2012-2013 - United Nations International School

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Annual Report 2012-2013
UNIS Board of Trustees
2012-2013
Ms. Patricia O’Brien
Board Chair
Chair, Trustees Committee
Mr. Michael Adlerstein
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Dr. Bornali Basu P ’14
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Mr. Stephane Dujarric ’83, P ’21, P ’25
Ms. Stephanie Gelb P ’09
Chair, Buildings, Grounds and Security Committee
Ms. Britton Guerrina P ’21, P ’23
Mr. Peter Greenwald P ’01
Vice Chair
Dr. Pearl Rock Kane
Vice Chair
Chair, Academic Policy Committee
Ms. Joan McDonald P ’09
Secretary
Mr. Uren Pillay P ’08, P ’12, P ’13
Mr. Marc Powell P ’24
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
Mr. Adam Reeder P ’19
Prof. Thomas Sakmar
Mr. Peter Sorrentino P ’23, P ’23
Treasurer
Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
Mr. Thomas Stelzer P ’22, P ’24
Ms. Caryl Stern P ’13, P ’17
Mr. Theodore Wint P ’11, P ’14
Ms. Elaine Yaniv P ’00, P ’06
Chair, Development Committee
Letter from the Chair,
UNIS Board of Trustees
Dear Members of the
UNIS Community,
It is my privilege as Chair of the Board of Trustees
of the United Nations International School to present
this Annual Report for the school year 2012-2013.
The report celebrates the accomplishments of the
school and the generosity that takes place in many
different forms at UNIS.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial contributions
of our parents, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, and
the corporations, foundations, organizations and
governments making gifts to the school between
July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Their names are listed
in this report, and I offer my personal thanks and that
of the school for your support.
Donations for 2012-2013 totaled $438,427, a sum
which includes an increase of more than 35%
in parent giving over the previous financial year.
For the second year running, our Queens Campus
has rallied behind the Annual Fund with virtually
100% parent participation in the school’s fundraising
efforts. Your gifts make a difference to every
student, every day.
Many of our parents give generously of their time
and talent—as mainstays of the Parents’ Association,
speaking at career days, serving on committees,
preparing international cuisine for school occasions.
They are often the unseen guiding hand behind many
successful UNIS events. We offer our heartfelt thanks
for your dedication to the school.
As this is my final year as Board Chair, I would like to
take this opportunity to thank the UNIS community for the
support you have shown me during my tenure. It has
been a privilege to be associated with this unique school.
I greatly admire the enthusiasm and commitment which
“
Donations for 2012-2013
totaled $438,427, a sum which
”
includes an increase of more
than 35% in parent giving over
the previous financial year.
prevails throughout the community, as well as the
steadfastness which you demonstrated during the
challenges which arose in recent times. I will always
be moved by the loyalty and dedication that
UNIS inspires in all of you.
Yours sincerely
Patricia O’Brien
Chair, UNIS Board of Trustees
Unis 2012-2013 Annual Report
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highlights
queens campus
Pastoral Care
The Middle School program is built
around four stages of understanding:
Self (M1); Self and Others—Local
Community (M2); Self and Others—
Global Community (M3); Self and
Action—What Can I Do to Make
a Difference? (M4).
Personal development during each
of these stages is examined from
four perspectives: responsibility
and reflection, empathy, ethics
and social action.
By providing a structure and a set of
practices for supporting our students
as they move through the middle
grades, the pastoral care program
helps to balance adolescents’ social,
emotional, physical, intellectual,
psychological, ethical and
developmental needs.
UN Day—A Celebration
UN Day brought the Queens
community together to celebrate and
share a morning of international music
and dance. Our audience enjoyed
a wonderful performance where
students danced, sang and played
their way through a smorgasbord of
traditional and modern pieces.
The principal delivered the UN
Secretary-General’s message to the
Queens Campus. On this very
special day, the Secretary-General
reaffirmed the mission of the UN and
its commitment to the eight Millennium
Development Goals which focus
on eradicating hunger, improving
education and health, and ensuring
environmental sustainability.
Language and
Cultural Trips
M4 Spanish language students
traveled to Costa Rica, discovering
the beauty of their host country
and enjoying outdoor activities such
as river rafting and riding the treetop
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canopy zipline. They learned about
Costa Rican folklore and visited two
schools where they interacted with
local students and created murals
and games. French language students
went to Nice where they attended
language classes each morning,
and visited towns along the French
Riviera, explored a medieval
castle and Roman ruins and toured
museums, a perfumery and a
candy factory!
The M4 class made their annual
trip to the U.S. Capital in Washington
DC, where they visited landmarks
such as the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorial, Washington Monument,
Lincoln Memorial, the Air and Space
Museum, and the Museum of Native
Americans. They rounded out the trip
with a visit to a congressman and a
reception at the Turkish Embassy.
Environmental
Education Trips
J4s learned about the environment
at Camp Greenkill, nestled in the
foothills of the Catskill Mountains in
upstate New York. Surrounded by
forests, lakes and hills, they studied
water and forest ecology, canoed,
hiked, identified plants and animals,
and observed birds of prey. M1
and M2 students shared their trip to
Camp Mason in New Jersey with their
Manhattan Campus contemporaries,
where they participated in a variety of
educational challenges as well as lots
of fun and games.
encompass the friendships that
surpass grade levels and age as
students cheered each other on.
Theatre, Music and Art
Middle School students made several
trips to Broadway to see Spiderman
and Matilda, and to participate in
musical theatre workshops taught by
professional actors. These activities
integrate the study of literature and
the performing arts in an exciting and
meaningful way. Back at school, the
annual talent show provided a
spectrum of acts from dancing to
expertise in the Chinese yo-yo, while
the after-school theatre workshop
staged Joseph the Dreamer. These
activities were not only a display of
entertainment and fun, but they also
Highlights of the Music calendar were
the annual Winter Concert, featuring a
medley of festive songs from around
the world, and the Spring Concert
with a varied musical program ranging
from hip-hop drumming to strings
and percussion. The band performed
selections from Gershwin and “Jupiter”
and “Mars” from Holst’s The Planets.
M3 and M4 classes traveled to
the Storm King Art Center in the
lower Hudson Valley to see its
collection of more than 100 outdoor
sculptures. The J2s visited MOMA
to enrich the unit on “People Who
Make a Difference.” After viewing
works by various Impressionist
artists, they worked in one of the
museum studios, exploring some
of the techniques used by various
painters and then working in
their own style making collages
and presenting their work in a
gallery setting.
Math and Science Fair
The Queens gym was transformed
into a jungle of inventions,
experiments, theories and proofs.
Proud Middle School students
displayed their hard work in math
and science classes to the younger
grades, teachers and parents.
Mathematical concepts ranged from
Egyptian numbers to circuits to the
Pythagorean Theorem, as well as
science experiments, theories, and
mystifying chemical reactions. It was
an exciting and educational tribute
to the subjects as well as a fun way
for the Junior School students to be
introduced to the topics they will
soon study.
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highlights
junior school
Our pastoral care program is taught through overt
lessons and subtle intrinsic practice, each and every
day. Using five “foundations,” children are taught
to embrace and internalize the values and habits
of mind learned during the school day and to practice
them during their day-to-day school and home lives.
Persistence
The classroom environment provides
a nurturing space for children to work
on persistence and a belief that focus
and dedication will lead to success,
both academic and social.
Through our consolidated Math
program, students learn Math skills
using multiple strategies and
hands-on materials. This program
was expanded with the integration of
an online intelligent adaptive learning
environment, Dreambox.
In the CoLaboratory, children used
the Design Thinking model of problem
solving. Faced with a challenge,
they resolved it using the steps of
interpretation, ideation, experimentation
and evolution. In this final stage,
students tried the solution they
created and used persistence to
devise ways to improve it.
Confidence
Our Junior School provides numerous
opportunities for children to develop
academic and social confidence.
The Junior Council and Green
Team participants spoke with
fellow students on issues about which
they are passionate, and with
members of the administrative team
in requesting changes to help
improve students’ educational
experience. They were successful
in obtaining improved water fountains
and resurfacing of the playground.
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In the classroom, students develop
confidence when using the “Peace
Table,” a dedicated area where they
quickly and efficiently resolve
conflicts through talking things out.
Junior School children are constantly
seen as UNIS ambassadors when
they visit outside locations to share
and learn from others. At the Institute
Cervantes, J4 students participated
in the annual reading of Don Quixote
and explained their art installation in
celebration of the work by Jorges
Luis Borges.
The J3 students spent six weeks
focusing on their global
responsibility as it relates to social
and environmental issues. They
analyzed the global impact of our
actions and discussed the ripple
effect of tangible behaviors, such as
trade, and more intangible behaviors,
such as acts of kindness. Reflective
journals are written throughout the
unit and a final service announcement
advertisement is created and
shared via iMovie.
Organization
After classroom discussions about
organizing into a cohesive community
to affect change, Junior School
students banded together to raise
money for the United Nations
Childrens’ Fund by participating in
Trick or Treat for UNICEF. They also
brought in food for City Harvest
and books for Project Cicero.
In JA there is much conversation
about why families, schools and
countries have rules, why the United
Nations developed a charter for
the rights of the child, and how the
responsibility for treating one another
with respect and tolerance lives with
each student. Conversations on these
topics can be heard in the hallways,
on the playground and at the
peace tables.
Resilience
Resilience is at the core of all the
foundations noted above and is of
utmost importance as we strive
to deliver a well-rounded program.
After Hurricane Sandy, students
discussed the power of community,
the strength that comes from a
common goal and the need for
each of us to do our part in
helping those still needy or
suffering. In the months leading
up to Earth Day, Modern Language
students used recycled materials
to make beautiful pieces of
artwork, jewelry and wallets,
culminating in an auction and
sale to benefit an orphanage in
Vietnam. The children spoke
often of the need for resilience
among the children living in
the orphanage and how in doing
this work they felt they were
supporting their efforts.
As J4 prepared for their transition
to M1, organization was a recurring
theme: of personal belongings,
of thoughts in their work, and of
prioritizing those things most
important to you when making
good and strong choices.
Getting Along
Getting along involves the idea
of social responsibility, thinking first,
being tolerant, and playing
by the rules.
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highlights
middle school
rehearsing for the show. All aspects
of the production were coordinated
under the able direction of M1
teacher, Mr. Tim Hall. After countless
hours of studying lines and practicing
songs and choreography, the show
went live over a snowy weekend in
February. The inclement weather did
not affect the glorious performances
of our Middle School students who
truly embodied the notion that the
show must go on. Peter Pan was a
wonderfully celebratory experience
for the Middle School performers,
crew, and audiences alike.
M4 Language Trips—
A Time for Travel
UN Day Celebrations—
A Time for Reflection
Often when we celebrate a birthday
and gain another year, we reflect on
who we are, the condition of the world,
and our hopes for the future. On this
UN birthday, the Middle School held
a special day that focused on our
relationship to the UN and the
significant global issues to which it
responds. M4 students transformed
the Middle School into a museum
of multimedia, interactive installations
that addressed our UN Day themes
of Conflict Resolution; Stereotypes
and Racism; Rights, Environment,
and Visions for the Future. They
provided a sensory experience
where M1-M3 students viewed images
and video, read and wrote texts,
listened to and played music, asked
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questions, and constructed visions
for a better world. The M4 students
traveled to the UN, bringing a
paper chain constructed by all Middle
School students that included their
visions for a better world. The
day ended with music, food, and
speeches including, via videotape,
an address by His Excellency,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Middle School
Musical—A Time
for Theatrics
This year the Middle School
entertained audiences with a
wonderful version of the musical
adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic story
of Peter Pan, the boy who never wants
to grow up. Middle School students
from every grade spent months
Two new destinations were
introduced to the M4 Language
Trips this year. Students who
studied French travelled with their
teachers to the south of France for
a week of language classes and
immersion in French language and
culture. Spanish students headed
for Costa Rica where they also
attended classes, were involved
in community service projects,
and even managed to find time
to go white-water rafting. All students
came back to school rejuvenated
and enriched by their travel to
another country and another culture.
The Environment—
A Time for Responsibility
Community Service—
A Time for Helping
Students in the Middle School held
a number of fundraisers this year to
help people in need. These included
activities like bake sales and hugely
popular karaoke sessions in the
MS lounge. The beneficiaries of the
students’ efforts included people
affected by Hurricane Sandy. M1
students continued their annual
tradition of carrying jugs of water
in order to raise money in their
Well-a-thon Project. The funds
accumulated go to a designated
country in order to build wells that
provide clean water for the citizens.
During Earth Week, the MS
Environmental Club partnered with
the Student Council and the
Endangered Species Club to create
a week of activities that raised
awareness about the environment
and our relationship to it. There was an
Earth Week book display in the library.
The Endangered Species Club
created a hugely successful maze
in the Library Conference Room.
Environmental games were organized
at lunchtime in the MS Lounge
including Bottle Top Toss and
Jeopardy. Planting activities
abounded throughout the school;
students planted individual flower
seeds in recycled plastic bottles
and flowers in four planters outside
the school. The week included a
“No Bottled Water Day” which
reduced plastic consumption by
over 75%. During the entire month
of April the Environmental Club set
up recycling stations in the MS
Lounge to collect used batteries,
cell phones, eyeglasses, and ink
cartridges. In May the group
visited the Brooklyn Museum to
see the El Anatsui exhibit, which
showcased art made from
recycled materials.
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highlights
tutorial house
The Tutorial House students enjoyed an
academically challenging year, enriched with
a variety of co-curricular experiences.
Club Highlights
In July, Malala Yousafzai, the
Pakistani schoolgirl and education
rights campaigner who, along with
friends, was shot by the Taliban for
attending classes, was joined by
hundreds of students including
representatives from UNIS’
Girl Power Club, in a unique Youth
Assembly to issue a global call
for quality education for all. Malala
shared her experiences and raised
awareness about the importance
of education, particularly for girls
around the world. In the evening,
UNIS students attended a reception
for Malala held at the Pakistan
Mission to the UN.
Fifty UNIS delegates from the
Model UN Club participated in four
MUN Conferences this year; at
Boston University, at Stuyvesant High
School, at The Dalton School and the
Washington Area Conference. The
students received three verbal
commendations and one honorable
mention for their contributions.
UNIS-UN Conference
In the thirty-seventh year of UNIS-UN,
the students successfully organized
and ran the annual, two-day UNIS-UN
conference in the General Assembly.
Opened by His Excellency Mr. Ban
Ki-moon, the theme was Modern
Youthquake: A Generation’s Impact.
Its focus was the acknowledgement
of the voices and actions of the
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emerging generation in effecting
social, environmental, political,
humanitarian and cultural change.
While the T3 and T4 students attended
the conference, community service
projects were organized for T1 and T2
students, including work at the New
York Food Bank and the Corsi Senior
Centre, a Habitat for Humanity project.
Language and
Cultural Trips
Language and cultural immersion
trips were taken by TH students to
Vienna, China and Japan. T1 students
took their annual canoe and camping
trip along the Delaware River, while
the T2 students enjoyed a winter
outdoor environmental educational
experience at Frost Valley in
New York’s Catskill Mountains.
International Award
There were 69 students across
T1-T3 who participated in the
International Award program in
2012-13; 23 at Bronze Level, 18 at
Silver Level and 28 at Gold Level.
The Bronze level trip was to Bear
Mountain in New York State, the
Silver level trip was the Adirondack
Mountains in New York and the Gold
level trip was to Iceland.
Sports
UNIS had a very successful season
of Cross Country, Winter Track and
Spring Track during the 2012-2013
season. Dedicated athletes won
numerous medals and awards in
various league championships. UNIS
girls finished top in the PSAA and the
NYCAL championships. The champion
girl athlete won the Bishop Laughlin
girls’ two-mile run and the New
Balance girls’ mile and finished
second at the famous Melrose
Games in the high school girls’
mile. In the spring season she was
awarded the PSAA league Most
Valuable Player and the gold medal
performance at the NYSAIS Outdoor
Championships in the girls’ 3000
metres, assisting her team to win the
girls’ 4 x 800 metres relay at the
same event.
Theatre
TH students were active in the
theatre this year. The IB performance
was Much Ado About Nothing.
T2 performed a number of one-act
plays including; A Sure Thing by
David Ives, The Job Interview,
from Monty Python and I’m Falling
for You, Piece of Cake and The Game
of Life. This year’s Theatre Workshop
production was Welcome to Thebes
by Moira Buffini, with additional
material by Harold Pinter.
International
Baccalaureate
One hundred and thirty-eight
students in grades 11 and 12
participated in the May 2013 session
of the International Baccalaureate
Diploma Programme examinations,
taking a total of 788 exams. UNIS
registered 82 IB Diploma candidates,
and of these, 74 students earned the
Diploma. The average points obtained
by candidates awarded the diploma
was 32 (out of 45) and the highest
score was 41.
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class of 2013
Highlights of the Class of 2013
• 113 students representing 49 nationalities
• 34 students have two or more national backgrounds
• 33 language groups represented
• 52 students are bilingual or speak another
language at home
• 47 students attended UNIS since kindergarten
• 61 students attended UNIS for six or more years
• 110 students submitted 852 applications to
261 universities in 14 countries
• 113 students have enrolled at 77 colleges
and universities in the U.S. and abroad
• 23 students have remained in New York State
and 14 remained in New York City
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• 84 students have enrolled in 60 colleges in the U.S.
California (6), Connecticut (2), District of Columbia (7),
Delaware (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Maine,
Massachusetts (12), Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey (5), New York (23), North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (6), Rhode Island (3), Vermont
• 14 students are enrolled in 10 U.S. public colleges
• 23 students have entered universities in 10 countries outside the U.S.: Australia, Canada (7), Denmark,
France, Germany (2), Iceland, Korea (2), Netherlands, Panama, United Kingdom (7)
• 3 students will be taking a gap year
• 17 students have enrolled in specialized or technical programs: Computer Science/Engineering (7),
Law (1), Sports Management (3), Visual Arts (6)
Sample of the IB Exam Results—Spring 2013
# Students Subject
14
35
21
14
14
13
13
IBH A Literature
IBH Biology
IBH Chemistry
IBH Physics
IBH Visual Arts
IBS Psychology
IBS Social Cultural
Anthropology
UNIS Mean
World Mean
5.93
5.17
5.05
5.36
5.43
6.15
4.78
4.34
4.54
4.67
4.84
4.44
5.85
4.70
Math
Writing
SAT Score Distribution
Critical Reading
700-800
600-690
500-590 400-490 300-390 200-290 18
29 36 16 0
0
10
39
36
12
2
0
13
33
35
15
0
0
Admissions officers value applications from UNIS because they know
that our students contribute a distinctive maturity, intellectual vitality and
broad outlook to their student body.
Among the renowned colleges
that made offers of admission to
UNIS students in 2013: Bard (5),
Barnard (3), Bates (4), Boston
College (4), Boston University
(15), Brown, Bryn Mawr (2),
Bucknell (2), California Institute
of Technology, Carnegie Mellon
(2), Colgate (2), College of William
and Mary (3), Connecticut College
(2), Cornell (7), Dartmouth (4),
George Washington (13),
Georgetown, Hamilton (4), Harvey
Mudd (2), Juilliard, Kenyon (3),
Macalester (2), Maastricht Univ., McGill (9), MIT, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke (5),
NYU (13), Northeastern (15), Oberlin (4), Penn State (4), Northwestern (2),
Princeton, Rhode Island School of Design (2), Skidmore (6), Smith (4), Stanford,
Swarthmore, Trinity (12), Tufts (3),Univ. of Bath, Univ. of Bristol, Univ. of British
Columbia (3), Univ. of Edinburgh (2), Univ. of Kent (3), Univ. of Michigan (4)
UNC Chapel Hill, Univ. of Rochester (6), USC, Univ. of Texas (3), Utrecht Univ.,
Univ. of Toronto (10), Univ. of Virginia, Wellesley (3), and Yale.
Awards
• National Merit Scholarship Program
1 finalist and 9 commended
• National Hispanic Recognition Program
1 finalist, 2 commended
• New York City Comptroller’s Award
• ECIS Award for International
Understanding
• University of Rochester—
Frederick Douglass and
Susan B Anthony Award
• U Thant Award
99 students participated in at
least one administration of the
SAT Graduation Requirements
26 credits are required for the UNIS
High School Diploma as well as
30 hours of Community Service
each year.
English
Math
Science
Humanities
Modern Language
Physical Education
Health
Electives
Community Service
Independent Study
Project (Grade 12)
4
4
4
4
4
2
0.5
2
1
0.5
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college attendance
class of 2013
12
United States
American University
Bard College (2) 1 Gap year
Barnard College
Boston College
Boston University (3)
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
Chapman University
Colby College
Cornell University
CUNY-Hunter College
CUNY-John Jay College
Dartmouth College
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Elon University
Eugene Lang College-The New School for Liberal Arts
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
George Washington University (6)
Hamilton College (2)
Harvey Mudd College
Hofstra University
Kenyon College (2)
Lynn University 1 Gap year
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Holyoke College
New York Institute of Technology
New York University (5)
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Norwich University
Oberlin College
Oregon State University
Parsons-The New School for Design (2) 1 Gap year
Pepperdine University
Princeton University
Reed College (4)
Rhode Island School of Design (2)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University (3)
Sarah Lawrence College (2) 1 Gap year
Savannah College of Art & Design
School of Visual Arts
Smith College (2)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of California at San Diego (2)
University of Chicago
University of Delaware (2)
University of Massachusetts (2)
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Yale University
AUSTRALIA
Curtin University
CANADA
Concordia University
McGill University (6)
DENMARK
Copenhagen Business School
FRANCE
Institut National des Sciences
Appliquées de Lyon
GERMANY
Humboldt University
Jacobs University
ICELAND
Reykjavik University
NETHERLANDS
University College Maastricht
PANAMA
Florida State University
SOUTH KOREA
Kaist University
UNITED KINGDOM
Aberystwyth University
Regents College London
Richmond, American
University in London
University of Edinburgh
University of Kent (3)
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annual giving
individuals
Anonymous (28)
Dr. Bethlehem Abebe-Wolpaw, ’92
Mark and Elfriede Abramson
Viral V. Acharya and Manjiree A. Jog
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Adlerstein
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Ago, ’87
Mr. Ziauddin Ahmed, ’89
Mr. Evan Akselrad and Ms. Yasmine Anavi
Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Alavian
Mr. Adrian A. Alexander and Ms. Susi G. Belli
Mr. and Mrs. Waddah Al-Fahad
Mr. and Mrs. Yazen Al-Saghiri
Ms. Johanna Amutenya
James W. Andrews and Anne L. Valentine Andrews
The Annunziata Family
Ms. Johnita L. Anthony, ’93
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Hatam, Narges and Maya Anvar
Mir Arif and Kumsuk Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Arrieux, Jr.
Frank and Nicole Azzopardi
Mr. and Mrs. Lin Bai
Mr. and Mrs. Syed Baksh
Ms. Asli Ü. Bâli, ’89
Gary Barton and Eveline Erni
Kim Cummings and Michael Bassman
Ms. Alicia Sullivan, ’73 and Mr. Michael Baumstein
Mr. Diego A. Bauzá, ’02
Micheline and Paul Beaudry
Mr. and Mrs. Uri Behar
Michael and Ragna Bell
Michelle Fredj-Bertrand, ’84 and Phil Bertrand, ’83
Philip Boroff, ’81
Ms. Alexandra Bourdelon, ’82
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boydell
Amanda Brecker, ’02
Ms. Alexandra E. Brown, ’02
Dr. Lance Brown, ’86 and Mrs. Becca Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Brust, ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Buchanan
Anne S. and Scott C. Budlong
Hon. James Burke and Ms. Andrea Kmiotek
Mr. and Mrs. Sergei Burnell
Mr. Xavier Cabanne, ’78
Mr. Marco Cangiano and Ms. Susanna Barsella
Ms. Bettine Carbajal, ’81
Javier and Silvia Cardoso
Mr. and Mrs. Nuno David F. Cardoso
Mary Fenn Chacko, ’83
Ms. Nina Chacko, ’71
Richard and Sabine Chalmers
Ms. Serena Chan
Mr. Kin-Hui Chang and Ms. Mew-Yee Yap
Mr. Victor T. Chao, ’82
Mr. Oliver Chase and Ms. Rashmi Luthra
Mr. and Mrs. Rabindranath Chatterjee
Mr. Mohamed Chaynane and Ms. Naima Akesbi
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Chen
Liang Chen and Anna Hu
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chen
Mr. Ken Cheng and Ms. Ursula Germann
Mr. Alain Chesnais, ’74
Boris Chibisov and Anna Bunin
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ching
Dean Cho and Sonya Y. Kim
Mr. John Clark and Ms. Antonella Ansani
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Corrigan
Alex and Hannah Craven
Mr. and Mrs. Anteneh Dagnachew
Mr. Neal Datta and Ms. Claudia Rios-Datta
Leni Fuhrman, ’66 and Charles DeFanti
Mrs. Susan T. Delmoor-Rodriguez
Allyson and Ron DeMatteo
Mr. and Mrs. Anantram Deopersaud
Mr. Gilles Depardon and Ms. Kathryn Ogawa
Mr. Brad C. Deutsch, ’83
Ms. Ilene Deutsch
Dr. Caner Dinlenc and Mrs. Begum Dinlenc, ’89
Ms. Dana Dobreva, ’02
Henri Dommel and Kamlita Reddy
Mr. and Mrs. Moez Doraid
Mr. Herbert Doyle and Mrs. Delia Arellano-Doyle
Mr. James Driscoll and Ms. Sharon Murrel
Peter and Julia Due
Roger Duffy and Heidi Olson
Mr. Stephane Dujarric, ’83 and Mrs. Ilaria Dujarric
Kate Elliott, ’81
Ms. Deena Ellis
The Elshami Family
Mrs. Susan Enzer
Mr. and Mrs. Neelamagam K. Eswaran
Mr. Christopher M. Evans, ’94 and Mrs. Jennifer Evans
Mr. David E. Evans and Ms. Jennifer Branche
Mr. Adam Farber, ’73
Ms. Sandra Farber, ’75
Ms. Rosemarie Favuzza
Lisa Ferin, ’83
Mr. Fabrizio Ferri
Mr. and Mrs. Alain Fetaya
Mr. Eric Firestone and Ms. Rachel Borut
Clinton B. Fisher and Aviva Gerson
Edmond FitzGerald and Jennifer Lynch
Mr. Jay Friedkin, ’75
M.Timur Friedman, ’82
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annual giving
individuals
Mr. John Frizell, ’68
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Fruitman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Fruman
Mrs. Sylvia Howard Fuhrman
Monica and Scott Fuller
Nancy Super Gaba, MD, ’83 and Michael M. Gaba
Carla Gagliotti, ’68
Ms. Diana Galer Jaffe, Ph.D., ’73
Mr. and Mrs. Koushik Ganjam
Dr. and Mrs. Alan D. Garely
Mr. Ashish Gattegno and Ms. Kathelijne Cooreman
Ms. Stephanie Gelb
Dr. and Mrs. Usama Gergis
Ms. Arlene Glotzer
Mr. and Mrs. Prashant Goenka
M.C. Nina Guerrero and David Goldfarb
Caryn Groce, ’90
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(continued)
Ms. Yulia Grunina
Mr. and Mrs. Mustapha Guenfoudi
Ms. Yao Feng and Mr. Jidong Guo
Deirdre and M. Dominic Gurney
Ms. Margit Haas-Rethage
Elizabeth and Jeffrey Hafter
Mr. Alexander Hammam-Howe, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Luis U. Hammer
Andrew Hand and Catherine Wright
Mr. Mark Hansson, ’77
Mr. David A.K. Harland, ’73
Ms. Danielle Hartman’ 93
Dr. Mahfujul Hasan and Dr. Barnali S. Hasan
Mr. and Mrs. Hideki Hayashihara
Mr. Terence Hay-Edie and Ms. Chen Chin Wong
Dr. and Mrs. Eiji Hinoshita
Mr. Steven Hirth
Ian and Katherine Hochman
Mr. and Mrs. Youssef Ikli
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Inniss
Mr. and Mrs. Hideyuki Ishii
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Jack
Ms. Christine L. Jacobsen
Mr. Pramod Jain and Dr. Neeta Jain
Saed and Lidana Jalilvand
Ms. Laura A. James
Jacqueline and Robert Jenkins
Carolyn McCormick and Byron Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenvey
Mr. Zijiang Jin and Ms. Zhendai Yang
Mr. Cyriak John, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Züri A. Johnstone
Mr. Kevin Jones and Ms. Maritza Ollivierra-Jones
Sarah Church and Braden Josephson
Mr. and Mrs. Dushyant S. Joshi
Dr. Judith M. Honor and Mr. Ronald Kahn
Dr. Mira Kamdar
Dr. Pearl R. Kane
Mr. Denis Karnam and Ms. Swarupa Popuri
Mr. Jonathan Kaskel, ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiaki Kasuga
Mr. and Mrs. Andrey M. Kaydin
Mr. Philip Kazlowski and Ms. Patricia Finn
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keane
Mr. and Mrs. Rahul Kejriwal
Erin S. Kelly, ’81
Mr. Douglas Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Kesberg
Mr. and Mrs. Radha G. Khatoria
Mr. and Mrs. William King
Ms. Mona Koda, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Flavio Koiffman
Alex and Zina Kroner
Dr. and Mrs. William I. Kuhel
Mr. and Mrs. Edison M. Kuhlmann
Ms. Ann Kulleseid, ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Gray Kunz
Karim Kuzbari ’81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari
Maggie Lacsny-Jones and Herbert Lacsny
Edward Lai and Joyce Yu
Mr. Campbell Langdon and Ms. C. Samantha Chen
Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Lap
Mr. Donald LaRosa and Ms. Caryl Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Ledee, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sung Chul Lee
Mr. Tuck Lee and Mrs. Kitty Chai
Ms. Taina Lehto, ’83
Yasemin and Douglas Levine
Mr. Bing Li and Ms. Zhaohua Zhang
Mr. and Mrs. Stanislav Liberman
Alec Lipkind and Alessandra Durstine de Casna
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Lipkind
Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang-Mu Liu
Nick and Patricia Lobaccaro
Ms. Ana Logar, ’84
Mr Ramon V. Lores, ’87
Ms. Polly Lyman
Khalid Mahmood and Leonora Abiera-Mahmood
Mr. Ken Mak and Ms. Heakyung Chung
Mr. and Mrs. Karabelo Maluke
Dr. Helen Mango, ’81
Ms. Julia Mankata-Tamakloe, ’86
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annual giving
individuals
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Mannhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Margetts
Nancy Friedman and Jim Margolin
Lee H. Marshall, ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiyasu Maruoka
Colum McCann and Allison Hawke
Mr. John McEvoy and Mrs. Maria McEvoy, ’83
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Meeks
Joslyn Meier, ’97
Dr. Agustin Melián and Dr. Jane Ko
Dr. Thomas Meola and Ms. Judy Kang
Ms. Nora A. Metzger, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Mihailidis
Mr. Daniel Mizukovski
Mr. Yukihiro Mizutani and Ms. Final Truong
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Moe, ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Moran
Mr. and Mrs. Guido Mosca
Mr. and Mrs. Mafiroane Motanyane
Mr Farhad Movahed and Ms. Dina Handan
Mr. Cliff Murray, ’69
Hagay Nahmias and Dr. Petra Nahmias
Mr. Gentaro Nakamura and Ms. Susan Henschel
Mr. Neil Nandkisure and Ms. Sylvie Fayolle
Mr. and Mrs. John Nash
Dr. Maureen A. Nash
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Neidecker
Dr. and Mrs. Peter K. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Neritani
Mr. John Nichols
Ms. Patricia O’Brien
Sean O’Brien and Elda Di Re
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard P. O’Donnell
Mr. and Mrs. Yuichiro Ogino
Mr. Mark Okita, ’88
Mrs. Caroline O’Neil
Mr. and Mrs. Masahiro Origuchi
Lisa Denby and Ron Orland
Carmen O’Shea, ’93
Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Pagan
Shireen Sepahi and Vincent Palombo
Mr. and Mrs. Sanjeev Palta
Mr. Nicholas Panza, ’82
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(continued)
Mrs. Pauline Panza, ’82
Mr. Massimo Pianetti and Mrs. Geri Papa
Ms. Annelise Parr
Mr. Phil Paschutine, ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Chirag Patel
Minal and Sanjay Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Vipul Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Paul-Jon Patin
Ms. Lisa Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Shankar Pawar
Mr. Jan Pedersen, ’77
Ms. Danielle Pedras, ’95
Mr. and Mrs. Joâo A. Penido
Mr. Theodore Petroulas and Ms. Nasim Alikhani
Mr. and Mrs. Urenthren Pillay
Mr. Fabio Pinzari and Ms. Beth Asher
Mr. Steven J. Plust and Ms. Elizabeth Haberkorn
Eric S. Pollyea, ’70
Mr. Marc Powell and Ms. Caroline Dufresne
Suman and Purnima Pradhan
Mr. and Mrs. Anoop Prasad
Jonathan Pressman and Sally Jane Poblete
Ms. Bettemie Prins, ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Puglisi
Dr. Keith Purpura and Dr. Chiye Aoki
Mr. Omar Qaiser and Ms. Asyah Khan
Mr. Andrew Radford and Ms. Emer Herity
Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Ragin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Balram Ramjit
Ms. Wendy Ramsell
Dr. Babar K. Rao and Mrs. Sumiyo Sudo-Rao
Mr. and Mrs. Fayyaz Rasheed
Carol and Hanta Razafindrakoto
Dr. Sarath Reddy and Dr. Madhavi Reddy
Adam and DeAnnie Reeder
Ms. Elyse E. Richardson, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Roache
Andrew Robertson, ’84 and Beatrice Robertson
Mr. Shawn F. Robinson, ’92 and Mrs. Sandra Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Javier Esteban Rocha
Mr. Marcus Rochester, ’73
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rodrigues
Mr. Rafael Rodriguez and Ms. Silvia Almonte
Ms. Claire E. Rose, ’07
Mr. and Ms. Nir Rosen
Dr. Jon Rosenberg and Dr. Effie Chiopelas
Mr. Jacob H. Rosenzweig, ’95
Stuart Rosow and Amy Kuhn
Mr. Solade A. Rowe, ’90
Mr. Peter C. Rowson, ’74
Ms. Thais Saad, ’02
Ms. Elizabeth Sadik
Ms. Victoria Saiz-Omenaca
Prof. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sakmar
Luz Gonzalez-Salcedo, ’69
Ms. Maria Santangelo and Mr. Edward Schwarz
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annual giving
individuals
(continued)
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuele Sapienza
Nicole Toulis Sardo, ’81
Ms. Kumi Sato, ’80
Mr. Nicholas Saunders, ’97
Dr. Nicholas Schiff and Ms. Michelle Giuliano
Mr. Joshua Schimel, ’75
Mr. and Mrs. David Schwartz
Ms. Sacha Schwimmer, ’02
Ms. Inda M. Sechzer, ’68
Mr. Da-Hong Seetoo and Dr. Margaret Chen-Seetoo
Ambassador Paul Seger and Mrs. Colette Seger Schneiter
Mr. and Mrs. Puvan J. Selvanathan
Ms. Valerie M. Severn
Anthony Shih and Yvonne Tsang
Mr. Clay Shirky and Ms. Almaz Zelleke, ’81
Bradley Siciliano and Laura Evangelista
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Mr. Michael L. Simon and Dr. Karen Simon
Dr. Nimi Singh, ’81
Rajeev Singh-Molares, ’81
Mr. Paul Sisson and Ms. Katie Allen
Dan and Hannah Smith
David Smith and Lora Chang
Ms. Megane Smith
Mr. Neil Smith, ’81
Dhumale-Smyth Family
Peter and Rachel Sorrentino
Mrs. Eileen Stempel
Mr. Nicholas Stephan and Dr. Helen Stephan
Jane Ellen Stone, M.D., ’69
Ms. Jessica L. Striano, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Stuart
Mr. and Mrs. Shuhrat Sulaymanov
Mr. Joseph Tam and Ms. Christine Shen
Mr. Andrea Tambalotti and Ms. Ann Morning, ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy Thomas, Jr.
Ms. Blanche B. Thomas- Tapper, ’02
Ms. Kathryn Thorup-Lefrere, ’82
Gillian Todd, ’93
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Traugot
Mr. Bogue Trondowski and Ms. Anna Zietek
Ms. Susan Tucker, ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Sudheer Tyagi
Doug Tyler and Rie Kadota
Craig and Elizabeth Tyndale
Mr. Salvador Uy, ’83
Ms. Bernadette Uy-Santangelo, ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Pieter Van Gaal
Mr. Pierre Varela and Ms. Miriam Fuchs
Mr. Adolfo Vargas, ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Andrei Vesselov
Mr. and Mrs. Rajesh Wadia
Mr. and Mrs. Jens Wandel
Ms. Amy Chia Yi-Wang, ’68
Mr. Maciej Was and Ms. Yelena Kurushko
Mr. William Weinbaum, ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weingrad
Mr. Josh Weiss and Ms. Mariah Fredericks
Mr. Daniel Welt and Ms. Radha Vatsal
Mr. and Mrs. Xuejun Wen
Brian and Stephanie Werther
Zaw Win and Hala Jabir
Mr. and Mrs. Jochen Wolter
Mr. Darryl Wong and Mr. Michael Kandel
Mr. and Mrs. David Wood
Mr. Yun Wu and Ms. Shengmei Hu
Mr. Guanglian Xie and Ms. Li Zou
Mr. Haoliang Xu and Ms. Lei Zong
Mr. and Mrs. Hidefumi Yamamura
Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Yan
Mr. Martin Y. Yang and Ms. Lin Wu
Ms. Genni Yaniv, ’05
Ms. Elaine Yaniv
Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Yuriy Yushuvayev
Mr. Constantinos Zackheos, ’02
Ms. Dasha Zaemsky, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Haider R. Zaidi
Ms. Nino Zaridze
Dr. Andy Zelleke, ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Zhong
Simon Nin Zhu, ’07
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Zwerling
21
annual giving
alumni
Anonymous (2)
Dr. Bethlehem Abebe-Wolpaw, ’92
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Ago, ’87
Mr. Ziauddin Ahmed, ’89
Ms. Johnita L. Anthony, ’93
Ms. Asli Ü. Bâli, ’89
Mr. Diego A. Bauzá, ’02
Ms. Francesca Benenson, ’76
Mr. Mike Bobbitt, ’87 and Mrs. Toni Bobbitt
Ms. Alexandra Bourdelon, ’82
Dr. Lance Brown, ’86 and Mrs. Becca Kelly
Ms. Alexandra E. Brown, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Brust, ’84
Mr. Xavier Cabanne, ’78
Ms. Bettine Carbajal, ’81
Dr. Fuat Celik, ’98
Ms. Nina Chacko, ’71
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Mary Fenn Chacko, ’83
Mr. Victor T. Chao, ’82
Mr. Robert Chemtob, ’71
Mr. Alain Chesnais, ’74
Kate Taylor Cobbold, ’81
Jennifer Coffey, ’88
Mr. Philip Corradini, ’73
Mr. Brad C. Deutsch, ’83
Dr. Caner Dinlenc and Mrs. Begum Dinlenc, ’89
Ms. Dana Dobreva, ’02
Mr. Stephane Dujarric, ’83 and Mrs. Ilaria Dujarric
Dr. Jakob Dupont, ’83 and Mrs. Rebecca Dupont
Ms. Natalia S. Echeverria, ’02
Kate Elliott, ’81
The Elshami Family
Mr. Christopher M. Evans, ’94 and Mrs. Jennifer Evans
Ms. Sandra Farber, ’75
Mr. Adam Farber, ’73
Lisa Ferin, ’83
Ms. Diana Fong-Ach, ’75
Mr. Ian Fox, ’86
Jay Friedkin, ’75
M.Timur Friedman, ’82
Mr. John Frizell, ’68
Leni Fuhrman, ’66 and Charles DeFanti
Nancy Super Gaba, MD, ’83 and Michael M. Gaba
Carla Gagliotti, ’68
Ms. Diana Galer Jaffe, Ph.D., ’73
Mia Goldman, ’72
Caryn Groce, ’90
Mr. Alexander Hammam-Howe, ’02
Mr. Mark Hansson, ’77
Mr. David A.K. Harland, ’73
Ms. Danielle Hartman, ’93
Mr. Cyriak John, ’02
Mr. Jonathan Kaskel, ’75
Ms. Helen Kauder, ’78 and Mr. Barry Nalebuff
Ms. Mona Koda, ’02
Karim Kuzbari, ’81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari
Ms. Taina Lehto, ’83
Mr. Robert W. Lessa, ’02
Ms. Ana Logar, ’84
Mr Ramon V. Lores, ’87
Ms. Julia Mankata-Tamakloe, ’86
Lee H. Marshall, ’85
Mr. John McEvoy and Mrs. Maria McEvoy, ’83
Ms. Joslyn E. Meier, ’97
Ms. Nora A. Metzger, ’02
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Moe, ’75
Mr. Andrea Tambalotti and Ms. Ann Morning, ’86
Mr. Cliff Murray, ’69
Mr. Mark Okita, ’88
Carmen O’Shea, ’93
Mr. Nicholas Panza, ’82
Mrs. Pauline Panza, ’82
Mr. Phil Paschutine, ’78
Mr. Jan Pedersen, ’77
Ms. Danielle Pedras, ’95
Sandro Pugliese, ’88
Ms. Elyse E. Richardson, ’02
Andrew Robertson, ’84 and Beatrice Robertson
Mr. Shawn F. Robinson, ’92 and Mrs. Sandra Robinson
Mr. Marcus Rochester, ’73
Ms. Claire E. Rose, ’07
Mr. Jacob H. Rosenzweig, ’95
Mr. Solade A. Rowe, ’90
Mr. Peter C. Rowson, ’74
Ms. Thais Saad, ’02
Luz Gonzalez-Salcedo, ’69
Ms. Kumi Sato, ’80
Mr. Nicholas Saunders, ’97
Mr. Joshua Schimel, ’75
Ms. Sacha Schwimmer, ’02
Ms. Inda M. Sechzer, ’68
Anne-Lise Spitzer, ’81
Jane Ellen Stone, M.D., ’69
Ms. Jessica L. Striano, ’02
Ms. Alicia Sullivan, ’73 and Mr. Michael Baumstein
Ms. Blanche B. Thomas-Tapper, ’02
Ms. Kathryn Thorup-Lefrere, ’82
Gillian Todd, ’93
Ms. Susan Tucker, ’79
Ms. Marcia I. Uddoh, ’81
Mr. Salvador Uy, ’83
Ms. Bernadette Uy-Santangelo, ’84
Ms. Amy Chia Yi-Wang, ’68
Ms. Genni Yaniv, ’05
Mr. Constantinos Zackheos, ’02
Ms. Dasha Zaemsky, ’02
Simon Nin Zhu, ’07
23
annual giving
memorial gifts
In Memory of Rosalind Cutforth
In Memory of Alexandra Pollyea
In Honor of Brad Deutsch
In Honor of Mrs. Lea Rangel-Ribiero
Ms. Lisa Patterson
Ms. Ilene Deutsch
In Honor of Drew Deutsch
Ms. Ilene Deutsch
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Fox
Mr. Ian Fox, ’86
In Memory of Mr. Smail Kapic
Maggie Lacsny-Jones and Herbert Lacsny
Ms. Polly Lyman
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Mr. and Mrs. Gray Kunz
In Honor of Ms. Annemarie Reinhardt
Amy Chia-Yi Wang, ’68
In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Sylvester E. Rowe
Solade Rowe, ’90
In Honor of Mr. David Shapiro
Anonymous (2)
Joseph Zacklin Alexander, ’81
Ms. Bettine Carbajal, 81
Kate Taylor Cobbold, ’81
Kate Elliott, ’81
Jonathan Kaskell, ’75
Karim Kuzbari, ’81 and Kay DeLeon-Kuzbari
Ms. Megane Smith
Anne-Lise Spitzer, ’81
Ms. Marcia I. Uddoh, ’81
In Memory of Veronica Villanueva
Andrew Brust, ’84
In Honor of Ms. Kenya Washington
Mr. Philip Kazlowski and Ms. Patricia Finn
25
annual giving
institutions
Corporations and Foundations
Altman Foundation
American Express Foundation
Bank of America
Barclays Bank PLC
Berens Capital Management, LLC
Box Tops for Education
Citicorp Foundation
Coach
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Gives
ING Charitable Giving Program
Innovative Operations Solutions LLC
JCAW Foundation, Inc.
Merck Partnership for Giving
Morgan Stanley
New York Life Foundation
NYSE Euronext
Staff Association of the United Nations
International School
TARGET
The Bank of New York
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
The Brim Fund
The Commonwealth Fund
The Gramercy Park Foundation
The Grodzins Fund
The Howard Bayne Fund
The Pzena Investment Charitable Fund
The Travelers Companies
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
UBS
United Way of Greater New Haven
V and C Carpet Inc.
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
26
annual giving
institutions
Governments
Permanent Mission of Germany
Sultanate of Oman
UNIS expresses its deep
appreciation for the support of the
following governments who enrich our
language programs through direct
sponsorship of teachers: The Italian
Government, The People’s Republic
of China, The Spanish Government.
This report gratefully acknowledges
gifts received between July 1, 2012
and June 30, 2013. We have tried
to ensure its accuracy. If there are any
errors or omissions, please notify
the Advancement Office.
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treasurer’s report
report from the chair of the finance and
audit committee
UNIS is committed to fiscal
sustainability and affordability via
diligent and conservative financial
management. We are determined to
fulfill our educational mission
efficiently while offering outstanding
academics, arts and athletics at two
campuses in Manhattan and Queens.
Our financial health and the generosity
of our donors enables UNIS to attract
and retain a world-class, committed
faculty and an extremely gifted and
diverse student body.
For the fiscal year ended 30 June
2013, tuition comprised 94% of total
revenue. UNIS tuition for the 2013
fiscal year increased at our lowest
annual rate in over a decade. We also
rely on non-tuition revenue sources,
such as gifts to the Annual Fund and
Special Programs including summer
camps and after school programs.
UNIS is focused on increasing
sources of non-tuition revenue in
order to minimize future tuition
increases, to the extent possible.
In 2013, following an extensive review
by a committee of dedicated UNIS
faculty, administrators, parents and
Trustees, UNIS began to invest in its
robust 1-to-1 Technology Initiative.
This comprehensive technology
program is designed to create an
environment of equal, digital
opportunities where every student
has access to global information
under the guidance of educators
working within a creative, intellectually
dynamic educational setting.
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The UNIS administration has
carefully managed operational
expenses while increasing investment
in professional development and
enhancing the safety and energy
efficiency at both our Queens
and Manhattan campuses. In
2013, UNIS undertook initiatives
to increase administrative
efficiency, and to reduce waste
and overall costs. This year, UNIS
took advantage of the relatively
low interest rate environment,
allowing us to retire outstanding
debt and lower our annual debt
service payments. We anticipate
that significant capital expenditures
to enhance our physical plant
will be required over the next
several years, including major roof
repairs and fire and safety systems
upgrades at both campuses.
Through careful stewardship of
UNIS’ endowment by the Investment
Sub-Committee of the Board of
Trustees, the endowment continued
to build on its performance from the
prior year with a market value of
$16.8 million as of 30 June 2013,
representing an investment return
of approximately 9% during the
period. On an annual basis, the Board
of Trustees approves the level of
investment return to be appropriated
from the endowment for operations
support. However, no such
appropriation was approved in
2013. The continued growth of the
endowment is an ongoing priority
for UNIS, in order to continue to
improve the school’s financial
strength and support enhanced
programs and facilities.
The UNIS community is extremely
grateful to the Sultanate of Oman
for its very generous $10 million
capital gift received in 2012.
These temporarily restricted funds
will position UNIS to launch the
next phase of its Master Capital
Plan, and are separate from
the endowment funds.
Financial contributions make a
very meaningful impact on
UNIS’ ability to innovate and
enhance the educational
experience for our students. The
continuing generosity of parents,
alumni, parents of alumni, faculty,
staff and friends of UNIS affirms
their awareness of the critical role
of philanthropic gifts. As a result
of the school’s financial position
and through the support of our
community, UNIS was able to
provide $1.2 million in financial
aid assistance to our students. In
addition, 2013 initiatives such
as the enhancement of Queens
campus recreational facilities and
the redesign and renovation of
the Manhattan Junior School
Library were made possible in
large part due to the generosity
of the UNIS community.
Peter Sorrentino
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
“Education is a major driving force for
human development. It opens doors to
the job market, combats inequality,
improves maternal health, reduces child
mortality, fosters solidarity, and promotes
environmental stewardship. Education
empowers people with the knowledge,
skills and values they need to build
a better world.”
–Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General
Memberships
International Baccalaureate Organization
New York State Association of Independent
Schools Council of International Schools
National Association of Independent Schools
Acknowledgements
Many of the photos in this publication were
taken by Island Photography, Jo-Ann Acey,
Richard Chalmers, Nicola Hanrahan,
Laura James, Dan Love, Sarah Jane McIntyre,
Susana Solano-Annunziata, Yvonne Tsang,
Laine Valentino, and Geoff Van Kirk.
Thank you!
United Nations International School
24-50 FDR Drive
New York, NY 10010
Parents of alumni
If your children no longer live at home,
please notify the Alumni Office
of their current addresses.
[email protected]
Thank you!
One school, two addresses
Manhattan Campus, K-12
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New York, NY 10010
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