perspectives - Hilton Head Preparatory School

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perspectives
Hilton Head preparatory School
Fall 2013
Volume VI | Issue 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Around
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Headmaster
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perspectives
Departments
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From the Headmaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Faculty & Staff Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Around the Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Alumni Class Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Features
Fall Sports Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Becoming Sharper Educators One Conversation at a Time. . . 12
Innovative Learning in Sixth Grade Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 American Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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2012 - 2013 Annual Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Getting to Know Jon Hopman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Digital Learning Academy and Future of Online Learning. . 20
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Hilton Head Prep Establishes Stable, Secure & Flexible
Technology Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
International Imaginings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Customized Learning in Lower School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Alumni Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SCISA Art & Photography Show Honors. . . . . . . . Back Cover
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The cover artwork is by
Deia Hunt ‘14.
Perspectives is a publication intended for
the alumni, parents, friends and students of
Hilton Head Preparatory School. Perspectives
is published by the Hilton Head Preparatory
School Office of Institutional Advancement
two times each school year.
Story ideas or address changes may be sent
to [email protected] or to Hilton
Head Preparatory School Communications,
8 Fox Grape Road, Hilton Head Island, SC
29928. We reserve the right to edit
submissions for length, style or clarity.
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Editor: Lainie Crose ‘86
Art Director: Lori Parker
Contributors:
Maryann Bastnagel, Sarah Benedik, Job de Boer,
Margot Brown, Peter Cooper, Lainie Crose ’86, Matt
Dakolios, Stephen Graham, Jon Hopman, Jane Inglis,
Steve Marbut, Mark McDonald, Liz Nash, Vanessa
Palmer, Leslie Richardson, Ron Si mmons,
Angela Taylor, Bryan VanGronigen, Kevin Wald,
Tina Webb-Browning, Henry Yi ‘15
Photos & artwork courtesy of:
Lainie Crose ’86, Hope Dobbelaere ’22,
Megan Frederick ’14, Whitaker Gannon ’15,
Hayden Garniewicz ’18, Deia Hunt ’14,
Kristin Langan ’14, Sarah Orie ‘18, Lori Parker,
Anna Pellicci ’20, Jessica Post ’24,
Caroline Richey ’18, Maggie Sulek ’16,
Willie J. Rice Photography, the Phin Yearbook Staff
and by submission.
Mission
Hilton Head Preparatory School seeks to
educate college-bound students in a safe
environment. Instilling personal integrity
is central to our educational purpose.
We strive to prepare a diverse population
of qualified students for academic
challenges, for a successful college
experience, and for rewarding lives.
A Strong Sense of Community
One of the hallmarks of a Hilton Head Prep education is a strong sense of community. When I speak with
alumni, parents of alumni, current students and their parents, even prospective families, they often make reference to the family atmosphere and the close bonds which develop among our various community members.
Occasionally, I also hear some concerns that this community feeling may erode with the arrival of new students
from throughout the world.
One of the feature articles in this issue of Perspectives describes the experiences of our international
students, especially the 12 who come to us from mainland China. We have another 25 foreign students from
the golf and tennis academies. Just as Prep has always attracted families who moved here from throughout
the United States, we now enroll students from even more diverse backgrounds and with varying perspectives.
Our international students have added unique points of view in their classes and in their interactions with
their classmates and teachers outside the classroom. While many of them have to make substantial
commitments of time for their sports, they come out in good numbers to support Prep’s own athletic teams
and performing arts productions. Just as we want our international students to be fully integrated into our
community, they, too, often take the initiative to share traditions from their home countries and join typically
American clubs and activities. We believe that the inclusion of growing numbers of international students has
been a win-win for our school.
On another front, I welcome Jon Hopman as Prep’s new headmaster and I will work closely with him during
the coming months to ensure a smooth transition. Jon brings with him a rich set of experiences and strong
leadership skills that will serve Prep well in future years. In the meantime, Jon will provide valuable input for
personnel decisions and other matters that will impact his arrival in July of 2014.
While I only have another six months as Headmaster at Prep, I want to emphasize the outstanding work
I witness from both our teachers and our students on a regular basis. With the shift to more of a skills-based
program, we are preparing our students for college and for the workplace of the future. Now that our
technology infrastructure is functioning on a far higher level, we are incorporating computer-assisted learning
into more of our courses. We are confident that Prep students will be ready for the real-life challenges that
they will confront in the coming years.
Peter R. Cooper,
Headmaster
Hilton Head Preparatory School admits students of any
race, color, national, ethnic, or religious affiliation to all
the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally
accorded or made available to students at the school.
It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national and ethnic origin in administration of its
educational policies, financial aid, and athletic or
other school-administered programs.
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Faculty & staff Highlights
Faculty & Staff
Highlights
Peggy Trecker White
[Performing Arts] spent the
summer at the Interlochen
Center for the Arts as the director of the Intermediate Musical
Theatre program in Michigan.
[right] She was a company
member with the Interlochen
Shakespeare Festival, playing
Gertrude in “Hamlet.” [below]
She also played Desiree
Armfeldt in “A Little Night
Music” at the Warehouse in
Greenville, SC in May and June.
In June, Heather
Brougham-Cook [Fifth
Grade Humanities]
attended one of the
teacher summer workshops, “Landmarks of
American History and
Culture,” funded by the
National Endowment for
the Humanities at UNC
Chapel Hill. She was one
of 40 selected (out of 160
applicants) to attend the
Regi Rennie’s [Second
Grade] first granddaughter specific NEH workshop,
was born on September 26 “Crafting Freedom: Black
in Charleston, SC. Ruth Jane Artisans, Entrepreneurs
and Abolitionists of
Rennie (Ruthie) weighed
the Antebellum Upper
9 pounds, 12 ounces. Big
South,” which focused on
brother Callum loves his
African-American history
baby sister!
and culture. This marks the
Jane Inglis [Head of Lower second time BroughamCook has been chosen.
School] has joined the
board of directors at the
Coastal Discovery Museum, In October, Bobbie
Somerville [Director of
where she will assist with
Admissions] and Peter
planning for a new
Cooper [Headmaster]
education building.
attended the Palmetto
Association of Independent
Three poems by Michael
Schools’ conference,
Bassett ‘92 [US English]
“Engaging the School’s
were accepted for
Most Powerful Marketing
publication in the Journal
Tool: Parents,” in Columbia,
of College Writing.
SC.
Peg Hamilton [College
Counseling] attended
the National Association
of College Admissions
Counseling conference in
Toronto.
Sarah Benedik [MS
Science] completed the
year-long process to
become a master naturalist
in December. Gilbert
Ramseur [US Science] has
also begun the process
and will become a master
naturalist in 2014.
Matt Dakolios completed a
Half Ironman in September,
which includes a 1.2-mile
swim, 56-mile bike ride,
13.1-mile run.
Peggy Trecker White
[Performing Arts] participated
in two workshops on the
Chekhov and Stanislavski
technique, one at Furman
University in October and
the other at South Carolina
Theatre Association’s
convention in November.
Trecker White coached
majors on scenes from
Anton Chekhov’s play,
“The Three Sisters.” She
will conduct a “Movement
for the Actor” workshop,
focusing on the work of
Andrei Droznin, at Furman
University in January.
In October, Summer Settle
[Director of Annual Fund],
Lainie Crose [Director
of Alumni Relations and
Communications] and
Margot Brown [Director
of Development and
Finance] attended a
conference, “How Alumni
and Development
Professionals Can Maximize
Fundraising Efforts,” in
Atlanta. The following
morning, they visited the
Lovett School to share best
practices.
Heather Brougham-Cook
[Fifth Grade Humanities],
Bryan VanGronigen [Social
Sciences Chair] and Matt
Dakolios [MS Math] were
selected as Hilton Head
Island Rotary Teachers of
the Year. They were honored
in a special ceremony at
the Rotary meeting in early
November.
Tiffany [First Grade] and Dan Waymont were married on
July 6, 2013 in Okatie, SC.
In early October, Michael
Bassett ’92 [US English]
attended the “Popular
Culture Studies and
American Studies in the
South” conference to
present his paper, “Up, Up
and Away with Authority:
Superheroes, Existentialism
and the Individual’s
Relationship to Government
and Law.”
Kevin Wald [Varsity Football
and LS PE] and his wife
Kristen welcomed another
daughter, Ansley Iris, on
August 29, 2013 at Memorial
Health in Savannah. She
weighed 7 pounds, 11
ounces and was 20 inches.
Daughter Briley is thrilled to
be a big sister.
Peg Hamilton [College
Counselor] was invited for
the second consecutive year
to sit on the University of
South Carolina/Columbia
College Advisory Board. In
this position, she is able to
network and gain valuable
insights on the college
admissions process.
Tiffany Waymont [First
Grade] participated in the
Coastal Savannah Writing
Project, a series of three
comprehensive workshops
on the six traits of writing.
Mae Chalk [LS/MS Spanish]
has been invited to serve on
the Dean’s Student Advisory
Council in the Richard W.
Riley College of Education
and Leadership at Walden
University to enhance
and improve the student
experience.
Heather Brougham-Cook
[Fifth Grade Humanities]
traveled to Atlanta for the
“Daily 5” workshop, which
focused on best practices
for motivating students
to be highly engaged in
independent acts of reading
and writing.
Michael Bassett ’92 [US English] and
Katy Hudak [US English Chair] won
a $750 Bright Ideas grant for “The
Art of Living Write,” which will be used to provide
opportunities for artistic expression and increase
student-to-student mentorship in the arts. Upper
school students will create a literature and arts journal
featuring work by, and in collaboration with, middle
and lower school students. A team of upper school
students will also create a documentary about the
collaborative aspects of the journal’s production,
highlighting arts education and our students’ experiences with drama, visual arts, music and literature.
Sarah Benedik’s [MS Science] grant, “It’s Hip to
be Fit,” will be used to purchase a set of FitBit®
wristbands that collect health data including heart rate,
steps taken, calories burned and sleep patterns for
the person
wearing it.
Data will be
analyzed
in the
classroom
and used
to conduct
Science Fair
experiments.
Gay Keyes
[Library
Director] will
use funds
from her
“Read-y to
Create” grant
to purchase
new arts and crafts books, and supplies for lower
and middle school readers. Student teams will read
books, pick projects and teach their classmates. Each
team will develop a supply list, a budget and teaching
strategies.
Funds
for Jason
Leonard’s
[US Chinese]
Bright Ideas
grant will
be used for
computer
programming to support our international ESL
students. The programs, along with planned
curriculum, will help students transition to an allEnglish environment and communicate fluently.
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In October, Regi Rennie
[Second Grade] and Pam
Cooper attended the
South Carolina Branch
International Dyslexia
Association’s conference,
“Dyslexia: A Call for MultiDisciplinary Intervention,”
in Charleston, SC. The
conference offered practical,
evidence-based solutions
to working with languagebased learning differences.
Bryan VanGronigen [Social
Sciences Chair] made the
top ten for CH2’s “Bachelor/
Bachelorette of the Year”
contest.
In September, Michael
Bassett ’92 [US English]
was invited to give a poetry
reading at Hub City Books
in Spartanburg, SC. He
read previously published
works and new poems,
and participated in a Q&A
session on the role of poetry
in contemporary society,
nature as inspiration for
poems contrasted with
poetry as media and
cultural criticism.
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Friends Club, was a tremendous success! More than 36 units were donated,
exceeding their goal by nine units. Eleven new organ donors were also added to the
registry. In the class competition, the fifth, seventh and twelfth grade classes won in
their division and each received a pizza party.
Community Service Fair
Trew Blew. Members of the Trew Friends Club:
Advisor Ms. Chris Heyburn, Allie Santorum, Madeleine
McDonald, Kate Herman and Mrs. Judy Trew, mother of
Heather Trew and founder of Trew Friends.
350/30
Essay Contest
Thor Pullon
Emily Vaughan
Jack Cherry
Hope Dobbelaere
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In a joint effort between the Hilton Head
Island Rotary Club and the Hilton Head
Prep Interact Club, students in first through
fifth grades had the opportunity to join
EarlyAct, a service club aimed at teaching
students about citizenship, leadership
and the importance of being responsible
stewards of their school, local community
and world. Activities focus on leadership,
communication and team-building.
Alexis Voulgaropoulis
Catherine Sheehan
Luke Herman
Halsey Williamson
Lily Edri
Captain William Hilton
Visits
Lower School Students
In coordination with the 350/30 celebration, Captain
Parenting the Cyber-Generation Seminar
National Day on Writing
Jack Barney
Thomas Milbourn
Fifth Grade
Service Learning Project
In conjunction with the monthly value of citizenship,
fifth graders chose to raise money for UNICEF as their
service project. They collectively raised nearly $600 in
October for the organization by painting and selling
decorated pumpkins, collecting coins while trick or treating
on Halloween and donating funds raised for Lower School’s
“Dress-up Tuesday.” UNICEF boxes were also placed in
local businesses around town.
Keylan Hanna
Alex Pistilli
In October, Hilton Head Prep hosted an important seminar, “Skillfully Parenting the Cyber-Generation,” for parents
and others in the community. The seminar, led by nationally
renowned speaker and student safety expert Katie Koestner,
covered such topics as social media, cyber-bullying and parenting skills for technology. The following morning, seminars were
held for middle and upper school students about the risks and
dangers of online behavior. She also gave students tips for
building a positive online resume.
Alice Huang
Clay Baker
Kevin Wang
John Sheehan
In late September, upper school students
gathered in the Field House for the second annual
Community Service Fair. The fair gives students
the opportunity to enhance their service learning
experience by building stronger relationships with
specific local organizations such as Programs for
Exceptional People, Neighborhood Outreach
Connection and Memory Matters.
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Dawn Brut
Coastal Discovery Museum
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As part of Hilton Head’s 350/30 celebration, five Hilton
Head Prep students received accolades for their essays about
Captain William Hilton and the history of Hilton Head
Island. Senior Emily Vaughan and freshman Catherine
Sheehan tied for second place in the upper school division,
eighth grader Julia Gigante [not pictured] placed first in
middle school and fifth graders Lily Edri and Luke Herman
placed first and second, respectively, and Halsey Williamson
received an Honorable Mention in lower school. They
were honored by Mayor Drew Laughlin at Town Hall and
presented with certificates.
Emily Vaughan
Max Marko
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Lower School
EarlyAct Club
“Thanks
for Giving” Blood Drive
The annual “Thanks for Giving” blood drive, sponsored each year by the Trew
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William Hilton visited lower school students for a fun,
interactive lesson about life in the mid-1600s, around the
time when the explorer first spotted Hilton Head Island.
Taking inspiration from the 2013 Public Art Exhibition
at the Coastal Discovery Museum, fifth graders visited
Honey Horn Plantation armed
with a camp chair, notebook
and pen to celebrate the
National Day on Writing.
Jules Winzeler
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Kelly Mengel
The girls’ tennis team season was one
for the record books! The undefeated
champions were commended by Mayor
Drew Laughlin for winning the SCISA state
championship in a special ceremony at
Town Hall.
Athletic
Signings
Three outstanding Hilton Head Prep
senior athletes signed agreements to play
college sports next year, including Mariana
Gould (tennis at University of Georgia), Toks
Pedro (golf at Rutgers University) and Kelly
Mengel (tennis at Penn State University).
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James Leonard
Christian Steinmetz
Quiz
Bowl
The Quiz Bowl team traveled to
Pinewood Prep in November for the
SCISA Regional Quiz Bowl Tournament.
Students answered questions in the
areas of mathematics, science, arts and
culture. Although competition was fierce,
the Hilton Head Prep team placed
second in the region.
Julia Nahman
Seniors ruled the week in the days
leading up to Homecoming. Although it’s
hard to beat senior spirit, the ninth grade
beat all others in the photo scavenger
hunt, sophomores won the “Animal Day”
dress up contest and juniors won the
dance competition. Other competitions
included penny wars, powder-puff football,
Minute-to-Win-It games and a cornhole
tournament.
Bailey Kaiser
Alexis Voulgaropoulis
Mac Orie
Back Row: Mr. Matt Dakolios, Frank Lin, JD Monts, Aidan Sanz,
Keira Wojcikiewicz, Madison Hart, Chloe Corbitt, Allessandra
Reuben, Mrs. Stephanie Pullon; Front Row: Joshua Williams,
Hayden Garniewicz, Casey Jones, Julia Gigante
In October, the middle school math team traveled to Sumter,
SC to compete in the SCISA Middle School Math Meet. Hilton
Head Prep’s Team 1 came in fifth place overall out of 32 teams.
Eighth grader Aiden Sanz placed fourth overall in the individual
competition out of 160 students.
“Do You See What I See?”
Sarah Orie, 8th Grade
Spirit Week
Catherine Sheehan
Jack Dextraze
Emily Vaughan
Forest Richardson
A Proud Moment in Prep History!
Teron Daley
Alfred Yang
Jackson Puckey
Middle School
Photography
Club
Students in the new middle school
Photography Club have learned the
basic tenants of photography techniques,
including how to create strong compositions,
title their work to convey a specific message,
gather inspiration from their environment
and shoot familiar scenes with a fresh, new
perspective.
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Family and friends joined students
and faculty for a special candle lighting
ceremony to induct thirteen new members
into the National Honor Society. New
members include [back row] juniors Lucas
McMillan, Alexandra Burak, Taylor Kent,
Emily Vaughan (senior), Brianna Caspersen
(senior), Amit Kohli, Zenon Parker, [front
row] Alyssa Calamari, Allie Santorum, Abby
Cohen, Vanessa Orrell, Ellery Newcomer
and Whitaker Gannon.
Mr. Jason Leonard
Jackson Richard
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Excitement filled the air at the Homecoming
football game this year! The Dolphins took on, and
soundly defeated, the St. Andrew’s Lions. Alumni
near and far returned to greet old friends and
inspirational teachers, and senior Julia Nahman,
escorted by her proud father, Joe, was crowned
Homecoming Queen.
SCISA Middle School
Math Meet
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Abigail Barker, 8th Grade
Fantasy
Football
Club
“Innovative learning” is the catch phrase
in middle school’s new Fantasy Football
Club. Students chose their fantasy football
team using statistics and percentages and
learned how to calculate the odds. Who
knew learning could be so fun?
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Local Ecology
Michael Matte, Liam Hegarty and Ransom Edwards
found pieces of horseshoe crabs and other shells
while visiting the beach with Dawn Brut from the
Coastal Discovery Museum.
Mr. Jason Leonard
Ava Nixon
Miranda Zou
Jackson Puckey
Allie Santorum
Jared Woodson
Marisa Wojcikiewicz
Archer Brooks
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Allie Santorum
Kate Herman
Halloween Pooh Pal
Parade & Carnival
John Sheehan
Megan Frederick
In August, lower
and middle school
students participated in
a day of teambuilding
exercises, courtesy of
the Parents Association,
with Coastal Discovery
Museum’s Education
Specialist Dawn Brut.
Brut led grade level
challenges and provided
a meaningful educational
experience for students.
It was standing room only as seniors and their Pooh Pals dressed in matching
and complementary costumes and processed through campus, delighting
students, faculty, staff and parents. Following the parade, lower school students
sang songs and were treated to a special spooky strings performance before
enjoying themselves at the Halloween Carnival in the middle school gym.
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In November, Hilton Head Prep’s campus
was beautifully transformed into a fairy world
with decorations and lighting for the whimsical
production of the Shakespearean comedy, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. The fall show
marked the inaugural production under the
school’s new performing arts director, Peggy
Trecker White, and included students and
faculty across all divisions.
Wayne Wang
Jackson Puckey
Mr. Bryan VanGronigen
Mrs. Peggy Trecker White
Jack Dextraze
Marguerite Williamson
Michael Santorum
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Philosophy Club
What is the meaning of
life? That’s what students in
the new Philosophy Club want
to know! The club promotes
rigorous critical thinking and
gives students a venue to
form and express ideas about
issues that are important to
them. With nearly 30 members
and four faculty sponsors, the
popular club covers topics
such as the role of reason in
decision making and public
policy, the purpose of human
life, and the social function
of, and ethical restraints on,
humor.
Marisa Wojcikiewicz
Philosophers
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NANCY BUNTING ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE + COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM
New Night Class for Student
and Adult Philosophers
Building upon the success of last
year’s “Historical Jesus” seminar, Hilton
Head Prep began offering a 13-week
night class this fall, “Sophistry, Socrates,
Plato and the Quest for Truth,” for
students, alumni, parents and others in
the community who are interested in
philosophy and intellectual discourse.
Class members explored Socrates as a
historical figure and a character in the
writings of Plato, and discussed the
relevance of Socratic and Platonic ideas
to contemporary questions including
whether or not virtue can be taught,
if truth is relative, and the relationship
between political rhetoric and justice.
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Fall Sports review
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Girls
Tennis – Coach Job de Boer
The numbers say it all. Season team record: 14-0. Season
individual match record: 100-10. Playoff individual match record:
18 matches to 0. Sets won-lost record in the playoffs: 36-0.
Game record in the playoffs: 316-27. Once again, we had a
state-championship winning team consisting of 14 girls, ranging in
level of play from highly-ranked nationally to complete beginner.
Last year, Porter Gaud had managed to draw Hilton Head
Prep in the regular season when the match had to be halted by
darkness. This year, Hilton Head Prep had it wrapped up before
the doubles began. Playoff players Mariana Gould, Sydnee
Wheeler, Ellie Czura, Ellie Zimmermann, Taylor Childress, Catie
Meighan, Katie Rankin and Samantha Kriney were not challenged
by Pinewood Prep in the second round, Hammond School in the
semifinal or Porter Gaud in the final. The closest the team came to
dropping its undefeated status was the match against Pinewood
Prep in early September in which we only had five players, yet
everyone pulled together and we still emerged victorious.
We will lose two seniors this year, including Mariana Gould
(#1), who finished the season 19-0 and will move on to play at the
University of Georgia, and Taylor Childress (#5), who also finished
the season 19-0. Despite the loss of these two key players, we have
plenty of talent returning next year.
Significant contributions were made by newcomer Sydnee
Wheeler (#2), Ellie Czura (#3), Ellie Zimmermann (#4), newcomer,
Catie Meighan (#6), Katie Rankin (#7) and Samantha Kriney
(#8). Cori Leonard (#9) recorded her most important win in the
doubles match that decided the Pinewood Prep meeting. Alyssa
Marotta (#10) recorded a singles win against Beaufort Academy
and a doubles win against Pinewood Prep. Ava Nixon (#11) went
undefeated, and Katie Cadden (#13) and newcomer Charlotte
Ruhlin (#12) gained valuable experience, which will benefit them
next year. Unfortunately, one of our top players, Shannon O’Brien,
was sidelined by injury and did not play an official match this year.
With these talented young ladies moving up through the ranks,
Hilton Head Prep’s tennis future will likely be more of the same –
total domination.
Cross
Country – Coach Liz Nash
We had a great season with all 23 cross country runners
improving throughout the season. One of the biggest strengths of
our program is the camaraderie and mentoring that occurs within a
team of such varied ages.
Our top seven boys and seven girls competed at the state
meet at Heathwood Hall at the end of October in Columbia, SC.
Junior Jackson Henz led the boys’ team, finishing seventh overall
with a personal record time of 17 minutes. His outstanding time
also earned him a spot on the All-State team. The other six boys
on the state team each set personal records at the meet. The boys’
team finished in seventh place out of 13 teams, which was quite an
accomplishment considering the competition. We finished ahead
of a number of bigger schools that have year-round runners
including Heathwood Hall and Ben Lippen School.
The girls’ team was led by sixth grader Tori Herman, who
finished seventeenth overall with personal record time of 20.58.
Five other girls on the state team also set personal records.
We’ll miss the leadership of our seniors Sean Meyers, Marisa
Wojcikiewicz and Megan Frederick but our future looks bright!
Volleyball
– Coach Stephen Graham
The 2013 volleyball season for the Lady Dolphins was a difficult
one, finishing 2-18 for the season. Through it all, the Lady Dolphins
worked hard and always represented the school and themselves
with honor. As every season is a test of character, co-captains
Megan Kelley and Taylor Kent helped strengthen the bond of their
teammates even in the face of adversity. Teammates like Rowan
Baltzley, Carlie Van and Deia Hunt demonstrated what Prep Pride
truly is by never giving up and playing hard until the very end.
As our season rolled on, Riley Brown, Carley Willey, Paige Lucas
and Keira Wojcikiewicz began to show their talents and started
contributing to a competitive season by consistently playing
tough. Newcomers Kara Whiting and Alex Wynne gave us a
good glimpse into future varsity volleyball teams by training hard
during practices and teaching themselves to be ready to go in at a
moment’s notice.
I am proud of their determination and competitive spirit. Taking
a few lessons from my team, I look forward to working harder and
strengthening Hilton Head Prep’s volleyball program in the coming
seasons.
Football
– Coach Kevin Wald
We worked extremely hard over the summer in the weight
room and attended camp to prepare for another solid season. The
hard work led to an exciting 28-7 victory over Colleton Prep in the
opening game. Throughout the season, the team showed great
perseverance as we overcame several season-ending injuries and
battled numerous weekly injuries. In spite of the circumstances,
we never made excuses and continued to play our hardest every
week. We played many solid teams including a major upset
against the highly-favored Bible Baptist and ended the season with
a competitive game against rival Hilton Head Christian Academy.
We will lose eleven seniors who provided outstanding play on
the field and helped build upon a foundation of accountability,
integrity, character and discipline. We will return several players
who gained valuable experience this season, which will help us
next year as we continue to grow and build the program. I couldn’t
be more proud of everyone on the team, all of whom played with
tremendous heart and determination.
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Football
– Coach Mark McDonald
improvement was our team motto this season, with
goals of learning football fundamentals, technique, sportsmanship
and safety as well as building friendships, camaraderie and confidence.
With hard work and determination – from day one in August to the
end of October – the middle school football team realized these
goals. The team had more wins than the scoreboard showed.
During the season there were several close losses demonstrating
that our team was competitive in every game.
Game highlights included taking a strong Colleton Prep
team to a triple overtime and two great wins against Hilton Head
Christian Academy and St. Andrew’s. The team never gave up,
fought through adversity and challenged themselves weekly. From
the locker room banter and bus rides to Friday film and the games,
our players will have many lasting memories of the season.
Sixth graders Matthew Bell, Luke Bennett, Tyler Kriney, Stone
McDonald and Jorge Resto-Meaux made it through the season
without any injuries despite often going against much bigger
opponents. They had a solid showing. Each and every one of them
played every game even though for some, this was their first time
on a football field. Their hard work is a good omen for the future of
Prep football.
Seventh graders Logan Blair, Ben Pellicci, Frank Milbourn,
Michael Santorum and Matthew Sullivan were all starters on the
team. They contributed on both sides of the ball and are wellprepared and eager to lead next year’s team.
Eighth graders Kwame Agyei-Minta, Bryan Allen, Thomas Gulbin,
J.D. Monts, Davis Puckey, Trey Speer, Sam Warren and Tate
Wilkinson were the backbone – and comic relief – of the team. This
supremely talented group of athletes will make headlines at the
varsity level in the years to come.
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Volleyball – Coaches Angela Taylor & Sarah Benedik
A TEAM:
The thirteen eighth graders on the volleyball A team kicked
their season off in high gear at the second annual Tip-Off Volleyball
Tournament where they soundly defeated St. Francis, winning
first place. Olivia Mitchell was named MVP of the tournament.
Throughout the season, the team continued to excel and fight
hard against their opponents including the Hilton Head Christian
Academy’s JV team whom they played to three games. They
ended their 9-4 season on a high note by once again defeating
their toughest competition, St. Francis, in three games. This incredible group of athletes has already begun to demonstrate higher
level skills that will allow them to be a competitive JV team next
year. I’m so proud of their accomplishments this season.
B TEAM:
The B team record does not always reflect the hard work that
a team puts into their season. Among the highlights of this year’s
volleyball B team were the many “personal bests” and the steady
progress the girls made. It was very clear to everyone watching that
every girl improved over the course of this season. I believe our fans
and the team would agree that the definite highlight of our season
was defeating St. Gregory in three games. Hearing a girl say with
excitement in her voice, “Did you see my overhand serve?” or “I
finally got my serve over the net!” were great accomplishments.
However, the greatest accomplishment of all was watching the girls
develop a true love for the sport. I look forward to their continued
participation throughout their years at Hilton Head Prep.
Leslie Richardson &
Cheerleading – Coaches
Missy Santorum
This season, the varsity cheerleaders were dynamite. They
moved like a synchronized machine bringing limitless energy and
taking spirit at Hilton Head Prep to new heights. They started
practicing in June at Cheer Camp where they worked intensely
under the instruction of Betsy Houston, a cheerleader at Sewanee,
University of the South, and two Hilton Head Prep alumni, Clara
Chalk ’11, a cheerleader at Columbia University and Caroline
Santorum ’11, a Coquettes Dance Team member at the University
of South Carolina. The team really bonded over the summer as
they learned new dance routines, stunting and more than 70
cheers.
The team spirit was electric as the cheerleaders welcomed the
players to the field at every football game and showed their talent
with professional-level dance routines during halftime. Each week
at practice, they learned new material and worked to bring new
talent and spirit to the school.
We are so proud of their hard work and determination, which
extended beyond their responsibilities as cheerleaders. They
also served as excellent ambassadors of Hilton Head Prep.
They mentored the Mini Phins, volunteering extra hours to teach
cheers to the young girls and show them what it means to be a
representative of the school.
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Faculty development
visits ranged from teachers observing
lessons outside their discipline to meeting
with administrators and discussing broad
academic and student life policies. Several
colleagues said it was one of the most
fruitful professional development experiences
they’ve had in recent years. It’s one thing
to stay on campus and wrestle with issues
related to school vision and reaccreditation,
which are of course necessary. It’s entirely
another to venture off-campus and witness
how others “do” their jobs.
Our visits sparked conversations that
confirmed elements of the Prep experience.
In some other schools, desks were often
arranged in rows that faced the “sage on
the stage” at the front of the room, creating
By
a teacher-centered environment. At Prep,
Bryan VanGronigen,
US Social Sciences
most classrooms have desks and tables
Department Chair
arranged so all students can see each other
and
and participate. This change, while minor
Matt Dakolios,
in physicality, has altered fundamentally
MS Mathematics
the way our students interact. They are
better engaged with one another and
ohn C. Dana, a major patron of libraries, collaborate more often during a typical
penned a critical piece of advice for
class period. Also, in the past few years, we
educators: “who dares to teach must never have redesigned several core aspects of
cease to learn.” Teaching can be unique
our curricula to focus on growth and actual
when it comes to professional development learning instead of the traditional “drill and
and the creation and implementation of
ideas and policies. Indeed, our professors
So instead of teaching the “what” and “when,”
from graduate school often talked about
“reform du jour.” Administrators, consulting we educators need to coach students to ask the
“why” and “how.” They need to learn how to ask the
firms, and the like develop “new” ways
to do things – but the main quandary
right questions and be resourceful and efficient –
in today’s educational world is the shelf
those are the skills of tomorrow, and Prep is on the
life of these ideas. They can often expire
way to making this happen each and every day.
with personnel changes or sit in a binder
collecting dust. Moreover, teaching can be
a very isolating profession. Conversations
regurgitate” model. This has elevated class
But simply employing something just
among colleagues about the craft itself
dialogue to center more on how something because it’s “new” isn’t always the best
are often few and far between because
came to pass rather than when it came to
option. Conversations among all interested
we’re all busy teaching, coaching, advising, pass or who was involved.
parties must occur – things need to be torn
planning, grading, and attempting to have
It is equally important that students
apart, rebuilt, tested, and revised, which is
a life outside work. As a result, the time to
engage each other in the dialogue. In
what we’ve been doing with many facets
ask the necessary “what if” and “why not”
debriefing after our visits, we were convinced of the school in recent years. Here at Prep,
questions are usually left to post-planning
that schools that promoted active versus
we strive to be a “community of learners,”
each June. Considering the pace of change passive student participation, rather than a
an ideology that faculty and staff members,
in education today, that structure might be
more traditional model where students wait administrators, and students work alongside
too costly, both in terms of productivity and their turn and the teacher is the sole driving one another, not above or below, towards
opportunity.
force of instruction, were far more effective
personal and professional growth. To some,
Recently, faculty members spent a day
in making the learning more relevant and
this model is radical because it can turn
visiting other schools to learn what they do
thus more likely to lead to greater retention. traditional education upside-down. Yet, it
well, reflect on our own practice, and build
Recently at Prep, we’ve made it a priority to must be part of the conversation. We are all
education networks that extend beyond the empower students to take an active role in
partners in this process.
island. Over the Columbus Day weekend,
the lesson. They are encouraged to develop
Today’s students have access to a nearly
40 Prep faculty and staff members traveled
a voice and own their path through Socratic unfathomable amount of information. So
to college-prep schools from Charleston
seminars, organized debates, project-based instead of teaching the “what” and “when,”
to Ocala, Florida. Activities during the
learning, long-term assignments, and
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Innovative Learning in
Sixth Grade Humanities
By Ron Simmons, Head of Middle & Upper Schools
T
he first thing you notice when you walk into Mary Ann
Cyr’s sixth-grade humanities classroom is that it doesn’t
look like a regular classroom. It looks more like a workroom, with spaces designated by furniture for different
activities. There are no desks; instead, five tables and chairs sit at
odd angles in front of a large white board mounted on the wall.
The walls are white and the only decoration on them – other than
a wall-sized world map – are the words in black letters “Why?”,
“Really?”, What’s the Big Idea?”, “Who says so?”, and “What else?”.
The other half of the room is open, with a cozy rug on the floor,
several bookcases and 16 soft backrests. The focal point of this
part of the classroom appears to be the library of teen and pre-teen
literature. Clearly, something non-traditional happens here.
Inspired by the work of renowned Maine teacher and author,
Nancie Atwell, Mrs. Cyr facilitates humanities learning by
integrating reading and writing with geography, history, economics,
government, social life and culture, religion, languages and
technology. But instead of using a textbook to teach a world
view, the humanities curriculum guides the students in
exploring topic-rich countries (Kenya, Vietnam, Mexico,
Pakistan, Germany, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) in order
to understand the larger connections both inside countries and
between countries.
“Instead of the ‘whats’ and ‘whens’ of every country in the world,
we examine the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of eight significant countries,”
explains Mrs. Cyr.
Students self-select and research topics from each country and
enthusiastically present their findings to the class one-by-one to
create a deeper understanding of the country and its place in the
world, both past and present. Together with Mrs. Cyr, the students
then conduct a major review, followed by assessments that require
discernment and contrast of what it means to live in another nation.
In addition to their social studies work, sixth graders spend
much of their time reading. They choose their own books, and
share their ideas and recommendations about them in Book Talks.
Mrs. Cyr keeps track of the books they read and encourages students
to try different genres. Last year’s class read over 500 books and this
year’s class is on track to do the same.
Students are quick to tell visitors – and parents – how much
they enjoy being able to choose their own reading. That’s another
thing you might notice on a visit to the classroom: during in-class
reading time, the room is silent as all students and their teacher are
deeply engrossed in their books.
In addition to student book selections, Mrs. Cyr has incorporated
the Classics into the program, in an innovative format. Each
Tuesday and Thursday she shows them a book considered a
classic, such as “The Great Gatsby” or “Moby Dick.” The students
take down the title and author for their notebooks, and listen to
a summary of the story along with relevant contextual history,
followed by an excerpt from the book.
Further emphasizing the power of the written word is the
reading and discussion of their morning poem. Mrs. Cyr chooses
classic poems as well as poems published by other students. As
the year progresses, the students develop a higher level of critically
thinking about all of their reading which helps them develop and
improve their writing.
The writing piece of the curriculum is also non-traditional.
Instead of workbooks, students review language conventions in
Mrs. Cyr’s mini-lessons. Each piece of writing undergoes several
drafts and each time one draft is completed, she discusses ways to
improve it with individual students so that each student concentrates on what he or she really needs. This way, the teacher can help
each student improve in ways that are entirely relevant to his or her
writing. Students complete several major writing pieces during the
year including memoirs, essays, book reviews, poems and research.
When asked to sum up what she sees as the major benefit of
sixth grade humanities, Mrs. Cyr offers three reasons why she’s
such an advocate for Hilton Head Prep’s approach to humanities: “It works well in helping students become better thinkers
and evaluators. It is particularly beneficial in helping them grasp
the connectedness of so many aspects of our complex world. And
finally, it is helping them love reading. What more could we ask?”
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One Conversation at a Time
practical application via interdisciplinary
assessments. For instance, in every Prep
middle and upper school math classroom,
the walls are packed with whiteboards to
permit every student to demonstrate
progress and work together towards
mastery. This physical adjustment along
with purposeful classroom design further
exemplify how Prep is committed to its
philosophy of growth, learning, and
enhancing student engagement.
And while affirmation is certainly good
for the soul, an essential part of each visit
in October was bringing back ideas to
consider that could further aid Prep’s vision
in becoming a dynamic, transformative, and
exemplary school. New ideas discussed
these past few weeks ranged from the
very large – investigating the feasibility of a
semester system, devising a student
ambassador program, creating a full-scale
summer school, formulating “cornerstone”
interdisciplinary assessments, and implementing the International Baccalaureate
(IB) framework into existing courses – to the
procedurally small – revising the student cell
phone policy, taking attendance via smart
phones, and rethinking the dress code.
Again, these are just ideas, but they speak
to something that is so valuable in today’s
world: innovation. Education policies,
procedures, and best practices created five
– even two – years ago might already need
reconsidering or reshaping.
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A student’s perspective
T
on the third day the situation changed. There was a heavy fog that
here is no denying that everyone has his own American
day, the war minister used hundreds of boats and put many jackDream. So the definition of the American Dream is
straws on the boat to go against Wu. When the enemy saw that
not the same. Most people’s American Dream is to be
there were a lot of boats and something like soldiers standing on
successful and happy. Then there is the question: Can all people
be successful? In other words, can all people realize their American it, they thought they were being attacked. They shot at them with
millions of arrows. The war minister just waited there and after a
Dream? Many people think that if they can try their best and
concentrate on the job they have, they can be successful. But from few minutes the Wu army turned back to their country. Finally the
Shu army got enough arrows and then they won the battle. From
my point of view, only some of the hardworking people can be
this story we can see it was lucky that they got enough arrows in
successful and live a happy life. The reason is that working hard is
time. If it had been a sunny day I think that country would have
not the only thing that makes you successful. You also need luck
lost the battle.
and opportunities to realize your dream.
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said: “To
Some people succeed with hard work, but not luck.
“Another
be
successful
in business, you need a little luck. And
Harland Sanders was so confident in his ability to fry
way of looking
he said, “You need lucky breaks to be successful …
chicken that he used the last money he had in the world at equality of
to create a business you’ve got to, initially, work day
and invested it in his restaurant and at that time he was
opportunity is
and night, weekends. It’s really hard work. But lots
seventy years old. Less than 10 years later, Sanders had
to ask to what
of people do that and do not succeed. And, so, those
more than 600 Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in
extent the life
who have succeeded do need to thank our lucky
the U.S. and Canada. In 1964, he sold his interest in the chances of
stars for the breakthroughs that got us to the top.”
company for $2 million to a group of investors. Yes, we
a child are
Mr. Branson is a very successful businessman and his
can say that Mr. Sanders succeeded because of working
dependent on
success could not be without luck. This proves that
hard, not luck. The people who succeed with luck are
the education
luck is very important.
still more numerous than those who are hardworking.
and income of
Secondly, opportunities are not completely equal.
That can also support my point that to be successful and his parents.”
Because of the gap between the poor and the rich,
realize your American Dream you need both hard work
– Joseph E. Stiglitz
equality of opportunity does not exist, especially in
and luck.
education. The children from the rich families can get
Nevertheless, luck is a very important element that
a better education than those from poor families. At
can ensure success. Let’s take the Apple Company
the same time, the rich class has more social relationships that can
for example. Nowadays products from Apple are very popular. But
also help them to get opportunities. In China if you are a governwhat if not so many people liked their products? Would Apple
ment officer’ son or daughter then you will get more opportunities
be as successful now if fewer people liked their products? When
than others do.
a person succeeds, without any doubts that it is because of
Although nowadays there are many political policies that
his or her hard work. But luck has a lot to do with it. Being
try to advance equality of education, real equal opportunity
successful without some luck is almost impossible.
cannot be reached. As we all know, in order to make education
The French emperor Napoleon said of one of his
equal, the U.S. government lays out a free educagenerals, “I know he is good, but is he lucky?”
tion system for the children. Children
Napoleon knew that even diligence
can get free education until they are
and talent cannot make up for bad
eighteen years old. It is true that this
luck. Throughout history, there are
gives opportunities to those children in
many great inventions and discoveries
poor families, but it cannot change the
that are based on a lucky mistake or
situation now.
a lucky chance. It is known to all
In the “Equal Opportunity, Our
that Columbus found America, but
Country Myth,” the author Joseph E.
you cannot deny that it was a lucky
Stiglitz said, “Another way of looking
mistake. He was really looking for
at equality of opportunity is to ask to
India. He went to the wrong place
what extent the life chances of
and because of this lucky mistake,
a child are dependent on the
he found America!
education and income of his
In ancient China during
parents. Is it just as likely that
the Sango era there was a very
a child of poor or poorly
famous war between two couneducated parents gets a
tries, Shu and Wu. In that war,
good education and rises to
Shu was not as strong as Wu,
the middle class as someone
it had fewer weapons and
born to middle-class parents
soldiers. The battle was coming
with college degrees? Even in a more
soon, and the war minister for Shu
egalitarian society, the answer would
asked the prime minister to build
be no. But the life prospects of
3 million arrows in three days.
That’s an impossible mission, but
Dear Prep Community:
In last year’s Perspectives I noted that changes in the world around us have created
new challenges, particularly as we forecast future enrollment. I’m pleased to note that the
response to that challenge resulted in welcoming 90 new students and adding a Digital
Learning Academy that supports independent study not only by our students but also
members of the community not formally enrolled as full-time Prep students. Perhaps
equally important – and still true for the coming year – I also noted we’re energized by the
progress but significant work remains to ensure we continue to meet our students’ needs.
Our core values are academics, school family, the individual and service. As we work to
maintain our vision of being a dynamic, transformative and exemplary independent school,
you continue to help achieve that vision by setting the example of service through your
philanthropy.
We successfully kicked off our re-branded Inspire a Mind Fund. The funding for
our new Digital Learning Academy was provided by a generous donor. Contributions for
technology at last year’s Jubilee have been turned into computers for our faculty’s use in
the classroom. The common area between the Lower and Upper School was renovated.
I could continue to list the improvements and changes but suffice to say that you help to
make the difference in Prep being an outstanding school. Prep relies on the generosity of
the community to reach our goals and we are very lucky to have you.
We announced in October that Jon Hopman had been hired as our next headmaster
for the 2014-15 school year. Jon is eagerly looking forward to being here full time.
I want to thank all who supported the school through the Inspire a Mind Fund, the
Booster Club, the Arts Guild and other giving opportunities. I also want to thank everyone
who gave so generously of their time and talent for the good of the school community. The
following pages note donors who helped to Inspire a Mind in the 2012-13 school year, as
well as those who supported the endowment and technology efforts. We are tremendously
grateful for your support.
Sincerely,
Stephen H. Marbut
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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Chinese student Henry Yi
wrote the following for an assignment
in his American Studies class.
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Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
Mick ’84 and Stephanie Pullon*
Hadley Puntereri ’00
Michael Riley and Kathryn
Ramseur-Riley*+
Woody and Regi Rennie
Jeff and Jill Reuben
Lois Richardson*
Mark Richardson ’86*
Peter and Carol Ryan
Tiffany Santini*+
Dan and Missy Santorum*+
Philip and Carol Schembra
Chris Schembra ’06*
Linda Shaffer
Martha Sheehan
Dan and Shannon Sheehan*
Ellis and Donna Shookman
Cheryl Shookman*
Ron and Helen Simmons*
Keith Smith ’85+
Angela Smock ’88
Jim and Bobbie Somerville*+
Staples
James and Cindy Steinmetz*+
Fred and Elaine Steinmetz*+
Nathan and Kacy Stevens*
Bob and Nancy Sulek*
Bud and Paige Sullivan
Brad and Jennifer Talbert
Target Take Charge of Education
Bruce and Angela Taylor*
Tennis Association of
Hilton Head Island
William and Mary Katherine
Toomer*+
Michael and Jennifer Tucker*
Bryan VanGronigen
William and Nancy Vennes*
Kevin and Kristen Wald
Jean Warren ’87*
John Wigington and
Frances Worthy*+
Ben Wolfe*
Candace Woodson
Jeff and Melanie Wynne
Randy and Jackie Young*+
Hilton Head Preparatory School
2011 - 2012 Inspire a Mind Fund
Endowment Gifts
Yvette Acuff**
Anonymous**
Paula Atherton**
Lindsay Bunting**
Sally and John Cardamone**
Holly and Mark Connelly**
Jeff and Kelley Devincentis**
Leighton and Mary Ann Dodd**
Robin Fulton**
Bill Grand**
Allene and Paul Hall**
Victoria and Kevin Halloran**
Bobby and Elizabeth Honcock**
David and Joan Herskovits**
Hilton Head Prep Arts Guild
Hilton Head Prep Parents
Association
Hilton Head Prep Booster Club
Suzanne Huey**
Paul and Vesna Jurist**
Patricia Leonard**
Nannellyn Lloyd**
Ingrid Low**
James and Peggy Muth**
June and Michael O’Driscoll**
Kevin and Robin Orford**
Jon Scott**
S. R. and Linda Silver
James and Kristina Tracy**
Suzan Weber**
Mark Weiler**
John and Stella Wilmot**
Jean Wilmot**
Wendy Yellin**
Total
ConstituentGifts
1035
3.48%
$54,250 12
12
100.00%
Corporation $9,069 14
370
3.78%
$102,642 81
260
31.15%
$4,758 61
62
98.39%
$11,209 18
467
3.85%
Grandparent $26,876 26
272
9.56%
Anonymous $88,000 1
1
100.00%
$302,137 249
2479
Faculty
Past Parent & Friends
Gifts in support
of Technology
Maryann Bastnagel
Todd and Sarah Brooks
Bob and Karen Buterbaugh
Jamie Campbell and
Ardleigh Young
Peter and Pam Cooper
Ralph and Ellen Dupps
Steve and Cindy Duvall
Bobby and Elizabeth Hancock
Gary and Kathy Joyner
Steve and Johnna Marbut
Joe and Jennifer Nahman
Patrick Orie
Scot and Kendra Parsick
Jason and Kate Presley
Paul and Susan Rankin
Jeff and Jill Reuben
Rich and Tami Speer
Dan and Shannon Stratton
Andrew and Didi Summers
Kirk and Anna Warshaw
Burt and Marilee Willey
John and Catherine Woerheide
Eric Wojcikiewicz and
Jamie Berndt
Jeff and Melanie Wynne
36
Current Parent
2.5
Total Total Percentage
DonorsProspectsParticipation
Alumnus $5,333 Board Member
17
217
Endowment Fund Value - June 30
2.0
Millions of Dollars
2012 - 2013 ANNUAL REPORT
Around
2012
- 2013the
ANNUAL
Campus
REPORT
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1
The Inspire a Mind Fund is the heart of Hilton Head Preparatory School’s fundraising program. The annual support of
the ongoing school operations is critical in allowing Prep to continue its excellent programs. We thank all of the donors
who have supported this important endeavor.
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013
* given to the annual fund for 3 consecutive years + increased gift over previous year ** Nancy Bunting ‘05 Enrichment Experience Fund
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2012 - 2013 Annual report
I was born in Virginia;
however, when I was a few
months old my parents took
me to Africa where I spent
most of my childhood. My
father worked for the government, so we moved
every few years between Virginia and various countries in Africa.
Where did
you grow up?
Tuition and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,218,853 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1
Less: Financial Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,361,006). . . . . . . . . . . . Scholarships and Tuition Remission. . . . . . . . .$(449,271). . . . . . . . . . . . Net Tuition and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,408,576 . . . . . 88.56%
Private Gifts, Grants and Special Events. . . . . . . . . . . . $368,770 . . . . . . 7.41%
18
Endowment Contribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $119,090 . . . . . . 2.39%
Miscellaneous Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,382 . . . . . . 1.63%
Total Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,977,818 . . . . 100.00%
Physical Plant
Maintenance
& Insurance
Auxilliary
Expenses
Technology
Expenses
Instructional
and Student
Activities
2012 - 2013 Expenses
Faculty, Staff and Administrative
Payroll and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,964,493. . . . . . . 74.94%
Instructional and Student Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . $240,336.. . . . . . . . . 4.54%
Technology Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $198,320.. . . . . . . . . 3.75%
Administrative Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $316,742. . . . . . . . . 5.99%
Physical Plant Maintenance and Insurance. . . . . $513,259. . . . . . . . . 9.70%
Auxiliary Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,413. . . . . . . . . 1.09%
Total Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,290,563. . . . . . 100.00%
I was very shy and uninvolved my freshman
year
of public high school. After my freshman
What were
year,
my parents were transferred to Sudan, so I
you like in
was
enrolled
in a boarding school in Maryland.
high school?
Even though the learning curve was very steep
my first year, I thrived academically, athletically
and socially in the private school environment. By my senior year I
was involved in every aspect of student life, which included being
captain of each of my teams, an honor roll student, a prefect,
president of the student council and a big brother.
It’s very hard to pick just one person
as a favorite teacher because there
are so many people who have had an
impact on me. But these are the ones
who stand out:
•M
rs. Morris in third grade, because that is where I learned it is
possible to walk in a straight line, not to talk and to keep my
hands to myself.
•M
r. Collins in high school, because he encouraged us to think
outside of the box and taught with such enthusiasm and
respect for the students.
• My father taught me the importance of patience.
•M
y children taught me about unconditional love. I didn’t know
what unconditional love was until I had them.
Who was your
favorite teacher?
Administrative
Expenses
Faculty, Staff and
Administrative
Payroll and Benefits
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New
Headmaster
the Campus
Tuition and
Fees
2012 - 2013 Revenues
Getting to know
Jon Hopman
In October, the Hilton Head Preparator School
Board of Trustees announced that Jon Hopman,
assistant headmaster of Montverde Academy in
Florida, had been selected as the new headmaster
of Hilton Head Prep, beginning July 1, 2014. In a
letter from the board, Chairman Steve Marbut said
that Jon’s breadth of experience, character, reputation
and leadership qualities were ideally suited to leading
Hilton Head Prep in the years ahead.
Although Jon met with a number of parents,
students, alumni, faculty and staff over the course
of the selection process, we sat down with Jon for a
few minutes to give the wider Prep community the
opportunity to get to know him as well.
Endowment Miscellaneous
Private Gifts, Contribution
Income
Grants and
Special Events
The first day I set foot on my
boarding school campus was
the third day of early football
camp. I recall joining the team
mid-way through practice, and
the first drill of my initiation just
happened to be a hitting drill. I had to resist the primal instinct to flee
when I peered across and saw that my hitting partner was a senior
at least three times my size! The defining moment was when I had
to muster the courage to charge full speed ahead and collide with
my partner. I lived! I learned that courage will help you overcome
any situation, and in this case I gained the respect of my classmates
and the coaches. This experience laid the foundation for my future in
boarding school. No one knew I only sat on the bench my freshman
year and that I was deathly afraid. I walked away from that experience
Can you recall a specific
life defining moment in
high school?
Pictured with Jon and his wife Mindy are his children Hunter, a
seventh grader and Haylee, a fourth grader.
understanding that I had been given a fresh start, and from that
moment forward I could re-define who I was.
Take advantage of every
opportunity that presents itself
and then go out and seek less
obvious opportunities. Decide
what kind of person you want to
be, how you can have a positive
impact in your school or community,
and set goals for yourself. Please
don’t wish away your high school
experience only because you
want to get to the next stage in
life. Every person has the freedom
to make the best of their experience, so appreciate the gifts you
have been given and make a difference.
What advice would
you give our high
school students as
they are working
towards graduating
from high school
and getting into
the college of their
choice?
I was surprised and
disappointed to find
that my first two years of
college were pretty much
a repeat of my high school
curriculum. My private school experience prepared me so well
that my transition into college was easy and enjoyable. (John
attended George Mason University with a B.A. and received an
M.A. from Stetson University.)
What surprised you the
most about your college
experience?
My family is always on the move. My
wife and I support our children in each
of their endeavors. Our children are
involved in all aspects of our school
and church, and they also love to play
sports. My son loves to play lacrosse,
tennis and just about anything that
involves action. My daughter has become enthralled with
gymnastics, so a majority of her time is spent in the gym. My wife,
Mindy, is passionate about ministry and spends a great deal of
time serving in the community, leading our school FCA and Bible
study clubs, and writing for women’s ministry. As a family we love
Tell us a little
about your
family and their
interests?
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OnLine Learning
The Digital Learning Academy and
Future of Online Learning
By Tina Webb-Browning, US Science Chair
1
20
H
ow can an independent school in a
small community remain competitive
when technology makes it so easy for students
to receive a diploma without ever stepping
foot inside a “bricks and mortar” school?
This is the question that the Hilton
Head Prep Board of Trustees and school
administrators began asking two years
ago while developing the school’s fiveyear strategic vision. With today’s rapidly
changing educational landscape, we are no
longer just competing against other schools
in the area; we are now competing against
an increasing number of online programs,
which give students the flexibility to
pursue their passions while still obtaining a
high school diploma.
After a number of discussions over
–Tony Wagner the summer break, the idea for the Hilton
Education Fellow of the Head Preparatory School Digital Learning
Harvard Technology and Academy was born. But what did this
Entrepreneurship mean? Where do we start? How do we
Center pull this together?
I approached these questions the way
our students approach Science Fair – with research. While visiting
my son in Hawaii over the break, I visited a number of NAISaccredited schools in the Honolulu area that were engaged in online,
global educational programming. My “ah-ha” moment came to me
while visiting the Wo International Center at The Punahou School.
I was immediately struck by the bustling activity and the number
of students who were actively involved in pursuing their passions
during summer school in late June.
I also attended a session, “Re-Thinking Learning, Inspiring
Innovation,” at the Hilton Head Institute’s Imagination 2013
Conference, where Innovative Education Fellow Tony Wagner of
the Harvard Technology and Entrepreneurship Center said, “Today,
because knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device,
what you know matters far less than what you can do with what
you know. The capacity to innovate and skills like critical thinking,
communication and collaboration are far more important than
academic knowledge.”
But it wasn’t until I attended a symposium in Boston to learn
more about edX, MIT’s non-profit online learning initiative, that I
began to more clearly see the tremendous growth potential for our
Digital Learning Program. In between discussions about Massive
Online Open Courses (MOOC’s), the importance of digital
portfolios, the influence of online classes, learning management
systems, increasing educational and professional development
“Today, because
knowledge is
available on every
Internet-connected
device, what you
know matters far
less than what you
can do with what
you know. The
capacity to
innovate and skills
like critical thinking,
communication
and collaboration
are far more
important than
academic
knowledge.”
I
To deliver and maintain a stable, secure & flexible technology environment
that supports an academic community of learners who are
Collaborative, Connected, Innovative and Globally Aware.
By Maryann Bastnagel
opportunities with blending learning, I realized how important it was
for Hilton Head Prep to continue nurturing this idea of integrating
digital learning with the power of face-to-face relationships – an idea
that found its foundation in our own Digital Learning Academy.
Over the past year, we have made great strides in the use of
technology in our classrooms. With new teacher devices and
upgrades to our network, Hilton Head Prep was more than
adequately prepared to embark on this new “digital learning”
landscape. All we needed was the space.
Through the contributions of a generous donor, we created a
dedicated online learning classroom and added a number of cubicles
and new computers. We also hired a full-time learning coach to help
supervise and assist students, who now have all the benefits of a flexible
program in a traditional school setting. Some of our traditional diploma
students have also begun taking full advantage of the expanded
curriculum to work on coursework in French, Latin, and computer
science. Students are no longer limited by a traditional course catalog!
We have come a long way, but we have only begun to write the
script for our Digital Learning Academy.
Gilbert Ramseur, the newest member of our Science Department,
is currently using Vernier data collection devices and probes to measure
light and dark reactions in a marine environment. The class is analyzing
data from water columns that have no visible organisms. Through this
technology they can prove that photosynthetic process is “alive and
well.” The microorganisms and algae are doing their job.
Now, imagine this: What if we could share our data with schools up
and down the East Coast, or better yet, establish Hilton Head Prep as
the premier high school in which to study marine science and
actually have our teacher teaching to schools across the United States or
throughout the world? Through the Hybrid Learning Consortium these
possibilities exist and they are very interested in adding Hilton Head Prep
to their select schools that teach to the world. Imagine our students sitting
“virtually” alongside others with the same passion from the West Coast,
the Pacific Islands, or even China as they study Design Thinking, Asian
Studies & the Impact of History on Current Culture, Globalization and
Cultural Diversity, or Essentials for Entrepreneurialism!
Or imagine this possibility: Hilton Head Prep students developing
digital portfolios for college admissions that include snippets of
debates from their freshman Western Civilization class, their science
fair presentation from their sophomore year, a writing sample from
their junior Advanced Placement Literature Class, and their senior
level statistics project.
Hilton Head Prep’s unique, personalized approach to each
student’s education provides individual students with the opportunity
to pursue their passions beyond the confines of a traditional
academic curriculum. Our teachers are working each day to unleash
the possibilities in our students. Our students are curious, bright
and motivated, and through continued professional development
opportunities Prep has been able to insure that our students will be
provided with not only abundant, but also novel opportunities to
feed that curiosity and cultivate that creative thought.
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To deliver on this Strategic Vision, the Committee recognized that Hilton Head Prep
must address its existing technology challenges, develop a proactive plan for the adoption of technology in the classroom and in other learning environments, and secure the
appropriate level of funding to ensure immediate and continuous upgrades to the
technologies that teachers, students and staff require for effective operations. The plan and its investment roadmap were presented to the
board of trustees in May and were unanimously approved.
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Move to
the Cloud
The Technology Strategy consists of
three implementation phases:
n Introduce MS 365,
Phase 1, “Fix the Foundation,” is the most critical
n Increase
Internet Capacity
SharePoint and /or Google
& Performance
phase
as it establishes a solid platform for future investApps for Content Management
n Leverage Managed
ments. Phase 1 consists of four significant technology
& Collaboration
Services
n Migrate Blackbaud to the
projects:
n Simplify Prep’s Technology
Cloud
1. Resolve Hilton Head Prep’s Internet access and
Environment
n Explore Cloud-based
performance issues.
n Commence replacement
email/communications
of faculty & classroom
2.
Address technology support bottlenecks by
n Continue replacement
technology
reducing on-campus infrastructure and leveraging
of faculty & classroom
technology
an outsourced, managed services model.
Fix the
Foundation
3. Simplify Hilton Head Prep’s technology environment by eliminating non-supported, non-standard
Provide Continuous
Teacher & Student Technology Training
tools and adopting industry-standard operating
systems,
applications and tools.
Enable Future
4. Replace inadequate faculty technology devices and
Educational platforms
introduce a disciplined approach for technology asset
n Support Technology for Online Learning
Environments & “Flipped Classrooms”
configuration and maintenance.
Technology
Strategy
Phased Approach
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1
3
n Support Digital Textbooks & Learning
Materials
Work started in late May on the projects associated with Phase
1. As of the end of September, a number of technology upgrades
have been implemented at Hilton Head Prep, including:
n A second internet circuit was added to campus. This 50Mg, dedicated,
symmetrical circuit from Hargray enables more robust internet access and
improved performance for teachers and students. The TimeWarner cable
circuit remains as a secondary resource and provides support for guest
internet access.
n Hilton Head Prep’s servers have been simplified with a standard, Microsoft Windows
image that supports daily operations. Unnecessary and unsupported applications and
tools have been removed from the environment.
n Management for Hilton Head Prep’s servers and the Cisco data network have been
outsourced to a third-party managed services provider that also provides nightly
backups of all server files and improved security services.
n All teachers have received new Dell laptop computers to replace their old desktops.
Another positive change in technology occurred in late June when Hilton Head Prep
welcomed new Technology Support Specialist, Jason Ewert, who provides on-site
technology support for faculty and students.
Technology is critical to supporting the educational experience at Hilton Head Prep.
The work that has been done this year to upgrade our technology environment provides
a firm foundation for future investments that will continue to support Hilton Head Prep’s
educational goals.
n Enable On-Line Assessments
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technology
Hilton Head Prep
Establishes Stable,
Secure & Flexible
Technology
Environment
n early 2013, Hilton Head Prep formed a new Technology Committee with the purpose
of defining a strategic plan and multi-year technology implementation roadmap. The
Technology Committee was comprised of 12 individuals, including
students, faculty and parents. This group recognized that a strategic plan and roadmap
would help outline the investment required for the technology infrastructure that will
support the consistent delivery of an extraordinary educational experience for all students
at Hilton Head Prep. The Committee defined the following strategic vision for technology:
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International students
Pottery Club
International
Imaginings
Drumline
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
School Teambuilding
Spirit Week Activities
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Learning about
the game of
football.
Pooh Pals
International
students recently
toured landmarks
in Savannah as
part of a study on
architecture and
culture.
Supporting our student
athletes at sporting
events.
By Vanessa Palmer, Upper School ESL
I
magine being on the other side of
the world for Thanksgiving. You are
surrounded by people who don’t look
like you, don’t speak your language, don’t
celebrate Thanksgiving, and maybe have
never even heard of Thanksgiving. If they
have heard of it, they don’t understand it.
You don’t get the day off, no one is going
to wish you Happy Thanksgiving and you
won’t get to see your family. You heard that
there might be one shop where you can get
some pumpkin pie … but where is it?
This was my experience for many years
every Thanksgiving when I lived in England
and it is also the experience of our international students who come here to study
each year.
With the increase in the number of
international students, a new effort is
underway at Hilton Head Prep to help
foster a more supportive environment and
help ease their transition into our school. My
hiring is one of these new initiatives!
As the upper school ESL teacher, I work very
closely with this unique and talented group
of students and have been amazed
at their progress this year.
With the increase in the number of
international students, a new effort
is underway at Hilton Head Prep to
help foster a more supportive
environment and help ease their
transition into our school.
This fall, a group of our Chinese
students asked to give a presentation to
their peers during the morning meeting
about Mid-Autumn Festival, the biggest
annual holiday in China. After an amusing
recounting of the ancient legend replete
with modern-day non-sequiturs by Wayne,
Miranda spoke about ancient traditions
associated with the festival, Kevin told us
about the current traditions and Shade
described the various ways Moon Cake can
be made. Krystal spoke wistfully about her
own family celebrations, including staying
up under the full moon until the wee hours
of the morning, talking with family and
friends. The response from the school body
was stunning, as they responded appreciatively
during the presentation and gave the Chinese
students a standing ovation at the end.
In an effort to raise the general level
of international awareness at the school,
Tina Webb-Browning [US Science
Department Chair] and Katy Hudak [US
English Department Chair] are heading up
a new program to give all students, faculty
and staff, international and domestic,
the opportunity to speak at the morning
meeting about any international or cultural
holiday or tradition that is meaningful to
them. If you are a domestic student and
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students
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Chorus
have a Russian grandfather with whom you
always celebrated a certain Russian holiday
or tradition, you are invited to participate
and share your story.
The international students have also
contributed to school life in a myriad ways.
Kevin Wang took it upon himself to commandeer two pottery wheels in the middle school
in order to start a pottery club. Not only has
he organized a rotation for students who wish
to join the club, he is on hand – master potter
that he is – to guide and advise those budding
artisans who need support.
Krystal Deng and Shade Zhang joined
the Hilton Head Prep choir. As their ESL
teacher, I am particularly pleased because of
the positive ramifications this will have on
their enunciation and vocabulary. I feel
similarly about Wayne Wang, Miranda
Zou and Krystal Deng’s involvement in
the production of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.” It was a great experience for them.
Shade Zhang even used her artistic and
stylistic talents to design sets for the play.
Jason Leonard, who teaches Chinese to
domestic students, has organized a language
exchange, where native Chinese speakers
help domestic students with their Chinese
and domestic students help native Chinese
students with their English. I’ve already heard
some Chinese students say, “I’m going to ask
my language partner to help me with this.”
It is very difficult for a Chinese speaker
to learn English. In Chinese there are no
multi-syllable words. I first noticed that
when listening to the Chinese students
read English. They would say the first two
syllables of a multi-syllable word and then
trail off. I had to explain to them that in
English, every syllable is pronounced. We
did a lot of drills and practice with syllables,
and then for their quiz I gave them the
hardest multi-syllabic word I knew, on
the theory that if they could say this word,
they could pronounce anything. You will
remember it from your childhood, it’s the
word you use when you don’t have any
words to express how great you feel, the
biggest word you’ve ever heard:
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
A good 80% of the students have
actually “got” that word now, and none of
them have that trailing off at the end of
the word when confronted with the angry
beast of a four- or five-syllable word. They
are child’s play now.
Overall, I have been really impressed
with the way the students have assimilated,
with their teamwork, their group camaraderie
and their positive spirit – aside from the
normal teenage complaints about how
much work they have to do, of course!
Working with them this year has been
a real pleasure and joy, I just can’t
explain how I feel; it’s been …
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
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Grandparents Day
lower school
There’s something
special about
Hilton Head Prep’s
“Grandparents and
Special Friends Day.”
Lower school students
can hardly contain
their excitement
as they show their
grandparents
their classrooms,
introduce their
teachers, create fun
holiday crafts and
sing songs in a
special performance.
in Lower School
By Jane Inglis, Head of Lower School
I
n lower school, our main focus is on
differentiated or customized instruction,
which involves taking a student where they
are academically and challenging them
to work above grade level expectations, or
work together with a teacher to reinforce
a needed concept. Students are taught
individually, in small collaborative groups
and as a whole group. Customized learning,
using Smartboards and document cameras,
enrich all aspects of our curriculum and
inspire students in Junior Kindergarten
through fifth grade to become more
engaged in learning.
In first through fifth grades, we personalize
Accelerated Math using an on-line computer
program that creates math assignments
tailored to each student’s current math level,
monitors progress and makes data-driven
decisions to guide each mathematician to
success. Children can login to Accelerated
Math at home and continue to advance
their skills. Feedback is ongoing and scores
earned at home are transferred to school
as students continue to advance to higher
levels.
Third, fourth and fifth graders also
take part in Continental Math League,
an international program that includes
challenging problem-solving tasks that
students can practice at school and home.
Critical thinking skills are acquired through
daily practice. Students compete in five
Continental Math League tests throughout
the year against international students.
In Kindergarten through fifth grade,
students enjoy the Think Tank program to
develop higher thinking skills. Individual
problem-solving tasks are organized
sequentially and given to students at their
developmental instructional level. Students
in Kindergarten use educational apps on
an iPad to differentiate and enrich core
curriculum.
Customized learning is also taking place
through our Fountas and Pinnell differentiated
reading program. Students are evaluated in
this program upon enrollment and begin to
learn in small collaborative groups at their
instructional level. One reading group may
be working on comprehension strategies
while another group works on syllabication
or long vowels. This comprehensive reading
program develops intrinsic motivation as
students are challenged at their developmental
level and meet with success.
Writing has an important emphasis in
lower school. Students at all grade levels have
writing goals based on their developmental
level. Higher level writing is encouraged at a
young age and students begin research skills
in second grade and independent writing
projects using a computer in fourth and fifth.
Struggling writers meet one-on-one with a
teacher to strengthen skills.
All lower school students from our
youngest in Junior Kindergarten to older
students in fifth grade work on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
projects. These teambuilding groups work
on open-ended projects and build problemsolving skills collectively. Students revise
projects throughout the building process
before reaching completion. These projects,
presented in a facilitated learning environment,
help to develop skills necessary to compete
in our technological and innovative world.
The examples of differentiated teaching
and learning are endless. One of the biggest
advantages of a Hilton Head Prep education
is being able to teach to the individual
strengths and weaknesses of each student
and it’s what we do every day to encourage,
support and intrinsically motivate our
students to learn and grow.
ALUMNI briefs
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Customized Learning
Atlanta
Social
We hit the road to Atlanta in October for an
alumni social at Stooges Sports Bar, owned and
operated by John Scarminach ‘93. It was a great
night with alumni spanning twenty years! Some
of us caught up with old friends we hadn’t seen
in a while and some of us met for the first time,
but by the end of the night we’d all bonded over
the shared experience of our high school years.
Ready…
Set…Reunion!
Randy Feree ’06, John Scarminach ’93, Lainie Cantrell Crose ’86, Boykin Robinson’88, Angela Harden Smock ’88, Alex Mavrogordato ’06, Paul Halloran’95 and
Rick Saunders ’95 at the Atlanta Social.
The classes of 2002, 2003 and 2004 are organizing a cluster reunion for the weekend of
March 21-23 in Hilton Head (where else?). Please visit the Alumni Portal at www.hhprep.org
and click “Update My Information” so we can keep you in the loop about reunion details.
Contact Class Rep Dave Butler ’03 at 843-384-2012 or [email protected] for more
information.
Class Rep Ashley Gunnin ’84 is planning a 30th class reunion for May River Academy the
weekend of June 27-29, which nicely coincides with the annual Coach Basirico Scholarship
Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 28. Details to follow. Contact Ashley at agunnin@
comcast.net for more information. Good times!
Alumni Association Chapters
The Hilton Head Prep Alumni Association has gone national! We’ve established the
first-ever Alumni Association chapters in Atlanta and New York City. Former classmates
Randy Ferree and Chris Schembra, both of the Class of 2006, have agreed to serve as
chapter presidents in Atlanta and New York City respectively. Look for upcoming news and
invites to social and networking events with alumni in your area! Visit the Alumni Portal at
www.hhprep.org to update your information. We are on the lookout for someone to serve as
president of the Charleston, SC chapter. Contact Lainie Crose at [email protected] to volunteer.
Alumni
Care Packages
Each fall, the Alumni Association sends care packages to the class that graduated the
previous spring to help them get through their first college exams. Boxes filled with snacks,
treats, pens, notepads and personal notes of encouragement from the faculty arrive to the
delight of our newest alumni (and to the envy of their roommates).
Excited alumni immediately took to Instagram and Twitter to post pictures of the treats,
with comments ranging from “best school ever” to “where the heck is my care package,”
from those whose packages had not yet arrived! This year, we also offered other alumni the
opportunity to sponsor a care package and include a note of their own. Thank you to Kristi
Basirico Goodwin ’91 for
coming up with the idea
and thanks to all who
took advantage of the
opportunity to show
our newest alumni
how much we care!
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file to: [email protected]. In your e-mail,
please include your name and class year as well as a brief
description of the event. While it is our goal to feature all
of the photographs received, we cannot guarantee your
photographs will appear. Photographs that are too dark, of
low resolution or ones will not appear well in print may not
be included in Perspectives.
To submit a photograph for publication, please follow these
guidelines:
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1. Digital photographs should be at least 600 x 800 pixels
and saved in the .jpg format. Photographs taken with
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Alumni Class notes
1972
Class Rep Needed
1973
Sabra Wilkenson Thompson
[email protected]
1974
Class Rep Needed
26
1
Adell Parnell Atwood
became engaged to Mike
Muench in October.
Debbie Eakin Cornelia
[email protected]
recently engaged. She and
her fiancé, Jeff, recently
bought a new home in
Washington, DC and
are planning a wedding
in April 2014.
Rebecca MacAlarney Smith
[email protected]
1981
John Scarminach and his
wife, Alexis, welcomed a
daughter, Declan Marie, on
October 19, 2013.
Susan Fennell
[email protected]
1982
John Pinckney
[email protected]
1975
Teri Dunn-Floyd
[email protected]
1976
Class Rep Needed
Dave Curry works with
the Los Angeles Fire
Department, handling
electronic communication
design and emergency
communications. He is
also a bass player with
the Jazz Butchers (www.
jazzbutchers.com) and just
released his latest CD,
“My Home Town,” with
Concrete Ballet, an adultoriented rock project. He
credits his upbringing in
Hilton Head as inspiration
for his music material.
1977
Linda Steadman Fraser
[email protected]
1978
Susanne Rohner Ochsner
[email protected]
1983
Nancy Caldwell Fish
[email protected]
Mike Reynolds
[email protected]
Charlotte Pinckney,
daughter of Charles
Pinckney and cousin
of John Pinckney ‘82,
was crowned queen at the
College of Charleston. She
is also Miss Jasper County
and is in the running for
Miss South Carolina.
1993
Jennifer Boone was
1980
an anesthesiologist and
member of the Tennessee
State Senate. He and his
wife, Katrina, have been
married for 21 years and
have three sons. They live
in Nashville, TN.
Catherine Lawrence Oomens
[email protected]
Margot Olson Bowers
[email protected]
1979
Steve Dickerson is
1992
1994
In November, Brendan Silver ’86 won first place in the 3rd Annual Veteran’s Day 5K,
“Run for the Yorktown,” in Charleston, SC. He is the director of business development
at Merkle, the nation’s largest privately held customer relationship marketing agency.
Brendan and his wife, Danielle, live on Sullivan’s Island with their three sons, Brendan
(13), Aidan (12) and Owen (7).
Lette O’Sheill, who has
been a wedding officiant
for a number of years, has
started “Tie the Knot,” a
new wedding planning
company
1984
Sam Bauer
[email protected]
Ashley Gunnin
[email protected]
1985
Margaret Crenshaw
[email protected]
1986
Lainie Cantrell Crose
[email protected]
Joe Dubrof and his wife,
Julie, recently celebrated
their 23rd anniversary.
Paul Bobik and his fam-
ily have relocated to Key
Largo, FL where he is the
new president of real estate
for the Ocean Reef Club.
1987
Perry Hodge
[email protected]
Sam Spencer lives in
Savannah with his wife
Kim and their children
Patrick (13) and Anna
Brooke (9). He is the
owner of SOS Radial Tire
Service. Sam’s wife, Kim,
is the author of “Thinking
Moms’ Revolution,” a book
about families dealing with
autism.
1995
Paul Halloran
[email protected]
1990
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1998
Nick Murphy
[email protected]
Blake Hamilton works
in the IT department at
the University of South
Carolina. He and his wife,
Aurelia, have one son,
Jennings, who loves to
show support for his dad’s
alma mater! They live in
Columbia, SC.
Megan McGarty
[email protected]
Roseann Hillis Connelly
Katie Finger Girardi
band, Jonathan, welcomed
a son, William Charles, on
October 21, 2013. He was
7.14 pounds, 20 inches.
Paula Edwards Wadley
[email protected]
Robin Haroutunian
[email protected]
1996
1989
Jill Bergeron
[email protected]
Angele Barker
[email protected]
1997
1991
Shane Scibelli
[email protected]
Adrienne Early Guyton
and her husband
welcomed their first
children (twins!), Nicholas
Margaret Howell married Xavier and Andrea Shantel,
Stephen De Graff in Octo- on August 24 via emergency
ber 2013 in Savannah, GA. cesarean section. The
Howell received a BA in
twins were born at 34
journalism and mass com- weeks. Although sleepmunications from the Uni- deprived the entire family
versity of South Carolina in is happy and well.
2004 and graduated from
the Florida Coastal School
2002
of Law in 2008. She is an
David Bachelder
associate attorney with the
[email protected]
Law Office of J. Howell.
Jaunell Murphy
[email protected]
Katie Finger Girardi
[email protected]
Catherine Scarminach
Lewallen and her hus-
Becca Dupps-Edwards
[email protected]
1999
Class Rep Needed
Brooke Basirico Seiden
and her husband are the
proud new parents of Stella
Olivia Seiden.
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2000
2001
is a jewelry designer in
Nashville, TN, where she
lives with her two-year
old daughter, Lottie. Her
jewelry is handcrafted using
fine metals and semi-precious stones (http://www.
roseconnollyjewelry.com).
1988
Baker Wilkins
bakerwilkins@
charter1commercial.com
Travis Gay
[email protected]
Around
Alumni Class
the Campus
notes
Alumni Class Notes
In August, Nick Murphy ’98 married Kristen Echemendia in West
Orange, NJ. Nick is an attorney with the U.S. Department of
Justice and Kristen is an attorney with Weil, Gotshal and Manges.
They live in Washington, DC. Wedding attendees included sister
Jaunell ’00, brother Niles ’06 and friend and former classmate
Brandon Walton ’98. Nick is the son of Prep Business Manager
Jennifer Cody-Murphy.
and her husband Micky
welcomed their first son,
Michael Robert Allan,
on October 9. Big Sister
Karena loves giving him
kisses!
Lindsay Danzell Street
has accepted a position
with South Carolina Radio
Network as a broadcast
journalist for statewide and
political news. She was a
key player in organizing the
only debate between the
Republican and Democratic
congressional candidates
earlier this year.
2003
David Butler
[email protected]
Tara McKnight
Dakolios’ daughter,
Ariana, celebrated her first
birthday in October.
2004
Faleisha Brown
[email protected]
2005
Megan Donley
[email protected]
2006
Addison Goss
[email protected]
Randy Ferree
[email protected]
Randy Ferree recently
accepted the position of
president of the newlyestablished Atlanta
chapter of the Hilton Head
Prep Alumni Association.
www.HHPrep.org
Alumni Class notes
Chris Schembra has
accepted the position of
the president of the New
York City chapter of the
Hilton Head Prep Alumni
Association. Chris is
currently an investor in
the Broadway production
of the new musical, “A
Gentleman’s Guide to
Love and Murder.”
Alex Mavrogordato
28
recently relocated to
Atlanta to work with
former classmate and
friend Randy Ferree at
AirWatch, a leader in
enterprise-grade mobile
device management,
mobile application
management and mobile
content management
solutions.
Meghan Brown recently
Joe Webb ’09 and Isis Ramirez, who
moved to New Orleans and
is working as a PR and office
manager for LourdMurray, a
financial management firm
for NFL football players.
were married in Honolulu in November
2012, celebrated their wedding with
friends and family in a church ceremony
in April 2013 in Houston, TX. Wedding
attendees included Hilton Head Prep
alumni Chelsey Webb ‘07, Chad
Yates ‘08, Andrew Ryan ‘08 and
Zach Turner ‘08.
2010
Andrew Maggard
[email protected]
Jarrett Nixon
[email protected]
Reid D’Amico is in his
third year at Duke University
Lyle Izzillo
majoring in biomedical
[email protected]
engineering, and genome
Over the summer, Sophie and science policy. The
Kerr-Dineen interned with abstract for his summer project on epigenetics and stem
Dolce & Gabbana in New
cells has been accepted to an
York City. Upon graduation
in spring 2014, she plans to international “Epigenetics
follow her dream of working of Common Disease”
in fashion and designing her conference in the UK.
own line of clothing.
Class Rep Needed
2008
Carson Fraser
[email protected]
Carson Fraser is a sourc-
ing coordinator in global
sourcing for Family Dollar
in Charlotte, NC.
2009
Tim Neil
[email protected]
Nicole Schultz
[email protected]
Ellie Nixon
[email protected]
pledging ATO at Clemson
University.
Alexandra Kenneweg
[email protected]
Jill Brunori made the
starting squad of the Wake
Forest women’s basketball
team, scoring 11 points and
grabbing 18 rebounds in her
first three games.
2011
Carly Smith
[email protected]
Reid D’Amico
[email protected]
Clara Chalk is studying
anthropology and pre-law
at Columbia University in New York City. She
recently received a grant
to study pre-Columbian
Comanche culture in New
Mexico after she finishes
building a primary school
in Senegal this summer.
Brittney Parker worked in
an internship program with
the Departmentof Natural
Resources at the Waddell
Mariculture Center this
summer. She also spent 3
weeks traveling to the
Entabeni Game Reserve
in South Africa as part of
an African field ecology
class at the University of
Connecticut.
2012
Emily Blackshire
[email protected]
textile design at North
Carolina State University.
Her group’s project, The
Japanese Obi, a table setting
design, was selected to be on
display in the Quintessential
Cotton Exhibition at the
North Carolina Museum
of Natural Sciences in
December.
Gracie Anderson made
the fall travel rowing squad
at Northeastern University
in Boston. She and her eightwoman team rowed in the
49th Annual Head of the
Charles Regatta, competing
with more than 2,000 boats
over the course of 2 days.
Her team finished 15th out
of 29 boats with a time of
17:57, a minute behind the
first place boat.
Helen Cardamone
was recently selected as a
member of the “Banshees”
student comedy troupe at
Wake Forest University.
Marc Halseth
[email protected]
Tim Neil is an admissions
counselor at Tulane
University. In his new
position, Tim visited upper
school students at Hilton
Head Prep in October.
Mackenzie Brown and
Sarah Hancock are team-
mates on a intramural
volleyball team at Clemson.
we educators need to coach students to
ask the “why” and “how.” They need to
learn how to ask the right questions and be
resourceful and efficient – those are the
skills of tomorrow, and Prep is on the way
to making this happen each and every day.
By soliciting student input and building
networks with professionals from other
schools, we are sustaining the conversation.
Presently, mindful educators face a dilemma:
what aspects of traditional education are
as valuable to our students in 2013 as
they were when they were first instituted?
Likewise, what current processes should
we disrupt intentionally in order to better
prepare our students for the challenges
of tomorrow? At Prep, we’re living these
questions – and what an exciting and
invigorating experience it’s been and
continues to be.
American Dream … continued from page 14
Halie Parker is studying
2007
After earning a master’s
degree in civil engineering
from the University of California at Berkeley, Aaron
Schroeder completed
the entire Appalachian
Trail in October. He hiked
2,185.9 miles in 116 days.
2013
Logan Clark is currently
Becoming Sharper Educators One Conversation
at a Time … continued from page 12
After receiving the most online votes, Marisa Martin ’11
was chosen as ESPN’s Social Media Host for College
Gameday on November 9 at the University of Alabama.
an American are more dependent on the
income and education of his parents than
in almost any other advanced country for
which there is data.”
Stiglitz also said, “After 1980, the poor
grew poorer, the middle stagnated, and
the top did better and better. Disparities
widened between those living in poor
localities and those living in rich suburbs
– or rich enough to send their children to
private schools. A result was a widening
gap in educational performance – the
achievement gap between rich and poor
children born in 2001 was 30 to 40 percent
larger than it was for those born 25 years
earlier, the Stanford sociologist Sean F.
Reardon found.” Yes, that just backs up my
opinion that opportunity is not equal now.
A child from a rich family can have a better
education than a child from a poor family.
Having a good education means you can
have more knowledge and more skills all of
these can help you to be successful more
easily and realize their American Dream.
In China, the situation is the same.
Although a government officer has said
that people have more equal opportunities
than they did before, nevertheless, as
regards education, people are still not yet
completely equal. The current government
in China has instituted a lot of policies
that are supposed to let all children have
equal educational opportunity, but those
policies are useless. The rich children still
have better education than the children
from poor families because they can have
better tutoring and they have a chance to
go abroad to further their study. Chinese
educational policies should be improved to
be effective or the rich people will become
richer and it will be much easier for them to
realize their Dream.
In conclusion, not everyone can realize
his or her American Dream, not everyone
can be successful. If you don’t have luck,
you can’t achieve success. If you don’t
have equal opportunity, being successful
is harder. A few people can realize their
American Dream and be successful, but
for most people the American Dream is
just a myth.
Getting to Know Jon Hopman … continued from
page 19
the outdoors and the ocean. We spend a
lot of time on our boat fishing, scalloping,
swimming, diving, camping and just simply
enjoying nature.
My favorite
movie is Forrest
Gump because
in its simplicity
it touched
on so many
historical points.
I enjoyed reading Do Hard Things by Alex
and Brett Harris. Sushi is at the top of my
favorite foods list; and my favorite holiday is
Thanksgiving, because I have been blessed
in so many ways. Taking time to give thanks
is very important.
Favorite movie?
Favorite book?
Favorite food?
Favorite holiday?
What led you to accept the
headmaster position at
Hilton Head Prep?
After visiting and speaking with
teachers, students, parents, and staff it
quickly became obvious that Hilton Head
Prep is a special place. Everyone shared
a true love for the school and had a great
enthusiasm for learning. Prep is very similar
to the school where I grew up and the
school where I have served for the past 13
years in Florida. My family and I are looking
forward to being a part of the Prep family
and island community.
are essential in the learning process. We
have an incredible opportunity to inspire
students to want to be lifelong learners by
engaging them in the learning process and
challenging them to reach high expectations.
I plan on supporting and encouraging
Hilton Head Prep teachers as they engage
learners through every stage of the process
with current curriculum and technology in
order to ensure student success.
I saw engaged,
happy students and
enthusiastic teachers
and felt a strong
sense of community
from the very first
moment I visited
Hilton Head Prep. I
was impressed with
the curriculum and the high expectations
students are meeting in and outside of
the classroom. I could tell that obtaining
knowledge is key as well as obtaining a
strong sense of character and community.
I was also amazed by the beautiful artwork
which hung on almost every wall throughout
the campus!
In your visits
to Hilton
Head Prep,
what were
the obvious
strengths of
the school?
I want
Hilton Head
Prep to be a
vibrant place
where the best
teachers flock
to teach the best students in the area. I also
want Hilton Head Prep to be recognized on
the island, in the surrounding community,
and in the nation as being a premiere
private school. I want to build on the family
aspects that are already prevalent and see
our students make a difference in our school
and in the surrounding community. I want
our students, parents, and teachers to be
proud of their school and have alumni return
because they feel like Hilton Head Prep is
their home.
Where do you see
the school in five
or ten years down
the road?
Learning is a
lifelong process.
As educators, it
is our job to help
students acquire
life-long learning skills and foster criticalthinking skills in order to prepare students to
be highly successful at each grade level and
beyond Hilton Head Prep’s doors. I believe
that active student learning influences
student success and assessment procedures
What is your
philosophy on
education?
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2013 scisa Art & photography show honors
Eighteen talented Hilton Head Prep student artists participated in the 2013 South Carolina
Independent School Association’s Art & Photography Show.
Congratulations to all students whose artwork was selected for
display. Honorees included:
Hayden Garniewicz [8] - Honorable Mention
Kristin Langan [12] - First Place
Hannah Parker -12th Grade
Hope Dobbelaere [4] - First Place
Jessica Post [10] - Second Place
Maggie Sulek [10] Honorable Mention
Caroline Richey [8] - Second Place
Whitaker Gannon [11] - Honorable Mention
Anna Pellicci [6] - Honorable Mention
Megan Frederick [12] - Honorable Mention

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