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The Hammonasset School
Summer 1989
GRADUATION 1989
Thoughts on
Graduation
by Jenn London
turn. When It came
time for me to decide who would
You know that
speak for me at
Hammonasset has
graduation, I had
got to be a special
no doubt.
place after you have
Listening to my
gone to the gradugrandmother and
ation ceremony. The
Deac speak for me
Hammonasset exat the ceremony
perience is a perwas such a perfect
sonal one and the
way to end my time
love and closeness
at Hammonasset.
of the community
Watching my closJenn London waves good-bye. From left to right are
shines bright at
est friends get their
Lauren Bien, Jenn's parents Janet and Bob Longraduation.
diplomas made me
My whole senior don, and Mal Nicholls.
,
feel so grown up.
year was fascinating. I kept remembering back
Graduation symbolized the end of a very imto when I was a freshman who looked up to all portant part of my life. I have had a wonderful exthe seniors doing masterworks and filling out perience at Hammon asset. Our special kind of
graduation forms. All of a sudden, it was my graduation was a perfect way to end it.
Ty Clement listens with a smile as Dave Brown
and Melissa Blacker speak for him.
Sean Bien, and Kit Rebman join Headmaster
Don Grace at the podium.
(See list of grads and their plans on page 2)
J
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Headmaster's Letter
David Rynick's narrative essay on
Hammonasset's spring helps us understand the season
of change from the faculty perspective. I hope I can augment the reader's understanding of those events by
describing the reasons for my actions in greater detail.
I went into the April board meeting with an agenda
of three significant concerns:
-that student curricular performance needed more
emphasis;
-that the school had to become more consistent in
responding to unacceptable behavior;
-that too often the needs of the community had
been sacrificed to the needs of the individual at Hammonasset.
Of those three, I indicated to the board that the third
was the single most important problem to solve at Hammonasset in the near future. I continue to believe that,
particularly after participating in numerous, impassioned
discussions of May and June.
The irony of the problem with community needs is
that it stems from the strength of the school: our success
in meeting the needs of the individual. I was attracted to
Hammonasset in 1982 by the ambitious agenda for personal growth, and a faculty and staff that proposed to
address emotional, esthetic and social growth as well as
intellectual growth. The requirements of community service, the Junior Independent Research Paper and Senior
Masterwork spoke clearly of the school's value for independent growth in a variety of forms.
The flexibility of the curriculum, the advisor system
and the management of non-class time also indicated a
bedrock faith in the ability of individual students to manage their own maturing. But as good as we have been at
allowing for individual needs, we have not been as successful at developing a sense of community at Hammonasset. There have been times when classes have not
been all they could have been, when teams have not
reached their full potential, when other Hammonasset
groups have had difficulty pulling together. A number of
community meetings have not been the best that they
could be.
Developing successful group skills can be even
more difficultthan nurturing individual abilities; one should
not be sacrificed to the other. Progressive schools have
been unified by their engaging students as active partners
in learning, as well as their seeing the school as a model
democracy. These same schools wrestle with how much
student engagement and how much of the democracy is
a solo process, and how much is a group process. At
Hammonasset, we need to find new ways of involving
students in groups to accomplish those two ends. With
the elimination of the interpersonal relations graduation
requirement two years ago, we need fresh, creative
avenues for educating students about their responsibilities to others. Independence is not enough; interdependence has to be a greater part of a Hammonasset education.
From the changes made last spring, I believe we
are making progress in balancing the serving of individual
and community needs at Hammonasset. I am excited
about the new political ecology course, particularly because it marries the development of the individual, politi-
cal voice with the encouragement of political group problem-solving skills. Just as heartening is the creation of a
Hammonasset orientation course for all new students
next fall. That course will help our students understand
how to become more responsible members of the Hammonasset community, so that the very social rights and
privileges of individuals at Hammonasset will be strengthened and supported.
The democratic models that progressive schools
subscribe to are difficult to nurture. They will not flourish
simply by encouraging individuals to find their voices;
those models must also depend on groups pulling together toward common goals. The chances of both of
those happening at Hammonasset have never been
better.
The graduates and their
plans for next year are:
Victoria Abel (Hampshire College),
,Cassandra Atherton (Travel in Italy),
Sean Bien (Connecticut College),
Adam Brown (Marist College),
Ty Clement (St. Lawrence University),
Seth Copeland (University of Arizona),
Alicia DiGirolamo (Emerson College),
Sam Doane (Colby College),
Jessica Drudi (undecided),
Cory Eddy (U. Redlands),
Scott Gammons (Johnson & Wales College),
Stephanie George (Brandeis University),
Leila Godowsky (California College of
Arts and Crafts),
Peter Greenberg (Marymount College(CA)),
Rachel Hedrick (Beloit College),
Joe Jarvie (Roger Williams College),
Jon Johnson (Middlesex Community College),
Jennifer London (Brandeis University),
Melina Mackall (Bard College),
Nicole Marra (undecided),
Jeff Mauro (Greater New Haven Technical
College),
Susan Moroso (Drew University),
Kit Rebman (University of Jacksonville),
Kate Silver (Kansas Art Institute),
Petrik Watson (undecided),
Chris Wiegman (Rochester Institute of
Technology)
--
I
CONFLICT, RESOLUTION, AND CHANGE: AN OPEN LETTER TO ALUMS
by David Rynick
What a spring! If you could have been a fly on
the wall you would have known for sure that the old Hammonasset continues. The faces and the issues were
different, but the process was familiar. We had intense,
impassioned commu
feelings ranged
from hopelessness to
There was
debate, action, and some new
problems.
It was a spring when everyone was
The whole
revolved arou
ly.
se two lists caused a g
nsternation
when they were presented to
of us were
upset at the content of some of the
changes and
at the way Don had arrived at them
his timetable
without involving or consulting us.
consternation
turned into confrontation when Don presented his ideas to
the students at a community meeting.
Students were shocked and outraged. They saw that
Don's proposals would clearly cut back their rights and
privileges. Some said the proposals were antithetical to
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what they valued most at Hammonasset: individual freedom and the right of self-expression. The initial debate
was heated and often came in the form of sharp accusations directed at Don. Many people were ready to write off
Don as a
tyrant and to pack their bags and
leave. Don, I'm
felt that people were being unreasonableandwe
whathewastryingtodo.
It was a
us all think: What is the
essence of
is it about the school
that makes
it from
changi
Dol
issues.
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decisions
And so t
school divided, with the
headmaster
the faculty and students on
the other. Te
and patience was strained, but
the dialogue
No matter how many people
spoke to Don in
, he was still willing to listen and try
to explain his position. No matter how angry and betrayed
the faculty and students felt, we kept talking and thinking.
We all, Don included, cared enough about this place to go
through the pain and confrontation to come to a resolution
(Continued on page 4)
AN OUTLINE OF THE CHANGES FOR 1989-90
For those not immediately connected with the school community, here is a box score of the changes made at Hammonasset for the following school year, grouped by the three broad areas of concern that absorbed school energies
this past spring.
-Student Curricular Performance
-semesters instead of trimesters
-Increase of seven class days
-Limits on whole-school absences and of special activities replacing class time
-Orientation of students to the responsibilies of being in class and doing class work
Disciplinary Consistency
-Open campus not available to 9th graders and only available to new 10th-12th graders after the Hammonasset orientation course; clearer faculty responsibilities regarding enforcement of the system
-First offenses of the drug and alcohol policy more likely to result in expulsion
-Direct response to smokers who litter and who smoke on campus without permission (details of this to be worked
out by the end of the summer}
Community Needs and Individual Needs
-Energy conservation program: renovation and supplementary action plan
-Curtailing unacceptable noise levels in the Commons
-Faculty evaluation system for first and second-year teachers
-Advisor training and new faculty support group
-Required orientation course for all new students and two whole-school orientations a year
-A theme for the year, to be selected by faculty and administration after consulting with students in the fall (from
among the following: service, energy/energies, connections, one world}
Process of Change
-Establishing a normal pattern of fall discussions of significant problems and proposed solutions
- Most recommendations acted on by January, before contracting for the following year
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DELMA
Delma Hueffman appreciated for a decade of
service.
by Bud Church
On June 9, at the Performing Arts Assembly, one
of the most important people at Hammonasset, Delma
Hueffman, secretary, was recognized for her ten years of
service to the school. In fact, it was ten years to the day.
Delma started on June 9, 1979 and is the longest-lasting
staff/faculty person at Hamrnonasset.
In recognition of those ten years, Bud Church read a
piece he had written which is printed to the right, and Don
Grace gave Delma a plate made by our pottery teacher,
David Rynick, with the inscription: "Delma, Hammonasset
1979-1989, For 10 years we thank you."
At the center
Of this eccentric school
Which races in its orbit
Like a comet
Sometimes amazingly close to the sun
Other times far-flung into the fringes of darkness
Is a woman
Who holds it all together
Like the cosmic energy she is:
Delma....
As much as anyone
Keeping this comet on its strange course
Faithful to it when it seems lost in the void
Glowing with it as it dances in again toward the sun
A centrifugal, centripetal, gravitational force
Who has for ten years to the daySince June 9, 1979
Calmly inspired its return from outer space
As the rest of us,
Bumbling asteroids,
Rock fragments darting about in the doodads of
darkness,
Striving to do
But too often burn out in an instant's flicker
Or fling ourselves toward distant black holes.
Delma....
Centered
The reason why we can count on the stars hanging on
their hooks
The moon turning its pages
And to whom we can only say
Not nearly enough
(Conflict from page 3)
we could all stand behind.
The faculty's recommendations to Don at the end of
school were considerably different from his original proposals. They were the result of the many hours of hard
work on the part on both students and faculty. It was the
hard work of trying to discoverwhatthe real issues wereof trying to formulate the problems in ways that made
sense to both ourselves and Don. The creative solutions
to these problems came from every quarter. Several
came from students, a few from faculty, and one solution
seemed to have spontaneously generated itself in the
heat of the ferment.
But more important than any of the specific solutions
is that we managed to heal the rift between Don and the
. rest of us. Somewhere in the midst of this whole process
we began to feel that we were working with each other
rather than against each other. The faculty's recommendations to Don addressed faculty and student concerns
as well as the concerns that were at the root of his initial
lists. Because of this, the recommendations were accepted as presented.
What can we learn from all this? What are the
observations and questions that come out of this trying
time? As in any other community, it seems there are two
things we can count on at Hammonasset: conflict and
change. We must accept and work through conflict so that
together we can guide change in directions we all support.
But are there ways to foster our feeling of working
together without this kind of crisis that is so hard on
everyone? Are there other issues which could bring us
together and awaken us all to something greater than
ourselves? Is it only the fear of extinction that arouses us
to such thrilling action? These are questions we are living
with now. There are no easy answers.
I am proud to be a part of the community that lived and
grew through this crisis as it has through so many before.
Just as you all gave part of yourselves to keep the school
going during your time here, so the students and faculty
and staff of '88-'89 gave this year. In the midst of it all
fighting for our right as faculty and students to be involved
in the ongoing process of change at Hamrnonasset I felt
the sure footing of the groundwork which every one you
helped lay in time past. Conflict and change are a part of
our tradition-a tradition which you started and we continue. It was a tough spring, but you all would have felt
right at home.
of
Books in the Running Brooks
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by Bud Church
We
backwater slightly in the canoes as we look
down the first set of rapids under the covered bridge that
spans The Housatonic River at Cornwall. Given the
heavy rains of this spring, the white water looks like a
sharp Class II, moderate to difficult.
I have run these rapids a number of times before. For
the eleven studjmts in this course that I call "Reading the
Water,"this is the firsttime. And for all but a couple of them
this is only the second time in white water at all, the first
time having been the previous week on The Farmington
River. This trip to The Housatonic is the climax to the
course.
Now, as the students study the water under the
bridge, they see the "haystacks" and the "boils" are higher
and faster than any we ran on the Farmington. Will they
be able to read the water, pick out the open V's that mean
clear channels between rocks, avoid the backwashes that
disguise a rock too shallow to ride over? Will they be able
to coordinate in a split second, the bow person drawing
away from the rocks just ahead, the stem person reading
the bow person's movements as well as reading the water
farther downstream and steering toward runnable shoots?
We will soon find out.
As we ''ferry" back and forth in the flat section above
the rapids, some of the students are eager. All are
nervous. At a signal from me, the first canoe starts its run.
The next one doesn't start until the first is at least fifty feet
downstream. I go last in the "sweep" position I watch them
all bob and bounce through the splash. A couple of them
get dangerously sideways to the current; they yell instructions to each other, paddle furiously and are able to pull
themselves back parallel. We a make it through without
.
a mishap.
At the bottom of the rapids we make eddy turns into
a calmer section of backwater. Everyone is excited.
"Wow, what a run!" say some. "Let's do it again!" shout
others. "Will there be anything harder than this?" someone asks anxiously. "I hope so!" yelled a couple of voices.
Reading white water is not the only reading done in
this course. Some of the students take the course for an
English credit. They read several books on canoeing and
environmental issues such as Encounters with the
Archdrujd and The Survival of the Bark Canoe by John
McPhee, and sections from Henry David Thoreau's ~
Maine Woods. These students present books for discussion to the other students who are taking the course for
credit in Environmental Education or Physical Self. The
students taking the course for English credit also write
papers on the issues involved in the books and present
these to the rest of the class. All of the students keep
journals of the several canoe trips taken by the class and
time is set aside for reading sections from their journals to
each other.
In school, we assume reading is a basic. And, of
course, it is. But in away just as powerful, water is a basic.
It is elemental, mythic. Whether wrestling with a passage
from McPhee or with a tough stretch of white water, this
course is an attempt to bring together those two basics.
They are, at bottom, one: the ying-yang of our creaturely,
physical self and our cognitive, reflective self. Where they
are not integrated, there is spiritual disintegration.
Young people have good instinct for knowing the
value of that kind of integration. I see it in their eyes as we
finish running a river. I hear it in their voices as we discuss
the issues in the books. Some of them can even articulate
it. As one student put it in his final written evaluation for
the course:
"ReadingtheWaterwasthekindofcoursethatlcame
to Hammonasset to take. The things I learned about in
this class were very straight forward and clean, and that
is something rare in school today where we are supposed
to find hidden messages everywhere except where they
~-"(Emphasis mine.)
"Except where they exist." What a wonderful insight.
If our corporate and political leaders had learned as much
about reading the water as they did about reading market
reports and profit graphs, they might have a different view
toward acid rain and oil spills in Prince William Sound. As
English teacher Bud Church demonstrates
paddling maneuvers for his class.
the student above knows, the messages are there to be
heard best when we go beyond reading about them in
books and studying them in classrooms. As Shakespeare
put it, "there are tongues in trees, books in the running
brooks, sermons in stones, and good everywhere."
The Hammonasset School
Newsletter
Summer 1989
The Hammonasset School Summer Newsletter is
sent free of charge to alumni, parents and friends
of the school. Please send Alumni/ae news and
correspondence to Connie Pike, The Hammonasset School, P.O. Box 844, Madison, CT 06443.
Donald Grace, Headmaster
Tanja Moriarty, Editor
Barbara Saez, Annual Giving
Connie Pike, Alumni/ae Notes
Contributers
David Brown, Bud Church, Don Grace, Tanja
Moriarty,
Connie Pike, David Rynick, Barbara Saez
Photo Credits
Bonnie Garmisa, David Rynick
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IN-COMING FACULTY AND STAFF:
University, in Washington, D.C. Tanja
. will be working at Hammonasset on a
, part-time basis, covering publicity for
the school. She is also a Press Correspondent for The Middletown Press
and has experience in audiovisual,
marketing and sales. Tanja received
her B.S. degree from Southern Connecticut State University. She resides in Haddam.
Hugh Birdsall, a founder of the
rock band, The Reducers,
changes his tune to teach
French.
Hugh Birdsall (no relation to
Joyce or Paul of the phys. ed. dept
Birdsalls), steps in to teach French.
Hugh comes to Hammonasset from
the Waterford Public School system,
where he was a substitute teacher for
grades K-12. Priodo this, he taught
French in the Dublin School, Dublin,
New Hampshire, and has tutored
French since 1979. Hugh was a
founding member and lead guitarist
ofthe rock band The Reducers. Hugh
has lived and traveled in most parts of
Western Europe and North America,
particularly in France. He earned his
B.A. in French Literature from Yale
University.
Terry Reed Cook will be Athletic
Director and Physical Education instructor. Terry comes to us from the
Town of Easton where she was responsible for planning, programming,
and organizing the recreational activities for the town. Terry designed
and coached girls' soccer and softball
clinics, developed and implemented
successful new programs, day camp,
and after school programs and "Music
in the Park." She has eight years of
experience as a recreation director
and therapeutic recreation specialist.
Terry earned her B.S. in Health Science at the University of Utah and
lives in West Haven.
The new Publicity Coordinator,
Tanja Moriarty, is running with the
torch passed to her by Bonnie
Garmisa, who decided after two years
to pursue her Masters in museum
management at George Washington
Susan Powers will be teaching
English this fall. She is presently an
adjunct instructor at the University of
Connecticut, Mitchell College, and
Mohegan Community College, teaching English, Psychology and Sociology. Susan has seven years' teaching experience and earned her B.S.
from the University of Michigan, M.A.
from Ohio University and M.A. from
San Francisco's Saybrook Institute.
Susan makes her home in Scotland,
CT.
Visiting faculty member teaching
guitar and mandolin last year, Tom
Randall will be joining Hammonasset
this year as a full faculty member
teaching music courses. He is a professional musician, having taught and
performed for over 11 years and is a
member of the "Little City String Band."
Tom received his B.A. in Music at
Wesleyan and lives in Chester.
Catherine Riess, who spent
three years teaching at a bilingual
school in Columbia, South America,
and two years in Connecticut, will be
teaching Spanish at Hammonasset.
Cathy is presently working as a research assistant on a Yale research
project involving methodology in second language learning. This work is
part of her study for her graduate program at Vermont College where she
expects to get her Master's Degree in
Bilingual Education in August. Cathy
has her B.A. from the Universityofthe
Americas in Mexico. Cathy spent 15
years living in South America and
now resides in Madison.
The position of Assistant Director of Development has been filled by
Kathleen Schiess. Kate's last position was at the Mark Twain Memorial
in Hartford as Director of Marketing
and Development. Priortothat position, she was the Marketing Manager
for Hershey Lake Compou nee in Bristol and has had previous experience
in advertising sales. Kate attended
Wheaton College and received her
Terry Reed Cook will be Athletic Director and Physical
Education instructor.
B.S. in Biology from the University of
Vermont. She makes her home in
Madison.
Judith Weiner will be teaching
math. Judy comes to us from South
Catholic High School in Hartford,
where she has taught math for the
past two years. She was active in
student activities and did individual
tutoring. She earned her B.S. and
M.S. degrees from St. Joseph College in Hartford. Judy lives in Vernon.
The Garden
The new garden behind
the Butler Building, planted by
Dave Brown's gardening class,
is shaped like two horseshoes
facing one another.
"The kids designed the
garden lay out so the center area
can be used as a classroom,"
David explained. "They have
worked so hard - many could
have earned a physical-self
credit."
Students labored all spring
to turn a patch of lawn into a
thriving vegetable garden. The
course will continue throughout
the year and plans have been
made to start compost bins and
cold frames. Donations of lumber, tools (shovels, rakes), and
perennial plants would be appreciated. "Fencing is desparately
needed to keep the critters out,"
Dave said.
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ALUMNI/AE AND FACULTY JURIED ART EXHIBIT
For a second year Leif Nilsson '80 and Doug
Noyes '79 organized a top quality show of work by
Hammonasset Alumni/ae and current and former members of the school's faculty. Last year the setting, and it
was a good one, was the Arts Barn, but Leif and Doug
rightly felt the show deserved more exposure. This year
the show moved for the week of April 8 to 16 to The
Madison Gallery on the Post Road in Madison.
Interested artists could submit up to three works,
and choices for hanging or display were made by Leif,
Doug and David Rynick of the current faculty and by a
representative of the Gallery. A delightful Opening was
held-and extremely well attended-on Saturday, April
8th, and visitors were able to visit the show all the following
week. And if the register is an indication, a great many
people took the opportunity to see some exciting and
original work.
Alumni/ae represented were Deac Etherington and
Karen Brandt Pardee, both '75, Liz Murphy '76, Pedro
Valentin '77, Lisa Hannum Holmes '78, Doug Noyes '79,
Leif Nilsson '80, Tuck Kats '81, Jeff Miller and Edwina Stevenson both '82, Keith Marland '85 and Jill Sarnowski and
John Edelstein, both '87. Faculty who showed work
included Karen Bovard, David Rynick, Marlene Sansone,
Judy Streeter and Kitty Winslow.
It was an extremely professional and sophisticated
show, an excellent representation of work done by Hammonasset artists. All involved are to be congratulated.
Anyone interested in future shows should let the Alumni
Office know well in advance.
Many thanks to Leif and Doug for an excellent job.
NEW ADDRESS DIRECTORY COMING!
An updated edition of the Alumni/ae Directory has
arrived from the printer. Addresses-names, where there
have been changes-were listed as we had them by June
15th.
Please DO remember to let us know when you
move or have any significant changes in your listing. It's
the only way we, or your Hammonasset friends, can find
you.
Directories have been sent to all members of this
year's graduating class and to all Alums who have made
a contribution to the Annual Fund for '88-89. So if you
want one, and haven't sent your gift yet, it's never too late.
Alumni/ae Notes
l.aZ!- Some one in '74 must have something to
report. We look forward to hearing from you for the next
issue. Please!
~-Nancy Beers Marshall sends word from Colorado Springs that she's Head Instructor of a therapeutic
riding program, serving 130 riders. She expects to be in
CT in August. Liddy Karter has recently left New York
and her job at Morgan Stanley to return to CT and join
Resource Recovery Systems, her family's business. She
hopes to become more involved in Hammonasset now
that she is here. Liddy's remodeled a little 19th century
house in Old Lyme. Betsy Levine writes from Oakland,
CA that she's involved in a ''full-out struggle with 1J1Y apprenticeship committee and possible legal action to keep
them from kicking me out."
This involves gender discrimination. Other than that,
she's planting herbs and flowers in the garden of her new
house, which she shares with her partner.
191§.- Note from Knox Chandler's family that he's in
Europe recording. Otherwise he's living in NYC. Mark
Littlehales and his wife Megan live in Brooklin, ME,
where he builds and restores wooden boats. When time
allows, he sails around Penobscot Bay and occasionally
to the Caribbean.
Bruce Lyon is still manager of Amazing Stores in
Orange. He says Jamie Winik Curbow stopped in with
her youngster, but Bruce would like to know more about
'76ers. In April Dianna Miller Noyes was still freezing in
Vermont, where she works at Marlboro College, and sent
her best to everyone.' Good to hear from Pam Webster
Reid who with her husband, Bill and son, Sean will be
moving from Miami to Manchester, CT this spring-and
are probably there by now. Pam will be relocating with
Sunrise Community to coordinate the 6 group homes they
own in northeast Connecticut.
lill- Heather Baker has returned from Japan and is
working as a grants writer for the Japan Society in New
York. A long letter from Betsy Fagan this spring from
Chicago, where she's lived since 1980. After Hammonasset, she went to college and graduate school which were
followed by some pretty rough times. Things are going
pretty well now, and Betsy's the editor of world atlases at
Rand McNally. She's also written books for R.McN and is
working on her third. She and her three cats live about
three blocks from Wrigley Field. Katy Wakeman Forline
is working as a massage therapist at "Radiant Look" in
Guilford and as a Realtor Associate for the Kowalski
Company in Middletown. By this time David Murray will
have graduated (in May) from Case Western School of
Medicine and started general surgery training at St.
Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. Congratulations! Our first MD?? Think so.
A very short note from Steve Young, also in Chicago,
with his welcome Alumni Fund contribution saying simply,
"Cheers to the worthiest cause I know!" Much appreciated.
~- Alison Johnson's working for the American
Lung Association as a lobbyist in Hartford. Jennifer
Charbonnler Shall and Art let us know they were expecting their first child in June. Congratulations!
IDa- Jennifer Hag gin Balboni is still working as a
reporter for the Contra Costa Times in California, and
loving it. She's also hosting a biweekly TV show of a news
magazine format. She and her husband Claudio are
expecting their first baby on in November. Be sure to keep
us posted!
~- Paul Andrews just finished his freshman year
at Southern CT State University and is majoring in Environmental Earth Science. Lisa Eastwood hopes to
become more involved with Hammonasset, but right now
has more than enough to do working in the commercial
photography business, taking care of the books for the
photo store and doing hospital volunteer work. It's been
(Continued on page 10)
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1988-89 Development Report
Parents
Annual Fund
Each year through the Annual Fund,
The Hammonasset School seeks contributions to help us meet operating
expenses. This year our supporters
have been more generous than ever,
contributing more than $40,000. We
thank them heartily for their confidence and support.
Alumni/ae
Mr. Justus Addiss 76
Ms. Susan Addiss 78
Ms. Renee Annicelli 87
Ms. Holly Ardito 80
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker 75
Ms. Heather Baker 77.
Ms. Katherin Baker 79
Ms. Lucy Bakewell 82
Mrs. Jennifer Balboni 79
Ms. Caroline Barnett 82
Mr. Chris Bauermeister 85
Ms. Claire Bauermeister 87
Ms. Ellen Brown 76
Mr. Robert Burkarth, IIi 77
Ms. Susan Caldas 76
Mr. David Carr 78
Ms. Anne Cassidy 77
Mr. Knox Chandler 76
Mr. Gabriel Chin 82
Ms. Cheryl Clark 75
Mr. Keith Comeford 79
Mrs. Laura Coyne 77
Mr. Gerald Davis 77
Ms. Katherine DeVinne 74
Mr. Jeffrey Doll80
Mr. Keith Dzubilo 79
Mr. Mark Eastwood 76
Ms. Charmagne Eckert 78
Ms. Elisabeth Eckstrom 80
Ms. Kristen Emack 84
Ms. Daliah Endleman 83
Ms. Kate Florey 88
Mrs. Katherine Forline 77
Ms. Pamela Fowler 81
Mrs. Martha Frescura 75
Ms. Susan Ganley 80
Mr. Eric Greimann 81
Mrs. Aleta Griswold 75
Mr. David Griswold 74
Ms. Virginia Hambley 81
Ms. Annie Harris 84
Ms. Priscilla Hine 78
Mr. Charles Hoblitzelle 78
Mrs. Lisa Holmes 78
Ms. Rachel Hoyt 82
Ms. Dawn Hubbard 79
Ms. Lynne Ide 76
Mr. Jeffrey lves 79
The
Hammonasset
School
wishes to thank
its supporters
for their generosity during
1988-1989.
Mr. Timothy Jenkins 75
Ms. Alison Johnson 78
Ms. Elizabeth Karter 75
Ms. Catherine Kelly 84
Ms. Elizabeth Kingsbury 76
Mr. Stephen Lafferty 75
Mrs. Diana Leonard 79
Ms. Betsy Levine 75
Mr. Todd Little 82
Mr. J. Mark Littlehales 76
Ms. Leah Lubin 87
Mr. Bruce Lyon 76
Mr. Robb Manness 87
Mrs. Nancy Marshall 75
Mr. Samuel Mathis 86
Mr. William McVicar 78
Mr. Jeffrey Miller 82
Ms. Jodi Miller 84
Ms. Susan Miller 84
Ms. Dianna Miller-Noyes 76
Mr. Richard Moroso
Ms. Katherine Morse 76
Mr. Alexander Murphy 78
Ms. Elizabeth Murphy 76
Mr. Douglas Noyes 79
Mr. Timothy Nugent 82
Mrs. Pamela Reid 76
Ms. Nancy Riese 76
Mrs. Amelia Roper 77
Ms. Carol Schmitt 75
Mr. Michael Schofield 86
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Schulthess 80
Mrs. Jennifer Shail 78
Mrs. Kimberly Wilcox 76
Mr. Melvyn Smith, Jr. 75
Mr. Jeffrey Switzer 75
Ms. Heather Vaughn 86
Ms. Jennifer Vaughn 84
Mr. Stephen Young 77
Ms. Amy Zinsser 76
Mr. John Zinsser 78
Mr. & Mrs. David Baker
Mr. & Mrs. William Baskin
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon Bien
Mr. Frank Blackford
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bristol
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Brodeur
Mr. Brian Burland
Ms. Mary Capers
Mr. & Mrs. William Chamis
Dr. Gail Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Clement
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cober
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cole
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Cole-Wiffen
Ms. Alberta Conlin
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Costantini
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Cote
Mr. & Mrs. Charles DiFazio
Mr. & Mrs. Carlo DiGirolamo
Ms. Carole Dubiell
Ms. Joan Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. John Duncan
Ms. Linda Edgar
Mr. & Mrs. Chancey Eno
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Fazekas
Ms. Evelyn Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gammons
Mrs. Sandra Geaman
Mr. Paul George
Ms. Lucinda Glynn
Mr. & Mrs. Leopold Godowsky
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Goldstein
Ms. Gritli Goodwin-Rabin
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Goralski
Mrs. Elizabeth Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. John Gwinnell
Mr. & Mrs. Travis Hedrick
Mr. & Mrs. William Hincks
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Holcombe
Mr. & Mrs. David Huelsman
Mr. Fred Jackson
Mrs. Rita Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Austin Joyner
Mrs. Marianna Kastner
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kelley
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kilga
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lane
Mr. & Mrs. Robert London
Mr. Louis Mackall
Ms. Elizabeth Mahan
Mr. & Mrs. C. Michael Marasco
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Marchese
' Mr. & Mrs. Robert Marra
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Matthews
Mr. & Mrs. Armand Mauro
Mr. & Mrs. William May
(Continued on page 9)
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(Development from page 8)
Mr. Donald McEwen
Ms. Elizabeth McEwen
Mr. & Mrs. James McKie
Mrs. Margaret Merrill
Mrs. Nancy Moroso
Ms. Gail Mulcahey
Mr. John Niblack
Mr. & Mrs. William Nicholls
Mr. John Ouellette
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Potts
Mr. & Mrs. William Rakocy
Mr. Bruce Rebman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Schacter
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Simpson
Mr. Rodney Smith
Mr. & Mrs. David Sommer
Mrs. Pricilla Sugarmann
Mr. Aaron Tessler
Dr. Wanda Tidhar
Ms. Edwina Trentham
Mr. William Trousdale and Priscilla
Meyer
Mrs. Barbara Viviani
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Walsh
Ms. Ma~a Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Winslow
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wrzos
Parents of
Alumni/ae
Mrs. Miriam Andrews
Mrs. Rosemary Bess
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Carini
Mr. & Mrs. Charles DeVinne
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Downey
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Etherington
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Greimann
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Hoberman
Mr. & Mrs. H. Mark Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Maguire
Mr. Robert Manness
Mrs. Joyce Morral
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Nadel
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. John Usher
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Van Slyck
Mr. & Mrs. John VanDeusen
Mr. & Mrs. William Zinsser
Faculty and
Staff
Ms. Sousan Arafeh
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Aylor
Mr. Don Barkin
Ms. Melissa Blacker
Mr. David Brown
Mr. Bud Church and Sandy Lynn
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Finman
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fregeau
Ms. Bonnie Garmisa
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Grace
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hueffman
Mrs. John Hyll
Ms. Sandra Kopell
Ms. Janet Kresl
Mr. & Mrs. Bud Lichtenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Robert London
Mrs. Dorothy Martin
Ms. Christine Moses
Mr. & Mrs. Hassan Movahhed
Ms. Parrish Protheroe
Mr. David Rynick
Mrs. Barbara Saez
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sansone
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tucker
Trustees
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Adelstein
Mrs. Louise Ames
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bennitt
Dr. & Mrs. Barry Bloom
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Burt, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cober
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Connick
Dr. & Mrs. Roger Cyrus
Mr. & Mrs. Charles DeVinne
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Downey
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Etherington
Mri Scott Gammons
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Grace
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Griswold
Ms. Lynne Ide
Mrs. Lee Kneerim
Ms. Janet Kresl
Ms. Carol Maguire
Mr. Walter Maguire
Ms. Claire Matthews
Mrs. Joyce Morral
Mr. Frank Perrine
Mrs. Constance Pike
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Snow
Mrs. Hannah Spencer
Mr. John Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Storiale
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Van Slyck
Mrs. Dorothy VanDeusen
Mr. & Mrs. William Zinsser
Grandparents
Mrs. Lillian Goralski
Ms. Jean Kinne
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Lane
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wickes
Friends
Ms. Anna Bowditch
Mrs. Molly Coulter
Mr. Norman Sivin
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Matching
Automatic Data Processing
CIGNA Foundation
Digital Equipment Corp.
Norton Co. Foundation, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
SNETCo.
The Bristol-Myers Fund, Inc.
The Hartford Insurance Group
The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.
U.S. Trust Company of N.Y.
United Technologies
Special
Purpose
Gifts
Contributions for special purposes
beyond the Annual Fund are
received each year. These purposes include scholarship, library
and faculty support as well as
capital needs.
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Burt, Jr.
The Hunter Grubb Foundation
The Parkson Foundation
Mrs. Constance Pike
Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Sanders
The Florence and John Schumann
Foundation
The Marcia BradyTucker Foundation
The Hammonasset
Endowment Fund
Gets a Boost
It's a call that Don Grace
has always dreamed about, and
this spring, his dream actually
came true. A former trustee
called and officially informed
Don that she was contributing
$50,000 to the school's Endowment Fund. Her wish was to
help give Hammonasset the
endowment "cushion" that it
needs to move forward with
stability and comfort. Her gift
brings the total endowment to
approximately $300,000, a very
healthy base to build upon.
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Alumnilae Notes from page 7)
wonderful to see her at school when time allows, though.
Lief Nilsson, in addition to arranging Alumni Art Show
with Doug Noyes '79, has had a one man show of recent
work done in Europe. The show, titled, "From Eustasia to
Spoleto" was held at the Gallery 53 in Meriden from April
16 to May 7.
~- Virginia Hambley is still in Eugene, OR, but
gets back to CT whenever she can. She says it's
challenging picking up a new life style after her '83 accident. She has a laboratory/workshop which includes a
pottery studio (stoneware and porcelain) and banjo and
guitar playing. Doug London spoke to students at The
Country School recently about his work as a Peace Corps
Volunteer in the Guatemalan village of San Luis Jilotepeque. The Country School kids have been raising
money for school children in the village. Kent Nelson
stopped in this February to say Hello. Kent is living in
Boston, doing carpentry work and studying Aikido and
bamboo flute (shaku-hachi). He had plans for spending
the summer in Japan for further study.
~-Our ever-reliable correspondent Todd Little
sends word from Los Angeles that with the end of the 4th
season of "The Golden Girls" he's now out of work and
ready for California's endless summer. Todd sends Jove
to all, and would like more news. How about it?
~- Daliah Endleman wrote that she would graduate from Southern CT State University in May. Congratulations!
laM.- Kris Emack hopes, after four years of living
and working in Boston, to relocate in the Southwest to
pursue her certification in massage therapy. She hopes
to specialize in bodywork, primarily with pregnant women.
Annie Harris is raising and training race horses .a.ru:!.
starting to write the great American novel! Susan Romano reports a name change to Susan E. Miller. Thanks
for letting us know.
llm5.-·Loren Blackford is in her last semester in residence at Oberlin, or was in March when we heard from
Alumni/ae Phonathon A Success
by Liz Murphy
her. She will be working in CT this summer and will be
going to Thailand in September with the school for International Training. Keith Marland, whomweweregladto
see at the Alumni Art Show, is a student at Paier School
of Art.
1.9.6§.- Sam Mathis wrote in April that he had taken the
previous semester off and driven a small pickup from
Essex to Guatemala. He was back at UVM, working in a
Philosophy/Environmental Studies double major. Dave
Picton is currently studying at Paier School of Art.
~- Robb Manness has been working full time
while taking some classes at Pierce College in California.
He's living in Sepulveda and at night hits the local club
scene or works on new songs for his band "Cobra." Mallory Matthies has finished her sophomore year in the
theater arts program at Bradford College.
1.9lm- No word from any of you! We can report that
Margreet Mitchell was interviewed for a video presentation on the school's history by students in Dave Brown's
History class, and is also working at The Quarterdeck
Restaurant in Saybrook. How about some other news,
please!
Former Faculty News
Gordon and Polly Ann Schofield came by for a visit
on March 23, and caught up with all of us. It was wonderful to see them both, and we hope they'll make a habit of
stopping on their way north whenever they can. Judy
Streeter, in addition to contributing her work to the Alumni
Art Show in April, had a one woman show in SoHo in
March. Mark Johnson has made a return-to-education
career change. He and Sally have sold the Agway store
in upstate New York and Mark has been appointed
Headmaster of the Marvelwood School in Cornwall, CT,
effective July first. Mark was spotted at a Connecticut
Association of Independent Schools conference by Lynne
Ide '76 and Lynne reports he's delighted to be back in
Connecticut, and is very excited about his new job. With
luck we'll see much more of Mark and Sally and wish them
all sorts of success!
Hammonasset Parents Come
Through
by Barbara Saez
Friends calling friends, graduates remembering
their school-that's what the Alumni/ae Phonathon was
all about. Hammonasset's Alumni/ae Association held
the phonathan in April and attempted to reach more than
300 alums (all those for whom we have current phone
numbers!)
Alums Liz Murphy, Lynne Ide, Liz Reise, Leif Nilsson,
and Jennifer Bennitt, as well as Bud Church and Janet
London (faculty), Jenn London (student) and Connie Pike
(trustee) worked long hours to contact alums all over the
country, and even one or two outside the country. Not only
did they raise funds for this year's Annual Fund, but they
also had a great time talk(ng with friends and hearing
about the wonderful things Hammonasset grads are
accomplishing. Much of this news is reported in our
Alumni/ae Notes.
After all the phone calling and letter writing was done,
alumni/ae contributed $3,500 to Hammonasset's Annual
Fund. The challenge to alums to raise $2,000 in "new"
money was met, earning fort he Annual Fund a "matching"
$2,000from an anonymous donor. All in all, the phonathon
was well worth the effort and we'll do it again for sure next
spring.
When the call went out this year for equipment
contributions, parents responded with their usual willingness to help. First, David Baker was instrumental in
acquiring computer equipment for us. Then we heard
from Sally Cole-Whiffen that she could get us an upright
piano for the Arts Barn. And finally, we received a call from
Richard Cole whose company donated desks, shelves,
chairs, tables, and other office equipment.
It is really gratifying to know that parents have our
needs in mind and act on our behalf when opportunities
present themselves.
We still have a Wish list, though, and just in case
opportunity comes knocking, please keep in mind that we
need another IBM PC, Apple 2e or 2c computers, Macintosh computers, printers compatible with these computers, balances fdr the science lab, gardening tools for
gardening classes, and a new or almost new grand piano!
Monday
~
Septem,ber 11
is the opening day of school!
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Andy Cober was
awarded the Harvard book prize by
Headmaster Don
Grace in June for his
achievements in
academics and
other activities, particularly racing and
sailing.
Recently recognized fortheirartworkin the Shoreline Alliance for the Arts' Future Choices '89 regional student art show include (from left) Brendan Matthews, third place in photography; Juniper Foster, first place in painting and the
Juror's Award for ••Passage'~ an oil painting;
Peter Allison , first place in photography, third
place in painting (a tie); and Bob Goralsky, second place in drawing. Not pictured are Luigi
Marchese, second place in painting, Talbot Pray, cited for Honorable Mention in painting and
Garret DiFazio, Honorable Mention in painting and drawing.
Erin Potts was awarded Student of the Month" by the Rotary Club of Madison, and received a
$100 savings bond. Spanish teacher Marina Melendez, to her left, was acknowledged as a
significant and positive influence on Erin's life. Next to her are Kirt Crump and Tony Cavallero of
the Rotary Club.
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The production of Jean Paul Sartre's play, "No
Exit, "won the Connecticut Drama Association's
Award for Theatrical Excellence in a regional
competition at Parrish Hill High School in Parish
Hill this spring. Malcom Nicholls won the Regional Award for Outstanding Actor; Jennifer
London (left) and Juniper Foster were both
bestowed the honor of A!!-Regional Cast for
their performances.
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Peter Allison also won one of 13 prizes for his
photography entry in the Greater New Haven
Senior High Schools Art Exhibition at the John
Slade Ely House in New Haven. Peter received
Honorable Mention for his entire portfolio. con:-.
sisting of paintings, drawings and photos.
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