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Bulletin Winter 2010
ASHLEY HUBBARD HARMON ’96
ON HER TOES
A new era for
Planned Giving
Annual Fund
The Pingree Annual Fund supports the
operating costs of the school. Monies
donated ensure the sustenance of our
educational programs, facilities, and
financial aid resources. Moreover, what
many people don’t realize is that tuition
covers only 86% of the cost of educating
a student at Pingree. The Annual Fund
contributes to the 14% “silent scholarship”
that all Pingree’s students receive.
Planned gifts include bequests,
charitable gift annuities, charitable
remainder trusts, charitable lead
trusts, and retained life real estate.
These gifts from a donor’s estate
assets involve a thoughtful and
deliberate process and have numerous
benefits for the donor. A planned gift
can reduce a donor’s income tax; allow
the donor to avoid capital gains tax;
and significantly impact the future of
our school. To discuss the benefits of
a planned gift, please call Kim Moore
at 978-468-4415 ext. 282 or email her
at [email protected].
To make a gift online, go to
www.pingree.org and click on “Giving.”
Board of Trustees 2009-10
Jane Blake Riley ’77, p ’05
President
James D. Smeallie p ’05, ’09
VICE-PRESIDENT
Keith C. Shaughnessy p ’04, ’08, ’10
Treasurer
Philip G. Lake ’85
SECRETARY
Timothy M. Johnson
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Neale Attenborough p ’11, ’12
Kirk C. Bishop p ’06, ’06, ’08
Tamie Thompson Burke ’76, p ’09
Patricia Castaberti p ’08
Malcom Coates p ’01
Dwight B. Corning p ’10, ’13
Nagaraja Donti p ’11, ’12
Diane Kaneb p ’10, ’12, ’13
Pu Le ’00
Therese Melden p ’09, ’11
Theodore E. Ober p ’12
Oliver Parker p ’06, ’08, ’12
William L. Pingree p ’04, ’08
Mary Puma p ’05, ’07, ’10
William K. Ryan ’96
Binkley C. Shorts p ’95, ’00
Joyce W. Swagerty
Richard D. Tadler p ’09, ’13
William J. Whelan, Jr. p ’07, ’11
Table of
Contents
From the Head’s Desk
2
2009 Fall Sports Wrap Up
14
Alumni Happenings
4
Pingree Archives
32
Admission and College
Counseling Updates
8
Guess Who
34
It’s All Academic
9
Global Initiatives
10
Community Service
11
Arts Alive
12
Alumni Notes
36
Faculty & Staff Notes
64
Prep@Pingree Notes
67
Alumni Profile
Inside Back Cover
Features
COLIN DAVIS ’03
22
Maureen Franco p ’11
PARENTS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
William K. Ryan ’96
ALUMNI LEADERSHIP BOARD PRESIDENT
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Alice Blodgett p ’78, ’81, ’82
Susan B. Brown ’70
John R. Chandler p ’92, ’97
Herbert F. Collins p ’80, ’84, ’86
Peter M. Cowen
James C. Deveney, Jr.
Alice Dietrich ’68
John P. Drislane p ’90, ’93
Mimi Davis Emmons ’64, p ’87, ’90
Richard Harte, Jr. p ’69, ’74, ’77
Richard C. Kennedy p ’75, ’76, ’78
Anne H. Kneisel ’66
Susanne Phippen p ’75, ’78, ’80, ’82
Charles W. Pingree p ’78
John R. Pingree p ’74
Charles P. Rimmer, Jr. p ’86
Edward P. Roberts* p ’68, ’72
William S. Rogers p ’68, ’70
Edward S. Rowland p ’77, ’80, ’82
Gilbert L. Steward, Jr. p ’83
Alexander A. Uhle
ASHLEY Hubbard
HARMON ’96
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DEBORAH
CRAMER
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Bulletin Editor: Judith Klein p ’04
Alumni News and Notes: Laurie Harding Polese ’84, p ’13 and Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76, p ’05, ’08
Photography: Insight Studio; Ned Jackson; Debora VanderMolen; Tracy Emanuel, Tracy Emanuel
Photography; Dan Courter, Dan Courter Photography; Christopher Muise p’11; Laurie Harding Polese ’84,
p’13; Judith Klein p ’04 and others as credited in feature articles.
Design: Graphic Details
Printing: Cummings Printing
*deceased
Pingree School admits students of any race,
color, national and ethnic origin 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 policies, scholarship, and loan programs,
and athletic and other school-administered
programs.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the
information in the Pingree Bulletin is correct.
Please direct any errors to the Marketing & Communications Office and accept our apologies.
DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT: Kimberly C. Moore
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS: Judith Klein p ’04
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS: Laurie Harding Polese ’84, p ’13
DIRECTOR OF annual fund & parent relations: Diana Batchelder Mathey p ’01, ’04, ’09, ’11
Database Administrator: Paul Tetta
Events coordinator: Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76, p ’05, ’08
Development Office coordinator: Donna Maggio p ’05
The Pingree School Bulletin is published twice yearly
for alumni, parents, and friends Of the school. Please
send address changes and other communications to:
Marketing & Communications Office
Pingree School, 537 Highland Street,
South Hamilton, MA 01982-1399
Phone: 978.468.4415 • Fax: 978.468.3758
Web address: www.pingree.org
Alumni e-mail: [email protected]
Publications e-mail: [email protected]
From the
Head’s Desk
Pingree 101
A
pproaching the midway point of my
inaugural year as a Highlander, I relish the responsibilities of being a new
student. Observing classes, meeting with
colleagues, spending time with students,
learning from Trustees and Overseers,
engaging in dialogue with parents, and
studying school culture has been fascinating, affirming, and rewarding. These
are extraordinary times to be in education
and every day is an adventure shared with
hard-working, passionate, and thoughtful
people. Members of the Pingree community value the human side of education, the life of the mind, and the bright
future of this academic institution.
Processing the experiences, hopes, and
dreams of the people who have built and
cared for this school has helped frame my
thinking and decision-making over the
past few months. Thank you to all who
responded to the alumni survey that was
sent in July. I read the responses carefully
and return to them regularly – the binder
sits within reach on my desk at home.
Many, but not all, are positive; some suggest what we need to work on. All offer
important considerations as we build on
past traditions to establish the priorities
for our shared future.
The following responses particularly resonate with me and will, I hope,
with you.
“I had a feeling that I was part of something special and new, especially in the
context of what seemed an overwhelming
and atrophied culture of New England
private education. Pingree was a fresh
perspective, one that was brash and a little
messy.” – Class of ’78
“Pingree needs a greater diversity of
students and faculty…” – Class of ’88
“At Pingree, you are known…and challenged” – Class of ’81
“The reputation that Pingree is a
school only for wealthy kids…I have seen
changes over the years, but the reputation
persists. I assume the cost feeds into this
perception.” – Class of ’81
“The special and unique relationships
at Pingree not only allow students to excel
in the classroom, but perhaps more importantly, they teach one how to interact
with adults” – Class of ’08
“The diverse range of classes…from
the requirement to take different history
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and art classes freshman year to the different electives as you go out into your junior and senior years…and finally the option for senior project. Pingree dedicates
itself to creating a well-rounded student
ready to go out into the world.” – Class
of ’95
“I like to believe that Pingree is always striving for more, to be the best…
but don’t lose the ‘homey’ feeling…if I
were to encourage anything it would be
a further sense of integrity and honesty.”
– Class of ’08
“ART! ART! ART! Dance…ceramics…
drawing and painting…Pingree fosters
an atmosphere where it is safe and encouraged to be creative.” – Class of ’94
“The Wheeler game at the end of the
year…endless discussions about who
was going to Nick’s Roast Beef to get
52 sandwiches for the bus ride…and an
enormous amount of school spirit…Pingree has a sense of serenity and warmth.”
– Class of ’77
American education is in the midst
of change, and Pingree’s refreshing mission, small size, rich location, and independence will allow us to harness new
“
Teachers at Pingree have always understood
that creativity, collaboration, communication,
empathy, and adaptability are not ‘soft skills’
to acquire around rigorous study.
opportunities in teaching and learning.
In order to prepare current students for
their futures, we are currently assessing
our facilities, especially in areas of the arts
and indoor athletics, and the academic
schedule to ensure both are meeting student and program needs.
Teachers at Pingree have always understood that creativity, collaboration, communication, empathy, and adaptability are
not “soft skills” to acquire around rigorous
study. These skills are the core capabilities of a world facing complex challenges.
We will continue to distinguish ourselves
as a rigorous college-preparatory institution by investing in our tradition as an
ambitious and imaginative learning community. Intelligent, passionate people and
deep, meaningful relationships will continue to be the foundation for all transformative learning experiences at Pingree, as
they are at all great academic institutions.
Learning happens through the social interactions with students and teachers,
parents, the community, and the world at
large. These inclusive interactions don’t
just benefit students – they bring new resources and knowledge to Pingree.
Our teachers, by investigating topics in
class such as global warming, transportation, waste management, health care,
poverty, energy, and education, encourage students to see the
possibilities for making
an impact on the world.
Learning at Pingree is always more than finding
the right answer; it’s about
being in a place that fosters ambition, innovative
problem-solving, citizenship, discipline, and responsibility.
As we approach our
50th anniversary as a
school, a milestone year
for celebration, education, and regeneration,
our program will continue to be evaluated for
its relevance. We will
continue to seek ways to
capture students’ attention and imagination.
Students will continue
to be expected to take
their learning and use
it to address real life
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issues. In the words of Robert Evans, “We
are preparing the child for the path, not
the path for the child.”
Kirk Varnedoe, former Curator of the
Museum of Modern Art, once said that
modern art is beautiful for its unprecedented open-endedness in its means, its
concerns, and its audience. The images
and movements in modern art resonate
because of the bold questions they raise
and the possibilities they open up. Modern art, like good teaching, is about alchemy – making new elements out of base
matter and giving new life to things that
are dormant or inert. In the process of observing teachers this fall, it is striking how
the discipline of teaching parallels that of
the contemporary artist. The tools, media,
and audience differ, but the thoughtful effort to connect, inspire, and communicate
each day is remarkably similar.
As I finish writing to you at 6:15 p.m.
on a chilly, damp Tuesday evening in December, one of our students practices guitar in the foyer; a group of juniors sing,
laugh, and stack cans by the front door for
the winter food drive; a cluster of students
huddle over a computer in the library
annex, tweaking a group science project;
and a team of athletes walks by my office
door returning from practice to catch
their rides home. Their vitality is infectious. I cannot help but think that I am
so proud to be part of this special place.
Warmest regards,
Tim Johnson
Head of School
alumni
ecology and conservation. Her devotion
to conservation and the environment lives
on today through this lecture series and we
are grateful to the Dorsey family for making these assemblies possible.
Annual Eleanor M.
Dorsey’66 Memorial
Lecture
September 23, 2009
Eleanor “Ellie” Dorsey, class of 1966, was
only 51 years old when she died of an inoperable brain tumor. In the years following
her graduation from Pingree, Ellie studied
at Cornell University and later earned a
master’s degree in marine biology from the
University of Washington. Her dedication
to science and conservation brought her to
the Conservation Law Foundation where
she spent 10 years advocating for environmental causes, drawing special attention
to the plight of New England’s depleted
fish stocks. In her later years, she and
her family moved to Maryland where she
continued her work as a marine biologist.
Prior to her death, she was nominated for
the prestigious Pew fellowship in Marine
Conservation, granted each year to support
international leaders in the field working
to address urgent challenges in marine
Mike Nelligan ’02, Patrick Nelligan ’04, Casey Fischer ’04, Matt
Nelligan ’04 and Robbie Logan ’03
Homecoming
Concord Day
October 24, 2009
Go Highlanders! Pingree Homecoming
Day was held on Saturday, October 24,
2009. The Pingree Highlanders, soccer,
field hockey, and cross-country, all competed against Concord Academy. After
the games the Parents Association hosted
a cookout for all the guests and athletes.
Members of the Alumni Leadership
Board were in charge of grilling burgers
for the army of hungry athletes and all
visiting families, alumni and guests. For
the Alumni soccer game, the weather was
not in our favor but this did not stop a few
diehard alumni who came back to play in
the alumni soccer game. Robbie Logan
’03, traveled from New York to come back
for the game.
Back row: Rebeca Dorsey, Bill Dorsey and Bruce Stedman.
Front row: Eleanor Dorsey (Ellie’s mother), Peter Dorsey,
Deborah Cramer and Susie Dorsey.
Deborah Cramer signs her book, “Smithsonian Ocean,
Our Water Our World.”
New York City Reception
October 15, 2009
Tim Johnson, Head of School, and his
wife, Jen Groeber, along with several
faculty and staff members traveled to New
York City to visit with Pingree alumni at
Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant. The alumni
who attended had the
opportunity to talk
with Tim and share
their favorite Pingree
memories and stories.
June Jeswald, Ailsa
Steinert, Buddy Taft,
Alicia Kramer Murphy ’91 and Neil Murphy
Liz Taft ’73, Eric Stacey
’81 and Alan McCoy
all enjoyed reconnecting with NYC alumni
and friends. Many thanks
to everyone who attended.
n ’03
Robbie Loga
3 and
Durkee ’7
ald, Sarah
June Jesw
rt
Ailsa Steine
Eric Stacey ’81, Jen Groeber, Aisha Bennett ’00, Tom Manning ’99
and Tim Johnson, Head of School.
Liz Taft ’7
3,
Alex Luho
wy ’93 an
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Bill Ryan
’96
s ’76
Poppy Burn
ett ’00 and
Aisha Benn
oy
and Alan McC
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Tim Johnson and Chapman Downes ’90
happenings
Athletic Honor Society
Honoring Elizabeth Charlotte Glessner
Honoring Jane Shotwell Pirie
October 24, 2009
Five distinguished contributors to Pingree’s athletic program were inducted into
the Pingree School Athletic Honor Society.
The Society was formed in 1999 to honor
those alumni, coaches and friends who have
made a significant contribution to the athletic programs at Pingree School, or whose
participation in athletics, other than at Pingree, was so outstanding that it brought
credit to Pingree School and served as a
model for the Pingree Community.
Honoring Lester S. MacLaughlin
p’84,
Class of 1999
Class of 1979
Field Hockey and Lacrosse
Lacrosse
John Glessner, Ian Glessner ’98, Elizabeth
“Char” Glessner ’99 and Susan Glessner
Drew Pirie, Taylor Pirie, Jane Shotwell Pirie ’79, Robin Pirie,
John Pirie and Catherine Pirie
Honoring John R. Pingree
Honoring Jud Smith
’85, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’89, ’91, gp’08, ’13, ’13
P’74, GP’12
Class of 1975
Friend of Athletics
Friend of Athletics
Sailing
Picture left to right: Meghan Wall MacLaughlin ’91, Robie
MacLaughlin ’91, Henry Martin ’13, Helen MacLaughlin ’85,
Helen MacLaughlin, Lester MacLaughlin, Nate MacLaughlin
’13, Julia MacLaughlin, Jess MacLaughlin and Jan MacLaughlin.
Kim Ober, Dianne Pingree, Katie Ober ’12, John Pingree,
Ted Ober and Sam Ober.
Cindy Smith, Jud Smith ’75 and Darby Smith.
Please visit the Alumni page on Pingree’s website to read the full bios of this year’s inductees and a list of all
past recipients. You may use the on-line nomination form to nominate future inductees.
College Age Brunch 2009
november 25, 2009
The annual College Age Alumni Brunch was held on
Wednesday, November 25, 2009. This year our youngest
alumni came back in droves to visit with friends, faculty and
students here on campus. Alumni could be seen all over
Carolin
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Kyle O leary ’09 an
’Donn
d
campus and out on the football field. After the brunch,
ell ’10
visiting alumni were entertained by watching the seniors ’10 and
juniors ’11 compete in the Powder Puff Football Game. Thank you to everyone
who came back to visit for this special event the day before Thanksgiving.
Ashante Bennett ’06, Tricia Williamson ’08,
and Erick Andrickson ’06.
l ’09, Trina
Minaya-Surie d English
an
ero ’11, Jolmi
Rebecca Cord Multicultural Education
r of
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Gary (Directo cher), Bianka Mejia ’09
tea
Kate Klibansky ’09, Highlander Mascot (donated by the class of 2008),
Clay LePard ’08 and Matt Rubin ’08.
Tony Sardo
’09, Allen
and Zack Ro Williamson ’09
kos ’09
Meg O’Hare ’09, Liz O’Hare ’04, Steve Carey, Co-Director of College
Counseling and History teacher, Susie O’Hare ’06 and Jimmy O’Hare ’12
Girls Hockey Team Competes with Pingree Alumni
Wednesday, november 25, 2009
After the College Age Brunch, 11 alumni
laced up their skates and hit the ice to
play a fun game of hockey against current Pingree hockey players. Sam Mathey
’04 braved the goal while Evan Perkins ’10,
student body president, learned how to
play hockey in preparation for his junior
varsity hockey season. Evan hopes to be
an honorary member of the girls hockey
team. Check out the score in the background. The game ended with a 4-4 tie.
Save the date for the second annual Girls
Student-Alumni Hockey Game following
the Alumni Brunch onWednesday, November 24, 2010!
(L-R): Dale Bishop ’08, Gina Caselden ’08, Liza Richardson
’08, Madison Kramer ’09 and Holly Noyes ’09.
The Alumni Association Award was established in 1982 and was renamed the Mimi
Davis Emmons ’64 Alumni Association
Award in 1999 in honor of Mimi’s retirement and her many years of service to Pingree School. This distinguished award is
presented each year at graduation to a Pingree graduate who has, through extraordinary effort and dedicated service, made
a significant contribution to the quality of
life of his or her school, community, or society as a whole.
Clare Shanahan ’10, Evan Perkins ’10 and Lacey Allis ’10.
Seekin g nomin ation s
Mimi Davis Emmons
’64 Alumni Association
Award
Standing (L to R): Sarah Carpenter ’97, Phebe McKelvey ’12,
Aly Heffron ’13, Shelby DiFiore ’12, Carolyn Attenborough ’11,
Liza Richardson ’08, Holly Noyes ’09, Meaghan Souza ’11,
Ashley Bell ’04, Mary Kate Bell ’11, Alanna Krowiak ’11, Gina
Caselden ’08, Maura McDonald ’07, Dale Bishop ’08, Clare
Shanahan ’10, Sam Mathey ’04.
Sitting (L to R): Will Davis (Pingree 2019!), Addie Davis ’09,
Madison Kramer ’09, Lacey Allis ’10, Kellie Marshall ’10, Kaitlyn O’Connell ’11, Lily Sabatini ’12, Evan Perkins ’10. Missing
from Photo (but at the game): Barbara Santos ’07
The Office of Alumni Relations and the
Alumni Leadership Board are currently
seeking nominations for the annual Mimi
Davis Emmons ’64 Alumni Association
Award recipient(s). Please visit the Alumni
page on Pingree’s website to electronically
send in your nomination(s) and to see a list
of all past recipients.
Mimi Davis Emmons ’64 (L) and Suzy Keefe Allen ’73.
What’s in Your Closet?
As part of our 50th anniversary, we are
planning an extensive exhibit of Pingree archives. If you have any objects, yearbooks,
photographs or other items that you are
willing to donate or lend, please contact
Laurie Harding Polese ’84 at lpolese@
pingree.org or 978-468-4415 ext. 310
Alumni Holiday Gathering
December 3, 2009
The Alumni Leadership Board and the Office of Alumni Relations hosted the Annual Alumni Holiday Gathering at the Boston College Club on
, Sam Mathey
Billy Rudolph ’01
Tom Salter ’02, Jay Henderson ’03.
December 3, 2009. Alumni of all ages
’04 and
reconnected and shared some holiday
Phu Le ’0
cheer with their Pingree friends, new
0, Head of
and Cara School, Tim John
Agelopulos
son,
acquaintances and Pingree faculty and
’01.
staff. Head of School, Tim Johnson and
his wife, Jen Groeber, enjoyed meeting
everyone and hearing stories of Pingree past. One of the highlights of the
evening was watching the lighting of
anda
Boston Common from the 36th floor.
rtney Riedell ’05, Am
Lauren Kruck ’05, CouRosette Cataldo ’89.
Alan McCoy and Jessica Gifford ’98
Dyson ’89 and
Happy 2010 to everyone!
Steve Filosa and John Bertolon ’05
nbach ’00,
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Michael Kette
June Jeswald, and Irene Farnham ’03
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Cara Pratt ’05, Erica Woodman ’05, Courtney Riedell ’05, Hannah
Donoghue ’05, Elisa Maggio ’05 and Lauren Kruck ’05.
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Alex Shor
ts
Cara Pratt ’05 and Nick Pratt ’04
’00, Micha
Chuck Manel Kettenbach ’00
and
ning ’00
Pingree Holiday Skate Date
December 20, 2009
Many Pingree alumni and their families came out to enjoy an
afternoon of family skating followed by a Men’s Alumni Hockey
Game at the H. Alden Johnson, Jr. Rink. After the skating, alumni
were invited to Liz ’73 and Buddy Taft’s home on campus for a
light supper.
Save the Date
Winter Carnival Auction
February 27, 2010
Come in from the cold for
this year’s Parents Association Auction. The theme
is Winter Carnival. Dress
is cozy casual. Go to
Pingree.maestroweb.
com for details and see
ad on page 65.
Save the Date
Washington, DC
Alumni Reception
Save the Date
Senior Career
Development Series
May 24, 2010
The Alumni Leadership Board will be
hosting the annual Senior Career Development Series (SCDS) on Monday, May
24, 2010. Each spring alumni come back
to campus to share their career insights
with the graduating class. Discussion panels have included: Law and Government;
Medicine and Health; Starting Your Own
Business; Writing and Literature; Graduate School and Networking; Careers in the
Arts and Education. Guest speakers are
April 1, 2010
The Alumni Office will host an evening Reception in Washington, D.C. at the Old Ebbitt Grille on Thursday, April 1, 2010. Reconnect with alumni living in and around the
city and meet Head of School Tim Johnson,
and his wife, Jen Groeber. Invitations and
on-line registration coming soon.
Walter Mears ’00, Bill Ryan ’96, Amanda Crawford Jackson ’96,
Tim Everitt ’84, Michael Nelligan ’02, Keri Barrett ’03,
Chris McCarthy ’88, Ryan Montecalvo ’95,
Anna Wistran Wolfe ’95, and Tom Burke ’79.
not limited to these professional fields.
We welcome all alumni to participate!
The program runs from 9:00-12:00 and
concludes with a catered luncheon in the
library where we welcome the graduating
class to the Alumni Association.
Scott Nazarian ’86 “Skyped” in from his home in San
Francisco, California to talk about his work. Scott has worked
as a creative director and designer with studios in Boston,
New York and Los Angeles across film, editorial, advertising,
graphic design and visualization for human-computer interaction. Currently he is a Principal Designer with the Digital
Media Group in Frog Design’s San Francisco office.
We are currently seeking Alumni to join
the panel of presenters for the 2010 SCDS.
If you would like to participate, please
contact Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76 in the
Alumni Office at [email protected]
or call 978-468-4415 x261. Thank you!
admission update
One of my favorite parts of being an Admission Director is the gift of perspective.
I watch eighth graders grow to be engaged high school students and then focused,
driven college students. It’s always amazing to me how these young eighth graders
can mature so dramatically in such a short period of time.
This morning I received an e-mail from one of those past eighth graders, a young
man who is now a sophomore at Syracuse University. He is a lead news anchor on the Syracuse television network and just had one of his sport specials air on Boston’s own Channel 38.
It made me proud on many fronts. First, he had clear goals when he left Pingree, and he is obviously well
on his way to achieving them. Second, he felt a strong enough connection to Pingree, and to the people of
Pingree, to share what he was doing. Just six short years ago, we could not predict where this young boy was
headed, but we knew he would be going places.
If you have been on Pingree’s campus this year, you clearly know that our school is going places also.
With Dr. Johnson’s dynamic leadership, our talented faculty, and our energized student body, Pingree is
full steam ahead. Our admission numbers reveal that we are in the midst of one of our strongest years
ever, despite a rare convergence of demographic and economic woes facing all schools. Both October’s
Admission Open House and November’s Admission Information Night were record-breaking affairs with
overflowing rooms filled with interested prospective families.
Numbers aside, I am incredibly impressed with the quality of students expressing interest in Pingree
School. Our current ninth graders are living up to the potential we saw in them during the admission
process last year, making an impact not only on campus, but in their local, and even global, communities.
Beyond the traditional academic and athletic standouts in this class, we have a skier who competes at preOlympic events; a diver who has traveled throughout the region competing successfully against nationally
ranked athletes; a drummer who performs at Revolutionary War re-enactments in a fife and drum corps;
and a student of Russian heritage who helps local Russian-speaking senior citizens by translating their
mail and setting up doctors’ appointments. That is just a sampling of the exceptional freshmen now on
campus.
I know from the applications we have received (the due date was January 15) that we have another
banner year of candidates for the Class of 2014. I look forward to telling you more about their talents
and gifts soon.
Best wishes,
Eric Stacey ’81
Director of Admission
Next Stop:
College
The Class of 2010 has embraced the college
application process and finalized their last round
of applications to schools on their individualized list just before the new year. Approximately
70 percent of the class chose to submit an early
application through either the Early Decision or
Early Action option. We’ll update this after Dec. 15
with a percentage of acceptances and/or a list of
colleges that granted acceptances. Results have
begun to trickle in and the bulk of decisions will
be learned in the latter weeks of December.
Our students apply throughout the nation,
predominantly in the Northeast, but also in the
South, Mid-Atlantic, West Coast and Metropolitan Mid-West. This year’s class mirrors previous
classes in its balance between big schools and
small, urban and suburban, a select interest in
women’s colleges and even some international
activity. It is always an exciting and challenging
time of year and we are reminded that the cycle
reinvents itself annually as we will begin our rewarding work with the Class of 2011 shortly after
the New Year.
The college process at Pingree is student centered and dedicated to the belief that each student possesses a unique set of talents, skills, and
distinctive strengths. The college counseling staff
serves in both an advisory and counseling role in
support of each students college search, application process, and ultimate decision to matriculate.
Advising often centers around questions concerning course selection for the senior year, standardized testing, the relative selectivity of different
colleges and the myriad of details encountered
in the application process itself. Our counseling
support centers upon the personal reflections
of our students as they consider the appropriate environment and program of undergraduate
education most suitable for their ambitions and
aspirations. In that sense, each student provides
a unique opportunity for her/his counselor.
Steve Carey
Pingree Co-Director of College Counseling
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As of January 5, Pingree seniors
received acceptances from
American University
Bates College (3)
Bentley University (3)
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University (2)
Colorado College (3)
Davidson College
University of Denver (3)
Elon University (3)
Emory University
Fairfield University (3)
Florida Southern University
Fordham University
Greensboro College
Hamilton College
High Point University (2)
Hofstra University
Lewis & Clark College
Johnson & Wales
Loyola University, MD. (2)
Marymount College
University of Massachusetts
Honors Program
University of Michigan
University of New Haven
New York University
Northeastern University (3)
Pace University
Providence College (2)
Quinnipiac University
Roanoke College
University of Rochester
St. Anselm College
Sacred Heart University
Siena College
Southern Maine University
Southern New Hampshire Univ.
St. Michael’s College (2)
Stonehill College (2)
Syracuse University
Temple University
Trinity College (2)
Tulane University (2)
Ursinus College
US Military Academy
University of Vermont (9)
Villanova University
Washington & Jefferson (3)
Washington University, St. Louis
Wellesley College (2)
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Univ. (2)
It’s All
Academic…
National Merit
Recognizes Pingree
Students
Six Pingree seniors were recognized
in the fall by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their achievement on the PSAT/NMSQT exam.
Julia Kennelly is a semi-finalist; Kristin
Altreuter, Matthew Donovan, Lily
Gabaree, Nina Jain, Emma Johnson
and Lindsay Margolis all received
Letters of Commendation.
Of the 1.5 million entrants, only 50,000,
those with the highest PSAT/NMSQT®
Selection Index scores (critical reading +
mathematics + writing skills scores), qualify for recognition in the National Merit®
Scholarship Program.
Approximately 34,000 of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/
NMSQT® receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding
academic promise. About 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the
50,000 high scorers, qualify as Semifinalists. Semifinalists are the highest scoring
entrants in each state. To be considered for a National Merit® Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to
Finalist standing in the competition
by meeting high academic standards
and other requirements.
Students Receive
High Honor Bowls
Highest scholarship bowls are awarded
to Pingree students who earn an average of 95 or higher for the entire year. Bowls for seniors are awarded at graduation. The bowls for last year’s freshmen,
sophomores and juniors for the 200809 school year were given at a morning
meeting on September 30.
Recipients were 2009 graduates
Francesca Falzone, Sara Finkle, Ian Hatch,
Nina Hatch, Heather Lyon, Kathryn
Milaschewski,
Meredith
O’Hare,
Caitlin Ryan, Elizabeth Scoble, and Joshua
Shain; seniors Kristin Altreuter, Matthew
Donovan, Nina Jain, Emma Johnson, Colleen Maher, Vinay Rajur and
Kaitlin Reedy; juniors Priya Donti, Kanav
Kathuria, Sarah Mathey and Zalia Rojas;
and sophomore Olivia Miller.
AP Scholars Named
Twenty-three Pingree students
were recognized in the fall by the
College Board for their exceptional
performance on 2008 Advanced
Placement exams.
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ing an average grade of at least 3.5 (out of
5) on all AP exams taken and grades of 3
or higher on five or more of these exams.
Caroline Cleary, Paula Costa, Sara
Finkle, Nina Hatch, Britney McNeilly,
Jennifer Murphy and Joshua Shain were
designated as Scholars with Honor for
receiving an average grade of at least 3.25
on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or
higher on four or more of these exams.
Frazer Anderson, Charlotte David,
Adelaide Davis, Katherine King,
Peter Kritikos, Susanna Manginis,
Emily Melden, Kathryn Milaschewski,
Benjamin Mitchell, Elizabeth Pruett,
Caitlyn Ryan, Elizabeth Scoble and Lauren
Zion were designated as AP Scholars for
receiving grades of 3 or higher on three or
more AP exams.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and
academically prepared students with the
opportunity to take rigorous college-level
courses while still in high school, and to
earn college credit, advanced placement,
or both for successful performance on
the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the
nearly 1.7 million students worldwide
who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to earn an AP Scholar
Award. n
Global
Initiatives
Educating Globally at Pingree
By Kathleen Dolan
Pingree’s foreign exchange efforts were
in full swing this fall, starting with French
guests who arrived on October 24. Led by
two teachers, 12 students from the Lycée St.
Michel de Picpus in Paris stayed with Pingree families, attended classes at Pingree,
and took field trips to places of local interest. They also had the bonus of celebrating
Halloween—attending the Monster Mash,
visiting Salem, and trick-or-treating on the
big day itself. Closely following the French,
and coming to celebrate our other uniquely
American holiday of Thanksgiving, two
teachers and 12 students from the Århus
Købmandsskole in Århus, Denmark arrived
for their tenth annual visit. Simultaneously,
two boys from Colegio Pare Manyanet in
Barcelona attended Pingree for the month of
November and stayed with Pingree families.
In January, a group from Pare Manyanet
visited Pingree, hosted by the families of senior Spanish students, and another group
from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in
Yorkshire will visit in February. Each visiting group enjoys the diversity of our school
and of the Boston area, with lectures from
volunteer Pingree teachers on their areas of
expertise, as well as visits to places as diverse
as the Hemingway Room at the JFK Library
and the mill tours at Lowell Heritage Park.
Visitors also enjoy the added treat of a night
at Prince Pizza, hosted by past Pingree parents, Steve and Trish Castraberti. A richness
of experience here is always reflected in
the return visits made by Pingree students
when host schools abroad seek to meet the
same high quality of both family and school
life which their students experience here.
Pingree students will return to England
in March, while several seniors will visit
schools in either Barcelona or Paris for
their senior projects. Finally, the school in
Denmark is hoping that Pingree soccer will
repeat the 2008 trip when 19 members of
the varsity team visited Århus for both culture and football. Individual Pingree students have also visited families
of our partner schools on their
own during the past year—both
during school time and in the
summer. Several students are
currently lined up to return
hospitality abroad and live with
a foreign family during March
vacation or next summer.
Visiting Spanish students with their
Pingree hosts. L. to R. Grace Steward ’11,
Hayden Steward ’13, Luís Moregó, Eric
Margolis ’12, Lindsay Margolis ’10, Aaron
Levenson ’11, Ignasi Cardó.
All of these foreign visits are made possible—and affordable—by the generosity
of Pingree families, many of whom have
forged ties enduring for several years, even
visiting back and forth between countries
and, of course, sharing hundreds of photos
and messages on Facebook!
The driving force behind Pingree’s foreign exchange program is the conviction
that the school of the 21st century must provide opportunities to students to engage in
an ever-changing and increasingly globalized world.
Everyone is encouraged to get involved
with our expanding program. It truly represents the wave of the present!
For more information, please contact Director of
Global Education Kathleen Dolan at kdolan@
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Students and teachers from the Århus Købmandsskole in Denmark say
goodbye to Pingree on December 4 after their 9th annual Thanksgiving
visit. Here they are pictured with Head Timothy Johnson on the last
morning of their stay.
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Community
Service
Students Demonstrate
Community Concern
Pingree students gave back to communities far and wide during the first semester this year.
In September, student models took
to the stage for the 2009 Pingree Wear
Awareness Fashion Show to support the
work of Schools for Schools in rebuilding schools in war-torn northern Uganda. This year’s Wear Awareness Fashion
Show raised nearly $4,000. For more
information about Schools for Schools
project of rebuilding schools in Uganda,
go to http://s4s.invisiblechildren.com.
In October, 60 soccer teams with players from age three to 21 took to the fields
at Pingree School for the North Section
Assessment Soccer Tournament of the
Special Olympics. Fifteen fields were
cordoned off for the hundreds of participants coming from as far as Milton and
southern New Hampshire and as close as
down the street. This marks the second
year that Pingree has hosted this
event.
In November, students in the
school’s Social Concerns Club organized “Canstruction” to collect
canned goods, boxed goods, cleaning supplies, and baby supplies for
Beverly Bootstraps, a local organization that helps the less fortunate. To
display the donations, each class
created pyramids of the boxes and
cans on areas marked on the floor
in the front hall, Uhle Hall and
Commons.
In December, the Social Concerns Club spearheaded support
for two local organizations offering holiday gifts to the needy.
New books were collected for
children served by Wellspring in
Gloucester and gifts for 25 children and six families were contributed to ARC of
the North Shore.
Pingree students
continue to live the
school’s mission:
“Above all, Pingree
strives to instill in
its students integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem
and commitment to
one another and to
the world at large.” n
Arts
Alive!
Students Succeed at
District Auditions
Photo Students
Expose Talents
Junior Priya Donti, sophomore Olivia
Miller and sophomore Sam Garcia successfully auditioned for the Northeastern
Massachusetts District Senior Festival
Chorus which performed in concert on
January 9 at Lowell High School. Sam
also qualified to audition for the All-State
Chorus which will perform in concert at
Symphony Hall in March. The music festivals are sponsored by the Massachusetts
Music Educators Association (MMEA).
Nearly 400 singers auditioned; only 167
were accepted.
The work of six Pingree photography
students in Deb VanderMolen’s class was
accepted into the 2009 Massachusetts
High School Exhibit in Boston in the
fall. Photos by Liz Filosa, Hank Brakeley,
Andrew Faulkner, Pete Siegel, Caroline
Reilly and Chase Goodwin were selected
for display in the Transportation Building from October 15 to November 27. A
total of 500 photographs taken by students from 35 Massachusetts schools
comprised the exhibit.
Celebrate
Winter!
Photo by Liz Filosa ’10.
The annual Pingree Winter Arts
Celebration on December 17 began
with an afternoon instrumental, vocal and dance concert for students
and faculty and continued with an
evening Student Art Show Reception in the Bertolon Family Art
Gallery and another concert in the
Mary Weld Pingree Center for the
Performing Arts. Nearly 200 students participated by performing
in the concerts or displaying their
drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, or prints.
Participants were the students
of music teachers Monica Brile,
Kevin Bleau, Leo Sharamitaro,
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Pingree’s theater department performed
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) in November. Our thespians
careened madly between Shakespearean
and modern-day times, presenting a hilarious blend of Shakespearean mishaps,
adolescent mood swings, underhanded
plotting, cross dressing, puppetry and
time warps.
ater Director Kenny Burt; and art teachers Rich Erickson, Deb VanderMolen, Liz
Taft and Tim Johnson.
Performance groups included the
dance students, Jazz Band, Instrumental
Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Chamber
Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Pingree
Singers and the A Cappella group. Performances included original composition
and choreography.
“The Winter Arts Celebration is an
opportunity for our students to exhibit
their growth and development,” says Art
Department Chair Monica Brile, “as they
study various artistic disciplines and
learn the skills and techniques that one
needs in order to realize an artistic idea.
It is through these events that students
are able to declare their own unique artistic vision, and communicate their journey
of self-discovery with the community.”
To see clips of the concert, please go to the
website at www.pingree.org.
Collage by Hank Brakeley
’10 on display at Winter
Arts Celebration.
Still Life by
Lucy Gladstone ’10.
Pingree to Present
‘Lucky Stiff’
The Pingree stage travels to the French
Riviera this winter for an off-the-wall ragsto-riches adventure. This quirky musical is
the first collaboration of acclaimed team
Lynn Aherns (book and lyrics) and Stephen
Flaherty (music) and won the 1988 Richard
Rodgers Award. Following the success of
Lucky Stiff, the pair went on to write such
award-winning productions as Ragtime,
Once on this Island, and Seussical as well as
the celebrated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock.
Harry Witherspoon, a downtrodden
British shoe salesman, receives the unexpected news that his late uncle has left him
his entire estate—six million dollars! Of
course, there’s a catch. In order to claim
the inheritance, Harry must take his uncle’s
body on a weeklong vacation (complete
with sky-diving, dancing and, of course,
gambling) to Monte Carlo. If he fails to adhere to any one of the will’s stipulations, the
fortune goes to his late uncle’s favorite charity—the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn.
“We have a talented, focused, hilarious
group of students this year for the musical,” says Theater Director Barbara Whit-
ney. “Lucky Stiff allows them to experiment
with a multiplicity of characters within a
traditional musical theater style. We’ll be
developing characters through improvisation as well as being inspired by real-life
artistic figures from various time periods.
Plus, students get to travel from London
to New Jersey to the French Riviera in two
hours or less!”
For a rollicking dose of gambling, romance, mistaken identity, murder and
high-speed entertainment be sure to see
Lucky Stiff on March 5, 6, & 7, 2010 in the
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Making Music from the Ordinary
What do hair clips, water bottles, blenders, reciprocating saws, cups, books, and
whistles have in common?
In the hands of students in instrumental music teacher Kevin Bleau’s class in
Music Production and Technology, they all
make beautiful sounds. The young musicians have been recording, manipulating,
and sequencing the sounds of “non-instruments” to create some very interesting
music. Some pieces were even featured at
the winter concert.
“I used pitch modification extensively to
form minor scales and even chords, rooted
from a single tone played and recorded
by hitting a metal water bottle,” explains
sophomore Alex Caruso. “After recording
an electric saw (with the blade removed, of
course), I put an echoing effect on a clip of
the recording and found it to sound like a
screeching bat. This became a centerpiece
for the recording as an iconic transition
noise, and added further dissonant sounds
to the minor key melody. It was interesting
how noises presented themselves in such
diverse ways when recorded and lightly
modified, and how similar to other instruments the sounds my classmates and I
produced sounded.”
Sophomore Darren Wilson “used golf
tees as a shaker and a biology book as my
bass drum. I blew into bottles to make
some cool sounds,” he says. “One of the
neat things we learned to do was change
the pitch and make scales of the sound.
Sometimes we added so much pitch
change that the sounds took on a whole
new life.”
“The thought of using found objects and
making a song out of the unconventional
sounds they produced absolutely rocked
my socks,” recalls junior Alex Hatch. “My
instruments consisted of a very large Italian dictionary which became the bass
drum, a wind whistle which was a background wooshy sound, two coconut halves
that yours truly carved out herself, and a
whistling sound that I made by blowing
into my hands.” After recording the different sounds on the computer, Alex took a
portion of each, “messed with pitch and
overlapping and wound up with pure awesomeness.”
“This project stretched the bounds of my
musical imagination,” junior Priya Donti
believes. “Now, I am more likely to hear extraordinary music in ordinary places.” The
experience “helped me appreciate that life
in itself is music and that inspiration can
come from the strangest (yet most normal) of places.”
What more can one ask from a class in
any subject?
To hear clips of the music, go to www.pingree.org, click
on “Arts” and then “Instrumental Music.”
2009 Fall Sports
Wrap Up
W
hat an exciting and successful fall
season it was! Fully 80 percent of
the student body participated on interscholastic teams as we fielded 14 teams in
seven sports. Pingree enjoyed tremendous
success in all programs and at all levels,
including two New England Championships, two EIL Championships, four
teams qualifying for post season play, a
Boston Globe All Scholastic golfer, an undefeated team, and an Evergreen League
Sportsmanship Award.
Cross country had a strong season in
many ways. The boys team (6-4) had a talented core group of young runners and
managed to exceed expectations, despite
injuries to key runners. The girls team
capped a successful season by winning
the New England Division 5 Championship Race at Berwick Academy on a rainy,
windy November day. Senior Julie McDonough was named All New England
for her performance in the race. Both
teams return many talented runners so
the future looks promising.
Our golf team had an outstanding
season, finishing at 15-1 and as EIL CoChampions. Junior Jack Whelan had an
exceptional year was named League MVP
and Boston Globe All Scholastic, and two
other golfers were accorded All league status in the EIL.
Girls varsity soccer (10-3-2) was in the
hunt for the League title right up to the
final game of the regular season and went
on to play in the NEPSAC Class C tournament. The girls have made the tournament for six of the last eight years and
have won the League title in two of the last
three years. The JV team (4-4-2) also had
another strong season. This team was led
by a fantastic group of seniors who used
soccer to support social causes by designating team spirit for each game as a way
to raise awareness and funds for specific
organizations - what a great way to combine sport with social justice. The freshman girls (4-4-2) were 13 strong and the
coaches commented on what a positive
and cohesive group they were. The future
looks bright!
Boys varsity soccer (11-2-3), after a slow
start, went on to capture a share of the
EIL title on the last day of the season.
They played Portsmouth Abbey in a driving wind and rain storm and secured the
title with a convincing 5-0 win. The boys
were also was selected to play in the Class
C NEPSAC Tournament and four of our
players were named EIL First Team All
League. The JVs ( 10-2-2), under coaches
Gracey and Erickson, had yet another stellar season, and our freshmen had great
success, finishing 5-2-2 on the season.
Field hockey (7-5-2) also was vying for
a league title and was in contention right
up to the last week of the season. The girls
finished a close second and then went on
to compete in the NEPSAC Class C Tournament after narrowly missing a bid in
2008. Three of our girls were named EIL
All League First Team. JV field hockey put
together that rarest of feats, an undefeated
season, and was able to win games against
teams that had had the better of us in previous seasons.
The football team capped an exciting 7-1 regular season with a thrilling 7-6
come-from-behind win over Brooks in the
NEPSAC Clark-Francis Bowl Game. Playing in front of a capacity crowd at Endicott
College, the Highlanders trailed until the
final 50 seconds of the game when they
scored a touchdown on a fourth down
play and then converted the extra point
for the win. All this in only the school’s
fifth year of having football! The team
was also awarded the Evergreen League’s
Sportsmanship Award. Our senior class
provided great team leadership and will
be missed, but there is a talented group
of underclassmen who should help keep
Pingree competitive into the future
Well done, Highlanders!
Alan McCoy
Pingree Director of Athletics
Varsity Boys Soccer
Coaches: Mat Perry, Eric Olson
Captains: Patrick Williamson, Nick
Gram, Pete Seigel
Season Record: 11-2-3
EIL Co-Champions
NEPSAC Class C # 5 seed
EIL All League: Pete Siegel, Andrew
Faulkner, Patrick Williamson, Nick Gram
EIL All League Honorable Mention:
Matt Colbert, Ben Coleman
Most Valuable Players: Peter Siegel,
Patrick Williamson
Coaches’ Awards: Ben Coleman,
Andrew Faulkner
Sportsmanship Award: Alex Conrad
Most Improved Player: Tim Knowles
First-Time Letter Winners: Drew Beyer,
Matthew Colbert, Ted Harris, Narayan
Plourde, Vinay Rajur, Charlie Parker
Coach’s Memorable Moment:
On the final Saturday of the season, we
played Portsmouth Abbey in a Nor’easter
at home. A win that day would give us
a share of the EIL league title. But the
Abbey was a very strong side and had
only conceded a handful of goals all year.
In stunning fashion, Pingree battled the
elements and our opponent and came
away with a 5-0 win to take our share of
the title. With a strong showing in the
New England Class C quarter finals,
Pingree finished the season earlier that
it had hoped but very pleased with our
improvement.
Junior Varsity Boys Soccer
Coaches: Mike Gracey, Rich Erickson
Offensive MVP: Ben Harrison
Most Valuable Players: Alex Matuschak
and Eric Margolis
Most Improved: Shane Ryan
Coaches’ Award: Daniel Sullivan
Sportsmanship Award: Sami Halloul
In his first game at striker but his last at
Pingree, senior Danny Sullivan netted
a hat trick assuring us a 4-1 win over
Landmark on a day we’d lost seven
players to the flu.
Freshman Boys Soccer
Coaches: Doug Vigliotta, Nate Olson
Most Valuable Player: Nathan Corning
Coaches’ Award: Julian Wildes
Defensive Player: John Geer
Offensive Player: Nate MacLaughlin
The most memorable moments for this
year’s JV II boys soccer team were the
win against Shore Country Day (3-0) and
when the team proceeded to dump a full
bucket of ice cold water over Coach Vig’s
head following the team’s final game.
The game was in Brookline and the temperature on this evening was in the 40s.
It made for a long cold drive back in the
Pingree bus for Coach Vigs.
Varsity Girls Soccer
Coaches: Beth Savarese, Alan McCoy
Captains: Jaimie Cappucci, Cat Dioli,
Kara Kovacev
EIL 2nd Place
NEPSAC Class C #6 seed
EIL All League: Jaimie Cappucci, Ari
Twomey, Kara Kovacev, Alex Karamitsios
Cat Dioli
Salem News All-Stars: Arianna Twomey,
Jamie Cappucci
Salem News Honorable Mention: Cat
Dioli, Alex Karamitsios, Kara Kovacev
Most Valuable Players: Jaimie Cappucci
and Ariana Twomey
Lionheart Award: Kara Kovacev
Coaches’ Award: Cat Dioli
First-Time Letter Winners: Emma
Arnold, Kimbery Barrett, Gwen
Dougherty, Margot Grinnell, Emily
Hawthrone, Alexandra Karamitsios,
Jacqueline Maren, Katlyn Oliver
Four-Year Letter Winners: Jaimie
Cappucci, Kara Kovacev
Pingree Girls varsity soccer team had our
most exciting game at Newton Country
Day. We headed to Newton on a cold November afternoon knowing that for our
season to extend into the playoffs this
game was a must win. At halftime we were
winning 2-0. Two quick goals by Newton
early in the second half made it a battle
to the end of regulation. All field players played hard despite being tired and
our substitutes kept up the momentum
with constant cheers. Two Pingree goals
in the last four minutes of play gave us a
hard fought win. Scores came from Alex
Karamitsios, Jenn Newman (2), and Jaimie Cappucci. Kara Kovacev was terrific
in goal.
Junior Varsity Girls Soccer
Coaches: Anna McCoy, Charlie Mull
Most Valuable Player: Nora Doherty
Most Improved Players: Ashley Noyes,
Katherine Sullivan
Coaches’ Award: Elle Martins and
Bronte McGarrah
Sportsmanship Award: Priya Donti
Our season was capped with a game
against Newton Country Day. We had
only half of our team since the other half
had fallen victim to swine flu. We played
into the dark with no subs, some students
wearing surgical masks, everyone freezing. Despite the fact that we lost the game
we had a fantastic time and gave Newton a
run for their money!
Freshman Girls Soccer
Coaches: Tamar Kingan, Chip Smith
Most Valuable Player: Mackenzie Foster
Most Improved Player: Leah McCormack
Coaches’ Award: Erin Thomassen
Our primary goalie was the incredible
Mak Foster, who let in only four goals
during the season, but during one of our
final games she received a painful concussion and could not play. One of our other
players, Leah McCormack, stepped up
and played goalie in the last two games.
She had never played before, never let in
an any goals, and received our Most Improved Award!
Varsity Field Hockey
Coaches: Jess Moore, Lizanne Hourihan
Captains: Kaitlin Reedy, Lyndsey
Shepard
EIL 2nd Place
NEPSAC Class C #7 seed
EIL All League: Lyndsey Shepard,
Courtney Collier, Brit Mscisz
Kaitlin Reedy, Allie Sardo
Most Valuable Player: Lyndsey Shepard
Most Improved Players: Courtney
Collier, Brit Mscisz
Coaches’ Awards: Kaitlin Reedy,
Grace Steward
Sportsmanship Award: Stephanie
Grimaldi
First-Time Letter Winners: Lili
O’Donnell, Fransesca Petrillo, Alexander
Sardo, Jocelyn Wexler, Tasha Anderson
Four-year varsity letter winner: Lyndsey
Shepard
Making the New England championships,
tied second for the EILs, scoring 33 goals,
7-5-3 record. Taking Exeter to overtime,
beating Rivers in the dark and a six-goal
victory over Winsor on a Friday evening.
Junior Varsity Field Hockey
Coaches: Di Mathey, Lisa Clark
Most Valuable Player: Anika Dinna
Whitmore
Most Improved Player: Lisa Truong
Coaches’ Award: Kaila Amirault
Sportsmanship Award: Peyton Beatrice
During the game against Shore, the girls
were not playing their quality of hockey,
but in the second half pulled it together
and beat Shore, 1-0. They ended the season undefeated!
Cross Country
Coaches: Ned Jackson, Sam Mathey
Four-Year Letter Winners: Broc Broccoli,
Julie McDonough, Lacey Allis, Amanda
Jones
Boys:
Captain: Broc Broccoli
Season Record: 6-4
EIL 4th Place
Most Valuable Player: Calvin Gonzalez
Most Improved Runner: Tyler Maren
Coaches’ Award: Broc Broccoli
First-Time Letter Winners: Max
Goldstein, Calvin Gonzalez, Ben
Grossman, Alex Guldemond,
Brian Hodlin
As a testament to the dedication of this
year’s team, Calvin Gonzales, who started the Concord Day race in first place
and didn’t want to lose his spot, pushed
through three miles of shoeless running—
having lost his shoes in the first 200 meters
of the race! The famous Pingree mud bog
sucked them right off his feet!
New England championship. Perhaps
most memorable was watching Marykate
Surette emerge from the 2nd mile woods
loop covered from head to toe in mud after falling, but not missing a beat to keep
her position in the race—ultimately finishing in 7th!
Girls:
Captain: Julie McDonough
Season Record: 10-2
New England Div. 5 Champions
EIL 2nd Place
All New England Runners: Julie
McDonough, Maddie Dwortz, Marykate
Surette
EIL All League: Julie McDonough,
Maddie Dwortz, Marykate Surette
Leslie Horwitz
Most Valuable Player: Julie McDonough
Most Improved Runner: Cate Johnson
Coaches’ Award: Maddie Dwortz,
Lacey Allis
First-Time Letter Winners: Isabelle
Attenborough, Victoria DaMore,
Madeleine Dwortz, Leslie Horwitz,
Catherine Johnson, Jimmy O’Hare
Golf
Coach: Jim MacLaughlin
Captain: Nevin Pathak
Season Record: 15-1
EIL Co-Champions
Globe All Scholastic: Jack Whelan
EIL All League MVP: Jack Whelan
EIL All League: Nevin Pathak,
Sam Bachelder
Sam Cregg
Most Valuable Player: Jack Whelan
Most Improved Player: Sam Cregg
Coaches Award: Nevin Pathak
Sportsmanship Award: Sam Bachelder
First-Time Letter Winner: Ian McGowan
Four-Year Letter Winners: Nevin Pathak,
Charlie DeSimone
Amidst a torrential downpour, standing
water on 50% of the course and a recent
outbreak of the H1N1 virus, the girls
team sloshed their way to their 1st ever
“Golf second at EIL tourney
co-champs w/ 15-1 record”
Football
Coaches: Chris Powers, Paul Swaim, Rob
vanTuyl, Dylan Langelier, Frank DeLucca
Captains: John St. Pierre, Charlie Taft,
Jack Williamson, Evan Perkins
Season Record: 8-1
NEPSAC Clark/Francis Bowl Champions
Salem News All Stars: Brian Rogers,
Brendan Oliver
All New England: Brian Rogers, Brandon
Parker, Brendan Oliver
Evergreen League All Conference: Brian
Rogers, Brandon Parker, Brendan Oliver,
Will Walfield
Evergreen League All Conference
Honorable Mention: Kyle Jamerson,
John St. Pierre, Charlie Taft
Team Award: 2009 Football Team
First-Year Letter Winners: Nicholas
Antenucci, Jerome Cappadona,
Hossam Hamdan, Henry Martin,
Jamal Martinez, Andy Rodriguez, Luis
Rodriguez, Michael White
Four-Year Letter Winners: Jon Fonvielle,
Ehab Hamden, Andrew McKay, Sam
Mickey, Evan Perkins, John St. Pierre.
Charlie Taft, Jack Williamson, Kyle Lange
Near the end of the Championship game,
Captain John St. Pierre, in a timeout, says
to everyone “This game is not over. We are
going to get the ball back and win.”
Ashley Hubbard
Harmon ’96
On Her Toes
On stage at The Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC.
Ashley performing while
attending Pingree.
Performing while
attending Pingree.
When other little girls traded in their
dreams of becoming a ballerina for soccer cleats and hip hop classes, Ashley
Hubbard Harmon just added more dance
classes to her already packed schedule. At
just age 15, as a sophomore at Pingree,
Ashley was offered a coveted spot in the
English National Ballet School. Always a
strong student, she was not yet ready to
give up an education for the dance.
Instead, she returned to Pingree where
teachers and administrators helped devise a program that allowed Ashley to
graduate in three years, with the Class of
1996 instead of her Class of 1997. “I did
some summer school and received some
credit for life experience,” she recalls.
Outside of class, she trained in ballet
with Mimi Ferrell in Boxford – every day
after school, six days a week, three hours
a day. She also played the role of Clara in
the Jose Mateo Ballet Company’s production of The Nutcracker in Boston. “I never did sports at Pingree,” Ashley says. “It
saddened me a little to miss out on all the
team experience.” Her social life, too, was
limited, yet she appreciated how friendly
and welcoming Pingree was and she enjoyed having friends at school.
Her fondest memory of Pingree? “Do
they still let students go out and sun tan
and do their work on the lawn?” she answers when asked. She also recalls with
affection sitting in the library (“such a
great space”) and being in Ms. J’s dance
class (“the only modern dance I was ever
introduced to”). She participated in some
theater productions, “whenever they
needed a dancer,” and recalls a role in
the school’s production of Bye Bye Birdie.
“I have very fond memories of so many
great things at Pingree,” Ashley says before asking about some of her teachers
and her adviser, Steve Carey.
After her accelerated graduation from
Pingree at age 16, Ashley went to the ballet school in London. Her experience was
far different from that of most classmates
who set off for college. “There was no
dorm,” she says. “I had an apartment with
other students,” the only American in the
entire class of 15. After three years and appearing with the English National Ballet,
Ashley returned to the United States and
accepted a position with Ballet West in
Salt Lake City. “They loved tall women,”
Ashley says, commenting on her 5’6” stature as tall for a ballet dancer, especially en
pointe.
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cluded touring around the country and
performing for the athletes at the 2002
Olympic Games. She returned to her
roots in the Boston area and danced with
the Boston Ballet before being offered
a spot with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet
based at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. After just one season, Ashley was
promoted to soloist and garnered her favorite role: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
After one performance in DC in November of 2007 Ashley had taken off her
costume and was still in makeup when
she was called back on stage for notes.
There, in the middle of the huge stage, in
a spotlight provided by the stage crew, was
her boyfriend on one knee ready to propose. “Everyone was in on it except me,”
she says with obvious delight. She and
Jamie married in January 2009. Though
his father and her uncle were childhood
friends and both she and Jamie spent every summer of their lives a mile apart on
Martha’s Vineyard, the couple had never
met until adulthood. Jamie works in finance, but he “loves ballet,” says Ashley.
“He liked it before we met and he’s grown
to love it even more.”
The twosome now live in Boston
where Jamie works for Fidelity and Ash-
“
I’ve learned the
importance of doing
what you love even
if it’s challenging
and there are
hurdles that you
have to overcome.
“
Ashley performing in
Romeo and Juliet.
ley is a student at Wellesley College in
the Davis Scholar Program for students
older than 25. As a history major with a
focus on 20th century Middle Eastern
and United States history, her classes are
with other undergraduates. She loves college
and is “throwing herself
into it.” At 30, she is interested in getting more
education and perhaps
starting a family. “I had
a great respect and value
for education for my
first 16 years and then
had a break away from
it,” she explains. “Now,
going back to it, I realize how important it is.”
The perspective gained
from her life experience informs her studies every day, Ashley
says.
Still a member of
the Suzanne Farrell
Company, Ashley has
had to take a break
from dancing to undergo a third hip
surgery. “Ballet dancing is very hard on
your body,” she says. “It is rare to find a
dancer who has had a long career and has
not had some setback from an injury.”
Her plan is to see how her recovery goes
and determine if she can dance again at
the same level she could before surgery.
To stop dancing would be a huge step,
yet Ashley “would much rather look back
at my career and have gone out at the
top rather than be racked with pain and
slowed down by injury. I’ve accomplished
what I wanted to accomplish in my ballet career. If it’s the end, I’m ready for the
next challenge, whatever it will be.”
Clearly, Ashley has no regrets. “I think
I’ve had a very unusual career but a tremendously rewarding one. I’ve learned
the importance of doing what you love
even if it’s challenging and there are hurdles that you have to overcome. To be able
to look back at your career and see that
you picked something you loved and had
the ability to do it and you could make
an impact…It is very powerful to realize
I had the ability to touch so many people
at once—to provide a moment of beauty
in a fast-paced world where that is not always accessible.” Her words trail off but
the meaning is clear. Ashley Hubbard
Harmon has done it her way—with extraordinary grace and elegance. —JK
Photos courtesy of Ashley Hubbard Harmon
’96 and June Jeswald.
colin davis ’03
A Consuming Passion
for our Enviornment
“ ment, making a piece of software
We are still in product developthat automates finding energy
savings in buildings.
Academy Awards aside, Colin Davis
’03 thought An Inconvenient Truth, the
documentary made by former vice president Al Gore, was too negative. “It didn’t
empower people with what they could do,”
Colin says. Instead, it “painted a hopeless
picture.” Fresh out of Trinity College as a
physics major focused on climate change
and renewable energy, Colin wanted
something “more fun” for people to watch.
He wasn’t totally clear about his goal, but
he was motivated enough to raise $10,000
for camera gear and round up two friends
“with nothing better to do.”
With a little training—“I spent six
months riding anywhere from 20 to 100
miles per day in and around downtown
Hartford”—the trio set off in July 2007
determined to ride their bicycles across
the country. Along the way, Colin interviewed and filmed 50 environmental experts, including two who won 2007 Nobel
prizes for their work on climate change;
researchers at the National Renewable
Energy Labs (NREL), Lawrence Laboratories in Berkeley, the Rocky Mountain Institute of Technology; CEOs of different
socially and environmentally-conscious
companies such as Stonyfield and Clif-
bar; and politicians Mike Huckabee and
Denis Kucinich. Colin made some appointments in advance and showed up
unannounced on others’ doorsteps.
Colin and his friends who were “along
for the ride,” which is also the working
title of the film, reached the west coast
and then returned home in October 2007
with hundreds of hours of film footage.
The film is almost complete, with lack of
funding causing the only hold-up. “We
would have been done three months after our return if I’d had the money,” Colin says. “I’ve had to raise the money and
do it myself.” He is working with Stories to Remember Media on the editing.
“They keep dropping the price. I think
I’m down to seven percent of their retail
quote,” Colin admits. “They know I won’t
stop asking until it’s done.” The goal for
the 60-minute film is to screen it at high
schools, colleges and film festivals.
When he’s not working on the film or
trying to raise money to fund it, Colin is
the CEO of a new company he founded
with his brother Greg ’00, also a Pingree
graduate. kWhOURS, Inc., with a staff of
nine, is launching software in January that
identifies energy saving opportunities in
“
commercial buildings. “I quit my job as
energy efficiency and corporate sustainability consultant for Celtic Energy to
start kWhOURS, Inc.,” reports Colin. “We
are still in product development, making
a piece of software that automates finding
energy savings in buildings.” The young
entrepreneur hopes to use the software
for retraining unemployed blue collar
workers for a new profession. “It is more
profitable for companies to be energy
efficient,” Colin believes. He hopes that
he will be able to use revenue from providing software to professionals to give
free hardware and his software to unemployed workers—to create a small business around this concept.
Colin has done his homework. In addition to his college studies, he is a LEEDaccredited, green building professional,
“which means I have a holistic understanding of the impact of running a facility in terms of occupant health, energy
and water use, emissions and managing
the supply chain.”
The underlying theme in all his work,
Colin says, is to “find ways to make it easy
and accessible for people to address environmental issues in their lifestyles and
businesses.” He hopes his movie provides
an entertaining way to educate people
about ways they can positively impact the
environment.
“We have created a system with no connection to the products and services we
receive every day,” explains Colin. “This
is a simple idea with enormous implications. There’s no ‘away’ in nature to throw
things when we are done with them. If
even a significant fraction of the world’s
people consumed and acted like Americans, civilization would end. Fortunately, we are five percent of the world’s
population but we consume 30% of the
entire world’s resources.”
Colin is clearly passionate about the
fate of the planet, a passion he believes
he developed as the son of an environmental lawyer and a dog trainer. “I
spent many hours collecting trash in the
woods against my will,” he jokes. Yet, Colin understands the difficulty in convincing people to change their behavior. “I’m
still a hypocrite and you can quote me
on that,” he admits. “I buy a lot of packaged foods; I don’t compost anything; I
drive way too much; I fly to meetings with
some regularity. The only way I can jus-
tify this to myself is that I’m
working with companies to reduce magnitudes of order larger impact than what
I consume myself, but like most people,
I still live outside my morals and values.”
In his free time, of which there is less
and less, Colin visits Pingree regularly to
help students launch a plan for making
the school, its students, faculty and staff
more environmentally responsible. At
a fall all-school assembly, he showed a
trailer for his film that encouraged many
students to work with him on a studentled effort to make Pingree green. —JK
Photos courtesy of Colin Davis ’03.
deborah cramer
This page: Horseshoe crabs, Delaware Bay ©Frans Lanting, Minden Pictures, from Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World
Deborah Cramer photograph ©Shawn G. Henry
Opposite page: Seahorse and lace coral ©SeaPics.com, from Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World.
An Ocean Story
of Caution and Hope
“
The first animal was born in the ocean and we are
descended from the first fish that walked ashore.
Its name is Tik Taalik which
means fresh water fish.
“
Tik Taalik ©Ted Daeschler, Vireo, from
Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World
A
n inveterate optimist, science writer
Deborah Cramer, though saddened
by humanity’s increasingly heavy mark
upon the ocean, believes that the seemingly impossible task of restoring the sea
to health is achievable. She likes to quote
Through the Looking Glass to explain her
outlook. “One can’t believe in impossible
things,” Alice says to the White Queen.
The Queen answers, “I dare say you
haven’t had much practice. When I was
your age, I always did it for half an hour
a day. Why, sometimes, I believe as many
as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Believing in the impossible is why Cramer offers, through her talks and writing,
the opportunity for people to explore the
meaning of the sea in their lives. While
she may believe in the impossible, she
knows that saving the ocean will entail
hard work and a major commitment of
time and resources.
Cramer, who delivered the 2009 Eleanor M. Dorsey ’66 Memorial Lecture at
Pingree in the fall, is the author of Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World, the
companion book to the new Sant Hall
at the Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History in Washington, D.C. Her
goal in the book, and in sharing her research with audiences young and old, is to
demonstrate that the sea is essential to life
everywhere and, that while considerable
damage has been done to the sea, we have
the capacity and means to repair much of
that damage.
The book, like the Ocean Hall at the
museum, reveals the many ways all life
depends on the sea. Accompanied by lush
photographs, the book brings the message home that the ocean is not an expendable commodity. For example, “tiny
bits of phytoplankton, tiny plants in the
sea that are normally invisible to the eye,
provide half the air we breathe,” she explains. “We need the sea. Rain evaporated
from the ocean, provides our drinking
water, irrigates agricultural fields, and
powers industry. The Great Lakes, for example, contain 90 percent of the United
States’ fresh water and support 33 million
people.” What is taken from the Great
Lakes every year is replaced by water evaporated from the Gulf of Mexico, another
example of the vital connection between
life on the continents and the sea.
“The sea brought us here, putting oxygen into the atmosphere, giving rise to the
first plant.” Cramer’s argument gets more
compelling as she describes the partnership between life and the sea. “The first
animal was born in the ocean and we are
descended from the first fish that walked
ashore. Its name is Tik Taalik which
means fresh water fish. Tik Taalik walked
from a river onto a muddy flood plain
created as silt washed down from eroding
mountains that were originally sea floor.
The big message,” Cramer explains, “is
that life endures because the earth is continuously recycling itself.”
Once she establishes the sea’s starring
role in the circle of life, Cramer points
to concrete examples of ocean treasures.
The copper-containing blood cells of
horseshoe crabs can be burst apart and reduced to a powder used to test the purity
of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. “If you’ve spent any time in a hospital, a horseshoe crab may have saved you
from a life threatening infection,” Cramer
suggests. Unfortunately, the numbers of
horseshoe crabs has gone way down in the
past 20 years, as increasing numbers of
crabs have been used for bait. Humans are
not the only ones who depend on horseshoe crabs. The low numbers have hurt
red knots, migrating birds that winter in
Tierra del Fuego and nest in the Arctic.
On the long journey, they stop to refuel
in Delaware Bay, doubling their weight
on a diet of lipid rich horseshoe crab eggs.
“The plight of the horseshoe crab and the
red knot shows how interconnected everything is,” Cramer emphasizes.
Human behavior has caused great
damage to the ocean, our life source.
“Americans are the undisputed champions of trash, dumping 4.6 million pounds
of garbage each day,” Cramer recounts.
Some of the plastic ends up in the ocean,
creating, for example, the Pacific Gar-
This page: Marine phytoplankton ©Wim van Egmond, Visuals
Unlimited, from Smithsonian Ocean:
Our Water Our World
Humpback whale ©Flip Nicklin,
“
from Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World
The seahas
brought
Pingree
a tremenus here,
putting
dous
opportunity
tooxygen
look atinto
howthe
it can
atmosphere,
be a model citizen
giving rise to
in the Ipswich
the first plant.
River Watershed.
“
bage Patch, an area that now contains
more plastic than plankton. In the Gulf
of Mexico every summer, animals living
on a huge swath of seafloor have trouble
breathing. Hundreds of miles away, fertilizer from farms growing corn to make
ethanol for our cars and high fructose
corn syrup for our food washes into the
Mississippi River. It flows into the Gulf
of Mexico, creating blooms of algae that
soak up the water’s oxygen, making life
difficult for animals in the affected area—
which is the size of Massachusetts.
Cramer believes that the Pingree community can make meaningful contributions to work being done locally to protect
the ocean. She points to the Ipswich River
Watershed Association, working to restore the Ipswich River; the Essex County
Greenbelt, working with landowners
to limit further development of coastal
lands; New England Biolabs, creating an
ocean genome library and developing alternative sources of energy from marine
organisms; and Salem Sound Coastwatch,
monitoring spawning horseshoe crabs,
restoring salt marsh, and identifying invasive species in Salem Sound. She hopes
students will get involved with these or-
ganizations. They can, for example, help
protect the Ipswich River and Ipswich Bay
by their actions at Pingree. “Pingree has a
tremendous opportunity to look at how it
can be a model citizen in the Ipswich River Watershed,” she explains. “How much
water is Pingree taking out and what is the
quality of the water it is putting back in?
Every time you turn on the water, it goes
back to the river. Is Pingree conserving
water? Is the school using bio-degradable
soaps and fertilizers and minimizing
the amount of nitrogen draining into
the watershed?” The questions Cramer
raises are compelling and multiple. “Is
the school community looking for alternatives to using bottled water and plastic
bags? What is the average miles per gallon
of cars kids drive to school and of school
vehicles? What is the carbon footprint of
the Pingree School?” The takeaway message? “How we live here at Pingree affects
the health of the ocean.”
And the sea needs us. “There is no part
of the ocean that is untouched by us,”
says Cramer. “We control the fate of the
ocean’s most productive waters, the ice
in the Arctic and the coral in the tropics.
The choices we make will be felt for gen30 | www.pingree.org
erations to come. “For example,” Cramer
explains, “choices about energy conception will determine whether coral—which
contains more diversity of life than tropical rain forests and is our greatest hope
for future medicine—can continue to
thrive. Venom from a cone snail that lives
on coral is in clinical trials as a non-addictive pain killer. A sponge that lives amidst
coral is a promising treatment for cancer.
Coral is the museum of diversity and the
cradle of evolution. If we destroy coral, we
change the course of evolution.”
Where is the writer’s optimism in all
this distressing news? “The damage is
severe,” she emphasizes. “We’ve arrived at
this place out of ignorance but now modern science is telling us what’s going on
out there. We know what we need to do.”
The good news is that “we have the tools
and the knowledge to restore the ocean.”
—JK
For more information about Deborah Cramer
and her work, go to http://seaaroundyou.com/
and http://www.deborahcramer.com/. Listen
to an interview with her at www.thestory.org.
Pingree’s Green
Scene
Sustainability
Curriculum
Biology teacher Mike Furnari is the goto guy when it comes to green initiatives
on campus. Furnari initiated the school’s
sustainability curriculum five years ago as
a way to foster changes in behavior with
long lasting effects. Each year, all freshmen biology students spend the first two
weeks of school engaged in the study of
sustainability issues. They look at energy
conservation, composting, water conservation, recycling, organic farming, and
green businesses.
The hook? The class is taught by sophomores who have already taken biology.
“The theory is that students will listen
more to fellow students,” Furnari explains,
“and that if you want to make changes in
human behavior, you’ll succeed best with
young people.”
Furnari likes to give a concrete example. “We look at how many gallons of
water go through a shower head per minute,” he says. Once students know, they
will adjust the length and frequency of
their showers. Time and time again, Furnari speaks with parents who tell him that
they’ve changed all the light bulbs in their
house or bought a hybrid car or all started
taking shorter showers because of the information their children received from
their peer teachers. “Teens are at the stage
in life when they want to make a difference,” Furnari believes.
The student teachers spend a full day at
the end of the school year in June to dissect
the previous year’s curriculum, assessing
what was effective and what was lacking.
Participants reconvene twice during the
summer to prepare for school’s opening.
Last summer, technology teacher David
Medvitz set up a site online so that the
student teachers could have a threaded
discussion about Thomas Friedman’s
book, Hot, Flat and Crowded, posting comments. The group also started a blog entitled Pingree Sustain. “It took off like crazy, with people posting all sorts of things,”
says Furnari.
The most recent
post was on tofurkey,
but there have also
been photos of students biking to school
and a piece about a
washing machine with
a bike that powers it. To
read and submit, Furnari
encourages Pingree community members to go to http://www.pingreesustain.blogspot.com.
At the end of the two weeks studying
the Sustainability Curriculum, students
must each put together an action plan.
This can be a list for their families of five
major changes to adopt in their homes,
but the list must cite information from
the curriculum to substantiate the advantages of the suggested changed. “For example,” explains Furnari, “if you want to
reduce shower time, you have to cite statistics about reduction in water.”
Other action plans may be to write letters to senators, state representatives or
congressmen; or create a power point
presentation to show to their families or
the public.
The two weeks culminate with a trip
into the community to see real-life applications such as a business powered by
a wind turbine, a geothermal heating system, or solar photovoltaics.
Next fall, the focus of the sustainability curriculum will be water usage. “We’ll
look at bottled water and the money spent
on it,” says Furnari, “and we’ll look at the
water taken out of the watershed.”
Hold onto your lawn hoses, folks. Furnari’s students are going to have some
harsh words to share about the water
spent on lawn-watering!
Environmental Club
A group of students, advised by Mike
Furnari and Tamar Kingan, meets weekly
with the core mission of educating the
school about environmental issues. Last
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pus recognition of 350 Day and two Bike
to School Days. That fall, the Environmental Club’s assembly featured Colin
Davis ’03 and launched the beginning
of Team Sustainability, a sub-group of
Environmental Club members who are
walking around the Pingree campus to
assess lighting, food, and water usage.
PinGreen Committee
Encouraging more community participation in sustainability issues is the goal
of the PinGreen Committee, comprised
of parents, faculty, administration and
students. Anyone who would like to join
the PinGreen Committee should contact
Mike Furnari at [email protected].
Administrative Green
Initiatives
Jock Burns, Pingree Director of Finance and Operations, has overseen several environmentally friendly changes on
campus in the past two years.
The school went to T5 fluorescent
lights in the gym that work off motion
detectors so they turn off when no one is
there; replaced all windows and doors in
the original building with thermal pane
Pella windows; converted all fertilizer to
organic; went trayless in the dining hall to
save energy and food; and replaced refrigeration in the hockey rink to make it more
efficient. Burns meets regularly with the
Environmental Club to discuss changes
with items such as paper and other school
supplies. —JK n
PINGREE
a r chiv e s
Cap with a Story
A
baseball cap from the first season of
Pingree’s entrée into the world of
boys’ sports conjures up more than a few
memories for Jim Deveney, the school’s
first Athletics Director. Jim arrived on
campus in 1971 to head the athletics program and teach math just a few weeks before the first 19 boys took their spots at
the previously all-girls’ school. He came
from Lawrence Academy where he had
coached a very strong hockey team for
three years. People were surprised he left
Lawrence, but the Swampscott native felt
that coming to Pingree was “like coming
home.” He stayed until 1983, building the
athletics program and watching the numbers of boys grow from 19 to 90 during
his tenure.
“The whole process started the summer before,” says Jim, “maybe in the
spring of ’71, when I ordered the first
soccer uniforms” at the request of Robin
Rogers, the founding headmaster of Pingree who was still at the school’s helm.
The 19 boys – 15 freshmen and four
sophomores – played soccer, ice hockey
and baseball that first year. “We made a lot
a clam chowder with not too many clams,”
says Jim. “With not too many
boys, we performed really well.
The first year in soccer, we beat
GDA or tied them.” But that was
well after their first game on the
Hamilton-Wenham football field
when they were far over-matched by the
H-W freshman team.
There were lots of details to attend to
that first year. Though Jim had played at
GDA on a league championship team,
he had never laid out a field. He and Bill
Walsh, the Pingree family’s caretaker, took
the task on. The field, near the school’s
front gate “wasn’t really large enough for
a soccer field,” Jim admits, “but it worked
out for the freshmen.” The men started in
one corner and then had to scale the field
down to fit. As a math teacher, Jim’s classroom skills came in very handy, he says.
The hockey team used the Gordon
College rink in Wenham while the baseball team used the field at HamiltonWenham’s Cutler School around the
corner from Pingree on Asbury Street.
Though girls’ sports were established in
field hockey, basketball and lacrosse, the
first years with boys necessitated a lot of
traveling to use facilities and fields elsewhere. “One year,” Jim recalls, “I had
time at three different rinks – a new
rink in Essex (Chaval’s built by the Symonds family whose boys came here
and played) and at Gordon College and
in Beverly on Tozer Road where there’s
indoor soccer now.
As for baseball, the caps were ordered in advance, during the winter of
1972. Jim wasn’t pleased with the design. “I was sort of upset. I left it to the
guy there [the supplier] to design and
it was a script ‘P’. I didn’t like it but Robin,
in his inimitable style, said, ‘It’s okay. It’s
a ‘P’, isn’t it?’” Robin, Jim and Dick Kennedy, the Assistant Head, donned the new
hats for a Harvard-Brown hockey game
that winter in a display of Pingree pride.
“We broke out the hats at the game and
looked like the three stooges,” Jim recalls. The Pingree baseball team took to
the field a few short months later. “Robin
fancied himself the first baseball coach,”
Jim says with a twinkle in his eye. “I was
his assistant.”
Creating the athletics department at
Pingree was a “unique experience,” Jim acknowledges. Lacrosse and basketball were
soon added to the roster. “With everything
being done for the first time, it took a lot
of work and hours.” Yet, “building the program was more fun than maintaining it.”
So, after 12 years, Jim left Pingree to teach
and coach at Buckingham, Browne and
Nichols. When he retired from BB&N,
Jim had worked with 11 heads of school in
28 years. Now, that gives a guy a real sense
of perspective. —JK
What’s in Your Closet?
The Pingree Archives welcomes donations
or loans of school memorabilia, including
photographs, uniforms, items with school
insignias, and more. Please contact Director
of Alumni Relations Laurie Harding Polese ’84
at [email protected] or 978-468-4415 ext.
310 or Archives Manager Michael Singer ’85
We’re Almost
50!
Pingree will celebrate its 50th anniversary
from September 2010 to September 2011.
Among the events planned are:
Check the website at
September 2010
December 2010
Convocation and first annual Founder’s
Recognition
Annual Family Skate event and Alumni
Hockey Game
Unveiling of Archival Displays and
School Timeline
April 2011
www.pingree.org for more
Outdoor sculpture show featuring the
work of regional artists, alumni and
faculty
information about Pingree’s
Eleanor M. Dorsey ’66 Memorial
Lecture—Speaker TBA
50th Anniversary.
19th Annual Golf Tournament,
September 20, 2010
October 2010
Homecoming—all-community day-long
event with games, refreshments and
evening music festival
November 2010
Anniversary Literary Lecture Series—
Speaker TBA
Anniversary Literary Lecture Series—
Speaker TBA
May 2011
Alumni Reunions
50th Gala Celebration—Details Coming
July-August 2011
Prep@Pingree celebration of 10 years
of helping middle school students from
Lawrence and Lynn achieve their
academic potential
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Please send names and
stories to Laurie Harding
Polese ’84, Director of
Alumni Relations, at
[email protected]
or call 978 468-4415x310.
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Photos From the Archives
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Every picture tells a story. Can you identify who is in these
pictures? Can you tell us what is going on here? Our archives
have many unidentified candid photographs. We periodically
publish some of these photos and hope readers will help us
identify the folks and stories behind them.
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1964
CLASS AGENTS
Merrilyn Clay Belliveau
[email protected]
Suzanne McAleer Morrison Wolski
[email protected]
We are communicating more and more by
email. Emailing saves paper, postage and
time. Please send a quick message to lpolese@
pingree.org with your preferred email address.
Suzy Wolski writes, “I had spinal
surgery in late September and since
then have been sitting at home rather
bored by my restrictions. I think I
shall be able to ski again by the end of
January; the doctor was pretty agreeable to that! I am doing a lot of reading
and knitting in the meantime. I was
unable to put my gardens to bed this
fall so look forward to all the more
work in the spring! We are expecting
our second grandchild by the end of
November. Having grandchildren is a
lot of fun! I enjoy indulging my little
grand daughter, Cameron, age 3!”
Susan Oliver Schneider
[email protected]
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Please contact Laurie Harding
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Relations 978 468-4415 x310 or
[email protected]
Please consider joining Susan as a Class
Agent. Being a Class Agent is a great way
to stay connected to Pingree and your
classmates. Twice each year, we ask you
to collect news for the Bulletin. For more
information, please contact Laurie Harding
Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations,
978 468-4415 x310 or [email protected].
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45th REUNION
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010
Ruth Wahtera is having fun connecting with friends and classmates
on Facebook. She asks, “How many
of the class of 1965 are on Facebook?
I’ve heard from both Molly Hodges
Henshaw and Sally Bolles Clancy
through Facebook recently. Molly is in
Brunswick, Maine. Sally is still married
to her high school sweetheart, Tim
Clancy. They split their time between
Florida and upstate NY. So, if you’re
on Facebook, look me up, and become
a fan on the Pingree page. Meanwhile,
I’m here in the Hudson Valley raising
grant money for nonprofits (everyone
loves the people who can bring in the
cash!), writing copy for e-newsletters
and websites, and facilitating workshops. I love having my own business,
although the grant deadlines can be
deadly at times. My long-time partner,
Glenn, keeps me fed and watered when
I’m racing the clock. So, look me up on
Facebook. Love to hear from you.”
Heidi Knights Adams, Sally Stronach Bohanon
’64 and Judy Stronach Sauer. This picture was
taken at the Mucky Duck Restaurant on Captiva, FL.
in Boston in 2001. Susan writes, “My
husband, Les Pendleton, and I moved
to Sanibel, Florida. We bought land
and built our dream house. We love
island living and enjoy Florida life
year-round. Seventy percent of Sanibel
is protected land, so we are surrounded
by incredible wildlife. We even have the
occasional alligator in our back yard.
I am a Vice President and Corporate
Secretary at The Sanibel Captiva Trust
Company, and Les sells real estate
on Captiva and Sanibel. I often see
Heidi Knights Adams, Sally Stronach
Bohanon ’64, and Judy Stronach Sauer,
who all live in Southwest Florida. I also
often bump into Dick Kennedy who
winters on Sanibel.”
Susan Nickless Wardrup announces, “Our first granddaughter was born
on October 16, 2009 in Charleston, SC
to my son, Heath. Her name is Adeline
Jayne Wardrup, and she’s just beautiful!”
Susan Ayres took an early retirement from MFS Institutional Advisors
Susan Ayers, Sally Stronach Bohanon ’64
and Judy Stronach Sauer enjoy a visit at the
Mucky Duck Restaurant on Captiva, FL.
Christopher Sanders during her visit to Los Angeles, CA.
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Christopher M. Sanders
[email protected]
[email protected]
Please consider joining Christopher as a
Class Agent. Being a Class Agent is a great
way to stay connected to Pingree and your
Linda Caffray Carpenter writes,
“I have been working at the American
Textile History Museum in Lowell for
more than 20 years. We just reopened
in June after a major renovation and I
would enjoy seeing any Pingree classmates who would like to come in for
lunch and a tour. My husband and I are
enjoying our children and grandchildren and wish we had more time for
friends and leisure activities.”
Christopher Sanders writes, “I
have been away, just not anywhere very
exotic. My first visit was to Portland,
Oregon, to see a friend, then to LA
to visit my youngest son, Dana. Both
visits were lots of fun. We went hiking,
ate delicious food, had much better
weather in California than Portland,
but Portland is the more agreeable
city! As you can see by the photo of me
with my youngest (Dana) who has just
turned 27, I am old enough to have
grandchildren. My oldest, Aaron, is 32,
and is just about to get married, so better prospects there!”
Christopher Sanders and her youngest son, Dana.
1967
CLASS AGENTS
M. Twinkelle Thompson Wilkinson
[email protected]
Dale Grant Dick
[email protected]
Karen Durkee Heywood
[email protected]
Victoria Swanson Donovan Bonarrigo writes, “I am happily remarried to
a terrific guy I met while working at the
State House a while back. Tom is still
working there and I just got hired by
the new Mass. Department of Transportation. It’s interesting to be working
through the transition. Tom, Kris and
I live in an antique house in Danvers.
My daughter and her husband live in a
cottage on the property and my son lives
in an apartment a block away—COZY!!
We haven’t taken any exotic trips lately,
but the three of us travel New England
hunting for antique finds quite a bit. We
went to the ‘Roadshow’ but didn’t hit the
jackpot. So I guess I’ll be working until
65—which is getting pretty close. I’d love
to see my former classmates. I send a big
hello to Posie, Karen and Dale! All the
best to all of 1967!”
Judy Adamson successfully organized a 300-person retirement/transition party for Research for Action—
held at the Institute of Contemporary
Art. Charles Payne delivered a wonderful lecture on the state of Urban School
reform before the celebration. Judy
writes, “We raised money for three years
of a summer fellowship established in
honor of our founders. This is so Philly.
I wonder, ‘Do you New Englanders
care?’ Speaking of Philly, I’m not too
fond of the Yankees here. I guess that
puts me in very good company with
you Red Sox fans!” Judy also has a new
hobby. She makes clothes for dolls and
dogs when she can find some free time
from her work schedule.
Leli Carey Simpson was leaving
This past August 2009, Judy Adamson, Karen Durkee Heywood, Leli Carey Simpson, Sally Haug Murphy, and Joie
May Cook met in Marblehead and drove to lunch in Joie’s Model T.
for a week-long sailing trip shortly after
meeting up with this crew. Sally Haug
Murphy is enjoying the opportunity
to care for her two grandchildren a
few days a week and will be heading
to Switzerland for another ski trip
this winter. Karen Durkee Heywood
continues to teach kindergarten in East
Boston. She’s considering retiring next
year after 38 years in education. Karen
and Dale Grant Dick traveled to Nantucket together this summer, taking in
the extravagant shops and eateries for
two days. Dale was unable to have lunch
with the ladies in Marblehead as she
was in Kennebunkport, Maine having a
reunion with her friends from Bennett
College. Dale has taken on new responsibilities with her promotion to the
position of Associate Dean of Education
and Guidance at New England Academy
in Beverly, MA. Recently she became the
alumni representative for her Endicott
College M.Ed. Class of 2005.
Mary “Posie” Means Mansfield
shares some news, “I was in the third
graduating class at Pingree, along with
some of my friends who have remained
in touch and have chosen to take Pingree along their journey through life as
a signal of strength, pride in excellence,
never giving up and never forgetting
the valuable lessons learned from my
experience at Pingree. I have been
active, now with my new grandchild,
my fifth. I now have four grandsons
and one granddaughter. Wow, what is
happenening? I don’t feel any older, but
years and growth tell otherwise. Fellow
classmates of the Class of 1967, let’s stay
in touch, let’s have lunch, let’s share
grandchildren or children or just work
stories. Never stop dreaming and reaching for the highest point. Never give up!
I recently had emergency knee surgery,
with a possibility (remote, but still on
the table) of losing my leg. Class of
1967, let me hear from you! Contribute
to the Alumni News! Keep up the spirit
that is so much of Pingree, yesterday,
today and tomorrow!”
Catherine “Trina” Ross Sherer
writes, “Jeff and I continue to split
time between Providence, RI and Little
Compton, RI. It’s the perfect combination of city life and country life. Son
Colin (31) is now living in Providence
which I love. He graduated from law
school in May and feels very lucky to
have a job at Edwards, Angell, Palmer
and Dodge. He successfully passed the
RI and MA bars and is busy at work. Son
Adam (29) lives in Larchmont, NY and
works in the golf industry, renovating
and building golf courses. He loves what
he does and is happy to be working, having survived the economic downturn.”
1968
CLASS AGENTS
Betty Wheeler Raymond
[email protected]
Ann Woodard
[email protected]
Maureen Steele Bellows says,
“Hello, all. I got back East for a jam
packed ‘Big Fat Greek Family Reunion’
in early September, but didn’t get to see
Ann Woodard or anyone else because
the rest of the time was spent helping
my older son, Charles, move into his
new apartment in South Boston. Also
on the agenda was a dinner and visit
to son Marcus’s new apartment, which
he shares with a friend and Heidi, a
Bernese puppy. (Did anyone tell them
they grow?) I really miss being in New
England so very much, especially after
one of my trips back. Still writing,
doing a bit of architecture and having
fond memories of our 40th - Ann and
Betty were such great organizers. What’s
next, Ladies? Ann is turning into the
planning wizard - reunions, trips - how
about another gathering?”
Ellen Shrigley Carpenter reports,
“I’m still working at Harvard as the
Head of Human Resources at the
Graduate School of Education, challenging in these days of diminished
endowments, but it is still fun and very
rewarding. I have two step-grandchildren, Covey Carpenter (11) and Evelyn
Shrigley Carpenter (6). Both are terrific
kids, but who live in Bethlehem, PA so
we do not see them often enough. Ann
Woodard asked if approaching the year
2010 was causing some anxiety—yes it
is! It’s very hard to believe. In my book,
60 is definitely the new 39!!”
Ann Woodard successfully found
Ruth Rindler. Ruth writes, “Thanks
for thinking of me. I can not believe
we celebrated our 40th reunion. I am
living in Switzerland. My former home
and medieval style French garden were
on the edge of the old town, the walled
garden overlooked the valley—18th
century stone houses, mostly townhouses, a few chateaux (stately manors)
modern rehabs make up the village.
Vineyards surround it. But now I am
in the country. I am in Mezieres Vaud.
It’s a rural village only but 20 minutes
outside of Lausanne. And our home is
no longer the stately place but a (young)
200-year-old converted wooden barn
(like in Vermont or California). Sometimes there are cows out back. Lots of
weasels, foxes and squirrels (maybe due
to a walnut tree). Fellowes Davis gave me
such a good feeling about Europe that I
went to France and Italy as a student and
returned to live here. Other than that
I doubt if I have changed much since
Pingree. I still visit with Kippy Phillips
’69 in West Newbury.”
Leigh Baker Pool writes, “I was laid
off in February, and as it turns out, my
calendar was (and is) so full I could not
possibly have continued to commute
to Dallas. We closed on the sale of our
home in April and finally moved our
furniture to join us in the home we’d
built the year before. It was a daunting task, particularly as R.B. had just
had double hernia surgery. We live in a
fairly small East Texas town of 18,000
and have previously supported and
held events for local judges, who are
elected in Texas. Earlier this year, we
held a fundraiser at our home for an
incumbent district judge and now we
are branching out and holding one for
a State Rep candidate against an incumbent. ‘All politics is local’, as Tip O’Neill
liked to remind us, and it gets complicated in a small town where you know
almost everyone. But it’s been fun and
hopefully our candidate will be successful. I’m contracting at the local MHMR
organization doing public affairs, credentialing and event planning. A little
like working for the government, but I
enjoy the work and the challenges are
many. And the offices are three minutes
from home! We have traveled quite a bit
this year and manage to get to our ranch
every six weeks or so. It’s always a treat
to spend time there, but at 289 miles
away, it’s not very convenient. It’s always
wonderful to hear from classmates. I
look forward to hearing more.”
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Connie Pemberton Glore and her family at a Red Sox game this past summer, 2009.
Connie, Peter ’04, Fred and Nathan Glore.
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Katherine Bradford has been the 1969
Class Agent for several years and would
love to share this position with another
classmate. Please consider joining Kathy as
a Class Agent! Being a class agent is a great
Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations
Please send a quick message to lpolese@
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Sarah Darling Pruett
[email protected]
[email protected]
Please consider joining Sarah as a Class
Agent. Being a Class Agent is a great way
SAVE THE DATE
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40th REUNION
Jill Brewis Denmark writes, “I’m
enjoying having an active, but more leisurely, life style, having retired from full
time Phys. Ed teaching in July 2008. I’ve
returned to the tennis courts and have
enjoyed the garden and walking in the
beautiful countryside around Newcastle
with two colleagues who retired at the
same time. I always think a great deal of
Pingree at this time of year, remembering all the autumn colors. Nineteen
Sixty Nine—1970 was undoubtedly the
best year of my life, even the school
tests!! I would love to hear from anyone
in my year or anyone who is on this
side of the pond. Email denmark564@
btinternet.com”
1971
CLASS AGENTS
Deborah von Rosenvinge
[email protected]
Lisa Aronson Newmann
[email protected]
Deborah von Rosenvinge writes, “I
am well and still at House of the Raven
in Gloucester. I get flyers from Paula
Estey out of her art studio in Amesbury,
Mass., where she leads a variety of Spiritual and Artistic adventures open to all
who would like to embark on a journey
inward. Her fees are reasonable and I
am sure it would be time well spent.
I see Hilary Brown Frye from time to
time. Her children are taller than she
Please help us locate the
following alumni from your
decade so that we can get them
reconnected with Pingree today.
Please send updated contact
information to Laurie Harding
Relations at 978 468-4415 x310
or [email protected].
1964 Ms. Julia C. Hammer, Ms.
Linda Holgerson Herrick, Ms. Charlotte Warren Oostmeyer
1965 Ms. Marietta Amy, Ms. Sally
Bowles, Mrs. Patricia Warnock Burke,
Ms. Linda Slade Dolan, Ms. Kristin
Magnuson Horowitz, Ms. Susan
Kaye, Ms. Christina Thompson
Malkemus, Ms. Anne Stocker Mills,
Ms. Elaine McDiarmid Nichols, Ms.
Kathie Brown Tibbetts
1966 Mrs. Patricia King Carnahan,
Ms. Jean Symonds Frederiksen, Ms.
Jane Robertson Glass, Ms. Donna
Cahoon Hauck, Ms. Barbara Kanter,
Ms. Sherry Merrow, Dr. Joyce L. Peabody, Ms. Cynthia Pratt, Ms. Sarah
Day Richard
1967 Mrs. Rebecca Monroe Bulwa,
Ms. Judith A. Fitzgibbon, Ms. Connie
Bell Mason, Ms. Florence Pearson,
Ms. Catherine Shepard Picariello,
Ms. Susan Smith
1968 Ms. Sherry Barkan Dreyfuss,
Ms. Ruth Rindler Floyd, Ms. Paula
Koslowski, Ms. Nicola Bridgman
Stevens, Ms. Annelise Thorbjornsen,
Ms. Jane Roediger Tomeny, Ms.
Linda Whittier
1969 Ms. Christine Bailey, Ms.
Madeleine Chesney, Ms. Gretchen
Gharrett, Ms. Julia M. Johnson, Ms.
Constance Phillips Jones, Ms. Kathleen Parker Kucera, Ms. Deborah
McManaway, Ms. Deborah Norton
is now and, since she started later than
most of us, that should tell you how
advanced our years are becoming! My
own son, Daniel, finished his Master’s in Electrical Engineering at USC
last December and now lives in San
Diego, CA and works for the Navy. Our
children do grow up! Valerie Potter
Duecker wrote me earlier this year to
say she was leaving the Maine Coast to
join her daughter, then pregnant with
her first grandchild, in the Bay Area
on the West Coast, the other ocean.
Congratulations Valerie!
Amanda “Mandy” Carey Hogan
writes, “Classmates Rebekah Seamans
Clark, Lisa Turner Ruggiero, Ann
Beckert and I got together in Marblehead this summer to catch up on all
that is going on in our lives. We had a
wonderful reunion and were reminded
of the great friendships we made at
Pingree.” Mandy’s most recent news is
that Windrush Farm has successfully
closed it’s capital campaign and, in a
huge collaborative effort, has been able
to preserve all 195 acres and secure a
permanent home for the therapeutic
riding program. Mandy writes, “The
enthusiasm for this project has been
overwhelming and ensures a very bright
future.” Mandy’s daughter, Briana, is a
freshman at Virginia Military Institute
and loving it! “The past few months
have been quite a challenge with all the
excitement and changes.”
Susan Clayton Franklin writes, “I
am currently a guidance counselor at
Wright City High School in Wright
City, Missouri. My son is serving in the
Coast Guard in Owensboro, Kentucky.
My husband is a realtor. I would love
to hear from people. Here’s my email:
[email protected].”
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CLASS AGENTS
Nathalie S. Binney
[email protected]
Kathleen Duff
[email protected]
Sarah Dorsey is a music librarian
at the Jackson Library, New School
of Music, at the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro. She has a new
personal web page “in the works” at the
UNC Greensboro web link www.uncg.
edu, which lists useful sources for musicians, scholars, composers and others.
Sarah continues to play the cello, and is
a fan of the Beatles, Norah Jones, Buena
Vista Social Club, Frank Zappa, and
Playing for Change (music for peace).
Laura Lorenz writes: “I am excited
about my forthcoming book, Brain
Injury Survivors: Narratives of Rehabilitation and Healing, the first in a new
series, Disability in Society, from Lynne
Rienner Publishers. I have started
publishing in journals. ‘Involving
the Public Using Participatory Visual
Methods,’ co-authored with Bettina
Kolb, a colleague from the University
of Austria, was published in Health
Expectations 12:262-274 in September.
Another, ‘Discovering a New Identity,’ is
forthcoming with Sociology of Health
and Illness next September. Currently
I am working on an invited paper
on issues of metaphor and voice in
participatory visual research for Visual
Studies. My professional position at
Brandeis University’s Heller School is
in flux as I transition from program
manager with Executive Education
to Sr. Research Associate under the
Institute for Behavioral Health. I am
looking forward to being more focused
on research.
My boyfriend of six years, Russ
Dingley, and I became engaged in June,
no date for a wedding yet! We had a
wonderful trip in July to visit with
grandsons Gregory and Gabriel, who
both turned two in August. Gregory is
my son Garth’s biological son, and Gabriel was adopted in January 2009 from
Swaziland! They are quiet a handful and
well bonded! They live on the island
of Oahu, in the ‘rising’ city of Kapolei,
about half an hour from Honolulu. The
boys have just started pre-school there!
I wish we lived closer. My son is surviving being a very involved parent of two
two-year-olds while working full-time
and going to school part-time, no small
achievement. My daughter, Olivia, has
quit her high-paying Washington, DC
beltway bandit job to enroll in an accelerated nursing program and she loves
it. I am so proud of them both.”
Barbara Langworthy has been
in the field of communications and
publications for the last 22 years: first,
for nine years with The Christian Science Publishing Society, Department of
Translations, in Boston, and then, most
recently, at Wellesley College’s Office
of Communications and Publications.
If you ever wonder what it is like to
herd cats and get an accurate annual
college course catalog compiled, edited,
proofread, and published on deadline,
for faculty and students alike, then
Barb is the person to talk to. After a
12-year tenure at Wellesley College
doing publications for both internal
and external college audiences, Barb
has left to pursue new ventures, and is
currently enjoying her newest adventure, in substitute teaching (but “quite
relieved that no child has vomited in
her classroom”), and is “learning a lot”
in the public schools in Ashland, Massachusetts, where she has lived for 11
years. Barbara was the primary caregiver
for several years for both her parents
until they passed away a year ago. Barb
notes, “I am hoping to volunteer at a
long-term care facility or nursing home
near Ashland very soon, as some of the
seniors have great stories to tell!”
Nancy Gabin, our former president
of the Class of 1972, lives in Indiana
with her family, and is tenured as Associate Professor in the Department
of History at Purdue University. She
teaches courses on women’s and gender
history, American labor history, American politics and social movements, and
20th-century U.S. History. In addition
to her many grants, fellowships and
publications over a dedicated career, in
2008 she was inducted into the Purdue
University Book of Great Teachers, and
was a nominee in 2003, 2004, 2005 and
2008 for the university-wide Murphy
Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Excellence. In 2002 and 2008, Nancy
was awarded the College of Liberal Arts
Educational Excellence Award. Currently, Nancy is writing a book on the
history of women in Indiana. Nancy’s
achievements and awards are listed
on her faculty page CV on the Purdue
University website.
Lisa Rudenberg and Valerie Bronsdon Chaviano connected in London
for a week this summer while Val
was seeing plays and viewing English
gardens, and Lisa was doing research
for the Rudenberg family archives of
her father’s family stay in England after
leaving Germany in 1936, before coming to the United States. The highlight
of Val and Lisa’s English sojourn in July
2009, in addition to catching up and
having fun, was a trip to Sissinghurst,
a National Heritage Trust in Kent,
to experience the stunning gardens
designed by writer Vita Sackville-West
and her husband, Harold Nicholson,
in the 1930s. Valerie actively cultivates
an English garden at her home in Barrington, Illinois.
to tag along for gym, swim, shopping
excursions, and the like.”
CLASS AGENT
Kathleen Langone
[email protected]
Kathleen Langone writes, “Just
celebrated my second wedding anniversary and am living in Boxford, MA. We
just sold our house and will be moving
to Middleton, MA in early December.
I’ll have lots more space to entertain
those Pingree 1973 ladies living nearby!
I currently work at Blue Cross of Mass
in Boston as a project manager. My
daughter is doing well at Brandeis
and majoring in biochemistry and will
graduate May 2010.”
Joyce English Sweeney writes, “I
am living in Bedford, NH with my
husband, Jack, and our toy poodles, Tori
and Shayla. I spent over a decade in
the staffing industry as V.P. of Operations for a national healthcare staffing
company. I am thoroughly enjoying my
‘new role’ as Nana to my two-year-old
grandson, Andy, and ten-month-old
granddaughter, Kaitlyn. My daughter,
Christy, and her husband, Mark, live
less than a mile from us. Christy is a
stay-at-home mom, so I am delighted
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Langone! Many thanks to Sarah “Sandy”
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for so long. Kathleen was gracious to take
on this fun position. Would anyone else
like to join Kathleen? Being a Class Agent
is a great way to stay connected to Pingree
and your classmates. Twice each year, we
ask you to collect news for the Bulletin. For
more information, please contact Laurie
Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni
Relations 978 468-4415 x310 or lpolese@
pingree.org.
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Emily Perkins Rees
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Pictured: Tim Purinton ’88, Hillary Purinton Salmons, Dick Purinton (Parent of Alumni ’74, ’82, ’88
and former Pingree Trustee) and Ailsa Steinert.
[email protected]
Please consider joining Emily as a Class
Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great way
Diana Lorenz Weggler was looking
through an old Pegasus the other day
and reminiscing about all the good
times she had playing field hockey for
Pingree. Diana writes, “My daughter’s reaction was, ‘You played FIELD
HOCKEY?’, like it was some alien
activity. My, those JV tunics were ugly!
Does anyone besides me remember
that Pingree’s colors used to be red
and blue? Hence the red sashes on our
uniforms. (Whatever happened to those
sashes, I wonder? I would love to have
one as a souvenir.) Young women, playing sports in tunics, seems so out-dated
today, but I loved my uniform, and
remember ironing the white, buttondown, collared shirts we wore underneath them. I am pretty sure we didn’t
even have numbers on our backs! And
mouth-guards, what were those? Even
the goalie equipment hardly protected
anything when compared to what they
wear today. Guess we were a lot tougher
back then. Ha-ha!”
Emily Perkins Rees had a short but
delightful reunion with Wiggy Smith
Brennan and her darling son, Charlie,
who’s a sophomore at George Washington. They shared the exciting news that
Charlie’s twin sister, Rosie, (sophomore
at Dartmouth) is trying out for the 2010
cross-country skiing Olympic team.
Anyone can keep track via her blog—
rosiebrennan.blogspot.com—Go Rosie!!!
Hillary Purinton Salmons and her
family visited with Ailsa Steinert this
past summer when Ailsa came by to see
them at their summer rental chateau in
Normandy, France.
1975
CLASS AGENTS
Frederick J. Fawcett III “Sean”
[email protected]
Catherine Thenault
[email protected]
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1975
35th REUNION
Elizabeth “Ellie” Stevens writes,
“To think we are coming on our 35th
anniversary! Wow! I have been living in
York, Maine for over 20 years and love
it here. I have four beautiful, talented
children ranging from ages of 19 to 27
and they are all pursuing such different
careers: social worker, lawyer, geologist
and one that is still deciding. I received
my graphic design degree in 2003, and
have used it in my present job and
have started my own business selling a
wonderful butter crunch that I make,
package and sell. Ellie May’s Sweet
Toffee Crunch has become a big hit as
I found out by selling at the York Farmers Market these past two summers. I
have a website: www.elliemayscandy.
com. Hope to make our 35th.”
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writes, “Our eldest daughter, Meredith,
is in her first year at University of
New Haven. Our youngest daughter,
Courtney, is a junior at Masconomet
High School. I am still employed at
DeScenza Diamonds as a gemologist
appraising jewelry. Twenty-five years
with DeScenza’s! My husband, Alan, and
I are getting excited that retirement in
a warmer climate is getting closer to a
reality. Best wishes to the class of 1976!”
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Michael Updike with his two sons at the prime meridian in Greenwich.
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[email protected]
Please send news and consider joining
Jackie as a Class Agent! Being a Class Agent
is a great way to stay connected to Pingree
and your classmates. Twice each year, we
ask you to collect news for the Bulletin. For
more information, please contact Laurie
Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni
Relations 978 468-4415 x310 or lpolese@
pingree.org.
Michael Updike writes, “I traveled this summer to England with my
two sons, Trevor and Sawyer, to cruise
the British canals. This is a picture
of the prime meridian in Greenwich.
The second photo is a picture of a
sculpture I did for Maudslay Park’s out
door sculpture show. I also traveled to
Mexico with Livia Cowan on Mariposa
business for the umteenth time this
October, 2009.”
Nina Sacharuk Anderson played
tennis with Jane Blake Riley, Whitney
Thayer Shepard ’79 and Wendy Morgan
Richardson ’78. Nina writes, “At one
point we realized that we had all played
field hockey together at Pingree. And
then we remembered that we all had
daughters that also played field hockey at
Pingree (Tasha Anderson ’11, Page Riley
’05, Lyndsey Shepard ’10 and Liza Richardson ’08). The experience lives on!”
Sarah Adams Bieber lives in
Bethesda, Maryland with her husband
and three children, ages 21, 20 and 18.
Sarah writes, “They are all in college:
Penn State, Auburn University and
University of Texas in Austin. I teach
Special Education, English and reading in high school. My husband is in
construction management in Washington, DC.”
1978
CLASS AGENTS
Marion Hewson Knowles
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Tom Ellis
[email protected]
Michael Updike’s outdoor sculpture at Maudslay State park.
Russell Steinert can’t believe how
much time has passed. He writes, “My
wife, Janis Stemmermann, and I have
been living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
since the mid-80s, a very vibrant, artoriented neighborhood, a 10-minute
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Martha Lyness Smeallie with her son, Andrew ’09, and husband, J.D.
ride on the L-train from Union Square
in Manhattan. We own and operate
a young, luxury brand management
company, Acorn Concepts, and have
done so in one form or another since
1996. We have two daughters, Beatrice
(15), a sophomore at the Chapin School
in Manhattan and Odette (11), a fifth
grader at the Grace Church School,
also in Manhattan. We have been living
among and operating in creative/business oriented activities for almost 25
years now. Wow, it is hard to believe so
much time has passed, but I can say
confidently that every second of it has
been worth it!”
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Martha Lyness Smeallie proudly
announces, “Our son, Andrew ’09, graduated from Pingree this past May, ending
an eight-year run for us! Our older son,
Thomas ’05, graduated from Boston
College in May and is living and working
over in Spain. I am still working as a nutritionist (27 years now!), with my practice
now being devoted exclusively to treating
patients with eating disorders.”
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“Peter and I are now empty nesters and
having lots of fun. We miss the kids
but see them all regularly. Liza ’08 is so
happy as a sophomore at Providence
College and Andrew and Chris (twin
boys) are loving the boarding life at
Governor’s and still keep in touch with
a lot of their Brookwood classmates
who are now at Pingree. I am on the
board of the YMCA and keeping busy
with other volunteer activities and
spending a lot of time with my parents
who are in the process of moving from
Ipswich to Wenham. Our house is
very quiet but our two black labs and
cat keep us company! Best to all my
Pingree classmates! Hard to believe I
am approaching the big 50!”
Anne Phippen writes, “We are
currently living outside of Larisa, a city
in central Greece, located beside the
slopes of Mt. Olympus, about halfway
between Athens and Thessaloniki. Our
two boys are here with us, playing tons
of soccer and going to school at the
International School of Larisa. Our
daughter, Susanna Phippen ’09, is taking a gap year before starting college
next fall and is living in Thessaloniki
and studying modern Greek language
to improve her fluency. Our daughter,
Kitsa Phippen ’07, is a sophomore at
Skidmore, studying music and government. I am teaching English, and my
husband has started a small landscaping business here. I can’t think of
anything else newsworthy (though what
I’ve written isn’t exactly newsworthy,
either!) but if your travel plans include
Greece, be in touch. It’s always fun to
see a familiar face over here.”
[email protected]
Please consider joining Whitney as a Class
decade, so that we can get them
1970 Ms. Betsy Works Cooke, Ms.
Jane Bolles Dan, Ms. Deborah
Epstein, Ms. Sarah Fuller, Dr. Wendy
Holloway, Ms. Hallie Kaiser, Ms. Pamela Potter, Ms. Linda Shepley, Ms.
Constance Jones Telek, Ms. Jo-Allison
Valentine, Ms. Ellu Virkkunen
1971 Ms. Clara Arena, Ms. Jane
Chesney Cornforth, Ms. Sarah Davis,
Ms. Hollis Wykoff Loring, Ms. Mary
Rose Ether-ington Selman, Ms. Elizabeth Tindley, Ms. Nancy Walker
1972 Mrs. Sian Britten McDermott,
Dr. Anne Griffin McSand
1973 Ms. Susan Miller Chase, Ms.
Sally Southgate Gordon, Ms. Margaret Haydon, Ms. Anne Howry, Ms.
Daphne Meyer
1974 Ms. Fiona Brown, Mr. Andrew
H. Cabot, Ms. Lizabeth Stier May,
Ms. Diane Parker Meredith, Ms.
Dorothy Mayo Moore
1975 Mr. Michael Abbot, Dr. Anthony
Allan, Mr. Michael Fusco, Ms. Ellise
Garber, Ms. Edith M. Phippen, Ms.
Gillian Rome, Ms. Martha Schleck
1976 Ms. Martha H. Brown, Mr.
William B. Frothingham III, Ms. Kimberly A. Keany, Ms. Johanna Mason,
Mr. Robert M. Nippe, Ms. Jane Banash Sagerman, Ms. Linda J. Snow
1977 Ms. Elizabeth O. Hall
1978 Ms. Susan A. Fennings, Mr.
Richard Gray, Ms. Maggie Cotreau
Harenberg, Ms. Hannah Bennett
Harrington, Ms. Rebecca Lewis, Mr.
Donald McCaughan, Mr. Brian R.
Walsh, Jr., Ms. Mary Weglarz, Ms.
Caroline Wilson
1979 Ms. Angela Gibbons, Mrs. Suzanne Hovey, Mr. Stephen Leistinger
SAVE THE DATE
1980
30th REUNION
Emily Batchelder with her daughter,
Ali and husband, Kevin Twomey. Ali rowed
in the Head of the Charles. It was freezing
cold but they had a good race.
Adam Kline has a fishing story to
share. He writes, “My nephew Sam and
I went on a fly fishing trip to Alaska
over the summer. We encountered a
large grizzly bear at about 30 feet while
fishing for arctic grayling alone on a
mountain lake. We somehow convinced
(or maybe it just became bored looking
and listening to us) the bear to turn
around and wander to the other side of
the lake while we made our escape down
the trail. It was the first time in his life
that Sam voluntarily cut a fishing outing short. We survived the trip, caught
trophy sized rainbow trout, and even
managed to send some freshly caught
sockeye salmon fillets back to Sam’s
mom, Jennifer Kline ’80.”
Peter Polsonetti reports, “To make
a long story short, after 14 years living
in Westwood, my wife, my son (9) and I
moved back to Wenham. We live in the
same house on Morgan Street where
I grew up. My son, Hazen, attends the
Buker School in Wenham as I did prior
to attending Pingree. He has also been
to summer camp at Pingree. My wife
is a V.P. of a Market Research company
based in Dedham. I am a mechanical
engineer (on the advice of Mrs. Sacharuk many years ago) and have been
designing industrial lithium batteries
for over 20 years. If you are at any of the
Patriots games, see if you can find me.
My wife and I have been going since
1992, including two Super Bowls. I see
Greg Sacharuk and his mother every
so often.”
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CLASS AGENT
Betsy Hoffman Hundahl
[email protected]
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Please consider joining Betsy as a Class
Pamela M. Mori Holcombe was
sworn in and entered on the rolls as a
legal practitioner in the state of New
South Wales, Australia in May, 2008.
She and her Australian husband, Bill,
made the move “down-under” from
Fort Lauderdale in 2005 and currently
reside in the small coastal village of
Brooms Head. Pam writes, “It is a great
lifestyle change compared to doing
complex civil litigation for a big law
firm in the U.S. We’ve changed from
hurricanes to bushfires! In 2007, we
spent several months residing in Egypt
where Bill was consulting on the build
of a new 180-foot motor yacht.”
Betsy Hoffman Hundahl shares
her thoughts about Veteran’s Day and
asks the class to share their remembrances. She writes, “Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and my boys are home from
school. I am trying to think of ways to
discuss the meaning of Veteran’s Day
with them. When we were growing up
at Pingree in the late 70s, the United
States was not at war and the anti-war
sentiment from the 60s was still in the
air. I don’t remember thinking much
about Veteran’s Day back then. For my
boys’ entire lives we have been involved
in conflict with Iraq either in Desert
Storm or the ‘War on Terror’. I went to
Pingree and then to college with ‘boys’
who have subsequently served in these
wars. I don’t have any intimate stories
to tell of these veterans but perhaps
you do. In the interest of communication and remembrance, send me your
stories or your thoughts about Veterans,
Veterans Day, War and/or Peace. Heavy
stuff, I know, but the grey ponderous
clouds of November outside my window are turning my thoughts that way
today. Speaking of remembering, don’t
forget we have our 30th reunion coming up, May 8, 2010 ! Looking forward
to hearing from one and all.”
Chris Yukins ran into Amy SloanePinel and her truly wonderful husband
at a reception in Boston. Chris writes,
“Amy is very happy, looks terrific (I notice these things as I decline), and her
daughter is attending George Washington University, where my wife, Virginia,
and I teach—a wondrously small world.
P.S. Here’s my Veteran’s Day remembrance, per Betsy’s request: A large
number of my students are JAG officers
who deploy after our year together, to
Iraq or Afghanistan. I hear their stories
of these young lawyers careening in
trucks across the countryside, riding
shotgun for one another as they go
about their duties. However you feel
about these wars, you have to admire
these young people and their immense
courage, and to be very grateful.”
Kate Reynolds writes in reply to
Betsy’s inquiry about Veteran’s Day
remembrances: “Veteran’s Day took on
a deeper meaning for me this morning
after reading about the memorial service for the victims at Fort Hood awaiting Obama’s decision on whether or
not to send more troops into Afghanistan. I’m trying to better understand
the complexities of war, extremists,
the Taliban’s oppression, assisting our
troops over there, the ideals of helping
a country foreign to us become ‘a better
place.’ I respect all our soldiers’ selfless
courage to fight against evil to defend
human rights and freedom. It’s just difficult knowing that innocent civilians
always get caught in the crossfire.”
Sue Jennings Douglas sent a notice
in October about a “Family Rally for
the Environment” that she organized
at Glen Urquhart School (Beverly, MA)
to recognize and celebrate the 350.org
International Day of Climate Action.
Sheila Kinkade sent this response
along afterwards, “Cool Sue. I hope
you can foster a whole generation of
young activists who rattle their parents
SUVs, who realize the power they wield
through their forks, with their wallets,
through virtually every decision they
make. I’m a big fan of: http://www.storyofstuff.org. Also, for future reference,
I’m very fond of the work the Institute
for Noetic Sciences is doing around
helping kids learn about where their
beliefs come from and how their worldviews are formed. See: http:// www.
livingdeeply.org/education_Worldview_
Literacy.html.”
Deirdre Scudder Martin writes,
“My son, Tyler, attended Camp Kieve
over last summer and even had the
chance to meet Tony Paulus. I saw
Steve Rowland at Parents Weekend
at Kieve whose son was at Kieve and
daughter at Wavus, the girls’ camp now
affiliated with Kieve. Tyler is now in the
ninth grade and attending Buckingham
Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, MA.
I have not yet had a chance to see him
play against Pingree but I am sure that
will be coming. My daughter, Hannah,
is in the seventh grade at the Charles
River School in Dover, MA and loves to
sing and act. We just adopted a Sheltie
puppy because, of course, with my
husband and me working full time jobs,
being parents etc., we needed another
challenge. Take care and join our group
on Facebook—there are quite a number
of us.”
Julie Jackson Flynn says, “The best
example of a Veteran’s Day commemoration I can provide you and your
children comes from my Bates’ friend’s
girlfriend. Every year, Linda organizes a
school-wide assembly at the junior high
where she teaches. It is a major production to involve 100 eighth graders and
50 to 60 veterans and my friend David
says it nearly burns her out. The reward
is to see the respect of the students,
the surprise of the parents, and the
gratitude of the veterans. The event says
it all: solemnity, attention, and pride.”
Cathy Dana Cormier, “I have no
vivid memories of Veteran’s Day from
our years growing up because, as you
said, we were not actively at war and it
wasn’t a day we could really relate to. It
is so different today as our kids are inundated with multi-media coverage of
the struggles here and abroad. What is
especially heart wrenching to me is the
recent surge in those soldiers who have
perished leaving their pregnant wives
and unborn children to go on without
them. So what’s up with me? We are
still in Lexington, with both kids, Elise
(11th grade) and Henry (7th grade) attending school here. Our passions are
hockey in the winter and boating in the
summer. Work-wise, since I last wrote,
I have left one thriving industry, Retail,
for another, Real Estate! I head up Marketing for Coldwell Banker. It is more
similar to retail than one would think.
Things look to be turning around after
a tough four years so buy, buy, buy. I
look forward to seeing everyone in May.
Let’s get more Facebook participation
as it is fun to reconnect.”
Shelley Latham writes about her
14-year-old daughter, “Lucy wrote a
global warming song for her band,
Happy Revolution. We thought it was
pretty cute so we made a video of it
and just put it up on YouTube. You
can also see it at the accompanying
website: http://www.SaveMyPolarBear.
info PS: Yes, that is me in the polar bear
costume!”
1981
CLASS AGENTS
Elizabeth Dana Parker
[email protected]
Gail Cairns Steele
[email protected]
Suzanne Lake Giles writes, “I am
in my third and final year of graduate
school for counseling and psychology, with a specialization in trauma,
and I am in my second internship
at Germaine Lawrence, a residential
treatment school for girls ages 10-18. I
love the work that I am studying and
practicing and truly feel blessed to have
found my calling in life. My husband
of 17 years, Richard, is an amazing
man. Together, we have two great kids,
Christopher, a freshman in high school,
and a tennis and golf fanatic, and,
Margaret, an eighth grader who plays a
lot of soccer and lacrosse. Richard has
two children from a previous marriage,
Abby, who lives in Cambridge, and
Matthew, who lives in Chicago. Finally,
Tally was the most recent addition to
our family; she is a very sweet black
mini-poodle. We spend our summers at
our cottage in Boothbay Harbor, we see
our family as often as schedules permit
(never enough!!!) and are fortunate to
have discovered good friends along this
journey called ‘life.’ I have been saddened to hear of classmates who have
passed before us. I would love to hear
how others are doing, and would be
happy to host a gathering at our home
in Concord, MA if that would work for
folks.”
Libby Dana Parker writes, “Our two
sons are getting up there. Will (20) is at
Maine Maritime Academy studying for
his Captain’s license. Sam (17) is a senior
at Gould Academy. He is a free style
skier and competes nationally. I am
Director of Admission at Tower School
in Marblehead. Life as empty nesters
(90 percent anyways) still keeps us busy.
My husband Joe (sister of Lisa Parker
’76) is a yacht broker in Marblehead.”
Adrienne Ward writes, “I live with
my husband, Dan Levy, and sons Raphael (8) and Roland (5) in Manhattan.
Following several years as book editor, I
graduated from Columbia University’s
School of Law in 1994. After practicing
in the areas of commercial litigation
and white collar criminal defense,
I joined Morgan Lewis & Bockius’
securities litigation and enforcement
practice, becoming partner in 2004. I
recently joined a small New York firm,
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole as partner.
I defend financial institutions and
individuals in matters before the SEC,
FINRA and state agencies and in civil
matters. I also conduct internal investigations and provide compliance advice
to clients. Dan has a consulting company that manages web sites for Bob
Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith,
Paul Simon and John Legend. We
share a love of music, and I continue
to attend too many concerts. Raphael
and Roland attend City & Country, a
progressive school, in the West Village.
It provides a sense of community in the
big city!”
Izzy Barton writes, “I’m a little
busy with volunteer stuff at Shore. I
Adrienne Ward’s two boys, Raphael and Roland.
am doing pottery as much as possible
these days. I see Jane Singleton Stark
frequently. My daughter is 14, a field
hockey goalie like mom, and my son
is 12, both at Shore. I have also started
guitar lessons again, thanks to my husband (you may remember me carrying a
guitar around for a while at Pingree).”
Langley Steinert writes, “Hilary and
I are living in Concord, MA with three
munchkins (ages 9, 8 and 6), two boys
and a girl. We love Concord, although
I do miss the ocean. We take frequent
trips to Crane’s Beach up on the North
Shore. On the work front, I spent
five years as co-founder/chairman of
TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor)—which
my partner and I sold to Expedia, Inc a
few years ago. Since selling TripAdvisor,
I’ve started a new company, CarGurus (www.CarGurus.com). Much like
TripAdivsor, this company is an online
community that allows consumers
to research, read reviews, and share
comments about new and used cars. It
has been fun so far. If anyone is ever in
Concord, MA, drop us a line.”
Margaret Hunt writes, “My husband, Chris, and I are living a fairly
quiet life in Fairfield, CT with our two
children, Edward (14) and Lucy (13).
I am working part time at LOFT in
Westport. I’ve started singing again,
but rather than musicals, I’m singing
in the Trinity (Southport) Choir and
Chorale, and sang Mendelssohn at the
Southport Summer Music Festival last
spring. I wish Mrs. Kennedy were here
to give me voice lessons. With all the
talent surrounding me, I sometimes
feel like I could use them! The kids are
typically busy young teenagers: sailing,
lacrosse, drama, etc., so with all this I’m
certainly kept on my toes. I see Kieve
stickers on cars every once in a while,
which make me smile. I see some of
you in Marblehead when I’m there in
the summer while the kids are at camp
for the month of August. It’s so great to
see all the incredible things happening
at Pingree!! It looks like a very different
place then when we graduated in 1981,
but with the same spirit, nice to see!”
Scott Simpson writes, “Nothing
too exciting here in Manchester, NH.
My wife, Liz, and I have four children:
Laura (16), Jeffrey (13), Madeline (12),
and Patrick (10). Between horseback
riding, hockey, cheerleading, baseball,
and soccer, we find time to care for our
two dogs, four cats, and one lizard! I try
to channel Jim Deveney while coaching
my kids’ teams, but there are definitely
some things lost in my translation.”
Kirsten Kimball Kaptyne lives in
Deerfield, works in the admission office
at Bement School where she is dorm
parent to a young group of boarding
students. Her daughter, Ingrid, graduated from Deerfield Academy and now
attends Juilliard School in NYC in the
Dance Division. Her younger daughter,
Ilse, is a sophomore at Deerfield.
Lily King says, “Hi, all! At Libby’s
gentle prodding, I am writing to say
that I’m still living in Maine with my
husband, Tyler, and our two girls, Calla
(10) and Eloise (8), who are so much fun.
These days we play a lot of Clue and
Oh Hell and a game we invented on a
long car ride once that is basically the
Dating Game with Polly Pockets (kind
of twisted, but really makes us laugh a
lot). I am just doing the final edits on a
new novel that comes out in July. Hope
everyone’s doing really well.”
1982
CLASS AGENTS
Nanny Pope Noyes
[email protected]
Cid Johnson Rogers
[email protected]
Nanny Pope Noyes reports, “Life
stinks as an empty nester (too quiet,
too clean) and I certainly don’t feel old
enough to be one, but alas, I am. Our
son, Beckett (19), is a sophomore at
Syracuse (Newhouse School connections anyone?) and loving it and playing
rugby, among other things. Our daughter, Holly (18), graduated from Pingree
last spring and is a freshman at St.
Lawrence and playing varsity lacrosse
and club ice hockey. Our daughter,
Charlotte (16), is a junior at Holderness
doing art and sports (RISD connections anyone?). Sorry for the shameless
plugs, but I can’t miss an opportunity
to network! Hope to see our class soon
and look for our class of 1982 Facebook
page!”
Tara Scully Rockefeller writes,
“Our daughter, Eliza, is loving life and
playing field hockey at boarding school.
She plans to go out for the lacrosse
team this spring and her mother is
thrilled! Our son, Alexander (11), is all
about baseball, Yankees fan and all!
Michael and I are adjusting to one
at home. We are both busy with our
various commitments. My new favorite
is working as a board member for the
Central Park Conservancy. I am fortunate to see many of you in Marblehead
or Maine in the summers. If you come
to NYC get in touch, I would love to
catch up.”
1983
CLASS AGENTS
Michelle Guzowski Litavis
[email protected]
Tennille Bistrian Treadwell
[email protected]
Martha “Marcy” Steward is living
in California. Marcy recently celebrated
the release of her book, Darby’s Story,
The Life of an Adopted Dog. The book
was released in November, 2009 just in
time for National Shelter Dog Month.
Congratulations, Marcy!
Tennille Bistrian Treadwell has
been busy keeping fit and participating
in all kinds of endurance events. Tennille writes, “I just returned from Washington, DC where I ran the Marine
Corps Marathon (26.2 miles) AGAIN!
What a spectacular course! Anne Jones
met me at mile 20 and ran by my side
encouraging me for the next mile. Oh,
the value of great friends in perfect
places! Together, Anne Jones and I
completed our FIRST triathlon this
past July 2009 in Montauk, NY. We had
so much fun I signed on for another! In
July 2010, I will be in Providence, RI for
the Amica Half Ironman.”
Jim MacLaughlin running the Boston
half-marathon.
1984
CLASS AGENTS
Bill McGrath
[email protected]
Sigrid Barton Orne
[email protected]
Sigrid Barton Orne writes, “We
have officially sold our Glee shops in
Beverly Farms and Guilford, and we
closed Hingham and Belmont branches. This is all great news and we were
really pleased with the outcome. We are
still consulting for the Beverly Farms
owner and Beverly Farms will remain
under the name Glee. Both Steve and
I are figuring out what is next. Steve is
starting an advertising sales company
with his sister Sarah Orne Herring ’86
and I’m thinking of getting back in
the education world. I am considering
graduate school, teaching or development work. I’m still in a ‘sorting it all
through stage.’ Our oldest daughter,
Lindsey (13), is now in seventh grade.
She runs for the cross country team
and she is having an excellent season.
Eliza is in fifth grade and has started oil
painting classes and she loves this.”
Jim MacLaughlin writes, “Jan and
I celebrated our 20th anniversary in
October, and I ran the Boston halfmarathon for the Jimmy Fund team
and raised over $900.”
Laurie Harding Polese says hello
to everyone. “I had such a great time at
our reunion last May. That was the first
time, in a long time, that I stayed up
until 2:00 in the morning. Thank you,
Jagruti and Rahul Patel ’85, for hosting the after-hours party so we could
all continue the fun after the reunion
celebration at Pingree. I challenge the
Class of 1985 to have a turnout as good
as ours! My job here at Pingree is even
more enjoyable now that my oldest
daughter, Madeline, is a freshman
(Class of 2013!). It is fun getting to know
her friends. One day, half of the JV field
hockey team snuck into my office to
chow down a couple pizzas before a late
afternoon game. I also keep a bowl of
candy by my door to encourage visitors.
The rest of my family is doing really
well. My husband, James, works for
UBS Financial in Boston, my daughter,
Susie (12) is in the sixth grade, and my
son, Josh (10) is in the fourth grade. Life
is busy. But busy is good these days.
Thanks for all your fun messages on
email, Facebook and for keeping in
touch!”
1985
SAVE THE DATE
1985
25th REUNION
Marc Steinberg did a handful of
Triathlons this season. Marc writes, “I
raced The Mighty Hamptons Olympic
Distance Tri and I beat my time from
last year by almost 13 minutes. I also
raced the Mighty Man Sprint Tri this fall
in Montauk and finished 127th out of
390 racers. My times are getting faster as
my fitness improves. You never know there may be an Ironman in my future!”
1986
CLASS AGENTS
Leah Cataldo
[email protected]
Julie Clifford Smail
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CLASS AGENTS
Christina Clifford Comparato
[email protected]
Marc A. Steinberg
[email protected]
Jody Comins (right) and Leaf Ives ’87 “ran”
into each other at the Doug Flutie 5K Road Race
for Autism in October 2009.
Jody Comins pictured with her husband, Michael, and two daughters, Talia (10) and Elizabeth (7).
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1989
CLASS AGENTS
Rosette Cataldo
Patti Pruett
[email protected]
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Page Cogger Sostek
[email protected]
Leigh Armstrong Hebard
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Kelli Duggan
[email protected]
Lauren Carusi Consolazio writes, “I
hope everyone is well! I am busy doing
the working mother juggle with my
daughter, Elizabeth (7), and son, Maxwell (4). Real Estate is a crazy business
these days but lots of fun and never
dull; that is for sure. Great to catch up
on Facebook with so many of you!”
Patti Pruett married Brian Trow in Atlanta, GA
this November, 2009. Patti now works for
the Time Warner Company in Atlanta.
Kristen Kaiser Murphy announces,
“This has been a busy and exciting
year or so for me! In September 2008,
my husband, Ken, and I were married
in Maui. In May 2009, I finished my
doctorate in education at USC, and
most exciting of all, we are expecting a
baby girl at the end of this month (Nov.
2009)! We are currently living in Studio
City (Los Angeles), California, where my
husband produces video games for Disney, and I am on maternity leave from
my job as principal at a large urban
middle school. Wish us luck in our new
adventures as parents!”
1988
CLASS AGENTS
Jennifer Huber Laugier
[email protected]
Kerri Goddard Kinch
[email protected]
Ashley MacVaugh has had a busy
year competing and running her equestrian business. She just finished in the
top third at the United States Equestrian Federation Fall Eventing Championships at Fair Hill International in
Maryland. She also coached the North
American young riders team from Area
1 New England to fourth place at the
championships in Lexington, Kentucky
this summer. She stays in touch with
local Pingree pals, Cazzy Smith ’87,
Josh Sostek ’87 and Carrie Pingree ’04.
1990
CLASS AGENTS
Jennifer Riley Desmarais
[email protected]
Molly Northrup Bloom
[email protected]
Kristyn Burtt
[email protected]
1980 Mr. David Aulson, Ms. Viana
Daly, Mr. Jose I. Gilmartinez, Ms.
Jennifer Kline, Ms. Allison C. Mitchell, Ms. Cherie Thibodeau Morin,
Ms. Tiffany Rockwell, Ms. Maryellen
Rooney
1981 M. Sally A. Johnson Daly,
Mr. Kevin M. Hanson, Mr. Daniel
Kavanagh, Ms. Nancy Schena, Mr.
Geoffrey Seager
1982 Mr. Malcolm Harper, Mrs.
Anna Thistle Brecher Miller, Mr. Mark
Mitchell, Ms. Leslie Teeling
1983 Ms. Lee Goldsborough Cramer,
Mr. Chris Hume
1984 Mr. Scott B. Amsterdam, Ms.
Jessica A. Balboni, Ms. Heidi Goehring, Ms. Nancy Jarman, Mr. Erik
Lufkin, Ms. Vanessa Reed
1985 Ms. Rebecca D. Cox, Ms. Heidi
M. Grassley, Ms. Elam Miriam M.
Radebe, Ms. Julia Adams Richardson, Ms. Sheena C. Simpson, Ms.
Susan M. Tierney, Mr. Matthew Tinti
1986 Ms. Linda Furey, Ms. Heather
L. Huston, Ms. Susan Webster
1987 Mr. Timothy K. Hollander, Jr.,
Ms. Emily J. House, Ms. Ann M.
Macoul, Ms. Victoria S. Masotta, Mr.
Ian C. Rice, Mr. David W. Sauer
1988 Ms. Jennifer H. Bride, Mr.
Austin P. Manchester, Dr. A. Christian Menard, Ms. Jennifer L. Moniz,
Mr. Henry C. Mustin, Mr. David B.
Pinkney, Mr. David C. Roselli, Mr.
Peter L. Winnick
Scott Hale is sailing as a First Assistant Engineer and has received his
Chief Engineer’s License, as well as Person in Charge endorsement, through
USCG. He recently headed to Singapore on an oil tanker to a shipyard for
periodic yard repairs and inspection.
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Jessica Drislane, Rebecca Winthrop Monahan
and Leslie Otto Owens at Wingaersheek beach
last summer.
1989 Mr. Merek S. Franklin, Ms. Katrina V. Howard, Ms. Andrea Moore
Ice, Ms. Merete Thorsvik, Ms. Erika
Werner
1991
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1990
20th REUNION
Rebecca Winthrop Monahan
writes, “I live in Boulder, Colorado with
my husband, Ron, six-year-old twins,
Fiona and Riley, and our dog and cat. I
am happily busy caring for my fabulous
kids, and volunteering in their school
with Garden-to-Table, a program that
brings organic gardening to schools. I
also hold two jobs. I am a veterinarian
and practice small animal medicine
and acupuncture. I also do business
development for The Ridge at Chukker
Creek. The Ridge is a family-owned,
green-built community in Aiken, SC.
visit www.TheRidgeAiken.com. Our
family loves the Colorado sunshine and
mountains and we fill our free time
with skiing, cycling and climbing.”
CLASS AGENTS
Shannon Patti Yates
[email protected]
Pam Torto Sinclair
[email protected]
Andra McCallum Lurie’s daughter, Miraya,
dressed for Halloween 2009.
Emily Woodside Seiffert and her son, Noah.
Melanie Janisch Reardon pictured
with her husband, Richard Reardon,
and their two children, Daniel and
Nicholas. Melanie writes, “I stay home
with my kids, in New Hampshire. My
son, Daniel, is in the gifted program.”
Shannon Patti Yates writes, “Everyone here is well. Lily (8) is in second
grade at the Coffin School in Marblehead. Benjamin (6.5) is in first grade at
the Gerry School in Marblehead. The
most exciting news is that this summer
we got to live in Paris, France for three
months as part of a work project my
husband, Simon, was doing in conjunction with his company’s European
offices. We were there for the months of
July, August, and September, so the kids
had a late start to the school year but we
got to do Bastille Day in Paris, see the
finish of the Tour de France, experience
the French exodus to the beaches for
August vacance, and really live Parisian
life. I wasn’t sure how it would be to live
in a big urban environment during the
summer when all my kids wanted to
do was swim and run around the back
yard until the sun went down. We were
pleasantly surprised at how much there
is to do in Paris during the summer
Rebecca Winthrop Monahan hiking with
her two children last summer.
Andra McCallum Lurie recently
moved to Florida after giving birth to
her second daughter, Miraya.
Emily Woodside Seiffert writes,
“I’m happy to share news of Noah
Livingston Seiffert, born January 8,
2009. My husband, George, and I are
so excited I’m able to stay home with
Noah. He’s an easy baby (except when
it comes to sleeping at night) and so
much fun. We’re having a blast. We’ve
been visiting with Shannon (Kehoe)
Boucher and her family, and would love
to reconnect with other Pingree friends.
[email protected]”
Melanie Janisch Reardon with husband Richard and sons Daniel and Nicholas for Halloween 2009.
Shannon Patti Yate’s son, Benjamin, in front
of Big Ben in London.
and specifically what there is to do in
the city of lights for children. Paris
Plages brings the beach to the banks of
the Seine for July and August, complete
with sand and a swimming pool. There
were more parks and playgrounds
than my kids could ever dream of, and
of course the Berthillion ice cream
is to die for! The kids and I marched
the city every day taking advantage of
everything Paris has to offer. We also
did some traveling around Europe and
spent 10 days on the beach in Languedoc. Paris caters to children much more
than I would have ever expected, so if
you are thinking of taking your kids,
email me, I can give you a laundry list
of things to do! You can also find tales
of our adventure on my blog at http://
morepickles.blogspot.com.”
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Derry Mason outdoors with his daughter, Mary.
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Jayne Seekins Lee is now living in
Stuttgart, Germany after spending a
year in Cameroon, West Africa.
[email protected]
Derry Mason writes, “Things at
Mercersburg Academy are going well as
the Director of Outdoor Education and
English teacher. My daughter, Mary, is
growing like a flower and looks more
Jayne Seekins Lee
[email protected]
CLASS AGENT
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CLASS AGENTS
Samantha Drislane Markowski
[email protected]
Diana Benton
[email protected]
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Kimberly Waite Dodd and sons,
Carson and Logan.
notes, so I felt I would pass something
on. My husband, Colin, and I are living
in New Hampshire with our two sons,
Carson (5) and Logan (2). I work at
Fidelity Investments. Life is very busy
but happy!”
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1992
Shannon Patti Yates with her daughter, Lily, on a
canal bridge in Amsterdam.
Derry Mason’s daughter, Mary.
like her mother every day. Between
white water kayaking, rock climbing
and backpacking, I keep busy. My wife,
Sarah, runs the women’s lacrosse program here which keeps her busy too.
Next year, the three of us are moving
into the dorm where we will be Dorm
Deans for 90 boys. While Mercersburg
is a wonderful home, we miss our
friends and family in New England.
Kimberly Waite Dodd writes, “I
don’t think I have ever sent in any
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo is
excited to share the news about her new
gallery. “Wavepaint Design & Gallery,
LLC is proud to showcase exquisite
original fine art from New England artists. Our exhibitions rotate every six to
eight weeks, featuring many award-winning fine artists. Jewelry, sculpture, and
paintings in a variety of media and style
are on display. In addition to the fine
art gallery, Wavepaint is also a graphic
design studio. Our clients and projects
are diverse, as we produce designs for
both web and print applications. Our
portfolio includes logos, business
cards, catalogs, magazines, trade show
graphics, promotional products and, of
course, web sites. To see our calendar of
events—including art history lectures,
artist receptions, live music concerts
and art classes—please visit
www.wavepaint.com.”
Peter Sullivan’s daughter, Carter, welcomes
her little brother, Peter Broden Sullivan.
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo opened her own art gallery and graphic design studio in Ipwich, MA.
Melissa Himmel Twomey’s children,
Olivia, Hannah and William.
A gathering of 1993 friends and family. From left
to right: Kevin Markowski, Samantha Drislane Markowski, Arden Markowski (2), Christian Hansen,
Joanna Fernandes , Ellie Ferris (5 ), Dan Ferris,
Daniel Ferris (3), Patricia Asselin Ferris.
Melissa Himmel Twomey writes,
“My husband and I with our three
children—Olivia (8), Hannah (5), and
William (2)—recently moved to Washington, DC for Jason’s job. We are living
in Georgetown and are enjoying our
new life here. I am continuing to run
my art consulting company, VisionArt
Consulting, and have completed two
restaurant projects this fall, one in
Boston and one in New York.”
Samantha Drislane Markowski
soaked up the wonderful New England
fall weather with her busy toddler,
Arden (2). Samantha writes, “Arden is a
complete joy and she keeps Kevin and
me on our toes! Hard to believe she is
already two years old. Time really does
fly when you’re having fun!”
Peter Sullivan’s newborn son,
Peter Broden Sullivan.
Peter Sullivan is living in Marblehead with his wife Dana and their children. Peter writes, “My wife, Dana, and I
brought home a happy and healthy boy
named Peter Broden Sullivan, born on
9/21/09 at 8lbs 10 oz. We are calling him
‘Brody,’ to avoid the inevitable repeat
and three-peat jokes. Brody joins his
two-year-old sister, Carter (pictured
with the broken arm—full disclosure, it
happened at daycare, we have documentation). We should emerge from
forced seclusion and quarantine in the
fourth quarter of 2011 just in time for
the end of the world in 2012 (according
to the Mayan calendar).”
1994
CLASS AGENTS
Rebecca Symmes Lee
[email protected]
Marcel Faulring
[email protected]
Samantha Drislane Markowski’s daughter, Arden (2), takes her first pony ride.
Melissa Mantzoukas McAllister
writes, “My family and I are still living
in Scarborough, Maine. We love it
up here. It was great to catch up with
people at the reunion last May. Hopefully more fellow classmates will come
next time. Recently, Suzi Koles Reid
Melissa Mantzoukas McAllister’s girls Metea (6) and Chloe (4).
and I met up for coffee. She is also here
in Maine and lives in the next town—
small world. My girls are doing great. I
can’t believe I have a first grader!”
1995
CLASS AGENTS
Allison DeNapoli Schill
[email protected]
Kim Loika-Smith writes, “I
received my Master’s in Social Work
(MSW) in 2004. I’m currently the Clinical Director of the Children’s Developmental Disorders Unit at Hampstead
Hospital in Hampstead, NH. I met
my husband there in 2007, and we
welcomed our daughter, Lila Grace, on
April 4, 2009.”
Michelle Marks Esaias
[email protected]
Heather M. Fisher
[email protected]
Elissa M. Torto
[email protected]
Kim Loika-Smith’s daughter, Lila Grace.
while Jason completed his graduate
work in economics at the University of
Texas.
Karen Davis Weeks writes, “My
husband and I, along with our two kitties, moved to the Philly area earlier this
year. I am currently working for a great
aerospace software company and I just
started my Master’s degree in Human
Resources Management at Villanova
University. My husband continues to
act and has just finished his second
lead role in a short film in less than six
months.”
Adam Ferrante sends a message
to the Class of 1995, “I hope all is well
and I’m looking forward to our reunion
next May! My daughter, Taylor Jane
Ferrante, was born on 12/29/08. Thanks
for giving the Facebook shout out and I
hope to see you soon.”
SAVE THE DATE
1995
15th REUNION
Bill Lemos and his wife, Christine
McCarthy Lemos ’96, moved into a new
home in Rowley, MA this September.
Bill writes, “On October 15, 2009 we
welcomed Matthew William Lemos
into the world. Our daughter Caroline
(2.5) is doing great and loving her new
house and new baby brother.”
Jason Galui and his wife, Samantha,
and children, Jacob (3), and Stefanina
(1) are living at West Point, NY where
Jason is a Major in the U.S. Army
teaching economics to cadets. This past
summer, Jason was fortunate to escort
eight cadets on a monthlong excursion
through Western Europe (Sam and Stef
came along for part of the trip, too).
The Galuis will be in New York until
the spring/summer 2011, when it’s time
to pack up and move again, perhaps to
Europe. Prior to moving to West Point
in 2008, they lived in Austin, Texas
Adam Ferrante with his daughter,
Taylor Jane Ferrante.
1996
CLASS AGENTS
Kate Lockwood Bracken
[email protected]
Christine McCarthy Lemos
[email protected]
Laura Winthrop
[email protected]
Katie Hopping Small and her
husband, Chris, are excited to announce
the birth of their third son, Jude Robert. Katie writes, “He was born on November 6, 2009, weighing 8lbs 8oz, and
21 inches long. Jude joins big brothers
Calder and Sebastian. Everyone is doing well and adjusting to life being out
numbered.”
Matthew Landman writes, “I live
in Redding, CT with my girlfriend. My
business partner and I started a fitness
philosophy called Milo’s Methods. The
company started in September, but we
spent about two years planning it. It is
challenging but I am grateful for the opportunity to work for myself. To check it
out, visit www.Milosmethods.com”
Katie Hopping Small welcomes her third son,
Jude Robert, to the family.
Ashley Hubbard Harmon announces, “I was married on January 18,
2009 in Anguilla to Jamie Harmon.
Jamie is a graduate of Harvard and
a portfolio manager with Fidelity
Investments. We met on the beach on
Chappaquiddick Island four years ago.
He proposed onstage at The Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C. after one
of my ballet performances. We had over
130 friends and family celebrate with
us in Anguilla, including Kyra Pieper
von Aderkas, the German exchange
student who attended Pingree in 1996
(she was married on September 9th in
Germany). I started Wellesley College in
2007 as a freshman. Since then, I have
been performing as a soloist for The
Suzanne Farrell Ballet and going to
school part time. Jamie and I are enjoying married life and living in Boston.”
(see story about Ashley on page 18)
Mandy Gallant Grzywacz is living
in Andover, MA, and teaching fourth
grade in the Andover schools. Mandy
Ashley Hubbard Harmon and her
husband, Jamie Harmon.
Mandy Gallant Grzywacz’s baby boy William.
announces, “I want to share the news
of our new son! My husband Dan and
I welcomed our son, William Timothy
Grzywacz on May 17, 2009. He weighed
8 lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches long. Will
is such a fun and happy baby and we
are loving life with him! I’ve attached a
picture.”
CeCe Botchie Fine writes, “I
received my Master’s degree in Psychology in May 2008, and am currently
working in the pharmaceutical industry
in Cambridge. I would be happy to hear
from other Pingree alumni in the same
industry.”
Tom Ryan is living in Miami, Florida after earning his MBA at UMiami.
Tom writes, “I launched a hedge fund
last year while finishing up classes, and
I am trying to grow that business. I also
blog on a site called Seeking Alpha if
you want to know my thoughts. I’m also
working on building a social network
for professionals.”
Nathan Schultz writes, “I moved
from New York City to Silicon Valley
about two years ago. I am the Vice
President of Operations at Chegg.com,
the Nation’s largest textbook rental
website. No wife, no kids, just a beautiful girlfriend.”
Richard Ableson and his wife Mariana were married in February, 2007.
Richard and Mariana write, “We had
our first son, Jake, in November, 2007.
He is the sweetest thing in the world.
Richard started a company called
SDC in 2005 doing Statistics and Data
management in Tempe, AZ. He is doing
really well. He is currently working on
Richard Ableson continues to compete around the world for waterskiing.
Alanna DeNapoli Morris’s son Connor, 7 months.
Brendan Greelish and his wife, Sita,
recently welcomed a new baby girl to
their family.
Richard Ableson with his wife, Mariana,
and their son, Jake.
Jay Hardwick and his wife Lorena.
finishing his Ph.D. and still competing
around the world for water skiing. We
are expecting a daughter in April and
we’re very excited. We live in Gilbert, AZ
and we spend our summers in Holderness, NH.”
Jay Hardwick married Lorena Rivas
in Tampa, FL on Saturday, May 30. The
couple spent their honeymoon in historic Old Montreal and Quebec City.
They reside in Tampa, FL where Jay
works for The University of Tampa and
Lorena works for the City of Tampa.
1997
CLASS AGENTS
Charles E. Crosby “Chaz”
[email protected]
Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen
[email protected]
Allison Charles
[email protected]
Jerry Toomey is engaged to Nicole
Lutz and will be married at Newfound
Lake, NH on August 14, 2010. Congratulations, Jerry!
Debbie Nagler had the opportunity to speak at the Freshman Class
Community Service Day. Debbie
writes, “It was really great to be back in
a classroom at Pingree. It’s been over
ten years, yikes! I spoke about Hebrew
Senior Life, the non-profit organization
that I work for. I explained the countless volunteer opportunities that exist
and described how volunteers are vital
to a non-profit organization’s success.
I also spoke about my job planning all
the major fundraising events. Afterward, I got to catch up with Sarah Carpenter.” Sarah, who teaches Spanish at
Pingree, talked to the Pingree freshman
class about community service and her
work with the Peace Corps. Next time
you speak with Sarah, ask her about the
bucket she purchased, and used, for her
weekly grocery shopping!
Alanna DeNapoli Morris writes, “I
am living in R.I. and working at Providence Country Day. I teach history and
coach the varsity girls lacrosse team. My
husband Jud and I welcomed Connor
Bailey Morris on April 8, 2009.”
Michael Tarshi announces, “We
were married in Boston on September
19, 2009! My wife’s name is Dr. Adela
Agolli Tarshi. Pingree alumni in attendance at the wedding: Kasie Jacobs
VanFaasen, Betsy Bingle ’98, Alison
Charles, Michael Tigar and Mark
Swamsburg.” Congratulations, Michael
and Adela!
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Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen, Betsy Bingle ’98, Michael Tarshi, Adela Agolli Tarshi, and Alison Charles.
Michael Tigar and Mark Swansburg also attended the wedding.
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1990 Ms. Kristen K. Franklin, Mr. Carl
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Laura Coltin
[email protected]
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1991 Ms. Christine R. Fisher, Mr.
Lucas D. Shelley, Mr. Eric C. Stapfer
Kara Tanzer
[email protected]
1992 Mrs. Elizabeth Ring Beltran,
Ms. Sarah J. Ford, Mr. Davide Gonzalez, Mr. Jim O’Hara, Ms. Jenna
Petersiel, Mr. Randy Ward
Please contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations 978
468-4415 x310 or [email protected]
Eric Davis writes, “Since 2002, I’ve
been playing music and living in New
York City with my girlfriend, Angela,
and our dog, Freddie. Life is good!
Congrats to Steve Karl who recently
married his beautiful wife, Michaella.”
Meredith Mooers Caponigro announces, “My son, Michael Anthony
Caponigro, was a special Christmas
present last year born December 10,
2008. He loves to watch the Patriots
with his Dad. He is such a happy
little guy!”
Megan Cassella Hand and husband Tom Hand.
Megan Cassella Hand married
Tom Hand in Salem, MA in September
2008. Meg’s sister Kate Cassella ’02 was
a bridesmaid.
Kara Tanzer and Frank Ortiz are
pleased to announce the arrival of their
son, Xavier Milton Ortiz. “He joined
1993 Mr. Peter F. Feldman, Ms.
Kimberly D. Goldberg, Ms. Allison
Hoyt, Mr. Geoffrey T. T. Riquier, Mr.
Courtney M. Souza, Ms. Taryn Hartnett Stevens
1994 Mr. Eric M. Burtt, Ms. Alexandra M. Corwin, Mr. Henry Fabian,
Mr. Mark R. Gustavson, Ms. Cara D.
O’Reilly, Dr. Jay W. Patti, Mr. Christopher Pollak, Mr. Aaron M. Zachko
1995 Mr. Charles A. Davis III, Mr.
Jesse A. Hirsch, Ms. Andrea E. Logan, Mr. Fabian G. Loschek
1996 Ms. Emily L. Gill, Ms. Susanna
L. Magruder, Mr. Jonathan P. Matson, Jr.
1997 Ms. Erica Petersiel Chamberlin,
Ms. Jesse K. Marsters, Ms. Megan
Jeske O’Hara, Ms. Elizabeth A.
Young
1998 Ms. Meridith M. Kilmartin, Ms.
Jamie S. Merriman
1999 Ms. Christina M. O’Neill, Mr.
Zachary Vitas
Meredith Mooers Caponigro’s son,
Michael Anthony Caponigro.
Kara Tanzer’s son Xavier Milton Ortiz.
suports throughout Africa. Another one
of fall’s highlights was seeing Sarah
Curran walk down the aisle. Congrats!”
Alyssa Zagrobski hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro.
the world on September 28, 2009! We
are overjoyed to have him in our lives.
Now I just need to figure out how to get
my New York baby to be a Sox fan!”
Alyssa Zagrobski just completed
her first year of business school at the
University of San Francisco. She still
works full time as an Account Executive for Great West Retirement Services.
She was able to take some time off
this summer and traveled to Tanzania
where she fulfilled a life-long dream of
hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro. This January,
she’ll be heading to Dubai and Turkey
for a few weeks to work on a consulting
project with her MBA class.
ran, Jessica Lockwood Hyde, Elizabeth
“Char” Glessner, Rachael Kaplan and
Rachel LoVerme kept things going on
the dance floor into the night. It was a
great party! Since then, Gabriel and I
have moved back down to Washington,
D.C. I’m working at the World Bank
to assess and improve the quality of
the HIV/AIDS projects that the Bank
Rachel LoVerme shares an update,
“My boyfriend and I bought a condo in
South Boston this last spring. We are
en-joying our new neighborhood with
our dog, Coco. I am splitting my time
between running my wedding planning
firm, WedBoston, and working for business advisory group Sage | Kotter. I am
also the Vice Chair of Events at the Museum Council at the Museum of Fine
Arts. I attended Rachel Hoy’s wedding
this summer and had a chance to catch
up with some other Pingree alumni. All
in all, it’s been a fruitful year!”
Jess Lockwood Hyde recently
moved to Charlottesville, VA where she
is enjoying the warmer weather. She has
been able to get back to New England
for a few Pingree weddings including
those of Adam Hirsch ’98, Sarah Curran
Garnett and Rachel Hoy. She has loved
catching up with her Pingree friends
1999
CLASS AGENTS
Kimberly A. Baker
[email protected]
Heather Horne Fraelick
[email protected]
Patrick R. Lee “PJ”
[email protected]
Jessica Lockwood Hyde
[email protected]
Alicia A. Vitagliano
[email protected]
Rachel Hoy announces, “In June
2009, I received my Master’s from
the Harvard School of Public Health.
On August 1, 2009, Gabriel Deussom
Noubissie and I celebrated our wedding
with family and friends at West Beach
in Beverly, MA. The class of 1999 was
well represented: Melissa Bilo sang
beautifully at our ceremony; Sarah Cur-
Rachel Hoy and her husband, Gabriel Deussom Noubissie, stroll down West Beach on their wedding day.
baby on January 3, 2010—a boy. We are
very excited! Hope everyone is well!”
Christina O’Neill Salvo writes, “I
was recently promoted to Global Implementations Manager at High Street Partners in Boston where I’m responsible for
setting up overseas entities for companies going abroad. I recently saw many
Pingree faces while attending Tommy
Nigrelli’s ’00 wedding as he married my
husband’s cousin. Small world!”
Daniel Donegan writes, “I recently
moved back to the North Shore and
have since opened a small car dealership
in Beverly Farms, MA called Beverly
Farms Motors. I specialize in European
cars from sales to service. If you need
a great pre-owned car or just need an
oil change, stop in. You can also book
appointments and view inventory online
at www.bfmotor.com and, of course, discounts to any car with a Pingree sticker!
All Pingree Alumni get discounts!”
2000
CLASS AGENTS
Amy E. Briggs
[email protected]
Walter Mears
[email protected]
Tina Wadhwa
[email protected]
Sarah Curran and her husband Ryan Garnett.
at weddings and at our 10-year reunion
this past summer.
Ruth Grainger Wadsworth is
excited to announce, “My news is that I
got married in August 2009 to Graham
Wadsworth and we’re now living in
Bristol, England. Graham is a professional tri-athlete and a personal trainer
and I work in sports development, with
an aim to improve sport and physical
activity in schools throughout the UK.
We just came back from a three week
honeymoon where we went to Maui,
New Zealand and Indonesia which was
awesome!”
Sarah Curran married Ryan Garnett
of Marion, MA on September 26, 2009.
Jessica Lockwood Hyde served as
Maid of Honor. They were joined by
classmates Elizabeth “Char” Glessner,
Heather Horne Fraelick, Melissa Bilo
Schwab, Rachel Hoy Deussom, Tamar
Salter Frieze, Sarah Cavan and Daron
Greelish at the celebration. Sarah and
Ryan are enjoying married life and living in Natick, MA.
Nikki Early-Stahnke writes, “I am
currently living in Boston and working
at the State Auditor’s Office. My husband Max and I are expecting our first
Ryan Nugent
[email protected]
SAVE THE DATE
2000
10th REUNION
Amy Briggs writes, “I just relocated
from Boston to Ohio for work. I am
the new Assistant Curator for SchoolBased Learning at the Cincinnati Art
Museum.”
Stephanie Morgan visited Pingree
recently with the students from Excel
Academy where she teaches.
Lauren Kochakian ’01, Heather Marrano
Hooper, and Alicia Vitagliano at Heather’s
July 2009 Las Vegas wedding. Heather
married airline pilot Adam Hooper.
LT John R Moreschi, USN, writes,
“I continue my Navy career as a pilot
flying the P 3 Orion surveillance aircraft. This year I have spent most of my
Congratulations to Tommy Nigrelli who married
Karen Salvo on August 28, 2009 at Searles Castle
in Windham, NH. Fellow class of 2000 members
in attendance: Joanna Baird, Amy Briggs, Grace
Gan, Matt Harrington, Phu Le, Dan McCoy, Jay
Monty, Stephanie Morgan, Justin Ruane, and
Jon Rubenfeld.
time in Asia (Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore) flying
and supporting real world missions. I
am currently deployed to Kadena Air
Base Japan and should return to the
U.S., barring the unexpected, a week
before Christmas. I am looking forward
to this and hope to spend time with my
family in Washington, DC for the holidays. I was recently selected by the Navy
as an instructor pilot which will send
me back to Pensacola, Florida where
I will instruct Student Naval Aviators
(SNA) in the art of flying.”
2001
CLASS AGENTS
Cara N. Angelopulos
[email protected]
Sarah Fitzgerald
[email protected]
Please consider joining Cara and Sarah as a
Class Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great
Allison Cassidy married Shaun
Freeman on July 18, 2009 in Newburyport, MA. Her sister, Lisa Cassidy
’03, was the Maid of Honor. Allison
received a Sc.B. degree in neuroscience in 2005 from Brown University
and is expecting an M.D. in 2012 from
the University of Southern California,
Irvine School of Medicine. Allison and
Shaun live in Irvine, California.
Congratulations to Nick Yaeger and his bride, Amanda Belden, pictured here on their wedding day
with Kelli O’Hara ’98 (L) and Katie O’Hara (R).
Stephen Fantone has a degree in
Ocean Engineering from MIT. He is
currently working for Optikos Corporation in Wakefield, MA.
Nick Yaeger was married to
Amanda Belden (Nashville, TN) on May
16, 2009 in Rosemary Beach, FL. Nick
writes, “Mandy and I met here in DC
three years ago and currently live in the
Wesley Heights area of DC near American University. We now own a consulting business together that focuses
on marketing and communications
strategies for businesses, non-profits
and political issues. Katie and Kelli
’98 O’Hara were in attendance at our
wedding, which took place in the sand
down in Rosemary Beach, Florida this
past spring.”
Rebecca Risk wrote in to tell us
that she’s getting married to Jeff Johnson on May 15, 2010. Congrats!
Maria Sniady will also be heading
to the altar next May with her fiance,
Carl Osterlof.
Paul Knight ’00 sent in an adorable
picture of their daughter, Lillian Kay
Knight. Gretchen writes, “Lillian was
born July 30, 2009 and is just amazing!
We are enjoying our time with her and
can’t believe how big she is already! We
are hoping that she doesn’t catch this
flu that is going around.”
Gretchen and Paul Knight’s daughter,
Lillian Kay Knight.
Laura Geraty is living in the South
End of Boston and is getting her Master’s at Tufts’ Friedman School of Nutrition. Right now her area of interest is in
nutrition during pregnancy, breastfeeding and infancy. She is looking forward
to graduating in 2011!
Tom Mulroy is living in New York
City and is in his last year of medical
school at Ross University School of
Medicine. Tom writes, “I am applying now for surgery residency to start
in summer 2010 and just had my first
interview at Maimonides Hospital
in Brooklyn, with seven more to go
around the Northeast.” Good luck, Tom!
Jack O’Donohue announces, “My
wife Jennifer and I are proud to announce the birth of our son, Patrick
John O’Donohue. Patrick was born on
October 13, 2009.”
Jeni Delgado is living in her own
apartment in Kenmore Square and is
working at Eastern Standard and the
Hotel Commonwealth as their Events
Manager.
Gretchen Knight and husband
Danielle DeCristoforo is living
with her boyfriend in Boston, and is
working at Energi Insurance Services
in Peabody as an Account Executive.
She is also working for Apple as a Mac
Specialist.
Addie Lutts wrote to us from
California, saying she is pursuing her
passion for good food and is attending
culinary school in San Francisco.
Ali Campot is also out in San
Francisco, teaching Spanish at a charter
school after having recently graduated
from Stanford with her M.A in Education. Ali is excited about her new career,
but is already exhausted from her first
year teaching. We won’t tell Señora
Rogers.
2002
CLASS AGENTS
Zachary B. Chase
[email protected]
Justin J. Parker
[email protected]
Elizabeth L. Reichert
[email protected]
Elizabeth Reichert is in her second
year of graduate studies pursuing her
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. She is also the
Assistant Clinical Director at the URI
Psychology clinic. She is enjoying living
in Newport, RI and is planning a trip
to Hong Kong over the holiday break,
December 2009.
Daniella Irvine is currently living
in the North End of Boston with Tova
Kaplan. Daniella completed her Master’s of Fine Arts degree in the spring
and is now teaching English at Winthrop High School and “Writing Skills”
at Bunker Hill Community College.
Lindsey Brox is currently working
at Grezzo in the North End.
Jess Seymour writes, “I’m hanging
out in lovely Schenectady, NY, babysitting during the week and planning foreign adventures when I can. I went to
Peru and hiked the Inca Trail to Machu
Picchu this past August. I’m headed to
Spain in a few weeks, and I’m hoping
to be a ski instructor in Vermont this
winter. I’ve applied to graduate schools
for educational psychology in Colorado
for next fall.”
Sam Seymour is in his second year
of medical school. He’s been in the Caribbean on the island Dominica “studying” since last summer. He actually just
ran a marathon from the capital city to
the university there to raise money for
local medical supplies. In January, he
will be moving back to the States to do
his rotations in hospitals.
Danielle Harsip writes, “I am way
down here at the bottom of the earth
in Santiago, Chile, entering into summertime and loving life! I am teaching
English at an elementary school (fourth
grade) and studying for my Master’s degree in International Relations which I
finish next July (hopefully). In my spare
time, I have taken up cycling (road and
mountain) and I am competing in my
first major competition on November
29!” Danielle invites you to contact her
Caitlin Connolly recently relocated
to North Carolina and is working on
her MBA at Duke University.
Rebecca Wasserman writes, “I
graduated from Naropa University
in Boulder, Colorado in 2008 where
I studied Environmental Studies,
Yoga, and Contemplative and Early
Childhood Education. I’ve worked
extensively over several growing
seasons with Growing Gardens, a
local community-based gardening
non-profit that manages community
gardens and runs youth and children
oriented gardening projects similar to
the Food Project in Massachusetts. I
spent last year working at a small farmbased Waldorf preschool and nannying
for several families.” Becca traveled
through India for several months last
fall before heading to Thailand. She has
been emailing about her adventures.
A December email message from her
read: “[sic] so back in rishikesh town out
of the ashram and into the mayhem.
The first night was a bit jarring but
now I’m quite accustomed to it again
and am enjoying being able to choose
what I eat at each meal, oh and eating
at whatever time I want, oh and getting
dessert. I haven’t had dessert really
since I even left the states two months
ago and since we left the ashram I’ve
had it two nights in a row. Give me
nutella banana crepes and chocolate
balls and give me lots. The ashram
was a great experience and I was sad to
leave the beautiful environment and
sweet german shepherd puppy and
my nice pea-shelling partner/indian
father figure, sherma, but it was time
to go and it was coooooold up there
so we came down. Now we’re enjoying
sleeping past 5:30 a.m. and talking to
each other before lunch time (not that
I was particularly good about keeping
the silence up there anyways…). We’re
going to hang out here another few
days, maybe take a cooking class, go to
some great yoga classes with the sweetest man ever, and then slowly make our
way towards Mumbai so I can apply for
a Thai visa and so we can go to Goa for
a few days before Lindsay heads back to
Connecticut. I am planning on heading
to Thailand around the same time she
leaves so that I can have a couple weeks
to travel and see friends before heading
to the farm outside of Chiangmai that
I will be living/interning at until early
march.” To read more about Becca’s
travels, write her at rebeccastix@gmail.
com or you can find her on facebook.
2003
CLASS AGENTS
Keri A. Barrett
[email protected]
J. Bradford Currier
[email protected]
Kate L. Hoenigsberg
[email protected]
Michael P. Meyer
[email protected]
Laura Champi writes, “I am a volunteer English teacher at a public high
school in Taltal, Chile, a small coastal
fishing town in the middle of the
Atacama Desert. I am absolutely loving
it and am considering staying another
year or possibly moving to Southern
Chile to work there. In any case, I hope
all is well back home and look forward
to seeing what everyone else is doing.”
Diana Stapinski writes, “I’m still
living in Beacon Hill and working at
Forrester Research in Cambridge, keep-
ing busy with travel for work and for
pleasure! Also just took the GMAT
and am thinking about going to business school.
2004
CLASS AGENTS
Morgan R.H. Baird
[email protected]
Jacob J. Marvelley
[email protected]
Elizabeth F. O’Hare
[email protected]
Nicholas N. Pratt
[email protected]
Julia Stahl writes, “I am currently
working for Harvard University’s Technology Services, where I have been for
the past year. In the spring, I presented
my undergraduate thesis as part of a
panel at the Society for Military History’s Annual Conference in Tennessee.”
2005
CLASS AGENTS
Henrick F. Lampert
[email protected]
Johnna E. Marcus
[email protected]
Alex Chase
[email protected]
SAVE THE DATE
2005
5th REUNION
Caroline Kenerson writes, “I graduated from Boston College in May, and
will be moving to Chicago in September with Page Riley.”
Dennis Fantone spent last June and
July, 2009, bicycling across the United
States with “Bike and Build” to raise
awareness for affordable housing.
2006
CLASS AGENTS
Sam Logan
[email protected]
Jill Cappucci
[email protected]
Andrew Vassallo
[email protected]
Kathleen Whalen
[email protected]
Nicole Panico writes, “I’m currently a junior at Amherst College
double majoring in history and studio
art. This year, I’m also the Head Tour
Guide at Amherst and I participate in
lots of event planning committees. I’ve
enjoyed traveling during the past year
to Brazil, Egypt, and Italy, and hope to
go somewhere new this summer. After
graduation, I’m planning to go to architecture graduate school and pursue a
career in residential designing.”
company, and singing in the glee club.
I’m graduating in May too!”
Kellen Millard is one of three captains for the University of New Hampshire women’s 2010 lacrosse program.
Millard, a senior defender, has played a
bigger role on the team each successive season. She played in 18 games
last season with seven starts and was
a defensive specialist for a team that
ranked No. 5 in the nation in defense.
Millard finished with 13 ground balls,
eight caused turnovers and 13 draw
controls. Kellen is a marketing major at
the Whittemore School of Business and
Economics at UNH. “Over the summer
I worked for BID2WIN, a construction estimation software company as a
marketing intern and as a production
and promotions intern for Clear Channel Radio.”
Kathleen Whalen writes, “I am finishing my senior year at Colby College,
majoring in biology with a minor in
math. I’m spending January working in a
research lab on campus doing a neurobiology project. I love Maine but definitely
miss my time in Australia last year.”
Chrissy Cronin interned with the
Boston Celtics this fall for her capstone internship for her major in sport
management. Chrissy writes, “I am also
minoring in marketing. I’ll be back at
Syracuse in the spring, graduating in
May!”
Kellen Millard playing lacrosse for the University
of New Hampshire.
Andrew Vassallo has accepted a position as an analyst at Cowen and Company in New York City in the Healthcare Division. He graduates from the
University of Richmond in May and
will start in his position in July.
Michaela Iannazzi writes, “I finally
settled down at Colby-Sawyer College,
and am completing a studio art major
with a concentration in printmaking,
and a history minor. I am doing some
small time t-shirt business and sell them
to kids at school (and friends get good
deals ). In the spring, I’m heading to Arizona for a week with a desert communities class to learn about how the people
out there live and cope with being in a
desert. Luckily, despite the three transfers I am also graduating in May.”
Juliet Jacobs writes, “I spent last
semester in Barcelona, Spain, studying and traveling. This semester, I am
working on my marketing major and
Spanish minor at Fairfield University,
interning with an experiential events
Heather McLeod spent her summer in a stone cottage with a thatched
roof on a farm in South Africa as
a World-Teach volunteer. Heather
reports, “I taught elementary school
and tutored teenagers in Ocean View
Sam Brakeley is finishing his senior year at Colby. Sam writes, “I’m still
playing rugby and I’m looking forward
to graduating in May with Kathleen
Whalen.”
and Masi-phumele townships. This was
one of the most challenging experiences of my life, but also one of the
most rewarding. Next semester, I will
be teaching third grade five days a week
at Gardner Pilot Academy. I will be
graduating from BC in May, but will
continue to stay there for the Lynch
School of Education Fifth Year Graduate Program. I miss Pingree and wish
everyone the best of luck with life! (Also,
I still look like I am 12 years old.)”
Erick Andrickson writes, “I’ve
been doing a lot of dancing, traveling,
taking classes. I started up a business
with a few friends labeled JAKEL. I also
jumped into dentistry and I’m dental
assisting now. I’ll eventually be going
for dental hygiene.”
Emily Crawford is finishing up at
Bates, as a sociology major, psychology
and philosophy minor. Emily shares, “I
studied abroad in Australia and it was
an awesome experience. I went skydiving over the Whitsundays, scuba diving
on the Great Barrier Reef, and camping
in the Outback.”
2007
CLASS AGENTS
Elizabeth Barthelmes
[email protected]
Bridget McGinn
[email protected]
Amalia “Pip” Owen
[email protected]
Jonathan Salter
[email protected]
Hilary Wallis is a junior at Kenyon
College. She is studying in Rome this
semester and enjoying her Italian language, art history, and drawing classes,
as well as an extensive travel schedule.
She recently enjoyed a vacation in
Morocco.
Andrea McInnes is currently in
London for the semester continuing
her studies in fashion design. She spent
her recent break in Madrid and Paris
and has also been to Dublin. She is
hoping to visit her Barcelona friends
that she made during the exchange
senior year at Pingree! Andrea is also
planning to go to Florence to see her
friend Pip Owen from Pingree.
Jesse Rose is the marketing director of a startup non-profit organization called www.faircatchdc.org. This
organization focuses on raising money
and buying athletic equipment for DC
public schools.
Jenny Avalon is interning at CNN
this semester in the Political Unit and
has been loving it so far. Though she
loves GW, she is really excited to study
abroad this spring with the program
Semester at Sea that will take her on
a cruise around the world. She is also
one of the founding sisters of the Chi
Omega sorority at GW and is currently
serving as Social Director.
Jonathan Salter has become
involved in the Emory chapter of the
Foundation for International Medical
Relief of Children and is the treasurer
of the group this year. The group aims
to raise money throughout the school
year and search for donations to gather
medical supplies for children in countries with minimal to no healthcare.
The culmination of their work will be
over their spring break when he and the
group take a trip to either Costa Rica or
Peru to deliver the supplies they have
gathered and help out in medical clinics where they are severely understaffed.
Erica Meninno went to Nicaragua
to volunteer for four weeks over the
summer with the local “Centro de
Salud” (Health Center) and focused
on the door-to-door education about
symptoms and prevention of the swine
flu. For her fall semester this year at
BC, she went to Argentina on a study
abroad program. After being there for
two months, she decided she wanted to
stay there for the whole year to really
get a feel for the culture and the way of
life. She has been lucky enough to have
been able to travel throughout Argentina and see the many different beauties
it has to offer!
Alexander Reichert continued his
environmental work this past summer
at Clean Tech developing a website. He
then attended the London School of
Economics followed by travels to Barcelona, Greece and France. Alexander
has been selected to attend a networking conference in NYC, during January
2010, through the Financial Economic
Institute at CMC where he has been
working since freshman year. He is
dorm president and also plays club
lacrosse.
David Munson reports, “I recently
returned from my third stay in the hospital in the past year. I couldn’t return
to school, so I did a lot of volunteer
work at my mother’s animal shelter,
Northeast Animal Shelter, and for ‘The
Brain Candy Project,’ a charity created
by the father of a child I met while in
the hospital that ended up passing
away from a similar brain surgery. I
have been hard at work raising money
for this charity that raises money for
parents who cannot afford comfortable
accommodations while they wait for
their critically ill children to, hopefully,
return to good health in the hospital. I
was lucky enough to be able to easily afford a room my family had to pay for in
the hospital that was bigger so that family members, and my girlfriend, Kate
Klibansky ’09, could stay in the hospital
with me after my major brain surgery
last year. Needless to say, I have some
pretty annoying brain damage that I am
dealing with right now but I am very
optimistic about my future. I am most
likely going to return to college next
year, and hopefully play basketball for
Suffolk. In the meantime, I am going to
stay busy working for the Brain Candy
Project, as well as rehabbing my brain,
and talking to other patients who are
going through similar situations. This
whole process has given me a whole
new outlook on life. After all of this,
one truly learns the meaning of, ‘Life is
short, live every day like it’s your last.’”
2008
CLASS AGENTS
Dillon Vassallo
[email protected]
Liza Richardson
[email protected]
Patricia Williamson writes, “My
sophomore year at Southern New
Hampshire University is going great!
I’ve been very involved in stuff around
my campus. I play intramural softball,
I’m in the student government association, I’m an English tutor, in chorus
and I’ve been teaching English as a
second language as community service
for my sociology class. I’m busy but I
love it!”
Carlos O’Donnell helped his
Endicott College football team to a 5-5
season. Carlos was the fourth leading scorer on his team for the second
consecutive season.
2009 AP Spanish Class treats their teacher, Rosa Rogers, to dinner.
College and having so much fun. I am
on a field hockey, soccer and dodge ball
intramural team. I have just declared
my major as Health Policy and Management with a business minor and
Spanish minor. I see Matt Spurling,
Amanda Whelan ’07 and PJ Yasi ’07
around campus all the time. PC is a
blast!”
Carlos O’Donnell is a leading scorer for the
Endicott College football team.
Kate Rokos has been on the Dean’s
List for all semesters so far at Bryant,
and is a student senator, dorm president, and Bryant Ambassador.
Ben MacLaughlin and Matt McDonald ’09 both made the hockey team
at Southern Maine.
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Liza Richardson writes, “I am
currently a sophomore at Providence
Gregory Pennington writes, “I
am enjoying my sophomore year at
Gettysburg so much. Elected as the
college’s Model UN Director, I will be
leading our delegation to conferences
in Philadelphia, Chicago and Taipei,
Taiwan. I’m a Political Science and
Spanish double major with a minor in
International Affairs. I run into fellow
Pingree alumni Hugh Harriss ’06 and
Sira Grant ’07 on campus nearly every
day. I look forward to seeing everyone
back on campus over Thanksgiving
break.”
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Kelsey Klibansky is currently a candidate for a Bachelor of Science degree
in cultural anthropology with a minor
in law, policy, and society at Northeastern University. She is taking five
demanding classes and is currently on
the Dean’s List. Kelsey balances weekly
meetings as a member of Northeastern Students for Choice, Progressive
Student Alliance, the National Society
of Collegiate Scholars, and the Huskiers Outing Club on campus while
working at Boston’s five-star restaurant, L’Espalier, as a part-time hostess.
Kelsey is preparing for Northeastern
University’s six-month Cooperative
Education program starting in January;
she is considering opportunities in
Boston, Washington, D.C., New York
City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and
Denver. Some of her most attractive
options include work with the Federal
City Counsel, the Massachusetts Governor’s Office, and, her favorite, the
U.S. Department of Education’s Office
of Civil Rights. In the summer, she is
planning to work as a raft guide at the
“Home of Serious Fun”, Three Rivers
Whitewater Rafting Company, for her
third consecutive year kicking off the
season in April!
LUNT
Colin Desko
[email protected]
Francesca “Chess” Falzone
[email protected]
Please contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations 978
468-4415 x310 or [email protected]
Please consider joining Colin and Chess as
Class Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great
A message from Rosa Rogers, “Hi
all. After graduation this past June, my
Spanish AP class e-mailed me an invitation to have lunch with them at Cielito
Lindo Restaurant in Beverly. I met up
with seven of them on Tuesday, June 16
and we all had a wonderful time eating
Mexican food and speaking Spanish
throughout the entire lunch time. The
students with me in the attached photo
were Noah Feldman, Elizabeth Geer,
Sara Finkle, Jolmi Minaya-Suriel,
Britney McNeilly, Emily Melden, and
Kathryn Milaschewski. Needless to say
how touched I was by this lovely invitation and how much I miss them. Many
thanks, Rosa”
Charlotte David is loving RISD
and her art classes.
Lauren Zion is playing field hockey
for Colby College.
Caitlin Ryan and EB Pruett joined
the Emory’s a cappella group “The
Gathering.”
Andrew Smeallie is playing club
soccer for Boston College.
Olivia Whitney is playing fall ball
lacrosse for Trinity College.
Jezerc Jack Begaj is busy at Bentley.
Jack writes, “I have joined multiple
clubs, two sports teams, and I have
managed to receive a job on campus.”
Kate Klibansky is enjoying Welles-
ley College where she is pursuing an
economics degree.
Derek Pratt is enjoying his freshman year at the University of Maine.
Here is a picture of Derek coming off
the field after their win over St. Cloud.
East Coast. She looks forward to sailing
in the spring when the team has the
privilege of hosting the ICSA College
Sailing National Championships! This
winter, she and several other team
members plan on starting an Intramural Ice Hockey team. This past summer,
Addie worked as a sailing instructor in
Manchester and plans to do so again
next summer.
Madison Kramer and Holly Noyes
played ice hockey against each other.
Coach Sarah Carpenter ’97 writes,
“They are both playing club hockey.
Madison’s team won 10-8 and Holly
played goalie for the first time! Madison got a penalty for slashing (surprise,
surprise!). I’m just so proud of them
for continuing to play hockey in college! Holly will also be playing varsity
lacrosse this spring at St. Lawrence.”
Derek Pratt is enjoying his freshman year
at the University of Maine.
Please help us locate the following
alumni from your decade so that
we can get them reconnected with
Pingree today. Please send updated
contact information to Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni
Relations at 978 468-4415 x310 or
[email protected].
2000 Ms. Kathleen E. George, Mr.
Tyler M. Prudden, Mr. Gustavo T.
Rojas, Mr. Mathew J. Santos
2000 Ms. Lindsay E. Harris, Ms.
Caroline E. McCoy, Ms. Rebecca F.
Risk, Mr. Nicholas M. Yaeger
2000 Mr. Sean D. Azlin, Ms. Sarah
M. Buck, Mr. Zachary W. Foley, Ms.
Megan A. Linehan, Mr. William E.
Rojas, Ms. Cori J. Rotsko, Mr. Samuel
L. Schwartz
Patrick George is playing football
at Bates and as a freshman has played
in every game. Although Bates is 0-5,
Pat is having a great year, scoring three
touchdowns and rushing for over 80
yards.
Zack Rokos is enjoying and getting
the most out of NYC (attending Knicks/
Celtics game, concerts, eating out),
has the ultimate college dorm room
view (Hudson River, lower Manhattan, Statue of Liberty, and Verrazano
Bridge), and he is getting straight A’s!
He is playing Club Soccer and Flag
football.
A LU M N I
LOCATOR
2003 Ms. Margarette A. Arias, Ms.
Kate L. Hoenigsberg
Madison Kramer and Holly Noyes.
Andrew Smeallie and his brother,
Thomas Smeallie ’05 celebrate Andrew’s graduation last May 2009. Their
proud mother, Martha Lyness Smeallie
’78, sent in this picture.
2004 Ms. Ira Baci, Ms. Foloshade T.
Bello, Ms. Soo-Min Jenny Ha
2006 Ms. M. Alexandrine Claycomb,
Ms. Venetia Lowell, Mr. Zachary S.
Pliner
Adelaide Davis loves the University
of Wisconsin-Madison where she is
participating on the Wisco sailing team
and has had the chance to sail against
colleges all across the Mid-West and
Addie Davis with her sailing team at the Streufert
Regatta at the University of Minnesota.
Andrew Smeallie and his brother, Thomas Smeallie ’05.
Faculty
& staff
notes
Kevin Bleau: “I received a $5000
Faculty Fellowship from Berklee College of Music (my former employer) in
May. The award was to write the music,
lyrics, and book to act II of my musical
comedy, If You Want My Body. I worked
on it this summer, and will pick up
work again over winter break and next
summer. The story in a nutshell:
Mildred, a rich but overweight
lawyer, yearns for her first relationship.
Annelies, a slim dancer, is about to be
evicted from her studio. The ladies
make a deal with the “devil,” Lorana
the witch, who swaps their brains into
each other’s bodies, promising to solve
their problems. As Lorana turns up the
heat, Mildred and Annelies scramble to
keep their secret, and must eventually
confront their philosophies on life.”
Kristin Brown gave birth to Amelia
Catherine Hirsch on July 22. After a
maternity leave in the fall, she is back at
Pingree in full swing.
Kenny Burt: “I am the Set and
Lighting Designer for a production of
The Wizard of Oz at the Inly School in
Scituate, MA. It is an annual benefit
performance that includes the school’s
students, parents, teachers, and local
artists to raise funds. Production dates
are February 19, 20, 21.”
Steve Filosa has been invited to
speak at a panel for the Private Schools
with a Public Purpose national, annual
symposium in San Francisco in April.
Trina Gary will join the faculty of
the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute
(gcLi) at the Fountain Valley School in
Colorado Springs, CO this coming summer.
John Glessner’s daughter,
Elizabeth “Char” Glessner ’99, was
inducted into the Pingree Athletic
Honor Society in October.
Alice Grossman spent three weeks
in November as a fellow in residence at
the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
in Amherst, VA. With the Blue Ridge
Mountains at her door, she worked on
her portfolio and made pinhole photographs in a supportive environment
with 20 other visual artists, writers and
composers.
Lizanne Hourihan (Moynihan):
“I was married on December 30 back
home in Ireland.”
Ned Jackson was selected as EIL
Cross Country Coach of the Year for
girls and his photography work was
featured in The Knot Magazine (Boston)
in an article about one of his clients’
weddings.
Alan McCoy did a presentation on
November 20 about mentoring/professional development for young coaches
at the annual NEPSAC conference. This
is the annual conference for all of the
prep school Athletic Directorss in New
England.
scholars on the subject, as well as field
trips to various spots in Rhode Island
that were involved in the slave trade
(Newport, Bristol, Pawtucket). “We also
did research at the RI Historical Society
and Brown libraries to put together
primary document lesson plans for our
classrooms. It was a fascinating and
eye-opening two weeks.”
Matt Perry: “I got engaged on
Columbus day to Kate Rosato. We have
been together for 2 1/2 years. We will be
getting married next September at the
Annisquam Yacht Club. It is not really
an achievement in the classic sense but
I consider that I didn’t screw up the proposal to be a giant achievement.”
Barbara Savarese’s daughter Resa
’01 was married in October.
Ailsa Steinert had a poem
published in the fall issue of The
Comstock Review.
Anna McCoy: “I won (along with
my sister Caroline and Elsbeth Taft,
both Class of 2001) first place in the
adult division of the Crane Beach
sandcastle contest. My dad and I also
brought 15 students out to the Rosebud
Indian Reservation in South Dakota. We
love the experience and keep in touch
with the community throughout the
school year.”
Jessica Moore received an NEH
grant to attend one of their Summer
Institutes for Teachers last summer. It
was held at Brown University and the
topic was “The Role of Slavery in the
Rise of New England Commerce, Industry, and Culture to 1860.” It included
lectures from some of the nation’s top
The Comstock Review.
Kirki Thompson: “Summer, snow
days and school vacations mean ‘Paint!’
to me. Figures are a current interest, but
I love dramatic/funky still life as well as
the sea and landscapes for themes.” See
her painting of a highlander, though
not one seen on the Pingree campus.
“Oh the weather
outside is frightful,
But the fire is
Kirki Thompson painting.
so delightful...
”
*
Alex Tinari: “This summer, I
participated in the Himalayan Institute’s intensive month-long yoga
teacher training in Honesdale, PA. The
program, which consisted of classes in
asana, pranayama, meditation, Ayurveda,
Sanskrit, classical yoga texts, anatomy
and physiology, and teaching techniques, is the first step of the certification process I will complete this spring.”
John Young: “During the summer
I completed my Master’s Degree at
Salem State College. I earned a Master
of Arts in Mathematics Teaching. After
being challenged by a couple of Pingree
students (Henry Seamans ’08 and Jake
Barnett ’08) to ride to school back in
2007, I caught the cycling bug. It wasn’t
too long before that obsession moved
onto triathlon and in the spring of 2009
I attempted my first multi-sport race
in Lowell, MA where I competed in the
Mill City Aquabike Race. Since then
I have raced in three sprint triathlons
including the Witch City Triathlon
in Salem, MA and the Timberman
Triathlon in Gilford, N.H. I did a 5K
run on December 6. Monies raised
went to help fund the Special Olympics
of Massachusetts, specifically the same
group who come to Pingree in the fall
for their soccer sectionals. My plans
for next summer include the NYC Triathlon (physically challenged division)
and a return to both the Witch City and
Timberman sprint races.”
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Saturday, February 27
On-Line Auction:
Friday, February 12 - Monday,
February 22 @ 8:00 p.m.
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1.) Walter Dziadul *
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Walter
Dziadul, he pushed our car pool up
the icey back driveway one morning
with a farm tractor—very helpful!”
Thanks also to Jim Deveney for your
reply.
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2.) Harry Groblewski
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Mr. Groblewski, outstanding literature teacher.
When we girls pulled our turtlenecks
half way up our faces, it really annoyed
him. We were banned from doing that
in class.” Kathryn Hughes ’73: “English
Department, 1973, likely ‘waxing rhapsodic’ of Shakespeare, as Robin Rogers
once described him” Sarah Adams Bieber
’77: “Mr. Harry Groblewski teaching English no doubt. I remember
him as a ninth grade teacher. Anyone who had him was ‘trained’ to
spell his name correctly.” Hope Amory Bachelder ’77: “Harry Groblewski, English teacher.” I think his wife, Isabella, taught ceramics?” Thanks also to Martha Stasio Maffeo ’77 and Jim Deveney for
your replies.
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3.) Tony Paulus
Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Tony Paulus teaching eleventh grade
English. He looked as young as we did. He loved Saul Bellow and
Joseph Conrad and we all learned to write A Modest Proposal.”
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Bury the ‘very’!” Hope Amory Bachelder ’77: “Tony Paulus, History and Pursuit.”
Thanks also to Martha Stasio Maffeo ’77, Louise Santin MacDonald ’73, Jim Deveney and Kathryn Hughes ’73 for your reply.
4.) John Glessner and Jay Esty
Sarah Carpenter ’97: “John Glessner (in the kilt) and Jay Esty, at a
Pep Rally. All of the faculty dressed up as Elvis. It was hysterical.
Those were the days!”
5.) Senor Richard Cowan
Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Senor Rick Cowan teaching Spanish II or
III in a far away corner room. He was hard. His sister, Livia, was
class of 1977 also. Thanks also to Jim Deveney for your reply.
6.) Liz Allen Taft ’73
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Liz Taft, great art room (and teacher)
for winter afternoons. I never figured out the pottery wheel,
though.”Thanks also to Jim Deveney and Kathryn Hughes ’73 for
your reply.
7.) Dr. Frederick E. White*
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Dr. White. I can’t believe we tried to
learn physics from a Ph.D. while we were in high school. What
did he say?” Louise Santin MacDonald ’73: “Dr. Elmer White,
Ph.D., taught physics and also taught at Boston College. His wife
taught first grade at Shore Country Day School.” Thanks also to Jim
Deveney for your reply.
8.) Mrs. Eva Sacharuk with Edward Rowland ’77
Hope Amory Bachelder ’77: “Eva Sacharuk and Edward Rowland
’77, Lee Robb ’77 in the background.” Amy Singleton Adams ’82:
“Eva Sacharuk, legendary chemistry teacher, especially when she
suggested some kind of ‘intelligence’ behind the periodic table.”
Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Mrs. Sacharuk in IPS or PSII Class.”
Kathryn Hughes ’73: “Mrs. Serge Sacharuk, Science Dept. c 1975
(early coeducation period). Jim Deveney: “Eva Sacharuk with
Ed Rowland ’77” Thanks also to Martha Stasio Maffeo ’77 for
your reply.
9.) Mr. John Dewing
Jim Deveney, “That’s John Dewing.”
10.) Mr. Andrew Johnson
Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Mr. Johnson, History teacher, is the
one sitting on Santa’s lap. He was brilliant and one of the most
stimulating teachers I ever had.” Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Mr.
Johnson, up to his usual antics. I wonder who Santa Claus is?”
Thanks also to Martha Stasio Maffeo ’77, Jim Deveney and Hope
Amory Bachelder ’77 for your reply.
11.) Mr. James Deveney, “Coach”
Kathryn Hughes ’73: “Jim Deveney, c. 1972, Math Dept. and first
coach of boys’ sports. Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Mr. Deveney,
the boys loved him as a coach.” Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Mr.
James Deveney, Algebra and Geometry teacher. He also coached
soccer.” Thanks also to Hope Amory Bachelder ’77, Louise Santin
MacDonald ’73 and Racket Shreve (old friend of John Chandler’s)
for your reply.
12.) Madame Paulette Smith
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Madame Smith. Her French classes
were too hard for me!”
13.) Mr. Richard Kennedy and Mrs. Nancy Kennedy
Ruth Wahtera ’65: “Probably every one of us in the class of 1965
can tell you that this is Richard Kennedy, Assistant Headmaster and
History teacher, dancing with his wife, Nancy, at Cinderella’s Grand
Ball, the first ‘senior prom’ at Pingree. Mr. Kennedy stood on a
chair by the door to announce each couple as we arrived and read a
proclamation. Somewhere I have a picture of him up on the chair
with the proclamation in his hands. We had a wonderful time planning that dance and Mr. Kennedy was always a great sport about
cooperating with our demands. Thanks for the memory!” Kathryn
Hughes ’73: “Dick and Nancy Kennedy, likely late 1960’s at a fundraiser. Sarah Adams Bieber ’77: “Mr. Kennedy, Assitant Headmaster, in a play we did, HMS Pinafore (?). Not sure. Notice the
cigarette in his hand? Things were a lot loser then.” Thanks also to
Jim Deveney, Amy Singleton Adams ’82, Hope Amory Bachelder
’77 and Martha Stasio Maffeo ’77 for your reply.
14.) Mrs. Ena Trombley
Amy Singleton Adams ’82: “Ena Trombley. Double desserts,
please?!”Kathryn Hughes ’73: “Mrs. Charles Trombley, Kitchen
Staff, c. 1973
15.) Lyn Shields P’91,’92 , John Chandler, former Headmaster and
P’ 92,’97, and Michael Wall P’91,’93. Jim Deveney: “John Chandler
with, Michael Wall, married to Tee Stevens Wall ’68.” Hope Amory
Bachelder ’77: “Lyn Shields on the left.” Racket Shreve (old friend
of John Chandler’s): “This is John Chandler with Michael Wall.”
* Deceased
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prep@
Pingree
c l ass n o t e s
Prep@Pingree Class Notes is a
new feature in the Pingree Bulletin.
We would love to hear from more of
you. Send your news to Judy Klein at
[email protected]. Thanks!
Morgan Atkins (past P@P faculty
’05) writes: “I actually graduated from
the University of Vermont in the spring
of 2009. I was an Elementary Education
and Human Development and Family
Studies double major, and currently I
am a teaching assistant in a Kindergarten classroom at Shore Country Day
in Beverly, MA. I am still in touch with
some of the other faculty members that
I worked with for those summers, but
unfortunately have not spoken to any
of the students from the program in
several years at least.” in relation to elementary and middle
school. The classes I am in this year
involve Honors Integrated Math 3 with
Mrs. Kane and Ms. Patel, A Cappella
with Mrs. Brile, Biology with Mrs.
Karch, Modern European History with
Ms. McCoy, History Of Literary Forms
with Mrs. Grenier, and French 2 with
Mrs. Richards. Personally having all
female teachers, it is to an advantage as
deja vu because, back in middle school,
I had all female teachers as well. I am
in Pingree Singers as an activity. I have
been hearing about interesting colleges
including Tufts, Harvard, Northeastern, and B.C. So far though, I haven’t
applied to any. Sportswise, I have been
known for getting sportsmanship
awards for playing clean. Although I
wasn’t the best out on the field, effort
and enjoyment is what really counts. I
am known throughout the school for
my morning meeting jokes, friendly
personality, and—as quoted—“amazing
singing voice. Here at Pingree, I see
many P@P students daily—whether
they’re in my classes or just roaming
around. Indeed, this high school is
something to be proud of, and everyone
themselves should be proud as well,
because they are all smart, bright,
open students and staff who make
every day special!”
Loren Duran (P@P summer ’04)
writes: “I am a Prep@pingree Alumna.
I attended summer 2004, I graduated
from Lawrence High School, Math
Science and Technology Building.
I am currently attending St. John’s
University in New York City as a Public
Relations Major, where I am President
of Hall Council and an active member
in L.A.S.O, Latin American Student
Organization.”
Sami Halloul ’12 (P@P summers
’07 & ’08) writes: “I am a proud, devoted
sophomore here at Pingree. High
school is, hands down, one of the best
experiences I am having academically,
Prep@Pingree students on field trip to MIT.
Peter Laboy (P@P summer ’06)
writes: “I go to the Groton School. I am
a sophomore. I study English, Algebra 2,
Spanish, Chemistry and World History.
I play Varsity football, basketball and
baseball. I am going to the Dominican
Republic during spring break with my
school to help out.
sembly, the youth and young adult group
of my church. In addition to these two
groups I am a mentor to the directors of
the youth liturgical dance ministry at my
church, the Divine Movements of Zion.
In the near future I will be enrolling in
medical school to go into pediatrics or
family medicine.”
Jessica Long (past P@P faculty ’08)
writes: “Since my time at Prep@Pingree
as a history instructor, I have graduated from Dartmouth College in 2008
and now work at the Lynn Community
Health Center in the Behavioral Health
Department. I have also been working
with the youth and young adults of my
church, Zion Baptist Church of Lynn,
MA. I am a co-director of both the
Angelic Voice of Zion, the youth choir,
and the Zion Youth and Young Adult As-
Natalia Rosa ’12 (P@P ’07 & ’08)
writes: “I’m a sophomore. I’m studying
Biology, European History, IM3, Literary
Forms, and Photography. I’m involved in
Latin Dancing. I plan to work at Prep@
Pingree again this year. I play basketball
in the winter. I take Photography as an
art, and I’m thinking about participating in the fall play next year. Yes, I see
other Prep@Pingree kids in school and
sometimes when I visit KIPP, the middle
school I attended.”
Prep@Pingree, beginning its ninth year in
2010, is an academic enrichment program
that enables middle school students from
urban neighborhoods in Lawrence and Lynn
to sharpen their math, verbal, analytical,
written and study skills in a five-week summer
program on campus augmented by offcampus outreach throughout the school year.
Several Prep@Pingree students from last
summer’s class applied to Pingree and other
independent and parochial secondary schools
for fall 2010. Nineteen Prep@Pingree alumni
are now enrolled at Pingree School and
thriving. After enjoying its best fundraising
year to date by exceeding all goals, Prep@
Pingree is seeking support for the summer
program 2010 and scholarship awards for
Prep@Pingree alumni who are admitted to
Pingree School. Please contact me for more
information about how you can invest in the
American Dream at Pingree School.
Steven Filosa
Director, Prep@Pingree
[email protected]
978-468-4415 x265
Riley Woods ’08 writes: “I was the
communications intern for P@P in
summer 2008. I graduated from Danvers
High School in 2007 and I am now a
junior at Syracuse University. I am completing a dual degree in Photography
Illustration in the S.I. Newhouse School
of Public Communications and Policy
Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. I am a sister of Gamma Phi Beta
Sorority, and I am a creative for The Newhouse, Syracuse University’s premiere
advertising club. For my internship this
past summer, I worked for PerfectWeddingPhoto.com in Danvers, where I
worked in the studio editing photos
three days a week and was the third
shooter for weddings on the weekends.”
Alumni
Profile
From Prep@Pingree
to Pingree to College:
One Student’s Journey
German Luis Disla ’07 and P@P ’02 & ’03 is
a junior majoring in Music with a minor
in Business Administration at Gordon
College in Wenham. His story speaks to
his strengths as well as the strengths of
Prep@Pingree and Pingree School.
How did P@P prepare you for Pingree
and Pingree prepare you for college?
GLD: Prep@Pingree prepared me for
Pingree because it put me in a real learning
environment that was challenging in so
many ways. It took me away from all the
distractions and made me learn academic
skills that would be very necessary for any
prep school. Prep@Pingree provided me
with the tool box that I needed to enter
into the high school world. Pingree
prepared me for college by allowing me to
take classes that were advanced and would
put me a step ahead of others when I got
to college. Classes like AP Music Theory
helped me an enormous amount when I
got to college and had to take these types
of courses again for my music degree.
It also prepared me for college because
the teachers and staff helped me realize
I could not just charm and talk my way
into college; my grades were something
that were very important as well. Also, the
level of academics at Pingree is higher.
There is a higher academic expectation
there than where others go to school, and
this helped me adjust to college.
What are your major interests?
GLD: As a piano major in college, I really
enjoy playing the piano in my spare time,
and writing music for student films and
other short movies. I play intramural
basketball and soccer at school during the
winter and spring, and I
like hanging out with
my friends at school.
What was the biggest
challenge in adjusting to college?
GLD: The biggest challenge adjusting to
college has been being truly on my own
academically. Professors do not really
hold your hand much. You are expected
to know the homework for every day,
when exams and big assignments are
due, and you do the reading necessary or
else you fall behind. It sounds simple but
knowing this ahead of time while being
caught up in making new friends and
adjusting to a new home makes this hard.
Your syllabus is your best friend. At times
it feels like you are teaching yourself
more than your actual professors are. I
feel like professors in college are there
more as a helper in your career. They will
be there if you need it at most anytime,
but it is your job to seek them.
Do you have plans for after college?
What are they?
GLD: As of now, I want to go to grad
school and study composition. I have
to start the process of interviewing and
auditioning all over again. I want to try
and do film scoring as a career, and I
want to have as many tools in my belt
as possible so that I can be ahead of the
game when I enter into this difficult
industry. I have also considered going
into business if music does not work
out, or I could do both. Working in the
music business would be something that
I would enjoy very much.
If you were asked to describe in one
sentence (or two) how your life was
affected by the opportunity to attend
P@P, Pingree and Gordon, what would
you say?
GLD: I think that places like Prep@
Pingree, Pingree and Gordon helped me
realize that there are NO LIMITS to the
things that I can do. I can go as far as my
mind and dreams want to take me, and I
know that if I work hard and am faithful
to God and the things I believe in, I can
and will get there.
Anything else you would like to share?
GLD: Money has been something that I
have seen most people be limited by. It has
been truly a blessing to have attended an
elite program and prep school at Pingree.
Pingree, and all who represented it, was
the helping hand that will really give me a
push start to the career that I am studying
for. Nothing can stop you from fulfilling
your dreams and goals, not even money,
and Pingree has helped me learn this. n
German Disla was a member of the first group
of Prep@Pingree Students and one of the first
two P@P alumni to be enrolled at Pingree for
high school. He came to P@P from Community
Day Charter School in Lawrence, MA.
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South Hamilton, MA 01982
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