Laying the Foundation with Fundations

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S t .
T i m o t h y ’ s
S c h o o l
Volume
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9 number 1
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INSIDE:
Headmaster’s Letter
2
Word from the Rector
2
Lisa Ham Memorial
3
Going the Extra Mile
3
Alumni News 4
Titan Sports
8
New Faculty & Staff 10
Spring Sprint 11
Theatre & Visual Arts 11
Skyping with E-Pals
13
Science Fair Winners
14
Student Achievements
15
Appreciation Report
17
st. timothy’s school
spirit newsletter
is published
by st. timothy’s
episcopal school
editor:
Karen Campbell
Director
of Development:
Heather Daughtridge
LAYOUT design:
JEANETTE BLANKENSHIP
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www.sttimothys.org
Laying
the
Foundation
with
Fundations
W
alk down a kindergarten,
first or second grade
hallway and you’ll hear rhythmic cadences recited in unison:
a–apple–/ă/, b–bat–/b/, c–cat–
/k/, d–dog–/d/, e–Ed– /ĕ/… all
the way up to z–zebra–/z/.
Venture into any of these classrooms and you’ll see students
finger tapping, arm slapping
and hand clapping – deliberate
motions with a definite purpose
– as they sound out letters and
syllables.
Occasionally, a student gets
stuck on a vowel, the teacher
makes a subtle hand gesture
specific to that vowel, and the
student responds with the corresponding sound.
What you are witnessing is a
reading lesson.
At a seminar on dyslexia some
years ago, STS kindergarten
teachers became acquainted with
the Wilson Reading System®.
Upon further research they
discovered Fundations, Wilson’s
interactive, multi-disciplinary
method of teaching phonics.
The more they learned, the more
they liked.
“Hands down, it’s the best
reading tool I’ve ever used,” said
Kindergarten Director Elaine
Clark, a veteran teacher with
over 30 years of classroom experience. “They’ve got the scientific
research to back up everything
they do.”
Because research supports
the hypothesis that getting the
body involved helps the brain
to remember, the program relies
on engaging students physically
as well as mentally – hence the
tapping, slapping and clapping.
Verbal and visual cues, as well as
repetition, are also key components.
A major asset of Fundations,
STS teachers agree, is that it
allows high achievers to move at
their own pace – “There’s nothing holding them back,” Clark
explained – while addressing the
needs of more challenged learners by providing a “double dose”
of extra help as needed.
Consider a fresh crop of
kindergarteners beginning the
school year. While some are
First-grader Colby Duncan reaches
for a “glued sound” to build a
word. This daily drill is part of the
Fundations reading program used
in kindergarten through second
grade.
already reading, others have only
a basic understanding of the
alphabet. And some know how
to read but cannot spell or write.
“The first step to becoming
a good reader is to understand
how sound works and to connect sound to spoken words,”
explained kindergarten teacher
Deanna Lord. For many, this auditory skill is a naturally-occurring process, but some students
struggle with hearing the sounds
in words. Fundations helps these
students because it is interactive,
very repetitive and very visual.
“I love that the children
exhibit such confidence!” said
kindergarten teacher Joanne
Brown. “We drill the vowel and
consonant sounds to the extent
that it is almost robotic, but in a
very good way.”
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Headmaster’s Letter
Dear St. Timothy’s School
Community,
It has been my experience
that the time between the end
of Winter Break and the end of
the school year goes by faster
than any other. When I consider
the number of great events that
take place in the spring, perhaps
I should not be surprised. The
list is extraordinary: Retro
Bingo Night, Founders’ Day
Disco Ball fundraiser at Raleigh
Country Club, Spring Open
House with band and choral
performances, Blue/White
Day, eighth grade class trip to
Washington, D.C., fourth grade
class trip to the coast of NC,
and numerous sporting events
Michael S. Bailey
a high-level technology backbone to support our growing
communication and educational
needs and goals. From classroom
media integration to the wireless
for our talented middle school
athletes. All celebrate endings
and beginnings and can be seen
as hallmarks of the St. Timothy’s
School experience.
The school is working towards
implementing a high-level
technology backbone to support
our growing communication and
educational needs and goals.
Our students and teachers
have had a wonderful school
year thus far, and it has been
a delight to serve more than
470 students and their families.
The reinstatement of a junior
kindergarten program has been
such an enjoyable addition to
our campus life.
network infrastructure, students,
staff, faculty and parents are
benefitting daily from the many
technological enhancements
that have been instituted this
academic year and look forward
to the ones to come!
The overall STS experience continues to be favorably
impacted with technology
enhancements. The school is
working towards implementing
A W ord From the Rector
received academic recognition
on the local, regional and state
levels. From the middle school
students sharing their talent to
support the American Cancer
Society to lower school classcontinued on page 10
The Reverend Jay C. James
P
lanning is really 90 percent of most undertakings. A well thought
out plan for most works makes that actual labor seem easier. Even
in Scripture we are warned that the prudent follower of Christ takes
account what he has before launching into an endeavor. We are even
to plan on how to follow Jesus into his Kingdom. Jesus illustrates in
parables how important it is to prepare and count the cost of following
as his disciple. He says in Luke, chapter 14: For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether
he have sufficient to finish it. Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation,
and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying,
‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish’. Or what king, going
to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth
whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him
with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever
he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. I
take from this that if we are going to follow the mission that Christ has
for St. Timothy’s School should we sitteth not down first, and consulteth?
into seven areas: advancement, curriculum, development, finance, governance and leadership, information technology and plant operations
and facilities.
Once we defined what goals we ought to pursue, we decided what
our objectives ought to be to reach those goals. After working away to
determine what “jobs” or “actual work” would meet those objectives
(we call these ‘strategies’), we wrote everything down. We held one
last large meeting to see how the areas might overlap or how different
strategies might work together. In the end we came up with a Strategic
Management Plan that is at once ambitious and yet entirely possible if
all the parts work together. We have, I think, “sat down, consulted and
counted the cost” and now it’s a matter of asking God for the grace to
carry out the plan. Once it’s in its final form, copies of the plan will be
made available.
We do not lose sight of the purpose for doing all this planning and
that is, of course, our children. They deserve, and we want for them,
a school where they can learn and grow into the persons Jesus Christ
wants them to be. This can happen on condition that we take our Our
Lord’s words and lessons to heart. My prayer is that the Strategic Plan
does that and will make the words and lessons a reality. We should,
with the use of our Strategic Management Plan, continue to have a
school that is, as our mission says, “committed to educational excellence and the emotional, physical and spiritual growth of children in an
environment where traditional Christian values are emphasized.”
We would not be wise and prudent disciples if we did not plan how
we will take St. Timothy’s into the future. That is why we sit down
every three to five years and create a strategic plan. We want to, as in
the parables of the Kingdom mentioned above, counteth the cost and
consulteth how we are going to live out the mission of the school. We
have just completed the work on our next Strategic Management Plan
for 2011. Some members of the Vestry of St. Timothy’s Church, some
members of the School Board, the administrative staff, lead teachers,
some parents, members of the maintenance staff and staff members
involved in development and admissions were all invited to take part
in the development of this plan. We thought about what St. Timothy’s
ought to be doing and what the school ought to “look like” three to five
years from now. Given that charge, we divided the life of the school
st. timothy’s schooL
This edition of the Spirit
Newsletter highlights the many
activities and achievements
of our St. Timothy’s School
community. Our students have
Please pray that we can carry out the plan.
The Reverend Jay C. James
School Board Chairman
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Going the Extra Mile
It is defined as “an action above and
beyond what is expected or asked, a
spontaneous response to a need, or
a self-initiated service.”
At St. Timothy’s, we call it Going the
Extra Mile and it’s the theme for the
2010-2011 school year.
The first Extra Mile was awarded
in September when the school’s
CHOICE awards took an entire
grade level to an off-campus lunch
to reward excellent behavior the
previous quarter. As a result, a few
students who weren’t enrolled the
previous quarter were left behind.
Lisa Ham
Memorial
Dedication
I
t was a picture perfect Monday morning in October, sunlight
streaming through the cloudless blue sky, when students,
faculty and special guests joined the family of Lisa Ham as the
school playground was dedicated in her memory.
Gracing the entrance to the Elisabeth Hayes Permar Ham
playground is a statue, commissioned in Lisa’s memory, of
two young children reading a book. The statue was blessed by
Father Jay James during the dedication ceremony.
A member of the St. Timothy’s School family for 14 years,
Lisa was the Director of Development and the mother of
students Bailey, Lucy Powell and Annie T. She passed away last
February after a short but hard-fought battle with colon cancer.
Her loss continues to be felt by the many whose lives she
touched so profoundly. 
Students
Raise Funds
for Cancer
Research
A
capacity crowd enjoyed the vocals and instrumentals of STS
students at the second annual Middle School Talent Show,
which raised almost $1,400 for
the American Cancer Society.
An added feature this year
was a jewelry sale by the seventh
grade jewelry-making students
of Kim Balentine. In addition
to confection charms – cupcakes, pies, cakes and candies
– students crafted unique
necklaces and bracelets for the
cause.
Nobody asked or expected Bancks
to extend the invitation. It was
just something he did on the spot
because he felt it was the right
thing to do.
To date the following students have
joined Bancks as recipients of the
Extra Mile award: Laura Hart, Kurtis
Konrad, Kayla Gwaltney, Bailey Ham,
Julia Meyer, Ally Bonavita, Allegra
Pieropan, Kayla Snare, Owen Howell,
Caroline Konrad, Evan Katz, Peter
Lane, Jax Liggett, Amy Rinehard,
Abby Rinehard and Trace Alphin.
Faculty, staff and parents can also
be nominated for Going the Extra
Mile.
Clarence Turnage, STS security
guard, was among these recipients.
Every month, he takes the leftover
cupcakes from Cupcake Day and
personally delivers them to the
Raleigh Rescue Mission.
Alumni parent and substitute
teacher Wendy Cook, parent Will
Daughtridge, and faculty/staff members Eddie Cobb, Kim Balentine,
Bill Jones, Lori Reedy and Michaela
Iiames have also been awarded the
Extra Mile.
Although incorporating community service into the curriculum for each of her classes has
been Balentine’s goal this year, she credits her jewelry-making
students with the idea of selling their wares at the talent show.
Eighth grader Bancks Holmes saw
to it that these new students were
made to feel special nonetheless,
by inviting them to join a group
of “older guys” on the playground.
Instead of feeling left out, these
new students felt quite special.
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To these recipients, and to those
who receive the award in the
months to come, we say thank you
and congratulations!
a lu m n i n e ws
School Project Benefits Volunteer Fire Company
A
ll sophomores at Broughton
High School are assigned a
personal project – a significant
endeavor requiring months to
plan and execute. “Do or create
something that you love” is what
project guidelines suggest.
So Huston Wallace (STS
Class of 2009) channeled his
love of fishing and kayaking into
a tournament that raised over
$1,500 for the Southeast Pamlico
Volunteer Fire Department.
The Teach’s Cove Kayak
Fishing Tournament, held in
Oriental, NC last September,
required contestants to flex two
skills. At daybreak, they put in
their kayaks and canoes at Teach’s
Point and paddled out. For the
next four hours, they got down to
the business of fishing.
The ultimate goal of the
anglers was a “Pamlico Slam” – a
flounder, a trout and a drum.
Although he’s been fishing
all his life, Wallace didn’t start
kayak fishing with any regularity
Huston Wallace organized the Teach’s Cove Kayak Fishing Tournament and
raised $1,500 for the Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department.
The fishing is great, and I have a
until his parents, John and Erin,
few friends who live in Oriental
brought home a kayak from an
that I knew would be able to help
STS auction fundraiser several
me set up the tournament.”
years ago.
And he had a very personal
He could have hosted the
reason for selecting the benefitournament closer to his Raleigh
ciary.
home, but Wallace had a number
“When I was in the first
of reasons for choosing Oriental.
grade,” he explained, “our beach
“I worked as a counselor at a
house in Oriental caught fire.
sailing camp in Oriental for eight
The Southeast Pamlico Volunteer
weeks last summer,” he said, “and
Fire Department was the first to
I built up a large group of friends.
SPC Gary Donaldson
respond.” And with the tournament scheduled for September
11, Wallace added, “I thought it
was an appropriate time to honor
and thank our firefighters.”
Wallace had great help from
STS alumni families who contributed financial and logistical
support for the tourney: Elliott
Honeycutt and his dad, Jacob
Munster and his family, Kofie
Yeboah and his dad, Kathryn
Lyle, Megan Carley, Kip
Meadows, and the Mangum
family. A number of friends and
former teachers who couldn’t attend helped the cause by buying
tournament t-shirts.
Completed months ago,
Wallace’s sophomore project is
now history. One might expect
the same of the fishing tourney.
But Oriental hasn’t seen the last
of the Teach’s Cove Kayak Fishing Tournament.
“I definitely plan on doing it
again next year!” Wallace said.

Alex Sullivan Appointed
to Coast Guard Academy
Instead of enjoying his senior year at
The Citadel, Gary Donaldson is serving
in Afghanistan with the Army National
Guard.
Alex Sullivan, STS Class of 2006, is
a freshman at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy in New London, CT. He was
one of 289 appointees from a pool of
9,000 applicants.
The STS alum, a graduate of Cardinal
Gibbons High School, joined the
National Guard during his sophomore
year at The Citadel. When his unit was
deployed to Afghanistan last May, SPC
Donaldson volunteered to go with them.
The Coast Guard Academy, founded in
1876, is the only one of the five federal
service academies that does not require
a congressional recommendation for
admission. Instead, admission is based
solely on personal merit through a
nationwide competitive process with no state quotas.
Donaldson was in the hearts and minds
of STS students and staff last month.
First and fifth grade Study Buddies made
Valentine’s Day cards and first grade
teachers Sharon Carlson, Debbie Potter and Sandy Robinson put together
care packages of pens, note pads, hand warmers, beef jerky, hardy candy
and other treats.
Alex reported for Swab Summer, the Academy’s seven-week initiation, last June. He earned his shoulder boards and is now one of 1,030
cadets enrolled in a four-year bachelor of science degree program.
In addition to his rigorous coursework, Alex wrestles for the Academy
and plays trombone in the band. n
All were mailed to Donaldson with instructions to share with his unit. 
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Jenny Erwin Pursues Riding and IB Diploma
A
Jenny Erwin and her horse, Apache,
are enjoying another year in Germany
while she pursues her IB diploma.
n accomplished equestrian, STS alum Jenny Erwin
transferred as a high school junior to StoneleighBurnham School in Greenfield, MA because of the
school’s nationally recognized riding program. Her
German roommate was as passionate about riding as she
was, and the two of them applied for a rare opportunity
to work with a renowned German trainer.
To their mutual surprise, they were both accepted.
“And so, come spring break,” Erwin said, “I flew to
Germany with my roommate, my boots and helmet,
my saddle, and a serious case of the butterflies fluttering
around in my stomach.”
She stayed in Germany for a week, riding every day.
At the end of the week she was invited to return the
following year to train, and that’s how Erwin came to
spend last year in Germany.
Because she didn’t speak any German, Erwin enrolled
in the International School of Augsburg (ISA). With the
obvious exception of foreign languages, all classes at ISA
are taught in English. In addition, the school offered the
Briefly Noted:
Alumnae Score
Audrey Cook (STS Class of 2007), a senior at
Saint Mary’s School, was named a finalist in the
2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. As a
finalist, Audrey advances in the competition for
some 8,400 National Merit Scholarships valued
at more than $36 million. In the meantime, she
is fielding offers from a number of universities.
Rachel Harper (STS Class of 2007), also a
senior at Saint Mary’s School, was named a
National Merit Commended Student for placing among the top 5% of more than 1.5 million
students who took the PSAT in 2009.
Eagle Scout Awards
Jake Gay (STS Class of 2007) earned his Eagle
Scout Award last summer. Diane Mills and
Lori Reedy, two of his former teachers at STS,
attended the Troop 524 Court of Honor at
Zebulon Baptist Church.
For his Eagle Scout project, Jake built a fence
to separate a playground from a parking lot,
adding to the safety of the playground. Upon
graduation from East Wake High School of
Health Science this spring, he plans to pursue degrees in Agriculture Business and Fire
Science
Daniel Pope (STS Class of 2007), a senior at
Cardinal Gibbons High School, received his
Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor on
March 6. He is a member of Troop 207 at
Forest Hills Baptist Church.
For his Eagle Scout project, Daniel installed
22 posts in the parking lot islands at Cardinal
International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program.
Two weeks after Jenny arrived in Germany for the
new school year, her horse, Apache, joined her. He had
spent time in Maryland under quarantine, then flew
to the Netherlands where he overnighted before being
trailered to Augsburg, Germany.
Erwin and Apache soon settled into a routine.
“At 6:00 a.m., I would get up and go to work briefly
with my horse before school,” she said, “and when I
arrived home from school at 4:00 p.m. I would change
into my riding clothes and ride until 10:00 p.m.” Then
she would tackle homework.
Her rigorous IB coursework included English, German, art, biology, geography and math, as well as 150
hours of CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) hours. Sleep
was something Erwin caught up with on weekends –
when she wasn’t traveling.
Erwin’s year abroad was such an awesome experience
that she extended her stay to complete the IB diploma
and enjoy more travels. 
Gibbons to prevent students from parking in
these areas. Parking on the islands was harming the grass and reducing visibility. He painted
the posts green to match the school color and
added reflectors.
Girl Scout Gold Award
The highest achievement in Girl Scouting, the
Gold Award, was bestowed upon Elisa Benton
(STS Class of 2007). For her project, Benton
hand-sewed 100 teddy bears and donated
them to the Duke Eye Center to provide comfort to pediatric patients awaiting surgery or
an appointment. She is a senior at Saint Mary’s
School and a member of Girl Scout Troop 1719.
Outstanding Athletes
Sibling tennis stand-outs Sarah and Olivia
King were members of the 2010 Broughton
High School women’s 4-A state championship
team.
Ginny Eckstine, Olivia Koscso and Erin
Quinn, members of the 2010 Cardinal Gibbons
High School women’s volleyball team, won the
3-A state championship.
Her Volleyball Career Began at STS
“Winning the state championship was a great
experience and our team worked very hard for it,”
said Ginny Eckstine. Praising fellow STS alumnae
and Cardinal Gibbons volleyball teammates Olivia
Koscso and Erin Quinn, Eckstine called them
“amazing players who will take the sport very far.”
While Koscso and Quinn are freshmen, Eckstine
is wrapping up an impressive four years on the
CGHS volleyball court, culminating with the
state 3A championship. She has committed to
Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte next year on
both academic and volleyball scholarships.
“It’s hard to believe that my volleyball career started at St. Timothy’s,” she said. “I can still remember
walking into the gym on the first day of volleyball
camp.”
She owes it all, she said, to her first volleyball
coach, Judy Whitley. “If it weren’t for Mrs. Whitley,
I never would have started the sport,” Eckstine
said. “I’m sure many St. Timothy’s alumni have the
same feeling.”
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Young Alumni Return for Homecoming Dinner
S
TS “young alumni” – current high school students –
returned to their alma mater en masse on February 3
for the annual homecoming basketball games and spaghetti
dinner.
If a prize had been awarded to the alum who traveled the
greatest distance, it would have gone to Kendall Woodlief,
who came from Chatham Hall in Chatham, VA to catch
up with former classmates.
The dinner was scheduled for 6:30-8:00 p.m., but many
alumni were having too much fun to leave. Boys’ basketball coach B.J. Nowak, who ventured over to the dining
hall after the games, held court with a group of former
students well into the night! 
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Olivia Allen
Describes
Her Hero
Olivia Allen, a 2010 STS grad
who is currently a freshman at
Sanderson High School, was given
a writing assignment last fall to
describe her hero. With her permission, we share Olivia’s essay:
eroes come in all different
shapes and sizes. They can
be small, tall, lean, strong, quiet,
loud, compassionate, plus have
many other characteristics as well.
Almost any person in the world is
a hero in their own way. Except,
my hero isn’t a person…….. it’s a
school, St. Timothy’s School here
in Raleigh. I attended St. Timothy’s School for 5th-8th grade, and
it really changed me as a person.
Before I attended the school, I
barely knew how to take a test,
my study habits weren’t too great,
I was afraid to ask my teachers
for help, and I really didn’t adapt
well to change. St. Timothy’s gave
me a wake-up call and helped me
become a successful student. By
the end of my 5th grade year, I
was testing better, my study habits
had improved a ton, and there was
a big difference on my report card
from the 1st quarter of the school
year to the 4th quarter. Throughout my years there, my study
habits continued to improve. I was
no longer afraid to ask my teachers
H
Tracee Whitley to Deliver Commencement Address
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t was almost 40 years ago that
Tracee Whitley enrolled in St.
Timothy’s School as a kindergartener. On June 2, she will return
to the chapel of her
childhood memories to
deliver the commencement address to the STS
Class of 2011.
Whitley serves on
the senior administrative team of Bingham
McCutcheon, a law
firm with over 1,000
attorneys worldwide. She oversees
Bingham’s global operations and
office administration, as well as
the Office of the Chair and the
Marketing and Business Development Department.
After graduating from Hale
High School in 1984, Whitley
earned bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from Harvard University, a
Juris Doctorate from Northeastern
University School of Law, and an
M.B.A. from Boston University.
A stellar student,
Whitley was also a gifted
athlete. By the time she
graduated, she figured
prominently in the
Harvard Women’s Soccer
Record Book as the first
player ever to capture
both Ivy Rookie of the
Year and Player of the
Year awards. She was a three-time
member of the All-Ivy first team
and was named to the Ivy League
Women’s Silver Anniversary Soccer Team in 1998.
In 2003, she was inducted into
the Harvard Varsity Club Hall
of Fame. In 2010, she added
the Capital Area Soccer League
for help, and I made the A-average
honor role a few times.
Other than my academic progress, St. Timothy’s taught me several life lessons such as how strong
the power of friendship can be,
your character reflects what kind
of person you are, manners are
extremely important, and when
we come together as a community
we can achieve anything. My
class of 64 students was like one
big family going on a road trip
together. We laughed, we cried,
we supported each other when
times were tough, everybody knew
each other extremely well, and
we could tell each other almost
anything. Some of the kids, who
had been there since kindergarten,
had basically grown up with the
same kids around them. The trip
we took together was an amazing
journey.
I really miss St. Timothy’s and
I sometimes wish I could go back
there. The school really helped
prepare me for high school and
everything I learned there has
helped me in some way. I would
not be the person I am today if I
hadn’t gone to St. Timothy’s. My
definition of a hero is someone
who overcomes everyday obstacles
in life to cause a difference in
the world. St. Timothy’s does
exactly this. It changes children’s
lives by filling their heads with a
colossal amount of knowledge,
teaching them life-long lessons,
and preparing them for a bright
future so that they too can cause a
difference in the world when they
grow up. I am extremely thankful
that my parents decided to send
me there. St. Timothy’s school
changed my life! It will always be
my hero. 
Perfect Math Score for Remy
Most high school seniors take the SAT several
times in an attempt to maximize their scores
and college admissions, but not Nick Remy (STS
Class of 2007). That’s because you just can’t
improve upon perfect!
Nick first took the SAT in October of his junior year and scored
very well in both math and verbal. He retested several months later
and scored a perfect 800 in math.
Beginning with algebra and geometry at STS, Nick progressed to
Honors Algebra II/Trig and Honors Pre-calculus at Cardinal Gibbons
High School. As a junior he took AP Calculus AB and scored a perfect 5 on the AP Calculus exam. This year he doubled up on both AP
Calculus BC and AP Statistics.
Despite this rigorous course load, Nick was among a handful of
Gibbons students honored for earning all As for the fall semester.
Considering a career in medicine or biomedical engineering, Nick is
weighing his college options.
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(CASL) Hall of Fame to her
résumé.
Interviewed for the 50th anniversary of St. Timothy’s School in
2008, Whitley was quick to link
her current successes with the educational foundation she received in
her youth.
“The exceptional education I
received, and the incredibly supportive environment I enjoyed
from my kindergarten year at St.
Timothy’s in 1971 through my
senior year at Hale High School in
1984, has enabled my intellectual
and athletic accomplishments
in college, graduate school and
beyond,” Whitley said. 
Alumni Weddings
Elizabeth Pasi Marries
It was a busy spring and
summer for alum Elizabeth
Pasi. After graduating from
Meredith College in May,
Elizabeth and Wes Wright
were married at The Church of
the Good Shepherd in June.
The wedding party included
two STS alumni: Elizabeth’s
sister, Caroline Pasi, and good
friend, Mallory Brown.
Elizabeth and Wes have
moved into their new home
in Clayton and she is working
at the State Employees’ Credit
Union.
A Family Tradition
Alum Ashley Runfola kept a
76-year family tradition alive
when she married Marine Cpl.
Gerald Hoffman on January
1. Her great-grandmother,
grandmother and mother
were all married on New
Year’s Day! Ashley’s maid of
honor was fellow STS alum
Jordan Brown. “We’ve been
best friends since kindergarten,” she said.
Ashley and Gerald are now
living in Houston, TX.
t i t a n s
W elcome
to
T itan
C o u ntry !
Fall Sports Recap
C
ongratulations to the 80 students who
participated in an awesome fall sports
season at STS!
The Titan girls’ cross country team had a
flawless season. The girls were undefeated,
winning first place in every meet – including the Triangle Middle School Conference
(TMSC) championship. Coach Hayes Permar
was very proud of his girls!
The Titan girls’ tennis team was also undefeated. With a 12-0 record, the girls were the
TMSC regular season champs by a landslide
and went on to win the TMSC championship. Coach Matt Scheer couldn’t have asked
for a better season!
The Titan girls’ volleyball team, under the
guidance of Coach Judy Whitley, finished
regular season play in the TMSC with an 8-5
record and a fourth place finish. They lost a
tough match in the conference tournament
semi-finals.
The Titan boys’ cross country team, also
under the guidance of Coach Hayes Permar,
won first place in a meet hosted by the Montessori School of Raleigh and placed fourth in
the TMSC championship meet. The Titan boys’ soccer team, a particularly
young team this season, finished eighth in
regular season conference play and advanced
to the TMSC tournament quarter finals,
losing to the first-ranked conference team in
a hard-fought game. Coach Ivan Gattis looks
forward to this young team returning next
fall.
First Annual Titan Turkey Tennis Tourney
We are a school that takes pride in timehonored traditions. At the same time, we are
a school that is always receptive to new ideas.
Once in awhile, a new idea is such a success
that it is destined to become a tradition.
Such was the case with the Titan Turkey
Tennis Tournament.
Twenty-six teams battled at Lions Park on
a beautiful Saturday morning last November,
beginning with a round-robin tournament
that morphed into a bracket style set-up
once teams began to emerge victorious.
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In the end, the father-daughter duo of
David and Abby Chilman won first place
while the mother-daughter team of Lou and
Emmy Garvey came in second.
Sponsored by the Titan Athletic Club
(TAC), the tournament raised over $800 to
offset the cost of the athletic program at St.
Timothy’s. Athletic Director Josh White commended the 50 students and parents who
helped to make the tournament such a success by playing or volunteering with set-up
and concessions.
Winter Sports
Wrap-Up
T
he STS basketball program was full of
life this winter! Our four teams played
a total of 76 games, with 42 of them being
home games in the STS gymnasium.
That means we had over 150 referees and
played the National Anthem a total of 38 times
on the CD player, twice with Caroline Konrad
on trumpet, and twice with K.K. Fritsch belting
it out during the homecoming games.
Our talented squad of 20 cheerleaders,
led by Coach Alyson Clayton and Coach
Peyton Hatfield, were at a good number of
these games. They cheered on the teams
with crowd favorites and a Michael Jackson
inspired half-time show. The cheer squad also
performed a number of dances, put on a great
pep rally for the school, and kept the crowd
inspired in the midst of victory and defeat.
The boys’ “white” basketball team, under
the direction of Coaches Jared Reggi and Wil
Maney, had a very exciting season. The boys
won two hard-fought games against the Montessori School of Raleigh. Their record does
not reflect the tenacity and fervor that this
team demonstrated on the court. It was like
watching two different teams from the beginning of the season in November to the end of
the season in January, as the boys became a
team and worked together to put the points
on the board. Their skills, court knowledge
and ball handling together as a team grew
significantly with each game experience. Congratulations to this team for a great season full
of learning and growing!
The girls’ “white” basketball team, led by
Coach Scott Andrews, only won one game
this season against a talented Ravenscroft
team, but displayed grit and determination
by never giving up throughout their tough
schedule of opponents. The girls played with
intensity in every contest. Besides being
fun to watch, the girls developed as players,
learning both fundamentals and new skills
throughout the season. The girls scored over
120 points during the entire season! Good job
to these girls for never giving up and never
backing down!
Finishing fourth place in the Triangle
Middle School Conference, the girls’ “blue”
basketball team finished their regular season
with an 8-5 conference record. Their fearless leader was Coach Allen “The General”
Patton. After a big win over Cary Academy
in the TMSC tournament quarter finals, the
girls went on to face the number one seeded
Cary Christian Knights in the semi-finals.
In the last three seconds of the game, Cary
Christian forced a basket, knocking the Titans
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out of the tournament by a one point victory
(32‑33). The squad was composed of all
eighth graders and one seventh grader, all of
whom are very talented ball players. We will
miss the eighth graders very much but know
that more talented young ladies are coming
up through the ranks.
Defeating Grace Christian School 37-25,
the boys’ “blue” basketball team showed
their true talent and ability after improving
greatly throughout the course of the season.
While an extremely young team of mainly
sixth grade athletes, the boys played with a
lot of heart – a requirement of long-time
veteran Coach B.J. Nowak. The boys never
threw in the towel, even when the going got
tough. The team proved to be a thorn in the
side of teams bigger and possibly stronger by
executing plays, using speed and agility to
their advantage, and playing smart basketball.
With only one eighth grade student leaving
the squad to graduate, this team should be a
powerhouse in the TMSC next year.
Josh White, Athletic Director
Welcome Our New Faculty and Staff
W
ith the reclamation
of junior kindergarten this year, St.
Timothy’s welcomes Donna
Klein and her assistant, Christy
Lingle. The dynamic duo
taught together for several years
at St. Andrews Presbyterian Preschool. Although Christy is new
to STS, Donna is no stranger as
her children, Christopher and
Caroline, are alumni.
Tracey Woodward just can’t
stay away from St. Timothy’s!
With her STS alumni sons Freddie and Ben at Sanderson High
School, she returned to teach
middle school math this year.
Welcome back, Tracey!
When After-School Care
Director Ashlea Roberts married
and moved last spring, it wasn’t
hard to find a replacement.
Brandon Bogumil, who served
as an ASC counselor for three
and a half years while earning an
English degree at NCSU, was
the natural successor.
While we were sad to see yoga
and movement teacher Vanessa
Manzilla return to her native
Arizona, we are delighted to
welcome Amy Murphy as her
replacement.
Susan Fritts has been music
to our ears since joining the STS
faculty last fall! She is directing
both beginning and advanced
bands and her skills were showcased when she led both bands
in brilliant performances in
December. She also assembled
the first-ever STS Pep Band.
Virginia’s loss is our gain! After teaching in the neighboring
state for 29 years, Lucy Berndt
decided change was in the air
and relocated to Raleigh. She is
a middle school math teacher.
Sarah Stanley spent hundreds
Lucy Berndt and Dale Roane
(foreground) lunch with Amy
Murphy and Sarah Stanley
(background) at the new faculty
orientation.
Headmaster’s Letter, continued from page 2
rooms learning competency in Fundations, you are
sure to get a sense of the energy that drives our
St. Timothy’s School community.
I am thankful for the many volunteers who give
their time, passion, and energy to our school and
are appreciated beyond measure. From the Back to
School Nights to Family Bingo Night, their impact
is felt daily throughout our campus. Our Alumni
are also integral members of our St. Timothy’s
School community. This issue will give you a taste
of what is happening in the alumni world, and I
encourage other alumni to share their news, too.
The Spirit Newsletter is a publication dedicated to
you. As alumni, current families, volunteers, donors,
members of the faculty and staff, or community
members, thank you for making St. Timothy’s
School the exceptional choice for educational excellence, and emotional, physical and spiritual growth.
Warmest regards,
Michael S. Bailey, Headmaster
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(Left to right) Heather Daughtridge
joins Judy Tison, Christy Lingle and
Donna Klein at the new faculty
orientation last August.
of hours in the STS library
before school even began last
August. The new media specialist, with the able assistance of
long-time technology teacher
Meg Mansfield, cataloged the
entire STS library collection.
Dale Roane is a treasured
addition to the STS faculty. A
graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill,
the mother of two is teaching
middle school grammar.
After years as a substitute
teacher, we finally persuaded
Betsy James to join us fulltime! With daughter Olivia at
Elon University and son Sam
at Christ School, she ran out
of excuses! Betsy is teaching
fourth grade.
Heather Daughtridge, Director of Development, held the
same position at Rocky Mount
Academy before relocating to
Raleigh.
Under the category of Not
New But Still Newsworthy, B.J.
Nowak has added Dean of
Students to his list of job titles,
which include middle school
literature/creative writing teacher
and boys’ basketball coach. n
Students To Perform “The White Phantom”
M
ore than 40 middle school students
auditioned for the spring drama production, “The White Phantom,” a one-act
mystery to be performed on May 12 and 13.
As the play unfolds, society matron Mrs.
Drexel Blake is preparing to move into a
rented mansion. She awaits the arrival of her
maid to help prepare the residence for the
move. The maid is late, the lights go out,
and… well, you’ll just have to come and see!
Written in 1935, the play is widely known
for its unique plot, hilarious dialogue and
high drama.
Directed by theatre teacher Lynne
Sizemore, the spring production involves
a cast of 10 and a crew twice that size.
Students are involved in all aspects of the
production, including assistant directors,
stage managers, improv writers and directors,
set design, costumes, make-up, sound effects,
dance and publicity.
Last fall, sixth and seventh grade theatre
students wrote and starred in “The Mixedup Fairy Tale,” a fun twist on classic Disney
fairy tales. “The play proved
that love conquers all,” Sizemore
said, “and that there are Hannah
Montana fanatics in the ‘real’
world as well as in the land of the
imagination!” 
(Left to right) Sammy Griffin, Marley Shattuck,
a disguised Sam Beamon, Dillon Wingo and
Avery Hutcheson performed in “The Mixed-up
Fairy Tale” last fall.
Spring Sprint Scheduled
for April 2
St. Timothy’s School has partnered with
The Rotary Club of the Capital City this
year for the sixth annual Spring Sprint,
a 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run to be
held on Saturday, April 2.
Beginning and ending on campus, the race
winds through the North Hills neighborhood surrounding the school. The course
is certified by the USATF.
Roll Out For The Arts
Luke Stokes (left) and Lucas Gorman
take a break at the annual Roll
Out for the Arts skating party at
Jellybeans. Proceeds from the family
fun night, sponsored by the Friends of
STS Fine Arts Committee, benefited
the school band, chorus, drama and
visual arts programs.
Participants may enter the competitive category to receive an official time with eligibility for awards, or as recreational runners.
Competitive runners will receive points in
the Second Empire Grand Prix Series.
Over the past five years, the Sprint has
raised over $100,000 for beneficiaries
such as the National Transplant Assistance
Fund, the Wake Med Children’s Diabetes
and Endocrinology Program, and the Duke
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Student Artists Wins Awards
M
iddle school art teacher Kim Balentine’s jewelry class has been popular this year with
both students and judges. Two of Balentine’s seventh graders entered their hand-crafted
jewelry in the 2011 Raleigh Arts Festival, sponsored by the Woman’s Club and Junior Woman’s Club of Raleigh, and won top prizes.
Kate Hawkins placed first, while Abby Chillman entered two pieces of jewelry and won
second and third place awards. Kate advanced to the district competition last month and
competed on the state level in March.
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STS students who won the Gold Seal of Merit at last fall’s North Carolina State Fair include
Kreager Taber, Ellery Newell, Joey Burroughs, Jordan Sharber and Caroline Vanyo.
In addition, works by the following students were also exhibited at the State Fair: Monica
Powell, Rachel Marston, William Wallace, Ana Sheridan, Caroline Pope, Megan Boericke, and
Emma Koeleveld.
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Proceeds from the 2011 race will again
benefit Wake Med, as well as The Rotary
Club of the Capital City Foundation. These
Rotary funds support the club’s community service efforts, including the Robert
N. Styres Scholarship for a college-bound
Wake County high school senior in financial need.
To register online and pay by credit card,
visit www.sportoften.com. For race information, contact Phil Warlick at 919‑8768363 or [email protected].
Remembering
the Troops
Dear Mr. Bailey,
I have just been informed that, thanks to St. Timothy’s School and the
North Raleigh Civitan Club, 40 boxes and letters will be delivered to
Camp Spann in Afghanistan where my son, Lt. Miller, is currently based.
I hope that you will pass along my deepest gratitude to your students
who participated in this project. I think we all know that our men and
women in uniform are always grateful for gifts and notes from home, but
please let them know that the families back home appreciate it as well. It
is such a wonderful acknowledgement that others care about our sons and
daughters and their sacrifice is meaningful to others.
I thank you for allowing and encouraging your children to remember our
military.
With deepest gratitude,
Sandy Miller
For the past three years, STS second
graders have remembered our troops
overseas by writing letters and collecting items for care packages. This year,
members of the North Raleigh Civitan
Club arrived with 25 boxes to fill with
student contributions.
It wasn’t long before they realized
Colby Stone brought soap for the
they needed more boxes!
care packages headed for soldiers
By mid-afternoon, 40 boxes were
in Afghanistan.
filled to the brim with hot chocolate
mix, hand sanitizer, soap, magazines, pens, notepads, crossword puzzles, beef jerky, hard candy, powdered energy drink mixes and more.
Each box was topped with a hand-written note to “A Soldier.” n
First Lieutenant Andy Ligay, who spent 11 months in Iraq last
year, spoke to St. Timothy’s students about the mid-east nation.
Students were very excited to try on combat gear and even
more excited when Ligay passed out Iraqi currency – until they
learned the 50 dinar note was equal to only $.04!
Singapore Calling!
W
With rapt attention, students in Lisa Phipps’ class participate in a
teleconference with Bob Cooley in Singapore.
hen Mason Cooley’s dad,
Bob, went on a recent trip
to Singapore, he had two assignments. One was for his job as a
chemist with Glaxo Smith Kline;
the other was for his son’s classmates at St. Timothy’s School.
Before leaving on the trip,
Cooley visited with Lisa Phipps’
second grade class and, pointing to a map of Southeast Asia,
showed them where he was going.
He invited them to submit questions for him to research on the
trip. “I will be your investigative
reporter,” he said.
Several weeks later, via a teleconference set up by STS technology wizard Eddie Cobb, Cooley
answered the students’ questions.
What language do they speak?
Everything is written in both
English and Chinese.
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What’s the weather like?
Singapore is near the equator, so
it’s hot and humid – pretty much
like summer in North Carolina.
How big is Singapore? It’s
about 250 square miles, which
is twice the size of Raleigh, but
there are 5 million residents,
more than 10 times as many as
Raleigh. Because of this, Cooley
explained, there are no houses
in the city – just apartments and
condos.
One thing Raleigh and Singapore do have in common is
McDonald’s and other fast food
restaurants. They even have a
handful of Toys “R” Us stores.
With many questions answered, the teleconference ended
– but not before Bob Cooley got
to say a special good-bye to his
seven-year-old. n
Skyping With E-Pals From Antártida Argentina
W
hen Viviana Hillmann
teaches Spanish, it’s
more than just nouns, verbs
and forming sentences. For the
native of Argentina, the culture
of the world’s Spanish-speaking
countries is an important part of
the curriculum.
Last fall, fifth grade Spanish
students got a few geography
lessons as well when they Skyped
with students in Antártida
Argentina, an Argentine national
territory on the Antarctic continent.
Señora Hillmann’s students
were introduced to the 15
students of Señor Fabian Juarez
at #38 Julio Roca School. The
K-12 school, founded in 1978,
serves the children of scientists
conducting weather research at
Base Esperanza.
The first time they Skyped,
Hillmann said, her students
could barely contain their excitement. By the second session,
they posed basic questions in
Spanish. And by the final Skype
opportunity, they had learned far
more than the answers to their
questions.
While the St. Timothy’s
middle school day runs from
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., students
at #38 Julio Roca arrive at 9:00
a.m., go home for lunch at
12:30 p.m. and return for classes
from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
STS students learned that
while they were heading into
winter, their counterparts in
Antarctica were preparing for
summer vacation. During the
summer month of December,
the sun rises around 2:30 a.m.
and sets around 11:00 p.m. And
as Argentinean students headed
home to the mainland, penguins
were arriving en masse to spend
the summer at Base Esperanza!
The fifth-graders followed up
their Skype sessions with emails.
Although there is no postal
mail delivery, Base Esperanza is
fully connected to the rest of the
world through a satellite downlink station with telephone, fax,
Spanish teacher Viviana Hillmann watches Kayla Snare as she Skypes with students at Base Esperanza in Antártida
Argentina.
television and internet.
Skyping was a new adventure
in Hillmann’s classes this year,
but the notion of communicating with students half-way
around the world is not. Shortly
after arriving at STS in 2005,
she realized that students
had very specific perceptions
of Spanish-speaking people.
“Many thought of them as
domestics or gardeners only,”
Hillmann said.
One way to dispel that no-
Spencer Hage points to a map of
Antártida Argentina. Through Skyping,
students have learned geography along
with Spanish.
William Bolton writes a letter to his
e-pal. Email is the preferred method
of communication among pen pals
since there is no postal service on the
continent.
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tion, she decided, was to have
her fifth-graders correspond
with Spanish-speaking pen-pals.
For two years, she engaged the
students of her sister, an ESL
(English as a Second Language)
teacher in Argentina. The arrangement stayed in place until
her sister moved up to teaching
high school students.
Last year, Hillmann called
upon her niece, a student at a
bilingual school in Uruguay, to
provide the pen-pals.
As for next year, who knows
what journey Sra.Hillmann has
prepared for her students? There
is no doubt it will be one to
remember! n
Students Advance to State Science Fair
G
iving up their first day of
winter break to compete in
the Central Regional-3A Science
Fair paid off for a group of STS
students. The five will advance
to the North Carolina Science
& Engineering Fair at Meredith
College on March 25-26.
Students nominated for the
state competition include:
Broderick Huntwork and
Chip Cervi for “The Hoverwagon” in Junior Technology/
Engineering
Megan Boericke for “The
Meaning of a Line” in Junior
Biological Science B
Justin Barber for “Don’t Blow
Your Top!” in Junior Physics
Adam Bloebaum for “Batter’s Better Bats” in Elementary
Project
Additionally, fourth grader
Rob Treadway was the recipient
of a special award at the regional
competition for his project, “Are
You Washing Your Hands? I’m
Watching!” Fifth grader Lauren
Barber’s project entitled “Caution: Lead at Play,” in which she
Chip Cervi and Broderick Huntwork show the red ribbons they won for
their project, The Hoverwagon, at the Regional Science Fair. They will
advance to the state competition.
examined lead levels in chilence Fair, open to all students
dren’s toys, was also featured in
but mandatory for students in
the regional competition.
grades four and seven.
These outstanding projects
This year, 19 professionals
were among the winning entries
with scientific backgrounds
in the annual St. Timothy’s Scifrom institutions such as the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Institutes
of Health, the NC Department
of Environmental and Natural
Resources, and North Carolina State University served as
judges.
“It is nice to have independent professionals who are
unfamiliar with our students
selecting the winning entries
in an unbiased manner,” said
Perry Suk, lower school science
lab teacher and Science Fair
coordinator. “We thank all of
these judges who volunteered
their time and talents to evaluate the projects and interview
our students.”
In addition, a host of parents
and grandparents helped to
make the STS Science Fair an
overwhelming success. Led by
Bob Briggs, chair of the Friends
of St. Timothy’s Science Fair
Committee, these volunteers
coordinated a multitude of logistics – from set-up to lunches
for the judges – for the two-day
event in January. n
2011 STS Science Fair Winners
Congratulations to all participants in the
annual St. Timothy’s Science Fair! The following projects were singled out for top honors:
Elementary Level
Blue Ribbon: Lauren Barber, Caution: Lead
at Play
Red Ribbon: Adam Bloebaum, Batter’s Better
Bats; Rob Treadway, Are You Washing Your
Hands? I’m Watching!
White Ribbon: Katherine Priu, Does Sally
Need a Seat Belt?; Sydney Tucker, How Would
You Like Your Peanuts Cooked?; Emma and
Chloe Lias, Piles of Smiles
Green Award: Drew White, Sam Seeds,
Different Liquids
EPA Environmental Awards: Grace Jones,
Acid Rain; William Rhodes, Reducing Pollution
by Using Biofuels
Middle School Level
Blue Ribbon: Justin Barber, Don’t Blow Your
Top!
Red Ribbon: Broderick Huntwork/Chip
Cervi, The Hoverwagon; Megan Boericke, The
Meaning of a Line
Winners of the St. Timothy’s Science Fair gather to show their ribbons.
Green Award: Robyn Sawyers, Bag It Up
EPA Environmental Award: Lauren Barber,
Caution: Lead at Play
White Ribbon: Brooks Bailey, Brooks’
Deadliest Catch; Robyn Sanders, Bag It Up;
Nicholas Schantz, Watt’s Up With That?
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STS Students Honored
by Young Authors Project
Spelling Bee Champ
Sixth-grader Hailey Camper was among
the 78 participants in the 2011 Wake
County Spelling Bee held at North Carolina
State University. She was invited to participate after winning the St. Timothy’s
Spelling Bee in December.
F
irst grader Tommy Frank turned a handshake with President Barack Obama into
an award-winning essay.
“The Day I Met the President” won both
the Raleigh-Wake and the state-level awards
in the 2010-2011 Youth Authors Project
sponsored by the North Carolina Reading
Council. This year’s competition called for
non-fiction stories of no more than 300
words based on the theme That’s a Fact.
Chloe Lias, Tommy’s classmate in Sharon
Carlson’s first grade class, was also a regional
winner. Her entry, “First Place,” chronicled
her first place win in a swim meet.
Sixth graders Justin Jebsen and William
Wallace, students of Diane Mills, and seventh grader Erik Turley, a student of Angela
Parrish, also placed in the regional competition. Justin’s essay was entitled “Undertow
Trouble,” his true story of surviving a riptide
at the beach. William entered “Cotton
Mouth in Hot Pursuit,” his experience with
a poisonous snake. For his winning entry,
Erik wrote “White Marlin Fishing.”
The five regional winners were honored at
a celebration at Meredith College on Febru-
This was the first county spelling bee
since 1997 and was a precursor to the
Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in
Washington, DC next month.
First grade teacher Sharon Carlson with Chloe
Lias and Tommy Frank at the Young Authors
Awards.
ary 27. Tommy will be recognized again in
March at a celebration honoring the state
winners. n
NJHS Inducts 27 Students
I
n a solemn ceremony befitting the honor,
27 seventh and eighth grade students were
inducted into the St. Timothy’s chapter of the
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) last
fall. Founded in 1929, the NJHS is one of
the nation’s top organizations recognizing the
achievements of outstanding middle school
students.
After an opening prayer by Father James and
remarks by Chris Wilson, STS history teacher
and chapter advisor, current NJHS members
described the five characteristics demonstrated
Taylor Smith lights a candle during the NJHS
by the nominees: scholarship, service, citizeninductions last fall.
ship, leadership and character.
“I am so pleased with the many service-related contributions made by last year’s National
Junior Honor Society inductees,” Wilson said. “I expect this year’s group of inductees to make
a similar contribution and to create a positive image for this organization on our campus.”
Chapter officers Kurtis Konrad (president), Morgan Seidel (vice-president) and Haley Gardner (secretary) presided over the inductions, Mr. Wilson led the recitation of the NJHS pledge
and Headmaster Mike Bailey delivered the closing remarks.
Students and their families were honored at a reception following the program.
Congratulations to Catherine Allen, Meredith Blackmon, Chip Cervi, Abby Chilman,
Sophie Ebihara, Anne Elkins, A.J. Frank, Rachel Harris, Jack Hart, Jackson Hawkins, Kate
Hawkins, Emma Koeleveld, Alex Matthews, Haley Murdoch, Leila Mustafa, Davis Peacock,
Erin Perry, Luke Petty, Robyn Sawyers, Lily Schneider, Ana Sheridan, Taylor Smith, Charlotte
Welsh, Sean Wingo, Bancks Holmes and Lee Whitley. n
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Hailey Camper at the Wake County Spelling
Bee.
Eric Lester Wins Again!
If there’s one thing to be said about Eric
Lester, it’s that he knows his geography!
The eighth grader was a repeat winner in
this year’s St. Timothy’s Geography Bee.
The winner of each school competition
takes a written test and, with a qualifying
score, is invited to participate in the state
geography bee. Eric will advanced to the
state competition again this year.
“Eric is the first repeat champion the
school has had,” said Matt Scheer, faculty
coordinator for the geography bee.
Eric Lester with Matt Scheer, faculty
coordinator of the STS Geography Bee.
Melissa McBride Advances as Dog Handler
W
hen Melissa McBride was in the fifth
grade, she entered a dog show as a
novice junior handler. Although she enjoyed
showing her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, it
was her first and last dog show – or so she
thought!
Three years later, the show ring again
beckoned Melissa. Last August, she entered
a show in Greensboro. In September, she
showed in Pinehurst. Later that month, the
STS eighth grader entered her dog in the
Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America
(PWCCA) National Specialty held in Lancaster, PA.
“This is the big show,” Melissa explained,
“where all the top dogs in the breed compete.” There were 400 entries in this conformation show.
Melissa showed Charlie (CH Carter Hall
Captain Crunch), the five-year-old champion she co-owns with his breeder, Judy Bolin
of Zebulon, in three different events:
Champion Sweepstakes, for dogs who
have already attained championship status
Junior Showmanship, where the handlers
presenting the dogs are being judged
Best Junior, for all first place winners of
the Junior Showmanship event
The Junior Showmanship category is for
nine to 18-year-old handlers and is divided
into six classes: novice junior, novice intermediate, novice senior, open junior, open
intermediate and open senior.
“Novices have to win three first place
awards with competition to move up to the
open category,” she explained. Attaining
wins in Greensboro and Pinehust, Melissa
showed as an open intermediate in the
specialty show.
Melissa won the open intermediate
category, qualifying her to enter the Best
Junior competition. She placed second in
this elite competition and, with a little more
cooperation from Charlie, might have won
first place.
“He spotted Ms. Bolin (his breeder/coowner) and got distracted,” she said.
Past presidents of Friends of St. Timothy’s met at a recent reunion organized by Copie
Cain. (Left to right) Mitzi Reynolds, Susan Patton, Copie Cain, Erin McCord, Alice Wilson, Julie Lowe and Carla Pasi enjoyed catching up over lunch. “We hope to repeat
this event annually and locate many more past presidents,” Cain said. If you have
ever served as president of Friends of St. Timothy’s, contact Copie at [email protected].
com to be included in next year’s event.
16 s p i r i T
SPRI N G
2011
Melissa McBride with Charlie, her five-year-old
Champion Corgi.
Normally, Melissa is able to keep Charlie
on task with a few treats. While most dogs
settle for “doggie treats,” she said, Charlie
has a more sophisticate palate, preferring
fresh chicken, ham, salmon and turkey
tidbits. While Melissa is happy to oblige,
she confessed that it does get a little messy
to pocket the morsels in her tailored show
outfit!
On October 16-17, Melissa entered Charlie and her Corgi puppy, Poppy, at a show in
Wilmington. In her first show, Poppy placed
a respectable third in puppy bitches. Charlie
took Select Dog, earning him a major for his
grand championship.
Perhaps the biggest winner of the weekend
was Melissa, who took home her very first
Best Junior award. “We had a great time,
too!” she said.
In November, Melissa showed Charlie in
Winston-Salem where he won Best of Breed
and went on to compete with all other Best
of Breeds in the Herding Group. Over two
days of competition, he placed third and
fourth.
Next on the horizon for Melissa, Charlie
and Poppy is the Tarheel Cluster of Dog
Shows in Raleigh spanning March 23-27.
She will miss the Saturday show due to a volleyball tournament in Statesboro.
At press time, Melissa was still negotiating
with her parents about the weekday shows.
“I would have to miss school those days,” she
explained. “I’ll keep you posted!” 
2009-2010
Financial
Information
$41,758
$15,800
Founder’s Day
Friend’s of St. Timothy’s
$19,580
Titan Athletic
Club
$45,165
Giving
to St. Timothy’s
School
2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 A P P R E C I A T I O N R eport
$47,822
The Annual Fund
Lisa Ham
Memorial
Fund
$111,921
Phase 1 & Phase 2
Capital Campaign
Gifts
(Excludes Gifts-in-Kind)
2%
4%
Other
Gifts
94%
Tuition & Fees
Operating Income
9%
Maintenance
& Facilities
17%
Curriculum
& Programs
74%
Salaries/Benefits
Operating Expenses
*All figures based on the fiscal year
July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010, unaudited. All donors listed in this report
made a gift between July 1, 2009,
and June 30, 2010. Great effort has
been made to ensure that the information is accurate. If any error is found,
please notify the Development Office at
787-3011.
T
uition revenue at St. Timothy’s School, similar to other private or
independent schools, only covers a portion of the school’s actual annual operating
expenses.
Donations to St. Timothy’s School are classified as restricted or unrestricted gifts. All of these
gifts are voluntary and, in almost all cases, they are tax deductible.
Restricted gifts can be given for specific line-items within the school’s operating budget.
With an unrestricted gift, the school has the discretion to use the money as part of its operating budget.
The best example of an unrestricted gift is a donation to the Annual Fund. Each year, money from
the Annual Fund helps keep the school operating and is the critical difference in helping to
make tuition more affordable for St. Timothy’s School families.
Thank you to the many families and organizations that supported St. Timothy’s School
with gifts of money and time. The 2009-2010
Appreciation Report on pages 18-23 highlights
the generosity of our St. Timothy’s School community for the time period beginning July 1, 2009
and ending June 30, 2010.
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Contributors to the Phase II Capital Campaign,
2009-2010 Annual Fund and Lisa Ham Memorial Fund
Honor Roll
Katharine and Wallace Andrew Julie and John Ardini Carol and Gary Ashworth
Daphne and Ralph Ashworth
Brenda and Jim Beamon
Anita and Harold Berry
Sarah Bethune
Julie and Andy Bilodeau
Shirley and Aubrey Blanks
Renee and Jerry Boyd
Elizabeth Brandt
Ruth Bresson
Breuer and Co.
Helen Briggs
Kathy and Tom Brannon
Noelle and Howard Browne
Nita and Odell Cagle
Susan and Michael Caldwell
Beth and John Carley
Jean and Michael Carter
Ellen Casey
Deborah and Grant Castrodale
Sandra Chappell
Elaine and Don Clark
Gretchen and Clay Clifton
Beth Colbert
Luisa and William Costigan
Ernie Cox and Samantha Solimeo
Becky and Les Crenshaw
Robin and John Dorsey
Andrea Edwards
C.J. and Frank Edwards
Kathleen Fegan
Timothy Fegan
William Flournoy
Diane Fowlkes
Mary and Michael Frazier
Suzanne and Tom Fritsch
Susan and Ed Gannon
E.D. Gaskins
Jennifer Gibson
Janet and Greg Gosse
Nancy Grigg
Sallie and Gordon Grubb
James Joslin and Beth Hahn
Carie and Paul Hamilton
Bonnie Hanson
Peyton and Scott Hatfield
Donna and Peter Heffring
Maura and Donald Horton
Patty Asher Hunt
Ginger and John Jernigan
Julanne and Richard Kalin
Sharon and Velma Keen
Barbara and John Kelley
Sara Lynn Kennedy
Ginny and Pete Kinkead
Sarah and Joe Kingery
Sara and Paul Koch
Todd Lempicki
Charlotte Lewis
Karin Linthicum
Nina and David Long
Nora and Frank Losada
Lyn Maness
Millie Maxwell
Ralph McDonald and Margaret
McLaurin
Elizabeth McMillan
Ruth Miller
Karen Monna
Frank Morey
Pauline and Donald Orr
Lisa and Tim Osiecki
Palm Avenue
Tammy Palmer
Winkie and Barrett Patterson
Allen Patton
Susan Patton
Diane and Mike Payne
Katherine and Robert Pellack
Sonja and George Perkins
Cathy and Dan Pope
Alice Poskel
Marietta Potok
Debbie and Bob Potter
Virginia and Bob Price
Amanda and Robert Ramseur
Chantal and Jonathan Register
Bryant Reid and Tanya Stockton
J.R. Richardson
Barbara and Gordon Robeson
Sandy and Jack Robinson
Ellen and Leo Sadovy
Sue and Scott Sager
Diane and Paul Schroeder
Gina and Gregg Schwitzgebel
Mitzi and Phil Sheridan
Lynne Sizemore
Richard Solli
Barbara and William St. Amant
St. Timothy’s School Class of 2010
Nancy and Bob Steele
Jennifer and Jay Taylor
Heather and Bruce Thompson
Shelly and Tony Thompson
Judy and Ed Todd
Kathy and John Walch
Amanda Walker
Brittany Walker
Jan and Chris Walker
Caroline and Marshall Wall
Ansley and Paul Wegner
Holly and Tommy West
George Whitaker
Philip Wirtz and Cynthia Rohrbeck
Bonnie Wright
Rodney Young
White Club
Michelle and Craig Adcock
Yusbeht and Elias Barrios
Benefit Controls Companies
Laura and Rob Bierer
Nancy and Scott Bloebaum
Whitney and John Boylan
Marsha and Cecil Burt
Raymond Collins
Wendy and Chris Cook
Chris and Glenn Crater
Lee Davis
Mika and Julian Drew
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Jean and John Duncan
Kris and Mark Ference
Nancy and David Gardner
Glaxo Smith Kline
Nancy Goodling
Kim Grant
Susan and Scott Gressel
Father George and Carolyn Hale
Denise and Jeff Hall
Lori Hennelly
Stacey and Joey Jacobs
Michael Jebsen and Kimberly Fox
Maola Jones
Laurie and William Marston
Erin and Chase McCord
Beth and Tony Millbank
Lynne and Jeff Sanders
Tina and Harvey Skinner
Benjamin Smith and Wendy ElliottSmith
Celeste and Bill Stuckey
Debra and Robert Vinci
Tracee Whitley
Susan and Scott Willson
Blue Club
Becky and Troy Anderson
Muff and Gene Braswell
Joanne and Steve Brown
Barbara and David Buffaloe
Jenny and Paul Burroughs
Evelyn and Richard Casey
April and Phil Cervi
Shelley and Jeb Collins
Lisa and Derek Covell
Cynthia and Rick Feathers
Margaret and Mac Foster
Jill and Jeff Futch
Bruce Ham
Ellen and David Hawkins
Nancy and Norbert Hector
Julia and David Hoke
Kay and Henry Hutcheson
Donna Ivey
Charla and Randall Katz
Ginny and Keith Killinger
Karyn and Alistair Macdonald
Sharon and Michael Mathis
Crissie and Dennis Moody
Mae Omie and Graham Mosely
Laura and Chuck Neely
Ann and David Permar
Wren and Robert Rehm
Patty and Gary Rinehard
Mary Laura and Frank Sabiston
Gina and James Smith
Perry and Bill Suk
Target
Margareta and James Thompson
Annette and Marc Tucker
Renee and Joe Ward
Janet and Jim Whited
Faye and David Wilson
Holly and David Chilman
Mara and Bud Frank
Honeywell
Marty and Rom Lewis
Meg and Brian Mansfield
Jenny and Neal Meads
Maria and Will Plentl
Julie and Rhett Taber
Chairman’s Honor Society
Beth and Ben Atkeson
Mike Bailey
Heather and Paul Bonavita
Kathy and Mark Brown
Karen and Joe Campbell
Heather and Ed Garrabrant
Katie and Tom Barrett
Melinda and P.J. Barber
Ellen and Gary Benzine
Ana and Robert Brady
Debra and Jack Burke
Jim and Copie Cain
Sallie and Dan Cahill
Ann and John Campbell
Lisa and Leon Capetanos
Cathy and Al Clement
Sallie and Kent Collins
Susan and John Denny
Ann and Joe Diab
Jeff and Christy Dunn
Friends of St. Timothy’s
Vicki and Ed Fritsch
General Mills Box Tops for Education
Jill and Nelson Harris
Harris Teeter
Deborah and Mike Hensley
Terry and Thomas Henson
Libby and Brian Hnat
Dottie and Noah Huffstetler
Vicki and Ted Huntwork
Betsy and Jay James
Chris and Larry Jones
Headmaster’s List
4C Communications
Lora and Kevin Barnett
Cristin and Howard Brand
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Helen and Calvin Kirven
Patricia and Robin Koeleveld
Suzanne and Bob Koscso
Land’s End
Beth and Haden Lane
Deanna and Michael Lord
Kelly and Michael Mackay
Michelle and Jim Major
Sandy and Bill McNeill
Kristine and Curtis Mears
Sally and Mac Merrell
Tom and Jane Monaco
Carrie and Bruce Murdoch
North State Bank
Laura and Mitch Perry
William H. Pitt Foundation
Kristi and Curt Plyler
Sandy and Joe Quinn
Tony Quartararo and Elena Ceberio
Caroline and Charlie Raphun
Lori and Jeff Reedy
Gaile and Scott Renegar
Laura Riddick and Matthew Eisele
Debbie and Larry Robbins
Tamara and Shannon Rouse
Phoebe and Muhammad Sanders
Malinda and David Schantz
Michele and Adam Schneider
Martha and Kevin Schneider
Jodi and Mike Snare
St. Timothy’s School Student Council
Jill and Jon Strickland
Chris Swift and May Bai
Sona and Bob Thorburn
Judy and Ken Tison
Beth and Morris Treadway
Gretchen and Tommy Waldrop
Melanie and Franklin Walker
Cameron and Scott Warren
Judy and Battle Whitley
Barbara and Kirk Whorf
Tiffany and Paul Woodard
Titan Athletic Club 2009-2010
Corporate Sponsors
Platinum:
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Gold
Blackmon Insurance Agency
Blalock Paving
Capital Cash
Henson and Fuerst, PA
Spectrum Properties
Sunshine Pediatrics
Silver
Stokes Lawn Care
Bronze
Capstone Bank
Individual and
Family Sponsors
Blue and White Club
Katie and Tom Barrett
Laura and Rob Bierer
Reid Bryant and Tanya Stockton
Raymond Collins
Wendy and Chris Cook
Mika and Julian Drew
Suzanne and Tom Fritsch
Nancy and David Gardner
Jennifer Gibson
Peyton and Scott Hatfield
Sara and Paul Koch
Beth and Haden Lane
Charlotte Lewis
Lisa and Tim Osiecki
Tammy Palmer
Cathy and Dan Pope
Malinda and David Schantz
Gina and Gregg Schwitzgebel
Mitzi and Phil Sheridan
Tina and Harvey Skinner
Renee and Joe Ward
Captain’s Club
Debra and Jack Burke
Jim and Copie Cain
Evelyn and Richard Casey
Cynthia and Rick Feathers
Denise and Jeff Hall
Nancy Hector
Norbert Hector
Stacey and Joey Jacobs
Tom and Jane Monaco
Sandy and Joe Quinn
Benjamin Smith and Wendy ElliottSmith
Susan Tannery
Coach’s Club
Carolyn and Marty Blackmon
April and Phil Cervi
Holly and David Chilman
Terry and Thomas Henson
Vicki and Ted Huntwork
Gaile and Scott Renegar
Tamara and Shannon Rouse
Dee and Robbie Stokes
Titan Club
Whitney and John Boylan
Kimberly Fox and Michael Jebsen
Dina and Tom Law
Carrie and Bruce Murdoch
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Derby Day Sponsors
FUNNY CIDES
Kathy and Mark Brown
Genevieve and Bernard Dyson
Kris and Mark Ference
Julia and David Hoke
Sharon and Velma Keen
Maria and Will Plentl
Sandy and Jack Robinson
SMARTY JONESES
Melinda and P.J. Barber
Matthew Cali and Loretta Paratore
Teresa Ciannamea
Kate and Hillman Duncan
Mara and Bud Frank
Stephanie and Kraig Haglund
Jenni and Tim Hart
Ellen and David Hawkins
Deborah and Mike Hensley
Beth and Haden Lane
Benji and Gene Jones
Charla and Randy Katz
Illyse and Jeff Lane
Marty and Rom Lewis
Karyn and Alistair Macdonald
Michelle and Jim Major
Allen Patton
Susan Patton
Leslie and Kyle Roth
Amber and Roby Sawyers
Betsy and Jeff Wood
Friends sponsored
events and programs
for our school:
BIG BROWNS
Susan and John Denny
Laurie and Lyndon Jordan
Book Fair
Camp Fair
Cultural Arts Program
Faculty Appreciation
Honors Reading
Meet the Teacher Night
Receptions
Summer Math
and Reading Programs
Friends volunteer
coordination:
8th Grade Graduation Reception
Balloon Day
Fine Arts – Art, Drama, Music
Founders’ Day Event
Friends in Need
“Green” Efforts (Recycling)
Library
Lost and Found
Open House
Playground Committee
Room Parents
Science Fair
Spirit Week
Welcome Committee
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Derby Day Gifts-in-Kind Donors
111 Main
Active Ergonomics®
Amanda and Thom Williams
Amante Pizza
Adam and Michele Schneider
Andy Bilodeau
Bailey’s Fine Jewelry
Benji Jones
Beth and Jay Alley
BJ Nowak
Bodylase Skin Spa
Bonnie Millis
Bruegger’s Bagels
Cakes by Kim
Capital Cash and Pawn/David
& Faye Wilson
Carolina Dental Arts Kyle Roth DDS
Carolyn and Marty Blackmon
Carolina Mudcats
Chantal Register
Charlotte’s
Chris Jones
Christy Newell
Deanna Lord
Deb Bardeen
Deb Jordan
Debbie Potter
Diane Schroeder
Douglas Carroll Salon
Dr. Caroline Cheek-Hill
Dudley and Betsy Gwaltney
Durham Bulls Baseball Club
Ed and Heather Garrabrant
Edwin F. Harris, Jr.
Eighth Grade Art Class
Elaine Clark
Elaine Miller Jewelry Collection
Elizabeth Dixon
Elizabeth Gardner & WRAL
Eric Lyons
Frame Warehouse
Fr. George and Carolyn Hale
Gail Scoggin
Gena Chandler
Gina Stephens
Globetrotter
Hasentree
J Alane’s
James Daniel
Jen Lias
Jennifer Robertson Photography
Jerry and Grace Hurst
Joanne Brown
Jolly’s Jewelers
Josh White
Julie Swinson
Kate Duncan
Kim Balentine
Kit and John McConnell
Kootie Bug Designs
Kris Ference
Lamb’s Ear
Laura Bierer
Leslie Roth
Lil’ Chef Kids Cooking Studio
Lisa Messick
Lisa Phipps
Luxe Apothecary
Lynne Sanders
Malinda Schantz
Maids Home Services
Mara Frank
Marbles Kids Museum
Melanie Smith from Four Paws
Animal Clinic
Melinda Barber
Melissa Smith
Midtown Magazine
Mike and Deborah Hensley
Mobley’s Shoes
Mollybeads
Morgan Miller
Moxie Kids
Neal and Jenny Meads
North Carolina Ballet
North Carolina Symphony
North Carolina Theatre
North Raleigh Gymnastics
Nowell’s
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Outdoor Bird Company
Perry Suk
Polka Dots
Raleigh Little Theatre
Renaissance Raleigh Hotel
Rob and Steph Alphin
Robert Kent & Associates
S.C. Ritchie Art
Sandy Robinson
Sara Graham with SaraG Photography
Schwarz Plastic Surgery
Seaboard Wine Warehouse
Seventh Grade Art Class
Sharon Carlson
Sharon Mathis
Silver Palate Feeders
Sitter Connection
Skin and Cosmetic Solutions
Sports Clips
St. Timothy’s School
Sue and Scott Sager
Susan and Allen Patton
Susan and Steve Dixon
Susan and Steve Vebber
Susan Read
Sweet Baby Signs
Tanas Hair Designs & Day Spa
TeaGschwender
The Burning Coal Theatre Company
The Painted Butterfly
Tiny Tag Designs and Melissa Clayton
Tobi Buckley and B’s Purses
TPC Wakefield Plantation
Urban Food Group
Wes Hare
White Dahlia
Winston’s Grille
Wren and Robert Rehm
Laying the Foundation, continued from page 1
With students for whom reading comes easily and naturally,
Fundations provides a specific
system of decoding (reading) and
encoding (spelling). By teaching more advanced readers a set
of phonics rules – Ck comes at
the end of the word after a short
vowel is heard, for example – they
become more fluent readers.
And when students don’t have
to spend time figuring out a
word, they can focus on comprehending the information.
With the incorporation of
Fundations into the curriculum
three years ago, first grade teachers
found they no longer needed
spelling books.
Each week, students memorize
three trick words that don’t follow
the phonetic rules they’ve been
taught. The other seven words
on the weekly spelling test are not
even given to students in advance.
They simply figure them out
based on these phonetic rules.
“What do we call these letters?” first grade teacher Debbie
Potter asks her students, pointing
to f, l, s and z.
Bonus letters, the students
reply in unison – letters that are
doubled at the end of a word
with a short vowel – and they offer the words miss, puff and buzz
as examples.
“What about these letters?”
she asks while pointing to ch, ck,
sh, th and wh.
Not only do the students
know that these are digraphs,
but they explain that digraphs
are two consonants together that
make one sound, that ck always
comes at the end of a word, and
that wh comes at the beginning
of a word.
Upping the ante, Potter points
to ang, ank, ing, ink, ong, onk,
ung, unk, an, am and all. These
are glued sounds, the students
tell her – when a vowel is hooked
to a consonant that changes the
Dylan Hector marks a digraph, one of the Fundations tools to learn reading
and spelling.
sound of the vowel, as in the
word ball.
In response to the success
of Fundations in kindergarten
and first grade, STS second
grade teachers implemented the
program last year. Their students
are spelling multi-syllabic words
not through memorization, but
by breaking them down into syllables and sounds.
“In my opinion, one of the
greatest assets of Fundations is
that it gives students a rule-based
foundation to decode words,”
said second grade teacher Diane
Schroeder. “It eliminates guessing to figure out words.” 
Fundations in Action
Like runners stretching before a race, the
students in Deanna Lord’s kindergarten class
know the drill.
with a trick word, what, so-called
because it doesn’t follow the rules
of pronunciation.
“Be my echo,” she instructs the students
assembled at her feet on the brightly patterned rug. In unison, they repeat a series
of three words after Lord. Arms fly into the
air, as each student is eager to announce the
two words that rhyme. The pace is quick and
the words get harder, but the students don’t
miss a beat.
But recognizing the words isn’t all
that’s required to read.
They may not realize it, but they have just
concluded an exercise in phonemic awareness.
Sufficiently warmed up, they move from rug
to tables and Lord passes out 26 small cards,
each with a letter of the alphabet.
One by one, students leave their seats to
place letters on the whiteboard in alphabetical order. As soon as Z hits the board,
students recite the complete alphabet. Led
by randomly selected drill leaders, they echo
in rhythmic unison: a–apple–/ă/, b–bat–/b/,
c–cat–/k/…
By now they are 15 minutes into the halfhour reading lesson and Lord passes out
magnetic alphabet boards.
“Reading must sound like talking,” Lord tells the class, and she
introduces the concept of scooping words in a sentence. She even
touches on intonation. “What do
you do with your voice at the end
of a question?” she asks. “Go high!”
a student responds.
Kindergarten teacher Deanna Lord helps her students to
With five minutes remaining, sturecognize sounds and, in turn, words.
dents return to the rug and form
a circle as Lord passes out word cards as she
sings:
“Remember what we do before we make a
word,” she reminds the class. “We echo the
word, we tap the letters with our fingers
and then we find the letters.” Students go
to work, spelling words like bed, hip, mix and
gum on their magnetic boards.
The wonder word goes round and round,
To pass it quickly you are bound.
If you’re the one to have it last,
You must read it rather fast!
That task accomplished, students turn to the
whiteboard, where Lord has posted three
sentence strips. She notes that each begins
with an upper case letter and ends with
a period or question mark, one sentence
contains a name, and names also begin with
upper case letters. One sentence begins
23 s p i r i T
SPRI N G
And that’s exactly what the eager students
do as they read their words, quickly and
correctly. They seem disappointed, in fact,
when the reading lesson comes to an end.
Time flies when you’re having so much fun!
2011
COMING
SOON!
NONPROFIT
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PAID
4523 Six Forks Road
PO Box 17787 • Raleigh, NC 27619
www.sttimothys.org
April 8
Kindergarten
Hat Parade
April 18-25
Easter Break
(No School)
May 1
Spring Open House
May 14
Founders’ Day
Disco Ball
June 2
Eighth Grade
Graduation
Don’t forget to RE-LINK your Harris Teeter Cards and designate STS! (#2635)
Balloon Day at St. Timothy’s
B
alloon Day is a tradition that is
almost as old as St. Timothy’s!
Held on or near Valentine’s Day,
the event is sponsored by Student
Council with generous assistance
from Friends of St. Timothy’s.
Students purchased balloons
for classmates, teachers, Biggles,
Littles, Study Buddies and other
friends on campus. Order forms
were sent home in mid-January
and processed by Friends of
St. Timothys. Students received
a Valentine card to fill out and
return for each balloon recipient.
On Balloon Day, a “village” of
Friends volunteers inflated the
balloons and Student Council
representatives made the deliveries. Each student received a bouquet of 10 red and white balloons.
This year’s Balloon Day raised
$7,000. Student Council will
determine the recipients of these
proceeds in the spring.
RALEIGH NC
PERMIT NO 2341

Laying the Foundation with Fundations

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