Oak Park Education Foundation Annual Report

Oak Park
Education
Foundation
Annual
Report
2011-2012
Dear Friends,
from school and says, “Guess what
I did in school today?” What if the answer had nothing to do with lunch
or recess? Instead, your child describes working with a real architect,
experimenting with electricity and magnets alongside a visiting scientist,
or choreographing a dance
about the moon and stars with
a professional dancer. These
are the kinds of mind-expanding
experiences that the Oak Park
Education Foundation brings
to children in Oak Park’s
public schools.
Imagine your child comes home
23 years of fostering creative
problem solving and helping
children make meaningful
connections between their
studies and the real world.
Because most of our programs
take place in classrooms
during the school day, and all
of our school-year programs
are provided free of charge, we make connections for all Kindergarten
through 8th grade students in the District 97 schools. We spark “aha”
moments for kids who think they hate science until they test their school
for bacteria with a microbiologist, or third graders who didn’t know they
were good at engineering until they built a windmill using our Geared Up
LEGO kits, or children who didn’t want to learn math until our Architecture
Adventure architect taught them to use it to build a model to scale.
Thanks to supporters like you, the Oak Park Education Foundation is
celebrating our 23rd year of fostering creative problem solving and
helping children make meaningful connections between their studies
and the real world. Thank you for supporting OPEF and exciting,
hands-on learning for all our students!
Angie DoddDeb Abrahamson
President of the Board
Executive Director
Cover Photo: ‘Ian Moss’ taken by Ian Moss (2012 BASE Camp, ‘Digital Photography’ Class) 5th Grader at Longfellow
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Q:What are
the Benefits of
OPEF Programs?
A:Oak Park
Teachers Talk…
Benefit #4: Experts from the Community
“It is extremely beneficial to have a ‘real’
scientist instruct the class and lead them on
a variety of chemistry activities. The children
loved it and gained knowledge by participating.”
Benefit #5: Professional Development
“I love the integration of the arts and I love learning
from having others teach in my classroom. These
programs also help with differentiating instruction
and meeting the different learning styles of
the students.”
Benefit #1: Career Education
“Exposing my students to outside experts lets
them see how math and science can lead to
an exciting career.”
Benefit #2: Connections to the Curriculum
“I loved that with Art Start I was able to incorporate
more movement activities into my classroom – and
these activities helped support the curriculum.”
Benefit #3: Connections Beyond the Curriculum
“Students were exposed to education outside the
regular curriculum, with creative educators who
did not have to worry about ‘teaching to the test.’”
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Benefit #6: Creative Problem Solving
“Your programs help us to think outside the box,
engaging students in higher-level problem solving
and cooperative and collaborative projects.”
Benefit #7: Opportunities for all Students
“OPEF programs happen in school so all students
can participate.”
Benefit #8: Engaged Learning
“The Oak Park Education Foundation is providing
the most exciting curriculum my students have
in District 97.”
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VEX Robotics
Art Start
a wildly successful year! In February,
three of our teams took first place in a Midwest regional competition, triumphing
over mostly high school competitors. We sent them on to the VEX Robotics
National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska with the help of many supporters
in our community. Armed with their bots and their motto: “We Gear It – You
Fear It!” the Oak Park boys and girls all qualified for the finals…and one of
our teams finished 2nd in the nation among middle schools!
H o w m a n y w a y s c a n y o u l e a r n a lesson and communicate what you’ve
learned? In our Art Start program, Kindergarten, first and second graders
delve into academic subjects using the many tools and the guidance of
professional visual and performing artists. Learning through art is a
challenging, creative and often eye-opening process.
OPEF’s VEX Robotics teams had
We are proud of all 82 VEX team members at Julian and Brooks, who convened
after school every week to design, build, program and compete with their
robots in a challenging skills game. Mentored by their teachers, professional
engineers, parents and high school VEX alums, the students honed not
only their engineering skills, but also demonstrated impressive teamwork,
dedication and perseverance.
This year our Art Start students tackled big subjects using art. For example,
they wrote plays about weather, made their own cave paintings and fossils,
chalked art and haiku on the sidewalk, sewed a quilt about the Underground
Railroad, and mastered dances from different cultures. They expanded their
outlooks on themselves and the world around them.
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“The students were engaged and ENTHRALLED with the projects and information they learned.
I heard wonderful feedback from the parents.” - Art Start teacher
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“I was intimidated at first by the advanced parts I hadn’t seen before and all of the experienced
people. Then I was proud of myself because I could make this awesome creation that could move!”
- 6th grade VEX Robotics student
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Science Alliance
Geared Up
O u r e x c i t i n g r o s t e r o f vi s i t i n g s c i e n t i s t s in 2011-12 included
environmental scientists from the EPA , a cardiologist from Children’s Memorial
Hospital, an astronomer from I IT and an evolutionary biologist from the
University of Chicago. Working side by side with these professionals, our students
learn that science has many practical applications that smart, interesting
adults in their community use in their work every day.
T h i r d g r a d e r s a c r o s s Di s t r i c t 9 7 l e a r n e D HOW simple machines
work using LEGO s to explore force and motion in our Geared Up program.
Geared Up uses LEGO Motorized Mechanisms to teach exciting hands-on
lessons, with students testing their own ideas and working in teams of two.
In fifth grade classrooms, students built windmills as part of their studies on
generating and storing energy.
Scientists, students and teachers in Science Alliance classrooms ran experiments to learn how electricity is conducted, discover what a comet is made
of, and learn how lifestyle choices affect our health by examining actual
human heart and lung specimens. Putting the scientific process into action
inspires some students to consider careers in science, and inspires all students
to look more closely and critically at the world around them.
In addition to LEGO engineering, numerous District 97 students participated
in LEGO Landmarks this year, a joint project with our Architecture Adventure
program. Kids studied notable buildings around the world, learned how to
create models to scale, and worked in groups to design and construct their
own landmarks using LEGO s.
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“The greatest strength of the program is that kids get to see that members of their community are
actual scientists. Some students may not have realized that being a scientist is a real job and a real
option for them in the future.” - 3rd grade teacher
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“I want to sincerely thank you for this awesome opportunity for my students to combine math
and LEGOs. The kids were engaged, had fun and felt very proud and successful of their Chicago
landmarks. I really enjoyed watching them apply their math knowledge, work cooperatively and
take pride in their hard work.” - Beye Elementary 3rd grade teacher
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Architecture Adventure
B A S E Camp
our community
working together to educate its children. Our visiting architects share their
expertise and enthusiasm with students, helping them imagine, design and
create models of buildings, landscapes, and communities. They collaborate
on projects that directly relate to the children’s studies – not only in art and
social studies, but also in math, literature or science.
educational summer
programs, open to all students, fill a void in the Oak Park camp scene. We
expanded our offerings in 2012 to include nine different classes, variations
on all of OPEF ’s school-year programs. We provided imaginative activities,
challenging curricula, enthusiastic teachers and lots of fun. We also awarded
many scholarships for kids in need and employed 43 local high school and
college students as teaching assistants.
A r c h i t ec t u r e A d v e n t u r e i s a s h i n i n g e x a m p l e O F
This year, many of our students saw their work proudly displayed in the
windows of area businesses and in public spaces at their schools. They
drew sketches and plans, built models, and learned to design on paper and
on the computer. They studied history, vocabulary, map making, city planning
and structural design. They explored their own neighborhoods and became
familiar with structures around the world.
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“Students who normally were not engaged, or even interested in this topic, were thrilled with
working with an actual architect and technology that allowed them to be creative as well as
learn like a professional. An A+ program!” - 4th grade teacher
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B A S E C a m p p a r e n t s t e l l u s t h a t o u r f u n AND
Our BASE Campers studied genetics research and created a mural about
Henrietta Lacks under the “EL,” used a Computer Aided Design system to
create a model train, constructed complex structures using architectural tools
and materials, designed robotic tentacles for Ursula in BRAVO ’s summer
production of The Little Mermaid, composed and performed songs, and much,
much, more.
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“The hands-on projects were great…they keep the kids engaged and not feeling like they’re in school.
My child came out of BASE Camp with a smile on his face each day” - BASE Camp parent
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2011-12 Annual Report
2011-12 Financial Statements
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Children Served
June 30, 2012
June 30, 2011
R E V E N U ES
Contributions and grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 72,611
Special events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,009
Summer program income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,235
In-kind goods and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,173
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
556
Miscellaneous income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
334
Total Revenues and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $362,918
$ 72,402
$ 86,509
$ 51,605
$ 71,990
$
802
$ 1,396
$284,704
E X P E N SES
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $285,459
Management and general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30,069
Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,286
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $365,814
$193,288
$ 25,412
$ 41,549
$260,249
Time Donated
C H A N G E I N N ET ASSET S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (2,896)
$ 24,455
150166 Volunteers
2,3002,590 Hours Volunteered
$72,000$118,000 Time Donated
N E T ASSET S
Beginning of the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $153,718
Prior period adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
–
E N D OF T H E Y EAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,822
$128,842
$
421
$ 153,718
3,072
Statements of Activities
3,334
SCHOOL
YEAR
130
SCHOOL
YEAR
B•A•S•E
CAMP
3,541
362
SCHOOL
YEAR
B•A•S•E
CAMP
09-2010
581
B•A•S•E
CAMP
10-2011
11-2012
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10-2011
11-2012
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Sources of Funding
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Distribution of Expenses
23%
70%
Camp Fees
Individuals
2% Grants
74%
16%
10%
10-2011
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5%
78%
14%
Fundraising
Programs
8%
Administration
Businesses
Investment/Interest
$
556
Grants
$
8,413
Businesses
$ 17,420
Camp Fees
$ 83,235
Individuals: In-Kind Services
Donations
$ 123,173
$ 130,121
TOTAL
$ 362,918
11-2012
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Partners
PATRONS ($200+)
SPO NSO R S ( 0 - $ 2 0 0 )
Aria Group Architects, Inc.
AA Rental Center
Friends of
the Foundation
Automated Lifestyles, Inc.
Compass Eye Care/Dr. Albert Licup
Deb and Tom Abrahamson
Beyond Properties Realty Group
Fashions Anew
Bess and Candelario Celio
Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest
Formula Fitness Clubs
DLA Architects, LTD
Frame Warehouse
Dressel’s Hardware
DTKindler Photography
Exquisite Smiles Oak Park
Forest Park National Bank and Trust Co.
Paul Goyette Photography
Greenline Wheels
Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer Rodick & Kohn
It’s A Sign
J.C. Licht/Epco
Lakeview Bus Lines
Marion Street Cheese Market
Oak Park Jewelers
PMA Financial
viaForensics
Hoy Landscaping
Inside Edge: Public Relations and Media Services
Oak Park Kitchen and Bath
Red Hen Bread
Starship Restaurant and Catering
Sugarcup Trading
Wednesday Journal
West Suburban Medical Center
G RANTO R S
Good Heart Work Smart
Oak Park Area Arts Council
Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation
Oak Park-River Forest Community
Foundation/Future Philanthropists
Rotary Club of Oak Park and River Forest
Target
DI STRI C T 9 7 S U P P O RT E R S
Beye School PTO
Brooks Middle School PTO
Hatch School PTO
Holmes School PTO
Irving School PTO
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Staff
Executive Director
Deb Abrahamson
Assistant to the Executive Director
Patti Quilling
Matt and Carrie Cotter
Bruce and Gloria Cox
Mark and Dawn Deaton
Angie Dodd and Richard Mertz
Carol and John Dudzik
Jack and Stephanie Flynn
Molly and Matt Galo
Louise and Jim Gates
Eric and Angie Gershenson
Judy and Bill Greffin
Alec Harris and Carollina Song
Phil and Mary Beth Hausken
Elizabeth and Andrew Hibel
Krista and Gary Kaplan
Elizabeth and Alex Lippitt
Nancy Lynn and Andy Teitelman
Lynn and James J. McClure, Jr.
PROGRAM COORDINATORS
Architecture Adventure
Adrienne McMullen
Art Start Jill Kramer Goldstein
Geared Up
Gretchen Junker
Science Alliance Seth Baker
Vex Robotics
Mark Pickus
Mary Beth Hausken
ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATORS
Architecture Adventure
Lisa Sorensen
Science Alliance
Christopher Goode
Bart Miller and Margaret Jeschke
Sarah Staszak Miller and Steve Miller
VEX ROBOTICS LEADERS
Donna Myers and Aaron Lebovitz
Tim Walsh
Martin and Mary Lou Noll
Donald Robinson
Thomas and Gwen O’Loughlin
Jason Morrell
Jane and Hank Pearsall
Jessica Moncatch
Jeffrey and Joan Petertil
Stacie Klein
Jeffrey and Magda Piper
Mark Hausfeld
Doug Severson and Mim Geraghty
Bob Spatz and Lisa Ginet
Julian Middle School PTO
Stephanie Springs and Gary Cole
Lincoln School PTO
Patricia Staszak
Longfellow School PTO
Ted and Jennifer Staszak
Mann School PTO
John and Linda Tibensky
Whittier School PTO
Peter and Cindy Traczyk
Council of the PTO of Oak Park District 97
Sally Wallace
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Board of
Directors
Donors
Heidi Brown
Karen and Ned Crowley
Leah Fluecke
Karin and Larry Hansen
C. H. Bruelin
William and Judy Crozier
Deirdre Flynn
Amy Hansmann
Stephen and Elizabeth Bruner
Diane Cummings
Karen and Ruth Fogg
Amelia Hardy
Mary and Andy Burd
Amy Daigler
Robert and Nancy Follett
Rhonda Harrison-Tang
Anne Burkett
Karen and Brian Daily
Brian and Melissa Ford
Jesse Hathaway
Kathleen Burna
Linda Gilbert Dallam
Liita Forsyth
Robert Hauck
Melody and Jeremy Burton
Judith Davy
Edie and Scott Fortman
Howard and Nell Hawkinson
Jeff and Erica Canzona
Michael Foy
Kevin Hayden
Michael and Linda Caprile
Sandra Dawson and
Alan Gugel
Bob and Kathy Hayes
Catherine Carabetta
Katie Dean
Katherine Frankle and
David Goldman
Paula Caradine
Jean and John DeCaro
Sarah Franklin
Joyce Carey
Mary and Jeffrey DeGrazia
William Heffernan and
Julie Greenberg
Sarah Carey
Kim Dell’ Angela
Elizabeth Freebairn and
Ken Floody
Terri Carlton
Laura and Steve Derks
Victoria Freund
Christine Carpenter
Rocio Diaz
Crista Fuentes
Sheila Carter
Stephanie Dingman
Barbara Furlong
Bruce Caughran
Becky and Dan Dittmer
John and Gloria Garofalo
Patricia Cawley
Jack and Ann Dodd
Maria Garvy
Caren Chessick
Juliette Dols
Steven Gearhart
Norman Hirsch and
Ann Courter
Maria Chona
John and Michele Donley
Julie and John Gerut
Kevin Hirt
Judy Chrisman
Peggy D’Orio
Tom and Lana Geselbracht
Meghan Ho
Scott and Jill Christie
Scott and Donna D’Oro
Anderson
Laura Gibbs
John Hodge
Laurie Gilbert
Suzanne Holmes
Marcella Douce
Kristine Gitelson
Andrew and Sarah Homrok
Tim Duda
Michele Godfrey
Beth Houle
Carla Circo
Jeff and Kim Dungan
Michele Golden
Stephen and Jane Houle
Peter and Nancy Clark
Chastity Dunlap
Dee and Stewart Goldman
Mark and Kim Hoyt
Deborah Clause
Susie Duroe
Edith Gomero
Janice Huang
Anne Closek
Michelle Dybal and Bill Kosik
Herbert and Joanne Gordon
HuaYi He
Lauren Collins
Andrea and Steve Edwards
Janet Graf
Gayle Hudson
Linda and Kevin Conway
Stuart Edwards
Donna Gray
Leigh Ann Hughes
Tim and Sarah Cooke
Jonathan Ellwanger
James and Zoe Greco
Laura and Tim Hunnewell
Matthew Cote and Marta
Szczepanska
Kay and Scott Emery
Kim Green
Michelina Hunsberger
Christine and Brian Bonomo
Gloria Engstrom
Karen and Glenn Hunter
Jennifer Bortman
Carrie and Matt Cotter
Jeanne Fagan
Dan Greenstone and
Heidi Lynch
Heather Ipema
Jodie Ackerman
Darcy Adams
President
Angie Dodd
Tammy Adkins
Past President
Phil Hausken
Tennille Allen
Vice President
Molly Galo
Ted Staszak
Treasurer
Louise Gates
Carolyn Aeby
Theresa Amato
Jodi Anderson
Ericka and Donald Anderson
Paula and David Andries
Natalie Andrus
Heidi Areaux
Peter Barber
Sarah Arnett
Matt Cote
Monika Atkinson
Karen Daily
Stephanie Avila
Linda Francis
Heidi Babbo
Eric Larson
Denny Balish
Paul Mann
Tracy and Peter Barber
David Martin
Ted Barnes
John McCauley
Tammy and Ken Barrett
Steve Miller
Bill and Donna Barrows
Jeffrey Piper
Mariannell Bassett-Dilley
Albert G. Roberts
Ernest T. Baughman
Roselyn Roberts
Lynne Beauprez
Terra Schultz
Rob Bellmar
Lisa Schwartz
Carolyn and Eugene Berkes
Stephanie Springs
Sheila Berleman
Cindy Traczyk
Julie Bernstein
Carol Young
David and Sarah Bingaman
Robert and Christina Birkentall
Melanie Bland
Karen Blatchford
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Julie Chyna
Margaret Janavicius and
Mike Ciacciarelli
Julie Boughton
Melissa Coughlin
Angela and Davis Farnham
Nancy Greer and Tom Sundling
David and Mena Boulanger
Rhea Craigen
Julia and Darrell Griest
Charles and Patricia Brauner
Bob and Karin Crain
Patricia Feeley and
Paul Aeschleman
Lisa Brazelton
Mike Cramer and Harlene Ellin
Thad and Amy Felton
Anne and Daniel Groves
Nick and Susan Bridge
Laura Crawford
Liesl Field
Larry and Jill Haas
Karen and Kent Bromley
Jodi Cressman
Joan Fiscella
Stacy Hallab
Harmon and Dawn Brown
Debbie Creticos
Jennifer Fishman
Kyle Hansen
Gennie Grove
Jim Hayward
Ann and Russell Heinl
Tetyana Heisler
Jolie Hendrickson
Holly Hickey
Matthew Hill
James and Harla Hutchinson
Marion Ivey
Nicola Jacobs
Sheila Javor
Jennifer and John Jenks
Gert Johnson
Raymond Johnson
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Betty Johnson
Nancy and Jack Leavy
Elizabeth Miller
Roger Oney
Billson Rasavongxay
Curtis Sell
Miranda Johnson
Kelly Leroux
Joanna Ortiz and Russell Bartt
Diane Ratekin and Tom Yates
Stacy Senechalle
Nancy Johnson
Rebekkah Levin
Michael Miller and
Lori Malatesta
Nighet Razvi
Lisa and Jason Sensat
Katherine Jones
Olga Levin
Scott and Kristin Miller
Patrick O’Shaughnessey
Sherlynn Reid
Tatyana Shafiro
Dan and Mary Ann Jordan
Jackie and Jeff Libert
Stephen Miller
Wendy Owen and Greg Wolski
Hilary Reiff
Amy Shannon
David Jordan and Judith
Newman
Katherine Licup
Laurence and Ann Mills
Mike Padavic
Jeana and Tim Reisig
Victoria Sharts
Nimisha Joshi
Jeannie Linss
Elana Min
Jill Panovich
Michael Minnis
Antonis and Gina Papatsaras
Kathleen Renner
Jill Shipley-Ricks
Patricia Lipsey
Nina Ricci Halvorsen
Sarah Shirk and Matthew Girson
Chris Liskiewitz
Jennifer Mitchell
Sheryl Papier
Kelly Rice
N R Sichlau
Evette Little
Larry and Carole Mitchener
Stephanie Park
Sarah Miyata
Maria and Andrew Pascarella
BJ Richards
Sharon Sih and Brian Sklar
Janice Lodato
Karin Riggs
Ana Sikula
Larry and Diane Lohmann
Jane Moore
Todd Pasteur
Cristina Rivas
Abigail Sila
Gudelia Lopez
Kolleen Mooren
Darla Patterson
Adrianne Roach
Tali Simon and Andy Moss
Megan Loutfi
Jim and Sandi Morrow
Matthew and Julie Patterson
Dawn and Frederick Morse
Libbey and Michael Paul
Dr. Albert Roberts
Jennifer Singer
Sarah Louthan
Alison White and Mary Roberts
Melissa Sisco
James Love
Kathleen Monty
Nancy Paul
Mr. and Mrs. McLouis Robinet
Madonna Slepicka
Regina MacAskill
Jeremy and Christina Moungey
Sharon Pearce
Heidi Mucha
Mary and Peter Pearre
Kevin and Kim Robinson
Karen Smith
Erin MacKenzie
Jim and Kathy Rolfes
Maria Soderberg and Haidong Ji
Maureen Magner
Anne Marie Murphy
Jeremy Pearson
Dina Ross
Donna Solomon and Brad Ginn
Carrie Mahon
Michael and Laurel Murphy
Drew and Donna Peel
Annika Rothbaum
Kathleen Mahoney
Scott and Tracy Naber
Steve Perkins
Howard and Phyllis Rubin
Ellen Somberg and Kathy
O’Donnell
Julie and Paul Mann
Robert Najera
Perry and Diane Pero
Lindy Phelan
Donald Rutledge
Dennis and Mary Ann Marks
Susan and Jim Nealon
Kinga Piatkiewicz
Nancy Ryan
M Diane Marston
Jennifer Nelson
Eric and Denise Sacks
Neal Spira and
Deborah Gaebler-Spira
David and Sheryl Martin
Mary Nelson
Marrey Picciotti
Dawn Nemelka
Sharene and David Piech
Peter and Beth Sagal
Julie and Doug Springer
Erik Martinez
Nicole Sankowski
Laura Stamp
Marge Massarello
Alan and Kathryn Nesburg
Michael and Jennifer Pikowski
Jenifer Saville
Caroline and Peter Stankovich
Mary and Dan Matas
Dema and Eric Neville
Chris and Graham Piper
David and Marianne Schiavone
Patrick and Anna Staunton
Melody Kratz
John and Barbara Mayes
Deb and Steve Poe
Ken and Janet Schiffman
Maraya Steadman
Thomas and Paulina Kuchinic
Kari McCarthy
Carolyn Newberry Schwartz
and David Schwartz
Eric Podlasek
Roberta Polfus
Greg Schlough
Jennifer Steffes
Lisa Bierman and Todd Kuiken
John McCauley
Sheila and Eddie Pont
Mary Schneider
Michelle Steinman
Nimisha Kumar
Chastity McComb-Williams
Kathleen Priceman
Sarah Schott
Karen Stelmach
Jennifer LaFleur
Jeanne and Tim McCoy
Bonnie and Peter Prokopowicz
Jennifer Schottler
Jennifer Stephenson
James Lambe
Laurie McDevitt
Dean and Mary Schraufnagel
Barbara Stoldt
Anne Lane
Suzanne McFarlin
Chris Prouty and
Becky Tinkham
Walter and Sheryl Stoller
Meg Lanfear
Geri and Don McLauchlan
Maureen Pyne
Catherine Schripsema
Linda and Jeff Schroeder
Jennifer and Timothy Stratman
Karl Lauger
Jennifer McNulty
Ralph and Donna Schuler
Elizabeth Streit
Leilani Lauger
Selina McUmber
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz
Yoa and Daniel Streng
Michael Lavery
Robert and Nadine Mehl
Terra and Kevin Schultz
Naomi Law
Arlene Mennenga
Jeff and Gloria Schwartz
Amy Struckmeyer and
James Skalla
Stephanie Kiesling and
David Layden
Jenn Meyer
Lisa and Al Schwartz
Kay Subaitis
Rebecca Kaegi
Amanda Kaleta
Carolyn Kalina
Lynn Kamenitsa and Jon Hale
Cory and Katherine Kamholz
Elena and Kandiah
Kanagandram
Kevin and Peggy Kell
Anne Marie Kennedy
Frank Kennedy
Sherry Kent
Stephanie Kissam
Karen Kitto
Lisa and Brian Kitzman
Scott Klapman and Joy Bressler
Alma Klein
Stacie Klein
Jon Klem
Cathi and Kevin Knickrehm
Adrienne Kochman and
Craig Jackson
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Sharon Newton
Jerry and Cam Niederman
Dana Nitzoy
Charlotte Niznik
Paul Noble
Christina Norton and John Biek
Lynde and Dave O’Brien
Kathleen and Michael O’Connor
Cynthia Ohata
Elizabeth Olympio
Teresa Omert
Therese O’Neill
Patti and Michael Quilling
Kristin Raack
Phil Radke
Douglas Rainey
Gary Ramsay and Alisa Katzen
Susan Raphael
Donald Southworth and
Marilyn Cantisano
Joan Suchomel
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Alanna Sullivan
Suzanne and Charles Wells
David Benson
James Hayward
Mary McVay
Alan Schwartz
Dave and Melissa Sullivan
Julianne Westerman
Kevin Berger
Lauren Hepner
Michael Medford
Curtis Sell
Rick Sumner and Judy Weik
Marie White
Joe Berton
Richard Hillengas
Rucha Mehendale
Dr. Valeriy Shafiro
Cheryl and David Tartakoff
Tom White and Lynn Taylor
Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin
Dr. David Hines
Elliot Mertz
Woody Skinkle
Sabrina Tellez-Brennan
Lisa Wieland
Becky Brofman
Tom Hoepf
Rich Mertz
William Skudlarek
Marilyn Bayne Thomas
Pam Wiese
Vickie Casanova
Mary Jaime
John Milan
Maria Soderberg
Mark Thompson
Carrie Cassioppi Tran
Atiba Jali
Gaby Mimaron
Dr. Ben Stark
Karen Tokarz
Audrey Williams-Lee and
Byron Lee
Helen Chang
Mark Witt
Kevin Jones
Joyce Minich
Sully Stewart
Cecelia Tomaszkiewicz
Christy Chapman
Dr. Brian Mitchell
Victoria Storm
Richard Tomlinson
Alyse Wittenberg
Kristin Jones
Lisa Chervinsky
Mary Mitrovich
Alanna Sullivan
Joseph Topinka
Kim and Bruce Wojack
Mary Ann Jordan
Annette Coffee
Susan Wolfe
Gretchen Junker
Tuny Mokraurer
Rhona Taylor
Peter and Kathy Tortorice
Sheila Conner
Jessica Moncatch
Maggie Testore
Carrie and Huan Tran
Deborah Wolkstein
Andrew Kaczkowski
Ben Constable
Jason Morrell
Noel Tetrev
Anne Tremmel
Michele and Brad Wolter
Kandiah Kanagandram
Jesse Cornman
Corey Nagel
Karen Tokarz
Susan Tresselt
Erin Wood-Hagedorn
Dr. Colleen Kelleher
Dr. Ed Cortez
Drew Nelson
Peter Traczyk
Kalina Tulley
Robert and Carol Wootton
Dr. Jim Kerns
Matt Couture
Sondra Nelson
Luisa Vasquez
James Turner
Tammy Worl
David Kindler
Cyd Curtis
Dema Neville
Kim Vulinovic
Nancy and Matt Tushman
Janet Wright
Karen Kitto
Guillermo Delgado
Ginger and Phil Yarrow
Mark Klancic
Dana Nitsoy
Peter Wagner
Terri Tyner
Jeanette Durand
Charlotte Niznik
Tim Walsh
James Uehlinger
Laura Yockey
Rachel Kolodziej
Angela Farnham
Patrick O’Shea
Tom Wegener
Joann Umeki
Maria Yocom
Bill Kosik
Michael Farrar
Ralph and Nancy York-Erwin
Dr. Liz Kovacs
Ian Parks
Kim Wojack
Lara Vergoth
Sienna Farrar
Robert Parks
Sallie Wolf
Cristen Vincent
Carol Young
Robert Kowalski
Jeremiah Favero
Jessica Parra
Virginia Yarrow
George Vinyard and
Judy Shepelak
Sara and Josh Yount
Jill Kramer Goldstein
Patricia Feeley
Dr. Michael Paul
Laura Young
Richard and Nancy Waichler
Maura and Steven
McMahon Zeller
Victoria Krause Shutte
David Fincannon
Dr. Todd Kuiken
Libbey Paul
Milos Zefran
Gordon Waldron
Christine Zielinski
Sergio Firpo
Dr. David Kupperman
Collin Pearce
Scott Wallace
Lynne and John Zillman
Ken Floody
Jean-Philippe Labruyere
Pam Penney
Karen Wally
Michele Zurakowski and
John Flanigan
Edie Fortman
Namaan Landers
Mark Pickus
Jonathan Franklin
Dr. Sally Laurent-Muehleisen
Dr. Melanie Pivarski
Brent Friesen
Suzanne Lavin
Eric Podlasek
Jim Gates
Sam LeDeaux
Naomi Pooley
Jim Gill
Marc Linne
Josh Prisching
Sam Ginn
Jim Lipset
Veena Rajashekar
Dee Goldman
Lisa Loftgaarden
Andy Righeimer
Dr. Barbara Gonzalez
Jason Madel
Denis Roarty
Paul Goyette
Christine Marciniak
Don Robinson
Scott Grafft
Margaret Massarello
Dr. Callum Ross
Shannon Greve
Alison McBurney
Steve Ryniewicz
Kyle Harris
Rosanne McGrath
Leah Sacks
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Elise Hausken
Debra McQueen
Lena Sarhan
Holle Andersen
John Warzecha
Gretchen and Win Waterman
Melissa Watters
Richard and Zarine Weil
David Weindling and
Sherry Nordstom
Donors of Time
and Service
Jodie Ackerman
Karen Anderson
Peter Weismantle and
Sandra Williams
Monika Anger
Jeffrey Weissglass and
Jeanne Affelder
Seth Baker
Alison Welch
Michael and Madeleine
Weldon-Linne
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Emily Austin
Thomas Barlow
Roya Bassirirad
Ann Bell
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Laura Constans
Annie Darley
Corie Fagan
Paul Goyette
Gretchen Junker
David Kindler
Dana Nitzoy
Terra Schultz
Maria Soderberg
Peter Wagner
Susan Wennerberg
Mary Beth Hausken
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and exciting, hands-on
learning for all our students!
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