Gilmour Academy Spring 2010 Magazine

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NCAA SigningsPage 42

Gilmour Opens itsHeart to HaitiPage 32

Fledgling FoodPhilanthropistsPage 35

Congratulations tothe Class of 2009Page 20

Alumni ofthe YearPage 52

StaffEditor

Kathleen C. Kenny

Associate Editor

Kathleen McDermott

Contributing Writers

Nicolene Emerson

James C. Farrar 59

Mary Kate Farrar Vega 93

Kathleen C. Kenny

Matt LaWell

Kathleen McDermott

Bridget McGinty 02

William Seetch

Arlene Smith

Editorial Assistants

Colleen F. Kiely 96

Matt LaWell

Bridget McGinty '02

Laura Ondrake 02

Arlene Smith


Holly Yotter

Photography

John Bashian 78

Neal Busch

Nicolene Emerson

James C. Farrar 59

Mark Most

Jim Olexa, Sun News

Kevin Reeves

Michael Spear

Design/Production

Canale Studio, Inc.

Printing

Oliver Printing

Director of Institutional

Advancement

Colleen F. Kiely 96

Director of Development

James C. Farrar 59

Director of Annual Fund

and Constituent Relations


Pumpkin HeadsPage 33

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Features

An Elementary Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Perennial Powerhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Opening Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Charting a Global Course for Learning . . . .12

CommencementCommencement Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Valedictory Address (excerpt) . . . . . . . . . . .18Salutatory Address (excerpt) . . . . . . . . . . . .19College Acceptances, Class of 2009 . . . . . . .20

Campus

The Academy Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Gilmour Opens its Heart to Haiti . . . . . . . . .32Pumpkin Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Thanksgiving Bounty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Third Rock from the Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Fledgling Food Philanthropists . . . . . . . . . .35Entrepreneurial Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Sharing Their Know-how . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Summer with the Bard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Brother Dan Reflects on CD . . . . . . . . . . . .39True Grit on the Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40A Lithe Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Three Lancers Commit to

Division I Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

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Alumni

AlumNews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Lancer Spotlights 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 54, 56, 58Alumni of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Memorial

Harry E. Figgie, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Sam J. Frankino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Edward P. Janis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Gilmour Extends Sympathy to Families . . . .62


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Even now, so many years later, the story spills outof Kerry Coleman 00, the color and the laughtermore alive than ever, the details blurred in thefog of time and childhood. She remembers runningaround her backyard in the suburbs of Cleveland withher sister, Lydia 02, and some friends. She rememberssnatching a handful of skunkweed from some cornerof the yard, her hand as fragrant as a bag of garbageslumped on the corner. And she remembers turningtoward Susan Napier 00, one of those aforementionedfriends, and forcing the foul plant on her shirt, on herarms, anywhere for a chuckle. Kerry had just metSusan. Interesting way to treat a new friend.

I chased her around my backyard and tried toalienate her as much as possible, Kerry says, laughing.But the plan, whatever the plan was back in 1992, didnot work. Susan decided to forgive me.

She has been one of my best friends since then.That origin story, to borrow a term more common

to costumed comic book heroes than to precocious fifthgraders playing under the sun, is just one of dozens,perhaps hundreds, that have circulated across theGilmour Academy campus during the last six decades.Elementary school is always a time for new friendshipsthat might last a lifetime. But the late 1980s and early1990s were an especially ripe time for origin stories inGates Mills. School administrators had recently openedthe doors to girls and young women for the first time.It was a new era filled with new experiences foreverybody, including Kerry Coleman and Susan Napier.

Kerry enrolled at Gilmour in 1988, when she wasall of 6 years old, an impressionable first grader.Her father had attended Gilmour decades earlier andstruggled to keep up with the rigorous curriculum.To hear Kerry tell the story, he figured that if he had to

How Gilmour Opened the Door for New Opportunitiesand Lifelong Friendships

How Gilmour Opened the Door for New Opportunitiesand Lifelong Friendships

work as hard as he did, Gilmour must be an excellentschool. He wanted his daughters to be Lancers as soonas possible. They were among the first girls to enroll atthe school.

Susan, on the other hand, did not arrive at Gilmouruntil four years later. She transferred at the start of fifthgrade, during that fateful, if not stinky, fall of 1992. Shewas one of the new kids in a new school, just trying tofit in, and here was this seemingly crazy girl chasingher with some smelly foliage.

Of course, a couple of years after they traveledacross the lawn, Kerry and Susan traveled togetheracross the country, the latest star debate partners inthe proud Gilmour tradition of speech and debate.They traveled from one end of Ohio to the other, toIllinois and Massachusetts, to Texas and North Carolina.They remained friends after they graduated a decadeago, when Kerry headed to Catholic University andSusan farther north to Dartmouth College. They talkedacross state lines and, later, across time zones. Theyshared stories about classes and jobs and old times


5and the future and friends. In 2008, 16 years after theyfirst met, Susan celebrated her wedding day with familyand friends. Kerry was at her side as her maid ofhonor.

The friendships that you develop when you startat a school so young can be special, Susan says. Ithink a lot of people do retain those friendships.

The bond that Kerry and Susan share is notunusual, not at Gilmour, not even in the Colemanfamily. Lydia met her own best friend,Bridget Body 02, on a bouncy seat in ayellow school bus more than 20 yearsago. Not everybody can say theyre stillfriends with the girl they sat next to onthe bus on the first day of Kindergarten,Lydia says. Those friendships are one ofmany driving factors for these youngalumnae, the first group of Gilmour Girls,who are all grown up now, successes inschool and in business. Just take a look atwhat some of them are doing today.

How about we start with Kerry. After she touredthe nation with Susan, picking up debate awards as ifthey were nothing more consequential than a loaf ofbread at the grocery store, Kerry studied for four years,graduated then decided to apply to law schools. Shetoured the country again, not especially eager to remainin the capital.

I had so many friends and such an all-encompassinglife here that if I stayed, I was afraid I would neverstudy, would never make friends, would never getinvolved in the law school culture because I would beso busy hanging out with the people I already knew,Kerry says. After I visited other schools, none of themfelt right. So she remained in Washington, D.C., boundfor George Washington University. She finished classes

last year and passed the Maryland Bar. She was swornin as an attorney in December.

Then there is Susan. She loved debate, too, andeven competed during her freshman year at DartmouthCollege. But she realized she might never be the bestdebater a tall task even for a Gilmour debate star soshe decided to branch out with her activities. Naturally,she joined the rugby team. Spurred by her experiencein an economics class at Gilmour in 1999, she

presented a project to the Cleveland Fedthat proposed that the dot-com bubblemight soon burst, though she wasnt ablethen to quite explain why she majoredin economics and history. It was a greatexperience and it really turned me on tothe market and monetary policy andeconomics, Susan says. After graduation,she landed a position with GoldmanSachs, where she has worked for sixyears. She has enjoyed stints in Boston,

Chicago, New York, and now Los Angeles, where sheworks in the companys investment managementdivision.

And what about Lydia? Ever the eager youngersister, she wanted to try alittle bit of everything atGilmour. She spent somany hours on the tenniscourts, the basketballcourt and the track.She played soccer fora season. She playedsoftball for a while.She was even acheerleader for asemester. I wouldnt

The friendships that

you develop when you

start at a school so

young can be special.

Susan Napier

Lydia Coleman 02Rebecca Wellman 02


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say that it was an attitude that I would try anythingonce, Lydia says. It was more that these wereexperiences I wanted to have and I enjoyed doingthem. I wasnt intimidated to do them by any means,because I thought they would be a great opportunity tomeet more people. They were. She thrived athleticallyand academically and, after graduation, enrolled at theUniversity of Maryland. But that just wasnt the right fit,so, after a year, she transferred to the University ofNotre Dame. She studied there for three years andgraduated with a degree in finance. She worked inNew York for two years as a businessanalyst with McKinsey, a globalmanagement consulting firm, thenmoved to Palo Alto, Calif., whereshe works now as an associate witha private equity firm. Impressive? Shealso applied to business schools lastyear and was recently accepted tothe Kellogg School of Business atNorthwestern University, where sheplans to study this fall.

Susan's and Kerrys classmates havealso forged ahead successfully. Stephanie Liu startedat Gilmour when she was just three years old. Aftergraduating from Northwestern University, shecontinued in Evanston and received a medical degreefrom the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern.

Today, she is a dermatology resident at the Universityof South Florida. Kristin Ricci 00 completed the pre-professional program and received her medical degreefrom Case Western Reserve University. After finishingher first year of residency at Brigham and Women'sHospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School,Kristin married Esben Vogelius, a radiologist atUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland, and is now inher second year of residency at theCleveland Clinic specializing inpathology. Christin Roush, anotherGilmour lifer from the classof 2000, graduated from theUniversity of Notre Dame in2004 and is a public defenderafter having graduated fromCase Western Reserve UniversityLaw School.

Want more success stories?Well, BridgetBody, the otherKindergartner onthat bus with Lydiaa couple of decadesago, wound up atPenn State University, whereshe studied mechanical engineering. Shenow works as a product developmentengineer for Moen Incorporated. AndRebecca Wellman 02 studied with Lydiaat Notre Dame, where she earned a

degree in marketing at the Mendoza College ofBusiness. Shes now an associate consultant at ZSAssociates, a global management consulting firm withoffices across the United States.

Not everybody can say

theyre still friends with

the girl they sat next to on

the bus on the first day of

Kindergarten.

Lydia Coleman

Bridget Body 02


These women have plenty in common. They areall Gilmour alumna with roots in the Gilmour LowerSchool, of course, all reared on the Socratic Method.Many of them shared the same classes and learnedfrom the same teachers. But more than that, theyall learned early during their life that anything theymight want to achieve academically,athletically, professionally and beyond was possible.

Things like the glass ceiling justnever really occurred to me, Kerrysays. I never realized women couldntsucceed. Thank the series of BrownBag Mother-Daughter Lunches for that.Kerry remembers bringing a lunch andlistening, with her mother, to speechesby prominent women in business.Attorneys arrived. So did scientists.Kerry says she remembers listeningeven to Bernadine Healy, the firstwoman director of the NationalInstitutes of Health and dean ofThe Ohio State University MedicalSchool. Gilmour did a great jobproviding experiences for women,letting us know we could pursuea career in science if we wanted,letting us know we could becomedoctors and lawyers, Kerry says.I always thought that was prettygreat.

Gilmour also allowed thatfirst group of girls the room toexperiment with their studiesand provided them with room tosucceed. There was certainly

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structure and it was rigorous, but the Lower Schoolwas also flexible, Susan says. As long as you werebeing productive and learning, other activities wereencouraged. It wasnt just learning by sitting in theclassroom, and that, to me, was wonderful, and one ofthe reasons I enjoyed going to school. That definitely

gives you a head start for college. Iremember being terrified my freshmanfall at Dartmouth, thinking I was terriblyunprepared, that it was an Ivy Leagueschool, that there was no way I wasgoing to be able to keep up in all of myclasses. And that just wasnt the case.Gilmour prepares you to study. Gilmourprepares you to learn. But there isperhaps no greater compliment to reflectthe experiences of those young pioneers

that when they were asked whenthe time arrived, years from now whether they would send their owndaughters to Gilmour, each said yes.

If I am in the area and I am inthe position to do so financially,I will, Lydia says. I talk about thetight-knit community and its hardfor me to answer objectivelybecause I dont have any otherexperiences to compare it to butits true. The teachers want to bethere. Theyre there because theywant to teach students who wantto be there. That makes all thedifference in the world.

Matt LaWell

Things like the glass

ceiling just never really

occurred to me. I never

realized women couldnt

succeed.Kerry Coleman

Kerry Coleman 00


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When the Girls Varsity Track and Field teamfinished fifth at the state championship meetmore than six years ago, the Lancers werejust happy to compete at the top level. Standing on thetrack in Columbus in 2003, Coach Jeff Klein told theteam, It is not enough just to be happy to get here.You need to be as comfortable competing at the statetrack meet as you are on our track at Gilmour. Gettingthe girls to believe they belonged at that level was asmuch a part of their journey to become four-timeDivision III state champions as all of the physical toil,arduous training and dogged determination it takes tokeep winning. As head coach of Girls Varsity Trackand Field, Klein knew their spirits needed as muchtempering as their talents and skills.

The Lancers triumph last June capped anothergreat season with the Division III state championshipand did not go unnoticed. The Plain Dealer reported,The local small-school kids were sizzling. The Lancersscored 73 points at the state meet, the second-most inthe history of Division III girls track, and joined anelite group of only three other Division III teams thathave ever won four state championships in five years.The News-Herald called it a banner day for theGates Mills powerhouse.

Klein, who has been coaching track at Gilmour for14 years, attributes the teams success to three things:talented athletes, better training and techniques and theteams belief that it belongs at the top level. Gettingathletes to come out, to believe and to push themselvesis the difference between high schools with averageteams and those that build perennial powerhouses,Klein says. Increased use of weights, plyometric trainingto boost elastic strength in muscles and more intenseoff-season training contributed to improving the teamsperformance, Klein contends. Occasionally he tellshimself, Dont over coach, Klein. Prepare them, getthem ready and let them coach themselves.

No doubt about it, the Lady Lancers had a greatseason. On the way to recapturing the state title,they celebrated their fourth straight regional title, theirseventh district title and their 11th league title, alldespite a challenging season of injuries and illnessesthat sidelined team members.

On top of all that, the team dominated six eventsat the state meet. Gilmour sprinter Candace Longino-Thomas 11 won the 100- and 200-meter dashes andanchored the winning 400- and 800-meter relays, settingnew state records. Last May, her 24.19 time in the 200at the Optimist Classic lowered the Division III staterecord set by Olympic sprinter Lashauntea Moore who,in 1999, ran the 200 in 24.34. Longino-Thomas told ThePlain Dealer, I feel like Ive accomplished a lot. Ivegrown as a person, and my track career has gone upand up. Longino-Thomas was named Athlete of theYear by The Plain Dealer and The News-Herald.

Defending her 2008 title in the 400 dash, BekkaSimko 10 became the champ all over again. Simkocompeted with a strained quadriceps muscle this lastseason, but still has earned eight gold medals in threeyears.

Throughout the season, the two performed atan extremely high level in all of the events they ran,Klein says. Simko was named to The Plain DealerAll-Star Team and The News-Heralds First Team.

The 400 relay team featuring AlexandriaDahlhausen 11, Kathryn Drew 10, Rebecca Bloom 09and Longino-Thomas brought home the gold.The victors in the 800 relay were Simko, Drew,Dahlhausen and Longino-Thomas. To help securethe championship, in the 1,600 relay, Simko ledGrace Brennan 10, Melanie Frank 09 and Dahlhausento victory. The latter two were named to The News-Heralds First Team.

The Lady Lancers now hold all four state relayrecords for Division III, says Klein, The News-Herald

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Coach of the Year five out of the last six years. Frank,who was a team co-captain along with GeorjannaOpalich 09 and Bloom, finished fourth at state in the800 run.

To regain a title that we lost last year (69-61) isvery sweet, Klein confesses. To top it off, the Lancershad four Academic All-Ohioans Frank, Bloom, TriciaKing 10 and Drew. Those four, plus Simko, Longino-Thomas, Brennan and Dahlhausen were All-Ohioans.

The Boys Track and Field team also made Gilmourhistory when Preston Hoge 09 won the 300 hurdles atstate in 38.32 after finishing fifth in the preliminary. Itwas Hoges first state championship and the first time in15 years the Boys Track team won an individual cham-pionship. Hoge set seven Gilmour records in 2009, andBart Merkel 10, who also advanced to state in the3,200 run, set a school record. Klein believes that theBoys Track team was probably one of the schools mosttalented he has seen in his years as a Gilmour trackcoach.

Track and field is a demanding sport. To preventinjuries, the athletes must be physically fit. Duringsix-day practice weeks, We work on core stabilityand strength, as well as total body fitness, Klein says.In Jim Chappelle, Matt Lindley 89, Lisa Simko andTim Vala, Klein feels fortunate to have such a talentedcoaching staff. When I first started out at Gilmour, Ifaced as many challenges, but did not have as manytools in my toolkit to handle them, he admits.Experience has taught me that I dont knoweverything, and it is good to get experts to helpwith the challenges.

Looking ahead to this season, Klein is optimistic.Seven of the nine state qualifiers are expected to return.Everyone starts at square one, he says. All thoseother teams want to be in the same place we are andeveryone starts with the same record. They dont giveyou a state championship. You have to earn it.

Thoughts from a Co-captain

Champions do not become champions when they winthe event, but in the hours, weeks, months, and yearsthey spend preparing for it. T. Alan Armstrong

When my co-captains andI chose that quote for theback of our team T-shirts, wedidnt realize that it wouldbecome the summation of ourlast season as members of theGilmour Academy Track andField team. I joined the trackteam as an unsure freshman,and after a four-year journeywith my teammates, I watchedas my team won its fourthDivision III Track and Field StateChampionship in Columbus.

Words are not enough toexplain the feeling of exhilarationwhen one of my teammates, Bekka Simko, foundthe strength inside to come from behind and beat theleading runner by hundredths of a second in the 400.I watched as Candace Longino-Thomas left hercompetition behind and became one of the fewathletes in Ohio track history to win four gold medalsin one day. Melanie Frank, one of the most consistentand talented runners in Gilmour track history, ranexceptional legs on the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.

My teammates put aside injuries, setbacks anddisappointments to come together for the biggestmeet of the season, and inspiring performances werentlimited to only our standout athletes. Allie Dahlhausenwas thrown into the 1,600 relays a few weeks into theseason, and was the leadoff runner for the first-placeteam. Co-captain Becca Bloom ran the third leg onthe 400 relay, handed off the baton in first place, andhelped her team to a win a new state record. Itstwo days after the state meet and I still cant describethe feeling. But what I can explain is the pride andpure joy I feel when I say I was part of that team.

This title wasnt won in one day. It wasnt won ontalent alone, although we had a lot of that. Rather, itwas the hours, weeks, months and years of hard work,dedication and pure guts that laid the groundwork forour success.

Georjanna Opalich 09

Georjanna Opalich 09

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Gilmour Academys Christmas Celebration wasthe place to be December 19. Those whomade it to the Preview Party for the schoolsspectacular Athletic Center saw firsthand why it will

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goggles, standing on a basketball and holding

a volleyball. A reindeer and sleigh completed the

centerpiece.

Gingerbread people representing Gilmours Alums

of the Year Denis Hoynes 51 and Barbara Watts Siss

Oney (GO) 73 added a note of levity. During the

award presentation, the two alums played to a packed

crowd in an enclosed room off the basketball court

and spoke of the old and new Gilmour. Hoynes

recalalled Gilmours early days and how he cherished

the religious education he received. Oney praised

Glen Oak and Gilmour for producing women who are

contributing greatly to society.

And then there was that Christmas tree all decked

out in ornaments that stopped short of its pinnacle.

This partial decoration was a gentle reminder that the

PROMISE AND RENEWAL Campaign is more than

two-thirds of the way to the $20 million campaign goal.

Jim and Kathy Pender Jeff Gleason 05 andcoach Bob Spicer

Tim 73, Nacy andTony 71 Panzica

Catherine Kastelic 92,Liz Schenkelberg 92 and

Mark Young 92


Grooming children for their destiny as citizens ofthe global world defines the Gilmour GlobalInitiative effort. Students in Gilmour AcademysLower School Montessori Preschool through Grade 6 are sharpening their ability to think and understandhow people around the world view human rights,health care, energy, economics, poverty and theenvironment, and are gaining relevant and authenticexperience in collaborating on an international level.

The Gilmour students already have made a markon two villages in Kenya. Although the country mightbe on the outskirts of most childrens imaginations,building new wells to supply clean water for villagersmakes Kenya come alive. The students raised enoughfunds to build two wells. Gilmour religion instructorMeredith Panzica 99 recently returned from teachingin Kenya and filmed the construction. She will sharethe villages excitement with the wells, her experiencesliving in a mud hut and the joys of teaching in anearby school.

Because our students are heirs to a world that isgrowing more connected every day through technologyand travel, it is crucial that they be more internationally-minded, says Monica M. Veto, director of the LowerSchool and Montessori Preschool Program. They mustdevelop 21st-century skills to become the kind of ethicalleaders who are able to address the key challengesposed by globalization.

Each Lower School teacher is developing projectsthat are international in scope using the theme With anEye on the World. One social studies class will examineforeign currency and how stocks are traded in other

Charting a GlobalCourse for Learning

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countries. Fifth graders are helping second gradersas part of a Daffodil and Tulip Project, plantingflower bulbs and contacting their counterparts fromother countries to see how latitude, longitude andtemperature influence flower growth. Global birdwatching is an interactive tool for first-grade scientistsas ethnobotany, electronic pen pals and a diarymessage exchange begin to infiltrate the curriculumin other grades. Gilmours international collaborationon these global projects is assisted by iEARN, a globalnetwork that links students and teachers from over120 countries.

Through the support of the Zai Family, theLower School will enhance its extended curriculumwith programs that spur creativity, inventiveness andentrepreneurial skills that students will need in theworkplace. Hopefully, these educational experienceswill spur them to use their voices and talents toinfluence people around the world to build capacityin others, Veto says.

The program will bring a broader dimensionof projects, experiences and opportunities forcollaboration and problem solving, so that studentslearn to think critically and analyze the connectionsbetween the United States and other countries inrecognition of mutual indebtedness.

Consultants from the Diversity Institute of NortheastOhio are working with Gilmour to develop customizeddiversity awareness classes. Plans also are underway torename the Lower Schools convocation area as theInternational Exhibition Hall. The hall will feature flagsfrom the 34 countries where the students ancestorsoriginated and an interfaith wall mural representing thestudents religions Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam,Judism, Hinduism and Greek Orthodox. The muralwill echo the words of the Golden Rule as stated inthe worlds great holy books.

Our goal is to be part of the solution to theworlds problems by producing enterprising peoplewho will become future leaders well prepared to meet

Although the country might be on the outskirts of

most childrens imaginations, building new wells

to supply clean water for villagers makes Kenya

come alive. The students raised enough funds to

build two wells.

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complex challenges, Veto says. This is our mission,as well as a contemporary way of reinforcing our HolyCross values by expanding the minds and hearts of ourstudents by preparing them for global citizenship.


2009 GilmourAcademyCommencementGilmour Academy Celebrates Its60th Commencement Exercise

Gilmour Academy, as accredited by

the North Central Association of

Secondary Schools and Colleges and

Independent School Association of

the Central States, chartered by the

Ohio Department of Education, is

vested by the state of Ohio with

authority to confer diplomas in

recognition of those having satisfied

the requirements of a college-

preparatory curriculum. Gilmour

Academys graduating Class of 2009

is the 60th graduating class of the

Academy.

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Gilmour Academys graduating Class of 2009 sharedsomething in common with commencement speakerZac Ponsky. Ponsky is executive director of MobileMed1RAM Ohio, a mobile medical health care program that brings health

services to underserved people. The Gilmour students were to help

prepare for RAM Ohios historic free medical clinic last May, but it

was cancelled out of concern of possibly spreading the swine flu.

(The health care event was offered in a different venue in July.)

Ponsky spearheaded the effort through the Remote Area

Medical (RAM) Ohio brigade to enlist 2,000 doctors, nurses,

dentists, optometrists, medical specialists and others from social

service agencies to offer free, first-class health care in makeshift

clinics to thousands who do not have medical insurance or who

are underinsured. Gilmours graduating seniors were scheduled

to devote part of their last day of high school, usually reserved for

recreational activities, to provide labor and set up for the medical

brigade, and contributed $500 to support the effort.

The commencement speaker formally was director of real estate,

purchasing and community affairs at AmTrust. In his position, he

was proactive in seeing that his company was in the forefront of

sustainable initiatives to protect the environment. Prior to joining

AmTrust, he was part of the national health care team for Trammell

Crow Company. Ponsky earned his bachelors degree in education

from Loyola University in Chicago. He is vice president of the

board for Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development and is a

board member of Coldwell Banker Hunter Reality and MedWish

International.

ZacPonsky

Zac Ponsky

CommencementSpeakert o G i l m o u r A c a d e m y s

Class of2009

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So today I want to talk to you a little bit aboutthe next chapter of your lives, and what to expect,and how to face adversity and challenges as you gothrough your college lives. You all are going off, as Istated, to some of the best colleges in the country.I want to leave you with something my father hasalways told us: that the most important years of yourlife, where you define the character you will have,and where you define who you will be, is betweenthe ages of 18 and 25.

So I ask you, when you go to college, what are wegoing to remember you for when you graduate? Dontwait until college is over. We need you to get involved.We need you to fit in volunteer service opportunitiesbetween your college classes. Now there are millionsof people out there in this country that can give servicewho are volunteering every day. Your standard needsto be higher. You all are coming from a background,an infrastructure that Gilmour has provided for you,and with that value of service, you need to be held toa higher standard. You all need to be social innovators.Its not good enough for you to go to college andvolunteer a few hours a month, so you can check itoff your list. You all need to be creative. You need tothink out of the box. You need to come up with waysto really change things and to have others volunteerto help support your effort. I dont want folks withyour capabilities and capacity to just be volunteers.Be social leaders.

Ill leave you with one thought that Ill ask youto carry with you through your college years andbeyond. I was in Reno, Nevada, one time for abusiness meeting and I met a cowboy, a real cowboy,and he owned all these businesses, and I said to him,how do you own all these businesses? Its unbelievable!And he said, Its simple. Find a need and fill it. AndI wrote it down, and I still carry it with me to this day.When you go through college and the rest of yourlives, dont wait for someone to bring the opportunityto you. Find a need and fill it. Thank you andcongratulations.

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Gilmour Academy

Valedictorian 2009ElEliizzabethabeth BBeameamValedictory Address (excerpt)May 24, 2009

Your presence here isnot by chance. Uponstrolling to the car doorand sliding into place behindthe wheel, you did not happencoincidentally upon theintersection of SOM and CedarRoads. No matter who youare, you are meant to be here.There are two roads, and so itis at this divergence in a yellowwoods, at this point in thisspeech, that I am supposedto quote Robert Frost. I amsupposed to tell you to takethe road less traveled. But I do

not think that you should take the road less traveled. I seeyou Frosts point and raise you a quote from the Frenchpoet John de la Fontaine, who claimed that a person oftenmeets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. I thinkit is about time that we get out of our seats, out of ourcars, spare ourselves the gas and the global warming,and get off the road altogether. We must now venture offour maps. We must emerge from the tunnels underlyingGilmour and the golf-cart paths overlaying it, from thehallways and hard-hat tours, from the 144 acres of chartedcampus, and we must explore the endlessly widening edgeof the sphere of our knowledge. It was in this way thatmapmakers learned hundreds of years ago that the worldis not flat. Now, we must realize that the world cannotbe smothered onto a piece of paper. That maps can showus how to reach discretedestinations, but that theycannot tell us whichdestinations are ourdestinies. My challengeto you is to throw awayyour maps. If the worldreally is so round, thenyou will surely somedayfind yourself back here onthis campus. My challengeto you, in the meantime, isto get lost.

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To the parents, the siblings, the grandparents,the extended families, acquaintances, to teachersand friends, I offer up our gratitude. It is not bychance, nor by luck, that we are gathered heretoday in this ice rink-turned-auditorium. Thisday is a result of every careful step and everyfearless leap that the Class of 2009 has taken upto this very moment. We would not be herewithout those friends and family who taught ushow to walk, who helped us up when we fell,and who urged us forward even when we didntwant to go on. It is these, the events of our timein grade school and in high school, that haveshaped our generation today, and defined thedirection the world needs us to take usinto the future. With every step forward, everycataclysmic change, and every new direction,we will takewhat the pasthas given us,what Gilmourhas taught us,and what theworld hasshown us,and use itto build themost beautifultomorrow thatwe possiblycan.

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Victoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia 09

Victoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia 09and Derrick Adamany 13


Brandon AdamanyROCHESTER INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

Jamie AustinPURDUE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of CincinnatiRensselaer Polytechnic

Institute

Lana AzemJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Baldwin-Wallace CollegeThe University of FindlayHiram CollegeLynn UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityWittenberg University

Loren AzleinROCHESTER INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

Additional Acceptances:Denison UniversityRhode Island CollegeRollins College

Austin BarnettCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Madeline BarnettOHIO UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Butler UniversityFairfield UniversityJohn Carroll UniversityPurdue University

Elizabeth BeamDUKE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Columbia UniversityDavidson CollegeEmory UniversityUniversity of MiamiNew York UniversityRhodes CollegeUniversity of Southern

CaliforniaTulane UniversityUniversity of VirginiaWake Forest UniversityYale University

Francis BennettALLEGHENY COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Centre CollegeGeorgetown CollegeUniversity of KentuckyMarietta CollegeMiami University, OhioRandolph-Macon CollegeThomas More CollegeWittenberg University

Nickolas BergertOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of South CarolinaMorrisville State College

Jamie BergsmanXAVIER UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonJohn Carroll UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityWittenberg University

Heather Kono 01 andBrandon 09 and Derrick 13

Adamany

Talla 08, Lana 09, andOmar 15 Azem

Austin 09 andAddison 11 Barnett

Andrew 02, Maddie 09, andBeth 04 Barnett

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Kathleen 11, Rebecca 09, andKevin 07 Bloom

Scott 07, Alyssa 09, andMatthew 10 Brigeman

Erin 09 andMichael 05 Butler

Marissa 12 andLouis 09 Cangelosi

Leah 12 andMcAllister 09 Castelaz

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Chandler 07 and Mac 09Converse

Rebecca BloomMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonJohn Carroll UniversityLoyola College, Maryland

Alyssa BrigemanWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Boston CollegeUniversity of ChicagoDavidson CollegeElon UniversityHamilton College

New YorkCollege of William and

Mary

Erin ButlerPROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Fairfield UniversityLoyola College, MarylandUniversity of Vermont

Cristina CaballeroARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Louis CangelosiHILLSDALE COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Case Western Reserve

UniversityDuquesne UniversityKenyon CollegeMiami University, OhioMount Union CollegeWittenberg University

McAllister CastelazCASEWESTERN RESERVEUNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Marquette UniversityWashington and Jefferson

CollegeWestminister College

Kelsey CesarLYNN UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of North Carolina

at CharlotteVirginia Wesleyan College

Elizabeth ConnollyMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:DePaul UniversityJohn Carroll UniversityLake Forest CollegeLoyola University, ChicagoUniversity of North Carolina

at CharlotteOhio University

Edward ConverseMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:Connecticut CollegeHobart and William Smith

CollegesTrinity College

Kyle CorriganLYON COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Greensboro CollegeHigh Point University

John CoyneBOSTON COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, OhioRochester Institute of

Technology

Daniel DebickJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Ohio Wesleyan University

Leonard DeFinoCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeDePauw UniversityEckerd CollegeFurman UniversityLoyola University, ChicagoXavier University

Alessandra DiLilloNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Bentley UniversityFairfield UniversityStonehill CollegeXavier University

Andrew DuvalPOST GRADYEARGILMOUR ACADEMY

Additional Acceptances:Purdue UniversityColorado State UniversityUniversity of Denver


Caitlin FinelliMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonDePaul UniversityDuquesne UniversityCollege of the Holy CrossLoyola College, MarylandSaint Louis UniversityTulane UniversityUniversity of VermontWashington and Jefferson

College

Emma FlesherUNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

Additional Acceptances:John Carroll UniversityKent State UniversityMercyhurst CollegeXavier University

Melanie FrankEMORY UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Elon UniversityUniversity of RichmondWake Forest University

Brittany GazdagBOSTON COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeBoston UniversityUniversity of DaytonDenison UniversityFairfield UniversityUniversity of Rochester

Kaitlin GillJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeAshland UniversityBaldwin-Wallace CollegeMiami University, OhioOhio UniversityWashington and Jefferson

College

Caroline GouldingCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

Natalie GrabowskiXAVIER UNIVERSITY


UniversityThe Catholic University of

AmericaFranciscan University of

SteubenvilleLoyola University, ChicagoSaint Marys College,

Notre DameVillanova University

Maggie GrantWALSH UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:College of Mount St. JosephWest Virginia University

Barry GreenfieldMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:The University of AkronBowling Green State

University

Thomas HallalTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, Ohio

Jessica HammerJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, OhioXavier University

Diamond HannahPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY,UNIVERSITY PARK

Additional Acceptances:Florida A&M UniversityFordham UniversityLoyola University, ChicagoNortheastern UniversityNorthern Arizona UniversityRutgers, The State University

of New Jersey atNew Brunswick

St. Johns University,Queens Campus

Washington and JeffersonCollege

Kaitlynn HarrisonTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Baldwin-Wallace CollegeUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of FindlayMiami University, OhioOhio Northern UniversityOtterbein CollegeSUNY Oswego

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Dennis 75, John 09, andHeather 07 Coyne

Brittany 07 andKyle 09 Corrigan

Kiera 11 andCaitlin 09 Finelli

Bill 51, Emma 09, Oliver 12,and Tom 81 Flesher

Matthew 11 andD.J. 09 Debick

Christopher 19 andAlessandra 09 DiLillo

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Bradley 12 andBrittany 09 Gazdag

Matthew 13 andNatalie 09 Grabowski

Kyle 07, Caitlin 05,Maggie 09, and Halle 11 Grant

Peter 78 andJessica 09 Hammer

Katherine 09 andDavid 13 Hasler

Elizabeth 13 andAlexandra 09 Haynes

Katherine HaslerPROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonFairfield UniversityLoyola College, MarylandMiami University, OhioSaint Louis UniversityXavier University

Claire HawkinsMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:Canisius CollegeUniversity of DaytonJohn Carroll UniversityOhio UniversityXavier University

Alexandra HaynesJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:American UniversityUniversity of DaytonDenison UniversityThe George Washington

UniversityMerrimack CollegeMiami University, OhioThe Ohio State UniversityWashington and Jefferson

College

Lillian HeryakTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OFAMERICA

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonHiram CollegeMiami University, OhioNotre Dame College of OhioSaint Marys College,

Notre Dame

Noah HirshmanMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:The Ohio State UniversityUniversity of Vermont

Preston HogeCOLGATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Elon UniversityMiami University, OhioQuinnipiac University

Ryan HollowellOHIO UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Purdue UniversityRochester Institute of

Technology

Nicholas HostofferJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Samantha JohnsonMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonOhio UniversityXavier University

Courtney KasuboskiTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Lehigh UniversityVillanova University

Christopher KearneyHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY

Edward KelleyJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeUniversity of DaytonMiami University, OhioThe Ohio State UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityThomas More CollegeThe College of WoosterXavier University

Peter KepichFORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:DePaul UniversityLoyola Marymount

UniversityLoyola University, ChicagoMiami University, Ohio

Richard KertisMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:Heidelberg CollegeJohn Carroll UniversityMount Union CollegeOhio Wesleyan UniversityWittenberg University

Stephanie KimeryGAPYEAR

John KingMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Natalie KingMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:University of Dayton


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Timothy KinkopfJUNIOR A HOCKEY

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonMercyhurst CollegeMiami University, Ohio

Rachel KirschTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:John Carroll UniversityMichigan State UniversityOhio University

Alexander LarssonWahlmanMERCYHURST COLLEGE

Brandi LawrenceKENT STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Ferris State UniversityNotre Dame College of OhioTuskegee UniversityWilmington College

Martha LigasLOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO

Additional Acceptances:Canisius CollegeUniversity of DaytonLoyola College, MarylandMarquette UniversitySaint Josephs UniversitySaint Michaels CollegeSt. Edwards UniversitySt. John Fisher CollegeXavier University

Victoria Lopez-AldazabelPiaDUKE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Cornell UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of MiamiThe Ohio State University

John MacDonaldJUNIOR A HOCKEY

Alana MarcinkoUNION COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Minnesota State University,

Mankato

Robert MartinTHE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:DePaul UniversityFordham UniversityNortheastern University

Madison MawbyPROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonMiami University, OhioSaint Marys College,

Notre DameXavier University

Megan McConnellOHIOWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Carroll University

(Wisconsin)Eckerd CollegeFordham UniversityGettysburg CollegeLawrence CollegeUniversity of MiamiNew College of FloridaThe College of Wooster

Mark McDonaldTHE COLLEGE OFWOOSTER

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeBaldwin-Wallace CollegeBethany CollegeUniversity of DaytonOhio Northern UniversityStonehill CollegeThomas More CollegeWittenberg University

Ethan MosesOHIO UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:American UniversityMuskingum College

Alexander MulacTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Ohio UniversityPurdue UniversitySaint Louis University

Christopher NeamonitisJUNIOR A HOCKEY

Rosa 12, Lillian 09, andEdwin 17 Heryak

Hunter 07, Preston 09, andCharles 13 Hoge

Alex 05, Nick 09, Sarah,Vince 07, and Zach 15

Hostoffer

Melissa 12 andSamantha 09 Johnson

Allie 11 andCourtney 09 Kasuboski

Christopher 09 andBridget 13 Kearney

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Noelle NeiheiserTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OFAMERICA

Additional Acceptances:Ave Maria UniversityHiram CollegeJohn Carroll UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityThe American International

University in London(Richmond)

Sacred Heart UniversitySalve Regina University

Robert NemastilOHIO UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:John Carroll UniversityMiami University, Ohio

Eric NeundorferMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonJohn Carroll UniversityOhio University

Mary OBrienUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Additional Acceptances:Gonzaga UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic

InstituteRochester Institute of

TechnologyWashington State UniversityUniversity of Washington

William OBrienTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OFAMERICA

Additional Acceptances:Denison UniversityMiami University, OhioOhio Wesleyan UniversityRoanoke College

Hannah ODonnellFORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:American UniversityDePaul UniversityFairfield UniversityNortheastern UniversityStonehill College

Georjanna OpalichBUCKNELL UNIVERSITY


UniversityJohn Carroll University

Cody OsburnSierra College

Additional Acceptances:University of the Pacific

Andrew PhillipsOhio University

Additional Acceptances:The Ohio State University

Alexandria PillaCASEWESTERN RESERVEUNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Carnegie Mellon UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of Rochester

Kristen ProfetaJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Baldwin-Wallace CollegeUniversity of DaytonHeidelberg CollegeOhio University

Harrison QuastJUNIOR A HOCKEY

Additional Acceptances:University of DenverMiami University, OhioUniversity of Vermont

Brock RaffaeleJUNIOR A HOCKEY

Additional Acceptances:Bethel UniversityConcordia University

(Wisconsin)Hobart and William Smith

CollegesLake Forest CollegeSalve Regina University

Peter 09 and Paige 10 Kepich

Kelly 11, Richard 09, andKristen 13 Kertis

Cyril 02, Andrea 02 Pinchak,Stephanie Kimery 09, andAnna Pinchak Lillis 96

Grace 07, Natalie 09, andJames 05 King

Tricia 10 and John 09 King

Allison 11,Maddie 09, andBritt 07 Mawby


Mary Madeleine RayOHIO UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:John Carroll UniversityOtterbein CollegeSaint Marys College,

Notre DameThe College of Wooster

Evan RichardMOUNT UNION COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Edinboro University of

PennsylvaniaOhio Northern University

Kelsey RodgersINDIANA UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA

Kayla RossROCHESTER INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

Additional Acceptances:University of Connecticut

Megan SchaeferXAVIER UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Canisius CollegeJohn Carroll University

Kristen ScheidPURDUE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of MiamiUniversity of Notre DameThe Ohio State UniversityPennsylvania State

University,University Park

Saint Louis UniversitySyracuse University

Peter Schmidt-SaneBALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:John Carroll UniversityMiami University, Ohio

Rachel SebianTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Ohio UniversityMiami University, Ohio

Stephen SeliskarMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO


Brian SharnskyJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Baldwin-Wallace CollegeOhio Wesleyan UniversityThomas More College

Adam ShemorySAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, Ohio

Sang-Rok ShinCARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of Illinois at

Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Rochester

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Brittany ShirkARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, OhioThe Ohio State University

Parker ShiverickROCHESTER INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

Additional Acceptances:University of DenverOhio Wesleyan UniversitySusquehanna University

Peter SmithCAPITAL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Canisius CollegeMercyhurst CollegeNiagara UniversityThe College of Wooster

Chelsea SnyderMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO


Jackson SroubBaldwin-Wallace College

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, OhioThe Ohio State UniversityUniversity of PittsburghWittenberg University

Raysa SylvesterJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:The University of Akron

Willliam 06 andNoelle 09 Neiheiser

Paul 81, Rob 09, andC.J. 07 Nemastil

Peter 10, Eric 09, andPaul 83 Neundorfer

Kara 03,Will 09, and ReginaChiarucci G.O. 74 OBrien

Michael 11, Andrew 09, andSam 06 Phillips

Julia 14, Alexandria 09, andNicolas 10 Pilla

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Ryan TeknippJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeAshland UniversityBaldwin-Wallace CollegeBethany CollegeOhio Wesleyan UniversityWittenberg University

Vincent TrivisonnoJOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of DaytonMiami University, OhioOhio UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityThe College of WoosterXavier University

Jared UngerTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Additional Acceptances:Miami University, OhioRochester Institute of

Technology

William UrbanST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY

Timothy ValaDEPAUL UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:University of CincinnatiRobert Morris University

John VargoXAVIER UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Allegheny CollegeBowling Green State

UniversityUniversity of DaytonElmira CollegeHobart and William Smith

CollegesJohn Carroll UniversityMiami University, OhioOhio University

Kristin VaughnXAVIER UNIVERSITY

Additional Acceptances:Loyola University, Chicago

Jessica VorobelDEPAUL UNIVERSITY


UniversityJohn Carroll UniversityLoyola University, ChicagoThe Ohio State University

Erick WareMORRISVILLE STATE COLLEGE

Molly WeismanTHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Additional Acceptances:Bowling Green State

UniversityMiami University, OhioUniversity of South Carolina

JohnWilberMIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO

Additional Acceptances:Butler UniversityUniversity of DaytonDePauw UniversityXavier University

So In YoonWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY INST. LOUIS

Additional Acceptances:Boston CollegeBoston UniversityBuffalo State College of

SUNYCase Western Reserve

UniversityIndiana University at

BloomingtonUniversity of MichiganNew York UniversityRhode Island School of

DesignSyracuse University

Braeden 11,Harry 09, andAllie 06 Quast

Chase 11 and Brock 09Raffaele

Colin 05, Mary G.O. 75,Madeleine 09, andGenevieve 04 Ray

Paul 05, and Kristen 09 Scheid

Megan 05 andPeter 09 Schmidt-Sane

Katelyn 07 andStephen 09 Seliskar


Kevin 11 andJohn 09 Vargo

Megan 06, Molly 09, andMatthew 05Weisman

Mara 07, Jack 09, andKurt 11Wilber

Brandon 14 andBrittany 09 Shirk

Jen 08, Chelsea 09, andKristina 11 Snyder

Jennifer Stephan Sroub G.O. 75,Jackson 09, Brian 77, and

Katie 06 Sroub

Vincent 09 andAnnie 13 Trivisonno

Meagan 06, Billy 09, andDaniel 13 Urban

Lauren 11, Tim 09, andMichael 13 Vala

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Commencemen t

Classof

2009College Placement

Statistics

Fast Facts on GilmourAcademys Class of 2009

(110 graduates)

Number of graduateswho received scholarshipassistance: 76

Total amount of scholarshipassistance: $9,669,713

Number of National MeritFinalists in graduatingclass: 2

Number of graduatessigned to play Division Iathletics: 4

Number of graduatescommitted to play DivisionII and III athletics: 14

Jessica 09 and Peter 78 Hammer


Congratulations tothose students in theClass of 2009 who werehonored at the 2009Senior Awards program.The following studentswere recognized withspecial awards andcommendations:

VALEDICTORIANElizabeth Beam

SALUTATORIANVictoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia

2008 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPPROGRAM FINALISTSElizabeth BeamCourtney Kasuboski

COMMENDED STUDENTSAustin BarnettVictoria Lopez-Aldazabal PiaAlexandria Pilla

NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITIONPROGRAMVictoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia

PHI BETA KAPPA RECOGNITIONElizabeth Beam

GILMOUR TROPHIESAlyssa BrigemanJohn King

BR. THEOPHANE SCHMITT TROPHIESJessica HammerBrian Sharnsky

2009 GRADUATING SENIORS WHOMAINTAINED 4.0 GRADE POINTAVERAGE FOR FOUR YEARSJamie AustinAustin BarnettElizabeth BeamAlyssa BrigemanCaitlin FinelliBrittany GazdagCourtney KasuboskiMartha LigasVictoria Lopez-Aldazabal PiaAlexandria PillaKristen ScheidJessica Vorobel

THE DIRECTOR OF THEUPPER SCHOOL AWARDJamie BergsmanSamantha JohnsonChristopher KearneyNatalie KingCody OsburnRaysa SylvesterVincent Trivisonno

THE DENIS HOYNES AWARDJamie AustinJohn Coyne

THE CHARLES A. MOONEY TROPHIESMegan SchaeferWilliam UrbanCourtney Kasuboski

and Sang-Rok Shin

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CUM LAUDE SOCIETYEnglish Department Chair and Upper School English Instructor

Cynthia Sabik was the featured speaker during the 2009 Cum Laude

Societys ceremony. Austin Barnett, Edward Converse, Melanie

Frank, Mary OBrien, Megan Schaefer and So In Yoon were inducted,

joining classmates Jamie Austin, Elizabeth Beam, Alyssa Brigeman,

John Coyne, Caitlin Finelli, Brittany Gazdag, Courtney Kasuboski,

Martha Ligas, Victoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia, Alexandria Pilla,

Kristen Scheid and Jessica Vorobel. Inducted as juniors were

Alexis Antunez, Michelle Blair, Patrick Fagan, Alec Janda, Jeong Kim,

Samantha Klonaris, Jacqueline Porter, Megan Ruff, Olivia Sabik

and Sarah Siedlak.

TheAcademyAwards

Campu s On / O r A bou t

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THE CHARLES MURRAY SOCIALJUSTICE AWARDNatalie GrabowskiPeter Smith

THE BR. DAVID BALTRINIC AWARDMartha Ligas

THE ROBERT B. TOMARO HONOR AWARDEdward Kelley

THE THOMAS P. MULLIGAN AWARDKristin Vaughn

THE BR. JAMES ODONNELL CAMPUSRESIDENCY AWARDErick Ware

THE BASIL MOREAU AWARDLillian HeryakJohn King

THE BR. ROBERT KELLY OUTSTANDINGSTUDENT SERVICE AWARDNoelle Neiheiser

THE BLESSED BR. ANDRE AWARDKatherine HaslerMegan McConnell

THE CHAPLAINS AWARDErin ButlerLeonard DeFinoAlessandra DiLilloMelanie FrankKaitlin GillMaggie GrantMadison Mawby

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE INAP PHYSICS AND AP CHEMISTRYAustin Barnett

THE PAUL PRIMEAU SCIENCE AWARDElizabeth Beam

MATHEMATICS AMC 12 TESTFIRST PLACE Sang-Rok ShinTHIRD PLACE Courtney Kasuboski

THE WILLIAM G. MOORE IIENGLISH AWARDMary OBrienJessica Vorobel

THE JOHN GALE ENGLISH AWARDElizabeth BeamMcAllister CastelazVictoria Lopez-Aldazabal Pia

2009 HOLY CROSS ENGLISHLITERATURE AWARDMartha LigasMegan Schaefer

JOURNALISM/LANCE AWARDKelsey CesarRachel Kirsch

THE WINSTON CHURCHILL AP MODERNEUROPEAN HISTORY AWARDAlexandra HaynesGeorjanna Opalich

THE THOMAS JEFFERSONAMERICAN GOVERNMENT AWARDAustin BarnettElizabeth BeamRebecca BloomAlyssa BrigemanHannah ODonnellGeorjanna OpalichMegan Schaefer

DISTINGUISHED MUSICIAN AWARDParker Shiverick

Br. Richard Keller, Brian Sharnsky,and Jessica Hammer

Gay Janis and Kristin Vaughn Rachel Kirsch, John Overman,and Kelsey Cesar

The Thomas Jefferson AmericanGovernment Award Recipients

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As deaths in Haiti continue to mount to morethan 200,000, the shattered lives of the nationschildren and the vital need to resume their educationis paramount. An article in The Wall Street Journalreports that just in Port-au-Prince alone, 8,000 schoolsare either gone or in disrepair affecting 1.8 millionchildren. The fear is that many traumatized childrencould end up on the street, fall prey to traffickers andcome to harm. The United Nations reports a great needfor at least 4,000 temporary classrooms. According toGilmour Headmaster Brother Robert Lavelle, C.S.C., outof 10 Holy Cross schools in Haiti, nine served familieswith little or no resources.

We all know that education is the way out ofpoverty, and Haitis future is very much linked toeducating young people to assume a part in rebuildingtheir country, Brother Robert says.

In response to regular communiqus from theHoly Cross Network, Gilmour Academy has raisedmore than $26,000 from students, parents, grandparents,alumni and friends. An anonymous donor has steppedforward and pledged to match up to $25,000 for fundsgenerated after February 2, which could increaseGilmours support to $50,000.

Gilmour students are active in securing resourcesin some creative ways. Upper School students held aHearts for Haiti winter formal on Valentines Day withproceeds going toward the Haitian relief effort. Studentsalso developed a fundraising DVD called Hands,Hearts, and Hope for Haiti to promote this importanteffort. Gilmours youngest students have steppedforward. Children in Gilmours Lower School earnedmoney doing tasks at home. Their homeroom teacherscollected their contributions, which were thenforwarded to the Holy Cross Religious working in


Haiti at the Father Basil Moreau School, which wasdestroyed in the earthquake. The Religious areministering to hundreds of people living in theschools backyard providing food, water, and, insome cases, medical care.

Even Gilmours sister school, St. Adalbert CatholicSchool in the inner city, has jumped in to help.Recently, I was very much moved when I received acheck for $156 designated for Gilmour/Haiti relief,Brother Robert says. The students heard of our effort,and in view of our partnership with their school,wanted to join our outreach to Haiti. The childrenalso planned to do a penny match with their teachersto raise money.

Prior to the earthquake, more than 4,600 studentsKindergarten through college level were served inHoly Cross schools in Haiti. It is estimated by theCongregation of Holy Cross that $120,000 is neededto temporarily provide food, water and a safe placeto live. While the longer-range need for rebuildingthe schools has yet to be fully determined, buildingreplacements or restoration is estimated to be around$5.5 million.

In a letter sent to Gilmour families, Brother Robertincluded a message from Superior General HughCleary, C.S.C., summarizing the dire need of the Haitianpeople. Let us pray that the people of Haiti not losehope; may they know the comfort of our solidaritywith them and the peace of God deep within to givethem the strength and courage to go on.

Donations sent to Gilmour will be receipted ascharitable contributions. Anyone wishing to extenddonations or relief aid via the Congregation of HolyCross may do so by sending funds to: Gilmour HaitiRelief, 34001 Cedar Road, Gates Mills, OH 44040.

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Thanksgiving Bounty

The Gilmour Community did an undeniablysuccessful job with its 21st Annual ThanksgivingFood Drive. Students, faculty and alumni distributed405 baskets for families in St. Adalbert Parish, St. PatrickCatholic Church on Bridge Avenue, Malachi House,St. Augustines Hunger Center, and efforts on behalfof the Little Brothers and Sisters of the Poor.

It was inspiring andamazing, says KathleenKenny, Gilmour directorof public relations andmarketing. The combinedefforts were an unbelievabletestament to the Gilmourmission. Kenny, also anEnglish instructor, says aschool bus was stackedfrom front to back withfood baskets for St. PatricksHunger Center.

Gilmour donorscontributed turkey, stuffing,milk, rolls, potatoes, fruits,

vegetables, cranberriesand gravy, saysReligious StudiesInstructor Sister MaryAnn Mehling, I.H.M.The Gilmour servicecoordinator estimatesthat more than30 percent more food was donated this year than lastyear and more than half of those people who helpedpackage and deliver the baskets the day beforeThanksgiving were alumni. For its fiscal year endingSeptember 30, the Cleveland Foodbank reported a26 percent increase in itsfood distribution.

The Thanksgiving FoodDrive is a student serviceproject to benefit thecommunity and to fostera sense of service thatstudents will practicethroughout their lives.

They did nothave CharlieBrown posingfor their pumpkindesigns, but50 residentstudents atGilmour Academydecorated somespiffy pumpkinsfor local hospicepatients. Studentsfrom two countries

and 14 states worked with the Visiting NursesAssociation of Ohio Hospice on the Pumpkins forPatients project. The students took on the project toshow their appreciation to Hospice for taking goodcare of Brother Anthony Jorae, C.S.C., a technologyassociate at Gilmour, who died last year.

Pumpkin Heads

Each Gilmour student in the dorm decorated apumpkin. The artists were high school students andone eighth grader.

This was a great opportunity for our residentstudents to come together following a prayer serviceon finding the courage to act, says Whitney Daly, aninstructor in religiousstudies in GilmoursUpper School.

According tothe VNA, Pumpkinsfor Patients wasdeveloped to spreadautumn cheer and tomake a difference inthe lives of terminally-ill patients and theirfamilies.


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When Gilmour Academy students buried a timecapsule in October 2009 outside the schoolsnew Athletic Center, it contained hundreds of personalmessages recalling their memories of the original gymand pool, built in the mid-1950s. At the final assemblyin Lancer Gymnasium in 2008, students were asked to

write their thoughts about what itwas like to be a Gilmour studentand how they felt about thecomplex that was then expectedto be completed in late 2009.

It was a way for students tobond with Gilmour knowing that apart of them has been incorporatedinto the new Athletic Center andto share thoughts with futuregenerations, says Brother Robert

Lavelle, C.S.C., Gilmours Headmaster.The time capsule, a two-foot-tall cylinder that is

air tight and sealed, contains a Lancer athletic jersey,a Parent Directory, a copy of Gilmour Magazine,an annual report, a school calendar and a DVD ofGilmours 2009 commencement. Housed inside is a

TThihirdrd RRoockck fromfrom ththee SunSunsmaller time capsulefrom 1956 that still hasits original contents,including a ticket froma Cadillac reverse raffle,bylaws and a studentnewsletter from the yearLancer Gymnasium wasbuilt. When constructionworkers bulldozed thebuilding in 2008, theyfound the time capsulebehind the cornerstone.It was almost the sizeof a cinder block, saysBrother Robert.

Gilmours time capsule is designed to preserve asmall portion of the schools history. Time capsulesdate back 5,000 years to Mesopotamia (now Iraq),where artifacts were buried in walls and tombs,according to Time Capsules: a Cultural Historyby William Jarvis.

For Development Director Jim Farrar 59, who wasa Gilmour student when the original gym was built,unearthing the original time capsule was an experience.He enjoyed going through the contents and sharinginformation about the treasures inside with alumninoting, It is a little piece of nostalgia.

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FLEDGLING FOODPHILANTHROPISTS

BBackpacks are much more than a fashion statementfor some Montessori students at Gilmour Academy they are a way for lower-income children living in

Cleveland to bring home much-

needed food. Each month, the

students fill their backpacks with

meals and snacks for 22 children

who attend Cleveland public

schools as part of a program by

the Cleveland Foodbank called

Backpacks for Kids. The food

donation is designed to close the hunger gap on

weekends when children do not have access to free

school lunches.

The Gilmour students shop with their families at

grocery stores to select the food cereal, beef stew,

ravioli, chili, soup, macaroni and cheese, canned fruits

and vegetables, crackers, Rice Krispie Treats and peanut

butter then drop off the food from their backpacks at

school. On the second Tuesday of the month, the

students shop the aisle in their classroom and fill their

donated shopping bags with food. Once the bags are

packed, the students double-check the contents and

weigh their bags on a classroom scale. The bags must

weigh less than nine pounds for the recipients to carry.

In November, the youngsters toured the Cleveland

Foodbank and watched the 105 pounds of food they

donated as it was counted and weighed. Not only

were they able to see how the Foodbank works, but

how important their contribution is to other children,

says Gilmour parent Regina Espenchied, whose

daughters Elana 22 and Elizabeth 19

attend Gilmours Lower School.

Espenchied works on the project with

Carol Anton, whose son Eric 22 attends

Gilmour, Montessori Assistant Deborah

Marcum and Randi Russell, Montessori

Directress.

This, Espenchied says, has been

a tremendously valuable experience for the students

and their families.

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