Nicky B’s LLC

Jill Niemczura

Maria Nolasco

Cari & Mike Oberfield

Karen & George Odden

Jennie Miller Oleksak ’77

Dawn & Mike Olsen

Desiree Ong

Sandra Orrick

Kathleen Weber & Geoffrey Ossias

Kimberly & Hal Owens

Dominique van de Stadt

& Octavio Pajaro

Christine & Bruce Palmer

Priya & Gunjan Parikh

Pamela & Irwin Pasternack

Indu Gupta & Maitray Patel

Carol & Richard Peairs

Elizabeth Perla ’00

Danielle & Jack Phillips

Barbara (Pritzlaff) ’74

& V. Douglas Pierce

Andri & W. Lee Pierson

Shannon Pierson

Stewart Pierson

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Amy & Alan Pitt

Jody & Kerry Pokorski

Tiffany Westlie Pondelik ’00

Betsy Pregulman

Lyvie & Ralph Racine

Jules & Andrew Rafal

Sylvia & Alex Ramirez

Frederika Ranucci ’84

Joyce & Ed Ravitsky

Denise & William Reaves

Lisa Reid

Lori Reynolds-Smalley ’78

Elisa & Fernando Reynoso

Bethany Richardson

Lisa Richardson

Janet & Paul Richmann

Elizabeth & Raymond Rooney

Kathy & Burke Rosenzweig

Barbara Pockaj & Michael Rossides

Dave Rowe

Suzanne & Marc Rubin

Alison Wrigley Rusack ’76

Melanie & Felix Sainz

Kimberly & Eric Saur

Steven Schnall

Deborah Ravin & Mark Schornak

Laura & Daniel Schwartz

Mary & Paul Schweikher

Jack Schwimmer ’09

Max Schwimmer ’07

Wenda & Dana Seltzer

Susan & Daniel Semegen

Yuri Kondo & Firoz Shah

Gloria Yueh & Sudhama Shastri

Ulrika Sandbacka & Hani Shennib

Edmund Sherman ’97

Shelly & Charles Sherman

Sarah & Charles Sidi

Joan & Gary Silverman

Leslie Lerman & David Silverman

Eileen & Blair Singer

Marti & David Skloven

Catherine Smith

Ellen Solowey

Adam Spiegel ’92

Daisy & Bart Steiner

Jennifer Sterling

Lucy Marshall & Robert Stern

Shirley & Wolf Stiles

Laura & Matthew Stockslager

Tracy & Robert Sucato

Linda & Frank Surdakowski

Mike Swingler

Susan & Thomas Sylvester

Thuy Vo & Marvin Tam

Corey Rudnick ’95 & Tallie Taylor

Lee Hong & Keng Boon Tee

Barbara Thommen

Kenneth Thommen

Sharon & David Thompson

Caroline Thompson ’05

Elizabeth Thompson ’07

Mary Jo Phalen & Ian Thurbon

Stephen Ticktin ’88

Laura & Daniel Tillman

Wendy & Rick Timone

Trudy & Hugh Tom

Lori & Quentin Travis

Ruta & Vijay Wakharkar

Christopher Walker ’65

Christine Grau ’89 & Richard Walton

Brian Wand

Laurie & Michael Wang

Sarah Watson ’05

Gail Weiss ’77 & Sam Brooke

Cynthia & David Werth

Amanda Mabbitt Westlake ’99

& Garret Westlake

Kelly & Mike Whalen

Grady Wieger ’06

Dean Wilkins

Jennifer & Frederic Winssinger

William Wrigley ’81

Jianwen Wu & Yufeng Yang

Kimberly Yamanouchi ’74

Lucia Yao

Katie & Jack Zink

GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

FACULTY & STAFF GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

Anonymous

Kimberly Abbott

Rebecca Allison

Randy Allmon

Heather Arguello

Nicole Barber

Kristie Berg

Marie Bippus

Carelie Bisinger

Adrienne Bonnet

Gina Bridgeman

Karen Bruntz

Lee Buettner

Kelly Butler

Barbara Bzdak

James Calleroz White

Eduardo Caro

Jenny Cherilla

Jerry R. Cook

Lance Coon

Donna Corbett

Mark Corliss

Carla Cose-Giallella

John Crabb

Andrea Decker

Linda Drate

Mort Dukehart

Lee Edwards

Christian Eriksen

Sadie Etheridge

Kai Etheridge

John Fielder

Maurine Fleming

Cynthia Fowler

Valeska French ‘93

Susan Gerhard

Yolanda Gilbert

Antoinette Hall

Jeanel Hoagland

Michele Huskey

Jaki Ivins

Marilyn Jacobo

Robert Kosower

Shane Lewis

Evelyne Macrodimitris

Daniel Majeski

Kathy Malone

Ilene Manna

William Martin

Susan Mazzolini

Judy McAdams

Patrick McHonett

Andy McKean

Katie McKean

Mary Kay Meyers

Laurence Mills

Leslie Milne

Bobby Mirzaie

Judy Mitchell

Kelsey Neal

Eric Neufer

Sean Newland

Kelli Newsome

Jill Niemczura

Maria Nolasco

Elizabeth Olson

Desiree Ong

Sandy Orrick

Christine Palmer

Kathryn Peters

Jack Phillips

Shannon Pierson

Stewart Pierson

Lisa Reid

Bethany Richardson

Andrew Rodin

Dave Rowe

Melanie Sainz

Kimberly Saur

Paul Schweikher

Marti Skloven

Catherine Smith

Jennifer Sterling

Shirley Stiles

Tracy Sucato

Linda Surdakowski

Michael Swingler

Barbara Thommen

Kenneth Thommen

Sharon Thompson

Trudy Tom

Jennifer Treadway

Dean Wilkins

Katie Zink

ALUMNI GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

Alex Ashby ’05

David Biel ’01

Britney Bonfield ’06

Clint Corcoran ’03

Peter Curzon ’04

T.R. Demark ’93

Sarah Vieh Dworkin ’98

Nicholas Firestone ’84

Michaela Flynn ’06

Valeska French ’93*

Roy Gardner ’71

Christine Grau ’89

Dan Haddock ’06

John Haddock ’03

Nell Haddock ’99

Edward Harris ’88

John Hayden ’82

Barton Hechtman ’79

Nancy (Volpe) Hinsley ’74

Brian Hoblit ’92

Michelle Rotman Jassem ’89

Nancy Best Johnson ’80

Jay Kahn ’98

Thomas Kempner ’71

Seth Leibsohn ’87

Courtney Lewis ’00

David Linder ’10

Gary Linhart ’88

Timothy Louis ’81

Betsy (Ryan) Miller ’79

Laura Neller ’02

Andrew Norris ’81

Jonathan Norris ’77

Jennie Miller Olekskak ’77

Elizabeth Perla ’00

Barbara (Pritzlaff) Pierce ’74

Janelle Plaza Lederman ’98

Tiffany Westlie Pondelik ’00

Kate Portanova ’96

Zeb Portanova ’97

Frederika Ranucci ’84

Alison (Wrigley) Rusack ’76

Nick Sakellariadis ’69

Lori Reynolds-Smalley ’78

Clarissa (Simek) Robinson ’88

Jack Schwimmer ’09

Max Schwimmer ’07

Edmund Sherman ’97

Adam Spiegel ’88

Corey Rudnick Taylor ’95

Caroline Thompson ’05

Elizabeth Thompson ’07

Stephen Ticktin ’88

Christopher Walker ’65

Sarah Watson ’05

Amanda Mabbitt Westlake ’99

Gail Weiss ’77

Grady Wieger ’06

William Wrigley ’81

Kimberly Yamanouchi ’74

PARENTS’ GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND BY CLASS

CLASS OF 2012

Ilene Aube

Jessica & F. David Barranco

Alison & Michael Bassoff

Salma Jesmin & Amar Bista

Jeanne & Steven Chanen

Angela & John Dagirmanjian

Li-An Hsieh & Patrick Heath

Mary & Sean Hobin

Sherri & Robert Mayhew

Kate Groves & Warren Meyer

Vicki & Neil Motzkin

Joyce & Ed Ravitsky

Steven Schnall

Deborah Ravin & Mark Schornak

Joan & Gary Silverman

Laura & Matthew Stockslager

Chris & Eric Swett

CLASS OF 2013

Anonymous

Wendy & Michael Cianci

Lauren & Jordan Cohen

Maileen & Mitchell Cohen

Debora Tennant-Corsillo & Juan Corsillo

Toni & Vincent Curci

Donna & Douglas Currault

Sharon Mills & Bruce Feder

Julie Grasso

Barbara & David Greenberg

Michelle & Michael Hosmar

Mary Beth & Andrew Kent

Donna & David Loretta

Margaret & Steve Minard

Kathryn & Kevin Murphy

Sarah & John Pappas

Jody & Kerry Pokorski

Sylvia Mamby & Brian Puglisi

Beverly & Michael Roberts

Jeanne Wilcox & Joseph Rody

Kelly Hsu & Charles Schron

Lucy Marshall & Robert Stern

Chris & Eric Swett

Susan & Thomas Sylvester

Lori & Quentin Travis

Renee & Chida Tse

Michelle & Adam Tuton

Ruta & Vijay Wakharkar

CLASS OF 2014

Beverly & Peter Ax

Lois Sayrs & Scott Cohen

Sally & Karl Forster

Susan & Mark Greenfield

Alisa & Charles Jost

Leslie & David Lewis

Victoria & Steve Lindley

Amy & Timothy Louis ’81

Betsy (Ryan) ’79 & Doug Miller

Dominique van de Stadt

& Octavio Pajaro

Amy & Alan Pitt

Lyvie & Ralph Racine

Elizabeth & Raymond Rooney

Alpa & Ashesh Sanghvi

Laura & Daniel Schwartz

Sarah & Charles Sidi

Ellen Solowey

Lori & Quentin Travis

Mary Stoner & James R. Wendt

Cynthia & David Werth

Yufeng Yang & Jianwen Wu

CLASS OF 2015

Carrie & Morris Aaron

Maria-Goreth Fidalgo & Lishan Aklog

Beverly & Peter Ax

Alison & Michael Bassoff

Sarah & David Bodney

Lora & Nicholas Cogliani

Toni & Vincent Curci

Yana & Igor Dashevsky

Jill & Michael Freret

Beth & Curtis Hamann

Ann & Gary Lane

Genevieve & Eli Leyba

Stephanie McGillivray

Kate Groves & Warren Meyer

Margaret & Steve Minard

Serena & J. Andrew Montooth

Terry Switsky & Savas Petrides

Denise & William Reaves

Elisa & Fernando Reynoso

Wenda & Dana Seltzer

Mitzi Krockover & Jacque Sokolov

Eva Sperber-Porter & Mark Svejda

Laura & Matthew Stockslager

Pamela & Michael Watson

Charlene & Jim Whitfill

Ellen & Ian Whitmore

Jennifer & Frederic Winssinger

CLASS OF 2016

Anonymous

Jenifer & Ayad Agha

Kathy & Lawrence Bain

Joo & David Cantor

Jeanne & Steven Chanen

Lauren & Jordan Cohen

Maileen & Mitchell Cohen

Maria & Joseph Cooper

Larraine Ho & Pravin Dugel

Rita & Samuel Garvin

Ronda & Adam Gilburne

Susan & Mark Greenfield

Erin & Michael Ham

Jackie & John Hayden ’82

Michelle & Michael Hosmar

Alisa & Charles Jost

Leslie & David Lewis

Victoria & Steve Lindley

Sherri & Robert Mayhew

Jeanne & Chad Miraglia

Cari & Mike Oberfield

Wendy & Laurel Prieb

Elisa & Fernando Reynoso

Penny & Robert Sarver

Shelly & Charles Sherman

Christine Grau ’89 & Richard Walton

Laurie & Michael Wang

CLASS OF 2017

Maria-Goreth Fidalgo & Lishan Aklog

Annaliza & Kenneth Anaeme

Riham & Ahmed Bedeir

Linda Jorgensen-Bracher

& G. Alan Bracher

Addison & Walt Brown

Jenny & Kevin Cherilla

Carol & Larry Clemmensen

Debora Tennant-Corsillo

& Juan Corsillo

Sybil Francis & Michael Crow

Donna & Douglas Currault

Liz & Dan Dever

Tom Giller

Antoinette Hall

Tammy McLeod & John Hamilton

Donna & Stephen Johnson

Jill & Burt Kohler

Amy & Tim Louis ’81

Thelma & Ernesto Martinez

Jackie & Brandon McDermott

Jennifer & Christopher Neck

Dawn & Mike Olsen

Erin & Craig Olschansky

Kathleen Weber & Geoffrey Ossias

Claudia & Shahram Partovi

Shannon & Stewart Pierson

Betsy Pregulman

Denise & William Reaves

Nancy Gonzales & Peter Reilly

Suzanne & Marc Rubin

Lee Kuan & Keng Boon Tee

Anne Mueller Thoits

Michelle & Adam Tuton

Brian Wand

Charlene & Jim Whitfill

CLASS OF 2018

Carrie & Morris Aaron

Maha & Nabil Abou-Haidar

Annaliza & Kenneth Anaeme

Beverly & Peter Ax

Smita & John Bailey

Sarah & David Bodney

Tracy & William Brennan

Jenny & Kevin Cherilla

Carol & Larry Clemmensen

Terry & Eric Cole

Michael Dean

Stephanie & Adam Goodman

Cindy Griffin

Jackie & John Hayden ’82

Eric Jackson

Serena & J. Andrew Montooth

Priscilla & Paul Moore

Cheryl & Jahm Najafi

Cari & Mike Oberfield

Karen & George Odden

Kimberly & Hal Owens

Claudia & Shahram Partovi

Indu Gupta & Maitray Patel

Shannon & Stewart Pierson

Janet & Paul Richmann

Leigh & Brent Roland

Elizabeth & Raymond Rooney

Alpa & Ashesh Sanghvi

Penny & Robert Sarver

Laura & Daniel Schwartz

Daisy & Bart Steiner

Lucy Marshall & Robert Stern

Tracy & Robert Sucato

Christine Grau ’89 & Richard Walton

Laurie & Michael Wang

Pamela & Michael Watson

CLASS OF 2019

Trisha Refo & Don Bivens

Tracy & William Brennan

Joo & David Cantor

Rebel Rice & Adam Chodorow

Misty Anne & Fabrice Dechoux

Larraine Ho & Pravin Dugel

Beth & Bart Faber

Rita & Samuel Garvin

Sheela & Mark Giraudo

Tina Lassila

Julie & Gary Linhart ’88

Vanessa Lee & Ian Lopatin

Brandi & Michael Minor

Jeanne & Chad Miraglia

Cheryl & Jahm Najafi

Dawn & Mike Olsen

Desiree Ong

Kimberly & Hal Owens

Colleen & Thomas Peterson

Lyvie & Ralph Racine

Lisa Richardson

Lydia & Andrew Rodin

Leigh & Brent Roland

Barbara Pockaj & Michael Rossides

Penny & Robert Sarver

Mitzi Krockover & Jacque Sokolov

Thuy Vo & Marvin Tam

Lori & Quentin Travis

Yufeng Yang & Jianwen Wu

CLASS OF 2020

Patricia & Blair Ashner

Laura & Jeff Beraznik

Salma Jesmin & Amar Bista

Liz & Dan Dever

Jacqueline & Nicholas Firestone

Jeri & Jason Hanson

Alisa & Charles Jost

Jill & Burt Kohler

Joyce & Dorsey Lynch

Allison & John Mathews

Priscilla & Paul Moore

Jennifer & Christopher Neck

Claudia & Shahram Partovi

Terry Switsky & Savas Petrides

PARENTS’ GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND BY CLASS

Janet & Paul Richmann

Suzanne & Marc Rubin

Eileen & Blair Singer

Anne Mueller Thoits

Lisa & Brian Walsh

Brian Wand

Laurie & Michael Wang

Sheila & Michael Zuieback

CLASS OF 2021

Patricia & Blair Ashner

Polly & Blair Bindley

Linda Jorgensen-Bracher

& G. Alan Bracher

Terry & Eric Cole

Deanna & Paul Conomos

Stacy & Richard Cooper

Kerry & Dirk Cussler

Kathleen & David Drewitz

Katherine & Allan Flader

Stephanie & Adam Goodman

Julie & Gary Linhart

Jeanne & Chad Miraglia

Erin & Craig Olschansky

Indu Gupta & Maitray Patel

Lisa Richardson

Nancy & Jason Singer

Marcella & Fife Symington

Kimberly & Michael Yue

CLASS OF 2022

Jenifer & Ayad Agha

Stephanie & Jonathan Ashman

Smita & John Bailey

Julia & Taylor Burke

Susan & Richard Burnham

Deanna & Paul Conomos

Michael Dean

Melinda & T.R. DeMark

Kathleen & David Drewitz

Maurine Fleming

Theresa & Michael Gregory

Kim & Phat Hoang

Elizabeth & Carsten Loelke

Amy & Timothy Louis ’81

Kathleen Weber & Geoffrey Ossias

Colleen & Thomas Peterson

Clarissa (Simek) ’88 & Brian Robinson

Suzanne & Marc Rubin

Mary Jo Phalen & Ian Thurbon

CLASS OF 2023

Anonymous

Lisa Budinger

Julia & Taylor Burke

Shelby & Stephen Butterfield

Barbara & Patrick Bzdak

Terry & Eric Cole

Kerry & Dirk Cussler

Jeri & Jason Hanson

Michele & Bryan Huskey

Jeannie & Carter Lloyds

Irina & Marius Nistor

Julie & Vasif Sabeeh

Susan & Charles Shields

Nancy & Jason Singer

Tracy & Robert Sucato

Marcella & Fife Symington

Thuy Vo & Marvin Tam

Anne Mueller Thoits

Stacy & Michael Tucker

Laurie & Michael Wang

Kelly & Mike Whalen

CLASS OF 2024

Anonymous

Ruth Bristol & Felipe Albuquerque

Wendy & Michael Beninato

Susan & Richard Burnham

Deanna & Paul Conomos

Melinda & Thomas DeMark

Farah Sutton & Dan Eberhart

Katherine & Allan Flader

Stephanie & Adam Goodman

Kristin & Robert Hendrickson

Joanne Shen & Robert Ortega

Pamela & Irwin Pasternack

Dana & Peter Powell

Jules & Andrew Rafal

Gloria Yueh & Sudhama Shastri

Natalia & Anthony Sheesley

Laura & Daniel Tillman

Wendy & Rick Timone

Charlene & Jim Whitfill

Kimberly & Michael Yue

CLASS OF 2025

Anonymous

Jennifer Scudiere & Dominic Armato

Stephanie & Jon Ashman

Riham & Ahmed Bedeir

Lisa Budinger

Julia & Taylor Burke

Shelly & Mark Detmer

Jacqueline & Tim Dollander

Beth & John Elardo

Theresa & Michael Gregory

Jeri & Jason Hanson

Kim & Phat Hoang

Jeannie & Carter Lloyds

Clarissa (Simek) ’88 & Brian Robinson

Lydia & Andrew Rodin

Ulrika Sandbacka & Hani Shennib

Marcella & Fife Symington

Stacy & Michael Tucker

Kelly & Mike Whalen

GIFTS TO DESIGNATED FUNDS

ANNA MUNCZEK MEMORIAL FUNDJudith Mitchell & Lance CoonCarol & Richard Peairs

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DONATIONSCarrie & Morris Aaron

CHINESE STUDIES ENDOWMENTRene & Chida Tse Margaret M. Tse

FINANCIAL AIDJudith Mitchell & Lance Coon

JAMES ROOF HUMANITIES MEMORIAL ENDOWMENTJudith Mitchell & Lance Coon

KATHERINE DELONGY O’CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUNDMaria DeLongy

LINDA BRYANT MEMORIAL ART FUNDAlisa & Charles JostJudith Mitchell & Lance CoonCarol & Richard Peairs

MARY LU SYLLABA MEMORIAL FUNDJudith Mitchell & Lance Coon

KENDRICK PROJECT EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENTAnonymousRebecca & Ken AllisonStacy & Richard CooperDeFalco Family Foundation Victoria & Steve LindleyLarraine Ho & Pravin DugelEagle Open Sponsors Wendy & Michael Beninato Polly & Blair S. Bindley Addison & Walt Brown Holly & Gary Fechtmeyer Nancy & William “Fritz” Henze ’67 International Dairy Distributors James Van Houten Zion Management ServiceThe Mikita Foundation Noel & Joseph GaragiolaBarbara & Henry HirvelaJeanne LamontNicky B’s LLC Jessica & F. David BarrancoYomi OwoyemiElizabeth J. PerlaShirley Michels & Bernard Rethore

Arleen & Frederic SchwartzTracy & Marc SchwimmerSusan & Daniel Semegen Dimitri ShivkovShoshana & Robert TancerCharlene & James Whitfill

REX L. ALLISON CHAIR FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHINGRex Allison Education Foundation Genevieve Allison Bush

ROBERT WILSON SCHOLARSHIP MEMORIAL ENDOWMENTJudith Mitchell & Lance Coon

ROBOTICSIlene AubeMirelle & Conan Dailey Patricia Sallen & Paul Davenport Dignity Health Sharon Mills & Bruce Feder Praveena & Ramkrishna Kothur Elizabeth & James LincolnLinda & Thomas Marquis Benjamin Mattinson Shelly & Manoj Rawal Elizabeth & Raymond RooneyElise Schornak Joan & Gary Silverman Christine & Eric Swett

SYDNEY ANNE STEWART MEMORIAL FUNDJulia & Taylor Burke

UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENTThe Dorrance Family Foundation Susan J. BansakSandra & Guy “Tracy” P. GambleLouis Foundation, Inc. Herbert J. LouisCarol & Richard Peairs

VICTOR D. FEENEY MEMORIAL AWARD ENDOWMENTMary G. Feeney

WEST CAMPUS CAMPAIGN ENDOWMENTWendy & Michael BeninatoShelley & Geoffrey D. Campbell Rita & Samuel S. GarvinEdward K. GaylordDonna & Stephen Johnson

YOUNGEST RED-HAIRED SON ENDOWMENTJudith Mitchell & Lance CoonCarol & Richard Peairs

ARIZONA TAX CREDIT GIFTS

Carrie & Morris Aaron

Maha & Nabil Abou-Haidar

Lishan Aklog & Maria-Goreth Fidalgo

Rebecca & Ken Allison

Steven J. Ashby

Stephanie & Jonathan Ashman

Beverly & Peter Ax

Albena Baharieva

Smita & John Bailey

Kathy & Lawrence Bain

Juliette & Douglas Barkdull

Jisook & Bruce Barnhill

F. David & Jessica Barranco

Toshi & Keith Baum

David Benin

Michael A. Berch

Kristie & Gary Berg

Laura Dickinson & Paul Berman

Connie & Jim Binns, Jr.

Wilma & David Birk

Carelie Bisinger

Sarah & David Bodney

Joanne & William Bonfield

Fernanda & Ruggero Borletti

Linda Jorgensen-Bracher

& G. Alan Bracher

David A. Bradley

Gina & Paul Bridgeman

Maria Bridgeman

Ruth Bristol & Felipe Albuquerque

Ellen & Fowler Brown

Fowler Brown ’06

Julia & Richard Burke, Jr.

Susan & Richard Burnham

Kelly Butler

Shelby & Stephen Butterfield

Sally Reinbold Button

Patrick Bzdak

Lisa Camarata

Elisabeth & Paul Cereghini

Jennifer & Kevin Cherilla

Rebel Rice & Adam Chodorow

Wendy S. Cianci

Carol & Larry Clemmensen

Lauren & Jordan Cohen

Tracy & Joshua Cohen

Lois Sayrs & Scott Cohen

Deanna & Paul Conomos

Lance Coon & Judith Mitchell

Nazreen & Furrokh Cooper

Kimberly Cordes

Elaine & John Crabb

Kimberly A. Crain

Marylouise Cullen

Donna & Douglas Currault

Kristine Curry

Anne & Thomas Curzon

Angela & John Dagirmanjian

Yana & Igor Dashevsky

Vishal Dass

Patricia Sallen & Paul Davenport

Michael Dean

Misty Anne & Fabrice Dechoux

Bette DeGraw

Shelly & Mark Detmer

Laura Dickinson

Philip Dodell

Kathleen & David Drewitz

Nancy C. Driessche

Larraine Ho & Pravin Dugel

Celeste & Arnaud Dunoyer

Keith Eager

Randy Eakin

Arthur Eisenhower

David Elliott

Karin & Michael Epstein

Ralph E. Farrar

Holly & Gary Fechtmeyer

Sharon Mills & Bruce Feder

Alisa & Earl Feng

Adele Ferrini

Ann & William Fielder

Patricia Finkenstadt

Jacqueline & Nicholas Firestone

Sharon & Peter Flanagan-Hyde

Joanie Flatt

Elizabeth Foglesong ’03

Cynthia Fowler

Nancy Bodinet & Todd Franks

Mari Fukami & Jon Sabol

Susan Funkhouser

Mary & John Furniss

Guy Gamble ’08

Rita & Samuel Garvin

Kevin Ghaswala ’98

Robin & Thomas Gilson

Mirav & Stephen Glacy

Erin & John Gogolak

Marjorie & Philip Goldfarb

Lorelei & David Gonzales

Stephanie & Adam Goodman

Gary J. Goodman

Adriana Holy & Alan Gordon

Jane & R. Randall Grace

Janet Gray

Susan & Mark Greenfield

Don Greenlee

Nancy Greenlee

Penelope Greenler

Theresa & Michael Gregory

Susan & H. Hughes Grehan

Torie & Ian Hackett ’89

Sherrie & Robert Hackett

Jane Hagen

Alison Lewis & Craig Krumwiede

Lance C. Labun

Heather Larson

Arlene Y. Lassila

Tina Lassila

Wendy & Harry Lee

Stephen E. Lee

Tami Dairiki & Evan Leibner

Donna & Marc Levison

Leslie & Robert Lewis

Cathy & Herman Lewkowitz ’79

Genevieve & Eli Leyba

Steve & Victoria Lindley

Susan K. Lindley

An-Pyng & Jong-Shang

Olg & Hector Lopez

Joyce & Dorsey Lynch

Mali Mahalingam

Daniel D. Maki

Kathy & Dick Malone

Lisa Mansueto

Stephanie Martin

Ida & Robert Mattinson

Susan & John Mazzolini

Carolyn McCord

Edward McGee

John McKelvey

Joann Miller

Margaret & Steve Minard

Brandi & Michael Minor

Jennifer & Samuel Money

Priscilla & Paul Moore

Julie M. Moss

Vicki & Neil Motzkin

Cecilia Murillo & Jeffrey Lehrer

Kathryn & Kevin Murphy

John Naumann

Richard Nearhood

Don Nemke

Carol & Eric Neufer

Irina & Marius Nistor

Joan B. Norris

Kendall & Louis Novoa-Takara

Karen & George Odden

Norman Odden

Kristen Oelze ’04

Elizabeth Olson

Amy & Robert Orenstein

Joanne Shen & Robert Ortega

Kathleen Weber & Geoffrey Ossias

Kimberly & David Paltzik

Teresa Seville & Panagiotis Panoto

Devesh Patel

Indu Gupta & Maitray Patel

Carol & Richard Peairs

Kathryn Ann & Michael Peters

Amy & Alan Pitt

Jody & Kerry Pokorski

Heather Post-Logan

Frank M. Price, Jr.

Wendy & Laurel Prieb

Sobha & Raju Pusapati

Jules & Andrew Rafal

Janaki & Panol Ram

John Randolph ’69

Graeme Rankine

Frederika Ranucci ’84

Joyce & Ed Ravitsky

Michael D. Reardon

Phyllis & James Rector

Denise & Naveen Reddy

Ralph Reid

Marilyn Rethore

Shohreh Moshrefzadeh & Hamid Rezva

Lisa Richardson

Janet & Paul Richmann

Antoinette Hall

Bruce Hallowell

Erin & Michael Ham

Beth & Curtis Hamann

Jeri & Jason Hanson

Betty & Wesley Harker

Michelle Harrison

Thomas Harvey ’96

Li-An Hsieh & Patrick Heath

Debra A. Hill

Iva & Lawrence Hirsch

Barbara (Jones) ’70 & Henry Hirvela

Sean & Mary Hobin

Michelle & Michael Hosmar

Joel Hoxie

Susannah Hsu

Elizabeth deBeus Hull

Laura & Ronald Huser

Michelle & Bryan E. Huskey

Rebecca Yuan & Lun-Chih Hwang

Brian Imdieke

Rodney Iverson

Ricky Ivie

Jaki Ivins

Jerry James

Donna & Stephen Johnson

Robert Jones

Alisa & Charles Jost

Ellen & Robert Kant

Dana & John Kay

Mary Beth & Andrew Kent

Ayesha & Mansur Khan

Carol Colombo & Louis Kirby

Frances Kirschner

Robert Kline

Rachel & Doyle Knudson

Alona & Jacob Kost

Mitzi Krockover & Jacque Sokolov

ARIZONA TAX CREDIT GIFTS

Joanne & J. Patrick Riding

Clarissa (Simek) ’88 & Brian Robinson

Jeanne Wilcox & Joseph Rody

Kathleen & Stephan Rohacz

Louise & Kenneth Rosengren

Barbara Pockaj & Michael Rossides

Kurt Rowe

Julie & Vasif Sabeeh

Joanna Solowska & Myllin Safir

Melanie & Felix Sainz

Smita & Anil Samant

Julie & John Samota

Stephen E. Sample

Ulrika Sandbacka & Hani Shennib

Jennifer & Charles Sands

Alpa & Ashesh Sanghvi

Penny & Robert Sarver

Lois Sayrs & Scott Cohen

Bahar & Markus Schippel

Steven Schnall

Kelly Hsu & Charles Schron

Laura & Daniel Schwartz

Arleen & Frederic Schwartz

John Schwarzmann

Mary & Paul Schweikher

Jack Schwimmer ’09

Tracy & Marc Schwimmer

Max Schwimmer ’07

Susan & Lee Segal

Jane Hagen & Thomas Selling

Wenda & Dana Seltzer

Susan & Daniel Semegen

Jonah Shacknai

Melissa & John Sheridan IV

Shelly & Charles Sherman

Sarah Showard

David Silverman

Joan & Gary Silverman

Irene Silverthorn

Amy & Lee Silverthorn

Jack O. Sipperley

Harvey K. Smith

William Smith

S. Snegireff

Mitzi Krockover & Jacque Sokolov

Judy & Richard Spiegel

Steven Spivey

Ryan Stark

Toni & Craig Stein

Daisy & Bart Steiner

Jeffrey Stern ’90

Lucy Marshall & Robert Stern

Laura & Matthew Stockslager

Areena Swarup

Susan & Thomas Sylvester

Marcella & John Symington

Justin Talbot-Stern

Thuy Vo & Marvin Tam

Florine Tamasco

Shoshana & Robert Tancer

Darin Taverna

Gwen & Jack Tierney

Florine Tomasco

Steven Torres

Jennifer Treadway

Thuy Vo

Linda & Peter Volny

Kathleen & Robert Wade

Judith Walker

Lisa & Brian Walsh

Laurie & Michael Wang

Paul Warthen

Robert B. Washburn

Kari & Jeffrey Watts

Sandra & E. Louis Werner, Jr.

Cynthia & David Werth

Kelly & Michael Whalen

Charlene & Jim Whitfill

Andrew & Georgeanna Wielkoszewski

Jeanne Wilcox & Joseph Rody

Sue Wilcox

Jonathan Woodard

Pam & Jerry Wright

Yufeng Yang & Jianwen Wu

Melinda & Robert Xanthos

Dr. & Mrs. H. W. Yamanouchi

Pauline Tom & Bruce Yee

Rebecca Yuan

Kimberly & Michael Yue

Qi Wu & Kang Zhang

Ellen Ziegler

Carolyn Ziffrin

Susan & Norman Zitomer

Jamey & Troy Zurawski

Every gift to Phoenix Country Day School is significant and greatly appreciated. If we inadvertently have made an error in listing your donation, please accept our sincere apology. Contact Judy McAdams, Director of Annual Giving, by email at judy.mcadams@pcds.org to correct your record.

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Class of 2012

These students attended Phoenix Country Day School from pre-k or kindergarten through their senior year. From the Top: Alex Roeper, Elliot Goldberg, Reid Price, James Barranco, Nate Nearhood, Kate Gonzales, Max Baum. Not pictured: Amy Aube.

Can you identify these familiar sights from around the PCDS campus, past and present?This?RECOGNIZE

1) Headmaster Andrew Rodin’s pink pants. 2) Director of College Counseling Paul Schweikher’s VW bug. 3) Upper School teacher Matt Guthrie’s bicycle. 4) Upper School English teacher Becky Allison. 5) The office of Upper School science teacher Catherine Smith. 6) Upper School Latin teacher Robin Anderson. 7) Lower School P.E. teacher Danny Majeski’s whistle. 8) A favorite phrase of former Middle School teacher Rod Dashnaw. 9) Associate Athletic Director Bob Kosower. 10) Lower School teacher John Fielder. 11) Upper School history teacher Dave Martin.

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