SG Magazine - Spring/Summer 2014

Spring-Summer 2014
Saint George’s
Magazine
Saint George’s Students
Display Creativity,
Take Action &
Offer Service
Near & Far
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Contents
Board of Trustees 2013-14
Robert Blume, Treasurer,
Finance Committee Chair,
Executive Committee Member
Eric Cremers, Vice President,
Executive Committee Member
Thomas Culbertson
George Edwards
Robert Hammett
Ramona Higashi
Pam Kohlmeier
Susan Legget
Earl (Marty) Martin III, President,
Executive Committee Member
Linda Massman
Genevieve Mann Morris, ’90,
Development Committee Chair
Mark Ostersmith,
Investment Committee Chair
Sally Poutiatine, ’80,
Governance Committee Chair
Sarah Rieger
Kris Schulte, Secretary,
Executive Committee Member
Michael Senske
Lisa Stagaman
Joe Kennedy, Head of School (ex-officio)
Honorary Trustees
Fred W. Gilbert
Head Lines
Saint George’s
Magazine
3 Head Lines
4 Reaching the Heights
> Tackling State, National & World Competitions
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A Year of Exceptional Artists
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> Creative & Colorful Combinations
10 Spring Clean Up
> Learning Through Service
11 Dragons in Space
> Capturing Out-of-this World Views
12 Climbing Higher
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> A Vertical Outdoor Adventure
14 Campus News
15 Graduation Highlights
16 A Tale of Two Tournaments
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> Basketball Teams Make Runs at State
18 Spring Champions
> Golf, Tennis, Track & Baseball News
20 Remembering Errol
> A Beloved Teacher & Coach
22 Alumni News
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> Class Notes & Class of 1964 Reunion
24 Coming Events
SGS Board Report : Educational Journeys
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requirement.
The three CAS strands will enhance our students’
personal and interpersonal development through
experiential learning and self-discovery. The “creativity”
component will encourage students to engage in the arts
and creative thinking. The “action” requirement will
help students develop a healthy lifestyle through physical
activity, while “service” in the community will offer an
opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the world
through helping others. Together, these three strands,
along with the remainder of the IB Programme, will prepare future students for their own Graduation Day and
their journeys beyond Saint George’s.
— Earl “Marty” Martin III, President,
SGS Board of Trustees
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A few weeks ago, I was going through the
school’s historic files when I came across
a misplaced file. It piqued my curiosity
immediately as it was titled “International
Baccalaureate (IB).” I began to riffle through
the papers and quickly came upon a memo
from Walt Hoesel, Head of School from
1973 – 1985, to a “Gini,” who I have since
discovered was Virginia Elias, the Administrative Assistant and Counselor at the time
of the memo. The memo was attached to a
brochure from the International Baccalaureate Organization dated 1977.
In Walt’s handwriting it stated, “1.
Our program is moving towards the type of
standards implied by the IB. 2. Wouldn’t it
be nice to advertise this option or addition to
our program?”
philosophers, Kurt Hahn, had passed away
just three years earlier.
I mention Kurt Hahn because, by all
historical accounts, he was the man behind
the idea of what is currently referred to in the
IB world as Creativity, Action, and Service or
CAS. He believed that fitness, expedition,
project work, and service were core components of education that all teens needed.
Hahn’s ideas on experiential education were
the foundation for a number of educational
programs that were established in the 20th
Century including Outward Bound, The
United World Colleges, and Round Square
just to name a few.
Part of his philosophy is best summed up
in a piece titled, “The Seven Laws of Salem”-the philosophy that the Salem School he
founded is built upon. “We think
IB brochure that every child is capable of a grande
from 1979 passion, of a creative passion and our
most noble duty would be to discover
and satisfy it.”
The IB originally adapted his ideas
into Creativity, Aesthetic, or Social
Activities or CASA. By 1979, the IB
had modified its core component to
what is now CAS.
Walt Hoesel was right. Saint George’s
As a former history teacher, I was excited
was moving to the standards of the IB. The
because great primary and secondary sources
1977 yearbook confirms that we already had
make for accurate history, and I had been
in place a CAS program. It just wasn’t called
telling the wrong story. Previous information
that yet.
led me to believe that Saint George’s introA quote on a section titled Laughter and
duction to the IB had been in the first part of
Wonder Flow Together reads, “In every perthis century (2006). I was wrong.
son there is a quality that is wholly unique.
The IB in 1977 was just nine years old.
It is the essence that makes the individual.
Alec Peterson was still the founder and DirecA single candle in an empty room a half lit
tor General. One of its primary, pedagogical
lamp at the end of a corridor - pulling us
forward drawing us in, helping us find - helpOn the Web
ing us seek.”
View a digital copy of the Saint George’s
We were helping students find their
Magazine; just look under “Publications” at
grand passion then. We still do today.
www.sgs.org/news-and-photos
— Joe Kennedy, Head of School
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As I compose this message I am anticipating the
graduation of the Saint George’s Class of 2014 in a
little over a week. By virtue of the love and support
of their families, and their educational experience
at SGS, I am confident that each and every one of
these young men and women is ready to make their
mark in the next stage of their educational journey.
With the departure of the Class of 2014 the
SGS community will shortly turn its attention to
preparing for a new academic year – a year that will
see the launch of the IB Diploma Programme. One
of the fundamental parts of this new curriculum
that fits perfectly with the SGS mission of inspiring scholars, athletes, and artists to serve and lead
others is the creativity, action, and service (CAS)
A Grand Passion
Saint George’s Magazine
is published several times a year
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Saint George’s School Community.
John Carter
Publisher & Editor
Volume 18, Issue 2,
Spring - Summer 2014
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Spokane WA 99208.
Cover: Sixth graders launch
canoes from campus to collect
garbage along the Little Spokane
River for Community Service Day.
Photo by Joelle Neiwert.
Saint George’s School
Mission Statement
Inspiring scholars, athletes, and
artists to serve and lead others.
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Action
Reaching the Heights
“The entire St. Louis
convention center was
packed with robotics
teams from around
the world.”
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Students at Saint George’s are actively involved in a variety of projects, teams, physical
activities and events that bring their learning
outside of the classroom. This participation is
not just a requirement for a Dragon to graduate; it is something that students have taken
to heart.
This was particularly evident this spring,
when Upper School students achieved successes that were remarkable even for Saint
George’s overachievers. Like taking three
different teams to state, national and world
championships—all in one weekend!
— Allan Roy,
SGS Class of 2014
State Solo & Ensemble
Competition
Eight of Saint George’s singers and instrumentalists performed at the WMEA State
Solo and Ensemble Competition in Ellensburg on April 25-26. Four of them finished
among the top high school musicians in the
state. Earning “Superior” ratings were Caroline Hammett (Soprano) who was in the top
27 at state, Natalie Johnson (Mezzo Soprano)
in the top 16, Caroline and Stephanie Hammett (Women’s Small Vocal Ensemble) in the
top 14, and Hannah Mahaffy (String Bass) in
the top 20 at state. This was the most Superior ratings ever for SGS musicians at State.
Sisters Caroline and Stephanie both say
that although this experience caused them
quite a bit of stress along the way, it was well
worth it. “[State was] a time-consuming and
labor-intensive process but amazing all the
same,” says Stephanie. “Especially with the
size of the group we sent to State, we all felt
both supported and supportive.” Her sister
agrees. “It brought me a good deal of stress
but allowed me to push myself and grow,”
says Caroline. “I definitely feel that the hard
work and stress put into rehearsals is worth
it when all is sung and done. I thoroughly
enjoyed it, and when my performances were
over, I wanted to go and sing again!”
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On Top of
the World
Also performing at State and receiving
high marks were Kyler Hayes (Bass), John Ogden (Tenor), Stephanie Hammett (Alto) and
Peter Ogden (Guitar). “After winning eight
out of 11 possible divisions at districts against
all Spokane and Mead high schools, this was
the most students SGS has ever sent to State
Solo & Ensemble,” says SGS
choir director David Demand.
“It’s a tough gig. They have to do
a lot of prep work for it. It’s not
something you can study for the
week or two before; it’s something you do all year long.”
SGS Teams
rise to the
challenge of
state, national
& worldwide
competitions
Continued on page 6
Top to bottom: Stephanie
Hammett sings her solo for the
crowd, the Hammett sisters in
their State Choir shirts, and the
SGS Chamber Choir members
with Director David Demand.
Opposite page: SGS Robotics
team members Kyle Luiten,
James Yao & Omair Ahmad at
St. Louis’ Gateway Arch.
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National History
Bowl & Bee
Right: US History
Bowl team of
Hunter Olsen,
Kashif Ravasia,
Zhe Pan, Alaina
Jacobsen and Cody
Mekus with their
Washington State
champions award.
Below: The
team exploring
Washington
D.C. during the
tournament.
Meanwhile, Saint George’s History Bowl
team was traveling further, to the U.S. History Bowl Championships in Washington,
DC on April 25-27. They had a 3-2 record in
the qualifying rounds, finishing just short of
reaching the Round of 32.
Alaina Jacobsen, one of the members of
the History Bowl team, says the competition
was fierce. “Our team was contending against
schools from all over the United States. We
were very happy with our performance,” says
Jacobsen. “Although we were not the champions of the entire tournament, we all walked away
with a sense of pride and accomplishment for
how we competed and for how we represented Saint George’s School.”
In the simultaneous U.S. History Bee
competition, four SGS scholars placed in the
Top 150 nationwide -- Cody Mekus (107th
overall), Kashif Ravasia (137th), Zhe Pan
(146th) and Jacobsen (149th). The History
Bowl team also included Hunter Olsen and
coach David Holte. “The team had a great
season, winning both the Washington state
competition and the North Idaho title,” says
Holte, “then placing 55th out of more than
100 teams at nationals.”
Holte, who lived in D.C., showed the
team around the historic city in their down
time, taking them to places like the Natural
History Museum, the White House, the
Lincoln Memorial, and the National Statuary Hall, among many other sites. The team
also got to experience different cuisine, trying
grasshopper tacos and deep-fried frog at some
lesser-known restaurants.
Jacobsen valued the chance to go on this
trip, and compete on a national level. “This
experience has been one of the best memories
of my high school years,” says Jacobsen. “I am
so grateful to the staff and administration of
our school for allowing us to participate.”
On the Web
See more photos of Robotics at their
regional & world competitions at
www.sgs.org/news-andphotos/photo-galleries
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FIRST Robotics
World Championships
Not to be outdone, the Saint George’s
Robotics Team #1595 competed with teams
from around the world at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in St. Louis, MO,
on April 24-26. The Dragon’s robot scored
numerous points in the “Aerial Assist” game,
finishing 58th overall in the worldwide competition. Communication was challenging
at times, as the students worked with teams
from Israel, Mexico, French Canada and even
a deaf school.
Olivia Bridston, one of the members of
the team, was impressed by the number of
people competing at the Championships. “In
this year’s game, robots cooperated with alliance partners to navigate large exercise balls
down a field and into a goal,” says Bridston.
“One of the coolest things about this event
was that thousands of K-12 students were
competing at the same time at different levels
of difficulty.”
“This was the best team and robot we’ve
ever had,” says coach Rick DeFord, whose
team #1595 was returning to the World
Championships for the second year in a row.
Robotics team members included Omair
Ahmad, Bridston, Connor Cremers, Kyle
Luiten, Mikey Nord, Ben Rieger, Allan Roy,
James Yao and Jeff Zheng, along with faculty
advisors Judi Morgan, John Nord and Rick
DeFord.
The FIRST Robotics World Championships had 400 high school teams competing,
with divisions of teams created in order to
provide teams with more playing time. Not
only were there competitions held throughout the several-day event, but the event
also hosted several workshops during the
qualification rounds, including topics such as
Imagery and Programming in C++.
Roy says he was surprised by the
amount of high-end companies taking part
in the event, such as Boeing, Spacex and
Qualcomm. He encourages students to get
involved in FIRST. “FIRST is widely known
among the professional field. [It] is a great
organization that makes being a geek cool,”
says Roy. “To me, World’s was an eye-opening
experience.”
Bridston says she felt fortunate to have
the opportunity to compete in the World
Championships. “It seems surreal that this is
my last FIRST event as a participant. We have
great mentors and sponsors that have made
this possible,” says Bridston. “[And] Team
#1595 is truly exceptional.”
— Meghan Dellinger (Whitworth ’15),
SGS Communications Intern
Left: SGS Robotics team
poses with their robot.
Back from left: Rick
DeFord, Jeff Zheng,
Kyle Luiten, Michael
Nord, Omair Ahmad,
James Yao, Olivia
Bridston. Front from
left: Judi Morgan, Ben
Rieger, Allan Roy, and
Connor Cremers.
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Creativity
A Year of Exceptional Artists
ArtWalk
highlights
creative &
colorful
combinations
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her and two friends to throw paint, and took
pictures of the whole thing.
Farias started out with a desire to do a
photography project that was unique—something no one else had ever done. She went
to Upper School Photography Teacher Mike
Wootton for help.
“I just kept digging deeper and deeper
to see what she wanted to do,” says Wootton.
“I was scrolling around on the Internet, and
came across this [idea]. I think the original
idea was to have powder but paint was a lot
safer.”
Although Wootton provided some of the
push for Farias’ project, as well as direction
on the lighting, he says Farias was in charge
of the whole idea from the beginning. The
actual day of the shoot was “exactly what
you think it would be. It was chaotic,” says
Wootton. “People heard about it and came in
to watch. There were about 15 people in [the
space]. It was very crowded, but very fun.”
The pictures from Farias’ shoot were
displayed at ArtWalk, along with the paintsplattered paper that was on the wall behind
the models. Although the pictures turned
out great, Wootton says he was more excited
about the experience the students got from
this project.
“Seeing the reactions of Natalie and her
friends was the best part,” says Wootton. “I
actually think she got more than she expected
to get.”
— Meghan Dellinger (Whitworth ’15),
SGS Communications Intern
“People heard about it
and came in to watch.
It was very crowded,
but very fun.”
On the Web
See more photos of the Splatter
project and of the music and arts
displayed at ArtWalk 2014 at
www.sgs.org/news-andphotos/photo-galleries
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Above: Ceramic jar in the
campus stream in three
media, and the “Splatter”
project gets messy.
Opposite page: Stow
Miller & Allison Hayes look
colorful in splattered paint.
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Creative expression has always been a valued
aspect of life at Saint George’s, and this year
was no exception. Except that this was an
exceptional year.
Middle/Upper School Art Teacher Judi
Morgan says this year’s annual ArtWalk
Celebration on May 9 was one of the best
in terms of the work shown. “It’s a combination of all of the arts, not only visual arts but
performing arts, graphics and industrial arts
through robotics, drama, animation [and]
video production,” says Morgan. “Kids were
pushing boundaries this year, and it really
showed.”
Some of the projects displayed were from
a new combination project involving Morgan’s 2-D studio art class, a photography class
and a ceramics class. Students had to team
up to create a Photoshopped image incorporating aspects of all three art mediums in a
meaningful way.
“They had complete freedom in what
they wanted to do,” says Morgan. “They used
what they had around them, whether it was
something around campus like a stream or
using a teacher as a prop.”
She was impressed with a particular
image that combined a stream with a ceramic
jar. “I think that each piece was crafted
technically very well, and then as they put
it together all three of the elements really
meshed together to become one piece.”
This year was the first time the combination project had been attempted, and it will
most likely be repeated in the future. The students involved learned a lot about different
types of art, as well as Photoshop. “The teams
that collaborated together [and] worked
together the best had the best results,” says
Morgan.
Another unique project shown at the
ArtWalk this year was Natalie Farias’ “Splatter” idea. Farias covered the photography
studio in paper, got two friends to model for
Surprisingly
Colorful Ideas
— Mike Wootton
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Service
Action
Spring Clean Up
Dragons in Space
Middle
Schoolers
learn by
serving
around
Spokane
Above: 6th grade students
clean up trash on the Little
Spokane, and 8th graders
help out at the new
SCRAPS animal shelter.
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On June 9, Saint George’s Middle School students were not to be found in the classrooms.
Nor were they in the hallways, cafeteria, or
out on the lawns. Instead, it was their Community Service Day, where each class went to
a different part of Spokane to help in any way
they could.
The 8th grade class traveled to the
Spokane Valley to help move the Spokane
County Regional Animal Protection Service
(SCRAPS) into a new building. Volunteer
Coordinator Karen Lynch says the students’
help was much needed. “When we heard
that they could come, we were so excited,”
says Lynch. “It’s absolutely fabulous that they
could come… a godsend really.”
Students helped unpack boxes of equipment, and cleaned the dust that had resettled
on cages, floors, walls, windows and the
tiniest crevices. Eighth grader Zach Withers,
helping to clean the walls in one room, says
he felt good about assisting SCRAPS and the
animals they care for. “I’m helping to create
a hospitable home for the cats, the dogs, the
animals that stay here,” says Withers. “It’s
enlightening… [you] feel good about what
you’ve done.”
Whereas the previous building for
SCRAPS was more confined and had less
space to house animal guests, this new building was more welcoming and open, offering
a lot more room to expand. MS science
teacher Brian Hutchinson says this is not
the first time he has taken a class to help out
SCRAPS; this was also the second time this
particular class of students had been helping
the group. “SCRAPS’ theme is sort of helping the community, and that includes us at
Saint George’s School,” says Hutchinson.
Meanwhile, further down the Valley,
the 7th graders were wandering through the
Saltese Flats, picking up garbage and collecting water and soil samples for research. Steve
Gavin, a MS history teacher leading this trip,
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says the students had been studying water as
their theme, and the Saltese Flats trip was the
last experience. “[The trip] was a kind of community service outside, combined with the
classroom,” says Gavin. Students were able
to help clean up the area, while also studying
what the wetlands used to look like. They
were even able to look at animals swimming
in the water samples to learn whether the
area’s ecosystem is in balance.
The 6th graders took an entirely different path, combining with an Upper School
class to help clean up the Little Spokane
River. Joelle Neiwert, a MS math and science teacher who led this trip, says that the
students created teams (comprised of one
US student and two MS students) to see who
could collect the most garbage. The older
student would maneuver a kayak around the
river to gather the garbage, while the two MS
students rode in a canoe and would keep the
found garbage inside until the competition
was over.
“We found 30 individual shoes, but
no pairs, and one birdhouse, which was
submerged. We also found one of our
playground balls, which was still usable!” says
Neiwert. “Working together is a big part of
it. It’s just nice for them to take care of the
resource that goes through our campus.”
No matter where Saint George’s Middle
School students went that day, they were sure
to be helping Spokane become a better place
to live.
— Meghan Dellinger (Whitworth ’15),
SGS Communications Intern
On the Web
See more photos of students’ outdoor
and community service activities at
www.sgs.org/news-andphotos/photo-galleries
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The 2014 May Term “Near Space Balloon”
class launched a weather balloon on Thursday, June 12 and tracked it up to 100,000 feet
where it exploded! Then the tattered balloon
and its payload, a small styrofoam box of
instruments, plummetted toward the ground
before encountering enough atmosphere to
open a parachute and drift safely to earth.
Launched near the intersection of US
395 and Highway 26 north of Connell, the
balloon reached speeds of 120 mph in the
jet stream as it travelled 75 miles northnortheast to land in a green wheat field near
Harrington. The student-designed telemetry
sent continuous information on the balloon’s speed, direction and altitude throughout the 130-minute flight (see Google Earth
Flightpath). The students had calculated
anticipated speeds and direction based on
the winds the balloon would encounter in
its ascent. It came down just a couple miles
from the predicted landing site!
Seniors Tristan Armitage and Olivia
Bridston and freshman Kyle Luiten were later
interviewed by Spokane’s KREM TV News
about the flight. “There’s lots of rules when
you send something in the air,” says Kyle,
“like the regulations around air force bases.
And we had to figure out where we wanted
to launch from so it wouldn’t land in Lake
Coeur d’Alene.”
The most remarkable results of the flight
were the videos shot by two GoPro cameras—
one facing down and one sideways—that
recorded the lift-off and checkerboard landscape of fields and sagebrush as it climbed
over Eastern Washington. By the time they
reached 19 miles high, the cameras were seeing the curvature of the earth and the lightblue glow of the atmosphere far below. Then
in a scene worthy of the movie Gravity, the
balloon suddenly explodes and the cameras
begin a precipitous 30,000-foot drop until
the parachute can open.
A three-minute highlight video of the
launch, flight and landing is on YouTube.
com (search for Team 1595 Dragons). It’s
amazing what Saint George’s students can
create (and record) in a three-week class!
— John Carter, SGS Communications
Students
loft weather
balloon up
to amazing
views
Above: Students preparing the balloon for launch, and
retrieving the payload in a wheat field near Harrington.
Below: A screen shot of Google Earth with the flight path,
and the balloon’s view from near space before its descent.
Spokane
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Action
Conquering Fear,
Discovering Fun
Climbing Higher
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To expose students to new elements of rock
climbing, the SGS Outdoor Club traveled to
Eastern Oregon over spring break and spent
several days exploring the famous Smith Rocks.
Alec Ogden was a little skeptical at first
about signing up for the trip. “I knew I was
not a very advanced climber to begin with,”
he says. Yet by the end of the trip, he found
that he was starting to like rock climbing.
Eight students and three chaperones
went on the trip and camped for four days
near the rocks they would be climbing.
Melanie Mildrew, Director of Outdoor and
Community Service Programs, says the
students were able to scale different grades
of climbing to learn different techniques and
skills. “I love climbing because it was the first
thing in my life that held all of my attention,
and I want to share that with our students,”
says Mildrew.
The students climbed during the day,
and would return to their camp in the late
afternoon to rest and prepare for the next
day. Math Department Chair Judson Ford,
who also chaperoned the excursion, says the
trip provided a chance for students to build
confidence. “It was wonderful to see each
student on the trip push themselves to try
new things,” says Ford. “At the end of each
long day, it was fun to see students gather
around the picnic table, laughing and enjoying themselves, reliving the day and looking
forward to the next day.”
“I think the most important thing the
students learned was how to be a part of a
team,” says Miriam Steele, Executive Assistant to Head of School and another chaperone on the trip. “Climbing requires you to
rely on your partner and trust that they will
pay attention and keep you safe. Having to
depend on someone else in order to achieve a
successful outcome… is a great real-life lesson
to learn.”
As for Ogden, he says that the Smith
Rocks trip was one of the best he has been
on. “This trip exposed me to a sport which
I probably would have been too scared to
try on my own,” says Ogden. “It gave me the
chance to really conquer my fear of heights
and discover how fun climbing can be.”
— Meghan Dellinger (Whitworth ’15),
SGS Communications Intern
SGS students
take outdoor
adventure to
new heights
Opposite page:
Grace Ford scales a
cliff at Smith Rocks.
Smaller photos
from top: the
Spring Break
group, Alison
Galow, Shadow
Cheng, Katie Thew
& camping night
light.
“The most important thing the
students learned was how
to be part of a team.”
Climbing Photos by Alec Ogden
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— Miriam Steele
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Campus News
Class of 2014
Graduation Highlights
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Clockwise from above:
pStudents attend the 2nd grade
Wax Museum and learn about
famous American heroes.
uLower School students master the
basics of climbing in Metters Gym.
uThe Pirates of Penzance strutted across
the Founders Theater stage this spring.
uParents join the fun at the 2014 Gala
Auction at Saint George’s Errol Schmidt
Athletic Center.
qFirst graders create their own paper
penguins each spring and read penguin
stories with family members.
qGrandparents visit their grandchildren for a morning of classes in early May.
tEighth graders re-enact the Battle of
Gettysburg and the South loses again.
The 39 members of the Class of 2014 received
diplomas at Saint George’s 56th Graduation
ceremony on June 13. The morning’s rain
stopped just in time for the ceremony, which
featured “Kind Words” for each graduate
from Head of School Joe Kennedy.
The Class of 2014 was awarded over $5.1
million in grants and scholarships. With
those awards, and their SGS diplomas, they
are off to universities across the nation this
fall. Senior speaker Tristan Armitage will
even cross the Pacific to study at New York
University’s campus in Shanghai, China.
Clockwise from above: Group shots of the
class of 2014, Peter and Darby marching
in to the ceremony, Tristan addresses his
class, and standing on Graduation Bridge
before receiving their diplomas.
Graduation
2014 sends
seniors out
into the
world
On the Web
See more of Graduation at
www.sgs.org/
news-and-photos
On the Web
See more photos of SGS activities at
www.sgs.org/news-andphotos/photo-galleries
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Dragon Athletics
A Tale of Two Tournaments
Basketball
teams face
different
expectations
& challenges
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The final results for the two Dragon basketball teams this winter were very similar—2nd
and 3rd in State. But the way they reached
those goals, and the expectations and emotions along the way, made for two very different seasons.
Boys’ Basketball
Will Tender
flies high
The results for the 2013-2014 Boys’ Basketball
team were almost perfect. The team finished
the regular season undefeated and their only
loss came in the State Championship game
against the undefeated Morton-White Pass
Timberwolves (MWP).
The State Tournament draw found a
group of familiar foes, including three BiCounty teams and the Timberwolves that the
Dragons defeated in the first round of State
the previous year. The Mossyrock Vikings
were the first round opponent. The Dragons
led 44-28 at halftime and cruised to a 77-54
victory. The Dragons were led in scoring by
seniors Dexter Sienko (22 pts.), Will Tender
(21 pts.) and Erik Muelheims (19 pts.)
The Dragons faced league opponent,
Liberty Lancers, in the second round. This
was the fourth meeting of the season, with
the Dragons winning the previous three by
an average margin of victory of 22 points.
The Dragons set the tone for the game in the
Dexter Sienko
launches another dunk
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As we came upon the 2013-2014 season,
my coaching staff and I decided that our
mission first and foremost was to build team
chemistry, and build it quick. After graduating six seniors, not only would we be young
in key positions, but we would also be very
limited in terms of time playing together on
the court. However, we also knew that our
incoming freshman class brought a high level
of talent to our improving program.
Partway through the season, we were
looking up at a 3-7 overall record; with only
one win in league, our hopes of a breakout
year were starting to fade.
Our girls turned things around in the
second half of the regular season, finishing
with a 10-10 overall record, 8-6 in league and
a 4th seed heading into Districts. Yet our
strong finish did not come without a price,
as we lost starting guard Natalie Farias to a
season-ending knee injury in our final game
against Davenport.
Over the next three weeks, we fought and
clawed our way through District and Sub-Regional playoffs, including a thrilling overtime
win against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague as well
as a hard fought 3-point win against Asotin.
This clinched a spot in the Regional tournament. At 14-14, we realized that we were one
win away from getting the Lady Dragons back
to the Spokane Arena, with only the highly
ranked White Swan Cougars standing in our
way. Once again, our girls overcame the odds
and upset White Swan with a 3-point victory.
Then our girls came together and
shocked the favored Timberwolves of
Morton-White Pass, punching our ticket into
the state semi-finals and assuring us of bringing home a state trophy. In the semi-finals, we
were matched up against the eventual state
champion Colfax Bulldogs. Although we
played tough, we came up short.
I am proud to say that our girls saved
their best for last, as they played heroically
against Northwest Christian. Forward Hailey
Higashi exploded for 29 points, and we
captured the 3rd place trophy with a 51-48
victory over the heavily favored Crusaders.
This season was a great step forward,
and now with high hopes our goal is to make
many return trips to the Spokane Arena and
bring home the gold ball!
— Mark Rickard, Head Girls’
Basketball Coach
Girls are all smiles
Clearing the bench
Hailey Higashi drives
for more points
Girls Team with their 3rd place trophy
On the Web
See photos of State 2B Tournament
highlights for the SGS Dragons at
www.sgs.org/news-andphotos/photo-galleries
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Erik Muelheims
emerges to the
roar of the crowd
Dragon
fans
opening quarter, outscoring the Lancers 21-9.
The 60-41 final score does not reflect the
hard fought contest between these two familiar opponents. The team was led in scoring
by Tender (23 pts.) and Muelheims (18 pts.)
while Sienko contributed 9 points and senior
Nathan Furbeyre added 7 points.
The State Championship game matched
the top two teams in the 2B classification.
For the first time since 1966, the championship would feature two undefeated teams.
MWP earned their place by defeating the
Lind-Ritzville Broncos 73-56, and the Bear
Creek Grizzlies 63-57. The Dragons started
slowly, being outscored 35-23 in a physical
first half, before making a game of it in the
second half. They cut the lead to one point
in the fourth quarter and had an attempt for
a three-pointer to tie at the end of regulation.
But the Dragons came up short (51-54), and
perfection was not to be in 2014.
In addition to the school’s first Boys’
State Basketball Championship and a 58-2 record over the past two years, the members of
this team leave an indelible mark on SGS basketball history. The team was comprised of
Seniors: Nathan Furbeyre, Erik Muelheims,
Dexter Sienko, Corey Spalding, Will Tender,
Peter Worrall; Juniors: Cody Peplinski, Felix
Tsai; Sophomores: Collin Cremers, Delfino
Liu, Liam Sienko, Isaac Werkman; and Freshman: Max McGougan. Four seniors rank
among the top 50 scorers in school history:
Dexter Sienko - 1560 points ranks 3rd, Erik
Muelheims - 1463 points ranks 4th, Will
Tender - 1246 points ranks 7th, and Corey
Spalding - 425 points ranks 46th.
The Dragons finished the year with
an identical 29-1 record as the year before,
including a 49-game winning streak dating
back to the 2012-13 season. While it wasn’t
perfect, it was pretty darn close.
— Jamie Tender, Asst. Boys Basketball
Coach & Asst. Head for Advancement
Girls’ Basketball
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Dragon Athletics
Spring Champions
Spring 2014 Results
uWIAA Scholastic Cup 2013-14
2nd in the State
uBoys Golf: State Champions
u Girls Golf: State Champions
uBoys Tennis:
State Champions
uBoys Baseball:
GPA ranked 5th in State
uBoys Tennis:
GPA ranked 2nd in State
uBoys Track and Field:
GPA ranked 2nd in State
Sawyer
Spackman
Boys’ State
Champion
Skylar Kersten
Girls’ State
Runner Up
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Not only do Saint George’s students excel
in their classrooms and communities, but
they also excel in the realm of sports. This
year brought remarkable advances to Saint
George’s spring sports programs. With the
addition of boys’ and girls’ golf teams, a state
championship win from the tennis team, and
state titles for two track team members, the
Dragons made themselves known.
Golf
For the first time in 20 years, the Dragons fielded boys’ and girls’ golf teams. For
their inaugural season, they posted multiple
wins as a team and as individuals. The girls’
team won Districts, Sub-Districts and then
eventually won the State title behind the brilliant play of 8th-grader Skylar Kersten, who
individually won six tournaments. One of
those victories was a District Championship,
and she placed 2nd overall at State.
Megan Corn improved dramatically over
the course of the season. Ranked 14th going
into districts, she placed 8th at the event to
earn a spot at State. She continued to improve and ended up placing 14th in the state
to help bring home the State Trophy.
The Boys’ team played exceptionally well,
finishing 3rd at districts, 2nd at sub-districts
and eventually winning the State Championship as well. Jimmy Psomas and Sawyer
Spackman led the team for the majority of
the year, combining for two individual wins
and eight top-five finishes for the season.
JT McCarthy was a late addition to the golf
team, but played an important role in helping
the team get 2nd at sub-districts. The 1stplace finish of Sawyer and Jimmy’s 4th-place
finish were enough to bring home both individual and team state championships.
“If you would have told me at the initial
player meeting that we would have a state
champion, a state runner up, and two team
state championships, I would have laughed
out loud,” says SGS golf coach Brad Kirsch.
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Baseball
Tennis
The boys’ tennis team brought home the
State Championship for the first time in a decade. The victory was due to the depth of the
boys’ team, with all four SGS boys placing in
the state tournament. The doubles team of
Nathan Furbeyre and Collin Cremers, who
won both the district and regional championships, began with an easy victory over Liberty Bell followed by a tough match against
Naches Valley. After losing the first set 5-7,
Nathan and Collin took the second and third
sets 7-6, 7-5, showing strong determination in
such a close match. Another three-set duel
followed in the semi-finals, where Nathan
and Collin were defeated; however, a final
victory against Seattle Academy got them the
3rd place medal.
In boys’ singles, Michael Hamilton got
off to a quick start, winning the first round
easily in straight sets against a player from
Entiat before losing to Griffin Welsh from
Charles Wright Academy, who eventually
took 2nd place in the next round. However, Michael bounced back quickly to win
his final two matches against players from
Cashmere and Davenport, taking the 4th
place medal. Mark Hay also came out of
the gate strong, with victories over Liberty
Bell and Overlake before running into Jack
Katzman from University Prep. Mark faced
a final tough loss against Seattle Academy
to take home the 6th place medal. The girls’
team was represented by Darby Pierce in girls’
singles, but did not place at the state tournament as she battled one of the strongest girls’
fields in years at the 1B/2B state championship.
On the Web
See photo galleries of Dragon golf, tennis,
track and baseball teams in action at
www.sgs.org/news-and-photos/
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Madison Ward
surges to the
800-meter
finish at State
Track and Field
Two Saint George’s athletes won State
Championships in their events at Eastern
Washington University on May 30-31. Freshman Madison Ward won the girls’ 800-meter
race with a time of 2:22.81. Madison trailed
by ten meters as she entered the final straightaway, but she displayed a powerful finish and
outran her opponent by a mere four onehundredths of a second. Madison added a
6th place finish in the 1600.
Senior Hunter Olsen dominated the
boys’ 3200-meter race. Facing three-time
champion and race favorite Chandler
Tiegan of Asotin, Hunter led from the gun
and steadily increased his lead, winning by
an amazing 20 seconds. Hunter’s time of
9:32.53 is a new school record by 5 seconds.
Not only did Hunter capture the state title
and school record, he is the first ever boys’
3200-meter champion for SGS. He also
placed second in the 1600 race with a time of
4:22.25 for another school record.
All told, nine Saint George’s athletes
competed in the 2B State Championships,
bringing home 12 medals.
The 2014 Saint George’s baseball
team was one game away from making it
to State. After finishing the regular season
11-11, the Dragons polished off a favored
Reardan team 11-3. But facing a looser-out
game against Davenport, they gave up three
runs in the 7th inning to end the season
on a 4-1 loss.
The team performed well on the diamond, fielding two 2nd team All-League
players, Erik Muelheims and Michael
Thew, who batted .557 and .507 respectively. 1st team All-League player Issac
Werkman hit .476, but was a terror on the
mound, throwing two no-hitters and 52
strikeouts on his way to a 6-2 record and a
stingy .86 ERA.
The Dragons also performed well in
the classroom this year, placing 5th in the
state for team grade point average.
The seniors led the team, but relied
on big hits (including an SGS record 12
home runs) and key plays by underclassman. “The young guys stepped up in big
moments and came through for the team,”
says Coach George Bell, who was named
League Coach of the Year.
Nathan Furbeyre
and Collin Cremers
finish 3rd in Doubles
Michael Hamilton and Mark Hay
Isaac Werkman
hit five home runs
Hunter Olsen is
State Champion
at 3200 meters
Blake DeWalt
pitches to
catcher Corey
Spalding
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Errol and Robin at their home
in Western Washington,
fall 2013.
In Memoriam
Remembering Errol
Errol Schmidt’s
students,
friends and
colleagues
remember a
special teacher
and coach
Errol with the
2000 State B
champions
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Errol E. Schmidt, a beloved teacher and
member of the Saint George’s community for
35 years, passed away on February 22, 2014
in Indianola, WA, after a long battle with
Parkinson’s disease and cancer.
A memorial service was held on campus
for Errol on May 10. “It was quite amazing
to hear from several people about my dad’s
crucial role in their life,” says his son Casey
Schmidt. “I loved hearing the quotes from his
personnel file from his first year on the job.
I wish he was there to see it; he would have a
broad, beaming smile on his face.”
Here are other comments from those
who knew and loved Errol:
Alumni
In so many ways, Errol represented
A bearded
Errol keeps his 1970s
math students engaged
More than $200,000
was raised this
spring for the Errol
Schmidt Memorial
Scholarship Fund for
financial aid. To help
support students in
Errol’s name, go to
www.sgs.org/give
and select Errol’s
Fund on the Gift
Purpose menu.
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all the good of SG and all the good that we
should each strive to be in our lives. He was
kind and patient and funny and caring and
above all, generous. He made math entertaining and nonthreatening and supported each
student where they were... I am grateful to
have known Errol and to tell my kids about
him so they know the legend behind the gym
they play in.”
— Genevieve Mann Morris, ‘90
(Spokane, WA)
I have learned
many things from
my dad. I learned that no matter how awful
someone is to you, just keep being kind
because anger is a useless emotion and kindness can change people. Don’t be afriad to
tell people how you really feel. I learned from
him give everything and anything to your
friends. I learned everyone has potential, but
no one is the same. Don’t expect everyone
to have the same skills or talents. Let each
person’s gift guide what they contribute.
Find joy in the most basic parts of my life.
I learned to do a quality job no matter for
whom and who is watching. I learned to be
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curious and
have a lot of
interests. It
makes life
interesting. I
learned don’t
be afraid to
Errol in 1984
fail - everyone
does.”
— Darby Schmidt, ‘91 (Cambridge, MA)
When I first started
school at SGS
he made me feel so welcome. I had never considered playing basketball, but he encouraged
me to try and was a great coach to play for.
I wasn’t overly fond of math, but he made it
fun simply in the way that his joy of teaching
it came through. It was always fun to be in
his Dragon Slayers group on our field trips,
laughter was a guarantee. He was a genuine,
kind educator and friend, and we are all the
better for having been fortunate enough to
have known him.”
— Lisa (Wyche) Raney, ‘91 (Eugene, OR)
I was lucky enough
to have Errol
as both a math teacher and a basketball
coach. A huge part of the reason that I’m an
engineer today is because he made math fun
and interesting for me and made me confident that I could pursue advanced math.
After recently watching a middle school girls
basketball practice I have no idea how he
put up with coaching them for so long. It
takes a very special person to have that much
patience and enjoyment of life.”
— Rhiannon Ervin, ‘02 (Medford, MA)
Parents
Errol created the Dragon Slayer program
at SGS and lived it to its fullest meaning. He
will be remembered as a wonderful teacher
and mentor for students and parents.”
— Linda Ott (Spokane, WA)
He was such an outstanding teacher
and coach. He was so supportive and patient.
We loved him.”
— Linda Harvill (Bellingham, WA)
Errol was one of the main reasons Deb
and I chose Saint George’s School for our
four daughters to spend their middle school
and high school years. The way he interacted
with students was both inspirational and
effective (a hard thing to do with middle
schoolers). I am sure he had a profound and
positive impact on hundreds of students during his time as a great teacher.”
— Steve Duvoisin (Spokane, WA)
Colleagues
What I remember most
is being
with Errol. He had a calm, a receptiveness,
a grace, a genuineness, an authenticity, a
patience, a humor that invited you to enter
into the same space with him. You were not
separate from him and he was not separate
from you. I am sure that he communicated
this same sense to his class, his team, his
staff, his colleagues, his friends. In my four
or five years with Errol, I was a young gun—
idealistic, passionate, and eager to make the
world right. I thought that change came from
what was obvious (or what was obvious to
me); from Errol I learned meaningful change
grows from that space that people share. Being together leads to becoming together. This
is a hard quality and concept to describe; I
think because it is so rare. I think that, more
than any other single person, Errol Schmidt
taught me that there was great value in carving out a small slice of life and caring for it,
that being a middle school math teacher is
a worthy profession, that treating kids with
dignity, respect, and—again—good humor can
have exponential effects. I wish I had taken
the opportunity to let him know how often I
returned to him as a touchstone throughout
my life and my career; how much I loved him.”
— Bob Brock, former SGS teacher
(Sun Valley, ID)
A Special Teacher
“I remember when Errol introduced me to the whole Dragon
Slayers program—downhill skiing, cross country skiing, hiking,
camping, canoeing? I was an L.A. girl who liked fine dining and
hotels. I wasn’t sure about all of this outdoorsy stuff. So during my
second year, I jokingly suggested that I take a group downtown for
shopping and lunch as a Dragon Slayers event. Errol’s immediate
response was “Sounds great! Let’s do it! “ And that’s how I ended
up in Nordstrom with five girls having a pretty fabulous afternoon.
And truthfully? I LOVED the skiing, hiking, camping and canoeing, for three reasons: the kids, my colleagues, and my fearless
leader, the greatest dragon slayer of all, Errol. Magic.
One of the greatest reasons he was my hero and champion?
When I was pregnant with my first child, I told Errol that I would
probably be leaving the school since I didn’t want to be away from
my firstborn by being at school all day. Errol’s response, without
hesitation, was, “Well, just bring the baby with you.” I actually
thought he was kidding at first, but he just kept looking at my with
that wide grin and eyes that suggested, like they often did, “Why
not? Let’s give a try!” So, with a willing headmaster, an empty
classroom as a nursery, and some volunteer Upper Schoolers,
Drake attended school with me for two years (and another teacher,
Lynda LeBlanc, brought her new daughter Camille to join Drake
the second year). It was such a progressive idea at the time that
the Spokesman Review wrote an article about it, and Drake was
featured with the middle schoolers, who loved to play with him
every day. It was a remarkable experience, and nothing else—and
no one else—could have made me feel more valued as a colleague
and a friend. Magic.
During all my years of teaching since Errol, he is the measure
by which I gauge myself and my colleagues, and we all fall short,
even the best ones. But I am a better person for having known and
loved him; anyone who knew him is testimony to his influence.
There was no nicer man, no one more open and generous, than
Errol, which is what made him the ultimate teacher, coach, family
man and friend. His children, I know, are a wonderful legacy to
this man for whom the word “grace” can be applied in all ways. He
was the heart and soul of our building, and he brought the magic.
— Laureen Legrand Bonin, English Department
Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Alumni News
Class Notes
Laurel Fish and Karl “Doc” Revells
with awards from Stanford
University.
Class Reunion at SGS
This year marked the 50th anniversary for
the members of Saint George’s Class of 1964.
Fourteen of them returned to campus on
June 13 for a Davenport House lunch with
Head of School Joe Kennedy. Then they
toured the school and marched in the 2014
Graduation parade holding their banner.
classifications around a surge to be able to
better understand and predict them.”
2009
Laurel Fish received the J.E. Wallace
Sterling Award for Academic Excellence
from Stanford University this spring,
given to the top 25 members of each
graduating class. She had the honor of
recognizing former SGS Upper School
Head Karl “Doc” Revells and all the Saint
George’s faculty and staff who made her
successes possible.
“Each award recipient is allowed to
invite one of their high school mentors to
A Legacy of Service: Peter Witherspoon ‘70
After nearly 35 years service as
Saint George’s School counsel, Peter
Witherspoon ‘70 is stepping down from
that key role.
“His sage advice on difficult issues
has helped so many heads of school
(including me) and board chairs that it
is hard to quantify his contributions to
SGS; there are simply too many,” says
Joe Kennedy, Head of School. “I can’t
thank him enough for all of the guidance he has given me in my short time
at SGS.”
Peter served two terms on the SGS
Board from 1978-83 and 1997-2000.
He also was a presence for many years
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1964
1992
Cameron Turner was recently interviewed by Data Science Weekly for a blog
about energy effiency in the field of data
science and machine learning. Here are
some of Cameron’s comments:
“I believe that statistics and creative
data science can create answers to
some of the world’s toughest problems.
Sometimes solutions can be finessed by
correlation and analysis, rather than brute
force approaches that attempt to answer
a question directly. Data (at times) can
make sense of the world and unlock the
universe’s secrets.
“In high school my friends and I
created a tiny FM transmitter and hid it
in the teachers’ lounge. We were hoping
to develop a database of article ideas for
the student newspaper. Incidentally, we
didn’t get that far before our bug was
found in the lunch table napkin holder.
They weren’t too pleased with us when we
fessed up (to get our bug back)....
“There is an immediate opportunity
here to substantially reduce carbon emissions through machine learning. I love the
fact that I can draw on data science best
practices that are working in other verticals and apply them to improving energy
efficiency....
“We wanted to better understand
what was happening within a chilled water system around a chiller surge... We are
trying to create vibrational and acoustic
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on the Board’s Finance Committee.
“Peter was a constant advisor and
provider of sound advice throughout the
35-year period as Heads, Trustees and
employees cycled through the School,”
says Stuart Mermel, Saint George’s Chief
Financial Officer. “He truly acted as a
counselor for the school in many complex
and thorny situations. Peter modeled the
current school values—honesty, respect,
generosity of spirit and best efforts. He
also modeled integrity and humility.” Mermel says he was lucky to have
Peter teach, mentor and guide him, and
that he will be sorely missed. “Peter leaves
a legacy that will be difficult to replace.”
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attend the ceremony,” says Laurel. “Reflecting on my high school experience,
one of the things that I feel most grateful
for is not just having amazing teachers, but the sense that a whole network
of people was looking out for me and
invested in my academic growth. There
were many teachers who were a part of
this—Chad, Jeff, Judson, Bill Burford and
of course Deena—though Doc seemed
particularly essential to keeping our community together.”
Laurel graduated with a degree in
Anthropology. Her senior honors thesis
focused on the privatization of social
services in San Francisco.
Peter’s connections with
Saint George’s are more than
just professional. His older
brother Grant ‘62 and sister
Tannis ‘66 also graduated
from the school. Peter and
wife Gay sent four children
through SGS and across
Graduation Bridge—John T.
in 1998, Robert in 2001, Julie in 2002,
and David Witherspoon in 2007. For
his reliable counsel and consistent support, Peter received the SGS Outstanding Alumni Award in 2002.
“As a board member, committee
member, legal counsel, parent of four
grads and an alum himself, Peter has
given so much to so many at SGS over
the years,” says Joe Kennedy.
Above, from left to right: Jan (Williams) Boots,
Daven Temple, Caroline (Hanford) Schmidt,
Tracey (David) Fundine, Bob Stier, Joe Aspray,
Janet (Clarke) Mann, Merry Dee (Riegel) Young,
Kent Anderson, Barbara Swearingen-Loll, Stan
Rutherford, Jane (McEachran) Conlin, Rob Cool
and Ruth Kilpatrick.
2013
In Memoriam
“Whether I decide to wake up early on
a weekend and get first tracks on the
mountain or simply choose to go for a
run through the woods, my time spent in
nature is my time to be silent. I opt out
of being “plugged-in” and leave my headphones at home. The sound
of ripping through powder, my
footsteps on the trail, and my
own laborious breathing are the
only soundtrack I need. In a
world filled with noise, I make
room for silence.”
Janet Majer Gilpatrick ‘60 passed
away on Easter Sunday at the age of 71.
She graduated from St. George’s School
in 1960 in its second graduating class and
attended Mills College. After working on
President Jimmy Carter’s campaign staff,
she joined Speaker Tom Foley as a staff
assistant in 1980. Four years later, Janet
became his chief local representative,
administering the Spokane office and
serving as his regional liaison for constituents. After Foley
and her husband, Dr.
Thomas Gilpatrick,
died on the same day
on October 18, 2013,
Janet’s health declined
abruptly. She is survived by two younger
brothers, Frank ‘64
and Ernie Majer
‘66; her daughters
Dawn Saari ‘83 and
Hannah Kwasman’s essay for her Colby
College course on “The Story of People
and Nature: American Environmental
Writing” was voted best in the class by her
peers. Here’s an excerpt:
Janet (Majer)
Gilpatrick ‘60
Annie Gilpatrick ‘93; and three beloved
granddaughters. Janet’s daughter Dawn
says, “Mom, your life was never dull! You
had such passion, intelligence and good
energy for making a difference in your
community.”
John Kelly Farris ‘85 graduated in
1989 from the University of Washington
with a degree in Information Systems.
John worked at Microsoft in marketing until 2000. He was one of the early
investors/founders of ZAAZ in Seattle,
and later worked at Possible, a global
advertising firm and traveled the world.
At the time of his death on February 9,
2014, John was in the process of moving
to London to begin a new chapter in his
working life, utilizing his Danish passport.
John was very active in life, growing up
with swimming, soccer and golf, and later
testing himself with marathons, triathlons
and skiing. He is survived by his parents
and family in the U.S. and Denmark, and
partner Jason Fuller in Sydney, Australia.
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Coming Events
The 3rd annual TEDx event of “ideas worth spreading”
is coming October 13, 2014 to the Saint George’s campus!
TEDxSpokane will feature a dozen inspirational speakers sharing big ideas and
unique stories that will challenge you to see the world around you in new ways.
Learn more about the 2014 event
on Facebook at TEDxSpokane,
including our theme of...
Connections &
Intersections
On the Web
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