Fay Magazine, Summer 2013

FAYM A G A Z I N ESummer 2013

In this issue: Innovation, Design Thinking, and Fay’s New iLabA Life in the Arts: André Bishop ’62

The Drama Program at Fay

Fay School48 Main StreetSouthborough, MA 01772-9106Phone: 508.485.0100Fax: 508.481.7872www.fayschool.org

Robert J. Gustavson, Jr.Head of School

Ann WardwellDirector of Advancement

Gail Duffney CirilloDirector of Annual Giving

Kathryn GaskaDirector of Constitutent Relations

Rob CrawfordDirector of Marketing and Public Relations

Erin Ash SullivanEditor, Director of Communications

Nicole CaseyStephanie LevinePublications Associates

Magazine DesignMichele PageDesign Communication

Photography:Nick AgeeTyler AuerPeter FeareyJohn GiordanoEllen HarasimowiczA.J. Purcell III ’77Erin Ash Sullivan

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On the cover: Keziah Clarke ’13 and Francesca D’Angelo ’14 inFay’s spring production of Annie. Photo by Ellen Harasimowicz.

Inside front cover: Faculty member Greg Mertz belays sixthgraders as they explore an indoor ropes course at Chewonki, acamp and outdoor classroom in Wiscasset, Maine. Photo byTyler Auer.

Contents

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3 New Spaces, New Inspiration: Creativity, Innovation, and Design ThinkingHow teachers are repurposing a space in Reinke for exciting new projects and modeling strategies for problem solving and innovative thinking

10 Seeing the Wire: André Bishop ’62 on a Life in the ArtsThe artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater reflects on the creative spirit, the importance of the arts in education—and a very unusual Mikado encore

14 The Play’s the Thing: Drama at FayA look at how Fay’s drama program provides opportunities to build confidence and presentation skills

20 How to Start a Fifth Grade Book Group How one intrepid fifth grader started a book club for her entire class

22 Making History a (Virtual) RealityInnovative uses of the iPad in a new Upper School history course taught by a Fay alumnus

28 The World is Our Classroom: Upper School Field TripsA new initiative at Fay: multi-day field trips in the spring for grades seven, eight, and nine

40 Commencement 2013Photos, awards, and information about our graduates’ secondary school and college destinations

52 Class NotesNews about fighter pilots, remote-controlled airplanes, and NESCAC standouts

Also in this issue:2 Head’s Notebook

18 Breaking News! Excerpts from Moose Mag, the second grade newspaper

24 Fay in Brief26 Earth Day at Fay32 Sports Spotlight34 Color Competition 36 Founders’ Weekend 201338 Introducing New Trustees50 Primary and Lower School Closing Exercises59 In MemoriamBack Cover: The Pre-Kindergarten Team

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Each spring for the past five years I have had a small part in theUpper School Musical. It began as a gesture of support for ourmusic and drama programs during my first year at Fay, when Iasked Katie Long and Stephen Buck if they would be willing togive me a cameo in Seussical. Although they were initiallysomewhat hesitant because previous performances had notincluded adults, their reluctance dissipated when they identifiedthe need for a brief appearance by the Grinch.

While I’d like to think Katie and Stephen’s growing enthusiasmreflected their confidence in my acting and singing talents, I sus-pect it had more to do with the prospect of covering the newHead of School with green makeup and putting him in a fursuit on a sweltering May afternoon – as well as the rich potentialfor typecasting jokes. In truth, these elements made the parteven more appealing to me, as I hoped they might underscoremy willingness to be a good sport.

My cameo quickly became a tradition, and I have appreciatedthe opportunity to appear in four subsequent productions.Although my motivation may have been symbolic at first, it hasevolved over time. Participating alongside students in rehearsalsand shows has provided some amazing moments of insight,enjoyment, and pride, and I hope my presence has enhancedtheir experience in some small ways.

My lack of background in musical theater has enabled me toobserve the creative process with fresh eyes. Three impressionsare particularly strong. First, since performing requires vulnerability and risk-taking, humility is essential. Any

perceived standing I may have had as Head of School evaporatedinstantly when a patient eighth grade girl was appointed mytutor for a simple dance routine and each time I needed helpapplying eyeliner.

Second, courage—and encouragement—come in many forms.In the words of Harper Lee, courage is “knowing you’re lickedbefore you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through nomatter what.” There is nothing quite like preparing to goonstage when you know you’re just not very good. When a sev-enth grade boy asked me if I was nervous while we waited forour cue (and my honest answer was “Yes!”), I felt a remarkablelift when he told me I’d be great and gave me a high-five.

And as a former athlete and coach, I have always believed in thevalue of accepting your limitations and knowing your role. Insports, not trying to do too much can be as important to yourteam as playing your position well. This is equally true on stage,where collaboration and mutual respect are paramount. Mymost important goal each year has been not to ruin the show.By this measure, at least, I must have been successful thus far.They keep inviting me back.

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There is nothing quite like preparing to go onstage when you know you’re justnot very good.

Head’s NotebookA Message from Rob Gustavson, Head of School

Knowing Your Role

Or what I learned from the Grinch, the Master of Ceremonies, the Bookseller, the Townsperson, and the Apple Seller

New Spaces, New Inspiration: Creativity, Innovation, and Design Thinking

Two classrooms on the second floor of Reinke have become the hub thisspring for an exciting range of learning activities.

Since January, this versatile new learning space, dubbed the Innovation Lab(or “iLab”), has served multiple purposes: a TV studio, woodshop, webdesign workshop, science lab, and art studio, just to name a few examples.

Students and teachers from every division have used the iLab as a place tobrainstorm, collaborate, build, test—and develop critical thinking and prob-lem solving skills using a conceptual model called design thinking.


If YouBuild It…

The idea for the iLab came about during thewinter break, when Director of TechnologyPeter Fearey, Math Department Chair Julie

Porrazzo, and Science Department Chair TimMcCauley were inspired to transform what had previously been an underutilized space in Reinke.

“Our goal was to create a physical space that wouldgive teachers more flexibility in terms of how andwhat they taught, and that would challenge them tothink beyond the bounds of a traditional classroomsetup,” Peter explains.

With permission from the administration to takeover the space—and the challenge of outfitting itusing only repurposed materials already on cam-pus—the three set to work. They moved out desksand chairs and moved in couches, armchairs, andworktables. They attached wheels to the furniture tomake everything easy to move and brought in acomputer and projector on a cart. They paintedwhiteboard paint on most of the walls and tabletopsto maximize writeable spaces for brainstorming, andthey painted one wall bright green for video projectsusing “green screen” technology.

Each of the two rooms developed a specialized purpose. One room became the “Design” room forbrainstorming and collaboration. The other becamethe “Create” room, outfitted for building and construction, with plenty of space for students toimplement large-scale projects.

With the iLab up and running, what remained wasthe most important ingredient of all: teachers andstudents ready to jump into the design thinkingprocess.

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What is Design Thinking?Design thinking was originally developed at the d.school, theInstitute of Design at Stanford University, as a way to system-atize a “solution-oriented” approach to solving a range of designproblems, from mechanical and software engineering to industri-al design. Over the years, the design thinking model has alsoemerged as a meaningful, structured approach for “non-design-ers” to generate and develop ideas.

The steps of the process involve identifying and understandingthe problem to be solved and then quickly generating and testing solutions—with the emphasis on quick. “One of themost effective aspects of the process is the fast transition fromidea to prototype to test,” Peter says. “In this way, designers getimmediate feedback, which can inform the problem solvingprocess.”

Design Thinking in the ClassroomThe classroom may not seem like an obvious fit for the designthinking process, but the skills involved in thinking like adesigner—listening, analyzing, creating, testing, revising—allrepresent the kinds of enduring skills about which Head ofSchool Rob Gustavson speaks frequently.

Assistant Head of School David Liebmann explains that inaddition to the enduring skills that students learn as part of atraditional curriculum—critical reading, clear and effectivewriting, number sense and mathematical thinking—youngpeople also need real-world, meaningful experiences where they

can learn how to collaborate effectively with others, independ-ently generate solutions to problems, and demonstrate ingenu-ity and resilience in the face of challenges.

“The old model of education was more passive, with studentsasked only to learn and remember a body of knowledge,”David says. “While there is great value in knowing the funda-mentals in any academic discipline, the design thinking modelchallenges students to be active learners and mirrors the realworld, where people are constantly required to think on theirfeet and solve problems based on feedback from peers and theirenvironment.”


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Not Just for StudentsDesign thinking isn’t just for students—it’s also a valuable processfor Fay’s teachers, who constantly review and refine the academicprogram.

At a professional development day this spring, Peter Fearey led thefaculty and staff through the design thinking process with a hands-on classroom redesign project. Faculty and staff worked in small,cross-divisional groups to focus on the design of one colleague’sclassroom. First, each group visited a classroom and listened to theteacher’s reflections on how the room’s layout helped or hinderedstudent learning. Then the group used this information to defineproblems, generate solutions, and ultimately create and test proto-types by moving or modifying furniture.

“Teachers were excited to see tangible results of the design thinkingprocess,” Peter says. “They could immediately see its application intheir work with students.”

Julie Porrazzo points out that whether or not teachers are con-sciously aware of “following the steps,” Fay teachers are alwaysdoing design thinking as they work to meet their students’ needs.“It’s important to think about where we want our students to endup and to use that information to be reflective and deliberate aboutour curriculum,” she says. “We also have to be willing to constantlytest and revise as we move forward. That’s what good teaching is.”

NEW TITLE, NEW CHALLENGES: PETER FEAREY BECOMES FAY’S FIRSTDIRECTOR OF INNOVATION

What’s in a name? A lot! Director of Technology PeterFearey takes on a new title this fall as Fay’s first Director ofInnovation. In his modified role, he’ll continue to overseeall technology available to students, faculty, and staff whilealso providing support and encouragement for facultyimplementing new curricula and teaching approaches.

“Fay is grounded in rich traditions and core values. At thesame time, we believe strongly in the importance of ongo-

ing growth and improve-ment,” says Head of SchoolRob Gustavson. “This posi-tive, creative tension is reflect-ed in our tagline, ‘Where tradition meets innovation.’Peter’s new role demonstratesour commitment to seekingmeaningful and innovativeways for students to learn thatwill prepare them for second-ary school and beyond.”


BROADENING HORIZONS WITH THE GREENSCREEN: Teachers across grade levels have jumped at theopportunity to enhance their curricula with green screen technol-ogy. To complement the second grade’s study of Massachusetts,students wrote and produced short public service announcementsabout different destinations in Massachusetts, using differentlocations for backgrounds. Fifth graders wrote personal essaysthat they presented on camera using a format inspired by TED

Talks. In the Upper School, English students performed selec-tions from Romeo and Juliet and imported backgrounds fromVerona, while students in a Spanish class wrote and producedtheir own commercials to reinforce vocabulary skills.

THE BANNERPROJECT: The AthleticDepartment wants to displaybanners representing Fay and

its competitor schools in the gym. What’s theideal size for the banners, and what should thelayout look like? This was the challenge presentedto the sixth graders, who took on this open-ended(and, as it happens, true-to-life) design challengeand generated their own proposals. According toJulie Porrazzo, who introduced the project, “Thestudents loved that it had a real-world application,and because they had ownership, they were totallyengaged. Students embraced the iLab for the project—the wide-open space helped foster creative problem solving.”

DESIGN THINKING IN ACTIONThe iLab has certainly provided inspiration for innovative teaching and learning this spring, and the design

thinking model is taking root throughout the school, with exciting results. Here are just a few examples:

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A SPACE FOR BUILDING AND MAKING: Science students used the iLab for the Firemouse Project, where theyapplied their knowledge about simple machines to design, build,

and test Rube Goldberg-esque machines that enabled a marble to extinguish a lightedcandle after a series of at least four steps. Geometry students also used the space todesign and craft large-scale blocks that, together, formed a Roman arch.


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WEB DESIGN INTHE REAL WORLD:

A group of ninth graderspartnered with PeterFearey and Travis Warren,president and founder ofWhippleHill (the designerof Fay’s website), to recon-figure Fay’s parent/studentportal based on anecdotalfeedback. Among otherthings, the group is usingthe iLab for Skype conver-sations with Travis aboutthe challenges of webdesign.

André Bishop ’62 on a Life in the Arts

Seeing the Wire

by Erin Ash Sullivan

ALUMNI PROFILE

TODAY, DECADES LATER, André Bishop hasbecome one of the defining figures of American the-ater. As Artistic Director, first at PlaywrightsHorizons and currently at Lincoln Center Theater,André has developed and produced a number ofinfluential new plays and musicals, including TheHeidi Chronicles, Sunday in the Park with George, andDriving Miss Daisy. He has overseen the revival oficonic Broadway shows such as Carousel and SouthPacific. Over the years, his productions have won 13Tony Awards and four Pulitzer Prizes. André has alsoreceived the Margo Jones Award for contributionsmade to the American theater; the Lucille Lortel

Award for Outstanding Achievement for a Body ofWork, specifically in the development of newAmerican plays and playwrights; a special DramaDesk Award; and he was recently inducted into theTheater Hall of Fame.

For André, a life in the arts bears a remarkable simi-larity to that Peter Pan moment so many years ago: asimultaneous embrace of the magic inherent in thecreative process and a clearheaded awareness of howthe pieces in the puzzle all need to come together.

“You have to have vision,” he says, “but you also haveto keep your feet on the ground.”

When André Bishop was six years old, an aunt took him to see theBroadway musical Peter Pan. As Peter Pan “flew” through the air,something caught André’s eye.

“I saw the wire,” he says, referring to the harness that hoisted actressMary Martin into the air to create the illusion of flight.

“I saw the magic, but I also saw how that magic was created,” Andréexplains. “And that moment completely defined my life.”

pictured left: In 1962, AndréBishop performed the lead role inFay's production of TheMikado. “I stopped the showand had to do an encore,” herecalls. “I was vain enough tothink that I had to figure out anew way to perform my song, sothe second time around I did‘My Object All Sublime’ as astriptease—it was quite a scandal.”

pictured below, (left to right),Lincoln Center productions ofContact, War Horse, andSouth Pacific.

ANDRÉ CAME TO FAY as a fifth grade boarding student andstayed through eighth grade, graduating in 1962. His recollec-tions include memories of influential teachers, such as the “leg-endary and colorful” Dr. Seaver Gilcreast, who taught Englishand directed the winter operetta, and whom André describes as “agreat mentor to me and many other boys. He was very literate,with a certain glamour and outside-the-box irreverence. He wasthe kind of teacher you wanted to see after graduation: you wanted him to be proud of you.”

André also remembers the performance opportunities thatenabled him to excel and that reinforced his love of the theater.André was at Fay in the days when Gilbert and Sullivan musicalswere an annual tradition, so he was part of the casts of Patience,The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore, and in eighth grade TheMikado, in which he played the lead role.

André is quick to point out that Fay in those days was not intrinsically an “artsy school,” but rather a place where far moreemphasis was placed on academics and athletics. Interestingly, hebelieves that it was this very structure that drove his desire to pur-sue a life in the arts. “Artists are outsiders,” he says, “and nothingfuels that interest more than being ‘outside’ rather than ‘inside.’”

And even while arts were outside the regular program, Andrésays, he always felt encouraged and supported in his endeavors.

Even more importantly, he says, Fay provided a broad and deepacademic foundation that fed his intellectual and artistic pursuitsin later years. “Many actors seem uninterested and impatientwith the idea of a liberal arts education, and that’s a real mistake,”he says. “The most successful actors I know are those whoreceived good liberal arts educations and then made their hobbytheir livelihood. The best thing Fay gave me was a well rounded,disciplined, literate, and mind-stretching education.”

LIKE MANY WHO FIND SUCCESS pursuing their passions,André’s official entry into the New York theater world is not astory of cold and calculating career steps. “What happened tome,” he says, “is that I was the right person in the right place atthe right time—and I didn’t know it. There were all these oppor-tunities, and opportunities create artists.”

After Fay, André attended St. Paul’s School and went on to graduate from Harvard. After college, he moved to Manhattanand spent the next few years studying acting, doing radio work,tutoring French, even working for the Book of the Month Club.

The pivotal moment came when a friend introduced him toRobert Moss, who had recently founded Playwrights Horizons, a not-for-profit theater dedicated to producing work by newAmerican playwrights.

“Bob said, ‘What do you want to do?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know,’”André recalls. “Bob told me to come and hang out, so I started byanswering phones and sharpening pencils. I started reading plays,and one day, I asked if I could write a report on what I had read.”

“The most successful actors I know are those who receivedgood liberal arts educationsand then made their hobby

their livelihood. The best thing Fay gaveme was a well rounded, disciplined, literate,and mind-stretching education.”

In that moment, André became one of the first literary managersin the American theater, and he served in that capacity atPlaywrights Horizons for the next six years, at which point hetook over from Moss as the organization’s artistic director.

André was making his mark just as the American theater wasundergoing unprecedented changes—from a mainstreamBroadway with for-profit theaters limited to 20 blocks in themiddle of Manhattan to a broader theater world that also included not-for-profit theaters and a much greater diversity of repertory. André’s leadership at Playwrights Horizons played a huge part in this sea-change, as he chose productions and nurtured artists that in turn inspired another generation of writers and actors and ultimately changed the definition of what “good theater” could be.

In 1992, André moved to Lincoln Center Theater, where his role as Artistic Director has involved a host of new challenges.LCT is the nation’s biggest theater organization, and it is home to three different theaters: the Vivian Beaumont Theater, a 1060-seat theater; the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, a 300-seat theater;and the Claire Tow Theater, a 112-seat theater that is home toLCT3 and showcases works by young writers and directors.

André is responsible for the artistic arc of each season: he picksthe shows and oversees casting, design, and directing. He also

supervises LCT’s fundraising, educational programs and publica-tions, and the Director’s Lab, an intensive training program foryoung directors that takes place over three weeks each summer.

When it comes to choosing the shows for each season, André has to factor in a wide range of criteria. For one, the physicalstructure of the theaters provides unique opportunities and challenges. Two of the three theaters have thrust stages—meaningthat three sides of the stage extend into the audience—whichdrives the design and feel of each production.

It is also important to André to keep the big picture in mind, interms of how Lincoln Center can shape people’s understandingof theater. “What’s important to me,” he explains, “is that wechoose plays for reasons other than just doing a play. I’m not avery political person, but there always has to be some otherpoint to make.”

So, for example, André made the choice to do Broadwayrevivals of Golden Boy and Awake and Sing! in order to revive the reputation of 20th-century playwright CliffordOdets. Similarly, he has overseen revivals of classical Broadwaymusicals in order to “make them live again.” He has alsobrought challenging new work to LCT’s stages, such as TheCoast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s trilogy of plays about Russian intellectuals in the 19th century.

André continues to push the boundaries at Lincoln Center, andhe notes that there is a central truth about the arts that makestheir pursuit rewarding and meaningful for all artists, whetherthey have chosen acting as a profession or are just suiting up for an amateur Gilbert and Sullivan revival:

“The arts lead to discovery,” he says. “They help us find things inourselves that we didn’t realize were there.”


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pictured left (left to right) Jason Butler Harner, Ethan Hawke, and AdamDannheisser in Tom Stoppard’s Shipwreck. Photo by Paul Kolnik.Pictured above, left to right, Madeline Kahn, Jane Alexander and FrancesMcDormand in The Sisters Rosensweig.

“What’s important to me,” André explains,“is that we choose plays for reasons otherthan just doing a play. I’m not a very political person, but there always has to be some other point to make.”

This spring, André Bishop spoke with members of the Fay community at a reception heldat the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.


The Play’s the Thing:


Ask first grader Kenley Giblin about her favorite part of the year,and the answer comes quickly: the first grade play!

“I loved being in Nuts!” she says, which tells the story of a wacky col-lection of woodland creatures. “I loved singing the songs and makingup the movements. I felt proud when we did the play for our parents.”

Drama is an important part of every Fay student’s experience, whetherit’s imaginary play inspired by Blue Man Group in the Pre-K’s dramat-ic play area or the musical produced by the Upper School each spring.

While the activities vary across the grades, the goals of the drama program are consistent: to help students build confidence and presentation skills, to practice working together, and to experience the joy of performance.

PROGRAM UPDATE

Drama at Fay


PRIMARY SCHOOL

The first and second grade plays area rite of passage at Fay. First gradeteacher Jill Gibbons explains howthe teachers select the plays: “Welook for a fun and entertaining play

with a lot of parts, so that everyone has lines and feels like animportant part of the show—there are no stars.”

Over two and half weeks following Spring Break, the teachersrehearse with the children. The children paint scenery during artclasses and practice musical numbers with music departmentchair Philip Montgomery. Their work culminates with a performance in Harris Theater for parents and students.

It’s amazing what the students are able to pull together in such ashort period of time, and the teachers note how much the chil-dren take from the process. “It’s their first exposure to publicspeaking,” Jill says. “Watching the shy students come into theirown and find confidence—that’s exciting.”

LOWER SCHOOL

New to Fay in 2012-13 was a structured drama program for theLower School. This past year, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders eachmet with drama teacher Katie Long for one trimester. “Our goalis to build excitement for drama and to let the students be cre-ative on stage in a low-pressure setting,” Katie explains. “Wefocus on process rather than product.”

A typical Lower School drama class includes improv games thatencourage students to take creative risks. “The best thing aboutimprovisation is that it forces students to listen to each other,”Katie adds. “They learn to collaborate and compromise.”

Fourth graders devote much of their drama time to preparing forthe fourth grade storytelling festival, where each student preparesa storytelling performance based on a classic folktale. For the pastfew years, Katie has worked with storyteller-in-residence KarenChace, coaching the students on using expression and gestures tobring a story to life.

Fifth graders spent the fall term focusing on poetry and turnedWalter de la Mare’s spooky piece “The Listeners” into a choral,spoken-word performance. The students directed the piece them-selves, figuring out how to stage the poem, distribute the lines,and use flashlights to light the performance.

Sixth graders turned to silent films for inspiration. After watchinga scene from Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus, students worked inpairs to extend the scene using pantomime and then used theSilent Film app on the iPads to create short silent movies of their own.

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UPPER SCHOOL

Upper School students have two drama opportunities eachyear. In the winter, students may select drama as their after-school “sport,” with daily afternoon practices in conjunctionwith either fitness or dance.

“Winter drama is very student-centered,” says Katie, “with lotsof drama games and improvisation.” The students also rehearsetwo short one-act plays that they present at the end of thetrimester. This year, under the direction of Katie and facultymember Kelly Porter, the students performed Robert Swift’s IfThese Walls Could Talk, as well as an original play, Just Us Girls,which was written by the female students in the group.

In the spring, students put on a musical. This year, the UpperSchool musical was Annie; previous years have featured performances of Aladdin, Guys and Dolls, and Seussical. Whatmakes these shows so special is the attention to detail that goesinto every aspect of the production, from lighting and sets tomusic and costumes. “We want the students to know what itfeels like to put on a full production,” says Katie.

Katie is impressed each year with the students’ high level ofcommitment. “The spring musical is on top of everything elsethey do—after sports, in the evenings, on weekends,” she says.“Their dedication is incredible—andthe final product always showcasestheir talent and effort.”

It doesn’t matter to Katiewhether her students ultimatelychoose drama as their firstlove—more important to herare the long-lasting skills theytake from the experience:poise, confidence, the abilityto take a creative risk, and acollaborative spirit.

“This has been my firsttime taking an actual drama class, or even beingin a drama performance. I have found out that I love drama, thanks to

Mrs. Long. I had so much fun as a jurymember in last year’s play, The GoldilocksTrial, and I’m excited to get more involved next year!”

— Will Tosti ’16


It’s been a busy—and informative—spring for the second graders, who wrapped uptheir newspaper studies this year with an in-depth “exposé” on life at Fay School.Students generated questions about topics on life at Fay, interviewed on-campus experts,and wrote articles for the spring issue of Moose Mag, their class newspaper—some ofwhich are excerpted below.

Then, second graders took the multimedia route, filming their articles for a second grade newscast that was shared with family and friends at the Primary School Closing Exercises. (Youcan scan the QR code at the end of this article to see the newscast for yourself or find it online atwww.fayschool.org/magazine/more.)

Students also took a closer look at the anatomy of a headline and practiced creating some head-lines of their own by imagining themselves in the future, and their future achievements. We’ve included some of their predictions here—it will be interesting to see what actually comes to pass twenty years from now!

BEING A BOARDER AT FAY by Emma Berdou

What would it feel like to be living with friends from all over theworld? Being a boarder at Fay is fun and challenging. I talked to twoboarders named Celine and Anissa. I also interviewed Mrs. Gleason,the Director of Residential Life. I learned that the best thing aboutbeing a boarder is living with friends and learning about their experi-ences. I also learned that you can choose if you want to be a roommatewith someone or not. I found out that the most annoying thing aboutbeing a boarder is getting sick and arguing with friends. I was surprisedthat the boarders sometimes argue with each other like brother and sister. I wonder what it would be like to live away from your parents.

YOU CAN FIND YOUR SPORT AT FAY by Ben Hack

Do you like football or hockey or basketball? You can find your sportat Fay. There are a lot of sports at Fay so everyone can find somethingthey can enjoy. I talked to Mr. Feingold, the Athletic Director at Fay.I learned that girls varsity basketball got first place out of eight teams.Fay’s rivals are Fenn, Fessenden, Shore, and Nashoba Brooks. I alsolearned that you only get trophies if you are good. And cross countrywon a big tournament! I didn’t know that there were 17 sports, and Iwonder, how do the students change into their sports gear?

LIBRARIES AT FAYby Brady Johnsen

There are so many books in thelibraries at Fay. But do you want toknow more? This is some informa-tion about the libraries at Fay. Italked to Miss McNally, and she toldme all this information. I asked herbecause she is the librarian in thePrimary School. I learned that thereare 6,000 books in the PrimarySchool. I asked her to list some of thesections. Some sections are fiction,nonfiction, poetry, technology,comics, magazines, math, and sports.I know there’s more. I learned thatnonfiction is the biggest section, andI also learned that there are 15,000books in both libraries! I was reallysurprised when I learned that Fay hasso many books. I wonder how manywords are in both libraries!

Breaking News!An Update on the Second Grade Newspaper

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PRIMARY SCHOOL UPDATE

HANA BOIS DISCOVERS NEW

PLANET

ALEXANDRA FERRIS COOKS

STEAK TIPS

JOSH FURMAN INVENTS

FLYING CHAIR

MORGAN MAGLIERI TEACHES

KIDS WITH NEEDS

DAVIN SICCHITANO INVENTS

PLAYDOUGH THAT ACTUALLY

SMELLS GOOD

CHRIS MACARTHUR DEFEATS

TRUMAN

LIAM HALLOWELL INVENTS

TIME MACHINE THAT CAN

GO BACK TO 1912

ALEXANDRA SCHMIDT

TEACHES ELEPHANT TO

TAP DANCE

BEN HACK WINS STANLEY

CUP

AVERY KING DISCOVERS

TALKING ANIMALS

KANAV SAHANI TRANSFORMS

INTO HUMAN SKYLANDER

CAROLINE HODI INVENTS 14MONTHS IN A YEAR


If you’ve ever been part of a successful book group, you know that the magic ingredient isoften one individual who keeps the group going with his or her initiative, curiosity, and

sheer love of books.

This year’s fifth grade class had one such person—fifth grader AndreaReynolds—and thanks to her efforts, the fifth graders participatedthrough the winter and spring in an exciting series of student-ledlunchtime book groups.

We met with Andrea and Lower School reading teacher DavaDunne to learn more about how the book groups came to be, what the students read—and what they took away from the experience.

Lower School Q&A with Andrea Reynolds ’17:

How to Start a Fifth Grade Book Group

How did you come up withthe idea for the book group?

Andrea: I really love to read, and Iwas actually reading about a bookthat had a book group in it! I talkedto Mrs. Dunne and [Head of LowerSchool] Mrs. Schuster about startinga book group in fifth grade, and theyboth thought it was a great idea.

How did you choose thebooks?

Andrea: For the first book, I tried toread as much as I could to see what I liked. I came up with three verydifferent choices: a science fictionstory, a sports novel, and some realistic fiction. The group voted forLian Tanner’s Museum of Thieves,which is a mystery/thriller. We wentthrough the same process for the

second book—we ended up choosing Above World by Jenn Reese, a book set in the future abouta girl who lives under the ocean but discovers a secret world abovethe water. It was fun to come upwith the choices and interesting tosee what everyone ended up picking.

Who participated in thebook groups?

Andrea: Almost everyone in fifthgrade! We had so many kids that weended up breaking into three groupsthat met during three different lunchperiods during the week.

How did the book groupsrun?

Dava: The students would grab their lunches and come back to theclassroom, where they had about half an hour to talk about what they had read the week before. The conversations were fantastic:everyone had so much to say andsuch interesting opinions to share. Iwas there as a book group partici-pant, but Andrea was the facilitator.She made the groups, attended every

session, and even came prepared with questions toask if the students ran out of things to talk about.

Andrea: But we never reallyran out of things to talkabout! It wasn’t hard to getthe conversation going—itwas an environment whereyou really had to listen to other people.

What was the best thingabout the book groups?

Andrea: I loved that so many kidsgot involved, and the fact that it wasall volunteer—that made it seem different from a classroom, morerelaxed and casual. And we learned alot about listening to each other.

Dava: I loved watching how the students took what they were learning in a formal classroom settingand applied it to their personal time.During class, we worked a lot onhow to have meaningful conversa-tions about books and how to treateach other during the process. Theybrought that understanding to theirown book club—and that’s whatmade it so successful.


LOWER SCHOOL UPDATE

Andrea Reynolds


Making History a (Virtual) Reality:Using iPads to Make the Past Come to Life

Imagine that you are President John F. Kennedy, and it’s October 1962. TheU.S.S.R., led by Nikita Khrushchev, rules over the Eastern Hemisphere, andFidel Castro leads a Communist Cuba. After the failed attempt to destabilizeCastro’s regime at the Bay of Pigs, the risk of nuclear holocaust seems morereal than ever. One morning, your military advisor, Kenneth O’Donnell,enters the oval office with big news.

O’DONNELL: It’s the Soviets, sir. It looks like they are setting missiles inCuba capable of reaching our eastern seaboard. We think some of these areequipped with nuclear warheads. Estimated time of completion: 12 days.

Your options:

(a) Gather more information(b) Respond militarily(c) Call the Executive Committee of the National Security Council(d) Impose a naval blockade

What do you do?


The Cuban Missile Crisis became a very realproblem to solve for Fay’s ninth graders this year,thanks to a new iPad app that became an inte-gral part of the curriculum for Topics in ModernAmerica, a 20th-century history course taught byfaculty member John Beloff ’88 (pictured left).

Topics in Modern America—fondly referred to asTMA—is a special history course offered only toninth graders that focuses on foreign policy, cultural and societal changes, and economic anddomestic growth in the United States from1945-1998.

This year, John set out to make the best use ofthe iPads that were issued to every ninth graderin the fall, and he found ways to implement his-tory-specific apps, as well as apps for productivi-ty and organization, to enhance the students’learning and make history come alive.

One hugely successful appwas Cuba’s Days, a first-per-son simulation in whichplayers take on the identityof President Kennedy andmake a series of decisions

that ultimately lead to a range of different out-comes. “Their homework for a week was to playthe game,” John says. “I encouraged them to gowith their gut instincts and play multiple times,so they could see what all of the possible outcomes were. The process helped them tounderstand the actual events in a more meaningful context.”

Students also used theiriPads as a complement totheir traditional textbook,The Cold War: A History.John collected primarysources relevant to each

topic of study and created packets that the stu-dents could read using iBooks. He also showedstudents how to make the digital texts their ownby highlighting important passages on screen,annotating, sharing selections with classmates,and even moving portions to a digital notebook.

“Teaching how to use the technology is just asimportant as what you’re using it for,” John says.

Evernote became the “go-to”app for organizing materi-als. At its simplest, this appoperates as a storage andorganization tool for a widerange of media, including

audio, video, images, and text. Students can create “notebooks” that contain all the mediarelated to a particular topic of study. For example, John gave students a list of key eventsfrom 1963 and then challenged them to create a“1963 notebook” that included credibleresources to document each event—newspaperclippings, radio interviews, television reports,photographs, and class lectures notes.

John found the student iPads to be instrumentalin the success of this year’s course. “The stu-dents were extremely engaged with the contentbecause of the way we were able to movebeyond the traditional textbook and incorporatea range of media,” he says. “There’s no greaterway to learn about the Vietnam protest move-ment, for example, than to watch it. Thefootage resonates more than if the students werejust reading about it in a textbook.”

The iPads were also hugely helpful from anorganizational and productivity perspective. “Itwas much easier to disseminate content,” Johnexplains, “because I could easily share an articlewith the students digitally, have them annotateit in Evernote, and then bring it to class for discussion. The process of sharing informationwas much smoother in general.”

John also points out that the iPads facilitatedimportant critical thinking and discussion abouthow to interpret media. “In today’s world, stu-dents are exposed to so much visually,” Johnsays. “One key life skill they need to develop ishow to understand and process visual content.”

UPPER SCHOOL UPDATE


FAY STUDENTS HONORED FORACHIEVEMENTS IN LATIN, MATH, AND ART

Twenty-seven Upper School students took the National Latin Exam this spring, and a number of Fay studentswere recognized for their achievements. Yao Shin Daphne Huang ’13 and Jack Shakin ’14 earned Maxima CumLaude and the Silver Medal for missing only one out of forty questions, and Carl Kim ’13 and Chiho Im ’13 earnedSumma Cum Laude and the Gold Medal for receiving a perfect score on the exam—an honor earned by less than1% of all participants. The National Latin Exam is offered under the joint sponsorship of the American ClassicalLeague and the National Junior Classical League; this year over 154,000 students from across the United States and15 foreign countries took the test.

Chiho Im also represented Fay with great success in a series of competitive math exams this year. In the fall, hisperformance on the American Mathematics Contest 10A placed him among the top 2.5% of test takers across thenation, which qualified him for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). His performance onthe AIME qualified him for the USA Junior Math Olympiad, a nine-hour test administered over two days at the endof April. Only 230 students across the United States qualified for the Olympiad.

Alma Hong ’14, Daniel Hahn ’14, and Suzy Shin ’14 were awarded the Silver Key and Gold Key Prizes inMassachusetts for their achievements in the visual arts by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. In addition, Almareceived national recognition for her painting and received a Gold Medal. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards wereestablished in 1923 and provide an opportunity for teens to be recognized for their creativity and talent in visual artsand writing.

FAY IN BRIEF

Pre-Kindergarten teacher Lauren Roby is featured ina new textbook on teaching primary science. Herreflections on teaching and inquiry-based learning

appear in Marcia Talhelm Edson'sStarting with Science: Strategies forIntroducing Young Children toInquiry. Lauren has taught at Faysince 2010; she earned her bachelor'sdegree and master's degree in educa-tion at Boston University.

Latin teacher Emily Gifford was selected this spring toreceive Boston College’s 2013 Distinguished StudentTeacher Award. The award is given to student teacherswho have "distinguished themselves through their abili-ty to instill confidence, create a community of learners,use a conceptual knowledge base, model ethical behav-ior, and reflect deeply on school and classroom cultureas well as their own teaching." Emily has taught at Faysince 2010 and earned her bachelor's degree from TuftsUniversity; she completed her master's degree in educa-tion at Boston College this past spring.

FACULTY RECOGNIZED


FAY IN BRIEF

FAY COMMUNITY GOES“MAD FOR PLAID”

It was a feast for the eyes at the FayParents’ Association Spring Gala, the themeof which was “Mad for Plaid.” The event,coordinated by Gala co-chairs Kelly

Asherman P’15, ’19 and Nell ReynoldsP’15, ’17, ’19, brought together

members of the Fay community,who bid on numerous donateditems to benefit the School.Highlights of the evening includeda live performance by the Moose

Daddies (a band composed of Fayparents) and a live auction that

included Head of School RobGustavson quite literally auctioning

the plaid jacket off his back!

NINTH GRADERS MAKE POETRY PERSONAL

Fay’s ninth graders put a creative spin on their personalnarratives this spring, thanks to a weeklong poetry work-shop with artists in residence, Shakespeare to Hip Hop.

The students met with Shakespeare to Hip Hop teachersMarlon Carey and Regie Gibson for a series of interactiveworkshops, where students explored strategies for brain-storming creative ideas, getting their ideas down on paper,and presenting them in an engaging and compelling way.

At the end of the week,the ninth graders gath-ered for a special eveningto share the work theyproduced. With the helpof art teacher Billy Claire,the Mars Room wastransformed into an art

gallery and coffee house—perfect for the poetry read-ing—and each student shared his or her work at themicrophone. Students read their own narrative, portrait,apology, and free-form poems, and each poem told thestudent's own story: sometimes sad, sometimes funny,always inspiring.

Scan this QR code to read the speeches in their entirety or find them online at www.fayschool.org/magazine/more.

WHAT THEY SAID….Excerpts from this year’s speech winners

“As teenagers, we may think that we cannot change the world, but wecan start by identifying and taking advantage of all the privileges that wehave, and try to bring equality to others.” -—from “It is Time toAcknowledge What We Have,” by first place winner Emilio Castillo ’14

“If I asked you all to write with your weak hand, you could do it. Itwould be uncomfortable, but you could do it. Why would you, though? Why should you? I could live my lifeidentifying as a female. It would be more than uncomfortable, it would be suffocating. I could do it. But whywould I? Why should I not be able to live the life you do?”

—from “Escaping My Twin Sister,” by second place winner Michael Tobin ’14

“There will always be people who do terrible things, but that should not, cannot jade our ability to trust. We have to consciously alter and change our perceptions of the world, on our own, as individuals. We just have tobe willing, like Menelaus, to take that leap, remind ourselves to keep moving society forward, and refocus our perspectives.” —from “Do You Trust Me?” by third place winner Keziah Clarke ’13

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Click here to read the winning speeches in their entirety.

Erin Sullivan

Fay students celebrated Earth Day 2013 with a host of activi-ties designed to celebrate the planet and learn more aboutways each person can do his or her part to make the world abetter place.

Faculty members and Earth Day organizers Andy Long and DianaZito put together a program that included something for everyone—from science and technology to art, woodworking, and drama.

Primary students participated in Earth Day activities in and aroundtheir classrooms, which included nature walks and art activities.Third and fourth grade students worked on gardening and cleanupactivities around campus, while fifth grade students spent part of themorning in Framingham improving trails and beautifying an areamaintained by the Sudbury Valley Trustees.

Upper School students began their day with a special presentationfrom John Kassel of the Conservation Law Foundation, who spoketo the group about the history of environmentalism and sustainabili-ty since Henry David Thoreau.

From there, Upper School students divided into small groups forhalf-day workshops that included campus and town cleanup, fishing,organic cooking, yoga, tree planting, birdhouse building, ropes courseadventures, reservoir cleanup, and work in Fay’s organic garden.

Students also took field trips to places such as Overlook Farm, a sustainable demonstration farm affiliated with Heifer International,and the E.L. Harvey Waste and Recycling Center.

In the afternoon, students from Pre-K through ninth grade cametogether for an interactive community reading of Dr. Seuss’ classic,The Lorax. This proved to be an entertaining and thoughtful way toclose out this year’s Earth Day festivities, and it gave students thechance to consider ways to make the coming year an even better onefor sustainability on the Fay campus and beyond.

Earth Day2013 at Fay

“We don’t inherit the earth fromour ancestors. We borrow it fromour children.”

–David Brower


EARTH DAY


Overnight trips have long been a part of the Fay program, but the 2012-13school year marked the first time each Upper School grade (from seventh toninth) participated in its own all-class, multi-day trip.

The trips are now an established part of each grade’s curriculum (and included withannual tuition), and this past year, nearly every one of the 227 students in the UpperSchool participated in “Trip Week,” which took place in mid-April.

The seventh grade trip to Chewonki, a camp and outdoor classroom in Wiscasset, Maine,focused on team building and environmental issues, while the eighth and ninth gradetrips to New York City and Washington, D.C., respectively, introduced students to histor-ical and cultural landmarks.

According to Assistant Head of School David Liebmann, there are many good reasons tobuild travel into the academic program. “The students learn a lot about the sites that theyvisit,” David says, “but even more importantly, the trips provide an opportunity for students to practice independence and connect with their classmates.”

David notes that the destinations for future class trips may change, and that the School iscurrently exploring ways to integrate more service learning with these experiences.

And while the educational benefits to these trips are clear, any Upper Schooler will alsohappily tell you that the class trips are just plain fun!

The World Is Our ClassroomUpperSchool Class Trips

Fay’s seventh graders spent three days atChewonki, a camp and outdoor class-room located on the Maine coast. Its400-acre campus is home to nativewildlife, pristine campsites, a workingorganic farm, buildings that model thelatest innovations in sustainability, andmiles of undeveloped shoreline.

The students spent three days living,working, and learning about teamworkand sustainability. They participated inboth classroom programs and hands-onactivities, which included choppingwood, setting up their own tents, visitingthe animals on the farm, exploring anindoor ropes course, and cooking their

own meals over an open fire.

According to trip leader and seventhgrade dean Dan Roy, students thrived onthe challenges and enjoyed new responsi-bilities, despite the chilly, rainy weatherthey faced that week. “Students had tocollaborate even to meet their basicneeds,” Dan says, “such as at the beginning of the trip, when each grouphad to work together to figure out howto transport water to their campsites.”

Students also embraced the opportuni-ties to get to know classmates better in anew context. For many, the highlightwas the campfire on the last night, whereparticipants shared original, creative, andentertaining skits. Said seventh graderJenny Steinberg, “We loved bonding as agroup and enjoyed the challenge of living in the outdoors for the first time.”

UPPER SCHOOL CLASS TRIPS

The most memorablepart of my trip wasarriving at my camp-site and setting up thetents. It was a lot offun hanging out withmy tent mates andmy group members.”

–Andrew Daphnis ’15

Photos of Chewonki trip by Peter Fearey.

7th Grade: ChewonkiWiscasset, Maine

Fay’s eighth gradersconquered the BigApple in a whirl-wind four days thatincluded visits tonumerous culturaland historical land-marks. After anearly morning bus

departure from the Fay campus, thegroup arrived in time for lunch at GrandCentral Station. Students then ventureddowntown to visit Chinatown and the9/11 Memorial, and later that eveningthey headed to the theater district for aperformance of The Phantom of theOpera.

The next two days were jam-packedwith activities, including a cruise on theStatue of Liberty ferry; visits to theMuseum of Jewish Heritage, theMuseum of Math, and the Museum ofNatural History; a scavenger hunt at theMetropolitan Museum of Art; and a tourof the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

While some Fay students had alreadybeen to New York City, there were anumber of students for whom this wastheir first exposure to the city. “Being

able to tour New York with their friendswas a highlight for all of the eighthgraders,” says eighth grade dean EmilyMcCauley. “Our goal for this trip was toshare some of the best-known landmarksof the city, like Ellis Island and theStatue of Liberty, while also introducingsome new experiences, like the Museumof Math.”

While it may seem an overwhelmingtask to bring 100 teenagers to New YorkCity, the faculty chaperones found theFay students to be engaged, enthusiastic,and delighted to be on a journey togeth-er. This observation was echoed byMichael Donovan, the president of thetour company organizing the trip: “Imust say that your students wereabsolutely THE nicest, and THE mostmanageable large group of kids I've everspent a weekend with,” he wrote. “I wasquite taken by how much they allseemed to like each other, and how wellthey got along and worked together dur-ing the activities.”


UPPER SCHOOL CLASS TRIPS

"The New York tripwas a highlight of myeighth grade year. Itgave me a unique wayof getting to knowmy peers more indepth or even for thefirst time, as welearned more abouteach other outside theclassroom walls.”

– Meg Fearey ’14

8th Grade: New York City


UPPER SCHOOL TRIPSUPPER SCHOOL CLASS TRIPS

“Laying a wreath at the Tomb of theUnknown Soldier onbehalf of the entireFay community was not only anhonor, but a time to remember andappreciate thosewho fought for theUnited States.”

9th Grade: Washington, D.C.While seventh graders were shivering upin Maine, Fay’s ninth graders were reveling in a warm cherry blossom season down in Washington, D.C.

Over the course of four days, the stu-dents saw the nation’s capital at its best.They visited numerous memorials,including the Lincoln Memorial, theJefferson Memorial, the Franklin DelanoRoosevelt Memorial, the World War IIMemorial, the Korea and VietnamMemorials, and the new memorial toDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students also went to the Mall to see theAmerican History Museum, the NaturalHistory Museum, and National Gallery

of Art; they also visited the Newseumand the Bureau of Printing andEngraving.

Students and chaperones agreed that thehighlight of the D.C. trip was thegroup’s visit to Arlington NationalCemetery, where Fay students had thehonor of laying a wreath on the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier. Representing theSchool during the ceremony were classpresident Ho Eun Jessica Lee, Red colorpresident Tiquan Ewell, and White colorpresident Terryl Wilson. The threemarched with the honor guard andstood at attention while Taps was played.

“The students were incredibly moved bythe whole opportunity,” says ninth gradedean and trip leader John Beloff. “It wasan experience they’ll never forget.”

Photos of Washington, D.C. trip by Nick Agee ‘13.

– Ho Eun Jessica Lee ’13

Sports Spotlight


Softball and BaseballVarsity softball enjoyed a winning seasonwith a 7 - 4 record, while varsity baseballtook first place at the New England JuniorSchool Baseball Tournament at FessendenSchool on May 18. Team captain RyanGibbons ’13 pitched a masterful game oneagainst Fessenden, striking out eight battersand scoring Fay’s first run of the day with atextbook hook slide at the plate in thethird inning. In the championship gameagainst Shore Country Day School, sev-enth grade pitcher Andrew Daphnis shutdown the opposition, allowing three hitsand one unearned run, while Fay’s offensepounded out 13 hits en route to a runawayvictory and their first tournament title inrecent memory.

Track and FieldOn May 18, Fay’s top track and field athletes competed in the annual HillsideJamboree against nine other schools. Fay’s boys won first place and the girls tooksecond place, and there were numerousindividual medalists, personal bests, andeven five meet records.

Tiquan Ewell ’13 won a bronze medal inthe 100-meter dash and a gold in the longjump. He also set a meet record for thisevent with a jump of 19’5”. Terryl Wilson’13 won the bronze medal in the 200-meter run, while seventh graders ShivamSharma and Jonathan Walker took silverand bronze, respectively, in the mile run.In the shot put event, Nick Agee ’13 set a

meet record with a gold-medal winningthrow of 42’11”.

Fay’s girls dominated the 100- and 200-meter races, with Yana Serry ’13 winninggold and Kolbi Bradley ’13 winning silverin each race. The 400-meter race alsobelonged to Fay, with the gold, silver, andbronze medals going to Anikka Fredricksen’15 (who set a meet record of 1:07), CarrieMoore ’14, and Sarah Pearson ’14, respec-tively. Meanwhile, Isabelle Giordano ’14took the gold medal and set a meet recordin the 800-meter race. Field events werealso a strong suit for the girls, with VictoriaSteelman ’14 taking the bronze medal inthe shot put, and Anikka Fredricksen andCarrie Moore earning the silver and bronzemedals, respectively, in the long jump.

Both relay teams continued their undefeat-ed seasons and successfully defended theirgold medals from the year before, with thegirls’ relay team setting a meet record inthe 4x100m race.

TennisGirls tennis shone this spring, boasting anamazing 7-0-1 season record. In the first-ever Fay Tournament, Catherine Qiao ’15won first place, and Amanda Christy ’14

and Victoria Waterfall ’15 claimed first and second, respectively, in the consolationbracket. The boys also had an excellent season, finishing with a 7-3 record after avaliant showing at the FessendenTournament.

LacrosseFay’s lacrosse program continues to grow:for the first time, Fay fielded three teamsfor both boys and girls lacrosse. Girls varsi-ty lacrosse finished with a 5-3-1 record,while boys varsity finished with a 4-7record. The girls 5/6 team boasted anundefeated season, indicating futurestrength for Fay teams and a promisingoutlook for the 2013-14 season.

Fay Athletics celebrated a strong spring season, with winningrecords for nearly every team in baseball, track and field,softball, lacrosse, and tennis. The 5/6 athletics program,

established this fall, has only continued to strengthen the program,as it helps Lower School students build a competitive foundationbefore moving into the Upper School athletics program.

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT

The weather was perfect for Founders’Weekend 2013 and the Color Competition.Reds and Whites from Pre-K through ninth

grade streamed onto the field to show their athleticprowess and their school spirit. Led by color presi-dents Tiquan Ewell (Reds) and Terryl Wilson(Whites), each team gave their all—with the Whitestaking the day with a final score of 897-743.

Color Competition 2013:Red vs. Whites

Grade 9: Class of 2014President: James Chou

Vice President: Dawon Annie Lee

Secretary: Yoon Soo Suzy ShinTreasurer: Yuwon Elaine Moon

Grade 8: Class of 2015President: Tigran MarkaryanVice President: Corina KotidisSecretary: Ji Yoon AhnTreasurer: Hae In Katie Chung

Grade 7: Class of 2016To be elected Fall 2013

RedsPresident: Francesca D’Angelo Vice President: Min Joon ParkOfficer: Joseph Pape Officer: Sophie RuzeckiOfficer: Daniel Stern

WhitesPresident: Savion Rivers

Vice President: Seo Ho David Moon

Officer: Margaret FeareyOfficer: Kyuri Celine KimOfficer: Noah Traylor


Nearly 100alumni gath-ered on cam-pus for thisyear’s

Founders’ Weekend celebra-tions, with the classes of 1978,1988, and 1998 showing anespecially impressive turnout!

On Saturday, the Class of 1988 held a special tree planting cere-mony in front of Steward Dormitory to honor those membersof their class who have passed away: Omari Carrington, CesarCruz, Dave DeWolf, and Chris Petty. And on Saturday night,alumni came together for dinner in the Dining Room, whereclassmates reconnected and reminisced.

At this year's dinner, the Fay Alumni Council honored facultymember Billy Claire with the Faculty Recognition Award forhis dedicated work as an art teacher over the past 31 years. Andarchaeologist Dr. Michael Coe '41 received the Alumni Awardfor his dedication to Fay and his groundbreaking contributionsto the study of ancient Mesoamerica.

David Paquette ’87, president of the Alumni Council, said ofDr. Coe, “His professional experience certainly demonstratesthe Poteris Modo Velis mindset—in his tireless search for a deeper understanding of Mesoamerican civilizations, and in hisbelief that through dedicated study and exacting scholarship,you can shed light on ancient mysteries.”

Reconnect, Remember, Celebrate: Founders’ Weekend 2013

Members of the Class of 1988. Front row: Jim DeSimone, KristenDeSimone, Lucie Cannady, Blair Newberry, Colby Beserra, BrandonBush, Angie Bush (wife of Brandon). Back row: Kevin Hill (husband ofDebbie Siegel), Debbie Siegel, Ben Pieper, Amy Kit McDowell, JohnBeloff, Leah Colangelo, Daintry Duffa Zaterka, Jason Duncan,Preston White, and Chris Milliken

John Beloff ’88, Steve DeWolf ’90,and Debbie Siegel ’88.

Former Head of School Steve White reconnects with alumni.

Cathy Logan, Maggie White,and Sarah Priest Veld ’78.

Michael Coe ’41 and AlidadHakimi ’83.

Preston White ’88 with ChrisBlack ’88, P ’19


CLASSROOM UPDATEFOUNDERS’ WEEKEND

Michael Coe ’41 accepts the Fay School Alumni Award for his achievementsas a Mesoamerican scholar.

Debbie Siegel ’88 speaks at a tree-planting ceremony to rememberthe members of the class who have passed away: OmariCarrington, Cesar Cruz, Dave DeWolf, and Chris Petty.

Members of the Class of 1978 and friends. Front row: Lansing Smalley, SarahPriest Veld, Holly Curtis Parmenter, Beth Anderson, Greg Cappello (guest of BethAnderson). Back Row: Renee Dextradeur (guest of Joe Chaivarini), John Cibelli,Dawn Cibelli (wife of John), Joe Chaivarini, Tim Arnold, Tom Fraser, WilliamStockwell, Libby Harlow Robinson, Ron Lovell, Laura Clark, Colin Blight,Emily Roberts Wick, Tom Almy, and Breck Baldwin

Tin (husband of Leah Colangelo), LeahColangelo ’88, and Amy Kit McDowell ’88,with alumni children (including Aly Beloff ’21)

FOUNDERS’ WEEKEND

Members of the Class of 1998. Front row: Andrew Sutryn,Chip Lockwood, Megan Greenberg Lockwood. Back row:Kelley Connelly, Jon Nichols, Matt Godoff, Caitlin O’Hara,Alexandra Nichols, Christie Granfield (fiancé of AdamBenson), Adam Benson, Allison Stoner Godoff, KenleyBradstreet, Jacqui Hamilton.

Faculty member Billy Claire accepts theAlumni Council Faculty RecognitionAward.

“With this year’s school theme “BeCreative!” as a backdrop, the timing of this award couldn’t be more fitting. Billy’sgift for really getting to know his studentsmakes it possible for him to inspire creativityin every child and to help all Fay studentsexpress themselves through art.”

—Matt Godoff ’98, on presenting the Alumni Council Faculty Recognition Award to longtime faculty member Billy Claire

NOREEN REILLYHARRINGTON, PH.D. P’15, ’17, ’22 Southborough, MA

Noreen is a clinical psycholo-gist at Massachusetts GeneralHospital and is on the facultyof Harvard Medical School.She is a Founding Fellow ofthe Academy of CognitiveTherapy and specializes inthe cognitive-behavioral treat-ment of mood and anxietydisorders, focusing on bipolar

disorder. She has co-authored numerous booksand scientific articles and sheserves as the Director ofTraining and Assessment forthe Bipolar Trials Network, anational collaborative ofresearch scientists. Shereceived her B.A. fromUniversity of Pennsylvaniaand her M.A. and Ph.D.from Temple University.Since joining the Fay com-munity in 2009, Noreen hasserved as an Annual Fund

volunteer, a member of Fay’sBoard of Visitors, a roomparent, a new family mentor,a parent ambassador for theOffice of Admission, and a member of the senior committee for the 2011 and2013 Parents’ AssociationGala Auctions. Noreen’s threechildren currently attend Fay:Owen (entering grade one),Kevin (entering grade six),and Joe (entering gradeeight).

Fay Welcomes New TrusteesFay is delighted to welcome three new members to the Board of Trustees. As past and current parents, alumni,and friends of Fay, they bring an impressive breadth of experience and wisdom, and we are grateful for their dedication and commitment to the future of Fay.

STEVEN B. TOBOLSKY,PH.D. Newton, MA

Steve is Head of School atChestnut Hill School. Hejoined Chestnut Hill in 2007after eleven years as Head ofLower School at Horace MannSchool in New York. He is agraduate of Princeton

University, where he received anA.B. in Philosophy. He alsoholds an M.A. in Curriculumand Teaching and a Ph.D. witha concentration in Philosophyand Education, both fromColumbia University TeachersCollege. Steve has held numer-ous leadership positions in thefield of education, includingHead of Middle School at

Dedham Country Day School;Secondary School Principal atOakwood School in NorthHollywood, CA; AcademicDean/Dean of Faculty atFoxcroft School in Middleburg,VA; Head of Lower/MiddleSchools at Elgin Academy inElgin, IL; and Director of theCenter for Exemplary Teachingat Horace Mann School.

VICKY ROBINSONP’13, ’17 Boxborough, MA

Vicky received her M.B.A.from Harvard Business School,and she is a business owner andconsultant. Previously, she wasVice President of BusinessDevelopment at CYTYCCorporation of Marlborough, a

company engaged in the designand development of clinicalproducts focused on women’shealth. Since joining Fay in2004, Vicky has served as aroom parent, an Annual Fundvolunteer, and a member ofFay’s Board of Visitors. She also coaches girls’ basketballand volunteers her time at a

number of Boston-area organi-zations focused on children’seducation and welfare. Vicky’sdaughter, Lara, is enteringgrade six at Fay, and her son,Joseph, is a member of theClass of 2013.


NEW TRUSTEES

Fay’s Board of Visitors has wrapped up a year ofdiscussion and discovery focused on this year’sschoolwide theme, “Be Creative!” At three

round-table discussions during the year, membersaddressed topics including the importance of creativityas a community philosophy and teaching 21st-centuryskills through creative approaches. At their half-dayannual meeting in April, the Board of Visitors visited

classrooms, met campus leaders, and heard presenta-tions from drama teacher Katie Long and Director ofTechnology Peter Fearey on real-world approaches tointegrating creativity and innovation in the classroom.

Fay’s Board of Visitors

Back row: Shari Crotty P’11 , Emily Hunnewell P’13, A.E. Rueppel P’13 ’15 ’20(trustee), Jo Greystone P’18 (trustee), Rich Flathers P’12 ’16 ’18, David Franklin ’16,John Warren. Middle row: Jim Shay ’78 P’15 ’17 (trustee), Rich DeMello P’02 ’11,Steve Hodi ’81 P’20, Christopher Fang P’16 ’19, Jim Vogel ’71 P’07, ’09, ’12, BillDePietri P’11 ’12 ’15 ’16, Justin Reich ’92. Seated: Laura Myers ’20 ’22, NoreenHarrington ’15 ’17 ’22 (trustee), Vicky Robinson P’13 ’17 (trustee), Andrew AbuP’07 ’09 ’10, Laura Housman P’19, Kevin Holmes P’18.



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Commencement 2013


The skies cleared just intime for Fay's 147thCommencement exerciseson Saturday, June 8. TheSchool's 55 ninth graders

were honored for their achievements,including Keziah Clarke, who won theEdwards Award for Citizenship; TerrylWilson, who won the JoplingThoughtfulness Award; and Kanin BiggyNandabhiwat, who won the Founders'Medal, which is awarded to the memberof the graduating class who has excelledwith respect to academic average, effort,and citizenship.

Ho Eun Jessica Lee, president of the Classof 2013, spoke to the group and sharedthat this year’s class gift would be two permanent bike racks on campus to holdthe bikes donated by the Class of 2012, inhonor of late faculty member DickUpjohn. “It is our hope that this gift will

be enjoyed by all the members of the Faycommunity and will help to beautify thecampus and enhance the overall commu-nity life of Fay for years to come,” she said.

Brandon Bush '88 was this year'sCommencement speaker. A graduate ofChoate Rosemary Hall and WashingtonUniversity, Brandon is a songwriter, studiomusician, and performer who has per-formed on over 100 recordings, includingGrammy-nominated and winning releasesby John Mayer, Sugarland, and ShawnMullins. He was a member of the rockband Train and is currently playing key-boards for the country music duoSugarland. In his speech, Brandon chal-lenged the traditional definition of creativ-ity as an inborn trait, saying, “I look atcreativity as a muscle, there for each of usto stretch and strengthen, but only if wegive it constant and focused attention.The people who seem to abound in cre-ativity are not blindly and unconditionallygifted with creative energy, but are insteadthe people who have dedicated the timeand effort to develop those muscles.”

Another key to creativity, he said, ismaintaining the delicate balance betweenconfidence and humility: “Confidence isthe fuel you need to keep creating…andyet humility is essential to judge howyou can improve. Without humility,your art, your ideas, your work willnever be better than your last failure. In fact, the time that we spend notknowing is just as important as the timethat we spend knowing.”

“I look at creativity as a muscle, there for eachof us to stretch andstrengthen, but only ifwe give it constant andfocused attention.”

–Brandon Bush ’88

Class president Ho Eun Jessica Lee.

Fay “niners” (who have attendedFay since first grade) Lydia Masriand Ryan Gibbons.

Fay Celebrates 147thCommencement


Commencement speaker Brandon Bush ’88.

FAY COMMENCEMENT

Longtime lead groundskeeper Nils Elanderwas the recipient of this year’s Laura DuceyDedicated Service Award.

Board chair Tom McKean ’64 awards theFounders’ Medal to Kanin “Biggy”Nandabhiwat.

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by Stuart H. Rosenwald, Director of Secondary School Placement

Faisalhaq Faisal AbharKents Hill School

Nicholas Robert AgeeMiddlesex School

Seung Hwan David BaekSt. Mark’s School

Seung Woo William BaekMiddlesex School

Jiayue Cindy BaiMadeira School

Aidan James BaxterDexter School

Gabrielle Allen BonavireWestover School

Kolbi Alanjai BradleyMilton Academy

Liam Anthony BusconiSt. Mark’s School

Chase Fannon CarterPortsmouth Abbey School

Eduardo ChecaIrish Institute, Mexico

Joyce ChengWestminster School

Keziah Esther ClarkeChoate Rosemary Hall

Ri Xin Eric DaiWilbraham & MonsonAcademy

John Henry de Jong, Jr.Brooks School

Tiquan Rahmain EwellSuffield Academy

Ryan Patrick Gibbons*Noble and GreenoughSchool

Miguel Gonzalez PenaIrish Institute, Mexico

Julia HarveyWorcester Academy

Ryan Dennis HoffmanHotchkiss School

Yao-Shin Daphne HuangSt. Mark’s School

Chiho ImChoate Rosemary Hall

Carl Changmin KimSt. Paul’s School

Abbie Elizabeth KleinLoomis Chaffee School

Timothy C.Y. KoayHotchkiss School

Young June Tylor KohPhillips Exeter Academy

Nichakarn View KuphirunMiddlesex School

Chae Myung Eunice LeeWestminster School

Chae Young LeeSt. Mark’s School

Ho Eun Jessica LeePhillips Academy

Tianyi Liam LiSt. Paul’s School

Lois Elinor Chun LoHotchkiss School

David Hsu-Tai LoSt. George’s School

Lydia Monica Masri*Loomis Chaffee School

Josiah Samuel McFarlaneNew Hampton School

Kanin Biggy NandabhiwatTaft School

Jiho Olivia ParkSt. George’s School

Shawn David PrevalNew Hampton School

Madison Taylor ReedConcord Academy

Colin James RiouxConcord Academy

Evans Francisco RiviereWoodberry Forest School

Henry Daniel SchubertActon-Boxborough HighSchool

James Henry ScottPhillips Exeter Academy

Yanakoray SerryMasters School

Morgan Treacy SmithPomfret School

Yoon Joo Ashlyn SongBrooks School

Delaney TantilloGroton School

Cameron John TurnbullSt. Andrew’s School,Delaware

Terryl Jah-son WilsonBerkshire School

David YoungSt. Mark’s School

Chayanit Jenny YungConcord Academy

Jessica Huiting ZhaoPhillips Exeter Academy

Zixuan Oasis ZhenSt. George’s School

Jinglin Jimmy ZhouNorthfield Mount HermonSchool

Alfonso De Jesus Zorrillade San Martin EscobarTecnologico de Monterrey,Mexico

SECONDARY SCHOOL DESTINATIONSCLASS OF

Fay students achieved brilliant results during the2012-2013 secondary school placement process.When decisions came out on March 10, our students had many great options from which tochoose. As usual, Fay students were coveted by secondary schools because they work hard in academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities,and they involve themselves in important service-oriented pursuits. Secondary school admission

officers appreciate the positive yet honest letters ofrecommendation that they receive from Fay facultymembers, and our placement counselors maintainclose contact with admission officers, particularly inthe advocacy phase of the process. On April 10, Faystudents made their choices, and their selection of awide range of secondary schools indicates that theyare making informed decisions about where theywill thrive as students and as people.

*“Niners,” students whohave attended Fay sincefirst grade

Fay Students Excel in the Secondary School Placement Process

2013

Michael Eugene Barshteyn*Bancroft School

Isabel BasowMilton Academy

Isabel Clark BitmanPhillips Exeter Academy

Jennifer McFarlane BreenPhillips Exeter Academy

Alejandro CapdevielleInstituto Cumbres Vista Hermosa

Emilio CastilloInstituto Cumbres Oaxaca

Amanda Ellen ChristySt. Mark’s School

Yewon ChunSt. Paul’s School

Youheng Yolanda DongGroton School

Nicholas Paul DrepanosSt. Mark’s School

Andrew Joseph EstellaSt. John’s High School

Liam Barry Fitzgerald*Tabor Academy

Isabelle Grace GiordanoHopkinton High School

Ian Charles GobronSt. Mark’s School

Jimena Gonzalez BorjaInstituto Highlands, Mexico

Grace Kathleen GormanSt. Mark’s School

Nicholas F. Hadlock*St. Mark’s School

Jhi Seung Daniel HahnPhillips Exeter Academy

Katherine Reagan Hartigan*St. Mark’s School

Isabel Rozsa HerczegAlgonquin Regional High School

William Scott Hollinger*St. Mark’s School

Ivy HongPhillips Exeter Academy

Isabella Rose HumphreysSuffield Academy

Sebastian JaramilloGulliver Academy

Samuel KemelmanUndecided

Byung Jun Steven KimPhillips Exeter Academy

Min Ji Cindy KohPhillips Academy

Jayune Jane LeeUndecided

Afoma Dora MaduegbunaGovernor’s Academy

Andres Martinez Del CampoInstituto Cumbres Vista Hermosa

Gabrielle McCarthyNoble and Greenough School

Sarah McClungAlgonquin Regional High School

Caroline Parkhurst MooreGroton School

Sarah Merritt PearsonHopkinton High School

Stephanie Abbott PearsonHopkinton High School

Abigail Reddington RogersMiddlesex School

Aurdric Campbell SandovalNew Hampton School

Christian Voyagis SchoenRivers School

John Thomas Shakin*Tabor Academy

Lea DaEr SteinbergBuckingham Browne and NicholsSchool

Shinnosuke TaniyaThacher School

Matthew Daniel Thalmann*St. Mark’s School

Alejandro Vargas Correa, Jr.Instituto Asunción de México

Jillian Catherine Venditti*Westborough Middle School

Jimena VillarrealAmerican School Foundation ofMonterrey

Noah Lee WinerNewton South High School

Rudi YingPhillips Exeter Academy

Eduardo Jardim ZhangSt. Paul’s School

* “Octavi,” students who haveattended Fay since first grade

CLASS OF


FAY COMMENCEMENT

2013 Secondary School Placement Statistics:Ninth grade applicants:Secondary schools receiving two or more Fay graduates:St. Mark’s School (5), Hotchkiss School (3), MiddlesexSchool (3), Phillips Exeter Academy (3), St. George’sSchool (3), Brooks School (2), Choate Rosemary Hall (2),Loomis Chaffee School (2), New Hampton School (2),St. Paul’s School (2), Westminster School (2).

Eighth grade applicants:

40 of 100 eighth graders went through the applicationprocess – 34 will attend a secondary school; 6 will returnto Fay.

Secondary schools receiving two or more Fay eighthgraders: St. Mark’s School (8), Phillips Exeter Academy(6), Groton School (2), St. Paul’s School (2), TaborAcademy (2).

2014


Madeline BeecherGeorge Washington University

Julia BretzDuke University

Emily CarrollTufts University

Tsz Fung (Kenny) ChanUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Kuan-Chen (Jeffrey) ChenUniversity of Southern California

Gabrielle EdzieAmherst College

Kathryn Firstenberger Oberlin College

Olivia FlemingNortheastern University

Lindsay GibbonsBates College

Nicholas GiordanoBoston College

Emily GuanciTexas Christian University

Agustina HobbsCornell University

Katherine IsbellFairfield University

Se Hwan (William) KimHong Kong University of Science &Technology

Ye Jee (Jennie) KimColumbia University

Young Seo (Chloe) KimBarnard College

Miranda KotidisMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Anna LuYale University

Jake LynchOxford College of Emory University

Emily MichelsonUniversity of St. Andrews

Allison MorganNortheastern University

George MoskoUniversity of Virginia

Rosemary MulhollandBates College

Erica OttUniversity of Richmond

Sirin RuckpanichUniversity of Richmond

Michael SullivanIndiana University

Joseph TostiUniversity of Massachusetts, Lowell

Christopher UhlFlorida State University

Hale WebsterLynn University

Christopher WellsNortheastern University

Bo Hyung YoonCornell University

Hae Soo YoonBoston College

COLLEGE DESTINATIONS

2010CLASS OF

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NINTH GRADE SPECIAL AWARDSELIZABETH REINKE SERVICE AWARD:Julia Harvey

WINDELER IMPROVEMENT AWARD:Josiah Samuel McFarlane

THE A. BROOKS HARLOW, JR. FLAG AWARD:Delaney Tantillo

M.J. LAFOLEY POTERIS MODO VELISAWARD:Henry Daniel Schubert

JOPLING THOUGHTFULNESS AWARD:Terryl Jah-son Wilson

HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD:Joyce ChengChiho Im

EDWARDS AWARD FOR CITIZENSHIP:Keziah Esther Clarke

FOUNDERS’ MEDAL:Kanin Biggy Nandabhiwat

NINTH GRADEDEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

DRAMA AWARD:Madison Taylor Reed

ART AWARD:Zixuan Oasis Zhen

ARION FOUNDATION AWARD (MUSIC):James Henry Scott

SEAVER R. GILCREAST ENGLISH AWARD:Keziah Esther Clarke

PHILIP G. STEVENS ’14 SCIENCE AWARD:Keziah Esther Clarke

MATHEMATICS AWARD:Chiho Im

THE ARLINE AND HARVEY STEINBERGHISTORY AWARD:Ryan Dennis Hoffman

WORLD LANGUAGE AWARD:Ryan Dennis Hoffman

ESL AWARD:Jinglin Jimmy Zhou

WELLNESS DEPARTMENT AWARD:Henry Daniel Schubert

NINTH GRADE ATHLETIC AWARDSCRUMP-MOODY AWARD FOR EARNESTEFFORT IN GIRLS’ ATHLETICS:Julia Harvey

WHITEHOUSE AWARD FOR EARNEST EFFORTIN BOYS’ ATHLETICS:Kanin Biggy Nandabhiwat

MORRIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BOYS’ATHLETICS:Evans Francisco Riviere

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GIRLS’ATHLETICS:Morgan Treacy Smith

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

CHOATE PUBLIC SPEAKING AWARD:Emilio Castillo

SCULL AWARD FOR COMPOSITION:Min Ji Koh

ANNIE LEAVITT MEMORIAL AWARD:William Michael Mandelbaum

MORRELL AWARD FOR AMERICAN HISTORY:Catherine Leigh Kasparyan

SCHOLASTIC AWARDSHighest Cumulative Average

GRADE NINE

Scholar: Keziah Esther Clarke

Honorable Mention:Delaney Tantillo

GRADE EIGHT

Scholar: Jhi Seung Daniel Hahn

Honorable Mention:Francisca Sofia Weirich Freiberg

GRADE SEVEN

Scholar: Catherine Leigh Kasparyan

Honorable Mention:Zijian Mark Wang

SpecialAwards

DORM CITIZENSEAST HOUSE: Jimena Gonzalez Borja

MIDDLE FLOOR BOYS: Avery Joseph Nasworthy

SIXTH FORM: Jimena Villarreal

TOP FLOOR BOYS: Kanin Nandabhiwat

TOP FLOOR GIRLS: Joyce Cheng

VILLAGE BOYS: Zijian Mark Wang

VILLAGE GIRLS: Ji Yoon Ahn

WEBSTER HOUSE:Francisca Sofia Weirich-Freiberg

SCHOOL COMMUNITYAWARDS

EARTH DAY AWARDS:Emma June GustavsonYewon Chun

FRANCIS H. TOMES MEMORIAL AWARD:Emilio Castillo

BRUCE HIGBEE STORKERSON MEMORIALAWARD:Kaelyn Marie Jadul

WALDO B. FAY MEMORIAL AWARD:Jonathan Stuart Lamson

HARVARD CLUB BOOK AWARD:Francisca Sofia Weirich Freiberg

HENRY U. HARRIS SR. AWARD:Isabelle Grace Giordano

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Left to right: Julia Harvey, winner of theElizabeth Reinke Service Award and theCrump-Moody Award for Earnest Effort inGirls’ Athletics; Kanin Biggy Nandabhiwat,winner of the Whitehouse Award for EarnestEffort in Boys’ Athletics, Founders’ Medal, andDorm Citizen Award; Morgan Smith, winnerof the Award for Excellence in Girls’ Athletics,and Evans Riviere, winner of the MorrisAward for Excellence in Boys’ Athletics.


Primary School Moving Up Ceremony

Sixth grade Top ScholarAmy Huijie Lu and runner-up Megan Ann Christy.


“This class is unique. Weare not afraid to show others who we truly are. We are fearless, ready foradventure and any task theworld throws at us. We arethe Class of 2016—the first Lower School sixthgrade class—almost seventhgraders and ready to conquer the world.”

–Sophie Banas ’16 and Sophia Shaikh ’16

Eunseo “Julie” Jin ’16, winner of the ElizabethScattergood Memorial Prize.Angela Catherine

Scumaci, winner of theEugene Kim O’DonnellMemorial Award

Lower School Closing ExercisesSpecial AwardsCitizenship Awards

Grade 3:Sarah Nancy Diamond Tyler Jameson Bois

Grade 4: Elizabeth Claire FlathersMeenakshi Raghu Menon

Grade 5: Ulisses Franco PereiraAndrea Grace Reynolds

Grade 6: Cameron Erik SullivanOlivia Hanna Hammond

Effort Awards

Grade 3: Elizabeth CrawfordCarter Hudson Pomponio Marianne Vance Lyons Sofia Ann Mongillo

Grade 4: Thomas Joseph FlathersSophia Marie McGeehanDemitra Moutoudis William John McCarthy

Grade 5:

Avery Lauren Walker Sofia Diana Lopez Alexandra Brennan Mohn

Grade 6:

Kaitlyn Marie MacdonaldLaura Margaret DrepanosGeethika Bathini Robert Christian Petracca

Sixth Grade Scholar Award: Amy Huijie Lu

Scholar Runner-Up: Megan Ann Christy

Elizabeth H. ScattergoodMemorial Prize Eunseo Julie Jin

Eugene Kim O’DonnellMemorial Award Angela Catherine Scumaci

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1936FAIR GOODALE has this news: “InSeptember 2012 we moved from SouthCarolina to Duxbury, Massachusetts,to be nearer immediate family—24 inall, most of whom live in NewEngland. Our health remains reason-ably good. In November 2012, I had apleasant visit from Stephen Gray, Fay’sAdvancement Officer, who brought meup to date on the remarkable recentchanges at Fay; outstanding changessince my day. I continue to work on asequel to my 2005 memoir TheAbsolute Truth, and OtherUncertainties.”

1952AMOS HOBBY’S succinct response toour plea for Class Notes was as follows:“Closing down my practice and aimingto retire by August 1st. Whew.”

1953DAVID WHITTEMORE sent us thisnews: “Had a great cruise last July fromAthens to Istanbul, Turkey. Awesome!”

LUIS DOMINGUEZ was featured in arecent issue of Rollins Magazine, in whichhe reflected on his exciting career inmagazine publishing. Luis joined theNew Yorker in 1965 and spent the nextfour decades publishing magazines

including Town & Country, Harpers &Queen (a U.K. version of Harper’sBazaar), and The Spectator, in additionto serving on the advisory board of theInstitute of U.S. Studies at LondonUniversity. After living in London for 35years, Luis retired in 2006 and now livesin Florence, Italy, where he enjoys theflexibility of being able to travel with easethroughout Europe and takes advantageof every opportunity to visit his twodaughters (who live in London) and twosons (who live in the United States). Youcan read Luis’ profile yourself athttp://www.rollins.edu/magazine/fall-2012/luis-dominguez.html.

CLASS NOTESAn egg tempera work by LisaWilliams Piasecki ’91. Lisa isnow working as a painter inNew York City; see her ClassNotes entry for more details.


1957CURT CURTIS has been elected tothe National Skydiving Hall of Fameand will be inducted in September in aceremony to be held in Chicago. The

Hall of Fame recognizes and honorsthose, who through leadership, innova-tion, and/or outstanding achievementshave defined, promoted, inspired, andadvanced skydiving at the highest andsustained levels in the past, present andfor future generations of skydivers. Inaddition, Curt has been named chair-man of The Middlesex School AthleticHall of Fame Nominating Committee.“It is a terrific committee,” he writes,“and I look forward to being a part ofit and to working with my colleaguesover the coming years.”

1959DANIEL GOMEZ writes, “Difficult tobelieve, but we are having our 50th classreunion at Tabor Academy, the school Igraduated from after graduating fromFay. After the great effort that representsflying from Colombia, I can't miss visit-ing Fay. So I'm looking forward to visit-ing campus sometime this summer.”

1966THOMAS BARBER has this news:“I've been living in Andorra for thepast ten years after having spent 18years in Taiwan and China. I'm happi-ly divorced, in good health, very busy,and enjoying life in Europe. I guessthat with age our thoughts turn to thepast, and I think of all of you, dearfriends, and of the few years that weshared so long ago, in a time that wasboth wonderful and so frightening. Doyou remember the Cuban MissileCrisis and how Mr. Reinke would haveatomic war drills, and we'd rush downto the basements, home of the "wom-bats"? I pray that you're all well andhappy. I'd love to hear back from you!”

1973

1978JOHN CIBELLI checked in brieflywith this note: “Loved the Class of '78reunion—thanks to JIM SHAY forthe reception, and thanks to TIMARNOLD for the after party.”

SCOTT STEWARD has this news:“My latest book, on the Saltonstallfamily of Massachusetts, has been pub-lished. The title is The Descendants ofDr. Nathaniel Saltonstall of Haverhill,Massachusetts, and it is published byNewbury Street Press here at the NewEngland Historic Genealogical Society.The book covers the Saltonstall ances-try and the descendants of Dr.Nathaniel Saltonstall (1747-1815), thegreat-great-grandfather of the lateSenator Leverett Saltonstall ofMassachusetts.” BRECK BALDWINalso checked in: “I havebeen busy finishing abook titled DIY RCAirplanes from Scratch:The BrooklynAerodrome Bible forHacking the Skies. It isnow available atAmazon. The book isdedicated to Mr.Parsons, who got meflying at Fay.”

1979From SCOTT BREWITT: “It's beengreat to reconnect on Facebook and seewhat old friends are up to. My son finished up at Kents Hill and startedhis first year in college. Time flies. Irun a small Internet ad operationsbusiness and that—and really every-thing—is going very well.”

CLASS NOTES

Curt Curtis ’57

Breck Baldwin ’78’snew book, availableat Amazon.Jeffrey Jay ’73 in Aspen, where, he says,there was “loads of powder snow andplenty of sun.”

Sir RichardSaltonstall, oneof the individ-uals featuredin ScottSteward ’78’sbook on theSaltonstallfamily.


1982We heard news from CAROLESULLIVAN: “I'm a realtor at KellerWilliams Realty in Beverly,Massachusetts. I'm living in Rockportnow after spending six years in NorthCarolina. NONG TUMSUTIPONG,a fellow alumna, and I got together thisfall.”

1987Here’s the latest from PHILIP HALL:“After Fay, I moved to Sydney,Australia, where I now live. I currentlywork as a lawyer in an investment bankin Sydney and live by Bondi Beach. Mywife, Bronwyn, and I have two littlegirls: Harper, who is two, and Grace,who is six months old. Aside from workand spending time with the family, Ienjoy surfing, road cycling, and follow-ing the Sydney Swans football team. Iwould be thrilled to hear from any Fayalumni who remember me.”

DAVID PAQUETTE writes, “Justwanted to pass on that we welcomedour second child, Lucien Paquette, tothe family on April 3, 2013. Mom andbaby are doing well! He was born at 10pounds and is hoping to play footballfor Fay in the future!”

1990DANMCCOY,who is theAssistantDirector ofCampusRecreation atthe Universityof Wyoming,

has this news: “I’ve been admitted tothe Ph.D. program in educationaladministration at the University of

Wyoming and will begin in the fall. I’malso graduating with a master’s degreein education from the University ofWyoming this May. Professionally, wewill be breaking ground on a $27 million renovation/addition to thebuilding where I work; I’ve been on theplanning team for this project for thepast few years.”

1991LISA WILLIAMS PIASECKI wrotein with this update: “I'm living in theWest Village in New York City, andafter many years working as a graphicdesigner and production artist at publishing houses in New York, I'mnow working as a painter out of mystudio in Long Island City. You canfind more information on my websiteat www.lisapiasecki.com. My husband,Eric Piasecki, is a photographer shoot-ing for magazines like ArchitecturalDigest and Elle Decor. We are having ablast traveling the world on shoots andgathering inspiration from our adven-tures. Eric has a few wonderful photobooks out this year: Time and Place by

Steven Gambrel; La Formentera, whichfeatures a client’s beautiful house andgardens; and also Thom Filicia's newbook American Beauty. So creatively it'sbeen a busy and exciting time.”

1992

CLASS NOTES

Dan McCoy ’90.

An egg tempera work by Lisa Williams Piasecki ’91.

Amy Collins ’92 at Glacier National Parkin Colorado with her father.


We’ve received news that AMYCOLLINS is now Executive Directorof TreeUtah.org in Salt Lake City.

1993Happy news from NATHANIELJOHNSON: his wife Lindie gave birthto their daughter Ariette on October 1.JESSE SZYNAL has embarked on anentrepreneurial venture—he has devel-oped the jT, an “invisible” undershirtfor men. The invisible jT can be foundonline at Jesse’s website,

www.collectedthreads.com, and he isalso working to get the undershirt intomajor retailers.

1995MIGUEL PAYANO, who is a visualartist living in Asia, had a show earlierthis year at LDX Gallery in HongKong. LDX said of Miguel that he“translates the qualities most celebratedin traditional Chinese Gongbi paint-ings, reinterpreting the majestic move-ment and poise of the creatures in hisown visual language. The AmericanDominican artist’s fluency in theChinese language, combined with hisextensive study of its history and cul-ture, has enabled him to fully acclimateto China’s rapidly changing environ-ment. His love affair with the Chineseculture sinks deep into his works andenriches his imagination, originalityand vivacity.”

1997THOMAS MOSCHOS writes, “OnSeptember 15, 2012, I married ErinHickey on Cape Cod. We have movedto Southborough, the town Erin grewup in! It is a small world to be back inthe town where I attended middleschool and high school.” ROBTRUMBULL was married to AllisonKent on September 22, with AMYTRUMBULL ’92, MATT GODOFF’98, and DAVE WITTMER in thewedding party.

1998SARAH LONG COHEN and herhusband have announced the birth oftheir second son, Braden Asher Cohen,in February. She will be going back towork at her husband’s law firm, and shewrites that she is looking forward tospring and summer for boating andvacations! CAM FULRATH writes,“Still currently stationed at Naval AirStation Lemoore in California flyingthe F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet.Before leaving my last squadron, we

CLASS NOTES

Ariette, daughter ofNathaniel Johnson ’93.

Cam Fulrath ’98.

Work by Miguel Payano ’95.


spent portions of the past few yearsdeployed on the aircraft carrier USSAbraham Lincoln and flying combatmissions over both Iraq and

Afghanistan. More recently, I graduat-ed from the US Navy Fighter WeaponsSchool/TOPGUN at NAS Fallon,Nevada, and I am currently back inCalifornia working as a Strike FighterTactics Instructor for F/A-18squadrons preparing for upcomingdeployments. On February 17 of thisyear, my wife Lauren and I also wel-comed our first baby girl, HarperGrace Fulrath! She is an absolute blast;we couldn't be any happier. Hopeeveryone else is doing well!”

2000From SALLY KING MCBRIDE: “OnMarch 23, I married Adam McBride atChrist Church in Greenwich,Connecticut. A short video about ourengagement is featured on The New YorkTimes’ ‘Vows’ website. In January, I

began the position of Associate Managerfor Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,overseeing events, membership, andrecruitment for Modern andContemporary art patrons. I thank [for-mer faculty member] AMYDIBUONO GRAHAM ’82 and BillyClaire for encouraging me to pursue mylove of art professionally...it all started atFay!”

2002

New Year’s Eve was a big night forDAN MANDELL: he proposed toRiley McLean at the New Year’s Evecelebration in Jackson Square, NewOrleans. Riley and Dan met duringtheir first semester at University ofMassachusetts Medical School and willgraduate in May of this year. Rileyplans to pursue her residency in der-matology while Dan will specialize inorthopedic surgery. A June wedding isplanned.

2006TOMMY FERGUSON graduatedfrom St. Lawrence University and isnow working for a small high-techstartup called Veracode in Burlington.

Keep in Touch!Send your news and

photos to Erin Ash Sullivan, Director of Communications,at [email protected].

CLASS NOTES

Dan Mandell ’02 proposing to RileyMcLean

Sally King McBride ’00 and her husband, Adam McBride.


2007Congratulations to ANNIEPAPADELLIS, who made theNESCAC (New England SmallCollege Athletic Conference Second

Team Women's Soccer All-Conference) squad this fall. Annie,who is a junior at Colby College,helped her team earn the sixth seed inthe NESCAC playoffs this year. Shehad a breakout year after leading theMules in scoring with seven goals andthree assists for 17 points. She had twogame-winning goals and heads into hersenior season next year with eight goalsand six assists for 22 career points.

Although her NESCAC recordincludes all games, including non-con-ference match-ups, 14 of Annie's 17points were garnered in conferencecontests, including tallies against even-tual NESCAC champions Williams,Bates, Trinity, and Tufts, and assistsversus Wesleyan and ConnecticutCollege. At Colby College, she ismajoring in English with a concentra-tion in creative writing and a minor incinema studies. She is also creating awebsite for the English Department,which is scheduled to debut inJanuary.

2008SCOTT ISBELL writes, “I have beenstudying at Berklee College of Music,focusing on music business and voice.I received a Music Marketing SpecialistCertificate from Berklee, and now I’mstudying marketing communicationand voice at Emerson College. I stillrehearse and study music over atBerklee and just started a job there asthe marketing assistant to the CMO ofBerkleemusic. I also am pursuing mydream as a professional singer and willbe recording and singing on sometracks with Barbadian-born singerRayvon, who is famous for singing thesong “Angel,” which reached numberone on the Billboard charts. Lastly, Ihave been doing marketing and pro-motion for my friend, Justin Willman,who is the host of the hit FoodNetwork TV show Cupcake Wars. Iurge all Fay students to follow theirdreams and make them come true.”ALASTAIR HEWITT has this news:“I have an internship in Spain thissummer in the marketing strategydepartment of an event company inBarcelona. However, I am leaving thisFriday with a friend to backpackaround Europe for a bit and mightwrite about the experience for anotherfriend's start up magazine in NYC.”

CLASS NOTES

Annie Papadellis ’07.

Tommy Ferguson ’06 (center) graduated this spring from St. Lawrence University—note the Fay tie!

2009From MOLLY CURLEY: “I will beattending Bentley University next fall. Iwish all my Fay friends the best!”HANNAH AUERBACH writes, “I'mhalfway through my first year atUniversity of St, Andrews, and I'm pur-suing a degree in neuroscience. I'vebeen having a fantastic time in the UK,but I'm hoping to visit good ol'Southborough soon!”

2010We heard from MIRANDA KOTIDIS,who writes, “I'm currently a senior atMiddlesex with fellow classmatesGABBY EDZIE, JENNIE KIM,AGUS HOBBS, CHRISTIANPAPADELLIS, and APRIL SIMMS.I am the captain of the crew team, andI have rowed on the varsity team for allfour years. This coming fall, I willattend MIT and will be a part of theirrowing team.” Here’s the news fromEMILY GUANCI: “I am now a seniorat the Westover School in Middlebury,Connecticut. I will be graduating inMay, and in September, I will attendTexas Christian University in FortWorth, Texas. At Westover, I touredItaly with the Glee Club, where we per-formed in Rome, Florence and Milan.”

2011EMMA BAUMBACH wrote to uswith this update: “During my year liv-ing abroad in France, I have done somany amazing things. I visited Berlin,Germany with my host family a fewweeks ago. We saw a lot, and I enjoyedmy time there. With my classmates Ispent a week in the south of France. Wedid a lot of fun things including a hikethough the Verdon Gorge. If you everhave the chance to visit the Verdon

Gorge, do it! It isone of the mostamazing things Ihave seen in my life.On this trip we alsovisited Monaco. Myyear is almost over,and I feel so lucky tohave had the chanceto participate inSchool Year Abroad.If you want to hearmore about my year, feel free to contact me!”

2012Here’s the latest news from LAURISSAMADDOCKS: “I made the varsity bas-ketball team at my new school, and weare doing really well. I'm really happy Itook the opportunity to go to school outof the country; even though it is onlyCanada, it is so different. I have friendshere from 40 different countries! I hopeeveryone enjoyed their year at Fay! I can-not wait to come visit!” TARUNBANGALORE checked in to let usknow that he is loving St. John’s HighSchool and that he has been accepted asan intern at Caperberry, a five-starrestaurant in Bangalore, India. SAMVOGEL writes, “I am at Brooks Schoolnow, and I had a great time participatingin this year’s winter musical, The 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Iplayed the role of Douglas Panch, thegrownup who pronounces all words forthe bee. Every actor was really talented,especially with singing and dancing. Itwas very hard work, and I’ve never donesuch a big production!” We receivedword that EUGENE AMANKWAHreceived the Ray Brown Prize at ChoateRosemary Hall’s Prize Day, given to thefourth form boy "who shall have distin-guished himself by the enthusiasm withwhich he has applied himself to his stud-ies and his extracurricular interests."


Sam Vogel ’12 in a recent production of The 25th AnnualPutnam County Spelling Bee.

Eugene Amankwah ’12 receiving the RayBrown Prize at Choate Rosemary Hall.

Emily Guanci ’10 in front of Il Duomo inMilan.

CLASS NOTES


DAVID H. HUNTER '33

September 21, 2012

David H. Hunter of Worton, Maryland, died September 21,2012 in Chester River Hospital at the age of 93. Mr. Hunterwas born on August 3, 1919, in Connecticut, son of the lateLouis and Mary Hunter. He lived in New York, Florida, andMaryland. He owned and operated Minosa Farm, a cattle farmin Kent County. He is survived by his wife, Kohar Alexanian.

ROBERT RAMSDELL ’43

August 24, 2010

Robert Adam Ramsdell, Jr. died August 24, 2010. Born inBuffalo, New York on May 9, 1928, Robert was the son ofRobert A. and Evelyn Yerkes Ramsdell and had lived inWilmington, Delaware, since 1937. After Fay, he was educatedat Westminster School and the University of Virginia. After serv-ice in Hokkaido, Japan, during the Korean War, he worked inthe trust department of the old Equitable Trust Co. (PNC Banktoday). Later, he formed a tax and accounting firm specializingin small businesses in New Castle County. He was a member ofthe Society of Colonial Wars and was for many years a memberof the Recess Club. He is survived by his wife, Janet Cozart,three children, three stepchildren, and six step-grandchildren.

PIRIE MACDONALD TUTCHINGS ’46 April 19, 2013

Pirie MacDonald Tutchings diedat the age of 81 in New Milford,Connecticut, after a long battlewith Parkinson's Disease. He issurvived by his wife of 50 years,ceramic artist ElizabethMacDonald. Educated at Fay(where he was the 1946 Founders’Medal winner), Deerfield,Harvard, and the LondonAcademy of Dramatic Arts,MacDonald, as he was knownprofessionally, followed a stint in the Armed Forces with hisBroadway debut in the original 1957 production of Under MilkWood. Over the next eight years he was cast in six moreBroadway productions, including Henry IV, Big Fish, Little Fish,and as Howard Wagner in the 1975 production of Death of aSalesman. His work as a television and film actor began in 1976when he appeared as James Forrest in the mini-series The AdamsChronicles. Other work included roles in the films Network(1976), Masquerade (1988), and See No Evil, Hear No Evil(1989), as well as an episode of "Law and Order.” From 1965 to1968 he was associate director of the Seattle RepertoryCompany, and he was a longtime member of the New YorkEnsemble Studio Theatre. He also worked regularly at leading

In Memoriam

regional theatres around the country. In 1990 while rehearsing aplay in Dallas, Texas, MacDonald survived a gunshot wound tothe head in a mugging that killed a fellow actor, but his career wasseverely curtailed by his injury. Nevertheless, for several years heremained active, performing in and directing numerous stagedreadings in New York City as well as various local productions inand around his hometown of Bridgewater, Connecticut, andassisting playwrights in the development of theatrical projects.

ROBERT W. DANIEL ’50 February 4, 2012

Robert Williams Daniel, Jr., of Brandon Plantation, PrinceGeorge County, Virginia, died of cardiac arrest February 4, 2012at Hobe Sound, Florida.

Mr. Daniel was born March 17, 1936 in Richmond, Virginia. Hewas a farmer, businessman, teacher, and politician who served fiveterms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from1972 until 1983.

After Fay, he graduated from Woodberry Forest School andearned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Virginia, where hewas elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was a member ofPhi Psi fraternity. He then earned an M.B.A. from ColumbiaUniversity, was a financial analyst, and taught economics at theRobins School of Business at the University of Richmond.

Mr. Daniel served in the U.S. Army and CIA from 1964 to 1968.While in Congress, he was a member of the House ArmedServices Committee. He later served as Deputy Assistant Secretaryof Defense from 1984 to 1986, and as the Director ofIntelligence, Department of Energy, from 1990 to 1993. He was arecipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished ServiceMedal.

Mr. Daniel was the owner and operator of Brandon Plantation, aU.S. National Historic Landmark and one of the oldest continu-ous agricultural operations in the United States. He served onFay’s Board of Trustees for fifteen years.

Mr. Daniel is survived by his wife, Linda Hearne Daniel, twodaughters, two step-daughters, and nine grandchildren.

JAMES D. STANLEY ’51

February 24, 2013

James Dowdell Stanley died peacefully on February 24, 2013 inSan Jose, California, after a long illness. The son of James SelwynStanley and Sara von Schilling Stanley, he was born in Richmond,Virginia, on June 4, 1937. After Fay, he attended DeerfieldAcademy and Harvard University. An All-American swimmer onthe Harvard swimming team, Jimmy set several breaststrokerecords and was ultimately inducted into the University's VarsityHall of Fame. Also a talented cartoonist, he was elected presidentof the Harvard Lampoon as a second year student. After college,he lived in New York City making documentary films and was anactive member of the vibrant New York art scene. Jimmy took aninterest in Chinese culture, taught himself the language, and relo-cated to Taiwan, where he taught English. There, he married andhad two children. Returning to the United States and eventuallysettling down in California, he became interested in computersand wrote two published books on computer programming.Friends and family remember him as possessing a brilliant, ency-clopedic mind, an extraordinary sense of humor, and a gentle,congenial personality. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth LiangStanley, who devoted the last several years to caring for him; andhis two children, Richard Charles Stanley and Christine SaraStanley. He was predeceased by his brother, Peter von Schilling

Stanley ’53.

ANDREW RISEBERG ’85 January 28, 2013

Andrew Kenneth “Andy” Risebergof Sudbury, Massachusetts, died onJanuary 28, 2013. After graduatingfrom Fay, he attended LawrenceAcademy and the University of

Rochester, where he was a proud member of the Alpha Delta PhiFraternity. He pursued a successful career as a sales professional,most recently at the Oracle Corporation. He was avid about awide range of passions, including music, golf, cooking, and boat-ing. Through his relationship with his wife Andresa and herfriends, he recently became fluent in Portuguese. Everyone whomet Andy came away touched by his zest for life and his warmheart. In addition to Andresa, Andy leaves his mother, MarilynRiseberg, his sister and brother-in-law, Jocelyn and Eric Sheirer,his niece and nephew, and his aunts and uncle.

In Memoriam

team·work /!t!m"w#rk/ Noun. The combined action of a group of people, esp.when effective and efficient.

In Fay’s Primary School, you can see teamwork in action in everyclassroom. Teachers collaborate within the classroom, within eachgrade, and across grade levels to make learning effective andmeaningful for every student.

Case in point: the amazing Pre-Kindergarten teaching team ofYuka Terada, Lauren Roby, and Jennifer Sparadeo. Yuka andLauren came to Fay in 2010, the year the Primary Schoolopened, and Jennifer joined the team in September of 2012.Together, they’ve created a joyful classroom community that promotes inquiry-based learning,

Fay Magazine spoke with the Pre-K team about what broughtthem to education, and the art of collaborative teaching.

Yuka: I always wanted to be a teacher, and I spent six yearsteaching kindergarten in Japan before I came to Fay.

Lauren: As a teenager, I babysat a lot for my neighbors, whichmade me realize that I wanted to work with children. It was clearto me after I started working at Boston University’s EarlyChildhood Learning Lab that teaching was what I wanted to do.

Jennifer: While I was at Smith, I spent my junior year abroadin Florence and worked at an early childhood center that used aninquiry-based learning approach. As a teacher, I wanted to find aschool with a similar philosophy.

Yuka: What makes our team so successful is that we’re alwaysworking to make sure that we’re on the same page. We make themost of our different strengths, and we share duties equally. Weeach take time to get to know every child in our classroom, andwe’re constantly sharing our perspectives with each other.

Lauren: We also check in frequently with each other aboutwhere student interest is going, and we use this information toplan our program. While it’s a lot of work to design curriculumthat connects directly to the children’s interests, in some ways it’seasier. The children show us what they want to explore, and wefigure out how to connect those interests to the skills that they’rebuilding.

Jennifer: As a team, we need to be flexible—responsive to thechildren’s needs and responsive to each other.

Yuka: We’re lucky that we understand each other so well. We allknow that each of us is putting one hundred percent into makingsure that the classroom experience is great—and that we’re alltotally committed and working as hard as we can.

Meet the Pre-Kindergarten Team: Yuka Terada, Lauren Roby, and Jennifer Sparadeo

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